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Sudden ‘ﬂashover’ ﬁre guts WV home Brent Richter brichter@nsnews.com

NO one was hurt, but an older British Properties home was heavily damaged by fire Saturday afternoon. West Vancouver Fire and Rescue crews raced to the home in the 1100block of Eyremount Drive after someone called 9-1-1 reporting smoke coming from the home’s attic just after 1:30 p.m. “They attacked the fire very quickly but right at that point, the fire flashed. Everything around on that same floor got hot enough at the same time that it literally burst into flames. We had a major flashover situation, which made the fire very large, very quickly,” said fire chief Martin Ernst. Flashovers tend to occur when the temperature of See Nobody page 3

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WEST Vancouver firefighters attack a major house fire Saturday afternoon in the 1100-block of Eyremount Drive. The cause of the blaze has yet to be determined. There were no injuries. Scan photo with Layar or visit nsnews.com for more pictures.

Ministry to unveil Hwy. 1 redesign

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BIG changes could be afoot for one of the most trafﬁc snarled areas of the North Shore as the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure and the District of North Vancouver are looking at a redesign of roads and Highway 1 access in the Lower Lynn and Seymour areas.

The project includes extending Keith Road around the Seylynn development to Mount Seymour Parkway via Fern Street overpass, widening the Keith Road bridge to four lanes, upgrades and a new park-and-ride lot for Phibbs Exchange, and a possible reroute of the Dollarton Highway and Mountain Highway on– and off-ramps. “This, to me, is a huge opportunity to deal with what has been the bane of transportation on the North Shore for practically

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ever, which is when the (Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing) gets bottled up, everything backs up,” said Coun. Roger Bassam, the district’s liaison to the committee working on the plan. “If we can get some independent east-west flow, the people who live in Seymour and Lynn Valley — essentially 75,000 people who live in North Vancouver — are going to benefit from this.” The new proposal replaces the long-talked about Seymour flyover. The ministry is aiming to present two potential new road configurations to the public this fall, which should resolve one of the major grievances the district faces as it plans for future densification, Bassam said.

“(It’s) one of the biggest concerns people have about the modest growth that we are experiencing. Everyone thinks ‘Oh my goodness, the traffic is bad right now, how can we possibly we have more growth?’ “The reality is it’s not the growth that’s causing the traffic problems it’s bad engineering. We have to fix a lot of our interchanges.” If the plan goes ahead it will likely kill the North Vancouver school board’s plan to sell the mothballed Keith Lynn alternative secondary school. In March, the board named North Shore Studios as the preferred candidate to take over the property, which was last assessed at $7.25 million, but now, the land is at the crossroads of competing interests or, more literally, the off-ramp. Part of the plan includes the creation of a new exit from Highway 1 to Keith Road at Brooksbank Avenue. See Private page 5

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Union backs call for 2nd WV ambulance Urgent response times miss national target

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AMBULANCE service in the District of West Vancouver is overworked and short on staff, says a local union representative. “(Improving) stafﬁng and work load levels has been something that we’ve been advocating for a number of years,” said Cameron Eby, provincial executive with the Ambulance Paramedics of B.C. union and a North Vancouver paramedic. “In a metropolitan setting we need far more than that, unfortunately West Vancouver is what we would call understaffed.” The municipality currently has one ambulance stationed at the ﬁre hall on 16th Street, said Eby, while the City of North Vancouver has two at Lions Gate Hospital and the District of North Vancouver has one stationed near Deep Cove. Eby said recommendations for the number of ambulances and resources in the Lower Mainland were made more than 10 years ago. “Unfortunately the government/employer decided not to implement those changes and so

as a result we’ve got the same stafﬁng in many municipalities, including West Vancouver, that we’ve had for 15 or 20 years, even though the population has greatly increased,” he said. Kelsie Carwithen, spokeswoman for B.C. Ambulance Service, said they are working at recruiting more paramedics for the Greater Vancouver area, including the North Shore. “BCAS provides a high level of service to the North Shore using seven ambulances that respond to calls in the North Shore/Lions Bay area,” said Carwithen. “It is common practice for ambulances to manoeuvre across municipal boundaries to respond to calls as needed.” According to the Ambulance Paramedics of B.C., British Columbia’s paramedics service one of the largest areas in the world and receive around 500,000 calls annually. “Because we are a provincial service, ambulances do certainly cross those boundaries, but that also works the other way,” Eby said. “The West Vancouver ambulance will sometimes be in Vancouver or sometimes be in North Vancouver doing calls and that will result in an ambulance from either Lions Bay or Squamish having to come down to cover West Vancouver.” Eby said within the past ﬁve years, calls have increased and so have response times. “It’s very regular that we’re pulled over into West Vancouver to cover or actually respond to calls. When we’re responding from Deep Cove all the

way to the British Properties, you can imagine that’s going to be a 20- to 25-minute response time.” Eby said the response time for the most urgent calls is supposed to be under half that time. “The national standard response time is nine minutes and unfortunately B.C. Ambulance doesn’t meet that in virtually any of their areas,” said Eby. “B.C. Ambulance is currently around 13 minutes and less life threatening calls are significantly more than that.” Carwithen said there are a number of factors that can affect response times, including traffic, weather and road infrastructure. “Population and demand growth, combined with delays at hospital emergency departments, continue to put pressure on ambulance response times in urban and metropolitan communities.” Carwithen said they have implemented a number of initiatives aimed at improving response times. “The ‘national standard’ that has been cited is actually a target and is only for urgent calls in metropolitan and urban areas — it does not apply to all calls in all areas,” she said. “BCAS is not currently aware of another North American jurisdiction meeting the response time target.” She said response time figures only reflect the response time of paramedics not the arrival time of other first responders, typically firefighters.

“In 2012/13, BCAS’s average provincial response time for urgent calls in urban areas was 10 minutes, one second — a one second improvement from 2011/12,” said Carwithen. “Response times are extremely important, but the care and treatment paramedics provide when they arrive on scene is equally important.” Eby said the union would like to work more with the government on decreasing response times. “Currently we serve as not only the body that negotiates wages and such for paramedics but we’re also an advocate for the patients, for the profession and for our response times and everything is sort of under that umbrella,” said Eby. “The government has an obligation to provide ambulance services to British Columbians and we think that it should be happening in a timely fashion.” West Vancouver resident Heather Gordon’s husband is a paramedic. She said with only one ambulance in service, the crews are busy all the time and constantly on the go, creating a stressful work environment. “It didn’t use to be so busy here in West Van, and now it’s just gotten busier and busier, so it’s just not cutting it.” She said people will often complain about the time it takes to respond, but if the West Vancouver ambulance is on a call, another one has to come from a different municipality. “If you had two ambulances here that wouldn’t happen.”

NV woman to plead guilty to arson charges Brent Richter brichter@nsnews.com

A former North Vancouver resident on the run from the FBI for more than a decade will plead guilty to a number of charges related to ecoterrorism.

