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City council OK’s 3.9% tax hike JEREMY SHEPHERD jshepherd@nsnews.com

A debate that ranged from Harry Jerome’s rebuild to Barack Obama’s salary to the price of beef bourguignon left North Vancouver homeowners with a $252 bill.

FIRST TRACKS Dalia Nabeel and Seveta Nasimi try snowshoeing. Mt. Seymour hosted its First Snow day event last Sunday, welcoming 350 new Canadians to the North Shore mountains. More than 100 volunteers helped lead first-timers on skis and snowshoes. Local businesses donated boots, coats mittens and toques, and the group was treated to a free barbecue lunch. See more images at nsnews.com/community. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN

Property taxes in the City of North Vancouver are set to rise 3.9 per cent in 2016, following a debate on the city’s 2016 financial plan Monday. Owners of an average-priced home will likely shell out between $252 and $283 more this year.

Approximately 1.9 per cent of the hike is slated to pay for operating costs like wages and the city’s share of the RCMP contract, another one per cent is earmarked for infrastructure and the final one per cent will be set aside for the rebuild of Harry Jerome Recreation Centre, much to the chagrin of Coun.

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Evictions feared at Emery Village

BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

Residents in another aged but affordable Lynn Valley rental complex are anxious over pending evictions after the property was purchased by a developer.

Emery Village renters received letters dated March 31 informing them the property had been sold to Mosaic, a Vancouver-based developer, and that the company would be exploring future plans in keeping with the Lynn Valley Town Centre plan.

The District of North Vancouver’s official community plan

Lynn Valley townhouse property’s owners put 65 families on notice

foresees medium-density apartments being built on the site.

“They just said nothing will be happening within a year but for us to start making plans,” said Natasha Vignal, who just moved her family in to Emery Village in November.

It will put the residents of the 65 townhouse units in a scramble to find other accommodations in a rental market with almost no vacancy and skyrocketing rents, much like the Mountain Court redevelopment approved by district

council last year.

“There’s no community left in North Vancouver for people who are renting and for families. The single moms and single dads with two and three kids – where the hell are they going to go?” she asked. “Where is it you can have three- and fourbedroom townhomes for under $2,000 to rent?”

Finding a home is especially hard when you’ve got a child in tow, Vignal said. “As a parent myself, we find it very difficult in North Vancouver to find somewhere to live and I’m born and raised in North Vancouver. As soon as people

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The toughest foot race in the world

Gary Robbins takes on The Barkley Marathons ANDY PREST aprest@nsnews.com

Last weekend North Vancouver’s Gary Robbins ran through leg-shredding terrain for nearly 60 hours straight, overcoming incredible mental and physical barriers to accomplish a feat only a handful of humans on this earth could achieve.

And yet, in the eyes of the The Barkley Marathons, he failed.

“I think anybody going into The Barkley knows that you are destined to fail,” said Robbins, a highly decorated ultra-runner who currently holds the records for several of the world’s toughest foot races, including the 100-mile Hurt 100 in Hawaii and 93-mile Wonderland Trail FKT, which circumnavigates North Vancouver’s Gary Robbins takes on some fuel during the gruelling Barkley Marathons endurance race held last weekend at Frozen Head State Park in Mount Rainier in Washington State.

Tennessee. The race is known as the toughest in the world, often concluding with no winner. PHOTO SUPPLIED KEITH KNIPLING “I’m good at failing because I can step back from failures and kind of assess what went right and what went wrong and take those LOOPS 1 AND 2: THROUGH HELL, WITH GUIDES whose thick, scraggly white beard matched well with the maslessons and move forward and come back with a better strategy Racers have learned throughout the years that first-timers sive red one Robbins was sporting. for the future.” are clueless out on the unmarked course unless they can latch “He was everything I had hoped and expected – you can see The strategy for most people who take part in the highly onto veterans who have been there before. Robbins knew this the kind generosity behind his eyes,” Robbins said of Lake. “You mysterious and insanely difficult Barkley Marathons is to survive could also see that he’s a mischievous soul. He very much likes and so he resolved to stick close to the small pack led by Jared one loop of the five-loop, 100-plus mile race. Robbins, running Campbell, who was looking to become the first three-time finto stir the pot, and I think that shines through in what he’s creit for the first time, survived 4.5 loops. It’s the farthest any isher in race history. They found the first book fairly easily – “it ated here.”

Canadian has ever made it in the race, and the third farthest was a thrill to finally pull a page out of a book in the forest like What Lake created was a race both wacky and agonizing. The for any race rookie. In doing so he learned a lot about himself, Barkley gained mainstream fame last year when Netflix produced that,” said Robbins – and then things got weird as the course about the human spirit, about life itself. Most of all, however, he turned down a steep unmarked, overgrown slope. Robbins a documentary about it called The Race That Eats Its Young. The learned that he will be haunted by that unfinished half lap until almost immediately slipped, landed on his butt and slid 15 feet Barkley, however, was first contested in 1986 and has built up a he can come back to the backwaters of Eastern Tennessee and down the muddy slope. huge reputation in the ultra-running world since then. vanquish the demons that chased him away.

“It was already proving, within the first hour, to be more than Each year, 40 hand-picked participants attempt to tackle I expected.” five loops of a course that is at least 20 miles (32 kilometres) Part of that disturbing revelation is due to the popular long, although runners swear it is closer to the 26 miles of an THE MYSTERIOUS BARKLEY MARATHONS documentary film that Robbins watched before heading to actual marathon. The course rises and falls through the rounded The town of Wartburg was the last bit of civilization Robbins, Tennessee mountains, racking up cumulative elevation gains and Tennessee. The film depicts The Barkley Marathons as arguably his wife Linda Barton-Robbins and their seven-month-old son the toughest race in the world, depicting the pain and suffering drops that are – according to the documentary – roughly equivaReed saw before heading into Tennessee’s Frozen Head State competitors faced during the 2012 race. The reality, according to lent to climbing and descending Mount Everest. Twice.

