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Before Graham Brownmiller dies, he wants to save a life. Jake Flesher wants to truly feel free. The two New Westminster residents are just some of the many people who have chalked their hopes and dreams on a piece of public art installed at Westminster Pier Park earlier this month. Stenciled on two four-foot by six-foot black boards are the words “Before I die I want to…” in 10 different languages, followed by a blank space for passersby to fill in with chalk. The boards have been crowded for weeks with responses both quirky and profound. “It’ll be full in four hours,” said local artist Gillian Wright, who created the installation and wipes off the boards every couple days. She got the idea after listening to a CBC interview with Candy Chang, who put up continued on page 10

BEFORE I DIE Jake Flesher fills in the blanks on a piece of public art at Westminster Pier Park. On the installation, made of two four-foot by six-foot black boards, reads the words “Before I die I want to …” in 10 different languages. PHOTO CORNELIA NAYLOR

Organizers pull plug on Uptown Live Popular Uptown music and street festival postponed until 2016 because city grant decisions were made too late, say organizers Tereza Verenca

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Indie music lovers will have to wait another year for Uptown Live. Organizers have decided to postpone the summer street festival until 2016, citing a time crunch as the reason. Anyone who wanted grant money from the city for a festival in 2015 had to get all the paperwork submitted by last October. A committee then made the final decisions on who would get what this past February. But even after securing funding for the next three years, that four-month window to plan Uptown Live wasn’t big enough, according to Bart Slotman, president of the

Uptown Business Association. “You can knock on someone’s door in March or April looking for a sponsorship contribution, they may have some room in the budget, but it’s probably limited,” he told the Record. “So having certainty in March doesn’t really work when you’re trying to put on a big event in July or August. That’s too little time, so we decided to take a pause and work with the city to get the proper multi-year framework in place.” Slotman said his team is looking at making Uptown Live a regional festival, possibly adding a couple more stages, including one specifically for New West talent, as well as doubling attendance to 50,000 or more. “The city understands what we need for

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To further streamline things, city staff will be creating a manual for festival applicants, providing them with templates and checklists, such as the need to submit plans for traffic management and crowd control. Uptown Live, which takes place at Sixth Street and Sixth Avenue, began in 2012. Some of the 2014 indie artists who hit the stage were Ben Rogers, Ash Grunwald, Pacifika and Headwater. “I’m confident whatever they do will be awesome,” said Ruby Campbell, community projects coordinator with the city. “We’re really lucky that we have all these community groups that are working towards making this a really exciting city.” Slotman, meanwhile, said he isn’t too worried about putting the event on hold. “If you feature really good quality talent in a free event that’s a fun atmosphere, people will come to it.”

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Local sentenced A 50-year-old New Westminster man was sentenced to 18 months in prison after he was found guilty of charges related to the possession and distribution of child pornography in February. Steven Keith Roth was found guilty of one count of importing, distributing, selling or possessing for the purposes of distribution or sale of child pornography and one count of possessing child pornography following a trial in February. The charges stem from a four-month investigation by the New Westminster Police Department, which began in March 2013. Roth was officially charged in August of the same year. He

FOR SALE The Columbia Theatre, which opened in 1927, is being sold for $3.3 million by local entertainer Barry Buckland. The Lafflines Comedy Club owner took over the reins from the city in 2011 and renovated the heritage space shortly after. PHOTO CORNELIA NAYLOR

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The Columbia Theatre is on the market. The asking price for the 88-year-old heritage site is $3.3 million, according to an online real estate listing from Colliers International. Since 2011, the building has been owned by Lafflines Comedy Club owner Barry Buckland, who renovated the former Burr Theatre from top to bottom shortly after receiving the keys from the city.The main theatre changed to a Vegas-style dinner format, while the second theatre upstairs was transformed into a show lounge for stage presentations and private functions. But it seems the cost of the restoration project, specifically bringing the arts facility up to code, was almost a million dollars more than Buckland had anticipated. “You never know the magnitude when you get into an old building like this,” Buckland told the Record of his decision to sell. “Just to drill a hole through (the floors), there were 18 inches of petrified wood just to get a plumbing pipe through … but once we got in here and found out we had to upgrade so many things, from the elec-

trical to the sprinkler system, we went above and beyond. Even the fire guys came in here and said, ‘You did so well on everything.’” Buckland said because the reno costs, which were near the $2-million mark, soared beyond what he thought, plans to build a new kitchen and a new marquee were put on hold. “Between the two of those, that could get up to another $400,000,” he noted. The local entertainer said when it comes to listing the place, he’s looking for either a business partner, who could share the investment with him, or the “right person” who’s willing to buy the whole package. “We’re just not going to go sell it and have strippers in here,” Buckland joked. “I put a lot of hard work into building this place. I’m not going to see it go to someone who’s not going to do the same thing we do.We want the performing arts to stay in here.” Coun. Chuck Puckmayr, meanwhile, believes there’s a silver lining in all of this. “Whoever gets in there right now, they’re right in on the ground floor of a new Columbia Street and a new exciting downtown. That is such an important component of where we’re going in the downtown, I would say it’s a great invest-

ment in just a rejuvenated downtown New Westminster,” he said. Asked if there’s any chance the city would buy the building back, Puckmayr told the Record it’s not something on the horizon. “The city’s already engaged in a lot of projects in the arts, in museums; we don’t have that kind of resource to simply buy a property like that. … To go back the other way now, it’s certainly nothing that I’m entertaining.” The theatre opened in 1927 and was later named after local actor Raymond Burr, who was known for his roles in theTV dramas Perry Mason and Ironside. In 2000, the city purchased the building for $700,000 from the NewWestminster Fraternal Order of Eagles and leased it to the Raymond Burr Performing Arts Society until 2006, when it decided not to renew the lease. City reports at that time said the building needed millions of dollars in repair work, and given the high price tag, council decided to look in the private sector for a buyer. The society, meanwhile, also came to the table during the request for proposal process and put in a $1 million bid for the theatre, but lost to Buckland’s $850,000 bid.

“The society wasn’t able to demonstrate they were in the capacity, in my opinion, of pulling off such a renovation,” said Puckmayr. But society president Ted Eddy disagrees. Eddy said when they made the bid, there was a five-year capital plan in place that would have seen more than $7 million spent on restoring the theatre. In a letter to the Record, Eddy said the news of the sale is both a tragedy and a comedy. “The tragedy was the original decision (when) the city lost a viable performance venue.The comedy is that the city allowed that performance venue to go out to a commercial enterprise, rather than be kept an asset that was bringing in a lot of money for the city,” he explained during a recent phone interview. “If the city thought the Burr Society couldn’t make it there and if Mr. Buckland finds himself in a position he has to sell it, then I guess, a true tragedy is that New West is becoming a town where these kinds of facilities can’t be supported on a commercial basis. Obviously people are going elsewhere for those kinds of entertainments as New West becomes more and more a bedroom town.”

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was released on bail with a laundry list of conditions, including no contact with children under 16. After he was found guilty on Feb. 23 of this year, Roth was sentenced to 18 months in prison for possession of child pornography and 15 months for the distribution of child pornography. Both prison sentences will run concurrently, according to a media release from New Westminster police. When Roth is released, he will be on probation for three years, during which time he’ll once again have to abide by a number of conditions imposed by the courts, the release stated.

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New Westminster city council isn’t keen on a “giant swish” proposed as public art on the Front Street parkade. City council recently considered a mural design proposed as part of the railing replacement on the Front Street parkade. Council defeated a recommendation to award Muse Atelier for the proposal, The River Flows to the Sea, as recommended by the public art advisory committee, and referred the issue back to staff. “The proposed largescale mural (approximately 575 feet long by 25 feet high) would transform the façade of the utilitarian parkade into an iconic image visible from Westminster Pier Park, the Fraser River and the SkyTrain,” said a staff report. “It would function as a safety railing, mesh fencing and an artistic expression to be viewed from a distance.” The installation, The River Flows to the Sea, was intended to convey the “undulating patterns of the Fraser River,” said Rob McCullough, the city’s manager of cultural series. Several councillors weren’t keen on the proposal and expressed concern about the “abstract” art. The city’s public art advisory committee recommended approval of the piece, in response to a parkade public art competition. Mayor Jonathan Cote

said he was “not a fan” of the proposal and had hoped for “something a little more exciting” at an important location for public art in New West. “This is really the face of New Westminster,” he said. “I think we can do better.” Coun. Jaimie McEvoy also expressed concerns about the use of a yellow line, noting that yellow is a colour of warning. “This is a big giant swish. So what?” he said. Coun. Mary Trentadue defended the piece, saying the public art advisory committee was quite happy with its choice. She believes the art will look good on the waterfront.Trentadue, council’s representative to the public art advisory committee, suggested the artist could come and explain the concept to council. Coun. Chuck Puchmayr said he’s comfortable supporting the committee’s recommendation. He’s not anticipating the sort of backlash that resulted when the city approved Wow New Westminster, an installation planned for Westminster Pier Park that features shipping containers. “I don’t think this is one where people are going to be phoning me at home saying, ‘What did you do with the parkade?’” he said. On July 13, council directed staff to work with Muse Atelier and provide council with a new mural design for its consideration at its Aug. 31 meeting.

