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Students at New Westminster Secondary School joined their counterparts across the Lower Mainland, walking out of school Wednesday morning to show their frustration with the ongoing labour strife between the British Columbia Teachers’ Federation and the provincial government. Approximately 35 students gathered at the high school, near the corner of Eighth Street and Eighth Avenue, chanting, “We are not your leverage.” “We are out here in support of students,” said Freddie Young, a Grade 12 student who has been accepted to UBC. “We feel both the BCTF and the government are equally detrimental to students.” Young acknowledged there are problems in the education system, but said they need to be resolved without impacting students’ education. “It’s not that I’m against the BCTF. I think both of them don’t look out for students,” Young told The Record during the morning protest. A Surrey student initiated provincewide walkouts through social media to protest the labour dispute. Thousands of students signed on to participate in the walkout, but at NWSS the response was minimal. Considering the size of the school – about 2,000 students – a small margin turned up to take part, though more were expected to join the rally after the school’s first block. NWSS principal Phil Cookson said those who did miss school to attend the walkout would be marked absent from class that day, but would receive no other discipline. He applauded the students for becoming “politically aware,” but didn’t like that they were missing school. “I don’t think this is a good thing because they’ve missed so much school,” he said. ◗Walkout Page 10

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Play time: Royal City Farmers Market operations manager Melissa Maltais, accompanied by her nine-week-old son Logan, is introducing a mini-farmers’ market feature to the market, where little ones can “sell and barter” with play fruits and vegetables. It’s just one of the new additions to the summer season, which started yesterday at Tipperary Park.

Market is a growing event BY THERESA MCMANUS REPORTER tmcmanus@royalcityrecord.com

Royal City Farmers Market is ripe for change as it enters its seventh summer season. The first summer market of the 2014 season was yesterday from 3 to 7 p.m. in Tipperary Park. The family-friendly market includes gourmet prepared foods, entertainment, crafts from local artisans, and locally grown food and produce. “I really want folks to come and meet the farmers, meet the small scale producer,” said Melissa Maltais, the market’s operations manager. “I think that’s what the difference of shopping local at your

farmers’ market is, because the face of those products and those vegetables are right there. You look at farmers’ hands – they are caked with dirt, they have worked hard. They were up at four in the morning to pick those cucumbers and strawberries.” This year’s summer market will feature 14 different farms, including some newcomers. “We have a few more organic farms coming, which is very exciting for us,” Maltais said. “Farmers are something that are not as easy to get as people would assume for farmers’ markets because there are quite a few in the Lower Mainland. It’s a bit of a competition to see which markets

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ancer. It’s a scary word that brings any number of things to mind – sickness, weakness, hair loss, struggle, survival, surgery, pain, suffering, fear, loss and death. But for New Westminster resident and Province sports reporter Steve Ewen, he chose to ignore the chatter surrounding the disease and take on his tumour with humour. Ewen’s battle with cancer began nearly four years ago when, what he thought was muscle pain in his shoulder, radiated to his chest. Thinking it was a heart attack, he and his wife took a trip to the emergency room at Royal Columbian Hospital where the doctor told them Ewen was not, in fact, having a heart attack. “I hadn’t been feeling well for a while, I’d been feeling kind of listless, but we didn’t put everything together until he (the doctor) came back and he said, ‘I think you might have a tumour,’” Ewen recalled. In October 2010, only a few days after Ewen’s first visit to Royal Columbian, he was diagnosed with solitary plasmacytoma – a type of cancer characterized by the formation of a single tumour in the bone. Ewen, whose tumour was in his T2 vertebrae, was quickly admitted to Vancouver General Hospital and started on a 25-session radiation plan. The experience was one he’ll never forget, but he said the most important thing for him was to keep off the Internet. “I think you can get lost on the Internet, and I mean things are advancing so quickly, so rapidly that things are improving everyday. You look at where cancer was five years ago to where it is now, you know the stories you hear and the things you hear. I purposely stayed away from it,” Ewen said. Rather than spend his time scouring the Internet, Ewen and his wife spent their time speaking to doctors and getting information from friends and family who had gone through similar experiences with cancer. In fact, one of the first people he phoned after he received the diagnosis was a friend who had also been diagnosed with cancer. About two months after the

