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Mountainside secondary officially opens School working hard to shake ‘alternate’ stereotypes JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com
When Mountainside secondary celebrated its first graduating class of 52 students in June, it was a proud moment for principal Jeremy Church. This week, the school marked another milestone with an official opening Nov. 14 to recognize completion of significant renovations. Both followed three years of reinvention, after the North Vancouver school district decided in 2010 to close several former alternate schools like Keith Lynn and Windsor House and merge the programs into something new at the former Balmoral school site on Mahon Avenue. Creating something new at Mountainside is a cause the staff has taken to heart, said Church.That includes an effort to ditch some of the stigma associated with alternate schools in the past — like the stereotype that it’s where the “bad kids” go. “We’ve worked really hard to shake that,” said Church. “We’re intentionally trying to do things differently.” Students at the school include those with social anxieties, who have fallen behind in regular classes — perhaps because of medical or family situations — and
those who just don’t do well in traditional classroom structures. Some students’ school days at Mountainside are fairly traditional. But the school also accommodates those who are working and may only be able to attend for part of the day. Classes also tend to integrate academic subjects with more hands-on learning — such as the industrial arts immersion program that combines woodwork and math. “It’s bringing the textbook stuff to life,” said Church. Transforming the old Balmoral school to the new Mountainside secondary took a $3 million renovation that continued through the last school year. Lockers were removed. The school has a new teaching kitchen tied to a new cafeteria and a library, complete with movable shelves. Also unique to Mountainside is a wing of offices for community partners — including counsellors, mental health professionals and doctors who make regular visits. Church said there were growing pains the first year at the school, but added students and the surrounding community have weathered those transitions. “Our kids have represented themselves really well,” he said. This year, there are 180 students registered at the school, where an emphasis is made on keeping class sizes small.The school is designed for a capacity of 200 to 250 students.
Mountainside students Devin Courtney-Clarke, Leanne Ferguson and Paige Tarbaj welcome visitors to Mountainside secondary Thursday at the official opening of the school after extensive renovations to the former Balmoral campus. Scan with the Layar app to see video footage. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD
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Sunday, November 17, 2013 - North Shore News - A3
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Get on board the army of peace Longboarding breaks barriers around the world JEREMY SHEPHERD jshepherd@nsnews.com
The longboard is bound forToronto. The varnish on its fibreglass body hardens, the steel trucks and polyurethane wheels are attached. Emblazoned with skulls, the newly-completed board joins a procession migrating east from the Vancouver workshop. From Toronto the board may be re-routed to a Palestinian girl in Israel, to a boy who weaves between gang members in the toughest neighbourhood in Houston,Texas, or to Vietnam, Malaysia or Hungary. This is Michael Brooke’s attempt at world peace. Brooke, a magazine publisher, author, longboarder, and “failed Xerox salesman,” is the founder of Longboarding For Peace, an organization attempting to spread harmony and understanding through boarding. Like a missionary bearing boards instead of Bibles, Brooke arrived in Israel in July 2012 with $10,000 worth of gear, almost all of it donated. Originally planned as a family vacation, Brooke had been seized by the idea it could be more. Looking to the Mediterranean Sea with his back to the Peres Center for Peace in Jaffa, Brooke stood atop a cement block. It was a perfect place to skate. “We brought in Jewish Israelis in East Jerusalem and they were freaking out, thinking ‘Oh my God, they’re going to kill us.’ And of course the Arabs are looking at us going, ‘Who are these people?’” Many parents were also unimpressed with Israeli and Palestinian children skating together, according to Brooke. “We got a lot of people coming up to us, Israelis in particular, saying, ‘We’re over this.’ And I would say, ‘Well, you may be over it, but the kids are the next generation and that’s who we want to talk to.’”
Palestinian and Israeli longboarders get ready to roll during Longboarding For Peace’s first venture into Jericho, Israel. Scan with the Layar app to see more photos. PHOTO SUPPLIED MICHAEL BROOKE Approximately 70 kilometres away, air raid sirens had been sounding as bombs dropped on Sderot. But on that slab of sunbaked concrete, Brooke saw Muslim women keeping balance with the aid of Jewish Israelis. The parents saw it, too. “We were dealing with kids, and I could see that the relationship between the adults started to thaw. So people who normally don’t trust each other were seeing that their kids were having fun, and that impacted how they felt. I got goosebumps.” Resolving what many see as an untenable conflict has been attempted through soccer, but Brooke maintains his approach is different. “Someone always wins, because it’s a soccer game. The funny thing about this activity is that no one wins. But no one loses,” he says. “That’s the way you build peace: one person at a time, through a level of trust, and balance is a perfect metaphor.” Brooke is aware of the region’s bloody history and the labyrinthine nature of geopolitical conflicts, he just believes those problems can be transcended. “Maybe you should just back away from the big, big things and work just person to person. Just work with children.” •••
“I’ve been stabbed twice. Been shot three times.” Speaking in a friendly Texas drawl from his home in Houston’s Fifth Ward, Mikey Seibert talks about skateboarding the way a prisoner might talk about tunnels. “Originally it started as a way for me to get out of my crappy neighbourhood I lived in.When I’m doing it nothing else matters,” he says. “I’m just skating.” Nicknamed the Bloody Nickel, the Fifth Ward is known for gangs and violence. “One time there was a homeless man freaking out on me. He spit in my face and when I pushed him away he stabbed me in my ribcage. Another time I got into a fight with a guy at school and I won, so after school him and three friends jumped me and they sliced me from my belly button to my nipple,” Seibert says. “My brother-in-law shot me in the leg ’cause he was drunk. . . .The second time I got shot I was with a guy and come to find out he’s been talking shit to some dudes earlier in the day.They cornered us up at Wendy’s and started firing into the car, so I turned to get out of the passenger seat and run and got shot in the back.” Seibert was a member of the Bloods, and remains affiliated with the gang.
