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TOTAL TIME

PREP 15 MINS

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COOK 45 MINS

INGREDIENTS:

DIRECTIONS

• 3 garlic cloves, minced • 2 teaspoons butter • 1 Cup Heinz ketchup (a must for us) • 1/4 Cup packed brown sugar • 1/4 Cup chili sauce (Heinz is a good one) • 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce • 1/2-3/4 Tablespoon celery seed • 1 tablespoon prepared mustard • 1/2 teaspoon salt • 2 dashes hot pepper sauce • 8 large chicken breast halves, bone-in with skin (a large family pack will usually have about 7-8 breast.)

• In a saucepan, saute the garlic in butter until tender.

• Add the next 8 ingredients. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly.

• Remove from the heat and set aside.

• Grill the chicken, covered over medium heat for 30 minutes, turning occasionally.

• Baste with sauce.

• Grill 15 minutes longer or juices run clear.

• Continue basting and turning during the last 15 minutes of cooking.

• Serve with any extra sauce you set aside for dipping.

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he thing about posting stories on social media and on websites is that it’s quantifiable. One can track exactly how many people click on what — unlike the actual newspapers, where we’re never quite sure who reads what.

While generally it’s a good thing to get feedback, it can also be an unhealthy lure for higher numbers and the posting of “click bait” — items of no value other than garnering clicks. (Of course, reputable organizations such as the Richmond News would never stoop to such cheap tricks, although we’re not above running the odd contest.)

But perhaps the larger challenge is recognizing that what people read online is not always what they want to see in the hard copy of the newspaper. Police stories, for example, drive a huge amount of online traffic, yet we’re told by many readers they don’t want their community paper filled with so much “bad news.”

That said, we can’t help but notice when a story takes off on social media — as has been the case with the story we broke on facebook about the owner of Steveston Marine Hardware inquiring into a brewery licence. The story also included a rumour that the independently owned Rod’s Building Supplies is up for sale, possibly to a grocery store chain.

The story comes hard on the heels of news that the independently owned Steveston Hotel — home to the neighbourhhood’s famous/infamous watering hole, the Buck and Ear — was sold to a restaurant chain.

All of this has triggered much conversation and consternation about the fate of Steveston — considered by many as the jewel in the crown of Richmond.

The discussion tends to vacillate between a lament for the good old days and a suck-itup,-butterup; change-is-inevitable attitude.

Well, indeed, change is inevitable, but the direction is worth contesting. In fact, given Richmond’s current direction, the more radical change would be towards greater preservation of heritage and more independently owned businesses.

Moreover, Steveson isn’t the only neighbourhood where this kind of tussle is underway. On page 10, you’ll read about a community where a business licence is being sought that could dramatically impact a quiet, waterfront neighbourhood.

Regardless of what side of the fence you’re on, apathy is the enemy. They may just be a vocal minority, they may be a thorn in the side of city planners, but we tip our hat to those who care passionately about their neighbourhoods and work to help shape their vision. Generating this kind of discussion is the antithesis of click bait; it’s grassroots engagement and it’s those roots that keep us stable in the winds of change.

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Dear Editor, Late-evening on June 6, there was a vehicle on Steveston Highway driving on the sidewalk, then off, back on, and then into the opposing lanes before crashing into a bus stop.

To the gentleman who stopped, checked on the driver, told her to turn off the engine, and called 911; to the gentleman who walked up the street and helped me confirm the crossstreet names to the first gentleman talking with 911; and to the gentleman who later stopped just before police arrived; good on ya!

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The fact commercial establishments must take care of their own waste makes sense.

What doesn’t make sense is that the City doesn’t have a bylaw, making it mandatory for all commercial establishments to recycle materials.

It would be interesting if someone, with time on their hands were to estimate the number of coffee cups, coffee cup lids, stirsticks, napkins, and those cardboard ring thingies one puts on coffee cups to keep fingers from getting burned, get thrown into the landfill, in one year, from Richmond alone.

Given the preponderance of coffee shops in this city, it must be in the millions, which equates to thousands of tons of potentially recyclable waste going into landfills.

The other issue is the inequity. Why is it commercial establishments get away with this flagrant pollution when Jane and Joe Public will be fined by the City for the very same behaviour. Is it that money rules, or just a lax City administration?

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Dear Editor: Re: “Garbage takes effect,” Letters, June 4.

I agree with Sabine Eiche; I too applaud the City for the reduction in frequency and other changes to the waste collection programme. However, I was totally sideswiped recently, when, after enjoying coffee with a friend in Steveston, I took the paper cups and plastic lids back into the coffee shop (one of the large franchise ones) to dispose of the items. Seeing only a garbage bin, I asked the barista where the recycling bin was located. I was told they don’t have a recycle bin; everything goes in the garbage bin.

Being totally gobsmacked, I spoke to someone in the recycling department at Richmond City Hall and was told that the City does not collect garbage or recyclable materials from commercial establishments; they have to contract with a private garbage collection company and the City can’t force them to contract for a separate recycle collection.

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House prices have increased in B.C., and especially the Lower Mainland, in the past couple of years and affordability is the main topic. Our youth, middle income and especially the seniors are having a hard time making ends meet, let alone pay high property taxes. Every little bit helps in trying to alleviate the burden of tax for seniors and the BC Liberals and our locally elected officials have not kept the concern of our residents in mind.

During last year’s civic election, the incumbant city councillors were all talking about keeping taxes low and making

affordable housing a priority. Well, it’s been six months and nothing has been done. Council is still handing out development permits and the developers are loving every bit of it, like kids in a candy store. The current councillors have been in office for decades and have fallen asleep at the wheel.

A proactive council would have planned better years ago. Their lack of vision and planning has put our residents and community in a dire situation that will take years if not decades to fix.

It’s time to put our elected officials on notice.

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No floating dock for Garry Point Park Dear Editor, Garry Point Park — what a wonderful place to visit, particularly on these warm, sunny evenings. The sunsets are spectacular and the vista a treasure to behold with Vancouver Island in the foreground and Mount Baker in the background makes it awesome.

Unfortunately, this could all come to an end if Richmond City Council proceeds with plans to reinstall a floating dock, attaching it to the existing pilings which were installed to accommodate a tall ship event held years ago. This event was a total disaster for a variety of reasons. Pilings were put down, where

they stand today, along with an attached floating dock, which provided moorage for the tall ships that came for the event.

This was to be a temporary installation but the pilings remain to this day. The floating dock found a new home further up the river where it is being put to limited use. The pilings sit as an eyesore and a distraction to the otherwise beautiful vista. It has already been proven that a floating dock in this location is a hazard since tall ships, or any other type of vessel, is exposed to the full wash of the river traffic. There is no breakwater to protect a dock from storms.

Any attempt to revive the floating

dock and the additional concession facilities must be stopped immediately.

The park must not become a cash cow for the parks department.

Also, more trees and shrubs should be planted where the city has removed natural vegetation.

Finally, Gary Point Park should be designated a heritage site in tribute to the shipbuilding and fishing industries that made it famous, along with the First Nations people who travelled the river.

This is a sacred site to be enjoyed by all, now and in the future.

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A “Marine Park” could be built on the waterfront in Steveston as a draw for the commercial fishing industry across the Lower Mainland.

Although just at the concept stage, Steveston Harbour Authority envisages a one-stop shop at the foot of 6th and 7th avenues for all supplies and services related to the industry.

Currently, the site where the Marine Park may go is zoned for “light industrial,” with a mish-mash of a few commercial fishing related businesses.

