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West Van’s rich are indeed richer 23% of residents in top 10% of earners: Household Survey JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

InWestVancouver, the “one per cent” is actually the seven per cent. That’s according to information from the National Household Survey on income, recently released

by Statistics Canada, which confirms that West Vancouver’s reputation for affluence is well deserved. Across the country as a whole, individuals earning more than $191,000 were among the lucky few in the top one per cent of income. In the District of West

Vancouver, however, seven per cent of people fell into that category, while about 23 per cent of residents were in the top 10 per cent of income earners nation-wide. Only about 65 per cent of income in West Vancouver was earned through employment. Residents received almost 18 per cent of their income through investments — three times the provincial average — as well as receiving a higher

than average income through private pensions. Among those who worked full-time, earners were likely to be senior managers and business professionals with median incomes of around $74,000. But the average income of the top 10 per cent — including investments and other sources of income — was much higher, at more than $250,000. Among men, that climbed to just

under $300,000. Not all is rosy for the rich, however.West Vancouverites also paid a higher percentage of their income in taxes than those with slimmer wallets. West Vancouver residents paid about 25 per cent of their total income to the tax man, compared to about 14 per cent overall for residents of B.C. Statistics Canada pegged the median after-tax income of families in West Vancouver

at just shy of $98,000. Not everyone in West Vancouver is well off, however. Almost 15 per cent of residents are living in households considered lowincome — defined as having half the Canadian median of after-tax household income. In North Vancouver, incomes were also higher than the provincial average, although less stratospheric

Outdoor taxes a bad idea: Tim Jones BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

The organization that represents the province’s 80 search and rescue teams is pitching some ideas to beef up funding for rescue teams that would hit outdoor recreationists in the wallet. In a paper meant only to get some ideas up for discussion, the B.C. Search and Rescue Association suggests a number of ways SAR groups can raise more funds to help them keep up with ever-growing call volumes. Among the ideas: putting a new user fee on outdoor recreational activity costs like ski-hill lift tickets, hunting and fishing licences, off-road vehicle registration and outdoor gear. But that idea is See B.C. page 5

SWING SHIFT Peyton Montague, 4, lounges on the modern swing at John Lawson Park in West Vancouver. A makeover of the children’s playground is partially complete. Use the Layar app to see video footage of the playground. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN

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Derrick George “Chief Kiapalanexw,” (centre) with his father Joe George and sons Ernie (left), Adam and Jacob. At right: Shelley Joseph, her son Thunder Joseph-Rice and her sister Karen Joseph attend a sacred fire ceremony at Ambleside Monday. Scan each photo for residential school documentary footage. PHOTOS PAUL MCGRATH, CINDY GOODMAN

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The fire is lit as the assembled guests bow their heads or gaze out at the grey water just off Ambleside beach. A long silence follows signalling a time for reflection and prayer. A crowd of about 60 people is gathered early Monday morning near The Welcome Figure for a sacred fire ceremony hosted by members of the Squamish Nation. The event is being held to mark the beginning of Truth and Reconciliation week, a week of events to remember and share residential school experiences. It takes a while for the stacked wood to burn down to embers, and nobody speaks while they wait. As the fire reaches a low point, speakers talk of remembrance and moving forward. They also speak of connectedness. “As human beings we are of one heart and one mind, and in that oneness we’re not to hurt each other anymore. We’re not to hurt each other anymore,” says

one speaker. Among the crowd, fiveyear-old Thunder JosephRice has been quietly observing with his family. After it’s over, he stands with his mom and his aunt, who helped organize the event, as they explain the meaning behind the ceremony. Thunder does not seem too interested in the North Shore News photographer’s impressive camera or the reporter taking notes. Instead, he lets us know that his Spider-Man shoes flash when he walks. He doesn’t need much prompting to demonstrate. As the remnants of the sacred fire are doused with water, the significance of the ceremony can be seen in a young boy whose Spider-Man shoes light up: If this was just a few generations ago, Thunder would likely not have been here. Taken from his family, he would have been placed in a residential school. ••• As far as six-year-old Sam George knew, it was a normal day as he walked toward Keith Road with his father, his brother and his two sisters from his home

on the Mission reserve in North Vancouver. He didn’t know where they were going. They didn’t have suitcases or any belongings with them except for the clothes they were wearing. The last thing he remembers his father saying to the school principal that morning was “Take care of my children.” Sam was then separated from his father and his siblings and began a new life at St. Paul’s Indian Residential School, which stood where St. Thomas Aquinas secondary stands today. The siblings were separated into different dorms, and Sam discovered some of his cousins were there as well. Sam remembers a man, who he later learned was an Indian agent, visiting his home a short time before he was taken to the school. He remembers his parents were visibly upset and angry. His mom was crying, but he didn’t know why at the time. He doesn’t know exactly how many days later he was taken to St. Paul’s, but he clearly remembers what happened next. Sam alleges that during

