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Biologist Brent Matsuda checks out one of the garter snakes that was rescued last year in Beach Grove.

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Colony disturbed by dike work last spring doing quite well, says biologist JESSICA KERR

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Delta has hired a wildlife biologist to monitor the colony of garter snakes living around the dike in Beach Grove. The snakes were removed and then returned to the area last spring as crews replaced the rip-rap along a section of the dike. The municipality was

tipped off to the presence of the snakes by local residents, including a group of Beach Grove Elementary students who rallied to save the snakes. In all, more than 500 garter snakes were rescued from the area and returned about six weeks later once construction was complete. “They seem to be doing quite well,” wildlife biologist Brent

Matsuda said last week as he and two volunteers, who are also biologists, captured snakes to take measurements to see how they have fared. “They want to know if the habitat is still being used,” Matsuda said, as well as the growth and survival rates for the rescued snakes, which were all microchipped. It’s mating season for the

snakes, Matsuda said, adding people should steer clear of the area until the end of the month. “It’s a really sensitive time because they’re in the middle of breeding,” Matsuda said, adding people should not try to capture or handle the snakes. The species is fully protected by the B.C. Wildlife Act. “Just leave the snakes alone,” he said.

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Delta South independent MLA Vicki Huntington re-introduced a bill last week that would move B.C.’s fixed election date to the fall to allow time to scrutinize the government’s budget prior to voting. Every election year, B.C.’s budget cycle is interrupted by the election, she said. The bill would move the fixed election date to October to avoid this conflict. “We continue to have a sham budgeting process in the lead-up to the election. An election year is precisely the time the public needs to know that Vicki the numbers Huntington add up,” Huntington said. “Instead, we enter elections with the perception that the government’s untested political promises are based on fiscal fantasy. “The next election year will see yet another budget that will not pass because there isn’t sufficient time to go through it,” said Huntington. “And the auditor general will not be able to report on the government’s accounting before people go to the polls.” Moving the election to the fall would be a simple change with a profound effect on governance and political accountability, Huntington said. “As it stands, election-year budgets in this province aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on.”

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Delta Hospital Auxiliary delivered on its promise of a new bus for Mountain View Manor Monday. Auxiliary president Robbi Schultes and resident Pam Glass cut the ribbon as the bus was delivered to the Delta Hospital facility. Auxiliary members Marilyn Jones, past president, and Kitty Sawycky were also on hand for the ribbon cutting along with residents Sylvia Rogers and Trudy Perri. The auxiliary provided $125,000 to Fraser Health for the purchase of the vehicle, which will allow staff to take up to 14 residents at a time on outings. Mountain View Manor had been without a bus since last summer. “We hope the residents have many trips out and about in the community,” Schultes said, adding the auxiliary is able to make such purchases thanks to community support.

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Much work remains for the Tsawwassen First Nation to make its ambitious plans a reality, says recently re-elected Chief Bryce Williams. Williams received a vote of confidence in his leadership last Wednesday as he topped two challengers in the TFN’s general election, a race that also saw most of the incumbent legislators re-elected. Williams received 96 votes to outdistance Ken Baird (71) and Andrew Bak (19). It was the third electoral victory for Williams who beat longtime chief Kim Baird in 2012 and then again in a re-match the

following spring after a new election was ordered. “I am humbled and honoured that our members have given me the opportunity to serve the Tsawwassen First Nation as chief for another threeyear term. Since I was first elected to this role, together we have made great strides forward as a community,” he said. “You only have to look around Tsawwassen lands to see the scale of the new opportunities that we are undertaking with our partners, which will secure our long-term economic future for generations to come. As we secure that future, we can begin to make needed investments into our cultural, health, education, natural

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this fall, the TFN is already seeing its tax base increase as it enters new economic waters. “A lot of work remains for us to make our ambitious plans a reality, but we can look forward with optimism. I am excited to work with the elders, the youth, the legislature, the executive council and wider community as we build a bright future for TFN,” Williams said. Despite all the changes that come with massive growth, the soft-spoken 26-year-old chief is keen on not only maintaining but strengthening the TFN’s culture and heritage. Williams, who trained as a carver in Haida Gwaii and now teaches the craft,

as well as drumming, in an interview prior to the election talked about the importance of instilling that pride in young people. He also described some of his priorities moving ahead, benefits of all the growth, ranging from a housing plan for members to an elders’ centre, promises which obviously resonated well with members. On the TFN’s website, Williams states, “We are a strong nation right now but soon we will be more powerful than ever, culturally and economically.” Ken Baird was re-elected to the legislature. Meanwhile, former chief Kim Baird had been nominated to run for a legislative seat but decided to withdraw.

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Housing market keeps rising March stats show typical Ladner home now exceeds $900,000 SANDOR GYARMATI

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The red hot real estate market for houses just keeps sizzling, especially in Delta. The latest figures from the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver indicate total residential property sales for last month in the region saw an increase of just over 27 per cent compared to March 2015, the highest selling month the real estate board ever recorded. “Strong job and economic growth in our province, positive net migration and low interest rates are helping to drive this activity,” Dan Morrison, REBGV president said.

