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Former Boundary Beach site will be home of Farm Roots Mini School SANDOR GYARMATI

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This mallard creates some waves while landing in a pond on a glorius afternoon at the Reifel Bird Sanctuary on Westham Island.

The Delta school district is launching a farming program this September.

Open to any student in grades 10 to 12, the Farm Roots Mini School will not be a feepaying academy but a regular course elective that will have 30 students attend the former Boundary Beach school site twice a week. They’ll learn everything from soil and seed science to growing to marketing agricultural products.

The students will grow a few crops at an eight-acre plot at the site. Graham Harkley, who will be the lead instructor, said the students will play a role in determining what will be grown.

“My vision is to see all sorts of different things they grow.

I was visiting an ag farm during the Christmas break out in Abbotsford and they have 25 different varieties of plants. For example, they have eight different types of kale,” he said. “So one of the things we’re going to do is some soil tests to see what kind of soil is here and figure out what is going to grow.

“We know the climate we have but a lot of it is going to be experimentation. We will have such great support from the farming community here but it will also be partly what’s driven by the kids. One group,

PHOTO BY GORD GOBLE

Graham Harkley (right) will be the lead instructor at the Farm Roots Mini School.

for example, is really interested in cut flowers and there’s a huge market for cut flowers.”

Classes will also tackle the issue of food security.

The district says the school is the result of a demand in the community for cross-curricular learning that takes kids out of the classroom and connects them to the land, providing hands-on, real-life opportunities.

Harkley said the program is a great opportunity to teach young people about farming, but also provides students with unique skills applicable to varied and burgeoning career paths.

Grace Harkley, a Grade 10 student at Delta Secondary, has already registered, saying she has always loved gardening and looks forward to the school’s hands-on learning approach.

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Museum closing temporarily Institution moving out of century-old building on Delta Street at end of month SANDOR GYARMATI

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The Delta Museum will be closing its doors at the end of this month.

But don’t worry, it’s only temporary as the museum begins preparations to vacate its longtime Ladner Village premises that will undergo major renovations this year.

The municipality will commence a $2.5 million upgrade on the historic Delta Street building, which includes tearing down the old archives annex at the back, after the museum’s final permitted day of occupancy this July.

The museum will be closed for the remainder of the year and won’t be returning to the former municipal hall building where it’s been located since the late 1960s.

Where it’s moving to is another matter that still has to be worked out, but assurances have been given a home will be found.

Noting a proper location to store all materials still needs to be secured, museum executive direc-

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The Delta Museum has occupied the old municipal hall on Delta Street since 1969, but won’t be returning when renovations are complete. tor Gabrielle Martin said they need to close at the end of this month because the move will be a big task.

And although the museum will be closed for the rest 2016, that doesn’t mean operations will cease.

“Once the move is over, and that’s our focus until the end of July, we will continue to do our outreach work. So programming, school program-

ming, we will endeavor to keep as much going as we can in outreach facilities,” said Martin “The museum itself will be closed to the public, but the programming will keep going, probably in a somewhat limited fashion, as much as we can.”

The museum is still working with Delta’s parks, recreation and culture department to secure a new, permanent home,

she added.

Coun. Sylvia Bishop, vice-chair of Delta’s heritage commission, agreed they are working hard to find the best solution.

“I would like to see a museum that is easily accessible, with space which would allow for a variety of ever-changing displays both static and interactive. Many museums worldwide are adapting to a format which

invites visitors to engage with displays rather than merely stand to look at them,” Bishop said.

Although all parties are being tight-lipped about possible new locations for the museum, one that might be on the list is the former courthouse next to the new archives in the civic precinct.

Late last year, Delta council approved spending $185,000 for architectural and engineering services to plan for the renovation of the upper floor of the Clarence Taylor Crescent building.

The upper floor is now vacant while the lower floor is being used by the Delta Police Department.

The police force requires additional space and wants to relocate to the upper floor, which would leave the lower floor available.

Extensive remodeling work would be required on both floors The museum is holding a final open house and tour on Thursday, Feb. 18 from 7 to 9 p.m. For more information, visit deltamuseum.ca.

Former municipal hall set to reinvent itself again SANDOR GYARMATI

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Delta’s century-old former municipal hall in the heart of Ladner Village is about to embark on a new chapter.

Major renovations to the tune of $2.5 million are scheduled to get underway later this year that will see Delta’s most recognizable building converted to new community uses.

The municipality had been eyeing a restoration for years, and now has money set aside, but the work was finally made possible thanks to a sizable federal grant announced last summer.

In 1912, the same year the Westham Island Bridge was completed, the civic building was constructed on Delta Street, the commercial hub of the municipality. Half brick and half timber, the multi-gabled building was intended to be an imposing structure that reflected the wealth of the municipality.

Preferring new accomThe local government municipal hall would not modations, the society at was the chief tenant, while be suitable as a museum one point pitched a buildthe police offices and and museum members ing for Paterson Park when morgue were in the baseagreed, saying the buildDelta explored that site’s ment. School board offices ing could be a temporary future, but it became clear were housed upstairs and, solution but eventually such a costly for a time, undertaking Percy for the park, or Smith, the building a new building’s museum at all, carewere not high taker and on Delta’s list of municipal priorities. clerk, A few years also lived ago the musethere. um moved The some of its building operations to was no FILE PHOTO an annex furlonger Longtime Optimist publisher and columnist Edgar ther north on being used as a Dunning greeted then-premier W.A.C Bennett in 1969 Delta Street. municipal for the grand opening of the Delta Museum. Dunning The move was hall when was the first president of the Delta Historical Society. seen as an interim step, as the Delta they’d have to find a propthe long-term goal was a Historical Society made er building to house the new building. a plea to Delta council in The museum also the fall of 1968 to take over artifacts.

The society soon got to moved thousands of old the structure. At the time, use the main floor of the documents and photos a member of the society building, celebrating a into a new climate and said many of the artifacts grand opening in 1969, but light controlled facility in of Delta were being stored years later those anticipat- the civic precinct called in a chicken house.

Some members of coun- ed problems persisted and the Delta Archives and had become old news.

Edgar Dunning Reading cil suggested the former

Room.

Last year, when it was clear Delta was ready to commit to renovating the building, members of the society made a presentation to Delta’s heritage advisory commission, indicating they wouldn’t be interested in moving back into it after renovations were complete.

They pitched a vision for a new, modern facility in a central location that would have the ability to accept more donations and larger objects.

“We want to build innovative, permanent exhibits that have interactive experiences built into them,” society chair Barb Baydala told the commission. “And we want to create a children’s interactive centre within the museum and also a mobile unit, and we would have a larger temporary exhibit space so that more stories can be told, more of a collection can be shown, and that we can host traveling exhibits.”

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New site allows public to FETCH health info Online resource specific to South Delta services

The Delta Division of Family Practice has launched FETCH (For Everything That’s Community Health), a website that helps the public and healthcare providers access information about community health services in South Delta.

FETCH can be accessed at www.delta.fetchbc.ca.

The user-friendly, searchable website provides information about mental health and substance use services, and will soon expand to include information about other community health resources such as supports for seniors, services for First Nations peoples and more.

FETCH is one of several projects undertaken by the Delta Division of Family Practice as part of A GP for Me, a provincial initiative jointly funded by the B.C. government and doctors of B.C. Twelve other B.C. communities have also introduced a FETCH website to help the public find

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spoke and we heard that navigating services can be challenging,” says Geri McGrath, executive director of the Delta Division of Family Practice. “As part of the FETCH project, the Delta Division collaborated with local health care professionals, service agencies and the municipality to develop a library of resources to meet the complex range of health care needs for citizens.”

The website will be updated on an ongoing basis to build a robust community resource.

Members of the public are welcome to provide suggestions about health resources they would like to access. Community health agencies are able to update and enhance their information with forms, video and other pertinent information.

Interested agencies that want to be a part of FETCH or the public wishing to provide feedback can contact deltafetch@ divisionsbc.ca.

local resources.

“Community-specific information hubs like the Delta FETCH website, not only helps patients access resources for themselves and their families, but also enables doctors and other health care providers to better connect patients with information and services that supports their patients’ overall health and well-being,” said Health Minister Terry Lake.

The Delta Division of Family Practice conducted extensive research with local physicians and organized multiple community engagement events. It heard that healthcare providers do not always know about all the available support services that could benefit their patients.