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City Beat Two Brow of the Hill businesses up in ﬂames Firefighters manage to save uniforms, three businesses from three-alarm blaze Cornelia Naylor

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New Westminster firefighters saved three buildings and hundreds of their own uniforms from a fire that destroyed two businesses Sunday. The blaze broke out in the walls of the New Venture Coin Laundry laundromat in the 400 block of Eighth Street around 6 p.m. It took 42 firefighters, two water trucks and five engines to extinguish the stubborn fire by about 1 a.m. Monday. Crews were called in from Burnaby to help. “It was a hot night,” New West Fire Chief Tim Armstrong told the Record, “and we started to exhaust

crews pretty early into the fire, so we asked for assistance from Burnaby.” The Burnaby department pitched in with one water truck and two engines.

It was definitely a hard fire to fight. “It was definitely a hard fire to fight,” Armstrong said, “and the crews worked very hard, and we managed to save the adjacent buildings and the apartments that were in close proximity, both on the back side of that strip-mall as well as on the side.We were concerned at one time that the

fire would lap onto those buildings.” The blaze completely destroyed the coin laundry and Attention Barbershop next door, but Star Cleaners, Rainbow Market and Royal Crown Pizza were spared. “There’ll be some smoke and water damage and that, but the fire didn’t extend into those areas,” Armstrong said. Among the smoky, watery mess at Star Cleaners were several hundred New West firefighter uniforms. “The city has a contract with Star Cleaners,” Armstrong said. “They do the whole department’s dry cleaning.” He said firefighters bagged the uniforms Monday morning, and insurance will pay for them to be cleaned at another facility.

Hot mess: It took 42 firefighters, two water trucks and five engines to knock down Sunday night’s blaze at New Venture Coin Laundry on Eighth Street near Fourth Avenue. PHOTO CORNELIA NAYLOR

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Opinion OUR VIEW

Local leaders are left without power Failed transportation plebiscite puts us back where we started

We’re finally getting a look at Plan B in the wake of the failure of the TransLink funding plebiscite. The B, it seems, stands for boondoggle. The mayors of Surrey and Vancouver are threatening they’ll go their own way and seek to build rapid transit lines without

the regional transportation authority. Other mayors in the region are now so disgruntled, there’s talk of disbanding the mayors’ council – the only smidgen of influence elected officials (and by extension, the rest of us) have with TransLink. And who can blame

them? They did the impossible and put together a (mostly) unanimous vision for needed transit improvements only to have the whole thing kneecapped by being put to a doomed-from-the-start plebiscite. The most frequent grievance aired during the expensive, waste-of-time vote was that taxpayers aren’t satisfied with TransLink’s broken governance

model. But let’s not forget, the governance model is working exactly as it was intended to when the Liberals cooked it up in 2007. It takes decision-making powers away from our local elected leaders and shifts accountability and blame off of the province. The province then appoints TransLink’s board members, controls its funding levers and, when a transportation minister

It takes decisionmaking powers away from our local elected leaders. feels like it, imposes things anyway, like non-working fare gates. Thwarting accountabil-

ity is a feature, not a bug, and the only change we’ve seen at the agency since the plebiscite is a revolving door for TransLink’s executives. Meanwhile, the rest of us brave the increasingly worse traffic and crowded buses. We’re right back where we started: spinning our wheels. – Guest editorial from the Record’s sister paper the North Shore News

MY VIEW KEITH BALDREY

Surplus don’t mean much Even though his budget last year went from projecting a miserly looking tiny surplus to becoming almost embarrassingly awash in riches, don’t expect Finance Minister Mike de Jong to start doling out new spending any time soon. The books on last year’s budget have now been signed off by the province’s auditor general, and that surplus ballooned from a mere $184 million to a much healthier $1.7 billion. How did this happen? First of all, the government was able to keep spending under control and stuck pretty close to its budget figures. Health-care costs keep going up and up (to the tune of about a half billion dollars a year), but they are not exceeding what was budgeted. On the revenue side, the provincial economy performed better than expected last year, and so tax revenue to the government was up considerably over what was expected -- to the tune of almost a billion dollars. Contributions from three Crown corporations also helped out big time. Notably, ICBC contributed more than $400 million more than forecast and the take from gambling and liquor was $132 million higher than originally thought. But for all that good news, don’t expect it to continue in the coming year. Right now, the country appears to be in a “technical” recession, which isn’t disastrous but indicates peo-

ple are likely spending and earning less money. The dramatic slump in oil prices is the biggest reason for the country’s economic slowdown, and B.C. is more protected from the oil nosedive than other provinces like Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario. But being better protected does not mean being immune to any of the downsides. Many analysts predict the country’s economic growth rate will rebound in the latter half of the fiscal year but not to the point of showering provincial governments in cash windfalls. Now, de Jong has created enough elbow room in this year’s budget to afford any kind of minor slide in economic activity.The projected surplus, forecast allowance and contingency fund equals close to a billion dollars (although this year’s forest firefighting costs will likely consume the entire $400-million contingency fund). Of course, as we draw closer to the May 2017 provincial election de Jong will no doubt loosen his grip – slightly, and not all the way – on the government’s finances. But that is still a ways off. In the meantime, don’t expect B.C.’s super-cautious Finance Minister to veer from a course he is strongly determined to follow, no matter how rosy last year’s books now look. Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global B.C.

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Dear Editor As the white elephant of the Anvil Centre lumbers onto Columbia Street that old white elephant, the Columbia Theatre, is about to take its exit as it is now up for sale. Once the heart of vaudeville, including performances by New Westminster’s own “Mandrake The Magician,” the only magic now on Columbia Street is the way the Anvil Centre is cannibalizing business from other venues and “Golden Mile” entertainment is stripped down to that offered by the Paramount. If the Columbia is sold for the asking price of $3.3 million, yet another friend of city hall will leave with parting gifts of a couple of million bucks. The current owner “acquired” the Columbia for $850,000 back in 2010 despite a higher bid by those more interested in keeping a legitimate theatre venue in New Westminster. That sale inadvertently included assets belonging to the City of Vancouver and the Raymond Burr Performing Arts Society, in violation of agreements and understandings with those entities, when the higher $1 million bid by the Raymond Burr Performing Arts Society subsidiary was “eclipsed.” The city’s RFP conditions for community access, below market rent, and historical restoration were violated or amended. What was once a “legitimate” theatre (a concept lost on most city councillors) was “gutted” according to city hall staff. The city lost an investment of $7.8 million to maintain, restore, preserve and enhance the Columbia Theatre as a cultural icon in the city – dedicated to performance use as a legacy of its native son Raymond Burr. Too bad that this and other cultural institutions are being gutted by an entrenched regime as they race to ensure that New Westminster becomes a bedroom town where trains don’t stop anymore at the deserted station. They just whistle through leaving a trail of belching smoke and noise that will soon be augmented by coal dust and car fumes from stalled, crawling traffic that even the continuous blast of hot air from city hall can’t disburse. In closing, we observe that legitimate theatre concerns itself with tragedy and comedy – the tragedy is that theatre is no longer. As for comedy, it will disappear from the Columbia and magically reappear from a “clown car” parked in council chambers with Mayor Cote reprising his Quest New West role as “Top Banana” singing Let it Go. E.C. “Ted” Eddy, president, Raymond Burr Performing Arts Society, New Westminster

Cut salaries of high paid executives Dear Editor In response to a recent letter, the writer said that everyone who voted against the transit tax were money grubbers. But I don’t believe that to be the entire case. We didn’t want to pay higher taxes so the CEOs, and everyone else that gets fat raises when they shouldn’t, could make their pockets fatter. The issue is that everyone knows where our tax dollars go, which is mostly into their wallets and not to fund the important improvements and repairs that it should. I would like to see them cut their salaries and put some of those tax dollars to good use instead of getting a more expensive car or a bigger home for all those higher ups. Stephanie Sukkau, New Westminster

Jean Ubial-Melliza Oh no. I Live couple blocks from that place and I am at work. Hope no ones hurt. Thanks for the replies. Zagan Vetis No one hurt, laundromat is gone... Katie Marshall So Sad! Pam Radbourne-McLauchlan I went to N’Dub with Paul Kim, the owner of the laundromat. I’m hoping he and his family are safe. Betina Wheeler Ali This is so horrible. The family that owns that laundromat are wonderful. I really hope they were able to get things under control. @DarcyJudy Lucky 2 have such wonderful firefighters @NWFD RT @WoodfordCKNW980: #NewWest firefighters have this under control now.

