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The Ridge Meadows Burrards bantam girls lacrosse team were about to enter the playing surface at Pitt Meadows Arena Thursday morning, for their B.C. tournament match-up against the Langley Thunder. From July 9 to 13, the Burrards hosted the 2014 Subway BCLA Minor Box Lacrosse Female Provincial Championships at Planet Ice in Maple Ridge and at Pitt Meadows Arena. Teams competed in the peewee, bantam, midget, and junior age groups. On Sunday, Ridge Meadows teams captured gold in the bantam, midget, and junior divisions. See story and more photos on page A19.
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A boot camp for wannabe politicians and an online discussion forum are two early signs a municipal election is on its way. Maple Ridge council hopefuls can get an extreme workout to prepare for the Nov. 15 municipal election at a candidates’ boot
camp being put on by two firstterm councillors, Bob Masse and Corisa Bell. And in the online community, the Facebook discussion group Council Watch is already filled with comments about election issues, and opinions and debate. The group was started last year by former school trustee Katherine Wagner and former federal Liberal candidate Dan Olson. “I think what we’re trying to do is create a safe place for people to discuss issues,”
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The provincial government is giving $50,000 toward a bike trail in Hammond. The money comes for the BikeBC funding that is earmarked to expand and build cycling lanes, trails, and paths. “By assisting local governments in constructing cycling infrastructure, we are creating healthier communities throughout the province,” said Todd Stone, Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure. • More at www.mrtimes.com
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Alexander and Sebastian Brost got a good taste of the Caribbean on Saturday afternoon. And they didn’t have to leave the Lower Mainland to do so. The young brothers were just two of thousands of people who came to take in the food, festivities, and music at Memorial Peace Park during Caribbean Festival, which
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“The acts were first class,” he said. A highlight for him was the Beach Boys concert on Saturday evening. “I don’t think we’ve ever had an atmosphere like that,” he recalled. Festival committee chair Dawn Illebrun echoed Geese’s sentiment. “It was a great event,” she said. “We were busy all weekend.” Illebrun added that from an organizational standpoint things went very smoothly this year, and credited all the volunteers who helped with the event for the weekend’s success. She added that even though they “didn’t change a whole lot” about this year, ideas are already in the works for next year when the festival will mark its 15th anniversary.
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Firefighters from two Maple Ridge halls converged on a cul-de-sac in the 11600 block of 202B Street in Hammond early Thursday evening. A total of 15 career firefighters and paidon-call members responded to a call for good times under a sizzling mid-summer sun. For the next hour or so, the firefighters sprayed 85 children and teens while roughly 20 adults watched the fun from the relative safety of the perimeter, but were hit with a few wayward drops as part of the annual Hot Summer Nights program. Assistant fire chief Timo Juurakko said this was the first time the team has visited this neighbourhood, and he was impressed with the turnout. Each Thursday this month, local firefighters will visit neighbourhoods and parks with their trucks and hoses and let residents meet both paid-on-call and career firefighters, get sprayed, get a look inside a fire truck, and learn about fire safety. There are still three more Hot Summer Nights events planned this month:
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Two nominators needed An election bylaw was passed by Maple Ridge council. by Maria Rantanen mrantanen@mrtimes.com
Maple Ridge council voted to approve its election bylaw last week, with one amendment. The new election bylaw reflects changes that came about through two new provincial acts pertaining to elections. Maple Ridge staff recommended increasing the number of nominators for candidates from two to 10, but council decided to stick with just two nominators. Coun. Cheryl Ashlie put forward a motion to amend the bylaw to switch the number from 10 to two, saying that two is “more reasonable.”
“I think 10 starts to ask too many people to go against the fundamental belief that your vote can be silent and you don’t have to declare who you support,” she said. The amendment passed, but Councillors Bob Masse and Corisa Bell voted against the bylaw in its entirety.
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The District of Maple Ridge has identified several specific strategies for its draft housing action plan, and staff are asking for feedback from the public until July 24. Strategies include creating rental housing, expanding the garden suite program, maintaining rental housing standards, supporting non-market housing, and minimizing the loss of rental housing. The plan is available at www.mapleridge.ca.
