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Shining a purple light on violence

BY THERESA MCMANUS REPORTER tmcmanus@royalcityrecord.com

New Westminster residents and businesses are invited to shine a light on violence against women.

The Purple Light Nights campaign in New West will raise awareness about domestic violence and its impact on families. Community members are invited to attend a vigil that’s taking place on Monday, April 14 at city hall at 6:30 p.m.

“It’s to mark the start of Prevention of Violence Against Women Week,” said Adele Thompson of Monarch Place. “We have go purple glow sticks this year.”

This year’s Purple Light Nights campaign in New Westminster runs from April 6 to 20.

Once again, organizers are encouraging community members and businesses to put up purple lights to create awareness about violence against women.

“We do have them for sale,” Thompson said. “We have two different kinds.”

In addition to single purple light bulbs, people can buy strings of purple lights, which range from $10 to $20.

Monarch Place is organizing this year’s event, with support from the Community Coordination of Women’s Safety.

For more information or to buy purple lights, call 604-521-1888. www.twitter.com/TheresaMcManus

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Supporting the cause: The Met Bar and Grill is among the local businesses supporting this year’s Purple Light Nights campaign, which raises awareness about domestic violence. Bar manager Therese Gibson, left, and operations manager Denise de Ste. Croix show off some of the purple lights people can display in their homes and businesses to support the campaign.

City pushes to have truck routes removed

BY THERESA MCMANUS REPORTER tmcmanus@royalcityrecord.com

The City of New Westminster hopes to push truck traffic onto perimeter roads surrounding the city.

The city has asked TransLink to remove Royal Avenue, East Eighth Avenue and portions of East Columbia Street and Ewen Avenue from the city’s truck route network.

Following feedback gathered during the master transportation planning process, the city presented the proposed truck route changes to TransLink on March 28.

“The increase of traffic on our road network, especially heavy truck traffic is

of great concern to council and is unacceptable to our community,” said Coun.

Jaimie McEvoy, co-chair of the city’s master transportation plan committee. “These recommended changes are designed to reduce community impacts, while providing appropriate alternatives for regional goods movement through New Westminster.”

TransLink staff is now reviewing the city’s submission, with the goal of preparing a report for consideration at TransLink’s board meeting in July.

On Monday, council adopted a resolution asking TransLink to remove the routes from the city’s truck network. The city had previously forwarded submissions to

TransLink requesting the removal of these roads from the truck route, but TransLink had requested a consolidated resolution from the city.

McEvoy said a new elementary school is being built on Royal Avenue at the former St. Mary’s Hospital site and the city needs to make sure the site is safe, something that’s harder to do if trucks are barreling through the community.

“It’s not going to become a highway for trucks,” Mayor Wayne Wright said of Royal Avenue.

Coun. Betty McIntosh noted that East Eighth Avenue is a totally residential neighbourhood.

“I’ve seen trucks blowing their horns when they can’t stop,” she said. “Pedestrians better continue to be vigilant.”

City administrator Lisa Spitale said TransLink’s move to the city was a bit of “serendipity” as it didn’t fully realize the city’s traffic issues until it relocated its head office to Sapperton.

“It is anticipated that, once TransLink staff and its board have reviewed the submission, the city will be requested to respond to a number of conditions in order to achieve truck route removal on some or all of the routes recommended for removal,” stated a staff report. www.twitter.com/TheresaMcManus

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City will fork out for big bang Traditional anvil salute will forge on with money from city

BY THERESA MCMANUS REPORTER tmcmanus@royalcityrecord.com

The Hyack Anvil Battery will once again be making noise in Queen’s Park on Victoria Day. The Ancient and Honourable Hyack Anvil Battery will offer a “21 gun” salute to the current sovereign and to the memory of Queen Victoria (who named New Westminster) on May 19. The tradition has been taking place since the late 1800s.

While the anvil battery is prepared to sound its salute on Victoria Day, it needs the city’s help to make it happen. In past years, the Hyack Festival Association has taken care of some of the planning and setup needs associated with the salute.

In a letter to council, the Hyack Anvil Battery requested funds to help with a number of things it hasn’t had to pay for in the past.

Council has approved a grant of up to $1,700 to fund the requested items, with the city providing the money when receipts are provided.

