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PM shows confidence in Qualtrough by giving her public works portfolio IAN JACQUES

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Movie goers enjoyed some excitement courtesy of Chang’s Taekwondo prior to the final outdoor movie night of the summer last Saturday at Diefenbaker Park in Tsawwassen. See more photos on Page 11 and at www.delta-optimist.com.

Delta MP Carla Qualtrough has been named the new minister of public works and procurement in a federal cabinet shakeup announced Monday by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Qualtrough’s new portfolio is a large one and includes addressing the ongoing problems with the Phoenix payroll system, which has resulted in public servants receiving too much pay, too little pay, or no pay at all.

The portfolio is also responsible for managing major military procurements and Canada Post.

She assumes this new role following the resignation of Newfoundland and Labrador MP Judy Foote, who held the role previously.

Qualtrough said she was informed of the portfolio change late last week.

“My first reaction was to be very honoured. The prime minister obviously has confidence in me and this change in portfolio reflects that confidence,” she said. “Of course, I know like anybody the complexity of this file and the breadth and scope is quite significant. There are a lot of issues that we have to tackle,

Carla Qualtrough but it’s going to allow me to grow politically and professionally in ways that I would otherwise not have been able to, so I’m super excited about that.”

Despite the excitement of the portfolio change, the now former minister for sport and persons with disabilities did admit that it is a little bittersweet to be leaving a ministry that she fought passionately for over the past two years.

“Anyone who knows me or my background knows how passionate I was and am about sport and accessibility issues,” Qualtrough said.

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Transition house opens Women and children fleeing domestic violence have eight-bedroom facility SANDOR GYARMATI

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Delta’s first transition house for women and children fleeing domestic violence opened its doors this week.

Azure is an eight-bedroom, first stage transition house operated by W.I.N.G.S. (Women in Need of Gaining Strength), a non-profit society that also provides transition house services in New Westminster.

“It is an honour for us to deliver services in the Delta community,” said board chair Judy Grams. “Our goal as an organization is to provide women and children in need the opportunity to gain strength and to live according to their true worth.”

Transition houses provide emotional support, crisis intervention, safety planning and temporary accommodation.

Stays typically last 30 days. The facilities also provide help accessing support services and housing, financial, medical and legal assistance.

Last year, more than 12,300 women and children were assisted by provincially-funded transition houses, second-stage

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The new Azure transition house is being operated by W.I.N.G.S. (Women in Need of Gaining Strength), a nonprofit society. housing and safe homes.

All women and their dependent children who are at risk of violence or have experienced violence and require services are eligible.

“The grassroots effort to establish this house has been truly remarkable and we celebrate the enormous contribution of those individuals who have worked so hard to achieve this goal. We look

forward to becoming an integral community partner in Delta,” said executive director Lorri Wasyliw.

Earlier this year representatives of several groups and agencies were on hand for an announcement that B.C. Housing had allocated $1.8 million to purchase and renovate an eight-bedroom house.

The cause had been originally championed by a working group led by

the South Delta and North Delta chapters of the Canadian Federation of University Women.

The group had secured another house from the Corporation of Delta as well as federal funding for renovations, however, that funding was contingent on obtaining operating dollars from the province that didn’t materialize.

Just a few months later the province announced

it had secured a house and would be providing the funding to operate the facility.

Delta police Chief Neil Dubord earlier said that women fleeing abusive situations in Delta usually go to an excellent facility in Richmond, but often “the inn is full” there, meaning they will sometimes have to stay in places like the YWCA or even be put up in a hotel room.

Prime minister hands Qualtrough ‘very difficult file’ CONTINUED from Page 1 “But as I learn about this new role you can very quickly get to a lot of accessibility issues. I can tell you that a number of disability stakeholders have already pointed me in that direction on how we can impact the inclusion and accessibility agenda in this new role.”

The cabinet shake-up included a total of six MPs, all of whom were sworn-in to their new roles at a ceremony Monday morning.

Following the ceremony, Trudeau held a press conference to discuss the cabinet changes, at which time he expressed full confidence in Qualtrough to tackle a portfolio that comes with a broad range of challenges.

“I have to say I’m looking forward to seeing the

great job that Carla is going to do on this very difficult file,” said Trudeau.

“She is someone who has consistently impressed and demonstrated her capacity to deliver throughout her time in government, cabinet committees and as a member of cabinet. I also have to emphasize her incredible work that she has done on accessibility legislation for Canada, and obviously when it comes to procurement and public services it continues to be an important part of accessibility as well.”

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Delta MP Carla Qualtrough and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speak at the 2017 Canada Summer Games opening ceremony in Winnipeg.

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Second refugee family is headed for Ontario Delta Safe Haven hosts good-bye dinner IAN JACQUES

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The second of three Syrian families welcomed to Ladner 18 months ago is moving to Ontario to be PHOTO BY IAN JACQUES

A dinner to say good-bye to the Alnuaimi family was held last Wednesday at Ladner United Church.

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The Alnuaimi family — Mansour, his wife Ensaf and children Mohammad, Hussein, Abdulrazaq, Sandos and Aya — are moving to Toronto shortly to be closer to Ensaf’s sister.

The family has a home ready to move into thanks to the Al Mohammad family, which left Ladner last July.

Last Wednesday night, members of the Delta Safe Haven steering committee, the group that was created to help facilitate the arrival of refugee families in Ladner, held a good-bye dinner for the Alnuaimis at Ladner United Church.

Mansour said it was a difficult decision for them to leave, but the desire to be close to family is strong.

He said he will be forever thankful to the commu- Jim Short nity of Ladner for helping his family start a new life in this country.

“It will be another very big change for us,” Mansour said. “My wife wants to be close to her sister and she needs that, but for me, I’m very sad to be leaving. This community has meant everything to us. So many people here are my friends. They are like family now.”

Oldest son Mohammad said when they escaped Syria, made their way to Canada and ultimately Ladner, he was taken aback by the generosity of the community.

“They have meant everything, absolutely everything,” said Mohammad.

“We started a new life.

Everything we needed, home, food, support. We got to go to school. We will have a relationship with everyone here for the rest of our lives.”

Rev. Jim Short, co-chair of Delta Safe Haven, said while they’re sad the Alnuaimis are leaving, they’re happy they’re reuniting with family.

“You can give people a lot of stuff, but if you don’t have friendship and family, it is equally tough,” said Short.

He said the family has expressed deep thanks to the community for the

friendship, support and encouragement.

“During their time here they have been blessed with gifts of money, services, donations, clothing, furnishings and other things they could not afford, assistance with rent and food costs, good English training through volunteers.

“The children have flourished in school, sports and other activities, many of which were only possible through generous donations and hundreds of hours of volunteer time plus gifts of money and such given directly to the family.”

Short said he receives occasional calls from the Al Mohammad family to talk about the hardships and challenges, but also the support they received.

“Mohammad always says Ladner is his home and tells me how people marvel at his family’s ability to speak English in an area of Toronto where many people who have been in Canada for many years have not yet attended English language training.”

