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Registering before they can chew If you want your child to be bilingual in New Westminster, you need to get on the waiting list as soon as you can get a birth certificate EXCLUSIVE

By Cornelia Naylor

cnaylor@newwestrecord.ca

Well before tiny Amelia Vugteveen was ready for solid foods, her parents registered her for French immersion in the New Westminster school district.

If you think that guarantees the local infant a spot in the program five years from now, you don’t know School District No. 40 French immersion, according to some frustrated local parents.

“Theoretically, because our daughter was born in November, it could be that there’s enough people registered from January through to the rest of the year that the chances go down just based on her birthday,” Amelia’s dad, Rick Vugteveen, told the Record.

That seemingly outlandish scenario stems from the school district’s first-come, firstserved registration policy.

Vugteveen thinks it’s unfair, and he’s not alone.

Spots in New West’s French immersion programs go to the kids who were signed up first – not signed up first during the year they’re ready to start kindergarten; signed up first, period.

Savvy local parents register their offspring as soon as they’re born since the district puts kids in priority order as soon copies of their birth certificate and proof of residence are received and their application is date and time stamped.

Critics of the system say it’s not fair to kids who are born earlier in the year, families who move into the district when their kids are older or new parents who might miss the heads-up about needing to think about French immersion registration while negotiating the first few months of parenthood.

Vugteveen said he was lucky enough to find out on Twitter about the need to register Amelia as a newborn to give her a shot at getting into the program.

FRENCH FRUSTRATION Mona Boucher and daughter Elise stand in front of their neighbourhood school, Herbert Spencer Elementary. Elise didn’t get into the school’s French immersion kindergarten class this year despite having been registered at 18 months old. PHOTO CORNELIA NAYLOR

“We could see a lot of benefits from French immersion and thought let’s go and keep that option open to us because if we don’t do that now, we’re not going to have that option available to us when the time comes,” he said.

Mona Boucher, a Quebec-born francophone who’s lived in New West since 2011, wasn’t so lucky.

Her daughter Elise currently attends English kindergarten at Herbert Spencer Elementary despite having been registered for the school’s French immersion program at age 18 months in September 2011.

She’s got a spot in early French immersion next year, but she’ll have to move to Qayqayt Elementary to take it.

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Since siblings of students already in French immersion get priority access to the program at their schools, there were only six Herbert Spencer kindergarten spots up for grabs for next year, according to Boucher.

She would like to see them and other French immersion spots around the district filled through a lottery system despite some parents’ view that such a system would be too arbitrary.

“For those six kids getting into Spencer, that is winning the lottery now,” she said.

Some parents are so frustrated with the current system, they have pulled their kids from the district and enrolled them in French immersion elsewhere.

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in 2012 when her daughter Miranda was four.

“When I went down to the New West district office to try and register my kids for French immersion, they laughed at me,” she told the Record. “I went back and I registered in Coquitlam.”

While she’s happy with her daughters’ school – her youngest, Miriam, starts French immersion in Coquitlam next year – she said her kids are losing out by not going to school with the kids they play sports with in New West.

Semenoff favours Coquitlam’s annual online, first-come-first-served registration system over New West’s.

But French learning advocates say registration processes aren’t the real problem.

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Four in custody after stabbing

By Cayley Dobie

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Four New Westminster residents were taken into custody early Saturday morning in connection with a stabbing at a local SkyTrain station.

At about 12:30 a.m. on April 18, police were called to the New Westminster SkyTrain station for reports of a man “bleeding profusely” near the station, according to a media release from police.

The victim, an 18-yearold Surrey resident, was taken to hospital with mul-

ON THE FENCE: The sign is on the fence, but Cheryl Lewis and her husband Gary are clearly not on the fence about how they voted in the transit referendum. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

Saying it with a sign

The Lewises’ new message pushes for a Yes vote in transit referendum

By Cayley Dobie

cdobie@newwestrecord.ca

“Climate Change Sucks.

Invest in a future less dependent on fossil fuels.

Vote Yes.” That’s the message a New Westminster woman wants fellow residents to keep in mind when they’re filling out their plebiscite ballot.

Two weeks ago, Cheryl Lewis and her husband Gary put the finishing touches on a large sign urging voters to consider the environment and vote Yes in the 2015 Metro Vancouver transportation and transit plebiscite.

“Even though the environment has been mentioned from the Yes side, and it’s certainly in all their products, I just thought I just really want to highlight this and have people think about investing in alternatives to fossil fuels,” Lewis said.

The idea for the sign is one that’s been brewing in Lewis’ mind for a while now. She’s been reading

through the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2014 report, which provides an update on climate change impacts and what options still exist to limit the effects.

“Just reading this, it just packages everything to do with climate change together and how scary it is and how solid the evidence is behind it,” Lewis said.

About six months ago, Lewis began taking transit fulltime to and from her office in Vancouver – a trip that requires her to bus from her home on Amos Street to Lougheed SkyTrain station, where she takes the train to Commercial Drive and boards the 99 B-Line to Cambie Street.

While Lewis admits fossil fuels are used to operate the Lower Mainland’s transit system, taking transit is less detrimental to the environment than an entire population driving to and from work each and every day, she said.

“Because the transit ref-

erendum was coming up, I started to just really look at this from an environmental perspective, and if we’re going to invest millions and millions of dollars into infrastructure, I think climate change should be a consideration,” Lewis said.

After some deliberation with friends and family, Lewis and her husband built and painted the sign, and hung it out front of their home on Amos Street. The sign, which reads, “Climate Change Sucks. Invest in a future less dependent on fossil fuels. Vote Yes,” hung in their yard for about two weeks until one day they came home and there was a note on their door.

“We came home on the weekend and their was a note on the door from Andrea (Mears) saying that if we wanted a more highprofile location we could move the sign,” Lewis said.

Mears, who is known in New Westminster for her own controversial signs usually criticizing Stephen Harper, lives at the top of

Cariboo Road and 10th Avenue. A lot of traffic passes by her home each day and Mears thought she’d help out her neighbour by offering a more visible location to hang the sign. On March 28, Lewis and her husband, who’d never met Mears before, carried the sign over to Mears’ home and hung it on the fence for all to see.

“Another thing that’s really come out of this is that sense of community. If I have other people comment on my sign, then it’s initiated interesting conversation,” Lewis said.

Lewis hasn’t decided how long she’ll hang her sign on Mears’ fence but hopes it’ll stay for the duration of the plebiscite.

The mail-in ballots, which were delivered to voters between March 16 and 27, are to be completed and returned by May 29. Voters who need to register can do so up until May 15, either online at www.elections.bc.ca/plebi scite or by calling 1-800661-8683.

tiple stab wounds, the release added.

