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Richmond’s first baby of 2014 was born just after 1 a.m. on New Year’s Day. But there’s just le one thing missing from this little bundle of joy — his name.

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Born at 1:05 a.m. in Richmond Hospital, the second son of Tanya and Jure Krpan officially became Richmond’s New Year’s baby when he popped out at an even eight pounds, just 12 minutes ahead of another baby next door.

Baby Krpan — who’s yet to be fully named — decided he would enter the world at around 10 p.m. as the couple was hosting family for New Year’s Eve at their Seafair home. Tanya said she began to feel cramps earlier in the day and, combined with the Dec. 28 due date, neither parent ruled out going into labour that night.

“We were kind of joking about having the New Year’s baby. I grew up in Richmond and always read the papers and saw the New Year babies. When (Tanya) went into labour, I thought, ‘this could be us,’” said home-builder Jure, 33.

The baby is the couple’s second child, as they already have a 21-month-old tod-

dler, also a boy.

“He was quick (being born) but now he’s calm and cool, so we’re hoping he stays like that. My other is a little bit rambunctious,” said interior designer Tanya, 34.

A lot of things went right for the Krpan baby to make history.

Dr. Shelly Jetzer — the Krpan’s family doctor, who delivered the baby — had booked the last room in the maternity ward after Tanya had visited her earlier in the morning. Had she not, it may have meant a trip to Vancouver.

But when they arrived at the hospital, they found out another woman was already in full labour.

“We thought it was game over,” said Jure. The express labour proved to be the “winning” factor. “It happened so fast... when we found out, it was a really exciting scene,” said Jetzer.

Jure said they planned to name the baby by today (Friday.) Go to www.richmond-news.com to find out their decision.

A linesman officiating a minor hockey game during the Richmond International Bantam Midget Tournament was sent to hospital after sustaining injuries when he was attacked by a Surrey player.

Tournament co-chair Wendy Steadman said the unnamed linesman was released from hospital on Sunday, the same day of the incident.

Steadman said the Surrey Hurricanes player was suspended for the remainder of the tournament and the matter of supplementary discipline is now in the hands of BC Hockey, the provincial governing body for all minor hockey associations.

“This is not what we expect to

Surrey player may be hit with lifetime ban after unsavoury incident see from players in this tournament.

It’s a side of the game that we don’t want to see,” said Steadman, noting that in her many years organizing the tournament nothing close to this kind of abuse of an official has ever happened.

The incident at the Richmond oval happened at the end of a roundrobin game against the Prince George Cougars, the subsequent champions of the midget tier II tournament.

CBC News reported that witnesses said the Surrey player knocked the linesman to the ground and continued to punch him until others stepped in.

The scoresheet indicates the teenage player was given a five-minute match penalty for “pushing” an offi-

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As of Thursday, Richmond RCMP said the incident was not reported.

“We would always encourage someone to come forward if they believe a criminal offence has occurred and will follow up. Usually in hockey situations it is referred to as a consensual fight where both parties equally engage in the ‘fight,’” said spokesperson Cpl. Stephanie Ashton.

Richmond Minor Hockey’s chief official Dwayne Shigeoka, who did not see the incident first hand, said any physical abuse of officials needs to be taken seriously, given their susceptibility on the ice.

“It’s rare that a player attacks

an official like that. I was kind of surprised when I heard that. Most abuse that an official takes is usually verbal, it doesn’t usually escalate to this,” said Shigeoka.

Shigeoka said a lifetime ban from hockey is a possibility for the player.

“For anyone to lose their mind that much to attack an official, to me that’s a loose cannon,” he said.

The tournament is held annually in Richmond and hosts some of the best midget and bantam teams, typically from western North America.

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Executive Director of BC Hockey Barry Petrachenko told CBC News an investigation is now underway.

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the fire and police have no suspects at this time. Anyone with information is asked to call Richmond RCMP at 604-278-1212.

Senior missing

Richmond RCMP is seeking the public’s help in finding a missing 69-year-old man.

Wayne Harder was last seen on Boxing Day at about 10 a.m. Harder lives in a care facility on Southdale Road in Richmond and is known to hang out at Richmond Centre shopping mall.

However, staff at the care facility say he usually returns after a few hours. He is described as six feet, three inches tall and weighs 183 pounds.

He was last seen wearing a black jacket, blue jeans and brown shoes. Harder is on medication for schizophrenia and usually returns home after a few hours, which makes his overnight disappearance unusual.

Anyone with information as to his whereabouts should contact Richmond RCMP at 604-278-1212 or call Crime stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

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What we expect to make headlines in 2014 Garden City Lands plans

Exactly what does the future hold for the hallowed Garden City Lands?

The future use of the 136-acre lands — bought by the city in 2010 for close to $60 million — will be at or near the top of the agenda for the City of Richmond in 2014.

City officials, including the mayor, have been urging the citizens of Richmond to tell them what they’d like to see on the site, within restrictions of the Agriculture Land Reserve. City council is expected to be presented with an ultimate concept plan for the use of the lands in the spring.

SkyTrain faregates opening

The Canada Line and SkyTrain faregates and the accompanying Compass Card system is bound to hit the headlines when it finally rolls out in the summer of 2014.

Despite an earlier timeline of late November last year and then the spring of 2014 for a full rollout of the near $200 million system, its release has been pushed back due to technical problems.

The faregates themselves have been in place, and continue to sit unused in Richmond’s Canada Line stations, for more than a year.

It’s estimated the new gates and ticketing system will hit fare evaders hard, generating more than $7 million a year for TransLink.