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BRIAN Freestone and his ’57 T-bird invite car enthusiasts to Harbourside Park at the foot of Fell Street in North Vancouver for the 12th annual Show and Shine on Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. Any vintage, sport or custom vehicle is welcome to participate for free but must assemble at noon. Go to harboursideshowandshine.com for more info.

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the blaze hits 650 degrees centigrade and gasses seep out of furniture and construction materials and ignite. “They very quickly were able to knock down the actual flames in the house but the fire was very deep seated and stubborn. It was embedded in the floorspace,” Ernst said. Thankfully, the family who lives in the home was away and their tenant was out

for lunch at the time, Ernst added. Ernst said investigators would be back on the scene ﬁrst thing Tuesday morning to sift through the remains, adding that electrical wiring in the early 1970s home will be a key area to check. “That’s getting to be a fairly old house at this point. . . . Forty per cent of ﬁres are electrical these days, just due to aging houses or electrical work that’s not been done to code by people who don’t know what they’re doing,” he said. “We’ll be

tracing every wire back to its source. We’ll be looking at everything and seeing if we can keep it as an active theory or rule it out.” As for whether the home is a complete write-off, that will be up to the owner and insurer, Ernst said. “I’d call it major damage, throughout the house. The kitchen, living room and dining area are 90 per cent damaged and the rest of the home received a lot of smoke damage,” he said.

Rebecca Rubin turned herself into the FBI at a border crossing in Blaine, Washington in November last year, facing charges related to a series of arsons, bombings and conspiracy in the 1990s. On July 31, Rubin’s Seattle lawyer asked to change her not-guilty plea to guilty, though it is not known if she has been offered a plea bargain in exchange for lesser charges. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Rubin was a member of a cell of the radical Animal Liberation Front and the Earth Liberation Front known as “the family.’ The ALF and ELF are known for carrying out acts of vandalism and sabotage on targets they perceive as a threat to the environment or

Rebecca Rubin animal welfare. The FBI alleges Rubin, along with 12 other conspirators, set fire to a lodge at a Vail, Colorado ski resort, a timber company office in Oregon and wild-horse corrals in California and Oregon. Total damages, according to the FBI, are $48 million, which the bureau has labelled the largest eco-terrorism case in U.S. history. In total, 10 members of the family have been caught and sentenced to jail terms of three to 13 years in prison. Two members remain at large and are suspected of having fled North America.

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NOTICE OF ALTERNATIVE APPROVAL PROCESS Greater Vancouver Regional District Sale of Part of Surrey Bend Regional Park for Road Dedication Purposes Bylaw No. 1186, 2013 Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to the Local Government Act and the Community Charter, the Greater Vancouver Regional District proposes to adopt the bylaw referred to above for the purpose of selling a parcel of regional parkland having a civic address of 17775 104th Avenue, Surrey. The land will be dedicated as public road. The area to which this approval process applies is the Greater Vancouver Regional District, including Abbotsford. The Greater Vancouver Regional District Board may proceed with the adoption of the said bylaw unless, by the deadline set out below, at least 10% of the electors of the area indicate that the Board must obtain the assent of the electors before proceeding. Elector responses must be given in the form established by the Board. Elector Response Forms as well as copies of the proposed bylaw are available at Metro Vancouver ofﬁces located at: 4330 Kingsway, Burnaby, British Columbia, or from the Metro Vancouver website www.metrovancouver.org. Originals of completed Elector Response Forms must be received by Paulette Vetleson, Corporate Ofﬁcer, 4330 Kingsway, Burnaby, British Columbia, V5H 4G8, no later than 4:00 p.m. on Friday, September 13, 2013. The only persons entitled to sign the elector response forms are the electors of the area described above to which this approval process applies. The number of elector responses required to prevent the Board from proceeding without the assent of the electors is 167,762.

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North Shore Studios had pegged the Keith Lynn property for the potential future site of more sound stages, animation, visual effects, post-production, or video game production. But it would be a mistake to sell the land to private interests when it is still needed for public use, Bassam said, explaining the district’s decision to lobby the province. “We have been trying very hard to work with the school board on these issues. It hasn’t been tremendously successful but we did directly approach the minister of transportation and some of the local MLAs and made them aware this is an important issue for the district and it might not be in everyone’s interests to rush ahead with a land sale at this particular time,” he said. “It would not be in the taxpayers’ interests to sell that piece of property to the private sector only to have to reacquire it either at a premium purchase or through expropriation.” The school board has been asking the province for a full rebuild of Argyle secondary, which has so far only received funding for a seismic upgrade. Without a buyer with cash in hand, it is not clear how the board will leverage the Keith Lynn property’s value to fund a new Argyle “Obviously what we’re

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THE former Keith Lynn school property is being eyed by the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure and the District of North Vancouver as the site for a redesigned Highway 1 interchange. looking for is fair market value. Any moneys we can see from the sale of that property is basically to improve schools for students and the community,” said board chairwoman Franci Stratton. “We know that, in order to get a replacement for Argyle school, we will have to contribute funding, and that’s where we have some valuable asset land that can provide that opportunity.”

Ultimately, it will be the board’s decision to make and any decision the school board makes will be made in the context of what is best for North Vancouver’s students, Stratton added. Bassam suggested the board and the province come to an agreement that would see some previous school board debts forgiven by the province in exchange for a portion of the land.

Animal rights group vandalizes truck Anne Watson awatson@nsnews.com

MEMBERS of an animal activist group have claimed responsibility for recent vandalism to a North Vancouver resident’s truck. The Animal Liberation Front, a radical

Hydro plans WV outage MORE than 700 homes in the British Properties will be in the dark Wednesday and Friday as BC Hydro has planned a power outage.

Residents in the Glenmore neighbourhood east of Ballantree Park will be cut off from the grid from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. A second block of homes on the Capilano River Regional Park and Capilano Golf Club corridor will also be affected. The district asks residents to conserve water and turn off lights and appliances during the outages. — Brent Richter

animal rights group, damaged the interior of a truck that belonged to Eugen Klein, owner of Capilano Furs and Taxidermy Studios on either the evening of August 13th or the early morning hours of August 14th. “It was more to his personal property, it wasn’t to any furs or to his house,” said Cpl. Richard De Jong, spokesman for the North Vancouver RCMP. “They did mischief to his truck and left under the cover of darkness. We’re still looking for potential suspects.” The group posted about the incident on their website and threatened Klein and his wife. “We approached the residence of Eugene [sic] Klein and shot syringes ﬁlled with a foul smelling liquid through the rubber sealing and into his truck.” Klein did not want to comment on the attack when contacted by North Shore News. This is the second time Klein’s personal property has been the target of vandalism. In late May 2012, a truck and car parked in Klein’s driveway were spray-painted with red paint. One of the vehicles was not owned by Klein. ALF claimed responsibility for the attack at the time, as well as attacks on four other Lower Mainland fur companies.

