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Pipeline debate draws big crowd Kinder Morgan plans 7-fold increase in oil tankers ANNE WATSON awatson@nsnews.com
There were cheers, jeers and a lot of applause echoing throughout the District of North Vancouver’s council chamber Thursday night. The district hosted a public meeting on the proposed Trans Mountain pipeline expansion by Kinder Morgan, with Mayor Richard Walton mediating. The public was free to ask questions to any of the panel speakers that included representatives from Kinder Morgan, the Georgia Strait Alliance,Tsleil-Waututh Nation and Port Metro Vancouver. MLAs Ralph Sultan, West Vancouver-Capilano, and Jane Thornthwaite, North Vancouver-Seymour, were also in attendance though neither took part in the discussions. “Our goal tonight is to provide you with information from a variety of perspectives so you can be better informed on this issue,” said Walton, addressing an overflowing room. Each panelist had 10 minutes to present, and were subsequently quizzed by district councillors. Members of the public had one minute to ask a question and the panelists had two minutes to respond. Michael Davies, senior director of marine development at Kinder
A packed council chamber listens to speakers at a public information meeting Thursday evening hosted by the District of North Vancouver.
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Morgan said it was heartening to see everyone taking time to get involved in the discussion. Davies said Kinder Morgan would apply to the National Energy Board for the pipeline expansion in December of this year. “Our application is primarily about the pipeline itself, but part of what we need to describe in the interview process is the effects of the
project on the environment, and in this case that includes the increased tanker traffic,” said Davies. The proposed pipeline would twin the existing one that runs from outside of Edmonton to the Westridge Marine Terminal in Burnaby. Capacity would increase from 300,000 barrels per day to 890,000 barrels per day and tanker traffic would jump from an
average of five per month to around 34 per month. Davies said the application would look at the probability of risks and consequences should a spill occur today and observe how that would change with the project’s approval. “In Westridge today we have a single berth space, and we would propose to expand that to have three working berth spaces,” said
Davies. “Today we’re about three per cent of the total traffic in the port and if the project was approved the tanker traffic would be about 14 per cent of the total traffic.” The company is not asking to dredge or change the nature of the ships, Davies said. Duncan Wilson, vicepresident of corporate social responsibility at
Port Metro Vancouver said the port would also be involved with the project application through their environmental, planning and operational teams. “It’s going to be a harmonized process where the National Energy Board is going to lead the overall review and Port Metro Vancouver will contribute into that review,” See ‘Dilbit’ page 5
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At left, artist Douglas Senft, pictured in 2010 with his sculpture bearing, passed away last year at the age of 62. PHOTO CATHERINE LAVELLE At right, cathedral at Waterfront Park is the first of five public artworks Senft installed on the North Shore. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD Scan this page with the Layar app to see more photos.
Douglas Senft leaves a sculptural legacy
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Stories in steel
The steel-beamed sculpture that straddles North Vancouver’s Waterfront Park is many things to many people. To children, it is a strange, undulating playground. To tourists, it is a curious attraction. To photographers, it is a natural frame through which to capture the downtown cityscape. And to nearby residents, it is a symbol of home. But, despite being one of the more iconic pieces of public art in the Lower Mainland, cathedral, as the sculpture is called, was not met with unanimously open arms. “I remember there was a bit of an outcry,” says Lori Phillips, public art coordinator at the Arts Office, who was living on the North Shore in 1986 when the work was installed. “What are those black things in the park?” she recalls people saying apprehensively. “It disrupts our water view.” Now a familiar gateway to North Vancouver,
Installed at Dollarton Business Park in 2011, nest features hundreds of stainless steel bars. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH cathedral was created by Douglas Senft, a Canadian sculptor who passed away last year, leaving behind a legacy of public art in Western Canada, the United States and Spain. Five of his pieces can be found on the North Shore. Phillips describes Senft as a leader in his field. He started producing outdoor sculptures, such as cathedral, long before communities were accustomed to the concept of public art. “At that time public art was just starting to be something in the vision of
municipalities. They weren’t really thinking about it too much,” she says. Four or five years ago, cathedral was temporarily uprooted from its grassy home for refinishing. “Douglas removed it from the park and everybody was anxiously awaiting its return. Nobody wanted it to never come back,” Phillips says. “It now is in people’s hearts.” This is a prime example of how a community’s collective relationship with art can change over time. When a new piece first
An official unveiling of Senft’s last public project, locate, at Lonsdale and 17th, is set for Sept. 29. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH appears, Phillips says people tend to react with an initial gut reaction. In many cases, it’s a negative one. “But once they hear the story, live with it for a while, it usually becomes something they’re really proud of and something that, if you tried to take it away, they’d be really upset.” The story of cathedral, as with many of Senft’s works, is inspired by nature. Its peaks and valleys mimic the outline of the North Shore mountains and evoke a spiritual quality.
“(Senft) was very good at interpreting local stories. He was great at it. He could go to different locations, extract what was interesting from each area and then interpret that visually in his projects,” says Phillips. ••• Senft was born in Vancouver in 1950 and died at his home in the small seaside village of Royston on Vancouver Island on Sept. 11, 2012 after being diagnosed with lung cancer the preceding spring. Even during his illness the
dedicated artist continued to work in his studio. “It was really important for him to complete commitments,” says Catherine Lavelle, his romantic partner and artistic collaborator. His two final projects were signal, installed in 2012 in Lethbridge, Alta., and locate, installed outside the Loblaw’s CityMarket on Lonsdale Avenue at 17th Street earlier this year. Locate won the Public Art Award of Excellence at the North Vancouver Public Art Awards in June. There will be an official unveiling of the piece on Saturday, Sept. 29 at noon as part of the annual Culture Days weekend. Lavelle, who is busy preparing for the Sept. 27 opening of her and Senft’s joint exhibit transience + permanence at Comox Valley Art Gallery, was involved with locate from its inception and completed the project on Senft’s behalf. “He worked on locate as long as he was able,” she says. See A passion page 9
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‘Dilbit’ sinking concerns From page 1 said Wilson. Port Metro has had a very good safety record, he said. “Its important to keep in mind that while there have been incidents, in 100 years of moving petroleum products through the port there’s actually never been a navigational incident with a tanker or with a ship carrying a petroleum product,” said Wilson. “And in 50 years of the modern crude tankers coming through Burrard Inlet carrying the product from this terminal, there hasn’t been an incident either.” But not everyone was as convinced that the increase in tanker traffic would have little impact. Alexandra Woodsworth, energy and shipping campaigner for the Georgia Strait Alliance said the risks from the project definitely outweighed the benefits. “We’re looking at a region that’s at a moment where we could transition from being a place that is spectacular, that is proud to be a green paradise, (to)
looking at a place that is turning into a corridor for carbon exports.” Woodsworth said the 2007 Kinder Morgan spill in Burnaby should be a good reminder to residents of the potential dangers. “This pipeline is kind of woven into the fabric of our lives, it’s under our homes, it’s near our schools, it’s under our roads and we really need to think about what could happen, what’s the worst-case scenario — and do we want to accept that risk,” she said. Mentioning the Trans Mountain pipeline also led a couple of the speakers to talk about the Alberta tar sands. Reuben George, spokesman for the TsleilWaututh Nation, said the health concerns of some of the First Nations in and around the tar sands has greatly increased. “The Alberta Tar Sands are changing the world in a negative way,” said George. “The safety concerns are huge and there’s too much to risk.We have to do something about it.” Coun. Lisa Muri said
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Dear Editor: The Squamish to Whistler Fisheries Roundtable greatly appreciates the dialogue we’ve had with MP John Weston over the last several years, especially his work in facilitating the 2009 announcement of the Inquiry into the Decline of Fraser River Sockeye. We watched intently as Justice Bruce Cohen led the investigation that produced 33 expert and policy and practice reports, compelled more than 180 witnesses to take the stand, and resulted in more than 14,000 pages of testimony transcripts. The $26-million inquiry culminated on Oct. 31, 2012 when Justice Cohen released his final synthesis report and recommendations to government.We welcomed Justice
Cohen’s comprehensive and thoughtful recommendations and hoped many, if not all, of these recommendations would be fully implemented in a timely manner. On the same day, in a DFO news release (www. dfo-mpo.gc.ca/media/ npress- communique/2012/ hq-ac33-eng.htm) dated Oct. 31, 2012, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Randy Kamp, said, “We will continue to work with stakeholders and partners, and review the Justice Cohen’s findings and recommendations very carefully.” Unfortunately, this is the last Canadians have heard from government on this crucial investigation funded at their expense, that ultimately made
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others, and we continue to appreciate all the time he made for discussing salmon and habitat issues with us.We look forward to continuing our discussions with him and to a timely reply to our letter and questions.
