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hat is a neighbourhood? An area determined by streets, a community bound together by a common tax roll, a mix of homes and businesses with a shared history? Some of the above, all of the above?

The Record is taking a closer look at the city’s 11 unique neighbourhoods in this special series. This week, we cover Connaught Heights. We hope to give those who have called this city their home for quite awhile, and those who have just unloaded the moving

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Neighbourhood van, a fresh look at their neighbourhood.

The names and boundaries developed 40 years ago

continue today, and those 11 neighbourhoods all have their own residents’ associations.

They each differ, offering advantages and challenges, but they have a common thread – a unique character. And, if you’ve been in the city for a bit – you might also say each neighbourhood has true loyalists and boosters.

We don’t want to reignite old whose ‘hood is better arguments – but let’s just say it’s better not to dis anyone’s neighbourhood in this fine city.

Connaught Heights residents pull together

BY ALFIE LAU REPORTER

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Like anybody who’s had an older brother, it’s easy to sympathize with the plight of Connaught Heights residents.

The neighbourhood, which is on the far western edge of the city, west of 20th Street, has built its own identity in the shadow of the West End, its better-known neighbour. And what was once known as District Lot 172 has a lot going for it, not the least of which is its most interesting history.

The land was surveyed by the Royal Engineers in the 1860s and given the name District Lot 172.

When New Westminster established its civic boundaries in the 1880s, it incorporated only its original city and suburban lots.

The district lots were left for the Municipality of Burnaby to incorporate into its limits in 1892.

However, DL 172 was not incorporated into Burnaby either, meaning DL 172 was outside any municipality’s jurisdiction for more than 70 years. Though the owners of properties in DL 172 paid taxes directly to the provincial government, they received very little in return.

In 1911, the landowners subdivided the land into residential lots conforming to the established street grid of New Westminster.

The area also allowed construction of an interurban electric tramway station, as the B.C. Electric Railway Company built a line running from

Downtown New Westminster to Vancouver.

After some complaining about the lack of amenities in DL 172, the residents did succeed in getting some road improvements paid for by the provincial government and the province also set aside land for a school and a park. Connaught Heights Elementary opened in 1963. It wasn’t until 1965 that DL172 became an official part of the City of New Westminster.

In 1974, Connaught Heights received $312,000 in funds as part of a neighbourhood improvement project. Residents used that money and some elbow grease to get Connaught Heights Park built.

That park, at Ninth Avenue and 22nd Street, was opened in 1977 and features two tennis courts, a large playground, benches, picnic tables and an open grassy area.

Today, the neighbourhood is represented by the Connaught Heights Residents’ Association and with new president Kris Taylor at the helm, succeeding past president Karl Brysch, the area is changing with the times.

Taylor, who went to elementary school in New Westminster before moves to the Northwest Territories and Powell River, was living in Surrey in 2000 and looking for a new place to live when he found his current home. Taylor lives so close to the SkyTrain station that he can hear the three bells of the SkyTrain doors closing from his living room.

Jennifer Gauthier/THE RECORD

Changing landscape: Kris Taylor, left, the new president of the Connaught Heights Residents’ Association, with former president Karl Brysch at 22nd Street SkyTrain Station. Below, a map of the city’s 11 neighbourhoods, including Connaught Heights (number 1).

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◗IN THE NEWS Plenty of characters in Connaught Heights ◗P8 Blues duo plays Quay ◗P9

School may be small but has spirit Connaught Heights Elementary is attended by 136 full-time equivalent students and is a community hub for the neighbourhood, principal says

BY ALFIE LAU REPORTER

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When Jenny Richter introduces herself, it’s always as the “proud principal of Connaught Heights.”

Richter, who took the job last September, is a bundle of energy, matched only by the students she oversees.

“It’s a very special place and there’s very much a small town feel,” said Richter as she proudly shows off her pink anti-bullying shirt. “The personal connections you make with the students and the parents, it’s just a very satisfying place to work and to educate children.”

Richter calls the Our school “a little hidden gem full of wonderful opportunities,” and it’s easy to see why she feels this way.

Walk out of her office and there’s covered play areas for the children. Walk up a small hill and there’s a gravel field for soccer. Go the other way and there’s a huge playground and the tennis courts at the adjacent park.

