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A local man is charged in the stabbing death of Stacey King. A 39-year-old man from this community has been arrested and charged in the stabbing death of Stacey King on the streets of downtown Maple Ridge earlier this month. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) arrested Kenneth Trevor McCulloch, who has since been charged with seconddegree murder and remanded in jail. McCulloch, who is known to police and has a criminal record dating back to 1992, will be appearing in provincial court in Port Coquitlam Thursday – via video – to fix a date. The attack took place just after midnight on the Aug. 2, to the corner of Dewdney Trunk Road and 223rd Street in Haney, explained IHIT Staff Sgt. Jennifer Pound. Stacey King “The suspect murder victim fled the scene prior to the police attendance, but early indications and evidence retrieval suggested this to be a targetted attack,” she added, confirming the men knew each other and had been involved in “some kind of dispute.” “Investigators have been working non-stop to identify and apprehend the suspect in this homicide. Their dedication and determination in finding the suspect has successfully yielded an arrest and second-degree murder charges,” she said during a press conference in Surrey Thursday. “Having charge approval less than two weeks after a homicide is a very positive outcome, and speaks to the success and effectiveness of the police integration,” Pound said.
Knights in the making Four-year-old Cole Beggs drew his arrow and shot for the sky as he entered the B.C. Renaissance Festival gates Sunday. See story on page A10, and many more photos online at www. mrtimes.com, search “renfest” Rick Moyer/TIMES
Returning salmon
Lack of fish in river ‘alarming’
Environmentalists worry about where all the Alouette sockeye have gone to. by Christopher Sun csun@mrtimes.com
This year’s Fraser River sockeye salmon run is predicted to rival 2010’s bounty of 30 million, but something fishy is going on at the endangered Alouette River – as none has returned thus far. “Usually each year we have a run of sockeye salmon but we haven’t had any at the Allco Fish Hatchery fence to date,” said Greta Borick-Cunningham, Alouette River Management Society (ARMS) executive director. “We’d usually be in our sixth week by now but we haven’t had any at the fence and we haven’t had any in the trap.”
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Teacher barred forever A former Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows teacher, who was convicted of taking inappropriate photos and videos of unsuspecting women and girls, has had his teaching certificate cancelled. John Charles MacKinnon, who was a learning support/special education teacher, agreed to the cancellation last month. • More at www.mrtimes.com
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Zakery Rowland, six and his brother Tarren Rowland, 10 in the Great LEGO Challenge at the Pitt Meadows Library recently.
Creating with LEGO Working against the clock, and with only a limited number of LEGO blocks, a couple dozen children had to pair up and take on a challenge to build the most innovative piece. There were space ships, forts, skyscrapers, and other creations that emerged during the afternoon event at the Pitt Meadows Library. Find out more about this event, and other programs at www.fvrl.bc.ca. • More at www.mrtimes.com Anne Marrison is happy to answer garden questions. Send them to amarrison@ shaw.ca
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Rethink water Whonnockian and TIMES columnist Anne Marrison offers some tips on how to prepare the garden for dry spells. When hot temperatures – especially without rain – persist for weeks, it motivates people to rethink and re-evaluate their gardening habits. • More at www.mrtimes.com
Golden Ears Provincial Park
Falls still not giving up body Searchers still haven’t found the body of a student who went missing at the Upper Falls of Gold Creek in late June.
