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There is a gap in time when everything changed for Lester Wong. Early Christmas morning, 2009, he slid behind the wheel of his car. The air was biting cold. Wong recalls black ice forming an ominous sheen on the streets. His next memory was waking up in the hospital. It was February 2010. “I think maybe that I hit a patch of ice, or maybe I fell asleep, I don’t really exactly remember, but it could be that it was good for me, that I have a mechanism that I don’t remember [what happened],” said the now 29-year-old Wong, who, before his accident, trained with the International Flight Centre in Pitt Meadows and Boundary Bay, to obtain his private pilot’s licence. “I remember that during Christmas I had planned to celebrate Christmas with my family in Victoria. So Christmas Eve, I was out with friends, and one of my friends’ house was closer to Burnaby and that’s why I went there. I lived in Richmond. I remember that I wanted to go home earlier,” Wong shared. “I wanted to get up in the morning and take the ferry to celebrate Christmas with my family. That’s all I remember.” His car hit a rock wall in a T intersection. His engine caught fire. Flames funneled through a fist-size hole in the windshield, burning his face, chest, and arms. Firefighters pulled Wong out of the burning vehicle. His face was so swollen from burns that he was unable to breathe, so paramedics performed a cricothyrotomy – cutting open his throat and inserting a breathing tube directly into his windpipe. Then followed a slow road to recovery. “After countless surgeries and with the support of his friends, family, doctors and therapy, I could slowly see the old Lester coming back,” his sister Mandy Harkness related. “He never gave up, and kept on fighting for his life. With ongoing occupational therapy and physiotherapy, he had gradually found ways to cope with his everyday life.” Wong remembers feeling calm when he woke up in the hospital. He didn’t know

Lester Wong’s life changed following a devastating car accident on Christmas morning, 2009. Five years after a lifealtering single car crash in Burnaby, Lester Wong continues to fly.

the extent of his injuries, but had trust in the doctors and nurses. “Whatever they told me and whatever the physiotherapist told me,” he said, “I just followed whatever they said.” Wong wasn’t able to move because he had lost so much muscle mass, and he couldn’t talk because he had a tracheotomy tube in his throat. “My mind-set was to recover and focus on recovering and taking rests,” he said. Wong’s most severe injuries were to his face and hands. He’d suffered 33 per cent burns to his upper body and face, and lost some fingertips – which made difficult the simplest things, such as tying shoelaces and buttoning up a shirt collar. “Eventually he found a way to work things out and [he] became more and more positive,” his sister said. “It’s pretty much unbelievable,” he added. “If you don’t have your friends and family to support you, then you can’t move forward. That’s how I feel. When I first woke up, my family was there. When I was able to talk and able to eat again, they always came and brought me meals.” It wasn’t just family who helped Wong.

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Firefighters and paramedics who saved commercial pilot licence is high, especially his life, and the staff at VGH – in particuwhen it comes to flight time. lar the nurses along with Dr. Anthony “I’m trying to raise funds… $30,000 Papp, the medical director for the BC is the amount that I came up with, that Professional Firefighters’ Burn Unit – have I need to be able to just get the license, a special place for Wong. and also all the requirements for a charter Wong’s ultimate goal remains to become company or airline company,” Wong said. a commercial airline pilot. His sister is determined “He had heard from “If you don’t have your to help: “I am so proud his father’s stories of our of his success. He is an friends and family to grandpa flying in the air inspiration to me.” force,” Harkness said. “He Wong will take visitors support you, then you does not want to give up on private flights in a Piper can’t move forward.” his dream.” Cherokee from Langley Lester Wong However, Wong has run Regional Airport, with into a few road blocks. help to rent the plane, and “I thought it was easy, you know, I funds going to help pay for his tuition. thought that I just needed to get my med“Donors… can donate and can go on a ical and if I pass all the medical [tests], I training flight and come up with me and was pretty much done,” Wong said. “It is, enjoy it, for the scenery and have the in a way, but it is not, because Transport experience,” Wong said. “It would be a Canada is really strict, and they look at way lower cost than it would be to go and your case and [say] ‘Whoah, you’ve been hire a pilot and fly around.” A FundAid.ca crowdfunding campaign has been created to help through an injury accident,’ and they raise money for Lester Wong’s flight school tuition and costs. want to make sure you’ll be okay when you are flying. They sent me a letter pretty FundAid ,an initiative by Glacier Media (which owns the TIMES), highlights the vital role newspapers play in helping much telling me that, right now, my members of the community. You can donate on the web version licence I had from before is not valid.” of this story (click on ‘Community’ at www.mrtimes.com) Wong is studying to complete ground or visit https://fundrazr.com/campaigns/4s3b3. school, but the cost of completing the

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Look, listen, be seen Ridge Meadows RCMP, Pitt Meadows Fire Department, City of Pitt Meadows and ICBC representatives will raise awareness in pedestrian safety at Meadow Town Shopping Mall on Saturday, Oct. 25 from 9 a.m. to noon. • More at www.mrtimes.com

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Suicide averted A suicidal man perched on top of a Pitt Meadows metal train bridge was convinced to come down safely on Monday, Oct. 20. Ridge Meadows mounties used crisis de-escalation techniques to advert the potential tragedy, said Cpl. Alanna Dunlop thorugh a press release. “The officers involved should be very proud,” Dunlop said. • More at www.mrtimes.com

Fireworks show Albion Fairgrounds is the location for the Maple Ridge community fireworks display on Oct. 30 at 7 p.m. The event will go on rain or shine and donations will be accepted for the Maple Ridge Food Bank • More at www.mrtimes.com

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A child falls asleep and begins to dream. Or rather, have nightmares. Spiders, psychopaths, and scares of all kinds continuously haunt the kid’s subconscious. The only way out is to wake up. If the child wakes up, that is. If I Should Die Before I Wake is the theme of this year’s Ghost Ridge experience at the Albion Fairgrounds, which kicks off tomorrow (Oct. 24) and runs nightly until Oct. 30. Taking people though their worst nightmares is the idea behind this year’s annual Halloween attraction, and those involved with Ghost Ridge are once again preparing to offer up an unholy variety of thrills and chills, as they have done for the past 12 years. This year promises unexpected surprises and numerous interactive effects for all those brave enough to make their way through the gates of Ghost Ridge. The exhibit is a volunteer-run, community effort, and in the past, has seen up to five different groups help plan, construct, and operate Ghost Ridge. This year, three community groups including both the men’s and lady’s teams from the Ridge Meadows Bruins Rugby Club, the Live Action Roleplay Group (LARP) and Country Fest have all had a hand in bringing Ghost Ridge to life. In addition to a number of set constructors, makeup artists, and other contributors, a total of 35 actors stationed throughout the exhibit also help bring the attraction alive. The actors (and actresses) come from local high schools in the community where participating students can earn community service hours required for graduation. “Students send in applications,” said Lorraine Bates. Auditions involve things like quick improv, or something as simple as showing the panel their best scream.

