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Grace Decorby, eight, and Andrew Goncalves, seven (forefront) were joined by other 1st Haney Scout group members Cade Lazarenko, 13, Calin Woodrow, 11, and Bailey Sheppard, 13, to showcase the artwork for their Christmas float.
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The 1st Haney Scout group has been preparing their float for a year for Saturday’s Santa Claus Parade in Maple Ridge. This is the fourth year the scout group has taken part in the parade, and it’s a way to show Maple Ridge they’re involved in the community, said leader Jason Martin.
Friends and family usually line the streets and clap as they go by, Martin said. “It’s quite cool – the kids are proud they’re in the parade,” he said. They’re not the only ones preparing for the Santa Claus Parade and Christmas in the Park – a committee, headed by Dianne Enns, has been meeting all year to organize the free, family-oriented event. For Enns, watching children’s reactions to the parade is the highlight of the event. “When they see Santa, the whole world is lit up for them,” she said. This year, the parade starts around 6 p.m.
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at Plaza Street, turning east on Dewdney Trunk Road, then south on 224th Street and onto Selkirk Avenue. While the parade is about an hour and a half, 224th Street will be shut down from about 5:30 to 9 p.m. The Christmas in the Park portion of the festivities includes a live nativity play, entertainment and free refreshments. The Christmas event is also a fundraiser for the Friends In Need Food Bank and the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Christmas Hamper Society.
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Pitt Meadows council started its budget talks on Wednesday, and Maple Ridge council launches into it next week – both with pressure to keep tax increases low. Going through the budget documents, Pitt Meadows Mayor Deb Walters said she can see items that she can live withDeb Walters out, but she Pitt Meadows mayor wants to hear both sides of the argument. A petition with more than 1,400 names was presented to council asking for a zero-percent tax increase. This petition as well as other public input will be part of council’s considerations, Walters said. “We understand people are stretched, but they also want services,” she added. Maple Ridge starts business planning on Monday and will hold a public question-andanswer period from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at municipal hall. Budget documents are available at www.pittmeadows.bc.ca and www.mapleridge.ca.
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Toys being collected The West Coast Express Santa Train will be back on track Saturday, Dec. 8 and Saturday, Dec. 15, offering free rides to passengers in return for new, unwrapped toys. Now in its 16th year, the Santa Train collects toys on behalf of the Christmas bureaus throughout the communities including the Maple RidgePitt Meadows Christmas Hamper Society. Fred Cummings, president of the West Coast Express said their passengers “have embraced the Santa Train because it’s a fun-filled way to give back to families in need in their communities.” • More at www.mrtimes.com Sandy Blue is Manager for Strategic Economic Development for Maple Ridge. Contact her at sblue@mapleridge.ca
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Growing up, Clay and Abraham Gagnon learned about giving back to the community from their mom. So eight years ago, when the owners of Whonnock Roofing were trying to think of some way to give back to their community, the Friends In Need Food Bank was the natural charity of choice. “When we were kids, my mom donated to the food bank several times a year – especially at Christmas,” Clay said. On Tuesday morning, Clay and Abraham, along with their families and employees, arrived at Save-On Foods at Valley Fair Mall, donning their Santa hats and Whonnock Roofing hoodies, and set out to shop till they dropped. After pushing eight large bins of food items through the till, though, the brothers looked at the bill and decided to do another round of shopping, bringing the bill up to $6,060. This year, they surpassed the $40,000 mark in their eight years of donating to the Friends In Need Food Bank, Normally, it’s hard to get their kids out of bed for school, but Tuesday morning, when they knew they were doing their annual Christmas shopping for the food bank, there was no
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problem getting them up. “They were jumping out of bed,” Clay said. Their kids are also learning about giving back to the community and helping the less fortunate, Clay said. Not only do they take part in the annual food bank shopping spree, they also help out at their church, Burnett Fellowship, making sandwiches for people living in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver. Clay’s daughter, Isabelle, is especially enthusiastic about
making food for the less fortunate and is always at the church on Saturday night. “She’s running with these sandwiches, all gung-ho,” Clay said. And, at 11, Isabelle would like to help more, but is restricted by her age. “[She] wants to help in the soup kitchen, but she can’t until she’s 12,” Clay said. Whonnock Roofing saves up the money for the food bank Christmas donation all year long in a separate account.
But because the grocery store knows they’re coming, the staff work hard to make sure they get the best deals and this significantly lowers the cost. This year, the Gagnons also bought $500 worth of Share Coupons, which the food bank can then use towards eggs and milk and other perishable items when the need arises.
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The education minister was impressed by the innovation taking place in the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows school district, but didn’t promise any new funds to alleviate tight budgets. Peter Fassbender, who was elected MLA for SurreyFleetwood, and named minister of education this spring, toured Thomas Haney Secondary on Tuesday after meeting with the local board of education. Board chair Mike Murray said the meeting was “very positive,” and he felt their concerns were heard by Fassbender. However, the minister told them that finances are still “really difficult” at the provincial level, but hopefully they won’t be for long. “What he emphasized was our common goal, which is to provide an education that is relevant for students,” Murray said. Fassbender served as a school trustee for the Langley board of education in the late 1970s and early 80s. He was known then for his platform of getting back to the
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Peter Fassbender, the minister of education, met with students at Thomas Haney Secondary, Angar Ahmadzai (above), and (right) Luke D’Onofrio and Nicholas Girard. basics. On Tuesday, he said he still believes in getting the basics in education while applying these basics to real-life situations. “Fundamental skills of reading, writing, literacy, numeracy are absolutely critical to everyone’s journey,” Fassbender said. “But what I see in this high school is if students have a good, solid foundation, then
they start to spread their wings and explore their passions and visions for the future.” “You don’t have to lose the basics, you just have to apply them in real-life situations,” Fassbender added. The ministry of education
is currently developing a new education plan and new curriculum, and, for Fassbender, the important aspect is compressing the number of things that currently need to be covered by teachers.
