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The Richmond Review • Page 3 David Cooper photo Sara Holt (Esmerelda Superspy), a Richmond High grad, and Ian Gschwind (Goober) teach kids to reduce waste in ‘Zero Heroes.’ The play tours Richmond schools Oct. 1 to 7.
Theatre troupe inspires kids to think green Actors have fun with solid waste management in Zero Heroes by Christine Lyon Staff Reporter Esmerelda Superspy is an environmental superhero intent on saving the planet from the destructive forces of her archnemesis—the evil Dr. Carbon. In her latest adventure, the blue-haired planet protector heads to the dump. It’s filling up with garbage at an alarming rate and Esmerelda has a hunch Dr. Carbon might be responsible. Richmond elementary school students can follow Esmerelda and her trusty sidekick Goober on their enviro-mission in Zero Heroes, the latest production from DreamRider Theatre. The Lower Mainland acting troupe delivers environmentally friendly messages to school children through plays. Zero Heroes will tour 10 Richmond elementary schools from Oct. 1 to 7. Sara Holt plays the role of Esmerelda. A product of the Richmond school system, Holt graduated from Richmond High in 1995 and recalls educational theatre groups performing at her first alma mater—Thompson
Elementary School. “I definitely remember getting loaded into the gym and seeing these crazy people run around and have a great time,” she says. She would think to herself: “What a great job, why would anyone want to do anything else?” Holt graduated from Langara College’s Studio 58 program and never thought she could combine her love of acting with her environmental commitment until she joined DreamRider in 2001. “I think that’s why I’ve stuck with it for so long, because both of my passions are in one job,” she says. Kids are a notoriously tough audience and holding their attention for a 45-minute show can be a challenge. “You do have to tailor your performance and really be clear and really be present with those kids,” Holt said. “[Children] are so quick to leave you in the dust if they don’t like you.” For a kids’ performer, there’s nothing worse than looking out at 400 children playing with their shoelaces.
But the DreamRider team has found a way to engage any eight-yearold in heavy issues like solid waste management and consumerism. “We keep [the shows] very visual, with lots of song and dance and lots of silly jokes,” Holt explains.
“We’re really trying to bring that awareness to the kids so that when they’re out shopping with their parents they say ‘Hey, maybe we don’t need to put the apples in a plastic bag.’” - Sarah Holt In Zero Heroes the actors invite six kids on stage to sing and dance with “the lady in pink,” Mrs. G, about the cycle of consuming. Dancing mircro-organisms and Goober’s frequent on stage tumbles get the students laughing.
“The kids are totally enjoying what we’re doing and then the message comes in the moments in between the craziness,” Holt says. Judging by the number of letters DreamRider receives from inspired kids and teachers who have noticed less litter on the playground, the message does get across. Zero Heroes also complements the curriculum and helps teachers launch into the subject of waste or composting. Founded by theatre artists Ian Gschwind and Vanessa LeBourdais, DreamRider performs up to 300 shows a year to 60,000 students across the Lower Mainland. Their free-forschools performances are funded by municipalities and subsidized through fundraising and grants. The group recently finished a tour of Keep Cool, which also featured Esmerelda, Goober and Dr. Carbon, but focused on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Zero Heroes is meant to raise awareness of unnecessary waste. “We’re really trying to bring that awareness to the kids so that when they’re out shopping with their parents they say ‘Hey, maybe we don’t need to put the apples in a plastic bag,’” said Holt. The mother of two says she has the best job in the world. “I’m sending a super positive message about saving the world, making the world a better place for my babies, and I’m getting enthusiastic response from 400 kids, two shows a day, five shows a week.”
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Novex delivers zero emissions Courier company acquires first electric trucks in Canada by Christine Lyon Staff Reporter
Region needs to preserve farmland By Harold Steves The Dave Barrett NDP Government established the BC Agricultural Harold Steves Land Reserve Councillor (ALR) 37 years ago to save farmland. Now the Metro Vancouver regional district’s Agriculture Committee has drafted a 52-page food security strategy to promote locally grown food, help save the farmers and guarantee enough nutritious food for our growing population. As chair of the Metro Vancouver Agriculture Committee today, and MLA for Richmond in 1973, I am pleased to have assisted with both projects. In 1973 we produced 86 per cent of our vegetables and small fruit. Today we produce 43 per cent — exactly half the proportion we produced in 1973. The BC Ministry of Agriculture says we will need an additional 240,000 acres of irrigated farmland in this region by 2025 if we are going to feed our growing population. Yet the same forces of economic growth that were devouring farmland in 1973 are gobbling up our farmland today. The new South Fraser Perimeter Road is consuming 240 acres of farmland in Delta and Surrey. Port Metro Vancouver wants 2,600 acres for port expansion. They
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have already bought the 227 acre Gilmore Farm in East Richmond. To stop the further erosion of farmland, our strategy proposes a Regional Farmland Trust that would buy threatened farmland not in the ALR to replace any farmland removed from the reserve. The trust would lease it back to young farmers, and provide allotment and community gardens. Those who destroy farmland must replace it. Surrey requires a two acre replacement for every acre lost. Richmond already has allotment and community gardens and North America’s first Farm School at Terra Nova. If Port Metro Vancouver and the BC Provincial Highways Ministry had to put $1,000,000 per acre, industrial value, into the Farmland Trust, they wouldn’t use agricultural land. However, the main thrust of the food security report is to make local agriculture more viable by increasing local food production to supply the growing number of farmers markets and support new distribution and processing businesses. The report recommends that special agricultural enterprise zones should be set up on industrial land to give new processors a tax break until they get established, as more farms come into local food production. Food processors would be major employers in a new green economy.
