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Emma Doucette, 12, is part of Alouette Elementary’s girls basketball team. Emma was in the middle of the group photo, holding the ball.
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Emma’s journey all about inclusion A 12-year-old girl with a rare disorder is just part of the team, and school, at Alouette Elementary. by Troy Landreville tlandreville@mrtimes.com
Teacher Deanne Iacobucci, one of two coaches with Alouette Elementary’s girls basketball team, worked with Emma Doucette on her shooting technique.
Emma Doucette belongs. At Alouette Elementary, 12year-old Emma is a part of the school community, helping out with morning announcements on the Maple Ridge school’s PA system two days a week. She also belongs to the school’s girls basketball team, getting just as much floor time as her teammates and – this
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one out of every 15,000 births. It affects males and females with equal frequency and affects all races and ethnicities. PWS is recognized as a common genetic cause of childhood obesity. PWS was first identified by Swiss doctors Andrea Prader, Alexis Labhart, and Heinrich Willi in 1956. The common characteristics defined in their initial report included small hands and feet, abnormal growth and body composition (small stature, very low lean body mass and early onset childhood obesity), hypotonia at birth, insatiable hunger, extreme obesity, and intellectual disability. The syndrome in itself is
“mind blowing, for lack of a better statement,” Debbie explained. “These kids will eat themselves to death because they have no satiety or genetic programming to tell them they are full,” she elaborated. “She’s starving 24 hours a day. My fridge is locked, our cupboards are locked… the syndrome is very poorly misunderstood but it runs on the autistic spectrum,” Mom added. This is only one of the major challenges for people with PWS. The autism spectrum can also include, among other things, morbid obesity, cognitive impairment, and emotional behaviour. continued on page A17…
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Officer not charged A former Ridge Meadows RCMP officer will not be charged in connection with a crash east of Deroche on May 31, 2014. The accident occurred when she was pulling over a few in a group of 30 to 40 motorcyclists travelling west. When she activated her emergency equipment, another oncoming motorcyclist apparently lost control of his bike. Both he and his passenger were “dislodged,” the driver suffering a broken leg and shoulder. Local Mounties would not comment on the outcome of the review, but noted the officer has since been transferred to another detachment – a move unrelated to this investigation. • The full results of the CJB review are available online at www.mrtimes.com
Willow’s owner located The TIMES’ Facebook has been inundated with comments since the owner of an emaciated Siberian Husky, Willow Willow, was tracked down by authorities. Willow was found in Maple Ridge Jan. 31. • More at www.mrtimes.com
‘Devices’ discovered Two homemade incendiary devises found in a baseball diamond at Telosky Stadium in Maple Ridge last week have prompted the local school district and fire department to issue alerts. One of the improvised bombs had already blown, the other had burned out, when firefighters were called Feb. 2. While officials advise against making such devices and warn people not to pick them up, if found, deputy fire chief Howard Exner said “it’s not something that going to blow up a building or anything.” But that said, he noted they can have “devastating effects.” RCMP are investigating. • More at www.mrtimes.com
Dishing out comedy Theatre in the Country has officially become the primary leaseholder of the North Fraser Event Centre, meaning the thespians need more revenue to pay the rent. That translates to more shows, the newest debuting today called The 39 Steps, a slapstick tale from Alfred Hitchcock. • More at www.mrtimes.com
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Scads of family fun unfolded on Monday Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows marked B.C. Family Day with a variety of events on Feb. 9. For many in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows, Family Day Monday was a time of rest and relaxation. For others, including organizers of a trio of community events on Feb. 9, it was equal parts hectic and fulfilling. South Bonson Community Centre in Pitt Meadows hosted Family Day activities with Katzie First Nations on Monday afternoon, featuring bannock making, arts and More crafts, and drum Photos circles. Online Just before that, the centre was the Photos by site of a pop-up Rick Moyer market with jewelry, soaps and tea among the range of items available for purchase. And, at The ACT, families crafted creative lanterns that will be used for the Feb. 27 Lantern Festival at Haney Place Mall. Also at The ACT, children’s entertainers Bobs and Lolo were on The ACT stage in the afternoon.
