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Officer is also an author

Const. Grayson Smith’s children’s book raising funds for Special Olympics IAN JACQUES

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Delta police officer by day, children’s book author by night.

In both professions, Const. Grayson Smith is giving back to the communities in which he serves.

Smith has been a longtime supporter of Special Olympics BC, having participated multiple times in the annual Law Enforcement Torch Run, and is now helping out through his latest book.

In There’s a Norseman in the Classroom!, his latest book, children return from summer vacation to discover a new student has joined their class — and he happens to be a huge, hairy, noisy Norseman.

While the kids initially reject Norm the Norseman because he is different, they learn to accept him and appreciate all the great things he brings to their classroom.

“I didn’t initially have the Special Olympics in mind when I wrote the book, but after it came together, it just seemed fitting to get them involved,” Smith said, adding $2 from every book sold will go towards Special Olympics.

“Special Olympics is awesome for being a super involved organization that has such an impact on so many people.”

Smith said he started writing children’s stories for his nieces and nephews. After writing his first illustrated children’s book, he founded Peppermint Toast Publishing to help him share the story with a bigger audience. With every title released,

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Const. Grayson Smith’s latest children’s book teaches acceptance in the classroom.

Peppermint Toast Publishing looks to support a charitable organization that has a connection to the content of the story.

“Special Olympics believes in opening windows of understanding that come from challenging misconceptions and promoting familiarity and inclusion of people with disabilities, and we believe this book highlights this type of behaviour,” he said.

The idea for the book came from his wife Linda’s experiences as a Grade 2

teacher.

“It seems that, depending on people’s attitudes, a classroom can develop into a place of either inclusion or exclusion of people who come across differently,” Smith said.

“It struck me as funny to imagine a larger-than-life main character trying to figure out the social requirements of elementary school, and some of the lessons that could be drawn out from that.”

Smith said response to the book has been posi-

tive.

“I work, have a family and lots of commitments, so marketing the book out of my basement is quite limited,” he admitted.

“Friends and family and then generally word of mouth and the book has been pretty successful so far.”

Smith added that he has other books in mind for future projects.

“It’s a good hobby. I love to write and love to make a difference in the lives of other people. I think if

I did another book with this character another continued partnership with Special Olympics will evolve.”

You can pick up a copy of There’s a Norseman in the Classroom! on Peppermint Toast Publishing’s website or Amazon.ca.

For organizations that would like to purchase the book in bulk, or use it as a fundraising tool, you can contact Smith at grayson@ pepperminttoast.com for details.

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Delta seeking higher standards for IIO

Resolution to go to this month’s UBCM conference calls for greater oversight of investigations SANDOR GYARMATI

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Delta is lobbying for changes to the agency tasked with conducting independent investigations of serious police incidents.

A resolution up for consideration at this month’s Union of B.C. Municipalities conference in Victoria calls for new standards for the Independent Investigations Office (IIO).

Delta wants the provincial government to establish investigative standards for the IIO that are comparable to B.C. police departments.

Delta police Chief Neil Dubord explained that changes in standards

are already being implemented for all police departments whereby major crime investigations require certified case managers. It’s a new process where a so-called “team commander” oversees the investigation.

“We would like to see that same standard apply to the IIO, which investigates major crimes, cases of serious harm or death, and as a result they should have to investigate to the same level and standard that police departments do. We want to make sure those standards apply to not only police departments but also to others investigating serious crimes,” Dubord said.

The team commander oversees the various

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The Independent Investigations Office investigated after a Delta police officer fatally shot a man outside a New Westminster casino in 2012. aspects of an investigation to make sure the team is maintaining national standards, whether it be in the collection of evidence, interviewing of witnesses or other aspects. Those accredited as a team commander go through an

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Dubord said Delta “already meets and exceeds the standard” with two police officers designated as team commanders. A third is going

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MacWilliams was initially charged with second degree murder following an investigation by the IIO, but the Criminal Justice Branch later announced it was staying the charge after conducting further investigation.

A corners inquest made several recommendations but did not conclude there was any wrongdoing in how MacWilliams handled the situation.

A spokesperson for the IIO said the agency is aware of the proposed Delta resolution but has no comment at this time.

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Noting the new standard ensures competence and accountability, he added the call for the IIO to do likewise stems not only from a fatal shooting involving a Delta officer a few years ago but others as well.

“There’s actually been conversations about ensuring that all investigators need a certain level of accreditation by even the B.C. (police) chiefs.

We’ve had conversations but haven’t put forward a motion. It’s happened not just stemming from the Delta case but several of the investigations that the IIO has been involved in.

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Transplant recipient still singing 20 years later

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Erin Rogers says she’ll keep playing music for as long she’s able.

“It’s something that I love dearly, and it’s in my heart. It is difficult, it takes a lot out of me to do it,” she says, “but I’ll never stop as long as I can do it.”

Rogers, a double-transplant recipient, sings lead vocals and plays acoustic guitar in the Brookswood Country Band.

Sept. 18 marks the 20th anniversary of her double transplant. She was 25 at the time she received a new kidney and pancreas.

Rogers, who’s from Ladner and now lives in Langley, says she got diabetes when she was eight and was sick for years.

“By the time I was 12 I was always in the hospital, I was bed-ridden on and off until I had my transplant.”

She says probably her main issue currently is dealing with dizziness, caused by complications

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Serious drug issue exists in our communities, says mother of two overdose victims Ian Jacques

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t’s the phone call every parent dreads — the one that something has happened to his or her child.

A Tsawwassen mom experienced that call two weeks ago after her son and daughter were two of the nine young adults in South Delta who overdosed on fentanyl-laced cocaine over a 20-minute period in the early morning hours of Sept. 1. Luckily all of the overdose victims survived and were treated by first responders after the initial calls for help were received by Delta police.

The mom is speaking out and telling her story to the Optimist in the hopes others will realize the serious drug issue that exists in the community.

She has requested her name not be used, so we will refer to her as Jane.

History and how the night began

Jane said her son and daughter, both in their mid20s, often run with the same circle of friends. They don’t always party together, but on that fateful night of Sept. 1 they did.

She admitted her daughter is an addict who has been battling drugs off and on for years, while her son considers himself a “recreational” user.

“It’s sad because she was doing really well. Five months totally clean, but she relapsed,” Jane said.

She said her kids were out with friends, drinking and listening to music at a jam session. It was getting late, but they wanted the party to continue, so they headed to her ex-husband’s house where her son is living. They wanted to score some cocaine.

“So it was my son, daughter and three other friends. One of the friends went out and got some cocaine and brought it back,” she recalled. “But one of the five in the group decided that he was tired and wanted to go home. He didn’t do any lines of cocaine.”

That decision ultimately saved the other four lives, Jane said.

“He left the room and went to use the bathroom and then came back into my son’s room to say goodbye and that’s when he saw everyone passed out. All their faces were pale and one of them was starting to froth at the mouth,” Jane said. “He had some CPR training, he moved them all on the floor, tilted back their heads, called paramedics and started CPR because one of them was not breathing. If it wasn’t for him not taking a line of that cocaine, no question about it all five of them would have been dead.”

The paramedics arrived within minutes

Jane said her son recalls going in and out of consciousness, while her daughter told her she thinks she died for a few seconds and the paramedics brought her back.

“All she remembers is waking up on the floor surrounded by the paramedics,” Jane said. “I got a call

about 9 a.m. in the morning from my ex-husband’s partner who told me that my son was OK and was in the hospital. She thought my daughter was at home. I’m processing this and just getting ready to go to the hospital when she called back again and said that my daughter was also in the hospital. I just kind of froze for a minute.”

After collecting herself, Jane made her way to the hospital. When she arrived she was surrounded by a room full of other parents, kids, police officers and hospital staff.

“I don’t know what it was like. I was in a different space. I just knew that I had to be really, really strong. I have these two kids in crisis here. I have to stay strong, stay solid — I can’t afford to fall apart here. I have to help them, encourage them to heal.”

Her daughter chose to check herself out of hospital, while her son followed the advice of doctors and stayed in hospital until the next day.

For the next few days Jane kept watch over her kids — talking with them, just being there for them. She said her daughter is seeking treatment again and knows she has to make better choices.

“She realizes that if she doesn’t stop using cocaine she will probably end up dead,” Jane said.

“She loves her marijuana and that’s how the drugs started, but when she goes off the rails, she turns to cocaine. My son says he will never do it again — it was a real eye-opener, but I just don’t know.”