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Eddy Tondowsky climbs into the cab of his threeton delivery truck, turns the key in the ‘ignition’ and the vehicle gently hums to life. He is behind the wheel of one of two 100-percent electric trucks acquired by Richmond’s Novex Delivery Solutions last June. The batterypowered three-ton trucks are the first of their kind in Canada. A digital screen above the windshield indicates the battery is 99-per-cent charged as Tondowsky pulls out of the Novex parking lot onto Viking Way and makes a right onto Cambie Road. He coasts along in the righthand lane as a diesel furniture delivery truck rumbles past on his left. Tondowsky, a dispatcher at Novex, says the
electric trucks are more pleasant to drive than diesel ones. “The most obvious difference is the noise—the lack of noise...there’s no fumes, there’s no smell there’s no stink,” he said. The almost-silent motor is ideal for late-night deliveries at hospitals and other noise sensitive areas. A red light turns green and the vehicle accelerates quickly, producing the same gentle hum. “It’s louder in the cab right now than it is outside. The noise you’re hearing, you can maybe hear a quarter of that outside,” Tondowsky says. Fuel savings is another plus. It costs $12 to recharge the truck battery for eight hours, but upwards of $75 to fill the gas tank on a similar-
sized diesel truck. The main drawback of going electric is distance limits. On a full charge, the truck can cover 200 kilometres. Speed-wise, it tops out at 95 kilometres per hour, so excessive highway driving is out of the question. “What kills this thing is speed; the faster you go the faster the battery drains,” Tondowsky says. If the battery dies, everything shuts down and the truck will need a tow. It’s happened before, Tondowsky says. The stop-and-start motion of city driving is ideal, since the truck’s regenerative brakes charge up the battery. “As long as you keep this thing in town— Vancouver, Burnaby, Richmond, New West, that type of thing—it’s perfect. By the time it
City Appointments 2011 Richmond City Council wishes to fill vacancies on the following Advisory Committees/Boards: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Advisory Committee on the Environment Agricultural Advisory Committee Aquatic Services Board Athletic Commission Board of Variance Child Care Development Advisory Committee Community Services Advisory Committee Economic Advisory Committee Family Court and Youth Justice Committee Gateway Theatre Society Board Heritage Commission Intercultural Advisory Committee Museum Society Board Parking Advisory Committee Public Art Advisory Committee Public Library Board Seniors Advisory Committee Sister City Committee YVR Aeronautical Noise Management Committee YVR Environmental Advisory Committee
Persons interested in serving the community, in a voluntary capacity, on any of the above advisory bodies are invited to submit an application, along with a resume, to the attention of: Gail Johnson, Manager Legislative Services, City Clerk’s Office, no later than Friday, October 8, 2010. Please refer to the website address noted below for the staff contact and information on the purpose or mandate of these committees. Sue Halsey-Brandt Councillor
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Application forms can be obtained at the Information Desk, Main Floor, Richmond City Hall, 6911 No. 3 Road, or on the City website at www.richmond.ca/cityhall/ council/boards/advisory.htm.
comes back it’s down to about 20, 25 per cent— you just plug it in again,” said Tondowsky. After a 10-minute jaunt around East Richmond the battery is down to 95 per cent and Tondowsky heads back to Novex. The two electric trucks are part of Novex’s 95-vehicle fleet, 25 of which are hybrids. Most of the fleet is one ton and under. With a US$190,000 price tag, an electric truck is almost three times the cost of a diesel truck, and has an expected payback time of 10 years. Richmond Coun. Ken Johnston is president of the courier company, which specializes in same-day delivery service across Metro Vancouver. The company underwent a cultural shift in 2003, he says. “We decided that we were going to take a direction that was more responsible for sustainability and the environment, which was odd for a courier company, which is usually grimy and dirty and spewing fuel,” he said. That’s when Novex added the hybrid vehicles and earned its ISO 14001 environmental management certification. Novex bought the electric trucks from Smith Electric in Kansas City. The company is also part of a project to acquire electric Ford Transits and the Nissan LEAF. “We have a commitment to change our fleet over to 100-per-cent alternative fuel by 2015,” said Johnston. “We just believe it’s the direction that the industry’s going.” The main cost associated with going electric is battery repair and maintenance. The trucks each have 72 battery packs, and technology is rapidly progressing. Johnston expects battery prices to come down, making electric vehicles more affordable for everyone. He hopes other courier companies will follow suit to help the province reach its emissions reduction target of 33 per cent by 2020.
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The Richmond Review • Page 5 Todd Coyne photo Grades 6 and 7 Quilchena Elementary students show off their Bokashi compost bucket at school Tuesday.
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Contributor Bokashi composting may be the next big “growth” industry in the world of green—and Richmond elementary schools are leading the charge. Unlike traditional composting in which plant materials are stored in a bin and turned from time to time while the organic matter breaks down into soil over several months, Bokashi composting is a much faster process. All food waste—including meat, bones, dairy, bread and just about anything edible—is put into a bucket and “pickled” with a sprinkle of special micro-organisms called Bokashi. Invented in Japan in the 1980s, the secret of Bokashi—which, roughly translated, means “fermented organic matter”—is in the “pickling” action of its micro-organisms. When spread over food waste at eight- to 10-centimetre deep intervals in an airtight container, these organisms ferment the contents rather than simply allowing them to rot as in a traditional compost bin. The result is no foul smell, no insects and no lengthy decomposition time—even with non-organic foods like meats and cheese. According to Vancouver’s self-professed “Bokashi Man” Al Pasternak, that makes Bokashi composting perfect for condo-dwellers or those with limited to no yard space who, nonetheless, want to reduce their environmental footprint by composting in their homes. Perfect too, it seems, for Richmond
elementary schools, with Quilchena, Ferris, Grauer and Maple Lane elementaries all boasting in-classroom Bokashi programs this year. Once filled, the Bokashi container does need to be dumped into a garden or standard compost bin for the final stage of its transition into soil. But the Bokashi advantage is that once transferred from the bucket, the Bokashi waste is typically ready to be planted in within about a month, starting a new growth-cycle much quicker than standard yard composting. “When it comes out of the bucket, the food looks exactly the same as when it went in but its chemical structure has changed completely because it’s now a pickled leftover onion or whatever it is. It’s infused with the microbes that do the pickling and it’s more wet but you’ve got no smell and it doesn’t attract fruit flies,” Pasternak said. “Bones won’t necessarily break down in the bin but they won’t smell and won’t attract critters once they go into the compost, and after they come out of the Bokashi they’re much more pliable and, if you did have a lot, could be easily broken up in the garden with a shovel blade,” he added. According to Quilchena principal Ric Pearce, his school’s student-run Bokashi program fills as many as four 20-litre buckets of food waste each month. “We have small buckets in each classroom and then in one of our storage rooms we have one of the larger buckets,” Pearce said. “We have a group of kids that go around and gather it up every lunch and
put it into the big bucket and put the Bokashi on it and then deliver the small buckets back.” Once the school’s four rotating large buckets are filled, they deliver them to the Terra Nova community gardens where some Quilchena classes go every two weeks to plant, tend and harvest their crop of strawberries, peas, potatoes and sunflowers, Pearce said. Last year, Quilchena’s Bokashi program delivered 43 28-pound buckets of food waste to Terra Nova, according to Pearce. That’s approximately 1,204 pounds, or over a half-tonne, of food waste diverted from area landfills and turned into nutrient-rich soil and a learning opportunity for Richmond schoolchildren. Pasternak, who may the only homegrown cultivator of Bokashi in Metro Vancouver, supplies Quilchena with its Bokashi blend and delivered a refill of the microorganisms on Tuesday. “I’ve been supplying Quilchena with their Bokashi for the past year and there may be another supplier in Richmond because Bokashi is very popular in the school system there, but I believe the other supplier’s source comes from back east,” he said. “But it’s very easy to make yourself and then put onto any dry medium from coffee grounds to wheat bran to pencil shavings even.” And pencil shavings are a resource that one young, enterprising Grade 6 student assured Pasternak that Quilchena Elementary has an endless, and potentially lucrative, surplus of.
