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Bell played William R. McMyn, Coun. Janis Elkerton portrayed William Reid, and William Richardson was played by Coun. Tracy Miyashita. Coun. Dave Murray by Maria Rantanen played the part of Robert mrantanen@mrtimes.com Sharpe, and Coun. Gwen While much has changed O’Connell played Roland in Pitt Meadows between Thomson, who left Pitt 1914 and 2014 – cars Meadows after its estabhave replaced horses lishment for the First and the population World War and died in View has exploded – the Somme in 1916. More issues facing council Photos The first council with seem surprisingly hired and swore in familiar: property its first constable disputes, road taxes, – the constable was council indemnity, played by Staff Sgt. and policing. Major John Buis of the On Friday afterBurnaby RCMP, and he Layar or online noon, Pitt Meadows was sworn in by curcouncil members rent Ridge Meadows portrayed the first council RCMP Supt. Dave Fleugel. and re-enacted the first Maple Ridge Mayor council meeting, one hunErnie Daykin played his dred years to the day from historical counterpart, and its incorporation. the re-enactment included Mayor Deb Walters a property dispute that played the first mayor was eventually won by the John Blaney, Coun. Bruce District of Maple Ridge.
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Burnaby RCMP Staff Sgt. Major John Buis wore an authentic late 1800s vintage North West Mounted Police (NWMP) uniform during the re-enactment of the first Pitt Meadows council meeting. The meeting in the Pitt Meadows council chambers took place Friday, April 25, exactly 100 years since the incorporation of the City of Pitt Meadows. Below right: Pitt Meadows Mayor Deb Walters played the first mayor of the City, John Blaney, while Maple Ridge Mayor Ernie Daykin travelled from Haney to portray the District’s mayor of the time.
Brothers Marcus and Landon Rittich stood near a replica of a 1917 Sopwith Camel from the Canadian Museum of Flight in Langley during Friday’s 100th anniversary celebration of Pitt Meadows’ incorporation. The Sopwith Camel was positioned in the middle of the festivities at Pitt Meadows’ Spirit Square. Troy Landreville/TIMES
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Tax hike lower: Mayor Property tax increases for Maple Ridge homeowners will be lower than expected as growth in the District exceeded expectations. Last Tuesday, Maple Ridge council amended the 2014Ernie Daykin 2018 Financial Plan Maple Ridge Mayor and moved forward with the lowest total tax increase in the past decade. The final general purpose tax increase is 1.9 per cent for 2014 and 1.92 per cent for 2015. A question-and-answer session was held last night at the municipal hall and on social media. Watch for followup. • More at www.mrtimes.com
Aspiring artists aided B.C. Arts Council has given grants to two Pitt Meadows students and one Maple Ridge student. “They deserve to be recognized,” said Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows MLA Doug Bing. Jaylene Pratt of Pitt Meadows received MLA Doug Bing Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows $5,500, Amiel Logan of Pitt Meadows received $5,500, and Shari Pratt of Maple Ridge received $5,000. • More at www.mrtimes.com Discover the joys of flora and fauna in our rural areas. Liz welcomes questions at g.hancock@ uniserve.com
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Robins herald spring TIMES columnist Liz Hancock shares some common and not so well-known information about our red breasted friends, the robins, in this month’s column. • More at www.mrtimes.com
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Chili tasting warms cold spectators A number of new initiatives and recurring activities are credited with making Saturday’s festivities a success. by Roxanne Hooper rhooper@mrtimes.com
Attendance might have dropped below 3,000 people for the first time in a few years, but organizers of the Celebrate Earth Day say overall the event was the best yet. Close to 3,000 people gathered in Memorial Peace Park Saturday, for the first outdoor community festival of the year. “I think this year was down a bit because of the weather, but it was still very well attended,” said event coordinator Leanne Koehn. Admittedly, she said, rain was a problem, but not insurmountable. “For about an hour, right smack in the middle of the event, there was a downpour,” Koehn said. “It’s always a gamble holding an outdoor event in April. We’ve been lucky the last couple of years, but this year Mother Nature wanted to take part in the party. Luckily, the day started out and ended sunny, so it wasn’t a total washout.” In speaking with one of the participating artists, Kerry McLaren, she heard a story that brought the weather into perspective.
“She and other artists [with the annual Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows Art Studio Tour] told me the great story of how they were hiding under tents during the worst of the rain, feeling cold and grumbly, when some kids went by with huge smiles on their faces saying ‘This is the best day ever!!’, which kind of put the whole thing in perspective,” Koehn recounted. There were several other highlights to the day, one of the biggest for Koehn being the realization of the new Iron Chef-style tasting competition which helped raise in excess of $2,000 for the Friends In Need Food Bank. She credited Rebecca Awram with gathering local restaurants in this fun, charity endeavour that she hopes will continue. “The chilis the restaurants cooked up were addictively delicious,” said Koehn. “The Food Mandala created by new artist-in-residence Kat Wahamaa and the Maple Ridge Environmental School was stunning, and so many people brought veggies to contribute to community kitchen’s stone soup on the bandstand,” she added. “Another highlight, however, is how our
recurring activities – the cycle recycle, electric vehicle display, entertainment, Earth Day poetry contest, and family freecycle – grow more successful each year because of their repetition,” Koehn said, in her third year as the organizer. “People get to know what they are and come specifically to take part in them and the organizers are able to refine the events and build upon past years’ experiences.” The first Earth Day happened in 1970, and Ridge Meadows Recycling has been celebrating it in some way ever since then, said Koehn, who first took over leadership from the CEED centre while coordinating a joint celebration in 2012, during the recycling society’s 40th anniversary. Next year’s Earth Day theme is Water, Water Everywhere, and organizers are already looking at ways to highlight the work being done in this community by the Alouette River Management Society, the Kanaka Education and Environmental Preservation Society, Watershed Watch, and others that work to preserve our waterways.
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Officers with the integrated homicide team are suggesting last December’s killing in Burnaby was drug related, not random.
that individual was up to. I can tell you that it was an exhaustive investigation,” she added. Hunter was arrested Friday without incident. Pound said that while the specifics of what motivated the crime won’t be released at this time, it appears that prior to the murder Hunter and by Roxanne Hooper Docherty were good and Cayley Dobie friends. rhooper@mrtimes.com “It was linked to the drug trade,” she said. A 60-year-old Maple “The victim was involved Ridge woman is facing in lower-level trafficking second-degree murder charges in the 2013 slaying and that may or may not have had a play in what of a Burnaby woman. took place inside the resiTrudy Gail Hunter dence.” was arrested at her Cause of death is not home in Maple Ridge being released at this time late last week, after a and Pound said the cirlengthy investigation by cumstances surrounding the Integrated Homicide Docherty’s Investigation murder are Team (IHIT), still being consaid spokesfirmed. person “We are Jennifer still looking Pound. to confirm a Christina lot of details, Docherty, 61, but I can tell was found you that the dead in a evidence we Hastings Street have does supapartment on port charges of the afternoon second-degree of Dec. 2. Sgt. Jennifer Pound murder,” she Foul play said. was suspected, IHIT spokesperson Both the and IHIT took suspect and over the case. the victim in this case “The perseverance were women in their 60s, shown by the investigasomething Pound said tors has paid off as four was unique when considmonths later we can conering the investigations firm an arrest and charge the homicide team has approval for this tragic handled. death,” she said. “I think it shows that “From the beginning it doesn’t matter how old stages of the investigation you are, there is a risk that we wanted to speak with comes from being associwitnesses, with persons ated with and engaging in of interest, with suspects this lifestyle,” she said. “It who may shed some light speaks to the danger and on what the motive was the risks that come from for this homicide,” Pound engaging in this criminal said at a press conference lifestyle.” on Monday. Hunter appeared in court According to Pound, today, and is scheduled to Docherty was known to again appear on Friday. police prior to her murPound said it’s likely the der. The accused, howsecond appearance will be ever, was not known to to set a date for the trial in police and does not have B.C. Supreme Court. a criminal record. Pound In the meantime, Pound couldn’t say whether extended thanks to other police had ever had any police involved in the contact with Hunter in the investigation, including the past. E Division support servi“Unless there’s a criminces, Burnaby RCMP and al record on file, we can’t reveal any history on what Ridge Meadows RCMP.
