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Vandalism frustrates business owners working to build a better downtown BY NIKI HOPE REPORTER

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The Saturday before Mother’s Day was a busy one for the owners of Brick & Mortar Living on Sixth Street, and they closed shop feeling good about the day. But that good feeling came to an end when they got a middle-of-the-night phone call from their alarm company saying the police were at their business. A vandal had smashed a city sign into their large storefront window. “We are working so hard to create a new New West, a new city and to have these hoodlums or whatever they are, drunk, running around, behaving badly and making it difficult; it’s kind of like one step forward, two steps back,” said Jennifer Pistone, who helps her daughters Julia Dewhurst and Emma Nash with the business. The incident made for an exhausting Mother’s Day for the ladies, who were at the shop from 2 to 5 a.m. waiting for the broken window to be temporarily boarded up.

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Busted: Jennifer Pistone, with pup Begbie and her daughters Julia Dewhurst, left, and Emma Nash, who own Brick & Mortar Living. The window at their store, which is just steps away from the New Westminster Police Department, was smashed by a vandal on Saturday night. Larry Wright/

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They opened the next day – an hour late – and tried to stay positive despite the costly headache. For Pistone, the episode has made her look around the downtown business district and see that other shops have been hit as well. “I see that Money Mart has a smashed window. I was told that at the bank today that the postal services place – that they had smashed windows,” Pistone said. “Once

you started talking about it, I’m thinking, ‘Is this a bloody epidemic?’” The vandalism means one more cost for small businesses, like Brick & Mortar, that already struggle to make ends meet and to compete against larger stores. “As far as cash, we don’t have a lot. People say, ‘Oh yes, the store is doing great,’ but I mean there’s debt, there’s so many expenses involved,” Pistone said. KendraJohnston,executivedirectorofthe

Downtown New Westminster Business Improvement Area, said they aren’t getting more calls than usual about vandalism. “There are occasionally cases of vandalism, unfortunately, but from our communications we have not seen an increase,” she said. Still, she suggested that business owners are diligent, have insurance and lock up properly. ◗Vandalism Page 4

Lancers won’t be waltzing with the girls BY THERESA MCMANUS REPORTER tmcmanus@royalcityrecord.com

The Royal Lancers won’t have to put away their dancing shoes just yet. City officials recently met with some of the Royal Lancers to discuss ways of modernizing the dances between the Lancers and girls in the May Queen suite at the May Day banquet.

“I think we have come to a nice compromise for it,” said Mayor Wayne Wright. “There will be some changes to modernize the dance and using the young lads – the knights – in a more significant way. I think that’s going to put that to bed for this year.” Last July, council approved a motion by Coun. Chuck Puchmayr to enter into discussions about modernizing the Royal

Lancers’ dance at the annual May Queen dinner. While some people support the long-standing tradition, Puchmayr said he’s hearing more and more criticisms about the dance and understands it makes some people uncomfortable. The Royal Lancers, which is comprised of men who have been active volunteers in the community and longtime residents, and girls in the May Queen Suite practise the

traditional English dances three times and then dance at the May Day banquet held on the evening of the festivities in Queen’s Park. Wright said a few changes will be introduced this year, including giving the Royal Knights more of a role at the banquet. Some people had expressed concerns that the ◗Lancers Page 4

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City concerned about safety BY THERESA MCMANUS REPORTER tmcmanus@royalcityrecord.com

The Bailey bridge is proving to be a bridge over troubled water. The City of New Westminster is declining Transportation Minister Todd Stone’s offer to lend the city a temporary crossing for the Bailey bridge but only if the city agrees to allow two lanes to be installed in the area that connects New Westminster to Coquitlam. In a May 14 letter to Stone, the city states the two crossings would be contrary to the city’s position of opposing an expansion of capacity in Braid Street corridor. “We had hoped to have this important alternate access restored quickly, given the previous commitment by ministry staff of the use of a temporary bridge without the condition of increasing capacity, and have already spent over $30,000 in material and equipment in anticipation of its arrival,” stated the letter from Mayor Wayne Wright. “Therefore, we respectfully ask in the name of health and safety, that this commitment be honoured.” The city is asking the ministry to decide by May 20 if the temporary Bailey bridge in its Cloverdale facility can be released for this purpose. “Optionally, in order to respect the integrity of the province’s arbitration process, the ministry could provide a single temporary Bailey bridge immediately and postpone any decision on an additional bridge until the independent arbitrator has had an opportunity to render a decision,” stated the letter. Last week, Stone informed the city that the ministry is seeking support for installing a singlelane bridge at the site, which would allow single-lane alternating traffic this summer. In addition, planning would begin so a second single-lane bridge could be installed at the site this fall. The Braid Street Bailey bridge has been a longstanding conflict between the cities of New Westminster and Coquitlam, with New West wanting a single lane crossing and Coquitlam wanting expanded capacity. An arbitrator has been appointed to consider the matter and is expected to

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ing New Westminster to Coquitlam on Braid Street has been closed to trafﬁc since the beginning of March, when it was deemed structurally unsound. cent Highway 1 and Lougheed make a decision in June. In a letter to Stone, Wright Highway corridors.” According to Wright, the points out that the arbitrator’s decision must be handed down majority of the additional trafno later than July 1. As a result fic on Braid Street must pass through the Brunette the city has chosen to Avenue intersection, “respectfully decline” which operates at a the minister’s proposal for two cross- “We respectfully service level of “F” for of the day – the ings. ask in the name most worst rating an inter“You are corsection can have. rect that, prior to its of health and “As a result, this failure, over 10,000 safety that this intersection has the vehicles were using highest number of the bridge daily. It commitment be collisions of any in is important to note the city, and one of that before Coquitlam honoured.” the highest in Metro unilaterally expanded Vancouver,” he wrote. United Boulevard to WAYNE WRIGHT four lanes and extend- New Westminster mayor “Clearly it would be extremely unwise to ed it to the bridge in exacerbate this situa2002, only a few hundred vehicles used the bridge tion by facilitating an increase in on a daily basis,” Wright stated. the number of vehicles entering “Today, most crossings consist this already heavily congested of commuter traffic choosing intersection.” The city’s letter also states that to use Braid Street, rather than the 12 traffic lanes now avail- access to the area is “potentialable after the recent expansion ly unsafe” because of the five projects on the immediately adja- grade-level rails crossings at