Go back inside and the full-size gym is scheduled to get a new floor soon and all around are the classrooms, which house the 136 full-time equivalent students at Connaught Heights Elementary.

Richter revels in the advantages of a small school, saying it definitely feels like the community hub for the small neighbourhood situated west of 20th Street.

“People keep an eye out for each other here and almost everybody knows everybody else,” said Richter.

“Everybody was so welcoming when I took this job and

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For a Proud principal: Jenny Richter, principal of Connaught Heights Elementary, says the neighvideo of bourhood is special and has a strong community feel. She started working as the princiJenny, pal of the school last September. scan with you really get a sense of the history of this place when you have members of your PAC (parent advisory council) who went to school here themselves.

“I also really love the diversity we have at this school,” she said. “Kids from so many different backgrounds makes my job so interesting.”

Richter’s infectious energy is fully evident when she’s asked to be still for a photograph and her response is: “I’m never still for very long.”

What also makes Connaught unique is that while it ◗Richter Page 5

Taylor: Hopes to continue cleaning up neighbourhood near station ◗ continued from page 1

Along with partner Candace, they’re raising eight-year-old Keira, currently in Grade 3 at Connaught Heights.

“I really like the neighbourhood,” said Taylor.

“You really feel like you know everybody, from the pharmacist to your neighbours when you take your kids to school. This community is the gem of a small town and I’m so glad I live here.”

As evidence of how the community pulls together, Taylor said local college music students offer up free music lessons at the local church and Keira signed up, getting free one-on-one piano lessons.

Taylor has fought a long campaign to clean up some of the problems that come with SkyTrain.

Taylor said they’ve been successful in getting rid of the heroin and crack users in the area, but there’s still work to be done.

His latest campaign was to try and curb public urination in the area.

“It’s great to have SkyTrain right here, but there are other issues that come with it,” he said.

Taylor said in his new role as president of the residents’ association, he hopes to build upon what Brysch and Mike Walmsley helped build.

“Karl and Mike, they did an awesome job of keeping

it alive, doing the paperwork and getting more people involved,” said Taylor. “Now we have to take it to the next level.”

Brysch has lived in the area since late-1999 and said the area has a nice mix of new and old.

“One of my neighbours has lived here since 1946,” said Brysch. “And we have a lot of young families who’ve been here three years and less.”

For Brysch’s part, serving more than two years as president allowed him to reach out to his neighbours and find out what they cared about.

“We needed to get our voices heard,” said Brysch, who referenced traffic

along 20th Street as a major issue.

Brysch, who’s now serving on the city’s traffic committee, said 20th Street is “never not busy” and he’d like to see more public education on the alternate route available to access the Queensborough Bridge.

“Burnaby has done a great job of creating infrastructure for traffic to go on 10th Avenue (down Southridge to Marine Way), but there hasn’t been enough education on using (that route),” said Brysch.

“I know it sounds counterintuitive, but it’s often a faster route and the more people who take it, the less pressure on 20th Street and our neighbourhood.”

Photo courtesy of the New Westminster Museum and Archives/THE RECORD

Hot spot: The Hi-View Market on 20th Street was one of the most popular grocery stores for both Connaught Heights and West End residents for many years. Its popularity started to dwindle once Woodward’s – located in the area where Royal City Centre is now – opened its food floor in the mid-1950s.

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Richter: Montessori is popular ◗ continued from page 3

offers Montessori at the kindergarten level, children wanting to continue with the program have to transfer to Lord Tweedsmuir for subsequent Montessori instruction. If they wish to stay at Connaught, they can enter into the regular stream.

“This is the second year we’ve done this and it has worked very well,” said New Westminster superintendent John Woudzia. “We wanted to offer a program of choice to Connaught students and this was the way we were able to do it.”

According to assistant superintendent and secretary treasurer Al Balanuik, the vast majority of those students do end up going to Tweedsmuir, but the transition is made easier because of the close working relationship between Richter and Tweedsmuir principal Patty Farris.

Balanuik added many parents choose Connaught for its smaller size.

“We have many families on the west side of the city who want their children to go to a smaller school,” said Balanuik. “In fact, we have many families who live east of 20th Street who enroll at Connaught because of the size, because of the different learning opportunities and for what the school has to offer.”

Another issue Connaught students must face is deciding where they want to go to high school.

