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The penny might be obsolete but there were still a few mixed into the pile being counted by dozens of students from across the school district at the Albion Fairgrounds on Tuesday. The District Student Advisory Council (DSAC) once again challenged students in all schools in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows to raise money for the Maple RidgePitt Meadows Christmas Hamper Society and many came up with creative ways to do it, said DSAC executive member Courtney Connor.
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Thomas Haney Secondary vice-principal Ian Liversidge had to dress up as a fairy after winning a competition to collect coins for the Christmas hamper society. Helping to organize the event were leadership students Miranda Tymoschuck and Jenna Crews. “I think it’s amazing how much they’ve raised,” said Connor who was helping students from Alexander Robinson Elementary count the coins they raised.
At the central Maple Ridge school, leadership students organized a movie, hot drink sales, and extended recess time as fundraisers for the Christmas hamper society.
At Thomas Haney Secondary, students were filling up three jars emblazoned with photos of staff members. The jar that had the most money determined which staff member
would have to dress up as a fairy, and that ended being vice-principal Ian Liversidge. The preliminary count was about $4,000, reported THSS student Jenna Crews
late Tuesday, but more money was still coming in. Maple Ridge Secondary vice-principal Steve Wiebe was happy to see so many students helping out.
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Priswons
Court orders babies can return to Maple Ridge jail A B.C. court ruling indicated jailed mothers have right to be with their newborns. by Ian Mulgrew
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A decision in 2007 to remove babies from imprisoned mothers at Alouette Correctional Centre for Women in Maple Ridge has been ruled unconstitutional In a lengthy 190-page decision, B.C. Supreme Court Justice
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fully reviewing the decision and will determine how to best move forward,” said government spokeswoman Cindy Rose. “Regardless of the outcome, I can assure you we are committed to ensuring supports for all women – including pregnant women – continue to be in place at Alouette Correctional Centre for Women,” Rose said. The program was cancelled “sometime after March 2006 and before July 2007,” Ross noted, not because of costs, but because Brent Merchant, then-
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A Maple Ridge man is grateful for the assistance he received from the regional hospital, Royal Columbian Hospital, after a thousand pounds of hay collapsed on top of him, pinning him to the ground with a fractured pelvis, cracked vertebrae, broken ribs, and a partially collapsed lung. • More at www.mrtimes.com
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Christmas decorations pay tribute to dad The 50,000 lights on Mike Czepak’s house are only part of the whole picture. by Eric Zimmer
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When Mike Czepak bought his house six years ago, he had a plan. “We had the house re-wired specifically so it could accommodate a lot of Christmas decorations,” he said. And accommodate it does. Czepak said that, when he started his collection, the display featured 15,000 lights. Now the number of twinkling bulbs on his house totals 50,000. “As a kid, I used to decorate the house with my dad,” he said. “So I knew I was going to do some sort of light display on my own house.” In addition to the impressive light show, his display also features things like penguins,
igloos, polar bears, lights that tiple displays can be a daunting are set to music, and of course, task, though. Santa Claus and the eight reinAnd Czepak said that, without deer. the help of some of his close For Czepak, though, the decor- friends, there’s no way he’d be ations are about able to pull it off. something much To further hondeeper than just our his father’s razzle and dazzle. memory, Czepak His father strughas also set gled with diabetes, up a donation and a year after box outside his Czepak bought his house, with all home and put up proceeds going the first display, to the Canadian his dad passed Diabetes away from comAssociation. plications with the Czepak noted disease. donations fluctuSince then, ate from year to Czepak said, the year. display has grown “A lot of Rick Moyer/TIMES as a type of tribute Penguins and snowmen adorn people drive by to his dad. to have a look, Mike Czepak’s house. “We always but they don’t liked going around necessarily want to look at the decorations, and to get out of their car,” he said. now people can come check out Czepak’s display is located at ours,” he said. 21614 122nd Ave. Fifty thousand lights and mulThe lights are on Monday to
Thursday from 4:30 p.m. to midnight, and 4:30 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. Friday to Sunday. Other displays in town include: The Motick Family at 20297 Patterson Ave. The Malawskys at 12076 201st St. 19300 block of 121A Ave., Pitt Meadows. The Watsons at 21456 122nd Ave. The Fosters at 20843 117th Ave. The Balascaks at 23025 125A Ave. Deanna Deane-Freeman at 20497 115A Ave. If you know about an eyecatching residential display, or you’re personally responsible for putting one together, let us know. Send us pictures, along with a description, the address, and the owner’s name and contact information, and we’ll put together a list in The TIMES print and online editions, so others can enjoy. Email details to rhooper@mrtimes.com.
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Most holdouts opt for new smart meters Keeping an old hydro meter will cost $35 a month. by Maria Rantanen mrantanen@mrtimes.com
The number of people not wanting Smart Meters in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows is close to the provincial average, according to a BC Hydro spokesperson. In Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows, 1,300 households,
or about 3.5 per cent of homes, refused the smart meter Those who didn’t want the new meters from BC Hydro had until Dec. 1 to choose from three options presented by the utility – either have a smart meter installed, have a radio-off meter, or keep their old analog, or “legacy,” meter. Across the province, 68,000 hydro customers originally refused to have the new meters installed, but 48,000 indicated by Dec. 1 that they would now
have one installed. Just a handful chose radio-off meters, and more than 6,000 chose to keep their old meters. Those who didn’t respond to BC Hydro’s request to choose an option were defaulted to the old analog meters. Across the province, this number was 13,110. “The whole purpose of the program was to give customers choices,” said Greg Alexis, BC Hydro spokesperson. A monthly fee of $35 will be added to the BC Hydro bills of
those households that retained the old meter. Households with radio-off meters will be charged $100 for setup and $20 per month. The BC Utilities Commission is currently reviewing the fees that BC Hydro has set for those without smart meters. With the 48,000 customers coming on board the smart meter program, the province is now 99 per cent on the smart meter grid, according to BC Hydro.
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The amount of food collected at Sunday evening’s CP Holiday Train event was down drastically this year. The public was asked to bring non-perishable food to the annual event at the Port Haney West Coast Express station, but only 798 pounds was collected, down by more than 1,700 pounds from last year, reported Chuck Griffith, the operations manager for the Friends In Need Food Bank. Cash donations at the train were $1,332, and hot chocolate and cookie sales raised an additional $370. The cookies were donated by the Billy Miner Pub and Alehouse, which is located just across the street from the train station. But the food bank’s coffers received an injection of cash from the railway – CP donated $7,000. And prior to event, Pitt Meadows firefighters raised $6,000 and their counterparts in Maple Ridge raised $12,382. The money raised by the firefighters is split between the food bank and the Maple Ridge-Pitt
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The CP Holiday Train rolled into Port Haney West Coast Express Station on Sunday night. Isabella Donini, five, was at the event with her mom. Maple Ridge firefighters (below) also raised money for the food bank and the hamper society.
