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Thursday, August 21, 2014 Maple Ridge native Graig Merritt is a major league talent scout who was just drafted to coach in Victoria.

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Pitt skipper disillusioned by voyage

Paddlers still hope their 76day excursion can still rally the world to act to preserve the B.C. Coastline. by Roxanne Hooper rhooper@mrtimes.com

Chris Cooper is disheartened and disillusioned as his Spirit of the Coast Canoe Journey draws to an end. The team arrived back home this past weekend, after a 76day, 1,230-kilometre paddling expedition from Fort Langley to Alaska. And while there is much to celebrate – including many personal milestones achieved by crew members, chances to see some truly stunning and unparalleled natural beauty

along the route, and meaningful skipper’s ire up was the lack of exchanges made with members media attention (local coverage of the First Nations communexcluded) garnered by this trek. ities up and down the coastline Cooper spent more than a year – Cooper said he’s still planning the Spirit of the wallowing a bit. Coast Canoe Journey, The Pitt Meadows including pulling togethadventurer and trip’s er the team, arranging founder was devastated sponsorships, coordinatthat, for the first time in ing the route, and ensurhis 30-year career in a ing all the equipment canoe, he had to bow out and supplies were in for health reasons, about place. two-thirds of the way But unlike most of Chris Cooper through the trip. his private adventures, Spirit founder He had initially hoped this journey was a he’d be able to return to the public endeavour. It was made team, but that wasn’t possible, to bring awareness to what and he had to pass the lead to Cooper describes as the jewel in friend and fellow paddler Brian Canada’s crown: Sheen. the pristine While that was sad, when and stunningly he sat down Tuesday with The beautiful British TIMES and a few of his fellow Columbia coastteammates, what had the team line, and the need

to preserve it. Both Cooper and his friend, Kwantlen First Nation artist Brandon Gabriel, also hoped to bring awareness to the sensitive balance that currently exists, and what they call the very real and dangerous threat posed by growth and development, such as tarsands and pipelines. “It’s demoralizing,” Cooper said, that 26 paddlers from around the globe came together throughout the two-and-a-half month excursion – giving of their time and money to be part of an education and awarenessdrive that he said has fallen flat. “It’s fair to say I’m not

impressed by the media response,” Cooper said. He commented it wasn’t a glamorous enough undertaking to grab the attention of most media and government, alike. But given the very real potential of the oil pipelines being pushed through B.C., he had expected the venture would have been more appealing to media outlets across the country, and around the globe. “This was way more important than all of the other trips I’ve taken and stories that have been put together on my adventures...” Cooper said. “It’s an important message to get out, and it wasn’t getting out.”

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Despite being sick for four days with a severe cold, fighting rough weather much of the journey, and losing a few crew members – including the captain – to injuries, the team of the Spirit of the Coast Canoe Journey persevered and made it from Fort Langley to the border of Alaska in 76 days. The final crew included interim skipper Eric Grumm (back), paddler Steven Jonasson (left), Cornwall’s Brian Sheen (front), and not in the picture Fort Langley’s Brandon Gabriel, and sailboat captain Don Jonasson – the only two who travelled the entire trip.

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Cyclist completes solo trek A Maple Ridge man made a two-wheel solo journey from Vancouver to Los Angeles.

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Service changes Translink’s new fall schedule starts Sept. 1 and two Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows routes are affected. The C43 and C44 Haney Place/Maple Meadows Station/Meadowtown routes will see a cut in non-peak service due to “low customer demand,” said Translink in a press release. • More at www.mrtimes.com

Bridge tolls will merge this September.

Tolls merge The payment systems for the Fraser River’s two toll bridges will merge in September, and drivers who use both the Golden Ears Quickpass system and Port Mann Treo toll system on the bridges will receive their tolls on one bill. The tolling system Treo will start sending out one bill for both bridges, beginning on Sept. 1. • More at www.mrtimes.com

Opening celebrated The new Pitt Meadows community police office will celebrate its grand opening on Saturday, Sept. 6. Everyone is invited to come out and meet members of the team, see police exhibits, and take a behind-the-scenes crime tour as well as receive safety tips. • More at www.mrtimes.com

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Even when a plan looks good on paper, things can sometimes go a little sideways – a fact not lost on Connor Gabriel. The 20-year-old Maple Ridge resident recently completed a 19-day, 2,600 km solo bike trip from Vancouver down to the California coast. But the trip wasn’t without its share of headaches. “I had four flat tires in the first three days,” he said. Eventually, Gabriel figured out the culprit was a staple, and managed to repair his tire for good and carry on. Other challenges such as riding at night to make up time, staying properly hydrated in the desert, finding a place to sleep each night, and dealing with “mental barriers” had to be dealt with and overcome. For Gabriel, these challenges of the trip were part of the appeal. “If I’m not sure I can do something, I really want to try and find out,” he explained. Gabriel is no stranger to multiday bike trips, but this one was the longest one he’s done to date and the first time he’s experienced the Oregon and California Coast. Along the way, Gabriel said he meant a ton of strangers who became friends and created lifelong memories as well. One memory in particular