“There’s only three ways to leave: you can buy yourself out, you can die, or you can age, which is what I did. I hit an age where I became an elder, and so now I’m not really viable anymore,” he says. “I’ll technically be in it till I die.” Seibert credits skateboarding with getting him away from that. “A skateboard was a way and a reason,” he says. “Me and a couple of my friends, we really got into skateboarding when we were young, which gave us a way to get away, gave us an excuse to leave.” Seibert didn’t come to longboarding until injuring his back while trying to skate a handrail. “My doctor told me that if I wanted to keep skating while I was healing — because he knew I wasn’t going to stop skating and it was just going to get worse — he said his nephew rode a longboard and he noticed his nephew didn’t really fall and get hurt real often.” Seibert was unimpressed. “I was like, ‘Them kooks? I’m not doing that,’” he says. But he discovered the only way he could skate while healing was to ride a longboard because of the soft wheels and low impact. After getting comfortable on his new board, Seibert stumbled across Concrete Wave, a longboarding magazine published by
Michael Brooke.The two exchanged emails about Brooke’s Longboarding For Peace program. “I was like, ‘Hey, dude, how come y’all don’t have one in Houston? Houston’s a really bad city, it’s the fourth largest city in the country, really bad neighbourhoods,” Seibert says. “I was thinking more along the lines of him finding some people to do it; and he said, ‘All right, great. You can do it.’ And I was like, ‘Oh, shit.’” Seibert started building a curriculum and holding sessions at a community centre in San Antonio near the Mexican border. “One of the kids in our program is 16, he’s already got a two-year-old son, and he’s been to jail three times. These are the poorest of the poor,” he says. The program quickly expanded and now includes the children of battered women. “I was skating on the back side of downtown where there’s a battered women and children’s shelter,” he recalls. “I saw these eight, 10 kids sitting in this parking lot of this women’s shelter, and they looked miserable. I can only imagine that not only is their dad abusive, but then they’ve moved into this shelter away from their friends out of their school, all of this stuff. Life’s just got to suck for
them. . . . I thought, ‘Man, those are the kids that would benefit from this.’” Seibert works from 9 to 5 as an auto mechanic, and besides spending Sunday watching the Houston Texans play, the rest of his time is dedicated to Longboarding For Peace. He estimates 15 kids show up for the Friday night sessions and another 40 are there on Saturday. The kids cruise around on donated boards and for many of them, it’s become important enough for their parents to use it as leverage. “Their parents are now using Longboarding For Peace as a punishment.They tell them, ‘Hey, if you don’t do your chores or don’t get good grades you can’t go to Longboarding For Peace this week.’ So the kids are actually doing better in school.” The longboarding sessions have become more than a series of skateboarding techniques. “I instituted a mathematics and geometry plan.We deal with different durometers, different sized wheels, different contact patches, angles of trucks, metallurgy,” he says. “Just trying to make it to where they can learn as well, it’s not just, ‘Hey, let’s go skate and have a good time.’They need to learn something. “Most kids say school sucks, so I explain to them, ‘Look, you go to school, you don’t have to go get a job designing roads for a city or designing buildings.The guys that make these wheels and make these struts, they’re engineers.You can have that job as well.” Seibert wanted to let the kids take their longboards home, but that presented its own challenges. Ironically, his past as a gangster provided the solution. “What I did is I went around and I made what they call a concession call to all the ranking members of these gangs that are in these areas of Houston. I said, ‘Look, as a favour to me, don’t mess with the kids when they’re skating on their longboards. Don’t pick on ’em, don’t steal ’em, don’t let people mess with ’em, and so they all said OK.” The concession call is still working, according to Seibert. “The kids can skate in their neighbourhoods See UN page 5
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PUBLIC HEARING & PUBLIC MEETING Notice is given that a PUBLIC HEARING and PUBLIC MEETING will be held in the Main Theatre of the Kay Meek Centre at 1700 Mathers Avenue, West Vancouver, BC on Thursday, November 21, 2013 at 6 p.m. for the purpose of allowing the public to make representations to the District of West Vancouver Council respecting matters contained in the proposed bylaws and proposed development permit, as described below.
The applicant is hosting two public information meetings prior to the Public Hearing and Public Meeting. The public information meetings will give residents an opportunity to learn about the proposed development and ask questions of the applicant in an open house format. Meetings are scheduled as follows:
Notice is also given of the District of West Vancouver’s intention to close and remove the dedication of a highway as shown hatched on Map B. The closed highway is to be consolidated with existing adjacent parcel(s) of land.
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Bylaw No. 4360, 2004, Amendment Bylaw No. 4768, 2013, would formalize Council’s land use policy direction for the special site identified in the Official Community Plan.