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Robbins, is much, much worse.

In the 30 years since the race was created, 14 humans have “It was underwhelming in every regard,” Robbins said with a “If you can believe it, the documentary actually makes the finished all five loops in the allotted 60 hours. laugh when the North Shore News caught up with him followcourse look easier than it is,” he said. “They can’t show the The event is known for its numerous quirks. The race can ing the race. “It’s a tiny little Southern U.S. town. It’s very much difficult sections of the terrain, they had no way to collect that begin anytime from 11 p.m. to 11 a.m. on race day, with Lake about guns and freedom – there’s no disguising that they’re very footage. … The only comparable I can think of is if you were to blowing a conch to let racers know the race will begin in one passionate about that down there. But Southern hospitality is an go up on our North Shore mountains and ignore all of the trails, hour. The start is then signalled by Lake lighting a cigarette. absolute thing – they’re some of the nicest people we had ever and then draw lines across the mountains that included the The course is not marked – one map is provided to all the met.” steepest ravines you could imagine. runners the night before the race. There are few aid stations Once they were inside the State Park, they sought out Gary The thrashing was interrupted periodically by the hunt for along the course and racers mark their progress by finding Cantrell, a.k.a. Lazarus Lake, the man whose mischievous mind hidden books. If it wasn’t such a demanding event, Robbins may books along the way and tearing out pages corresponding to created The Barkley Marathons. It was Lake who sent Robbins have laughed at the site of dozens of elite racers trying to decitheir bib number. a “letter of condolence” informing him that he was one of the 40 pher clues from a mischievous madman to find books hidden in Robbins pondered all of these variables as he waited inside elite racers selected to run in this year’s Barkley. The race has a forest. his tent for the conch to blow. And he waited and waited, all a bit of Fight Club mystique to it, particularly pertaining to the “When you find the book it’s like you celebrate,” said through the night. On the eve of a 60-hour non-stop race, he application process used to select the runners. If you talk about Robbins. “Woo hoo! We found a hidden book! And then we get to couldn’t sleep. the race too much, you may never get invited back. tear a page out and put it back and hide it for the next group of “It’s horrible,” he said of the deviousness of the unknown “There are certain things that I will not reveal,” said Robbins. runners.” start time. “I was just tossing and turning, waiting and waiting.”

When he first met Lake, however, Robbins happily passed him Celebrations were short lived, however, when racers recalled The conch finally blew at 9:41 a.m. Saturday morning. a licence plate from his place of birth, Newfoundland – a licence that they had 58 hours of running left. Robbins completed his “At that point I had slept about an hour to an hour and a plate is the entry fee for first-time racers – and then handed over half in the previous 25 hours,” said Robbins. “An hour later the his baby as well, warning Lake that Reed is a beard puller. cigarette gets lit and off we go up the mountain.”

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first loop along with two other racers in eight hours and one minute. After a 10-minute break he and Campbell set out on Loop 2, the same course but with a new wrinkle: darkness.

“It’s hard enough to navigate this in the day with the lack of discernible terrain.

At night it really becomes complex.”

With headlamps on, however, the pair made it through Loop 2 alive. Hooray: they were 40 per cent finished.

LOOP 3 AND 4: CHASING GHOSTS The curveball thrown by loops 3 and 4 – aside from the usual thrashed legs, blister-covered feet and sleepdeprived brains – is that the racers now turned around to do the course in the opposite direction, counter clockwise.

Robbins and Campbell again took a very short stop before heading back out to a world that looked completely different than the first two laps. Campbell’s assistance was crucial, said Robbins.

“Jared was an acquaintance before this and I can now call him a very close friend,” he said. “It was incredible being able to share that experience with somebody. …

Neither of us ever asked each other how we were doing or brought up anything in the realm of pain or fatigue. We just talked about anything but what was going on in that moment.”

It was near the end of Loop 3 and the start of Loop 4 that the reality of racing for 100 miles without any sleep started to catch up to Robbins. He tried to grab a quick nap before he and Campbell headed out for Loop 4 but they were in a cramped campground full of barking dogs and chattering friends.

They were now more than 30 hours into the race and it was clear – for Robbins, there would be no sleep until it was over.

Back on the trail, the hallucinations began. The many rivers that whooshed by the trail stopped whooshing and started to sound like people talking.

“It’s disconcerting initially before you realize … there’s nobody out here.”

Then Robbins couldn’t

remember who he was running with. Is his name Jurgen?

Who is this guy?

“I have no idea who you are,” he called out to Campbell.

“I’ll be whoever you need me to be,” came the reply.

“Let’s just keep moving forward.”

Then the faces appeared.

Anything with two holes became eyes, watching him.

“Your brain just starts creating faces all over the place in the leaves on the ground,” he said. “I hallucinated my brother’s face on a pebble on the ground.”

They finished the loop.

With only two runners left with any hope of finishing the race in 60 hours, The Barkley had one more trick to throw: One runner would do the final lap clockwise, the other counter clockwise.

It was no longer shared survival. It was a race.

LOOP 5: ALONE Robbins, running counter clockwise, started Loop 5 on fire. “I ran out of camp,” he said. “You’ve got adrenalin from camp, you’ve got the sun up, and you’re in a race now. I departed camp in an incredible state of mind and incredibly strong physical state.”

Book 1: got it. Book 2, one of the toughest to find: nailed it. Book 3: disaster. Missing his mark by a few degrees, the sleep-deprived zombie formerly known as Gary Robbins turned north when he should have turned south, and then spent the next two and a half hours circling the forest looking for a book. With that one error the 60-hour dream floated away into the Tennessee mountains.

Robbins still pressed on, finding three more books and once more completed Rat Jaw, a thorn-strewn powerline cut that is the toughest climb on the course. Then he packed it in.

“I managed to drop down to the road and get a ride back to camp to call it a day, which was incredibly disappointing – one of the more disappointing things of my racing career,” he said. As he neared the finish line – an unassuming yellow gate – he could sense “mass disappointment” from everyone in the camp. They all wanted to see Robbins become just the third virgin

to ever finish the race. “There was a sombre sense around camp,” said Robbins.