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Showing appreciation: Steve Ewen says he was very lucky to have so much support and wants to give to those who aren’t as lucky. diagnosis, Ewen’s health took a turn for the worse. On Nov. 28, his back collapsed due to the effects of the radiation, which was targeting the tumour in his spine. The experience was one Ewen still struggles to describe. “It was frightening and embarrassing and gruelling, and all those things. I was in a chair for six months,” he said. During that time, Ewen had eight surgeries, including two back reconstructions, in order to rebuild his spine. His spine is now mostly made of titanium, with six rods, 15 screws and several other pieces of “shrapnel.” Ewen spent three-and-a-half months at Vancouver General and two-and-a-half months at the G.F. Strong Centre for rehabilitation. When he was finally able to go home, it wasn’t without struggle.

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An at-home physiotherapist would come by each week to help Ewen learn to walk again. “It was just a matter of getting into the pool and doing some walking in the pool, and getting out with her and doing some walking,” he said. “To be on a walker was very frustrating and very depressing.” But Ewen persevered. He continued to walk every day, and often his neighbours would cheer him on as he passed by. “I’d walk around the neighbourhood on the walker, and I’d do a lap of the block and people would be out supporting and cheering, and stuff like that,” he said. He also started a blog called “Crush the tumour with humour” to dispel some of the rumours

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about what it’s like to have cancer as well as to share his experience and story with friends and family who continued to support him. “We had neighbours who were over raking our leaves, and neighbours were here doing all sorts of stuff. One of our neighbours had a key to the house and would come over and clean out the fridge because we couldn’t do it,” he said. Ewen has been in clinical remission for three years now, and he said the support he received during his treatment and recovery was overwhelming. To show his appreciation he decided, almost on a whim, that he would participate in the upcoming Ride to Conquer Cancer, a two-day ride from Vancouver to Seattle on June 14 and 15. Ewen has a few friends who have participated in the ride in the past, but it was something he never dreamed he would do, especially after his back collapsed. “I got talked into this (the ride) probably about six months ago,” he said. “I hadn’t owned a bike, hadn’t been on a bike, to be really blunt, I didn’t know whether I could still ride because I did lose a fair bit of balance.” Despite his doubts, Ewen went out and bought himself a bike. He immediately took it for a spin when he got home, and much to his surprise, he didn’t fall down. “I thought it was a major accomplishment. It was pretty scary leap of faith, and I knew that if I didn’t go all in that I’d probably fail,” he said. With one week remaining before Ewen embarks on his cycling adventure, he has already raised more than $4,000, while his team, Crush the Tumour with Humour, has raised more than $20,000. When asked what he is most looking forward to come June 14, Ewen gave two answers: getting across the start line and paying tribute to everyone who helped him when he was sick. “No matter what happens, just getting across the start line is going to be a huge goal for me, so I think anything after that is really kind of gravy,” he said. “I’m excited about the challenge, and a lot of it was about raising the money for me, and now it’s kind of going through the follow through.” To donate to Ewen or his team visit tinyurl.com/SteveEwen, and check out his blog at www. crushthetumourwithhumour. blogspot.ca.

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Bridge – a new game, not the card game are limited and issues it an ultimatum. We get the picture. The province is Accept a second crossing over the siding with Coquitlam in its fight to Brunette River for Coquitlam, or buy expand traffic options from Coquitlam your own bridge. Clearly Stone thought to New Westminster. Coquitlam wantNew Westminster would either fold ed a two-lane bridge linking United like a cheap tent – or broken Boulevard with Braid Street. Bailey bridge – or the offer New West didn’t. New would interfere with the arbiWestminster, in fact, would THE RECORD tration. He sorely underestiprefer a drawbridge with a mated our wee kingdom. moat. We are simply fed up with people Transportation minister Todd Stone is running roughshod through our streets finally fed up with the impasse (which and simply clogging our roads. Traffic is going to arbitration next week) and tells New West in a letter that its options from United Boulevard is but one leak

