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Realtors’ biz booming – with offspring BY NIKI HOPE REPORTER

Family ties: RE/MAX Realty Advantage co-owner and real estate agent Alison Hazelwood, right, brought son Jay Hazelwood onto her team a couple of years ago. She is one of a handful of established New West real estate agents whose child is following a parent into the business.

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here seems to be something of a baby boom in New West’s real estate business. A seemingly unusual number of children are following their parents into the often-fickle world of real estate. Thirty-year-old Jay Hazelwood is one of them. He made the move after working as a mortgage broker, saying he prefers the hustle and bustle of selling real estate. His mom is RE/MAX Realty Advantage co-owner and real estate agent Alison Hazelwood. She says it’s not unusual for the children of agents to follow their parents into the business, but in New West the recent influx is likely related to the age of the established realtors. Having Jay onboard has been ideal for Alison, especially as she expands her business with the recent purchase, along with her partners, of two offices in the TriCities. “It’s nice for our clients to be able to know if one of us goes away, the other one is fully up to speed and can handle any problems that should arise,” she says. The children of agents will succeed because they know how hard you have to work in the business, Alison says. “It is really cyclical, and that’s one of the most difficult aspects to get used to,” she says. “It’s not the business for somebody that is looking for something safe and reliable.” As for the real estate game, Alison says in the last year or so it was in a “soft spot,”

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but it’s picked up in recent months. One of the key differences between those who are successful and those who aren’t is being able to keep their heads down and work during the lean times. In fact, Alison and Jay say that’s when it’s time to work even harder. “A lot of people have a hard time

because they don’t keep the motor running,” Alison says. Evidently, it steadies the steering when family is helping manage that motor.

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wenty-year-old Kellie Vallee joined her dad, Dave Vallee, 58, a couple of years ago.

Despite watching him hustle to manage an extremely busy business, Kellie says she was always interested in real estate. “It’s not 9 to 5, and it’s never, ever boring … ever,” she says, laughing. For Dave, bringing Kellie in meant he could ponder retirement. ◗Realtors Page 9

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No more than four – that’s the city’s stance on the number of lanes it will support on a new Pattullo Bridge. The City of New Westminster is calling for a new or rehabilitated four-lane tolled Pattullo Bridge, as well as proper connections from South Fraser Perimeter Road to

Highway 1 and the Port Mann Bridge, but neighbouring Surrey has been pressing for a new six-lane crossing. “We know that four lanes will work, but it has to have tolls on it so we can go back to livability,” Mayor Wayne Wright said at a press conference in council chambers on Wednesday. According to the city, replacement of Pattullo Bridge was proposed to address

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Pattullo: Surrey wants more, New West less cost $850 million and a rehabilitated four-lane growth in truck traffic on Royal Avenue.” bridge would cost $250 million. He said that The city released the 33-page report, A compares to a $1.5 billion estimated cost of a Reasonable Approach: A Perspective on the new six-lane bridge. Pattullo Bridge, on Wednesday. “The new, four-lane tolled bridge would “The Pattullo, as the free alternative, is sig- be directly upstream of the existing bridge, nificantly and negatively affecting the livabil- essentially the same alignment,” he said of ity of New Westminster,” Wright said. “Tolls the proposal. on a new four-lane bridge are needed, not New Westminster is also willing to cononly to finance the new bridge, sider an option calling for a rehabut also as a critical measure to bilitation of the existing Pattullo lower demand for car travel over Bridge into three lanes, combined the bridge and to promote the “We have no with a new four-lane crossing from use of alterative transportation Surrey to Coquitlam. room without modes.” “It is still on the table. It is still Wright said a new four-lane destroying our under review,” Lowrie said. “The bridge must also respect New rehabilitation option, TransLink Westminster’s established urban neighbourhoods would like to take off the table.” and historic context. According to Lowrie, opening and without “Freeway style on- and offday volumes on a new four-lane ramps are not an option in New destroying our bridge would be 49,000 vehicles, Westminster ’s highly urban- parks. And our compared to 52,000 vehicles on ized context. It’s impossible,” he a costlier six-lane bridge. The stressed. “We have no room with- road network city believes the money saved out destroying our neighbour- has no room to by building a four-lane crossing hoods and without destroying our could be better used on other trafparks. And our road network has expand.” fic and transportation initiatives, no room to expand.” such as a light rail transit system Along with a four-lane tolled WAYNE WRIGHT in Surrey. replacementforthePattulloBridge, mayor Surrey Coun. Tom Gill, chair of the City of New Westminster supthe city’s transportation and infraports a direct link between South Fraser structure committee, told the Surrey NOW Perimeter Road and the new 10-lane Port that Surrey stands by its position that the Mann Bridge. Without a direct connection, bridge should be replaced, and it should the city says regional truck traffic will con- have six lanes. He said rehabilitating of the tinue to be a significant challenge for New Pattullo Bridge isn’t viable and is a “poor Westminster and impact the community’s choice” in utilizing taxpayer’s money. livability. “We’ve taken the position that we think Jim Lowrie, the city’s director of engineer- the six-lane is appropriate,” he told the NOW. ing, said a new tolled four-lane bridge would “I would go as far as to say that we should be ◗ continued from page 1

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concentrating on a six-lane bridge.” With the provincial government recently offering to contribute one-third of the cost of replacing the Pattullo Bridge, Gill said it’s important for the cities to work together to reach a decision. Both cities, along with Coquitlam, have been working with TransLink on a strategic review of the Pattullo Bridge. Wright said New Westminster’s streets are already highly congested for much of the day, so there’s no place for additional traffic to go once it crosses the bridge into the Royal City. “It’s not that we don’t want it – we have no more room,” he said. “There’s no room on the streets.” B.C. Transportation Minster Todd Stone recently outlined changes to TransLink’s governance structure and asked TransLink’s mayors’ council on regional transportation to report back on its key priorities. As a result of that request, TransLink recently postponed a consultation process that was set to begin about the Pattullo Bridge, in order to give the mayors’ council time to determine how the Pattullo Bridge project fits into the regional vision. “The Pattullo was on the list of to-dos,” said Wright, a member of the mayors’ council. “A month ago it was number 10. Now it is number 1.” Coun. Bill Harper noted that the city’s report analyzes how the six options still being contemplated meet nine regional objectives including travel, environment, livability, economic development and cost. “We meet seven of them on a four-lane bridge,” he said. “Surrey meets two of them with a six-lane bridge.” – with files from the Surrey NOW

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No-go zone: The Bailey bridge between New Westminster and Coquitlam is closed for repair work.

