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One year after a ﬁre tore through a downtown New Westminster block, some tenants are still trying to rebuild and move on BY THERESA MCMANUS REPORTER tmcmanus@royalcityrecord.com

It’s been one year since a piece of New Westminster’s history was left in rubble after fire ripped through two heritage buildings on Columbia Street. When fire crews arrived at the E.L. Lewis Block about 3:45 a.m. on Oct. 10, 2013, they found a building completely engulfed in flames. By the time the blaze was extinguished hours later, the 1904 E.L. Lewis Block (also known as the Crescent Block) and the 1899 Hambley Block were in ruins. “The tenants we had in the stores, I feel so bad for them. They are the ones who took the brunt of it because they are down there creating a living for themselves,” said Terry Brine, who co-owns the E.L. Lewis property with Bill Lewis. “A lot have moved on.” Some of the tenants retired, while others relocated to other spaces. Brine and Lewis own the E.L. Lewis Block property, while Jim Chappell owned the Hambley Block. The fire exposed them to a whole new world of property ownership.

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Rubble is gone: The site of a Columbia Street ﬁre last October has been cleared and stands vacant one year later. To date, the city has had only “very preliminary” discussions about the future of the site. “What a headache,” Brine sighed. “The loss is one thing, but the things that have to go on behind the scenes to straighten it out is a nightmare. It really is.” In addition to dealing with insurance companies, the property owners have had to get the site cleaned up – no small feat when heritage buildings containing asbestos are involved.

“The cleanup was a huge undertaking. The cleanup is completed on both sites. Jim just finished his. We had ours finished up a couple months ago,” Brine said. “Ours took about four months to finally get it cleared away. When the building went down it had some asbestos in it, very, very small amounts, but enough to determine that it was contaminated.”

Although heritage facades for buildings like the Trapp Block can be retained when redeveloped, that wasn’t in the cards for the Crescent or Hambley blocks. Nothing, not even a brick, could be salvaged from the E.L. Lewis Blocks. Everything had to be shipped to a special site in Alberta that deals with contaminated waste. ◗Fire Page 8

Doctors get poor grades in handwashing at RCH BY CORNELIA NAYLOR REPORTER editorial@royalcityrecord.com

Hand washing among health-care providers at Royal Columbian Hospital is up since two years ago, but doctors continue to lag significantly behind their colleagues, according to the latest report by

B.C.’s Provincial Hand Hygiene Working Group. Healthcare workers’ hands are the most common vehicle for the spread of potentially deadly infections – like C difficile and MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) – around hospitals, according the B.C. Ministry of Health’s

Best Practices for Hand Hygiene. Hand cleaning is considered the best way to combat them. Since 2011/12, when Fraser Health first started reporting the results of handhygiene audits at its hospitals, compliance among Royal Columbian personnel has dipped as low as 45 per cent for some

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New faces offer a fresh take on school issues BY NIKI HOPE REPORTER

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A community volunteer who works with KidSport, the Rotary youth program and New West Pride is running for a seat on the New Westminster school board. Jeremy Perry says it was his volunteering with Rotary and encouragement from others that prompted him to throw his hat in the ring in this year’s civic election. “I think as a whole our district is quite behind in our embracement of modern technology,” Perry, an employee benefits consultant, told The Record, explaining some of the changes he’d like to see in the school district. Perry opted against seeking an endorsement from the New Westminster and District Labour Council, a union group that supports labour-friendly candidates. “I worry about the perception in New Westminster – that people feel there is a special interest group,

mainly the District Labour Council, that pulls the strings in votes,” he said. “I understand from candidates who are endorsed by them that that’s not the case, and they are not influenced on how they vote on matters, however, I have noticed that the public perception seems to be that.” Perry would rather avoid dealing with that perception, he said. “I want to make sure that I always feel comfortable making the best decisions for students in our district,” he added. Candidate and École Glenbrook Middle School father Glen Armstrong, who works as a vice-principal at a private school in Richmond, says he wants to “broaden the definition of school success and ensure that we are providing students with the education they need for their long-

term success.” Victoria Hill resident Cort Ray Caldwell is also seeking a seat on school board. He works as a new media consultant, as well as a member of a team providing security, backup and classroom management software, according to his website, votecort.ca. “Imagine a local government that included school trustees not mired in the dysfunction of the past,” Caldwell’s webpage says. “Imagine a faithfully independent trustee, who will stand up for the community values we must cherish and maintain for the children.” Kelly Slade-Kerr, one of the founders of an ad-hoc parent group that formed earlier this year to stir up interest and bring some fresh faces to the

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! Glen Armstrong ! Jim Bell ! Cort Ray Caldwell ! Jonina Campbell (incumbent) ! Casey Cook (incumbent) ! Michael Ewen (incumbent) ! Mark Gifford ! James Janzen (incumbent) ! MaryAnn Mortensen (incumbent) ! Rajiv Pandey ! James Pepa ! Jeremy Perry ! Kelly Slade-Kerr Candidates who filed by the Oct. 10 deadline are considered preliminary. The final declaration of candidates will be posted on the city’s website on Oct. 20, once the challenge period ends. School trustee terms will run for four years this time around – bumped up from the previous three-year terms. Trustees are expected to attend school board and committee meetings throughout the school year. They receive an annual stipend of between $21,500 and $23,800, depending on whether they chair the board or not. School trustees make decisions related to school district policies, capital projects and budgets.

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school board, said she wants to “revitalize and modernize” the school board. “I want to make our school district a key reason why we are proud to live in New West,” Slade-Kerr, an employment lawyer, wrote in a media release. Board of education chair Jonina Campbell praised Slade-Kerr, who, along with incumbents Campbell, James Janzen and Michael Ewen, received the endorsement of the unions through the New Westminster and District Labour Council. “These have been a few challenging years, but I really feel 2014 is a year when we have begun to turn things around,” Campbell told The Record last month, citing the building of two new schools, a new board office and the efforts of the board and the superintendent to work with the Ministry of Education on the district’s finances. Janzen confirmed he would seek re-

election with a goal to make sure that for the Vancouver Foundation, in a press even in tough times vulnerable students release. Incumbents trustees are supported. Ewen is the Casey Cook and MaryAnn longest-serving sitting trustMortensen are also seeking reee in the province with more than 35 years on school board. “These have been election. This time around, the number 1 issue for the school “I don’t feel the need to run board, according to Cook, is to forever, I just want to see who’s some challengbuild public trust. running. I want to make sure ing years, but I Mortensen agreed, saying, that we have a good, progres“We have to find a way of sive group of people that are really feel 2014 positioning ourselves so the going to run,” an undecided is a year when public trusts that we are doing Ewen said before he filed his our very best work for our nomination papers last week. we have begun students.” Lord Kelvin Elementary to turn things Cook and Mortensen aren’t parent Mark Gifford, who running under the Voice New attended Connaught Heights around.” Westminster slate this time Elementary as a child, also around. has the endorsement of the Jonina Campbell Voice, which sought to be New Westminster and District school board chair an alternative to the labourLabour Council in the race. endorsed candidates in civic “I want to help build more inclusive, engaged, and high-perform- elections, is “reconstituting,” Cook said. “There are no Voice candidates,” he ing schools,” said Gifford, who works

said, adding that the Voice group did what it set out to do several years ago, which was to provide voters an alternative to the labour-endorsed candidates. Trustees Lisa Graham and David Phelan are not seeking re-election. Meanwhile, Vancouver realtor Rajiva Pandey is running for New Westminster’s school board. He was encouraged to run by members of his community church. Members suggested he run to represent the South Asian community on school board, he said. “We wanted to try for New West because we have a huge community (living in the city),” he said. Candidates James Pepa, a local Connaught father, and resident Jim Bell could not be reached for comment at press time on their bid for another run at school board. Trustees earn an annual stipend of $21,500 to $23,800 and will serve a four-year term.

