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Maple Ridge resident Gary Cleave is ambitious. He is running for both mayor and for a school trustee seat, committing to doing both jobs, with a financial discount to taxpayers if he’s doubly successful. “If I become mayor, I will donate $20,000 to support student learning programs,” Cleave said. “If I’m elected both mayor and school trustee, I will give the full $18,000 stipend as a trustee, as well.” Overlapping jurisdictions, such as sharing of parks and playing fields, is why Cleave decided to run for both positions. He unsuccessfully ran for school board three years ago, receiving 2,310 votes with an unconventional campaign, he plans to repeat. “I refuse to put up any election signs,” Cleave said. “It’s a marketing technique.” Instead, Cleave, 66, said he will utilize social Gary Cleave is running for mayor media such as Facebook of Maple Ridge, as well as a and Twitter. He promises position on school board. to serve one term and said he is running to provide leadership and eliminate infighting on council. “We’re not getting good leadership because we haven’t found a way to bring a collaborative spirit to council,” Cleave said, adding he is not campaigning on any community issues. “I’m not going to make anything happen. I’m going to work hard to have a culture of collaboration and mutual respect.” Chief election officer Ceri Marlow said a person can concurrently run for both council and school board, but if elected to both, the person must accept both roles or risk penalties. “It’s part of the nomination package,” Marlow explained, adding there is a penalty of $5,000 and imprisonment for up to one year for failing to accept the elected office. “You make a solemn declaration when you submit your papers.” As the race for mayor increased to five, another person announced their intention to run for City council. Don Mitchell has lived in Maple Ridge for 40 years and after attending various council meetings for the last three years, he now wants to be part of in the action.
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Kids finally back in the classroom A three-month-long teachers strike is finally over, and students were back in school for a partial day Monday.
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Art money available Grants of up to $1,500 are being made available to community organizations and service groups in Maple Ridge that want to support development of public art projects in the City. The projects must engage artists with residents in a creative collaboration that is publicly accessible and leaves a lasting experience or legacy for the general public, stipulates the criteria released Friday. Partnerships are also encouraged and welcomed with businesses and individual artists. The City’s public art steering committee has allocated $5,000 annually as seed money for these endeavour. Deadline for grant applications is Oct. 15, for both 2014 and 2015 projects. Info. at mrpmparksandleisure.ca/380. • More at www.mrtimes.com
Making political allies An existing Pitt Meadows councillor, who has indicated her own intentions to run in the November municipal election, is throwing her support behind a mayoralty candidate. Janis Elkerton Janis Elkerton made the public Pitt Meadows councillor proclamation Thursday afternoon that she will be supporting mayor hopeful John Becker. • More at www.mrtimes.com Chef Dez is a food columnist and culinary instructor in the Fraser Valley. Visit him at www. chefdez.com. Send questions to dez@chefdez.com or to P.O. Box 2674, Abbotsford, B.C. V2T 6R4
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Schools finally opened Monday, but not all parents were in a rush to send their kids back. “It’s good but it’s mixed,” said parent Corinne Langridge, while walking her son, Julian Wiggens, five, to Edith McDermott Elementary on a grey and wet Monday morning. “It’s great going back, but we have to wake up so early again, which will take some getting used to again. It was great having an extended summer with him.” Starting Grade 1 today, Wiggens looked forward to seeing familiar faces again. “I can see all my friends,” Wiggens said. Parent Heather Andre has two sons, Dylan, Grade 5 and Dale, Grade 11. She too didn’t mind having her kids around longer than usual. “I like having my kids home,” Andre said with a smile. “I also fully support the teachers and I stand behind them.” Last Thursday, more than 31,000 teachers voted 86 per cent in favour of a six-year contract that includes a 7.25-per-cent raise, a lump sum payment that can be used as a signing bonus, more teachers and support staff, improved benefits, and more preparation time. The quick turnaround time to open schools on Monday is attributed to principals and administrative staff working all summer, and teachers coming in last Friday to prepare, said school district communications manager Irena Pochop. Some school parking lots in the Lower Mainland were filled with cars on the weekend, but Pochop wasn’t sure if that was the case in Maple Ridge in Pitt Meadows. “It’s not something we would have expected them (teachers) to do,” Pochop added. “Teachers are pretty diligent though. I’m
Heather Andre (left) and her eldest son Dale, Grade 11, dropped off Dylan at school on Monday. Dylan is a Grade 5er at Edith McDermott Elementary. In the meantime, Corinne Langridge (above) dropped off her son Julian Wiggens for his first day of class in Grade 1 at Edith McDermott. Christopher Sun/TIMES
sure many were [at the very least] preparing from home over the weekend.” Schools were open for only a couple of hours Monday, with regular school hours commencing today (Tuesday). B.C. Education Minister Peter Fassbender has said the school year will not be extended to make up for the three weeks lost. Pochop explained that decision cannot be changed by the school district. “It would involve provincial legislation,”
she said. “The school calendar year is legislated. It would also be cost prohibitive.” The province is paying parents of children 12 and younger $40 for each strike day, so there probably isn’t a budget to extend the school year, Pochop surmised. In the meantime, motorists are being reminded that classes are back in, and to slow down and pay attention in school zones where the speed limited is 30 km/h.