Community members also shared navigating services can be difficult.

FETCH aims to assist patients to locate resources.

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Delta continues battle with mosquitoes

Pest management plan reviewed annually as conditions change and populations move around SANDOR GYARMATI

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Delta makes annual modifications to its plan as conditions change and mosquito populations move around, McGill said.

“We review our plan annually with our contractor to make sure we’re hitting all the areas where mosquitos live, so we try to target that annually to see if we’re missing any areas. We have a couple of different types of mosquitos and we target them in different ways and our

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It’s a constant and everchanging battle to stop pests from having the chance to dine on us.

Delta is in the midst of updating its fiveyear Integrated Pest Management Plan for mosquito control, a plan that uses public education, physical site modification and biological controls to reduce populations.

The plan, which requires public input and Ministry of Environment approval, also works to conserve natural mosquito predators and includes the use of non-persistent pesticides that are “natural” and non-toxic to other organisms.

The goal is to reduce overall mosquito annoyance, said Sean McGill, Delta’s director of human resources and corporate planning.

plan is to keep their populations down,” he said.

“We know for sure that standing water is the problem. There’s salt marshes that we also treat. We review that with our contractor and if we get a lot of complaints in a certain area, we review that to see if it’s one we’re missing.

Throughout any given year, we’ll get people saying, ‘This area is really bad this year.’ So we’ll send a contractor in that area to

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Mosquitoes require stagnant or non-flowing waters, temporary or permanent, to develop.

Habitats include salt and freshwater marshes, ponds, ditches, catch basins and other open water.

When physical alterations such as draining or filling are neither practical nor desirable, developing larvae will be treated using larvicides. The total area for larvicide treatment is not to exceed 50 hectares of public lands in each year of the pest management plan.

Mike Brotherston, Delta’s manager of climate action and environment, said they’re always investigating for hot spots.

“It depends on the weather and the rainfall and that sort of thing.

Some areas are more constant than others. We have some that are in the

salt marsh and that’s tidal dependent, while the uplands are more weather dependent. And in some areas drainage changes,” Brotherston said.

The updated mosquito management plan comes as the nasty mosquitoborne Zika virus has been making headlines. The chief of the World Health Organization recently declared it’s “spreading explosively” in the Americas, prompting an emergency meeting to decide if the virus outbreak should be declared an international health emergency.

Linked to birth defects, the virus has spread to 21 countries since May of last year. Fortunately for Canada, WHO has said it is unlikely Zika will spread to this country due to the climate.

Public comments on Delta’s draft Integrated Pest Management Plan for mosquito control can be submitted to cae@delta.ca.

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Ecosystem being protected, port says Critics claim otherwise, call area around Roberts Bank causeway a ‘dead zone’ SANDOR GYARMATI

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A science-based program to monitor and manage the ecosystem at Roberts Bank found it has not suffered any significant negative impacts due to the construction of a third berth at Deltaport, according to Port Metro Vancouver.

The Adaptive Management Strategy was an eight-year study (20072014) that was required as part of approval for a third berth at the container terminal.

The study was overseen by a scientific advisory committee, a team of three scientists with expertise in coastal geomorphology and marine ecosystems.

The strategy was designed to look specifically for changes to the nutrient balance in the water and for potential erosion effects, both of which could negatively affect the ecosystem of the area between the Roberts Bank and Highway 17 causeways.

“It is very encouraging

to see the plan put in place nine years ago has been successful in protecting the ecosystem at Roberts Bank,” said Duncan Wilson, Port Metro Vancouver’s vice-president of corporate social responsibility. “The Deltaport Third Berth Project was designed to minimize impacts to the environment, and we invested approximately $25 million to implement more than 150 commitments to protect the environment, of which the Adaptive Management Strategy was one.”

Ron Ydenberg, a member of the scientific advisory committee, said the report provides full transparency, so all interested parties, including the public, can be assured the strategy was carefully and independently scrutinized.

However, against Port Expansion’s (APE) Roger Emsley described the inter-causeway area as now “a dead zone” with algal blooms.

“This was not a review of Roberts Bank but a review of the inter-cause-

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and never was a review of the ecosystem health of Roberts Bank,” Emsley said.

“This Adaptive Management Strategy was supposed to monitor what was going on in the area between the port causeway and the B.C. Ferries causeway and adapt as necessary. Instead very little was done and rather they just went on to try and prove that there were no effects, which of course in reality there were and are,” Emsley noted.

He also said suggestions the study is peer reviewed is “nonsense.”

Local environmentalist Susan Jones said the public is not getting unbiased research, since the monitoring was funded by Port Metro Vancouver and one environmental consulting company did the majority of the work.

She noted that provincial government scientists raised concern in 2010 that the third berth was causing continued habitat loss and erosion of mudflat, biofilm and eelgrass features.

Inquest gets underway

A coroner’s inquest looking into the fatal shooting involving a Delta police officer started in Burnaby this week.

Testimony in the 2012 death of Mehrdad Bayrami began yesterday morning.

The 48-year-old was shot in November 2012 following an armed standoff with police outside the Starlight Casino in New Westminster.

Delta police Const.

Jordan MacWilliams, a member of the Municipal Integrated Emergency Response Team at the time, was one of many officers responding to the incident.

Officers were locked in a stand-off with the man for five hours with MacWilliams assigned to the role of lethal overwatch.

MacWilliams was initially charged with second degree murder but the Criminal Justice Branch announced last summer it was staying the charge.

A civil lawsuit against the officer was also dropped in December.

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Murphy’s Law

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here’s little doubt building a bridge to replace the George Massey Tunnel is going to boost marine traffic on the Fraser River, but I’m having difficulty seeing it as the driving force behind the $3.5-billion undertaking.

The antiquated tunnel has struggled to handle traffic volumes on the Highway 99 corridor for decades, so any suggestion that a new crossing isn’t required borders on fantasy. It won’t solve all commuting woes, but it will ease congestion for drivers that sit in tunnel lineups on a daily basis.

Red flags would be raised if Victoria was spending billions on a bridge even though it had a perfectly adequate tunnel, but given that’s not the case, it’s hard to argue this span is being driven by something other than moving vehicles across the south arm.

So why a bridge and not an expanded tunnel? It’s because of the ships, isn’t it? That’s definitely part of the reason, but again it’s hard to build much of a conspiracy theory given the evidence.

If a bridge was going to cost twice as much as a tunnel, it would most certainly raise eyebrows, but according to the provincial government, they’d cost about the same, so it’s a wash when it comes to the single biggest deciding factor for any project — money.

The bridge, again according to the province, is the preferred option for a variety of reasons, including its construction footprint, the environment, traffic safety, seismic concerns and pedestrian/cyclist access.

How superior it is on some of these fronts is certainly open to debate, but I haven’t heard a lot to suggest a new tube is necessarily the better choice in these areas.

There’s no doubt removal of the decommissioned tunnel would be done solely for marine traffic and I suspect the approaches are longer so the bridge can match the height of the Alex Fraser, but even with these measures the mix of vessels isn’t going to appreciably change because the river is only so deep and so wide.

It seems to me that because a bridge is undeniably the better choice for those that would sail underneath it, that somehow the shipping industry is the driving force behind it. Can’t it simply be the better choice for all?

And while we’re on that topic, given everyone’s going to benefit, shouldn’t we all help pay for it?

Tolls could keep shoppers away from malls at TFN

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he province has unveiled its plan for replacing the George Massey Tunnel. The new bridge system costing a budgeted $3.5 billion is scheduled to be completed in 2022. This would be the most expensive bridge in the history of the province.

The replacement bridge is to be 10 lanes. There will be three general traffic lanes in each direction, plus one HOV lane and one truck lane in each direction.

There is an old cliché that “generals always fight the last war.”

Perhaps the saying also applies to traffic engineers. The last major project was the expansion of the Port Mann Bridge and converting it into a toll bridge. The result was a rush to the Pattullo Bridge to avoid the tolls. Will local drivers divert to the Alex Fraser Bridge to avoid the toll?

Will tolls on the George Massey affect business at the new malls for better or worse? South Delta residents will probably be less likely to head north to shop if they have to pay a toll. So that helps the local malls by creating a captive customer base.

Unfortunately that local market is quite small and, I fear, not big enough to keep the malls afloat.