It’s yet another indication of the rapidly changing times in the village, with recent news of the historic Steveston Hotel and Buck and Ear sold to a pub/restaurant chain and Steveston Marine Hardware applying to rezone as a microbrewery.

Bob Baziuk, Steveston Harbour Authority (SHA) general manager, said the Marine Park is one of the many options the SHA board is currently examining.

“It’s just a general concept right now. The idea is for a Marine Park to make Steveston, and the area down there, a hub for the commercial fishing community,” said Baziuk.

“It’s months away to be fair (before any decision); as the board only meets about six

times a year.

“But it’s going to be discussed sometime this month, I believe; some more research is going to go into it for sure.”

The park, said Baziuk, will be for anyone involved in the commercial fishing business.

“There could be all kinds of buildings down there, consolidating all the marine suppliers. It’s too early to say what size or scope the park might be; it’s all just a concept right now.”

At the moment, observed Baziuk, there’s a few net stores scattered around the Lower Mainland, along with other related suppliers.

“We have to pitch it just right though, so we won’t be rushing into anything,” he added.

“We’ll be looking to do the right thing in accordance with our head lease to ensure Steveston Harbour’s future as a fishing harbour.”

In the last few weeks, the News has reported how the landmark Steveston Hotel and Buck and Ear pub is set for possibly a massive makeover after being bought by restaurant/pub chain, the Joseph Richard Group, which is best known for its string of Town Hall pubs across the Lower Mainland.

And Steveston Marine Hardware’s owner, Iqbal Ladha, is looking into turning his 74-year-old business on Moncton Street into a microbrewery or winery, complete with tasting rooms.

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IHIT probe temple kill ! Police cordoned off the Sikh temple on Westminster Highway at Nelson Road after a man was shot and killed. Photo

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he police’s Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) had much of a Sikh temple in Richmond cordoned off over the weekend after a fatal shooting Friday night.

RCMP were called to the Nanaksar Gurdwara Gursikh Temple on Westminster Highway at Nelson Road around 9:30 p.m.

They arrived to find the body of a man inside a vehicle.

The victim has been identified as 42-year-old Edwin Shek-Yin Cheng, of Richmond. Cheng was known to police, but it’s unknown if the crime was gang-related.

IHIT says they spoke to several people who were in the area prior to the shooting, but there are no suspects as of yet.

Officers found Cheng shot dead inside a vehicle and don’t yet know why he was there, said IHIT’s spokesperosn, Sgt. Stephanie Ashton.

“At this time there appears to be no con-

nection between the Sikh temple and the location of the murder,” Ashton said.

“We have no reason to believe the public is at further risk as a result of this targeted incident.”

Amrik Nijjar said the victim’s car appeared to have been removed and several police cruisers remained by the afternoon on Saturday.

Nijjar, a secretary at the temple, agreed with police that Cheng likely had no relationship to the place of worship.

He said members were focusing on carrying on with a sacred day of prayer and allowing police to continue their work.

“It’s always sad when a death occurs,” he said. “It’s a little bit stressful, but what can you do? It’s not in our hands.”

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call IHIT at 1-877-551-IHIT (4448) or email ihittipline@rcmp-grc.gc.ca.

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The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) said Vancouver Police arrested Darwin Lescano, 38, pictured, right.

He has now been charged with second-degree murder in the death of his mother, Redelma Belisario, 62.

Family members found Belisario’s body at a home on Woodhead Road, near Cambie and No. 5 roads, on May 19.

After the discovery, police issued an appeal for the public to help find Lescano.

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! American theoretical physicist and cosmologist Lawrence Krauss, left, and British evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, both staunch critics of religion’s role in society and public education and policy, thrilled a crowd of about 400 humanists at the Sheraton Hotel in Richmond during a speaking event last Saturday. Local community activist and federal NDP organizer Dale Jackaman, who helped organize the BC Humanist Society event, said there are more non-religious people than what is reported in population data. According to the 2011 National Household Survey, 48 per cent of Richmondites have no religious affiliation. Photo by Graeme Wood/Richmond News

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e was tied to a fence and abandoned in a busy Richmond neighbourhood.

His only possession was a hand-written note from his owner, detailing his medical history and his favourite toys.

Now, Ace the Yorkshire terrier is winning the hearts and minds of everyone at the Richmond Animal Protection Society (RAPS) shelter after a kind member of the public rescued the dog.

And within a week or two, it’s highly likely Ace — who was found leashed to a fence near a park at Cambie and No. 5 roads at the end of May — will be adopted into a new and loving home.

“Obviously the owner loved him, because he has been cared for, to a certain extent, and he or she wrote a long note about Ace,” said Wendy Riley, RAPS’ community development coordinator.

“A man noticed that Ace had been tied up for a while.

It’s hard to know how long he was there; it could have been

! RAPS’ Wendy Riley hugs Ace, the Yorkshire terrier who was tied to a fence and abandoned with a hand-written note from his owner. Photo submitted

overnight.

“The note said that he has screws in his hips after a car accident and we’ve found he has a collapsed trachea (windpipe), which is pretty severe for him.

“He was very stressed out to start with, but we’re really getting to know him now and he’s a very sweet little dog.”

The abandoning of people’s pets is an ongoing

concern in Richmond, added Riley.

“There was no reason to just tie him up and dump him,” she said. “They could very easily have brought him to us.

“Anybody who can’t look after their pet, for any reason, can bring them to us or any other rescue centre and no questions will be asked.”

If you love them that much, said Riley, “just bring them to us and we’ll look after them.”

Riley said RAPS is now accepting adoption applications for Ace and he’ll be ready for a new home very soon.

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small, quiet and tight-knit Hamilton neighbourhood may be turned into a truck-filled nightmare as a result of a decision by Farrell Development Corporation, owned by the family of Coun. Linda McPhail.

The issue has roughly 50 residents hopping mad and could spawn the city’s second ratepayers’ association.

Is Hamilton’s Dyke Road a recreational trail or a route for heavy industrial truck traffic?

That’s the question that will soon come before city councillors, save for McPhail, who will not take part in any decisions.

McRae’s Environmental Services is applying for a business licence, so it can lease three Farrell properties to house its 80 service trucks that will run up and down the narrow road up to 240 times a day.

“First of all, the city doesn’t care about us; second, they’ve created a hazard by putting on their website that (Dyke Road) is a walkway and cycling path. And they’re going to allow 80 trucks down here? We’re a minority and a small voice facing a giant city that doesn’t give a .... about us,” said Janna Taylor, a resident of the area for 30 years.

“Our biggest concern is pedestrian safety.

This road is not suitable for truck traffic,” said Heather Palmer, a newer resident of the area,

down the road from Shelter Island Marina.

The City of Richmond urges non-vehicle traffic to “exercise caution” on the road, which is a vital link to a city park.

“This road isn’t big enough for big trucks.

We’ve got six speed bumps here and lots of people use this recreationally in the mornings and evenings,” said longtime resident Dorothy Leighton, speaking to the Richmond News in front of her home as cyclists, joggers and dog walkers passed by.

When asked what his vision is for the area, Mayor Malcolm Brodie said residents should be prepared for industrial uses on the properties in question.

“If you buy a residential property next to industrial land, I don’t see how we can fetter the industrial owner for using that land as it’s intended under the zoning,” said Brodie, who, nevertheless, said council has asked staff to investigate the road condition and possible solutions.

“Maybe the first mistake was allowing a residential development along the river,” said Brodie.

That may be the case for Palmer, a developer who built (and now lives in) the relatively new townhomes east of the proposed truck facility, but, according to Leighton, it’s not for residents like herself who bought the property 30 years ago when it was mostly farmland and there was little industrial activity in the area.

