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November 2017 Issue #206

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Ada Dunlop, 98, recalls her World War II days, stationed on an airbase in Croydon, England where she met her husband-to-be who was with a Canadian squadron. Stories and photos starting on page 8.

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MLA’S REPORT

By Judy Darcy t’s been a busy time in Victoria as the legislature is sitting for the last month of the fall session. The end of November marks an important change in policy regarding the hunting of grizzly bears for “trophy” parts. The controversial practice of trophy hunting for grizzly bear is an issue that has been brought to my attention time and again by numerous New Westminster residents. I’m pleased to report that November 30, 2017 will mark the end of trophy hunting for grizzly bear in British

3 Columbia and all hunting of grizzly bear in the Great Bear Rainforest! The Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development is consulting with First Nations, key stakeholder groups and the public to determine next steps to end the trophy hunt. The government has developed two policy documents that outline the proposed regulation changes required to implement the hunting ban. The two policy documents can be reviewed at www.env.gov.bc.ca/fw. To provide your input on the proposal to end grizzly bear trophy hunting throughout British Columbia and ban all hunting of grizzly

bear in the Great Bear Rainforest, you can submit your comments to grizzly.bear@gov.bc.ca. I am always interested in what issues are most important to you. W hether it’s hunting in British Columbia or housing in New Westminster, you can reach out to my local constituency office to share your thoughts and concerns. I’ll continue to be in Victoria for much of the week as the legislature sits throughout November, but you can follow my activities on my Facebook page. I also send out a community e-newsletter full of updates and exciting events happening in New Westminster.

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The New Westminster St. John Ambulance Branch has been in the heart of New Westminster Downtown core for over 20 years and our Adult Brigade has provided medical support to the City’s events every year. We are starting up our first Cadets division with 12 students between the ages of 10 and 16. They will learn leadership, team building, and first aid skills. In order to help the start up of such a group, we are planning to host a dinner in the hopes of fundraising the initial costs for uniforms and supplies. We are a non-profit organization comprised mainly of volunteers. The organization and the personnel within have a strong military background. Please join us in this worthy goal to empower our New West youths! Tickets are $80 and you receive a $30 tax receipt. A delicious dinner & 2 glasses of wine are included. Guest Speaker will be Captian (N) F.J. Blatherwick ( RET) CM,CD.MD. FRCP (C). Dress Semi formal; uniform. Tickets available from: www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/st-john-ambulance-bc-yukon/events/2017-royal-westminster-gala. For more information please contact dlowe@telus.net.

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The New Westminster Official Community Plan is hot off the presses. Come out and find out what that means to you as a citizen of New West. City staff will try to demystify City Hall processes and provide you with an opportunity to hear answers to some of the most asked questions. Some of the highlights will include: How the City’s Official Community Plan impacts business, Council Procedures, City Financial Budget Process and more.

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YOU NEVER ASKED

By Lori Pappajohn f the young, handsome pilot you danced with last week wasn’t at the next dance, you didn’t ask why. He could be on leave or he could be… well, you couldn’t think that way. Too many people died. If you started counting all the friends you laughed, ate, worked and danced with who you never saw again… no, don’t let the mind go there. Ada Dunlop worked in a London factory making radio parts for field telephones during World War II. She travelled to work by train knowing that any day the Germans might bomb the line to pieces. Living with her aunt and uncle, the three had been subjected to night after night of air raids. The drone of the planes, the crashing of the bombs seemed endless. They slept with their clothes on. One night at 4 a.m. they were ordered out of their house to a nearby train station for cover. Hours later their street was flattened. They lost everything. “Aunt Win put me on the first train home to my parents’ house on the coast. I only heard later that my aunt cried all day because she had nowhere to go,” Ada recalls.