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Big bang: A member of the Ancient and Honourable Hyack Anvil Battery touches off an anvil during the anvil salute at the 2012 celebration. The anvil salute will take place again this year. tor of parks, culture and recreation, said the total cost for the Victoria Day salute is about $1,700, which includes money for tents, a sound system, an honorarium for the Royal Westminster Regimental

Band and attendance by St. John Ambulance. In addition, he said the city provides an in-kind contribution that goes towards the podium, chairs and plants.

In past years, Gibson said the

Hyack Festival Association has undertaken planning for this event on behalf of the Hyack Anvil Battery and has arranged for supplies to be delivered and set up in Queen’s Park.

CITY LOOKING AT STIFF FINES FOR OFFENDERS

Parking in spots for the disabled?

BY THERESA MCMANUS REPORTER tmcmanus@royalcityrecord.com

Motorists who try to save some time by parking in disabled parking spaces may be paying with their wallets.

The city’s access ability advisory committee has asked council to have staff review the fine amount for those who park in a designated disabled parking stall without displaying a disabled permit. The committee would like the city to increase the fine from $80 to a more significant amount.

Coun. Betty McIntosh said there was a “lively discussion” at the committee, which occurred after a committee member noted that Herbert Spencer Elementary School has been having problems with student drop-off infringing on disabled parking stalls. She said motorists use them and say they’ll be right back, but people requiring those parking stalls don’t have access to them when they arrive.

“It’s not infrequent,” she said about the situation on Second Street. “It is almost every second day.”

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McIntosh said the committee felt the fine had to be sufficient to discourage motorists from using those spaces at locations around the city.

“The access committee is wanting to make a statement,” she said. “We don’t have enough disabled parking spots.”

Roger Emanuels, the city’s manager of design and construction, said the street traffic bylaw is in the process of being updated. Staff are concerned that if the fine is too high compared to other municipalities it may be contested in court, so they are trying to find a rate that is consistent with fines in other cities.

McIntosh said she understands staff’s hesitation to impose a $450 fine, a sum discussed by the committee, but noted the advisory group wants the fine to be large enough to dissuade people who are strong and healthy from parking in spaces that are reserved for disabled people and are signed as such. A fine of about $200 has also been suggested.

Mayor Wayne Wright said he’d like to know if the city is currently fining motorists who park illegally in the disabled parking

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City endorses hotel room tax

The city is supporting Tourism New Westminster’s bid to secure a two per cent tax to raise money for tourism related marketing activities.

In a letter to Tourism New Westminster, the city offered its support for the proposed two per cent municipal regional district tax that’s formerly known as the hotel room tax. Staff note that several neigh-

bouring municipalities, including Burnaby, Richmond, Vancouver and Surrey, have approved collection of the tax.

“Any time you go and stay in a hotel room anywhere in the Lower Mainland, you are paying a tax,” said Coun. Betty McIntosh. “I say, let’s keep this moving forward and support it.”

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Programs running in the red will be scrutinized District superintendent says the district cannot keep running programs that continue to lose money

BY NIKI HOPE REPORTER

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A handful of New Westminster educational programs are running in the red – including alternate and online schools – according to a recent review, and, in light of the findings, the interim superintendent says the district cannot continue to offer money-losing operations.

The Record obtained a district review of the cost of running education programs and schools through a freedom-of-information request. The district analyzed the costs to educate each student at various school programs, including alternate schools, virtual (online) learning, adult education, homelearners’, elementary and middle schools and the high school, as a part of its ongoing bid to understand spending in the chronically cash-strapped school district.

“Every single program will be looked at to see whether or not it should continue to run, and if it is going to run, what are we going to do to ensure that it will not run in the red,” superintendent John Gaiptman said.

There were a number of notable shortfalls at various schools, particularly in the district’s alternate education programs, which help vulnerable students who struggle in mainstream classrooms. The district’s three alternate schools cost $908,589 more than the funding they received from the

provincial government, according to the district’s analysis.

Another big cost to the district is the virtual school, which offers online courses to students. It lost $403,068, due to low enrolment, which was a result of competition from larger neighbouring school districts also offering online RECAP courses.

The review – which the district calls a “notional analysis” – gives the dis- SIGMA trict a guide as to what it has to focus on when it comes to ensuring that the district doesn’t “continue POWER to run programs that continue to lose money,” said Gaiptman.

“We are not going to get out of this financial quagmire until we attack the issues, and when you are seeing things in the red, we have to make changes in order to ensure that we stop running programs in the red,” he said.

The district’s secretary treasurer Al Balanuik said alternate programs are costly because they cater to students who struggle in mainstream classrooms and who need additional support.