Farm news: For and against

2014 will mark another important year for agricultural news in Richmond. Three key factors will help determine whether farming becomes increasingly viable in Richmond or inches closer to becoming a romantic relic of the city’s past. Those factors include the province’s core review of the Agricultural Land Commission, the city’s possible

bylaw to rein in dumping of fill on protected farmland, and Richmond’s local food movement’s ability to engage a larger segment of the population. About 40 per cent of the municipality is in the Agricultural Land Reserve.

Industrialization of the Fraser

With a jet fuel delivery facility on the Fraser River’s south arm given a conditional green light in mid-December last year, 2014 is expected to be one of continued protests against further industrialization of the salmon-bearing waterway.

Also on the list is a proposed coal transfer facility at Fraser Surrey Docks which would see barges ship U.S.mined coal to a deep sea port on Texada Island, then on to China. Grass roots opposition group Communities and Coal has vowed to continue the fight for an independent health assessment, while VAPOR will be mounting a legal challenge of the province’s issuance of a conditional environmental certificate for a jet fuel delivery plan.

More school cuts

Richmond school district employees will be waiting for the other shoe to drop as job cuts are expected for the 2014-2015 school year.

The job losses are to provide budget room for a contract agreement with non-teaching staff negotiated by the province that downloaded its costs on districts across the province. Also contributing to the funding woes is a BC Hydro rate increase estimated to cost an additional $150,000 to $200,000 annually. Overall, hydro rates in B.C. are scheduled to rise 25.5 per cent over five years.

Imperial Landing development

waterfront should come into sharper focus sometime this spring. That’s when city staff are expected to present a closer examination of how the Maritime Mixed Use (MMU) zoning for the Onni development could work for the 65,000-square-feet of retail space that has remained vacant since completion last year.

Council denied Onni’s request last November to allow non-maritime tenants, such as a grocery store and a bank.

Anticipated salmon boon

The declining fishing industry in Steveston could see a rare boon this summer with the expected return of the offspring from the remarkable 2010 Adams River sockeye salmon run, which saw more than 30 million fish return to the mouth of the Fraser River.

After an abysmal 2013 run that saw the sockeye fishery close down entirely and fresh fish prices soar, an overabundance of fish could mean $5-10 salmons being flogged by fishmongers. The fisheries department typically releases early run forecasts in March. Survival rates not only depend on numbers but other factors, such as water levels and temperatures for roe.

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Bob and Teresa Marshall, the driver/escort and owners of Pitmar Tours are excited to offer this program of coach tours for 2014. We were recently awarded the Silver Readers Choice Award for travel agents from The Leader Newspaper. Thanks to our clients. 2014 is our 18th year in business as Pitmar Tours.

Spring Warm Up, Arizona, Palm Springs, San Francisco, April 5-23rd, 19 Days

Wells Gray Park, Hat Creek Ranch, Hells Gate, June 15-17th: 3 Days

Heart of Russia; June 25-July 7: 13 Days

Mountain Peaks of the Cascades July 17-21: 5 Days

We have put together an amazing itinerary of Fun! Relaxation! and Adventure. It’s the Palm Springs Follies “Last Hurrah”, yes the last year they will be in production.

We are expecting the cacti to be in full bloom, Arizona offers Tucson, Phoenix and the jewels of the desert.

San Francisco here we come! Step outside your hotel in the heart of Fisherman’s Wharf. In San Diego choose between exploring Sea World or San Diego Zoo. Return on Hwy 101 through the giants of California Redwoods.

A tour with everything for everyone!

This is a great tour to get out of town and relax, take in some incredible BC scenery. Experience Wells Gray Provincial Park, a vast wilderness of pristine forests, and amazing water falls. Lunch with the cowboys of yesteryear. Tour the historic Hat Creek Ranch and enjoy a group lunch on the grounds. It’s all here for you to join in for this spring get away.

27 Meals Join Bob and Teresa as they host this Collette Vacations river Cruise from Moscow to St. Petersburg. This itinerary is exciting as you stay in the heart of Moscow while touring the Red Square, St. Basil’s Cathedral and the GUM shopping centre.

Enjoy breathtaking scenery as you cruise along the Volga River for a 7 night cruise to St. Petersburg.

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This unique tour takes in four of the major mountain peaks of the Cascades. The tallest mountain in Oregon, Mt. Hood, the most active volcano in the Cascades Range, Mt. St. Helens and the majestic Mt. Rainier. Ride the rails on a restored steam locomotive on the Mt. Rainier Scenic Railway and visit their extensive collection of locomotives. Walk through the wildflowers in the sub-alpine meadows. Drive up the most snowiest place in the world, Mt. Baker.

Haida Gwaii August 4-15th: 12 Days

Newfoundland and Labrador, Aug 23-Sept 4th: 13 Days.

The Ultimate Alaska Cruise, Sept 12-23rd: 12 Days

Adams River Salmon Run October 5-7: 3 Days

Explore Haidi Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands), steeped in history and culture. Taste the traditional foods of the Haida with Chef Roberta and enjoy the award winning Haida Heritage Center. Whale watching at Telegraph Cove, the whale capital of B.C., to view the resident Orca whales as well as Dolphins and the majestic Humpback Whale.

Revel in the spectacular scenery from your reserved seating section, on the Northern Expedition, as you cruise the Inside Passage, from Prince Rupert to Port Hardy.

Join Teresa as she hosts this 12 day circle tour to Newfoundland and Labrador with Atlantic Tours. Discover a land filled with Viking history.

