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Property Taxes Due July 4, 2011 City of North Vancouver property taxes are due Monday, July 4. Given the current postal service disruption, please do not mail your payment. Tax payments are still due on this date and you may use one of the many options available such as paying online, by phone, at your bank or in person at City Hall from Monday to Friday between 8:30am - 5pm, closed July 1. To avoid waiting in line, consider using our secure 24-hour drop box, located on the lower level of City Hall. More information at www.cnv.org.

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et the best seats in the house. At 10:30 p.m. on Friday, July 1, Vancouver’s night sky will be ablaze with skyrockets and horsetails. It’s all part of the 5th annual Burrard Inlet Fireworks Show celebrating Canada’s birthday. Two barges full of fireworks will be place in the inlet — one near Canada Place and the other in Dundarave in West Vancouver. “It’s a big show,” said Christie Rosta, the District of West Vancouver’s special events coordinator. Before the evening of synchronized blasts — viewers can listen to a live simulcast by Shore 104.3 FM — the municipality’s John Lawson Park will be a hive of party activities. Dress up in your best red and whites and enjoy a selection of yummy treats. The afternoon is packed with

musicians hitting the outdoor stage. Performers include crowd favourites such as Celtic gypsy punk rockers The Whiskey Dicks and internationally acclaimed dance party band Famous Players. “It’s all ages, toe-tapping,” Rosta said of the music. Rosta’s favourite part of the celebration is the official ceremony and the colour party. “I like watching all the kids dancing in front of the stage,” she adds. The district is asking people to consider alternative modes of transportation — such as cycling, walking, or parking at Park Royal Shopping Centre and walking to the event area. Parking and vehicle access along the waterfront will be restricted. Additional Blue Bus services will be available after the fireworks along Marine Drive between 13th and 25th Street and at Park Royal Shopping Centre.

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Safeway site planning team awaits owner’s word H.Y. Louie Group has options when it comes to lot’s use, says spokesperson REBECCA ALDOUS S TA F F R E P O RT E R

he spokesperson of the Safeway site project planning team is waiting to hear back from the owner on the development’s fate. Last week, West Vancouver council voted to encourage H.Y. Louie Group, the owner of the 1.4-acre lot at 1650 Marine Drive, to carry out further community engagement and revise its development proposal. The next move now sits with H.Y. Louie Group. “It is a question of what the owner wants to do under the current circumstances,” Andrew Pottinger said. The planning team is encouraged by council’s acknowledgement that the project — Ambleside Centre — is an important component of the

area’s revitalization, he said. H.Y. Louie Group originally unveiled two designs for the lot. Both included a 41,000-square-foot food store below street level, 16,800 square feet of above ground retail and office space and between 144 and 154 residents units. The difference between the designs was the height of the residential towers — one stood at 15 stories, while the other was 10 stories tall. Although the district elected that the plans presented not be considered further, future designs for the site will likely include a residential component because it is outlined for that area in the Official Community Plan, Pottinger noted. “I don’t think any kind of redevelopment of that site would be contemplated without residential,” he said. H.Y. Louie Group has alternative options when it comes to the site, Pottinger said. It could simply renew its lease with Safeway or build another food store on the lot. “The owner is going to decide what to do,” he said.

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orget cutting through red tape; the Marine Life Sanctuaries Society of B.C. is simply ignoring it. The society’s president, Roy Mulder, says he’s tired of seeing government studies on what marine habitats should be protected collect dust. Of the embarrassingly few marine life sanctuaries in B.C., many of them have levels of protection but few fall under full “no take zones,” says the North Vancouver resident. Mulder has been diving for 22 years. He says he’s seen how ineffective these levels of protections are. He’s found fishing lures that are stuck in, or have torn through, corals and sponges and hauled out abandoned crab traps that turn into “killing machines.” Mulder has also seen people catch rockfish and release them back into the water not realizing that by bringing the fish to the sea’s surface, the creatures’ swim bladders expand resulting in death. Recently divers and scientists have noticed signs of life returning to Howe Sound. But without help and protection the marine environment has little to no chance of full recovery, Mulder says. “We can’t wait for government,” he adds. And so the society has taken matters into its own hands. Its members took a pledge to voluntarily refrain from extracting marine organisms out of marine conservation areas and other marine reserves. Now it’s challenging North

