Maole Ridge Pitt Meadows Times August 29 2013 by Maple Ridge Times

Thursday, August 29, 2013 Odeum Theatre actors are donning poodle skirts and leather jackets for Grease.

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Students pursue passion in learning

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by Maria Rantanen

Teachers’ union will not cross a CUPE picket line, according to their association president.

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Students attending the Fraser Valley Student Forum 2013 came up with three key words they want implemented in their education: passion, purpose, and personalization. Jan Unwin, superintendent of the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows school district, was impressed by the students’ vision vis-avis their own education, and she took this message back to local principals and viceprincipals. Her message to them at the annual superintendent’s meeting was: “we need to model passion, purpose, and personalizing to get our system to excellence.” Unwin holds a superintendent’s meeting every August with school principals and vice-principals to go through goals and focus areas for the upcoming school year. As superintendent, “If you look at kids Unwin said who are passionate her personal goal is to about what they are motivate and learning, you will see inspire those total engagement in working in the school their learning.” district “to Jan Unwin move to excellence on behalf of our kids” and to “support innovation and to keep people focused on students and learning.” “Ultimately, I want the district and everything we measure in this district to be improved over last year,” Unwin said. “I believe in continuous improvement both personally and professionally.” Like the students from the school district who came up with “passion” as a key theme they’d like to see in education, it is a topic that Unwin will also expound when talking about education. “If you look at kids who are passionate about what they are learning, you will see total engagement in their learning,” Unwin said. “That is what we are after in education.” The saying “find what you love to do and you will never have to work a day in your life,” sums up her point, Unwin added. “I would like to see kids be able to choose courses and pathways in a gradua-

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Jan Unwin held her annual meeting with vice-principals and principals, where she talked about how to inspire passion in their students.

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tion program that would allow them to really choose courses that are relevant to what they love and have purpose in their lives,” Unwin said. Over the last four years, the focus at the administrative level has been in building school culture, developing leadership skills, leadership in a changing and new world, and resilient leadership in a turbulent times. This year, the focus will shift to assess-

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ment and how administrators can lead “good assessment practice” in their schools. Over the last two years, teachers in the school district have been developing a new way of reporting on how students are learning as opposed to using report cards. This year, about 80 per cent of elementary schools are expected to move away from traditional report cards and towards a “reporting conference,” according to director David Vandergugten.

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Students go back to school next week as do the teachers and support workers – but both employee groups are without a contract. CUPE, which represents special education assistants and clerical and janitorial staff, are in a legal strike position. They are asking for a two per cent pay increase for the next two years, something that Colin Pawson, chair of the CUPE bargaining committee, said other unions have received. Negotiations are scheduled between CUPE and the government bargaining agent for next Wednesday to Friday. “They assure us they have an offer for us,” Pawson said. While CUPE has been without a contract George Serra for a year, the MRTA president teachers’ contract ended on June 30. George Serra, president of the Maple Ridge Teachers’ Association, said his organization will be back at the bargaining table in October. Serra said the teachers’ association is being advised to get ready for a CUPE strike, and if picket lines are set up at the schools, they will not cross them. The teachers are asking for wage increases, more preparation time for elementary school teachers, and contract language that defines classroom sizes and the composition of classes.

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Jake Rudolph, who has been chief administrative office at the City of Pitt Meadows for 10 years, will become the deputy city manager of Abbotsford in six weeks’ time. Pitt Jake Rudolph Meadows Mayor Pitt Meadows CAO Deb Walters said Rudolph is a “visionary” and takes pride in the community and the people who work for the City. “I wish him all the best,” she said. • More at www.mrtimes.com

Well meeting planned A Well-Owners Workshop will be hosted by Thornhill Aquifer Protection Study (TAPS) on Sept. 5 at 7 p.m. at Thornhill Hall, 26007 98th Ave., Maple Ridge. There will be information about water supply sources, well protection and maintenance, and water testing. Speakers are coming from Fraser Health, the B.C. Groundwater Association, the District of Maple Ridge, as well as other organization. • More at www.mrtimes.com

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Bob Masse Maple Ridge councillor

Maple Ridge Councillor Dr. Bob Masse would like Riverview Hospital re-opened and turned into a centre of excellence for mental health. In mid-September, municipal

councillors from across the province will convene for their annual Union of B.C. Municipalities (UBCM) conference, and one of the resolutions before them will be to re-open the facility. Masse brought up the topic when a discussion came up at council about UBCM resolutions, and it was endorsed by all councillors. And not only does he have the backing of his own council, he has spoken with one councillor in Coquitlam, where the now-closed facility resides,

and she is on board as well. The Seaton Commission of the late 1990s put into motion the closure of Riverview Hospital, which in its heyday housed 6,000 patients. The idea was to have services closer to where people lived. Masse, who has a chiropractic office in Haney, said that he could see the impact when people with serious mental-health issues were no longer institutionalized.