Asphalt paving advisory August 25 – September 30 The City of Richmond has contracted Imperial Paving Ltd. to grind and pave the following locations in Richmond from August 25 to September 30, 2010: • 6000 Block of No. 4 Road Hours of work will be: • Daytime work (Monday to Saturday): 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Traffic will be reduced to single-lane alternating at times, and may be subject to temporary lane closures. Delays may occur. The use of an alternate route is strongly encouraged. Residents are asked to please not park vehicles in the immediate area during paving. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. This work is weather dependent and dates are subject to change without notice. Questions may be directed to Wasim Memon, Supervisor, Engineering Inspections, at 604-276-4189, or visit the City’s RoadWorks section on-line at http://www.richmond.ca/services/rdws/projects/2010Paving_Program.htm
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A warm welcome Richard Lam photo A green way to clean out the coat closet: Bronwyn Bailey, marketing director at Lansdowne Centre (left) and Connie Smith, manager at Black Bond Books, hope to fill this chest with warm coats during the annual Coats for Kids drive on until the end of October. Coats, which will be distributed to children in need, can be dropped off at Black Bond or at the mall’s customer service desk.
This weekend is Culture Days Richmond’s arts and culture community is opening doors for visitors Saturday and Sunday. More than 35 events are now registered in Richmond for Culture Days, more than any other municipality in B.C. Locals have a chance to explore their creative side by participating in free, hands-on, interactive activities that provide a glimpse into the lives of local artists, historians, architects and other creative producers. For a list of activities planned in Richmond, visit culturedays.ca.
FedEx announces carbon cut commitment
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FedEx Canada has announced the appointment of a new president, Lisa Lisson, who, in turn, made an announcement of her own Thursday at the Vancouver International Airport. Lisson, an 18-year veteran of the company and the first Canadian woman to hold the role of president, announced that by 2011, the Canadian FedEx Express fleet of five 727 aircraft would be replaced with five newer generation 757
planes in a move that the company said will cut carbon emissions and fuel consumption by up to 47 per cent on every package carried. A pair of the new planes became operational in August and the other three are expected to be up and running by early next year, FedEx Canada said in a press release. FedEx currently flies an estimated 16,000 kilometres per day within Canada, according to the release.
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Christine Lyon photo Senior lab technician Peter Baetz operates the steady state chamber, which tests how well solar panels withstand light and temperature.
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The only laboratory in Canada to test and certify solar panels for North American standards will soon be equipped to ensure photovoltaic panels meet international requirements. “We’re going to spend another $1 million this year to add to our lab and then we’ll be able to test to global standards,” said Terry Nagy, operations manager at the Canadian Standards Association International facility in Richmond. “It basically completes our testing portfolio,” he added. The lab opened last year as an extension of CSA’s existing Commerce Parkway facility. Here, technicians conduct rigorous safety and durability tests that include dropping steel balls on the solar panels, cutting them with a saw, and immersing them in water. Additional tests are needed for solar panels to be certified for sale globally, including ultraviolet and hail impact tests. The latter involves hurling golf ball-sized ice pellets at the modules. For manufacturers like Canadian Solar Inc. and Day4 Energy, the price of getting a product certified for retail sale can run up to $50,000.
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still so much growth in this industry and within North America,” Clark said. Sunny weather was key in determining the new lab’s location. “In Alberquerque they’ll be able to do a lot of the outdoor testing that we need to do indoors,” Clark said. The Richmond lab uses simulated sunlight. While solar power has taken off in Europe and Japan, Clark said it is still seen as a growth market in North America for both residential and farm use. Solar power is huge in Ontario and parts of the United States, Clark said, but it hasn’t caught on in British Columbia. “We do get less sunlight,” Clark said, explaining solar panels work in cloudy conditions, just not as well. And electricity is affordable in B.C., he added. “People may not realize it, but the rates we play through BC Hydro are cheap compared to the rest of the continent.” A typical residential five-kilowatt solar installation, which includes 20 panels and a grid tie inverter, could produce half of a household’s energy consumption. “That alone could power your stove, your dryer. It would probably max out there, but those are your two biggest consumers of electricity in your home,” said Clark. But the price of solar outfitting is high for homeowners. As production prices decrease Clark said solar panels will eventually get to the point where they will pay for themselves over time.
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It takes about two months to certify a module. The Richmond lab gives the seal of approval to about 40 solar panels per year, but for every module certified, about 10 undergo testing. Since opening, the lab has also become an industry leader in testing and certifying grid tie inverters. These box-shaped devices collect energy from solar panels and push the flow of electricity back to the power grid. The stored energy can then be used to produce solar, wind, fuel cell, tidal and any other form of alternative power. Residential grid tie inverters are the size of a microwave, while those used on solar powered farms can be as big as a train car. CSA employees have to travel to the manufacturer’s site and conduct witness testing for the large models. Testing grid tie inverters focuses on eliminating shock and fire hazards. “Because they’re feeding power back onto the electrical grid, you have to be really careful that in a blackout condition...you want those things to shut down,” said Lindsay Clark, product group manager at CSA. “If they keep exporting power it becomes really hazardous to the people that are trying to get the grid going again. They’re not expecting it to be live,” he added. The Richmond lab has five full-time employees and is part owner of a new panel testing lab being built in Alberquerque, New Mexico. “We’ve really already maxed out the capacity of this lab and there’s
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opinion Being green not a way of life for all
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iving a somewhat green life is something most have become accustomed to. Reduce, reuse, recycle: no problem.
But for some people, it seems it’s not easy being green. That’s where, unfortunately, government needs to step in to twist a few arms of red-faced culprits and turn them green with bylaws and legislation. Take, for example, motorists who insist on throwing cigarette butts out their vehicle’s window. What are the rest of us left with? Litter, a fire hazard and a mess that an exhaust-belching, noise-spewing street sweeper has to clean up. In some jurisdictions around the world, extraordinary fines have been effective in convincing such people to change habits. How about a mandatory $2,000 fine for every tossed cigarette butt? Then there are those who toss all their waste in a garbage can—paper, plastic, glass, electronics, whatever. Some vague bylaw that suggests this isn’t right clearly isn’t enough to make these people see green. Officials in the Okanagan have the right idea with a new plan to use camera-equipped garbage trucks to film what gets dumped. It’s an effort to make sure people are recycling properly and keep recyclable materials out of the landfill. But the fine? A warning or a penalty of up to $100. The stakes should be set higher. Look no farther than your nearest warehouse retail store for another example of where government can step up for the environment. Excess, needless packaging is widespread. Without regulations, manufacturers—and retailers—aren’t moving fast to change their ways. Instead, we’re being charged for plastic bags—a meaningless token of a retailer’s commitment to saving the earth. So what’s at stake? Plenty, if you ask the younger generation. No doubt they’d like to live a long, healthy life on a planet that has plenty left to give. For those of us who still don’t get it, they need a little forceful encouragement.
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hoo-wee, you say. You were just fit to bust if I didn’t get around to writing about plastic packaging.
Hey, what with all the talk about garbage these days, packaging is important, because it makes up a huge amount of the trash stream, and the vast majority of it is just totally unnecessary—and a major pain in the keister. Toys, and tools, and trinkets and virtually every other item that can be placed inside plastic— is entombed in polymer these days. Stamped and melted together, these form-fitting containers are highly resistant to biodegradation, UV degradation...and human fingers. They are childproof, adultproof, and tamperproof.