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Mixed emotions about new food truck spot Lara Gerrits Kinna Hmmm, I disagree. Having a truck parked outside is a mega business booster for Steel & Oak - not sure there is much walk-by traffic at that location, or a place to sit down and eat, if you take the brewery out of it. They benefit and should coordinate - and probably want to - as it’s a draw for their customers. I wouldn’t want my tax dollars spent coordinating a food truck that benefits a private business (which I love, BTW). If the food truck were going to be parked on Columbia Street in downtown New West, for instance, that’s another story. Karen Melnychuk Brack about time we got a food truck! Jason Lesage This is a good idea, but why isn’t city hall coordinating this project? Steel & Oak has a great product, but It’s inappropriate for them to handle the administration. Why do I pay property taxes if the City is going to abrogate their responsibility in managing programs and services? JOIN THE CONVERSATION

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Bringing a friend to any of B.C.’s farmers’ markets – including New Westminster’s – could pay off this month. Throughout July, anyone who has a plus one can be entered to win prizes and giveaways, including a trip for two to Sparkling Hill Resort in the Okanagan. “It’s great that we have this awesome, loyal customer base, and I know that people go home and they talk about it, they share pictures of what they bought on Instagram and Twitter, but this campaign helps to take it one step further,” said Melissa Maltais, operations manager of Royal City Farmers Market. The contest, dubbed “Meet My Market,” asks shoppers to visit the info booth at any farmers’ market and fill out a ballot. Those on social media can also enter by posting a photo with the hashtag #Meet MyMarket and tagging @BCFarmersMarket. Maltais said New West residents are very good about posting pictures of their local finds. “People share photos of the face painting of their kids, which is really cute, and they also show the haul

they bring back from the market and dinners, too, which is really neat.” The contest, organized by the B.C. Association of Farmers’ Markets, in an extension of the “huge growth” farmers’ markets across the province have experienced over the last decade, according to BCAFM executive director Elizabeth Quinn. She told the Record between 2006 and 2012, sales were up 147 per cent (about $170 million), with $1 million coming from New West in 2012. “We thought, well, what if we have a campaign to encourage to bring a friend and then we’re building on that momentum,” Quinn said. This season, the Royal City Farmers Market stretches along the grassy area from Tipperary Park to Queen’s Avenue for the months of July and August, making it the “biggest one yet.” Maltais said the decision to expand has worked in their favour. “A lot of people are coming, going, ‘Why hasn’t this been done before?’ It’s great because that area has also been quite shady, so we’ve been able to add a few vendors that have sensitive products that tend to melt in the sun,” she said. Even though the New

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The Royal City has secured its first fixed food truck location. At its July 13 meeting, city staff approved a sixmonth pilot project that will allow vendors to operate outside of the Steel & Oak brewery on Third Avenue. “A strategic priority of the city is to really build on the liveliness of our streets,” said Jackie Teed, manager of planning. “That whole idea of sidewalk cafés and parklets, we’re trying to get into all those kind of things, and one of the things we’ve seen happening around the region is food trucks.” The pilot project, which runs until Dec. 31, allows for only one food truck at a time, with Steel & Oak to determine the vendor schedule. The city, meanwhile, will be “rolling up their sleeves” and doing research on what

a city-wide food truck program would look like, gathering community feedback through surveys. Council would then be presented with a report early next year. “We’re excited to see who’s going to come there,” she said. Also thrilled about the business opportunity is Steel & Oak owner Jorden Foss, who said it was “great for everyone.”

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But the brewery isn’t a stranger to hosting food trucks. Since its opening, the company has allowed them to set up shop in their private parking lot out back. “Now there will be a visual for people driving off that overpass,” Foss noted.

Having a food vendor outside won’t hurt business, he added, because the brewery only serves beer and snacks. Current mainstays include Tasty Torpedo, K&J and Disco Cheetah.The entrepreneur said he hopes to have a steady stream of trucks Thursday through Sunday come fall. “New West has been doing a really good job lately of recognizing that it’s a cool spot where you can go and get food on a street now, like you can in Vancouver,” said Foss. Those with food trucks interested in parking outside Steel & Oak, located at 1319 Third Ave., can call 604-540-6495 or email jorden@steelandoak.ca. Businesses must need a letter of support from the brewery, a business licence (about $80 for six months) and must pass health and fire inspections.

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Residents are enthusiastic Continued from page 1 the original Before I Die wall in New Orleans in 2011. The idea has taken off, and there are now more than 1,000 Before I Die walls in more than 35 languages and 70 countries. The universality of the idea appealed to Wright, so she brought it to New West using a neighbourhood small grant she secured from the Vancouver Foundation. “It really starts people talking,” she said. “You’ll find that people read each other’s stuff and talk about

it to each other.” When she first put up the boards, the local artist was worried about vandals defacing them or writing disrespectful comments, but she’s been pleasantly surprised. “I haven’t read anything bad on it,” she said. Another surprise has been the enthusiastic public response. “Initially I thought I’d be the only one that would be really excited about doing this,”Wright said, “but it’s really struck a chord with so many people.” When Wright took chalk in hand to write her own

response, she filled in the blank with “ride a motorcycle,” but next time she said she might write in “learn to skate.” She thinks the impermanence of the chalk might be part of the appeal. “You write it down and you send it out into the universe,” she said, “and then somebody comes along and erases it and puts what they want.” The project, to which Wright plans to add another board soon, will be up until the fall. To find out more about the Before I Die phenomenon, visit beforeidie.cc/site.

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Lance Floritto Occupation SHERIFF Why is he in the news?

There’s a new deputy sheriff in town – 12 in fact. Lance Floritto is one of 12 graduates of the Justice Institute of B.C.’s sheriff recruit training program, a four-month comprehensive program that prepares students for a career as a sheriff. Floritto joined the ranks of New Westminster sheriffs about a month ago. Based in New West, he will also serve court houses in Vancouver, North Vancouver, Richmond, Port Coquitlam and Surrey. Sheriffs handle a variety of tasks that help keep things at the courthouse running smoothly. In addition to providing courthouse and courtroom security, sheriffs are responsible for jury management, security

Tell me about yourself. I’m 49 years old, married, father of three, grew up in Kamloops and I’ve been here since ’85. I went to Emily Carr college of art and, to make a long story short, I’ve basically been in graphics and printing ever since. Prior to this, I was a manager in downtown Vancouver for a long time in that field and basically a business man. What prompted the career change? After being in that field for so long, I was hurting

and management of jails and holding cells inside courthouses and prisoner transports (or escorts, as it’s called) to and from prisons. Floritto’s journey to become a sheriff is an interesting one. The 49-year-old left a career as a business man in the printing industry, a career he had had since he graduated from Emily Carr art school many years ago. He says, after many sleepless nights worrying about work, he knew he needed a change and becoming a sheriff offered many attractive benefits. The Record caught up with Floritto recently to talk about his career change and to answer the question, what does a sheriff actually do? – Cayley Dobie

for a change, and I knew if I didn’t make it at 49, it was likely not going to happen. I wanted to experience a different side of life, basically, and just change it up before it got too late. What does a sheriff do? We’re responsible for courthouse security, courtroom security and management, jail, document service and also prisoner transport, escorts as we call them, to and from institutions to the courthouses. So there’s quite a variety.You could do a variety of those in one day or you could do one, and specialize one, and quite a bit more. You’re based in New Westminster?

