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City pitches in on new school A downtown development will help fund enhancements to the future École Qayqayt Elementary School.

City council has approved an amenity contribution of $115,337 from the developer of The Elliot to fund enhancements to the fence, pathway and playground at the new elementary school being built downtown.

“These improvements will benefit the future residents of The Elliot, residents in the downtown and particularly the future students at the elementary school,” said a staff report.

The funds will be used to provide pathways between the lower play area, the upper play terrace and the parking ($40,000), to provide landscaping enhancements to the school yard play areas ($35,000), and to upgrade a chainlink fence around the childcare play area and kindergarten play area ($30,000 to $35,000).

The contributions will also help fund a proposed public art/commemorative feature, such as a welcoming pole in honour of the Qayqayt nation, and/or an installation that would commemorate St. Mary’s Hospital’s long history on the school site.

“It’s right there in the neighbourhood,” said Coun. Betty McIntosh. “The park was to be developed anyhow. Once the new residents are there, it will be ideal to walk over there.”

The Elliot development at 188 Agnes St. contains 121 units in an 18-storey tower and townhouses.

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Work underway: Construction of the new École Qayqayt Elementary is underway in New Westminster. The city has approved funding to enhance fencing, pathways and playground areas at the school site located in downtown New Westminster on the old St. Mary’s Hospital site.

PARENTS CALL FOR RESIGNATIONS AND AMALGAMATION WITH BURNABY SCHOOL DISTRICT

Province steers clear of parents vs board fight

BY NIKI HOPE REPORTER

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The minister of education has no plans to kick New Westminster school district trustees off the board of education and have the province take over managing the district until the November election, despite a call from angry parents.

Peter Fassbender said his ministry is working with the district to get its fiscal house in order, and he expects it will have paid off its $5-million deficit by June 2019.

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“What’s really important is that we continue to work with the duly elected board to make sure that the issues that they are facing are being addressed in a proper way,” Fassbender told The Record. “We support what the board is doing at the moment to manage their resources, to eliminate the deficit they have and to minimize – and this is the critical element for us – the impact on students and staff and the parents in the school district.”

A reported 100 people turned up at New Westminster Secondary School’s library for

the parent advisory council meeting on Jan. 16 to discuss the district’s dire budget situation and how it will impact students.

The frustrated parents voted for trustees to resign, for the province to intervene in the district and to look into the possibility of amalgamating with Burnaby.

The parent council sent a letter to Fassbender on Monday, outlining itsrequests.

“I also have heard the request from the group, and like everything, I need to look at the whole picture, not only one component

of it, and we’re going to ensure that stability is the first issue,” he said.

The parent council sent a letter to the district on Monday as well, calling for it to provide all the information parents need to make decisions for the next school year, including the high school’s projected operating budget and details on programs that would be cut. As well, they called for a “preliminary exploration of the feasibility of amalgamation with the Burnaby school ◗Fassbender Page 4

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SALE OF CIVIC CENTRE OFFICE SPACE PAR T OF 2014 BUDGET PLAN

Merchant Square goes on the block

BY THERESA MCMANUS REPORTER tmcmanus@royalcityrecord.com

The City of New Westminster is optimistic it will sell Merchant Square, if this year’s budget is any indication.

Colleen Ponzini, the city’s manager of financial services, said the 2014 budget projects the sale of the Merchant Square officer tower that’s now under construction. If the city doesn’t sell the office tower, she said the city would see a “significant increase” in bank charges related to the loan authorization bylaw.

“The plan is to have it sold, and we pay it back in this current year,” she told council at its Jan. 20 committee of the whole meeting.

According to Ponzini, the city will be incurring some new debt under its loan authorization bylaw. A good portion of the $570,000 debt would be for Anvil Centre and the office tower.

New Westminster city council received a staff report Monday on the 2014 to 2018 financial plan, which includes the 2014 budget.

The city is proposing a 1.28 per cent tax increase in 2014, which would rise to 2.59 per cent if a number of priority initiatives proposed by staff are included.

In addition to the base budget, the city is also considering specific funding requests from individual departments, including a planning analyst, an assistant plan reviewer, a building inspector, a part-time transportation demand management coordinator, a development project engineer, a part-time Freedom of Information clerk, a transportation engineer, as well as development and training of a hazardous materials response team. Some of these positions exist on a con-

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Going up: The Merchant Square office tower is being built above the new civic facility, Anvil Centre, that’s under construction and set to open later this year. Budget discussions suggest the city fully expects to sell the office tower this year. tract basis, but departments have requested they be converted to full-time jobs or extended.

According to Ponzini, a strata unit assessed at $299,700 would see an increase of $14 if the city approved a 1.28 per cent increase or $28 if a 2.59 per cent increase was approved. For a single family home assessed at $675,000, the property tax increase would be $32 (for a 1.28 per cent increase) or $65 (for a 2.59 per cent increase), figures that rise to $47 and $96 for homes assessed at $1 million.

InNovember,councilapproved increases to utility rates for 2014, which will see water rates rise by six per cent, sewer rates grow by 8.5 per cent and solid waste rates go up by one per cent. Electrical rates are expected to increase by seven per cent in 2014, but this number won’t be known until March.

Last year, New Westminster city council approved a 2.9 per cent tax increase. In an attempt to offset potential cost implications related to the opening of

Anvil Centre this year, council approved $400,000 in last year’s budget for a “rate stabilization” fund.

“In 2013, we put away $400,000.

We put it into reserves,” Ponzini explained. “We are drawing on it in 2014 to be able to mitigate in 2014 the impact on the taxation.”

Staff presented an overview of the general fund operations at the Jan. 20 council meeting and will provide details about the 2014 capital plan at its Jan. 27 meeting.

City asked to toughen up smoking bylaw

BY THERESA MCMANUS REPORTER tmcmanus@royalcityrecord.com

Fraser Health is asking city hall to help butt out smoking in New Westminster.

The health authority wrote to council in December 2013 asking that it make a decision about amendments that would toughen the smoking control bylaw that council had tabled earlier in the

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“We hope council can come to a decision to accept the proposed amendments,” stated a letter from Fraser Health to city council. “Fraser Health is committed to supporting the implementation of the enhanced smoking bylaws and our ongoing partnership to make New Westminster a healthier community.”

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strengthen its bylaw by adopting amendments that would prohibit smoking within 7.5 metres of doors, windows and air intakes for public and workplace buildings, on restaurant and pub patios and in outdoor places where people gather such as parks, trails, beaches, playgrounds, playing fields and outdoor sports venues.

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McIntosh said the province should deal with the issue by approving provincewide smoking regulations, but until that’s done she thinks it’s time for the city to step up and take action.