Proposed Zoning Bylaw Amendment: If adopted, proposed Zoning Bylaw No. 4662, 2010, Amendment Bylaw No. 4767, 2013, would rezone the subject land to a new site specific “CD50 – Comprehensive Development Zone 50 (1300 Block Marine Drive, south side)” to facilitate a comprehensive redevelopment of the site. Proposed Phased Development Agreement Authorization Bylaw: If adopted, proposed Phased Development Agreement Authorization Bylaw No. 4769, 2013 would authorize the District and Marine Drive BT Holdings Limited to enter into a Phased Development Agreement under the Local Government Act that, among other details, would:
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UN to hear about program From page 3 without fear of hassle because they’re basically being protected by the gangs that we don’t want them to join,” he says. “It’s a weird dynamic, but it’s the only way to make it work.” ••• Immigrating to Canada from England as a child, Brooke gravitated to the freedom and immediacy of skateboarding when he discovered cricket was nonexistent in his new neighbourhood. “I took a ride on a board. A kid in the neighbourhood had traded it for a knife,” he says. “That summer was when everything started.” He would spend hours in the garage fiddling with his skateboard in his neighbourhood. It’s something he still does, only now he’s interrupted by his kids. Brooke is married to a woman he describes as “Mother Teresa’s cousin,” and credits their decision to foster children with Longboarding For Peace. “I think fostering does change your family’s DNA. It certainly shows to your children that there’s more to life than just having children. There’s also this idea of giving back and helping people who need help.” Longboarding For Peace embodies a charitable spirit, but the organization
is not a charity. “It’s not a non-profit.We don’t ask for money.We just ask people to step up and they do.” One of those people was Tom Edstrand.The North Vancouver native and co-founder of Landyachtz longboards was at a boarding trade show when he saw some Longboarding For Peace photos. “He looked at it he said, ‘Holy crap! Look how stoked these kids are riding our products,’” Brooke recalls. “He turned to me that night and said, ‘Michael, if you need anything from Landyachtz, let me know.’” The Vancouver company donated 125 boards. “Anything that Michael Brooke does we like to support,” says Landyachtz sales rep Nate Schumacher. “He’s not your typical magazine publisher who’s always looking for the bottom dollar.” The movement provides Landyachtz with exposure, but the project is bigger than that, Schumacher says. “There’ll be a lot of photos with our boards in them, which is solid. Aside from that we’re not really doing it for more gain. It’s more to help out someone who’s been building a scene for a long time,” he says. While certain activities seem to belong to a culture or a country, longboarding is neutral, Schumacher says. “It shows that people are
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Meters running on time with loved ones Dear Editor: I need to say how discouraged I was on my weekly commute in from Coquitlam to visit my father at Evergreen House in Lions Gate Hospital to find the facility ringed by shiny new parking meters. It is not an easy thing, to visit your father in such a place as Evergreen. One of the positives has been
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up/drop-off parking spots. What a slap in the face to find that the City of North Vancouver has decided to make it that much harder for me to visit my lovely dad. The money those meters reap will be at the expense of caring people trying to spend as much time as humanly possible with loved ones who are living
or dying with dignity at both Evergreen and the hospice. Shame on you for such a mean-spirited and insensitive act. I challenge you to surprise me by owning your error and reversing it. Remove and recycle those meters and top the posts with flower planters instead. Laurel Bryson Coquitlam
Conservatives have improved veterans’ services Dear Editor: My dad never spoke about his experience as a Second World War prisoner of the Japanese, but I know he lost much of his body weight, was tortured, had his appendix removed by a doctor using only a razor
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Rider pride as Canadian as it gets I moved from the Prairies toVancouver nearly 10 years ago and though I’ve done my best to learn the intricacies ofWest Coast life, I am still sometimes completely fooled. Last weekend my wife gave me the most wonderful gift a devoted family man can receive: permission to ditch my family. Freed from my usual Sunday afternoon duties of trying not to spill coffee on my baby’s head and secretly cheering on my toddler as he pegs off other bratty kids in the Lonsdale Quay ball pit, I met my brother at a downtown Vancouver sports pub to watch Saskatchewan take on B.C. in the CFL playoffs. We were born Roughrider fans and we’ll die, approximately 60 years and two Saskatchewan Grey Cup wins from now, Roughrider fans. Raised on the intense hatred of Prairie rivalries like, Eskimos vs. Roughriders, Bombers vs. Roughriders and dentures vs. toothless grin, we both know how important it is to be cautious when venturing into enemy territory.We were a little bit
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occupied in the entire bar we still managed to get into a bit of a row with another group — the argument was about which NFL game should take precedence on the second big screen. Maybe there were other bars around Vancouver that were painted orange and black, but this little corner of downtown was cured of all CFL fever. In fact, throughout the entire day I didn’t notice a single person wearing anything that would mark them as an interested CFL football fan (face paint, jersey, blue jeans size 40plus). It was then that it hit me once again that this place is oh so different than the place I grew up in. If this were Saskatoon the whole city would have been stained with green and white. And probably a bit of yellow too — hot dog mustard. But not in Vancouver. Not really in Toronto either, from what I can gather. It’s actually kind of amazing that the CFL has continued to roll along despite the fact that two of its biggest cities show as much interest in their teams
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as Rob Ford shows interest in broccoli. And human decency. And pretty much anything not laced with crack. A little unscientific survey shows that the Riders Twitter page has more than 67,000 followers while the Lions page checks in at around 42,900 and the Argos page is less than 36,000.This coming from a province that is far smaller in population than either Metro Vancouver or Toronto and that just had its first computer installed last Thursday. Well big city slickers, if you’ve ever wanted to experience what life is like in that middle bit between Vancouver and Toronto now is one of your best chances.The Grey Cup championship game will be played in Regina next Sunday. If you’re at all curious about what life is like below the freezing line and
above the safe cholesterol intake line, there’s no better place to be than a Grey Cup party in the spiritual home of the CFL. Here are a few things you will definitely see at this year’s Grey Cup: grown men and women wearing hollowed out watermelon shells on their heads; dudes wearing the same winter gear that they wore to an oil rig the day before; frozen nacho cheese, likely in a beard. Look closely enough and you’ll likely also see people with bags and tubes taped to their legs so they can sit in the stands and drink beer all game without getting up to go to the bathroom. Sounds pretty good, eh? You’ll also have the time of your life. I attended a Regina Grey Cup when I was 15 years old.What I remember most is wearing approximately 400 layers of clothing, freezing, and loving
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North Vancouver’s Ryan (left) and Bob Lenarduzzi are participating in the second annual Sleep Out: Executive Edition, a fund- and awareness-raising initiative in support of Covenant House Vancouver that will see the duo spend a night outside in downtown Vancouver with nothing more than a sleeping bag and piece of cardboard to simulate homelessness. Scan with Layar to watch a video about last year’s event. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD
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■ Get a bell and use it. Use your bell to alert people of your existence and that you have a watermelon on board if you need to pass another cyclist closely because space is limited, for example on a narrow path or on the Lions Gate Bridge. Or use your voice if you can’t stand the thought of mounting a bell on your practically weightless carbon road bike and have dieted all of last winter to match your bike’s weight. ■ Don’t treat other cyclists on the street like members of your watermelon cycling club. It is dangerous and rude to draft behind others without their permission, or to pass them very closely, or to cut them off. ■ Finally, make sure you are actually faster before passing someone.That guy in the dress with the watermelon in the basket might be riding an electric bike way faster than you. Above all, enjoy the ride and make sure others can enjoy their watermelon.