NEW GUY Lance Floritto is the new sheriff in town, one of 12 recent graduates of the Justice Institute of B.C.’s sheriff recruit training program. The 49-year-old left a career in printing and made the jump into law enforcement. PHOTO CORNELIA NAYLOR

Yes, technically. But you could also service other courts? I could technically be called to North Van, like last week I was in Port Coquitlam, Surrey and now I’m here (in New West).

daughters.That was the biggest challenge to me, and it still is. Just getting my head around everything and learning my way around and I’ve got to keep the legal aspect in mind and everything else we’ve been trained (to do).

What challenges have you experienced so far? For me, the biggest challenge at 49 is basically the learning curve.There’s a lot to get my head around, and that’s been challenging because I haven’t studied for a long time, I haven’t taken extensive courses for a long time, so here I was sitting around the table with my kids late at night studying, which was interesting because I have teenage

What does your family think of your new job? They’ve been very supportive, they knew I needed a change. I don’t know how much they know about it, I think they’re like a lot of people, they weren’t quite sure what a sheriff was at first. A lot of people are like, ‘We have sheriffs in Canada? What do you guys do?’ So they’re intrigued, they’re learning about it every day. They ask me what I did ev-

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A group hoping to save the remains of the old interurban railway line that runs between Sapperton in New Westminster and Cariboo Road in Burnaby is inviting people to its first meeting on July 23. The Old Interurban Forest Preservation Society was founded by Rod Drown, the New Westminster resident who uncovered the rail bed of the interurban line that ran from 1911 to 1953. Drown’s vision is to pre-

serve the trail and surrounding forest and add a paved bike route between the two communities, but the first step is getting organized. While the society awaits official designation from the province, Drown and a group of supporters are hosting the inaugural meeting to discuss the proposal the group plans on presenting to Burnaby city council later this year. There will also be guest speakers, including representatives from the Burnaby and New Westminster chapters of HUB and Hen-

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Plaskett exhibit extended until end of month

The folks at the Massey Theatre have extended the Joseph Plaskett exhibit to run until July 27, one month longer than originally planned. “It’s been very popular,” said executive director Jessica Schneider. “We’ve had groups coming in, all times of the day, and people with connections to Joe.They knew him, they brought their grandchildren to show this calibre of artist that all of these people grew up with as their neighbour.” Plaskett, who was born in New West and died last fall at the age of 96, was known for his oil and pastel paintings often depicting everyday life – everything from tiger lilies in a vase to a tea house in the countryside. He was the first recipient of the Emily Carr art scholarship in 1946, which allowed him to travel to Paris and study with Fernand Léger and Jean Lombard, etching and engraving with Stanley William Hayter. Plaskett was also a pupil of Hans Hofmann and studied with many prominent Canadian painters, including

A.Y. Jackson, Jack Shadbolt, Lawren Harris and Jock Macdonald. Despite these influences, Plaskett didn’t receive the notoriety he deserved in his career, according to curator Paul Crawford. “He would lament to me about the frustrations he felt of trying to find critical recognition, not so much from the commercial end of things, but from the public gallery sector here in Canada, especially in British Columbia where the Vancouver Art Gallery wasn’t really interested in collecting more of his work,” Crawford said of previous conversations with Plaskett. “That really bothered me. It’s not just

Joe unfortunately, it’s a generation of artists that if you didn’t kind of fall into one group or the other, you’d sort of be written out of the art history.” The Massey Theatre exhibit, meanwhile, showcases some of Plaskett’s work from 1943 to 1958. Crawford, who’s based at the Penticton Art Gallery, gained access to the Plaskett archives a few years ago. “What I found when I went there was just this wealth of material that just hadn’t seen the light of day,” he recalled of the hundreds of paintings. “It probably hadn’t been out publicly in this kind of form since the ’50s.”

It wasn’t easy choosing the 30-something pieces for the exhibit, Crawford said. “I wanted to show people not the classic Joe Plaskett everybody would be familiar with, but I was more interested in his development to that point, just showing that evolution of him as an artist because I think everybody knows the pastels and the dinner table scenes and the

Paris landscapes, but I don’t think anyone really knows where it all came from. “I want to put him in the modernist context because I think a lot of people think his work is antiquated or out of sync with what was going on, but it’s not like that didn’t inform his career or his work.” Plaskett lived abroad most of his life, but returned

to the Royal City almost annually. He sold his Paris home in 2004 and dedicated all the proceeds to creating the Plaskett Foundation. Every year, the foundation awards $25,000 to a young Canadian student so he or she can study art in Europe for one year. For more info, visit www. masseytheatre.com. – TerezaVerenca

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GET YOUR TICKETS FOR ADOPT ME!, a fundraiser benefiting animal rescue groups on Friday, July 24 at 7 p.m. at the Metro Hall, at 759 Carnarvon St.The event includes live music, an auction, vegetarian appetizers, a photobooth, cash bar and more.Tickets are $40, and proceeds go to five animal groups: The New Westminster Animal Shelter, HugABull Advocacy and Rescue Society, Northwest Canadian Greyhound League, Senior Animals In Need Today Society and Whistler Animals Galore.The dress code is semi-formal, so that means no jeans, sneakers or gym clothes. For tickets, go to http://tinyurl.com/ Petfundraiser.

THE T.G.I.F&S OUTDOOR PUBLIC DANCING SERIES continues this weekend with free ballroom and line dancing lessons. Ballroom takes place on Friday, July 24 at Hyack Square, and line dancing is on Saturday, July 25 at Moody Park. All lessons are from 7 to 7:30 p.m., followed by social dancing until 9 p.m.These events are weather dependant, and at press time, the forecast was showing a 40 per cent

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One of the best handling small sedans around BY DAVID CHAO

With the population aging, the entry-level luxury segment is growing quickly and many owners of traditional, large luxury cars are now seeking something compact, efﬁcient, and maybe even trendy. Audi’s answer for these customers is the A3. In the past, the A3 was a 5-door hatchback, which was never fully loved by the North American luxury-car buyer. New for 2015, the A3 is a sedan, though we know that Audi is also preparing to offer other variants of this model shortly. The A3 is more adequately equipped to compete with the likes of the Cadillac ATS, BMW 2 Series, and the new Mercedes-Benz CLA. Offering a fuel-efﬁcient diesel engine makes the Audi unique in this group.

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The Audi A3’s styling is classy and charming, but cool and “smart” looking. Standard features like bixenon headlights and 17-inch alloy wheels give it a premium look. All of Audi’s contemporary styling elements are present on the A3. The resemblance to its A4 sibling is clear, especially looking at the large single frame grille and soft, smooth shoulders. Built on Volkswagen’s MQB architecture, the 2015 sedan A3 is larger in every dimension than the previous hatchback model. Wheelbase has increased more than 2 inches, which in turn increases length and width. The interior offers everything you expect from an Audi. The cabin design is clean, but it is sportier and less posh than its A6 and A8 stablemates.

The A3 is available in three trim levels with three different engines. Currently, it is only available as a 4-door sedan or a 2-door convertible. In the near future a gasoline electric hybrid and a diesel hatchback will be joining the lineup.

Performance

Fans of small, sporty cars will enjoy driving the A3. Its light weight gives it a playful nature but the ride is supple and the cabin is quiet making daily commutes and long drives easy. It’s one of the best handling small sedans around in this marketplace. The fancier S3 models are certainly more performance-focused with stiffer suspension, more features, and sportier elements all around to give it an agile character. However, the ride is not so harsh that daily-driving becomes unpleasant. The base engine is a 1.8-litre turbo inline-4 producing 170 hp and 199 lb-ft of torque. Despite this being an entry engine, it is still capable of a top speed of 209 km/h and can accelerate to 100 km/h in 7.7 seconds. The economical choice is a 2.0-litre turbo four cylinder clean diesel. Output is rated at 150 hp and 236 lb-ft of torque and can return 6.6L/100km of combined driving – it provides great torque and acceleration. Both are only available as a front-wheel drive model as well. The Audi’s 6-speed dual-clutch S tronic transmission is the only offering, but that’s ﬁne as shifts are impressively quick and smooth. Those wanting Audi’s legendary quattro all-wheel drive need to opt for the 2.0-litre turbo inline-4. In A3 trim, output is rated at 220 hp and 258 lb-ft of torque. The S3 boosts power to 290 hp and 280 lb-ft of torque, enabling it to rocket to 100 km/h in just 4.9 seconds.

