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Canada Post opens state-of-the-art Sea Island facility Graeme Wood

Hall explained that both of Canada Post’s old facilities were undersized and couldn’t handle newer, longer trailer trucks. The new Canada Post now has one less excuse PPC is also one floor, unlike the old one, thus for losing letters and parcels of Richmond making sorting much more streamlined. residents. Being next to the airport and closer to That’s because starting this month the highway, mail will not have to travel the crown corporation will now be fully as far — such as through busy Downtown operational at its new 700,000 square-foot Vancouver traffic — and, as such, more of it Pacific Processing Centre on Sea Island, just can be processed in one day; the facility can a hop, skip and jump away from Richmond’s sort up to 12,000 packets, 10,000 parcels and City Centre. 41,000 letters per hour, according to officials. The facility will consolidate about 900 “So with all of this machinery in here, part, and full-time jobs in we’re well suited for our Richmond and is billed as Christmas operation and peak This facility is also operation periods, as well the “e-Commerce Gateway to the Pacific Rim,” as the as trying to grow our parcel egronomically crown corporation is betting business,” said Hall. designed for our One of the biggest some heavy chips on parcel employees. logistical achievements is deliveries as letter mail spirals in a downward direction. the ability to load and unload - Scott Hall Think eBay and Amazon. airplane containers in a much “This facility is designed more efficient manner. more around the parcel packet The mail is brought to the business, not so much the letter side of things. facility via trucks — typically coming a short We still are going after letter mail business, distance from the airport if the mail is from but parcels is our future,” said Scott Hall, out of province — and unloaded into bins. director of operations for Canada Post, during From the north receiving side of the facility, a media tour Tuesday afternoon. the mail is hoisted up and over to the south The new sorting facility for B.C. inbound dispatch side via conveyor belts, across a and outbound mail replaces the main corridor the length of five football fields, processing plant in Downtown Vancouver which bustles with passing forklifts and yellow-vested employees. as well as the parcel centre on No. 6 Road. Along the way, each piece is likely to pass Being located next to Vancouver International in and out of a number of bins and along a Airport will keep Canada Post strategically portion of the main 1,400-foot, oval-shaped competitive with competitors such as FedEx conveyer belt looming 25 feet overhead. and UPS. Staff Reporter gwood@richmond-news.com

A Canada Post employee examines the address on a package at the company’s brand new sorting facility on Sea Island near YVR. See more photos online at Richmond-News.com Photo by Graeme Wood/Richmond News Within the 30,000-foot maze of automated conveyor belts, computers with video encoding devices will read barcodes and hand-written postal codes to automatically assign a light yellow series of lines to the item, which acts as its road map, in what is known as the Integrated Mail Sorting System. At each step a barcode is scanned — be it by a machine or a human sorter — it sends a wireless signal to Canada Post’s servers, to let customers know where their packages are. Pieces are also automatically weighed when they’re sorted as to not overburden a particular bin.

“This facility is also ergonomically designed for our employees,” said Hall. Simply put, Mr. Fred Rogers would probably need two episodes to explain the process; and at $200 million of taxpayerbacked dollars (just part of Canada Post’s $2 billion, multi-year modernization program) it better be “special.” Of course, nothing is perfect. The facility took four months longer than expected to unveil and while Hall said there were some initial “bugs, it’s to be expected in a facility such as this.” see LETTERS › page 4

McDonald’s in Steveston going, going... gone A McDonald’s truck parks up outside the company’s Steveston location. Photo by Chad Heringer

A large McDonald’s truck — ironically with the words, “Going, going, gone,” displayed on its side — was spotted outside the diner Tuesday by Richmond News reader and local proprietor

Chad Heringer, of Heringer Meats. Heringer told the News the photo was too good an opportunity to miss and quickly took a snap. By Wednesday morning, the

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Letters: Could end up in ‘hospital’ ‹ from page 3 Along the way, packages can slip off the conveyors (as witnessed on the tour) which requires human intervention. Even still, Canada Post appears to take every automated and humanly possible step to make sure mail gets delivered on time. For instance, if your handwriting isn’t anything to brag about, your letter may end up in the “letter hospital and clinic,” noted Hall. While the main facility is loud and boisterous, the clinic is a soundproof room with rows of focused employees on PC computers, reading digital images of the misfit packages. Their job is to manually enter the postal codes and assign it to the existing barcode. “Many international products don’t have compatible barcodes,” added Hall. The PPC is a “Grade A” facility, similar to ones in Toronto and Montreal. It also incorporates inspections by Canada Border Services for incoming international mail.