Meadows Christmas Hamper Society. The train rolled into the station around 9 p.m. – much later than in previous years, and the food bank’s acting executive director Mary Robson said there were more dogs than kids at this year’s event.
Donations have been down at all their events this year, Robson said, for example, at the parade they used to get bills donated and this year it was largely coins. “I think it’s a sign of the times – people don’t have extra cash,” she said.
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Report won’t stop fighting Whatever the results revealed in today’s release of the National Energy Board (NEB) report on the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline proposal, don’t even begin to imagine the issue will be settled one way or the other. Expect the debate, the argument, the anger, and the acrimony to continue well into the New Year (and probably a few New Years beyond that). Those who put economy over the environment will applaud any NEB recommendations that lean towards approval of a project that has the potential to inject billions of dollars into Canada’s (and principally Alberta’s) economy. They will exult in the potential for job creation and the diversification of a substantial part of Canada’s energy export capacity beyond the United States and directly into Asia. They will not be swayed by public outrage or pronouncements by environmentalists, local governments, and First Nations that any progress on the pipeline, no matter what the NEB says, will be blocked. Those who put environment above economy will be vocally ecstatic over any NEB recommendations that support their concerns about pouring millions of gallons of liquefied bitumen through pipes spanning pristine rivers in remote valleys, into mega-tankers that will subsequently have to navigate some of the most difficult waters off B.C.’s generally treacherous coast. They will rejoice at the idea that Canada’s part in the climate-change equation will be reduced, and that global warming will have to be fueled by other nations’ economies. They will not be swayed by the near certainty that the federal government will step in and overrule a “negative” NEB report. Somewhere between lies the majority – people who would welcome the economic activity, as long as the NEB can assure us that the oil can flow with minimal risk to our best natural assets. – B.G.
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Posties going way of dodo bird When asked why he assaulted Also worrisome is the fate of the postie, the accused replied: seniors and the disabled and how “Because we’re not just a sleepy they are supposed to grab their little town anymore.” post. Two articles in the local press, That’s not to mention that the one about Maple Ridge’s plans mailman/woman was the last to become a real city, the other point of contact for customers in about a nasty attack on a letter trouble: rare is the postie who carrier who ended up hospitalized doesn’t have a story about helpand thinking “maybe it’s time to ing someone on their route. retire.” I’m quite frankly surprised Ironic, this juxtaposition of the this didn’t happen a hell of a lot by Tim Tyler two stories? Or just coincidence? sooner, especially with everyt3atyler@shaw.ca Or just shades of things to come, one immersed in the digital age, as this burg swells to 78,000 hooked up to a computer, paypeople and includes not just good, ing their bills online, doing their God-fearing, taxpaying folks, but the sordid banking, talking to their friends and families. underbelly of any society, the petty crooks and We shouldn’t need mail delivery of any kind druggies, the car thieves and rapists, the murder– Super Box or not. Lay off the whole frigging ers and other miscreants. mess of ’em and get the seniors and the handiI spent two thirds of my postal career here in capped some computer savvy. Stephen would Maple Ridge, and to the best of my knowledge, probably subsidize their learning just so he could this is the first serious assault – that didn’t kick 20,000 posties in the butt. involve a dog – that I can remember. Let’s face it, mail delivery is an anachronism, These things happen in cities. like milk delivery and that guy who used to go Whoops. Now we are one, almost, assured door-to-door sharpening your knives, or the guy it will be good for us, economically, put us on with the pony: I still have a picture of my brother the map so that the sleaze balls can find us that and me seated on this pony in front of our house. much easier. “Yup,” says the mayor. Priceless, but gone, a part of our past, like the If the Harper Conservatives have their way, friendly mailman who would ask to use your there could be another 6,000 to 8,000 assaults on bathroom when caught short, and to whom you your friendly postal worker during the next five would give a little something at Christmas – cash, years, as Canada Post phases out home delivery cigarettes, rye whisky. in urban areas. Gone: one of capitalism’s casualties. Currently, only about a third of the households The corporation will save up to $900 million in Canada have home delivery, the rest in comper year, which should help send the Harper kids munity mail boxes and rental boxes at postal through college and pay for those renovations to installations. the parliament buildings. Reasons for this move include the usual worries And what do we lose? Some postie cutting about money – losses of $1 billion a year by 2020 across your lawn, rattling your mailbox at some – and declining use of traditional or “snail” mail. ungodly hour of the morning, waking up the Now everyone will have to trudge out to flimsy- dog who proceeds to bark its fool head off – all looking metal boxes to retrieve their pizza flyers this to be replaced by an impersonal metal box and bills. I say flimsy because the union figures where you pick up a card that directs you to the the boxes are a security risk – anyone with a 7-Eleven postal outlet to pick up a parcel. crowbar, screwdriver, or Swiss Army knife could Oh, and by the way, the price of a stamp is pry one open and steal your cable bill. going up… to $1.
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Tax hike needs better explanation From my perspective, a 3.25 per cent increase means nothing outside of the fact it’s an increase. As a comparison, let’s say you went to your bank and decided to invest a certain amount of money in mutual funds. They would explain risk management, balanced portfolio, and reasonable return on investment.
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Dear Editor, The flippant dismissal of a sincere reader’s dismay at the use of “Herr Kamp” is evidence of the incivility of the left. To compare anyone living or dead to Adolph Hitler and his Nazi regime is obtuse in the extreme, and anyone who attempts it loses credibility. Our petty political disagreements pale beside the atrocity of the holocaust and its far-reaching effects to this day, as is written by Geeske de Boer Poker [Use of ‘Herr’ raises hard feelings, Nov. 27 Letters, TIMES]. I agree, regarding cross-border shopping, but local is slim pickings. Cherryl Katnich Maple Ridge
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Dear Editor, Wow! I got my weekly threat from BC Hydro today. I thought that, after the deadline passed, they were going to leave us alone. This one came Express Post. Wonder how much that cost? I thought we were broke, and that’s why rates have to rise 25.5 per cent. Let’s see: that’s three letters, two phone calls, and now Express Post. Funny how they keep referring to the BC Hydro Electric Tariff being approved by the BCUC. We all know that the BC Liberals have emasculated that organization, bypassing them whenever they feel like it. What a joke. Too bad the Liberals didn’t conduct this much correspondence before they forced the smart meter program on British Columbians. We could have saved more than a billion dollars. All this has done is firm our resolve to not be blackmailed or extorted. Before, we were only thinking of joining the class action suit. Now, we are joining. Cheryl Baron, Maple Ridge
causing me to gets the lovely “oops” sticker. Crime in our neighbourhood, including theft and break-ins, has risen considerably. I believe the two are easily linked. I am frustrated at being told by police and City hall there is nothing that can be done. It was even recommended that I take my recycling in to the depot myself to avoid the problem. I pay taxes (that have been constantly increasing), and feel I deserve the right to place my garbage and and sorted recycling out and have it picked up. Other communities have bylaws that prohibit scavenging. We should take a stand as a community, and demand our City to take action. K. Fleming, Pitt Meadows For more letters to the editor visit... www.mrtimes.com – Click on Opinion/Letters.
