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New Westminster is encouraging TransLink to speed up plans for a new Pattullo Bridge.

TransLink has announced it’s reducing the scope of rehabilitation work on the Pattullo Bridge from 18 months to five months, by focusing on essential deck repairs and ensuring the bridge is kept operational until a replacement is complete.

In the spring,TransLink announced plans for a $100-million repair to the Pattullo Bridge that would result in one-lane traffic in each direction on weekdays, closures at night and on weekends, sidewalk closures and prohibition of heavy trucks with more than three axles.The city got to work devising traffic management plans on how to deal with the impacts on local streets.

“There was a pretty significant rehabilitation that was scheduled for next year that was going to be 18 months long, involve complete closures, have one lane in each direction for great periods of time.That plan has been revisited,” said Mayor Jonathan Cote.

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New Westminster trustees have unanimously agreed to give themselves their first raise in about seven years.

Effect Jan. 1, local trustees’ pay will be adjusted annually based on the most recent five-year rolling average of Vancouver’s consumer price index, thanks to a change in policy approved by the board at its last regular public meeting.

Come NewYear’s Day, that means New West trustees could get about a 1.3 per cent pay increase, judging by the five-year average from 2010 to 2014.

Regular trustees currently take in $21,513 a year before expenses, according to statements of financial information on the district’s website, while vicechairs and chairs make $23,638 and $23,888 respectively.

Under the old policy, the board had no mechanism to guide it in the awkward business of hiking its own pay, so trustees simply left it alone during the last few rocky financial years in the district, but that approach isn’t sustainable, according to trustee Kelly Slade-Kerr.

“If you don’t adjust your stipend on an annual basis, it can lead to significant budget pressures down the road,” she said, “and we don’t want to be in a situation where we need to have large increases in one year so that the stipend for trustees is sufficient to attract people to the position.You don’t want a position like a school trustee not available to people who couldn’t take it for financial reasons.”

Slade-Kerr headed up a subcommittee struck by the board in May to look into ways to manage the trustee stipend.

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Julian takes to the streets – again

SHARING HER STORY: Lenee Son is one of two Kwantlen Polytechnic University students producing and directing a short documentary film on New Westminster resident January Lapuz. Lapuz, a well-known champion of the LGBTQ community, was killed in her apartment in 2012. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

Remembering January

By Cayley Dobie

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She was known as the life of the party and often referred to as “Beyoncé.” She was kind, caring and generous. She could always be counted on to make someone laugh.

She was January Lapuz, and on Sept. 12, 2012, she was killed in her apartment in New Westminster.

Her death sparked Justice for January, a community march from city hall to the court house on Carnarvon Street.

Lapuz was well known in the Lower Mainland LGBTQ community. She was a member of Sher Vancouver, a social, cultural and support organization for LGBTQ South Asians, and she was the first transgender person to hold an executive position with the organization.

But Lapuz’s life wasn’t an easy one. As an immigrant and transgender woman, she faced many challenges. She lived in poverty and worked in the sex trade.

Now two students are hoping to share Lapuz’s story with the world.

Lenee Son is one of the two Kwantlen Polytechnic University students

tasked with telling Lapuz’s story. Son, who is Canadian-Cambodian, was approached by one of her instructors about the project.

She was immediately interested and quickly jumped on board.

“They were looking to do this story, but they also wanted to have this film done by women of colour,” she said. “They didn’t want to pick a well-known filmmaker.They wanted to give us the opportunity to do the film.”

Son, who lives in Surrey, had never heard about Lapuz.When Son started researching Lapuz and her life, Son was shocked and saddened she hadn’t known about Lapuz previously.

“I think one of the biggest things why I was in shock was because, to me, the story is such a huge story. She’s a trans woman of colour who was murdered, and I have not heard her name at all, and I feel like lately there have been a lot of trans women in the media and the news, and there’s been kind of this movement that’s focusing on trans women, so why isn’t January’s story being covered? Why haven’t I heard about her?” Son said.

Son and fellow filmmaker

Elina Gress started the project last January, a fitting coincidence.

They’re still in the early stages of production right now, mostly booking interviews with some of Lapuz’s friends and family members and doing some background research.

Their vision for the film, which will be a short documentary, is to share Lapuz’s story, including her murder, as well as to capture the kindness and compassion Lapuz shared with everyone.

Son also hopes to bring attention to trans issues and, in a way, liberate marginalized and oppressed people.

“I think there’s been a long-standing tradition of these trans issues being pushed under the rug, and because January was active in the trans community, we want to preserve her legacy and continue that activism of trans awareness,” she said.

While Son does not identify as a trans person, she wants to help bring their issues into the light, so to speak, without speaking for them.

She hopes that, as the project continues, more trans people will speak out about the challenges they

face.

“We’re all living in a community together and we should support one another.

We should support the trans narratives, we should support LGBTQ narratives because this is our community. January was part of New Westminster. She could be your neighbour, or a family member, or someone you went to school with,” Son added.

Son and Gress are currently running a Kickstarter campaign online to raise money to help cover the costs of making the film, including transportation, equipment, purchasing court documents and more.

A previous campaign raised just over $1,000, and they’re hoping to raise about the same amount this time around.

“I think why this film is so important is, it is about January, but what happened to January is not an isolated incident or situation.This happens way more often than we think, and people don’t know that these things happen,” Son said.

To donate to the project, visit www.kickstarter.com and search “January’s Story – Trans Women of Colour Matter.”

Peter Julian has represented New Westminster in the House of Commons for more than a decade, but he still feels a need to pound the pavement.

Julian said he’s doing a lot of door knocking in New Westminster-Burnaby for the 2015 election campaign, but it’s something he does even when no election is on the horizon.

“I have been doing that for 11 years. I have never stopped. I do that during municipal elections, provincial elections. I do that during federal elections.

I do that when I’ve got a few moments during the week, when I’m back here from Ottawa,” he said. “I’ve never stopped knocking on doors. I’ve knocked on doors every single month since I’ve got elected.”

AND THEN THERE WERE SIX Six candidates will be vying for your vote in New Westminster-Burnaby on Election Day. The electoral district has six confirmed candidates for the Oct. 19 general election: Rex Brocki (Libertarian Party of Canada); Chloe Ellis (Conservative Party of Canada); Peter Julian (New Democratic Party); Sasha Ramnarine (Liberal Party of Canada); Kyle Routledge (Green Party of Canada); and Joseph Theriault (Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada).

MEET THE CANDIDATES Royal City residents will get a final chance to hear from their federal election candidates just days before they head to the polls on Oct. 19.

The New Westminster Chamber of Commerce, the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver and the Record are holding an allcandidates’ meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 14 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Inn at the Quay.

Chamber board member Stephen Bruyneel will moderate the event that will feature “business-focused” questions for candidates.

GREEN CANDIDATE GETS SUPPORT Green party candidate Kyle Routledge is getting a lot of help on the home front from his bride-to-be.

Routledge has been busy attending all-candidates meetings, festivals and other events and knocking on doors to get his message out to constituents in New Westminster-Burnaby – while holding down a fulltime job, volunteering at a bird-banding station every Sunday and planning a wedding.When approached by the Green party about running in the Oct. 19 federal election, Routlege had to think long and hard about it because he knew his wedding was set for Oct. 31.

“I am marrying such a sweetheart,” he said of his fiancée Meghan. “She said, ‘If this is what you believe in and this is what you think needs to be done, then I will take on more of the wedding planning responsibilities.’ It hasn’t been easy for her. I think planning a wedding at the best of times can be a stressful thing. She’s been such a great partner and has been supportive all the way through. I couldn’t be happier.”

KEEPING IT CLEAN Respect is the word that’s being used to describe the tenor of local all-candidates meetings thus far in the federal election campaign.

“We all get together, we are respectful of one another,” said Green party candidate Kyle Routledge. “It’s so tough that these people don’t get out and meet the people they want to vote for them.”

Routledge was referring to Conservative candidate Chloe Ellis, who hasn’t attended any of the all-candidates meetings in New Westminster.