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Maple Ridge cyclist Connor Gabriel snapped this selfie during his bike trip to California. He called the trip “difficult but beautiful.” involved a day Gabriel had to ride through the desert. “I was riding from Cuyama to Santa Maria – right through the desert,” he recalled. “I was getting pretty low on water – like maybe a quarter of a bottle left, and about 20 miles to go.” With no water or help in sight, Gabriel began to wonder what he would do if he ran dry. Then his luck turned. “Just as I really started worrying about it, I rolled up to some debris on the road that looked like empty water bottles,” he said. He was only half right. The debris was in fact water bottles, but they were full. ‘They must have fallen off a truck or something. At that point, I was like ‘someone’s looking out for me’” he quipped.

Though physical preparedness and proper preparation for a trip like this is crucial, Gabriel said mental toughness plays an important role as well. “You’ve got to keep positive,” he said. “Taking every day as an individual goal and continuously chopping away at the mileage is what helped me stay positive,” And though there were moments of pain, or restless nights with little sleep, the idea of giving up and turning around never crossed Gabriel’s mind. “I thought about taking a day off a couple times,” he said. But in the end, Gabriel resolved that his day off would be the day he arrived in Los Angeles and completed his journey. Though he averaged a distance of approximately 128 km to 190

km per day, Gabriel made sure to stop and smell the roses along the way. Or rather, the budding photographer and science student at the University of British Columbia would stop to take pictures of his journey which he documented on his Facebook page. “I’ve done photography as a hobby since Grade 9 or 10,” he explained. “Being a science student at UBC, I often find it difficult to get to know my creative side, so this is a hobby of mine that I wish to pursue more and more every year.” To that end, Gabriel has also started his own photo website: Benevolent Photography. Reflecting on his recent journey, Gabriel was succinct: “It was difficult, but it was beautiful at the same time.”

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Mounties catch would-be thief in the act

A Maple Ridge man was picked up by police in a “rare situation.” by Roxanne Hooper

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a.m. Tuesday and into the arms of awaiting police. In what police describe as a rare situation, a Mountie was patrolling in the vicinity of the 200th Street retailer when a call came in of a commercial alarm during the “wee hours of the morning,” said RCMP Cpl. Alanna Dunlop. The suspected bandit, a 40year-old area resident, was spot-

ted leaving the large retail store, and he was promptly arrested. RCMP allege he had gathered more than $4,000 worth of merchandise that he was fleeing the store with, when he was captured. “Police were fortunate to be in a position to apprehend this suspect during the commission of a break in,” Dunlop said. “Often times, the suspect

is able to flee a scene before first police responders have an opportunity to even be dispatched. In this incident, patrol officers were in the right place at the right time, and knew how to quickly put themselves in the best position to observe any crime and apprehend the culprit.” The suspect has been released on a promise to appear in court.

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Before skipper Chris Cooper, of Pitt Meadows, was injured, he reviewed maps with members of the team. Meanwhile, Don Jonasson of Anacortes (bottom) and Kwantlen’s Brandon Gabriel (yellow) were the only crew members to complete the entire journey from Fort Langley to Alaska.

Crew hopeful something will come

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Cooper is still hoping the purpose of the trek and all the team’s hard work will not be lost. He hopes a documentary being put together by sailboat videographer Don Jonasson in the next year will bring attention to the issue. Likewise, Gabriel is talking about writing a book on the excursion, and possibly doing some public speaking about the adventure that he said changed his life. Gabriel and Jonasson were the only members of the team who were on the journey the entire time, and Gabriel admitted he thought about leaving more than once. While glad to be back on terra ferma, Gabriel said his heart is still out on the water. “It was an important eye opener,” Gabriel said, added that he’s not swallowing what he calls the romantic illusions of the B.C. Coast that the tourist industry is trying to peddle. “It’s a false veil,” he said, moved on a few occasions to tears when encountering

the human degradation of the environment and the refuse that has been left by the human-driven industries that traverse the coastline, reaping all the invaluable resources then leaving a swath of destruction in their wake. Cooper insisted this is the last long journey he’s going to make along the B.C. Coastline. He’ll take small trips, but he’s seen it more than a dozen times, and said it’s heartwrenching to keep traversing the waterways, knowing he can’t help preserve its bounty. That said, he’s going to continue to make small treks. The next excursion, in fact, leaves next week. He and a group of eight head to Chilko Lake for 10 days. Then, since he didn’t actually get to paddle to the Alaska border on the Spirit trip, he’s going to take Barbara, his bride of 41 years, on an Alaskan cruise. Then, he joked, he can say he made it to Alaska in the summer of 2014, “just in a much bigger boat.”

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Northern Rain including Matt Stockwell, Matt Friesen, Sam Hobeyn, and Bryan Miguel are the closing band at Rock the Ridge, a youth concert benefiting B.C. Children’s Hospital. Rock the Ridge takes place this Friday, Aug. 22 at the Pitt Meadows Heritage Hall, with doors opening at 6 p.m.