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No, you’re not seeing double. There’s only one of six-year-old Keira Camins, who enjoyed Family Day fun at The ACT on holiday Monday, Feb. 9. Vendors Andrea Turner of New Westminster and on Summer Shouchuk of Delta travelled to Pitt Meadows for a Family Day weekend Pop-Up Market at the South Bonson Community Centre.
Above right – Harmony Hill, three, was a little drummer girl during Katzie First Nation’s Family Day festivities. Below right – The arts and crafts table was busy at The ACT on Monday, when the theatre hosted a Family Day lantern making bonanza.
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After a string of fatal crashes along the provincial highway, the Maple Ridge mayor is calling for the province to step up to provide funding for safety improvements along the Lougheed Highway corridor. It won’t come as a shock to Maple Ridge residents, but through data provided by ICBC’s interactive “crash map,” Lougheed
Highway stands out as far and away Maple Ridge’s most dangerous stretch of road. Seven Lougheed Highway intersections in Maple Ridge account for almost 2,000 of 7,000 separate accidents recorded between 2009 to 2013. Of those seven intersections, four are actually west of 216 Street. Already having seen two fatal crashes this year, the highway lived up to its reputation Monday after two cars collided along the
road right in front of Maple Ridge Mayor Nicole Read. Read was standing at the intersection of Lougheed and the Haney Bypass (ICBC’s data identifies this intersection as the most crash-heavy in all of Maple Ridge), fielding questions from Vancouver media about the need for increased safety along Lougheed after two people died recently in separate accidents within a week of each other.
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of Maple Ridge’s most persistent issues, Robson said. The document outlines three main priorities for the task force: to increase access to treatment for the drug addicted, to increase support for people with mental illness, and to create by Cole Wagner a sense of health and safety in the editorial@mrtimes.com community. The homeless need a hand. Robson said the next step for And after Tuesday night’s counthe task force was to start joining cil meeting, Maple Ridge’s Mayor its efforts with different communNicole Read moved one step ity groups, such as the Caring closer to having the team (and a Place. Nicole Read plan) in place to help the City’s One of the goals for the task Maple Ridge mayor most vulnerable residents. force, according to the report, is The first-time mayor delivered to identify an “immediate interim on one of her campaign promises, as she shelter solution” while “longer-term soluunveiled preliminary plans for her Mayor’s tions are being pursued.” Homelessness Solutions Task Force. The task force will also favour pro-active Currently comprised of Read, as well approaches to preventing homelessness as Councillors Bob Masse and Gordy and drug abuse by developing a drug-eduRobson, the task force is still in the early cation program aimed at youth. stages – Tuesday’s announcement during The clock has already started ticking the council meeting was decidedly lowon the task force, which has been given key. Yet the update submitted to council an estimated six-month-term to complete provides a bit of insight into how the task its research make its recommendations to force will move forward in addressing one council.
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Emerald Pig gal pals revisit their Hot Flashes Three ladies are celebrating the joys of aging in Hot Flashes, presented by the Emerald Pig Theatrical Society. by Troy Landreville
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Co-stars who admittedly know a little bit about the subject will be playing out their experiences on stage, when Hot Flashes comes to Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows, starting this weekend. Hot Flashes is a fast-paced, highly original comedy inspired by women about the adventures, anxieties and occasional absurdities of menopause and aging. Presented by the Emerald Pig Theatrical Society, the play features the women of “Fine Whine”: Kathleen Hatley, Rina Varley, and Sharon Malone. If you are just about to enter the post-ovarian epoch and ready to set aside your reproductive tools, then it is time to party, the Hot Flashes way with the trio of Maple Ridge thespians. Hot Flashes kicks off this Friday, Feb. 13, with a dessert theatre at the Open Door Church, 11391 Dartford Street. Doors open at 7 p.m. with the show starting at 8 p.m. Reserved tickets are $20 each and are available at www.eventbrite.ca. Then, on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14, an encore performance is scheduled and this features a dinner theatre at the Open Door