“It’s so disrespectful. She is going to have thousands of people vote for her and she can’t even go out and introduce herself,” Routledge said.

RUNNING ON THE RIVER NEXT New Westminster and Tenth to the Fraser held a Cruisin’ with the Candidates’ meet-and-greet aboard the MV Native paddlewheeler on Oct. 6. Along for the ride were NDP candidate Peter Julian, Liberal candidate Sasha Ramnarine and Green candidate Kyle Routledge.

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Opinion OUR VIEW

A country just for old men and women?

What’s with the kids today?

Plenty, but it seems voting is not something worth putting down Instagram and Snapchat for.

Less than 39 per cent voted in 2011 and political scientists warn us that millennials could be democracy’s lost generation.

Research tells us if you miss voting in two or three elections, you’re not likely to get into the habit.

Our parties share in the

blame for this, ignoring young people in their platforms and campaigns to focus on the more vote-potent boomer demographic. It’s a vicious cycle.

Politicians ignore the young.The young ignore elections.

While it’s tempting to say “They don’t want to vote? Fine.Their loss,” we should be looking at this as the symptom of a larger problem: rot in the support beams of the country.

Believe it or not, democracy is a relatively fragile thing.Without meaningful participation by citizens, what legitimacy does an elected government have?

Not a whole lot. In fact, when fewer people bother going to the polls – and those people represent fewer viewpoints and experiences, it can’t help but dilute our democracy.

We need young people to not only feel as if they have an interest in the future of

Drag them to an Elections Canada office to register and vote

this country, but also know that their votes are valued.

It’s pretty easy to be cynical about politics. Every day there is a good example of

outrageous campaign spin or downright corruption.

We get that – and we also have to fight our cynicism at times.

But if you’re the type to read a newspaper’s editorial, you’re already likely to vote.

It’s your kids or grandkids that we’re worried about.

We want you to grab them by the ear – yes, physically – and drag them to an Elections Canada office to register and vote.

For those whose

young’uns aren’t of age, take them with you to the polling station on Oct. 19.

Tell them why you’re doing what you’re doing and why it’s important.

For all the millennials’ faults, this country will be theirs one day, and the best legacy we can leave them is the know-how to take control of it.

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MY VIEW KEITH BALDREY

Can the NDP come back?

With less than two weeks to go before voters head to the polls, it’s worth asking whether the perceived frontrunner at the beginning of this long election campaign can find a way to be competitive again.

I’m referring, of course, to Tom Mulcair and the federal NDP.The heady days of late July and early August, when they enjoyed the rare status of topping pretty well every opinion poll, seem long ago.

Now, the party has taken itself out of a seemingly tight three-way race. It has slumped in the vitally important and riding-rich provinces of Quebec and Ontario and now runs the risk of being leapfrogged

by Justin Trudeau and the Liberals, a seemingly unthought-of scenario just a few weeks ago.The party still appears to be strong in B.C., but the Conservatives also seem ready to protect most of their turf here, and it is the federal Liberals who may gain the most at the Conservatives’ expense – not necessarily the New Democrats.

So what the heck happened?

First of all,Trudeau’s outside-the-box announcement that he would abandon balanced budgets in the short term in favour of billions of dollars in stimulus spending for infrastructure caught the NDP flat-footed.

With Mulcair already firmly committed to bringing in balanced budgets, Trudeau’s move not only

separated himself from the other two leaders, but he effectively shackled Mulcair to Harper’s side when it comes to budgeting.

But a bigger reason for the NDP’s slide can be found in Quebec.

The Conservatives have relentlessly pushed their ban on wearing the niqab during citizenship ceremonies, a vote-determining issue really only in Quebec, which, unfortunately for the NDP, is the province that is home to most of the party’s seats.

While slumping fortunes in Quebec have been the NDP’s biggest problem, it has not been helped by a surprising good campaign by Trudeau and by a well-defined but almost grossly cynical campaign

by Stephen Harper and the Conservatives.

And Mulcair hasn’t been helped by sniping by his own side at his attempts to shift the party more to the political centre.

Of course, there are still almost two weeks left in the federal campaign, so there is still time for Mulcair to pull things together and regain the momentum he appeared to have at the beginning of the campaign. But every day becomes more precious now. And for now, what was once a tight threeway race seemingly being led by the NDP has become a two-party affair, with the NDP relegated to the status it was mired in for decades: third place.

Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global B.C

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Liberals, NDP should have cooperated to take down Harper

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Dear Editor: To all the Liberal and NDP supporters who say the Green party should not be contesting seats in this election because the first priority is to get rid of Harper, I say this: If the first priority is to get rid of Harper, then why didn’t those two parties start the campaign by sitting down with each other – and any other non-Conservative parties who wished to participate – and agree not to run against each other in any riding across the country?

This would have ensured the victory of an anti-Harper coalition that could legislate proportional voting for future elections and prevent any party with as little popular support as the Conservatives from forming a majority government ever again.

As it is, I fear we may see a repeat of 2011 wherein the opposition parties split the antiConservative vote and allow Harper to hold majority power with less than 40 per cent of the vote.

Greg DePaco, New Westminster

Tory candidate should show her face at local events Dear Editor Re: Where, oh where can local Tory be?, The Record, Sept. 30.

According to the Conservative Party, a fundamental requirement for participation in our democracy as a citizen is to show your face to the Canadian public.

So why is it that their candidate here in New West refuses to “show her face” to the citizens of New Westminster?

Karl Moser, New Westminster

Upstart takes on brawler in a battle for the country Dear Editor We are watching the final rounds of a marathon fight. The charismatic young upstart, Justin Trudeau, has the dour old champion, Stephen Harper, second-guessing himself.

Comparisons can be made with the first boxing match between Cassius Clay (who later changed his name to Mohammad Ali) and Sonny Liston.

Fifty years ago, a brash young man danced, bobbed and weaved just outside the reach of a ponderous seasoned brawler. To the surprise of many, the glib young challenger beat the sullen brutish champion.

Much like Clay, Trudeau mixes up his (political) punches with left and right combinations: jabs, crosses, hooks and uppercuts.

Harper, an acknowledged master of dirty tricks, primarily relies on right jabs and low blows while waiting for an opportunity to land a knockout punch with his formidable right hand.

The results of the ongoing political battle are difficult to predict, but Trudeau’s career is just beginning and Harper’s is all but over.

Lloyd Atkins, Vernon

ruffdeezy The earth hasn’t warmed since 1996. This newspaper is a far left campaign brochure. iamli3 yes we have , as most people aren’t even aware that we’re in the middle of the 6th great mass extinction on this planet right now , though the weapons of mass distraction known as the corporate media have done their best to try and hide this fact , so that’s not exactly something ppl could automatically know right away when it happens , which is why we have to do everything we can to inform the people what’s going on so we can try to save what’s left of the planet’s life support systems before it’s to late.....

Absent Tory candidate gets readers talking Trevor Townsend The deck is stacked against non-NDP candidates in New West. I would think the Conservatives see no vote-value, only risk, in attending these small community events, especially with a local paper refers to the Tory woman as “Chloe”, but the men by their last names. ruffdeezy Why would the candidate show up? A bunch of leftist journalists want a headline. The story was written before knowing if she was even going to show up.

Rod P Drown I don’t have time to comment at length on this column but I am quite exasperated with Chloe Ellis. I’m of the old school of politics that says that if you go into politics you make sure during the campaign that you meet as many of your potential constituents as possible – by as many methods as possible. Unlike the columnist, I am not sure that Prime Minister Harper or party headquarters has ordered Ms Ellis to keep her head down and out of sight. I rather suspect the fault for her absence may lie with her campaign manager Ryan Warwara (Sp? Perhaps..) who is, yes, the son of MP Mark Warwara and I have done some Googling and have found that young Mr Warwara might possibly be the sort of fellow who might try to take over a young inexperienced candidate’s campaign and give her unhelpful advice.