Partial remains of a missing Maple Ridge woman have been found near her home in east Maple Ridge, but police don’t suspect foul play. Anita Young’s body was found Friday by a neighbour, but it wasn’t confirmed until Tuesday that it was the woman who went missing on Oct. 5 – just a few weeks before her 44th birthday. Following her disappearance, police and search teams repeatedly combed the area around her home, near McNutt Road north of Dewdney Trunk Road, said RCMP Sgt. Dale Somerville. “Police are now working with the B.C. Coroner’s office to determine a cause of death,” he said. At the time of her disappearance police were concerned about her mental well-being, and this never changed throughout the search for her. While police can not rule out foul play until they have the coroner’s report, they are not treating her death as suspicious, Somerville said.
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Shorten lists to remember There are 14 names that we should all try to remember this week: Geneviève Bergeron, Hélène Colgan, Nathalie Croteau, Barbara Daigneault, Anne-Marie Edward, Maud Haviernick, Barbara Klucznik Widajewicz, Maryse Laganière, Maryse Leclair, Anne-Marie Lemay, Sonia Pelletier, Michèle Richard, Annie St-Arneault, and Annie Turcotte. There’s another name that we will not deign to mention here – but most people will remember it easily enough. It’s more difficult to bring to mind the names of the victims than to remember those who made them important to remember. As so often is the case, there was only one killer at l’Ecole Polytechnique on Dec. 6, 1989, and there were so very many victims. The 14 names above belong to the young women who died in “the Montreal Masscre.” Because they did not deserve to die, they deserve to be remembered. They deserve to be remembered, just as all the women and girls who die as a result of deliberate acts of gender-based violence in this country and elsewhere every year deserve to be remembered. Astoundingly, in a country as affluent and socially advanced as Canada, more than 60 women are killed by their spousal partners every year – more than one every six days. Men assaulting their partners account for 12 per cent of violent crimes in Canada… and it has been estimated that less than a quarter of such crimes are ever reported to police, so the real percentage is certainly much, much higher. Friday, the 24th anniversary of the Montreal Massacre, is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women in Canada. Take the time to remember – and to reflect on what can be done to shorten the lists of victims. – B.G.
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Peace on Earth or trample thy neighbour? Countdown to Christmas: All and killed a worker and injured the mercenary masses have four others, one of whom was a returned from Black Friday in woman who was eight-months America, leaving millions of dolpregnant. lars behind. (You’ve heard this Many of the comments on the rant before, so I won’t go on). site blame Wal-Mart, the quintesIsn’t it enough we have our sential big box store, though not own Target store? If nothing the only one. else, the Black marketeers have This doesn’t happen at the spurred the appearance of Black Ruskin General Store! And really, Friday sales in this country in the over the course of seven years hope of keeping the bargain huntand in a country of 300 million, by Tim Tyler ers north of the 49th. seven deaths ain’t that bad. t3atyler@shaw.ca I will do all my shopping I would’ve figured they’d be in locally, because I don’t like going double figures by now, considerto the States – I can’t stand the insinuations of ing the mentality of some of those shoppers: it’s those power-drunk border guards who figure we the running of the bulls out there, or a band of must all be drug dealers or terrorists. rogue elephants terrorizing the local village. I support local businesses, the same ones who One wag summed it up quite nicely by saydonate to your children’s fundraisers, because ing, “The gene pool is cleansing itself.” Another they’re friends and neighbours (we put the “u” mentioned that some thugs just want to be part in neighbour) and contribute to this economy. of the action, the same type of people who were And it’s easier just to give the cashier at involved in the 2011 Canucks riot. London Drugs or Target (that’s “Tar-jeh,” by So there you go: peace on Earth, good will the way) my Visa card and come back in an toward men, and all that; Christ died on the hour with my purchases, which I get wrapped cross so you could run over pregnant women in the mall by some nice ladies from a hospice going for the latest version of the Xbox. Kind of somewhere; if I have any money left, I buy the makes you proud, don’t it, knowing you are the Christmas rum and some mixed nuts in preparasame species as some of those ignoramuses. tion for the annual viewing of It’s A Wonderful On another front: I have made Geeske de Boer Life and the Polar Express, films that we watch Poker “mad” with my use of the German title on the big screen TV that I bought here in Maple “Herr” in front of Randy Kamp’s name. Geeske Ridge, (a.k.a. Bellingham north). and Randy are both Dutch Canadians. An interesting sidebar to the holiday mayhem Holland was invaded by the Nazis in the and madness comes courtesy of a website called Second World War. I am insensitive, I watched BlackFridayDeathCount.com that has tallied the and enjoyed Hogan’s Heroes, a spoof of the number of deaths and injuries on a day that has Nazis, in the 1960s. Fact is, you go online, you become synonymous with violence. can find many references to Harper as Hitler, To date, since 2006 there have been seven with the lying and the prorogation, with his deaths and 90 injuries attributed to such activmembership in 1989 in the ultra-right-wing ities as motor vehicle accidents, parking lot stab- Northern Foundation (along with Conrad Black), bings and shootings, as well as pepper spraywhich included in its ranks neo-Nazis, white ings. supremacists, anti-feminist crusaders, skin heads In one instance, shoppers ignored and stepped – this while he was Reform Party policy chief. It over the body of a 61-year-old pharmacist who is alleged some links to these whackos still exist collapsed and later died of a heart condition. in the Conservative Party. Stampeding shoppers at a Wal-Mart trampled Herr today, gone tomorrow, we can only hope.