ing if they “still fit” is a good experience. “We learn something new every time we get together,” Malone said. “We have a great time. Really, it’s a labour of love for all three of us.” It’s not so much nervousness as it is excitement and energy that drives the show for its three co-stars, Malone said. “The first performance can be a little bit nerve-wracking but we’re also doing it in a whole bunch of different locations so we’ll have to adapt each performance like it’s opening night,” Malone noted. “Every performance is exciting. There’s an energy, an intangible quality to every performance.” Hot Flashes continues at two different locations next weekend (Feb. 20-21). On Friday, Feb. 20 a dinner theatre is scheduled at the Wesbrooke, 12000 190A Street. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. with dinner served at 6 p.m. followed On stage cooling off with their fans are Hot Flashes co-stars Kathleen Hatley, Rina Varley, and Sharon Malone. by the show at 7 p.m. Reserved tickets are $25 and Church, with doors opening at the Emerald Pig in mid-October, when they first did the play in available at www.eventbrite.ca 6 p.m., dinner at 6:30 p.m., and 2008 as a one-act festival piece 2009 and that Varley was “the and at the Wesbrooke. the show to follow at 8 p.m. for Theatre BC’s Actoberfest in baby of the group.” On Saturday, Tickets for that presentation Prince George. “Now that we Feb. 21, a matiare $20, and available at www. Malone, Hatley, and Varley have all experinee performance eventbrite.ca. performed and also took home enced the differwith dessert is on “The play is about the joys, best director(s), collectively, ent stages, we This weekend tap at the Ridge anxieties, tribulations, and from the shorter version of the have more insight Friday, Feb. 13 at Open Door Meadows Seniors absurdities of menopause and play at Actoberfest. and hindsight to Church, doors open at 7 p.m. Centre, 12150 aging from different perspecThe three friends and co-actors bring to each of Saturday, Feb. 14 at Open Door 224th Street. tives, but basically from the perare thrilled to revisit their roles the characters and Church, doors open at 6 p.m., Doors open at spective of three aging women,” starting this weekend. the production as dinner served at 6:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m. with explained Malone, the co-found“We’re very excited about a whole,” Malone Link to tickets, at $20 each, at the show starting er and past-president of Emerald bringing back this new, revised said. www.emeraldpig.ca. at 2 p.m. Pig, which is an anagram for production,” Malone said. “It’s Malone, who More about Hot Maple Ridge. different after six years being is also an experiFlashes is availWritten several years ago by away from it.” enced director, able online at www.emeraldpig. Dori Appel and Carolyn Myers, Malone said that she and said putting on her “acting ca. Hot Flashes was presented by Hatley were in the “danger age” pants” once in a while and see-
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Lougheed Highway study includes look into safety …continued from page A1
“It’s definitely a frustration point for drivers in the City,” Read said to the Global BC news reporter, describing the stretch of Highway 7 that runs east to Mission. Mid-sentence, she turned to see a fender bender between two vehicles turning right onto the highway. “We need the province to show up with funding to improve safety along the Maple Ridge stretch of Lougheed,” she said after the crash. Because the highway is a provincial route, any safety improvements fall under the jurisdiction of the provincial government. “We’ve initiated several conversations with the province about Lougheed… but we need an ongoing dialogue,” she said. The mayor will meet with Doug Bing, MLA for Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows, next Friday, Feb. 20 to discuss a variety of issues. Potential
crash-heavy intersections have safety upgrades to Lougheed one thing in common: Lougheed Highway will “definitely” be one of Highway. the topics, according to Read. Harris Road and Lougheed topped Bing said that he would act “as the Pitt Meadows’ list with 539 accisoon as possible” to forward any dents, 189 more than the next closof the mayor’s concerns about est intersection. the highway to the Ministry of Pitt Meadows is currently Transportation. in the midst of a Ministry “Whenever there is a of Transportation study of fatal crash, the Ministry of the Lougheed Highway corTransportation looks over ridor, according to Mayor the RCMP incident report John Becker. to consider any possible He hopes the study will safety recommendations,” present a couple of “lowBing told The TIMES. However, the crashes cost, but highly effective” on Lougheed happened safety improvements to so recently, the ministry Lougheed, such as safety Doug Bing has yet to receive RCMP dividers along the south MLA reports, he said. side of the road. “[Lougheed] has been an area of “The reality is, you could never concern for around 10 years now,” spend enough money to prevent all added Bing. of the tragedies, but you can reduce ICBC data tells a similar tale about them with cost-effective solutions,” Pitt Meadows, where the four most said Becker.