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Rare weather can be hot stuff The weather can get you killed. But local streams bolstered by We don’t worry too much water from the sky can wash out about tornadoes in this neck roads. of the woods. About all we get Bridges and culverts can get around here is the odd dust swept away by one of those pinedevil… which admittedly, someapple expresses the Americans times can throw up enough dust send over from Hawaii to remind to irritate the eyes. us that they don’t appreciate I’ve also seen a couple of twistthat we live in a safer, far more ers strong enough to cause ripe beautiful place than they do. apples to drop from their trees. If you’re not careful, you can And once, I saw an ominous drive into one of those washouts. by Bob Groeneveld finger pointing out of a cloud Or if you’re really unlucky, – the beginnings of what would the road could wash out from have been a real, honest-to-goodness tornado under you. It’s happened, but the reality is, rain – but it just kind of pointed here and there, with- or wind, you have a better chance of winning a drew back into the cloud, re-emerged tentatively, major lottery than you have of being dispatched and then apparently decided not to bother. by either of those weather menaces. We do get hurricanes – very occasionally. But heat. There’s a nasty one – made nastier In fact, the only real hurricane on record is by the fact that we welcome its rare appearance Typhoon Freda, which smashed through the area in our relatively warmish-winter/coolish-summer in 1962 with “major hurricane” force. west coast marine climate. That’s not to say we don’t get a bit of nasty We’re not used to heat around here. “Blue wind from time to time – Hurricane Roke’s last skies” is a euphemism for easy living, for our gasps (no longer officially a hurricane by the happy, comfortable coexistence with the local time it got to us) blew through in 2011, and climate – like the 1926 Irving Berlin song: “Blue the enigmatically named “2006 Central Pacific skies, smiling at me…” Cyclone” is believed to have hit our coast at hurWe don’t actually expect to see blue skies ricane force, but is not recorded in any hurricane around here – not all the way from horizon to database – not as a hurricane, at least. horizon. We’re used to clouds, albeit lots of So much for windstorms. them have silver linings. But rain… ah, yes! Rain. For the most part, it’s not the heat itself that We got rain. By the bucket. By the barrel. poses a danger hereabouts (although, beware, Cats and dogs would be a welcome relief. heat exhaustion is a real risk, and we may have Flooded basements. Swamped carports. a few deaths of people already on the margins of Inundated fields. health before this week is out). Overflowing ditches sometimes make a piece No, the real danger is in the words that accomof road here or there impassable. pany the heat. Angry words seem to fly more And washouts. That’s the real issue with rain easily through hot air. Road rage spikes during around here. heat waves, as do domestic murders. We tend not to get the Manitoba-style floods. I once made the mistake of asking a young gas The Mighty Fraser, except for a rare tantrum, station attendant on a 40-degree Interior day, like 1894 and 1948 (and a couple of petulant “So… is it hot enough for ya?” near-misses since), is an easygoing mistress comHis answer appeared clearly in his eyes – and I pared to the Red and her prairie sisters. hot-footed it outta there!
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Fundraising
Heartwarming story took off
Dear Editor, My seven-year-old son Quinn was featured on the front page of your paper for hosting a lemonade stand to raise money for his best friend Brayden’s surgery in the USA [Hearts, wallets open for tykes, July 8, TIMES]. I need to start from the beginning. When my son decided he wanted to do a lemonade stand and set the lofty goal of raising $20,000, I knew he would need help to get the word out. On his behalf I contacted reporters for help. I did not receive a response and was discouraged. Three weeks later, on Canada Letters Day, I woke up early and decidto ed to try one more time. At this the point Quinn had raised less than $500 on his own through family and friends. Editor I sent my emails off and was thrilled to receive a respose just a few hours later from TIMES reporter Troy Landreville. He liked our story and asked
to do a story for the online edition of the newspaper. From that first story that Troy did, our world changed. We have been contacted by every news organization I can think of locally, as well as in the USA, including the online producers of the Ellen Show. The story has gone viral, and thanks to Troy we were able to spread the word. The lemonade stand was an enormous success. The people of the Lower Mainland have been fantastic. Quinn loved meeting everyone that day, and thanks to them, he has currently raised more than $55,000 for his friend Brayden. We owe this success to TIMES reporter Troy Landreville, for taking the time to give a little story a huge boost. Heather Roney, Freddie, and Quinn (the lemonade kid), Maple Ridge [Editor’s note: Ellen Degeneres picked up the story and made it international.]
