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Keeping his promise to Eva I

n a goodbye video to her many friends and supporters around the world, Eva Markvoort tells them, “It’s the end of my life, but not the end of my love.”

Eva, in a hospital bed, is surrounded by family, including her dad, Bill Markvoort.

She’s nestled into the crook of his arm. He looks at the camera and says, “It’s not the end of the story either.”

Eva, weak and clearly very ill, musters the strength to repeat him. She whispers, “It’s not the end of the story” and leans her head NIKI HOPE into him. He kisses her on the forehead. ◆ It was four years ago this month that Eva passed away from the disease she lived with for all of her 25 years.

Before she died, Bill Markvoort says he made a promise to carry on her fight by raising funds and awareness about cystic fibrosis, the illness that may have damaged his daughter’s body, but never her spirit.

Eva’s journey with CF and her bid to get a lung transplant were the focus of an acclaimed documentary, called 65_RedRoses. Eva, who grew up in New West, also hosted a blog and made connections with people around the globe – fellow CF suffers, organ transplant survivors and others who were drawn to her warmth, charisma and infectious energy.

The term 65 Roses is how young children often pronounce cystic fibrosis, but Eva, being Eva, put her own flare on the name – hence, the roses became red.

This year is a significant one for Bill and the family, because he is turning 65. Bill decided this was the time to take part in the GearUp4CF fundraiser – a 1,200-km ride from Vancouver to Banff. He’s calling his one-man team “65for65Roses,” in honour of Eva – with a goal of raising $65,000.

For Bill, the hardest part of the fundraiser isn’t getting on the bike for nine grinding days (June 21 to 29), it’s asking people for money that’s the challenge.

“As tough as the ride is that’s not what scares me, it’s the fundraising. I’m not a natural fundraiser myself. For me to go to people and ask them for money is a very difficult thing. I don’t like it. I’m always so amazed when people say ‘Oh yeah, we’ll donate. We want to,’” Bill says.

Making the Pattullo sales pitch

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Riding for their rose: Janet Brine, left, and her husband Bill Markvoort are fundraising

for the GearUp4CF ride from Vancouver to Banff in memory of their daughter Eva. This month is a significant one for the family. Eva’s birthday is March 31, and she passed away four years ago on March 27.

New Westminster politicians have been out knocking on neighbours’ doors in an effort to build support for the city’s Pattullo Bridge plan.

The city wants a new four-lane tolled crossing, and on Monday night Coun. Chuck Puchmayr made the pitch to Port Coquitlam council.

Puchmayr told PoCo council that tolls are not only needed to finance the new bridge but as an “essential” measure to discourage additional car trips over the span and also to promote public transit.

But PoCo Mayor Greg Moore questioned New Westminster’s bid to get support from individual councils, suggesting the discussion should happen at the regional level with TransLink and Metro Vancouver.

“I would never go to another community to advocate on our position,” he told the Tri-Cities NOW. “I understand why they’re doing it, but it’s not normal.”

Moore said TransLink’s Mayors’ Council is currently working on a 10-year transit plan that deals with the replacement of the Pattullo Bridge and with funding issues.

He also suggested that New Westminster is part of a region and every city has to take its fair share of traffic, noting PoCo deals with thousands of extra commuters coming from Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows.

Last week New Westminster Coun. Bill Harper made a similar pitch to Burnaby’s council.

He received mixed comments from those councillors, with some suggesting that the Pattullo be torn down and not replaced.

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“(That) tells me the goodness of people. People I don’t know very well, younger people that knew Eva, made donations.”

This is Bill’s second time doing the ride. He went out in 2008, when Eva was alive. She was there in Banff at the finish line to cheer him on. Eva had just received a double lung transplant, and her health was stable.

“The transplant worked wonderfully,” he recalls. “She came with us on that last trip. She met us in Windermere. She was a cheerleader for us. She cheerleaded us into Banff. She painted up all of the little kids’ faces there. It was just such a delight to have here there. She was so super excited about it. Those are good memories to have.”

At the time, Bill surpassed his fundraising goal of $10,000, raising $32,000, which shocked him.

Eva was Bill and Janet Brine’s first child. Born in 1984, she was about a year old when Janet noticed her daughter wasn’t thriving. She took her to a pediatrician, who diagnosed her.

When they first looked up the illness in medical journals, they were devastated by what they read.

“The news was horrible … at that time life expectancy was two or three or four years old,” Janet says.

Later they learned that the average life expectancy was 24.

But, as a kid, Eva did “really, really well.”

Still, her therapy and treatment took about two hours a day.

The biggest time consumer was physiotherapy, Janet says.

“We had to do a concussive physiotherapy, so like a clapping on her lungs on her body on the outside in various positions to loosen up the mucus,” Janet says.

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Brave heart: Eva Markvoort in a publicity photo for 65_RedRoses, a documentary about her life and battle with cystic fibrosis.

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Canada. There is no cure.

It causes various effects on the body, but mainly affects the digestive system and lungs. The degree of cystic fibrosis involvement differs from person to person. However, the persistence and ongoing infection in the lungs, with destruction of lungs and loss of lung function, eventually causes death in the majority of people who have cystic fibrosis, CF Canada’s website states.

It is estimated that one in every 3,600 children born in Canada has cystic fibrosis.

CF is genetic, and Janet and Bill are both carriers. It takes two of the genes to create the disease.