I am also not in complete agreement with the columnist in her assumption that New Westminster is not a winnable riding for the Tories. After all Paul Forsyth held it for several terms but perhaps with subsequent redistributions the Conservatives’ chances have declined. Anyway, I think Chloe Ellis should IGNORE party instructions (if there have been some) and run like her (political) life depended on it. After all, there’s always next time!

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Get on with Pattullo Continued from page 1 the rehabilitation project was going to have on their roads.

“We already deal with congestion. I think eliminating capacity of the Pattullo Bridge and having those types of closures would have made a difficult situation even worse in our community,” he told the Record.

“The reality is the bridge is reaching the end of its life expectancy.”

Cote believes TransLink’s decision means the region has an opportunity to focus its efforts on replacing the bridge.

“TransLink indicated that within two years’ time that they will have a final decision and a final plan, but NewWestminster is actually going to try and advocate for speeding that up,” he said. “Given that we already have the funding sources identified, we already have an agreement in terms of the size of the bridge from the mayors’ council, we actually think that within one year, if we put our minds to it,TransLink, Surrey and NewWestminster and the provincial government should be able to resolve

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The Pattullo Bridge, built in 1937, is one of the oldest crossings in MetroVancouver. Earlier this year, Metro Vancouver residents rejected TransLink’s plan to raise funds for transit and transportation improvements by raising the sales tax in the region by 0.5 per cent.

While that decision causes some uncertainty for projects in the region, Cote said the Pattullo Bridge was supposed to be mainly funded by tolls.

“Given that the provincial government has al-

ready offered up a portion of funding that would essentially make up the funding gap, to me there is absolutely no financial reason why that project can’t go ahead right away because it does not need another funding source,” Cote said. “As long as it goes ahead as accepted in the mayors’ plan, I actually don’t see any barrier why we can’t be going ahead.

Certainly, NewWestminster is going to be pushing for that to go ahead as soon as possible.”

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Using a five-year average, meanwhile, will help avoid any large fluctuations in pay, according to Slade-Kerr.

Trustee Michael Ewen called the solution “elegant.”

A 36-year trustee, he said the board has tried numer-

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But continuing down that path might have put New West in the same position as Coquitlam, he said.

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The Doncaster, a well-managed bldg conveniently located in the popular Uptown area. come see this spotless, well-kept 700 sq ft 1-bedroom ground level suite with slider doors leading from the living room to a private & quiet northeast facing patio. Building is currently being re-piped & already paid for by current owners. Low maint fee also includes heat & hot water. Comes w/insuite storage plus 1 locker & 1 parking stall. One cat okay & rentals currently maxed.

Located close to transit, schools, shopping, parks & more.

Great 1240 sf, 2 bdrm, 2 bath, updated sub penthouse close to Skytrain, Downtown shopping & amenities, schools & parks. This bright & spacious unit features open plan, laminate & tile floors, newer kitchen with granite counters, SS applcs & shaker wood cabinets, gas fireplace & good sized rooms & closets. Building is well maintained & managed and has indoor pool, exercise centre & more.

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Beautiful 4 bdrm, 2 bath, 2400 sf, 1938 character home in the heart of the West End just steps to Grimston Park & close to schools, skytrain & shopping. This lovely bright & spacious home features newer wood kitchen, open plan, hdwd & tile flooring, coved ceilings, large windows, wood burning f/p, HW heating, updated baths, extensive decks & beautifully landscaped private yard with Palm & Mimosa tree. Bsmt area has great newer rec room with wet bar & fridge, wine cellar, French doors to patio area, huge workshop & oversized single garage. Lot: 60’4 x 114.

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Great 11 year old, 2 bdrm, 1 bath, 882 sf, corner suite at the Brockton close to shopping, Starbucks, transit, schools & parks. This lovely suite features 9’ ceilings, open plan, kitchen w/wood shaker style cabinets, insuite laundry & storage, master bdrm w/walk-in closet, LR w/electric fireplace & opens to large fenced patio/yard + more. Friendly building, rainscreened, 2 pets ok, limited rentals currently maxed.

Beautiful 3 level, 3 bdrm + den, 2.5 bath, 2168 sf townhome on greenbelt close to parks, schools, shopping & transit. This lovely home has newer kitchen with island & stainless steel appliances, newer hardwood & carpet flooring, large living room/dining room with gas f/p. Spacious master bedroom with ensuire on top floor and media room and office down.

Double garage & much more. Well maintained & managed complex with newer exterior paint, roofs & garage doors.

Quiet and private, substantially renovated, top floor, 2 bdrm, 1 bath, 800 sf suite facing greenbelt in Fraser Mews close to Canada Games Pool, Queens Park, shopping, schools & transit. This beautiful suite has new dark wood kitchen w/tile backsplash, new bathroom all new laminate & tile floors, light fixtures, doors, trim, plugs, switches, heaters & more. 2 decks & insuite storage.

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#205 420 Carnarvon $349,900

Gorgeous. newer, 4478 sf, 6 bdrm + den, 6.5 bath home featuring vaulted & ornate ceilings, hardwood & granite floors, hot water heating & air conditioning, high end finishing, huge kitchen/family room with island & granite counter & wood kabinets. Hot water on demand, large rooms & picture windows, curved staircase, crown & baseboard moldings throughout, separate spice kitchen with WI pantry, 2 bas f/p, 1 bdrm legal suite down & media room & rec room & another bdrm & bath down. Large covered patio, fenced yard, double garage & more.

Builders/Investors, beautiful river & mountain views fromthis50’x121’lotwithaverylivablehousecurrently leased for $1,800 per month. Located right across the street from Cariboo Park. Home is 1790 sf with 4 bedrooms & 2 baths. Rent the home for now & build your dream home in the future.

Top floor, substantially renovated, 2 bedroom, 1 bath 834 sq ft suite at Fraser Mews. Close to shopping, transit, Queens Park, Canada Games Pool, parks and schools.

This bright spacious lovely suite features new paint, new laminate flooring, updated kitchen and bath, with nice court-yard view. Rentals and 2 pets Ok (max 25 lbs).

Great family area!

Gorgeous river view from this beautiful, bright SE facing corner suite. Spacious 1156 sq ft with 2 bedrooms, 2 bath, newer paint & laminate flooring, gas f/p, in-suite laundry/ storage, ample closet space & updated applcs. Building well maint’d & managed w/ indoor pool, hot tub, sauna, exercise centre, library, roof top deck, on site caretaker & lovely grounds. Great location w/direct access to skytrain & close to Quay, Downtown amenities, Douglas College & more!

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#207 1025 Cornwall $215,000

#314 83 Star Cres $288,800

133 Jardine St $1,398,000

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Gorgeous, fully renovated, 2 bedroom, 1.5 bath 975 sq ft, north facing corner suite featuring laminate & tile floors, newer kitchen & baths with maple cabinets, newer appliances, lighting, paint & more. Great lay-out with large rooms, LR has electric fireplace, bedroom has walk thru closet to 2 pc ensuite. 2 pets ok, flexible possession.

Gorgeous greenbelt courtyard & river views from this quiet west facing, 2 bdrm, 2 bath 936 sq ft suite featuring open plan, 9’ ceilings, gorgeous cherrywood laminate floors, upgraded newer gas f/p, nice covered deck, large mastr bdrm w/walkin closet, newer full size side by side front loading washer/dryer in ample lndry/storage room, nice window coverings & more.

Bldg is well maint’d & managed. Complex offers exercise room, bike storage room and is located just next to the river boardwalks & near transit, shopping & parks/community centre. Community gardens across the street for the avid gardener. Lovely waterfront community! Additional parking spaces available for rent for $30/month.

Gorgeous corner 64.62’ x 321.75’ (20,791 sq ft) sub-dividable lot with 2 street frontages. Has very livable 4 bedroom, 3 bath 2250 sq ft 2 level home with income potential. Peaceful, rural setting in rapidly developing area.

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News College mum on departure of former president Cornelia Naylor

cnaylor@newwestrecord.ca

Douglas College has declined to answer questions about the departure of its former president or why the institution continued to pay him $14,000 a month after he left suddenly last year.

