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The merry month of May Cassidy Tecklenborg was crowned New Westminster’s 144th May Queen before a boisterous crowd of students from across the city. The city’s annual May Day ceremonies, held on Wednesday under sunny skies at Queen’s Park Stadium, featured longstanding traditions such as folk dances by Grade 2 students and Maypole dances by Grade 5 students (pictured at left), as well as some new elements including performances by an elementary school choir and the Hyack Cheer Team. For more, including photos and video, see www.royalcityrecord.com. Larry Wright/THE RECORD

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Hume Park school will be shut down BY JENNIFER THUNCHER CONTRIBUTING WRITER editorial@royalcityrecord.com

After five years of uncertainty, Hume Park Elementary school’s fate is finally sealed. The New Westminster board of education voted unanimously Tuesday night to close the school as of July 1. The child-care centre and home learning program will continue to operate. The battle was lost almost before the meeting began, as evidenced by the fact there were only two people in the audience to watch the final vote, held in the New Westminster Secondary School library. District superintendent John Gaiptman

said that all the parents of students in the school’s kindergarten to Grade 5 classes had been spoken to prior to the meeting and most students had been placed for the fall in either F.W. Howay or Richard McBride elementary schools. “There is nothing John Gaiptman more important than superintendent having to close a public school,” said Gaiptman when he addressed the board at the start of Tuesday’s meeting.

“This should be the toughest decision that you make as a board. Public schools are the lifeline of our democratic system, and I think that whenever possible, we need to be out there promoting public schools. Unfortunately, Hume James Janzen Park went down to such a low number of trustee students that we found ourselves in the position of having to recommend to the board that Hume Park be closed.”

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Sixty-two students were enrolled in 2009 when the district first considered closing the school for financial and educational reasons. Since that time the school has been on the chopping block twice more and the enrolment numbers have continued to drop. There are currently 27 students attending the school. As of May 20, only 11 students had registered for the fall, according to Sandra Pace, the district’s director of instruction. Each trustee spoke to the issue prior to the vote, with several expressing reluctant support for the closure. “This is the third time that this has

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Dog owners want off-leash area Residents say Moody Park needs a dog area

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Moody Park is going to the dogs – with or without an off-leash area. Each evening, dog owners living in condominiums around Moody Park gather in an area between two baseball diamonds to give their pooches a chance to exercise and socialize. “We have all got small dogs,” said Catherine McEwen. “There is anywhere from six to 19 dogs.” McEwen and her husband wrote to the city two years ago urging it to provide an off-leash dog area in Moody Park. “We are still trying to get a dog park in Moody Park,” she told The Record. “The Moody Park Residents’ Association is going to get involved now.” A representative of the residents’ associations met with dog owners on a recent evening to get a better understanding of their concerns. “The dogs love it. Most of them live in condos or apartments,” McEwen said. “They don’t have yards. They are socializing. They just love it, they have a ball.” Abylaw officer recently dropped by the park to chat with residents, after the city received a complaint about dogs running off-leash. “We were letting them off leash. We let them run and play with each other,” McEwen said. “As soon as we saw her, everybody started leashing up. She reminded us they need to be on leashes.” McEwen said the complaint occurred after a small dog ran up to a large dog, whose owner was

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Canine companions: From left, Ken and Catherine McEwen, Lorena Dourado, Tammy, Licia Dourado and Anita Barua with their dogs at Moody Park, where they want an off-leash area. walking it on a leash through the park. Since the bylaw officer’s visit, McEwen said dog owners have been keeping their pooches on long leashes during their evening gathering, but that results in them getting tangled up and wrapped around their owners’ legs. “We go every evening. When it rains, four dogs might show up,” said McEwen, who owns Indio, a spaniel-Chihuahua mix who enjoys playing with neighbourhood dogs. “When the weather is nice, we can have up to 19 dogs in that little area between the two ball diamonds.” Many residents think a corner

of the Moody Park near 10th Street and Sixth Avenue is ideal for an off-leash area. “That one corner down there where all the trees are, nobody uses it. It’s just trees and grass,” McEwen said. “Everybody would be happy.” City staff recently provided council with a report about its 2014 dog off-leash management plan. The report noted that residents have asked the city to create additional off-leash areas in Grimston, Moody, Sullivan and Simcoe parks, as well as Victoria Hill, Queensborough beach at Port Royal and Glenbrook Ravine. Last November, the city’s parks

and recreation committees considered a recommendation to create a non-fenced off-leash dog area in Moody Park. “Staff have taken a more conservative approach and have recommended in the plan that an offleash area in Moody Park continue to be the number-1 priority area, and that community consultation process take place with both area residents and park users to plan both the type of park and its possible location,” stated a staff report. The city’s 2014 financial plan includes $50,000 in capital funding for an additional off-leash dog enclosure in New Westminster. Twitter.com/TheresaMcManus