Short said the third family, the Azizis, is still in Ladner in accommodation generously subsidized by the family and extended family they’re renting from.

According to Short, the family continues to receive (as did the other families while living here) additional financial and other support through Delta Safe Haven and other volunteers.

He said a donor who is aware of this family’s desire for both of the adults to have the opportunity to work parttime and go to school part-time to attain better English language skills has approached Delta Safe Haven with a plan to offer funding if the committee helps match those funds.

“It’s been a year of learning, challenges, delight, joy, sadness, but we’ve learned a lot through this whole process. We have been glad to do this and we will continue to support these families in any way we can.”

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Police say running red light causes crash

No injuries reported after flat deck truck and SUV collide on Deltaport Way Monday morning IAN JACQUES

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No injuries were reported following a twovehicle roll-over accident at Arthur Drive and Deltaport Way Monday morning.

Delta police along with paramedics and Delta firefighters were dispatched to the accident involving a flat deck truck and SUV at 8 a.m.

Police say the flat deck truck was travelling westbound on Deltaport Way and went through a red light, then struck the SUV that was making a turn onto Deltaport Way from Arthur Drive.

The driver of the flat deck truck was issued a violation ticket for disobeying a red light at an intersection.

Both vehicles required tow trucks to remove them from the scene. The roadway was closed to traffic for a short time while the vehicles were cleared and the investigation was conducted.

Weekend break-ins Police are reporting

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Police officers, firefighters and paramedics all responded to a two-vehicle roll-over accident at the intersection of Deltaport Way and Arthur Drive Monday morning. another weekend spree of theft from autos.

Public relations coordinator Sharlene Brooks said there were seven theft from vehicles in South Delta from a combination of locked and unlocked

vehicles.

Brooks said some of the vehicles were just rummaged through, while others had items stolen.

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The investigation into the afternoon collision that closed the roadway for several hours continues.

“Only minor injuries

were reported,” said Brooks. “A filming/production crew was filming a scene for a documentary production when the accident occurred. We still need to collect evidence on the collision and con-

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Brooks did confirm that proper permits were in place to allow the filming, which were issued by both the Tsawwassen First Nation and the Corporation of Delta.

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A huge thank to the community, the volunteers and our partners The Rotary Club of Tsawwassen in partnership with the Sun Festival committee (Star Wars: Rogue One), volunteers from the club (Guardians of the Galaxy 2) and Tsawwassen Town Centre Mall, Tsawwassen Business Improvement Association and Century Group (Secret Life of Pets) thanks the community for three very successful movie nights this summer. The attendance for all three was outstanding and the activities were well received by the children. Plus a special thanks to Mother Nature for the fabulous weather for all three.

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We look forward to another great year of outdoor movies in 2018.

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Farmland in Delta continues to be marketed as investment property.

Green bill to ban foreign ownership of farmland Weaver says speculators are driving up prices SANDOR GYARMATI

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Green Leader Andrew Weaver is one again pitching the idea of banning foreigners from buying B.C. farmland.

Weaver is warning that foreign buyers are purchasing land in Metro Vancouver zoned for agricultural to build large homes that will be put back on the market for inflated prices.

He told the media last week that his bill will be tabled this fall.

He noted a tax on foreign buyers introduced last summer helped cool the red hot housing market, however it also diverted speculators elsewhere, including to farmland.

“The basic problem here is, of course, food security, but more importantly the speculation. You know, land in and around Metro Van, and still in Victoria and Kelowna and elsewhere, is being viewed as a commodity, a commodity that’s traded like wheat or potash or silver or gold as opposed to a place to live in or a place to farm. This is not going to end well unless we get a grip on it now…,” he told CKNW. Weaver said his proposed ban would not apply to anyone who pays taxes in this country.

The issue was highlighted last week amid reports that a 29-hectare (72-acre) Surrey property zoned agricultural, where a 13,000-square-foot mansion was constructed, is now listed for sale at $26 million. A sales brochure boasts the possibility of low foreign buyers’ tax due to its farm status.

Noting it’s something that will be discussed amongst his members, Delta Farmers’ Institute president David Ryall said prices per acre in Delta exceed $100,000 in some cases, a figure young farmers or someone starting out in the business could likely never afford.

I don’t want to see hundreds of acres left fallow by people that aren’t going to be working the land and are speculating on the land.

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Delta Mayor Lois Jackson also said it’s a conversation worth having.

“I don’t think we want to see our farmland left without farmers working the soil and producing for us here. I don’t want to see hundreds of acres left fallow by people that aren’t going to be working the land and are speculating on the land,” she said.

Earlier this year, Weaver proposed a special tax for speculative foreign buyers eyeing farmland, saying investors are taking advantage of tax breaks meant to encourage farming. As a result, farmland is being taken out of production and prices are skyrocketing, making farmland unaffordable for farmers.

Many other provinces regulate and restrict foreign ownership of agricultural land by limiting the maximum acreage that

can be purchased, according to the Green leader.

Also at the time, farmer and municipal councillor Ian Paton, who’s now the MLA for Delta South and one of two agriculture critics for the Liberal caucus, said if there is a problem, a foreign buyers’ tax could be considered. However, as far as he knew, most farms in Delta are either owned and actively farmed by local farmers or owned by someone living here who’s renting the acreage to farmers.

“My own personal experience from many years of living here is that I cannot think of any farmland in Delta right now that’s under foreign ownership,” said Paton.

He also pointed out Delta, unlike other communities such as Richmond, has strict limits on the size of farm home plates, which means speculators can no longer build mansions here.

He recently told the Optimist he informed several potential buyers looking to purchase farmland in Delta about the restrictions, which prompted them to walk away.

Former Delta South MLA Vicki Huntington this spring said her office obtained sales information on every parcel of ALR land sold in B.C. between January 2010 and fall 2015.

That data showed ALR land is being sold to foreign interests. “(There) have been far more sales of ALR land to foreign interests, disguised through one means or another,” she said.

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Playgrounds have provided adventure

Final week to give it a try as Delta initiative helping parents take the ‘bubble wrap’ off kids SANDOR GYARMATI

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It’s a throwback to the days when kids would get together to climb a crate or use a hammer and nails to build something.

While adventure playgrounds at first glance seem to have some element of risk, that’s the whole point, according to the Corporation of Delta, which has joined a growing number of communities hoping to take the “bubble wrap” off kids.

This summer, two such playgrounds, a free, dropin activity until Sept. 3, are being offered at the South Delta Recreation Centre and the North Delta Recreation Centre.

Unlike regular playgrounds, these supervised sites provide a space for children to engage in unstructured play and exploration of their surroundings. Children have tools and materials to build their own play space with the aim of allowing them to use their imagination, all while learning to assess risk.

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director Ken Kuntz said the playgrounds have proved popular.