The funereal atmosphere was only heightened by a bugler playing “Taps,” an honour bestowed upon all racers who fail to complete the five loops. Then the mood changed almost immediately.

“The congratulations and reward that was presented to me was something that I really wasn’t expecting,” he said.

“I didn’t have enough of an appreciation before for how few people get to the fifth lap and how celebrated that is in and of itself was. I was turned around pretty quickly into being able to appreciate my accomplishment rather than to long too much for what was not to be on the day.”

The race is over, but it hasn’t left Robbins. Out there on the course he met a side of himself he never knew existed.

“It was everything I hoped for and more,” he said. “It was really special to see other people there that had no hope in hell of finishing but that gave everything they had just to get through one lap or two laps or three laps. To see the human psyche pushing as deep as it could for as long as it could on everybody that was there – it’s special. You don’t see that on a day-to-day basis. It was really fun to be a part of a group of people that were really dedicated towards something that all of us knew was going to be impossible.”

Impossible for most, but not all. Campbell completed the race with less than half an hour to spare, becoming the first three-time finisher. As for Robbins, he takes solace in the fact that no one has ever gotten to the fifth loop and dropped out without then coming back to complete the whole race in a later event.

Robbins will be back for another Barkley, he said, and he’ll finish it. And if he fails again, he’ll be back for more.

Again and again and again until he beats it.

“I still have waves of knowing that I was that close and wishing that I had pulled it off,” he said. “By and large I am really happy with what I was able to pull away from that race. I can’t stop thinking about it, so I definitely will be returning to eventually – no matter how long it takes – be the 15th finisher of The Barkley.”

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They didn’t want us to live on their property, whether it’s a basement suite, upstairs suite, apartment building. People don’t want families,” she said.

Buying a similar-sized home on the North Shore is also not on the table, Vignal added, with homes listing for an average of $899,000, “which would be a mortgage of about $3,800 a month,” she said.

While Mosaic is looking to build over the long term, there is no timeline for when redevelopment may actually happen, according to Andrea

Camp, the company’s senior vice-president.

“We have yet to put any formal application forward but I have communicated that we are a new home builder and that it is our intent, eventually, to develop the lands if we can. When that happens, we don’t know. It can be quite a lengthy process.

“At this point, it’s status quo and we’re just focusing on being good property managers,” Camp said. “But this type of news, anytime it comes, it’s troubling.

“These are wonderful people with a beautiful community. It’s challenging for them,” she said.

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process of drafting new rules for developers in the hope of addressing affordable housing issues, and to help compensate tenants who are evicted from purpose-built rental housing going under redevelopment.

Should it come to that, Mosaic plans to meet those requirements “and then some,” Camp said.

“Yes, we are a new home builder and if we do put an application forward, it’s new homes that we will build but it still doesn’t discount the fact these are people that need homes. We’ll do everything we can to help them.”

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Overseas trips defended From page 1 Don Bell.

Citing an increasing number of residents whose meagre bank accounts belie their property values, Bell called for council to “put off” saving money for Harry Jerome this year.

“I don’t have a problem with asking future residents to pay for something, because you’re paying back in cheaper dollars,” he said.

“If we’re going to do Harry Jerome, part of that may well be borrowing. I don’t have a problem with that because it’s future residents that are going to use it as well.”

That sort of thinking is the same reason the world’s temperature continues to rise, argued Coun. Craig Keating, who bashed the practice of borrowing as constraining future councils.

“We better …. pay our freight in this day and age, and not do so often as we do in this culture, which is tell our children and grandchildren: it’s your problem; witness climate change.”

Keating also jousted with Coun. Rod Clark over what Clark dubbed council’s weekly beef bourguignon dinners.

Coun. Craig Keating supported council’s motion of a tax hike to help fund the future rebuild of Harry Jerome. FILE PHOTO After criticizing the city for failing to look for efficiencies, Clark suggested one of his own.

“I can think of a couple of cuts that we can make right now. There’s a sumptuous council and senior staff dinner every Monday night.”

Keating countered, saying he wouldn’t send hard working staff members out for sandwiches after a 15-hour day.

The city’s budget asks too much of its homeowners, according to Clark.

“The taxpayers are not a bottomless pit,” he said,

arguing that property taxes should be in line with wage increases.

“We live in a two per cent world,” he said.

Clark also took aim at the salary of the city’s chief administrative officer, which is approximately 75 per cent of U.S. President Barack Obama’s yearly wage.

His remarks earned the ire of Mayor Darrell Mussatto.

“I’m offended by any member of council speaking about a salary of a staff member,” Mussatto said, calling Clark’s comments “completely inappropriate.”

The mayor differed with Bell and Clark over the issue of residents whose house value dwarfs their cash flow.

Mussatto pointed out that residents older than 55 can defer paying taxes until after selling their home.

Many residents are befuddled by a dissonance between what they see and what they pay, commented council watcher Ivan Leonard, who said with so many towers going up, taxes should be going down.

“Who is benefitting from all this money that is oozing into the city coffers?

Certainly not the majority of

the citizens,” he said. “There appears to be a madness in the air.”

Coun. Pam Bookham echoed his words.

“Why do our taxes go up every year given the amount of growth that we are experiencing?” she asked.

Without that growth, homeowners would likely be looking at a 5.9 per cent hike, countered Coun. Linda Buchanan. The city expects to pocket $850,000 based on new growth this year.

Any cuts to city programs would likely be poorly received, according to Buchanan, who warned that permits might be slower in being processed with fewer staff.

Coun. Holly Back supported the financial plan after clashing with Clark over his suggestion councillors give up overseas trips.

“In the last year I think we’ve only had two overseas trips,” Back said, adding that attending conferences helps councillors learn.

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he Shipyards on the City of North Vancouver waterfront now have a plan, a funding source and even a targeted completion date.