Art, heritage combine for home tour Heritage buffs and looky-loos will be happy to note the annual New Westminster heritage home tour is coming up this Sunday. This year, the popular New Westminister Heritage Preservation Society tour and tea will have an artistic twist. The Van Dop Gallery will present works from what gallery owner Trudy Van Dop calls the New West 7 in six of the tour’s 14 venues. The New West 7 – the name is a nod to the Canadian Group of Seven – is made up of artists who

live and work in the Royal City. Works by the artists will be displayed in the selected heritage homes to accentuate the homes as well as to give exposure to the local artists. “It gives the participants and people who are visitors on the tour another opportunity to see what New West has to offer,” said Van Dop. New Westminster artist Jim Walsh, who paints under the name J. Charles, will be displaying four of his paintings, some inspired by the trees and foliage around his

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home near Queen’s Park, where he has lived for over 25 years. “I think it is a wonderful opportunity for an artist first of all to be part of the tour itself and then to be able to display some of my art work so people can see it,” Walsh said, adding his wife has gone on the heritage home tour as a participant 10 times in the past and is encouraging him to go from house to house this time. “It will be interesting,” he said. All of the displayed artwork will be available for sale through

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we have served to do is drive people away in droves, which is really unfortunate,” Ewen said. Trustee MaryAnn Mortensen stressed the financial reasons for the closure. “We have a fiscal responsibility, and we need to make a fiscally responsible decision that affords us the ability to provide educationally sound programs across the district,” she said. The closure will save $76,000 annually, according April’s Hume Park Elementary consolidation report from the district. twitter.com/Thuncher

come before the board, and I guess this will be the first time I will be voting for it,” said trustee James Janzen. “The previous few times I thought that the importance of having that school … outweighed the financial benefits of closing it, and I was always optimistic that the enrolment would come back.” Prior to voting in favour of the closure, trustee Michael Ewen criticized the board for “dithering” over the issue for the last five years. “By bringing this up time and again, all

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Theft suspect ID’d

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Investigators have identified a suspect less than 24 hours after the New Westminster Police Department released surveillance photos of the suspect – a woman who allegedly stole from people recently in the uptown area. According to a May 21 press release from the department, the first incident took place on April 18 at 2:33 p.m. in the 500 block of Seventh Street. The suspect approached a man and attempted to sell him “some small items.” When the man refused, the suspect reached into his pocket and stole $60 from him before taking off, the release explained. Less than a month later, on May 12 at 2:39 p.m., the suspect stole money from another victim, this time at Sixth Street and Sixth Avenue. According to police, the suspect asked a woman on the street to break a $50 bill. When the woman took out the money, the suspect grabbed it, fleeing south on Sixth Street. Investigators released photos of the sus-

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taken, Canada donates around $30 bilWhen one Canadian goes to the gas lion to the energy sector each year. station, all 34 million of us help pay the Coal and natural gas have their hands tab. out, but petroleum is the Other than averting our hungriest caterpillar, gorging eyes from Don Cherry’s suits, itself to the tune of $20 bilit’s one of the very few things THE RECORD lion, or the equivalent of 16 we do as a country. million welfare cheques for a Each and every taxpaying single parent with one child. Canuck is in the oil business, accordA stroll down any commercial street ing to a report from the International will reveal For Lease signs in windows, Monetary Fund released last week. and behind most of those signs is the Between money given and taxes not

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story of an entrepreneur who couldn’t make it. We accept their failure as the verdict of the free market, but when it comes to the oil industry, the free market’s silence is deafening. Of course, if we took away the subsidies and levied taxes, the repercussions would be swift and painful as the cost is handed back to the consumer and the rest of the private sector. Petroleum’s proponents note that

without oil we’d be trying to power our infrastructure with oil blubber. It’s true that oil helped build Canada, but with climate change’s ever-worsening effects, pipeline spills and disasters like the Lac-Mégantic train derailment, it’s clear we need to start working on some new ideas. Unfortunately, the oil industry has 20 billion reasons to keep the status quo. – Guest editorial from the North Shore News

