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City staff showed what would be cut if there were no property tax increase. by Maria Rantanen mrantanen@mrtimes.com
Pitt Meadows council is considering two budget scenarios: increasing taxes to keep current service levels and a zero-per-cent tax increase. If no major cuts are made to services, City financial staff estimate Pitt Meadows residents will have a 3.3-per-cent increase on their 2014 tax bill. But a zero-per-cent increase would mean cutting the amount put into City reserves, policing
Organizers say more than 250 adults and children from around B.C. gathered at North Alouette Greenway Park in Mpale Ridge on Sunday for the seventh annual Pumpkin Cross bike event. The ability to dress up and ride, combined with the great weather, are all credited with the unexpected participation numbers, said organizer Barry Lyster. • See more from the Pumpkin Cross on page A23 of today’s edition, as well as online at: www.mrtimes.com
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Target opens Nov. 13 The American retail store Target will be opening at Haney Place Mall on Nov. 13. Target bought out the lease for Zellers on 224th Street, and since its closure, renovations have been underway to transform it into the new store. • More at www.mrtimes.com
Safety needed in dark Early Wednesday morning, emergency personnel and City staff and the mayor and councillors were out reminding Pitt Meadows residents to make sure they are Rob Chatton visible on dark mornings, and Assistant fire chief handing out tips and reflectors. The Be Safe, Be Seen campaign is put on jointly by Pitt Meadows Fire & Rescue, the City of Pitt Meadows, ICBC, and the RCMP, explained assistant fire chief Rob Chatten. • More at www.mrtimes.com
Groups get grants Parent advisory councils (PACs) in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows and the district parent advisory council for School District #42 will split $166,440 in community gaming grants from the B.C. government. The 17 local PACs are part of the more than 1,400 B.C. PACs receiving a portion of the close to $11 million in grants. Each PAC receives $20 per student annually. • More at www.mrtimes.com
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The Halloween spirit was alive and well at Thornhill Hall, on Sunday, when more than 70 pumpkin-loving participants came out to celebrate The Giant Pumpkin Contest. “It was a huge success,” said event coordinator Betty von Hardenberg, pun intended. “This is our fourth year and people have grown to know each other. It’s about building community; there was a warm and inclusive feeling among the group.” Blair Stanley’s pumpkin won first place, the grand daddy of them all – weighing a whopping 352 lbs – which he grew on the south slope of his Ruskin nursery. The event was capped off with a potluck dinner with a sustainability bent. “Everyone brought their own dishes and cutlery,” said von Hardenberg. “They cleaned up, took home their table settings, and donated the large pumpkins to the Ruskin Hall for their Halloween event, so there wasn’t any waste.” Organization of the Thornhill pumpkin event began in View March with a seed, and culmore minating seven months later photos in October with the contest with and community day. “In some situations, where people can’t grow a pumpor online Laurie Stott photo kin because lack of space or light, they grow a vegetable Sunday’s Giant Pumpkin Contest in Thornhill has grown to be much more and enter one of the other of an all-round community event including a pumpkin rolling challenge. A categories,” explained von pumpkin rolling contest is one of the highlights, as Wyatt Godard can attest. Hardenberg. As members of the communconLasCalle 3. Jean Sunada; carvity for 23 years, von Hardenberg testants can meet each other ing contest: Sabor Kalwij (junand her husband, Klaus, organbefore the fall event.” ior), Teanne Bliss (teen), Joan ize the event for the enjoyThe Giant Pumpkin Contest is Duncan (adult); best vegetable ment of family and communcommemorated in pictures, and (tie): Mike & Hilde Gildersleeve ity. In 2012, they received the enjoyed monthly, thanks to the (red cabbage) and Jean Sunada volunteers of the year award annual Apple Calendar availab(carrot); best savoury: Susan from the Thornhill Community able through von Hardenberg Bliss (roasted pumpkin); best Association. and created by photographer sweet: Joan Duncan (pumpkin “Our non-profit event has Laurie Stott. cheesecake); biggest pumpkin: helped build our community 2. Dan Dohogne, 187.5 lbs 3. in a very nice way because it Neil Dmitrieff, 142.5 lbs, and Contest winners in other involves entire families,” said guess-the-weight of the biggest categories included: pumpkin von Hardenberg. “We throw a pumpkin: Steve Bentley, 341 roll: 1. Mike Mulcahy 2. Mike barbecue in the summer so the lbs.