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Lancers: Dance ‘modernized’

Vandalism: ‘They sort of see it as … a usual part of doing business’ a window was smashed in order to gain “Most people I’ve talked to that have entry to a business for a break and enter, been vandalized over the years, as long as McDaniel said. McDaniel saw the broken window at they feel prepared, they just sort of see it Brick & Mortar, which is locatas sort of a usual part of doing ed just steps from police headbusiness unfortunately,” she quarters, and said she felt bad said. for the business owners. Johnston acknowledged “It is such an “It is such an unfortuwhat a costly inconvenience it unfortunate nate thing because it’s such is for small business owners. a beautiful store, and I saw “It really sucks for Brick thing because that and I went ‘Oh, that’s & Mortar, those gorgeous big terrible,’” she said. “When I windows,” she said. “It can be it’s such a really tough, for sure.” beautiful store.” looked up the file, I saw that it was vandalism.” New Westminster police In terms of helping police, Sgt. Diana McDaniel said there SGT. DIANA McDANIEL McDaniel said surveillance have been a few other inci- New West police cameras help. dents of vandalism that have “So that we can apprehend been reported this year. There was an incident at Columbia these suspects that are doing this, because Square on March 14 where 20-plus win- if nobody sees them and there are no witdows were smashed overnight in one nesses, which a lot of times it would be location and then nearby on Carnarvon at night, the store would be closed, right, Street windows were smashed at a busi- then it’s so hard for us to determine who ness as well. There was another reported did it, so from our perspective surveilincident in March, and one in April, where lance cameras are always a big benefit,” a drunk male smashed a window. In May, she said. ◗ continued from page 1

groups – we wouldn’t be spending time boys sat on the floor while the girls in the on it. It’s sensitive and you want to do it May Queen Suite danced with the Lancers properly.” at the banquet. Dean Gibson, the city’s director of parks, “They will be doing the reels or the culture and recreation, said staff have been square dance,” Wright said of the Royal working with the Royal Lancers, as well Lancers. “I am pretty sure they as volunteer coordinators of the are not doing the waltz. There is May Queen Suite and the Royal a different format for them walkKnights. ing in. There is a format of where The traditional folk dancthey will sit, and the rest of their es between the Royal Lancers participation.” and the girls in the May Queen Wright anticipates that further Suite will continue as in past changes will be made to the Royal years, but there may be changes Lancers’ role at the banquet in to the march in and march out future years. procession at the banquet, with Wright said changes are being the Royal Knights taking part introduced in response to com- Wayne Wright – something that didn’t occur in ments from community mem- ‘We want it to past years. bers. Gibson said this year’s ban“The concern is that the times be positive’ quet will be a “transitional year” have changed and maybe the tradition and additional changes could be incorposhould be modernized – making sure rated in future years. He said the city and that it fits with society today,” he said. the school district are interested in mak“Everything has been a certain way. That ing changes to ensure May Day is “child is what we are looking at. We want it to focused.” be a positive thing. I can assure you if A representative of the Royal Lancers this wasn’t something that was brought didn’t return calls to The Record by deadup – to everyone on council by different line.

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Fewer trucks using Pattullo, says minister BY THERESA MCMANUS REPORTER tmcmanus@royalcityrecord.com

Tolls on the Port Mann Bridge haven’t caused more trucks to divert to the free Pattullo Bridge crossing, says the province’s transportation minister. B.C. Transportation Minister Todd Stone said recent statistics dispute claims that truck traffic has increased on the Pattullo Bridge since tolls were introduced on the Port Mann Bridge. He said the statistics compared January to April 2014 to January to April 2013. “Truck traffic is actually down on the Pattullo Bridge by about five per cent, and it is actually up by one-half per cent on the Port Mann Bridge. The continuous claims from some in New Westminster that there has been this massive increase in truck traffic on the Pattullo Bridge, as

I have been saying all along, it’s not true. That has not materialized,” Stone told The Record. “The numbers are the numbers. They tell the story.” Jim Lowrie, the city’s director of engineering, said preliminary data shows that traffic on Royal Avenue (between Second and Third streets) dropped 9.21 per cent to 26,336 vehicles in April 2014, compared to 29,008 in April 2013. During that same time period, tractor/semi-trailer traffic dropped by 23.97 per cent and total trucks dropped by 18.3 per cent. Coun. Jonathan Cote said truck traffic was down on Royal Avenue in April, likely due to the opening of South Fraser Perimeter Road. He pointed out that the number of heavy trucks on Royal Avenue is still 10 to 20 per cent higher than in mid2012, which was before tolls were introduced on the Port Mann Bridge.

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fare and disability rates have been frozen We’re sure government policy makers for the past seven years while living costs rely on some principle to defend clawing have escalated. back payments to moms on social assistPerhaps the government policy gurus ance who receive child support payments. believe that single moms with disabilities Sure, the child is probably the one who will be encouraged to seek suffers, but there’s a principle work if they can’t feed their involved. kids. Perhaps, for some, that’s Forget the fact that prior THE RECORD true. But for others it means to 2002 government policy they will sink deeper into allowed single parents to poverty. B.C. continues to have one of the receive up to $100 a month in child suphighest rates of child poverty in Canada, port payments before having any deducand the sad fact is that children living in tions to their income assistance and dispoverty are usually kids of single moms. ability cheques. Forget the fact that wel-

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Moms who need more help, not less help. And why shouldn’t we trust the government’s decisions on these matters? After all, only this week we learned the government has spent more than $1.5 million over the last three years to house a team of “testers” in Victoria tasked with fixing the province’s frequently troubled internal computer system. The travelling test squad, according to media reports, consisting of as many as 24 ministry employees, works to troubleshoot the ministry’s computer system, which continues to run at limited capacity.

