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New West Mayor Jonathan Cote and Fire Chief Tim Armstrong get up close and personal with the world’s tallest tin soldier Thursday to give him a good scrub. They were hoisted to the top of the 9.75-metre landmark using the fire department’s aerial ladder truck. The local mayor (then Wayne Wright) and fire boss first scrubbed the tin soldier last year after a local resident complained the giant statue was getting grimy. PHOTO CORNELIA NAYLOR

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Foodies will have over 70 options to choose from at the third annual Columbia StrEAT Food Truck Fest on Aug 22. That’s 55 more than the inaugural event, according to organizers. “The biggest feedback we got was to make it bigger and better,” said Maddison McKitrick, program and events coordinator at the Downtown New Westminster Busi-

ness Improvement Association (BIA). “It’s clearly an event that people want to see and come out for. It has become Canada’s largest one-day food truck fest.” Back by popular demand are Tacofino, Johnny’s Pops and DougieDog Hot Dogs, while trucks like Culver City Salads and Cheeses Crust will be making their first appearance. Creating the roster was an easy task, McKitrick added, because there were lots to choose from. “The first year, it was really us trying to

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tival will stretch down to Eighth Street, two blocks farther than last summer. “It’s basically the entire strip of Columbia, so we’re hoping with the extra square footage we have, we can space out trucks a little more, too, and hopefully that can help with the lines,” McKitrick said. “But there’s some trucks that are going to have a line no matter what; doesn’t matter if we had 100 trucks here or not, they’re going to be packed all day.” A big focus for the BIA this year will be shining the spotlight on not just the restaurants on four wheels, but also on the local food and beverage establishments, like Continued on page 4

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Raquel Tjernagel: Former Tweedsmuir Elementary EFI student in Grade 12 and Grade 1.

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Just over 12 years ago, a group of New Westminster parents camped out overnight in front of the old school board offices at NWSS to register their kids in the district’s firstever early French immersion classes. Forty-nine youngsters were registered for Grade 1 that day – 24 at Herbert Spencer Elementary and 25 at Lord Tweedsmuir Elementary. By last Thursday, 17 remained to walk the stage as New Westminster’s first homegrown early French immersion grads, eligible for the coveted bilingual “double Dogwood.” The Record caught up with a few of these originals recently and asked what stood out to them about their experience looking back. At the top of the list for most grads was a sense of community, developed over years together in the same small classes. “I’ve grown up with them,” former Spencer student Elianna Buchan said of her fellow EFI grads. “We were all so close because it was such a small group of people,” said Raquel Tjernagel, who started out at Tweedsmuir. “I liked that.We got to know everyone.” “When I was in Grade 1 till like Grade 5, I remembered every single person’s birthday,” said Sophie Labrosse, a former Spencer student. The togetherness often went beyond the classroom too, with EFI families at Herbert Spencer getting together for annual camping trips. By the end of elementary school, however, some students were ready for a few new faces and were happy when the elementary classes from Spencer and Tweedsmuir merged with the late French immersion kids at Glenbrook Middle School. “You’re always with the same people, so you get really close, but at the same time sometimes that’s hard,” said Madeleine Clarkson, who started out at Spencer. The close relationships within the EFI classes were a double-edged sword for fellow Spencer grad Marcia Dheilly-Sturrock too – when students dropped out of the program. “It made me sad,” she said, “because they were our family and we were so close.” Parting ways with their original classmates was more common for Tweedsmuir students. Only four of the original 25 who started there graduated from the NWSS program Friday, compared to 13 from Spencer. Both schools lost the most students during transitions: from elementary to middle school and from middle to high school. Spencer grad Josh Lauener said many of his friends in the program dropped out in the early high school years, and only a well-timed family trip to Quebec and his parents’ encouragement prevented him from following suit. “It was definitely tough, for me at least,” he said, “and I’m definitely glad I finished it.” Mostly, he said he stuck it out because he recognized the value of knowing a second language.

Other grads said the same. “It really opens doors,” said Labrosse, who plans to attend Queen’s University in Ontario next year and go on an international exchange to hone her language skills even further. Clarkson plans to join SFU’s French cohort program and teach elementary French immersion someday. And most grads already use their second language in everyday life. “I work at Sport Chek, and I’m able to translate there,” Buchan said. “I go to Quebec sometimes for track meets and stuff,” said Tjernagel, a rising track star. “It’s interesting because I can speak in French there, which is cool, because most people don’t have that.” Giving kids that kind of advantage is what motivated parents 15 years ago to start lobbying the school board to get an early French immersion program going, former Spencer parent Heidi Clarkson told the Record. With an older daughter already in the district’s late French immersion program, Clarkson said she started looking into early French immersion when her younger daughter Madeleine was three. Finding out there was no such thing in New West, she started pushing for the program.

She soon found out a couple of parents in the West End, Anne Tulloch and Susan Otto-Bain, were on a similar mission, and parents across the city combined forces to get a program in place. “All of a sudden, we had 10, 20, 50, 100 parents wanting early French immersion,” Clarkson said. Asked if they encountered any obstacles along the way, Clarkson laughed. “Without getting too into it, it was a challenge in general,” she said. “The board was very willing to listen.They were interested, but they said, ‘Well, you know, we have LFI here; we don’t need EFI.’” Besides the board, Clarkson said early French immersion advocates also had to convince a vocal group of other parents who saw the program as elitist and feared it would divert resources and space from regular programs. After years of organizing and lobbying, however, and lots of help from Canadian Parents for French, B.C.-Yukon, EFI parents prevailed, and the district started the program in September 2003 with four classes: one kindergarten and one Grade 1 class at both Spencer and Tweedsmuir. A third elementary program was added at John Robson Elementary (now Qayqayt) in 2007. This year, there were 478 New West students registered in early French immersion.

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The City of NewWestminster is hoping to get the creative juices flowing in the housing sector and create affordable housing developments on two city-owned sites in the downtown and Queensborough. The city is requesting proposals for innovative affordable ownership or rental housing projects for two city-owned sites at 630 Ewen Ave. and 43 Hastings St. A request for proposals will soon be issued and proponents will need to submit ideas by the end of September 2015. “Cities are not necessarily able to solve affordable housing, but what we are hoping is we can get some housing providers to come up with some unique and creative solutions on ways to provide affordable projects,” Mayor Jonathan Cote told the Record. “I am confident we will get two really good affordable housing

Continued from page 1 Longtail Kitchen, Rain City Juicery and Spud Shack. One of the tips she suggested for those looking to try a little bit of everything is to come in a group.That way, everyone can pick a truck, and all the grub gets shared. “That’s the hard part with having 70 trucks.You want to try everything, but the meals are quite big and satisfying,” said McKitrick. There will be live entertainment during the festival, with buskers and the Royal City Swing group showing off their stuff.There will also be a couple of DJs, as well as a live band in front of Heritage Grill. Columbia StrEAT Food Truck Fest runs Aug. 22 from 4 to 10 p.m. See www. downtownnewwest.ca.

projects in the city, but to me the real success is if we can potentially start to find a housing model that can be replicated in other places in the city or even other cities.” Cote said the city didn’t put too many restrictions on the type of projects that would be considered, as it wanted to get as many people coming forward with innovative ideas as possible. He said organizations like Habitat for Humanity have already expressed an interest in the concept. The city would make the sites available at no charge, but the proponent would pay the development cost charges.The city would also cover related expenses such as site servicing costs (sewer, storm drainage, water), development approvals and building permit fees. The city is working closely with B.C. Housing and the MetroVancouver housing Corporation, which could provide additional support in terms of project financing or operating assistance.