his seven-year stay at St. Paul’s he suffered verbal, physical and sexual abuse. The details of his experience are heart wrenching. “You learn your techniques of survival,” says Sam of his time at the school. In 1959, St. Paul’s was shut down and Sam, then 13, and his siblings were allowed to leave. They walked together to their home just four blocks away. “I was very happy,” he says of the school closure. But the damage was done. “My life changed,” says Sam. By then, his parents had separated because as Sam says, “They had nobody to take care of.” And although they live close by, to this day the four siblings are still somewhat disconnected. “We don’t have that bonding. Although I love them, we don’t have that bonding,” says Sam. It was difficult to reintegrate into his family and community after leaving the school, and Sam says he was full of anger caused by his experience at St. Paul’s. He started drinking and that

anger turned to violence. At 15 years old, he ended up in prison for four-anda-half years on an assault charge. In a sad statement about justice, Sam says to his knowledge none of those responsible for his abuse were ever charged for what they did. After he was released from prison at age 20, Sam continued to have trouble with drugs and alcohol. Although he has been clean and sober for 23 years, he says it has only been in the last 13 years that he has been able to come to terms with what happened to him. “I just finally accepted that I had nothing to do with it. I had no control over what happened to me. I was a child,” he explains. Sam worked as a longshoreman for 43 years and has two children. His residential school experience also affected his kids. “I had no parenting skills at all,” he admits. He is still working on his relationships with his children, but says thankfully they seem to be doing much better as parents than he did. In the end, Sam says the

only thing that really saved him was going back to his culture. “It was so medieval, so cruel,” he says of the treatment he witnessed and received. It was a treatment meant to separate him from his culture. “I was ashamed to be an Indian for a long time but nothing ever changed it. They tried to change us. They did succeed in ways, but we’re still here.” Now retired, Sam works as an elder counsellor helping other people return to their aboriginal culture.

••• “The Government of Canada sincerely apologizes and asks the forgiveness of the Aboriginal peoples of this country for failing them so profoundly. Nous le regrettons. We are sorry.” In an official apology issued in June 2008 on behalf of Canadians, Prime Minister Stephen Harper stated that the Government of Canada was wrong to forcibly remove aboriginal children from their homes to residential schools. The main objective See Doing page 9


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B.C. volunteers worth $50M From page 1 “vehemently opposed” by North Shore Rescue members, said team leader Tim Jones. “It’s an affront.We missed the point.The point is the province should be paying for this, not the tourism industry,” he said. The report notes that if all the volunteer hours spent on rescues were fully paid at RCMP-like salaries, SAR operations would cost the British Columbians about $50 million per year, yet funding from Emergency Management B.C. is closer to $9 million. Citing that fact, Jones said BCSARA shouldn’t be tempting the province to find new ways to avoid funding SAR. “The province is getting this unbelievable return

on investment.They need to structure their budget to properly fund search and rescue,” he said. “This whole thing got mixed up. Respectfully, in my opinion, BCSARA has missed the mark.They should be talking about return on investment. That should be the theme of the discussion paper — not going after the ski industry or Mountain Equipment Co-op for user fees.” Outdoor recreation is a huge economic generator for the province, Jones said, and the fees would dampen business and punish users, the vast majority of whom are responsible and never need a rescue. Grouse Mountain, Mount Seymour and Cypress Mountain already provide more than their share of support to NSR

— more than user fees could ever pay for, Jones added. “The support that we get from the three mountains has been absolutely unbelievable.We’ve got SAR stations at Seymour and Cypress.We’ve got (radio) repeaters at all three mountains.We get in-kind support from the mountains on everything from transport to meals,” he said. “To put a dollar figure on that versus user fees, it wouldn’t even come close.” MEC also offers the team discounts on equipment. Jones said he realizes this is likely to put him at odds with other SAR agencies in the association, but he is committed to lobbying the province for SAR funding for communications infrastructure, stand-by helicopter access and rescue

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than those of West Van. Residents in both the city and district earned more of their income through employment (79 and 76 per cent respectively). Pensions and investments each made up between five and eight percent of total incomes. Among those who worked full-time in the district, their median employment income was $62,000.Those workers were likely to be in

middle management and professional occupations. Median after-tax income of families in the district was about $89,000. Residents paid about 18 per cent of their total income in taxes. About 11 per cent of residents were living in households considered low income. In the City of North Vancouver, a median income for full-time work was $53,000. City residents paid about 15.4 per cent of their income in taxes. Median

after-tax income of families was $70,763. About 16 per cent of residents in the City of North Vancouver lived in households considered lowincome. Canada pension and old age security payments accounted for the lion’s share of federal transfers to residents throughout the North Shore. Employment Insurance and child tax benefits made up only a small portion of federal transfers.