It’s at least 12 blocks to get to New Westminster Secondary School, but it’s only a couple of blocks

north of 10th Avenue to Burnaby’s Byrne Creek Secondary. And St. Thomas More Collegiate is also an option.

Balanuik says 70 per cent of Connaught’s Grade 7 class chooses a high school that isn’t NWSS. “I don’t think this is a negative reflection on the programs we offer at NWSS,” said Balanuik.

“Rather, I see this as parents having a choice for where they want their children to be educated. For parents, having a choice is a good thing.”

Balanuik said the district has always attracted more students from out-ofcatchment than they lose and that “speaks to the quality of the educational programs we offer in New Westminster.”

Woudzia said the district does try to impress upon its students the unique nature of staying within the district and going to NWSS. “We realize that parents have a choice and that with where (Byrne Creek) is situated, it does offer parents and students that option,” said Woudzia. “What we do try and promote on a continual basis is we do have really unique programs at the high school and it really is a one-stop shop with many offerings. We also emphasize the extra-curricular offerings (such as football) and that’s something we will continue to do.”

Balanuik said the high

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school does send representatives to Connaught to talk about the program options available at NWSS, but that isn’t a hard sell.

“We are trying to provide information so that parents can make an informed decision,” said Balanuik. “And we respect that parents will make the best decision for their children.”

He admits that the proximity of Byrne Creek is a factor in why Connaught students don’t go to NWSS, but it does really come back to parents and students having the freedom to make their own choices.

For Richter, that’s not something she can control, and it’s not like she has a lot of time to worry about that because there are 136 students that she puts all of her energy into.

“What I love about this school is how it’s such a central part of this community,” Richter said. “I can make personal connections with the parents. When I’m driving home, I’ll see one of our students doing a paper route. It really is so wonderful to have that here.

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Release unnecessary worries this weekend Confession – this was going to be an and then driving to the liquor store for editorial about long weekend safety. more is a terrible, terrible idea. Don’t do You know the ones – we tell you not it. to drink and drive, to be safe on the The fact is, you’re either already a roads, in the water, with each other. safety conscious person who knows all Don’t leave your children this (though on occasion we or pets in the car. Watch your all need a gentle reminder) or children near windows. Be you’re the kind of person who THE RECORD careful lighting that barbecue. certainly isn’t going to bother It’s not that these aren’t reading an editorial about it. important topics. But we have to assume So, this long weekend, rather than that Record readers are smart enough to focusing on all that could go wrong, know by now that downing bottles of we’d like to encourage you to focus on wine with friends on the long weekend enjoying yourselves.

OUR VIEW

Let’s face it, we all have plenty to worry about. Are we doing well at work, are we raising our children right, are we spending enough time with loved ones, etc.

And often we worry about worrying about it, since we all know that stress isn’t good for us.

So here it is – one three-day weekend to take a break from it all. Don’t worry about the calls or emails you miss.

Don’t worry about what might happen Tuesday. Do what you can to fight off any unnecessary concerns.

Try redirecting your attention from all of that to what makes you happiest.

Consider it a three-day experiment in living better.

It would be nice if we could remember that really, usually, things are not so dire. We live in a gorgeous area of the world. It is summer. There are parks to visit. Books to read. Conversations and laughter to share.

So take this weekend off from stress.

We’re sure it’ll be there Tuesday morning, bright and early, should you miss it.

Site C puts wildlife at great risk

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between the Arctic and the more alking to school a few mornings after the May temperate part of Canada. It’s an area literally awash with provincial election, my seven-and-a-half-year-old grand- fresh water, and it teems with life. It is imprinted on our colson was unusually quiet, so lective Canadian consciousness. much so that it caused his father to ask if everything was all right. We have stamped and printed its images on our money, and “The election means they’ll we recognize it in the art of the build Site C now,” he answered.

Group of Seven. It’s the land of “It’s not fair!” the caribou, grizzly, wolf, loon, Surprised, his father replied, beaver and thousands of other “What do you know about Site animal and plant species.