“The thing that was cool is when the kids first arrive, it’s kind of their first experience and were expecting to be led and it takes them a little adjustment to go, ‘Oh, yeah, I can do this on my own and actually hammer a nail into a board or tie a rope up to a tree. They’re just not used to not being led and our attendants were there to make sure the proper footwear was adhered to and make sure the kids were conducting themselves right and not hurt themselves, but the rest was really up to the kids to figure out,” he said Noting it was also a learning experience for Delta, Kuntz said things that began to appear a little too risky were removed.

“We did a lot of research what other municipalities were doing and we had our risk manager review all the actions that we take.

We do try to sign it well, so the parents know what they’re coming into, but there were judgment calls we had to make. That was

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Kids get a chance to use saws, hammers and more at the adventure playgrounds operating until Sept. 3 at the South Delta Recrreation Centre. learning from our side.”

Parents Karla Fevang and Sarah Toni at the South Delta Recreation Centre’s adventure playground both like the idea of unstructured play.

“I know some mums moaned because they want to go in there, but it’s great when the kids know they can do things on their own. It seems like a lot of parents want to do every-

thing for them,” said Toni.

Fevang agreed, saying, “Kids shouldn’t be bubble wrapped. If they want to go out there, I told them they’re going to get bruises, they’re going to get scrapes. Otherwise, they’ll never figure things out.”

Last year Delta council approved a new policy that provides incentives in cost-sharing agreement for more natural play features

in playgrounds. Although not quite the same as adventure playgrounds, the idea is generally the same — providing children the opportunity to explore freely, use their imaginations and learn to assess risk.

School parent advisory groups, so far, have yet to take Delta up on the offer, but the North Delta Lions Club opened such a play-

ground earlier this year at Annieville Lions Park through a cost-sharing agreement.

Costing around $150,000, the natural playground replaces a portion of the older play structure and is designed for children of various ages, from toddlers to teens.

A Delta staff report notes experts say too many rules and standards governing how high or how fast a child can go brings too much order to playgrounds, making them unappealing to children.

“The experts say poor professional responses to tragedies is behind the mind shift to bubble wrap children. This resulted in a change in perception of kids being confident and independent to being vulnerable and needing to be overly cared for,” the report states.

Research from UBC and the Child Family Research Institute at B.C. Children’s Hospital concludes that risky outdoor play is beneficial for children’s health as well as encourages creativity, social skills and resilience.

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hose who oppose building a 10-lane bridge across the Fraser River point to the need to move people in more environmentally friendly ways, primarily through an enhanced transit system. That makes abundant sense, but unfortunately the improvements that would come in lieu of, or even in addition to, a new bridge are likely to be underwhelming, leaving many to continue to view their singleoccupant vehicle as the best option.

As much as building our way out of congestion is a fool’s game, for this to change we need a transit network that provides the necessary incentive to get drivers out of their cars, no small challenge given the expanses of farmland separating our population centres and the mode of rapid transit to which we’ve hitched our wagon.

It’s true that we invite more congestion by increasing the amount of asphalt but we do the very same thing by not making transit an attractive option.

When we get one new rapid transit line every decade, it doesn’t take a genius to figure out it’s going to be generations before we see a network that adequately serves our region.

I wonder when a government, provincial or regional, will put forward a plan so comprehensive — and so costly — that it actually addresses Greater Vancouver’s transit needs. The current plan includes a subway along Broadway and some amount of LRT for Surrey, but if you don’t happen to travel in either of those areas, the best you’ll be getting for the foreseeable future is improved bus service.

And that’s the conundrum – you want to get people out of their cars but unless you can provide them with a convenient, affordable transit option, you’re going to have a heck of a time getting their hands off the wheel.

Transit won’t work for everyone for a variety of reasons so highways and bridges (or tunnels) will continue to be part of the solution going forward, but if we want transit to be a bigger part of the equation, it’s got to earn that share.

When you’re talking about taking two buses, a train and then another bus to get to your destination, you’re going to have a difficult time convincing commuters to leave the car at home.

That is the challenge that planners and politicians are going to have to overcome.

Growing community brings problems we can’t control

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ast month I cycled along the dike to a celebration of life for someone dear to our Beach Grove community who had succumbed to cancer.

I never imagined getting on my bike would lead to an interesting perspective on our changing community.

As I was searching for a secure place to lock my bike, a friendly face appeared: “Worried you’ll have it stolen?” asked the burly, bald-headed man as I struggled with my lock. “Yes, definitely, I’m not taking any chances,” I replied.

“I guess you’re worried about the SFP people.” I was puzzled.

“SFP people, what does that stand for?”

His answer was emotional. He had grown up in Tsawwassen and Ladner and now in his late 60s he was sentimental for the “old days.” He felt Highway 17 had brought undesirables who were not a good influence on our neighbourhoods. He complained about thieves, drug dealers and drug users who had easy access to our beaches and neighbourhoods since the highway was put in.

“I used to walk Centennial Beach without a care in the world, now people are overdosing in the bathrooms in front of kids.”

He told me a women had

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overdosed in the change rooms recently with children passing by her as she was unconscious on a bench. He said a week later a man overdosed in a locked bathroom at the beach and only after the fire department broke down the door was he revived with the help of narcan.

“Now the door is broken and no one can use the bathroom until it gets fixed, and who knows when that will be,” he said, shaking his head in dismay.

I gently extracted myself from this stranger’s lament feeling a little shell shocked. While I know there are big city issues in South Delta, it was suddenly in my view and I was waking up to the new normal. We can no longer consider ourselves immune from criminal activity and drug use in

public spaces.

I shouldn’t be surprised by these stories since I opened my Facebook page last spring and viewed black and white security camera footage of a young man breaking into my neighbours’ cars. At 3 a.m. while I was sleeping, this hooded punk was rummaging through cars on my street.

The rash of vehicle break-ins continues today.

One desperate couple started a Facebook page recently called Tsawwassen Community Stops Crime after someone stole $4,000 worth of their business equipment, their ID and credit cards.

The community response was incredible with people sharing video and information. There was outrage too as one woman posted, “We aren’t safe in our little town anymore so lock your houses and your cars.”

We will have to bend to change as our popularity and our population grows. We won’t be able to control who comes here, but collectively we can be smart, vigilant and proactive, working to keep our beautiful little piece of paradise safe and secure.

Ingrid Abbott is a freelance writer and broadcaster who makes sure her valuables are locked up, despite always believing in the best of people.

August 30, 2017 The Delta Optimist A9

Letters

Real reason for span disappears but Delta continues campaign

Editor: Delta’s propaganda campaign to garner support for the proposed mega bridge replacing the perfectly safe George Massey Tunnel is in full swing.

Delta’s “Politics and Misinformation Must Not Stop The Bridge” campaign is repugnant due to its long list of Trump style fake news and alternative facts.

A proper study for replacing the tunnel with a bridge would take a year or more to do. Delta’s “back of an envelope” review took less than a month to do and is poorly done as a result.