Neither of them knew they had the gene before Eva was born, and after they discovered it, they thought they wouldn’t have more children.

But a couple of years after Eva was born, doctors were able to do genetic analysis. The couple had two more children – Annie and Hunter, who are both in their 20s now.

Eva’s treatment also involved

a complicated series of medications – some to be taken with food, others without.

“That was her life, but I like to think it helped her live a fairly normal life for a number of years.

And then when she was 18, 19, she had a skiing accident and she broke her pelvis, and so she couldn’t move for six weeks, and that caused real problems with her lungs, and that was sort of the beginning of a downslide,” Janet says.

A couple of years later her lungs were really damaged, and she was suffering in the hospital more than she was out. She was on the transplant list and after waiting for seven or eight months, she received a lung transplant. She recovered from that and had a couple of good years, but then her body started to reject her new lungs “and that was pretty horrible,” recalls Janet.

Four years have passed since Eva died. When asked what she misses the most about her daughter, Janet’s voice trembles.

“That’s a hard one,” she says, then grows quiet for a moment.

“I’m sorry. What do I miss? I miss touching her.

“She was a real talker. She really filled up our lives. She was happy and willing to talk about anything, she was always chattering off, and we just enjoyed that so much.”

Not having that has left a huge hole in their lives, Janet says, but Eva’s lessons, along with her light that shined even in the darkest days of her illness, are still with them.

“She taught me not to sweat the small stuff. That’s how she’s affected people, not just me, but people around her – not to get bogged down by small, petty things in life that happen. Take a step back, look at the big picture and just to make sure that you have a purpose in your life,” Janet says.

To donate to Bill’s ride, visit 65for65roses.blogspot.ca. Tax receipts are issued by Cystic Fibrosis Canada for donations over $20.

65 red roses: Eva’s legacy continues on her blog Eva Markvoort started a LiveJournal blog under the profile name “65_redroses” in 2006 as a way to connect with other people with cystic fibrosis.

It was an important tool to communicate with other cystic fibrosis patients, given that those with the disease are not allowed to be near each other because of the potential dangerous transferring of bacteria in the lungs.

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“They don’t want people to be sharing bacteria because it can cause real problems.

In order for her to get information, she went on the Internet and developed this blog, at that time. She was reaching out to other people out there, to know who else had gone through CF, who has gone through a transplant – she made some connections there,” says Janet Brine, Eva’s mom.

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Woodlands: Some memories still too fresh

BY THERESA MCMANUS REPORTER tmcmanus@royalcityrecord.com

Three panels depicting the history and architecture of Woodlands School will be unveiled in the spring, but it’s too soon to tell the individual stories of those involved with the institution.

A task force has been working on concepts for interpretive panels that will find a home at the former Woodlands site. Three panels – called Architecture, Decision-making and From Asylum to Community – will be unveiled in the spring at a ceremony at city hall.

The Centre Block Tower task force, which reviewed the four interpretive panels proposed, suggested the Individual Voices panel be eliminated for the time being.

While the proposed Individual Voices panel contained some important content, the task force felt it would be better to take a step back and wait before approving content for that panel, said John Stark, the city’s senior social planner. He noted that Woodlands still invokes bad memories for some of the former residents of Woodlands School.

“To deal with something like this is emotional at the least,” said Mayor Wayne Wright. “The individuals you are talking to, they are still living. The things they have gone through … ” Stark said there may be an opportunity to revisit the Individual Voices panel in future years, but the memories are too fresh to be included in the panels at this time.

New Westminster city council previously approved the use of up to $20,000 from the $600,000 contribution made by the Onni Group of Companies to the city’s heritage fund for the creation of interpretive panels.

“I think it was a very positive move forward,” said Coun. Betty McIntosh. “It will be really good to see these panels and get them into place.”

New Westminster city council recently approved the text that will be included on the panels.

“The panels, based on the revised text as endorsed by council, need to be reformatted. This will take about six to eight weeks,” Stark said. “After reformatting, there will be an unveiling ceremony at a regular council meeting. This ceremony will involve task force members.”

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Richard McDonald, a former Woodlands resident and a member of the task force, wants to ensure the panels tell the true story of Woodlands.

“It’s a very good thing,” he said about the project. “I don’t want no fabrication on them.”

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Society execs should be ashamed of themselves In the wake of the damning audit of $69,000 in high-end restaurant bills, the Portland Hotel Society, there’s been a trips to Hawaii and Disneyland, a cruise feeding frenzy condemning former dirdown the Danube, spa treatments and ectors and managers for their excess. booze purchases. The society also seemAnd there is certainly ingly set up their books to much to condemn, including defy any meaningful overan almost complete lack of sight.

THE RECORD accountability and a fingersThe scorn and outrage justiin-the-cookie-jar approach fiably aimed at the society has to self-reward that is shocking in an been palpable. It’s not that there have organization that exists significantly off never been bigger fish guilty of worse public funding. offences at the public trough. But as an Questionable expenses included organization supposedly devoted to the

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poor, this society was supposed to be better than that.

Instead, they came to see themselves as entitled.

Their actions have resulted in a huge sense of betrayal.

While the sins of the wicked pierce our side, the sins of the righteous pierce our heart.

One of the saddest fallouts of the sorry affair is that it has given plenty of ammunition for those who would love to cut public funding for similar endeav-

ours, regardless of the good they do.