“You want a small pupil-teacher ratio.

You’re also wanting to have other supports in place, whether it’s youth-care workers, counselling time, education-assistant time, clerical support, etcetera,” Balanuik said.

“You typically don’t expect it to pay for itself and have it generate revenue for the school district.”

A portion of the alternate schools’ higher costs are related to the fact that two of the programs must pay rent toward the lease at Columbia Square, which costs $334,000 a year. The district is looking to get out of leasing the downtown property. Rent for the entire building is $700,000. No word yet on where the alternate and adult learner programs will go once the board office moves.

New Westminster Teachers’ Union president Grant Osborne said the union has been going over the district’s review with senior administrators, but they question how the numbers were calculated.

“We still have a lot of questions about them,” he said.

Two of the alternate schools and as well as an adult learners’ program are in a unique situation because they pay rent, Osborne said.

School programs in the red

–$552,544

–$124,322

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“No other schools or programs pays rent,” he noted.

It’s difficult to simply look at numbers because “education is not a business,” said Osborne, who taught at an alternate school.

“The real difficult decision is do you look at the individual programs as individual entities that either make or cost or do you take a look at the larger district as a whole? Look at it as the entity of $60 million rather than a specific program that might be several hundred thousand dollars,” he said.

Between all of the school operating budgets combined, the district was short just $2,841 this school year. In other words, schools that had surpluses offset the shortfalls at other schools.

New Westminster Secondary School also cost $474,464 more than its provided funding, due to a combination of teacher salaries and utility costs at the aging building, Balanuik said.

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Smoking truck drivers – watch where you park

it appeals to the disciplinarian in us.

If there was an award for the “nanny We’re tired of strolling through a pubstate” city of the Lower Mainland, it might very well go to New Westminster. lic park only to see squirrels gathering cigarette butts. We’re tired of seeing Just in the last week, the city has set its sights on smoking in public and now smokers jutting out their lower lips and channelling smoke towards it’s pondering hiking penalinnocent bystanders at bus ties for folks who plant their stops. And we don’t think cars in parking spots reserved THE RECORD anyone has the right to smoke for disabled drivers. The city anywhere on any public propalready has a bit of a reputation for social engineering, given its liv- erty.

We’re downright fed up with drivers ing wage policy and a sometimes paterwho disregard the rights of disabled nalistic attitude to its residents. drivers. Someone mentioned a potenAnd, frankly, we like it. Perhaps

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tial $450 fine – we say double that and make the selfish bastards hop on one leg across McBride Boulevard at rush hour.

And don’t even get us started on ratrunners. We were delighted to see the Victoria Hill residents win their battle against ratrunners by closing access to their neighbourhood streets.

And as for all those truck drivers who barrel through residential neighbourhoods trying to get their goods delivered on time: Keep away from our suburban streets. We know our fair

burg is stuck in the middle of transportation crossroads, but that doesn’t give you the right to put our children and pets at risk of injury and death.

Yes, it may sound as if we’re about to go hang out our window and start yelling, “We’re mad as hell, and we’re not going to take it anymore.” In fact, we may.

For now we will confine our rant to the editorial page – but mark our words, if we see a truck driver smoking in a disabled parking spot, we may not be able to control ourselves.

Embrace our Royal City brand

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tically old-fashioned has become iki Hope’s column, Is it the epitome of hip. time to drop the ‘Royal Today, everything handmade, City’ tag? (The Record, artisanal and local is in demand.

April 4) raises interesting and If it’s retro, kitschy and funky, it’s important questions for New Westminster. Our outward identi- cool. Vancouver’s Main Street, ty, our “brand,” should align with once just plain old and dowdy (I lived there for a while in the ’70s), our collective mission, vision and is a thriving centre of fashion and values, which, in turn, should urban chic. inform and inspire every corpoBut old stuff alone does not rate decision we make. make for a happenTo me, Royal City ing youth scene here is an excellent brand, in the Royal City. You one we should keep, DAVID BRETT need young people. reinforce and leverage Lots and lots of them. to the full.