The replacement bridge

was never about traffic congestion, rather it was to allow Panamamax tankers and colliers up the Fraser to Surrey Fraser Docks and no plans were made to reduce traffic at the Oak Street Bridge and Knight Street Bridge choke points.

If anything, the proposed new bridge would create massive gridlock in Richmond.

As the real reasons for the bridge evaporated, Mayor Lois Jackson doubled down with a “back of an envelope” plan by hijacking the Rail for the Valley’s Leewood Study, for a Vancouver/ Richmond to Chilliwack TramTrain service, for her pro-bridge propaganda

campaign.

The study released in 2010 took over a year to prepare by real transportation professionals, providing a cost effective Vancouver/Richmond to Chilliwack passenger rail, using TramTrain service for the Lower Mainland.

The study never planned for LRT service across the proposed bridge, nor would a meandering rail line using the proposed bridge be viable.

Unless there was direct service to Vancouver, any rail service using the bridge (which will not have rail built in) would fail miserably.

Instead of a ruinously expensive bridge, the

Suggestions would take education backwards

mayor should concern herself with Surrey’s $2.5-billion LRT, where two-thirds of the cost is being spent on roads and utilities for favoured land developers and speculators along the LRT route and the now $3 billion Broadway SkyTrain subway, which the route today has a quarter of traffic flows, needed to justify subway construction. Both are financial time bombs.

The mayor should support practical and costeffective transit and transportation solutions and not massively expensive vanity projects that will do little real good except pauper the taxpayer.

Malcolm Johnston

Need for community plan questioned when it can routinely be amended

Editor: Delta council has recently received two development applications, one for 10 houses on the north end of the Beach Grove Golf Club, the other for a 52-unit condo complex on Hunter Road.

While these are small, compared to the moonscape of dirt piles and blowing dust that is the Southlands development, they both apply for amendments to the

Official Community Plan.

There is no valid reason for amending the OCP and several good reasons for not doing so.

The transportation study by Bunt Associates submitted in connection with the Southlands development predicted gridlock on 56th Street resulting from the Official Community Plan, plus the Southlands development, plus the Tsawwassen First Nation development.

Noise levels not so bad

Editor: Re: Tsawwassenite wonders where all peace and quiet went, letter to the editor, Aug. 23 I invite the writer to do a little more research (even anecdotal) on the noise level of Tsawwassen compared to other local municipalities or simply drive anywhere in Richmond — day or night.

The noise a muffler makes is not directly proportional to the vehicle’s carbon emissions.

Though I personally don’t enjoy a car with a noisy muffler, it’s hardly worth me complaining about, based on how little it actually occurs. Shall we ban motorcycles? They are often quite loud.

With all of this time to notice these minor auditory inconveniences, I conjecture the writer

would also be the first person to call the Corporation of Delta if I simply stopped mowing my lawn altogether.

A large component of living in a modern, Western democracy is also being tolerant to ideas and activities you don’t agree with — activities that may even annoy you. And that’s what a leaf blower is — a brief annoyance.

I’m not particularly fond of my neighbours’ outdoor furniture. Who’s to say perceived audible displeasures take priority over visual ones?

Consideration is a twoway street. If a major cavil is when one’s lawn is cut, maybe we can all be a little more reasonable so everyone can enjoy the spectacular place we call home.

J. Elliott

Amending the OCP to allow higher population density can only add to this over-saturation.

There is no valid reason why local residents should put up with the noise, dirt and hazard of living on the edge of a construction site for extended periods of time.

There is no valid reason why taxpayer money should be spent on infrastructure upgrades that benefit only the developer.

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What is the point of having an Official Community Plan if it can be set aside to suit the convenience of every developer that comes knocking on council’s door?

Council can either act for the good of the community and reject these applications or it can favour the developers to the detriment of the community. Let’s see which way the cat jumps.

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student knows. However, they are a relatively cheap way to assess students en masse — regardless of the validity of the data produced.

Secondly, the idea of removing cell phones, calculators and computers from schools is a return to an era when people thought TV would “rot kids’ brains.” At best it is Luddite-like thinking.

Electronic devices are not going away and smart, forward-thinking educators will find new and creative ways to incorporate technology into the classroom.

It is truly ironic that Hoover wants B.C. students to have skills to navigate life yet deny them the very tools they need to navigate the modern world.

To support public schools in Delta and all over B.C., we need to not run from change but embrace it, not look to the past but to the future, and realize education is not melancholy inertia but an exciting new adventure.

Dale Wallace

Blame it on missing ashtrays

Editor: The circumstance that newer cars and trucks are no longer equipped with ashtrays has greatly added to the incidence of cigarette butts thoughtlessly being tossed out of the window for lack of anywhere to dispose of them inside the vehicle.

E.W. Bopp

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Editor: Re: It’s time to revise school year and ditch electronic devices, Community Comment, Aug. 25 Greg Hoover offers some ideas to improve B.C.’s public education system, maintaining that if his ideas are implemented they will prepare students with “the skills to navigate life.”

Unfortunately, the ideas he proposes, though well meaning, better prepare students for the 20th century and not the 21st.

There are two glaring problems with Hoover’s arguments. First, he proposes a three-semester school year with students writing and passing provincial exams at the end of each semester before they move on to the next. The notion that provincial exams are a valid assessment tool is a throwback to the 1950s.

Leaders in education have long known standardized testing (like the provincial exams) are a questionable way of really discovering what a

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Business

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A Delta-based company continues to make big waves as the global leader of military and professional rigid-hull inflatable boats and inflatables.

Zodiac Hurricane Technologies, which houses its manufacturing facility in the Tilbury Industrial

Park, recently hosted an international delegation with government and military representatives from 26 countries to showcase its products and provide hands-on sea-trial demonstrations of its boats and technologies that have been developed right here in Delta.

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We bought a new home (to us) in Tsawwassen. The home is built on a crawlspace about 4’ high and easy to get around. We store a few things down there, but nothing large. But that’s not my question, here it is. When my husband walks across the floor in the dining room it makes the china cabinet rattle and dishes clatter. We went down in the crawl space to see if there might be something we could see moving but nothing was evident to the naked eye. You could feel the movement in the floor beams with your hands.

Is there a serious problem or should we do something about it? It is very annoying when we have guests over.

Linda in Tsawwassen

A. This is a very common question but before I get to it, let

me address your crawl space storage. Crawl spaces are not the best storage areas unless you do the following: 2: Seal the concrete with a concrete sealer (this will stop future dust concerns)

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3: Put all storage items in plastic tubs, NOT cardboard boxes.

The reason is, when they get damp, cardboard boxes can cause mold and bad odours.

4: All plastic tubs should be sitting on treated 2x4’s to allow air to move around them.

Now the bounce problem. Your floor joists (beams you called them) will have cross x bridging OR solid blocking between the joists because they are required by the building code. These do not eliminate the bounce but rather address twisting joists and in a lot of cases, never get nailed on the bottom end of the x after the sub floor has been applied.