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in our road defense system – but it’s one too many. So, what to do? Buy our own bridge. Of course that will cost taxpayers and we’ll also probably be stuck with maintenance, but it will be ours, dammit! Now, perhaps, this was Stone’s plan all along – thereby saving the province the cost. However, we doubt it. The province seldom seems concerned about highway costs, and this would be a very minor one. No, we think Stone is tired of dealing with New Westminster’s apparently self-centred view on the traffic situation

in the Lower Mainland. And so, it appears, are our neighbours. City council’s plan for the Pattullo Bridge, which it paraded before neighbouring city councils, was met with little support – and, in some cases, downright negativity. Why, other politicians asked, does New Westminster think it should be spared the traffic that other municipalities endure? They sort of have a point. But every city tries to maintain a liveable environment for its residents – that is not only its right, but duty.

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t’s hard to remember a time when there wasn’t an awful lot of conflict between teachers and the B.C. government over the state of education in this province. Certainly not in my years as a parent (nearly seven) and not even in my years as a reporter (more than a dozen). Perhaps older and wiser mothers and journalists than I can recall a time of labour peace and stability in this sector, and I envy them if they can. One of my first assignments after I left journalism school was to cover a teachers’ rally in Richmond over the then-stillfresh “stripping” of contract provisions like class size and composition limits. For a newbie reporter, it was an intimidating but eye-opening event. There was a sense among those protesting that the power of a collective voice (and perhaps common sense) would eventually win out. Older teachers nearing retirement grieved the loss of agreements that had taken years to gain; younger teachers wondered how they’d be able to do their jobs the way they wanted

to in such an acrimonious environment. There was frustration and sadness and, yes, anger in spades that day (and most of the days since, it seems). Premier Christy Clark was education minister then, and though I have no memory now of what I asked her, I recall clearly the impression I was left with: here was one cool, calm, collected politician. Clark was a master at giving a great, solid quote – and of answering her way around (and around and around) the original question. Not much has changed: teachers are still fighting and worrying, education ministers are still good at giving sound bites, Clark is still calm, cool and collected. Rallies are still being held, questions are still answered in roundabout ways, we’re still talking about contract stripping (it was, for the record, found by the courts to be illegal) and every few years we all struggle through a strike and lockout. It seems endless – the main players change a little (except in the case of Clark), but not much else has. I can’t help but think that somewhere along the way, we’ve lost sight of the critical, at-thecore, heart of the matter – and maybe it’s time to reevaluate that. I remember returning to the newsroom that day, after the rally in Richmond, and trying to figure out why issues as

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My son was one of the students protesting the education labour disruption yesterday. My son is a Grade 10 student at NWSS and I have lost count of the number of strikes and job actions he has experienced as a student. He is frustrated by the ongoing job action and took the opportunity to show his frustration. At NWSS students are required to bring a note if they are away from school. This is the letter I wrote to explain his absence:

To Fraser Barton’s teachers: I am writing regarding my son Fraser Barton’s absence from school yesterday (June 4, 2014). After discussing it with us, Fraser decided to take part in the student protest yesterday. He did so after giving it a lot of thought, reading about the issue in ◗Education Page 7 several newspapers and on social media, and with

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the permission and consent of us, his parents. Fraser has benefited greatly from the work teachers do, no one is arguing that. But his education has been littered with labour disruption and he, like many students, is sick of it. His protest was directed at neither the teachers nor the government, but rather it was directed at the seeming inability of both sides to reach a compromise. As Fraser puts it, teachers are always telling us we need to learn to compromise. I would add that if neither side is willing to, what kind of a message is that sending to the kids? As you know, Fraser is a rule follower by nature. As such, this brush with civil disobedience has been very difficult for him. But he stood up for something he believed in, that BOTH sides need to negotiate, be willing to compromise, and find a path down the middle. We are proud of him for that, and we, his parents, excuse his absence from school yesterday.