C?” Flooding the Peace River for“I know,” my grandson est lying between Fort answered, “that it St. John and Hudson’s means they’ll flood the Hope will transform it forests and kill all the BILL BRASSINGTON from a beneficial caranimals.” bon sink into a poisonThe story quickly ous carbon emitter. made the rounds of our family The Sierra Club estimates the and friends, and at one point trees and other organic matter someone – an adult – asked a slowly decaying under water question that has since been will annually add about 150,000 added to the recounting: tonnes of greenhouse-gas emis“What’s Site C?” Irony (and the coming pun) aside, however, sions to B.C.’s carbon footprint, the equivalent of putting 27,000 it struck me as a “dam” good cars a year on the road. question. I had to ask myself There is agreement (including how much did I actually know about Site C? Not much, as it

by B.C. Hydro) that the floodturns out. So, I decided to find ing will also destroy at least out more. three aquatic species: the Arctic Site C is a government-backed grayling, the bull trout and the B.C. Hydro proposal to create an mountain whitefish.

83-kilometre-long reservoir with Moreover, it is acknowledged an earth-filled dam 20 storeys that, bird-wise, the migratory high straddling the Peace River. habitat will be seriously imperAbout 68 square kilometres of iled for the Canada, Cape May forest will end up under water. and bay-breasted warblers, It is no ordinary forest. It as well as the yellow rail and is part of the Canadian boreal Nelson’s sparrow. Indeed, as forest that stretches in an species already designated “at inverted arc from Yukon to risk,” Site C will very likely finNewfoundland. It could be ish the job. described as a transition zone ◗Wildlife Page 7

IN MY OPINION

Pet owners must be responsible Dear Editor:

We have a serious problem at dog parks in New West. The purpose of dog parks is to provide canines with exercise and socialization. They need to be safe and sanitary.

There is a minority of park users who are either careless or ignorant. The careless ones do not pay attention to their pet and therefore miss when their pet does its business. I promise you, if you bring your dog to a dog park they will do a poo, so pay attention to your pooch and clean it up!

The ignorant ones are another story – they simply don’t care, oblivious to fact the disease and debris left behind affects their pets too. And so they probably should not be pet owners.

There is lots of nasty left behind in plain sight, and given the variety of evidence, offenders range from the owners of chihuahuas right through to

Great Danes.

We all need to make an effort to keep all play areas clean and safe for our pets. Come on people, take responsibility: Bring a bag, clean up.

Larry Hill, New Westminster

Toll avoiders, get out of the city

Dear Editor:

What the heck is going on with all the trucks in New Westminster? Is it the tolls on the Port Mann Bridge? Brunette Avenue, Front Street, McBride Boulevard, Royal Avenue and most major routes are choked with long lines of slow-moving, smokespewing, rude and road-owning trucks.

Local truck traffic? Fine.

Toll-avoiding, community-ruining truck traffic?

Get the heck out of here. You are not welcome. Pay your tolls like the rest of us.

Russ Lemp, New Westminster

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Safe rooms are necessary but policy should be clear

Dear Editor:

There is no question that the support levels needed to make “inclusion” a reality have been drastically scaled back and because of that, the ability of staff to manage behaviour challenges has been seriously compromised.

At an open board meeting last year, SEA (special education assistant) Tom McKean stated that the board had gone beyond “cutting to the bone” and were “cutting off limbs.”

It’s understandable that parents are concerned that there may be an increased use of safe rooms to calm distressed students.

Ideally, safe rooms are meant to be a “retreat” for students when they are having difficulties, but it is rare that students go there of their own volition.

For the most part, “safe rooms” are not used under calm, controlled circumstances.

It’s definitely not a pleasant occurrence for staff or students or families and is likely why the issue hasn’t previously been a topic of open discussion.

Now that it is, hopefully, it will lead to resolution for all concerned parties.

All that being said, in my personal experience as a special needs parent and trustee, admittedly, there is a need for safe rooms; what is lacking is a clear, public understanding of that need and established district policy, (1) for standardizing the physical size and lay-out of the space, and (2) for guidelines on its usage.

I will request that the issue be placed on the open agenda for September.

Lisa Graham, New Westminster school trustee

Make Port Mann Bridge free for large trucks Dear Editor:

Re: City balks at United Boulevard extension, The Record, July 10.

I have a simple solution for trucks travelling through New West to use the Pattullo or the Alex Fraser bridges: Reduce the toll or drop it completely for large

trucks on the Port Mann Bridge.

We have made it too easy with making the Pattullo free and then linking it with the new highway between the Surrey side and the freeway.

Most would take the new Port Mann if it were free and leave New West free of trucks, save for local traffic.

