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parks and environment stewardship groups as part of the public consultation process. The meeting demonstrated the diversity of issues facing West Van’s green space, co-chair Rebecca Buchanan said. The meeting brought attention to everything from trail maintenance and park staffing to dogs and park uses. The working group is also examining revenue opportunities for parks, such as hosting events and weddings, said Andrew Banks, the senior manager of parks. A less popular way of generating income is paid parking, he noted, something the group will also study. The working group will be aided by third-party expertise to host public consultation forums. The group will update the district on its progress again prior to council’s summer break.
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The council that implemented the fund was wise to put money aside for the next generation, he said. Once interest rates go back up, the fund’s current balance of approximately $23.5 million could generate significant money, Smith said. Smith also called for a more transparent documentation of spending from the fund. “The challenge now is that we clearly need a policy that says ‘here is the amount of the fund’ and ‘here is the threshold,’” he said. Nina Leemhuis, West Van’s director of finance, asked council to evaluate the impact the community charter has had on the fund’s spending and determine what the threshold figure should be. Coun. Michael Evison said he is looking forward to the debate regarding the limits. “The community charter is the overriding legislation for the Endowment Fund, it almost seems to defeat the purpose of having a threshold,” he noted. raldous@northshoreoutlook.com
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Metro waste committee chair Greg Moore, Port Coquitlam’s mayor. “We’re in this together. So how can we achieve this together?” He expects more ideas will emerge at a Zero Waste conference Metro will host March 10 in Burnaby. Multifamily condos and apartments are a major recycling and composting problem area because most were built without recycling facilities and wasteful sins get anonymized in a common dumpster. The result: a multifamily recycling rate of just 16 per cent that Metro planners say must go up sharply since such buildings represent a rapidly growing share of households as the region densifies. So far, Metro is using Fraser Richmond Soil and Fibre as its regional composting facility but the region also expects to award a contract this year to build a regional biofuels processing plant that would also take organics next to Surrey’s transfer station. Much food goes to waste in stores and further back along the supply chain, said Richmond Coun. Harold Steves, adding more must be done to tackle those sources. He recently found out an entire semi-trailer full of food that was one day past due was being sent to the dump and tried to have it redirected to a food bank instead. “There’s a tremendous amount of stuff wasted out there before it even gets to the consumer,” Steves said. “Composting and biofuels is great. But why create that waste in the first place?” Metro’s overall recycling rate of 55 per cent is something of a misnomer. That’s actually elevated by the high recycling rate of the construction and demolition industry, at 76 per cent. Businesses recycle 44 per cent on average but generate the most waste overall - 1.2 million tonnes per year. Single-family homes have a 46 per cent recycling rate and generate 800,000 tonnes of garbage. Metro also hopes to divert large amounts of wood now discarded by the construction and demolition industry by banning wood disposal by 2015. Metro Vancouver is still awaiting provincial approval of its draft solid waste management plan, which could allow construction of a new waste-to-energy plant in the region. But the waste-reduction targets in the plan are likely to be enshrined whether or not the province allows Metro to incinerate more garbage. The region will also continue to press the provincial and federal governments to make product makers and retailers responsible for more takeback programs, along with broader reforms to design products to be recycled, rather than discarded. “We know to get beyond 70 per cent will be difficult, especially if products are made the way they are made today,” Metro spokesman David Hocking said.
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r. Sara Kinnon’s dedication and commitment have earned her the chance to be the best small business employer in British Columbia. The West Vancouver naturopathic physician, who owns and has a practice at Bellevue Natural Health Clinic, is a top-five finalist in the Successful You Awards sponsored by Small Business BC. She was nominated in the Best Employer category by office manager Kami Fasan. Selecting the Successful You winners is a three-step process. First, businesses applied online and then used their social network to help them secure the most votes (proportional to the size of the region) and a place in the top 10. Once the top 10 were selected in December, each business submitted an extended application that was the basis for selecting the top five nominees. Now that the top five have been selected, each business will create a pitch that they present to judges. The judges will select the winner of each category based on the pitches. Then, the winner is announced at a business networking event and ceremony on March 29. Dr. Kinnon received her degree in naturopathic
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oming to your neighbourhood — organic waste pick-up. If the North Shore municipalities get their way, a $400,000 food waste facility will be built at Metro Vancouver’s North Shore Transfer Station. This addition would allow the districts and city to start food waste collection as early as this year. “We have all got our fingers crossed,” said Phil Bates, West Van’s engineering services manager. For the past year, West Van has collected food waste from 500 Caulfeild homes. The pilot project is an extension of the municipality’s yard waste pick up, as homeowners add their food scraps to yard trimmings. Like all North Shore municipalities, West Van organic waste makes up between 40 to 50 per cent of overall trash. “What most people are treading toward is eventually moving garbage pick up to every other week,” Bates said. Not only does this push make environmental sense, but also dollar sense, said Jozsef Dioszeghy, the District of North Vancouver’s director of engineering, parks and environment. This year, Metro Vancouver garbage tipping fee rates increased by $15 to $97 per tonne, while organics tipping fee rates jumped $4 to $63 per tonne. Metro Vancouver forecasts that by 2015, garbage tipping fees will stand at $182 per tonne and the organics rate will sit at $75 per tonne, Dioszeghy said. “You can see a huge gap growing between the two,” he said. As has its neighbours, the City of North Vancouver has been waiting of this final piece of the waste puzzle, said Steve Ono, the city’s engineer. If the proposal is approved by the Metro Vancouver board on Feb. 25, Ono said the city is looking to roll out its organic pick up no later than fall. “We are pretty much ready to go,” Ono said. raldous@northshoreoutlook.com twitter.com/rebeccaaldous