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fundamental to a child’s education as class size or learning supports or composition had even become “agreements” in collective bargaining in the first place. I chalked my confusion up to being young and uncertain of how the world worked, and then I got to work on filing my story. But here I am, more than a decade later, now not so young and uncertain, a mother, having interviewed hundreds of teachers (and counting a few among my friends and family as well), and honestly I’m still baffled. How is it that creating the best possible learning environment for our kids is not something held so sacred that it’s just part of the framework of our system? Why did teachers have to bargain class size in the first place, as though the difference between 18 kids and 22 kids is nothing more than a “workplace condition”? This seems to me like asking police officers to negotiate for limits on speeding in their contracts or for doctors to negotiate for drugs to be banned. Reduced speeding

and fewer drugs would certainly make the jobs of police officers and doctors “easier” but no one expects them to negotiate for them – we, as a society, have determined that certain rules and laws and limits are in our best interest and so we enshrine them into law. Why is the composition of a classroom any different? As a reporter, I’ve always maintained an unbiased “let’s hear both sides” approach – that’s my job, and the job of all those who seek to provide information to the public. But as an individual – as a parent, and more importantly as a human and citizen of this country and world – I support the teachers. Not because I believe in their right as a union to protest (though I do), and not because I think that the government has repeatedly made poor decisions and, at times, illegal ones in the province’s education system (though they have), and not because I want my children to have a conflictfree education (though I’d be ecstatic for it). I support B.C. teachers because I believe in the fundamental power of public education – there

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is nothing else I can think of that can so thoroughly transform, empower and improve a society as quality public education. When we talk about issues like class size and composition, what we’re really talking about is creating a system for public education to exist in its best, most transformative, most powerful form. Why that’s not the priority of every single politician in this province – in the country, frankly – is not just confusing but infuriating. That it’s been left to teachers to “bargain” that framework into place is a sad testament to the fact that it’s not a priority. Until it is, we’ll be having this conversation over and over and over again. And while we do, an entire generation of kids will grow up in a society that hasn’t deemed it necessary to give them the best we could. In return, our kids will not be able to give society the best they could. Christina Myers is a longtime former NOW reporter, turned stay-at-home parent and freelancer. Follow her on Twitter @ChristinaMyersA, or read her blog at midlifeleap. wordpress.com.

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Market: More seating, beer and wine will be on hand this summer In addition to Pacific Breeze Winery, make sure we have one option at least for Steel and Oak Brewing Co. and Four Winds food trucks to cater to some specialty inter- Brewery have expressed interest in attendests rather than the regular fare that we had ing the market. “We’ve got a nice mix of different beer before to make sure everyone is happy,” Maltais said. “We’ve got lots more seating and wine vendors that are going to come,” because the vendors are all chipping in to Maltais said. “I think it’s going to be a very bring tables and chairs so people can sit different for us – but a good step.” A mini-farmers’ market will and stay longer and enjoy the be a new feature in the chilmusic.” dren’s area at the market. Market goers will have more “They have got a little farmchoice when they attend the “They are there ers’ markets stand of their own, Royal City Farmers Market, because they they’ve got play fruits and Maltais said. vegetables to sell and barter “Now we have two dairy love what they between them, a little cash regvendors instead of one. We have do, they love the ister,” Maltais said. “I did this at a bit more options,” she said. the Surrey Farmers’ Market last “There were some calls for more land and they summer – it was adorable. You variety. There are different venreally want to could hear the little kids in the dors with the same products so play area going, ‘anybody want people will have more to choose feed people.” to buy some vegetables?’ It was from, that kind of thing. We so cute.” have really listened.” MELISSA MALTAIS With a ONE-prize grant Wine and beer are also Royal City Farmers courtesy of Donald’s Market expected to be among the offer- Market and River Market, Royal ings at this year’s Royal City City Farmers Market aims to Farmers Market. The province is expected to soon begin rolling out new improve opportunities for seniors to attend liquor guidelines, which will make sales the market. It will use the money to provide and sampling of beer and wine possible a market shuttle program for seniors. “Some of these farmers we have are for July. People will be able to buy a bottle of wine to take home and enjoy with their young kids and they are just trying it out. People don’t farm to make money. They food purchases. “I was in Halifax last summer and their aren’t out there to make a million dollars. farmers’ markets already have beer and They are there because they love what they wine there,” Maltais said. “It’s not like a do, they love the land and they really want free-for-all beer garden. It’s very classy. The to feed people,” Maltais said. “I really want displays are always really nice. It’s a very to impress upon our community that this is casual atmosphere where wine or beer are where you should buy your local produce because it’s really local.” concerned.” ◗ continued from page 1