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Now that Halloween is officially behind us and the department stores are decked out with Christmas decor, it is safe to say that we are approaching the holiday season! Some people might complain it’s a little quick to start gearing up for the holidays, but it’s never too early to start thinking about charitable giving. Christmas is also a time when a lot of organizations make their big push to raise funds; we are all familiar with the Salvation Army’s iconic Christmas Kettle Campaign,Timmy’s Christmas Telethon and the North Shore’s own Harvest Project. For many investors there is an opportunity to incorporate philanthropy into efficient tax planning. An understanding of the different options can help you capitalize on the benefits that your charity of choice could receive. As a portfolio manager, I always set out to maximize the return on investment for our clients as well as advise charitable givers to take advantage of the tax benefits available. Most people simply write cheques to support their favourite cause, which is a great start; however, if
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Grandy Chu and MP Andrew Saxton Representatives of the North Shore Women’s Centre hosted their 40th anniversary fundraising gala Oct. 19 at North Vancouver’s Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art. The event celebrated North Shore women and art, and guests were treated to local artisan food and wine. Proceeds will support the drop-in resource centre, which provides a variety of services ranging from workshops to a growing health and wellness program. To raise further funds, the centre has just launched a holiday season online silent auction that boasts a variety of items, including trips, event tickets, gift certificates and artisan products. The auction will wrap up Nov. 30. northshorewomen.ca
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Community Bulletin Board BLANKET THE COUNTRY IN WARMTH Urban Barn will provide a fleece blanket to Covenant House and The Bloom Group with every $5 donation received until Dec. 8. Urban Barn is located in The Village at Park Royal. CRAFT MARKET Sunday, Nov. 17, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at the West Vancouver Community Centre and Seniors’ Activity Centre, 2121 Marine Dr. 604-925-7270
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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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ith the holiday entertaining season on its way, we asked Sean McAdam, manager of Everything Wine on Marine Drive in North Vancouver, for a few tips. North Shore News: For people who do not regularly drink wine, how should they prepare for guests who do like wine?
NSN: Should all wines be chilled before serving? What is the best way to keep bottles chilled for guests? SM: Not all wines need to be chilled before serving. However, no wines should be served too warm. Whites should be served colder than reds, but be careful not to over-chill the whites either. If it’s too cold, less fruit and fewer characteristics of the wine will show. I prefer to have my reds just slightly chilled, a couple of degrees below room temperature, especially a lighter style red such as a Pinot Noir. If my house is too warm due to the weather or the oven, I may throw my wine in the fridge for 15-20 minutes before serving. Once on the table, I like to put my whites in an ice bucket, and my reds on the ice rather than in the ice.
Sean McAdam: It’s best to keep it simple and stick with well-known grape varieties such as Pinot Gris and Sauv Blanc for whites, and Cabernets, Merlots or Shiraz for reds. Blends can also be fantastic because they are generally easy drinking, appeal to most people’s likes in a wine, and can be enjoyed with food or on their own. NSN: Is expensive necessarily better when bringing a bottle of wine as a host or hostess gift? Sean McAdam: Expensive wines don’t always translate into better wine. Most “expensive wines” are made to age for a period of time and may be too young to enjoy at a dinner party unless the wine is already an older vintage to begin with when purchased. It’s better to stick with great value wines (ones that taste fabulous, are ready to drink now and don’t hurt the wallet). You can find plenty of these wines in the $15-35 range from Spain, South America and even Australia.
NSN: What are some of your picks for wines that would work well as a gift for a host?
NSN: What are some basic guidelines for serving wine at a dinner party? Sean McAdam: Generally you’d start the evening with lighter style wines, and work through to medium and fuller-bodied wines as the evening progresses. Many people like to start with a bubble such as a Prosecco (a light, dry Italian sparkling), or a white wine with appies, and shift to reds once the entrees reach the table. You want to try to match the characteristics of the wine with the food being served i.e. you don’t want the wines to overpower the food and vice versa. The wine should complement the food. Try to keep rich wines with richer foods, spicy reds with spicy foods and so on. NSN: How many bottles of wine should a host buy if they are expecting between five and 10 guests? Sean McAdam: Of course this always depends on your guests, but my general guideline is to have enough wine on hand to serve a half bottle per guest.