New Westminster’s major crime unit took over the investigation, which led officers to a home in New Westminster. Four suspects at the home were taken into custody.

At press time, the Record was still waiting for an update on the victim’s condition and whether or not charges have been laid against the four suspects.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact Det. Mike Holley at 604-525-5411.

Have your say at Urban Academy public hearing A controversial rezoning application in the Queen’s Park neighbourhood will soon be heard at a public hearing.

The Urban Academy Society has applied for an official community plan amendment and a heritage revitalization agreement for 101 Third St. and 228 Manitoba St. The plan involves preserving the existing Robson Manor building and building a new school building around Robson Manor.

Some community members raised the project as an

issue during the November 2014 election, citing concerns about traffic and parking impacts, as well as the loss of rental units in the existing eight-unit apartment building. Urban Academy’s new building would be three storeys above grade and one storey below grade, and would include classrooms, music rooms, drama theatres, a gymnasium and parking.

A public hearing is being held on Monday, May 4 in council chambers.

– Theresa McManus

Heritage bylaw considered for 1897 home An 1897 house on Queens Avenue is a focal point of a proposed heritage revitalization agreement.

The city has received an application for a heritage designation bylaw and a heritage revitalization agreement to retain and protect the existing 1897 Lynch Residence at 223 Queens Ave. The plan would also

see the property subdivided into two lots, with the Lynch Residence retained on one and a new house developed on the other.

A public hearing about the heritage revitalization agreement will be held on Monday, April 27 in council chambers.

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Councillors will meet with Royal Lancers Theresa McManus

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The role of the Royal Lancers remains uncertain, but there’s a glimmer of hope for supporters of the longstanding New Westminster tradition.

Last month, New Westminster city council voted in favour of “modernizing” the May Day banquet and thanking the Royal Lancers for their service to the city.

For more than 100 years, the Royal Lancers have danced traditional square dances with members of the May Queen Suite at the May Day ball or banquet.

Last week, Royal Lancers and their supporters, including members of May Queens’ Suites, filled council chambers and appealed to city council to reconsider its decision. On Monday, council supported a motion to have three councillors meet with the Royal Lancers to discuss the matter.

Coun. Chuck Puch-

mayr, who raised the issue of modernizing the Royal Lancers’ dances in July 2013, said he is comfortable with the direction the city is moving with May Day. “I am very proud of the heritage and history of New Westminster,” he said.

“Going back, you see little tweaks here and there on different things that we do.

That’s all part of growing a community. That’s all part of encompassing changing demographics.”

Puchmayr said he believes there needs to be protocols in place for anyone dealing with children, including sports and schools, not because they’re doing anything improper but because it’s best practice.

Since supporters of the Royal Lancers appeared before council last week, Puchmayr said he’s heard from numerous people who support council’s decision, including two former members of a May Queen Suite, fathers of Royal Knights

and a past Royal Knight.

Coun. Patrick Johnstone said he’s comfortable with the direction the city is moving but said the discussion has been polarizing the community. He said council has to hear from people with varying opinions and must consider all of their opinions.

“The tradition is important. Traditions are important in this city. But the May Day tradition has changed numerous times over the last 140 years,” he said. “The reason we still have the May Day tradition in this city … is partly because it has adapted itself to remain vital and to remain important to the people who are taking part in it. It has remained important to the community. We are at a point here where the majority of people in the city were not brought up in this city.

It’s a growing city.”

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6 WEDNESDAY April 22, 2015 • New Westminster RECORD

Opinion MY VIEW KEITH BALDREY

Opposition is finally hitting its stride As the legislative session heads into the homestretch (after this week there are 16 sitting days remaining) it’s worth noting the NDP Opposition appears to have finally hit its stride. The psychological trauma of that brutal and unexpected election loss in 2013 seems to be ebbing. And the NDP caucus has been able to find enough issues to land a few body blows on the B.C. Liberal government.

The current controversy over the sale of Crown land is a good example of an Opposition party getting its teeth into something juicy and not letting go.

A couple of years ago there was widespread skepticism that Finance Minister Mike de Jong would be able to deliver balanced budgets.

A key part of de Jong’s plan to balance the books was the sell-off of hundreds of millions of dollars of government-owned assets (mostly land). There was criticism, at the time, that this was no true way of balancing the budget and in any case, it was doubtful the sales targets could be reached.

Well, de Jong delivered the goods. He successfully held the line on health-care spending, he was able to reach his goal of asset sales and he produced budgets with healthy surpluses.

But the NDP, armed with

some internal documents gained from freedom of information requests, have been able to make a legitimate case that, in at least some instances, the government may have disposed of land at prices that were much too cheap.

Earlier in this session, the New Democrats scored a home run when they exposed the newly created Auditor General for Local Government office as a dysfunctional workplace run by someone who appeared to be in over her head.

To be sure, the NDP still faces enormous challenges ahead if it ever wants to get back into government. But for now, all it has to do is to concentrate on the immediate future, which is the legislature session itself.

Being an effective Opposition party is a difficult and often thankless task.

And the B.C. Liberal government, with its modest, low-key legislative agenda, provides few targets for the NDP to aim at. Nevertheless, the Opposition’s job is to “hold the government’s feet to the fire,” as the saying goes. Judging what we’ve seen the past few weeks, I suspect some members of the B.C. Liberal government are starting to feel a bit warmer in their shoes.

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

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When I went …to try and register my kids, they laughed at me.

Amanda Semenoff, parent

OUR VIEW

The trouble with French In New Westminster, it seems, it’s the debate that never ends: How do you offer a fair and equitable registration system for French immersion?

As our front-page story reveals, the existing system – in which parents can add their child to a waitlist the moment they have a birth certificate in hand – isn’t sitting well with a lot of folks.

People are concerned that it discriminates against new residents or against those whose children are

born later in the year – not to mention those who simply aren’t in the know about the need to think about French immersion well before your child has even mastered the fine art of rolling over.

So is there a better alternative? Twelve years ago, the Record was on hand in the parking lot at New Westminster Secondary School, interviewing parents who were camping out overnight to get their children into the first early French immersion classes

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in the district. Do we want to turn back the clock to those days? Or do we want to find some kind of a new system – a first-come, firstserved online system, perhaps? A lottery that leaves it to luck?

Regardless of how you choose to offer registration, the system will inevitably end up discriminating against someone.

Perhaps the issue is not so much one of the chosen registration system but of whether the program itself is large enough to fill

demand. As Glyn Lewis of Canadian Parents for French pointed out, school districts need to ensure they are offering enough spaces to meet families’ needs in the first place.

We know that’s a fine line for the school district to walk, especially in this era of budget restraint – when offering more spaces for French immersion would inevitably cause a squeeze somewhere else.

But it seems clear that we need a new solution – and soon.