Attracting more young people As a city, we compete with (and retaining the ones we have) many other municipalities for should be a top priority. people, businesses, attention and To make New Westminster a resources. In any competition, thriving youth destination, we’re differentiation is key. Royal City going to need a lot of vision, a is a very unique and well-known lot of time, a lot of jobs and a lot slogan that not only sets us apart, of money. A “with the times” it succinctly conveys a lot of positive and attractive meaning about rebrand will not help, and could make things much worse. The our town. opposite of cool is trying to be “Royal City” suggests history cool. and significance. Westminster is New Westminster is like a the seat of British power, so it’s place that time forgot, full of logical that New Westminster charming anachronism and esowould share a certain connecteric knowledge. Hyack is a word tion to the monarchy. We are a known only to locals who proudvery old city known for carrying ly translate it for outsiders. We on age-old traditions such as still have pageants. Old-school May Day and the Ancient and parades with people in white Honourable Hyack Anvil Battery, pants and funny green jackets honouring the monarchy. march through town like it was Emphasizing our authentic the ’60s. and enviable heritage in a very Speaking of green jackets, I young metropolitan region is just got my very own Hyack blaznot something we should be shy about. And underscoring the past er the other day. It’s pretty cool.

No. Very cool. in no way undermines a current David Brett is a New Westminster and forward-looking orientation. resident.

On the contrary, being authen-

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Dear Editor:

Re: City pushes for four-lane Pattullo with tolls, The Record, March 7.

Interesting that this report is similar to the findings from the consultation sessions I attended with TransLink. How much did this cost the taxpayers of New Westminster to expand a report already done or likely to be under final consideration by TransLink and the mayors’ council? While the residents wait for New Westminster to finish the master transportation plan, our political leaders insist on going it alone. Are the people most affected being left out of the consultation now forced to rely on city staff and elected officials in the final days of their mandate (civic elections are coming in the fall of 2014)?

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increasing requests for the inclusion of the Stormont Connector. This is the missing link from the Pattullo Bridge through Burnaby to Highway 1 (Google it to find out more).

Just because “someone” says this is not up for discussion does not make it fact! Fact is property was purchased, land is reserved, and for too many years this option has been left out of the regional transportation dialogue. Now, with the new Port Mann capacity, increased population and goods movement, is it time to discuss this option again?

For way too many years New Westminster has and is increasingly feeling the pressure as a result of its connection to four – yes, four – major bridges over the Fraser River. Is it any wonder our city is caught in the middle!

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Traffic needs wider vision ◗ continued from page 6

populated and ever growing communities?

If you accept that premise, it becomes clear there must be a way to get over it, get through it, go around it or go under New Westminster. So the question causing all the expense and consternation is how?

Forget all the negative Nellies for a moment and consider the Cariboo interchange, 10th Street at McBride and the Pattullo Bridge.

Then look at both sides of this corridor on a map. It becomes clear that what we have here is a “missing link” – a connection through Burnaby.

Lots of discussion needs to take place on how best to accomplish this. It will not be easy, but without it I don’t believe New Westminster or Burnaby will ever have traffic peace and the rest of the Lower Mainland will forever be in gridlock.

Let’s be clear, it has to be discussed in the context of increased public transit like buses, SkyTrain and light rail.

Not only do we need to move people and goods, we also need to move an expanding workforce that does not pre-

scribe to vehicles. If New Westminster continues to operate in a bubble like our mayor and council, many suspect the resolution that will come will not be appreciated, and that is very troubling.

James Crosty, New Westminster

Questioning the mayor Dear Editor:

Re: City pushes for four-lane Pattullo with tolls and A ‘reasonable’ approach in a sea of politics, The Record, March 7.

Intriguing comment by the mayor, as quoted in Theresa McManus’ article and your editorial: ”We have no room without destroying our neighbourhoods and … parks.”

No more room for more people to travel through New Westminster in their cars, but lots more room for adding more people and cars in the city. I presently count about a dozen (that’s 12) new highrises either being planned or under construction in the city.

How is there “room” for one but not the other?

What are we missing? Could someone please explain!

David Musser, by email

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Comment via RoyalCityRecord.com I Knexa: A SkyTrain conversation I overheard a few weeks ago between two 20’ish people, one who had recently moved to New West said to the other who had never been here. “I really like New Westminster. Its really old fashioned. There’s cobble stone streets.” Old fashioned is the new cool.

Drinking Scotch and smoking cigars like your dad is now crazy hip. The day we take the old fashioned out of New West is the day we become like everywhere else. To be in line with the times, you need to be behind the times.

Comment via RoyalCityRecord.com I Sean Turvey: 150 years is a long time to boast about something. I think that we should definitely rebrand the city to something that is in line with the times.

