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A North Vancouver man is dead after being struck by a suspected drunk driver.
Police say the victim, a 31-year-old man, was crossing Lonsdale Avenue in the marked crosswalk at Fourth Street just before midnight on Thursday when the driver of a black Cadillac Escalade pickup heading north failed to stop. “He was struck and thrown a short distance to the side of the road,” said Cpl. Richard De Jong, North Vancouver RCMP spokesman. “He had very serious injuries. He was rushed to Lions Gate where he died as a result of his injuries.” There were several witnesses to the collision who stayed at the scene to give statements to police. The driver of the pickup, a 48-year-old North Vancouver resident, also stayed at the scene and was arrested. The RCMP called in its integrated collision analysis and reconstruction service for
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Erin Kate Moore memorial in plans for PJ playground JEREMY SHEPHERD jshepherd@nsnews.com
It will be a sanctuary for birds, a memorial for a daughter, a classroom and a playground – depending on how much money can be raised.
With one season to go before shovels are due to hit the ground, parents at École Pauline Johnson are in the midst of a last push to raise approximately $475,000 for a new community park. “We need to get all our funding in place,” said Eileen Huster, media co-ordinator for the group. “We’re looking to start building this summer, so as much as we can get raised by then, that’s what we’ll build.” Reaching far beyond monkey bars, landscape architect
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SEAHAWK SIGHTING Linebacker Bobby Wagner of the Seattle Seahawks tries on the sunglasses belonging to a Ridgeway elementary student during a visit to the North Vancouver school Thursday. Wagner was there promoting the NFL’s Play 60 physical fitness program. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH
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This year, to commemorate 30 years as an anchor in the community, Lonsdale Quay Market has lots of fun events and activities planned, starting with a special event each Saturday in April. Visitors can expect to see a range of activities celebrating everyone’s favourite elements of the Market; events will include collaborative art pieces, food and wine workshops, a special family event day, foodie tours, and birthday cake of course. Also, back by popular demand – Frozen characters Elsa and Anna will return to the Market, along with some favourite Star Wars characters. Celebration Saturdays will finish on April 30 with a particularly exciting event – the Market’s first-ever long table dinner, “Corks
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High school can be difficult for some students, especially if they are also dealing with other issues that affect their learning. The North Vancouver school district offers a program called Choices that provides support for students facing a variety of challenges. Choices instructor Sheri Agosti works with student Cheryl Yu in the Choices classroom at Handsworth secondary. PHOTOS MIKE WAKEFIELD
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Imagine for a moment that you are startled awake in the middle of the night.
Sitting up quickly in bed, you scan the room for any sign of what woke you but the dark is hard to penetrate. The silence is deafening. Suddenly you hear a loud bang downstairs. Your heart jumps into your throat. Did the cat knock something over or was it the patio door being forced open? Another loud bang, a crash. Then something that sounds like footsteps. Your pulse is racing and all your muscles tense. You feel cold and hot at the same time. Your stomach drops and you feel nauseous. You’re sweating and shaking. Now you’re dizzy too. Should you run and hide or stay where you are? You don’t know what’s going on, but you do know something terrible is about to happen. Although this scenario is fake, these types of feelings are all too real for many people who live with panic attacks and anxiety disorders. While they may not actually be facing an external or internal threat, physical and emotional reactions that occur, often spontaneously, make them feel like they are. People with anxiety or panic disorders regularly experience feelings of dread, fear, and panic mixed with potent physical symptoms (racing heart, nausea, dizziness, and more) that are linked to the fight-or-flight response, a natural physiological process with good intentions gone awry. Sometimes there’s a specific, identifiable trigger, sometimes there isn’t. Although treatable in many cases, living with an anxiety disorder can be a challenge, especially for teens, who are also navigating the
already tricky world of adolescence. “It’s not only just something that’s in your brain. It’s all over your body. It effects everything you do. It can really change your life,” says 15-year-old Laura Kiudorf. The Grade 10 Seycove secondary student has dealt with anxiety for many years. “It’s not something I’ve made up to get attention. I can’t speak for everybody but I know that for me anxiety is horrible and you can feel like you’re going to die. And sometimes I get symptoms like I feel really sick or really dizzy or my heart’s racing and I don’t even know it’s because of anxiety.” Kiudorf’s condition, which also included depression, was so bad she spent some time in hospital when she was in Grade 8 and missed a lot of school. From February of that year until the end of the semester she attended a therapeutic day program at Mountainside secondary in North Vancouver then started Grade 9 at Seycove the following semester. Last year, Kiudorf spoke to teachers at the school about anxiety and what it feels like. She shared her personal experience hoping it might help instructors get a better sense of what students with an anxiety disorder face every day. “It’s just important when you’re in the bad days that you just, you’re like, ‘Oh, I’m just going to give this one more year,’ and then hopefully by the time that time comes around you’ll be in a good space,” says Kiudorf of her struggle to stay in school. Despite her challenges, Kiudorf is working toward graduation and hopes to attend a post-secondary program focused on sciences, perhaps nursing or psychology, but if it wasn’t for the help of a unique program available to
students in the district Kiudorf says she would likely not be passing any of her courses, and might not even be attending school at all. Kiudorf is part of the Choices program at Seycove, and because of it, “this year has been really good,” she notes. Choices is an intervention piece in place at all North Vancouver secondary schools that offers a tiered system of support for students with mental wellness issues, behaviour or social-emotional challenges, or those experiencing a life crisis point but want to remain in their mainstream school. As part of the program, Kiudorf is able to complete the regular school curriculum with her peers and has a full course load, but she can access the Choices classroom at any point in the day for emotional or academic support. The staff there know what she’s dealing with and what works for her. “It really is that kind of team approach to supporting kids in their mainstream school,” explains Maureen Stanger, district principal of the North Vancouver Distributed Learning School and head of the Choices program. Now in its fifth year, the pilot for the program started at Sutherland secondary then expanded to Seycove for the second semester of that same year, and to all the remaining North Vancouver secondary schools the following September. “I think it’s an amazing program because I actually, believe it or not, don’t hate school and Choices makes it so if I’m too anxious I can go to Choices, I can do my work, I can actually attend school on a regular basis,” says Kiudorf. Tracing the history of the program, Stanger says it first came up during the school district’s 2010 budgeting process when several