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sense.”

“MaryAnn Mortensen agreed with the need for the province to play a role. She agreed with giving parents the information they need as soon as possible by the middle of February. I hope that the rest of the school board will listen to her,” Bruyneel said.

As for amalgamation, Bruyneel admitted he was “torn.”

“I’ve lived in New West for 23 years, and I’m proud to be in New West, but at the same time I’ve lived through how many years of this school district,” he said. “At the end of the day what do you do, you get so frustrated you look at these extreme options.”

This isn’t the first time in parents in New Westminster have asked the province to step into issues with the district. In 2009, parents at Lord Kelvin, F.W. Howay, John Robson and Richard McBride elementary schools requested that the province appoint a special adviser to oversee the school district.

In 2012 the district parent advisory council asked the Ministry of Education to audit math marks at New Westminster Secondary School.

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On amalgamation, Fassbender said the province is looking into ways to find efficiencies through shared services, but he stopped short of supporting a full-scale joining of the two districts.

“I’m not going to leap to amalgamation – what I am going to say is we are looking at the whole picture in terms of stability, looking for a 10-year agreement with the BCTF (British Columbia Teachers’ Federation), not because we want to put them in a corner but because we want long-term stability so that we can ensure the continuity for the students, parents, communities and otherwise,” he said.

Asked if it would be logistically feasible to merge the two districts, Fassbender said, “anything is possible if you do it for the right reasons, with the right outcomes and with the concurrence of the community.”

“I come from a community where there was two municipalities that had one school district,” said Fassbender, a former City of Langley mayor. “Many years ago we had a reduction of school districts to what we currently have, because of that being more efficient, being more effective and deliver-

of the class?” ing better service, so it’s been While she’s not sure done in the past. I’m not sayshe supports amalgamaing we are going to do it in tion, Mortensen does the future, but what we are favour provincial oversight looking at is stability first.”

– if it doesn’t cost the cashNew Westminster trustee strapped district.

MaryAnn Mortensen said “I would really like to see she understands parents’ someone from the ministry, frustration over the district’s with some expertise and handling of the budget. some knowledge about New Mortensen was a member Westminster … come in and of the district parent adviwork with our board for sory council before she was the duration of this school elected to the board in 2011 year and, if necessary, until and was often critical of the the next election – to help board. us to identify means and Before she joined the ways to change how we are board, Mortensen said she Peter Fassbender doing things here,” she said. supported looking into amalMinister of Education “I’ve seen change, I will say, gamation, but she now feels with this board, but it’s not the move would have to be mandated by the larger population of the enough. It’s simply not enough.

“There is a culture of wanting things city she serves and not just a small portion to stay the same way. I don’t think it’s of parents.

“There are advantages to amalgamat- sustainable,” added Mortensen, who also ing, but there are also disadvantages, and said the province doesn’t adequately fund some people think they’d rather risk it public education.

New Westminster district parent advisothan put up with us any longer … I fully understand that,” she said. “I don’t know ry council chair Stephen Bruyneel praised if Burnaby would like us. Right? Do they Mortensen for being the first trustee he’s want to adopt the rotten apple at the back heard say “something that actually made

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BY THERESA MCMANUS REPORTER tmcmanus@royalcityrecord.com

There will be no shortage of things to talk about if New Westminster city council gets its wish and lines up a meeting with the premier.

City council recently approved a motion to request a meeting with Premier Christy Clark and Transportation Minister Todd Stone to discuss assorted transportation issues impacting New Westminster.

Mayor Wayne Wright said the request is related to the city’s ongoing issues with the Bailey Bridge, the Pattullo Bridge, truck traffic and increased congestion since tolls were raised on the Port Mann Bridge. Wright said he tunes into the news every morning to get updates on New Westminster’s traffic situation.

“Now we are part of every transportation notice that comes in – the Queensborough Bridge, the Pattullo Bridge.

Many times they are saying it is clear sailing through the Port Mann Bridge,” he told The Record. “There’s something wrong here.”

In related news, council has directed staff to proceed with the technical analysis and consultation process needed to remove Royal Avenue as a truck route.

“We met with TransLink. They have indicated to us what they see as a reasonable process as to how to best attain that,” said Jim Lowrie, the city’s director of engineering. “It involves consultation with industry and other agencies and the public.”

Since tolls were introduced on the Port Mann Bridge, the city has experienced an increase in truck traffic on city streets, particularly Royal Avenue. The Queen’s Park Residents’ Association has also written to B.C.’s transportation minister asking that the current 9 p.m. to 7 a.m. truck ban be extended to 24 hours a day.

As part of the city’s request, staff will compile technical information and identify stakeholder groups.

The city is concerned that the introduction of tolls on the new Port Mann Bridge has encouraged motorists, including many trucks, to take the free Pattullo Bridge to cross the Fraser River.

In addition to banning trucks on Royal Avenue, the city has also asked TransLink to ban heavy trucks on the Pattullo Bridge, if it continues to experience increased traffic volumes, and to establish regional tolling as a travel demand management measure for the Metro Vancouver area as an immediate priority.

Lowrie said the city hasn’t heard back from the Ministry of Transportation about its request to reduce or eliminate the tolls for trucks on the Port Mann Bridge.

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Amalgamation? It’s the elephant in the classroom

Would amalgamating with the Burnaby There are at least two minimum school district help New Westminster requirements necessary for being a students? It would be nice to see a definschool trustee in New Westminster: 1.

You must be committed to education, and itive study on the pros and cons of such an amalgamation. After all, Coquitlam’s 2: You must have a thick skin. school district is an amalOnce again parents have gamation of Port Moody, Port rallied and called for trustCoquitlam and Coquitlam, ees to resign, and the same and, while it is also struggling parents have asked for, at the THE RECORD with budget issues, it certainly very least, a review of a posappears to run more smoothly. sible amalgamation of New Their secondary schools don’t look like Westminster school district with the wartorn apartment blocks in Romania, Burnaby school district.

The trustees are not going to resign, so and their trustees don’t seem to spend an inordinate amount of time sniping at one let’s just move on to the second matter.

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One can’t help but wonder if New Westminster would still be without a new high school if it had joined with Burnaby years ago. We think not, if only for one reason: the Burnaby school district is one political block aligned with the NDP. Like their brothers and sisters on Burnaby city council, they almost always agree on everything.

New Westminster’s school board, on the other hand, is split along political lines. Should this matter where local education is concerned? Perhaps not. But it does make a large difference in how

the trustees operate with each other, with staff and with groups in the city. Almost every step in every process seems to involve a battle of some sort.