B.C. Housing Minister Rich Coleman said criminal charges aren’t being considered against society executives.

That’s too bad, because if this isn’t technically criminal, it’s certainly a moral crime.

It will have a real and negative impact on the most vulnerable people the society was supposed to help – perhaps for years to come. For that, those associated with this sordid affair have only themselves to blame.

Time to strengthen health-care deal

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three Prairie provinces and the e need renewed leaderthree territories – $255 million ship on Medicare. B.C. for B.C. versus $225 million for is about to lose billions of dollars in health-care funding. the group of 10.

These extreme cuts will only That’s because on March 31, continue to undermine our the 10-year-old national Health already struggling public healthAccord expires. care system here in B.C. For the past decade, the In response to Prime Minister Health Accord set the level of Harper’s agenda of health-care health care funding that Ottawa cuts, we need a strong push back provides the provinces and terby provincial leaders, ritories annually. starting with B.C.’s However, in late premier.

2011, a newly minted BONNIE PEARSON After all, it was majority Conservative through the leadgovernment in Ottawa ership of another Western unilaterally announced it was Canadian premier that Medicare not renewing the accord. was created across Canada in the Funding-wise, federal health 1960s. care transfers to the provinces At that time, the federal and and territories will be cut by roughly 10 per cent or $36 billion provincial governments agreed to a 50-50 cost sharing arrangeover the next 10 years. ment. B.C. saw a massive investFor B.C., this means beginment over the next 30 years in ning on April 1, over a quarter new hospitals, long-term care billion dollars will be slashed from federal health-care transfers facilities, community care and home support. to our province in 2014/15.

However, by the mid-1990s, It gets worse. Over the next massive cuts to public spending 10 years, B.C. is projected to lose nearly $5 billion in funding from resulted in the federal government only footing 10 per cent of Ottawa for health care, making health-care costs in Canada. our province the confederation’s By 2000, provincial leaderbiggest loser when the current ship once again was needed to accord expires.

Per capita, British Columbians save Medicare. Fed up with the cuts, the Premiers forced thenwill take the biggest hit in fedLiberal Prime Minister Jean eral health care transfers over the next decade, when compared Chretien to establish the Health Accord to better support public to the rest of Canada. health care.

This year alone, B.C.’s cut The accord created fairer in transfers totals more than federal funding formulas and the combined reductions to recommitted all provinces to the Newfoundland and Labrador, the three Maritime provinces, the ◗Health Page 7

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Dear Editor:

On a recent weekday afternoon, like many others I saw, I travelled to Sixth and Sixth to shop at Safeway. I was stunned to see it closed for renovations as I had shopped there just the day before.

There had been no comments from the staff and no signage inside or outside the store to advise customers the store would be closed the very next day.

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Six lanes are not the answer Dear Editor:

A six-lane Pattullo Bridge would not ease the congestion problems for Surrey commuters without hugely expensive and disruptive changes to New Westminster’s network of roads.

We are 20-year residents living near the New Westminster entrance to the bridge. When we walk or drive through the city, we see firsthand the

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With yesterday’s very inconvenient experience, I am now determined to go out of my way to not shop at Save-On. I wonder just how long this will be possible.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR More lanes, more problems ◗ continued from page 6

increase in traffic jams on the StewardsonFront-Brunette corridor, the McBride-10th corridor, and the Royal-Sixth-Eighth corridors. A six-lane replacement bridge would simply dump more traffic onto these already congested streets.

Look at a map and the topography of our city. Several of these streets are squeezed between the Fraser River, railroad tracks, SkyTrain and steep embankments. Other streets border on four schools or pass through residential areas.

The East Columbia-Brunette connection leading to Coquitlam is a massive bottleneck.

These streets were never meant to carry the auto and truck traffic that now converges from all directions. The high cost of wider roads bordering and cutting through New West, the resulting disruption to the city’s residents, and the increased noise and pollution must all be factored into the final decision about the size and location of a new bridge.

The best solution? Build a four-lane bridge starting near 130th Street in Surrey and connecting to Highway 1 through industrial land in Coquitlam.

According to TransLink, the estimated additional cost of a Surrey-Coquitlam bridge and a rehabilitated two or threelane Pattullo – as opposed to a six-lane Pattullo replacement – is about $500 million. That’s about the same cost as the provincially financed, retractable roof at B.C. Place.

If a new crossing is so important for the

movement of goods regionally and across Canada, why won’t the provincial and federal governments step up to fully finance this vital link?

It’s going to take several years before we get another bridge, no matter its size and location. Some of the Pattullo’s safety issues must be addressed now. The money invested need not be wasted. A fully rehabilitated bridge would provide many years of useful service.

Mike Divine, New Westminster

Four-lane Pattullo works Dear Editor:

I agree with the city’s position on the Pattullo Bridge. If a four-lane bridge from Surrey to Coquitlam with a twolane Pattullo Bridge is a non-starter for financial reasons, then I agree with a new Pattullo four-lane bridge, with the money saved going towards better transit options for Surrey.

The bridge needs repair, and it needs to be safer – that’s the problem to be fixed.

Anything bigger and not tolled will create problems that New Westminster doesn’t need.

However, in saying this, I also think a regional tolling system needs to be part of the solution. Since moving to New Westminster approximately seven years ago, I have seen a transformation to a more livable city.

Increasing traffic and pollution in our city undermines the positive changes and direction New Westminster has, and is, moving towards.

