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West Van moves to limit massive house size

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After years of bulking up, houses in West Vancouver may finally be slimming down.

West Vancouver council unanimously supported new rules meant to set limits on the district’s increasingly palatial houses at a council meeting Monday.

Presently, a homeowner can double the size of their house by consolidating two equal-sized lots. The new regulations would change that, limiting a new home’s total floor size with a formula that takes into account what could be built on the smallest lot in the neighbourhood.

The new rules are needed, according to former councillor Rod Day, who noted there have been nine lot consolidations in the past six years.

“There may have only been nine … but they’ve been stupendously awful,” he said.

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Ministry investigating new design for the Cut BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

Transportation planners from the District of North Vancouver and province are floating a new idea aimed at easing traffic on the Cut.

District council members got their first look Monday night at a new design for a “collector distribution system” – a concrete barrier dividing traffic bound for the Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing from traffic headed for local exits.

“The weaving and merging that happens on the highway would then happen on a separated road system,” said Tegan Smith, transportation planner for the district. “Staff believe this option provides significant capacity to separate the local and the highway traffic and starts to get at the heart of the

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Nice guys sometimes finish first Unlikely friends race together through incredible challenges

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Ges Bushe and his family walk through dress rehearsals for any life event that might present new and unique situations for the North Vancouver teenager.

Before last month’s North Shore Sport Awards ceremony Ges – who has mobility challenges and is on the autism spectrum – practiced hearing his name called, walking up the red carpet with his good friend Luke Harris, stepping onto the stage and waiting to receive his trophy.

What the family didn’t anticipate, however, was that Ges and Luke would receive the first ever standing ovation in the 17-year history of the annual awards show. That some of the best coaches, athletes, officials, and volunteers on the North Shore would be moved to tears by an 80-second introduction detailing the inconceivable challenges both athletes have faced, and the improbable friendship that has helped them fight their battles side-by-side, hand-in-hand. That the audience would sense something incredible was happening right before their eyes, and respond in kind.

The family also forgot to warn Ges about one other important detail: the handshake.

Award presenter Nicole Brown, a West Vancouver school district trustee, passed the two awards to Luke who handed one over to Ges before turning back to shake Brown’s hand.

The trustee then extended her hand to Ges who instinctively clutched his new trophy and pulled back. Luke, laughing, figured it out right away: Ges was worried she was going to take back the award.

“I tried to hold onto the box so that he had a hand free,” says Luke, recalling the incident.

Brown never got her handshake, but the boys left with one more memory in a friendship that is less than a year old but already filled with many unforgettable moments. And Ges, of course, got to keep his trophy.

“He just wouldn’t let go of it,” says Luke. “I think that’s OK though. He definitely worked for it.” $$$ Fast friends now, Luke and Ges likely wouldn’t have been anything more than mere acquaintances if not for two huge tumours that wrapped their way around Luke’s leg. When the X-ray tech held up the image for Luke to see, he wasn’t sure if his life was over, or just his promising running career.

Now a Grade 11 student at St. Thomas Aquinas, Luke didn’t realize he had the lungs to be an elite runner until the school did mandatory fitness testing in Grade 8, an exercise that included the gruelling beep test. The torturously simple test involves running back and forth across a short distance guided by auditory beeps. The beeps speed up continuously, relentlessly. Athletes speed up too, until they can run no more.

Luke did the beep test and, to his surprise, his score blew away everyone in his grade. That fall he joined the STA cross country running

Fast friends Ges Bushe and Luke Harris get set to run at a recent track meet held at Handsworth secondary. The two athletes have both faced lifealtering health challenges and have come out as champions, pushing each other to greatness in an unlikely friendship. PHOTO KEVIN HILL team and in the spring he ran track, winning gold for his age group in the 800-metre race at the 2013 high school provincial championships.

By 2014 he’d raced onto the national stage, placing fourth in his age group at the Canadian championships.

That summer, however, he started to feel pain in his right leg when he ran. He was taking a marathon class so he initially chalked it up to over-training, but the pain persisted. During the 2014 cross country running season his leg started to buckle, causing him to fall half a dozen times on the treacherous North Shore trails.

Early in 2015 he took part in an indoor race at the Richmond oval and won it, nearly breaking the meet’s U18 record. But the pain was excruciating.

“I was in agony,” he says. “The pain was unbearable and part of my foot was numb with pain.”

That’s when he finally went to a doctor, who called for an X-ray that showed two large lumps protruding out of his leg.

“You could clearly see it as soon as he put it up,” he says.

One horrible word popped into his mind: “cancer.”

“I wasn’t sure if I’d be able to run again,” he says. “I was really worried about that.”

Luckily Luke didn’t have to wait long to have some of his fears allayed. His GP saw him that night and let him know the tumours were benign, not cancerous. There were still problems though. One tumour was wrapped around his tibia and fibula, affecting his peroneal nerve.

This was March, and surgery was scheduled for September.

Before then, however, Luke wanted to run one more big race. Tumours intact, Luke suited

up for STA in the junior division at the 2015 high school provincial championships. He won an unexpected bronze in the 400 m. In the 800 m, his favourite distance, he took gold.

Three months later Luke and his family flew to Toronto for surgery with a specialist at The Hospital for Sick Children.

“We got to the hospital way too early,” Luke remembers. That left lots of time for him to think about the surgery, the nerve, the twin tumours, and the specialist who told him if things didn’t look good in there, he may have to break Luke’s leg in order to complete the surgery.

Finally, the knife…. $$$ On the day Ges Bushe was born 14 years ago there was nothing that hinted at the challenges he’d face throughout his life.

“He was a healthy baby,” says his mother, Carmen Farrell. After a year, however, it was obvious that his physical development wasn’t typical. He was having trouble with his balance, his muscles seemed very weak and it was hard for him to support himself.

“He and I logged a lot of time in the specialist clinics at Children’s Hospital,” says Farrell.

“We had a big huge thick file – all kinds of tests, examinations, MRIs – and all the tests came back ‘normal’ and yet when you looked at this kid you just knew there was something neurological going on.”

He finally started walking but by age two it was apparent it wasn’t just a physical disability.

Ges couldn’t talk, and his social interactions were atypical, reduced. By age three he was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder but it wasn’t until just last year that a specialist pinpointed his physical disability as chorea athetosis, a neurological disorder characterized

by jerky involuntary movements with abnormal muscle contractions that cause involuntary writhing.

The family still wanted Ges to have a lively childhood and so he tried many sports, including soccer, swimming, skating, biking, baseball, and skiing. The activities came with varying levels of success and enjoyment, but nothing matched the joy Ges felt when he took up running.

It is an odd fit, Farrell admits, given Ges’s physical disability.

