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CALL 604.465.8931 5. Should the school tax be charged on municipal property taxes be raised?

6. Should schools be closed and consolidated to save money?

7. Are school administrators overpaid?

8. Are teachers overpaid?

9. Do you support the teachers union’s demand for limits on class size and composition?

10. Will continued voicing of school district concerns on funding force the provincial government to make changes?

11. If the province doesn’t increase the power of school districts, such as giving taxing authority back to the board, should school boards be abolished?

12. Do you think the province is underfunding public education?

13. Should the school district solicit corporate money by way of sponsorship to fund education?

14. Do you think schools are relying too much on fundraising to pay for things at schools?

15. Should the school district cut down on utilizing technology, like iPads, in schools – to save money?

16. Is there too much reliance on technology to teach kids?

18. Do you support increasing the amount of international students to help fund education?

19. Should a trustee live in the community they want to serve in?

20. Should there be a limit to the number of consecutive terms a trustee can serve ?

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Each candidate for the Nov. 15 municipal election has been provided with 20 questions, along with the following instructions.

Please read them carefully, before you start to fill this out: To help voters make their choices on election day, The Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows TIMES is asking local candidates a series of questions on issues of importance.

Each question MUST be answered: yes (Y), no (N), or Don’t Know (D), except – of course – questions 1 to 3, which you will see are asking for other specific responses.

Any questions not answered as indicated will be left blank when we publish the results of this survey. In addition, candidates may expand on any or all of our questions with answers of up to 100 words per question. However, due to space limitations, only one of the answers will be included in the TIMES print edition (all expanded answers will be published online at www.mrtimes. com).

You must indicate clearly which expanded answer you want to see published in print (and please indicate a second choice, in case we have space to print more than one).

We may edit responses for length and/or clarity.

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17. Should students requiring extra attention – such as ESL or those with behavioural or learning disabilities – be taught separately from other students?

4. Should school districts once again have authority over municipal school taxation?

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1. What neighbourhood do you live in?

3. How many school board meetings have you attended in the past year?

How the questions were presented to candidates

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Maple Ridge school trustee candidates

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Trustee hopefuls share views on education Each candidate was given a chance to elaborate on one of the top 20 election questions in print (some chose not to participate). The rest of their expanded answers, if provided, are online at www.mrtimes.com.

PITT MEADOWS CANDIDATES More election coverage include mayoralty profiles Marcela Boggio throughout today’s edition Question #17: Should students requiring

extra attention – such as ESL or those with behavioural or learning disabilities – be taught separately from other students?

Answer: No. Students that require extra attention need extra help, but they don’t need to be removed from classrooms. All students with special needs are unique.

Teachers need to work together with education assistants to create strategies and revise them to create success.

Inclusive education gives students with special needs, skills they can use in and out of the classroom, just by spending most of their time with their classmates.

It is all about integration. I am a firm

believer in social justice, and that all students should have the same opportunities.

Korleen Carreras

Question #9: Do you support the teachers union’s demand for limits on class size and composition?

Answer: Yes. As the mother of the child with an IEP – requiring a different way of learning – I fully support and understand the need for proper class size and composition.

Teachers are facing classes with more than 35 students with many of those students requiring unique ways of learning. continued on page A28…

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Daykin: Wants to stay on Current Mayor Ernie Daykin is hoping his track record and love for Maple Ridge will get him re-elected.

that came with a company car.

He married Judy Teichroeb in 1974 and two kids followed, Christine and Michael.

In 1976, Daykin went into business with his sales manager, purchasing a franchise called Windsor Plywood. They had a choice to either open up shop in

by Christopher Sun Vancouver or Maple Ridge. csun@mrtimes.com “I talked my business partner into Tell a 16-year-old Ernie Daykin he will choosing Maple Ridge because there was become mayor, he would have chuckled. so much potential out here,” Daykin said.

After all, he planned on becoming a “Maple Ridge was going to be growing history teacher. by leaps and bounds. It turned out a little Now he gets laughed at when he visits differently, but that same optimism I have schools. for Maple Ridge hasn’t changed.”

“I go to the Daykin bought schools and for his partner out in these leadership 1978 and operated classes, I tell them, Windsor Plywood ‘one day, one of “I love Maple Ridge for 24 years and you can be mayor, served as president and I love what I don’t laugh’,” of the local chamdo.”

Daykin said. “If ber of commerce. someone had In 2000, Daykin Mayor Ernie Daykin said that to me in decided to close his Grade 11, I would company, due to a have laughed too.” combination of the Daykin is seeking lease being up and a third mandate and the City wanting to served two terms as councillor. change the roads near the property.

Born and raised in Maple Ridge, Daykin Daykin loves his community and has is proud of his family roots in the comonly lived outside of it for 3.5 years. In munity, which dates back to the 1870s. addition to being mayor, he works for While studying at SFU, Daykin worked Baptist Housing, which provides affordat a lumber yard in Burnaby one summer, able housing for seniors. and was asked to stay on.

“I love Maple Ridge and I love what “I thought, I’ll do that to save up a I do,” Daykin said. “Maple Ridge is not bunch of money and then go back to perfect and there is lots of work to still school to get a teaching degree,” Daykin do.,” he said. said. “But I really enjoyed what I was “I want to have a great Maple Ridge to doing.” work and play in.”

He stayed on and worked up from truck Daykin has four grandchildren, ranging driver to salesman by age 22, a position in age from 10 years to 18 months.

Kiersten’s focuses for Maple Ridge include: • Ensuring our communities have area plans and community halls where the city can engage and educate citizens on local issues. Proper area plans will help us build complete communities with the services and infrastructure needed to support residents in their neighbourhoods while reducing urban sprawl and the associated taxes.

• Expanding eco-tourism while encouraging development in the downtown core to increase our tax base, create good sustainable jobs, and to support local businesses.

• Equipping outdoor swimming areas with ring buoys to help prevent drownings and increasing safety by designating areas for emergency cell reception.

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Batman and Superman favoured candidate superheroes For all sorts of reasons, the candidates seeking election in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows this weekend rank Batman as their favourite superhero.

After inundating the school board, council, and mayoralty candidates with a variety of serious questions to help voters make educated decisions when they cast their ballots Saturday, The TIMES threw a fun question to add a little levity.

We asked each candidate to share who their favourite superhero is, and why.

While a few opted not to answer, most did, offering some insightful reasons for their choices.

Batman squeaked out a victory over Superman by just a hair, in a 10-9 vote.

Also gleaning high marks were human/real superheroes. They accounted for nine of the votes, two choosing Mother Theresa, two picking Malala Yousafzai, one selecting John Lennon, another picking John Wayne, and several superhero awards going to family members.

Even one candidate chose a neighbour’s dog.

As for favourite comic book and fantasy fiction

Wondering where to vote?

There are nine polling stations set up on Nov. 15.

With advance polls now closed, the only option left for municipal voters is to cast their ballot on Saturday, Nov. 15, between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.

In Maple Ridge, residents can cast their vote at: • Hammond Elementary, 11520 203rd St. • Laity View Elementary, 21023 123rd Ave. • Ridge Meadows Seniors Activity Centre, 12150 224th St. • Yennadon Elementary, 23347 128th Ave. • Albion Elementary, 10031 240th St. • Garibaldi Secondary, 24789 Dewdney Trunk Rd. • Whonnock Elementary, 27471 112th Ave. In Pitt Meadows, residents only have two polling stations to pick from for their voting: Pitt Meadows Family Recreation Centre, 12027 Harris Rd. (behind City hall), and the Pitt Meadows Heritage Hall at 12460 Harris Rd. (located in Harris Road Park).

