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Shipyard goes to the ‘sea’ dog Maritime Festival docks at Steveston Aug. 8-10 Philip Raphael

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B.C.’s oldest shipyard is set to come alive with enchanting mermaids, marauding pirates, a storytelling wharf rat and creatures from the deep as the Richmond Maritime Festival docks in Steveston for another year. Visitors strolling along the restored boardwalks will be greeted on the weekend of Aug. 8-10 with all manner of free performances — stilt walkers, drummers, dancers and story tellers — at the city run event where close encounters of the marine kind, plus many others, will be dotted across the 3.5-hectare (8.5-acre) site on the Steveston waterfront. Children of all ages will learn local lore, and try their hand at a unique variety of arts and crafts from creating a driftwood mandala— a complex abstract circular design — to knitting a tree cosy. Plus, there will be all manner of food and drink vendors eager to satisfy customers. This year’s festival runs three full days — from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

If it’s music in the great outdoors you are craving, the festival’s opening night features the roots blues, zydeco, swamp pop and folk sounds of The Swamp Dogs which will be performing from 5-7 p.m. To help celebrate the 125th anniversary of Britannia Shipyards there will be a flotilla of historic boats and For more details, visit the ships that festival website at www. will be richmondmaritimefestival. available for ca. The festival is viewing and also on Facebook at boarding richmondmaritimefestival from the and follow @FunRichmond 190-metre on Twitter for updates. long (600foot) dock. Visitors can also tour many of the historic buildings, several of which have been restored to reflect their original roles in the West Coast fishing industry. The exhibits include the Chinese Bunkhouse, which re-imagines the cramped living quarters of the hundreds of Chinese workers employed in the 14 fishing canneries that once punctuated the lively Steveston

Mermaids and other sea creatures will welcome crowds to the Richmond Maritime Festival which runs at the Britannia Heritage Shipyard Aug. 8-10. Photo Submitted waterfront. Visitors can also check out the storied MV Fleetwood, once the fastest boat on the West Coast, with a notorious past as

a rum runner during American prohibition when Canadian alcohol was smuggled by the boatload into the U.S.

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Like the K-9 star of the ’60s and ’70s kids’ TV show The Littlest Hobo, a City of Richmond dog park is finding it difficult to settle down and call some place home. Shunned by residents around Dover Park and now, seemingly, getting the same cold shoulder from the folks living near its new temporary home at McCallum Park, the 1,200 square metre off-leash area with no name is finding life tough on the streets of Richmond.

A proposed pilot off-leash park in South Arm is also causing consternation among some locals who’ve raised a near-500 signature petition against it. And like their fellow citizens in South Arm, it’s the lack of consultation that’s sending the residents near the new location on the Railway Greenway, north of Burnett secondary, barking mad. “I’m an engaged citizen; I read all the local papers, I look at the public notices, I take part in the city’s surveys, then I go out back to barbecue and there’s two dogs

(copulating),” exclaimed Don Stutt, whose Turquoise Drive home backs onto McCallum Park and is about 50 yards from the re-located offleash area. “I knew absolutely nothing about this park going in and now I can’t hear myself think for all the yappy little dogs shouting at the big dogs. “It used be very tranquil around here, save for the sound of people walking by now and again and, occasionally, parents and grandparents playing with their children.” see PARK › page 6

A newly erected off-leash dog enclosure at McCallum Park has already drawn the ire of local residents. Photo Submitted.

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Synergies and partnerships with other community organizations is what makes Mystic Seaport the success it is, according to Coun. Linda Barnes, who recently returned from Mystic, Connecticut where she hoped to learn its best practices in order to apply them to historic sites in Steveston. “What I found most interesting is how Mystic works with private and other institutions,” Barnes told the News. For instance, Barnes noted, the Mystic River Historical Society works with a number of post-secondary institutions. It makes its extensive archives on maritime history accessible to the schools, which in turn form maritime courses. Britannia Heritage Shipyard is part of a city submission for National Historic Site designation for Steveston from Parks Canada, a first step in applying for UNESCO World Heritage Designation for the village. Loren Slye, chair of the Steveston Historical Society, largely fostered the idea. Barnes said while Slye has been instrumental in bringing such a possible designation to the attention of the city, there needs to be more community involvement at a grassroots level to make the shipyard a more well-balanced, more encompassing