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Nurses performed the best, with an 81 per cent compliance rate. Clinical staff, including medical technicians, porters, therapists and pharmacists, were next with a 78 per cent compliance rate. They were followed

by housekeeping, maintenance and food-services staff, along with hospital volunteers, who were observed using proper hand hygiene 75 per cent of the time. Doctors came in last at 69 per cent, mirroring the provincial average for physicians, compared to 82 per

cent for B.C. health care workers overall. Doctors’ hand-cleaning performance has lagged more than 10 per cent behind other health-care providers for four years, according to annual reports by the Hand Hygiene Working Group. “We talk to all our

care providers, including physicians, about how to improve hand hygiene compliance, and that work is on-going,” Fraser Health spokesperson Tasleem Juma told the NOW. “As for why doctors continue to be the least compliant, that’s something the College can answer.”

“The College doesn’t collect any data on hand hygiene compliance,” wrote the College’s director of communications, Susan Prins in an email. “These types of studies are usually conducted in a health authority or a specific hospital.” – Twitter/@CorNaylor

While doctors have privileges at hospitals, they are not employed by the health authorities. The B.C. College of Physicians, however, declined to comment on why hand-cleaning compliance among doctors is the lowest among health-care workers in the province.

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it costs $55,000 and is not covered by Imagine you or a loved one has just PharmaCare. been diagnosed with a potentially fatal That’s the situation facing 80,000 disease. hepatitis C sufferers throughout B.C. Then imagine your amazement to Across Canada, the number climbs to learn that a new drug being touted as 250,000. “revolutionary” and a “mirHepatitis C is a virus that acle cure” could eradicate that attacks the liver. It can lead disease. THE RECORD to cirrhosis, liver cancer and, So far, so good. ultimately, death. But then your luck turns. Until recently, the only cure was a You learn that unless you have access to gruelling 47-week course of Interferon, a generous private health-care plan or with side effects described as worse someone in your family has deep pockthan those caused by chemotherapy. ets, you can’t take the drug – because

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Can the NDP take down Clark? IN THE HOUSE

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sneak preview of what to expect in the next provincial election campaign was on full public display at the legislature last week – and both the Opposition and the government came away feeling pretty good about their respective performances. I’m referring to the first question period in months that featured the NDP trying to square off against Premier Christy Clark. The NDP still seems to have some pent-up rage about unexpectedly losing the last election and can’t seem to come to grips with the fact that Clark – whom they belittled, scorned and dismissed out of hand, and for whom they continue to lack respect – actually beat them with the voters. Given their first opportunity to fire questions at the premier, the NDP opted to focus on the very issues that likely propelled Clark to her win: LNG, mining, forestry and job creation. NDP leader John Horgan and top lieutenants Bruce Ralston, Carole James and Shane Simpson all hammered away at her government’s record in these areas. They quoted – correctly

– statistics and figures to back up their assertions that Clark has not delivered on her promises in any of these sectors. Clark’s lofty promise to use LNG revenues to get rid of the sales tax and the provincial debt were ridiculed by the NDP (and the media, including this commentator) before the election and that promise was hurled back at her last week. So, too, was her government’s sorry job creation record. And they derided Clark for her “photo-op politics.” Again, pretty much everything that was said before the last election. This may explain why Clark, as the questions kept coming, seemed to start relishing the encounter. She realized she could use the NDP’s attacks as ammunition to make the main point of what will surely be her party’s campaign theme in 2017: her side does indeed promise economic miracles, and the other side does not. The NDP’s attacks allowed her, again, to frame that party as “the party that says no” to natural resource projects, which her side vociferously support. Of course, her take on the NDP’s position is a gross generalization, but that is beside the point. The NDP left that question period last Wednesday seemingly thinking they had just strafed Clark and left her badly wounded from their criticism. But, if anything, Clark seemed quite pleased by the showdown,

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As the civic election draws near, we appreciate your coverage of the candidates, particularly those new people that we don’t know much about. We also note that the school board tends to become an afterthought, with the focus on mayor and council. Please recall the recent teachers’ strike – this affected everybody – not just parents. So, with a new long-term agreement, and a new superintendent (and reports are his fresh ideas are being well received) perhaps it is time for some new faces on school board. I believe our board has become one-dimensional, with the preponderance of teachers meaning a limited skill set is brought to solving the many problems facing our board. In this regard, we note the legal background of Kelly Slade-Kerr and hope to hear more of her positions on various issues. ◗Clark Page 7 We might ask, for example, why New Westminster

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Re: Wait for Me, Daddy statue sends the wrong message, Letters to the editor, The Record, Oct. 8. I also have a confession to make, I really like the Wait For Me, Daddy monument. It is with disbelief that I read letter writer Steve Vanden-Eykel’s assertion that the Wait For Me, Daddy monument is a celebration of war. It is clear that Mr.Vanden-Eykel has forgotten the differences

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between celebration and commemoration. In my opinion the Wait For Me, Daddy photograph doesn’t in the least celebrate war; rather it commemorates a moment in time that brilliantly captured the many emotions surrounding going to war. I would suggest Mr. Vanden-Eykel would be hard-pressed to find any community in Canada that doesn’t have a monument or photograph depicting their community’s involvement in the Second World War, and if he finds such a community I shall confidently endorse him for mayor should he choose to move. It is of paramount importance that we commemorate such moments in history, and it is our civic responsibility to ensure that the generations to follow us will still remember the sacrifices these men and women gave so we can live free. It is thousands of photographs and monuments throughout this country like Wait For Me, Daddy that build the very fabric of our community. Gavin W. Johnston, New Westminster

Writer is revising history Dear Editor:

Re: Wait For Me, Daddy statue sends the wrong message, Letters to the editor, The Record, Oct. 8. Once again, someone has taken history and put a revisionist (i.e. – a reconsideration of accepted truths) spin on it. I refer to Steve Vanden-Eykel’s letter. Some clarifications regarding Mr. Vanden-Eykel letter: ! The raising of the U.S. flag on Iwo Jima in February 1945 was not at the end of the Second World War (that came in August, Mr. Vanden-Eykel). Even if it was, this and the image of the sailor kissing the woman in Times Square you cite were both American images. Not Canadian. ! “I’d never heard of or seen the Wait For