In the last municipal election in 2011, out of the 51,202 voters eligible to vote in Maple Ridge, only 12,809 (25.02 per cent) cast a ballot. In Pitt Meadows, of the 12,200 eligible voters, 3,684 (or 30.20 per cent) voted.

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Rita A Parsons (Trudeau) November 29, 1926 – November 4, 2014

Mom, Bud, Grandma, Great Grandma Bud It is with deep sadness that Mom passed away November 4th at the age of 87.

Born in Keppel, Saskatchewan. Mom was predeceased by Dad, David Parsons, married April 29, 1948. Mom is survived by two daughters Louise (David) and Beverly. Three grandchildren, Adam (Aimee), Khyl (Mary), & Kaitlyn, two step grandchildren Brandon & Sheldon and one great grandson Cooper, the light of her life. There will be no service or reception upon Moms request.

Love ya Mom Rest in Peace

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superheroes, the Flash and Wonder Woman each received three votes, while other picks included Spiderman, Green Lantern, Captain America, Thor, She-Ra, Elsa, Iron Man, and Mickey Mouse.

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unusual replies, however, Maple Ridge council candidate Doug Blamey picked a super villian.

“I like the Penguin as a superhero because it was not his fault that his mother died in childbirth, or that his father was so

perverse of mind that he disposed of him in an ill manner,” Blamey said, admitting himself a bit of an underdog.

“The Penguin just wanted to be loved and accepted despite his noticeable differences that left him to

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Justifying his selection, Blamey added: “When it came to disposing of Batman permanently, he wouldn’t do it. He wanted to be like Batman but he just didn’t know how to do it at that point in his life.

Perhaps he could learn and be recognized in a better light,” he added, explaining why he might be seen driving around Maple Ridge of late in his Packard with two penguin statues in his rear seat and a top hat on his head.

Council candidate Doug Blamey picked The Penguin, a super villan, as his favourite superhero.

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Thursday, November 13, 2014

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Two of three Maple Ridge candidates, who don’t live in town, explain why they are running locally.

by Christopher Sun csun@mrtimes.com

At least three candidates running for elected office in Maple Ridge are not currently living in the City.

Council candidates Mike Norden lives in Mission and Bruce McWilliam lives in Port Coquitlam, while school trustee candidate Lisa Beare lives in Vancouver.

However, Beare grew up in Maple Ridge and is returning.

“I’m in the process of Lisa Beare Ridge trustee candidate relocating to Maple Ridge,” Beare said, who graduated from Thomas Haney Secondary and works as a flight attendant. “We have a condo in Maple Ridge.”

Beare has lived in Vancouver for 16 years to pursue her career, but maintained a strong connection to her hometown, where she lived for 20 years. Her family still lives in Maple Ridge and she has five nieces and nephews currently enrolled in the Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows school district – one is in high school and the rest are in elementary school.

“I’m from Maple Ridge, Maple Ridge is my home,” Beare said. “For me it was a very easy decision to run in Maple Ridge because it is where I graduated, it is where I’m from, where my family is, and where my family goes to school.”

Norden lived in Maple Ridge for eight years and moved to Mission about three

and a half years ago, so his wife – who operates Abstract Glass with her brothers – could be closer to the family business.

Norden was born in North Vancouver and has lived in Surrey and Burnaby for a few years each. However, the career magician who also works for Telus, said he’s loyal to Maple Ridge.

“I do more [magic] shows in Maple Ridge than anywhere else,” Norden said, adding he can walk along some Maple Ridge streets and point out which ones he was hired to perform children’s magic shows at.

“I’m in Maple Ridge a lot.

I do a lot of business there and it’s only a 10 drive from where I am now.”

When asked why he doesn’t run for politics in Mission, he said he’s satisfied with the slate of candiMike Norden Ridge council candidate dates running there, and he more attuned with what’s going on in Maple Ridge.

Numerous calls to McWiliam were not returned by TIMES press time. According to information he provided to the City of Maple Ridge, he has “owned homes and worked in and around Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows, and raised two children here” with plans to return in 2015.

According to his business website, McWilliam operates McWilliam Associates Landscapes and is currently working with Burke Mountain Partnership and with the City of Coquitlam. According to his LinkedIn profile, a business-oriented social networking site, he was a planner for the District of Pitt Meadows from 1990 to 2004. The urban planner ran unsuccessfully for a council seat in White Rock, twice. Once in the 2011 general municipal election and again in a byelection in 2012.

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Opinion Who we are The Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows TIMES newspaper is a division of LMP Publication Limited Partnership.

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Vote as little as you wish You don’t have to vote. Voting is not a legal requirement in Canada.

But we think you should.

We don’t understand why any country would deem it necessary to force it’s citizens to vote. But we don’t understand why so many people in this country – in this community – fail to realize how important a trust has been placed in them in determining their own future.

In parts of the world where the responsibility of democracy does not exist, people die or risk death for the privilege. It’s difficult to accept that so many people in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows will find other, far less important things to do on Saturday.

Nevertheless, we’re not going to tell you to vote… but here are some pointers that may make the process easier, and more meaningful at the same time.

Come Saturday morning, you will have the opportunity to choose among a large number of candidates seeking to fill three civic offices, each of which offers a varying number of vacancies.

You don’t have to fill all the seats.

You don’t have to cast ballots for all of the offices. Just vote for the people you feel will be a good fit for the positions they wish to fill. Is there only one school trustee candidate you feel comfortable with? Just vote for one. Are there only two councillor candidates that you fancy? Just vote for two.

If you don’t like any mayoralty candidates, leave that part of the ballot blank. Indeed, if there is no one you feel you can trust, vote for no one.

But turn up at the polls to hand in your ballot. Be included in the count.

Let them know you were there.

Let the successful candidates know that the community is paying attention.

You don’t have to make the effort, but we think you should.

Even if you don’t like your options, let them know you take your responsibility seriously.

– B.G.

This Week’s Question Will the increase in civic office terms from three years to four years be better or worse for our communities?

■ Your View Last week’s question, results…

Have you bought your Remembrance Day poppy?

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Other ways to do democracy It’s election season, and fitnor anyone on council lives there. tingly, this thrice-yearly municiNot coincidentally, these tend to pal contest falls in November – a be the poorest areas. month of increasing darkness, • Sortition. This is the selecdestructive storms, and general tion of public officials by random unrelieved gloom. Really, the chance. So your mayor and counonly sensible response to is to go cil would be picked from the list home, make hot chocolate, and of voters. Does that sound insane? hide under blankets until it all Utopian? Impractical? Exactly like goes away. Or to rant about how the system of democracy used in democracy ain’t all it’s cracked ancient Athens? up to be.

Well, we do use sortition

by Matthew Claxton Why do we run our democracy already. It’s called the jury systhe way we do? Why do we run tem. pretty much every democracy in pretty much the So in Canada today, we trust to the wisdom same way? of 12 average citizens to decide on the fate Go around the world, from the faux-elections of accused killers, but to decide on rezoning of Russia and Cuba to the genuine representative bylaws, you have to plaster your face on signs democracies, and it’s the same structure: voters all over town and spend thousands of dollars on trundle out to polling places, peruse a list of pos- advertising. That’s not crazy at all, nope. sible candidates and pick the least worst option.

If we do go this way, we could change mayor Democracy simply means “rule by the people.” and council frequently. Every three months, say.

Winston Churchill famously once said that Which would mean a lot of people would get democracy was the worst form of government, a chance to become active participants in civic except for all the others that had been tried. So government, and our government would look why aren’t we trying new variations on democa lot more like a real cross-section of our comracy? munities.