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Rock the Ridge is back, this time in Pitt Meadows – and a youth band that played at the B.C. Children’s Hospital fundraiser last year is closing the show.

Rain, to share their music in an inviting environment. “The goal of the annual concert is to provide an opportunity to support local kids through local music,” show producer Sara Stanley said. Doors open at 6 p.m. with performances set to begin at 6:30 for a show that will be a little more than two hours long. Tickets, at $10 each, are now availby Troy Landreville able at two Maple Ridge businesses (T’s tlandreville@mrtimes.com at 11970 224th Street and G&G Music at B.C. Children’s Hospital has a special 20475 Lougheed Hwy), one Pitt Meadows place for at least one musician taking part business (Pet Planet at #113 19150 in this Friday’s Rock the Ridge concert in Lougheed Hwy), and at the door. Pitt Meadows. Last year Rock the Ridge raised $1,100 Northern Rain drummer Matt Stockwell, (after expenses) for BCCHF. an 18-year-old Surrey resident who This year’s target is to surpass last recently graduated from Fleetwood Park year’s funds despite having more expenses Secondary, underwent successful heart with the venue change, which was done surgery at the children’s hospital in June. to make the concert more accessible by The four-and-a-half hour procedure, the public. called catheter ablation, restores normal Stockwell is looking forward to Friday. heart rhythm, particularly “It’s a great cause and if the irregular rhythm has my favourite charity,” he not responded to medicasaid. “What they do for the Rock the Ridge tion. kids, they save tons and What: Youth concert “It happened just over tons of lives. I couldn’t benefiting B.C. Children’s a month ago and it was think of a better cause.” Hospital good,” Stockwell said. Extra motivation comes Where: Pitt Meadows “I’ve had [heart] arrhythfrom the fact that Stockwell Heritage Hall mia for five years, and had a blast last year. When: Friday, Aug. 22, as soon as I graduated “It was so much fun to doors open at 6 p.m. and finished my hockey, do, especially when you Tickets: $10 each and can I thought it would be a have a group of bands as be purchased at the door perfect time to do it. The good as this and as nice as or in advance at T’s, G&G people there are so nice this,” he said. “The crowd Music, and Pet Planet. and so well educated. I last year was awesome was scared before [I went and the stage was really in for surgery] but I wasn’t good. We haven’t seen the scared at all when I was in there. They venue, but I am looking forward to it.” were super calming – full marks to them.” Immediately after performing at Rock “Our experience with Children’s was the Ridge last fall, the guys from Northern great,” Stockwell’s mom Kathy said. “It’s Rain – including Stockwell, vocalist and amazing to be in the cardiology clinic and bass guitarist Sam Hobeyn, lead guitarist see three-week-old babies being cared for Matt Friesen, and rhythm guitarist Bryan and then this six-foot [tall] lanky young Miguel – asked Stanley when the next man walks in – his toes were almost Rock the Ridge would take place. hanging over the stretcher.” “I knew they had to be invited back, A fundraiser for the BC Children’s and close the show,” she said. Hospital Foundation, Rock the Ridge is As for the band itself, Northern Rain now an annual event – due in large part members write their own music and perto the exuberance of past performers, volform covers at their shows. unteers, and fans at the inaugural 2013 The tunes they perform at shows come concert. from a wide range of genres, from bands Featuring Maple Ridge bands such as like Blink 182 and Hedley, to their own The Basement, Ria Jade, as well as And heavy rendition of the 1983 megahit 99 A Little Guitar, The Reprise, ADOB, and a Luftballons by German pop singer Nena. returning favourite from last year’s show, The band has an EP to its credit, Northern Rain, this year’s concert will be Tomfoolery, and is in the process of “writheld Friday, Aug. 22 at the Pitt Meadows ing and writing like crazy,” with the hope Heritage Hall. of one day making a full length album. Funds from Rock the Ridge support the “I love the guys in the band,” Stockwell most urgent needs of the hospital. said. “They are some of my best friends Rock the Ridge also provides an outlet and I love making music with them. For for young rock bands across the Fraser sure, we’d like to make a career with it. Valley of the rock genre, like Northern We’d like to keep playing.”

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History

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Lawyer Tim Watkins is an avid historic re-enactor who took part in Mobilize Victoria, held Aug. 9 and 10 at Fort Rodd Hill National Historic Site in Victoria. He’s in the uniform of a 19th century British Artilleryman (right) and wearing a Canadian pattern tunic, circa 1914 (below) while relaxing at his desk at the McEachern Harris & Watkins office in downtown Maple Ridge.

