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Gleneagles driving range mulled Addition considered to lure young golfers to public course

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The District of West Vancouver is teeing up a plan to possibly build a driving range at Gleneagles Golf Course.

The idea is only in the conceptual phase but staff are starting to talk to members about realigning holes one and two to include a training area where golfers can drive balls and practice their short game with a green

and bunker, according to Dan Henegar, the manager of parks, arboriculture and horticulture. “We’ve been approached by a group of resident golfers with the idea of building a driving range at Gleneagles. We’ve had a few discussions. We’re trying to establish if it’s even feasible, if we have enough space,” Henegar said. “At this moment, it’s

just talk.” If there is enough interest to move forward, staff will come up with a draft design and approximate cost. At that point, the district will host a series of open houses and follow up with a survey. “Based on what kind of responses we get from those surveys, we’ll decide whether to ask council for any funding or not. It’s

always going to be council’s decision whether the project goes forward or not,” Henegar said. Partly motivating the change is the hope a driving range will draw in more young people, a demographic that is increasingly staying away from the links and putting the future of the sport in question, Henegar said.

“The golf industry is not doing very well at the moment and what we recognize is the fact that youth are not participating as much as we want them to,” he said. “We’re not losing money but we’re surviving, basically.We’re breaking even.” The publicly owned See Changes page 9

West Van renters face cost crunch JEREMY SHEPHERD jshepherd@nsnews.com

Nearly one third of West Vancouver renters spend half their income keeping a roof over their heads, according to a recent report from the B.C. Non-Profit Housing Association. That report underlines a crisis-level affordability crunch faced by renters across the province, according to the housing association. “There’s just no escaping it on the North Shore,” said Harvest Project development officer Kevin Lee. Lee said he’s noted an increasing number of clients coping with exorbitant rents while working with the charity. Most of West Vancouver’s 3,580 renters put more than 30 per cent of their earnings toward rent, which is $1,555 on average. For 31 per cent of West Vancouver renters, more than half of every paycheque is needed to pay the rent. While the numbers are most startling in West Vancouver, the problem isn’t limited to one municipality, noted Lee. Approximately 43 per cent of the City of North Vancouver’s 10,315 renters fork over more than 30 per cent of their earnings to the landlord each month. That figure is nearly identical in the See Lack page 9

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Stately landmark returned to glory LAYNE CHRISTENSEN lchristensen@nsnews.com

It is the oldest surviving mission church in theVancouver area, immortalized in paint by EJ Hughes and in words by Emily Carr, visited by Hollywood star Martin Sheen and anointed a national historic site by the federal government. St. Paul’s Roman Catholic Church has stood in Eslhá7an village for 130 years, a local landmark on the North Shore of Burrard Inlet and a ﬁxture of the Mission reserve at the mouth of Mosquito Creek. But in recent years, the elegant ediﬁce

had turned shabby. Its paint was faded and peeling and its stately spires shrouded in white plastic. “It takes a pretty heavy hit from the weather,” said prominent Vancouver heritage architectural consultant Donald Luxton, who helped put together a conservation plan for St. Paul’s.8 Funding for restoration of the spires came from an unlikely saviour, Luigi Aquilini, patriarch of the Aquilini Group, and his wife Elise. Aquilini’s commitment to front the $230,000 needed to restore the twin See Trustees page 8

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Decoy pedestrian raises ire

WestVan Police say plainclothes ofﬁcers are fair enforcement tool JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

Darker afternoons and drizzly streets can be a deadly combination for pedestrians at this time of year. According to ICBC statistics, far more pedestrians are injured in crashes from November to January than they are between June and August. West Vancouver police are among those who have been targeting pedestrian safety this month, with campaigns in Ambleside and Dundarave. But at least one driver is questioning some of the techniques used by police to drive home their point. Cameron Duff, a West Vancouver lawyer, says the “pedestrian decoy” that landed him with a $167 ticket recently amounts to entrapment and doesn’t make streets safer. Duff was on his way to pick up his daughter at school Nov. 19 at about 2:45 p.m. when he had what he describes as a bizarre encounter with the police on Marine Drive in Dundarave. Duff said he noticed an

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ticket — for not yielding properly to a pedestrian. That’s when he noticed the man in a hoodie — who turned out to be a plainclothes officer — circling back to the crosswalk. Duff said he’s fuming about the artificially-created situation — which he said was made confusing and dangerous by the plainclothes officers’ strange behaviour as he approached the crosswalk. “I think it’s unethical,” he said.

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Duff said he appreciates concerns about pedestrian safety, but added, “I’m not sure what having a decoy adds to the safety environment.” He’s since dropped off a letter to the West Vancouver police chief outlining his objections and plans to fight the ticket in court. Const. Jeff Palmer, spokesperson for the West Vancouver Police, said there’s nothing wrong with using a plainclothes officer for pedestrian safety campaigns. Drivers should be properly yielding regardless of who is crossing the street, he said. Palmer declined to discuss the specifics of Duff’s encounter, but said police are targeting Ambleside and Dundarave in West Vancouver. “We’ve had serious injury accidents there,” he said. On the day Duff was handed a ticket, he was one of 15 drivers given either tickets or verbal warnings to keep a better lookout for pedestrians. Using a plainclothes officers is just one of the enforcement options available, said Palmer. “We’ll use a variety of techniques and this is one of them.” This past Thursday, student volunteers joined police along Marine Drive to hand out safety information and ICBC safety reflectors to pedestrians.