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Renewing the city New political slate vows to engage community Alan Campbell

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A pilot, a school trustee, a mom-of-two and a retired property manager make up Richmond’s newest political slate — and they’re pledging to immerse the public in big city hall decisions. The Renew Richmond Association (RRA) launched Thursday, with current school trustee Grace Tsang the most recognizable face among the three running for city council in November municipal election. Her two RRA colleagues vying for a seat on council are Peter Mitchell — a former property manager and longtime volunteer who ran in the 2011 election — and newcomer freight pilot Adil Awan, whose family runs an auto repair business in Richmond. Rounding out the new party’s quartet and running for a seat on the school board is political rookie Alice S. Wong, a mom of two teens who has spent many years volunteering on various parent associations. The foursome’s primary goal is to engage with the community “more than the current council” members, many of whom RRA say sit on council with a sense of entitlement, rather than privilege. “There are too many cases of people finding out about city projects, just a few yards from

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Parent’s bid to keep child stimulated during dispute Alan Campbell

Staff Reporter acampbell@richmond-news.com

It’s past 9:15 a.m. on a Thursday and Ruca Abbott is having a tough time hauling her 14-year-old daughter, Julia, out of bed in their Steveston home. Labour Day is long gone and Julia, like most B.C. teenagers, should be behind a desk and inside a classroom. Instead, the ongoing teachers’ strike has forced the McMath student’s mom to wrack her brain to keep her daughter’s brain active. And, much to the chagrin of Abbott, it’s all without the provincial government’s $40 a day, per child, strike “assistance” for parents of elementary school-aged students. “I have a daughter going into Grade 9, but no one has asked about the adolescent kids and why they’re not getting this $40?” said Abbott, a former educational assistant. “No one seems to care about these ones

and they’re being completely ignored. I’m not going to home-school them, that’s not my job. “But I’ve spent $45 on books and I’m bringing in a math tutor for an hour and half a week at another $60. If we were getting the $40 a day, I’d love to hire a Grade 12 tutor and keep the money in the community.” Abbott said she’s concerned that, without her involvement, her daughter would end up spending 10 or so hours a day on Facebook. “We’re having to come up with a bunch of new house rules, but as long as she does around three hours a day of math, reading etc, then I think she’ll be okay,” added Abbott. “Julia says she’s desperate to get back to school to see her friends and show her teachers how she’s changed over the summer. “It is obviously very, very frustrating, but I don’t see there being any change, right into October.” Meanwhile, over at the Richmond Cultural Centre on Minoru Gate, the Richmond Youth

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t’s a common scenario. You open your monthly bill, grimace at the charges and then insult is met with injury — the company is charging you a fee for sending your bill by mail. The “pay-to-pay” scheme may soon be coming to an end as Industry Minister James Moore has announced the government will introduce a bill this fall to ban the practice. The bill is targeted at the country’s major telecommunications companies, which particularly favour the fees. We applaud the Conservatives for this plan.

The consumer-focused think-tank Public Interest Advocacy Centre released a report this week concluding Canadians pay more than $500 million in fees for the privilege of receiving their bills by mail. That’s $500 million that’s not being spent on groceries, housing, entertainment or charity. The telecoms can hardly plead poverty while they’ve been busy buying up naming rights to every arena and stadium in the country, not to mention a monopoly on NHL broadcasting for the next decade. Yes, getting your bills via email is probably cheaper and

certainly more environmentally friendly, but it doesn’t work for everyone and it should be up to the consumer to decide. And no one should be punished because they prefer paper. We must note, however, the irony of the federal government coming to the defence of those who don’t mind getting bills in the mail just months after announcing Canada Post will soon phase out home delivery. That’s something to think about when you’re soon making the long walk or drive to pick up your “free bill” at the neighbourhood superbox.

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ichmond’s population adult community. As the of older adults — those population ages and evolves, CityScene aged 55 and over — is the city will be increasingly Derek Dang the fastest growing segment of challenged to ensure Councillor our community. About a quarter Richmond is an age-friendly of our residents currently fit community. Our aim is to into the 55-plus age group. Over the next few ensure that Richmond continues to meet the decades, that number is expected to grow to diverse and particular needs of older residents in such areas as housing, accessibility, 45 per cent or about 100,000 people. recreation opportunities, community services The older adult population is not only and programs. growing, it is evolving. Richmond residents are living much longer. In fact, our average We’ve already made a good start on lifespan, at more than 85 years, is the longest addressing the needs of our older adults. in Canada. Those longer lifespans mean we’re Richmond has a solid array of programs for also seeing a much broader diversity in the older adults across the city. We continue needs, interests and health of our older adults, to work closely with our Seniors Advisory including a population that is generally more Committee, Minoru Seniors Society and physically active than in the past. Finally, the other groups to identify, develop and offer changing cultural demographic of Richmond new programs. We recently broke ground to also means our older adults are more begin construction of a new multi-purpose ethnically diverse as well. complex in Minoru Park, which will include Council is very mindful of the significant a new, expanded older adults centre. The changes occurring among Richmond’s older new centre will have about double the

programmable space for older adults than is currently available at Minoru Place. As chair of the Technical Advisory Committee for this project, I know council and staff are committed to working together with our stakeholders to ensure we meet community needs when the new complex opens in 2017. The City has also initiated an update to its Older Adult Service Plan to ensure we adequately address all current and future community needs. The city’s current Older Adults Service Plan dates back to 2008. While it has served us well, it is time to update this plan. We want to hear from older adults, those who care for them, and other stakeholders on how we can continue to support older adults in Richmond. As council liaison for the Minoru Seniors Society, I’ve heard lots of discussion and input on the needs of our older adults and I am looking forward to seeing the outcome of this new process. To kick-start our update of the plan, the city has launched a stakeholder and public