RECORD COLUMN: Is it time to drop the ‘Royal City’ tag? – April 3

Comment via Twitter I @R1thekid: Royal city works in the sense of keeping history in tact! We’re losing that in the lower mainland everyday!!

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RECORD STORY: New Westminster considers hefty fines for disabled parking spaces – April 8

Comment via Twitter I @lifeinnewwest: Size of the fine doesn’t matter if no tickets are handed out. What’s the current enforcement level like? I’m guessing pretty low Comment via Twitter I @Quayfox: i’ll vote for that Comment via Twitter I @EdjoSadowski: unless you prominently display a lacrosse stick on the front or back dash #OnlyInNewWest

RECORD STORY: School board considers closing Hume Park School, again – April 3

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New West joins Delta’s committee on coal plan to accommodate a facility where coal is loaded from trains onto barges using a conveyor system. The coal, which would be mined in the United States and shipped to Fraser Surrey Docks by rail, would eventually be sent by barge to China.

The staff report states that concerns have been raised about local environmental and health impacts by the coal facility’s operation, as well as the global impact of expanded coal use. Among the concerns are engine emission from trains and tug boats, greenhouse gas emission from burning coal, dust from train movements and coal transfer operation, chemicals used in train cars and barges for dust suppression, soil and water contamination and risks related to explosions, fire, collisions and spills.

In related news, New Westminster MLA Judy Darcy recently wrote to Port Metro Vancouver urging it to engage in a comprehensive, independent health assessment about the impact of the proposed facility. While the NDP supports B.C.’s coal industry and coal exports, as more than 5,000 British Columbians work and support their families through coal mining and related industries, she said that ignoring the “very real public concerns” that have been raised about the Fraser Surrey Docks project threatens to tarnish the port’s reputation and undermine its credibility.

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Dialogue about a proposed coal facility in Surrey is heating up among municipalities.

New Westminster city council has directed staff to participate in the Corporation of Delta’s independent interagency review committee, which will be considering the Fraser Surrey Docks proposed direct transfer coal facility in Surrey. Delta invited New Westminster to participate in the committee, which aims to address concerns and answer outstanding questions, especially those relating to potential health impacts associated with the facility.

A staff report stated that the committee won’t have official status with Port Metro Vancouver’s permitting process but would give more opportunity for research and dialogue to help address local and regional concerns about the facility.

“While the facility is expected to create a number of jobs within the region, there are a number of potential environmental issues, both local and global, and social issues, particularly related to health, that have not been resolved to the satisfaction of many local stakeholders, raising concerns about the sustainability of operating the facility,” stated the staff report.

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Top 5 Things To Do this weekend ◗P13 Artists in the Boro hold a Spring Fling ◗P13

Take a romp through Shakespeare Vagabond Players impress in a challenging new Goodnight Desdemona

The Vagabond Players have stepped out of their comfort zone for their new spring production.

Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) opened April 3 at the Bernie Legge Theatre in Queen’s Park and runs until April 19.

A press release from the group notes that audiences at the preview raved about the production, which is being described as “exceptionally well acted and visually appealing.”

Ann-Marie MacDonald’s play takes a comedic romp through the world of Shakespeare, following the story of Constance Ledbelly, a modern-day academic who finds herself transported to the worlds of Othello and Romeo and Juliet.

“Karryn Ransom is outstanding as Constance Ledbelly, the transported academic, and her bravura performance is something that every theatre lover should put on their must-see list,” the release says.

She’s supported by a cast of actors who throw themselves into various Shakespeare roles.

Among them are Chris Fofonoff, who is described as a “deliciously flamboyant” Othello and then returns as Juliet’s nurse.

Rose MacNeil offers up a “magnificent Amazonian” Desdemona, then flings herself into playing the impetuous Mercutio.

Kurtis Maguire brings “dash and vitality” to the part of Tybalt and romps through the role of a knowing ghost who helps Constance.

“Alex Ross delivers a wonderfully sinister performance as the scheming Iago, and Boris Bilic and Carly June Friesen pro-

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Rose MacNeil is Desdemona and Chris Fofonoff is Othello in the Vagabond Players’ Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet).

It’s running until April 19 at the Bernie Legge Theatre.

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vide tremendous fun as Romeo and Juliet, saved from calamity and forced to live with each other when they are far more interested in finding new adventures,” the release notes.

The play has won many awards, including the Governor General’s Award, and it demands top-notch work from both the

performers and the technical team – led by lighting and set designer Matt Davenport.