At a glance, it looks like city residents are making out like bandits on this – only a fraction of the capital costs and a source of revenue to pay for running the amenities like an ice rink and splash pool.

It certainly beats having our premier waterfront hub paid for with slot machines, density, tax increases or debt – all of which were options on the table.

And it makes a lot of sense having nearby Quay Properties Management as the partner in the project.

If this all comes together as envisioned, it’s going to be the envy of every municipality in the Lower Mainland.

But we haven’t seen the numbers on how much the city expects the Shipyards

will cost to run, or how much they’ll be getting in lease revenues. Ice rinks are notoriously expensive to operate (and those are the ones built in proper arenas). Revenues have a habit of coming in lower than anticipated.

Remember: the plan to relocate the North Vancouver Museum and Archives to the Pipe Shop was scrapped because a majority on council worried it might be a money loser. Let’s hope they have the same standards for the rest of the site.

But, even with the lamentable loss of the museum, the city is to be commended for moving forward on the Shipyards.

For more than a decade, Lot 5 has been used for little more than storing rust and contaminated dirt.

And if we left it up to the cantankerous naysayers, it would stay that way for another decade.

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n 1983 Hugh Addison, general manager of Park Royal, approached me in my little butcher shop in Ambleside and tried to convince me to move my butcher shop to Park Royal. ... I was scared!

Hugh was the general manager of Park Royal owned by Guinness, and he had the idea of making a food market in the mall. After many sleepless nights, we decided to make the big move and 33 years ago we opened with great fanfare and our little butcher shop thrived for more than 30 years. Park Royal at that time boasted to having the most independent stores of any mall in Canada – the butcher, the baker, Mary’s fish store, and many more independent stores which made the mall feel like home to all of us who lived in West Vancouver.

I was elected as president of the Park Royal Merchants Association, and served four terms representing the merchants, and we had fun

– from the chili contests to the travelling minstrels in the mall at Christmas, to even the attempt to beat the Guinness Book of Records for the haggis eating contest. And who can forget our head of security “Whistling” Bernie Smith?

In short, it was a good place to be. Park Royal was my second home. My boys rode the horsey ride outside of Super Valu, and they grew up in the mall. The pride that we had for Park Royal was somewhat overwhelming. Over the years we saw changes, a change of mall ownership, and the coming on board of a new young mall manager, Rick Amantea, who as well made the mall fun. However, time marches on and things began to change. Sunday opening, late-night shopping, extended hours, which made it hard for some independents to follow, the opening of the Village at Park Royal – all came in and were well received.

Referring to the chess

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players, many of them, in fact, were customers not only for me but for many other stores in the mall. It is a shame what has happened in the last week.

The decision to try and do away with this amazing entity was a poor decision. As I am very involved in many ways with West Vancouver, this decision is now “talk of the town” in a bad way. Park Royal was the best move I ever made, and the mall was good to me.

A few years ago our store was asked to move, and the mall offered an alternative location, which we determined was not a good alternative, so we packed our bags and moved on. To say any of this stops me from shopping at Park Royal would not be true. I still love the mall. And I will try and live with the changes whether they be “the good, the bad or the ugly.”

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Dear Editor: Elizabeth James’ column titled Paving Park Strip Won’t Get us Out of Cars, March 16, misunderstands the conundrum the city faces when installing good, protected cycling infrastructure.

First, numerous studies have shown that when cities build protected bike infrastructure, riders will come.

Here are two examples, but you can view more at peopleforbikes.org/statistics.

In the first case, 38 per cent of people biking on Sherbourne Street in Toronto switched to biking after Sherbourne got a protected bike lane. Of those, 24 per cent switched from driving.

Mode Substitution Effect of Urban Cycle Tracks: Case Study of a Downtown Street in Toronto, Canada.

In the second case, New York City’s Prospect Park West protected bike lane saw a 190 per cent increase in weekday ridership, with 32 per cent of those biking under age 12. New York City DOT, 2012 – Prospect Park West: Traffic Calming & Bicycle Path.

James grieves the loss of green space. I also am saddened by this loss. That is park land that we will not get back as green space.

Why does the city use park land to install separated bike lanes? Another obvious way to achieve the same end would be to convert a portion of the existing paved vehicle lanes or on-street parking into protected bike lanes.

This is a discussion on land use. If we want to add bike infrastructure, do we use park land, or existing road infrastructure? James mentions a price tag of $500,000 for the bike lanes.

This does not include the massive public investment in the land cost.

The value of the land for the bike lanes is 1.8 metres per lane times two lanes times 1,500 metres in length for a total of 5,400 square metres. At current land values in North Vancouver (approximately $3,000 per square metre), the value of the land to be used for the bike lanes is around $16.2-million dollars.

No matter where we build the bike lanes, the land cost is $16.2 million. In case you argue that is too much to spend, consider the land cost of all the pavement on Grand Boulevard that facilitates car movement or storage. On both East and West Grand Boulevard, there are two travel lanes at three metres per lane with a parking lane at three metres.

That totals 27,000 square metres (2 x 9 m x 1,500 m).

That adds up to $81 million.

Do we need all that land for cars? It seems reasonable to use less than 20 per cent of that already paved land to support transportation alternatives.

So why don’t we build the protected bike lanes on the existing pavement?

The same people who do not want pavement in the park will argue they cannot give up on-street parking or vehicle lanes – not even to save the green space.

The appalling truth is, we value parking more than we value park.

Heather Drugge North Vancouver

Wanted: a day of peace and quiet Dear Editor: It’s a beautiful warm, sunny Sunday morning.

The time is 10:30 a.m. and I’m sitting on my deck with the North Shore News, my toast and a delicious cup of coffee while enjoying the warmth and the sounds of chirping birds … Uh oh … leaf blower time. Rats! There goes the serenity!

I wish there was just one day per week where we are not forced to listen to sanding machines, circular saws, drills, hammers, weed whackers, lawn mowers and the horrifically annoying leaf blowers that go on and

on and on blowing debris all over into someone else’s area. Please! Use an oldfashioned rake and broom!