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No free lunch – even at home
MATTHEW CLAXTON Contributing columnist
It’s a little known fact that there are genres in newspaper and online feature writing, just as there are in fiction. As in fiction, you’ve got some stuff at the respectable end, like the Well Researched Political Exposé, the Respectful Obituary, and the PostElectoral Think-Piece. But there’s only so many stories like that to go around, and there’s a lot of pages to fill and/or web eyeballs to draw in. So there’s a lot of fluff. The Listicle (10 Things You Don’t Know About Gwyneth Paltrow’s Colon!). The Partisan Bait (Michael Moore/Glenn Beck Just Said Something Stupid!) and the Dietary Scare Tactic (Drinking Orange Juice Causes Spongy Liver Syndrome – Maybe!). My favourite new genre is one I like to call Adam Smith Hates Joy. These are stories that are usually tucked into the business section, often of ostensibly left-leaning or centrist publications, that claim anything fun, enjoyable, or family-centric is destroying the economy. A Reuters story this week, under the heading Meals at Home Mask Deep Economic Problems in Italy, claims that an increase in the number of Italians going home for lunch is a sign of the country’s imminent economic collapse. Which sort of makes sense, in an overly reductive, Freakonomics
sort of way. The writer’s thesis: About 75 per cent of Italians now go home for lunch; this is because more and more of them are unemployed, which is bad. So far, so truthy. The writer then goes on to talk about how even many employed Italians eat at home because: a) fewer Italian women are in the work force compared to other European countries, therefore they are available to cook hot lunches for the husbands or grown children, and b) more than 40 per cent of Italians who do have jobs work for small firms with fewer than 15 employees, “a sector long seen as too small to be properly competitive,” we’re warned. Cue the scare chords. I don’t want to overlook Italy’s real economic problems, but this analysis has issues. First, it seems to think that getting more women into the workforce is a purely economic issue, only distantly related to sexism. Secondly, it suggests that the best thing Italy could do for its economy would be to crush the many familyowned businesses that dot its small towns, replacing them with corporate entities that would trade local knowledge, tradition, and the ability to go home at lunch, for efficiency, i.e. the ability to rapidly hire and fire a dehumanized workforce. Sounds awesome. You can find these stories all over the web and in practically every business paper from The Economist to the National
Post to Slate. Minimum wage-earning fast-food workers striking for benefits and more cash? Pointless, argues a business writer who earns considerably more than $7.15 an hour. Bad for the overall economy. An unsafe sweatshop in Bangladesh collapses and crushes or burns 1,129 people to death? Price of doing business. Those Bangladeshis will have to accept sub-standard working conditions so Joe Fresh and Benetton won’t have to increase the cost of their shirts by a nickel and damage shareholder value. You’re on call for your job via cellphone and email 24/7, increasingly stressed and unable to ever really get off the clock? What are you whining about? We’re competing against everyone in the world right now. Of course, this is a race that does not end. There is no finish line, and that’s by design.You’ll work until you hit the extended age of retirement, and then just a little bit more, for a little bit less, in the name of the bottom line. And don’t even think about going home for lunch. Matthew Claxton is a reporter and columnist with the Langley Advance.
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the City of North Vancouver Central Waterfront You’re invited to a public information meeting about the process underway to develop a vision for our Central Waterfront Area Date: Monday, September 16th Time: 6:30pm - 8:30pm Place: Pinnacle Hotel at the Pier Ballroom #1 (138 Victory Ship Way) Facilitator: Roger Brooks The City is developing a vision for the Central Waterfront Area and we want to hear from you. Roger Brooks, a specialist in transforming communities and developing destinations, will conduct a dynamic and informative presentation on how to transform our waterfront from an empty shipyard to a unique public waterfront destination. This public meeting will explore community visions for retail, restaurant and public uses that will appeal to residents and visitors and create a revitalized Central Waterfront. Complete the online survey at www.cnv.org/CentralWaterfrontVision and join us at the event to learn more. City of North Vancouver 141 West 14th Street, North Vancouver, BC info@cnv.org | www.cnv.org
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PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE is hereby given by the City of North Vancouver that a Public Hearing will be held on MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2013 AT 7:00 PM in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 141 West 14th Street, North Vancouver, BC, to receive representations in connection with the following proposed new Development Application. ZONING BYLAW, 1995, NO. 6700, AMENDMENT BYLAW 2013, NO. 8320 HRA DEVELOPMENTS INC. / FARZIN YADEGARI ARCHITECT have applied to rezone Lots 16 and 17, Except the East 10 ft. now lane, Lot 15 South half, Except part in Explanatory Plan 6707 of Lot B, Block 215, District Lot 545, Plan 1064, located at 2340 – 2370 Western Avenue. The development intent is to change the zoning of this property
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A passion for excellence From page 3 Senft graduated with honours from the Vancouver School of Art (now the Emily Carr University of Art + Design) in 1972. He lived in North Vancouver near Lynn Canyon in the late 1970s and he has two children from a previous relationship. In addition to his many public commissions, he has also exhibited his work in public and private galleries. And for many years, he designed and fabricated welded steel furniture and architectural elements. Senft’s other North Shore works include nest, erected in 2011 at Dollarton Business Park. The piece features hundreds of stainless steel bars representing the twigs and branches of an osprey nest. Creek lines, inspired by the topographic mapping of Mosquito Creek watershed along with Mackay, Wagg and Thain creeks, accents a development at 16th Street and Marine Drive. It won North Vancouver’s Public Art Recognition Award in June. And ribbons resembles a cast aluminum river that cascades down two floors into the atrium at District of North Vancouver municipal hall. Lavelle describes Senft’s working style in a word: “intense.” “He was very prolific and very dedicated and very precise. He had a real commitment and passion for beauty and excellence and that was very evident
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say ‘Well, it’s too bad’ but he would move on,” Lavelle says. Senft was more than an artist, he was also an educator. From 1999 to 2012 he taught sculpture at North Island College in Courtney, B.C. That’s where he met Lavelle. “Douglas’s legacy was not just in his public art or studio work but also in his teaching and mentoring and I think that he was very generous in that way. He really challenged people to step up to the plate,” she says. Admittedly biased, she believes public art has an indispensable role in the community. “Artists really reflect the zeitgeist and are people who look ahead, and I think it’s really important for that capacity to be