Oh, and did we mention the government has paid an average of $514,000 annually for hotels, meals and flights for testers to commute when needed to the capital since 2011, out of money earmarked for the system’s operating budget? No wonder it doesn’t want to let poor single moms be able to use child support to feed their kids. We’re sure there’s a principle involved. Perhaps Christy Clark should change her slogan from “Families first” to “Meals for testers of broken government systems first.”

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ocial media has changed the my mind … for surely my existence would explode into a milworld. It’s brought human lion sharp-edged fragments that beings from around the would tear everything that I am world closer together – for both to shreds. good and bad. I have the deepest admiration Some otherwise inconsequenfor parents who withstand an tial guy in an obscure corner of assault of that kind and still have the Netherlands has been implithe strength to seek real justice. cated in using social media to I can offer the opinion that maliciously exploit, bully and blackmail kids all over the world Amanda Todd’s suicide was actually a homicide committed … including Amanda Todd. in Europe. Even without the Internet, he But it will take probably could have the courts – here, destroyed a few Dutch and perhaps in the kids whose lives he is BOB GROENEVELD Netherlands – to accused of damaging, determine whether if he is the perpetrator of the heinous acts of which he is my emotion-ridden reaction has any basis in the cold, hard reality accused. of law. But without social media and If it turns out that I’m right, the Internet, he couldn’t have then social media has been extended his reach thousands of wielded as a murder weapon. kilometres out of Europe, all the It’s not much different from way across the Atlantic Ocean, shooting your co-worker with a more thousands of kilometres shotgun, stabbing your neighacross Canada, to breathe the bour with a knife, or bludgeonfoul air of his existence into a ing your spouse to death with a vulnerable Coquitlam teenager attending school in Maple Ridge. hammer. It’s just cleaner: no blood on It’s hard to understand the malice that exists in such a leech- your shirt – but just as much on your hands. like person’s soul, and it’s hard But before you silence your to understand what vulnerability Twitter and unfriend everyone they latch onto – what makes on Facebook, remember that their victims susceptible to their shotguns are used to hunt ducks vile sense of empowerment. for the dinner table, we use Frankly, I never even try to knives for everything from cutimagine what goes through a ting steaks to linoleum, and you loving parent’s mind after their child has been defiled by such an can hardly build anything without at some point picking up a attack. hammer. I just dearly hope that such Kids have friends all over the thoughts are never crammed into the cracks and crannies of ◗Social media Page 7

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Trucks just don’t belong ◗ continued from page 6

traffic off Royal and East Eighth Avenue to “the perimeters,” as outlined in your story. I am thinking West End residents will be rather unimpressed with heavy truck traffic on 10th Avenue. How will we access our homes before and after work if 10th is bumper to bumper with huge trucks? What about the houses all along 10th Avenue, will they want to put up with the rattle and rumble? Nobody should have to. Please note that 10th Avenue is residential, completely, east and west, except for three schools (shared between New West and Burnaby: NWSS, Byrne Creek Secondary and Our Lady of Mercy). There is one small shopping mall in the Crest. Remember a school kid was struck by a vehicle on 10th Avenue at Eighth Street a few years back. Plus, in the West End, 10th Avenue is only two lanes and cannot be widened to four. It will clog up immediately with trucks wanting to access Southridge Drive and Marine Way. Worse, it could dump even more traffic on the rush hour parking lot that is known

as 20th Street. You cannot expect truck traffic to use 10th Avenue instead of four-lane traffic routes? Also, in terms of getting trucks off East Eighth: great idea! But make it all of Eighth, OK? Eighth Avenue is totally residential throughout the city, not just on East Eighth, with an elementary school on it in the West End (Lord Tweedsmuir) and another enormous school uptown (New West Secondary). About 1,500 students walk, bike or commute across that road every school day. I see large trucks using Eighth from time to time, I even saw one bumping along 11th Street to turn precariously right onto Eighth on Monday morning, March 31. If it isn’t illegal for large trucks to use West Eighth, it should be. The traffic plan has to be that freight and cargo trucks stay away from all residential areas and any main roads kids have to use to get to school. No cutting through our city, go to the perimeter route of Front, Stewardson and Marine Way to get to Burnaby. Too inconvenient? I think not. Much better to drive around than to put our health and our schoolkids at risk.

world these days. Sure, we had pen pals – but “conversations” with them were spread out over weeks or months. You wrote a letter (or postcard, if you were lazy) which could take weeks to get to your pal, whose return letter you received weeks later, and you wrote back Now the kids keep in touch with text messaging, and send pictures (selfies that don’t take yet another

week to get developed), all delivered in less time than it takes sunlight reflected off the moon to reach your eye. Social media offers us (and our kids) a host of new and powerful tools – more powerful than guns and knives and hammers. Just how powerful the new tools can be was exemplified in the Arab Spring – don’t judge the lack of immediate success against the value of what was accomplished … and

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THE RECORD STORY: New Westminster asks transportation minister to reconsider Bailey bridge offer – May 13

Comment via RoyalCityRecord.com I PlollCat: Is there ever a day New West City Councilors are not in a ﬁght? Working responsibly in the interest of the voters and taxpayers does appear to be in there agenda. Please lay down your attitude and take the offer of help on this. As they say: “Do not look a gift horse in the mouth” . This thing and many other issues in New Westminster have been dragged out for ever. Why do you continue to waste tax payers money and time on this or is this your mandate? Also i wonder why New West residents continue to put up with such ridiculous behavior from council.

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Facebook I Alexie Greene: This fellow should definitely check out the huge daily lineup of vehicles waiting on the Surrey side to cross the bridge every morning. Even as early as 7:05 or so a.m. (when I get there) there can be quite the lineup. Facebook I Dawn Black: Clearly he hasn’t spent any time in New West! Facebook I Barb Adamski: Well, if traffic is down, we surely don’t need a bigger bridge. Perhaps we can make this one a three lane: a lane each direction and a swing lane. Facebook I Michelle Kent: What a load of crock !!!Honestly stand any day at 6th and McBride Blvd and just watch the truckers even 8th and McBride is a good spot too. Facebook I Danielle St. John Connelly: Something stinks from the Transportation Minister’s office ... or maybe it’s all the exhaust and pollution fumes I’m smelling from the increase in trucks and vehicular traffic / congestion!! As Coun. Cote points out “the number of heavy trucks on Royal Avenue is still 10 to 20 per cent higher than in mid-2012, which was before tolls were introduced on the Port Mann Bridge.”