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Shore residents to follow suit. “Fish aren’t cute and cuddly,” Mulder says. “If they had fur they would be easier to protect.” There are three parts to the society’s grassroots movement — education, stewardship and protection. This month the organization met with students on Bowen Island. The pupils gathered on a beach while divers brought up species for viewing. The society has also created videos of marine life in Howe Sound to take to West and North Vancouver schools. The stewardship part of the initiative involves residents becoming aware of locally protected marine areas and reporting and recording any violations in those zones. And the final component is the “no take” pledge. Simply put, the plan is to encourage the community to feel ownership of its marine habitat. “I think it is the only way we will be successful at saving it,” Mulder says. Twelve years ago the society’s members used to help conduct an annual fish count. The surveys stopped when the counts got so small; it wasn’t worth the divers’ time, Mulder says. He’s excited for the day when the fish numbers are up again. “I am passionate about this because of what I have seen in a very short period of time,” Mulder says. “We can make a change.” For more information on the Marine Life Sanctuaries Society of B.C. and its programs, visit www.mlssbc.com or check it out on Facebook.

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n Capt. John Clarkson’s office, there are more framed commendations than open real estate on the walls. It’s been a life devoted to the sea for Clarkson, a master mariner, and the years have increased the number of credentials he can add to his name. But Clarkson’s focus these days, as it’s been since he became the head of BCIT’s Marine Campus, isn’t just the waterways and coastlines of British Columbia, it’s the students. As the only marine training facility of its kind in Western Canada — other such institutions can COFFEE only be found in Ontario, WITH Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland — the Marine Sean Kolenko Campus has been at the core skolenko@northshore outlook.com of such studies for students on this side of the country for years. But with time comes change. Part of the education provided at the campus has been simulator-facilitated training. Students, for the past two decades, have learned various ship operations with the help of a simulator but, as technology tends to demand, an upgrade was necessary. So, in partnership with Transport Canada and with input from BC Ferries and other marine corporations, BCIT recently launched a new multi-million dollar marine simulator — a benchmark for marine training in Canada. “We had to make the change to meet industry needs,” says Clarkson. “And everything we do here is based on providing training for jobs and providing competence.” The centrepieces of the new simulator are seven new ship bridges, the continent’s only 360-degree tug towboat simulator and an engine room simulator. Screens, wheels and more but-

tons than a reporter would ever know what to do with, line nearly every inch of engine simulator’s two rooms. Outside the simulator, desks, whiteboards and overhead projectors fill traditional classrooms but this campus’ engine room is the stuff movie sets are made of. Clarkson says the school’s instructors have more than 6,000 potential engine malfunctions they can test students with, making it the most advanced system of its kind in the world. And when the audio system’s vibrating, louder-than-a-laymenwould-expect special effects are engaged, headphones are a must. “It’s science fiction,” says Sanjeev Sarwal, BCIT’s chief instructor of marine engineering, with a smile. Plans for the simulator aren’t restricted to the education of the BCIT student body. Clarkson says marine businesses from the region will be using the simulator to practise various strategies and determine if new plans can be executed or not. The cost effectiveness of such practise for marine professionals, he adds, is substantial. “This is a big issue, businesses need to assess their ability to handle a response,” says Clarkson. “But the key factor remains realism, and performing in as real as possible situations. Things can become very complicated and technically oriented. Running a ship today is becoming more and more difficult; even the tugs take a high degree of skill to operate. This training allows for that without having to spend the money by going out there and actually doing it.” skolenko@northshoreoutlook.com twitter.com/seankolenko

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The cat, the architect and one relenting house West Vancouver Museum’s West Coast Modern Home Tour set to go REBECCA ALDOUS S TA F F R E P O RT E R

ne of the first things Sherry Hancock noticed was the brown nylon carpet. It was so thick the cat’s claws would get caught in it, making soft popping sounds as she tried to gingerly walk across the sitting room. Then there were the pink walls and ceiling, Hancock adds with a frown. But looking past the gaudy facade, what she and her husband at the time, architect Jim Hancock, both saw were good bones. “I just knew I liked it,” she says while sitting in the open living area of the house she first entered 22 years ago. What the Hancocks had stumbled onto was also a bit of an architectural mystery. The house, which was then the cheapest listing in West Vancouver, had all the tag marks of West Coast Style – a design genre that began in the late 1930s with the work of a few avantgarde architects in North America’s Pacific Northwest. The rectangular house is built on a rock at the end of