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It’s that time of year when the ubiquitous red flower appears. The poppy, that grew on Flanders Fields after the First World War, has become the symbol of recognition of those who have served in the militaryfor their country. The Maple Ridge branch of the Royal Canadian Legion has launched its poppy campaign, and on Wednesday, Maple Ridge Mayor Ernie Daykin officially received his first poppy. Last year, the poppy campaign in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows garnered more than $62,000, money that largely goes to support veterans and their families. But the Ridge Meadows Hospital Foundation and the Ridge Meadows Hospice Society also receive large donations. Last year, $3,000 was donated to the Royal Ex-Services League to help destitute veterans in the Caribbean. Several bursaries were also distributed to students. Every year, the amount collected goes up, said legion pastpresident Jim MacDonald, and again this year, “we’re looking to better it.” The poppy fund is “tightly administered,” MacDonald said, and none of the money goes for salaries. Poppy taggers, including veterans, will be out in the community and will give out the symbol of remembrance in exchange for a donation.
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Just back from another trip to Malawi, Maple Ridge resident George Klassen is planning another for February. Klassen, who goes to Malawi at least twice a year to look after a few hundred orphans and widows and to do development work, arrived back on Oct. 17, but he has plans to head over again in February to drill more wells and to start on a care centre for another society. He has become acquainted with Naomi Chidiwa, the founder and director of Save Widows and Orphans Foundation. Chidiwa herself is caring for 300 orphans, but she is doing it in a small hut with a bamboo roof. “They were packed in like sardines,” Klassen said about the children Chidiwa is caring for. Klassen is hoping to raise money by next year to build her a proper orphan care centre with a washroom, a kitchen, and a feeding centre. He also wants to drill a well at the centre. Klassen has drilled more than a dozen wells in the small,
Naomi Chidiwa (left), a Malawian woman who looks after several hundred children, needs a new orphan care centre. Here she is surrounded by volunteers.
George Klassen was helping cook food in Malawi on a recent trip to the country he travels to at least twice a year. land-locked country in southern Africa. Each time Klassen travels to Malawi, he secures food for the children to last until his next trip. “[The orphans] are look-
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In February, Klassen is planning to meet with the new president of the country, Joyce Banda, who Chidiwa knows. He wants to reassure her that he is just in Africa to help care for the orphans and widows, and not to influence the country politically. For more information about the work Klassen is doing in Malawi and about Project Wellness, go to www.projectwellness.ca.
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Waterfront park unofficially opens on Sunday An empty lot has morphed into a public space.
Fraser River – that they’re planning their own unofficial opening Sunday, Nov. 3 at 2 p.m. Hammond resident Debbie Hunt visits the park a couple times a day. She suffers from arthritis, so if she sits too long, she seizes up. Her neighbours are used to seeing her walking up and down her block several times a day to keep herself limber, but now she has changed her route, and heads off to the park a couple of times a day. “Now I have a destination,” she said. “I’ve walked here twice a day all week.” The 700-metre lot, largely covered in blackberry brambles until this spring, cost $239,000 to make into a park.
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Nine-year-old Alex Dunbrack gave the new park on Wharf Street two thumbs up. She was out this past Tuesday afternoon at the small waterfront park at the foot of Hazelwood Street in Hammond enjoying the afternoon sun. “It’s fun to play in,” Alex said. The District of Maple Ridge will hold an official opening ceremony later. But Hammond residents are so happy that the park is open – giving a rare access point to the
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Don’t be lulled into a false sense of security by that extra hour of sleep (or partying!) you’re going to get when the clocks “fall back” into Pacific Standard Time this weekend. Studies show that the autumn time change – which officially shifts clocks back to 1 a.m. from 2 a.m. on Sunday morning – is almost as bad for generating accidents on highways and roads and in homes and workplaces as the spring change to Daylight Saving Time, when an hour of sleep is lost. It turns out that it’s not so much the amount of sleep that’s the culprit, as the time at which sleep occurs. The time change changes the time at which we sleep, and that disrupts our Circadian rhythm, which throws our thought processes out of whack. Ironically, farmers – for whom DST was initially instituted to save costs of working in the dark – knew right from the start that their livestock would not pay any attention to what an arbitrarily set clock might say. They generally continue to work their usual schedule – in tune with their clockless animals. Saskatchewan also figured it out decades ago, doing away with switching times decades ago, effectively maintaining DST year round. In B.C., DST was extended in recent years, turning to PST later in the fall and shifting back to DST earlier in the spring. Meanwhile, the rest of us need to be mindful of the added risk of a sudden change in our sleep cycle, coupled at this time of year with a sudden plunge into darkness for the afternoon commute. Watch out for the other guy, who will be similarly handicapped. And watch out for pedestrians and cyclists who may seem to come out of that unaccustomed darkness more suddenly than you expect. It may be time to revisit the relationship between our clocks and an outmoded “daylight saving” concept. But in the meantime, just be careful. – B.G.
