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Wheel-to-wheel action in Soap Box Derby!

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Forty-five young drivers raced down the 6th Avenue hill in Tsawwassen Saturday during the second annual Soap Box Derby presented by the Rotary Club of Tsawwassen and the Corporation of Delta. For more on the event, see Page 18 and www.delta-optimist.com.

Soldier’s story told century later Local filmmaker to premiere documentary about Sidney Rich this weekend in Ladner

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Local filmmaker Cliff Caprani is ready to show his project about a young Ladner soldier to the public.

Countdown to Sanctuary Wood is a documentary that tells the story of Sidney Rich, who was killed in the First World War. The film, which had a budget of $15,000, took about twoand-a-half years to finish, notes

Caprani.

“I’m really pleased with it, I have to say,” he said.

He worked on the project with producer Kathy Cuthbert, Rich’s grand-niece.

“To us, it’s kind of his story, putting those puzzle pieces together for the family members.

But it’s a universal story of every young man who went off to war.

Why? Why were they so keen to go … It’s the story of Sidney from Ladner but across Canada

that played out in many, many households,” she said.

Caprani, the film’s director, became interested in Rich’s story after seeing a plaque with his name on it at All Saints Anglican Church in Ladner.

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Producer Kathy Cuthbert and director Cliff Caprani will screen Countdown to Sanctuary Wood this Saturday.

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Road tolls are a possibility Mayors’ Council creates independent commission to look at mobility pricing SANDOR GYARMATI

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Delta residents could pay for the privilege of driving through the aging George Massey Tunnel that might not end up being replaced.

It’s a scenario that could play out as the regional Mayors’ Council last week announced it has created an independent commission tasked at finding how to implement a mobility pricing system that could include tolled crossings and road-usage fees.

The levies are to help pay for the region’s share of Phase One of TransLink’s 10-year vision, a multi-billion-dollar plan for infrastructure and transit improvements in Greater Vancouver.

Delta Mayor Lois Jackson said she worries Deltans will pay more under a mobility pricing system but won’t get much back in the way of better transit or infrastructure.

“Because we live farther away from the downtown core, does that mean we’re going to have to pay a lot more again because we don’t have a service? It’s

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A mobility pricing system now being studied by the regional Mayors’ Council could include tolled crossings and road-usage fees. one thing to have a service and not use it, but it’s another thing to have no service,” she said. “There’s lots of questions and they’ve got a year to come up with what it might look like.”

A lot of aspects need to be examined, something that committees, including a citizens’ committee,

working under the new commission will hopefully do, added Jackson.

The mayor has advocated “a buck a bridge” as a fair method of road pricing.

Replacing the tunnel isn’t in the Mayors’ Council’s plan because it’s under provincial jurisdiction, nor is it included in

any longer range plans now being considered beyond the 10-year vision.

Rapid transit across a tunnel replacement is also not part of any TransLink plan.

The fate of the bridge project to replace the tunnel, meanwhile, remains unclear as the Greens and NDP are poised to defeat the Liberal government in

a confidence motion this month and assume power.

Jackson said everything is up in the air when it comes to the bridge, so she’s asked municipal staff to prepare a report that will be forwarded to all the parties in the legislature, illustrating the reasons behind a bridge and the need to replace the tunnel.

Director likens research for project to a detective story

CONTINUED from Page 1 He contacted Cuthbert, whose mom had saved some of the letters he wrote home. Cuthbert said the Delta Museum and Archives also had useful information and that Caprani would get leads and follow them, eventu-

ally leading to other leads.

Caprani likened the research to being “kind of like a detective story.”

They said fundraising was a challenging aspect of the project, which included going to Europe and hiring a historian to lead them on a tour.

Rich was killed during the second battle of Ypres on June 3, 1916. Rich was 22 when he signed up and 23 when he died, Caprani noted.

“The only son of a pioneer Ladner family, Rich was an early volunteer for the war

effort and enlisted in the Motorcycle Scouts. His profession allowed him to qualify for the position of range finder, considered a dangerous one in the army,” the Optimist previously reported. “When his death was announced in the local paper, he was

remembered for his kind and genial manners and as a friend of many.”

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Farm Roots Mini School celebrating first year SANDOR GYARMATI

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Things are sprouting at the Farm Roots Mini School as the first year winds down for the Delta School District’s new agricultural program.

Open to student in grades 10 to 12, the farm school is not a fee-paying academy but a regular course elective that had 30 students from South Delta and Delta secondary schools attend the former Boundary Beach school site twice a week.

They learn everything from soil and seed science to growing to marketing agricultural products.

While earning high school and post-secondary credits, students helped design, plan and build a

learning farm. Just over a half-acre is now growing products like squash and potatoes but there’s plenty of room to expand the farm as it’s situated on eight acres.

They’ve also started a bee colony.

Jasmine Bal with Fresh Roots, a Vancouver-based educational farm and market garden group that has a working relationship with the Delta district, said it was a lot of work to convert what was nothing more than blackberry bushes to a functioning farm.