The tolls on the Bridge/Tunnel would certainly discourage any-

Community Comment TOM SIBA

one from north of the tunnel from making a trip to the TFN malls. I don’t know who would have the net benefit.

Not knowing the costing of alternatives, it is difficult to say if the proposal is the best way to go. There wasn’t much discussion before a new bridge was announced. It was also surprising to me that, when the recently defeated transportation plebiscite was held, the tunnel replacement was not part of the plebiscite, although the Pattullo Bridge was included.

It appears the province did not want to risk the new crossing being kyboshed.

As with any proposal in South Delta, there is opposition to the project. There are the usual environmental concerns, which have been raised. The bridge itself, not

being in the water, shouldn’t create any long-term environmental issues. Without thousands of vehicles spewing out pollution inching their way to the tunnel, there will be a vast improvement in the air quality in South Delta.

Another contentious issue is the role that Port Metro Vancouver is playing in getting the new link done. The thought is that the size of ships heading up the Fraser River will increase.

Recently there have been proposals to ship coal and liquefied natural gas from up river of the current tunnel. The port is playing down the assumption that the tunnel creates a hurdle for increasing traffic.

This then becomes a question of who contributes to the cost of the replacement bridge. With the port saying it would have no benefit from the removal of the tunnel, it could claim it shouldn’t contribute significant funds to the project and stick the commuters using the bridge with the cost of construction. (I’ve been dubious about the port’s veracity because of all that black stuff on my deck, which they claim is not coal dust.)

Perhaps we should toll all future oversize ships that go beyond the new bridge.

Tom Siba is an ex-publisher of the Delta Optimist who still faces the tunnel regularly.

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Letters

Rules followed as long as people not inconvenienced

Editor: Re: Owners must keep dogs away from play areas, letter to the editor, Jan. 29 I have some sympathy for Teryne Russell and her frustration with finding dog feces on playing fields.

Children sliding into dog feces while playing, people stepping in them while walking, finding surprise feces on your front lawn — all very unpleasant and unhealthy.

You ask yourself, how can people be so insensitive and inconsiderate?

What is even more mystifying is finding plastic bags with feces in them thrown on lawns or hanging in bushes. You want to tell these perpetrators, “Good start, way to go, you are close to getting it right.” It’s almost funny.

I occasionally go for walks on the Boundary Bay dike system. There are signs everywhere asking dog owners to keep their dogs on leash and to clean up after their dogs. The municipality even provides plastic bags and gar-

bage containers to encourage responsible behaviour on the part of dog owners.

The admonitory signs come with writing that explains why these regulations are in place. All very civilized and very reasonable, no senseless bureaucratic dictums. Still to no avail, dogs wander unleashed, their owners innocently oblivious while strolling and carrying on phone conversations.

And these dog owners are not rebellious teenagers or ignorant young

Quality of life is more than jobs

Editor: I often read articles by the port that say we can import our food needs and the port and other developers urgently need to take farmland out of the Agricultural Land Reserve for industrial use. In a recent letter in the Vancouver Sun, one of the port proponents says that jobs produced by using ALR land for port-related off-dock facilities is a quality of life issue, jobs and all that.

Well, I say keeping farmland in the ALR is a quality of life issue. What control do Canadians have

over the agricultural lands that produce the food we import? What if these other countries decide they need their agricultural lands for industrial use because they need jobs too?

Don’t even start me on the fact many of these areas are suffering from climate change and water shortages that could very well mean they could soon no longer be viable for food production, which is already happening in some areas now.

Quality of life is more than a job. A job without clean air, water and the

depletion of the wildlife, marine and aquatic life that these areas impact is a pretty bleak world.

Just look at how nice it looks for many citizens in China that go to work every day with masks on, kids can’t be outside, breathing is dangerous and water is likely very polluted just from the air pollution alone.

The port needs to stop the short-term thinking and we can’t allow developers (which is what the port is) to scare us into giving up the very basic necessities of life.

Teresa Jones

people — these are mature people who you would think would know better, the same sort of people who would under different circumstances might be paragons of proper behaviour. So why does this happen?

My theory is there is a percentage of the population that will behave in a responsible and considerate manner only if it is to their benefit or does not inconvenience them. The degree of responsibility assumed varies inversely

with the inconvenience incurred.

Nothing new here, you might say. Yes, except that we want to make this percentage of the population smaller and smaller, through education, by example and by sanctions. We live in a world with many problems, many of which can only be solved in global context.

We need a change in attitude, a broader point of view, a realization that solutions may carry a price that affects us as individu-

als, and that self-interest (me, me, me) may very well delay solutions which will, in the long run, benefit all of us.

So come on already, change your attitude, pick up after your dog and keep it on leash where required.

A wise man once said that if you want to improve the world, start by cleaning up the little corner you live in. That’s good advice, not just for pet owners, but for all of us. Let’s try to follow it.

Frank Buonanno

Why is tax bill rising faster than inflation?

Editor: Re: Property tax bill up 3.5%, Feb. 3 I note that our property taxes are going up 3.5 per cent this year.

Inflation last year was 1.2 per cent. This year’s annual increase in my pension was 1.3 per cent.

And I expect that, with the exception of the Delta police and some other government employees, most working Deltans will not receive a pay raise anywhere near 3.5 per cent.

I would like Mayor Lois Jackson to explain why

our property tax increases are consistently above the rate of inflation. And the excuse given by finance director Karl Preuss that the current increase is “in line with other Metro Vancouver municipalities” doesn’t count.

Jerry Cutler

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Editor: Just the other day I heard someone complaining; they just moved from a house into a newly built third floor condo.

They could not move in their queen size box spring as it would not fit in the

elevator or up the stairs.

Same thing with their couch.

If the new constructions are built with smaller entrances, stairs and elevators, so should the furniture products.

They should be

built “modular” so they can be assembled when in the suite and people can enjoy a large couch to rest on and a bed of a comfortable size to sleep on.

Just a thought to reduce some stress.

Beppe Gandola

Family would be upset to see farmhouse torn down Editor: Re: Former occupant appeals for home’s preservation, letter to the editor,

Jan. 27 I would like the province and Delta council to know that if they have the

old Rawlins farmhouse razed, we are going to be a very angry and hurt family.

Richard Rawlins

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Call it the storm before the storm.

A reno is looming.

Nothing major, however.

We’re not talking kitchen overhaul. There’ll be no walls coming down, no ceilings raised.

We’re prettying up the laundry room, and spiffing up the office.

Sounds simple enough, right? Let me tell you: it’s not.

The storm before the storm has, well, involved much movement of goods.

The two bicycles, which had been living in the laundry room — it’s been really more of a catch-all room than a space for cleaning clothes — have been moved to the television room. The canning equipment, tennis gear, running gear, golf clubs and hockey jerseys, all of which had been living alongside the bikes, have been moved to the den.

The chairs and love seat in the den, meantime, have been moved to the guest room in order to make space for the three filing cabinets, the eight framed pictures and the 15 boxes of books that had to be moved out of the office.

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I think you get the drift: there’s stuff everywhere.

Making room for the renovator to do his thing has meant things are not where they usually are.

There are six oversized umbrellas and two guitar cases in the kitchen.

There is a picnic basket and a step ladder in our bedroom. There are comforters, beach towels and boxes of cleaning equipment in the rec room.

There is stuff upon stuff upon stuff.

This is all temporary, of course. Once the reno is complete, the picnic baskets will find a more suitable home. Ditto for the umbrellas.

For now, however, it’s chaos.

“Have you seen my golf shoes?” asked the husband the other day. The rains had taken a bit of a break, and he wanted to go to the range.

“Are you kidding?” I said. “Have you tried the downstairs bathroom?”

It was not such a ludicrous question. These days, the downstairs bathroom is home to all manner of items that do not normally reside in a bathroom. There may not be a towel there, but there does happen to be a box filled with camera equipment, a pile of stationery and a file folder crammed with road maps.

This is all, well, a relatively new experience — and a bit of a surprise. I always knew that renovations created havoc while they were underway, but I guess it never dawned on me that the pre-reno period creates havoc on its own.

In any case, we’ve done our bit, shuffled our stuff and are due for some kind of treat.

We’ve earned a special Valentine’s meal. I hope we can find the dining room table.