It’s a moot point, in any case. The Ministry of Education clearly doesn’t want to step into the amalgamation debate at this point in time. And Burnaby trustees and district management keep their opinions to themselves. Some folks have suggested that Burnaby would be foolish to amalgamate with New Westminster and inherit a new mess. Or a very old mess, as the case may be. They may be right.

Referendum creates a sticky situation IN THE HOUSE

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remier Christy Clark’s plan to hold a referendum on how to fund transit in Metro Vancouver is shaping up to have a far-reaching impact few may have foreseen when it was first attached to the B.C. Liberal election platform.

Before last spring’s election, that platform was viewed as a grab bag of ideas of a party that was heading for electoral oblivion. But the B.C. Liberals’ surprise victory meant the platform’s contents suddenly became very relevant, and a transit referendum went from what at first looked like a throwaway idea to a political reality.

Now I think it’s fair to say a number of Metro Vancouver mayors are getting a little freaked out about the whole thing.

Although we have yet to see the referendum question itself, it’s a fairly safe bet it will include at least one option for raising money (i.e. taxes or user fees) to pay for transit and transportation projects.

And that means it could easily be seen by voters as a some kind of thinly disguised tax grab.

Things will get very sticky

for mayors if they declare their support for a mechanism to raise money on the backs of voters to pay for the transit projects they’ve been pushing for.

A basic rule of thumb seems to be that Metro Vancouver residents want more transit and less congestion on the roads, but they want someone else to pick up the enormous tab that goes with those desires.

We’re talking about spending about $20 billion over the next few decades, which isn’t exactly chump change. And that means any revenue measure (or measures) to pay that kind of bill would have to be substantial.

While most mayors agree there is a desperate need for more transit, they don’t agree on which projects should be a priority nor do they agree on how to pay for them. Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts, for example, has long advocated for a road pricing system that would slap small tolls on almost every bridge, but she has yet to win much support from fellow Metro Vancouver political leaders.

So the stage is being set for the referendum becoming a political orphan, with very few politicians taking ownership of it.

So far, at least, Clark continues to leave the impression she wants the mayors to step up and champion the “yes” vote while she remains in the background.

But with the referendum date tied to the municipal elections in November, what are the chances

Dear Editor:

Despite considerable effort to find merit in the comments of Hildegard Bechler in The Record (Incinerator creates toxic mess for region, Letters to the editor, Jan. 14), regarding energy from waste, the task is fruitless.

For instance, an energy-from-waste facility measures approximately 1,200 data points every second of every day, so regulators are well informed about any and all emissions.

An energy-from-waste plant reduces greenhouse gases by one tonne for every tonne that is treated, exactly the opposite of Bechler’s claim.

Comprehensive study of hundreds of environmental assessment studies undertaken by CPF Associates of Bethesda, Maryland, concludes that energy-from-waste plants have almost no measur◗Transit Page 7

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As for the ash, an energy-from-waste plant reduces the original waste volume by 90 per cent, and only one per cent of this takes the form of fly ash, which in many cases is entirely inert.

The claim that an energy-from-waste operation creates unpredictable synergies implies that the collective expertise of professional staff in environmental offices across Europe, North America and Asia is wrong.

It’s worth noting that with 800 plants in operation worldwide there are at least that many reports, assessments, approvals and municipal decisions supporting a sustainable energy-from-waste solution.

Though Bechler identifies some opposition, public opinion polling shows that more than 83 per cent of British Columbians support energy-from-waste

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR anaging waste is key ntinued from page 6

manage waste, up from 60 per cent in 4.

Of these, almost two-thirds support use of energy-from-waste in their own mmunity.

Energy-from-waste operators support 3Rs and consider these to be the highest ority areas of focus in the waste system, ich is to say that energy-from-waste nt seeks to extract energy from nonycled material, a resource that would erwise end up wasted in a landfill.

When commenting on wasted “fossil ls,” Bechler may be referring to plastics, ich are only buried if not recycled. In t, an energy-from-waste plants turns sil fuel into heat, steam or electricity in rocess that is cleaner than coal and oil, d comparable to natural gas.

Finally, there’s a certain mathematical th about recycling that too many people oose to ignore.

That is, if the municipality provides e box service across 90 per cent of its sdiction, and 90 per cent of the citinry participate, and there are available d sustainable markets for 90 per cent of material that is collected, then the recyng rate for the community will stand at out 73 per cent – assuming that each t of the system operates at 100 per cent ciency.

Recycling is a complicated process, h many moving parts; it requires an oss-the-board commitment from politins, staff, industry, landlords, tenants, ployees, householders, etc. – in short, t about anyone who comes in contact h waste that can be a resource.

Under these circumstances, Metro ncouver has shown tremendous leadhip and achieved remarkable success all while utilizing energy-from-waste hnology to process waste for the past plus years.

The energy-from-waste industry in nada believes that the 3Rs come first d that we should capture the inherent rgy in a safe and sustainable technoly only once we’ve collected, processed d repurposed everything we can. hn P. Foden, executive director, Canadian EnergyFrom-Waste Coalition

Coal not worth the costs

Last Monday at the Movies

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Dear Editor:

Re: Coal is critical to B.C. economy, Opinion, The Record, Jan. 10.

Of course the unions would like to protect the jobs of their members, but at what cost to themselves and the rest of the population? Let’s not forget that this is American coal going to China. The Americans refused to allow it to be transported by train or barge to a West Coast port on its way to China for a very good reason. Why should we do it for them?

Coal transported via trucks, railroads and cargo ships releases air pollution in the form of soot. We are not discussing the burning of coal here. Health problems are associated with every aspect of coal’s life cycle including transportation. Inhalation of the coal dust released during transportation causes chronic health problems, the most severe of which is so-called “black lung.”

Admittedly, the greatest threat is to coal miners, but even after removal from the coal mine, threats to public health remain.

Coal trains, trucks and barges release coal dust into the air, affecting air quality.

Spraying with a surfactant may mitigate the problem slightly, but it will not remove it entirely.

Transport Canada has classified bulk coal cargoes as hazardous. If a fire occurred at the proposed Fraser Surrey Docks expansion, we will be paying the price for many years. Just think of what that would do to property values in New Westminster. Also think carefully about what it will mean to our health.

Anne Moretti, New Westminster

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So we don’t need God? Dear Editor:

I am writing in response to your current article on the sign by CFI on McBride Boulevard which states “Without God. We are all good.” It makes me aware that there is a big gap between God and humanity.

The Bible states that Jesus said to love the Lord your God in the first place and your neighbour as yourself.

If this were done, then we wouldn’t have such headlines as in The Record on Jan. 8, Charges filed in city murders.