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Young drivers on deadly road Americans who feared that President Barack Obama was going to institute a Canadian-style health care system complete with Canadian-style “death panels” had it partway right – but a long way wrong. There is a “death panel” in B.C. But it’s actually a “Death Review Panel.” And it’s not about who will die and who gets to live by receiving overgenerous hand-outs from a supposedly overgenerous government health care plan – it’s about finding out why so many of our young people die on our highways. And it’s about trying to figure out how to save them, apparently from themselves. The B.C. Coroner’s Service this week released the Death Review Panel’s report studying 106 young motor vehicle drivers who died in traffic accidents in B.C. from 2004 to 2013. Most of those 106 were young men – boys, really – who were between 17 and 18 years of age. Not at all surprisingly, the panel’s review showed that speed, impairment, lack of seatbelt use, and inexperience were common contributing factors. Panel chair Michael Egilson noted that the Graduated Licensing Program, since 1998, has led to a reduction in the numbers of deaths of young drivers on B.C.’s roads, but traffic incidents remain the leading cause of death among young people aged 15 to 18 years. Egilson, whose panel was mandated, in part, to see if the Graduated Licensing Program for new drivers can be enhanced, stressed the importance of not only involving youth themselves, but also their parents and guardians in finding solutions to help reduce the devastating death toll. Perhaps, from the American antihealthcare crusaders’ point of view, it should have been named an “AntiDeath Panel.” In any case, it behooves us all to support its worthy objective: to find a way to help young drivers past that deadly stretch of road. – B.G.
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Stupid economy a better bet
Alberta is in trouble. By comparison, 15,200 people Sure, having all the oil in the work in publishing in this provworld is great. Right up until the ince. We hear a lot about how price of oil drops like a cartoon we need to support mining, about anvil straight down onto the how it’s a priority for the govhead of your economy. ernment. Yet when was the last Now realtors in Calgary have time you heard anything from plenty of work – trying to unload Victoria about book publishing? mansions of rich people desperOr about performing arts (19,300 ate to get their cash in hand and people employed) or furniture get out of Dodge. The provincial stores (10,900) or sporting goods, government there is having conhobby, and book stores (13,600) by Matthew Claxton niption fits about the prospect of or food manufacturing (23,700)? a recession. A lot of transplanted A full 258,000 people work in Newfies, British Columbians, and others who retail in B.C., one way or another, selling everyhave flocked to the oil patch are considering a thing from cans of pop to heavy equipment. return ticket. To be fair, there are some reasons to support Maybe Alberta’s oil economy will bounce back. those charismatic extractive industries – they Maybe the price of oil will shoot up again next tend to have a lot of subsidiary industries that month and we’ll all be whining about paying feed off them. Extractive industries are like the $1.50 a litre again, and guys in Fort MacMurray pointy end of an inverted pyramid, with big can return to fretting about which skidoo goes chunks of the rest of the economy balanced on best with their new truck. their shoulders. Or maybe not. We’ve been here before, after The thing about an inverted pyramid? It’s all. Remember the 1980s, when the first party unstable. And if that narrow little base goes, ended, and Alberta led the nation in foreclosures everything above it takes a tumble, too. and bankruptcies. To be fair, the B.C. government loves to talk For years, we’ve looked east over the Rockies up small business and diversified business generwith envy. Since the 1990s, Alberta has been ally. But the minute someone talks about oil or on a tear, and it looked like oil was the way to forestry, you can watch the heads swivel in the go, hence our current government’s continued legislature, even though health care and manuenthusiasm for that related hydrocarbon, liquifacturing outweigh those extractive industries by fied natural gas. a wide margin. Here in B.C., a lot of our identity also relies I think we need to focus on the exact opposite on the big extractive resources that make for fun of those high-profile industries. Let’s aim squareDiscovery Channel reality shows – fishing, logly for building a pyramid the right way up. Let’s ging, and mining. build an economy based around pointless, even Logging employed 18,700 people in 2013, silly jobs. down from 27,000 just 10 years before. And The fluffy, goofy industries, like making video believe it or not, that industry has bounced back games and movies, tourism, and health and wella bit since the recession. ness, are less vulnerable to sudden shifts in the Mining, oil, and gas employs 29,500 people, price of oil or minerals, to free trade deals and and it is increasing, but it’s still a tiny fraction of foreign wars. They’ll never be as sexy as logging the B.C. workforce. and mining, but they’re a better long-term bet.