“It was largely marine-oriented businesses,”

! Hamilton residents, from left, Dorothy Leighton, Janna Taylor and Heather Palmer feel the City of Richmond has dismissed their angst over truck traffic. Photo by Graeme Wood/Richmond News

said Leighton.

What came first is something Coun. Derek Dang is interested in finding out.

“What prompted us to allow industrial in the area? Or, conversely, why did we introduce residential?” asked Dang, who called the planning quagmire a “screw up,” and said a full review of the “odd area” is in the works, from the planning department.

“It’s a difficult situation given one of the councillors is involved,” said Dang, who helped install speed bumps in the area a few years ago.

A solution may be found in Richmond’s community plan for Hamilton, which calls to “protect the integrity of the float home communities and industrial uses” by building a

back road should land be developed. The city said it would expect landowners to pay for it.

McPhail was unavailable to comment.

Project manager Ross McPhail said he hopes to move McRae’s on to the site by Dec. 1. McRae’s manager, Drew Clarke, said the facility will “enhance” the neighbourhood, bringing a tax base and over 100 employees to the area.

He said cars already have to pull over so “not much will change.”

He noted McRae’s has a positive working relationship with the city.

McPhail told the News residents are concerned about property values. However, Palmer countered that the issue at hand is community safety.

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anada’s New Democratic Party has a new “Jack” in the fold.

Next Saturday, Richmond resident and Burnaby school teacher Jack Trovato is expected to announce his candidacy for the federal NDP in Richmond Centre. He will join Liberal Lawrence Woo as the primary challengers to Conservative incumbent Member of Parliament Hon. Alice Wong, the Minister of State for seniors, for the Oct. 19 election.

While Trovato is a recipient of the Prime Minister’s Award for Teaching Excellence, he fell short of a bid for school trustee with the Richmond Board of Education in last November’s municipal election. He initially ran as an inde-

pendent, but part way through his campaign he became a member of the Richmond Citizens’ Association, a BC NDPbacked municipal party, led by Coun. Harold Steves.

In the upcoming federal election, Trovato’s targeting what he perceives as growing social and economic inequality under the Conservative government.

“It’s time to recapture the Canadian dream for a fair and more just, egalitarian, and pluralistic society,” stated Trovato in an email to the Richmond News.

He said social services have experienced “dire” financial cuts, including public healthcare, which he sees the current government pushing to privatize.

Trovato’s NDP states it will create a national affordable childcare program ($15 per day) and restore and improve funding for the Canadian Pension Plan and Old Age Security.

In order to pay for more social programs, Trovato and the

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Seniors may also benefit from a new, national affordable housing initiative, Trovato said.

Furthermore, his party wants to invest in “modern, clean energy technology” to put Canada on the cutting edge of energy development.

The NDP’s new, clean energy model would also benefit the environment, said Trovato.

“Policies should be made that offer incentives to renewable energy companies and, simultaneously, punish the myriad of non-renewable energy companies that have no qualms about compromising our health and welfare in order to maximize their profit,” said Trovato.

Electoral reform with mixed proportional representation is another issue Trovato hopes to raise in debates with Woo and Wong.

Trovato said he wants his campaign to be positive with a platform and agenda based on “hope” for a fairer political system.

The Green Party of Canada has yet to announce its intentions in Richmond.

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Will she have a South African accent or an Eastern European one?

Oh, it will be his longtime wife, Kelly, alright. But he’s never knows what she’ll sound like.

Whatever inflection her speech takes, it’s a long way from the how the Steveston-raised, 58-year-old used to sound, at least until 2010. That was when she somehow lost her footing racing to catch a SkyTrain and fell down a series of stairs at a Downtown Vancouver station. While it wasn’t a headover-heels tumble, doctors examining her case believe the damage was akin to shaken baby syndrome where the brain is concussed.

With no visible trauma, Kelly tried to go right back to work at Canada Post where she’s been for 35 years. But there was something wrong.

The way she pronounced words had started to change, making it sound like she had a foreign accent. Her short term memory got shorter. She couldn’t count higher than four and had to pause to determine her left from right hand.

“She looks down and knows she writes with her right hand, then realizes her left hand is the other one,” said Ron, whom she met when both of them worked at Canada Post.

While medical testing ruled out conditions such as a stroke, it was five months before a doctor at UBC diagnosed her with Foreign Accent Syndrome — a condition first documented in 1907, and to date has only been affixed to around 60 cases worldwide.

Doctors don’t know why it manifests or how to treat it.

But Kelly knew how she was going to live her life.

“You can just curl up in a little ball and feel sad for yourself.

I wasn’t going to do that,” she said. “Yes, something happened to me and I got sick. But life goes on; and it will go on, but in a slightly different way.”

She keeps in touch with others diagnosed with FAS on social media and has discovered a common thread — each suffered migraines since childhood and had a traumatic incident that possibly triggered the foreign speech condition.

“One person developed it after visiting the dentist. Another had a spider bite,” Kelly said.

Part of not giving in meant staying physically active, something she had been doing since her early 50s with the goal of becoming a personal trainer in retirement.

She became an experienced and accomplished runner, taking part in numerous 10 km and half marathon events. That led to her being named a leader of the local Sun Run training group at the Steveston Community Centre.

“With the way I was, I started to think — am I useful any more?” Kelly said.

“Then I was given this opportunity to be a leader. Now, I run to see the people I’ve led in training finish their 10 K or half marathon. I get great satisfaction from that.”

It’s a challenge, both physically and mentally as Kelly’s memory issues can provide problems when she’s away from her familiar local running routes in Richmond.

When she runs in 10 km. and half marathon events away from home she starts with a running buddy, simply follows the pack ahead of her, and has another buddy meet her near the finish line.

But while taking part in a sparsely populated run recently, the field thinned out to the point she lost sight of the runners in front and knew she had to stop and withdraw for her own safety.

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Plus, merchants in the village readily recognize her and provide extra care if they see she seems confused.

“I love Steveston. It’s my neighbourhood,” said Kelly who attended Lord Byng elementary, then went on to Burnett secondary. “And when people say, ‘pardon,’ I know something I’ve said must not be quite right. But they take me aside and offer me help, if I need it.”

It’s a far cry from the take-charge kind of person she was when tasked with mail collection along Vancouver’s rough and tumble waterfront area.

“I used to be known as a pit bull,” Kelly said. “I had to deal with plenty of longshoremen in my time. But I think about other people and what they are going through, and I am happy to have my health.”

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or 125 years the Steveston Hotel — once known as the Sockeye Hotel — has served beer and spirits to the village’s thirsty throng that has gathered to meet and share stories.

Now, after a century of transformations, the Buck and Ear pub is set for yet another, with the purchase of the building, by restaurant franchise company, Joseph Richard Group.

One may expect that the change will conform to a Steveston village that’s in the midst of yet another round of gentrification. Shops Many nights you that once could not sleep on sold fishing account of drunken nets and Indians, and more power tools are being degraded white men replaced carousing around by chic with poor, deluded boutiques and trendy women. hangouts befitting the – R. T. C new money () dotting the perimeter of the village in the form of high-end condominiums.

The changes to come have sparked heavy interest from the Richmond community, past and present.

“You could write a book of all the goings on down there,” said Darren Wong, 55, a graduate of Steveston secondary school in 1979, who believes that while there are tales to be told, any author is likely to encounter a ‘what happens in the Steveston Hotel stays in Steveston Hotel’ attitude.

