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Trust fund set up for slain youth

Remembered: Friends and family set up a memorial near where Karim Meskine was found unconscious on Dec. 17 in New West. The 19-year-old was laid to rest on Dec. 24 at Victory Memorial Park in White Rock.

Karim Meskine remembered as a ‘quiet and shy’ young man by his many friends

BY CAYLEY DOBIE REPORTER cdobie@royalcityrecord.com

Karim Meskine turned 19 years old on Dec. 20 – the same day his family gathered at Royal Columbian Hospital to take the young man off life support.

The day that should have been a happy occasion for Meskine and his family was marked by tragedy.

“His dad was supposed to have a surprise party or something for him – and this all happened,” Tunde Alatise, a close family friend, told The Karim Meskine: Province.

Surrey resident The 19-year-old Surrey resident was walking near 22nd SkyTrain station at about 8 p.m. on Dec. 17 when a 16-year-old allegedly beat

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Meskine with a bat after attempting to rob him, as previously reported by The Record.

Meskine was found unconscious by a passerby and taken to hospital, where he remained in a coma until Dec. 20, according to police.

“You hear (these stories on) the news sometimes, you don’t know the degree it has on the family, but when it happens close to home, it’s just so sad.”

Alatise wasn’t the only friend shocked to hear the news of what happened to the teen many describe as “quiet and shy.”

“I didn’t believe something like this would happen to him,” said Margaret

Bertrand, a longtime friend of Meskine.

“I’ve never seen him hurt anybody, … he would never do anything to hurt anyone and so for something this tragic to happen to him, it’s just not something that I think would ever happen to him.”

Bertrand and a group of Meskine’s friends from high school organized a memorial dinner at a restaurant in Surrey on Dec. 23. At the event they collected more than $500 in donations for a trust fund that has been set up in memory of Meskine, who leaves behind his parents, two younger brothers and a younger sister.

Meskine was laid to rest on Dec. 24 at

Victory Memorial Park in White Rock, following a prayer service attended by family and friends at Surrey’s Jamea Mosque.

Police arrested a 16-year-old suspect shortly after Meskine was found on Dec. 17. The youth, who will not be named, was eventually charged with assault with a weapon and aggravated assault, but those charges were upgraded when Meskine passed away.

The youth is now facing a seconddegree murder charge. He appeared in court for a bail hearing on Dec. 24 – the ◗Donations Page 4

Collect those loonies: Parking costs jump this year

BY THERESA MCMANUS REPORTER tmcmanus@royalcityrecord.com

Royal City residents will be paying more to park in New Westminster come this brand new year of 2014.

On-street parking rates throughout the City of New Westminster will increase by 40 cents per hour on Jan. 1, 2014. The

increases bring parking rates up to $1.50 per hour on 12th Street and $1.75 per hour in Sapperton, uptown and downtown commercial areas.

A press release from the city states the rate increase accompanies the implementation of new technology designed to improve service and convenience for parking customers.

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“Our new pay stations will allow people to pay for parking by credit card or through their smart phone using a mobile app as an alternative to coins,” said Sukh Maghera, the city’s parking and animal services coordinator in a press release. “The goal in introducing the two new payment options is to make paying for parking as easy as possible.”

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The city began replacing parking meters with pay stations in the Sapperton business area in 2011 and will continue to install pay stations throughout the city in 2014, starting in the downtown. The city expects to complete installation of pay stations citywide by the end of 2015.

The city is also working on plans to introduce a mobile payment service.

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◗IN THE NEWS A Year in Cartoons: Looking back at 2013 ◗P6,7 Lively City: Reflecting on the arts scene in 2013 ◗P10

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NEWS

Who made the Only in New West Hall of Fame?

Looking back at the year that was

It was a year many Royal City residents won’t soon forget.

As we look forward to a new year, we also look back on 2013 – a year filled with more drama in New West than a reality show.

The year started out with a sighting of a bird that’s never been seen before in Canada and ended with a tragic murder of a 19-year-

Check out all our Record award winners for 2013 Not too late to get tickets for Johnny Cash and Buddy Holly tribute show

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JANUARY

Friends and foes of the paramount Gentlemen’s Club faced off on opposing sides of the street in uptown New Westminster.

As part of a social justice class project, students at Dr. Charles Best Secondary petitioned city council to revoke the Paramount’s licence, prompting supporters to rally on the businesses behalf.