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hen Chris Kennedy received his interview question for West Vancouver School District’s superintendent position, he posted it to Twitter. A dozen people from around the world committed on the query. Armed with that COFFEE information, the 37-year-old WITH created his reply for the meeting the next day. Rebecca Aldous raldous@northshore “It is not what you know, outlook.com it’s can you get the best information and present it,� Kennedy said. Kennedy has been incorporating that fundamental idea into the school district since he became superintendent earlier this year. The Internet and multitude of social media outlets have shifted learning, he said. Students no longer come to school simply to receive information. It’s a huge change. It’s also an exciting and challenging time, Kennedy said. “As a teacher, now you get [to teach] the good stuff,� he said, noting the educational system must focus on skills like innovation and collaboration. One initiative to help develop these talents is inquiry-based learning. Students may be given fewer assignments but asked to investigate their project more deeply, Kennedy said. A recent example is a Grade 5 class in Gleneagles elementary school. Students had to assess their work and pass it through a peer review. “It is risky for teacher because you do have less control,� Kennedy noted. As for technology, Kennedy has embraced its power. He not only tweets regularly but leads an
education blog that is followed by parents, staff and scholars, all of whom take part in the online conversations. The social medium breaks barriers and lets good ideas shine through, he said. “Part of what I want to do with the blog is share and spread ideas,� Kennedy said. Computers and technology should be integrated into learning rather than introduced to students, Kennedy said. In the coming months, the district is going to implement a program that pairs kindergarten and Grade 7 students to create projects on iPads. But Kennedy cautioned just handing out gadgets isn’t going to instantly improve all students’ marks. “Laptop initiatives seem to have a stronger with boys,� he noted. The Ministry of Education has given school districts permission to pursue such personalized learning. In the end, Kennedy hopes the ministry will get its direction from school districts, rather than the other way around. “Let’s do this and find these really powerful practices and [the ministry] will adapt,� he said. Kennedy has four young children. Being a parent and having taught gives him many perspectives in his role as superintendent, Kennedy said. During his stint in the top seat, Kennedy said he wants to continue exploring ideas. Kennedy hopes to listen to others and adopt new ways to keep the West Van school district as one of the province’s highest achievers. “I think there are lots of ways to be superintendent,� Kennedy said. “I am going to be the learning superintendent.� raldous@northshoreoutlook twitter.com/rebeccaaldous
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ondering where your next bus actually is, rather than where it’s supposed to be? Well, now there’s an app for that. TransLink is preparing to roll out a new mobile phone website that will allow bus riders to see their buses’ precise distance and arrival time to their stop using real-time GPS technology. TransLink fitted all of its buses with GPS tracking devices in 2006, both to quickly locate buses in the event of an emergency and to keep the buses from unnecessarily bunching up along their routes. But now, TransLink plans to allow the public to tap into its Transit Management and Communications, or TMAC, system via a soonto-be launched mobile website by the end of the year. TransLink spokesperson Drew Snider says that the real-time tracking feature could be rolled out by October, first as a text message relay system where riders can text the posted Next Bus numbers already displayed at bus stops and immediately get a reply saying where their bus is and when it’s due at their stop according its current location, rather than its regularly scheduled stop time, which is given now. After a trial phase, which could be limited at first to the city of Vancouver, the text message service could be rolled into a mobile website for smart phones or the two could operate in tandem to service the needs of more riders. Cam Telford, TransLink’s expert on the Next Bus “2.0” system, said the real-time program has been approved by the TransLink board and gone through all of the necessary channels. All that’s left is to work out a few of the program’s remaining kinks. One such kink, he said, is how to tell the system not to broadcast a bus’ location when that bus has been redirected back to the beginning of a route to meet higher demand there. “People would see their bus getting farther
Thanks to GPS technology, riders will soon be able to know exactly where their bus is – and how long they’ll have to wait until it gets to their stop. TransLink photo away from them and so that’s obviously something we’re trying to figure out right now,” Telford said. The service would likely be of greatest benefit to areas such as the Tri-Cities and other suburban Metro Vancouver communities where bus service is less frequent than in downtown Vancouver and passengers rely more on connections with other buses and SkyTrain. Telford said TransLink looked at the possibility of having a graphic map-based mobile site where riders
could watch their bus travel along its route in real-time but decided such a site would be far too confusing to follow and too data-heavy for most smart phones to handle. Toronto and Guelph, Ont. both have real-time bus tracking websites in the trial phases but Telford said TransLink’s chief sources of inspiration on the revamped Next Bus system were Seattle and Portland, which he said are considered to be at the forefront of accurate transit tracking systems.
Pipe bomb prompts evacuation Resident calls 911 after discovering suspicious device in West Van park. SEAN KOLENKO S TA F F R E P O RT E R
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est Vancouver police were forced to evacuate homes and divert traffic on Highway 1 Saturday morning (Feb. 19) after a man found a homespun bomb in neighbourhood park. Shortly after 10 a.m., a passerby called police suspecting he had stumbled on a pipe bomb in Burley Drive Park. After arriving on scene a short time after the phone call, West Van police
contacted the RCMP’s explosive disposal unit. The RCMP detonated the device. Police diverted eastbound traffic on Highway 1 between 15th Street and Taylor Way while the bomb disposal unit was in the area. Nearby homes were evacuated at the same time. Cpl. Jag Johal, spokesman for West Van police, said the bomb was found “close to the travel portion of the highway” and the decision to detonate the bomb on site were the reasons for the road closure.
