Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows Times November 25 2014 by Maple Ridge Times

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Websites rankle mayors The ex-partner of a councillor confirmed he purchased and utilized web domains bearing the names of the incoming and outgoing mayors.

by Troy Landreville tlandreville@mrtimes.com

When Jack’s wife Bernie went into a care home in 2002, the Second World War veteran and Maple Ridge resident not only missed the love of his life, but also the delectable meals she prepared for him for 55 years. “She was an excellent cook,” Jack said about Bernie, who passed away five years ago now. “So I never learned the skill. I was spoiled all my life. My wife was a good cook, my mother was a good cook, and my grandmother was a good cook.” Once he was on his own, Jack missed his wife’s culinary skills. His attempt at boiling an egg turned out to be quite the misadventure. “I got the egg out of the fridge and I’d never done it before, so I hit the [egg against the] edge of the sink and I had the water ready,” he recalled. “I put it [the egg] on the edge of the stove and it went down the crack. As far as I know it’s still there. So that’s my effort on cooking.” Luckily for Jack, Veterans Affairs Canada suggested he try Meals On Wheels, which delivers meals to seniors, many of whom live alone and at risk of isolation, and to others in need who are unable to prepare meals on their own. Jack was 79 years old when he first started using

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Jack, a 91-year-old veteran from Maple Ridge, welcomes Meals on Wheels to his home. Meals On Wheels, which helps Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows residents and their families. He’s 91 now and still receiving meals from the program. Volunteers deliver meals to Jack’s home Monday to Friday, including two extra ones on Thursdays for the coming weekend. “I think it’s the next best thing to home cooking,” Jack said. “I can’t cook but I know how to eat.” He said the meals are almost as good as Bernie’s cooking, with an emphasis on “almost.” “They’re different each day, and I know I’m eating a healthy, well balanced

diet,” Jack said. “As far as I’m concerned, Meals On Wheels is it.” Today, Jack says he’s the same weight as he was when he was 19. “Only difference is, the numbers have turned around,” he said. “I don’t require any medication for blood pressure, cholesterol or diabetes, as many of my friends do.” He attributes this to a regular, healthy diet. Jack looks forward to visiting with drivers from Meals On Wheels, who he calls “very friendly and helpful.” “I love the visit, and one driver always has a new joke for me,” Jack added.

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“They even cut up my meat as I am quite handicapped.” Jack noted that he couldn’t live in his own home, if it wasn’t for Meals On Wheels. His goal is reach the age of 110, “so I can be the oldest veteran in Canada.”

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In support of the organization that benefits Jack and many others in his situation, a Country Christmas concert fundraiser is being held at The ACT this weekend. The annual concert, on Saturday, Nov. 29 from 1:30 to 4 p.m., is produced by Rob Hess, and this

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year features special guest Kenny Hess, an awardwinning country music artist. There are plenty of tickets available and they can be picked up a head of time for $14 each, online via The ACT website (www.theactmapleridge. org), or by visiting The ACT ticket centre. In conjunction with the concert, a silent auction is being held the same afternoon in the foyer of The ACT, with proceeds going to all of the local Meals On Wheels’ services. Tickets are available *Editor’s note: Jack’s last name was omitted for his safety.

Actions of a councillor’s campaign team were called into question by other candidates after apparent rerouting of some websites was discovered. As recent as last Thursday, Corisa Bell’s website [corisabell. com] came up as a default when Internet browsers Nicole Read sought mayor-elect out information on two Maple Ridge mayoralty candidates – defeated mayor Ernie Daykin and mayor-elect Nicole Read. While this type of web play is being met with some concern from the incoming and outgoing mayors, Bell told The TIMES she had nothing to do with it. Bell topped the councillor polls in Maple Ridge on Nov. 15.

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Volunteers are still needed for the Salvation Army’s annual fundraising campaign. by Christopher Sun

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BC Cancer canvasses BC Cancer Foundation is giving the community a heads up that their canvassers are currently knocking on doors, providing information about what they do. They won’t solicit cash, but rather provideinformation about who BC Cancer Foundation is, and their donor program. • More at www.mrtimes.com

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Connor Levins received recognition for his recent work in a straight-to-video movie.

Young act0r lauded Pitt Meadows youth actor Connor Levins took home some hardware from this year’s Joey Awards for his work in the straight-to-video movie, Let It Snow. The 15-year-old actor won in the category of Young Actor age 10 to 19 in a Made for Television/Straight to Video Leading Role. The awards aim to recognize young performers in Canada. • More at www.mrtimes.com

Bells are ringing but not very loudly right now as the local Salvation Army are still recruiting volunteers for their kettle campaign, currently underway. The six-week, 2014 campaign launched last Friday and while almost 50 people have volunteered to work two-hour shifts, ringing bells and manning the red donation kettles, the community organization is currently short 1,800 volunteer hours. “We are in the early days and while that seems like a huge number, any kettle that isn’t manned is money we are not collecting,” said spokesperson Amelia Norrie, explaining the campaign will go into full gear on Dec. 1. “Two hours goes by pretty quickly, even though it may be cold and wet.” Volunteers can work one shift of two hours or multiple shifts. Kettles will be located at 12 locations throughout Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows, such as grocery stores and liquor stores. The local chapter is aiming to raise $92,000 this year after raising just under $90,000 last year. Monies raised during the kettle campaign will primarily go towards the meal program, which offers three meals each day at the Caring Place, to those in need. Those interested in volunteering can call 604463-8296, and enter extension 104.

