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Museum seeking memories of series

A TV series filmed in Maple Ridge at the end of the 1980s and beginning of the 90s is being remembered, thanks to a unique donation.

This picture was from the set of Bordertown – a TV series filmed in Maple Ridge between 1988 and 1991. The Maple Ridge Museum hopes residents will provide pictures from that time period, as it looks to piece together a collection of shots from the show and the City.

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A television series that was shot in Maple Ridge from 1988 to 1991 is being remembered, thanks to an estate donation to the Maple Ridge Museum.

And the museum’s curator hopes that this donation is just the beginning of a collection from that era in Maple Ridge.

Bordertown, the western-themed series, did the majority of its filming at the very north end of 224th Street, where “a major

set was constructed,” explained the museum’s Val Patenaude.

The set has since been used for a number of different film projects including on shows such as the X-Files.

The show was a “big deal locally,” she said, and “a lot of local people appeared it in as extras; any man with a beard could be up for parts as extras.”

One of these extras was Glen Wonnacott, whose family operated a big auction barn, near what is now the Staples store at the intersection of Dewdney Trunk Road and the Lougheed Highway.

Glen’s father operated the auction barn which dealt everything from antiques to livestock, before Glen eventually took over the business, Patenaude said.

In addition, Glen would also help his grandmother who had a farm with cattle on it, which meant Glen was around – and working with – animals and livestock from an early age.

“He also got involved with things like the Cloverdale Rodeo,” Patenaude said.

In the eyes of those who produced the

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The donation inspired a initiative by the show, Glen not only had the experience to be an extra around horses and livestock, but museum to see what other memories and memorabilia those in the community may a certain “look” that fit with the style of the possess, not only of Bordertown, but of show.

Maple Ridge in the late 80s and early 90s.

“It was a natural thing for him to go “We’d love to hear more on the show as an extra,” stories and have more picPatenaude explained.

During his time on the Obviously we’d tures of that production before it goes entirely out of show, Glen kept a scraplike as much memory,” she said. book of pictures, newspaper clippings, and other memoBordertown stuff “Obviously we’d like as much Bordertown stuff as rabilia related to the show. as we can get. we can get, but mostly our Now, thanks to a recent mandate is to collect up donation from the estate Val Patenaude experiences that were had, of Glen Wonnacott to the an stories that were told Maple Ridge Museum, about – and around that set memories of Bordertown are and time period – and collect them for the being brought back to life. community,” she said.

“This album is the first collection of The plan would be to then figure out pictures and stories from Bordertown that what they want to do what’s been collected, we’ve received here at the museum,” and the best way to present it all.

Patenaude noted.

“What we do with them down the road, at least they’re there to be done with.”

The focus at this point is on the museum obtaining as much it can from that era, Bordertown related or not.

“Time carries on, and if we don’t gather up other people’s memories and pictures and things like that, they’ll be gone,” she stressed. “We’d love to hear more stories and have more pictures of that production and time period before it goes entirely out of memory.”

At this point, there’s no specific timeline for submissions, but people are encouraged to take a look at what they may be able to contribute.

“People can call us, email, or drop off their submissions in person here at the museum,” she added.

Find the Maple Ridge museum at 22520 116th Ave., and find more information online at www.mapleridgemuseum.org.

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Surviving a drought

Motorcycle crashes on bypass A motorcyclist was taken to hospital after colliding with a vehicle on the Haney Bypass at 223rd Street in Maple Ridge Tuesday afternoon. The crash caused massive traffic delays, but RCMP had few detail by press deadline.

TIMES columnist and Whonnock gardener Anne Marrison offers some tips on how to plan for a similarly dry summer next year.

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Westview trio going global Three computer students are set to take on the world.

Westview Secondary School IT students Trevor Dean (Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 national champion), Nash Taylor (Microsoft Excel 2013 national champion), and Phillip MacBride (Microsoft Word 2013 national champion) showed off their certificates.

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The students are “excited at the prospect of representing Canada at the world championship, Goodman added.