Scott McAlpine left the NewWestminster college on June 16, 2014 to “pursue other opportunities,” ac-

cording to a Douglas announcement at the time.

But the former president stayed on the college’s payroll until the end of the year, taking in $134,432 in salary and benefits after his departure, according to the institution’s 2014 executive compensation report.

The report further stated that – “subject to mitigation” – McAlpine would continue to be paid until

Oct. 16, 2015, up to a maximum severance amount of $227,500.

The college would not confirm whether it terminated McAlpine’s contract “without cause,” but documents obtained by the Record through a Freedom of Information request suggest that was the case.

Besides advising him to turn in his keys and saying his personal belong-

ings would be couriered to him, a letter from board chair ShelleyWilliams dated June 16, 2014 informed McAlpine of his severance arrangements, including a $14,000-a-month salary continuance, extended health benefits, and pension contributions from the college until Oct. 16, 2015.

The letter also offered 12 months of career transition and support services and six

months of continued access to services from Homewood Human Solutions, Douglas College’s mental health and addiction services provider.

Williams noted McAlpine was bound by the terms of his contract to “make all diligent effort” to find new employment and that his salary and benefits would end when he found new work.

If his new job paid less than his Douglas College

post, however, the letter states McAlpine would be topped up until Oct. 16.

The first three paragraphs of the document were blacked out, and requests for an interview withWilliams to answer questions about why McAlpine was terminated and whether he was still being paid by the college were declined.

See more on this story at newwestrecord.ca.

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Meet “human books” and hear about WWII air raids, children’s evacuations, the war effort on the home front and other fascinating stories. Presented by Century House and the Museum and Archives, visitors sit down for a cup of tea with someone who lived through WWII for a 20-minute conversation.

Registration required.

For more information, please call 604.527.4640.

The City of New Westminster wants your thoughts and ideas on how we can better engage with the community.

Take the public engagement survey at www.newwestcity.ca or pick up a copy at any community centre.

With their ‘Get Active’ card, students will have FREE access to all drop-in recreation programs offered by the Parks, Culture and Recreation Department for their Grade 5 year. To qualify, students must be of Grade 5 age (born Jan. 2005 – Dec. 2005) and live in and/or attend school in New Westminster.

GRADE 6 ‘STAY ACTIVE’ PROGRAM: October 1, 2015 - September 5, 2016 The ‘Stay Active’ card provides students with 10 FREE admissions to any drop-in recreation program offered by the Parks, Culture and Recreation Department. To qualify, students must be of Grade 6 age (born Jan. 2004 – Dec. 2004) and live in and/or attend school in New Westminster.

Application forms have been distributed to students through all New Westminster schools. Please check with your school if you haven’t received your application form.

Encourage your students to apply for their ‘Get Active/Stay Active’ card and to use it regularly. For more information, please e-mail searle@newwestcity.ca.

THE GREAT BRITISH COLUMBIA SHAKEOUT Thursday, October 15

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HYACK SQUARE COMMEMORATIVE BRICKS The City of New Westminster will be installing commemorative bricks in Hyack Square. The bricks will be installed in two diagonal lines to reference the historic BC Electric Railway building and the former Canadian Pacific Railway station that were located beside Hyack Square.

Commemorative bricks are available for public purchase for $200, and can be inscribed with two lines of text.

Commemorative bricks are on sale until January 6, 2016. Those interested in ordering a brick can obtain order forms from the City of New Westminster website or by emailing pcr@newwestcity.ca. Alternatively, order forms are available at City Hall and any recreational facilities. For any questions, please call 604-515-3827.

British Columbians must get better prepared before the next big earthquake, and also practice how to protect ourselves when it happens. ShakeOut, a province-wide “Drop, Cover and Hold On” drill, is to help people and organizations do both.

All residents, agencies, businesses, and organizations across British Columbia are encouraged to take part in the largest earthquake drill in Canadian history!

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If you ask New Westminster residents, they will tell you there is no better place than Status Nightclub.

For two decades now, Status keeps drawing scores of locals and out-of-towners who want to experience a wonderful night out with some of the best entertainment in the Lower Mainland.

“I believe Status Nightclub has the whole package - from great management and staff, to décor, great ambiance and some of Vancouver’s best DJ’s,” says its owner Saverio Loria.

Every weekend Status Nightclub showcases incredible entertainment – whether its Fresh Fridays with Dj Rexx playing every genre of music, from Hip hop to R&B, Old school to Reggae and Club Bangers. Bailando Saturdays features a blend of music in two rooms that is quickly becoming the #1 Saturday night outside of Downtown Vancouver.

“In the main room, Djs Supafly and Casanova (Carlos Martinez) play the best Top 40, house, hip hop, R&B, old school and more,” adds Loria.

Saverio Loria, Owner “At the back room, on our live stage, we have Sonora Kings, which is a unique Latin band that plays Salsa, Bachata, Merengue, Cumbia and Reggaeton.”

Loria knows a thing or two about running a successful nightclub. A veteran of nearly three decades in the industry, the hands on proprietor has been named Vancouver Nightlife Awards manager of the Year two years running and Status has garnered The Record’s Readers Choice Award for best dance club.

Besides hiring the best people, Loria credits staying up to date and in touch with what people want and what’s new in the industry.

“If you have never been to Status Nightclub come in and find out why we are the Best Nightclub around,” says Loria.

Status Nightclub is very much a part of the fabric of the community. They host numerous fundraising events, including Kids Sports, in which they raised more than $4,000.

“Status Nightclub will print tickets for your cause, provide an alcoholic beverage with tickets that you purchase and you get to keep all the proceeds,” he adds. “Also if you are able to get 100 people in by 10 pm there will be a $250 bonus thrown in.”

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A “world car” is being made right here in the Royal City.

ElectraMeccanica Vehicles Corp is currently building prototypes for its new single-user electric vehicle at its New Westminster plant.

The Sparrow, as the prototype has been named, has two front wheels, one rear wheel and can reach a maximum speed of 140 kilometres per hour.

“It’s a Single User Vehicle – SUV,” Jerry Kroll, CEO of ElectraMeccanica, says with a laugh.

Kroll, an experienced race car driver, has joined forces with Henry Reisner, whose family’s business, InterMeccanica has been building custom vehicles and automobile parts since 1959, to produce the Sparrow.

“It is the most fun, enjoyable feeling you can get on the road,” Kroll said about the Sparrow. “After a day, you feel like you are wearing Robert Downey’s Ironman suit. It’s around him, it’s just him. It is the coolest feeling in the world.”

Long before the electric car concept and the partnership with Kroll, InterMeccanica was building custom cars at its New Westminster production facility.

Kroll said there is currently one Sparrow prototype on the road, with three more to be done this year.

In November, the company will unveil its new production car, the Solo, which is based on the Sparrow prototype.

“There will be about 120 of them made next year,” he said. “The first 16 are already sold, so we are just starting to take some orders right now.”

Solo will retail for less than $20,000.

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it is a lot lighter weight, a lot less money,” Kroll said.

“As a one-person vehicle you can commute back and forth from wherever you are going because you are in the HOV lane because you are 100 per cent full.Think about it: how much higher than 100 per cent can you get?”

Kroll believes the Solo is the perfect vehicle for folks who need to commute. He says 83 per cent of people commute on their own in a four-person car.

“It’s bonkers,” he said.

“It’s the right size for the right job.”

Leona Green and son Matt, owners of Greens and Beans Deli in Sapperton, will be among the first owners of the ElectraMeccanica Solo.The Greens can’t wait to get a bit greener when their new vehicle arrives in early 2016.

“We saw it driving around Sapperton.We figured out where it was from and gave them a call and had them bring it over. Matt test drove it and he actually fit,” Leona said. “It just fits him like a glove.When you are sitting in it on a nice day, you can have both arms out the window.”

Matt, a former New Westminster Senior Salmonbellie and professional lacrosse player with the Calgary Roughnecks in the National Lacrosse League, will use the car to commute from his home in Langley to the deli in New West.