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Uptown Live gets go-ahead BY THERESA MCMANUS REPORTER tmcmanus@royalcityrecord.com

A new date for Uptown Live has struck a positive note with the City of New Westminster. On Monday night, city council approved Aug. 10 as the date of this year’s Uptown Live festival. “We did a check of other events in the city on that Aug. 10 date that the (Uptown Business Association) was proposing for Uptown Live. The only other conflicting event on that day was the New Westminster Cultural Crawl,” said Blair Fryer, the city’s manager of communications and economic development. “I had spoken with the organizer of the Cultural Crawl, and they were quite enthusiastic about Uptown Live being

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done by the Ancient and Honourable Hyack Anvil Battery. “Since the late 1800s the Anvil Battery has been a major part of Victoria Day celebrations in New Westminster,” said a press release about the event. “Frequently we read in the press of the early days of B.C. that a group, gathering to welcome someone or to celebrate something, fired a salute – often with anvils. Such stories and many anecdotes from our past are part of this program.” Everyone is invited to attend the free presentation on Wednesday, May 21 at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the New Westminster

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Canadian history comes to town

Pomp and circumstance will be part of a ceremony to welcome a piece of silver maple tree that inspired the song The Maple Leaf Forever. New Westminster resident Vic Leach reports that a part of a tree that was blown down in a big storm in Toronto last July is making its way to New Westminster, where it will

be turned into a mace by members of the Greater Vancouver Woodturners Guild that meets monthly at the Sapperton Pensioners Hall. “We are told that these pieces of wood are from the silver maple that had a leaf land on Alexander Muir in 1866 or 1867 and inspired him to write the song The Maple Leaf Forever,” Leach said. “This song was once considered as Canada’s national song for many years. The music to this song is the Royal Westminster Regiment’s regimental march.” Rob Rathbun, president of the Society of Officers of the Honourable Guard, contacted Toronto Mayor

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pieces of wood, both about four feet long, are numbered and can be documented. Ed Pretty, pastpresident of the Greater Vancouver Woodturners Guild, will dry the larger piece so it reaches the optimal dryness and turn it into a mace. “He will save the wood chips so that Rob can make it into a special paper. Parts of the other wood will be laser cut into maple leafs to be given at special occasions,” Leach said. “At one end of the mace will be a stainless steel globe upon which will be adorned something signifying each of the provinces and territories.” ◗Around Town Page 10

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Fraserside Community Services Society has created a new five-year strategic plan aimed at creating “communities of belonging” where the diversity of all people is welcome. The society’s mission is to support people with low incomes or who have developmental disabilities, mental health or substanceuse issues, and need help finding housing or seeking work.

Lynda Edmonds, chief executive officer, is excited about the way the plan was developed. “We had heartfelt conversations throughout the agency. It was inspiring to hear how the work of Fraserside is meaningful both to the people we serve and to the employees and volunteers,” she said in a press release. Edmonds sees the work of Fraserside as contributing toward communities where everyone belongs. “At the risk of sounding overly dramatic, this work

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ne of the toughest things about being a band trying to break out of the basement is the simple but ever-so-complicated issue of finding a place to play. If you’re not a known quantity, who’ll give you a stage? But if you don’t get a stage, how can you become a known quantity? The Columbia Theatre has an answer to that catch-22. The theatre hosts regular Sunday night jam sessions where all musicians can turn out to share the stage with the pros in a real theatre setting – complete with lighting, multimedia shows on the big screen at the back of the JULIE MACLELLAN stage, and professional sound. It’s also running a Battle of the Bands on Wednesday nights to give exposure to upand-coming performers. “What we’ve been trying to do, it’s not just about the Columbia, it’s about helping some young artists to get going,” explains Columbia owner Barry Buckland, noting it’s just plain tough to get noticed in the music world. “You can’t just be good. You’ve got to be in the right place at the right time.” The Sunday night jam sessions, which run from 6:30 to 10 p.m., operate on a simple premise: Anyone who wants to perform can just show up and get a turn on stage, first-come, first-served. The sessions are led by the Vancouver rock band Garrett, fronted by longtime New West resident Sean Garrett. “I would’ve loved to have a place like this,” Garrett says, looking around at the elegance of the theatre’s Grand Room, where performers can play to a 300-seat house. “All I had was the basement.” He loves the fact that, since the theatre is an all-ages venue, high school performers can come on down and bring their friends to see them perform. He and his band open the evening with their own performance – which unto itself is a bonus for the young performers, who get to hear how the pros make it happen. The experience has been invaluable for Jacob Gold, a 16-year-old multi-instrumentalist who sings and plays acoustic and electric guitar, bass and drums. The Grade 10 student at New Westminster Secondary School says it took him some time to talk himself into getting up on stage. “I was really, really shy to put myself out to experienced musicians,” he says. “It was just little old me practising in my basement.” Once he finally got the nerve to step into the spotlight, he was hooked. “I felt like this was the best thing that had ever happened to me,” he says with a

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A passion for performance: Sean Garrett, lead singer of Garrett, performs at the Columbia Theatre. Garrett hosts the Columbia’s Sunday evening jam sessions, where the stage is open for any musician who wants to perform. decisive nod. “It’s incredibly inspiring.” Gold’s mother, Lynne Mossey, who has been one of the driving forces behind the jam nights, says the nights are enormously beneficial to the young musicians. She notes that every aspect of the experience – from the quality of the performers to the professional sound technician to the support of Garrett behind the young performers – combines to make a unique experience for emerging talent. “Here’s a place for musicians to shine and for youth to be,” she says. Plus, she pointed out, it’s invaluable to have a venue like the Columbia. “It’s such a great little venue, a little gem in New West.” That sentiment is echoed by Garrett’s drummer, Frank Baker, who compares the experience of performing in the Columbia to the best live venues in Vancouver. “This has the old Commodore vibe to me,” he says. “This room has that feel where you can hear everything crystal clear on stage.”