OUR TEAM

What do you think of the new parking pay stations popping up in the city?

Ian Walker Parking for residents should be free.

Tammy Dewar I almost never have change.

But agree it’s not right to pay a minimum hour for a quick stop. Could we (do we) have a parking app like in Vancouver. Where you pay for the time you think you’ll use and can top up easily from your phone if you need more time.

Victoria Louise From a purely selfish perspective I enjoyed paying it forward – finding a meter with time left – topping up one I saw expiring or leaving minutes for the next person ... impossible with the plate system.

Daniela Bordignon-Darrah Too complicated for seniors that are not good with technology.

Ben Inglis They need to put lines on the road so people know what a parking spot is.

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Urban Academy deserves a chance

Lancers’ dance draws mixed reactions

Dear Editor I am writing to express my support for Urban Academy and the value it has brought and will bring to the community. To be frank, I am not a parent and I do not have any children. However, I know that having additional schooling options for young families is important to any community. I myself have graduated from a private school and wouldn’t have had the opportunity to do so were it not available to my parents. It allowed them to make the informed decision as to the school they best saw fit for my education. Now having lived near École Qayqayt Elementary School, I can proudly say that the school’s construction was a great location and has only served to make the community better. It has become a close and walkable option for families.

Now Urban Academy serves only to do the same and even better. Their project deserves to be considered for what it can add to our community.

G. Silverio, New Westminster

Great show – except for the crying baby Dear Editor The Royal City Musical Theatre presents the most amazing shows at Massey Theatre.

On Sunday, I had the pleasure of attending the matinee of My Fair Lady. Oh, my! The orchestra was fabulous, the acting was flawless, every singer was strong, and when they sang group numbers it was mesmerizing. The set designs were brilliant, and the scene changes were certainly part of the entertainment.

The only negative factor during the threehour performance, and it’s a big one, was the baby crying most of the time. How inconsiderate, self-centred, and disrespectful of the parent to feel she/he had the right to spoil the show for so many others.

I don’t understand why the theatre staff did nothing to remedy this problem. It was not the place for a crying baby!

Ila Appleby, New Westminster

Urban Academy plan improves the area Dear Editor Our nearby neighbour Urban Academy has submitted an application to expand its school site in Queen’s Park. The proposal would see the old Robson Manor restored and a new modern facility built surrounding the manor and on the site directly behind it. A small, worn out building exists on that site and would need to come down in order to build the new building. I can’t believe people would complain about a modern style building having no place in Queen’s Park. I would argue that the new building compliments the heritage building and makes Robson Manor look more like a grand focal point rather than an awkwardly located manor sandwiched between a 10-storey 1950s concrete highrise on Royal Avenue and a badly aging three-storey rental building, both of which have brought other challenges to our neighbourhood. Have an open mind, neighbours! A new school building like the one proposed will actually increase our property values and improve our neighbourhood.

R. Lisgay, New Westminster

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Jason Bosher Dn’t eliminate dance and tradition! Dance frees the soul and tradition links that to where we came from.

Saturday April 25th and Sunday April 26th

Maureen Parks Let’s hope it’s enough .. Council must remember how they got their positions in the first place.

These are the people who voted them in....can we not all just work together? I would like to think so. samueld There is a lot to be said about the Lancer’s phenomenon but all that needs to be said it is that whatever roots it has in New West it is a profoundly boring and pompous spectacle- I guess if you have relatives who were part of it or are part of the plaid jacket crowd it is interesting.

However, that is no reason why the rest of us should have to sufffer along. Why not continue the whole May Day affair as a private thing, rather than involving hundreds of bored conscripts from the local schools- if it is such a great thing surely people would support it.

Frankly, I think the numbers would be so small it could be held on a Queen’s Park front lawn. There is also the issue of how many times does an issue have to be refought? ... it seems when a certain crowd in New West gets involved, there is no respect shown to previous decisions no matter how democratic and the issue must be refought once again until it comes out the plaid jacket way. This is 2015, at least it is outside the borders of the Royal City.

BbyVtr does not matter about the thin justifications about cancellation of the Lancer performance; it is clearly wrong.

If Councillors will fulfill their promises made in the last election to be broadly representative and accountable to the electorate, they will reverse the decision, and reinstate the 100 year old tradition.

Bryn-Erin Libman Ward Personally I feel that those who feel that this innocent traditional special dance is “creepy, bizarre and unsavoury” are the ones with the problem that could perhaps be that they are creepy, bizarre and unsavoury. What makes New Westminster such a special city is that it continues the traditions & I thought cherished the traditions of our forefathers. Modernization will take away what is special about this Royal City!

Guest Indeed, New Westminster is quite special! It is one of the few places in the civilized world where merely objecting to pre-adolescent girls being paraded about in public spectacles to dance with men old enough to be their grandfathers could result in one being labelled as “creepy, bizarre and unsavoury”! Also, mind whose forefathers you are referencing. I am from New Westminster, but my forefathers preferred dancing with women- not little girls.

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Richard McBride Elementary is holding a garden sale to help grow its playgrounds.

Community members are invited to attend a garden party and fundraising sale on Sunday, May 3 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Richard McBride Elementary School, 331 Richmond St. The parent advisory council will be selling plants, seeds, veggie starts and an assortment of garden items.

“We are hoping to make this an annual event,” said plant sale coordinator Jen Arbo. “We are not looking to raise a ton of money, obviously, it’s our first time offering this. But we do want to raise awareness and get people excited about gardening. Even if they live in a condo, there are ways to garden. As a school, we are really proud of our garden and we are really proud of

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Right now the kindergarten students have big, huge tubs where they have planted potatoes.”

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“The underlying problem is making sure there’s enough space to meet the demand for French immersion,” said Glyn Lewis, executive director of Canadian Parents for French in B.C. He said school districts with long wait-lists should expand their programs rather than tinker with registration systems.

“The point is the school district really putting in a plan to accommodate the demand that’s coming from families in that local community,” Lewis said.

Rather than doing that, however, he said some districts keep demand artificially low by not adequately promoting the programs or simply conceal the numbers on their waitlists.

“More secretive school districts will hold those numbers very closely,” Lewis said. “That’s information that they should be making publicly available, mostly so that we can keep them accountable.”

When the Record asked the district how many kids were on its French immersion wait-lists for next year, district vice-principal Belinda Scott said in an email, “Wait lists have duplicate names (meaning families are on more than one wait-list) and any number we give would not be accurate and could be misinterpreted as having a higher demand than there actually is.”

Asked about concerns that demand for early French immersion isn’t being met, Scott said the program was a “reasonable size” for a district of New West’s size.

Seventeen per cent of the district’s student population is currently enrolled in French immersion, she said, with 824 in early French immersion and 115 in late French immersion, which starts in Grade 6.