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emocracy on the North Shore was comparatively well served in 2014. Voter turnout stretched above 2011 levels but we need to do better. Despite pending Park Royal towers in West Vancouver and North Van’s waterfront ﬁght, more than 70 per cent of people avoided polls like the plague on Election Day. There has to be a way to engage voters that doesn’t involve snaking Highway 1 past their front door. Just as we urge residents to watch council meetings, appraise developments and help author the OCP, we ask politicians to be available, honest, and sometimes downright blunt. District of North Vancouver Coun. Roger Bassam took some criticism during the Panorama Drive parking dustup when he said it’s not the role

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Interchange design misses mark Dear Editor: The proposed Mountain Highway interchange is inadequate — let’s do it right the first time; don’t waste my tax dollars. If the priority is to alleviate traffic in this area by separating local east/ west traffic from north/ south commuting traffic, then we have missed the mark on the conceptual design for the new interchange. The design still forces southbound Mountain Highway traffic through the Seylynn neighbourhood. They gave southbound traffic coming from the west down Keith Road access to Highway 1 but neglected all of those coming down Mountain Highway. The engineers on the Ironworkers Memorial

Second Narrows Crossing got it right with a design that incorporated three lanes in each direction, considering future growth. The bottlenecks are the interchanges north of the Second Narrows bridge and the big orange bridge crossing Lynn River at the bottom of the Cut.

The previous engineers designing the interchanges to the west at Westview, Lonsdale and Lynn Valley exits understood the need to get the highway trafﬁc onto the highway quickly and effectively, not through the neighbourhoods of Seylynn or via Brooksbank. With the future

expansion in the Seylynn corridor between Keith and Main, this design indicates short-sighted planning, which will eventually lead to us to rebuilding the south side of the new overpass design to alleviate this congestion. Let’s save the tax dollars and do it right

now rather than wasting future spending to get it right. Did we not learn from previous designs the benefits of such traffic flow planning? Keep it simple, copy the Lonsdale interchange design. It’s not that tough. Jeff Wylie, engineer North Vancouver

Commuters still face Keith trafﬁc headaches Dear Editor: For many years my wife and I have been commuting eastbound in the morning down East Keith Road to Mountain Highway and on to the Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing. In that time the lights at Fern Street rarely caused any backup onto the old Keith Road bridge because the road had two

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lanes southbound. Since the very recent traffic pattern change with Keith Road routed north of the new Seylynn development, the congestion has increased dramatically due to traffic being limited to a single lane. Now the traffic backs up from the lights at the new intersection several hundred metres back up Keith Road to the intersection

of Mountain Highway and Keith Road. I know that a new Keith Road bridge replacement is planned but the trafﬁc pattern should not have been changed until the new bridge is built. So-called infrastructure improvements ought to live up to their billing. This one does not. David Jones North Vancouver

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Some wild animals will never learn

Fear takes on a whole new meaning when an uninvited animal invades your home and brings the unpredictable wildness of nature into your sheltered space. This happened to my family last week. We live in a residential area but there’s a large greenbelt just a block away, and our next-door neighbour’s yard is a veritable forest to itself — I half expect Bilbo Baggins to pop his head over the fence one of these days and offer me some mushrooms. Well, I guess he’d more likely go under the fence. Regardless of how he arrived, I would deﬁnitely need to try those mushrooms. Speaking of trippy — my little family is still shaken by the real beast that charged through our front door last week, its wild eyes chasing my wife and two kids into a corner in the kitchen. My four-year-old son burst into tears, clutching my wife’s leg in terror. My poor one-year-old was strapped to his high chair, powerless to avoid the near certain mauling that was about to occur. All he could do was yell at the top of his lungs — come to think of it, it was a pretty typical meal for him. My wife, meanwhile, shouted “nooooooo” and threw herself in front of the children, Secret Service style. It was pandemonium. Soaked in adrenaline

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Laugh All YouWant sweat, I decided to sacrifice my safety to save the family, throwing myself at the beast, grabbing hold of whatever I could while trying to spare my loved ones — and myself — from those flesh-shredding fangs. With a lucky grab I wrestled it off the ground and raced to the front door. With one last, desperate effort the animal sunk its claws into our doorframe and seemed poised to fly back into our living room where it could finish its murderous mission. With my last drops of strength and courage I gave one final heave, tossing the beast just clear of the threshold before slamming the door shut on . . . our neighbour’s cute new kitten. Ozzie. It was after that panicked display that my wife and I realized that though we’ve had many parenting triumphs — greatest of all is somehow keeping both the

boys alive so far — we’ve utterly failed in the don’tget-freaked-out-by-animals department. My wife and I are both to blame. She grew up in a three-sister family and the girls never had pets. Things got interesting when they’d visit their relatives’ farms. (Yes plural — the Prairie Constitution clearly states that you must know at least two people who live on farms. And you can never be more than 35 square metres away from a Skidoo.) On the farm the girls would stay in the car until they were assured that all dogs were tied up, locked away or wrestled into submission. Then, ﬁnally, they’d make their way to the barn and wrangle the pigs. Just kidding — they’d sprint into the house and eat pie. I wasn’t much better. I never had pets either, and while I wasn’t scared of animals per se, I was never all that interested in taking a frisky puppy for a walk, cuddling up on a rocking chair with a ﬂuffy kitten, or just generally being within a four-block radius of any cat or dog. Of course sometimes a close friend or relative would inexplicably insist that we couldn’t lock their dog up in the laundry room all day whenever I came to visit. In those cases I would learn to tolerate it. If the dog or cat displayed decades

of perfect behaviour and overall cuteness, I would, once or twice a year, gingerly go in for an awkward pet on the head. Then, of course, I’d spend the next 15 minutes washing my hands. I know I’m going to get