An open house on the Hammond Area Planning Process is scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 26 at Hammond Elementary, from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. The process is now in phase two, which will involve a more detailed examination of the issues that emerged from phase one. • More at www.mrtimes.com

Museum collects food The Maple Ridge Historical Society receives significant support throughout the year from other non-profits, and citizens. Now they’re giving back, and admission to the Haney House and Maple Ridge Museums will be free until Dec. 17, with the donation of at least two canned goods to the Friends In Need food bank. • More at www.mrtimes.com

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Another local fundraiser the Salvation Army is busy preparing for, is the third annual Salvation Army Dignity Breakfast, in support of the Caring Place. The event is next Wednesday, Dec. 3 at the South Bonson Community Centre. Tickets are $60 or $400 for a table of eight and the event is 75 per cent sold out. The breakfast will feature business consultant and coach, Janice Martin as the keynote speaker. “She’s just phenomenal,” Norrie said.

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families, it is just not financially possible,” Gift Shoppe, a second-hand gift shop that has Bates elaborated. “Even though we know been going now for 14 years. that a special Christmas card from your child This program provides financially disadvanis enough of a gift, we thought that we could taged families access to gently used clothing, stretch our resources and time and offer housewares, toys, and other items free of something unique to our young resicharge. Last year, this service was dents.” made available to 574 families. This year, the Kids Only day runs Similar to the Kids Only, Rudolph’s Dec. 14, and in advance of that Gift Shop is available for hamper organizers are hoping to receive families to visit on Dec. 6 and 13. some help in the form of donated Any donations for the hamper gifts. society can be delivered to the ham“We know that everyone has a per office on the Albion Fairgrounds, closet or drawers packed with gifts Mondays through Fridays, from 10 that friends etc. have given you, and a.m. to 5 p.m., or at The TIMES, #222345 North Ave. that they will never use. Helping Lorraine Bates To those able to help, Bates asked our less fortunate in the community Hamper co-chair if they can bring their donations in doesn’t necessarily mean that you soon, so her “eager volunteers” can begin have to donate cash,” Bate said. preparing for the free shopping days. “Take the time to find your gift stash, For questions on these or any other hamper donate them to Kids Only program, put programs, people can connect with Lorraine smiles on kids faces and give them the Bates at 604-463-6922 or lorraine@mrpopportunity to feel the ‘gift of giving.’ It realmchristmashamper.org. ly is that easy,” she said. The local hamper society is operated two In the meantime, hamper organizers are months of the year, all by volunteers. also gearing up for their Rudolph’s Recycle

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One day every December, kids in need are invited to participate in a free shopping spree to find the perfect gift for their folks. But last year, the supply of presents was all but depleted, and organizers are now scrambling to replenish in time for this year’s event. For the 13th consecutive year, volunteers at the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Christmas Hamper Society will be hosting their KidsOnly Gift Shoppe. It’s for the children of registered hamper families, and last year there were more than 500 kids who participated, explained Lorraine Bates, co-chair of the hamper. “It gives children a great feeling to be able to give as well as receive, but unfortunately, for some of the children from our registered

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“I actually knew nothing about it [until Thursday],” said Bell, whose ex-partner Jon Peters called the newspaper minutes later to take full responsibility. Read’s website is nicoleformapleridge.com. But a voter typing nicoleformapleridge, or alternatively nicoleread.com into a web browser would have arrived at Bell’s website instead. Likewise, Daykin’s website is erniedaykin.ca, but erniedaykin.com defaults to Bell’s website. Peters, who helped set up Bell’s website three years ago and helped tweak her web in advance of the recent election, said he’s in the web business and purchases available domain names “all the time.” He quickly acknowledged that he bought the domains in question, as well as one under MLA Marc Dalton’s name, among others. For those hunting for information on Bell, they could get to her page directly at corisabell.com, or if they typed .ca, .net, or .org, they would automatically be rerouted to the .com site because he purchased rights to all those domains. In the case of Daykin’s and Read’s web domains, he said, he chose to have the urls redirect to Bell’s website for a week leading up to the election. Now that the election is over, he added, he will be replacing them with “placeholder webs.” “In my business it is common practice,” he said, noting that he created his first website in 1994 and now works with “$100-million companies.” As for the domains in