As you head to the polls to pick a mayor and If you’ve ever watched a politician talk and councillors, here are a couple of other ways we thought you might be smarter, give sortition a could run our civic political system. chance!

• Wards. Ah, yes, the ever popular ward sys• Trial by combat. When there’s a controtem. Used in a number of communities, includversial issue, there are always fears that speing Toronto. Of course, most Lower Mainland cial interests are listened to, that leaders have communities don’t have millions of people already made up their minds, and so forth.

– there’s not a single city that tops one million, So why not settle it the way ancient Germanic in fact – so why go to wards? tribes did – with axes! Random chance and the Because our communities are spread out and will of Thor shall decide! have distinct neighbourhoods, which are often Okay, maybe not axes, but if a council splits poorly served by having “at large” representaand can’t reach agreement, why not have an tion. Do you think the folks in Shaughnessy have MMA fight to settle things? “In this corner, Yes much in common with those in the Downtown on Bylaw 93-B; in this corner, No. Gentlemen, Eastside? How about folks in Maple Ridge’s fastbegin!” Two pins out of three wins. growing Albion versus rural Whonnock? Surrey’s Mad? Yes. But we can sell Pay Per View rights Cloverdale or Whalley? to development permit hearings.

In many cities, whole neighbourhoods have Fighting! For once, it would reduce the cost of literally no representation – neither the mayor civic government!

Painful Truth

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Thursday, November 13, 2014

Election 2014

Many reasons to vote intensified

include volunteer work at the municipal Dear Editor, level, not as facilitator or organizer, just serMy thanks for The TIMES election covervice without thought of monetary reward. age. It has enabled me to choose a candiHaving lived or coming from date for mayor and six for council. another country – if more than My reasons for voting are many.

Letters one language is spoken, so To mention a few, my father was a much the better – and the only Second World War veteran as well as to citizenship being Canadian: it a Dutch resistance member, and my the is possible to love several counneighbour is a veteran who took part tries, but loyalty to only one is in the liberation of the country of my preferred. birth. There are more veterans living I look for an ability to underhere. I owe them. stand and digest the financial At the local level, there are many statements given to mayor and council, and concerns. I have chosen people for whom a desire to reduce municipal tax increases. to vote. I hope and believe that they are Having seen Canada from coast to coast the right ones. However, I have a near perand from south to north helps to intensify fect record of picking many who were not your need to vote in every election. chosen.

Qualities I looked for in the candidates Jan de Zeeuw. Maple Ridge

Editor

Election 2014

Too many candidates ensuring status quo

Dear Editor, Wow, how exciting! Five candidates for one mayoral position, 26 candidates for six council positions and 12 for five school board trustees: 43 names for a total of 12 positions. And almost all claim they are running because we need changes.

How many people do they think are going to do their due diligence and seriously wade through the pile of information? Most people will throw up their hands and vote for names familiar to them, mostly the same people we have now.

If so many were not in it for personal gain, but truly interested in the public good, most would support the few candidates who have the best chance of unseating the old guard.

Walter Verwoerd, Maple Ridge

Dump election signs

Dear Editor, Election signs are plastered along our highways and byways like so much trash. There ought to be a law: no election signage for Maple Ridge.

As a conscientious driver, I pay attention to the road,

not reading election signs.

If I did read them, I still don’t know anything about the candidate. There are better ways to get your name in front of the public.

How about this? The municipality puts up a community service web site and all the candidates get listed with pictures, bios, and election promises that they won’t keep anyway.

For those of you who want to keep our little municipality looking good, vote for “no election signs.”

William Jupp, Maple Ridge

Action plans missing

Dear Editor, I attended the mayoral candidates meeting at The Caring Place on Nov. 2, in the hopes an action plan being presented into issues pertaining to the homeless, the working poor, mental illness, and addictions.

I was disappointed that only one candidate had obviously done the work.

The other four candidates did not offer any measures or action plans if they were to be elected.

I asked a specific question of each candidate about

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High bar appreciated

Dear Editor, I have always believed that it is our civic responsibility to educate ourselves in order to make an informed decision, get involved in any capacity, and get out and vote for the people that represent our interests the best.

In following the different candidates and learning about their different platforms, I have come to notice that there are some who set the bar exceedingly high.

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Election 2014

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Dear Editor, Help Wanted: Are you a highly motivated, open-thinking individual able to bring together others with divergent points of view? Do you have the discipline, critical thinking skills and strategic planning capabilities to look past numerous diversions in the short-term, as you help develop and implement a consensus-based, focused growth plan with sound metrics? Do you have the ability to direct the annual and long-term fiscal planning activities of a complex organization? Can you assert yourself as a leader, managing conflicting interests to find balance for all parties?

Those are qualifications for someone capable of leading an organization with hundreds of employees and an annual budget in the tens of millions of dollars.

Whoever you choose to vote for should be the best candidate, not who has lived here the longest or served before.

Mark Evans, Maple Ridge Letters on this page have been edited for space.

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Weather

Crews swamped due to winds

Under calm, sunny skies Wednesday – as most residents returned to work or school after the Remembrance Day holiday – they had long forgotten the windstorm that tore through town just one day before.

But it’s a day hydro and fire crews in Maple Ridge won’t so soon forget.

The blustery weather caused several large trees to fall, including one that was completely uprooted in Whonnock Lake Park.

But for the most part, it was a matter of smaller trees and branches falling across powerlines and wreaking havoc in the more rural areas of Maple Ridge, said BC Hydro media relations manager Simi Heer.

Maple Ridge was one of the hardest hit areas in terms of power outages. Pitt Meadows did much better, Heer said.

“There were about 9,000 customers without

power in Maple Ridge during the peak of it all – between 1 and 3 p.m.,” she elaborated.

Crews were first dispatched for a trouble call at about 8:30 Tuesday morning. The last crew was dispatched for a windstorm call at about 12:30 a.m. on Wednesday.

It translated to “about a 16-hour storm response for us,” Heer said. “We did open up a ‘storm room’ in Maple Ridge to help coordinate people and resources.”

Hydro had 11 crews working in the field, including contractors, to try to bring people back online quickly. All power has since been restored.

Pitt Meadows fire department reported one call on Tuesday, around noon, when a fallen branch ignited a pole fire in the 11900 block of Blakely Road.

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Maple Ridge votes

Read: Making it the best

Political neophyte Nicole Read is a force to be reckoned with.

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Nicole Read wonders if raising a family in Maple Ridge is the right decision.

But instead of grumbling about the homelessness, crime, lack of infrastructure and high taxes, or relocating, she is taking action, by running for mayor.

“I want this to be the best place to raise my kids,” Read, 40 said.

“Politics was never something I’ve dreamed of doing, it was never on my radar.”

Born in Vancouver and raised in Burnaby with her younger brother by a financially struggling, single mother, who now lives in her basement, Read dreamed of being a dancer when she was a child, taking ballet, tap, jazz and hip hop. While at Capilano College, she aimed to be a doctor until she took a history course.

“I was getting A’s in all my classes except in history,” Read said. “It was a challenge I needed to overcome.”

She ended up loving history, completing a Bachelor’s and then a Master’s degree in it, in 2003. While studying, she worked as a researcher for Aboriginal Affairs and founded The History Group in 2003. She has worked on various Indian Residential School projects and Aboriginal land

issues, managing teams across Canada.

She also worked at Vancouver’s Carnegie Centre and the Downtown Eastside Women’s centre. Locally, she served on the Maple Ridge Community Heritage Commission and is serving a second term on Yennadon Elementary’s parent advisory committee.