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Lack of supply a key issue

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District of North Vancouver, where 42 per cent of renters spend more than 30 per cent of their income on rent. Recent building projects on the North Shore have failed to assuage the situation, according to Lee. “The irony is we’re surrounded by condo development,” he said. Making any headway on the problem requires widespread acknowledgement of the crisis and collaboration between multiple levels of government, he said. Lee credited the city and district of North Vancouver for “trying to do what can be done at a municipal

level,” but said more development is necessary. “I would offer that we need more density, which would probably get me hung from a lamppost in a lot of parts of the North Shore,” he said. “I don’t mean to be incendiary, I’m a capitalist from way back, but it does get down to creating more supply.” Lee said he hopes the study will upset the perception that West Vancouver’s population is uniformly ﬁnancially secure. Based on anecdotal evidence,West Vancouver renters facing the heaviest burdens may be new immigrants and seniors who have become socially

isolated, Lee suggested. “I think it’s the crisis that dare not speak its name,” he said. Lee said he’s heard people wonder aloud why renters don’t simply move if they can’t afford their rent. That view isn’t “particularly enlightened,” commented Lee, who said many renters are unable to move and seniors who have spent their lives in one community are often unwilling to uproot. Facing the problem may come down to a question of what sort of community North Shore residents want, according to Lee. “We’ve sustained a kind of mythology about ourselves that we’re

inclusive,” he said. “In this case, the myth has been largely true.The question for us to answer is whether we care enough to continue with that story about ourselves.” The study is an opportunity to look at the province “through the eyes of renters,” according to Tony Roy, executive director of the B.C. Non-Proﬁt Housing Association. “We’re not building more rental housing, so renters are forced to overspend, living in overcrowded or deteriorated conditions, or they become homeless,” he stated in a press release. The study was undertaken in partnership with Vancity credit union.

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Burnaby Golf Course has had some success drawing in a younger generation since it installed a driving range, though that city had a much larger piece of land to work with, Henegar added. But the plan is already in the rough for some members, said Don Smith, a longtime user of the course. “Gleneagles (was named)

one of the 10 best nine-holes in Canada and this project is going to ruin it,” he said. Not only would realigning and shortening the holes reduce the amount of fun it is to play, installing a driving range would mean cutting down trees and putting up netting to keep stray balls from landing on the fairways or Marine Drive, Smith said. Though the district has only recently been ﬂoating

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detractors of the plan will show up and make their voices heard when the time comes. And, he is open to any other suggestions that will help encourage younger players come teeoff. “If we can get youth to play golf, I think we’re gaining more than having a driving range. Having said that, youth probably enjoy a driving range,” he said.

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Why do we have such horrific traffic here in the last year or two?You can read that apartment highrises will have this and that plus 175 flats. No big deal, you might say. But, how many such big buildings have been built recently? Simple addition can’t be fooled. Whether the trend will continue or not, will depend on this old/new council. Well, big is not always best, not even the bigger the better. And that it is not only the game of words, as we can see almost daily. Vladimir Cicha North Vancouver

Kitten cure comes calling From page 7 Just know that my wife and I tried to keep our children from inheriting our animal instincts. In fact, when my older son was just a toddler he loved being around animals, and we encouraged him to talk to dog owners and, if given permission, go in for a cuddle. I guess somewhere along the line he saw through our fake coolness and picked up our real scent. Now if there’s a Bichon Frise in the room he’ll climb me like a squirrel and perch on my head as if he’s escaping a grizzly bear. And our youngest son,

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Through her involvement in a foundation serving single mothers and children experiencing poverty, Michelle Jankovich has become increasingly aware of how, for many women, one unforeseen change in life — like a loss of a job, an illness, or a change in marital status — could result in a situation of need. In light of that, the Cause We Care Foundation board of directors member is pleased that many of the charitable organization’s giving opportunities both engage and forge connections between donors and recipients, instilling a sense of compassion and awareness. “Any mom wants the best for their kid.You could be in a mansion, you could be in a shelter, what you want is the same thing: you want your kid to be safe and healthy. That’s what you want. So to struggle with that is such a hard thing for a single mother,” says Jankovich, a Deep Cove resident. The Vancouver-based Cause We Care Foundation was launched in 2007 with a mission of supporting resources and programs

helping single mother families in need. Assistance is offered based on three identiﬁed areas of need: safe and affordable housing, childcare and supplies. In terms of safe and affordable housing, the foundation is nearing completion of a capital campaign to raise $1.5 million in support of the YWCA Cause We Care House to be located on East Hastings Street inVancouver. “This is being built from the ground up,” says Jankovich. The initiative is a partnership between the City of Vancouver, theYWCA and Cause We Care, which is approximately $100,000 from its fundraising goal. The resulting building will house a Downtown Eastside/Strathcona public library branch, space for YWCA community family programming and 21 units (a mix of two, three and four-bedrooms) of long-term supportive housing for single mothers and their children at risk of homelessness. “That’s going to break ground any week now and then should be livable in 2015,” says Jankovich. In regard to the foundation’s pillar of See Hamper page 14

