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It can be hard enough for governments to budget beyond the next election year. But try getting them to consider making financial commitments through the next century. That’s part of the task the Richmond Chamber of Commerce has laid out after releasing its report Tuesday on the economic importance of the Lower Fraser River. In it, the 73-page document that was compiled with the help of 12 other chambers and boards from Richmond to Hope, calls for a plan of action to keep anticipated, climate

change-produced flood waters at bay into the “We’re not asking for a specific dollar year 2100, which is estimated to cost around amount or specific action. We’re calling on $9 billion. senior levels of government to come together While that figure may with major stakeholders get politicians choking and put a long-term, We’re calling (for) . . . a on their nomination holistic management papers, the dollar plan in place,” Pitcairn long-term, holistic amount is not the crux said. management plan . . . And the current of the report — getting - Matt Pitcairn seems to be starting governments to move to flow on the issue as in the direction of flood the The Fraser Basin management on the Council also announced Fraser River is, said Tuesday its Flood Management Strategy to Matt Pitcairn, the chamber’s manager of strengthen flood management policies and communication and policy, who co-authored practices, as well as flood protection works the report.

across the Lower Mainland. “This flood management strategy reflects a serious, unprecedented commitment by the federal government, the Province of BC, 25 Lower Mainland local governments, and other public and private sector organizations to work together on flood protection measures that will safeguard the region as a whole,” said Colin Hansen, chair of the Fraser Basin Council, in a press release. The strategy focuses on Fraser River freshet flooding — as a result of spring snowmelt — and coastal flooding, resulting from storm surge in the winter months. According to the chamber’s report, among see WOLFE › page 4

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Nursing axe may fall after bed shuffle Alan Campbell

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A “realignment of resources” at Richmond Hospital may have released $1.4 million for 30 new residential care beds for seniors. But it could also result in a number of frontline nursing staff at the hospital being cut as a consequence. Just how many staff are involved and at what level is unclear, as Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) and the B.C. Nurses’ Union (BCNU) have 60 days to work through the impacts of what’s being called a “bed map redesign,” which will free up acute care beds. VCH said in a press release that a “small number of positions at Richmond Hospital will be impacted by the changes.” However, the nurses union fears, given Richmond’s ageing demographic, that those beds released by the changes will fill up again very quickly. And there are also concerns that the likes of higher qualified RNs (registered nurses) and LPNs (licensed practical nurses) could be replaced by lower paid care-aids. “Right now, (VCH) is not sure about the net loss of jobs but we’re being told that they’re not hiring a whole bunch of care-aids,” said the BCNU’s regional chair for Richmond and Vancouver, Lauren Vandergronden, an RN. “There is still a lot of concern, however, among the nursing community at Richmond that some of them will be replaced (by careaids). “The employer is meeting with staff every day to talk through what’s happening.” The impending changes to realign inpatient beds at the hospital will “better meet the needs of the community,” said the VCH press release. The bed map redesign — which involves outlining the location and type of each inpatient bed in a hospital and then shifting or amalgamating beds on individual units — has not been done in more than a decade. However, over the last year alone, the hospital saw an eight per cent increase in emergency department visits, which, in turn, has led to an increase in hospital admissions. The redesign has enabled VCH to reinvest

approximately $1.4 million into community services, providing Richmond residents with access to 30 residential care beds at the Delta View Habilitation Centre. This, according to VCH, will help reduce the number of alternate level of care (ALC) patients — usually elderly patients who no longer require acute care but who are waiting for transfer into long-term care or into their homes with appropriate supports — and ease congestion in the health care system. Vandergronden said the hospital may be freeing up acute care beds with the changes, but it poses “huge questions” for the future at the hospital.“It’s just a Band-Aid really and moving these patients to Delta View is not the answer,” she said. The changes will “better align services to meet the care needs for patients in hospital and clients in the community,” said Richmond Hospital’s interim chief operating officer Dermot Kelly. “Our population is changing, and the way we provide health care also needs to change to best care for our patients.” Before deciding what changes to make, the hospital assembled an interdisciplinary team of staff and physicians to examine its current services and how they could be improved. VCH say Delta View will provide a more suitable care setting for patients who no longer require the short-term, intensive level of care provided in a hospital. “While Delta View will help us meet our immediate residential care needs and improve patient flow at Richmond Hospital, we’re continuing to develop a long-term plan to expand residential care capacity in Richmond,” Kelly explained. The realignment will also create two new units: a sub-acute activation unit, which enhances recovery for older adult patients, and a short stay pediatric unit. VCH is reinvesting another $200,000 into strategies designed to improve care and patient flow at the hospital including the introduction of seven-day-per-week frontline nursing leadership; a realignment of nursing, allied and support services to better match resources to patient needs; and the implementation of a new patient flow and discharge planning model.