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So is this potential new budget just a means of spending more of our hard earned dollars? In laymen’s terms, what can we expect for our investment? How is the District using our resources to expand and identify areas for industrial, commercial, and employment growth? If staff wants to pass its budget, they had better not make the same mistake as the provincial government, by forcing it down our throats without public input. They need to sell this budget to our mayor and council not with a load of bureaucratic claptrap, but in a simple and easy-tounderstand way, keeping in mind the bigger picture or vision of where they expect the benefits of this budget will effect each and every citizen of Maple Ridge. Grover Telford, Maple Ridge
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The fire department has recDear Editor, Letters ommended that you plug your During this holiday season, I want heaters directly into the wall to remind individual’s to stay safe to receptacle, and not use those and have a happy holiday! the cheaper multi-outlet plug-ins or One thing I’ve noticed some seniors cords for your heaters. doing is using those cheap, multi-out“Better safe, than sorry,” is let plug-ins that you can buy at the what I tell the seniors I meet dollar store, for their electric heaters. when out volunteering for the They are not safe for plugging in Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows community your electric heaters, which draw 1500 watts of power, and can pose a fire hazard. services. Also, you can call the Maple Ridge/Pitt You can purchase the more expensive Meadows community services for assistpower bars which are certified to handle ance and advice, if needed. 1875 watts and have their own circuit Stay safe and enjoy the holiday season! breaker built in. They cost anywhere from $17 to $24, depending where you shop. John E. McKenzie, Maple Ridge
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Mackenzie McEwan, Katie Pesut, Kelly Sarkozi, and Tanya McEwan collected toys and cash for the West Coast Express Santra Train as it rolled into Port Haney station on Saturday, Dec. 14.
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Eighteen years ago, Tanya McEwan started collecting toys and donations for the West Coast Express Santa Train. The Maple Ridge mother has been doing it ever since. “I do this every year with my kids,” she said at the Port Haney station Saturday. “My son was two when we started and my daughter’s been a part of this since she was born.” “[My kids] usually manage to get their friends to come out too, so it’s a good crew of people here – a lot of fun,” she said, noting that her daughter Mackenzie brought her friends, Katie Pesut and Kelly Sarkozi to help collect toys and cash. Except for a couple years when they
were in Pitt Meadows, McEwan said they always collect at Port Haney station. But the day doesn’t end when the train leaves the station. “After we finish, we go to the warehouse and help sort the stuff,” McEwan said. West Coast Express typically runs two Santa trains every December and the one on Saturday was the last of the season. Both trains saw generous donations from riders this year, said Lorraine Bates, co-chair of the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Christmas Hamper Society. “On the first train, we had a total of 245 toys collected from the combined three stations,” she explained. “And cash donations totaled $209.” The second weekend saw, at 409, almost twice the number of toys collected, and dollar donations equalling $265. Even though the train took passengers to downtown Vancouver, all the toys and cash collected in this community stay in this community to help local families, Bates concluded.
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ecember is here, and with the style and will have you looking put colder weather comes the festive together and stylish in both vintage and holiday season, resplendent with modern looks. family dinners, Christmas parFor men, looking cool and classic, ties, and New Year’s Eve celebrations. like Don Draper, is easily achieved with If you’re like me, this brings on inevitBryant’s detailed instructions. able panic about what to Finally, Clinton Kelly of wear to special occasions What Not to Wear fame when your everyday go-to has written another fanoutfit of jeans and sweattastic book about personal ers just won’t do. style, aptly titled Freakin’ Happily, I can turn to Fabulous on a Budget. the library for some inspirWith his usual humour ation and style advice and wit, Kelly offers simple, from real experts and style excellent advice about difgurus. Even if you’re a ferent aspects of style, well-put-together fashion from key wardrobe pieces aficionado, anyone who (blazers, bags, jeans, skirts, loves the art of fashion and much more) to money, by Sarah Dearman and the fun of clothes will including advice on how to get into these chic books shop thrift and consignment on looks. stores. The streets of Paris are home to some Kelly’s book also offers wider lifestyle of the world’s most fashionable people, advice, with lots of mouth-watering reciand author Isabelle Thomas does her pes, entertainment ideas for festive evenbest to both capture and break down the ings with friends and families, and even basics of great Parisian chic in Paris Street craft ideas for cool home projects. Style. This book is funny, entertaining, and This book is bursting with photographs colourful. of truly unique and beautiful outfits, There is truly something for everyone interviews with up-and-coming French coming up in the library in the New designers, and chapters discussing current Year – from standards like Babytime and trends and classic pieces, with instrucStorytime to computer classes, eReader tions on how to effortlessly pull it all off. help, and programs like End of Life Care If you’re a fan of classic vintage style, & Decision Making and a special parentspick up The Fashion File from Emmy of-homeschoolers tea. Award-winning costume designer Janie Drop in and pick up a January to April Bryant, of the popular TV series Mad program guide now, and while you’re at Men. the library, buy a few last minute tickets Not only does Bryant take us behind for the Friends of the Maple Ridge Public the scenes to look at her design process Library quilt raffle, to be drawn just in for the show, she also gives fantastic time for Christmas on Dec. 23. advice on how to find your own unique - Sarah Dearman is a librarian with the Maple Ridge Library
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Winter Harp returns to its Maple Ridge roots Medieval music will be performed just in time for Christmas.