The outgoing and incoming mayors for Maple Ridge are both alarmed to find their names used on web domains that lead back to Councillor Corisa Bell’s election website. question, Peters said he will offer the .ca websites to Read, because, “I like Nicole.” But he said he’ll hang on to the domains with Daykin’s name, and maybe sell them at a future date. Daykin learned about the misdirect last night (Wednesday), and he said he was immediately “shocked, surprised, and choked.” Then, he said, disappointment began to creep in, although he was quick to clarify that he doesn’t believe it would have changed the outcome of the election for him. Thursday, in chatting with his son and webmaster Michael, Daykin soon learned that his campaign team had previously registered .com, .ca, and .net domains of his name. However, the .com had lapsed, and “some could argue that someone was on the ball and grabbed it up,” Daykin said. He questioned the ethical conduct of using another person’s name in such a way as to imply support or a connection that doesn’t exist. “It dances along a certain line... using someone’s name to their own advantage,” Daykin added. “Personally, it’s not something I would do. I think it

speaks to a different set of values than I have.” If this is what politics is becoming, he said, maybe it’s a good time for him to get out. After two terms as a Maple Ridge councillor and another six years as mayor, Daykin was defeated Nov. 15 by Read, who received 5,637 votes to his 3,958. “I want to go out… with my head held high,” Daykin said, “and I don’t want to sound like a sore loser.” In fact, after learning of the issue, and realizing he was not the only “victim,” Daykin reached out to alert Read of the situation. Read said she, too, learned about the website issue last Wednesday night, and said, “I was actually really surprised to see that.” She’s unclear what the intention was for someone to redirect voters in this method. “You know this election has been really challenging, like in terms of what we’ve been put through by other camps… I’m assuming it must have been there… during the campaign, and we were not aware of it,” Read said. “I just don’t know why somebody would do something like that… I’m assuming nicoleread.ca will stop pointing to Corisa’s

website.” She met with Bell on other matters Thursday morning, and brought up the issue during the discussion. “She seemed to not be aware of it,” Read said. “Obviously it’s not good,” the mayor-elect added of what she perceived as an attempt to capitalize on her branding. “I need to work with Corisa going forward for the next four years, so I’m hopeful that whatever things happened during the campaign, that they can be set aside in order for the team to function really effectively together,” Read concluded. In the meantime, election rules for the web seem to fall into a grey area. Maple Ridge’s chief elections officer Ceri Marlo offered limited comment. “A chief election officer is not responsible for conduct of candidates,” Marlo said, deferring questions to the provincial government. “It’s not something that sounds like anything under our authority,” said Elections BC spokesperson Don Main, who began to look into the matter. A short time later, he clarified, “It’s definitely not us.” Elections BC only administers the local election campaign financial accounting, and websites don’t fall under their purview, Main said. Only financial or advertising guidelines are governed by Elections BC, he clarified. Bell’s website, as well as the other sites in question – which deferred back to Bell’s site – are all hosted on GoDaddy.com, which is a web hosting company out of Arizona.

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Hunt still underway in Pitt Meadows A centennial year community involvement initiative is nearing its end, but there’s still time. by Eric Zimmer ezimmer@mrtimes.com

Those looking to get in on the Pitt Meadows Heritage Hunt still have the opportunity to do so, as the seventh and final clue is being released today, and will lead participants to the grand prize activity. “The hunt is still going strong,” said Erin Mark, centennial coordinator for the City. “We have had good response and tons of positive feedback,” she elaborated. The Heritage Hunt is part of the ongoing community celebration of the City’s centennial year. The Hunt leads people through Pitt Meadows with clues and activities designed to honour the com-

munity’s history. Participants can find clue locations and complete on-site activities for a chance to win one of the weekly prizes, which are drawn on Mondays at 10 a.m. so answers must be submitted before then. Both individuals and families have taken part in the hunt, and have commented that it’s been a great learning experience, and – in some cases – has led to further research on the community by those who have participated, said Mark. “This was designed as a community engagement project that everyone could participate in,” she added. Response to the Hunt has been “right on with what we were hoping to achieve,” she added. Also beginning today, there will be a package available for individ-

uals and groups that want to complete the Heritage Hunt in one day. For example, said Mark, there are several Girl Guides groups that have expressed interest in participating in the hunt as part of their weekly meeting. Clues don’t need to be completed on a weekly basis, however, clue number seven needs to be done only after all previous clues are completed All participants have until Dec. 2 to submit their final clue. The grand-prize winner will be announced during A Pitt Meadows Christmas, on Dec. 5. “Our grand prize is amazing,” Mark exclaimed. The total value of the package is $300, “plus once-in-a-lifetime experiences,” added Mark.