Artist Vjeko Sager has a mind of his own and will use that to tweet, blog and livestream for a week from a tower in Minoru Plaza, starting Saturday, as part of the Your Kontinent film festival. See story page 7. Photo Submitted

Shooter found not criminally responsible Jennifer Saltman The Province

A man accused of shooting four people at a Richmond banquet hall last year has been found not criminally responsible for his actions by reason of mental disorder. The ruling was made last week in Richmond Provincial Court following a trial. Sukhdeep Singh Sandhu was charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault, recklessly discharging a firearm, unauthorized possession of a firearm and possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm. On Jan. 16, 2013, Sandhu walked into the Riverside Banquet Hall in the 14500block River Road during a party for new members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, pulled out a gun and shot a former high school friend. The target of the shooting was hit in the head, abdomen and thigh. Three other people were injured in the incident. According to reports, Sandhu testified in court during his trial that voices told

Man who shot former friend at banquet hall said voices told him to do it. him to shoot the man. Sandhu has been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. Following the judge’s decision the B.C. Review Board will hold a hearing. Based on the evidence presented at the hearing, the board will issue an order with one of three possible dispositions: absolute discharge, conditional discharge or detention in a psychiatric hospital If Sandhu is released on a conditional discharge or detained, the B.C. Review Board must conduct periodic reviews.

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one in three chance of record flooding along the Lower Fraser River within the next 50 years. “Without major protective improvements, the cost in flood relief and in loss of revenue to all levels of government would be immense, greatly surpassing the cost of major flood events in other parts of Canada in recent years,” the study states. Increasing the dire warning is the impact of climate change that could hasten the 100-plus year flood catastrophes to about four to 10 year intervals. The study predicts that due to shifting climate patterns, sea levels at the mouth of the Fraser River will have risen 1.2 metres by the year 2100. To counter that, an estimated $9.5 billion needs to be spent, with $8.8 billion of that going to protection of the tidal portions of the Lower Fraser River. “If you do the math, we’re talking roughly a $100 million investment a year for the next century to meet the anticipated sea level rise. So, we’re talking about a major commitment,” Pitcairn said. “But we’re not asking for that to happen tomorrow, but let’s start to put a long-term plan

annually. “Considering the Fraser Valley Regional District (FVRD) and Metro Vancouver’s farms generate more than 62 per cent of the province’s gross farm receipts (about $1.6 billion annually), the impact of severe flooding would be significant,” the report states. While long-term flood planning is commendable, local environmentalist and former city council candidate Michael Wolfe said the action being considered has less to do with the environmental protection of communities along the river and more about furthering the industrialization of the Lower Fraser River. “It’s great to have longterm thinking behind economic strategies, where for the most part it has been about short-term gain and benefits,” Wolfe said. But he added that all the warnings about future floods and dealing with them is a way of “enabling industrialization,” while the chamber of commerce has helped facilitate the process by, “giving it an economic purpose to be involved in restructuring the use of the Lower Fraser River through Richmond and Delta.”

in place today.” The long-term future of the Fraser River has been on the chamber’s agenda for some time, said chamber chair Gerard Edwards, adding one way to bring riverrelated issues forward is to raise its profile nationally, something the report does when comparing it to the St. Lawrence Seaway. In 2011, 28.7 million tonnes of Canadian cargo was carried on the MontrealLake Ontario section of the Seaway. In comparison, 26.9 million tonnes of cargo is handled in the Fraser River part of Port Metro Vancouver, according to the report. As far as economic impact, the St. Lawrence was responsible for 63,041 jobs, with 52,900 from the Fraser. “The decision was to create national awareness, not just about the problems of the Fraser, but the impact the river has on us economically, and not just for Richmond, but all the communities along it, for B.C. and the rest of Canada,” Edwards said. But it’s not just flooding in general that is a threat to agriculture in the region, which according to the report accounts for more than 62 per cent of B.C.’s farm sales — an estimated $1.6 billion