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Pitt Meadows Mayor Deb Walters and her husband Len (above, centre) were joined by Maple Ridge Mayor Ernie Daykin, his wife Judy, MLA Doug Bing and his wife Helen, MP Randy Kamp and his wife Ruth, and MLA Marc Dalton and his wife Marlene. March Hare (inset) entertained at the centennial gala, attended also by CAO Kim Grout and her husband Jeff.
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Reflect hazards in penalties Inebriated drivers kill people. It doesn’t take a genius to figure out why. They are unable to focus properly on their driving, they cannot see as clearly as when sober, and their reaction times are compromised by the alcohol coursing through their systems. But amazingly, they are no longer the deadliest drivers on the roads in three provinces – Nova Scotia, Saskatchewan, and Ontario – where cellphone users, particularly those who text while driving, have taken over that fatal lead spot. Texting drivers have moved into second place with a bullet in B.C., hot on the heels of the drunk drivers. And while their deadly drinkingdriver cousins’ behaviour is chemically altered, the reasons behind the texters’ deadliness are the same: they aren’t focused on their driving, they’re not seeing the road ahead, and their attention on their electronic devices impairs their reaction time when something goes awry. While some folks may easily delude themselves into believing that talking on a cellphone isn’t too dangerous, statistics say otherwise. In fact, it turns out that taking or making calls on handsfree devices is just as hazardous as using hand-held phones. Unfortunately, laws prohibiting only hand-held devices haven’t caught up to that reality yet. But honestly, how stupid does a person have to be to fail to recognize the dangers of texting while driving? A study in Virginia showed that texting drivers are 23 times more likely to be involved in a collision than are drivers who are not distracted. Other studies have shown that there is also a significantly greater likelihood of a fatality occurring in an accident involving a distracted driver. It’s time to bring the law up to speed with all dangerous driving. A practice that is killing as many people as drinking and driving should be met with similar penalties – through the Criminal Code of Canada. – B.G.
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Power tool can cut both ways Social media has changed the If it turns out that I’m right, world. then social media has been It’s brought human beings from wielded as a murder weapon. around the world closer together It’s not much different from – for both good and bad. shooting your co-worker with a Some otherwise inconsequential shotgun, stabbing your neighbour guy in an obscure corner of the with a knife, or bludgeoning your Netherlands has been implicated spouse to death with a hammer. in using social media to maliIt’s just cleaner: no blood on ciously exploit, bully, and blackyour shirt – but just as much on mail kids all over the world. your hands. Even without the Internet, he But before you silence your by Bob Groeneveld probably could have destroyed a Twitter and unfriend everyone on few Dutch kids whose lives he is Facebook, remember that shotaccused of damaging, if he is the perpetrator of guns are used to hunt ducks for the dinner table, the heinous acts of which he is accused. we use knives for everything from cutting steaks But without social media and the Internet, he to linoleum, and you can hardly build anything couldn’t have extended his reach thousands of without at some point picking up a hammer. kilometres out of Europe, all the way across the Kids have friends all over the world these Atlantic Ocean, more thousands of kilometres days. across Canada, to breathe the foul air of his Sure, we had pen pals – but “conversations” existence into a vulnerable Coquitlam teenager with them were spread out over weeks or who attended school in Maple Ridge. months. You wrote a letter (or postcard, if you It’s hard to understand the malice that exists were lazy) which could take weeks to get to in such a leach-like person’s soul, and it’s hard your pal, whose return letter you received weeks to understand what vulnerability they latch onto later, and you wrote back… – what makes their victims susceptible to their Now the kids keep in touch with text messavile sense of empowerment. ging, and send pictures (selfies that don’t take Frankly, I never even try to imagine what goes yet another week to get developed), all delivered through a loving parent’s mind after their child in less time than it takes sunlight reflected off has been defiled by such an attack. the moon to reach your eye. I just dearly hope that such thoughts are never Social media offers us (and our kids) a host of crammed into the cracks and crannies of my new and powerful tools – more powerful than mind… for surely my existence would explode guns and knives and hammers. into a million sharp-edged fragments that would Just how powerful the new tools can be was tear everything that I am to shreds. exemplified in the Arab Spring – don’t judge the I have the deepest admiration for parents who lack of immediate success against the value of withstand an assault of that kind… and still have what was accomplished… and the possibilities the strength to seek real justice. that those people have realized, and doubtlessly I can offer the opinion that Amanda Todd’s will exercise again. suicide was actually a homicide committed in And again, if still necessary. Europe. And then there’s that guy in Holland… But it will take the courts – here, and perhaps Misuse of powerful tools results in powerful in the Netherlands – to determine whether my consequences, so it’s important that we all learn emotion-ridden reaction has any basis in the how to use them properly. cold, hard reality of law. And teach our kids.
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Dear Editor, The Conservative government wants to push through a new Elections Act, Bill C-23, which would undermine our democracy and disenfranchise thousands of voters. To be able to vote, till now, you had to produce two pieces of identification: a photo ID to identify yourself and a piece of ID that to states where you live. the If you have a driver’s license or a passport, you fulfill the first requirement. But when it comes to producing ID of where you reside, it can be a problem – if you are a student for example, people in between jobs and moving back into your parents’ place, or do not have a fixed address. Most people now pay their bills online and have only a P.O. box for mail, but no street address. Under our current system, a family member, friend, or roommate, or neighbour could vouch for you, showing the proper two pieces of ID. Not so any longer, under the Unfair Election Act.
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My son, for example, worked for a nonprofit organization for eight months overseas, and moved back for a short while into our home. With his passport, he can enter just about any foreign country in the world and come back to Canada. However he would not be able to vote in the next election, since neither we, his parents, nor our neighbour, a well-know physician, would be deemed trustworthy enough by the Harper government to vouch for him. Our Charter says that every citizen has the right to vote, and that a voter can “establish citizenship verbally, by oath.” Having worked as an election officer, I have taken many such oaths from people! If Canadians care about having truly free and fair elections, with meaningful participation across all segments of our society, this Act must be defeated. Maria Raynolds, Maple Ridge [Note: A fuller version of this letter is online at www.mrtimes.com. Click on Opinion/ Letters, or search the writer’s name.]