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Mark Charke got dressed up and enjoyed tea-time with a friend on Tuesday, as the pair waited patiently and made final preparations for Ghost Ridge 2014. The lights get turned off and the attraction opens tomorrow night (Friday) at Albion Fairgrounds. If the panel wants to see more, with LARP for seven years, and then they will ask the applicant is entering his second year with to play specific characters, relGhost Ridge. evant to that year’s show. Being part of the experience, ‘The kids go into the auditions Charke is privy to the raw blind,” Bates noted. human emotion and candid reac“They don’t know what part tions of people when they are they’re auditioning for, and have scared. nothing prepared in advance.” But he had no trouble namAnd of course, those involved ing his favourite reaction from with LARP who successfully people. audition play a big role in bring“The screaming,” he said. “I ing the scenes to life as well. love it when they scream.” More often than Reactions from not, once someone those who make “I love it when has successfully auditheir way through tioned for a part, they Ghost Ridge are they scream.” will return in followas varied as the Mark Chatke ing years to audition people themand hopefully take selves who attend, part again. Charke noted. “You do have repeat offenders Charke noted a fellow actor that come back year after year,” of his who retired last year had said Country Fest president Tom relayed a story of a “a guest who Cameron. peed his pants. That was his “There’s also a core group of highlight,” Charke laughed. us who have been here since the As a LARPer, doing somebeginning.” thing like this is a bit of game Cameron explained that a list explained Charke. of actors is kept on hand, but All the actors abide by strict auditions are still necessary to rules such as no contact and match the part with the person. policies around safety regulaOne of these actors is Mark tions, but the fun is found in Charke, who has been involved inciting a real and raw reaction

from people. “This is as close to real fantasy as you can get,” he said. “If you can actually scare people, that’s real and that’s what I like. It’s a challenge.” Ghost Ridge 2014 runs 6 to 9 p.m. nightly at the Albion Fairgrounds, 23448 105 Ave., and admission is $8. Cameron and Bates both noted they don’t recommend Ghost Ridge for those under 14 years of age. However, Sunday Oct. 26 and Monday, Oct. 27 will feature a family friendly viewing from 5 to 6 p.m. The viewing is an opportunity for the younger children, whereby the scenes are all set up and ready to go, but the lights are left on to make the experience less scary. And The Maple Ridge Lions Club will host the Halloweenland carnival nightly at the Fairgrounds for youngsters, featuring “non-scary and completely fun” activities, said Lions Club president Femmie Gibson. For more information about this charity attraction, people can visit www.ghostridge.ca.

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City staff ‘too busy’: Rule Maple Ridge needs more employees to handle the growing influx of development permits, as current staff is overwhelmed: City report.

The building department has issued 3,885 building permits in the last five years, which is 777 per year or 15 permits per week. In comparison, Maple Ridge development staff has 51 files per employee while Surrey the ratio is 34 files to one, Coquitlam is 23 to one, and Langley is by Christopher Sun 11 to one. This is in addition to providing front counter service and handling csun@mrtimes.com telephone and email inquiries from profesMaple Ridge is the second fastest growsional developers to residents wanting to ing City in B.C., but too much work and subdivide their property, but are unfamillack of staff in processing development iar with how the process works. applications is slowing things down. The report proposes to hire the four City council was presented a staff report extra staff over two years. A fifth position at Monday’s workshop meeting, recomwill also be hired, but that was already mending creating four new positions in accounted for in the last budget. the planning, engineering, and building The report also said due to work overdepartment – which currently has a total load, developers are becoming vocal in staff of 11. how slow the process has become, which The new hires is now averaging will cost about 90 days. $400,000, with half Coun. Michael the amount funded Morden said he has “We physically do out of the building heard directly from not have enough department reserve developers that the fund for the first staff to deal with all process is taking two years, accordtoo long and he the applications in ing to the report. wondered if more the queue.” The remainefficiencies can be ing half is already Jim Rule found within the approved in the department, instead current budget. of hiring more staff. One main cause He also floated the for the large influx of applications is idea of charging developers additional fees the successful Town Centre Investment to jump the queue. Incentive Program (TCIIP). “The feedback I’ve received from Enacted in 2011 and expected to bring developers is the fees are not a concern, in about a dozen new applications, 80 the concern is the timely delivery of sercame in, said chief administration officer vice, that needs to be the key objective,” Jim Rule. Growth in applications have Morden said. also been strong throughout the city. Coun. Carisa Bell supported the idea “We physically do not have enough of charging additional fees for expedited staff to deal with all the applications in service and she spoke in favour of hiring the queue,” Rule said, explaining develop- temporary staff instead of permanent, full ment fees here are 22 per cent lower than time ones. other municipalities. “Can we have contracted employees “Maple Ridge is one of the most affordcome in while we’re at high peak perable places in the Lower Mainland. iods?” Bell asked City staff. Development fees are lower than the averDirector of planning Christine Carter age.” said staff inquired about sharing planners In the past three years, the planning with other Metro Vancouver municipaldepartment has provided 450 development ities, but was told it has never been done related reports to council, which is about and not possible due to contracts. 90 reports per staff, according to the staff Mayor Ernie Daykin said this dilemma is report. They currently have 256 active actually good news for the City. files, or about 51 for each staff member. • More at www.mrtimes.com, search “engineering”

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Local MP Randy Kamp is safe and was under lock down Wednesday morning after a gun battle at Parliament Hill. One gunman and a soldier were killed and one person is

in hospital. The soldier was shot before 10 a.m. at the War Memorial. Gun fire continued with up to 50 shots fired inside Centre Block. Kamp’s executive assistant Mike Murray said Wednesday morning that the Pitt Meadows-Maple Ridge-Mission MP was in a caucus meeting during the shooting.

