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Dresses from the 1914 (centennial) era:
A Woodwards mail order catalogue of that time offered suiting serges of coloured dress goods, 46-inches wide, of pure wool from North England – available in navy, red, or cream – that was listed as ideal for tailor-made gowns, etc. Special price, $1 a yard Likewise, there was satin charmant cloths, 48-inches wide, available with all the brightness and finish of silk satin. It’s listed as the “material most in demand for smart gowns” and available in all the new shades for only 95 cents a yard.
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Pitt Meadows City Mayor Deb Walters had her last dress fitting Thursday, before bringing home the Edwardian-style gown for the Pitt Meadows centennial gala happening on April 26. Asked to show it off, she gladly obliged, with the assistance of her faithful four-legged companion Bean. Jean Konda-Witte/TIMES
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Pitt Meadows ramps up for centennial bash
Excitement is building around the City’s 100th birthday celebrations. by Roxanne Hooper rhooper@mrtimes.com
Pitt Meadows Mayor Deb Walters went in for her final fitting Thursday for an Edwardian-style lace and satin gown she had made for the City’s upcoming centennial gala. Later the same day, back at home with her prized possession, she showed off the gown while admitting she’s getting “very excited” about the City’s upcoming 1914style dinner and dance, and the momentum building throughout the community for this and other centennial festivities. A century ago this month, Pitt Meadows officially came into existence. Now, to
mark that milestone, a team of volunteers – including the mayor – are ramping up a two-day party to rival all parties. While there are several initiatives underway to help mark the City’s centennial, two events later this month are the focal point of the anniversary festivities. On Friday, April 25, the City is hosting a huge community birthday party and heritage fair in Spirit Square – behind City hall. Those festivities will run from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. and include children’s entertainment, music, crafts, interactive displays, games, a birthday cake, and a re-enactment of Pitt Meadows’ first council meeting, Walters explained. Then the next night, the City is hosting a gala evening for 250 people at Meadow Gardens. Many who are paying $100 a ticket to attend are also spending even more to rent – or have made period – cos-
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The mayor didn’t like the message of not passing a new smoking bylaw. mrtimes.com
Students win grant Garibaldi Secondary students advocated for the Caring Place in a Youth Philanthropy Initiative and won $5,000 for the Salvation Army facility in Maple Ridge. • More at www.mrtimes.com
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For the record Katzie First Nation elected three new councillors: Robin Green, Peter James, and Rick Bailey. In Thursday’s TIMES, Rick Bailey was incorrectly identified [Katzie welcome new chief, council, April 3, The TIMES]. Also, this is Peter James’ first term on council, contrary to what was reported on Tuesday [Katzie swear in council, April 1, The TIMES].
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The mayor of Maple Ridge is bringing a defeated smoking bylaw back to council for reconsideration. Invoking the Community Charter, which allows a mayor to bring back a defeated motion within 30 days for reconsideration, Maple Ridge Mayor Ernie Daykin is bringing it back to tonight’s council meeting (Tuesday, April 8). The original motion was defeated on March 25 in a split 3-3 vote – Councillor Judy Dueck was absent. Maria Rantanen/TIMES The smoking bylaw would Sharon Hellum, as a smoker, said she uses her common sense and keeps her smoke away have kept puffers 7.5 metres from public doorways. from buildings, but with it defeated, smokers need to be place so that if people keep violeagues, on reflection, will realjust three metres from buildings lating it, it can be enforced. ize that this is a health issue,” as per provincial Voting against the he said. “Smoking and secondregulations. bylaw were councilhand smoke kill. That fact is not Dueck said she lors Michael Morden, debatable. The response I heard “absolutely” would Al Hogarth, and Corisa from the public was overwhelmhave voted in favour Bell. ingly in favour of this bylaw, so of the smoking bylaw With Dueck absent, I have invoked section 131 of had she been there, the vote was split 3the Community Charter to bring saying it’s about 3, therefore, it was this bylaw back for a vote.” “rights.” defeated. He added that the current “People who Daykin said as a parprovincial minimum is three are non-smokers ent and grandparent, he metres, and he doesn’t want that shouldn’t have to was “very concerned” for Maple Ridge. Judy Dueck be affected by your about the message “What I’ve heard, loud and Maple Ridge councillor smoke,” she said. council was sending by clear, is that the majority of The goal of bylaws defeating the smoking citizens want to breathe clean is to educate people, Dueck said, bylaw. air around doorways and winbut the bylaw needs to be in “It is my hope that my coldows,” he said.