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Raining goats and sheep

“Basically we had a lady who came out of her house and saw goats on the side of the street.” Jennifer York

Maple Ridge SPCA staff were wrangling livestock Monday in a couple of unusual cases. by Ronda Payne

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The Maple Ridge branch of the SPCA does not deal with livestock. Cats, rabbits, dogs, and common household pets, yes – but sheep and goats, no. Sometimes, however, when an animal is in need and there is no one else available, the SPCA will do what it can. This is the position shelter manager Jennifer York and her staff found themselves in on Monday. “Basically, we had a lady who came out of her house and saw goats on the side of the street,” York said. “She put them in her truck; they are quite friendly.” The approximately knee-high goats are obviously much loved and well cared for, according to York, who wants to see them rejoined with their owner. “Someone here [in the area] is missing their beautiful goats,” York noted. Not having the facilities to deal with goats, the two were temporarily housed in the SPCA’s wooden pen until they were transported to a foster home familiar with goat care. “We scrambled to find a foster parent,” commented York. Although quite affectionate and interested in human contact, the black-and-white member of the duo tried to make a run for it when being loaded for transport. “The black-and-white one is the more feisty one,” said York. The goats are staying with Julie Macmillan of J&M Acres. “They are really sweet,” Macmillan said. Just an hour before the arrival of the goats, there was a call from an owner who wished to surrender a sheep he could no longer care for. “Where the heck are we going to put a sheep?” York asked. It took three people to wrangle the sheep into the vehicle from the former owner’s field. “He’s not so friendly with folks,” York noted about the sheep. The sheep is now settled in the Abbotsford shelter and will be available for adoption shortly. “It was such a crazy day,” York said. “You know the saying – it’s raining cats and dogs – I guess we should have changed that yesterday. It was raining goats and sheep.” Those interested in adopting the sheep can contact the Abbotsford SPCA branch at 1-604-850-1584. The owner of the goats is asked to contact the Maple Ridge SPCA at 604-463-9511; however, if the owner can not be found, the goats will be considered for adoption starting Friday.

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Clearly affectionate, two goats were found on the side of the road and delivered to the Maple Ridge SPCA. Julie Macmillan of J&M Acres has been keeping the goats safe until their owner contacts the SPCA or a new owner adopts them.

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Firefighters mourn chief Funeral services are set for Saturday, Sept. 7, for former deputy chief Richard Purdey.

Maple Ridge Mayor Ernie Daykin said Purdey’s passing is a loss for the community. “He was far too young,” said Daykin, who knew of Purdey growing up, but never really got to know him until Purdey started at the local firehall. by Roxanne Hooper “It’s confession time,” Daykin said, rhooper@mrtimes.com admitting one of his first real introductions Flags will continue to fly at half mast to Purdey was when – in the late 1980s for the next week, in honour of a man – he and his wife Judy were still running who served this community for decades the Windsor Plywood store in Albion. through the Maple Ridge fire department. Daykin had decided to burn a pile of Services will be held on Saturday, Sept. scrap lumber and old, broken pallets 7, for Richard Purdey, the 65-year-old forbehind his shop on River Road. Flames mer Maple Ridge deputy fire raging, Daykin was tending chief who passed away of a the fire when, suddenly, he heart attack on Aug. 22. turned around to unexpectLike his father Stan, one edly find Purdey standing of the founding members beside him. of the Maple Ridge fire “You can’t be doing department, Purdey was a that,” Purdey told him, “devoted” firefighter much explaining that he’d seen of his life, first starting as the plumes of smoke from a volunteer and eventually his Tamarack Lane deck. climbing the ladder to dep“Just don’t do it again. uty chief. I have my eye on you,” “He was one of the buildPurdey said, leaving Daykin ers of this department – a with a $100 ticket that they long-time member,” fire would joke about for years chief Dane Spence said to come. of his late colleague and Recognizing that Purdey friend. was a big part of the “He had deep roots in firefighting community, the fire department… he Daykin described him as gave his working life to the a fixture during his time community. He was always transitioning from a volTIMES files extremely committed to the unteer to paid firefighter Richard Purdey, the former people of Maple Ridge, and and beyond, and credited deputy fire chief for Maple Ridge, even in death he is still Purdey for helping to steer was devoted to firefighting and giving, now as an organ through some difficult community – as was his father donor.” times of growth and evolubefore him. Purdey started with the tion. local fire department as a “He was a character,” volunteer in 1968, then after working for Daykin added, recalling how he would a time with the Riverview fire department often see Purdey “givin’ ’er” through town (which was later rolled into the Coquitlam in his red fire-department-issued station fire service), he joined the full-time staff wagon on his way to call after call. in Maple Ridge during 1986, as the new “Some thought him gruff and rough, but fire inspector. he was fair, too,” Daykin said. “He was In 1991, he was promoted to depserious and firm, but he had a good sense uty chief – first working under chief of humour… Deep down, he was a good, Paul Steine and then Pat Brooks – and funny guy.” remained a leader of the team until retirAs part of the tribute for Purdey, the ing in 1998. flags in front of the main firehall will be “He was extremely well respected and flown at half mast until the evening of his looked up to by many of the members,” service. said Spence, noting he was one of the earThe service is being held at Maple Ridge liest and strongest advocates for debriefing Alliance Church, at 203rd Street and and implementing a system that recogDewdney Trunk Road, on Sept. 7 at 11 nized and treated members for critical a.m. incident stress after nasty situations. He was predeceased by his wife Brenda, Though he retired 15 years ago, Purdey and survived by his daughters Morgan remained a fixture at the local fire departand Erin, as well as his brothers Don and ment, even visiting the hall the morning Graham, the latter who also served with of his death. the Maple Ridge fire department for a “The fire department was a huge part of dozen years. Richard’s life, without question,” Spence In lieu of flowers, people are asked to said, noting that, in recent years, he’d make a donation in Purdey’s name to the been spending half of the year in Mexico. Ridge Meadows Hospice Society.