Single-detached houses remain the hot commodity and that can be seen in Ladner, where the socalled “benchmark” price of a typical home is steadily inching its way toward the $1 million level. The typical Ladner house is now at $916,300, a 3.2 per cent increase from the month before and a whopping 32.4 per cent increase from March 2015. It’s the second highest year-over-year jump in the region, bested only by Tsawwassen, where the benchmark for a detached house climbed to $1,110,800 in March, 3.7 per cent higher than the previous month and 39.6 per cent higher than the same time last year.

It’s typical for spring to see a jump in activity, however, March came and went at a break-neck, record-setting pace. I’ve never seen anything like it. CHARLES WIEBE

The Fraser Valley Real Estate Board also hit a historical high in sales in March, setting the record for sales processed in one month since its inception in 1921. It processed 62

per cent more sales compared to March 2015 and 26 per cent more than the previous month. “This market is uncharted territory for Fraser Valley real estate,” said board president Charles Wiebe. “It’s typical for spring to see a jump in activity, however, March came and went at a break-neck, recordsetting pace. I’ve never seen anything like it.” The benchmark price for a North Delta singlefamily detached home was $771,300, a 33 per cent increase from the previous year.

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The award-winning Four Winds Brewing Company is looking to open a 30-seat lounge in Tilbury. open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. A letter from the company’s management notes the brewery isn’t in a residential area. It states the Tilbury area employs nearly 8,000 people, but they have few options in the neighbourhood to go out for lunch.

The Delta staff report notes a lounge with a larger capacity than the proposed 30 persons wouldn’t be supported. Council’s policy is to refer any liquor license application to a public hearing, but council in this case agreed not to send it to a hearing.

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It sounds like a lot to spend to just find out how much money you’re going to spend. That’s what Coun. Ian Paton had to say at Delta council’s regular meeting last week during discussion on an engineering staff recommendation to spend $151,000 for a consultant to determine the scope of a road improvement project slated for 47th Avenue in Ladner. “We’re not even talking about the project itself. I just have to chuckle. It looks like a simple project but, really, there’s a lot more to it,” Paton said. Council approved the expenditure for the preliminary and detailed designs and construction management for the work,

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Road work is slated for Ladner’s 47th Avenue. which will stretch from Garry to 51st streets. The work will include roadway widening and parking lot expansion and rehabilitation for the future home of the Reach Child and Youth Development Centre. It will also include a concrete sidewalk, boulevard trees, a freestanding sign for the Ladner Pioneer Library and Reach facility, as well as watermain and drainage improvements.

Engineering director Steven Lan explained the projects require a lot of technical work before construction can begin. “We have a very lean staff complement, thus, can’t do everything inhouse,” he added. Council at the same meeting also approved a height variance and easing the parking requirement for the three-storey, 20,000-square-foot Reach facility at Memorial Park.

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I don’t know why it works. I only know it does. I am speaking of computer issues. I am speaking of those things that drive me downright batty. The screen will freeze. Or the email will fail to send. Or some item on my toolbar will disappear. Or Microsoft Word will refuse to open. “Have you tried logging off and rebooting?” the husband will suggest. This, of course, is the age-old solution: turn ‘er off, and turn ‘er on. As I say, no idea why this should work, but generally, it does. Heck, this even happens when I am at work, and forced to call for tech support. “I can’t access my work bench,” I’ll report.

“Hmm,” the voice on the this is how I imagine the conversation would go. other end will say. “Have Me to husband: “The you shut things down and microwave is acting restarted?” strange. It’s taking 10 minWeird — especially utes to warm up a bowl of coming from a techno soup.” whiz. After all, techno Husband to me: “Have whizzes tend to have a vast knowledge about comput- you tried unplugging it ers. To advise me to simply and then plugging it in again?” shut ‘er down is much like Me to husband: “No. a math teacher advising Because then the clock a puzzled student to look for an answer on the Internet. To advise me to Whatever. It simply shut ‘er down works. Must say I’ve peri- is much like a math odically wondered whether this solution teacher advising a would apply to other puzzled student to conundrums. look for an answer on Wouldn’t, say, with the Internet. the car. If it was on the fritz, there’d be no point in turning would go off, and I can it off and on, given that it never remember how to would likely be off in the reset it.” first place. Truly, for reasons that Ditto with the fridge: escape me, seems that the can’t see the off-on soluoff-on thingie works only tion being a workable with the computer. remedy here. If the fridge Thing is, while I like the was acting oddly — say, fridge and the microwave by offering inconsistent and the car, the computer cooling — I would not be often drives me mad. Next inclined to turn it off for a time it gives me big-time while, if only because I’m grief, I may try something not a fan of room-tempernew: I’ll turn the contrapature milk. tion off, all right. I just Then there’s the microwon’t turn it on. wave. If it wasn’t working,