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The Editor, As a Richmond resident, taxpayer, voter and experienced educator (Vancouver) who loves to teach and coach, I am quickly becoming disgusted by the current government’s lack of leadership and empty, inaccurate rhetoric coupled with its obvious intent to keep the province’s half million children and their teachers locked out of school for a second year now. If the current Premier had any leadership and integrity, she would have fired her “nogotiating” team for its intransigent position and sheer unwillingness to meet the BCTF in earnest, meet halfway and get the deal done before Labour Day. (After three weeks of attempts by Jim Iker to meet with Mr. Cameron, they met only once this summer: Aug. 8). The so-called Minister of Education, Peter Fassbender, has only shown his true colours and proven to us, the people of British Columbia, the taxpayers who continue to pay his six figure salary while public schools are shut down for a second consecutive year, that he puts little value in public

education. Nor is Ms. Clark putting “families first” as she appears to condone locking out a half million children from school for an unlimited time — will school start in October perhaps? This is both immoral and outrageous in a province and country as wealthy as ours. This government should be ashamed of itself and just resign. Dear parents and students, you need to rise up in indignation and anger at what the government is inflicting upon yourselves. From my perspective, the current government’s insistence upon the E-80 escape clause in case their appeal is ruled in favour of this province’s educators is the main stumbling block that is preventing the signing of a deal. Show some goodwill toward the teachers of B.C., get rid of the E-80 clause, add a bit more money and you will see an agreement take place. Simple math; simple politics in a healthy society. Failing that, I believe it is time to start a recall campaign of our Liberal MLAs for services not rendered. We

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Dog park a community plus The Editor, Re: “Howling mad at dog parks” Letters Aug. 29. From reading the newspaper over the last few weeks regarding the petition against the dog park at South Arm Park, I didn’t really know what to expect when I visited the site last week to check it out with my dog. I didn’t get a negative response from the walkers, runners, cyclists, elders, children and families enjoying the park as much as we were. Countless people stopped by without dogs, smiled and chatted with a bunch of us and said how wonderful it was for the dogs to socialize. I’ve now met so many

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ecoming a Richmond Sockeye is not an easy task. With thousands of youth playing ice hockey in each age division throughout Metro Vancouver the competition is stiff. In fact, it’s only getting more competitive as the years pass by, pressures mount and big league dreams become glitzier.

Getting that extra edge on the ice has resulted in special measures taken by parents, with hockey academies starting to pluck elite players away from traditional minor hockey organizations. Tyler Paterson is 17 years old and heading into Grade 12. The well-spoken young man will be one of the newest Sockeyes as he embarks on his rookie campaign, potentially along with up to 11 other rookies at a club that’s undergoing a rebuild following a near championship run. “Jumping up to a junior level, obviously the guys are bigger, but I’m excited to get into the mix,” said Paterson, from his home in White Rock. Paterson, the nephew of Sockeyes co-owner Doug Paterson, already has an impressive pedigree having played in an elite, up and coming varsity-style high school hockey league, the Canadian Sport School Hockey League (CSSHL), which formed in 2009 and now consists of 11 academies as far away as Alberta and Idaho. The league is considering adding another five teams, according to BCHockeyHub.ca, with a proposed North Shore academy asking $13,500 per player, including travel, for the season. During the last two years, Paterson, a winger, played for the Delta Hockey Academy where practice ice time was about three times that of minor hockey and coaching was more in-depth. He trained nearly every day and was on the ice nearly every other day. The hockey academy is linked to South Delta secondary to provide academic support for the players. Paterson used to leave school midday to practise but gained course credits for his absence (the academy is considered the equivalent of a typical physical education

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Tyler Paterson, 17, left, is gearing up for a big year on the ice for the Sockeyes, his first spin for the Richmond club. Above, his teammates, many of them also rookies, go through their paces at one of many on-ice practices as the season opener draws near. Photos by Alan Campbell and Graeme Wood/Richmond News class). Time spent travelling was usually time spent studying, Paterson said. “They make sure you button down on homework and get good grades,” he said. Sockeyes head coach Judd Lambert says more elite training such as what these academies offer is needed in Canada to stay competitive with the United States. “It might sound harsh, but that’s the reality in the U.S. It’s interesting to watch. I don’t know if it will, one day, take over entirely,” said Lambert. It’s all very hard work for a young person, but Paterson said he enjoyed every minute of it. “I loved it. It was a really good experience. Development was unreal. The days were long, waking up at 6 a.m. and getting home at 4 p.m. But, at end of day, you’re not complaining, and your game goes to a whole other level,” explained Paterson. The hard work paid off and Paterson will don number 42 on the back of his floppy, silver fish jersey at Minoru Arenas. The ethic instilled in him at the academy will help him prepare for the more rigorous standards of the Junior B Sockeyes, where he’ll meet 19 and 20-year-old teammates and more will be asked of him.