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NOTICE is hereby given by the City of North Vancouver that a Public Meeting will be held on MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2013 AT 7:00 PM in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 141 West 14th Street, North Vancouver, BC, to receive community input in connection with the following: “City of North Vancouver Hydronic Heat Energy Service Bylaw, 2004, No. 7575 Amendment Bylaw, 2013, No. 8321” (Rate Review) Lonsdale Energy Corp. (LEC) has applied to its regulator, the City of North Vancouver, for permission to increase its Capacity Charge by 5% effective October 1, 2013 and 5% effective July 1, 2014. The Meter Charge and Commodity Charge are to remain unchanged. Detailed information regarding the application is available in the section “Latest News and Updates” at www.LonsdaleEnergy.ca. All persons who believe they may be affected by this LEC rate increase will be afforded an opportunity to be heard in person and/or by written submission at this Public Meeting. Written or electronic (email) submissions should be sent to the attention of the City Clerk at kgraham@cnv.org or by mail to City Clerk, City Hall, 141 West 14th Street, North Vancouver, BC, V7M 1H9. Electronic submissions must be received no later than 4:00 pm on Monday, September 23, 2013, to ensure their availability to Council at the Public Meeting. The LEC Rate Review and proposed Bylaw Amendment may be inspected at the office of the City Clerk between 8:30 am and 5:00 pm, Monday to Friday, except statutory holidays, from September 12, 2013, or viewed online at www.cnv.org/ publichearings. Please direct inquiries to Ben Themens, Director, Lonsdale Energy Corp., at 604-983-7312 or bthemens@lonsdaleenergy.ca. North Vancouver City Hall | 141 West 14th Street, North Vancouver, BC | V7M 1H9 | Tel: 604.985.7761 | Fax: 604.985.9417 | www.cnv.org
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usually telling a community story or something of interest to the local neighbourhood,” Phillips says. Locate, which features geometric houses set atop poles of varying heights, was a developer public art project jointly funded by Loblaws Properties West and Anthem Properties. “Oftentimes these pieces of public art become sort of identifiers for a project,” says Paul Fabish, vicepresident of development for Anthem Properties. “People might come to say ‘I’ll meet you by the houses on poles.’” This is the first time Anthem has incorporated public art into one of its North Shore properties, though the company has commissioned pieces in other municipalities. “It helps improve the public realm, both for the building and for the community as a whole,” Fabish says. “Also it generates some discussion and might even make people scratch their heads and wonder what it is.” Following an open call for artist submissions, Senft’s proposal was eventually selected, Fabish says, because of its visual interest, because it worked well with the physical layout of the development — both the commercial portion and the adjoining residential condo tower — and because it spoke to greater themes of homes and neighbourhoods. “We thought it was sort of a tongue-in-cheek comment on our project as well as the landscape of the North Shore,” Fabish says, explaining locate seems to reference the houses built into the North Shore mountainside, as well as sky-high condo living. ••• Public art is nothing new, but for much of history it has come in the form of commemorative statues. “The older idea of public art was to celebrate famous individuals,” explains Christopher Pearson, an art history instructor at Capilano University. That approach to public art changed in the 20th century. “With the arrival of abstract art, which took over after World War II, suddenly you had these large, very opaque sort of pieces — opaque in terms
of their meaning,” he says. In the 1960s and 1970s, Pearson says it became increasingly common for prestigious buildings to commission artworks. “A lot of it was larger developers wanting to give a certain cultural veneer to what they were doing,” Pearson says. High-profile sculptors, such as Henry Moore, were sought after to design landmark entrance art, something many critics referred to as “plaza plop.” Today, Pearson says outdoor art has become more site specific. “More recent public art, I think, has really tried to engage much more of the community and the sense of meaning, locally, in terms of place,” he says. “I think that’s what Senft was up to.” He points out that artists nowadays face the challenge of having their proposals approved by various government councils and advisory panels. Art can be enigmatic, strange and even absurdist, he says, but it’s unusual to come by subversive art in the public realm. Still, he recognizes the importance of art in the community — whether it’s created by local or international artists. “As everything becomes increasingly placeless and globalized, we need to somehow reinforce that sense that we are in a special place physically, culturally, geographically, historically.” Phillips says art, like health and sports, is part of a complete community. “It’s all part of the package of a holistic, healthy community,” she says. “It’s an opportunity to bring culture to the community, to an audience that may never step foot in a gallery. It brings it forward for everybody to be exposed to and enjoy the arts free of charge.” She hopes today’s young artists will be inspired by Senft and the body of work he left behind. “He was so wonderful to work with. He was passionate about his creative work, he was knowledgeable, he was completely technically skilled and he was completely confident,” she says. “He’s a real model artist. Hopefully others will follow in his footsteps and do what he did and share their skills and their knowledge with the upand-coming artists in the community.”
Sunday, September 15, 2013 - North Shore News - A11
Council booed for seniors decision
JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com
District of North Vancouver council gave final approvals to a controversial Edgemont Village seniors home project Monday night, earning a chorus of boos and heckles from a crowd who showed up to oppose the decision. Council approved rezonings for the 115-unit, three-storey Edgemont Senior Living facility in a split 4-3 vote, with Couns. Lisa Muri, Mike Little and Doug MacKay-Dunn opposed. The vote means six single-family lots on Woodbine Drive, Highland Boulevard and Canfield Crescent will be rezoned. The decision also gives the green light to the developer buying a portion
of Canfield Crescent for the project. Located adjacent to the commercial core of Edgemont Village, the seniors home is slated to include a minimum of 15 assisted-living units and 12 to 23 care rooms for seniors with mental health problems such as dementia. But that wasn’t enough to sway many residents, who criticized the proposal as too massive and out of character with the neighbourhood at a public hearing earlier this summer. Since then, approximately 350 people have signed a petition opposing the project and asking council to reconsider. Susan Hingson is one of the petition organizers who had hoped to present the petition to council
Monday night but was told council couldn’t accept any more public input after the public hearing. Hingson, who lives across the street from the proposed seniors home, said after the vote, “My feeling is the council isn’t representing the majority of comments that were received. This is a real warning and a wake up call to other neighbourhoods.” Many of those who showed up Monday night shared Hingson’s feelings
about both the vote to approve the project and the rejection of the petition, and made their thoughts known as they filed out of council chambers. Mayor Richard Walton denounced the heckles as “the most incredible display of disrespect this chamber’s seen in eight years,” before continuing with the council meeting. On Tuesday, Walton said votes on controversial projects like the Edgemont seniors home are “always
WestVancouver police are asking for the public’s help after clients at aWest Vancouver beauty salon were exposed to more than the usual celebrity trash magazines as they waited for their colours to set. Staff and clients were in the salon in the 1400block of Marine Drive Thursday evening when a man reportedly walked up to a rear window of the salon and exposed himself to the women inside. The man proceeded to fondle himself until a staffer at a nearby business saw him and yelled at him.The man then ran away.
she voted against the proposal because, “It’s too big for the site. Clearly the majority of people were against it.” Muri said she was hoping council would reconsider. “If it takes a little while to get something right, I think that’s what we need to do,” she said. “I fear we’re going to walk down this path many more times with all the development proposals in this community.”