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UPCOMING EVENTS IN THE VILLAGE SUNDAY NOVEMBER 30 CHRISTMAS TREE WALK LIGHTING CEREMONY Lynn Valley Community Association Presents: Ofﬁcial lighting of the Christmas Trees 4:30-5:30 Mayor will light the Christmas trees at 5pm Join us for this fun family event! Performances by Bobby Smith Children’s Activities

childcare, for the last two years, Cause We Care has provided funding to Kids First, an after school program serving students at East Vancouver inner city school Thunderbird elementary.The program’s goal is to provide a safe environment for children, particularly those who are vulnerable or at risk, to go while their mothers are working. Kids First serves 50 children, Mondays through Thursdays, from 3 to 5:30 p.m. The program is also being expanded to offer spring break and summer programs. As for supplies, Cause We Care offers both emergency and day-to-day staples to mothers and their children in need.The organization offers one-off emergency funding to those in crisis, typically by distributing funds to frontline organizations, which can provide immediate, handson help. Cause We Care also runs two annual supply drives, seeking support from the community.The foundation’s eighth annual Christmas Hamper Drive is underway.This holiday season those involved hope to distribute 600 hampers to single mother families across the Lower Mainland, up from last year’s 540. The foundation runs a smaller-scale hamper drive at Mother’s Day and in the spring, supplied approximately 300 hampers. In the next week, community members are encouraged to donate to the holiday hamper drive. Each $60 donation via the Cause We Care website, will cover

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The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure invites the public and cycling community to attend an information session about Stanley Park Causeway pedestrian and cycling safety improvements.

As pedestrian and bicycle traffic increases on the Stanley Park Causeway there is a need to balance the park’s natural environment with improved safety for all causeway users. The ministry has worked with the Vancouver Park Board and the City of Vancouver to establish a cycling and pedestrian safety improvement strategy for this important route. This drop-in information session will take place: Tuesday, December 2 2:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Coal Harbour Community Centre 480 Broughton Street Vancouver, B.C.

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Another recipient had this to say, “The gift basket was such a surprise. It really helped in a year that I didn’t have much.Thank you!” A number of local retailers have launched campaigns to support the efforts of the Cause We Care Foundation. An ongoing initiative is bracelet sales at Blue Ruby Jewelry.The store is launching its new holiday edition styles this week. Bracelets, available as singles or in sets, for men and women, range in price from $20 to $100. One hundred per cent of proceeds are donated to the foundation and to date, sales have exceeded $120,000. Aritzia.com is also showing support to Cause We Care. As part of its #FullofHeart campaign, intended to celebrate the women who matter most, community members are encouraged to post a photo of themselves with a loved

one on Instagram using the tag #FullofHeart. For each Instagram submission, Aritzia will donate a brick on their behalf to help build theYWCA Cause We Care House. “The goal is to have 4,000 of those. . . .” says Jankovich. “In theory, it could ﬁnish what we need for our housing campaign. It’s huge.” Pottery Barn has also launched a holiday campaign in support of the foundation. Cause We Care is incredibly grateful for the continued support received. “It’s these creative things that these people do, they just want to help and they want to engage the community,” says Jankovich. For more information, to make a donation or volunteer, visit causewecare.org. ••• North Shore Crisis Services Society and SAGE Transition House are hosting

their annual Breakfast with Santa event for the women and children who’ve used their services this past year. “We provide a gift for all the children and all the moms,” says Harman. Society staff members are currently accepting donations of new gift items and gift cards to be distributed to the women and children of all ages set to be in attendance at this year’s event, Dec. 6. Gift suggestions include movie gift cards, bus tickets, store gift cards serving teens and adults, warm clothing, household items, toys for the younger set, grocery and household store gift cards, sleepwear and underwear. Monetary donations are also welcomed. Gift donations should be dropped off by Monday, Dec. 1 at The Good Stuff Connection Thrift Store, 154 West Third St., North Vancouver. nscss.net

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HEARTS IN MOTION WALKING CLUB The following is a list of walks on the North Shore: Parkgate Community Centre, Monday and Thursday at various times; Capilano Mall, Monday,Wednesday and Friday, 8-9 a.m. Janet, 604-983-9976. Caulfeild Village, Monday,Wednesday and Friday at various times.

HEALTH WALKS Explore the North Shore outdoors and other parts of the Lower Mainland, guided by volunteers.Walks are free. greenclub.bc.ca HIKING CLUB for women 50 years and older meets every Tuesday.Time and location arranged on Monday. Good physical condition is required to

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N ORTH S HORE D ISABILITY R ESOURCE C ENTRE NSDRC’S 7TH ANNUAL CONCERT FEATURING ODDS

The 7th annual concert featuring Odds and VAMS was another great success this year! We are happy to report that we raised over $17,000 net. This would not have been possible without the support of our sponsors, donors, volunteers and the fans!

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS

N ORTH S HORE D ISABILITY R ESOURCE C ENTRE A sturdy tree becomes a person reaching upward in celebration, its leaves, transformed, break free and take flight.

We work to ensure that people with disabilities, along with their families and friends, can participate actively as members of the community. We are committed to working toward a community which is free of physical, financial and attitudinal barriers.

N ORTH S HORE D ISABILITY R ESOURCE C ENTRE 3158 Mountain Hwy North Vancouver, BC V7K 2H5 604.985.5371

www.nsdrc.org CARF accreditation was awarded to NSDRC for the following programs: Supported Living, Infant Development and Community Based We acknowledge the financial support Services. of the Province of BritishColumbia.

A Moveable Feast ■ Beauty by Jacqueline ■ Concept Paints ■ Davies Pharmacy ■ Lang Mining Corp ■ Lynn Valley Insurance

2014 SUMMER BURSARIES Each year bursaries are available to families of school aged children who require additional support on the North Shore. Bursaries can be used to send a child to a camp/program during the summer or a bursary can be used by a family to hire a support worker to assist their child at a camp/ program. In 2014 the NSDRC supported 187 children by allocating $53,287. All money allocated to children is secured by generous donations, grants and partnerships.

PARC Retirement Living ■ Serenity Plus ■ Smith Werks ■ Sussex Insurance ■ Taylor Auto Motive ■ West Coast Lawns

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RAFFLE WINNERS! Congratulations to the following winners of NSDRC raffle draw. David Osborne, NSDRC President, picked the winners: 1st One (1) return trip for two to any scheduled WestJet destination.