A perennial Christmas favourite that has its origins in Maple Ridge, Winter Harp is back at The ACT just days before Christmas. Winter Harp, turning 20 this year, will perform twice on Dec. 22, first at 3 p.m. then at 7 p.m. Winter Harp has performed throughout western Canada and Washington State, but it got its start in Maple Ridge. It began with Maple Ridge resident and longtime TIMES columnist Alan Woodland in the 1980s. He happened to be chief librarian of New Westminster Public Library when he met musician Lori Pappajohn. Woodland suggested they do a reading of A Child’s Christmas in Wales at the New Westminster library in December. That
Janelle Nadeau and Lori Pappajohn will perform with Winter Harp at The ACT on Dec. 22. was such a success that the following year they did an expanded version at the Eikelenboom home in Maple Ridge. The Eikelenbooms have a living room that seats 120 and it quickly filled
up for this popular show. Each Christmas the concert sold out. One year Pappajohn and Woodland performed at the Eikelenbooms and at St. John the Divine Church, so popular had
their concert become. In 1993, the duo decided to name their event Winter Harp and added a performance in downtown Vancouver at St. Andrew’s-Wesley Church, which continues as an
annual event to this day. Meanwhile, because they had outgrown the Eikelenboom home, they decided to hold Winter Harp at St. Andrew’s Haney United Church. Luckily for them, The ACT was built the next year. They moved Winter Harp into The ACT where it has been performed every year since. One other important Maple Ridge connection comes through Roger Lantz – the former ACT technical director. A few years back Lantz suggested that Winter Harp use a backdrop. Pappajohn came to The ACT to see what Lantz had in mind. When he unveiled the Abbey backdrop, with its stained glass windows and soaring arches, Pappajohn was in awe. “Having that backdrop has enriched our show ten-fold,” said Pappajohn, who is now the Winter Harp director. Over the past 20 years the Winter Harp ensemble
has performed to tens of thousands of people, many who make the concert their annual Christmas event. The full roster of 2013 Winter Harp artists includes Kim Robertson on Celtic harp and vocals, Janelle Nadeau on pedal harp and vocals, Roger Helfrick on vocals, harp, and medieval guitar, Lauri Lyster on percussion and vocals, and Jeff Pelletier on flute and bass flute. Joaquin Ayala performs on nyckelharpas, bass psaltery, and organistrum and Adam Henderson is the narrator. Pappajohn performs on Celtic harp and vocals. For more information on Winter Harp, visit www. winterharp.com. Winter Harp performs at The ACT, 11944 Haney Pl., on Dec. 22 at 3 and 7 p.m. Tickets are $43 for adults, $40 for seniors, and $15 for students. Tickets are on sale by calling 604476-2787, online at www. theactmapleridge.org, or in person.
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aple Ridge and Pitt Meadows residents love Christmas, as is obvious from the large numbers of residents who go all out during the holiday season decorating their homes and yards with lights and other festive decorations. If you know about such displays, or you’re personally responsible for putting together an incredible holiday scene, let us know. Send us pictures, along with a detailed description, the address, and the owner’s name and contact information. Have you seen an eye-catching Christmas display in town? Let us know about it, so the community can enjoy it, too. Email the address and details to rhooper@mrtimes.com. See related story today on page A3.
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Nine-year-old Cherrish Pearce received a hand shopping Sunday from volunteer elf Marg McIntosh. Cherrish was looking for gifts for her mom and dad, Veronika and Gerald Pearce, during the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Christmas Hamper Society’s annual Kids Only shopping day at the Albion Fairgrounds.
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Underprivileged kids invited to shop A large number of children picked out gifts for parents from the Christmas hamper society. by Frank Luba Special to The TIMES
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amilies get holiday hampers from Christmas bureaus around B.C., but there’s a decade-old tradition in Maple Ridge where needy kids are given the chance to select something special for their parents or caregivers. This year’s Kids Only Gift Shop event ran Sunday, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., with eager shoppers lined up by 8:30 a.m. outside the “shopping centre” – an old building on the Albion Fairgrounds nicely decorated by volunteers. Like the hampers and shopping certificates given out by the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Christmas Hamper Society, the gift shop is supported donations from the community and initiatives such as the Empty Stocking Fund. But the idea for the Kids Only Gift Shop was dreamed up one night by Lorraine Bates, co-chair of the hamper society and the manager of the Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows Agricultural Association. “It was in the middle of the night. ‘I can make a difference,’ “ Bates remembered thinking. And the idea took off – with the help of co-chair Tom Cameron and 80 to 100 volunteers. “It’s grown and grown and grown,” said Bates. Her initial thought was that while hampers were for an entire family, kids didn’t have the resources to do
stuffed animal and wooden toy. With Santa, elves, gifts, and kids puzzling over the merchandise in the old barn, there was something special in the air on Sunday. • Donations of toys and cash/ Bates confirmed the day’s emocheques are still being accepted tional power. for the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows “It makes me cry every year,” she admitted. Christmas Hampers through until But little Cherrish Pearce, nine, Dec. 24 was beaming while she awaited her Contributions can be made online through turn in the shop. Paypal on your credit card via the hamper It was, she said, “really exciting.” website: www.mrpmchristmashamper.org, or Her mother, Veronika Pearce, has drop off your donations to The TIMES office, volunteered with the society for #2-22345 North Ave. more than 10 years and was even serving as a shopping “elf” Sunday. any giving of their own. But this was the first time her “There’s hardly enough money for daughter had participated in the groceries, never mind for mom and event. dad’s Christmas presents,” Bates Pearce is a pharmacy technician said. and her husband, Gerald, is a longStarting with donated adult items shoreman. But he got that didn’t make it into hurt at work and times Christmas hampers, “In a heartbeat, life are tough. the kids’ shop was “In a heartbeat, life can change… You born. can change,” Veronika Now, a decade think your income said. later, extra items are and lifestyle is a “You think your bought to supplement income and lifestyle is certain way and…” donations, some of a certain way and...” which get wrapped Veronika Pearce Veronika thinks the into beautiful gift basidea of the Kids Only kets, while others are Gift Shop is “awesome.” just out on their own waiting to be She admitted it’s “very humbling” chosen. to get help and it’s not something Special shopping “elves” assist the that’s easy to do. kids in selecting gifts. “I encourage anybody that feels There’s even help to wrap the that way to suck it up and do it for presents and include a Christmas the kids,” she said. card. About 300 children went through To ensure the surprise of the gift, this year. parents and caregivers wait outside Given the huge turnout, Bates said for the kids to complete their jourdonations of new gifts for parents ney through the shop. are now being accepted and reserved That tour ends with a visit to for next year’s Kids Only Gift Shop. Santa, a picture with the jolly old – Frank Luba is a reporter with The Province soul, and a gift to the kids of a
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We invite you to submit an original previously unpublished poem (40 lines or less) on the theme of “LIGHT”. Please submit your entry by January 31st, 2014 to: Maple Ridge Festival of Light Society 24041 – 106th Ave., Maple Ridge, B. C. V2W 2B1 Please include your Name, Address, Phone & Email Address Indicate your age category Junior (under age 15) or Senior (16 +)
Entry fee: $5.00 for each poem submitted Prizes for poems which best portray the theme. Sponsored by: Black Bond Books – Haney Place Mall. Entrants will receive a certificate, a publication of all submitted Poems and may be asked to read their poem at the Lantern Festival, Feb. 28th 2014 in Haney Place Mall.