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Council cautioned to pass bylaw
The Community Charter requires councils to pass a tax rate bylaw by May 15. by Maria Rantanen mrantanen@mrtimes.com
The Pitt Meadows director of finance is warning council if they don’t pass a tax rate bylaw, the City can’t collect taxes. Council passed its financial plan bylaw on Feb. 4 in a 4-3 vote, but since then, Doug Bing – who voted for the bylaw – resigned to take up his duties as an MLA. Mark Roberts, the City’s finance director, said he felt it was his professional duty to inform council about the ramifications if they don’t pass
the tax rate bylaw by May 15 as required by the Community Charter. The biggest ramification is that the City wouldn’t be able to collect taxes, which total $16 million in 2014. The intent of the report wasn’t “fearmongering,” Roberts said, rather to inform them of what the ramifications would be if it didn’t pass. “I feel it’s my professional obligation as director of finance to let them know now,” Roberts said. Roberts looked at past voting patterns and noted that councillors tended to vote on the tax rate bylaw the same way they voted on the financial plan bylaw. Council is scheduled to give the bylaw three readings on April 29 and adopt it on May 6. • More online at www.mrtimes.com
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Fundraiser wilting
Daffodil sellers needed by Jean Konda-Witte
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The Canadian Cancer Society needs help from someone in Maple Ridge or Pitt Meadows, or both. Every April is designated as daffodil month, and the sale of the lovely fresh-cut narcissi and now the new daffodil pins make up the major fundraiser for cancer research across the country. But this year there is a serious shortage of volunteers to help sell pins and flowers in Pitt Meadows and Maple Ridge, said Carissa Halley, the Fraser Valley coordinator. “We have one lone volunteer who is from Langley who is delivering pin boxes through those two communities, but we have no live daffodil sales and no street teams lined up,” Halley said. They have talked with various organizations that work with volunteer groups in Maple Ridge, but to no avail. Even service groups have not been able to help. “I think because the campaign has never had the same presence in that community as it does in our other communities, people just don’t know about us, what we do, and how they can help,” Halley added. To volunteer, people can call 604-533-1816 or go online to www.cancer.ca.
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Connector is cut from transportation plan for now Dissension prompts Pitt Meadows council to revisit a key piece of the City’s transportation plan this fall. by Eric Zimmer ezimmer@mrtimes.com
The Pitt Meadows’ Transportation Plan was approved by council with one amendment: removal of the North Lougheed Connector. The connector in question is a proposed route from Harris Road to Golden Ears Way. And it was Councillor Bruce Bell who brought up the question of cost to taxpayers.
He explained that when it came to the connector, his worry was centred around dollars and strategy. “I made a list of some of the items, just talking about costs and I don’t think it’s prudent of us – knowing what costs are in this report to taxpayers... so I think we need to look closer at all those categories, and see who’s paying and who isn’t before we move too far ahead.” Though construction of the connector is estimated at $17.5 million, some items like property costs, utility re-location, legal costs, and environmental costs are not in the overall report regarding the connector, Bell noted.