stand-alone alternate programs in place at the time were evaluated. “Budget was part of it but really it became more about how can we service students better and make our alternate programs more efficient?” explains Stanger. A committee was formed to look at options and, after visiting other districts to observe their approach, the Choices program was designed for the North Vancouver school district to provide an in-school intervention option. “We’ve always had academic supports in place for kids. We’ve always had learning assistance programs, but this one is a bit different, it’s like learning assistance on steroids because you’re also working with behaviour, social, emotional, and mental health as well,” says Stanger. Previously, alternate programs for students were provided at the Lucas Centre and Keith Lynn Alternative Secondary School. Those programs have now been consolidated into a new alternative program at Mountainside secondary, the former Balmoral school site. However, when the district was considering re-jigging their alternate programs, the committee surveyed students and were told many of them would prefer to stay in their mainstream schools so that they could remain connected to social groups or play on sports teams. The Choices program was developed with that in mind. “Our mandate is to support student learning and support student success, and we were realizing that some of our students weren’t
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graduating because they were going through crisis points in their life or they had mental health issues that were either undiagnosed or not supported in their system,” explains Stanger. Choices currently enrols about 220 students across the six North Vancouver secondary schools. Students who may be in need of support are identified by teachers or school counsellors and options are discussed at a meeting of the school-based resource team (with parent permission). “The school itself has a lot of power to do interventions and adaptations even before they suggest Choices support,” says Stanger. “But then when they get to the point that they see the behaviour or social-emotional pieces are really interfering for that student they might recommend Choices.” What’s particularly unique about the program is the spectrum approach and continuity it offers with wrap-around services between all the district’s supports, including academic supports, Mountainside secondary, and some community supports as well. Each Choices school team consists of a counsellor, a youth engagement worker, and a Choices teacher. Students in the program are assigned to one of three tiers. Tier 1 (the lowest level of intervention in the program) features support outside of class time. For example, a student may need to check in with the Choices teacher before classes start in the morning to get help preparing for the day. They may do some mindfulness or breathing exercises, or design a plan for success for the day ahead. Tier 2 offers more intense support. Students in this tier still attend all of their mainstream classes and can access the Choices classroom at lunch and after school, but they can also go during class time if needed. For example, a student with an anxiety disorder may want to eat lunch with a smaller social circle in a supported way, or may need to take tests in a less stressful environment. Tier 2 also offers what Stanger calls an “exit strategy.” Students in Tier 2 can access
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Maureen Stanger is the district principal for the Choices program, which is currently in place at all North Vancouver secondary schools. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD the Choices team in a crisis situation, for example if a student with an anxiety disorder is having a panic attack or is so anxious he or she can’t even enter their classroom. Having the Choices classroom as an alternative to going home helps keep the student at school and provides support to finish academic work. Tier 3 of the Choices program features even more intense support. Students in this tier spend a specific block of their regular schedule in the Choices classroom. During their Choices block, students work on the courses they are attending in the mainstream program with the support of the Choices team. Tier 3 also features a course developed in North Vancouver called Self Efficacy. The elective course is for students in grades 10, 11, and 12, and counts towards graduation. Students in Tier 3 can work on this course during their Choices time. The course is about self-regulation, mindfulness, and understanding mental wellness issues. It is taught by the Choices teacher at the school. “It’s a great course, and our Choices teachers are doing amazing things in that course,” says Stanger. Each school has a dedicated space for its Choices program that has been designed to be both comfortable and productive, with group and individual work areas. Most of the spaces also have some sort of food facility, such as a mini-fridge, because part of what the district recognized was that a lot of students who were struggling were hungry. Eating regularly is an important part of basic physical and mental wellness. Individual schools may also
have a breakfast or lunch program. The design of the program also includes a conscious decision to allow movement between the tiers to provide continuity of support and so that a student doesn’t get stuck in a program that may have stopped working for them. As a student progresses through grades, they may taper off or add more support so they can move through the different tiers as necessary. Choices is not meant to be a full-time program. It’s meant to be an intervention and a support, adds Stanger. The tiers offer a spectrum of support intended to intervene early when a student is struggling so they can remain in their school and graduate. “Our take on it is we still are an academic program in an academic school and our goal is to get kids to graduate,” says Stanger. “We’re not perfect. We’re still evolving. Each year we’re trying different things, trying to add different layers on there, trying to fix up our process pieces. I think it’s always going to be an evolving thing.” A number of students have graduated and gone on to post-secondary programs after using Choices and Stanger says she doesn’t see the program going away anytime soon. It’s an important piece of the puzzle the school district offers that includes a variety of academic support programs, full-day alternate programming, and online courses. “It’s this huge community of support trying to give students alternate pathways to graduation when students need something different,” says Stanger.
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the street and sat at the bus stop where police arrested him. “(The victim) had a lot of people around him trying to help him. That’s sort of where I take comfort. He wasn’t alone,” said Michele Matheson, Zieper’s partner. “Our friend was there trying to render first aid to this poor man, trying to get an airway established, trying to get him to breath. But he was in shock.” De Jong couldn’t say where the suspect was
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Money is falling from the trees in North Vancouver, almost literally.