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ransit: Referendum could be trouble ntinued from page 6

ny mayors will advocate a tax measure when re is a real chance their ponent in a mayoralty e takes the “no” posn?

In fact, will an actual revolt emerge instead? en the bruising experie of the ill-fated HST d the entrenched crankis of voters when it mes to tax hikes and user s, I’d guess the potential one being created by the nsit referendum is very l.

And that may further d a chill down many yors’ political spines.

A wild card factor in this reasingly messy busis may be Transportation nister Todd Stone. like his premier, Stone said he intends to ressively campaign in referendum.

Stone has been doing his homework on this issue.

He’s studied more than 60 similar referendums in the United States, and he knows referendums only succeed with a fair amount of legwork and campaigning over a long period of time.

Unfortunately, Stone may have left things too late. The recently successful campaign in Los Angeles that saw voters pass a half-cent increase to the sales tax to pay for transit improvements occurred after a multi-year public campaign.

Stone has just 10 months to work with before the November vote. And if few mayors join with him in that campaign, it’s hard to see the vote passing.

In fact, the municipal elections themselves may suffer a kind of collateral

damage from the transit referendum.

Depending on the question and whether there is any substantial backlash among the voting public, the potential exists for mayors or councilors losing their posts because of this one issue.

I don’t think anyone saw this coming when the referendum idea was first unveiled by a premier whose days in office seemed to be numbered.

But now that transit referendum is barrelling down the track, and it’s headed straight at the mayors of a region that simply can’t find consensus on what is arguably the number one issue facing it. Some of them may pay a hefty price for all those years of not agreeing on things.

Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global B.C.

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Laneway housing is no solution Dear Editor:

Re: Council debates how to handle laneway housing, The Record, Jan. 17.

Your recent article on laneway housing being discussed at council was both surprising and distressing, to say the least.

Beyond all the issues around laneway housing (parking, narrow lanes crowded with cars, loss of trees and greenspace as houses fill up back yards), the most distressing for me was how the city can even consider discussing laneway housing while it has just started a formal process to stop the increasing number of demolitions in the Queen’s Park neighborhood.

For starters, laneway housing in Queen’s Park will hardly result in the “affordable” housing councillors say they support.

Not only will property values soar with two houses on the lot, but rents will be beyond what average people can pay.

The real issue is that once laneway houses are legalized, the number of demolitions will accelerate.

I recently talked to someone who lives near Cambie Street in Vancouver and she said that houses are coming down every week in her neighborhood (let alone the rest of the city) and being replaced with two new houses that are, to the inch, the maximum allowable square footage allowed.

Homes on existing lots were not built to accommodate another house on the same lot – it’s not always simply a case of replacing a garage with a house.

Developers will be wanting to remove any existing roadblocks to getting two houses of maximum size on one lot – and the result

will be even more demolitions than we have now – which has become such a problem the city is looking for a solution.

This is truly a case of robbing Paul to pay Peter.

The other concern is that one of the most viable solutions to convincing developers not to demolish a house and replace it with a new one are density incentives, including subdividing the lot and allowing carriage houses or additions beyond the floor space ratio that currently exists.

Laneway housing being legalized removes that incentive.

Why would someone reconsider demolition when it’s legal to tear down and put two houses on the same lot?

Council must weigh these issues carefully before making any policy decisions, particularly any that are city-wide in nature.

Jim Hutson, New Westminster

Thanks to angel named Michael Dear Editor:

I had a bad fall at Royal City Centre on Jan. 9 around noon.

I couldn’t move, and a gentleman came along and phoned 911. He answered all of their questions about my condition and stayed with me until the medics came. I have no idea who he is, but he was just the kindest man.

Through a kind of haze I couldn’t see his face, but he sounded like a businessman, perhaps on lunch break.

His first name is Michael, but I didn’t hear his last name.

I wanted to thank him, but they said he had left.

Michael – whoever you are, thank you so very much. I now believe in angels.

Elsie Scott, New Westminster

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Of Freud, Lewis and God THE LIVELY CITY JULIE MACLELLAN

Calling singers

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ove to sing? Parlez-vous français? Maillardville’s francophone choir, Les Échos du Pacifique, is welcoming new singers for its 40th season.

And though it’s not in New Westminster, I know there are many Royal City types involved in the choir – and it’s just a hop, skip and jump over to Maillardville for rehearsal.

The first rehearsal of the new year was Jan. 13 – the choir meets Mondays from 7 to 9 p.m. at Place Maillardville, 1200 Cartier Ave. in Coquitlam.

For information, call 604-9366993 or email daniel_bouchard@ csf.bc.ca. You can also check out the choir’s website at www. lesechosdupacifique.com.

Christmas gifts

It was a merry Christmas for City Stage New West this year.

The group’s Kickstarter campaign, which you read about in this column in December, was a resounding success.

As you may remember, the theatre group was hoping to raise $3,000 towards the cost of making a professional cast recording of Stump City Stories – the original musical by George Ryan which debuted in 2009.

In the end, with some 66 backers stepping up to the plate, they raised $3,415.

Kudos to everyone involved in the project – we’re looking forward to hearing the new CD in the spring!

Writers’ group meets

Here’s one for the writers out there …

The Writers’ Discovery Group meets on the second Wednesday of the month from 10 a.m. to noon at the New Westminster Public Library. The group welcomes all members wanting to read their work and meet other writers to discuss their writing.

The next meeting is Feb. 12, and new members are welcome.

Stop by the library at 716 Sixth Ave. to check it out.

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City Stage New West production offers an intimate look at a conversation between two great minds

BY JULIE MACLELLAN REPORTER jmaclellan@royalcityrecord.com

Against the backdrop of impending war, two of the 20th century’s keenest minds meet to discuss life’s great questions.

Is there a God? Does goodness require the presence of evil? Can morality guarantee survival?

New Westminster theatregoers will have a chance to eavesdrop on the discussions between Sigmund Freud and C.S. Lewis when City Stage New West brings its latest production to the stage.

Freud’s Last Session runs at Galbraith House from Jan. 28 to Feb. 9.

Mark St. Germain’s play imagines a meeting between the famed psychoanalyst and the writer as the Second World War looms. Freud is dying of cancer, and he has summoned Lewis to his home to discover why the former atheist has converted to Christianity.

Chris Robson, who directs the production, says that although the meeting never in fact happened, the playwright has drawn much of his script from the writings and actual lives of the two men – starting by posing one question.

“What if these two minds ◗CHECK IT OUT met, and not just What: Freud’s Last Sesmet, but met on sion, presented by City the day England Stage New West declares war on Germany,” When: Jan. 28 to Feb. 9 Robson explains. at Galbraith House, 131 “It really charges Eighth St. the atmosphere Tickets: $25 regular, $20 behind the seniors and students, with play.” half-price preview Jan. 28.