experience. “In Mystic, there was a vision. Moving forward, the (City of Richmond) is a good partner, but the community needs to step up and champion this,” said Barnes, noting sponsors are also needed. Mystic’s operating cost is reported to be about $20 million, whereas Britannia’s is about $220,000. It draws about one-third of its funding from a $42 million endowment fund and has 17 full-time shipwrights among its pool of employees. Barnes noted the Mystic experience is year-round and touring it can last two to three days with its seaport museum and aquarium, whereas community groups in Steveston have tended to make the village an afternoon destination in the summer. “Certainly, Britannia is a large destination. But destinations need to work more closely together to provide a larger destination in general,” she said. She noted Mystic has a leg-up in that it has several more decades of planning put into it than does Steveston. Barnes is confident Steveston can become the West Coast equivalent of Mystic in terms of offering maritime programming. Slye told the News events such as the Ships to Shore are a stepping-stone. “If we keep bringing in these events we can prove ourselves as a true maritime destination,” he said.

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Richmondite spreads Hep C awareness Daniel Nottingham

including Luster, have no obvious symptoms until serious liver damage has occurred. “It is very important that more people in the In the late 1990s, Daryl Luster was at general public learn about how important it the top of his game; he was a is for baby boomers and people at successful businessman, setting up risk be tested,” said Luster. a factory to manufacture furniture According to the Canadian in China. Society for International Health While travelling in the region, about one in five people with he began to notice certain flu-like hepatitis C don’t know they have symptoms such as chronic fatigue, the virus; hence, the slogan for as well as nausea, and an aching in this year’s World Hepatitis Day his hands and arms. (Monday, July 28) is “Know your He didn’t know it at the time status? Get tested.” but Luster was suffering from the In 2006, serious symptoms acute (initial) stage of hepatitis developed, and Luster’s life took C. In fact, it wasn’t until years Daryl Luster a sharp turn. Not only did he have later back in Canada that he to endure the often debilitating was diagnosed with the liver disease that effects of the disease, he’s also had to face the equally debilitating symptoms of impacts approximately 300,000 Canadians discrimination. nationwide. Because the virus is often transmitted In hindsight, Luster believes he contracted through dirty syringes, the disease has hepatitis C when he underwent emergency dental work while working in China. become associated with intravenous drug use. Hepatitis C infects its victims through But Luster argues, “It’s about health, not blood, often due to IV transfusions and reputation. Some victims are suspected to be unsterilized medical equipment. The problem drug users, but they are all people.” is that many people who contract the disease, Exhaustion (a predominant symptom of Special to the News

the disease) as well as social barriers forced Luster into an early retirement. In 2010, Luster, now a Richmond resident, began a challenging clinical trial. The thought of a cure gave him hope, but it was a tough trial. He was given Interferon, Ribavirin, and a third experimental drug. Their numourous side effects were almost as painful as the disease itself. The trial lasted 48 weeks, but a full recovery took two years. Today, Luster is the president of the Pacific Hepatitis C Network Society. Luster believes reaching out to youth is vital, as it is a demographic largely ignorant of the disease.

The society also advocates for newer and more accessible treatments such as direct acting antivirals (DAAs), that can be taken orally, are more efficient and have fewer side effects. These drugs would target a strain of hepatitis C that is common in North America known as Genotype 1. In B.C. alone, an estimated 73,000 individuals are carrying the hep C virus, with a quarter of those not even aware of it. On Monday, Luster will attend a rally at the Vancouver Art Gallery and make his rounds through media in a bid to challenge attitudes and encourage people to get themselves tested.

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OPINION

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EDITORIAL OPINION

Where there’s smoke ... call!

he little bit of rain we received this week might have dampened a few summer spirits in the Lower Mainland, but they were a godsend in places where they lowered the forest wildfire risk levels. Where the risks were reduced at all, the respite is likely to be temporary. Hot weather – and increasing wildfire risks with it – are expected to return by the weekend. Indeed, fire officials expect that areas in which the wildfire risk levels have been “high” will likely join the “extreme” classification before long.

Don’t let this week’s glitch fool you, the expectations are still for an unusually dry summer. With that in mind, and the propensity for British Columbians to get out and enjoy the natural beauty that surrounds us, the protectors of the province’s forests and wilderness are asking everyone to be careful, and to be vigilant. That’s not a plea only to local residents planning to get out into the wilds, but also to the thousands who flock to this province every weekend and through the week. Whether you live here and take advantage of the natural

amenities in your own backyard, or if you’re dropping by from elsewhere for some fun and relaxation in the great – and we really mean GREAT – outdoors, take care that it isn’t ruined for future hikers and boaters and nature enthusiasts. It doesn’t take a great deal of carelessness to spark a huge wildfire. If you see smoke while you’re out there, do not hesitate to call B.C.’s Wildfire Management Branch at 1-800-663-5555 (or *5555 from a cell phone). And try not to create any of that smoke yourself. Our nature depends on you.