Explore a land rich with culture. Travel to a land overflowing with natural beauty. From west to east, Newfoundland & Labrador will undoubtedly leave you with memories that will last a lifetime.

There is simply no more luxurious way to visit the wilds of Alaska than via the award-winning Celebrity Solstice as she completes her first season in Alaska.

Introduce your adventurous side to one of the world’s most ruggedly beautiful destinations as your spoilme side relishes the style, venues and details of this Ship. Join Bob and Teresa for this amazing cruise starting in Seattle and disembarking in Vancouver.

2014 is the dominant year of the Adams River Salmon Run. Millions of salmon are expected to be returning to their spawning grounds in October. Visit the Robert Haig-Brown Provincial Park, named after the pioneering conservationist. The Adams River Salmon Society is very active with displays and interpretive talks during this famous salmon run.

Return via the Fraser Canyon with a group lunch at the Hell Gate Tram and fish ladders.

Pacific Storm Watch November 24-26th: 3 Days Experience the raw power of the mighty Pacific Ocean as ferocious waves roll in from the Asia Pacific and pound the shows of the rugged West coast—nature in all it’s fierce majesty! Feel the pulse of a winter storm from the comfort of your oceanfront room with breathtaking views.

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Let’s all improve this year It comes around like clockwork, the pledge to improve.

When a set of stairs starts to resemble the Grouse Grind and previously loose fitting pants look like body paint we know it’s time to make a change.

This is the reason why January is a very busy time in fitness locations as truant bodies are marched into gyms in an effort to rediscover long-neglected muscles.

We face a new year with ambition and head down a path towards selfimprovement. Starting is easy, staying committed is another story.

The situation with our municipal body is not so different.

Over the course of time, decisions get made that result in bigger budgets and instead of tightening the belt another hole gets punched. The next time that belt feels tight again it becomes easier to reach for the hole punch instead of trying to work towards a slimmer waistline.

Greatly increased density plans may put more tax dollars into the pot, but they create a bulge in other areas. Our already overloaded road system cannot handle the additional cars spilling out of more and more highrises.

Intergovernmental planning is required to get things moving.

So far it appears that we are just getting the highrises.

Until realistic traffic solutions — for the likes of Steveston Highway and No. 5 Road — are instigated, further major developments should be put on hold.

A new year is a great time to make the conscious choice for change. Let’s hope our civic leaders are up to the challenge as the November election hones into view.

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Pipeline dangers are hidden The Editor, Re: “Fuel protestors a minority,” Letters, Dec. 20.

In response to Mr. Malkoske, I think his sentiment, which is understood, but may be, respectfully, short-sighted.

A tanker accident could happen in the same way that, heaven forbid, a 747 could crash on approach.

The effect would be immediate, terrible, tragic and very visible. Fire/rescue crews and containment equipment would be on scene, the area would be cordoned off by police and the roadway would be impassible. It would be a mess.

However, it would be cleaned up and we would move on. A pipeline, which is buried and therefore not visible, can crack/ rupture/leak, but will not be noticed for a day, a week, months before something or someone notices a problem.

In the meantime, the jet fuel is leaching into the water table.

The effects to people and farmland could be far more widespread than the immediate area of the accident.

So Mr. Malkoske, as a proud member of the small vocal group speaking up against this proposal, may I suggest that we all want the same thing, which is that all industries operate in and through our city in as safe and environmentally friendly manner as possible.

The current proposal by the airline consortium does neither.

Kathy Kolb Richmond

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Tentative look through 2014 crystal ball It’s that time of the year again, the time when reporters look back on the 2013 that was, and try to make predictions about the 2014 that’s yet to show its true nature.

We do this not because we are prone to introspection and seek to take stock of our place in the universe, but because nothing much else is going on at this time of the year. Seriously, would it kill the politicians in Ottawa to arrange one more scandal between Christmas and New Year’s?

In that spirit, I bring you my predictions for the coming year, broken down by month. ! January: NASA will send a team of cloned Chris Hadfields into space to perform a jam-band version of Rocket Man, in an attempt to recapture the magic of Hadfield version 1.0’s cover of Space Oddity. It’ll do okay on the charts, but will be bumped from the top 10 by the sound of Justin Bieber falling down a flight of stairs. ! February: It’ll be cold, except when it’s unseasonably warm. People will greet Valentine’s Day in the traditional manner: by complaining that it’s a cheap, commercialized, artificial holiday, and that no one got them anything. ! March: Mike Duffy will escape Ottawa in a giant helium balloon in the shape of Mike Duffy. The month will come in like a lion, which will then eat the lamb, which will in turn

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give the lion a severe case of stomach cramps that requires a visit to the large animal veterinarian. ! April: The Tea Party will reveal that the preceding five years of political obstructionism was a colossal April Fool’s Day prank started by a group of hipsters from Portland. They will be stoned to death by Republicans and Democrats alike. “This is ironic,” they will say, incorrectly, as the stones knock them off their fixed-gear bicycles. ! May: Nothing much happens except for the takeover of much of Eastern Europe by an army of intelligent genetically engineered chickens. ! June: Rob Ford says the 7,943rd outrageous thing since his election as mayor of Toronto. Late night talk show hosts just shrug. “I don’t know,” says Jimmy Kimmel. “Are there any jokes left to make here?

Are we dehumanizing ourselves by mocking a man’s public self-destruction?

What does this mean for the state of western democracy?” Kimmel walks off the stage mid-show and never returns; he is found months later meditating at a Buddhist retreat in the Tien Shan mountains.