“His arms almost move in counterproductive ways when he’s running,” she says. “(But) it’s almost impossible for him to stand still. His body wants to be moving.”

Last fall Ges, now in Grade 8, found kindred spirits on the cross country racing team at his school, West Vancouver secondary. He loved it right away.

“It was the right kind of community for him,” says Farrell. “He felt a connection with the coaches and the kids that were there.”

Ges, who communicates by typing on an iPad, says he feels excited when he runs.

“I like running because I like the track numbers and lanes,” he writes. “I like looking at the trees while I am moving. The trees look like animals when I run.”

There were no tryouts for the cross-country team – Ges showed up at practice, so he was on the squad. It was almost time to race. $$$ Two weeks before Ges’s first-ever cross-country race, Luke Harris sat in a hospital room staring at his right leg wrapped in bandages and gauze.

His surgeon entered the room.

“Point your toe up, point your toe down,”

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the surgeon said. “Your peroneal nerve is fine. You’ll be able to run.”

Those simple, wonderful words are etched into Luke’s mind.

“That was huge for me,” he says. “It was a big relief.”

There would be one more scare. A week later, sitting in class back at STA, his leg, still wrapped in bandages, swelled to nearly twice its normal size.

It was an infection – one more chance, it seemed, for his dreams to be dashed.

“I was pretty worried,” he says. “If it had gotten infected badly, that definitely would have put an end to my running career.”

Antibiotics caught the infection before it had time to do major damage, but still left Luke with massive scar tissue, major muscle loss, and lymph damage to overcome on his way back to the track, not to mention a gnarly six-inch scar on the outside of his right leg that will mark this episode for the rest of his life.

Luke was still in the early stages of recovery when Ges took part in his first event, the season-opening cross-country race at Ambleside Park. There was no way he could navigate the course alone and so a young therapist from his school ran with him.

“He was dead last,” Farrell says with a laugh. “They had to start the junior girls race before he was finished.”

But he still had the time of his life. As he popped out of the woods and approached the open-field finish line, everyone stopped what they were doing and cheered him on.

“Ges was so excited,” says Farrell.

The next race was at Cleveland Dam. The therapist wasn’t available so Ges ran with Andrew Harris, Luke’s older brother. Andrew knew Ges through the North Shore’s challenger baseball program, and the two of them tackled the tricky Cleveland Dam course together. After the race Luke and Andrew’s mother Krista Harris told Luke, who was still was in no shape to get back onto the trails, all about the race.

Luke was astounded.

“Ges raced Cleveland Dam, which is a really hilly course with a lot of ups and downs,”

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Harris, a national-level runner before his injury, gives Bushe a helping hand during their first race together. PHOTO SUPPLIED he says. “It’s really steep, it’s definitely my least favourite course. It’s the one everyone falls on, and I just couldn’t believe that he’d made it up and down the mountain. It was incredible.”

Thinking about Ges’s accomplishment got Luke fired up about getting back on track himself.

“It definitely inspired me to get back into running,” he says. “How tough he was, it was really inspiring to see that in somebody.”

Three weeks later Luke got his chance to get running again. Given the OK by his doctors for some light work, he signed up to run with Ges at the cross-country North Shore zone championships at Loutet Park. At that time Luke and Ges barley knew each other – the two athletes went to the same elementary school but, separated by three grades, were no more than acquaintances.

When they met at Loutet Park, however, the connection was instant.

“I remember the first time I met Luke I saw flowers,” writes Ges. “I saw his face. He looked kind. I said ‘hi’ to Luke. Luke said ‘hi Ges.’ I went running with him.”

Halfway through the race Ges did something he hadn’t done with any of his previous race buddies: he grabbed Luke’s hand.

They kept on racing, holding hands, for much of the course until Ges’s mother, worried that Ges would cause a fall, asked him to let go.

“You can’t hold Luke’s

hand!” she called. “You have to run on your own!”

She wasn’t too surprised, however, at the connection her son made with Luke.

“It’s this odd dichotomy because on the one hand he’s got so many autistic behaviours – the social cues that we all rely on, he doesn’t use – and yet he’s so amazingly empathetic,” Farrell says of her son. “For years I’ve described him as kind of a barometer of human experience. He knows in his being when someone cares about him. And I think that’s some of the magic in the connection that he and Luke have. Luke is just a phenomenal young man, and Ges is a great judge of character. … He just knew that Luke was special.”

Luke had a blast as well.

“Ges was a lot faster than I thought he’d be,” Luke says with a laugh. The two of them shaved nearly 10 minutes off Ges’s best time in a crosscountry race and they finished well before the next race was scheduled to start. Ges noticed improvements in his own running right away.

“Luke helps me pump my arms while I run,” he writes.

“He encourages me to run and never give up.”

There was one more race left in the season and it was a doozy. Thanks to a proposal put forward by cross-country coaches and organizers from the North Shore, the provincial championships included a para-athlete division for the first time in 2015. Ges was the

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issues that have been facing the district’s transportation network.”

Similar dividers are used on highways running around Surrey, Montreal and Toronto. For drivers coming down the cut, the “decision point” would be just before the Mountain Highway overpass. The idea would be contingent on the province and feds coming up with grants to help pay the cost of installing a new eight-lane Highway 1 bridge over Lynn Creek.

The staff presentation did not include a cost estimate for the collector distribution idea, but it would be on top of the $150-million price tag for the alreadyin-the-works revamp of all three interchanges at the bridgehead. The Ministry of Transportation has hired a consultant to model traffic flows on the Highway 1 corridor, looking to see if the collector distribution system will have a real-life impact on travel times. Those results are due in June.

While much of council was eager to see anything that might ease congestion, there was debate over whether the costs would

An artist’s sketch of how the Lynn Creek bridge could look if the province goes ahead with plans for an eight-lane replacement and divided collector road distribution system. IMAGE SUPPLIED prove worthwhile, particularly from Coun. Mathew Bond, who is a transportation systems engineer with the ministry.

Big-ticket road widening projects have been shown to have counterproductive results, Bond said. He pointed to Texas spending

$2.3 billion widening the Katy Freeway in Houston up to 23 lanes only to have travel times for commuters increase by 51 per cent in

the following three years.

“I’m worried we might be doing the popular thing and not necessarily the good thing or the right thing,” he

said.

The issue ought to be of particular significance for young people, who tend to have less car-reliant lifestyles, Bond said, but rarely participate in council’s consultation processes.

“I question these (assumptions). I want to see the data. Show me that it’s going to work. Show me that it makes sense for the long term because for the next 20 or 30 years of debt financing it takes to pay for this, we’re going to be paying the bill,” he said.

But the point of the project isn’t just to clearup notorious Cut traffic for commuters headed over the Ironworkers, others on council argued, but rather to separate our own local eastwest traffic.