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imagination as … well … as he government has sent much as they can muster: regume a synopsis of the 2014 lar beer, or light (for those who hunting regulations. don’t mind a bit of gentle ribI have no idea why. I have bing from their buddies). Maybe never been a hunter; I don’t go a bottle of rye for the real advenin for that namby pamby stuff. turesome types. I’m a gardener. What’s that, Then there’s the matter of seayou say? I’ve got it backwards? sons. Hunters sit around getting The gardeners are the wusses fat while they wait and the hunters are for their opportunity the tough guys? to rain bullets a few If that’s what you BOB GROENEVELD weeks at a time on think, then you’ve bears or squirrels never been exposed or geese or whatever else suits to some real get-down-and-dirty their relatively limited taste for gardening – the kind of gardendestruction. ing where you get to kill things Gardeners kill practically that are way more defenceless everything in reach. Anything than a mindless grouse or some that shows up in “the wrong unsuspecting deer. Forget lugging a couple dozen place” falls to the ice-veined gardener. beer into the woods to tide you Unlike the forest’s offerings, through hours of sitting up high in a blind, hoping that the moose everything is fair game in the garden. Even the things gardenyou want to strap to the hood of your car doesn’t sniff the alcohol ers spend all year nurturing get their lives virtually ripped from before you fall out of the tree. them: sometimes thrown into a Gardeners make their kills pot of boiling water before they right in their own backyards have a chance to realize they’re – sometimes thousands of them dead; sometimes cut off and in a single day. And whenever stuck in jugs of water and placed they feel like it, they wander over to the kitchen for a cold one like trophies on mantles, window shelves, even dining room – maybe a beer, maybe a cider, tables – anywhere that “needs maybe a chilled white wine, or some prettying up.” a deep-bodied red with a heady Antlers on a wall in the den? nose? Or heck, how about a Ha! good ol’ bloody Caesar? Hey! And how old are your There’s no need to figure out kids before you feel it’s safe to weeks in advance what kind of booze you’re going to be lugging take them into the woods and teach them how to kill stuff? through the thickets. It’s in the Fourteen? Twelve? Ten? fridge. We gardeners sic our And the choices for hunters tend to take about as much ◗Gardening Page 7

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Someone needs to tell Mayor Wayne Wright he can’t have it both ways when it comes to transportation issues like the single-lane Bailey bridge at United Boulevard. Wright cannot, on the one hand, oppose a twolane bridge because of concerns over congestion, while on the other hand reject millions of dollars in federal money for every option offered for the United Boulevard Extension, which would have addressed that very congestion. This is like complaining about a fire after refusing to accept a free fire extinguisher. A one-lane temporary bridge in a major industrial/commercial area is clearly unsafe and inefficient and doesn’t belong in the 20th cen-

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centre in Queensborough and several major condo projects, such as Plaza 88, all without a single major road improvement to handle the resulting increase in traffic. In fact, they have worsened the situation by narrowing roads from four lanes to two (Columbia Street) and adding curb extensions on major routes (Royal Avenue, 12th and Sixth streets, and East Columbia Street). You can’t put traffic calming measures on major streets and then complain about the resulting back-ups. No one wants major highways through New West, but we must at least have clear arterial routes that allow traffic to flow in a safe and efficient manner while keeping the same cars and trucks off residential streets. In short, we need roads and bridges that go both ways, not politicians who speak out of both sides of their mouths. David Lang, via email

Mayor was right to reject two-lane bridge option Dear Editor:

Re: City concerned about safety, The Record, May 16. The Braid Street bridge on the industrial lands of New Westminster was never intended to facilitate commuter traffic from United Boulevard in Coquitlam to Brunette/Braid in New Westminster. A two-lane bridge would increase congestion and safety concerns in the area. In addition to the extreme congestion that now exists on Brunette, several railroad tracks near the Brunette/Braid intersection make this a particularly bad choice for a commuter corridor. Local traffic in the industrial area is well served by a safe, low-speed, alternating bridge. I would also suggest that completely shutting down the Braid Street entrance to the industrial area would enhance traffic flow along Brunette Avenue and decrease truck traffic along Braid and Eighth streets. Entrance and egress from the industrial area could be limited to right-hand turns