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oday marks the end of Truth and Reconciliation week in B.C., one of the more meaningful attempts by Canada to understand and confront the multi-generational impact of the residential school system on First Nations people. For decades, children were stolen from their parents’ arms, had their culture beaten out of them and were sent out into the world without the basic advantages that come with a proper upbringing. Many North Shore residents only just learned about St. Paul’s Indian Residential School, here in our own backyard — though local Squamish, Musqueam and Tsleil-Waututh members had first-hand experience. Good on the City of North Vancouver for chipping in for a memorial. Judging by the lack of local knowledge, the

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St. Roch’s Arctic adventure recalled Dear Editor: I read with interest your Sept. 4 story, 1,900 Arctic kilometres by rowboat. I am glad that they are safe. When I first read about their plans I was concerned as I felt they were underestimating the task, particularly the time frame and the conditions they may face.What they did achieve is remarkable,

and I commend them on the common sense to realize when to quit. However, that is not the reason for this letter! In your second paragraph you state “a trip previously only possible aboard hulking icebreaker ships.” I beg to differ. For more than 100 years, Arctic navigation during the short summer

season has been possible with comparatively small and low powered vessels. Great shiphandling skills and some luck were required. Franklin was unlucky, he apparently sailed during a period of very harsh winters. The first vessel to transit the Northwest Passage was the tiny Norwegian boat, Gjoa. She is only 21 metres long,

wooden construction with sails and a small motor, built in 1872, and sailed east to west 1903 to 1906, wintering in the ice. A generation passed before it was done again.That was the Canadian vessel St. Roch, built in North Vancouver in 1928. She is 32 metres long, wooden construction with sails and a motor. She made the voyage west to east 1940

to 1942, also overwintering in the ice, and made the return voyage in 1944. Later, St. Roch became the first vessel to circumnavigate North America via the Panama Canal. Both the Gjoa and St. Roch still survive, the latter at the Vancouver Maritime Museum and well worth a visit. Gordon Passmore North Vancouver

Pay attention to your canine vibration meter Dear Editor: Coincidence or not? My early days in Nicaragua were often times of experiencing minor earthquakes. The locals always knew to heed the rushed exodus of dogs from towns and villages. Apparently the dogs sensed vibrations long before a small

or larger quake would strike. Your Sept. 4 story, Felled Norgate Trees Had Root Rot Infection, was a stark reminder of what happened to me here in North Vancouver. My husband worked with logging and construction equipment and knew which trees would

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where I had stood! District workers soon came, cut and removed the tree. Fred is no longer with us but upon clearing some brambles in that area, the “famous” tree stump is once again in plain view. Jessie Jacklin North Vancouver

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Sunday, September 22, 2013 - North Shore News - A7

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Sam George was taken from his Squamish Nation family at the age of six and forced to attend St. Paul’s Indian Residential School in North Vancouver. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN From page 3 of the schools was to assimilate aboriginal children into the dominant culture. The government became involved in the administration of residential schools in 1874, and according to Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, the government operated nearly every

school as a joint venture with various religious groups, including Anglican, Presbyterian, United and Roman Catholic churches. The government began to close many residential schools by the mid-1970s, but the last one didn’t shut its doors until 1996. It is estimated that at least 150,000 aboriginal children were removed from their families and

placed in residential schools. According to the court-ordered Truth and Reconciliation Commission, part of whose mandate is to create a public record of residential school experiences, “hundreds, if not thousands,” of those children never returned home. The commission is working with a missing children’s group to uncover how many of those children died, how they died and where they are buried. There have been widespread allegations from survivors that they experienced various forms of abuse at residential schools, and as a result many came together in a class-action suit against the government and the churches involved. The suit was resolved with the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement reached in September 2007. The settlement allowed for two types of compensation payments to residential school survivors: a common experience payment for those who were forced to attend the schools and a separate compensation for claims of sexual or serious physical abuse. After recounting his experiences to an adjudicator, Sam George was among those survivors who received compensation through the settlement. As Harper recognized

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in his apology, the legacy of residential schools contributed to social problems that continue to exist in many communities today. Reaching out to survivors to help facilitate discussion of recovery and healing was one of the key goals of Truth and Reconciliation week events. Karen Joseph, executive director of Reconciliation Canada, which helped organize the sacred fire ceremony at Ambleside, says the week’s events were held “to remind us that we’re all one, and to connect us to our shared

humanity so that we could weave all of our strengths together and build a stronger future going forward.” Reconciliation Canada is a charitable project started by her father, Chief Robert Joseph, to help build relationships between aboriginal people and all Canadians. “It’s about moving beyond apologies and actually doing something to create a longstanding difference for our people,” says Karen. ••• Creating a longstanding

difference involves breaking the cycle of abuse and addiction caused by the residential school legacy, says Derrick George of the TsleilWaututh Nation. It was an important step in his own recovery. Both of Derrick’s parents were survivors of residential schools, but Derrick, who is now 51, is part of the first generation of aboriginal children who weren’t forced into residential schools. However, he says the legacy was still felt in his home growing up on

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Health Notes KIDNEY WALK — BE THE MOVEMENT The annual North Shore Kidney Walk will begin at 8 a.m., Sunday, Sept. 22 at Ambleside Park.The walk raises funds for programs and services for those

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Important to build family traditions From page 11 accept the invitation.This chance to play invites you to set aside your adult worries for a few minutes and join your child where he or she is. Busy lives dictate that often we need to get activities done quickly. When we, as parents, are feeling rushed, we can enter the pattern of hurrying our children and, in response, the children may respond

with resistance. You may find your child to be more co-operative when you offer a choice, for example, “It’s dinner time.Would you like to use the blue cup or the red cup today?” Providing appropriate choices and including your child in decisions will enhance his or her sense of competency, help you accomplish tasks and enhance your overall sense of family connection. Another thing to consider

that, in the moment may seem counter-intuitive, is to get in the practice of taking time to prepare your child for what is coming next and then offering clear guidelines about the expectations you have for these activities. For example, letting a child know