Sun-day (the day the alleged lord rested) would be the perfect day for such eventless activity.

Neighbours could relax and enjoy the connectivity of listening to natural sounds without imposing their will on one another.

Why is it that the person who does not want something has no right to be not imposed upon? Meanwhile, the person perpetrating the crime has every right to do so. Modern society

(if one can even call it modern) seems to have no sense of consideration, empathy, compassion or any other common sense morality when it comes to forcing others to comply with unnecessary noise.

It’s time for a new noise bylaw to be written for Sunday.

People do not seem to have any common sense themselves.

They need to be told what to do, and more importantly, what not to do.

Serenity now!

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QUOTES OF THE WEEK: They’re trying to bribe us to bloody well move?”

— Longtime Park Royal chess player George Ingham expresses outrage at the mall’s offer of $500 to help the ousted chess players find a new venue for their games (from an April 6 news story.)

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BRIGHTLIGHTS! by Paul McGrath Connecting with the community Hollyburn Family Services Society held its third annual corporate wine and appetizer event at Scotiabank’s 14th Street and Lonsdale Avenue branch in North Vancouver on the afternoon of March 30.

Members of the North Shore corporate community were invited to mingle and learn about the work that the Hollyburn Family Services Society performs and the difference it makes in people’s lives. The society has been offering counselling and support services to children, youth, seniors and families since 1990. The event was hosted by North Vancouver Rotary Club member Kevin Evans and featured speakers from the community who have benefitted from the programs that Hollyburn offers. hollyburn.ca

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“It was kind of squirting a bit,” says Vancouver General Hospital emergency department registered nurse Mike Devine, reflecting on a recent day at work and the bloody wound he was tending to, that of a male patient who had been struck forcibly in the head.

“This object was probably about 600 pounds and he had . . . an arterial bleed, so it had a bit of pressure behind it.”

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“It is graphic in nature, but it’s real,” says Devine.

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Integrity, Courtesy and Self-Discipline for Life!

Accustomed to news coverage of the aggressions that erupt in our modernday society, many people don’t realize that martial arts goes beyond the physical and far beyond the news clips we see of someone throwing an opponent to the ground.

Yet, as Master John Yoo says,“The skills we teach at Elite Olympic Martial Arts has programs that benefit everyone in the family – from children as young as 5 all the way to adults well into their senior years.”

In brief, the lessons learned in the EOMA studio at 840-842 West 15th Street in North Vancouver last a lifetime.

“Sometimes a move may look aggressive but in reality it is a controlled, skilled assertiveness that enables a person to handle most situations without resorting to violence,”Yoo explained.

So whether a given situation involves

a bullying physical affront or a tough social confrontation, the selfconfidence and character developed during Elite Olympic Martial Arts instruction can be drawn on forever.

“When a person has built-in integrity and has learned the qualities of humility, courtesy and self-discipline that are the essence of martial arts, they have everything they need to go through life handling adversity – and themselves – with modest pride,”Yoo said.

Yoo and his highly-trained teachers offer professional instruction in Judo, Taekwondo, Boxing, and Wrestling – options that ensure everyone can find a discipline to suit their needs.

Believing the quest for selfimprovement and enjoyment should be a life-long pursuit, EOMA courses are tailored for beginners right up to those who used to wrestle for their college team – without the stress that

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Judo is called the gentle art and is an enjoyable and practical form of self-defence. Taekwondo develops focus, flexibility and co-ordination, while wrestling helps to develop the whole body and offers a more intense workout for serious athletes.

“By learning these arts, your mind will become sharper, more focused and disciplined as your body becomes stronger and more flexible.”

As you learn – and maintain – the skills that, one day, might even save your life, Yoo says your mind and body will transform on their own without you even noticing.

Another popular offering is EOMA’s Ladies Only Fitness and Self-Defence program that emphasizes strength and conditioning and includes Taekwondo, boxing, kickboxing, judo, and jiujutsu. “EOMA believes the key to survival is a decision to emphasize a lifestyle of fitness and ongoing conditioning,”Yoo said.

As with most sports, you cannot just learn a technique and hope to apply it later in life, unless you continue to work on those skills and keep them sharp. That’s not hard to do when EOMA makes the effort so much fun.

“Our concern for the welfare of our students goes above and beyond expectations and our friendly environment welcomes each one of you,” said Yoo. Elite Olympic Martial Arts 840-842 West 15th Street North Vancouver www.eoma.ca 604-971-3362

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Devine is grateful for the opportunity the series provides to showcase to friends, family and the community at large what goes on in his workplace as well as the efforts and dedication of hospital staff who consistently go above and beyond for their patients.

“The great thing about the show is highlighting . . . what our emergency department goes through on a daily basis and also how big the staff is. It’s not just doctors and nurses, it’s an eclectic crew.

It’s your security staff, your social workers, (physiotherapists), respiratory therapists, it’s very broad,” he says.

“I like what I do, I’m very proud of my profession. I love the role that I took in this health care situation. I love emergency medicine, I think it’s fantastic, it’s very dynamic, it’s very fast-paced and you never know what you’re going to get,” he adds.

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really be on the ground,” she said. “They’re with me on the ground going out into the community, using their networks and just talking to people out on the street about the Daffodil Dash.”

In a reminder to the public about the annual canvassers, manager of annual giving, Paula Taylor, mentioned that the door-to-door collections will be going on for the month of April.

“Our volunteers will be easy to recognize – just look for the bright, yellow daffodil pin on their lapels. They will also be wearing Canadian Cancer Society lanyards to identify themselves,” said Taylor. “When our volunteers with their daffodil pins arrive on your doorstep, we hope people will be inspired to join the fight against cancer and give generously. The pin is a powerful symbol of hope that lets people in our community who are affected by cancer or who have lost someone to the disease know that they are not alone.”