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B.C. walks away with poverty title
Dear Editor, The Lions didn’t quite make it, the Whitecaps fell short, and it looks like the Canucks’ chances are slim. But our government has ensured that we have regained top spot – in terms of child poverty in Canada. It is shameful that we have a child poverty rate of more than 18 per cent, and that the rate of 21 per cent for children under six years of age is eight percentage points higher than the Canadian average. Equally distressing is the fact that 50 per cent of children living in a single-mother family live below the low-income cutoff used by Statistics Canada. British Columbia has the most unequal distribution of income among rich and poor
families with children. I know the generous folks of Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows will again respond magnificently to the needs of our neighbours through the Friends In Need Food Letters to Bank and the Christmas hamper the Editor society who do such an awesome job of responding to needs. Each year they see a growing need among children, seniors, and working people. I invite you, as you give to these worthy causes, to call or write your member of Parliament or your MLA, to let them know that this cannot continue, and that you are upset and troubled by the fact that so many children in your community live in poverty. Bob Goos, Maple Ridge
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Dear Editor, This is just a short note to a cat owner. I thought he or she might want to know. I know I would. I mean this for the person who once owned and loved that beautiful, young tricoloured, long-haired female cat – not a kitten anymore, but still young, with fine features, a gorgeous colour pattern in the face, and a long, bushy tail. Her owner must have moved away from the North Albion area sometime this summer and not found time to look for a new loving home for their cat, or time to bring her to Katie’s Place or the SPCA just down the road, or maybe felt ashamed to do so – which is very unfortunate, as the people there are really nice and understanding. Or maybe they weren’t from the area at all, but thought a cat dropped off near the SPCA or Katie’s Place would find its way to their doors on its own. Or maybe their much-loved kitty got ill – some illness, maybe, that prevents a cat from eating – and they didn’t have the
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Dear Editor, Tony Clement, minister of the Treasury Board seems to feel it is okay to criticize a Mountie for smoking pot. For that Mountie, it is not merely a recreational thing, but for treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome (PTSD). How dare he criticize a man who has this dreadful ailment. I, too, have PTSD. I was not diagnosed until 56 years after the fact. The cause can be any number of things. It makes a mess of the head. In my case, it was the hideously burned face of a man who was cooked alive by super-heated steam. I survived a troop train wreck on Nov. 21, 1950. It was something I could never talk about, for it was too painful. My kids knew nothing about it. It happened up near Valemont, a few miles north of Kamloops. There was a memorial cairn built at the site, on Canoe River. In 1991 there was a commemoration for the 17 young men who died that day. I attended. Soon after, I was to find out that not all the bodies were recovered, and I once again felt the survivors’ guilt. There was additional guilt, because I wondered, with men trapped under all that wreckage, perhaps still alive, if we had in effect abandoned them. If Mr. Clement hasn’t walked in their shoes, he has no right to sit in judgment. Robert W. Stirling, Maple Ridge For more letters to the editor visit... www.mrtimes.com – Click on Opinion/Letters.
money for the vet and couldn’t watch her die, so they gave her the freedom of the woods. I went on a walk shortly before lunch, on the trail past the duck pond, and saw that cat sitting on a log by the wayside. I bent down to pet her… my hand touched bone. I picked her up; a hummingbird must have weighed more. She lay quietly in my arms, too weak to lift her head. I gently stroked her matted fur, traced every bone as if there wasn’t even skin to cover them. My finger could have encircled her spine. I took her home, snuggled her into warm towels, drove to our vet to pick up special food and kitten milk. I gingerly fed her 20 millilitres of kitten milk every 40 minutes with a syringe; she had starved too long to know how to eat. She twitched her tail in response, and I imagined I heard a cautious purr. I wished so much to hear a purr. She seemed to be doing all right, as all right as she could do. Mostly sleeping. From time to time she walked around the room. Then she began to wobble, and lost her balance altogether. There was a seizure, some vomiting. She died in my arms at 9 p.m I thought someone might want to know. Brigitta Schneiter, Maple Ridge
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Crafts
Thornhill candle studio opens with artisan fair Several artisans are coming together to display their work this weekend. by Maria Rantanen
A new candle studio opens this weekend in Thornhill – and its launch will include an artisan fair featuring local crafts. Betty and Klaus von Hardenberg have been making beeswax candles for several years, and they have built a studio next to their Thornhill home – largely from reclaimed lumber – to house their operation and a studio. They have invited a group of artisans, some Thornhill residents, some former residents, and other from a bit farther away, to help them launch their studio. The group of artisans that the von Hardenbergs invited have a wide variety of talents, ranging from wood turning to knitting fine items. Claudia Hayward, whose pieces are featured through Circle Craft, has been doing woodwork for 35 years, most of that on Thornhill. She quit her job as a wildlife biologist and her husband stopped teaching in the late 1970s, and they began working with wood full-time.