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With her factory job gone, Ada decided to join the Royal Air Force. She was stationed as a sergeant with a Canadian fighter squadron at Croydon Airport. There Ada was in charge of ordering supplies for the base’s 2,000 men and women. Living in a house near the airport, Ada’s days and nights were filled with the sounds of planes and guns. “I think that’s where I started to lose my hearing,” laughs Ada, 98, who lives at Thornebridge Gardens in uptown New Westminster. “We had a lot of fighter planes that would go after the German bombers — fighting above us. Then there were the anti-aircraft guns and at night our bombers heading to Germany. You got to know the

difference between the sound of your planes and theirs. “We went through a lot of sad times when the crews didn’t come back. We’d see them leave and that was it. We lost lots of people. The young men really wanted to be pilots or gunners. They wanted to go after the Germans who were doing so much damage to our country. Their wives didn’t want them to go. It was terribly sad. “Can you imagine — so many of our friends both young and old weren’t there after the war — but you still are. We lived in the midst of gunfire and bombs and survived. You’d go to the club and dance and see those who were still alive. And you tried not to ask why someone was not there. People tried not to talk

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9 about it. The attitude was just come and enjoy yourself as you don’t know if you’ll be here tomorrow.” Ada’s family was no stranger to war. Her mother’s first husband was killed in WW I. Her second husband, Ada’s father, was bayonetted through the leg and left for dead. Her youngest brother died from war wounds. “My mom would never talk about it. People just carried on with their lives.” Indeed, the British motto of a ‘stiff upper lip’ seems to be the way Ada coped with war. “You’d get used to hearing the bombs, to sleeping in a shelter or under the stairs, to seeing people’s homes flattened. You adopted the attitude: if the bomb is meant for me, there is nothing I can do about it.” Ada pauses and looks at a picture on her wall. She laughs because it’s crooked. “That’s what all our pictures looked like every morning after a night of air raids.” One night, when Ada was at her parents, a German plane dropped its bombs on their neighborhood. “My mom ran home through the shrapnel, burst into the bedroom where my sister and I were sleeping, and threw herself on top of us as the ceiling and furniture fell all around.” Early one morning Ada was awakened by the throbbing drone of hundreds of planes heading to France. It was D-Day, one of the most important turning points in WW II. “There were so many planes the sky turned black as they went over, almost wing-to-wing. We were all crying and laughing at the same time, and clapping, too. We were so happy.” What does Remembrance Day mean to Ada? She pauses and says: “It means remembering those who never came back and the price they paid for our freedom.” Read more about Ada on page 18.

LEST WE FORGET

REMEMBRANCE DAY SERVICE SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11 Outdoor service at Cenotaph located in front of City Hall 511 Royal Avenue. The service will commence at 10:30 am. Parade assembly 10:25 am at Queens Avenue and 6th Street. Wreath pick up from tent on City Hall front lawn beginning at 8:00am. All members of the public are invited to attend. For more information please call 604-527-3711 or email specialevents@newwestcity.ca Netherlands Flag Raising Ceremony 9:00 am at the Friendship Gardens next to City Hall.

110 Squadron – Croydon, England 1940. Lt. Freddie Clark with Radio Operator & Acting Gunner Frank Dunlop (Ada’s husband).

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EXAMPLES OF WHY ENGLISH IS HARD 1. The bandage was wound around the wound. 2. The farm was used to produce produce. 3. The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse. 4. We must polish the Polish furniture. 5. He could lead if he would get the lead out. 6. The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert. 7. Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present. 8. A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum. 9. When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes. 10. I did not object to the object. 11. The insurance was invalid for the invalid. 12. There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row. 13. They were too close to the door to close it. 14. The buck does funny things when the does are present. 15. A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line. 16. To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow. 17. The wind was too strong to wind the sail. 18. After a number of injections my jaw got number. 19. Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear. 20. I had to subject the subject to a series of tests. 21. How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend? SHERLOCK HOLMES AND DR. WATSON Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson go on a camping trip, set up their tent, and fall asleep. Some hours later, Holmes wakes his faithful friend. “Watson, look up at the sky and tell me what you see.” Watson replies, “I see millions of stars.” “What does that tell you?” Watson ponders for a minute. “Astronomically speaking, it tells me that there are millions of galaxies and potentially billions of planets. Astrologically, it tells me that Saturn is in Leo. Timewise, it appears to be approximately a quarter past three. Theologically, it’s evident the Lord is all-powerful and we are small and insignificant. Meteorologically, it seems we will have a beautiful day tomorrow. What does it tell you?” Holmes is silent for a moment, then speaks. “Watson, you idiot, someone has stolen our tent.” | L O C A L LY P U B L I S H E D S I N C E 2 0 0 0