“Is it going to solve everything? No. Is it going to be expensive? Yup. Do we have to do it? I think we do,” Coun. Lisa Muri said. “Think good thoughts that this will happen before we all retire.”

And with driverless vehicles coming on the market soon and fundamentally changing commuter patterns, the highway projects may prove to have lots of capacity for the future, Coun.

Roger Bassam added.

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‘Suburbia on steroids’ feared

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The issue has been gaining attention in West Vancouver as both developers and others snap up lots with older homes, then tear those houses down and build much larger houses on the property, commonly known as ‘monster homes.’

The district is in the midst of a “bulk housing crisis,” warned Dundarave architect Katie Hlynsky.

While new limits on maximum house size may cause property values to dip, Hlynsky said the reverse could also be argued.

“Without trees and landscaping, and in the making of a typical suburbia on steroids, nobody will want to live here.”

Not everyone agrees.

Discussing prospective changes at a public meeting on the topic last year, resident Claus Jensen expressed concern West Vancouver’s government might be encroaching on individual rights.

“Private property is still pretty sacred in Canada and I do believe it needs to be respected,” he said.

The new rules on housing bulk introduced Monday include measures to ward off

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erosion and shore up slope stability by calling for the retention of trees and vegetation “where possible and practical.”

The bylaw calls for landscape contractors to submit plans to the district.

“So far, so bad,” judged former councillor Michael Evison, who said it should be district staff’s responsibility to regulate and enforce those measures.

Besides new limits on house size, the district is hoping better fence bylaws will make for better neighbours.

Under the new bylaw, the height of a fence, previously unregulated, would be no higher than four feet in the front yard and six feet around the side and back yards in neighbourhoods characterized by smaller homes.

Neighbourhoods with larger homes will generally be permitted fences six feet high in front and eight feet high around the house.

Tall fences are often the only recourse for homeowners who look out the window and see a looming “monster house,” according to Hlynsky.

“In speaking with people who live next to these sites, they feel annihilated and isolated,” she said.

Some builders are

ignoring district character and topography while constructing houses the size of rec centres, according to Hlynsky.

“The result is the need for a very large fence,” she said.

If two neighbours don’t like each other, a variance could be provided to allow a taller fence between the properties. Barbed and razor wire is expressly forbidden.

The new bylaws are scheduled for a public hearing May 16. Council would need to grant final approval before the rules become law.

During three years of debate about housing bulk at least 150 houses have been built, according to Coun. Nora Gambioli, who discussed the issue last December.

“By the time we see a bit of light at the end of this

tunnel we are talking perhaps 600 new homes. ... Every day matters.”

The district issued 130 demolition permits in 2013, 154 in 2014 and 171 in 2015, according to district spokesman Jeff McDonald.

The spate of tear-downs has diminished the district’s culture, according to Barbara Hunter, a director of the West Vancouver Historical Society, who addressed the issue at a 2015 public hearing.

“West Vancouver is one of the best places in the world to live, not just to invest,” she said.

During Monday’s meeting district council also passed a bylaw to protect trees on public boulevards. The bylaw bars fences on boulevards except for retaining walls needed for slope stability or driveway access.

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Luckily, a Talon helicopter was gassed and ready, and a rescue team was deployed in about 15 minutes.

“He had taken quite a fall.

He had significant injuries – potential internal injuries and some trauma to his face and neck,” Danks said. “He fell quite a long way onto some fairly large boulders.”

The team, which included Danks, an ER doctor, a nurse and one of North Shore Rescue’s newest recruits, packaged the subject up on a spine board and flew him to the Port of Vancouver heliport where an ambulance was waiting.

North Shore Rescue airlifted a critically injured senior from a remote area up Indian Arm Thursday afternoon.

The team got the call from the Emergency Operations Centre just after 1 p.m. alerting them to a 70-year-old man who had fallen more than 15 feet from a ladder onto the rocky beach below.

The man was working on his home on Coldwell Beach, a boat-access only strip of houses about eight kilometres up Indian Arm, when the incident happened.

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It’s an easy question for almost everyone who doesn’t serve in Canada’s Senate.

P.E.I. Senator and Ottawa resident Mike Duffy was acquitted of 31 charges this week related to fraud and abusing the public trust. Nothing criminal was going on – just senator stuff.

Yes, Duffy listed a summer cottage as his primary residence but nothing in the Senate rules require a senator to spend a certain number days at their house. We’d like to believe the omission is an oversight, but that’s hard to accept from a government body specializing in oversight.

The legal grey area seems like a purposeful fog created by legislators who expect taxpayers to supplement their sizable salaries with free trips.

Duffy was legally allowed to lie about where he lived and file piles of expense reports because he was just doing what comes naturally to senators, and following the advice of more senior politicians.

According to the judge, it was former prime minister Stephen Harper who told Duffy where he would claim to live and members of Harper’s office who later tried to buy their way out of trouble by forcing Duffy to accept a payment of $90,000.

But as far as Duffy’s responsibility for the mess was concerned, it was all legal.

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Chess players not owed free ride

Dear Editor: I have a great deal of respect for Peter Black and it is still a pleasure to see him around West Vancouver.

However, in response to his and others’ support for the chess players, I feel that the opinions being voiced are one-sided.

I also owned a business in Park Royal very close to Peter Black’s and for a period well over a year, before they moved to the old food court, the chess players occupied a number of tables in the market area directly opposite my store. I know from first-hand experience that their contribution to the economy of the mall was minimal. Fast food or similar operations rely on turnover of customers at tables to survive. A group of 20-30 people occupying tables for hours on end with barely a small coffee between them does nothing to support these businesses.

The effect on my business was not as substantial as it

was a different type, but I never saw any chess player buying as much as a meal from any of the market shops or food outlets. However, I frequently saw customers of food businesses being unable to find seating as the tables were occupied. If you wish to find out whether others believe that this group is an asset to the mall then surely the opinions to canvass are those of the food court operators whose tables are now being occupied and whose customers are unable to find seating. Most of your readers will have no idea of the eye-watering level of rents that the food court operators are paying. The removal of “loiterers,” chess playing or otherwise, at least gives these businesses a fighting chance to survive.

Peter Black may lament the loss of the chess players but in fairness, his business was not dependent on customers being able to sit down to enjoy what they had just

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purchased from him. Park Royal is simply doing what any other business would do if tables were being continuously occupied by a group who were not eating food purchased at their establishments.

As well as their lack of support for the businesses, I have rarely come across such a self-absorbed, entitled group — try witnessing a mother trying to manoeuvre a push chair around the groups watching a chess game with the participants totally oblivious to her struggles. That same sense of entitlement comes through at the moment. Instead of saying “thanks for 50 years of free support” their attitude is “we’ve had something for free for 50 years therefore you owe it to us forever.”