School partners with local farmers

CONTINUED from Page 1 District principal Brooke Moore said they’re hoping to eventually expand the program to 60 students with two separate classes of 30 attending the minifarm every other day.

The school will certainly have plenty of nearby expertise to draw upon as

it is in partnership with local farmers and farming industry members, including Emma Lea Farms, the Delta Farmland and Wildlife Trust, Westcoast Seeds and Coun. Ian Paton, a local farmer and auctioneer.

The district is also finalizing a memorandum

of understanding with Kwantlen Polytechnic University that will enable students in the program to use what they’ve learned toward credits in the university’s science and horticulture programs.

For more information about the school, check deltasd.bc.ca.

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Native plants continue to feel the squeeze Local species that survive alongside hundreds of invasives should be cherished as heritage plants Bog and Richmond bogs

by Coast Salish people and those who learnt from them. Local bogs still have heritage plants, including native blueberries, the carnivorous sundew and those delicate beauties, the bog cranberry and cloudberry.

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By the Bay ANNE MURRAY

The common dandelion followed the footsteps, cart wheels and train tracks of settlers and made itself at home across North America. Every one of its seeds is equipped with a little parachute that wafts it into the air at the slightest breath of wind, carrying it down the road.

Its roots dig deep and new ones sprout readily when the taproot is cut.

Edible and nutritious, the resourceful dandelion seldom features on modern menus.

It is only one of hundreds of non-native flowering plants that were introduced into the Lower Mainland, intentionally or accidentally, over the last 150 years.

Such invasives now dominate the landscape, squeezing out the many beautiful native plants that once graced local forests, prairies and wetlands.

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Entire-leaved Gumweed can be seen at Boundary Bay. Local species that survive should be cherished as heritage plants.

Heritage plants can be looked for in habitats that have survived urbanisation, such as the sand dunes in Boundary Bay Regional Park. Here, tiny blue-eyed mary can be found in spring, mingling with pink thrift and spiky big-headed sedges.

As summer progresses, fragrant stalks of bare stem lomatium, topped with umbrellas of tiny flowers, emerge in the same habitat. This wild celery is a traditional flavouring and mosquito repellant. The glorious yellows of gumweed and Canada golden-

rod, and the purple of fireweed and Douglas’ aster brighten the Boundary Bay marshes.

Some local forests still have heritage plants like trillium, wild red currant and Oregon grape, but the flowers of the Fraser delta’s prairie grasslands are gone. These were the showiest blooms: blue camas and larkspur, pink fawn lilies, chocolate lilies and Hooker’s onion.

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Members of the Ladner Zephyrs present the Delta Hospital Foundation with a cheque for more than $2,300 from their annual Christmas Charity Classic.

Record haul for Zephyrs

For the third year running, the Ladner Zephyrs hit the ice in support of Delta Hospital in their annual Christmas Charity Classic.

The local hockey team broke its previous record, fundraising over $2,300 to add to a grand total of almost $6,000.

As well as utilizing an online fundraising page and collecting donations on the night, the team also came up with new, creative ways to build on its fundraising this year.

“One of our team members was moving homes, so instead of hiring a moving company,

the Zephyrs stepped up to help him. He then made a large donation to the fundraiser in the amount that he would have spent on a moving company,” says fundraising organizer Chad Taylor.

“Christmas is a time of giving, and a time when we reflect on what is important to us, including our wider community.

This is an event that everyone in our team looks forward to every year.”

Sharla De Groote, Delta Hospital Foundation’s special events manager, says the Zephyrs have turned their love of hockey and a fun night out with friends

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and family into a successful fundraiser that makes a difference for all those in the community who depend on the hospital.

The foundation has recently implemented a new and improved online fundraising tool that allows anyone in the community to create their own webpage, accept credit card donations and promote their event on social media.

To learn more about organizing your own fundraiser for Delta Hospital, visit www.dhfoundation. ca, call 604-940-9695 or email Sharla.degroote@ dhfoundation.ca.

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Many people do not know they need to file a tax return in order to receive the GST/HST tax credit or the Canada Child Tax Benefit. Filing a tax return on time is important when receiving other benefits such as the Guaranteed Income Supplement for seniors, MSP Premium Assistance and Pharmacare.

If you live in Delta, are on low-income and either unable to complete your income tax and benefit return yourself or pay for assistance, Deltassist volunteers can help.

Volunteers receive training through Canada Revenue Agency’s Community Volunteer Income Tax Program and are able to complete tax returns for 2015 as well as 2014, 2013 and 2012.

Beginning Monday, Feb. 15, South Delta residents can call 604-946-9526 to book an appointment at Deltassist’s Ladner office (4891 Delta St.).

February 10, 2016 The Delta Optimist A13

Community

All Saints hosts Taizé services

All Saints Anglican Church in Ladner is hosting special services starting Friday as part of this year’s Lent.

Lent is a religious observance in many Christian denominations that begins on Ash Wednesday and continues for approximately six weeks before Easter. For those who observe Lent, it is a time of simpler living, fasting, abstinence and penitence.

Starting this Friday, All Saints is hosting weekly Taizé services until March 18 as part of their Lenten journey.

Taizé is an inter-faith form of contemplative prayer and worship. It

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Celtic harpist Judy Henry will accompany the services at All Saints. takes its names from the small village of Taizé in Burgundy, France, which is now an important site of pilgrimage for Christians.

It is the base of an ecumenical monastic order, which was founded in 1940 by Brother Roger

Schutz. The community places its focus on living in the spirit of kindness, simplicity and reconciliation.

Music is an integral part of the Taizé tradition and local Celtic harpist Judy Henry will accompany the services.

“We’re delighted to be able to have such local talent working with us as we make a Lenten Journey together,” said Rector Elizabeth Northcott. “We hope people of all faiths will join us for this time of peace and making space to hear God’s word in their lives.”

All Saints Taizé services will start at 7 p.m. every Friday until March 18.

Kee Philosophers get back to nature

Kee Philosophers returns for February with Robbin Whitbread and Jean Wightman coordinating the session.

Kee Philosophers will meet on Friday, Feb. 21 from 1:30 to 3 p.m. in the lounge of the McKee Seniors’ Recreation Centre to discuss an important question: How do we pre-

serve Delta’s natural habitats and flyway?

Anne Murray, who writes columns for the Optimist, Georgia Straight, Surrey North Delta Leader, Peace Arch News and BCnature magazine, will be the guest speaker for the session. Murray has also written two books: A Nature Guide to Boundary

Bay and Tracing Our Past, A Heritage Guide to Boundary Bay. Kee Philosophers is for anyone who enjoys learning or sharing their own insights and perspectives on interesting topics.

Sessions are free and open to all.

No pre-registration is necessary.

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SPRING SEMESTER 2016 Registration Members only:

Monday February 8, 2016 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm KinVillage Community Centre 5430 10th Ave. Tsawwassen

General registration:

Saturday February 13, 2016 10:00 am – 11:30 am Tsawwassen Town Centre Mall Tuesday February 16, 2016 11:30 am to 1:00 pm

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A26 Computers for Beginners, Level 1

P26 The Science of Unpredictable West Coast Weather

B26 BYOD—Windows 10 in a Heartbeat

Q26 The Drama Studio

Presenter: Laura Pellrene 3 sessions: $30 Class size: max 8 Wednesdays: April 13, 20, 27 10:00am – Noon

Presenter: Louise Latremouille 2 sessions: $20 Class size: max 10 Wednesdays: March 23 and 30 2:00 – 4:00 pm

C26 iPad for Beginners

Presenters: Paul and Kathleen Vanderwood 3 sessions: $30 Class size: max 8 Saturdays: March 5, 12, 19 10:15 am – 12:15 pm

D26 iPad for Beginners

Presenter: Brent Koot 3 sessions: $30 Class size: max 8 Tuesdays: March 8, 15, 22 10:00 am – Noon

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E26 b) Beyond iPad Beginners - Contacts and Calendars Presenter: Brian Outerbridge 1 Session $10 Class size: max 8 Wednesday March 9 10:00 am – Noon

E26 c) Beyond iPad Beginners - iBooks and Overdrive App Presenter: Brian Outerbridge 1 Session $10 Class size: max 8 Wednesday March 9 10:00 am – Noon

F26 Android Tablet for Beginners Presenter: Ken McGrath 4 sessions: $40 Class size: max 8 Saturdays: April 2, 9, 16, 23 10:15 am – 12:15 pm