He notes that, when he tours across the country, he meets people in every part of Canada who’ve heard of the theatre. “There is no place in Canada like the Columbia Theatre,” he says. “This is the only place in Canada that does what it does.” Buckland says the Columbia’s acoustics make it perfect for anything from a cappella vocals to full-on rock bands. “It is fabulous in here. It sounds like the Orpheum, it really does,” he says. “It’s so crisp in here. That’s the difference between playing here and playing in a bar.” He notes that the jam nights have come together thanks to the efforts of an entire community – volunteers like Mossey and her husband, Brian Gold; professional photographer Tony van Straubenzee, who shoots the jam nights and Battle of the Bands evenings; professional sound technician Tony De Medeiros, and all the members of Garrett, which also includes guitarist Brian Jones and bassist Gary Koenig. “All these guys are here because they

love it,” Buckland says. “It’s the community helping out. They’re helping out because they know it’s valuable to the musicians.” Buckland is hoping to get more people out to support the musicians and to discover just what a great venue they have in their own backyard. He’s also on the hunt for bands to take part in the next Battle of the Bands series, as the current series ends in finals on Friday, May 23. Any style of music is welcome – they’ve had bands running the gamut from country to punk and metal. Garrett is confident that once people head on down to check out the Columbia, they’ll return again and again. “Once they come down, you’ll see them the next week,” he says. “It’s just getting people to know about it. This is one of the best venues in town.” Check out www.thecolumbia.ca for more on what’s happening at the theatre, and get all the Battle of the Bands info at www.columbiabattle.ca.

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#15 Bennett, Shayne

#25 Bal, Keegan This 2nd year player and graduate from the Junior Salmonbellies, is currently in Great Britain completing a year of International Studies. He quite often gets mistaken for Bruno Mars and says he’s a bit of a fashioniesta.

This 11th year player is a gladiator who’s leadership and Lunch bucket approach is infectious throughout the room. The longest serving Bellie is one of our best defenders game in game out. This Richmond Firefighter enjoys cooking shows and has a large collection of star wars lego.

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This Alberta native is in his 3rd season with the Salmonbellies. His speed, athleticism, and ability to run the floor will be a huge asset to this years club. This onetime graduate of both Harvard and Duke holds remedial training classes in the dressing room after practice. The Three R’s he preaches, reading, righting and running.

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1st year Bellie Sean comes to us from the Langley Jr Thunder where he completed a successful Jr Career. The Sr Bellies are looking for him to compliment our core of young offensive left handers. Sean lists Snoop Dog, Puffy Combs , 50 Cent and Dr. Dre as big influences in his musical choices.

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Another 1st year rookie from the hometown Jr Bellies program. Brendan had a great season with the Jr’s and was a stalwart during last years Minto. In the off season he plays in the AHL with the Texas Stars, Dallas’s #1 farm team, where he has picked up a passion for Guacamole Dip and proper Corn chip Etiquette.

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Bellies latest acquisition hails from 2 time Minto Cup Champion Whitby Warriors. He says he cant wait to get back on the wooden floor. He’s best know for his collection of Justin Beiber hats.

Another new addition the Bellie this year, Colton plays in the NLL with the Colorado Mammoth. He is known for his ability to dread water , his personal record is 29 hours and 15 minutes with no washroom breaks.

Jeff is a 2nd year Salmonbellies coming off a very successful rookie campaign, he has just completed his 3rd year in the NLL with the Edmonton Rush. This 6’2” fitness fanatic has his own Blog on healthy eating and how to bend pipes with your mind.

This veteran Bellie returns for another season on the left side. Martry has taken up Hot Yoga and Body Cleansing in the off season, looking to put on some additional lbs. He spends his spare time volunteering at a local cat shelter in his native Port Coquitlam.

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Entering his 5th season with the Bellies, this veteran defensive leader plays winters with the Vancouver Stealth. His athleticism and transition prowess will work well under Coach Goodwin’s run and gun offence. Hodgy considers him self a spitting image of American Idol Judge Keith Urban only a little older and a lot smaller.

Chedda is back for his 2nd stint with the Bellies. He can be found on twitter under his handle @laxlife providing great lacrosse and life tips. Chedda another fitness guru on the team, holds the team record for holding his breath , his record was 18 minutes on a Vancouver to Victoria flight.

Richard is back for his 2nd year with the Bellies after been acquired late last year from the Lakers. Richard has shown a great knack around the net and looks to build on his 1st year with the Bellies. His claim to fame is he is the current bare chested bull riding champ at Rooster’s pub in Ridge Meadows.

Eric is back to the Bellies after a one year Hiatus, where he took a year off to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania to raise funds for Tsetse Fly Research. Eric will be wearing the number 9 this year that his father Big AL Lewthwaite wore for the Senior Bellies for years.

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This New West native is entering his 6th season with his hometown ‘Bellies’. THE Coaching staff is looking for big things form this quiet leader who lets his stick to the talking on the floor. Jordan admits to one guilty pleasure, he loves getting a manicure and pedicure before games.

1st year Jr Bellies Graduate joins his big brother with the Sr Bellies and the coaches are excited about adding this Transition D Specialist to the Right Side. Jimmy’s famous for his flowing mullet and hopes the Sr Bellies will lossen their longstanding rule of “High and Tight”. (We somehow doubt it)

Scott is returning for his 3rd season with the Senior Bellies. His 6’2” 210 lb frame will be looked to add some muscle and toughness to this years defensive corps. This Port Moody resident claims to have tobogganed the famous Sulphur Piles in Ioco on a dare.

1st year rookie joins us from the ever improving Alberta Junior Lacrosse Program. He is very athletic and runs the floor well, and in addition will be taking our faceoffs this season. He hopes one day to have Facial Hair like onetime Bellie Great Todd Lorenz.

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Another product of the New Westminster Minor and Junior programs, Kyle looks to add some spark to our transition game. Kyle recently completed his post secondary education and is currently working as a carney with great people at West Coast Amusement, he’s currently in charge of the Tilt a Whirl.

This New West Minor Lax product is entering his 6th WLA season, and brings size, skill, and offensive flair. He has been working hard in preseason fitness training looking to improve on his 2013 stats. He currently splits his time between Longshoring and his new Hairstyling Salon : Robbie’s On Robson.