That said, I have nothing against people being able to play chess. If the mayor is so supportive of them, then surely he can free up some community space for

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them – what about the large entrance area to the aquatic centre? If this is a community activity then it should be supported by community facilities.

Everyone loves jumping on a David versus Goliath cause and I am certainly no apologist for Park Royal’s management as I’ve seen first-hand how their commercial decisions have negatively affected people whose businesses have closed. When you see a business close in Park Royal do you ever consider that this is at least one family losing their livelihood and in many cases everything they have?

So I will save my sympathy for the owners, employees and the families of businesses in the food court trying to survive rather than the chess players.

Time to move on guys, we’re all just pawns to some extent or another.

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Chess group teaches human connection Dear Editor: Dear Park Royal: I’ve been fortunate to work in the field of social service for 30 years and throughout my career I have been humbled, honoured and impressed with those who move through adversity.

My most memorable years have been my work as an advocate for older adults and youth. If I have learned one thing in my 30 years in social services, it is that a sense of purpose is what keeps us alive and gives us reason to wake up in the morning.

Our Canadian government supplies funding to various programs around the North Shore for older adults and youth in order to create for them a sense of engagement in their community. The funding is also provided to programs that are created to enhance cognitive stimulation for older adults. This leads me to the story I read in the North Shore

News about Park Royal mall’s choice to abandon chess players who have been meeting for 50 years.

These chess players have a reason to leave their homes to prevent isolation, they play a game that keeps their brains healthy, they have created a family that keeps their heart alive and their quality of life has been increased. I have often watched the chess players of various ages enjoy each other’s company, and gladly smile to myself at these very resourceful and resilient individuals who teach us all a lesson, on human connection.

I can only hope that the older adults and youth in your life do not find themselves isolated at a time in their lives when they need company the most. To take away a vital component such as this is a poor decision on your part.

Sincerely disappointed.

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Dear Editor: Re: presumed drowning in Lynn Canyon.

After living in Lynn Valley for more than 30 years I know that as soon as there is a heavy rainfall or the rapidly melting snows on the mountains surrounding Lynn Canyon Park fill the waterways in the spring, it won’t be long before there is an accident or a death in the canyon. And so it was, as helicopters circled overhead and the wails of emergency vehicles echoed up the hill for hours on Monday, March 28, as I worked in my garden.

The reasons for this situation are simple: as the waters of the rains and melting snows rush to fill local stream beds, the resulting torrents hurtle downward, filling the narrow canyon walls. This creates mighty currents and

undertows resulting in centrifugal forces with the power to hold large objects under water against the sides of the canyon and topple huge rocks and tree trunks into the water.

Fenced off areas are covered with warning signs throughout the canyon’s intricate system of hiking trails. People who choose to swim in those waters or climb the nearby cliffs are taking a chance with the forces of nature.

According to a suggestion on social media (North Shore News, April 1), fines should be established to combat the annual drownings and accidents in Lynn Canyon.

This may help, but I would also like to suggest some more constructive alternatives: $ (-6.287%/23 #!%;!21: in schools, libraries, youth groups and perhaps the Lynn

*2/&%/ (.%3%;& *"/8!") #%:sibly titled: If you Love Nature, Respect Her and Learn Her Ways. $ 475" %68 !"#%!8: %/ -273& conditions in areas safe for swimming and diving in the canyon as we do for boating and for skiing and hiking trails in season. $ ,-- "1"!;"/.& /610"!: to current signage so park visitors can report people illegally swimming or climbing in areas already fenced off and prohibited. $ +":) 2/- .92!;" 2/- '/" those who break the rules.

My heart goes out to the family of Cole Marsh from Coquitlam. Please help to prevent further tragedies like that of a 17-year-old, whose friends say “died doing what he loved.”

Martha Barker North Vancouver

Mismanagement of Hydro appalls Dear Editor: Re: NDP Turns Up the Heat on BC Hydro File, April 20 by Keith Baldrey.

These games that politicians play are sickening. Why don’t they think they should answer to the public? Are we not the ones that they are working for? The BC Hydro mess has been in the making for years and is only going to get worse. The fact that it isn’t going to get better anytime soon is devastating for me as a consumer. Look at how many private river projects

were given the go ahead to produce power when it was not required; and now sit back and wait to sell the power to BC Hydro. BC Hydro, a Crown corporation owned by the taxpayers, had to sit idle and not go out and get new power because all these private owners needed to make money.

It is heartbreaking to know that members of our elected government enjoy lining their friends’ pockets with dollars instead of passing benefits to us as taxpayers. It is time to turn BC Hydro around before

it goes bankrupt. Contact your elected MLA and voice your disapproval of this mess!

Let’s keep our power ours and hopefully rates reasonable.

Keep up the good work Keith Baldrey and hopefully some day, somewhere, someone will pay attention to what is happening in Victoria. Let’s not re-elect those who are not working for the people of our province. Until then, keep after them to do their job for this province.

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Checkmate for players is a loss Dear Editor: As a longtime resident (since 1967) I enjoyed Park Royal in the early years.

However, more and more changes have destroyed the lovely atmosphere of the shopping mall. I do miss

Peter Black, the fish store, the pasta place, the bakery and the chess players etc. What a shame, that everything is about big boxes and how much money they can make.

I do like Whole Foods and the village around it. For the rest,

the construction has taken far too long and removing the chess players is a disgrace.

Hopefully the administration will change their mind and allow the chess players back.

Romy Reimann West Vancouver

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Mental Health Awareness Campaign

Brockton teen fights stigma ERIN MCPHEE emcphee@nsnews.com

A Grade 8 student at Brockton School hopes that by sharing her personal experiences with mental illness with the members of her school as well as the greater community, she’ll be able to bring increased awareness to the issue, reduce stigma as well as help others of all ages facing similar challenges.

For the second year in a row, 14-year-old Jasmine Irving is leading a Mental Health Awareness Campaign at her Lynn Valley school, supported by fellow students, staff and her family.

This year’s initiative has a stress management theme and is set for May 2 to 6, during the Canadian Mental Health Association’s Mental Health Week, and includes events and fundraisers for students as well as two evening events open to members of the general public.

When asked whether it’s an intimidating prospect to tell her story, Jasmine, during a meeting with the North

Shore news Monday at her school, is quick to say no.

“It’s easy for me.”

At age 10, Jasmine was diagnosed with bipolar disorder type 2. Her health history includes having had a rare disease twice as a toddler as well as living with hypothyroidism, clinical anxiety, sleep disorder and ADHD. Adding to her health challenges, in early 2015 she experienced two episodes of dystonia as a result of a wrong antibiotic being prescribed, putting her antipsychotic at a toxic level.