Me Daddy” photo, wrote Vanden-Eykel. Just because you never heard of this photo doesn’t mean others haven’t. I worked with a co-worker who remembers this photo as her mother is standing behind the mother reaching for her son. ! My research has uncovered that this Claude Dettloff’s Oct. 1, 1940 photo, first published on Oct. 2, was pinned and taped to Canadian classroom walls across the country. What really made this photo “iconic” is not about war. First, it was one of the few Canadian home front images widely disseminated in North America during the Second World War (1939-1945). Second, like most conspiracy theories about “someone at the Province” dusting this off this photo to “polish up” the paper’s image, needs no comment. Third, if you did a little research, Mr. Vanden-Eykel, you’d find that numerous (most?) Canadian newspapers in fact published this photo in October 1940. And fourth, the U.S.-based LIFE magazine published this photo nearly two weeks later on Oct. 21, 1940, as well as other magazines. It crystallized how the war affected families in both Canada and the U.S. In this case a Canadian family. Images like this don’t “celebrate” war’s beginning (the war began a little over a year earlier in September 1939, by the way) as you put it. You are mixing up the word celebrate with honour and remembrance. Apparently, someone hasn’t visited Pearl Harbor where the battle ship U.S.S. Arizona serves as a remembrance of the beginning of the U.S. entry in the Second World War, as well as a tomb for hundreds of U.S. sailors. The statue is not about war, Mr. VandenEykel. Rather how war affected the home front. In this case, the family of Jack and Bernice Bernard and their five-year-old son, Warren ‘Whitey.’ A one-in-a-million photographic moment.

and her advisers told me they’d be quite happy to constantly argue about the economy with the NDP. Both sides think their respective “messaging” will win out with the voters. The last election result showed, of course, that when it comes to the economy Clark and the B.C. Liberals have more credibility than their opponents.

New Democrats will have to establish their own credibility, while at the same time convincing enough people that Clark’s promises don’t add up. But that may prove to be a difficult challenge. They can quote all the statistics and studies they want, but the vast majority of voters don’t listen to them. Instead, they appear to listen to lofty, hopeful rhetoric.

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The NDP can dismiss that notion – as they did during that revealing question period – but unless they can find a way to burst Clark’s bubble when it comes to making promises versus the reality of things (and they haven’t come close to doing that yet), the next election result may be a mirror of the last one. Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global B.C.

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“Our downtown community plan does speak to what we want to see in that area,” she said. “Essentially, whatever goes in there has to respect the buildings that are around that are significant heritage buildings. Whatever the design is, it has to take that into account. It can be a contemporary treatment of the building – often that makes the heritage buildings pop more. We don’t know at this point. We haven’t had those kinds of discussions.” As devastating as it was to lose two of the most prominent heritage buildings in the city’s downtown, Mayor Wayne Wright said it was fortunate the fire crews were able to stop the fire from spreading to adjacent buildings. “I think now it’s a new day and we are trying to figure out what’s best to go in there,” he said. “I’m sure we are going to get people interested.” Although it was upsetting to lose the buildings, Wright said it was impressive to see the way community members, businesses and property owners

“Nothing, they wouldn’t let you onto the site,” Brine said. “There really wasn’t anything left at all. It was pretty well burnt to a crisp.” Now that the sites are cleared, discussions for future plans for the property will heat up. “It’s just a matter of finding out what the best use of the site would be. It’s a great location,” Brine said. “It’s still up in the air right now. It’s very, very early stages for that.” Brine is hopeful that some decisions will start to be made about the future of the two sites within the next three or four months. A development corporation managing demolition of the Hambley Block erected a sign at the site, prompting some to think a proposal for the site was imminent. Bev Grieve, the city’s director of development services, told The Record there have been “very preliminary” discussions about possibilities for the site.

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rallied together to help those who lost their businesses in the blaze. More than 20 businesses were located in the two buildings destroyed by the fire. Insp. Doug Walcott of the New Westminster Police Department told The Record Oct. 10 that the fire is still under investigation. He couldn’t comment on whether it was suspicious or not. “The file is just wrapping up,” he said. “We will probably be releasing something next week, but we are not there yet.” While the official cause has yet to be released, Brine is ready to move forward. “A building is really what’s in it. That makes it a building, those are the people you have dealt with on a daily basis. In that respect, it was really tough. You move on,” he said. “You can’t live in the past. You have to deal with reality, and this is what we got. No one got hurt. That’s everything.” twitter.com/TheresaMcManus

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New West man pleads guilty to sexual assault BY CAYLEY DOBIE REPORTER cdobie@royalcityrecord.com

A New West man who fled the country earlier this year pleaded guilty to one count of sexual assault last week. The man, 52-year-old Fred

Bilawey, was charged in March with one count of sexual assault stemming from an investigation by New Westminster police. Bilawey was alleged to have used a help-wanted ad posted on Craigslist to meet women, as The Record previously reported.

Police say one victim came forward, saying she was sexually assaulted after responding to the ad. After Bilawey was charged, he failed to appear at several court dates. Police determined he had fled

City endorses Pattullo plan BY THERESA MCMANUS REPORTER tmcmanus@royalcityrecord.com

Commuters could see faster travel times, reduced congestion and lower traffic volumes with a new tolled four-lane Pattullo Bridge. TransLink officials visited New Westminster and Surrey councils recently to update them on plans for the bridge and to inform them that replacement has been deemed to be a better option than refurbishing the existing bridge. New Westminster city council has officially endorsed a plan for a four-lane replacement for the Pattullo Bridge. Bob Paddon, TransLink’s executive vicepresident of strategic planning and stakeholder relations, said the mayors’ council on regional transportation’s vision supports a four-lane Pattullo Bridge that’s designed in a way that doesn’t eliminate the ability for it to be expanded to six lanes in the future if needed. He said more work needs to be done to determine what would trigger the additional lanes, but all parties involved in the bridge would need to agree to the expansion. Paddon said TransLink has committed

$300 million to rehabilitating the Pattullo Bridge. While it must spend $100 million of those funds to address short-term needs, he said it would like to avoid spending $200 million and put that money into a new structure that better meets today’s seismic and operational needs. According to Paddon, a new four-lane bridge should result in faster travel times, a 15 per cent reduction in congestion in New Westminster during the morning peak time and a 75 per cent reduction in travel times in Surrey. He said tolls are anticipated to reduce daily crossings on the bridge from today’s 84,000 to 60,000 or less. Mayor Wayne Wright said the city worked to ensure the new bridge would be four lanes rather than six, as some people had preferred. He said the city is on the same page as TransLink and will have a stronger say in the plan as it moves forward. Wright told The Record the city will be able to have a say in the design and engineering of the bridge. He’s hopeful truck routes in the city will be considered as part of the planning of a new bridge. For an extended version of this story, see www.royalcityrecord.com.

the country, prompting investigators to issue a warrant for Bilawey’s arrest. It wasn’t until Sept. 20 that Bilawey was arrested while returning to Canada, a media release from New West police stated.