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Health: Time for renewed commitment ◗ continued from page 6

Canada Health Act, ensuring Medicare remains public and universally accessible.

When the accord expires on March 31, the federal share of health-care funding will have nearly doubled to 20 per cent.

But now that is all about to change. Public

health care is facing its latest crisis – brought on by a different federal government that refuses to support Canada’s most cherished social program.

That’s why it’s time for a new generation of provincial leaders to make the case for a new and better health accord.

The clock is winding

down on the old Health Accord. But there’s still plenty of time to renew our national commitment to the values of a public and accessible Medicare system.

Let’s get started.

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THE RECORD LETTER: Let’s stick to facts in coal debate – March 25

Comment via RoyalCityRecord.com I Andrew Murray: Thank you Mr. Fryer, what a relief to know coal dust and diesel particulate matter are not a health threat. I’m sure in a previous life you probably argued cigarettes don’t cause cancer. I don’t know why we bother with independent scientific study by respected academics when we can just turn for the truth to such brilliant spin doctors such as yourself who govern themselves by the highest moral and ethical standards.

Comment via RoyalCityRecord.com I James Crosty: Yes indeed Mr Fryer let everyone debate! You make some serious counter points and tell the editor to stick to the facts, yet you provide no link or back-up to your stated facts. So if you really want a debate tell Port Metro Vancouver to open the latest study up for debate by our provincial health officers and the public. … It’s time for a Health Impact Assessment and the same evaluation that residents south of our border have been fortunate to get.

Why not call for this as well or is there a reason you would not support one?

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MP gets a promotion

Burnaby-New Westminster MP Peter Julian just got promoted.

Julian is now Opposition House Leader, following a cabinet shuffle within the federal NDP. “I’m honoured to be asked,” Julian told The Record. “Given the context with what we are seeing with this Conservative government, we have an even greater responsibility to try and provide scrutiny on legislation the gov-

ernment brings forward.”

Julian has been in office since 2004 and is one of the most senior New Democrat MPs in Ottawa.

The Opposition House Leader is responsible for question period and deciding the lineup of MPs who are asking questions in the House of Commons.

Julian’s previous post was opposition critic for Minister for Peter Julian Energy and Natural Resources.

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Woodlands: Interpretive panels will remember history of institution of the Centre Block tower.

Julie Schueck, the city’s heritage planner, said the panels will go up on the former Centre Block site at Victoria Hill once the new development is completed.

The interpretative panels will be incorporated into an area that includes benches for relaxation and reflection.

“In terms of their exact location, the panels will be placed at the front edge of the development site, on the south edge.

The idea is that if you are standing reading the panels, you can look straight ahead to where the entry tower used to be,” Schueck wrote in an email to The Record.

“The entry tower foundation will be outlined in granite, flush with the ground, as part of the landscaping of the development. People will be able to walk up to see the foundation outline.”

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On Oct. 18, 2011, a demolition ceremony took place at the Woodlands site.

Following some emotional speeches by former residents, demolition of the Centre Block tower got underway – to cheers from those gathered at the site.

McDonald, a member of the We Survived Woodlands group and numerous advocacy groups, had the honour of giving the command to start the demolition

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o you really, really want to get yourself out of the kitchen, but you can’t swing a sitter for a fancy night out. Or you just have a hankering to give the kids a treat and take them out for a meal.

Sounds like a good plan … but where should you head?

As the parent of a 20-monthold, I’ve found myself mulling this one over frequently. I’m not planning to frequent any five-star places with my babbling little bundle of energy any time soon, but we do like to eat out sometimes. Which leaves me hunting for friendly and interesting places to eat that we’ll all enjoy.

So, for all of you parents out there, I’ve been doing some homework for you. I’ve been asking around – seeking advice in my column, on Twitter, on Facebook and from friends, and researching the Kids New West Family Friendly Business Directory at www.kidsnewwest. ca to come up with some options for family-friendly dining in New West.

Here, for reference, are some of the criteria I’ve considered: ◗ Space. Unless your munchkin is a more patient sort than mine, he or she isn’t gonna sit still for a whole meal, so you want somewhere with room to move. ◗ Friendly service – and patience.

It helps if the server likes kids and treats them like customers too. Smiling and asking them how they’re doing and what they’d like goes a long way. (Not to mention being patient when the inevitable happens and food gets spilled or a hungry child cries or yells.) ◗ Amenities like high chairs and change tables. And, for the tiniest diners, it’s helpful if there’s a quiet corner or comfy chair somewhere for breast and/or bottle feeding. ◗ Kid-friendly meals – that means both options that are friendly to a kid’s palate, and portions that aren’t overwhelmingly huge,

preferably at not-too-big prices.

With that in mind, in no particular order, here are a few of my top picks for family-friendly places in New West: ◗ River Market: With the big, bright airy food hall and all sorts of dining choices, parents have ample opportunity to enjoy great food in a pleasant but casual atmosphere. River Market provides high chairs and also has a kids’ play and seating area with books and toys. Plus, there are often special events – check out www.rivermarket.ca.