Sean McAdam: I like to pick out wines that are drinking beautifully, aren’t too expensive, and have great packaging: ■ Vina Cobos Felino Cabernet Sauvignon (Argentina) $22 ■ Wynn’s Cabernet Sauvignon (Australia) $29 ■ Alta Vista Malbec (Argentina) $25 ■ Grewacke Sauvignon Blanc (New Zealand) $30 NSN: What are some of your picks for wine to serve at a holiday gathering? Sean McAdam: As the holidays approach, so does the colder weather and that generally means many people switch to heartwarming reds and away from whites, but Chardonnays, Viogniers and Gewurztaminers are also great holiday food wines. ■ Arboleda Chardonnay (Chile) $22 ■ Stoneboat Vineyards “Chorus” (B.C.) $22 ■ Dopff and Irion Gewurztaminer (France) $24 ■ The Forager Pinot Noir (U.S.) $35
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This well-known poem has been told numerous times in many different ways. It’s a classic that never feels tired or old. The nostalgic poem that hits a chord with parents and excites new readers every year. This incarnation of The Night Before Christmas stays true to the most popular version of the poem, and it is accompanied by some interesting illustrations. The characters are represented by a mouse family that is illustrated with Plasticine animals. It’s a creative take on the classic that is presented in a pleasing hard cover format. — Rosalind Duane, rduane@nsnews.com
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RIGHT: Wheels for wee ones West Vancouver toy-maker Bill Chalmers is set for this year’s holiday season with his annual donation of more than 200 wooden trucks and cars for the Family Services of the North Shore Christmas Bureau.
Mike Grenby has been giving North Shore News readers financial advice since 1973. (His regular column appears in the paper’s Work section). He is also a travel writer and teaches journalism at Bond University on Australia’s Gold Coast. Email: mgrenby@bond.edu.au
holiday happenings COATS FOR KIDS The Greater Vancouver Home Builders’ Association (GVHBA) will hold its annual campaign in support of the Lower Mainland Christmas Bureau from Nov. 18 to Dec. 6. Drop-off locations can be found at gvhba.org. NATIVITY EXHIBIT AND CRAFT FAIR Highlands United Church will have more than 150 nativity scenes, including traditional, contemporary, handmade and one-of-a-kind sets on display Nov. 29, 6-9 p.m. and Nov. 30, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at 3255 Edgemont Blvd., North Vancouver. In addition to the exhibit there will be carolers, mulled cider, a children’s activity centre, a seasonal craft fair, a Christmas cafe and a kids-only shop. LANTERN-MAKING WORKSHOPS Create glass lanterns in preparation for the traditional Bright Christmas parade at Mollie Nye House Nov. 24, 1-5 p.m. and Nov. 27, 6-8:30 p.m. at Karen Magnussen Community Centre, 2300 Kirkstone Rd., North Vancouver. Free. Registration required. 604-983-6388 northvanrec.com
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United Way releases caregiver guide The UnitedWay of the Lower Mainland recently released a new Metro Vancouver handbook for caregivers of seniors. For those caring for an elderly family member or friend, or knows someone who is, the Metro Vancouver Family & Friend
Caregivers Information and Resource Handbook is an indispensable resource, according to a press release from the organization. The 100-page guide is a first of its kind in supplying key information about the topics caregivers struggle with the most, including
housing, health care and the law.The handbook includes information on: ■ The community services that help seniors to age-inplace in their own homes. ■ Housing, including information on getting into assisted living and residential care, and a check-list of
things to do when a senior has to move. ■ Caregiver supports, including United Wayfunded support programs and networks in the region. ■ The non-medical home support services offered by United Way Better at Home, the government-funded
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Rosemarie Block reflects on SecondWorldWar experience “What a blessing. The sun came out. Usually we get nasty weather and come away soaked.” Every year in November, Rosemarie Block stands with the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 60 at West Vancouver’s Memorial Arch. She recognizes every face in the ranks of veterans, reduced again this year, and remembers those who are no longer with us, her husband Ken among them. Rosemarie Loveday was a schoolgirl in England during the Second World War. While she was away at a convent school at Tiverton in Devon, her parents opened their home at Leigh-on-Sea to servicemen, giving them a place to read, write letters, have a bath, relax. “My father said he hoped someone was doing the same for his son (my
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half brother) who was serving in Egypt,” she says. On her journeys from home to school, Rosemarie would transfer to the “Tivvy Bumper” at Exeter station. One day her train arrived at the station just after a bombing raid. “This was farming country, crops and cattle, no reason to bomb it. The station windows were blown out and let me tell See Block page 27
Longtime West Vancouver resident Rosemarie Block was a schoolgirl in England during the Second World War. Remembrance Day is an important time in her family’s life as her late husband Ken served in the Mediterranean and later in life the couple joined the West Vancouver Legion, endeavouring to continue to pay tribute to veterans. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH
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Block family gathers annually for ceremony From page 26 you, glass doesn’t shatter neatly like it does on the ‘telly.’ Great jagged pieces were lying all round. Women and children were standing about, still in their nightclothes and porters lay on the luggage trolleys, all of them dead with labels to identify them,” she says. Rosemarie was back home on VE Day, May 8, 1945. Word was passed among the servicemen who had visited the house to return and celebrate victory in Europe. “Flowers brought in from the garden, music playing, the glass doors between the living and dining rooms pulled open to make room for tables groaning with food. The soldiers came in to that beautiful sight and broke into song. It’s a glorious memory,” she says. Not long after, at another party, Rosemarie met her future husband, Ken Block. Ken had joined up at 17, trained as a signalman at Catterick Camp and served in the Mediterranean — the troops in the bowels of the transport vessels knowing by the perfume of the spices that they were in North Africa — then on to Sicily and up to Monte Cassino. By the early 1950s, Ken and Rosemarie