In 2004 she met her husband Steve, marrying him in 2006. Their first son, Benjamin was born in 2006, and second son William, was born in 2010. They also have three dogs, a Rhodesian ridgeback, chocolate lab and miniature schnauzer.

“When I found out I was pregnant with our first son, Benjamin, we were trying to decide on which community to raise “I want this to be him,” Read said. the best place to “We first moved to raise my kids.”

Hammond for four years, and then Nicole Read moved to Silver Valley when I was pregnant with Will.”

While Read doesn’t have political experience, she is unconvinced that she needs to be a councillor first, before seeking the top City job.

“I have either watched or attended every single council meeting in the last six years,” Read said. “I have read all the council and committee meeting minutes, so I have a firm understanding of the issues and I don’t come into this ill informed.

“I am a researcher by trade so I inform myself almost to the point of overdoing it.”

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Maple Ridge votes

Morden: Hopes to move up

On November 15th voice your choice for public education

Current councillor Mike Morden wants to use his experience to lead Maple Ridge for the next four years.

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To save for their first home, the young family fixed homes in exchange for free rent.

“My wife and I moved 13 times before we bought our first house,” Morden

by Christopher Sun explained. “We would move into a place and clean it all up. We didn’t have that csun@mrtimes.com kind of money [to buy a house].”

Instead of losing luggage while crossing When they had enough money to the pond, Mike Morden lost his accent. purchase a home, they looked at many Morden was 18 when his family moved communities but settled on Maple Ridge from southern England to Canada, which because “it was a safe place, the scenery is where one of his grandfathers was was nice, the nice people and it was a from. His family settled in Burnaby in great place to raise a family.”

1977, and he quickly assimilated into The couple started Nova Security and Canadian culture. sold it in 2007.

“In university, I Kim went back had quite a British to school and is accent,” Morden now a researcher “Too many said, explaining and instructor in opportunities he wanted to comcriminology at SFU. pletely assimilate Six months after were not being into Canadian culstarting early retirerealized.” ture. “I’m the only ment, Morden was Mike Morden one in my family encouraged to run who lost it.” for council and was Morden, now elected in 2008 and 54, graduated high again in 2011. school at 16 and had He also returned already studied business for two years. He to the security business. studied at Douglas College and then crim“Those dreams of being retired at 55 inology at SFU. However, 18 months later, blew up with the 2008 financial disaster,” he met his wife Kim and eloped.

Morden said.

“I knew she was the one and it was Last year, Morden privately told current done,” Morden said. mayor Ernie Daykin, his intention to run Kim soon got pregnant with their first for mayor. After two terms on council, he son, Lawrence and their second son, felt it was time to exercise his experience Grant, quickly followed. Kim continued and take the City forward. her schooling, while Morden worked in “It’s a call of duty,” Morden said, security and surveillance, working seven explaining his decision to run for mayor. days a week for six years.

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THAT DAY

HAS COME Every so often, in the life of a City there comes a moment in time

when the need for change is undeniable. When a municipal vote is truly meaningful and can impact the direction of a City for years to come.

In Maple Ridge, that day has come. The time for change is now.

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Maple Ridge votes

Cleave: Hopes to win it all

Gary Cleave is hoping to be elected Maple Ridge mayor and as a school trustee on Nov. 15.

dad’s side, owned a farm. His family then moved to Maple Ridge, where his mother’s family has had a presence since 1930.

He graduated from Maple Ridge Secondary, married Stella MacKenzie in 1968, and graduated from SFU in

by Christopher Sun 1971 after studying political science and sociology. To pay the bills, he worked csun@mrtimes.com at Hammond Mill and then Alouette Gary Cleave looked up to his grandpa Correctional, as a security officer. After Cleave and actor John Wayne when he being rejected twice to become a prowas a child, which may explain his attire. bation officer, he ended up in journal“My grandfather always wore a hat, so ism, working for the Maple Ridge and it’s something I’ve taken to wearing my Pitt Meadows Gazette, which he helped whole life,” Cleave said, clarifying that unionize, and then a paper in North his grandfather Vancouver. He wore a fedora and eventually moved not a cowboy hat. into corporate com“I picked up some munications and “I have a whole lot of his habits such worked for the B.C. of experience in as I have a walkSchool Trustees ing stick, grandpa Association and communications Cleave had a cane.

Maple Ridge-Pitt and policy.”

Who knows where Meadows school Gary Cleave the leather vest district for almost came from. I grew 15 years. He now up in the 50s and works as a develop60s.” ment officer for Cleave, 66, is runDARE B.C. ning for both a school board seat and “I have worked in the private sector, to be Maple Ridge’s next mayor. He ran public sector and non-profit sector,” unsuccessfully for school board three Cleave said, adding he was tasked to years ago, but he is hopeful he will develop strategies and implement them, finally realize a long time yearning, to be such as combating an ongoing vandalism elected into public office. issue in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows “I always kinda had a dream to run for schools when he worked at the board politics at some point,” Cleave said, addoffice. “I have a whole lot of experience ing he had to wait until the right time. in communications and policy. I have “But with four kids and a corporate job, the character and judgement [to] make a there was no way that could happen.” good political leader.”

Cleave was born in New Westminster Cleave’s four children range in age from and spent his first 10 years in Pitt 43 to 37. He has 11 grandchildren and he Meadows, where his grandparents on his lives with his wife in Fraserview village.

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Notice is hereby given pursuant to Section 922 of the Local Government Act that an application for a Development Variance Permit is being processed described as follows: Applicant: City of Pitt Meadows Location: South side of the Lougheed Highway near the Pitt River Bridge, 240 m west of Kennedy Road Purpose: To accommodate an increase in sign area and sign height in order to replace an existing electronic message board, the following variances are required: Sign Bylaw No. 2248, 2005, Section 10 c) and 10 d), is varied as follows: a) 10 c) To increase the visible sign area for any single face of an electronic message board from 21.5 m² to 32.5 m² b) 10 d) To increase the overall height permitted from 7.5 m to 19.8 m.

The proposed variance will be considered by Council at a meeting to be held Tuesday November 18th, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber of the Pitt Meadows City Hall, 12007 Harris Road, Pitt Meadows, B.C. Council may by resolution: a) authorize the issuance of the Development Variance Permit; or b) authorize the issuance of the Development Variance Permit with conditions; or c) refuse to authorize the issuance of the Development Variance Permit.

A copy of the proposed Development Variance Permit and supporting material may be inspected at the Pitt Meadows City Hall, 12007 Harris Road, Pitt Meadows, B.C. at any time between the hours of 8:30 A.M. and 4:30 P.M. on regular working days from the date of this notice to the date of the hearing.

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Maple Ridge votes

Mowatt: Captain seeks helm

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During summer breaks in university, he returned to Maple Ridge and worked on the Albion Ferry. After getting his teaching papers, he became an on call teacher

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Nov. 15 has always been a special day He continued working part-time for for Graham Mowatt III, but this year that Albion, becoming an auxiliary deck hand date has potential in becoming even more and then attaining his captain certificamemorable. tion. In 1977, he taught science at St. “My son, Graham Mowatt IV, and my Thomas Aquinas in North Vancouver for dad, Graham Mowatt II, have the same one year before birthday, Nov. 15,” deciding a life on Mowatt said. “It the water suited would be a major him better as it birthday present “Being a captain, I paid more and [to the family] if I allowed him to know how to lead get elected.” work in his homeNov. 15 is elecand I know how to town. tion day and He remained with work in a team.”