The production is directed by Michael Parker.

Shows are on Thursdays through Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m., until April 19.

The Bernie Legge Theatre is in Queen’s

Park (behind the Arenex).

Tickets are $15, or $13 for seniors and students. Call 604-521-0412 to reserve.

After its run at the Bernie Legge, the Vagabond Players are taking the production to the Theatre B.C. Greater Vancouver Zone Festival at the Metro Theatre on May 4.

Folk sounds onstage tonight

An indie-folk band is bringing its unique sound to Renaissance Books tonight as part of a tour in support of its latest album.

West My Friend is onstage at Renaissance Books at 7:30 p.m., joined by special guest Lawren Nemeth.

West My Friend is a band from Victoria that was described

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Top picks for weekend fun in the city

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Discover why the Langley Ukulele Ensemble is such a hit around town, when the group headlines the annual Music of the Night celebration at Century House. The event also includes a silent auction, coffee and tea at intermission and more. Tickets are $10 for Century House members and $12 for non-members. The event, a fundraiser for the Century House Association bursary fund, takes place on Friday, April 11 from 7 to 9 p.m. at 620

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Eighth St. Pick up some Ukrainian goodies just in time for Easter at Holy Eucharist Church’s Easter bake sale. The sale will feature traditional paskas, babkas, perogies, cabbage rolls, borscht, beet horseradish and more, as well as handmade pysanky from Ukraine. The sales takes place on Saturday, April 12 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the 501 Fourth Ave. For more information, call 604-526-0988.

Hop on down to Queensborough Community Centre for pet photos with the Easter bunny. The event includes free treats for pets and their humans and photos (with a suggested donation of $10 to the New Westminster Emergency Pet Services). The event is taking place on Saturday, April 12 from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Queensborough Community Centre, 920 Ewen Ave.

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It will feature a display of art of all kinds, along with food, music, a white elephant sale and a raffle basket to be won.

Among the group members showing work with be Penny Cheng (jewelry), Dale Costanzo (drawing, painting, mixed media), Christine Covert (graphic design, painting), Terry Erickson (painting, drawing) and Joann Heringer (painting, drawing.)

Also on display will be photography by Karen Justice and Kelly Lambert, as well as painting, ceramics and sculpture by Floyd Sanderson.

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WEEKEND WARRIORS: SCOTTSDALE EDITION (DAY 2)

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From vintage couture to modernist architecture, fresh-pressed juice to fried cauliflower, Scottsdale’s got our name on it. Read the Day 2 Arizona itinerary on where to shop, dine, drink and shop some more on www.vitamindaily.com

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With summer-dress season nearly upon us, we’re on the lookout for accessories that will heat things up once the warm weather hits. Brave Leather’s Carmella belt reminds us of such Tom Ford women as Gwyneth and Rihanna, who know how to expertly spruce up a simple black frock with a bit of flashy gold around the waist.

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Spring has sprung! That’s welcome news on the West Coast, where we’re all about the great outdoors—even when the weather calls for a lightweight jacket rather than a T-shirt. Outfitted in our Canada Gooses (Geese?), we explored the magical, temperate rainforest of North Vancouver’s Capilano Suspension Bridge Park.

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ids are invited make a memory for mom at an upcoming fundraiser for Easter Seals.

The Safeway at McBride Square is raising funds for Easter Seals from April 11 to 25. Easter Seals helps more than 100,000 Canadians with disabilities by providing active living opportunities, specialized mobility and access equipment, and more.

On April 13, kids can drop by the store, where volunteers will help put the child’s handprint on paper and create a gift that mom will undoubtedly cherish for years to come.

(Don’t forget, Mother’s Day is May 11.)

Kids will have their pick of eight paint colours.

Picture frames are available at an extra cost.

Safeway is located at the corner of McBride Boulevard and Eighth Avenue.

Band looking for new members

The New Westminster and District Concert Band, a teaching, non-profit band, is looking to recruit new members. It’s having several open rehearsal information sessions in April and May, where people will are invited to meet the instructors, observe the rehearsal, play with the band (optional) and ask questions.

Here are the dates for upcoming information sessions: ◗ Senior and beginner bands: Mondays April 28 and May 12, 6:30 p.m., Richard McBride Elementary School gym, 331 Richmond St. ◗ Intermediate and junior band: Thursdays April 17 and 24, 6:30 p.m., Burnaby Mountain Secondary

School band room, 8800 Eastlake Dr., Burnaby. ◗ Jazz Band: Tuesdays, April 29 and May 13, 7 p.m., New Westminster Secondary School band room, 835 Eighth St. For more information, visit www.nwdband.com or call Christine at 604526-8996 or Vivian at 604521-3443.