Check out our columnists in health, fitness, food, history and more

Birders from near and far descended on Queen’s Park after a red-flanked bluetail that would normally be wintering in Southeast Asia arrived in New Westminster. It was the first time this bird has been reported in Canada.

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ition to a proposed coal facility across the river at Fraser Surrey Docks, and the tragic railway derailment in Lac Megantic, Quebec brought railway safety issues to the forefront.

Take a look back at some of the year’s headlines starting below and continuing on pages 8 and 9.

Schools, coal make headlines

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prominent heritage buildings on Columbia Street were gutted by a fire in October.

Throughout the year, the city and residents spoke out about increased traffic – a continuing story as a toll hike takes effect on the Port Mann Bridge this month.

City council and many community members voiced oppos-

old Surrey boy in a completely random attack.

In between, there were many highs and lows.

On the upside, construction of much-needed new schools appears to be on track as École Qayqayt takes shape on the former St. Mary’s site. On the downside, two of the city’s most

The Bailey Bridge was assessed and found to have a couple of significant splits on trusses. It meant the onelane bridge that connects New Westminster to Coquitlam had to be temporarily closed so repairs could be made.

Port Metro Vancouver officials appeared before city council to offer information about a proposed coal transfer facility at Fraser Surrey Docks and to promise that “fugitive” coal dust will be addressed as part of the application’s review process.

MARCH

The New Westminster School District announced that secretary-treasurer Brian Sommerfeldt wouldn’t be returning to the district and was pursuing other opportunities. Shortly before Sommerfeldt went on medical leave, the New Westminster district parent advisory council contemplated a motion to request that he be replaced but didn’t

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For justice: From left: Leada Stray, Chief Sandra LaFramboise and Merry Q Contrary march from city hall to the courthouse at a Justice for January rally in January. Organizers were calling for justice for January Lapuz, who died in New Westminster on Sept. 29, 2012. They were also asking for human rights protection for all transgender and transsexual individuals.

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vote on the motion. (The Record later learned through a freedom of information request that Sommerfeldt would receive $195,000 in severance for his four years of employment with the district.)

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New Westminster residents faced a 2.9 per cent tax increase in 2013, with staff projecting further increases in the years ahead as Anvil Centre and an expanded Queensborough

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New Westminster School District broke ground for the new $23.2 million École Qayqayt Elementary School on the former St. Mary’s Hospital site. The groundbreaking marked the first of three planned school construction projects in New Westminster,

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with a new middle school on the John Robson Elementary School site and a replacement for New Westminster Secondary School to follow.

The Quayside Community Board’s No Coal Rally attracted more than 40 people, as well as members of the Raging Grannies.

Fraser Surrey Docks had applied to Port Metro Vancouver to operate a coal transfer facility at its facility, which is across the river from the Quay and Queensborough neighbourhoods. ◗Year in Review Page 8

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BOARD GETS HELP TO FIND NEW SUPERINTENDENT The New Westminster board of education has brought in a recruiting company to help it find a replacement for outgoing superintendent John Woudzia.

The board is engaging in a two-step process to hire a new superintendent, says an update from the district. The plan is to establish an interim replacement in the short term, until a new superintendent is hired, according to the district.

The board has contracted the services of GoFutureHR Inc. to lead the search for a replacement for a new superintendent.

Meanwhile, Woudzia is slated to start his new position as vice-president of education and student services at Vancouver Community College (VCC) on Feb. 3. He has been the district’s superintendent for more than eight years.

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Donations: Trust fund set up in Meskine’s name ◗ continued from page 1

same day the funeral service was held for Meskine.

The details of the hearing will not be released. The youth will remain in custody until his next appearance sometime in the new year.

Anyone wishing to donate to Karim Meskine’s trust fund can do so at any TD branch using branch number 9028 and account number 6083916. If anyone wants to send e-transfers they can do so via the email karimtrustfund@gmail.com.

For more information on the trust fund or how to donate, visit www.facebook.com and search “R.I.P Karim.”

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Pattullo debate will ramp up

BY THERESA MCMANUS REPORTER tmcmanus@royalcityrecord.com

The Pattullo Bridge process is expected to ramp up again in late January or early February.

TransLink, New Westminster and Surrey teamed up on a strategic review of 25 options for replacement or rehabilitation of the aging Pattullo, ultimately short-listing those to six requiring further study. The six options still on the table are: a rehabilitated three-lane bridge; a rehabilitated four-lane bridge; a new four-lane bridge; a new five-lane bridge; a new six-lane bridge; and a new four-lane Surrey-Coquitlam crossing with a rehabilitated three-lane Pattullo.