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By Lori Pappajohn et’s be clear about one thing: you would never know Ada Dunlop is 98. She’s quick, witty, cute, and loves to laugh. Ask her about living through World War II and she’s as apt to tell you a funny story as a sad one. Indeed, a positive attitude was something her British parents taught her early on. And as terrifying as it was to have bombs raining down around her in the London night, Ada coped. And as sad as it was to have friends die, Ada did that very British thing: “Keep calm and carry on.” Stationed on the airbase at Croydon, England, one of Ada’s duties was to verify that the women returned to their barracks each night by midnight. The women were billeted at six country estate houses (“shades of Downton Abbey,” says Ada). Every night after midnight Ada would ride her bicycle through the blackened streets, collecting the sign-in sheets.

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“One night there was a report of a man skulking in the area and it scared the life out of me. After my last stop I hopped on my bike and pedalled as fast as I could back to my barracks and smacked at full speed into the closed front door! I was in such a hurry I didn’t see it,” Ada laughs. She was injured, the bike wrecked. “But the outcome was an escort from that day on,” she smiles. Like the many people her age, Ada socialized at the weekly dances. One night, a handsome Canadian flight radio operator asked her for the last dance of the evening. And then he walked her to her barracks. Ada liked Frank Dunlop so much she took him to her family’s home on a 48-hour pass. In the morning her four sisters insisted on bringing him tea in bed. They all climbed onto the bed and, because it was so cold in the house, eventually got under the covers. They had a good laugh that, on his leave, Frank got to be in bed with four women. Being in charge of ordering food for the troops, Ada had to ensure that the many different nationalities had food items from their culture. As Frank was Canadian, Ada ordered peanut butter — a food she knew nothing about. “When it arrived in big buckets from Canada, it was covered in about six inches of oil. Not knowing why this was there, I ordered the staff to pour it down the sink. When I asked Frank how he liked the peanut butter he said: ‘Did you look in the garbage can?’” Not long after, friends of theirs suggested they get married. Ada laughs. “I’d never even thought of getting married.” But when Frank said it was a good idea, she said: “Well, okay.” Ada recalls giving birth to their daughter. “Frank was sitting in the living room with my dad while I was in the bedroom with the midwife. continued on page 21 | L O C A L LY P U B L I S H E D S I N C E 2 0 0 0

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“Our daughter was born the next day. Frank had brought a big bunch of flowers and all I could think of was: ‘If you come in this room I’m going to throw them at you.’” Eventually Frank was sent to France as support for the bombers moving through France towards Germany. Before Frank left, Ada visited him on base. While they were there the base was attacked. “Everything was flattened including homes, roads, factories, train tracks and the countryside,” she recalls. The couple planned to live in Canada after the war. Ada, her daughter, 20 other war brides and a load of prisoners of war sailed for Canada. Ada’s destination was Winnipeg where Frank’s parents lived. To her horror, when she arrived, it was -50º F. But that’s a whole other story. Indeed, the rest of Ada’s life is so full of adventure it warrants a book. But we’ll leave our war bride in Winnipeg for now. As an aside, this lively 98-year-old has only one kidney, having lost the other to cancer years ago. Her husband Frank died in 2001. In 2013 Ada moved to Thornebridge Gardens in New Westminster.

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23 GRANDMA BESSIE HAD A BIRD By Evelyn Benson round the turn of the last century, before the advent of the “Funeral Chapel”, large funeral services were held in churches, while smaller, more intimate services were held in private homes. So my grandmother Bessie was asked to host a private funeral for a distant cousin because the Appletons had a roomier parlor than the family of the deceased. She agreed. My two uncles helped her to rearrange the furniture for the occasion. My Uncle Walter Appleton, who had done a stint in the Merchant Navy, had recently returned from the South Seas and brought his mother a big white male cockatoo** with a handsome yellow crest. The bird usually perched on an ornate metal stand, uncaged, in the parlor, but on the day of the funeral he was banished to the back bedroom. The door was firmly shut. On the day of the service, the deceased was laid out in the parlor surrounded by candles, flowers and potted palms. A lady organist from the church brought a portable pump organ and was playing suitable background music as the mourners began to arrive. It soon became apparent that there was a shortage of chairs, so my grandmother sent one of my uncles to the back bedroom to get two more. While the bedroom door was ajar, the cockatoo spotted the organist’s very fashionable hat. Her charming chapeau was topped off with a stuffed white dove, perched seductively on a bed of pink tulle with its wings and tail spread invitingly. Instantly in love, the cockatoo let out a lusty squawk and soared