“Matthew drives a coffee truck from Langley to here every day and then home at the end of the day, which is expensive.We thought we needed something for him to commute back and forth,” Leona said. “It only costs one cent a mile to drive that car so it’s pretty economical. Plus, you can drive in the HOV lane.”

Leona hasn’t had a chance to test drive it, but

SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL: Matt Green takes a seat in the Sparrow, the prototype for the new ElectraMeccanica Solo. Jerry Kroll, CEO of ElectraMeccanica Vehicles Corp, is familiar with driving the made-in-New West electric vehicle and compares it to wearing an Ironman suit.

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Matt took it for a spin.

“He liked the way it drove; we wouldn’t be buying it if he didn’t. He took a really long test drive - the guy was getting nervous, he was gone so long,” she laughed. “He was having fun. It’s very eye-catching.

When you drive by, everybody looks at it.”

The Greens will also be placing their deli’s name on the exterior of the Solo and parking it in front of the East Columbia Street eatery.

“In front of the restaurant, there is a spot to park it so it will attract attention to passersby so it will be good for business,” Leona said. “The day it was being test drove I took some party trays outside to see how

many I could fit in the little compartment behind the seat. I can deliver small orders in it.”

While the vehicle can be charged at a regular electrical outlet, Leona hopes to get a charging station as it will get the job done quicker. The Solo will be able to travel up to 140 kilometres when its battery is fully charged.

“It’s just crossed 9,000 kilometres today, of flawless testing,” Kroll told the Record Sept. 18. “There are three more of these type of vehicles hitting the road in the next 60 days. On Nov. 20, we should have our first Solo production vehicle on the road.”

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The government is very interested in supporting us,” Kroll said. “It’s a fantastic use of Canadian technology with worldwide export potential. Because the vehicle is one person, you don’t have to move the steering wheel to the other side of the car to sell it in England, Japan or Australia. It’s truly

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By Don Hauka contributor

It could have been a notably discordant clash between the high school football and music programs.

But they orchestrated a solution that now has them singing from the same song sheet.

When organizers for the Hyacks football program Tailgate Auction and the NWSS music department compared notes recently, they discovered their major fundraisers were set for the same date of Oct. 17.

Organizers of the Hyacks’Tailgate Auction had booked the La Perla Ball-

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room at River Market at Westminster Quay for their event.The music department already had plans to stage their Fan-Of-TheBandathon fund raiser at the high school’s band room.

Rather than settling scores, the two programs decided to conduct themselves in a harmonious manner.The tailgate auction needed a little musical entertainment for its reception, and the music department was looking for sponsors and a little exposure for their event.

So the NWSS Grade 12 R&B/Jazz students will be providing their ensemble –

“Dysfunktional,” a brassy band with a horn section and three singers – to play at the La Perla Ballroom for Tailgate. In return,Tailgate Auction organizers are looking for sponsors to help the music department raise funds for new equipment and the band’s road trip to

New Orleans in April.

“It’s a case of Hyacks working in harmony together to make both events work,” said NWSS Music teacher Steve Clement.

“It seemed to be a good fit.The kids are really excited about it.”

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Community

‘Superhero’ inspired at Minneapolis race Mario Bartel

Special to the Record

On Monday Katie Bartel slipped back into street clothes after spending the weekend as a superhero.

She didn’t wear a cape, or a mask to hide her identity.

But she did wear tights.

That’s because it was cool in Minneapolis-St. Paul where Bartel participated in the Twin-Cities 10-Mile Run as a Medtronic Global Hero.

Bartel was one of 25 heroes from around the world selected by the medical device manufacturer to run in Sunday’s race, or the full Twin-Cities Marathon, as role models of health and fitness despite living with medical challenges. Bartel, 37, has had Type 1 diabetes

On the run: New West resident Katie Bartel was one of 25 ‘heroes’ from around the world chosen as a Medtronic Global hero to run in the TwinCities 10-Mile Run in Minneapolis-St. Paul. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED

since she was nine years old, and for the past six years she’s worn an insulin pump to control her blood sugars.

Other runners in this

year’s contingent of Global Heroes, who came from as far away as Zambia, Moscow and New Zealand, require pacemakers, artificial

heart valves and implanted electronic stimulators to stay alive or to control chronic debilitating conditions.

But that hasn’t stopped them from leading active lives as runners and triathletes.

Bartel started running eight years ago and she got an insulin pump two years later to give her more precise control of her disease during training and races.

The New West local completed two marathons, nine half marathons and numerous 10K and 5K runs.

Bartel had applied twice previously to become a Global Hero, which involved submitting an essay outlining how she uses an active lifestyle to better manage her condition. But

she said getting picked this year was special because it’s the program’s 10th anniversary and previous Global Heroes were travelling from all over the world to celebrate and support the current crop.

Bartel said the stories

the heroes past and present were able to share through the weekend were inspiring and humbling.

“When you see these people, they all have their different challenges, but they’re pushing forward, they’re Continued on page 20

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The City of New Westminster is extending a lifeline to Fraser River Discovery Centre to fund a significant new program.

Discovery Centre, which is located on the waterfront, requested a $60,000 partnership grant for 2016, 2017 and 2018. Council approved $60,000 for 2016, and referred requests for 2017 and 2018 back to the partnership city commit-

tee for review in the regular grant process.

“It was an increase from the traditional grant that Discovery Centre has gotten,” Mayor Jonathan Cote said of the grant approved Sept. 28. “It is pretty much double from last year.”

Cote said Discovery Centre is seeking partnerships, not only from the city but from corporations, for the proposed Working River Project.

“I think Discovery Centre is getting to the fork in the

road where their future is going to be,” he said. “They have developed a plan to really take the Discovery Centre to the next level. I think it’s important the City of New Westminster support that partnership because the alternative may not be as bright of a future for the Discovery Centre. I’m hoping our partnership will help them secure other partnerships to turn that facility into what it really could be.”

Fraser River Discovery Centre’s request for

$60,000 annually for three years is to support the delivery of its education and exhibit program, with a focus on implementing the Working River project, a $2.25 million exhibit that’s set to open in late 2017.

Catherine Ouellet-Martin, executive director of Fraser River Discovery Centre, said the partnership grant from the city has always been very significant to the centre’s operations because it offers strong support for its general program.

“The grant is particularly important this year because we have requested that a portion of the grant help fund the development of the Working River project – an educational exhibit supported by school and public programs – which is our most significant project at the moment,” she said.

“The city’s strong support will be significant in lever-

aging other grants and corporate investments into the Working River project.”

In 2015, the centre received $30,790 from the city through partnership, festival, community, heritage and environmental grants. Fraser River Discovery Centre doesn’t anticipate it will apply for any city grants other than the partnership grant for 2015.

‘Energizing’ run for local hero Continued from page 19 doing things to better their lives,” said Bartel. “They’re not being defined by their medical problems.”

The heroes also got a chance to tour Medtronic’s headquarters, located on a campus on the outskirts of the Twin Cities, where they were able to meet scientists and engineers working on new technology to

make medical devices better, more reliable and less intrusive.That was particularly important for Bartel, whose four-year-old nephew was recently diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes.

“I was excited for me but I was more excited for my nephew; all these advances will benefit him,” said Bartel. “This weekend was as much about him as it was

about me.”

But the highlight of the weekend, filled with mixers and banquets, was the race, which wound around numerous lakes in Minneapolis before crossing the Mississippi River into St. Paul, skirted the huge Cathedral of St. Paul and finished in front of the State Capitol.

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(Editor’s note: Katie Bartel is married to the author.)

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All hail the crossover: king of the sales chart, master of the road, displacer of the stalwart family sedan. Seriously, nobody buys anything with four doors any more unless it’s got a raised up ground clearance and pseudoSUV looks.

There’s a pretty good reason for this state of affairs, and it’s a near total lack of penalty for ride height and increased carry capacity.

Fuel economy levels are about the same for a crossover as a sedan (or at least, close enough given our still relatively affordable fuel prices); so too, is handling approximately the same.