Environment

The cabin of the A3 is business-like, but the premium feel is evident. The dash is low and smooth, punctuated by simple, circular air vents that almost have a retro vibe to them. However, once the display screen rises out of the centre, you quickly

remember this is a modern, hightech-filled vehicle. From the driver seat, all the controls are within easy reach and easy to manipulate. The 3-spoke steering wheel feels nice in hand, the gauges are easy to read, and the front seats are roomy and comfortable. Audi’s MMI command centre has been updated to improve its ease of use - It features new toggle switches and handwriting recognition to help you find your destination. While the added wheelbase allows for some more rear seat legroom, it is still quite tight and the cabin is “cozy” for three people in the back. The cargo space benefits the most from the stretched wheelbase. Front-wheel drive models offer 12.3 cubic feet, but the all-wheel drive system cuts that down to an even 10.0 cubic feet.

Features

The Audi A3 Sedan ranges in price from $31,600 to $43,300. The A3 Cabriolet starts at $43,400 and goes up to $49,700, whereas the Sport S3 Sedan ranges from $46,200 to $49,700. Standard equipment includes heated front seats, heated exterior mirrors, dual zone climate control, rain-sensing wipers, automatic headlights, keyless entry, and Bluetooth. Additional features, available as options or on higher trims, include automatic high beams, automatic dimming interior mirror, satellite navigation, blind spot monitoring, and a rearview camera. Fuel efﬁciency numbers (L/100km) for the 1.8-litre engine are 10.0 city, 7.1 highway and 8.7 combined. The diesel returns 7.5 city, 5.5 highway for 6.6 combined. The 2.0-litre A3 sees 9.8 city, 7.2 highway for 8.6 combined, while the 2.0-litre in the S3 returns 10.1 city, 7.7 highway for 9.0 combined.

Thumbs Up

The new A3 sedan better ﬁts North American luxury buyers’ expectations. The engine choices all offer solid performance, and the clean diesel has a great fuel economy.

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While the A3 has its charms, it is far from the most dramatic in this class. This segment has seen a lot of new and refreshed entries lately, and the A3 may not stand out as much as it needs too.

The Bottom Line

If you are looking for a compact luxury car, the 2015 Audi A3 checks all the mandatory boxes and provides great ride and handling.

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We recently put together a slide show for a room full of people who thoroughly enjoyed the local images on a regular old-fashioned slide projector. In spite of new digital projectors taking over, the older style machine still offers a good show. In early local history, this type of presentation was exciting, innovative, and for many folks, heard of but not previously experienced. In the summer of 1865, the New Westminster newspaper talked of such an exciting showing that was about to visit the town.The advertisement announced that a new exhibition, the Wisely and Wormer’s Stereopticon, was to be in town for three performances in the drill hall. Some may have heard of Mr.Wormer, since he was well-known as a photographer for such shows in most of the western states of the U.S. The promotion continued, “The exhibition will consist of scenes of the American War and magnificent photographic views of scenery and objects in California, Canada, the Atlantic States, England, Scotland, France, Italy, Germany, Egypt, etc., etc.”

This presentation was much more than a lanternslide machine that projected simple, but for the time period, extremely interesting views.This is not a one-lens machine or a stereoscope viewer that simulated an image with depth. This type of projection apparatus featured two lenses through which the images on a screen would “dissolve” from one to the next, giving a slight appearance of motion.

Thepresentation was much more than a lanternslide machine.

Remember that this was 1865 – 150 years ago.This was very new, exciting and definitely unique. It was also known world-wide as pointed out in the ad: “This entertainment is on the same principle and scale as that recently introduced into the Royal Polytechnic Institute, London.” The showings started at 8 p.m. and cost $1 for reserved seats, 50 cents for other seats. Children were half price, and the attendance was large for all per-

formances. Another account noted that the views were in colour and included American presidents and some generals of the Civil War, as well as images that showed Switzerland and the Sandwich Islands. “The exhibition altogether would appear to be at once the most comprehensive and attractive hitherto offered to the public, and will doubtless be visited by the community generally.” It would really be interesting to see what our citizens of 1865 actually saw as a follow up to a comment in an article about the presentation. “Some of the views were highly interesting and edifying, while others produced continued bursts of laughter.The chromotropic views, or as some call them, Chinese fireworks, were particularly interesting to the juvenile portion of the audience.” This reference is to some of the images changing colours like the colours, presumably, of Chinese lanterns. This entire program would have been amazing to see. Local New Westminster residents in the summer of 1865 were excited to witness some “modern” visual entertainment.

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Call engineering about watering nematodes GREEN SCENE

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Question: We have a European chafer beetle infestation at my son’s property in NewWestminster. I am scheduled to pick up a package of nematodes at a garden centre, which has not been particularly helpful in answering my questions. There are plans to implement Schedule 3 water restrictions in NewWestminster this weekend. It would seem unproductive to apply the nematodes now. How long can nematodes survive in the fridge? Can nematodes be applied in the fall? And what month? Ed, Tsawwassen Answer: When I used nematodes (against the black vine weevil) instructions came along in the package. It warned nematodes are perishable living things and two weeks was said to be the limit of time they could spend in the refrigerator. It appears that city staff

are aware that nematodes are a special case since the City of Vancouver mentions that under Schedule 2 sprinkling for nematodes is allowed providing a water exemption permit is obtained and displayed on the lawn. But this leniency vanishes under Schedule 3 when no lawn sprinkling is allowed anywhere, no further permits will be given and permits previously issued are not valid.

Nematodes should at least be moistened before applying. Apparently engineering departments are the ones to contact on water issues in areas of Metro Vancouver.You might talk to them about your case. Under Schedule 3 in the GVWD Water Shortage Response Plan, any watering of flowers, vegetables, planters, shrubs and trees must

be done by hand using a spring-loaded shut-off nozzle. Nematode lawn treatment is not mentioned. Grey water is always allowed under Schedule 3 in any conditions. This means scooping water out of baths, shutting drains while you have showers so water builds up – and filling watering cans from any sources at home where water would otherwise go down the drain. The lawn being treated with nematodes should at least be moistened before applying them and again afterwards for two or possibly three days. Instructions with your package should clarify this further. The nematodes will need to be mixed with water and stirred now and then as you sprinkle them on. Because nematodes are very tiny worms, they need to directly contact the soil. Fall treatment wouldn’t work. Mid-July to the end of the month is most effective because this is when chafer larvae hatch and are still close to the surface of the soil within reach of the

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Arts & Entertainment

Local teen takes on roles of sorceress and wolf Tereza Verenca

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A New West teen is among a small group of actors who will be performing a musical adaptation of Hansel and Gretel the last week of July. Lily Hamilton plays the roles of the sorceress and the wolf in the roving production, meaning the audience moves when the characters move. “It’s really cool and an interesting experience,” the 17-year-old said of the 10 shows, which will be featured in parks around Coquitlam. “Originally it was just going to be a play, but after they found out all of us could sing, they added pop songs into it.” Those include favourites such as Taylor Swift’s Bad Blood. The classic storyline involves Hansel and Gretel being left in the forest by their struggling family.They encounter an empty gingerbread house with a portal that transports them to another world. It’s there the sorceress mistakenly seeks vengeance on them for the disappearance of her sister, the gingerbread witch.The siblings are then safely returned to their family after

making allies with a princess. “I believe theatre should be fun, playful and inspiring, and I hope that it is as fulfilling to our audience as it is to us,” director James MacDonald said in a press release.

I believe theatre should be fun, playful and inspiring.

Getting the two parts came as a surprise to Hamilton. “It was really awesome because they had a lot of people auditioning and only six spots,” she told the Record. “I didn’t think I was

going to get it. I just wanted to audition because I thought might as well.” The local teen has been dancing and acting since she was a wee one, starting with Irish dancing in Grade 1, choir in Grade 2, followed by acting lessons throughout elementary and middle school. She also took up jazz dance in Grade 7, along with private singing lessons up until this year. Summer breaks, meanwhile, were spent in some theatre camp or another. “I always look for different opportunities to act,” Hamilton said. Coquitlam’s Place des Arts studio is putting on the musical from July 27 to 31. For the list of parks you can find Hansel and Gretel in, visit www.placedesarts.ca and click on events and performances, then on event listings.