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Good news, everyone! Kevin also sold the information gleaned Trudeau finally went to jail! from his customers to junk mail You remember Trudeau from peddlers. the world’s most annoying infoAfter several years of bamboozmercials that ran in the early- to ling the desperate and endangermid-2000s. ing the health of anyone who A typical infomercial informs actually followed his advice, you that your life is an empty Trudeau was finally pinned down wasteland of misery and sorrow, a by the law. He was ordered to situation only remedied by a new pay a $37.6-million fine levied by JuiceBlazter complete juicing systhe Federal Trade Commission in tem, just three easy payments of the U.S., for deceptive marketing by Matthew Claxton $19.99! practices related to his book on Usually the worst thing that hapdieting. Trudeau apparently finds pens after you give in and babble your credit 15 enemas in 30 days “easy;” the FTC felt this card information over the phone is that you’re was not the case. out about $60 and you have a juicer you never He didn’t pay. And he kept on not paying, use. claiming that, somehow, he didn’t have any Trudeau’s commercials were different. cash. He offered books like The Weight Loss Cure In September and October, he was tossed in ‘They’ Don’t Want You To Know About, Natural the clink twice for contempt of court, as Judge Cures ‘They’ Don’t Want You To Know About… Robert Gettleman said he did not find his decthere’s sort of a theme to his titles. laration of poverty convincing. He also found So you’d buy the (overpriced) books and get Trudeau in contempt of court for violating a the cures, right? freeze on his assets. No, and that’s where his Lex Luthor-level of How do we know he was living beyond his evil genius revealed itself. court-appointed means? He used a debit card tied The books turn out to be another teaser: an ad to an Australian bank account to spend $894 at a you just bought, based on ad. After you glean a liquor store, $1,057 for meats, $359 for two hairlittle bit of information from the book, you have cuts, and (remember that bit about not smokto then access Trudeau’s paid website to finally ing?) $920 for cigars. get all the information. Judge Gettleman, of whom I am quickly I know you’ll be surprised by this, but most of becoming a fan, warned Trudeau that if any it is total bunk. other assets are discovered hidden away from Sure, there are some good bits of advice, like the courts, he could find the flim-flam artist don’t smoke, walk an hour a day, and so forth, guilty of perjury. but it’s mixed in with a horrible hash of quackHe has let Trudeau out of jail for now, with a ery. If you plan to follow his advice, here’s receiver poking about for any extra cash. hoping you like enemas every other day, and I strongly suspect that Trudeau will be back injecting yourself with dubious hormonal treatin jail at some point, given his past behaviour ments. There are weird and vague claims that which includes a couple of years in jail for you can cure cancer by making yourself “alkafraud in the 1990s, impersonating a doctor, and line,” for example. Yeah, ask your doctor about endorsing Scientology. that one, if you want to see a puzzled or angry But I’ll leave the last word to Judge Gettleman: look. “This is not an infomercial. You can’t talk your Trudeau, always one to see an opportunity, way out of this.”
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City of Pitt Meadows Budget and Financial Planning for 2014
Egging kids need guidance
we were if this had happened to their Dear Editor, house, and that they’d appreciate knowing Do the parents of south Albion know this went on, in the event their son where their young sons were just may have participated in it. after midnight on Sunday, Oct. 27? Scan with Not that I want to tell them how At least one of them was in front of to parent, but this might be a timely our house, across from Albion Park, occasion to talk to their sons about pelting it with eggs then laughing respect for other people’s property and running down the sidewalk. Not only was my partner awakLetters to and using one’s time constructively. I’m confident parents could ened after going to bed early, since the Editor impress upon their sons that, if he had to get up early that morning, they wish to pelt eggs, they might want to but also we had eggs dripping down our front window, on the back of one of our pil- start by throwing them at their own things. Then, when they sees what a mess it makes lars, and all over the surface of our porch. For the record, our neighbour’s house was and what it’s like to clean up afterward, they might reconsider doing it to other also targeted. people. I’m going to assume the kids’ parents would have been no more impressed than R. Modien, Maple Ridge
Get involved in the budget process Each fall, the City prepares business plans and budgets for the following year. Public presentations on these plans will be held at City Hall on the following dates: October 29 (5:30 to 7:30pm) – Financial Workshop December 4 (5:30 to 9:00pm) – Presentation of Business Plans December 5 (9:00am to 4:00pm) – Presentation of Business Plans December 12 (5:30 to 9:00pm) – Budget Finalization December 16 (5:30 to 9:00pm) – Budget Finalization
Dr. Fernandes
New doctors could learn from Dr. F to, always lent a kind ear, and even made phone calls to our home in the evenings to give lab results, or to follow up on a previous visit. I was once called to go over some lab results… over THEIR lunch break, so I wouldn’t have to wait long. When Dr. F saw me, I asked if I should be worried. He looked at me in astonishment, and said that, if he had bad news, he would have come to my home. I don’t know of a doctor
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• Work appears to be wrapping up on the new bike lane along Lougheed,
with lines being painted and fences going up. Readers chimed in.