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Two-lane bridge could have big traffic impact BY THERESA MCMANUS REPORTER tmcmanus@royalcityrecord.com

The City of New Westminster is compiling a case for a one-lane replacement for the existing Bailey bridge as it fears a two-lane crossing could significantly increase traffic in the congested corridor. The crossing has been the subject of a longtime conflict between the cities of New Westminster and Coquitlam, with New West supporting a one-lane bridge in the Braid industrial area and its neighbour preferring a two-lane crossing. “Recent modelling has identified that traffic volume across the bridge could increase significantly (approximately 45 per cent) if two lanes of traffic were introduced,” said Jim Lowrie, the City of New Westminster’s director of engineering. “This added traffic will result in longer queues and increased delay times at the five level railway crossings on Braid Street, and the Braid StreetBrunette Avenue intersection, which are already

heavily congested.” The province has appointed an arbitrator to consider whether the crossing in the Braid industrial area is best served by a one-lane crossing, as New Westminster wants, or the two-lane crossing sought by Coquitlam. The arbitrator’s decision will be binding. “We are putting together our final submission on the arbitration. They are due on Tuesday,” Lowrie said. Because the arbitration is similar to a legal case, Lowrie was unable to provide any specific details about the city’s submission until the arbitrator considers it. “The arbitrator has 21 days to make a finding,” he said. “It’s not like a court hearing where you are cross-examining the other party – it’s an arbitrator’s final decision.” By the beginning of July, the city expects to have a decision on the arbitration and a new temporary bridge in place. The existing Bailey bridge has been closed to vehicle traffic since the

beginning of March, when engineers hired by the City of New Westminster deemed it to be structurally unsound. In an effort to reopen the crossing, the city has resourced a new temporary bridge that it expects to be delivered in the middle of June. “It’s a lease-to-own arrangement. We are leasing the bridge, and we have the option to purchase it,” Lowrie said. “The lease term is for one year.” The city anticipates that the cost of the bridge will be about $175,000. The city could have received a free bridge from the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, but it would have had to agree to two crossing lanes to get that bridge. Coun. Jonathan Cote said the city couldn’t agree to that condition, as it would have compromised the city’s position in the binding arbitration process. “The city has, from the very beginning, recognized it does have a responsibility for that crossing, and certainly does have

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Over the bridge: A cyclist crosses the Bailey bridge that has become the subject of arbitration between New West and Coquitlam. a financial obligation to pay for the transportation infrastructure in our community,” Cote said, adding

the $175,000 cost is part of that. “Unfortunately taking the province’s offer would have completely

undermined our position through the arbitration process and really made the arbitration a moot point, which we think would have been against the best interests of the City of New Westminster.” Although the bridge is considered a temporary structure, Cote told The Record it could be used for 20 or 25 years, depending on the arbitrator’s decision. The crossing has been a bone of contention between New Westminster and Coquitlam for more than a decade. For a look back at some of the significant dates in this longstanding dispute, visit Theresa McManus’s blog on The Record’s website.

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NWSS parent Wendy Harris happened to be walking by the protest while picking up her Grade 11 son. She praised the students for taking part in the walkout. “It’s good to see,” she said looking around at the excited bunch of students huddling together to make their point. Meanwhile, teachers in New Wesminster are set to strike on Friday as a part of the BCTF’s rotating strikes. Teachers continue

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Pottery show at gallery I

f you’re interested in pottery, then be sure to drop by the Arts Council of New Westminster gallery. The gallery is hosting Clay 2014, a juried exhibition of work by the Fraser Valley Potters’ Guild Association, from June 8 to 28. An opening reception and awards presentation is set for Sunday, June 8 from 1 to 4 p.m., and the gallery is open daily (except Mondays) from 1 to 5 p.m. Clay 2014 includes work in a wide variety of firing and finishing styles by guild members ranging from newcomers to professional artists. The Fraser Valley Potters’ Guild was formed in 1975 by a group of alumni from the ceramics department of what was then Douglas College’s Surrey campus (before it became Kwantlen). Today the guild involves members from all over the Fraser Valley – professional ceramicists and instructors alongside hobbyist potters. Check out www.fraservalley pottersguild.ca for more details about the group and the show.