A Maple Ridge lawyer helped to recreate a bit of history in Victoria recently.

by Don Hauka and Troy Landreville

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Earlier this month, Tim Watkins finally had a chance to walk a mile in his Grandpa Charlie’s shoes – or more accurately, crawl through a morass of mud in his boots. A historic re-enactor, Watkins has portrayed a passel of personages from the past through the years, from an 1890s British artilleryman to a sergeant in the famed Columbia Detachment of the Royal Engineers in the 1850s. During the B.C. Day long weekend, for instance, he played the part of a Royal Engineer at the Fort Langley National Historic Site (FLNHS) during the Fort’s weekend-long Brigade Days. But up until now, the 53-year-old Maple Ridge lawyer and history buff has been reluctant to re-enact a personage from the Great War. For a historic re-enactor, trying to replicate the original experience of a chosen character is crucial. Then along came Mobilize Victoria, an event commemorating the First World War, capturing the spirit of that Edwardian city during the early days of the war, when it was thought everyone would be home safe by Christmas. “The event appeals to me because it will be in a setting that

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Mistakes in Plan Number Six Memo to the Legions of Evil, Fortunately, our Chinese proApril 19. duction partners are interested in Well, we all got back to the licensing Dr. D’Eth’s designs for safehouse, and that’s something. the quad-rotor engines. I’ve creatObviously, there were some ed a limited partnership and we’re flaws with Plan Five. Mistakes selling some to the mining induswere made. That said, how could try – there may be applications in anyone have anticipated that the fighting forest fires, as well. This cutting torches would set off the should give us some working capsmoke alarms in the buildings ital for Plan Six-B. next door to the bank? Or that the Crimson Terror has found a lot sewage maintenance crew would of muscle. More than we needed, by Matthew Claxton choose that exact time to check possibly. He’s coming up with a on the tunnel? plan to keep them busy and physObviously, we should have anticipated the rapid ically fit until we’re ready to begin the operation. police response. Lesson learned. As far as Kat’s project goes, we’ll have to meet So, tunnelling into the vault is out. For the next on this, next Thursday. The software design plan, we’ll move to aerial extraction. Those diaseems to have gone off the rails. We can use the monds will be ours! conference room in the offices I’ve acquired for Memo to the Legions of Evil, April 30. my cover. Planning work by Dr. D’Eth on the quad-rotored Memo to the Legions of Evil, August 19. heavy lifter is proceeding well. The engines We cannot become discouraged, as Plan Six-C is should be powerful enough to lift the entire vault looking like our best bet to get into the vault. The clear of the bank. The main problem will be quad-rotor engine has been re-purposed to power fabrication – can we build the engines quickly our underground drilling machines. (Yes, we’re enough to have the device ready before the bank going in underground again. No, this will not be a upgrades security in June? I am consulting with repeat of Plan Four. Or Five.) The solid tungsten factories in China. drill bits will be expensive, but the IPO on Kat’s Meanwhile, Black Kat’s work on subverting the dating app should (just) cover that cost. electronic security is on schedule. Her software Klaus is talking about creating a full research should enable us to take control of every streetand development arm. We can hire some of the light in the city – ensuring out escape will be goons from Crimson’s gym to work in the waresmooth next time! houses, so that’s a win-win. Crimson Terror is recruiting some muscle. Memo to LEv. Corp. directors, Nov. 19. We obviously need more pathetic lackeys. (See Crimson’s gym chain/juice bar has opened its Appendix 1: Legal fees for captured lackeys.) third location this week, so congratulations are Personally, I’m cultivating contacts in the city due to our VP of Operations. and the banking industry. To this end, I have Kat will be moving from Information Systems assumed a persona as a real estate developer. I to Finance now that the dating app has been have meetings set up with several bankers. The acquired by Facebook. Sadly, Dr. D’Eth will be fools won’t expect us this time! leaving us to head up his new venture. Finance Memo to the Legions of Evil, June 2. is finishing details of the spinoff. The new office Obviously, we’ve missed out on the deadline to building downtown will break ground Thursday. proceed with the aerial extraction, at least without By the new schedule, Plan Six-F should launch some major modifications to the plan. The bank early in the third quarter next year. Those diahas finished replacing its skylight. monds will be ours!

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Thursday, August 21, 2014

Animal welfare

Bylaw need to keep walkers safer

their beloved four-legged family member Dear Editor, due to such a careless act. I can’t imagine As an owner of two small dogs living in the pain and horror they must be feeling. Pitt Meadows, I found your story [Pitbull Owners of vicious dogs or dogs that attacks, kills dog, July 31, TIMES] hit a little have behavioural issues need to take more too close to home for me. responsibility to ensure this type of horrific I’ve also seen pitbulls in my neighbouract never happens again. hood, and after hearing one too many Most owners don’t believe their stories about pitbulls attacking small Letters dog could do such an awful thing, dogs, I do not feel safe to walk my to so it’s time the City stepped in dogs alone anymore. the and created a bylaw to enforce The breed itself is not to blame. It’s breeds that have a higher percentthe owners. Editor age rate of attacks, mandating them When an owner of a pitbull cross to wear muzzles while outside of knows his dog sees small breeds as their homes. Maybe then we can walk our prey, his dog should have a muzzle on. streets again without the fear of unnecesSmall breed owners should not have to sarily losing a loved one in such a terrifying live in fear of large breeds because of the attack. owners’ irresponsible actions. My heart goes out to anyone who has lost Katie Aquilina, Pitt Meadows

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Dear Editor, What?! A poetry contest [Poems celebrate birthday, Aug. 14, TIMES], and I live one mile the wrong way? How utterly, crushingly unfair! Here, take this, you…you… “Ridgies,” you!