at Brunette. Spruce Street already provides good access to the industrial area. One reason for the King Edward and Lougheed upgrades was to enhance traffic flow for those needing better access to and from Lougheed and the shopping centres on United Boulevard. A two-lane bridge into New Westminster would increase traffic on a route that is redundant and saves little time. Mayor Wright and council are correct in rejecting the two-bridge Trojan horse. Frankly, I have no idea where Mayor Stewart and Minister Todd Stone are coming from on this issue. Mayor Richard Stewart was the former Liberal MLA for Coquitlam. I find it disturbing that Minister Stone is pushing Stewart’s plan. One begins to wonder how much say New Westminster is going to have regarding the safety and traffic issues posed by this little bridge or the Pattullo Bridge project looming on the horizon. In either case it would be prudent to dispense with the politics and let logic and common sense prevail.

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Students at École Qayqayt Community School will have at least one playground when the school opens in the fall, thanks to a $50,000 portion of the school’s landscaping budget. Families at the school were vying for a $100,000 grant through the Aviva Community Fund, but they learned in January that the school didn’t get the hefty grant. The news that there will be at least one playground funded through the project will likely put some of them in a playful mood. “The intention is that one of the sets will be provided through the project, and one set will be provided when funds are available through fundraising,” project manager Jim Alkins told The Record, explaining that parents are still expected to help generate funds for the second playground. Alkins said at least one playground will “for sure” be ready when students turn up at Qayqayt Community School in the fall. “The parents have been working hard to come up with a good plan,” he said.

“They’ve taken the lead in terms of what the needs are for playground equipment.” The school’s site is expected to have two playground areas – one for younger students in kindergarten to Grade 3 on the lower area and one at the top for older students in Grade 4 and 5, said Serena Trachta, chair of the John Robson parent advisory council. “It’s coming together,” Trachta said, but noted that, “it’s taking a long time.” The parents are currently working with a landscape architect and have narrowed it down to the equipment they are interested in, including ensuring the lower playground area is made wheelchair-accessible. They are also working on having donors donate pieces of equipment. “That’s sort of our next goal, to say, ‘Look, would you like to buy a slide? Would you like to buy this bridge connection here?’” Trachta said. “We probably still need $30,000 or $40,000 to get all of the equipment we are shooting for.” They parents are holding a fundraiser on Saturday, May 31, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at John Robson Elementary school. The Key West Ford-sponsored event will include food and family activities.

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istory is an important part of New Westminster’s identity, and on May 17, the city received a piece of Canadian history – branches from the tree that inspired the song The Maple Leaf Forever. On a bright and warm Saturday afternoon, members of the Society of the Officers of the Honourable Guard, along with city officials and the 3rd Canadian Army Veterans motorcycle unit, welcomed the official delivery of two branches from the Maple Leaf Forever tree. The famous Canadian tree, which is said to have inspired Alexander Muir’s poem and song The Maple Leaf Forever, stood for more than a century on Laing Street in Toronto before it was knocked down during a storm last summer. Shortly after the tree came Photos by Jason Lang/THE RECORD down, it was decided that its branches would be used in some Patriotic: Members of the Society of the Officers of the Honourable Guard march down the boardwalk at Westminster Pier Park on 150 projects across the country. Saturday afternoon, carrying the box containing two branches cut from Toronto’s fallen Maple Leaf Forever tree, said to have inspired When society president Rob Alexander Muir’s poem and song The Maple Leaf Forever. Rathbun heard about the project, he contacted Toronto Mayor Rob to carve the shaft for the mace. Ford and asked if his organizaWhen completed, it will be tion could get a piece of the Fallen fused with a mace made entirely iconic tree. tree: From of B.C. silver, donated by Teck “It’s a link to our past because Resources. left, Rob when this song was written, The society is also donatRathbun, British Columbia was not part ing pieces of the second branch president of of Canada yet. British to schools in New the Society Columbia didn’t join For more Westminster. of the OfCanada until 1871, so photos “All the schools in and a we were still a separate ficers of the New Westminster are video colony, and this tree Honourable going to get a piece of scan with represents something this wood, so children Guard, New Layar bigger than all of us,” can actually physically Westminhe said following the touch something of ster Mayor delivery ceremony on Saturday. their national symbol,” Rathbun Wayne One of the branches, which said. Wright and Rathbun noted had already Acquiring the branches is a reached maturity in the early retired Brigsource of pride for the society, 1900s, will be used to create a cer- Rathbun added, and something adier Genemonial drum major’s mace for all members were excited to share eral Herb the Society of the Officers of the with the community. Hamm Honourable Guard. “It’s a wonderful project, and unwrap the The society has commisas we (the city) grow it’s somebranches. sioned Ed Pretty of the Greater thing that will always be in our Vancouver Wood Turners Guild community,” he said.