Can’t stay silent

Jane said she can’t sit back and wait for things to change. She said as a community everyone has to play a part in helping to get these drugs off the streets.

“I know that I can’t stay silent anymore. My blood is boiling. I have to take that pain and put it to a better use,” she said. “I have had years of the worry, the fear, being scared, isolating myself, the crying and the pain — I’ve done all that. When I got that phone call I was prepared. I just knew that this time I had to do something.”

Jane said she has attended Nar Anon meetings with her daughter. She said there is a real problem in our communities.

“My son and one of his friends didn’t even start touching cocaine until they were well into their 20s. It was marijuana and alcohol,” she said. “In my view, it all starts with the drinking. I told my son you are drinking too much and you are losing your perspective. My daughter is the same way, she will drink and then she craves the cocaine.

“I think we are coming at this from the wrong direction. We all say it’s the drugs, and yes it is, but what starts that craving for the drugs is the alcohol.

We have all these rules and laws for all these drug dispensaries, but you have all these bars and liquor stores and means of getting alcohol everywhere, but no one is addressing that.”

Jane said communities have to come together to work on solutions and apply pressure on government to change the laws, which she wants to see stiffer penalties for drug dealers.

“These dealers who are putting together these drugs know what they are doing. I want to see the law changed to manslaughter. If we don’t change the law, more people are going to die,” she said.

“That’s what I want to fight for. If we don’t stand up, nothing is going to change. Our kids are going to keep dying.”

“I think we are coming at this from the wrong direction.

We all say it’s the drugs, and yes it is, but what starts that craving for the drugs is the alcohol.”

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Murphy’s Law

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erhaps I’m a little too jaded but I tend not to put too much faith in government initiatives that promise big results. The provincial government’s ambitious GP for Me program had all the earmarks of such an undertaking, but thanks to the efforts of the Delta Division of Family Practice, my belief has been restored, at least for the time being.

Three years ago in the run up to the last provincial election, the governing Liberals allocated $132 million to create A GP for Me, a program with a rather lofty goal: to ensure every British Columbian has a family doctor.

At that time, the physician shortage being experienced throughout the province wasn’t much of an issue here in South Delta, which had been fortunate enough to enjoy a relatively stable roster of medical professionals. Several retirements changed all that and suddenly the GP for Me program became a talking point for many, particularly those patients who had been left in the medical wilderness.

We heard from more and more of these folks, many of whom were becoming increasingly anxious at the prospect of trying to navigate the medical system without the assistance of a family doctor. Some, particularly seniors, were downright frantic, bewildered by the fact they were being expected to travel that road alone.

We’d always mention the GP for Me program to them, but often heard back that they had already been in touch and that all the provincial initiative could do for them was put their name on an ever-growing waiting list with no timeline on when they’d get a doctor. It was well meaning, but it appeared this was another program that offered more hope than results.

News last week that eight doctors are on their way to South Delta blows that notion out of the water. Thanks to the recruitment efforts of the Delta Division of Family Practice, everyone who is on that waiting list, which sits at roughly 2,000, will have a family doctor by the end of this year or early in 2017 at the latest. If you’re without a doctor but not on the list, get on it because that’s how patients will be assigned to new doctors as they arrive in town.

Not everyone in B.C. has a GP as the initiative had hoped by now, but the local experience proves the program does indeed work.

World is changing, so how we teach kids should change too

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More than just a new set of classes and teachers, my son came home with a whole new schedule. It was a little perplexing, to be honest.

Every Wednesday is now a collaboration day, so he starts an hour later. He gets “flex time” most days to do his schoolwork or work on a passion project (sorry, Xbox not included). His calendar didn’t look that heavy. I was starting to think that things were pretty easy for him at school this year.

Education for all kids up to Grade 9 is changing this year to a more independent learning system. Government and teachers designed this new system, which looks very different than before.

That’s not the way I learned.

When I was in Grade 2, the school tried something new — free play. We got the mornings to do whatever we wanted, and had a little instruction in the afternoons. It was a blast as a kid, although I don’t know if I learned anything that year. My parents weren’t too happy about it. It didn’t last past the one year.

Grade 3 was a whole different world for me.

I was thinking about my experience when I was looking at my son’s calendar. This isn’t the way

Community Comment BRAD SHERWIN

my other kids learned either.

What the heck is going on?

But as I thought about it a bit more, I calmed down. Sure, this is a different way of learning, but the world is a lot different than when I grew up. I get a kick out of telling people about my first day in a professional job seeing a fax machine and being fascinated by it. My kids don’t like it when I tell that story.

If we continue to teach kids as we were taught, even just a few years ago, we are doing them a disservice. There’s a study floating around that states more than half of the jobs a child in Grade 1 will have when they are an adult don’t even exist yet. Scary.

I trust the people involved know what they are doing, that they want my child to succeed just as much as I do. I’m not

going to second-guess them, they have a responsibility and I leave it in their hands to deliver and ask questions along the way.

Regardless of how kids learn, I believe school is for shaping their brains. I don’t know many kids who leave high school and remember much of what they learned. What they do take away is the inspiration they got from a teacher.

Not the one that yelled at them, or gave them a hard time when an assignment wasn’t done on time, or complained about their handwriting (it doesn’t get any better with time, believe me).

They’ll remember the teacher who listened to them, supported them, encouraged them and respected them. That’s who will inspire kids into their adult life, more than grades or awards.

People might not remember what you said, but they will remember how you made them feel. If this new system encourages kids to feel empowered, confident and responsible, I’m all for it.

Makes me wish I could go back to high school. Almost.

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

September 14, 2016 The Delta Optimist A9

Letters

Enhanced driver’s license creates many problems Editor: Re: Enhanced driver’s license anything but convenient, letter to the editor, Sept. 7 I have been meaning to write about this “enhancement” since its inception, so A. Cameron’s letter has unknowingly encouraged me.

I see the confusion, exasperation and frustration from people every single day at my workplace with regard to these government-issued cards. I work in a very busy medi-

cal clinic where patients are asked to provide their “medical card” upon arriving for their appointment.

This is to ensure we have the correct spelling of the patient’s name, correct birthdate and current address.

I never know what to ask for as depending on their age, they are used to different names for their card — CareCard, medical card, enhanced driver’s license. That is problem No. 1.

Patients often look at me

like utterly dumbfounded as to what I am asking them for. I wait while people, who may already be anxious at seeing a doctor or feeling unwell, rifle through their wallets looking for a card I may want, all the while saying how confusing it is figuring out which card is their license, medical or combined.

A lucky few of us still have our good old CareCard and fear the day we have to transition.

Many elderly patients cannot tell the difference

between their driver’s license and the “other” card they may have been issued that has their personal health number on it, because they look virtually the same. How cruel.

I deal with people of all ages, backgrounds, medical issues and ethnicities every day and feel for them while they struggle and show their embarrassment and supposed lack of intelligence at knowing what plastic card they are to provide.

On my side of the desk,

Federal government shows its hand by putting environment behind economy

Editor: Re: Feds provide funding to lure shipping business, Sept. 7 The article makes our federal government’s strategy for the Fraser River very clear. The fact this announcement was made at a container terminal confirms that even though the environmental assessment is not complete for Terminal 2, this would suggest the assessment is a done deal and the expansion will proceed.

Past studies and other maritime jurisdictions have shown that inland terminals are more effective. Vancouver is already showing signs of land shortages for agriculture, housing and industry.

Somehow the Port of Vancouver appears to be more concerned about size and status than being effective or environmentally conscious.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has run on an environmental platform.

He backed this internationally by signing the Paris agreement. As well, he has claimed that communities, not governments, should be responsible for decisions regarding their wellbeing.

However, the feds have now taken up the Port of Vancouver sustainability mantra: The economy, the environment and community, in that order.

What has been lost in this approach is that when you

have no environment, you have no economy.

The port wants to expand the Fraser Surrey Docks and industrialize the Fraser River. The only way it can do this is to remove the George Massey Tunnel and dredge the Fraser. For this reason we are getting a very expensive bridge to replace the tunnel. Why is the port not paying for this $3.5-billion bridge it so desperately needs?

The bigger concern is environmental damage to the Fraser. The additional dredging, as well as being very expensive (another subsidy to the port), will affect both the sturgeon and salmon fish stocks. The sturgeon is

already showing signs of declining juvenile populations and the salmon have decreased enough to present problems to our resident whale pods off the coast. None of these concerns have been responded to by our local MP or the ministers responsible.

Our local MP, Carla Qualtrough, expressed concerns over the bridge during the election process. Since the election she has been notably quiet on the subject. Her response to these concerns has been, “I am listening.”