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Dear Editor, I’m alarmed at the treatment our veterans are receiving, at the hands of the Conservative government. It seems the collective attitude is to belittle and mistreat veterans till they give up fighting with the
government, or take their own lives, thereby removing them from the system. We have a sacred duty to take proper care of our veterans. I don’t believe our government is currently doing that. Call off the lawyers and
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The TIMES reported last week that canines have until June 10 to enjoy leashfree runs at Volker Dog Park in Maple Ridge. After that, any play time will have to be on-leash, as the District officially moves to close the “dog park” component of the 123rd Avenue municipal park. Readers have strong thoughts: “Why close it? The dogs need a place to socialize.” – Katrina Maxwell “Think it’s time the people put a fence around [District] councils, ‘cause they are getting outta control .” – Paul Maaskant “This is how we respond to the nastiness of individuals who think that they own the park and all rights over it because they happen to live near it? Sickening.” – Shannon Drummond-Realtor “I work a 5-10 shift every evening and never see anyone there when I’m driving home, so I’m not sure what council considers unbearable noise.” – Janessa Munz “Absolutely ridiculous. We have been going for about a month now, and we have not encountered any unbearable noise or situations that would make this park a concern or an issue. (I have neighbourhood dogs that bark for hours: THAT is a nuisance.) Have set hours but don’t close it completely. Seriously disappointed with this decision..” – Heidi Malenstyn “Volker Dog Park Facebook page is up and running. We are looking for admins, articles, pics, anything. If someone would like to start an online petition using http://www. thepetitionsite.com/create.html that would be fabulous! This is not the only dog park that is being closed or down-sized… several parks in Vancouver are also facing these issues. We need to keep this park alive!” – Rebecca Lee “Intenable situation? Why not have dog park hours 8-8? This is a great place to meet and let your dogs play. I find this unfair, that everyone was not involved but the complaining neighbours.” – Kimberly Plumridge “Frankly I stopped using ‘Poison Park’ long ago. You win, evildoers. You win.” – Dee Sicklesteel
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stop the fight with our veterans. I believe a majority of Canadians agree with me. Wasting our tax dollars in this way is disgusting. If we send them off to conflict, to protect our interests, advance our political standing in the world, or protect freedoms and rights outside of our country, we must take good care of them when they return, injured and unable to fend for themselves. They are not a tool for political gain, to be tossed aside when they can no longer perform at their best level. They are brave Canadians. They have sacrificed life, limb, and psyche for their country and the best interests of the world. They deserve better compensation than politicians. Let’s strive toward that. Please respect their sacrifice and our wishes as Canadians, and do right by our veterans. Sean Orcutt, Maple Ridge
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Dear Editor, It’s time again for tax notices from Pitt Meadows City. Mayor Walters and her crew on council have continued their tax increases. Everyone should review their last three years of tax notices and see the cost. The mayor and her supporters seem to be following the three W’s of politics: What is my salary, What is my expense account limit, and What do I care what voters want, at least until the next election? Archie Blankers, Pitt Meadows [Note: A fuller version of this letter is online at www. mrtimes.com. Click on Opinion/Letters, or search the writer’s name.]
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cience and education moved humanity a small step ahead during the past flu season. Last week, Health Minister Terry Lake congratulated public health officials and health authorities for raising the number of health care workers vaccinated for the flu virus to more than 80 per cent. One of the 20 per cent who didn’t get vaccinated and refused to wear a mask is reported to have lost his job. What is more amazing is how 20 per cent of the health care workers – who are supposedly educated – reject the evidence that vaccines are safe. Somehow we have rational people convinced that vaccinating their kids is dangerous. The idea that vaccines are dangerous has been thoroughly and exhaustively debunked. In British Columbia we are blessed with a comprehensive immunization program for children, which includes coverage for a variety of diseases including measles, mumps, rubella, tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis, as well as hepatitis, polio, HPV, and – of course – influenza. The Rotary clubs of the world that have joined hands with Bill Gates and the World Health Organization are on the verge of eliminating the polio virus from the world.
Just Saying by Gordy Robson As the immunization efforts spread throughout the world, the number of crippled children in each country dropped dramatically. Global efforts are now focused on the three remaining countries that have not allowed their children to be vaccinated. In those countries, vaccination is perceived as a foreigner’s attempt to poison their children, and if the kids get sick, it is Allah’s will. Back here in B.C., the health minister was very positive about the influenza vaccine, but failed to mention the measles outbreak that appears to have originated in the eastern Fraser Valley. The outbreak is apparently spreading across North America and the results are not yet known. The vaccination campaign against measles started when measles was
killing millions of kids every year. Public health practitioners developed a safe and cheap vaccine, and inoculated more than a billion kids. Annual measles deaths – which were sitting at 2.6 million annually in 1980 – plummeted to 122,000 by 2012. In Canada and the U.S., measles became a rarity. Globally it is estimated that measles vaccines have saved the lives of more than 13 million people, most of them children. There are some people who have used misinformation that vaccines cause autism and other childhood afflictions, which might explain some of the rational people’s concerns. More information is what they need. The ones who will not be swayed by education had a spokesman who advanced “the theological argument that having one’s children immunized would be interfering with God’s purpose.” The common element that this spokesman and the Muslim fanatics in Afghanistan have: neither one of them believe in Darwin and dinosaurs. Just saying… Gordy Robson’s column appears Tuesdays in the print and/or online versions of The TIMES. Reactions can be emailed c/o editorial@mrtimes.com
C y WATER MAIN FLUSHING
The City of Pitt Meadows Public Works Department will be flushing water mains throughout the municipality for approximately twelve weeks beginning March 3, 2014. During this time there may be a temporary drop in water pressure or a noticeable discolouration in tap water. To correct problems with milky water, open the cold tap slightly to bleed air from the water lines. If you experience problems with dirty water, turn on an outside tap and let it run until the water clears. The City thanks residents for their patience during this routine maintenance of the water mains. If there are any questions or concerns please call 604-465-2434. Public Works Department 11333 Harris Road Pitt Meadows, BC, V3Y 2M5
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Bob Foster (above) was one of the finali st for this year’s Citizen of the Year, and Janet Hickman recognized his contr ibutions on Thursda y.
Paul and Eileen Dwillies were also finalists and attended the dinner put on by the Maple Ridge Community Foundation.
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District communication manager and 2011 Citizen of the Year Fred Armstrong was emcee of the foundation’s annual gala. Leanne Koehn, from the recycling society, and Maple RIdge Councillor Judy Dueck joined the crowd of well-wishers at the event.
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Debbie McCrae and Candace Gordon (the 2012 citizen of the year) were at the community foundation’s annual gala on Thursday at Meadow Gardens Golf Course.
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he Maple Ridge Community Foundation highlighted the achievements of five volunteers who could have been made the 2014 Citizen of the Year. But, in the end, they chose one, Bob Shantz, a local lawyer who has given his time to many organizations, and he was honoured on Thursday evening at the foundation’s annual gala. For Shantz, what “goes around, comes around,” as far as volunteering his time is concerned, and he said he believes in giving back to the community he’s made his home for 40 years “The further you become involved in volunteering, the more you realize there’s value in being involved,” Shantz said. Shantz is currently the Duck in Charge of the Rotary Duck Race, but, over the year, he has also volunteered with the Ridge Meadows Hospital board, the hospital foundation, the Ridge Meadows Hospice Society, both Rotary clubs, and the community foundation. • More at www.mrtimes.com, search “Shantz”
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• Learn the basics of starting a small business at the Maple Ridge Library at 2 p.m. with Start Smart for Small Businesses. Info: 604467-7417.