“Some sort of pedestrian crossing device at 210th Street, at Lougheed Highway, would have been a better place to spend the money.” – Richard Shupac “Gonna hear of more cyclists killed and other people’s insurance policies going up. ICBC always has a plan to get more $$$.” – Kassandra Antone “What a waste of taxpayers’ dollars.” – Alvin Cohen “Awesome. I’m trying to ride my bike more these days.” – John McKenzie
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Dear Editor, Small businesses are the heart and soul of communities. They support families and keep local economies strong. The owners are parents, coaches, and volunteers who make a difference every day. October has been Small Business Month – our chance to recognize the tremendous contributions that small businesses make. Across B.C., 98 per cent of businesses are small businesses, and more than a million British Columbians work for them. It takes courage, energy, and dedication to run a small business. I know the challenges from running my own business for 21 years and from my time with the BC Chamber of Commerce and the North Vancouver Chamber. You can nominate your favourite for a Small Business BC Award until Nov. 30 at http://sbbcawards.ca/. Naomi Yamamoto, Minister of State [Note: A fuller version of this letter is online at www.mrtimes.com. Click on Opinion/ Letters, or search the writer’s name.] For more letters to the editor visit... www.mrtimes.com – Click on Opinion/Letters.
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Presentations will include highlights of each department’s Business Plan over the following year. We encourage citizens to attend the meetings and offer input into the budgeting process. Business Plans will also be available online and in print at Pitt Meadows City Hall and the Pitt Meadows Library as of November 29 for the public to review. To learn more about the business planning process, visit pittmeadows.bc.ca.
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Dear Editor, Mayor Deb Walters and her crew on Pitt Meadows council are planning some open meetings about the city budget. What a laugh! The mayor and council have demonstrated over the past few years that they will spend whatever they see fit, and resident taxpayers can bite the bullet and pay. This budget will be more of the same, each department will see a budget increase and there will be another round of pay raises. It appears cost-cutting and restraint are words that Mayor Walters and council are not familiar with. These meetings are just window dressing to make it appear that the concerns of residents mean anything at all to Mayor Walters and council. It sure doesn’t take any leadership or budgeting skills to just keep spending more, year after year. Archie Blankers, Pitt Meadows
who would make a home visit these days. And I’ve never had a doctor request that I come into the office to see him on his lunch time. Since his passing, a few of my friends have had to visit other clinics for health advice. When physicians realize that they were patients of Dr. F, conversation seems to turn to his unique and caring bedside manner. Physicians, themselves, admit that Dr. F was one of a kind, no other doctor could be as great as him. So it begs the question, why. Why was Dr. F one of the last great “old school” doctors? Where have they all gone? Many doctors recognize how great Dr. F was, and they say they can’t measure up to him. But have they attempted to? Perhaps now is the time to try – in memory of a great man and extraordinary colleague, Dr. Fernandes. N. Graham, Maple Ridge [Note: A fuller version of this letter is online at www. mrtimes.com. Click on Opinion/Letters, or search the writer’s name.]
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Dear Editor, I was overwhelmed at how many people have incredible stories of the late Dr. Fernandes, and I’m sure, given the chance, they each would have a difficult time narrowing it down to just one story to share. I had the privilege of having Dr. Fernandes oversee my health and that of my family for four years. I first met Dr. Fernandes when I was expecting our first child. He was easy to talk
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Hudson Costa, a Grade 7 student at Webster’s Corners Elementary, is submitting a poem to the Honouring Our Veterans poetry contest.