One of the leagues best two way players, he plays with sand paper and grit and often gets under opposing players and coaches skin. This veteran will be called upon to provide his leadership and guidance. Kyle started a trend in the early 2000’s of wearing one high sock that never went anywhere.

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Former star of the Junior Bellies, NLL Star, brings a ton of great playing and coaching experience. He’s glad to be back on the “Original” wooden floor in New West. Russ claims to have watched a 24 hour Marathon of Housewives of Orange County in one sitting.

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t’s hard to imagine that any New Westminster resident might be unfamiliar with the word ‘Hyack’ – it’s an integral part of the city’s history and traditions after all.

But many may not know its origins. The word means “hurry up” or “quick” in Chinook, an informal dialect that combined English, French and local First

Nations languages and was common in B.C., the Paciﬁc Northwest and up to Alaska and the Yukon. The term has been in use in the city since the 1800s and, today, is used in a variety of ways – in particular with the Hyack Festival and International Parade, organized by the Hyack Festival Association and sponsored by Key West Ford. The organization has been coordinating the many popular events of the festival since 1971, including the much-loved parade, along with other events through the year. Organizers say they’re working hard to make the festival as enjoyable and relevant for today’s Royal City residents as it was for

those 40 years ago. This year, the Hyack International Parade will be held on Saturday, May 24, at 11 a.m., capping off a week of events including the anvil salute and an antique fair. So, “hurry up” and make plans to take part in this year’s festival, and take in

all the sights and sounds of this popular parade. Learn all about the various events, and more about the parade itself, in the following pages: read more about the antique fair and this year’s honorary marshall on page 19, more about the parade details on page 20,

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Bring home history from Antique Fair

Peter Legge proud to lead the way at this year’s parade head of the parade as this year’s honorary parade marshals.

BY CHRISTINA MYERS, contributing writer

alling all collectors and treasure hunters: the antique fair returns to Queen’s Park again this year as part of the annual Hyack Festival celebrations.

The event has been running each year for three decades and is one of the most popular Hyack Festival highlights. Thanks to shows like Antiques Roadshow and Canadian Pickers, antique collecting has become an increasingly popular activity in the last decade.

Pringle’s, Scholar’s Quay Antiques and many more dealers from around the province, with books, china, jewelry, décor and more. This year’s antique fair runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on both Sunday, May 18 and Monday, May 19, at the Queen’s Park Arenex. Admission is $3.

or Peter Legge, this year’s Key West Ford Hyack International Parade is a welcome homecoming.

Legge, a well-known and very successful B.C. entrepreneur, professional speaker and author, has close personal ties to the Royal City – and plenty of fond memories. “I wasn’t born in New Westminster but my family moved here when I was 12 years old and I’ve always considered myself a New Westminster boy,” he says. “I attended Vincent Massey Junior High school and Lester Pearson High school, and my father Bernie Legge was the President of the Hyack Festival in 1982/83.”

From unique collectables, to ﬁne antiques and plenty of quirky little pieces of the past, there’s something for every visitor to appreciate. A few of this year’s vendors include the Antique Exchange, Of Cabbages and Kings,

Legge and his wife Kay will be leading the way at the

“I have tried to keep my ties as close as possible to the Royal City, and Kay and I are so proud to have been selected as the honorary parade marshals for the 43rd Hyack Festival International Parade,” he says. Dozens of parade entries will be participating in the fun this year, from far and wide. Local entries include the New Westminster Pipe Band and the Khalsa Diwan Society of New Westminster. From further aﬁeld are participants as diverse as Sammy the Salmon from the Issaquah Salmon Days and the Marysville Strawberry Festival Float. Legge says the festival – going back more than 40 years now - is not just fun, but also an important

tradition that has been helping to build community and bring people together for decades. “This is a very exciting event for the city of New Westminster and for many, many years it has brought the entire community together for this one weekend in May. This is a huge honour and Kay and I are grateful to participate.” Legge is a member of the Order of British Columbia and has three honorary doctorate degrees In 2013, at the New Westminster Campus of Douglas College, he was presented with an Honorary Fellow for his community contributions, which include the establishment of the Peter Legge International Institute of Sales Excellence at Douglas College. The parade is scheduled for Saturday, May 24, starting at 11 a.m.

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Don’t let this parade pass you by BY CHRISTINA MYERS, contributing writer

t might be the sounds – laughter, horns honking, marching bands playing a beat. It might be the sights – dancers, smiling faces, excited children. Or it might be the spirit – funloving, community-minded and enthusiastic.

Whatever part of a parade is your favourite, the upcoming annual Key West Ford Hyack International Parade is bound to satisfy

– it has the sights, sounds and great spirit that mark a truly spectacular community event. Perhaps that’s why it’s become one of the city’s most popular annual highlights.

like the antique fair, the Anvil Salute and more happening all week long. But the crowning moment, to be sure, is the popular parade that caps off the week.

For more than four decades, the Hyack Festival has been a muchloved tradition of events and activities throughout the city, and this year is no different, with events

The 2014 Key West Ford Hyack International Parade will take to the Royal City streets on Saturday, May 24, with dozens of parade entries from around British Columbia and the Unites States. Head down to the parade route early to stake out the perfect spot to watch all the fun as one of B.C.’s largest parades rolls through. The parade route starts at Sixth Street and Eighth Avenue, going south on Sixth Street to Queen’s Avenue, east to First Street and then into Queen’s Park. The main event –

led by honorary parade marshalls Peter and Kay Legge – starts at 11 a.m. Parade entries are as diverse as the city itself. Championing marching bands will be passing through, along with a variety of spectacular ﬂoats. This year, the Hyack Festival Association’s own award-winning ﬂoat, with the theme “Celebrating New Westminster” honours all that has made the Royal City a much-loved hometown to so many, its residents, traditions and heritage.

entries include the New Westminster Pipe Band, Society of the Honour Guard, the Nahaulli Folklore Society and the B.C. Renaissance Festival.