For the third time in a month, a citizen has turned in a mysterious wad of cash to police. This time, a North Vancouver man out hiking with his wife on Tuesday came across an envelope containing what police describe as a “considerable amount of cash” lying in the middle of a trail. “He literally had to step over it,” said Cpl. Richard de Jong, spokesman for the North Vancouver RCMP. Police won’t say how much cash was found or reveal which trail it was found on. But de Jong said there was a name written on the white envelope. Anyone missing their money who can identify where it was found and the name written on the envelope can claim their cash at the North Vancouver RCMP detachment. The discovery of the cash is the third time in recent weeks that citizens have turned in money to police. In the last incident, two weeks ago, another North Vancouver man was walking down the street in a wellknown business district when he stumbled across a substantial amount of money lying on the sidewalk. He turned it in to police. Two weeks earlier, a woman on her lunch break found $200 in $20 bills hanging out of a bank machine and turned it in. In that case, the bank was able to track down the rightful owner. But so far nobody has
come forward to claim the last two piles of cash. De Jong said he doesn’t have an explanation for why money keeps mysteriously turning up in public. “I don’t think North Vancouver in particular has more cash lost than other communities,” he said. De Jong said it might mean communities on
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.C. has now earned the dubious distinction of having the lowest minimum wage in the country. That happened Friday, after New Brunswick – previously the province with the lowest hourly wage – raised its minimum wage to $10.65, surpassing B.C.’s rate of $10.45. It’s a case of how moving very, very slowly can be awfully close to standing still. It’s not hard to see how this occurred. The minimum wage was frozen at $8/hour for a decade between 2001 and 2011. Only after that did it gradually start to rise. B.C. is set to soon announce another increase that will go into effect in September. But a growing number of critics are suggesting the 10 to 30 cents an hour expected isn’t nearly enough. Those behind a campaign for minimum wage of $15 an hour say bigger increases are
needed to bring the lowest wage earners above the poverty line. They raise some good points. While the B.C. economy is often touted as “booming” compared to other parts of the country, it’s clear that is not the case for everyone. Low-wage workers tend to be those in the service sector and are disproportionately women. While the minimum wage has crawled upwards in the past five years, the same can’t be said for the costs of necessities like rent, food and hydro, which have surged. Making ends meet in the Lower Mainland on minimum wage – even for those who work more than full time – is next to impossible. There is something inherently unfair about that. Now could be an excellent moment to consider how B.C. can stop winning this particular race to the bottom.
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And by “I had children” I of course mean “my wife had children while I used my cellphone to time her contractions and check baseball scores.” It was important to me that my children came into the world in a loving, peaceful environment that prioritized fatherly involvement and good on-base percentage. Regardless, with two children now under my care and more than five years of daddy duty under my belt, my friends who are just now having babies or planning on starting families in the near future often come to me with questions, particularly about adding a second child to the mix. The short answer is it’s like living in a rowdy bar – there’s singing, crying, punching, dancing, lots of yelling and every once in a while someone whips a bottle at your head. I do my best to share my
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down under a small overhang, digging into our rations and waiting out the storm. For some reason it reminded me of Denzel Washington’s character in The Book of Eli, striding and surviving through a postapocalyptic world. Except we barely saw another soul so I didn’t have to rummage through my backpack for my sawed-off shotgun. If we had been cooped up at home the boys would have been fighting each other like bandits going after the last piece of nuke-charred crow meat. Instead we wandered the wilds in what became one of my favourite days spent with the boys. TIP 2, FROM SPEED: DON’T SLOW DOWN This one is an extension of Tip 1. Trouble starts when
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was the perfect plan for keeping things moving all day. It doesn’t have to be an organized sport, but keeping the action moving is a great way to avoid catastrophe. And it never hurts to recruit Sandra Bullock. TIP 3, FROM THE HUNGER GAMES: FEED THE PEOPLE This one is pretty simple – hunger is bad. If you don’t keep everyone properly fed and watered, the youth of the family will be singled out and forced to battle to the death with swords and poison bees. This is not a fair system: I’d like to think that when my boys choose to battle to the death, they are exercising their own free will. Or they just really want that piece of Lego. Anyway, keep snacks with you at all times and you may avoid the more severe crossbow injuries. I hope these tips help. May the odds be ever in your favour. And when they’re not, may the hospital be ever in your speed dial. aprest@nsnews.com
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Dear Editor: Open letter sent to West Vancouver mayor and council: Please do not demolish Lawson Creek Studios. I am one of the painters who rent this space weekly as a member of the North Shore Artists Guild. I also take weekend art workshops in this space. Lawson studios is an asset to the community. It has been renovated in recent years at taxpayers’ expense. Lawson
studios is on higher ground than The Music Box and Silk Purse, and thus less vulnerable to flooding during king tides. Lawson studios is well used by artists and other community groups. The vibrancy of the West Vancouver waterfront includes the children’s playground, the seawall, and arts and culture events. While painting on Tuesdays, members of the public stop to watch us and to inquire about
our work. If Lawson studios is demolished before erecting the planned arts and cultural centre, artists would no longer have space to create or opportunity to interact with our community. There is a history of supporting artists on the West Vancouver waterfront. Please help this community tradition continue by not removing Lawson studios. Rene Corbett West Vancouver
Ambleside art studios must go
Dear Editor: Ambleside artist studios (I believe we are now up to four), which cater to a very small minority, should not be taking
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QUOTES OF THE WEEK: These are ways of giving the learner the information they need from a mannequin.” — Education lead Karen Schafer discusses a Lions Gate Hospital program in which hospital staff simulate life and death situations with hyper-realistic dummies (from a March 27 Sunday Focus story).