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B.C. trumps ‘Aussies’ in deft game of implementing new taxes

ther than beautiful premier Gordon Campbell scenery and having the sprung on an unsuspecting InTheHouse same monarch, B.C. public after the 2009 election Keith Baldrey campaign, during which his and Australia don’t have much Columnist in common. party had actually stated it had And they have even less in no designs to introduce such a common now, because Australia has scrapped tax. Like his Australian counterparts, Campbell its carbon tax, which is still very much alive was driven from office by a tax revolt. Except, and kicking in this province. The Australian carbon tax was introduced the critical difference here is that another big in 2010, by a Labor Party government that tax brought in by Campbell -- the carbon tax had just won an election after vowing not -- generated no such revolt, and instead appears implement such a tax. to have paid off. However, while the Labor Party won the In fact, B.C.’s carbon tax actually hurt election, it did not win a majority of seats. It the party that opposed it -- the NDP, which needed the support of the Green Party to form opposed the tax after it was introduced in 2008, government and the price for that was giving and made its opposition to the tax a key part of the Green Party what it wanted: a carbon tax, its 2009 election platform, which was firmly which Labor had been on record as opposing rejected by the voters. before the election. Campbell artfully tied this province’s carbon Needless to say, the public was furious. The tax to a corresponding income tax cut, and Labor Party subsequently changed leaders and a significant rebate scheme for low-income said it would repeal the carbon tax, but it was earners. still defeated in last year’s election. The result has been that any call for a repeal There is a striking parallel here, of course, to of the carbon tax in this province would be another tax controversy: the HST that former linked to a tax increase. That’s because the

tax collects about $1.1 billion annually, which pays for almost $200 million in tax credits and rebates for low income people, plus a five per cent income tax cut ($235 million) and more than $700 million for a host of business tax cuts. Getting rid of the tax, then, would increase everyone’s income tax bill by five per cent, hit poor people particularly hard, and hit businesses with tax hikes that would inevitably be passed onto consumers. No wonder the NDP doesn’t talk about the tax much these days. But the carbon tax also appears to be having the desired impact on what it is supposed to do: lead to a reduction in the use of carbon. According to Sustainable Prosperity, an Ottawa-based “green” research group, fossil fuel use in B.C. has dropped by 16 per cent since the tax came in. Meanwhile, fossil fuel use in the rest of Canada has actually gone up three per cent in that same time period. And as for Australia, well, its status as one of the world’s worst greenhouse gas emitters per capita will continue. The country relies heavily on its vast reserves of cheap coal for its supply of electricity.

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I’m not sure whether the opposite experiences of B.C. and Australia when it comes to a carbon tax means people of one jurisdiction are any more or less environmentally friendly than those in the other. But I do think there’s a lesson here about how to introduce new taxes, whether they are carbon-related or not. The lesson is this: if a government is going to create a new tax, do it just before an election campaign and not immediately after one. The B.C. Liberals did that with a carbon tax, but failed to do so with the HST. The party was badly bruised and was forced to dump its leader, but still won another term in power. The Australian Labor party implemented the carbon tax like the B.C. Liberals handled the HST, and subsequently chewed up two of its leaders before being booted from power. Playing games with taxes can be very dangerous for governments. B.C.’s carbon tax is an example of the right way of playing the game. Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global BC

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LETTERS

Parents feeling the impact Open letter to Donna. Sargent, chair of the Richmond School Board of Education. Over the past week, I have asked parents to tell me how this strike/lockout has impacted them. The same message keeps repeating itself. The words, “upset”, “confused,” “frustrated,” “uncertain” keep coming up. As one parent, Leslie, puts it, “I am maxed out and am totally done with the lack of resolution of teachers’ issues. I feel that the government needs to get this done, and before the summer is completely gone and we are faced with possible continued strikes into the fall.” On July 11, I had a meeting

with MLA Linda Reid and I asked her what more parents can do to express their dissatisfaction and urgency to come to resolve this impasse and she told me that I/we could do nothing. She pointed out that neither one of us sits at the bargaining table and that I should just go and enjoy the summer at least for the next few weeks. How can parents enjoy their summer when there is so much uncertainty going into the new school year? How can I enjoy my summer knowing that my son might not get to go on his Grade 8 camp trip, or that the kids going into kindergarten might not get a smooth, gradual entry into their first few weeks

of school? The government and Reid tells us that other unions have settled for less and have been more reasonable. Gabriela said this best; “I believe that the teachers’ union is one of the most important unions our government needs to take care of as they hold the future in their hands, their dreams and their chances of learning and preparing to be productive members of society.” A similar theme echoed from Alice that, “Education is not a business. Kids have the right to receive education under all circumstances. Neither the government nor the teachers should sacrifice our kids because of the disagreement between them.” The