Presenter: Ross MacDonald 1 session: $10 Class size: max 25 Tuesday April 26 7:00-9:00 pm

Presenter: Morgan Gadd 4 sessions: $40 Class size: max 18 Thursdays: April 7, 14, 21, 28 1:00-3:00 pm

R26 Lino Print Making

Presenters: Peter Scurr & Kit Grauer 4 sessions: $45 Class size: max 10 Wednesdays: April 6, 13, 20 Last session at the artists’ studio on Galiano Island TBA 10:00 am - Noon

S26 – Beyond Beginners’ French

Presenter: Mariette Hains 6 sessions: $60 Class size: max 20 Mondays: March 7, 14, 21; April 4, 11, 18 1:00-3:00 pm

T26 a) Snowbird Survival Spanish 1* Presenter: Sue Lloyd 4 sessions: $40 Class size: max 20 Thursdays: March 10, 17, 24, 31 1:00-3:00 pm

T26 b) Snowbird Survival Spanish 2*

Presenter – Sue Lloyd 4 sessions: $40 Class size: max 20 Thursdays: April 7, 14, 21, 28 1:00-3:00 pm *Levels 1 and 2 Spanish -8 sessions: $70

V26 Opera

Presenter: Betty Tanney 4 sessions: $40 Class size: max 25 Fridays: April 8, 15, 22, 29 1:00-4:00 pm

G26 Genealogy Online—How to Research your Family Tree W26 a) Buddhism: A Brief Introduction to the Essentials

Presenter: Peter Tait 2 sessions: $20 Class size: max 8 Wednesdays: March 30, April 6 7:-00 – 9:00 pm

W26 b) Further Exploration of Buddhism

H26 a) Using Your Computer for Digital Photography Presenter: Ivor Hewitt, 3 sessions: $30 Class size: max 8 Tuesdays: March 8, 15, 22 1:00 – 3:00 pm

Presenter: Nell Edelmeier-Gadd 4 sessions: $40 Class size: max 20 Tuesdays: March 29, April 5, 12, 19 1:00-3:00 pm

H26 b) Creating Personalized Greeting Cards

X26 Poetry

Presenter: Ivor Hewitt, 2 sessions: $20 Class size: max 8 Tuesdays: April 5, 12 10:00 am - Noon

J26 Create and Publish Your Own Photo Book Presenter: Sally Norcott 3 sessions: $30 Class size: max 8 Wednesdays: March 23, 30, Apr 6 10:00 am – Noon

K26 Decoding Food Labels and the Canada Food Guide

Presenter: Laureen McCleery 1 session: $10 Class size: max 20 Wednesday March 23 7:00-9:00 pm

L26 Your Healthy Brain

Presenter: Susan Rodgers, R.H.N. 1 session: $10 Class size: max 20 Wednesday March 9 7:00-8:30 pm

M26 Emergency Preparedness by Quentin

Presenter: Quentin Methot 1 session: $10 Class size: max 25 Wednesday March 16 1:00 – 3:00 pm

N26 History - The Reformation

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Presenter: Nell Edelmeier-Gadd Tuesdays: March 15, 22 1:00 – 3:00 pm

Presenter: Guillermo Bustos 5 sessions: $50 Class size: max 30 Wednesdays: March 30, April 6, 13, 27, May 4 1:45 - 3:45 pm

O26 History Close to Home—Delta

Presenter: Doug Massey 1 session: $10 Class size: max 40 Thursday March 10 10:00 am - Noon

Presenter: Bonnie Roberts-Taylor 4 Sessions: $40 Class size: max 20 Wednesdays: March 9, 16, 23, 30 10:00 am – Noon

Y26 - Meet the Author Series

4 Sessions: $30; Individual Sessions: $10 each.

Class size: max 25 7:00-9:00 pm Margaret Vidal Court, Tsawwassen

Y26 a) The Accidental Author

Presenter: Ashley Spires (Author and Illustrator) Tuesday March 22

Y26 b) Small Stories, Big Dreams

Presenter: Daren Groth (Vancouver Author) Tuesday April 5

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Thank you to the following for their support: Augustine House, Cedar Park Church, Century Group, Delta Continuing Education, Delta Optimist, Delta Parks and Rec., KinVillage Community Centre and Facilities, Ladner United Church, Rotary Clubs of Ladner & Tsawwassen, Save On Foods, Thrifty Foods Smile Program, Tsawwassen Lawn Bowling Club, White Spot

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TGIF Family Swim, which includes planned games, activities and play features.

Where and when does this take place?

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Did you know spending time together and participating in leisure activities strengthens the family bond?

However, the pace of modern life can make it difficult for multiple generations of families to spend time together. To make it easier for families to fit playtime into their busy schedules, Delta Parks, Recreation & Culture offers a wide variety of drop-in programs for families to enjoy. The TGIF Family Swim is also offered at Winskill Aquatic & Fitness Centre from 7-8:30pm and at Sungod Recreation Centre from 7-9pm. Family skating sessions are another great option for family fun!

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A16 The Delta Optimist February 10, 2016

Healthwise

Healthy baking alternatives

Baking can be a relaxing and rewarding pastime that parents can share with their children. Baking promotes a variety of skills, including the ability to follow instructions and make measurements.

Baking also employs mathematics, making it a rather delicious science experiment. Perhaps one of the few pitfalls of baking is indulging in too many sweet treats when taste testing and then enjoying the fruits of your labors.

But bakers concerned about their health can substitute healthy ingredients when recipes call for foods bakers would prefer to avoid. The following ingredients can make healthy additions to baked-good recipes without sacrificing flavour: • Whole wheat flour: Flour is at the heart of many baking recipes, including those for cakes, cookies and pies. Refined white flour may not be the healthiest ingredient, so try whole wheat flour, which is full of nutrients and an extra dose of fiber.

• Fruit puree: When a recipe calls for oil, mar-

Cut calories, fat and sugar from baked goods with some simple and healthy substitutions. garine, butter or shortening, consider replacing such ingredients with fruit purees, which often add moisture and texture just as well but without the same amount of calories.

• Greek yogurt: Greek yogurt is a powerhouse of protein and flavour with relatively few calories per serving. It can make a super substitution in recipes for things like sour cream, buttermilk or even cream cheese.

• Applesauce: Believe it or not, unsweetened applesauce also can replace some or all of the sugar in a recipe.

• Marshmallow or meringue: Ever check the nutritional information

for many store-bought cake frostings? They pack a considerable amount of calories, sugar and fat. Some also are made with hydrogenated oils.

Consider using a marshmallow fluff or homemade meringue to top cupcakes or decorate cookies.

• Egg whites: Replace a whole egg in a recipe with two egg whites or 1/4 cup of egg substitute.

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Healthwise

Sun’s rays provide needed vitamin D

Enjoying sunshine in moderation, and taking care not to burn, can be beneficial to your health DR. GERRY SCHWALFENBERG

Optimist contributor

A glass of wine with dinner is enjoyable and some studies suggest it will benefit your health.

Draining a bottle a night? You may have a problem.

Indulging in an ice cream cone while out for an evening walk is a nice treat. Sitting on the couch and devouring an entire gallon of ice cream will put you on a path to obesity and diabetes.

The same can be said for sun exposure.

There is no question that getting too much sun, burning exposure, can increase your risk of developing skin cancer.

But the answer is not abstinence. In fact, keeping yourself out of the sun entirely raises as many health risks as getting too much sun.

The simple reality — scientifically proven — is that people need exposure to the sun’s UV radiation to facilitate the synthesizing of vitamin D, essential for bone health at all ages.

Vitamin D deficiency in children can lead to rickets, a condition where the long bones in the legs soften and bend as the child begins to walk, resulting in bow legs.

In adults, vitamin D deficiency may cause osteomalacia, a softening of the bones that results in back pain, muscle weakness or osteoporosis with increased risk of bone breaks.

Twelve million Canadians have insufficient vitamin D levels, which sets them up for higher disease risk.

The risk is particularly acute in Canada, which gets relatively little sun exposure compared to most places in the world that host human populations.

Due to our higher latitude, there is small window when Canadians can have vitamin D synthesized by the sun — typically from late spring to early fall, around 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. It’s at this time that the UV index is likely to be above three and your shadow is shorter than your height.

Consider the challenges that tight window poses.