Selena Lan, a Grade 11 student from DSS, said she decided to enroll in the program because she loves working outdoors, but now she has a keen interest in pursuing some form of

agricultural career.

“I wasn’t planning on it. I was looking for a new way of learning but after this year I found I have a passion for it,” she said.

Allie Foell of Fresh Roots said they’re starting a volunteer program ideal for seniors or families who want to come out and help at the farm this summer.

Farm Roots is hosting an open house and community barbecue at Boundary Beach School (6570–1A Ave., Tsawwassen) on Thursday, June 15 from 4 to 6 p.m.

It’s an opportunity to learn more about the program as well as volunteer opportunities.

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Students conquer West Coast Trail

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It was a chance to see what they were made of and challenge themselves in ways they had never done before.

Eighteen students from the Leadership Club at South Delta Secondary recently returned from a trip of a lifetime — conquering Vancouver Island’s West Coast Trail.

The group started in Bamfield and finished in Port Renfrew, covering 75 kilometres in six days of hiking.

Some of the students had some previous day hiking experience, so the West Coast Trail was a daunting challenge.

Julie Popov, Dan Burgess, Bobby McDowell and Julia Van Vliet accompanied the students.

“I did it on my own a few years ago, so I was really interested in doing the trip with the students because it was one of the best experiences of my life,” said Popov. “It’s a long enough trip that you really get to know the peo-

ple that you are with and it’s also challenging at the same time so you learn how to problem solve, and work on challenges within that group.”

She said having students feel independent as well as the importance of team building were just a couple of the things teachers wanted them to get out of the trip.

“One of the most important things we wanted them to get out of this was making a connection on the trail and the challenges they faced and communicating that to the next class of Grade 7 students,” she said. “We have this whole pay it forward thing where these students are responsible for visiting a Grade 7 classroom prior to doing the trail, talk about what they are going to do and how some of their fears and anxieties they may have about the trail relate to fears that the Grade 7s might have about high school.”

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Teachers and students from South Delta Secondary pose for a group photo in Port Renfrew after tackling the West Coast Trail. nection.

“Finding a passion for hiking and discovering themselves is important, but we want them to see that even if you are afraid of doing something that going out and doing it can be very rewarding,” added Popov.

Starting in January, the club met once a week to learn about food prep, gear, packing, the trail itself — a different topic every week to get prepared for the trip.

This annual trip that Grade 12 students have now completed for

the past 17 years provided many memorable moments.

The students said it was a trip that brought them closer together.

“By the third day we had created a routine with everybody and really started working together,”

said Katie Assenheimer.

“It became like a close knit family rather than just a group of kids.”

Ryan Alexander said he now has friends for life and memories that will last a lifetime.

Malcolm McQueen said he now has lasting friendships and a greater appreciation for the outdoors.

“Also a sense of independence, I think,” McQueen said. “We were all responsible for our own stuff. We were all up at the same time and we all had to do this together.”

McQueen said he already has other hiking trips planned with friends.

Assenheimer said it was a fantastic way to finish their last year of high school.

“I think with many of us going away to school in September it was a chance to do something on your own even though we were in a group,” she said. “At the end it was a sense of completion and confidence knowing that you had just done something pretty challenging and pretty cool.”

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Murphy’s Law

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here are 365 days on the calendar, but the actual number of “days” far exceeds that total.

There are all kinds of “days,” including Strawberry Shortcake Day (today), Weed Your Garden Day (yesterday) and Lobster Day (tomorrow). It might be too late to observe Leave The Office Early Day (it was on June 2) or Drive-In Movie Day (June 6) but don’t fret because we’ve still got Martini Day (June 19) and Onion Rings Day (June 22) to enjoy before the month is out.

How these days get proclaimed is a bit of a mystery as there doesn’t appear to be any formal process, so if all it takes is coming up with an idea and attaching a date to it, I’d like to jump aboard. I’ve got a day that should be celebrated tomorrow, although I’m not sure exactly what you would call it. If I’m being charitable, I’d say we name it They’re Up Early Day, but perhaps it’s more appropriate to call it There’s No Point In Taking Them Down Now Day. If you haven’t figured it out already, I’m referring to the practice of leaving your Christmas lights up year round.

The dog’s not a great conversationalist so when we’re out walking I need to find other ways to entertain myself, which often entails casting casual glances at the homes I pass, which in turn has got me thinking about the curious (it was you who called it lazy) decision to follow The Brick’s lead and celebrate Christmas in July (and June, August, September…).

I suspect most people put up their Christmas lights at the beginning of December, give or take a few days depending on when the weekend falls, and then take them down shortly after the calendar turns to January. If we can agree on that general timeline, then that makes June 15 as the mid-point of the 11-month period when Christmas lights are not typically hanging from the eaves.

Once you reached that “day” there’s really no point in hauling out the ladder and taking them down because it’s only getting closer to when you’d have to put them up again. There might not be any logic in declaring June 8 as Best Friends Day or June 29 as Waffle Iron Day, but June 15 makes sense as There’s No Point In Taking Them Down Now Day. I’m not suggesting you have to observe it, but if the neighbours are, it’s time to cut them a little slack.