were married with two daughters, Lynne and Alix. They decided Canada promised a better future for their family and West Vancouver has been home ever since. Ken joined the West Vancouver Legion and Rosemarie’s participation began with the ladies’ auxiliary. She carried on with the legion after Ken passed away. “We thought we would always be together, then you find it’s not so and it happens at a time when you need the companionship. I know I’m not the only one who has found that out. Ken is gone but I have a wonderful family, and I’m very proud of every one of them,” she says. Rosemarie also takes pride in having been named a life member of the legion and to have received a Governor General’s Caring Canadian Award for her services as a volunteer. The veterans school visiting program that Ken started in West Vancouver has the most meaning for Rosemarie. Through the legion, every school in the community has a Remembrance Day program and welcomes the annual visit from veterans. Rosemarie describes a Remembrance Day
ceremony she attended this year. “I watch those little hands holding the candles and the poppies. It’s the look on their faces, the concentration as the candle starts to waver a little, they’re so careful. It’s a beautiful ceremony,” she says. Passing the light of remembrance to coming generations increases in importance as our veterans leave us. “We wouldn’t have what we have today without our veterans. We owe them. They made our lives possible and we must remember what they gave us,” says Rosemarie in a testament to their legacy. When Rosemarie stands with her family at West Vancouver’s Memorial Arch each November 11, she remembers the veterans, those who are not with us this year and those who have gone before. Most years, the time to remember comes drenched in rain. This year was an exception. The family lunch following the ceremony was not. It’s a tradition that began when Ken and Rosemarie were together, serving in the West Vancouver Legion. Laura Anderson works with and for seniors on the North Shore. 778-279-2275 lander1@shaw.ca
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Notable Potables Last week, Okanagan Crush Pad pulled the wraps off their latest “Campus” wine. These are small-batch, unique wines that OCP makes in collaboration with Sommeliers of the Year.This time it’s former Hawksworth sommelier Terry Threlfall’s turn, who (tongue in cheek) used his
initials to name his wine: TNT 2012 Chardonnay. “It actually didn’t take me that long to decide to make Chardonnay and to make a very pure and vibrant, I guess Burgundian style, Chardonnay,” says Threlfall. “It’s not Côte d’Or but more Chablis-like. I love the wines in Chablis for their freshness, their vibrancy, their minerality and their purity.” Indeed, taste it and you’ll find great acidity and structure, a definite streak of minerality and a textured palate that’s just a little bit funky in a good way, says Threlfall. This is one of those wines that just exudes power without being heavy, which is precisely what the Okanagan needs to do more of. A deal at $22.90 (from
the winery), 91 points. Proceeds donated annually to the B.C. Hospitality Foundation’s Scholarship Program. ••• As you read this, John Yap, Parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Justice, is putting the final touches on his recommendations to be forwarded to the Attorney General, following the B.C. Liquor Policy Review. Quite possibly he’s also tearing his hair out balancing the expressed wishes of the side of “Yes to more liberal laws” against those of the “No” group. Suffice it to say, there are few inbetweens. The Hired Belly has been busy sifting through just a few of the proposals that confirmed one thing I already knew: liquor regulations, whether too
much or too little, continue to be a hot-button issue. And there’s no shortage of partisan lobbying hard at work behind the scenes. If you’re inclined to check the stakeholders meetings reports, there’s a wealth of information even though it’s now too late for your own voice to be heard. Labatts, who like everyone else in their preambles, goes to some lengths to expound on their vision “to be the Canadian leader in the fight against drinking and driving and the country’s pre-eminent voice of moderation,” requests the branch increase the minimum stadiumallowed pour from 24 ounces to 40 ounces per serving; increase the preand post-event licensing hours by two hours either
side; and permit hawkers to sell beer on the concourses as well as in the stands. My guess? It will happen. The Fermenters Guild of B.C., which represents 90 U-Vin stores (a name they’d like changed to Ferment On Premise) is proud of its clientele. “FOP customers have made the choice to enjoy a glass of wine in the comfort of their own home and night clubs.They drink responsibly and stay out of their vehicles and off the roads,” says the group. They request we be allowed to serve free U-Vin wine and beer at private, invitation-only functions “that are religious events and unique and non-reoccurring life events of a personal nature,” to allow and serve “consumer-made
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Many of China’s finest treasures found in Taiwan Taipei museum houses fine art, ancient documents accumulated by emperors