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When Heather McCracken first started researching how to help her son make friends following his diagnosis with autism, she never imagined the impact her work would come to have on similarly affected families. “When he entered into the public school system 15 years ago, I saw the huge need for programs and services that facilitated peer social inclusion, play and friendships and I went looking for those programs and they simply didn’t exist back in the day,” says the North Vancouver resident. McCracken’s efforts yielded the development of what she refers to as the Friend 2 Friend Autism Demystification Model and it’s at the heart of the growing list of programs comprising the Friend 2 Friend Social Learning Society, which fosters play and friendships for individuals on the autism spectrum. McCracken

Play guide Katie Robbins is joined by three friends in a pretend boat at the Friend 2 Friend Play Centre (shown at right). PHOTOS SUPPLIED founded Friend 2 Friend in 2002 and it offers a variety of social, communication, peer, play and friendship programs that to date have served more than 175,000 children in B.C. alone. Programming is also offered for adults and the Friend 2 Friend approach is continuing to spread internationally, the result of available packaged materials as well as McCracken’s continued acceptance of invitations to speak worldwide. “It’s just crazy,” says

McCracken, reflecting on her journey, adding, “We just keep growing.” A non-government funded charity, all Friend 2 Friend programs are offered to families at one-third of the cost to the society, or for free based on financial need. To continue supporting children and their families, the society is presenting a fundraising Integrated Play Groups Conference, Sept. 27-28 at Vancouver Hillel at the University of British Columbia. The conference will

feature McCracken and Pamela Wolfberg, a professor at San Francisco State University and Friend 2 Friend contributor. It will offer those in attendance a chance to learn about the principles and practices of the Friend 2 Friend and Integrated Play Groups models. The conference is tailored towards professionals working with children (ages three-18) who have social communication disorders and peer play needs, as well as parents of children who

are in the school system or a community setting and are struggling to make friends. “The proceeds from this conference will go directly back to supplying play centre programs completely free of charge to those families in need,” says McCracken. The cost to attend the conference is $225, which includes admission to a wine and cheese reception marking the one-year anniversary of the society’s play centre, launched in East Vancouver at 2941 Kingsway last year, and the

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retrieved the Silver Harbour scrapbook from its home in the basement file room. Taped and glued to the pages of the big green book, brown and brittle clippings from the North Shore’s newspapers of the day — the Lions Gate Times and The Citizen — chronicle a journey that began back in 1968. For years, in church halls and in private homes, seniors had been meeting to socialize, share information, learn and practise crafts. Some people believed the community’s senior citizens deserved better. Inspired by Silver Threads Activity Centre in Victoria, and led by the formidable Laura McWilliams, they set out to establish a local centre for seniors. Approximately 170 citizens joined the Silver Harbour Manor Society, including North Vancouver Coun. Stella Jo Dean and her husband, Roland. Stella Jo and provincial minister without portfolio Grace McCarthy helped secure funding for the project. Rolly Dean co-ordinated a one-day drive to drum up community support. On Sept. 21, 1970, more than 1,300 canvassers visited 23,000 homes.When Silver Harbour Manor opened,

700 seniors signed up in the first week.This year, Sept. 22 has been proclaimed Silver Harbour Seniors’ Activity Centre Day by the City and District of North Vancouver and by the provincial government.Voted Best Seniors’ Service 2013 by North Shore News readers, the centre has logged a record 159,000 visits to more than 70 programs and services. “People are active and they are keen to learn,” says Loverin. “They come for the programs and stay to volunteer, becoming our most valuable, and appreciated, asset. Independent individuals come together at Silver Harbour, building community and rewriting the story of aging.” Although Silver Harbour’s official celebrations, a dinner-dance on Sept. 21 and tea on Sept. 24, are sold out, a slide show and a digital film (both with contributions from Shirley Lytle) are running continuously and the centre is offering free presentations as well as those famous lunches. 604-980-2474 Laura Anderson works with and for seniors on the North Shore. 778-279-2275 lander1@shaw.ca

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What’s On Sundays NORTH SHORE CRIC CRAC STORYTELLING EVENINGS presented by the Vancouver Society of Storytelling take place the first Sunday of every month, 7-9 p.m. at the Silk Purse Arts Centre, 1570 Argyle Ave., West Vancouver. Each month features a different theme. $7/$5. 604-925-7292 silkpurse.ca

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the disappearance of the Maya people and the transformation of a 15year-old girl Wednesday, Sept. 25, 7:30-9 p.m. at West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. westvanlibrary.ca DELBROOK COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION will hold its annual general meeting Sept. 25, 7:30 p.m. in Meeting Room B at the North Vancouver District Hall, 355 West Queens Rd. Agenda: nominating a councillor, Delbrook Community Centre site, Griffin update and officers’ election. PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETINGS Grosvenor will hold information See more page 23