He was held in custody until his bail hearing on Oct. 6, where he pleaded guilty to one count of sexual assault. Bilawey is scheduled to appear in court on Oct. 16 for his sentencing hearing. He remains in custody at this time.

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5. He’s currently a daily health analyst on the morning news on Global TV in B.C., a weekly contributor to Global TV’s Thursday noon news and Saturday weekend news, as well as the host and writer of A Medical Minute with Dr. Art Hister. During the Seniors’ Festival, seniors can try a variety of free recreational and cultural drop-in activities including Bhangra East Indian dance, watercolour painting, line dancing, indoor lawn bowling, X-Box gaming and belly dancing. Free workshops will be offered on advance care planning (10 to 11 a.m.); seniors and intimacy (noon to 1 p.m.); and engaging isolated seniors (noon to 1 p.m.). Service Canada will be offering two workshops to help seniors learn what services they may be eligible for. The session from 2 to 2:30 p.m. is for services for those under 65,

while the session from 2:30 to 3 p.m. focuses on those who are over 65. Seniors Day will also feature a panel discussion about creating Dementia Friendly Cities. The panel will include: Jim Mann, board member of the Alzheimer Society of Canada, who has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s; Rebecca Morris, advocacy analyst with the Alzheimer Society of B.C; and John Stark, the city’s senior social planner.

Monument lights the night

If you’re planning to drop by the Wait for Me Daddy war memorial and check it out at night, you better go before it’s lights out. The monument, unveiled in Hyack Square on Oct. 4, has a feature that allows it to be lit up in the evening – but the lights go off at 11 p.m.

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About 2,000 people packed the area around Hyack Square for the unveiling of the sculpture. As part of the unveiling, the city had Wait for Me Daddy T-shirts printed. Canada Post has released a Wait for Me Daddy stamp, and the Royal Canadian Mint has a new Wait for Me Daddy toonie. To watch a video of the Wait for Me Daddy unveiling or for details about where you can buy the T-shirts, stamps and coins, visit the city’s website at www.newwestcity.ca

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application for its 2015 New Westminster Hyack Ambassador scholarship program. The program is open to youth between 16 and 19 years of age. It will accept up to eight qualified applicants for a year of leadership, business and etiquette training, along with the opportunity and responsibility of representing New Westminster and Hyack Festival Association here at home, in the Lower Mainland and throughout B.C. and the Pacific Northwest. “I owe a huge deal of my self-improvement and overall enjoyment of the past year to this amazing opportunity,” Jenni Slinn, 2014 Hyack ambassador,

said in a press release. Scholarships are awarded to each of the ambassadors, with additional funds of up to $1,000 available to top award winners. Many former Miss New Westminsters and ambassadors recently reunited during the Come Back To Hyack alumni weekend. The deadline for applications is Wednesday, Oct. 15 – but late applicants are welcome. More details and application packages are still available at the Hyack Festival Association office at 204 Sixth Street or by calling 604-522-6894. Send Around Town ideas to Theresa, tmcmanus@royal cityrecord.com, or find her on Twitter, @TheresaMcManus.

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points out. He promises that audiences in search of world-class classical music will not be disappointed. This year’s performers include Dr. Deepak Paramashivan on the BY JULIE MACLELLAN REPORTER jmaclellan@royalcityrecord.com sarangi – a rarely seen Indian bowed instrument that resembles a cello. Recognized as a master atch Cassius Khan’s of the instrument, Paramashivan fingers dance across the lives in India but will be in surface of the tabla, his head and body in full motion, and Canada for the festival. Also on the bill will be singer you get an immediate sense of Kirthana Iyer, a specialist in the what music means for him. carnatic vocal form, alongside It’s not just a way of creating musicians Abhishek Iyer – her sound, but a full-body experience husband – on tabla and Mukund that draws upon the physical, the Shankar Krishnan on emotional and the violin. spiritual. ◗CHECK IT OUT Kushwaha It’s that sense – on the phone from of music that he What: Mushtari Begum hopes to bring to the Festival of Indian Classical Calgary, where she’s been working in her stage at the Massey Music and Dance other career as an Theatre later this When: Saturday, Oct. 25, engineer – notes that month for the third having the second 6 p.m. at the Massey Theannual Mushtari husband-and-wife Begum Festival of atre, 735 Eighth Ave. team on the bill has Indian Classical Tickets: $35 regular, $18 been a treat. Music and Dance. for seniors, students and “It’s really, really The youth. See www.massey cute,” she says, notQueensborough theatre.com or call 604ing the Iyers married resident produces 521-5050. just this past July the festival alongand are still very side his wife, Amika much newlyweds. “To have them Kushwaha, who is a dancer in onstage with us is something very the classical North Indian kathak special.” form. Kushwaha will dance to the This year’s event is set for accompaniment of Khan, along Saturday, Oct. 25. with Sharanjeet Singh Mand on The festival was named for sitar and Akhil Jobanputra on Khan’s vocal teacher, and in his guru’s honour he works to assem- vocals. She notes that performing to ble top-calibre Canadian and live music, rather than a recordIndian artists in classical forms. ing, brings an element of the Khan notes that, in only its unexpected each time she steps on third year, word of the festival is stage. spreading in Canada and in India “Each time is something new, – he’s hearing from increasing something different,” she says. numbers of artists who are look“Dancing to live music, you can ing for a chance to perform in expect something off the fly.” an event that celebrates classical Closing the festival will be music. Khan himself, with his renowned “It is classical music, and clascombination of tabla playing sical music always suffers comwhile singing ghazals – a pared to pop and rock’n’roll and Bollywood and bhangra,” Khan ◗Mushtari Begum Page 14

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Classical master: Cassius Khan is a Queensborough resident and recognized master of the tabla. He’s once again producing the Mushtari Begum Festival of Indian Classical Music and Dance at the Massey Theatre Oct. 25.

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Mushtari Begum: Festival unique on the Canadian music scene “We hope that people form of Urdu poetry that’s will come out and support never sung in combination us,” she says. with tabla playing because And no, the festival both forms are considered isn’t just designed for too complex to those who perform simultanare experts in eously. Indian clasKhan is hoping sical music and to see even more dance – quite interest in this the opposite, in year’s festival. The fact. first year saw more Kushwaha than 300 attennotes that they dees, and last year make it their topped 500 – but mission to Khan is anticipatAmika Kushwaha have the artists ing even more engage with the kathak dancer growth this year as audience and word gets out about the explain the nuances of event. their particular art form. Kushwaha notes that “We try to make sure this year’s date coincides the artists educate the with celebrations of audience,” she says. “We Diwali, so they’re hopetry to keep the audience ful that the festive time of engaged.” year will encourage people Khan is still dreaming to turn out. of an even bigger, better ◗ continued from page 13

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Vic Leach: 38 years of community building I heard about the Vagabond Players by-the-by. I found that one of the big difficulties with most theatre companies was that they did very poor marketing. They usually waited until almost the show was ready before they would tell anybody about it. I have a background in marketing, so I tried to get the word out in advance. I just felt that there was a need. With RCMT, we were able to start off the first season bringing in 5,100 people. By the time we finished the fifth production in 1994, our attendance increased to 14,500 in 15 shows, successfully competing against the Vancouver Canucks who made it to the Stanley Cup playoffs that year.