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Overcrowded The Editor, Well, well, the mayor has his picture in the paper again. Proud of how many permits he has issued for more highrises in Richmond. Has he been in our hospital lately to see that they are overcrowded now and bursting at the seams. Where are all these people going to go when they need hospital care? M.Bates Richmond

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Feeling every ping and pong Table tennis champ, 75, almost breaks into sweat up against overconfident reporter

Richmond News’ Alan Campbell, right, tries in vain to keep tabs on Canadian Over-60s table tennis champion Chang Poh, who barely moved a muscle throughout the 15-minute joust. Photos by Philip Raphael/Richmond News ! To see a video of Campbell’s efforts, go to richmond-news. com

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reaking from one decrepit ankle to the other and groaning as every weary, sinew stretched in vain to reach the tiny ball, it’s abundantly clear time is not a friend of this player. And with beads of sweat trickling from a graying brow now pooling under his eyes, he curses his more nimble opponent. Anyway, enough about me. Let’s, instead, talk about Richmond’s 75-year-old Canadian Men’s Over-60 table tennis champion and how a foolish reporter’s bravado led to him challenging Chang Poh to a wee game of ping-pong at the Bridgeport Sports Club. In my defence, I hadn’t picked up a table tennis paddle in anger for more than 20 years. But having won a family holiday camp tournament at the age of 13 — I even had my own bat and zipped cover — I was confident I could live with this old timer. Mistake number one. Poh, fresh from his gold medal at the nationals in Edmonton, barely moved a muscle as I scrambled from one side of the table to the other, trying to react to the ridiculous spin the granddad was fizzing onto the little orange sphere. Having warmed to the task, I did manage to scrape a few points together by the third game. But I’m fairly certain Poh was just keeping me amused; for the fun of it. “Wow, good shot,” he said, in a surprised tone. I might have just had my rear-end handed to me — table tennis style — but I’d forgotten how much fun the sport was and it won’t be another 20 years before I pick up the paddle again.

Rough end of the table Born in a small British colony in Malaysia, Poh first started playing table tennis, around age 12, at the Chinese school he attended. “I think there were two tables there,” he recalled. After immigrating to Edmonton in 1967, Poh had a hard job of maintaining his love affair with the sport, with table tennis not high on the agenda of Albertans in the late 1960s. “I had to really go and seek it out; it wasn’t easy,” said Poh. “And the tables were a little bit rough; kind of thrown together and sloping in the middle.” After sliding west to B.C. and Richmond in ‘73, Poh still had his work cut out to source any genuine table tennis community, commuting to Strathcona in Vancouver’s Chinatown to play. “We finally started up a little club (in Richmond) at James Whiteside

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Rivals sick of the sight of Poh Poh confessed to playing about 12-15 hours of table tennis every week and will “play anybody and everybody” for as long as they want to. Not bad for a grandfather in his mid-70s who — as well as grabbing gold in the over-60s nationals two weeks ago and been crowned B.C. champion several times — also bronzed in the over-50s in Edmonton. In the 2008 nationals, contenders in the over-40s, over-50s and over60s sections must have been sick of the sight of Poh, who swept to gold in all three age groups in Halifax. Suffice to say, Poh lives and breathes table tennis, and would have it for breakfast, if it was edible. In fact, the only time in his life Poh stopped playing table tennis was when his son Dan, now 40, and daughter, Debbie, now 45, played the sport for the junior national and provincial teams respectively. “I stopped to watch them playing,” smiled Poh, who said his wife, Winnie, would rather play badminton. However, Poh’s passion has yet to rub off on his 10-year-old grandson, Trevor. “He’d rather do more high risk sports, such as snowboarding; he’s not been bitten by the table tennis bug yet!” Asked why he adores such a simple sport so much, Poh smiled, “I will play anyone, I don’t care who. And the more people try to beat me, the harder I try. “Absolutely anybody can play, that’s the beauty of the sport.”