It hasn’t taken long to show we once again have an MP that brings Ottawa issues to Delta rather than Delta issues to Ottawa.

Peter van der Velden

once the patient and I have pulled apart their wallet/purse/bag, and vented our frustration, I then have to confirm their particulars. I personally would like to know the name of the brilliant person who decided that sticking a tiny label with an even tinier, often now smudged address change on these cards was acceptable. They are simply horrendous to try to read.

And if the patient does not happen to speak English very well, our

communication goes to a whole other level.

The original CareCard and the original driver’s licenses were clear, easy to find and individual in their own right. Why did our government have to fix what was not broken?

If a new card(s) was needed for security reasons, perhaps they should have had the invaluable input from the patients and medical staff who actually have to use them on a regular basis.

Jo Robertson

Taxpayers just pick up tab

Editor: The roar and rattle of tandem rock trucks barrelling up and down 56th Street — six at a time — shows who is in the driver’s seat around Tsawwassen. It isn’t us, the taxpayers; we just get to pick up the tab for street repairs.

Each one of those trucks symbolizes the cynicism and contempt with which our present council regards us.

Remember Alice Through the Looking Glass? “Jam yesterday, jam tomorrow, but no jam today?” They have rewritten that one: “No jam yesterday, jam today, much more jam tomorrow — traffic jam.”

That is not all. If this council has its way and allows the gutting of Tsawwassen Town Centre

Mall — along with the curious gift, politely known as a tax subsidy, to Century Group for doing so — we will be living on the edge of a construction site indefinitely.

Even that is not all. The plan to gut Town Centre Mall was not revealed until the Southlands scheme was in the bag.

Where is Century Group’s next ground zero? A couple of dozen high-rises on the Beach Grove Golf Club, accessed by a sixlane highway punched in from the north?

Don’t laugh: money talks and once council has set the four-storey building height restriction aside, which it seems inclined to do, it’s goodbye, Tsawwassen, hello Metrotown South.

Tom Morrison

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Our purpose is to extend to our valued citizens, over 50, a variety of programs with a view to expanding their knowledge and enhancing their lifestyles.

FALL SEMESTER 2016

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Registration Dates Members only : Monday September 12, 2016 7.00 pm - 8.00 pm KinVillage Community Centre 5430 10th Ave.Tsawwassen General Registration: Saturday September 17, 2016 10.00 am - 11.30 am Tsawwassen Town Centre Mall Tuesday September 20, 2016 11.30 am to 1.00 pm Save On Foods. Ladner

Special Feature Presentations Journey to the Future- Guy Dauncey Saturday Oct 15, 2016 10:00 am – 1:00 pm Cedar Park Church, 5300 44 Avenue, Ladner

To the Lighthouse: An Explorer’s Guide to the Island Lighthouses of Southwestern BC – Peter Johnson Saturday Nov 19, 2016 10:00 am – Noon Cedar Park Church, 5300 44 Avenue, Ladner These are FREE presentations open to anyone in the community. Registration is required at registration events or by email or phone after September 20, 2016 eldercollegedelta@kinvillage.org 604-943-0262

Fall 2016 Courses A27 - BYOD and Learn Windows 10 in a Heartbeat!

Presenter: Louise Latremouille 2 sessions: $20 Class size: max 10 Wednesdays: Oct 19, 26 1:00 – 3:00 pm KinVillage Community Centre, Tsawwassen B27 - iPad for Beginners

Presenters: Paul and Kathleen Vanderwood 3 sessions: $30 Class size: max 8 Saturdays: Nov 5, 12, 19 10:15 am – 12:15 pm KinVillage Community Centre, Tsawwassen C27 - iPad for Beginners

Presenter: Brent Koot 33 sessions: $30 Class size: max 8 Tuesdays: Oct 4, 11, 18 10:00 am – Noon KinVillage Community Centre, Tsawwassen D27 - Beyond iPad Beginners (BiB)

Presenter: Brian Outerbridge 3 sessions: $30 Class size: max 8 Wednesdays: Oct 5, 12, 19 10.00 am – Noon KinVillage Community Centre, Tsawwassen E27 - Android Tablet for Beginners

Presenter: Ken McGrath 4 sessions: $40 Class size: max 8 Saturdays: Oct 8, 15, 22, 29 10.15 am – 12:15 pm KinVillage Community Centre F27 - Genealogy Online – How to Research and Compile Your Family Tree

Presenter: Peter Tait 2 sessions: $20 Class size: max 8 Wednesdays: Oct 5, 12 7:00 - 9:00 pm KinVillage Community Centre, Tsawwassen G27 - Making Movies with Your Digital Photos

Presenter: Ivor Hewitt 3 sessions: $30 Class size: max 8 Wednesdays: Nov 2,9,16 10:00 am - noon KinVillage Community Centre, Tsawwassen H27 - Prepare Your Own Online Tax Return

Presenter: Dan McGrath 2 sessions: $20 Class size: max 8 Tuesdays: Nov 22, 29 1:00 - 3:00 pm KinVillage Community Centre, Tsawwassen I27 - Look as Good as you Feel!

Presenter: Dr. Martin Ray (Dermatologist) 1 session: $10 Class size: max 20 Tuesday Oct 18 7:00 – 9:00 pm Vidal Court – Dining Room 5492 11th Ave. Tsawwassen J27 - Treating Disease through Nutrition!

Presenter: Dr. Susan Steeves (BScDietet., ND) 1 session: $10 Class size: max 20 Tuesday Nov 22 7:00 – 9:00 pm Vidal Court – Dining Room, Tsawwassen K27 - Stress Reduction through Meditation and Gentle Movement

Presenter: Beth Triano (Yoga Therapist) 4 sessions: $40 Class size: max 16 Wednesdays: Nov 2, 9, 16, 23 7:00 – 9:00 pm KinVillage Community Centre, Tsawwassen M27 - Aging Proactively –Where to Go, When You Need to Know

Presenter: Lyn Walker (Coordinator at Deltassist) 1 session: $10 Class size: max 30 Wednesday: October 19 1:30 – 3:00 pm Cedar Park Church, Ladner N27 - Aging Proactively – Creative Housing Options

P27 - Advanced Beginners Bridge

Presenter: Joyce McDonald 8 sessions: $70 Class size: max 16 Wednesdays: Oct 5, 12, 19, 26; Nov 2, 9, 16, 23 7:00 – 9:00 pm Tsawwassen Lawn Bowling Club, Tsawwassen Q27 - History: When Christians Gore Each Other!

Presenter: Guillermo Bustos 5 sessions: $50 Class size: max 30 Wednesdays: Nov 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 1:00 - 3:00 pm Cedar Park Church, Ladner

R27 - Le Café Francais (Continuing French)

Presenter: Mariette Hains 5 sessions: $50 Class size: max 20; min 8 Mondays: Nov 7, 14, 21, 28; Dec 5 1:00 - 3:00 pm Ladner United Church, Ladner S27 - Snowbird Survival Spanish - Basic and Beyond

Studies show unionization has beneficial effect on economy Editor: Re: Union leaders would be better off taking talents to the Third World, letter to the editor, Sept. 9 I read through Steven Austin’s ill-tempered diatribe with increasing dismay. This was an extremely opinionated piece that should have appeared in the opinion section, not the letters section, of your newspaper.

The “letter” was a totally one-sided swipe at organized labour, together with his own highly-personalized definitions of poverty, the possible effects of minimum wages on small businesses, and the seemingly inevitable conflicts

between labour and management.

Liberally sprinkled throughout this type of demonizing were gratuitous insults: “the floundering demigods of organized labour,” “demagogic labour leaders,” “egalitarian radicals” and “carping mountebanks who represent Canadian workers.” And how does any possible relationship with a political party make labour leaders “unpatriotic?” Does the same “relationship” also apply to management and rightwing political parties?

We stand a better chance of understanding current social conflicts

and economic justice if we could have a more polite exchange of views from entrenched positions. The writer might also benefit from the examination of some of the available studies on the effects of unionization on economic prosperity of a number of countries, as well as the recent (2003) World Bank study, based on more than 1,000 studies, which concluded that high rates of unionization lead to higher productivity and speedier adjustments to economic shocks, as well as lower inequality of earnings and lower unemployment and inflation.

Stephen Calvert

Appreciation for those who work the land

Editor: I have lived in South Delta for the past two years and have been meaning to write to you but never did.

I wanted to express my thanks to the farmers of this community and, in particular, to the farm

workers for their hard work.