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Politics shifts to ordinary gear I grew up discussing politics Indeed, I learned over the around the house from about as years, through personal encounyoung as I can remember: at the ters with MPs and MLAs and dinner table, in the living room, an occasional premier or prime while loading bales of hay on the minister that the reality of those trailer, while milking the cows or folks at the Langley Township feeding the chickens. council table was the reality of We talked about federal polpolitics in general, from Ottawa itics: Diefenbaker and CCF and to Washington, from cities like Pearson and Social Credit and Vancouver to comfortable villacommunisim and capitalism and ges like Pitt Meadows. socialism. They are ordinary people. by Bob Groeneveld We considered the pros and Some are ordinarily affable, and cons of Wacky Bennett’s strange some are ordinarily pompous. brand of capitalism that included socializing the A few are more intelligent than the rest of us, electrical grid and the woe-begotten ferry system a few are less intelligent than the rest of us, but that was our lifeline to the rest of the world (I most fall right around the mid-range, like the grew up on Vancouver Island). rest of us. But we rarely, if ever, discussed local politics. They have ordinary friends and ordinary Maybe that was because we lived outside of acquaintances and ordinary faults. the city, where mayors and aldermen held no Most aren’t really leaders. They just follow the sway over the nuts and bolts of our existence. pack like the rest of us, and struggle to do the So while I was fairly well versed in the comright thing when they can, like the rest of us. ings and goings of federal and provincial – and And some are outright jerks. international – affairs from a very young age, I Indeed, there seem to be more jerks in poswas a blank slate when I attended my first local itions of leadership these days than there used council meeting at the start of my newspaper to be. career nearly 38 years ago. But then there seem to be more jerks in genI went into that meeting a little awestruck, I’ll eral than there used to be. admit. Here I was, just a kid from the country, I seem to recall when being a jerk got you stepping into a position of importance, to report labelled as a “jerk” – and it cost you, socially to the rest of my new community the decisions and economically. that their (now our) leaders were making. If you ran a business like a jerk, you’d lose A number of things struck me about that first business. Plain and simple. meeting. I went in there expecting to encounter Now, it seems, being a jerk can win you the community’s greatest minds, its most noble admiration, as long as you do it right. members, its wisest participants… and I came It used to be that if you did a dirty deal on out with the realization that that’s not how dem- anyone in the community, the whole community ocracy works, after all. would soon know, and you’d pay the price for Because my brushes with politicians up till taking advantage of “one of us.” then had been at a distance – people who rated Today, it seems the person who fell for the appearances on the nightly news and the front questionable deal is seen as a “loser” and the pages of newspapers – I was unprepared for the guy who did him dirt gets ahead. ordinariness of the people sitting around the Society, community, business, politics – it all council table. boils down to what we accept as ordinary.

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Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Remembering Riddick

Maple Ridge saved a family

in honour of Riddick, those who provided Dear Editor, food and refreshments at my home after A year ago, we lost our precious little Riddick’s burial, those who helped organize boy, Riddick. He was three months shy of the beautiful vigil that evening, and those his third birthday. who organized the fundraiser on the My husband and I moved to GoFund website. Maple Ridge in 2005. Never having Letters Suddenly, we can’t move from this had any family here at all, we didn’t wonderful and generous community really feel like this was home for us, to that embraced and welcomed us at the or at least, I didn’t feel like this was the lowest time of our lives. home for us. I always felt like we I am a proud resident of Maple would move back to the Okanagan Editor Ridge and a proud friend of those at some point; it was just a matter whom I have come to know through of time. But that all changed for us last year. What this ordeal. Thank you is simply too small of words to describe the gratitude we feel. was supposed to be a highly anticipated I particularly want to thank the men and Mother-and-Son day turned into the worst women who came running to help Riddick day of my life. My perfect, bubbly gentle and me on the day of the accident. I need giant died right in front me. them to know that I saw them, and while I Immediately, I was in lockdown. I shut might not know their names or remember my doors, closed the blinds, protected my their faces if I saw them on the street, they heart. I was unaware of what was happenshould know that I am forever indebted to ing around me. I have fleeting memories them for all their efforts. of meeting people, saying thank you, givThose who see us and want to ask about ing hugs; but ultimately, I had no idea the magnitude at which our loss had affected so Riddick, please do, as we love any opportunity to talk about our son. Maybe I will many people. tell a funny story that will make someone The residents of Maple Ridge suddenly smile. rallied together to support us, to lift us up You should all be very proud of yourin our time of need, to make us feel part selves. While we may not have been able to of this community. There were people save Riddick, you all helped save the rest of who organized meals for my all family and his family. friends who came from afar, those who donated a toy for the Christmas hamper The Servio Family, Maple Ridge

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Tangled webs short of standards

Dear Editor, Corisa Bell should give a full public apology for her staff’s website redirection [Maple Ridge mayors question purchase of web domains bearing their names, Nov. 20, www.mrtimes.com].

What you’re telling us on Facebook The TIMES broke a story online about •websites seemingly belonging to the

incoming and outgoing mayors, but redirecting voters to another candidate’s webpage. Readers responded:

“I’m disgusted with this. Good to know our City likes dirty politics.” – Katie Clunn “This is just plain good strategy. Get with the times people.” – Steve Boey “Let’s not take for granted the instant access we have to our elected officials via social media. Councillor Corisa Bell is here by choice, not by obligation. Very brave in, my opinion.” – Andrew Anderson “This is shocking.”