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The entire fare gate experience has been a complete debacle.” — SeaBus commuter and Vancouver lawyer Michael Doherty critiques the new transit infrastructure he blames for sporadic bottlenecks (from a March 30 news story).
He basically got himself in a real panic because he thought he was going to die.” — North Shore Rescue team leader Mike Danks recounts the rescue of a delirious, hypothermic snowboarder who inadvertently went out of bounds on Mount Seymour (from an April 1 news story).
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Cornelia Oberlander incorporated an outdoor classroom, wetlands, amphitheatre and log climbing area into her design of the park. Dubbed the doyenne of landscape architecture, Oberlander’s work includes an embassy in Berlin, Germany, the New York Times building courtyard, and Robson Square in Vancouver, which was done in collaboration with Arthur Erickson. Intrigued with the PAC’s efforts, Oberlander offered her designs pro bono. “We couldn’t afford to pay her regular rate, that’s for sure,” Huster said with a chuckle. Oberlander’s work has a special significance for many in the community, as the log and boulder climbing area is set to be a memorial to Erin Kate Moore, who died in a hiking accident in Lions Bay at the age of seven in 2014. “When she passed away, which was just such a shock to the community, her family wanted to do something to honour her memory and the memory of all the families who have lost someone,” Huster said. Erin’s parents, Elizabeth and Michael, are helping
Kyra Williams Smiljanic shows her son Luca plans for the playground of the future. Olivia Smiljanic, Victoria Mendes, Elizabeth Moore, Olivia Mendes and Sofia Huster look over some of the highlights of the new park including an amphitheatre, outdoor classroom, and wetlands, as well as a log and boulder climbing area. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD raise money for the project. Elizabeth Moore has maintained a blog following the death of her daughter, titled Anatomy of Grace. “As I pass her school, I
imagine her in the sunshine on the monkey bars striving, striving to improve her movement back and forth without pausing or dropping to the ground,” she wrote.
The family have chosen to remember Erin’s life through the playground. “However, we encourage parental participation in this project to celebrate the
life and spirit of your own children – their play, joy and exuberance as much as a memorial to our own child,” the Moores stated on the PJ Community Park website.
The notion of refurbishing the school’s playground came about three years ago, but when parents inspected the hefty price tag, a realization dawned on them. “For that money we could do something that’s really interesting and new and much more in tune with nature,” Huster said. Playing outside is frequently associated with longer attention spans, less stress, and a better ability to assess risk, Huster noted. When finished, the price is expected to be somewhere between $450,000 and $500,000, she said. At the moment, Huster estimated they’re probably close to halfway there, with no small thanks owing to community generosity. British Pacific Properties has pledged to donate aggregate, timber and boulders as well as the labour to get it to the park. On April 7, Whole Foods in West Vancouver is set to donate five per cent of their sales to the park. Area preschools and the West Vancouver Seniors’ Activity Centre have also promised to lend a hand. “This is really, truly meant to be a community amenity, it’s not a school park only,” Huster explained.
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BRIGHTLIGHTS! by Paul McGrath SD 45 One.five The opening reception for the photographic exhibition SD 45 One.five took place at the West Vancouver Museum on Wednesday night. The show is guest curated by West Vancouver secondary teacher Jackie Wong for the Capture Photography Festival in collaboration with the museum’s education co-ordinator, Isaac Vanderhorst. The exhibition features the photographs of 21 West Vancouver students and seven other West Vancouver citizens, including an education administrator, a politician, an architect and artists. All participants were invited to document their community and, in doing so, show their perceptions of the cultural, economic, social and physical settings and landmarks of West Vancouver and how it defines these groups and individuals and the links between them. The exhibition will remain on display until Tuesday. westvancouvermuseum.ca
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Head up, shoulders back and chest out. The classic direction elders would prompt to slouchy teens is being used to help seniors improve their awareness and balance in a self-defence program.
Starting Wednesday, April 6, Silver Harbour Seniors’ Activity Centre will be hosting Stand Strong: Safety Strategies for Seniors run by Fit4Defense Program founder Suzanne Jean. By focusing on setting boundaries, increasing assertiveness and selfconfidence, Jean and her team of instructors will help seniors properly address and respond to negative scenarios in their day-to-day life. “Self-defence is a lot about self-confidence,” said Jean. “Being able to walk around with your head up and look people in the eye, it makes a big difference when you’re in the community. Folks will look quite vulnerable, so a lot of it is being able to understand how to improve that stability and stance, and that ability to improve what their vital points are and to do wrist releases so people can’t grab them.” Fit4Defense was originally started as an anti-bullying program for at-risk youth, but once the popularity of the program grew, Jean saw the benefits of expanding the curriculum to include seniors. “We really saw a connection to be able to use the program to really focus on building stability and flexibility and awareness, so we modified the curriculum for that age group and it’s been tremendously successful,” she said. To get the class moving, instructors have participants hit focus pads, which Jean says is a great stress buster. But physical
Fit4Defense Program founder Suzanne Jean invites community members to register for Stand Strong: Safety Strategies for Seniors, a six-session program designed to help participants build confidence and a sense of well-being, improving their personal and street safety, launching this Wednesday at Silver Harbour Seniors’ Activity Centre. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN fitness is only one part of the strategy, forming boundaries and teaching seniors how to say “no” is a large part of the curriculum to help build mental strength and assertiveness. “That generation, being able to express themselves assertively, is not something they have a lot of practice in we’ve discovered,” explained Jean. “We also cover things like dealing with telemarketers, saying no to somebody, setting boundaries,
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/ SUPPORTING PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES North Shore ConneXions Society (ConneXions) is a non-profit organization that supports families and serves children and adults living with a developmental disability. Our vision is a community where all people with disabilities have equal opportunities to lead active, fulfilling lives and are recognized as contributing members of the community.