In the spring when the weather can be challenging, the workers are out there planting the seeds; in the heat of the summer or summer rains, they are out there harvesting the crops to feed us. Now

the working conditions range from extreme heat to pouring rain, yet they spend hours ensuring we get the freshest produce.

So thank you to all the farmers and workers. I, for one, appreciate what a wonderful job you do.

Sheila Kilpatrick

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Presenter: David Hunt 6 sessions: $60 Class size: max 20 1:00 - 3:00 pm Tuesdays: Oct 11, 18, 25; Nov. 1, 8, 15 Cedar Park Church, Ladner V27 - Friday Afternoon at the Opera

Presenter: Rodney Asher 4 sessions: $40 Class size: max 25 Fridays: Nov 4, 18, 25, Dec 2 No class Remembrance Day 1:00 – 4:00 pm Augustine House Media Room, Ladner W27 - Travel Series

$35 for FOUR presentations; $10 individual session 7:00 – 9:00 pm Vidal Court – Dining Room, Tsawwassen W27a) - Amazing Singapore

Presenter: Chris Hopkins 1 session: Class size: max 25 Tuesday Oct 11 W27b) - Colorado River and the Grand Canyon

Presenter: Patricia McCairen 1 session: Class size: max 25 Tuesday Oct 25

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Field Trips

FT1 - Picasso: The Artist and His Muses

1 session: $26 Class size max: 15 Monday: September 26 7:45 am – 1:30 pm (approx. end time) FT2 - Beaty Biodiversity Museum

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FT3 - BCIT Aerospace Tour Presenter: ML Burke (Delta Seniors Planning Team) 1 session: $ 10 Class size: max 15 1 session: $10 Class size: max 30 Monday: Nov 14 Wednesday: October 26 8:30am -1:30pm (approx. end time) 1:30 – 3:00 pm Cedar Park Church, Ladner Thank you to the following for their support: Augustine House, Cedar Park Church, Century Group, Delta Continuing Education, Delta Optimist, Delta Parks, Recreation and Culture KinVillage Community Centre and Facilities, Ladner United Church, Rotary Clubs of Ladner & Tsawwassen, Tsawwassen Lawn Bowling Club, Save-On-Foods Ladner, and Thrifty Foods Smile Programme.

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Opinion

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MLA Vicki Huntington had troubles getting information on the port’s plans for environmental mitigation.

Testing MLA’s faith in our democracy

MLA’s Report

VICKI HUNTINGTON

I am an optimist when it comes to democracy in our province.

I believe that citizens can exercise incredible power when they come together to make their communities better places to live. I also believe, despite evidence to the contrary, that our province will eventually make the necessary changes to strengthen our democracy, to increase government transparency and encourage meaningful public participation in decisionmaking.

But sometimes it’s the little things that test your faith. Case in point: the port’s recent application to lease provincial land for eelgrass transplants meant to offset damage from Terminal 2. Like others, I first found out about the application through an ad in the Optimist. Interested citizens were encouraged to review the details and comment via a website or by mail. The catch: you had only nine days to do so. Not only that, but it quickly became clear there was no way to actually submit a comment through the government’s website.

To their credit, government staff accommodated my request to extend the submission deadline by two weeks and ensure

people could actually submit comments, although their new submission button didn’t work either.

Putting the government’s technical gaffes aside, one of my primary concerns was how little information was available: the application amounted to a paltry 91 words and three maps. There was nothing about how the province would judge the merits of the proposal.

No criteria were listed, so commenters would have to wing it. Why invite people to comment if you won’t give them the tools to do so?

It was only later that I discovered a full application package had been provided to federal, provincial and local government agencies and First Nations. My office requested that package, and sure enough, it includes 15 pages of information that would have been useful for the public to consider.

We asked why all this information was not made available online. My office was told that withholding the entire package is standard practice for applications of this nature.

We were further told these packages can contain proprietary information, although that was not the case here.

These answers are hardly reassuring given how meaningless this particular public consultation has been. It was difficult enough for my office to get answers, let alone your average interested citizen.

We can only hope that future requests for public comment are treated with the seriousness and respect they deserve. If the government is truly interested in transparency and building public trust, it’s the very least it could do.

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PHOTOS BY GORD GOBLE

A big crowd gathered for a sheep shearing demonstration at the annual Day at the Farm last Saturday at the Westham Island Herb Farm. Tracy Neff and Tony Barton presented their June Carter and Johnny Cash tribute show (bottom left) while Coun. Ian Paton played tour guide for a group on a horse-drawn wagon (bottom right).

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

Spending a Day at the Farm

Annual event at Westham Island Herb Farm provides a glimpse into agricultural sector

September 14, 2016 The Delta Optimist A13

Football fans don’t mind the end of summer Living Matters

BARBARA GUNN

I did the deed the other day: I washed, folded and stored away most of my summer apparel. Then I brought out the good stuff.

The team ball caps. The team scarves. The team

socks. The team necklaces, earrings, runners, raincoats and wigs. Yes, wigs.

What can I say? See ya later, summer! Welcome, football fall!

I never used to be like this. At one point in my life, before I understood what a drop kick is and what a cornerback does, I bemoaned the annual stowing away of the sandals, shirts, shorts and bathing suits.

I would look sadly into the back yard, where the dew would have become heavier, the leaves crisper and the spider webs more abundant. I would notice that the sun would be set-

ting soon after 7:30, not long after I’d washed and put away the dinner dishes. It would occur to me that I’d need a coat on my morning walk to the bus stop — and more often than not, an umbrella.

But that was then, and this is now.

“Where are the team toques?” I asked the husband days ago. “Man, I cannot WAIT until it’s cold enough to wear the team toques!”

The husband was unpacking the team boxes that live in the bottom of the closet.

“And where are our team earmuffs? Holy,

moly, why does it still feel so warm?”

The husband pulled out the earmuffs and smiled.

“Oh, look!” he said. “Our team flags! I cannot wait to wave these! And our team raincoats! Man, what I’d give for a decent downpour!”

We gingerly laid out the team paraphernalia in sweet, little piles on the laundry room counter and refilled the boxes with the clothes we’d been wearing for weeks.

My nice little smock from Oahu? Can’t say I’m going to miss it. The flipflops that showcase my pink painted toes? Don’t

I never used to be like this.

At one point in my life, before I understood what a drop kick is and what a cornerback does, I bemoaned the annual stowing away of the sandals, shirts, shorts and bathing suits. need ‘em — not when I can tug on my colourful team galoshes.

“I hear you about the rain,” I said. “Sheesh, this summer’s gone on forever!”

Non-football folk don’t get it, of course. They look

at the calendar the way I once did: a tad blue that it’s pointing to the first day of autumn, and an end to patio dining.

That mindset, I say, is so horribly lame. Summer’s nice for a while, I guess.

But really, it’s so overrated.

Public Hearing - Tuesday, September 20, 2016 The Municipal Council of The Corporation of Delta will hold a Public Hearing, in accordance with the Local Government Act, to consider the following proposed projects and related applications: Date: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 Time: 7:00 p.m.

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

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

Should you have any concerns or comments you wish to communicate to Council in advance of the Public Hearing, you can write to: Mayor and Council, The Corporation of Delta 4500 Clarence Taylor Crescent, Delta, BC V4K 3E2 Fax: 604-946-3390 Email: mayor-council@delta.ca Correspondence addressed to Mayor and Council will form part of the public record for this Public Hearing. To be considered, correspondence must be received by the Office of the Municipal Clerk no later than 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 20, 2016.

Project No. 1 Application for Rezoning and Development Variance Permit (LU007888 and LU007222) Locations: 4690 and 4714 Kirkland Road, as shown outlined in bold on MAP NO. 1 Applicant: Spencer May Telephone: 604-273-8481 Proposal: Application for Rezoning and Development Variance Permit in order to allow an agricultural lot line adjustment to the two existing MAP NO. 1 parcels.

FILES NO. LU007888 AND LU007222 “Delta Zoning Bylaw No. 2750, 1977” Amendment Bylaw No. 7434 To amend “Delta Zoning Bylaw No. 2750, 1977” by rezoning the subject property from A1 Agriculture to Comprehensive Development Zone No. 455 in order to allow the four existing farm dwellings to remain on three separate farm home plates on proposed Lot 1 following lot line adjustment (subdivision).

Development Variance Permit LU007888 To vary Section 4.4.1. of Schedule A of “Delta Subdivision and Development Standards Bylaw No. 7162, 2015” in order to allow the existing fire hydrants on Kirkland Road and Westham Island Road to remain in their current locations.