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Cameras help nab pair in gasoline theft A high-tech security system tipped off Mounties, and lead to an arrest Sunday. by Roxanne Hooper rhooper@mrtimes.com
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alerted immediately, Dunlop explained. Consequently, two suspects, a 41-year-old man and a 30year-old woman – both from Pitt Meadows – were arrested “moments later,” she said. “Here’s where having a stateof-the-art security system paid off,” Dunlop added. “Thieves are counting on having anonymity during the dark-
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Beautification
City granted five blooms Maple Ridge took part in the B.C. Communities in Bloom competition and was given top honours. by Roxanne Hooper rhooper@mrtimes.com
Maple Ridge is one of the most beautiful and livable communities in the province. That was the verdict release in Trail during the 11th annual BC Communities in Bloom (CIB) awards evening, where top honours were bestowed on Maple Ridge. A pair of CIB judges visited the City in mid-July, and were given a tour that allows them to critique Maple Ridge in a variety of aspects: tidiness, environmental action, heritage conservation, urban forestry, landscaping, floral displays, and community involvement. All participating communities receive a rating of one to five “blooms,” with Maple Ridge being one of only three in the B.C. to receive all five blooms this year. The recognition, said CIB executive director Catherine Kennedy, speaks to all the hard work of various stakeholders in the community to make the community more inviting and appealing. Maple Ridge last competed in CIB in 2005, and chose to participate again nine years later, when Cyndy JohnsonMcCormick and Charlotte Mitchell approached the City offering to spearhead the community-driven initiative. Judges Peter Crawshaw and Heather Doheny said they were particularly enam-
oured with the downtown core, said parks and open space manager Geoff Mallory. “Our tour began at Memorial Peace Park and bandstand… the true hub of the community. This is where local government meets theatre and the arts; meets public park, leisure centre and gathering place extraordinaire,” the judges wrote in their summation. Maple Ridge ranked well on all areas of evaluation, Mallory said, noting he’s still reviewing the full 17-page evaluation. “Immediately it means that we live and work in an amazing community that has incredible volunteers who are the true heart and spirit of Maple Ridge, and this was pointed out numerous times by the judges,” he said. “Long term, it means we are doing the right things as a community to make the this a vibrant livable city and attractive for new residents and businesses.” Earning five blooms means Maple Ridge is eligible to compete at the national level next year, but whether the City will or not is still undetermined. The local committee will be meeting in the next few weeks to review the evaluation in detail, and based on their recommendations the parks and leisure services will take that suggestion forward to council, to determine if the City will proceed. “We wouldn’t be able to score as well as we did without the amazing volunteers we have in our community, from the volunteers at ARMS, the fairgrounds, CountryFest, the museum and historical society, and all the volunteers who adopt a block, park, trail, stream all make our community great,” Mallory said.