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Intergenerational garden meeting
When: Wednesday, April 9, from 2:30 to 4 p.m. Where: Ridge Meadows Seniors Activity Centre, 12150 224th St. Who: Anyone interested in volunteering with the garden on Edge Street Why: To learn about volunteer opportunities at the Intergenerational Garden Info: Sue Fleming at 604-837-8915 or gardencoord@gmail.com
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The second growing season at the Intergenerational Garden on Edge Street is underway, and more volunteers are needed to help out. An information meeting about volunteer opportunities at the garden takes place on Wednesday afternoon at the seniors centre. The garden is located next to St. Patrick’s School and Eric Langton Elementary, and 15 classes from the two schools have been gardening alongside 15 seniors who are volunteering their time. Sue Fleming, garden coordinator, said last year’s gardening experience was “amazing.” In 2013, especially because it was a good growing year, students were able to watch the whole process from planting seeds to harvesting food in the fall. “They really have seen the full circle of gardening and where your food comes from,” Fleming said. From the produce harvested from the garden, the students were able to make soups and eat fresh veggies. Currently with 15 volunteers, Fleming said they will manage to garden, but, she added, it would be helpful to have a pool of about 25 so that when people go on holidays or get sick, the garden still gets taken
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Flower brings month of hope It’s not just a daffodil. And at this time of year particularly, it’s certainly not just another flower, The daffodil has become symbolic of the Canadian Cancer Society’s struggle to defeat cancer. The CCS was founded on March 28, 1938, and with the help of thousands of volunteers and fundraising initiatives such as the annual daffodil sales, it has become Canada’s leading anti-cancer charity. The yellow flower was used by volunteers during the 1950s to decorate tables at fundraising events that became known as Daffodil Teas. It has become a tradition of the CCS to raise money by accepting donations in exchange for daffodils and by selling daffodil pins through April. That’s why, throughout this month, you’re likely to see CCS volunteers selling the bright yellow flowers, raising not only money for cancer research and other anti-cancer work, but awareness that, although a lot of solid ground has been won in the battle against cancer, there is still a long road ahead. Donations to the CCS during Daffodil Month help fund research to outsmart cancer, assist in providing information and delivering programs to prevent cancer, support those living with cancer, and advocate for public policies to improve Canadians’ health. When the CCS started, the cancer survival rate was about 25 per cent – only one in four people who developed cancer were able to get past it. Now the average survival rate for Canadians diagnosed with any cancer is above 60 per cent – significantly more than half. And for many oncedevastating cancers, the survival rate is approaching 100 per cent. So those bundles of daffodils in CCS volunteers’ hands or the daffodil pins on the lapels of passersby are not just about pretty flowers. They’re about hope, and a fight for life… and everyone fighting together. – B.G.
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Honour embarrassingly lost
Call me an old fogey, if you Yes, they used to do that: will, but it still irks me every time accept your word of honour that I buy something… and then am you’d come back with the rest of expected to pay extra to ensure the money in a week or two. that it actually does what it’s supThat was before the television posed to. ads began asking, “Will that be It seems that a certain amount cash… or Chargex?” of embarrassment is missing. Charge cards have made things And with it, honour seems to easier, of course, and the bank have dissipated, as well. debit cards that followed them, It used to be that when you and the online payment systems bought a car or a refrigerator or that have taken us yet another by Bob Groeneveld a washing machine – or anything step further from any personal – there was an understanding involvement between buyer and between yourself and shop owner seller and manufacturer. who sold it to you. And as the personal distance has grown, so That understanding extended all the way past has the impersonal distance. the shop owner, in fact, and right back to the Indeed, it seems to have started with the banks folks who built the thing in the first place. and their credit cards and their ATMs and what The understanding was that you would pay not. When is the last time you actually stood your money, and they would provide you with face-to-face with a bank teller? whatever widget you were buying – in good So if your money doesn’t make it to the merworking order. chant, or indeed, it doesn’t get to the bank The understanding was based on your word because you don’t have it this week – or you and theirs. never intended to have it – where’s the cause for And those words meant something. embarrassment. You don’t know the guy… he Washing machines and toasters and typewritdoesn’t know you. And it’s not your money that ers (it’s probably not a total coincidence that actually falls into the shopkeeper’s hands – it’s the “understanding” of which I speak seems to all a sort of collective, with extra charges and have dissipated with the rise of the computer) penalties for everyone to make up for those who were built, distributed, and sold by people who are beyond embarrassment… beyond honour. not only took pride in their work, but backed up It’s all calculated into the final mix. their pride with their word of honour. And that’s why that washing machine doesn’t If your toaster fell apart or for whatever reason come with an understanding – a word of honour stopped toasting, you took it back to an embarthat used to be an ironclad guarantee. rassed shop owner who apologized all over the Instead, it comes with a warrantee… at a price. place for having sold you a defective piece of You pay extra to ensure the value of the prodequipment. uct that you are buying. And there was a sense that the manufacturer And make no mistake about it: you are not was equally embarrassed, and eager to make paying extra to ensure that the product you are things right. buying will be fault-free. …Just as you would have been embarrassed That extra cost is to ensure that, in the likelibeyond belief if your cheque had bounced or you hood that the manufacturer’s product is faulty, had been unable to come up with the final $10 someone else will come and fix it. payment you’d promised the merchant. No reason to be embarrassed: no honour.