The City of New Westminster hasn’t formally stated which of the options it supports, but city officials have indicated a six-lane bridge would be a nonstarter.

“What I would anticipate is through the next round of consultation, the city is going to start formalizing its positions,” said acting mayor Jonathan Cote. “I think a more likely scenario is the city will be indicat-

ing which options it can’t support out of the final six options as opposed to picking one and only one option.”

Cote, who is co-chair of the city’s master transportation plan committee, expects the city to formulate a position and articulate its reasons for that more clearly during the next round of consultation.

Earlier this month, some Surrey councillors told media the consultation process has “come to a halt” because the option of refurbishing the existing bridge is no longer one of the options TransLink is exploring. One Surrey councillor said New Westminster has asked for the plans to be reviewed numerous times, and “if they continue to delay and filibuster to the end,” TransLink may have no choice than to put some significant investment into the existing Pattullo Bridge.

“You could tell the strategy from their point of view was really to make New Westminster seem parochial and not interested in the larger regional transportation system, which is inaccurate,” Cote said. “There are just some realities about our

road network. We have to start asking these questions because, just because you can build a bigger bridge, if the road network can’t handle it on the other side of the bridge, you spend a lot of money not accomplishing anything. I think the city has its work cut out to better explain and articulate its positions and the reasons we are saying things, and put out that it’s not just a local issue. It is a larger transportation issue.”

Cote said residents have a role to play in the process, by making sure their views are known about the options considered for replacing the Pattullo Bridge.

“I think the city still needs to get the residents a little more engaged,” he said. “It’s when we hear the stories, and people start to come to the consultation that we really start to get the attention of TransLink.”

Bob Paddon, executive vice president of strategic planning and public affairs for TransLink, said the joint review team is continuing to evaluate a number of alternatives agreed by participants in the June 2013 consultation. He provided a statement to The Record

in response to claims by Surrey councillors that New Westminster was putting up roadblocks to the planning process.

“They’ve made good progress, but are not yet ready to finalize recommendations on which alternatives should move forward and which should not be further evaluated,” he said in his statement. “The partners are continuing the review and aim to present their work and recommendations to the public for review early in 2014.”

According to Paddon, the partners in the review team – Surrey, New Westminster, TransLink and Coquitlam have some overlapping and some distinct interests and objectives, which is why they all agreed to this joint review to determine solutions that work for communities on either side of the bridge and the region.

“We’re making good progress and aim to present our work to date early in the new year,” he said.

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Society gets spiffy new dream kitchen kitchen that’s used daily by many residents to be upgraded. The facility now has a solid kitchen that will last for many The folks at the Cliff Block relished the years.

“It shows once again that local comopportunity to celebrate their spiffy new munity groups can work with social serkitchen.

The Lookout Emergency Aid Society, vice groups,” Brown said. “It’s all about the people.” which operates the Cliff Block Brown said Murals & More and other facilities for peoDécor created the one-of-aple at risk of homelessness, kind backsplash based on a recently celebrated a finan- “It shows once piece of art created by one of cial donation from the Rotary again that local the tenants.

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“The Rotary Club of New “Rotary gave us $14,000 to community Westminster receives many redo the kitchen at the Cliff Block,” said Dave Brown, com- groups can work requests and supports a varimunity services manager for with social ser- ety of projects and initiatives,” Louise Perry, secretary for the the Lookout Emergency Aid Society in New Westminster. vice groups. It’s local Rotary Club, said when the club donated the funds. “We “Paul and Murals & More all about the chose the Lookout Society’s Décor provided the backsCliff Block community kitchen people.” plash, all for free.” renovation because it enables Several members of Lookout to provide their tenthe Rotary Club of New DAVE BROWN Westminster recently dropped community services mgr. ants with the necessary tools to cook their own nutritious by the facility and toured the meals, and that plays an imporCliff Block. Tenants served up tant role in making positive changes in some treats created in their new kitchen.

“This was hugely important. The kitch- their lives.”

In addition to the Cliff Block, Lookout en we had had a 10-year lifespan, tops,” also provides supportive housing at The Brown said. “We were over that.”

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2013: A Year in Cartoons

Rice says: Clockwise from top left, Ingrid Rice took aim at the federal science controversy in February, the B.C. election in April, Rob Ford in May, John Cummins in July and Stephen Harper in August.