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A weapon was used to rob a Maple Ridge teen in Fletcher Park Saturday night. Daria Craig said her son and his girlfriend were walking home through the park, located in the 12200 block of Fletcher Street, at around 9:30 p.m., when they were “grabbed and shoved” from behind by two hoodie-andscarf-clad guys believed to be between the ages 17 and 19. She said her son was robbed of his phone, money and backpack. Police confirm a weapon was produced during the incident, but said the pair of victimes escaped unharmed. “It’s kind of scary,” said Craig. “The park is two blocks from where we live.” Mounties attended with a police dog but did not find the culprits. The investigation continues. .• More: www.mrtimes.com

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• Hammond Elementary hosts an all-candidates meeting from 7 p.m. until 10 p.m. at 11520 203rd St.

• Advance voting at Ridge Meadows Senior Centre or Fraserview Village small hall, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

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• Ridge Meadows Senior Centre, located at 12150 224th St., hosts an all-candidates meeting from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m.

• Pitt Meadows Community Association hosts an allcandidates meeting at Pitt Meadows Family Recreation Centre, at 7 p.m.

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Shock short of surprise Shocking news from the country’s capital this week is the kind of stuff we’ve come to expect from other parts of the world. Airplanes crash into buildings in the United States. Hotels are bombed in the Far East and cars explode in the Middle East. Subways are attacked in faraway places like Japan and London, England. Now the global wave of violence that we’ve been seeing and reading about may have come home to Canada. It’s shocking, indeed. But not really surprising. Canada has taken an active role against belligerents in other parts of the world, so we shouldn’t be surprised if they may attempt to bring the fight to our own doorstep. And it’s important that, at time of this writing, at least, “may” remains the operative word. News coverage of the Parliament Hill shooting, in its early stages, has stood in stark contrast to the kind of reporting that we’ve come to expect from the mega-media south of the border. Caution has been the watchword. Little was known, and purposefully, little was reported. There was much “housekeeping” – community newspapers across the country checked in on their members of parliament to ensure they were safe, and there was an overall watchful attitude to keep track of what was transpiring. There was some speculation that the attack “may” have been a coordinated effort, but that was tempered by an air of calm objectivity. It’s important to note that whatever security breach occurred, it was dealt with swiftly and decisively. Cooler heads prevailed. And it’s important that we, as a nation, follow suit. Plug the holes if there are any, and move on. Falling to panic and fear only gives victory to those who attempt to deal in terror. – B.G.

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Whiskey headache in Cold War Remember that time when the with the Swedish navy, sending world almost ended? subs zipping in and out of the Not the Cuban Missile Crisis, fjords, running away when the not the (multiple) times a US Swedes tried to track them down nuclear bomber crashed, not the with sonar. time they tried to kill Castro with If this all sounds like playful an exploding cigar or the time peacetime fun, remember that Reagan started yammering about some of these subs were armed the apocalypse on national TV. with nuclear missiles. Military I’m talking about the Whiskey commanders from powerful on the Rocks incident, which has nations often have the maturity a lot less alcohol involved than and good sense of a bunch of sixby Matthew Claxton you might think. year-olds playing with railroad See, a few days ago Sweden flares in a kerosene refinery. was busy sending out patrol ships looking for While the sub was stuck on the rocks, the “foreign underwater activity,” and they were Swedes pulled up alongside and did some tests, essentially nudging journalists and mouthing the and estimated there were probably about 10 words “Russians!” pounds of uranium sitting around the bow of the Apparently Putin decided to send a sub sub, where the torpedoes should have been. snooping around not too far off the coast of They also sent some unarmed officials aboard Stockholm, and the Swedes didn’t take kindly to to have a chat with the Russians. The Russians that. professed to be deeply confused, and according The recent incident may have been caused to some accounts, they claimed to have simply by a Russian mini-sub, which may or may not been lost and thought they were near Poland. have been in some kind of trouble. A Russian How they managed to make it through numerous oil tanker was also seen acting kind of shifty in narrow passages without noticing that they were the vicinity. This time, it doesn’t seem to have hundreds of miles off course is anyone’s guess. amounted to much. The worst moment came after the Soviets sent In 1981, it got pretty dangerous. in a “rescue squad” of warships. The Swedes The name of the incident came from a W-class turned them back and fired up their onshore, submarine, dubbed Whiskey by NATO military radar-guided artillery. The Soviets backed off, spotters. but then a storm came up. The Swedish radar The Russians called it S-363, and it was a could see two shapes were coming straight creaky old tub, a relic of the 1950s, not exactly towards the sub, and their naval base. They the pride of the Soviet fleet, even by the decayscrambled jets, armed their guns… and barely ing standards of the end of the communist avoided sinking two German grain-hauling ships empire. that had wandered into the passage, totally On the night of Oct. 27, the Swedes were only oblivious to all the weapons aimed at them. semi-surprised when the S-363 suddenly popped Stories like this make me glad I’ve lived most up out of the water just a couple of kilometres of my life in a post-Cold War world. We know from one of their major naval bases, stuck on a there were (and are) a lot of nukes out there. rock. What we don’t hear often enough is that they They were only semi-surprised because, were in the hands of people who couldn’t have throughout the past several years, the Soviets run a lemonade stand. Kind of makes you wonhad been playing a fun game of hide-and-seek der who’s in charge now.