April 30: Fashion show
• Golden Ears United Church thrift store hosts a fashion show of gently used clothing and jewelry at 7 p.m. at the church, 22165 Dewdney Trunk Rd., Maple Ridge. Info: Grace Freeman at 604-463-9611.
April 30: Wacky Wednesday
• Kids in Grades 4 and up are invited to the Wacky Wednesday Book Swap at 3:30 p.m. at the Maple Ridge Library. Bring in gently used chapter books. Info: 604-467-7417.
May 1: Seniors
• A Seniors Helping Seniors meeting takes place at 9:30 a.m. at the seniors centre, 12150 224th St., Maple Ridge.
May 1 to 3 & May 8 to 10: Theatre
• Emerald Pig Theatrical Society presents The Attic, The Pearls and Three Fine Girls at the Hammond Community Centre at 8 p.m.
May 3: Broadway show
• Nights on Broadway is a SPECC-tacular Productions presentation of song and dance hits from famous Broadway musicals. Show times are at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. at The ACT, 11944 Haney Pl., Maple Ridge. Tickets: 604476-2787 or www.theactmapleridge.org.
• Friends of the Pitt Meadows Library are holding a library book sale from 1 to 4 p.m. The library is at #200-12099 Harris Rd.
May 4: Garden planting
• It’s time to clean up the perennial fruit garden and plan future summer feasts at Pitt Meadows Museum Sundays from 2 to 4 p.m. Info: Jen or Leslie at 604-465-4322.
May 6: Support group
• Maple Ridge Brain Injury Support Group, meets from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Maple Ridge Family Education Centre, 22554 Lougheed Hwy. Info: Nora Chambers at 604-862-9724.
May 6: Art club
• Garibaldi Art Club meets at 7 p.m. in the craft room, third floor of The ACT. Info: www.GaribaldiArtClub.com.
May 6: Library
• Bring cellphones, cameras, eReaders, laptops etc. to the library and let the library’s student council explain how they work. It Won’t Byte takes place at the Maple Ridge Library at 7 p.m. Register: 604-467-7417.
May 6: Poetry
• Holy Wow Poets show run at 7 p.m. at The ACT, 11944 Haney Pl., Maple Ridge. The show feature is “Ekphrasticim,” painted words by Don Portelance and Candice James. An open mike session will follow.
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• Five professional artists share their experiences for working in the industry in cartooning, acting, voice-over, and special effects makeup at The ACT. Tickets are $5 and include a ticket to see Dissolve. Info: www. theactmapleridge.org.
May 6: Dissolve
• Ever woken up beside a stranger? Shameless hussy presents the acclaimed onewoman, 16-character, theatrical tour de force Dissolve by Meghan Gardiner. For ages 13plus. Info: www.theactmapleridge.org or call 604-476-2787.
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Skater joins Storm A Maple Ridge hockey product is going back to Campbell River. Campbell River Storm head coach and director of hockey operations Lee Stone has reacquired forward Colin Blake (1996), who spent a season and a half with the Storm before joining the Sicamous Eagles. Blake, from Maple Ridge, was acquired in a trade with the Sicamous Eagles. • More online: www.mrtimes.com, click on “Sports”
Participants wound their way past the Maple Ridge Leisure Centre on Saturday, during the 13th annual Race the Ridge road cycling stage race. Above inset: Despite the odd mishap, this year’s race went smoothly, said organizer Barry Lyster.
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Dickson on target It was a rough night for the Vancouver Stealth in National Lacrosse League action Saturday at the Langley Events Centre. Part of that had to do with the efforts of Curtis Dickson, a Calgary Roughnecks sniper who stars with the Maple Ridge Burrards during the Western Lacrosse Association season. Dickson tallied a hat trick as the Roughnecks bounced the Stealth 14-8. • More online: www.mrtimes.com, click on “Sports”
Future Adanac? A Maple Ridge goaltender is looking to make a big jump this spring and summer. Junior A rookie Connor David is looking to graduate from intermediate to junior this BC Junior A Lacrosse League season. David comes to the Coquitlam junior Adanacs after leading his club to the Intermediate A provincial crown last summer. • More online: www.mrtimes.com, click on “Sports”
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Cycling
Wakefield leads B.C. cycling series For the most part, raindrops held off for a weekend-long cycling event in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows.
“We ran into some conflicts with major U.S. races which saw some of the top teams and riders unable to attend,” Lyster added. “I will be working with these teams to see if we can avoid the conflicts next year.” The race can allow up to of 300 By Troy Landreville cyclists, using its existing courses. tlandreville@mrtimes.com “For us to achieve this, we would need increased support from The streets of Maple Ridge and the District, sponsors, [and] volunPitt Meadows transformed into a teers,” Lyster said. cycling race course Despite the lower over the weekend. “As usual, it is getting than average numHeld Saturday more and more bers, there were and Sunday, the several highlights, challenging to put on 13th annual Race including some great the Ridge road these races with the racing and support cycling stage race amount of aggressive from local racers drew 140 cyclists, and volunteers, which was fewer vehicle traffic on the Lyster said. than past years, roads.” Maple Ridge’s said organizer Barry Lyster Brett Wakefield Barry Lyster. from Local Ride The reason for the lower turnout were economics, Racing won the overall title in the other event conflicts, unpredictable competitive Cat 3 men’s division. Wakefield is now the leader in the weather, and a slight decline in BC Premier road series. road racer registrants.
As well, 15-year-old Maggie Coles-Lyster, also from Local Ride Racing, came second overall in the Category 3/4 women’s race, held on to the lead in the BC Premier road series, and won the Jeremy Storie Most View Aggressive Female Rider Photos Award. with Away from the course, the race received what Lyster described as “amazing support from our volunteers, and from the hard working group at the District’s festival Layar department.” or Overall it was one online of the smoothest run events in Race the Ridge’s history, in Lyster’s opinion. “Weather was nice for the most part, we saw some great bike races, and [we were] able to again highlight the amazing cycling that we have out here in the Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows area,” Lyster said.
Riders were fortunate to avoid rain showers – for the most part – and there were no major incidents. A number of impatient motorists weren’t very considerate, however. “As usual, it is getting more and more challenging to put on these races with the amount of aggressive vehicle traffic on the roads,” Lyster said. Looking ahead to next year, Lyster plans on coordinating the Race the Ridge date with the race schedule of the bigger teams. Past events have drawn Olympic medalists, national champions, and top professionals. “They love our event, and do their best to make it,” said Lyster, who is in discussions with some other local organizations to use the event to showcase their group and provide fundraising opportunities. “I may also look at some course changes, as I usually do every couple years,” he added.
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Attendance grows Organizers of the annual Goodbye Chum event are pleased with engagement at Sunday’s event. by Roxanne Hooper rhooper@mrtimes.com
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Twenty-year-old Alex Donald of Maple Ridge, a volunteer at Sunday’s Goodbye Chums event, peeled off his shoes and socks and climbed into Kanaka Creek to help visiting families release baby salmon into the water.