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Those who read about 11-yearold Mackenzie Braithwaite-Kelso’s sudden decision to have her head shaved for charity Aug. 11 will be pleased to know the youngster’s spirit continued to flow long after the head-shave. Elise Muller, Mackenzie’s best friend, missed out on the headshave. But a couple of days later, she put her own long locks under the scissors. Together with family and friends, Elise gave up her ponytail for Wigs for Kids, a program to support kids going through cancer treatments. When asked how she felt about her new “do,” Elise said, “I feel good about it. I’m glad I helped someone and I got a haircut too, so it’s good for two reasons.” Mackenzie, with her newly shaved head, was on-hand for the ponytail’s removal. “I like it,” said Elise of Mackenzie’s hair. It was just two days after the head-shave fundraiser [Youngster steps up for impromptu head shave, Aug. 13, The TIMES] that Elise decided she would still share her hair and donate her pony-

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The clothes, the hair, the music, and the fashion style from the 1950s are all instantly recognizable. And a group of young people have embraced this style – if only temporarily – as they take to The ACT stage on Saturday with two performances of Grease. The Odeum Theatre Society, a non-profit group that teaches musical theatre over the summer to interested youth, is putting on the musical, made famous by the movie version starring John Travolta and Olivia NewtonJohn. “We chose Grease because of its lively music and dance, and because so many of our students from previous years wanted to do it,” said Rayne Beveridge, founder of Odeum Theatre. “What makes it special is that it isn’t necessarily built around a dramatic plot, but around an era and a style of music and fashion.” Grease tells the teen love story of Danny and Sandy; of 1950sstyle gangs the T-Birds and Scorpions, and Pink Ladies, a high school girls clique, all with

music and dance numbers. The 1950s musical has been more challenging than previous productions, Beveridge said, because it doesn’t just involve choreography, rather it incorporates real dancing. Beveridge likes the musical Grease himself because “it captures the essence of the era it portrays.” The cultural themes of youth rebellion and image are still “valid” today, he added, “although the hairstyles and slang may have changed a bit since then.” This year, Odeum Theatre has had more help from volunteers and support staff, specifically with sets, props, and stage management. The set designer is Marc Derochie, who has “overseen the creation of some really amazing set pieces,” Beveridge said. The props master and stage manager is Laura Dand. Odeum Theatre’s production of Grease View will be accompanied photos by a live orchestra, the with relatively new Ridge Meadows Orchestra, with 11 members proor viding the music. online Grease will be at The ACT, 11944 Haney Pl., on Aug. 31 at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Tickets are available by calling 604476-2787 or visiting The ACT ticket centre.

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Think about time to think If you don’t have any school-aged children, you should be thinking carefully about next week – especially if you’re planning to drive anywhere. Parents with kids who are returning to school after Labour Day – or going off to class for the first time – have been thinking about the start of the new school year for a while. They’ve been amassing a fortune in school clothes and supplies, and figuring out how their youngsters will get to school and back home again… safely. Lots of parents will Scan this opt to drive their chilpage with dren to school, and that will mean a huge increase in local traffic around schools every weekday morning, and again in the afternoons. Lots of kids will be walking to school, creating a mass of pedestrian traffic excited about the return to school, reconnecting with friends and filled with all sorts of thoughts and ideas to distract them from the business of safely negotiating the route to school. Traffic congestion has a way of building frustration and inciting rash behaviour in drivers who suddenly realize they are going to be late for work or appointments. In some cases, it can inspire bad decisions. In an environment of traffic congested by parents trying to relearn the routine of getting their youngsters to the school’s front door, frustrated commuters finding their usual route to work clogged, and masses of kids bubbling with excitement, one bad decision can wreak havoc on many lives. If you’re driving anywhere next week, remember that, in any altercation between your vehicle and a child, the child will lose – but so will you, regardless of who’s at fault. Think about leaving for work early. And drive at a speed that allows you time to think. – B.G.

