Maple Ridge PItt Meadows Times January 9 2014 by Maple Ridge Times

Thursday, January 9, 2014 Pitt Meadows fire chief Don Jolley and other drivers were stuck at the Harris Road tracks on Tuesday.

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It was very busy this past weekend while Ridge Meadows Search & Rescue team members chipped Christmas trees, raising money for their volunteer-run program. Search and rescue manager Rick Laing was pleased with the community response to their annual fundraiser, and he said he hopes people come to get their trees chipped again this weekend. The four days of chipping Christmas trees is the biggest fundraiser for Ridge Meadows Search & Rescue, bringing in typically between $3,000 and $5,000. This year, the money will be used to cover the cost for about 20 foul-weather jackets – the jackets have already been purchased, but the team members hope to recuperate the cost. Jackets used by search and rescue crews have a lifespan of about five years. They need to be lightweight and durable, waterproof but breathable, Laing explained. Ridge Meadows Search and Rescue are always recruiting new members, Laing added. In October, they held two information nights looking for new volunteers. Out of about 25 people who attended, only five qualified. They are hoping to get five or six more volunteers as part of the volunteer crew. After the information session, the team takes prospective members out for a day hike and then conducts an interview. After that, they hold an overnight exercise, which gives the prospective team members a taste of what it is like to be out on a cold, wet, miserable night

Ridge Meadows Search & Rescue team members Bryan Moffat, Warren Cupples, and Ciaran Connolly were chipping Christmas trees by donation last weekend. The chipping continues this Saturday and Sunday at their facility on 105th Avenue.

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searching for lost people. “They have a better idea what they’re up against,” Laing said. The team needs members who can volunteer in search and rescue situations, but also they need people who can do other tasks, for example, manning the radio or administrative tasks. Another information meeting is being planned for the end of January. Search and rescue continues its tree chipping this weekend on Saturday, Jan 11 and Sunday, Jan. 12, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at their facility at 23598 105th Ave., Maple Ridge (next to Planet Ice). Chipping is by donation. For more information about search and rescue, go to www. rmsar.bc.ca.

The Pitt Meadows Lions joined forces with the Pitt Meadows Girl Guides to chip trees at Meadows Landscaping and they raised about $1,070. Meadows Landscaping Recycling will be accepting Christmas trees until the end of January, with donations also going to the Pitt Meadows Lions Club. Trees can be dropped

off at Meadows Landscaping Recycling, 17799 Ferry Slip Rd., Pitt Meadows. A third tree chipping event took place at the former Mussallem car lot on Lougheed Highway where Robert Jeglum and his company CB Yard Services was chipping trees by donation to raise money for the Prostate Cancer Foundation of

B.C. The chipping raised $644, and the tree chipper and labour was courtesy of GJ’s Tree Services. Jeglum’s mother, Laura Woycheshen, organized a raffle with donations from local businesses. This raised $831, so combined with the tree chipping donations, Jeglum was able to donate $1,475 to the foundation.

More trees chipped Two other tree chipping fundraisers were held this past weekend, one in Pitt Meadows, the other, in Maple Ridge.

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Whonnock Weavers and Spinners Guild will be demonstrating their fibre arts at The ACT on Tuesday.

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Spinners, weavers, knitters, and other fibre artisans will be demonstrating their skills at a lobby-night event at The ACT next Tuesday, 7-9 p.m. The Whonnock Weavers and Spinners Guild will be demonstrating different types of handiwork that can be made using a variety of fibres. • More at www.mrtimes.com

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An unlikely friendship of 25 years is the story being staged this Saturday at The ACT as part of the Arts Club Theatre on Tour series. Driving Miss Daisy, a Pulitzer-Prize winning play, is the story of a southern matriarch, played by Nicola Lipman, and her chauffeur, John Campbell, and their 25-year friendship. • More at www.mrtimes.com

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Like many young Maple Ridge residents, Ashlyn Exley came home for the holidays this year. But it’s where she came home from that’s unique. Since 2012, the 28-year-old Maple Ridge Secondary grad has been working as an international protection officer in South Sudan, with a non-government organization called Nonviolent Peaceforce. For Exley, it’s her passion for helping others that has brought her to this point. “I’ve always been interested in justice movements,” she explained. “I remember seeing a homeless kid in downtown Vancouver once and thinking, ‘I have to do something that helps people.’” That desire led her to Carleton University where she studied as an undergraduate in law. After Carleton, she continued to Royal Roads University in Victoria, and pursued a masters in conflict analysis and management. She said it was here that the idea of international peacekeeping “kind of came up.” The idea was solidified for Exley after watching the documentary, Pray the Devil Back to Hell. “That’s when I was like ‘omigosh’ this is what I’m supposed to be doing,” she said. Exley graduated from Royal Roads in 2011 and obtained her current position the way many people find a job. “I saw the job ad and applied for it,” she said. The job itself is team leader of a new 35-member women’s peacekeeping group, currently working in Rumbek and committed to taking on leadership roles surrounding the peace and security of their community. “Essentially, we have a team of seven people, and then a team of national and international staff,” Exley said. “Then we’re setting up these women’s peacekeeping teams. We’ve created three teams in Rumbek, where

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Maple Ridge’s Ashlyn Exley has been working towards peace in South Sudan. they’re experiencing a lot of ethnic conflict.” It’s a given that working in South Sudan doesn’t come without its share of issues, though. “Logistically, it’s probably the most challenging place to work in the world,” Exley noted. “We don’t have power, except for a generator that we run from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.” Navigating the road system can be an adventure as well. “South Sudan is still so under-

Ashlyn Exley took a hands-on approach to learning about local transportation in Rumbek, South Sudan.

in-hand with local staff, and I have to say my staff has always stepped in and supported me.” Exley credits her ability to speak Dinka, a local language only spoken in South Sudan, with helping her to feel safe. “I learned it word by word just talking to people,” she said. “Now I can banter back and forth with them.” For her efforts, Exley was honoured recently by the local women who gave her a Dinka name: Nyand-diar, meaning “daughter of all women.” “Getting a Dinka name is something they bestow upon you when they appreciate your work and you’ve established trust with them,” said Exley. “This is actually my seventh Dinka name, and I think it’s the coolest one.” Exley explained that she now has a different Dinka name for “five counties that we technically work in, but eight counties in total.” Exley is home in Maple Ridge until Jan. 13, before she returns to the region to continue her work. For more information on the Nonviolent Peaceforce, visit: www.nonviolentpeaceforce.org.