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Royal City set to celebrate Queen’s record Theresa McManus

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The Royal City is getting set to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II as she breaks her great-great grandmother’s record as the longest reigning monarch in British history. New Westminster city council has approved plans and a budget related to

events to celebrate the occasion. “On Sept. 9, 2015, Queen Elizabeth’s II’s reign will surpass that of Canada’s other great Mother of Confederation, Queen Victoria,” said a staff report. “On that date, our monarch will have served us and the Commonwealth for the longest period in our modern history.”

Teens take on Shakespeare Ethan Reyes

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Once more unto the breach, as two dear friends and New West natives rehearse tirelessly before Carousel Theatre’s curtains come up at month’s end. Daisy Hulme and Fiona Goldberg, 16 and 14 respectively, will be performing in the Carousel Theatre’s production of HenryV, located on Granville Island and beginning July 24. Despite having been written approximately 400 years ago, the young actors have no difficulty getting excited about the play. “It’s still got all that excitement,” said Hulme emphatically, while Goldberg dryly revealed how her character is killed before sharing a laugh with her friend.

It’s about ﬁnding out what parts of you and the character are the same.

The two began their careers by acting in commercials as children, but even to experienced actors nerves can sometimes be an issue. “It can be difficult, but it’s not a judgemental environment,” said Goldberg. “There’s a weird sense of camaraderie.” Hulme agreed for the most part, but admitted that knowing someone in the audience made performing even more challenging. Carousel Theatre for Young People has been based on Granville Island

since 1981. As more than just a place for young actors to ply their craft while their parents work during summers, Carousel Theatre seeks to prepare students for work in the field as best they can. “We treat actors like professionals,” said Faye Campbell, the theatre’s operations and community engagement coordinator. The acting space, four bare black walls is separated from the outside world by a heavy door that blocks almost all sound from distracting the actors inside. A single glass pane is the only way an observer can observe the stagecraft within. “(Acting) doesn’t feel any different … it’s about finding out what parts of you and the character are the same,” said Hulme, who added that she would like to act for a living someday. When offstage, the two spend their time with friends and enjoying hobbies, much like regular teenagers. Sticky’s Candy and the Moody Park pool are among their top hangouts. Hulme is an avid reader, and lists Norton Juster’s The Phantom Tollbooth as one of her favourite books. Hulme said that she feels badly when she meets people who haven’t read it. “You’ve been deprived of an experience!” she added emphatically. Goldberg is a veritable renaissance woman, rounding off her interests in drawing and acting with a love for paleontology. The young thespian said that she enjoyed the latest film in the Jurassic Park series, and wasn’t put off by the film’s lack of realism. “They had excuses, which is nice,” she said.

The Monarchist League of Canada has asked 3,500 cities across Canada to organize a noontime ceremony on Sept. 9 to commemorate the occasion. New Westminster will hold an event that will begin at noon on Sept. 9 and include the singing of the national anthem and God Save the Queen, three firings by the Ancient and

Honourable Hyack Anvil Battery and light refreshment and snacks. The anvil battery’s captain and a guest speaker will make comments and the mayor will read a message that will be sent to the Queen. “This would allow citizens to share a tribute to the Queen on this special day, and join a chain of munic-

ipalities, large and small, across Canada in a public demonstration of thanks, loyalty and deep affection,” stated the staff report. The city will also consider creating a template greeting card in honour of Her Majesty and provide all elementary school children in New Westminster with a greeting card that they can colour and personalize with a mes-

sage, which the city will collect and mail to Queen Elizabeth II. The $2,650 budget approved by council includes funds for tea and cookies for an anticipated crowd of 200 attendees, décor, performance honorariums, and design and printing of greeting cards for school children.

Thank You

The Hyack Festival Association would like to thank everyone for attending the numerous events during Hyack Festival week and we hope everyone enjoyed the special Canada Day Celebrations on the Quay. Our thanks go out to the City of New Westminster, Key West Ford, Port Metro Vancouver and The Record for their generosity and support throughout 2015 and we hope to have everyone back next year. A special thank you to all the volunteers that ensured everyone had a spectacular time at every event. See you in 2016!

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Local theatre company embraces family Ethan Reyes

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This month marks the return of a theatre company known for performances as family-friendly for the cast as they are for audiences. The idea for Shadows and Dreams Theatre Company formed when Kerri Norris and Stephen Elcheshen met fellow thespians Nigel Brooke and Patricia Johnson-Brooke on the set of another production. With one couple expecting and the other already with a young child, the four decided that creating their own organization would not only allow them to continue working together but would also provide a more forgiving environment for actors with families and young children.The group has performed at the bandshell in Queen’s Park every summer since 2007. “In a lot of cases my actor friends just assumed that either they were never going to act again or that a parent was going to have to stay home,” said Elcheshen. But by allowing for the complications of parenthood, Shadows and Dreams has managed to make the

theatre an experience for the whole family. Productions always have roles for the actors’ children, while those from out in the audience have been known to join in for an impromptu performance onstage. “We’ve embraced the chaos,” said Norris. The company’s summer productions are typically Shakespeare.The large number of characters ensure plenty of parts to go around, while more contemporary plays tend to have much tighter cast lists, according to Norris and Elcheshen. Another reason to use the classics is that the works of Shakespeare are public domain, and theatre companies looking to put on his plays aren’t required to pay licensing fees. “Royalties would make it prohibitive to do,” said Norris. According to Norris, the City of New Wesminster offers a small honorarium to her company, but expenses for things such as costumes tend to come out of the actors’ pockets. Speaking of the costumes, this year’s production of Much Ado About Nothing will take on a more contemporary twist, featuring sol-

Acting out: Young thespians are the lifeblood of Shadows and Dreams, a local family-friendly theatre company formed by two sets of parents. Shadows and Dreams is putting on free shows at the Queen’s Park bandshell this summer. PHOTO LISA KING

diers’ fatigues from the early 20th century. Norris said that her father, a military man, rarely wastes an opportunity to let her know that her costumes aren’t perfectly suited to the era. “The uniforms aren’t replicas,” Norris said in a hushed voice. “I couldn’t af-

ford them.” Shadows and Dreams makes a conscious effort to reduce the amount of litter left behind by their crowds, even performing sweeps of the seating areas at the

bandshell before and after performances. Furthermore, in order to save trees and the park they might be left behind in, the company doesn’t print out individual programs.

“Our goal is to leave the park better than we found it,” said Norris. Shadows and Dreams performs for free at the Queen’s Park bandshell until Aug. 2.

Upstaged: A young man proves that there are no small parts, only small actors. PHOTO LISA KING

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Community ‘It’s great ... people have a shine in their eyes’ Ethan Reyes

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Nestled in a corner of the River Market’s upper level lies the non-profit organization, Pottery Works. Its walls are lined with colourful crockery and crafts for sale, while the artists work just outside. Pottery Works is one of two art studios put on by the Community Living Society. The studio provides people with developmental disabilities a way to express themselves artistically, while also allowing them to earn a few dollars at the same time. All profits from the sales of art return to the artist. The program was created 15 years ago by Dee Blackmore, a lifelong artist who had previous experience working with the developmentally disabled. Blackmore saw how effective painting could be in reducing stress and thought to bring her passion to the people she worked with.

UBC has recently expressed interest in showing some work by the artists of Pottery Works. Along with its art studios, the society also has four support centres where people can received personal medical treatment or simply spend the day with friends. Wayne Adams, 50, assists the artists while running the store on odd days and has worked with the Community Living Society for 25 years. Adams said that a continuous goal of Pottery Works is community integration, or in other words, “having the artist out in the community showing their work.” According to Adams, Community Living Space was formed by a group of parents with children at Woodlands School, a psychiatric hospital in New Westminster. Adams even said that one of the artists at Pottery Works attended the now defunct institution. Anna Wong is an avid

participant in the Pottery Works program but sells art instead of making it, something she insists she has always wanted to do. “Sales could always be better,”Wong said, earnestly. The artists are steadily working towards an upcoming art show in Vancouver.This October, over 150 artists will put their pieces on display.The exhibit is neither a get-rich-quick scheme nor a cry for publicity, but merely a chance for the men and women who frequent Pottery Works to connect with the public at large through the universality of art. Because of this, admission to the show will be by donation. By his own admission, Adams said that he didn’t get into this line of work for the money. “It’s great seeing people have a shine in their eyes. That’s worth more than money… and I don’t pay taxes on it.”