However, not all crossovers are created equal. Some focus on driving efficiency first, some strive to have maximum practicality, some are filled with clever interior technologies, and some are simply resting on the laurels of the badge out front.

A strong-selling model for many years, the Escape could easily fall into the latter category, but here it is updated for the 2016 year. Never mind the battle for sales supremacy, here’s how it does in the quest to end up in your driveway.

Design:

While not overburdened by a huge grille, as seems to so often be the case with modern crossovers, the Escape can be a slightly ungainly looking thing from some angles. As it’s essentially a raised and embiggened version of the Focus hatchback, it’s no longer the simple, boxy machine of the previous generation.

That car had a more honest demeanour, where this one is more complex. Still, a few nips and tucks freshen things up a bit, not least the available 19” alloys that came on this Titanium trim top model.

The big wheels give the Escape a strong-looking profile, and elevate it from humdrum family-hauler

to something a bit nicer. BiXenon headlights, part of an optional tech package, also bring equipment levels up to the level of a more upscale machine.

turbocharged engine with punchy torque, and the top-level 2.0L turbocharged engine making 240hp at 5500rpm and 270 lb/ ft of torque at 3000rpm. Those last are the figures on premium fuel; the 2.0L makes 231hp on regular.

Environment:

Like the Focus, the Escape’s interior is more form than function, and lacks interior storage. It’s no minivan replacement, and you have to look hard to find cubbies for all the stuff that everyday living seems to come with.

But having said that, it’s also a pretty nice cockpit with available heavily-bolstered sport seats, a well-trimmed dash, and an update to the Sync infotainment. This last point is perhaps the most important upgrade.

While the screen remains set back just a little too far, and the redundant buttons placed at an angle that’s not quite ergonomic, Ford’s new touchscreen system is a leap forward that’ll please anyone frustrated by wrestling with the old system. The voice commands still work well – better than many manufacturers’ offerings – but the screen is now easier to read, quicker to respond, and the menus make more sense.

Rear passenger room is good, though better suited to kids rather than adults, and trunk space is just a hair smaller than rivals like the Honda CRV or Toyota RAV4.

It totals 971L with all seats in place, and a capacious 1920 with the rears laid flat. Ford also includes a handsfree tailgate: just wave your foot under the rear bumper to pop open the trunk.

Performance:

The Escape comes with several engine options, including a 168hp 2.5L four-cylinder, a 178hp 1.6L

You won’t notice the 9hp drop from using regular gas, so skip the high-octane stuff. As it is, the Escape with the 2.0L option has a surfeit of power, and offers much stronger acceleration than anything else in the segment apart from the similarly turbocharged Forester XT. Add in a chassis that’s, as mentioned, heavily related to the fun-to-drive Focus hatchback, and you’ve got a zippy little crossover with excellent driving dynamics.

Mechanical grip is excellent, and when that gives up, the torque-vectoring front end is capable of braking an inside wheel to haul the nose of the Escape deeper into the corner for better bite.

If anything, it’s like an all-wheel-drive Focus ST with more comfortable seats and better cargo capacity.

There’s plenty of pace here, more than enough for the city street, and only the Mazda CX-5 can really touch the Escape for driving verve; factor in the Escape’s much more potent turbocharged engine, and it’s the quickest mainstream crossover there is.

Features:

As mentioned, the updates to Ford’s Sync system finally bring the Escape’s technological Achilles’ heel in line.

With the brighter screen and larger icons, the satellite navigation and infotainment is far easier to use.

Add in stuff like the handsfree power liftgate, and Ford is providing option levels you’d normally have to step up to a luxury badge to get. In fact, the Escape Titanium makes a pretty strong argument against the equivalent Lincoln model.

Not that it’s inexpensive too. This top-level Escape rang up with options to a heady $40K-plus. That’s just Ford’s business plan – even though the ‘16 is just out, there’s already heavy discounting to make it seem like a better deal.

Official fuel economy figures for the larges 2.0L offering are 8.4L/100kms on the highway for manual-equipped cars, and 11.4L/100kms in the city. While highway mileages can be achieved with gentle driving, the Ecoboost engine will ordinarily be a bit thirsty if you dip into the boost in the city.

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Powerful turbocharged engine; strong chassis dynamics; greatly improved infotainment

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Arts & Entertainment

A New Westminster actor is part of the fun as Pacific Theatre kicks off its 2015/16 season.

Matthew Simons is part of the cast for Smoke on the Mountain, described as “an evening of foot-stomping soul food.”

The bluegrass musical follows the story of the Singing Sanders Family as they end a five-year hiatus to bring their “newfangled” bluegrass sound to North Carolina’s Mount Pleasant Baptist Church.

It’s 1938, and the Great Depression is on its way out, but the residents of the small town are still feeling the hit – but the pastor is determined to bring his congregation into the modern era.

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Foot stompin’: From left, Damon Calderwood, Caitriona Murphy, Matthew Simmons, Gordon Roberts and Mack Gordon in Smoke on the Mountain. PHOTO DAMON CALDERWOOD, CONTRIBUTED

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Get crafty, get baking, get cultured with kids Julie MacLellan FAMILY TIES

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Here’s one for the crafty types out there.

Make + Play, a new craft drop-in class for kids, is starting up at River Market today (Wednesday, Oct. 7).

The classes are geared for kids aged two to five. Each class will start with a story (a couple of children’s authors are even lined up to drop in and read their stories), followed by a craft inspired by the book.

“We will have special guests coming by the classes (kids’ yoga teacher, violinist and more) who will add a unique element and connection to the book we are reading,” Laura Kloet wrote in a message about the classes.

Kids will get their hands on all kinds of activities from painting to pottery, screen printing to string art.

“Whether you’re seeking a rainy-day alternative or inspiring the next Picasso, Make + Play welcomes you and your little ones,” Kloet wrote.

Classes will take place on the second floor of River Market.There’s a drop-in fee of $10, and there’s a limit of 15 kids per class. Registration is required.

Check out www.river market.ca for more, or see www.tinyurl.com/MakeAnd Play1.

RIVER CRITTERS CLASS OFFERS BAKING FOR KIDS While we’re on the subject of River Market, I have to issue a little reminder about their ongoing baking classes for your little foodies.

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classes run every Tuesday morning from 10 to 11 a.m. in the main food hall.

The classes are for kids aged five and under, and they’re led by Katia Mayo of Pamola Bakery.

Kids get a chance to get messy in the name of baking as they create some sweet treats under Katia’s watchful eye, with the help of their parent or caregiver.

You must register ahead for $5 – if any spaces are available, you can also drop in for $8.

Check out www.river market.ca for all the details.

TAKE THE KIDS TO THE SYMPHONY AT TINY TOTS As an orchestra nerd from way back, I couldn’t be more excited about this one!

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra has long held a popular series of Tiny Tots concerts for toddlers and preschoolers – but parents have always had to venture out of town to enjoy them.

Now, the concerts are coming to town: the fourconcert series will be presented on Saturday mornings at the Anvil Centre.

The concerts feature Let Your Music Shine With Lisa and Linda, an introduction to orchestral music geared specially at the under-five set.

On Saturday, Oct. 31, families can enjoy Folk and Fiddlin’Time. On Saturday, Dec. 5, it’s Holiday Hooray!, while Feb. 20 sees Jumpin’ Jazz Time and May 14 sees the Shine-Time Music Olympics.

All the concerts run at both 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. in the Anvil Centre Theatre.

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LET’S TALK BABIES In a previous column, I brought you some information about Baby Talk sessions at Centennial Community Centre and totally forgot to include the time – the sessions for parents and their babies up to nine months old run 1 to 2:45 p.m. every Wednesday.

It’s a free drop-in group, and each session features a guest speaker on a different baby-related topic, plus a chance for parents to socialize and weigh their babies.

Call 604-777-6740 for information – or just drop in.

And while I’m at it, if you’re a new parent or the parent of a young child, and you’re really looking for some other adults to hang out with, here’s a cool idea.