“These three students are amazing leaders, and will be an inspiration for future students in the program.” >More: mrtimes.com, search “Westview”

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Letters Hefty fine needed for tree cutting

Dear Editor, On June 24, a tree care company cut down five healthy evergreen trees in the backyard of my 127th Avenue neighbour’s home – trees that added value to the neighbourhood and the adjacent properties, ours included.

We contacted the bylaw enforcement officer and discovered there was no permit issued for this tree removal.

The bylaw officer attended the scene and as I understand it, issued a ticket for the unlawful act.

We are happy with her attention and reaction in this regard.

We have since wrote a letter to mayor and council to encourage action on two fronts: 1) The crime is punishable by a fine of up to $10,000 per offence – that means per tree.

I strongly argue for the maximum fine.

2) The arborist should also be fined to the full extent of the law for not first ensuring a permit was in place before the work was undertaken.

My concern is for the health of my neighbourhood, a

community very well treed and a primary reason we bought here three years ago.

These important trees are shelter from the sun, homes for wildlife, buffers for sound, aesthetically beautiful, and providers of oxygen.

If this offence goes

Lesson to be learned behind recall efforts Dear Editor,

Mr. Dalton, you keep providing ample reasons why recall efforts are levelled against you.

To say that your party is already engaged in efforts to resolve homeless issues, however you and Mr. Bing shamefully fail to see that your party’s policies are ineffective, instead of parroting your party dogma and failed policies.

Please take the time to rework your approach or make some change that will help our communities and earn that wage and pension we pay you.

You and Mr. Bing were not asked to be present to draw lines of responsibility rather to get engaged to make changes happen and instead you let everyone down.

Mark LeBlanc, Haney

unchecked and the fine is minimal, I worry that others in the area wanting more sunshine in their yards may act in the same selfish, reckless, and unlawful manner.

I would have thought that a good neighbour would first consult folks directly affected by such an unnecessary slaughter of otherwise healthy “community members” before taking such aggressive and unlawful action.

In this time of climate change, each and every tree is an important contributor to refreshing our air and cooling the temperature, I trust council will wade fully in on this issue and ensure that our City’s bylaws are enforced to the fullest extent of the law.

Wallace – Garrett Family, Maple Ridge

Garbage services should be left alone

Dear Editor,

In regards to Elizabeth Taylor [Petition started, June 18, The TIMES] and the 191 signatures who want local government handing a private company a blank cheque to pick up our

Kleenex.

Once they are in, and council promises the people this service, you know “insert garbage collector here” are not going anywhere. And, there will enviably need to be a fuel surcharge or

something along those lines to raise the rate, and council will be stuck and just have to accept it.

Oddly though, in any other consumer driven market – which this is – don’t kid yourself the only difference is

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Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows will be getting just shy of $1 million from traffic fines collected in the past year. That money is going towards infrastructure and community safety. The community had mixed reaction to this news…

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– Raynee Lagace “Let’s keep our eyes on these funds - I want to know EXACTLY how the funds will be spent!”

– Eileen Thompson Robinson “Put it all towards Cliff Avenue. Do other stuff later. Any other things you do will just get stolen right now, lol.”

– Katie Clunn “So we can look forward to the cops handing out more tickets for fines as a revenue generator” – Alvin Cohen “I hardly look at this as much money. How much was just spent on the Pitt meadows police station that is not even a full station.r” – Joleen Watson “Maybe fix the Haney Bypass.”

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council speaks for all residents dollars, the more volume you do the better your pricing and for some reason when government gets involved that cornerstone of a competitive market seems to get thrown out.

How can the best bid submitted to pickup all waste for a City be $300-plus a household in additional taxes, when our collector who has been picking ours up for years at $240 a year?

We are currently looking at cancelling garbage all together.

As of now, the only thing that does not get recycled or composted, or picked up as food scraps, is Kleenex.

There should be no bears routing though the garbage, as there should be no food to entice them.

Lastly, I have talked with friends and neighbours. When all the signatures are collected we will put our resources together to either match or beat Elizabeth’s charge to simply leave things the way they are.