– Vicki McLeod

“Business can do things that we do not accept from a politician. You say you did not tell Corisa because you knew she would not approve. Do you think you are helping her reputation?” – Paul Marsen “In Jon’s defense, cybersquatting has gone on for a long time. When someone is planning to run, they should secure their domains.” – Simon Matthews “So Corisa Bell hired her ex to set up the website and ‘tweak’ it prior to this election? Now she is claiming that she wasn’t involved? Sorry, I don’t buy it. It’s her business to know.” – Colleen Michaels “I volunteered and did it on my own because I don’t like Ernie Daykin.” – Jon Peters

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It’s not enough to say, “I didn’t know.” A class act is to say, “I didn’t know, and if I had known, I would have stopped this unethical practice immediately.” This gets into deliberate electronic misdirection, similar to “Robo” calls, which also was deliberate misdirection, and also left politicians saying they had no knowledge that it had happened. I was the Chief Elections Officer for the IBEW Local 258 for a number of election years. I had to prove to the members of Local 258, the BC Labour Relations Board (LRB), and the International body of the IBEW that ethical, open, and above-board practices had been observed. One candidate got a free mobile phone from TELUS, and a complaint was made to IBEW International headquarters, and I had to demand it be returned. The bar for government and union ethical standards that I had to be responsible for would have ruled the civic voting outcome as a failed election process – with an order for a run-off for those potentially affected by this use of web domains. Isn’t it interesting that many people think unions have a sham political process. How little does the public know, eh? Thanks to the TIMES for exposing this, because, yes, we do care. Geoff Clayton, Maple Ridge

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Seventeen too many

Dear Editor, I wonder how a 17-storey building was passed and is on the way to becoming reality in our beautiful City. It is going to change our community from having a beautiful view of the mountains, to an array of concrete and lights jutting out of the horizon towards the sky. It won’t stop at one building. Soon we will be looking like the landscape around Coquitlam Centre. I am not against progress, but 17 storeys? Christine Gilmour, Maple Ridge Letters on this page have been edited for space. For longer versions, or more letters to the editor visit... www.mrtimes.com – Click on Opinion, or search the writers’ names

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Swan song

Just saying… one final word

have good news and for team-building the new bad news. council. The good news is, That made the decision my suspension durvery easy. ing the campaign trail as a Over the past two years, published columnist in The I have had the privilege of TIMES has been lifted. sharing my opinion and In the second year of have hopefully provoked my contract, after submitthe minds of my readers. ting column number 45, I Or I could quote Chuck by Gordy Robson informed my editor I was Lorre on his #463 Vanity standing for municipal Card, aired Oct. 6. council, and rightfully my In his swan song, Lorre column was suspended during the camwrote, “As a smug word jockey who paign. never missed an opportunity to tickle the Despite my “exhausting” (I am being establishment prostrate sans Astroglide, ironic) campaign, I was still able to prodnow finds the metaphor offensive. Which uce four columns which are somewhere means it is time to hang it up.” out there in “The Cloud.” Writing this column has been very I also had my first rewarding in so many experience with Facebook. ways. Researching the So as one of my kids Two weeks after the start charge of the Light of the campaign, I felt I Brigade, the acquisition told me, “Get over it, was standing naked on of a new Chinese aircraft Dad. Just tell them the internet asking people carrier, and the plight of to meet you on your to like me and share me. the Panama Canal were all I am still absorbing the enlightening. blog.” repercussions of that My editors have told me move. my readers are fiercely So now we are back. loyal, but are aging. The election is done and there are a lot I think one of the most rewarding of changes. Surprisingly, I became part of things about writing the column is the a new, young, eager city council which number of people who engage Mary and hopefully will become a team. me in the community. Some of them Now for the bad news. point out they don’t agree with all of Following the election results, my editor what I say, but they are regular readers informed me: “As a consequence of your and bring up a column they liked. success Saturday night, we now have a I will miss that. decision to make whether or not to mainSo as one of my kids told me, “Get over tain your column in our pages.” it, Dad. Just tell them to meet you on Simultaneously, Mary and my team your blog.” strongly suggested that, if I continued As if I know what that is. writing a column, it could be a negative Just saying…

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Nine-year-old Isabella Zhang, a Grade 4 student at Meadowridge School, won a national art contest through the Get To Know program, an organization aimed at fostering more connection between children and nature. While Isabella submitted two oil paintings to the contest this year, her Land Snail (inset) painting earned her the honours. She was one of 12 kids in North America to win. She also submitted a painting of a heron.

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Five-year-old Liam Connolly admired the designs on these a few bicycle bells Arlene Hale had for sale during the final Haney Farmers Market of the season on Nov. 15. Meanwhile Caden Knudson (above left), a folk and blues guitarist, entertained the small crowd. Ridge M ead fellow M ows RCMP Sup t. Dave ounties Phil Rans om/Spec Fleugel, in in the M ial to The and aple Rid red serge were TI ge Reme among th a contingent o MES Park on f m ose who Nov. 11 b ra n c e . Day serv p ices in M articipated emorial Peace

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Operation Christmas Child

Shoebox donations pour in for Third World kids Help from locals makes a huge difference to needy children around the globe.