“No one wants to have their dirt revealed,” Kevin Coles, 46, cracked wise to the Richmond News, following a heated debate on social media regarding the ownership change.

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The stories began around 1885, when the hotel was built, according to documents found in the Richmond Archives.

Imagine, if you will, putrid-smelling crusty fishermen coming off a week-long salmon run in the Strait of Georgia, thrusting the new saloon doors open with a crash, taking their place at the bar and ringing a bell to order a round of whatever’s on tap from the dapper looking bartender who’s just spitshined the glasses for the evening.

Drunks? Yup. Fights? You bet. Good times? You better believe it. Park your horse on the boardwalk with a pail of water and pick him up tomorrow.

Yet, for the first decade of the hotel’s history, de facto prohibition ruled in Steveston since the municipality of Richmond didn’t hand out licences.

But salmon was gold and abundant. And those who fished it were young, full of testosterone and lonely — a perfect storm for the vices of the day.

! Top: The Sockeye Hotel in an undated photo believed to be around the time of the Great War. Horses still being a popular mode of transportation were tied to the boardwalk railings.

Right: Men gather in a pub, believed to be either one of the Sockeye or Continental hotels in 1910.

Bottom: The Steveston Hotel added a new beer parlour in 1947.

Illegal gambling reigned supreme in Chinese houses, and booze flowed as fluidly as the salmon swimming up the Fraser River.

In 1896, a public petition finally led to town council licensing about 20 hotels in the village, including the Sockeye, but that did little to change Steveston’s “dreadfully immoral condition,” according to Rev T. Crosby’s 1899 account in the Methodist Recorder.

“Many nights you could not sleep on

account of drunken Indians, and more degraded white men carousing around with poor, deluded women,” Crosby is quoted as saying in Duncan and Sue Stacey’s book Salmonopolis.

“Another poor fool, with 200 fish in his boat, selling them at 20 cents, no sooner gets them sold than he is off to one of the holes where liquor is sold, and is soon rid of the money, and in a drunken quarrel has

his head split open,” Crosby adds.

At the insistence of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union, city council enacted the Sunday Observance law in 1897, which preceded the Public Morals bylaw in 1902, prohibiting profane language in public.

! Pub known as political hot bed

The famed hotel was also known as a poltical hot spot. In 1900, it was used as the headquarters for the Sixth Regiment Duke of Connaught’s Own Rifles which came to Steveston to quash potential riots during the fishermen’s strike. Word got out that the officers were coming to town, and the riots never happened. Nevertheless, the regiment enjoyed the village and set up camp behind the hotel.

Federal prohibition occurred during the Great War from 1916 to 1921.

But, as police were occupied with illegal stills, local doctors prescribed Jamaican rum: $2.50 for the rum and $1 to buy a permit (First Nations people were not allowed to consume any alcohol).

If fires are thought to be an act of God, then it has been God’s will to keep the Steveston Hotel open for all these years; it’s one of few buildings that survived the great fire of 1918. Although records of the hotel’s early years were destroyed in 1912 in another fire that destroyed the Steveston municipal hall.

As it does now, the two-storey building consisted of a dozen or so hotel rooms up top and a coffee shop and beer parlour/pub down below. However, over time the shape and façade of the building has been altered several times.

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Buck of today known for ‘mixed crowd’ ! Top: Local chocolatier and Steveson World Cup co-organizer Dominique Jarry holds the chocolate World Cup to the delight of a packed crowd, including Rick Hansen, right, at the Buck and Ear Pub on July 13, 2014. Below: For several decades the Steveston Hotel and attached Bucaneer Pub, was a popular, yet shadowy, place to gather and drink alcohol in Steveston. Its lack of architectural character, noted here in 1977, was arguably made up for by a large Bucaneer pirate figure plastered above the lobby doors. Below: In its modern state the Buck and Ear has remained a popular place to gather in a much tamer environment.

! Hotel turns brothel in ‘30s

As it did in most places, the Great Depression loomed large over Steveston and the hotel was turned into a brothel to keep it operational. Although records are few and far between of this time, we know Steveston was a jumping point for rum runners to the United States during the prohibition era, so it wouldn’t be a bad guess to assume people who frequented the parlour at that time were in the know of such operations. Stacey’s book notes fishermen bought bottles of whisky for $5 and hoped to sell them to American boaters for $15.

After the Second World War the Steveston Hotel was believed to be the only place to wet one’s whistle in Richmond until the Skyline pub opened in the late 1950s.

In the 1950s, the hotel was described, in archived records, as a place for fishermen to get cleaned up for just 50 cents a night.

Continued signs of trouble in the bar could be gleaned from an archived story told by bartender Mike Musyi, who slung drinks from 1958-1973. Musyi said new owners insisted on waiters wearing bowties so that regular ties wouldn’t fall in drinks or risk being grabbed by “unruly patons.”

Coun. Harold Steves, 78, was in his twenties in the 1960s and recalls a rough crowd of fishermen that nevertheless “took their politics pretty seriously, especially after a few drinks.”

In 1965, on one occasion, said Steves, Social Credit politician Bob Strachan spoke at the community centre and the debate carried over to the hotel pub where a fistfight ensued.

“They had some pretty hefty bouncers back in those days. The fishermen were quite an independent lot, you might say, and not inclined to tow the line,” said Steves.

Steves, a blossoming politician at the time, recalls the decade in which Rev. John Patrick lived at the Steveston Hotel (1957-1967).

“He asked to meet me one day to discuss some issues and he told me to come to the back of the pub. I asked him ‘why are we meeting here?’ He said ‘this is my office, this is where all my clients are.’”

In the following two decades, the hotel acquired more of a “mixed crowd,” said Steves.

As the fishing industry subsided, so did Steveston’s brand recognition as a hotbed for labour and union activism; since the early 1970s, Canada’s conservative parties have held control of the area.

“I’ve seen Steveston from the early 1980s when we rode our bikes to the Garry Point dunes and Steveston was a ghost town,” recalled Coles.

“I did summer work at the packers, too, so I’ve seen all the changes, good and bad.

I’m not against all of it; change is inevitable, but I think people have overreacted on the Buck, like it’s some sacred place. It’s a bar and as long as they’re not tearing it down, it will probably retain its clientele,” said Coles.

Wong also remarked on how the economics of the time was a factor in the Buck’s identity.

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drew many teens away from high school to a pay cheque, he said.

“It was a hard job, so they played harder.

You can understand what kind of atmosphere it would have been at the Buc,” he added.

! Bucaneer known for strippers

The ‘Buc’ Wong refers to is the Bucaneer Room, the longheld name of the hotel’s pub before it became the Buck and Ear in 2000 (it was also the Third Avenue Pub). During the 1980s, adorning the boxy, windowdeprived stucco building, fit for an Eastern European mining village, was a large pirate sign overlooking the café at Third Avenue and Moncton Street. Below, tinted port-hole-style door windows welcomed patrons for cheap drinks and stripper shows in the beer-soaked hall.

“I can tell you, I used to go to the Buc and (sometimes) never had to pay for a drink because someone was always buying. They had a bell and if you rang it, it was drinks all around; it happened quite a bit,” recalled Wong (the bell still exists).

“By and large, it was all locals (in the bar) and everyone walked or took cabs. A lot of people were intimidated by the reputation of the place, but it was just that, a reputation,”

said Wong.

In its last two decades, the reputation the Buck and Ear earned was two-fold: One, it maintained its status as the place to have an adult beverage in Steveston. Two, it was charged several times for over serving patrons, culminating in a multi-million dollar lawsuit.