Not long ago, I bought a set of utility knives, which of course, came in a blister pack. I had to use one of my other utility knives to get at my new utility knives. I know...if I already had one, then why did I buy two more? Because they had cool metallic blue handles, came with a zippered case, and an assortment of funky shaped blades clearly designed for purposes I have yet to discover. But back to the packaging. I don’t know why they call them blister packs, unless it’s because you can get blisters opening them. However, lacerations and abrasions are far more likely. Not only are these things an absolute scourge upon the environment, they’re downright dangerous. No amount of prying, pulling, ripping, clawing, biting or growling gets you into a sealed blister pack. That requires a knife, scissors, or axe. Now, bring together some sort of bladed instrument, and an impatient guy eager to get at his new toy/tool/product, encased in bulletproof plastic.
This junk didn’t exist 20 years ago, and we got along just fine. We bought six screws when we needed six screws, not 10 in a blister pack. We paid for them and put them in a pocket, or maybe a paper bag. No good can come of this scenario. It’s just really wrong to bleed profusely for something you’re going to throw away, don’t you think? So tell me this. Why does any inert, harmless object – be it pliers, jewel-studded cellphone case, or dog whistle—have to be encased in hermetically sealed, blastresistant plastic? Twenty-four pieces for a doll set (made of plastic, by the way) are all fastened in another piece of plastic—individually moulded and secured. That’s 24 opportunities to visit the emergency room. Then there’s the stuff that comes in a blister
pack inside a cardboard box. What’s the matter with just the box? I mean, we’re not dealing with nuclear waste here. My particular peeve... spinach. Yes—the green, leafy stuff that’s good for you— in a non-biodegradable plastic container. Even more ridiculous? Organic foods that come in non-biodegradable plastic containers. Think about that. You want good, healthy produce from Mom Nature, and then you trash her with the packaging. Come on, people. We’re starting to cotton on to the cloth grocery bag concept. Now we have to stand up and tell companies to quit with the plastic. This junk didn’t exist 20 years ago, and we got along just fine. We bought six screws when we needed six screws, not 10 in a blister pack. We paid for them and put them in a pocket, or maybe a paper bag. Crude, simple, low-tech. Planet-friendly. Old tricks still work. Andrew Holota is editor of the Abbotsford News (Black Press).
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letters City was building memorial bench Editor: Re: “How many city workers does it take,â€? Letters, Sept. 23. I appreciate how this situation may have been understood by the writer. A quick discussion with the work crews would have shed some light on what was happening. These crews were working on completing a bench installation so it could be in place for a memorial event. Family members had already own into Richmond for this service. There was a misunderstanding between city staff and the family on the completion date for the installation. Since this bench was very important to the family in providing closure after a death in the family, the city committed to completing the installation prior to the event. A parks crew was redirected from a large project installing play-
ground equipment at Walter Lee Elementary to installing this bench at South Arm Park. Several pieces of equipment were necessary for the project to cut through the ground as well as ďŹ ll in and landscape the area. The crew brought all of their equipment in case it was needed and met their supervisor and a park planner on site to direct the work so the crew could get back to the playground installation as quickly as possible. Although it was unusual to see so many staff on site, staff were not there long. The crew and equipment returned directly to the Walter Lee project after the bench was installed. I hope this provides some clarity on how this situation occurred. We are happy we were able to support a family in their grieving process and provide them with a space to remember their family member. Dave Semple GM, Parks and Recreation City of Richmond
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Expansion of green energy will let B.C. lead way Editor: An electric vehicles conference and trade show took place in Vancouver this past week, and one of the key messages from the group putting on the conference is that, given the limited fossil fuels available for future use, the switch to electric cars is inevitable. Some estimate that one in three B.C. cars will be electric in the next two decades, and the conference website says Mitsubishi, Toyota, Nissan and Chevrolet are among the many car companies planning to release an electric car in 2011. As electric car technology gets better and better, more and more energy-conscious BC citizens will be looking to save a few bucks by making the switch to electric cars, because electric cars will let people fill their “tank�
for 60 cents rather than 60 dollars. And who wouldn’t want to make the switch when they could fill their tank for 60 cents, an obvious benefit to their pocketbook? But the increased demand on the electricity grid from electric cars should be met with green, renewable sources of energy—be it wind, tidal, run-of-river, or solar—rather than continued dependence on energy forms that cause pollution like coal. The expansion of renewable green energy sources available in B.C. should make that possible and let us lead the way for the rest of the world while we give our pocketbooks a break too. Donald Leung Burnaby
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Council should tour Richmond instead of China Editor: Re: “City heads to China,” Sept. 16. Instead of four civic politicians going on a taxpayerfunded trip to boost relationships overseas, they should try boosting relationships at home right here in Richmond. They should get into one of the city-owned vehicles, or better still, take public transit, and tour the city to talk to all the businesses who do not have English signs and get them to rectify
the situation. They would not survive five minutes if their businesses were in Quebec. I am in complete agreement with Andrew Hinton (Letters, Sept. 16) and it’s time for all the Chinese business people to show some respect for the fact that they enjoy the good life here in B.C. Why bother wanting to live here if integration is not part of the plan? Lee Haudin Richmond
Editor: It has been 10 years and Onni has sterilized and sanitized the historic waterfront. The city issued demolition permits and now has an obligation to rebuild this site into a sustainable legacy project. My proposal involves building a national maritime and marine museum on this very valuable waterfront property. Combining the North Vancouver and City of Vancouver maritime museums into one cohesive, unified unit would
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capitalize on all of their assets and the historic cannery channel. Steveston, Richmond, Metro Vancouver. B.C. and Canada need to build this together to preserve out arts, crafts, culture, heritage, history— before they are lost. This project would provide ecological, environmental, cultural, heritage jobs for decades to come, and a sustainable legacy for our grandchildren. Barry Roughton Vancouver
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Cohen commission urged to probe habitat destruction of Fraser River fish Optimism for the future of the Fraser River’s iconic salmon was in short supply at a public forum of the Cohen Commission in New Westminster Monday. Many of the 60 participants predicted this summer’s record sockeye run will prove a flash in the pan, giving way to further stock declines. Several speakers told inquiry head Bruce Cohen they believe much of the fishery’s trouble stems from habitat destruction through industrialization of the lower river, particularly the north arm between Richmond and Vancouver that some said seems dead to salmon. “There’s something terribly wrong here,” retired fisherman Terry Slack said, noting development covers most of the banks of those channels. Slack also pointed to Metro Vancouver’s sewage treatment plants, which pump “a river of effluent” out every day, hurting juvenile salmon. “We have to get these plants to clean up,” he said. Musqueam Band language co-ordinator Victor Guerin said the estuary is now almost devoid of salt marshes that serve as habitat for birds and juvenile salmon. He questioned the government’s “slippery” policy of no net habitat loss when developing major projects and others protested the loss of salmon streams to the construction of the South Fraser Perimeter Road. Port Coquitlam watershed stewardship volunteer Laura Dupont said the Gateway program represents the paving of the Lower Mainland “from stem to stern” and called the province’s environmental assessments for such projects a “sham.” Other speakers said past recommendations to switch fish farms to closed containment should have been followed and the province should rethink its strategy of generating power with run-of-river hydroelectric projects. Bob Rezansoff, a seine boat owner from Delta, criticized the federal fisheries department’s man-
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B.C. Forest Service photo Fire crews confront the Pelican Lake fire in August.