“The EFI program has been growing in numbers since it was first implemented,” Scott said. “For

example, we have gone from 410 students enrolled in 2005 to 824 students in 2014/2015.”

As for changing the registration process, the district vice-principal said school officials are looking into establishing French immersion catchments, giving students a better chance at getting into the special program at the school closest to them.

Kids don’t currently get priority over out-of-catchment students when applying for French immersion at their neighbourhood school.

“We are always looking at ways to respond to parents’ concerns,” Scott wrote. “As part of examining boundaries for French immersion, we are looking at our current registration process and researching what other districts are doing. Right now it appears that neighbouring districts are using a lottery system with a limited application time frame.”

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A cold beer and an ice bath are what awaited a New Westminster man after he completed the Boston Marathon on Monday.

Mark Alexander finished the 42-kilometre race with a time of 3:07:34, four minutes shy of his personal best.

“It was such a cool experience,” he told the Record in a phone interview from Fenway Park, the scene of the after-party. “We went by all the colleges, which is just amazing because all the kids are out there, just screaming and cheering everybody on. There wasn’t one point in the course where it wasn’t packed with people.”

Alexander, who didn’t stop once to walk, added he felt confident when the gun went off. But when the weather took a turn for the worse, he started to see it affect his performance.

“Halfway through, my time was good. I was at 1:31, thought I could improve on that and keep going, but then the rain and wind came, and it just got so cold that my legs got stiff,” he said. “It was hard to keep that pace up, so I had to give up on my goal and just enjoy the experience.”

When asked about other challenges along the way, Alexander said it was the last hill a dubbed “heartbreak hill,” where he could really “feel it.”

“My legs are really tender. Getting down to the subway after was a challenge. I was definitely using the hand rails.”

The Boston race was a first for the local, who qualified last year during the Vancouver BMO Marathon.

The first male athlete to cross the finish line on Monday was 25-year-old Lelisa Desisa, the Ethiopian who won the honour in

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2013, the year of the bombings. Three spectators were killed and more than 100 others wounded after two bombs detonated near the end of the route.

The only other racer from the Royal City was Peter Scoates (3:54:10).

So what’s next for Alexander?

He’ll be running in the Vancouver BMO Marathon on May 3, but this time, in the half-marathon (21-kilometre) category.

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News Lancers welcome meeting

Continued from page 5 Lorrie Williams in a meeting with the Lancers prior to May Day, which is set for May 20.

David MacGrotty, chair of the Royal Lancers, welcomed council’s decision.

“We have been willing to sit and meet with city coun-

cil for three years. It has just never happened,” he told the Record after Monday’s meeting. “They have never contacted us.”

Lancers’ dance: An overview According to the Royal Lancers, the dances performed at May Day gained popularity in England during the reign of Queen Victoria. In New Westminster, the Royal Lancers have performed the traditional dances with members of the May Queen Suite for more than a century.

Archie and Dale Miller of A Sense of History Research Services have compiled a history of the Royal Lancers that shows references to the Lancers dancing at the May Day Ball as early as 1902.

While it’s been rumoured the Lancers began dancing with the May Queen Suite when the girls’ fathers went off to war, the Millers say that’s not the case and the Lancers have always consisted of community leaders.

Here’s a brief look back at the current controversy.

July 2013: Coun. Chuck Puchmayr puts forward a motion that the city have discussions with the school district about modernizing the Lancers’ dance at May Day. March 2014: The city writes to the Royal Lancers and invites them to have discussion with council.

April 2014: A number of Royal Lancers arrive at city hall for the meeting with council to find it cancelled because there isn’t quorum.

Instead, they meet with then Mayor Wayne Wright and Coun. Jaimie McEvoy.

May 2014: The Royal Lancers recommend the waltzes be eliminated from the dances with the May Queen Suite and suggest new seating arrangements at the May Day banquet. The changes are accepted and are in place for the 2014 banquet.

February 2015: The New Westminster school district writes to city council to clarity the district’s position in regards to the Royal Lancers.

March 2015: Mayor Jonathan Cote writes to David MacGrotty, chair of the Royal Lancers, stating the city has decided to change the format of the city’s May Day banquet to focus exclusively on the May Queen Suite and the Royal Knights.

April 13, 2015: Dozens of supporters of the Royal Lancers’ dance fill council chambers to show support for the New Westminster tradition and to urge council to reverse its decision.

April 20, 2015: New Westminster city council agrees to have three councillors meet with the Royal Lancers to discuss their role in May Day.

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Aruna Neela Occupation KNITTER/PHILANTHROPIST Why is she in the news?

Aruna Neela has combined her love of knitting with philanthropy to help the tiniest, most vulnerable of humans: the premature babies at Royal Columbian’s neonatal intensive care unit.

Neela, a mom from Burnaby, runs Haberdash Couture, a small business selling knitting patterns, and she’s started a campaign where kids and community members knit tiny blankets for sick and premature babies at Royal Columbian Hospital. Neela’s passion for helping others is spreading like wildfire. She’s already amassed 50 to 60 blankets, no bigger than a sheet of paper. She’s has also started “mini-elective” classes in local schools, where kids learn how to knit. Contributors to the blanket project include students from Burnaby’s

Tell me a bit about your knitting project.

This is the very first Haberdash Couture Kids knitting project for charity, where we are knitting for humanity, friendship and fun. We are knitting baby blankets for premature babies at the Royal Columbian Hospital. I asked one of the nurses there to give me an idea of how tiny the babies are, and she said the tiniest one they had was the length of a pencil and weighed (the same as) a square of butter.

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That absolutely blew me away, but it showed me this is a fabulous first project for children and their families, because a small child could knit something the size of a paper.

Why did you want to do this?

Combining art for humanity has been something that has been in me since I was a little girl, and I knew I wanted to use my art to help this Earth.

John Knox Elementary and Urban Academy in New Westminster, the Knit2gether group at Tommy Douglas library, Neela’s friends and random strangers who have heard about the project through the knitting community. One woman even sent blankets from as far as Kamloops.

Neela took the John Knox knitting students to Royal Columbian on Wednesday to deliver the blankets.

When babies are born and admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit, Royal Columbian gives the tiny “snug” blankets to their moms, who are instructed to sleep with them, so their scent rubs off on the blankets. The scented blanket then goes back to the baby and helps create a bond with the mother.

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Above, at left, Aruna Neela created a community-based campaign to make tiny blankets for babies in Royal Columbian Hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit. The ‘snug’ blankets are given to moms to sleep with so their scent rubs off on the fabric.

The blankets are then brought back to the hospital and placed in the incubators, and the smell helps the babies bond with their mothers. Neela got students from New Westminster and Burnaby involved, and random strangers also contributed by knitting their own tiny blankets.