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Making more elbow room at the table B.C. table tennis president says more and more nonAsian players are playing the sport in Richmond Alan Campbell

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umper to bumper and zig-zagging their way right to the front door, vehicles are wedged in, one presumes, in an order of sorts outside Bridgeport Sports Club’s table tennis facility. It’s 2 p.m. on a Monday, yet this 20-table complex off Bridgeport and No. 5 roads, is jampacked with lovers of the sport of all ages and stripes, firing a small plastic ball back and forth at each other across a miniature net — most players grinning from ear to ear. The scene comes as no surprise to the club’s owner, Amelia Ho, who’s also the president of the B.C Table Tennis Association (BCTTA) and just happens to be the mom of Richmond’s Olympic table tennis star, Andre Ho. As head of the provincial body for the last 12 years, Ho has witnessed a marked shift in the sport’s popularity across the province and more locally in Richmond, where the grass roots BCTTA calls a small office on Minoru Boulevard home. “We estimate about 20,000 people are playing table tennis in the province right now and about 2,000 of them are from Richmond; maybe more if you include students at school,” said Ho. “There are more people playing because more people are getting active and table tennis is such an easy way to achieve that. “The technical skill has also improved greatly

in (the last 10 or 12 years) and that has a lot to do with the game’s exposure in Richmond and across the province.”

Role models Young people, said Ho, are watching role models such as her son, Andre, up close and are seeing the results of his hard work taking him to the Olympics and to this week’s Commonwealth Games in Scotland. “The older ones are being exposed to the sport through the BC Seniors Games and through livestreams and videos of the game being played online,” added Ho. “For that age group, it’s perfect for their eyesight and co-ordination. And it can be good also for cross-training for the likes of hockey players in terms of their feet movement.” Recreation centres, Ho understands, have also started putting in more tables over the last few years. And while the predominant culture playing the sport remains Asian — not least in Richmond due to its high Chinese demographic — Ho is seeing more non-Asian enthusiasts. “When we host our leagues here, there have been a lot more Caucasian people coming in to play in the last few years, more than ever before,” she explained. “I think more and more workplaces are having tables brought in and that’s producing more players.”

BC Table Tennis Association president Amelia Ho, above, has noticed significant growth in the sport over the last decade. Below, national seniors champion Chang Poh takes on the national U-11 boys champion Edison Huang. Photos by Alan Campbell/Richmond News

A surprise show of strength Preparing stars of tomorrow is one of Olympic oval’s goals By Alan Campbell

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ver at the Richmond Olympic Oval, the drive to pull more men, women and children into the sport of table tennis is in top gear. The Oval houses 16 tables and earlier this year launched a development and high-performance program for the sport, with a view to nurturing and producing the next Andre Ho or Mo Zhang. It’s also home to the new National Women’s Table Tennis Training Centre, run by Table Tennis Canada (TTC). As well as the more intense side of the sport, the facility’s 16 tables are pretty much full every morning from Monday to Friday, said the oval’s high-performance program coordinator, Taylor Sims, with an ever-growing seniors group.

An athlete in the Oval’s highperformance table tennis program goes through his paces with a coach. Photo by Table Tennis Canada

“We have about 350 players playing in total, from recreation to highperformance athletes,” said Sims. “There’s a good mix of recreation and development players here.” In the development program for players aged six to 12, there are around 30 kids right now, said Sims, with four professional coaches

watching over them. And there are another 10 young players in the high-performance program, aged 11-16, traveling to tournaments across Canada. “The development and high-performance side of the program will take a little bit longer to grow than anything else,” said Sims. As is the case with the likes of the Bridgeport Sports Club, the majority of people playing table tennis at the Oval are of Asian descent. However, when the Oval hosts spring and summer camps, “there’s a bit more variety in terms of cultural background,” Sims explained. “That’s also changing in the development program as well, where we’re seeing more Caucasian athletes coming through.” Although the ethnic origin of the city’s top table tennis players may not raise an eyebrow, what may surprise many people is the strength and conditioning work the high-performance athletes put into their development. “It’s still a little bit new to the culture of table tennis, but our highperformance athletes are involved in speed and agility training here, as these guys need to be quick and need to know all about injury prevention,” added Sims.

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For more information # Pick up a copy of the Minoru Place Newsletter from the Minoru Place front desk to ﬁnd out about Registration special events programs, upcoming The Fall 2014 Parks, Recreation and trips and the latest news Culture Guide is available online # Drop by or call us at 604-238-8450 (www.richmond.ca/guide) with the rooms, a large hall with a stage, a billiards room, cafeteria, computer # Visit www.richmond.ca/seniors paper version available for pick up in room and an excellent woodworking all City facilities. Minoru Place Activity shop. Centre Facility Passes 3 ways to register Activities include registered The annual fee covers participation 1. Online: programs, out trips, special events in fabulous activities including www.richmond.ca/register and support groups. Plus, with dancing, singing, Bike Club, Spanish an annual Facility Pass ($21) you 2. By phone: 604-276-4300, Club, cribbage, other card games can choose to join any of the 40 Mon – Fri, 8:30 am – 5:30 pm and so many other interesting Clubs and Groups. Complimentary 3. In person: at the Minoru Place honorary memberships are available activities. Passes are valid one year Activity Centre front desk to those 90+ years of age. Spouses from date of purchase.