! July: Workers at McDonald’s, Wal-Mart and a host of other low-wage employers win sizeable pay raises and decent benefits packages after a series of strikes. It will turn out that paying people a living wage is actually good for the economy. Wal-Mart’s CEO will attend a press conference, hands tucked in pockets, and stare at his feet. “Well, I suppose I was wrong all those years,” he’ll say. ! August: Nothing much.

The chickens seize Germany, France, and northern Italy. ! September: Television executives announce their newest fall reality show, Rednecks Punch Each Other While Bidding on Storage Lockers on a Desert Island. “The originality of the concept is why we picked it up,” says a studio exec, openly rolling his eyes. “Shut up, you know you’re going to PVR it.” ! October: Justin Trudeau is revealed as a large, elaborate marionette operated by intelligent mice. People will still find it more charismatic than Stephen Harper. ! November: The chickens get bored and head into space to the join the Hadfield clones. ! December: The end of the year brings a new crop of retrospective columns, not nearly enough of which will mention the chicken thing.

Matthew Claxton is a reporter at the Langley Advance.

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Calling foul play on rounding game The Editor, This morning, I went to shop at a grocery store in Richmond.

As I was looking at the prices, I noticed that coconut milk was discounted at $1.29, so I decided to purchase six tins.

At check out time, I was looking at the display to see if I was being charged the discounted price. Yes, I was being charged the discounted price with a variance.

Instead of punching in $1.29, the salesgirl had punched in $1.30 for each item. I have the bill as evidence of the overcharging.

I asked the salesgirl why she was rounding up the individual price when the rounding should be done at the end.

I said it was only six cents, but it was a matter of principle. She looked at the owner, who was close at hand, and he directed her to reimburse me the difference.

Rounding should be

done for the total, not per item. But here was a store that was rounding up the price per item.

In other words, if I had bought 58 items at $1.28 each, the store would have charged me $75.40 instead of $74.25. If I had trusted the store and not been observant, I would have been cheated out of $1.15.

When you see something discounted, you tend to buy more of that item than you normally would.

Is this a scam that is prevalent at most stores?

Glen Heredia Richmond

Marijuana has nothing on alcohol abuse

The Editor, Why, exactly, is Richmond City Council presuppositionally against using the agricultural lands for growing medical marijuana?

Presumably, growing grains (whisky) or grapes (wine) would be fine, even though recreational (no “medical” about it) alcohol is fine, even though numerous deaths every month can be blamed on alcohol use, and zero, in all history, from marijuana use.

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Fighting the flab with multi-layered weapon Weight loss surgical team offers new beginnings for obese patients

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ark Krier knows he’ll never again get his money’s worth at a Las Vegas buffet, and it doesn’t bother him in the least.

He’s just glad he can comfortably order a plane ticket to the sparkling city in the Nevada desert and not have to worry about fitting in one of the seats.

It was a different story a couple of years ago.

Krier, who works as director of operations at East Richmond trucking firm CF Dedicated Services, once tipped the scales at 428 pounds.

He was suffering from diabetes and felt like his six-foot-three-inch frame was continually sapped of energy.

His living room couch was his landing pad to collapse on after work. He’d tried becoming more active to slim down and break out of his funk, but found the efforts left him feeling even more drained.

Shareane Heuring found herself in a somewhat different situation with her weight.

A former top athlete while in high school, she had seen the numbers on the scales yo-yo as she turned to diet pills to address the 360 pounds she had packed on.

While the pills were good for losing close to a third of that, the rebound once she stopped taking them added even more to her total and came as a crushing blow.

Work stress was a factor for Brandi Lee, who at one point weighed 450 pounds. Salty snacks were her escape from the pressures of the office, and she gradually saw the numbers on the scales rise.

For Dave Chin, he didn’t fully realize just how much regularly entertaining business clients with dim sum meals was adding to his waistline. The two or three times a week trek to local restaurants left him at 330 pounds.

While their circumstances are all unique, each of the four who struggled with their weight have managed to find a common denominator to help shed the excess.

They turned to Westcoast Bariatric Surgery, a publically-funded program operating out of Richmond Hospital. Started in 2011, the staff at Westcoast stress that surgery is just one point along the journey towards new, healthier lives.

One of the guides is Dr. Sharadh Sampath, who along with Dr. Nam Nguyen, form the surgical team performing the three different procedures that all have the same goal — reducing the size of a person’s stomach.

But as Sampath is quick to point out, what goes on in the operating room is just one factor in achieving long-term weight loss.

“This program, the only one of its kind in B.C., is a multi-disciplinary one,” he said.

“It’s like a house with three pillars. Pillar number one, the most important pillar, is the patient. And they need to come with insight to the causes of their problems and motivation to make the lifestyle changes that are necessary and accompany surgery in order to have long-term success.”

The second pillar is the healthcare team. “(Obesity) is a hard thing to tackle by yourself without a team to counsel you, support you and get you through both pre and

more of a powerful, multi-modal approach,” Sampath said. “The ones who come here are, to a certain extent, self selected.”

The vast majority, greater than 70 per cent, are able to complete the pre-conditioning process, pre-screening process and proceed to surgery.

With long-term tracking of patient outcomes just starting to be collected, Sampath said more than 80 per cent of patients going through the system experience successful weight loss.

Plus, diabetes remission figures are greater than 70 per cent. And those still considered to be diabetic have shown dramatic decreases in the need for medication to control their conditions.

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Mark Krier, above, at his desk after surgery. Krier topped the scales at 428 pounds, top inset. As part of a comprehensive health program, Krier has taken up cycling. post surgery,” Sampath said, adding the third pillar is the surgeons. “We need all three to really make things work.”