a cul-de-sac in Gleneagles. It blends in with the surrounding forest and its windows, running along one side, open up the living space to the outdoors. Then there are the heavy 15-inch wide beams in the ceiling, which illustrate early principles of mid-century post and beam design. It was built in 1959, in a manner that resembled the work of famous Vancouver architecture firm Thompson, Berwick and Pratt. Founded in 1908 by Englishmen Charles Thompson and G.L.T. Sharp, the firm played a major role in the development of Vancouver’s and Canada’s architecture throughout the century. In 1913, the firm designed a large part of the University of British Columbia’s campus. Forty-four years later, it became internationally recognized for the B.C. Electric building on Burrard, which is now a residential tower known as the Electra. For many years the Hancocks’ house was thought by some to be a Thompson, Berwick and Pratt design – that was until Kiriko Watanabe started investigating. The West Vancouver Museum picked the house to be included in its West

Coast Modern Home Tour. As the museum’s assistant curator dug into the house’s history, Watanabe discovered it was built by Lauder and Tate. The Lauder in the company refers to Mel Lauder, a West Vancouver resident who built approximately 400 homes across the Lower Mainland, some of which housed Vancouver’s influential residents and are today recognized by the Vancouver Heritage Foundation. So Watanabe gave Lauder a ring. “It surprised me,” Lauder says of the phone call. “We did a lot of houses on the North Shore. I didn’t every think I would get a phone call like that.” Lauder started his company with his brother and a friend, Ken Tate. In the beginning, they designed and built houses, but as work picked up Lauder left the drawing part to the architects. He worked with many of Vancouver’s top names, including Barry Downs who started his career with Thompson, Berwick and Pratt. “I guess it rubbed off on me,” the 88-year-old says. continued, PAGE 10

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15th and Marine Drive. The wood for the house came from that yard. Lauder is a little taken back by the interest in his buildings. A while ago he was asked as a guest on an architecture tour through Vancouver. Many of the people attending the event were very knowledgeable, he says. Then, a few years

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ago, after the death of his brother, Lauderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nephew, who is also a builder, ask Lauder to visit the houses he and his brother had built. His nephew wanted to photograph them for his records. Houses today arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t built the same, Lauder says, noting people seem to focus on size rather than design. However, it would be difficult to emulate the post and beam architect, he says. When Lauder was in the business he could find perfect, straight beams that ran 40 feet in length. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think you would be hard pressed to get that nowadays,â&#x20AC;? he says, adding the 1,800-square-foot house the Hancocks call home cost $11,500 from ground to roof. But that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean today you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t construct an interesting and affordable home; one just has to be creative, Lauder adds. Some things never change â&#x20AC;&#x201C; good architecture is still good architecture. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important to recognize B.C.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great architects, Hancock says. As Langara Collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s department chair of design formation and an artist herself, Hancock appreciates the thought and creativity that went into her home. Hancock, her two daughters and Jim worked hard to restore the building. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think people realized [its architectural significance],â&#x20AC;? Hancock says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was begging to be rescued.â&#x20AC;? When they first moved in the hot water tank was shot, the toilet didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t work and they only had one working stove element. For a while they lived in the basement when the ceiling was given a new paint coat. It wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just the building that was molded over time, Hancock notes. The house changed them too. Daughter Stephanie pursued a career in interior designing while her other daughter Sara entered the health and nutrition field, which the house can take some credit, she says. Living among the trees

has made Hancock more aware of the environment. She notices the changes in the wind, the zigzag trails that â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mrs. Skunkâ&#x20AC;? leaves in her garden and the raccoons that sometimes nosily peer through the kitchen window. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You are totally in tune with nature,â&#x20AC;? she says, adding that a woodpecker has recently arrived in the neighbourhood. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a serenity about the place, mixed with a familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the vegetation patch, where one Easter the family hooked up the mammoth oil tank to their old BMWâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bumper and put the foot to the pedal. (Surprisingly, the bumper didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t rip off.) Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also the new study, which once was the war zone for both her daughtersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; clothes. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also new history in the making, like the studio Hancock is setting up downstairs. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a place where, with the girls now grown up, she hopes to re-engage her passion for watercolours. Hancockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also thinking of taking a paintbrush to some of the houseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s walls. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been researching the popular colours from the â&#x20AC;&#x2122;50s and â&#x20AC;&#x2122;60s. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is still an ongoing process,â&#x20AC;? she says fondly of her home.