Did heavy trucks damage bridge? BY THERESA MCMANUS REPORTER tmcmanus@royalcityrecord.com

Overweight vehicles may have contributed to the demise of the Bailey bridge, says Mayor Wayne Wright. Wright said the city has received reports that “huge trucks” were seen crossing the bridge from Coquitlam into New Westminster. The City of New Westminster announced March 4 that the Bailey bridge in the Braid industrial areas is closed to vehicles after cracks were found on the underside of the bridge. “We are looking to see how do we replace it and what do we do,” he told The Record Wednesday. “My understanding from the engineers’ report is that they can’t see some of the repairs needed so it can’t be repaired.” While the existing bridge is out of commission, the city had contacted the province to see if another temporary structure is available until a decision is made about a more permanent solution for the controversial crossing. Built in the 1990s, the bridge was intended to have a lifespan

of 15 to 20 years. “At the same time we are in discussions with Coquitlam – should it be a single or a two-lane bridge?” Wright said. “That’s taking place at the same time.” In February 2013, the City of New Westminster closed the Bailey bridge after an engineering assessment revealed the bridge had a crack in one of the structure supports, something the city attributed to excessive wear and tear. The cities of New Westminster and Coquitlam shared the costs to have the repairs done so the bridge could reopen. When the bridge reopened a few days later, new load restrictions were put in effect that limited vehicle traffic to 15 tonnes maximum – meaning heavy commercial trucks are no longer permitted to cross the bridge. Coquitlam has been pushing for the replacement of the one-lane bridge with a multi-lane bridge, but New Westminster fears a two-lane bridge would worsen the longstanding traffic issues that exist in the industrial area and Braid/ Brunette corridor.

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the other hand, wants a new six-lane New Westminster’s report on the bridge. Of course, from Surrey’s perspeccity’s perspective and proposed solution tive, that makes abundant sense. Get to what to do with the aging Pattullo those cars and trucks out of Surrey and Bridge is titled A Reasonable Approach damn the consequences on the other side – A Perspective on the Pattullo Bridge. of the river. And, if New Westminster And we believe it is exactly that: a reahad taken the same “I’m all sonable approach to a difficult right Jack” approach, it would problem. have suggested building a New Westminster doesn’t THE RECORD new four-lane bridge with an call for the bridge’s entire entirely new access point – say removal, it doesn’t call for into Coquitlam. But it didn’t. And that’s it to be turned into a big planter with a good thing. As Mayor Wayne Wright community farms, it simply suggests a says: “We have no room without destroymiddle-of-the-road solution. Make it a ing our neighbourhoods and without four-lane bridge with tolls. Surrey, on

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destroying our parks. And our road network has no room to expand.” New West is not Langley or Abbotsford, it’s not Surrey, or Mission. It’s a small, aging city trying to maintain some quality of life. And, dare we dream, even improve upon our neighbourhoods and business areas. But here’s where the rubber meets the road. Transit officials may agree that New Westminster’s plan makes sense, but the ugly, hungry snout of politics is always ready to root around in the issue. New Westminster has an NDP MLA, a council that’s viewed as one leaning to the left, and it holds little political clout. Surrey,

on the other hand, is a rich political field that always offers some hope for a Liberal bounty. Now, we hope, that common sense and not politics prevails in the Pattullo decision. But given the Golden Ears bridge, the latest plan for a bridge to Richmond, and other projects that look a tad like political payoffs or carrots, we’re not holding our breath on this one. If common sense doesn’t prevail, we suspect the usually civil citizens of New Westminster will demonstrate exactly what unreasonable behaviour could look like.

Apprehension and confusion do geism shows up in many not help to get favourable test aspects of seniors’ lives, results, and there is little eviincluding condescension, dence to support claims of the arbitrary rules of retirement and a general attitude of treating sen- test’s effectiveness. If they pass the cognitive test, they must take iors as less than equal. a new driving test. Unfortunately, ageism also These rules are based on manifests itself in B.C. driving an outmoded view of seniors. rules for seniors. When B.C. CARP (A New Vision of Aging drivers reach age 80, they are for Canada) views mandated to have a many of these people medical examination as zoomers – boomers to determine their BRUCE BIRD with zip. fitness to drive. They are not conAccording to the lettent to lounge in their ter I received as I rocking chairs until infirmity approached my 80th birthday, puts them in wheelchairs or the full cost of the examination sends them to an early grave. is borne by the individual. But Zoomers travel extensively, paraccording to the Motor Vehicle Department website, the Medical ticipate in sports and other recreational programs, and contribServices Plan will cover $75 of ute to their local communities in the cost. This is only one of the many ways. They are the largest many confusing aspects of B.C.’s group of volunteers, contributing process. millions of hours of unpaid work For many seniors, a driver’s to sports organizations, charities, licence is their only hope of community and health organizamaintaining an active lifetions. style. Public transit, including Some seniors shouldn’t be HandyDART, does not give driving; some younger people many the ability to get to medical appointments or recreational shouldn’t be driving, either. But there must be a more humane and cultural activities – in short, way to determine those still fit to maintain their independence. to drive. Many seniors are not well off As of April 21st, Ontario’s financially, and the cost of the new rules will weed out unfit medical exam (some people told drivers while treating seniors me they paid as much as $200 for the exam) is itself a hardship. with respect and dignity. The new process will include: Failing the exam results in 1. A vision test. more time and expense. They 2. A driver’s record review. must take a cognitive exam on 3. A short group education the computer, even if they are session. computer illiterate or simply intimidated by the computer. ◗Seniors Page 7