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Get ready to roll up your sleeves and get dirt under your fingernails when you come out and celebrate at the Renew Crew’s Eco Dig-In. For the past two months, a group of local teen mentors from New Westminster Secondary School has been working with youth from a number of elementary schools on issues of sustainability and food security. With guidance and funding provided by the Kids New Westminster Community Table and the United Way, this Renew Crew has explored themes of food health, food systems, gardening, sustainability and climate change, all in order to cultivate a lifelong appreciation for nature and its limited resources. Through a series of weekly activities at the New Westminster Public Library, the Renew Crew teens have taught the young kids about native plants and butterflies, pollination cycles and the importance of bees, as well as how to make seed bombs, the benefits of

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Women| IN BUSINESS

If you think you’re seeing more women owning and operating their own businesses -you’re correct. Women in Canada retain ownership in 47 percent of Canada’s 1.6 million small and medium sized businesses. And New Westminster is no exception to those statistics. Women entrepreneurs in New West are dynamic examples of how hard work, consistent quality customer service, and a keen eye for opportunity, build businesses. In these pages, you will get a closer look at some of the city’s leading women entrepreneurs. See what tips professionals have for new women in business.

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Women IN BUSINESS Patti GOSS

Remax Advantage Realty For nearly 25 years now, New Westminster residents have called upon Re/ Max Advantage Realty s Patti Goss for their real estate needs. Now, they have the combined eﬀorts of Patti and her son Wes. This dynamic duo is garnering a great reputation for working hard for each and everyone one of their clients. Patti is known in the industry for her exceptional negotiating skills, which in today s real estate market is key as people look to a realtor with local expertise and a leading edge approach to @PattiGoss

buying and selling their homes. Patti and Wes combine their people skills with marketing for a winning approach - at heart are their clients best interests. They listen to their customers and then assess their needs before deciding on a course of action. A top-producing realtor, Patti has PattiGoss

been honoured numerous times by a panel of her peers with awards in individual sales. In addition, Patti and Wes are involved in the community, whether on professional boards and/or with nonprot agencies, they are committed to making New Westminster a great place to live and work in.

Patti invites you to call her at 604-526-2888 or e-mail pattigoss@shaw.ca for all of your real estate needs.

THREE TIPS FOR ASPIRING YOUNG REALTORS TIP #1

Focus on your career

TIP #2

Attend seminars, courses, conventions that complement your career

TIP #3

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IN BUSINESS Tracey understands that buying or

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visit her to discuss all of your real estate

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With more than a decade proven track record of sales excellence, Tracey loves her career which ensures a balance of family life and work. This savvy Realtor® is enjoying having her son Sean on board as he is her assistant. Together they offer a personalized touch of service to Tracey’s clients. Tracey is equally committed to the community and loves to give back. Lowell and Anne Quesnel, Tracey’s

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parents and Realtors® along with Tracey sponsor the Salmonbellies lacrosse each year, and the Royal City Musical Theatre. As the former Miss New Westminster 1984, and volunteer driver for the May Queen Suite each year, staying involved is very important

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Women

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Trained in England at the prestigious Tony & Guy, Zahra Hakim takes hairdressing to a whole new level. She is the brainchild behind Zahra’s Ultimate Hair Design - a premier salon that specializes in women’s and men’s haircuts, colour, highlights, perms and more.

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For Marnie Gunther, it takes more than just business savvy to be successful as a notary public it takes hard work and a strong commitment to your team. I believe in an open door policy and I always keep the lines of communication open, says the notary public. Since 2010, Marnie has worked alongside her father as a Notary Public at Engman & Gunther Notaries Public. This busy oﬃce of professionals has been serving New Westminster for more than two decades. As a Notary Public, she takes great pride in her practice.