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he calendar read the last Saturday in June and the clouds were building. But the McKee family wasn’t about to be held hostage inside all day because of a little threat of rain. The challenge: To see how much fun one family can squeeze into a Saturday on the North Shore. The McKees found lots to do; checking out everything from spa treatments to cars, computers, rooﬁng options and jewellery… with plenty of time out for some serious play at Capilano River Regional Park. Parents to three sons between the ages of two and six, Carson and Ivy McKee are in the

market for a new vehicle. The Suzuki SX4 – available at North Vancouver Suzuki – is designed with young families in mind: comfort and reliability are the main selling points. School may be out for the summer, however, pre-kindergarten kid Brigsby McKee and his older brother, Dexter, are always learning something new on the computer. Westcoast Computers is the McKees’ one-stop shop for the latest computer accessories and servicing. What mom doesn’t deserve a little pampering? Ivy checks in with Pender Medi Spa – just across the Lions Gate Bridge in Coal Harbour – to see about a massage and maybe some microdermabrasion.

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Hot summer weather is on its way – which means it’s time to start thinking about outdoor home projects. Carson and Ivy are environmentalists at heart. Enviroshake authentically replicates the look of a natural cedar shake, using 95 per cent recycled materials. Ivy’s birthday is coming in a couple weeks and Carson gets some hints from Romance Jewellers about ﬁnding a special present. Ivy has a penchant for multi-stone jewel necklaces and at Romance, he discovers exactly what she’s talking about. Take a look and see just exactly how the McKees spent One Day in June.

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Ar right, Dexter McKee – who enters grade 2 this fall – checks out the Acer Z5700 touch screen, desktop PC. $999.

Left, Carson McKee and son Brigsby lug their old iMac in for servicing at Westcoast/Concept Computers.

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Westcoast / Concept Computers has been in business in North Vancouver for 27 years. Repair, data recovery and new system set-ups are all part of the service here on Marine Drive.

These days, kids have a wealth of knowledge at their ﬁngertips, and touch-screen computers make for fun and easy learning. The Acer Z5700 is an all-in-one, touch screen, desktop PC -with all the bells and whistles. “Westcoast Computers specialize in selling small form factor, quiet computers,” explains Westcoast owner, Dwight Dubowits. Hand-held computers are the current craze, and the Acer Iconia Tab A500 and the Apple iPad 2 are currently duking it out in the electronics marketplace. The Acer advantage is its Android operating system which allows the user to visit every website out there; meanwhile, Apple’s iPad 2 wins the contest for most applications and it’s a bit lighter than some of the other tablets. Westcoast Computers prides itself on “doing the stuff that others stores won’t or can’t” when it comes to computer sales and servicing, such as data recovery, for example. “Anybody can sell you a box; we teach you how to set up your computer properly,” says Dubowits. Westcoast/Concept Computers 1259 Marine Drive, North Vancouver 778-340-0607

Dwight Dubowits, owner of Westcoast/Concept Computers, explains the differences between the iPad2 and the Acer Iconia tablets.

The McKee family lets the GPS on their Acer Iconia, Android tablet lead the way. ($500, Westcoast/Concept Computers)

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www.northshoreoutlook.com In the cozy consultation room Ivy reads up on the treatments offered at Pender Medi Spa.

A mom to three energetic young boys, Ivy McKee is in need of some time to herself. The tranquil environment at Pender Medi Spa is where she can unwind with a rejuvenating spa treatment or a relaxing massage. Ivy is looking to enhance her youthful looks with microdermabrasion - a soothing, non-invasive treatment that removes the outer layer of dead skin cells from the skin, using gentle exfoliation and suction. “You’re so young and pretty,” exclaims Dr. Ralph Bieg, medical director at Pender Medi Spa – after carefully inspecting Ivy’s face. While not recommended for Ivy, a non-surgical facelift - offered at Pender Medi Spa - is a safe and affordable solution for turning back the hands of time. “There is minimal downtime,” promises Dr. Bieg.