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Vjeko Sager’s dream as a child was to live in a lighthouse. The artist, philosopher, curator and teacher at The Emily Carr University of Art and Design was finally given the opportunity to live that dream — although not exactly in a lighthouse — when asked to be this year’s featured artist at Your Kontinent Film and Media Arts Festival. After months of planning with members of Cinevolution and Your Kontinent, Sager will be holed up in a tower in the middle of Minoru Plaza, in which he will isolate himself for seven days. During this period of self-reflection, he will create art in the form of drawing and writing, and share those results through Twitter, blogging, and live stream video. “Maybe it was an unfulfilled dream,” joked Sager as he reflected on the lighthouse inspiration behind his idea. The task of the featured

artist is to commission an original piece that intertwines this year’s festival theme of “Art, Technology, and Humans” with the artist’s own artistic accomplishments. “As an artist, I am always interested in these subjects, specifically in the subject of how technology influences our activity today. I decided to use this technology as a bridge from me being isolated in a tower to communicate with the rest of the world,” said Sager. The tower, which Sager named the “diviNation Tower” is a combination of the two words “divine” and “nation.” Sager will adopt a different persona for each day he’s in the tower, and that persona will guide the work to be produced. His personas embody the various stages of, what he believes is, his own personal evolution. From shaving his facial hair in different ways, to controlling what he eats, each persona will require a change in appearance, diet and behaviour. “It’s going to create

a feeling of a multiple personality disorder, and people will not be sure who I am,” said Sager. Although staying overnight in the tower is a possibility, Sager doesn’t intend for his project to be a performance of endurance. Instead, he hopes the public can view his project as an example of how to use technology to transcend the moment, rather than just be users of it. “I was collecting and editing myself, and my past years of writing, research, sketching, thinking, teaching are now fitting into some kind of flashback that, in seven days, I will see and present.” This isn’t the first time Sager has put on a particularly unique exhibition. Known best for designing exhibitions around what he calls “utopian impossibilities,” this North Shore resident,

who immigrated to Canada in 1994 from Montenegro, makes a personal pilgrimage every 10 years back to his home country in southeastern Europe to explore himself and his art. In his trip back in 2003, Sager tied himself to a rope and jumped into the ocean

applied art program and was one of six applicants in his year to be accepted. “It must be destiny… it found me instead of me finding it,” Sager said. “My universe has been changed since, and I have never lived anywhere but in this world of art.”

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A man arrested in B.C. is being sought for extradition to the U.S. over allegations he was part of a conspiracy to hack into the computers of American defence contractors for secrets relating to military aircraft and weapons systems. On June 27, the U.S. requested the provisional arrest of Su Bin for prosecution in relation to his alleged participation in the conspiracy to unlawfully access computers in the United States. “The conspirators are alleged to have accessed the computer networks of Boeing and other U.S. defence contractors without authorization, and stolen data related to military aircraft and weapons systems,” according to a statement emailed to The Province from the U.S. federal justice department. Bin, also known as Stephen Su, and also known by a third name, Stephen Subin, was arrested in Richmond the following day, June 28. He was held in custody and made a brief appearance in B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver June 30. During another appearance on Wednesday, a bail hearing for Bin was set for July 18. Lyse Cantin, a spokeswoman for the U.S. justice department, declined last week to comment on the case, saying the U.S. complaint about Bin, which apparently originated from California, had been sealed.

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Buzz kill It’s time to talk about the birds and the bees. Unfortunately, the facts of life aren’t all sunny these days. Bee colonies across North America are dying off in shocking numbers. Commercial beekeepers report one quarter to one-third of their bees die every year. That’s alarming. Bees are responsible for pollinating more than 90 per cent of the world’s flowering crops. Without bees, there is no food. A number of studies have recently linked the bee deaths to a neonicotinoid class of insecticides. The insecticides are

widely used on some of North America’s biggest commercial crops, including corn, canola and soybeans. They are also used on many plants sold in commercial nurseries. When bees come into contact with the pesticide through the pollen or nectar of the plants, they suffer damaging effects. The chemical has also been linked to declines in bird populations by killing off birds’ food supplies. The chemicals have already been banned in Europe. This week Ontario became the first province to move towards

greater restriction of their use. Environmental groups in Canada have called on Health Canada to ban the pesticides here, too. Many farmers have opposed that. But as one expert pointed out, if the pesticides kill all the pollinators, there won’t be any crops left to protect. One day, we’ll likely look back on this class of pesticides the same way DDT is considered today. Meanwhile, the birds and the bees and the rest of the planet deserve better. It’s time for the government to act.