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The New Westminster school district is currently consulting the community regarding the creation of catchments for their French immersion and Montessori programs of choice. I am disappointed that they aren’t also looking at changing the enrolment process for these programs. Currently, families are able to register their newborns for these programs as soon as a birth certificate is available. These programs thus rely on a first-come, first-served basis, meaning that children residing in New Westminster since birth are the ones with the best chance of getting in. There is also a priority for siblings, which is sensible, but the remaining spots available are skewed towards children born early in a given year or from families with housing and job security who already know about the current enrolment process through word of

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to contact all those on the current priority enrolment list to inform them of the catchment changes, it would make sense to also implement a much-needed change to our enrolment process that puts us in line with what our neighbours are doing and is fair for all who live here. For a city that otherwise welcomes newcomers and embraces 21st-century diversity, the school district’s registration policies indicate a clear need for a more purposeful and inclusive plan of action. Please join me in sending feedback to space@sd40.bc.ca or leave a message at 604-517-6111. This is where the district is asking for comments to be directed. Thank you. Mona Boucher, New Westminster

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We do not have a democracy in this country: we have a plutocracy (government by the wealthy). The rich and their corporations with the Canadian Council of Chief Executives, have the best government money can buy. What has been forgotten, or I should say deliberately ignored and avoided, is our signed commitment to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. We may proudly say as Canadians, it was written for the UN (United Nations) by a Canadian named John Humphrey and signed by Canada in 1976. Article 22 (3) states: Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable remuneration ensuring for himself and his

4. Two, brief, non-computerized in-class cognitive screening assessments. 5. If necessary, a road test or medical exam. There will be no additional cost; in the event of failure, any step in the process can be repeated numerous times without additional cost. Compare this humane process with B.C.’s onerous process including a

test conducted by a private company, Drive Able, at considerable cost to the senior. People who have failed this test tell me they are unable to find out what they did wrong or why they failed. It’s time for B.C. to adopt a new vision of aging and to treat seniors with respect and dignity. The North Fraser chapter of CARP has invited ICBC and the Department

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family an existence worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social protection. I raise this because we need to take a look at the document which our country was not only instrumental in creating but by signing it, was committed to work towards its implementation. I should add there is so much in this declaration that everyone should take the time to read it, as it is an inspirational tribute to our humanity. We have no right to talk about being a civilized society and a democracy when it functions on the backs of working people and depends on the suffering of many for the sake of a few. Those of us who care need to call for an Economic Bill of Rights, to say enough is enough. We need to shake up the politicians at all levels of government and demand equal rights and a life of dignity for all people. If we don’t, with the neoconservative despots we have in government, conditions in our country and community will only get worse. Have we not had enough of poverty and inequality? Our governments have to do more than declare Family Day our new statutory holiday celebrated on Feb. 10. It’s time to eradicate poverty if in fact we believe in the family. B.C. has the highest poverty rate in Canada and, as reported recently, this Liberal government is one of only two provinces in Canada with no plan to reduce poverty. In this rich province and country, it is, to say the least, an outrage.

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“I’m glad Kellie did it because at some point I want to be put out to pasture … I want wind things down and pursue life after work, with Kellie here there will be a fairly smooth transition,” he says. Kellie was one of the reasons Dave got into real estate. The year before she born, he decided it would be a better route for the family – his wife could stay home with the kids, and he could work closer to home. He took a leave from his job as a recreation and child-care worker for teenage boys with learning disabilities and dove into sales, but it was a tough start. “The first year I made minus $25,000, because I had to take $25,000 out of my RRSP to live and pay all of the bills,” Dave says. But he stayed on and has run the top team in the local RE/MAX Advantage Realty since 2003. What he liked about real estate – and says he still does – was meeting people and seeing properties. What’s surprised Dave about his daughter since she entered the business is how much of a “go-getter” she is. “I thought she might be a little more of a slacker. She’s keen, she’s really on top of everything. She’s getting more and more efficient,” he says. At a time when most young people can barely manage exorbitant rents, Kellie, with the help of her dad’s good planning, recently purchased a Glenbrook North townhouse. Her dad started tucking away the child-tax credit for both his daughters when they were young. When they were old enough, the girls started working for

their dad – helping to stuff envelopes and other small tasks. Kellie was able to use the savings for her down payment. In this day of steep property prices, it’s common for parents to help their kids purchase their first place, Dave says. “Sometimes the parents help them with the down payment,” he says. “A lot of times,” Kellie adds. The other option for young people, Dave says, is to use their RRSP. A person can withdraw up to $25,000 for a down payment (though it must be replaced over the course of 15 years to maintain tax-fee status). For some young people, the best option is to stay at home with their parents long enough to save up their down payment, Dave says. A nurse he knows who works with his other daughter Carmen at Royal Columbian Hospital is an example. She saved around $40,000 for a down payment on a $300,000 property by living at home with her parents throughout her 20s.

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he one thing almost all of the local real estate agent “parents” said when they spoke with The Record is that it’s best to get on the real estate ladder and to start small with a condo, preferably one that can be spruced up. That’s what local Realtor Tracey Davies’ son Sean Davies plans to do. “My five-year plan is to try to buy a condo and probably fix it up and try to make some money on it, and either rent it out or just sell it and move up into a nicer condo,” says the 20-year-old, who works as his mom’s assistant.