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Opinion

Eviction notices for all horses

ALR, ALC, NLC, PM, MR: it’s traffic to use Abernethy Way. acronym madness, and it’s all Are you still with me here? about farmland – ALR – and how Deb says that ever-increasing much we want to protect so that, traffic from the east – that would ideally, we will have access to be us in Maple Ridge – aggravates local fruit and veggies and beef farmers and commuters alike – and pork instead of buying it from commuters who are different from California or Mexico or Chile. those who originate in the east, MR and PM both recently asked commuters who come from all the the ALC to exclude some of their subdivisions the area continues to farmland from the ALR, so that build. Deb says the farmers want their friends from SmartCentres the NLC, just in case it turns out by Tim Tyler could build malls to draw business to be a lousy idea. t3atyler@shaw.ca away from the downtown cores. So even though we need more There will also, I presume, be farmland, we’re going to have condos and homes on these excluded farmlands, less, and even though we need fewer commuters, whose residents will shop in the new malls, we’re going to have more!? instead of going to Coquitlam or Abbotsford or Oh, and by the way, the NLC is going to conthe United States. nect Lougheed Highway east with Harris Road, PM was successful in its request, although exacerbating an already major area of traffic conthere is land in the area that is still productive. gestion. Mayor Deb Walters is reportedly ecstatic at the Back in Maple Ridge, Ernie and Company got prospects of new places to shop and lower taxes half what they wanted: the ALC will maintain for the people of PM. This sounds like, approprian area west of 105th Avenue in the ALR, while ately enough, the old carrot-and-stick metaphor giving up the east to shopping, recreation, and – but not enough that everyone agrees with the light industry – courtesy those guys from the process. SmartCentres who want to swap their land on the We need more, not less farmland to feed the west for the excluded land on the east and end population. Tell that to B.C. Agricultural Minister up with 27 acres for mall development. Bill Bennett, who says that the current ALR Again: “Bye-bye downtown.” boundaries – farms – inhibit economic developThis mall will serve the ever-expanding Albionment and impair the ability to construct subdivno-longer-a-village area and points east – unless, isions. of course, we see some action on the mall proSo it’s subdivisions versus sweet potatoes. posed further east up the Lougheed. And it will Having removed this farmland, which they say certainly shut up the chronic complainers who is a small portion of the total farmland in PM – a live to shop and hate having to go out of town. sacrifice, as it were – to enable farming to operOne thing we can be sure of is that there will ate effectively in other areas, seems like cutting be lots of potential shoppers jamming the streets off your right hand so that your left can operate and highways on their way to all these new malls more effectively. from their homes in new subdivisions built on old PM is also considering a connector route, north farmland by developers who, it appears, seem to of the Lougheed – the NLC – to take some of the wield a lot of power with local government. No pressure off the Old Dewdney Trunk – the ODT surprise. – so that farmers will have easier access with And to those making light of the signs warntheir equipment to less farmland, post exclusion. ing about horses on our roads, what will you tell This will also preclude the installation of “calmyour grandkids in 20 or 30 years, when they ask ing zones” on the ODT, which would have forced where all the horses went?

Yours Truly

Mailbag

Letters to the Editor Music appreciation

‘Losers’ missed out Dear Editor,

TIMES files

Vancouver’s Richard Fordham was this summer’s first musical act at the Lunchtime Concert Series. The last concert is today, Aug. 29 at 1 p.m.

Thank you to the sponsors of the music in the park lunch-time program. This was a wonderful gesture to the people of Maple Ridge. Those of you who didn’t hear any of these musical programs are definitely “the losers.”

Don Gehring, Maple Ridge

Mental health

Mayor moving in right direction Dear Editor,

In September, at the annual meeting of B.C. municipalities, our mayor, Ernie Daykin, is going to propose that the province re-open the now-defunct Riverview Hospital in order to assist the people who have mental health issues, homelessness, and addictions. I applaud this move, and hope that other municipal mayors will support our mayor in his effort. Riverview should

never have been closed, but at least the lands are still basically intact, and the zoning is appropriate for the use. If our mayor can be remembered for anything positive, it should be that he started the ball rolling to provide help to the people who find themselves under the strain of addiction and mental health issues. Go get ’em, Mayor Daykin.

Thinking still must be under human control

I felt strongly compelled to speak out [Mariner ashamed by sinking, Aug. 22, TIMES] against the person who purported to be a bridge officer and then, after making a horrendous mistake, blamed his

What you’re telling us on Facebook

• Property vandals often forget that their actions actually impact real

people. Well, to the hoodlums who destroyed the community gardens at Maple Ridge Secondary recently, your actions reduced a four-year-old girl to tears. Readers reacted: “So sad!!!”

– Karen DeCorby-Learmonth

“It takes real scum of the earth to do this kind of stuff with no regard for the beautiful city we all live in, but I know that they will receive their karma one day for this heartless act.” – Dianne Glover-Bisgaard “Had someone taken the stuff because they were hungry/homeless, no problem, you need it more than us. But to just destroy food like that, what’s the point??” – Katie Clunn (the four-year-old’s mom)

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“aids to navigation” which are intended to be helpful in difficult conditions – but never think for you. The BC Ferries Corporation has yet to answer why it did not have on its ship specific “coastal navigating orders” – a reference to judicious use of auto-pilot controls in the narrow Grenville Channel. Robotic control can make piloting a ship in narrow channels dangerous – unless you believe that data analyzers coupled with computers processors never fail. Until we have those answers, large oil tankers have no business case for sailing on our coast with robotic controls. In a sense, it was a test case for a demand for B.C. coastal pilots to be assigned to all commercial ships on this coast, and somehow the BC Ferries ducked out of that ruling.