While a difficult year, Jasmine stayed positive and is currently thriving. She’s an avid reader, movie buff and snowshoer who recently started taking vocal lessons.

She also enjoys school and spending time with family and friends.

From the beginning, her family has held the firm belief that it’s important to be upfront and honest about Jasmine’s challenges.

“It’s Jasmine’s choice, she wants all of her to be known and to be out there,” says her mother, Brenda Irving.

“And to be accepted,”

MAKE MEMORIES MATTER Tod Woodward, Tanya Mealing and Stephanie Woodward invite community members to collect pledges and walk to support Alzheimer’s disease at this year’s Investors Group Walk for Alzheimer’s, being held in honour of Bryan Chalmers, Sunday, May 1 at West Vancouver’s John Lawson Park. Registration begins at 10 a.m. and the walk takes place at 11:30 a.m. walkforalzheimers.ca PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN adds Jasmine.

“It’s always been driven by her and I can’t explain the emotions it puts through me,” Brenda, who assists Jasmine in organizing her annual Mental Health Awareness Campaign – referring to herself as her

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Jasmine’s efforts are also a source of inspiration for her Brockton peers as well as staff and teachers.

“I love that Jasmine’s done this. I love that it’s student-driven, particularly,”

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Community members invited to mental health sessions From page 11 is to support students like Jasmine and everyone else because Jasmine’s certainly not alone,” she adds.

Payne, along with Jamie Morris, Brockton’s head of learning resource and student services co-ordinator, are helping Jasmine with her campaign.

“A lot of people focus on physical disabilities or physical ailments or things like that but the mental health side of things is sometimes not really spoken about. But in order to support the whole child, that’s a huge part of it.

We just want everyone to feel safe and supported because that way they can learn best and achieve their best potential. So I think increasing info like this and having the students lead it is really important to embracing what we are at Brockton,” says Morris.

A major component of Brockton’s Mental Health Awareness Campaign will be an information booth set up in the school lobby for the duration of the week. This year, Jasmine has more than 100 pieces of information, flyers and resources available for students and their

families, when visiting the school, to peruse and take home.

Last year’s Mental Health Awareness Campaign raised more than $600 for the CMHA Steps Youth Program. This year Jasmine hopes to once again support the program, which uses recreational activities to help youths in grades 8 to 12 dealing with depression and anxiety. Fundraisers will include mental health awareness bracelet sales, a fresh fruit and cookie sale, and a raffle to win a stress management kit.

Also, last year Jasmine’s family donated 25 books on different aspects of mental health to the school library and this year plans to donate 55 more.

Throughout the week, Brockton students will listen to presentations from a number of experts on mental health topics.

Community members at large are invited to two free evening presentations at the school including: The Benefits of Mindfulness Meditation by yoga practitioner Jeff Grace Tuesday, May 3 from 7 to 8 p.m. (bring a yoga mat); and Talking With Your Child/Youth About Mental Health by Rae Morris, a

Brockton School’s Jasmine Irving (right) is presenting a Mental Health Awareness Campaign at her school May 2-6 with the support of her mother Brenda (left), Brockton staff members Jules Payne and Jamie Morris, and her fellow students. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD social worker and individual, couple and family therapist, Wednesday, May 4 from 6 to 7 p.m. To RSVP to either

event, email jmorris@brocktonschool.com.

When asked what she hopes people take away from

this year’s campaign, Jasmine says that mental illness is “hard and it’s not easy. For people who haven’t got it

diagnosed yet, be nice to them because they may not ever be as lucky and have a chance like I had.”

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Although he became known as “The Kidney Guy” after he wrote the first book and lectured extensively for 14 years on naturopathic approaches to kidney disease, Naturopathic Physician Dr. Quinn Rivet, BSc. N.D. is increasingly turning his attention to the growing need to help his patients take a proactive approach to maintaining cognitive function and overall brain health.

“With our aging population, we need to recognize some of the body-mind causes of conditions like depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorders and do whatever we can to preserve a person’s cognitive function well into their senior years,” Rivet says.

Practising at North Vancouver’s North Shore Naturopathic Clinic at 156 West 3rd Street, Rivet says there is growing evidence of a strong connection between inflammatory processes elsewhere in the body – especially the digestive tract or gut – and the level of influence it (the inflammation) has on the brain.

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increasing ease of movement, decreasing pain, practical solutions for pain care and more at a patient-focused event Monday, May 2, 1-4 p.m. at Memorial Community Centre, 100 block East 23rd St., North Vancouver. Pearson will offer a second presentation, later that evening, 7-9:30 p.m., at the same location for health care professionals. pipain.com

Stressing the importance of a preventative lifestyle, Rivet says the good news is that although a person’s memory may suffer from low-grade inflammation, the brain can also regenerate itself (neurogenesis) when simple dietary changes are made. “What we aim for,” Rivet said, “is to increase a patient’s intake of antiinflammatory, polyphenol-rich foods such as olive oil, dark coloured berries/ chocolate and certain vegetables, like beets. Omega three oils and probiotics are also good.”

When necessary, supplements can be added, calming yoga, meditation and nature walks can address the inflammatory reflex by improving vagal nerve tone (which helps decrease inflammation), all of which are likely to improve brain health.

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BAD APPLE Claire Traille and Teresa La Porta star as the Evil Queen and Snow White in St. Thomas Aquinas secondary’s production of Snow White, adapted by J. Michael Straczynski. The show runs April 28-30 at the BlueShore Financial Centre for the Performing Arts, 2055 Purcell Way, North Vancouver. For tickets ($16/$11) call 604-987-4431. Visit aquinas. org for more info. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN

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What’s Going On EARTH DAY IN THE CITY Join the City of North Vancouver, Evergreen and other community groups for an Earth Day celebration at Wagg Creek Park, Mahon and 21st Street, Sunday, April 24, noon-4 p.m. Enjoy activities for the entire family including crafts, food vendors, and organic leaf compost sales, and help remove invasive plants.

FAMILY CARNIVAL The West Vancouver Police Department will host its 11th

annual family carnival April 24, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. at Ambleside Park, West Vancouver. The site will feature rides and carnival games. A portion of ride ticket proceeds will go to support West Vancouver police youth programs. $30.

SHIPYARDS LOT 5 PUBLIC INFORMATION SESSION North Vancouver City staff and Quay Property Management Corp. invite the public to an informational session to discuss Lot 5 Monday, April 25, 6-8 p.m. at The Pipe Shop, 115 Victory Ship Way, North Vancouver. cnv.org

HOPE PATIO TEA PARTY The Blenz HOpe Cafe presents its first annual Patio Tea Party Wednesday, April 27, 11 a.m.- 1 p.m., 1337 St. Andrews Ave., North Vancouver. Cost is $10 per person. Tea will be served on vintage china and there will be biscuits, scones and homemade preserves.