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Located at the corner of Minoru Boulevard and Granville Avenue, across the plaza from the Brighouse Library and Richmond Cultural Centre, Minoru Place Activity Centre (MPAC) offers an inviting, active and friendly environment for those 55 years and older. This one level, fully accessible facility is set in beautiful Minoru Park and is near many other City facilities in the area. Minoru Place has a number of multipurpose

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MINORU PLACE ACTIVITY CENTRE Parking Reminder

2014 Parking Passes are available to members. Parking is available behind the centre at a cost of $10 per calendar year with many handicapped spaces available.

Cafeteria

MPAC has a great cafeteria that features delicious and nutritious meals six days a week with member discounts. Menus can be viewed online: www.richmond.ca/parksrec/seniors/ minoruplace/minoru.htm

August 2014 FREE Dance in the Plaza Dance in a group setting at this instructor-led social gathering. Tue, Aug 12.................................. 7:00 – 8:00 pm

Old Fashioned Garden Party

Musical entertainment, dancing and a light lunch are part of this annual event. Wear a hat for a chance to win a prize. No refunds 7 days prior to event. Registration required. Wed, Aug 20.... 1:30 – 3:30 pm, $12.60 (534308)

Friday Night Dinner Club

Meet for a social evening at Minoru Place. Hot entrées are $7 for non-members and $5 for members. Call 604-238-8450 for more Hours of operation Mon – Thu............................... 8:30 am – 2:00 pm information or to reserve a seat. Fri ........................................... 8:30 am – 7:00 pm Friday Night Live! Sat ........................................ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm Socialize, meet new friends and have fun joining Sun ........................................................... Closed in a variety of activities including Karaoke the ﬁrst Hot Entrees and third Friday of each month! Call 604-238Members .........................................................$5 8450 or visit the centre for more details. Non-Members.................................................$7 Fridays ..................... 6:00 – 8:00 pm, $2 (Drop-in) Lunch Mon – Sat.............................. 11:30 am – 1:00 pm FREE Sharing Farm Social Club Seed, transplant and harvest food to be donated Dinner to the Food Bank in this multi-generational Fri ................................................. 4:30 – 6:00 pm program for those 13-18 and 55+ years. Garden beds at Terra Nova are raised and accessible. Free SHOPPING BUS SERVICE transportation is provided for youth and seniors. For those who wish to get out and do some Bus pick-up is available from four locations. Call shopping, the bus travels to the following 604-238-8450 for more details. Registration destinations: required. Mondays ..................................... Blundell Centre Thursdays ...................................Lansdowne Mall Thu, Aug 7 ............ 9:30 am – 12:30 pm (565713) Thu, Aug 14 .......... 9:30 am – 12:30 pm (565714) The shopping bus service is $2 round trip. As Thu, Aug 21 .......... 9:30 am – 12:30 pm (565715) there is limited storage on board, clients are asked Thu, Aug 28 .......... 9:30 am – 12:30 pm (565758) to purchase only what they can carry. Call 604Saturday Spanish Social Group 238-8450 for schedules and more information. Join other Spanish-speaking seniors for outings MINORU WELLNESS CLINICS and social activities. Fluent or advanced Spanishspeaking skills required. Facility Pass required. Call FREE Healthy Options 604-238-8450 for more details. for Older Adults Saturdays ............................. 10:30 am – 1:00 pm Have your blood pressure checked by a retired volunteer nurse and pick up information on programs, services and support available to seniors in the community. Holistic health appointments, manicures and pedicures are available for a fee. The Clinic is offered the third Wednesday of every month. Call 604-238-8450 to book an appointment. Wed, Aug 20.............................. 9:00 – 11:30 am

FITNESS The following registered ﬁtness programs also offer drop-in spaces.