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Lowered rail arms frustrate Pitt Meadows traffic CP Rail will be doing a “comprehensive review” of why a crossing was blocked on Tuesday.

response times for fire trucks going south after the train passed through them, Jolley said, adding that of the track if the arms are down. the crossing, the arms didn’t go some drivers were also makThe only way to get through is via back up. ing U-turns over the meridian. Airport Way. The train crew didn’t realize “It was just This is not the first time that the train hadn’t cleared the a horror show the train arms have been track sensor that deactivates – very, very “It was just a horror down for long periods of the crossing arms, said CP Rail dangerous,” by Maria Rantanen show – very, very time, Jolley said. spokesperson Kevin Hrysak. Jolley said. mrantanen@mrtimes.com dangerous.” Hrysak said CP Rail will Adding to the problem, the As the situaThe train arms were be looking into Jolley’s train had a minor tion appeared Don Jolley down for about 40 mincomments about the emermechanical probmore dangerDon Jolley utes on Tuesday aftergency number and followlem with one of ous, Jolley “We take these Pitt Meadows fire chief noon, causing frustration ing up with local officials. called the CP Rail emergency situations very seriously the locomotives, for many drivers and a CP Rail regretted any inconvenience and wasn’t able line, and twice asked them to and will be doing a “very dangerous situathe incident caused motorists and pedesto move forward for about send someone to deal with the situation. tion,” according to Pitt trians, Hrysak said. He then called twice more, but didn’t comprehensive review.” 25 minutes. Meadows fire chief Don “We take these situations very serWith the train arms even get through. Kevin Hrysak – CP Rail Jolley. iously and will be doing a comprehensive down for such a long “It’s like calling 9-1-1 and getting no Jolley was stopped near review of what took place, in order to period of time, drivers answer,” he said. the tracks across Haris Road as a contain- were getting out of their cars and pulling take measures to prevent this from occurAs an emergency responder, that worer train passed through Pitt Meadows, but up the crossing arms or driving around ring in the future,” Hrysak said. ries him, as it can add several minutes to

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The tipping fee for every tonne of garbage taken to waste and disposal facilities in Metro Vancouver went up by a dollar, (to $108/tonne) as of Jan. 1. And for the large loads that originate in Maple Ridge, the total cost will be $112. The extra $4 will then be returned to the District to help facilitate its local recycling programs. According to Malcolm Brodie, chair of Metro Vancouver’s Zero Waste committee, tipping fees – fees charged for dumping – pay for the costs of waste transfer stations and disposal facilities, as well as initiatives to reduce garbage and increase recycling. However, because the Maple Ridge station isn’t classified as commercial, users generally don’t drop off loads big enough to be directly affected by the increase. Glenn Bohn of Metro Vancouver said the $10 minimum rate will remain unchanged. That’s not to say the price won’t fluctuate from dropoff to drop-off, though. Maple Ridge resident Chuck Spurgeon, who was at the transfer station on Tuesday, said while he hasn’t really noticed a major difference in cost, he does see the price vary from the minimum rate. “Last time I paid $11, and I think the time before that my cost was $17 because I had some lumber or something,” he said. “You never really know.” Spurgeon, who explained he lives “on the outskirts, but still in Maple Ridge,” also mentioned he would like to see curbside pickup come to the District. “We moved here three years ago from Langley where we had pickup,” he recalled. “It was added into our taxes and we didn’t really notice it. It seemed to work out to about $10 a month.” Spurgeon, who makes a trip to the transfer station “about every eight to 10 days or so,” did say that he would be willing to pay for curb-side pickup in Maple Ridge as well.

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This orange-coloured excavator, used by the Blue Mountain motorcycle club, has gone missing. Anyone with information about the missing excavator should call the Ridge Meadows RCMP at 604-463-6251, or those who want to remain anonymous can call the Crime Stoppers line at 1-800-222-8477.

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She would like these conversations to take place just between council and not with staff. “It’s frustrating but it’s a reality that this is the system set up in Maple Ridge,” Bell by Maria Rantanen said. mrantanen@mrtimes.com The average tax increase Maple Ridge Councillor in Maple Ridge will be 3.75 Corisa Bell said she realized per cent, with 3.25 per cent this week that her political being the municipal portion philosophy differs completely of the increase. from the rest of council. The other half-per-cent She was the only one to increase comes from increasvote against the es in recycling, budget that was on water, and sewer the table in front of costs. council on Tuesday The biggest drivevening, after ers of the budget day-long talks on increases are poliMonday. cing costs and the “I feel as a counfire department, cil we haven’t done said Paul Gill, dirour best because ector of finance we haven’t had a with the District of major discussion Maple Ridge. Corisa Bell around big items,” He pointed out Maple Ridge councillor Bell said. that savings could While she felt be found in some staff “excelled” in their job in areas, like closing the library bringing back a budget with on Sunday, but next year, even lower tax increases, she those same cost drivers doesn’t think it’s the “absowould exist, and new savings lute best” council can do. would need to be found. She would like council to The general increase in discuss broad issues, like taxes was 2.2 per cent. the vision of the District and Added to that were three