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December 19, 20, 21: Theatre
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• SPECC-tacular Productions presents Aladdin at The ACT on Dec. 19 and 20 at 7:30 p.m., and Dec. 21 at 2 and 7:30 p.m. For tickets, call 604-476-2787, go to www. theactmapleridge.org, or visit The ACT at 11944 Haney Pl.
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December 19: Concert
• Town ‘n’ Country Swingers are holding modern square dance classes for seven weeks starting Jan. 8 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. For more information and to register: Gloria at 604-4670951.
January 9: Seniors
• Rayne Beveridge will per• A Seniors Helping Seniors form with the Ridge Meadows meeting takes place at 9:30 a.m. Orchestra and the Bergthorson at the Ridge Meadows Seniors Academy of Musical Arts adult Activity Centre, 12150 224th St., www.mrtimes.com choir at the Elektra, 22541 Maple Ridge. Lougheed Hwy., Maple Ridge. Graduation Dinner and the concert are at 6 • Twice in a Lifetime sale takes place on Jan. 25 and 26 p.m. and cost $35. The concert only is $15 and starts at at the Greg Moore Youth Centre in the multi-purpose 7:30 p.m. Tickets available online from: www.eventbrite. room from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. To register dresses the fee ca. is $25 per dress and $10 for any additional graduationdresses from same consignee. Any dresses not sold can December 22: Pitt Meadows Museum be donated to Putting on the Glitz or picked up Sunday, • Participants in Pitt Meadows Museum’s Museum Jan. 26 between 3 and 4 p.m. For more information, conSunday will be making holiday fascinators and bow ties tact Yvonne at 604-463-2001. from 2 to 4 p.m. The program is open to children and adults of all ages. Info: Jen or Leslie at 604-465-4322.
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December 24: Christmas Eve
• Christmas Haven, open to everyone, will take place from 6 to 9 p.m. at The ACT in Maple Ridge. The nondenominational event provides a free, warm, welcoming atmosphere for people of all ages to enjoy a turkey dinner, Christmas carols, children’s activities, and a gift from Santa. Taxi service to the event is available for seniors by calling 604-465-8085.
January 7: Prostate cancer 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. Anyone with prostate problems is encouraged to share their concerns and experiences in a confidential atmosphere. Info: Norm at 604-936-8703 or Ken at 604-936-2998.
Call for entries
• Artists and artisans living in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows are invited to participate in the 16th annual art studio tour on May 10 and 11 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The self-guided tours allow the public to visit local studios and meet the artists and purchase directly from them. Deadline for submission is Feb. 15. Info: Kerry McLaren at kerrymclaren@shaw.ca and www.artstudiotour.ca.
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• Athletes In Kind Charity Run Club is a purpose-driven running club for elementary-school-aged kids, which raises money for families who are struggling with cancer. Anyone interested in having a club at their school can contact Lorie Muller at loriemuller@shaw.ca. Info: www. athletesinkind.com. • Full list: www.mrtimes.com
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Events like this tie in with the educational goal of social awareness, teaching students how they and their schools are connected with the community, developing the “whole child,” Wiebe said. The focus of DSAC this year is leadership, which students learn through experiential learning, like the fundraiser for the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Christmas hamper society. “It’s all about learning from experience,” Wiebe said. When DSAC puts the challenge out to all elementary schools to raise money for Coins for Kids, the students learn in an authentic way using their organizational skills and leading fellow students, to raise money and help out other people in the community. “They have to step into a leadership role that we’ve created for them,” Wiebe said. By getting all schools involved, leadership is fostered at a young age, building confidence in the students and “moving the whole district forward.” Dillon Amaransinghe and Jain Gomez were two of the students from Glenwood Elementary in central Maple Ridge who were at the Albion
Fairgrounds helping roll the coins. At their school, they had sold candy canes for 25 cents to raise money for the hamper society. For Gomez, the reason for being involved in the Christmas fundraiser was simple: “Everyone deserves to be happy on Christmas.” Thomas Haney Secondary student Miranda Tymoschuk was happy with the participation from the elementary schools and wishes that excitement would continue at the high-school level as well. “Elementary kids get so excited about the littlest things,” she said That’s why they designed the competition at Thomas Haney Secondary to see whether Liversidge, or staff members Mark Biggar, or Christ Connelly would have to dress up as a fairy, and in the end, “people were voting with money.” The Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Christmas Hamper Society is in the midst of giving out Christmas presents and food vouchers to needy families in the two communities. For more information, go to www.mrpmchristmashamper. org.