On June 12, 1999, recent graduate Eric Tremblay had his life forever changed after a drunk driver hit him on Chatham Street.

BC Supreme Court ruled the Steveston Hotel was 50 per cent liable for the actions of driver Henry McWilliams because bartenders over served him and failed to find him a ride home, despite being warned of his condition.

The case was precedent setting, as at the time of the ruling (2005) it was the largest percentage of liability portioned out to a licensed business in Canadian history.

In September, 2009, the Buck had its licence pulled for five days and was fined $5,000 for numerous breaches.

Yet, it has always been a successful meeting point for locals, hosting the village’s only beer garden on Canada Day festivals and, recently, being the host venue of the Steveston World Cup celebrations.

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From June 29 to July 1, these are a few of more than 20 historic and working vessels that will be docked along the Steveston waterfront at Imperial Landing and Britannia Shipyards National Historic Site.

Returning to the Ships to Shore fleet will be the crowd favourite Adventuress. This century-old, 41-metre schooner will be joined by her tall ship counterparts, the Maryke Violet, Spike Africa and SSS Odyssey. Also returning will be three of the Royal

Canadian Navy’s Orca class patrol ships, which drew large crowds at last year’s event.

A fireworks presentation will cap-off Ships to Shore and our nation’s birthday. The show will take place over the Steveston Channel near Imperial Landing at 10:15 p.m. on July 1.

Ships to Shore Steveston is free and the event runs from noon to 7 p.m. daily. All the vessels will be available for free boarding throughout the festival. Ships to Shore Steveston will also include dragon boating demonstrations, Chalk the Boardwalk art competition, plenty of fantastic food trucks and a wooden boat display. For more details, visit www.richmond.ca/shipstoshore.

On Canada Day, Steveston Village is also a home to “Canada’s biggest little birthday party” as it comes alive with the 70th annual Steveston Salmon Festival.

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! Lisa McPhedrian and Debbie Talbot, white top, of Steveston Community Centre, receive their award for going above and beyond the call of duty. Photo by Gord Goble/Special to the News

Double-act sprung into action to help senior Extra Mile Award: Lisa McPhedrian and Debbie Talbot — Steveston Community Centre.

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“They made repeated calls to me as I was returning home to keep me posted and they called for days after to checkup and follow up on my mother’s progress.

“Are Debra and Lisa deserving of a service award? You better believe it! On behalf of my mother and I, thank you Lisa and Debra for all of your kindness.”

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ith around 75 vendors, live entertainment, seminars, special guests and thousands of dollars of door prizes all lined up, the first ever seniors expo in Richmond is sure to be a hot ticket.

On Saturday, June 27, the Richmond chapter of CARP is hosting the one-day Seniors Health and Resources Expo (SHARE) on the grounds of the South Arm United Church Complex.

The six-hour event has been on CARP Richmond’s planning table for the last six or seven months and more than 1,000 people — families, seniors and soon-to-be-seniors — are expecting to converge on the church grounds between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.

As well as attractions and valuable information for seniors, there’s going to be a little something for everyone, no matter your age, promised CARP Richmond’s communications spokesperson Becky Herrmann.

From exhibitions such as seniors facilities and financial planners to orchestras, as well as choirs and jazz bands, not to mention a “cultural barbecue,” Herrmann said everyone’s taste should be covered.

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site. What we want is for more than just seniors to come.

“We’re doing this because we’re also trying to prepare the next generation for what’s coming; the grey tsunami is on its way after all.

“We also want to change the way people look at seniors, as it’s now normal for someone to reach 100 and be healthy.”

The expo, which is free to enter and has free parking, aims to provide interested people with all the key elements of aging in a one-stop We’re doing this shop. because we’re also From government, nonprofit and service agency trying to prepare the resources to goods and next generation for services provided by busiwhat’s coming. nesses specifically working within the seniors market, a – B H senior will be able to access any information they need to help them plan their future.

CARP Richmond claims an event of this scale has never been done before in the Lower Mainland.

Entertainment throughout the day includes: New Horizons Jazz Group; Delta Youth Orchestra; Ukrainian Choir in their regional dresses and Darleen Ketchum, recording artist and jazz quartet.

Seminars throughout the day include 30-minute presentations with a 15-minute Q & A and will be held every hour on the hour.

South Arm United Church is at 11051 No. 3 Rd. CARP Richmond is also looking for volunteers for the event. Go to www.carp.ca/richmond for more details.

! The Richmond chapter of seniors group CARP is hosting its first ever expo on Saturday, June 27, which is being touted as the biggest of its kind to be hosted in the Lower Mainland.

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Following the LETR of the law

! The annual Law Enforcement Torch Run (LETR) set off from the Cornerstone Church parking lot last Friday, en route to the Richmond RCMP headquarters. Photos by Alan Campbell/Richmond News

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o the cheers of support from students and teachers of Cornerstone Christian Academy, the annual Law Enforcement Torch Run set off from a church parking lot at No. 5 and Blundell roads.

As the midday sun bounced off the asphalt, the

80 or so local law enforcement runners were led by the Special Olympics BC flame out onto No. 5 Road, en route to the RCMP detachment about three kilometres to the south.

The Law Enforcement Torch Run (LETR) is known around the world as an event which brings awareness of and attention to the Special Olympics BC and its athletes

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The annual signature event of LETR is the Torch Run, which takes place in communities around B.C..

Book your child’s appointment with a certified specialist today! ! To the growl of the engines, the annual Richmond School District Breakfast Scrambble roared its way around elementary schools last Thursday. To raise awareness for various Breakfast Club programs, riders travel around the schools inviting them to come up with a Scrabble word from random letters. The schools had until the end of the day to submit their entry. The winning school was Blundell, with 109-pointer ‘oldwife,’ earning them a plaque and breakfast cooked for them by the school district worksyard staff. Photo by Alan Campbell/Richmond News

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Jet-Lag named among top retailers Jet-Lag Travel Boutique in Steveston is among the nominees in the Retail Council of Canada’s Excellence in Retailing Awards for 2015.

The award honours and celebrates Canadian independent retailers that have demonstrated the true spirit of entrepreneurship through leadership, innovations, active community engagement and commitment to excellence in retailing.

According to the retail council, JetLag, a full service, women’s wear store, has a distinctively West Coast vibe that provides customers with a spa-like day when they visit.

! Eco Service’s William Tang and

Jeremy Wong (background) are part of the team that provides clean cars without using large volumes of water at their new location on the ground floor of the Richmond Centre parkade near the old Sears department store.

Cost of the service, which includes an interior clean up, runs between $40 and $60, depending on the size of your vehicle. Photo by Philip Raphael/Richmond News

Car cleaning not ‘watered down’ portions of the U.K. which have heavy water sanctions,” Tang said, adding that even in Staff Reporter Toronto it’s deemed illegal to wash your own PRAPHAELRICHMONDNEWS.COM vehicle.

In fact, a Toronto by-law, passed in 2000, ow do you measure success in business? prohibits the runoff from driveway car William Tang tried, but the counting be- washing from entering the storm sewer and discharging into lakes and rivers untreated. came almost dizzying as the volume racked “You can’t wash your car on your own up. driveway. You have to take it to a commercial Now, he prefers to give an estimate on the establishment because of number of litres of water the pollutants that go down his business has managed One (regular) car wash can the drain,” Tang said. to save from going down From research into the drain all for the sake of be as much water for somewater usage, Tang said he a clean-looking car. one to consume for weeks discovered the average car To date, the count is wash done on an owner’s in the several millions of on end. driveway with a bucket and litres as Eco Service seeks hose can use around 100 – W T to gain momentum, and litres of water. customers, for its waterAutomated car washes less car washing process that have efficiency meathat started in Downtown sures in place boost that to Vancouver in 2010, and about 180 litres. And older, added a second standless efficient car washes can go through as alone service at the beginning of June in much as 450 litres per wash cycle.