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The Blue Mountain Motorcycle Club is missing an excavator. And club members are reaching out to the public to help them find it. The club is offering a $500 reward to anyone who can help locate the missing excavator that was lent to the club by a very generous business owner. The orange-coloured machine was used in the building of bridges so the club members’ bikes wouldn’t disturb the natural water ways. It was also used to clear trails and help make them safe for the riders. The excavator was specially built to fit narrow trails, and was the most important piece of maintenance machinery that the Blue Mountain club had, according to club member Allen Dyke. “Without it ,we would have to manually carry drainage rock and clear dangerous rocks by hand, and that can be physically dangerous and very time consuming,” Dyke said. Members of the Blue Mountain club

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ride their bikes along an area at the end of 256th Street. The trails are posted and maintained by the members, who try to make them environmentally friendly while working with the city and government to follow strict guidelines. The club includes riders ranging in age from five to 76, who ride everything from Spanish Gas Gas trial bikes to Japanese Honda motocross bikes, Dyke said. “The first club at McNutt, I believe was riding there back in the early ’70s,” Dyke said. “Now the Blue Mountain motorcycle club has been there for a good 15 years, I believe.” Now 48, Dyke started riding with the club in 1985 and said that at that time he “was hanging with a bad crowd.” “Dirt biking was the only thing that kept me on the straight and narrow,” he said. “It taught me discipline and how to drive for achievements, and I met new friends that I would do anything for, because in my mind they are my second family.” Anyone with information about the missing excavator should call the Ridge Meadows RCMP at 604-463-6251, or those who want to remain anonymous can call the Crime Stoppers line at 1-800222-8477. People can also leave tips online at www.solvecrime.ca.

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Babies belong with mothers

Allowing babies to be with their mothers in prison is an important victory for women in the jail system, according to Samantha Sarra, a co-principal investigator of Bonding Through Bars, an international research round table through the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies at UBC. In December, Justice Carol Ross of the B.C. Supreme Court ruled that the cancellation of a mother-baby program at the Alouette Correctional Centre for Women in Maple Ridge prison violated the rights of mothers and children. Sarra said the court declaration that the best interest of the child should be paramount is a “beacon of hope against the bleak backdrop of oppression linked to incarceration rates in Canada.” The decision highlighted that women in provincial jails are vulnerable, with low education and employment levels, mental health issues, and abusive backgrounds. Sarra pointed out that Canada’s Aboriginal population is over-represented in prisons, both provincially and federally, and called the decision by Justice Ross a “critical first step” towards change that recognizes the “inequalities that shape incarceration in Canada.” Babies have been taken from their mothers for generations, Sarra said, something she calls a “most unforgivable crime,” and prisons have been a “confining force of colonialism.” Aboriginal mothers who refused to let their children be put into residential schools were incarcerated, and now the children of aboriginal women are being put in foster care “as a punitive means of addressing the intergenerational trauma caused by those schools.” Justice Ross’s decision to acknowledge the rights of mothers and children ensures that babies are now wrapped “in the protective blanket of their rights,” creating a precedent for change, Sarra concluded. – M.R. For the full opinion piece by Samantha Sarra, go to www.mrtimes.com and search for “Sarra”

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The only storm brewing here Well, thank God that’s over with, all that frivolity and drunkenis one in response to the Old ness, kissing strange people on the Sidewinder in the alternate press mouth at the New Year’s party, accusing our elected representaspending inordinate amounts of tives on municipal council of money on what is essentially just being ineffective, incompetent, another day, another tick of the unproductive and that the bureauclock beyond 11:59 p.m., lookcrats really run the show. Most ing back at the road kill you’ve responders agree with Big Mac left along the way as you drove who was once a councillor himself through 2013, making empty resoand should know. lutions to quit smoking, drinking, But isn’t this the way it is by Tim Tyler lose weight, get in shape, etc. I at most levels of government? t3atyler@shaw.ca don’t do it anymore, and I feel betAdvisors, back room boys and ter in the morning for it. girls, bureaucrats feeding the Went to bed with a good book at 10 p.m. and machine. Do you think Kamp or Dalton pass listened to the revelers letting off fireworks, wind without asking someone’s permission? banging garbage can lids, blowing air horns; all So why the big hullabaloo? So, Paul Gill and this interwoven with the sound of sirens bearhis buddies run the city while the council sits ing paramedics and firefighters to aid the dopes around the big table like a bunch of bobble that fell down the stairs, set fire to the house, heads, chattering like squirrels. You don’t like it, drowned themselves in booze. Thanks to the guy change it. Vote, for starters. who came up with the idea of celebrating the This is the level of government closest to the beginning of the New Year. I’m sure throwing up people, and yet only half of us or less bother to on your girlfriend isn’t what he had in mind. mark an X after going to a couple all-candidates It’s time to return to what most of us call normeetings, if that. You get the government you mal life. For me, it’s back to the gym to work off deserve, and it’s usually only when the issue is the Christmas weight before I get to the retirein your backyard that you get your dander up ment weight – I’m starting to look like Brando in and ask questions, whether it’s about garbage Apocalypse Now (“The horror, the horror”). pickup or the sprawling ’burbs or Albion. And wouldn’t ya know, there they are every It’s an election year, people. No time like the year: It’s the Resolution Fitness Team, and present to start initiating change. they’re all over the apparatuses (apparati?) and Well, maybe after the Super Bowl, or Victoria the weights in their new fitness togs, and will be Day or the summer holidays. until February when the lustre of exercise wears People have asked me every year if I’m going off and the TV beckons. to run. I laugh. Are you kidding? It’s a lot easier In lieu, the Tylers head for the great outdoors to sit on the sidelines and criticize. Council is a and a nice walk along the Kanaka Creek trail on lot of work and most of those people have other a beautiful weekend when small dogs dominate jobs. No wonder they need the bureaucrats. and everyone bids you good day and Happy New Besides, Corisa Bell kind of scares me. And I’m Year. betting she’ll run for mayor. You heard it here January made me shiver: so glad not to be first. living in eastern Canada where they are getting Meanwhile, back at the ranch, it’s time to burn pounded by old man winter from Newfoundland the Christmas tree and watch all our memories to Ontario. I almost feel guilty. of 2013 go up in smoke.