Some laser treatments can leave temporary redness on the skin. Colorescience powder makeup – with SPF 30 – has Ivy covered and ready to put her best face forward. $63.00

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Romance Jewellers sales associate Marlene Carruthers picks out two stunning watches for Ivy and Carson: a men’s Citizen Eco-drive watch: 36 diamonds, water resistant up to 100 metres, with alarm. $595. A ladies' Bulova timepiece: Swarvorski crystals, rose-tone band, mother-of-pearl dial. $315

spark in their customers' special relationships. Every woman has her own jewellery style, and Ivy is no different. She loves multi-faceted, jewel-tone pieces. Ivy has forever envisioned a gorgeous bauble for her slender fingers. “Victor [Nguyen] is the master goldsmith, no question,” affirms Romance sales associate, Marlene Carruthers. “He does exquisite custom work.” And Ivy’s in luck: Romance Jewellers has many quality stone sources. She might even find a rare gem in the display case. “We have been pulling in pink sapphires lately,” says Carruthers. Romance also carries Canadian diamonds – but they do get snapped up quickly. Carson is a sports-minded kind of guy with an appreciation for conversation pieces. Movado makes a minimalistic – yet sleek – watch, simply featuring two thin hands and one stunning crystal set on a metallic black dial. Romance Jewellers offers interest-free layaway for up to six months. They are a family-run business with roots in Lynn Valley for 16 years. Carson helps Ivy try on a multi-faceted, flower necklace featuring a 14-karat white gold chain embellished with citrine, peridot, garnet, London blue topaz and amethyst stones. $1395

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The Lighthouse Park Preservation Society hosts a photography competition

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The Lighthouse Park Preservation Society is asking people to visit their six-park network for its photo competition. The show’s entry deadline is August 31. Submitted image images must be handed in by the end of August. Up to three images can be entered per person. A jury consisting of members from the society, the North Shore Photographic Society, West Van Seniors’ Photo Club and Nature Vancouver will review the submissions. Selected photos will then be put on display at the West Vancouver Memorial Library for two months –from Nov. 6, 2011, to Jan. 8, 2012. Photographers in the show will

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Hollyburn’s VanOpen attracts top tennis players SEAN KOLENKO S TA F F R E P O RT E R

rom the upper deck of the Hollyburn Country Club, Downtown Vancouver appears quiet, its rat race all but silenced by the Burrard Inlet. The noise from this vantage point is a decidedly less intrusive — no engines, horns or squealing brakes. It’s tennis that fills the air. And with last week’s announcement of a $25,000 boost to the Hollyburn-hosted Odlum Brown VanOpen women’s prize money, the sound of professional tennis will be a staple at the club for years to come. “When you start a professional tournament, it’s not easy to keep it, or professional sports, around,” Ryan Clark, tournament director and CEO of Tennis BC, told The Outlook. “And with this announcement we’ve proved we can keep it here.” With the added $25,000, the VanOpen now offers a $100,000 purse for female competitors,

equal to that of the men’s draw. Clark hopes the jump in prize money will help organizers attract more young stars to West Vancouver, making the early August tourney a staple for players leading up to the U.S. Open later that month. The tournament’s 140 players and their agents, coaches and family members staying in the area for a week makes the tournament a boon for local businesses as well. North Shore tennis lovers, added Clark, will also benefit from the learning experience of having notable stars, of which Maria Sharapova and Andy Murray are alumni, in their backyards. Coaches, for instance, can continue coming to the event to see top world coaches in action and take what they learn back to their clubs. It’s all part, he said, of cultivating an international sports culture. “It’s great to have this tournament here, see the pros here,” said 13-year-old Kyryll Kryvchun, B.C.’s top under-14 male player

and a top-eight national competitor. “It’s great to have them teach us about tennis.” For North Van’s Stacey Fung, a top-four national player and under-14 doubles national championship winner, the chance to study the pros’ demeanor under pressure is invaluable. “I want to see their attitudes on court,” she said. “I want to see their attitudes, how they come back from being down.” Both Stacey and Kyryll attend nearby Sentinel secondary school and are a few years from leaving the high school ranks behind, but both have their eyes fixed on athletic scholarships or the professional tour when the time comes. “This past year has brought a big growth spurt and it’s really helping his game,” added Chris Stead, one of Kyryll’s coaches and head tennis pro at the West Vancouver Tennis Club. “He’s going to be a big power player and having great young players like him seeing top professionals up close is great. It will