My wife and I have proudly lived in Maple Ridge since 1976.

Richard Wardroper, Maple Ridge

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t was tasty times at Maple Ridge Chrysler last week, as the local vehicle dealership hosted a summer kickoff barbecue and fundraiser for the Friends In Need Food B ank.

For five dollars, those who dropped by the business could enjoy a savoury steak lunch, with all proceeds going to the food bank.

“It was awesome, and a good time,” said Maple Ridge Chrysler’s Jaymee Porter.

While still not sure yet exactly how much money was raised, Porter said turnout at the event was good, and over ll, the day was great.

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Jessica Landriault and Corrie Bogaert enjoyed a steak lunch for a good cause last Thursday at Maple Ridge Chrysler.

to create a photo keepig and sake of their pet.

Small Each photo will cost Rescue, $50, with all funds going Vancouver’s directly back to Big and non-profit dog rescue organERIC ZIMMER Small Rescue.

“As an animal advoization, along cate and an adoptive with renowned parent to a rescue dog, this local photographer Tanya partnership was a no-brainer,” King, and florist Hilary Miles, said King. have announced “Four Legged “Giving dog owners the Flower Power,” a partnership chance to capture the spirit of designed to raise funds for their pets while raising money rescue dogs while bringing out for a good cause is a winning the best in man’s best friend. combination.”

On July 4, people are invited Further information surto bring their canine companrounding the fundraiser can be ions to King’s Maple Ridge found by searching the Four studio, located at 26758 112th Legged Flower Power event Ave., from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.,

This month at The ACT Maple Ridge Art Gallery Stave Falls Artist Group En Plein Air Exhibition and Sale July 11 - August 8, 2015 The defining attribute for this exhibition is that all of the works are painted en plein air, meaning “in the outdoors”.

Opening Reception Saturday, July 11 – 2:00 – 4:00p.m.

Meditation in the Gallery Friday, July 31 – 9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.

We’ll provide soothing nature sounds, lovely artwork on which to focus your gaze and a place where no one’s going to interrupt you for an hour. Self-guided, bring your own mat to be comfortable.

The Royal Canadian Theatre Company Presents 2015/2016 Early Bird Season subscriptions available now for all three shows. Don’t miss Dracula, Ellie King’s Puss in Boots, and Love, Sex and the IRS next season!

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Red Rock Diner Vancouver’s Rock ‘N’ Roll Musical Vancouver, 1957. Five teens come of age while DJ Red Robinson plays the biggest hits of the time—from the raucous “Great Balls of Fire” and “Jailhouse Rock” to ballads like “Diana” and “Crying.”

In A Blue Moon Finding Home in Unexpected Places When Ava and her daughter, Frankie, move to an inherited cottage near Kamloops, they discover that Ava’s late husband’s brother is already living there.

Through memories and photographs, a tender love story unfolds between the three as they begin to thread together a new understanding of family.

4000 Miles An Uplifting Story of Growing Up and Growing Old Leo, a 21 year old who has just cycled across the country, shows up unannounced on his 91 year old grandmother’s New York doorstep with a bike, no money, and nowhere to go. In time, these unlikely roommates stop squabbling and, with humour and compassion, help each other navigate their changing worlds.

Summer Arts Programs This summer we are offering lots of creative and cutting-edge camps for children and teens.

You can pick up a printed copy of the Summer 2015 Arts & Recreation Guide at The ACT in the lobby or view it online now!

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Chamber members are invited to submit names of individuals interested in letting their name stand for election.

The submission deadline is Aug. 15, and nominations need to be presented at the September board meeting.

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Music festival marks 11 years Adstock, Maple Ridge’s homegrown alternative music festival, takes place Sunday.

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Notice of Development Information Meeting Ramon Melser, who is also one of Rayburn’s drumming students, has been involved with Rayburn throughout the organizing process, “getting his feet wet with some not so fun paper work,” said Rayburn.

Still, Rayburn admits he’s a ways away from stepping out of the organizer role completely.

“The handing off of the reigns is a tough thing to do – there are certain balls that you don’t want to drop,” said Rayburn.