Family first: Realtor Dave Vallee, right, hired his daughter, Kellie Vallee, to be a part of his business. Vallee’s has been the top team in the local RE/MAX Advantage Realty since 2003. Niki Hope/ THE RECORD

Tracey says younger buyers would benefit from laneway homes being approved. “It might help provide other affordable options,” she says. Sean joined his mom two years ago, just after he graduated from high school. “It is a lot of work … I think people don’t understand how much goes into listing a house,” he says, summing up the business that’s been the bread and butter for three generations of Davis’ – his grandparents are also realtors.

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es Goss is another real-estate baby with the business in his DNA. Both his parents, Patti and Ed Goss (who divorced when Wes was just a few months old), have been in the business for decades. But the plan wasn’t for Wes to jump into it. The 34-year-old worked as a high school teacher in the Vancouver school district for five years before he switched

careers. Wes left the stability, benefits and guaranteed lengthy summer breaks for the volatile world of real estate. But, he insists, he has no regrets. “It just wasn’t for me – teaching is a job that you have to be passionate about,” he says. “It just wasn’t there for me.” Today, Wes works with his mom, a RE/MAX Realty Advantage agent. (Wes’s half-brother Adam Goss is also an agent.) The partnership has been a dream for Patti. “Over the years, I’ve had a number of buyers’ agents, and it’s just not the same, and since Wes came, I can trust him 100 per cent. And he’s got a really good work ethic, and I don’t have to worry about it,” Patti says. Like Dave, Patti says she’s also thinking about the succession of her business when she retires, but Wes notes she probably never will. “It’s hard for her to take a day off,” he says. Follow Niki @nikimhope on Twitter

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Exploring musical theatre’s depths Patrick Street Productions stages ﬁrst Vancouver production of Adam Guettel’s Floyd Collins

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It seems, perhaps, an unlikely subject for a musical: the story of a cave explorer in 1925 Kentucky who becomes trapped while navigating an underground network he hopes to develop into a tourist attraction. His family and fellow cavers begin a rescue attempt, while a mob of reporters gathers at the scene in one of America’s first nation-wide media frenzies. ThatmusicalisAdamGuettel’sacclaimed Floyd Collins – which is being brought to the Vancouver stage by New Westminster’s own Patrick Street Productions. It’s onstage at the York Theatre March 11 to 30. The musical premiered off-Broadway in 1996, but Patrick Street’s staging is the first time it will be seen in Vancouver. “We have wanted to stage Floyd Collins in Vancouver for many years; we hear the future of musical theatre in Adam Guettel’s nuanced and evocative score,” said Katey Wright, co-artistic producer of Patrick Street, in a press release. This year the show has special meaning for the company, since it opened its season in February with a Rodgers and Hammerstein revue, Out of a Dream. Guettel is the grandson of Richard Rodgers. “We just love the balance between the two shows and the lineage between Richard Rodgers and Adam Guettel,” said Peter Jorgensen, Wright’s husband and co-artistic producer, in an interview with The Record. Wright and Jorgensen have been drawn to Guettel’s work before – in 2011, they staged his Light in the Piazza. Jorgensen said that work is notable for the way the music itself tells the story – something that Patrick Street strives to find in its productions. Floyd Collins, he said, is similar. “It’s got all the sophistication of The Light in the Piazza, but textually and musically it’s quite different,” Jorgensen said. Wright noted that Guettel is known for

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How Glory Goes: Krystin Pellerin, Kevin McNulty, Daren A. Herbert, Michael Torontow and New Westminster’s Katey Wright in Patrick Street Productions’ Floyd Collins. The Adam Guettel musical opens March 11 at the York Theatre in Vancouver. his ability to create an entirely new musical vocabulary for each of his shows, based on its own particular time and place. “He creates a musical universe for the story,” she noted, adding his ability to do so is “phenomenal.” “You won’t find a gluey pop ballad in the middle of a 19thcentury costume drama.” The musical style draws from bluegrass and Americana, while integrating elements reminiscent of Bartok and Stravinsky. Jorgensen said the music is integral to the show. “The music just keeps unraveling in a sort of inevitable way,” he said. Guettel himself recently came to Vancouver for an evening talk and performance, thanks to the efforts of Patrick Street – and, while in town, he worked

with the cast of Floyd Collins. That cast includes a coast-to-coast network of Canadian musical theatre talent, with Daren A. Herbert in the title role. The Bermuda-born Herbert – whose first home upon moving to Canada was, in fact, in New Westminster – previously appeared in Patrick Street’s Piazza and has most recently been seen in Vancouver in the Arts Club’s Dreamgirls. He’s joined by CBC TV stars Kevin McNulty (of Arctic Air fame) and Krystin Pellerin (of The Republic of Doyle), along with local and national talent including David Adams, Nathan Carroll, Graham Coffeng, Michael Culp, Jay Davis, Michael Torontow, Kris Truelsen, Andrew Wade, Ashley Wright and Katey Wright. They will be accompanied by a live, six-

piece band. The production is directed by Jorgensen, with musical direction from Jonathan Monro and assistant direction by Chris Allan. Sets and props are designed by Amir Ofek, with costumes by Barbara Clayden, lighting by Jeff Harrison and sound design by Bradley Danyluk. Floyd Collins is onstage at the York Theatre, 639 Commercial Dr. in Vancouver, from March 11 to 30. Previews are on March 11 and 12 at 8 p.m., with opening night on Thursday, March 13 at 8 p.m. Tickets are priced from $19. Buy online at tickets.thecultch.com or call 604-251-1363. See www.patrickstreetproductions.com for more. Follow Julie on Twitter, @juliemaclellan

Exhibit opening this weekend at Queen’s Park THE LIVELY CITY JULIE MACLELLAN

hat better way to spend a Sunday afternoon than basking in the colours of spring? Everyone is invited to attend the opening reception for Floriography: The silent language of flowers,

an exhibition of work by Grazyna Wolski. The exhibition is on now at the Arts Council of New Westminster gallery and runs until March 29. The opening reception is set for this Sunday, March 9 from 2 to 4 p.m., and all are welcome. The gallery is in Centennial Lodge, Queen’s Park. Check out www. artscouncilnewwest.org or call 604-525-3244 for more information.