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Smart meters

Disabled hurt from every side

Dear Editor, I have received numerous threatening and coercive letters and phone calls either from or on behalf of our Crown corporation BC Hydro. The most recent demanded that I pay an additional $35 per month for them to read my analogue meter. Extremely sensitive, I’m already sick most of the time as it is, and pointed this out to BC Hydro when I wrote to them a number of times explaining why I would be refusing their smart meter. to I live on BC Persons with the Disability Benefits, which has been held within $120 of the same low rate for more than two decades, while many necessary expenses that were once covered by our government for the disabled have been downloaded onto us far exceed those $120. Last summer, our government decided it would stop deferring more than $700 worth of our property tax bill that a decade ago they told me they would defer instead of giving us a livable amount to live on. Deferment means we just don’t need to pay it right away: we still owe all the money, plus fees and interest. Please understand that, when one needs to go on government assistance, our government insists that we go on the equal payment plan for our utilities so our monthly payments will be more predictable. I have been on equal payment plan for my BC Hydro billing for about 23 years. I remember the bill started out as a combination of our electric and our natural gas combined. I use natural gas to heat my home. I remember my bill each month for both totalled $112, but now I pay at least as much or more for each of the electric and the natural gas bills. I am disabled, so I am at home most of the time, which means I always know exactly when BC Hydro has come to read my meter. For at least the past half dozen years,

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BC Hydro has only come to read my meter about once a year. This appears to be the fate of those who reside on the equal payment plan. Now I have been sent by special delivery an extremely threatening letter stating that if I do not pay the additional $35 per month that they will be billing me, and if I do not maintain payments, my account will be passed to collections and I will be at risk of service disconnection. I have little indication that they will actually read my meter more frequently than they have been for many years, which indicates to me that I will be paying our government Crown corporation $420 out of the $10,877 that I get to live on each year from our government, for them to read my meter one time. Albeit, I get to pay it from out of my government benefits on the “equal payment plan.” Because of my disabilities, it is not an option for me to earn some extra money to pay the bill. The media also speaks of our BC Hydro bill going up even more in the near future. I am at a total loss as to how I am expected to pay it. I have written many letters to our provincial government about our needs, and though other provinces provide more for their disabled, ours chooses to keep refusing to increase anything but the earning exemption, entirely forgetting that, to qualify for BC Persons With Disabilities in the first place, we must first prove we are unable to be employed. Living on the basic amount is not living with dignity, it’s barely existing. A report, “Overdue – The Case for Increasing the Persons with Disabilities Benefit in BC,” was presented to the B.C. government by the Disability Without Poverty Network in July of 2012. The network is comprised of five well known and respected organizations in B.C. Gail Neufeld, Maple Ridge

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Good things outweigh 2013 stink

Dear Editor, 2013 wasn’t the stinker that you described to many of us [Saying goodbye to a stinker, Dec. 31 Odd Thoughts, TIMES]. We must concentrate on the good things that happened in 2013, whether the birth of a child or celebration of the long life of a loved one. Nelson Mandela, having lived a long and meaning-

ful life, was cause for me to celebrate. I don’t think of his death with sadness, but with gratefulness and optimism for our world as a result of his contribution. As for the Middle East, you have tried to impose an instant solution (democracy) to a problem, instead of trying to grasp the understanding that not all of the world is like us, and sometimes

Poverty

Greatness depends on help

Dear Editor, With the right-wing governments’ continual cutbacks to services and social programs, so that they can give tax breaks to their corporate CEOs (corporate welfare), children and families will continue to struggle and suffer in this mean-spirited society. More and more of our social services are being off-loaded onto our communities, while the rich get richer from not paying their fair share of taxes. Many local support and outreach services are doing their best to help seniors and others living in poverty, but they also need the support of our governments to do this much needed work. British Columbia has the dubious distinction of having the highest child poverty rate in our country. Canada is only a great country if we help one another. It is not if we’re ruled by greedy politicians who cater to the interests of the corporate elites, the ones who fund their election campaigns. John E. McKenzie, Maple Ridge [Note: A fuller version of this letter is at www.mrtimes.com. Click on Opinion/Letters, or search the writer’s name.]

things take a lot longer to improve and change. The American political system is no different from the Arab Spring, with opposing groups more worried about themselves than the people who elected them. Canadian politics will be interesting in 2014, and should be taken as exciting and scary at the same time. Celebrate the achievements and deeds of many, such as those of Canadian Chris Hadfield and how he introduced a whole new generation to space, up close and personal. There are many great things to remember, all of which outweigh a flooded basement or an undesirable election outcome. Life is far too short to be worried about making the world a perfect place in the way you visualize it. Embrace the good things, and if you feel strong enough about the “bad,” be an active participant to make change, and stop your whining, because life is too fascinating to focus on the negative. John Morgan, Maple Ridge