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difficult decisions.” Walton said those opposed to the project had a chance to voice their opinions at the public hearing — and did so, over many hours. “We listen to people’s arguments,” he said. “It’s a question of the quality of the input as well as the quantity.” Walton said in voting for the project, “I took a longer term view of the opportunity for seniors to stay in the community.” Coun. Lisa Muri said
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BRIGHT LIGHTS
by Paul McGrath
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Catherine Michele Mondoux and Heinz Berger Members of the West Vancouver Historical Society held their annual barbecue at Gertrude Lawson House, home of the West Vancouver Museum and Archives, Aug. 24. Dozens of society members, guests and supporters were on hand on the warm summer afternoon and enjoyed hamburgers, refreshments and cake. wvhs.ca
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Scan with the Layar app to watch a video about the Concrete Hero. MAN VS. NATURE The Pedal Pushers explore the trials and tribulations of the Vancouver area cyclist’s experience. page 15 ANKLE INJURIES Columnist Shaun Karp offers advice to help you increase strength and stability. page 17 HEALTH NOTES page 17
It’s a race for anyone who’s ever looked longingly to the North Shore’s mountains through the haze of exhaust that envelops the Lions Gate Bridge gridlock. It’s for those souls who have been trapped on that bridge and dreamed of bolting from the driver’s seat and breaking into a run; hurdling over the endless line of Lincolns and Land Cruisers. It’s the Concrete Hero. The Vancouver obstacle course guides participants through downtown streets and alleys, forcing them to crawl, climb, pull, push and run past a variety of obstructions, all while raising money for the B.C. Cancer Foundation. For North Shore resident James Flewelling, it’s a socially conscious way to have a good time. “My focus started to shift and I realized it would not only be fun, it would be a good cause to support,” he says. The Vancouver Police Department sergeant has run a variety of endurance races ranging from the Spartan Race to Tough Mudder. “They’re fun. Who doesn’t want to run and jump in the mud and climb over stuff? You get to be a bit of a big kid again,” he says. Flewelling was looking for a new challenge when he heard about Concrete
Hero. “That’s how I stumbled on this, I was just looking for another race in the area to do,” he says. While he appreciated the notion of clambering over cars, climbing up scaffolding and taking a Tarzan-like swing overtop a lagoon, he also appreciated the cause. “Everybody has a relative or friend that’s had cancer,” he says. “I lost a relative to cancer a year ago. Definitely there’s some added incentive there.” Flewelling planned to raise $400 online, but he exceeded that goal more than one month before he was due to toe the starting line. “It was a modest goal because I’d never done this before,” he says. His new goal is $800. “I’m not even social media savvy, so there’s tons of people capitalizing on the social media aspect of it, which really drives up donations,” he says. “The fundraising is actually one of the easiest parts of it.” For someone thinking of entering the race for the first time, Flewelling said their decision should be a no-brainer. “B.C. Cancer Foundation does a lot of great work in the area of their ongoing research,” he says. “It’s hard to think of many better causes to support while you’re out having fun and working up a sweat.” The seven-kilometre trek through Vancouver requires strength, speed,
Vancouver police Sgt. James Flewelling is set to tackle the Concrete Hero, an urban obstacle challenge benefitting the B.C. Cancer Foundation Sept. 29. PHOTO KEVIN HILL and co-ordination, Flewelling explains. “It does force you to vary up your fitness
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Monday dawns a pleasant drizzle but the weather man says clearing in the afternoon.Wanting to save weight, off I ride with rain pants but no rain booties. With little or no hassle I get to work. My feet are still mostly dry and our employer — having realized steaming socks in cubicles is not attractive to clients — has provided a nice drying room and changing facilities (yes we are lucky).When 5 p.m. rolls around it is still raining. No worries, I am on the way home and so what if I get a bit wet. Tuesday morning it is raining for real, but not being as dumb as some of you readers think I am, I take both my rain pants and my booties. It is an uneventful trip to work, and again the weather man promises clearing in the afternoon. He lied, but hey, I was prepared so I had the last laugh and I remained dry both ways. Wednesday dawns with dry roads.The weather man again says clearing in the afternoon. Great, things are looking up, no booties, no
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Strengthen calves to increase stability Question: I have an old ankle injury that is acting up.What is a good exercise to strengthen that area? Answer: Ankle sprains and feelings of ankle instability can be very frustrating and take longer than other injuries to heal because the ankles bear the weight of the entire body.Three-way heel raises will help to strengthen your calf muscles, which in turn will provide strength and stability to the lower leg. To perform this exercise, place the balls of both your feet on a two-inch riser or similar object. Start with your toes pointing in and ankles out. Slowly rise onto your toes and hold for onetwo seconds. Return to your starting position and perform five-10 repetitions. Perform your next five-10 repetitions with your toes pointing out and the final five-10 repetitions with your toes pointing straight ahead. You should feel this exercise in your calf muscles.Take a 20-40 second break and perform two-three sets depending on your comfort level. To increase the difficulty of this exercise, use one leg at a time instead of two. Question: Is it better to breathe
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if everything else is going well. I realize I score an almost perfect 100 per cent, only losing points because I actually had all the tools. But I get bonus points
because of the old lady with the walker who toddles by and says, “Don’t get too comfortable sonny or you will get a cold.” Friday is the last day. I have to ride. Did I mention that during Bike to Work week there are hospitality
stations set up en route on most of the major bike paths with coffee, bike tune ups and prizes? A great system, but for some reason this year they were all wherever I was not. So no free coffee and doughnuts, but not to worry, my employer has prizes for
all bikers. Having been a regular Bike to Work rider I am sure that this is the year I will win the nice rear bike light to replace the one I lost. The fact that it is raining cannot dampen my spirits as the day begins.The weather man still promises clearing in
the afternoon. I ignore him. After all, I am going to win a new tail light. The prize-giving happens as the rain pours down and what do I win? Suntan lotion! No light, no gloves, no rain poncho. Nothing useful. Murphy must have
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ANNIVERSARY BASH Silver Harbour Seniors’ Activity Centre president Betty Lebeter and volunteer organizer Heather Prochuk invite community members to a tea celebrating the centre’s 40th anniversary Tuesday, Sept. 24 at 2 p.m. Tickets, $8, must be purchased in advance. 604-980-2474 PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN
If you believe everything you read — and I don’t — seniors inVancouver have gone on a spending spree. Seniors are known as savers but the Canadian credit monitoring firm Equifax is raising the alarm about the rising consumer debt load being accumulated by seniors in Metro Vancouver. Consumer debt does not include mortgages, but covers all other debt, including credit cards and car loans. Average consumer debt for Vancouverites over the age of 65 has nearly doubled since 2007 to slightly less than $20,000. Average debt for consumers aged 65 and over increased by 6.5 per cent in the past year, the greatest yearover-year increase in all age groups. Younger Canadians put the brakes on debt in 2012. Older Canadians kept borrowing.What’s going on here? Equifax did not do an analysis of the data and that has left others to speculate. A spokesperson for the Canadian Association of Credit Counselling Services suggests that seniors are accumulating more debt so they can continue to enjoy
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— more than $55 billion a year.That’s billion with a B. They control 55 per cent of the nation’s discretionary power.They have a per capita income that is 26 per cent higher than the national average.They own half of the credit cards in Canada and 80 per cent of the wealth in financial institutions. I’m not suggesting that all seniors are rich — they’re not. I’m simply saying that the senior demographic in Canada is much more affluent than most people think.The most logical explanation for why seniors are borrowing more than ever before is that we have record low interest rates.The most logical explanation for why the debt level of seniors in Metro Vancouver is higher than the national average is that it costs more to live here and seniors are using their savings to help their children in the high-priced real estate market in Metro Vancouver. Regular readers of this column will know that I’m a numbers guy. If seniors were not being responsible with credit and debt it would be reflected in the statistics for bankruptcies for the group. So, I checked the Equifax report for those statistics. It turns out that the bankruptcy rate for seniors is the lowest of any demographic and it is not increasing.The takeaway here is not that debt is a problem for most seniors but rather more seniors are carrying debt than in the past and they are holding debt longer, even into retirement.That’s not a problem yet but it does bear watching. tomcarney@telus.net