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‘Un-Canadian’ bill targets unions “Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out because I was not a trade unionist.” This line from a poem by Martin Niemöller, an outspoken critic of Adolf Hitler and his anti-democratic tactics and the Jewish genocide, is distressingly appropriate to consider today, Canada Day. While we celebrate our freedoms, such as the freedom to associate and collectively bargain for working

conditions, there is a nasty and petty bill before the Senate that is un-Canadian in its intent to remove some freedoms from unionized Canadians. You don’t have to be a union member to take offence. Bill C-377 is a Conservative private member’s bill that is attempting to eviscerate privacy rules for unions and employee associations, while other groups, such as privately held companies,

clubs, groups and employer associations, are protected.The bill before the Senate this week would require unions to disclose to the Canada Revenue Agency details of any spending over $5,000 and salaries over $100,000 for posting online. Proponents say it’s in the public interest because union dues are tax deductible, but groups as diverse as the National Hockey League Players’ Association and the Canadian Bar Asso-

ciation say it’s an invasion of privacy. Union members – i.e., the people whose money is being spent – already have access to the information. Simply, this bill is an attempt to embarrass unions that are involved in political activities. Some might say it’s appropriate because Canada is already a nanny state. But this kind of snooping only targets unions and employee groups and is surpris-

ingly mum on expenditure and salary disclosure rules for private corporations and other groups that benefit from taxpayer subsidies and may also make political donations. Yes, the bill is just a cynical vote-getting ploy, but it will affect a large number of Canadians, not just union members and supporters, who could lose their privacy rights if they do business or contract work with a union. What group is the Ste-

phen Harper Conservatives’ next target – people who like to wear plaid? Sadly, it’s the discredited Senate, with its own problems with expense rules and oversight, that has the last say, with the Conservative majority shutting down debate to ram through the legislation. On Canada Day of all days, we say: How very unCanadian.

MY VIEW KEITH BALDREY

The changing face of ‘work’ High above the secondfloor rotunda in the B.C. legislature are four murals that celebrate the industries that helped create this province.The murals show pioneer figures engaged in agriculture, mining, forestry and fishing. Back in the 1800s and early 1900s, those industries were indeed dominant in B.C. and remained so for decades. But if someone were to paint murals today that depicted the face of the modern workforce of British Columbians, the pictures would be radically different. Instead of loggers, fishers, farmers and miners, we would see nurses, construction workers, hospitality servers and public sector employees. Since 1987, the number of people working in B.C. in agriculture, forestry, mining and fishing has declined by 17,000. Over that same time period, the number of people working in construction has ballooned by more than 120,000 while those working in food and beverage stores has increased by 31,000 and there are 34,000 more nurses working in the health-care system. But it’s not just a fact that there has been a dramatic transformation over the past 30 years or so of which industries dominate the provincial economy, it’s also true that the nature of “work” is radically changing as well. It’s no secret that young

people are finding it harder and harder to find full-time and well-paying jobs. Many hold down two or more part-time jobs, and escaping the minimum wage ghetto is proving an elusive goal for many. As the baby boomer generation rapidly moves into retirement, the jobs its members are leaving behind may disappear with them. The days of a mass of well-paid industrialized jobs are drawing to a close. It’s worth noting most of those jobs were unionized, and came with generous benefits packages that went beyond a solid salary. This scenario has played out in a number of sectors. The result is likely to be lower-paying jobs (a huge spike in the number of people working in fast food joints or all-night convenience stores is not exactly a big boost for the economy, let alone those workers’ pocketbooks).Those hoping to succeed in the job market in the coming years will have to be multi-skilled, well-educated and willing to freelance their skills to a number of employers. Now, I suppose there will always be the proverbial starving artists out there looking for work. But don’t bet on any of them landing work anytime soon painting new murals at the legislature to mark this dramatic and ongoing shift in the employment picture. Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global B.C.

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What’s with all the sirens at nighttime? Dear Editor I am a resident of New Westminster, as well as senior citizen, having spent over 10 years in the New Westminster civic area. I have noted over the last few months, an exponential increase in the number of emergency vehicle sirens sounding at all hours of the day and night. This seems to be an increase both in the frequency, in the sound decibels, and in the number of simultaneous vehicles called out for specific incidences. As city demographics get more crowded in our urban areas and the pace of life seems to increase, it is understandable that emergency vehicles are needed for actual “emergency” situations. However, I have noted an abundance of situations where a number of emergency vehicles and departments are deployed for what appears to be non-emergency situations: i.e. dealing with homeless people on street-corners … or dealing with geriatrics with minor emergencies. Basically what it amounts to is this: we, the citizens and taxpayers of this region, who both voted you into office and fund your paycheques, are being subject to an over-thetop number and intensity of emergency calls in vehicles which are questionably “overkill” for non-emergency situations. Not only is this an extreme form of noise pollution, it wakes people up in the middle of the night in residential areas; people who need to work, look after families or attend to their own health issues. Often times, I hear literally dozens of sirens going at all hours of the night, and at extremely high decibels … for what? Homeless people on street-corners? Drunks sleeping under a bush? Missing cats lost in trees? I mean, really … I don’t read about any fires, any mass murders, any car crashes, any robberies, and earthquakes or tidal waves …. so what is going on? Are you playing war games in the middle of the night? Who is calling out these vehicles, for what purpose, and why do they need screaming sirens that sound like World War III to deal with …what? This absolute mayhem, night and day, is making New Westminster an unlivable city. Please address this situation before it drives residents away and turns the city into a overblown Hollywood movie. Let’s get real. Gary Bandzmer, New Westminster