The project is expected to cost between $70 and $130 million over 10 to 15 years. But the province and federal government should be putting up two-thirds of the cost, leaving the district on the hook for the remainder, Bassam said. “I don’t think the (City of North Vancouver) will come to play on this one, although they’ll be major beneﬁciaries, but that’s the nature of the city,” Bassam said.

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URELY the latest in Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s lengthening list of decisions to prorogue Parliament has nothing to do with Auditor-General Michael Ferguson’sdecisiontoexaminethetravel and living expenses of all senators. Just as surely, we jest. Of course it does. When negative news becomes annoying to him, Harper has previously shown contempt for tradition and cut off debate that damages his party by closing up the parliamentary shop. In 2008, he did just that rather than risk facing a nonconﬁdence vote that could have toppled his minority government. There’s no fear of losing control of Parliament this time, but it’s clear Harper and the Tories have heard enough questions from the NDP and the Liberals on senator expenses to last

them a lifetime after news leaked that his ofﬁce had paid Senator Mike Duffy, a Harper appointee, $90,000 to refund improper expense claims. No session, no Question Period, no more annoying headlines and news bites. That may be good for the party, but it’s not so good for the public face of democracy in Canada. Meanwhile, no word on what Harper plans to do with such trivial items of government as pending legislation — one of which is, ironically, a bill on Senate reform. If Harper truly wants to “hit the reset button” and deliver a throne speech on jobs and the economy, there is nothing to stop the prorogue of Parliament happening in September the day before a throne speech. Nothing but the difﬁcult part of democracy: accountability.

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Dear Editor: I am a cyclist who regularly uses Low Level Road. I’ve ridden that road since the mid-1970s, long before there were dedicated bike lanes. Port Metro Vancouver has closed the bike lanes on Low Level Road during construction work in that area. Unfortunately, messages on the digital signboards on the approaches, plus “no cycling” signs attached to trafﬁc cones in the bike lanes, are leading some motorists to believe that cycling is currently prohibited there. I have had motorists honk at me, and

weave from side to side in front of me after overtaking, most likely because they believe I’m a scofﬂaw. That is dangerous and harassing behaviour. However, cycling is still allowed on Low Level Road. This is conﬁrmed in the Port Metro Vancouver document at porttalk.ca/document/show/308. With the bike lanes closed, this means that motorists and cyclists should share the road the same way as with any other road that does not have dedicated bike lanes. Alan M. Doman North Vancouver

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Dear Editor: On Aug. 3, we were heading home after a two-week boating holiday. We cruised under the Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Bridge and were surprised to see three Seaspan tugs heading in our direction from Port Moody. Not that tugs on the water are surprising, its just that the big one, the Seaspan Kestrel appeared to be trying to race the other two tugs back to base. The Kestrel was moving at maximum speed and putting out a huge wave. Remember that this is the long weekend, lots of small boats with kids and kayakers etc. on the water. I called the Kestrel on the VHF radio to no avail. We stopped our 34-foot boat to try to minimize the six-foot wake heading at

us. Everything in the boat went ﬂying while I was pleading with the Kestrel to please slow down and watch their wake. I called Vancouver trafﬁc on the VHF and they said they would pass on my concern. Commercial vessels in the port, and pleasure vessels also, are responsible for the damage that the wake from their vessels cause. The Kestrel never did stop racing! Her wake crashed into every boat and dock that lined Burrard Inlet that busy Sunday. I implore all vessel operators to be aware of other vessels that are using our waters, and to please operate your vessel in a safe and respectful manner. Jack Oerlemans North Vancouver

Catch the bus lane scofflaws Dear Editor: Two years ago, I wrote a letter to the editor about queue jumpers right after the bus lane onto Lions Gate Bridge first went in. The situation has still not gotten any better and I still sit in traffic time and time again, shaking my head watching these drivers display a sense of superiority over their rule-abiding, patient counterparts, and I wonder if I’m the only one thinking why on earth neither of these following two solutions gets implemented. It’s an evident fact that these drivers tend to cheat when southbound traffic is heavy. It seems like such an easy, efficient and costeffective solution to have a police officer there during those predictable times, waiting to hand them a hefty violation ticket. Another straightforward solution would be to place a camera right around Earls Restaurant. Both methods, used consistently, would rid the bus lane of cheaters in no time. Some individuals just will not abandon their ways until they start getting hit in the pocketbook and in this case, I can guarantee the offenders will get bolder and more numerous unless a deterrent measure is put in place. Sibel Yazman North Vancouver

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Nurseries fail to warn of impatiens fungus “Impatiens downy mildew is a destructive foliar disease of Impatiens walleriana that is capable of causing complete defoliation or plant collapse, especiallyinlandscapeplantings under moist conditions and cool nights. . . . By the end of the 2012 season [the disease] had been conﬁrmed in 33 states.” Dr. Colleen Warﬁeld, January 2013

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DR. Colleen Warﬁeld, corporate plant pathologist for Chicago-based Ball Horticultural, posted her warning about impatiens downy mildew disease in the company’s Guidelines for Growers Bulletin. In this case, “growers” refers to the greenhouse and ﬁeld propagators throughout North America who provide nurseries with the plants we look forward to each spring. But this spring was different. This year, if you bought Impatiens walleriana to brighten your shady North Shore spaces and then spent hours on your knees planting them, you may well be disappointed with the results — and with this story. For years, I have enjoyed helping to plant hundreds of “busy lizzie” impatiens in a Lynn Valley garden

— sometimes lilac and fuchsia, in other seasons a riot of salmons and white. After they settled in, all we had to do was watch as one patch of plants blended with the next until the shadegarden was a rainbow of colours from one end of the arc to the other. Unfortunately, we had no way of knowing trouble was looming for the plant that has served us so well for so long, because gardeners weren’t warned about the fungal epidemic in time to avoid buying and introducing already-infected impatiens to our gardens. CanadianGardening.com posted an article on May 3, but the alert still isn’t mentioned on the websites of the three North Shore nurseries I checked today. So somewhat later than usual, the Lynn Valley family bought this year’s impatiens from a Langley grower. Busy reclaiming another garden

patch, I bought my two dozen locally. Not in the habit of checking online before heading out, I knew I wanted geraniums for the sunny spots, impatiens for the shade and had no reason to change my mind. At the ﬁrst nursery I tried, very few impatiens were displayed. Asked why colour choices were so sparse, a staff member replied, “Oh, we’ll be getting more next week.” No further explanation about the uncharacteristic lack of stock. On the way home, I checked the benches at Walmart. No impatiens. Then, just as I was thinking I was out of luck, I ﬁnally found enough at a hardware store. Planted, they looked much as usual and I thought no more about it — until two to three weeks later when I realized the plants weren’t thriving and chastised myself for buying poor quality stock instead of waiting for my favourite nurseries to replenish their supplies. Not until August was a week old did I catch sight of a July 31 Vancouver Sun story as I was putting the paper in the Lynn Valley blue-bag. Killer Fungus Brings Fear of ‘Death of Impatiens as We Know Them’ in B.C.” read Steve Whysall’s headline that, too late, drove me to some