Uncertain political future just might be best thing for B.C.

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o say that things are interesting in the political world is an understatement.

Last week’s UK election proved that campaigns do matter, seeing the ruling Conservatives going from a massive lead in public opinion to minority status.

Watching the circus in the U.S. has become as riveting as the OJ trial of two decades ago (has it been that long?).

Here at home, we have had the most dramatic and compelling couple of weeks politically than we have ever had. You couldn’t script a tenser, more nervewracking outcome, coming down to one riding determining whether we have a minority or majority government. Political watchers rejoice!

Next week, the Liberal government will recall the legislature, and it’s anticipated will then lose a confidence vote. An agreement between the NDP and the Greens will likely mean an opportunity to form a government. How long that government lasts, with such a small majority, is another story.

I think this might be a good thing.

There were obviously issues that many voters felt needed addressing. On the surface, this should have been a cakewalk for the Liberals. We have the lowest unemployment in the country.

Community Comment BRAD SHERWIN

Another stat that didn’t get mentioned, which is a more important measure of personal financial health, is the ability to pay one’s bills, as measured by the 90-day delinquency rates on non-mortgage debt.

According to Equifax, one of Canada’s leading credit bureaus, B.C. and Vancouver have the lowest rates in the country – by far.

What that says, for the vast majority, is people are paying their bills and providing for their families.

There are many other issues we deal with, but ultimately, isn’t this the key thing we want our governments to do? Provide the framework for us to provide for our families?

Regardless, people wanted change, and change is what we will see. Sometimes change is good, but it can also not be good.

It all depends on the outcome.

And that’s why I think we are in a

good place.

The NDP and Greens will have the opportunity to show what they have talked about for a long time. There were many promises made during the election which they will now have to either implement or walk away from. A $15 minimum wage, $10 a day daycare, fighting Kinder Morgan, potentially halting the Site C dam, eliminating tolls — these are big issues that will have long-lasting impacts on our province.

Whatever this coalition brings forward, it is not likely to last long.

Most political observers have noted that we will likely be back at the poll in 12 to 18 months. But it is a chance for this coalition to show British Columbians what their vision of governing will look like, but won’t likely be able to implement most of it before we have the chance to decide if it’s the change we are looking for.

The last time the NDP was in government, the result was being voted out of office with only two MLAs remaining. Now we’ll see if they truly were a government in waiting, or a speed bump on B.C.’s political history.

I’d bet the Americans wish they were in our shoes right now.

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.

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Letters

Anti-bridge battle cry debunked Oak Street Bridge does not get lined up, then how come traffic is lined up south in the afternoon?

Think about it. You say improving the tunnel crossing will only move the problem to the Oak Street Bridge, but what about those coming from west and east on Steveston Highway looking to go south? How about those coming from the Knight Street Bridge, Westminster Highway, Highway 91, Sea Island Way and the airport all going to Ladner, Tsawwassen, White Rock,

South Surrey, Cloverdale or even Seattle?

Yes, we never hear about that side of things, do we? Why? It’s because it does not support your narrative that improving the tunnel is a waste of time, money and effort.

Here’s another question for you: If one of the reasons for the lineups are just that there are too many commuters, then why is it that some of the worst times to travel the tunnel is 10 a.m. (north) and 2 p.m. (south)? Don’t tell me there are a lot of

people who work from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. (If so, I want one of those jobs!)

The reality is there are many different destinations after you pass through the tunnel, north or south, and many roads to get you to your destination once the crossing is made and every one of those feeder routes leads to or from the tunnel (that’s why it is called a bottleneck). I’m not saying a new bridge is the answer, but at least it’s one solution to a very real problem.

James Rogers

TransLink plan cuts Tsawwassen bus service

Editor: TransLink is seeking feedback on its Southwest Area Transport Plan Phase 2 before June 19. This plan contains alarming proposals affecting Tsawwassen’s bus-Canada Line commuters.

TransLink is proposing to eliminate the 602 bus service. Currently there are a total of 18 trips from Tsawwassen northbound to the Canada Line in the

morning rush, shared between the 602, 603 and 604 buses. Eliminating the 10 trips for the 602 as proposed, and with no proposed increase in frequency of service for 603 and 604, will amount to a 44 per cent cut in the morning rush hour service.

Similarly, the evening rush service would be reduced by 48 per cent.

There are also changes proposed in the rout-

ing of 603 and 604 in Tsawwassen that will affect bus stop use and walking distances for some Tsawwassen commuters.

Any “improved” service for the 601 is largely irrelevant for commuters to Vancouver since it will take an hour just to get to Bridgeport.

With more and more development taking place in Tsawwassen, it is unconscionable for

TransLink to be contemplating this drastic reduction in a well-used service.

Time is short to register objections to the proposed cuts by completing an online survey at www. translink.ca/swatp or by filling out a paper survey available at the library.

It would be appropriate for Delta council to voice its objections on behalf of Tsawwassen residents.