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Traffic safety
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With the growing population, I would Dear Editor, think these crosswalks could be upgraded to I believe that not only do we need better flashing yellow caution lights. I’ve lighting at certain intersections, my seen many in small towns, and even main concern is the pedestrian cross- Letters rural areas for numerous years, with walks from 222nd to 240th Streets to a lot less pedestrian traffic. on Dewdney Trunk Road. the The wiring and structure to enable On any given day, especially at such a safety measure is already night when it’s raining, it is very Editor in place. The cost to facilitate such difficult to even see the low-lighted a safety measure would be money crosswalk signs, let alone the pedwell spent, and outweigh the cost of estrians using them. If the pedestrian is of an accident possibly resulting in a fatality. a short stature and/or disabled in a wheelchair makes, it even more difficult. R.J. Resek, Maple Ridge
Editorial
Kamp tribute back-handed at best
Dear Editor, If your editorial comment [Contributions Appreciated, Feb. 3 Our View, TIMES] was meant as an attempt to offer a tribute to Randy Kamp’s services as our MP in Ottawa, it was at best a back-handed compliment, with only the last two paragraphs saying anything positive about him. But if it was not a tribute, it was blatantly biased. That some will be happy to see him go is a given. In
our adversarial system of government, those people are “the opposition.” As for you, the editor not always seeing eye to eye with Randy Kamp, so what? I often don’t see eye to eye with your opinions, either. You mention the Iron Horse issue, but I say $450,000 per year for five beds in a safe house for at-risk youth, a number of whom are not even from our community, is very poor value for the dollars.
Dog parks
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Dear Editor, News item from the other day said they’re discontinuing dog waste bags [Waste bags no longer part of dog parks package, Jan. 29, TIMES]. Bad decision, I think. There are, I suspect, too many people who just won’t bother. Robert Stirling, Maple Ridge
What you’re telling us on Facebook A raid on a Maple Ridge drug house •Friday is part of the local Mountie’s
crackdown on drug dealing in Haney. It netted a bushel of drugs and led to the arrest of nine people. Readers reacted:
“It’s still a crime first and foremost, and I’d be thrilled to see these dirt bags shut down, and if I lived there, off my street.” – Rochelle Scrivener “That’s my street! I think there’s only a couple crack dens left now. It’s good they’re finally cleaning it up.” – Dana Pothecary “One closes, three open.”
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“When will we see drug use as a public health issue and not a crime? The war on drugs is costing us all dearly when we pay the tax man so that the RCMP can spend thousands of dollars on these silly raids that really do no effect on the community other than not having to see the addicts ride their bikes up the street to the local dealer. Social aid, rehab and education are the key… not badges, court, and sentencing. I’m sick of paying for this nonsense that’s never gonna stop with this approach.” – Grant Schoenit “Thank you RCMP... Keep it up!” – Robert Tremblay “Time to move to Langley, for sure. Lol.” – Tori Kell “Geez, Maple Ridge isn’t that bad... it’s not like were in Surrey!!!” – Nicola Breanna
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You give too much credit to Mr. Kamp, by insinuating that he could single-handedly provide that money. The federal government decided the money is better spent on a revised program. And the same goes for the pension issue, judged by you to be healthy, which it is, but earned under the system in place at this time. Why did you not emphasize that Randy Kamp earned three re-elections, instead of a one-line offhand comment? We have only good things to say about Randy Kamp. He has always been accessible. He never failed to answer my questions with honesty and understanding, and he has always been accessible to meet us and others when in town. Walter Verwoerd, Maple Ridge
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Tree bylaw adds tax
Dear Editor, “We can’t stop someone from cutting down a tree, but we can make them get a permit,” said Maple Ridge City Environmental Technician Gail Szostek [Tree bylaw rushed through in special meeting, Feb. 5, TIMES]. So, all we are talking about here is adding a new tax. The City needs to review land clearing, but do I have to pay another tax to cut down a tree for firewood every year or two? I live on Thorn Hill, an urban reserve that will some day house 10,000 people. When that happens, my two acres will definitely be clear-cut, in the name of progress. Darrell Devries, Maple Ridge
Transit referendum
Tax hurts business