online research. The problems in my garden space and in the Lynn Valley plantings were clearly symptomatic of the disease described by Warfield and in the Pacific Northwest Plant Disease Handbook (pnwhandbooks.org/ plantdisease/node/6644). Widely separated geographically, the plants failed to thrive in either garden. Yellow, curled leaves and stems were soon followed by flower loss and dead or dying plants. Worse, we had imported the disease to our flowerbeds. Scientifically speaking, the PNW handbook says the cause is Plasmopara obducens — “a host-specific, funguslike organism.” It goes on to say that the disease is spread by “airborne spores [that] find their way into greenhouses as well as landscapes.” Although growers can take preventive measures by adhering to stringent best practices and using approved fungicides, once a plant is infected there is no cure. Unwittingly, regional water conservation measures make matters worse because, if we use overhead sprinkling in the evening when the plants have little time to dry off, we create ideal conditions for the fungus to spread.

And spread it has — to the soil in any and every garden or landscape that has been home to even one diseased impatiens plant. Horticultural websites say discarded plants should not be composted but secured in a bag for garbage collection. Is that warning too late for your compost box? Although Warﬁeld emphasizes that “other (types of) garden plants are safe from the disease,” the PNW handbook warns gardeners

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A train struck a car in West Vancouver Thursday evening after the vehicle came to a stop on the tracks. According to West Vancouver police, the Rocky Mountaineer train was heading eastbound crossing 13th Street at Bellevue Avenue at approximately 6:40 p.m., while the vehicle was heading southbound on 13th Street into Ambleside Park. “The dinner train was heading home,” said police spokesman Sgt. Tim Kravjanski. “The vehicle didn’t notice the bells and the lights that were on. The front end got struck by the train.” The North Vancouver driver, 17, was ticketed $109 for failing to proceed with caution at a railway crossing. Kravjanski said the lights were operational at the time of the collision as well as an alarm that sounds for pedestrians. He said the train also sounds a warning bell to alert anyone near the non-gated crossing. The ofﬁcer at the scene reported the driver’s stereo was very loud, according to WVPD spokesman Const. Jeff Palmer. “The train travels very slowly through this area,” said Kravjanski, adding that the maximum speed limit for trains is around 30 kilometers per hour. Rocky Mountaineer spokesman Ian Robertson said the train had approximately 250 passengers on board and was travelling at just over 22 kilometers per hour, well under the regulated speed. “Its a very unfortunate incident, however very fortunate that the situation wasn’t any worse,” said Robertson. “We’re very grateful that there were no injuries to the driver and the passenger of the vehicle and certainly the number 1 priority for us is the safety and security of our guests.” Robertson said this is a rare incident for Rocky Mountaineer, which has a phenomenal safety record. “I think this is a good learning (experience) for everyone that they need to exercise caution when approaching a level crossing,” he said. Upgrades around 15 years ago to several of the crossings in West Vancouver have drastically reduced the number of collisions, said Kravjanski. “It’s actually been very good lately,” said Kravjanski. But police warn that despite the upgrades, accidents do occur that are preventable. “It’s a matter of paying attention, as most of these collisions have always been that issue,” said Kravjanski. “They’re not paying attention, something’s distracted them and they don’t see the ﬂashing lights. It’s just like running through a stoplight. If you run through a stoplight you possibly get hit by a car.”

Growers must have known about fungus From page 7 advisories authored by Ball Horticultural and others, it seems inconceivable Fraser Valley growers remained unaware of the problem — especially after Warfield posted her analysis in January. For a nursery to tell Whysall that “We don’t want to cause a panic. . . .” is not warning enough. Nor is it enough to alert only those gardeners who question the quality of the plants they bought — rather than blaming themselves. Because as Warfield marks with an uppercase CAUTION: “Infected plants not yet showing symptoms may result in the inadvertent movement of the pathogen.” To protect consumers and the health of their gardens, it would have helped to have these warnings posted at the checkout counters of all plant retailers in the region. All we can hope for now is that scientists and growers will find a “green” way out of this sad horticultural misfortune. rimco@shaw.ca

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plants under stress, leading to the externalization of various symptoms. Pest and disease attacks are a good example of symptoms that appear as a result of the wrong plant in the wrong place or improper growing practices. The symptom is not the problem; the underlying growing problem is usually the issue that must be resolved to cure the symptom. Drainage problems, for example, cause plant leaves to yellow or the branching to become stunted. Poor drainage also leads to poor ﬂowering and branch death. However, some stem diseases cause symptoms that are similar to poor drainage, so determining whether the problem is poor drainage or stem disease attack requires some experience.

Pest attack is usually easier to diagnose than growing or disease issues. Weevils, for example, leave behind the telltale sign of small, irregular notches at the edge of the leaf. But just because there are notches in the leaf does not mean the pest attack is current; it may be old damage. Another example of pest attack can be seen from aphids that cause leaves to become twisted, cupped, puckered or malformed. Aphids also excrete their waste onto the leaf surfaces which allows a fungus called sooty mold to grow on the waste turning the leaves blackish and sticky. However, very similar symptoms can be caused by scale (soft and hard shell scale) insects that suck sap from the bottom of the leaf or from stems.

To further complicate plant health diagnosis, nutrient deficiencies or excesses can look similar to some types of pest and disease attacks and growing related issues. For example, nitrogen deficiency appears as a yellowing of the older leaves, but drought stress can look similar. Most nutrient related problems are directly relatable to soil health and soil pH. For example, yellowing between the leaf veins can be a sign of magnesium deficiency which some people address by applying Epsom salts. However, low soil pH will cause interveinal chlorosis. Applying Epsom salts only addresses the symptom not the problem of low soil pH.

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From page 11 The real long-term cure is to apply dolomite lime to raise the soil’s pH, curing the yellowing problem. Dolomite also contains magnesium so by applying lime, even to rhodos and camellias, the lime will address the lack of magnesium in the soil and it will raise the soil’s pH for a long-term cure. Applying those types of diagnostic techniques may be confusing to some people but evaluating any plant’s health comes down to evaluating some basic heath indicators before moving onto more detailed indicators. Before I outline some basic plant health diagnostic techniques, it must be clearly understood that plants are highly variable and adaptive organisms and their growth response is directly related to the health of the soil and the environment they grow in. Therefore the same plant can look slightly different depending on where it’s growing. To evaluate any

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defects otherwise there could be a problem. Check the root system to ﬁnd root damage, signs of soil compaction or drainage problems. Poor drainage, compacted soil and root damage will affect plant health. Check for broken branches or dead branches. Some branch death is normal for most trees and shrubs but excessive or irregular damage or abnormal branch loss can indicate a plant health problem. Ultimately, understanding the plant’s history, growing practices in use and soil health will provide the best information for plant health diagnosis. And plants suffer from various minor maladies like wind damage or drought stress over time with no signiﬁcant effect on long term health, so don’t overreact when a symptom is found. Todd Major is a journeyman horticulturist, garden designer and builder, teacher, skills trainer and organic advocate. For advice contact him at stmajor@shaw.ca.