of them burn. The 2010 forest fire season also produced a new term, the forest fire “complex.” These linked fires over huge areas presented another level of difficulty for the wildfire management branch. The recent pattern of drought and fires is the latest indication that climate change is being more acutely felt in B.C.’s north, Bell said. “Some of the most recent work that has been done by the climate change people indicates that there could be a warming of as much as four to five degrees Celsius in the north, two to three degrees in the
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Not paperless—not even close board boxes to reuse for harvesting at the farm. I guess it’s an age thing but I’m reluctant to throw out shoeboxes
because I think there will be a use for them. I counted at least half a dozen empty shoe boxes downstairs—waiting for
me to find a need to fill them up with something like say photographs and negatives. Now that I never use
35 millimetre film anymore and my pictures are kept in digital files, those boxes remain empty. They sit on a shelf where years of the New Yorker magazines and favourite books sit.
That’s one magazine I do like to keep—one that I enjoy still reading and giving issues away to friends looking for a good read. For this week’s Green Edition I can ask myself if I’m using less paper
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Light rail trains similar to ones in New Jersey (above) and Valencia, Spain (right) could shuttle Metro Vancouver and Fraser Valley commuters along existing rail lines in the future.
Report offers more ammo for light rail Consultant suggests Richmond could get passenger rail link to Surrey in future by Jeff Nagel Black Press
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new Chilliwack-to-Surrey light rail line could whisk passengers from deep in the Fraser Valley to the existing SkyTrain system in 90 minutes, according to a new study commissioned by groups campaigning for the project. The report, by U.K.-based consultant David Cockle on behalf of Rail For The Valley, estimates an initial service running every 20 to 30 minutes on existing tracks could be launched with diesel-electric trains for $492 million. It could be later upgraded to a no-emission electric system for a further $115 million. The study also contemplates a possible spur connecting Surrey to Richmond and potentially on to Vancouver. Details are sparse, but trains would likely cross the Fraser River into New Westminster using an existing rail bridge and later cross back over the river into Richmond, continuing to the Bridgeport area. Cockle called the proposal “very viable” with trains running 80 to 100 km/h between 18 stops along the 98-kilometre route. The line would fulfill a long-held dream to reinstate a modern version of the B.C. Electric interurban
Proposed stations (first phase) 1. Scott Road (SkyTrain connection) 2. Delta - Nordel Way 3. Newton - King George 4. South Surrey - 152 Street 5. Cloverdale - 180 Street
rail service to Chilliwack that was shut down 60 years ago. “When the Fraser Valley passenger service was suspended in 1950 there were less than 80,000 people living throughout the Valley,” Cockle said. “Today, one million people live in Valley communities, with 1.5 million projected by 2031.” Rail For The Valley spokesman John Vissers said concerns about air quality, climate change and rising gas prices are fuelling demand for an alternative to driving long distances. “We can now prove from an engineering and marketing perspective that you can run light rail at speeds comparable to driving your car from community to community across the Fraser Valley,” Vissers said. “We want our train back.” Neither the province nor TransLink has so far shown much interest in using the historic corridor, both in the past citing concerns transit service could interfere with freight hauling and that other potential rapid transit routes in the Valley might serve more people. Advocates like Vissers note the price tag is a big advantage compared to building all-new tracks— especially when stacked against pricier SkyTrain technology. The study estimates the cost of a phase one startup at just $5 million per kilometre, compared to the almost $130 million per kilometre it will cost to build the $1.4-billion 11-kilometre Evergreen Line
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to Coquitlam. They also argue the province’s retention of free passenger rights on the corridor ensures railways cannot simply deny the dream out of concern they might make less money due to slowed freight service.
“We can now prove from an engineering and marketing perspective that you can run light rail at speeds comparable to driving your car from community to community across the Fraser Valley. We want our train back.” - John Vissers “BC Hydro wisely retained the rights to passenger service and now we have an opportunity to capitalize on that,” Vissers said. The proposed route includes 10 main stations and eight more basic tram stops. Passing loops would allow freight and passenger trains to pass, but Cockle’s study assumes most freight trains would be required to run at night only. “You don’t have to do any major track reconstruction,” Rail For the
Valley researcher Malcolm Johnston said. He said there’s potential to use tram-trains that could operate on both the existing rail corridor through the valley plus possible new tram routes within local cities. That would open up the potential for the same rail cars to turn off and head along King George Boulevard in Surrey someday, or up 200 Street from Langley to Maple Ridge. “It’s do-able,” Johnston said. “It just takes political will.” Advocates will plead their case with local cities, TransLink and provincial government officials in the weeks ahead. Meanwhile, the provincial government continues to keep the lid on the results of its own long-promised strategic review of Fraser Valley transit expansion options, including the existing rail corridor. A transportation ministry spokesman said the findings could be released this fall. TransLink previously estimated it would cost at $360 to $700 million to create a passenger rail service as far as Langley on the interurban corridor, although the City of Surrey estimated a shorter route as far as Cloverdale could be launched for as little as $110 million. Several area mayors are lobbying for light rail rather than SkyTrain technology for any rapid transit extension through Surrey to ensure a broader reach of the service.
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Kwantlen posts record enrolment economy with fewer jobs likely had a part to play too in pushing kids directly into university from high school, rather than wanting to try their luck in a job market with a surplus of qualified workers already. With a 2010 enrolment of approximately 5,765 students, Richmond is Kwantlen’s second largest campus after Surrey. Both campuses are already “bursting at the seams,” Saunders said. Kwantlen has been seeking to expand its Richmond campus— either by expanding its current site skyward or leasing space elsewhere. Though nothing has come yet of the school’s expansion goals, Saunders said that the growth of facilities in Richmond is still in the cards for Kwantlen. Kwantlen’s Cloverdale campus, which specializes in trades and technology programs, experienced the highest jump in enrolment this year with a 10-per-cent
Huge demand for degree programs, says registrar by Todd Coyne Contributor Kwantlen Polytechnic University is reporting record enrolment at all four of its campuses including Richmond, with student numbers up by as much as seven to 10 per cent over last year, leaving the university now at full operating capacity. Joanne Saunders, director of communications and marketing at Kwantlen, was largely at a loss as to why so many more students have enrolled for classes in Fall 2010 over years prior. She suggested however that the increase may have something to do with an increase in choice between schools and programs. “I remember when I was going to university there was SFU, UBC, Langara; there wasn’t a whole lot,” she said. “But just in the past five years, with our Kwantlen university designation and our competitors like Fraser Valley University and the Interior, there are just so many more opportunities out there for young students.” Kwantlen was awarded full university status in 2008 along with several other former colleges and trade schools around the province. Saunders said that a flagging
increase, while Langley was close behind with an increase of just under 10 per cent over last year, according to Kwantlen registrar Robert Hensley. Both Richmond— which specializes in art and design programs— and Surrey increased their student numbers by seven per cent over 2009, putting Kwantlen’s total enrolment numbers at 13,764 across all four campuses. “There’s a huge demand from students for our bachelor degree programs because of their applied focus,” Hensley said in a press release Monday. “The new Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing Management is a great example of the career-focused programs we specialize in as a polytechnic university. This program was developed in conjunction with business leaders, and is exactly the type of industry-focused degree that our students are looking for.” International students from China, India and Saudi Arabia have also proven a huge asset in growing Kwantlen’s student population, with a 17-per-cent increase in the number of international students enrolled at Kwantlen now over the school’s inaugural year as a university in 2008, Hensley said.