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In search of sockeye With their boat positioned between Maple Ridge and Fort Langley, just west of the Albion dock, recreational fishermen waited for fish to bite along the Fraser River on a recent pleasant sunny afternoon. Meanwhile commercial fishermen (inset) were able to cast their lines and nets, too. Troy Landreville/TIMES
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Cops for Cancer
Sore legs put in perspective Mountie rides through her community today. by Roxanne Hooper rhooper@mrtimes.com
Const. Victoria Boechler was reduced to tears this weekend, during the Cops for Cancer ride from Powell River to Lund. The nine-day cancer fundraising ride, which rolls into Pitt Meadows and Maple Ridge today (Tuesday), involves 29 riders – and one of those is Boechler, a member of the Ridge Meadows RCMP major crimes section. She chatted with a man named Steve, who joined the team for a small leg of their trip. Steve recently lost his son Jasper to cancer, and when he relayed his story, Boechler said she couldn’t keep the tears away. “The things these families have to go through and come out on the other end, is truly inspirational,” the local Mountie shared with The TIMES. “This is probably one of the hardest physical things I’ve ever had to do, she said of the 900-kilometre ride. “But meeting kids and their parents who are going through the cancer journey
Const. Victoria Boechler, a member of the Ridge Meadows RCMP, is excited to be visiting her community and her detachment on Tuesday afternoon. right now really puts my sore legs into perspective,” Boechler said. The Canadian Cancer Society Cops for Cancer campaign takes place each September, as a partnership with law enforcement and emergency services agencies. They work to make a difference in the lives of children affected by cancer and their families, and since 1997 Cops for Cancer in BC has raised more than $32 million that has been directed to childhood cancer research and caring support programs. So far this year, the Tour de Coast team – which Boechler is on – has raised more than $180,000, with
more still coming in. At the end of her fourth day riding, Boechler said she was still surprised and pleased to be riding, describing some legs of the ride as difficult. “The committed team members have all been puling together to get everyone through the tough spots,” she added. Boechler and the rest of the team roll into town today, stopping at Coast Capital Savings at about 1:30 p.m., Meadowridge School at 2:15, and the local RCMP office at 2:45. They’re here overnight, and visiting CountryFest and St. Patrick’s School Wednesday morning.
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Avoid hazards in school zone As of this week, children have again become a driving hazard – especially if the route for your morning commute or afternoon trip to the grocery store runs through or near a school zone. Kids are back in school. And they’re excited about it. Both factors will require extra caution from drivers. Because many parents opt to drive their children to and from school, there will be a spike in local traffic volumes and congestion on weekday mornings and afternoons from here on in. Traffic congestion has a way of creating frustration and inciting bad decisions in drivers who suddenly realize they are going to be late for work or appointments. In an environment of traffic congested by parents trying to relearn the routine of getting their youngsters to the school’s front door, frustrated commuters finding their usual route to work clogged, and masses of kids bubbling with excitement, one bad decision can wreak havoc on many lives. To create even more confusion, lots of kids will be walking to school, creating a mass of pedestrian traffic excited about their belated return to school, finally reconnecting with friends, and filled with all sorts of thoughts and ideas to distract them from the business of safely negotiating their route from home to classroom. Throw in the growing trend to distracted driving as people who have always tried combining their commute with breakfast or personal grooming and now split their concentration on cellphones and texting (we shudder to think what will happen when devices like Google Glass become ubiquitous), and tragedy lurks at every corner, at the edge of every sidewalk. Try to remember that in any unintended contact between a vehicle and a child, the child always loses. And so do you. – B.G.
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Expertise decided by lottery I’m not an economist. Too little value is placed on I’m not an expert in interexpert understanding these days. national trade relations. Except, that is, the experts Maybe the Foreign Investment weren’t given the opportunity Promotion and Protection to provide input into the trade Agreement (FIPA) signed between deal, either, not unless they came the governments of Canada and to the table with the “right” China is a good deal. answers (and the right political Or maybe it’s a bad deal. orientation) from the get-go. I have neither formal education Climate change… environnor experiential background that I ment… social economics… arctic could add to the debate about the sovereignty… trade deals… by Bob Groeneveld value of the deal. Experts need not apply for conWhat bothers me is that the sultation privileges… unless they debate is taking place after the deal has been have only the “right” answers to offer. signed. Besides, what about just letting people know Nobody gave me the benefit of the doubt that what’s going on? I might have something to contribute to a trade How is it that we are only allowed to get on deal between Canada and a country that constithe China FIPA bus after the engine is in full tutes one of the largest economies in the world. running mode and the wheels are turning? There are lots of people in this country without I get the impression that Prime Minister formally acknowledged understanding – people Stephen Harper has his own special coterie of like myself, but with a different range of perexperts on democracy, too. sonal interests – who would have liked to have Then there’s the flip side of the anti-expert participated in the decision-making process. movement: Justin Trudeau’s policy lottery. And many of them might have been able to Forget about earning your place at the table contribute valuable thoughts. by developing an area of expertise – Justin isn’t Of course, tapping into that kind of general interested, because like Stevie, he doesn’t really knowledge base is a radical concept that – once need you, he already has his crack troop of polupon a time in a land far, far away – used to be icy wonks filled with pre-approved party policies. called “democracy.” For only three dollars, however, you can litI understand, however, that international polerally win a chance to bend the ear of the federal itics is not a wiki-world proposition – although Liberals’ prime ministerial hopeful with your politicians often like to invoke that spectre of favourite policy concept. democracy and give the impression that we all And you meet Hillary Clinton… who is not have input and each of us is an invaluable part running for president… or not not running… of the overall public policy-making machinery or… whatever. that guides their decisions. At least there seems to be an acknowledgeWhen it suits their purpose. ment in the Liberal Party that visiting with a U.S. So personally, I’d be perfectly content to leave presidential hopeful is of more consequence than complex evaluations of such things as trade deals sharing policy thoughts with a potential prime and international negotiations to the experts minister. who have the certified training and experience to Hey! Maybe next time we need a trade deal, understand them. we could just draw names from a hat!