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“It’s much better organized. There’s the whole camp situation in the summer, you’ve got your own dressing room and can leave stuff in there,” said Paterson. When it comes to academics, Sockeyes general manager Richard Petrowsky said there’s little room for failure. “We’re very high on that. …We tell them if you have some major studying to do and they come up to us and say they need to study, it’s not an issue,” said Petrowsky. That said, players can’t be skipping practices often, he noted. Furthermore, the Sockeyes practise at night, unlike other clubs, as to not force students to miss classes. Also, because the Sockeyes webcast their games, video coaching is available, when needed. “Now we have video and can watch ourselves,” said Paterson. Number 42 will also have a greater on-ice and off-ice support network. For starters, league fees to play in the Pacific Junior Hockey League are only, on average, about $2,500, depending on the club, said Petrowsky. Furthermore, most of his pads will be paid for and the Sockeyes have see SOCKEYES › page 11

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Young fish getting ready to jump Transition year beckons for the Sockeyes

Both Petrowsky and Lambert concur, despite the exodus up front, that the forward core should be sustainable enough to produce offense and, hopefully, wins. But with Nishi and Centis’ departure the defence will be a work in progress. Although the blueline will be anchored by veterans Trevor Lima and Jordan Andrews.

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he crisp September air and dew on the grass signal many things in Richmond, namely going back to school (usually) and, of course, ice hockey season. This year the always reliable Richmond Sockeyes embark on their 42nd season overall and 25th campaign in the Pacific Junior Hockey League. This weekend marks the wrap-up to training camp at Minoru Arenas as the exhibition season gets underway in preparation for Thursday’s home and season opener against the Grandview Steelers. And with a young squad consisting of 12 rookies, this season will prove to be one of many unknowns. “We’re in a rebuild mode right now, we don’t have many returning players,” noted Sockeyes general manager Richard Petrowsky. While this may prove difficult on the ice in the near-term, it also means few will be bothered by any remnants of the club’s devastating game seven loss against the Aldergrove Kodiaks in the championship finals on home ice. “We don’t really know what to expect. We haven’t seen the other teams. So, we don’t know if we’ll get the same results. We’re young , there are lots of rookies and it’ll be an interesting year,” said head coach Judd Lambert. The Sockeyes are looking to create the next crop of young men who will hope to repeat the 2013 season whereby the team amassed three championship trophies, including the Keystone Cup for Western Canada’s top Junior B team. Even getting close to last year’s relative success, when the club won the regular season title with a stunning 34-5-3-2 record, would be an impressive feat.

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The last defence — that is to say, goaltending — will be a competitive position for the Sockeyes this year and how it plays out will be interesting for fans. The club currently has three keepers on the roster and will eventually pare that down to two. Lambert said there is no frontrunner and called the position a “toss up.”

This year’s line-up of Richmond Sockeyes, pictured above at pre-season training camp, consists of no less than 12 rookies. Photo by Graeme Wood/Richmond News But the road for these young fish will prove arduous. The exodus of players includes the team’s top three scorers: John Wesley, last year’s rookie of the year is expected to play for the Vancouver Giants of the Western Hockey League (Major Junior), Liam Lawson for the Powell River Kings of the Junior A British Columbia Hockey League, and Ayden MacDonald for the Vernon Vipers, also of the BCHL. Combined, the three scored 73 goals and added 70 assists in the 44-game season. Adding to the departures is Cole Plotnikoff who tallied 25 points in 43 games, but is now slated to play for the West Kelowna Warriors. This year, according to Petrowsky, it’s also highly unlikely the Sockeyes will see the return of Richmond resident Jacob Wozney who is shortlisted to make the Nanaimo Clippers of the BCHL. The playmaking Wozney was fifth in team scoring among forwards.

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“Certainly, those players were good. They had potential and played up to it. They got what they deserved,” said Petrowsky. Also not returning are stalwart veteran defensemen Adam Nishi and Dominic Centis, both of whom are now too old for junior hockey and have since hung up their competitive skates. After getting through the exhausting list of who isn’t playing, it leaves Mac Colasimone, Matthew Bissett and Daniel Oakley as the top-three veteran forwards who are coming back. Those three will be joined by Richmond resident Troy Kaczynski, a 20 year-old who has bounced around the Sockeyes organization for a few years but has never found a way to stick. This year, according to Lambert, should be different for the hometown kid. “We expect him to be one of the dominant players in the league this year,” said Lambert, touting Kaczynski’s size and speed as his dominant features.

Petrowsky. Paterson will also have to develop into a community role model as the Sockeyes often participate in public events, such as reading to elementary school children. If Paterson excels, he could be looking to the Junior A system next year on a tryout basis; the Sockeyes are renowned for their development of young, blossoming players.