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Clockwise from front left: Frances Roelofs, Nathan Walker, Mike Langley and Ron Johnstone invite anglers and fishing enthusiasts to the District of North Vancouver Firefighters Charitable Society’s second annual Fishing Derby on Friday, Sept. 27. The event begins one hour before dawn at Lions Gate Marina, 1331 McKeen Ave., with weigh-in at 2 p.m. sharp. Tickets are $60 and include a T-shirt, burger barbecue and free boat launch at the marina. Proceeds benefit the Seymour Salmonid Society and Athletics for Kids. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN

WEST VANCOUVER SPCA will celebrate its 30th anniversary in the community with an Open House, barbecue and a dog wash fundraiser Sunday, Sept. 22, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. at 1020 Marine Dr. A team of firefighters will be lending a hand. All proceeds will help the animals. Minimum donation $20. 604-922-4622

There are 30 days for the submission of comments by the public in relation to the draft Application Information Requirements. The comment period will begin on September 19 and end on October 19. All comments received during this NOTE:

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A22 - North Shore News - Sunday, September 22, 2013

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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.

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be required, but the ability to guide the conversation and encourage all to participate is required. ESCORT VOLUNTEER Volunteers are needed to escort elderly residents to in-house hairdresser. The shifts which need to be filled are Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday from 9:30 a.m. to noon.

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NORTH SHORE CULTURE DAYS A kick-off event for Culture Days, a movement to raise awareness, accessibility, participation and engagement in the arts and cultural life will take place Thursday, Sept. 26, 5 p.m. at Shipbuilder’s Square, 15 Wallace Mews, North Vancouver. ONE-ON-ONE COMPUTER ASSISTANCE Sign up for 30 minutes of personalized help with the Internet, email, word processing, social media or an e-reader Thursday, Sept. 26, 1:30-4 p.m. at Capilano library, 3045 Highland Blvd., North Vancouver. Registration required. 604987-4471 x8175 nvdpl.ca Compiled by Debbie Caldwell Email information for your non-profit, by donation or nominal fee event to listings@ nsnews.com.To post online, go to nsnews.com/events.

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A24 - North Shore News - Sunday, September 22, 2013

NEWS AROUND THE WORLD

Myron Claridge and Ruth Morant take the News on a 74-day voyage on a tall ship from Cape Town to Perth, Australia.

Lauren and Elaina Munro are ready to hit the waves at Poipu beach in Kauai.

Jan Bryant visits the site of a chambered burial cairn called Maeshowe in Orkney, Scotland.

Katie, Evan and Emily Rink visit Buckingham Palace while on a trip to England.

Mason and Madison Monahan take the News to Disneyland in California. The trip was a surprise from their parents.

Andrew Walsh and Shannon Merry take the News to the beach in Castelldefels, Spain.

Members of the North Shore’s Burstin’ With Broadway choir visit New York City to watch some musicals.

David, Robyn and Bob Hissink reach the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro (19,340 feet), in Tanzania.

Noah Fischer visits Daigo-ji, a temple in Kyoto, Japan, while visiting his aunt who lives nearby.

Gillian Lyles visits Blackpool, Lancashire in England. The Blackpool Tower can be seen in the background.

Going on a trip? Take the North Shore News with you and we’ll try to publish your photo in our News Around the World feature (there is no guarantee photos will be published). Due to the amount of photos received, it may take several weeks for your photo to appear in the paper. Take a photo of yourself outside (keep close to the camera but with the background still in view) in a location outside the province holding a copy of the paper, with a background that distinguishes the location. Send it to us with the first and last name of everyone in the photo (left to right) and a description of where the photo was taken. Email to rduane@nsnews.com, or drop off a copy at the North Shore News building.


Sunday, September 22, 2013 - North Shore News - A25

TASTE

Wine blends are more about style

Tim Pawsey

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What’s in a blend? Why worry? One of the many interesting people I met at Beautiful South in London last week was winemaker Kevin Grant. He and his wife Hanli own Ataraxia in Hemel-en-Aarde Valley, the stunningly beautiful, coastal region whose name kept popping up during the twoday tasting. Kevin cut his teeth at nearby celebrated Hamilton Russell before establishing Ataraxia, where they focus very much on terroir and varieties suited to the cool climate setting. (Last week I gave serious props to Ataraxia Chardonnay, 91 points.) As Kevin poured me his 2008 Serenity red blend (not yet in B.C.), he joked that nobody knows the blend, not even his wife. And he’s not about to spill the beans now. The actual make up of the wine varies from year to year, so it doesn’t help. Even if you are a certified member of WineGeeksRUs, chances are you won’t be able to nail down the varieties anyway. I have a vague idea what might be in there. But it

really doesn’t matter. And, besides, I like his poetry. Kevin says, “It seeks to be a wine that whispers, rather than shouts, a wine that will subtly occupy all corners of your palate.” He says he only uses the cultivars that respond best to the climatic conditions and weather dealt that year, which is why he’s the winemaker and not you or I. “It simply remains a secret blend.We’ve never divulged what it is: It’s simply not important,” he says. And here’s why. “Blends are all about style, not about construction, cultivars or even percentages. Much more about style. That’s the original raison d’etre for blends,” he says. “It’s a wine that evolves in the bottle or glass as you linger over it at dinner or a barbecue. It’s really (more) about style than it is about cultivar makeup.” His words rang true with me because, especially in North America, we’ve been raised on the varietal label so much so that not only does it dictate almost entirely how wine is marketed and stocked at the store, but it’s become an unhealthy preoccupation. After all, what is wine if it’s not, first and foremost, about the place it comes from and the people who make it? Think terroir, in every aspect. ••• While you might have to wait a while to taste Kevin’s wine in B.C., here’s a couple of other worthy