We could then get away with just refurbishing the Pattullo instead of replacing it. Put the billions saved into free tolls for trucks instead.

Tom Littlewood, via email

Canadians want answers re: Senate expense scandal Dear Editor:

Having trouble telling fact from fiction in the Senate expense scandal? There’s a reason for that.

Since the news broke that Stephen Harper’s right-hand man cut a $90,000 cheque to cover-up the potentially fraudulent expenses of Conservative Senator Mike Duffy – a potentially criminal action – Mr. Harper has consistently misled Canadians about what really happened.

He claimed his chief of staff, Nigel Wright, acted alone and no one else knew.

In fact, court documents reveal four members of Mr. Harper’s inner circle knew.

He claimed there was no email recording the terms of the deal. In fact, his office now admits there is one.

He claimed his personal legal counsel was not involved. In fact, RCMP documents reveal that he was involved.

Mr. Harper claimed the first Senate expense report reflected the auditors’ findings. In fact, we now know it was whitewashed to go easy on Duffy.

And that’s just what is public. The Conservatives have been accused of stonewalling the RCMP investigation in the whole tawdry affair.

Instead of giving us the straight goods, Mr. Harper has clamped down and put on a cone of silence.

Canadians expect better; they expect honest answers to serious questions about the potentially criminal behaviour at the heart of their government.

Marc Garneau, Liberal MP

Wildlife: Dam brings too many risks ◗ continued from page 6

Finally, my grandson’s protest reveals a realization that politics is playing a role in the march toward the building of Site C. Just how he made the connection remains a mystery.

Most certainly, he isn’t aware that the original proposal was rejected in 1963 as too risky and too costly. He doesn’t know that the Canadian Dam

Association rated Site C as a “high” to “very high” risk with respect to a dam breach or failure.

He has no knowledge of the fact that Site C doesn’t meet international guidelines recommended by the World Commission on Dams. And he certainly doesn’t understand the implications of the provincial government arbitrarily removing the B.C. Utilities

Commission’s oversight role or that the commission had previously recommended against the building of Site C. All he knows is that the building of Site C will cause irreparable harm to the forest and the creatures that thrive there.

In the end, maybe that’s all that matters.

Bill Brassington is a Burnaby resident.

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Plenty of characters in Connaught Heights

BY ALFIE LAU REPORTER

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In 2000, the city’s Millennium Project allowed local neighbourhoods to put together a “memory book” for each area and the Connaught Heights area – along with the West End Residents’ Association – took full advantage.

West End association president Elmer Rudolph, along with Nory Johrden, helped collect stories and anecdotes from local residents in a book called Memories are Made of This.

Here are some charming Connaught Heights stories taken from this collection: ◆ Arnold Rogness on the way they paved the roads in DL 172, now known as Connaught Heights: “We moved into the DL 172 in 1942, where my father built a house at 2021 Ninth Ave. I remember they had an odd way of paving our roads in the DL. They would dump two piles – one of gravel and

another of chunks of tar – at the side of the road. Then they mixed them together, spread the mixture on the road and rolled it to make a hard surface. I don’t ever remember them replacing it with anything else.” ◆ Grant McElhinney on kids being kids at the only school in the area: “Connaught Heights had an ‘electric eye’ that controlled the flood lights around the building, turning them on after dark and off again in the morning. As teenagers, we would climb up on the roof and flick a cigarette lighter on and off under the electric eye, forcing all the lights to go off and on, off and on. The neighbours must have wondered what the heck was going on!” ◆ Bart Taylor on the unofficial mayor of DL 172: “Walter Harris, who lived at Eighth Avenue and 21st Street, was the unofficial

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When the B.C. Electric Co. wanted to put the Interurban tram line through to Marpole, they had to negotiate a rightof-way through the Smithers’ property.

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Sometimes, there would be 25 neighbourhood kids crammed in there, watching.

Poor Mr. and Mrs. Ainsworth.”

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New West baker gets early start

Local nine-year-old bakes winning apple pie, called The Apple Jacker, for farmers market contest

BY MARELLE REID REPORTER editorial@royalcityrecord.com

The secret to a great tasting apple pie, it seems, is the right recipe, some fresh local apples picked from the tree, and a nine-year old baker who’s got a passion for all things culinary.