Christmas Worship ST. COLUMBA ANGLICAN CHURCH Sunday Dec. Sunday, Dec 22 at 11 am Lessons & Carols Tuesday, Dec. 24 at 9 pm Christmas Eve Holy Eucharist Located at Ford & Harris Road in Pitt Meadows
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Encounter Christ this Christmas Sunday, December 22 10:00 a.m. – Advent Service & Children’s Program 6:45 p.m. – Christmas Caroling Hayride Meet in the church parking lot
Tuesday, December 24 7:00 p.m. – Christmas Eve Service of Lessons & Carols Wednesday, December 25 10:00 a.m. - Christmas Day Service “We Wonder ” 20245 Dewdney Trunk Rd. (across from Safeway)
Come celebrate Christmas with us DEC. 24th Family Service 7:00pm Candlelight Service 11:15pm DEC. 25th Christmas Service 10:00am Haney Presbyterian Church 11858 – 216th St. Maple Ridge 604.467.1715 www.haneypreschurch.org
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Thursday, December 19, 2013
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Social media
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s 2013 winds down to a close, week; it has also generated a lot of disthe online world begins to look cussion. (Simply type “WestJet Christmas back at what was popular during miracle” into Google and you will find it the past 12 months. easily.) Popular culture often catches on Surprising passengers with a nice to certain videos or memes gesture and injecting a (those photos with captions little fun into their travelon them) and you see them ling experience is what posted everywhere. WestJet is known for, so What makes these things this reinforces their brand popular? Is it just catchy? to people who are familiar Creates emotion? Makes with them already and crepeople laugh? ates buzz with those who One video that went are not. viral just recently was So what makes your a Christmas video done online content go viral? by the Canadian airline, There’s never a guarantee. by Rebecca Vaughan WestJet. But here are a few hints Visit Rebecca and the other On two flights from that seem to be a common Social Chicks at Toronto and Hamilton, they factor in viral campaigns: www.facebook.com/thesocialchicks set up a video feed where 1. There’s an emotional passengers could talk to response. Whether it’s Santa. He asked them what they wanted touching, funny, sad, or horrifying, viral for Christmas. content gets shared because it has elicited What the passengers didn’t know was some emotion in those who have viewed that as they boarded their flights the it. WestJet’s video delighted most viewWestJet employees had taken notes and ers, although some were skeptical or were racing to the stores to pick out the critical of their motives. Either way, it got items the passengers had wished for. people talking about WestJet. When they arrived at Calgary 2. It’s short. People are bombarded with International Airport, the baggage carouadvertising and online content every day, sel carried wrapped gifts for each passenall day, you can’t expect them to invest ger, the things they had told Santa they much time into any one thing. WestJet’s wanted for Christmas. video was over five minutes; that’s long The surprise on their faces was genuine by most viral video standards. and many of them seemed truly humbled 3. It’s timely. WestJet’s video is timely when they saw what the airline had because of the season of giving around done. Christmas time. They also did a holiday It’s clear that this was a marketing video flash mob last year, and there are move by WestJet – and a smart one at hints that another will follow next year that. The video they posted of the stunt (also smart – people will be looking to hit a million views by day two and sursee what WestJet does next Christmas!) passed 18 million views by the end of the • More online at www.mrtimes.com, search “WestJet”
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Thursday, December 19, 2013
Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows Times
Tis the Season!
Roxanne Hooper/TIMES
Transit service changes begin Monday, December 16
Everything left in her shop, at 22344 Dewdney Trunk Rd., on Saturday morning will be 50 per cent off, then at the end of the day all remaining stock will be donated to the Christmas hamper society.
Business happenings
Trendy Tots no longer trendy
Consumer obsession with cost versus quality has apparently forced a local shop owner to close up her doors. by Roxanne Hooper rhooper@mrtimes.com
When the doors close on Trendy Tots late Saturday afternoon, they close for good and the remaining stock in the second-hand children’s boutique will be donated to the Christmas hamper society. When Mya Pritchard first went into business almost 19 years ago, the demand for second-hand items – especially clothing – was huge, and she insisted the cost and quality of kids’ clothing was much higher than it is today. But shopping patterns have changed dramatically over the years. Due in part to cross-border shopping and a growing dependence on overseas clothing manufacturers to make children’s clothing, Pritchard suggested the cost and quality of most kids garments has gone down. When a pair of new kids pants sell retail for $3.99, and she’s selling a similar pair second-hand – all be it “in pristine”
shape – she has to sell for much less, and where’s the money in that to keep a little ma-and-pa business going, she queried. “People just don’t realize what they’re doing to their own economy,” by opting for the less expensive, often lower quality items being mass produced and sold at discount prices versus picking higher quality, longer-lasting items that cost more, Pritchard said. Consequently, on the clothing front at least, she has had to drop her prices so much to compete that she no longer can afford staff, and actually can no longer afford to pay herself a salary. All money coming has been going for overhead. Translation? Although hard to hear for Pritchard, she has to close up shop. And that closing date has been set for Dec. 21. “It’s been sort of coming in the past year,” Pritchard said, still unsure what she’ll do next, beyond spending time with her two-year-old grandson Terak. “Bottomline is I just can’t compete with the big box,” she told The TIMES, emphasizing that she’s not bitter. But, she hopes by speaking out that her decision might sway a few people to rethink their shopping habits and motivate more to support the “little guys.”
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Thursday, December 19, 2013
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Salvation Army
Gratitude overflows
A new mother shared her tale of triumph over addiction and prostitution, pain and fear, with people gathered in support of The Caring Place. makes sense for those years.” Consumed by what she called a world of fear, Hollstan told how she began cutting It’s going to be a very different Christmas her arms at age 16, but was already drinkfor Nicole Hollstan, a holiday even a year ing heavily by that point, and had just ago she could never have dreamed posstarted using drugs. sible. “I started smoking crack cocaine when I The 28-year-old Pitt Meadows woman was 18. My mother gave me my first puff. is on maternity leave, having given birth I became addicted almost immediately,” to her first child, John Cole Dearman, just she told the crowd, several of whom let seven months ago. out soft but audible gasps, He’s “the love of my life, realizing Hollstan’s reality. “Used up and thrown next to his father,” Hollstan She described a world of away. Degraded. said, looking over with an drug addiction and physical Threatened. Hunted, affectionate glance at her and emotional abuse, proshusband David Dearman, Haunted. I was always titution, and psych wards. who cuddled their son dur“Used up and thrown alone. Always afraid.” away. Degraded. ing her speech. Nicole Hollstan By itself, the birth of their Threatened. Hunted, son might not seem miracuHaunted. I was always lous – at least not to most. alone. Always afraid,” she recounted, sayBut to the room full of about 100 people ing she more than once found herself in at the recent Salvation Army’s annual situations where she could have been murDignity Breakfast – a fundraiser for The dered – and she had attempted to take her Caring Place in Maple Ridge – Hollstan’s own life on countless occasions. story ended up sounding more like a tale Thanks to the aid of a few individuals of hope and compassion, sprinkled with a in her life, she began to see cracks in her little Christmas magic. own “wall of self-hatred” and began to feel The audience was captivated by the the small, fragile beginnings of hope. articulate young woman who hailed from After several failed attempts at treatment, Osoyoos but now proudly calls this comshe found herself in Maple Ridge, literally munity home – a woman who, they learndropped on the doorstep of The Caring ed, had turned her life around. Place. She recounted how a lady found They listened as Hollstan told of her her walking barefoot and homeless on the past. “Was there ever a time when I was streets of Coquitlam, and how that woman free? When I was safe…” she said, explain- stopped and offered her aid. ing that she has no real memories of her “The lady drove me here to Maple childhood: “Only disconnected pieces and Ridge. To the Caring Place. To what would images, like fragments of a broken mirror. become my new home and my new life,” Some happy. Some terrible. Nothing much Hollstan said.
by Roxanne Hooper
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Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows Community Services
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11th Annual Country Christmas Benefit Concert for Meals on Wheels Nov. 30, 2013
Thank you
We would like to thank all the talented performers, our sponsors, our staff, the many volunteers and The ACT Theatre for making this Concert a resounding success. Your generosity is greatly appreciated. We raised $9,800 from our concert that will directly support Meals-on-Wheels! Special Thanks to Rob Hess for producing, organizing, and performing in the Christmas Concert, and to the decorating and technical staff who donated their time to make this event a success. Thanks to our performers: Rob Hess, Rosslyn Delmonica, Kate E. Hess, Hula Ka’Uhane O Ka Pakipika, Emily Harder, Nicki Meier, and Christmas Swing.