blends that you can track down. ■ Glen Carlou Grand Classique 2009 Arguably one of the best-value Bordeaux style blends on liquor store shelves (and, yes, you can easily find the Cabernet dominated breakdown), here’s a drop that’s perfect for pairing with fall-inspired stews and serious steaks. Up front red and black fruit with cocoa and mocha notes, with a touch of spice, wrapped in easy tannins (BCLS $20.99, 90 points). ■ De Martino Las Cruces Old Vines 2010 (Cachapoal) From one of the

country’s most dynamic producers, this wine is emblematic of the “new” Chile but from an older vineyard planted primarily to Malbec with Carmenere, some Cab. Sauv, and a few more things. The wine is the sum of its bush vine parts, rewarding with a rich and textured palate of damson and chewy chocolate notes with wellbalanced fruit and oak. Private stores ($50, 91 points). Tim Pawsey covers food and wine for numerous publications and online at hiredbelly.com. Contact: Twitter @hiredbelly or email info@hiredbelly.com.

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A26 - North Shore News - Sunday, September 22, 2013

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Anger pushed to next generation

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the Burrard reserve, where he still lives with his three teenaged sons. Derrick says as an adult he struggled with addictions on and off but when his first son was born he knew he had to change. “I did know that if I didn’t do something to smarten myself up the cycle was going to continue and I probably would have lost my boys to the ministry. So I got clean and sober.” He says he believes addiction is still a real problem among aboriginal youth and the root causes can be traced back to residential schools. “I believe that if my dad had the help that I have today, I probably wouldn’t have went through that,” he says. “I think maybe to a certain degree they did know how to parent, it’s just that they didn’t know how to deal with their anger. I think that’s the problem. And that anger has been pushed on to the

next generation, which is going on to the next generation.” Derrick’s father was a great athlete and used sports as a way out at the residential school he attended in Sechelt since athletes sometimes got to travel for meets. He later made sports a priority for his own three sons who were all invited to try out for the Canucks. Unfortunately, none of them made the team because they were too small. Continuing the tradition, Derrick has used sports as a way to connect with his own sons and keep them healthy, and over the years he has coached soccer, lacrosse, boxing, track and canoeing. “I believe there are many of us that could have made professional sports, actually quite easily, but they never did it because of their addictions, and the addictions are caused by the residential school system.” Making sure his sons enjoyed and succeeded

at school was also an important goal he had as a parent. All three of his sons face learning challenges, but the oldest two have graduated from high school and the youngest one is well on his way. “I’m very proud of my sons. They chose on their own to work hard in school and they’ve done the very best that they can,” says Derrick. Although not easy to do, Derrick believes that talking about their experiences, letting go, and ultimately learning to forgive are important steps in recovery for residential school survivors and their families. “One of the things my late uncle (Academy Award-nominated actor and Tsleil-Waututh chief Dan George) taught me was that a real warrior overcomes his greatest enemy: himself,” says Derrick. “To me it means ultimately discovering the truth about yourself. And that’s what I practise and that’s what I teach my sons.”

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Sunday, September 22, 2013 - North Shore News - A27

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ESPIRITU VOCAL ENSEMBLE This high profile community choir 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.

BINGO Every Monday at 6:15 p.m., North Vancouver Legion, 123 West 15th St., North Vancouver. 604-988-3712 CANADIAN FEDERATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN — WEST VANCOUVER BRANCH The CFUW is an organization committed to promoting education, improving women’s status and human rights as well as offering fellowship and professional contacts. Meetings are every third Monday, 7 p.m. at St. Stephen’s Anglican Church, 885 22nd St., West Vancouver. New members welcome. cfuw. westvan@gmail.com cfuwnvwv.vcn.bc.ca CONTRACT BRIDGE Every Monday and Thursday, 12:30-3 p.m. in the Cedarview Room at Delbrook Community Centre, 600 West Queens Rd., North Vancouver. $1. 604-987-7529 DROP-IN CRIB Play crib every Monday (unless it’s a statutory holiday), 7:30 p.m. at the Royal Canadian Legion #118, 123 West 15th St., North

GLENEAGLES SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE CLUB Beginner and intermediate classes every Monday, 7:309:30 p.m. at Hollyburn elementary, 1329 Duchess Ave., West Vancouver. 604-987-3792 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. 604-568-4771

ART UNVEILING Two pieces of public art, created by Nancy Chew and Jacqueline Metz of Muse Atelier, were recently unveiled at the Versatile Building located at the corner of East Third Street and Lonsdale Avenue. The pieces are inspired by the nautical history of the area. On the north face of the building “Model Kit” (pictured) is based on a model-making kit for a Victory ship. Scan with Layar for more photos. PHOTO LISA KING

NORTH SHORE PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY Improve your photography with a focus on skill development the first and third Mondays of the month, 7:30 p.m. at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church, 2347 Inglewood

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Activities for ages 15-19. Movies, games, dancing, great food and a lot more. Every Monday, 7-9 p.m. at Highlands United Church, 3255 Edgemont Blvd., North Vancouver. 778-3893357 wayaware.com

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A28 - North Shore News - Sunday, September 22, 2013

PETS

Dog owners, learn from your mistakes

Joan Klucha

Canine Connection Mistakes. We all make them. They are a part of life. In order to learn what to do, we have to learn what not to do, and that involves making mistakes. This especially applies to our life with our dogs. Mistakes happen when raising and training. As dog owners, we can’t help but make mistakes. Our pets don’t come with an owner’s manual.