Local resident Erik Rothenberger’s White Transparent apple pie – dubbed The Apple Jacker – won in the best flavour category last week at the Royal City Farmers Market.

Erik says he was surprised and delighted to hear his name called as a winner in a competition in which he was up against eight adults.

“I love baking,” he says, noting he started young – sitting on the counter cracking eggs for his mom when he was just two years old.

“He’s really into it, actually,” confirmed his mom, Kim Zimmerman.

“We have four kids and it’s not like they all do that. … it’s fantastic. He helps out all the time. He’s a cook saver.”

The July 25 second annual pie bakeoff saw nine participants bring their favourite homemade pies, from cherry, to berry, to peach, and, of course, the classic apple, to be judged by a panel of blind taste testers.

“The judges weren’t there when he dropped off his pie, so they had no idea,” said Jodi Appleton, operations manager for the farmers market. “So when we were doing all the calculations for who won, the very first category we did was best flavour and I’m like, ‘You guys picked the pie done by the nine year-old boy,’ and they were like, ‘What? It was really good.’ They were stunned.”

For his efforts, Erik took home a big ribbon and a renewed enthusiasm for his long-term career plans.

“When I get older, I want to open a bakery,” he says. “That’s my goal.”

For now, though, he says he’s satisfied with trying new recipes at home – like peach gazpacho – and he’s already looking forward to next year’s pie bakeoff. Appleton said market organizers are planning to extend the popular contest to include a jammaking contest and a cookie bakeoff for kids.

The Royal City Farmers Market runs each Thursday until Oct. 10, from 3 to 7 p.m. at Tipperary Park at Fourth Street and Royal Avenue. For more information, visit www.rcfm.ca.

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Apple Jacker: Nine-year-old Erik Rothenberger’s flare in the kitchen garnered him a win in the best flavour category for his Apple Jacker pie at the Royal City Farmers Market’s second annual pie bakeoff last week. There were nine participants altogether that brought in their favourite homemade pies.

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The concert headliners are the blues duo of Hans Theessink and Terry Evans.

A press release notes that the Dutch-born Theessink is a roots and blues institution in Europe, known for his rich baritone voice and guitar work.

Evans, meanwhile, hails from Vicksburg, Mississippi, in the heart of Delta blues country, and is best known for his work as a backing vocalist with the legendary Ry Cooder.

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Library hosts summer events

BY HEATHER HORTNESS CONTRIBUTOR editorial@royalcityrecord.com

Summer is still here, and there are lots of cool free activities at the New Westminster Public Library’s main branch to keep children and teens busy.

For those who have signed up for the Summer Reading Club, keep reading for 15 minutes a day in order to receive cool stickers, fun prizes, and the long-awaited reading medal that is awarded to kids who read for 49 days. The last day to pick up stickers and prizes is Sept. 4, and the medal presentation will take place on Sept.

7 at 1:30 p.m. If you’ve missed the

registration deadline for the Summer Reading Club, you can still participate to receive stickers and prizes.

Children of all ages are welcome at the last of the Summer Fun Days, which will take place at 10:30 a.m. on Aug. 6. Enjoy stories, crafts and entertainment from a special guest at this drop-in event.

The final Summer Reading Club Storytime and Craft program (for ages two to six) will take place on Aug. 7 at 10:30 a.m. Join in for stories, songs, rhymes and interesting crafts.

If you’d like to have some fun with French before school starts, drop in to the French Storytimes that will be taking place at 10:30 a.m. on Aug.

12, 19 and 26. Children of all ages are welcome.

Babies aged zero to 24 months and their caregivers are invited to enjoy songs, stories and rhymes at the dropin Babytimes. These programs will take place at 10:30 a.m. on Aug. 15, 22 and 29.

Zombie alert! For those teens who have been participating in the Teen Reading Club, don’t forget to register for the final event, Zombocalypse, taking place on Aug. 14 at 1:30 p.m.

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The Westminster Club occupied many different suites of rooms over its history from the late 1880s to today. The club has been closely connected to the Westminster Building since 1912, so many of its earlier homes were in buildings now gone to fire and redevelopment, but a great deal can be learned of the city’s downtown from the club’s locations.

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There were gas stations on many street corners, and old photos show a wonderful Ford service shop in the Queens/Guichon Block at Fourth Street.

There was a different feel to the city’s downtown for many decades, and part of the reason was the auto-based businesses.