Operation Christmas Child • The 2014 National Collection effort concludes this week. • Shoebox gifts can also be packed online at SamaritansPurse.ca/Shoebox. • 664,066 gift-filled shoeboxes were collected in Canada in 2013, 10 million worldwide. • Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts are also collected in Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Austria, Finland, Spain, the United Kingdom, Japan, Spain, and the United States. • Shoebox gifts are distributed in more than 100 countries, on six continents. • Since 1993, more than 100 million Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes have been collected and distributed around the world.

by Troy Landreville tlandreville@mrtimes.com

From a First World perspective, it takes little to brighten the life of a child living an impoverished country. Hard candy, toys small enough to fit into a shoebox or likesized container, school supplies, hygiene items – all of these can make a world of difference for a little one whose day-to-day life is a struggle. Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows residents can make that difference by making a donation to Operation Christmas Child (OCC) Ridge Meadows, which is coming off a record year. In 2013, 3,711 packages were donated to OCC Ridge Meadows. “It went really well,” said Barb Gustafson, who since 2001 has volunteered as OCC Ridge Meadows’ local coordinator. “Usually we receive around 3,500 [packages]. The goal this year is 3,800 or more, but we’re happy with whatever comes.” Gustafson was floored by the amount of support OCC Ridge Meadows received last year. “As more word gets out, it mushrooms down the line,” Gustafson said. “The generosity

Donated Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes (like the one in this little guys backpack) full of gifts make such a difference in the lives of children in need the world over. But there’s also a reward for those who help make it possible, said Barb Gustafson (inset), the OCC Ridge Meadows coordinator since 2001. of people is pretty awesome.” Through OCC, tens of thousands across Canada fill containers with toys, school supplies, hygiene items, and a little hard candy (in a Ziploc bag) for needy children around the world. Filling a shoebox is easy: • select a shoebox – place items in regular-sized shoebox or

shoebox-sized plastic boxes such as Rubbermaid or Sterilite containers. If wrapping your shoebox, wrap the lid separately; • determine whether your gift will be for a boy or a girl, and the child’s age category: 2 to 4, 5 to 9, or 10 to 14; • fill your shoebox with school supplies such as pencils,

pens, pencil crayons, notepads, and picture books; toys and other gifts such as stuffed animals, small musical instruments, hair clips, toy jewelry, T-shirts, socks; candy (loose, individually wrapped hard candy in a sealable bag); soap in a sealable bag; and a personal note and/or a photo (not inside the donation

envelope). These gifts from Ridge Meadows and other OCC chapters are transported to El Salvador, Guatemala, Uruguay, Venezuela, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Sierra Leone, Haiti, and the Ukraine using whatever means necessary – trains, airplanes, boats, elephants, bikes and even dog sleds – and will end up in the hands of children who would otherwise do without, Gustafson explained. “Through the power of a simple gift and the message of hope, children learn they are loved and not forgotten,” she said. Anyone can participate in OCC. For more information on how to help call Gustafson at 604-467-9794 or visit www. SamaritansPurse.ca/occ. The 2014 national collection effort wraps up this week, and donors can drop off packages at the OCC depot at Maple Ridge Baptist Church (222nd Street and Lougheed Highway) daily from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Last year, Gustafson was among the roughly 14 volunteers from OCC Ridge Meadows who travelled to the processing plant in Calgary to lend helping hands. “It was an awesome experience,” said Gustafson, who is planning on helping out in Calgary again this year. “It was so much fun, and there was so much energy. There were piles and piles and piles of packages.”

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Early childhood education

in the Park Too busy to create memories Christmas is from 4 to 8

ovember always seems like a our young children or grandchildren isn’t good month for reflection. necessarily toys, technology, structured The weather is traditionally activities or opportunities. colder and wetter; the leaves are Children benefit the most from a conblown from trees and scattered from yard sistent, reliable, give-and-take relationship to yard, carrying the memories of summer with a parent or caregiver. and early fall. It takes very little to create memories. And there’s Remembrance Day, a day Our grown-up daughters remember things set aside to honour those who fought and their dad and I did or said, or family times died in past conflicts, falls we had when they were still on the eleventh day of this very young. eleventh month. Their “remember whens” For some reason, this are memories that still conyear’s Remembrance Day nect us, and I realize that seemed to be even more who they are and how they in the forefront. Maybe it’s view the world has been because 2014 marks the very much shaped by the 100th anniversary of the small moments we shared beginning of the First World when they were young, as War, a war that was supwell as the big events in by Kathy Booth posed to end all wars. their lives. Certainly the tragic deaths I wonder what those memof two Canadian soldiers near Montreal ories would be like if they were young and Ottawa made everyone more aware. children nowadays. For me, the iconic photograph of the Would we still stop to answer their little boy running down the street to catch questions, or turn towards them to look at up to his father, hand outstretched, and what they are trying to show us, or share his father reaching back to his son is parwith us? ticularly poignant. Like many people, their dad and I are The photograph, entitled Wait for Me, guilty of tweeting, texting, or just checkDaddy, was taken 74 years ago in New ing email on our smartphones instead of Westminster as the father along with hun- always paying respectful attention to each dreds of other fathers, sons, brothers and other’s conversation. uncles marched towards war. It’s bad enough that we, as adults, disThat one powerful image of the child regard each other in this way, at times. running from his mother towards his fath- But for small children – whose sense of er, the mother reaching out after him, the self is developing through their relationfather reaching back says so much about ships with the people closest to them the importance of family connections. – the result of being ignored is even more Young children experience the world devaluing. – Kathy Booth is a local writer addressing the importance of through their relationships with the people early childhood development, and the work being done in around them. In our hurried and often Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows, and with Katzie First Nations. stressful environment, we easily forget • More at www.mrtimes.com, search “booth” that the most important gift we can give

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• Get Christmas shopping done early at the Yennadon Christmas Bazaar, taking place from 5 to 9 p.m. at 23347 128th Ave. There will also be a raffle, prizes, and a bake sale.