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Kevin Harman BRONZE Westland Insurance OTHER SPONSORS Meadowvale Dental Clinic Shelly Lycan Colette Madsen Kelly Swift MEDIA/OTHER Judy Vaughan Sure Print & Copy Centre Judy Vaughan JRfm 93.7 Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Times Barb Westenbroek Maureen Axton
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Nicole Hollstan and her six-month-old son John Cole Dearman were joined by Cole’s father David Dearman (inset) and more than 100 guests at the recent Salvation Army Dignity Breakfast. Nicole shared her own story of drug addiction, prostitution, and ultimately reocvery, and explained how the Caring Place helped give her a new lease on life. The new mother credits the local faithbased facility, its outreach programs and community partnerships, and in particular counsellor Corrine Lawrence for helping her finally find a home. She’s since received support from a number of local agencies, acquired light warehouse training, and got her first full-time job ever, as a production worker at a local cabinet-making shop, Canterbury Kitchens. While she’s currently off on parental leave, she describes her new life as productive, happy, and healthy. “I have joy today and hope for tomorrow,” she told those at the Dignity Breakfast. “All of this, all of it as a result
of the Salvation Army and the Caring Place and the people who took a chance on me. When I met them, I was completely broken. Afraid. Angry. Hungry. Barefoot. Alone. They took me in. They fed me. Sheltered me. Clothed me. Heard me. Loved me. Made me whole.” She expressed her thanks, and while acknowledging that every day offers new challenges, she vowed to keep sharing the unconditional love bestowed on her with her beloved husband and their new son. This will be their first Christmas together as a family, and Hollstan described it as an exciting new beginning for which she is extremely grateful.
Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows Community Services
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10th Annual Silent Auction- Nov. 30, 2013
Thank you
We would like to thank all our sponsors, our staff, and the many volunteers for making this Silent Auction a resounding success. Your generosity is greatly appreciated. We raised $4,800 from our Silent Auction for Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows Community Services!
Our Generous Sponsors
4imprint Able Auctions Accent Glass & Locksmith Al London Angela MacDonald, Dr. Base 2 computer solutions B.C. Lions Bella Vita Restaurant Billy Miner Pub & Ale House Black Sheep Pub & Grill Boston Pizza, Pitt Meadows Cameo Spa Canadian Tire, Maple Ridge Capilano Suspension Bridge Caroline Grange Carpet One, Maple Ridge Carter Kipps Charlotte Kingsbury Civic Wear, a Division of Civic Owl Marketing Ltd. Club 16 Trevor Linden Fitness Colette Madsen Comfort Inn Downtown Comfort Keepers Cooper’s Foods, Maple Ridge Curves, Maple Ridge Daph Hazell Divine Details Dominos Pizza, Maple Ridge Downtown Maple Ridge Business Improvement Association E-One Moli Energy Ltd. ECL Computing Enterprise Paper Enterprise Rent a Car Epicure Selections Esther Granberg Extra Foods, Maple Ridge FIAT Maple Ridge Friends in Need Food Bank Society Frogstone Grill, Maple Ridge Gary Sofko, RMT - Center Point Massage Gertie Goudswaard Golden Ears Cheesecrafters Great Canadian Gaming Corp.
Hammond Jewellers Haney Builders Haney Sewing and Sound Harbour Cruises & Events Ltd. Helena Browett Helping Hands & Heart Senior Care Isabel Gibson James Duran, R.M.T., Partners in Health Jason Bucknell, Dr. Jo-Anne MacKenzie Jordan Nickerson Kingfishers Bar & Grill Lana Wakelam – Partylite Maple Ridge Penzoil McEachern Harris & Watkins Meridian Meats & Seafood, Maple Ridge Minter Country Gardens Nufloors Coquitlam OK Tire, Port Coquitlam Outer Limits Pacific Eye Doctors Pitt Meadows Lions Club Planet Ice Maple Ridge Rachel Allen Red Salon, Maple Ridge Renaissance Wine Merchants Ridge Meadows Parks & Leisure Ridge Meadows Recycling Rona Home Centre, Maple Ridge Rosedale on Robson S. Mont & Associates Save On Foods, Valley Fair Sharon Nickerson Staples Advantage Canada Star Five Classic Country Catering Steve Gibson Sticky’s Candy, Maple Ridge TAG Financial The Langley Farm Market The Maple Ridge Arts Centre & Theatre Triple Tree Nurseryland Vicki Kipps West Coast Auto Group Wild Play Element Parks Wood Wyant Inc
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The food bank benefitted from an annual fundraiser put on by a group of chiropractors.
Back adjustments exchanged for food Back relief was offered free recently. in exchange for food relief for those struggling in the community.
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Christmas gift ideas
Kitchen gadgets can make great stocking stuffers
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s a man, I am sometimes mistakenly slotted into the stereotype of a last-minute shopper. Nothing could be further than the truth. Hurriedly pushing my way through the crowds at the mall is not how I want to spend Christmas Eve. To help you avoid that, here are some stocking stuffer ideas for the hobby chef on your list. Zester – A hand tool that removes the aromatic, coloured segment of the peel from citrus fruits, it leaves the white bitter pith part. Great for adding extra citrus flavour, or to enhance garnishing.
Mini whisk – About the size of a ballpoint pen, it’s handy for small whisking applications like mixing individual drinks, beating one egg, or small amounts of sauce. I have even seen ones that are attached to a key chain hoop. Melon baller – Great for its intended purpose of creating bite-size balls of melon, it works just as well on cheeses and fruits and vegetables. Caramelized balls of potato, for example, makes for an appealing side dish. Olive pitter – Looking like spring-loaded pliers, it has a circular base an olive on one of the ends, and a prod on the other.