RSVP by April 25 as seating is limited. hopecafe@cmha.bc.ca CLASS OF 66 Celebrate West Vancouver secondary’s class of 1966 at the Pinnacle Hotel at the Pier, Saturday, April 30, 7 p.m. Dinner-style appetizers and live music.

TINKER WITH TECH West Vancouver Memorial Library staff Leila Meshgini, Sue Kent and David Carson try out some high-tech gear in advance of the Imagine IT technology fair Friday, April 29, 4-8 p.m. and Saturday, April 30, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the library, 1950 Marine Dr. Visitors can try a 3-D printer, digitize old photos or slides, learn to code, see robots in action, and more. Visit wvml.ca/imagineit for more info. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD Tickets cost $100. Register: WVSSclassof66.com or WVSSclassof66@gmail.com KIDS’ SWAP SALE North Shore Parents of Multiples will host a sale Saturday, April 30, 9:30 a.m.-noon at Holy Trinity elementary, 128 West 27th St., North Vancouver.

MOTHER’S DAY CRAFTERNOON Join upcycler Denise Corcoran to create one-of-a-kind gifts and decorative items Saturday, April 30, 1:30-3:30 p.m. at North Vancouver City Library, 120 West 14th St., North Vancouver. Supplies will be provided. nvcl.ca TRAVEL MEMORIES A workshop on how to make art

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Seniors 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 required.

604-922-1575 CARE PLANNING – YOUR ROAD MAP FOR ELDER CARE Gain knowledge to avoid crisis: Learn about the various levels of care and types of seniors residences, the difference between private

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Keep emotions out of your investments Warren Buffet once said that you only get rational behaviour when one combines sound intellect with emotional discipline.

So much for the efficient market hypothesis (a theory that market participants are perfectly rational)! It’s been shown that most money managers can’t beat their own benchmarks and it has nothing to do with their intellect, as there are a ton of brilliant minds on the Street of Dreams.

It does, however, have everything to do with their emotionalism and biases.

Emotions can be great assets – they motivate us, warn us and increase the overall satisfaction of our lives.

But in the investing world, emotions are a liability to us all. There are many cognitive biases that exist, but we’ll break down only two of the most common. We’ve seen examples of these throughout our careers and even the uninterested market observer will have seen most of these at some point in their life.

Remember the widespread Y2K fears that the turn of the millennium would somehow lead to software failures in banking, utilities and military

Making Cents Lori Pinkowski systems around the globe?

Observers predicted panic and chaos and even the end of the world. But despite that fear, one sector of the market was booming – technology. In 1996, former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan (who we had the pleasure of meeting recently) remarked that markets had reached a level of irrational exuberance.

He was right, albeit early in his call.

Into the late ’90s, tech stocks were roaring and Main Street pounced into the sector with reckless abandon, which was reminiscent of the final stages of the ’20s boom cycle.

When tech stocks only go up for five years straight, it’s hard

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to imagine they could ever go down. Combine that with everyone’s neighbour explaining to them how much money they just made on Pets.com and you can understand how so many people got caught up in the euphoria.

Have you identified the bias yet? It’s well-known and is commonly referred to as herding. The dotcom herd influenced many investors to drop money into technology companies with the reassurance of seeing so many other investors do the same thing.

Be wary of running over the cliff with the herd.

Losing money on any investment is never an enjoyable experience. What’s even more frustrating is admitting to being wrong about a stock pick.

Many investors hold onto their losers’ years after they drop in value. They believe eventually the battered-down stock will rebound in price and they will be able to sell it at their cost, allowing them to break even. Even though most of these types of investors have no idea how to evaluate a company, they remain bound to their original purchase price. This is called loss

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aversion or anchoring. Losing money on an investment is too painful for some investors, so they convince themselves that the stock price will recover one day. Unfortunately, this type of investor bias is common and many people are left holding stocks in their portfolio that are worthless.

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strategy, rather than ad hoc when emotions run high in times of high market volatility. Toning down rampant emotionalism is one of the best ways to improve not just investment results but life results as well.

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SPRING ART SALE Artist James Elton works on a painting in his home studio. On Sunday, May 1, Elton and other members of the North Shore Artists’ Guild will hold their annual Spring Art Sale, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. at West Vancouver Community Centre, 2121 Marine Dr. More than 400 paintings by 100 local artists will be on display and visitors will have the chance to win Elton’s original work, Fire Island (seen in the background of the above photograph). PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD Always Progressive Never Conventional EDGEMONT VILLAGE | 3065 EDGEMONT BLVD | NORTH VANCOUVER | 604.986.4893

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Moustache man continues to fill a need Dedicated volunteer serves family at Silver Harbour

North Vancouver’s most luxuriant and elaborate arrangement of facial adornment will soon be history.

“I’m worried about Mom.”

Memory Lane Laura Anderson off he’d go on another tour of Europe’s castles and cathedrals.

In 1968, the same year the handlebar mustache made its appearance, James visited family in British Columbia. “It was in the autumn and I thought, I don’t have to go back to the snow and ice.”

He moved from the city to North Vancouver in 1988 and started work at Lions Gate Hospital.

Work as an extra is on the extensive resumé he’s developed since retiring.

He’s a housesitter and house cleaner, a dog walker and a caregiver. Also a stamp collector, calligrapher, needle worker (one embroidered shirt won James a prize at the PNE) and one of Silver Harbour Seniors’ Activity Centre’s invaluable volunteers.

James joined Silver Harbour thanks to his friend and square-dance partner Mae Thomson (profiled here Jan. 12, 2014), who gave him a tour of the centre. He found familiar faces from the neighbourhood and colleagues from the hospital, and “traded one job for another,” he says with a laugh.

At Silver Harbour’s cafeteria one day, a friend stops by, another retired

Volunteer James Mead does some weeding in the Silver Harbour garden, just one of the many tasks he regularly completes at the North Vancouver seniors centre. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD nurse, with an update on his wife’s health. A few minutes later, a woman brings him cupcakes. “She’s a baker. I gave her several packages of cupcake papers and I get

cupcakes whenever she bakes for a worthy cause.

It’s a big family here at Silver Harbour,” says James, “at least for me.” He plans to keep up his volunteer

duties, and his friendships, at Silver Harbour.

“James has been volunteering at Silver Harbour for 12 years, essentially ever since he set foot in the

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After 27 years on this side of the inlet, James Mead is moving to New Westminster and he’s taking his beard and handlebar mustache with him.

James’s current handlebar is conservative compared to others he has cultivated over the years.

One can only imagine the three-curl version he describes. At 17 inches on each side, it could be tied at the back of his head.