Dear Editor, A yes vote on the TransLink referendum will hurt Maple Ridge businesses. Consumer retail and gas leakage to Mission to avoid the tax is a small part of it. Businesses that procure items will purchase from out-of-region to save the tax. Building materials are a prime example: builders spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on items delivered to the job site. In low-margin, highly competitive businesses, a 0.5 per cent penalty over competitors is deadly. We have already heard the yes side’s pleas to think of our grandchildren, children, puppies, and the less fortunate. I will counter with my plea for business owners and employees in Maple Ridge. Matt Ellis, Maple Ridge/Cottonwood 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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was sitting having lunch with relatives from Burnaby and Coquitlam and the talk turned to the leftovers on our plates. They were bragging about their green waste bins and the fact they can throw just about anything in them. And their jaws dropped when they heard Maple Ridge doesn’t yet have mandatory green waste usage. They’ve been using them for a couple of years now and were a little smug. They didn’t understand how we, the apparent runt of the Metro Vancouver litter, still don’t know how we are going to completely comply with the latest summer deadline to rid our garbage of green waste. Media stories lately suggest the issue will take care of itself with private companies offering us state-ofthe-art choices in the next few months. But, there sure seems to be plenty of confusion amongst the people I talk to. Potato peels and chicken bones are a big topic of conversation these days, where any get together devolves into a debate about what the heck we were going to do with our leftovers. Maple Ridge has always
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been ahead of the curve when it comes to recycling. Thanks to the few dedicated and forward-thinking among us, we were well ahead of other communities when it came to sorting through our cans and bottles – before it became all the rage. And I must be honest, it’s not right but I have only been half listening the past few years as councillors and others tut tut about changes we need – or don’t need – to garbage pick-up in Maple Ridge. I sympathize with the long-held sentiment against the idea of municipal garbage pick-up. Being responsible for your own garbage means you think twice about what you throw away and hopefully what you buy in the first place. But I get that some people disagree. Believe me, out here in the boondocks we know garbage. Stories about how we collect, store, and get rid of our garbage have been part of the everyday conversation here forever. We compost. We put our leftover meat and dairy garbage in the freezer until the weekend when we line up at the dump, recycling depot, and now green bins. We stop buying things that don’t recycle or com-
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post. But, this is where I agree with our Metro relatives. If you are going to insist your residents start paying even more attention to their garbage, just like their country cousins, you better be ready to deal with the effects. I don’t know who will be driving those trucks down the streets of Maple Ridge in the next year picking up the green waste. But, the municipality better make sure every house, whether they can afford it or not, has a secure green bin to roll out to the curb. And the urban residents I’ve talked to want to know a lot more about what is expected of them. Private companies might be doing the pick-up, but the municipality needs to be completely involved in rolling out some kind of more cohesive plan.
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Emma has been to several schools in the past eight years. And, Debbie said, none of them would allow her to play basketball or volleyball, nor participate in a bookfest. That is until Emma started her Grade 7 year at Alouette Elementary, where she is an active member of the basketball team. Emma has always wanted to play basketball, volleyball – anything the schools offers. “Just that piece of trying to be a part of something,” said Debbie, who has spent years trying to get her daughter on sports teams. “There’s always been the road blocks,” Debbie said. “It’s been, ‘No, it’s a safety issue,’ or ‘No, she’s not capable of it.’ I’ve even been quoted as saying, ‘That’s why they have Special Olympics.’” For years, Emma came home crying, hurt by the fact she wasn’t included in sports and activities, Debbie shared. “In her last school, she couldn’t even do a bookfest because they said she couldn’t read nine novels, but she read them to the best of her ability,” Debbie said. In her first year at Alouette, Emma wanted to
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her only goal. We just want her to be successful with that, and she did a fabulous job.” In fact, in her last game, Emma almost scored a basket. “It was so exciting,” Iacobucci said. Inclusiveness is a lesson taught not only to Emma’s 15 teammates ranging from Grade 5 to 7, but members and coaches from opposing teams, Iacobucci added. “When she almost got that basket, the coach from the other team came up to me and said, ‘Wasn’t that great?’ So the girls recognize that,” Iacobucci said. Emma continues to improve, with a lot of direction from her coaches and support from her teammates, including Tiana Bikic. • More at www.mrtimes.com
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The XF feels like something unique and special However, taste is a subjective thing, and there’s something to be said about the simplicity of the Jaguar’s controls, dial-shifter, and generally uncluttered layout. Were it not for the way infotainment functionality is impacted by being squeezed a bit by that small touchscreen, the ergonomics would be just fine.