The audience Buy at www.brownpaper will be drawn in to the time peritickets.com. od with radio broadcasts, planes passing overhead, even an air raid siren.

And, in the persons of actors Richard Newman as Freud and Damon Calderwood as Lewis, they’ll also be drawn into the lives of the two men.

“I’m just thrilled, it’s an ideal cast,” Robson said. He notes that not only do the two actors bear some physical resemblance to the men they are playing, they also share certain qualities of personality and outlook on life.

“They’re so well-suited to these parts.”

They’re aided by a script that allows the two men to be not just intellectuals but real people, with childhoods and relationships and personal lives.

“What really attracted me to the play was the depth of humanity you see in these characters,” Robson said. “These men are men, they’re human beings.”

Robson noted that the script delves into many of the big questions – centring, of course, around Freud’s atheism and Lewis’s late conversion to Christianity.

“Freud wasn’t an atheist because he hated religion. He was an atheist because he felt there were a lot of harmful things it did,” Robson said. “Lewis felt that religion gave him, and people, a moral compass, a sense of right and wrong, a blueprint for living more humanely.”

What the play doesn’t provide is judgment.

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The meaning of life : Richard Newman is Sigmund Freud and Damon Calderwood is C.S. Lewis in the City Stage New West production of Freud’s Last Session. It runs at Galbraith House from Jan. 28 to Feb. 9.

“In a sense, they’re both right, and they’re both wrong,” Robson said. “The best scripts, they don’t provide you with answers, they fill you with questions.”

Despite the weighty premise, Robson noted the play remains entertaining.

“There’s a lot of surprising humour in the script,” he said.

And, he noted, the audience experience is enhanced by the setting – in the dining room at Galbraith House, converted to Freud’s study for the occasion, they will experience an intimate production that wouldn’t be possible in a traditional theatre setting.

“The feeling will be of being a fly on the wall, it’s that intimate a space,” he said, noting the closeness to the actors adds an intensity to the performance. “I think the audience will be energized by it.”

Moreover, he notes, though the play is historical in context, the issues it discusses are still timely for the 21st century.

“We’re still dealing with people with conflicting ideologies and world views,” he said,

noting the big questions about religion and God are far from being settled in the public realm. “There’s a lot of relevance there. A lot of these things are still being debated.”

He believes the play will have wide appeal to many age groups because of the setting, the characters involved and the issues being debated.

“We’re fighting for theatre to stay alive and stay relevant. It only does that by being good, and by being challenging,” he said.

Robson said live theatre engages its audience in a way many other forms of entertainment don’t.

“It really requires focus and thought on the part of the audience,” he noted. “It’s not tuning out for 90 minutes, it’s tuning in.”

Freud’s Last Session runs Jan. 28 to Feb. 9 at 8 p.m. at Galbraith House, 131 Eighth St. Jan. 28 is a two-for-one preview night, with the official opening on Jan. 29.

Tickets can be purchased through www.brown papertickets.com. For more information, see www. citystagenewwest.org.

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Alone at last?: Gemma Martini and Ross Friesen star in Vagabond Players’ Alone Together, opening Jan. 30 at Bernie Legge Theatre. The comedy follows the lives of a middle-aged couple whose empty nest fills back up again.

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That’s the question posed in the new Vagabond Players comedy, Alone Together, playing at the Bernie Legge Theatre Jan. 30 to Feb. 22.

The play centres around George and Helene, a middle-aged couple who have spent 30 years raising three sons and who are finally looking forward to being alone together.

Then, just as one son goes out the door, two more return – to be fol-

lowed in short order by the third.

“It’s time for parents’ rights to take precedence and for children to stand on their own two feet,” as a press release explains.

It’s directed by Dale Kelly and stars Ross Friesen and Gemma Martini as the couple in question.

Their sons are played by Ryan J. Johnson, Keaton Mazurek and Boris Bilic – and Friesen’s real-life daughter, Cary Lune Friesen, plays Janie Johnson, the young woman who tags

along with one of the returning sons.

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The Record • Wednesday, January 22, 2014 • A11

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Our sincere appreciation to all the volunteers whose dedication and energy contributes to the enrichment and growth of our community. Thank You!

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A12 • Wednesday, January 22, 2014 • The Record

Saturday, January 25, 2014

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9:30am - 3:30pm Royal City Centre

Finding Community Through Volunteering Finding a sense of community is often lost these days but volunteering can be a way to find that spirit.

Volunteering has even introduced him to new things.

While joining New West Pride was a natural fit for Perry, KidSport wasn’t necessarily something he was initially attracted to not being a sports team enthusiast nor a parent.

Local resident Jeremy Perry can attest to this. Having moved to New Westminster with his husband two years ago, he found he was missing the sense of community he experienced growing up.

However, Jeremy quickly learned the benefits sports have on children including teaching them teamwork and leadership skills, and a chance to find their own sense of community. Today, Perry helps run KidSport’s sporting goods sale.

“I was raised in the church (though I wouldn’t consider myself religious) and I was missing the sense of community and service opportunities that church provided,” explained Perry.

“It is rewarding beyond explanation. The feelings you get when you have done good in the world are unrivalled., Perry explains. “I’ve met amazing people, [done] really fun things, and I sleep soundly knowing that I’m doing my best to contribute to our world.”

To get started, Perry first looked at service clubs. “When I saw how active Rotary was in New West, and how inspiring Rotary’s work around the world is, I felt that it would be a great fit, and it has been,” stated Perry.

Jeremy Perry (left) with husband, Ian Dagami (right) working to make blankets for the homeless with the Interact Club from New Westminster Senior Secondary’s Youth Division of Rotary.

Today, volunteering is a major part of Perry’s life. He sits on the board for the New West Rotary Club, New West Pride, KidSport New West, and Quest New West.

To other residents, Perry says, “Just Do It! You will probably be amazed at how great you feel after you’ve enhanced your life by doing something for the greater good”.

JUNIOR CITIZENS SPEAK OUT ABOUT VOLUNTEERING The New Westminster Chamber of Commerce had five nominees for the Junior Citizen of the Year award. We wanted to find out why these experts in volunteering would recommend volunteering to others.

Here’s what they said.

Thank You!

The City of New Westminster would like to thank and recognize all the volunteers that generously serve in our community.

You make New Westminster a better place to live, work and play!