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he demand for intervention is apparent as obesity — now classified as a disease — has reached epidemic proportions over the past 20 years in Canada.

World-wide it is the second leading health-related cause of mortality and is linked to other ailments including diabetes, high blood pressure, sleep apnea, heart disease and cancer, and is associated with a shortened life expectancy of a startling 20 years in men, and five in women.

An insight to just how widespread the issue is can be emphasized by the Public Health Agency of Canada which estimates a quarter of the population is now considered obese. And with a multitude of contributing factors, it’s not a problem that can be easily unraveled.

“There’s no one cause — there’s genetics, metabolism. There’s psycho-social factors.

There’s a lot that goes into creating the disease and a lot that goes into managing it,” Sampath said. “There’s no, one quick fix.

And surgery is by no means a quick fix.”

Many try that route, and sometimes

Sampath and his team are left tending to the complications when a patient, who has gone elsewhere for their surgery, needs help to get back on track.

“A lot of patients will go to Mexico or the states and essentially just buy it (surgery).

The problem with that is surgery by itself does not tackle the other underlying causes of this disease,” Sampath said.

“They are not going into it with appropriate counselling on what this will do to change their lives. So, your long-term success rates are fairly poor.

“With a multi-disciplinary approach, with our allied health colleagues, our long-term success is much better. Patient satisfaction is much better. Management of both obesity and things like diabetes, hypertension, sleep apnea, cholesterol problems, all are substantially improved.”

Part of that success rests with the lead up to surgery which can take some patients upwards of a year to complete, plus, post-surgical support as patients enter a new and very different phase of their lives.

“Patients with this disease are quite educated about their options. They’ve tried a lot of things by the time they come to us.

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Sharon Heuring, before and after the treatment. She had been a provincial basketball champion in high school before she started to gain weight.

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t’s a familiar route for Krier who had his surgery this spring and had dropped about 117 pounds by the end of summer. Just as significant was dropping the need for 160 units of insulin a day to combat the diabetes he was suffering from for the past 20 years.

“That was in the neighbourhood of $1,000 a month in drugs,” Krier said. “It (diabetes) was like a vicious cycle. The more I tried to do things, the more tired I became, and the more I slept.

“I was definitely a ticking time bomb.”

Plagued by rarely feeling satiated after a meal, Krier’s weight gain coincided with personal strife — a divorce and diabetes diagnosis.

“I’m a relatively tall guy — I’m six-footthree — and can carry 400 pounds,” he said.

“But when you walk into a restaurant, right away you say, ‘No booths, please.’ Those are the first words out of your mouth.”

Travel was another concern.

“You get to a point in your life when you say, ‘let’s fly to Las Vegas for the weekend.’

And you start asking things like what kind of plane would you be taking, how big are the seats?

“It’s not that you can’t fit, but if there are two other guys my size in the other two seats, it’s going to be a very uncomfortable flight.”

Krier tried exercising, but with diabetes he just ended up feeling even more fatigued.

“There came a point that all I did was work, eat and sleep, and with no energy to do see Chin page 12

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Transition to a new you requires ongoing support

BY PHILIP RAPHAEL

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When patients decide to undergo bariatric surgery to address obesity they are not only potentially saying goodbye to a significant amount of weight — they are bidding adieu to their former lifestyle and welcoming one that includes exercise, and healthy eating habits and choices.

For some, that can pose a significant challenge. But part of the treatment at Richmond’s Westcoast Bariatric Surgery — Robyn Emde includes pre and post-operative counselling to see patients through the process, for both body and mind.

Taking care of the physical activity side of things is Jonathan Cheung, an exercise physiologist, while Robyn Emde, an occupational therapist, provides counselling.

With just 200 or so operations done in Richmond last year — adjustable gastric band surgery can cost about $15,000 and gastric bypass $26,000, funded by the province — a lot is on the line to ensure the process is a success providing ongoing health and quality of life for patients.

But shouldn’t a drop in weight automatically mean happier days ahead?

It’s not quite that simple, said Emde.

“The body is a barometer for the mind.

So, people of larger size, there’s something up, whether it’s a past experience, an abuse history, or they’ve not been able to take care of themselves while possibly taking care of other people,” she said.

The initial orientation sessions set the stage for patients, showing them there will be the expectation to get physically active, eat proper meals, and manage their stress levels.

“Some are not up for that and drop out right away,” Emde said.

“The body is a barometer for the mind.

So, for people of larger size, there’s something up,”

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The duo of Robyn Emde and Jonathan Cheung are helping bariatric surgery patients on their journey to long-term weight loss with counselling and exercise support.

According to figures from Westcoast Bariatric Surgery, more than 70 per cent are able to complete the pre-conditioning process, pre-screening process and then proceed to surgery.

But surgery alone is not a panacea.

“We used to have a lot of people come in thinking that surgery is going to cure them. The weight will come off and they will be happy. And it’s been proven again and again, for people who keep that mentality it’s not the case,” Emde said.

Providing support is the Change Ways program, an 11-week process that prepares a patient for surgery from a psychological standpoint.

“We’re looking at basically what happened before, what skills are required now to move forward. And that means looking at stress management, communication

skills, negative thought processes, and how to boost motivation in certain ways,” Emde explained.

The challenge for patients can be overwhelming, that’s why the program offers post-operative counselling, as well.

“When life hits the fan, that’s when all of our best laid plans can unravel,” Emde said. “So, we want to make sure if that happens they can catch themselves, or maybe if they do unravel they have a plan in place to take care of it.”