The histories of the local auto industry and the Westminster Club give us a great opportunity to note some intriguing change.

Watch for announcements of a downtown walking tour about the club’s locations and some of the local “historical” auto business.

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From the club history we also learn that it was to be in on the “ground floor,” so to speak, of a massive structure with rooms, offices and commercial suites that was to rise above the town on the Church Street corner. This was to be big and important, much like the Douglas Elliott building just a block down the street.

The plans were wonderful, but financial troubles meant it never happened, and the Westminster Club sought another site.

Such stories tell a lot about a street, its uses and changes, and in this case add greatly to the history of the Westminster Club and its physical locations.

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The Record’s high school athlete of the year packed a lot of whallop in his 5-7 frame.

Jordy Chin was named a B.C. high school AAA varsity western conference all-star linebacker this season, while also earning a bronze medal in wrestling at the provincial secondary school championships in his final year at New Westminster Secondary.

Chin, who will start his varsity football career at Concordia University in Montreal later this month, also garnered a handful of other accolades this year, including MVP for the high school football team, and career athlete and athlete of the year at NWSS. Outside high school, Chin also shared a provincial gold medal with his under-19 Coquitlam club team at the B.C. flag football championships.

“I think it’s an honour. I didn’t expect to win anything, but when I heard (I won), I was happy to hear I had won athlete in the community. New Westminster has given me so much. It’s great,” Chin said.

Like most graduates, Chin says the prospect of leaving high school behind is bittersweet.

“It’s great to move on to bigger and better things but sad to be leaving a program that has given me so much,” Chin added.

“I was really happy to get a call from coach (Luc) Pelland to come out. It’s a thrill to be able to keep playing. It was my goal to keep playing as long as I can.”

Chin comes from a good pedigree. His late father was a fervent supporter of community football, while his older brother Casey was an all-star linebacker, now playing varsity ball at Simon Fraser University.

“I’ve always been pretty competitive. My dad always pushed us to do our best and to strive to keep winning and to better ourselves,” Chin said. “I’m just not a

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Athlete of the year: Jordy Chin will be starting his university varsity football career at Concordia later this month after being named The Record’s high school athlete of the year. person who likes to lose.”

Chin came from out of district to NWSS for its French immersion program and football. He wasn’t disappointed.

“You develop a bond with everyone that I’ll hold through high school and probably the rest of my life,” he said.

Being part of the 10th season since the program restarted after a 25-year layoff, Chin feels privileged to call himself a Hyack.

“I had great memories from last season like winning the Homecoming Game in my senior

year. It’s something we Hyacks hold pretty dear. … It being the 10th year was even more special to us,” Chin said. “We feel like we’re more privileged to have had the opportunity to play. It gave us the opportunity to play a sport we love. Community sport is amazing in New Westminster. It’s just a great atmosphere to play in.”

Mid-month Chin will switch his orange and black sweater for the Concordia Stingers maroon and gold.

“It’s a whole other level,” he said. “It’s just another oppor-

tunity to prove that I’m a good player.”

Chin has been proving that for most of his playing career, but none was more convincing than coming off injury in 2011 to lead the Hyacks in tackles with 61 in his senior season.

“I just decided to come back as strong as possible and play my heart out, and prepare for my last year,” he said.

Before leaving Mercer Stadium for the last time, Chin left a message in his cubicle for an incoming player to read.

It’s part of a Hyacks’ tradition that has created a historical link from one generation to another since the program restarted.

“The first time I read it, I didn’t know. But you learn what their emotions are and the attitudes towards the program. Most of them said, ‘Enjoy every moment ’cause it’s over quick,’ and you don’t understand that until you reach Grade 12 and it’s over in a blink when you get there.”

Luckily, there’s still more to be written in a Concordia locker room for Chin.

high school athlete of the year

Hyacks score best times at age group swims

Hyack Swim Club’s Sara Whelan won three medals at the recent national age group championships in Montreal last month.

The 15-year-old swimmer won a pair of silver medals on the second day of competition, finishing in a time of 1:13.93 in the 100-metre breaststroke and later in the day winning a second medal in the 800m freestyle.

Whelan, who opened the competition with a personal-best time of 34.01 in a narrow fourth-place finish in the 50m breast,

ended the competition with a bronze medal in the 400m free with another personal-best time of 4:28.30.