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Fifty five days later and searchers are no closer to finding the body of a young woman who drowned in Golden Ears Provincial Park. Search crews were up in the park last Wednesday night and again all day Saturday, hunting for the body of a 23-year-old international student who went into the water of the Upper Falls of Gold Creek on June 25. Searchers were able to get into areas of the creek they previously could not access because of high and fast-moving water, explained Rick Laing, manager of the Ridge Meadows Search & Rescue. Despite more than three hours of hunting Wednesday by a team of 18, and a further 10 hours of searching Saturday by a team of 15 (including searchers from Surrey and Coquitlam), the body was still not located. Initially, the team couldn’t get within 50 metres of the falls and pool where the woman was last seen. By this past week, despite the recent rainfall, they were able to get closer and check uncharted areas of the creek including pools and under the falls themselves – both with underwater cameras and surface searches by members of the swift-water rescue team. The lack of success, however, is frustrating, said Laing. “We want her family to have her back, so they can take her home,” he added, noting some of her family was at the park Saturday at the end of the day getting a search update from rescue members. “I wish we had better news for them,” Laing said. The search for the missing woman began
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Ridge Meadows Search & Rescue members were in Golden Ears Provincial Park again Wednesday and Saturday searching for the body of a woman who went missing over the Upper Falls on June 25. within hours of her initial disappearance at Upper Falls, and rescue members were in the park for the subsequent two days combing Gold Creek. They were back a third day, during that initial week, to set up a containment net at the Lower Falls. Since then, they’ve been back for two large team searches, and a few smaller parties have gone up, he explained. But the fast-flowing rapids and high-levels of the water made searching all the pools, eddies, and crevasses, too difficult until now. “It’s very frustrating for us, that we can’t find her,” Laing said, “especially when you know roughly where she is.” Given the comprehensive searching already done, there are only three possible options
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left, Laing said. First, which he doesn’t believe to be likely, is that she was quickly swept out to Alouette Lake before the containment nets were installed, in which case they might never find her. Second, and more likely, her body is trapped under one of the many huge boulders in this twisty section of creek, and they can’t see her. Or third, since their last search downstream, her body may have moved further down the creek towards the containment fencing at the Lower Falls. Laing said it’s unclear when the team will next resume its search in Gold Creek, but he expects that will be the next plan of attack.
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Fraserview area residents want what they call a “criminal super highway” blocked. An open house on rehabilitating the wetlands by Chances Gaming Centre cleared the air as to why an excavator was seen on the property, but the spotlight has shifted to the District of Maple Ridge as residents fear
opening of new pathways in their backyards will lead criminals and homeless straight to their homes. Approximately 60 people attended an open house last week, where residents were informed about a 2009 agreement where Chances agreed to rehabilitate the wetlands and create attractive pathways for residents in exchange for being allowed to build the gaming centre on the corner of 227th Street and Lougheed Highway. Many residents were unfamiliar with these plans, which prompted speculation when they saw
the excavator arrive, said Andy La Croix, general manager of Chances Maple Ridge. “There was some misinformation going around in the community and we wanted to be proactive,” La Croix said. “That is why we held this open house.” Attendees were informed that the stream was not paved over by the excavator. Instead, wood chips and gravel were installed to create a natural finish to the stream, which will be more free-flowing, eliminating current pools of stagnant water that are havens for bugs and mosquitoes.
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Pitt Meadows resident Ron Wilson was part of the recent Maple Ridge Museum 40th anniversary bash and will be bringing out his rare 1969 Marauder X100 hardtop again for A&W restaurant’s Cruisin’ to End MS event on Thursday. He’s a member of the Vintage Car Club of Canada’s Golden Ears chapter and has been a regular at Cruisin’ for many years, always stopping off at some time of the day – with other classic and hot rod car owners – at the A&W at 228th Street and Lougheed Highway. For every Teen Burger bought this Thursday, Aug. 21 at A&W’s across Canada, $1 goes to the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada.
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Public schools keep changing With the ongoing labour dispute paralysing the B.C. public school system, it’s no wonder that there’s been a lot of interest in private schools. Education is now vastly more complicated than it was in the 1930s, when B.C. schools tended to concentrate on the three Rs, the vast majority of students would never see post-secondary education as an option, and one-room schoolhouses were still common. Now most students will go to university or a technical or trade school. Computers are as important to mechanics and nurses as they are to engineers. Literacy and numeracy are more vital than ever, but to those basic skills we have added a vast range of social issues we expect teachers to address. A society used to choices and more options for the future of its next generation has demanded more choice from its schools. To a great degree, the province and school districts have provided that. An article in Sunday’s Vancouver Province sang the praises of private schools – smaller class sizes, specialized programs, higher test scores. Yet it capped that coverage with a photo from the Langley Fine Arts School – a public school. Choice schools like this, dedicated to everything from the International Baccalaureate program to French immersion, from athletics to performance to the fine arts – have become a feature of the landscape. And these schools are open to every student who can meet their requirements, regardless of their parents’ ability to pay. A danger of praising private schools too highly is that parents may not even try to find out what is available in the public system. Another danger is that, if too many of our political elites enroll their children in private programs, what incentive do they have to add more choices and support to the public schools? – M.C.