into the parlor, landing amorously on the organist’s hat! Pandemonium broke loose! The lady organist screamed, fleeing the house in terror, never to return. Other ladies screamed, and several fainted as that was quite common in that era. Gallant young men dashed this way and that, trying to capture the bewildered cockatoo. It was finally caught and returned to the back bedroom. The funeral service eventually continued, but without the benefit of organ music. Eventually, the story about the cockatoo was added to our list of amusing family anecdotes. But in those prim Victorian times, and given the somber occasion, the incident was considered “shocking” and was talked about for years. Grandma Bessie soon got rid of the cockatoo, but never really did live down its indiscretion. The only one amused at the time was Uncle Walter who had brought the bird back from the tropics. He was heard to remark that he hadn’t had so much fun since Bora Bora. Funerals, these days they’re not even called funerals. “Memorial Services” or “Celebrations of Life” are the more acceptable terms, and there probably isn’t a coffin present, let alone a body because cremation has become almost the norm. The increase in population is one of the reasons, and maybe someday, as urban populations continue to increase, it will become the law. I recall my first funeral. I was five, and I remember accompanying my parents and my Grandma Appleton to the Bowell Funeral Home while they chose a suitable casket for my grandfather Moffat’s funeral. Dad was holding me in his arms

as they made their final choice. He asked me, “Do you like this one?” I nodded. He then laid me in the coffin and asked, “Is it comfortable? Would Grandpa like it?” With the trust and innocence of childhood, I gave an affirmative answer. Dad smiled and lifted me out. The choice had been made. I remember very few details of funeral services over my lifetime, but I do vividly remember several graveside incidents. My family owns a six-plot section in the Fraser Cemetery with the name SANGSTER imprinted on the concrete curb. It lies within a few feet of the Cumberland Street entrance, and as the funeral procession of Bessie Lena Appleton, my maternal grandmother, entered the cemetery, it drove right past the SANGSTER plot, (which showed no signs of digging) and drove to the far end of the cemetery to a plot belonging to a family of Appletons who were no relation to us. Obviously someone had made a mistake. My parents took it all in stride. Without a word, they allowed the burial ceremony to proceed. After the hearse continued on page 24

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Circular Gravesite with floral tributes 1944 of Wells Gray*, ex-Premier of British Columbia. *See Book 1 A Century in a Small Town, page 47 for a letter to my father, overseas in WW1, from (then) Mayor Wells Gray. continued from page 23

and other vehicles had disbursed, my father spoke to the nearby cemetery workers about correcting their mistake. At the SANGSTER plot, when my Grandmother Elizabeth Sangster was buried in 1950, instead of digging the grave next her deceased husband Alexander, they skipped a space. I heard my mother sigh as she whispered to me at the graveside, “When our time comes, Lewie and I will be separated by my mother-in-law for the rest of eternity!” She was right — the last two plots (reserved for my parents) were on either side of Grandmas Elizabeth! We let THAT mistake go un-corrected. It is rare today to see a ‘funeral procession’ — a long line of cars led by an elegant hearse, several limousines and countless mourners’ cars, all with their headlights full-on in the daytime to allow them the right-of-way at intersections. My father’s funeral procession in 1968 was so long that police officers were stationed at every intersection and each officer snapped to attention and saluted the hearse as it went by to honour James Lewis Sangster, an ex-mayor and beloved town character. It was very stirring. During the 1930s and 1940s, vehicles to transport mourners to the graveside were not plentiful, so Dad often offered the use of his car. Sometimes he would volunteer to leave the church first with all the flower wreaths and bouquets, and take a shortcut to the gravesite and arrange the display before the slow-moving fuNovember 2017