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Gardening makes you better, says horticulturist Harry Jongerden made keynote address at Richmond’s annual landscape and garden tour celebration by Todd Coyne Staff Reporter Nationally renowned gardener and horticulturalist Harry Jongerden gave the keynote address recently at the City of Richmond’s 2010 Landscape and Garden Tour Celebration, an event which recognizes outstanding work in garden planning and design around the city. His message to the audience and to the community as a whole was simple: Gardening makes you better. In his work and writings which have brought him across the country from Toronto to Stratford, Ont., to his current post as director of the VanDusen Botanical Garden, Jongerden has studied the relationship between gardening, personal wellbeing and communities. “There have been experiments done showing individuals getting out of the hospital faster if they simply had a view of green space or nature out of their window,” Jongerden said. “It’s shown too to reduce crime rates in areas of Chicago where some apartments only looked out
on asphalt and cigarette butts and other apartments in the same building looked out on green space. The crime rate was lower in the apartments that had a view of green space.” And while green may be the last thing on people’s minds as the dreary grey of fall and winter begins to descend onto Richmond like a wet blanket, Jongerden advised in an interview Thursday that, if done right, we can all enjoy fresh outdoor blossoms 12 months of the year. “Don’t get hung up on spring-flowering plants,” he said. “I suggest to people to use spring-flowering bulbs like tulips and daffodils, but in amongst those bulbs, you plant things that bloom at times of the year other than spring. In other words, the bulbs carry the spring show while the other plants bloom in summer, fall and even winter.” Among the winter-blooming plants which thrive in our region, Jongerden said, is witch-hazel, but he stressed that people should research for themselves what they
“What I see when going through Richmond is incredible potential. There’s great soil there and your gardens can be as beautiful as you imagine them and as you have time for.” - Harry Jongerden
Harry Jongerden suggests not to get hung up on spring-flowring plants, but focus on bulbs instead.
can grow in their own space as what will grow in a winter garden is different from what will grow on a balcony or a
window sill. Jongerden did recommend that to have a proper perennially blooming garden, one
should ideally have about two and a half metres of length in which to plant. “What I see when going through Richmond is incredible potential. There’s great soil there and your gardens can be as beautiful as you imagine them and as you have time for,” Jongerden said. And for him, putting in that time is not only a sound physical and mental exercise on a personal level, but it’s sound economics too. “I gave two examples in my address. I talked about
Stratford, Ontario, the home of the Stratford Festival and I talked about Niagara Falls, Ontario as opposed to Niagara Falls, New York. Where they had beautiful parks, [Stratford and Niagara Falls, Ontario], these two communities had tourism industries and cultural industries worth in the hundreds of millions, maybe billions. “Everyone goes to Niagara Falls, Canada because it’s all parks and gardens, but the U.S. side is all chemical companies and industry. “So, what is worth more in the long term? Certainly people from around the world coming to Niagara Falls, Canada.” In keeping with that sentiment, Jongerden used his keynote platform to advise government officials not to cut back on funding for things like green space in times of financial hardship. “I hope politicians don’t think of parks as something that are superfluous or a frill. In fact, they are really at the bedrock of having a happy community and a prosperous community.”
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Contributor And they’re off! Richmond RCMP Const. Dave Buerk and 21 other pedal-powered local police and paramedics took off Wednesday (Sept. 22) on the 900-kilometre Cops for Cancer Tour de Coast bicycle ride. Biking from Richmond up to Horseshoe Bay, then over to the Sunshine Coast, Powell River, Squamish, Whistler and then back through North Vancouver, Burnaby and Maple Ridge before arriving back in Richmond on Sept. 30, the riders plan to cycle roughly 100 kilometres a day, collecting pledge money for the Canadian Cancer Society along the way. At a send-off ceremony Wednesday morning, R.A. McMath Secondary School students gave the cyclists a pre-ride morale boost by offering them not only a cheque for $1,500 in donations but also stories of their own experiences with cancer in their young lives. Matthew Hoogveld, 17, was one of those who spoke in the school’s large atrium, flanked on both sides by a line of mounted riders from all over the Lower Mainland. Hoogveld told the gathering of students, teachers and first responders the story of March 21, 2004, the day he lost his mother to her lengthy
battle with cancer. Temporarily overwhelmed with emotion, Hoogveld stepped aside before finishing his story, prompting a schoolmate to bravely step in and pick up reading where her friend had left off. “It’s never too late to take action,” Hoogveld said after the rally. “Even though it took my mom, I can still donate to help other people’s situations with cancer. I just try to be a part of the change even though cancer already took her away.” Hoogveld said he has been involved in the Cops for Cancer campaign in his mother’s honour since coming to McMath five years ago and has since taken up cycling too. “My dad did the Ride to Conquer Cancer back in June and I supported him with that and biking has become a part of my life ever since Cops for Cancer,” he said. Const. Cindy Yoc of the Coquitlam RCMP admitted before the ride that although cycling has never been a part of her life, she’s determined to give the 900-kilometre ride her best effort for the cause. “I’ve actually always wanted to do something like this and around the same time that I signed up I found out that my cousin has cancer, actually. So he’s undergoing his battle right now and that’s been my inspiration and determination
to fundraise as much as I can for the Canadian Cancer Society,” Yoc said, adding: “I never cycled before this ride.” Hometown rider Const. Dave Buerk, however, was slightly more prepared for the ride and every bit as personally motivated by the cause. “I lost a couple family members, three of my four grandparents have all died of cancer,” Buerk said. “As a kid, my dad was an RCMP member and I went to fundraising events and it was something I always wanted to be a part of.” Like Yoc, this will be Buerk’s first Cops for Cancer ride. “[I] cycle more so now that I’ve decided to do this. I started biking to work and I used to bike all the time at work when I was out at the airport,” Buerk said moments before the riders left the parking lot of McMath under a police escort. And with a flurry of flashing lights, sirens and cheers, they were off, triumphantly bearing down on kilometre one with 899 more to go. “I just want to thank them so much for taking this long and hard journey,” said Jessie Leonard, a 17-year-old McMath student whose grandmother is battling cancer. “I know [cancer] has affected them, but they are also helping everyone else that has been affected and who may not know how to help.”