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Albertans have offered an iously short on facts. interesting perspective on the While it now appears that we Mount Polley Mine dam breach. may be relatively lucky, and the Rather than joining the majority spill may not be as devastatingly of British Columbians in outrage toxic as could have been (no over the potential environmental thanks to Imperial or the B.C. disaster that the uncontrolled government), the ministry’s reacspill of about 15 million of cubic tion demonstrated an important metres of mine waste repredistinction between its perceived sented, they’re outraged that we role and what it actually does. aren’t keen to allow Enbridge to We are subtly led to believe place our pristine wilderness in a that Mary Polak’s ministry is by Bob Groeneveld similarly precarious position. a steward of the environment, Instead of demanding that but in fact, it is a body whose Imperial Metals Corp. be brought up to the chief function is to administer the environment, same strict environmental scrutiny that British renting it out to various business interests, and Columbians are demanding of Enbridge’s acting as a liaison between business and the Northern Gateway oil pipeline disaster-in-waitenvironment’s owners (B.C.’s citizenry). ing, pundits on the other side of the Rockies B.C.’s environment ministry sees the environseem to prefer the “what’s good for the goose” ment as a commodity, an asset to be exploited approach, demanding that B.C.’s environment for business purposes – and we get to play with ministry bureaucrats look the other way, as they whatever is left over. appear to have done at Mount Polley. What the Albertans don’t understand, when One clever lad from Alberta asked specifically, they bemoan Enbridge’s treatment at the hands of the nasty B.C. government, is the political climate “Why is an Alberta-based oil-and-gas company current at the time decisions had to be made. subjected to such intense scrutiny while a B.C.It wasn’t about B.C. companies vs. Alberta (or based mining company gets a relatively light anyone else’s) companies; it was about what the pass?” B.C. government could (or couldn’t) get away He follows that up with a righteous demand: “The citizens of B.C. are entitled to a full explan- with. Premier Christy Clark’s contentious Five Conditions aimed at mitigating Enbridge’s potenation.” Indeed, we are. tially devastating environmental impact (contenUpdate after update was spewed out from the B.C. Minister of Environment, starting practically tious outside of B.C., that is) would never have happened if an election wasn’t looming at the from the moment the dam broke, spilling about same time that B.C. citizens got seriously con10 million cubic metres of water and 4.5 million cerned about their environment. cubic metres of mine tailings into the natural Big decisions like Enbridge are usually timed to watershed. occur right after, instead of just before, an elecTo put the amount of crud involved into pertion – to give us time to forget. spective for the metric-challenged, one cubic Every once in a while, the B.C. government metre converts to about 264 US gallons – so finds it prudent to listen to us. we’re talking about something close to four bilAlbertans also ignore the fact that, unlike lion gallons of potentially dangerous material. Imperial, Enbridge had already earned a reputaThe ministry’s missives were filled with suntion for lack of environmental trustworthiness in shine, from the outset, loaded with words of Kalamazoo, Michigan. encouragement and wishful thinking – but ser-
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Dear Editor, Both Barry Donna and John Claassen talk about road conditions in our town [Warning needed and Traffic hopeless, Aug. 5 Letters, TIMES]. I don’t know why they are so surprised about the conditions on our roads being so different from to others that they might have experithe enced elsewhere in their travels. There are several examples of weirdness on our roads that you will not find any other place but here, one being 4-way stops with a couple of left turn lanes added just to mess with your head over who has the right of way. I mean, after all, it is a 4-way, and only one car should be entering the intersection at a time. There’s the curb lane southbound on 227th Street that turns into a left turn at Brown Street that so many people on a daily basis ignore and drive straight through, completely oblivious to fact that they were supposed to turn. This one is particularly dangerous, as when these people do this,
they are cutting over into the through lane, and yes, people if you hit someone while doing this, you should be 100 per cent at fault. Another is our 50 feet of bus lane at the intersection of Dewdney Trunk Road and Lougheed Highway where you will never see a bus, as it does not give them enough room to cross three lanes to make the left turn approximately 150 feet across the intersection. Then there are the roundabouts that were installed near Maple Ridge Secondary, which are so tight that a fullsize pickup can’t get around without rubbing the curb. That’s not black paint on the concrete. These are just some examples that jump to mind without thinking too hard about it, as that would really be depressing. So Barry and John need not fear, it isn’t just you: we truly do live in the land of the loonies when it comes to our roads! Dan Fraser, Maple Ridge
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Dear Editor, I was horrified again to read of another poor, defenseless little dog murdered by an untrained and out-of-control pit bull.