Adrian Wightman

Build rapid transit across river rather than a bridge

Editor: I believe the bridge across the Fraser River should be stopped for a better alternative.

The new bridge will move the “parking lot” from Highway 99, south of the George Massey Tunnel in Delta, to Highway 99, south of the Oak Street Bridge in Richmond.

We should all really ask ourselves this: How do we

improve the traffic, not just move it to another location?

First we could build an elite, above-ground rapid transit system running from 152nd Street and 16th Avenue in South Surrey to the Vancouver waterfront. This could be a high speed system with only four stops, including one near the Delta Town & Country Inn.

Traffic would be reduced on Highway 99 by 30 per cent. The requirement for a bridge would be negated. However, the tunnel expansion of one three-lane tube would still be needed on the west side of the current two tubes. This could alternate traffic during the evening rush hours, giving four lanes northbound in the mornings and five lanes

Uncertainty is bad for people of B.C.

Editor: As the B.C. Liberals continue to prolong the province’s agony by delaying the inevitable, it’s time for Christy Clark and her party to do the honourable thing and speedily step aside. Citizens thank you for your public service, but the reality is more than

50 per cent of B.C. voters did not approve your new mandate.

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It fails to help our homeless looking for affordable housing.

And ongoing delays and political games disrespect our democracy.

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I hope you get this before Father’s Day due to the embarrassing experience my Dad had last Father’s Day. The whole family was sitting around the picnic table waiting for him to cook the burgers on the barbeque. Then it happened! Dad was doing fine until he decided to be fancy and put the burgers, onions, mushrooms, bacon and all on a tray, very pretty but in his excitement he tipped the whole works onto the newly finished wood deck. What a mess! The oil and grease stains are still very obvious. Do you have some suggestions for cleaning the deck, it would be nice to get it cleaned up for him for Fathers Day.

$800 property tax hike makes 2016 jump seem not so bad

Editor: I’m sure many letters have poured in regarding the huge jump in property taxes. Mine increased by 19.49 per cent, adding $800 to my bill from last year.

I guess last year’s increase of $400 wasn’t so bad after all.

When I queried the Corporation of Delta

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Crossing questions in need of answers

Editor: Will the NDP and Greens reconsider the $110 million removal of the George Massey Tunnel?

Will they cancel any further progress in removing the hydro transmission lines that is estimated to be $78 million?

Will they then move forward with the estimated

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Letters

Dr. Susan Steeves,

Port’s interest in birds comes much too late

Editor: Re: Biologists examine biofilm as part of port field studies, June 2 The Port of Vancouver’s ongoing study for Terminal 2 of the shorebird feeding grounds is ineffectual and much too late.

Oddly only now are they waking up to the need for analyzing samples for biofilm diatom species composition and their critical nutritional value to shorebirds. Years after the port proposed adding a second container terminal in the heart of the richest and most diverse estuary in the whole of Canada are they suddenly realizing the perils. Why now?

Because seemingly, thanks to independent science, the review panel has cottoned onto the huge risk that T2 could endanger an entire species of migratory shorebirds, western sandpipers, as well as undermine com-

mercial salmon fisheries and other wildlife.

Equally why use consultants paid by the port to carry out this complex work when there are plenty of renowned independent researchers here in Canada, Japan and Europe that could give an independent assessment at less cost?

As we have seen previously, in-house studies paid for by the port are not going to give anything other than a self-serving perspective.

There are an increasing number of peer-reviewed scientific papers that demonstrate just how important biofilm is to shorebirds and how this particular biofilm is sensitive to the changes in salinity and currents that would be created by T2.

Not only that, but if built T2 and its widened causeway would cover over part of this important biofilm.

The review panel’s decision should be clear: the removal of the omega-3 content of this unique biofilm is either the nail in the coffin for T2 or for western sandpipers. Current port efforts are a forlorn hope they can somehow show that T2 will not cause the degradation that we know is likely to be the case.

The precautionary principle has to be applied, this international migratory bird and wildlife area is much too important to risk its degradation by port development.

Time for the port to wake up to independent modern science, withdraw its doomed T2 application and make amends for their eco-destruction elsewhere in the delta. Time for the port to start walking its talk and assume the new mantle of sustainable environmental leadership that Canadians expect.

Roger Emsley

Octogenarian grateful for assistance

Editor: On Friday, June 9 at about 2:30 p.m., this octogenarian made an unwise — some would use the term “stupid” — decision that resulted in a fall to the sidewalk on 56th Street.

As a result of the fall, my face had a fight with the sidewalk that the sidewalk won handily.

Several passersby came to assist me immediately, to call for medical assistance and to comfort me until first responders arrived.

I do not know their names but I want to express my gratitude publicly to them, particularly to the couple who interrupted their car

trip and to the Save-OnFoods employee who was delayed getting to work.

For the latter, I hope she has an understanding boss.

My thanks also go to Delta firefighters and the members of the BC Ambulance Service who came to care for me.

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Market makes season debut

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The Ladner Village Market kicked off its 21st season on Sunday.