Cardio and Strength Gold

Offering full-body training for mature bodies, start with a low impact cardio segment followed with balance practice, targeted strength/core work and FREE Hearing Clinic stretching. The Clinic is offered the third Thursday of every month. Call 604-238-8450 to make a hearing test Thursdays ..........9:00 – 10:00 am, $5.35 (Drop-in) appointment. Functional Fitness Thu, Aug 21 ....................... 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Strength training, balance, coordination and flexibility are covered using a variety of fitness SPECIAL EVENTS equipment to focus on specific needs to improve FREE Concerts in the Plaza each participant’s quality of life. Enjoy the Big Band sounds of ‘The Tunemakers’. Mondays ...........9:00 – 10:00 am, $5.35 (Drop-in) Wed, Aug 6.................................. 7:00 – 8:00 pm Fridays ...............9:00 – 10:00 am, $5.35 (Drop-in)

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OUT TRIPS

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Perfect for beginners or those returning to this sport, this safe, fun and social activity uses portable nets and larger and softer specialized tennis balls. Thu, Aug 7 – 28 .. 1:45 – 2:30 pm, $5.15 (Drop-in) Or register for $12.60 (718158) Thu, Aug 7 – 28 .. 2:35 – 3:20 pm, $5.15 (Drop-in) Or register for $12.60 (718108)

Garry Point BBQ Picnic Trip

Bring a chair or picnic blanket for this outdoor afternoon that includes a sing-a-long, games, a great social and BBQ. Transportation option available. Note: Walking over uneven surfaces required. Price includes BBQ picnic lunch. Thu, Aug 7 .......... 11:00 – 2:30 pm, $15 (578758)

Theatre Under the Stars

Be a part of the long-standing summer tradition Latin rhythms and easy to follow moves are fused of watching outdoor theatre in Stanley Park’s Malkin Bowl. This year’s show is ‘Legally Blonde’. together to create this one-of-a-kind ﬁtness program. Price includes transportation and admission. Wednesdays....... 5:30 – 6:30 pm, $5.65 (Drop-in) Wed, Aug 13.. 6:30 – 11:30 pm, $58.59 (561708)

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The Community Leisure Transportation (CLT) program provides an affordable transportation option for community organizations. Offering a ﬂeet of buses accommodating 16 to 22 passengers, the service ensures access to seniors, youth, persons with disabilities and all other Richmond residents to programs, services and special events offered in the community. For community group bookings only. Call 604-238-8456 for more information or to make a booking.

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The River Green development recently unveiled an inspired link with the adjacent landscape and its history with a pair of public art installations. Located in two landscaped areas are Fish Trap Way and East/West Promenade. One piece is located on Fish Trap Way which runs along the dyke between River Road West and the Richmond Olympic Oval and is the work of renowned Coast Salish artist Susan Point and her son Thomas Cannell. Together, they created a four-part installation representing spawning salmon and their historic importance to the Musqueam people. According to River Green officials, for those who walk, jog or bike on the dyke, they will be able to enjoy the pieces and learn a bit about the First Nations’

With the acquisition of these specially designed oxygen masks, purchased from Burquitlam Animal Hospital, owners can In the event of a house fire, many be assured their pets are now a little safer domesticated animals resort to hiding in the face of disaster. instead of fleeing in the face of danger. Two, first-response rescue vehicles have The result can mean smoke asphyxiation been outfitted with these pet safety kits, causing death. each containing three Once the fumes oxygen masks of various Losing a pet due to a sizes to insure they fit have been inhaled, there is often no house fire can be a any sized cat or dog. way to effectively Also, in the case of devastating resuscitate these animals, larger animals (who experience. especially once the may refuse the mask), furry companions have - Deputy Fire Chief pet restraints have been lost consciousness. included, to hold the Tim Wilkinson Fortunately, Richmond animal while the mask is Fire-Rescue is now in applied. possession of oxygen In June, these oxygen masks made specifically for pets. masks demonstrated their importance “Losing a pet due to a house fire can when a cat was rescued from a house fire. be a devastating experience. We know The comatose feline was in desperate need of air. A pet oxygen mask was applied that pets are an extension of a family and and the animal was successfully revived, sometimes the only companions for some explained deputy fire chief Kim Howell. people,” said Richmond Fire-Rescue The pet oxygen masks are, in part, a deputy fire chief Tim Wilkinson in a press donation from Invisible Fences, a pet release. solutions company. Richmond is home to a significant Richmond taxpayers will pick up $600 number of domestic animals, including of the tab. 5,119 licensed dogs and a multitude of cats.