Handmade: From left, Wayne Adams and Jesse Fields with some of the pottery for sale at Pottery Works at the River Market. Pottery Works is one of two studios run by the Community Living Society. PHOTO ETHAN REYES

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Community EVENTS CALENDAR FRIDAY, JULY 31 Are you gay, bisexual or just not sure? Need a safe place to talk? HOMINUM Fraser Valley is an informal discussion and support group to help gay, bisexual and questioning men with the challenges of being married, separated or single. Meeting is 7:30 p.m. For information and meeting location, call Art at 604462-9813 or Don at 604329-9760. THURSDAY, AUGUST 20 Fun Day for all the kids in New West, noon to 3 p.m. at the Moody Park water park/ playground. Entertainment includes the Tumble Bus, henna, prize draws and more. Everyone welcome. ONGOING Waves Writer Group, write from the heart with Ruth Kozak. Meets every Monday from 10 a.m. to noon, Waves Coffee House, 715 Columbia St. Bring copies of your work to read. Drop-in fee of $5. New moms and dads need brain stimulation, too. The Bring Your Baby Book Club offers adult books and adult conversation in a baby-friendly environment. Suggested ages for babies are zero to 24 months. The club meets every third Tuesday of the month at 1 p.m. Register at 604-5274667 or listener@nwpl.ca. A limited number of books are available at the checkout desk.

Pregnancy Outreach Program, a free weekly support group for high-risk women, includes lunch, a one-hour education session and the services of a registered dietician and public health nurse. Food coupons and vitamins available for clients. Offered at Olivet Baptist Church (613 Queens Ave.) and Edmonds Re-source Centre (#1047355 Canada Way, Burnaby). Child care provided for children over 18 months of age. Registration required. Call 604-659-2228. Baby and Me, a support group for moms with babies up to six months, offering lunch, group discussions, support, educational information, child care and more. Offered by Olivet Baptist Church (613 Queens Ave.) and Edmonds Resource Centre (#1047355 Canada Way). Free. Call 604-659-2228 to register. New Westminster business networking meeting, every Wednesday at 7:30 a.m. at the Waffle House. Enjoy breakfast with other business people, share leads and referrals and build your business. Free (you pay for your own breakfast.) RSVP to 778-986-9186.

Moms’ group, meets Wednesdays from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. (while local schools are in session) at Olivet Baptist Church, Seventh Street and Queens Avenue. Info: Shirley, 604521-8097. Purpose Family Circle dropin, meets Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for crafts, stories, songs, games and rhymes for babies and children up to five years, as well as pregnant moms. Health information available through guest speakers. Light lunch and bus tickets are provided. Held at 40 Begbie St., two blocks east of the New West SkyTrain station. Info: 604-526-2522. Volunteer literacy tutors, sought to work with the Douglas College I-CARE program, which helps English-speaking adults learn to read and write. Volunteers should have excellent English writing and spelling skills. Tutoring can take place any day of the week. All tutor training and materials are free. Call 604527-5409 for information.

New Westminster Tinnitus Support Group, meets on the third Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m., Century House, 620 Eighth St., ABC Room. Tinnitus is a ringing, humming, buzzing or other sound in our head or ears that doesn’t have an out-side source. The group discusses the latest treatment information and coping and stress reduction techniques and offers encouragement and camaraderie to help combat this debilitating condition. For more information, contact group leader Gerald Blackwell at 604-600-9142 or email nwtinn@inbox.com. New Westminster Family Place, free family resource centre for parents with children five and under. Drop-in hours are 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Monday through Friday, and Monday and Tuesday afternoons from 1 to 3 p.m. Call 604-5203666 for info on upcoming programs. Send events listings to calendar@newwestrecord. ca.

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The Anvil Centre Theatre will be rockin’ and rollin’ on Wednesday, July 29 when Blues Brothers Too hits the stage. “This is an over-the-top, high-energy tribute to the original movie The Blues Brothers starring Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi,” states a press release. “Put on your boogie shoes and get ready for the signature songs Soul Man, Sweet Home Chicago, Rubber Biscuit and She Caught the Katy. … The horns wail, Elwood Too pontificates and Jake Too cuts a mean rug as they re-live all the antics we have come to love.” Presented by Rock.It Boy Entertainment, the production promises to “create the most electrifying stage show you’ll ever see,” according to the release. Tickets are $34.50 plus tax and can be picked up at the Massey and Anvil ticket centres.You can also call 604-521-5050 or visit www. ticketsnw.ca. Doors open at

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Good doctors treat complete individuals DavidicusWong HEALTHWISE

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I knew I wanted to be a family doctor when I was 10 years old and a patient at Burnaby Hospital. I was admitted for a flareup of inflammatory arthritis with fevers, rashes and painful joints. Though I was presented as a case at the doctors’ teaching rounds, my bedside care was personal. At a time when there was little more than prednisone to treat my condition, the best therapy was the care of my nurses and doctors. They weren’t treating a case or a disease, but rather a whole person – a scared kid with a mysterious condition and uncertain prognosis. I had a profound trust that they were looking out for me. I remember the uplifting feeling of comfort when my kind and cheerful family doctor, Dan McCarthy came to visit. Decades later he would retire early from practice in order to take on his new role with the B.C. Medical Association. Behind the scenes, he was strengthening primary care throughout our province, supporting family doctors in giving good care to their patients. In medical school, I considered a number of specialties, including pediatrics and psychiatry, but in family

practice, I loved listening to each patient’s story. This was not just the medical history or the history of a presenting condition. It was the narrative of a whole life – joys and sorrows, adventure and misadventure, pride and regret, relationships evolving and dissolving.

My golden rule of medicine has always been to treat every patient with the care I would want for a best friend and family member.

In many specialties, physicians can focus on a condition (i.e. enlarged prostate) or organ system (i.e. the gastrointestinal tract or cardiovascular system), but in family practice, more than anywhere else, we see a more complete individual, and disease is seen only in the context of that individual’s unique life. In family practice, we see our patients over time – not just over months or even years but across decades and generations. Over the past 25 years, I

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a good family doctor is an advocate for the individual patient. I want the best for each of my patients. In any situation and at every stage of life, I want for them the most positive outcome in which their goals, values and aspirations are respected. My golden rule of medicine has always been to treat every patient with the care I would want for a best friend and family member. It has cost me much in time, thought and effort, but in

return, it has given me the most gratifying calling that I return to with vigour day after day. Although I cannot speak for every GP, I believe that this is the unique perspective of a good family doctor – to see the complete person before me and treat medical conditions only in the context of that unique life. Other health-care professionals may be able to do some aspects of my work and at a walk-in clinic, a colleague may treat one medi-

cal condition, but no one else will act as an advocate for the unique and complete individual like a caring family doctor. If you’re not seeing your own family doctor, who is looking out for you? If you do not have a family doctor, contact your community’s Division of Family Practice through divisionsbc.ca. DavidicusWong is a family physician.Visit his blog at davidicuswong.wordpress.com.

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’Bellies back into second in WLA lax

Athlete 11th at youth worlds Tom Berridge

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Two unassisted transition goals complete Salmonbellie comeback

Tom Berridge

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The New Westminster Salmonbellies took over sole possession of second place in the Western Lacrosse Association following a 9-7 win at home over the Coquitlam Adanacs. The senior A Salmonbellies led 6-2 midway through the contest and then weathered a five-goal hailstorm from the visiting A’s before eking out the victory in the final 10 minutes of the game at Queen’s Park Arena on Thursday.