Nov. 28: Hominum

• Hominum is an informal discussion and support group to help gay, bi-sexual, and questioning men. The group meets at 7:30 p.m. Info: Art 604-462-9813.

Nov. 29: Bazaar

• St. John the Divine Anglican Church’s annual holly tea and bazaar from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free admission. Tea in Lounge $8, at 21299 River Rd.

Nov. 30: Toy Run

• The Lower Mainland 4X4 Toy Run kicks off at Meadow Town Centre, in Pitt Meadows at 10:30 a.m.

Nov. 30: Naturalists

• Alouette Field Naturalists meet to explore DeBoville Slough. For details, call Michael at 604-467-9863.

Dec. 1: Poetry club

• Edge of the Page Poetry Club hosts an open mike with special guest Lausanne Ham and host P. Charles Ransom, at Bean Around Books and Tea, 22626 Lougheed Hwy.

Dec. 3: Bookfest

• Bookfest returns for its 33rd year at the Greg Moore Youth Centre from 8:50 a.m. to noon. This is a final celebration involving seventeen

Dec. 4: Market

• The fourth annual Alexander Robinson Christmas Market takes place from 5 to 8 p.m. at 11848 238B St. More than 30 vendors and prizes. Admission is $2. Kids 12 and younger free.

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Dec. 3: Remembrance

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Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Hitchin’ a ride

College kid helps create cab app

A new mobile application is on the market that mixes an old concept with modern technology.

Shop Where You Live........ #ShopTheHood Tis the season for long border line ups as shoppers hop across the line looking for deals. Before you wake up at the crack of dawn to beat the rush across the border, consider what this means for our local economy.

by Eric Zimmer and Ian Austin

One of the major issues during the recent municipal election was the vibrancy of our downtown core and shopping choices. The truth of the matter is, that if you cross the border and take money out of your local economy, you need to be prepared for the consequences. Choosing to spend your money elsewhere, discourages large companies and independent businesses, looking to invest in our community. If people don’t spend where they live, why bother opening your business in Maple Ridge?

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A Vancouver startup with a Maple Ridge connection is taking an agesold concept — sharing a cab fare — and bringing it to the online world. Jack Gardner is a second-year student at Douglas College from Maple Ridge. He is part of the startup, Cab Share Canada, which just launched its new app. The app is designed to let would-be cab riders reach out to co-ordinate pickups and dropoffs and save money on cab fares. “Cab Share Canada is a simple to use smartphone app that allows users to connect and share taxis in a few simple taps,” explained Gardner. The firm was founded last May by Gardner, and two other entrepreneurial university students, fellow Douglas College student, Cameron Nicol and University of Western Ontario finance student Shehan Wijeyagoonewardane. The rubber really hit the road last Wednesday, as the mobile phone app launched simultaneously in Vancouver and London, Ont. — coincidentally the home bases for the trio of forward-looking students. “We’re very confident,”

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Maple Ridge’s Jack Gardner (left) Cameron Nicol (centre) and Shehan Wijeyagoonewardane are the creators of a newly-launched cab share app. said Nicol. “We’re targeting universities and university towns.” Nicol, a 19-year-old sports science major, says the idea is to take technologically intuitive students who will often be making the same trips, whether it’s to class, university residences, or out on the town.” “We’ve found that taxi transportation is more expensive and inefficient than it needs to be,” reads the Vancouver firm’s mission statement. “Therefore, our goal is to help people save money while saving the environment, through the use of mobile technology for taxi sharing purposes. The group isn’t just in it for themselves, however. “We are also committed

to donating 10 per cent of any profits to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in our ongoing commitment to environmental preservation,” explained Gardner. “After exceeding our Kickstarter crowd-funding goal at the end of August, we have been working tirelessly to bring our app to market,” he added. Sharing a cab is a rela-

tively simple process on the new app — plug in your preferred departure location, destination, and time, wait for computerassigned matches, click the match you like, and work out the final details online, and call for a shared cab — saving penny-pinching students valuable money. -Ian Austin is a reporter with The Province

Thank You Maple Ridge! for putting your trust in me for the next 4 years.