Purchase 1x3 kiln dried strapping, the longest you can carry in your car or truck. 8 foot lengths are fine, as long as you can get them down into the crawl space. Now, fasten them to the bottom of the joists using wood screws (not drywall screws) putting 2 screws 1 ½ inches (#8) side by side in each joist, at 12” on centre. Always random your butt joints on your joists at least by two joist spaces. Do not put all butt end joints of 1x3’s on the same joists. Continue throughout the whole floor area.

What this is doing is forming a solid box structure making your floor much more rigid and eliminates bounce. It’s just that easy!

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Zodiac designs and manufactures vessels for both military and professional organizations, including the Canadian Coast Guard, Vancouver police, RCMP, Canadian Special Forces, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, and the Royal Canadian Navy. It ships its vessels to countries around the world.

The rigid hull combined with the inflatable collar allows the boats to maintain stability and operate in larger waves and rougher conditions, making them ideal for military and other rescue-type operations.

All the boats are built in Delta and, once completed, each one is launched at Captain’s Cove boat

launch in Ladner.

“People see our boats in Ladner almost every day, but I don’t think many realize that they are designed and built right here in Delta,” Arignon said.

Zodiac, which moved to Tilbury from Richmond in 2001, has 135 employees, although with business booming, Arignon said he is looking to hire more.

“If I could get my hands on at least three more electricians and five assembly operators they would be hired tomorrow,” he said. “We have orders for 14 boats going to the navy in Asia, we have an order for Saudi Arabia of 20 boats, 10 boats for the water defence organization in Italy, and we just

signed another order for nine boats with the Canadian Coast Guard, so business is very, very good.”

Zodiac Hurricane’s newest platform is the Interceptor H 1300 MACH 2, quadruple 350 Hp Mercury, which made its debut in front of the international delegation.

Dubbed the Interceptor, Arignon said this will be a game changer for military defence agencies for years to come.

“What our customers want is speed, they want basic protection, they want to disappear, they want to carry more guns, ammunition, electronics, so what it means is the boats are becoming bigger and bigger,” he said.

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Arignon said the international seminar was a resounding success.

“The boats we demonstrated set new benchmarks for performance and capability,” said Arignon. “The opportunity to have six different boats on the water at the same time allowed us a rare chance to sea-trail our platforms to delegates from around the world. As a Canadian boat builder, we are very lucky to have strong partners like the Canadian Coast Guard and the Royal Canadian Navy.

“We were thankful to use the HMCS Discovery in downtown Vancouver as a staging point from which to deploy our boats during the demonstration days.”

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August 30, 2017 The Delta Optimist A11

Community

PHOTOS BY ADRIAN MACNAIR

The hill at Diefenbaker Park provided the ideal setting for the final outdoor movie night of 2017 last Saturday. Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Tsawwassen, Tsawwassen Town Centre Mall and the Business Improvement Association of Tsawwassen, the event included a block party prior to a screening of The Secret Life of Pets. See more photos at www.delta-optimist.com.

Movie nights conclude for another year

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A12 The Delta Optimist August 30, 2017

Community

School here soon enough but beach is calling now Never mind. To the late August beach kids, it’s still all about summer.

Next Tuesday, they’ll be making their way back to their desks. They’ll be opening fresh exercise books and fresh packages of pencil crayons and felt markers, and eating out of a lunchbox instead of the fridge.

But for more than a few, there’s still time to build a fort out of driftwood and seaweed.

I’ve been hanging at the beach, and there they’ve been.

Their skin the colour of chesnuts, the summer kids have been getting in as many last saltwater swims as the season will allow.

I’ve been sitting with my book, while all up and down the sand, they’ve been splashing alongside their spaniels and tossing their skim boards and their beach balls. Their moms and dads, mindful of the fact that the malls can wait for another day and that the back-toschool routine has not

Living Matters

BARBARA GUNN

Right about now, there are more than a few kids who are not out with their folks looking for back-toschool shoes and T-shirts and backpacks.

I know this because I’ve been hanging at the beach.

There they’ve been, the sun-kissed children, more interested in end of summer than back to class.

There’s been an undeniable morning crispness in the air. There’s been a scattering of the first leaves of autumn across the sand.

The temperature may have been blistering a week or two ago, but that, too, will be softening soon.

quite arrived, have been dipping into the cooler, flipping the burgers and slicing the watermelon.

The school bells haven’t sounded yet, but here at the beach, there’s been the call of the seagulls and on the wind, a faint guitar and harmonica.

The summer kids, ever in the moment, are still running barefoot, not thinking of the fact that soon they’ll be packing away the swimsuits in favour of the sweaters. For now, at least, they’re still collecting pretty shells and sand dollars. They’re still hard at work with their shovels and pails, building castles festooned with pebbles.

They’ve been here for weeks now, the summer kids, and they’ll be here just a little bit longer.

There’ll be some heady excitement in the coming days when the classroom calls, but that’s not top of mind quite yet.

For now, the beach is calling. There are forts still to be made.

Kinsmen provide ‘Special’ donation

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Special Olympics Delta has extended a heartfelt thank you to the Kinsmen Club of Ladner Tsawwassen for its recent donation of $1,000 to the upcoming Provincial Games team and 2017 fall programs. The generous support of the Kinsmen has been a valued part of Special Olympics Delta for many years.

Keva Planks donated to library PHOTO BY DAVE WILLIS

Knights of Columbus members Steve Wasylyk (left) and Fred Hermesmann along with youngsters Sage (left) and Iris Watts and Emily Liu were pictured showing off Keva Planks at the Ladner Pioneer Library.

The Knights of Columbus and the Delta Friends of the Library purchased Keva Planks, which are stacked up to build structures, for all three of Delta’s libraries.

Hermesmann is a member of both groups.

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Introducing our Industrial Neighbours in Tilbury and Annacis AWNINGS WEST

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Community

Family-friendly event promotes fitness

Passport Walk for seniors, bike parade for children and community ride for everyone else Century Group and the Tsawwassen Town Centre Mall will host the inaugural Tsawwassen Community Rides next weekend.

The new community event, set for Saturday, Sept. 9 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., is aimed at promoting health and fitness in a free, family-friendly environment.

For the duration of the event, guests are invited to enjoy community display booths in the south mall breezeway such as the Boundary Bay Lions food truck, Tsawwassen CoPS, Sublime Art Supplies and more.

At 11 a.m., seniors can take part in a Passport Walk throughout the mall, where they will collect stamps to be entered to win a prize.

All seniors are welcome and can pick up a passport at Rotary Square near Blenz Coffee.

At noon, there will be a children’s decorated bike parade through and

around the mall, with ribbons awarded for best decorated bikes. This is geared for children two to seven, but all are welcome.

Strollers, wagons, scooters and tricycles will also be accepted as entries. This parade will end with a magic show by Bobby the Magician as well as face painting.

At 1 p.m., experienced and casual bike riders can take part in a guided 15-kilometre ride through Tsawwassen. Once riders return to the mall, they will be able to use the complimentary bike valet and enjoy musical performances by the students and instructors from Studio Cloud 30, home of Juno nominee Warren D. Flandez. Registration and participation waivers can be signed from 11 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.