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Celebrating the installation of Fish Trap, one of two, new pieces of public art at the River Green project are (from left) John Ryan of Aspac Developments, artists Susan Point and Thomas Cannell, Mayor Malcolm Brodie and Coun. Linda McPhail. Photo submitted culture and history. “This design incorporates the land, the water, the plant-life of both, the full moon, and the rich history of the site is well defined by the fish trap with bountiful fish,” said Point in a press

release. “The sculpture(s) to us means keeping a Musqueam footmark on the traditional land of our past, present and future.” The piece was constructed in four parts and represents see VIDEO › page 20

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‹ from page 18 spawning salmon and their importance to Musqueam culture. The installations include two stunning Salish “markers” fashioned in basalt that represent the journey salmon must make in order to maintain their survival. One marker depicts juvenile fish splashing about their tributaries; the other marker shows adult fish determined to swim against the current. The third piece is an elegant, aluminum interpretation of a fish trap that the Coast Salish people would use to harvest the salmon. And lastly, there is a Coast Salish Medallion inlay that represents the salmon waiting for the full moon before spawning

can begin. The second piece of public art was created by B.C. abstract artists Jacqueline Metz and Nancy Chew. East/West Promenade is incorporated into a pedestrian bridge linking the north and south towers of the River Green buildings and spanning across the East/West promenade. Titled stillness and motion, the artists adopted the Great Blue Heron as the focal point of the work; a bird common in Richmond. The art blends the glass façade of the bridge with a translucent video of the herons at rest, nesting amidst trees to create a spectacle for those walking under or through the walkway.

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customers the best possible recycling experience. In addition to the standard containers, it also accepts your unwanted electronics. At OK Bottle Depot, you’ll ﬁnd friendly, helpful, courteous service in a clean, family-oriented environment. Plan to pay them a visit soon.

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Automatic doors Movement-sensitive doors offer customers an easy way to enter and leave the depot.

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Brothers ‘share’ successs Philip Raphael

Staff Reporter praphael@richmond-news.com

Brothers Kin Wah Leung and Kin Hun Leung recognized good advice when they heard it close to three decades ago. As a result they have grown a successful business selling fresh produce through their 27-location Kin’s Farm Market chain of stores that started at Blundell Centre in 1987. The advice came from Alice Wong, the Richmond MP who back in the late 1980s was their business/entrepreneurship studies teacher at Vancouver Community College. She suggested the pair — who in their late teens and early 20s moved to Canada from Mainland China — go ahead with their business plans after recognizing their drive to succeed. So, when they heard some more advice, from the same source recently, they again listened. The suggestion was to give back to the community, something they do regularly, but this time through a local conduit that shared their passion for fresh fruit and

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vegetables as a foundation of healthy living — The Sharing Farm Society. Thursday morning, the brothers handed over a cheque for $10,000 that will be put towards the Sharing Farm’s barn building project, an estimated $200,000, two-storey, 1,500-square-foot facility which will help improve efficiencies in supplying lowincome residents with fruits vegetables grown on the nonprofit organization’s three-acre site at Terra Nova. “Way back when, they were thinking beyond the box,” said Wong who was on hand for the cheque presentation and became involved with The Sharing Farm in her role as federal minister of state for seniors. “They weren’t just selling produce, they were selling freshness. They have been a great success story by being innovative and working really hard. “And what I appreciate about them the most is the way they pay back to the community.” “Richmond is like a home for us. So, we will do whatever we

can to support the community. And this is a good opportunity to help the Sharing Farm,” Kin Hun said. An old garage on the Sharing Farm site previously housed some operations, but fell into disrepair and was torn down last summer leaving a number of activities scattered across the farm site. “A barn will provide us with a place for a number of activities, storage for vegetables, room for storing equipment and give us space to hang our garlic, cure our herbs and process our honey,” said James Gates, manager at the Sharing Farm. “We’ve got about $50,000 in donations so far, including the one from Kin’s Farm Market. And we’re looking for more contributions.” Gates added the barn will be named “Mary’s Barn” in honour of Mary Gazetas, the late City of Richmond staffer who co-founded the Richmond Fruit Tree Sharing Project which evolved in The Sharing Farm. The Sharing Farm provides produce through the Richmond

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The Sharing Farm received a donation of $10,000 Thursday morning to help build a much-needed barn from the founders of Kin’s Farm Market, a 27-store business that got its start in Richmond 27 years ago. Photo by Philip Raphael/Richmond News Food Bank for about 1,500 low income people on a weekly basis. “Thirty-five per cent of those are children, 20 per cent are seniors, and the rest are families,” Gates said. “The quantity of food we provide to the food bank is about 15 per cent of all the vegetables it distributes.”

Hopes are to have the barn built by late winter or early spring of 2015. “I hope this is a good beginning and things will spin off from here,” Wong said. “Government can help, but it’s the spirit of the community in these types of situations that counts.”

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