Richmond Centre’s parkade.

“And this is clean, potable water being But the impressive conservation of a preused,” Tang. “So, for vanity purposes it’s cious, environmental resource is not what’s hard for people from overseas, where water driving customers to get a shiny, dirt-free restrictions exist, to fathom that kind of usride. age. They think we’re crazy.

“To be honest, it’s the convenience they “One (regular) car wash can be as much are sold on,” said Tang who joined fellow, water for someone to consume for weeks on late 20 to early 30-something Palmer secend.” ondary grads Jeremy Wong and Sam Mui, While none of Tang’s group came from a plus a few other business partners, to get car wash or vehicle detailing background, Eco Service rolling. their combination of experience in finance, They saw a niche developing for a kind-on real estate development and fleet vehicle the-environment method of cleaning cars as an increasing number of jurisdictions around management helped identify a business idea. the globe started restricting water usage.

“We thought of tons of uses for it (waterTheir focus was narrowed when a business acquaintance introduced them to a waterless less car wash solution), and with the whole of Vancouver going green we saw a good car wash product that was developed in the opportunity,” Tang said.

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service in the underground parkade at Pacific Centre Mall in Downtown Vancouver last year, and began offering the service to office workers in the business core of the city that traded on the convenience factor of having their car cleaned — inside and out — while at work.

“All they (clients) do is drop their keys at their office’s reception after getting an email reminder the day before for a car wash, put down their credit card information, and collect their keys at the end of the day,” Tang said.

They also tapped into the growing carsharing business, landing Zipcar as a client.

And they have “pop-up” locations at Hollyburn Country Club in West Vancouver, and Yaletown. There’s even a temporary location at YVR, but it’s restricted to cleaning taxis.

Along the way Eco Service even dabbled in cleaning the exterior of recently constructed office buildings.

One of them was MetroTower 3 in Burnaby where special attention was taken on the aluminium window frames which can be easily damaged by grit if not cleaned with care.

“What we did added to the fact the building was LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) certified,” Tang said, adding he estimated the waterless washing saved 500,000 litres of water.

An added feature was the ability to remove rust and watermarks from the building’s exterior.

Now, they are hoping to expand the car cleaning service to shoppers in Richmond.

“What people are used to is driving to a car wash, waiting in line for 30 or 40 minutes, then waiting another half hour for their car to get washed,” Tang said. “So, why not get it done while you are shopping? Then you don’t have to wait at all.”

The service is tucked away on the western, ground floor section of the parkade near the old Sears department store. That’s where

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Harbour Air earns ‘green’ award Sea Island-based Harbour Air recently got some recognition for its environmental efforts. On June 4 the Vancouver Airport Authority presented the float plane carrier with its 2015 Clear Skies Award which is granted to the organization that demonstrates outstanding enthusiasm and commitment in improving their environmental footprint by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, potable water consumption, waste and/or improving ecosystem health on Sea Island.

The airline adopted a street as part of the City of Richmond‘s Partners for Beautification program which includes a crew of volunteers cleaning up the Fraser River shoreline adjacent to the terminal on a bi-monthly basis.

It also participates in Bike to Work Week and promotes, S.P.Y week (Self Propel Yourself) to work week by encouraging employees to bike, walk, rollerblade to work.

Harbour Air is also a member of the Fraser Waterkeeper Alliance participating in community efforts to rescue marine life and protect rivers and streams. And it works with the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Mammal Rescue Centre program helping transport seal pups along BC’s coast to the rehabilitation centre.

! YVR’s Michael O’Brien presents Meredith Moll, vice president of sales and marketing of Harbour Air Group, with the 2015 Clear Skies Award. Photo submitted

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Sandstrokes add up on benchmark round GRAEMEWOOD Staff Reporter

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o after last week’s lesson on bunker shots, I stepped up to the first tee box for my third of six benchmark rounds of the season and fully crumbled into shambles any time I hit the sand.

I’m now entering a phase in my golf game where I don’t suck so much as to not care.

This is a terrible phase; made worse because while I still suck, I also have a sense of entitlement when I make a bad shot (as if I should be better).

Yet, as if like clockwork, I have improved by six strokes, on average, the last two times I’ve played at the Richmond Country Club golf course under the watchful eye of head pro Mark Strong. If this holds true over the next three months I’ll get to my lofty goal of 90.

This round Strong provided me with some insight on penalty strokes because, well, I needed a lot of it.

After pointing out so confidently that I was on my original ball (Callaway 2) heading into the back nine, I proceeded to flirt with the white stakes on the 11th hole. My ball ended up against a blackberry bush, on a mound of dirt and in front of a tree. Being a lefty, my only option was to whack it out a few feet. But, I could have taken a penalty stroke from this non-hazard lie by dropping

to the side or behind me within a half-circle with a radius of two club (driver) lengths.

Or, I could have dropped directly behind me in line with the flag, for as far as I wanted.

Think of a margarita glass with an infinite stem; that’s your drop zone in such a case.

Also, I learned, you can’t be Johnny Lumberjack and break twigs or branches behind you for a better swing; but you may remove impediments around the ball.

On the 15th hole I hit my ball into the water about 240 yards from the tee box.

Goodbye Callaway 2. If you hit a ball into water, you may drop the ball two club lengths from the point it entered the hazard (220 yards for me).

On the 17th hole, I hit a ball out of bounds off the tee box.

Here, you must tee off from the box again, with a one-stroke penalty, of course.

I’d like to note that you get a free drop if your ball ends up obstructed by a manmade object. On the 12th hole I ended up under an excavator (must have been a magnetic ball) and was able to take a drop no closer to the pin.

For the round, I had another brutal start with a quadruple bogey on the first hole. I settled down on the fourth hole with a green in regulation (but I three-putted) followed by a par on the par-three fifth hole.

Things really became unraveled on the sixth hole with a quintuple bogey. It took me four shots to get out of the green bunker (extra frustrating because I had birdied (my

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first par-four birdie!) this 401-yard dog leg left hole in a practice round last week). But, I followed that up with a par on the par-five seven.

You can see the pattern of inconsistency I’m developing.

“That’s one of the most important things about golf. No matter how bad your last shot was, you always have the next one ! The scores are coming down, to make amends,” said but the trick is to Strong. remain consistent, That mantra should and watch out for always hold true in your hazards that can golf game, especially if come in all shapes you’re getting frustrated and sizes, like an in the sand. But it’s excavator, says easier said than done.

Graeme Wood.

For instance, after a great up and down (lip out) on the eighth hole for bogey, I had what should have been an easy par-three ninth hole. Yet, once again I ended up in the bunker where I blew another two shots.

In total, I’m guessing I handed the Golf gods eight strokes failing to emerge from the beach.

I finished the round with a despicable quadruple on the 16th hole (I’ve blacked out and can’t remember what happened.

It must have been bunkers), and a triple on both the 17th and 18th holes (more bunkers).

I really felt I didn’t get any bounces, however. But I have to make those bounces; they won’t just come to me!

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Get in touch with nature, and get some exercise, as well. Walk Richmond is hosting a chance to come out and explore Richmond Nature Park on June 11 from 7 - 8 p.m. Encounter plants and animals in bog, forest and pond habitats.