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Photographer Laurie Stott will be displaying her “painting with light” photos, a series of photographs that are done with a technique that makes Maria Rantanen/TIMES them look like they are Klaus von Hardenberg, Laurie Stott, Claudia Hayward, Betty von Hardenberg, and Dutchie Mathison are some of the artists and artisans taking part painted. in the Thornhill Artisan Fair this weekend. Stott likes to photograph everyday scenarios Dutchie Mathison, also taking Hayward said many people pushing her to paint more and and focus on things that many will say they can’t use her pieces part in the show, paints in three show her work at their launch. people just pass by. – bowls, pepper mills, pizza The former Thornhill resident, themes: she does a homestead The Thornhill Artisan Fair runs cutters, knives, cheese boards, series, a native series, and a who has relocated to the Kanaka on Dec. 7 and 8, from 10 a.m. cutting board, trivets – because whimsical series. Creek area, said she’s glad to be they are too beautiful, but she The latter is “anything that showing her work again, and for to 4 p.m. at the Von Hardenberg Candle Studio, 9730 Spilsbury wants her wood pieces to be comes to my mind,” she said. the first time, will be showing St., Maple Ridge. functional. She has not been painting her work with other artists. For more information, go to much for the past few years, but “Life’s too short not to use “I’m really pleased to be showwww.thornhillartisanfair.com. beautiful things,” Hayward said. ing with them,” she said. the von Hardenbergs have been or online
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at the Open Door Church this Saturday, Dec. 7. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. with the entertainment beginning at 7 p.m. “I am so happy to see so many groups and communities here in Canada come together to help,” the young singer-songwriter said. by Ronda Payne “I asked my fellow editorial@mrtimes.com young artists to join me in Music seems to be the this fundraising concert, way Maple Ridge and Breaking Barriers, so that Pitt Meadows are providwe, the youth, can also ing assistance to typhoon contribute whatever we Haiyan victims. Not just can to help.” the music, but the funds Performers from all over raised from musical the Lower Mainland will events. join Jade and locals Jada A recent Sunday evenMcKenzie-Moore, DaniElle ing at the Billy Miner Ale Severinski, and Darren House was the first, with Exley. TIMES photographer Rick A silent auction will also Moyer joining friends be offered at the event. in the HouseRules band Together with Jade, her for “Jammin’ for the mother Jackie Diy, and Philippines.” co-producer Peter Tam, It was a fun evening the group hopes to raise according to Moyer, who at least $2,000 which will noted 50/50 tickets were bring the total donated to sold, with the winner, Paul $4,000 when matched by Randy Ordinario photo Hendriks, donating more the federal government. Ria Jade is organizing a concert money after his win. Volunteers from fundraiser on Saturday. The next Jammin’ event Garibaldi Secondary will features James Buddy be helping at the event Rogers at the Kingfisher on Friday, Dec. along with Sara Stanley. 13. Tickets are $10. People can find out Also coming soon is Breaking Barriers, more at https://www.facebook.com/ a youth talent event featuring Ria Jade events/548825855211348/?ref=5.
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Downtown Maple Ridge
Christmas bells given new life Old moulds for the 1960s decorations have been dusted off. by Eric Zimmer editorial@mrtimes.com
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Ridge Meadows RCMP were on Golden Ears Way on Friday evening, joined by Rudy from Operation Red Nose, reminding folks not to drink and drive.
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Reindeer kicks into party mode For the sixth holiday season in a row, volunteer drivers will ensure local partiers get home safe. by Eric Zimmer editorial@mrtimes.com
Police and a large reindeer named Rudy are once again combining forces to help holiday revellers get home safe at the end of the night. Operation Red Nose (ORN) is back for its sixth year in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows. A road safety campaign against impaired driving, ORN’s main objective is to have a team of volunteers provide free, safe ride home – in their own car – to any motorist who isn’t fit to drive. Using the patron’s own vehicle ensures that their car will make it home with them and they won’t have to go hunting for it the next day, said Linda Palm, ORN manager for Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows, Abbotsford and Mission. And though the program is free, donations are appreciated, as this is the primary fundraiser for PacificSport Fraser Valley. ORN: 604-515-6673 The ORN donations enable the group to deliver sport programs and services to youth, high-performance athletes, and coaches in the Fraser Valley, Palm explained, who said there’s still a need for more volunteer drivers. “Last year, we had over 100 volunteers, this year, we just registered our 75th,” said Palm, who has been with ORN in Abbotsford and Mission since she started with PacificSport 13 years ago. She began ORN in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows after noticing “a gap in service here.” This past Friday and Saturday marked the first weekend of this season for ORN mascot Rudy and the team. Palm said the first night (Friday) was pretty quiet and featured local celebrities and sponsors partaking in the kickoff. In total, she said, they had “about 15 calls.” Saturday night saw a huge jump in rides with 60 calls over the course of the night. Last year, the total number of calls over the course of the season was 502. There are eight nights left (Dec. 6, 7, 13, 14, 20, 21 and 31) for ORN service in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows, and anyone planning to party is encouraged to call 604515-6673 between the hours of 9 p.m and 3 a.m. Those wanting more information can check out the
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It’s a sure sign of the season. Throughout downtown Maple Ridge, bright, festive lights and bells adorn city streets and give a holiday glow to the community. The project is overseen by David Boag, parks and facilities director. Calling on their inhouse electrician and the staff at Boileau Electric, the District’s electrical contractor, Boag said the display typically takes a couple weeks to completely put up. “The District’s electrician assists the contractor to put up the decorations,” Boag explained. “We also have two parks staff who installed the lights on the tree trunks.” Grant Coghill, of Boileau, said the display design is drawn up by the municipality and doesn’t change too much from year to year. “We’ve been doing this with them for probably 15 to 20 years,” he said. Boag said the display, which is now complete for this year, features a couple of notable changes,
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The bells in downtown Maple Ridge have been a fixture since the 1960s. The museum was able to dig up a picture dating back to the 1970s. new ideas, and a story of new and old. “We’ve taken the lights that used to be on the canopies and strung them around the tree trunks,” Boag explained. “We also have $60,000 worth of new snowflake lights spread over 3.5 km, including 224th, 227th and Dewdney.” Boag stressed the money
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does not come from taxpayers pockets though. “The funds for the lights are funds that the [District] takes in as revenue from the gaming centre here in town,” he said. The display this year also features a renewed community favourite: the bells. At one point, it looked
like the bells that had been part of the display since 1960 would not be a part of this year’s show. They were becoming brittle and their use was in question, according to Boag. “However, through public consultation, we found that the bells were actually a community favourite,” he said. As luck would have it, some old bell moulds were found in the District’s worksyard. They were then sent to a company in Port Coquitlam that made new bells out of the old moulds. This means that the brand-new bells look like the ones that have always been there, Boag said. As an added bonus, the company offered to safely store the moulds. The cherry on top came when the company reached a deal with the District to make and sell moulds to other communities and pay royalties to Maple Ridge from each bell sale. Locals don’t have to worry about seeing copycat designs too close to home, though. “As part of the deal, the company agreed not to sell the lights to any community within 200 kilometres of Maple Ridge,” Boag said. The entire display is up from now until midJanuary.