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n Netflix multi-user profiles: I met with the director of global media relations for Netflix a few weeks ago during her visit to Vancouver and first heard about this new and welcome feature that will solve a major annoyance for many subscribers. The problem is that up to now with typically one Netflix account per family or household, everyone knew what everyone else was watching. Your most recent viewing, and the recommendations from Netflix based on that viewing, would

be visible for whoever was using the account: spouses, kids, roommates. All that viewing was also available to your Facebook friends on Netflix if you share your viewing automatically through the social network. Hilarity or embarrassment resulted. (“Bob/Dad/my husband watches Californication? You’ve got to be kidding . . .”) Beginning this month, Netflix is allowing up to five personalized profiles for each account. Logging into your account, you’ll see an icon for each profile you’ve created or want to create. Switching between profiles provides instant queue and recommendations unique to those profiles. Profiles can also be locked to access content deemed suitable for children under 12. That’s a nice feature, although I can’t see any way the system prevents enterprising kids from switching to an adult’s profile without requiring a password. Trust still remains in parenting, it seems. The profiles are being rolled out now and showed on my account just a few days ago, although so far for me it seems limited to the Netflix web page and the Xbox 360 app. n Free U.S. Netflix and Hulu: A few columns back I described how savvy cord

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NEW personalized profiles on Netflix allow you to tailor viewing choices and recommendations for individual users. Scan with Layar for helpful links. cutters in Canada use virtual private networks, or VPNs, to make it appear as if they were using the Internet from the U.S. and thereby gain access to American Netflix and the Hulu online television service. The VPNs I described were paid commercial services and I still recommend them, but since that column, some readers have reminded me about free services. Free, on the Internet, must

always be approached with caution for obvious reasons and I add caveats to these services, although they are endorsed by reviews in reputable tech news sources like CNET and Lifehacker. The ﬁrst is Hotspot Shield, a longstanding free VPN that includes paid tiers of service. I used Hotspot Shield years ago, and it worked to give me American Internet and protection when using public wiﬁ. But the free version also

annoyed me by hijacking my browser with a superimposed toolbar and incredibly irritating video ads. I’d go for its paid services if you want to stick with Hotspot as VPN. It has apps for Windows, Mac, iOS and Android. There are also two free services, Media Hint and Hola Unblocker, that advertise themselves as service unblockers. Neither are VPNs and will not provide you with

VPN security using wifi, but they will give you access to a select number of regionally blocked services like Netflix, Hulu, Pandora and the BBC’s iPlayer. Hola has apps for Windows, OSX, Android, iOS and Linux. Media Hint works only as an extension to the Chrome or Firefox browsers on Windows or OSX. Neither works with set top boxes like Apple TV or Xbox 360. I tried out Media Hint on a Windows 7 machine for limited testing. Despite my initial skepticism, it was simple to set up and worked just fine. But keep in mind my warning that very little online is truly free. n After my rundown of online tech sites a couple of columns ago, a Vancouverbased tech blog contacted me to let me know about their work. I hadn’t heard of Vancouver Gadgets before but having looked at the site I like their focus on providing a B.C. voice to online tech journalism that’s otherwise dominated by New York and Silicon Valley. They also do a podcast. Find them at vancouvergadgets.ca. Barry Link is editor of the Vancouver Courier newspaper and a geek enthusiast. Email him at blink@vancourier. com or follow him on Twitter @trueblinkit.

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North Shore Celtic Ensemble: Children ages nine to 17 with at least two years experience of violin and an interest in Celtic music, are invited to play in a lively ensemble. Rehearsals take place Wednesday evenings at Handsworth school, 1044 Edgewood Rd., North Vancouver. Info: cgiguere@ telus.net or nsce.ca.

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Mount Seymour United Church Youth Choir: Youth ages 11-15 are invited to join the choir that practises every Wednesday, 4 p.m. at 1200 Parkgate Ave., North Vancouver. No singing or music-reading ability required. Info: 604-929-1336 or mtseymourunited.com.

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Unlocking Neurological Potential: Eaton Cognitive Improvement Centre will hold an information session about strengthening learning capacities of high school students and young adults on Thursday, Aug. 22, 1-3 p.m. at 2446 Haywood Ave, West Vancouver. Info: 604-922-0410. Operation Egg Drop: Children ages six to 12 can go head-to-head with the laws of physics on Thursday, Aug. 22, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. Info and registration: 604-925-7408. Super Silly Story and Craft: Ready to get a little goofy? Spectacularly silly storytime followed by craft-making for ages four-six Thursday, Aug. 29, 3:30-4:30 p.m. at Capilano library, 3045 Highland Blvd., North Vancouver. Space limited to 30 children. Registration required: 604987-4471, ext. 8175. Space Cadets: Blast off into a universe of fun and games during this “crafternoon” for ages four and older Thursday, Aug. 29, 2-3 p.m. at Lynn Valley library, 1277 Lynn Valley Rd., North Vancouver. Registration required: 604-984-0286, ext. 8141.

Pacific Spirit Children’s Choir invites kids ages five to 18 to their new season. Rehearsals take place Thursdays, 5-6:20 p.m. at West Vancouver United Church, 2062 Esquimalt Ave. Info: Gerald van Wyck, music director, 604-808-5231 or pschildrenschoir.ca. Parent and Tot Gym: Dropin gym for kids ages one month-five years Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:30-11:30 a.m. at John Braithwaite Community Centre, 145 West First St., North Vancouver. Drop-in fee: $1. Info: 604-982-8300 or jbcc.ca. Pemberton Heights Mums’ Group meets the second Thursday evening of each month at different members’ homes. Info: Shauna, 604984-4434 or smmarkham@ shaw.ca. St. Andrew’s United Church Choirs: Angelic Voices, (ages five-eight) Thursdays, 5-5:45 p.m.; and Saintly Singers (ages nine-16), Thursdays, 67 p.m., at the church, 1044 St. Georges Ave., North Vancouver. Info: 604-9850408 orst-andrews-united.ca.

After-school Sports: Children ages eight to 13 can play a variety of sports Fridays, 3:30-5:30 p.m. at John Braithwaite Community Centre, 145 West First St., North Vancouver. Drop-in fee: $1. Info: 604-982-8300 or jbcc.ca.