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The City of New Westminster plans to resurrect a widely forgotten prison cemetery. Located at the old B.C. Penitentiary grounds (what is now Glenbrook Ravine Park), Boot Hill contains the remains of nearly 50 inmates who were never claimed by friends or family. Little has been done with the site since the federal government ceded it to the city after the facility closed in 1980. Some graves are unmarked, while others are engraved with an inmate’s prison number. Considering the grass is cut only two to three times a year, finding them can be tricky. Jon McDonald, the city’s manager of engineering operations, hopes to change that. “It has lots of potential in terms of being a historical site for New West.What I would like to do is some kind of memorial for all the people that are in there,” he said. “But I’m not sure what that’s going to look like yet. We’d have to look at some designs.” McDonald said access to the cemetery has been cut off for the time being due to nearby construction. “They’re building a 22-storey residential building, so we’re very limited on what we can do right now,” he said. “We’ve made arrangements to have access to it once all the construction is finished.” McDonald admitted he personally didn’t know Boot Hill existed until a few years ago when he got a call from Victoria saying someone was buried there. “A native woman did some research and found (Johnny) Sook Sias (Hill). Apparently, he murdered somebody, and when he got out of B.C. Pen, he murdered the witness that put him in there.The woman found out from his name that he was part of their tribe,” McDonald explained. “It turns out her husband was his nephew.” For now, McDonald said once the city receives the 9

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green light, he’d like to put a fence around Boot Hill, clean it up and level off all the concrete monuments. Once that’s done, he’d like to present council with design ideas. “We would go to council and say, ‘Are you interested enough in heading forward with something like that?’ If they approve that, then we can put some staff time into it and put out a tender and see what we get back.We’ve done some work in our own cemeteries, so we have some experience with people who do this kind of work,” he said. Lots of interest has been shown in the project, according to McDonald, who added “anything’s possible.” “I bet there are a lot of stories here,” he said.

Trevor Trafton agrees. He moved to New West last year and had heard about the “secret” graveyard. “I couldn’t find much on it online.There were a couple of videos, and it kind of looks like you have to go through some brush to just get to the place,” he told the Record. “Although this area is home to some very violent and dangerous criminals from the past, would allowing access to it not open up an interesting tourism opportunity? Perhaps a ghost tour of some sort?” Boot Hill opened in 1913 and was maintained by the inmates. B.C. Pen, the first federal penal institution west of Manitoba at the time, operated for 102 years.

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Canadian rock star Bif Naked has been announced as the headliner for New West Pride Week. “It’s very exciting,” Jeremy Perry, president of the New West Pride Society, told the Record. “It was the community’s support of the festival that allowed us to get to a point that we could start attracting big names to our stage.” Bif Naked – born Beth Torbert – is a singer-songwriter known for her edgy punk rock style.With roughly 10 albums under her belt, her music career has spanned at least two decades. “I think she’s stoked,” Perry said of the rocker coming to the Royal City. “If you look at her Twitter right now, you can see how excited she is about New West Pride.” She’ll hit the stage on Sat-

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Of love, revolution and a dream role NewWestminster’s Sayer Roberts stars as Marius in Arts Club’s Les Misérables

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It can be a mixed blessing to land the role of your dreams. Just ask Sayer Roberts, who had a chance to take to the stage as Marius in Les Misérables at Chemainus Theatre last year. As he gets set to return to the role again – this time in the Arts Club Theatre production that opens July 2 – he’s had a chance to reflect on the experience. “It’s almost like a gift and a curse to do your dream show,” the New Westminster actor says, on the phone during a lunch break from a day of intensive rehearsal in the week before Arts Club’s opening night. “You have built it up so much that you have to work so hard and will inevitably be let down by yourself.” That’s what he found the first time out in Chemainus. Playing Marius, the student revolutionary and young romantic lead in the popular epic musical, was an opportunity he couldn’t pass up, because Les Misérables has been among his favourite shows since he first heard the music hears ago. “I instantly loved it, I loved the music and the sweeping epicness of it,” he recalls. “As a singer, it’s the most luxurious, decadent dessert possible.” It’s not just about the huge vocal range and the sweeping melodies, he notes, but the emotional states each performer must explore. But actually being onstage meant that, inevitably, something wouldn’t go as he’d hoped – and he’d feel let down that he wasn’t achieving the vision he had in his own mind for the role. Fast forward to this year and Roberts is feeling far

more sure of himself. “I got to kind of marinate in it for a year,” he says. “Now I can say, ‘I know how this scene goes, I know who Marius is.’” Rehearsal for the show has been extremely condensed, he notes, with just two weeks for the whole cast to come together. Since Arts Club previously staged Les Misérables in 2009, the cast have been able to watch video from the original show to understand the “floor plan” and envision how it all comes together. Two of the leads – Kieran Martin Murphy as Jean Valjean and Kaylee Harwood as Cosette – are returning, as are some members of the ensemble. Roberts is thrilled to be acting opposite Harwood, the other half of the pair of young lovers at the heart of the story. “I have so much respect for Kaylee in so many ways,” he says. “She has so much heart and soul. She cares so much about every moment, and it’s infectious.You can’t help but be inspired. She is an absolute joy to work with, onstage and offstage as well.” And he’s inspired, once again, by the chance to be part of a musical that so many people list among their favourites. “That’s part of the joy of doing it. I love when people come up and tell me their connection to the show,” he says, adding that knowing how his work affects people and how people connect to the stories he’s telling, is what keeps him performing – even beyond the pure physical enjoyment he gets from singing, dancing and acting. “The reason that I choose to make it my life is telling stories that affect people.” Asked to choose favou-

Do you hear the people sing?: Sayer Roberts and Jennie Neumann in the Arts Club Theatre production of Les Misérables. The epic musical opens July 2 at the Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage in Vancouver. PHOTO DAVID COOPER, COURTESY ARTS CLUB THEATRE

rites from the Les Misérables score – which is packed with such familiar songs as I Dreamed a Dream, Bring Him Home and DoYou Hear The People Sing – Roberts doesn’t hesitate. Marius’ own Empty Chairs at Empty Tables – a tribute to his fellow students who fell in the failed revolution – and Stars, sung by the antagonist Inspector Javert, are his two chosen. And, for the record, Roberts has no inclination to take on the role of Valjean as he matures: his chosen future role would be Javert, the police inspector who devotes his life to tracking down the escaped prisoner Valjean. “He’s actually my favourite part of the show. His story is so compelling,” Roberts says. “The payoff at the end of the show” – no spoilers here for those unfa-

miliar with the story – “that, for an actor, is a huge moment to play.” In the here and now, however, the Arts Club’s sixweek run of the show is a blessing for the performer, who notes that there’s not a lot of opportunity to find work in musical theatre in Vancouver.