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axpayers shouldn’t be out of pocket for the actions of some yahoos, so Ian Paton is definitely onto something. The municipal councillor has suggested that if young people are found to be responsible for the fire that badly damaged the artificial turf field at Holly Park the weekend before last, then their parents should be held liable for the cost to repair the damage. The incident is truly mind boggling and is likely the handiwork of young people fueled by intoxicants, peer pressure and/or testosterone. How a group thought it was a good idea to drag a couch, which had been set at the curb for Spring Clean-Up, to the middle of the turf field, and then set it ablaze, is hard to fathom. What they left in their wake is a large burned out section of artificial turf that will cost thousands to repair, a tab, as Paton rightly points out, that should be covered by those responsible, or their parents, not Delta taxpayers. The incident raises a couple of issues, the first of which is obviously monetary. Taxpayers had been shelling out over $100,000 on an annual basis to repair acts of vandalism, prompting Delta to take measures that gradually reduced that figure to less than $35,000 by 2014, although the total jumped back up to $55,000 last year. We shouldn’t tolerate such mindless destruction of public property, so when opportunities arise to identify and hold perpetrators responsible, we should take advantage of them. Beyond financial restitution, there’s also the issue of moral accountability, of those responsible being taught there are repercussions for their actions. Having mom and dad cut a cheque to pay for the damage addresses the fiscal end of the equation, but it shouldn’t be overlooked this was an act of arson, so simply paying the tab isn’t going to cut it. On top of any criminal ramifications that come out of this incident, these vandals have inconvenienced hundreds and hundreds of field users and that’s where I see their mea culpa being directed. They must apologize in a very public way and do whatever they can to make it right with those who have not been able to use that field. Vandals must learn their actions come with a price, one that goes beyond just the monetary.

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xcuse me, would you like to comment on that? Everyone has an opinion, whether it’s the inflated cost of real estate, the high price of cauliflower or tolling bridges. We all have something to say about the issues that affect us. I would be hard pressed to find anyone who doesn’t have an opinion on Donald Trump’s chances as the next president of the United States. As a journalist and broadcaster for the past 25 years, I have always valued other people’s opinions to help make up my mind on both private and public matters. The world of public opinion is like a giant colander where I can strain out the bad and retain the good. This is my first official Community Comment as I fill the big shoes of former Optimist publisher Tom Siba. Just because he’s not in print I doubt that Tom will be keeping his opinions to himself. Lucky me, I am joining a group of talented columnists who consistently have something interesting and informative to say about our community. Love, and a job with Delta TV, brought me to my new home in Beach Grove five years ago. The trajectory towards South Delta was both tragic and happy. My

Community Comment INGRID ABBOTT

husband died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 50 when our children were 16 and 14. It was heartbreaking and life changing but we survived thanks to his strength of character under the most grave of circumstances. After four years of picking up the pieces of my altered life I was blessed to meet the new love of my life who has called Tsawwassen his home for the past 28 years. As fate would have it, I was working in community television in Gibsons on the Sunshine Coast when we began dating. A year later our sister station Delta TV had a job opening and I jumped at the opportunity. I packed my belongings and moved across the water into a new life. Working in community TV was

a fast way to immerse myself in all things Delta and I soon became a fan. Despite its awkward geography there is a fluidity that keeps it cohesive in its celebrations, festivals, sports, dedicated politicians, a dynamic school system and a police force that is the envy of many. This is a beautiful place to live. Spring is here and the familiar smell of manure signals the farmers are in their fields. Soon I will navigate around trucks laden with potatoes as they trundle down the side roads lined with plump blueberries bursting on the bush, one of the many perks of Delta living. Building a new home in your 50s with a new partner is not easy. It’s been a lesson in humility, compromise and letting go. But I had a little aid from our golden Labrador Rosie who helped me meet my neighbours and make new friends. While the birds come and go along our Delta flyway, I won’t be migrating anytime soon. I plan to stay grounded. I’m growing a garden to feed the bees and, yes, I’ll have an opinion on that too. Ingrid Abbott has traded life behind a microphone for a keyboard, and finds inspiration in the beauty of her new home in South Delta.