The festival has always had a focus on youth involvement,

said Rayburn, and this year is no different.

Four of the eight acts slated to perform are what Rayburn described as local youth bands, including one act that Rayburn is especially excited for.

Zavaglia – described

by Rayburn as a noise project – will play the 1:45 to 2:15 p.m. slot.

Adstock takes place on the bandstand in Memorial Peace Park, from 1 until 8 p.m.

Admission is free and a full lineup of performers can be found on the event’s Facebook page. > More: mrtimes.com

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Despite it’s humble beginnings, Adstock is no joke – the annual event now commands a list of sponsors, and Rayburn begins work on organizing the summer concert in December of each year.

This year’s Adstock festival features alternative acts, across a variety of genres, including metal, rock, and noise.

And while Rayburn is – as usual – at the centre of the organizing committee, he’s received a lot of help from a Garibaldi Secondary School grad this year.

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It’s been eleven years since Adam Rayburn first invited his friends to a backyard concert, hosted at his parents’ house; the beginning of Maple Ridge’s only alternative music festival.

Rayburn, who was turning 18 at the time, named the festival Adstock (a portmanteau of his own name, and Woodstock) as a joke – a deliberate way of poking fun at the small size of the concert, as well as his own sense of self-importance.

“Every year I have to explain that, and it looks worse and worse on me,” laughed Rayburn.

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Evening Market: 6pm-9pm Feature Film: approx 9:15pm

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The Johnston Meier Insurance Agencies Group: Movie in the Park is a free, family-friendly outdoor event taking place on Wednesday July 8th and Wednesday, July 29th, at sunset. Come to Memorial Peace Park early to peruse market stalls, play interactive games, check out classes and services, and enjoy food and drinks from local vendors before watching the movie on a 28 foot inflatable screen from Fresh Air Cinema. Bring your friends, family, and even the dog to enjoy these first annual outdoor movies under the stars.

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Firefighter lends a hand in Nepal

A local emergency responder shares his skills in the wake of an earthquake.

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l McGee left for earthquake-ravaged Nepal on Monday, June 29 on a mission: to help make a difference for the many Nepalese people who lost everything.

A paid-on call firefighter with the Pitt Meadows Fire Department and an emergency and paediatric registered nurse with Fraser Health, McGee is also hoping folks closer to home will heed his advice: be vigilant in case the “big one” hits, because we live in a seismic zone.

McGee is volunteering through GlobalMedic, a Canadian humanitarian organization that is helping those affected by a magnitude 7.8 earthquake that shook Nepal on April 25, by providing safe drinking water and other essential household goods.

He’s in Nepal for roughly a month, staying at a base in Kathmandu – the capital of the mountainous South-Central Asia country – as well as in rural areas nearby.

“We have teams that went immediately and we have teams, including myself, that are continuing to do the work that needs to be done, there,” McGee said.

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Al McGee, a paid on-call firefighter with the Pitt Meadows Fire Department, left Monday for Nepal, where he will volunteer with the Toronto-based humanitarian organization GlobalMedic. relief.”

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cGee said GlobalMedic will be setting up point-of-source water systems, ceramic filters that use battery power to filter contaminated water, which will provide 8,000 to 10,000 litres worth of clean water per day for the Nepalese people.

“That’s enough water for a huge amount of people,” McGee said, noting that over a recent week, GlobalMedic teams set up 28 of these systems at places like schools and rural areas of Nepal.

On top of the water relief, McGee will help build shelters and handing out aid kits.

“Basically in Nepal, there are hundreds of thousands of people who don’t have any shelter,” McGee said. “All of their homes have been destroyed, and monsoon season is starting right now, so it’s actually going to be a deadly

time in the very near future as the rain comes.”

Donations can be made to globalmedic.ca or to any registered charity, McGee said.

Stark reminder

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he destruction in Nepal is a grim reminder about the damage an earthquake can do to a country and region, McGee stressed. “Everybody needs to be self-sufficient for 72 hours [if a major earthquake or other natural disaster strikes].”