Student nurses can train in Shanghai

Nursing students at Douglas College will soon be able to do practicums in China.

Douglas College has established a formal partnership with an international hospital in China that’s intended to improving nursing training and development. The memorandum of understanding between Douglas College and Shanghai Redleaf Women’s Hospital opens the door to exchanges of nursing students and hospital nurses between the two institutions.

According to a press release from Douglas College, up to eight nursing students from the B.C. college will complete practicums each year at the hospital in Shanghai, where they will get to explore areas of the medical field, including obstetrics, gynecology, pediatrics and newborn care. In return, up to six nurses per year from Redleaf Hospital will visit Douglas

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“Practicum experience for nursing students in pediatrics and obstetrics in Canada is in high demand by all nursing schools,” said Kathy Denton, vice-president academic at Douglas College. “This relationship provides students with an incredible opportunity to gain unique experience in these two specialty areas

at an English-speaking hospital, while providing an amazing cultural experience.”

Shanghai Redleaf Women’s Hospital is a 105-bed facility that provides a range of heath-care services for women and children. It already has an existing strategic partnership with Massachusetts General Hospital, a Harvard Medical School teaching hospital.

Heritage home workshop set

Do you own a heritage house and want to increase its energy efficiency?

The City of New Westminster is holding a heritage homes workshop on Saturday, April 26 from 1 to 4 p.m. at city hall.

The free interactive workshop includes guest speakers and door prizes.

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city’s heritage and community planner, said the workshop will focus on strategies for making older homes energy efficient without compromising the heritage characteristics.

To register, call 604-5153818 or email rcoleman@ newwestcity.ca.

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Royal City Musical Theatre is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year by staging the ultimate in family musicals: Annie.

The beloved tale of the red-haired orphan, starring Julia MacLean in the title role, takes to the stage at the Massey Theatre from April 10 to 26.

There’s a special Family Fun Day planned for this

weekend, at the Sunday, April 13 matinee show – including a barbecue and face painting starting at 1 p.m. You can buy two adult tickets and get two seniors’ or children’s tickets for free.

Tickets are available by calling the Massey box office at 604-521-5050.

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Yo-yo gathering

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Sunset sport is not going out quietly

industry for the past 35 years, having lived through its heyday and now possibFor bowling propri- ley its swan song. etor Keith Stevenson, Old In the 1990s, Hastings Orchard Lanes will not go Bowl was coined “The litgentle into that good night. tle house that could” by The former owner of The Record for its excellent Hastings Bowl was content Youth Bowling Council to ease into semi-retire- program. ment following a fire that At the same time, Old destroyed the abandoned Orchard was drawing bowling centre upwards of in the summer 1,600 regular of 2007. league bowlers.

But when “Bowling is a Today, that the last remainnumber has ing five-pin cen- passion for me. dwindled down tre in Burnaby It’s the industry to approximateat Old Orchard ly 440. was threat- and the people “It’s a sad ened with clo- involved in it.” state that sure four years the good old ago, Stevenson Canadian sport stepped in to KEITH STEVENSON is fading away,” Old Orchard Lanes ensure its surhe said. vival.

Old Orchard W h e n is still actively Stevenson took over he involved in youth bowlput in computerized scor- ing, leagues for the develing, brightened things up opmentally challenged and with a new coat of paint the high-average league and spruced up one of the that has been going strong last remaining houses with for the past 34 years. hardwood lanes.

But it’s mostly seniors “It was a bowling alley now, Stevenson says, who before, now it’s a bowling populate the league bowlcentre. ing teams.

“Bowling is a passion “It would be a shame for me. It’s the industry not to have the opportunity and the people involved in for seniors to come out and it,” Stevenson said. get some light exercise,” But with no lease and Stevenson said. a month-to-month rental Some of the all-time arrangement, Stevenson is greats, including Paul unsure just what’s in store Kitamura, can still be found on the Old Orchard site. at Old Orchard.

Stevenson has been ◗Bowling Page 24 involved in the bowling

BY TOM BERRIDGE SPORTS EDITOR tberridge@royalcityrecord.com

Clan second in Cup Simon Fraser University moved up to second place in the Great Northwest conference in Directors Cup standings.