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Firefighters hung a huge Canada flag from a reach truck during Maple Ridge’s 140th birthday celebrations on Friday, Sept. 12.
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Indeed, we live in a most beautiful and vibrant little City. At its 140th birthday celebration last Friday evening, the giant Canada flag which the fire department raised, waved its approval over the ceremony. I try to participate in as many of the events around town as possible. So when the call went out for a poetry contest, I made a submission. Because I have never “Twitter-tweeted” before, I sent more than 140 characters (spaces included). Since I read my emails only once or twice a month, I missed the deadline notification to shrink the poem. Anyway, I would still like to share it. Where to? To the mountains high To the valleys low To the rivers rushing by To the dikes and trails where greenery avails To our home Across the bridge To Maple Ridge Happy 140th.
Lynell Adams. Maple Ridge
The BC Liberals did not disappoint. Our $1,000 was refunded, and our table at Doug Bing’s fundraiser was returned to the Riding Association. They didn’t let us in. Our decision to attend the event as guests came about after much conversation between friends and colleagues about how we could have a more impactful effect on our current leaders at a local and provincial level. The rallies have been great. The MLA meetings have been… informative. The letters have been powerful. But we needed to change our game. We decided we needed to make this more personal. We needed to step away from fiscal frameworks and balanced budgets. We needed to stop talking numbers and statistics and start talking people. Letters We needed to stop working against the government – it wasn’t working. to We booked a table at Bing’s fundthe raiser so that we could connect with our community leaders and their supporters on their turf, not in an adversarial way, but as intelligent, respectful professionals who wanted to work collaboratively with our leaders to enact positive change. But, true to form, they aren’t interested. On Wednesday, Bing’s assistant contacted the person who purchased our table and asked him for the names of all his guests. She wanted to make sure there were no teachers attending, for security reasons. (Yes, we are dangerous. The pen is mightier than the sword, etc.) The following day, the names were provided, and shortly after, we were advised that our donation would be refunded. On Friday morning, it was. Ours was a valiant effort, but in keeping with the current trend of investments and returns, we seem to have put in more than we’re getting out. Thank you to all who supported us in our effort to change the tone of conversation around issues in education and other social services. Collaboration and networking didn’t begin when planned, but the gig isn’t up. We remain committed to keeping the conversation alive.
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Leave past alone three years Dear Editor,
Marc Dalton used to be a teacher years ago [Dalton is breaking the law, Sept. 9 Letters, TIMES]. No Liberal MLA really has spoken out about the strike except Minister of Education Peter Fassbender and Minister of Finance Mike de Jong. Marc has been elected twice. I know your letter-writer thinks he should speak out for the teachers, since he was one once, or resign. Why bring up the past? You don’t have to elect him again in three years. Let him be. The past is the past.