April 13, 2016 The Delta Optimist A9

Letters

Loss of Bayside Club is a travesty

Editor: Bayside, the only waterfront recreation community centre in Delta, will soon see a wrecking ball. The developer locked out Bayside members last year when the first application to build two homes there was denied. He then purchased the company that owned the building and applied for a demolition permit. He reapplied to rezone the property. He is a savvy, professional developer; we didn’t stand a chance. Our plan all along was to ask Delta council to keep the zoning private

recreational. We felt we needed the zoning firmed up to be able to purchase Bayside as a recreational property. It was going to take us a long time to raise the $3 million-plus to buy and update the club. Continued recreational zoning gave us that time. Bayside had the only beach with a parking lot where kayaking, kite boarding, sailing and other water sports are allowed. The squash courts can be relocated, but Bayside can never be replaced. Its loss is a travesty for the citizens of Delta. Councillors Sylvia

Bishop and Jeannie Kanakos voted to keep it zoned recreational and spoke passionately about all that will be lost if this rare gem isn’t saved. Coun. Heather King voted in favour of rezoning but also put forward a motion that Delta support finding a place to build a new squash and racquet facility here in South Delta. Councillors Ian Paton, Robert Campbell and Bruce McDonald all voted to demolish Bayside and build the homes, saying the municipality could not afford such a property. The mayor also chimed in on

this note, saying taxpayers would not want to buy this property. The notion of Delta buying it was all their own, and I’m confounded as to why they would use it as an excuse to allow the rezoning. Never once did we ever ask Delta to buy the property; we only asked it see the value of it as a rare recreational gem. Sorry we couldn’t save Bayside for you, your kids and future generations. But hey, we can always go to the mall. Louise Latremouille Former President Bayside Squash Society

Library turning into another playground Editor: Over the past few semesters, I have spent much of my time at the Ladner Pioneer Library. The key word in that last sentence is library. Unfortunately, children’s play activities have taken over a large proportion of space and time in

the library, making it a loud and uncomfortable work space. To my understanding, a library is not a daycare, playground or community centre. It is a building established for the purpose of silence, reading and learning. With the number of

Student cares about bog

Editor: I feel you should not build on Burns Bog for three reasons: 1. Four endangered species (the Pacific water shrew, the southern red-backed vole, the Trowbridge’s shrew and the northern red-legged frog) will all have their habitat threated by a development. 2. Breeding songbirds, tree roosting bats, screech owls and barn owls may also be in danger.

3. Twelve sensitive ecosystems that are identified as “of special concern” or “threatened” or “endangered” according to the provincial government could be within the proposed building site. We all have to speak up because people need to know nature is important and the animals can’t speak for themselves. Ayla Age 9 Hawthorne Elementary

wonderfully maintained parks and recreation centres in Ladner, it should not be difficult to find another location to let your children run free. It is difficult to find another place with as many resources to aid research. I fully support the use of the library by children

if they are using it for its intended purposes, but when it becomes so uncontrollably loud, it is doing the community an injustice. Ladner has lost its only public library and gained yet another playground. Megan Amanda Fenn Thompson

Put limits on power washing

Editor: I took last Friday off in hopes of enjoying a day basking in the sun and enjoying the day in our back yard. Our neighbour has been power washing his place here in Pebble Hill all day. First the back in the morning, then his front drive all afternoon. I’m about ready to jump off a bridge with all the noise. I feel with all the spring power washing going on there needs to be a bylaw limiting the length of time

per power wash. Maybe a two-hour maximum per day. This happens year after year and I think it’s completely disrespectful to the neighbourhood trying to enjoy some springtime peace and quiet. Anyone in agreement? Can something be done? Greg McDonald

Per capita policing costs much higher in Delta

Editor: The following information was taken from the 2015 Corporation of Delta Annual Report and the 2015 City of Richmond Report to Council on Policing. In 2015, Delta had a population of 100,000 with 173 sworn police officers and a police budget of $37.2 million. In 2015, Richmond had a population of 212,000

with 193 police officers and a police budget of $41.5 million. This means the cost of policing in Delta last year was about $372 per taxpayer compared with $196 in Richmond. I’d like Mayor Lois Jackson to please explain why policing in Delta costs almost double what policing costs in Richmond. Jerry Cutler

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When adopting more eco-friendly lifestyles, it can be easy for men and women to overlook their offices. While drivers can drive in ways that conserve fuel and homeowners can take steps to reduce their energy consumption at home, few people may give as much thought to making their offices more friendly to the environment. But there are many environmentally friendly practices that business owners and their employees can adopt around the office. • Turn computers off at quitting time. When going home for the day or leaving your desk for more than 20 minutes, whether it’s during lunch hour or to attend a meeting, turn your monitor off. If you expect to be away from your computer for more than two hours, turn both the computer and the monitor off. Employers who make these suggestions to their employees may reduce their office

Make sure to turn off your computer at the end of the day. energy consumption and save money along the way. • Recycle old equipment. Advancements in technology now occur at a breakneck pace, so the equipment businesses use today may very well be obsolete tomorrow. Businesses that want to be more eco-friendly should recycle rather than discard old equipment. Simply throwing equipment away might even be illegal. • Cut back on printing. Printing documents used to be the most effective way to share them with

coworkers and clients. But nowadays printing is one of the least efficient and least eco-friendly ways to share documents. Instead of printing documents to show coworkers, create PDFs and email the PDFs instead. • Develop telecommuting policies. Working from home is often seen as employee-friendly, but it also can benefit employers and the environment. When employees work from home, their employers need not purchase or lease as much office space, saving them substantial amounts of money. In addition, working from home cuts down on the number of commuters driving to work, decreasing fuel consumption and vehicle emissions. Employers who cannot allow employees to work from home full-time can still help the environment and their employees by allowing workers to work from home one or two days a week.