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on family- and parenting-related events and issues to Julie, jmaclellan@newwestrecord.ca, or find her on Twitter, @juliemaclellan.

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His downtown location provides convenient access to the courthouse library, the Land Title Office, legal support service providers such as Dye & Durham Corporation, and major banks.

As a sole practitioner, Stephen values his clients’ time and is committed to providing professional and personalized services.

“Because so much of my work goes on behind the scenes, I particularly value timely client communication,” says the longtime area resident and married father of three.“Client communication is a two-way street: actively listening to client concerns, and explaining legal matters in everyday language.”

Educated in law at the University of B.C., Stephen previously earned a business degree in management science from SFU. In May 2015, he reached 11 years of call to the British Columbia bar.

Stephen credits his success in part to the referral partnerships he has built over the years within the community. Stephen Graf & Company recently won a 2015 Readers’ Choice Award (Law Firm) and was nominated for New Small Business of the Year at the New Westminster Chamber of Commerce in 2014.

Stephen is striving to establish himself as a leader in legal technology.“I also enjoy a good working relationship with an experienced real estate paralegal whose skill with legal technology complements mine,” he says.“I like using legal technology as long as it gives my clients a better experience. It can help me work faster for my clients without sacrificing accuracy, and it can provide more ways to communicate.”

Stephen Graf looks forward to welcoming new and existing clients to his firm, located at #480-604 Columbia St., New Westminster. For more information, call 604-314-5700, email mail@stephengraf.com or visit www.stephengraf.com.

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For a privately held British Columbia company, annual maintenance involves filing an annual report with the Registrar of Companies and holding an annual general meeting (AGM) of shareholders.

STEPHEN GRAF Rather than hold an actual meeting, you may pass resolutions consenting to the business you would transact.

Your company should complete its annual maintenance within two months of its anniversary date. Otherwise, your company might have a problem if it wants to borrow, tries to sell its business, or faces a tax audit.

If your company does not file an annual report for two years in a row, the Registrar of Companies may dissolve your company, causing any land your company owned in British Columbia to go back to the provincial government.

This column is legal information, not legal advice. If you or someone you know wants to keep up a British Columbia company’s annual maintenance, please contact me.

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Arts & Entertainment Pop-up art this weekend The Gallery at Queen’s Park is continuing its venture into the world of popup exhibitions.

Hot on the heels of its first successful pop-up show, the Arts Council of New Westminster is continuing with a second one this weekend: Across the River, presented by Artists in the ‘Boro.The exhibition features a variety of mediums, including painting, photography, textiles and ceramics, and it’s on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 10 and 11, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

“NewWestminster is a diverse city with many unique neighbourhoods.We are proud to recognize the artists of Queensborough with this exhibition in our gallery in Queen’s Park,” said Ste-

Poppin’ in: Visitors check out the first pop-up exhibition at the Gallery at Queen’s Park, featuring the New West Artists group, in September.

The second pop-up is on this weekend. PHOTO RECORD FILES

phen O’Shea, executive director of the arts council, in a press release.

Artists in the show include Reny Auger, Arthur Babiarz, Ginny Bryson, Dale Costanzo,Tony Donnelly,Terry Erickson, Joann

Heringer, Pepe Hidalgo, Jessica Huynh, Karen Justice, Jean Konkle and Kelly A. Lambert.

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Royal City residents are invited to enjoy a cup of tea and a chat with someone who lived through the Second World War The New Westminster Museum and Archives and Century House are teaming up to host a “human books” event on Saturday, Oct. 10. People will be invited to have a 20-minute conversation with nine past and current residents who lived through the war and can share stories about air raids, children’s evacuations, the effort on the home front and more.

Malcolm Smith, a child evacuee from Portsmouth, U.K., saw his family home and shop bombed, witnessed the bombing of a pig farm and learned how to avoid being machinegunned. Doris Mulley’s experiences including travelling across the Atlantic, experiencing rationing in Canada and playing games during blackouts.

Renee Henry, Rita Eleiter, David Cordery, David Levy, Joanna Zabinsky, Eileen Glavin and Laberta Hamill are also “human books” who will also share their stories.

Visitors can ask questions about air raids, children’s evacuations, battle accounts, the war effort on the home front and more.

The World War Two café takes place on Saturday, Oct. 10 from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. at Anvil Centre.The all-ages event is by donation.

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to register, call 604-5274640.

EMERGENCY DRILL ON WATERFRONT New Westminster firefighters recently evacuated some residents from two buildings on the Quay after a chemical spill on the train tracks near Quayside Drive.

But not to worry – the chemical spill was part of an emergency drill conducted

by New Westminster’s police and fire departments.

“We set up an exercise with Southern Rail and did a bit of a mock drill on how we deal with a rail car that has either been damaged or compromised through vandalism, etc.,” Deputy Fire Chief John Hatch explained. “We worked with our crews on a quick response.”

The emergency preparedness exercise got underway about 10 a.m. on Sept. 26, with a “fire” to a rail car on the train tracks east of the Kruger plant.

“We used movie set fog machines that makes it look like its actual smoke,” Hatch said. “Our crews come down and go through their identification processes and

identify the product.”

Southern Rail, one of four railroads operating in New West, was part of the drill, as were police and fire departments, Emergency Health Services - B.C. Ambulance Service, the Salvation Army and local residents.

Residents of two Quayside buildings were given the option of whether they wanted to take part in the training exercise.

“We did have 60 or so participants,” Hatch said.

“Inside the buildings, we communicated through the public addressing system and announced there was an exercise taking place, that it was a drill.”

Following the two-anda-half hour exercise, groups taking part in the drill held a post-incident analysis.

“It was very good,” Hatch said. “I think it is something that will grow in the future once people realize what our objective was.”

Although signs were posted and notices were distributed to alert area residents to the training exercise, Hatch said the city notified Continued on page 34

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CITY SELLS COMMEMORATIVE BRICKS The City of New Westminster is inviting community members to purchase dedication bricks to honour somebody special.

Dedication bricks are now available for purchase and will be installed at the Wait for Me Daddy statue in Hyack Square on Family Day – Monday, Feb. 8, 2016.The last day to order dedication bricks is Jan. 6, 2016.

Do you want to commemorate a family member or the birth of a child?

Celebrate an anniversary or birthday? Pay tribute to someone in the military or emergency services? These are just some of the ideas the city has proposed for the bricks.

Bricks, which are $200, can have a maximum of 36 characters, including spaces and punctuation. For more information, visit www.new westcity.ca or call 604-5153827.

DOUGLAS COLLEGE HEADS TO UGANDA Students and faculty from Douglas College will be among a group of 20 who are calling Uganda home for the next six months.

The college received federal funding to host the InternationalYouth Initiative Program, which allows postsecondary graduates from across Canada to complete internships in the East African country while gaining experience in education, health and social services.

The group left for Uganda on Sept. 23.

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Melissa Pulach, a student in the child and youth care counsellor program, previously volunteered with Douglas College’s Uganda project.

“I’m so excited to go back,” she said. “I fell in love with Uganda – not just the country, but the people and the culture.”

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As this final issue approached over the past weeks, we received a number of questions about the early community papers.

With that in mind, today we offer some bits and pieces of New Westminster newspaper history.

In 1859, New Westminster’s first year, residents could follow news in the Victoria paper, the British Colonist. However, there was

seem to provide most of the background information about the Royal City of the 1800s.

It always pays to remember however, that there were others that also published news and provided the other aspects of what newspapers could offer.

There were also the North Pacific Times, the Dominion Pacific Herald,The Examiner,The Truth,The Morning Ledger, theWestminster Courier and others.

Some of these were shortlived and perhaps were not really much of a newspaper, but they should be remembered for what information they might hold and they are parts of this historical theme.

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Most people, in identifying the city’s first paper, overlook The NewWestminster Times (etc.) and bring up the name of our longest serving publication, The British Columbian, later known simply as the Columbian.