Staff Contact: Jimmy Ho – 604-946-3331 Web Location: August 15, 2016 Regular Council Meeting Agenda Item E.07

The Corporation of Delta 4500 ClarenceTaylor Crescent Delta BCV4K 3E2 www.cor p.delta.bc.ca www.delta.ca

Project No. 2 Application for Rezoning and Development Variance Permit (LU007800) Location: 5045 Paton Drive, as shown outlined in bold on MAP NO. 2 Applicant: Rajit Verma Telephone: 416-839-0772 Proposal: Application for Rezoning and Development Variance Permit in order to permit subdivision and development of MAP NO. 2 two single family FILE NO. LU007800 residential lots.

“Delta Zoning Bylaw No. 2750, 1977” Amendment Bylaw No. 7584 To amend “Delta Zoning Bylaw No. 2750, 1977” by rezoning the subject property from RS2 Single Family (0.40 ha) Residential to RS6 Single Family (460 m2) Residential in order to allow a two-lot subdivision and construction of a new single family dwelling on each lot.

Development Variance Permit LU007800 To vary Section 305 of “Delta Zoning Bylaw No. 2750, 1977” by reducing the front setback averaging requirement for the principal structures from a range of 7.5 m to 7.8 m for Lot A, and 7.1 m to 7.7 m for Lot B, depending on the order of construction of the lots, to 7.0 m for both lots.

Staff Contact: Stephanie Johnson – 604-946-3269 Web Location: July 25, 2016 Regular Council Meeting Agenda Item E.04 Project No. 3 Application for Land Use Contract Discharge, Rezoning and Development Variance Permit (LU007702) Location: 11924 92A Avenue, as shown outlined in bold on MAP NO. 3 Applicant: Sheena Kumar Telephone: 604-813-5053 Proposal: Application for Land Use Contract Discharge, Rezoning and Development MAP NO. 3 Variance Permit FILE NO. LU007702 in order to permit subdivision and development of two single family residential lots.

Land Use Contract Discharge Bylaw No. 7589 To discharge Land Use Contract S.A. No. 28-55 from the subject property in order to bring the property under current regulations.

“Delta Zoning Bylaw No. 2750, 1977” Amendment Bylaw No. 7590 To amend “Delta Zoning Bylaw No. 2750, 1977” by rezoning the subject property from RM1 Multi Family (Duplex) Residential to RS7 Single Family (335 m2) Residential in order to allow a two-lot subdivision and construction of a new single family dwelling with an in-ground basement on each lot. Secondary suites would not be permitted on the proposed lots.

Development Variance Permit LU007702 To vary Section 305 of “Delta Zoning Bylaw No. 2750, 1977” by reducing the front setback averaging requirement for the principal structures from a range of 7.1 m to 7.9 m for Lot A, and 8.0 m to 8.3 m for Lot B, depending on the order of construction of the lots, to 7.2 m on Lot A and 8.0 m on Lot B. Staff Contact: Susan Elbe – 604-946-3389 Web Location: July 25, 2016 Regular Council Meeting Agenda Item E.05 Project No. 4 Location:

Applicant: Sangha Telephone: Proposal:

Application for Land Use Contract Discharge (LU007612) 10961 Westview Place, as shown outlined in bold on MAP NO. 4 Gurinder

604-374-0072 Application for Land Use Contract MAP NO. 4 Discharge in FILE NO. LU007612 order to permit construction of a new single family dwelling.

Land Use Contract Discharge Bylaw No. 7488 To discharge Land Use Contracts LU-75-16 and LU-74-26 from the subject property in order to reveal the underlying RS1 Single Family Residential zone to allow the construction of a new single family dwelling with an in-ground basement on the subject property. No secondary suite is proposed.

Staff Contact: Nancy McLean – 604-952-3814 Web Location: August 15, 2016 Regular Council Meeting Agenda Item E.06 Additional Information Additional information, copies of the bylaws, supporting staff reports, and any relevant documentation may be inspected until Tuesday, September 20, 2016.

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

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Exciting summer for air cadets

Three air cadets from the Tsawwassen-based 828 Hurricane Squadron took part in a summer camp at the Albert Head Cadet Training Centre on Vancouver Island.

Warrant Officer Zhao was awarded the St. George medal and Cadet Zhao was awarded the Anavets medal. Each were rewarded a flight in a Sea King helicopter courtesy of

the 443 Squadron.

Cpl. Adam Glowa finished his first summer course as the Most Improved Cadet of his flight.

If you are at least 12 years old, you are invited to join the air cadets this September.

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Close to 1,000 cadets will be at Boundary Bay Airport this Sunday for the annual parade and ceremony.

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Cadets to mark Battle of Britain anniversary

Nearly 1,000 Royal Canadian Air Cadets from the Lower Mainland will gather at Boundary Bay Airport this Sunday to commemorate the 76th anniversary of the Battle of Britain.

The cadets will be honouring veterans, of which many were Canadians, of that famous air battle at the 1:30 p.m. ceremony

and parade.

This year’s reviewing officer is Lieutenant Governor Judith Guichon. Special guests will include British Consul-General Nicole Davidson, Delta Mayor Lois Jackson, Delta police Chief Neil Dubord and others.

During the summer of 1940, a few hundred

fighter pilots stood in the way of Hitler’s massive air attack on England.

Over 100 Canadians were among them. Dubbed the Battle of Britain, it was the first decisive clash of the Second World War and the first battle in history to be fought exclusively in the air.

Boundary Bay Airport was opened in

1941. It became a Royal Canadian Air Force Station and a location of the Commonwealth Air Training Plan Number 18 Elementary Flying Training School.

This year is the 75th anniversary of the Boundary Bay Airport and the 75th anniversary of the Air Cadet League of Canada.

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Learning to swim is an essential life skill, and introducing children at a young age helps them to feel relaxed and comfortable in the water. Moms benefit from being active in the pool, too. Check out Delta’s drop-in swims specific for little ones! We offer Parent & Tot Playtime at Sungod Recreation Centre, and Splash & Play bubble time at Winskill Aquatic & Fitness Centre and Ladner Leisure Centre. Visit Delta.ca to find parent and baby fun at Delta pools, stop by your local recreation centre to speak with our knowledgeable staff, or call 604-952-3000.

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Hawthorne students go on annual potato hunt Students at Hawthorne Elementary in Ladner closed their first week back at school with a treasure hunt of a different kind.

This year, for the first in the school garden’s four-year history, thanks to people respecting the posted signs, the potatoes were left for numerous classes to discover in the annual potato hunt.

Many students are involved in the growing of these potatoes. They were planted by a kindergarten class and they were hilled with composted soil and watered by the Grade 4/5 Garden Club.

Already two classes, including Ms. Bohmert’s/ Mrs. Fischer’s Grade 2 class, have been able to dig and each student has been able to take one potato home.

Hopefully one or two more classes will be able to find potatoes before the school gets a senior class to do the final dig for the last few.

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Connor Nelson is shown with his record-breaking potato found in Hawthorne Elementary’s annual potato hunt.

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Ladner Village Celebration

Delta Street work nearing completion Family-friendly street party set for Saturday to celebrate $6-million improvement project

The Delta Street revitalization project is nearing completion so it’s time to celebrate.

The Corporation of Delta along with the Ladner Business Association (LBA) are hosting the Ladner Village Celebration this Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The family-friendly event is a way to celebrate the street improvements and the fact the heart of Ladner Village is open for business.

“I asked the Corporation (of Delta) to see if we could have a street party just to thank the merchants for their patience throughout the construction process and to also thank the corporation for the work that they are doing,” said LBA president Andrea Frustaci.

“The construction inevitably has hurt everyone, but at the same time we all see what the end results look like on Delta up to where they have

completed the work and it looks awesome. Put that together with what we are going to do with lighting the trees and it’s going to be a pretty special place.”

Saturday’s celebration will include a children’s scavenger hunt, buskers, artists and musicians that will bring the streets alive, children’s activities, including crafts and face painting, and Cosmo the Clown’s pop up circus performance at 11 a.m.

The $6 million project has included removal and replacement of sidewalks, new street lighting, new stamped pedestrian crosswalks, road paving, utility work and more. Once the roadwork is complete, landscaping will be finished.

Phase three of the project began Aug. 22 with the removal of the sidewalk between Trenant and Chisholm streets. The projected completion date is on schedule for October.