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Congratulations to the winners and a big Thank You to everyone who purchased tickets and supported the raffle!

Last summer, STAGE Program received a grant from the Vancouver Foundation to build a garden. We

planted our produce with the idea of being able to have a self-sustainable garden. When NSDRC Loraine House was granted money to start making preserves, the idea of a partnership between the two programs was born and“The Jammers”began. Participants met on a weekly basis throughout the summer to make the preserve, label all the jars and get them ready to sell. We made over 150 jars of a variety of jams, chutneys, and various pickled vegetables. Participants from STAGE also started to make birdhouses at the beginning of this summer. The participants are involved in all the steps from cutting the wood to assembling the

My daughter has overcome her fear of being in water. She still needs to overcome her fear of water on her face and has yet to actually swim but

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We have seen some huge changes in our son’s self-confidence and willingness to try new things and I attribute much of this positive change to the program he did this summer. I would not have been able to pay for this program without the bursary. Thank you!!!!!!

Bursaries are funded from many different sources. In addition to agency fundraising dollars, a large contribution is made by Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD). Other funding sources include the Vancouver Sun Children’ss Fund, CKNW, CIBC Wood Gundy, Deep Cove Lions Club, Lynn Valley Lions, Lynn Valley Legion, West Vancouver United Church, North Vancouver Kiwanis Foundation, West est Vancouver Community Foundation and the United Way.

Our products were first st offered at the Farmer’ss Market at Lonsdale Quay on October 25. It was a cold and rainy day BUT we were well received. Our participants are proud of their products and were excited to be sharing with the public. We also went to the West Vancouver er Senior Centre craft fair on No November be 16 and almost sold out! We are really excited to announce that we will

Church and Marcon builders to acquire 4 accessible apartments in their new development, Mill House, offers another way for community to address this issue affecting our neighbours, families and friends. Please check our website for updates.

Presentations were also made by MLA Jane Thornthwaite to o some of our poster contest artists. The he winning poster (shown) was by Kayla, Congratulations to Kayla, and thank you to all the artists who entered.

keep on finding opportunities to showcase our products.

Lizz Lindsay, Foundation President & Liz Barnett Executive Director

We wish to thank everyone for their personal donations and thank any other service clubs not listed for their ongoing support. To make a donation to send a child to camp in summer 2015 please call our office 604-985-5371 and the receptionist eptionist will gladly assist you. Tax receipts eipts are available upon request.

We gratefully acknowledge the support of the District of West Vancouver, District of North Vancouver and City of North Vancouver through their Communityy Grants programs.

This year’s AGM featured a panel discussion on employment, from the perspective of both new and long-time employees, and of employers. Thanks so much to Oliver Holt, Jodi Klukas, Blake Parkinson, and Craig Woods for their informative and open approach to the topic.

beautiful houses with pictures taken locally.

AFFORDABLE HOUSING Since 1976, the NSDRC has assisted people with disabilities and their families to be part of the North Shore community. One of the challenges we all face on the North Shore is accessible and affordable housing. Our partnership with Lynn Valley United

As working parents with a son with autism it is a necessity for us that he attend camps over the summer. The funding that is provided by the Summer Bursary Program allows us to put him in camps that in fun and natural ways work on his social skills by having him engage with other kids in a less structured environment than school and develop his gross motor skills through team games, swimming, and walks/hikes.

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Working for a community for all.

A very SPECIAL THANK YOU to our hard working Board of Directors for everything you contribute to the NSDRC!

BUILDING JOB SAVVY THROUGH JOB CLUB

JOB CLUB at the NSDRC is available for youth and adults with disabilities who want to prepare themselves for employment. The objective is to provide participants with knowledge and information about workplace expectations. Participants practice their job exploration skills through mock interviews, role plays and meeting with local business people.

Grants and donations make it possible for the NSDRC offer Job Club three times a year through the Transition and Employment service.

Owen found a job this summer

Through Job Club “Jodi had the chance to learn what being professional on the job means, how to have an interview, how to write a resume, as well as consider the benefits of employment in a way she hadn’t considered before”. Wendy (parent) “Before job club I was nervous and unsure how to apply for jobs. Job Club gave me the confidence to go out and look for a job on my own and I found one this summer.” Owen (participant)

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Get the latest in news, events, workshops and more! You can now follow the NSDRC on Facebook and Twitter!

Find out about community news and events, workshops and other goings on. To follow us on Twitter, simply sign in and search @NSAdvocate or @NSDRCcbsProg and click“follow”. For Facebook, Google-search NSDRC Facebook, or click the Facebook link on our website: www.nsdrc.org.

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“Latte” is Latin for “You paid too much for that coffee.” In this latest holiday version of the classic Bridge cookbooks, some of the jokes that are sprinkled throughout the recipe pages have been updated, such as the one above. Some are a little outdated: Marriage is a relationship where one person is always right and the other is the husband. And some are pretty accurate: Having one child makes you a parent. Having two makes you a referee. The bridge ladies, as they are called, are a group of eight friends from Calgary who went on an overnight trip together 30 years ago. They played bridge and did a lot of cooking. One of the women is quoted as saying, “The be best part of pl playing bridge is the eating.” The friends de decided to put th their favourite re recipes to together in a cookbook an and the ﬁrst Be Best of Bridge co cookbook was bo born. Over the ye years they have so sold more than th three million copies of 12 cookbooks. This latest one collects their favourite 225 recipes for special occasions together in one book. Sections include Holiday Brunches, SitDown Dinners, Buffets and Potlucks, Cookies and Squares, Leftovers and Food Gifts. The recipes are presented in an easy-to-read format with some colour photos. The book also lies ﬂat making it easy to rest on a counter while cooking.