The Tacoma Daffodil Festival Float, the New West Filipino Neighbourhood Float and the Penticton Festival Float are among the other traditional ﬂoat offerings. Other parade

And no parade is complete without the favourite among most kids: colourful comic clowns. Along with them will be a variety of mascots from sponsors and local organizations.

Make a mental note of your favourites – and then ﬁnd out later if the parade judges agreed. Awards will be given in a variety of categories, including best overall ﬂoat, best high school band and best marching unit. See www.hyack.bc.ca for more information.

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Hyack parade brings community together year after year BY CHRISTINA MYERS, contributing writer

here’s an awful lot of crowns around the Royal City this week: there’s the crowns on the May Queen and her royal suite, there’s the crown sitting on the head of the newly named Miss New Westminster, and there’s even a nod to the crown – Queen Elizabeth II – in the ﬁring of the anvil salute.

But the Key West Ford Hyack International Parade is the jewel in the crown of Hyack Festival week. Peter Goodwin, who was named president of the Hyack Festival Association in January, noted in his ﬁrst message from the president that the festival and all its associated events have been a vital part of the city for generations of residents. And, he said, those memories of events at Queen’s Park, carnival fun and more have remained throughout his life. “It was the same too with the Hyack International Parade,” he wrote. “I remember as a child watching the parade go by on Sixth Street and being

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thrilled by the clowns and bands and the bright and colourful ﬂoats, especially the ones that came up from below the border for the parade every year.” Those longdistance ﬂoat visitors, clowns and bands of Goodwin’s memory will be well represented for this 43rd annual festival. Aside from the spectacle and entertainment, there’s a unique sense of connection that comes from gathering each year for a traditional event. Peter Legge, honorary parade marshall (see page 19 for more), grew up in New Westminster and says the community spirit that is created is invaluable. “This is a very exciting event for the city of New

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MAY 17-25, 2014 YOUR GUIDE TO THE HYACK FESTIVAL The parade, which starts at Sixth Street and Eighth Avenue, travels south on Sixth Street to Queen’s Avenue, then east to First Street and into Queen’s Park, will be held on May 24, starting at 11 a.m. A highlight of the parade will be the Hyack Festival Association’s own ﬂoat, which has a theme this year of “Celebrating New Westminster.” It will travel

to other parades in the region throughout the year. Parade judges will be taking a close look at all the entries, and will determine winners for a variety of categories including best overall ﬂoat, best humour award, prizes for best local and international ﬂoats, awards for high school bands and marching bands, and any more.

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Volunteers help build community spirit BY CHRISTINA MYERS, contributing writer

than a million full time jobs. Volunteering helps raise money when needed, clean parks and outdoor areas, protect animals, run programs for people of all ages and, in millions of different ways, build community. In fact, many organizations

on without volunteer support from one side of this country to the other.

“Volunteers have always been an important key component to the success of the Hyack Festival Association.”

The Hyack Festival Association is no exception: volunteers help the association carry out the various programs and events that happen in the city each year.

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cross Canada, an estimated 13.3 million Canadians are contributing countless volunteer hours in their schools, communities and local events and organizations. The combined hours they volunteer would equal, according to estimates by Volunteer Canada, more

Helping out: Volunteers take part in a visit with a previous New Westminster ﬂoat to Washington State. The association says its doors are always open to new volunteers.

Cathie Gibson, interim executive director at the association, notes that the deﬁnition of volunteering includes the fact that it usually is intended to promote goodness and quality of life. “Volunteers have always been an important key component to the success of the Hyack Festival Association, dating back over 40 years,” she noted. “Each year, we recognize a volunteer who has exempliﬁed the spirit of what it means to be a volunteer. This year

Korey Simard received recognition for his outstanding work as a volunteer with Hyack Festival Association this year. Korey, right, took the stage at the recent ambassadors program pageant with two members of the program.

it was given to our ﬂoat driver, Korey Simard, who volunteered hours to deliver our ﬂoat to many parades.” Simard was recognized recently for his efforts, and continues to volunteer for the association. Dozens of other volunteers help out in a variety of ways, notes Gibson. “Our network of volunteers are involved in many aspects of Hyack, including the Hyack International Parade, the antique fair, Uptown Street Festival as well as

helping in the ofﬁce and in the many other activities and programs Hyack is involved in. Hyack has always had a strong core of volunteers.” Gibson added that they always have an open door for new volunteers. “This year, we are focusing on attracting new, young energetic volunteers to strengthen and grow our organization.” To ﬁnd out more about volunteering with Hyack, see www.hyack.bc.ca or call 604-522-6894.

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Crowned: Claire Dresselhuis won the title of Miss New Westminster 2014.

riendship, learning and a deep sense of community spirit: those are just a few of the beneﬁts gained by the young women who take part in the annual Hyack Ambassador Pageant. “It’s really, really

wonderful,” said directorin-charge Marg Ashdown. “The mentorship program covers so many things, from public speaking to leadership to ﬁnancial guidance and more. But the friendship and bonding – ti’s not just this year, it goes on and on.” Ashdown notes that, thanks to the digital connections afforded by modern technology, past participants and former New Westminster crown holders keep in touch online.

programs – for example, two of this year’s judges were past ambassadors. This year, Claire Dresselhuis was named Miss New Westminster 2014; her fellow participants were Andie Lloyd (Hyack Pricness 2014), Anna Almonte (Miss Friendship 2014), Jenni Slinn (Bernie Legge Memorial Award), Talia De Capite and Ceylin Ozdemir.

“They have a Facebook page, and they continue those connections,” she said.

The young women participate in a variety of learning sessions, events and activities, culminating in the crowning, held this year at the Columbia Theatre with family, friends and supporters.

Many past participants return to volunteer and help out with future

“It was a wonderful event – the venue was just fantastic,” said Ashdown.