Making a difference… one ConneXions volunteer at a time! National Volunteer Appreciation Week: Sunday April 10th – Saturday April 16th, 2016 Every day we are thankful to our dedicated volunteers who continuously share their valuable time and experiences with the people of ConneXions. Last year, we supported existing and new volunteers
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Planned giving provides: ● Control over your finances ● Increased peace of mind ● A chance to make a significant difference By making a commitment to support our Society, you will: ● Help expand opportunities ● Help us offer tailor made programs such as The Summit ● Have a legacy that will live on with a reputable and longstanding organization ● Assist us in purchasing bigger ticket items (wheelchair accessible vans, replace outdated flooring etc.) and help us maintain overall accessibility ● Have a tax-deductible gift in your will registered to a Canadian charity
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Employment Programs at ConneXions North Shore ConneXions Society has two employment programs for individuals with diverse abilities. The employment programs support individuals to secure jobs in the community based on their strengths and interests. From October to December 2015, the employment programs secured 11 paid jobs in a variety of industries. We would like to give our heartfelt thank you to all of the community employers
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Obedience training is a dog owner’s first line of defence, and offence, when it comes to having a well-behaved dog.
Obedience training is the foundation on which you can build a positive relationship and it is a great way to open up the lines of communication between an owner and dog. But just the act of participating in an obedience class is not enough to guarantee your dog will in fact be a well-behaved and welcomed member of canine society. The skills you learn in obedience classes are meant to be used throughout your day, not just in class, to build on that foundation so that you can shape your dog’s behaviour and create the dog that you want. In all obedience classes there are basic commands that are taught. If you are lucky, your chosen trainer will also add a few extras that will be useful. The basics are “Sit,” “Down,” “Heel,” “Recall” (come when called), “Stay” (wait) and “Stand.” Some bonus commands would be “Walk nice” (walking on a loose leash, not in heel), “Go say hi” (greeting a friendly stranger or another dog on command), “Go to your bed and lie down” and “Watch me” (focused eye contact). In a structured obedience class distractions are managed so that dogs can learn these commands easily when prompted and rewarded with food. The goal is to take what has been learned in the class and apply it to everyday life. Learning to sit in the classroom turns into sitting for meals, sitting for the leash
Canine Connections Joan Klucha to be attached, sitting before going out the door and then sitting again once we are out the door. The list really is endless and “Sit” is a very useful management tool when used effectively and thoughtfully. “Down” in the classroom turns into down on the mat for a chew toy, down on your bed when guests arrive, down when we stop and chat with someone on the street. “Down” can also be a default time-out command when your dog needs to manage its behaviour a bit more when “Sit” isn’t working. When I teach a “Heel” command, it’s with the understanding that it is a controlled walk, meaning the dog is at my lefthand side, his shoulder in line with my knee. When I stop walking, my dog automatically sits. This is different than “Walk nice,” which means the dog can walk in front, behind or beside me – it just can’t pull. When I stop walking, it does not have to sit. Heeling in the classroom around pylons and other dogs turns into heeling when walking out the front door, heeling across intersections, heeling when a person is walking or jogging
towards us. When a dog is not heeling, it can walk calmly on a loose leash. The recall command is a very important one and many dog owners rush this command, meaning they tend to practise it far too early in the learning process. It takes months, and sometimes years, to develop a reliable recall and can never be overtrained. Learning the recall command in the classroom with minimal distractions can turn into coming inside the house from the backyard and sitting for a treat or meal. The recall command can be used when a dog stops to sniff something. The moment it lifts its head, it is called away from that spot
to sit in front of you for a treat. Recall can also be used when a dog greets another dog or person. Once the greeting is over the dog is called away and sits for a treat. These are all easy ways to practise and reinforce all of your obedience commands to ensure they are reliable and shape your dog’s behaviour. Finally, obedience training is not just for puppies or young dogs but for dogs of all ages. Don’t let that old wives’ tale deter you from adopting an older dog … you can teach an old dog new tricks! Joan Klucha has been working with dogs for more than 15 years. k9kinship@gmail.com.
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Concert producer continues to give back Sometimes the benefits of pursuing a vocation extend to others, even to the community as a whole.
Bob Alexander’s love of music inspired him to produce concerts for his community. Since the concerts started 10 years ago at West Vancouver Presbyterian Church, more than $30,000 has been raised to support the North Shore Crisis
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Services Society. Inspiration arrived thanks to an expensive evening involving a Tony Bennett concert, Bob remembers. “We fought our way across the bridge on a dark and rainy night, arrived soaking wet at the Orpheum, paid a steep price for wine at the interval, got re-soaked returning to the car for the long drive home. Tony Bennett was excellent.” A weekend performer
with local bands, Bob knew plenty of top-notch Vancouver musicians keen to play professionally. His church, with its superb acoustics, would be the venue. The concerts would be open to all, at
a reasonable price. Bob and his fellow musicians could play their big band and swing tunes, and raise money for the community. How a retired executive became a musician and impresario is a story that
begins in Scotland. Bob’s parents, born and raised in Greenock on the river Clyde, met and married in Canada. In 1937, they left their home in Belleville, Ont., and with
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Milleraires to play benefit April 10 From page 20 their three sons, including five-year-old Bob, sailed home to meet their respective families. Great idea; poor timing. Bob’s father found work as a shipwright, re-entering the family trade. Then came the Second World War. With shipbuilding deemed an essential service, the Alexanders were in Scotland for the duration. In Greenock, Bob was introduced to music as well as to his extended family. As he tells it, “To keep me too busy to associate with the local gangs, my father bought me a cornet. On Saturday nights, my teacher, John O’Donnell, would come to our apartment after the dance hall closed at midnight and I’d get wakened up for my one-hour lesson. You’d think the neighbours would complain, but no! They sent up requests, and Mr. O’Donnell would play for another hour. I was supposed to be asleep by then but I stayed up and listened.” Staying on after the war wasn’t a hardship for the adult Alexanders – Greenock was their home. The boys thought differently. Bob and his brother were saving their money to earn the return passage to Canada for themselves and their younger brother. The Alexanders are a close-knit family. Separation by thousands of miles of ocean was not an option. In 1947, the family returned to Belleville. Bob played trumpet every evening in nightclubs and dance halls. “Coming home from after-dance jam sessions, I would meet my father on his way to work. ‘Bobby,’ he would ask, ‘when are you going to get a real job?’”