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Ann Diaz, Maple Ridge

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Community

Business idea beyond music

Former TIMES editor and longtime Maple Ridge resident Lynn Easton joins the paper’s columnists.

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like she’s Norm on Cheers. But there’s no booze and she doesn’t have to even get out her fake ID to get through the door. It doesn’t cost a cent to participate or to watch. The cafe sells food and drink. You he elderly man grins as he slowly couldn’t plan a better community-building makes his way the few blocks to exercise if you tried. the Kanaka Creek Coffee cafe each And we do. There are committees all Wednesday evening. And I smile, over town trying to produce this kind of too, because he’s my silent reminder that organic community-based cooperation and the recipe for a healthy engagement. Ah, there are a community can sometimes couple of buzzwords for you. be found for the price of a I know how hard these comcup of coffee. mittees work. It ain’t easy. And he’s not the only one And that’s why I smile making the happy trek to each time that older guy this cafe as the place fills walks toward the cafe. Off with regulars showing up on his eco-friendly walk to a to what’s become a lively local, sustainable, intergenerweekly tradition. Guitars, ational, community-based fiddles, and the occasional event. Jeez, and he just drum are hastily unloaded thinks he’s heading to have a by Lynn Easton from cars and out of backcoffee and listen to the banjo. Lynn Easton, a journalist and former packs as musicians and The success of Pam’s editor of The TIMES, offers reflections of music lovers arrive on cue. life in east Maple Ridge and beyond. Send vision does make me ponder There is something brewjust why her idea has worked your thoughts to lynneaston@shaw.ca. ing at this little Albion cafe, so well so far outside of all and it’s more than just lattes. those well-meaning boardroom tables. The pied piper of the parade is Pam First off, somebody at the municipality Burns, who lives and works in Maple planning department decided there should Ridge and is also – lucky for the rest of us be a bit of small-business commercial – a music lover who knows how to conproperty amidst those seemingly endnect like-minded people. less, densely packed small lots of Albion. This summer marked the fourth anniver- Some room to hang around on a large sary of her Wednesday night jam session sidewalk – in the very way music lovers that began with just a handful of performand coffee addicts now do. ers. The crowd of familiar faces and new Then it took someone like Pam, with a families spilled out onto the patio. real love of music, people, and place, to There’s now a feature artist and a wellbelieve she could make it happen. Throw organized but casual open-mike where in a local business that could see the everyone gets to play one or two songs. economic and social payoff of opening its The crowd is generous and encouraging. doors to such a simple scheme, and you There’s not much room for big egos, have a long sought-after chorus of real although there are seasoned veterans and community. Not just one envisioned on a angelic voices who deserve the spotlight. page. The cafe is also slowly becoming a place This example should be music to the for young talent to get ready for the bigears of those who work hard at creating ger musical world while they grow into community for a living. I hope planners themselves. remember Pam’s success when they’re That’s how I know about the place. mapping out the next phase of growth. If Somehow, the musical kid in my house you offer a place that feels like a communheard about the Wednesday evenings ity, your citizens will create one for you. by osmosis and started to cart her fiddle Make some space for your people. down every chance she got. At first she They’ll know what to do. They may not was too nervous to get her bow out of the know the buzzwords off by heart, but case. Now, a few years later, they shout hum a few bars and they’ll sing it back to her name when she walks in the door, you.

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Sponsored by the Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows Country Fest, the 32-rider, 32-horse troop will perform its mounted cavalry drill show at the Albion Fairgrounds. Tickets are $15 and are available at the RCMP, North Fraser Therapeutic Riding Association, or from the Country Fest office, or online: http://www. mrpmcountryfest.com/ musicalride.html. Glacier Media photo

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Musical ride wrapping up season The iconic RCMP mounted drill team will perform in Maple Ridge Sept. 5. by Roxanne Hooper rhooper@mrtimes.com

After serving as the liaison officer between the community and the RMCP Musical Ride in advance of next week’s local visit, Staff-Sgt. Major Andrew Martin can’t believe he’s not even going to be in town to see the performance. The local protocol and ceremonies officer will be at RCMP training centre, and missing all the “fun,” as he puts it. While comfortable on a horse, Martin said as a Cape Breton boy he never gave much thought to becoming a true “mounted” police officer. But, he’s always been impressed with the precision shows put on by his colleagues in red serge, and he’s especially in awe of its history. He noted

the first recorded musical ride dates back to 1887, but pointed out the 32-horse and rider troop went on public display in 1901. Maple Ridge is the second-to-last show for the musical ride team in B.C., and the third-to-last for their season. The musical ride team has been touring B.C. this month, and after closing out at the PNE, they will arrive in Maple Ridge Wednesday to prepare for the show. The ride, like the previous ones held here in 2001 and 2009, will be at the Albion Fairgrounds at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 5. With festival seating, people are encouraged to arrive early. Tickets are $15 each in advance from the RCMP office at 11990 Haney Pl., the tourism office at 12492 Harris Rd., the North Fraser Therapeutic Riding Association at 12471 254th St., or from the Country Fest office at the fairgrounds. They’re also available online at www.mrpmcountryfest.com, click musical ride.

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Aviation

Pitt Meadows air cadet spreads his wings A local teen joined 43 of his peers from across B.C. at a summer flying school.