“Most people understand that there’s risk living in this part of the world, but most people forget about it and unfortunately if something like what happened in Nepal happens here, the fire department will be there and the health authority will be there but they won’t be able to take care of everybody,” McGee added. > More at www.mrtimes.com, search “GlobalMedic”

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IN THE WATER

Polo pair guiding next generation

Sisters from Maple Ridge are passing on their love for water polo to younger set.

TROY LANDREVILLE tlandreville@mrtimes.com

Suffice to say, water polo has been good to the Smith sisters.

The Maple Ridge siblings both secured full-ride university athletic scholarships through the sport, and have excelled over the years with the Fraser Valley Water Polo Club.

Now, they’re giving back to a sport that has given so much to them.

Victoria – a 22-year-old recent graduate of San Jose State University – has taken on the role of head coach of the Langley Otters water polo club, with her kid sister Virginia helping out as her assistant.

Nineteen-year-old Virginia, meanwhile, completed her first year at Long Beach State University.

The club is based at the Walnut Grove Community Centre, a handy commute over the Golden Ears Bridge from their hometown.

Victoria started with FVWP when the club was created by Justin Mitchell before playing with the national team starting at 14.

Like her former coach did years before, Victoria is hoping to lay a foundation for water polo in Walnut Grove.

“This is a brand new club and we’re excited to help develop these new players,” she said. “[FVWP coach] Kevin Mitchell approached us and said, ‘Hey, I have this team, would you like to coach

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it, it’s brand new.’”

The sisters jumped at the opportunity to promote and grow water polo south of the Fraser River.

“The [Maple Ridge-based] Haney Neptunes, a lot of the kids are already super developed in water polo,” Victoria said.

Cupping her hand down and holding it up to her shoulder, Victoria noted, “We want to bring the Langley Otters up to here.”

Virginia hopes to pass along her passion for water polo.

“I love the team aspect of it,” she said.

“If your team sticks together for a long enough time, you all start to click. I played with Valley and started with my age group and as I developed, our whole team was one big, synchronized family.”

An element of water polo that attracts players is the challenge that it brings.

“I have my ‘eight-and-unders’ where some kids will try it out and after five minutes they’re like, ‘This is so hard!’ But it’s amazing to see the huge difference that even three weeks does for them,” Victoria said. “They go from being barely able to swim to where they can multi-task by picking up the ball and moving around, where before they were scared about not being able to touch the bottom [of the pool].”

The Otters consist of roughly 40 members and the goal of the sisters, and the club, is to expand on those numbers in Langley.

“This is a big developmental club,” Victoria said. “Our biggest goal is to get the kids into water polo and for them to love it.”

Victoria, who like her sister is a Garibaldi Secondary grad, started playing

Sisters Victoria and Virginia Smith are coaching the Langley Otters water polo club.

Letft A member of the Langley Otters, coached by the sisters, held a spirited practice recently at the Walnut Grove Community Centre recently water polo to complement her soccer.

“It was like a crossover and then we ended up loving it, and all the benefit from it,” she said.

Another member of FVWP, Grant Phillips-Hing, was part of the 17U squad that finished third at the Western National Championships in Calgary in May. Phillips-Hing is helping coach the younger Otters and says his appeal to the sport is the “strategy about it.”

“You’re constantly swimming and you’re always moving,” he added.

“I’d say it’s getting more popular in

Langley especially, because five years ago we didn’t even have a team here,” he said.

Also helping out is 15-year-old Deena Charles, who helped the FVWP 16U girls squad capture gold at the nationals in Calgary last month.

“It helps me improve my play by being able to tell the other kids how to do the different movements and exercises in the water,” said Charles, who started playing water polo when she was 10.

The club’s website is www.langleywaterpolo.com and its general email address is langleywaterpolo@gmail.com.

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Racer competing

The Ridge Meadows Royals midget AAA baseball squad continued their winning ways this past weekend, with a sold 4-0 record after 4 games. This stretches their current winning streak to 12 games, with a current season record of 30-3.