Shopping is more fun with friends, so grab your bestie and head over to Blenz! Start with a nice cup of java, to prepare yourself for a full day of local shopping. For one day only buy one coffee and get one free upsize. Your little ones will be the talk of the winter recital, with the gorgeous outfits at Monkey Business on 224th. Their #ShopTheHood deal is: 30% off the entire store. You might want to head down early, because a deal like this, on beautiful name brand clothes.......... there might be a line up! The Create Shop is offering 20% off of Santa plates which would be a great DIY present for someone special, or if it turns out to be to gorgeous to gift, keep it for yourself and incorporate it into your holiday décor! If you are looking to spruce up your home before the holidays head over to Benjamin Moore on Lougheed, to save $11 of a gallon of premium paint! T’s Once Upon a Tea Leaf on 224th is putting all of their scarfs on sale! Buy one get one 50% off. Additionally, customers who spend $60 or more, receive a $15 voucher to spend on themselves in January.

A special thanks to my family, friends and supporters for believing in me.

After all that shopping head over to The British Store to stock up on the BEST savory pies in the lower mainland! On the 29th of November for 1 day only you can enjoy a 50% savings!

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The holidays can be stressful but the team at Body Positivity Yoga invites you to take some time for yourself. Unlike other fitness companies this yoga is designed for the body you have right now. On November 29th ALL their yoga classes are FREE(4 of them!), plus savings on memberships and packages.

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In an effort to keep the community shopping local, we are participating in a campaign called Shop the Neighbourhood. This Canada wide campaign asks shoppers to take a pledge and spend locally on November 29th, in return shoppers will receive awesome, exclusive deals. We are asking you to support the local businesses, which create local jobs and funnel money back into your community.

Give the Gift of Life!

Take some time to visit shoptheneighbourhood.ca and see the other awesome deals you can find around Downtown Maple Ridge. Take the pledge to support your neighbourhood gems and spread the word on your social networks! Together we can contribute to the success of neighbourhood businesses and support our local economy.

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To mark this year’s RBC Sports Day in Canada, the Maple Ridgebased Revolution Basketball Club (which hosts programs for kids in Kindergarten through Grade 12,) will host an open house at Samuel Robertson Technical Secondary on Saturday, Nov. 29. • More online: www.mrtimes.com, click on “Sports”

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Bruin battle

Moose lose

The Ridge Meadows Bruins Rugby Club went head-to-head on home turf against Capilano this past weekend. The game was considered a shield game, wherein the winner would advance to a game this weekend. Playing a team a tier above them, the boys in blue fell to Capilano, by a score of 33-10

Meadow Ridge Moose female hockey team continued their season, and fell 2-0 to the Kamloops Vibe on Sunday. Their next game is Dec. 6, at the Pitt Meadows Arena, against the TWU Titans. Game time is 8:30 p.m. • More online: www.mrtimes.com, click on “Sports”

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Football

Knights nab top spot in province

Ridge Meadows Flames play this Friday at Planet Ice.

Flames drop two Ridge Meadows Flames were on the road last week, where they dropped a pair of games, first to Abbotsford by a score of 4-2, on Friday night, and then to Mission by a score of 3-2 on Saturday. The Flames return home to face off against Mission once again this Friday, Nov. 28, at Planet Ice. Game time is 7:30 p.m. • More online: www.mrtimes.com, click on “Sports”

Send your scores and game reports to sports@mrtimes.com

An undefeated team finished their season in Kamloops this past weekend. by Eric Zimmer

ezimmer@mrtimes.com

Meadow Ridge Gold Atom football team capped off their undefeated season with a bang at Hillside Stadium in Kamloops this past weekend. The 16-man squad, lead by head coach Joe Kalinich, beat the Prince George Marauders and the Kelowna Lions to clinch the Atom 9 Man Provincial Title. “I am very proud of the hard work and dedication these boys showed throughout the season,”

said Kalinich. “Rarely did we have a player miss a practice and that was the reason for their success” The team, comprised of players ages seven through nine, some of who had never played tackle football before, showed their opponents a team that was polished, poised, and unwavering, under the excitement and pressure of playing back-to-back playoff games, and then putting it all on the line in a winner-take-all-shootout. Their first game against the Prince George Marauders ended in a score of 30-0. Jacob Brass was a standout on offense, scoring six touchdowns over the two games, and the shootout with Michael Diniz added many of the

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two-point kicks after the majors. Quarteback Daniel Kalinich threw for two touchdowns and ran in for another. Kian Zabihi was a force to be reckoned with, playing both sides of the ball. Axel Statton helped the defense in the shutout against the talented Prince George squad and contributed to the win over the Lions. Immediately follow-

ing the win against the Marauders, the Knights faced the Kelowna Lions, and continued their dominating streak with a score of 34-6. Hebert had a 50-yard touchdown run, and Jamie Huurman scored on the reverse. They executed perfectly to give their team a 5-0 preseason record and the 15-0 record for the season and postseason.

In the shootout, the first match-up between the Prince George and Kelowna teams ended with a score for each team and was decided by a one point run-in after the major for the Kelowna Lions. The Lions then got the ball on the 20 yard line with the Knights defending the goal line. But the defense shut the Lions down making sure they didn’t get a first down. The Knights took over on the twenty, and a quick snap to quarterback Daniel Kalinich and a pitch to Jacob Brass for a run to the outside and a scamper across the goal line gave the Meadow Ridge Atoms their 2014 provincial victory.

•More at www.mrtimes.com

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Tuesday, November 25, 2014

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