Mowatt, 61, is runAlbion Ferry until Graham Mowatt ning to be mayor 2009, when it was of Maple Ridge. replaced by the The retired Albion Golden Ears Bridge Ferry captain has Mowatt held had three unsuccessvarious positions ful runs for council, and this is his first on the ferry and was shift captain for 20 time running for the top spot. years, managing a team of 70 people. He Mowatt was born and raised in Maple became active in the BCGEU and repreRidge. His parents moved here in 1949, sented ferry workers both provincially owning and operating Esquire Mens and federally. He is a past president of Wear. the Lions club and is a Legion member.

He attended Mount Crescent “As a mayor, my leadership experiElementary and graduated from Maple ence would be very useful,” Mowatt said.

Ridge Secondary and though he dreamed “Being a captain, I know how to lead and of studying medicine, he instead earned a I know how to work in a team.” bachelor’s degree in organic chemistry at Mowatt has three children, ranging in University of Victoria in 1975 and then an age from 23 to 18, and he has one grandeducation diploma in 1976. child. He has been married for 25 years “My marks weren’t good enough,” to his wife, Jacinta.

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Democracy celebrated

Gratitude for safe right to vote reinforced in arena banter

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Lots of rhetoric, and As opinionated as most threats, and anger. of us were, we knew we But as much as I tried, I would spend many, many couldn’t relate. hours standing beside This familiar speedskateach other in this cement ing mom, whose child flew refrigerator and it was best around this cold Canadian that we found safe topics. rink had come of age in a But not this day. place where keeping your This morning one of us opinions to yourself wasn’t started talking politics. just polite social etiquette Not the dissection of – it was essential for your issues or personalities. family’s safety.

Not taxes, or developShe reluctantly went on ment or environment. to tell of harrowing trips No, this parent started to through the streets on tell her story with a whiselection day in her home pered, giddy, disbelief that country. was infectious.

Turns out, she was an

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immigrant from a place where a kind of pseudodemocracy was practised, where people have minimal influence that often comes at a cost if it con-

tradicts those who wield power.

I could be flip and insinuate that happens here.

We are puppets to our

leaders whims.

We have no power.

But, that would be a lie – and a disservice to her and so many other immigrants who value the vote in our country.

For decades, I’ve worked many an election day as a polling clerk – or whatever – just to be part of the process.

As a political junkie, I love the entire operation and have seen many new Canadians moved to tears to be handed a ballot.

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ence is palpable.

And I remember asking this mom, as we sipped our Tim Horton’s coffee, if she ever just wanted to forget the whole dangerous, disastrous election process in her former country and stay home from the polls.

Never, she said.

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Becker: Experience counts Bellringers Needed!

Mayoral hopeful John Becker believes his resume speaks for itself as he vies for the City’s top job.

The confidence to do the job right and handle the responsibilities, stem from the good working relationships Becker said he has with senior governments and TransLink officials, that “go back many years.”

Becker added that he has more than 35

by Eric Zimmer years experience of volunteering in both ezimmer@mrtimes.com Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows, and as such, has built many personal and profesFor John Becker, job experience is key sional connections in the community. when it comes to running for mayor.

It is this spirit of volunteering that has And it’s his experience that will won him the Queen’s Jubilee medal for make him an ideal person to hold Pitt community volunteerism.

Meadows’ top job, he insisted.

In 2012, Becker was also named busiWhile the 59-yearnessperson of the old lawyer, mediyear for Maple ator, and facilitator Ridge and Pitt has never sat in Meadows. the mayor’s chair, Becker said he “My City hall the married father spent more of two grown chilexperience extends has than 35 years dren served on over a decade. ” building his law Pitt Meadows City practice in Pitt John Becker council from 2002, Meadows. until 2011, when “My business he ran against curis now at a point rent mayor Deb where I can comWalters, and lost. mit myself 100 per “My City hall experience extends over a cent to the job of being Mayor,” he noted. decade,” he noted.

“The City of Pitt Meadows is a 30Even before his terms on council, million-dollar-a-year business,” Becker Becker said was an active member in the quipped. community.

He added that the City has strong but “I sat on the Pitt Meadows Economic “complex” relationships with Maple Advisory committee, and the Agricultural Ridge, Metro Vancouver, and the provinAdvisory committees,” he noted. cial and federal governments.

“I know and have worked with all of “An understanding of these relationthe sitting councillors, and almost all of ships and complexities is critical to being the senior staff.” the Mayor,” he said.

Becker said that if he is elected Mayor “I believe that my experience inside and on Nov. 15, it would be a very short outside of City hall meets the demands of learning curve as he settles into his new the job of mayor.” Becker concluded. position.

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Hayes: Community is first Building relationships and community involvement are key ingredients to becoming mayor.

Although he was born in Vancouver, Hayes was raised in Maple Ridge, where he graduated from Maple Ridge Secondary.

Not long after graduation, and eager to set out on his own, Hayes purchased his first home in Pitt Meadows at age 19, and

by Eric Zimmer has been a part of the community since. ezimmer@mrtimes.com He began work in construction and said As a long-time resident and active he soon established himself as a builder. volunteer in the City of Pitt Meadows, ‘My career provided me with experiMichael Hayes said he has built valuable ence in project management, inspection, relationships over the years. supervision, and administration,” he said.

And Hayes, 57, believe it’s these relaHayes then went on to own his own tionships that will play a critical role in business, Hayes Developments. his governance, “Owning my own should he be business allowed elected mayor this me flexibility Saturday, Nov 15. in life,” Hayes “I continue to “I am regarded explained. “ This invest whenever as a dependable proved extremely and trustworthy possible to the City important when I leader,” Hayes became a full-time of Pitt Meadows.” said. “I have been single parent. With Michael Hayes actively particithree youngsters to pating as a comcare for, my priormunity leader for ities became clear. over 20 years, and My children needed always place the best stability and a safe interests of Pitt Meadows first.” community to grow up in. That communHayes is a father to three grown chility was Pitt Meadows.” dren, and said he began volunteering Hayes said that after the construction when his children started school as kids. industry went flat in the mid ‘90s, he “I never missed an opportunity or occa- made the decision to go back to school sion,” he recalled. and work towards a Computer Science “I attended all school functions and degree, which resulted in a new career in field trips and was often the token dad in “business intelligence software technolthe group,” elaborated Hayes. ogy.”

As time went on, this volunteerism carHayes has since retired from that gig, ried over into the community. but still does consulting work in the field.

“Today, I continue to invest whenever “I am ready, willing, and able to be possible to the City of Pitt Meadows,” the full-time mayor of Pitt Meadows,” he Hayes said. concluded.

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Paller: Variety spice of life ANDRENA

From experience in sheet metal to special effects, Gary Paller wants to bring it all to the mayor’s chair.

in the field, switched careers again, and became a professional firefighter with the City of North Vancouver.

During this time, Paller said, the film industry “took off” and he started his own special effects business.

“This business operated in the black for

by Eric Zimmer 35 years,” Paller noted. ezimmer@mrtimes.com Paller believes his long list and wide Gary Paller said he isn’t afraid to get his variety of work experience is advantahands dirty. geous to fulfilling the role of mayor.

The 64-year-old Pitt Meadows resident “My past work experience has involved has lived in the community for 16 years. me getting my hands dirty, and workHe’s retired, a married father of two, ing with other department heads,” he and grandfather of two as well. explained.

Paller grew up In addition, and went to school Paller’s resume is in Alberta. filled with jobs that “My past work He learned a he said all involved experience has trade in sheet planning, problem involved getting metal work, found solving, and keepwork on the oil my hands dirty and ing everyone on the rigs, then worked page. working with other same as a “sanitary The jobs that department heads” Paller has worked, engineer” for the City of Calgary especially as the Gary Paller before moving up top dog of his into the machine own company also shop. included budgeting “I wanted to experience as many job and fiscal management responsibilities. opportunities as I could,” he explained.