Meeting spot: Nature House, 11851 Westminster Highway. For more information, call Richmond Fitness and Wellness Association at 604-238-8004, or email walking@ richmond.ca.

! Friday

Practise your English at the Richmond Public library which is offering a free program for adults called English Corner on Fridays from June 12 – July 31 at the Brighouse (Main) Branch. Classes take place from 10 a.m. – 12 noon. To register, visit any branch of Richmond public Library, register online at yourlibrary. ca/events or call 604-231-6413. All classes will take place in the 2nd floor Community Place room except for June 19 which will be held in the second floor Special Collections room. Participants should attend all eight classes.

Lend a hand by giving blood at a Blood Donor Clinic June 12 at St. Paul’s Parish (8251 St. Albans Rd.) from 1 - 8 p.m. Every minute of every day, someone in Canada needs blood. Visit the clinic and help save a life. For more information, call Canadian Blood Services at 604-707-3517, or email billie-jo.

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See Richmond on two wheels during the 15th Annual Island City, by Bike Tour on June 14. It’s a pair of free, family-oriented guided rides exploring some of Richmond’s on-street and off-street bike routes.

Both rides depart from South Arm Community Centre (8880 Williams Rd.). Bike check at 9:30 am. Long ride (19 km) leaves at 10 a.m. Short ride (7 km) leaves at 11 a.m. Reconvene for refreshments and raffle prize draw. For more information, call 604-276-4000, or email info@ richmond.ca

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Ever wonder what’s inside Richmond’s various places of worship? Explore them with a Cross Cultural Temple Tour on June 13 from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. with Dr. David McLauren which includes a visit to a Sikh temple, Hindu temple, Muslim mosque and a Buddhist temple. Price: $39.00 includes an ethnic lunch. For more information call Multi-Cultural Ministries at 604897-4224, or email dmclauren@ gmail.com.

Need some help with your Registered Disability Savings Plan (RDSP)? Richmond Centre for Disability is offering a free education session June 13 from 2 - 3:30 p.m. at RDC’s office at 100-5671 No. 3 Rd. The event provides information ranging from eligibility, account opening and other related topics of RDSP processes and benefits for individuals and families. This course will provide a clear and easy understanding of the RDSP program to assist individuals with disabilities and their families make informed decisions to help create a safe and secure financial future. For more information, call 604-232-2404, or email rcd@rcdrichmond.org.

If you have ever wanted to learn how to knit? The Richmond Public Library, in partnership with Knit N Crochet 4 a Better World, is offering a free program on June 13 to get

! The Terminal City Rollergirls are back and ready to rumble around the track

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The Richmond Chinese Community Society (RCCS) presents the Karaoke Fundraising Dinner and Dance Party June 13 from 6:30 - 10:00 p.m. at the Continental Seafood Restaurant (150 - 11700 Cambie Rd.) Besides the delicious 10 course Chinese food dinner,

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That’s what I thought a few years back when trying to find a family car that provided both economy and driving pleasure.

But I managed to get it all in one package when I snagged the keys to a Volkswagen Jetta TDI station wagon.

Yes, a diesel gave me what I was looking for — fuel economy and some pretty decent performance. Not offthe-line, tire-smoking, dragster speed, but smooth acceleration and power, managed by a slick five-speed, manual gearbox.

And in the city, that’s really what you need when doing the stop-light shuffle.

So, it’s good to see VW continues to roll out a line of “oil burners” that have all the good looks of the “people’s car” on the exterior, while possessing a marvellous power plant under the hood.

Case in point is the 2015 Golf TDI which has a 2.0 litre engine that churns out 150 horses and a mighty 236-pound-feet of torque, which is

the really important number many car shoppers overlook — the twisting force that, in this instance, drives the Golf’s wheels.

As a comparison, the regular, gasoline-powered Golf that comes with a 1.8 litre engine produces 170 horsepower — 20 more than the TDI. But its torque numbers are a much lower 185-poundfeet.

But what about economy?

Well, the TDI posts some pretty impressive numbers in that department.

VW lists consumption at 7.7 litres/ 100 km in the city and a measly 5.2 litres on the highway. That can, if you manage it right, get you close to 1,000 km between fill ups on that holiday road trip, if you do a good bulk of it on the open road.

Compare that to the 9.3 litres/100km thirst in the city, and 6.4 litres for the Golf’s gasoline version.

With fuel prices likely going to rise back to pre-oil market crash numbers sometime in the future, it’s something to think about.

So, too, is the Golf TDI’s sticker price which starts at $23,095. That’s quite a jump over the base Golf cost of $18,995. But, considering the potential fuel savings, and longevity of a diesel

engine over gasoline, there is reason to debate which one fits your world.

But I know that if I was in the market for a new car and diesel was an option, I’d again go with the gentle rattle and hum of the TDI.

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Not really a problem, per se, but a conundrum of sorts is the fact VW now offers the TDI with both a five-speed manual and a six-speed automatic Tiptronic system.

While a clutchless shifter was all the rage when they came out, and subsequent paddle shifters have drivers an F1 race car feel, I can’t say if having one is a selling point.

What it does accomplish is opening up the market for diesel cars to those drivers who feared learning how to drive “stick” rather than the “aim and go” freedom of an automatic.

My choice? Manual gearbox all the way, since it gives the driver more control. Plus, it can coax the best out of a diesel engine in terms of performance.

! VW’s Golf TDI has a blend of good looks on the exterior, and a fuel efficient powerplant under the hood. Photos submitted

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! The crowds came out last Saturday to get a behind-the-scenes look at an array of local sites and groups during the Doors Open event. And one of the more popular stops was the Steves Farm at the foot of Steveston Highway where Coun. Harold Steves welcomed visitors. Also popular was a chance to sample products from Canada Berries Winery and the Japanese Fisherman’s Benevolent Association Building that was offcially opened last Friday. Photos

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KUDOS ! A team of UPS employees pulls a Boeing 757200 down the runway at YVR during the the second annual UPS Plane Pull for United Way. The team won in the best costume category. Over $35,000 was raised at the fundraiser. Photo submitted

! Two Richmond residents — longtime community volunteer Sylvia Gwozd (immediate right) and elder Roberta Price (far right) of the Coast Salish First Nation — received the Special Community Contribution Award from the United Global Chinese Women’s Association May 16 at the River Rock Show Theatre. The Association has been giving awards to honour outstanding women and mothers in the past 12 years. Photo submitted

! Richmond City Coun. Alexa Loo (left in red jacket) is hoping to give BC Children’s Hospital a recordbreaking boost on June 26 by getting hugs from 3,000 people in just one hour. Loo, a former Olympian, will undertake the feat at the International Summer Night Market where she got in some hugging practice. The previous world record set in Tekkali, India in 2012, recorded 2,436 hugs in an hour. Photos submitted

! Winners in the Youth Category of the Hands-on Cook-off contest from R.C. Palmer secondary were (from left to right) Grade 8 students Jason Pang, Tina Jia, Erin Wong, and Hinata Asada. The video contest was designed to bring together food and fun in the kitchen by having two generations, or two youth, demonstrate how to prepare a recipe. The trio from Palmer presented a recipe for Mexican chocolate cupcakes. Photo submitted

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Impressive medal haul for Richmond gymnasts A

busy month of May included athletes from the Richmond Gymnastics Association competing at high-profile competitions across the country.

Recently appointed national junior team member Chris Kaji and senior athlete Devy Dyson were in Gatineau, Quebec for the Canadian Championships.

Despite being the youngest member of the junior team, Kaji lived up to expectations and went above and beyond by qualifying for four

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event finals where he collected two silver (floor and vault) and a bronze (rings) medal.