Getting up close and personal with nature was the benefit humans garnered at this year’s Goodbye Chum More event on Sunday. photos But the biggest immediate bonus to with everyone was the release of thousands Layar of baby salmon (fry) into the local or waterways, said Ross Davies, organwww.mrtimes.com izer of the event and environmental educator with Kanaka Education and Environmental Partnership Society (KEEPS). This annual event is built up around the release of chum and coho salmon into the water each spring and has been a part of the community for a quarter century. Davies said attendance at Sunday’s family-oriented event, that included hands on release of fry plus numerous interactive environment-based games and exhibits, was “slightly” higher than last year. He estimates about 500 visitors came out to the Bell-Irving Hatchery and that section of the Kanaka Creek Regional Park. “We felt that the day could not have gone any better,” Davies said. “The event went off without a hitch, other than the wind blowing our displays over at times.” Asked what might need changing for future, he chuckled: “We are reluctant to change much of anything,” Davies said, “since there is something to be said about maintaining an annual tradition.”
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book if that book’s subject matter pertains to a favorite hobby or something a youngster has expressed interest in. A seven-year-old boy with a passion for hockey will likely be more inclined to read an age-appropriate novel about Canada’s favourite sport than he will a book about fishing. Use youngsters’ enthusiasm about a given hobby or interest to lay the foundation for a love of reading. * Read to youngsters. Another way to foster a love of reading in youngsters is to read to them every day. Many young kids just learning to read may be discouraged if their reading skills aren’t progressing rapidly. Reading to kids every day can inspire them to work harder at reading so they can be just as good at reading as Mom and Dad. * Extend the reading experience. After they have finished a novel, adults often find it enjoyable to watch films based on that novel. Doing so extends the reading experience and gives men and women a chance to see if their interpretations of a given story were similar or different from someone else’s. Kids enjoy such extensions as well, so reward kids by taking them to the movies to see the film version of a favorite book or to a museum that’s displaying an exhibit that’s relevant to a book a youngster just read.
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WHAT?: Dubbed “The Everything Show,” Ridge Meadows Home Show is one of the largest and most diverse home shows in Western Canada. The three-day event showcases close to 400 exhibitors offering everything to renovate, decorate, and landscape a home, plus a whole lot more. RIDGE MEADOWS HOME SHOW WHERE: Planet Ice Maple Ridge, the Golden Ears Curling Rink WHEN: Friday, May 2 - 4 to 9 p.m. Saturday, May 3 - 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday, May 4 - 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. HOW MUCH: $4 per person, $7 family OUTDOOR LIFESTYLE & LEISURE SHOW WHERE: Albion Fairgrounds WHEN: Friday, May 2 - 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday, May 3 - 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday, May 4 - 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. HOW MUCH: No admission fee FAMILY FEST WHERE: Albion Fairgrounds WHEN: Friday, May 2 - 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday, May 3 - 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday, May 4 - 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. HOW MUCH: No admission fee The Albion Fairgrounds, Planet Ice, and Golden Ears Curling Rink are currently being transformed into a massive community showcase for this weekend’s home show.
Dogs, extreme stunts add to show’s depth
WEST COAST AMUSEMENTS WHERE: Albion Fairgrounds WHEN: Friday, May 2 - opens at 4 p.m. Saturday, May 3 - opens at 11 a.m. Sunday, May 4 - opens at 11 a.m. HOW MUCH: Posted carnival ride fees apply
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BODY, MIND, SPIRIT PSYCHIC FAIR WHERE: Upstairs in the Golden Ears Curling Rink (follow signs) WHEN: Friday, May 2 - 4 to 9 p.m. Saturday, May 3 - 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday, May 4 - 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. HOW MUCH: Fees for readings
‘Everything’ festivities
This weekend’s three-day event at Planet Ice and the Albion Fairgrounds is about more than just the home. rhooper@mrtimes.com
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t’s no typical home show; that’s immediately apparent to anyone who has ever attended the Ridge Meadows Home Show. It’s actually the largest single community event of the year in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows. And having been around for more than 40 years, its success in drawing thousands of people from throughout the Lower Mainland – about 80 per cent of them from this community – comes from the diversity of the show, confirmed event organizer Cass Winder. “Where else can you find a home show that has kids’ events, dog shows, extreme stunt shows, boats, cars and even a huge carnival?” she queried. Expect the unexpected, Winder said. “We’ve all but thrown away the rule book in producing this event – right from keeping admission prices way, way below
industry standards to providing free park– boats are the home show’s gift to male ing, complimentary shuttle service and a patrons, Winder said. show that’s as diverse as the residents who The “big boy toys” are for the guys who live here.” dutifully looked over the endless samples, The organization’s status as a non-profit paint chips, window fashions, and decor society and its commitment to seeing itself items their wives find so entrancing, she as a vibrant community event, rather than said. a commercial endeavour, are part of the These elements augment the rest of the driving forces behind its success. outdoor lifestyle show and the popular “I think you’d be hardeverything backyard secpressed to find any other tion that are staged at the “We’ve all but thrown Albion Fairgrounds. home show of this size and stature with gate prices of $4 Having the fairgrounds away the rule book single and $7 for entire famsituated right next door to in producing this ilies,” Winder said. the home show displays event…” “And that’s before we at Planet Ice has allowed Cass Winder throw in all the events that the show to expand signifiare totally free and our many cantly and also takes the complimentary services.” pressure off the buildings, Billed as one of Western Canada’s larWinder explained. gest home shows, the local event this “We were getting to the point where the year features close to 400 exhibitor booths buildings were so jammed with people, you offering everything to renovate, decorcould barely move,” she said. ate and landscape your home, as well as “Now our visitors are spread over a sampling areas, a wellness section and a much larger area and it’s much more comhuge marketplace in the show’s everything fortable.” woman section. It also allows her and a team of volunNew vehicles, ATVs, motorcycles, and teers to produce a show that “by anyone’s now – with the addition of new exhibitors standards is pretty unique,” Winder consuch as GA Checkpoint and Marine One cluded.
WHAT ELSE? Worth noting, this event features abundant FREE parking. Most visitors can access the main parking lots at Planet Ice, but, during peak periods, traffic will be directed to the overflow parking lot located two minutes east of Planet Ice, off 240th Street, along 104th Avenue, beside the sports fields, with free shuttle service moving people back and forth.
MORE AT: www.ridgemeadowshomeshow.com and for more updates closer to the event, stay tuned to The TIMES online at
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Baskets prove ideal Mom gift The annual home show really does try to cater to the women out there driving all the projects. by Roxanne Hooper rhooper@mrtimes.com
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ust in time for Mother’s Day, the Ridge Meadows Home Show is rolling out a series of sections, events, and exhibits aimed specifically at the women among us. “Of course, since Mother’s Day always falls just a week or so after the show, we make certain we have lots of products that make great gifts for mom,” said show coordinator Cass Winder. Among the first things people will see as they arrive at this weekend’s show, is the Pitt Meadows Lions’ hanging basket sales on the steps of Planet Ice. A team of about half dozen Lions will always be on duty, selling the “stunning” baskets for $25 each, $5 of which will be going to help the local service club fund community projects and initiatives, said coordinator and Lion Gary Paller. “We’re really looking forward to being there,” he said, noting that last year the team sold about 2,000 of the baskets between the home show and at the IGA. Paller hopes a similar number can be sold again this year, but this time out, he noted, they’re only available at the home show this year. In addition to the baskets, almost everything at the home show holds some appeal to women, whether it’s helping them in kick starting a home project, tapping into their spiritual side, offering ideas to the “boys” for some much need outside lounging options, or providing a vast array of skin and beauty products and trendy or housewares, “we have it all,” Winder said.