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Neighbours keeping it clean Dear Editor, Plant prunings, leaves, grass, etc. are repeatedly being dumped in the bush along the dip/gulley in the road on Powell Avenue and 205th Street, and we (the neighbours) or the City have picked up and disposed of the mess on too many occasions. The City has erected a sign, “Do Not Dump Refuse,” that is ignored. You can leave your garden clippings at the end of your driveways this time of year for pickup, or you can take your

waste to the dump, just like everyone else. We are trying to keep this area clean, and we constantly pick up cans, bottles, and garbage randomly thrown here. I just find Maple Ridge has become a breeding ground for litter and trash just thrown haphazardly into bushes, parks, and vacant lots – as long as it’s not on their property. The only way to keep our community clean is to follow the bylaws and pitch in to clean up our neighbourhoods. Gloria Williams, Maple Ridge

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Property taxes rise above budgets Dear Editor, What do we get for our yearly property tax increase? Over the past 12 to 15 years, the residential tax rate in the city of Maple Ridge has effectively doubled, outpacing income growth and inflation by a significant amount. This type of cost, related directly to home ownership, contributes to residential movement away from Maple Ridge. As someone whose friends and family grew up in this community, it’s tough to see them, many on fixed retirement incomes or with salaried positions, struggle to come up with the money to pay for their annual tax increas-

es. People with these sorts sure to ask your favoured of arrangements do not candidate(s) in the upcomreceive annual increases ing civic election about to their incomes, and their plans to reduce the consequently, the money tax burden on residents has to come from of Maple Ridge. other parts of their Letters Ask for specific personal budget. numbers, and if to Is it just that the numbers seem people have to overly optimistic, the choose between tell that to your food and other candidate and necessities, or payhold their feet ing their annual to the fire until property tax you get a realistic increase? answer. Prior to the coming elecI care deeply for this tion, it will be interesting community and have pasto see the salaries of cursion for its development as rent municipal employees a great place for families to and bureaucrats, parlive and do business, and ticularly how often they unsustainable growth in increase and how much residential taxes is simply they increase. that: unsustainable. Ed Gurm, Maple Ridge To that end, please be

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Smokeless grass hangs on Harper’s pen Dear Editor, Cherryl Katnich notes that the Canadian Medical Association does not endorse smoking marijuana [Pot smoke not good for you, Sept. 4 Letters, TIMES]. That does not mean that they reject marijuana as medicine, outright. In fact, outgoing CMA president and

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Dear Editor, I loved “infinite property has its limits” [Property limits define infinity, Sept. 2 Odd Thoughts, TIMES]. It’s great when imagination soars. I haven’t got much of an imagination, so I can vicariously come along. I only read non-fiction. I drift off with novels, so thanks for the ride. Then we’re brought back to earth. Yes, the railroad actions were mean and small. Cherryl Katnich, Maple Ridge Letters on this page have been edited for space. For longer versions, or more letters to the editor visit... www.mrtimes.com – Click on Opinion, or search the writers’ names.

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Local dragon boat crew travelled to Italy to race and pay tribute to a fallen Valley soldier. by Troy Landreville tlandreville@mrtimes.com

The connection – an unbreakable bond between a local dragon boat crew that included Maple Ridge’s Leila Ouimet and Second World War veteran Bill Nicholson – is a Fraser Valley soldier who made the ultimate sacrifice 70 years ago. On Dec. 5, 1944, 26-yearold Cpl. Clifford Kimmel was killed in action in Italy. Kimmel is buried near Ravenna, Italy, where Abreast In A Boat – FORTitude crew members were competing in the ninth International Club Crew World Championships from Sept. 3 to 7. FORT-itude is a Fraser Valley-based dragon boat crew made up entirely of breast cancer survivors, including Ouimet. Before leaving for Ravenna, FORT-itude team members were contacted by 92-year-old Nicholson, a Langley resident who was

While in Ravenna, Italy, Abreast With FORT-itude dragon boat crew members laid a poppy down on a gravesite of Cpl. Clifford Kimmel, a Fraser Valley soldier who died in combat in Italy on Dec. 5, 1944. stationed in Italy and Sicily during the Second World War. Looking back on his service as a craftsman during the war, Nicholson followed the footsteps of his father Bill Sr., who served in the First World War and spent two-and-a-half years in a prison camp. “My unit did all the repair jobs [on vehicles],” said Nicholson, who served overseas from 1942 to ’45. In recognition of a fellow soldier’s service, Nicholson asked the FORT-titude women if they would place a poppy at Kimmel’s gravesite. “Well, it didn’t take too much Internet searching to not only find the Ravenna

War Cemetery, but the exact location of Cpl. Kimmel’s grave,” FORTitude member Carol Short shared. On a beautiful Italian morning, with the help of an American man living in Ravenna, Ouimet joined fellow FORT-itude crew members as they visited the resting place of Second World War soldiers from Canada, New Zealand, Israel, Great Britain, and India. They delivered what FORT-itude captain Cheryl Watson called a “very poignant letter,” and personal poppy from Nicholson to Kimmel’s gravesite. “It was a very emotional

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f you’re looking for bite to eat and a chance to help out a great cause at the same time tomorrow (Friday, Oct. 24), why not stop by Triple O’s for one of their tasty combos? Get your food fix at the popular chain and know that one dollar from every combo sold at every Triple O’s location in the province will support KidSport – a community-based funding program that takes financially disadvantaged children off the sidelines and puts them into sports like hockey, baseball, gymnastics, and more. The annual fundraising campaign is now in its fifth year, and since 2009, has raised $93,000 for KidSport BC. This year, the campaign has set an ambitious goal of raising $30,000. “Triple O’s is passionate about supporting the

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Maple Ridge Raging Grannies are demanding TransLink listen to the calls of nature, by installing public washrooms. Four Maple Ridge members of the seniors’ advocacy group joined six Vancouver counterparts on Monday at Waterfront Station, protesting the lack of public washrooms on transit lines. The issue has been ongoing for much