Mistakes happen to the best of us because we are human, we are imperfect and we were made that way. In a way, we were designed to fail in order to succeed. Even the people who are supposed to have the most “expert” knowledge and experience make mistakes.Yes, even I make mistakes. Some are larger than others. I don’t regret any of them. They have made me who I am and helped me create the life that I have dreamed about. If we have a healthy relationship with our egos, we recognize when we make a mistake, we admit we’ve made the mistake and then we make the necessary changes to prevent the mistake from happening again. If we have an unhealthy relationship with our egos, we ignore the mistake, blame others

for the mistake, deny the mistake ever happened and end up repeating the mistake over and over again. Mistakes are more obvious in hindsight. Such as the time I gave my then-puppy an empty water bottle to occupy his time. It seemed like an innocent thing to do. He enjoyed playing with the bottle as it bounced around at his pawing. He would chew on it and enjoyed the noise it made. There are even toys that are available to cover an empty water bottle and encourage dogs to play with the empty bottle. It’s an easy, inexpensive toy — until it isn’t. Until you walk in the front door and see an empty onelitre water bottle on the living room floor and ask yourself, “Hmm, how did that get there?” You look at your now 10-month-old adolescent

dog with a stinky eyed scowl and his look back says, “What?” You point at the bottle, he looks at the direction of your finger and you see him shrug his shoulders as if saying, “And the problem is?” Then you remember, and it feels like someone hit you on the back of the head.You left a full bottle of water on the nightstand beside the bed.You made the mistake of forgetting to place it back in the fridge before you left in the morning because of an unexpected phone call which threw off your routine. In a panic you run into the bedroom, see the blue cap on the floor and begin to look and feel your way around the carpet. Nothing! “Whew.” Then another feeling

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of dread takes over as you look over at the bed. With trepidation you begin to feel around the duvet looking for the . . . ahhh, there it is, the wet spot. I could get angry, but that serves no purpose. What good is yelling and shouting at my young dog for playing with an object that I, at one time, gave him full liberty to play with? That would be egomaniacal. Instead I learn that the lesson is to think before I act in emotional situations and take responsibility instead of reacting and blaming. So I suck it up, strip the bed of blankets and realize that a blow dryer is not going to dry the mattress overnight. While spending a few nights in the guest room I promise myself to never make the mistake of giving any puppy a water bottle to play with again

and start using a nonbreakable container for midnight sips of water. Now, for your entertainment, here are a few other mistakes clients have shared that they have learned from: Don’t give a puppy an old sock or shoe to play with, ever. The reasons should be obvious. Don’t play a search game by hiding your dog’s favourite toys within the cushions of a couch, unless you want to buy a new couch. Don’t leave your dog and your groceries in the car at the same time while you grab a coffee to go. Make mistakes, learn from them and love your dog for the lesson. Joan has been working with dogs for over 15 years in obedience, tracking and behavioural rehabilitation. Contact her through her website k9kinship.com.

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North Vancouver’s Scott Morgan shows off his strength on the rings during a recent training session at Flicka Gymnastics Club. Morgan will muscle up in the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships starting Sept. 30 in Antwerp, Belgium. PHOTOS TERRY PETERS

Morgan soars to worlds NorthVancouver gymnast set to take on the best

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NorthVancouver’s Scott Morgan is about to soar into elite company. On Monday, Sept. 30 he’ll hit the floor at the Antwerp Sports Palace for qualification rounds at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.That’s an excellent achievement considering the 24-yearold basically quit the sport for most of his high school years.That kind of hiatus is pretty much unheard of in the world of elite gymnastics but Morgan has come all the way back now and if he keeps sticking his landings, he may just find himself perched on a World Championship podium or, someday soon, an Olympic one. He may have dropped the sport once upon a time but Morgan still has a long history on the mat. He first went to North Van’s Flicka Gymnastics Club at the age of four because his parents didn’t really know what else

to do with him. “I was just a ball of energy and my parents just brought me to the gym and threw me into this padded (room),” says Morgan. “I was like a little jumping bean.”The coaches soon noticed the little bean’s jumping talent and invited him into the competitive program. His first competition came when he was five years old, the youngest gymnast on the floor. “I didn’t really know what was going on,” he says. “My coach just kind of pushed me on the floor and said, ‘OK, go!’ I didn’t even present to the judges, I didn’t even know there were judges. I did my stuff, looked back at my coach and just ran off.” He was good though. Good enough to catch the eye of the newly formed Vancouver Grizzlies NBA franchise.The team was looking for a mini mascot to work with Grizz, the lead mascot, and they chose sixyear-old Morgan after seeing