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Kick-a-thon

Ridge karate kids put best fundraising feet forward A Maple Ridge mom is organizing a kick-a-thon on Jan. 15, in support of Variety – the Children’s Charity. by Troy Landreville tlandreville@mrtimes.com

Maple Ridge karate students will be kicking for a cause on Wednesday, Jan. 15. The cause is Variety – The Children’s Charity and the students are from Okinawan Traditional Martial Arts, and practise inside the Centered Within Yoga studio at #5-20306 Dewdney Trunk Road. Troy Landreville/TIMES This “kick-a-thon” gets going at Centred Within Yoga at 5 p.m. Debra Douglas is continuing a tradition passed along from her mom: raising funds for and runs for roughly an hour. Variety – The Children’s Charity. She is organizing a Jan. 15 kick-a-thon benefiting Variety Students will perform as many at Centered Within Yoga at #5-20306 Dewdney Trunk Road. kicks as they can over 15-minute ment for Children’s Hospital. and Corbin’s fellow students periods. Now, the next generation of how much fun it can be to parPeople can pledge money for the Douglas family is about to take in a fundraiser, Douglas each kick, donate a flat rate, or put their best feet forward, so to said, and to teach them about give money for each kick perspeak, to help Variety. giving to those who are less forformed with a maximum dollar Jeremy is always looking for tunate. value. ways to raise funds and donate She added that other lessons The cause is definitely a money to help include the importance of givworthy one. sick kids in need. ing and not always receiving; In 2013, Variety “One never knows A few of his to teach the difference this can provided 29 what the future will birthday parties make in someone else’s life who grants to 25 famfocused on donahas struggles; to teach young ilies in Maple hold.” tions in lieu of ones to not take things for grantRidge totalling Debra Douglas gifts. ed such as their health, because $45,221.36. “We have you never know if one day it The grants paid donated to a few will be taken away from you; for things such as: causes but all involving sick and to show kids that every little • a bursary to a special school kids,” Douglas said. bit counts. for a 14-year-old girl with a One of Jeremy’s birthdays “If you are giving your best learning disability; focused on children in the burn and doing all you can, then you • an adapted tricycle to help unit. There was no such fund to succeeded and you are making a 13-year-old boy with cerebral donate to, and the fire departa difference in someone else’s palsy exercise his muscles; ment that hosted his birthday life,” Douglas said, noting that, • expensive medication for an “One day we may just need 11-year-old boy with cancer; and party couldn’t accept donations. However, donations did end Variety’s help for our children. • occupational therapy for a six-year-old boy who has autism. up going through the fire depart- One never knows what the ment to children with muscular future will hold.” Kick-a-thon organizer Debra dystrophy. Douglas came up with the idea Douglas’s sons Jeremy, eight, Jeremy also organized a of the kick-a-thon and did so and Corbin, six, are enrolled large-scale lemonade sale at his partly in support of Jeremy, who with Okinawan Traditional school, serving kindergartners was recently diagnosed with Martial Arts. and Grade 1 students. Money Tourette syndrome, a neuroDouglas has a past connection raised from this sale went to logical disorder characterized by with Variety, which raises funds help children and their families tics: involuntary, rapid, sudden and distributes grants throughin Africa. movements or vocalizations that out B.C. to help children with The boy’s giving nature didn’t occur repeatedly in the same special needs. Her mom once stop there – Jeremy has also way. organized a year-round coin col“Right after my mom passed lection from seniors in her build- donated Halloween candy to away in July 2012, he started ing to donate to Variety, and has Children’s Hospital and has collected a small amount for the with this twitch of his head, and a close friend who is continuing Terry Fox Run to help kids with Tourette [syndrome] crossed my this effort in her legacy. cancer. mind, and everybody thought Douglas’s mom also used to This most recent charity event I had four heads,” Douglas collect can tabs and foil prodis being held to show Jeremy’s shared. “His vocals are more ucts, with funds going to equip-

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Eight-year-old Jeremy Douglas, whose mom Debra is the organizer of a kick-a-thon at Centered Within Yoga, will be kicking for a cause on Wednesday, Jan. 15. sounds, they’re not words… and his body doing things.” She said Jeremy – who she describes as very intelligent and athletic – is still reserved about his condition: “He knows that I’m doing this, he knows that it might be in the paper, because he’s fearful of reactions of people,” Douglas said. “We’re letting him know that he’s okay, that he’s just another kid. He’s got his differences, other people have their differences.” Meanwhile, Jeremy and Corbin are setting a dollar value for each of their kicks. During a practice run, Jeremy performed 731 kicks in 15 minutes, and Corbin managed 596. “I was quite shocked,” a proud Douglas said.

Internally, Okinawan students collecting a minimum of $25 will receive a certificate of appreciation for their contribution. There will be prizes awarded to the student with the most kicks and whoever brings in the most through donations. Anyone interested in donating to the fundraiser can contact Douglas at ddouglas7@hotmail. com or by calling her at 778-2397095, or by contacting the dojo at centeredwithinyoga@gmail. com or by calling 778-888-3746. People are welcome to watch or even take part in the kick-athon during the event, as well. For more information about Variety – The Children’s Charity, visit variety.bc.ca or call 604320-0505.

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The Group of Nine will open an exhibition at the Maple Ridge Art Gallery this Saturday.

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Artists express their colours

Nine local artists hold an exhibition at the Maple Ridge Art Gallery, opening this Saturday.