Sharon Carney of PureBreads (right) was one of the many vendors at the event. Dan Hare (bottom right) performed tunes while Kate Toby of Ladner, along with brother Luca, (second below) got into the dancing spirit. The next market date is June 25. For more photos visit www.delta-optimist.com.

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When music is concerned, I’ve always felt I’ve known the husband pretty well.

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“Fly me to the Moon?” I asked.

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Heck, the last time we drove to the nursery to get some more topsoil, the husband had to run back into the house to retrieve his tunes.

Tony, let’s just say, is always with us.

No idea how it came to be that the husband made the big Bennett discovery, and no idea who he’ll discover next. Bobby Darin?

Mel Torme? One never knows, given that the husband’s musical tastes are — how do I put it? — evolving.

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Grads at SDSS step out in style PHOTOS BY GORD GOBLE

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6th Ave. turned into speedway

Rotary Club of Tsawwassen and Corporation of Delta host second annual Soap Box Derby Soap box derby enthusiasts, builders and drivers congregated along 6th Avenue in Tsawwassen last Saturday to take part in the second annual Soap Box Derby hosted by the Rotary Club of Tsawwassen in partnership with the Corporation of Delta.

Over 1,500 spectators watched 45 soap box drivers aged nine to 12 zoom down the 600plus foot track to compete against one another to find out who would be crowned this year’s soap box derby grand champion.

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by Vanessa Costa racing for Shpak and Co. as she recorded the fastest time of the afternoon. Rory

Brown, driver for Swim Blue, was awarded second place and Luka Wiesel, driving South West Mortgage, clinched third.

There were three new awards given out this year: Best Costume (“Banana Man” Jackson Yagin), Cart Design (Rat Rod Roxy cart for Go Green Pest Control) and Crowd Favourite (Teagan Reid, driver for Scott Reid Plumbing).

All riders were presented with a medal for participation.

The event raised over $15,000 for the Rotary Club of Tsawwassen’s community projects.

“It was a great day, and I’m already anticipating next year’s race,” said race coordinator Rick Lewall.

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Treat dad to breakfast in the park on Sunday

Cubs spread environmental awareness

Annual Father’s Day event in Boundary Bay

PHOTO BY NATALIE SHANTZ

The 3rd Boundary Bay Cubs recently painted yellow fish near storm drains in the South Park Elementary area of Tsawwassen. Cubs painted 36 drains and delivered reminder flyers to nearby homes to raise awareness of the impact pollution has on nature and the role we play in prevention. The kits were provided by the Corporation of Delta.

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Earthwise Society is hosting a pair of hands-on workshops this month.

Make and taste delicious herbal drinks that you can craft from gardengrown ingredients in Summer Drinks — Using Herbs from the Garden.

Join therapeutic horticulturalist Julia Thiessen this Saturday from 1 to 3

experienced cob oven creator Patrick Amos in a hands-on workshop that will teach you all the skills you need to craft a rocketfired cob oven.

Tickets for the workshops can be bought by calling 604-946-9828, emailing info@earthwisesociety.bc.ca or by going online to Eventbrite.

p.m. to discover and harvest the vibrant edibles in the Earthwise Garden, learn all about herbs, create a solar-infused lemonbalm lemonade and more.

Participants will leave with freshly harvested herbs and recipes to use them.

From June 23 to June 25, take a trip to Earthwise’s Agassiz location to join

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Members of the Tsawwassen Boundary Bay Lions Club will be cooking breakfast in Boundary Bay Regional Park this Sunday.

Metro Vancouver will have displays set up.

Due to the popularity of the annual event, past experience indicates it’s good to arrive as early as possible.

A dad himself, Geof Hacker of the Boundary Bay Park Association and long-time co-ordinator of the event is always happy

to play a part in honouring local fathers.

“A dad is someone who wants to catch you before you fall, but instead picks you up, brushes you off and let’s you try again,” said Hacker.

For more information, call 604-943-1303 or visit www.boundarybayparkassociation.wordpress.com.

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VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITES IN DELTA Reach Child and Youth Development Society FINDS Children’s Thrift Store Staff Toss aside the mid-day doldrums and volunteer at FINDS Children’s Thrift Store We want you! Reach Child and Youth Development Society is seeking exuberant and friendly volunteers to staff our children’s thrift store in the heart of Ladner Village. Shifts are 10-2pm, Tuesday to Saturday and are accompanied by a deep in your belly good feeling that comes from knowing that all the profits raised go directly to supporting Reach, a non-profit organization that supports children and youth with special needs. We have an amazing volunteer staff and would love to add you to our family so if you’re interested in volunteering please email Rae-Anne at volunteer@reachchild.org or call and leave your name and phone number with our front desk @ 604-946-6622 ext. 300.

KinVillage Kitchen Helper Kin Village is looking for volunteers to help in the kitchen area. Mainly washing and putting away dishes. Shifts will be no more than 3 hours at a time. Such as...9am-12 or 9:30-12:30. All days are available. This job will consist of mainly loading and emptying the dish washer. There is also opportunity to assist the chef with food preparation. Criminal Record Check will be needed. Please contact John Lustad at 604-943-7625 or jlusted@kinvillage.org Stroke Recovery Association of BC and March of Dimes Canada Walking Partner Do you like to walk at an easygoing pace? Do you like to meet new people and talk about a wide variety of topics? Are you interested in helping stroke survivors improve their quality of life?