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How does a 12-year-old, with no family members having ever served, relate to the loss of war. They let their fingers do part of the work, scanning through their classroom iPads, they watch a series of short movies about past battles, catch a series of first-hand accounts of war through a digital journal, then listen to an active soldier speaking of the current day military – via podcast poetry contest, and at – to their school assembly the same time the Royal from his current post in Canadian Legion’s national Yellowknife. literacy contest. The result of this nonLast year’s winner was traditional lesson plan Emily Knudsen, at that was put to the best time a Grade 7 student in – so to speak – this week, Kieneker’s class. when 20 students in Erin The writing competiKieneker’s Grade 6tion, now in its third View 7 class at Webster’s year, is open to resimore Corners Elementary dents of the Lower photos were asked to appeal Mainland and in past with to readers’ senses has seen as many as when creating a 100 poems entered. or online poem about all they In addition to sublearned. missions from these The students will Webster’s Corners be among a few students, a numdozen people submitber of entries have ting poems for the local been received from kids Honouring Our Veterans at Maple Ridge Christian
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October 31: Harvest party
November 1: Music
• Local chanteuse Wendy Biscuit returns to Kingfishers Waterfront Grill, 23840 River Rd., for her first hometown performance in almost a year, along with a talented group of the best jazz and blues players Vancouver has to offer from 9 p.m. to midnight. Reservations recommended at 604-4630094. Info: www.wendybiscuit.com.
November 2: Bazaar
• A “Classy Bazaar” runs from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Golden Ears United Church at 222nd Street and Dewdney Trunk Road. Info: Sue Kellas at 604-463-9611.
November 2: Farmers market
• Haney Farmers Market is at Grow and Gather, 24565 Dewdney Trunk Rd., and will be holding their final member appreciation day of the season. There will be a variety show in the Café Corner. Info: www.haneyfarmersmarket. org or 604-467-7433, ext 2.
November 2: The ACT
• The Grapes of Wrath perform at The ACT, 11944 Haney Pl., Maple Ridge, at 8 p.m. Tickets can be bought by calling 604-476-2787, by going to www.theactmapleridge.org, or by going to the box office at The ACT in person.
November 2: Maple Ridge Library
• Teens are invited to bring their competitive spirit to the Maple Ridge Library for Teen Quiz Night at 7 p.m. Form a team or come alone. Info: 604-467-7417.
November 2 & 3: Thrift sale
• Ridge Meadows Hospice Thrift Store is holding a 50-per-cent-off storewide sale (select items may be excluded). The store is open Monday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. The thrift store is at #312011 224th St. Info: 604-463-7711.
November 2: Bake sale
• Thomas Haney Secondary student Miranda Tymoschuk is holding a bake sale to raise money for her trip to Ghana in the spring. She will be going with a Free the Children group to do
• Maple Ridge Better Breathers Club meet in the Fraser Room of the Maple Ridge Library from noon to 1:30 p.m. This is a support group for people with COPD. Friends and family and new members are welcome. The guest speaker will be Rick Lescelle, respiratory therapist at Ridge Meadows Hospital.
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development work. The bake sale runs from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
November 3: Nature hike
• Alouette Field Naturalists travel to Campbell Valley Park in Langley. They will meet in the parking lot of ABC Restaurant, 20110 Lougheed Hwy., at 9:30 a.m. Info: Ken at 604-476-0105.
November 3: Legion
• Royal Canadian Legion Branch 88, 12101 224th St., Maple Ridge, will host a Remembrance Week church service with pastor Bob Goos at 11 a.m. This will be held in the main lounge and all members, families, and guests are welcome.
November 4: Seniors
• Ridge Meadows Seniors Society presents Fire Safety and Seniors at 1 p.m. in the main hall of the seniors centre, 12150 224th St., Maple Ridge. Info: 604467-4993.
November 5: Poetry
• The Holy Wow Poetry Show features poets Candice James, poet laureate of New Westminster, and Alan Hill. James will read from her book Shorelines and Hill will read from his book The Broken Word. The Holy Wow Poets meet at The ACT at 7 p.m.
November 5: Prostate 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 Pinetree Community Centre, 1260 Pinetree Way. All those involved with prostate problems are encouraged to come and share their concerns in a confidential atmosphere. Info: Norm at 604-936-8703 or Ken at 604-936-2998.
November 6: Interfaith dialogue
• Community members from diverse religious and spiritual backgrounds gather to discuss “Environment: How does your faith tradition call you to be in ‘right relation’ with the land and all living beings?” Many Candles Interfaith Dialogue series takes place at the Maple Ridge Library at 6:30 p.m.
November 16: Crop and Create
• St Patrick’s School Crop-and-Createa-thon takes place on Saturday, Nov. 16, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. The cost is $45 per person and includes space for crafting, reserved seating, Chinese dinner and beverage/unlimited coffee, door prizes, goodie bags, and make-and-take projects. Info: Gen at genlopez@shaw. ca or 778-386-7678. St Patrick’s School is at 22589 121st Ave. Maple Ridge.