Environment
Maples’ benefits outweigh labour
Dear Editor, We have a large bigleaf maple in our yard, and we enjoy its large, spreading branches and attractive leaves. The Bigleaf maple is
important to birds. These trees provide nest sites, moss for lining the nests, food storage, and escape from predators. Maples also act as carbon sinks, reducing the increas-
Odd Thoughts
Miscreants beyond politics
Dear Editor, I don’t think we can assume Dufas and Speed voted Liberal [Dufas and Speed win again, July 8 Odd Thoughts, TIMES]. I’m sure most of the electorate who voted in the Liberals are law-abiding citizens. I’ll preface by saying I’ve been in the situation Bob describes, and I agree with reinstating photo-radar, and would like lower speed limits. Now, as a Liberal, I do not speed, drink and drive, tailgate, run red lights, or agree with the NRA, and I certainly do not vocalize gutturally (nor drag my knuckles). I’m sure there are traffic miscreants on all sides of the political spectrum. Cherryl Katnich, Maple Ridge
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ing load of carbon that human activities are releasing into the atmosphere. These trees also preserve energy costs. They provide shade to homes, keeping them cooler in summer and warmer in winter. This is a benefit in our warming world. While we agree that work is involved in raking up the leaves in the fall, there are many ways to reduce the work and cost of bagging and transferring the leaves to the transfer station. Many years ago, we built a simple compost box, open at the top. Our box is four by six feet, but it could be smaller if space is an issue. We also place lawn cuttings in the box, and only have to remove the compost every four or five years. This composted soil can be used in the garden or given to neighbours. Bigleaf maples are native to southwestern British Columbia. While I understand that some find trees, such as our maples, to be a nuisance [Maple trees noxious weeds, July 10 Letters, TIMES, I am hopeful that citizens will think about the benefits and beauty of our native trees, and that the municipality will not be limited to small (often non-native) decorative trees that have reduced benefits to the planet compared our native trees. Michael Sather and Annette LeBox, Maple Ridge For more letters to the editor visit... www.mrtimes.com – Click on Opinion/Letters.
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NOTICE OF INTENTION TO AMEND ZONING BYLAW
TAKE NOTICE THAT a Public Hearing will be held in the Council Chamber of the Pitt Meadows City Hall, 12007 Harris Road, Pitt Meadows, BC on Tuesday July 22nd, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. to consider the following amendment to Zoning Bylaw No. 2505, 2011 the Zoning Bylaw for the City of Pitt Meadows. City of Pitt Meadows Zoning Bylaw Amendment No. 2650, 2014 The purpose of this text amendment is to add new definitions to Section 2.3 in order to distinguish between key and non-key drainage ditches as follows: 1. Part 2 Interpretation, 2.3 General Definitions is amended by adding the following definitions: CONSTRUCTED DITCH means a man made drainage channel or ditch that carries drainage water from one or more properties but does not carry water from headwaters or significant sources of groundwater and does not provide fish habitat. KEY DITCH means the system of ditches and watercourses, including culverts, as shown in Schedule “B” of the City of Pitt Meadows Drainage System Protection Bylaw No. 2266, 2007 as amended from time to time, but does not include a constructed ditch. 2. Part 2 Interpretation, 2.3 General Definitions is amended by amending the following definition: WATERCOURSE means the system of natural watercourses located in the City, on private or public property, by which surface or ground water is conveyed but does not include a constructed ditch. 3. A number of housekeeping amendments to Part 8, Agricultural; Part 9, Rural Residential; and Part 10, Residential are proposed to reflect the new definitions. The Bylaw and associated staff report may be viewed at City Hall, 12007 Harris Road, Pitt Meadows, between July 11, 2014 and July 22, 2014, from 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., excluding weekends and statutory holidays. Please direct inquiries to the Development Services Department at 604-465-2428. AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE ALL PERSONS who deem themselves affected hereby shall be afforded an opportunity to be heard at the Public Hearing before Council on the matters contained herein or by making a written submission (or email) by 3:00 pm on Tuesday July 22nd, 2014 to the attention of the Manager of Legislative Services.
Kelly Kenney Manager of Legislative Services, 604-465-2433 kkenney@pittmeadows.bc.ca
12007 Harris Road Pitt Meadows, BC V3Y 2B5 The Natural Place Phone: 604.465.5454 Fax: 604.465.2404
2014 CAPITAL WORKS: MISCELLANOUS ROAD WORKS MISC - Road Upgrade Projects – Various Areas throughout Pitt Meadows The planned work is to start the week of July 14, 2014 & finish the week of September 15, 2014. The contractor will endeavor to minimize any disturbances to area residents. Residents will be notified ahead of time by the contractor when they plan to start in their area. Watch for signs and contractor’s traffic control personnel.