We have some big games coming up Ontario pickup Patrick Miles scored two of his most important goals for the ’Bellies to date, scoring the go-ahead game-winner on a three-on-two break midway through the final period. Three minutes later, Miles tallied his second in a row and fifth goal of the season on a breakaway to ensure the victory. “We’ve faced some adversity lately,” said Salmonbellie head coach Steve Goodwin. “We were up 6-3 and took some penalties.When the penalties were over ourtranistion took over and we started to score goals again.” Third star Colton Clark got the ’Bellies off to a strong start, scoring backto-back markers midway through the opening period before notching his hattrick counter four minutes into the middle frame to put New West up by three goals. Jordan McBride potted his team-leading 22nd goal of the season at the midway mark of the second period, but less than a minute later Coquitlam rallied with a

five-goal run that gave Coquitlam its only lead of the game six minutes into the final period. Carson Barton was the main man for the A’s, scoring three times and assisting on Vincent Ricci’s game-tying goals on an early thirdperiod power play. But Keegan Bal re-injected life back into the New West attack, knotting the score at 7-7, setting up Miles for his two unassisted counters less than three minutes apart that stood up as the game-winning goals. Goodwin praised the Salmonbellies’ running game for the win. “Even when we were in intermediates, we competed because we allowed our tranistion to take their chances,” he said. Eric Penney was not to be faulted for the Adanacs’ second-period turnaround, stopping 51 shots in the New West cage, while putting up a 0.879 save percentage in the game. Adam Shute came on in relief of starter Dan Lewis and made 41 stops for Coquitlam. Logan Schuss led New Westminster, claiming the fourth first star this season and league-leading eighth star recognition of the year, while topping the club with a goal and four assists. But the ’Bellies are by no means clear of the competiion, said Goodwin. “We have some big games coming up we feel we can win,” he said. New West took on Maple Ridge on Tuesday (after Record deadlines). A win in Maple Ridge would give New West the important season series and clinch a playoff spot for the Fishmen. The Salmonbellies then entertain the first-place Victoria Shamrocks at Queen’s Park Arena on Thursday. Game time is 7:45 p.m.

PCSL playoff: Khalsa Sporting, in light blue, takes on regular season champion Vancouver United in a Pacific Coast League premier men’s soccer semifinal at Trillium West turf on Saturday at 1 p.m. Victoria Highlanders FC and Mid Isle Mariners take to the pitch in a later semifinal. The two semifinal winners square off in the playoff final at Trillium West on Sunday at 1 p.m. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

New West stock B.C. teams for nationals Tom Berridge

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New Westminster will be well represented at the upcoming minor lacrosse national championships. Seven boys and six girls from the Royal City will bolster B.C.’s bantam box teams at the nationals this week. Noah Armitage, Andrew Bishop, Nikhal Dhandwar, Kip Guthrie, Keegan Melenychuk, Evan Pattison and Ben Stewart will make up the roster of the 20-player provincial bantam boys’ squad. The bantam boys’ championship will run from July 21 to 26.

Hannah-Lise Bernoe, Meagan Black, Jen Hannay, Erica Malcom, Sophie Morris and Jenna Phillips will all suit up with the girls’ bantam team. The bantam girls’ championship finishes up on July 25. Tyler Schweitzer was the lone New Westminster runner to make the B.C. peewee boys’ provincial team roster. The peewee national championships will be held in Whitby, Ont. from Aug. 2 to 8. At the female national championships in Calgary, Amber Haley, Gabrielle Jones, Mary McQueen of New West-

minster and Christel Blesch were all named to B.C.’s junior representative squad. Graceyn Dean and Keeley O’Neill of New West, and Tea Cecic of Burnaby will make up a portion of the midget girls’ provincial team.

BELLIES BLANKED New Westminster’s bantam A1 boys missed a bronze medal at the B.C. Lacrosse provincial championships in Kelowna, following a 6-2 loss to Coquitlam on Sunday.The A1s finished with a 2-5 record. The Salmonbellies bantam A2 team failed to advance to the medal round.

New Westminster teenager Nina Schultz set a new B.C. and Canadian record in the heptathlon at the World youth track and field championships in Cali, Colombia last weekend. The 16-year-old New Westminster athlete scored a personal-best 5,406 total points in the girls’ sevenevent final to finish in 11th place overall in the 38-competitor field at the world championship meet on Saturday. Schultz’s total broke Georgia Ellenwood’s provincial youth heptathlon record mark of 5,043 set back in 2011. Geraldine Ruckstuhl of Switzerland won the youth girls’ heptathlon gold with a championship record total of 6,037. Sarah Lagger of Austria and Alina Shukh of the Ukraine placed second and third, respectively. Schultz opened the twoday competition with a personal-best in the 100-metre hurdles, placing runnerup in Heat 3 with a 14.13 clocking. Schultz also PB’d in her second discipline of the day, winning her group in the high jump after clearing the bar at 1.79 metres on her second attempt. Her group-winning jump matched a Games-best height in the high jump with three Group A competitors, including Lisa Maihofer of Germany, Nianh Emerson of Great Britain and Bianca Salming of Sweden. The New West Spartan multi-events athlete completed the Friday events with a throw of 11.57m in the shot put and a third PB in the 200m, with a 25.64 time. On Day 2, Schultz leaped 5.38m in the long jump, threw the javelin a personal best 39.05m, before completing the gruelling twoday competition with a 2.29.14 time in the 800m run. Schultz’s new record total in the heptathlon ranks her among the top 15 athletes in the world. “This achievement was an incredible result for her,” said coach Besnick Mece.

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Men top Pan Am group Tom Berridge

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Canada’s men’s field hockey team is three wins away from a berth into the 2016 Summer Olympics. The Canadian men, including Brenden Bissett of New Westminster, topped its pool at the Pan Am Games in Toronto with four goals from Gabriel Ho-Garcia of Burnaby in an 8-1 win over Mexico on Saturday.

Canada went a perfect 3-0 in pool play, defeating Chile 1-0 and Brazil 9-1 in the opening game on July 14. Bissett opened the scoring for Canada against Brazil, scoring his first tally of the Games in the eighth minute of play. Against Mexico, Ho-Garcia got Canada off to a roaring start, tapping in his first of the game in the sixth minute and eight minutes later, tallying the eventual

game winner off a loose ball in front of the Mexican goal before the first quarter was finished. “It’s mainly when the team plays well,” Ho-Garcia said in Field Hockey Canada press release. “Team plays well, I get in the right positions and I get lucky.” Canada drew Trinidad and Tobago in its quarter-final fixture on Tuesday (after the Record deadline). The men’s semifinals will be played on Thursday.

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Up and over: Nina Schultz, seen here at the recent B.C. high school championships, leaped a personal-best 1.79 metres in the girls’ heptathlon at the World Youth track and field championships in Cali, Colombia last week. PHOTO COURTESY WILSON WONG/UBC ATHLETICS

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The Record sports in brief Grace Fetherstonhaugh ran the fastest midget time in B.C. this season, following a gold medal in the 14/15 girls’ 2,000 metres at the recent B.C. Athletics championships jamboree in Nanaimo. Fetherstonhaugh won the middle distance race in a time of 6:35.75.The Royal City Track and Field athlete also earned a bronze medal at 1,200m. Jenevieve Patry-Smith won a silver medal in midget girls’ javelin with a throw of 30.23 metres. Lauren Vanee took bronze in the 16/17 girls’ javelin with a 36.87m toss. Other Royal City bronze medalists were Taylor Morrison in the 1,500m racewalk, Finnley Cookson in the pole vault and Jack Foster in the triple jump.

Peyton Lupul was the offensive star for the Caps, garnering a six-point night, including a pair of back-to-back goals in the second period. Neil Tyacke got the win in goal with a .833 save percentage. Ladner opened the series with a 12-9 win despite a four-goal outing by lefthander Mark Negrin.

SR. B CAPS IN TOUGH WITH PIONEERS The Royal City Capitals fell behind 2-1 to the Ladner Pioneers in their best-of-five West Coast Senior Lacrosse Association playoff semifinal. The Capitals lost 8-5 in Ladner on Monday after tying the series10-6 the night before at Queen’s Park Arena.

ELITE ACADEMY RUNNER WINS SPRINTS Frances Klimo won the junior boys’ 100, 200 and 400 metre races at the provincial track and field jamboree in Nanaimo. The Elite academy runner will represent B.C. at the upcoming Western Canada Games. Shea Jopson-Stier took a silver medal in the junior boys’ steeplechase.

NEW WEST TO JUNIOR B FINAL New Westminster moved into the West Coast junior B Lacrosse League finals with Coquitlam. The regular season runner-up swept the best-of-three semifinal with Ridge Meadows, downing the Burrards 17-8 on Monday. Coquitlam advanced to the junior B final after getting by Delta in straight games.

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