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Children scared by loose dog
Dear Editor, I have lived in Pitt Meadows for 30 years. I grew up and am raising my family here. Among the gems here are the dikes. They have become a place for daily escapes, for re-energizing and just enjoying the mountains. to I have never encountered such the a horrible experience on the dikes as I did on the first day back after spring break. The sun was shining and it was a beautiful day. I decided to go for a walk at Silver Bridge, one I don’t frequent that often, and took my two girls (two and six) and my sister. It was wonderful… until we came face to face with an off-leash pit bull terrier. My oldest daughter already has a fear of dogs, and having a pit bull charge at her, jump up at her, terrorize her, and not respond to its owners has not only embedded her fear, but it has embedded me. It then continued its charge to my twoyear-old, knocking her down, pinning her to the ground with its paws, and terrorizing her. The owners were unable to call the dog, it was terrible. My two girls were screaming and crying and shaking in horror from what had just happened.
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Seeing the pit bull on top of my two-yearold, listening to her scream… and all that time, the owners had not yet caught up to where we were. They were still walking towards us! The more I think about it, the more disgusted I am. I thank God that it did not bite my girls. I wish that the owners had been responsible. Instead, they yelled at me as though it was my fault – like I should have my kids on a leash? They did not stop, they did not see if my children were OK, instead they continued to the parking lot and left. I didn’t go after them, I didn’t confront them. One thing they did yell that stuck with me was, “Don’t worry, he is friendly,” as it came charging at my daughter. All I can think is how unwarrantedly they presumed that my daughter, or anyone for that matter, would be fine if their pit bull came charging at them. I just hope that when it happens again, because it will, that they will be more proactive and consider just how serious the situation is. When the sign says, “Please leash and clean up after your dog,” just do it. Catrena Kilthau, Pitt Meadows
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Not all unhappy enough to protest
Dear Editor, Mr. Clark asks why more people did not come out to protest [Where is that great Canada of before?, April 2
Letters, www.mrtimes.com]. Likely, they were at work. He writes with his usual negativity and pessimism about Canada and
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Leaves better than signage
Dear Editor, The leaf poles recently placed on Dewdney Trunk Road are a nice addition to the entrance of Maple Ridge. Regardless of what anyone thinks, it’s a huge improvement over the proliferation of real estate signs that greet you on the south side of Lougheed Highway at 203rd Street. D. Stephenson, Pitt Meadows
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“Make it 10. My kids have more of a right to clean air than you have a right to smoke…” – Katie Clunn “Ban everything. Who the hell is going to enforce it anyways? Are they planning to hire secret bylaw officers to enforce? Get on with more important things!” – Richard Shupac “Give it a rest. As long as they are outside, then who cares? Not like your gonna die of cancer getting a tiny little whiff of smoke when you walk by. Anything to complain. Ridiculous.”– Sheldon DeLorme “The 7.5 metres is better. Why should all of the non-smokers and children suffer?” – Kathleen McKamey “The further the better!!!” – Kassandra Antone “Should be no smoking in Maple Ridge, at all.” – Tim Tyler
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the government not of his choice which governs with a majority chosen by other voters. He never gives an alternative. Would he have the Liberals’ Justin Trudeau as prime minister? LOL. Would he have Thomas Mulcair? The NDP cannot get it together to even run a province. We only can look at our neighbour south of the border to see what a mess a socialist government can make. Cherryl Katnich, Maple Ridge
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Dear Editor, I have to agree with W. Rutledge regarding cats that are left to roam [Keep messy cats at home, April 1 Letters, TIMES]. I, too, am tired of local area cats digging up my garden and doing their business in my planters year after year. As a dog owner, I am required to license, leash, pick up after, and keep my dogs within my own property, yet many irresponsible cat owners have a free ride. I have been a cat owner in the past, and find it sad to see all of the missing cat posters left on the community mail boxes. Many of those cats are likely victims of cars or wild animals that dine on them. I am always dismayed by just how many cat owners don’t care enough to keep their pets safe. There should be no double standard when it comes to cats and dogs. It’s time for some equal treatment for our feline friends, if not for their own sake, then for the sake of the neighbourhoods that they roam. Richard Evans, Maple Ridge [Note: Find more letters on this topic online at www.mrtimes.com. Click on Opinion/ Letters.] For more letters to the editor visit... www.mrtimes.com – Click on Opinion/Letters.