Century Group, which previously hosted a Bike In at this time of year, has modified that event to give the entire community a chance to be involved.

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Century Group has hosted a Bike In at this time of year, but decided to modify the event to give the entire community a chance to be involved.

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Community Coming Events CLUBS AND GROUPS Conversation Circle: Practice Your English, Wednesdays until Aug. 30, 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Ladner Pioneer Library. If you are learning English and want to practice speaking with other people in a friendly, casual place, then join weekly guided discussions about Canadian culture, food and current events.

Delta Nature presents Diane and David Reesor Tuesday, Sept. 5 at 7:30 p.m. at Benediction Lutheran Church, (56th St. and 6th Ave., Tsawwassen). Topic:

Madagascar - Land of the dancing Lemurs, and more.

For more information contact Tom at tom.bearss@ dccnet.com. All ages are welcome. The event is free.

Hockey skates, hockey helmets, other hockey items and children and ladies skates featured at Hospice Cottage Charity Shoppe, 1521-56th St. Tsawwassen, this week.

Taoist Tai Chi arts, a practice to exercise the entire body, calm the mind and transform you into a healthier, more relaxed, and happy person. There is a new class schedule for fall. New Beginning classes: Thursdays 7 to 9 p.m. at Ladner United Church, 4960-48th Ave., starting Sept. 7, and Mondays 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. at St. David’s

Anglican Church, 1115-51A St., starting Oct. 2. Continuing classes are ongoing from 10 a.m. to noon on Mondays at St. David’s Anglican Church and Wednesdays at Ladner United Church. www.taoist. org/vancouver.

Chronic Pain SelfManagement is a free workshop at McKee Rec Centre on Thursdays, 9:30 to 12 starting Sept. 14. Dealing with pain, difficult emotions, and exercise discussed. All participants receive the Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Pain book at no cost. Caregivers are also welcome to attend. Register with UVic at 604-940-1273 or www.selfmanagementbc.ca.

Restorative Yoga, six sessions: Sept. 14, 28, Oct. 12, 26, Nov. 9, 23 at the Centre for Supportive Care, 4631 Clarence Taylor Cres., Ladner. Restorative yoga supports the body in poses lying down or seated, in stillness with breathing awareness. No previous experience necessary. Please pre-register by phoning 604-948-0660. Speak with Maureen Dufresne if you seek more information.

The Low Vision support group meets Sept. 18 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the Ladner Pioneer Library. Paulette Tattersall will bring news from ElderCollege Delta.

South Delta Newcomers Association is back to monthly meetings to meet and greet new members to our group from Ladner,

Name(s): Bob and Glenda Occupation: Both retired What activity do you participate in?

Cardio and weights Where does it take place?

Winskill Aquatic & Fitness Centre How often do you participate?

5-6 days/week How long have you been involved in this activity?

Over a year What made you get involved with this activity?

Bob: I had a heart attack and wanted to find a workout routine that would help with recovery and keep me fit. Glenda: I wanted to get fit and get better at cardio.

What do you like best about the activity?

We both like starting our day with a workout.

How does it benefit your life?

It makes us stronger and builds stamina for our other activities like walking.

Name other things you do to keep active: Walking and golfing.

How do you start your day? Here are seven benefits of starting your day with a workout: • It can help you consume fewer unnecessary calories during the day.

• It can help you burn fat.

• It can help lower your blood pressure.

• It will inspire you to keep moving and stay active throughout the day.

• Working out in the morning leads to better sleep at night.

• It can help you build muscle more efficiently.

• Making a habit of waking up and going to the gym increases your motivation to exercise regularly.

Thinking about starting a morning workout routine like Bob and Glenda? Visit a local Delta recreation centre to get started! Pick up a drop-in fitness schedule or leisure guide at your local Delta recreation centre or view it online at Delta.ca

Tsawwassen and Point Roberts. We look forward to meeting new and returning members at our next monthly meeting Thursday, Sept. 21 at 7:15 p.m. held at the Art Gallery, Kiwanis Longhouse, located at 1710-56th St., Tsawwassen.

You can sign up for weekly, monthly and special events of your choice. For more information contact SouthDeltaNewcomers@ gmail.com.

Living with Cancer Support group. Six sessions: Sept.

21, Oct. 5, 19, Nov. 2, 16 and Nov. 30 at the Centre for Supportive Care, 4631 Clarence Taylor Cres., Ladner. The group will be facilitated by a registered clinical counsellor with the assistance of trained volunteers. There is no cost to participate but registration is limited. Call 604-948-0660.

HELP a child learn to read and/or do math. The Learning Disabilities is recruiting volunteers for their fall tutoring program to help children & youth learn to read or do math. Training provided. For more info please contact 604-591-5156 or email: info@ldafs.org.

South Delta Outdoor Grass Volleyball Association invite you to drop-in for an evening of co-ed volleyball fun.

We play every Tuesday night in July and August at 7 p.m. on the East Winskill grass field (beside Ocean Palace).

The cost is $2 per person to cover the rental of the field.

Come and meet like-minded volleyball enthusiasts. All

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SENIORS Shari’s Saturday Social Dance, Saturday, Sept. 9.

Dress style optional but the theme is black and white.

KinVillage Community Centre, 5430-10th Ave., Tsawwassen. Doors open at 7 p.m. Dancing 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Tickets available at the door. Cash or cheque only please. $12 for members, $14 non-members, includes mid-evening tea, coffee, and assorted goodies. Dance to a wide variety of CD music including waltzes and jives, cha-cha and rock and roll.

Ukulele Lessons 1 to 2 p.m.

Mondays – Free Introduction and information session Sept. 11. Each subsequent class $7 for members $9 for non-members at KinVillage Community Centre, 543010th Ave., Tsawwassen.

SPECIAL EVENTS UVic Self-Management BC - Ladner office - is celebrating 15 years with an Open House on Aug. 30. Visit the old Massey’s Marine Building at 4907 Chisholm Street between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. if you want to know more about how to take charge of your health. Call 604-9401273 for more info.

Grads of 97! It’s time for our 20-year reunion. Delta Secondary School’s event is being held on Sept. 9. There will be appies, a DJ and a cash bar. Please contact Courtenay at courtenaywalsh@hotmail.com for information and tickets. Ticket sales close Sept. 5.

Car Boot Sale Saturdays at Centennial Beach parking lot, Boundary Bay Regional Park, 8:30 a.m. to noon.

For more information see www.boundarybayparkassociation.wordpress.com or call Tom at 604-940-9296.

Upcoming dates: Sept. 9.