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wind from time to time he weather can get — Hurricane Roke’s last you killed. OddThoughts gasps (no longer officially We don’t worry a hurricane by the time it too much about tornadoes Bob in this neck of the woods. got to us) blew through in Groeneveld About all we get around here 2011, and the enigmatically is the odd dust devil… which named “2006 Central Pacific admittedly, sometimes can Cyclone” is believed to have throw up enough dust to irritate the eyes. hit our coast at hurricane force, but is not I’ve also seen a couple of twisters strong recorded in any hurricane database — not as a enough to cause ripe apples to drop from their hurricane, at least. trees. So much for windstorms. And once, I saw an ominous finger pointing But rain… ah, yes! Rain. We got rain. out of a cloud — the beginnings of what By the bucket. By the barrel. Cats and would have been a real, honest-to-goodness dogs would be a welcome relief. Flooded tornado — but it just kind of pointed here basements. Swamped carports. Inundated and there, withdrew back into the cloud, fields. re-emerged tentatively, and then apparently Overflowing ditches sometimes make a decided not to bother. piece of road here or there impassable. We do get hurricanes — very occasionally. And washouts. That’s the real issue with In fact, the only real hurricane on record is rain around here. Typhoon Freda, which smashed through the We tend not to get the Manitoba-style area in 1962 with “major hurricane” force. floods. The Mighty Fraser, except for a rare That’s not to say we don’t get a bit of nasty tantrum, like 1894 and 1948 (and a couple of

petulant near-misses since), is an easygoing mistress compared to the Red and her prairie sisters. But local streams bolstered by water from the sky can wash out roads. Bridges and culverts can get swept away by one of those pineapple expresses the Americans send over from Hawaii to remind us that they don’t appreciate that we live in a safer, far more beautiful place than they do. If you’re not careful, you can drive into one of those washouts. Or if you’re really unlucky, the road could wash out from under you. It’s happened, but the reality is, rain or wind, you have a better chance of winning a major lottery than you have of being dispatched by either of those weather menaces. But heat. There’s a nasty one — made nastier by the fact that we welcome its rare appearance in our relatively warmish-winter/ coolish-summer west coast marine climate. We’re not used to heat around here. “Blue skies” is a euphemism for easy living, for our

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Students underfunded — a fact Open letter to Linda Reid, MLA, increases, carbon tax, increases to wages — most This past school year I taught a child, who because notably CUPE’s wage increase in the fall of 2013, of deficits in his/her ability to process receptive and BCTF’s in 2006 — hydro increases, gas increases, expressive language, scored in the first percentile for inflationary items such as school supplies), and now his/her age range. Changes made to the ministry’s costs associated with seismic upgrading. This past criteria for designation of spring an unprecedented his/her disability means that number of districts made he/she does not qualify for any I experience on a daily basis, cuts to programs, supports, additional support. This is a supplies, personnel, and first hand, the results of what infrastructures in order to child who is unable to speak or to process what he/she has balance their budgets. This is the past decade of cuts to heard. At the beginning of my not conjecture; this is a fact. education has done. career, this child would have Learning Improvement Funds been fully supported. Now, are a small step, but since their he/she is lucky to receive creation, have been open to help from a speech language misuse both by government, pathologist once every two weeks. This is not which recently used the LIF to fund CUPE’s June conjecture; this is a fact. 2014 collective agreement, and by school district A colleague who works in an inner city classroom management teams that award funds to schools who in Vancouver had nine children in her class of did not apply for funds and deny them to schools who 22 who are ministry-designated students with a did. This is not conjecture; this is a fact. I’ve been teaching for 20 years. I experience on range of learning difficulties, physical, and mental a daily basis, first hand, the results of what the past challenges. Nine. There are thousands — thousands — of stories like these; these classrooms exist. These decade of cuts to education has done. The “best possible deal for teachers” includes better supports children exist. This is not conjecture; this is a fact. for students. I do not know how this can be made Rather than facing these facts head-on, they any clearer and is something government cannot are ignored, and swept aside by rhetoric that continue to choose to ignore. education funding has increased — the problem is, Sharon Hales it hasn’t kept up. The fact is, government routinely Richmond downloads costs onto school districts (MSP rate

Beware of rules The Editor, On Thursday July 10, my wife and I had a double appointment with an ophthalmic physician and surgeon at Central Square in Richmond We were advised it would take one and a half hours. Nowhere could we see a parking meter or notice of parking times. When we returned to our car a parking ticket was attached to our windscreen. We then found out that the limit was half an hour. That information was