Poetry wars on

Here’s one for the poetry crowd. The Royal City

Literary Arts Society’s new poetry study group, The Poetry Wars, has its second meeting on March 15 at the Heritage Grill. The group, led by Carol Shillibeer, meets from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the back room at the restaurant, 447 Columbia St. Group members read poems, reviews, texts and commentary and discuss what they’ve read at a once-a-month study group meeting. The ultimate goal? To become better poets. But be aware: the group

warns that it’s not for the faint of heart. “The group is free of monetary expectation, but investment can also be in mental anguish and sweat. Expect both of those last two,” says a press release. Anyone with questions can email Carol at shillibeer@tailfeather.ca. If you don’t have questions, you’re welcome to just show up at the group meeting.

Delving deep

A new writing workshop is exploring ways

to help writers find the “more” within themselves. Jonina Kirton is leading a workshop at the New Westminster Public Library on Tuesday, March 18 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The workshop is sponsored by the Royal City Literary Arts Society in partnership with the library. The workshop, page as bone – ink as blood, explores the idea of memory, as it resides in the mind, or as it exists on a cellular or ancestral level. “As writers, we often

seek to access memory. At times, we circle the same topic or theme over and over,” a press release says. “Somehow we know there is more, but we do not know how to get to it.” Kirton will show how, through simple breathing techniques and group writing exercises, writers can find that way in. Pre-register by emailing secretary@rclas.com. The library is at 716 Sixth Ave. Got an item for Lively City? Send arts and entertainment ideas to Julie, jmaclellan@ royalcityrecord.com.

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Poetic Justice readings set What could be better than surrounding yourself with poetry and books on a Sunday afternoon? The Poetic Justice reading series is continuing on Sunday afternoons in March, running from 3 to 5 p.m. each Sunday. The sessions include readings by featured poets, as well as open mike sessions. The March 2 session was hosted by Alan Hill and featured poets Una Bruhns, Janet Kvammen, Manolis and Gail van Kalsbeek. On March 9, it’s hosted by Franci Louann and features poets Larry Falls, Sonja Grgar and Eva Waldauf. On March 16, you can hear from Ronica Prosad, Ariadne Sawyer and Sho Wiley, in a session hosted by Lilija Valis. Both those sessions are at Renaissance Bookstore, 43 Sixth St., downtown. The last two sessions of the month move back to the backroom at the Heritage Grill.

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Words, words, words: Alan Hill reads at the Poetic Justice session March 2 at Renaissance Bookstore. The next session is coming this Sunday, March 9. On March 23, Franci Louann hosts a session featuring Jane Byers, Bonnie Quan Symons and Lara

Varesi, while, on March 30, Louann hosts Rob Budde, Daniela Elza, Deborah L. Kelly and John Sibley

Williams. Check out www.poetic justice.ca for all the details and current information.

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seven years ago, Clarke has met and taken many seniors and their families on tours of its beautiful accommodations, explaining the many services available to enhance their daily living. Besides the social opportunities, there are nutritious and delicious meals, weekly housekeeping and the peace of mind that goes along with a 24-hour emergency response system. Clarke suggests that seniors and their families start to talk about future options sooner rather than later. “We find that it is a process of coming to terms with the idea of moving. This process involves looking at various residences, often more than once, perhaps enjoying a meal and then making a decision on what feels right for them. It is important that all involved experience what makes “Independent Retirement Living” so much different than a “Nursing Home” or “Long Term Care”. She states “They are completely different so give your parent’s time to process the idea and see for themselves. Don’t push, but be a support in the transition!” Many times the day to day demands of keeping a home, shopping, preparing healthy

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t’s that time of year again – when kids give a collective “yippee!” and parents sigh and scratch their heads wondering how to cope with two weeks of spring break. To help make things a little easier for local families, I thought I’d do some digging and put together a list of ideas for spring break fun around New West. Here are some highlights:

◗ New Westminster parks, rec and culture: As always, the city has planned a busy schedule for families looking for spring break fun. There are activities for all age groups, from toddlers on up – with a host of day camps for older kids and drop-ins for teens. There are also special family swim and skating sessions. Look for the spring break brochure at city facilities or see www. newwestpcr.ca. ◗ New Westminster Public Library: The library’s two branches offer a Spring Break Bonanza, a drop-in program for ages six to 12 that features games, crafts, stories and a special activity. It’s at the main branch (716 Sixth