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ic Leach is familiar to many in New Westminster thanks to his involvement with Sapperton Old Age Pensioners Association and with many events and issues in the community. The Record caught up with the 60something Leach for a chat about where he has been, how New West has changed and what he is up to now. What follows is an abridged and edited version of that conversation. Q: You first moved to New Westminster from Saskatoon, with your wife Louisa Lundy, 38 years ago. What brought you to the Royal City and what was the community like then? A: I got a job working for a trucking company in downtown Vancouver, and I was looking for a place where I didn’t have to cross any bridges. The big thing was down in New West then they still had the Miracle Mile as they called it (also known as the Golden Mile – a bustling commercial area along Columbia Street). It was just starting its decline, that was in 1975/76.

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managed the Seniors Bureau for five years and from 2003 to ‘06 you assisted about 115 veterans to obtain benefits. Why? A: I knew that just having little bits of benefits along the way could be very helpful to them. In 2002, I learned they were eligible for about $2,000 to $12,000 a year in disability pension, but many of them didn’t realize it. When I started doing the research and found that if they were in the service and had a hearing loss, they probably got it in the war and could get benefits for that. They could also get food services money, about $2,500, and about $1,500 for cleaning services in their house. And about $1,000 for yard work. Between January and August 2003, combined, we got them over $1 million per year. We assisted about 115 vets and their families obtain these benefits. I have assisted about another 30 or so vets since that time. Q: What are you up to these days? A: Seniors Have Talent 2. (Talent show showcasing seniors who excel in various performing arts from magicians, to singers to comics and storytellers.) I think there is high potential for it to go provincewide. The event will be on Oct. 19 at Sapperton Pensioners Hall. Call the hall at 604-5220280 for more information.

Remus never missed a beat

New Westminster senior travelled as a choreographer BY JENNIFER THUNCHER CONTRIBUTOR editorial@royalcityrecord.com

ew Westminster is full of amazing seniors with interesting pasts and exciting futures. Marilyn Remus, 75, is one of those people. She was raised in Victoria where she took ballet classes and eventually trained under prima ballerina Bebe de Roland. In 1962, she married her husband, Dudley, who was a director and producer (he directed and produced Victoria’s centennial celebrations in 1962). The pair travelled all over the United States and Canada with her working as a choreographer and he a producer/director with The Rogers Producing Company. In Florida, Remus choreographed the Burt Reynolds Dinner Theatre (yes, that Burt Reynolds) and her husband was the producer. Reynolds was a longtime friend of the pair and best man when the Remuses married.

“It was a creative, interesting time,” Remus said. Remus and her husband divorced after 20 years, and she went on to work in human resources at a television company. She lived in the United States for 50 years until moving to New Westminster at the age of 72, in order to be closer to her two brothers who live in the community. “I arrived with only three suitcases, and it was both exciting and frightening at the same time,” she said. She took the Learning, Educating and Developing Seniors (LEADS) program at Century House and then volunteered for their Heart-2-Art interContributed/THE RECORD generational art-based project, which was the first of its kind in Creative life: Marilyn Remus, 75, has spent Canada. For the project, Remus her life in the arts. and a youth created a series of 10 front of the house. workshops of three hours each “(It was) really interesting for me as for the community to attend (for free), all my experience had been on stage or and they presented their work at a gala in direction,” she said. in April of 2013. Remus also volunteered for a time at ◗Remus Page 20 Massey Theatre, where she worked the

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Watch who you’re calling a senior BY JENNIFER THUNCHER CONTRIBUTOR editorial@royalcityrecord.com

ge is just a number, goes the cliché, and judging by the mature adults seen jogging along the Quay boardwalk, heading local businesses or running for office, it does seem New Westminster seniors are not slowing down much as the candles on their birthday cake increase. Seniors 55 years old and up make up about 13 per cent of New Westminster’s population (13,565), according to 2011 Statistics Canada figures. The Record met with members of the Century House Association executive to find out what defines today’s seniors and how they feel about aging in the Royal City. The first thing that became evident was that there is discomfort with being called “seniors.” “Senior is a really broad terminology,” said Vance McFadyen, longtime New Westminster resident and former mayoral candidate. “It doesn’t refer to mentality. Seniors are very different than when I was growing up because they are much more open-

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seniors, many on the executive saw safety as an issue. “Many are faced with elder abuse,” said Oakes. “I think that is important in a community, to make sure that is addressed.” She said it’s sometimes relatives who are the abusers, so seniors are reluctant to speak out. McFadyen said with people living longer (at Century House there “We should take are approximately 250 people over the age of 90 out of about 2,000-plus care of those members), finances are a huge issue. seniors who “In the past you could kind of rely on your pensions, but now that is a helped build totally different story. Cost of everyour country, our thing goes up so quickly compared to your fixed income,” he said. “We society.” should take care of those seniors who helped build our country, our VANCE MCFADYEN society.” city resident Transportation is another hot-button issue. “Especially for seniors, but for everybody to be able to get uptown and downtown – up the hills,” McFadyen said, adding bringing back a trolley would be a solution. Though there are things they would improve about New Westminster, most on the executive said they had chosen or stayed in the Royal City because it is a pleasant place to grow older. McKee said she moved to New Westminster in 2006 because it had a progressive seniors’ centre and was friendly and walkable. “I wanted to age in place, and it was very important to me that we could find a place where we could stay forever, ” she said.

here are perks that come with being a more mature Royal City citizen, but at what age the perks kick in is sometimes confusing. Here is a list just some of the perks and what age they start at. ◆ Value Village – 10 per cent off every day for those 60 years old and up. ◆ IHOP – buy one, get one free on Wednesdays for those 55 years old and up. ◆ Shoppers Drug Mart – 20 per cent off regular priced items on Thursdays for those 50 years old and up. ◆ M&M Meat Shops– five per cent off of purchases less than $30 and 10 per cent off of purchases over $30 for those 60 years old and up. ◆ SilverCity Metropolis Cinemas – about $3 off any show for those 65 years old and up. (Most big-named movie theatres offer the same deal. Check with your favourite theatre to be sure.)

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She also volunteered at the Royal City Humane Society, which gives shelter to cats that are awaiting adoption. These days Remus remains extremely busy. She is the director and choreographer for The Vaudevillians performing group. “This group of about 25 active senior volunteers tours the area and presents hour-long shows complete with scenery, costumes, sound and lighting in venues of retirement homes, community centres and conventions,” she said And finally, Remus was recently hired parttime at the new Anvil Centre, a job she said she really enjoys. “There is great opportunity for seniors in this area if they reach out and become involved,” she said.