If you require further information on the projects, contact: City of Pitt Meadows Ike deBoer Engineering Services Coordinator 604-465-2445
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Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows Times
Policing council
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o who is going to deal Street and Dewdney Trunk with the apparent Road. conflict of interest on According to the Paliotti District council? family, after the purchase, A number of my readers the developers were unaware have suggested I should write the Paliotti family had many a column exposing Councillor years to run on their lease. Al Hogarth’s apparent conflict If so, the developers’ lawyer of interest while exercising or real estate agent either by Gordy Robson his position as a District of did not know or inform the Maple Ridge councillor. client of Paliotti’s position. Although a number of Coun. Hogarth’s In any case, the point is Hogarth came to comments and votes appear to some negotiate with the Paliotti family for the people to be a conflict, he has been fastermination of their lease. They felt they tidious in leaving the council chamber for were being intimidated. votes where a client of his is involved. So is all this a conflict of interest? He leaves a lot. I am sure Hogarth would assure you Wikipedia defines conflict of interest as that he is only using his talents to assist “a situation occurring when an individual the municipality. I think I have heard him is involved in multiple interests, one of state it is important to have a realtor’s which could possibly corrupt his motivaview on council. He has stated that being tion.” a councillor actually decreases his income. If the primary interest of a councillor At a public meeting for potential new has a principal goal of representing the candidates for council, I asked who you taxpayers, a secondary interest, a conwould report a conflict of interest to. Staff flict, not only applies to financial gain, advised the meeting you can’t report them but also such motives as professional to RCMP. You can’t report them to District advancement. The secondary interests hall. You should get together with some are not treated as wrong in themselves. friends and make an application to the BC It becomes objectionable when a secondSupreme Court ($10,000 to $20,000) to ary interest is believed to have a greater remove the offender from office. weight than the primary interest. I would like to believe that Hogarth’s So, when Hogarth pushes for public heart is pure, and that if there was someexpenditure to upgrade Brown Avenue, is thing wrong, Mayor Ernie Daykin or other it a conflict that one of his clients is build- councillors would honour their primary ing a huge new development at Brown duty to represent the taxpayer and pubAvenue and Edge Street? licly expose any conflicts of interest. Is it a conflict when Hogarth has discusCouncillor Judy Dueck told me, “It is up sions involving Maple Ridge Downtown to Coun. Hogarth to declare his conflicts, Parking Association’s financed parking lot, not me… The election in November is which apparently has become part of his when the people decide.” client’s development? Just saying… What’s more exciting, the developer Gordy Robson’s column appears Tuesdays in the print (Hogarth’s client) apparently bought the and/or online versions of The TIMES. Reactions can be emailed c/o editorial@mrtimes.com ground under Paliotti’s Restaurant at Edge
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Albion residents Ronda and Frank Payne with their dogs Lowma and Lucy attended a barbecue in Port Moody in honour of Maggie Chen, the woman who leads Animal Rescue Team Taiwan and was responsible for the Payne’s adoption of the two pooches – one in 2011, the other in 2013.
Ridge Meadows South Asian Cultural Society gave grants to three organizations at the July 8 Maple Ridge council meeting. Recipients were Alouette Addictions with executive director Annika Polegato (left) accepting a cheque of $5,000, Ridge Meadows Hospital Foundation with board member Ron Antalek (back) accepting a cheque for $5,000, and the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Arts Council whose president Bonnie Telep (right) received a cheque for $2,000.
Peter Kane, Lamont Healy, and Cristina Culpo each received the Royal Canadian Legion certificate of merit from past president Jim MacDonald (right), for their “outstanding efforts” in providing continuous life-saving CPR to staff members until emergency services arrived. Not shown in the photo is the fourth recipient, Phillis Douglas.
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Rex the dog enjoyed Canada Day in Maple Ridge from his perch in the back of a motorcycle. Ridge Meadows Hospital Auxiliary recently celebrated its anniversary, and at the 61st annual general meeting they shared lunch and swore in a new executive (right) led by incoming president Maureen Idler. “We are a very active group of volunteers both at the gift shop inside the Ridge Meadows Hospital and at the Economy Cottage [thrift store] on Dewdney Trunk Road,” explained long-time member Eileen Good. “We are so appreciative of our community for their continuous support with the great donations of quality items such as men’s, women’s, and children’s clothing and a variety of household items. We are 100 per cent volunteers... and all our funds go to support the Ridge Meadows Hospital.”
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July 16: Puppets in the park • Puppets in the Park takes place at the Bandstand in Memorial Peace Park from 6:45 to 7:15 p.m. Tonight it’s Fantastic Fairy Tales. The puppets will be back July 30 and Aug. 13.