Johal said there appears to be no connection to the pipe bombs found at both the seawalk and West Vancouver secondary school last summer. Police say the case remains under investigation. No suspects have yet been identified. Anyone with information is asked to call West Van police at 604-925-7300 and quote file number 11-2104. - with files from Greg Hoekstra skolenko@northshoreoutlook.com twitter.com/seankolenko
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Glassing the ridge The Regional Growth Strategy has sparked a semantic debate — some residents say new designations will allow development up West Van’s mountains, while the district says it gives the municipality more flexibility of its own land-use policies. REBECCA ALDOUS S TA F F R E P O RT E R
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hat does Metro Vancouver’s new Regional Growth Strategy mean to West Vancouver? To some citizens, the answer is the future of West Van’s mountainous forests and the city’s famous backdrop. As municipalities get ready to sign onto the new plan, residents are raising the flag on wording it says will open up 4,500 acres above Hollyburn Mountain’s 1,200 foot mark to development. The district disagrees. If anything, the acreage’s new titles put control of the property’s future in the municipality’s hands, rather than Metro Vancouver, said Bob Sokol, West Van’s director of planning, lands and permits. The new designations also enable the municipality to protect environmentally sensitive lands, he said. There is a thin line between the old and new language used to govern West Van’s hillside, but it’s created a large divide in opinions.
Looking back The RGS provides guidance for coordinated regional decision-making; one could say it’s the area’s highest level of management plan. The plan focuses on five key goals - creating a compact urban area, supporting a sustainable economy, protecting natural assets, developing resilient communities and supporting sustainable transportation choices. When adopted, the RGS will replace the Lower Mainland’s 15-year-old Livable Region Strategic Plan. At that point, Metro Vancouver member municipalities will have two years to prepare regional context statements. These statements lay out the relationship between a municipality’s Official Community Plan and the RGS, and how the OCP will be made generally consistent with the regional plan — a kind of trickle down effect. What’s caught the eye of concerned citizens is the new RGS’s land-use designation for West Van’s Upper Lands. In the Livable Region Strategy Plan, all lands south of
Cypress Provincial Park, but above a 1,200 foot urban containment contour are designated “Under Municipal Consideration.” In 2001, the district completed an Upper Lands study, the results of which were integrated into West Van’s 2004 OCP. This information was then applied to the district’s regional context statement, of which two statements directly address the Upper Lands. Approximately 2,800 acres of municipal land above the 1,200 foot elevation mark was placed under consideration for green zone title, while 1,700 acres of privately-owned undeveloped land was deemed limited use and recreation. The new RGS re-titles the green zone to conservation/recreation and the limited use and recreation to general urban.
A fundamental change Those title changes are fundamentally different, West Vancouver lawyer Paul Hundal said. Not only does it not align with the district’s OCP, but it could potentially allow development 2,000 feet up the mountain, including the entire visible face of Hollyburn, he said. This goes far beyond the district’s 1,200 foot urban containment contour, Hundal noted. “I think this flies in the face of what West Van residents want,” he said. What was once green zone is now open to recreational development, which includes hotels or facilities to support outdoor activities, Hundal noted, while the RGS’s general urban stamp is intended for residential neighbourhoods and centres, supported by shopping, services, institutions, recreational facilities and parks. “We could end up looking like Mary Hill [in Port Coquitlam],” warned Hundal. While West Van is arguing the general urban designation does not compel a municipality to develop land, Hundal doesn’t buy it. The RGS is a 30-year plan. This council may claim its desire to protect its green areas, but that doesn’t mean the next council will do the same, he said, adding the move opens the door to developers by creating a mandate to move toward residential growth in that area.
West Van could have followed the lead of its neighbour. The District of North Vancouver labelled all its undeveloped land on its mountainside as conservation/ recreation, Hundal noted. “This is a 30-year plan and if people are committed to protecting it [the forests], protect it now,” he said.
Leaving options open West Van mayor Pamela Goldsmith-Jones believes the Upper Lands are still protected in the new RGS plan. The 1,200 foot urban containment boundary’s name is the culprit for much of the confusion, she said. “I see our job very much as preserving the conservation/recreation aspects of our mountainside,” Goldsmith-Jones said. The district needs to reserve some easily developable sections above the 1,200 foot line for the opportunity of density transfer in exchange for protecting environmentally sensitive areas, Goldsmith-Jones said. Even before the current regional plan, the district committed to forming green zones in the municipallyowned lands above the 1,200 foot contour and also provided greater protection below that mark. An example of this is the Rogers Creek development, in which green strips bordering creeks have been preserved. “What is going to happen, I think, is we are going to become increasingly more refined,” Goldsmith-Jones said. The general urban title doesn’t mean the whole 1,700 acres is game to construction, Sokol said. “We have a letter from Metro staff that states that just because this area is designated in the regional plan as urban, that does not mean that that area has to develop as urban lands,” Sokol said. If anything, the designation gives the district the authority to determine the appropriate use of these lands based on local policy, Sokol noted. If the property were pegged for less intensive uses within the RGS and down the road the district wanted to use it differently, the RGS amendment would require a regional public hearing and a two-thirds vote on the Metro Vancouver Board.