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Musical Ride: One of Canada’s most recognized icons, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police will be performing at Mahon Park, Jones Ave. and West 21st St., North Vancouver Wednesday, Aug. 21 for two shows, 2:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Free. Info:

Artisan Fair: Hand-crafted jewelry, toys, original artwork and more will be on display at summer craft fairs at the North Vancouver Civic Plaza at 14th Street and Lonsdale Avenue. The last fair will take place Aug. 24 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Info: nvartscouncil. ca/events. Customer Appreciation Weekend: Come out Aug. 24-25 from noon to 4 p.m.

to The Village at Park Royal for a thank you for having patience during construction. There will be crafts, magic, face painting, live music, food, giveaways and bike cruisecabs. DeepCoveDazewillbeheldon Sunday, Aug. 25 at Panorama Park, 2200 Panorama Drive, North Vancouver. Festivities begin at 11:45 a.m. with Deep Cove Big Band and a children’s parade followed with music by Lombok, Band Factory Showdown Finalists, Jay Arner, JP Maurice, Deep Cove Singing Competition Winners and Dominque Fricot. For a complete list of events and times visit musart. ca/deepcovedaze. Drive Change Community

Garage Sale: North Shore Kia is clearing out their lot to host a community garage sale with all proceeds donated to KidSport North Shore on Sunday, Aug. 25, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at 725 Marine Dr, North Vancouver. Sunday Crafternoon: Join local crafter and upcycler Denise Corcoran for an afternoon of crafting fun. Learn how to transform recyclables into useful household items Sunday, Aug. 25, 1:30-3 p.m. at North Vancouver City Library, 120 West 14th St. Free. Info: 604-998-3450 or nvcl.ca. — compiled by Debbie Caldwell Email event info to listings@ nsnews.com.

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IT’S 9 a.m. Where are the kids? Are they still sleeping after yet another wonderful late summer bedtime? Or are they up but taking their time dressing and eating? It’s a typical lazy summer morning. Isn’t it wonderful? But all too soon school will be back in session and the kids need to be up, dressed, organized and out of the house in the early morning. If you want your mornings to be relatively stress free, you will need to start thinking about the school schedule about a week before the ﬁrst day of school. Working the family back to earlier bedtimes is a process and just won’t happen in one night. First, think how much sleep your child needs. If he has been

staying up late and then just sleeping until he awakens, how many hours does he usually sleep? Now you know how much he needs. This may have changed over the summer because he could be maturing and need a bit less sleep or the opposite can happen if he’s in a major growth spurt. The trickier question is what time he needs to get up in the morning. How long does it take him to get out of bed, fed and dressed? Some kids are very slow and need extra time, so take that into consideration. So now you have your goals. You have determined a bedtime and a wake-up time. Start by talking to the kids and explaining the need to set a bedtime. Make it a process, backing up the time in increments. It’s a good idea to arrange for some exercise during the afternoon so that the kids just may be tired a bit earlier. Getting them up is another challenge. They are used to lolling about, so being told to get up and get moving will not be greeted with joy. So plan a morning activity so that there is actually a reason to get out of bed. Haven’t made it to Science World yet this summer? This is a great opportunity. If the kids love shopping for back-to-school, make

it a morning outing maybe followed by lunch. By the first day of school your kids will be on schedule. Children function best when there is a routine. Even your teens, who are particularly grumpy in the morning, benefit from a plan. As a matter of fact, the more you hate mornings, no matter what your age, the easier it can be with a plan. Then you can simply sleepwalk through the steps and at the end of it walk out the door ready to face the day. There is no right routine, only the one that works best for you. Many families find that doing some preparation in the evening is a lifesaver. Have breakfast ready to go, cereal and bowls on the table, coffee ready at the flick of the switch, and juice ready to pour. The same works with lunch. Having all the ingredients ready to be put together for lunch beats staring at the fridge trying to figure out what to prepare. School-age kids can make their own lunch with some guidelines about the variety of foods they need. You can lay out clothing the night before and have backpacks filled and waiting at the door. Get yourself up a bit earlier. Shower and dress in quiet and

comfort before the children are out of bed. The few minutes of lost sleep are worth it. You may even get to have your coffee before you leave for work. Leave the TV turned off. Kids do not need to watch TV before they head to school. It’s distracting and causes them to want to sit and watch rather than get ready for the day. I have heard of some families who play rousing music in the morning to get everyone going. There are lots of little ways to make mornings work for you. Think about your family, think about the morning moments that are pure hell and then plan to avoid those moments. Involve the whole family in the plan and be prepared to make adjustments in the ﬁrst weeks of school. It won’t be perfect. But, you can decide that you are going to arrive at work in a good mood, ready to work and your children are likewise going to head to school in a good mood ready to learn. Kathy Lynn is a professional speaker and author of Who’s In Charge Anyway? and But Nobody Told Me I’d Ever Have to Leave Home. To read more, sign up for her informational newsletter at parentingtoday.ca.

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Sometimes it’s worry about the basics like diet, exercise and sleep, but more and more parents are anxiously focused on their kids’ happiness. School can also be a source of worry and the triangles that can develop among parents, kids and teachers can be intense. As the new school year approaches, here are a few things to think about when and if your child appears to be struggling emotionally. To some degree, school is to a child what work is to an adult. Imagine this: Every September you are faced with a new boss, a new office, new colleagues and new and ever increasing expectations about what you should be able to comprehend and produce. Further, your boss is watching you, taking notes on your daily performance, is quick to correct you publicly and is diligent in reporting quarterly on areas that “need improvement.” As you can imagine, there are many opportunities for screw up and kids do screw up regularly. Dealing with friends, curriculum and teachers is challenge enough. Throw in parental expectation, and it’s a wonder that any of them survive. But they do survive and many of them thrive in this environment. The most critical accessory that children take to school with them is the backing of a calm and thoughtful parent; parents who are able to manage themselves well when they see their kids in trouble. An anxious and over-invested parent can do a lot to shut down communication with their kids and with their kids’ teachers. Though there are many challenges in the school system that can trigger a child’s anxiety, the first place to look for stressors is always the child’s home front. Stability in the family is crucial and even a minor disruption in the family relationship system can affect a child. Disruption comes in many forms: marital conflict, separation, divorce, illness, death, financial problems, and sibling and extended

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family issues. While some children weather these stressors well, others feel their foundations shaken and show up at school off balance and out of focus. Let’s go back to the school/work analogy. If your marriage is falling apart, it is quite possible that your performance at work will suffer. The advantage of being an adult is that we can usually make the connection. Kids don’t have the same advantage and often have difﬁculty understanding the change in their emotions. Whether the stressors originate at home or at school, a calm, curious and supportive approach is best. Stay in good contact with both your kids and their teachers. Be slow to judge and quick to listen. Where appropriate, allow your kids the opportunity to solve their problems before stepping in as their advocate. Watch your children at play and encourage the practice of self-control and delayed gratiﬁcation. Teach them that life is not always fair. Above all, lead by example. Be conscious of the emotional charge that you carry and manage it responsibly. Anxiety is infectious. If you get anxious about your kids, both your kids and their teachers will feel it. The intensity in the issues will increase and your efforts to help will be less successful. Margaret-Anne Speak is a registered counsellor with a practice on the North Shore. You can reach her at maspeak@ msn.com or 604-761-3440.