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A free event at Kanaka Creek Regional Park Sunday focuses on successfully co-existing with wildlife.
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As Metro Vancouver grows, people are living and playing closer to bears. And understanding bear behaviour is key to keeping people safe and keeping bears wild. It’s this philosophy that is the focus of a free, dropin event at Kanaka Creek Regional Park on Sunday, April 13. Taking place from 1 to 4 p.m., the event is designed to help people learn about bears and how to successfully co-exist with these “majestic animals,” explained Ross Davies, an environmental educator with Kanaka Education and Environmental Partnership Society (KEEPS.) “The idea of the event is to give people the skills to properly deal with bears, as well as teach them there’s no real reason to be fearful of these animals, but rather just be aware of them and their capabil-
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A black bear was treed in downtown Haney last summer. ities,” he said, adding that most bear problems stem from people who provide easy access to food for bears, such as leaving a garbage bin outside. “It’s a common misconception that bears around here hibernate for the winter,” Davies said. While many local bears do have dens, the mild climate of the Lower Mainland means that bear encounters can happen any month of the year. And people should consider themselves lucky if they see a bear in the wild, Davies said. He added that for the most part, the life of a bear is pretty simple: they just want to look for food,
occasionally mate, and generally avoid unpleasant experiences, such as encounters with humans or difficult access to food. Keeping this in mind will help keep bear/human conflicts to a minimum, and allow bears to keep living the wild, simple life Davies explained. He noted that “overall, bears are pretty laid back.” Those interested in attending the free event are instructed to meet at the riverfront, south of Lougheed Highway and River Road to find park staff and further information about the day. For more information on KEEPS, visit the website at www.keeps.org
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April 8: Songstage
• Songstage, an open mike event with Ivan Boudreau, is at The ACT from 7 to 9 p.m.
April 8: Technology
with ourary staff-sergeant major Casey Wright, 13, is an hon red his of ead inst es civi wear his the RCMP, but he chose to ball game. tion nda Fou e shin Sun ual serge Sunday for the ann st. Joyce Cheng and Const. His comrades, RCMP Con s adorn their dress uniform Ryan Doherty, however, did e. for the celebratory gam
Up-and-comer Natas ha Zimbaro (left), a Roxanne Hooperr/TIM ES pop singer and song joined entertainmen writer from Silver Va t industry’s John Do lley, nn ell y semifinals of Langley and Joilenne Moore , as judges for the Has Talent. The 20-ye ar-old Maple Ridge new single, Young woman releases a bra and Shameless, to rad nd ios across Canada thi today (Tuesday). He s week, and to iTune r band, PRTY H3RO s will be touring exten sively this season.
• Maple Ridge Library student council will explain how new gadgets work at It Won’t Byte at the library at 7 p.m. Register: 604-467-7417.
April 9: Gardening
• The Intergenerational Garden holds a volunteer info meeting from 2:30 to 4 p.m. at the seniors centre, 12150 224th St. Info: Sue at 604837-8915 or gardencoord@gmail.
April 9: Drug forum
• Alouette Addictions holds “Parents’ Night: Your kids and drugs” forum at PMSS at 6 p.m. RSVP: 604-467-5179.