(HOME ON THE RANGE) Oh give me a home Where no bear can roam Where a dog in a dog park can play Where never is heard one evil word About that poor Beast every day.

(GILLIGAN’S ISLAND) It started here on these local shores, Where a tiny port was built, And if not for the courage of McIver’s Crews; It still would all be silt. (BRADY BUNCH) Here’s a story, ‘bout a man named Haney Hangin round the Fraser River way We don’t know much, ’cept for this here: He played with boats all day.

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His challenge will go to the BC Supreme Court on Sept. 8. If successful, it will open up Canadian health care to U.S.-style, for-profit health services. You may recall that a provincial audit found that Day’s Cambie Surgery Centre and Associated Referral Clinic unlawfully extra-billed patients for $491,654 in about 30 days. Research from Canada and around the world shows that wait times get longer with a two-tier medical system. I personally have been hospitalized with a stroke as a student, and for a heart attack later in life, both of which could well have bankrupted my family. We need to let our government know that our health care is not for sale! Bob Goos, Maple Ridge

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Cuts lowered families’ tax burdens

Dear Editor, I would like to clarify how our government is standing up for hard-working Canadian families. As Ms. Raynolds noted [Mail-out’s average meaningless, Aug. 14 Letters, TIMES], the Parliamentary Budget Officer found that federal tax cuts since 2005 – mostly by our government – are saving Canadians roughly $30 billion per year. Ms. Raynolds failed to mention that the budget

officer also determined that the most significant share of tax savings went to lowand middle-income earners, and singled out our government’s Working Income Tax Benefit and GST cuts as the two most significant “income inequality improving” measures examined in the study. With these tax cuts, the federal tax burden for Canadian families is the lowest it’s been in half a century. These findings sup-

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Bibles for Missions cashier Elizabeth Drummond happily invites everyone to come help celebrate the thrift store’s 15th anniversary next week. The store is located on Lougheed Highway in downtown Haney.

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t was 15 years ago that the Bibles for programs, and shop for back-to-school Missions Bookstore opened its doors. savings. And next Wednesday and Thursday, the shop will hold a massive sale to celebrate and help mark the t’s not your average neighbourhood occasion. garage sale. It’s no secret there are good deals to be The second annual Downtown had at thrift stores already, but throw in a Maple Ridge Community Garage Sale store-wide 50 per cent off sale, and that’s takes place Aug. 23, from 9 a.m. until 2 almost literally a steal. p.m, on 224th Street. But there’s more to the The pedestrian-only event story than just markdowns. is hosted by the Downtown “The store itself is part Maple Ridge BIA. of a larger organization Find hidden treasures, listhat began in Chilliwack ten to live music, enjoy the 25 years ago,” explained kids’ crafts and activities and Bibles For Missions Ridge discover a whole street full of Meadows president, Harry unique vendors and bargains. Schell. This event is open to both businesses and the public “A store there was estabhome. Vendor applications are lished with the aim of constill being accepted. Contact verting donated used goods by Eric Zimmer Kelsey at 604-467-2420 or into cash in support of the kelseym@downtownmapleridge.ca to reserve Bible League of Canada.” a table. The goal was to reach out to some poorer regions of India and assist with literacy through “scriptually-based material.” s much as some may bemoan the The 22353 Lougheed Hwy.. store has a looming back-to-school season, for paid store manager, but is run by about others the stress of the new year 50 volunteers, Schell noted. can be compounded by the cost of school “We provide a place for residents of supplies. Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows to have And this Saturday, office supply megaaccess to low-priced clothing and goods,” chain Staples is partnering with the Schell added. Salvation Army to help ease the burden for families facing financial constraints. From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., stop by the aney Place Mall is hosting Children 20050 Lougheed Hwy Staples, grab a cof& Youth Activities Registration & fee and/or a hot dog and make a donaInformation from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. tion to the Staples Maple Ridge School on Saturday, Aug 23. Supply Drive. Check out some local talent demonThe event is also sponsored by Waves strations at Centre Court, register for fall Coffee and Yuen’s Family Martial Arts.

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August 21: Story time

• Pitt Meadows Library presents storytime every Thursday until Aug. 21 from 10:15 to 10:45 a.m. Introduce kids to the love of books and language with storytime. Info: 604465-4113.

Hawaiian dance classes

August 21: Cycling

• HUB Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows holds its monthly meeting in the Alouette Room, Maple Ridge Library from 6:45 to 8:45 p.m.

August 23: Garage Sale

• Downtown Maple Ridge BIA hosts the second annual Downtown Maple Ridge Community Garage Sale from 9:00am until 2:00pm, on 224th Street. Event is open to both businesses and the public home. Info: Kelsey at 604-4672420 or kelseym@downtownmapleridge.ca.