As an added bonus, a number of the eateries do cater specially for kids – for instance, Longtail Kitchen tweeted me to let me know they have some kidfriendly items for the little folks, including kid-size Pad Thai (not spicy) and chicken satays with rice. ◗ Spud Shack: Located on the upper level at the Shops at New West station, Spud Shack earns raves from the Twitter crowd. Jen Arbo gives them the big thumbs-up for adapting to parents’ requests with high chairs, kid portions and “oodles of patience.” Although there’s no kids’ menu per se, Jen let us know that parents can just ask, and Dan will set you up with something for the small folks. It’s also mentioned in the Kids New West Family Friendly Business Directory. ◗ Coming Home Café: Another personal favourite, which wins for both its super-pleasant, homey service and delightful food – which they’ll personalize if asked. Although it’s not big, they’ve provided comfy furniture and there’s a high chair on hand for small diners, plus room to park strollers on the patio. And the atmosphere is casual enough that if you have a tiny diner who’s not really into sitting still and eating quietly, well, no one’s going to give you dirty looks. It’s also earned a listing in the Family Friendly Business directory.

If you happen to be in the mood for a more “adult” setting but can’t get out to a bar, there are a couple of winning familyfriendly options in town: ◗ Heritage Grill: The Heritage Grill downtown earns itself a place in the Family Friendly Business directory. Besides providing good food and a pleasant

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Family-friendly food: Neil Zandbergen feeds crepes to his daughter Kayla at the River Market – one of our favourites for kid-friendly dining in the city. environment in its downtown heritage building, it’s also a nonstop hive of activity – it’s the home base for all sorts of Royal City Literary Arts Society events and has masses of live music options pretty much all the time. ◗ Dublin Castle: It feels like an Irish pub and has a great beer and pub food menu, but in fact, it’s a restaurant, and kids are allowed to come. This neighbourhood favourite is particularly family-friendly in nice weather, when you can all enjoy the spacious and pleasant patio.

Let’s not overlook some of the standby chain restaurants too: ◗ The Old Spaghetti Factory: A family classic, this one has earned itself a spot in the Family Friendly Business directory and won the thumbs-up from local folks on Twitter. Rebecca Coleman put in her vote for the “very kid-friendly” restaurant, which also won a vote from Callyn Dorval, who said, “I have fond memories as a child going to the Old Spaghetti Factory and sitting in the trolley!” ◗ Boston Pizza: Both the Columbia Square and Queensborough locations earned

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Boston Pizza New West’s writeup notes: “We have a great menu with lots of options for kids (healthy choices too!) Our dinners come with a free kids drink AND dessert! Our store has highchairs and booster seats, a change table, no-spill kids’ cups, kids’ activity packs, and a treasure chest to visit before you leave!” ◗ McDonald’s: For the This one got the Family Friendly biz thumbs-up by email directory, from reader Carine scan with McEwen – specificLayar ally the location at McBride Boulevard and Eighth Avenue.

“My daughter is six, so on rainy days, I like to take her to McDonald’s on McBride because she gets to play with other children in the playground structure, she eats well and mummy can work on her computer or chat with other moms there,” Carine writes.

The list could go on and on.

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And, for slightly more adventurous eating, there’s Thai New West – which is in the Family Friendly Business Directory and also earned a plug from “Gye Incognito” on Twitter: “great family-friendly restaurant.

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Also on Twitter, Vandeca Choir voted for Taqueria Playa Tropical Mexican restaurant on Sixth Street – “yummy, affordable, and we’ve seen plenty of families!”

For the full list of restaurants in the Family Friendly Business Directory, check out the website at www.kidsnewwest.ca – click on the Family Friendly Business tab.

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Everyone is welcome to attend the free event that takes place on Saturday, April 5 from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 620 Eighth St. The popular sale features all sorts of recycled treasures including clothing and linens, small appliances, jewelry, kitchenware, knickknacks, books, DVDs and CDs, plants and toys.

Interested in making a donation to the event?

Century House is accepting donations from March 29 until noon on April 4.

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“Gathering with others who have also experienced loss is known to be one of the most helpful ways to cope with grief,” said Castine Breckwoldt, bereavement services coordinator. “The group provides a safe place for the participants to be genuine in their expression of grief.

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It is a never-ending process, but interesting and frequently quite exciting.

Once, after a presentation that looked at stories and how they had been located and developed, someone asked: Are there pieces of history, images, facts and collections that still exist in someone’s storage room or dresser drawer that you hope to find?

This question was a logical followup to our comments that “we just know that somebody must have taken a photo of that.” That material must be somewhere.

The following is a selection of these wishes.

Maybe someone reading this will remember that interesting item in the back of a desk and let us know about it. You never know.

S.B. Buchanan had a large house in Sapperton and loved to decorate with great scary effect for Halloween. We have been told of a photo album showing many years’ worth of images of those decorations, but so far it has not shown up – lots of word pictures but no

prints.

Columbian College was a large degree-granting institution that was located for years on First Street between Third and Queens avenues. The story goes that people close to the school wanted an image to remember it by that would show the overall site, grounds, buildings, interiors and a photo album (or albums) was prepared.

There are photos of the college, but not this set of prints and albums – remembered by one contact as creating quite a stack on a table. Wonder where they might be?

How about photos of funerals and burial services? We have great views of the services for C.A. and Maude Welsh, Colonel Doherty, A. Wells Gray, the Williams plot, the Sillitoe plot, but we know there must be others.

We’ve seen a few over the years, while others we have only have been told about. How about George or Albert Pittendrigh, T.R. McInnes, William Irving, Brownie Peebles, Cyrus Peck?