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Bella Vita Restaurant in Maple Ridge seemed like the “ideal” place for a murder, according to Trevor Jenkins. And this Sunday, Oct. 26, Jenkins, along with a cast and crew of Grim Reaper Theatre, a Vancouver-based company will present Jenkins’ show, The Man In the Mask – an English murder mystery dinner theatre show at the downtown restaurant. “It’s a great venue for something like this,” he said. The atmosphere of the eatery made for a perfect backdrop for this type of

attendance before everyone show, he added. gets a chance to weigh in Kicking off at 6:30 p.m., on how the show finishes the three-and-a-half hour – although it likely won’t show, revolves around be what they expected. the idea that Bella Vita is Jenkins noted that haunted, by what very well surprise endings and could be a killer ghost. unexpected The fivetwists are a person cast “It’s a great venue for cornerstone of professomething like this.” of this type sional actors of theatre. includes Trevor Jenkins Tickets to Maple Ridge the show native Tracy are $55, which includes Weddell. dinner, tax, and gratuity. Weddell performs alongThose interested in side Fred Levasseur, Gerry checking out the show Hopkins, Corina Mod, and can purchase their tickets Audrey McCormick. Eric Zimmer/TIMES ahead of time at Bella Vita, Fred Levasseur and Tracy Weddell are part of The Man in the Mask, an English-style murder mystery dinner show Jenkins himself will located at 22471, Lougheed taking place at Bella Vita this Sunday. emcee the evening. Hwy. Doors open at 6 p.m. The show is written by Jenkins, a 20-year vetCONTROL 4 • GOLDEN EAR • PARADIGM • ANTHEM • YAMAHA • DENON • PIONEER eran of murder mystery theatre, and it will be the October 17th to 31st, 2014. Receive a $25 GIFT CERTIFICATE company’s first foray into with the purchase of any item over $250. Maple Ridge. The Gift Certificate will be valid in the month of December Along with audience interaction throughout the performance, the evening will also include contests and prizes for those in

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A 1937 Packard car and red carpet was rolled out and more than $220,000 rolled in at the annual Red Carpet Gala, benefitting Ridge Meadows Hospital Foundation. The 26th annual gala brought close to 300 people to Meadow Gardens Golf Course on Saturday, Oct. 18 for dinner, entertainment, silent auction and raffle. About $30,000 of the amount raised is already earmarked for the purchase of a bladder scanner for the local hospital. “This year’s Red Carpet Gala was awesome,” said foundation development officer Laura Butler. “It is our largest fundraising event of the year.”

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Family scares up food for the hungry

Glenhurst Manor has a few surprises in store for visitors, and the big winner of the haunted display is the Friends In Need Food Bank. by Troy Landreville tlandreville@mrtimes.com

Through a spine-tingling display at their Maple Ridge home, Matt and Heather Jonatschick are hoping to scare up some food donations for the community’s hungry. The couple has constructed a haunted house, known as Glenhurst Manor, at their home at 11661 Glenhurst Street. Admission is by donation to the Friends In Need (FIN) Food Bank. This year’s display is open to the public Oct. 25, 26, and 30 from 6 to 9 p.m. each evening, and on Halloween, Oct. 31, from 5 to 10 p.m. From 5-6 p.m. on Oct. 31, it is just a walk through, with no actors for those a little more scared, and who just want to drop in to trick or treat. Adding helping hands to arrange the ghoulish get-up are Heather’s parents Al and Sharron Campbell, who live downstairs, along with a lot of friends of

family who volunteer their time to help out. This display is definitely a labour of love for the Jonatschicks. Set up and tear down takes almost two months to complete, Heather noted. They’ll reach a point where they both shake their heads a little, but then an excited child will come by, and the inspiration sparks up all over again. “We spend lots of time talking and planning throughout the year,” Heather said. “Our friends joke that volunteering at Halloween is a prerequisite to our friendship, but truthfully we couldn’t do it without them, and they are all as addicted as us.” This old haunt is in fact a fairly new one, after it changed locations. Matt and Heather started their display in North Vancouver as the “Terror on Tatlow” roughly seven years ago, when they

Glenhurst Manor, a haunted house at 11661 Glenhurst St. in Maple Ridge, reopens this coming weekend. Creating this fundraising event is a tradition for the Jonatschick family. chose to donate to the Harvest Project, whose motto of “extending a hand up not a handout”

really impacted Heather. “I hate the misconceptions many have about food banks,

and who uses them,” Heather said. “We are very lucky that during our tough times, my parents have always been there to help us. Life can be rough and cause strife to all of us. It makes me feel good knowing we can make a difference, even if it’s just a small one.” This will be the third year of the Maple Ridge display and for all three of those years, donations have gone, and will go to, the Friends In Need Food Bank, which Heather describes as a “great, hard-working organization.” “I love what FIN Food Bank does, and to know we can directly help those we share this beautiful community with, makes us feel good,” Heather said. For Matt and Heather, Halloween took on a life of its own in 2007, when they moved into a house in North Vancouver and said goodbye to condo living. “We started out very small for the first couple of years, and everyone loved what we did, so much [that] we became inspired to combine our passion with making a difference to those who surround us,” Heather said. Matt grew up in a home that didn’t celebrate holidays, so Heather gives him free rein to experience the youth that she had growing up.

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For Heather, holidays including Halloween were always exciting, living in a small town. “I grew up in Qualicum Beach, and the local firehalls always had large bonfires, hotdogs, and chili, a huge talking pumpkin, games, and fireworks,” she recalled. “It brought us all closer together. It brought spirit and fun into our lives for an evening.” Fast forward to the present, and Heather is trying to create some memories for people living in Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows, and parts beyond. This year, Glenhurst Manor will be opening its haunted doors as a true manor, using a haunted hotel as the inspiration, she explained. The manor starts at the driveway and extends into the garage of the home, and this year, it has been changed up to include a graveyard, “and [we] made over the manor completely,” Heather explained. Over three nights last October, approximately 1,000 visitors came through the display. And each year, it seems to grow a little more as word spreads around the comMatt and Heather Jonatschick are munity. setting up their haunted display “We always hear the at 11661 Glenhurst St., with shock and delight of our admission by donation for the guests leaving, and taking Friends In Need Food Bank. pictures,” Heather said. On the topic of shock value, it’s a judgement call for parents to bring their little ones through the display. “I find a three and a seven-year-old will love it [and] leave laughing, then an 11-year-old goes through crying and terrified, or a middle-aged adult freaks out completely,” Heather said, noting that it’s usually more men than women who are the jumpy ones. “We do have live actors and lots of exits. I always suggest if your child scares easily and doesn’t get that it’s make believe, then please have one parent go through first, as truly they are the best judge of their own children. Remember, it’s a haunted house. It’s supposed to be scary and fun at the same time.” According to Heather, neighbours seem to like the display and lots of families and evening dog walkers tend to check in on its progress as it begins to take shape. “Our goal is to provide a safe and fun event for our local community, and to give back that way,” Heather said. “It’s a win-win for everyone. We keep the hours early and the days limited.” With FIN in mind, there is no particular goal, Heather said. “Just the more we receive, the better every night is after everyone’s gone home.” The couple sorts the food and cash donations from their Rubbermaid bins into banana boxes. “We love seeing what all our hard work has accomplished,” she said. “It’s a heart-and-soul-filling feeling.” Donors shouldn’t bring expired or opened food, and when choosing something to bring, to “please remember how great the cause is,” Heather said. “The food bank feeds a lot of children who need good nutrition,” Heather said. “Think outside the box: all types of food is needed. Staples are always good but so are your favorite things. Donate like it’s something you would give to a friend in need.”