August 25: Music

Lunchtme concert series

• Enjoy a free hour long music session by up and coming local musicians every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in August, at Memorial Peace Park from noon until 1 p.m. Series concludes on Aug. 28. • Beginner Hawaiian dance lessons for seniors (55-plus) are held every Thursday at the Pitt Meadows Seniors Centre from 2:45 to 3:45 p.m. Info: Diana at 604-465-5722.

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• Maple Ridge Historical Society presents the Willy Blizzard at the Music on the Wharf concert series. The concert is at 7 p.m. at the Port Haney Wharf. Donations will be collected at each performance. Consider bringing lawn chairs, sunglasses and a sweater for sundown.

August 27: Summer serenade wraps

• The Bruce James Orchestra holds the last of its weekly summer concerts in Pitt Meadows’ Spirit Square from 7 to 9 p.m. Concert is free for everyone. Info: www.brucejamesorchestra.com/gigs.

August 28: Run Volunteers needed

• Help is needed with this year’s Terry Fox Run “poster blitz.” The event starts at 6 p.m. at the Hammond Community Centre, and runs until 8 p.m. Volunteers are split into groups and put posters up around Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows to create awareness about the upcoming annual run. Event is followed by a dinner deal at Fox’s Reach pub. Info: Monique at 604-818-3993.

• Hominum Fraser Valley is an informal discussion and support group to help gay, bisexual, and questioning men with the challenges of being married, separated, or single. The next meeting is 7:30 p.m. Info: Art, 604-462-9813 or Don, 604-329-9760.

August 30: Market

• Maple Ridge Downtown BIA holds its annual summer market in conjunction with the Farmers Market at Memorial Peace Park from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Theme: “Doggy Days of South Park.” Info: 604-467-2420 or at downtownmapleridge.ca.

September 9: Weavers

• Whonnock Weavers and Spinners Guild meet at Whonnock Lake Centre, 27871 113th Ave., Maple Ridge, at 7:30 p.m. Felters, knitters, basket makers, and anyone interested in any other fibre arts are invited as well. Info: Marie at 604-462-9059.

Volunteers needed: Katie’s Place

• Katie’s Place animal shelter is looking for volunteers, in particular, cleaners for Fridays and Sundays. Any schedule can be accommodated. The shelter takes and other small animals. Help out some messy but grateful and loving little critters. Info: 604-463-7917 or visit volunteeratkatiesplace@shaw.ca.

• Full list: www.mrtimes.com, search “What’s On”

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Sports On Deck

Paddler competes Maple Ridge athlete Wes Hammer will compete in the first-ever Canadian surfski championships this weekend. The race takes place on Saturday and goes from Porteau Cove to Squamish. • More online: www.mrtimes.com, click on “Sports”

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Reach The TIMES' sports desk: Phone: 604-463-2281 or email: sports@mrtimes.com

Baseball

’Cats coach has Ridge roots A Maple Ridge native and major league talent scout will lead the charge in Victoria. by Cleve Dheensaw

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The Burrards are in the finals.

Burrards in action The Maple Ridge Burrards lacrosse squad kicked off the playoff series final last night on the Island against Victoria. Their first home game goes this Saturday at 7:45 p.m. • More online: www.mrtimes.com, click on “Sports”

Silver nabbed Former Thomas Haney Secondary student Jesse GaudryDovanne was part of the women’s Team Canada rugby team that recently won silver at the women’s world cup in France. She shares her thoughts on the experience with The TIMES. • More online: www.mrtimes.com, click on “Sports”

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

Myths debunked This week, TIMES columnist and fishing enthusiast Jeff Weltz begins a series of columns aimed at challenging some misguided ideas about fly-fishing while offering ways to create more practical applications. • More online: www.mrtimes.com, click on “Sports”

Classic returns The Founder’s Cup charity golf classic returns this year on Sept. 11. All proceeds go to charity. • More online: www.mrtimes.com, click on “Sports”

Send your scores and game reports to sports@mrtimes.com

Maple Ridge’s Graig Merritt is taking over the head coaching position for the Victoria Harbourcats. And the team feels that as a scout for seven years with the Tampa Bay Rays, Merritt is right in their wheelhouse, said ’Cats general manager Jim Swanson “He knows a lot of the players we will be going after,” Swanson said when recently announcing that Merritt takes over the head coaching position in 2015. “His scouting will take him to the places he needs to be. It naturally dovetails,” Swanson said. “Our goal for 2015 is the playoffs,” said Merritt, who was signed by the Rays as a catcher in 2001 and reached Double-A in his five seasons as a pro player, catching current Major League Baseball (MLB) players Jason Hammel and James Shields along the way. “I will demand hustle and effort. Those are things every player can control,” said the 36-year-old former Canadian junior team player, who also scouts B.C. for the Rays. “I have a very aggressive [coaching] style and demand a lot out of my players,” Merritt added. “I break them down and build them back up again.” Also crucial, he said, is to “keep all the players happy.” “You could recruit the best [NCAA] Division 1 players, but if they are not having fun with chemistry and team morale, the team won’t be successful,” he explained. “It’s my job to provide that successful environment.” Merritt was in spring training with Tampa Bay in 2003 andG2004 and has been through