Poetry study group

Interested in poetry? Want to look more in-depth into Canada’s poetry scene? Then don’t forget the Poetry Wars study group, led by Carol Shillibeer. The next session is set for Saturday, June 21 from 4 to 6 p.m. in the backroom at the Heritage Grill. Members of the group read poems, reviews, texts and ◗Lively City Page 14

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Voyage: A small group of canoeists is paddling 1,300 kilometres, from Fort Langley to Alaska, to highlight environmental threats to the West Coast. The group stopped in New Westminster on Monday for a ceremony. See video at www.royalcityrecord.com.

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A Maple Ridge man has assembled a team of canoeists to paddle 1,300 kilometres, from Fort Langley to Alaska, to highlight environmental threats to the West Coast. The group of paddlers left from Fort Langley on Sunday, June 1, and made a stop in New Westminster on Monday, June 2, for a special ceremony at the For pix Quay. and Chris Cooper, a nature video, guide and canoeist from scan Maple Ridge, is leading with the Spirit of the Coast tour, Layar which features a single, sixperson canoe named “Hiyakw e te Stahluxw” which is a Hun’qu’ma’num word for “Chief of the River.” “Spirit of the Coast is about education, culture, environmental stewardship and most of all spreading awareness about our beautiful B.C. coastline,” Cooper said in a media release. “It is not an environmental protest but rather a journey to educate those who have never seen the coast up close.” Canoeists from B.C., Ontario, Alberta, Scotland, England, the U.S. and the Kwantlen First Nation are joining Cooper on the journey.

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Black Women Foundation, in partincludes street performers, musical nership with the Guyanese Canadian groups, bouncy castles, clowns, Cultural Association of B.C. and games, a rock-climbing wall, a the Jamaican Canadian Cultural marketplace more. It’s all happening Association of B.C. Doors on Sunday, June 8 from open at 260 12th St. at 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on East 5:30 p.m. and the concert Columbia Street, between starts at 6 p.m. Tickets are Braid and Sherbrooke $20 in advance or $25 at streets. the door. For information Drop by Moody Park or tickets, call 604-527Arena or Queen’s 0477, 604-605-0124, 778Park Arena and check out 882-1852 or 778-239-6624. the John Witt Memorial Bellies Bowl, a lacrosse Check out the latest tournament for novice production of The players. Who knows Golden Age Theatre, when the group performs – you might see a future (or more) Summer Capers. Shows Wayne Goss or Geordie Things to do Dean when youngsters take place on Friday, June 6 at 7:30 p.m. and this weekend from around the province Saturday, June 7 at 1:30 take to the floor in the p.m. at Century House, 620 Eighth June 6 to 8 tournament. Email your Top 5 ideas to St. Tickets are $10 for non-members tmcmanus@royalcityrecord.com. You and $8 for members. can also check out our full arts and Hit the street for the annual events calendar listings homepage at Sapperton Day Street Festival, www.royalcityrecord.com. a popular community event that

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Texas-based inventor who attempts to solve the mystery of how 17th-century Dutch master Johannes Vermeer managed to paint so photo-realistically – 150 years before photography was invented? It shows at 7:30 p.m. at Massey Theatre, and tickets are $9. Check out www.artscouncilnewwest.org for details on the movie series.