A 9-11 memorial ride departs from South Delta Baptist Church, 1988-56th

If you are interested in becoming a carrier please call 604.946.4451

St., Tsawwassen, Monday, Sept. 11 at 8:30 a.m. The ride ends at the Peace Arch border crossing. For more information contact Guy at 778-988-1012 or visit fb.me/911MemorialRideBC. The Delta Senior Secondary class of 1972 is having a 45th reunion barbecue and barn dance extravaganza on Saturday, Sept. 9 at 6 p.m. at the Roddick Barn, 4315 Tamboline Rd., Ladner.

Tickets are available through www.eventbrite.com.

The Rotary Club of Ladner is celebrating its 60th anniversary with a gala dinner and dance on Saturday, Sept. 23. The club is looking for alumni Rotarians and other community leaders to attend. For ticket information, email guillermo.bustos@hotmail.com.

Christmas Market KinVillage Community Centre, 5430-10th Ave., Tsawwassen, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 18. Notice to vendors: see reception to reserve your spot now or call 604-943-0225. A limited number of tables are available for each vendor category (i.e. jewelry) $35 per table.

ARTS Do you love music? Do you have a brass, woodwind or percussion instrument? If your answer is yes to both, then with your instrument make plans to join the weekly daytime fun & share the joy of making lots of music with other adults musicians.

Annual band fee is $50.

Weekly band sessions start Thursday, Sept. 14 from 1 to 3 p.m. at 4737-57th St. (Saviour Lutheran Church) in Ladner.

Contact loadesofmusic@ gmail.com.

The Coming Events column is published every Wednesday as a community service. If you have a non-profit event, mail, drop off 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).

Correction Notice

In the ad beginning September 1, 2017, we are advertising 50 ct. 21.5 cm x 27.9 cm Value Pack Paper at Reg. $5 and Hot Buy Scrapbook Paper Pads, Scrapbook Albums & Boxed Cards at Reg. $10. The correct price for 50 ct. 21.5 cm x 27.9 cm Value Pack Paper is Reg. $6, and the correct price for Hot Buy Scrapbook Paper Pads, Scrapbook Albums & Boxed Cards is Reg. $12.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

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Sports Shorts SCOREBOARD

DELTA SPORTS

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SENIOR LACROSSE PRESIDENT’S CUP NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS Round-Robin Standings W L Pts St. Albert (AB) 2 0 4 Ladner (BC) 2 0 4 Six Nations (ON) 2 0 4 St. Regis (TNSLL) 2 0 4 Native Sons (Can Am) 1 1 2 Kahnawake (QB) 0 2 0 Six Nations (Host) 0 2 0 Nova Scotia (NS) 0 2 0 Saskatoon (SK) 0 2 0 Scores Ladner 17 Saskatoon 4 Pioneer Scoring G A Pts Spencer Bromley 3 3 6 Colton Dow 2 3 5 Joe Fendick 3 1 4 Colin Bell 2 2 4 Nathan Clare 2 1 3 Quinn Waddington 2 1 3 Wyatt Pinder 2 1 3 Mike Tebbutt 1 1 2 Jake Carey 0 2 2 Cody Cowx 0 2 2 Ryan Keith 0 1 1 Mike Avery 0 1 1 Ladner 15 Nova Scotia 5 Pioneer Scoring G A Pts Joe Fendick 5 2 7 Nathan Clare 2 3 5 Spencer Bromley 2 3 5 Sam Clare 2 1 3 Colin Bell 1 2 3 Andrew Schwab 1 1 2 Eric Ransom 1 0 1 Dan McDermott 0 1 1 Jake Carey 0 1 1 Josh Kelly 0 1 1 Brad Mazzacato 0 1 1 Wyatt Pinder 0 1 1

PHOTO BY MARK BOOTH

With South Delta Secondary School principal Terry Ainge looking on, quarterback Michael Calvert and the Sun Devils continued their twoa-day workouts on Monday afternoon. South Delta opens its pre-season schedule on Thursday in Tacoma, WA.

New football era underway

Sun Devils senior & junior teams look impressive in scrimmages at Kelowna MARK BOOTH

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Pacific Standard Time.

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A GPS is part of the required equipment as a new era for the football program at South Delta Secondary is underway.

The Sun Devils launched the 2017 season last week with two-aday practice sessions that culminated with controlled scrimmages in the Okanagan Saturday against the Kelowna Owls.

On Thursday, South Delta kicks off its pre-season schedule with a trip to Tacoma to face Henry Foss High — a member of the 2A Puget Sound League. It’s then down the I-5 again Sept. 8 — this time to Bellingham’s Civic Stadium — to take on Squalicum High which went undefeated in the 3A Wesco North league last season.

The Sun Devils’ extensive travelling comes while launching their inaugural junior varsity team for players in Grades 9-10.

It means there is plenty on the

plate this fall for longtime head coach Ray Moon. On top of his regular duties, he will serve as defensive coordinator of the JV team and also share the head coaching role with o-line mentor Joe Burke. Mark McDonald will be the offensive coordinator for both teams.

Moon likes what he sees so far.

The Sun Devils dominated both scrimmages in Kelowna. The JVs rolled to a 30-0 win and the seniors won 28-0. The teams will continue to train together and separate for certain segments.

“We had 43 players out last week - 26 for varsity and 17 for junior varsity,” said Moon. “There should be more guys coming out for the JV team once school is back in. Being a new team, kids don’t know what to expect and can be a little apprehensive about coming out before classes have started.”

As for the seniors, the Sun Devils are considered championship contenders.

They came within a point of reaching their second “AAA” title game in three years and have an assortment of key returning players, led by 2016 provincial all-star quarterback Michael Calvert.

South Delta looks set in most skill positions and the defence has potential impact players in Andrew Kraft, Morgan Wolsey and Jacob Kirk.

What’s expected to play a big part in the Sun Devils’ destiny is the progress of their offensive line after losing four of five starters to graduation, including university bound tackles David Edwards and Justin Smith.

Ethan Prasad is the lone returnee. Others currently holding down starting positions include 2016 back-ups Nico Ouellette, Greydon Welch and Morgan Brumby, along with Riley Storey. The Calvert-led offence will only be as good as the run blocking and pass protection.

“They don’t tip the scales at 290 (pounds) like last year’s group did

but they average about 265 and are good size. The concern is four of them are in Grade 12 so we will be in the exact same boat again next year,” said Moon.

Once the Sun Devils do get around to conference play, they will have plenty of tough tests, including No. 2 ranked New West, Mt. Doug, Vancouver College and newcomer Seaquam. The North Delta school won the “AA” championship last year and are led by Grade 12 twins — Tyson and Jalen Philpot.

“The interesting thing about Mt. Doug is our strengths are the exact opposites from one another.

So what team makes the most progress in those areas will be the determining factor,” added Moon.

“New West is a big concern too. It is essentially the same team that won the 2015 provincial JV title.”

End Zone…

The JV Sun Devils will play their first-ever game on Thursday, Sept.

14 at home to Seaquam.

Sun Devils QB named to 40-player Team Canada roster An already exciting Grade 12 season has got even better for Michael Calvert.

The South Delta Sun Devils quarterback is one of 40-players named to Team Canada that will be playing in the 2018 International Bowl against the United States in January.