Through Ingrid’s eyes From the local to the national, there aren’t many headlines that elude the eagle eye of cartoonist Ingrid Rice.

Rice (shown in a self-portrait at right) is responsible for the cartoons that grace our editorial pages throughout the year. She began her career in 1992, freelancing to The Vancouver Sun, and started to syndicate her

work across Canada in 1994.

In celebration of the year past, we’ve chosen a few of our favourite images from 2013 to pay tribute to her work.

Some are pointed. Some are poignant. Some are downright funny. All of them will make you think – and that’s exactly what they’re meant to do.

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Year in Review: Politics, crime, health care make news ◗ continued from page 3

Several New Westminster residents were shaken after taking part in the Boston Marathon and finding themselves in the vicinity of a bomb that exploded near the finish line. The bomb left three dead and hundreds injured.

Longtime city employee Lisa Spitale was named the city’s new chief administrative officer, replacing Paul Daminato, who retired. Spitale is the first woman to fill the top staff position in city hall.

MAY

Judy Darcy retained the NDP’s hold on the Royal City, but her party suffered a devastating defeat in the provincial election that most pundits predicted the NDP to win. Darcy, a rookie MLA, took over from Dawn Black, who retired from politics.

The New Westminster school board cut about 60 positions in order to balance its budget.

Cuts made to balance the books included three administrative positions and about 60 support staff, including 27 special education positions.

The newly expanded Queensborough Community Centre opened for business. The $7.67-million expansion project includes a branch library, police work spaces, an expanded fitness centre, and a licensed child-care centre.

JUNE

The New Westminster School District ended its fiscal year with a shortfall of $4.4 million, which includes a $1.6 million deficit from this year and a $2.8 million deficit carried forward from the previous year.

A school photo from a Grade 2 class at Herbert Spencer Elementary School went viral on the Internet after parents of a boy in a wheelchair expressed concern that he was segregated from his classmates by being positioned far away from his peers. Media around the world, including the Toronto Star, Washington Post and the Daily Mail in the United Kingdom, covered the story.

JULY

Longtime school district critic Wendy Harris raised concerns about the use of “safe rooms” for special needs students and fear the recent cuts to support staff will mean the spaces will be used more often as a way to manage distressed children.

School district officials denied the rooms would be used more frequently because of staff cut-

backs, and noted the space is used to help children whose sensory systems become overloaded in classrooms and become distressed.

Coun. Chuck Puchmayr suggested the city might need to modernize the lancers dance at the May Day banquet, a tradition that sees the members of the Royal Lancers dance with girls in the May Queen suite.

Fraser Health embarked on a $5-million renovation to the emergency department at Royal Columbian Hospital. The renovation aims to improve safety and infection control measures, create more space for trauma patients and enhance the department’s ability to meet standards of care.

AUGUST

Two women who lived in the same apartment building were found dead within two weeks.

Autopsies conducted following the deaths of 48-year-old Karen Nabors and 45-year-old Jill Lyons were inconclusive.

Following the second death, police issued a public warning to women working as online escorts. As the year came to a close, police had yet to confirm the cause of death of the women.

Thousands of people descend on the downtown for the first Columbia StrEAT Food Truck Festival. Not expecting crowds of 15,000 to 20,000 people, many of the food trucks ran out of food early.

SEPTEMBER

A potential school strike was averted when the Canadian Union of Public Employees reached a deal with the provincial government that called for a 3.5 per cent wage increase for support staff over two years.

The union’s collective agreements were negotiated under the province’s “cooperative gains mandate,” which means school districts have to pay for any wage increases.

Faces of 2013: Top, Herbert Spencer students at a Pink Shirt Day assembly in March; above, F.W. Howay Elementary student Anastasia Sabinin is crowned as the city’s 143rd May Queen; Mary Bushman, NWSS principal, retired in July.

Volunteers and frontline workers from Vancouver Rape Relief and Women’s Shelter gathered outside the New Westminster police station to protest what they called the police’s failure to protect women from violence. The protest was in response to the handling of the deaths of two women in New Westminster in August.

OCTOBER

Many community members expressed concern when it was announced that Thrifty Foods will close in Sapperton.

Canada’s Competition Bureau ordered Sobeys to sell 23 gro-

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cery stores in Western Canada, including the Thrifty Foods in Sapperton, before it would approve a $5.8-billion purchase of Safeway Canada.