Patients must show they have the ability to live the lifestyle needed after surgery to be successful long-term.

“But they have to start living that way before surgery. Surgery cannot be the first day of the rest of their lives,” Emde said.

On the exercise side of the ledger, Cheung said it’s also not a simple

approach.

“Obesity has a lot of contributors. It’s not all just calories in and calories out,” he said. “I look at the overall amount of activity they are doing — where they are starting from, what they are comfortable doing.

“For many of them, it’s very intimidating this whole aspect of activity.”

And that requires addressing what has happened in the past.

“Perhaps it’s certain habits they’ve had, or a case where they’ve been beating themselves up since they were six-yearsold because that’s when their mother first put them on a diet that started a repeating cycle of failure after failure,” Cheung said.

Clouding the issue for some patients are the unrealistic expectations created by TV shows that focus on weight loss.

“You see people exercising for hours and on a drastically reduced calorie diet — it’s not sustainable, research shows that,” he said. “However, the public’s perception is that it’s all a matter of motivation. And if you’re motivated enough you should be able to lose weight. That’s not the case because we are fighting against physiology and a whole number of other aspects,” Cheung said.

The two main things he wants to see are that patients understand and are insightful as to what has led them to obesity, and that they can demonstrate competency when it comes to the lifestyle habits required to stay healthy.

“And that differs for everyone,” he said, adding his support lasts long after recovery from surgery.

“In essence, my support is indefinite.

But it’s up to the individual. People still like to call me every couple of weeks to tell me what they are doing or ask what their program should have. Or others will call to get a bit of a bump in their motivation,” he said. “Some people just fall off the grid. But we highly recommend they stay in touch with us. But I can’t force them to because that incentive — preparing for surgery — is gone. That’s why we view the pre-conditioning process as extremely important to set that tone, to set the standard very high of what we expect.”

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For Heuring, she didn’t realize she had a weight issue until she became pregnant with her daughter at age 18.

“I put on about 100 pounds when I was pregnant with my daughter, just with stress. I was just so focused on her, I never realized I was getting bigger and bigger.” she said.

At five-foot-ten, she had been a forward on Thomas Haney secondary’s basket-

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ball team that won a provincial championship. She also excelled on the soccer field and baseball diamond.

But after entering the workforce to support herself and her new daughter she experienced the discrimination many overweight people encounter.

Working as a receptionist in a dental office, she had patients approach her and tell her “what a big girl she was.”

“I had people tell me how ugly I was and didn’t want to deal with me at the counter,” she said.

Already using food as a coping mechanism, Heuring said encountering that type of adversity made her situation worse.

“Pizza was definitely my food drug of choice. Soon as I had one I couldn’t stop eating it,” she said.

That’s when she tried the diet pill route with little success.

Weight became an issue for Lee, 34, when she was in her late teens. Later with mounting work demands, she turned to food for comfort.

“I just let the outside factors control my life,” said Lee whose weight grew to 450 pounds at its height. “If I was really stressed I would go eat. You can easily eat a bag of chips and not realize how many calories are in there.”

Knowing she had to do something to change her life, Lee modified her diet, exercised and lost 150 pounds, but then gained 70 of it back.

Undeterred, she hit the gym again, harder this time, hiring a personal trainer, but could not get her weight to drop below the 350-pound mark.

Worried there might be an

underlying medical issue to explain her inability to lose the weight, Lee asked her doctor for a comprehensive blood test.

“I was 32, and if I didn’t get control of my health I was going to die at a young age,” said Lee. “Both my grandparents had a history of heart problems. I also had high blood pressure and diabetes in my family. I didn’t want to develop other health issues because I wasn’t able to take care of myself.”

“I had people tell me how ugly I was and didn’t want to deal with me...”

— Sharon Heuring For Chin, 36, weight was always an issue.

The Richmond resident considered himself to be pudgy all through his childhood, school years and adulthood. But what really twigged his concern was the 100 pounds he tacked on after he stopped smoking five years ago.

“My metabolism really got affected when I quit,” he said. “I had always believed that I didn’t eat a lot.”

But when he started to look at the pattern of taking clients out for lavish meals, it added up.

“When I used to go to dim sum, in the Chinese mentality, if everything is finished at the table, you’re not a good host. So, you have to order in excess,” Chin said. “My normal lunch was 500 to 600 calories. I would easily triple that when I went out.”

The response was to try to exercise with a personal

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trainer, but found the efforts unsustainable with his busy lifestyle.

Then there was a multitude of diet schemes.

“You name it, I tried it,” Chin said.

And while he didn’t as yet have diseases related to obesity, family history showed where he was likely heading.

“My whole family has cholesterol and diabetic problems, it’s all written on the walls.”

That’s when Chin learned about the possibility of surgery.

When patients like Krier, Heuring, Lee and Chin arrive at the door of Westcoast Bariatric Surgery the pre-op counselling begins almost immediately.

“We re-teach them a lot of things — how to shop, how to cook, how to eat, what to eat, when to eat, and how to cook for their families,” Sampath said. “Often there’s a lot of emotional eating and eating out of boredom.

“But the emotional component is very strong.

And we tackle that also in a multi-modal fashion. One of the programs that our occupational therapists use is called the Change Ways Program — it’s a cognitive behavioural therapy group that teaches patients some coping mechanisms that are more positive than simply turning to food. And our dieticians also work with them to make alternative choices.”

For patients with more serious concerns, there is psychological and psychiatric counselling available long-term. ! For the full story and more pictures, go to www.richmond-news.com.