July 17-19 & July 24-26
• Emerald Pig Theatrical Society presents Much Ado About Nothing in Spirit
July 20: Longtable dinner
• Golden Ears Cheesecrafters, 22270 128th Ave., Maple Ridge, hosts its second annual Longtable Dinner. Welcome reception is at 6:15 p.m. and dinner starts at 7 p.m. Partial proceeds will benefit the Maple Ridge Community Chest. Tickets: 604-467-0004.
July 21: Stuffie sleepover
• The Great Stuffed Animal Parade returns to Pitt Meadows Library from 2:30 to 3:15 p.m., and this year after parading special stuffed friends around the library (and maybe outside too) with noisemakers, he/she/it is invited to stay for a sleepover with the library’s puppets. Pickup time: July 22 after 2:30 p.m.
July 21-25: Kids program
• Treasure Seekers, a program with games, puppets, stories, craft and snacks for children aged five to 12 runs from July 21 to 25 from 9 a.m. to noon at Grace Community Church, 12240 Harris Rd., Pitt Meadows. Register: John Williams at 604-463-3606.
July 25: Support group
• Hominum Fraser Valley, an informal discussion and support group to help gay, bisexual, and questioning men, meets at 7:30 p.m. For information and meeting location, call Art 604-462-9813 or Don 604-329-9760.
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July 25: Dancing
• Friday Night Dance with Robyn Picard takes place from 7 to 10 p.m. at The ACT, 11944 Haney Pl., Maple Ridge, starting a 7 p.m. Info: www.ilovetodance.ca or www.theactmapleridge.org.
Family Games Night
• Family Games Nights run at the Pitt Meadows Museum every Wednesday until Aug. 27 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
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Way cool! These youngsters were in awe when foisted up into the cabin of a helicopter and permitted to look around during the 2013 Airport Day at Pitt Meadows Regional Airport. This year’s event is set for Sunday.
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Five more sleeps until Airport Day in Pitt Meadows, and organizers are desperate for volunteers. Each year, for one day only, the gates at Pitt Meadows Regional Airport (YPK) are swung open and the public is invited to tour the grounds, ogle civil and military aircraft on display, take a flight in a hot air balloon, and watch the North Fraser Airshow, explained Kris Grasty. This year’s no exception, with the event running Sunday, July 20 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with the aerobatics component from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. This free community event always includes a myriad of aviation-related exhibits, static displays of aircraft and cars, educational booths, food vendors, a beer garden, and children can even ride in the “airplane” train. This year’s show will also feature a dozen aerobatic acts such as Super Dave
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Airport Day 2014 runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday at the Pitt Meadows Regional Airport. in his MX2 and wingwalker Carol Pilon. But to make all this possible, organizers need help, Grasty said. For more information or to volunteer, visit the North Fraser website at northfraserairshow.ca. While the event is free, donations are gladly accepted at the gate to help pay for the show and a new $1,000 youth aviation scholarship. Organizers remind people to prepare for expected hot weather by bringing sunscreen and umbrella chairs or a blanket.
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This 12-year-old Jack Russell-cross, Annie, loves to play outdoors in the sun and is excited when Mom says “car ride.” But she won’t be going anywhere in a car during these hot summer days. As the SPCA advises, it’s dangerous. Besides, it’s obvious this old girl is happier on the couch at home – where it’s cool.
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espite ongoing public warnings dangerous this is for your pet,” she said. about the dangers of leaving With temperatures soaring across pets in hot cars, Ridge Meadows British Columbia this month, the SPCA is Mounties and local SPCA conurging people to leave their pets at home stables were called to Valley Fair Mall if they can’t keep them safe. Thursday afternoon, where “The temperature in a a dog was left in a car. parked car, even in the Police are reporting shade with windows partly that this incident escalopen, can rapidly reach If a dog shows symptoms of ated into an altercation a level that will seriously heatstroke, do the following: between the dog owner harm or even kill a pet,” • Immediately move the animal and a concerned citizen, Chortyk explained. to a cool, shady place that prompted an RCMP “In just minutes, the • Wet the dog with cool water presence. temperature in a parked • Fan vigorously to promote But it’s just one of many car can climb to well over evaporation. This will cool the local cases for the SPCA. 38 degrees Celsius (100 blood, which reduces the animal’s degrees Fahrenheit). Dogs The animal welfare core temperature. agency is being inundated have no sweat glands, so • Do not apply ice. This constricts with calls this summer they can only cool themblood flow, which will inhibit to rescue animals left selves by panting and by cooling. in parked vehicles, said releasing heat through SPCA spokesperson Lorie their paws.” • Allow the dog to drink some Chortyk. Dogs can withstand high cool water (or to lick ice cream if Last month alone, the temperatures for only a no water is available) BC SPCA responded to 228 very short time – in some • Take the dog to a veterinarian calls to rescue dogs in discases just minutes – before as soon as possible for further tress that were left in hot suffering irreparable brain treatment. cars by their guardians. damage or death. “The media is wonder“If you’re used to letting ful about helping us get the message out your dog accompany you on errands, you that it can be fatal to leave your pet in a might feel guilty leaving him behind on hot car, even for 10 minutes, but still we hot summer days. But your dog will be receive hundreds of calls about animals much happier – and safer – at home, with in distress,” Chortyk said. shade and plenty of fresh cool water,” “We can’t stress strongly enough how Chortyk insisted.