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Bon Odori Festival: Saturday, July 19th, 2014 Gates open at 4:00 pm Dancing from 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm Obon Memorial Service: Sunday, July 20th, 2014 from 10:30 am Location: Steveston Buddhist Temple Address: 4360 Garry St. Richmond, BC V7E 2V2 Contact: (604) 277-2323 • Email: sbt@shawlink.ca The Steveston Buddhist Temple announces the commemoration and celebration of the Obon Service and Bon Odori on the weekend of July 19th and 20th, 2014. The Bon Odori Festival will be held on Saturday, July 19th with gates opening at 4:00 pm with dancing beginning at 5:00 pm. Under the canopy of bright Japanese Lanterns strung above the ‘Yagura’ stage in the center, the Bon Dance Festival begins with dancers dressed brightly in “yukata” (summer kimonos) forming a large circle and dancing the traditional Japanese folk dances to the beat of the Taiko drums. Complimenting the dancing and music are the many food booths and games and attractions for the whole family. We would like to invite the public to join us in this most festive of events as the Bon Odori dancers in their festive yukatas dance in gratitude and joy, a truly colourful and musical event showcasing the Japanese Buddhist Culture. The Obon service will be held on the following morning, Sunday, July 20th starting at 10:30 am. The Obon service is a service in which we express our joy and gratitude to our ancestors for all they have sacrificed during their life so that we could lead the life that we have today.

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ost people would agree that our anger is a negative, rather than a positive, state. It’s a feeling that is typically associated with having hostile thoughts, bodily arousal and negative behaviors. Anger usually develops in response to the actions taken by people whom we perceive to be disrespectful, threatening or neglectful to us or others. When our anger gets out of control it can become extremely destructive and unhealthy. Our uncontrollable anger can often lead to serious problems at work, personal relationships, and in our family. Our anger may also undermine our overall quality of life and our health. Angry thoughts may be accompanied by muscle tension, headaches or an increased heart rate. On the other hand, anger also has survival benefits, and forms part of our fight or flight brain response to a perceived threat or harm. It inspires powerful feelings and behaviors, which allow us to fight and to defend ourselves when we are attacked. A certain amount of anger, therefore, is necessary to our survival. However, we can’t physically lash out at every person that irritates or annoys us. We know

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that laws, social expectations and norms, as well as good common sense place limits on our anger responses. Why do we get angry? Anger results from a combination of the trigger event (ie. being cut off in traffic), the qualities of the individual (the individual’s characteristics and personality traits), and the person’s evaluation of the situation. Anger can be caused by both external and internal factors in our life. We could be angry at a speciﬁc person (such as one’s partner or colleague) or event (missing the bus). Alternatively, our anger could be caused by worrying about our personal problems such as ﬁnances or relationships. Memories of traumatic events can also trigger angry feelings. Why should I attend an anger management group? The destructive display of anger produced through one family member in the home becomes a teaching platform for children. Our children are affected by the anger witnessed in the family and act it out in their own unique way, whether they cringe in silence with resentment or act out their anger on others. Children from angry families most often pick up anxiety, frustration and agitation as a response to circumstances which can’t be appropriately tolerated. Ultimately, the child learns to lash out in

anger because one of their parents acted that way. An anger management group teaches men the tools necessary to cope with frustration, stress, anger, and conﬂict in an assertive manner. Groups also provide men with an opportunity to learn from the successes and shortcomings of other group members and to foster an environment of acceptance and responsibility. Touchstone Family Association is offering a psychoeducational group for men who have anger issues, particularly those who have been abusive, physically or verbally, to their partners and/or children. “Men, Anger, and the Family” is a nine-week group being offered three times per year. The group is ideal for men in current intimate relationships or men who are caregivers to minors. Referrals are accepted primarily from the Ministry of Children and Family Development in Richmond however self-referrals, by phone, are also welcomed. An intake interview with all prospective clients takes place prior to the ﬁrst session. If you or someone you know is interested in attending this free group, please contact Touchstone Family Association at 604-279-5599. Visit us at: www.touchstonefamily.ca by Nir Yahav, M.A., Registered Clinical Counsellor, Touchstone Family Association

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Mayor Malcolm Brodie congratulates students from Jessie Wowk who proved small changes in their daily lives can add up to big reductions in green house gas emissions. The students won the city’s 2014 Climate Change Showdown. Photo submitted

‘Green’ actions win award Simple actions can curb climate change. The Grade 4/5 class from Jessie Wowk elementary clearly demonstrated that by taking first place in Richmond’s 2014 Climate Change Showdown which teaches students about climate change and the many things people can do to address the problem. “These young leaders are an inspiration to our community,” said Mayor Malcolm Brodie. “By demonstrating how simple actions easily reduce greenhouse gas emissions, they encourage others to follow in their sustainable footsteps.” On average, each student from the class reduced their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 1.85 tonnes, which equalled a

class total of 50 tonnes. The winning class was recognized at the June 23 city council meeting, where Brodie presented the group with a certificate of sustainability. The 2014 Climate Change Showdown program involved 19 classrooms and more than 500 elementary school students throughout Richmond. Through simple actions such as walking and biking to school, adjusting car tire pressure, turning off unused appliances, participating students and their families prevented 397 tonnes of GHGs from going into the atmosphere – the equivalent of 10,000 tree seedlings capturing carbon dioxide emissions over 10 years.