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Holiday lighting safety tips

O Ensure that your lights have Canadian safety approval certiﬁcation. b Follow the manufacturer’s directions for installing and using

any electrical decorations.

a Consider switching to energy efﬁcient LED lights because they produce less heat, which reduces the risk of ﬁre. ` Use the right cord for the location; indoor and outdoor cords are different.

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Seymour Dance Presents

THE NUTCRACKER Sunday December 7

Shows are 1pm and 4pm.

Get into the holiday spirit with this charming production of dancers aged 3-18. Over 100 students perform this classic after the hard work of over 80 hours of prep and practising. The Nutcracker is one of the world’s favourite ballets, and with Seymour Dance’s version- you’re in for a treat! This fairytale bursts with bewitching dancing, magical sets and the prettiest costumes imaginable. Tickets are available from Centennial Theatre and the costs are Adults $23, Student/Senior $20 and Children (2-12 year) $18.

www.centennialtheatre.com

_ Outdoor sockets within 2.5 metres of grade require a ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) receptacle. ^ Never run cords under rugs where people will walk over them, or through doorways or windows where they may become pinched. Breakage of pinched wires can cause a ﬁre. ] Never use staples or nails to attach cords to walls or roofs. \ Make sure cords can handle the amperage indicated on your electrical devices, and avoid multi-outlet adaptor connections, which can overload your outlet. [ Outdoor lights left up year-round will likely need to be replaced. OP Keep lights out of the reach of small children.

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With the holiday season just around the corner, B.C. Safety Authority (BCSA) is reminding British Columbians to protect themselves and their property by following a few basic lighting safety tips. In a recent press release, BCSA noted that faulty wiring of seasonal lights can create electrical hazards and result in injury or property damage. To reduce risk, BCSA advises consumers to follow the manufacturer’s directions for installation and use of indoor and outdoor lights and to use only Canadian-approved products. They also recommend checking lights or other electrical decorations for defects before use and discarding any with cracked sockets, frayed or loose wires. Another important precaution is to turn off all electrical lighting and decorations before leaving the house or going to bed. In addition, BCSA provides the following tips for lighting your home safely this holiday season:

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Plan ahead and be safe

he holidays are upon us and the North Vancouver RCMP is reminding all citizens to enjoy themselves responsibly. A recent press release from the RCMP noted that with the increase of drinking events comes the increase of police Counterattack road checks. The North Vancouver RCMP is proactively looking for impaired drivers. The time to plan on how to get home safely is before you begin drinking. There are plenty of options available; consider the use of public transportation, call a taxi, take turns being the designated driver, or better yet, call the friendly volunteers at Operation Red Nose. In North Vancouver, Operation Red Nose is a charitable program run by the North Shore Rotary Club and ICBC Road Sense. This public service has been operating on the North Shore since 2000. During the weekends, between Nov. 28 and Dec. 31, volunteers will be standing by waiting for your call. From 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. they can be reached at 778-288-8996. Volunteers will pick you up and drive you and your vehicle home safely. For a volunteer form or more information check out the website at nsorn.org. North Vancouver RCMP Cpl. Richard De Jong said in the release that drugs and alcohol impact a person’s thoughts, moods and judgment. “Deciding to drive under the inﬂuence is engaging in high risk behavior,” he said. “Plan ahead and let someone else drive you home.”

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Royal City Youth Ballet Company Society proudly presents, for the 26th season, the full length ballet, the Nutcracker.

The longest running Nutcracker ballet performance in Canada!

Don’t miss your opportunity to see this unique show that delights audiences of all ages.

Artistic Director, Camilla Fishwick-Kellogg Executive Producer, Trisha Sinosich-Arciaga

Centennial Theatre, North Vancouver Sunday, December 21 at 1 & 4 pm Box Office: 604-984-4484 www.centennialtheatre.com

For more information, and a full list of performances, please visit our website:

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SENIORS GATHERING A free drop-in program for an informal get-together and chat from 10 to 11:30 a.m. on the second Tuesday of every month at the North Vancouver City Library, 120 West 14th St. Archivist Janet Turner will remember the First World War through the writings of North Vancouver resident Walter Draycott at the Dec. 9 meeting. 604-998-3460 nvcl.ca RAMBLERS Meet at the West Vancouver Seniors’ Activity Centre, 695 21st St. for an eight- to 10-kilometre hike every Monday at 9:30 a.m., rain or shine.Terrain is varied and proper footwear and clothing are required. Bring water and a bagged lunch. New participants

must phone prior to the ﬁrst hike. westvancouver.ca/seniors SCRABBLE — DOUBLE WORD SCORE An afternoon of fun and challenge with others who love playing this thoughtprovoking word game Saturdays, 1-3 p.m. at the West Vancouver Seniors’ Activity Centre, 695 21st St. 604-925-7280 SCRABBLE Informal games to test your spelling Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m.noon at Silver Harbour Centre, 144 East 22nd St., North Vancouver. Free. 604-980-2474 SENIORS CYCLISTS Routes vary between 25-50 kilometres and are about three hours long. For a schedule of rides, visit westvancouver.ca/seniors. Compiled by Debbie Caldwell Email listings@nsnews.com

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We’re Saving you a Seat Join us for our Festival of Lights Bus Tour at Revera – Hollyburn House. Wednesday, December 3rd, 4 pm – 6 pm We’re heading off in search of a delightful experience. Don’t miss this opportunity to enjoy a cup of hot apple cider as our festive bus tour takes you to see the Dundarave Festival of Lights.