Irving House on Royal Avenue is a highly regarded heritage home. While we don’t have a photo set or inventory from its first months as a city possession in 1950, at least four knowledgeable individuals have indicated that such a set of images was taken room by room and hall by hall. Wonder if they still exist? There was also apparently a photo club shoot in the 1950s/’60s.

And many years ago, we were shown a photograph from the fall of 1929 with Winston Churchill attending a luncheon in the Armouries. We’d love to see it again.

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6. One work of art that inspires me is Adoration of the Lamb by Jan Van Eyck because I remember it so (it was the first piece of art my father introduced me to when I was five).

7. One artist who inspires me is Vincent Van Gogh, his colours, the passion in the brushstrokes and the mirror images of his agony and elation found in his paintings.

8. My idea of a perfect day is sunshine, latte on a sidewalk café, galleries to visit and a bike ride along the waterfront.

9. My favourite edible (or potable) treat is cheese.

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Rotary’s objectives include: Development of opportunities for service and acquaintance; Highly ethical standards in business and the professions; International understanding and goodwill.

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The Rotary Club of New Westminster, chartered in 1928 holds its weekly luncheons at noon, Thursdays at the Old Bavaria Haus, 233 6th Street.

For information call Louise Perry 604-549-5260. www.newwestrotary.ca The Royal City Rotary Club holds its weekly breakfasts at 7 a.m., Wednesdays at the De Dutch Pannekoek House, #102 - 1035 Columbia Street, New Westminster.

For information call Roy Prevost at 604-519-0035 or Hansi Natzke at 604-521-8858 The Rotary Clubs welcome new members by invitation.

If you are interested in joining please call one of the club contacts.

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A22 • Friday, March 28, 2014 • The Record

Fill in the Blanks: Meet Andrée St. Martin of the city’s arts council ◗ continued from page 20

13. If I could sit down for coffee with anyone at all, I would choose Dietrich Bonhoeffer or Leonardo da Vinci.

14. If I could live anywhere at any point in time, I would choose a month in Paris, a month in London, two months in Ostend, New Westminster the rest of the time.

15. If I could have a superpower, my superpower would be creating great

public spaces filled with great visual art paired with live music And finally …

16. If people want to find out more about me, they can find me in Queen’s Park (in the arts council office and gallery in Centennial Lodge).

Would you like to be featured in Fill in the Blanks? Do you know someone who should?

Send name and contact info to Julie, jmaclellan@royalcityrecord.com.

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The Record • Friday, March 28, 2014 • A23

HUMANE SOCIETY

As soon as you enter an animal shelter, the temptadon to adopt will be very great.

That s why it s so important to consider before any adorable faces nd their way into your heart whether bringing an animal into your life is right for you!

Royal City Humane Society is a registered charity established in 1994

A CAT PROOFED HOME IS A CAT SAFE HOME A kilen-proofed home is a cat safe home whatever the age of your new pet. Before that rst front paw crosses your threshold for the rst dme, your home must be a health zone and not a hazard zone. Be especially alendve to the sensibilides of former outside cats, who may never have walked on wooden oors, carpets or dles, or been exposed to so many unfamiliar sights before.

Begin the process of cat proong by walking through your home, room by room, searching for things a cat might climb, knock over or pull down, and either secure, remove or store them. Keep all trashcans behind closed and latched doors and wastebaskets (covered if possible) out of sight. Ensure that all headng/air vents have covers.

Snap specially designed plasdc caps over electrical outlets. Tie electrical cords together and tuck them out of reach.

Install childproof latches to keep inquisidve paws from prying open cabinet doors in kitchens and bathrooms, and ALWAYS keep toilet lids down. In bedrooms, keep all medicadons, lodons and cosmedcs off accessible surfaces such as bedside tables. Store collecdons from bulons and coins to marbles and potpourri on high shelves, and keep breakables on low surfaces to a minimum.

Most chemicals are hazardous to cats and should be replaced if possible with non-toxic products. A pardal list includes: andfreeze, bleach, drain cleaner, household cleaners and Felix has languished for nearly three years in our shelter, waidng for that special human.

This senior cat has so much to offer the right person he s very condent socially and loving once he gets to know you. All he asks for is a peaceful indoor home. He s learned to tolerate the company of young cats, but he would be purrrfectly content to be the centre of the universe for his human family.

sh or poultry, canned people tuna, chocolate, grapes and raisins, liver (in large amounts), macadamia nuts, milk, Many indoor plants, however prely, mushrooms, onions and garlic, potato, can prove poisonous to cats that are, by rhubarb and tomato leaves and stems, nature, explorers, climbers and lickers. raw eggs and sh, and yeast dough.

Although prevendon is the key to A pardal list of these plants includes: amaryllis, azaleas and rhododendrons, your new cat s wellbeing, accidents can chrysanthemum, cyclamen, kalanchoe, and do happen. The truly protecdve lilies, oleander, peace lily, pothos, Sago pet parents are prepared pet parents and know to keep a list of vital numbers palm, tulip and narcissus bulbs, and handy including your veterinarian yew. and your local 24-hour veterinary Seemingly harmless people food emergency clinic. Hopefully, these are can o�en be lethal for cats. These include alcoholic beverages, bones from numbers you ll never use. And as long as you remain vigilant, both you and your new, best furry friend can rest, assured.