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Maple Ridge native Graig Merritt is taking over as the new field boss of the Victoria HarbourCats in 2015. the grind in a minor-pro career that took him through Single-A and Double-A with the Hudson Valley Renegades, Charleston RiverDogs, Bakersfield Blaze, Montgomery Biscuits and Orlando Rays. He cites former New York Yankees manager Joe Torre as a role model at the MLB level because of “the way he kept his players happy” on a bench loaded with multi-million dollar talent that all wanted to be on the field. Instead of walking off into civilian life after his dreams of the majors faded as a player in Double-A, Merritt had a burning desire to stay involved in the sport. “I have a passion for the game that will rival anyone’s... and I will continue to follow that passion,” he said. “This is a big jump [from his previous coaching experience in the B.C. Premier League and as former owner-operator of the West

Coast Baseball Academy] but I’m ready for it. This [baseball] is what I want in my life,” Merritt reflected. “My goal is to coach or manage in pro baseball and I see this as a stepping stone. This progression seems perfect for me.” Merritt is a keen student of the game. “He’s not going to miss a thing,” said Swanson. As Rays scout for the region, Merritt has a good handle on players in B.C. and U.S. Pacific Northwest. The HarbourCats hope to fill in California by soon announcing their pitching coach for 2015 from that state. “[The potential new HarbourCats pitching coach] has huge connections from San Diego to San Jose,” noted Merritt. Recruiting has already begun for 2015. “Recruiting started two weeks ago for 2015,” said HarbourCats owner John McLean.

“If you don’t have your team recruited by mid-September or October, you are really behind,” he added. Having won the NCAA Division II national championship at Chico State before turning pro with the Rays organization, Merritt said he knows what players are going through at the collegiate level and in summer ball. And how to get the best out of them. “I’ve done a lot of research in the last two weeks. [McLean and Swanson] have very high goals and that’s perfect because I have high expectations, as well, for the fans here and for how we develop players into potential professionals. We are already No. 1 in the WCL in fans. We will rival any summer league team in North America,” vowed Merritt. The HarbourCats play in the West Coast League, a league that features top U.S. collegiate NCAA players.

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NBA give new basketball club a boost A new community basketball club is one of a select number to partner with pros. d

A newly-formed Revolution Basketball Club in Maple Ridge is celebrating its start up with a huge boost from the National Basketball Association (NBA). The community-based organization has been selected to be one of just 5-0 basketball clubs across Canada to pilot a junior NBA program for boys and girls in kindergarten and Grade 1. The NBA will provide coaching development, practice plans, and age-appropriate equipment to the Revolution Basketball Club to support this introductory program for children five to six years old in this community. The junior NBA curriculum has been developed by a team of experts in child

Kids participated in a junior NBA on-court demonstration at the Metropolis at Metrotown . development and physical literacy, long-term athlete development, and basketball fundamentals.

“We are so excited to have the support of the NBA as we work to provide local opportunities to play basketball,” said Kate Macleod, the local club’s founder and president. “The junior NBA and Steve Nash youth basketball programs will enable the Revolution Basketball Club to offer programs for boys and girls from kindergarten through Grade 7,” Macleod added. The work also allows the club to locally develop new volunteer leaders and coaches, who Macleod said will become “the catalyst for future basketball development.” Through this partnership, five members of the Revolution’s Grade 2-3 programs recently participated in the 2014 NBA nation summer tour, and took part an on-court demonstration with the junior NBA at Metropolis in Metrotown.

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Mike Pearson of Pearson Ecological joined Nancy Florence on the Katzie Slouth Blind Channel recently.

Nature studies

Slough health monitored Alouette River Management Society and Katzie Youth monitor the Katzie Slough Blind Channel.

The Katzie once used this slough as a natural transportation route in which they moved up and down the waterway from Pitt River to the Fraser River. Harvesting traditional foods, including the wapato plant and coho salmon, was of high value to the Katzie, Borick-Cunningham said. by Troy Landreville The Sagittaria latifolia or wapato plant tlandreville@mrtimes.com is a native plant that was traditionally In late July, Mike Pearson of Pearson harvested by the Katzie people. Ecological led a group of volunteers who It is a tuber-like plant which has overdid a wapato plant count and water qualwintering rhizomes and starchy tubers ity measurements along the Katzie Slough which are eaten by ducks, muskrats, and Blind Channel in Pitt Meadows. people. The plant grows in the water and The Pacific Salmon Foundation has traditionally was collected from a canoe. contracted the Alouette The wapato was planted River Management Society in the blind channel and (ARMS) to monitor the is counted annually by “Red-legged frogs channel’s well-being. Pearson to assess the numwere found in Katzie This is a communber and extent to which Slough.” ity effort, with a goal of they are growing each encouraging the participayear. Greta Borick-Cunningham tion of Katzie First Nation A well, during trapping members, particularly sessions in 2011 and 2012 youth, in gaining experience conducting in the blind channel, the following aquasome environmental monitoring activities. tic species mostly found were: threespine These include sampling of water quality, sticklebacks (native) and pumpkinseed juvenile fish, and aquatic invertebrate, (introduced). as well as vegetation surveys, explained A wider variety of fish species were also ARMS executive director Greta Borickfound, including some salmonids. Cunningham. “Red-legged frogs were found in The channel’s oxygen, temperature, Katzie Slough, these being a native B.C. conductivity and water level is monitored. blue-listed species of concern,” BorickThe Katzie Slough runs through Cunningham said. the traditional territory of the Katzie Other wildlife seen in the area of the First Nations people. The blind chanblind channel include green frogs, northnel extends approximately 240 metres west salamanders, ducks, herons, and westward from its junction with Katzie other small birds. •More at www.mrtimes.com, search “slough” Slough.