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SENIORS Seniors Calendar Notices BINGO Fridays, 6:309:30 p.m. at Kiwanis Lynn Manor, 2555 Whiteley Court, North Vancouver. Enter by side door.Three cards for $1. 604-971-1327 THE HUMMINGBIRD SINGERS OF ELDERCOLLEGE are looking for a senior alto, lead/soloist to join their choir and perform a wide variety of music for seniors. Rehearsals are Fridays, 2 p.m. at Churchill House, 150 West 29th St., North Vancouver. 604-929-6564 GRANDPARENTS’ DAY The Elders Council for Parks in British Columbia will host a free family program in partnership with theYoung Naturalists’ Club Sunday, Sept. 15, 1-3 p.m. at the Heritage Centre, 1620 Mount Seymour Rd., North Vancouver. Grandparents and grandchildren are invited for a nature walk followed by a dreamcatcher workshop. Registration required. info@ync.ca
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Fees are always a hot topic in the financial industry, often for lack of transparency and value. Unfortunately, it’s an area that is usually poorly explained by financial professionals leaving investors in the dark with regards to the numerous hidden charges built into many of today’s investment products. While most investors realize they are paying a fee for investment advice or investment management services, few know exactly how those fees are paid. When it comes to investment costs, there are typically two ways investors are charged; fee-based and commission-based. Fees are usually a monthly or quarterly amount based on a percentage of the value of the portfolio and are an ongoing cost. Commissions on the other hand are only paid when an investment is bought or sold. Each has its own benefits depending on your investment strategy but you need to be aware of the limitations on each so you can know if you are getting value for your money. Fees in Canada can range from reasonably low to surprisingly high, although
it’s probably safe to say that most investors generally don’t know how much they pay.This is because they may not see the charge itself and it’s rarely explained clearly! In fact, we’ve heard a few investors say that they don’t pay any fees and yet their accounts hold all mutual funds. It’s the classic, out of sight, out of mind scenario, because mutual funds certainly do have fees but they are buried within the fund itself. Just because you can’t see the fees doesn’t mean that you’re not paying them and unfortunately when it comes to mutual funds, the average fee is much higher than other forms of investing. Mutual funds fall under the fee-based method of investing but are often held in commission-based accounts. Besides the commission you may or may not pay to buy these funds, there is an annual management fee, which is on average 2.5 per cent but can be more than 3.5 per cent. The only way to find what fees you are paying on these funds is to research the fund itself.Websites like globefund.com and morningstar.ca give you the tools to look up funds to see the management fee (also known as the MER) as well as historical returns. Many investors believe that commission-based investing is the way to go for “buy and hold” strategies. However, that same buy and hold strategy just doesn’t work in these volatile markets. Fee-based investing is more efficient for actively managed portfolios as it
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Tim Pawsey
Notable Potables No other liquor market in the world is as competitive as the U.K.’s where the consensus is that if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere. That’s just one reason why this past week top wineries from Argentina, Chile and South Africa travelled here to pour their wares at The Beautiful South, a wide-ranging show at London’s hallowed Olympia. The structure itself enjoys a storied history. When completed in 1885, its Grand Hall was the largest building in the country, covered by a revolutionary system (at the time) of expanding iron and putty-free glass panels. The building also enjoyed its slice of royal notoriety: the Prince of Wales (the future King Edward VII) was reputed to have his own suite on site (convenient for discreet liaisons for which he was renowned). But I digress.
Some years ago, the South Africans realized it made a whole lot more sense to invite the wine world to London than have people travel the huge distance to The Cape. Now the Chileans and Argentineans are also on board, although this year at least the show was still dominated by South Africa. My visit kicked off with an excellent dinner (at Quo Vadis, in Karl Marx’s old Soho flat) with a group of Cape producers, who’ve come together under the banner of PIWOSA (The Premium Independent Wineries of South Africa). The association intends to change the perception of being a budget-driven wine region to one of producers that can and do compete with the best in the world. Another good reason for PIWOSA to be here, according to Raats Family Wines’ owner Bruwer Raats, is the long history and connections that South Africa enjoys with the U.K. that reach back more than three centuries. PIWOSA, which it’s safe to say was inspired by similar alliances elsewhere such as Australia’s First Families of Wine, will embark on its Canadian launch next year with a keenly anticipated string of events across the country. And if this week’s tastes are anything to go by, Canadian wine lovers have lots to look forward to.
Pumpkin soup pairs well with Ataraxia’s tropical and mineraltoned, gently creamy Chardonnay 2012. PHOTO TIM PAWSEY
The show served up a solid reminder of the sheer range of styles the Cape has to offer. One enlightening moment came with a taste through the Chenin Blanc Producers table, where some 50 wines both oaked and unoaked were grouped together. One of the top drops proved to be the superbly balanced Mullineux 2012 White (Swartland), an elegantly crafted, astonishingly vibrant, mineral-streaked blend of Chenin Blanc (75 per cent), with Clairette Blanche and Viognier, indicative of the far more sophisticated approach to the variety undertaken in recent years. The flavours are fresh and clean, with the perfect balance of fruit and acidity (92 points). An ideal partner to a beautifully textured pumpkin soup turned out to be Ataraxia’s tropical and mineral-toned, gently creamy Chardonnay 2012 (Upper Hemel-en-Aarde), another polished indicator of where things are headed both in terms of style and quality (91 points). Nor did Bruwer Raats’ 2010 Stellenbosch Cab Franc disappoint: a juicy, mouth-filling mix of spicy black fruit with hints of anise, coffee and pepper notes with a touch of garrigue wrapped in easy tannins with a polished, lingering end and perfect with impossibly tender local Swaledale lamb. Or, as Bruwer says: The elegance of Burgundy, the spiciness of Rhone and the structure of Bordeaux all in one variety (91 points, Liberty Wines). As usual, the London show offered up some cutting edge, novel packaging: Tangled Tree’s nifty, plastic-bottled, easy sipping “lifestyle” wines are 80 per cent lighter than glass, use wood-free paper labels (made from sugar cane), and don’t mind at all being dropped on the floor. Once again, the Cape proved it has plenty to offer both inside the bottle and out. And, with luck, we’ll be seeing plenty more of these wines quite soon. Tim Pawsey covers food and wine for numerous publications and online as the Hired Belly at hiredbelly. com. Contact: rebelmouse. com/hiredbelly, on Twitter @ hiredbelly or email info@ hiredbelly.com.
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DORIS ORR
VOKRA
Dog training builds on a solid foundation of trust Sometimes when I work with a socially challenged dog, the last thing I do is take the dog into that challenging situation. The first thing I do is work with the dog and owner in an environment that, to them, seems to have absolutely nothing to do with the problem we are trying to solve. I like to call it “doing the groundwork.” Such was the case with a client and his dog, Pickles. Pickles was in a bit of a pickle. She was a sweetheart of a young dog, eight months old, that my client had adopted when she was about six months old and it was clear that her social skills needed refining. She wasn’t aggressive towards dogs in the slightest, but just
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Canine Connection
didn’t have a clue how to approach them or how to allow them to approach her. She was so excited to be around other dogs that she just froze and stared at the other dogs. Her owner would try in vain to pull her away but she just dug her claws in the ground and would not
budge. Most people saw this as an indication of an impending assault, but even though she was frozen in movement her body was not rigid in the slightest. Her eyes were staring but still soft. There was almost a pleading in her facial expression, pleading for a dog to play with. Her owner tried his best to help with her socialization by doing what most dog owners do and went to dog parks. Although the other dogs didn’t seem to mind Pickles, the other dog owners sure did. You see, Pickles is a pitbull, a pitbull with an incredibly dedicated and responsible owner. Much to Pickles’ owner’s chagrin, during
our first month of training together we didn’t go anywhere near a dog park. Instead, Pickles, her owner and myself went for leashed walks. Along the walks we began the groundwork by working on her obedience, teaching her the difference between heeling and walking nicely on-leash. She learned there were boundaries and rules while walking and that whenever we came across another person on the walks she was to come into heel and walk politely as they passed. We spent a great deal of time building an unshakable trusting relationship between herself and her See Groundwork page 29
Honesty and integrity for over 25 years. COMPASSIONATE CARE.