James grew his first handlebar, modelled on one his father sported, when he was 25, working and training in nursing at Regina General Hospital.

“I keep it for the movies,” he explains. “I’m the old guy at the end of the bar.” James has appeared as an extra in more than 100 film and television productions since he retired from nursing at Lions Gate Hospital.

A farm boy, James was born and raised on the Saskatchewan prairie. Every year at freeze-up, the Mead family moved to the hamlet of Ogema, returning to their farm at Easter.

“Mother was a baseball player, and with eight siblings, we had a team,” James recalls. “In the winter we were skating and curling at the ice rink every evening.

And all year round there were dances in the community halls and one-room schools on the outskirts of Ogema.”

Television and transistor radios opened up the world of art and culture for James.

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Volunteer preparing for May 7 Spring Sale From page 17 Harbour in many ways,” says Annwen Loverin, the centre’s executive director.

“He spends countless hours in our garden pruning, weeding, replanting. Every spring, James manages the very large task of taking spent flower bulbs and turning them into a fundraiser for Silver Harbour.”

It comes from growing up on a farm, James says, where there is always something that needs to be done. “My dad would say, ‘While you’re resting, we’ll be doing this.’”

The ability to “see a need and fill a need” is a rare quality, and an asset in a volunteer. For community centres and service organizations everywhere it may be the most valuable contribution their volunteers can make.

With B.C. Volunteer Week in the rear view until April of next year, let us recognize and appreciate James Mead and all volunteers for their contributions to our communities.

HIKE FOR HOSPICE Wendy Lea and Eleanor Campbell lace up for next weekend’s North Shore Hike for Hospice Palliative Care. Wheelchairs, strollers, walkers and runners are welcome to fundraise for end-of-life care Sunday, May 1, 9 a.m. at Norseman Park track, 24th Street and Lonsdale Avenue. $20. northshorehospice.ca PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD Join James at Silver Harbour on Saturday, May 7 for bulbs and much more at the annual Spring Sale.

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Relieve stress with a dog walk in nature Walking with my dogs is probably the best part of sharing my life with them.

Rain or shine, hiking the trails and immersing myself in the heart and soul of Mother Nature is a treasured gift that I am grateful to experience every single day. There is something about being in this natural setting, undisturbed by human hands, that brings me great peace. This feeling of mindfulness is not exclusive to me alone; it is clear that my dogs also benefit as they come back from a long hike mentally and physically at peace.

I wager those who spend time hiking through forest trails or traversing mountains (with or without a dog) can also attest to the anecdotal health benefits to the mind, body and soul.

The fresh air does wonders to clear out the cobwebs of the mind, leaving one feeling refreshed and revived, and it seems as though science is turning this anecdotal evidence into actual scientific evidence.

A recent study published

Canine Connections Joan Klucha in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found a link between mental illnesses and urbanization (decreasing green space for development). Through a regulated experiment, researchers examined whether exposure to nature had an influence on rumination (repetitive negative thoughts focused on oneself) which is a known risk factor for mental illness.

According to the study, “Participants who went on a 90-minute walk through a natural environment reported lower levels of rumination and reduced neural activity in the areas

of the brain linked to risk for mental illness compared to those who walked through an urban environment.” The study further suggested that for healthy mental wellbeing, accessible natural areas within urban areas is critical.

This may not seem significant to some, but these studies have shown that urbanization is linked to increased levels of mental illness due to a variety of factors, one being continually subjected to noise pollution. It would seem that walking or hiking around the neighbourhood may be good for your heart, but it’s not so good for your mind.

Dogs are also good for our mental health. Again science has proven that there are a number of ways in which the presence of a dog in our lives can assist in improved mental health and there is monumental

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– physically, financially and mentally – as dog owners steep themselves deeper in the urban rush.

To say you are too stressed to walk the dog is ironic, because as science is proving, the act of walking your dog in nature is the quickest and most satisfying way to reduce mental duress.

Living on the North Shore, where nature – at its finest – is literally in your backyard, there is no excuse for not exploring the local trails.

If the idea of walking in nature frightens you, and for some people it does as they have heard hyperbolic stories of bears, cougars and coyotes stalking humans for their dinner, then start with local trails that are popular and, of course, dog friendly. The Baden Powel trail is both dog friendly and popular, so if you are

nervous about being in nature this popular trail allows you to frequently come across other humans, probably with dogs, and feel comfortable.

In time, you and your pooch may feel more adventurous and, if so, check out vancouversnorthshore.com for hiking ideas.

If you want to read the entire article cited in this column, including the links to how exposure to nature improves creativity and decreases ADHD symptoms follow, visit collectiveevolution.com/2016/04/08/ doctors-explain-how-hikingactually-changes-our-brains.

Happy hiking and namaste!

Joan Klucha has been working with dogs for more than 15 years in obedience, tracking and behavioural rehabilitation. Contact her at k9kinship@gmail.com.

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Like spending time in nature, spending time with dogs distracts us from our morose ruminations. Dogs offer us unconditional love and they give us a reason to get out of bed. But perhaps the most significant thing they give us is a judgement-free connection with another being.

When it comes to keeping a healthy mindset, this kind of service is invaluable.

It would seem obvious to some that merely having a dog is incentive enough to get out in the great outdoors and get up close and personal with nature, but surprisingly, due to urbanization and the increasingly high-paced lifestyle people are choosing, finding the time to walk their own dog induces anxiety and increases stress rather than calming the mind.

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Record-setting swimmer unstoppable 96-year-old heads to provincial swim meet this weekend

ERIN MCPHEE emcphee@nsnews.com

Taking in a local seniors swimming competition as a spectator some 10 years ago, West Vancouver’s Fred Schulhof came to a life-changing conclusion.

“I watched it and I thought well, I can do that,” says the 96-year-old with a laugh. “I was inspired.”

In that moment, Schulhof (a life-long swimmer who competed during his university days in Ireland, though backed off from competitive swimming in the years that followed due to life, work and family taking precedence), decided the timing was right for him to get back into the pool and see how his swimming prowess stacked up against others in his age group.

In the last 10 years, the athlete and North Shore Masters Swim Club member has racked up 32 Canadian records. In addition, in January 2014, at age 94, he set two age-group world records in the 200-metre backstroke and 100-m backstroke at the Nanaimo Ebbtides Masters Swim Meet.

“You look at somebody like that and the other older swimmers, they’re just an inspiration to anybody to keep active. It’s inspirational to watch somebody his age still competing,” says Linda Sullivan, president of the North Shore Aquatics Society.