There’s nothing quite like representing Canada in international competition, says Scott Morgan. The gymnast quit the sport in high school but is now right back near the top. him tumble at a Flicka practice. “They basically wanted the smallest little kid that was able to do flips.They picked me because I was, like, two feet tall,” he says with a laugh, adding that now that he’s an adult he’s still just five-foot-two. His

first NBA halftime show was a success — eventually. “I ran out to do a bunch of back handsprings across the basketball court and forgot what I was doing,” he says. “I stopped, looked back at my coach in the middle of the court in a jampacked stadium. I ran back,

and then ran back out and started flipping.” Morgan did the whole routine alongside Grizz. “I was in a little cub suit, little ears and stuff,” he recalls.The gig only lasted a few games because Morgan’s See Morgan page 30


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family moved to Toronto early in the season but it left Morgan with some lasting memories. “We got to practice while (the players) were shooting before the game — there was Bryant Reeves and I was at his knees,” he says. “It was fun. I got to play with the cheerleaders, so that was awesome.” The early years were fun but by the time high school rolled around, now back in North Vancouver at Seycove secondary, the years of competing had taken their toll. Morgan was good enough that he could have entered the national-level competitions but he wasn’t prepared to make that much of a commitment at the time. “I still enjoyed it but I was a little burned out of the competitive life,” he says. “I left gymnastics for four years during high school and didn’t really have intentions of coming back.” Morgan kept up his baseline skills by competing with the Seycove team for a couple of months each

year but other than that he let his skills lapse.The push to rejoin the competitive stream came from a friend who wanted a training partner. Morgan reluctantly returned to Flicka in 2007, the summer before his Grade 12 year. Flicka men’s head coach Vali Stan welcomed Morgan back but expectations were not high. “I was substantially behind,” says Morgan. “At first my coach kind of said, ‘I’ll be your coach because you want to be here, but I don’t see a future for you.’” It didn’t take long, however, for Morgan to get right back into training mode. “Pretty much within the first week I was like, ‘Man, why did I ever leave?’ It was just so fun.” By 2009 Morgan had regained his form and then some, earning spots at national competitions with the possibility of going even further. His desire to compete on the sport’s biggest stages was cemented in 2010 when Vancouver became the centre of the athletic world.

“I think the turning point of when I wanted to make the Olympics . . . and it’s probably so cliché, but (it was) when the Olympics were here and in Whistler,” he says. “I remember just going through the shopping centres and every once in a while you might just see an athlete. In my particular case there were two athletes from Russia and they were wearing their full national team gear just walking around. And in a country that doesn’t really treat their athletes like celebrities, people were still looking at them and being like, ‘Oh, check them out.’ It was really cool.” One year later Morgan put on a uniform sporting the Maple Leaf for the first time when he made his national team debut at an invitational meet in Puerto Rico. Facing competitors from the United States and Central and South America, Morgan won medals on the floor and in vault. Now he, like the Russian Olympians, was the guy in the cool uniform that everyone admired.

“I got to be that person and it sends goosebumps all over me just thinking about it,” he says. “That feeling is indescribable. It feels so good.” Next week at the World Championships Morgan will take one more step on his journey to the top of the sport. His high school hiatus ended his chances of competing as an all-rounder but now he specializes in three events: floor, rings and vault. His best, and favourite, is floor, he says. His routine features a pass that not many other gymnasts are doing, a round-off back handspring,

double layout into a 1½ front flip onto his stomach. It’s a pass made popular by Romanian legend Marian Dragulescu and its inclusion in Morgan’s routine is a nod to the Romanian roots of coach Stan. Morgan says his routines have a degree of difficulty that is close to those of the best in the world. “To the public’s eye I won’t look too much different from them,” he says. “I’m maybe a couple of tenths lower than your top 3 in the world.” If he nails his routines, however, Morgan thinks he has a shot at top 10 at

worlds and the individual finals. He nearly qualified for the 2012 Olympics but due to previous performances Canada was only allotted spots for one athlete and one alternate. Morgan was the second alternate.That experience has motivated him to work even harder on his way to the 2016 Olympic Games. “(Rio) is the big goal,” he says. “It’s still going to be difficult, no matter what the (qualification) situation is. Hopefully this time around we do qualify a team so that we can send a good group of guys.” One thing seems certain at this point though. Now that Morgan can see the top, there’s no way he’s going to take a step back now.

ROYAL UPSET Handsworth’s Damian Starnes (No. 16) and Ben Shalansky combine to bring down a Vancouver College runner during a AAA league game Thursday. The Royals were considered underdogs this season after making the leap from AA to AAA but they started the year off with a bang by knocking off the Fighting Irish, last year’s provincial runners-up, 35-34 at home. Quarterback Michael Lemoine passed for two touchdowns and rushed for a third while running back Eli Matsell notched two touchdowns on the ground. Handsworth’s Alex Benning blocked a Vancouver College convert with four minutes left in the game to seal the win for the Royals. Scan with the Layar app or visit nsnews.com to see more photos. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH


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