Specializing in mortgages, wills, estate planning, powers of attorney and notarizations, she has already earned a reputation for delivering competent and stellar service to her clients. Her experience, education and knowledge, combined with a genuine caring for her clients best interest, has

attributed to her accomplishments. She feels privileged to be able to work in an industry that she loves, and looks forward to welcoming existing and potential clients. Engman & Gunther Notaries Public is located at 710 6th St., New Westminster. For more information, call 604-522-8149 or visit www. engmangunther. ca.

THREE TIPS TO NEW WOMEN IN BUSINESS Tip #1

Be kind and caring to all who walk through the door, they are potentially your next client.

Tip #2

Listen to those who have been in the industry longer than you, their knowledge can be your asset.

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Try to keep a little life/work balance... it is diﬃcult to achieve but impacts all areas positively.

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As a professional Redken colourist and a graduate of Suki’s International, Zahra has been nominated for a New Westminster Chamber of Commerce Business of Excellence Award (in the small business category) two years in a row and placed second both years. When she’s asked by young entrepreneurs what are the keys to success, Zahra has this advice: “Communication is key, be patient with your customers, be passionate about your job, never give up and never stop learning.” Zahra continually strives to create classic and contemporary hairstyles to suit the individual taste of each one of her clients. She has built loyal clienteles with

her unique approach to hair styling, which is all about taking the time to understand each client’s lifestyle and personality. Zahra and her team of professionals attribute the success of the salon to their belief in superior customer service in an atmosphere that is warm and inviting.

Whether it’s supporting the Hyack Football Team’s barbecue fundraiser or other local nonprofit organizations, Zahra gives back to the community she loves.

Zahra travels extensively and hones her skills at some of the best hair salons around the world.

Zahra’s Ultimate Hair Design is located at 446 Sixth Avenue. Call her at 604-525-5756 or visit her online at

Zahra’s Ultimate Hair Design has been serving residents in New Westminster for more than 16 years. Zahra has built loyal clientele with her unique approach to hair styling. She prides herself on taking the time to understand each client’s lifestyle and personality. As one satisfied customer says: “I searched for a good hairdresser for years before I found Zahra. I have been going to her for years and she never fails to please. She keeps herself updated with all the latest in hair design. I have and will continue to recommend her.”

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attention to farm animals. For many years, Susan honed her skills as a kennel assistant, receptionist, administrator to practice owner. Having lived in New Westminster for more than 25 years, she has formed wonderful relationships with her clients and their pets. All three dynamic women are committed to the health and wellbeing of every pet that comes through its doors. It’s that dedication to its clientele that earned the clinic its Gold Standard Accreditation with the American Association of Feline Practitioners’ Cat Friendly Practice program.

Association of Feline Practitioners. Known for her compassion and tender care, Karyn has a special interest in veterinary dentistry. She continually updates her education by regularly attending dental conferences across North America and has completed several advanced dentistry courses taught by board certiﬁed veterinary dentists. Susan, Dana and Karyn are all nominated as feline advocates. You can rest assured that these three dynamic women will provide care for your beloved pet.

Susan feels fortunate to work alongside her exceptional team.

Dr. Karyn Hasselaar, Susan Waller, Dr. Dana Gibson When it comes to care for your beloved four-legged family member, no one is better equipped than the team of friendly professionals at Glenbrook Pet Care Wellness Centre. Seeing a need for quality pet care in New Westminster, Glenbrook Pet Care Wellness Centre opened its doors in 2006. Voted Best in New Westminster for six

years in a row, owner/practice manager Susan Waller, Dr. Dana Gibson and Dr. Karyn Hasselaar provide the quality of care with the compassion, for your furry friend. As a daughter of a respected veterinarian, Susan decided to follow in her father’s footsteps. Born in England, she watched her father’s gentle

Dr. Dana Gibson, a former engineer decided to pursue her passion to be become a veterinarian. A 2006 graduate of the University of Gueph, Dana has never looked back. A devoted doctor to her clients and their pets, Dana developed a special interest in pocket pets. In addition, Dana enjoys emergency medicine, challenging medical cases, as well as surgery. A cat and dog lover, Karyn has a special interest in feline medicine and is fast becoming well known for her gentle approach with all of her feline patients. A member of the American

THREE TIPS Tip #1. Take time for yourself. It’s important to balance your life.

Tip #2. There are lots of great

resources out there that provide opportunities to connect with other women small business owners in person.