The owner of the pit bull should be heavily fined and not allowed to own or have control of any large, potentially dangerous dog for about 10 years.
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Greetings and smiles abound
Dear Editor, I like my town of Maple Ridge, and the small town feel it has. I like the Farmer’s Market and the many events we have. I like going to the Alouette River on a summer day and exchanging greetings and smiles with the countless tubers who are out enjoying the water and nature. I like walking the trails, meeting folks, and making small talk about anything and everything. And yes, I like going to Riverfront once in a while and simply having some quiet time in nature. Mr. Sawdon says he lived here 12 years [Shame on the rude people, Aug. 5 Letters, TIMES]. I have been here 26. Gosh, I must have been awfully lucky that whole time. Ross Davies, Silver Valley
I have had German shepherds all my life, and I have always taken the time to properly train them. I know that many people think that buying a dog licence and a bag of pet food once in a while is all that’s needed. What a crock! Owners need to be properly trained, as well as the dogs. They should have to pass a test in order to get a dog owner’s licence, a dog licence and insurance, public liability, and property damage through ICBC. All dogs are relatively easy to train. Most people don’t know how. I wonder what is it going to take to get political action on this matter, before a child gets mauled or worse. Colin Burdall, Maple Ridge
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Dear Editor, It would appear good King Harper has invoked the Divine Right of Kings and once again put himself above the laws of Canada. He claims he can’t be called to testify at Mike
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never spent much time thinking much that would be in today’s dollars, about the Panama Canal, until last but quite incredible. week. On its 100th anniversary, the In 1881 they started digging. They head of the Panama Canal Authority imported somewhere around 20,000 men announced that, if the drought continued from the West Indies and lots of young in Panama, starting this winter, they engineers from France. By 1890 the death would have to begin restricting the size of toll of workers was more than 10,000, and vessels going through the canal. surviving French engineers went home. To me, that was counter-intuitive. I Malaria was just one of the problems. thought we were just moving ships from The French effort went into chaos, and one ocean to the other by using locks to the project stopped. Theodore Roosevelt, make the difference in elewho became president of vation acceptable. the United States in 1901, The Suez Canal is almost arranged for the purchase like that, in that it is basicof the French project for ally a trench built through $40 million. He then tried the desert to move ships. unsuccessfully to obtain the Turns out the Panama Government of Colombia’s Canal has three locks going permission to acquire the up and three locks going land. down at each end of Gatun Undaunted, the U.S. supLake, an artificial lake 26 ported Panamanian rebels, by Gordy Robson metres above sea level. who declared independence The idea of building a in 1903. In a deal with the canal across Central America was sernew Panamanian government, the U.S. iously suggested by a German scientist took possession of the Panama Canal in 1800. In 1819 the Spanish government zone in 1904. The canal opened in 1914, authorized the construction of a canal a technological miracle that revolutionand created a company to build it. The ized world shipping. The canal saves Spanish, of course, took a long time and 12,600 kilometres on a trip from New discussed other potentials. Nicaragua and York to San Francisco by sea. Mexico were seriously considered and The Gatun Lake was created by blocksurveyed. ing the Chagres River with a huge earthNot much happened until the French en dam. The Chagres River basin is in the completed the Suez Canal in 1869. They longest draught in 100 years. No rain, no were inspired to tackle an apparently river, no lake, no canal. similar project to connect the Atlantic Every time we hear another story like and Pacific Oceans, and were confident it this, it proves the world’s weather patcould be carried out with little difficulty. terns are being altered by human occupaFerdinand de Lesseps, who was in tion of the third rock from the sun. charge of the construction of the Suez Just saying… Canal, used his reputation and persuaded Gordy Robson’s column appears Tuesdays in print and/or online versions of The TIMES. Reactions can be sent to speculators to invest $400 million in editorial@mrtimes.com the Panama project. I have no idea how
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Aug. 20: Anti-Spam workshop
• Paula Skaper leads a workshop on Canadian Anti-Spam Legislation at the business acceleration office in the District of Maple Ridge tower, from 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Free for chamber members, $10 for public. Info: www.ridgemeadowschamber.com, or 604-457-4599.