Squeezed together, the prod inserts into the olive and pushes the pit through the opposite side. It works great on cherries, too. Garlic press – I have gone through many poorly made garlic presses, but there is one brand that has never let me down. I recommend the Switzerlandmade “Zyliss” brand. I have crushed hundreds of cloves with this brand for the past five years. Apple corer – Simply push this tubular tool through the centre of an apple or pear, and proceed with slicing… or eating. Butcher’s twine - Not only great for trussing stuffed turkeys, it is also
useful for chickens, stuffed roasts, meats, and seafood. Silicone spatula – Silicone kitchen tools like spatulas and bowl-scrapers are great because they can withstand high heat and are very flexible. They’re fantastic for omelets, where ones made of rubber or plastic would melt in the hot pan. Dough scraper – A flat-edged tool that easily scrapes dough or flour together on the counter. They are available in metal or plastic. Great for anyone who likes to bake. Lemon reamer – A wooden, hand-held tool to efficiently juice lemons or limes.
I hope this helps relieve some of your shopping burdens. The kitchen sections of department stores and smaller specialty stores are filled with many great gift ideas – and who knows, you may even run into me! Dear Chef Dez:
I noticed that many chefs on TV use a flat grater that lays across a bowl to remove zest from citrus fruits. Is the best way?
Charlotte E., Surrey Dear Charlotte:
I actually recommend using a “zester,” a hand tool with five little circular blades at the end. When it is dragged across a citrus fruit, it produces beautiful
On Cooking by Chef Dez
Chef Dez is a food columnist and culinary instructor in the Fraser Valley. Visit him at www.chefdez.com. Send questions to dez@chefdez.com or P.O. Box 2674, Abbotsford, B.C. V2T 6R4
curls of zest while leaving the bitter pith behind. Although flat graters remove the zest in small bits, and thus prevent further chopping, there is no guarantee it will not grate into the bitter white pith. Besides, the curls of zest make great garnish.
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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
Consider woolies
Days before Christmas, wool socks, long underwear, or gift cards should be on the shopping list for anyone still out hunting for gift ideas for the anglers in their life. TIMES columnist Jeff Weltz offers those ideas and a wish for a Merry Christmas to his readers. • More online: www.mrtimes.com, click on “Sports”
The Ridge Meadows Jets.
Silver lining
The Ridge Meadows Jets atom C2 hockey team landed in second place at a tournament in Armstrong recently. En route to the title game, the Jets doubled the Kelowna Winter Hawks 8-4, tied the Lumby Stars 3-3, downed the Penticton Rockets 7-2, and edged the Kelowna Black Widows 4-3. In the final, the Lumby Stars defeated the Jets 6-3. • More online: www.mrtimes.com, click on “Sports”
Smith sensational
Jeff Smith’s fantastic season just got better, after the Ridge Meadows Minor Hockey Association grad and current Powell River Kings puckstopper committed to NCAA Div. 1 UMass Lowell this season. Smith currently leads all B.C. Hockey League goaltenders in save percentage (.936) and goals against average (1.96) • More online: www.mrtimes.com, click on “Sports”
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High school basketball
Marauders tackle Quad A challenge Pitt Meadows Secondary’s senior boys are off to a scintillating start.
ships are at the LEC now, we let the players decide whether we would compete at Quad A or Triple A.” The B.C. Triple A tournament will be run in conjunction with the Quad A tourney this March, by Troy Landreville both on centre court at the tlandreville@mrtimes.com Langley Events Centre. The Pitt Meadows Marauders The Marauders will compete in are navigating quite nicely Quad A for the next two years. through the new landscape that is And so far, they haven’t looked B.C. high school basketball. out of place, at all. The addition of the new Quad A In fact, the Marauders have tier adds a new layer of competibeen on quite a roll, sporting a tion for senior boys teams, includ- 7-3 exhibition record heading into ing the Marauders, who played at the Gleneagle tournament that the Triple A level last year. tipped off yesterday (Wednesday, Veteran Marauders head coach Dec. 18) and ends Friday, Dec. 20 Rich Goulet said the move was in Coquitlam. made necessary by the imbalance The team known as the Air in the size of the tiers. Force has risen “Triple A had over 120 up the Quad A teams provincial rankand ings, from being the unranked to other No. 6 in B.C. divafter upendisions ing the former were top-ranked less W.J. Mouat than Hawks 66-59 half of on Tuesday, that,” Dec. 10. explained Leading the Goulet, Marauders who is in is Grade TIMES files his 35th 11 Graham year with year at Pitt Smith, a 6’5” is in his 35th t le u o G h ic R Meadows, centre who ch a co d Fiery hea and his is averaging condary. Se s w o d ea Pitt M 46th coach29 points a game. ing high Last week, Smith became the school hoops teams. “Coaches first player in Marauders’ history had been asking for this to be to post a triple double in points, redressed for years and after many assists, and rebounds, and he studies [and] votes, it has finally accomplished this feat against the come to being.” mighty Hawks Heading into the season the “He not only did this against Marauders had a choice: remain [the Hawks] last Tuesday [Dec. a Triple A team or take on the 10] but again in the North Shore challenge of taking on Quad A tournament final last Saturday,” opponents. Goulet noted. They chose the latter. After Smith, the mantle has The top teams in Quad A are been spread among the rest of the the same teams that were tough players, according to Goulet. in Triple A in recent years, Goulet “Our point guard, Grade 12 noted. Elijah Lapurga, has really stepped The Marauders chose to play at up in the last two weeks, cutting this level “somewhat from traddown turnovers and notching ition and also because of the com- his scoring into double figures,” petition,” he said. Goulet said, who added that Pitt Meadows is in the extremely Grade 11 guard Mark Ashamalla, tough Fraser Valley North league, Grade 12 guard Enzo Tadeo, and facing top 10 competition on a Grade 12 forward/centre Hakeem weekly basis. Wewala “have also been promin“What is different this year ent.” is there are a lot of great teams On a personal level, Goulet in the province,” Goulet said. continues to coach year after year “Because all the B.C. championbecause he relishes the role.
Some choices are hard.
Troyi Landreville/TIME
Grade 11 centre Graham Smith, pictured at the 2013 B.C. Triple A senior boys tournament at the Langley Events Centre in March, is off to a great start with the Pitt Meadows Marauders this season. “I am motivated by the love of the game and the challenge of developing each player and team,” he said. “I am in the Basketball Hall of Fame in B.C. as a coach – I think I must be doing something right.” Goulet not only coaches the senior boys team, he helps run the
Grade 8 basketball practice and runs the Grade 8 and junior practices at PMSS. “I try to give something to all the levels in our school and I help our coaches with the development of their teams,” he said.
– With files from Vancouver Province reporter Howard Tsumura.
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