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Ridge Meadows RCMP is looking for the following people. If you see any of them, do not attempt to apprehend them. Please contact the RCMP immediately by calling 604-463-6251 or CrimeStoppers at 1-800-2228477. The warrants attached to these individuals were still outstanding as of 10 a.m. Wednesday. Remember: all of the listed people are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court.

ver the past few tool to help people make years, these colthe connections they need. umns have tried ELIS, a new program to provide some starting Oct. 25, offers a useful tools, new ideas, a simple way for parents and dash of comcaregivers to mon sense, gain informasupport, and tion about encouragethe most usement for ful services, families with programs, infants and and options young chilfor their children. dren, their They’ve families, or also attemptthemselves. by Kathy Booth ed to shine It’s kind of a light on like a Yellow all the good Pages or programs and agencies that search engine, but with a offer services in our comreal person on the other munity. end of the line to help – But sometimes, knowing even when you don’t quite what’s out there doesn’t know what you should be really help, if you don’t asking. know what you need. Every Tuesday, from 7 to A little while back, I met 8:30 p.m., and Saturdays a mom who told me about from 10 to 11:30 a.m., her teenage daughter. parents and caregivers She had known since are invited to open their her daughter was a toddler computer or other Internetthat there was something capable device, log in to different: “She was such Skype, and add RMECDC a hyperactive child; she as a contact. didn’t know how to get You can also follow the along with other kids, and link on the website at it seemed like she hardly www.ridgemeadowsecd.ca ever slept. I didn’t know – just click on the blue eleif it was something I was phant with the red balloon doing wrong, or what it that says “ELIS.” could be.” You will be connected by When they moved to video chat or, if you prefer, Maple Ridge, the mom by messaging to the ELIS started her search for coordinator, who will ask answers all over again. a few simple questions. “I finally met someone She’ll contact the agency who told me about a group or service provider that for parents of children can best help with your with extra challenges. That enquiry. You can expect a opened up a door to all service provider specialist sorts of other services.” to get in touch with you Like many, her difficulty within a short time. For was that she had no idea families not already using where to begin looking, Skype, it can be downloadbecause she had no idea ed for free at http://www. what she should be lookskype.com/en/. ing for. While the ELIS coordinSometimes we forget – ator can’t provide counselwe who have been around ling or professional advice, a long time and have come she can help open the door up through the ranks with to resources that can proour now older children, or vide families with useful have been connected in answers and services. some way to community For more information agencies and programs. It’s on ELIS and other RMECD easy to take for granted services, check out www. that everyone knows what ridgemeadowsecd.ca. we know. – Kathy Booth is a local writer Recognizing the problem, addressing the importance of early the Ridge Meadows Early childhood development, and the Childhood Development work being done in Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows, and with Katzie First Nations. committee has created a

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It’s Official: The National Sleep Foundation Makes Its Selection Minnesota Man Miraculously Invents The World’s Most Comfortable Pillow omfortablle P illow and is Finally Validated! Chanhassen, MN - You know how the old saying goes: never count a person out. We say this in reference to the down-and-out character who made it to the heights of his dreams, pulling himself up by his bootstraps to achieve success. Are there real people with lives so incredible, they just need to be told? You be the judge. Meet Mike Lindell, an inventor and entrepreneur whose story is the stuff from which famous sayings are born. Lindell really enjoys sharing how he overcame the kind of life many others know well, too. His story goes like this: Throughout the 80s and 90s, Lindell struggled with addictions. With no regard for making choices to improve his life Lindell says, “I had taken my addictions to the limit and could not go on one more day living that way.” He recognized the desire for more and wanted to positively impact people. So overnight and with the grace of God, Mike Lindell stopped his addictive behavior and found a new way. A Better Path With a clear head and focused mind, Lindell set out to solve a problem he’d experienced since boyhood. He says, “Even as a youngster I suffered from a lack of good, quality sleep.” Lindell had gone to great lengths to get a good night’s sleep, even spending an entire paycheck at age 16 on an expensive pillow in hopes of curing his sleep woes but to no avail. Lindell would toss and turn at night, fold his pillow in half, use his arm for support, only to wake more tired than when he went to sleep. To study his issues more deeply, Lindell consulted with experts in the sleep industry and after gathering all the data (as well as and stories from friends), more than ever Lindell recognized and understood the harmful effects of poor sleep. Even more so, Lindell realized the effect of sleep interruptions permeate the lives of all walks of people. Lindell continues, “I was acutely aware of what was wrong but still needed to answer the biggest question of all, WHY?” Eureka Moment