Keila Stark (18) – Junior Citizen of the Year, Environment Club & Vancouver Aquarium volunteer

Tiger Xu (18) – Junior Citizen Nominee, MOMENTUM Youth Arts Movement volunteer

“Volunteer work opens for us a circle of empathy.

It enables us to realize of our own accord the true value of our work & effort. We are exposed to new knowledge and ideas and we meet and connect with people from other walks of life. Above all we ourselves experience the reward of improving the lives of others, caring for our environment, and contributing to our community that inevitably has contributed to us.”

“I like volunteering when you see others enjoy what you’ve accomplished and how it affects their lives.”

Thank You Volunteers!

Volunteers come every week with a smile on their face ready to lend a hand.

Purpose Society could not do what we do without YOU.

604-526-2522 volunteers@purposesociety.org

TERRY J. HEWITT

Proud to be an original supporter and organizer of the New Westminster Festival of Volunteers

833 Carnarvon St., New Westminster 604-526-5100

The Record • Wednesday, January 22, 2014 • A13

Saturday, January 25, 2014 9:30am - 3:30pm Royal City Centre

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VOLUNTEERING:

THE SECRET TO A LONG AND HAPPY LIFE? The research is in: volunteers live longer. And not only that, they are healthier and happier than non-volunteers.

Volunteers understand a secret to life, but being nice folks they are happy to share it.

Plus, it’s a pretty simple secret: Volunteering gives you something to live for.

Take Thelma and Manny, Volunteer Grandparents of Allen. They have grandchildren of their own, but having a 5-yearold invite you to their birthday party is something that can’t happen often enough in a lifetime.

“Volunteer Grandparents means a lot to me and Manny. We are very thankful that the organization is there because it provides the

answer to our need to love and care for grandchildren! That is very important to us since our biological grandchildren do not live here in British Columbia. It is not as though Allen is taking their place.”

“The whole experience just enriches us, making us feel important, loved, and treated as grandparents. We have that special connection with Allen.”

It’s not just volunteering that makes you healthy, it’s how you volunteer. The best results come when you volunteer consistently at a single organization, investing about 100 hours per year. People who volunteer this way are less likely to die, are healthier later in life, and are less likely to have

depression than non-volunteers and less frequent volunteers.

For Leila, who volunteers at an intergenerational dinner night at a local Youth Centre, it’s hard to be depressed when your belly is full of laughter. “In the beginning, when we first started, we had so many kids in the kitchen and we just laughed all the time. We were laughing so much, having such a good time and making so much noise that people in other programs complained!”

Between connecting to others and being an important part of your community, volunteering keeps you part of life.

And now it’s no secret.

Be a Volunteer Grandparent www.volunteergrandparents.ca Volunteer with New West Youth: www.newwestpcr.ca

JUNIOR CITIZENS SPEAK OUT ABOUT VOLUNTEERING Nur Elmasri (12) Junior Citizen Nominee, Kids Fun Day Organizer “Well, I think it’s very nice to help other people. If someone helps someone that person would be happy to help someone else - like if someone bullies, the people they bullied might bully others, but if you are volunteering, the people you help will want to volunteer too.”

Iqan Elmasri (15) – Junior Citizen Nominee, BC Children’s fundraiser & local clean-up volunteer “It’s very important to volunteer to serve the city and give back to New Westminster. It’s also very fun to do because you get to meet new people, do new things and learn new things.”

THANK YOU

to all the volunteers that give their time so generously

Sophie Labrosse Junior Citizen Nominee, MOMENTUM Youth Arts Movement volunteer We couldn’t reach Sophie by our press deadline, but know she is a fabulous volunteer.

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.

Anne Frank

Proud Sponsor of the

12th Annual Festival of Volunteers

Thank You New Westminster Volunteers Jaimie McEvoy,

City Councillor New Westminster jmcevoy@newwestcity.ca 604-522-9114

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The Record • Wednesday, January 22, 2014 • A15

Locals earn Ovation nods Royal City Musical Theatre earns award nominations

On the performance front, Oklahoma! also earned several nominations.

Quinn Cartwright earned Outstanding Lead Performance – Female nomination for her work as Laurey, while Sayer Roberts is up in the Outstanding Lead Performance – Male category for his role as Curly.

Sandra Head, who played Aunt Eller, is up for Outstanding Supporting Performance – Female, and Dustin Freeland is up for Outstanding Supporting Performance – Male for his role as Ali Hakim.

Three chorus members – Erika Babins, Lena Dabrusin and Alfonso Banzon – are up for Outstanding Gypsy.

And New Westminster’s presence in the awards doesn’t stop there.

Oh, what a beautiful month it is for Royal City Musical Theatre.

The company’s production of Oklahoma! is up for multiple Ovation Awards.

The nominees for the 2014 Ovation Awards were announced on the Jan. 14.

Royal City Musical Theatre is nominated for Outstanding Community Production (Large Theatre) for last year’s spring production of the Broadway classic.

The production also earned nominations for music direction (James Bryson), choreography (Valerie Easton), set design (Omanie Elias) and lighting design (Gerald King).

Lively City: Workshop set The workshop is offered by the Royal City Literary Arts Society at New Westminster Public Library on Tuesday, Jan. 28, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

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Stars on the rise: Quinn Cartwright and Sayer Roberts in last year’s Royal City Musical Theatre production of Oklahoma!

They’re both up for Ovation Awards for their work, and the production is nominated for several other awards.

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Peter Jorgensen is up for Outstanding Direction for his work with Arts Club Theatre Company’s Avenue Q – which is one of the nominees for Outstanding Professional Production.

Dragon Diva Operatic Theatre has also earned a nomination for Outstanding Community Production in the Large Theatre category, for its production of Candide.

And New Westminster’s Chris Sinosich, well-known for her longtime association with Royal City Musical Theatre, is up for Outstanding Costume Design for her work with Theatre Under the Stars’ How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying.

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GRAND OPENING

CELEBRATION! Date: Saturday, January 25th • Time: 10am to 6pm Location: Unit 101 – 7655 Edmonds Street, Burnaby

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The Man in Black: David James and Big River are onstage at the Massey Theatre Feb. 7 with their tribute to Johnny Cash.

Tribute to two legends moves and the sound, he does Johnny proud as he recreates such hits as Folsom Prison Blues, Ring of Fire, Hey Porter, Rock Island Line, Get Rhythm, The Long Black Veil, Daddy Sang Bass, Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down, A Boy Named Sue, Man In Black, Walk The Line and Orange Blossom Special,” the release says.

Vallis, meanwhile, takes on the persona of the man who made a huge mark on early rock ‘n’ roll before his death in 1959.

The concert marks the 55th anniversary of Holly’s death.