It’s almost like a gift and a curse. Though he loves it here and it’s where his family roots are – yes, Roberts is part of the clan that includes dad Russell Roberts and mom Colleen Winton, both established actors on the local scene – he says it’s just tough to make a go of it

in a market like this one. Come this winter, he intends to head to Toronto – which has more performing opportunities and more companies coming to audition performers for shows all over the world, not to mention its proximity to the Stratford and Shaw festivals. Roberts has also been studying stage combat and fight direction, another area of theatre work where he can find more training and employment opportunities in Toronto. Roberts has no particular set plans at this point, he says; he’s just willing to see what happens. “I’m always open to things that come out of nowhere,” he says. And, he adds, he’s living in the moment right now for Les Misérables. He points out that acting is one of the few art

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Patrick Duncan will step into his old boss’s shoes when he takes over as the NewWestminster school district’s new superintendent on Aug. 15. Duncan, who was appointed last week, was an associate-superintendent in the GreaterVictoria school district when current New West superintendent John Gaiptman held the top spot there. “We worked very closely together for the better part of six years,” Duncan told

the Record. For Gaiptman, who will work alongside Duncan for a couple weeks before retiring for a second time in September, that past relationship should make for a seamless transition for the district. “The fact that I know Pat so well and that we have worked together in a previous life, I’m able to go over everything that he needs, go over the files with him, let him know where we are on all matters pertaining to education and to the school district,” Gaiptman said. “Come the beginning of

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with zero job cuts; been on the execit has a three-year utive of the B.C. plan in place to pay School Superintendown its debt; and dents’ Association trustees are morefor the better part or-less working toof six years. gether. “There’s very “The district’s in few things that go a bit of a different on in any school place,” Gaiptman district that we’re said. not aware of,” he Patrick Duncan Duncan, mean- new superintendent said. “I think the while, said he’s challenge is going coming into the district with to be wonderful, and I think eyes wide open. the NewWestminster school Besides being well briefed district has done a great job by his old boss, he said, he’s of getting things ready to

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Arts & Entertainment Local author shortlisted for fantasy ﬁction prize Julie MacLellan LIVELY CITY

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A local author is in the running for a top award in Canadian fantasy fiction. NewWest resident Eileen Kernaghan is shortlisted for a 2015 Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic. The honour comes in the Young Adult category for her book Sophie, In Shadow (published by Thistledown Press). Her latest novel is set during the First World War and follows the life of an orphaned English girl, 16-year-old Sophie Pritchard, as she begins a new life in British India. Check out www.eileen kernaghan.ca for more on the book and the author. Kernaghan is shortlisted alongside Jonathan Auxier for The Night Gardener, Cecil Castellucci for Tin Star, Alyxandra Harvey for A Breath of Frost and Caitlin Sweet for The Door in the Mountain. The winner receives a

cash prize of $1,000 along with the Sunburst medallion. POETS IN THE PARK Just a reminder to poetry lovers that Poetry in the Park is coming back for the summer season. The Royal City Literary Arts Society hosts the poetry reading series at the Queen’s Park bandshell on Wednesday evenings through July and August. Each reading night runs from 6 to 8 p.m. and features various poets from around the Lower Mainland, along with an open mike session. In the event of rain, the readings move into the nearby Arts Council of New Westminster gallery. Check out www.rclas.com for all the details. PLAYING WITH WORDS While we’re on the subject of poetry, don’t forget about the WordPlay sessions.The free monthly drop-ins are offered by the Royal City Literary Arts Society to bring writers together, share writing prompts

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Your journey starts here.

Camry XSE

Its level of sheer competence is remarkable BY BRENDAN McALEER

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Excitement and the Toyota Camry are normally two concepts that are kept on separate shelves, in separate rooms, and possibly in separate houses. Maybe even on separate continents. That’s not really a ding against the car, it’s just that the Toyota machine is designed around fulﬁlling the exact opposite of the old Chinese curse, “May you live in interesting times.” The Camry is designed for dependability, steadfastness, comfort. Raising your heart-rate? Save it for the gym, Romeo. However, over the past few years, I’ve heard a whisper or two. Toyota’s 3.5L V6 is actually cranking out some pretty solid power. The chassis response on the SE models is good enough that a colleague actually took a 4-cylinder model on a racetrack and passed a few socalled sportscars. Here’s the sportiest version of Toyota’s bread-andbutter family sedan, the Camry XSE. Could it be that the idea of excitement and Camryism be forged together?

Design:

From the front: meet Emperor Zurg. With a gawping, jutting lower grille dominating the front bumper, the current Camry looks a lot like the villain of Pixar’s Toy Story, and especially so in my tester’s Blue Crush Metallic. As previously observed in a review of the Yaris, the folks at Toyota’s design department are obviously looking over the shoulders of the Lexus team, asking themselves, “Hey, why don’t we also produce vehicles with front ends like Phillishave razors?” Happily, the rest of the XSE’s performance-oriented equipment has the effect of balancing out the aggressive front end. The polished-face 18” alloys give the car a more menacing stance, and ﬁll out the wheel wells.

Overall, the shape of the Camry is relatively inoffensive, far less daring than something like a Mazda6. So far it’s not much to get excited about, but let’s take a look under the skin.

Environment:

The first thing to notice about the Camry’s newly redesigned interior is that it is once again a conventional layout, dressed up with a little sporty trim. Red stitching is the go-fast lipstick of the car world, and you’ll find it here in abundance. So too is alcantara a musthave if you’re going to affect a sprightly personality. However, perch yourself on the seats – more “on” than “in” - and you’ll find that this does appear to be mere window dressing on an ordinary family sedan. On the plus side, that means all the traditional Toyota attributes are there: huge rear seats, a capacious trunk, a straightforward layout for the controls. Fit and finish are quite good, though the number of blank buttons on a thirty-five thousand dollar car is a minor irritation. Also not likely to set anyone’s heart aflame is the simple infotainment, which is easy to use, but slightly on the smallish side. Practical touches abound, including a hard back to the rear seats that makes loading longer objects an easier slide when folded down. Still, as I sat high up in the Camry’s driver’s seat and prepared to tackle an onramp, expectations were modest.