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Kurt Russell is the only returning goalie. He posted a 9-2-1-0 record with a 2.64 GAA as the team’s backup to Kootenay Adler, the league’s best goaltender in 2013-14. Russell will vie for the starting role alongside Nathan Alalouf and Adam Cronier, a Richmond resident. Alalouf spent last year bouncing around Junior A teams and had a cup of coffee with the Saskatoon Blades of the WHL. The Sockeyes recently acquired him this summer. “We’ll pick the best two guys and it might take a while to decide that,” said Lambert. All in all the Sockeyes are currently listing 12 rookies on the active roster, which stands at 25 players. That may decline over the year when rosters are reduced and players are shuffled between Junior A and minor hockey and/or major midget leagues. As for how to deal with such a young team Lambert said only minor adjustments are needed. “The principles remain the same but you have to make adjustments to collective and individual strengths,” said Lambert. “We don’t stifle creativity, but we have to all be on the same page. Ultimately, that showcases players better because the team is playing better,” noted Lambert.

But for now, he’s focused on keeping the ship steered in the right direction after an exodus of veterans. “We have a really young team and that’s what I’m excited about,” he said. “There are a lot of good players and there’s still a good foundation from last year.”

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The Fiesta is reasonably snug on the inside too. However, you’d not call it an econobox. The plastics are moulded in a pleasing pattern, and the fabric covering the seats looks like it should be durable. Space in the back is tight, as you’d expect for a subcompact, but the Fiesta is larger than others in its class, and a workable four-seater (add in a fifth passenger and you might as well all sign up to enter clown college). The trunk is a useful 422

litres, and you can of course fold all the seats down to carry larger items. Up front, the Fiesta has a fairly basic control layout, with buttons and digital readouts that would put you in mind of an early 2000s flip-phone. It’s not the most stylish execution in the world, and compared to the colour screens available as an option on higher-trim Fiestas, it’s fairly basic in operation. The single central joystick just feels a bit flimsy, and the screen readout is of a size that you should really only navigate when pulled over. However, the audio works fine once you’ve got it all set up, and there are plenty of power outlets and storage cubbies. As an optional extra, this Fiesta also had heated seats and automatic climate control.

Performance: Lopping off a cylinder and bolting on a turbo gives the EcoBoost-equipped Fiesta a relatively peppy 123 horsepower and a solid 148lb/ft of torque. Considering all this power is coming from just 1.0 litre of displacement — the smallest engine Ford makes – that’s actually quite impressive. Moreover, it’s nearly a third more torque than the standard 1.6 litre engine and most of that’s available at very low rpm. Getting off the very light clutch, the Fiesta’s little three-pot engine grumbles at first, and then immediately surges into boost with a strong pull. It’s only offered with a five-speed manual transmission, one with gear-spacing set up for maximizing highway fuel economy rather than the slick-shifting close ratio box you get in its sportier cousin, the ST. Still, it’s quite good fun to keep the turbo-three on the boil, and the low-end response makes the Fiesta easily capable of keeping up with traffic, handling onramps, and dispatching see FORD › page 15

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hills with ease. All Fiestas are pretty good to drive, and despite not having a sport-tuned suspension or lightweight alloy wheels, the EcoBoost version is actually quite good fun. Down here at the entry level end of the market, most of the vehicles have a certain charm in the challenge it usually is to drive them hard enough to stay out of everyone’s way, but the Fiesta actually feels substantial. Around town, it’s a nimble little thing, and the three cylinder’s fat torque band means you’ll be dispatching stop and go with ease. It’s comfortable and quiet, but rev up that little engine and there’s a surprising growl.

Features: Being set up as a fuelmiser, the Fiesta is only accidentally a hoot to drive; while there are a few options available, it’s mostly targeted at a market segment that’s watching their bottom line, so there’s not much in the way of luxuries. The $500 comfort package gives heated seats up front and automatic climate control, and along with a full power group for the windows and door locks, means that all the essentials are covered. The

connectivity and Bluetooth streaming audio as standard, and the headlights are automatic. So, everything you need, and then there’s that fuel economy. Even with mixedmileage downgraded to 5.5L/100kms, with Ford’s new figures, it represents nearly a litre per 100 kms improvement over the 1.6 litre engine that’s standard. Better gas economy and more available torque? Sounds like a win-win. However, assuming you put 20,000 kms a year on your car, that’s only a savings of $300 a year at our current $1.50/L pricing versus shelling out $1,295 for the optional EcoBoost, but environmentally friendly. And the more you drive, the more you save. However, the manualonly option might limit this car to the highway warrior, rather than the urban commuter who wants an automatic to deal with traffic.

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Young artists take the stage

Event lineup

Second annual youth-led fest held at Steveston Park Daniel Nottingham

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Inspired by youth, organized by youth and performed by youth — that sums up Richmond’s oneand-only Arts in the Park festival, which will be held for the second year running this Sunday at Steveston Park. The event, Richmond’s first youth-led arts event, celebrates art throughout the Lower Mainland. “We’re all about promoting youth art from the Lower Mainland — performing and visual,” said organizer Natasha Rennie. Last year, the festival was primarily focused on music but has since branched out to include other forms of youth-inspired culture such as photography, 2D artwork

and dance. That said, a vast array of musical styles, as well as slam poetry, are still on the bill. “Our goal is to unite local youth through diverse mediums of art, while getting outside,” said Rennie. The event has been organized Angelica Poversky, Natasha Rennie, Samantha Maika, Emily May and Larissa Franco. But Rennie is quick to add that there has also been huge support from other Richmond youth and the community at large — which explains why the event has grown so quickly. Financial assistance from Get Outside BC has also helped. Families with children of any age are welcome to attend.