Cadet Ian Park of Pitt Meadows is spending his summer at the Regional Gliding School (Pacific) on the Air Cadet Glider Pilot Scholarship Course. Park is one of 44 air cadets selected from across British Columbia for the opportunity to pursue their Transport Canada Glider Pilot License. He is flying the Schweizer 233A gliders, which are owned by the BC Provincial Committee of the Air Cadet League of Canada. When asked what receiving the

Glider Pilot Scholarship meant to him, Park said, “Glider shows me that nothing is impossible.” “These young men and women have worked very hard to get here on scholarship, and will continue to work even harder throughout the course,” said Lt.Col. Tony Appels, Commanding Officer of RGS (Pacific). Park is a member of 583 Legion Cornation Squadron in Maple Ridge. Park studied all aspects of aviation in order to pass an entrance exam, prior to sitting before a review board. His school marks, cadet service, leadership and physical fitness are also evaluated as part of the selection process.

At the conclusion of the intense six-week training period, the successful students were to receive their coveted Air Cadet Glider Pilot Wings on graduation day, Aug. 15. The Royal Canadian Air Cadets is a national co-educational youth organization sponsored by the Canadian Forces in partnership with the civilian Air Cadet League of Canada. In British Columbia there are approximately 3,700 air cadets enrolled in 57 squadrons. The B.C. Ministry of Education, Skills and Training recognizes the cadet program as a “ministry-accepted external course” for which students may receive graduation credit.

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The Natural Place

September 2013

Keeping Connected: Meet Harris & Hazel, the City’s Centennial Ambassadors! When Pitt Meadows celebrates its 100th birthday next year, you’ll see our heron centennial ambassadors, Harris and Hazel, celebrating along with us!

Centennial Coordinator Erin Mark shows off the Centennial Ambassadors, Harris and Hazel Heron

Watch for them as they appear throughout the community and at events in 2014, and kids can follow their blog! They’ll be sharing information and fun facts about our community and its history.Who knows where Harris and Hazel will show up?

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Community Building & Engagement

Get involved with Centennial celebrations next year! Meadows celebrates 100 years in 2014, and you can be a part of making the celebrations happen! Planning has begun for the many exciting events and activities that will be taking place throughout 2014 to celebrate our history and heritage.You can get involved as a volunteer in the planning or for special events and other activities. Contact the Centennial Coordinator, Erin Mark at 100years@pittmeadows.bc.ca.

TheCity’sapplication for exclusion of 33 hectares of land in the North Lougheed Corridor has been approved by the Agricultural Land Commission (ALC). The exclusion area is north of Lougheed Highway between Harris Road to the west and Meadow Gardens Way to the east. It is the largest tract of commercial land left in the city and is currently designated as highway commercial and agricultural under the City’s 2008 Ofﬁcial Community Plan. Council anticipates development in this area will accommodate the ever increasing trafﬁc from the east, as well as diversify the tax base, provide local jobs, and preserve our agricultural roots.

With schools back in session,drivers should take extra care on the roads, especially in school zones. Watch for higher numbers of pedestrians on sidewalks and roadways and obey all traffic signs. Traffic officers and speed watch volunteers will be stepping up enforcement, making school zones a priority. School zone speed limits are 30 km/h between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.

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Public Works & Safety

Ready to Shake Out again? The annual province-wide earthquake drill, Shake Out BC, will be taking place again this year on Oct 17. Participating is a great way for your family or organization to be prepared to survive and recover quickly from big earthquakes– wherever you live, work, or travel. Visit shakeoutbc.ca for more information and to register to be counted! For more about these issues, visit our website at pittmeadows.bc.ca.

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Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup Join us in the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup, which will be held on Sunday, September 15 at 11am. If you would like to help clean up our shorelines in Pitt Meadows, please email greenteam@ pittmeadows.bc.ca.

What’s On

Council Meetings resume this month after a summer recess.City Council meets in a formal capacity in Regular Council Meetings on the ﬁrst and third Tuesday of the month. Regular Council Meetings are broadcast on our website and on ShawTV (Cable Channel 4). In between the Regular Council Meetings,Council meets in Committee (second and fourthTuesday of the month) to consider most of the issues that will be forwarded to the upcoming Regular Council meeting.

Connect with your City

Sept 5

RCMP Musical Ride. Don’t miss this spectacular display of our nation’s heritage.Tickets are $15 each and are available at the Community Policing Ofﬁce. Visit ridgemeadows.rcmp.grc.gc.ca.

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INITIATIVE PETITION An initiative to amend the Police Act

KNOW THE RULES

If you plan to participate in the initiative campaign, it’s important that you know the rules. Rick Collins photo

Randy Kamp (centre) was at Stave Lake with Michael Meneer and Dianne Ramage from the Pacific Salmon Foundation on Monday announcing at $55,000 federal grant to restore the salmon habitat.

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Habitat improved Ruskin Dam upgrades have had an impact on the Stave River.