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TAIPEI, Taiwan: To satisfy an interest in Chinese art it obviously seems best to head to Beijing. The Palace Museum, as the Forbidden City home of 24 Ming and Qing dynasty emperors is now known, claims to hold the world’s largest collection of Chinese art amounting to about 1.8 million items. But by an accident of history the greatest collection of Chinese art, displayed to international standards in a purposebuilt and recently refurbished museum, is to be found in Taiwan. The collection of Taipei’s National Palace Museum may be only a third as big as that of Beijing, but 90 per cent of it is the cream of the horde accumulated by the emperors themselves — the finest of Chinese fine art. The two collections both claim direct descent from the first version, which opened in several halls of Beijing’s Forbidden City in 1925. But in 1933 a selection of the best pieces began an extraordinary 16-year journey of more than 10,000 kilometres, moving ahead of the invading Japanese, and then after the end of the Second World War, ahead of
communist advances. After the communist triumph of 1949 about a quarter of the original collection, the very best of the best, was taken to Taiwan and given a well-lit and labelled rest in new museum buildings. Treasures include an 18th-century Qing dynasty version of the scroll painting, Up the River during Qingming, more than 10 metres long. This ultimate panorama follows the winding, treelined route of a waterway through a bustling city during one of China’s most important annual festivals, teeming with such detail of everyday life it would repay days of study by itself. Ceramics range from chunky Neolithic painted earthenware to vessels of elegant simplicity from every dynasty in glowing celadon and ruby red. The collection also features highly decorated teaware painted with misty landscapes or swarming with roses, seemingly so delicate that it might be shattered by merely a glance. Assorted jades, chalcedony, lapis lazuli, agate, carnelian and quartzes have been carved into delicate animals, flowers and foodstuffs. A piece of banded jasper has been exploited to the fullest by carving it into a piece of pork with its skin intact, and which looks so
soft and moist that could you but reach through the glass and poke it, the surface would yield gently. The museum’s labyrinth also contains ancient documents in spidery calligraphy, monstrous marble tomb figurines, and boxes of ivory shaved so thin and carved so finely as to be indistinguishable from lace, along with religious objects, jewelry, tapestries, embroidery and China’s greatest bronzes — vast dishes, more than 2,000 years old, also sprinkled with calligraphy. Today the communists have finally surrounded the fleeing collection, if only in the form of an influx of mainland tourists, their numbers increased by a recent relaxation of cross-strait tensions. Many are keen to see the finest achievements of Chinese art, and to take it home in the form of well-made catalogues from numerous bookshops. Somewhere over the horizon their own Palace Museum is still struggling to catch up. If you go: For more information on Taipei’s National Palace Museum, visit its website at npm.gov.tw/en For information on travel in Taiwan visit the country’s Tourism Bureau website at eng.taiwan.net. tw — More stories at culturelocker.com
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Pet owners: leave your ego at the doggie door I was doing some fall yard cleanup when I saw my neighbour coming to my front gate with his Rottweiler. I took a deep sigh and, while straightening up from the pile of leaves I was hovered over, I calmly said to myself, “Uh boy, here we go.” Rick is a nice enough man but for a few months now he has been wanting his Rotti to meet my dogs, especially Zumi, and I keep putting him off because, well, I don’t want to! You see, he has this big chip on his shoulder. His female Rottweiler is huge and he is always talking about how fast, strong, big, aggressive, etcetera, she is. I know that even though he says he wants to have the dogs greet and be canine neighbours, he is secretly hoping his dog and my German shepherd Zumi will have a conflict and that his dog will win and he can have something else to add to his ego baggage. My neighbour is not the only person with this type of innate insecurity. Many people of both sexes seem troubled by their ego’s need to have a tough dog. Heck, the insidious sport of dog pit fighting was
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like you are stepping down, turning your back or being a coward. But walking away and choosing peace over conflict shows genuine integrity, a characteristic quickly thrown to the curb when the ego comes calling. Our dogs teach us many things as we share our lives with them and one very big lesson is being mindful of the ego. In my life, my dog Zumi and my horse Tex have been the two biggest contributors to my ego awareness. I’ll share stories of Tex another time. Zumi is now a senior dog with hip dysplasia and an arthritic degenerative spine. In our 11 years together I have learned to put my ego aside while managing her naturally dominant, protective, take-charge behaviour and while trying to create peacefulness within her so she chooses calm behaviours, not aggression. In doing so I have learned to create peacefulness within myself and choose calm, non-reactive behaviours over reactive ones. In her final years and failing physical health, Zumi now relies on me to “have her back” when other dogs are around. The best she can do around
other dogs is look at me with implicit trust in her eyes and then sit, never mind trying to defend herself from a dog with conflict on its mind. I keep her close, gently touch the top of her head and peacefully whisper in her ear to stay calm and that everything is OK. She no longer has to watch out for me or the rest of the pack. Then we walk away from other dogs without incident. If I spent the last decade letting my ego win while picking up the pieces after a dog fight, there is no way she would trust me now, during the most vulnerable time of her life. I share this insight with my neighbour Rick. I tell him about Zumi’s hips and back and explain how I would never place her in a situation that would compromise the trust and bond we have developed over the years. He looks away from me quickly, with a tear welling up in the corner of his eye, and I see the chip slowly slide off his shoulder. Joan Klucha has been working with dogs for more than 15 years in obedience, tracking and behavioural rehabilitation. Contact her through her website k9kinship.com.