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Laughing in the face of senior expectations BY JENNIFER THUNCHER CONTRIBUTOR editorial@royalcityrecord.com

ew Westminster’s Janice Bannister not only deﬁes what society expects from a woman of her generation, she laughs in the face of those expectations – literally. Bannister makes her living as a standup comedienne and by teaching other people how to crack audiences up. She also acts on the side. Though she won’t say her exact age, because she doesn’t want to be excluded from any acting parts, she admitted she is a boomer between 55 and 65 years old. Over her (however many) years, she’s reinvented herself several times. Her latest incarnation came in her 40s after losing her job. She calls this current career path her fourth act. “I was a kid and then I did psychiatric nursing for 14 years, and that overlapped with when I was a single mom working on doing whatever … my juggling act as I like to call it, and that led into educational sales where

I was a consultant for an educational sales company, and when I got canned from that job that is when I was like, ‘Holy geez, what do I do now?’” The ﬁrst thing she did was take all the retraining courses available through government for the unemployed. It was a government intake worker who asked her if she had ever considered doing standup. She had. A Langara college course later and she was out on stage. Bannister knows her path is an unusual one, for a female boomer. “It is late at night. Shows don’t start until 9 p.m or sometimes 9:30 p.m., and everybody on the stage is between the ages of 25 and 35 years old and talking about their body parts and pretty raunchy, “ she said. But Bannister stuck it out. She even won some awards for her act. Next she took further entrepreneurial

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courses at Douglas College and made up a unique business plan. “I developed my business plan from the fact that I was a psych nurse and I have seen the dark side of people where they have lost all their will to live, and they just really didn’t want to go on, and I kind of believe that is where they lose connection with the world. … I kind of believe that laughter is the connecting factor,” she said. That is when she launched her company, Laughter Zone 101. She teaches classes for other wannabe comics. While Bannister’s career choice is deﬁnitely unique, her desire, and need, to keep working later in life, is not. In fact, older Canadians are staying in the workforce longer than ever. According to statistics from Carp (formerly the Canadian Association of Retired Persons) in 2013, there were eight million Canadians aged 45-plus out of 18.7 million in the labour force. Women in particular are increasingly working later. From 1997 to 2010, the employment rate for women over 55 rose from 22.3 to 36.6 per cent. Bannister’s advice to others who may be thinking about reinventing themselves is simple – do it. “Look at what you want to do. Make a list,” she said. “It is absolutely never too late,” On Oct. 16 and 23, Bannister’s standup comedy students will be showcasing their acts. For more information, go to laughterzone101. com.

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on’t call Deanne Rapacioli, 66, a fitness instructor. Though she has been teaching dance and movement for 43 years, Rapacioli abhors almost everything to do with the fitness industry. “People think of fitness as gyms and exercise and repetitions and all that stuff, and I don’t do anything like that,” she said. Instead, she teaches holistic classes for women. “Women need what I have to offer,” she said as explanation for her womenonly schedule. Rapacioli’s classes focus on movement that makes women feel better about the bodies they have. “The programs I teach are not about changing your body so you feel better about it,” she said. “They are about celebrating the body you have, whether you are young, old, thin, whatever shape you are, whatever condition you are in, it is simply getting women back to feeling at peace with

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Dance: Deanne Rapacioli leads movement classes. their bodies.” Her classes, which she teaches out of a ballet studio in New Westminster and at Century House – which she prefers to call “the centre for enhancing the age 50s and up” – involve various kinds of movement including gentle stretching, and barre exercises, breathing and

relaxation. There are also discussions on issues related to women’s health, such as stress education, but no complaining about aches and pains (and no discussing politics). Rapacioli said body loathing is “epidemic” among women, and she tries to reverse that. “When you get them to move their hand over their body, up into the air and I tell them to bring their arm down and circle their wrists and look at their wrists – because every part of the body speaks – and they see the beauty of their own wrist and their own hand as it comes down,” she said. According to Rapacioli, women have poor body image at every age, but older women in particular are fed damaging ideas of aging as a negative process. “You have so much value now, you are not running to the end, you are growing into yourself,” she said. For more information on Rapacioli’s classes contact Century House at 604519-1066, stop by the centre at 620 Eighth St., New Westminster or write to her directly by email at Deanne.r@ shaw.ca.

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Seniors’ festival offers workshops, activities The City of New Westminster is presenting a Seniors’ Festival this Saturday (Oct. 18), and it is all free. There will be drop-in classes, workshops and presentations for those aged 50 and up, and their caregivers. There will also be an In My Back Yard information fair with representatives from not-for-profit seniors’ service providers, according to a city press release. Drop-in activities include Bhangra dance and XBox gaming. Workshops cover a range of topics, including seniors and intimacy presented by Jane Langton, a certified sexual health educator. A panel workshop will tackle the topic of dementia-friendly communities.

One of the highlights of the day is sure to be the Dr. Art Hister Health Talk. Hister is a well-known health analyst for several B.C. TV and radio programs. The festival is produced by the City of New Westminster’s seniors advisory committee. Events get underway at 10 a.m. and run to 3 p.m. at the Anvil Centre, which is at 777 Columbia St., New Westminster, (across from the New West SkyTrain station). Free underground parking can be accessed off Eighth Street. For more information, call Century House at 604-519-1066.

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o you love historical fiction? Turn out to Renaissance Books tonight (Wednesday, Oct. 15) to catch a reading by two local writers. Ruth Kozak and Eileen Kernaghan will be on hand to read from their new novels at 7 p.m. An open mike will follow their reading. Kozak recently released The Shadow of the Lion, which starts in Babylon at the time of Alexander the Great’s death. “It follows the journey of the newly appointed joint kings, Alexander’s half-brother Philip Arridaios and his infant son, Iskander, through Asia Minor and Egypt to Macedon, until the year 301 BC when tragedy marks the end of Alexander’s dynasty,” a press release explains. Kernaghan is the author of Sophie, In Shadow, set in British India in 1914.

The book is described as “a story of spies and terrorist plots, time travel and Himalayan journeys, played out against the background of a world at war.” It follows the story of Sophie Pritchard, who has lost her parents in the Titanic disaster and who finds herself in an India “where past, present and future seem to co-exist.” You can find out more about the writers at their websites: www.ruthkozak. com and www.eileen kernaghan.ca.

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Young artists are being offered a chance to find inspiration in the work of Emily Carr. Artist Sandi Henrich is leading a free ArtStarts workshop for kids at River Market on Sunday, Oct. 26. Henrich will lead two sessions designed for sixto 12-year-old artists, one at 11 a.m. and the second

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Momentum youth festival returns

The many artistic talents of New West youth are in the spotlight as the Momentum Youth Arts Festival returns to the city next month. The newly expanded festival is running Nov. 10 to 21 at the Massey Theatre, with a variety of workshops and events throughout that time. Among the highlights

laboration with musicians, with four collaborative workshops that start Oct. 19. An interactive art gallery will also be running at the Massey Theatre’s Plaskett Gallery throughout the festival. Keep an eye on this space for more details as the festival approaches, or see www.momentum youthartsmovement.com to get involved in this year’s events. Do you have an item for Lively City? Send arts and entertainment ideas to Julie, jmaclellan@royalcityrecord. com, or find her on Twitter, @juliemaclellan.