Theatre in the Country
• Theatre in the Country presents its third show Sleuth. On Fridays and Saturdays from Nov. 1 to Nov. 30, there will be dinner theatre with a full roast beef buffet. On Nov. 9, 23, and 30, there will be luncheon shows, and on Sundays Nov. 3, 10, 17, and 24 at 4 p.m., there will just be a performance. Theatre In The Country is located at 9975 272nd St., Maple Ridge. Info: office@theatreinthecountry. com or 604-2599737.
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Collection translates to sleepover
Owen Koehler (left) and William Martin-Nilson (right), of the 1st Albion Beaver Scouts, bagged a variety of plastic bottles scattered around the grounds of Albion Elementary. The beavers and leaders were at the school and canvassing door-to-door recently, collecting bottles to raise money for their upcoming sleepover event at Science World.
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• Open Door Church presents its second annual Halloween Carnival from 6 to 9 p.m. with games, prizes, candy, hot chocolate, and fun. The family event for kids and adults is free to attend. The church is at 11391 Dartford St., Maple Ridge. Info: 604-779-7229 or info@opendoorfamily.ca. • A neighbourhood harvest block party takes place from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Join in the fun and enjoy outdoor movies with popcorn, bouncy castles, play area, candy land, petting zoo, train rides, free hot dogs and hot chocolate, and food trucks. The party takes place at 11011 Cameron Crt., Maple Ridge.
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SPCA fundraiser
• Tickets are on sale for a Nov. 22 fundraiser for the Maple Ridge branch of the SPCA, Art for Animals, which is an art, wine, and cheese event. The fundraiser takes place at The ACT from 7 to 10 p.m. Tickets are $35. They can be bought at the shelter, 10235 Jackson Rd., or by calling 604-463-9511.
Film series
• Is the book always better than the movie? Come to the Maple Ridge Library and find out – the Books on Film series runs every Tuesday until Nov. 12 at 6 p.m. at the Maple Ridge Library, #130-22470 Dewdney Trunk Rd. Info: 604-467-7417.
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Popular folk-rock band reunited Grapes of Wrath will perform on The ACT’s main stage Saturday.
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Lynne Bradley, head of the BIA’s core area patrol, removed graffiti from a shed on North Avenue.
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Cleanup deterring taggers Graffiti is down significantly in Haney thanks to a program designed to remove it within 24 hours. by Maria Rantanen mrantanen@mrtimes.com
Graffiti in the downtown core is down significantly thanks to an ongoing cleanup program. From 2010 to the end of 2012, there was a 78-per-cent decrease in graffiti in downtown Maple Ridge, said Ineke Boekhorst, executive director of the Downtown Maple Ridge Business Improvement Association. She chalks up the significant decrease to the BIA’s persistence in getting rid of graffiti within 24 hours of its appearance. Several anti-graffiti measures have been put in place in the downtown area, but the most effective measure is to remove it as soon as possible, thereby discouraging other taggers. “The sooner it is removed, the less graffiti we have,” Boekhorst said. Graffiti artists tag public places to voice their ideas and opinions, and the longer it stays on, the longer their message is seen by the public. When the BIA was established in 2007,
there was a lot of graffiti in the downtown area, she said, so their efforts to remove it quickly began almost at the inception of the organization. The BIA offered to paint over any graffiti in the downtown core, as long as the business provided the paint. One Maple Ridge real estate office was tagged three nights in a row. Each day, the realtors painted over it, and finally after the third night, the taggers didn’t come back, Boekhorst explained. Graffiti removal companies charge a lot, Boekhorst said, so helping paint over tags supports the smaller businesses who often can’t afford to pay someone for the service. “The cost to the small business is enormous – labour and cost,” she said. But large graffiti tags on buildings are minimal these days, Boekhorst said. Lynne Bradley, in charge of the BIA’s core area patrol, still walks around Haney with a container of wipes to clean off metal poles, mailboxes, and hydro boxes where taggers strike regularly. If graffiti is left on a building after a week, the business can be ticketed by the Maple Ridge bylaw office. Any downtown business that needs help getting rid of graffiti can call the BIA for help at 604-467-2420.