Dear Piffle Readers: For those of you who are not familiar with the “golden crested cockatoo” and how precocious they can be, let me recommend the following film clip of “Peaches the Cockatoo” as he mimics the domestic fights he had been a witness to! www.youtube.com/watch?v+pcFEA0vSwgQ or Google “Peaches the Cockatoo” for more. Lots of laughs, EVELYN

neral procession got there. In my childhood, I somehow always sensed when he did this community service, and when he got home I would rush out to his car and gather up the few blossoms that invariably remained on the car mats and make a little bouquet for my mother. Sometimes there would only be stemless flower-heads and I would float them in a bowl of water. To this day, the smell of carnations brings that memory flooding back.

This story is from Evelyn Benson’s awardwinning book, A CENTURY IN A SMALL TOWN — One Family’s Stories. Both Book 1 & Book 2 are available at Black Bond Books and Amazon.com. Watch for more stories in next month’s Piffle. | L O C A L LY P U B L I S H E D S I N C E 2 0 0 0

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I DON’T GET IT I don’t get the point of aliens. I just look at them and ask “Whatta UFO?” THE CHESS PLAYER Q: What did the Australian chess player say to the waitress? A: “Check mate.” MR. JOHNSON’S WEIGHT LOSS He said, ”I want you to eat regularly for two days, then skip a day, and repeat this procedure for two weeks. The next time I see you, you should have lost at least five pounds.” When Mr. Johnson returned, he shocked the doctor by having dropped almost twenty pounds. ”Why, that’s amazing,” the doctor told him. “You did this just by following my instructions?” The slimmed down Mr. Johnson nodded. “I’ll tell you, though, I thought I was going to drop dead that third day.” “From hunger, you mean.” “No,” replied Mr. Johnson, “from skipping.” YOU CAN’T CALL MY DENTIST, “PAINLESS” “Mummy, that dentist wasn’t painless like he advertised.” “Why, did he hurt you?” “No! but he yelled just like any other dentist when I bit his finger.” NOT A MEMBER Three women are in a gym locker room dressing up to play racquetball when suddenly a guy runs through the room wearing nothing but a bag over his head. He passes the first woman, who looks down at his penis. “He’s not my husband,” she says. He passes by the second woman, who also looks down at his penis. “He’s not my husband either.” He passes by the third woman, who also looks down as he runs by her. “Wait a minute,” she says. “He’s not even a member of this club.” AIM BETTER I took a swing at the fog, but I mist. | L O C A L LY P U B L I S H E D S I N C E 2 0 0 0

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• “No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does.” ~ Christopher Morley • “A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.” ~ Josh Billings • “The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.” ~ Andrew A. Rooney • He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to “him to be worthy of such devotion.” ~ Unknown • “If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you; that is the principal difference between a dog and a man.” ~ Mark Twain • “I’ve seen a look in dogs’ eyes, a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt, and I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.” ~ John Steinbeck

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Unknown Soldier © Don Benson, Poet Laureate Emeritus He was a young Canadian who died at Vimy Ridge; Did he come from Chilliwack, or Gibsons Landing? Did he grow up out in Surrey, or up near Spences’ Bridge? Or, did he live within a mile of where we’re standing? Did he play for Salmonbellies at the oval in the Park? Was he rover? Or assigned to guard the net? Or was the local drama club the way he made his mark? Did he learn to swim and fish in the Brunette? Did he dance around the maypole? Was he in the Boy’s Brigade? Did a New Westminster girl say she would wait? Did he lie in bed and listen to the sounds the river made? Was the Frozen Fraser where he learned to skate? Did he labour on the green-chain down at Royal City Mills? Did he plan to log for Gilleys? Or to teach? In winter, did he ride his sleigh down Sixth or Sherbrooke hills? Did he spend his summers down at Crescent Beach? Did he hang out down on Front Street near the taverns and the docks, And take a drink, and charm the girls and brawl? Did he still-fish on the sand bars and take solitary walks? Was he quiet? Did he hear the poet’s call? Was the telegram delivered to a mansion on the hill, Or a humble Lulu Island fishing shack? Was his graduation picture sitting on the window sill? Did his dog sense he was never coming back? When they raise a glass to toast him, and sing the soldier songs — When we wear the blood-red poppy, or say a silent prayer, Or lay a wreath beside the silent guns; We feel that he is present; we feel him standing there; For he is a ALL our wars and ALL our sons.