“In his tribute to the rock icon, Johnny Vallis perfect-

ly portrays both the look and the sound as he rolls out Buddy’s greatest hits: That’ll Be The Day, Words of Love, Not Fade Away, Oh Boy, Peggy Sue, Maybe Baby, Rave On, Heartbeat and more,” the release says.

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Cote got the ball running when he posted a message on Facebook on Sunday. He suggested that when Denver Broncos’ quarterback Peyton Manning thanked the fans for helping the Broncos get to the Superbowl, “I am

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and other goodies in a prize draw.”

People of all ages are welcome, but if possible the library would like people to sign up so they know how many people to expect.

For more information or to sign up, call 604527-4677 or email youth@ nwpl.ca.

make literacy fun.

The library is offering a number of activities part of Family Literacy Day on Monday, Jan. 27.

Families are invited to drop by the library at 716 Sixth Ave. between 6 and 8 p.m.

“We’ll be making art out of books, playing with magnet poetry, challenging each other with video games and board games, sharing our favourite books and movies, going crazy with Post-it notes, making tasty snacks and much more,” said Alicia Dobbs, children’s and teen services librarian in an email to The Record. “We’ll also be giving away baskets full of books, games

pretty sure he was referring to me.”

The Broncos will take on the Seattle Seahawks Feb. 2.

Puchmayr suggested a wager on the Superbowl, to which Cote suggested: “Loser needs to read a congratulatory note written by the winner to this year’s Super Bowl champion during the council/ committee report.”

“That and 100 pounds of potatoes for the food bank,” suggested Puchmayr.

Bet’s on. Who do you think will win this one?

A18 • Wednesday, January 22, 2014 • The Record

Pool to welcome top Canadian swimmers

BY THERESA MCMANUS REPORTER tmcmanus@royalcityrecord.com

Future Olympians could soon be diving into New Westminster’s Canada Games Pool.

The Speedo Western Canadian Swim Championships will take place at Canada Games Pool from Feb. 13 to 16. The meet will cause a temporary disruption to swim programs and public swimming at Canada Games Pool.

“Essentially the pool will be closing completely, with the exception of the upstairs gym,” said Hilary Knowles, the city’s aquatics director. “There is a fairly high qualifying time for swimmers to make in order to qualify for this particular meet.”

Swimmers will take their first dip in the pool on Wednesday, Feb. 12, which is a practice day.

The meet, which runs for the next three days, gets underway with warm-ups starting at 7:30 a.m. and heats running until 8 or 8:30 p.m.

Between 400 and 500 high-calibre swimmers aged 16 years and under are expected to take part in the Western Canadian championships.

“The efforts and responses that go into an event like this are much more intense than a normal meet we would run,” Knowles said of preparations for the meet.

“It’s the calibre.”

In addition to testing for drugs and providing food for the coach-

es and officials, the meet also has strict requirements regarding the pools and equipment. The facility must post details about the pool chemical levels daily and must have contingency plans in place to address any unexpected circumstances that may arise.

The Justice Institute and Queen’s Park will be used for overflow parking for buses, and attendees will use some space in the Centennial Community Centre. A small curling bonspiel will be taking place at the Royal City Curling Club the same weekend.

“It will be a fairly busy site,” Knowles said.

The swimming championships have required the city to make some adjustments to its regular swim lesson schedule, which now gets bumped into the first week of spring break. That may or may not have an impact on registration for swim lessons.

News that the New Westminster facility would be home to this year’s Western Canadian Swim Championships came as a surprise to city officials and the Hyack Swim Club.

In April 2013, staff informed city council that Tourism Burnaby had approached the city and asked it to submit a proposal to host the meet – having already listed Canada Games Pool as a host facility because Burnaby’s pools aren’t equipped to host the event. City officials said it was

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Top form: The Canada Games Pool will play host to the Western Canadian swim championships. “awkward” and “strange” for an outside organization to nominate the city for hosting the event but were supportive of the plan.

“It’s been a New Westminster event right from the get go,” Knowles said. “Burnaby Tourism has contributed financially to the event.”

Knowles said the Hyack Swim Cub could benefit from the meet by having more volunteers trained, and local businesses may

see a boost in business.

“Swim Canada said to us people love a meet in B.C. – the weather is nicer, it’s a pretty province to come to,” she said. “If you are coming from the Prairies, you … might be inclined to stay an extra day or two.”

Knowles said the city will be renting out the pool for five days to Swim Canada. While it takes a lot of work to prepare for the high-calibre meet, Knowles said

it’s a task embraced by staff.

“It’s a two-edged sword. It’s a lot of work. It is above the workload that exists here,” she said.

“It’s also exciting to do something that is out of the norm. The last time we had it was 2003.”

Community members can check out some of Canada’s top young swimmers.

“They are more than welcome to watch,” Knowles said. “There will be an admission fee.”

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B.C. Lacrosse names Team box coaches ◗P20 STM girls place second at JV Chancellor ◗P20

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A second chance for Sport B.C. award

BY TOM BERRIDGE SPORTS EDITOR tberridge@royalcityrecord.com

Douglas College badminton star RuiLin Huang was among the 13 outstanding amateur athletes, coaches and officials named as finalists for Sport B.C.’s Athlete of the Year awards to be held in March.

Huang led Douglas College with five consecutive Canadian Colleges’ Athletic conference national women’s singles titles.

She was also a five-time All-Canadian and PacWest player of the year.

Last year, Huang was named the CCAA female player of the year across all sports, and is a four-time national badminton player of the year. She has also earned Douglas College’s athlete of the year for five straight years.

In her collegiate career, Huang amassed a nearperfect record of 207 wins and just one defeat.

It is Huang’s second nomination for college athlete of the year.

“I’m so happy to be nominated again,” said Huang, who graduated from Douglas in December with a degree in accountancy. “I had a great team and a great coach. Without their help I wouldn’t have been able to get the results I got.”

Huang is up against University of the Fraser Valley and PacWest female volleyball player of the year Kayla Unger and All-Canadian and two-time PacWest league MVP Alanna Bekkering for the bronze-medal-winning Thompson Rivers University women’s soccer team.

“When I got the email (from Sport B.C.), I said,

Road to top a gauntlet for hoop Clan

BY TOM BERRIDGE SPORTS EDITOR tberridge@royalcityrecord.com

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Second time: Douglas College grad RuiLin Huang was shortlisted for a second time in the college athlete of the year category for the annual Sport B.C. awards.

‘Wow, again.’ Hopefully I can be luckier than the last time,” Huang said.

Burnaby Central grad Amar Dhesi in high school wrestling, Burnaby

Mountain wrestler Stacie Anaka in the female senior athlete category and Simon Fraser University grad Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe in women’s basketball were

also shortlisted in their respective categories for the 48th annual awards ceremony and gala dinner that will take place at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver

on March 5.