With a ways to go before meeting their goal of $21,000, Vafaei and Bauzon are excited and hopeful to see a large show of community support for this new event. cancer.ca/daffodildash

HEALTH NOTES NORTH SHORE HEALTH MATTERS LECTURE SERIES Learn from experts at a free information session on core strength, back health and proper core function Thursday, April

14, 1-2 p.m. at North Vancouver City Library, 120 West 14th St. northshorehealthmatters.com BECOME THE HERO OF YOUR OWN STORY A free workshop to learn how to

bring balance to the various aspects of life and empower participants to create the life they truly want to live Thursday, April 21, 6-8 p.m. at North Shore Women’s

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Web shorts available From page 14 years. However, “I always said that it was not my cup of tea.

I actually didn’t like the sight of blood when I was younger.

But I was working in various factories and working on a printing press at one point. I looked around and I looked at everybody who had been there for 20 plus years and I said, ‘This is not my life, this is not what I want,’” he says.

15 This prompted Devine to go back to school and he spent a good chunk of his 20s in college and university.

Prior to his current position in the emergency department, he worked as a spine nurse. “I loved it, I thought it was my career, I thought that’s where I was

going to stay. And then on a whim, I ended up in emergency medicine to help out because they were short staffed and I fell in love with it, so I moved on. Where I am right now, I’m proud of being an emergency nurse and to be able to showcase that is definitely an immense amount of pride,” he says.

In addition to airing on the Knowledge Network, new episodes of Emergency Room: Life + Death at VGH will be simulcast on the series’ website, knowledge.ca/er.

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What’s Going On SENTINEL GRAD 76 A reception will be held Saturday, June 11, 6 p.m. at Hollyburn Country Club, 950 Cross Creek Rd., West Vancouver. Food will be served throughout the evening to allow for mingling. Help find missing grads by joining Sentinel Grad 76 on Facebook. $63. brownpapertickets.com CARSON GRAHAM CLASS OF 84 — BIRTHDAY BASH Celebrate your 50th birthday

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Every day Vancouver Coastal Health’s North Shore Volunteers make someone’s day brighter.

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Our dedicated Volunteers support patients, clients, residents and their families throughout the North Shore community.

Graham Parkes admits he has always been handy around the house.

For more information on how you can join our volunteer team, contact Volunteer Resources at

The retired engineer is now putting that skill to good use as a volunteer in home repair for the North Shore Better At Home Program.

The non-profit service supports local seniors with basic, non-medical services to help them stay in their homes and remain independent. The Better At Home program is funded by the government of B.C. and managed by the United Way of the Lower Mainland. It’s delivered on the North Shore by North Shore Community Services.

As a volunteer for the program, Parkes provides simple home repairs to seniors in need, including replacing light fixtures, painting handrails, or hanging blinds.

“I really enjoy it. And I like doing things with my hands anyway,” says Parkes, who has been volunteering with the program for a year. “I love helping people out, whether it’s friends or neighbours.” A few years back he helped his sister install a kitchen and still helps his three kids when called on.

Parkes, who lives in West Vancouver, says it’s easy to keep busy because there’s so much to do, especially for seniors.

“I’ve never been busier since I’ve been retired,” he notes. “If you want to occupy your days and keep busy, and meet people or do things, it’s out there.”

In the past year with the home repair program, Parkes has had about 70 visits in total, six visits per month

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Graham Parkes volunteers with the North Shore Better At Home program, providing minor home repairs. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD with about 25 different clients.

Most of the visits last two hours, some last a little longer or a little shorter depending on the job. Although he knows the general task before he arrives, often there are a few more little fixes he tends to when he gets to a client’s home.

“It’s time, but it is time I do have,” he says of his commitment to the program.

A big part of the appeal of volunteering is meeting a diverse “mosaic” of people.

“I love meeting people, I love helping people. It’s endlessly fascinating to meet some of these people and

they almost invariably want to talk and quite often they’re on their own and I’m relatively gregarious so we get chatting,” says Parkes.

Sometimes he has to be creative to think of solutions to problems, such as with one of his recent clients who had a stool with no nails, no screws, just ingenious jointing that was collapsing.

“Now that’s hardly home repair but it meant so much to her. It had been in the family for years,” explains Parkes. He was able to fix the stool and the client was very pleased.

“I love that sort of challenge,” says Parkes.

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Behind every program, facility or working group in the District is a volunteer helping shape the direction of our community. Their selfless investment makes West Vancouver a wonderful, creative and caring place to live.

We thank you for your commitment, leadership and loyalty!

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NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK APRIL 10 - 16, 2016

To all the helping hands in our community

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PREP TEAM Volunteers, including chef Monica Hanser and Dave Burn in the photo above right, help prepare items for the meals for the North Shore Salvation Army Frozen Meals program, which offers low-cost healthy meals for those in need. PHOTOS MIKE WAKEFIELD SPONSORED CONTENT

Family Services of the North Shore Companioning Community Care Program Amazed. Inspired. Grateful. That’s how we at Family Services of the North Shore feel about the selfless work our Volunteers do. They give generously of their time and energy, offering on-site and in-home support to adults in our community who are living with terminal illness, bereavement, disability or the severe effects of cancer treatment.

We wanted to know more about our volunteers, so we asked them “Why do you volunteer?”

“When I first volunteered, I was working as a nurse in LGH and it seemed sort of like a continuation or continuity of caring. Along the way I met many wonderful kindred spirits who were so giving of their time and talents. This work is so fulfilling and enriches my life.” MAUREEN, VOLUNTEER “I really like to volunteer because it makes me feel like I belong to the community.”

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Our clients were more than willing to answer when we asked them “Tell us about your experience.”

“When I am having a tough day and I know that I will be seeing my volunteer, it helps me get out of bed because I know we will have many laughs.” CLIENT “When I first began coming it was just to have human contact, when you are alone

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you don’t realize how important that is. Over time, I realized my healing has also become healing on an emotional and mental level.”

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Our volunteers are the heart of our program and the impact each of them has made on the people in our community is priceless.

Thank you for your caring, compassion, generosity and your tremendous dedication.