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Wine resolutions for the New Year Eric Hanson SIPS HAPPEN

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Put these wines in the fridge for half an hour before serving. Lighter reds taste better when they are at cellar temperature, not room temperature. ! Attend the Vancouver International Wine Festival vanwinefest.ca.

This year the theme country is France and Champagne will be in the spotlight.

France is well recognized as a leader in the industry and has produced wine for two and a half millennia. The country is known for grape-growing regions synonymous with wine, including Alsace, Bordeaux, Burgundy, Champagne, Loire, Rhône and the South of France.

Explore the enchanting world of wine in the Festival Tasting Room with almost 200 international and domestic wineries pouring their delicious wines. You can also educate your mind and your palate at wine seminars, lunches and dinners.

The festival runs Feb. 24 to March 2 at the Vancouver Convention Centre West.

Tickets go on sale Tuesday, Jan. 7at 9:30 a.m. ! Join a Wine Club.

Whether you are interested in Australian, American, German, Southern Hemisphere, or BC wines, there’s a club for you. Go to planitbc.com for all the juicy details.

The BC Wine Appreciation Society (bcwas.com) is having a Moon Curser Winery Tasting on Jan. 15 at 7:30 p.m..

This Osoyoos-based winery has been getting accolades from all over the country.

Discover why wines like Afraid of the Dark, Border Vines, Contraband, and Nothing to Declare are worth exploring. Members: $44; Guests: $59. ! Take a wine course. I am teaching a wine seminar at Kwantlens’ Richmond campus on Saturday March 22. The two-hour Introduction to Wine will teach you the basics of how to appreciate what makes a wine really fine.

This presentation is part of Kwantlen’s TALK series.

Visit kpu.ca or email jeangarnett@shaw.ca, I am also teaching a series of classes at Burnaby’s

Resolve to keep clutter away in 2014 The Good Riddance Professional Organizing team have been de-cluttering for 20-plus years – making them experts at what yearly resolutions for the home should look like. They understand what it takes to clean up, organize and distress.

“We come across clients who run into trouble around this time of the year,” says Heather Knittel. “They put a lot of unnecessary pressure on themselves by setting their expectations very high.”

Here are the team’s top three organizing tips to jump-start the best year yet.

1. Resolve to call your children or anyone who has been storing their stuff in your

home for longer than Coronation Street has been on TV. Give them a deadline for picking up what they want. Chances are 90 per cent will have been totally forgotten by the owners. Have a Plan B, like scheduling a pick-up from a local non-profit.

2. Resolve to eliminate one item for every new item you bring into the house.

You will at least be able to maintain the status quo while introducing new stuff.

3. Resolve to rid your home of anything that has passed its expiration date. This includes food, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, old paint and scary looking chemicals. Use responsible disposal methods.

Community & Continuing Education (burnabycce.ca).

The three Thursday evening courses (Introduction to Wine Appreciation, Red Wine, and European Wine & Cheese) offer an excellent selection of wines to sample and begin Feb. 6.

Capilano University (ce.capilanou.ca) offers three Saturday afternoon classes beginning Feb. 1: an Introduction, Wines from the Southern Hemisphere and Wines of Italy.

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I’ve enjoyed Fonseca Periquita ($9.99), a red blend from Portugal for decades.

Made from three native varieties, it’s medium bodied and smooth with a black cherry character. It’s available in government stores.

B.C.’s Sumac Ridge Ridge Red ($10.99) has cherries and raspberries with a chocolate and berry finish. Although it is not sweet, neither is it completely dry.

Many wine drinkers find a touch of sweetness makes the wine smoother and more approachable.

Diabolica ($15.99) is another local fruit-forward red to try. It’s advertised as “devilishly good wine” and has seductive flavours of pomegranate, loganberry, cherry, and raspberry. Again, there is a hint of sweetness to attract consumers who say they like dry wines but actually want it off-dry. Both BC wines are VQA and are

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Counting the cost of cord cutting in 2013 There are a couple of In late November, I was a exceptions. My Xbox 360 guest on a Calgary radio talk has Radio-Canada’s decent show, answering questions Tou.TV app, which offers about cutting the cable cord.

French language programThe show’s host, who ming. noted a recent study sugIt also has the horrible gested the rate of cable cutters in Canada was tiny (less THE PRACTICAL GEEK Rogers Anyplace TV app, which is crippled unless you than four per cent), asked me are a Rogers subscriber and what it was like to be “cable pay for its specialty cable channels. free.”

That’s why some Canadian cord-cutters My reply: Cheap, but aggravating. end up with Hulu Plus.

As we enter 2014, the same still holds Hulu is an American-based portal for true and is unlikely to change soon. You’ll watching online TV and movies, and Hulu save money and find new freedom in decidPlus is the name for its array of apps which ing when and how to watch TV and movies. stream in high definition on devices like the You’ll also find new ways to shout proApple TV, Xbox and PlayStation. fanity at your computer. Maybe you’ll just It’s annoying in that it requires $8 a read more books. month and yet still interrupts your viewing I saved substantially in 2013 by not havwith ads. ing cable, while still gaining access to just But it’s also the cheapest, easiest and best about everything I was interested in. looking legal way to get current programBut my cord-cutting costs also increased ming on a real TV short of receiving cable. this past year as my needs got more Getting Hulu Plus requires a bit of trickdemanding. ery in convincing Hulu that you are both In 2012, I paid $8 a month for Netflix, $4 a month for a commercial VPN to bypass American and physically watching from south of the 49th. geographical content boundaries, and $130 It’s also why I started trying out DNS buying TV episodes from Xbox Video and redirecting services (an extra cost) since iTunes. my VPN service does not work directly on My total cost for the year was less than my gaming consoles, which are my primary $300.