Next Steps is an adapted, indoor, mall walking program, designed for people recovering from stroke. It takes place at Tsawwassen Mills mall every Wednesday from 8:30 to 10:30am. Exercise and mobility are very important aspects of stroke recovery. Walking on uneven surfaces, or outside in bad weather, can be very challenging for a stroke survivor.

Walking in a mall offers a safe an comfortable alternative. Email for more information and a application form, Jill Jukes at jjukes@marchofdimes.ca or call 604-688-3603

Community Coming Events CLUBS AND GROUPS The South Delta Newcomers and Alumnae are celebrating its 50th anniversary in conjunction with a Strawberry Tea and Social on Thursday, June 15, 7 to 10 p.m. at the South Delta Recreation Centre in Tsawwassen. Past and current members are invited.

Port of Vancouver Delta Community Office, 5225A Ladner Trunk Rd., hosts The Mighty Fraser: How annual dredging ensures safe passage for ships, Thursday, June 15. Choose from two presentations: 4 to 5:15 p.m. or 7 to 8:15 p.m. Guest speaker: Tino Isola, vice president, dredging and surveying, Fraser River Pile and Dredge Inc. RSVP online at portvancouver.com/delta or by phone 604-665-9636.

Parkinson’s support group meetings: Ladner, Saturday, June 17, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at McKee Centre.

Tsawwassen, Monday, June 19, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at KinVillage. These groups are for people living with Parkinson’s and/or the people who care for them. For more information call Gloria 604-948-0156.

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Janis Matson, Van Dusen Gardens educator and landscape designer, will talk about the impact of using grasses in garden design at the June 20 South Delta Garden Club meeting.

Talks are free to the public.

Meetings are held at Ladner Christian Reformed Church 4594-54A St, Ladner. www. southdeltagardenclub.ca for more info and directions. Doors open at 7 p.m.

(June 25 SDGC Garden Tour tickets now on sale: Harris Nurseryland/6508 Ladner Trunk Rd., Sunnyside Nurseries/2300-56th St., West Coast Seeds/4930 Elliot St. Earthwise Society has a Summer Solstice event and AGM, June 22, 7 p.m. to sunset. Garden tour at 6:30 p.m., drinks and cheese by sunset and twilight tour at 8:30 p.m.

Tickets are $15. Call 604946-9828 or contact info@ earthwisesociety.bc.ca.

Delta Spinners and Weavers June meeting has been rescheduled to Monday, June 26 at 1 p.m. at Kirkland House, 4140 Arthur Dr., Ladner. Contact a2maggie@telus.net for more information.

SENIORS KinVillage Travel has a trip to Krause Berry Farms & Estate Winery, lunch at Newlands Golf Course and Fort Langley Friday, June 16.

Cost is $60 for members, $65 for non-members. Call 604-943-0225.

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Submissions or questions can be submitted to the Clerk’s office prior to June 26, 2017 for Council consideration.

Canal Tours Presentation 1 to 2 pm, Tuesday, June 20

by Rick and Carlene Lewall at KinVillage Community Centre, 5430-10th Ave., Tsawwassen. Admission is free.

Strawberry High Tea with entertainers Liz and Steve, Friday, June 23 from 2 to 3:30 p.m., KinVillage Community Centre, 543010th Ave., Tsawwassen.

Tickets $14 for members, $16 for non-members.

FUND RAISERS The Delta Friends of the Library will be holding their fourth annual Shred-a-thon in the parking lot of the Tsawwassen Library on Saturday, June 17 between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Look for the 1-800-Shredding truck.

Cost is by donation with tax receipts being issued for donations over $20.

SPECIAL EVENTS Father’s Day pancake breakfast, Sunday, June 18 from 9 a.m. to noon at Centennial Beach in Boundary Bay Regional Park, under cover in picnic shelters near the new concession and playground.

Tsawwassen Boundary Bay Lions club mobile kitchen will prepare breakfast onsite. Adults: $7. Children under 12: $3. Celebrate Dad at this popular annual Sunday in the Park event co-hosted by Boundary Bay Park Association and Tsawwassen Boundary Bay

Lions Club. Information Geof at 604-943-1303.

The Ahmadiyya Mosque, 9570 River Rd., Delta, will be holding an Iftar Dinner, which loosely means, “Breaking the Fast,” Sunday, June 18 at 8 p.m. Major religions will be on hand representing their particular views on the sacrifice and wisdom behind fasting in their respective faith.

The KAIROS Blanket Exercise is an interactive experience that shares the historic and contemporary relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada. In honour of Canada’s National Aboriginal Day, please join us Tuesday, June 20 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Cedar Park Church 5300-44th Ave., Ladner. All ages welcome to attend this free event.