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Goodbye in works for Caring Place cook A Salvation Army employee is heading back to his native Ireland. by Maria Rantanen mratnanen@mrtimes.com
The Caring Place community will say good-bye to its cook as he heads off to his native Ireland. Tim Sarsfield has been in charge of the kitchen at the Salvation Army facility at 222nd Street and Lougheed Highway for the past seven years, watching over the preparation of thousands of meals for Maple Ridge’s most vulnerable citizens. Sarsfield has been living in Maple Ridge for 23 years, and he said he’s met a lot of wonderful people. “The community’s been good to me,” he said. Sarsfield came to the Caring Place after selling his Crumbs Bakery and Cafe businesses. Sarsfield said he felt a bit lost after he sold his business and he was looking for something that would suit what he liked
to do, adding that he has a “servant heart” and likes to give back to the community. While he has been able to serve the community, he said he’s also gotten a lot back from his job. “It’s taught me that we’re all vulnerable in many ways and we shouldn’t judge others,” Sarsfield said. “It’s taught me to be humble. It’s taught me patience and understanding.” Working with the vulnerable population at the Caring Place, many of whom are homeless, lowincome, or just looking for companionship, Sarsfield has learned that some people just need help and guidance along their life’s journey, as well as “love and an open ear.” Sarsfield said working with the staff, volunteers, and clients at the Caring place has been a “blessing.” “I’ve enjoyed my seven years here,” he said. “It’s been a wonderful part of my life. It will always be dear to my heart.” Highlights for him include all the events the Caring Place goes to
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about the whole concept of caring in our community.” Pilgrim said. “We came up with the How I Care Campaign.” Pilgrim explained that by Eric Zimmer the idea of the ezimmer@mrtimes.com campaign is for How do you people to concare? nect with the That’s the quesCaring Place tion the director online through of Maple Ridge’s Facebook, Caring Place, Instagram, or Darrell Pilgrim, Twitter and Darrell Pilgrim and staff at the “share how they Caring Place director facility are putcare in the comting to the public. munity.” The Caring Place hosts Pilgrim said the camits second annual Caring paign springs from a Place Day on July 26. simple idea. Pilgrim explained the “Everybody needs care, volunteers will be out in no matter who you are, the community with their or what place you’re at in kettles collecting donalife,” he explained. tions, but that the main Further to this, everyreason for the day is to body can show care as “let some of our staff share well, he added. some information with “We know that a lot of people and let them know great compassionate things what we’re doing.” happen in our community, In addition, the Caring and we just want everyone Place will also host what to be able to talk about it.” it’s calling the How I Care Caring Place Day takes Campaign. place on July 26, and the “Through some of our How I Care Campaign conversations, we were pages are already online talking about how we for people to see. could expand on the idea For more information, of the day and talked visit www.caringplace.ca
where he can get out and meet people. He has also enjoyed working with Caring Place volunteers who give their “unconditional love.” Sarsfield will move to Ireland with his wife. He said the timing is right and he feels God is calling him to make a change – this is just another step in his life. Sarsfield was born in Ireland, but he grew up in England. He will be spending time with his father and sister. A farewell event will be held today (July 15) at 2 p.m. at the Caring Place. Everyone is welcome.
Tim Sarsfield was serving up Thanksgiving dinner last year, just one of the many events he worked at as the cook for the Caring Place.