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or the outdoor-sy types, it doesn’t get much better than life in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows, what with the two communities’ abundance of streams, lakes, parks, and hiking trails. So it’s only fitting that the Outdoor Lifestyle and Leisure Show – sponsored by Marv Jones Honda – is a big part of this weekend’s Ridge Meadows Home Show at Albion Fairgrounds and Planet Ice. “The outdoor show is associated with the Family Fest, so it’s all kind of together,” said Deb Bradbury, exhibit operations manager with the Ridge
A draw for a firepit – valued at $1,500 – will take place this weekend at the Ridge Meadows Home Show. Meadows Home Show. “We have [on display] kayaks and boats, camping equipment, ATVs, mini motos, BMX…” Bradbury said “we decided to have more guy stuff,” for visitors to peruse during their visit to the home show. “We’re going towards the outdoors and the camping and the outdoor style of lifestyle,”
she said. During the show, visitors can enter to Win a West Coast-inspired firepit from Rocky Mountain Stone at the Bishops’ Casual Living display. The draw for the firepit that’s valued at $1,500 is part of the show’s Everything
Backyard section, where showgoers will find barbecues, hot tubs, firepits, pools, landscapers, and decks. The other elements of the show are Everything Recreation and Everything Active. Vendors involved with the outdoor lifestyle and leisure component of the show: • Albion Flats • Bishops Outdoor Living • Chipeze Grilling Products • Custom Strapz •Dominion Flag & Pole • Easton LandscapeDesign & Installation • Finning Canada • GA Checkpoint • Latin Flavours Fitness • Marine One • Marv Jones Honda • Maple Ridge Cycle • Road Rage • Skyview Outdoors • Taylor Backyards Center • The Backyard Fix
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Mini motos all the buzz at home show Riders as young as 12 can get on the back of a kid-sized motorcycles at this weekend’s home show.
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or Brendan Keys from Port Moody’s GA Checkpoint Marine and Motorsports, the payoff is the excitement on little ones’ faces as they navigate kid-sized motorcycles around the track. “You look a their faces and you can see, the kids are having a blast,” Keys said, “but this is about safety first. It’s imperative that kids learn from a trained professional.” Keys is referring to GA Checkpoint’s Yamaha Young Riders Academy, which offers free rider training for youngsters between the ages of six and 12 at this weekend’s Ridge Meadows Home Show. The event, which runs in conjunction with the home show from May 2-4, will feature an enclosed course lined with protective barriers. The free 20-minute training includes personalized, individual instruction by
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A firepit will be awarded to a lucky show-goer during the outdoor lifestyle component of the show.
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arbecue season “Of course, we’re also is upon us again, doing grilled fruit and vegand recognizing gies, just to show people how much people that anything can be enjoy food fresh from the cooked on a barbecue and grill, The TIMES is excited have it taste amazing!” to be bringing back our Chef Dez is back for own cooking columnist all three days, with two and chef extraordinaire shows Friday night, three this year’s Ridge Meadow shows Saturday night, and Home Show. two more shows Sunday. Once again, there’s a “I love the show because by Chef Dez weekend of fun afoot for it is a great way to teach Chef Dez is a food columnist and culinary foodies who attend the people tricks of the trade instructor in the Fraser Valley. Visit him show and take time out to and help them embrace at www.chefdez.com. Send questions to dez@chefdez.com or to P.O. Box 2674, see Chef Dez at the baroutdoor barbecue grilling Abbotsford, B.C. V2T 6R4 becue school, said home to the fullest extent they show coordinator Cass can,” he said, sharing his Winder. tzatziki recipe as a teaser “Here’s where we turn to what’s available at the Chef Dez is at the barbecue up the heat and teach you show. school on the fairgrounds: how to grill the perfect steak, create ribs that are • Friday – 5:30 p.m. – The the envy of the neighsecret to moist barbecue pork bourhood, and take your back ribs (Makes approximately three cups) tastebuds on a barbecue • Friday – 6:45 p.m. – Steak “A Greek mealtime adventure – and you get 101 with grilled asparagus favourite – serve it on to taste everything our red • Saturday – 1:15 p.m. – Steak grilled Greek souvlaki or seal chef serves up,” said 101 with grilled asparagus simply use it as a dip for Winder, who was thrilled • Saturday – 4:30 p.m. – Beef pita bread. Do not peel to partner with the TIMES souvlaki with fresh tzatziki the cucumbers, as the skin and bring Chef Dez back • Saturday – 6:15 p.m. – The adds a lot of colour and again. secret to moist barbecue pork nutrients!” The chef is pretty excited back ribs – Chef Dez too. • Sunday – 12 Noon – Perfect Ingredients: “These are great demos barbece chicken with grilled • 1 long English cucumas we dive into the world pineapple ber, grated of both gas and charcoal • Sunday – 2 p.m. – beef • 500g plain yogurt (use grills,” Chef Dez told The souvlaki with fresh tzatziki full fat yogurt for a richer TIMES. taste) “This year, we will be • 3-4 garlic cloves, doing barbecue pork back crushed to a paste ribs again, as people always have ques• 1 tbsp finely chopped fresh dill (or 1 tions on how to master these without drytsp dry dill) ing them out.” • 1 tbsp olive oil As well, he will be serving up tips on • Salt and pepper to season how to do bone-in, skin-on chicken perDirections: fectly without flareups. 1. Put grated cucumbers in a clean And, new this year is a demo on marintowel or cheesecloth and squeeze to ating and perfecting meat on a stick. He’s remove moisture. doing Greek souvlaki with fresh tzatziki. 2. Place drained cucumbers in a bowl, “Also new this year is a demo I call and add all the other ingredients; stir to Steak 101, and I’ll talk about the differcombine and serve immediately. ences between strip loins and tenderloins If using dry dill, let sit refrigerated for a and how you should approach each of minimum of two hours before serving. these steaks in a different manner,” the • Make sure to visit Chef Dez this weekend at the chef explained.
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Exhibitors assist with decorating and reno ideas Homeowners are invited to browse and chat with experts. by Roxanne Hooper
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rofessional guidance for that next home decor or renovation project is as close as this year’s Ridge Meadows Home Show. Every nook and cranny of Planet Ice and the Golden Ears Curling Rink – as well as much of the Albion Fairgounds – have been transformed into a showcase space for everything imaginable for the home. While the home show, now about 40 years old, has evolved into a huge multi-level community event – complete with a children’s festival, The TIMES barbecue school, a dog show, psychic fair, and outdoor fun including a mini moto riding academy – the heart of this show is still the exhibitors and all they offer in the way of advice, products, and services to help enhance anyone’s home. This year, event organizer Cass Winder said there are close to 400 exhibitors who will be part of the three-day show. “There’s literally hundreds of exhibitors… offering everything to renovate and decorate your home.” Visitors will be amazed with all
Business owners, factory reps, and industry experts will be on hand at the Ridge Meadows Home Show to help homeowners answer all their hopes and dreams. they will discover inside the buildings and on the grounds to augment their home, Winder said, offering a road map of sorts to what kinds of things can be found throughout the site. Exhibitors grouped together in the curling rink can help visitors address their renovation, building, and landscaping needs.