MERCHANTS: see Page 21

PHOTO BY GORD GOBLE

Delta Street has been given a new look thanks to a $6-million revitalization project undertaken by the Corporation of Delta.

LADNER VILLAGE CELEBRATION Celebrate the new Delta Street, and the community and businesses of Ladner Village!

12 pm Delta Street opening

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Delta Street will be closed to vehicle access. Pedestrian access will be maintained. Visit Delta.ca for more information.

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Ladner Village Celebration

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New stamped crosswalks, including this one at the intersection of Bridge Street, are just one of the features of the Delta Street revitalization project.

Merchants pleased with work

CONTINUED from Page 19 Throughout the project, Frustaci said workers have been very accommodating with area merchants.

“Communication has been excellent. Every week they would send us an updated schedule of construction and if there were any issues the construction workers actually went into the businesses and talked face-to-face and had that sort of give and take,” he said.

Area merchants echo the positive relationship they have had during the project.

Carol Miles from South Delta Heels said it has been a long haul, but she is very happy to see the construction coming to an end.

“It would be so nice to get more people interested in walking through this new village now that it has been all upgraded and that it looks all beautiful,” she said.

“The construction people have been wonderful.

They have become like family. I’m kind of jealous that they are down working at the other end because I miss seeing them every day. It’s a huge disruption in business, but they have certainly made it as easy as they could.”

She said the work has been long overdue.

“You just keep on keeping on. You have to have a business plan and in my case it is niche brand marketing, excellent customer service and great products that you won’t find anywhere else,” Miles said.

“You also have to hope that people who want your product and want to come to your store have that enjoyable experience and will make the extra effort to come see you.”

James Price of Ladner Village Hardware also praised the municipality for its role in the construction process.

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“We were challenged when the work was directly out our door, but the city has been very good with the merchants and the people on the street. Both the municipal crews and the contracted crews have been outstanding in their desire to have the least amount of impact,” said Price.

“They were sincerely concerned about the dayto-day flow of customers and traffic and did a fantastic job to lessen the overall impact of it and make it as palatable as they could for us doing a full street revitalization.

“For us at this end of the street, the work is more or less complete, but the curb appeal will certainly be enhanced. The city has been able to create some additional parking spaces on the street, which is a huge thing. It also pulls the whole area together, and makes the village more cohesive, which is helpful.”

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“T

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L’école du Bois-joli is one of 37 schools in the Conseil scolaire francophone (CSF), or Francophone School District (SD 93), in British Columbia.

“The difference is that in French immersion, children learn to speak French as a second language,” Sophie explains. “At CSF schools, we live in French as well as learn in French. We are a public school, just like any other school in the B.C. education system. We follow the same curriculum and our students are subject to the same standardized testing.”

Founded 20 years ago, the CSF offers French-speaking families in B.C. the opportunity to have their children educated in French.

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Master beekeeper Julia Common will speak to the South Delta Garden Club next week in Ladner.

Beekeeper visits garden club

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bee-friendly gardening practices as well as the enterprise of marketing honey.

The South Delta Garden Club welcomes the public to the monthly speaker series at the Ladner Christian Reformed Church, 4594-54A St. Doors open at 7 p.m. with presentation at 7:30 p.m.

For more information about Common’s talk, visit the club’s website at www. southdeltagardenclub.ca.

Centre for Supportive Care Bereavement Relaxation Group October 4th - November 8th 1:00 pm – 2:45pm Harold & Veronica Savage Centre for Supportive Care 4631 Clarence Taylor Crescent, Ladner Experience relaxation through guided imagery and music, receive support and learn new strategies that promote relaxation and healing.

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French is not a second language. Parents send their kids here to retain a link to French culture and the French language.”

“Kids learn both French and English as a first language in Francophone schools,” she adds.

To learn more about the admission requirements, parents can visit the school board website at www.csf.bc.ca.

“Our parents say that we are a very caring community at l’école du Bois-joli,” Sophie says. “We have small classes and we know our children very well.”

For more information about L’école du Bois-joli or the CSF, please check the school’s website at http://boisjoli.csf. bc.ca, call 604.948.7007 or email sophie_ lemieux@csf.bc.ca. CSF can also be found on Facebook and Twitter.

to teach us and the transformative social projects that Hives for Humanity has initiated.

One of the Hives for Humanity initiatives is the community garden beekeeping project in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, where, starting with just a couple of hives, the foundation has engaged with hundreds of people in community gardens, teaching them therapeutic beekeeping,

To pre-register by September 28th please call Jean at 604.948.0660 ext 312 or email jean@deltahospice.org

Dr. Pat Mossman’s Tutoring Services

Dr. Mossman is a retired psychologist and teacher who is a specialist in teaching children with learning difficulties.

Call 236.993.5943 Email: tutormossman@gmail.com

• Individual lessons • Reading, writing, math and language development • Preschool children to Grade 6 • Tutoring for students and adults nglish who are learning English as a second language

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Final splash at Splashdown Tsawwassen waterpark closes forever after welcoming guests for more than 30 summers PHOTOS BY GORD GOBLE

Opened on Canada Day in 1984, Splashdown Park closed for good on Sunday as guests got to ride the slides and tubes for one last time. Watched by his staff, Tom Oliver (bottom right), president of Splashdown, gives a goodbye talk late Sunday afternoon, just 30 minutes before closing forever. Visit www.delta-optimist.com for more photos.

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Community

Workshops teach natural ways of keeping us well

Tour de Duck this Saturday!

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The Delta Marine Rescue Society presents Delta’s Tour de Duck this Saturday at Deas Island Regional Park. Thousands of rubber ducks will float down the Fraser River in the fundraising event for the society. Tickets cost $5 per duck and can be bought at the park on Saturday. There are many prizes, including $1,000 for first place. Tour de Duck runs from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. with the ducks racing at noon.

An autumn chill is in the air and the days are getting colder — it is the perfect time to stock up your medicine and tea cabinets in the Handcrafted Herbals Workshop Series.

Therapeutic horticulturist Alyssa Hall, gardener and therapeutic horticulturist-in-training Chiara Ubertino, and professional soap- and salve-maker Beatrice Rufenacht will be sharing their herbal talents this September and October through a series of hands-on workshops at Earthwise Garden & Farm.

The series focuses on three areas that will help keep attendees warm and well in the wintertime: homemade teas, soaps and salves.

Learn how to turn plants into stunning, delicious handmade teas in the Tea Gardens workshop. Soak up the secrets of creating your own personalized soaps in the Soap-Making workshop and discover the technique to making a perfect salve for parched

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Tea Gardens is one of three hands-on workshops being offered by the Earthwise Society. skin in the Natural Salves workshop.

The workshops will be held from 10 a.m. to noon on Sept. 17 (Tea Gardens), Sept. 24 (Soap-Making) and Oct. 1 (Natural Salves). Each workshop is $35 and covers the cost of materials. You can attend all three for $100.

Also hosted by Alyssa Hall, a workshop on The ABCs of Garden Tools will be held at Earthwise on Thursday, Sept. 15 at 11 a.m.

Call 604-946-9828 or email info@earthwisesociety.bc.ca to register, or visit http://www.earthwisesociety.bc.ca/events/.

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Community Coming Events CLUBS AND GROUPS Taoist Tai Chi is a gentle moving meditation designed to improve health and balance. A New Beginner class starts in Ladner on Wednesday, Sept. 14 from 10 a.m. to noon and on Thursday, Sept. 15 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Ladner United Church, 4960-48th Ave. Please arrive 15 minutes early to register. New: a Continuing class in Ladner begins Sept. 14 concurrent with the Beginner class.

Beginners are welcome to start any time. 604-6816609 or www.taoist.org/ vancouver.

Cancer: Thriving & Surviving is a free six-week workshop for people who have completed treatment and are living with or have been affected by cancer.

Caregivers are welcome.

Program runs Thursdays from 9:30 a.m. to noon at McKee Seniors Recreation Centre starting Sept. 15. To register call UVic at 604940-1273 or go to www.selfmanagementbc.ca.

Public registration for ElderCollege Delta’s fall program is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 17 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at the Tsawwassen Town Centre Mall and then Tuesday, Sept. 20 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Ladner Save-On-Foods. ElderCollege Delta is open to all 50 years and over. For further information or to register after Sept. 17 contact 604-9430262 or eldercollegedelta@ kinvillage.org. Complete fall program available at www. kinvillage.org.

The Handcrafted Herbals Workshop Series comes to Earthwise Garden & Farm from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Sept. 17 (tea gardens), Sept.