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Sculptors’ friendship forged in bronze Philip Raphael

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Their friendship has endured for as long as their professional lives as sculptors, which after close to 50 years shows no signs of ending anytime soon. So, for Richmond’s Alex Schick, 69, and Cliff Vincenzi, 66, the opportunity to once more be featured in the same art show adds just another page in their storied past. Their work will be on display July 31 to Aug. 4 in the Sculptors’ Society of BC’s Summer Exhibition at Van Dusen Gardens in Vancouver. While they both graduated two years apart from Richmond secondary, they only got to know each other well when they attended Vancouver School of Art in 1968 and began setting up studio space. “Then we really got to know each other when we lived in Gastown, illegally in our studio,” Vincenzi said laughing. “Twenty-five bucks a month,” Schick says with a smile. “It was $5 for electricity. One light bulb.” “And you’d share a bathroom with 10 to 15 people,” Vincenzi quipped. Vincenzi had earned a scholarship from Richmond secondary which encouraged his parents to accept their son’s career path. “My dad wanted me to be a fireman because he was one. But the fact I got a scholarship to go to art school, he thought maybe something will come out if it,” Vincenzi said, who had thoughts of becoming a commercial artist when he enrolled at the Vancouver School of Art. “But that quickly changed when I saw the senior (art school) sculptors working on the

My brother and I were drawing ever since we were little kids. Anything that was an open space on a newspaper or anything, I’d draw on it. - Alex Schick human form,” he said. “From then, I knew that was all I wanted to do.” Students had to wait until second year to enrol in sculpture classes, but the instructor spied the young Vincenzi in the classroom, watching the older students at work and encouraged him give it a try. “He inspired me, because the first year you usually take drawing, painting, printmaking, that kind of stuff to give you a feel for where you want to go. And I just knew sculpture is what I wanted. “Then I stayed there seven years, and it’s a four-year course,” Vincenzi said, adding in the latter years he was using the art school as a studio since it had a foundry where bronze could be poured. For Schick, the road to art school was a little less direct. “My brother and I were drawing ever since we were little kids. Anything that was an open space on a newspaper or anything, I’d draw on it,” said Schick, whose creations are featured in many major corporate collections, as well as the Embassy of the Bahamas and the Canadian Embassy in Washington, DC. “But as far as me being an artist as a career, my parents and pretty nobody thought it would happen. I was

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Richmond sculptors Alex Schick and Cliff Vincenzi have known and worked with each other for close to 50 years and will both be showing their works at Van Dusen Gardens at the end of July. Photo by Philip Raphael/Richmond News constantly being told, ‘You’ll never make it.’” Then, the two met and became contemporaries and friends. “When I walked through the modelling area where Cliff was working, I saw his sculpture and thought, holy smokes, there’s someone here who’s got talent,” Schick said. At the school the pair mastered the intricate art of bronze casting. “It’s so technical that you either hate it or you love it,” Vincenzi said. “It’s a real

challenge. So many things can go wrong.” But it’s that entire process — from conception to finished product that keep the pair’s creative desire stoked. “It’s the whole journey,” Schick said. “From the first step off the bike to the walk up the mountain, and the pilgrimage to the top.” The Sculptors’ Society of British Columbia’s Summer Exhibition runs July 31 to Aug. 4 at Van Dusen Gardens (5152 Oak Street).

Author’s travels explore Chinese roots Maranda Wilson

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Richmond author Venus Tan, 76, publishes new book after yet another visit to China.

Her footprints are said to be all over Taiwan and mainland China, thanks to her extensive travels in the last 22 years. Venus Tan, a 76-year-old author and Richmond resident, has returned to China a total of 12 times in an attempt to uncover the roots of Chinese civilization and satisfy her passion for what she calls “lifelong education.” In her latest book, Xi’an Wo DuXing, she chronicles her most recent trip back to China in 2012 where she journeyed to understand her own cultural heritage in Shanxi. The book, written in Chinese,