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New solutions to an old problem Richmond-based T&T Supermarkets using high-tech composter for its operations by Wanda Chow Black Press When it comes to trash, Austria–the land of skiing, Mozart and The Sound of Music–is the world leader in the amount it diverts from landfills. Metro Vancouver wants to be right up there with them by 2015, when it plans to divert at least 70 per cent of the region’s garbage through recycling programs, according to its new Integrated Solid Waste and Resource Management Plan announced recently. By 2020, it hopes to meet a diversion target of 80 per cent. They’re both lofty goals for a region which currently keeps 55 per cent of its waste out of the garbage stream, double the Canadian average. Looking at ways of processing the organic waste–food scraps, yard trimmings, wood and paper–and
keeping it out of what ultimately needs to be disposed of, will play a big part in meeting those aims. And with food waste alone making up about 21 per cent of the garbage currently being tossed out, two technologies being introduced locally–one high-tech and the other surprisingly simple–could go a long way in reducing our dependence on landfills.
A striking stench Herman Poon, administration manager for Richmond-based T&T Supermarkets, was driving in Vancouver’s Chinatown recently on a particularly hot summer day when the stench of rotting garbage struck him. “That used to be us,” he said. A few months ago, similar smells almost disappeared from T&T’s Chi-
natown store after it installed a new unit from Honu Environmental as a pilot project. Now, instead of storing food waste– fruit and vegetable trimmings and waste generated by its store kitchen and bakery–in a dumpster until it can be trucked out to a composting facility, staff simply throw the stuff into the unit. The machine then churns the material around with small wood chips, which serve as homes for proprietary micro-organisms, developed and produced in Abbotsford, that set about eating it until all that’s left is a tea-like water that goes safely down the drain into the sewer system. The technology was developed 10 years ago in South Korea, where the units are manufactured, said Robert Broomfield, Honu Environmental’s president. Already the units, which can be
smaller than a typical chest freezer, are being used in Asia, the U.S. and the U.K. There are some materials that it doesn’t handle, such as dense bones from beef and pork and for some reason, mango pits, but everything else is digested. It’s an aerobic process, so the only real byproducts are carbon dioxide and water, versus anaerobic technology that involves rotting, he explained. So employees and customers don’t have to deal with any nasty odours. But perhaps more importantly, there’s no trucking of the waste to a landfill or composting facility, and more trucking of the eventual compost from place to place, reducing the carbon footprint of those companies using the units, he said. Poon said T&T, which is also testing the machines on behalf of its
parent company, supermarket giant Loblaws, is nearing the final stage of its pilot project and so far, the results have been positive. On the environmental front, “We believe this is something that would be a solution,” said Poon, who added getting rid of garbage is a “main concern” in the supermarket industry. It’s also a major issue in restaurants and food production facilities. “Every month we generate many, many tonnes of organic waste per store.” However, Poon stressed that his company is entering the numbercrunching phase of its pilot and ultimately, the machines won’t be rolled out in the rest of its stores unless it’s proven to be more cost effective than the status quo. The high-tech units don’t come cheap.
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She’s ‘one of the guys’ Females play right alongside the men in wheelchair rugby by Don Fennell Sports Editor There are five females playing at the 2010 World Wheelchair Rugby Championships. But all see themselves as simply “one of the guys.” “I just play the game and see myself as being no different than the guys,” says Miranda Biletski, at 21 the youngest player on Team Canada. “And I think the guys play just as aggressively if not maybe more against me because of that stigma of not wanting to get beat by a girl. But for the most part all the players are respectful and I don’t think they think about it too much. I’m just another player on the floor.” Formerly a competitive swimmer for eight years, Biletski just took up water polo. She was attracted to wheelchair rugby because of its physical nature. “I love it,” says the Regina resident. “And I think the women are proving we can play and keep up with the boys. It’s a good eye-opener for people.” Biletski is one of two women playing for Canada. The other is 37-year-old Dunnville, Ont. native Erika Schmutz who is a former competitive wheelchair fencer. Finland’s Anna Pasanen, Poland’s Joanna Goebel and Argentina’s Daniela Luchina round out the list of female players in the tournament. “I’ve always been attracted to physical sports,” Pasanen says. “I first saw (wheelchair rugby) when I was in rehabilitation and it looked cool. It was my kind of sport so I tried. I like the contact and we have a little team that has to play physically (to
Don Fennell photos Erika Schmutz (right) is one of five female players in the 2010 World Wheelchair Rugby Championships.
Miranda Biletski, 21, is the youngest member of Team Canada.
be successful).” Pasanen used to be an eventing rider and still has horses back home which her sister is now riding. “There’s also speed and a bit of danger (in that sport) so you have to bring yourself to compete in it too,” she says. “But with wheelchair rugby I was surprised how rough it (actually) is and how hard it gets. I was so tired after every practice. I couldn’t believe I could get so tired using so few muscles.” As for being the lone female on her team, Pasanen embraces it. “The guys treat me as one of the guys,” she says. “Sometimes (opponents) think I’m sacred and try to intimidate me, but they can’t.” Like their male counterparts, the women are intensely competitive. Biletski notes that all the players have athletic backgrounds and many of the guys played hockey—which wheelchair rugby clearly has elements of, notably the physical contact. But Biletski also says everyone has invested a lot of time and energy into the sport.
“Sometimes (opponents) think I’m scared and try to intimidate me, but they can’t.” - Anna Pasanen “They don’t call it the world championships for no reason,” she says. “Any loss is devastating.” As the No. 3 ranked team in the world, Canada is also expected to do well. But Biletski says it’s a pressure the players welcome. “We’ve all been in sports for a long time and we look at this as a full-time job,” she says. “Since the sport began (wheelchair rugby was invented in 1977 by a group of athletes with a disability in Winnipeg and the first world championships was held in 1995 in Switzerland) there’s only been one tournament where Canada hasn’t medalled. With the preparation and hard work we’ve put in the last year-and-a-half we don’t expect anything less.”
Finland’s Anna Pasanen loves the physical play in wheelchair rugby.