April 13, 2016 The Delta Optimist A11

Live Green

Easy ways for kids to become more eco-friendly

Reducing waste through composting is another easy way kids can embrace going green. end up in the trash and find new and fun ways to repurpose them. Children can make crafts out of junk mail, catalogues and old newspapers. Juice boxes or plastic containers can be turned into boats or accessories for dolls and action figures. 3. Reuse. Toting lunch or snacks around can be more eco-friendly when

reusable containers are part of the equation. Explore the many lunch bags, beverage cups, thermoses, Bento boxes and other packaging available. Many are made from recycled materials as well. 4. Walk. Encourage getting around without firing up the car. Walking, jogging, biking or scootering around the neighbour-

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April 24 - Earth Day Pilgrimage to Burns Bog & Art Awards May 14 - Fundraising Pub Night at the Sundance Pub & Inn June 11 - 3rd Annual Golf Tournament at Coyote Creek July 24 - Jog for the Bog at the Delta Nature Reserve July 4 - August 26 - Summer Day Camps August 8-11 - Annual Book Sale August 18 - Wine, Beer, & Martini Sampling at One20 Pub Second Saturday of Month - Guided Nature Walks “Burns Bog is just like one BIG theme park! It was like National Geographic but for real!” - Summer Day Camp Student

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hood is more eco-friendly than driving. Many adventures can unfold when seeing the world from a pedestrian’s vantage point, but things are easily missed when riding inside cars or trucks. 5. Conserve water. Lessons learned in conservation are important. Water is one resource that is crucial to human life. Kids can explore ways to cut down on water consumption or use water more efficiently. Simply reducing shower time can save energy and water. There are other ways to conserve as well. Make it a family project to collect rain water to use for washing cars or watering plants. 6. Rent rather than buy. From toys to video games to movies, people have more entertainment options than ever before. And nowadays it’s easy to access a fresh supply of entertainment without making purchases that require the manufacturing of new items. Streaming rented content rather than buying packaged versions can reduce waste in a number of ways.

7. Turn off/turn down. Turn off lights, appliances, electronics and much more when they’re not in use. Also, encourage

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Raising eco-friendly children is less complicated than it once was. From very early ages, today’s kids are exposed to environmental topics and how they can do their part to maintain and protect the planet’s resources. Between activities at daycare and lessons at school to information they receive from educational TV programming, some kids are taking their own environmental initiatives — and involving their parents along the way. Inspiring children to be eco-friendly can be enjoyable and get those creative juices flowing. The following are ways children and their families can work together to protect the environment: 1. Precycle. Kids can attempt to reduce waste by recognizing products that could be wasteful and then avoiding those items. Toys or everyday items with excessive packaging that we use without thinking are just some examples of items that can be precycled. 2. Repurpose. Look at items that normally

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Community

Collaborate Delta hosts volunteering summit

Ashley Spires launches novel set at Black Bond

Collaborate Delta continues its work of helping community organizations and individuals increase their community engagement through volunteerism. A summit for organizations that have a strong volunteer component will be held on Wednesday, April 20 at the Delta Town & Country Inn from 2:30 to 6 p.m. The summit features Jim Cessford, Delta’s retired police chief, a panel of four experts that will explain different, successful models of support they

use in their communities for far-reaching, organizational volunteer support, and a participatory “World Café” workshop. During the workshop participants will discuss how to bring what they have learned into their own organizations and implement, and perhaps expand, into the wider Delta community. Participants must register and there are a few spots left. For more information, email coordinator@collaboratedelta.org or register online at www. collaboratedelta.org.

Bereavement Relaxation Group set to begin at Delta Hospice

PHOTO BY GORD GOBLE

Ladner author Ashley Spires is juggling a lot of things these days, including the launch of Fluffy Strikes Back, a graphic novel set. Spires, whose children’s picture book Small Saul will be given to more than half a million Grade 1 students through the TD Grade One Book Giveaway, was at Black Bond Books in Ladner Saturday.

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After the death of a loved one, you may feel exhausted, stressed and disconnected. You are invited to join the Bereavement Relaxation Group for adults starting May 10 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the Centre for Supportive Care in Ladner. Experience relaxation through guided imagery

and music, receive support and learn new strategies that promote relaxation and healing. To pre-register, call counsellor Jean Logan at 604-948-0660 ext. 312 or email jean@deltahospice. org by May 3. The group will run Tuesdays, May 10, 17 and 24 and June 7, 14 and 21.