records many of the thoughts, feelings and conversations she experienced during her period of self-discovery. The work also includes Tan’s poetry and photographs of Chinese relics. Thanks to the help of a friend, Sophia Zhang, Tan was due to speak at the Richmond Public Library’s Authors in Our Midst program, July 14 at 2 p.m. to launch her new book. “Venus’ passion about Asian culture, cultural roots, and Chinese history moved me to approach Richmond Public Library about having her be a part of Authors in our Midst said Zhang, who has known Tan since 2010 and has worked with her to hold poetry recitals

as well as meet poets from around the world. Although this is her first book published in mainland China, Tan is a seasoned author who has published more than 12 literary and educational books, such as Education For The Whole Brain By Unity of the Left and Right Brains. She was also the recipient of the Golden Tripod Award, Taiwan’s most prestigious publishing award. Tan, who was born in 1938 in Guiyang, Guizhou Province, spent her childhood in Chongqing and Taiwan. She began teaching at age 18 and immigrated to Vancouver in 1992, at age 59, where she remains an active

Chinese teacher and member of numerous Chinese literacy societies. “It’s interesting how a woman of her age and in this stage of her life wants to share this book and her experiences with people” said Shelley Civkin, communications officer at the Richmond Public Library. The Authors in Our Midst program is about celebrating local authors and their works, and giving people in our community an opportunity to meet authors,” Civkin added. Although Tan will be presenting in Mandarin, Authors in Our Midst offers other programs in English as well as Cantonese.

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Strong Richmond hoops for B.C. Games

Richmond will be very well-represented when 3x3 basketball makes its debut at the B.C. Summer Games in Nanaimo. The Games get underway on Thursday and conclude Sunday with over 3,200 participants competing in 19 sports. Three-on-three basketball has been included, along with the regular 5x5 version thanks to its tremendous growth that has seen traditional pick-up games turned into organized competition. FIBA, the International governing body for basketball, hopes to add 3x3 basketball to the Olympics as early as 2020. In Nanaimo, the 3x3 game will be played at the U13 level – with the oldest players having just finished grade 7. Richmond players scooped up all but two spots on the Zone 4 (RichmondDelta-Burnaby-New West) team. The group is led by three highly respected coaches who have made a significant impact on basketball in the city over the last two decades. Both the girls and boys teams are coached by Chris Kennedy and assisted by Sean Berda and Trish Nicholson. The trio first first worked together at McRoberts secondary close to 20 years ago, and have been preparing their teams for the Games. “It has been great working with Sean and Trish” says Kennedy, “In just a few weeks both the boys and

girls teams have really gelled and we should have a lot of fun at the Games.” The girls Zone 4 team has more experience, with seven girls entering Grade 8 in September. They include Richmond’s Bella Roberts, Jayna Wilson, Kara Moscovitz, Olivia Tweedlie, Emma Wallace and Morgan Flynn. They are joined by underage players Elizabeth Kennedy and Kate Carkner. On the boys side all but one of the players are underaged including U12’s Ian Kern, Apaar Sahota, Sargun Singh, Jordan Si and Nicholas Berda. They are joined by U11 Nicholas Kennedy and U10 guard Marcos Esteban. “The challenge for the boys will be size” says Kennedy. “We are quick, but 3x3 is a half-court game and with so many young players are mostly guards, we will need to hit a lot of outside shots to be competitive. “Outside of playing in a high school provincial tournament, the B.C. Summer Games is the biggest event in the province, so it is a wonderful experience for these young players to have – all before any of them have even entered Grade 8. “It would be great to do well, but a huge part of next week is the experience. They don’t fully realize what a big deal the Summer Games will be.”

National camp date for hockey stars A pair of former Greater Vancouver Canadians standouts are headed to Canada’s National Junior Hockey Team Summer Development Camp. Goaltender Tristan Jarry and forward Nic Petan are among 41 players invited to the six day camp — slated for Aug. 3-8 in Montreal and Sherbrooke. Both were key members of the Canadians during the 2010-11 B.C. Major Midget Hockey League season and went on to enjoy outstanding careers in the Western Hockey League. Petan led the Canadians in scoring that year with 49 points in 35 games, while Jarry was among the league’s top goaltenders. Greater Vancouver reached the semisee INVITEES › page 22

The Richmond basketball contingent lined up ahead of their participation in this weekend’s B.C. Summer Games in Nanaimo, Vancouver Island.

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McMath student bags silver at rowing B.C.s Sarah Perry now heads to Summer Games this week

Richmond’s Sarah Perry, right, gives a thumbs up with doubles partner Audrey Tsai after finishing second at the BC Rowing Championships at Elk Lake on Vancouver Island.