Tip #3. Develop and maintain a

business plan it will help you stay focused and allow you to track your business progress and objectives.

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Museums full of history OUR PAST

ARCHIE & DALE MILLER

ay 18 was International Museum Day, a day of recognition of museums and their role in our communities and our culture. Later this year we will witness the opening of the new home of both the New Westminster Museum and Archives and the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame. These will be in the new civic structure, the Anvil Centre. In addition to those two institutions, New Westminster has Irving House Historic Centre, The Royal Westminster Regiment Museum (and Archives), the Samson V Maritime Museum and the Fraser River Discovery Centre. The story of our local museums and their collections takes us back to the city’s earliest days, when

residents realized the importance of some items to the history of the community. Exhibitions often included “artifacts” to be viewed along with materials pertaining to the cultural heritage. While the number of major fires in this city has taken its toll, much of the historical material remains. We are asked on occasion to talk about some of the items, perhaps some favourite pieces, perhaps some articles with great stories. This is always a somewhat dangerous task, but for Museum Day we will offer some suggestions for such a list. Reminders of the Royal Engineers and May Day would certainly be included. Such items would be closely tied to the town’s first decades and the families who were part of the new community. The artifacts from the Engineers give us a wonderful opportunity to “touch the past.” An early May Queen cape or crown do the same thing. Items from other communities, such as the Chinese or First

Nations, can reveal these groups, show us more of their everyday lives, and help us to understand the talents, skills and character of them as well. Folks who enjoy First Nations baskets find it hard to imagine being able to trade, right at your door, a frying pan or kitchen cleaver for an ornately woven basket. The Dufferin Coach from 1876 connects to early Canadian politics, a Governor General, the Cariboo stagecoach road, the Provincial Exhibition in Queen’s Park, Winston Churchill, waterfront industry, May Day and a massive fire in 1929. And that’s only the beginning. From an already heavy when empty strong box to the first local TV set, to reminders of the Great Fire of 1898, to regular household items by the score – all have stories. Visit a museum. You’ll be glad you did.

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◗ FILL IN THE BLANKS Visions of the past: Peri-Laine Nilan illustrates homes for the annual Heritage Homes Tour, which is on this weekend.

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◗ IN THE GAME

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Finishing a career on a high note BY TOM BERRIDGE SPORTS EDITOR tberridge@royalcityrecord.com

Matt MacGrotty helped put Bryant University on the radar in his field lacrosse career at the Rhode Island school. A three-year starting defenseman at long pole and a team captain with the Bulldogs this season, MacGrotty did everything short of helping his team win an NCAA Division I title. MacGrotty was one of seven Bryant players named to the All-New England team this week, earning second team honours, following a recent historic first-ever win at the NCAA nationals, upsetting No. 2-ranked Syracuse 10-9 in the opening round. Last year, the topranked Orange knocked off the upstart No. 16 Bulldogs in their first-ever appearance in the Div. I nationals. “It was incredible beating (Syracuse) in their arena. They are so successful in that stadium,” said MacGrotty on a long distance call to The Record. “To put that look on their faces was incredible because we had that look last year. “That was one of the biggest wins in our program’s history.” A two-time Northeast conference first team choice, MacGrotty led the Bulldogs with 19 caused turnovers, while also adding 44 ground balls this season. MacGrotty will leave the program as second alltime in caused turnovers

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On field and off: Third-year starter Matt MacGrotty finished up his NCAA Division I field lacrosse career at Bryant University with two top-five career team records and a spot on the academic all-region team. per game and fifth overall in caused turnovers in his career. He also wrote his name among the top single-season numbers at Bryant in caused turnovers in 2012 and this season. He will play his final collegiate match in the New England senior game next Friday. This season, Bryant won its third consecutive NEC conference banner, while improving last season’s 8-

10 record to a program best 16-5 this year. “The fact we came so far as a program and bringing it all the way to the quarter-finals is probably the most rewarding thing,” said MacGrotty. Another source of pride for MacGrotty was Bryant’s defensive numbers, many of which ranked among the top-five in the country, including third in mandown defence and fifth in

scoring defence. MacGrotty was also the only player from the field lacrosse squad to earn academic all-region team status. “Coach (Mike) Pressler in my sophomore year, had a meeting with me, I had a 3.2 GPA, he said, ‘How about if you get a 3.5.’ I said, ‘OK coach, I can do that,’” said MacGrotty “It’s definitely something I put a lot of work

into. It means a lot to employers, but it means a lot more to me.” MacGrotty, a biology and finance major, will be back in town in midJune after one final exam to start the next chapter in his career. “When I chose Bryant, I knew it was for a good reason,” he said. “And what I got out of it was more than I could have dreamed. It’s been amazing.”