Ave.) on Tuesdays and Thursdays (March 18, 20, 25 and 27) from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. It’s also on at the Queensborough branch on Wednesdays and Thursdays (March 19, 20, 26 and 27) from 11:30 to 1:30 p.m. ◗ Music Box: The music school at River Market offers a variety of spring break programs. From March 17 to 21, kids can take part in Music in the Mornings and Theatre and Dance Afternoons, with separate sessions for ages four to seven and eight to 12. From March 24 to 28, it’s Let’s Put on a Show, which will give kids a chance to learn everything from how to build a set and sew costumes to per-

forming on stage. Check out www.musicboxnw.ca, email info@musicboxnw.ca or call 604-553-1176. ◗ The Stage New Westminster: This performing arts school (which runs out of Dance With Me Studios at 230-50 Lorne St.) offers a week-long musical theatre day camp that will culminate in a presentation for family and friends on the Friday. Kids aged seven to 10 can take part from March 17 to 21, and kids aged 11 to 14 can enjoy a week of fun March 23 to 27. See www.thestagenewwest. ca, email info@thestage newwest.ca or call 604-5181291. ◗ The Dance Matrix: This New West dance school is offering up Spring Loaded,

a spring break dance camp from March 17 to 28. Children aged six and up will receive instruction in a variety of dance styles, plus set and costume-making, games, arts and crafts. Previous dance experience is not necessary. The Dance Matrix is at 802 Agnes St. Call 778-397-0934, email thedancematrix@gmail.com or visit www.thedance matrix.webs.com. ◗ Vancouver Circus School: Kids can run away to join the circus with day camps geared towards youth aged six to 16. Kids of all fitness levels and abilities are invited to take part in the camps, which will include aerial silks, bouncy trampolines, juggling and more. There are full- and half-day

options, and the camps run March 17 to 21 and March 24 to 28. Call 604-544-5024, email info@vancouver circusschool.ca or visit www.vancouvercircus school.ca for all the details. ◗ Douglas College: The college’s New Westminster campus offers a wide variety of camps running March 17 to 21 and March 24 to 28, which run the gamut from sports and dance to computers, creative writing and web design. For full details, call 604-527-5680, email sum mercamps@douglascollege. ca or see www.douglas college.ca/youthcamps. Send Family Ties ideas to jmaclellan@royalcityrecord. com, or find her on Twitter, @juliemaclellan.

Is your toddler a picky eater? Find some help at the library BY SHELLEY WILSON-ROBERTS CONTRIBUTOR editorial@royalcityrecord.com

Are you the parent of a pint-sized dictator, also known as a toddler? Are mealtimes a battle with your little general who mutinously refuses to try anything that isn’t plain pasta? The New Westminster Public Library has a number of books about helping picky eaters become less so. Read on! Give Peas a Chance was written by Kate Samela, a dietitian and pediatric special-

ist who provides good examples of how much food is enough for your toddler, how to combat a reliance on milk and or juice, and how to combine the food groups to broaden your toddler’s palate. Stuck in a food rut? Samela gives alternates to commonly loved toddler foods so you can offer variations on familiar foods that stand a chance at being accepted. Looking to inject a little Gallic flair into family mealtimes? Try French Kids Eat Everything (and Yours Can Too) by Karen Le Billon. She and her family moved to

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France from Canada and watched their picky children evolve into less picky eaters. There are 10 “food rules” that Le Billon shares that transformed her children’s relationship with food, and made family mealtimes much less tense, although remember, yelling Rule No. 6 (“you don’t have to like it but you do have to taste it”) at your little refusenik won’t help things along. However, do keep Rule No. 10 in mind: “Remember, eating is joyful. Relax!” For every parent who has desperately

coaxed one more spoonful of anything into a child’s mouth at mealtime, Just Two More Bites offers solutions and information about child development and reassures parents that food refusal is an entirely normal part of a child’s development. Thankfully author Linda Piette also offers strategies to help parents navigate the stormy waters of family mealtimes. Check out the booklist in the library catalogue called Help for your Picky Eater, and let peace reign at family mealtimes once more!

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Society’s silent auction on Saturday, nternational and local offerings are March 8 from 7 to 11 p.m. The event, part of the fun this weekend in New being held at River Market at 810 Westminster. We are continuing with our popular feature, The Record’s Top Five Quayside Dr., is the society’s main fund(or More) Things to Do This Weekend and raising event. offer the following suggestions for March Support the dreams of girls in 7 to 9. Africa who want to attend secondary school by attending the Canadian Celebrate International Women’s Harambee Education Society’s Day – and support local International Women’s Day businesses at the same fundraiser. The event features time. With International musical entertainment, a silent Women’s Day being celebrated auction and refreshments, as on March 8, some downtown well as a display about the businesses have decided to society’s projects. The fundoffer some specials for women. raiser takes place on Saturday, Deals are being offered by a March 8 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. range of businesses, includat the Sapperton Pensioners ing movies, flowers, massages Hall at 318 Keary St. Tickets and acupuncture, as well as are $20 and available at the retail sales. One local business door or by calling 778-566is even offering a free glass of (or more) 5261. wine for women on Saturday. Full details are available at Drop by the Amelia Things to do www.downtownnewwest.ca. Douglas Gallery and check this weekend out the paintings, ceramics Check out The Importance and digital works by P. Thomas Wood. of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde, a The Art as Therapy exhibit runs until production being put on by the theatre April 11 in the gallery. You’ll find it on and stagecraft and event technology the fourth floor of Douglas College’s departments at Douglas College. Tickets New Westminster campus at 700 Royal are $10 to $12 and can be purchased at Ave. The Amelia Douglas Gallery is open the door (as available) or in advance from on Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. For Massey Theatre at www.masseytheatre. more information about the gallery, see com or 604-521-5050. Saturday’s show www.douglas.bc.ca. times include a matinee at 2 p.m. and an Email your Top 5 ideas to calendar@royal evening show at 7 p.m. The production cityrecord.com or send them to tmcmanus@ is taking place in the Douglas College royalcityrecord.com. You can also check out Studio Theatre, Room 4100 on the fourth our full arts and events calendar listings on floor of the college’s New Westminster our website www.royalcityrecord.com. campus at 700 Royal Ave. – compiled by staff reporter Theresa Help out a local preschool by attendMcManus ing the Queen’s Park Preschool

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Howay student will reign as May Queen AROUND TOWN