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Family accepting donations from public in son’s memory Dropping off donations of new, unwrapped toys and gift cards at a home in Maple Ridge will help make Christmas brighter at Canuck Place.
As well, gift cards in small denominations are being accepted for families suffering financially through the holidays. They can include gift cards for gas, groceries, London Drugs, Pharmasave, Shoppers Drug Mart, Starbucks and Tim Hortons coffee cards, and cards for various by Troy Landreville restaurant chains. “We know what it’s tlandreville@mrtimes.com “It all matters to like to spend Christmas these families,” Stera A Maple Ridge famwrote on the Facebook ily that lost their young at Canuck Place as page. son to cancer is showItems can also be a family. There is no ing their appreciapicked up in Maple tion to Canuck Place, time, energy, or desire Ridge if people mesthrough a fundraising sage Stera through the to shop for gifts in the event. event’s Facebook page. Alix Stera, mom to middle of a crisis. We Canuck Place Connor who died from Children’s Hospice cancer, is extending wanted to… help lift provides specialized her thanks to what the burden for families pediatric palliative care she calls an “amazing children living with organization” through currently staying in the for a life-threatening illness a fundraiser that’s and support for their house.” ongoing until next families throughout the Sunday, Dec. 15. Facebook posting province of B.C. “We know what Items will be it’s like to spend delivered to Canuck Christmas at Canuck Place as a family,” Place, Ronald McDonald House and BC reads a Facebook page promoting the Children’s Hospital oncology on Dec. 19. charity event. “There is no time, energy, To link to the site, visit Facebook and or desire to shop for gifts in the middle type in Canuck Place, RMH & BCCH Toy of a crisis. We wanted to… help lift the Drive. burden for families currently staying in In 2010, at age seven, Connor was the house.” diagnosed. A CT scan and MRI revealed New, unwrapped presents for children a tumour building his brain stem. The of all ages and their parents are being tumour was removed by surgery, but accepted at the family’s home at 23020 then the treatments began. 125A Ave., in Maple Ridge.
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Christmas happenings December 5, 6 & 8: Theatre
• Burnett Fellowship Church, 20639 1234rd Ave., presents This Isn’t Christmas. The play runs on Dec. 5, 6, and 8 at 7:30 p.m. with a matinee at 3 p.m. on Dec. 8. Info: www. thisisntchristmas.com.
December 6: Pitt Meadows
• A Pitt Meadows Christmas celebration takes place in Spirit Square from 6 to 8 p.m. featuring music, entertainment, and holiday cheer.
December 7: Santa parade
• Christmas in the Park and the Santa Claus Parade take place from 4 to 8 p.m. in Memorial Peace Park. The parade begins around 5:30 p.m. In the park, there will be photos with Santa and live entertainment on the bandstand, with the Johnson Brothers as the headliner at 7:30 p.m. Attendees are asked to bring donations for the Friends In Need Food Bank and the Christmas hamper society.
December 7: Santa breakfast
• NorthRidge Church hosts Breakfast with Santa. This event is $5 per person and includes a pancake breakfast, and photos with Santa Claus. The event runs from 8 to 11 a.m. Participants are asked to bring a donations for the food bank. Register at www.nrchurch.ca.
December 8: Pitt Museum
• Pitt Meadows Museum holds its fifth annual gingerbread shack building event from 2 to 4 p.m. They provide the basics, and participants bring extra candies to share. Info: 604-465-4322.
December 10: Pitt Library
• A Christmas Pyjama Storytime takes place at the Pitt Meadows Library, #200-12099 Harris Rd., at 6:45 p.m. There will be Christmas stories, carols, and rhymes. Kids are encouraged to wear their pyjamas and bring their favourite stuffie.
December 10: Silvertones
• Join the Silvertones and other guests at the Maple Ridge Library at 7 p.m. for an adult evening of Christmas stories and songs.
December 12: Chamber lunch
• Chamber of Commerce is holding a Lunch with Santa from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at The Well at Chances Maple Ridge, 22710 Lougheed Hwy. Tickets are $45 and proceeds go to the Christmas hamper society. RSVP by Dec. 10 to 604-457-4599.
December 12: Countdown
• Celebrate Night Time Tales: Christmas Countdown at the Maple Ridge Library at 6:45 p.m. Enjoy an evening of holiday songs, stories, and a Christmas puppet show.
These Christmas event listings are free but at the discretion of the editor. To be considered for publication, items must be submitted at least 10 days prior to the publication date. Listings appear in print and at www.mrtimes.com. Submit to editorial@mrtimes.com.
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Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows Times people in the Phillipines affected by the typhoon, will be held at the Open Door Church, 11391 Dartford St., Maple Ridge. Artists set to perform are Ria Jade, Jada McKenzie-Moore, DaniElle Severinski, Kim and Zenia, Darren Exley, Glisha Dela Cruz, Louis Luzuka, Northern Rain Band, and the PNT Singing Idol finalists. Tickets are $10. Info: Bradley Christianson-Barker at 604-7797229 or Jackie at 604-466-5992.
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• Alouette Field Naturalists travel to Golden Ears Bridge wetlands. They will meet on Bonson Road in Pitt Meadows at 9 a.m. There’s parking at Bonson and Harris roads. Info: Ken at 604-476-0105.