Colour is the focus of a local artists group’s show at the Maple Ridge Art Gallery at The ACT. The Group of Nine will open their exhibition, Colour Impact, this Saturday, addressing the theme of colour as explored by each individual artist in different ways. The group includes artists Jean Abbott, Margaret Bale, Joyce Campbell, Betty Coy, Jane Duford Johnston, Shirley Felgner, Suzette Fram, Jo-Anne Lewis and Florence Nicholson. “I think most of us are more suscept-

ible to the effect of colour than we realize,” said the art gallery’s curator Barbara Duncan. “So while on the one hand, this exhibition demonstrates how different artists embrace colour in their work, it’s also interesting to question how colour impacts different people in different ways.” There will be a special artists presentation on Saturday, Jan. 25, from 1 to 2 p.m. and the public will be invited to join in the discussion. The Art Gallery is open from Tuesday to Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. An opening reception for Colour Impact will be held Saturday, Jan. 11, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the gallery, 11944 Haney Pl., Maple Ridge. The show runs until Feb. 8.

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Left-handed dilemma

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f you look up the word paradiddle in a good dictionary you will learn that it is a quick succession of drumbeats, slower than a roll and alternating left-and right-hand strokes in a typical L_R_L_L, R_L_R_R pattern. But that’s not all. People learning to play the drums practise the paradiddle to make each hand do the same amount of work. From early childhood we choose a dominant hand. It seems to be necesby Alan Woodland sary to do so in order to learn to read and write, and it is thought that children side as if it were equal to the dominant. who have difficulty deciding which hand One of the ways the paradiddle pops comes first often have difficulty learning. in here is that, by tapping it out and Nobody knows why, but roughly 90 per starting first with one hand and then the cent of us are right-handed. other, my right hand began to teach the It used to be that left-handed children left hand what was required to have each were looked upon as being less capable, beat sound similar. and efforts were made by parents and After a few weeks of practise, I was teachers to force them to become rightdelighted to find that it worked, and as handed. with all achievements, no matter how The word “left” itself was considered to small, there was a warm sense of accommean wanting in some way. plishment. Our word gauche, meaning awkward, Having gone this far, I looked for more clumsy, or tactless, comes straight from information about left-right equality, and the French word meaning found that simple jugleft-handed. gling with three items Roughly 90 per cent of us was also And because left-handhelpful. are right-handed. ed people exist in what Now, it may surprise is largely a right-handed you to know – it did me world, they may appear – that the simple act of tossing a ball to be awkward on occasions. back and forth between your two hands Not fair. is more difficult than you may think. But, back to the paradiddle. Try it. At first, there is a tendency I thought about it when I was unable to move the weaker hand towards the to use my right arm and hand for a while stronger as the ball is tossed. and realized how helpless I felt. To hold the hands apart at shoulder My right hand had been truly dominant width and successfully toss the ball back and my left just jogged along for the ride. and forth takes time and patience, and I couldn’t write with it or use a hammer, the juggler is not ready to add the second a saw, or a screwdriver. and third balls until this is accomplished. I found that normal daily activities like About this time, I can imagine readers shaving, brushing my hair, cleaning my thinking that this is all very well, but why teeth, and eating had all become difficult bother? Well, what I have found is that and time-consuming. when you feel centred, you feel confident In looking for some way out of my and complete. dilemma, I came across the idea of cenCentering seems to improve the way tering, where we see ourselves as if we you stand and walk and deal with life’s had a line passing down through the daily challenges, and if nothing else, it is centre of our body, with both sides equal. recommended for anyone who may need We are, of course, still right- or leftto speak in public. handed, but we treat our non-dominant And you know how scary that can be.

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RIDGE MEADOWS MINOR BASEBALL ASSOCIATION

Ridge Meadows Minor Baseball – 60th Season REGISTRATION WILL TAKE PLACE AT VALLEY FAIR MALL

Sat. Jan 11, 2014 10am to 4pm • Sun. Jan 12, 2014 12pm to 4pm Registration closes on March 1st …don’t be disappointed! Umpires can register as well! Rally Cap............................2009 / 2008................................. $110 Super T.....................................2007........................................$120 Tadpole..............................2006 / 2005.................................. $140 Mosquito............................2004 / 2003 ..................................$190 PeeWee.............................2002 / 2001...................................$210 Bantam..............................2000 / 1999...................................$230 Midget.........................1998 / 1997 / 1996.............................$270 Junior...........................1995 / 1994 / 1993............................ $270 Registration is easier and more convenient than ever. Families can now register at the following location:

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Thursday, January 9, 2014 songs from Blue Hawaii to Viva Las Vegas. The show is is at 7:30 p.m. and tickets are available from The ACT ticket centre in person, by calling 604-476-2787, or at www. theactmapleridge.org.

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January 11 & 12: Tree chipping

• Ridge Meadows Search & Rescue team members will be chipping Christmas trees by donation at their facility, 23598 105th Ave., Maple Ridge (by Planet Ice) from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Money raised goes to the search and rescue team. For information about search and rescue, go to www.rmsar.bc.ca.

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January 11 to February 8: Art gallery

• Colour Impact, an exhibition from the Group of Nine, is at the Maple Ridge Art Gallery inside The ACT, 11944 Haney Pl., Maple Ridge. An opening reception will be held on Saturday, Jan. 11 from 2 to 4 p.m.

January 9: 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.

January 11: The ACT

January 10: Elvis tribute show

• Randy Elvis Friskie and his Las Vegas Show Band are at The ACT with a new show, That’s The Way It Is, showcasing memorable moments and music from Elvis’ movies. Relive the 50s, 60s and 70s movie scenes and

• Arts Club On Tour presents Driving Miss Daisy at The ACT, 11944 Haney Pl., Maple Ridge. This Pulitzer Prize-winning drama follows the adventures of a Southern matriarch and her chauffeur over their 25-year friendship. There will be a pre-show talk at 7:15

p.m. in The ACT lobby with Bill Millerd, artistic managing director of the Arts Club Theatre. Tickets are available at The ACT ticket centre, by calling 476-2787, or online at www.theactmapleridge.ca.