Two of New Westminster’s most prominent historic commercial buildings were left

in rubble after fire destroyed the E.L. Lewis Block and the Hamley Block on Oct. 10. The fire caused millions dollars of damage, destroyed more than 20 businesses and left other covered in soot and smelling of smoke.

The city showed its “magic” by rallying behind businesses

impacted by the fire and holding fundraisers for a relief fund.

Turmoil continued to plague the Hyack Festival Association, which set a “showdown” meeting where the two camps vying for control of the ◗Year end Page 9

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organization were set to oust the other side from the board. On the morning of the meeting, five directors on one side resigned, while those on the other side of the battle cancelled the scheduled meeting, called a board meeting and named five new directors.

New Westminster city council entered into the Hyack Festival Association mess by taking control of this year’s Santa Claus Parade. The city also asked the registrar of societies to investigate the conduct of the association, and asked for financial records and procedures to conduct an independent audit. It also suspended funding to the organization until its outstanding governance issues are resolved.

Hundreds of people attended a rally on New Westminster’s waterfront to protest a proposed coal transport facility at Fraser Surrey Docks.

New Westminster school district closed its controversial business company in China after changes to provincial rules made it next to impossible to continue. The business company had been turning a profit in recent years. A private company is taking Jolly Old Elf: The internal struggles of the Hyack Festival Association couldn’t stop Santa Claus from coming to town. The annual parade, organized by the city, took to the downtown on Saturday, Dec. 7.

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over the school and the English program in China.

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NOVEMBER

The contributions of community members and businesses were honoured in the 2013 Platinum Awards. Patrick Johnstone was named New Westminster Citizen of the Year, while Keila Stark was selected Junior Citizen of the Year and Katherine Freund-Hainsworth received the Bernie Legge Cultural Award.

The City of New Westminster announced it is considering construction of a district energy system in conjunction with the expansion of Royal Columbian Hospital. The facility would generate energy through wood chip heating or sewage recovery.

A replacement for the aging New Westminster Secondary School moved closer to reality when city council agreed to contribute $10.7 million toward construction of a new Massey Theatre. The school district viewed the move as a “momentous” occasion, as it’s the final cornerstone for the district to move forward with the high school project.

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New Westminster unveiled a new vision for the waterfront that includes 800 housing units and a mix of retail and commercial space at the Larco site. The new vision calls for fewer towers than what had been proposed for the site in the past. At the same time, the city adopted the downtown parking strategy, which calls for the demolition of a portion of the Front Street parkade.

A 19-year-old man was left in a coma and later died after a “completely random” attack that was allegedly motivated by robbery. A 16-year-old was charged in connection to the assault.

– compiled by Theresa McManus For more year-end coverage, including our News Story of the Year, Newsmaker of the Year, Readers’ Choice story of the year, our annual awards and Only in New West Hall of Fame, see www.royal cityrecord.com.

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Top sports story of 2013: Heard’s jersey retirement ◗P12 Year in review of sports stories ◗P12

Looking back at the year in the arts THE LIVELY CITY JULIE MACLELLAN

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nce upon a very long time ago, if you’d asked the 18-year-old me why I was heading off to journalism school, I’d have told you that I wanted to make a difference.

I entered the career believing that journalism was one of those professions that allow you to do that, in however small a way: to make a difference and to help effect change in people’s lives.

I still believe that.

But what I spend more time thinking about, the older I get, is not how much of a difference I have made as a journalist – but how much of a difference being a journalist has made to me.

Every year around this time, I find myself looking back on the year that has been and on the number of people who have allowed me into their lives. Every year, I continue to marvel at the way in which people open up their homes, their hearts and their souls to tell their stories to a stranger in the hopes that those stories will make a difference to someone else.

What I don’t take the time to do, as often as I should, is to let those people know that their stories did make a difference – to the readers out there and, in a very personal way, to me.

Every time I meet with someone brimming over with enthusiasm about a new artistic venture, I’m reminded of the value of creativity in my life.

Every time I talk to a young person who’s setting off down a path as a dancer, a singer, an artist, I’m reminded of the importance of pursuing my personal passions.

Every time I interview someone who’s done it, who’s making a living doing what they love, I’m reminded of the ways in which what we do for a living shapes who we are as human beings.

And I’m reminded, over and over again, of how incredibly important it is for the world to be full of the people I meet in my capacity as arts reporter – the creative, the determined, the passionate, the original, the talented, the sometimes just-a-little-outthere people who infuse the world with art and soul.