December 12: Cycling advocacy
December 5, 6, & 7: Emerald Pigs
• Emerald Pig Theatrical Society presents The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, adapted from the book by C.S. Lewis. The play will be at The ACT, 11944 Haney Pl. on Dec. 5 and 6 at 7 p.m. and Dec. 7 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Tickets: www.theactmapleridge.org.
December 5: Seniors
• A Seniors Helping Seniors meeting takes place at 9:30 a.m. at the Ridge Meadows Seniors Activity Centre, 12150 224th St., Maple Ridge.
December 5: Dementia info
• A tele-workshop, “Understanding Behaviours,” will be held at 7 p.m. about dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, offering practical strategies that family caregivers can use when dealing with the challenges of supporting a person with dementia at home. To take part, visit www.alzheimerbc.org or phone toll-free 1-866-994-7745, and enter passcode 1122333 when prompted.
December 7: Book signing
• Little Cricket Gift Gallery, #102-22347 Lougheed Hwy., Maple Ridge, is hosting a book signing with actor Jackson Davies from the Beachcombers from noon to 1:30 p.m.
December 7: Typhoon fundraiser
• The regular monthly meeting of the Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows chapter of HUB: Your Cycling Connection will be held from 6:45 to 8:45 p.m. at the Maple Ridge Library.
December 12: Cinema Politica
• Cinema Politica Ridge Meadows presents Heart Of Sky, Heart Of Earth at 6:30 p.m. at Maple Ridge Municipal Hall, council chambers, 11995 Haney Pl. The Mayans of Central America are facing many atrocities in their communities. Heart of Sky, Heart of Earth follows the daily and ceremonial lives of six articulate young Maya as they struggle to protect their culture, environment and traditional economy. Admission is free. Info: www. cinemapolitica.org/screening/ridgemeadows/ heart-sky-heart-earth.
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December 12: Ex-Service women
• Ridge Meadows Ex-Service Women meet for their Christmas luncheon at noon at the Royal Canadian Legion, 12101 224th St., in the Fireside Room. Doors open at 11:30 a.m.
December 13: Fundraiser
• TIMES photographer Rick Moyer is hosting “Jammin’ for the Philippines” at the Kingfisher Bar & Grill, 23840 River Rd., Maple Ridge, featuring James “Buddy” Rogers and other special guests. Money raised will go to the Red Cross for disaster relief.
• Breaking Barriers, a fundraiser to help
• Full list: wwwmrtimes.com
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Foundation helps groups
A wide variety of local charities were recipients of this year’s Maple Ridge Community Foundation grants.
Nine local charities received a combined total of $16,000 in grants last week. The Maple Ridge Community Foundation (MRCF) gave the grants on Nov. 28 for programs and projects that help improve the quality of life for citizens in Maple Ridge. Robert Prince, president of MRCF said the foundation is “very pleased to once
again be in a position to assist so many... organizations.” “These groups do outstanding work for people of Maple Ridge,” Prince added. The 2013 recipients are as follows: YFC Youth Unlimited, Ridge Meadows Youth Advocacy, Three Rivers Area Scouts Group, Ridge Meadows Hospice Society, Alouette Addictions Services, Ridge Meadows Seniors Society, Friends In Need Food Bank, the CEED Centre Society, and the Fraser River All Nations Aboriginal Society. For more information about the foundation, go to www.mrcf.ca
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Flora and fauna
Mushroom and fungi population growing steadily
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s the year once again begins to come to a close and the gold and red leaves of the trees finally flutter to the ground to be swept up for the compost, I have seen many more different fungi in the areas of Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows and around the river banks than ever before. Their beautiful shades and shapes are a delight, but don’t be fooled, many of them are dangerous to the touch. Mushrooms and fungi are members of a family of living organisms, and lacking chlorophyll they obtain their food by absorption from surrounding medium. Each year, the fairy rings expand looking for new nutrients, travelling by threads or fila-
ments under the ground. The showy fly agaric has many shades of colour from red, orange to brown and white. They are large with small nodules across the cap. They grow under pine and deciduous trees and are very poisonous. It has hallucinogenic properties, and although there have been no recorded deaths from this mushroom, it is unwise to eat it and best to wash your hands after touching it. The delicate fairy helmets range from brown to lilac in shade and grow in wonderful fairy rings across the lawn or on damp stream banks. They have slender stalks and small “helmet” shaped tops and are not edible. They’re often featured in children’s book illus-
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trations where fairies are the subject. Ink caps and shaggy manes are strange looking. With tall conicalshaped tops covered in shaggy tufts, they disintegrate into a messy ink-like fluid on maturity and like open wet grassland. There have been several clusters around where I live and the small rodents like to nibble at
their edges giving them a tattered appearance. This year, I have found some common cavaliers, a small neat mushroom that has a slight depression in its cap. They are coloured golden yellow with fragile stalks. There has also been the wonderful morels, which are prized by wild crafters who keep the places where they grow secret as they fetch a high price commercially. Finally, there are the large fungi that attach themselves to the sides of trees, such as the turkey tail or hen of the woods, which is edible. If you look up, you can often see them clinging to the sides of dead tree trunks. The turkey tail has multi-coloured stripes around its edge and the hen of the woods’ crumpled
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white-gray folds look like a ruffle. They grow on hardwood trees and occasionally on conifers. There are many more wonderful fungi to discover here in the Lower Mainland, but as always I caution if you go wild crafting, go with someone who knows about mushrooms as there are many deadly ones that look just like their cousins – the edible ones. And remember to always leave some for the animals.
– Liz Hancock is a member of the Alouette River Management Society, environmentalist, writer, artist, and teacher of self-sustainable living.