January 11: Bottle drive

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January 15: Homeschoolers

• Anyone who homeschools their children is invited to the Maple Ridge Library for a special Homeschoolers Tea at 1:30 p.m. to learn about the resources the library has to support children’s education. There will be activities for homeschooled children and teens. Info and to register: 604-467-7417.

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January 15, 22 & 29: Computer basics

• Maple Ridge Library will be offering a three-part Computer Basics course on Wednesdays, Jan, 15, 22, and 29 at 2 pm. Over three consecutive weeks, this gentle introduction to the computer will cover fundamental skills, including how to turn a computer on and off, use a mouse, master the keyboard, and more. Register: 604-467-7417.

• Members of the Whonnock Weavers and Spinners Guild will be at the ACT, demonstrating the art of spinning, and welcome anyone interested to come out and visit with them. They’ll talk about the guild and how easy it is to join them at a monthly meeting at Whonnock Lake Centre. They welcome felters, knitters, basket makers, and anyone interested in any fibre arts.

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• Anyone who’s interested in Facebook but doesn’t know where to start can come to the Maple Ridge Library at 11995 Haney Pl. for a one-hour presentation at 7 p.m. Find out how to join and what is needed to do to keep personal information safe. Info and to register: 604-467-7417.

• A bottle drive fundraiser will be held by the graduating class of Garibaldi Secondary. They’ll be out canvassing neighbourhoods throughout Maple Ridge from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. To contribute, drop the bottles off at the school, 24789 Dewdney Trunk Rd.; leave them outside the front door, marked “GSS Grad 2014” (email tstanley@shaw.ca to advise), or take them to the Maple Ridge Bottle Depot at #15-20475 Lougheed, noting that they’re for “Garibaldi Dry Grad.”

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A fly fishing instructor and outdoor writer, Jeff has fished the area since the early 1970s. Contact him at fishingnewsman@gmail.com

Radio chatter Columnist Jeff Weltz shared how he got onto the airwaves, while also passing along other tidbits of valuable information this week about fishing on Lower Mainland lakes during January. • More online: www.mrtimes.com, click on “Sports”

The Ridge Meadows Flames, led by head coach Jamie Fiset (right), host the Richmond Sockeyes Friday at Planet Ice. TIMES files

Flames vs. Fish The Ridge Meadows Flames will face a stern test this Friday when they host the Richmond Sockeyes at Planet Ice. Game time is 7:30 p.m. The Sockeyes have only lost four times this Pacific Junior Hockey League season and boast a 21-4-3-2 record. The Flames, third in the PJHL’s Harold Brittain Conference, sit at .500 at 14-14-2-3. • More online: www.mrtimes.com, click on “Sports”

Hunt makes Oil Maple Ridge players continue to find their way into the National Hockey League. The latest to make the NHL is 5’9” defenceman Brad Hunt, who played his third game with the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday. Hunt saw 12:01 of ice time during the Oilers 5-2 loss to the visiting St. Louis Blues. • More online: www.mrtimes.com, click on “Sports”

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Pro lacrosse

Burrards coach reflects on NLL career

Maple Ridge coach Chris Gill once starred in the National Lacrosse League, and is looking forward to seeing the Vancouver Stealth bring the pro game back to B.C. by Troy Landreville tlandreville@mrtimes.com

t’s been a long time coming. The Vancouver Stealth is set to make their home debut against the Minnesota Swarm this Saturday, Jan. 11, marking the National Lacrosse League’s return to British Columbia after a decadelong absence. The last time B.C. was home to an NLL team was 2004, the final year of the Vancouver Ravens franchise. The Maple Ridge Burrards’ newly appointed head coach will be at the Langley Events Centre to see the Stealth – who relocated from Everett, Wash. this past summer – play their first game on B.C. soil. Chris Gill, a Stealth season ticket-holder, is very familiar with the NLL. He had a decorated NLL career with stops in Baltimore, Toronto, Vancouver, Colorado, Edmonton, and Calgary. Along the way, Gill raised the Champion’s Cup three times (in 1999 and 2000 with the Toronto Rock, and in 2006 with the Colorado Mammoth, their one and only NLL title, so far) while racking up 557 points in 173 games. Gill, who retired from the NLL in 2010, recently reminisced about his time in North America’s elite pro indoor lacrosse league. “My time there, I loved it,” said Gill, who prior to his NLL days played for the Baltimore Thunder of the now defunct Major Indoor Lacrosse League. “I played in ’96 when it was the Major Lacrosse League and it wasn’t what it was today. I saw both worlds.” Gill said today’s NLL features the very best players from both Canada and the U.S. “There were mostly American players in the league back then [in the early years], except in Buffalo where there were all Ontario players,” he added. He said that after the Ravens’ departure, many of the quality players from the Lower Mainland who didn’t quite fit into the elite bracket were “on an island.”

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Maple Ridge Burrards head coach Chris Gill held up the Champion’s Cup as a member of the National Lacrosse League’s Toronto Rock in 1999. Left – Chris Gill, who was recently named head coach of the Western Lacrosse Association’s Maple Ridge Burrards, had a decorated pro career in the National Lacrosse League. Gill accumulated 557 points in 137 games and won the NLL title as a member of the Toronto Rock (in 1999 and 2000) and Colorado Mammoth (in 2006). Gill is looking forward to watching the Vancouver Stealth make their home debut Saturday at the Langley Events Centre.