It’s an approach and attitude he would The call of the open road soon reached like to see carried over on to City council.

Paller, and he became a long-distance “Coming in on time and under budget,” truck driver.

Paller said. “I think this is the same way In 1972, he moved to B.C. City hall should work.”

The Alberta transplant then became a Paller said his problem-solving abilities welder/fabricator, and tried log salvaging. will be helpful to issues Pitt Meadows He took advantage of water-based faces, specifically around the Lougheed. employment opportunities and got a job “Pitt Meadows north of Lougheed as a tug boat operator, before making the and Pitt Meadows south have different switch to water taxi operator. problems, and both require the time and Work in the demolition industry was energy it takes from City hall to solve next for Paller, and after he got his fill these problems,” he said.

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…continued from page A3

Eleanor Palis

Question #18: Do you support increasing the amount of international students to help fund education?

Answer: Yes, although this is another multi-faceted question and answer. We live in a global village. On the one hand, it’s great to see international education kids learning here in Canada and creating cross culture friendships with our students, and experiencing educational practices, different from their own.

On the other, does it take away from opportunities for our students? Does the diversity cause increased stresses to teachers? What are our human values of welcome and sharing? Or is it just about money? I would welcome all children to learn here. International students provide large financial benefits to districts, (ex. JOBS) without which our budgets would be even tighter.

school district concerns on funding force the provincial government to make changes?

Answer: Don’t know, but that’s our goal.

Ken Clarkson

Question #12: Do you think the province is underfunding public education?

Answer: Yes. We are near the bottom of provinces in the funding per student.

The percentage of our provincial budget spent on education has fallen from 21 to 13 per cent. The funding of education is about our values and the choices we make. Teachers and support workers experience the reality.

Children and their families feel the emotional impact.

Gary Cleave

Lisa Beare

Question #12: Do you think the province is underfunding public education?

Answer: Yes. That is why I have committed to donate $20,000 a year of my $92,000 annual Mayor’s salary and my full $18,000 annual trustees stipend to the local school system if elected both mayor and school trustee.

Susan Carr

Question #17: Should students requiring extra attention – such as ESL or those with behavioural or learning disabilities – be taught separately from other students?

Answer: No, we pride ourselves on being an inclusive society. Because we are inclusive, our children are learning patience, tolerance and acceptance.

This is where the fight against prejudice begins. It needs to be adequately funded.

MAPLE RIDGE CANDIDATES Question #9: Do you support the teachers union’s demand for limits on class size and composition?

Answer: Yes. I fully support the teachers and understand the needs for limits on class size and composition. We currently have 59 classrooms in the district that have over 30 students, many of which contain students with individualized education programs.

Question #10: Will continued voicing of

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vote Don MITCHELL for

Councillor

A New Ear

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A New Choice

Interview with Mayoral Candidate Mike Morden What will you do first? Thoroughly train the new Council

in governance, policies and procedures to ensure they fully understand their role, responsibilities and how the city operates.

A team building component will provide solidarity and consensus.

We will then assemble a strategic plan followed by the budget.

What does “open for business” really mean? It starts with

good, responsive service at City Hall. Performance measures are crucial to ensure staffing is appropriate and cost efficient. I want timely delivery of information, licenses, permits with a can-do attitude. I want us to be the best. I want to attract the best staff and deliver the best service for our citizens.

What about your promise to lower residential taxes and cut waste? By implementing my graduated employment incentive program, we will attract private business investment. Over time, as the program rolls out, the commercial industrial tax base will climb. This will take pressure off the homeowner and provide the funds we need for amenities and quality public safety.

It sounds like you’ve really thought your way through this.

I have. I am a planner by nature. As a successful employer and business owner in the community I know that carefully managing your resources along with welcoming customers and treating them respectfully will ensure success.

What makes you the best person for Mayor? I have six years

of Council experience. I’m a successful business owner and a 28-year resident with extensive community volunteer experience in Maple Ridge. I’m focused, have strong leadership skills, and understand the need for Council to work as a team. I see the opportunities we must seize and I have a realistic plan to deliver much needed change.

If elected how will you maintain communication with your citizens? I have maintained social media accounts and a

website as open forums since 2008 and will continue to do so. I personally answer my emails and phone and this will not change.

80,000 people is a large responsibility. What will you bring them? I am a tough and pragmatic leader. I am compassionate

and feel a strong sense of responsibility to those I serve. As your Mayor I will listen to you. I will serve our citizens fairly and honestly and you can count on that.

On Nov. 15th Vote Mike Morden for a Fair City

For more information about Mike’s detailed action plan go to mikemorden.com or call me at 604-999-5006.

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Change tastes good in Ridge, Pitt Down to Business

by Eric Zimmer

Send your business tips and tidbits to Eric at ezimmer@mrtimes.com

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t’s late as I write this, and I’m feeling a bit peckish.

I might go find some food here in a little bit, but this also seems like the perfect opportunity to fill you in and update you about a couple happenings on the local food front.

First off, you’ll recall that a couple of weeks ago, I mentioned that Triple O’s was hosting KidSport Day, where a dollar from every combo sold went to the charity.

Well, the results are in, and it turns out the fundraising campaign hit it out of the park.

A record $47, 527 was raised that will go towards getting B.C kids off the sidelines and into the game of their choice.

A huge congrats to Triple O’s, KidSport and all you burger lovers out there who helped make this happen. Visit www.

kidsportcanada.ca for more.

Brown’s in town

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ay back in the spring or early summer, I told you about a new restaurant that was being built at 20490 Lougheed Hwy. Well, the time has come to tell you – if you didn’t know already – that Brown’s Social House is now open for business.

The restaurant is open Mon.-Fri. from 11 a.m. to 12 a.m.

For more info, call 604457-0771, or visit brownsrestaurantgroup.com

Cheesy pursuits

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fter making cheescakes for about nine years, Maple Ridge resident Joe Robinsmith, decided to expand his culinary creativity.

“About a year ago, I started creating mini (two-

bite) cheesecakes,” said the guy known locally for his writing and poetry.

“I originally approached Golden Ears Cheesecrafters and taste-tested about 200 of them, trying to use their kitchen and sell them through their store.”

Unfortunately, this didn’t work out. Robinsmith didn’t quit, though.

“I started giving out samples to various groups and at events,” he said.

Finally, Robinsmith got what he was looking for: A Ridge business licence.

“Now I’m selling them at the Haney Farmers Market on Saturdays.”

Try them for yourself, and find out more about these morsels at www. bite-me-desserts.com.

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Pitt Meadows acting deputy mayor David Murray cut the ribbon at Boston Pizza last week, ceremoniously signifying the restaurant’s re-opening.

Experience, Leadership, & Collaboration Taxation & Spending I have committed to a goal of a zero increase in city spending for 2015. I have participated in 10 City budget planning sessions and I believe that this is possible without cutting core services and city jobs. I will roll up my sleeves with Council and staff to make this happen.

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Transportation Our congestion issues are at Harris and Lougheed and the train tracks. I commit to setting planning in place to create solutions to these two issues. We need to work on our own traffic problems as a priority.

Teamwork & Collaboration As a UBC Certified Facilitator and Certified Mediator, I know how to build a team out of strong personalities. My MBA training in Leadership gives me the skills to build a leadership team that includes all of Council and one that will work together for the best interests of the whole community.

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The joy is obvious from the first moment Michael Kaeshammer plays with an uncanny ability to take ‘a bit of musical this’ and ‘a touch of musical that’ and create a sound that is uniquely his own. Showtime is 8 p.m.