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◗ IN THE GAME

Glenbrook wins two medals in high school track ◗P20 Shasta club tumblers win five at gym nationals ◗P20

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Juniors redeem team downing Delta ’Bellie BY TOM BERRIDGE SPORTS EDITOR

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New Westminster did an about face against the Delta Islanders on Tuesday. The junior A Salmonbellies showed a complete reversal of form, redeeming a recent 12-6 loss to the Islanders in Ladner with a sparkling 14-4 victory at Queen’s Park Arena on Tuesday. In fact, the similarities between the two divergent outcomes, prompted ’Bellies captain Steve Ferdinandi to claim, “We did what we had to do.” In the May 17 loss to Delta, New West scored just once in the final two periods on Islanders’ keeper Ryland Hood and were outshot by double figures. The middle period proved the Salmonbellies’ undoing, with New West giving up seven goals to the home team. At Queen’s Park, New Westminster reversed its fortunes in a mirrorimage-like way. Trailing 3-2 heading into the middle period, the Salmonbellies wasted no time pelting Hood with 21 shots on goal, scoring on eight of them. The first coming from Jeremy Bosher at 40 seconds of the period. Bosher, Jakob Doucet and Josh Byrne, with five goals in his first season start, all collected a pair of goals in the period. Ross Bowman was stellar following a lacklustre outing in the wild win over Victoria two days earlier. The second-

boss named Stealth coach

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Check it out: Johnny Pearson, seen in white against Victoria, collected his 20th and 21st goals this season in New Westminster’s dramatic 14-4 victory over the Delta Islanders at Queen’s Park Arena on Tuesday. year starter blanked the Islanders for more than 40 minutes before he gave way to backup Michael Flintoff with five minutes left to play. Ferdinandi said the team knew it had to bring a different energy to the game on Tuesday. “We just played a good team game,” he said. “I think we just came into the dressing room with a different mindset. “Everyone knew they had to personally play better. I thought right from the

start we were focused.” Byrne opened the scoring for New West with goals on his first two shots. He counted his fifth of the game while shorthanded, spotting an opening in the Islander defence and taking it to the net, firing the ball through the head of a needle on the short side of Matt Keith, who came on in relief of Hood late in the second period. Luke Gillespie and Tyrell Hamer-Jackson also counted goals on the shortman to bring the ’Bellies’

season total to a leaguehigh 10 goals on the penalty kill. Connor Robinson held on to his lead atop the scoring ladder, adding four assists to remain a point ahead of Nanaimo’s Corey Shires with 52 points. Bowman allowed just three goals and made 30 stops. “It’s coming,” said junior Salmonbellies head coach Dan Perreault, who earlier in the day took over as the new head coach of the National Lacrosse

League Vancouver Stealth. “Right now, we’re thinking about league play and playoffs,” he added. “It’s all about fundamentals and good habits. It’s huge at this time of the year.” Coquitlam edged a point ahead of New West following a 14-9 win over Burnaby on Wednesday. The juniors are on the road for two games this week before returning home for a tilt with Port Coquitlam on Tuesday at 8 p.m.

New Westminster Salmonbellies junior A head coach Dan Perreault is taking over the reins of the National Lacrosse League’s Vancouver Stealth. The Stealth announced Tuesday that head coach and vice-president of lacrosse operations Chris Hall is retiring from coaching due to health-related matters. Hall will remain with the organization as senior advisor to the president. Perreault’s position as head coach is effective immediately. Perreault has served as an assistant coach with the Stealth for the past two seasons and has four years of pro experience behind the bench in the NLL. “I’m honoured to have the confidence of (owner) Denise Watkins, (club president) Doug (Locker) and Chris (Hall). Chris’s retirement leaves big shoes to fill, but the Stealth have a winning tradition and I look forward to infusing my style into the team and fulfilling that tradition in the seasons ahead,” said ◗Coach Page 20

NWSS teen following in famous footsteps BY TOM BERRIDGE SPORTS EDITOR tberridge@royalcityrecord.com