North Shore tennis players Stacey Fung and Kyryll Kryvchun want to learn from the pros who will converge at the Odlum Brown VanOpen at the Hollyburn Country Club at the end of next month. Rob Newell photo give them the inspiration to say ‘I can do this.’” The Odlum Brown VanOpen runs from August 1 — 7, with qualifying rounds on July 30 and

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There’s lots of history behind the name of NV’s Little League park

hat’s the connection between an iconic Little League park, the Battle of Vimy Ridge, a North Van garden wedding in 1919, sprinter Harry Jerome’s first North Van home and a 1975 rugby game? The short answer is the name Zuehlke. For the long answer, you’ll have to read on. Tucked behind Kinsmen Field – in the recreation complex spanning the five blocks on Jones Avenue between Mahon Park and Carson Graham Secondary – sits Chris Zuehlke Memorial Park Zuehlke Park is the home of North Van Central Little League. The little stadium – like it’s done for the past 48 years – will host the 17-day 201l North Shore (District 5) Little League majors all-star tournament beginning July 1. But this season is much different because the park has seen a major upgrade in preparation for hosting, for the first time, the Canadian Little League championships Aug. 6-13. This means the ballpark (along with the Zuehlkeburgers sold at the concession stand) will be the destination goal (and favourite fare) INSTANT not only for every 11- and REPLAY 12-year-old ballplayer across the North Shore Len Corben and the country, but also lencorben@yahoo.ca for everyone who loves a good ballgame played by miniature major leaguers. So who was Chris Zuehlke and why is the park named after him? As a kid, Zuehlke was a fine athlete. He played in the Gordon Sturtridge League (1961-64) for Harvey Sedgwick’s Rough Riders, winners of the majors division in both 1962 and when Chris quarterbacked the team in 1964 with younger brother Buzz as the centre. In the North Van Jaycee (now Central) Little League – when home plate was west of where the right field foul pole is now located – Zuehlke was a dominant pitcher and hitter for Elks (1959-61). He starred for Army & Navy in the North Van Babe Ruth League (1962-64) out of Mahon Park and with Burdetts of the Connie Mack League (1965-67). The family scrapbook displays clippings showing his numerous one- and two-hitters (plus a homer and a 6-0 Little League no-hitter fashioned on May 29, 1960) thanks to game line scores which actually appeared in the Vancouver daily papers in those days. Zuehlke was the star pitcher-shortstop who led North Van Babe Ruth all-stars all the way to the final game of the Pacific Northwest playoffs in Ketchikan, Alaska in 1964. He was 4-0 on the mound and a team-leading .367 at the plate in 10 B.C. and PNW games. A 1966 North Van High grad and a UBC BA recipient in 1970, at which time he became a carpenter with Burdett Construction, he was playing front row for Capilano Rugby Club’s second division team and fastpitch with Big Bird Sound, coaching baseball and heading up the Jaycee Little League’s umpiring crew, when tragedy struck.

The park named after Chris Zuehlke (at right) is in the spotlight this summer. Above: Len Corben photo / Right: North Van Archives collection

Ten minutes into a Capilanos game versus Trojans at Vancouver’s Balaclava Park on April 12, 1975, the scrum collapsed and Zuehlke’s vertebra snapped. He died in Lions Gate Hospital three days later at age 26. Jaycee Park was re-named Chris Zuehlke Memorial Park during the following season’s opening ceremonies 35 years ago on April 24, 1976. Now you have the connection between the park and rugby but what about Vimy Ridge, the 1919 garden wedding and Harry Jerome? Well, you need to know that the Zuehlkes are a pioneer North Van family, going back almost 100 years. To piece together the family history, I picked the detailed memories of Buzz, who still lives here, and parents, Fred and Marie, now retired in Chilliwack. Then came many hours combing B.C. vital events records and mytrees.com on the Internet, along with microfilm of marriage and death certificates at the West Van library. I now feel like a fullfledged member of the Zuehlke clan. The Zuehlke story begins in Prussia in the 1820s where Frederick Zuehlke and Caroline Horn were born and later married. They had Frank and another son before immigrating about 1857 to Canada and the German community of Berlin (now Kitchener), Ontario, where six more children were born. Sometime after 1868, the family moved 160 miles across the border to Michigan’s Marlette Township, north of Detroit. Frank married Barbara Frenzel from Galt, Ontario, in 1872 when they were just 19 and 18. They had twins to start and a total of 10 children, though three died by age six. Some Zuehlkes moved to the Spokane area of Washington Territory before it became a state in 1889. Frank and Barb’s youngest child, Fred, was born in Waterville, Washington, on Feb. 25, 1893. The Zuehlkes became friends with John and Marie Turville, farmers who had a brood of daughters including Margaret, or Dolly as she was called ever since she was a cutie born in Spokane on May 6, 1892. The Zuehlke and Turville families both migrated to central Alberta and when the Great War began, Fred went off to fight, taking part in two of the First World War’s most famous Canadian battles at Ypres and Vimy Ridge. While attack-