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Alouette District Youth Soccer Association (ADYSA) is calling into question the legitimacy of the newly formed Albion Football Club. “The ADYSA is an independent organization that has been authorized by the B.C. Soccer Association to organize and oversee youth soccer with the prescribed geographic boundaries that make up the Alouette district,” a recent ADYSA newsletter read. On April 7, the district board voted to create what they called an independent committee to review the Albion FC membership application to the Alouette district. On May 9, the Albion application was denied. In making the decision, the committee said the Albion club was given “every opportunity” to participate in the process and present their application. On May 11, the Albion FC filed an appeal with the British Columbia Soccer Association and was granted official status on June 10. The district board subsequently asked to appeal that decision through the Canadian Soccer Association. On July 4, that permission was granted and the board is now moving forward. This could be unsettling for players, parents, and coaches, the district said in its release, suggesting instead that people register with one of the two existing clubs. Albion FC president Mike Smith rebutted. “What is wrong with people, who want an alternative club, to have one?” he said. Smith said Albion FC members should disregard such notions. The Albion club exists, and will continue to exist, “until we are told otherwise,” Smith concluded.
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The host Burrards had teams entered in all four age brackets as the community hosted the 2014 Subway BCLA Minor Box Lacrosse Female Provincial Championships. by Troy Landreville
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Lacrosse, a sport of copious cross-checks and body contact, using a ball so hard that if it hits you, it’ll mark your body with blended brown and purple lesions the size of silver dollar pancakes, isn’t just for boys. Its popularity with girls is growing, and locally, that was evidently clear this past weekend when the Ridge Meadows Burrards hosted the 2014 Subway BCLA Minor Box Lacrosse Female Provincial Championships. The B.C. tournament drew 24 teams and roughly 500 players to Pitt Meadows Arena and Planet Ice over five days. Competition started View Wednesday, July 9, and More Photos wrapped up Sunday, with July 13 with bronze and gold medal games in the peewee, bantam, midget, and junior age divisions. Layar or The host Ridge online Meadows Minor Lacrosse Association had entries in all four brackets. You could make a case that the busiest man in town during the tourney was Chris Gill. Gill is the head coach of the Burrards female peewee and bantam teams and in January, was named bench boss of Team BC’s female bantam squad.
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Ridge Meadows bantam Burrards captain Paige Bell had Langley Thunder defenders on the run at Pitt Meadows Arena on Thursday morning, during the Subway BCLA Minor Box Lacrosse Female Provincial Championships. After a slow start, Ridge Meadows edged Langley 7-5. The Burrards hosted teams in the peewee, bantam, midget, and junior age divisions at Plant Ice and Pitt Meadows Arena from July 9-13. Troy Landreville/TIMES
Gill knows a thing or two about lacrosse. He’s been involved in Canada’s national sport most of his life and played at the highest level, as a pro sniper in the National Lacrosse League. During a decorated NLL career, he had stops in Baltimore, Toronto, Vancouver, Colorado, Edmonton, and Calgary. Along the way, Gill raised the Champion’s Cup three times (in 1999 and 2000 with the Toronto Rock, and in 2006 with the Colorado Mammoth, their one and only NLL title, so far) while racking up 557 points in
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Langley Thunder’s Natalie Rathler (No. 9) was called for cross checking for this hit she was about to deliver on a Ridge Meadows Burrards’ ball carrier during Thursday’s provincial bantam girls lacrosse game at Pitt Meadows Arena.
173 career games. “Provincial champions, that’s Gill is now devoted to coaching, our goal,” he said. “Play great not only at the minor level but every game and win the chamalso with the senior A Maple Ridge pionship, that’s what we want to Burrards of the Western Lacrosse do.” Association. Gill said he would love to coach He believes female lacrosse’s a trio of provincial championship popularity continues to rise. teams: the bantam and peewee “It’s gone up,” he said, standgirls, and the Burrards senior A ing on the safe side of the glass men’s squad. at Pitt Meadows Arena late On Sunday morning, the Thursday morning, just a few Burrards bantam girls blanked seconds before his New Westminster bantam Burrards #2 by a 9-0 score in “You know what? entered the playing the B.C. gold medal surface to warm Sometimes they like to game at Planet Ice. up for their game Meanwhile, Ridge mix it up with a bit of against the Langley Meadows’ midget contact, too.” Thunder. “New girls doubled New West has three or Westminster #1 6-3 Chris Gill four teams in a divin their championision, we’re getting ship match-up, two or three teams in a division, played Sunday afternoon, also at Coquitlam always has two or Planet Ice. three, so it’s growing. Saying that, The junior Burrards also won you still have to promote it in your gold, defeating Coquitlam 5-3 in community and within your assothe provincial title game at Planet ciation. But it’s looking up.” Ice. Gill noted that girls play lacrosse In the peewee gold medal game for the same reason boys do, for early Sunday morning at Planet the competitive aspect of what’s Ice, the Burrards fell 10-0 to dubbed, “the fastest sport on two Semiahmoo. feet.” FINAL BUZZER: The Burrards “They love playing sports, it’s a bantam girls have some national good team atmosphere, and you level talent in the form of Team know what? Sometimes they like BC members Jayde Meredith, to mix it up with a bit of contact, Mykhaela Johnson, Brooke Parry, too,” he said. Ashleigh Lesser, Kennedy Gill, and The skill level in girls lacrosse in their captain, Paige Bell. Ridge Meadows runs the gamut, Midget-aged Burrards girls makfrom first-year players still learning Team BC include goaltender ing the game to others who have Candace McDole, team captain played for seven or eight years. Megan Kinna, and Nicole Pahnke. The bantam Burrards’ goal at the Mikayla Quinn plays for the provincials was straightforward: to midget Burrards but made the B.C. win it all, Gill said. junior team.