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Looking forward The district has until March 22 to consider accepting the RGS, at which time no response will be acknowledged as compliance. Staff will bring a report to council on March 7 regarding designating the Upper Lands as a special study area and dropping the old growth conservancy into the conservation/recreation title. The municipality plans to undertake its own study of the future use of the Upper Lands in 2012. If the RGS is passed, this study will aid the district in creating its regional context statements, which must be submitted to Metro in early 2013. Ultimately, the district and concerned citizens are fighting for the same thing, Goldsmith-Jones said, adding the district will incorporate the views of West Van residents in future planning. “We have all dedicated ourselves to the protection of that mountainside for multiple reasons and we will continue to,” she said.
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rederick Brummer doesn’t listen to much music these days. Sure, he touts the influence of the Beatles, Beck and BjĂśrk when asked about his inspirations, but he’d much rather be working on his own compositions. Music, he says, isn’t a spectator sport; it’s something he does. “The better a song is, the more I want to turn it off,â€? he says, with a laugh, “and go do something of my own.â€? But what Brummer does when he makes music isn’t often of the three-chord, radio-friendly pop song variety. Brummer does things a bit differently. Growing up in an artistic home, Brummer, 35, says he was inspired at a young age to pick up an instrument after watching his father play the guitar. His mom, he adds, frequented second-hand clothing stores and was a master at piecing together new outfits. And, so far, it would appear the apple hasn’t fallen too far from either tree. Brummer’s current art show at the CafĂŠ for Contemporary Art highlights his interest in both music and experimentation. Sound/Proof, which runs on Saturdays until Mar. 5, showcases Brummer’s homemade instruments and features handpicked experimental bands performing live in the cafe’s gallery space. Throughout the recently sound-proofed room – cafĂŠ owner Tyler Russell said he had to fortify the gallery especially for this show – the objects of Brummer’s imagination hold court. An old turntable attached to two 45-inch records, the neck of a bass guitar and a wooden piano hammer behaves like a modern drum machine. A horn with a speaker attached to either end, wired through an amp, creates feedback when notes are struck. It isn’t a viable instrument, Brummer admits, but what he’s hoping to show – or prove, he says – is that there’s more out there than just the run of the mill drums, bass or piano. Instruments are part of a continuum and he wants to explore what’s next. “There’s this whole untapped potential out there,â€? he says. “Les Paul, at some point, invented the first electric guitar. But it seems that things just stopped there.â€? Russell, on the other hand, feels the show also signals one man’s attempt to reclaim technology and return to understanding the objects that surround us. “If you looked at a car engine in the 1960s you’d figure out how it worked. But you wouldn’t today,â€? he says. “This show allows a conversation with technology and demystifies the electronic nature of things.â€? Sound/Proof opens at 8 p.m. on Saturdays. Admission is by donation. For more information on the show, visit www.cafeforcontemporaryart.com. To view Brummer’s other musical endeavours, see www. thirtystone.com
As part of the provincial government’s 2010 Sport and Arts Legacy fund, North Shore arts and culture organizations received $260,849 in grants Feb 21. The fund was established to build on the success of the Olympics and will provide $30 million over the next three years to arts organizations across B.C. “The lasting legacy of the 2010 olympic and Paralympic Games is about more than sports and athletics alone, but arts and cultural festivals as well,� said Jane Thornthwaite, MLA for North VancouverSeymour, in a press release. North Shore organizations and individuals receiving funds are: B.C. Photography and Media Arts Society Presentation House Gallery $75,000 (core annual support to established visual arts organizations) $10,000 (co-op assistance, support for clients to hire co-op students) Dancers of Damelahamid $6,000 (project assistance, one time only grant for a creative festival project) North Vancouver Community Arts Council $21,679 (core annual support to established community arts arts councils) North Vancouver Museum and Archives Commission $23,500 (core annual support to established public museums) West Vancouver Community Arts Council $8,754 (core annual support to established community arts councils) West Vancouver Museum $12,500 (core annual support to establish public museums) - Sean Kolenko
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ll my life I have wanted to be a rock star or the chance to pretend. The only music I remember in our house growing up was opera, Christmas and the Bee Gees. Dad’s record player sat on a shelf behind the den door where he would stack 10 albums that would play one after the other all Sunday. After the arrival of our two kids, one ZOOM with a solid ear for music and the other a ZOOM solid leg to sports, the music really began. Denise Kelly We had music playing in the background denise.play@gmail.com and not just the likes of Raffi but a solid variety of rock and roll, country and mainstream. To this day the kids laugh at the fact that when we have parties the music is so loud they can hear it over at their friends’ house a block away. In fact for my 40th birthday my husband crowned me Edgemont Idol and everyone was encouraged to come in costume to sing or act out their favourite song - best gift ever. My husband also loves “good music” and he has taught our family to respect the album. Two hundred albums hide alphabetically on the top shelf of our coat cupboard in our little tiny rancher and when we have parties the guests get to choose which album to hear this is referred to as the “record game”. Thanks to a friend we found the local School of Rock where our son began piano lessons but quickly got the bug for electric then acoustic guitar and vocals and is now part of a performance band. The founder’s name is ironically S. Melody! She and her passionate teachers teach way more than just musical notes for they encourage and inspire these musicians to live their dreams among like minded friends. Like a family, they are safe to move out of their comfort zone to reach their potential. Watching our son on stage playing in his band, singing vocals to songs from artists he loves is as good for me as being that rock star. He has gained the love of music and treasures his collection of concert tickets from some of those favourite artists that he and his dad have enjoyed from the likes of Neil Young, The Who, AC/DC, John Fogerty, Eric Clapton with many more planned. Living vicariously through my son, I am that rock star. Denise Kelly is a North Vancouver Boomer proudly living with her two children, husband and dog Mel. She looks forward to sharing stories to motivate others. She can be reached at denise.play@gmail.com
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Your Premier Builder for over 25 Years Home makeover artists Pierina Brown (left of North Vancouver), Margo Meade, Terry Meade and Doreen Gowans worked tirelessly around the clock to complete the renovations at a trailer in Kamloops as part of the Variety Show of Hearts Telethon. Photo courtesy Kamloops This Week.