More and more,

Canadians are working indoors and spending less time outside than ever before.

Even when we do venture outside, we are heeding the warnings and slathering on UV protection sunscreen, which actually inhibits the synthesizing of vitamin D, SPF 30 reducing it by 97 per cent.

I’m not saying don’t use sunscreen. You should never allow your skin to burn. But try and make some vitamin D first.

Fifteen to 30 minutes of sun exposure, depending on your skin type, is sufficient and then either

apply sunscreen, cover up with clothing or get out of the sun.

It’s not surprising that Statistics Canada reports that 12 million Canadians — 35 per cent of the population — have insufficient vitamin D levels, including 10 per cent who are severely deficient, which sets them up for higher disease risk. But it’s not just a Canadian problem.

Vitamin D deficiency is growing globally.

While studies continue, the evidence is increasing that vitamin D may play a pivotal role in protecting against cancer, heart disease, Type l and 2 dia-

betes, multiple sclerosis, depression, dementia, colon and breast cancer, and a host of other chronic diseases.

While protecting ourselves from skin cancer, we are opening our risk to other types of cancer and disease.

A recently published study — Sunlight and Vitamin D: Necessary for Public Health, by Carole Baggerly and several academic researchers — examines how organizations such as the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer and the U.S. Surgeon General

call for sun avoidance, but ignore the fact that cutting out sunshine will reduce vitamin D, an essential vitamin for bone health, and will create probable harm for the general population.

As Baggerly points out, the human body has evolved over thousands of years and part of that process has adapted to sun exposure.

We derive several physiological benefits from UV rays in addition to vitamin D and these cannot be replaced by supplements.

To preach sun abstinence is to put Canadian lives unnecessarily at risk.

If organizations warn people to stay out of the sun, then they should also advise of the risks associated with vitamin D deficiency.

In the best interest of human health, we need to address both the risks and benefits of UV exposure.

Unfortunately, the message Canadians keep hearing lately is that there is no benefit to being in the sun.

Canadians need to be better educated about enjoying the sun safely, taking care not to burn, so that they may get their required vitamin D without raising the risk of skin cancer.

Like that glass of wine or an ice cream cone, it’s about enjoying the sun in moderation.

Dr. Gerry Schwalfenberg is a family doctor and an assistant clinical professor in the department of family practice at the University of Alberta in Edmonton.

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Let Us Get Real.

The first thing to understand is that u.v. whether from the sun or bulbs is the same. A photon of light is a photon of light.

There is no magic change to make a sunbed more risky than the solar uv light. Our sunbeds provide a U.V. spectrum similar to solar uv at noon - 95% UVA and 5% UVB, the strength of the dose may be stronger but the duration is shorter which is why you don’t burn if a sunbed is used properly. In fact cancer care Ontario, in a 2013 report on ultraviolet radiation reported that the melanoma risk for outdoor exposure was 61% versus 15% for indoor devices when used properly. So based on this research, using a sunbed is 4 times less risky than outdoor sun exposure. That is certainly a different message than what is often reported for the risk of indoor sunbed use. Is there a “hidden agenda”? -

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Changes implemented for 2016 could impact your tax return EVELYN JACKS

Optimist contributor

MAXIMIZE TAX BENEFITS WITHINYOUR TFSA BY TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE PRICE OF OIL. Contact me and find out how you can better position your investments prior to the impending upturn in the price of oil.

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The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has been prolific recently, releasing its 2015 T1 General Income Tax and Benefits return, its schedules and auxiliary tax forms, together with accompanying guides and pamphlets.

To get through them all is a challenge. So is understanding the volume of changes for the 2016 tax year.

Here are 10 key reasons to see your tax specialist early in the 2016 tax filing season: 1. For all taxpayers.

Changes to federal tax brackets and rates — the middle income bracket is reduced to 20.5 per cent from 22 per cent, while a new high-income rate will apply to those with taxable income over $200,000.

These changes will affect other provisions on the tax return, including charitable donation calculations, trust and estate taxes,

received, for example.

6. For retirees, the opportunity to recontribute withdrawals from a RRIF in 2015, when the withdrawal rules were relaxed. However, this must be done before Feb. 29.

7. For families. The removal of the Family Tax Cut in 2016 could reduce refunds in spring 2017. An RRSP contribution could be especially helpful in reducing both net and taxable income in the 2016 tax year. This would not only save tax dollars, but the RRSP could also actually embellish cash flow for the family by creating or increasing the eligibility for the new Child Tax Benefit, expected to start in July.

8. More news for families: cut down on withholding taxes. Starting in the 2015 and future tax years, more is deductible for child care — $1,000 more in fact — in each of the maximum dollar categories: children under 7;

taxes on split income with minors.

2. Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA) annual contribution limits were reduced for 2016, back to $5,500 from the 2015 maximum room of $10,000.

However, there has been a reinstatement of indexation for 2016 and subsequent taxation years.

3. RRSP contribution room remains at 18 per cent of earned income, but the maximum contribution for 2016 is $25,370; for 2015 it’s $24,930. Any topup for 2015 must be made

by Feb. 29.

4. For employees. There are changes to the calculation of automobile benefits. For 2015 the limit on tax-exempt auto allowances paid by employers to employees that use personal vehicles for business purposes, increased.

5. For those who turn 65 in 2016, the ability to postpone OAS benefits for up to five years if income is high. This could happen if a generous exit package is

children age 7-16; and disabled children for whom care is required. You can adjust tax withholdings as a result of these deductions, but you must file a T1213 form requesting permission from CRA. This is the right time of the year to do so.

9. For those caring for the sick and disabled, tapping into the Compassionate Care Benefits is much more generous — they are available for up to six months, as opposed to six weeks, starting in 2016.

In addition, a new Home Accessibility Tax Credit may bring relief in 2016.

10. For business owners.

Corporate tax rates are on their way down, dividend taxation is changing and a newly indexed capital gains exemption is available for 2016 if small business shares will be sold. The new amount is $824,176.

Evelyn Jacks is the founder and president of Knowledge Bureau.

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Financial Matters

Currency risk with U.S. stocks

BY SOM SEIF

Optimist contributor

I think we can all agree that investing in the U.S. stock market is a valuable exercise. There are global companies in the U.S. that are great longterm stocks that we should own as well as important diversification benefits that Canadians achieve by investing away from Canada.

Canadians like to invest at home, but what we really need to understand is that Canada’s stock market is one big illiquid sector bet. Our market is dominated by three major sectors — financials, energy and commodities. On the other hand, the U.S. stock market is huge, with deep and broad representation across all major sectors.

That said, investing in the U.S. comes with a unique challenge that you don’t have when investing at home: currency risk.

There are two ways to approach fluctuating currency when investing in the U.S. market. The first is to adopt a thesis by which you buy into the

U.S. market knowing and accepting there will be times when the U.S. dollar strengthens or weakens versus the Canadian dollar. The second is to use a currency hedge solution.

There are advantages to each approach.

To hedge…

For those of us who are individual investors, hedging is generally not a good option. You need to accept the currency risk when investing in individual U.S. stocks. But in the ETF and the mutual fund industry, there are lots of funds that offer currency hedging as a part of the strategy, aiming to eliminate the fluctuations of the currency.

For example, if you buy the S&P 500 Index and use a currency-hedged fund, you can just worry about the way the stock market moves rather than worrying about the direction of the U.S. dollar — essentially investing just like a local U.S. investor. …or not to hedge There’s something to be said if you’re not currency hedging and exposing your portfolio to U.S. currency. Of course,

You’re invited

given the strength of the U.S. dollar relative to the Canadian dollar lately, many Canadian investors have seen a significantly positive result in recent years. But regardless of short-term direction, there is a significant argument for long-term investors to choose not to hedge their currency exposure.

Currency exposure in general, especially the U.S. dollar, can act as a nice “volatility dampener” for Canadians buying U.S. stocks through different investment cycles.

What happens a lot of the time is a “flight to quality,” whereby investors who are uncertain about what is going on flock to the U.S. dollar and to U.S. Treasuries. When you look out over a 10-plus year timeframes, then the addition of U.S. currency exposure can really help provide potentially better risk-adjusted returns on equities. So there is strong merit to not currency hedging your U.S. stock exposure.

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Public consultation on the bridge set to replace the George Massey Tunnel has wrapped up and construction is slated to begin next year.