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Dozens came out Friday to shake their stuff in support of a Pitt Meadows youth seeking the Miss Teenage Canada crown. Nicole Johnston, 19, is vying the for the title next week in Toronto, and as part of her preparation she has to embrace a charity. For Johnston, that is Free The Children, and this past weekend, the Zumba newbie hosted a Zumba dance event that raised almost $1,000 for her cause. Sixty-five people filled the upstairs hall and danced for 90 minutes, with all proceeds going to Johnston’s charity of choice. “It went really well,” her mom Marlis Yurkiw said of the event. “Everybody had a really good time.” Johnston just recently took More up Zumba, and said she’s Photos enjoying her foray into the Online dance-exercise craze. “I literally just started doing this,” she said. “It’s a good way to keep active, get out and meet people.” Combining her newfound passion for Zumba with her compassion for Free The Children was an obvious decision. But with that behind her, now all her effort are focused on the Miss Teenage Canada competition taking place July 24 to 26,
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The Pitt Medows Heritage Hall was packed with people dancing in support of Nicole Johnston’s goal on Friday. and the training and tours that happen in the week leading up to the pageant. To even take part in the event, all contestants are required to raise at least $400 for the charity. Free the Children is an international charity and youth movement founded almost two decades ago. Funded to a large extent by youth, the organization originally used the motto, “children helping children.” It specializes in sustainable development in the countries of Ecuador, Ghana, Haiti, Kenya, Nicaragua, Sierra Leone, India, and rural China. Part of the prize for raising the most coin is a sponsored trip to a part of the world where Free the Children provides aid.
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Santa Cruz
1
LOCAL
59 M E AT ($1.30kg)
1
120g
1
$ 29
/lb.
/lb.
BEEF-STRIPLOIN STEAK (FP)
$ 99
$19.78/kg
/lb.
899
.................................................. $
/lb.
Sun-Rype
PURE APPLE JUICE
325
...................................................... $
($2.84kg)
¢
GROCERY
DRIED BLUEBERRIES
/lb.
OKANAGAN APRICOT Product of BC
ZUCCHINI Product of BC
....................................................
$4.38/kg
1
$ 99
/each.
CHICKEN-DRUMSTICKS (FP)
400
...................................2 for $
CRISPBREAD,
Assorted
CHINESE COCONUT BREAD
1L ...............................................2
/each.
250
for $
/each.
BAKERY
169
Freybe
PLAIN ROAST BEEF
.............................................................
1
$ 99
500
.............................................2 for $
........................................................................................... $
Freybe 100g
/lb.
Wasa
LEMONADES,
300g
/lb.
($4.38kg)
Inno Bakery
................................................. 2 for $
Assorted 946ml
¢
CHERRY Product of BC
$ 50
BC OTV TOMATO Product of BC
/lb.
PORK-LOIN CHOP B/L (FP)
2 for
/each.
$ 69 PITT MEADOWS ONLY
LOCAL
ROMAINE LETTUCE Product of BC
BANANA LOAF
/each.
450g
DELI
EUROPEAN WIENERS
100g
280
........................................................................................... $
109
............................................................. $
/each.
EDAM CHEESE 100g
.............................................................$
Specials Valid from Tuesday, July 15 - Sunday, July 20 while quantities last.
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PITT MEADOWS
N
LOUGHEED HWY.
LANGLEY FARM MARKET
12438 Harris Road
604-460-7122
139
2013 - 2014
2013-2014
LFM LANGLEY FARM MARKET
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604-466-0281
W
LOUGHEED HWY.
E
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