Info: www.theactmapleridge. org.

Nov. 13: Naturalists

•Alouette Field Naturalists meeting takes place at the Seniors Centre, 12150 224th Street at 7:30 p.m.

Nov. 15: Bazaar

• The Stave Falls Scottish Dancers hold their Christmas Bazaar at 10 a.m., at Golden Ears United Church.

Nov. 15: Final farmers

• Santa arrives early at the last Haney Farmers Market of the Season. The market runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. undercover at Grow & Gather, 24565 Dewdney Trunk Rd. Info: www.haneyfarmersmarket.org.

Nov. 15: Artist

• Maple Ridge’s newest Artist in Residence, Robi Smith, opens her studio at 23740 Fern Cres. to the public, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Everyone is welcome to the free event. Info: http://ferncrescent.wordpress.com or www.robismith.com.

Nov.15: Christmas

• Harry Hooge Elementary at 12280 230th St., holds its annual Christmas craft fair, from 10 a.m., to 4 p.m.

Admission is by donation.

Info: hhcraftfair@hotmail. com.

Nov. 16: Story show

• The Very Hungry Caterpillar and other Eric Carle Favourites takes place at 2 p.m. at the ACT. Three Eric Carle stories are told on stage using light and puppets during the show. Info: www. theactmapleridge.org.

Nov. 17: Garden club

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Club is inviting members and anyone interested in joining, to the monthly meeting at 7 p.m., at the Pitt Meadows Community Hall.

Special guest-speaker Natasha Etherington will present highlights of the Chelsea Flower show. $2 for non-members.

Nov. 18: Writers

• Golden Ears Writers hosts Literary Magazines, Writing Career Launchpad, with Susan Pieters and Jen Landels at 7 p.m. at the ACT.

Nov. 18: Meeting

• The Municipal Pension Retirees Association hosts a social at 10:30 a.m. at the Maple Ridge Library.

Refreshments included.

Nov. 22: Bazaar

•St Luke’s holds its Christmas Bazaar from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at 20285 Dewdney Trunk Rd. Tea room, gift baskets and a bake sale are all included with the free admission.

Nov. 22: Pianist • Michael Kaeshammer has

Nov. 22: Ensemble 2014

• Maple Ridge Art Gallery presents Ensemble 2014.

The show kicks off with an opening reception from 2 to 4 p.m., and goes everyday until Dec. 20. Now in its fifth year, professional and emerging artists are shown ‘ensemble’ in this annual juried exhibition that offers each artist the opportunity to make their statement with a small but representative grouping of their work. Info: www. theactmapleridge.org.

Nov. 24: GEMS movie

• The GEMS movie series will show Cas and Dylan at 7:30 p.m. On discovering he is terminally ill, Dr. Cas Pepper makes the abrupt decision to drive from Winnipeg to British Columbia, with aspiring young writer Dylan, along for the ride. Info: www.theactmapleridge.org.

Nov. 26: Classical coffee

• Classical coffee with Sarah Hagen takes place at The ACT. Featuring special guest flautist Krzysztof Kaczka.

Coffee and treats are included. Info: www.theactmapleridge.org.

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today’sdrive 20 15 Kia Forte Koup

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This Koup has features you wouldn’t expect to find in a compact car Environment:

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The front seats are bolstered, but less so than a Civic Si, making them slightly more comfortable for longer trips. The rear seats, something of an afterthought in most coupes, are actually entirely workable, even for longer trips. Getting in and out of them requires a little contortion, but there’s space enough for folks above six feet tall. Impressive, and the trunk’s a usable size too – though there’s no spare tire.

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If you remember the automotive scene in the eighties, then you’ll remember that there was a time where automakers went completely cuckoo about the turbocharger. They turbo’d everything, from minivans, to econoboxes, to the coffeemaker in the communal breakroom. Then they added multicoloured vinyl side graphics with the word “Turbo” luridly displayed and called it a day.

There was just one teensy problem: many of this turbocharged breed of cars were merely a boosted form of terrible. Some were properly engineered, but many more were just a low-pressure hack-job, and were merely thirstier and more cantankerous than their normallyaspirated cousins. Not to mention how horrible those graphics packages looked.

Also usefully impressive is Kia’s onboard infotainment, which is just as good as that found in the Sonata. The touchscreen is clear and easy to read, with a high resolution and snappy reactivity.

Then there are all the goodies you get. At the higher levels, the Koup starts showing up with features you’d not expect to find in a compact car, sport-compact or not. The steering wheel is heated and comes with multiple effort modes, and you can get a ventilated driver’s seat to help keep your cool.

We are now entering a new era of the turbocharger, as the snail migrates through the luxury car market, into crossovers and compacts, and even into full-size pickup trucks. It’s a brave new world, or at least one crammed with forced-induction hot air.

Performance:

So here’s Kia joining the fray with something very interesting: a turbocharged version of their sporty little Koup. Yes, yes, Koup-with-a-K – very klever, Kia, but the kuestion is: is this a legitimate turbocharged pocketrocket, or merely a boost-addled kwagmire?

Now, on to the turbocharging. Under the base Kia’s hood is a perfectly competent 173hp 2.0L direct-injection four-cylinder.

It’s no high-revving hooligan, but actually provides good midrange thrust and enough scoot for most folks.

However, check the box for the SX model and suddenly you have access to a 201hp 1.6L turbocharged four-cylinder, which makes a healthy 195lb/ft of torque from just 1750rpm and up. Those are the kind of numbers to make you sit up and pay attention, and put the Koup squarely in the same hot-pocket segment as the Mini Cooper S, the VW GTI, the Honda Civic SI, and the Focus or Fiesta ST.

Design:

If there’s one consistent area in which Kia continues to shine, it’s exterior design. Heck, in the new Sedona, they’ve even managed to make a minivan look good.

So, while the parrot’s-beak corporate grille won’t thrill all onlookers, the rest of the Koup is pretty konvincing (okay, I’ll stop doing that now). It’s full of sharp angles and creases, with a large front air-intake that’s finished off with a bit of carbon-fibre-look on the blacked-out centresection of the bumper.

From the side, there’s a certain element of Scion’s tC, but round the back the Koup is nicely cohesive with a pseudodiffuser and dual exhausts. There’s also LED lighting front and rear, standard on the mid-level trims, and HID headlights on the top-spec SX Luxury. You get 17” alloys on the base EX model, but everything else gets a 18” rims to go with that turbocharged punch.

However, before we start getting all hot and bothered, let me just say that it feels like Kia’s mission statement on their Koup wasn’t to go head-to-head with their high-spirited rivals, but to intercool the hot-heated nature of a turbocharging to create something more chill. Basically, Kia has built a two-seater turbo kruiser. I know I said I’d stop doing that, but come on - had to be done.

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Moreover, you don’t get a booming exhaust note, nor the wind-noise of a lightly-built compact that’s been stripped of niceties to save weight and boost performance. Instead, roll into the throttle and that 1.6L engine immediately produces a cheery whistling like that of a kettle and doles out the power like-right-now. As a point-andsquirt operation on onramps and for passing, it’s very quick indeed.

However, it’s also very quiet, relatively smooth despite those 18” alloys, and completely well-behaved with nary a hint of torque-steer. The stereo is very good, road-manners aren’t too darty, and the seats are, as mentioned, comfortable.

The manual transmission version has a shifter that’s not very precise to use, so the car suits its six-speed automatic transmission better – here you have paddle-shifters, but there’s so much available torque, you don’t need to exercise them much.