On Wednesday, Neela delivered the blankets with John Knox Christian School students (above) Ariane, Megan Cate, Sarah, Amber, Ayla and Sarah.

Registered nurse Shannon Clarke is seen in the background.

What do you hope the children learn or take away from this project?

I want them to know that just because you’re little, doesn’t mean you can’t make a big impact.

That’s number 1. One of the school’s – Urban Academy – the children there are seven and eight years old, that’s really young, and they’re able to make a change.

What do you get out of the project?

To tell you the truth, I just get excited when people create, and I get especially excited when children get excited about something they’ve created, just coming back to helping humanity.

Can you give me an example of how the kids were getting excited about this project?

The little kids who are at Urban Academy who are in Grade 2 and 3 that were knitting, their questions were mainly on the babies. And they were just saying, “I can’t believe I am knitting this for a tiny baby, and how tiny are they? A pencil?!” And they would look for a pencil, and they are looking at it and they just couldn’t believe that’s how tiny the baby is. So the whole imagery, it was all

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What do you think appeals to children about helping little babies?

Who doesn’t love babies, from children to senior citizens? A baby is a baby, and

Who doesn’t love babies?

it represents new life, and they are cute, they’re adorable. But when you hear about a sick baby, your heart breaks. It’s like the two opposites. When you picture a baby, you picture a happy, healthy baby.

Then when you hear there are some babies that aren’t healthy right away, I think one of the students I taught at John Knox was a premature baby, too, so it was especially important to her.

And this was an opportunity for her to give back to where she came from, a little incubator in a hospital. When your image of that happy healthy laughing baby is shattered and you hear they need special care to live, then that really pulls on your heartstrings.

For more information, go to www.hckids.weebly.com.

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This thing’s a gas – literally. Meet one of the rarest machines to hit BC’s roads, the fuel fell powered Hyundai Tucson.

It’s the first fuel cell vehicle available to Canadian consumers, an ordinary-looking crossover with an enormous amount of technology hidden under the skin. You fuel the Tucson FCEV with hydrogen gas, which it then converts to water and electricity. There are no emissions of any kind apart from water vapour.

Pretty interesting stuff, but there are a few drawbacks. There’s a reason you probably haven’t seen a Tucson FCEV out and about; there are just two currently in the hands of private customers according to Hyundai, and just one single fuelling station located in Surrey.

This is an early adopter vehicle, a unique driving experience that’s maybe a hint at what the future might hold. Hit the push-button starter and let’s check out Hyundai’s crystal ball on wheels.

Design:

Perhaps the most remarkable thing about the Tucson FCEV is how ordinary it looks. Both Honda and Toyota also offer fuel cell vehicles, but those machines look like nothing else on the road. They’re all wheel spats and Blade Runner styling; the Hyundai is basically just a Tucson with a few “Fuel Cell” badges.

For the most part, that’s a good thing. The current Tucson is a nicely-sized vehicle with a few upscale touches like HID headlights and LED accents.

Hyundai hasn’t had to alter their car much to get the unusual powertrain to fit, so the FCEV looks as sensible as any other smallish crossover.

But maybe that’s not such a great thing. If you’re going to go for a future tech ride, maybe you want something that lets people know you’re driving the

kind of machine that makes a Tesla look commonplace.

Converting a standard Tucson to fuel cell power cuts down on Hyundai’s development costs, but it doesn’t exactly thrill from the curb.

kilograms of crossover – but the off the line torque is excellent at 211lb-ft.

As a result, the Tucson FCEV makes for an ideal urban runabout. The run to 40km is quite zippy, it’s got enough space to carry kids and cargo without being too big to squeeze into a narrow parking space, and the tall ride height lets the driver judge traffic flow more easily.

Environment:

However, the FCEV’s ordinary exterior houses an interior that’s quite sensible. The kidney-bean shaped hydrogen pressure tank has scalloped a bit of room out of the rear trunk, as well as eliminating the spare tire (you get an inflation kit instead), but other than that, this car is exactly as practical as any other Tucson.

The seats fold down. There’s enough space out back for a large rear-facing car-seat. Both driver and passenger have decent head and leg room, and the seats are comfortable.

The only real criticism here is that the redesigned 2016 Tucson is on the way, and it’s got a number of improvements to brighten up the interior. The FCEV’s insides tend a bit towards the spartan, although there’s proper connectivity and a simply excellent navigation system.

Performance:

A fuel cell is a sort of tiramisu of power extraction.

Hydrogen gas enters the cell, here about the size of a normal four-cylinder engine, and passes through a number of membranous layers. It reacts with oxygen in the air to form water as a by-product, and the electrons shed in the process are captured and used to power an electric motor to propel the car.

It’s a nearly noiseless process, making the Tucson FCEV ghost off the line without a squeak. Like many electric cars, horsepower figures are quite modest – the FCEV has just 134hp to shove around 1900

Perhaps this is the reason the FCEV doesn’t have any cruise control. It’s capable of easy highway travel, but with a claimed range of 426kms and a single refuelling point, it’s not a roadtrip machine. You could easily pop up the valley to pick some tulips, but forget about that Big White ski trip.

Refuelling the FCEV is very easy. Simply attach the connector at the pump, key in your PIN, and with a huff and a psst of escaping gas, the tank is recharged.

It takes no more than 10 minutes for the whole process, and you’re on your way.

This is the great advantage and drawback of fuel cell vehicles – they’re easy to recharge, but the infrastructure isn’t there yet to make it a practical choice for everyone.

However, Hyundai reportedly has folks lined up around the block to check one out. You have to apply, and then can lease the car for $599 per month over three years with $3600 down. BC’s green vehicle rebates will shortly reduce that to $529/mo and 0 down.

It’s not a perfect technology, not without the supporting infrastructure, but with BC’s available clean hydroelectric power, the Tucson FCEV might just be the toehold fuel cell vehicles need to get established.

Features:

The FCEV comes with most of the features of a wellequipped Tucson, including heated seats, Bluetooth handsfree, and USB connectivity. The lack of cruise control is a little odd, but the satellite navigation is as-mentioned excellent and easy to use.

Hyundai includes free hydrogen fuelling (the station is located at Powertech labs in Surrey) as well as valet service and covers scheduled maintenance. If the range works, it’s a rather painless vehicle to own.

Green Light:

Clean-running; easy to fuel; very practical; good navigation

Stop Sign:

Ordinary looking; lack of infrastructure; very limited availability

The Checkered Flag:

Still just in beta testing mode, but a glimpse of the future that’s easy to live with.

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Community Students earn honours for heritage posters Continued from page 16 Hristov from Lord Kelvin, Audrey Bieber from Richard McBride and Kian Eghanian from Qayqayt.