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The F-Type, the F-Type, the F-Type. Ever wonder how Emma Watson’s sisters feel? Well, the Jaguar XF does. However, while the pretty two-door sportscar gets all the paparazzi’s attention, the four-door sedan continues to best it in sales. There’s a practicality here, one that’s doubled by traction provided by all-wheel-drive.
Like all modern complicated luxury sedans, I wouldn’t want to be on the receiving end of a service bill in fifteen years time. However, under parent-company Tata’s control, both Jaguar and Land Rover have improved by – pardon the pun – leaps and bounds, to the point where they’re not far off the German competition. And if you’re going to lease one during the warranty coverage period anyway, it’s up to your service adviser to keep a stiff upper lip.
Performance:
The XF, then, is the Jaguar bought by those who want a little everyday liveability with their style. However, without the glittering halo cast by the spotlight, how does this more-sensible Jaguar hold up in the ordinary world?
Jaguar offers the XF in Canada with a 2.0L turbo engine making 240hp, a 3.0L supercharged V6 making 340hp, and a 5.0L supercharged V8 making 510hp. This week’s tester had the middle option, and while I briefly wished for the bonkers V8, the feeling went away every time I drove past a gas station.
Design:
First off, no, it’s not quite as gorgeous as the F-Type, but the XF is no shrinking violet. It’s not a fussy shape, a silhouette made with classic English understatement, but there’s just enough standing out here to be unique.
Compared to the fleets of 5-series and E-class Mercedes-Benzes I passed, the XF did indeed feel like something unique and special. Just the job a Jaguar’s supposed to do.
Features:
The supercharged six is a lovely little motor, mated to an eight-speed automatic transmission that’s also well up to the task. This being the Luxury model, both the ride and feel of the drive are a little on the soft side, a little of that grace that forms the old Jaguar byline of Grace, Pace, and Space.
The side vents are better-executed than some of the German competition, the grille isn’t so large as to be overbearing but adds a nice bright spot of chrome, and the snarling, red-ringed Jaguar’s head in front takes the place of beat-you-over-the-head-with-it aggression you find in other marquees. It’s an older design, but one that’s aged well.
As mentioned, the XF is a little behind the times in terms of infotainment. The touchscreen navigation works just fine, but hooking up an iPod took a little longer than expected, and there was no Bluetooth streaming audio.
Punt the car into sport mode and start asking for a little more from the engine and transmission, and the XF responds with surprising alacrity. While not as fresh as the aluminum-intensive construction that’s coming our way with the new XE sedan and F-Pace crossover, the XF’s chassis is actually very finely tuned.
This being the Luxury model, the wheel choice is a 19” multi-spoke alloy that’s again not all that fussy. If you’d like your cat’s-paws to have a little more claw, the Sport versions have really great-looking 20” grey wheels.
However, for 67,500, this Luxury-level XF came with a 10-speaker audio system, a stop-start system, and a backup camera. It also had an optional heated windscreen, which might not be an absolute necessity in the lower mainland. Fuel economy for all-wheel-drive and a supercharged V6 isn’t bad, rated at 13.9L/100kms city and 8.8L/100kms highway. And observed economy hit right between those parameters, thanks to some mild weather.
The all-wheel-drive system has no issues putting the power down from a launch, where the XF feels considerably faster than its quoted 0-100km time of 6.4 seconds. Once on the move, the system reverts to a rear-drive bias that hustles quite nicely, even if this is the softer, luxury model. The steering isn’t supercommunicative, feeling like it’s tuned primarily for comfort, but there’s plenty of grippy confidence here to be had.
Environment:
Powering up the XF is done by pressing a “beating” red starter button for a second or so, causing the engine to fire and the air-vents to slowly rotate open. It’s a neat bit of theatre, similar to that found inside the F-Type. However, the XF is a bit more like the now-defunct XK coupe on the inside. There’s nothing about the interior that jumps out at you as a wow factor, and the navigation and infotainment screen is a little on the small side.
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Sedate interior styling; cramped infotainment; retained value and reliability not as good as competition
And while we’re on the subject of confidence, let’s talk about the Anglo-Indian Elephant in the room: reliability. Traditionally, Jags have been just the thing to buy if you wanted a car that self-changed both oil and coolant by leaking both all over your driveway.