The project, which still must undergo an environmental assessment, was announced in 2012 and is expected to be finished by 2022.

The Optimist asked:

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Sharon Kraemer

Yes, I think it’s a great idea.

We can’t stop it.

Chris Heywood

No. I think it’s in the wrong place and I think it’s too big.

Jane McCall

No. I think they’d be better off spending their money on extending the Canada Line to White Rock than building that entire bridge. It would be a better use of the money in my opinion.

Bill Rogers

Yes, but I probably won’t be around when it opens.

I don’t think it will be open then (by 2022). I think it will be more like 2025.

Beverley Askin

No, I’m not. It’s going to be a toll to cross it. Are the big ships that they’re actually building that for going to be paying too?

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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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Are you responsible for the care of a family member or friend at home or in a facility. The Delta Caregivers’ Network is offering an education and support group starting Wednesday Feb. 10 from 1 to 3 pm once a week for eight weeks. Cost is $50.

Subjects covered include caregiver stress, communication techniques, role and lifestyle changes, accessing and using community resources, and legal and financial issues. To register phone Laurie 604-943-3921, Sylvia 604-943-7596 or the

Canadian Mental Health Association VancouverFraser offers a Family Support Group in South Delta for individuals supporting someone with a mental illness. Meetings are on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month from 7 - 9 p.m. Next meeting is on Feb. 10. Please call the Delta office at 604-943-1878 or email info.delta@cmha. bc.ca to register for your first meeting.

English Bluff Elementary PAC presents: Raising Children in a Digital World, with Deborah MacNamara, a Nuefeld Institute faculty counsellor and educator, Thursday, Feb. 11 from 7 to 9 p.m. at English Bluff Elementary. Doors open at 6:45 p.m. Admission is free.

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Thursday of each month from 7 - 9 p.m. Next meeting is on Feb. 11. Please call the Delta office at 604-943-1878 or email info.delta@cmha. bc.ca to register for your first meeting.

The Low Vision Support Group meets Monday, Feb. 15, 1:30-2:30 at the Ladner Pioneer Library meeting room. Guest is from Better Meals and will be bringing samples.

Kee Philosophers’, is back for their February session with Robbin Whitbread & Jean Wightman coordinating. Kee Philosophers’ will meet again on Friday, Feb. 12, 1:30-3:00 pm in the McKee Senior Centre Lounge where we’ll be discussing the important question Delta’s Natural Habitats & Flyway – How do we preserve them?

Anne Murray will be our speaker for this session. The Kee Philosophers’ are free and open to all. No pre-registration is necessary.

Celebrate Heritage Week - Ancestry Workshop, Part 1, Monday, Feb. 15, 6:30 – 8 pm at Ladner Pioneer Library (also Tuesday, Feb. 16, 6:30 – 8:30 pm at Tsawwassen Library).

Learn how to research your family history from Diane Rogers of British Columbia Genealogical Society and editor of The British Columbia Genealogist. Part 2: Thursday, Feb. 18, 2 – 3 pm - Learn how to use FVRL’s Ancestry Library Edition database.

Meet the Curator Saturdays, Feb. 13, March 12, April 16, 10:15 – 11:15 am at the Tsawwassen 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. Also Feb. 13, March 12, April 16, 12 – 1 pm at the Ladner Pioneer Library.

French language preschool, Lutins du Bois, is having an open house on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 6-7:30. Non French speaking families are welcome. 785- 49th St., Tsawwassen; 604-948-1222; lutins_du_bois@csf.bc.ca.

General registration for ElderCollege Delta’s spring semester will take place at two sites: Saturday, Feb. 13 at the Tsawwassen Town Centre Mall from 10 to 11:30 am and Tuesday, Feb. 16 at Save-on-Foods in Ladner from 11:30 am to 1 pm. Full program information is also available online on our webpage (Google “ElderCollege Delta”). For further information regarding registration phone: 604-943-0262.

Ladner Parkinson’s support group next meeting – Saturday, Feb. 13. 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at McKee Centre.

This group is for people living with Parkinson’s and/ or the people who care for them. We meet the second Saturday of each month to share and learn information, ideas and experiences in an atmosphere of confidential and mutual support. For more information call Dave or Gloria at 604-948-0156.

Ambassadors Tsawwassen Toastmasters celebrate 15 years in the community Tuesday, Feb. 16 (5:30-8:30) at Metros/Rose and Crown.

Join in the fun and see some mini speaking sessions by our members who have grown from their time in Toastmasters. Regular meetings second/fourth Tuesdays at St. David’s Anglican Church, 1115-51A Street.

Guests welcome. Further information, call Susan 604786-5404.

South Delta Garden Club hosts Peter Brolese, Appreciation of Bonsai: introduction to the fundamentals of growing Bonsai.

Tuesday, Feb. 16, 7:30 p.m.

Please note venue change: Ladner Christian Reformed Church 4594 54a St. Visitors and new members always welcome. www.southdeltagardenclub.ca.

The Probus Club of South Delta, a non-profit, fellowship club for retired and semiretired professional and business people will hold its monthly meeting at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 17,

in The Coast Tsawwassen Inn. Our guest speakers will be George Harvie and Jeff Day from the Corp. of Delta.

All members are urged to attend. Please call Gordon Apperley at 604-948-1250 for information. Our discussion group will meet the following morning, Thursday, Feb. 18, at 10 am at CoPs. Register for Reach Inclusive Preschool in Ladner on Feb. 20 from 9-11am. Play-based emphasis on learning in the Ladner countryside. 3-3800-72nd St., for more information: 604-946-6622 ext 308 or oshratz@reachchild.org.

SENIORS International Folk Dancing - Have fun learning dances from around the world. KinVillage Community Centre, 543010th Ave., Tsawwassen.

7-8 pm Thursday, Feb. 11, 19 & 25, March 3 & 10. $3 for Members - $4 for NonMembers. Your first session is free. Beginners welcome.

Come by yourself or with a friend. No partner necessary.

Wear comfortable shoes and clothing.

Shari’s Saturday Sweetheart Social, Feb. 13, KinVillage Community Centre, 5430-10th Ave., $12 members, $14 non-members includes tasty mid-evening goodies. Tickets available at the door, cash or cheque only. Dance to a wide variety to great CD music including waltzes, jives, cha cha, mambo, etc. To reserve a table, please call Shari at 604-943-8755.

Fabulous February Feast Luncheon with entertainer Linda Kidder, at 12:15 Friday, Feb. 19, KinVillage Community Centre. Tickets $12, members $14. eCleCtiC café - Songs from Howard Solverson’s varied repertoire, along with a guest, in a coffee house setting. Saturday, Feb. 20, 7 to 9 p.m. at McKee Seniors Recreation Centre. Members $3; guests $5. Coffee and tea will be served.

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FUND RAISERS Come on out, have fun and learn the life-saving skills of CPR and the AED. OHM Medical would like to invite the public to a very special fundraising event for Loranda Farms.

At Hawthorne Elementary School gymnasium, 5160 Central Ave., Ladner.

Saturday, Feb. 13. 12 to 2 p.m.

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SPECIAL EVENTS Dinner and movie night, Sunday, Feb. 21 at Ladner Gospel Assembly, 4979-44A Ave. Dinner at 5 p.m. Movie, ‘Do you Believe?’ at 6:30 p.m.

Free admission.

The Delta Leadership Prayer Breakfast will be at the new Tsawwassen Springs Ballroom on Saturday, Feb. 27 at 7:30 a.m. Guest speaker will be Mark Washington, BC Lions assistant coach and former player. Tickets are $30 each or a table of 8 for $210. To order tickets - phone Dee Hansen at 604657-6599.

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).