April 9: Support group
April 9: Gogos
• Golden Ears Gogos meet at 6:30 p.m. in the Fraser Room, Maple Ridge Library. Info: Lynn Rajala at lrajala@shaw.ca or 604-467-1235.
April 10: The ACT
• Norm Foote performs at The ACT at 7 p.m. Tickets: www.theactmapleridge.org or call 604-476-2787.
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Maple Ridge-Mission MLA Marc Dalton flew into base during the Sunshine Dreams for Kids annual ball game Sunday at Albion Sports Park.
Retired RCMP sergeant John Fox (above) shed his bear uniform at the end of the Sunshine foundation’s charity ball game Sunday, while Mighty Pirates founder Mike Bueschkens (red) threatened to hit the ball out of the park with his mini bat. Meanwhile, RCMP Const. Ryan Doherty and Maple Ridge fire department mascot, Sparky, joined in the fun.
What better way to start the Ridge Meadows baseball season than with a charity game involving Mounties, firefighters, politicians, and other Sunshine foundation supporters, (a.k.a. Team Sunshine, above) playing against local physically and mentally challenged kids (a.k.a. the Mighty Pirates) on kickoff weekend?
• Parkinson’s Support Group meets from 2 to 4 p.m. at the seniors centre in Maple Ridge. Info: Peta Purdy at 604-463-1332 or rpcoco@ telus.net, or Edith Elliott at 604-4636018 or elliotte12@telus.net.
April 11: Carnival
• Yennadon Elementary at 23347 128th Ave., Maple Ridge, is holding a spring carnival from 5 to 8 p.m.
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Ridge Meadows Hospital Foundation held its inaugural spinning fundraiser Saturday at the hospital. It raised more than $7,000. Participants included TIMES’ sales rep Anne Gordon, foundation director Brenda Garcia, hospice thrift store’s Paige Charron, and TIMES publisher Shannon Balla.
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April 11 & 12: Manure sale
• MRSS and PMSS track teams’ manure sale takes place from Friday, 3 to 8 p.m., and Saturday, 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., at MRSS. Preorder: www.mrsstrackandcrosscountry.com or 604-306-0627.
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Realizing decade-long dream First-time Maple Ridge author Jeff Leitch is excited to finally release his new book.
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It was during a walk in Golden Ears Provincial Park when Jeff Leitch and Roy Dimond realized they had a great story that needed to be told. The pair were teachers on opposite ends of the career spectrum: Leitch was a fairly new hire with the Coquitlam school disEric Zimmer/TIMES trict, Dimond was a youth worker in the school disMaple Ridge author Jeff Leitch and his new book, Saving Our Pennys. trict and getting close to retirement. do these kids disappear to? sometime in the making. Leitch discovered Where do they end up?’ All “We originally wrote this Dimond after hearing him of a sudden, they’re out of back in 2000,” Leitch said. speak during a teacher the system – the schools The pair had just entered practicum class at SFU. have grown so big that the publishing world when “He had that room capwe never really hear from 9/11 took place. tivated,” Leitch recalled. ‘I them and they get lost.” “The [publishing] was just like, ‘who is this In addition, Leitch said, marketplace really turned person?’” ideas for the book came after that,” said Leitch. Coincidentally, after his out of conversations he’d “People wanted to be graduation, Leitch got to have with other teachers. wrapped up in comfort work with Dimond during The plot revolves around and went towards romance his first year of teaching. a student named Penny, and Chicken Soup [For the By Leitch’s sixth year, a teacher, her family, and Soul] type of books. We the pair were working friends. got rejected a lot of times.” alongside each other help“Basically it’s a story The pair came to realize ing “at-risk youth.” on validating everyone’s that a rejection from pubBefore he retired, identity – it matters that lishers “didn’t mean ‘no’, Dimond started to “dabble we care about each other,” it just meant ‘not now’,” in writing” said Leitch. Leitch said. Leitch explained. Then, He noted About three years ago, after he that cosensing that the time was “We wrote it sort of retired, authoring right, the pair decided to Dimond give it another go. like a talking stick. I’d the book moved to was a fairly “There was a bidding write a chapter, then Garden Bay, smooth pro- war between two pubhe’d write a chapter.” cess. B.C., but he lishers for our book,” he and Leitch “We explained. And in 2012, Jeff Leitch maintained wrote it sort they signed a contract with their friendof like a Tao-Fish Books. ship. talking stick,” Leitch said. By the end of 2013, the Now, more than