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It all sounds so simple but Le Goff (who’s also a founding member of the B.C. chapter of the Certified Association of Professional Sommeliers) goes above and beyond to source wines that are a cut above yet still suit the style and budget of a given location. I was again reminded of that this week during a media lunch at Cactus Club in Coal Harbour that highlighted some new tastes. All the wines Le Goff chose to go with chef Rob Feenie’s plates were truly good choices and some were excellent. Not always the most obvious choice, they offer some useful hints for what you can do at home. The following matches in particular stood out. With mildly spiced albacore tuna sushi tacos, Le Goff needed a wine that would stand up to and also complement a soy chili dressing without overpowering the delicate flavour of the fish. Meyer Family Vineyards McLean Creek Chardonnay 2012 sports just the right balance of orchard fruit and acidity, with well-managed oak (only 20 per cent new) and a sleek, mouth-filling

texture that also added the right element of umami (pleasant savory taste) for the texture of the tuna sushi ($30 at the winery, 91 points). For Feenie’s sousvide, flash frozen halibut with pine mushrooms and chanterelle foam, Le Goff went with Lemelson Vineyards (Willamette, Oregon) Thea’s Selection Pinot Noir 2011. This medium-bodied pinot has red and black fruit up front before a gently spicy bright palate that also sports distinctly earthy notes that picked up on the mushrooms. Even though you won’t find this particular pretty Oregonian (except at Cactus Club), it was another textbook example of how a wellbalanced, truly elegant pinot (much more used oak than new) can really show off even white fish really beautifully. It was a delicious combination (92 points). Curry can be a challenge although you can usually defer to a white aromatic such as gewurztraminer or a slightly off-dry riesling. But what to do when red meat’s on the plate? How about grilled lamb chops

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Wise dogs reveal meaning of Xmas Today was one of those days — one of those days where I look out at the pond in the backyard (where there should not be one) and watch my dogs watching the ducks swimming in circles and wish I was in a drier, sunnier climate. This is a tough time of the year. There is less daylight, the nights seem longer and the weather, yes, the weather is damper. Over the next eight weeks, conversations will pretty much begin with the weather and end with the weather. But, smack dab in the middle of our monsoon season we have Christmas. Yay! Despite my lack of enthusiasm regarding my growing lakefront property, I do look forward to this time of the year because of the holiday celebration. I love the tradition of decorating my home, garnishing it with lights and bows as if I am saying “thank you for giving me a roof to lay my head under and keep us all safe during the year.” I devote an entire weekend to trimming the tree, placing ornaments that hold special meaning in just the right spots. With the dogs curled beside me in front of the ﬁre we watch traditional Christmas movies, like It’s aWonderful Life and A Christmas Carol. Some may ﬁnd this corny, but to me, this is Christmas.

Joan Klucha

Canine Connection I avoid the malls, trading in the Christmas shopping mayhem experience in favour of much tamer and peaceful excursions, such as sipping an eggnog latte while hiking the trails with my dogs. Boy, if you want to walk trails with your dogs and not run into a soul then wait for the peak hours of Christmas holiday shopping to begin. (I bet there was nary a soul to be found on Black Friday.) When I’m on my lone shepherd walks with my three wise dogs, I am often left to ponder the insanity that Christmas has become. Regardless of your beliefs, the season has become a materialistic orgy masked as a celebration of the most unmaterialistic person who walked the earth. Ironic, no? I digress. . . . So in my search for a deeper meaning of our present Christmas experience, I do what I often do when I’m met with a perplexing

conundrum: I ask my dogs. As I just stated, they are very wise. “Piper,” I say, “What say you of the meaning of Christmas?” He lifts his head off my lap and looks at me with tired eyes. The eyes of a senior dog who has seen 10 Christmases come and go. Eyes that I hope will see many more come his way. Christmases that have filled me with laughter and joy while watching him with a squeaking new toy. Next I turn to Zumi, the matriarch of my pack. She is a gal that has had many life experiences and therefore must have an answer to the meaning of Christmas. “Zumi?” I ask, “Can you tell me of the meaning of Christmas?” She stops licking her paw for a moment, cocks her head to one side as if she is contemplating an answer, then takes a deep breath and lays her head down peacefully. She has always been a dog that seeks peace. Often that peace came at the expense of conflict first, but she just wanted peace. The last wise dog of my magi is Raider, and even though he just turned two, he is an old soul. He has a gentle heart, the kind that is typically created after seeing much heartache. “Raider,” I whisper, “Tell me my young lad what you know of the meaning of Christmas.” He looks at me with

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So there you have it, straight from the mouths of my three wise dogs. The meaning of Christmas is joy, peace and love. Hey isn’t that on a Christmas card somewhere?

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Not many people were expecting big things out of the NorthVancouverbasedTaG cycling team when they lined up at the start of the team pursuit competition at the 2014 National JuniorTrack Championships held Nov. 21-23 at the Burnaby Velodrome. After all, the boys on the team — Handsworth students Max Duso and Rowan Morris,Vancouver’s Brendan Armstrong and Victoria’s Chris MacLeod — had only done a handful of velodrome races in their lives. And they were up against powerhouse teams like the British Columbia and Ontario provincial teams, as well as other elite clubs and national training centres from around