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Community Coming Events CLUBS AND GROUPS Grateful Executor, Wednesday, April 13, 2 – 3:30 pm – Ladner Pioneer Library, 4683 – 51 Street, Delta and Tuesday, April 19, 2 – 3:30 pm – Tsawwassen Library, 1321A – 56 Street, Delta. Having a will does not mean your estate is prepared. This workshop covers important topics for you, your family and your executor, such as probate, powers of attorney, cremation or burial preplanning and living wills. Restorative Yoga for People Living with Cancer, Thursdays April 14, 28, May 12, 26, June 9, 23, 1:30-3:30 pm at Harold & Veronica Savage Centre for Supportive Care - 4631 Clarence Taylor Crescent, Ladner. Restorative yoga supports the body in poses lying down or seated, in stillness with breath awareness. This encourages release of muscle tension, increases flexibility and balances the body/mind connection. No previous experience is necessary. Please pre-register by phoning Maureen Dufresne at 604-948-0660 for more information.

Tsawwassen Lawn Bowling Club, northwest corner of Winskill Park, has an open house Saturday, April 16 from noon to 2 p.m. Club members will greet you and introduce the game of lawn bowling, a game for all ages. South Delta Garden Club presents Andrea Bellamy, topic: Growing great edibles in containers. Author of Small Space Vegetable Gardens & creator of heavypetal.ca blog devoted to urban organic gardening. Tuesday, April 19 at 7:30 pm. Note new venue: Ladner Christian Reformed Church, 4594 54A street, Ladner. Visitors & new members always welcome. www. southdeltagardenclub.ca. Tsawwassen News Club, second and fourth Tuesday of the month, 10:30 – 11:30 am, April 19, 26, May 10, 24, at the Tsawwassen Library. Come join other newshounds to discuss current events in the news! You can bring an article to share, or discuss what turns up in today’s paper.

Ukulele Jam, third Thursday of the month, 7 – 8:30 pm, April 21 at the Tsawwassen Library. All uked up and no place to jam? Whether you are a ukulele newbie or a seasoned strummer, please join us for a fun and relaxed evening with fellow uke enthusiasts. The group plays an eclectic mix of music so there will be something for everyone. Bring your ukulele and your singing voice and join us for a great time.

FUND RAISERS IOOF garage sale. April 17, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., 5425 Ladner Trunk Road. Table rental $10 each. Tools, household items, knickknacks etc. Hotdogs, pop, coffee and tea. A special magic show at 2 p.m. by donation. Funds raised to support the works of the order which include our community hall, scholarship and good Samaritan funds. Call Leroy at 778-835-5721 to reserve.

ARTS The “Wander Inn” Cafe (ext of Freshwave Ministries) is open for your evening enjoyment on Saturday, April 16, from 7 - 10 P.M. @ 5545 Ladner Trunk Rd., Delta. Be entertained by the talented soul/jazz/gospel gal on piano, Christine Magee, followed by the talented duo on guitars/ukelele, Liz & Steve Alexander, performing sing-along folk music from the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s. Cover charge: suggested $5, includes beverages/goodies. Come out for some excellent entertainment and an enjoyable evening. 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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Reach Child and Youth Development Foundation presents: Reach for the Stars Red Gala: Passion for Potential – Saturday, April 23, Coast Tsawwassen Inn, 166556th St., Delta. Reception starts at 5. Funds go towards helping to build a new centre in the heart of Ladner

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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, April 20 in The Coast Tsawwassen Inn. Our guest speaker will be Jim Zedik, Professor Emeritus, with a humorous talk on “Statistics.” All members are urged to attend. Please call Dick Williams at 604-940-6542 for information. Our Discussion Group will meet the following morning, Thursday, April 21 at 10 am at CoPs.

Living with Cancer Support Group. Thursdays April 21, May 5 & 19, June 2, 16, 30 at Harold & Veronica Savage 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.

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Kids’ Day Off with The MakerMobile, Friday, April 15, 11 am – 1 pm at the Tsawwassen Library. Hey kids, have you ever wanted to turn a banana into a piano? Join our friends from The MakerMobile and learn all about simple circuits and electricity, play with LED lights and build your own fruity musical masterpiece! Drop in anytime and play

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Sports Shorts SCOREBOARD BASEBALL BC Minor Bantam AAA GP W L Van Minor 4 4 0 Delta 3 3 0 Richmond 1 1 0 Van Comm 5 3 2 Vic Black 2 1 1 Aldergrove 2 1 1 Nanaimo 0 0 0 Kamloops 0 0 0 North Island 0 0 0 Cowichan 0 0 0 Abbotsford 0 0 0 White Rock 0 0 0 Cloverdale 1 0 1 Burnaby 2 0 2 Vic Red 2 0 2 Chilliwack 4 0 4

Pct 1.000 1.000 1.000 .600 .500 .500 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000

BC Minor Bantam AA R. Meadows 3 3 0 Mission 2 2 0 N. Langley 2 2 0 Abbotsford 1 1 0 Ladner 4 3 1 Tri-City 2 1 1 Vancouver 2 1 1 Richmond 0 0 0 Cloverdale 1 0 1 White Rock 1 0 1 Burnaby 1 0 1 Newton 2 0 2 Vancouver 2 0 2 Delta-Tsaw 3 0 3