ing the ridge on Easter Monday, April 9, 1917, Fred was shot with a Luger at close range, necessitating the amputation of his left arm. Just prior to the war, the Turvilles moved to North Van at 428 Lyon Place, a blocklong street parallel to Keith Road and one block north between Ridgeway and Moody. Their garden became the site of five Turville weddings from 1917-22 including the one between childhood friends Fred and Dolly on March 13, 1919. The grand home is still there, two houses east of where Harry Jerome lived at 416 Lyon after his family moved from Winnipeg in 1951. Fred and Dolly’s first of two children was Bill Zuehlke, delivered by Dr. E. A. Martin on Oct. 26, 1922, in a nursing home/hospital run by a Mrs. Ellingson at Lonsdale and 18th. Bill married Marie Mahoney of Penticton in 1947. Besides Chris and Buzz, they had two daughters, Deanne and Maureen. Frank and Barb lived at 418 West 15th by Mahon Park from at least the early 1920s until both died at 88 in April 1941. Fred and Dolly had a house at 146 West 17th from shortly after their 1919 marriage until their passing in 1978 and 1979 at age 85 and 86. Bill and Marie bought two lots next door for $200 apiece at the end of the Second World War and built their own home at 150 West 17th. That’s where Chris and his siblings grew up, two blocks from Mahon Park and three more to the park now named for him. As you can see, Chris Zuehlke Memorial Park has quite a history. This is episode 424 from Len Corben’s treasure chest of stories - the great events and the quirky - that bring to life the North Shore’s rich sports history.

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Local divers heading to Canadian championships Four teenagers from the North Shore Dolphin Dive Club have qualified to compete in the Canadian Jr. National Diving Championships in Quebec in July. Alison Komlos, Rebecca Underdown, Nick Nepomuceno and Sam Braun each earned their place at the nationals by achieving top scores not once, but twice, at provincial level competitions. Komlos and Nepomuceno each qualified on two boards, one and three metres, surpassing the required scores on each board of 190 for the 1 m and 200 for the 3m. Underdown will compete on the 1 m, readily achieving more than the required 245 pts for her age category. Braun pulled off an amazing three qualifications, with scores topping the requisite 230 on 1 m, 240 on 3 m and 225 on tower. Team members consistently achieve podium placement thanks to their own determination and to their coach Kostya Karibyan who is assisted by Stuart Malcolm and Soraya Mazhari and YanYang who coaches tower in Vancouver. The club also offers a Learn to Dive program.

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A new watchdog West Van dedicates money to dog bylaw enforcement REBECCA ALDOUS S TA F F R E P O RT E R

he Spots and Rovers of West Vancouver now have their own bylaw enforcement officer. Last week, council voted to allocate $42,000 to employ a temporary bylaw officer on a six-month trial period to increase compliance with the district’s dog regulations. Last year, the municipality’s bylaw department received 463 dog-related calls — complaints about everything from unlicensed dogs to owners failing to pick up after their pets. The district currently employs five bylaw officers to enforce West Van’s bylaws, including ani-

mal control. Council recently approved a policy that bylaw officers work to promote awareness about being respectful dog owners and enforcing the municipality’s doggie laws. But the bylaw officers say they’re too busy to do this, stated in a report to council. The hiring of an officer is a proactive approach to balancing the desires of responsible dog owners and citizens who are less comfortable with man’s best friends. The new bylaw officer will educate dog owners on West Van’s on-leash park policies and hand out free poo-bag holders that attach onto dog’s leashes. Fines for having ones dog off leash in an on leash area can run as high as $135. At the end of the trial, staff will include a comparison of calls for service related to dog control before and after the pilot program. From there, council will decided on whether to continue the program.