Hulu Plus platforms.

In 2013, in addition to those costs I Yes, that’s getting techy. Most Canadian added a Hulu Plus subscription at $8 a cord-cutters can happily get by with Netflix month and experimented late in the year and a media box like the Apple TV or Xbox with a DNS redirect service for $5 a month. that provides an online digital video store.

My total cost to watch TV in 2013: Over Some might even use just a Roku box $400. with Netflix and Roku’s eccentric assortThat’s much less than staying with Shaw ment of “channels.” or Telus, but nevertheless my costs rose sigBut if you want current content for cheap nificantly over the previous year. Why? while staying legal, techy is what you will The answer is simple: I want my TV on an actual television and I want current shows face for the indefinite future. ! A side note: One nice discovery I made that Netflix lacks.

Most of the Canadian broadcast networks this year was CinemaNow, which is found on media boxes, on many TVs and through offer their current shows for free — heavily laden with repetitive advertising — either on the web.

I’ve tried it out a few times this year for their websites or through specialized apps on renting movies and like it. Its catalogue platforms like Windows 8 or the iPad. needs to be ramped up, but the prices are But aside from digital stores like iTunes, decent and it wins by being found on a which at $3.50 for a single episode of a TV bunch of different devices. show gets expensive fast, they do not offer That means anything you rent or buy is their online content in a way that’s easy to not tied down to one ecosystem or media see on a proper television set. box, and a show you begin on one device You can hook up your laptop to your TV can be paused and watched later on a differbut it’s not very convenient and the streament device if it has a CinemaNow app. ing quality of video on web-based sites That’s much closer to the kind of freedom looks terrible on a big screen.

Canadian consumers deserve.

In contrast to the media-rich world in the Barry Link is the editor at the Vancouver U.S., apps offering free or inexpensive TV Courier. Contact him at blink@vancourier. content on gaming consoles or media boxes com or Twitter.com/trueblinkit are non-existent in Canada.

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Recycle your Christmas tree or chip it When the time comes to take down your Christmas tree, bring it to the Richmond Firefighters Association Charity Chipping event this weekend, or recycle your tree with your curb side Green Cart

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Residents with curb side Green Cart collection can cut up and bundle their tree and place it at the curb side on their regular collection day.

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Richmond A1 Blues Testuya Prior just fails to convert this scoring chance during round-robin action against New West at the 33rd annual Richmond Bantam/Midget International Hockey Tournament. The Blues won this game and went on to lose the tier one final in double overtime.

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It was heartbreak finishes for a pair of host teams at the 33rd annual Richmond International Bantam/Midget Hockey Tournament.

The Blues came-everso close to capturing the inaugural Bantam Division tier one title, falling 3-2 to the Anaheim Wildcats in Tuesday’s championship game at the Richmond Ice Centre.

The tournament provided a refreshing break for Glenn Wheeler’s young squad that features a whopping 16 first-year Bantam age players. The end result has been a rocky ride thus far in the extremely competitive top tier of the Pacific Coast Amateur league.

The Blues thrived against different competition in their event, reaching the final with four straight wins before falling to the unbeaten Anaheim team.

Richmond actually took a 2-1 lead into the final period on goals by David Queree and Magnus Cheung before

the Wildcats pulled even with just 2:35 remaining.

They completed the comeback on Nick MacRis’ unassisted goal at the 3:41 mark of overtime.

Richmond’s run to the gold medal game included round-robin wins over Nanaimo (5-3), New

West (3-2) and the Utah Regulators (8-2).

Sean Gulka and Michael Araki-Young each had a goal and two assists in a 5-1 semi-final triumph over the Langley A2 Eagles.

Araki-Young led his team in scoring with 10 points, including three goals.

Brandon Wheeler earned the shutout in the Midget A1 Blues 2-0 win over eventual tier one champion Littleton.

Gulka added nine while Tom Sweeney chipped in with eight. Jordin Kojima, Cheung and Queree each had three goals.

Meanwhile, the Midget A1 Blues won three of four games and was the only team to knock eventual champion, yet didn’t even make the quarter-finals.

Richmond looked to be in solid shape after concluding round-robin play with a spirited 2-0 win over the previously unbeaten Littleton Hawks.

The result left the hosts with a 3-1 record after earlier victories against Burnaby (6-5) and Anaheim (5-1), while falling 4-0 to Prince George. Where things got complicated was Littleton managing a 7-3 win over Prince George, leaving a three-way logjam atop the Raymond Sawada Division with 3-1 records. In the end, the Blues lost out on the goal differential tiebreaker formula.

Littleton would go on

to win the championship with a 2-1 victory over the U18 Alaska Wolves. The Colorado team also defeated Prince George 5-1 in the semi-finals.

The Blues closed out the tournament with a 4-3 win over Abbotsford in consolation play.

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The Seafair A1 Blues came ever-so-close to capturing the prestigious 51st annual Burnaby Minor Bantam Christmas Tournament.

The Islanders advanced to the championship game in the 12-team event falling 4-3 in double overtime to the Burnaby Winter Club.

Seafair rolled to roundrobin wins over San Diego (6-0), Arizona (2-0) and Cowichan (5-2).

The locals then took a pair of games from Surrey including a 9-3 rout in the quarter-finals. The unbeaten run continued with a 5-3 triumph over San Diego in the semi-finals.

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