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Scenes from last year’s innaugural Arts in the Park event which focused mainly on musicians, such as Alvin Agatep, above. This year it also embraces phtography, dance and slam poetry. Photos submitted

12:00 PM -The Concept 12:25 PM -Bee 12:45 PM -Kat & Aliana 1:00 PM - Hn’d 1:10 PM -Tessa Mouzourakis 1:25 PM- Emma Field 1:40 PM - Mo and Co. 1:50 AM - Gabriela Geneva 2:00 PM - Chris Yan 2:15 PM - Aaron Cheung 2:35 PM - Angelica Poversky 2:55 PM - Miel, Ariane, and Rhea 3:20 PM - Funk Schwey 3:45 PM - Jonesmob 4:00 PM - Kamaira LeBlanc 4:15 PM - Jade and Kirsten 4:20 PM - Alyssa Baker 4:35 PM - Lyle Hendriks 4:40 PM - Anna Toth 5:00 PM - Emily May 5:15 PM - Bus Stop 5:30 PM - Cristina 5:40 - Templeton Improv 5:50 PM - Alvin Brendan 6:05 PM - Yunna 6:20 PM - Sebastien Wen + Jess Tollestrup (Jess and Sebastien) 6:40 PM - River’s Divide

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While he’s used to playing a variety of roles, Richmond’s Manny Jacinto is thankful to currently be living a single career life as an actor. For years, the 27-year-old was a civil engineering student by day and hip-hop dancer and actor at night. But now that the performing jobs are coming in on a much more steady basis for Jacinto, who was born in the Philippines and moved with his family to Richmond when he was three, he is focused on seeing where his show business career path can take him. “It was definitely an interesting time. While I was studying at UBC during the day I’d be working as an intern with companies working on projects like the Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre, and the new Port Mann Bridge,” Jacinto said. “Then at night I’d be doing the hip-hop thing. I

was living two pretty separate lives.” Earlier this week, Jacinto’s acting side came to the forefront as Manny Jacinto the Lifetime cable channel broadcast its production of The Unauthorized Saved By The Bell Story. It followed the lives of the actors from the popular 80s teen sitcom, examining how fame and fortune at a young age affected their lives. Jacinto played a character named Eric who befriends actor Dustin Diamond who played Screech in Saved By The Bell. “Eric is a bad guy, essentially,” Jacinto said. “He gets Dustin into drinking and smoking weed, all the time trying to further his own career.” The role of a villain was new to Jacinto who has in a short time

piled up a list of acting credits in a host of locally shot productions. His first break came on ABC’s Once Upon a Time which regularly uses Steveston Village as the fictitious town of Storybrooke. “I went into the audition, totally nervous, but they liked what I did and offered me a role as a co-star in an episode,” he said. He’s also appeared in other local productions such as CW Network’s The 100 where he had a recurring role, and Supernatural. And soon he will be appearing in the Fox Network’s new show called Wayward Pines. “Right now I am going to follow my heart, to be honest, and acting and performing is what I want to do,” he said. “It’s what get’s me up in the morning. And right now, things are going pretty well. “I always have the engineering degree in my back pocket. But for now, it’s full on acting.” So far, the performing side is winning out and has included a taste of feature film work after being cast in the upcoming Hector and the Search for Happiness

Richmond’s Manny Jacinto (right) in a scene from The Unauthorized Saved By The Bell Story which aired Sept. 1 on the Lifetime cable channel. Photo submitted where he was supposed to perform alongside British actor Simon Pegg (Scotty, in the re-booted Star Trek feature films), but work permit issues in China, where his scenes were shot last year, forced a last-minute recasting. Despite that hiccup, it didn’t keep Jacinto from being exposed to the big time film business and Pegg, to whom he taught a few hip-hop lessons. “Simon is a really down to earth guy who actually has a lot of rhythm,” he said. “As a performer he really goes for it. He doesn’t

hhold anything back. And he picked up a few moves.” While Jacinto is proud of his local roots, he is aiming to move down to Los Angeles to expand his performing options. “I still want to retain a home base here. But the dream is to be able to do what I love, but at the same time be able to inspire others,” he said, “especially ethnic actors, because I find it’s hard for them to make that step because there still exists in the business a stigma that you may not have the right look.”

ARTS LISTINGS Prepared by the Richmond Arts Coalition

September

Art Exhibition – Richmond Printmakers The Thompson Community Centre Art Committee was established in 2009 to promote arts in the centre and in the community. They have accomplished a lot over the years and they have also had great feedback on the variety of artwork that is being exhibited.. Art displayed in the main hallway for September features Richmond Printmakers. Thompson Community Centre (5151 Granville Ave.)