Kallie
SLEEMAN & TINNY
Beautiful tortoiseshell cat who loves to just hang out with you or look out the window.
Looking for a forever home together. They are 14 weeks old and full of love!
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Searching for her home. She is an amazing dog but needs a hound savvy home.
Handsome, friendly guy. Needs a safe, securely fenced home with an active family.
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• GREYHAVEN EXOTIC BIRD SANCTUARY www.greyhaven.bc.ca 604-878-7212 • PACIFIC ANIMAL FOUNDATION www.pacificanimal.org 604-986-8124 • RABBIT ADVOCACY GROUP OF BC www.rabbitadvocacy.com 604-924-3192 • SNAPPS www.snappsociety.org 604-616-6215 • VANCOUVER KITTEN RESCUE www.vokra.ca 604-731.2913 • VANCOUVER SHAR PEI RESCUE vspr@shaw.ca vancouversharpeirescue.com • WEST VAN SPCA www.spca.bc.ca 604-922-4622 • WESTCOAST REPTILE SOCIETY www.wspcr.com 604-980-1929
You can depend on Highlands Animal Hospital to be there for you and your pet when needed.
ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS All previous Capilano Pet Hospital clients receive 20% discount on initial examination during 2013
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Groundwork focuses on the basics From page 28 owner so that she willingly sought his approval and acknowledgment along the walks instead of ignoring him. Also during this groundwork Pickles’ owner began to understand how she was trying to communicate with him by reading her body language. He soon learned the difference between her fear response and insecurity, being peaceful and being aloof, joy and excitability, being distracted and being ignored. Pickles’ owner was also taught what to
do when things go wrong. As much as I’d like to say that every situation with dogs is perfect, I would be lying. There are times when a dog owner needs to know how to get himself and his dog out of a sticky situation. In Pickles’ case, her owner was instructed to do a series of mini heeling exercises with lots of turns and stops in order to keep her mind engaged when he saw her attention wavering into a zone that would lead her to freeze in her tracks. Gradually our walks began to include micro versions of situations
that Pickles once found challenging. Then came the day of the big test. We went to a busy dog park. As soon as Pickles saw another dog and began to act overly focused, her owner did a short heeling pattern to regain her attention. Pickles’ owner then kept her focus on him — not on the exuberant playing dogs — so that Pickles would be calm and relaxed when these approaching dogs finally came to greet her. The end result was the beginning of the next stage of her training — how to greet and play with other
dogs — which is what Pickles’ owner wanted. After doing the groundwork of building a mutually trusting relationship, Pickles was much calmer and willing to listen to her owner. The dog-to-dog greetings became much more relaxed. Sometimes getting what you want may take you on an unexpected journey of getting what you need first. Joan has been working with dogs for over 15 years in obedience, tracking and behavioural rehabilitation. Contact her at k9kinship.com.
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Options for volunteers The following is a selection of volunteer opportunities from various community organizations, made available through Volunteer North Shore, a service of North Shore Community Resources Society. COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS VOLUNTEER Volunteers will be responsible for providing information about the community and helping newcomers to learn about activities and services
TRAVELLERS Artists Trevor Holgate (left) and Dennis Badgley are showcasing their work in the display Travelling on now at Ron Andrews recreation centre, 931 Lytton St., North Vancouver, until Oct. 27. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN
What’s On From page 21 that performs a wide variety of music is looking for motivated singers. Rehearsals take place Mondays, 7-9 p.m. at West Vancouver United Church, 2062 Esquimalt Ave. Singers should have basic music reading skills. Call 604-922-2513 to set up an audition time. FRIENDSHIP TOASTMASTERS CLUB meets to improve communication and leadership skills every Monday, 7:15-9:15 p.m. at Silver Harbour Centre, 144 East 22nd St., North Vancouver. friendshiptoastmasters.com GLENEAGLES SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE CLUB Beginner and intermediate classes every Monday, 7:309:30 p.m. at Hollyburn elementary, 1329 Duchess Ave., West Vancouver. 604987-3792 ISRAELI DANCE Every Monday, beginners 6:157:15 p.m., intermediates and open dancing, 7:159:30 p.m. at Congregation Har El, 1305 Taylor Way, West Vancouver. $6. 604568-4771 LOGOS TOASTMASTERS CLUB Hone your public speaking skills in a fun learning and social environment. The club meets Mondays, 7:30 p.m.
to read to and play with children ages newborn to six; and set-up and clean-up activities. Volunteer will also help with snack preparation and might be able to participate in circle time.
available. Volunteers will participate in one-three group activities per month for a period of three-six months.
DOCENT Share your enthusiasm and communication skills and inspire students to explore and appreciate our community’s history. Working in teams, docents present hands-on, curriculabased educational programs to primary and intermediatelevel students.
COURT WATCH VOLUNTEER is needed to attend North Vancouver Provincial Court (NVPC), collect data and note observations on all domestic violence and youth criminal cases. FAMILY PLAYROOM VOLUNTEER Family Services of the North Shore is looking for a volunteer
VISITORS Lynn Valley Care Centre is looking for
volunteers to visit with residents and help with various programs. Examples of duties are conversation, musical entertainment, games, reading, etc. Hours can be flexible, based on volunteers’ schedules. ENGLISH LANGUAGE COACH North Shore Neighbourhood House needs native English language speakers to help adult newcomers practise English. If you are interested in these or other possible volunteer opportunities, call 604985-7138.The society is a partner agency of the United Way.