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This is an ideal Trans-Canada warrior, built to haul up the mountain passes BY BRENDAN McALEER

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If there’s one way forward for General Motors out of the whole recall-related public relations debacle, it’s decent product. Forget trying to ﬁx corporate culture, forget management restructuring, forget accountability audits and road-maps to synergy. Instead, simply build the cars that people want to buy, and build them well. To that end, while it’s fun to see the Camaro Z/28 scorch around the Nürburgring, or prepare to watch the upcoming Corvette Z06 kick the absolute bejesus out of supercars costing thrice as much, it’s far more important that Chevrolet’s passenger cars are solid and strong-selling. In the Canadian market, that means the small car segment. Since its introduction in 2008, the Cruze has done well, winning over Canadian families with big car space in a small-car package. For 2014, Chevrolet has introduced a unique drivetrain into their global car – a 2.0L diesel engine. We haven’t seen diesel in a GM passenger car in decades, and the last time we did it wasn’t exactly a good thing. So, does the Cruze Diesel have enough torque to get traction in the market?

Design:

Conservative nearly to a fault, the Cruze has a design that’s aged well, unlike some of its flashier stablemates. While the front fascia is dominated by a large, bowtiebranded grille, it’s not shouty at all. Diesel-equipped Cruzes come in a single trim, very well-equipped, which means you get standard 17” alloys and a bit of brightwork around the windows. In a darker colour, as with this week’s tester, the most striking thing is just how big the small car has got. The Cruze is now essentially the same dimensions as the old Impala. There’s a slight flavour of Impala to the rear taillights as well, but if you find some of the other small car options in the market a bit on the outlandish side, the Cruze should fit nicely in your driveway. It’s the equivalent of a nice dark grey pair of trousers that go with everything.

Environment:

Inside, the Cruze is less trousers than it is cargo shorts. Despite being classiﬁed as a compact, there’s a surprising

amount of room inside, both in front and out back. Taller drivers will like the depth to which you can lower the seat, and even with it set to ﬁt a larger driver up front, rear seat passengers still have plenty of room.

But other than that, the Cruze has a nicely laidout cabin that’s roomy, with decent sightlines. Being a higher-end model, everything in the diesel model that you expect to be covered in leather is, and the trunk is plenty huge. If you were looking for a machine with which to cross huge tracts of land, this’d appear to be the right sort of beast of burden.

Performance:

The single splash of colour on the rear of this week’s Cruze was a small green badge with a 2.0 symbol on it. That means that under the hood of this conservativelooking little sedan is its party-piece: a 2.0L turbodiesel engine cranking out 151 hp at 4000rpm and 264lb/ft of torque at 2000rpm.

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Very well equipped from standard, the Cruze can be optioned with a host of features to make long distance travel that much more enjoyable. Chevy’s MyLink navigation system, based around a 7” touchscreen, is easy to use, and connects easily to your smartphone. A nine-speaker, 250-Watt Pioneer audio system is optional, as is a power moonroof, and backup sensors – but the rearview camera is standard. The enhanced safety package contains a suite of driver’s aids that can be found across almost the entirety of the Chevy range, including blind spot alert and cross-trafﬁc alert.

That’s considerably more pep and grunt than you get with the next-most powerful engine on offer, a 1.4L gasoline-fuelled turbo four-cylinder. This is mated to a six-speed automatic, the only transmission on offer.

Ofﬁcial fuel economy ratings under the old system are 8.7L/100kms in the city and 5.1L/100kms on the highway, under the new 5-cycle testing. In the real world, the Cruze can best these ﬁgures.

If you’re expecting a barn-burner, this isn’t that sort of car. While the Cruze Diesel puts out ﬁgures that pip everything else on offer, the transmission and the throttle response are most deﬁnitely programmed for clean-running economy.

Green Light:

However, mine the torque a bit, and the sprightly chassis responds well. This is an ideal Trans-Canada warrior, built to haul up the mountain passes and then cruise on through the ﬂat sections – er, no pun intended. There’s even a brief overboost function if you need to get around

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I’m of two minds about the dash treatment, which incorporates a swathe of meshlook fabric to complement the black and silver motif. On one hand, it looks rather nice. On the other hand, I have some reservations about how well it’ll hold up to use, particularly when kids are involved.

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