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Sentinel secondary senior boys soccer coach Rob Inman is a man with a constant eye on the weather forecast. Every time I’ve spoken to him for a story he’s brought up what the weather is expected to be like for any important upcoming games. His forecasting faith is so keen that he used it as motivation for his team when they went on the road to take on Cariboo Hill in the North Shore/Burnaby zone provincial AA playoffs on Tuesday, Nov. 5. If the Spartans won the game they would advance straight to the B.C. championships. Lose and they’d have to face a win-or-go-home playoff game two days later. The provincial berth on the line provided a lot of incentive, but Inman found even more motivation for his boys coming from Environment Canada. “It’s going to rain on Thursday and I don’t want to be standing out here on Thursday in the rain,” he told his team before they took the field. “Guys, do me a favour. I don’t want to get wet.” Whether it was the threat of elimination or the threat of saturation that did it, the Spartans obliged their coach and cruised to a 3-1 win to book their spot in the championships which begin tomorrow at Burnaby Lake Sports Complex West. The win capped off a season that saw the Spartans lose only one game on their way to winning the North Shore AA regular season title as well as the North Shore banner with a 2-1 win over AAA league champs Sutherland Oct. 29. Inman likes what he’s seen from his team as they’ve stormed through the playoffs. “It’s almost scary — they’re so calm and collected,” he said, adding that the team put on a great display of ball control and one-touch passing in
Sentinel’s Josh Kumoi (left) and Sutherland’s Dzenen Bezdrab tussle during the North Shore senior boys soccer final. Sentinel claimed the banner with a 2-1 win and will go for a B.C. AA title this week in Burnaby. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN their provincial qualifier. “They’re like the Sedins. In the last game against Cariboo Hill, I thought I was watching the Sedins on a soccer field.” The coach, however, stopped short of using his forecasting powers to offer a definitive prediction about how the team will fare at the provincial championships. “I hate to say how much confidence I have, but I do have a lot of confidence,” he said with a laugh. “I
don’t know how we’re going to do here, we’re seeing every team for the first time. . . . I feel really good about these guys. But with that said, we could go out and lose the first game.” The Spartans are an experienced bunch though and they know how important every single game is at provincials. The team is made up of just two Grade 11 players with the rest coming from Grade 12. The entire starting
lineup and several bench players were on the team last season when they went to provincials and finished in fifth place despite losing only one game. “Last year two of our boys won the Golden Boot award, we (scored the most goals) and the only game we lost was 1-0 with seven minutes left in the game off of a corner, which was a bit of a fluke,” said Inman. This year the team has been on a mission to get back to that same spot
and this time go all the way. Their only blemish of the year was a 5-2 loss to Howe Sound secondary in Squamish, a game they played with only 12 players because seven starters couldn’t make the trip. With the full lineup back intact for the North Shore final the Spartans took out Sutherland 2-1, claiming the title of best team on the North Shore despite playing in the smallerSeeWell-rounded page 34
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West Van jrs win x-country gold
BRONZED CAVS Nicole Darc (left) of the Collingwood Cavaliers senior girls field hockey team battles Windsor’s Rylee Pearson during a provincial championship game Nov. 6 at Ambleside Park. Collingwood, the host team and defending provincial champions, rebounded from a tough 2-1 semifinal loss to Shawnigan Lake by beating St. Michaels 2-1 in the bronze medal game. Scan with the Layar app to see more photos. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH
West Vancouver secondary raced away with a pair of team medals at the cross country running provincial championships held in Langley’s Aldergrove Park Nov. 2, including a championship win from the junior boys squad. The juniors won in emphatic style, placing five runners in the top 35 in a field of nearly 250 boys with Malcolm Southerland leading the way with an eighth place finish. The Highlander juniors notched a combined score of 45 — calculated by adding up the finishing rank of the team’s top four racers — to easily beat second place St. George’s at 89 and third place Sardis at 118. “The junior boys team was the most prepared team I have ever brought to the provincials and they destroyed the competition,” said Highlanders head coach Colin Dignum. “It was a complete team victory.”
Other racers on the team included Miles Dignum, Grady Huskisson, Gabe Wilson, Ryan Fonseca and Fabian Brensing. The win was the first provincial title for any West Vancouver boys sports team since 1998, said Dignum. The school’s other medal was racked up by the senior girls who finished third in the team competition behind West Point Grey Academy and Oak Bay secondary. The team was made up of Nicole Dye, Emily Handford, Megan Roxby, Franzi Krichhoff, Katrianna Skulsky, Maia Blomberg and Johanna Watson. Seycove secondary, a smaller AA school and this year’s North Shore championship winner, also showed well at the provincial championships with seventh place finishes in the senior boys, senior girls and junior girls team competitions. — Andy Prest
North Shore stars help T-Birds earn national field hockey title Six North Shore players helped the UBC Thunderbirds become the first school ever to win three straight national field hockey titles when they toppled the University of Victoria Vikes 3-1 in the championship final earlier this month.
North Vancouver’s Hannah Haughn scored two goals while Rachel Donahoe, also of North Van, added a single in the championship final. Joining them on the history making squad were Meghan Hayden of North Vancouver and West Vancouver’s Sophie
Jones, Samantha Saddler and Katrina Davis. The win gave UBC their 15th McCrae Cup, the most in CIS history. Both Donahoe and Haughn were named AllCanadians at an awards ceremony held during the tournament. — Andy Prest
Well-rounded Sentinel team stacked with Grade 12 players From page 32
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school AA league. The team is led by a pair of outstanding goaltenders, Ryan Ritson and Hudson Nelles, who alternate starts and have posted shutouts in half of the team’s games. Brendan Timm leads the team on offence, scoring in nearly every game this season. The team, however, has no superstar, said Inman, adding that he leans heavily on his starting lineup. “This team here,
even though we don’t have three or four super soccer players, is just well rounded,” he said. “These boys have a tremendous amount of skill, they move the ball around very well.” Having a team laden with Grade 12s makes coaching pretty easy as well. “They like each other, they don’t argue with each other on the field, they’re calm and collected,” said Inman. “In the end that’s the reason we were winning these 1-0 games.”
••• The Spartans have pool games Monday at 9 a.m., 12:45 p.m. and Tuesday at 11 a.m. with the semifinals to follow Tuesday afternoon. St. Thomas Aquinas is also in the tournament after winning three straight do-or-die playoff games, including a 3-2 overtime win against Cariboo Hill Nov. 7. The provincial championship final will be played Wednesday at 11:45 a.m. at Burnaby Lake Sports Complex West.
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