Nina Schultz wrote not only a new chapter in New Westminster high school track history, but added to some family history as well. The 15-year-old Hyack phenom was named the first-ever outstanding female performer at the B.C. high school track and field championships from New Westminster following the school’s history-making win in Langley on Saturday. The New West Secondary junior won three events – the girls’ heptathlon, high jump and triple jump, while also sharing in a fourth gold medal on the girls’ 4x400 metre relay team that

clinched the school’s first provincial banner since the meet began in 1967. “It’s a good way to finish off a good weekend,” said Schultz, who is a grandchild to the great Chinese high jumper Zheng Fengrong, who broke the world record in the event in 1957 clearing the bar in 1.77 metres using the orthodox scissor kick. Her milestone jump made Fengrong a celebrity in her country and the first Chinese woman to hold a sport world record. At the time, she was heralded in the Chinese media as “the swallow who announced that the spring of China’s sports has arrived.” Schultz won the high jump in Langley with a leap of 1.75m, using the now convential Brill

bend method. “It’s hard to live up to, but I think she’ll be proud,” said Schultz, who speaks regularly to her 77-year-old grandmother who still lives in Mainland China. “She really wanted me to go into track when I was a kid. She’s really proud of that.” Since the People’s Republic of China did not compete in the Olympic Games from 1952 to 1984, Fengrong was unable to compete. But her 1977 jump did break the record of 1956 Olympic champion Mildred McDaniel of the U.S. “It’s special,” Schultz said after finishing her individual events on Saturday. “At practice, I wasn’t ◗Outstanding Page 20

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Clear sailing: New Westminster’s Nina Schultz clears the bar easily en route to a gold medal with a leap of 1.74 metres at the B.C. high school track and ﬁeld championships in Langley last weekend.

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The Record sports briefs Glenbrook Middle School brought back a pair of medals from the B.C. high school track and field meet in Langley last weekend. Sarah Forgie earned a silver medal in the Grade 8 girls’ high jump, clearing the bar with a height of 1.50 metres. Grace Fetherstonhaugh won a third-place medal in the junior girls’ 1.500m and also placed fifth at 3,000m. Devin Strome also made a couple of finals in the

Grade 8 girls’ division, finishing fourth in the high jump and eighth in the long jump. Ian Hunter earned a topeight ribbon with a seventh placing in the Grade 8 boys’ javelin.

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championships in Ottawa last week. Blais also won an individual silver medal on junior trampoline, while Carragher placed first on the junior double-mini tramp for the Shasta club. Shasta’s Jane Harrigan was also a winner on double-mini in the women’s national category. Jordan Wilmshurst placed third in the men’s national open double-mini.

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Outstanding: Getting stronger as athlete ◗ continued from page 19

hitting any of my jumps (prior to the meet). I came in just wanting to do the best I could. I was really happy with that.” Not only did Schultz match a personal best in the high jump, she also added nearly half a metre to her previous best to win the triple jump in 11.66m.

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Last week, at the combined events final, Schultz also PB’d in the long jump, winning that discipline easily with a leap of 5.72m. “I hit a growth spurt a few years ago, and since then I’m just getting stronger as an athlete,” she said. Twitter @ThomasBerridge

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Coach: Won’t be leaving junior A club ◗ continued from page 19

Perreault in a prepared release Perreault was the B.C. Junior A Lacrosse League coach of the year in 2008. He is a two-time Minto Cup champion, and his Junior A career numbers rank among the all-time junior A greats in career points (third, 536), goals (fourth, 251), assists (third, 285) and games played (tied for first, 133). Perreault played for the Vancouver Burrards of the senior A Western Lacrosse Association, finishing his career with 469 points (213

goals, 256 assists) in 182 games. He was inducted to the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2009. In conversation with Perreault later in the day, the former Burnaby junior said he had no intention of stepping away from coaching the junior Salmonbellies. “No, no, no. We have a job to do here,” he said following New West’s 14-4 win over Delta on Tuesday night. Perreault will also include current assistant coach Clay Richardson on his Stealth coaching staff.

The former Salmonbellie defender helps out with scouting and film work as well as his handling the defensive end of the floor for the junior team. “(Richardson) is going to move forward and do the same work with the Stealth,” Perreault said. Stealth 2015 season tickets are on sale now, starting at just $99. Season ticket holders are eligible to purchase a reserved parking pass for all Stealth home games. For more details visit www.StealthLAX.com. – Tom Berridge

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