Grade 3 students also had a chance to compete in the colouring contests, with Daniel Zhang from Qayqayt taking first place. Susanna Ujfalusi from Queen Elizabeth was second and Isabelle Lavictoire from Lord Tweedsmuir was third, with honourable mentions going to Isabella Farrier (F.W.

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PURPLE BOUGAINVILLEA

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“COCKTAIL SERIES” AVENS

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‘HILL HARDY’ ROSEMARY

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ALOHA STRAWBERRY

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Enjoy your own vine-ripened tomatoes this summer! Choose from dozens of varieties 6cm pots (reg $1.19)

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Community

Local mission praises volunteer and sidekick Tereza Verenca

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New Westminster resident Rodger Konkle and his therapy dogs will be recognized for their volunteer efforts during an appreciation luncheon next month.

For the last seven years, the retired government worker has gotten up at the crack of dawn to be at the Union Gospel Mission on Clarkson Street for 7 a.m.

Five days a week, he prepares and serves more than 150 hot breakfasts and 200 bowls of soup to those in need.

“Volunteering at UGM gives me purpose that I didn’t have before,” he told the Record. “Today, I am at peace with myself. I sincerely enjoy interacting with people and showing them they are loved.”

That love also manifested when Konkle discovered how positively people responded when his late canine companion Isla tagged along.

“You would see them on the curb or on a park bench

talking to the dog, pouring their heart out to the animal, and they had tears coming down their face,” he said. “A problem shared is a problem cut in half.”

The golden lab, which passed away last October due to health complications, became an integral part of the volunteer team at the mission, with many clients taking her for walks.

Volunteering at UGM gives me purpose that I didn’t have before.

After her passing, Konkle adopted “a gorgeous little dog” name Charlie from Taiwan.

But training the threeyear-old pooch hasn’t been an easy task, Konkle noted.

“The first day, he got

scared from a noise and pulled the leash out of my hand. It took me three hours to catch him. He was so skittish. He didn’t even know how to play with a ball,” he said of his scarred, furry friend, who was often beaten and chased around by other dogs back in Taiwan.

Even language was a barrier.

“He only understood Cantonese, and I don’t speak Cantonese. It’s been a matter of me learning with me, him learning with me, taking him to off-leash dog parks and socializing him with others” Konkle said.

Today, Charlie understands basic commands like sit and stay.

“He’s just a loveable dog,” said Konkle, who’s planning on introducing “Charlie Scar Face” to the UGM family later this year.

“It’s still too early. If he meets a new person, you can see him kind of cringe a little bit. It’s a matter of regaining trust in people.”

As for Konkle, volunteering at the mission is one of

Kudos: Rodger Konkle has been volunteering at the Union Gospel Mission in New Westminster for seven years, showing up every morning to prepare and serve breakfast and bowls of soup. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED

many places he devotes his time to.

The list also includes the Burnaby Lougheed Lions Club and a Third World eye-care society that provides glasses to developing countries.

“He’s very dedicated and

does a lot of tasks. He definitely has a real heart for community and working with our guests and getting to know them,” said Neil Johnson, the UGM’s volunteer coordinator. “He’s our only one that’s here every day.”

Johnson added Konkle and other mission volunteers will be recognized during an appreciation luncheon next month.

April 12 to 18 marked National Volunteer Week.

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Is There Arsenic in Your Wine?

Recently there have been several articles about arsenic in wines on social media sites. Well, since arsenic is a trace chemical found in soils around the world it is possible but usually at very low trace levels.

Since all the wine making juices we sell are Harm Woldring produced in Canada they are subject to the stringent Canadian guidelines that apply to food and beverage products in this country. A more important question might be; what chemicals or other additives are added to my wine? One big advantage of craft made wines is the low levels of additives, like sulphites and sorbates, that need to be added to the finished wine. At The Wine Factory we comply with the standards set for our industry but we never use any of the animal by-product laced additives that are commonly used to clear wines. These products are usually gelatin or egg-white based and include shell fish and other animal by-products. Our process has been refined to the point where we have completely eliminated all these products from the wines you make here. We invite you to come and see us and learn more about the advantages of making your own wine.

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I just turned 43. Why is it becoming difficult to read small print?

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The crystalline lens in our eyes is responsible for focusing light so that we can see objects clearly.

As we age, the lens becomes less flexible, making it hard to focus on near objects. This change in the ability of the lens Dr. Shainul Waljee to focus happens gradually, and after the age of 40, most people will notice that their point of focus moves farther from their eyes. A lot of people say “my arms aren’t long enough anymore” when trying to focus on near objects. This condition is called ‘Presbyopia’.

There are many solutions to this age-related change. One could simply wear reading glasses as needed. If a person also has a prescription for near- or far-sightedness, we suggest progressive addition lenses, in which the power gradually changes from the top to the bottom of the lens, allowing for crisp vision at all distances. New Freeform progressive lens technology has greatly improved the comfort and clarity of these lenses, so now most people have no trouble adjusting to them. Multifocal-type contact lenses are also available for those who prefer the freedom of contact lenses.

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What are Cherry Angiomas?

Angiomas are benign (non-cancerous) skin growths that are collections of small blood vessels (capillaries). We do not know the exact cause of most angiomas, but fortunately the growths are not dangerous. They range in colour from bright red to purple. When they first develop, they may be Katie Marshall only a tenth of a millimeter in diameter and almost flat, appearing as small red dots. However, they then usually grow to about one or two millimeters across, and sometimes to a centimeter or more in diameter.

As they grow larger, they tend to expand in thickness, and may take on the raised and rounded shape of a dome.

Cherry hemangiomas typically require no treatment, although lesions that are irritated or bleeding (most commonly occurring due to injury) usually require removal. Cherry hemangioma lesions can also be removed if they are cosmetically undesirable. Lesions may be surgically removed by a Dr cutting away the area (excision), or freezing the area (cryosurgery). Medical Estheticians may use a device that zaps away the area (electrocautery) or laser. #406-625-5TH AVE. NEW WESTMINSTER, BC.

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Her passion for design and her need to help the community has extended to Michelle volunteering her services for a number of low income and transition houses for abused and battered women in the Lower Mainland.

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Renovations are time consuming and detail oriented. One decision good or bad can affect many spectrums of your renovation. Planning and working with qualified trade persons and design experts makes sure your renovation is done well, within the budget and ensures you will enjoy it for many years to come.

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In what file format should I submit my resume?

The two most common ways to save your resume are DOC and PDF. PDF stands for Portable Document Format. Saving your resume as a PDF file ensures all formatting remains no matter who you send the document to. Sometimes if an individual has not formatted their resume properly, and they send it as a Word document (DOC) file, the document shows up mismatched and jumbled. Where time is Neely Hazell money, employers do not have the time to piece your resume back together. Saving a file as a PDF mitigates that worry.