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Putting the Community on the Right Footing Celebrating their fourth anniversary in West Vancouver at Park Royal, Chic Angels is a children’s shoe store born out of a desire to make sure kids get proper footwear from an early age. Owner Upane Vadhera left the world of business development and finance to make a difference. “The birth of our daughter was the inspiration to make the transition from the corporate world to small business owner,” says Upane,“especially when we realized how difficult it was to find good quality shoes and clothing for little kids.” Five years ago, an opportunity came up in Victoria and Upane took the plunge. “We took over the struggling Scallywags Children’s Boutique business in downtown Victoria. Our mission is to provide the best selection of quality footwear from around the world, ensure that each child gets properly fitted and provide exceptional service to have our customers keep coming back for their footwear needs.” “As the idea that resonated with parents”, the business grew and expanded to a second location in West Vancouver. “We opened at Park Royal under the Chic Angels banner in 2010 at the former Kiddie Kobbler location when they ran into financial difficulties after having served the North Shore for over two decades. We retained all the staff from that business and have continued to provide the exceptional selection and service that they were known for.” Here, they carry on both Kiddie Kobbler’s reputation for service and add their own understanding of what young children need. “Bones are not fully formed in a child’s foot until age 5. So it is very important to have the right fitting shoe. Shoes that do not

fit properly can contribute to poor foot development which can lead to back and muscle problems as the child get older. “Our staff understand the importance great customer service and of measuring and fitting the right shoe”. Sometimes we spend over 30 minutes to find and fit the right shoe to make sure you walk out happy.” To make sure you get exactly what your child needs, Chic Angels stocks all the heading brands to provide quality footwear for youngsters from newborn up. “We carry the largest selection of quality kid’s shoes in the Lower Mainland and have a great selection from newborn booties all the way up to youth sizes and over thirty brands ranging from formal school shoes, runners, ballet flats, rain boots, fashion boots and snow boots. Our key brands are Asics, Bloch, Blundstone, Bogs, Clarks, Crocs, Geox, Hatley, Hunter, Keen, Nike, Robeez, , Stride Rite, The North Face, , Toms and Uggs.”

Whether its hand crocheted sheep skin and wool slippers from Padraig or the beautiful designs of the hand made clips and headbands made by home-based local moms, each of these small businesses contribute to the local community in their own special way.” Their local support also extends beyond suppliers. “We work with several local schools and organizations to support the arts, education, sports, and just plain fun. Children mean the world to us and we want to help bring the world to them. If you are doing something special at your kindergarten or school or in your community contact us to see how we can help.” If you have an active youngster in the family, a trip to Chic Angels can help make sure they get off on the right foot. Visit them at their location beside Future Shop, upstairs at Park Royal South or check them out online at www.chicangels.ca.

To complement their footwear selections, Chic Angels also offers a great selection of quality outerwear, rain gear and accessories with an emphasis on locally made products. They understand that connecting with local suppliers gives their customers some unique choices.

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Kids can help in the kitchen When Karen Kero steps into the kitchen to cook, she is often joined by her seven-year-old daughter.

now particularly interested in helping out with meals.

“I always hear the chair dragging across the room,” says Kero.

Kero is happy to teach her kids everything she knows, and says learning how to make healthy food from scratch is a good way to teach kids about nutrition.

The mom of three notes that her kids have been exposed to lots of cooking from an early age, and the two youngest ones are

“We are conscious nowadays of what we eat but everybody is really busy,” she says. “It really is an important life skill.”

Kero has turned her love of cooking into a business called KidCooks, which has ongoing classes for kids ages four to 14, and says it’s easy to get kids started in the culinary arts.

Kero says teaching kids in the kitchen should be age appropriate, and all kids should be taught kitchen safety and proper techniques, such as how to use a knife safely, before being allowed to help out.

Washing salad and chopping vegetables are simple ways for kids to start helping out in the kitchen, and Kero recommends families try to make at least one meal together a week. Homemade pizzas are a particularly easy recipe for families to work on. Baking is also a great way to involve kids in the kitchen, and cracking eggs and helping to mix batter are easy ﬁrst steps.

This September, Kero is planning to involve her kids in making their own school lunches. To get them started, she plans to portion out snacks in the fridge, such as veggies and hummus or crackers and cheese, ahead of time and then let the kids select what they want for their lunches in the morning.

“Whenever an apron comes on and there’s ﬂour on the counter, they know something good is going to happen.”

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Karen Kero and her kids Helena (left), Ava and Anthony enjoy cooking healthy meals together, including garden vegetable tarts.

GARDEN VEGETABLE TART 1 frozen puff pastry sheet (approx 14x10 inches) 2 tbsp Italian parsley, finely chopped 1 ear of fresh corn, kernels cut from the cob 3 cloves garlic, minced 1 medium zucchini (sliced lengthwise in quarter-inch thick pieces) 1 teaspoon salt ½ pint grape tomatoes Freshly ground pepper to taste ¼ cup feta cheese, crumbled 2 tablespoons basil, cut in thin strips 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil, plus extra for drizzling

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BOOK review ■ The Fourth Stall, by Chris Rylander I really liked this book because while there are a lot of books about kids with magical powers, or zombies, or aliens, or the future, there aren’t a lot of books about two friends running a problem-solving business in an abandoned bathroom stall. In The Fourth Stall, a sixth grader named Christian (but everyone calls him Mac) and his best friend Vince run a business out of an empty bathroom stall at their school. They can solve any problem you give them, get anything you need or want, and even give loans if you pay a small fee for their services. Mac and Vince are super fans of the Cubs baseball team, and all the money they make with their operation (which does quite well), goes to their goal of buying tickets to a World Series game. But a big problem comes up in their ofﬁce and hope of going to the game is lost. Instead they have to stop a kid who was previously thought to be a myth or a legend. This mysterious genius wants to wipe their business off the map. The whole book’s story is centered on how they stop him; how in the process they lose, gain, and regain the trust of their allies; and how they slowly but surely uncover what their enemy does and who works for him. They discover that there’s more to the guy who wants to destroy their business than just being the baddie. We also see how even