Delta Chamber of Commerce 29th annual golf tournament is set for Thursday, June 29 at Beach Grove Golf Club. Members and non-members welcome. $199 per player (includes golf, power cart, lunch and dinner), $60 dinner-only option. Register online at deltachamber.ca or call 604946-4232 for more info.

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WEST COAST SENIOR LACROSSE ASSOCIATION W L T Pts Langley 6 2 1 13 Ladner 5 1 0 10 Royal City 4 2 1 9 Victoria 4 2 1 9 Nanaimo 4 4 1 7 Coquitlam 3 3 0 6 Valley 1 8 0 2 B.C. JUNIOR A LACROSSE W L T Pts Coquitlam 12 1 0 24 New West 11 2 0 18 Victoria 8 7 0 16 Langley 7 6 0 14 Port Coquitlam 5 7 0 10 Burnaby 4 7 1 9 Delta 3 12 0 6 Nanaimo 2 10 1 5 WEST COAST JUNIOR LACROSSE LEAGUE W T L Coquitlam 10 0 1 New West 9 0 0 Ridge Meadows 6 1 2 Port Coquitlam 5 0 4 Port Moody 4 1 6 Delta 3 0 6 Burnaby 3 0 6 Langley 2 0 7 North Shore 1 0 11

Pts 20 18 13 10 9 6 6 4 0

B.C. INTERMEDIATE “A” LACROSSE LEAGUE W L T Pts Maple Ridge 10 1 0 20 Victoria 10 3 0 20 Coquitlam 8 4 0 16 Langley 8 4 0 16 Nanaimo 7 6 0 14 New West 6 6 0 12 Delta 6 6 0 12 Port Coquitlam 5 6 0 10 Richmond 3 9 0 6 Okanagan 3 10 0 6 Burnaby 0 11 0 0

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Height in feet THURSDAY, JUNE 15 5:09 am 9.8 8:50 am 10.5 3:49 pm 4.6 11:25 pm 13.8 FRIDAY, JUNE 16 6:05 am 8.9 10:04 am 10.2 4:36 pm 5.2 SATURDAY, JUNE 17 12:02 am 13.8 6:56 am 8.2 11:36 am 9.8 5:31 pm 6.6 SUNDAY, JUNE 18 12:40 am 13.8 7:44 am 6.9 1:17 pm 10.2 6:32 pm 7.5 MONDAY, JUNE 19 1:18 am 13.8 8:29 am 5.6 2:51 pm 10.8 7:40 pm 8.5 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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The play of rookie Ryan Jones has been a bright spot for the Delta Islanders so far this season. The two-sport standout, who also plays for the Western Hockey League’s Vancouver Giants, leads the team in scoring with 62 points in 15 games.

Free fall for defending champs Islanders were expected to slip but not this far in B.C. Junior “A” Lacrosse League MARK BOOTH

M B O OT H @ D E LTA- O PT I M I ST.C O M

The Delta Islanders might want to step away from the rink one practice and watch last year’s thrilling game three league championship victory again. It would remind everyone exactly where this franchise was 10 months ago and where it is striving to be again.

It has been one bumpy road for the defending B.C. Junior “A” Lacrosse League champions since that magical run last summer.

The Islanders just completed a demanding 10-day stretch, winning one of six games to fall to 3-12-0 on the season. They surrendered a whopping 61 goals over their last three contests, including a 23-9 home floor loss to the Victoria Shamrocks on Saturday.

With mass departure of graduated players, everything pointed to Delta taking a step back this season but not to this degree.

“We expected a little bit of a down year from last season but not this,” said Islanders general manager Greg Rennie. “Not 20-plus goals being scored on us. It’s pretty embarrassing.

“We are all frustrated and we just can’t seem to buy any breaks. There’s been lots of injuries and we really haven’t had one positive thing go our way or anything come to us.”

Most of the returning veterans the Islanders were leaning on have only seen limited action for a variety of reasons and that is evident in the lack of overall production.

Ryan Jones is enjoying an outstanding rookie season with 62 points which is 31 more than his nearest teammate. A broken foot has sidelined another first-year player — Dawson Trimble — for the past seven games yet he still sits fourth in team scoring.

It’s a far cry from a year ago when Delta rolled out established top 10 scorers Evan

Messenger, Jon Phillips and Chase Fraser then added Ontario star Cam Milligan and Burnaby’s top scorer Aidan Milburn.

Still, the Islanders had a chance to be a top four team if everything went their way but little has.

Among them was the potential return of Tre LeClaire — arguably the top 19-year-old player in the world who helped Ohio State University reach the NCAA championship game.

The league’s 2015 rookie-of-the-year recently informed the club he isn’t healthy and will skip the reminder of the box season.

He hasn’t played for Delta since leaving the club last July for the World U19 Field Lacrosse Championships, then opting not to return for the post-season. It’s one very large asset Rennie won’t have at the league trading deadline July 1.

“We offered to move him at the deadline but he doesn’t want to be traded (either),” said Rennie. “I will be able to make some deals to get us better moving forward but we don’t have much in the way of second-year guys and just a handful of third-years. But when you are not playing well, there isn’t a lot of interest there either.”