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MEMBERS & GUESTS WELCOME! If man evolved from apes why do we still have apes?

STRATA LIVING ACCESS TO A STRATA LOT

By Tony Gioventu, Executive Director, Condominium Home Owners' Association of BC

ear Tony: What happens when an owner will not grant access to a strata lot? We have a reclusive owner who refuses to permit the strata corporation or its contractors to access the strata lot to conduct inspections on gas fireplaces and servicing of the sprinkler system. We have attempted on numerous occasions but the owner refuses. Our property manager has suggested we call a locksmith and advise the owner if they don’t provide access we will simply enter the unit. Several of our council members feel there is something wrong about forcibly entering a person’s home without an emergency. How do we do this correctly? ~ David J. North Vancouver Dear David: In most circumstances of operation and access to strata lots, a strata corporation first needs to look at their bylaws. In your strata, like the Standard Bylaws of the Strata Property Act, you must provide at least 48 hours written notice advising of the requirement to access a strata lot, the time of access and the purpose for entering. When a strata provides notice it also has to consider the notice period set out by the Act which is 4 days for notice plus 2 days for delivery and receipt of the notice, unless you have directly handed the notice to an adult person at this address. If the owner fails to provide access for reasonable purposes relating to inspection, and repair and maintenance of a strata lot and common property, then they are in potential violation of your bylaws. The bylaw is enforced in the same manner as every other bylaw. The strata corporation must give them written notice of a complaint. They are entitled to respond in writing or request a hearing with council. If they refuse to cooper-

George Garrett, Vice-President

ate, the strata may impose penalties as set out in your bylaws and may apply to the Supreme Court of BC or the Civil Resolution Tribunal to seek a decision to order the owner to comply with the bylaws. Unless there is an emergency, the strata corporation has no right to access the strata lot without complying with the bylaws of the strata corporation. Our offices receive constant complaints from owners who have discovered strata councils have master keys to buildings or pressure owners to provide keys. You do not have to provide your strata corporation with a key to your unit, but as an owner you must also comply with the bylaws and permit reasonable access to your strata lot to ensure the strata meets its obligations of maintenance, repair and servicing of the required building components.

This publication contains general information only and is not intended as legal advice. Use of this publication is at your own risk. CHOA, the author and related entities will not be liable to you or any other person for any loss or damage arising from, connected with or relating to the use of this publication or any information contained herein by you or any other person. The contents of this publication may not be reproduced, blogged, or distributed in any fashion without the explicit prior consent of the writer.

Direct office phone: 604-515-9683 Office email: tony@choa.bc.ca Mobile: 604-323-6458

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We create great SMILES and Piffle gives you a reason to smile!

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In Memory of

Gordon Hugh Ronald It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Gordon Hugh Ronald, aged 88, of New Westminster, B.C. He passed away peacefully of cancer on Wednesday, October 18th, 2017 at Royal Columbian Hospital. He is survived by his daughters Susan Likey and her husband Dr. Michael Likey, daughter Lisa Ronald, and two grandchildren Brenda and Ryan Schweitzer, as well as several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his wife Eleanor in 1999. Gordon was also known as a great artist and former employee of the City of New Westminster for approximately 30 years. Memorial donations may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society. Deeply missed, never forgotten, and forever in our hearts.

WAYS TO GET RID OF TELEMARKETERS • If they want to loan you money, tell them you just

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• If they start out with, “How are you today?” say,

“Why do you want to know?” Or you can say, “I’m

so glad you asked, because no one seems to care these days and I have all these problems, my sciatica is acting up, my eyelashes are sore, my dog just died…” When they get try to get back to the sell, just continue your problems.