Finalists and winners are selected by a committee of 20 highly regarded ◗Athlete Page 20

Royal City pairs fail to move past quarters

BY TOM BERRIDGE SPORTS EDITOR tberridge@royalcityrecord.com

Royal City Curling Club’s Jennifer Howard and Ken McArdle made it to the quarter-finals of the B.C. mixed doubles curling championships.

Howard and McArdle won four straight matches before losing a tight 6-5 decision to Victor and Kerri Miller of Delta in the quarterfinals.

The Royal City pair led off with a 2-0 advantage after a single steal in the second end but needed a deuce in the fifth to retake the lead at 4-3.

The two teams then traded singles in the sixth, seventh and eighth ends, before Miller stole one point in the ninth.

Howard and McArdle opened the 15-team provincial competition with a 9-6 win over Norm Richard and Debbie Girard of Richmond in the A event on Jan. 17.

The New Westminster pair then defeated Andrew Forrest and Becky Campbell of Richmond 10-7 following a three-point end in the ninth.

On the Saturday, Howard and McArdle doubled Wendy and Harris Ulch of Prince George 8-4 in eight ends.

Later in the day, Howard and McArdle leaped out to a 6-0 lead after two ends before downing Stephanie Prinse and Marcel Maure of Chilliwack 8-3 in a six-ender.

The Millers went on to the B.C. final, where they lost 8-1 to the host pair from Maple Ridge, Bryan Kedziora and Colleen Hannah.

A second Royal City club pair, Dylan Somerton and Jami McMartin, lost in a tiebreaker after finishing the A event with a 2-2 record.

In the tiebreak, Somerton and McMartin fell behind 7-2 after three ends before losing 8-5 to Grant and Diane Dezura of Golden Ears in seven ends.

Somerton and McMartin were the only team to hand the Kedziora/Hannah pair a loss at the provincials. The New West couple defeated the eventual B.C. champs 7-2 on the final day of the A playdowns, jumping out to a quick 4-0 lead after three ends, with steals in the second and third end.

The provincials, only the second mixed doubles championships to be held, was hosted by the Golden Ears Curling Club.

Simon Fraser University faces a gauntlet of opposition in its quest for top spot in Great Northwest conference women’s basketball.

The Clan split its weekend schedule, falling 73-71 to first-place Saint Martin’s in Lacey, Washington on Jan. 16. SFU then got past Western Oregon 56-47 on Saturday to improve its conference record to 4-3.

While on the plus side of the ledger, SFU still trails five separate schools in the conference standings, including Alaska Anchorage, Montana State Billings, Saint Martin’s and Western Washington, all tied with a similar 52 records. Seattle Pacific is currently tied with the Clan but holds an edge with a win over SFU earlier in the season.

Against Saint Martin’s, SFU trailed by as many as 11 points early in the second half before making a game of it.

Freshman Ariana Sider of New Westminster gave SFU its first lead of the half with a three-point bucket.

Junior Katie Lowen then put the visitors up 63-59 with a successful trey, before finishing the game with 15 points, five rebounds and four steals.

But a turnover, one of 26 committed by the Clan in the game, allowed Saint Martin’s to tie the game and eventually take a fourpoint lead.

Junior guard Erin Chambers had a game-high 25 points for the Clan.

Against Western Oregon,RebeccaLangmead scored 10 points and had 13 rebounds. Lowen led all scorers with 18 points.

If the Clan wants to be a presence in the conference this season, the team need look no farther than the last two weeks in January, when it meets three of the top-five teams in the next two weeks.

SFU is at home this week to Alaska Fairbanks on Thursday, before hosting first-place Anchorage on Saturday at 7 p.m.

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Athlete: Three more on list

◗ MINOR LACROSSE

Team B.C. coaches named

New Westminster’s Rich Catton was named the head coach of the B.C. bantam boys’ box lacrosse team.

The bantam, midget and peewee nationals will be co-hosted by the New Westminster and Coquitlam minor lacrosse associations from Aug. 4 to 9.

Other Team B.C. coaches named were: Curt Malawsky (midget boys), Daren Fridge (peewee boys), Dan Stroup (midget girls) and Chris Gill (bantam girls). The junior girls coach is still to be named.

B.C. Lacrosse also has high performance programs for box and field in female junior, midget and bantam divisions.

For Team B.C. athlete tryout information, please visit the B.C. Lacrosse Association website at www.bclacrosse.com and click on Team B.C. page.

– Tom Berridge

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Silver medallists: Grade 9 guard Marcella Mauro, with ball, and STM teammates Maya Iwan, No. 23, and Anna Baker, No. 8, helped the Knights place second to McMath at the Chancellor junior varsity basketball tournament.

STM juniors Stephanie Von Riedemann and Hanna Hieltjes were named to the Chancellor tournament girls’ all-star team.

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Dhesi is a four-time national wrestling champion, who was undefeated in his last two years of high school wrestling without a single point scored against him.

The promising heavyweight, who is the first B.C. wrestler to earn a fullride athletic scholarship to a top-10 NCAA Division I wrestling program, was also the first Canadian in two decades to win a U.S. national title.

Dhesi is currently ranked No. 19 in the nation at Oregon State University.

Dhesi is shortlisted along with two-time B.C. high school football player of the year Mt. Douglas running back Marcus Davis and three-sport Oak Bay Secondary grad Lars Borneman.

Anaka, the senior world silver medallist and Pan American gold medal-winning wrestler, is among the top three women nominated for senior female athlete of the year.

The SFU grad and senior national champion is currently the head women’s coach on Burnaby Mountain.

Anaka is up against

10-year senior women’s national basketball team veteran Kim Gaucher and Canadian record holder in the 200-metre backstroke Hilary Caldwell.

Raincock-Ekunwe, who led the varsity women’s Clan basketball team to a first-ever Sweet 16 finish at the NCAA Division II national championships last year, was named a second team All-American.

In 2013, RaincockEkunwe set a Great Northwest conference record of 49 career doubledoubles, but her 63 doubles with SFU are unofficially third best all-time in NCAA Div. II. Raincock-Ekunwe also set a conference singlegame record of 24 rebounds in 2013, while leading the nation with a shooting percentage of 0.653 in Div. II. The 6-2 forward is nominated alongside University ofB.C.’swomen’svolleyball player of the year Shanice Marcelle, who was named the top female athlete in Canadian Interuniversity Sport.

Two-time national rowing championship champion in the lightweight pairs, Maxwell Lattimer, was also nominated in the university category.

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