Laina* came to RCHS as a three

detergents, glue, nail polish and polish remover, paint, varnish and sealants, pesdcides and rat poison.

year-old pregnant, homeless and very fearful. She has had a quiet loving foster home where she was allowed to be the gentle introvert that she is.

She enjoys being with other cats and and spending dme outdoors during the day provided the catdoor is near. She needs a quiet home with adults no children or dogs for this sensidve, shy feline princess.

Tia* came to us in October 2006 along with her son, Lille Beau.

They were adopted together from Petcetera but it turns out it wasn t a good home for Tia because she seems to have been very stressed there. Tia needs a peaceful home with adults or older kids and no dogs.

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Francine* is very sweet, dmid cat. She was rescued from an industrial yard and has made great progress overcoming some of her fears since she came to us. Francine has been at the shelter a long dme and may take quite a while to adjust to a new home. But with enough love and padence, she may be able to adjust. Best for a quiet home.

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Pippin (le<) was found with Piper. She is quiet, soulful and likes to sit and observe. Loves messages and being brushed! Very playful and more outgoing with a cat companion. Her favourite pasdme is watching the birds. Blue-eyed beauty, Piper (right), at six months old, was living outside with Pippin. He will be dmid at rst but very affecdonate when he discovers that he can trust you. Piper needs a companion cat. He talks to his toys and carries them around in his mouth. He requires some canned food for the water content to keep his plumbing system in good order. His favorite treat is unsalted popcorn. These two are inseparable and will only be adopted together. Indoor only home.

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Cash* was trapped as an older kilen and named a�er Johnny Cash for his sleek black hair, but public performances aren t this introvert s forte. This shyguy would be lost without the company of at least one other cat but he s not the sort who could adapt to a busy household or small children. One on one, he can be very loving, so if you are a so� spoken, gentle person with a lot of padence, he might just be the perfect t.

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Harra is a big and beaudful diva who couldn t cope with the shelter environment so she quit eadng and nearly died. In a foster home she was coaxed back to health but she has retained her diva personality and nicky eadng habits. She is friendly when she feels like it, but don t bother trying to make a lap cat out of this one! She d prefer to be a one and only cat, and no dogs or children need apply!

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Brinx (le<) has been through a lot in the past few months, and would love a quiet place to call home. He needs an owner who is comfortable with large breeds and who displays leadership in a rm yet posidve manner. If you have a warm spot in your home for a big dog who doesn t need a lot of exercise, please come and meet Brinx! A foster home is an opdon because he needs to be medicated twice a day for a thyroid condidon. Daisy (right) is 1-1/2 years old and sdll full of puppy silliness and energy! She needs a stable environment where she will receive good leadership and posidve-based training. She might be happiest as the only dog in her new home. Older children or no children would be best as she is a big dog which might knock a small child over.

A24 • Friday, March 28, 2014 • The Record

Got clutter? The library can offer you some help the Best You, Peter Walsh provides a plan for clearing the mental and emotional clutter to create balance in your relationships, work, family life, finances, health and spirituality. Interspersed throughout the text are interesting letters to the author as well as quizzes and activities.

In The 8-Minue Organizer, Regina Leeds explains how you

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SFU junior named All-American ◗P31 New West midgets win second tourney ◗P31

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Figure skaters and Fortius team up

Burnaby Mountain men top club nats

BY TOM BERRIDGE SPORTS EDITOR tberridge@royalcityrecord.com

The Vancouver Ice Dance Academy is teaming up with Fortius Sport and Health for even better figure skating results.

“This is a significant partnership for Vancouver Ice Dance Academy, and one that we believe will truly help optimize the performance of our athletes on and off the ice,” said VIDA co-director Meagan Wing in a Fortius press release. “To have access to such important training and services at a world-class facility in our own backyard is convenient and compelling for our skaters and “We want to their families.” keep pushing. …

The highly successful former Olympic I think we both and 10-time Canadian have Olympic champion ice dance team of Wing and dreams. We’re Aaron Lowe head shooting for up VIDA at the B.C. Centre of Excellence that.” at Burnaby 8Rinks.

Together, they have ZhaoKai Pang produced 22 national VIDA ice dancer and 11 international ice dance medals, including current 2013 junior champions Madeline Edwards and ZhaoKai Pang of Burnaby and novice champs from Burnaby Danielle Wu and Spencer Soo. Edwards and Pang are among the most successful young dance team currently training at the academy.

The four-time national champions and 2011 Canadian Winter Games gold medalists have also earned their share of medals internationally, including a bronze medal following a personal-best free dance at the recent junior world championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.

“We put our heart and soul into it,” said Pang following the competition.

This summer, Edwards and Pang will work on a brand new program with new music and choreography, 19-year-old Pang said. “We’re a young team. We want to keep pushing. …

I think we both have Olympic dreams. We’re shooting for that.”

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A partnership: ZhaoKai Pang and Madeline Edwards are two Vancouver Ice Dance Academy skaters who will benefit from the partnership with Fortius Sport and Health. three floors of onsite lodging that the Canadian national women’s soccer team recently took advantage of as a resident training partner.

“We’re delighted to have the opportunity to serve the rising young athletes of the Vancouver

Ice Dance Academy,” said Fortius director of institute operations Randy Goodman in the release. “We like to think VIDA skaters will have access to a strong one-two punch of athlete support.”

Burnaby Mountain won both the junior and senior men’s club aggregate at the Canadian wrestling championships in Edmonton.