Alex Francois won his second big golf title last weekend. The Moscrop Secondary senior followed up a win at the CN Future Links Pacific championship with a comeback victory on the Maple Leaf junior tour, adding the Junior Worlds qualifying tournament to his already bulging golf bag. The 16-year-old Francois came back from a fourstroke deficit to card a tournament-best four-underpar 68 in the final round to win the juvenile boys’ division by four strokes over Vancouver’s Alex Park at Pagoda Ridge Golf Club in Langley on May 18. After an opening round 74, Francois was nearbogey free in the second round, firing three birdies and 13 pars to go along with his eagle-two in a three-under-par finish on the back nine. “I just never gave up – kept fighting until the end,” said Francois, who shot a two-round twounder-par 142 on the 6,360yard Fraser Valley course. The win shortlisted Francois for a possible spot at the Callaway Junior World golf championships ◗Golf Page 24

Jr. ’Bellies bounce back with win over Burnaby BY TOM BERRIDGE SPORTS EDITOR tberridge@royalcityrecord.com

New Westminster got off to a “Rocky” start before earning its sixth regular season win. Ross “Rocky” Bowman gave up five goals on his first 10 shots but was stellar the rest of the way, leading the junior A Salmonbellies to a 16-8 win over Burnaby at Queen’s Park Arena on Tuesday. The junior ’Bellies trailed 53 after the opening period, but Bowman found his game, blanking the Lakers in an unanswered six-goal middle period as New West took complete control. At the other end of the floor, Burnaby’s David Mather was arguably the busiest player of the game, facing 66 Salmonbellie

shots before being given a welldeserved breather with just eight minutes left in the contest. Backup Aiden Yorke came on in relief of Mather and played well, giving up just two goals while stopping a dozen more chances as New West poured a total of 78 shots at the Burnaby goal. The B.C. Junior Lacrosse League’s player of the week, Aidan Milburn, led all scorers with four goals, including Burnaby’s first three goals of the opening period. Milburn currently leads the league with 21 goals, five hat tricks and three shorthanded markers. But New West was relentless on the attack, finally taking a 6-5 lead midway through the second

period on Luke Gillespie’s first of stage yet,” said Burnaby assistant coach Jason Della Valle. “We two goals in the game. “We were getting our chances, want to see improvement after every game. The playfor sure,” said secers are ready to do it. ond-year righthander It’s there.” Jeremy Bosher, who But not quite yet. led the ’Bellie attack “We were getting New Westminster with three goals and five points. “You have our chances, for got multi-point games seven other to keep going until the sure. You have to from players, including balls start falling in.” And fall they did. keep going until league scoring leader Connor Robinson, After scoring just who garnered his three times on 22 shots the balls start fourth hat trick of the in the opening frame, falling in.” campaign. New West tallied six Transition defendmore on 25 chances JEREMY BOSHER er Alex Bohl also after 40 minutes. The Second-year Jr. ’Bellie counted a pair of Fishmen then rained a goals, upping his onfurther 31 shots at the goal shooting average to a whopBurnaby goal in the final stanza. “Confident teams find ways to ping 42.86 per cent. Newcomers Aaron Madaisky, win games, and we’re not at that

on a rebound at the right crease, and Jesse Gillespie, on a thirdperiod breakaway, both scored their first career junior A goals for the Salmonbellies. Burnaby is in Nanaimo this weekend for a return tilt against the Timbermen, while New West must wait a full week before its next game – a much anticipated matchup with the Coquitlam Adanacs, which are currently ahead of them in the weekly LacrosseTalk national poll. “I can’t wait. We have such a good rivalry (with Coquitlam). Both teams will be ready to go – on fire,” said Bosher. Currently, Coquitlam leads New West by a single point in B.C. league standings with both teams earning six wins in their first seven starts.

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Guys win gold: Spencer Gillis, right, helped the New Westminster Salmonbellies A1 lacrosse team win the Hyack Festival tournament at Queen’s Park Arena last weekend.