24 (soap-making) and Oct. 1 (natural salves). Each workshop is $35 and covers the cost of the workshop and materials, or you can attend them all for $100. Please call 604-946-9828 or email info@earthwisesociety.bc.ca to register.

Newcomers service and luncheon. Please join us at St. David’s Anglican Church on Sunday, Sept. 18. We welcome you to participate in our 8 a.m. Holy Communion traditional service (Book of Common Prayer) or our 10 a.m. family service (Book of Alternative Services)

followed by a pot-luck luncheon. Visit us at 1115-51A St. in Tsawwassen.

The Tsawwassen Parkinson’s support group meets Monday, Sept. 19. We are a group whose members either have Parkinson’s or are caregivers to someone with Parkinson’s. We meet once a month at KinVillage from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. to talk, exchange ideas and socialize. For more information call Eileen at 604-9438350.

The Restore Our Planet Diet, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Ladner Pioneer Library and Tuesday, Sept. 27, 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Tsawwassen Library. Learn how our food choices impact the environment and our own health.

Self-Management Health Coach Program provides telephone coaching to participants living with chronic health conditions.

To become a health coach, we offer free two-day training. Our next training will be held at University of Victoria (4907 Chisholm St., Ladner) on Tuesdays, Sept.

20 and 27, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. To register call Uvic at 604-940-1273 or go to www. selfmanagementbc.ca.

South Delta Garden Club presents renowned Delta master beekeeper Julia Common speaking on the Art of Beekeeping Tuesday, Sept. 20 at 7:30 p.m. Ladner Christian Reformed Church 4594-54A Street, Ladner.

Parking in back. Visitors and new members always welcome. www.southdeltagardenclub.ca.

Celebrate Science Literacy Week: The Great Paper Airplane Contest, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. at Ladner Pioneer Library. Celebrate Science Literacy Week with a little aerodynamic fun!

The Probus Club of South Delta, a non-profit, fellowship club for retired and semi-retired professional and business people will hold its Monthly meeting at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept.

21 in The Coast Tsawwassen Inn. Our guest speaker will be Patricia Fleming of Earthwise Garden. All members are urged to attend.

Please call Dick Williams at 604-940-6542 for information.

Alpha returns to Sacred Heart Parish this fall. The new Alpha Film Series is emotive, engaging and epic

at KinVillage Community Centre at 12:15 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 23 with singer Kenny Buxton, 54310-10th Ave., Tsawwassen, $14 for members, $16 for non-members.

in scale and scope, walking you through the basics of the Christian faith in a way that everyone can relate to. If you or someone you know is interested, come to the Alpha Launch Party, Wednesday, Sept. 21. We begin with dinner @ 6:15 p.m., followed by a short presentation and conversation, ending at 8:30 p.m. Contact Erin Seddon at 604-946-2618 or eseddon@shsdelta.org.

ARTS The Wander Inn Cafe will be open again on Saturday, Sept. 17 from 7 - 10 p.m. at 5545 Ladner Trunk Road (Ladner Christian Fellowship). Join us for an evening of great music, coffee/tea and desserts, and friendly conversation.

SENIORS Welcome Back Luncheon

Entrance: suggested donation of $7 (covers food/beverage/entertainment).

Here is a chance to participate in a daytime concert band experience. This group comprised of woodwinds, brass and basic percussion, will seek to develop an appreciation for varied concert band scores and foster the enjoyment of being part of a group performing experience. Participants must provide their own instrument. The only cost will be the annual membership fee to belong to McKee Seniors

Recreation Centre, 5155-47th Ave., Delta. We welcome you to come & join. Plan to attend 2:45 to 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 22.

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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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL Varsity AAA Western Conference GP W L Pts Belmont 0 0 0 0 Carson Graham 0 0 0 0 Mt. Douglas 0 0 0 0 New West 0 0 0 0 Notre Dame 0 0 0 0 South Delta 0 0 0 0 Van College 0 0 0 0 Eastern Conference Centennial 0 Kelowna 0 Tweedsmuir 0 Mission 0 Mt. Boucherie 0 St. Thomas More 0 Terry Fox 0 WJ Mouat 0

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Sun Devils 2016 Schedule Pre-Season Friday, Sept. 9 South Delta 41 at Lakewood 26 Saturday, Sept. 17 WJ Mouat @ South Delta 1:30 p.m.

Regular Season Saturday, Sept. 24 Belmont at South Delta, 1:30 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 30 South Delta at Carson Graham 3:45 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 8 Notre Dame at South Delta 1:30 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 22 South Delta at Vancouver College, 1:30 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 29 South Delta at Mt. Doug 1:30 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 5 New West at South Delta 12:30 p.m.

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It’s been a productive summer for Delta junior golf standouts Mary Parsons (above) and Amanda Minni (right). Parsons will represent Canada at the upcoming World Junior Golf Championships while Minni has secured a full-ride scholarship to Oregon State University.

Big summer for junior standouts

Mary Parsons & Amanda Minni taking their games to NCAA Division One level MARK BOOTH

m b o o t h @ d e l t a - o p t i m i s t .c o m

For the first-time in a couple of decades, Delta has not one, but two of the top junior girls golfers in the province.

Mary Parsons and Amanda Minni are coming off fantastic summers that saw them establish themselves among the elite players in the country. Both will also be taking their promising careers south of the border in 2017.

You have to go back to the days of Tracey Lipp and Bree Sharratt to find the last time the Beach Grove Golf Club was home to a player that was regularly on the leaderboard in women’s amateur tournaments. That’s exactly what Minni has accomplished as she enters her Grade 12 year at South Delta Secondary School.

Her competitive season got off to a terrific start with a third place finish at Golf Canada’s CN Future Links Championship in Kamloops with rounds of 74-68-72. She would go on to place 10th at the Canadian Junior Championship in Nova Scotia and was ninth on her home course for the B.C. Women’s Amateur back in July.

Minni was also a part of a pair of provincial

teams — placing first at the Pacific Northwest Team Matches and second out of 18 at the Junior Girls America’s Team Matches against mostly U.S. competition.

More recently, Minni has qualified for the 2017 United States Golf Association Amateur Four Ball Championship after teaming up with future classmate Ellie Slama of Oregon to shoot a 65 at sectional play earlier this month at the Oakwood Golf Club in Washington.

Besides championship play, Minni also captured three events on the Canadian Junior Golf Association tour, with a stroke average of 74.72 through 37 competitive rounds.

Her outstanding play has resulted in accepting a full-ride scholarship offer from Oregon State University.

Under coach Dawn Shockley, the Beavers compete in the Pac 12 Conference — considered the deepest at the NCAA Division One level.

Meanwhile, Parsons’ brilliant season has earned her the opportunity to represent Canada at the upcoming World Junior Girls Golf Championship in Ontario. This is the same event current LPGA Tour and Canadian star Brooke Henderson finished fourth in its inaugural year in 2014.

Parsons captured the CN Future Links event in Kamloops — highlighted by a course record 66 in the opening round. The North Delta native and Grade 12 student at St. Thomas More Collegiate would go on to secure Order of Merit honours — a first for a Delta player.

Parsons also won the B.C. Junior Girls Championship in Pemberton and was second at the B.C. Women’s Amateur. The Mayfair Lakes junior reached the podium at the Canadian Junior Girls Championship too, placing third.

She was dominant on the Maple Leaf Junior Tour to earn No. 1 status — winning five events with a stroke average of 71.35 in 58 tournament rounds.

Parsons will be continuing her career at Indiana University.

Both Minni and Parsons have worked extremely hard to get to this point in their promising careers. Their off the course dedication has resulted in incredible power. Minni’s club head speed has been measured at 101 mph and Parsons at 98 mph. The LPGA Tour average is 94 mph.

Minni still has two years of junior eligibility remaining and Parsons one. They are poised to dominate the leaderboard again in 2017.

Howlett helps SFU to best start since joining NCAA Former South Delta Sun Devils volleyball standout Christine Howlett has a leading role in the Simon Fraser University getting off to its best-ever start since it began competing at the NCAA Division Two level.

The Clan improved to 7-1 overall by claiming a pair of straight-set

victories over the Chaminade University Silverswords (6-3) and the Cal State LA Golden Eagles (4-4) Saturday to finish the D2 West Region Volleyball Showcase in San Francisco last weekend with a perfect 4-0 record.

In their evening matchup with the Golden Eagles, the Clan was

solid defensively. Holding the talented Californian squad at bay with excellent ball placement and defensive coverage, SFU took the match by set scores of 25-20, 25-15, and 25-17.