Performance:

Behind its wild n’ crazy grille, the Toyota Camry packs a V6 that sounds, spec-wise, like nothing remarkable. It displaces 3.5L, produces 268hp at 6200rpm and 248lbft of torque at 4700rpm. It runs on regular gas. It doesn’t appear much different from other offerings. However, even when paired to a conventional no-funny-

business six-speed automatic, the Camry is surprisingly quick off the line. You may be more grown up than the guy in the GTI next to you, but if you choose to zip ahead in the merging cue, no problemo. It’s smooth as anything at idle, quiet and composed as you expect a Camry to be. Rev it up and the ‘6 sounds quite good, but the real surprise is just how alarmingly quick the speedometer climbs if you keep your foot in. The XSE chirps its tires off the line and then just pulls and pulls, surging forward – and, like I said, all on regular-grade fuel. Show the car a corner or two, and a second surprise emerges. Even though this car is smooth and unruffled over bumpier pavement, a considerable amount of effort has gone into tuning the suspension. It corners surprisingly flat, and relatively quickly, zipping through a mountain apex with excellent aplomb. The tires are probably the weak point here, 225-series runner that gives way if you overdrive the car into a corner. Try to left-foot brake to get the nose to bite and Toyota’s don’t-sue-us traction control kills the throttle. But just listen to me: left foot braking, overdriving into a hairpin. This is a Camry, and it’s being discussed as if it were a 5-series BMW! But that’s the XSE, a mix of sporty contradictions to its mainstream roots. Those alcantara seat-inserts, for instance, keep you planted when the side bolstering doesn’t inspire confidence. The steering wheel doesn’t offer quite as much feedback as it could – again, could be talking about a modern BMW here – but the strengthened chassis does. The XSE doesn’t feel bred to be a racer, but its level of sheer competence is remarkable. And isn’t that a Camry trait, to be remarkably competent?

Features:

As mentioned, the XSE comes with a touchscreen interface that’s a little on the small side, but very functional. The JBL audio system that comes with the package is excellent, and the car is also fitted with safety features like blind spot monitoring and a backup camera. Official fuel economy figures are a claimed 11.0 litres per 100 kilometres city and 7.7 L/100 km highway. Highway cruising should net you decent figures, but the more stop and go you have, the more the four-cylinder option should beckon.

Green Light:

Sporty look; spacious interior; lusty V6; surprisingly competent in the twisties

Stop Sign:

Lots-o’-grille styling; infotainment a little smallish; still has missing button blanks

The Checkered Flag:

Finally, a little sporting appeal for the Camry, without loosing a jot of practicality.

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From Baba’s kitchen to Sixth Street storefront Tereza Verenca

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The aroma of fresh baked goods lingers in the air on Sixth Street even more so than before – that’s because there’s a new Ukrainian bakery in town. Sergii Kuznietsov and wife, Iryna, recently opened the doors to Solodko (meaning sweet), selling out of everything in less than six hours on their first day. “They’ve been waiting for us for so long,” Kuznietsov told the Record. “We’ve had the mayor come in, and even the bishop of New Westminster; twice in two days.” The couple started their baking company just last year.They had come to Canada in 2012 so Kuznietsov could complete his master of business degree. While in school, Iryna got a job at a downtownVancouver bakery. Shortly after, the two thought of marrying their professions together. They set up shop at the Steveston farmers’ market last February. By the end of that summer, they expand-

Sweet ideas: Iryna and Sergii Kuznietsov are running the new Solodko Ukrainian bakery on Sixth Street. PHOTO TEREZA VERENCA

ed from one market to 10, averaging about $1,000 a day in sales.To put it in perspective, the pair only made $180 after their first day of business. “We realized we needed our own place to make enough stuff,” Iryna said of their desire to open their own bakery. “Our bottleneck was the kitchen.We wanted to get in at more markets, but we couldn’t

bake in the small kitchen we were renting.” That’s when the hunt for a permanent location started. Formerly AFG Kabul Bakery, the 1,000-squarefoot space at 444 Sixth St. has been completely renovated.There’s seating for up to four people, but most people just grab and go. “It’s a different experience than the farmers’ market.There you got to give

a lot of samples, you got to educate people about your stuff,” Kuznietsov said. “Here, it’s different. People just come and they buy, they say, ‘I want this, this and this.” The menu, meanwhile, will continue to remain authentic to Ukrainian cuisine, Iryna said.That includes offerings of poppy seed rolls, piroshki (baked buns with meat or fruit filling) and dark rye bread. Borscht will also be an option for soup lovers sometime in the next few weeks. Another Ukrainian food item not yet on the menu is pierogis. The couple intends to cook them just like grandma did, and sell them frozen. But it won’t be the typical potato and cheese filling. How does sour cherry, blueberry and cottage cheese sound? Solodko is open seven days a week (Monday to Friday, from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., and from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on the weekend). One of the challenges, Kuznietsov added, has been finding the right people to join their team. “Not just to make an ex-

tra paycheque, but to fully embrace the art of baking and have a passion for it,” he said. For now, customers can expect to see the couple behind the counter every day.

“It’s our home,” Kuznietsov said. “People from all the farmers’ markets, they kept asking us where they can get this stuff seven days a week. Now we tell them, ‘Here, in NewWest.’”

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To carry on business, you might set up a company. A company is a legal entity that exists separately from you. A company may enter into contracts, buy assets, sue, and be sued--all in its own name. Companies are diverse. They range from small STEPHEN GRAF shops with one owner (called a shareholder) to worldwide operations with thousands of shareholders. To set up a company under the Business Corporations Act of B.C., you must enter into an incorporation agreement and apply to the Registrar of Companies. Afterwards, to maintain your company, you must file an annual report with the registrar within two months of your company’s anniversary date. Compared to a sole proprietorship or partnership, a company costs more to set up and maintain. However, a company offers several advantages. I will discuss them over the next two months. This column is legal information, not legal advice. If you or someone you know wants to set up a company, please contact me. Last month, the caption under my picture identified me as Dr. Stephen Graf. Although flattered, I do not have a Ph.D. in law.

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New Media Gallery gets a welcome boost Theresa McManus

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Kurt Wipp and his family were so inspired by the New Media Gallery in Anvil Centre that they made a generous donation to the facility. The New Media Gallery focuses on contemporary art from around the world that uses new media and technology. Instead of traditional media, the gallery highlights work inclusive of video art, sound art, light art, robotic art and web art, with many of the works being interactive. “A few weeks ago Kurt and his family happened to drop by our POPart exhibition,” said New Media Gallery co-curator Gordon Duggan in a press release. “We took them through, they had a marvellous time and adored the exhibition. We were astonished a short time later to receive this incredibly generous donation.” According to the City of New Westminster, Wipp and family have donated $10,000 in support of the gallery’s future exhibitions. The current exhibition, POPart, features works by William Lamson (New York), Karina SmiglaBobinski (Munich), Ceal Floyer (United Kingdom) and Martin Creed (United Kingdom).The exhibition is centred around the use of a familiar celebration fixture, the balloon.Through instal-