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Those nostalgic for the late 1980s and 1990s can take in the sound of the Canadian folk-rock trio Grapes of Wrath this Saturday at The ACT. Those who lived in Canada in the late 1980s could hardly avoid the jangle-pop strains of the Beatlesque sound emanating from every dorm room, that dominated alternative radio playlists across the country with singles like All the Things I Wasn’t and What Was Going Through My Head propelling the band to platinum success. Originally from Kelowna, the band
formed in 1983 and enjoyed its greatest commercial success in the late 1980s and early 90s. They disbanded in 1992, but reformed in 2009 and are currently associated with Toronto’s Aporia Records. Prior to re-emerging, the band name was tied up in litigation. During that time, most of the band continued to record through the 1990s as Ginger. Now, one of Canada’s most popular and well-loved bands – Grapes of Wrath – performs Saturday, Nov. 2 at 8 p.m. at The ACT, 11944 Haney Pl. Tickets are $38 for adults and $15 for students. They can be bought at The ACT, or by calling 604-476-2787, or going to their website at www.theactmapleridge.org.
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A little girl is doing her part to help make Christmas merry for the less fortunate. by Troy Landreville
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Robert and Christina Williams feel lucky to have two healthy daughters, Maya and Edie, along with a large extended family. Now, the Pitt Meadows family wants to share their good fortune with the community. Maya turns three next Tuesday, Nov. 5 and her parents are urging guests at her birthday party on Saturday, to – in lieu of gifts – bring gently used toys for donation to the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Christmas Hamper Society. A member of the Lower Mainland Christmas Bureau, the 100 per cent volunteer-run society donates toys and gift certificates for food to local families in need during the holidays. Society co-chair Lorraine Bates is thrilled with Maya’s donation. “What a wonderful gesture,” Bates said, noting this could equate to a large donation to the society with more than 25 people expected at Maya’s birthday bash.
“We have a very big family,” said After Maya’s party, the family will Christina, on maternity leave from be dropping off the donation at the her post as national director of sales society depot at Albion Fairgrounds. and marketing with Play Taxi Media. Christina wasn’t aware of the ham“I’ve invited all of the guests to per before, and learned about it by bring one or two gently used toys.” doing some research. Electronics with working batteries She’s encouraging other families are preferred, Christina added. and residents in Maple Ridge and Pitt Growing up, she and her cousins Meadows to make a similar gesture. were urged to donate items, includ“If they are having events or any ing toys, to the less fortunate. other birthday parties between She wants to continue this tradition now and Christmas, to do the same with her children. thing,” Christina said. “With Maya and Edie, our house Many families have an abundance looks like Christmas morning almost of toys, and with Santa on his way every day with all of the toys that for those lucky enough, there will be they already have,” new toys coming in, Christina said. “We’re she noted. “…children out there fortunate enough to “To know that who will benefit from have toys to give. It there’s children warms my heart to having a little Christmas out there who will picture a child having benefit from having spirit… I think it’s a a gift on Christmas a little Christmas beautiful thing.” morning.” spirit, or Christmas For the most part, magic, I think it’s a Christina Williams Maya understands beautiful thing and what’s happening. I think it is really easy for us to do “Some days she’s like, ‘Let’s that,” Christina said. “Fortunate or donate this toy, and this toy, and this not, there’s a lot of pressure on partoy. And other days, because she’s ents to provide certain things to their just turning three, it’s a new conkids that time of the year. My heart cept,” Christina explained. goes out to parents in need, who are Mom wants to foster her daughter’s stretched financially and aren’t able gratitude for what they have, as well to do as much as they want. Why as the importance of sharing. wouldn’t you want to share?”
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CityTalks November 2013
Get Involved with the Budget Process for your City Each fall, the City prepares business plans and budgets for the following year. Public presentations on these plans will be held at City Hall on the following dates: December 4 (5:30 to 9:00pm) – Presentation of Business Plans December 5 (9:00am to 4:00pm) – Presentation of Business Plans December 12 (5:30 to 9:00pm) – Budget Deliberations December 16 (5:30 to 9:00pm) – Budget Deliberations Presentations will include highlights of each department’s Business Plan over the following year. We encourage citizens to attend the meetings and offer input into the budgeting process. Business Plans will also be available online and in print at Pitt Meadows City Hall and the Pitt Meadows Library as of November 29 for the public to review. To learn more about the business planning process, visit pittmeadows.bc.ca.
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Do you have a home-based business? Help us break a world record! One of the goals for the Pitt Meadows Centennial celebrations in 2014 includes breaking the Guiness Word Record for the most people maypole dancing. We need maypole dancing instructors to volunteer to work with our local schools and other groups so participants can join in! If you would like to be one of our maypole dancing instructors, please contact our Centennial Coordinator, Erin Mark at 100years@pittmeadows.bc.ca.
Pitt Meadows Economic Development is hosting a ‘get to know you’ meeting on Thursday, November 20th between 10am – 4pm. Please contact Kristi at the Economic Development office by calling 604.465.9481 to learn more and schedule a time.