The biggest challenge for rookie head coach Kyle Goundrey right now is making sure losing isn’t acceptable for his young team.

Most games it’s been one bad stretch that swings the momentum for good.

The latest example of that was Friday in Port Coquitlam where Delta trailed the Saints 3-2 after 20 minutes, only to be outscored 7-1 in the second period, en route to a 14-5 defeat.

“We play hard and know we can compete with them, then the next thing you know they have scored seven on us,” said Goundrey.

“That’s a lack of experience and not understanding when to have a big hit, big goal or

fight to change the momentum of the game. By the time we try to do something, it’s too late.

“You get 14-or-15 18-year-olds going up against 14-or-15 21-year-olds and it’s a big gap. “Realistically we knew (what we could be in store for) coming in. We just didn’t hope it would be this bad. You can’t breed a losing culture. You don’t want these guys to get used to it, thinking a close loss is a good thing.

That’s the hardest thing about this process.”

Another “break” not going the Islanders’ way is the status of underage goalie Brody Harris — who is in the same discussion with Jones as the team’s MVP. He had dressed for 12 consecutive games before being informed by the league last week he no longer would retain his intermediate status if he continued to play up in junior. The club can appeal the decision but ultimately must decide if they want him to remain in intermediate and be available for the provincial playoffs.

“Brody being away for the last few games has really hurt us and it tells you how valuable he is to this team,” added Goundrey. “After every game, other teams’ coaches come up to me and say what a great goalie he is. He is missed when is not here.”

Rennie is getting a good look at the club’s future since taking over the coaching duties of the intermediate “A” team.

The core of this group won the Midget “A” provincial title a year ago and is now sitting at 6-6-0 after losses to New West and Victoria on the weekend.

“We do have talent coming up but now I know there are lots of holes to be filled too and what needs to be built on. We need more firepower. We need more defenders,” said Rennie.

“I have my work cut out for me but we will get there again.”

A26 The Delta Optimist June 14, 2017

Sports

Warrior Challenge makes its debut at SDSS

A new tradition was successfully launched last week for South Delta Secondary School’s Senior PE and Supertfit students.

After hosting a year-end triathlon for the past 20 years, there were growing concerns for the students’ safety as they set out through the streets of Tsawwassen on bike and foot. Through communication with Delta Police, the SDSS administration

and staff and the community, a decision was made to seek an alternate activity.

Senior PE teachers, Patty Burr, Tamara Jobke, Brooke Jacobs and Carol Lingham wanted to move to something more current and fun for all to complete.

The Warrior Challenge was created and geared to simulate a Tough Mudder, or Spartan Race.

“Our senior PE program

A mud crawl was among the 15 stations that made up the inaugural Warrior Challenge that featured over 130 students from South Delta Secondary’s Senior PE and Fit For Life classes.

Last week’s inaugural SDSS Warrior Challenge replaced the school’s annual triathlon.

has expanded to include Fit4Life 11 this year and will include Strength and Conditioning 11 next year,” explained Jobke. “In addition, due to the growing International progam, our numbers have also increased in PE. “These increasing numbers made the warrior race a more viable option to

the triathlon and from a policing perspective it was a much safer event.”

The inaugural Warrior Challenge featured 133 students on teams that tackled the 15-station event, including a mud crawl, log carry, tunnel crawl/tire run, Diefenbaker hill runs, giant tire flip, bin climb

and more.

A huge thank-you to all the SDSS staff, parents, students and parent volunteers, as well as Olga Heather and Gaynor Downie who helped by assisting in the preparation, marshalling and clean-up.

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WOODBURN, Sheila Vivian 1928 - 2017 Sheila Vivian, age 88, of Tsawwassen, died peacefully June 8th at Westshore Laylum Care Home in Ladner, BC with her family close by her side. Born in Vancouver in 1928, she is predeceased by her parents William Evans and Marjorie (Partington), and her late husband George Herbert Woodburne (1995) After raising her children, Sheila returned to vocational school to complete a diploma in office administration. She worked in the commercial real estate division for 20 years before retiring. She was also keenly interested in politics, volunteering as club secretary for a local party in Delta. She enjoyed her family, travels and teaching her grandchildren baking and sewing. A recent cruise to Alaska was especially memorable. Her hobbies included photography, sumie painting, cross stitch and later, quilting. These were often on display during Ladner’s Quilt Walk.

Sheila is survived by her two sons Scott McAlpine (Sandy) and Geoff Woodburne (Brenda); her daughter Adrienne McAlpine (Gordon Irving Lately); five grandchildren Kimberly (Chris), Roberta (Wade), Christopher, Sarah, and Nicholas; and four great-grandchildren.

The family wishes to extend their gratitude to Westshore Laylum for their unwavering care and support, particularly for helping make our memorable Alaska cruise with Mom a reality. A reception in Sheila’s memory will take place at 1 PM on Sunday, July 9th at 5318 Camaro Drive in Tsawwassen.

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