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Northshore Auto Mall • 855 Automall Drive • North Vancouver, BC • 1-866-664-8713 • www.jphyundainorthshore.com D#6700 The Hyundai names, logos, product names, feature names, images and slogans are trademarks owned by Hyundai Auto Canada Corp. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. †Finance offers available O.A.C. from Hyundai Financial Services based on a new 2013 Accent 5 Door L 6-Speed Manual/Elantra L 6-Speed Manual/Santa Fe Sport 2.4L FWD Auto/Elantra GT SE 6-Speed Auto with an annual finance rate of 0%/0%/0.99%/0% for 96/96/96/24 months. Bi-weekly payments are $73/$82/$139/$453. No down payment required. Cost of Borrowing is $0/$0/$1,126/$0. Finance offers include Delivery and Destination of $1,550/$1,550/$1,760/$1,550. Registration, insurance, PPSA, fees, levies, charges, license fees and all applicable taxes are excluded. Delivery and Destination charge includes freight, P.D.E., dealer admin fees and a full tank of gas. Financing example: 2013 Elantra L 6-Speed Manual for $16,999 (includes $500 in price adjustments) at 0% per annum equals $82 bi-weekly for 96 months for a total obligation of $16,999. Cash price is $16,999. Cost of Borrowing is $0. Example price includes Delivery and Destination of $1,550. Registration, insurance, PPSA, fees, levies, charges, license fees and all applicable taxes are excluded. Delivery and Destination charge includes freight, P.D.E., dealer admin fees and a full tank of gas. !Fuel consumption for 2013 Accent 5 Door L 6-Speed Manual (HWY 5.3L/100KM; City 7.1L/100KM)/Elantra L 6-Speed Manual (HWY 5.2L/100KM; City 7.1L/100KM)/Santa Fe Sport 2.4L FWD Auto (HWY 6.7L/100KM, City 10.1L/100KM)/Elantra GT SE 6-Speed Auto (HWY 5.3L/100KM; City 7.6L/100KM) are based on Energuide. Actual fuel efficiency may vary based on driving conditions and the addition of certain vehicle accessories. Fuel economy figures are used for comparison purposes only. "Price of models shown: 2013 Accent 5 Door GLS 6-Speed Manual/Elantra Limited/Santa Fe Sport 2.0T Limited AWD/Elantra GT SE Tech 6-Speed Auto are $19,249/$24,849/$40,259/$27,899. Prices include Delivery and Destination charges of $1,550/$1,550/$1,760/$1,550. Registration, insurance, PPSA, fees, levies, charges, license fees and all applicable taxes are excluded. Delivery and Destination charge includes freight, P.D.E., dealer admin fees and a full tank of gas. ΩPrice adjustments are calculated against the vehicle’s starting price. Price adjustments of up to $200/$500/$500/$2,350 available on 2013 Accent 5 Door L 6-Speed Manual/Elantra L 6-Speed Manual/ Santa Fe Sport 2.4L FWD Auto/Elantra GT SE 6-Speed Auto. Price adjustments applied before taxes. Offer cannot be combined or used in conjunction with any other available offers. Offer is non-transferable and cannot be assigned. No vehicle trade-in required. †Ω"Offers available for a limited time, and subject to change or cancellation without notice. See dealer for complete details. Dealer may sell for less. Inventory is limited, dealer order may be required. ††Hyundai’s Comprehensive Limited Warranty coverage covers most vehicle components against defects in workmanship under normal use and maintenance conditions.
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Fall in the air, great deals on the ground. Now is the time for your Certified Mercedes-Benz.
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Iridium Silver
$46,800 $42,700
2012 GLK350
N156713
Alabandite Green
$43,800 $43,300
$22,900 SOLD $20,700
2009 CL550
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Pewter Silver
$55,800 $53,300
2010 G550
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Iridium Silver
$83,900 $81,700 $33,800 $32,300
$19,900 $18,300
2011 B200
M569373
Polar Silver
$23,900 $22,300
2010 CL5504M
B519431
Iridium Silver
$68,800 $64,700
2008 ML350
V1355057A
Obsidian Black
2010 B200 Turbo
M562295
Calcite White
$21,800 $20,300
2009 CLK350
N1360039A
Palladium Silver
$29,900 $28,300
2011 ML350
M566137
Obsidian Black
$47,900 $43,300
2011 B200 Turbo
B545482
Mountain Grey
$25,900 $23,700
2010 E350 Coupe
M557192
Obsidian Black
$46,800 $43,700
2012 ML350
M530128
Palladium Silver
$60,800 $59,700
2011 B200 Turbo
E1354355A
Mountain Grey
$25,900 $23,700
2012 E350 Coupe
N156706
Obsidian Black
$54,800 $51,700
2010 ML550
M568534
Calcite White
$48,800 $44,700
2011 B200 Turbo
R1457052A
Calcite White
$25,900 $23,700
2010 E550 Coupe
B534244
Obsidian Black
$49,900 $44,700
2011 ML550
B540977
Palladium Silver
$54,800 $51,700
2013 C250 Coupe
V511054
Palladium Silver
$38,800 $36,700
2011 E550 Coupe
B560939
Calcite White
$54,800 $50,700
2012 ML550
B578953
Iridium Silver
$68,800 $65,700
2012 C350 Coupe
N156647
Cavansite Blue
$41,800 $37,700
2012 E350 BlueTec
N156703
Indium Grey
$54,800 $52,700
2010 ML350 BlueTec
M536594
Palladium Silver
$44,800 $42,700
2012 C350 Coupe
N156678
Obsidian Black
$42,800 $39,700
2009 E350 4Matic
1351521B
Obsidian Black
$35,900 $33,700
2011 ML350 BlueTec
B562753
Steel Grey
$47,800 $43,700
2011 C250W
M578317
Steel Grey
$30,800 $29,300
2010 E350 4Matic
M572591
Calcite White
$41,900 $38,700
2012 ML350 BlueTec
M570266
Steel Grey
$55,800 $52,700
2010 C350W
M541703
Black
$34,800 $31,700
2011 E350 4Matic
M568391
Cuprit Brown
$49,900 $46,700
2013 ML350 BlueTec
V541573
Obsidian Black
$63,900 $62,700
2012 C350W
N156648
Obsidian Black
$41,800 $38,700
2013 E300 4Matic
N156669
Polar White
$56,900 $54,700
2011 smart Passion Coupe
M568076
Deep Green
$11,500 $10,700
2011 C250 4Matic
B546583
Steel Grey
$29,900 $27,700
2013 E350 4Matic
E1459158A
Iridium Silver
$58,800 $56,700
2010 smart Highstyle Coupe M523640
Chocolate Brown
$12,850 $11,700
2009 C300 4Matic
V1456843B
Calcite White
$24,800 $22,700
2013 E350 4Matic
V504827
Obsidian Black
$58,800 $56,700
2012 smart Passion Coupe
N156724
Deep Black
$13,000 $12,700
2010 C300 4Matic
M567511
Palladium Silver
$30,800 $28,700
2010 E550 4Matic
M494269
Steel Grey
$46,800 $43,700
2011 smart Passion Cab.
N156725
Cristal White
$13,850 $12,300
2010 C300 4Matic
B532319
Steel Grey
$31,800 $29,700
2010 S550V 4Matic
R1243700A
Iridium Silver
$62,800 $60,700
2011 smart Passion Cab.
N156733
Grey Metallic
$13,850 $12,300
2010 C300 4Matic
M567513
Obsidian Black
$32,800 $30,700
2012 S350
N156719
Obsidian Black
$79,900 $78,300
2010 C63 AMG
M526057
Calcite White
$53,800 $49,700
2011 C300 4Matic
M533013
Palladium Silver
2010 S600V
M530117
Diamond White
$84,900 $80,700
2009 CLK63 AMG Cab.
M524540
Iridium Silver
$54,800 $50,700
2013 C300 4Matic
V520034
Polar White
2012 S400V Hybrid
N156743
Obsidian Black
$85,800 $83,700
2010 E63 AMG
M541622
Obsidian Black
$67,900 $64,700
2012 C300 4Matic
1363197A
Palladium Silver
$40,800 $37,700
2012 S550W 4Matic
N156738
Iridium Silver
$87,800 $84,700
2010 S63 AMG
B537181
Iridium Silver
$84,900 $80,700
2013 C300 4Matic
V511514
Black
$39,900 $37,700
2012 S550V 4Matic
V1351105A
Iridium Silver
$91,800 $90,300
2011 ML63 AMG
B516314A
Steel Grey
$73,900 $65,700
2010 C350 4Matic
M570908
Calcite White
$34,800 $31,700
2010 GLK350
M567782
Sanidine Beige
$35,900 $35,300
2011 ML63 AMG
B505419
Calcite White
$78,800 $69,700
2013 C350 4Matic
V542562
Black
$45,900 $43,700
2011 GLK350
M576012
Iridium Silver
$36,900 $36,300
2010 G55 AMG
B541523A
Obsidian Black
$108,800 $105,700
$36,800 SOLD $34,700 $38,800 SOLD $36,700
Mercedes-Benz North Shore
1375 Marine Drive 604-984-9351 mbvancouver.ca
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Contest is calling for videos ANNE WATSON awatson@nsnews.com
LOCATION:
940 Lynn Valley Rd. North Vancouver
Come celebrate a century at Mollie Nye House, a gathering place in your community!