discover the villain and cause of his sleep deprivation was none other than the pillow he was sleeping on. So Lindell tried “every pillow in the world,” but found common pillows did not provide adequate support for cervical alignment. “Most pillows cause sleep interruptions by going flat, heating up and causing you to toss and turn all night trying to readjust the pillows over to the cool side,” Lindell explains. “The effect prevents people from enjoying the uninterrupted REM sleep our bodies need to rejuvenate and heal.” Lindell theorized that a pillow providing proper support of the cervical nerves and vertebral arteries would allow users to get the deep healing sleep they want and need. So he set out to invent and manufacture “The World’s Most Comfortable Pillow.” Four Million People Can’t Be Wrong Year after year, Lindell marketed the pillows he’d created throughout the country at shows and expos during the day and worked alongside his family at night to make the pillows. He also spent time talking with consumers about their personal sleep frustrations. Lindell’s MyPillow is designed to conform to each individual’s support needs. It is washable and dryable, stays cool and is guaranteed not to go flat for 10 years. Lindell even provides a 60-day, no questions asked money-back guarantee. Though Lindell was originally told by the big bedding companies that his unorthodox business plan would put him out of business, his company now boasts more than 300 employees, maintains an A+ Better Business Bureau rating, and offers duty-free shipping from a distribution plant located in Manitoba, Canada. Recently MyPillow was selected as the National Sleep Foundation’s only ever official pillow, and in 2013 was awarded the prestigious QStar Award for “Product Concept of the Year” by QVC. Lindell himself has become well-recognized due to his frequent infomercial airings and guest appearances on shows such as Imus in the Morning. All this time later Lindell says he has learned the value of making choices that, “not only better my own life, but also improve the lives of others.” His is a story thatis so unique, it simply has to be true.

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www.mrtimes.com Oct. 23: Mental health • Maple Ridge Library hosts Mental Wellness for Healthy Aging from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. in the Fraser Room. Event is free, space is limited. Refreshments served. For info, or seat reservations: Ramona at 604-467-5179 ext. 23 or Shayna at 604-467-7303.

Oct. 24: Ghost Ridge • Ghost Ridge returns to the Albion Fairgrounds, located at 23448 105 Ave., and runs from 6 to 9 p.m. nightly until Thursday, Oct. 30. Admission is $8 and group rates are available. Family-friendly viewing takes place on Sunday Oct. 26, and Monday, Oct. 27, from 5 to 6 p.m. Info: www.ghostridge.ca.

Oct. 24: Zombie Walk • Downtown Maple Ridge BIA hosts its annual Zombie Walk. Festivities begin at 2:30 p.m. and the walk starts at 4 p.m. Held in support of local businesses and Friends in Need Food Bank.

Oct. 25: Children’s benefit • Costumes, magic, princesses and other characters are part of Ghosts, Goblins, and Tiaras, a benefit for the Children’s Wish Foundation. Featuring a special screening of Hotel Transylvania, the event happens at Hollywood 3 Cinemas in Pitt Meadows, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Costumes are encouraged. Tickets: $20 or four for $60. Info:

• Elvis – The Moments is a show featuring Pete Paquette with Rudy and the Angels Showband. It takes place at The ACT, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Tickets and info: www. theactmapleridge.org.

Oct. 26: Field naturalists • Alouette Field Naturalists meet for a walk at Blackie’s Spit. Info: Duanne, 604-463-8743.

Oct. 26: House halloween • Haney House Museum, at 11612 224th St., hosts Pumpkins and Pioneers from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. $3/kids, parents free. Info: mrmeventplanner@gmail.com.

Oct. 26: Museum after dark • Pitt Meadows Museum hosts Museum After Dark from 1 to 7 p.m. Event includes crafts, paranormal investigators, haunted forge, crafts and treats. Admission is by donation. Wear a costume and get a treat.

Oct. 27: Shake it off

•T’s Once upon a Tea Leaf on 224th Street hosts a Taylor Swift CD release party. The tween/teen-friendly free event will be a fun evening of listening to 1989, enjoying refreshments and and tea! Info: Call 604-463-5353 or visit: facebook.com/onceuponatealeaf.

Oct. 27: Movie Series •The ACT presents a GEM series film, The Lunchbox – a Hindi film with English subtitles – at 7:30 p.m. Info: www. theactmapleridge.org

Oct. 28: Weavers

• Whonnock Weavers and Spinners Guild meet at Whonnock Lake Centre, 27871 113th Ave., Maple Ridge, at 7:30 p.m. Besides spinners and weavers, they welcome felters, knitters, basket makers, and anyone interested in any other fibre arts. Info 604-462-9059. continued on page A28...

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Oct. 29: Classical coffee

• The ACT hosts its classical coffee series with Sarah Hagen at 10:30 a.m. Coffee, tea and treats accompany an up-close and personal music experience with shared stories and musical insights. Special guest: Krzysztof Kaczka Info: www.theactmapleride.org.

Oct. 30: Fireworks

Nov. 1: Training

• A community fireworks display will be held at the Albion Fairgrounds off of 105 Avenue and Lougheed Highway, beginning at 7 p.m. Donations to the food bank will be accepted.

• Meadowridge Parent Guild is offering the Canadian Red Cross babysitting course for youth ages 11 to 15, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Meadowridge School, 12224 240th St. Cost is $65. Sign up for the course at www. signupgenius.com.

Oct. 30: Health meeting

• Meadow Gardens Golf Club in Pitt Meadows hosts a Fraser Health meeting. There will be a public question and answer period from 9:30 to 10 a.m., followed by a public board meeting from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Meeting will include a presentation by Dr. David Ostrow. Info: 604587-4600.

Nov. 1: Bazaar

•Golden Ears United Church in Maple Ridge hosts their annual Classy Bazaar from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Artisans, jewelery, home baking, preserves and apple pies are all part of the vent. Door prizes, refreshments, plenty of parking and wheelchair accessible.

Nov. 4: Caregiver support

• A support group for caregivers, family and friends of people with more… Parkinson’s disease will be held from 10 a.m. to noon. For details, including location, contact Julie at 604-459-9071 or at djlloyd1@shaw.ca, or Joanne at 604-462-97335 or at joanne.long@shaw.ca.

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Oct. 30: Village mingle

• A networking event for local home-businesses takes place at The Village Space, from 7 to 9 p.m. $15 admission. Info:contact@ thevillagespace.ca or www.thevillagespace.ca.