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.W. Howay’s reign as May Queen remains intact. When Cassidy Tecklenborg was named New Westminster’s 144th May Queen, it marked the second consecutive year F.W. Howay has claimed the honour. After students in schools have selected their representatives, a random draw for positions in the May Queen Suite takes place in council chambers. Accompanying Cassidy will be Peyton Arndt, who is F.W. Howay’s Royal Knight. Rounding out the 2014 May Queen Suite are: First Maid of Honour Misha Dilshad and Royal Knight Nolan Common – Hume Park Elementary School; Second Maid of Honour Nadya Raza and Royal Knight Tejan Singh – Queensborough Middle School; Medal Bearer Ella Foster and Royal Knight Michael Paul – Lord Tweedsmuir Elementary School; Register Bearer Emma Sneep and Royal Knight Praniel Surgrive – Connaught Heights Elementary School; First Flower Girl Asia Cornelius and Royal Knight Ethan Ginogino – Lord Kelvin Elementary School; Second Flower Girl Teadora Kadonoff and Royal Knight Manaf Al-Jawadi – John Robson Elementary School; Third Flower Girl Anna Rose Machuik and Royal Knight Teodor Petkovic – Herbert Spencer

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The Lower Mainland Green Team and Evergreen are teaming up to green up Hume Park. The groups have joined forces to do an invasive plant removal and planting of native plants at lower Hume Park on Sunday, March 9 from 9:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Community members are invited to take volunteer at the event. To sign up, go to tinyurl. com/LowerHume. As part of Evergreen’s Uncover Your Creeks program, volunteers will remove invasive plants and possibly plant

native plants and take water quality samples in the Brunette River. Participants will meet at lower Hume Park at East Columbian and Holmes streets, near the picnic shelters.

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It was second time lucky for Douglas College grad RuiLin Huang at the Sport B.C. athlete of the year banquet on Wednesday. The 24-year-old fivetime college athlete of the year was named the Sport B.C. college athlete of the year award winner at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver on Wednesday. Huang, who posted a remarkable 207-1 career record in college badminton, beat out two-time PacWest women’s soccer league MVP Alanna Bekkering and PacWest female athlete of the year Kayla Bruce, the University of the Fraser Valley volleyball star who was also a runner-up for the collegiate award last year. Huang was also nominated for Sport B.C.’s top college athlete award in 2012. “I was so surprised. Last time, I had so many doubts. I didn’t win it,” said Huang, following her receiving the award on Wednesday. The Mainland China native won an unprecedented five consecutive Canadian Colleges’ association national women’s singles titles from 2008 to ’13. The perennial AllCanadian was also chosen CCAA female badminton athlete of the year in four of the five years. In 2012, she was also named the CCAA athlete of the year across all sports. “It’s a good accomplish-

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Credit due: Douglas College grad RuiLin Huang was named the Sport B.C. college athlete of the year at the celebration banquet at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver on Wednesday. ment for all the hard work and all the people who helped me,” Huang said. “Without them, I wouldn’t even have been nominated for this award.” Perhaps not surprisingly, Huang was the choice of Douglas College as its female athlete of the year in all five years she attended the New Westminster campus. While receiving the award for top college athlete in the province, Huang became emotional on stage. “I don’t know why,” she added. “I never speak

English in front of so many people.” After graduating from Douglas with a degree in accounting, Huang is ready to start on a new path. “I’m going to have a new life, start work and keep coaching and play some games sometimes, but not so much anymore,” Huang said. Huang honed her badminton skills at China’s Provincial Sport Institute in Hunan Province for 17 years before coming to Canada’s West Coast to study.

“When I tell (my parents) they will be very happy and proud of me. I think they would be so happy and tell everyone. “I won a provincial award in China, too, and they were so happy. It was presented by the government in 2005, when I was 15-years-old.” Huang shared the spotlight with another athlete from Burnaby. Wrestler Stacie Anaka, ranked No. 2 in the world in her weight class, won the female senior athlete of the year award. Anaka, a Simon Fraser

University grad, earned a silver medal at the 2013 senior world championships and a gold at the Pan Am Games. As well, several local volunteers were honoured with Presidents’ awards prior to the dinner. Gary Steeves of New Westminster was named by the B.C. Blind Sports and Recreation Association. Burnaby’s Alexander Rosemann and Burnaby Central Secondary instructor Gianni Buono were similarly honoured for their work with B.C. Table Tennis and wrestling.

Giants win lucky seventh midget title BY TOM BERRIDGE SPORTS EDITOR tberridge@royalcityrecord.com

All the Northwest Giants needed was a win, and they got it. The Giants won a seventh consecutive B.C. major midget hockey league title, narrowly edging runner-up Okanagan Rockets by a single point in the final regular season standings. “We had a little help. It was pretty shocking when we heard the news,” said second-year Giants coach Clint Thornton. Last weekend, the Burnabybased Giants swept a two-game set with the Cariboo Cougars in Prince George, while Okanagan only needed to do the same at home against the Northeast Chiefs to place first overall. They couldn’t do it, tying the

fifth-place Chiefs 7-7 in their opening game on Saturday. In fact, the Rockets apparently became the victims of their own complacency, giving up five unanswered and unexplainable goals in the opening six minutes of the final period to drop what proved to be the valuable single point to the Giants, which cost the club the regular season title. “Our guys played well. It didn’t affect them. We just said, ‘Let’s keep doing what we’re doing, and we put four (goals) in,’” said Thornton. The Giants blanked the Cougars 7-0 in their opening game and then ensured themselves of a seventh straight regular season title with a 4-1 win on Sunday. Colton Kerfoot led the Giants in the title-winning victory with a hat trick.