1913 THEN, 2013 NOW Parking at top parking lot, Karen Magnusson Rec Centre
FREE FUN FOR FAMILIES
■ Hands-on
■ Memories of
100 years, with house tours and vintage costumes
Activities, Demonstrations, Games, Prizes plus a judged exhibition of local produce & crafts.
■
N scale model train display by TraiNgang
Presented by
Lynn Valley Services Society
Details at www.mollienyehouse.com
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Josef Colbow, Marcus van der Made, and Matteo and Stefan Colbow jump off a fishing boat in the Dalmatian Coast of Croatia.
Longtime North Shore residents and friends Mike and Joan Brown and Jan and Don Currie take the North Shore News to Nerja in Costa del Sol, Spain.
Jeff Nahanee visits Snowdrift, N.W.T., on what turned out to be an “excellent” lake trout fishing trip with his family.
Handsworth secondary teachers and music students take an Alaskan cruise to perform at a music festival at sea.
Jamal, Regie and Izabelle Bala visit Bohol, Philippines, where they rode ATVs and went snorkeling.
Robert Crymble visits the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston. Kieran Jamison visits the Hollywood Hills with some furry friends while on a trip along the California coast.
Members of the North Shore based Excel Soccer Italy Travel Team and family members stop in the town square in the Republic of San Marino while on a trip to Italy.
Joey and Phillip Sullivan visit a lodge in the Kalahari Desert in Botswana.
Lachlan and Katherine Karr take the North Shore News to Buckingham Palace.
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North Vancouver’s Richard Granholm pilots his No. 15 Firmann F1000 during a recent race held at Mission Raceway. Granholm will be gunning for the Sport Car Club of British Columbia’s Open Wheel and Formula Libre titles in the final races of the season this weekend. PHOTO BRENT MARTIN
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It didn’t take much to convince North Vancouver’s Richard Granholm to buy a topof-the-line racecar. Lured to Mission Raceway a couple of years ago by a skiing buddy who was heavily involved in the car racing scene, Granholm loved what he saw at the track and loved it even more when he got to sit inside one of the openwheeled race cars. “I said, ‘yeah, I’m going to buy one of these,’” he recalls with a laugh. “I didn’t even drive anywhere. . . . I knew I had to have one.” The cars, of course, are pricey, but luckily for Granholm he was able to hook up with a willing and able sponsor — Battery World located on Boundary Road in Vancouver. It’s a store that sells batteries and it also
happens to be owned by one Richard Granholm. Ready to plaster his store’s logo on a car and hit the track, Granholm ordered a Firmann F1000 made by England’s Ralph Firmann, a highly regarded automaker. “I went and bought the best car money can buy,” says Granholm of his 850pound racer that can push past 250 kilometres per hour with its Suzuki GSXR1000 motorcycle engine. The car arrived and, with the help of Glenn Nixon of Nixon Prosports, was tuned up for the track. Granholm admits it’s hard to total up just how much he spent getting the car ready to race. “It’s difficult to put a price on it because you buy a car for like $70,000 and then you add the geartronic system and then you modify the wings and you make lots and lots of modifications.You custommake the seat to fit your
Richard Granholm went out and bought “the best car money can buy” after sitting in a friend’s racer for just a few minutes. PHOTO BRENT MARTIN body. It adds up.” But when it arrived he knew he made the right decision. “It’s quite a beautiful car to drive,” he says, adding that it’s now basically the fastest car out there on the Mission track. But having a fast car is one thing, racing a fast car is altogether different. Granholm’s first race came in the Sports Car Club of
British Columbia’s novice division at the beginning of the 2012 season. “It was so cool,” he says. “I was scared, because it’s very easy to get in trouble with my car because of the power. . . . I took it very easy, I started at the very back of the pack and I said to myself I won’t pass any cars for a full lap. I understand that there always can be trouble in
the first corner. I followed everybody for one lap and then I started passing. I think I ended up about sixth out of 22 cars.” From there he pushed the pace a little bit each time out. When he hit the track for the opening race this season he was off of the novice circuit and into the big leagues. His See Granholm page 36
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lap times dropped from one minute 15 seconds to about 1:06 as the car reached a top speed of 207 kilometres per hour down the raceway’s straightaway. “I’ve had the fastest time out there on the track of any car in any class all year,” he says. The wins and points started piling up too. “I wouldn’t say that I’m the best driver but I’m definitely becoming a very good driver,” he
says. “I’m not taking too many risks, I have finished every race that I’ve entered in two years and so has the car, which really says something.” It hasn’t all been easy though. A couple of weeks ago during the Labour Daze races Granholm nearly put his beautiful baby into the wall. “We did something to the car’s setup and it caused the car to push and not turn properly under full power,” he says. “I let off the gas fully in order
to get the car to grip and we were one inch from the wall as we went by it at 100 miles per hour.” What was he thinking at that moment? “Uhhhmmm, not much time to think,” he says with a chuckle. “We made it, we cleared the wall and then back on the gas. . . . You forget about it and just make sure you make the turn better next time.” This weekend the Sports Car Club is holding its final two races of the season and Granholm
comes into them in first place in both the Open Wheel category as well as the Formula Libre category, a free-for-all designation used for all open wheel cars that don’t fit into other more restrictive classes such as Formula V or Formula Fords. Granholm reckons he’s got the Formula Libre championship wrapped up but he will be pushed by Formula V racer Paul Higgins for the Open Wheel club championship
crown. The track opens at 7 a.m. Sept. 14 and 15 with practices and qualifying in the mornings followed by racing starting at 1:40 p.m. on Saturday and 1:15 p.m. Sunday. Granholm’s open wheel races are scheduled for 2:35 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. No matter what happens, the 56-year-old battery salesman turned speed demon knows that he’ll be back next year ready for more racing. “I’m fully into it now,
I’m hooked,” he says. “At the track we’re all buddies. . . . It’s just great camaraderie. I’m one of the guys now.” Spectators are welcome at the races and there are plenty of opportunities for folks to catch the racing bug themselves, says Granholm. “Everybody is always welcome to walk through the pits and ask questions of the drivers,” he says. “I love getting kids and putting them in the cockpit.”
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GETTING TIRED A competitor pulls a weighted tire in a race to the finish during the Femsport Challenge held Sept. 7 at Shipbuilders Square. North Vancouver’s Chris Davies finished second at the North Pacific Strongman Challenge that was held at the same time. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH
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West Vancouver’s Nikola Girke and sailing partner Luke Ramsay placed second and were the top North American finishers in the Nacra 17 class at the U.S. National Championships held Aug. 22-26 in Oakcliff, N.Y. The Nacra 17 performance catamaran was introduced last year and will be included in the sailing regatta at the 2016 Olympic Games. Girke is attempting to make her fourth Olympic Games, having competed in a two-person 470 sailboat
in 2004 and in RSX windsurfing in 2008 and 2012. Windsurfing was discontinued after the 2012 Olympics, forcing Girke to again go looking for a new challenge. Vancouver’s Ramsay competed in his first Games in 2012, finishing 25th in the 470 class with sailing partner Mike Leigh. ••• North Vancouver baseball player Rowan Wick was recently named to the 2013 Appalachian League Post-season AllStar team following his
season with the rookie league Johnson City Cardinals of Johnson City, Tenn. In 56 games this year the 20-year-old catcher/ right fielder led the team in home runs with 10, was second in RBIs with 35 and was second in slugging percentage at .464. The Carson Graham grad was chosen in the ninth round of the 2012 MLB draft by the St. Louis Cardinals.
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