To make his father proud, Bob got a day job and studied electronics. Marriage to co-worker Lola Trumpour also shifted Bob’s priorities. Armed with a degree in electronic engineering, he began the long climb up the corporate ladder. His rise through the technology industry coincided with the introduction of television, computers and cell phones – gimmicks Bob is convinced are on the way out. In 1983, business brought the family, now with three children, west to British Columbia. They settled in North Vancouver where, except for five years in Victoria when Bob was in charge of technology for the 1994 Commonwealth Games, they have lived ever since. Now, as Bob and Lola enjoy life with their family, there is time for music. He plays trumpet with the North Vancouver Community Band and with The Milleraires Big Band. The neighbours have not complained about Bob’s daily practice. On the other hand, no musical requests have been made, not yet anyway. Maybe after a few more years of practice, whispers the shade of John O’Donnell. The Milleraires will perform swing music from the big band era on Sunday, April 10 at 2:30 p.m. at West Vancouver Presbyterian Church, 2893 Marine Dr. Get tickets ($15/$10 seniors and students) in advance from Bob Alexander at 604-786-3741 and at the door (coffee and cookies included) with all proceeds going to the North Shore Crisis Services Society. Laura Anderson works with and for seniors on the North Shore. 778-279-2275 seniorsconnect@shaw.ca
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SENIORS CALENDAR LADIES GOLF GROUP Ladies 55+ are invited to join a group that plays Wednesdays at 9 a.m. from April to September at Murdo Frazer Golf Course, 2699 Pemberton Ave., North Vancouver. The group is intended to offer fun, friendship, fresh air and a little fitness. Membership is $20 for the season and $5.50 per game. 604-986-5023 lindagoodall@shaw.ca CHAIR YOGA CLASSES North Shore Volunteers for Seniors has spaces available in its classes Fridays, 11:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at 275 21st St. Fee: $5 to try a class or $20 per month. Registration: 604-922-1575 ELDERCOLLEGE — A DAY IN THE LIFE SPEAKER SERIES Hear stories and experiences of some of the Lower Mainland’s most fascinating people Mondays, April 4, 11 and 18, 12:30-2 p.m. at Capilano library, 3045 Highland Blvd., North Vancouver. $10. Registration required. 778-246-6737 nseldercollege.org LIFE IN RESIDENTIAL CARE Getting to Know Dementia, a free Alzheimer Society of B.C. workshop, Saturday, April 9, 9:30 a.m.-noon, North Shore Alzheimer Resource Centre, 212-1200 Lynn Valley Rd., North Vancouver. Registration: 604-984-8348. Compiled by Debbie Caldwell
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Members of the North Vancouver Minor Hockey Association juvenile A1 Storm celebrate their win at the provincial championships March 20 in Maple Ridge. The squad was guided by a trio of 21-year-old coaches who were all players on the team last season and were all coaching for the first time in their lives. PHOTO SUPPLIED
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One year ago the North Vancouver Minor Hockey Association’s juvenile A1 Storm team suffered a disappointing early playoff loss, leaving their graduating third-year players feeling adrift in what was for many of them their last chance at glory in an elite, organized league setting.
One year later, however, three of those players – Sam Mok, Cole Blight and John Dickie – are celebrating a championship win after coming back as very unlikely
coaches guiding their friends and former teammates to a provincial title. This year’s team, with the three 21-year-olds each coaching for the first time in their lives, claimed the B.C. juvenile championship – for players age 18-20 – with an 8-3 win over the host Ridge Meadow Moose in front of 400 fans at Planet Ice in Maple Ridge March 20. “We as coaches just felt extremely proud of the players themselves, so proud of what they had accomplished,” said head coach Sam Mok. “(When the final buzzer sounded) we were just having a good time with
guys that we grew up playing with and guys that we were close with on and off the ice. I think it was just a very proud moment for all of us.” The championship celebration was a time to let loose with old friends but the three coaches – Mok said he was the head coach on paper only, as they all shared duties equally – took their roles very seriously throughout the season. All three volunteered to jump behind the bench when they found out that last year’s coach wouldn’t be back this season, leaving the team in an uncertain situation.
“We played on the team last year and our playoffs were very disappointing for a lot of us third-year players,” he said. “We knew how much these guys wanted to win going into this year. We took it on because we knew how important it was to them.” The young coaches received a lot of support from North Van Minor – particularly association director Dan Cioffi who shared his extensive coaching knowledge with them and encouraged them to take coaching courses – but it was still a very steep learning curve that began when they hit the ice for their first practice.