We appreciate you! Happy National Volunteer Week!

Thanks to the Paul Sugar Palliative Support Foundation, the Vancouver Foundation, and other donors for their generous funding of the Companioning Community Care program.

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The District of West Vancouver commends its incredible volunteers for their contributions of time, skill, talent and passion, making this a wonderful community for us to live, work and play.

Each year, hundreds of volunteers support municipal services, events, and activities.

They help newcomers learn English language skills at the Library. They improve parks by removing invasive plants and re-planting native plants. Youth help organize Youth Week activities for all. Many bring their knowledge and experience to advisory committees, groups and boards.

Others help frail and isolated seniors access the Seniors’ Activity Centre so that they can continue to participate in the community they love so much.

Volunteers are critical to the well-being and sustainability of our communities: they bring a powerful economic and social benefit by contributing value to community programs and services.

When you volunteer, you create new connections, you help find solutions to problems, and make a genuine and lasting difference in the lives of others.

These West Vancouver volunteers were recognized for their extraordinary contributions in 2015.

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Left to Right: Mona Barbour (Going the Extra Mile), Bob Jackson (Community Builder), Monique McDonald and Ian Coburn (Lifetime Achievement), and Mary Jo Campbell (Community Builder).

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Lynn Valley Days is in its 104th year! Thank you to the many volunteers who have helped make this such a fun community event over the years!

We are looking for new volunteers to join our team this year. There are many ways to help out before and during the event. Find something that fits your availability and skills and lend a hand! If you have two or more hours to spare, we have a job for you!

We need help with set-up, traffic control on the parade route, supervising carnival games and rides, taking tickets and serving food in the cookshack, and much more.

Contact our volunteer coordinator at volunteer@lynnvalleyday.ca or 778-888-2637.

This year’s event has been expanded, and moved to a new date: Friday, June 17 Gala, with catering by Louis Gervais & entertainment by Angela Kelman Saturday, June 18 - Carnival Day Sunday, June 19 - NEW! Father’s Day breakfast and rides Check out our website for much more information: lynnvalleyday.ca

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A HEARTFELT THANK YOU With over 300 events a year, we couldn’t make it all happen without the support of our amazingly dedicated volunteers!

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Dog training is based on common sense There is a right way and a wrong way to do everything in life.

We are faced with choices every waking moment of the day that we must consciously consider, knowing that the choice we make will determine whether the outcome is in our favour, or not. These choices are not always about hugely significant events that will alter the course of the world as we know it, but rather much simpler choices that involve listening to common sense. Unfortunately, it seems that humans tend to ignore common sense, which tells them the right way and points them towards a favourable outcome. Instead, they unconsciously choose the wrong way, thus making horrible mistakes and making life’s lessons harder than they need to be.

Fortunately, life is gracious and has given us

Canine Connections Joan Klucha humans the gift of a restart button. If we are really paying attention to our lives and the choices we make, we can learn from our mistakes and become conscious creators of our lives and choose the right way the next time we are presented with a choice.

Our dogs are wonderful teachers of consciousness.

Sharing life with a dog becomes very difficult when you ignore common sense

and sees a group of people chasing after the ball. To this lovely young dog, this is nothing more than an invitation to investigate and participate in what looks like a fabulously fun game of fetch.

On the way to chasing after the errant baseball in centre field, the dog is then waylaid by the sight of yet a more fascinating game involving a larger group of people kicking and chasing after a bigger ball. The adolescent fetch-focused dog thinks it is in fetching heaven and its brain kicks into retrieving overdrive, blocking out all sounds and communication attempts by its owner, who is now running after said dog. The young dog, of course, thinks its owner is joining in the fun and runs faster towards the ball and away from the owner. It has been its job, after all, to get to the ball

and allow your unconsciousness to direct your life.

For example, common sense says don’t bring a high-energy, adolescent dog known for its fetching and retrieving drive, which is still learning the concept of boundaries and leadership to the edge of a multipurpose sports field where soccer games are happening at one end and baseball games at the other, and let it off leash to play.

Yet there are dog owners, many in fact, who lack the common sense to predict what the inevitable outcome might be in this situation.

They end up frustrated, embarrassed, and possibly angry at their dog as they learn about dog behaviour the hard way.

The hard lesson comes when the high-energy dog playing fetch with its owner hears the crack of a baseball bat, looks over its shoulder

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as fast as it can and bring it back.

It is at this moment the dog owner realizes the vastness of his mistake. He overestimated his relationship with his dog and his dog’s ability to remain focused and attentive during what the dog sees as possibly the best day of its life.

Now comes the restart button I told you about earlier. Fortunately, you don’t actually have to live through this embarrassing situation in order to learn what is the right thing to do. I’m giving you the answer right here.

The right way to approach this situation would be to recognize the training opportunity presented at the multi-purpose sports field. Instead of playing fetch with the dog off leash, the dog owner should have practised obedience and focused attention with the dog on a long line. The

dog could be rewarded with a couple of tosses of a ball.

When the dog turns its attention to the sports activities, the long line prevents it from running away and gives the owner control of the situation. The dog realizes that it cannot chase after the players or the balls, so it turns its attention back to its owner and is then rewarded with the toss of a ball or a treat. Easy, huh?

The end result is a dog that will calmly remain with its owner on leash while walking past or playing near a sports field and, with due diligence, eventually off leash.

You are welcome my grasshoppers.

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West Vancouver’s Skye Clarke pulls off a trick during a recent competition. The 13-year-old recently won gold in U14 slopestyle at the freestyle skiing junior nationals. PHOTO SUPPLIED

Clarke claims national jr. title

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West Vancouver’s Skye Clarke certainly seems to be aptly named, as the 13-year-old freestyle skier has taken flight to earn several impressive recent victories on the slopes.

Clarke won gold in the U14 girls slopestyle competition at the Canadian Freestyle Ski Association junior nationals held last month at Beaver Valley Ski Club in Kimberly, Ont. Clarke’s score of 70.6 was 18 points ahead of the second-place finisher.