• If they say they’re Joe Doe from the XYZ Company,

ask them to spell their name, then ask them to spell

the company name, then ask them where it located. Continue asking them personal questions or ques-

tions about their company for as long as necessary.

• If they clean rugs say “Can you get blood out, you

can? Well, how about goat blood or HUMAN blood.

• Answer the phone. As soon as you realize it is

a telemarketer, set the receiver down, shout or

scream, “Oh, my goodness!!!” and then hang up.

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• Tell the Telemarketer you are busy and if they will give you their phone number you will call them

back. If they say they are not allow to give out their

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November 2017

A woman who plays cards one night a month with a

group of friends was concerned that she always woke up her husband when she came home around 11:30 p.m.

So she decided to be considerate and not rouse him

this time. She undressed in the living room and, purse over arm, tiptoed nude into the bedroom, only to find him sitting up in bed, reading.

“Oh No,” he exclaimed. “Did you lose EVERYTHING?!?”

HOW APPROPRIATE Submitted by Ray Sargent

Sign on the door of a church nursery quotes Paul in 1 Corinthians 15:51: “Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed.”

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In Memory of William (Bill) Charles Radbourne J U LY 2 2 , 1 9 47 – O C TO B E R 1 6 , 2 0 1 7 There is a saying that it’s the “dash” between the dates of your birth and the date of your passing that is the most important. Let me tell you about the “dash” in my Bill’s life. Bill was born in New Westminster to Frank and Elizabeth (Ma) Radbourne, the youngest of 8 siblings — a Sapperton kid. “Little Billy” as he was known back then, had an infectious smile and mischievous side to him. He went to Sir Richmond McBride Elementary school and graduated from Lester Pearson (before it was known as NWSS) in 1965. He was a member of the Hyack Football Team while in high school and was a founding member of the Royal City Curling Club, where you could find him enjoying the game until 2014. Bill was given a medal in high school for his volunteering which included keeping score for the school’s hockey team and being the manager for the band… and so his lifelong gift of volunteering began. He started with the City at the Board of Works as a grave digger and then became a “waste management specialist” driving the garbage trucks. I think that’s what started him not wanting to throw anything away! Finally at 22, “Little Billy” accomplished his life dream of becoming a firefighter for New Westminster, where he worked for 33 years before retiring at “freedom 55”. While on the fire department, he was instrumental in starting the department’s first Boot Drive and pub crawl for muscular dystrophy. Oh yes — and he was a lacrosse player, because back then, if you came from New Westminster and wanted to get on the Fire Department, it seemed you had to play lacrosse.

He worked as a Marshall for a couple of years at the Surrey Golf Course after his retirement… he thought that would help him like the game more — but he said it didn’t. When Bill and I first got together, I was very involved with the Vagabond Players and my right hand was there to help wherever he could – building and painting sets, to even taking a non-speaking part of — what else — a firefighter in a play I directed. He was a 30+ year member of the Hyack Festival Association, being President in 2012 and their Volunteer of the Year in 1999. He was the Adjutant of the Ancient and Honourable Hyack Anvil Battery, founding Vice President and later President of the Massey/Victory Heights Residents’ Association, a member of the Remembrance Day Committee for the City, President (several times) of the Sapperton Fish & Game Club, Co-founder and Director of the New Westminster Youth Ambassador Society and in the past three years, he and I were puppy raisers for BC & Alberta Guide Dogs. For all this, he was recognized in 2010 and given the Citizen of the Year Award from the Chamber of Commerce – an honour that so pleased him to think that people would actually think he was doing a great job contributing to his community. He didn’t do it for fame or glory, but because he wanted to help. There were ups and downs in his life as in everyone’s, but through it all, his smile and those dimples, were a constant. I’m sure he’s looking forward to his next hunting trip and probably will do some fishing, just like he did at our trailer in Hedley. There’ll never be another person like Bill Radbourne and I was so very fortunate that he chose me as his life partner. I miss and love you very much… ‘till we meet again… Lynn. Please join us as we say goodbye on November 3, 2017 starting at 5:00 p.m. at the Hose & Hydrant (Firefighters’ Club upstairs) 6615 Bonsor Avenue, Burnaby (at MetroTown).

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November 2017

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