a dec“I’d write a chapter, pair had a copy of the ade later, the pair have then he’d write a chapter. book in their hands. And, published their first book, We knew the story, we after some final editing and a collaborative effort called knew the time frame of the tweaking, the book was Saving our Pennys. book, but as for a plot, the recently released. Leitch, who lives in book came together mostly “It was a big year-and-aMaple Ridge and still organically. We didn’t even half to get it from paper to teaches in Coquitlam, really know the finish line, cover, but I wouldn’t trade explained how the book but just knew some of the a minute of it,” said Leitch and the idea for it came bigger messages that we said, who would “definout of personal experience. wanted to deliver.” itely” co-author again. “I was moving back into The dominant theme in Saving Our Pennys is the classroom, and the pro- the book is how precious available as an ebook or by gram we had was kind of life is, and the overall mes- order through local bookphasing out,” he said. sage is one of hope. stores. “We were like, ‘where • More at www.mrtimes.com The book itself has been
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National Volunteer Week
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The Maple Ridge Red Robin hosted a special breakfast on Sunday morning.
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olunteers from throughout the community were given a tasty token of appreciation on Sunday. For the fifth year in a row, volunteers were invited to gather at Red Robin in Maple Ridge, where they were served a free pancake breakfast, as a thank you for all their efforts and involvement in a variety of community clubs, organizations, and associations. “It went awesome,” said kitchen manager Paul Kerr. “It was a huge turnout and it was really cool.” Kerr estimated that about 150 people came through the doors dur-
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Brandon Christensen and Jesse Menser (inset) kept busy in the kitchen as the Maple Ridge Red Robin served approximately 150 people during the annual volunteer breakfast on Sunday. ing the twohour morning event. “It has gotten bigger every year,” Kerr explained. He noted that the first year the event was held, the restaurant was chosen because organizers were sim-
ply looking for a facility they could use for the event. However, as the event has grown, the restaurant and those on staff have all become more involved. “It’s just doing our part to be part of the community,” Kerr explained. He added extra help was brought in to deal with the crowd numbers.
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Maple Ridge Secondary student Payten Smith earned top honours during a competition in Ontario last week.
Ridge player ‘selected’ A local hoops player was ‘flattered’ when asked to be part of a team squaring off against Japan.
Jane Grisley (15, green) goes up for the ball during Thursday’s game against Japan. Heather Colpitts/ Glacier Media
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Mayor Ernie Daykin helped mark the beginning of lawn bowling season on Sunday.
Season begins The Maple Ridge Lawn Bowling Club marked the beginning of the 2014 season under sunny blue skies on Sunday. Mayor Ernie Daykin threw the first bowl, and the club held a potluck dinner afterwards. The club is hosting two free open houses this month. • More online: www.mrtimes.com, click on “Sports”
For the record The gymnast in the photo of Thursday’s On Deck sports section is Julia Power. [Club flies high, April 3, the TIMES] • More online: www.mrtimes.com, click on “Sports”
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Payten Smith is on top opportunity to take a tour of the podium again. of Brock University – interThe Grade 12 Maple ested in recruiting her. Ridge Secondary wrestling “We haven’t had anyone phenom won her fourth like this in a long, long national championship on time,” said her coach Bill Friday in Ontario. McCrae of Smith’s talent Winning two on the mat. gold medals, Meanwhile, “We haven’t had Smith won Cody some like this in a Osborn from four straight long, long time.” Westview matches in 10, 20, 30, and Secondary Bill McCrae 40 seconds, also comrespectively. peted in the tournament, She also competed in her scoring six wins and one first Greco-Roman match loss. during the tournament. As a result of his perDuring that match, formance, nine Canadian Smith had points scored universities have shown against her for the first interest in Cody competing time in three years. for them next year. • More at www.mrtimes.com, The trip was two-fold for search “Payten” Smith, who also took the
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