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Charity
School inspires 12 days of giving challenge
A Maple Ridge mom is trying to help less fortunate in the community she calls home. by Troy Landreville
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Maple Ridge resident Jennie Saranchuk knows what it’s like to go without. A stay-at-home mom to fiveyear-old Kylie and three-year-old Ethan, Saranchuk is doing what she can to help needy families during the holiday season. In that vein, she came up with an idea which she believes “will inspire people to take action and to give back in their community this Christmas season.” To help the less fortunate, Saranchuk has created the 12 Days of Christmas Giving Challenge, where items are collected and then distributed to charities (locally, it’s the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Christmas Hamper Society). The charity effort follows the theme of the 12 Days of Christmas song and began Nov. 25 and runs until Friday, Dec. 6. Saranchuk’s daughter’s school is on board. Kylie started kindergarten at Glenwood Elementary this past September and Saranchuk quickly came to realize that the school was very diverse, with a high percentage of students from low-income families. The school community reminded Saranchuk of the places where she grew up. “I, too, was… raised by a single mother, who didn’t have very much and was no stranger to second-hand and breakfast programs,” Saranchuk said. One of her most memorable Christmases dates back to childhood. A neighbour gave her mom all of the Barbie dolls that his kids had outgrown. “She washed them up and we had the most amazing Christmas that year,” Saranchuk shared. “We had no knowledge that
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Promoting the 12 Days of Christmas Giving Challenge at Glenwood Elementary are Grade 7 leadership students Kaylee Turmel and Jain Gomez, flanking school principal Jovo Bikic, along with Jennie Saranchuk and her children Ethan and Kylie. what we received was simply hand-me downs.” As Saranchuk spent more time at Glenwood, she was motivated and inspired by the students at the school. “I could see myself in so many of them. I needed to do something – to step up for this school, just as that thoughtful neighbour had for my mom so many years ago,” she said. Saranchuk started thinking of ways her family could help, and ways that her extended family could pitch in. As an idea took shape Saranchuk realized she could take this further than her family; she could take it right back into the school that had sparked these overwhelming feelings of change – the place that motivated her. “I also wanted to take this as a teaching opportunity for my children, to learn early on that giving
A sample 12 days of giving challenge:
• 12 non-perishable food bank items (watch expiry date); • 11 pairs of socks/slippers; • 10 Basics for Babies items; • nine pairs of gloves/mittens; • eight toiletry items (new only) such as toothbrushes, soap, and shampoo; • seven toques/hats; • six articles of clothing/pairs of pyjamas; • five sweaters; • four pairs of boots or other type of footwear; • three jackets/blankets; • two new unwrapped toys for the Christmas hamper society; and • one life saved: donate blood to the Canadian Blood services.
is so much more then receiving, and that not everyone is as fortunate as we are today,” she told The TIMES. Glenwood, led by its principal, Jovo Bikic, jumped on board and
it is now being set in motion within the PAC and leadership committee. The school has always been successful with its coin, food, and toy drives during past Christmases, and works very closely with the local Christmas hamper society. “I think it’s fantastic because it allows families in our building to be helping [other] families in our building, and in our community,” Bikic said. “The theme is brand-new and it gives us a whole new sense of energy around it [helping the Christmas hamper society].” Saranchuk discovered that 40 families at Glenwood are signed up for assistance from the hamper society, and 100 per cent of the food being collected in the challenge will go right back into the school to help those families. “So we simply took the idea I had and adapted it for
Glenwood,” Saranchuk said. “It gives the kids an exciting theme to motivate them in a new way this Christmas.” Saranchuk has created a Facebook page (www.facebook. com/12daysofchristmasgiving). The page has been up for a month and “everyone seems very motivated to give,” she said. The “12 Days” idea has been tweaked for the students at Glenwood, with their challenge running Dec. 2 to 17. “That is the brilliant part of this idea, is that it can be taken and changed in so many ways,” Saranchuk said. “People can add things to the list that benefit charities or organizations that they are passionate about. This idea can benefit children as well as adults.” Saranchuk wanted part of the initiative to be something huge, something life changing. So she came up with the idea that there is nothing greater than saving a life. She is challenging people to donate blood. Saranchuk contacted Canadian Blood Services and coordinated a donor day with them on Dec. 20 at Alliance Church, 20399 Dewdney Trunk Rd. “They have named Glenwood Elementary as their Miracle Donors for that day,” Saranchuk said. “A huge honour. Obviously children cannot donate blood, but the parents as well as the staff of Glenwood can.” In some people’s eyes this seems like quite a list to accomplish, Saranchuk continued. “I’m challenging people to take it on, but they don’t have to do it alone. Ask friends and family to work with them to collect all these items and work together to get these things into the right hands this holiday season.” The school has a special collection box set up at its Christmas concert on Dec. 19. Items from Glenwood will be dropped off to the hamper society the first two Fridays in December and then following the concert.
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Breakfast served up with big guy in red suit An annual community event held by NorthRidge Church helps fill the food bank’s shelves.
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NorthRidge Foursquare Church will be hosting its fifth Breakfast with Santa this Saturday. For just $5, attendees receive a pancake breakfast, a photo with Santa, and the opportunity to partake in activities like crafts and facepainting The event is spearheaded each year by Leah Schofield and her six kids – who now range in age from 13 to 21. However, it takes an army of “around 100 people to actually pull the event off,” Schofield said. She said it was after she took her daughter, at age three, to her first
Breakfast with Santa that she was inspired to get involved. According to Carissa Kennedy, an events organizer with the church, this breakfast was created for the community, to provide great value for those who “can’t usually afford to go to all of the big expensive Christmas events,” she said. She called it a big fundraiser for a good cause. “Because of the generous donations of our guests, we have been able to give hundreds of items to the food bank,” Kennedy said. With more than 700 people already registered for this year’s event, Kennedy said space – if there is any left – is limited. The breakfast begins at 8 a.m. and continues until 11 a.m., at Thomas Haney Secondary, 23000 116th Ave. Anyone wishing to find out more about the event or inquire about registering can visit www.nrchurch.ca.