“We definitely learned in the first couple of weeks that you’ve got to come to practice prepared, you’ve got to have a plan,” said Mok. “Dan Cioffi was very important in our development. He was a huge mentor for us this year. He’s coached junior hockey, he’s been around the block. His experience was invaluable to our success this year.” Mok, Blight and Dickie also had to navigate the murky waters of coaching players who were their teammates just one year before and were still their very good friends. “It was a very unique situation to say the least,” said Mok, adding that the most important thing was getting everybody on the same page
in understanding their roles. “We gave (the players) a lot of leadership (responsibility). … They really took the reins, and after that we were just there to remind them of what they needed to do to be successful.” At provincials the Storm suffered an early loss against the Moose and were faced with do-or-die games the rest of the way. It was almost “die” in their third game against Langley when they raced out to a 5-1 lead only to give up four unanswered goals to find themselves in a dangerous deadlock. The team, however, responded to the challenge, nabbing the game-winning power play goal with 30
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North Vancouver’s Elisa Homer ended her Simon Fraser University basketball season on top of her game, on and off the basketball court.
The Handsworth grad set a new Great Northwest Athletic Conference record by hitting 12 three-pointers for the SFU women in an 87-65 win over Northwest Nazarene University in one of the team’s final regular season games. The second-year forward ended up with 40 points in the contest, going 12-20 on three pointers to break the GNAC record of nine that Homer shared with one other player. “She was on fire right away, and in the natural flow of the offence, she was getting open and taking her shots with confidence,” said Clan head coach Bruce Langford in
an SFU release. “She was hitting everything. When she got open she took the shot.” Homer hit her first four three-pointers and went 7-of-9 in the first half. She had 25 points at the break as SFU built a 54-40 lead. “She was shooting the ball really well in the morning warmup and actually stayed longer to take more shots, and you could see she had a lot of confidence,” said Langford. It was the fourth highest single game point total in Simon Fraser history, falling just short of the school record of 45 points set by Canadian Olympian Teresa Gabriele (nee Kleindienst) against Trinity Western University during the 2001-02 season. SFU played in the CIS at that time. Homer was later recognized for her strong performances in the classroom, earning a spot on the 2015-16 GNAC Women’s Basketball All-Academic Team. To qualify for the GNAC All-Academic teams, a student-athlete must be at least in
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North Vancouver’s Elisa Homer flies to the hoop during a game with SFU. PHOTO SUPPLIED SFU their sophomore year of eligibility with a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 or better. Homer carries a 3.61 grade point average in business. She was one of 50 selections to the 2015-16 GNAC Women’s Basketball All-Academic Team.
Homer’s superlative season was topped off by her selection to the GNAC second all-conference team. She finished third in the conference with a scoring average of 16.7 points per game and was third in the NCAA with her average of 3.76 threepointers per game.
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seconds left in the third period. “It’s a credit to their desire to win and their work ethic that they came out on top in that game,” said Mok. “The guys just collectively made a decision as a team. ‘Do we want to win? Yes, we want to win. So let’s start playing like it.’ Credit to them, the leaders on our team really took initiative on that and were very vocal on the bench during that game. Everyone just kind of bought into that mindset.” By the time they reached the final the players were ready to unleash a career’s worth of hockey knowledge. “We were always told growing up excellence is a habit, excellence is a way of being,” said Mok. “I think by that point the players had just gotten into the habit of doing the things that make them successful. I think that’s what really played a huge role in that game. … By that point they knew what they needed to do, they had been talking about that game for the entire year. For them it was just a matter of they were 60 minutes away from winning a provincial title. They went out and got it because they wanted it.” As time ticked down in the third period the Storm built a comfortable lead but there was no relaxing on the bench. “Anything can happen in the
game of hockey,” said Mok. “I think the last 10 minutes of the game were probably the most mentally challenging for both us as coaches and the players as well. But they didn’t stop. That’s another thing that I’ll give them credit for. Even though we were up 8-3, they didn’t deviate from the plan.” The coaches then had the unique experience of celebrating their win with all their buddies. “It was a very interesting dynamic and it was something we had to manage throughout the year,” said Mok. “We have to maintain our professionalism as coaches but I think that different bond that we had with the players definitely added a little more significance to the title win.” For many players, juvenile is the last hockey hurrah, and so this year’s graduating Storm players get to go out as champions. “Those third-year players really took on leadership of the team,” said Mok, adding that every player on the team played a role in the title win. “This was very much a team effort on the part of the coaches and the players. … Every time we reached a crossroads we asked ourselves as a team, ‘what is our motto this year?’ Our motto was ‘Provies or Bust.’ Anytime we asked the players what our goal was this year, instantly they’d answer ‘Provies or Bust.’”
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The board of directors of the West Vancouver Community Foundation awarded $210,600 in community grants to 53 charitable organizations on March 10. Grants were given to organizations in the fields of health, education, youth, seniors, the arts, social services and the environment. All grants funded are for notable projects that benefit the community and residents of West Vancouver.
Doug Grisdale and Rob Parrot of Mangia E Bevi and Café Al Mercato present a cheque for $18,560 to Dr. Sasha Smiljanic of the Lions Gate Hospital Oncology Department. The money was raised at the restaurant’s ninth Annual B.A.C.I.O. fundraiser. The other half of the funds raised benefited BC Children’s Hospital in their work to fight cancer.
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A school was recently built and education programs are now in place for the women and children of the small village of Amedichi, South Sudan, thanks to Julian Bannister (from West Vancouver) and Stephen Wright (from Vancouver), who raised $14,100 through the West Vancouver-based Obakki Foundation.