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An attitude of gratitude is good for your health HEALTHWISE

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he way you look at your life at this moment can determine your future health and happiness. How you habitually think has great bearing on your performance at school or work, your physical health, your emotions and your relationships. If you see yourself as a powerless victim of life, you lose your confidence and sense of control. This leads to anxiety. If all you focus on what is wrong in your life, you will no longer see what is good. This leads to depression. An attitude more conducive to your well-being is gratitude. Contrary to popular opinion, thankfulness is not a function of what you have or a luxury when life is good. Lasting and authentic happiness doesn’t come when everything is perfect because it never is – or when it seems to be, it doesn’t stay that way. In an imperfect world, we can still be happy. We say that pessimists see the cup as half-empty and optimists see it halffull. With the perspective of wanting, we see what we don’t have and we get

lasts just one day. Rather what we expect – more of than grieving her impendless and more wanting. ing loss, the child learns to Happiness is not in the appreciate the gift of her cards with the half empty fairy’s one sparkling day. attitude. We and everyone Pessimists may think that optimists are deluded. around us are like the daily fairy – flowers in The cup is really not half bloom today. full, and in a sense they Take stock of what may be right. Water is not you have this day. There static just as neither our are seeds and flowers. Be selves nor anything in life grateful for the flowers is unchanging. you see today and recPeople come in and out ognize that in of our lives, your hands are love comes in the seeds for many forms the future. and the gifts “There are seeds When you we are given are gifts in and flowers. Be turn your problems into goals trust; we hold grateful for the – reframing the them for a moment and flowers you see negative into positive, you pass them on. today and begin to create Everything is fleeting, flow- recognize that in a more positive future. You are ing and in flux. your hands are no longer a vicGratitude allows us to the seeds for the tim of chance. You empower appreciate yourself. You what we have future.” see golden been given in the past – the DR. DAVIDICUS WONG opportunities health columnist and you seize good that we them. You plant have experiseeds for future enced, the way happiness. we were loved and the Today, appreciate the lessons we have learned. It allows us to see and appre- flowers that now bloom in your life and give thanks ciate ourselves, others for flowers past. Recognize and our world just as they the seeds in your life, and are at this moment. It can ask, “What can I do today allow us to see and create to create happiness tomora positive future, the realrow?” ization of potential. Dr. Davidicus Wong is When my children were a family physician. His young, I would make up Healthwise column appears a new story each bedtime. regularly in this paper. You In the tale of the “Daily can read more about achievFairy,” a child is befriended by a beautiful fairy who ing your positive potential in health at davidicuswong. has nothing but love to give in her short life which wordpress.com.

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“And when appropriate, to ensure that everything is paid in advance, avoiding any additional financial burden on the family,” he adds. Additionally, the funeral home will collect the information necessary to register the death with the Vital Statistics Agency. This information will include the full given name of the deceased, date and place of birth, occupation during their working life, marital status at the time of their death; full name of their spouse(if married); names of their parents including parent’s birthplace. The funeral home will also need to know whether you prefer burial in a cemetery or cremation. Mike went on to say that in the case of cremation, you need to let your family know whether you want your remains to be buried in a cemetery or scattered on land or

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A record number of volunteers collected mounds of garbage and invasive plants during the recent shoreline cleanup in Queensborough. Karla Olson, a member of New Westminster Environmental Partners, reports that 118 volunteers took part in this year’s South Dyke Road shoreline cleanup on Sept. 21. Along with the cleanup and invasive plant pull that have always been a part of the shoreline cleanup, volunteers planted native shrubs at this year’s event. “This is our fourth year at this site, and with 80 people coming out last year in the pouring rain, the thought was we could really make some significant improvements this year, especially since the weather couldn’t possibly be as challenging as last year – it wasn’t and participants did,” said Olson, site coordinator. “The results are visible and amazing!” New Westminster Environmental Partners unveiled the results of its shoreline cleanup at RiverFest on Sept. 27. The cleanup is the kickoff event to B.C. Rivers Week celebrations in New Westminster. Volunteers collected plenty of litter from the shoreline, including a hot water tank, four tires, a TV, a wheelbarrow, a hub cap, construction materials, fishing nets and ropes, plastic jugs, shoes, a life vest, an aerosol can, plastic flowers, a brick, buckets, a car battery and food related litter, such as beverage bottles and cans, a six-pack holder, grocery bags, plastic packaging and takeout containers. The number 1 littered item was cigarette butts. Volunteers also removed a huge amount of invasive plants from the shoreline, including bamboo, English

ivy, Himalayan blackberry, holly, Lamium, laurel and morning glory. When city crews came at the end of the day to collect the plants that had been pulled, Olson said they commented on the fact that the piles were bigger than in past years. In addition to pulling invasive species, New Westminster Environmental Partners received funding from the City of New Westminster and Vancity to plant native shrubs, which helps the shoreline habitat. “The timing was right to add this activity as part of work to remove invasive plants from the area,” Olson said. “Since this shoreline cleanup began in 2011, participants and NWEP members have been removing invasives. Adding native shrubs is one way to inhibit invasive plants from returning. And doing this activity also gives us an opportunity to further care for this shoreline habitat by selecting shoreline plants that provide erosion control due to their root systems, that produce edible berries for people and animals, and that can create a special micro-habitat for butterflies, which we did, out of concern for their decreasing population.” By the end of the day, volunteers had planted 18 species of native shrubs, 172 plants and three western red cedar trees. A c c o rd i n g to New Westminster Environmental Partners, native shrubs including bitter cherry, black twinberry, Douglas fir, hardhack, Pacific ninebark, Pacific willow, red flowering currant, red huckleberry, red osier, salmonberry, Saskatoon serviceberry, snow berry, tall Oregon grape, thimble berry, western sword fern, vine maple, Western red cedar were planted to create the butterfly microhabitat, along with a Pacific crabapple. More photographs of the Queensborough Shoreline Cleanup can be seen at www.royalcityrecord.com.