Younger sister Jasmine Whelan also won a medal in the 14-year-old girls’ 200m breast, placing runner-up in a best time of 2:39.10. She also clocked a best time of 1:14.58 in a fifth-place finish in the 100m breast and another in the 50m sprint.

Ethan Laing posted a club record time of 1:12.68 in the 13-year-old boys’ 100m breast. Laing also came within a whisker of setting a club and provincial record at

200m with a time of 2:37.13 in a sixth-place finish. He also had a best time in the 50m breast.

Others posting personal bests in their age groups included Chris Baker in the 100m butterfly, Hattie Sun and Brian Ni in the 1,500m, Ni in the 800m free and Mia Bottrill in the 200m free. Bottrill also had a fourth-place finish in the 200m fly.

Another Hyack, Inder Pooni, lopped a 36-second chunk off his time in the 1,500m and another dozen seconds off his 200m backstroke clocking.

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◗ RUGBY 7S

Burnaby Lake shut out at Lighthouse 7s

BY TOM BERRIDGE SPORTS EDITOR tberridge@royalcityrecord.com

The Burnaby Lake Rugby Club were denied in both the elite men's and women's finals at the Lighthouse 7s rugby tournament at Burnaby Lake Sports Complex-East last week.

The premier men's team fell to Canada's developmental 7s team – the Maple Leafs – 12-7 in the fourth annual championship final, while the premier women also lost 33-7 to the San Diego Surfers – a team loaded with national U.S. representative players.

"We met our match on Saturday," said BLRC manager Roko Kapaiwai.

In the men's final, Burnaby trailed by a slim 75 margin heading into the second half before Connor Braid scored the pivotal try on a 70-metre run for the national hopefuls.

The Burnaby women trailed the current regional champs by just a converted try before the Americans scored a further 19 points to win in a romp.

Despite the losses,

Jr. B provincials

New West sports briefs Former B.C. senior men’s golf champion John Gallacher of Burnaby had a strong final two rounds at this year’s provincials.

Gallacher, who won the event in 2007, finished off the three-day, 54-hole competition with a three-underpar 69 to finish in fifth place at the Eaglepoint Golf Course in Kamloops on Wednesday.

In the second round, Gallacher, who plays out of Vancouver Golf Club, fired a two-under 70, giving him a 217 total, seven strokes behind this year’s champion Canadian Golf Hall of Famer Doug Roxburgh.

Brian Graham of New Westminster finished in a tie for 44th place after a final round 77.

Signing in

Burnaby Winter Club product Tyler McNeely is off to Germany after signing a pro contract with Starbulls Rosenheim – a second-division team in the country’s bundesliga (league) last week.

McNeely, 26, split last season between the East Coast Hockey League’s South Carolina Stingrays and the American Hockey League.

In 2011, McNeely was signed as a free agent by the New York Islanders.

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A romp in the park: Burnaby Lake Rugby Club, in blue, had an easy time of it at the fourth annual Lighthouse 7s tournament, until meeting Canada’s development team in the elite men’s final. and the following weekend in Surrey hosted by Bayside on Aug. 10.

In the social division at Burnaby Lake, the Youngbucks and the Untouchables vied for the title the two teams have

Burnaby Lake continues to lead the overall B.C. Sevens series in both the men's and women's divisions.

The final two tournaments in the four-part summer series take place in Abbotsford this Saturday

sparred over for the past three seasons.

The Untouchables, Lighthouse winners in 2011, wrestled the title away from last year's defending champs 19-17 in the championship game.

The Bill Copeland Sports Centre is the site for the B.C. junior B lacrosse provincial championships this weekend. Games start Friday at 5 p.m. The round-robin matchups continue Saturday and Sunday mornings, with medal games Sunday at 5 and 7:30 p.m.

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Mountain United’s Kaela Hansen, Emma Regan and Jessica Ambrosio, all of Burnaby, helped B.C.’s under13 girls’ provincial development soccer team fashion an unbeaten record, including 14 goals for and none scored against, at the Prairie Invitational tournament in Calgary July 23 to 28.

Ryan Hum and Lorenzo De Bei of Burnaby also shared in B.C.’s first-place finish in the u-13 boys’ division.

Aaron Fulgencio and Rick Baer of Burnaby played a part on B.C.’s u-14 boys’ team at the event.

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