This weekend, Schulhof will be among 31 North Shore Masters Swim Club members and 238 masters swimmers from across B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Washington, Oregon, as well as France gathering for the Masters Swimming Association of B.C. Provincial Swimming Championships. The meet got underway Friday and will run through Sunday (April 22-24) at Richmond’s Watermania. “It really speaks to the dedication of these people who are seniors and who put in so much time. Those people train almost every day in pools on the North Shore. It’s pretty amazing what they do. You think of people who are athletic as being in their 30s and 40s and these guys as you can tell are quite a bit older,”

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Fred Schulhof, 96, is among 31 North Shore Masters Swim Club members competing this weekend at the Masters Swimming Association of B.C. Provincial Swimming Championships hosted by his club and the North Shore Aquatics Society at Richmond’s Watermania. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD says Sullivan.

The North Shore Aquatics Society is hosting the provincial swimming championships for the first time along with the North Shore Masters Swim Club. “We have two main goals, one is to support local clubs, the other one is to try and support the process of getting a 50-metre pool built in North Vancouver,” says Sullivan, of the society.

While the North Shore groups are hosting this weekend’s meet, they’re forced to hold it in Richmond due to the lack of an adequate local facility, something the society is working

to change. “It is an ongoing frustration because North Shore clubs cannot host anything on the North Shore - that includes water polo, it includes diving, it includes synchronized swimming,” says Sullivan.

Schulhof, the oldest competitor at this weekend’s meet, open to swimmers 19 and over, will be competing in three events, 50-m breaststroke, 50-m backstroke and 100-m backstroke.

“They’re my fortes at the moment,” he says.

Reached Thursday by the North Shore News, Schulhof was excited for provincials. “I’m never ready but I look forward to it. It’s really

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When asked how often he can typically be found practising at the West Vancouver Aquatic Centre, Schulhof offers a rather sheepish reply.

“I should be practising at least every second day but I usually swim once a week or sometimes once in two weeks,” he says.

Schulhof encourages his peers to likewise engage in the activity, no matter what their age.

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only official entrant, so as long as he finished the race, he’d be the provincial champion.

Luke, not well enough yet to race for STA himself, volunteered to help his new friend get to the finish line.

The race, held at Vancouver’s Jericho Beach Park in early November, took place on one of the worst days of the year, with torrential rains turning parts of the course into lakes, and winds whipping the racers from all sides. A photo gallery posted after the race shows athletes crying at the finish line, with racers covered in mud as if they’d just gone through military training, not a high school race.

“It was just disgusting,” says Farrell. “If anything was going to kill someone’s joy of sport … this weather was going to do that.”

But when she looked at Ges and Luke before the race, all she saw was pure joy.

“The two of them, you can see that little boy in their faces,” she says. “It’s like they’ve just seen Santa Claus for the first time or something.

They are so excited, they are beside themselves. Both of them.”

The course was so bad that Luke was worried for Ges’s safety, and Farrell was worried for both boys. But they made it all the way through. Ges was so worn out by the end of the race that he couldn’t raise his arm to give a friend a high five, but he was happy.

“I remembered feeling cold and hot while I ran the

Luke Harris and Ges Bushe stake out spots at the back of the pack before a race. PHOTO SUPPLIED provincial championship,” he writes. “It was a hard run. I felt so happy that I wanted to jump high when I finished the race.”

Luke almost snapped his own ankle stepping into a hidden pothole, but he had no doubts about Ges. “I knew Ges would finish the race no matter what,” he says. “He was just so determined. He just loves to run – I knew he’d finish it.”

Ges, just like his buddy Luke, was a provincial champion. $$$ Luke and Ges were back at it soon after the provincial cross-country championships.

The pair spent the entire winter meeting once a week at the Handsworth track to train together, through all types of nasty North Shore weather.

Ges got to work on his running skills with an elite junior

athlete and Luke got to enjoy Ges’s quirky sense of humour while also gaining motivation in his own recovery.

“I get to see mental toughness, which is something that is really important in track,” Luke says. “You really need that extra motivation to just push yourself a little faster to get a little bit off your time. It’s also amazing to watch Ges’s progress. If somebody who is struggling as much as he can can have that much progress, I always feel that I should be able to progress just as much after surgery. And it also just makes him happy, which I feel is really important. It’s really great because I have been blessed with being able to run really well and it’s nice to be able to help him run and enjoy running.”

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award. Luke calls it “the most amazing award or prize I’ve ever gotten.”

“It wasn’t just nice being there and getting the standing ovation, but it was also great seeing Ges’s reaction, how excited he was before the award. He couldn’t contain himself, he was just overjoyed both before and when we were onstage. He was so proud.”

Ges admits that he was nervous before receiving the award – a rare admission, his mom says – but the ovation touched him profoundly.

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wear shades.”

As for Ges, he’s gone solo.

In his first event of the season, one lap around the track in a 400-m race, he ran for the first time without a guide. He wasn’t, however, without guidance. Before the meet Luke enlisted his friends and family members to stage a mock track meet so that Ges would know what to expect on race day. They even worked on the handshake thing – Luke told Ges to shake everyone’s hand after the race.

On the big day Ges ran his race perfectly. Luke was there on the final corner to cheer him on. Luke thought about sprinting beside him down the final stretch but he didn’t need to. Ges was flying on his own.

“When I run, I think about the track,” writes Ges. “I think about doing my best because I run fast, as fast as Ges can run.

I can run better by practising. Somedays it is hard to run but I kept trying. I kept trying because there are goals that you want to get. Thank you Luke for being one of the reasons I run.”

At the end of the race every one near the finish line got a handshake. Everyone except for Luke.

“I got a hug,” he says. He earned it.

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“I felt like I was flying,” he says. When I think about Luke on stage with me I can’t help but smile. The memory makes me happy.”

The race isn’t over for either Luke or Ges. Both are competing for their school track and field teams this spring. Luke, racing for the first time since his surgery, has taken part in three meets already, showing big improvements each time out. In his latest race he finished third in the 800 m, coming within three seconds of his personal best.

He’s not back to 100 per cent, but he’s catching up.

There’s at least one person who believes Luke will achieve greatness wherever he goes, whatever he does.

“Luke strikes me as the kind of person who is going to be that much stronger, brighter, faster for this experience,” says Farrell, who has watched the friendship between Luke and her son blossom. “If you have some challenges put in your way and you’re the kind of person who learns and grows from those experiences – and it’s very clear to me Luke is that kind of person – it’s just going to enrich and deepen your life.

What’s that expression – his future is so bright, he’s got to

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LIBRA

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Clue: Writing with a metrical rhythm Clue: Sounds the same

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JAN 21 – FEB 18 Aquarius, distractions may be enjoyable this week, but you have to limit them or you will get nothing done. There’s a lot on your plate that you have to complete.

FEB 19 – MAR 20 Tackling some financial problems this week, Pisces.

Focus on old debt or something that has been plaguing you for some time.

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