1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 .750 .500 .500 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000

UPCOMING

BANTAM AAA BASEBALL Wednesday, April 13: Richmond Chuckers at Delta Tigers, 6 p.m. Winskill Park

LOCAL TIDES

Pacific Standard Time. Height in feet

THURSDAY, APRIL 14 12:55 am 13.8 7:08 am 9.5 11:13 am 10.8 6:16 pm 4.9 FRIDAY, APRIL 15 1:56 am 8:27 am 12:45 pm 7:22 pm

13.8 8.9 10.5 5.6

SATURDAY, APRIL 16 2:48 am 9:24 am 2:21 pm 8:27 pm

13.5 8.2 10.5 6.2

SUNDAY, APRIL 17 3:32 am 10:07 am 3:39 pm 9:35 pm

13.5 7.5 10.8 6.6

MONDAY, APRIL 18 4:08 am 10:42 am 4:40 pm 10:16 pm

13.1 6.6 11.2 7.2

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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Getting her kicks in Boston

Soccer standout Jordan Kitagawa taking her new passion to sport’s biggest stage Jordan Kitagawa’s newfound passion is taking her to the sport’s most prestigious event. The one-time soccer standout from Tsawwassen is competing in Monday’s Boston Marathon. Kitagawa qualified for the race at last year’s Vancouver Marathon where she placed fourth in her age group and 54th overall out of nearly 1,500 female runners. More importantly, she ran under the Boston qualifying time of three hours and 35 minutes with a clocking of 3:29. Kitagawa turned to running after an impressive career on the pitch that included plenty of success in her hometown. She helped the U16 Tsawwassen Extreme capture the Provincial Cup. In her Grade 11 year at South Delta Secondary School she had a leading role in the Sun Devils winning their first ever B.C. AAA title back in 2008. She was named the tournament’s most valuable player. She was recruited by UBC in 2009 where she was a five-year starter for the Thunderbirds and captained the team in her senior year. After graduation, like many student athletes that have poured so much of their mental, physical and emotional energy into competing in their sport, Kitagawa was faced with a number of choices. While she continued to love soccer and the environment surrounding it, she knew she required a break. “I had opportunity to play with my friends on a team in the Women’s Premier League with coaches I respected, but something held me back,” she said. “While I knew I would have fun, I felt that I needed a change. “I was trying to envision a new and different challenge that

I could pursue and thought of a marathon. Being that I like to set goals, I did some research and set a goal to run Boston.”. Having never run a marathon before, the whole experience was new to her. She initially set her sights on the 2014 Victoria marathon and began training. “In the end, I trained my body well but missed a few things like nutrition and the fact that you shouldn’t give blood less than a month prior to a marathon. I ran great through three quarters of the race and was on pace. But the mistakes that I mentioned caught up with me and I ran out of gas.” She crossed the finish line 58 seconds off the Boston qualifying time and was devastated. Despite the disappointment she was still 70th overall in a field of 775 women in her first-ever marathon. Kitagawa recovered and the desire to reach Boston continued to burn. This time she would focus on the 2015 Vancouver Marathon. More determined and, with a proper plan for both training the body and nutrition, she set out to train — leading to her breakthrough run. A key ingredient has been having a supportive employer in The Great Little Box Company. “Since I joined GLB, they have always stressed and supported physical fitness and health,” she added. “They have provided me with flexibility to train, time off to run in Boston and have financial incentives for fitness and health.” “My training has been going well and I am so excited to get there and run in such a high profile event in such a historic place.”

Tsawwassen’s Jordan Kitagawa ran last year’s Vancouver Marathon in a time of three hours and 29 minutes to comfortable qualify for Boston where she will participate in the renowned race on Monday.

Tsawwassen swimmer secures Olympic team spot It’s a solid bet South Delta will have four athletes competing at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio. Tsawwassen teen Markus Thormeyer became the latest to join the list at Swim Canada’s Olympic Trials in Toronto. Field hockey player Mark Pearson is already bound for Brazil, while rowers Brendan Hodge and Maxwell Lattimer should be headed to South America too. They are members of the Canada’s lightweight four crew that qualified last summer, although Rowing Canada won’t

formally name its Olympic team 200 free event but his winning until the end of June. time (1:48.17) was just off the Thormeyer concluded a busy Olympic qualifying standard week by securing a place on the (1:47.97). 4x100 freestyle relay team He was also close in the with a third place finish 100 metre backstroke final, in Friday’s 100 metre free placing third with a time final. The top four times of 54.59 seconds. Winner earned spots, while there is Javier Acevedo (54.36) was a good chance the 18-yearthe lone entry to swim old will be a member of under the Olympic qualifythe 4x200 free team as well. ing time. Markus Canada is currently ranked Thormeyer closed out Thormeyer 16th in the event which the Trials with a fourth would mean representation in Rio place finish in the 200 back if its time is not surpassed. (2:00.41). He is one of just seven The Winskill Dolphins Swim male swimmers to earn Olympic Club alumni captured Tuesday’s spots on the Canadian team.