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Sports Shorts SCOREBOARD SPORT VANCOUVER METRO SOCCER LEAGUE Division One GP W ICSF Columbus 18 12 ND Olympics 18 12 Guildford FC 17 11 Westside 18 12 Binger’s Army 19 10 SD Royals 19 9 Metropolitan 20 4 Rinos Van SC 19 5 Akal FC 19 5 Sarajevo FC 20 3 Shaheen FC 20 4 FC Romania 16 3

T L Pts 4 2 40 2 4 38 5 1 38 1 5 37 2 7 32 4 6 31 7 9 19 4 10 19 3 11 18 7 10 16 2 14 14 3 10 12

PACIFIC JUNIOR HOCKEY Tom Shaw Conference GP W L T Pts North Van 42 31 9 2 64 Grandview 42 23 15 4 50 Richmond 41 19 14 7 46 Delta 42 19 17 6 44 Port Moody 42 10 27 5 25 Harold Brittian Conference Mission 43 30 11 2 62 Abbotsford 42 28 10 4 60 Aldergrove 42 22 17 2 47 R. Meadows 42 17 20 5 39 Langley 42 4 36 2 10 Mission 3

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BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS Sat. Feb 13: Super Saturday Delta finals, noon-5:15 p.m., Seaquam Secondary

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Pacific Standard Time.

Height in feet THURSDAY, FEB 11 12:46 am 7:37 am 1:47 pm 7:17 pm

3.9 14.8 7.5 12.5

FRIDAY, FEB 12 1:29 am 8:11 am 2:40 pm 8:25 pm

4.9 14.8 6.6 12.1

SATURDAY, FEB 13 2:14 am 8:47 am 3:35 pm 9:44 pm

6.6 14.8 5.9 11.8

SUNDAY, FEB 14 3:06 am 9:27 am 4:33 pm 11:16 pm

7.9 14.4 5.2 11.8

MONDAY,FEB 15 4:08 am 10:10 am 5:34 pm

9.2 13.8 4.6

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Soccer star headed to Princeton

Olivia Sheppard becomes 2nd local player in 3 years going to Ivy League school MARK BOOTH

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Olivia Sheppard is the latest to take her game south of the border in what has become a remarkable era for girls soccer players coming out of Tsawwassen.

The Grade 12 South Delta Secondary School student announced last week she will be continuing her career and studies at world-renowned Princeton University. Amazingly, Sheppard will be the second SDSS grad to play for the New Jersey school in three years, joining 2014 recruit Alessia Azermadhi.

It also makes it three consecutive years a Tsawwassen player has signed with an NCAA Division One program. Hannah Carruthers recently completed her freshman season at Seattle University.

Each of these girls were part of the Whitecaps Girls Elite Program.

That in itself is an outstanding accomplishment. The all-expenses paid academy hand picks only a few players from across the province each season.

Sheppard had been dreaming about playing for an Ivy League school since she was 10. “At the time it was Yale because it was the only one I really knew,” she laughed.

She had been in contact with Princeton for some time and eventually flew back east to attend an ID camp. Head coach Sean Driscoll was immediately impressed with what he saw from the B.C. prospect.

“We agreed we both would do what we had to do to make this work,” recalled Sheppard.

“For me, that meant keeping my grades up and going through an immense amount of studying, especially for my SAT which I had to bump up a bunch. I got through it.”

Of course, Sheppard didn’t have to look far for advice either.

Azermadhi also weighed opportunities at other Ivy League schools before deciding on Princeton.

“She was very helpful,” Sheppard continued. “She could explain the pros and cons of each, and she was being honest with me, not biased at all. She did explain how her experience has gone so far. Everything she said kind of fit with how I was feeling.”

Sheppard returned to Princeton for an official visit in November, along with other members of the Tigers’ 2020 recruiting class.

Although Ivy League schools prohibit athletic scholarships, she will be receiving a lucrative student aid deal to cover her expenses.

PHOTO BY MARK BOOTH

Tsawwassen’s Olivia Sheppard is a member of Princeton University’s 2020 women’s soccer team recruiting class, having made her official committment to the renowned Ivy League school last week.

Sheppard joined the Whitecaps on a full-time basis at the start of her Grade 11 year. Soon after, the MLS club reached a partnership with Soccer Canada and B.C. Soccer to transform the program into a Regional Excel Centre (REX) for Western Canada.

“They modified it into more of a national feeder program and focusing more on younger girls and developing them. Once that change occurred, I became the oldest player on the team,” said Sheppard. “It’s still a very competitive training environment with girls on the national U17 team.”

Sheppard also got invited to a couple of U20 national team training sessions, including a U23 Olympic Development Camp last May. “I was training with girls who are on the national team today. That was a big deal for me.”

She has spent much of her career terrorizing opponents as a forward or attacking midfielder.

During her Grade 10 year at South Delta, she led the Sun Devils in scoring en route to reaching the provincial championship game. She was highly

productive during her time in the BCPSL with Coastal FC, earning the Golden Boot Award as top scorer at Nationals in 2012, and aged up two years later to help the U18 team win provincials.

Sheppard also played for provincial select squads from U13 to U16.

However, it was during her time with the Whitecaps when then coach Jesse Symons saw Sheppard as a natural central defender. She has been playing on the backline since, showcasing her versatility.

“He basically said when we were playing top level teams, I would be playing centre back,” said Sheppard. “I like scoring and being very creative. It’s one of the strengths to my game.

“I think what he saw was my level of competitiveness. Like on 1v1 drills, I would always win the ball. There was no question about it. Beating me to a ball just doesn’t register in my brain.

“I think (Princeton) sees me as a centre back too, through time, maybe I will be playing (other positions) too.”

Sheppard hasn’t played for her hometown club since her days with the Tsawwassen Eagles way back in U11. That team was coached by her father Bruce who at one time was Head Boys Coordinator with the club.

“He has definitely had a huge role in my soccer career,” said Sheppard. “He’s been completely supportive of everything I have done and helped me get to where I am today. My mom as well, even though she has not played soccer, is always there for me.”

Sheppard will continue to train with the Burnaby-based Whitecaps REX Program five days a week until the early summer. It will be a hectic few months ahead with high school graduation on the horizon too, then the move to Princeton where she will be enrolling in general studies, with an interest in science.

“You have to surround yourself with people who will support you and encourage you to do well,” said Sheppard of her busy schedule. “You have to prioritize as well. I’m always thinking what is the thing I need to do right now.”

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Super Saturday provides stage for Delta hoop finals Delview (7-5), South Delta (6-6), Delta (6-6) and Burnsview (3-9).

The Junior Girls Division has been a two team race all season with North Delta and Seaquam both owning 9-1 records.

Also headed to the playoffs are Burnsview (4-6), Delta (4-6) and Sands (3-7).

Longtime rivals Seaquam and North Delta are also favoured to meet in the Grade 8 Boys championship game. The Seahawks went 12-0 in league play, while the Huskies rolled to a 10-2 record. Other contenders include Delta (7-5), South Delta (5-7) and Delview (4-8).

It’s also been a perfect run for Burnsview in the Grade 8 Girls League.

The Raiders put their 12 game win streak on the line this week. Seaquam (10-2) and Delta (8-4) have also enjoyed solid seasons. Delview (6-6) is also in the mix.

The Delta playoffs will also determine seeding for Fraser Valley Junior and Grade 8 Championships.

The Delta Secondary Schools Athletic Association’s basketball leagues will conclude play by hosting a Super Saturday.

For the very first time, all four championship games will take place at the same venue — Seaquam Secondary. The action begins at noon on Saturday with the Grade 8 Girls final.

It’s followed by the Junior Girls (1:45 p.m.), Grade 8 Boys (3:30 p.m.) and Junior Boys (5:15 p.m.).

Playdowns to reach the championship games began yesterday with quarter-final action. The semi-final round takes place on Wednesday.

Each of the divisions feature dominating teams that enter this week with stellar records.

The North Delta Huskies (12-0) are the clear team to beat in the Junior Boys Division and are considered among the best in the province. Other teams in the playoff picture include Seaquam (9-3),

3rd place still within Ice Hawks’ reach PHOTO BY GORD GOBLE

After finishing the regular season with a 6-6 record, the Delta Pacers face a challenging road to reach Super Saturday and the Delta Junior Boys Basketball League championship game at Seaquam Secondary.

Sunday, ended Delta’s hopes of finishing second in the Tom Shaw Conference.

The Ice Hawks (19-17-2-4) only trail third place Richmond (19-14-3-5) by two points but likely need to win their final two games, including Thursday against the Sockeyes at Minoru Arenas (7 p.m.).

Delta also hosted Aldergrove last night.

The Delta Ice Hawks need to do some work this week to avoid playing the North Vancouver Wolf Pack for a third straight year in the Pacific Junior Hockey League playoffs.

A 3-0 loss to the Mission City Outlaws Saturday night, coupled with Grandview Steelers’ win over Ridge Meadows on

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