Oct 31: Harvest party

• Alouette Tree Farm hosts a harvest party from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Event features petting zoo, train, outdoor movie, bouncy castles, fireworks and candy hunt. Info: dayna@ ridgebaptist.ca.

October 31: Hominum

• Hominum Fraser Valley Chapter is an informal discussion and support group to help gay, bisexual, and questioning men with the challenges of being married, separated, or single. They meet on the last Friday of every month. For information and meeting location,

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Nov 2: Naturalists

• Alouette Field Naturalists meet for a walk at Rocky Point. Contact Fran at 604-460-1273 for details.

Nov. 5: Blues singer

•Juno winner and BC Entertainment Hall of Famer Jim Byrnes performs at the ACT. The singer will be joined by special guest Babe Gurr. Tickets are $32.50. Charge by phone at 604-476-2787 or at www.theactmapleridge. org. Doors open at 7 p.m. Show starts at 7:30 p.m.

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

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Player revels in national victory

A tournament on the other side of the country brought top results to a Pitt Meadows player and his team. by Eric Zimmer and Dan Olson

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The Flames are in action at home this Friday night at 7:30 p.m.

Panthers hosted Ridge Meadows Flames are in action at home this Friday night. The Junior B hockey squad hosts the Port Moody Panthers at the Planet Ice in Maple Ridge. Game time is 7:30 p.m. • More online: www.mrtimes.com, click on “Sports”

Titans travelling Samuel Roberston Technical Secondary varsity football squad, the Titans, travel to Chilliwack this Friday to take on GW Graham Secondary. • 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

Fishing can be fun Even in a sport like fishing, personal prejudices can get in the way of what should simply be an enjoyable recreational activity. This week, TIMES columnist and fishing enthusiast Jeff Weltz takes a look at those prejudices and talks about overcoming them. • More online: www.mrtimes.com, click on “Sports”

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It may not have been a traditional way to spend Thanksgiving Monday, but Nate Trampleasure had much to be grateful for as he made the journey home to Pitt Meadows from Newfoundland. The sixteen-year-old soccer player is part of Coquitlam’s Metro Ford Spartans team that competed at the week-long SportChek National Championships U16 cup in the Maritimes. But Trampleasure and his teammates did more than just compete. When all was said and done, the Spartans walked away tournament champions. And it was victory Trampleasure help set in motion. In the final game against a West Toronto team, scoring on both sides was nil, until markers by Trampleasure and his teammate Devon Jones gave the Spartans a 2-0 lead in the first of two 15-minute extra sessions. Toronto did put one in the Coquitlam net with a few minutes left in the second extra frame, but Coquitlam held on to win the game and take the tournament. The win wasn’t exactly a cakewalk though. The crew from the West Coast had barely landed before an obstacle was placed before them. In their first practice, captain and centreback Janko Vong dislocated his elbow and was lost for the tournament. In his absence, the squad buckled down and worked together to maintain its eye on the prize. They blasted the Newfoundland champion 5-0 in the opener, with Jones scoring four first-half goals and Jared Horvath recording the shutout, then faced a crucial test against Halifax. They would continue the air-tight defence in wins over New Brunswick (2-0) and PEI (40), setting up the final showdown with West Toronto. The team controlled the tempo much of the tournament, and did the same in the composure department, too. “This is a very disciplined team, and that’s something I preach all the time to my teams,” remarked Spartan head coach Les Krivak. “We may have had an easier group [than West Toronto] but we played smart... We only had one yellow [card] in the tournament and it came in extra-time in the final.” For Trampleasure, who started playing soccer at the age of four with a team from Port Coquitlam, the experience was a good one. “Everyone on the team was really excited to go to the tournament,” he said. “We all wanted to win and everybody was giving 100 per cent.”

Pitt Meadows’ Nate Trampleasure (second from left) and some of his teammates moments after his team won the national title as champions of the SportChek National Championships U16 cup in Newfoundland recently. Though he’s played soccer for most of his life, Trampleasure noted he did feel “a little bit” of extra pressure during this tournament, “just because there were so many people watching, and there were scouts and everything. You always had to be on your game.” Trampleasure, who plays right back, midfield sometimes, and is currently stationed up front-left wing, made the switch from Port Coquitlam to the Coquitlam club three years ago. The team, he said, is a strong one with training that’s advanced and designed to help players achieve long-term goals. It was after winning a tournament in June that the team learned they would be going to Newfoundland, and Trampleasure said extra

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training sessions and fitness sessions became part of the routine leading up to the event. “Our coach had already been to the nationals in previous years, so he kind of knew how we needed to prepare and what we needed to do to succeed,” he noted. Toronto was the only team to score against the Coquitlam defence, and that goal came after the club received its only yellow card on a controversial call. After that goal, the Spartans confidently held sway until the final whistle, when the celebration began. “They’re young — there was chanting and singing and a lot of happy faces,” said Kriva. “The whole team worked well together.”

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port, saving many hours or days of travel and provides a vital communications link with rural and inaccessible areas of the country. The current fleet is aging, with the newest aircraft prior to this new addition, marking its 28th year of service last year. The need for a new, versatile aircraft was paramount to continue serving in these isolated regions. For MAF to reach all parts of Ecuador, the plane must be capable of flying over the high Andes mountains and into dense jungles, often landing on challenging airstrips throughout the country. MAF operates a flight somewhere in the world every three minutes. When disaster strikes, MAF aircraft and personnel are usually first on site to deliver emergency supplies and aid. More information about MAF Canada can be found at www.mafcanada.ca.

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Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) has a new plane to deploy for humanitarian and disaster relief work and the public is invited to kick the tires this Saturday. The new Quest Kodiak will be on display on Oct. 25 from 3 to 5 p.m. at Pacific Rim Aviation Academy, located at Pitt Meadows Regional Airport. Members of MAF will be on site to discuss the work they do. The purchase was made possible thanks to an anonymous donor in B.C. This new aircraft will continue a rich history of mission aviation in Ecuador, where MAF began service in 1948. Currently, there are five planes stationed in Ecuador and they fly into 200 remote jungle airstrips, overcoming barriers on a daily basis. The aircrafts are used to transport medical, humanitarian and non-government agency personal and pastoral care sup-

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