The event was contested in difficult conditions with high winds, rain and even some lightning.

“The snow was really, really slow, so it was hard for me, since I’m really light, to get speed for the jumps, which was a challenge,” Clarke said. “I went straight

into all the jumps and I just tucked really hard.”

Clarke credited the first jump of her routine with getting the judges on her side.

“I did a certain trick called a flat three, which is an off-axis back flip, and I did it really clean and did a Japan grab, which really stuck out to the judges, I think, because nobody else did it,” she said.

Clarke’s slopestyle score was the best of the day, including athletes competing in higher age groups up to U18. Chris Muir, Clarke’s coach with the Whistler Blackcomb Freestyle Ski Club, said there was no doubt Clarke would be the winner with the run she laid down.

“Her strength, especially compared to other females, is she’s really big on rails,” he said. “She’s able to ride the same rails that some of the boys are doing, so that’s what really put her over the top. … She

was doing some really difficult off-axis tricks – a flat three, as well as being able to spin with a really nicely executed grab. That’s why she won that day.”

Clarke was competing at the national level for the first time but she stayed calm throughout the competition, said Muir.

“She overcame any jitters that she would have had and she did phenomenal,” he said. “She’s a pretty calm person.

If she did (have jitters) she keeps it on the inside. She’s definitely a competitor and likes to be out there.”

Clarke topped off her season by winning gold in the U14 slopestyle and big air competitions as well as bronze in moguls at the freestyle provincial championships held last weekend at Vancouver Island’s Mount Washington resort.

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THE CHASE IS ON Carson Graham’s Tyler Nylander unloads the ball under pressure from a St. George’s tackler during senior boys rugby action Tuesday at the Lucas Centre.

The powerhouse St. George’s team upended the Eagles 22-7 to open regular season play.

Action continues this week with Collingwood hosting McRoberts in AA action at Klahanie Park and Carson Graham visiting West Vancouver secondary, both matches kicking off at 4 p.m. on Tuesday. On Thursday North Van rivals Argyle and Handsworth will battle at 4 p.m. at Handsworth. Visit nsnews.com to see a photo gallery. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN

Cummings earns all-star status at CCAA volleyball nationals North Vancouver’s Chantal Cummings was named a first-team tournament all-star after helping the Vancouver Island Mariners win gold at the 2016 CCAA Women’s Volleyball National Championship.

The Mariners defeated the top-ranked Élans de Garneau 3-1 in the final held last month at Holland College on Prince Edward Island. VIU, ranked No. 6 heading into the tournament, also had to knock off

the third- and second-seeded teams on their way to the final.

Cummings, a second-year setter, is a Windsor secondary grad. North Vancouver’s Kathleen Konar, a St. Thomas Aquinas grad, also suited up for the Mariners at the tournament.

The Capilano University women’s team finished third at the PacWest provincial championships and did not advance to the national championships. Sarah Hughes

and Kira Sutcliffe were named PacWest first-team all-stars while Sutcliffe also earned a spot on the CCAA AllCanadian team. Megan Koven was named to the PacWest all-rookie team.

On the men’s side the Blues lost in the first round of the PacWest playoffs. Brendan Cairns earned a PacWest allstar spot while Simon Friesen was named to the PacWest all-rookie team.

– Andy Prest

15TH ANNUAL NORTH SHORE FIREFIGHTERS 4 ON 4 CHARITY HOCKEY TOURNAMENT Come support your local firefighters at the annual 12 team tournament with over 150 participants.

Friday, April 22nd 8am - 3pm Canlan Ice Sports North Shore 2411 Mt. Seymour Parkway All net proceeds to go to the B.C. Professional Fire Fighters’ Burn Fund.

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TIMEOUT!

Solutions can be found in next Sunday's issue.

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WEEK OF APRIL 10-16, 2016 ARIES

LIBRA

SEPT 23 – OCT 23 Libra, your instincts are highly attuned and you can do a good job of sizing people up this week. You can be so good at it that others look to you for personal advice.

SCORPIO

OCT 24 – NOV 22 Scorpio, expect a few invitations to social gatherings to soon arrive in the mail or your in your inbox. This is a great chance to let others see a different side of you.

TAURUS

APR 21 – MAY 21 Taurus, you may experience a burst of creativity that has you dabbling in a project or dreaming up plans for one.

Ask friends or colleagues for some feedback.

GEMINI

MAY 22 – JUN 21 Gemini, some revealing conversations with friends may have you secondguessing just who you can trust. Exercise caution when sharing private thoughts.

SAGITTARIUS NOV 23 – DEC 21 Sagittarius, your physical and mental energy is very high. Channel it into a productive endeavor and use your energy to get others motivated.

CANCER

JUN 22 – JUL 22 Expect some noticeable changes in your neighborhood, Cancer. You may be caught off guard this when familiar surroundings begin to look different.

CAPRICORN DEC 22 – JAN 20 Capricorn, the optimism bug has overtaken you and you are filled with energy and enthusiasm. Move on with some creative ideas and encourage others to follow suit.

LEO

JUL 23 – AUG 23 Leo, past efforts to advance your career may have not worked out, but that doesn’t mean you should give up trying. Try to broaden your network again in the days ahead.

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WORD SCRAMBLE

MAR 21 – APR 20 Changes at work may prove lucrative for you, Aries. That’s a bit of good news you can use right now, especially if you plan on throwing a big party or taking a vacation.

Rearrange the letters to spell something pertaining to math.

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VIRGO

AUG 24 – SEPT 22 Virgo, if an opportunity to travel comes your way this week, take advantage of it.

You do not know when you will get another chance in the near future.

AQUARIUS

JAN 21 – FEB 18 Aquarius, when you are feeling motivated, all others will follow your lead. It’s all or nothing for you this week. You have the motivation to plow through any task.

PISCES

FEB 19 – MAR 20 New opportunities are coming your way. This could mean investing in some new technology or pursuing a new career opportunity.

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