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Karin Angus from Tri-City Insurance Brokers Ltd. teed off on the first hole at Maple Ridge Golf Course on Aug. 10, during the Ridge Meadows South Asian Cultural Society’s annual golf tournament. Maple Ridge Museums’s 40th anniversary bash attracted a lot of familiar faces on the heritage scene, including recently retired historical society volunteer Beryl Cunningham (top), MLA Doug Bing and his wife Dr. Helen Henderson, long-time historians Don and Bernice Gehring, Brenda Smith, and Craig Speirs. Sheila Nickols (right) was also on hand for the celebrations, showing off her new book, Looking Back, Volume One, a compilation of Nickol’s columns published since 1987.
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• Maple Ridge Garden Club meets at 7 p.m. (doors open at 6:30) at Fraserview Community Centre, 116th Avenue and 227th Street. Speaker from Grow and Gather nursery. Info: 604-467-4594.
Aug. 20: Summer serenade
• The Bruce James Orchestra hosts weekly concerts in Pitt Meadows’ Spirit Square every Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m.
August 20: Teen readers
• Maple Ridge Library winds up its teen summer reading program with a party at 3 p.m. Bring books to trade. Info: 604-467-7417.
August 20: Babytime
• Pitt Meadows Library presents babytime from 10:15 to 10:45 a.m. every Wednesday until Aug. 20. Info: 604-465-4113.
August 21: Storytime
• Pitt Meadows Library presents story time every Thursday until Aug. 21 from 10:15 to 10:45 a.m. Info. 604-465-4113.
August 23: BIA garage sale
• Maple Ridge BIA hosts a community garage sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on 224th Street. Info: 604-4672420 or kelseym@downtownmapleridge.ca
August 25: Music on Wharf
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He may not have been riding one himself but 13year-old Anthony Montechelle and his grandma Connie Arnold, both from Seattle, got the chance to get up close and personal with Kendal Campbell and her horse Vie-Va Vancouver (also inset) at Renfest in Maple Ridge this weekend.
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team they had booked, couldn’t make it,” Campbell said. “I had six weeks to put something together and I had no idea what medieval games were.” In those six weeks, Campbell by Christopher Sun researched, trained her horses and then csun@mrtimes.com sewed costumes for herself and her horses. She participated in the event and Kendall Campbell’s day job includes loved it. being a jeweller at her dad’s store and “It’s a lot of fun,” Campbell said. running a horse and carriage company. “I now want to learn to actually She is also married and has a threejoust and I would like to get some year-old daughter named Scarlett. real armour but it’s costly.” However, for one weekend in the This year the BC Renaissance summer, she dons her medieval Festival moved to Maple Ridge after attire, grabs her lance, hoists herself seven years in Langley. Campbell onto Vie-Va Vancouver, her 1,900 More plans to be involved again next year lbs Clydesdale horse, and becomes Photos and she is hoping the event will get Lady Mae, a knight of Hazelnut Online bigger, but corporate sponsorship is Grove. needed for that to happen. Campbell (nee Venning), per“It would be nice to open this up as an formed at the BC Renaissance Festival at the Albion Fairgrounds this past weekend. actual competition,” Campbell said, addThe horse enthusiast was born in Burnaby ing there needs to be a draw for people from outside the area to come. but moved to Maple Ridge when she was “We would need sponsors for that to four and has lived in the community for offer some good prizes.” 30 years. Her middle name is Mae. Now with the Renaissance Fair finished Her dad, Chris, grew up with horses for another year, Campbell’s focus is which resulted in Campbell and her sibon an upcoming drill team show at the lings riding horses at a young age and Pacific National Exhibition in Vancouver. joining the local 4H club. She started riding a Clydesdale horse when she was nine She is a member of the Thundering Impact Draft Horse Drill Team and they and now owns three of them. will be at the PNE on Aug. 20. Campbell was knighted for the “I’ve always wanted to be able to have Renaissance Festival last year and it was a horses in my life,” Campbell added. sudden transformation. “I’m lucky to have a flexible day job “Christina [Carr, an organizer of the which allows me to do what I do.” event] contacted me because a jousting
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s we are now in the hottest time shade or cool water, long exposure to hair of the year, dog owners must be dryers at grooming salons, and vigorous very aware of the risks of heat exercise on a hot day. stroke. Breeds such as boxers and pugs and It is common knowledge that we do bulldogs – with pushed in faces – are at not leave our dogs in a hot car even for greater risk, and care should be taken to just a few minutes in the hot weather, avoid exercise with them on hot days. but heat stroke can Dogs that wear also happen in other a muzzle can also situations such as be prone to heat Veterinarian and excessive exercise – stroke as they canowner of particularly in some not pant properly, Alouette Animal breeds. so muzzles should Hospital Generally, heat be avoided when stroke or hypertherexercising dogs on mia can happen hot days. when body temperA dog suffering ature rises above the from heat stroke is a normal 38.5 degrees medical emergency. by Dr. Michael Orser C to above 41 C. They may need info@alouetteanimalhospital.ca The critical temperintravenous fluids ature where organ and cool water failure and impending death occurs is applied to their head, stomach, armpits, around 41.2 to 42.7 degrees C. and feet to cool them down. Sometimes The primary way that dogs regulate tem- supplemental oxygen is also needed. perature is by panting. The prognosis depends on how long Dogs do not have sweat glands like the temperature has been elevated. Most people except for a small number in their pets will recover if otherwise healthy. pads. However, if the damage to internal organs Humans primarily cool themselves by is too severe it is quite possible for the sweating and then cool off as the sweat dog to die from heat stroke. evaporates. Always be careful with your dog in hot Dogs pant heavily to remove heat. weather as they may overdo the exercise Other causes of heat stroke include to be with you and the symptoms of heat being left in a yard without access to stroke can sneak up very fast.