Calvert earned his spot on the roster based on his play for Team B.C. at the 2017 Canada

Cup played in Wolfville, Nova Scotia.

Other B.C. players named to the team include Jalen and Tyson Philpot from Seaquam. They are joined by Keelan White (Handsworth), Tyler Eckert (St. Thomas More) and Phil Grohovac (Mt. Doug).

With the depth of the competition level extremely high last month in Wolfvile, it

became a difficult task to chose the 40 all-stars.

“This year’s Football Canada Cup group has been an outstanding group of young men,” commented Junior National Team Head Coach Steve Sumarah.

“One of the things that made this selection very difficult was the talent pool in every position was so deep.”

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Sports Giants Prospects Game

PHOTOS BY MARK BOOTH

Vancouver Giants wrapped up their training camp Sunday at the Ladner Leisure Centre with the Legends Cup Prospects’ Game which saw Team Quinn get past Team Howe 8-5. Among the rookies in action was Ladner’s Braedy Euerby (above) in net for Team Howe. The game also served as a fundraiser for the Delta KidSport chapter. The Giants announced their 36-player pre-season roster Monday and are headed to Everett this weekend for games against Seattle, Spokane and Tri-Cities.

Schuss & Jones help Salmonbellies win WLA title MARK BOOTH

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Two of the greatest lacrosse talents to ever come out of Delta have helped the New West Salmonbellies advance to the Mann Cup for the first time in seven years.

The Salmonbellies will be hosting the best-of-seven national championship starting Sept. 8 after defeating the Victoria Shamrocks in five games to be crowned Western Lacrosse Association champions. New West pulled out a clinching 13-11 victory on Sunday night at historic Queen’s Park Arena with Logan Schuss and Mitch Jones pacing the ‘Bellies’ attack with five and six points respectively.

Schuss had a pair of goals and finished the WLA post-season with 46 points in 12 games, including 19 goals,

PHOTO BY JENNIFER GAUTHIER

Logan Schuss and Mitch Jones have leading roles with the Salmonbellies.

while Jones led all scorers with 55 points, including 25 goals.

Jones, 26, played briefly with the Delta Junior “A” Islanders before spending the majority of his junior career in Ontario, helping Orangeville win the Minto Cup in 2012. He returned to B.C. to launch his WLA career with Victoria, winning the Mann Cup in 2015, before being dealt the following season to New West.

He has also spent the past three seasons in the National Lacrosse League with the Buffalo Bandits. His younger brother Ryan led the Junior Islanders in scoring this past season.

It’s been another busy lacrosse year for Schuss, who also stars for the NLL’s Vancouver Stealth and hasn’t ruled out his pro field career either with the Major Lacrosse League’s Ohio Machine. The 26-year-old Ladner native helped New West take control of the finals with a six

goal performance in a 14-4 victory on Aug. 22, then scored the overtime winner in the provincial capital Friday in game four.

The Shamrocks line-up featured former Delta Islanders’ standout Evan Messenger who also enjoyed a solid playoff in his rookie season with 13 points in 12 games, including eight goals.

New West will likely host the Peterborough Lakers who took a 3-0 series lead into game four of the Ontario final on Tuesday.

Boxla bits…

There was more Islanders’ flavour when the WLA announced its individual awards last week. Chase Fraser was named the league’s top rookie after an impressive season with the Nanaimo Timbermen, finishing eighth in scoring with 52 points, including 30 goals.

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TAYLOR , Eric Wayne Passed away peacefully in Hospital on August 21, 2017.

Eric is survived by his high school sweetheart and loving wife of 47 years, Claire; his children, Heather (Jeremy) and Jason; grandchildren, Kyle , Isabella and Samantha. His Father, Ken and brothers, Mark (Linda), Frank (Judy), Tony (Dana), his sister Beth (Pat), his sisters in law Phyllis(Orvel), Jean(Allen), brother in law Jack (MaryAnn), as well as many nieces and nephews and life long friends.

Predeceased by his mother Dorothy in 2012.

FOXALL, Derek July 17, 1932 - August 17, 2017 Derek passed away peacefully and is mourned by his loving family, wife Veronica; children Karen (Ward); Brian (Joan); Keith (Jennifer); and Gwendolyn. Grandchildren Chantal (Jaysen), Bailey, Jake, Bronwyn, Alexander, Emily and Sam. Born in Hong Kong, the family moved to Canada in 1940 living in Newfoundland and later in Duncan, Vancouver Island. After obtaining his Chartered Accountant designation in 1957 he and Veronica moved to Venezuela. By 1965 the family was back in Canada and settled in Tsawwassen. He worked in Vancouver at the accounting firm of Jarrett Gould & Elliott who later merged with Price Waterhouse Cooper. Derek loved to travel and saw much of the world always with at least one camera. Cruise ship holidays became a favorite.

Active in the community Derek worked with many associations often volunteering to help with the bookkeeping. He enjoyed swimming regularly, cross country skiing and hiking. Derek joined the garden club, photo club, lawn bowling and volunteered for the local soccer club, boy scouts and meals on wheels.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Union Gospel Mission or a charity of your choice.

“A LIFE WELL LIVED” REST IN PEACE Skippa

VINER, Gary Thomas April 18, 1944 - August 22, 2017 It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Gary (Bubba) on August 22, 2017.

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A Celebration of Life will be held on September 1st, from 2-5 PM, at the REEF Tavern in Point Roberts.

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Gary truly cared about the people in his life and will never be forgotten. He put up a brave and valiant fight and will always be in our hearts. We love you Bubba.

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Gary leaves behind his wife of 54 years, Carole; and their 2 children, Jamie (Sherrilyn) and Judi (Tod). His six grandchildren, Tyler, Elyse, Justin, Ryan, Robbie and Allie. His sisters, Donna (Brian) and Gayle (Bruce), along with many nieces and nephews.

Gary was born in Victoria, BC and grew up in Vancouver in the Dunbar area.

PANDORA BRACELET lost on Aug 23rd on, in or near Alfa Restaurant in Tsaw. $50 Reward. 604-790-6570

Lost Hearing Aids One red and one blue. Hearing aids in small black pouch.

Probably in or around Winskill Pool complex.

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Req’d for weeding, planting, harvesting & grading vegetables. This job involves hard work; bending, lifting, standing & crouching. $11.35/hr, 45+ hr/wk, 6 days/wk, Aug 01 to Dec 15, 2017.

Fx: 604-576-8945, or email: TJ1@evergreenherbs.com

Our family would like to send a special thanks to St. Joseph’s Cancer Center and Point Roberts’ Fire Department for all their care and compassion. We would like to thank Terry, Kelly, Maureen, David and Kristie in helping our dad through this troubling time.

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GENERAL EMPLOYMENT

He was a loving husband, father and grandfather.

Eric grew up in the fishing community of Port Guichon where he began his life long passion of commercial fishing as a young boy.

A Celebration of life ceremony is planned for a future date.

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