St. Thomas More’s Darthe Capellan led a wave of seven junior gold-medal winners, earning the outstanding wrestler award with his win over Sam Jagas of Brock in the 55-kilogram final on March 21.

Other Burnaby Mountain club weight class winners included Oscar Bulaqui, Marc Magano, Jaskarn Ranu, Josh Kim, heavyweight Ben Tynan and Burnaby Central grad Parm Dhesi at 97 kg.

Dhesi also placed sixth in the senior division of the nationals behind clubmate Arjun Gill, was one of two individual champions for Burnaby Mountain.

The other was Olympian Haislan Garcia at 65 kg.

In related wrestling news, Parm’s younger brother, Amar, got to Day 3 at the NCAA Division I wrestling nationals in Okalahoma City last week.

Amar, a true freshman heavyweight on scholarship to Oregon State University, was eliminated from the men’s 285-pound division in the consolation round by fall by No. 8 seed J.T. Felix of Boise State.

The loss came following Dhesi’s 13-4 majority decision over No. 15-ranked Adam Fager of Utah Valley.

Dhesi opened his first ◗Wrestling Page 31

Baseball infielder to Canada’s first Latin Classic

BY TOM BERRIDGE SPORTS EDITOR tberridge@royalcityrecord.com

Alex Owen is getting a rare second chance to represent his country.

The 17-year-old Coquitlam Reds first baseman is the only midget baseball player from Burnaby to date named to a Team Canada roster in readiness for the Latin American Baseball Classic to be held in the Dominican Republic in August.

It is the first time that Canada has been invited to the international baseball tournament, now in its 32nd year.

Canada will join as many as 10 other nations, including host Dominican Republic, British Virgin Islands, Venezuela, St. Croix and the United States, in four age brackets from under-12 to u-18.

The Canadian teams are selected and promoted by Wave International Baseball Academy located in the Okanagan.

“Representing your country is pretty much a once-in-a-lifetime experience, so I’m feeling pretty fortunate,” said Owen, a Grade 12 Burnaby North Secondary student.

Back in 2009, Owen was a

member of the Hastings association team that represented Canada at the Little League World Series.

“Honestly, it went by so fast,” said Owen of his first moment wearing the Maple Leaf. “I felt so proud, … We played pretty well too. We almost beat Mexico in extras (innings). We lost to Asia and beat Europe (Germany). That was a summer I won’t forget.”

The week of Aug. 6 to 12 in Santo Domingo will likely be another moment Owen will remember for a while.

“Honestly, I don’t know what to expect. A 16-year-old can throw

as hard our 19-year-olds,” Owen said of the Dominican youth.

“We have a big job ahead of us, but we’re going to go down there and do our best, and show we can play baseball up here.”

The 6-1, 205-pound first base/ corner outfielder hit around .300 in his third season with the North Shore Twins that won the junior premier league playoff last season.

This year, Owen moved over to the Coquitlam Reds for his first season in the elite midget B.C. PBL. “It’s a small league. Everyone knows everyone, you’ll find guys

moving a lot because they know where they will fit,” said Owen.

When Owen joins the Wave travelling team, he too, will no doubt learn a thing or two of fitting in.

“For a lot of kids (in the Dominican Republic) it’s either poverty or baseball. It’s their ticket out. They take it seriously, that’s why they play the game the way they do.”

Part of the experience for the Canadians will include taking bats, balls and other equipment along with them to give to the Latin American players. ◗Baseball Page 31

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Scoring leader: SFU junior Erin Chambers, in white, was named an honourable mention All-American by the Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Association on Tuesday.

The New Westminster Royals C3 midget team won its second hockey tournament this season.

The Royals aced the North Delta Spring Classic midget house tourney, winning all five games played, including a 3-2 victory over Richmond C3 in the championship final.

Liam Bujnowicz scored a pair of goals in a threepoint outing in the final, including the tournament winner in overtime.

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in with three points in the gold-medal game, including a goal. Evan Borrowman also helped out on a pair of goals for New West.

In the semifinals, Mitchell Fielding played shutout goaltending, and Leeland Bond scored twice to lead New West to a 2-0 win over Richmond C2. Reece Davies had a pair of assists.

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Daman Jagpal, Tyman Cho, Prasad and Bujnowicz all counted single goals in a 4-1 win over North Delta C3 to advance to the semifinals.

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SFU junior named All-American Baseball: Help send team to the Classic Simon Fraser University junior Erin Chambers was named an honourable mention All-American by the Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Association on Tuesday.

Chambers, a Great Northwest conference and NCAA Division II West region first team all-star, posted her best season to date in 2013/14, leading the conference in scoring averaging a record 23.1 points per game – sixth-best in the NCAA. “I really had a new role this year, being looked at to be a leader on the team and a scorer,” said Chambers in a Clan press release. “I was expected to step up, and I think I was comfortable enough in that role.”

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Another part, is bringing along good old Canadian work ethic.

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players are going to the draft and going to college and being successful.

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Wrestling: Freshman finishes 16th overall ◗ continued from page 6

national championship with a 14-6 major decision over Bucknell’s Joe Stolfi.

In the second round, Dhesi was pinned by top seed and eventual national runnerup Anthony Nelson of Minnesota and relegated to the consolation bracket.

Dhesi finished the tournament ranked 16th overall in the nation.

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