Howlett was credited with eight kills in the win over Cal State. A week earlier, she had a team lead-

ing nine kills in a victory against Azusa Pacific.

The junior outside hitter has started all eight matches this season.

Prior to heading to the Burnaby Mountain campus, Howlett helped the Sun Devils win a pair of provincial titles.

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Sports

Karate club welcomes new members Tsawwassen Shotokan Karate Club (TSKC), in association with the Japan Karate Association (JKA) and JKA-BC, is about to begin its 35th year in South Delta.

Led by Sensei Graham Mallett (4th Dan Black Belt, certified Level “D” instructor, examiner and judge), TKSC has trained hundreds of kids and adults over the years. The non-profit club welcomes new members of all ages to learn selfdefense techniques and get fit while having fun in a family friendly and safe enviroment.

The TSKC, in conjunction with sister clubs in North Vancouver, Abbotsford, Kelowna and Chilliwack, hold regular inter-club training sessions where advanced techniques can be learned.

This past June, several TSKC members attended a large Gasshuku training seminar (pronounced “Gash-Koo”) in Chilliwack.

The Gasshuku was hosted by Sensei Don Sharp (6th Dan) and led by JKA-Japan Headquarters Chief Technical Instructors

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITES IN DELTA Deltassist Family & Community Services Volunteer Drivers Deltassist Family & Community Services – Is looking for volunteers to help seniors maintain their independence by driving them to and from medical appointments. This is an on-going flexible position. Must enjoy working with seniors and have a clean driver’s abstract. There is reimbursement for mileage. For more information contact Lyn Walker at 604-946-9526 or email lynw@deltaassist.com KinVillage Staff assistant in Care Home KinVillage – Is looking for staff assistants within their care home.

You will be working with our many different professionals who visit our facility including dentist, foot nurse and or eye doctor. You would only be asked to porter residents to and from their rooms for their appointments. A Criminal Record Check is mandatory. For more information contact John Lusted at 604-943-7625 ext. 1 or jlusted@kinvillage.org

The non-profit Tsawwassen Shotokan Karate Club is in its 35th year of operation.

Oishi Sensei, (8th Dan) and Sensei Sakurai (7th Dan). It was very well attended by participants of all levels from across North America.

Training was fun and motivating with attendees having the opportunity to learn from two of the top technical training Sensei’s in the world.

At the Gasshuku, some of the Tsawwassen club members graded for higher belts and instructor certifi-

cations.

Sensei Ashraf Omeria passed his 4th Dan grading and is now a certified Level “D” instructor, examiner & judge. Marco Lovera (2nd Dan) received his “D-level” instructors certificate.

In addition, Jag Madan passed his 2nd Kyu grading and Rian Dodds passed his 3rd Kyu. Earlier in the year, several TSKC junior and senior members were graded with everyone passing onto

higher belts.

Junior, senior and family members at the club range from white belts to black belts. Members who are interested can also train for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics where Karate will be a medal sport.

For more information or to register, please contact Sensei Graham Mallett at: 604-943-8866 or visit www. jkatsa.com to download the most current registration form.

KinVillage Boutique helper KinVillage – Is looking for volunteers to assist in the Boutique, you will be doing sales, sorting, pricing and socializing. You will need to apply good customer service. Currently we are searching for casuals so our permanent volunteers may have a break. Training provided, but skills working with people or sales experience an asset. Experience using a cashier will help.

For more information contact John Lusted at 604-943-7625 ext 1 or jlusted@kinvillage.org KinVillage One to One Visitor KinVillage – Is looking for one to one volunteer visitors for some of the residents in KinVillage. Conversation and games would be a suggestion, OR short walks while weather permitting. Your visits can be as short as 30 minutes or as long as 1 hour. t would be helpful to have some knowledge of what dementia is and how to relate to an elder who is living with this. We do provide dementia training on site.

A Criminal Record Check is mandatory. For more information contact John Lusted at 604-9437625 ext.1 or jlusted@kinvillage.org For more volunteer opportunities in Delta go to www.govolunteer.ca

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We are deeply saddened by the sudden loss of our sweet Emily Jane. Survived by her parents Michael, Carrie and step-dad Glen; brother Jake, sisters Jillian & Pearl, Grandma Melinda, Nana Lorraine; “Auntie”, uncle Danny & auntie Alison, kitty Leo as well as many more family and friends.

A beautiful young Angel now rests in Heaven to watch over those she loved and left behind.

A service will be held at the Ladner United Church on September 16th at 1:00 pm.

OLYNYK, Percy October 22, 1933 - September 7, 2016 Percy passed away peacefully on September 7, 2016 in Abbotsford, British Columbia. Percy was a Husband, Father, Grandfather, Great-grandfather, Friend and avid fisherman.

Percy had a passion for fishing at his second home at Poett Nook on the West coast of Vancouver Island. He will be remembered as a jack of all trades from an electrician to mechanic. Percy was a generous person who would help anyone and who loved his family, friends and dogs. He will be deeply missed by all he has touched and helped over his many years. In lieu of flowers, a donation can be made to the Cancer Society of BC. A celebration of Life will be held Saturday, September 17, 2016 from 1:00pm-3:00pm at Barry and Vicki Pederson’s residence, 20621 97B Ave, Langley, BC.

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MEREDITH, Peter David November 7, 1946 - September 6, 2016 It is with a heavy heart that Terry, Shawn, Tod, Kirsty, and Logan announce the passing of our beloved husband, father, and grandfather, Peter David Meredith, aka Rabbit.

He passed away peacefully on Tuesday, September 6, at 8:00 AM as he was being comforted by Terry, his wife.

Peter is survived by his wife, Terry; sons, Shawn and Tod (Kirsty); and his much loved grandson, Logan.

He will be sadly missed by his sister, Margot (Tom) and niece, Ashley (Drew).

A celebration of life will be held at the Ladner Legion in the upstairs banquet room, 4896 Delta Street, Ladner, BC, on Thursday, September 15, 2016, from 3:00 to 6:30 PM. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Delta Hospital.

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They're going, going, GONE... ¥$1,500 Honda bonus consumer incentive dollars are available on all 2016 CR-V models. Honda bonus consumer incentive dollars are for eligible vehicles in addition to any other programs and will be deducted from the negotiated price after taxes. £$3,000 Clearout Bonus on the 2016 CR-V LX AWD is comprised of $1,500 consumer incentive dollars and $1,500 customer cash rebate. Consumer incentive dollars are for eligible vehicles in addition to any other programs and will be deducted from the negotiated price after taxes. Customer cash rebate will be deducted from the negotiated price after taxes and can be used in conjunction with any HFS Standard Rate Programs. $1,500 Standard Rate clearout bonus on 2016 CR-V models (LX 2WD, SE AWD, EX AWD, EX-L AWD, and Touring AWD) is comprised of $1,500 consumer incentive dollars referenced above. *Limited time weekly lease offer and all other offers are from Honda Canada Finance Inc., on approved credit. #The weekly lease offer applies to a new 2016 Civic 4D LX CVT FC2E5GE/CR-V LX 2WD RM3H3GE1/Fit DX 6MT GK5G3GE for a 60-month period, for a total of 260 payments of $54.93/$71.95/$43.94 leased at 2.99%/1.99%/2.99% APR based on applying $946.00/$576.40/$576.40 “lease dollars” (which are deducted from the negotiated selling price after taxes). ‡Down payment of $0.00, first weekly payment and $0 security deposit due at lease inception. Total lease obligation is $14,281.80/$18,707.00/$11,424.40. Taxes, license, insurance and registration are extra. 120,000 kilometre allowance; charge of $0.12/km for excess kilometres. **MSRP is $20,650/$28,015/$16,385 based on a new 2016 Civic 4D LX CVT FC2E5GE/CR-V LX 2WD RM3H3GE1/Fit DX 6MT GK5G3GE including freight and PDI of $1,595/$1,725/$1,595. Prices and/or payments shown do not include tire/battery tax of $25, or air conditioning charge (where applicable) of $100, all of which are due at time of delivery. Additional charges for waste disposal fees, environmental fees and handling charges (all of which may vary by dealer and/or vehicle) may apply. Offers valid from September 1st through 30th, 2016, at participating Honda retailers. Dealer may sell/lease for less.

Dealer trade may be necessary on certain vehicles. Offers valid only for British Columbia residents at BC Honda Dealers locations. Offers subject to change or cancellation without notice. Terms and conditions apply. Visit www.bchonda.com or see your Honda retailer for full details.

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