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Going green: A record number of volunteers took part in a shoreline cleanup as part of B.C. Rivers Day. Volunteers picked up litter, removed invasive plants and planted native species. Contributed/THE RECORD

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Great plays, connections at All Nations BY JENNIFER THUNCHER REPORTER

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Over the long weekend there was great ball on the hardwood, drumming in the stands and a sense of community that enveloped both players and spectators as Simon Fraser University played host to the NEC Native Education College All Nations Basketball Classic. Twenty adult men’s and women’s teams took part in the inaugural tournament, which was held at the Lorne Davies Complex at the Burnaby SFU campus. There were three teams from the Siksika Nation (Alberta), two teams from the Hesquiaht Nation (Vancouver Island), two teams from Kamloops and area, and three teams from local Musqueam and Squamish nations. For many players it was another chance to play competitive basketball while connecting to culture and family. Captain of the West Coast Spirit women’s team, Anna Atleo, 34, from Nanaimo, said the tournament is important for players on and off the court. “It is good medicine for ourselves, and it brings us together, and we get to build connections with other teams and other nations across B.C.,” she said. Alteo’s team was knocked into consolation play early in the tournament after a close loss against Alberta in the first game. The West Coast Spirit team is a twotime champ at the prestigious All Native Basketball Tournament held in Prince Rupert every year. (In February, Spirit were one point away from winning the top spot at the All Nations for a third time but had to settle for second after losing to Metlakatla B.C.) According to Claire Askew, NEC Wellness Warriors co-ordinator, the entire tournament was a resounding success. “We’ve had some awesome competition. Some really great teams have come out,” she said. “It is really a community event.” Some of the off-court highlights for Askew included the aboriginal youth basketball tournament held on Sunday (Oct. 11), which was hosted by the SFU men’s basketball team. “That was really neat. The kids were really excited,” Askew said, adding that about 50 kids attended the camp. Cultural highlights included dance performances by the Musqueam Nation’s Tsatsu Stalqayu (Coast Wolf Pack) at the opening ceremony and words by elder Jim White at the opening and closing ceremon-

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Going for the pass: Hesquiaht Nation player Francine Charleson (in white) holds on to the ball during Hesquiaht’s game against the Kamloops SUNNS on Saturday. The teams were two of 20 women’s and men’s basketball teams playing in the All Nations basketball classic at SFU this weekend. ies. “It is just really about bringing people together in a really healthy environment,” Askew said. Joleen Mitton, 31, captain of All My Relations, which is made up of East Vancouver players from various First Nations, said it was great to reconnect at the event. “Just the fact you can be connected to your culture is really important. So, being an urban Indian and living downtown, you don’t see a lot of natives around, and then you go to these tournaments and you see cousins and (everyone) has all the same common interests, so that is really awesome,” said Mitton, who is Cree-

Blackfoot. The irony of holding the aboriginal tournament on the traditional Thanksgiving weekend, a holiday many – including First Nations – see as a celebration of colonial conquest was not lost on Mitton. “We are going to decolonize,” she said with a laugh. “We are going to not have turkey, we are going to have fish and stuff like that. Everyone should decolonize.”

All Nations Basketball Classic results:

Women’s division Final score: 64-62 1st place: Twerk Time, Vancouver, B.C.

2nd place: Siksika Nation, Alta. Most Valuable Player (MVP): Jody Wandzura, Twerk Time Men’s division Final Score: 99-68 1st Place: Vancity 2nd Place: Musqueam Warriors MVP: Igor Dutina, Vancity Masters division (35 years old and up) 1st place: Musqueam Nation, B.C. 2nd place: Siksika Nation, Alta. MVP: Darren Moody Scores courtesy of Native Education College. For more info on the tournament visit www.facebook.com/NighthawksVancouver.

Hyacks get back to their winning ways BY JENNIFER THUNCHER REPORTER editorial@royalcityrecord.com

After a disappointing loss last week to B.C. champs, Mount Douglas (35-23), the Hyacks varsity football team came back with a win 42-14 over Handsworth Secondary Friday night (Oct. 10) in the Royals’ North Vancouver castle. The Hyacks rushed off to a good start in the first quarter. Running back Brian Cagampan opened the scoring

with a 13-yard touchdown. The other Cagampan, Adrian, made it 14-0 with a two-yard run. Late in the first, the Royals scored to make it 14-7. In the second quarter, the Hyacks ran into offensive trouble. New West was driving to the Royals’ 25-yard-line and fumbled. The Hyacks paid for the mistake. Handsworth scored to tie the game at 14. Hyacks quarterback Jamie Shiho made amends by scoring on a one-yard run. It was 21-14.

Handsworth tried to return the favour by hammering on the Hyacks’ defence and drove to the one-yard line before time ran out in the half. “After jumping out to an early lead our kids lost their focus and Handsworth took advantage,” said Hyacks head coach Farhan Lalji, by email. “We couldn’t get off the field on third downs (they converted eight of 10 in the first half), and we were fortunate to get that stop at the end of the half.”

In the second half the Hyacks’ offence gained control, silencing Handsworth for the rest of the game. Jordan Guzman ran 13yards for the touchdown, to make it 28-14 in the Hyacks’ favour. It was the Hyacks again when Grade 12 running back Tyrone Morgan scored a touchdown on a three-yard run. Still in the third quarter Hyacks defensive tackle Harper Sherman intercepted the ball, leading to a Shiho 35-yard touchdown run. It

was a 42-14 victory for the Hyacks. “In the second half we settled down in the secondary and played much better overall – they only converted one first-down in the second half. But defensively we will need to be much more consistent next week against (Vancouver College),” said Lalji. “Offensively we executed our run-game very well. We’ve made such a big emphasis with Matt this season, today with the conditions, it was Julian’s (Ramirez) day and ◗Victory Page 32

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Midﬁelder named PacWest athlete of the week Douglas College’s Marni McMillan was the PacWest woman’s athlete of the week (for week 5), it was announced Oct. 8. The midfielder earned the nod for her play with the Douglas College Royals women’s soccer team in their two-game contest with the Langara Falcons starting Oct. 4. The Royals ended tied 1-1 in the first game and pulled out a 3-0 win in the second game. McMillian was a force to be reckoned with in both matchups. She scored the only Royals’ goal of the first game and assisted on a decisive goal in the Sunday game.

She is a third-year psychology student at Douglas and hopes to be a counsellor or teacher in the public school system after she graduates. McMillan’s Royals won 1–0 against Kwantlen Polytechnic University on Oct. 11, but then the Royals lost 1-0 to Squamish’s Quest University on Oct. 12. The Royals are in second place in the PacWest standings at 8-1-4 on the season. Douglas next takes on Vancouver Island University on Oct. 18 at 1 p.m. at Nanaimo Turf Fields. – Jennifer Thuncher

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he ran hard. We also played without three offensive starters, and the guys who filled in did a solid job.” On the game, New West senior Ramirez accumulated 132-yards. All told, the Hyacks rushed for 423 yards. Offensive dynamo Matt Seymour was held to only four receptions for 53-yards, but made four tackles on defence, which included a one-yard loss for Handsworth. The Hyacks are now 5-2 on the season (if you count the team’s non-conference loss in Texas in August).

The Hyacks return to Mercer Stadium for Seniors Night, Oct. 17 to face Vancouver College at 7:30 p.m.

Juniors continue undefeated

In Junior varsity play, the Hyacks improve to 6-0 versus B.C. teams (5-0 in league play) after their 39-22 win over Abbotsford’s Rick Hansen Secondary. New Westminster next plays the École Mission Secondary Roadrunners on Oct. 16 at Mercer Stadium. Kickoff is at 5:30 p.m.

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