After a second-place finish in the Sports Car Club of B.C.’s Formula Continental Championship, Maple Ridge resident James Nadolny was in action again this past weekend, competing at the Sports Car Club of B.C. “June Bug” race weekend at the Mission Raceway road course.

The Maple Ridge Burrards snapped a four-game losing skid on Sunday night after they defeated the Nanaimo Timbermen at Planet Ice.

TIMES columnist and fishing enthusiast Jeff Weltz continues his series on the history of flyfishing in North America. This week, he discusses casting: a common element and part of the sport.

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July 1 Dance • Town n’ Country Swingers host a Canada Day dance, beginning at 7:30 p.m, at Ridge Meadows Seniors Activity Centre, 12148 224th St.

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July 5 Adstock • The 11th annual Adstock – a free, local alternative music festival – takes place in Memorial Peace Park from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m.

July 6 Magician • Norden the Magician performs at Maple Ridge bandstand in Memorial Peace Park at 11 a.m.

July 8 Movie • Downtown Maple Ridge business association hosts a free, family-friendly movie event in Memorial Peace Park. Marketplace runs 6 to 9 p.m., followed by the showing of The Lego Movie.

July 9 HUB cycling • Join the HUB Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows committee at their monthly meeting at the Maple Ridge Library in the Alouette Room, from 6:45 to 8:45 p.m., to discuss cycling issues in the community.

July 11 Art show • Stave Falls Arts Group exhibition En Plein Air opens at the Maple Ridge Art Gallery inside The ACT, with a reception from 2 to 4 p.m.

July 15 Puppets • Maple Ridge Library hosts a puppet show at the Maple Ridge bandstand in Memorial Peace Park at 6:45 p.m.

July 16 Mobile classroom • The mobile dairy classroom experience will be at Maple Ridge’s Memorial Peace Park from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. Cow milking and calf feeding demonstrations.

July 18 Parks Day • Metro Vancouver hosts a Canada Parks Day celebration at Kanaka Creek Regional Park, from 10 a.m. to noon.

July 24 LEGO club • Kids ages 5 and older are invited to the LEGO club at Maple Ridge Library from 3 to 4 p.m.

July 25 Eid celebration • Celebrate Eid at the Maple Ridge Library from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

July 27 Science World • Science World on the Road will be at Memorial Peace Park at 11 a.m.

July 29 Movie • Downtown Maple Ridge business association hosts a free movie event in Memorial Peace Park.

Marketplace runs 6 to 9 p.m., followed by the showing of Shrek. > See the full list at www.mrtimes.com

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Artist Jason Craft looks on at one of the pair of murals he helped paint just off 224th Street in downtown Maple Ridge.

PUBLIC ART

Mural adds splash of colour to downtown

The ‘main drag’ in Maple Ridge is a little brighter after art was added to an alley.

COLE WAGNER editorial@mrtimes.com

Cooperation is a beautiful thing – or at least, that seemed to be the takeaway from the unveiling of two brand new murals painted on downtown businesses in Maple Ridge.

Located on 224th Street and McIntosh Lane, between T’s and Bell Locksmith, the murals are a stark contrast from what were once drab walls in a back alley.

Artist Jason Craft was commissioned to paint the murals, and he reached out to School District 42 to add some helping hands from artistically minded students.

Craft’s effort to collaborate with local students mirrored the cooperation between the two community groups who commissioned the public art piece.

The Downtown Maple Ridge Business Improvement Association (BIA), which spearheaded the mural effort, applied for – and

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Artist Jason Craft looks on at one of the pair of murals he helped paint on 224th Street. received – cash from the City of Maple Ridge in the form of a public art grant.

The rest of the cost for the paintings was covered by the Maple Ridge BIA themselves, as well as the businesses upon which the murals are painted.

And while the bright colours of the murals certainly help the alley stand out, Ineke Boekhorst, executive director of the BIA, hopes that won’t be the case for too much longer.

The Downtown BIA aims to paint at least one mural on a downtown business per year, said Boekhorst, who added that the beauty of Craft’s murals should incentivize other businesses in the area to spruce up their stores.

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