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Jennifer York would like everyone to come and see the facilities and trails that surround the Maple Ridge SPCA. And it’s for this reason that this year’s Paws for
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has been held at the Albion Fairgrounds. The annual walk takes place on Sunday, Sept. 7, and registration begins at noon, with the walk kicking off at 2 p.m. A host of activities at the shelter is planned for the day, too.
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Glinda originally came to Katie’s Place in 2005. At that point she was a year old and was an indoor/outdoor cat. For some reason after she was spayed she started peeing outside her litter box. It wasn’t all the time but her owners gave her up. Glinda is a stunning girl who may have some Norwegian Forest Cat in her. She was adopted quickly. There was no issues with her at the new home, where she lived with a dog for 9 years. Unfortunately Glinda’s owner passed away and to her dismay she found herself back with us. Glinda is still stunning, and friendly, and loveable, and we hope someone choses to enjoy her company for the next 9 years.
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Going viral
Campaign gives participants chills A social media fundraising and awareness movement spilled over into Maple Ridge recently.
Ineke Boekhorst (left) and Taryn Stephenson accepted The Ice Box Challenge last week in support of ALS research.
Story and photo by Eric Zimmer
ezimmer@mrtimes.com
It’s a simple choice: Donate $100 to ALS research or dump a bucket of ice water on your head while people take pictures or video. Or - like many have done - just do both. In a social media fundraising and awareness campaign that’s quickly gone viral, people all over the world have accepted what’s been dubbed: The Ice Box Challenge. Last week, that challenge came to
Maple Ridge and was accepted by Ineke Boekhorst, executive director of the downtown Maple Ridge Business Improvement Association, along with Taryn Stephenson. The pair got wet but still plan to
make a donation. They’ve also challenged the ACT, the Social Chicks, and the Ridge Meadows Hospital Foundation to follow their lead.
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Run help needed Volunteers are “desperately” needed on Thursday, Aug. 28 to help with this year’s Terry Fox Run poster blitz in support of the upcoming run next month. The event takes place from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Hammond Community Centre, and is followed by a “dinner deal” at the Fox’s Reach, said run organizer Ali Wakeling. • More online: www.mrtimes.com, click on “Sports”
Accolades given Two members of the Maple Ridge Burrards lacrosse organization have received top honours. Coach Chris Gill was named coach of the year, while goalie Frankie Scigliano was named Goalie and Rookie of the Year. • More online: www.mrtimes.com, click on “Sports”
Albion accepted The Canadian Soccer Association has denied the Alouette District’s appeal and has given full support to BC Soccer’s decision to grant the Albion Football Club full club status. • More online: www.mrtimes.com, click on “Sports”
Burrards face Victoria in the finals.
Burrards in finals After defeating the Burnaby Lakers and winning the series Saturday, the Maple Ridge Burrards will now compete in the finals against Victoria. Game 1 is this Wednesday in Victoria. Game 2 is this Friday at Planet Ice. • More online: www.mrtimes.com, click on “Sports”
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Hockey preview
Flames look to keep fire hot
Ridge Meadows is looking to build on what the Flames consider a successful season.