Dyson finished seventh all-around in the large field of competitors and qualified for the rings final where he also placed seventh.

There will be no time to rest for these boys.

Dyson is preparing for the FISU Games (University Games) that will be held in South Korea in July where he will representing New Zealand. Meanwhile, Kaji is heading to Mississauga for a national team training camp.

Richmond Gymnastics was also represented at the Western Canadian Championships in Okotoks, Alberta.

Elite 3 competitor Kai Iwaasa was crowned Western Canadian all-around champion, finishing a great margin ahead of the silver medallist. He won gold on floor and silver in the vault, parallel bars and high bar events.

Level 4 competitor Jonathan Ray won silver all-around. He captured gold on vault and parallel bars, while adding bronze on rings.

The club invites everyone to its Year End Showcase on June 20 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Sportstown complex — 4991 No. 5 Road.

! Richmond Chuckers Reid Dawson watches a Delta Tigers baserunner get back to second during last week’s B.C. Minor Baseball Bantam AAA action at Blundell Park. The Chuckers currently own a 12-8-0 record in the 16-team circuit. Photo by Mark Booth

Seafair volunteers among PCAHA award winners F

our volunteers with Seafair Minor Hockey have been recognized for their dedication at the Pacific Coast Amateur Hockey Association’s recent Annual General Meeting.

Bob Frid received the prestigious Bruce Allison Memorial Trophy as PCAHA Coach of the Year for his outstanding work with Seafair’s Atom C2 Dynasty.

His objectives for the season included challenging his players to make themselves and their teammates better; and challenge the coaching staff to develop player and team character and become better coaches and managers.

“I spend a great deal of time at the start of every season working on individual and team character skills,” explained Frid. “I give a lot of responsibility to the athlete leadership group to give it ownership in what the team culture is like and what is important for our team to be successful.”

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team building, and pushing personal limits.

His philosophy of equal playing time for everyone regardless of the score or situation resulted in the Dynasty finishing second in the top playoff group. They also received the PCAHA Team Achievement Award.

One of his assistant coaches is a young man with intellectual disabilities who has been part of his staff for the past three seasons. Frid gave this Special Olympics athlete tasks where he could be successful. This coach has progressed each year, and this season he ran the forward lines.

Also recognized from Seafair was Cody Kusch — recipient of the PCAHA Safety and Risk Management Award.

This former Richmond Minor player saw his playing career cut short after a hit from behind that left him with two broken vertebrae and a major concussion — injuries that still have lingering effects today. It was during a visit to his athletic therapist, this volunteer coach and now Seafair executive wanted to do something about concussions.

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Since implementing it, over 95 percent of all eligible players take part in this voluntary program.

When a player receives a concussion, Kusch personally follows up to ensure that the player is properly monitored and evaluated before returning to play.

Wendy Rausch received the PCAHA Meritorious Award for her extensive run as a volunteer with the association. Her duties have included serving on the board of directors, sponsorship coordinator, organizing Vancouver Giants Night and being a Division Manager at the Atom and Pee Wee levels.

Finally, Dean Cardno was a recipient of the Gold Puck Award, recognized for a minimum 10 years of service. His duties have included Seafair president, Juvenile Division manager, Richmond Arenas Community Association (RACA) treasurer and PCAHA audit committee member.

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Synchro club brings home medals The Richmond provincial group of the Vancouver Pacific Wave synchronized swimming club thrived against B.C.’s best in Kamloops.

The 12 and Under team, coached

by Heather Middleton and consisting of Amy Daiminger, Teija Harries, Kioko Mayede, Emma Stewart and Ashleigh Wood, placed fourth.

Stewart, under coach Elise Fagnan, performed a solo and received a silver medal for her age 11-12-year-old age group.

Harries also captured in the 10 and under figures competition. Fagnan was

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Pacific Wave’s 12 and under team finished 4th at the recent Provincial Synchronized Swimming Championships in Kamloops. The Richmond based club won several medals.

recognized with a special award for excellence in coaching.

Earlier, the club sent a junior team to the Shisedio Canadian Open where it topped all other B.C. entries with a seventh place showing.

Meanwhile, Stefanie Dickinson was selected to the Canadian National Junior Team thanks to a seventh overall ranking out of 156 eligible athletes. She is coached by Kara Kalin Zader.

Pacific Wave trains out of Watermania and Minoru pools. Anyone interested in synchronized swimming can get more information at www.vpw.bc.ca

Rapids busy setting new records as long course season heats up T

he Richmond Rapids are in the thick of their long-course meet schedule, with groups racing and attending camps nearly every weekend.

Four swimmers were at a Team BC training camp held at Watermania last month.

Jerry Liu, Kevin, Ye, Adrian Hsing, and Wendy Yang have been attending camps like this all season, after being named to Team BC in early September.

Two other Rapids, Adrian Hsing and Rich Rakchtis, were also named to the BC Prospects Team — a selection which aims to track up-and-coming swimmers. Their camp took place in Lethbridge, AB, and included Prospects teams from both Alberta and Manitoba/Saskatoon.

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skills. Rapids own Drew McClure was sent as a member of the BC coaching staff.

Twenty-six provincial-level athletes attended the Jess Deglau Invitational at UBC. It was the first long course heats-and-finals meet of the season for many of them. Several swimmers took advantage of the opportunity to develop their championship-style habits.

Jammy Zou inched closer to Age Group Nationals qualification, making his second standard in the 200 breaststroke.

At the Hyack Youth Cup, a meet that attracts teams the US and across Canada, the Rapids had a huge number of finals and seven new club standards.

Brian Yu (14) had a pair of records in the sprint freestyle events, narrowly dipping under the 50-meter record and just touching in for second in the process. Amanda McCallum (12) had two in the freestyles as well,

breaking her own records in the 100 and 200 meter disciplines.

Will MacDougall (10) broke the club record in the 1500 free. His 800-meter split time was also a new standard. MacDougall set his first club record three weeks prior at a time trial in Chilliwack, just cutting under the nearly decade-old short course 800 free club mark.

Eric Tong (12) absolutely crushed two records as well. He had set the 100 fly record a few weeks prior, but continued to lower it by almost three seconds. In his relay leadoff split in the boys 4x50 free, he dropped the hammer to dip under 26 seconds for the first time. His 25.86 clocking is currently an unofficial provincial record, and only .02 off of the national record. The previous record was set nearly 24 years ago.

The following weekend, the Rapids’ fastest

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competed at the prestigous Mel Zajac Jr International Swim Meet.

The Rapids were prominent in the breaststroke events, with Serena Xue, Kevin Ye, David Ng, and Tony Zeng all making finals over 50 metres. Xue and Ye also qualified in the 100- and 200-meter disciplines, while Rich Rakchtis made his first Zajac final in the 200 breaststroke as well.

Nicolaas Dekker made finals in all five of his events, his highest posting being a silver in the 100 fly. Wendy Yang also medaled, earning a bronze in the 50 fly, while also making finals in the 100 fly and 50 free.

In her first time competing at Zajac, Amanda McCallum broke her own 200 IM by just under a second.

This brings the total number of new long course club records to 29, with less than two months left in the season.

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The Eagles have showcased their accurate passing and potent attack throughout the season, going undefeated and dropping only one set in the process.

They continued their dominance in the playoffs, winning every set of every match to eventually beat Burnett in the city final.

At the annual McRoberts Volleyball Tournament, RCS boys beat St. Georges 3-0 in the championship match, but not before having to dig deep to battle back from being down 21-9 in one set, and 24-16 in another, enter-

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