There’s Old World, and then there’s getting a little bit old. The XF was launched in 2008 as a 2009 model, and on the inside at least, it’s now outstyled by the competition.
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Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows Times
Sports
Thursday, February 12, 2015
Recreation
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Reach The TIMES' sports desk: Phone: 604-463-2281 or email: sports@mrtimes.com
Rugby
On Deck
Bruins battle The local rugby club was in action this weekend, against East Van.
This past Saturday, the Ridge Meadows Bruins men’s rugby squad took on the Scribes RFC from East Vancouver. Though the Scribes outmatched the local side in size and experience, the Bruins were able to keep the game close due to their sharp tackling skills. Scoring the home side’s first try was scrum half Miller Thind, who capped off a try that highlighted the local rugby team’s ball handling skills. With only moments left before the final whistle fly half Paul Stanfield, showed spectacular individual pace carving up the Scribes back line for an 80 metre try. Thind converted the try, which brought the final score to 18-12 for the visitors. The next match for the Ridge Meadows Bruins takes place Saturday, Feb. 21, against Richmond RFC. For more information on the club, visit www.bruinsrugbyclub.com.
Maple Ridge wrestler Payten Smith is south of the border this week with the SFU wrestling team.
Wrestler travels After dominating the Cascades Classics with her SFU teammates recently, Maple Ridge Secondary alumni wrestler Payten Smith is competing in the American Nationals this week. • More online: www.mrtimes.com, click on “Sports”
The Fraser Valley North boys basketball playoffs are taking place this week at three different schools. And last night, the Pitt Meadows Marauders were in action on their home court, but game results were not available by TIMES press deadline. The action continues this weekend. • More online: www.mrtimes.com, click on “Sports”
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Playoff action
More Photos Online Photos by Rick Moyer High school hoops
SRT Titans hoops teams aiming high
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
History continued This week TIMES columnist and fishing enthusiast Jeff Weltz continues his series on the history of sport fishing in North America, and talks about the formation of the first fishing clubs. • More online: www.mrtimes.com, click on “Sports”
Send your scores and game reports to sports@mrtimes.com
The 2014/15 season has been kind to the hoops squad.
As the Samuel Robertson Technical (SRT) Secondary Titans mark a decade of basketball action this season, athletic director Lesley McPherson said the Titans “have really hit their stride.” The Titans have a total of seven teams – both boys and girls, from the Grade 8 to senior level – in action this season, and each within playoff contention. This past weekend, the Grade 8 boys were the champions at a tournament hosted by SRT at the school. The junior boys “also had a great weekend,” at the tournament, McPherson noted. They made it to the final as well, before losing to Southridge.
Now, the Titans are taking on They opened the tournament Thomas Haney Secondary, and with a win over the number twoMaple Ridge Secondary this week, ranked, single-A team, Langley with their eyes set on the Fraser Christian. Valley Regional playoffs. The Titans then battled – and And the senior boys team defeated – a team from Unity recently defeated Mission Christian. Secondary to notch In the final their first league the Titans came “Our strong win, with a convinup against the cing 81-40 victory. connections... enable Abbotsford On the girls’ side Traditional Titans, us to use sport to of things, the ladies where SRT finished are “leading the as tournament help some of our way,” McPherson champions for the kids succeed in the said. “They have second year in a classroom.” only suffered three row, with a 48-45 Lesley McPherson losses on the seawin. son and are comIn the recent ing off a big win at the Big Bear Clayton Heights tournament, the Classic Tournament.” SRT junior girls fought hard to The team went into that tournaearn their place. ment with a season record of 13-3 The girls played strong team and as the defending champions. games, defeating both Princess
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Margaret Secondary and Abbotsford Christian Schools to advance to the final. In the final game, SRT held the score to within one point at the half, but fell to Centennial Secondary 44-32. The success of all the teams this season can be attributed to the fact that all the teams are coached by teachers at the school, McPherson said. “Our strong connections to our student-athletes and our staff, enable us to use sport to help some of our kids succeed in the classroom.” The athletic director added that “you can’t underestimate the value of having that connection to kids in your building to encourage, develop and grow any program-especially an extra-curricular one.”
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