Canada. This, too, was one of the competition’s glamour events. Cycling Canada has traditionally put a lot of emphasis on team pursuit, a race that sees two four-person teams start on opposite sides of the track and try to run each other down. Canada’s women won bronze in team pursuit at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Against that backdrop rode in the TaG team, all of whom were making their national championship debuts.TaG co-founder Lesley Tomlinson recalls a distinct lack of buzz when her team steadied themselves for the team pursuit time trail that would determine which teams would make it into the head-to-head ﬁnal. “Oh yeah, those guys are new — how good could they be?” said Tomlinson,

recalling the mood.The trainer — herself a former elite road cyclist and Olympic mountain biker — knew better.Though none of them had been racing for more than a year,Tomlinson had watched them train and had seen their power levels improve almost daily. “From my perspective, I knew they had a chance.They’re so strong, and they’re such a good little posse.” When the time trial was over the TaG team was in the top two, shocking the competition by making it into the final where they’d face some close friends — the B.C. provincial team. In the final the TaG team blasted away at the start of the four-kilometre race — 20 laps around the 200-metre track — and opened up a nearly five-second lead after one kilometre, but Team B.C. battled back in

kilometre two. “We looked like we might be paying for (the fast start) because it came back to where they were even,” said Tomlinson, adding that pacing is one of the things that experienced riders do better than rookies. “Cycling’s hard.You’ve got to learn how to race.There are a lot of variables, a lot of things that happen — it isn’t just all about being strong on the track. . . .They learn to go the absolute maximum they can, without blowing up. It’s very easy to go out too hard and not be able to finish up.” By the midpoint of the race the two teams were even again.The final two kilometres were a dogfight, right down to a final sprint to the finish. “It really was kind of back and forth, within a second, right to the end,” said Tomlinson. “Heads down, just try to get across that line first.” When the clocks stopped, TaG was on top. “The place went crazy,”

said Tomlinson, adding that her young riders gave it everything they had. “Duso always jokes that he has no pain sensors, (but) he said he was basically blacking out at the end. He was definitely in the hurt locker.” The team wasn’t finished either.West Vancouver’s Cam Fitzmaurice, a Sentinel student in the U17 division (juniors are U19), won gold in the omnium, a grueling six-event race that tests all of a rider’s skill, speed and stamina on the track. Fitzmaurice placed in the top five of the omnium’s first five events — a scratch race, pursuit, elimination, time trial and flying lap — but was looking for more as he prepared for the final event, the long-distance, multisprint points race. “Every event he was second or third,” said Tomlinson. “He was like ‘Ugh, I just want to win something.’” He did win something. Two somethings, in fact. See Riders page 34

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Riders first tried track cycling just one year ago From page 32 His victory in the points race cemented his spot on top of the leaderboard for the omnium, making him a national champion. Duso also claimed an individual medal, winning bronze in the junior men’s omnium. It took an epic effort to get there, as Duso was one of only two riders in the junior omnium to “take a lap” in the points race, lapping the entire field during the chaotic, multirider, 120-lap torture test. “Taking a lap” scored Duso massive points and shot him onto the podium. “He rode himself into a medal position by taking a lap on the field, which is really hard to do,” said Tomlinson. The victories were the first major triumphs for an elite youth cycling training program started last year by Tomlinson and her TaG partners. None of the young athletes were hardcore cyclists when they first signed up for a free session

offered at TaG’s North Vancouver studio. Morris and Fitzmaurice came from cross-country skiing backgrounds, while the others were mountain bikers and soccer players. The TaG program ID’d them as super ﬁt athletes with the potential to do some damage on a bicycle, and then the kids bought in and started training in earnest. “You could see from the very beginning that they had the necessary basic elements,” said Tomlinson. “It just had to be applied to what they do on the track. . . .We put them together and they’ve gone from a ﬁrst training session — learning to ride around the velodrome — to actually being national champions.” The team is now eyeing bigger prizes, including next year’s junior world championships. All four of the junior riders have another year of eligibility left, and next year they’ll be joined in the junior ranks by talented young Fitzmaurice.

“They’re going into next year as national champions, and they have another whole year.That’s kind of cool,” said Tomlinson. “Our main goal is for them to get to the junior worlds next year, which would mean representing the country. Is that realistic? I think for a couple of them, yeah. It’s very realistic.They’ve got a lot of work to do. . . . A lot of things have to fall together, but I’m excited to think that they might actually manage to make it to that level before they’re out of junior.” Tomlinson said the team is also always looking for new members who want to try out the sport. After all, the kids were all new members just a year ago, and now they’re national champions. “These kids would have never thought of just going to the velodrome on their own, said Tomlinson. “I think sometimes it just takes meeting a group that encourages you to try something, and then who knows where it can take you.”

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Handsworth football head coach Jay Prepchuk has been named one of 10 Canadian ﬁnalists for the 2014 NFL Youth Coach of the Year Award. Along with leading the Royals, Prepchuk also runs numerous skills camps throughout the year and is the head coach of Football B.C.’s provincial U18 squad which will take part in the Tanoa Bowl in late December. The award, now in its 16th year, is designed to recognize community or high school coaches across Canada who dedicate themselves to

the development of young players both on and off the ﬁeld.The award is not based on wins and losses. The winning coach’s program will receive $5,000 of new football equipment from the NFL as well as $5,000 in bursaries, supplied by BlackRock Canada, that will assist young players in the coach’s community who are in ﬁnancial need.Two runners-up will each get $2,000 worth of equipment for their programs. The winning coach, selected by a panel of journalists from across Canada, will be announced

this Tuesday. ••• Two North Vancouver boxers scored Canadian titles after winning their divisions at the WBC National Championships held last month in Mississauga, Ont. Rosalia Calla claimed the women’s 112-pound division with a unanimous decision win over Ontario’s Melissa Laundry, while Leo Sammarelli won the men’s 132-pound crown with a unanimous decision over Ontario’s Montaj Dhaliwal. Calla and Sammarelli are both members of the North Burnaby Boxing Club.

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