“For second-tier players, it was not economical for teams to fly them in and out [for games],” Gill said. ill noted that the NLL game has evolved since his heydays in the league, and is now built on speed. Today’s prototypical NLL player has a different makeup than the one of a few years back. “From my era, I can see a big change,” he said. “Players are definitely in better shape and their conditioning and workout regiments are unbelievable. There is not a player in the league who is out of shape.” “The speed of the game is a lot different in the NLL,” Gill added, comparing it to the Western Lacrosse Association, in which the

Burrards play during the and tear of playing the sport for spring and summer months. 23 years catches up with you – the “They’ve made the game day-to-day grind of it all.” faster with different rule While there are no Burrards or changes. Now it’s a full-on Maple Ridge residents currently on sprint to get the ball out and the Stealth’s active roster, there are past the centre-line. You only a few members of the WLA squad have eight seconds to get playing in the NLL. the ball over Among them: centre, and it used 2013 WLA scoring to be 10. Those leader and MVP “Their conditioning two seconds makes Curtis Dickson and workout a difference.” along with defenceregiments are Asked if he man Garrett would ever conMcIntosh (Calgary unbelievable. There sider coming back Roughnecks), is not a player in the to the NLL, Gill, defenceman who celebrated his Creighton Reid league who is out of 42nd birthday on (Colorado shape.” Tuesday (Jan. 7), Mammoth), and Chris Gill said there’s absoattackers Riley lutely no chance. Loewen and Jarrett “I can barely walk my dog anyDavis (Edmonton Rush). more, from being sore from all the Fans can catch the Burrards lacrosse I’ve played,” he said, half players in action against the jokingly. “It isn’t a dirty game, Stealth at the Langley Events but it’s a physical game and it Centre on Jan. 17 (Colorado), Jan. takes a toll on your body. That 25 (Edmonton), Feb. 8 (Colorado), comes from running and falling on March 21 (Calgary), and April 26 cement all those years. The wear (Calgary).

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Peewees rustle up gold Burrards at top tourney Ridge Meadows’ peewee team took top spot in a tournament on Vancouver Island.

With NCAA scouts looking on, Team BC, including a trio of Ridge Meadows players, took part in a competition in California.

by Eric Zimmer editorial@mrtimes.com

The Ridge Meadows Rustlers were crowned champions and took home top spot in the Saanich Peewee T2 hockey tournament last weekend. Their 4-2 win against Victoria was the ultimate prize after a weekend of mixed results. The Rustlers opened the tournament with a 4-2 victory over the Powell River Kings. Next, they fell 4-3 to the Victoria Ice Hawks. In the third game, a late goal by Kyle Sackmann tied the game 2-2 with the Nanaimo Clippers to grab a spot on the semifinals. Ridge then advanced to the finals by defeating the host Saanich Braves in a game that went to a shootout. Shootout heroics from goalie Jacob Dubinsky, and shooters Dylan Kong and Reece Hansford gave the team its ticket to the finals.

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A1 Rustler earns trip to Italy

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The Ridge Meadows Rustlers were victorious in this past weekend’s T2 Peewee hockey tournament in Saanich. In the final game against Victoria, the Rustlers started strong, leading 2-0 after the first period. The team saw their lead slip away though and by the start of the third period, the score was tied at 4-4. With 12:49 left in the third period, Jake Sheridan scored on an assist from Luke Budisa and Sean Butler to break the tie. Talon Duff then scored on an empty net with 55 seconds left in the game to seal the deal for the Rustlers. The win came after a full-team effort, as well as goalie Madison Fox’s steady play.

The Selects Hockey organization has chosen Tyson Phare from the Ridge Meadows peewee A1 Rustlers at its annual minor peewee international tryout, held Jan. 2 in St. Albert, Alta., and Jan. 3 in Vancouver. Phare will now join the international program with the Western Canada Selects (WCAN) team.

Teams play five guaranteed games with the possibility of seven games over a two-day period to compete for the western club championship. Typically, this is where the majority of sophomores and juniors get their first legitimate recruitment exposure of the season. Three young field lacrosse players It is also common for talented seniors travelled south to Del Mar, Calif., where who are not committed at the time to they wore provincial colours at the be picked up by col2014 Adrenaline leges still looking Challenge. to fill their collegiRidge Meadows ate classes for the Burrards Dylan following season. McCormick, Aidan Beyond recruitMurphy, and ing, NCAA coaches Gavin Bruce were along with LXM members of Team pros hold valuable BC, which comadvanced-level colpeted at the highly legiate clinics for competitive event. attending players The Challenge and teams. has been a vital Team BC, which took part in the Adrenaline In addition, the team recruiting Challenge ,included three local players. Notre Dame coaches program on the clinics provide a Adrenaline calenway to build and enhance lacrosse der since 2002. knowledge and skills as a coach. Last year’s event saw 140 teams west Teams competing in this tournament of the Mississippi compete in front of include the very best the west has offer. 120 NCAA recruiters.

More than 300 invited players from across North America competed for 68 positions, with those selected participating in the program’s international spring training development camp and World Selects Invitational in Bolzano, Italy this April/May. “Tyson Phare was superb at the tryout,” said Mark Ciaccio,

WCAN 02 head coach and former pro hockey player. “He not only showed he has the skill to be a top hockey prospect but also demonstrated great leadership and passion on the ice.” The selection committee consisted of professional coaches, scouts, and hockey personnel. Selects Hockey is an elite hock-

ey prospect development program owned by Legacy Global Sports. Since 2003, Selects Hockey has worked with top 12- to- 16-yearold hockey players across North America and Europe in an effort to facilitate opportunities at the NCAA, junior, and professional levels. More at www.mrtimes.com

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