That paper began in 1861, and after ceasing publication for a period in the late 1800s, returned and continued into the 1980s.

Its presses finally stopped in the summer of 1983.

The paper that filled the years 1869 to 1889 when the Columbian wasn’t publishing, and for part of that time with the two overlapping, was the Mainland Guardian.

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The local theatre company is staging Other Desert Cities, Jon Robin Baitz’s family drama, until Oct. 24.

It stars Julia Grace as BrookeWyeth, a strongminded NewYorker who returns home to celebrate Christmas with her family and announces that she is about to publish a memoir that dredges up a family secret. She’s joined onstage by Rob Stover, Miles Lavkulich, Nancy Ebert and Karen Golden.

It’s on at the Bernie Legge Theatre in Queen’s Park, Thursday to Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m.

Tickets are $15, or $13 for students and seniors. Reserve at 604-521-0412.

MUSIC STUDENTS GEAR UP FOR BANDATHON Can you lend a hand to some of the best music students around?

NewWestminster Secondary School is once again holding its Fan of the Bandathon fundraiser, as band and choir students join forces on Saturday, Oct. 17 to make music for 12 straight hours. Students can sign up for three-, six- or 12-hour shifts, and the event involves kids from Grade 8 through Grade 12.

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Realize the positive potential in everyday life DavidicusWong HEALTHWISE

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When we are young, our potentials may seem vast.

Choosing a career can be a daunting task for the young.

When I’m counselling my own children, my young patients and others at a crossroads in their studies or careers, I draw them the four intersecting circles Steven Covey conceived in his book The Eighth Habit: your passions, your talents, your values and the needs of the world.Where these four circles intersect is your calling.

Joseph Campbell said, “Follow your bliss”; heed the call and do what you were meant to do.When you listen to life and rise up to meet the challenge, you

will find meaning and purpose.

Mahatma Gandhi said, “Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.”

But the call can change throughout our lives.We may receive the calling to a profession or mission in early adulthood or even in midlife.Your calling at age 26 may be to be the best parent you can be to your child.

When your career is established, your calling may be of generativity - What can you give forward to others and to the future?

Campbell also said:“You must give up the life you planned in order to have the life that is waiting for you.”

Each day, there are opportunities to followthrough on the impulse to

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There is a positive potential to be realized in each day.We must see, feel and act.

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Your Positive Potential for Health How do you define health?

Many think of health as the absence of disease; indeed, health care is then

seen as the treatment of illness or injury. I see that as a negative and reactive approach to well-being.

I see health as the dynamic balance of the important areas of your life (your body, your emotions, your environment, your family, your social relationships, your vocation, your mind and your spirit) and the achievement of your positive potential in each of these areas.

What that positive potential is begins with an understanding of your strengths

and challenges in each area and is guided by your own values, moves towards your own personal goals.

Considering your family relationships, you could ask, “What are my greatest goals and what is my ideal vision for my family?”We have to move beyond what is wrong to what can be great.

When I chaired the ethical resources committee at Burnaby Hospital, I would ask the question, “Given the medical facts and this individual’s values, what is the

right course of action? What is the positive potential of this patient’s situation? What is the best we can do for this individual?”

In the presence of chronic conditions, such as diabetes and heart disease, we can empower individuals with education and professional support so that they remain in control and experience the best quality of life on their own terms.

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FOOTBALL

Hyacks open season Friday Cayley Dobie

cdobie@newwestrecord.ca

The varsity AAA Hyacks return to Mercer Stadium on Friday for their first western conference game of the regular season.

It’s been two weeks since the boys in black and orange celebrated homecoming with a 2110 win against G.W. Graham, and after a week of rest they’ll be looking to kick off the regular season with a win.

The local team is ranked No. 5 among varsity AAA teams in the province, with a 2-1 record against B.C. competition in the exhibition season. On Friday, they’ll be taking on Belmont Secondary.The island team hasn’t seen much action in the pre-season, playing only one game in mid-September against Centennial Secondary – a game they lost 29-17.

Friday’s game is at Mercer Stadium. Kick-off is at 5 p.m.

JUNIORS KICK OFF REGULAR SEASON Also coming off a bye week is New Westminster Secondary’s junior varsity football team.

The junior Hyacks had a stellar pre-season, winning all three exhibition games in September.

Their last game, against Surrey school Lord Tweedsmuir saw the Hyacks win 28-6.

Like their AAA varsity counterparts, the juniors will be looking for a win to open the regular season.

On Friday, they’ll face off against JV AAA West rivals Belmont Secondary, a team that dominated its first two exhibition games before falling to Ballenas 26-20 last week.

The junior game kicks off at 2 p.m. on Friday, also at Mercer Stadium.

SPORTS IN BRIEF

Girls club gets to work on the court Cayley Dobie

cdobie@newwestrecord.ca

Rollers in New Westminster are getting a chance to prove they’ve got what it takes to compete.

The Royal City Rollers girls basketball club is now part of the Vancouver Girls Basketball Association’s fall pre-season league.The senior division tipped off last weekend with games, played in Vancouver, continuing every Saturday night until Nov. 8.

Up until now, we have only been a practice team …

The local club was founded last year by Stephen Bruyneel and Jim Butts in an attempt to offer girls an opportunity to hone their skills on

the court outside of the school setting. All the girls in the club, the majority of whom are in Grade 10, play basketball for New Westminster Secondary, so when the chance to play in the Vancouverbased pre-season league came up this year, the girls jumped at it, Bruyneel said.

“Up until now, we have only been a practice team, but when this opportunity came up, the girls wanted to try and take advantage of it as a way to prepare for the upcoming school season,” Bruyneel said in a media release.

The hope is that by joining this league, the girls will get a chance to work on their skills against other senior teams in the area in time for the beginning of the high school basketball season, which starts in mid-November, he added.

“Our goal is to have fun and try to apply what we Continued on page 44

Fierce: Emily McKinnon, No. 4 in red, defends the ball as she travels downfield. McKinnon and her u15 New West field lacrosse team beat Burnaby 6-3 on Saturday in a game at Burnaby Lake. Below, McKinnon reaches for the ball. PHOTO CHUNG CHOW

Got game?

New West girls do

New Westminster’s u15 girls field lacrosse team showed opponents in Burnaby that it doesn’t matter if they’re playing at home or not, they’re in it to win it.

New West dominated Burnaby’s u15 team at Burnaby Lake on Saturday, outscoring the home team

6-3.

The girls have the weekend off as Pacific Coast Field Lacrosse play takes a break for Thanksgiving.

The u15 team returns to Queen’s Park on Oct. 17 against Surrey.

– Cayley Dobie

Tough girls: Above, Olivia Smith, in red, runs downfield with the ball during New West’s u15 match against Burnaby last weekend. Left, Priya Sidhu, in red, fights for the ball. PHOTOS CHUNG CHOW

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Cycling event Saturday Continued from page 43 learned over the summer at our shooting and ball-handling practices,” Bruyneel said.

This Saturday, Oct. 10, the hometown girls take on the Red Devils.

QUEEN’S PARK HOSTS CYCLING EVENT Cyclocross enthusiasts will descend on New Westminster this weekend for the Queens CX race.

The event is one of seven cyclocross races, a muddy, off-road, trail-style bike race, across the Lower Mainland

this fall presented by Vancouver Cyclocross Coalition.

Saturday’s event gets started at 10:30 a.m. with the Beginner C races, which include novice men, novice women, as well as u15 and u13, followed by Elite A races, including the elite men’s 60-minute race, elite women and master men for 40+. At 1:15 p.m. the Intermediate B races, including intermediate men and women, single-speed racers, and u19 and u17 races, get started.

There will also be a

chance for young riders to show off their skills during the 45-minute kids’ race starting at 12:45 p.m.

BREW HA HA AT THE CURLING CLUB There’ll be a barn yard party over at the Royal City Curling Club on Saturday.

The second annual Barn Yard Brew Ha Ha invitational bonspiel runs all day with games at 10 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.The event is hosted by the Pigs on Tour curling club and this year includes 12 teams.

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