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New year for teachers too As August rolls along it’s getting harder to escape those familiar words: Back to school. While students gear up for the new school year, what are the teachers doing? “I was going to school in the summer,” says Robyn Evans, a teacher going into her ninth year as an educator and entering her ﬁrst year at Irwin Park elementary in West Vancouver. When she wasn’t taking classes at the University of British Columbia ﬁnishing up her teacher-librarian diploma, Evans was taking care of her children, Paisley, 5, and Lochlan, 2. And when she was lucky enough she made time for herself as well. “I have two kids, so I’ve really tried to take time for myself,” she says. “One of the things I’ve been doing is running every day.” But the fun is almost over for Evans as the last couple weeks of August approach and the transition into school mode begins. While her students might be starting to go to bed earlier, Evans is doing that and more. “I’ve also been making sure I’m ready to go at the beginning of the school year,” she says. “Planning activities for students, meeting up with other

teachers, organizing my classrooms. There’s a lot to do.” This year is a big step in some new directions for Evans, as she’s not only going into her ﬁrst year at a new school, but she’s coming back after two years on maternity leave. “I’m always excited to go back,” she says, adding the start of the school year is kind of like Christmas. “You get to meet new kids and they get to meet you. There’s a lot of excitement around the beginning of the year.” Not to mention she’s doing something she’s never done: working with Kindergarten students. “I’m excited and nervous at the same time because my daughter will be starting Kindergarten in the fall as well,” says Evans. “So it’s like we both get to start together.” Evans is also spending a lot of time getting mentally prepared to be in a new school where none of the students know her. In fact, most of her work as a teacher is preparation and not necessarily during class time. “Obviously I’m busy from 9 to 3, but my work really starts after three,” she says. “Marking, preparing the next lesson, maybe preparing for a teacher on-call.”

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Irwin Park elementary teacher Robyn Evans is getting ready for the start of the new school year.

When asked if there are any myths about teachers she would like to dispel, Evans answers: That all teachers are mean. “Not all students think all teachers are mean, but sometimes (teachers) might be a certain way for the benefit of the students, or to have them follow certain routines or structures that are in place that are for the students’ benefit.” And perhaps the most important myth to dispel of all: That teachers are going to give you lots of homework. “I know for myself that the philosophy around homework is definitely changing,” says Evans. Rather than

giving homework for the sake of homework many teachers only give meaningful extra work that builds on the lessons taught that day rather than heaping on work that only forces the same lesson at students again and again. “For instance in math, you may have math homework every day but generally now it’s going to build off what you’ve learned that day rather than just getting you to answer 50 questions of the same thing,” explains Evans. Evans says she is excited to start the school year, and, just like many of her students, she’s a little nervous too. SAM SMITH contributing writer

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Wednesday, August 21, 2013 - North Shore News - A35

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Cazba cooking up Persian cuisine

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IT was a sunny Wednesday evening and I had a craving for barbecue. A quick survey of the contents of my refrigerator confirmed that a trip to the butcher was required. A nagging suspicion also prompted me to check the gauge on my barbecue’s propane tank. Empty! A marathon grilling session the weekend prior had left me tapped. Feeling too lazy to tackle both a meat and a gas run, I opted to dine out instead, selecting Cazba Restaurant in the 100-block of West 16th Street as my destination. My companion for the evening was my frequent dining co-conspirator, Gil. We arrived at Cazba just after seven o’clock to find the restaurant hopping with diners. Cazba occupies an ambitiously large footprint; between its expansive interior and spacious patio, the restaurant easily houses more than 100 seats. The patio, where we were immediately seated upon arrival, is a delight, offering bright and airy al fresco dining, an all too rare seasonal experience in our rain-soaked city. I must confess that convention and past experience with Persian cuisine in the neighbourhood had me expecting a meal principally comprised of kebabs. To be sure, Cazba can deliver on this front if that is what you are looking for, but I was actually pleased to find a number of menu options, some of which I had never encountered before, that completely defied my expectations. As we were reviewing the menu, Gil and I sipped on chilled doogh, a Persian specialty beverage made of yogurt, mint, salt and sparkling water. Doogh is something that I am determined to like, eventually. After all, it contains ingredients that I enjoy individually and it is a drink happily consumed by millions of people every year. I have learned over the years how to develop an

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CAZBA Restaurant manager Reza Varasteh displays a plate of Persian kebabs. Menu items chicken, steak and beef with saffron rice and a shirazi salad are shown in the photo below. appreciation for foods that I initially find off-putting through systematic re-trial. As I continue to sample these foods, I can begin, at least in theory, to understand their appeal and, in many cases, I can convert myself to a fan of them in practice. It is through this method that I have developed a taste for kidney, tripe, lapsang souchong tea, and Marmite. For the time being, however, I can only say of doogh that I find it . . . interesting; it’s sort of like drinking a slightly more viscous version of Alka Seltzer. By contrast, the food courses that followed at Cazba required no disciplined regimen to appreciate. The restaurant offers very tasty fare at a truly exceptional price point. The first item we devoured was baghali polo, a slow-cooked, whole lamb shank served with fava beans and heavily dilled basmati rice. The tomato-based braising liquid was rich with the flavour of the lamb and provided ample coverage for the generous bed of herbaceous green rice. The lamb was falloff-the-bone tender and subtly scented with garlic and advieh, a traditional Persian spice blend that typically includes a host of ingredients, including turmeric, cumin, cardamom, cloves and saffron. At $7.95 the dish is a steal. Next up was gheymeh stew, a hearty dish of split yellow peas and tender See Dishes page 37

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Plum season is producing purple gems Plum Crumble Squares

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ITALIAN prune plums are in season, and they are little gems to cook with (as well as being great snacks au naturel).

The dusky purple-blue fruit turns a stunning fuschia colour when cooked, making for showstopping baked goods and preserves. Choose ﬁrm plums that just barely yield to pressure; softer fruit often has a spoiled part around the pit.

Crust: ½ cup butter, cut into pieces 1 cup flour 3 Tbsp granulated sugar ¼ tsp salt Topping: 1 ⁄3 cup granulated sugar 3 Tbsp flour ¼ tsp cinnamon 2 Tbsp butter ¼ cup chopped toasted almonds 15 small firm-ripe prune plums, cut in half, pits removed Preheat oven to 400 F. Lightly butter an eight-inchsquare baking pan, then line the bottom and sides with parchment paper. To make the crust: combine butter, flour and sugar in a medium bowl; with a pastry blender or your fingers, work the butter into the flour and sugar until the butter is the size of small peas and dry ingredients have been absorbed. Sprinkle mixture into the prepared pan and

press down to make an even layer. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes until light golden. Reduce oven temperature to 350 F. To make topping: Combine ﬂour, sugar, cinnamon and butter in a bowl and work together with your ﬁngers until crumbly; add the almonds. Place the plum halves on the crust, alternating cut side up and down, and sprinkle the crumble mixture evenly over top. Bake for about 55 minutes or until plum juices are bubbling and syrupy. Cool and cut into squares.

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of lean, marinated beef. I estimated the beef portion on my plate to be around six ounces, which, for $7.95 is easily one of the best steak deals around. The koobideh was the star kebab, in my opinion. Its garlicky seasoning and hint of sumac, all lightly blackened on a hot grill, made it feel like the ideal summer barbecue item. All kebab dishes are served with a grilled tomato and choice of rice or salad. Our meal of four substantial dishes and two beverages was $42 before gratuity. Cazba is located at 132 West 16 St., North Vancouver. Contact: 604-980-7373; cazbarestaurant.ca.

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