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My dogs have started smelling recently.

Is there anything I can do to make them smell better?

Has your dog started smelling like… a dog? Try these tips to help make your dogs (and your home) smell a little sweeter: 1. Bathe your dog. An unkempt coat can trap dirt and other unpleasant odours.

There are now many other great alternatives, such as dry shampoo, foaming shampoo or wet wipes (that do not require any rinsing) that can help in a pinch.

2. Keep your dogs as dry as possible. After being out in the water in the warmer weather, make sure to dry your dog thoroughly with a towel - paying Dr. Hasselaar and Dr. Gibson special attention to places like the underbelly and other places where odour loves to hide - like between toes and under arms.

3. Wash your dog’s collar. Give your pet’s collar(s) a good cleaning in some detergent and hot water. Depending on the fabric, some collars can be thrown in the washing machine. Make sure the collar is completely dry before putting it back on.

4. Wash your dog’s bedding. There’s no sense in having lovely smelling, clean doggies if they are snuggling in a dirty bed.

Dirty dog beds and blankets are homes to bacteria-causing odours that will cling to your dog. This goes the same for any other areas your doggy loves to curl up on, such as couches, chairs and your bed.

5. Vacuum the floors. Dirty carpets frequented by your pets can be just as dirty as your pet’s bedding and be harbouring bacteria-causing odours.

PLEASE NOTE: Some odour is perfectly normal but if your dog’s odour worsens and persists, you may want to speak to your veterinarian. Skin problems, dental/teeth issues, infected ears and anal glands could be the culprit of your smelly pup and your veterinarian can help you address the root of the problem.

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Church thrift store gets a spring makeover Theresa McManus AROUND TOWN

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St. Barnabas Church is set to unveil a spiffy new look for its poplar thrift store.

Maryanna Moore, who has been coordinating the project, said the church decided it was time to update the thrift store and give it a new look.

“We are completely restructuring the store, painting, cleaning. We are putting a lot of work and effort into the business,” she said.

“It’s going to be a completely different looking store. We are going to have new merchandise in there.”

Rev. Emilie Smith is looking forward to the grand reopening of the thrift store on Saturday, April 25.

The grand opening co-

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incides with a pancake breakfast being hosted by the New Westminster Lions Club at St. Barnabas Church, 1010 Fifth Ave. “It is going to be the best, best thrift store ever,” Smith said.

New Westminster resident Mark Hiibner will be running the thrift store and interviewing volunteers interested in helping out.

The church is also partnering with an agency that provides volunteers for several weeks, giving volunteers skills they can put on a resumé.

“It’s a bit of a new concept for the church and the store,” Moore said.

“It is going to be more of a business attached to the church.”

The aim is to provide a place where shoppers want to return again and again.

Funds raised at the St.

Barnabas Thrift Store help support the church’s outreach programs, such as the emergency food cupboard and the community lunch.

“I think this is freshening it up,” Moore said. “The revenue is important. It does help with the food programs.”

For more information about the thrift store, call St. Barnabas Church at 604-526-6646.

SHOOT THE FRASER Fraser River Discovery Centre is inviting amateur and professional photographers to enter its annual photograph competition.

The centre will put together a jury who will select 12 images to be exhibited in its galleries for one year.

The jury will also be awarding three prizes in three categories: The River Wild; The River at Work; and The River’s People.

The theme of this year’s contest is the colour red.

“Red is not often a colour associated with the Fraser but this year we wanted stretch people’s expectations of the river,” said exhibit coordinator Kathleen Bertrand in a press release. “We are always surprised by how photographers decide to interpret the theme selected. We are really looking forward to seeing what people come up with.”

Photographers can visit the Fraser River Discovery Centre’s website www. fraserriverdiscovery.org for contest details on how to enter. Photographs will be accepted until Aug. 15 and the exhibit will open on Sept. 23 during RiverFest, the Centre’s annual festival that celebrates the living, working Fraser River.

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Community Create your own perfect hanging basket for spring Theresa McManus

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New Westminster residents are soaking up the atmosphere of the city’s greenhouse year after year.

The city is once again holding classes where residents can learn the secrets of the city’s beautiful hanging baskets and create a lush, colourful hanging basket for their home.

The classes attract a lot of repeat customers, including some who’ve been coming since the first class was offered nearly 20 years ago.

“People were always asking us about our baskets and how we make them and what we do,” said Claude LeDoux, the city’s manager of horticulture. “Gene Shutek, the (then) director of parks and recreation, said to me, ‘Claude, why don’t you create a course to show people how to make it?’

That is how it started.”

New West resident Lois Weninger is among those who have been attending the classes every spring for the past two decades.

“It’s fun,” she said.

“Claude is really warm and likes to help people with their baskets and make them all perfect. You could make them at home, but everything is there for you.”

Working hand-in-hand with LeDoux at the classes is Joan Miller, an employee in the city’s greenhouse.

“She is incredibly helpful,” Weninger added. “She is a big part of the team and a real delight to work with.”

Once people have made their creation, Weninger said they get to nurture it and enjoy beautiful flowers all summer long.

LeDoux leads the twohour class that includes hands-on instruction and all the supplies needed to make a 14- or 18-inch basket containing plants, custom-blended soil mix, slowreleased fertilizer and the city’s “infamous and mysterious” wick with watering plan.

“The most fun is that you are putting these together in the greenhouse complex, in the room where staff work at potting up plants,” he said. “You have the real environment of being in the greenhouse operation and the knowledgeable help that are going to assist you in learning about the plants and about the soils and fertilizers, how to water them and where they should go. That’s really key to this – it’s the experience of being in that setting and the knowledge you are going to get.”

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Community Douglas instructor shortlisted for prestigious prize Julie MacLellan LIVELY CITY

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A creative writing instructor from Douglas College is among seven finalists shortlisted for the $65,000 Griffin Poetry Prize.

Four international and three Canadian poets are in the running for the award – among them Douglas College’s Russell Thornton for his book of poetry The Hundred Lives.

Thornton, who’s a North Vancouver resident, is no stranger to the world of major awards – his previous books have been shortlisted for the B.C. Book Prize, the ReLit Poetry Award and the Governor General’s Award.

He’s also a past winner of the League of Canadian Poets National Contest.

“The poems in The Hundred Lives burn with a rare blend of rhythmic intensity and hard-earned experience that make them at once timeless and contemporary,” said the judges’ citation about the book.

The Hundred Lives was published by Quattro Books – check out www.quattro books.ca for more.

THROUGH THE LENS A photographer from New Westminster is one of three artists with work on display in an upcoming exhibition at the Burnaby Arts Council gallery.

Adam Gibbs’ work is part of the new Photographic Convergences exhibition, which opens May 9 at the Deer Lake Gallery and runs until May 30.