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Family’s reaction caught on TV From drab to Dora the Explorer heaven – Pierina Brown is most proud of the way she transformed the young girl’s bedroom.
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However, her face is showing the effects of someone who hasn’t slept in two days. She can’t afford shut-eye. A comfy pillow can come after the job is done. Brown, who runs a design company in North Vancouver, is leading a group of residents in a home-makeover project for a Kamloops family who could really use the help. The recipients of the transformation are the Lust family - Len, Leanne and Desiree. The catch - the family had no idea that, while they were away on a visit to Vancouver last week, the small army of friends and volunteers were busy making over their modest trailer in Kamloops. The big reveal took place on live television on Sunday, Feb. 13, as part of the Variety Show of Hearts Telethon on Global TV. (The telethon raised more than $7 million.) Mom Leanne and three-year-old Desiree both have cerebral palsy - a condition that can cause physical disability - and the family has had a recent run of bad luck. So, when a friend contacted Brown and asked if she could help in any way, she was moved to act. “I’m lucky,” she said, with tears in her eyes. “I’m so fortunate to have healthy kids.” Though Brown had never met the Lust family, she did see a video of little Desiree - who she now calls her “princess”- and was heartbroken. “That was enough for us to say, ‘We’re going to help you,’” she said. And help is what this group has done. With Brown’s expertise in design, thousands of donated dollars and supplies was spent overhauling the trailer in just three short days. A group of 15 volunteers worked tirelessly around the clock to complete the renovation. The interior got a new paint job, kitchen floors
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and a set of brand-new furniture. The home was also fitted with new patio and outdoor furniture. But the most touching touch-up can be seen in Desiree’s bedroom. The three-year-old’s room was converted from the drab to an homage to Dora the Explorer Desiree’s favourite character. “When they see it on TV, they’re going to have tears in their eyes,” said Doreen Gowans, a family friend who volunteered her time to do some of the work, prior to the reveal. “They’re going to be in awe of how their house was transformed.” Gowans said she was approached by Brian MacKinnon, Leanne’s father, prior to Christmas and asked if she would be willing to help. She didn’t hesitate - not a question asked. Gowans said the effort by total strangers and friends, really reflects the community’s spirit. “Friends help friends,” she said. And judging by the reaction to the makeover, the Lust family has a new friend in Pierina Brown.
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Pruning persistance can bear fruit three different pruning categories: • the open centre; • the central leader; ou really don’t have to be an expert • and the espalier form. to prune fruit trees — all it takes is a Apples, pears and plums should have little common sense and a few helptheir centres opened up to allow more ful hints. sun and air to penetrate. This technique As a rule of thumb, I place fruit trees in is called ‘open-vase’ pruning, and it allows fruit to develop on the inside of the tree, on the tips and on the outward growing branches. For this type of pruning, simply choose to retain three to five dominate branches radiating out from the main stem. These branches should be five or six feet off the ground, allowing you to comfortably walk or work under the tree without hitting your head. Once Call Randy now you have determined which branches for your window you are going to keep, cut out any other branches left in the centre, as dressing solution well as any inward growing ones. Next, cut out all the upward grow• Slipcovers ing branches, leaving the tree looking • Headboards like a ‘Y’. The remaining branches • Duvets & Bedding should be pruned back each year at two foot intervals, keeping this ‘Y’ Celebrating 17 years in home design! formation intact. A heavy pruning each year, unfortunately, results in a mass of water t/f: 604.988.1403 c: 604.290.1201 sprouts shooting out in all directions.
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be a tree which is fairly open and easy to maintain, and one which will stay within reach of your ladder. Probably one of the best root stocks for cherry trees in a smaller home garden is the new dwarf, selffertile varieties of Giesla root stock from Europe. Espalier pruning is primarily done on trees such as peaches, nectarines and apricots. To minimizes disease problems such as ‘peach leaf curl’, these trees should be grown against the south or west side of a building. Very compact apple and pear varieties are usually grown in the same manner, except out in the open against a fence or other support device. All that is necessary here is the removal of frontward and backward growing branches which don’t conform to an espalier formation. The most common problem is leaving too many branches on the tree, which causes over-production and simply clutters up the tree. Choose three to five sets of the strongest sideward-growing branches and remove the rest. If these branches have a tendency to grow upward, use a long bamboo pole as a T-bar to hold the branches in place. You will have to be quite ruthless in your pruning to maintain this very strict form. Most branches radiating off this framework will have to be removed, leaving many spurs and fruit buds along each stem. You will probably run into a hundred questions once you start pruning. Good pruning books will have excellent diagrams showing how your tree should look after each progressive season, and as you know, pictures are worth a thousand words.