“Building A is where you’ll find housewares, and a marketplace. everything you need if you’re “If you love those unique ready to tackle gadgets and onethat big home of-a-kind items, project. Stop by be sure to shop Home show organizers have put Building A to find the marketplace,” together this list now available at: all the traditional Winder said. www.mrtimes.com search “zoku” building ele“Then prowl the ments,” Winder colourful girlsaid, noting Haney Builders’ Ask stuff section, where you’ll find the Expert area is always a draw. jewelry, cosmetics, spas, linens, In the neighbouring Planet Ice, and more.” one rink is dedicated to wellness, The other ice rink is devoted to
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those considering a decor facelift, whether that means decorating, home theatres, or appliances. And this is where Design Alley host Ronnie Vanstone will take the stage with seminars and design tips. And don’t forget all that’s worth discovering outside – on the fairgrounds – including the Everything Backyard area that will help make your outdoor space more liveable.
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Kids entertained at home show
The Kids Zone and other areas at the Albion Fairgrounds will cater to children.
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lways free, Family Fest is set to entertain kids and parents alike with three days of stage shows, a petting zoo, make-and-take crafts, and an endless list of “get active” areas that will have kids running and jumping for hours. In addition to carnival rides, provided by West Coast Amusement, there will be magic, sports, dogs, and Lego building to keep the kids entertained at the Ridge Meadows Home Show on May 2, 3, and 4 at the Albion Fairgrounds. Magician of the year winner Mike Norden, host and master of ceremonies, will work his magic with three days of stage shows and walk around magic at this year’s Family Fest. Ronald McDonald will take to the stage Saturday at 2:30 p.m. and Yuen’s Family Martial Arts is back with a Ninjas Obstacle Course and their brand new Bouncy Dojo – the upscale martial arts version of a bouncy castle. Budding gymnasts will want to visit Tumblebus and take part in the endless activities contained in this bus filled with gymnastics equipment – and instruction. Participaction’s Bring Back Play exhibit will also be on site, teaching kids games and activities that inspire
West Coast Amusements will once again keep kids entertained during the home show.
Norden the Magician, a.k.a., Mike Norden is back at the home show. them to enjoy an active lifestyle. The ever-popular Yamaha minimoto event is also back, with GA Checkpoint providing motorcycles, helmets, safety gear, as well as professional instruction, before kids get to ride unassisted on their own motorcycle around a track. Youngsters between the ages of six to 12 can take part, providing they can keep a two-wheeler upright and parents sign a waiver. Promising to leave kids wideeyed with wonder will be the world
ranked BMX riders at the Active Sports Extreme Stunt Shows taking place all three days. Kids will also have an opportunity to try BMX jumps and a scooter course – with bicycles, safety gear, and instruction provided. A cyclecross course will also be built on site allowing families to experience off-road riding. Parts of the dog show are also geared for kids, and, in addition, there will be a Brick4kidz building centre.
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nation. Through what it calls “edutainment,” children ages three to 13, can create and play in an environment that not only reinforces math and science concepts but also builds self-confidence and problem-solving skills, fosters teamwork, and triggers their lively imaginations. The Ridge-Meadows-Mission Bricks 4 Kidz programs began serving the community March 17 with curriculums available at designated camps and in select schools. To find out more about Bricks4Kids programs, people can contact Teng at 604-380-1501 or tteng@bricks4kidz.com. For more information go to www.bricks4kidz. com/mr.
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ricks 4 Kidz, a Lego model building education program, will be launched at the Ridge Meadows Home Show. The highly-popular children’s education and enrichment program offers a unique educational Lego model building for students at locations across Canada and the United States – visitors to the home show can look for it in the Kids Fun Zone, an annual part of the “everything show” that runs this weekend. Bricks 4 Kidz offers after-school
enrichment programs, pre-school classes, week-long summer camps, birthday parties, kids night out events and more. “We invite the entire community to join us for our introduction at your family fair and discover a new way to play here in Maple Ridge,” said Tera Teng, owner of the new location. “With exciting themes such as space, construction, and amusement parks, the new Bricks 4 Kidz programs don’t just entertain them but gives parents a new way to empower them to appreciate the basic math and science concepts that really make things work.” Using Lego bricks, Bricks 4 Kidz has created a unique and proprietary model unlike any other in the
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ward-winning Norden the Magician, otherwise known as Mike Norden, will be back again at the Ridge Meadows Home Show. Norden is promising to bring back some of his famous tricks, but he also has some new ones up his sleeve. “My puppet rabbit Q-Tip will be back, but along with his furry canine friends ‘Barkley’ and ‘Ben’ – based in this years theme being all about dogs,” Norden said. Norden said he loves being a magician because he makes people laugh and smile. “There is no better job in the world,” he said. His magic shows are geared to the “family market,” Norden said, with good, clean fun. But that doesn’t mean his magic is only for kids. “While I interact with the kids, the adults are not left out, as many jokes are thrown to them,” he said. “Plus they get to live vicariously through their kids and truly enjoy the show just as much...” This will be the fifth time Norden is performing at the Ridge Meadows Home Show and for the second year in a row, he’ll be emcee of the Kids Zone. The former Maple Ridge resident has won Magician of the Year awards eight times.
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Four-legged friends featured in Albion
Dogs have become a big part people’s lives and of the Ridge Meadows Home Show lineup.
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ome decor and renos, new home products and services – the Ridge Meadows Home Show, set to take place this Friday to Sunday, is all about making one’s abode a nice place to relax in. Not just for humans, dogs also are an integral part of many families, and the home show will once again feature a section devoted to them, aptly named For the Love of Dogs. The main show in the canine section is the Meet the Breeders dog show, featuring some of Canada’s top dogs, presented in two shows on Saturday, May 3, at 12:30 and 3:30 p.m. The Meet the Breed dog shows will be followed by a “meet and greet.” Cass Winder, home show project coordinator, said organizers wanted an educational element to the dog section, and show visitors can meet the dogs, their owners, handlers, and some breeders. “We also want people to choose reputable breeders that do health checks,” Winder said. “Dog shopping on the Internet is convenient, but the only way you’ll know you’re not supporting a puppy mill or an unscrupulous breeder is by meeting the breeder face to face and seeing their set-up. Good breeders are extremely selective about who purchases their dogs. They will ask you as many questions as you ask them.” The event will also feature a lineup of dog experts and demonstrations. Tracy Bullinger of Bullinger German Shepherds will be featured with her team at a meet and greet at noon on Saturday, May 3. It’s an event Winder describes as a “must-see” for anyone interested in the sport of Schutzhund, or the German shepherd dog. The grooming show takes place Friday, May 2 at 6:15 p.m. For those interested in convincing their
Dogs will be a big part of the Ridge Meadows Home Show from Friday to Sunday.