In partnership with the Me To We organization, 16 Collingwood School students travelled to Udaipur, India, for a humanitarian service trip in March. Over the course of the last four years, Collingwood students have been travelling to this city to help with various projects such as building a school, health centre or a clean water project. Nahid Gul and Gill Valentine, members of the Health Employees’ Union women’s committee at Lions Gate Hospital, donate toiletries to the North Shore Women’s Centre.
Nancy Farran and Geoff Jopson with the West Vancouver Community Foundation present a $2,000 grant to Maura Fitzpatrick, fundraising manager for Children of the Street Society, at the foundation’s annual grant awards celebration on March 10. The grant will help fund the society’s Taking Care of Ourselves and Taking Care of Others school-based workshops in West Vancouver.
Members of the North Vancouver City and District Firefighters Charitable Society present a $16,000 cheque to staff members in the Lions Gate Hospital Emergency Department.
Children at North Shore Neighbourhood House’s Lynn Valley Kids’ Club display a $281.55 donation for the B.C. SPCA. The kids raised the money on their own after hearing about recent puppy mill discoveries. MLA Jane Thornthwaite and a community council member from the West Vancouver branch of the B.C. SPCA were on hand for the presentation.
Scott Morrison, Ranjit Khosla and Joe Batho of the Kiwanis Club of North Vancouver receive a $30,000 cheque from MLA Naomi Yamamoto to support their work with single moms, youth and seniors on the North Shore.
Argyle secondary Grade 10 students Andy Bae and Jordan Bauer won the YPI (Youth & Philanthropy Initiative) contest and, as a result, received $5,000 to give to North Shore Neighbourhood House. To participate in the annual contest, Planning 10 students research, interview and present on a local charity that they would like to advocate for. One group is selected from each class to go to the finals.
Kudos to those who volunteer their time, money and
effort to benefit the many service and charitable organizations on the North Shore. If you have a cheque presentation photo or information for Kudos, please contact Neetu Shokar at nshokar@nsnews.com.
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TIMEOUT!
Solutions can be found in next Sunday's issue. CLUES ACROSS 1. Engine additive 4. Recipe measurement (abbr.) 7. Tooth caregiver 10. Hawaiian dish 11. Retirement account 12. Basketball player Ming 13. Say suddenly 15. Carbon isotope ration (abbr.) 16. Frasier Crane’s brother 19. Framework over oil well 21. Edible mollusk 23. Handy 24. Japanese banjo 25. Microwave 26. Double-reed instrument 27. Covered 30. Leaseholders 34. Master of business 35. Herb 36. Blood clot 41. Route 45. Reach a higher position 46. American state 47. Erases 50. Expunge 53. Waits around idly 54. Came into 56. Nikolai __, Bolshevik
CROSSWORD
CRYPTO FUN DETERMINE THE CODE TO REVEAL THE ANSWER
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Clue: Car
Clue: Operate a vehicle
Clue: Communication device
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31. Seventh letter of the Greek alphabet 32. Records electrical activity 33. Car mechanics group 37. Speaking 38. A formal permission 39. Exploiter 40. Affixed 41. External genitals 42. Deity
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Crossword puzzle answers use American spelling
LAST SUNDAY'S CROSSWORD SOLUTION:
YOUR WEEKLY HOROSCOPE
Solve the code to discover words related to driving. Each number corresponds to a letter. (Hint: 25 = e)
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SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 2016
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WEEK OF APRIL 3-9, 2016 ARIES
MAR 21 – APR 20 Aries, you are ready to get moving and have a lot of momentum behind you. This is an ideal time to reach your goals. Don’t let your confidence waver.
LIBRA
SEPT 23 – OCT 23 Libra, someone close to you isn’t on board with your point of view. You can’t please everyone all of the time. Stay the course if you feel it is right.
TAURUS
APR 21 – MAY 21 Taurus, this week it is better to trust your heart instead of your head. Sometimes you have to let your emotions guide your actions, and your gut could be telling you something.
SCORPIO
OCT 24 – NOV 22 Scorpio, something is on your mind you need to share your feelings. Resist the urge to hold your tongue. Honesty is the best policy in your book.
GEMINI
MAY 22 – JUN 21 Gemini, you have good news to share and you are eager to reconnect with some friends or coworkers. Just complete prior commitments before you begin making plans to socialize.
SAGITTARIUS NOV 23 – DEC 21 Sagittarius, you are having a lot of fun now that you made it through a rather extensive to-do list. You can finally rest and breathe a little easier. Make some time for yourself.
CANCER
JUN 22 – JUL 22 Cancer, things in your life seem to be growing more challenging by the day. Make a list and tackle things as they come up so you don’t start to feel overwhelmed.
CAPRICORN DEC 22 – JAN 20 Capricorn, a busy schedule is proving problematic because so many people are demanding some face time and you want to help them all. However, you will have to pick and choose.
LEO
JUL 23 – AUG 23 A few possibilities intrigue you, Leo, but you don’t yet know just where you are going to direct your creative energy. Think it through a little longer.
LAST SUNDAY’S ANSWERS: A. kidney B. back C. filter D. cleans
WORD SCRAMBLE Rearrange the letters to spell something pertaining to distracted driving.
TIRBUDS LAST SUNDAY’S ANSWER: WASTE
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VIRGO
AUG 24 – SEPT 22 Virgo, you may feel like you can ignore your responsibilities this week, but you cannot. Although you have plenty of free time coming up, you have lots to do before then.
AQUARIUS
PISCES
JAN 21 – FEB 18 Your amicable nature and willingness to let go of your own personal agenda makes it relatively easy for you to interact with a lot of people this week, Aquarius. FEB 19 – MAR 20 Pisces, think of ways to increase your income this week. Explore all of your options, even if they mean going out of your comfort zone.
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