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Prudential Sussex Realty Welcomes... 3636 and 3648 Fromme Rd Two homes, both built in 1964, both on 67x124 lots, side by side. Each has a bridge over a stream in the backyard. 3636 Fromme asking $778,000 has 3 BR 1 Bath up, and 3648 asking $820,000. has 2 BR up, huge balcony up, and a sep. 1 BR suite for inlaws/kids down. Showing by appointment. Call Vera 604-318-0024
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This is one of the examples of the then-and-now photos in a new book about West Vancouver’s past. John Moir is taking the photos for the book which juxtaposes how the city is today with how it used to look.
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Vancouver Archives in search of local tales. As a part of the district’s centennial celebration, the book follows the municipality’s first 100 years from its growth as a cottage community to the suburb it is today, the society’s president Jim Carter said. “I’ve been busy,� he admits. The book is set to come out in September. Well-known historian and author Francis Mansbridge joined local photographer John Moir to fill its pages with old and new photos and personal stories. The society is currently fundraising to cover half the cost of publishing the book. So far it’s raised $22,000 of
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Buckles, studs and fur trim – oh my. Boots are back in a big way this winter. And you will notice material creeping higher up the leg this season, as over-the-knee boots have become must-haves. But rather than going with the usual black hue, make a statement with a pair of Sam Edleman’s kneehigh boots in a beautiful cognac colour. “It’s comfortable because it has a low heel, yet the buttons up the side give it a sophisticated look,� says Jennifer Sharp, with So Blu
This winter, recreate memories of being outdoors with home accents molded directly from nature: vases cast from foliage found deep in the forest or replicas of fallen fruit in the vineyards of the Napa Valley. A polished aluminum or copper Ànish adds a touch of elegance to these otherwise rustic-inspired pieces. Da Vinci’s Home in West Van carries many creations by Michael Aram, a New York-based artist whose handcrafted designs evoke natural beauty while simultaneously providing functionality. Aram’s replica bark vase - cast from metal and detailed with the natural grooves and hollows of wood - can create an eccentric accent in any room. The gingko leaf has a delicate presentation and is versatile enough to use as a dish for cracked pepper or to display rings on a vanity. Meanwhile, Aram’s signature home scents give off a warm ambience and the delicious aroma of sweet summer fruits or the earthy scent of the forest. Atop each candle lid sits an ornate, sculpted design that hints at the fragrance within – such as a Àg or an orchid. You could spend anywhere from $34 to $650 to incorporate some of Aram’s pieces into your home decor.
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North Van’s Jaime Ward says she still has plenty of goals left to accomplish in the ring, even though she’s a member of Canada’s boxing B-team and a national bronze medal winner. Rob Newell photo
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After years of grueling training, Jaime Ward‘s making a name for herself in the ring one jab at a time. SEAN KOLENKO S TA F F R E P O RT E R
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aime Ward can’t remember the first time she got punched in the face. But she does recall the first time an opponent cleaned her clock. “The first time I sparred with a experienced opponent, she beat the crap out of me,” says Ward, with a laugh. “Oh my God.” But, Ward says, that’s what keeps you going. Every cut lip, black eye and exhausted muscle makes you a better boxer. It isn’t the world’s easiest lesson to learn – painful experiences rarely are – but it’s paying off for Ward. In January, she earned a spot on the Canadian national boxing B-team and won a bronze medal at the national tournament in Quebec City. She’s also a three-time B.C. champ and an
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Alberta Golden Gloves silver medalist. Not bad for a girl who only discovered the sweet science because the winters in Calgary weren’t ideal for marathon training. “It’s just too cold; you can’t run,” she says. “So, I joined a boxing club recreationally at the University of Calgary and that’s where I fell in love.” Having grown up in North Vancouver, it was school, not athletics, that took her east. She studied graphic design at the Alberta College of Art and Design, before returning to the North Shore to complete her post-secondary education at Capilano University. When she got back to North Van, she quickly joined the North Burnaby Boxing Club and began training under a handful of instructors until she met coach and future husband Dave Schuck. It was then, she says, things got serious.
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These days, Ward trains out of Vancouver’s Astoria Boxing Club. When a competition looms, she’s in the gym two hours a day, six times a week. During off times it’s five days a week for about 90 minutes a session and she has no plans to slow down any time soon. Ward has a host of training camps coming up with Team Canada, the Pan Am Games qualifiers in Ireland and even some coaching with some of her gym’s younger members. “We just had a 12-year-old girl sign up and all she wants to be is a boxer,” says Ward, knowingly. “And that I want to help.” For more information on Ward’s boxing career, visit www.jaimeward.com.
Favourite subjects in school? “Band and choir. I play trombone for the jazz and concert bands and sing in the vocal ensemble and concert choir.” Pet peeve? “I’ve got a lot of them. One is when someone goes off in their own little world when I’m talking to them. That’s annoying.” What’s on your bedroom wall? “Two hockey paintings, a poster of all 30 NHL team logos and a poster of [the movie] The Italian Job.”