This year, I want to extend my personal thanks to some of those people whose paths have crossed mine this year.

There was the group of teens spending their summer with Carousel Theatre’s Teen Shakespeare Program and its gender-bending Hamlet – Sofia Bunting Newman, Emily Armitage, Isaac McAndless-Davis and Daisy Hulme – who couldn’t say enough good things about each other and about the program.

There was Farley Johansson, a graduate of Royal City Youth Ballet, who’s gone on to pursue a professional dance career and who took time out to

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Making a difference: Above: Amika Kushwaha and Cassius Khan; at right (clockwise from back left) Isaac McAndless Davis, Daisy Hulme, Emily Armitage and Sofia Bunting Newman. talk about his work with Dances For A Small Stage.

There was the husband-and-wife team of Cassius Khan and Amika Kushwaha, who welcomed me into their Queensborough home and opened up their hearts about their love of classical Indian music and dance.

There were the family acts: Angela Louie and India Eliot Oates, the mother-daughter team who wrote and illustrated The Possibility Tree; and Amanda and Lucas Testini, the sibling duo who are

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Christmas spirit: Vendors and participants at the New Westminster Farmers’ Market got into the fun at River Market on Saturday, Dec. 21 with an Ugly Sweater Contest. Above, Melissa Maltais, River Market’s operational manager, with volunteer Ritva Pynnoen. At right, Mary Forstbauer of Forstbauer Family Natural Farm.

onstage now in Carousel Theatre’s Seussical.

There were the young singer-songwriters working to break into the music business, adding positive attitudes and amazing energy to their already abundant natural talent – Luca Fogale and Megan Twist.

There were the delightful women I spoke to in the course of a special report about babies, toddlers and the arts – Marcia Jones, Kera Doherty, Vashti Fairbairn, Jessica Hanson – who are all helping to

instill a love of dance and music in the very youngest members of our community.

Each and every one of you, in various ways, shared something that touched me, that entertained me, that made me stop and think and smile.

Each and every one of you reminded me just how much difference one passionate person can make in the world – and how important it is to keep the arts alive.

On behalf of the readers of this newspaper, and

from the very bottom of my own heart, I have a simple message: Thank you.

Thank you for daring to be the kind of people who make a difference in the world – and who make my desk here in the newsroom a place I love to come.

Happy holidays and the warmest of new year’s blessings to all of you.

Julie MacLellan is the arts reporter for The Record and Burnaby NOW newspapers.

You can email her, jmaclellan @royalcityrecord.com, or you can find her on Twitter, @juliemaclellan.

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Jr. ’Bellies lose Minto Cup to Whitby in four games ◗P13 N.W. team Ross Cup national field champions ◗P13

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Heard’s jersey retirement a 2013 moment

BY TOM BERRIDGE SPORTS EDITOR tberridge@royalcityrecord.com

Former longtime Burnaby Lakers great Russ Heard had his No. 9 jersey retired in a formal ceremony before a Western Lacrosse Association league game at the Bill Copeland Sports Centre on July 5.

Heard, a New Westminster minor lacrosse product, led the Lakers to a WLA championship final in 1993 that ended in a Game 7 overtime loss to the Coquitlam Adanacs.

Along the way, the 6-4 righthander set a playoff record, scoring the fourth, fifth-, sixth-, and seventh-fastest goals ever in a seven-game semifinal win over New Westminster that still stands to this day.

In that same game, he also rewrote the record book with six goals in one playoff period.

Heard ended his 13-year senior A career 10th in alltime assists in regular sea-

No. 9 time: Former Burnaby Laker great Russ Heard had his No. 9 jersey retired by the Burnaby Lakers in a ceremony prior to a WLA game between Burnaby and the New Westminster Salmonbellies at the Bill Copeland Sports Centre on July 5.

Heard is now an assistant coach with the New Westminster Salmonbellies.

son play, while his 1,021 career points is among that of the top-20 best players.

He was named the WLA’s league MVP on two ocassions and led the league scoring in three separate seasons. Heard was also a seven-time all-star.

Heard never won a Mann Cup. He did however share in a pro NLL Championship Trophy with the Toronto Rock in 2000.

The jersey retirement ceremony took place before the start of the WLA game between Burnaby and the New Westminster Salmonbellies – the senior A team he now assistant coaches.

“It’s a great honour.