lation, video and sculpture the artists explore different ways to communicate ideas and emotions. The works demonstrate how simple materials can be used to create extraordinary spaces of discovery. “We can’t stress how outstanding this level of support is because not only does it endorse the New Media Gallery, but it allows us to continue producing exciting, world-class exhibitions that draw people to New Westminster and are a source of pride for our community,” added co-curator Sarah Joyce. “Thank you Wipp family!” The New Media Gallery is seeking additional donations or sponsorship to support its future programming. Anyone interested in learning more about New Media Gallery sponsorship should contact Duggan and Joyce at 604-875-1865 or sjoyce@newmediagallery.ca. ST. BARNABAS CHURCH NABS GARBAGE DUMPER A garbage dumper was caught in the act at St. Barnabas Church. The Brow of the Hill church has long had problems with people dumping items such as mattresses and furniture outside the church.The church then has to pay to have the items taken to the dump. “Our gardener, the wonderful and intrepid Carol, caught somebody red-handed dumping garbage off.We chased him down and we

caught him, then we called the police,” Reverend Emilie Smith told the Record. “It was a very exciting afternoon at St. Barnabas.” Before Smith could get through to the police nonemergency line, she spoke with the management of a nearby apartment building – where the fridge had come from. “People need to know we are not a dump,” she said. “We are a beautiful place of worship.” The city’s bylaw include a fine for people who are caught illegally dumping items in New Westminster. “They have had to come and take their broken fridge away, but we still have a broken sofa there,” Smith said of the individual who was caught red-handed. “We thought we’d get word out into the community that we cannot get rid of your garbage.” In 2014, Smith posted a tongue-in-cheek sign aimed at drawing attention to the fact the church isn’t a dumping ground for other people’s garbage and warned it could have electrifying consequences. “Do no drop your crap here… Management of St. Barnabas Church not responsible for lightning bolts,” read the sign. Do you have an item for Around Town? Send ideas from around the community to Theresa, tmcmanus@new westrecord.ca, or find her on Twitter, @TheresaMcManus.

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This is July 1, Canada Day, formerly Dominion Day, a national celebration of all things Canadian. British Columbia joined Confederation in 1871.The formal inauguration date was July 20 of that year, so B.C.’s first “Dominion Day” as an official province of Canada was 1872, but lots happened in 1871. We have, in earlier columns, mentioned events on the July 1 date, but readers have asked us for other stories around the day in 1871. We must remember that, in 1871, local citizens were well aware of the lengthy debates and actions that had led to B.C. joining Canada.They knew that a special day was coming in the near future and there was much excitement.There was also a long-held tradition of enjoying July 4 with the many city residents with United States roots. A couple of announcements read, “July 4 will be duly celebrated in this City by our American fellow-

citizens. … There will be a great boat race at Burrard Inlet on July 4.” A report on the “Independence Day” festivities noted that it included salutes at sunrise and noon, games and sports, refreshments and treats, and generally lots of fun in the community. “The band engaged for the occasion played Hail Columbia, The Star Spangled Banner, Yankee Doodle, and a number of other favourite airs… At 12 o’clock a grand salute of 37 (shots) was fired, which was followed by the usual cheers for the President of the United States and Her Majesty, the Queen … J T Scott provided strawberries and ice cream gratis to all those who chose to partake…” A short item in the paper shows that the residents were mindful of events to come and the fact that they would soon be a formal part of a celebration taking place currently in eastern Canada.The simple line read, “Dominion Day – Saturday, being the first of July, was observed by a copious display of bunting, but nothing

more.” A few weeks later, the city was home to a large festive event, which included a wide, enthusiastic range of things for the town to be involved with. “The Celebration, yesterday was a gay day in the Royal City of New Westminster. Brilliant sunshine, a cloudless sky, made everything look lively, while flags of every shape and nationality floated from every possible pole…exactly at noon, the Royal Salute of twenty one guns…the earth trembled and the mountains shook with the reports of the 24-pounders.” “The scene at the cricket ground was charming in the extreme, the marquers and rustic bowers were decorated with flags of every bright colour…everybody in good spirits.” On that festive day, July 20, 1871, New Westminster commemorated its position as part of British Columbia and now part of Canada. It was a full day, filled with celebrations. Happy Canada Day 2015.There are many events planned to celebrate this year as well – enjoy!

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Frank and Gerry Gardiner’s marriage has taken them through good times and bad, sickness and health – and they’re still smiling. The Gardiners will be marking their 50th wedding anniversary in July, but they celebrated their marital milestone by renewing their wedding vows on June 20 at Royal City Manor. “I just wanted to do it. I was shooting for July actually, until this came along,” Frank told the Record. “It’s something I’ve thought about for years, that we’d renew sometime or other. Things came together.” Along with the Gardiners, four other couples living at Royal City Manor renewed their wedding vows at the recent celebration: Ernie and Susan Sochasky (45 years); David and Mavis Wilson (60 years); George and Clarice White (65 years); and Ken and Eileen MacLean (68 years). Frank and Gerry married

50 years ago in North Burnaby, after meeting when he was slinging beer at a Legion in Burnaby. It wasn’t long before the lovebirds decided to marry. “We both look at each other and think, ‘Well jeez, where did the time go?’” Frank says. Gerry moved to Royal City Manor after falling and breaking her hip; Frank followed, after suffering an aneurism and going through a long rehabilitation that included learning to walk again.They were pleased to be reunited at the long-term care facility in New Westminster. “At least now that we are together, life is easier to take than it was,” he says. “She puts it this way, ‘You’re my buddy’ and I agree with her. We are buddies.” Gerry, 77, is grateful she’s able to live in the same home as her 75-year-old. “I wouldn’t be without him,” Gerry smiles. Shannon Johnson, director of care, says keeping couples together fits with

Royal City Manor’s “person-centred care” philosophy. She notes that couples are often split up when they go into long-term care. “Can you imagine living at Royal City Manor and your wife is living at Deltaview and you’ve been together 50 years?” Johnson asks. “I find couples live longer when they are together.The average lifespan across the country in long-term care is 1.5 years. Our facility is 4.75 years.We are triple the average here. I truly believe it’s from keeping couples together and encouraging residents and families to be together and minimizing poly-pharmacy.” In an effort to keep couples together, Royal City Manor sometimes moves other residents – with consent from them and their families. As part of its person-centre care philosophy, the long-term care facility strives to create an environment that’s as much like home as possible. “Person-centred care is Continued on page 25

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Continued from page 24 about finding out what that person likes,” Johnson says. “If someone was into hobby trains, let’s get them out and involved in that. Don’t make them like something. If someone was on a farm all their life and was up at five in the morning, why are you making them stay in bed until seven? “If someone was up watching TV every night until two in the morning, why when they come into care would we force them to go to bed at six at night? That’s not quality of care.That’s not giving people choice, that’s directing what’s best for the staff.” Royal City Manor is currently home to 165 residents aged 26 to 104, with about 85 per cent of them having some form of cognitive impairment. Many of the home’s residents attended the June 20 wedding vow renewal ceremony that took place in the courtyard. In the weeks leading up to the ceremony, staff and residents at Royal City Manor were busy making bouquets and headbands for the ladies and boutonnieres for the men, and pouf paper flower decorations. “It’s about feeling good,” Johnson says. “No matter whether you have cognitive impairment or not, you still need touch, you still need love, you still need companionship.These people happen to be married and renewing their vows.” If couples expressed a desire to participate in the wedding vow renewal ceremony but changed their mind on the big day, they were not compelled to take part. “With cognitive impairment you have good days and you have bad days,”