His results were part of an outstanding showing for Winskill graduates. On Tuesday, 20-year-old Noemie Thomas qualified for Rio in the 100 butterfly with a second place finish. It took a personal best time for the Cal-Berkeley sophomore to advance. Another Dolphin alumni, Luke Reilly, captured the 200 and 400 individual medley events. Unfortunately, the 20-year-old just missed out on qualifying for Rio in both races. There’s a good chance all three Winskill products will be on the Canadian team in 2020 in Toyko.

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Sports Welcoming the Fastpitch season

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Former UBC standout and Ladner native Alana Westerhof delivers the ceremonial first pitch during South Delta Fastpitch’s Opening Day celebration on Saturday.

Minni wins B.C. Junior Open Beach Grove’s Amanda Minni fired back-to-back 1-over 73s to capture the Junior Girls U19 Division at the Canadian Junior Golf Association’s B.C. Junior Open on the weekend at the University Golf Club. Minni was tied with another Delta golfer — Mary Parsons of Mayfair Lakes — following the opening round. She put together a steady final 18 holes, with 15 pars. Parsons had a tough front nine with

four bogeys but closed in impressive fashion, highlighted by an eagle on the par-5 13th hole and a birdie on the par-3 16th. Other local results included John Morrow (83-84) finishing tied for 13th in the Juvenile Boys (U17) Division, while Jacob Hayes (79-81) was 16th in the Junior Boys Division. The event also served as a qualifier for the Junior World Golf Championships in San Diego this summer.

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November 6, 1954 – March 28, 2016 Darrel Bryce Harder, 61, of Delta, British Columbia, passed away at Richmond Hospital on Monday, March 28, 2016, after a brief battle with a severe stroke. Darrel is survived by his forever loving wife Fran and their special dog Kipawa. He is also survived by his mother Joyce, son Dustin, daughter Kimberley (Nathan), brothers and sisters Brenda, Deborah, Grant (Kim), Melodee (Mike), Peter, Rosanne (Ted) and Steven, grandchildren Kieran and Lawson and his forever special brother-in-law and sister-in-law Lyle and Rose. Darrel was part of a large family and is also survived by cousins, nephews and nieces. Darrel’s father Peter ‘Slim’ Harder preceded him in death. Forever in his heart will be his close friend Walter (Kathy), who spent many enjoyable lunches with Darrel sitting in Walter’s ‘quad sauna’, soaking up the heat. He will also miss his work supervisor Klaus Wiesel and colleague Marc Wiesel of BEST Service Pros, who did not lose touch with him and continued to visit him and help him out after he became a quadriplegic in 2004. He will be smiling down at his neighbours, whom he enjoyed seeing on the street and talking to. Darrel would make friends easily wherever he travelled in life, and to those friends, he offers his little crooked smile and wrinkled eyes and a ‘thumbs up’ for sharing good times with him. To Kevin and Therese - there is really nothing that can be said in words. You placed basenji Kipawa, his dog, into his life, providing him with laughter, joy and love. Thank you to the doctors, nurses and to social worker Lynda in the Emergency and Palliative Care departments at Richmond Hospital. Thank you as well to all of his long standing care aides and the staff at ParaMed for offering him outstanding personal care. The warmest ‘thank yous’ to family physician Dr. Jason Kason and spinal cord specialist Dr. Andrej Krassioukov for the outstanding health care they offered him as a quadriplegic. Above all, thank you to his lawyer and friend David Hay and the staff at Richards, Buell and Sutton. In your hands, he felt and knew he had no worries. Darrel will be cremated. There will be a Celebration of Life for him at some point in the future. No flowers please. Darrel asked that people either give a little extra to any charity they supported or give their loved ones some extra hugs. Darrel would say, “How lucky I have been to have so much in life that makes saying good-bye so hard”. Delta Funeral Home (604) 946-6040

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Kelly and Kerry Court 2 bedroom suites available in quiet location close to amenities. Rent includes heat and hot water. To view these suites please call 604-948-9111

Century Village Beautiful complex consisting of 6 bldgs with landscaped green areas. Bachelor, 1 & 2 bedroom suites available include drapes, wall to wall carpets, balconies, elevators and wheelchair access. Tsaw. Manor includes heat. Close to beach, parks, rec centre and schools. To make an appt to view please call 604-948-9111 Shawnigan 1 and 2 bedroom suites available with in-suite storage. Buildings are located within walking distance of shopping centre and bus route. For more info please call 604-948-9111. Tsawwassen Terrace Completely renovated, spacious modern Bachelor and 2 bedroom suites available. Heat and parking included in the rent. Please call 604-948-9111.

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