Avery and Ryleigh Meredith had their picture taken with Santa at last year’s NorthRidge Church breakfast.
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On the Fly by Jeff Weltz
A fly fishing instructor and outdoor writer, Jeff has fished the area since the early 1970s. Contact him at fishingnewsman@gmail.com
Sharing gift ideas In his weekly report, TIMES columnist Jeff Weltz shares some more gift-giving suggestions for the anglers in your life. Once again, he’s focusing on books this time, but switching out to what he calls more practical gift ideas in next week’s column. • More online: www.mrtimes.com, click on “Sports”
Holiday On Ice, including Maple Ridge’s Emily Bator, takes place Friday at the Langley Events Centre.
Star struck A Maple Ridge teen will share the spotlight with some of the world’s elite figure skaters Friday night at the Langley Events Centre. Emily Bator is scheduled to skate at the Holiday On Ice show, joining the likes of Kurt Browning, 2010 Olympic bronze medalist Joannie Rochette, and Elvis Stojko. • More online: www.mrtimes.com, click on “Sports”
’Spiel success A “Mov”-ing experience last month at the Golden Ears Winter Club raised close to $5,000 for prostate cancer research. The third annual Movember Ladies Charity Spiel had 10 teams take part, said Francine King, one of the coordinators of the event. • More online: www.mrtimes.com, click on “Sports”
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Speedskating
Racers benefit from Olympic influence
The Ridge Meadows Racers are being guided by a married couple who are both former Olympians. by Troy Landreville tlandreville@mrtimes.com
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hen it comes to coaching, the Ridge Meadows Racers and Langley Blades are awash in riches. Both speedskating clubs are led by Canadian Olympian Eden Donatelli Green along with her husband Julian Green. A 2000 BC Sports Hall of Fame inductee, Donatelli Green won Eden Donatelli Green won silver and a gold medal in the 500m at the bronze for Canada in speedskating at the world championships in Montreal, 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. She at the tender age of 16. and her husband Julian Green are now After that, she competed at the coaching both the Ridge Meadows Racers 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary and Langley Blades speedskating clubs. where she earned silver and TIMES files bronze medals when short track speedskating was first offered as a demonstration sport. She went on to collect gold, a younger generation, which also silver, and bronze medals in mulincludes my own daughter, Janie.” tiple international and national Donatelli Green says she is “very meets such as the world and North pleased and proud” of her group of American championships, world skaters both in Maple Ridge and team and short track championLangley. ships, and Canadian champion“There have been lots ships. of personal bests already Her husband has an impressive this year,” Donatelli resume in his own right. Green said. “I have been Green coached the Canadian coaching most of them national long track speedskating for the past four to five team at the 1992 Winter Olympics years and some since in France and at various world they were four or five championships and World Cups. years old. They are a talHe coached Olympians such as ented bunch who love to Jeremy Wotherspoon, Catriona skate and I am having so LeMay Doan, Susan Auch, Stephen much fun working with Elm, and Ingrid Leipa. them and watching them As an athlete Green skated intergrow into athletes. They are young nationally for Great Britain in both and super keen.” short and long track, including the The Racers hosted their inter1988 Olympic Games and the ’87 club meet and Winter Games trials and ’89 world championships. this past Sunday at Planet Ice and For the past going in, Donatelli years, both have Green knew com“It is a wonderful thing petition would be concentrated their efforts on growing to be able to share my fierce. the sport at the “Our zone has the love of speedskating grassroots level, most speed skating with a younger north and south of clubs in all of B.C., the Fraser River. including Maple generation.” “As a forRidge, Langley, Eden Donatelli Green mer skater and Sardis, Mission, Olympian, I am Matsqui, and Poco,” really enjoying she said last week. working with the kids and help“This is also probably the largest ing them to realize their dreams as concentration of skaters in B.C. athletes,” Donatelli Green said. “It and includes some of the top skatis a wonderful thing to be able to ers. Only three from each category share my love of speedskating with can qualify this weekend and in
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some groups we have five or six kids.” Ultimately, Donatelli Green wanted the Racers to do their best and have fun. “They are a young bunch, so we only have Ridge Meadows skaters in the 12 to 13-year-old categories, but I expect that we will have kids qualify both in the boys and the girls’ category,” she said, a few days before the meet. s a BC Winter Games board member, Donatelli Green has been working for the past two years to help plan the February multi-sport competition. “But as hard as we volunteers work, the kids are working even harder and it is wonderful to be on that journey with them,” she said. “I have really seen an increase in their level of commitment to training, determination, and goal-
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setting since they realized that they could possibly go to the BC Games. Hopefully that work ethic will carry them on to bigger competitions, like Canada Games and who knows what else?” Running simultaneously with the provincial Games is a winter event of a much larger scope. The Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia is Feb. 7-23. 2014. Each Olympic year has a positive impact on local speedskating registration, Donatelli Green said. “The Ridge Meadows club is at the largest it has ever been and I think that’s due in part to the 2010 Olympic Games [held in Vancouver and Whistler],” she said. “The more people see the sport on TV and realize that there are clubs here in the Lower Mainland where they can participate, the bigger the sport gets.” Closer to home, Donatelli Green continues to focus her efforts on promoting the BC Games in Mission, Feb. 20 to 23. Competition will also be held at venues in Maple Ridge, Langley, and Abbotsford, with skiing at Whistler and Hemlock mountains. Registration is available online by visiting www.bcgames.org, and following the links.
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