A press release notes that Gibbs takes his inspiration from the outdoors through hikes into remote locations, where he sets up his photography equipment and attempts to capture the landscape and the light of his surroundings.

“The practice and creativity of photography often drives Gibbs to explore new places and put his lens to the test of capturing the grandeur of what it is he sees,” the release notes.

His work will be on display alongside that of Kelly Selden and Chris MacKenzie.

An opening reception for the new exhibition is set for Saturday, May 9 from 2 to 4 p.m.

The Deer Lake Gallery is open Tuesday to Saturday, noon to 4 p.m., and admis-

Blocked Voice, on Saturday May 2 from 2 to 4 p.m. at 737 Sixth St. The interactive workshop will explore a variety of ways for writers to rediscover their authentic voice when they have become blocked, and it will give the group a chance to work together to create a piece of community art.

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SECRETS OF A SOCCER MOM – OR THREE A New Westminster director is at the helm of a new show opening this week at the Evergreen Cultural Centre in Coquitlam.

Stephen Torrence is directing the final show of Stage 43’s season, Secrets of

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It’s on April 23 to 25 and April 29 to May 2 at 8 p.m., with a Sunday matinee on April 26 at 2 p.m. The Evergreen Cultural Centre is at 1205 Pinetree Way in Coquitlam.

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Fling into spring: Gillian Wright, left, and Joann Heringer are among the Artists in the Boro members who are getting ready for the group’s Spring Fling for Art show this weekend. The show is taking place in the Queensborough Community Centre’s Poplar Island Room on Sunday, April 26.

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’Boro artists celebrate spring The Artists in the Boro group is celebrating spring – and you’re invited to join in the fun.

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The show will take place in the Queensborough Community Centre’s Poplar Island Room from 1 to 5 p.m.

Visitors are invited to enjoy live music and refreshments and chat with the artists, who’ll be on hand to talk about their work.

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Community Rapid communication arrives in the Royal City deal of interest.

The city and area were awaiting the inauguration of a telegraph system that was to connect this spot on the globe with an amazing source of information and news. It would be, by 1865 standards, “immediate.” A short newspaper note from April 18, 1865, commented, “Telegraphic – the current was on from Seattle shortly before nine o’clock last night, and it was presumed that the line was complete, but the opera-

Archie and Dale Miller

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Communication will doubtless be had today.” The communication they were about to receive would truly command their attention, but would not be what they expected to come down these “modern wires.”

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Exceptional Training Napa has a fantastic staff of experienced, accredited teachers. These teachers provide a high level of training and inspire the students to work hard while offering a nurturing and supportive environment. All of our ballet teachers hold the Royal Academy of Dance teachers certification.

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Yankees get burned

Tough loss: The New Westminster Minor A Yankees fought hard on Sunday, but in the end their efforts weren’t enough to beat the visiting Langley team. The local minor team, made up of kids nine and 10 years old, lost 12-6 against the Langley Flames. This was their first loss of the season after the Yankees opened the season with two strong wins earlier this month. In their season opener, the Yankees beat the New West A Blue Jays 15-6. They followed that victory with a 16-5 win over the South Vancouver Dragons. This weekend the team travels to Vancouver to face off against the Hastings Red Sox. Clockwise from top, pitcher Quinn O’Shea throws against visiting Langley Flames. Kyle Lum slides into home plate. Zach Mankoo takes a swing during his bout in the batters’ box. PHOTOS JENNIFER GAUTHIER

Hyacks continue steady season with juniors in tow Cayley Dobie

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The senior Hyacks girls’ soccer team came out even during regular season play last week.

On April 14, the New Westminster Secondary team was at home taking on league leaders Burnaby North who had defeated Burnaby Central 6-0 the week before. After two early points for the visiting Vikings, Celeste Bain started off the second half with a low shot past the Burnaby goalie off a pass from Hyacks teammate Juliette Davies to make it 2-1.

But that wasn’t enough, said head coach Wayne McCarthy.

“Our defenders fell

asleep after that and allowed a quick break and shot in from the right side of the pitch, which eluded our keeper,” McCarthy wrote in an email. “We had a decent amount of possession, and were the stronger team in the second half, but North’s keeper and back line made getting a shot on goal very difficult.”

The senior Hyacks finished the game losing 3-1 to the visiting Burnaby team.

On Thursday, the Hyacks were back on the pitch, this time in Burnaby taking on Alpha Secondary. Unlike the previous game, the Hyack girls dominated the field against Alpha, which was short players. Junior Hyack

Mariella Rameriz scored the first goal off a rebound from Davies and so it began. The Hyacks went on to score another two goals before the end of the game, including one off a corner kick by Bain.

In the second half, the Alpha seniors attempted a short-lived comeback and managed to put one past Hyack goaltender Simran Dhillon. That would be Alpha’s second and final shot on net.

Later on, Grade 11 Hyack Jen Tamondong was cut down midfield by a Burnaby defender. She suffered a badly sprained knee and was taken to hospital.

During that play, the ball rolled free and Davies was able to pick it up and score a third goal for the Hyacks.

The Hyacks left the field with a 3-1 win over the Alpha team.

Despite the win, the Hyacks have had their fair share of challenges this season, according to McCarthy.

“We’ve been playing with a minimum of three juniors every game.

They’re doing well, but it has been difficult without our full complement of top level seniors,” he wrote.

The senior girls are tied with Alpha secondary for second place in the league so far with two wins, one tie and a loss.

On Tuesday, April 21, the Hyacks were scheduled to take on Burnaby Central after press deadlines.

Central is ranked last in the league.

Jr. A lacrosse season returns The New Westminster Junior A Salmonbellies are getting ready to open their season this weekend when they head over to the Island to take on the Victoria Shamrocks in Colwood.

Recently, the Jr. A ’Bellies hosted the Jr. Burnaby Lakers in an exhibition game at Queen’s Park Arena.

On May 3, the ’Bellies return to New Westminster for the team’s home opener game against the Nanaimo Timbermen.

Last season, these two teams met several times, with the ’Bellies coming out on top in each game, including the final matchup on June 22, 2014, when the Jr. A Salmonbellies decimated the Timbermen 186.

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SENIOR ’BELLIES FACE OFF END OF MAY The Senior Salmonbellies start their season on May 27 when they travel to Langley to take on the Thunder.

The following night the ’Bellies are back at home to take on the Coquitlam Adanacs at Queen’s Park Arena. Both games start at 7:45 p.m.

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Offer valid April 22nd - May 20th, 2015

Over 16 Years Professional Experience and Expertise Chair Rental Available

446 Sixth Street, New Westminster (604) 525-5756 • www.zahrashairdesign.com

25

% off

See staff for details.