While a 17-22-2-3 regular season record (good for third in the Harold Brittain Conference) and a four-games-to-one elimination at the hands of the Abbotsford Pilots in the opening round of the PJHL playoffs isn’t overly impressive on by Troy Landreville the surface, there were positives. tlandreville@mrtimes.com Reflecting on last season, Fiset Forming a Pacific Junior Hockey said he was “really happy with the League team – or more accurately, way things went.” trying to form one – in mid-to-late “We, for the most part, dressed August is like spinning a roulette 15 rookies every single night,” wheel. he said. “We had the longest General managers at the junundefeated streak [eight games] ior B level pull the hypothetical out of any Flames team over the wheel, then step back and cross last eight years. And if we didn’t their fingers, hoping it clicks to a run into injury problems in late stop on a certain number. January, early February, we would For Ridge Meadows Flames head have done a lot better down the coach and general manager Jamie stretch. But, you know, that’s the Fiset, that number is somewhere way it goes.” in the neighbourhood of 17 – as in Fiset credited the players from roughly 15 players returning from last season with making a big last year’s team that qualified for difference in changing what he the playoffs, along with two skatdescribed as “the culture” of the ers ripe with potential who have team. graduated from the BC Major “We really believed in the playMidget ranks. ers we had last year,” he said. TIMES files But here’s the rub: “They’re just good, quality people. Ridge Meadows forward Jake Holland, pictured in action against the Abbotsford Pilots last Junior A teams, particularly ones February during the Pacific Junior Hockey League playoffs, is one of the players who has It was fun coming to the rink last in the B.C. Hockey League, posyear.” impressed head coach and general manager Jamie Fiset at the Flames training camp. sess the hole card. The attitude will now shift from [going to be] until about early for Friday’s game versus the Ice As competitive young athletes, learning and building a core group September. I could see possibly 10 Hawks. hockey players strive to play at to just plain old winning, as the “We like what we have; we defthe highest level possible, meaning kids [from the Flames]… they’re Flames looks to make a big impact going to junior A camps, and a initely like what we have,” Fiset many of them will be attending in 2014/15. couple of them will probably make said. junior A camps over the next few “We were real happy to finit.” Returning forwards weeks. ish third [in the Harold Sixty players Jake Holland and If they make their Britain Conference PJHLpreseason were pared to Michael Bell – both respective junior A standings last year], but 30 as Fiset made from Maple Ridge teams, they won’t this year we’re going to game brutal, but ultim– impressed Fiset at be in the PJHL picfinish first,” Fiset said. Who: Ridge Meadows ately necessary, training camp. ture this season. An ambitious goal, but Flames vs. Delta Ice Hawks cuts in time for the Also on board are It’s a conundrum, one that isn’t out of the Where: Planet Ice Flames’ first exhib- Nick Ponak and Andrew a situation that’s realm of possibility, in When: Friday, Aug. 22, ition game this Strelezki. completely out of Fiset’s opinion. starting at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 22 at The duo finished oneFiset’s control. “That’s what we want Tickets: At the door Planet Ice, where two in team scoring with All he can do is to do,” he said. they’ll host the the BCMML’s Fraser put together the ICE CHIPS: There’s a Jaime Fiset Delta Ice Hawks at Valley Thunderbirds, best team posnew look to the PJHL Flames head coach 7:30 p.m. with Ponak leading the sible out of training camp, which this season. Thursday night, Aug. 14, marked way with 26 goals and 55 points in wrapped up Friday, Aug. 15 at The North Delta Devils have day three of the Flames’ training 40 games, and Strelezki two points re-located to Brookswood and are Planet Ice. camp, and Fiset, a Langley teacher back with 27 goals and 53 points “Junior A is running so long, now the Langley Knights, playdressed in a black polo short and in 40 games. right now,” he said, referring to ing out of the George Preston shorts as he stood in the front If they pull on Flames jerseys the B.C. Hockey League, which Recreation Centre. The Knights foyer of Planet Ice, shared his this season, Ponak and Strelezki begins its regular season Sept. 19 are in the Harold Britain along views about the season ahead. could add firepower to a Ridge with the Bauer BCHL Showcase. with the Flames, Pilots, Aldergrove The Flames had three pracMeadows team that made some “We probably aren’t going to Kodiaks, and Mission City tices scheduled in preparation strides in 2013/14. know what our final roster is Outlaws.
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