The Clan earned points in winter season sports – women’s basketball, women’s swimming and wrestling – to improve its overall total to 265.5 points – 32nd in NCAA Division II and runner-up to conference leader Alaska Anchorage.

SFU also earned points from men’s soccer and crosscountry in the fall season.

The Directors Cup measures the overall success of a school’s athletic program, awarding points in seven men’s and seven women’s sports based on both regional and national competition.

Grand Valley State is currently ranked first in NCAA Div. II ahead of West Texas A&M, Central Missouri, Adams State and Alaska Anchorage.

Final standings will be announced in June with the completion of the spring season.

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Goal scorer: Anne Hodges, in black, scored the only goal for the Burnaby Devils in a 1-1 opening day draw with the Vancouver Green Hawks in under-12 Tier 2 Pool A girls’ field hockey at Cariboo Oval last Saturday.

Jiu-jitsu master No. 1 in the world following win at Pan Ams

BY TOM BERRIDGE SPORTS EDITOR tberridge@royalcityrecord.com

Scott Boudreau is standing on top of the world in the Master 2 lightweight purple belt division in Brazilian jiu-jitsu.

He is also ranked fourth in the world in the open weight category following the win.

Boudreau, who won single titles in 2012 and ’13 at the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu world championships, won all five of this matches en route to the recent Pan American title at Irvine, California last month.

“It meant a lot to me because I lost it last year,” said Boudreau of his early exit in the second round of the 2013 Pans.

This time out, Boudreau, who runs the Budo Mixed Martial Arts school in North Burnaby with training partner Mike Hansen, made no mistake, winning all five matches in the purple belt division in a span of less than two hours.

“The day after, I didn’t do very much.

“It’s all about staying calm. It’s a very big event,” he added.

In the leadup to the Pans, Boudreau conditioned himself with sparring sessions of two and a half hours straight and worked on building up his legs for what was ahead.

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The champ: Scott Boudreau, second from left, won his third major Brazilian jiu-jitsu title at the Pans last month. he controlled much of the action from the more difficult on-top position.

“That’s the beauty of jiu-jitsu, the ability to fight on your back. It’s a very powerful access to many more submissions,” he said.

Boudreau won his match over Robert Schuster on aggression in a scoreless semifinal.

In the final match, he bettered last year’s Pans champion Daniel Wilson from California on advantage points.

At 40 years of age, Boudreau, who competes as a purple belt under Don Whitefield at West Coast Jiu-Jitsu, is unsure what master division he will compete in in future years.

“I don’t know, competition to me is like having fun. I’ve had no injuries, I’m 40. I’m good with that.

I’ll keep competing until I’m tired, I guess,” said Boudreau, who will look to threepeat at the world championships in October.

“I like a good challenge, as long as it’s safe.”

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Follow through: Minwoo Sung scored the 1-0 game-winning goal for the Burnaby Selects over Central City Elite 98 in the quarter-finals of the Coastal A Cup under-16 boys’ soccer playdowns at Burnaby Lake Sports Complex-West last Saturday.

Hyacks open BNW girls’ soccer season with shutout over ’Dogs New Westminster Secondary kicked off the high school district girls’ soccer season with a 4-0 win over the Byrne Creek Bulldogs on Tuesday.

Juliet Davies opened the scoring for the Hyacks in the 20th minute, slipping the game-winning shot past the Byrne Creek keeper at the near post for the only goal of the first half.

Sadie Farina recorded the shutout in goal for the Hyack girls.

Celeste Bain sparked a three-goal second half, ripping a hard shot to the back of the net early in the second stanza.

Simran Dhillon upped score to 3-0 with a shot from 30 metres out that just skimmed the bottom of the crossbar.

Davies completed the scoring with her second of the game.

Burnaby North and Burnaby Central posted shutouts in their opening games.

North defeated Burnaby Mountain 6-0, while Central topped Burnaby South by a 2-0 score.

Moscrop and Alpha drew 1-1 in their opener.

Bowling: Lucky Strike on 12th in N.W. ◗ continued from page 23

Kitamura, a past Canadian champion, now in his early 70s, is one of just three bowlers, along with Stevenson and Chris Jackson of Burnaby, who have not missed a single season at the Wednesday night high-average league.

“We started the league and we’re still hanging in there,” said Stevenson.

With league bowling drawing to a close at the end of April, Old Orchard will be open to public bowling until league’s start

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