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Scotiabank Canadian Open Fastpitch International Championships provides plenty to cheer about three women’s fastpitch events in the world for 2011, and will feature more than 400 ball games, 1,300 athletes and 80 teams from around the world. One of those players is North Vancouver’s Jennifer Kuan. Not only is she the number one pitcher for the Richmond Islanders 94 (Futures Gold 18U) but she also has the best batting and on base average of all the girls on the team. She travels over an hour to play ball every time she practises and has a game. An honour roll student, Kuan has been struck by tragedy in her life. Almost two years ago she lost one of her coaches to a heart attack. It was a double blow for her because he was her father. Dennet Kuan loved softball

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and was Jennifer’s main inspiration and influence in her game. Her coach Sam Young says that she is a great example to all her teammates of someone who can overcome anything in their lives and continue to be a first class leader. “This event is important to the game on so many levels,” said Softball Canada president Kevin Quinn. “To all the players, through all the divisions, it is a chance to measure yourself against the best at your level of competition in a fun, professionally organized tournament. “Lifetime memories are made here.” There will be three divisions of play - Women’s, Futures (under-19) and Showcase (under-16) - and all the International and Women’s Elite games

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will be held at Softball City in South Surrey. Joining Team Canada in the Women’s International division will be top-ranked and 2010 ISF Women’s World Champion Team USA, Team Japan, Team Venezuela and Team Australia. Canada won the Bronze medal at last year’s ISF Women’s World Championships. In the Women’s Elite division, the host club, the White Rock Renegades, will be taking on teams from California, Venezuela, and Nanjing, China. The host Renegades will have a total of six teams taking part in the Open Championship. British Columbia will be well-represented at this year’s championship. Joining the Renegades will be the Abbotsford Outlaws, Burnaby Oakeys, Cloverdale Fury, Delta Heat, Duncan Red Hots, Fleetwood Force, Fraser Valley Fusion, Kelowna Heat, Langley Rebels, Okanagan Elite Gold, PoCo Rage, Richmond Islanders, Ridge Meadows Pride, South Delta Invaders, Strawberry Vale Stealth, Surrey Storm and Victoria Devils. From elsewhere in Canada, Surrey will be joined by clubs from Alberta and Saskatchewan, as well as American clubs from Alaska, Arizona, California and Hawaii. Tickets can be purchased at CanadianOpen Fastpitch.com, as well as at the parks. The action kicks off at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 9 with women’s play, as the White Rock Renegades face-off with the California A’s. The third-place and first-place games will be played on Saturday July 17 at 1:30 and 6:30 p.m., respectively. On top of what will happen on the diamond, all in attendance will be treated to some special events during the festivities. Young softball players aged eight to 16 can sign up for the Shaw Youth Clinics (between now and June 30) for a chance to play with and learn from some of the world’s top-ranked teams. Registration is available online at CanadianOpenFastpitch.com. Visit the Scotiadome marquee tent for the Celebration of Softball, which offers a number of activities and exhibits for kids, parents and players. There will also be a Softball Heroes marquee tent, where past superstars, umpires, local coaches and other heroes in the softball world will be on-hand to enlighten and entertain you with stories and conversation. There will also be a “Guys Night Out,” a special night dedicated to the boys and men of fastpitch in B.C. Both Softball Heroes and the Celebration of Softball are free with admission to the Scotiabank Canadian Open Fastpitch International Championship. Of course, all of this is possible with the help of 450 volunteers who have given their time to help make this tournament one of the world’s largest fastpitch championships. “A championship of this scope requires an enormous amount of planning and commitment on the part of the tournament committee to incorporate essentially three tournaments into one event,” said Dennis Bidin, president of Softball B.C. “This championship allows all of our softball fans an opportunity to see what can be accomplished by dedication, hard work and focusing on goals to be the best in your sport.” This year, fans and spectators will also be able to participate in the coverage of this event. Upload your photos to Flickr, join in the conversation on Facebook, and use #COFP11 on Twitter to join in the fun and report what you’re seeing from the stands of the ballparks. Specific instructions will be available online at BCLocalNews.com. In addition, Black Press and its local coverage will be providing exclusive coverage of the championship, with videos, stories and multimedia going up on BCLocalNews.com. Don’t miss our special feature section, and visit our site for links to follow the action live with Pointstreak Sports Technologies real-time scoring, as well as live streaming video provided by SportsCanada.tv. These services are available on both CanadianOpenFastpitch.com and BCLocalNews. com.

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