Regular Council Meetings
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Help direct the City’s priorities on active transportation in Pitt Meadows! The City is currently seeking residents who will sit on the Active Transportation Advisory Committee, which advises Council and staff on strategic priorities and policies relating to active transportation in Pitt Meadows using our pedestrian and cycling master Plan as a guide. Other matters may include education and promotion of active transportation modes,including the biannual Bike to Work Week.Visit our website to find out how to apply at pittmeadows.bc.ca.
Pedestrian Safety. This week, ICBC, Ridge Meadows RCMP and City staff were at the West Coast express station handing out pedestrian reflectors to commuters, as a reminder to use extra caution when crossing the street, along with safety tips, such as removing headphones and not talking or texting on smartphones when in an intersection. For more pedestrian safety tips, visit icbc.com. For more about these issues, visit our website at pittmeadows.bc.ca.
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What’s On
Council is committed to bringing some of their meetings out to the community. This month, Council held a special Council Meeting at Pitt Meadows Secondary School, with local students. Students were presented with volunteer opportunities for the upcoming Centennial celebrations, and had the opportunity to ask questions of Council about various issues in the community.Many thanks to staff and students at PMSS for hosting this opportunity for Council to reach out to Pitt Meadows youth!
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Nov 2
Family Fitness Day. First annual Family Fitness Day at the Pitt Meadows Family Recreation Centre from 11:30-5:30pm. Free try-it-out sessions for all ages!
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Walters pointed out residents of Pitt Meadows keep asking for more services, and never is council asked to cut them. “Our mandate is to deliver services to citizens,” she said. Suggestions for cutting also included reducing firefighter training by 12 hours per member, eliminating the annual public arts funding which is $26,000, reducing City staff resulting in savings of $77,000, and eliminating the one vacant full-time police position, saving $70,000. This would save about half a million dollars and therefore keep property taxes from going up next year.
Roberts said he’s impressed by the services provided by the City considering the average tax increase per household over the last 10 years has been $72. “My opinion is the City of Pitt Meadows delivers a variety of good services... for a very reasonable value and budget,” Roberts said. Pitt Meadows resident Tom Murray has been collecting a petition asking council to target a zero-per-cent tax increase. The City’s budget planning takes place on Dec. 4 and 5, and continues on Dec. 12 and 16. The meetings are open to the public and there will be opportunities for input.
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Original artwork
Paintings from estate find home in libraries
Both the Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows libraries have received works by the late William Allister.
libraries. The three paintings are part of 20 by Allister valued in total at $164,000. According to Allister’s widow Mona, the painter spent many hours in the Delta library enjoying the books and completing his research for his paintings. Near the end of his life he expressed his wish to her te ta es r’s te lis Al illiam that the paintings be accessAcclaimed artist W to the Fraser Valley s ing int pa ible to the community. 20 d te e dona at th osts is one of two “William took so much Regional Library. Gh . ry joy in his creative expresra Lib e dg Maple Ri sion that he wanted ‘everyone’ to see it, and what better place donor relations manager with than at his library to make his the Fraser Valley Regional art available to people of all ages Library (FVRL), the artwork is and walks of life,” Mona said. already on display in the local
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New artwork will be on display at local libraries thanks to the estate of acclaimed Canadian artist William Allister. The Maple Ridge library received two painting: Into Africa and Ghosts, while the Pitt Meadows library received Pow Wow Trance. According to Irene Geng,
Nineteen of collecthe 20 painttion.” ings make All up Allister’s of the International paintCollection of ings renderings and will be symbols highpermalighting the nently interconnechoused tion of culin varitures through- Pow Wow Tr ous FVRL ance, by the late W illiam Allister is on out history. locations display at the Pitt Meadows library. The 20th and reprowas a special ductions donation to the FVRL branch of the artclosest to Allister’s home. work can be purchased. “The more time we spend with For more information see them [the paintings], the more the Allister Art page under the excited we get,” noted Geng. Support FVRL tab at www.fvrl. “It’s an absolutely wonderful ca.
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Gymnast, coaches honoured at banquet Maple Ridge gymnast Poppy Quinlan received a $500 scholarship for her academic, sport, and community contribution from Gymnastics BC. The sports organization honoured the province’s top athletes, coaches, and volunteers at its annual awards banquet this past Saturday in Burnaby.
Quinlan trains at Shasta in New Westminster, but she has also coached at Quantum Gymnastics in Maple Ridge. Three Maple Ridge coaches were also honoured: Vasile Cosariu and Dorina Stan with Flicka Gymnastics in North Vancouver and David Kenwright from Shasta in New Westminster were honoured as the
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