Features:

As mentioned, the Koup comes with everything from available HID headlights to a standard backup camera (this last is handy, as the rear visibility is quite poor). The SX adds dual-zone climate control, push-button start, and LED foglights, and at the top of the range, the SX luxury includes a cooled driver’s seat, a sunroof, navigation, and that heated steering wheel.

One unique feature of Kia’s direct-injection mill? It doesn’t require premium fuel. That means it’s easy to hit your 9.3L/100kms city and 6.6L/100kms highway five-cycle ratings and not have to include paying more at the pump. If your Koup is also your commuter, that adds up over the year.

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Rugby

Bruins focus on giving back

On Deck

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

Meaning of fish What does sport fishing mean to you? Food on the table? A simple pastime? This week TIMES columnist and fishing enthusiast Jeff Weltz talks about the multitude of reasons people are forever in search of the perfect fishing spot and ideal catch.

• More online: www.mrtimes.com, click on “Sports”

Playoffs begin The Pitt Meadows Marauders capped off their season in third place, and wrapped things up with an exhibition game against Richmond’s Hugh Boyd Trojans.

Now they get set for the playoffs and will square off against Surrey’s Seaquam Seahawks.

• More online: www.mrtimes.com, click on “Sports”

Moose winning The Meadow Ridge Moose female hockey squad scored two wins this past weekend, first against SFU on Friday night and then against the Fraser Valley Jets on Sunday.

• More online: www.mrtimes.com, click on “Sports”

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The Flames play at home tomorrow night against the Delta Ice Hawks.

Flames in action The Flames faced off in Aldergrove against the Kodiaks last night. And this Friday, they return home to Planet Ice in Albion where they will take on the Delta Ice Hawks. Game time is 7:30 p.m.

• More online: www.mrtimes.com, click on “Sports”

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

The local rugby squad strives for positive results both on and off the field.

by Eric Zimmer

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It might be the British roots in his family, or it may be the physicality of the sport, but no matter how you tackle it, Sam McCullough loves rugby.

The 24-year-old Maple Ridge resident is an active member of the Ridge Meadows Bruins Rugby club.

He started playing with the club when he was 13.

His mother and his uncles were born in England, and “my uncle played it there,” he said.

McCullogh stopped playing for a little while after high school, but returned to the sport and the Bruins a couple years ago.

And as the team prepares for its final home game of the season at Telosky Stadium this Saturday, McCullough said this season has been an “excellent” one.

“Truthfully, it’s been one of the best seasons we’ve had,” he said.

And even though the team lost to Richmond this past weekend by a score of 32-20, the Bruins are still sitting in second place in the league standings.

The team’s success this season can be attributed to positive word of mouth that resulted in skilled players wanting to join the club and some “good acquisitions” the team made this year as well, explained McCullough.

“We get new players who join, and then they in turn will tell their friends to join,” he said.

Because the team is a Division 3 team, anyone can try out.

“Basically, even if you’ve never played rugby in your entire life, you can still come out and give it a shot,” he said.

The club attracts people between the ages of 19 and 30, but most players are around 25 years old, McCullough elaborated.

“We also have a youth program we’re working on developing.”

Additionally, he said, there’s an incredible social aspect to the sport and with this club, that helps both on and off the field.

And the desire to be more community involved was one of the driving forces behind a new Bruins blood drive campaign that McCullough helped kick start this summer.

“We’re always trying to build our profile in the community,” he said.

The club has participated in things like Caribbean Fest and Ghost Ridge in the past, but McCullough noted that rugby’s the kind of sport where serious injuries requiring surgery happen at least a couple time a year.

“Just this past weekend, we had a guy break his cheekbone,”

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The Ridge Meadow Bruins are at the tail end of what Bruins play Sam McCcullogh has called an “excellent season.” The club, which is currently sitting second in the league, plays its last home game this Saturday, at Telosky Stadium. The club has also increased its community involvement and profile with events such as blood drives, and helping out with things like Ghost Ridge. related McCullough.

As such, he and his crew appreciate the importance of a well-stocked, on-hand blood supply, and figured holding the drive could be another way to give back to – and get involved with – the community.

“We started this summer, and held our first drive in August,” McCullough explained.

The team held another one this past Friday, and have now collected a total of 33 donations.

Plans are set for the next one on Dec. 5, which will be held at the Maple Ridge Alliance Church, located at 20399 Dewdney Trunk Rd, with another drive set for February.

McCullogh has another driving factor behind his involvement with the blood collection campaigns.

“I’m studying for medical school, so I kind of know the value of blood and how important it is to have blood available when it is needed,” he explained.

“We figured doing this was a small commitment we could make that would have a big impact on the community.”

The team has also joined the Movember campaign for men’s health and prostate cancer research and awareness for the first time this year, which McCullough said is going really well.

“At the beginning, we all pledged to raise at least $100 to the cause, and so far, we’re at $560,” he said.

And to top it off the team has put in an Adopt-A-Block application and are waiting for the final word on the go-ahead.

“We’re here in the community and we’re here to stay,” confirmed McCullough.

An actual physical clubhouse is a top goal for the team as well.

“Right now a lot of our meetings are held in bars and stuff, and that’s money that – if we had our own clubhouse – could be put back into the club for other

things,” he explained.

In the meantime, the club will get set for their game against a team from SFU this weekend, and see how things play out after that.

Playoffs are in the near future, but details are slim thus far.

“Right now, we’re just kind of waiting to see how things go,” said McCullough.

“We should hear in the next week or so when they’re going to start up, and how they’ll be organized.”

Those interested in following the team, keeping tabs on their playoff performance, or getting involved with the organization themselves can visit the website, at www.bruinsrugbyclub.com.

In the meantime, McCullough said he is happy to be a part of the community and part of the team.

“Ultimately what invigorates me about the sport is the people involved with it,” he said.

‘To be honest, you just don’t get better people than that.”

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Question #17: Should students requiring extra attention - such as ESL or those with behavioural or learning disabilities - be taught separately from other students?

Answer: This would depend on the level of the disability and support provided.

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Question #11: If the province doesn’t increase the power of school districts, such as giving taxing authority back to the board, should school boards be abolished?

Answer: No, if the school board was abolished, then all decisions would be made in Victoria with no input whatsoever from the community.

Mike Murray

Question #4: Should school districts once again have authority over municipal school taxation?

Answer: Yes. Local boards of education have the responsibility for delivering education programs and are accountable for student outcomes. They should have some authority with respect to establishing budgets to meet the educational needs of students. Setting school property tax rates locally would ensure the local board is accountable to local taxpayers through the process of public debate and local elections. School property taxes only account for one third of the education budget. The remainder comes from the province. Local Boards of education and the provincial government need to work more closely together

in setting the overall funding envelope for education.

Dave Rempel

Question #18: Do you support increasing the amount of international students to help fund education?

Answer: Yes, but not only for funding.

James Rowley

Question #10: Will continued voicing of school district concerns on funding force the provincial government to make changes?

Answer: No, the provincial government is not required to follow the best advice of experts, researchers or School Boards. They do, however, listen to voters. A successful advocacy approach must include public engagement. There are crippling long-term costs to underfunding education and trustees have access to the facts, the research and the individual stories of families affected. We must use these to educate not only the government, but also the voting public.

Elizabeth Taylor

Question #11: If the province doesn’t increase the power of school districts, such as giving taxing authority back to the board, should school boards be abolished?

Answer: No, but consolidated.

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utAh toP GtX Men’s

Crafted in high quality leather • Gore Tex® lining • Vibram® Forura • Anatomized Fit • The Ultimate Glacier Boot!

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22722 Lougheed Hwy, Maple Ridge YOUR WORKBOOT EXPERTS

604.463.7277

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