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NewWestminster best Islanders in Ladner in possible first round post-season preview Tom Berridge

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It’s been a slow and steady climb up the junior A lacrosse ladder for this season’s New Westminster Salmonbellies. The ’Bellies finally pulled even with the second-place Delta Islanders following the team’s fourth straight win. New West scored early and often en route to a convincing 19-7 win over the visiting Nanaimo Timbermen at Queen’s Park Arena on Sunday. Just the day before, the junior ’Bellies came back from a 9-4 second-period deficit, staging an eightgoal third-period rally to eke out a 13-12 win over the Islanders in Ladner on Saturday. “It’s good competition,” said junior Salmonbellies head coach Dan Perreault. “At the end of the day, we got the win.We want to be playing well and we certainy ramped it up.” Connor Robinson scored the game-winning goal in Ladner in the final minute of play, with his second of the game. Josh Byrne, in just his second week back from school, had a monster weekend, scoring 17 total points in the back-to-back wins. Byrne scored five times in the win over Delta, including three in the comeback final period. He had six more against Nanaimo

Hyacks win six at AA swims Tom Berridge

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Eleven-year-old Megan Wong led the Hyack Swim Club to the podium at the Swim B.C. long course AA championships in Kamloops. Wong won the 11-andunder girls’ 100-metre freestyle, while also placing on the podium in third place in the 50m free. She also helped the New Westminster-based Hyacks A team, including 10-year-old Regina Rosas-Saenz, Katie Law, 11, and 12-year-old HuijunYang, to second-place medal in the 12-and-under 200m free relay. Rosas-Saenz finished just off the podium in three individual 11-and-under races, including a fourth-place finish in the 100m butterfly. She also finished fifth in the 400m free and sixth in the 200m fly. Law had a best fifth in the 50m free, whileYang placed eighth in the 200m breaststroke, while winning the B final in the 200m free. Gregor Gasovic-Vargas won a silver medal in the 12/13 boys’ 100m fly. The 12-year-old Gasovic-Vargas also helped the Hyacks boys’ relay teams to gold. The Hyacks, including

Making big: Michael Flintoff deflects a shot on goal in Sunday’s 19-7 win over the Nanaimo Timbermen at Queen’s Park Arena. The victory elevated the junior ’Bellies into second place with just three games left in the regular season. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

in a nine-point outing. In just his third game this season, the rangy lefthander is percolating with a jawdropping 7.67 points per game, including 15 goals to date. Jeremy Bosher and Johnny Pearson both scored twice against Delta, including key tallies late in the game. Cody Nass led the Islanders with four goals and

two assists. Tyler Landry got the win in goal for New West with 24 saves in little over half a game’s work. At home, Michael Flintoff rebounded from Friday’s start with a sound 32save victory in goal over the T-Men. The Salmonbellies built up an 8-3 first-period lead and then finished off Nanaimo with a seven-goal

third period. Pearson contributed eight points to the win, while Adam Dickson and Bosher had six-point outings. The recent wins have brought the ’Bellies goal production in line with the top clubs and has resulted in a record of 8-2-0 over the team’s last 10 games. “It’s important to play games like these. … It gets

you prepared for what’s ahead,” said Perreault. But New West’s final three games will be key to where the Salmonbellies finish off the schedule. New West played Delta, in its final season series game with the Ladner club on Tuesday (after Record deadlines). The ’Bellies then meet Continued on page 28

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Senior Salmonbellies drop to second place Losing slide stops at three games following rebound win over Timbermen in Nanaimo on Saturday

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New Westminster fell to second place in the Western Lacrosse Association following a weekend split on Vancouver Island. The senior A Salmonbellies dropped an 18-8 matchup to a fully complemented Victoria Shamrock club on Saturday, before salvaging the two-game set with a 14-11 win in Nanaimo on Sunday against the host Timbermen. The .500 split left New West with a 6-3-0 record at the halfway mark of the season. “(Victoria) is a good team, but they actually worked hard,” said New Westminster head coach Steve Goodwin. “Like I’ve said before, it comes down to we have

to outwork (teams).” Jordan McBride tallied in the opening minute against the ’Rocks, but Victoria responded with the next six, finishing the first period ahead 5-1. Luke Gillespie scored a pair of even-strength markers two minutes apart to halve the deficit to 6-3 early in the middle frame, but Victoria replied with seven more in a wide-open 12-goal second period. Eric Penney took over from starter Alexis Buque in the third period. Corey Small, who leads nearly every single offensive league category, including game stars, and Jesse King led the Shamrocks with three goals and five assists apiece. Dan Dawson was also a big con-

tributor, scoring once while adding six helpers. Gillespie led the ’Bellies with a four-point night, while Logan Schuss and McBride, with a hat trick, finished with three points apiece. In Nanaimo, a different group of Salmonbellies made their presence felt, responding with six goals from transition play. Richard Lachlan potted a gamehigh four goals to move into second place in team scoring with 13 markers to date. Second star Tyler Crompton had two goals and two assists, while defender Jeff Cornwall tallied his first three goals this season. Earlier in the season, New West was beating teams with its running game and Saturday’s win was

a good reminder of how the club needs to play, said Goodwin. “(We talked about it) on Saturday, coming out and leaving it on the floor,” said Goodwin. “We worked hard.” Buque bounced back from Saturday’s loss with a 40-save performance before leaving late in the game to post his league-high fourth win this season. New Westminster took an early 3-0 lead and managed to hang on to the advantage for the remainder of the contest despite Nanaimo’s reluctance to roll over and concede. Third star Mac Johnston shaved the deficit to 5-3 to end the first half and Tyson Roe got the T-Men to within a single marker with six minutes left in the middle period,

before Lachlan spoiled any chance of a comeback with a natural hat trick that stretched into the final stanza. The third-year righthander then sparked a five-goal Salmonbellie run midway through the third, with his fourth of the game from Colton Clark. Cornwall got the game winner with his hat-trick goal at the eight-minute mark of the period. But New West is not out of the woods just yet. On Thursday, the Salmonbellies host a return match against Victoria at Queen’s Park Arena.The following night they are in Burnaby for a tilt with the steadily improving Lakers at the Bill Copeland Sports Centre. Both games are 7:45 p.m. starts.