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“It was ﬁlled with people, the community spirit was just fantastic. This was the 43rd annual (event.)” The ambassadors, in particular Miss New Westminster, will spend the rest of the year participating in a variety of activities, from community events to store openings and, of course, parades and festivals throughout B.C. and the Paciﬁc Northwest. “Of course, that includes

Hyack Parade,” said Ashdown. This year’s pageant included a special recognition for a past Miss New Westminster: Eva Markvoort. The local woman, who passed away in 2010 at the age of 25, was a well-known advocate for awareness and fundraising for cystic ﬁbrosis. In her honour, there were 65 red roses (a documentary about

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Explosive tradition continues in the Royal City BY CHRISTINA MYERS, contributing writer

It’s loud, it’s unique and it never fails to draw a crowd in New Westminster. The event takes place each year on Victoria Day – this year, May 19 – at Queen’s Park Stadium, led by the Ancient and Honourable Hyack Anvil Battery, dressed in their wellknown blue and red. It’s a ﬁtting day for a historic event that has its roots in the desire of early local residents to honour Queen Victoria: it was Victoria that named New Westminster, after all. Though far from their queen, the early settlers in the region were a proud and loyal group

It’s a ﬁtting day for a historic event that has its roots in the desire of early local residents to honour Queen Victoria: it was Victoria that named New Westminster, after all.

The 21 “gun” salute is carried out by carefully placing gun powder between two real anvils – the top one turned upside on the bottom one. The gunpowder is then carefully lit with the tip of a red-hot iron. The immediate result is explosive – and, as attendees soon learn – loud.

and, without access to the cannons required for a full salute, the anvils were used to create the same effect to mark May Day and the Queen.

Between the “salutes,” the crowd will hear local historical information about the event and the early years of the city. Local dignitaries may take their turns lighting the gunpowder, as well.

These days the salute honours the memory of Queen Victoria, and the reigning sovereign, Queen Elizabeth II – and has become a much-loved tradition for city residents of all ages.

The Ancient and Honourable Hyack Anvil Battery was formed in the late 1880s by local residents, with members of the Royal Westminster Regiment and the local ﬁre crews. Today, the

commanding ofﬁcer of the Regiment is deemed an honorary member of the battery. Check out this year’s anvil salute – the event starts at about 11:30 a.m. with speeches and music, and the 21-gun salute begins at noon sharp – at Queen’s Park Stadium on Monday, May 19.

I Boom time: The traditional anvil salute is a loud – and historic – annual event.

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here’s something to be said for tradition – and here in the Royal City, there’s few things more iconic of the city’s past than the annual Anvil Salute.

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May Queen tradition continues in Royal City

BY CHRISTINA MYERS, contributing writer

t’s no surprise that in a community known as the Royal City, one of the best loved and longest lived traditions is the annual crowning of the May Queen.

the school district. “May Day is an incredible and unique opportunity for all our students in New Westminster to get together to celebrate their community spirit and school pride,” Ardyth Moorcroft, a resource teacher with the school district, told The Record earlier this year.

This year, the 144th celebration of May Day in New Westminster, May Day events will take place on Wednesday, May 21. Each year, students from around the city gather at Queen’s Park Stadium. The event is organized by FILE PHOTO

New Westminster’s May Day celebrations are the longest running event of its kind in the Commonwealth – and one that, for some families,

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Round and round: Local schoolchildren dance around the maypole in the traditional May Day event at Queen’s Park

The event includes the traditional maypole dancing and the crowning of the May Queen and the Royal Knight. The annual May Queen Suite and Royal Knights are selected from each elementary school in the district, by student vote. Once chosen, the positions – including Queen, Maids of Honour, Flower Girl and more – are then chosen by a draw.

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Second Maid of Honour Nadya Raza and Royal Knight Tejan Singh – Queensborough Middle School

Second Flower Girl Teadora Kadonoff and Royal Knight Manaf Al-Jawadi – John Robson Elementary School

Third Flower Girl Anna Rose Machuik and Royal Knight Teodor Petkovic – Herbert Spencer Elementary School

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New Westminster Sr Salmonbellies are celebrating their 125th season in the Royal City so they hope that this season is a memorable one on and off the floor.

From our humble beginning as a field lacrosse team who played its first game in 1889 , till today where the Salmonbellies enter 2014 with a huge amount of hope and optimism. After missing the playoffs the last two seasons on the last game of the year, President and GM Dan Richardson and his coaching staff decided player personnel changes were required. Gone are familiar names like Ilija and Alex Gajic, Tyler Richards, Kevin Crowley and coupled with retirements of stalwarts Kevin Lunnie and Wade Dewollf. The makeover started with the addition of prized rookie recruit Goaltender Alexis Buque, from the Minto Cup Champion Whitby Warriors. This two time Minto Cup Champion brings his great ball stopping ability and knack for pin point passes back to the wooden green floor, where he will be paired with incumbent Neil Tyacke. Salmonbellies coaching staff are excited to have two young guns minding the nets for the 2014 season, and can’t wait to see what the both of them can do. Buque brings his fierce competiveness and his winning attitude along with Tyacke’s work ethic and positive attitude.

The 2014 draft saw the Bellies make some late moves at the draft to address some lack of overall depth on the left hand side. Reid Reinholdt and Sean Lundstrom have been brought in to work with sophomore star Logan Schuss on our left side. Graduating Jr Salmonbellie and one of the defensive stars of the 2013 Minto Cup Brendan Ranford will add some speed out of the back end along with his leadership capabilities. He will be teamed up with sophomore giant Jeff Cornwall who is coming off a terrific NLL Season. Returning veterans Curtis Hodgson, Kyle Ross, Chet Koneczny will complement our young core of defenders nicely.

Leading the way offensively will once again be Veteran Jordan McBride who will be joined by a couple returning players from a one year break TC Crompton and Eric Lewthwaite . Matt MacKenzie has been brought in from Alberta to handle the bulk of the faceoffs and so far he has looked like he’s going to fit in nicely with the red white and blue. 2014 looks like to be a great season both on and off the floor as the club also has many events planned throughout the season to celebrate 125 years in our great community. It all gets started May 22nd with our home opener against the defending league Champions Langley Thunder game time 7:45 pm. Its New Westminster Minor Salmonbellies appreciation night, all members of NWMLA, Players, Parents, and Siblings get in free to kick off our season. And the club will be unveiling new individual Mann Cup banners for our past 24 championship teams and one World Champions banner for our team from 1968. For more info see www.salmonbellies.com or follow us on Twitter at @Salmonbellies

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