Sept. 6 Harold Ma Pop Concert Gateway Theatre, performance at 7:30 p.m. For tickets, call 778-899-9280

Sept. 7 Louie & Rowena Reunited Concert 2014 The renowned Hong Kong power duet duo, Louie Castro & Rowena Cortes will be reunited at the River Rock Show Theatre (8811 River Road). Showtime is 8 p.m. Tickets ranges from $48, to $148, plus service charges.

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City as Site: Public Art in Richmond: Glen Andersen, Nicole Dextras, Janet Echelman, Jacqueline Metz, Nancy Chew and Carlyn Yandle will hold it’s opening reception Sept. 5 at 7 p.m. at the Richmond Cultural Centre (7700 Minoru Gate). Public Art in Richmond is the first exhibition to highlight the City of Richmond’s Public Art Program. The free exhibition will feature several diverse public art projects representing the different ways public art is funded in Richmond – through civic funding, private development, community projects and the program’s newer series of temporary projects and socially engaged artist performances. This event is for All Ages. Disability access is available. For More information, call 604-276-4000

Steveston Farmers and Artisans Market Come and enjoy the amazing artistry, plentiful produce, chef in the market and enchanting entertainers at the Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site (12138 Fourth Ave.) 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. For all enquires regarding the Steveston Farmers & Artisans Market, please contact at email: marketmanager@sfam.ca or call the market phone 604-729-7326.

Sept. 12 – 13 Engelbert Humperdinck It was more than four decades ago that Engelbert Humperdinck – music’s “King of Romance” – emerged as one of the foremost entertainers in the world. Now he’s back at

Singing legend Engelbert Humperdinck comes to the River Rock Show Theatre Sept. 12 and 13 with his trademark romantic stylings. Photo submitted the River Rock Casino Resort (8811 River Road). Showtime is 8 p.m. Tickets start at $74.50. For more information: please call 1-855-985-5000

Sept. 13 Maher Zain: Songs for Children Concert Presented by Islamic Relief Canada, the show starts at 6 p.m. For tickets, call Fatima Benhatta at 778-998-6222 Artist Workshop: How to Apply for

Public Art Calls Elisa Yon, the City’s Public Art Project Coordinator, presents this hands-on exercise for artists wishing to develop a public art practice. Topics covered include the Public Art commissioning process and best practices in applying for public art opportunities. The workshop will be held in the Richmond Cultural Centre Boardroom from 1 – 4 pm Fee: $10. For ages 18+ To register go online to www.richmond. ca/guide. Registration number is 686558, or call 604-276-4300.

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If there is one thing we all must accept in life, it is death — not just our own, but those around us. As we age, so do our friends, siblings and spouses. And eventually, some of them will pass on, leaving us to carry on in spite of our grief. There is no right or wrong way to get through this. Time heals more quickly for some than for others as old friends and family leave us with a hole in our lives which seems impossible to fill. Many people say that they have lost three friends in as many weeks. Mourning the passing of someone dear to you is a personal thing. We think we are ready for the loss, but we seldom are. It helps if you have a compassionate minister, priest, or whoever leads your chosen place of worship. They will try to comfort you through the grieving as they have seen it all and can help you, as I was helped when my sister died in January. For so long, she had been my complete family. She looked after me when we sailed from Canada to Scotland after the death of our parents — Jean was thirteen and I was eleven. That hardship created a special bond. The extent of my grief then was to wonder what on earth could possibly happen next! The grieving hit me much later. In December last year, my sister was gravely ill. I wanted to be with her, but I

knew I couldn’t make the journey to her home in Scotland. Instead, I sat at Olive my computer waiting for McDonald messages from her daughter’s newfangled cell phone. Jean died Jan. 3. She had suffered long enough and was ready to go. She knew I was with her in spirit, if not in flesh. That was a comfort to me. Miss Me, But Let Me Go was a poem that was read at her funeral — as Jean wished. She will always be in my thoughts as I miss her so much when something funny happens and I can’t tell her about it. She had such a wacky sense of humour. I will miss her, but now I feel that I am ready to let her go. Time does heal, and I’m sure that our loved ones knew that they would be missed. They would have wanted us to move on with our lives, so no matter how hard this is we have to try. Even if you feel that your world has ended with the loss of a partner or a family member, don’t sit alone and grieve. Do something different; meet new people and get some fun out of life. Don’t feel guilty about having a good laugh. There really is a lot going on around us to take our minds off our sadness, so try to find the courage and give it a go. If your loved one is up above looking down on a contented person, he or she will be glad and will rest in peace. SeniorLiving