A $55,000 federal grant has been earmarked to restore a spawning and rearing habitat for Pacific salmon in the Stave River, just east of Maple Ridge. MP Randy Kamp made the announcement on Monday afternoon. The grant will help improve habitat that was impacted by changes at the Ruskin Dam. It is part of a new federal initiative called the Recreational Fisheries Conservation Partnerships Program. The grant will be used by the Fraser Valley Watersheds Coalition and Vancouver-based Pacific Salmon Foundation (PSF) to improve valuable habitats that were impacted by environmental changes caused by the nearby Ruskin Dam, and that will

ultimately support B.C. fisheries. “This is a great project because the Stave River was naturally inhabited by all Pacific salmon species, but changes to the river due to dam construction and diking have reduced habitat for salmon to spawn and for their offspring to grow and survive,” said Michael Meneer, vice-president of development, marketing, and communications. The project became necessary as a result of construction of the Ruskin Dam on the lower Stave River, which permanently cut off most of the historic habitats available to Pacific salmon. There are only two areas remaining on the lower Stave River floodplain that support significant populations of Pacific salmon. The project is slated to be completed by December, costing $132,108.

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The Recall and Initiative Act allows registered voters to propose new laws or changes to existing laws.

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On Monday, September 9, 2013, petition sheets for the initiative to amend the Police Act will be issued to the proponent, Dana Larsen.

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The proponent has 90 days to collect signatures from at least 10% of the registered voters in each of the province’s 85 electoral districts. The petition must be returned to the Chief Electoral Officer by Monday, December 9, 2013.

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To sign the initiative petition, a person must be a registered voter on September 9, 2013 and may sign the petition only for the electoral district in which they are currently registered.

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A person may sign the initiative petition only once.

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Elections BC is a non-partisan Office of the Legislature responsible for the administration of the Election Act, Recall and Initiative Act, and conduct of referenda under the Referendum Act.

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HELP BUST CRIME… Ridge Meadows RCMP is looking for the following people. If you see any of them, do not attempt to apprehend them. Please contact the RCMP immediately by calling 604-463-6251 or CrimeStoppers at 1-800-222-8477. The warrants attached to these individuals were still outstanding as of 10 a.m. Wednesday. Remember: all of the listed people are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court.

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“When this happened in the late 1990s, the effects were almost immediate,” he said.

Since then, the mentally ill and addicted population is living in every municipality, including on the streets of Maple Ridge. Re-opening Riverview Hospital as a centre of excellence would attract “excellent people” to the centre, Masse said.

With the moderate to severe mentally ill taken care of properly in this facility, it would free up community psychiatrists to take care of acute patients. It would also take a burden off local hospitals, police, and social service agenies, Masse said.

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“There’s 21st century ways of meeting the mental-health challenge,” Daykin said. The resolution was supported by all Maple Ridge councillors, and at the Lower Mainland Local Government Association meeting this spring.

Maple Ridge Mayor Ernie Daykin said police are acting as front-line mental-health workers. When people with mental-health problems aren’t being helped, it is costing the system in policing, bylaws, and health care costs, he added.

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August 30: Support

• Hominum Fraser Valley, an informal discussion and support group to help gay, bisexual, and questioning men, meets at 7:30 p.m. For information and meeting location, call Art at 604-462-9813 or Don at 604-329-9760.

What’s On

August 31: Musical

• Odeum Theatre Society presents Grease, a musical set in 1959, where the hair is slick and the poodle skirts swing. Performances are scheduled for 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. at The ACT and will be performed live with the Ridge Meadows Orchestra. Tickets: 604-476-2787, www. theactmapleridge.org, or at The ACT in person.

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August 29: Immigration

• Family Education Centre holds a community dialogue exploring the effects of immigration on the economic development of Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows, and Katzie at the Maple Ridge Library from 1 to 5 p.m. Register at http:// welcomingcommunities-rss. eventbrite.ca/

August 31: BIA market

• The Downtown Maple Ridge Business Improvement Association is holding an outdoor Summer Market in

conjunction with the Haney Farmers’ Market from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will be live music, food, kids’ activities and entertainment. Info: 4672420.

September 2: Music

• The Gords will perform as part of the Little Brick Church series, organized by Laurie Thain, at 2 p.m. at St. Andrew’s Heritage Church Hall, 22279 116th Ave., Maple Ridge. Tickets are $17, and for students and seniors, $14. Reservations recommended: purepacificmusic@ gmail.com, Laurie at 604-5306530, or Blair and Marlene at 604-466-9773.

Community Hall, 26007 98th Ave. There will be a panel presentation from provincial and local experts to help residents learn how to care for their wells and drinking water.

September 4: Dialogue

• The Holy Wow Poets meet at the Pitt Meadows Golf Course for their four-year anniversary celebration at 6 p.m. The featured guest is Terry Thompson and the theme will be new age poetry.

• Family Education and Support Centre launches “Many Candles: First Wednesday Interfaith Dialogue Series.” The dialogue series continues throughout the fall on the first Wednesday of the month from September to December in the Fraser Room of the Maple Ridge Library, 22470 Dewdney Trunk Rd. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the program begins at 6:30 p.m.