Sarah Perry, a Grade 10 McMath secondary student, placed second in the Junior Women’s A division at the BC Championships held at Elk Lake on Vancouver Island this past weekend July 11-13. Sarah participated in a doubles event with partner Audrey Tsai, who is from Vancouver. The girls were in tough against competition from rowing clubs throughout the province. Sarah has been rowing for a year at

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‹ from page 21 finals before drop a heartbreaking series to semi-final series to eventual Western Canadian champion Vancouver Northwest Giants. Petan, who grew in North Delta and played at the Bantam AAA level for the North Shore Winter Club, enjoyed three productive seasons in Portland, finishing second in league scoring this past season with 113 points in 63 games, despite missing some time to play for Canada at the World Junior Championships. He was taken 43rd overall by the Winnipeg Jets in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft. Taken with the 42nd overall pick in the same draft by the Pittsburgh was Jarry, thanks to his stellar play with the Edmonton Oil Kings. He backstopped his team to the Memorial Cup championship this past spring that included a 16-4-1 record in the WHL playoffs with a 2.19 goals against average and a .925 save percentage. Jarry played his minor hockey in North Delta before joining the Canadians. The Oil Kings route to the national title included a dramatic seven game series win over Petan’s Winterhawks in the WHL finals. Jarry made 32 saves in the deciding game. The national team summer camp will feature four goaltenders, 12 defencemen and 25 forwards, was selected by Ryan Jankowski, head scout of men’s national teams for Hockey Canada, along with Hockey Canada vicepresident of hockey operations and national teams Scott Salmond and the Program of Excellence management group, including Sean Burke and Bruce Hamilton. Jankowski will continue to monitor these players and other potential candidates during the first few months of the 2014-15 season and at the CHL Subway Super Series to determine who will be invited to Canada’s National Junior Team selection camp in December. In total, 22 players will be selected to represent Canada at the 2015 IIHF World Junior Championship, Dec. 26, 2014 to Jan. 5, 2014 in Montreal and Toronto. Canada’s National Junior Team Sport Chek Summer Development Camp attendees will gather in Brossard at the Montreal Canadiens’ practice facility for practices on Aug. 3 before playing the national junior teams of the Czech Republic and Russia.

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s the weather warms up with a vegetarian alternative and daylight lasts longer, such as homemade bean or having a barbecue or tofu burgers. If this idea has EatWell picnic becomes more popular you feeling a bit skeptical, try Katie Huston and appealing. We are fortunate making burgers with a mixture to have many places in the city of beans and lean ground meat of Richmond where we can as a creative compromise. 3.) Include whole grains for a fiber boost. enjoy a meal outside with a beautiful view. Many people don’t eat enough fiber, and fiber But whether it’s a picnic at Garry Point or a barbeque in your own backyard, often the first has several proven health benefits. Choosing meals and snacks that come to mind aren’t whole grain options such as whole grain the healthiest choices. Of course we should buns, breads, wraps or pitas, rather than their enjoy treats in moderation, but as outdoor refined counterparts, can help you meet your meals become more frequent, it is helpful to fiber needs. have some tips and strategies to make them 4.) Don’t ignore food safety. As the more nutritious. I often get asked by clients temperature goes up, so does the potential for some ideas to make their summer meals for food borne illnesses. Hot weather is healthy and enjoyable. Here are my top tips the perfect condition for harmful bacteria for healthy summer eating: to grow and many people are less likely to 1.) Remember to include vegetables, and follow proper food safety precautions when don’t be afraid to get creative! Whether it’s cooking and enjoying outdoor meals. It’s important to keep food cold, cook foods vegetable skewers, grilled vegetable toppings on burgers or sandwiches, or new and exciting to the correct internal temperature, avoid cross-contamination between raw and cooked salad recipes, including vegetables can be foods, and wash hands and cooking utensils fun and delicious. Better yet, try to include thoroughly. Visit HealthLink BC’s website at a few different types of vegetables. Research http://www.healthlinkbc.ca/healthfeatures/ shows that the more variety we have, the summerfoodsafety.html for more information more we eat, so having a variety of vegetables prepared and available may help you eat more on summer food safety. With a few creative modifications and vegetables this summer. attention to some important details, summer 2.) Make your own burger patties or grill eating can be fun, healthy, safe and delicious. a fresh lean cut of meat or fish, instead of choosing pre-made burger patties or hot dogs. So get out there and enjoy some nutritious outdoor cooking, and don’t forget the This can significantly reduce the fat and salt sunscreen! content, and also help keep the portion size Katie Huston is a registered dietitian. Check reasonable. You could even go one step further out her website at www.katiehustonrd.com. and skip the meat altogether, and replace it

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