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n late summer or early fall, gardens begin offering gifts that are ours for the taking – all we have to do is recognize them and put them to work. For instance, fallen leaves are one of the most valuable resources a garden can have. Used as a top-dressing on borderline-hardy plants, a thick mulch of fallen leaves can bring some most unlikely things through the winter. Some years ago I was fascinated to talk to a gardener who regularly overwintered pleiones (dwarf ground orchids) under a mulch of fallen leaves. A thickness of one foot (30 cm) was needed to get them through. Leaves are also a good weed-suppressing mulch in the vegetable garden. Layered around root vegetables, they protect against mild frosts so that carrots, leeks, and beets remain harvestable. But beware: if voles make tunnels in the your soil – don’t mulch. Voles consider root vegetables their private winter pantry. In the compost, leaves make a carbon-rich buffer when they’re layered between thick slices of green nitrogen-rich kitchen waste and weeds. With large leaves it’s best to chop them up first because big leaves act like a roof, preventing the rotting process because air and moisture
can’t penetrate below. The easiest answer is to heap leaves on the lawn and run over them repeatedly with a lawnmower. Do the final run with a catchment bag on the lawnmower. A tidier method is dumping the leaves into a clean garbage bin and shredding them with a weed-whacker. Works well for people with strong muscles. Good temporary leaf storage can be made by making a wire corral in the vegetable garden, dumping leaves in and either putting them in the compost when needed or waiting for freezing and moisture to break them down naturally. An alternative is storing leaves in big, plastic bags until needed. They break down reasonably well since moisture is held inside the bags. The last mowings of the season coincide nicely with the harvest from vegetable gardens. Some gardeners used much of this space for kale, Brussel sprouts, and other late-season cabbages and will use more to plant garlic. But where space remains, those late-season grass clippings are a nutritious gift for the soil where vegetables will grow in spring. Earthworms breed under those moist, warm clippings all winter and make the soil rich and crumbly. Another bonus at this time of year is the opportunity to gather seed and later this fall, or in spring sow it where you would like to have more of the same plant.
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• Whonnock Weavers and Spinners Guild meet at Whonnock Lake Centre, 27871 113th Ave., Maple Ridge, at 7:30 p.m. Besides spinners and weavers, they welcome felters, knitters, basket makers, and anyone interested in any other fibre arts. For more information, call Marie at 604-462-9059.
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• Special Olympics Ridge Meadows is hosting a car wash fundraiser at the corner of Lougheed Highways and 223rd Street. Payment is by donation and the event runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Athletes and volunteers will be washing cars to help raise awareness for the organization.
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Sept. 29: Reading
• Maple Ridge Library kicks off Canadian library month with activities and information. Special events last until Oct. 3.
Sept. 30: Caregiver series
• Family Caregiver Series: Understanding Dementia, is part of a five-session series and takes place from 6 to 8 p.m. For location, info and to register, call Kim or Lori at 604-298-0780.
Sept. 29: Movie
• Philomena is the true story of an unmarried Irish-Catholic woman who, decades after being forced by her community to give up her newborn son, embarks on a search to find him. It will be shown at The ACT at 7:30 p.m. Tickets and info: 604476-2787 or www.theactmapleridge.org.
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Golden Ears 4-H Community Club member Dara Grant showed her cow at the Pacific National Exhibition. In the meantime, Sarah Dreier (right bottom) of the Pitt River 4-H Rabbit Club turned her rabbit on its back for judge Becky Weerts in the nine to 11 year old rabbit showmanship competition at the PNE.
ost of the kids won’t go as far as to call them pets – they More in fact like to keep Photos a bit of an emotional distance with their animals, knowing the Online cows, pigs, sheep, rabbits, goats, and poultry will likely be sold at the end of the 4-H season. But that doesn’t stop some youngsters from becoming fully invested in the breeding, nursing, and raising of their animals to ensure they are healthy and happy. It’s that devotion to the animals that paid dividends to local 4-H members this summer, when they participated in the provincial competitions and then auctioned off their livestock during this year’s Pacific National Exhibition, explained Deanna Laity, the leader of the Golden Ears 4-H Community Club. In the dairy ring, for instance, Lauren Kozol was grand champion dairy showman at the PNE and also won the dairy aggregate award. “An amazing achievement for someone who is in her third year of 4-H,” Laity said, noting that many other 4H-ers also shown in and out of the show ring this year.
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Rainey was transferred to Katie’s Place from another shelter. She was found as a stray, and any home she may have had neglected her. Her nails had overgrown so much that they actually curled back up and grew into her pads causing infection. Rainey was thin, dirty, and weary of humans. Rainey is about 8-10 years old, keeps mostly to herself, and doesn’t demand attention. But she really needs it. She needs someone who will help her recover from her physical and emotional wounds. Someone who will love her, keep her safe, and shower her with attention. Rainey will be a lovely companion for the right person.