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They’re ‘Indians,’ Coming to terms with end of life expect great things I

y entire extended family is from Saskatchewan and FamilyFunction when I was very young I Daniel remember seeing a group of Aldcorn men fighting and stumbling around on a Regina sidewalk. I asked why they were acting like that and my older cousin said, “They’re Indians. What do you expect?” Someone else mumbled something about drinking and Welfare Wednesday, which I didn’t understand. Then we were ushered away. In elementary school, my favourite subject was the First People of Canada. I loved learning about their art, their connection with the land, their myths and legends, their housing and the clan structures. I still, to this day, stare at museum dioramas and visit ancient archeological sites imagining what it would have been like to live in a traditional First Nations’ way. Being born in Yukon Territory and then living in Prince George, I saw a lot “First People of Canada” who didn’t look or act anything like the wise and noble people I was learning about in school. They were the cliché image of the Indian in the derogatory “chug” jokes that I heard outside of school. I didn’t understand what happened to the First People of Canada. At university, I continued to study the First Nations with instructors who were aboriginal. That was when I read Resistance and Renewal — Surviving the Indian Residential School by Celia Haig-Brown. I still have my copy today because it had such a profound impact on who I am and how I think about every single social issue. I started to understand what happened to the “First People of Canada”. From the 1880’s until 1986, the First People of Canada were victims of antidialogical action, which is one group dominating and controlling another group through invading the cultural context, imposing their own world view, silencing them and disrespecting their potential. Today, we recognize that this policy of assimilation was wrong, has caused great harm, and has no place in our country. Prime Minister Stephen Harper offered an official apology on June 11, 2008. But the damage was already done. Half of all children in foster care in Canada are aboriginal. Four percent of all aboriginal children are in care compared to .3 percent of non-aboriginal children. Although aboriginals only comprise three percent of the adult population in Canada, 41 per cent of women who are incarcerated are aboriginal and 25 per cent of men. There are almost 1,200 Aboriginal women who have been murdered or gone missing since 1980. They’re Indians. What do you expect? I expect to live in a country where every single Aboriginal child who is placed in foster care because his or her parents were raised in an institution and didn’t learn parenting skills matters. Every single aboriginal man who committed suicide because he was haunted by the sexual abuse he endured at a residential school matters. Every single missing, murdered, or incarcerated Aboriginal woman who only knew poverty, exploitation, addictions, and abuse matters. I know there are people who will argue that the government has already spent enough money trying to “help” First Nations people. Others argue that the past was the past and aboriginals should get over it and assimilate. First Nations people are not inferior, they are recovering from 100 years of abuse, family destruction, and cultural genocide. Trauma takes time to heal. When someone says, “They’re Indian. What do you expect?” I hope you respond by saying, “Great things.” ! For the full story look online at www.richmond-news.com Danielle Aldcorn is a registered clinical counsellor at Satori Integrative Health Centre. She can be reached at 604-274-7224.

when the other side is ’m here to talk unwilling or unable about the scary InTransition to work on it. This stuff: aging parents Karyna means that even if you and loved ones. Part Matsyuk do not feel confident of the problem, as I that your parent is have observed, is our willing or able to work unpreparedness for on your relationship; you can work aging and end of life. People are on it yourself. Getting to know the usually caught unaware by aging and family history and talking to your ailments, and if you ask them, they parent about their past can help you would tell you that they had never understand them better and reconcile imagined what it would be like to some of your differences. You’ll be age and be near the end of life. If elderly themselves are not prepared surprised what you may find out. for their aging, their families are often Family stories change as people age. less prepared. Families often focus There are always new details. Even if their energies on avoiding the fact you heard the story many times, now rather than accepting it and taking is a good time to ask for more details appropriate action. — you are older now, and the stories How can we help ourselves accept do not have to be “censored” to fit aging and end of life? Here are some their parenting approach. Besides, ideas to consider. storytelling is often one of the few It is useful to take inventory of things that are left when other abilities your relationship with the aging are lost; which makes listening a person. It is more painful to face valuable gift to your aging loved one. your parent’s mortality when there Another way of repairing your is unfinished business between you. relationship is seeking ways to Relationships can be reconciled even express and work through your own

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Richmond Raiders rolled to a big 61-0 win over the Vancouver Trojans to open Bantam Division play in the Vancouver Mainland Football League last Sunday at Minoru Park. Photo by Mark Booth

Richmond U14A Islanders are looking to bolster their roster for the 2015 girls fastpitch season with tryouts continuing this week at London Park. This premier select team provides superior instruction, competition, and exposure to athletes who desire to play softball at the highest level. The goal is to develop collegelevel caliber players capable of competing nationally, both on the field and in the classroom. “Our team is always seeking players with a great attitude, hustle and desire to play the game,” said coach Dave Gillis. “We are fully staffed with a variety of coaches, trainers, university softball players and members of team Canada who will be working together with the team to teach them the game of softball and assist them get to the next stage.” The U14A team is looking to add talent born in 2001 or 2002 to its roster of 11 players. All positions are considered open; however coaches are especially seeking a strong pitcher, shortstop and utility player for the 2015 season Games are typically played on Tuesdays and Thursdays and a full-time commitment during the season is required. No part-time players will be considered. Richmond Girls Softball Association’s second session of open rep team tryouts takes place on Saturday at 10 a.m. at London. This will be followed by U14A pitcher and catcher evaluation at 2 p.m. Financial expectation for the 2014/15 season is expected to be $1000 - $1500 range. (This does not include player registration, accommodations or transportation costs.) For more information contact Dave Gillis at coach.dave. gillis@gmail.com

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