When you play, you don’t think about those things, but when it happens it’s great. It’s nice of (Burnaby) to do that,” said Heard.

Heard’s jersey retirement was the first in the 25-year history of the Laker franchise.

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Summertime and the winning was easy in Royal City Douglas College women’s softball coach Gord Collings accepted the new head coach job at the University of B.C.

The New Westminster AllStars won their first-ever District 6 Little League baseball title.

Mihailo Stefanovic qualified for semifinals in the 110-metre hurdles at the World youth track and field championships in Russia. Stefanovic finished fourth in his pool in a personal-best and provincial record time of 13.98 seconds.

New Westminster girls won gold in three separate divisions, taking top spot in the peewee, midget and junior age groups at the provincial lacrosse championships.

The New West peewee A1 team was the Cinderella winner at the B.C. Lacrosse provincial

Fame as a builder.

The Royal City Track Club won the B.C. Athletics junior development provincial championships in Nanaimo.

The midget A2 New West Salmonbellies won a silver medal at the provincials.

Raquel Tjernagel helped Canada’s medley relay team qualify for the final at the World youth track and field championships in Russia. She also made it to the semifinals in the 200 metres.

The New Westminster Royals won a silver medal at the Softball B.C. under-14 girls’ championships.

Nina Schultz, 15, won five individual medals, including gold in the girls’ high jump and triple jump at the B.C. Athletics championship in Kamloops.

15/17 boys’ record in the 100metre freestyle at the Canadian summer nationals. He also won gold in the men’s 200m free.

B.C. won both the midget and Etham Strome won a silver junior girls’ box lacrosse gold medals at the national chammedal in the 300-metre hurpionships in Halifax. dles at the B.C. provincial youth track and RI A E The Burnaby field championships Oakeys won the in Kamloops.

Softball B.C. midget B provincial chamJordan Chin was pionship in Victoria. named The Record high school athlete REVIEW Michael Valiante of the year. signed with 8Star Motorsports for the Hyack Swim Club’s remainder of the Rolex Sara Whelan won three medals at the national age group Grand-Am Series Daytona Protype sports car season. championships in Montreal.

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Marco Sherwood scored the game-winning goal for Westminster United in the u15 provincial B Cup in Prince George.

The u-14 and u-16 Burnaby Selects both won gold medals at the B.C. Soccer A provincials in Langley. The u-16 team earned a rare quadruple, taking the fairplay award, as well as earlier league and Coast Cup titles.

STM’s Kevin Vigna lost in a three-way playoff at the B.C. junior boys’ golf championships in Revelstoke.

Ron Crosato was nominated to the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of

Hyack Swim Club’s Stefan Milosevic set a new provincial

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B.C. placed second at the Canadian Soccer Association national all-star championships in Quebec.

August: B.C. finished second at the bantam box lacrosse national championships in Winnipeg.

Stefan Milosevic won three

bronze medals in swimming at the Canada Summer Games.

Former Regina Pats goalie Matt Hewitt committed to the UBC varsity hockey team.

Michelle Peters took over as the new head coach of the Douglas College women’s softball program.

New Westminster Barca placed first in the under-18 division at the Beach Blast soccer tournament.

Nina Schultz set a new provincial, Canadian and Legion championship record in the midget girls’ pentathlon in Langley.

Anthony Cusati Nick Favaro shared a gold medal on B.C.’s men’s baseball team at the Canada Summer Games.

Seina Kashima scored the game-winning gold in B.C.’s women’s soccer gold medal at the Canada Summer Games.

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women’s hockey program three-game series.

B.C. was the silver medallist at the senior baseball championships in Windsor.

Burnaby Lake Rugby Club won the men’s and women’s B.C. Seven Series for a third consecutive season.

Simon Fraser University faced rival University of B.C. in the annual University Hockey Classic.

Krista Woodward threw the javelin 58.86 metres at the world track and field championships in Moscow.

Marta Nykl won four

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Warriors: Whitby defeated New Westminster 10-8 in Game 4 of the Minto Cup championships at Queen’s Park Arena. medals in table tennis at the B.C. Senior Games.

B.C. won the silver medal at the Baseball Canada 21and-under junior championship in Dartmouth, N.S. Brett Mydske was named the winner of the best defender in the WLA for a second consecutive

Natasha Sukorokoff and mount Union S dominated the junior division in showjumping in B.C.

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B.C. teams managed just bronze medals in midget and peewee at the Ontario Lacrosse Festival in Whitby.

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