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he cafe at the Pitt Meadows Airport was a happenin’ place today. The patio was alive with little kids delighted to be looking at airplanes, and grandparents delighted to be indulging their little grandkids. To tell the truth, grandparenting has been on my mind since last week when a good friend became a first time grandparent. Overnight, she morphed into an adoring, joyful grandma with a whole new take on life. She said that she had expected to be happy about her new status, but she hadn’t realized how powerful the feeling would be. The Internet is littered with sites that guide people on how to be the best grandparent ever. The way I figure it, all this information is defeating the purpose – the drive for perfection in all things is just making people more insecure. C’mon, folks. It’s really very simple – the only rule a grandparent needs is the one my friend discovered – an unconditional love and delight in the new baby’s very existence. I don’t know who was the first to say it, but if a child is accepted and loved unconditionally by even just one person, they will be more able to cope with whatever life throws at them.
Having said that, I’m relationship with him or also going to toss in a few her. other words that go with Nurture, protect, supthe unconditional love and port, and share your values acceptance with the – patience, grandkids, listening, but respect underthe rules standing, that their paying parents lay attention down. to what is If posbeing said, sible, be and sharavailable to ing a little the grandwisdom kids on by Kathy Booth now and a regular then. basis from I don’t when they mean the kind of “wisare first born. I’m talking dom” that comes from about more than babysitconversations that start ting. with the cliche “when I The parents may think was a little kid…” I mean that you’re providing some letting the little ones trot respite for them, but you’re around the garden asking also offering the grandkids all sorts of questions, or a change of pace from their digging in the dirt together; parents. taking them fishing; readSome of my fondest ing books; cooking; playing memories are the times soccer/baseball/whatever when I had my grandsport; dancing together; or parents, all to myself. I just hanging around. can remember following Grandparents can be a fountain of knowledge about a child’s parents and the family history, traditions, and values. So here are a few dos and don’ts. Unless you are raising the grandkids, remember that they have parents who are their primary caregivers. You are like the icing on the cake, not the whole cake itself. So, go ahead and adore your little grandchild, and develop your own special
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my grandpa around as he pruned the roses, and playing with my very own bit of pie dough while my grandma made pies. Our own daughters developed a love of music from banging on the piano as their grandpa played. Nowadays, if the grandkids live far away, technology can be a real boon. Programs like Skype may not be as good as taking the little ones to the airport cafe, but they can help develop and maintain a real connection for grandparents and grandkids. For information on programs and resources for families with young children, follow the Ridge Meadows Early Childhood Development Committee on facebook or twitter and check out their website at www.ridgemeadowsecd.ca.
– Kathy Booth is a local writer addressing the importance of early childhood development, and the work being done in Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows, and with Katzie First Nations.
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Garet Hunt, a hockey player from Maple Ridge, took part in the opening festivities celebrating the start of the Vancouver Giants hockey season on Saturday night. • More online: www.mrtimes.com, click on “Sports”
Knights in action
On Saturday night, the Meadowridge White Knights football team lost 28-6 in Abbotsford At the same time, on home turf, the Pee Wee Gold Knights went head-to-head against the Pee Wee Blue Knights at Samuel Robertson Technical Secondary. Both teams showed a solid effort and in the end, the Blue Knights walked away with the win, by a score of 26-8. • More online: www.mrtimes.com, click on “Sports”
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Pitt Meadows Secondary’s varsity team (made up of seniors from Grades 11 and 12), trampled the Abbotsford Panthers at home Friday night. The game ended in a 7-0 victory for the Marauders.
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Ridge Meadows Special Olympics will host a car wash fundraiser this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., on the corner of 223rd Street and Lougheed Hwy. Athletes and volunteers will be out rain or shine washing cars, and raising funds and awareness for the organization. Payment is by donation. • More online: www.mrtimes.com, click on “Sports”
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Ridge Meadows scored a big win over Grandview Sunday. by Troy Landreville tlandreville@mrtimes.com
Talk about good timing. Grant Rostvig scored the winner in the waning moments of the third period, to snap a 2-2 tie and lift the Ridge Meadows Flames to a 3-2 win over the Grandview Steelers on Sunday afternoon, at the Burnaby Winter Club. The win put an end to the Flames’ two-game losing skid
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