North America’s top Sieger Show German Shepherd, Utah, will be one of a cast of canine royalty appearing as part of the Meet the Breed dog show at the Ridge Meadows Home Show’s For the Love of Dog event May 2-4 at Planet Ice. Utah, pictured here with owner Tracy Bullinger, will also headline at the Bullinger Shepherd’s meet-and-greet at noon Saturday. dogs they need a job, they’ll want to watch the Obedience Plus demonstration series that takes place all three days of the show. Company owners Werner and Janet Hader bring 30 years of experience in canine training and also operate Western K-9 Security, specializing in narcotics and explosives
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detection and security patrols. “This Whonnock couple has a long history with working dogs, they’re wellrespected in the industry and they’ve been teaching courses in personal protection, handling and detection for years,” Winder said. “They also offer private obedience lessons. They’re experts.” Dogs are also viewed as a pathway to keeping their owners physically, and emotionally fit. “There are so many things you can do with your dog – more than the 10-
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Two- and four-wheeled fun on tap outdoors Mountain bikers, skateboarders, and BMXers will flip and fly over three days at Albion Fairgrounds.
mountain bike riders take place at the following times: 7 p.m. Friday, May 2; 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. Saturday, May 3; and 11 t’s a radical, awesome, gnarly element to the Ridge a.m. and 2 p.m. Sunday, May 4. Meadows Home Show. As well as being one of the The Action Sports performers, Berkheimer is helpExtreme Stunt Show, part ing organize the show. of the home show at Albion “People can expect to see Fairgrounds this weekend (May a world-class 2-4) will spotlight stunt show,” high-flying BMX Action Sports Extreme Berkheimer riders and skateStunt Show sponsors, said. “We have boarders who’ll put clubs, and suppliers high-level riders their skills on disinvolved. It’s a play at the corral by • Maple Ridge Cycle first-of-its-kind the shuttle drop-off • Macdonald Realty Ltd. event in Maple area. • Ridge Meadows BMX Ridge – someSponsored by • Abbotsford BMX thing you’d see Maple Ridge Cycle • Youth Unlimited during halftime and Macdonald • Timberline Ranch at a football Realty Ltd., the • Kona Bikes game.” stunt show will • Lucky Scooters The show feafeature Nate • Havoc Scooters tures: Berkheimer, Liam • Race Face • Extreme Wallace (mountain big air jumps: bike), Corey Walsh, demos by pro Travis Sexsmith, and intermediate riders; BMX racers Jared Ennis and • Full size half pipe: demos Ryan Tougas, and more guest by pro and intermediate riders; riders. • BMX bike: try it with “We assembled a bicycle instructors (bike and helmets dream team and got together provided) some other local groups,” said • Scooters: try it with Maple Ridge Cycle owner Troy instructors (scooter and helScott. mets provided) Demos featuring BMX and
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• 12:30 to 1 p.m. – demonstrations of mediumship/tarot intuitive Invitations were sent out to a variety of healers and vendors who would fit the model of the event. The types of healers are conscious bars, hand analysis, Reki, chakra analysis/aura by Troy Landreville reading, and sound therapy. tlandreville@langleyadvance.com Clelland described mediums as “receivhe upstairs of the Golden Ears ers of messages given by spirit, often conCurling Rink will be a place of necting to departed loved ones.” healing and readings this week“A medium will make the connection, end. then give the message for the intended, Entering its 18th year at the Ridge always acting in accordance for the cliMeadows Home Show, the three-day ents’ highest and best interest,” she said. Body, Mind, and Spirit Psychic and In her biography, Clelland noted that, Wellness Fair has been a staple of the throughout her life, she has know things home show, and for the past three years without understanding the reason. has been facilitated by Tina Clelland and “As a teen I was given a beautiful tarot Tara Nagy. deck and I was hooked. I was intrigued The pair took the reins of the psychic by the colour and the translation of colfair three years ago when our to energy and how “I was intrigued by the previous organizer it communicated itself in “retired” Clelland told the life, health and spiritual the colour and the TIMES. growth,” she noted in her translation of colour Clelland said the psychic bio. “Combining my love fair is always a big draw to of colour and crystals, I to energy and how the fair. began my journey into it communicated “We put more demos colour therapy.” itself in life, health in this year because [the Clelland is a certified psychic fair] is extremely crystal light practitioner, and spiritual growth. popular,” she said. “We what she describes Combining my love of using increased the way we did as “the language of colour, colour and crystals, I it, to give other people crystals and oils to balan opportunity to show began my journey into ance the energies of the what they do. We’re going body, identifying situacolour therapy.” to have hand analysis, tions and circumstances Tina Clelland crystals, and some really that challenge you and amazing readers and healhelp you to release so that ers available.” you may meet each day easily.” The schedule for free demonstrations She loves what she does. during the psychic fair is as follows: “I think [it’s an opportunity] to be Friday, May 2 able to help people define what it is that • 7 to 7:30 p.m. – demonstration of moves them forward,” she said, “It’s tarot/intuitive readings (tentatively sched- not about giving a definitive answer. It’s uled) about helping providing clarity for them • 7:30 to 8 p.m. – demonstration of about what it is that is creating a block.” mediumship In her bio, Clelland said that through Saturday, May 3 her connection with spirit, she is able • noon to 12:30 p.m. – demonstration to provide her clients with clarity and of mediumship/tarot intuitive insight, “to promote positive motion for• 12:30 to 1 p.m. – demonstration of ward.” healing “I trust the information provided to • 4:30 to 5 p.m. – demonstration of me will serve the clients best regard,” tarot/intuitive she said. “Using tarot and/or crystals • 5 to 5:30 p.m. – demonstration of provides a visual guide for the client and healing confirmation from spirit.” Sunday, May 4 Admission to the home show is $4 per • 12 to 12:30 p.m. – demonstrations of person and $7 for a family. Healers will healing (tentatively scheduled) charge their own prices.
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Vintage, cottage hottest design trend Ronnie Vanstone brings her design expertise to the home show as she’s being doing for more than a decade.
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intage and cottage looks is where it’s at this year as far as interior decorating is concerned. And visitors to the Ridge Meadows Home Show can learn about it at Design Alley’s seminars and showcase this weekend. Ronnie Vanstone, who is the creative side of Design Alley, has been coming to the home show since the early 2000s, and she calls it a “great show, well run, and well attended.” “We get the opportunity to meet and help many new people over the course of the show weekend and visitors to the show really seem to enjoy the showcase and seminars,” she said. “It’s a win-win for Design Alley and visitors alike – we get to meet and chat with people who may not know about us and the services we provide and visitors get a chance to experience working with a design team and learning about new trends and products as well as getting some great free help and advice.” Every year there are many new trends and “micro trends,” Vanstone said, but this year the most popular are vintage and cottage. She has combined the two this year – firstly, vintage, a “nod to yesteryear” using craftsmanship of the past, with items that are either truly old, or repro-
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Ronnie Vanstone will be at the Ridge Meadows Home Show with tips on redecorating, colour, and design trends. duced to give them an antique feel. “[Vintage is] not old or worn but rather gracefully aged – [it] is warm, elegant, but lived in and truly pretty,” Vanstone said. The cottage look is an “eclectic assortment of new and old with a holiday feel,” Vanstone said, adding that it’s fresh, cheerful, airy, and inviting, making every
day feel like it’s a holiday. Vanstone will hold seminars about colour at the home show, called “Colour Confusion.” This year the trendiest colours are greys, blues, and purples. “This year’s softer colours, and things like the popularity of the cottage look, reflect the high stress, fast paced
world we live in today,” she said. “I think we all lead such busy, technologically plugged-in lives today, that the holiday atmosphere of the cottage look, mixed with the slower more graceful feel of items lived with and loved in days past appeals to people.” “Colour and trend forecasting is a rather involved process with a lot of contributing factors, such as prevailing social attitudes, economy, current media, and just the need for variety and change,” Vanstone added. She also thinks it’s time to let go of the earth tones that have been dominant over the past few years, and people are ready to embrace a fresher, lighter colour palette. “After all, change is as good as a rest, they say, and vintage cottage and fresh softer colours will be like a restful holiday all year,” she explained. Vanstone tries to keep her seminars fun and interactive, and hopes they help take away some of the fear of designing and decorating. • More at www.mrtimes.com, search “Vanstone”
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