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port BC’s 2010 Athletes of The winners of other awards the Year Awards are being won’t be revealed until the gala presented Thursday night event takes place but Woolstencroft (Feb. 24) at its sold-out dinner at is one of three finalists as Athlete the River Rock Show Theatre in With a Disability and three others Richmond. from the North As usual, a number Shore are in INSTANT of North Shore athletes the running in REPLAY will be in the spotlight other categoLen Corben during the 45th annual ries: Olympic lencorben@yahoo.ca event, including North snowboard Vancouver Paralympian cross champion Lauren Woolstencroft Maëlle Ricker in who has been chosen Senior Female the Best of B.C. in a public online Athlete, Handsworth hoop star vote. Kristjana Young in High School That’s a rare accolade for an ama- Female Athlete and rugby referee teur athlete. Previous winners have Dave Smortchevsky as Official of been some of professional sports the Year. greatest stars such as Lui Passaglia, Harry Jerome was the first winner Joe Sakic, Larry Walker, Greg of the Senior Athlete in 1966 when Moore, Ryan Dempster, Steve Nash, there were only two awards and Jason Bay, Justin Morneau, Jeff the first winner of the Comeback Francis and Mitch Berger. Athlete in 1968, an award that is
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now named after him. Karen Magnussen is the most prolific North Shore winner, having won the Junior Athlete in 1967, the Comeback Award in 1970 and the Senior Athlete in 1971, ’72 and ’73. Five others have been twotime winners: George Morfitt, Master Athlete in 1977 and ’78; Dave Wilkinson, High School Athlete in 1982 and ’83; Paige Gordon, Junior Athlete in 1989 and Senior Athlete in 1993; Alison Sydor, Senior Athlete in 1995 and 2004; and Rosalyn Hicks, High School Athlete in 1997 and University Athlete in 2003. There are some interesting common denominators among the 34 North Shore athletes and teams who have won a total of 44 Sport BC awards over the years. So here’s the ultimate quiz for you to try, with answers at the end (don’t peek). Aside from all winning Sport BC awards, what do each of these groups of North Shore athletes, coaches and officials have in common? 1. Harry Jerome (former world sprint record holder), Karen Magnussen (1973 world figure skating champion), Elaine Tanner (the Mighty Mouse of swimming), Stephen Pickell (swam for Canada in the 1976 Olympics), Alison Sydor (former professional mountain biker), Paul Kariya (two-time winner of the Lady Byng Trophy as the NHL’s most gentlemanly player) and Blythe Hartley (bronze medallist in 10-metre synchronized diving in the 2004 Olympics). Hint: Think gold, silver and bronze. Worth: 1 point.
1972 and 1973) and Maureen (Crowley) de St. Croix (Sport BC’s 2001 master athlete of the year). Hint: The Highwaymen came riding. Worth: 3 points.
6. Sydor, Hartley, Dorothy Lidstone (1969 world archery champion) and Lauren Woolstencroft (the first Canadian to win five gold medals in a single Paralympic Winter Games). Hint: Wild Rose country. Worth: 4 points.
7. Pickell, Sarah Pike (1985 Sport BC high school athlete of the year) and Philip Bester (pro tennis player who is now 256th in the world ranking as of this week, his highest position ever) Hint: Spartans rule. Worth: 4 points. 8. Jerome, Tanner, Pickell, Bird, Hawkins (first Canadian to high jump 7’0”), Brit (Lind-Petersen) Townsend (won the B.C. high school 1500m in 1975 and bronze in the 1987 PanAmerican Games) and Paige Gordon (silver medallist in the three-metre diving event at the 1991 Pan-American Games). Hint: Not just Olympians. Worth: 6 points.
9. de St. Croix, Hawkins, B.J. McHugh (marathon record holder in the 75-79 North Shore athletes, top and 80-84 age classes), Olga to bottom, Harry Jerome, Kotelko (took up track Karen Magnussen and Lauren and field at age 77), Les Woolstencroft are among a long McDonald (first president list of Sport BC Athlete of the of triathlon’s international Year awards winners. Jerome: Len governing body) and George Corben photo. Magnussen: North Van Morfitt (former president of Archives collection. Woolstencroft: Jenna the Canadian squash racHauck photo. quets association). 2. Magnussen, Kariya, Britt Hint: The older the better. Janyk (won her first World Cup Worth: 7 points. ski event in the downhill in Aspen, Colorado, in 2007) and Manny Osborne-Paradis (first 10. Jerome, Magnussen, Tanner, Lidstone, Canadian to have World Cup wins in two skiing Sydor, McDonald, Morfitt, and Linda Moore disciplines, downhill and Super G in 2009). rink (won the 1985 world curling championship). Hint: Competed in the five rings of ice and Hint: Election is only for the best. Worth: 8 snow. Worth: 2 points. points. Note: Other former Sport BC award winners 3. Shelley Howieson (longtime coach at SFU), include Arlene McLaughlin, Anita Botnen and Rosalyn Hicks (Argyle multi-sport star in the Hollyburn’s 1969 synchronized swimmers. 1990s), Diana Artuso (All-Canadian at Capilano University in 1997 and ’98) and John Meachin Answers: Hey, you’re peeking. 1. All won (once refereed a game in front of 100,000 fans in Olympic medals 2. All competed in the Winter Mexico City). Olympics 3. All involved in soccer 4. All graduHint: White is the colour, … is the game. ated from Handsworth 5. All attended Hillside Worth: 2 points. 6. All were born in Alberta 7. All attended Sentinel 8. All competed in the Olympics, 4. Hartley, Ian Bird (Canadian field hockey star who played in the 1988 and 2000 Olympics), Commonwealth Games and Pan-American Games 9. All won Sport BC Master Athlete David Wilkinson (set the still-standing B.C. awards 10. All have been elected to the BC high school 110-metre hurdles record in 1982), Sports Hall of Fame. Eugene Wong (voted Canada’s top male amateur Total points: 40. Outstanding: 30-40. Very golfer for 2010) and Jessica Barnett (captain of good: 20-29. Still need to read this column regutwo teams – basketball and soccer – that won larly: 0-19. B.C. high school championships in 2009). Hint: Think blue and gold. Worth: 3 points. This is episode 411 from Len Corben’s treasure chest of stories – the great events and the quirky 5. Tanner, Janyk, Jean Sparling (winner of both the 100 metres and 200 metres at the B.C. – that bring to life the North Shore’s rich sports high school track and field championships in history.