September 3: Support

• Coquitlam prostate cancer support and awareness group invites Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows residents to its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. in the Coquitlam

September 5: Wells

• Well Owners Workshop (WOW) is hosted by TAPS at 7 p.m. at Thornhill

September 5: Poets

September 5 & 9: Acting

• SPECC-tacular Productions is auditioning for their musical Christmas Pantomime, Aladdin, at the Dance Circle, 12011 224th St., Maple Ridge on Thursday, Sept. 5 from 7 to 9 p.m., and Sunday, Sept. 9 from noon to 5 p.m. Fifteen main characters are required as well as numerous parts

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times Travellers Maple Ridge’s Noreen Wiebe had her picture taken holding a copy of her hometown newspaper, The TIMES, in front of Stirling Castle in “sunny” Scotland. She’s been longing for many years to tour the Scottish castles. “Now I have,” Wiebe said.

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Circus arts taught in a Ridge gym A professional aerial silk performer shared her skills with aspiring young local trainers. by Ronda Payne editorial@mrtimes.com

Hasn’t everyone, at some point, dreamed of flying through the air on a trapeze, walking a tightrope, or performing some other dazzling circus act? In September, wanna-be circus performers can take a shot at aerial silks at Quantum Gymnastics Centre. June Booth, owner and head coach at Quantum, thought the relatively new form of performance combined with gymnastics would be of interest to those in Maple Ridge. “We’re just starting it [in September],” said Booth. “Then we’ll see what the interest is. It seems to be quite popular with the adults as well.” Planned for those age 10 and up, five of the certified Quantum coaches attended two two-hour training sessions with professional performer

Tanya Burka. “I always had coaches who encourBurka loved gymnastics from a aged me because I was passionate,” young age and naturally fell in love said Burka. “I always wanted to be with circus performance when she able to give that experience to other attended a camp for a month in people.” 1999. “For me, abso“After a month, I said, lutely [training ‘wow, I really love this’, but others is] an extenhere was all this other path sion of what I do as charted out for me,” Burka a performer, to pass said of her early exposure to it along.” circus. With circus perShe decided to continue formances like with her post-secondary those of Cirque du education and if she still Soleil now comhad that same love of circus mon, the attraction upon graduation, she would to learning skills return to it. like aerial silks has The love lasted, and still grown. Ronda Payne/TIMES does. “I think it went Circus performer Tanya Burka A performer in Cirque du super well,” said Soleil, Quidam, Burka works specializes in aerial silks and Burka of the was in Maple Ridge training with the show three months coach training at coaches who will teach on and three months off. Quantum. “They September classes. During off months, she are already certispends her time training or fied as gymnastics doing other smaller performances. coaches... they are in really amazing Booth’s son works for Cirque du shape as coaches already.” Soleil and connected his mom with Those interested can register for Burka when the interest in aerial aerial silk classes on the Quantum silks began to grow. website: www.quantumgym.com.

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Sisters help team clinch eighth in Barcelona Two local girls took their skills in the water to an international level representing Canada. by Ronda Payne editorial@mrtimes.com

Monika and Carmen Eggens took to swimming at an early age, but it wasn’t quite what the Pitt Meadows girls were looking for. “Monika and I started swimming with the Haney Neptunes then switched over to waterpolo,” Carmen told The TIMES. “I started playing first and have been playing since I was eight. Monika joined around the same time when she was six years old.” In time, both graduated from Pitt Meadows Secondary and were offered scholarships. Now in their 20s, the girls are looking forward to spending more time with their water

polo team – the senior women’s national team which recently placed eighth in Barcelona, Spain at the International Federation for Swimming (FINA) 15th annual Aquatic World Championships. “I graduated in May and Monika will graduate this December,” Carmen noted. “I will be moving to Montreal this week, and after Monika graduates in December she will join me there to centralize with the national team.” More than just a way to see the world, the sisters recognize water polo as a great sport for many reasons. “I have loved it since I started playing because it is challenging both physically and mentally and requires you to be in great physical shape,” Carmen said. After a tough loss versus Russia knocked the team out of the medals in Barcelona, they were defeated in their final round with the Netherlands with a score of 12-9.

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The Eggens sisters (Carmen above, Monika left) were part of the senior women’s national team that placed eighth in Barcelona, Spain. They are Pitt Meadows natives. Carmen (team pic: fifth from the left) has played water polo since she was eight years old and her younger sister Monika (fifth from the right) started about the same time.

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Knights junior bantam running back Brandon Hunt ran the ball past several Royal City Hyack players, but the shorthanded team was not able to pull out a win in Delta on Saturday.

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Despite gritty play, the Knights junior bantam team lost on Saturday. by Ronda Payne editorial@mrtimes.com

Shorthanded and unable to clinch a win, Rick Pelwecki, vice-president of the Knights Football club, said the junior bantam team still played hard and showed some grit in the three-game loss at the

Delta-based tournament on Saturday. A number of key players were unable to attend the contests against the Royal City Hyacks, Abbotsford Falcons, and North Delta Longhorns. Running back Brandon Hunt and quarterback Tyler Spencer led impressive drives while numerous tackles for the defence were waged by Micah Cavalli and Blake Alford. All six Knights teams will travel to Chilliwack to open the season on Sept. 2.

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