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Leonhardt a lion on the links Plans to launch pro career in Arizona next month by Don Fennell Sports Editor He didn’t play a lot of golf growing up. Or even pick up the game until he was 16. But Richmond’s Nathan Leonhardt is quickly making up for lost time. And resolved to beat the odds. Leonhardt, who celebrated his 25th birthday in May, is turning pro next month. He’ll play on the All-American Tour in the PhoenixScottsdale area through the winter in preparation for the Canadian Tour qualifying school next spring. His final amateur event, just a few weeks ago, was a memorable one— a two-shot victory at the 2010 Arizona Mid-Amateur Championship at Superstition Mountain Country Club’s Prospector Course. It was Leonhardt’s first AGA win after placing second in the 2008 East Valley Short Course Championship. Leonhardt is confident he’s ready for the many challenges that come with being a pro. “I think this is what’s good for me,” he said. “I’ve won some bigger amateur tournaments and this is a chance to prove to myself I can do it at the pro level as well.” Leonhardt essentially taught him-
self to play golf. He took a couple of lessons but learned mostly by watching and then emulating pros. Natural athleticism provided the rest. The next—and perhaps biggest step—is tackling the mental part of the game. “I know my game is the best it’s ever been and I have the (technical) game to play with the pros, it’s just gaining experience now,” he said. “But the mental game is even more important than the technical game.” Leonhardt feels he’s making good progress. Reflecting his selfstarting nature, he’s been reading tons of books and listening to some of the best mental coaches in the world. “I learned long ago that when things are tough you’ve just got to play through it,” he said. “The best players in the world can shoot a good game even when mechanically they aren’t on. You don’t always have your A game, but you can put it together internally. It’s still something I’ve got to improve on, but it all comes with experience and confidence.” He points to Steve Stricker as someone who persevered and ul-
timately enjoyed success on the pro tour. Currently the world’s No. 4 ranked player, the American is known for his superb putting. After enjoying early success on the PGA Tour, he went 11 years without winning an event in the U.S. and even lost his tour card in 2004. “I’d like to meet him to learn how he got past (the struggles),” said Leonhardt. Since graduating with a 3.8 grade point average from Johnson and Wales University in North Miami, Fla. in June, Leonhardt, who captained the men’s golf team, has noticed a “drastic” change in his game. “My ball strikes have improved most lately,” he said. “I’ve always had a good short game but now I’m consistently getting on the green 14 times or so in a round giving me that many more opportunities for birdies.” He was also proud how well he handled the pressures of leading at the Arizona Mid-Amateur. “I was able to birdie the last couple holes coming in,” he said. “Repetition is important,” he added. “The same stroke or swing, even when the pressure is on, is what allows you to succeed.”
Richmond’s Nathan Leonhardt won the Arizona Mid-Amateur recently, his final amateur event, by two strokes.
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Finland’s Jaukka Parvianen (7) and Chance Sumner of the U.S. (1) ďŹ ght for ball possession.
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Roder pots pair as Sockeyes silence Wolf Pack by Don Fennell Sports Editor Typically fast starters, it took the Richmond Sockeyes nearly a period to score their first goal Thursday. Instead, it was a strong finish that helped the home team secure a 4-1 Pacific International Junior Hockey League win over the Squamish Wolf Pack at Minoru Arena. Michael Ball’s powerplay goal at 15:32 of the first period gave the Sockeyes the game’s all-important opening tally. But just 1:30 in the middle frame the Wolf Pack drew even on a
goal by Ryan Niederkorn. Not surprisingly, it was the Sockeyes’ hottest scorer who put his team back in front as Jake Roder converted a pass from Mitchell Smith on the powerplay at 6:38 of the second period. Eli Wiebe made it 3-1 at 4:38 of the third period and Roder added an empty net shorthander at 15:06. Roder now has seven goals in five games lifting him into a three-way tie for second in league scoring with 10 points—two back of Liam Harding’s 12. As a team, the Sockeyes are now alone atop the Tom Shaw Conference with nine points (4-0-1).
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Gerry passed away after a brief illness. He will be missed by his wife and love of his life Charlotte; his sister Grace (Dale); his children Janice (Sue), Kim, Elizabeth (Leigh), and Robert (Carolle). Born in Saskatchewan, he grew up in the Prairies during the height of the Depression. In 1969 he moved his family to the west coast and has been living in Richmond since 1976. He retired from GMAC in 1993 after more than 30 years of service. Active all his life, he especially enjoyed golf, curling and travelling. Family and friends remember Gerry for his kind and generous nature. Always quietly lending a helping hand, his family and friends could always count on him. A prince among men, Gerry leaves us too soon. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to the Charity Classic Golf Tournament (Country Meadows Senior Men’s Golf Club), Richmond Curling Club or a charity of your choice. A Celebration of Gerry’s life will be held at 2:45 p.m. on Friday, October 1st, 2010 at the Richmond Curling Club, 5540 Hollybridge Way, Richmond, BC. On-line condolences may be placed at www.deltafuneral.ca Delta Funeral Home (604) 946-6040
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in the Pool A standings with a 2-0-0 record. Both of Kwantlen’s women’s and men’s soccer teams are back in action today (Saturday) with home games against Thompson Rivers University Wolfpack at Surrey’s Newton Athletic Park. It’s homecoming day so fans are encouraged to join in the celebrations along with Eagles alumni. The women’s game kicks off at noon, followed by the men’s game at 2 p.m.
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the Eagles continued to control the majority of the play. Richmond’s Shanay Sangha sealed the deal when she netted her second goal of the season. With the support of an airtight defence, Eagles goalkeeper Melina Gomez of North Vancouver was a defensive machine and made numerous outstanding saves. She finished the match with a clean sheet —her second of the season. The Eagles are currently third
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A 10-hour bus ride to Prince George didn’t stop the Kwantlen Polytechnic University Eagles women’s soccer team from their second victory of the season last weekend. In fact it seemed to ignite them, as the Eagles blanked the University of Northern B.C. Timberwolves 2-0 last weekend in Prince George. After rookie Dominique Lang of Langley opened the scoring on a penalty shot in the first minute,
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John Kay, president of Quilchena Golf and Country Club, presents a cheque for $31,203 to Joan Cowderoy, executive director of CHIMO Crisis Services. Quilchena is CHIMO’s biggest nongovernment donor, donating over $230,000 over the past 16 years.
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Carson Loh (left) branch manager for RBC Royal Bank’s No. 3 and Ackroyd branch, presents a cheque for $10,000 to Richmond Art Gallery board member Frank Xiao. The donation from RBC Foundation supports the gallery’s Family Sunday art program for families—a free art program run by volunteer teens in the community. The presentation took place at the gallery’s opening reception of the exhibition, Waterscapes, by Gu Xiong. Sponsored by the Richmond RCMP, over 100 members, staff and RCMP officers attended the third annual RCMP barbecue at the Canadian Mental Health Association’s Pathways Clubhouse in Richmond on Sept. 16. Dishing out hotdogs and hamburgers is Const. Ronda Rempel and Const. Vanessa Christopherson.
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Mayfair Lakes Golf and Country Club played host to the sixth annual SUCCESS Foundation Charity Golf Tournament Sept. 14, raising $103,000 for SUCCESS programs and services. In photo, from left: Maggie Ip, chair of the SUCCESS Foundation; Eliza Sam, Miss Chinese Vancouver 2009; Linda Wong , co-chair of the golf tournament; Raymond Li, senior vice-president of Aspac Developments Ltd., which sponsored the dinner; and Danny Gaw, co-chair of the golf tournament.
The Richmond Youth Soccer Association will be able to put more cleats on more kids thanks to $83,300 in community gaming grants for programs teaching youth team-building and engaging them in healthy and active lifestyles. Richmond-Steveston MLA John Yap presents the cheque Sept. 18 to the Under-11 Titans and Ruth Balfour, vice-chair of Richmond Youth Soccer.
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