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CARS - DOMESTIC
2003 VOLSKWAGEN GOLF Only 16,000/km’s. $11,000. 604-852-5719 or 604-308-2963. 2006 HONDA CIVIC 2 door, 5 spd manual, 80K, red, $6850 firm. Call: 604-538-9257. 2007 HONDA CIVIC 4dr auto,100K loaded, leather, spoiler, $9300/obo. 778-836-4422 or 604-592-4422. 2009 TOYOTA MATRIX 4/dr auto p/w, p/l, AC, cd player, 88K, silver. $9800. Call 604-825-9477.
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usic lovers can roll up their sleeves this weekend and dig in to an “aural feast” of sounds from around the globe. On Saturday, Feb. 26, the North Shore’s Sinfonia Orchestra presents “World Harmony” at Centennial Theatre — a show that promises a veritable buffet of international music and dance. Organizer Carolyn Cole says ticket holders can expect the unexpected, including everything from the popular Maritime ballad I’s the B’y to traditional Japanese, Persian, Czech, and First Nations folk songs. The use of folk songs, notes Cole, is a unique
twist for a classical orchestra. In addition to music and dance, the performance will include a multimedia display and a spoken word segment by students at North Vancouver’s Handsworth secondary. “In some ways it’s almost like a party, or a festival that celebrates different cultures,” says Cole. This is key, she adds, because it helps bridge the gap between people of different backgrounds within our own community. Tickets for the show are still available through the Centennial Theatre Box Office at 604-9844484 or online at www.centennialtheatre.com. Prices are $35 for adults, $30 for seniors and $15 for students. For more information visit www.sinfonia.ca.
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FEBRUARY 25 TO 27 Book Sale: Tons of great books to read (plus DVDs and CDs) are up for grabs at the Lynn Valley Library. Please bring your own bags. Friday, February 25: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturday, February 26: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Sunday, February 27: 12 to 4 p.m. Everything half price on Sunday. TO FEBRUARY 26 Time (Time Again): Late Works by Lionel Thomas + John Vanderpant at the WV Museum. Exhibit places their work in juxtaposition for the first time, presenting 14 vintage photographs by Vanderpant (from the period 1929 - 1936) and 15 paintings by Thomas (from the period 1985 -1987). TO MARCH 6 West Coast Folk Art: Mixed media exhibition featuring the works of Jens Diercks, Lynsey Paterson, and Aleksandar Visnjic at the Ferry Building Gallery. Opening reception February 22 from 6 to 8pm. Artists in attendance on Saturday February 26 from 2 to 3pmTo February 20. http://ferrybuildinggallery.com ~ 925 7290 TO MARCH 6 For the Love of Colour: solo show at Silk Purse featuring oil paintings by artist Lynn Webster, a member of the Canadian Federation of Artists. TO MARCH 12 Blithe Spirit: Comedy by Noel Coward, directed by Ryan Crocker at Deep Cove Shaw Theatre, Wed.
through Sat. at 8 pm. Tickets $18 for adults; $16 seniors and students. 604-929-9456 or www. FirstImpressionsTheatre.com FEBRUARY 25 • An Evening with Maestro Bramwell Tovey: Vancouver Symphony Orchestra director Bramwell Tovey shares stories, talks about his new opera, and performs a selection of music on the piano at the West Van Library, 7:30p.m. FEBRUARY 26 • Heritage Fayre: Park Royal North 2-4pm. Displays/info about local groups: environmental, heritage, historical, community including BlockWatch, Parks, and AmblesideNow. Piper at 3 p.m. • Ambleside Players and Ambleside Orchestra: a concert at St. Andrew’s United Church, North Vancouver, 7 PM. Program includes Vivaldi, Bach, Beethoven, Gottfried Finger and Gershwin. Admission is by donation. 604-904-3620. FEBRUARY 27 • Snowshoe Tours: Cypress and historic Hollyburn Lodge. Reservations required. Family Snowshoe: Meet at 10 a.m.; tour lasts to 12:30p.m. Snowshoe Tour: Meet at 1p.m.; tour lasts to 3:30p.m. • Feel Like a Star: Oscar night party and fundraiser organized by three Northshore residents at Gossip, 750 Pacific Blvd, Plaza of Nations, Pacific Avenue, Vancouver. (Please note new location.) At 3:30 p.m. enjoy your own red carpet
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treatment as the paparazzi’s cameras flash. Complimentary cocktail and appetizers. Live entertainment by Myles Bigelow. At 5 p.m. thrill in a live screening of the 83rd Academy Awards. Celebrity MCs, great prizes, star swagbags. Proceeds to Starlight Children’s Foundation. $40. 604-722-2914, www.vancouverfilmevents.ca. • Riley Inge Benefit: Riley Inge, who used to sing with the Temptations, wa paralyzed in an
accident on the wooden rollercoaster at the PNE. A group of his friends and admirers – including North Shore bassist Dino NiNicolo – have arranged a Soul to Soul benefit concert for Inge, who is now paralyzed from the neck down, at The Yale, 1300 Granville Street in Vancouver. Doors open at 3; the show is from 4 to 8 p.m. Tickets $20 at the door. Riley Inge Trust Fund at Vancity, account #702886, branch 2.
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