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Michael Valiante and co-driver Richard Westbrook won their second Tudor United championship sportscar race, taking the checkered flag at the Six Hours at the Glen on Sunday. The VisitFlorida.com Racing team powered its Chevrolet Corvette Daytona Prototype to first place in the six-hour, 160-lap race on the 3.4-mile Watkins Glen International track, finishing more than 11 seconds ahead of runner-ups Joey Hand and Scott Pruett in their Ford EcoBoost Riley DP in a race where heavy rains the day before

cancelled all qualifying. The win was the second of the season for the Daytona, Florida-based team that came into the race as the overall championship points leader. It was also the second victory at Watkins Glen in as many seasons for the pair. Earlier,Westbrook and the New Westminster-born Valiante won their first race this season at the Monterrey Grand Prix in Laguna Seca following back-to-back third-place finishes at Long Beach and 12 Hours of Sebring. “When Michael pitted the last time, … I knew we’d be in good shape, … It was super fun,” said Westbrook in a press release.

Dynamo swimmer wins freestyle gold Continued from page 27 Victor Song and 14-yearolds Dragos Tudosa and Eric Wu won the 200m free relay, while 13-year-old Andrew Li substituted for Song in the winning Hyacks’ medley relay team at the Kamloops meet. Gasovic-Vargas also made B finals in the 50 and 100m free. Wu was a workhorse for the Hyacks, placing fourth in the 14-and-over 200m individual medley, sixth in both the 100 and 200m breast, seventh in the 100m free, while also making a B final in the 50m free. Tudosa was fifth in both 200 fly and IM, eighth in the 400m IM and 11th in

the 200m back. Li placed fifth in the 200m breast and seventh in the 100m backstroke. Song was eighth in the 1,500m free, while also making a B final in the free sprint. Emily Lukas also did well in the girls’ endurance swims, finishing fifth in the 14-and-over 400m free and seventh at 800m. She also claimed a fourth-place finish in the 200m back. XiaoYan Sun was sixth in the 12/13 boys’ 400m free. Burnaby’s Dynamo Swim Club placed Jack Eccles atop the podium in the 12/13 boys’ 200m free. Eccles also finished fifth in the 100m free and won the B final in the 50m sprint.

N.W. vs A’s on Friday Continued from page 27 frontrunner Coquitlam on Friday, before finishing off their season in Burnaby against the last-place Lakers on Sunday. Delta also has a date with the Adanacs on its season schedule. “Home floor would be nice, but what unfolds, unfolds.We just want to be playing well,” said Perrault.

JUNIORS GO EAST FOR HELP IN GOAL The junior A New Westminster Salmonbellies picked up a goalie from Kitchener-Waterloo of the Ontario Lacrosse Association. Kevin Orleman, 19, has been the junior team’s starting keeper for the last two seasons, sporting a 9.27 goals per game average.

Mitt magic: Daniel Tada makes a nice play on a fly ball at the District 6 Little League rookie all-stars baseball jamboree at Justin Morneau Field last week. New West lost its semifinal to eventual champion South Vancouver. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

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New Westminster Secondary named its athletes of the year class of 2015. Track athlete Raquel Tjernagel won the Grade 12 athlete of the year and career female athlete awards at the school’s recent celebration of achievement. The world-class sprinter and double gold medallist at the recent B.C. high school track and field meet won the Grade 12 honour over runners-up De Djaksigulova and Simran Dhillon and the career award over a shortlist including Dhillon, Zoe Lowen and Celest Bain. Tjernagel also earned a career watch for her overall participation while at NWSS. Matt Seymour, who earned an athletic scholarship for football at the University of Ohio, was

the male career athlete. He won over Ayden Sanderson and Darshan Bhupal. Seymour was the lone Grade 12 large block winner. Sanderson won the Grade 12 male athlete of the year. He also earned a Justin Morneau award, while Dhillon earned the female Morneau award. Bhupal, Ian Varley, Bain and Lowen were also in the running for the Morneau prize. Varley picked up the Stan Cowie Memorial award. Dieved Penalver was named the Grade 11 male athlete of the year. James Shiho and Ethan Lo were the runners-up. Penalver won a large block along with TJ Cordoviz and Justice Steer. Madisen Obrovac and Nina Schultz were the Grade 11 female athlete winners.Tracy Wang was the Grade 11 runner-up.

Junior athlete of the year winners included Ben Tjernagel, Celia Palmer and Emily Chilton. Jamie Lee, Elery Hardy,Trew Dancey, Josh Olango, Connor Pattison and Harman Sandhu made the Grade 10 shortlist of athletes. In Grade 9, Sammy Sidhu was named top male and Grace Fetherstonhaugh the top female athlete. Isah James, Josh Filafilo, Sarah Forgie and Devin Strome all made the shortlist. Jackson Foster, Natalie Nastase and Shianne Lowka were the Grade 8 athletes of the year at New West. Gavin Fan, David Chieng and Octavia Lau were the runners-up. Airon Nisperos took home the Herman Dhillon award. Bhupal was awarded the Russ Brisco Sportsmanship prize. Lauren Denusik was giv-

en the Bob Gair Memorial award. Sarah Genberg and Justin Digby won their respective physical eduction awards. Grade 12 small block earners included: Justin Aidoo, Bhupal, Kale Brock, Luke Chaves, Digby, HuiLi Fan, Dwight Gaviola, Enzo Gentile, Nick LundMurray, Nathen Macedo, Joseph Melizza, Dylan Musgrove, Nisperos,Wayne Palmer, Sanderson, Julian Ramirez, Marcos Ramos, Dilip Rathinkumar, Dylan Sharp, Patrick Sommerfeldt, Denusik, Hannah DeVos, May Li, Annalise Meyer, Emilia Moralalyska and Naomi Noda. Jeff Lugtu, Nina Lalic, Victoria McRitchie, Obrovac and Shultz won Grade 11 small blocks. Raymond Tabisula shared a junior small block with Sandhu, Chilton and Palmer.

Barca back to Trinity Western varsity New Westminster Barcelona product Carly Willmott was one of five new recruits to Trinity Western University’s women’s soccer team. The 5-6 Walnut Grove Secondary grad will help bolster the Spartan’s defensive unit at the centre back position. With Barcelona,Willmott earned a league title in the Metro Women’s under-21 A division and finished second

at the u-21 provincial championships. “Carly is developing into a solid centre back and we are excited that she is joining the Spartans this coming year,” Roxburgh said in a school press release. “I like her character, her coachability and her willingness to work hard to grow as a player.We like the depth and desire that she will bring to the squad. She is dedicated to the game and showed a desire to

be at TWU.” Willmott plans to study human kinetics while at TWU. “The Spartans soccer team is an amazing group of girls that I am so thankful to be a part of. I am looking forward to further enhancing my skills as a soccer player in a high level and competitive environment,”Willmott said. in the release

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