On Saturday, Kerfoot, who placed second in league scoring with 38 goals and 86 points, had a goal and two helpers against the Cougars. “(Kerfoot) has been good for us that way when we needed him,” Thornton added. Keegan Jones tallied a pair of markers for the Giants in the win, as the Giants took a 3-0 first-period lead before burying the Prince George club with four more goals in the final frame. In Sunday’s pivotal win, the Giants spotted Cariboo the first goal of game and then replied with four markers in the final 12 minutes of the opening frame to coast to their 33rd win of the season. The Giants finished the season with a record of 33-5-2, one

point better than the Rockets. The Giants also led the 11-team loop in goals for, fewest goals against and least penalty minutes. They open the playoffs on Friday with the first game of a best-of-three series against the South Island Royals. “I know for a fact they will be ready for us,” said Thornton. “The message I sent to the players was they are going to know your systems, power play and forecheck, and we have to execute quicker and more efficiently.” The Giants host the Royals at the Burnaby Winter Club on Friday, beginning at 7:30 p.m. The two teams play again the following night at 7:45 p.m. If necessary, a Game 3 will be played on Sunday at 9:30 a.m. at the winter club.

Simon Fraser University advanced to the semifinals of Great Northwest conference women’s basketball playoffs. The Clan rebounded from a disappointing loss to Western Washington in its final regular season game, beating Seattle Pacific 8779 in a conference quarterfinal playoff matchup on Wednesday. “I thought many people stepped up and played very well,” said SFU head coach Bruce Langford in a school press release. “Meg Wilson was outstanding in the first half and I thought MarieLine Petit was outstanding in the second half.” Wilson’s last-second three-pointer of the opening half, highlighted a 13-4 run by the Clan. Petit took over in the second half, nailing three long-range treys, including her third of the night in the final minute. New Westminster’s Kia Van Laare also chipped in with three three-pointers. “We lost it a little bit and had a few stupid possessions. But I think we just stepped back, looked at what we had to do and knew we could break their press,” Petit said in the release. SFU will play first-place finishers Montana State Billings today (Friday) in Lacey, Washington for a spot in the conference final.

All-academics

Last week, three Clan women were named to the Great Northwest all-academic basketball team. Katie Lowen and Van Laare were both repeat honourees, while Chelsea Reist earned a first-time nod. Lowen, a Bachelor of Arts candidate, boasts a 3.45 grade point average, while Van Laare has a 3.36 GPA in kinesiology. Reist, who is close to completing a degree in archeology, earned a 3.38 GPA.

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◗ SWIMMING

Hyacks claim 19 medals at AA meet

BY TOM BERRIDGE SPORTS EDITOR tberridge@royalcityrecord.com

Hyack Swim Club’s Micah Lau won two gold medals and shared a pair of silvers at the B.C. AA short course championship swim meet in Chilliwack last weekend. The 13-year-old Lau won both the boys’ 100- and 200metre freestyle races, while placing second in both the 14-and-under 200m free and medley relays for the Hyack Swim Club over three days of racing at the Chilliwack Landing Leisure Centre. Amar Fejzic and Dimitrov Martin shared a silver with Lau in both relay races. Eric Wu swam in the free relay, while Zach Zhao Sun teamed up in the medley. Hyack also showed future potential in the under-11 age group. Michi Duclos won four medals, including a gold in the 200m individual medley. Duclos also claimed a silver in the 200m free and bronze in both the 100m free and 200m backstroke. Sergey Chernomor-

chenko won the u-11 boys’ 200m butterfly and Xiao Yan was first in the boys’ 800m free. Dragos Tudosa was also a four-medal winner at 12and-under, earning individual bronze medals in the 200 and 400m IM and two second-place medals in the relays, along with Gregor Gasovic-Varga and Ethan Bahng. Andrew Li shared a silver in the free relay, while Tej Pooni swam in the medley. Other individual silver medallists included Martin Dimitrov in the 100m fly and Briana Haiduc and Gasovic-Varga in the 50m free. Carleen Gao, Aleks Mezentsev, Duclos, Li Chernomorchenko,Haiduc, Zhao, Gasovic-Varga and Sun all registered new AAA qualifying times at the provincial meet. In all, the Hyacks garnered 19 total medals, including five gold, eight silver and six bronze. The New West club put a total of 47 swimmers into A-event finals, while another 14 made it to the B finals.

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Starting right: New Westminster opened the high school junior Tier 1 ﬁeld lacrosse championships with an 8-4 win over Centennial on Monday.

Burnaby Lake to face hot Castaways The Castaway Wanderers will be looking to extend their three-game winning streak to four, when they visit the first-place Burnaby Lake Rugby Club on Saturday. Castaways won their third straight Canadian Direct Insurance premier league match 44-5 over Vancouver Rowing Club at Windsor Park last Saturday. The win helped the Oak Bay-based club vault into fifth place from seventh, just one point shy of a playoff position with five matches still to be played in the regular season. Burnaby Lake improved its league-leading 8-1 record with a slim 27-26 victory over an inspired University of Victoria XV that rallied from a 22-point deficit to pick up two crucial bonus points despite the loss. Saturday’s matchup between Burnaby and Castaways will be a rematch of last year’s semifinal.

Zion Corrales-Nelson led the St. Thomas More Knights to a 73-54 win over Lambrick Park in the opening game of the B.C. high school AA girls’ basketball championships in Langley on Wednesday. The junior point guard matched teammate Leilani Carney with 17 points, while also grabbing eight rebounds and dishing off six assists. Domunique Booker had a near double-double, scoring 13 and adding nine boards. Meghan Ho chipped in with eight points and five blocked shots. STM moved into the quarter-finals against Vernon played Thursday (after Record deadlines). In AAA play, Burnaby South lost its first-round matchup with No. 7 Mennonite Educational Institute 83-69. Desiree Lister was South’s player of the game with 19 points. – Tom Berridge

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