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BACK TO SCHOOL:

Local parent Modaar Al-Saleem walks his children, 11-year-old Tark, left, seven-year-old Khadeeja, second from right, and 10-year-old Abdul, right, to Lord Kelvin Elementary for their first day of school Tuesday.

The Al-Saleems are brand new to the school this year. New West schools kicked off the new school year with a partial day on Tuesday.

Classes begin in earnest today (Wednesday).

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CRIME IN THE CITY

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Suspected targets of an early-morning shooting on Monday in Queensborough are not cooperating with investigators, according to New Westminster police.

Officers were called to the 1000 block of Ewen Avenue at about 1:30 a.m.

on Labour Day following reports of shots fired in the area. At the scene, police located two people in a vehicle that had crashed into a traffic barrier near the scene.

The investigation, led by the department’s major crime unit, is ongoing at this time, said Sgt. Jeff Scott, spokesperson for the New Westminster Police

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“Our major crime detectives are working around the clock still, and hopefully we can get some witnesses coming forward who may have seen or heard anything from the time it happened,” he added.

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No bystanders were injured in the shooting.

Whether the shooting is connected to the low-level drug feud in Surrey, Scott couldn’t say.

“At this point, there’s no reason to believe it’s connected to the activity happening in Surrey, but of

course, there’s also nothing that rules that out, so it’s still under investigation,” he said.

Anyone who may have information on this incident is asked to contact Det. Michelle White at 604-525-5411.

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Up Front NEWS IN BRIEF

Owner wants to rebuild on site A 38-unit rental apartment is proposed on a site where its predecessor was destroyed by fire in 2014.

On Jan. 31, 2014, fire levelled the three-storey, 29unit Kenbar Apartment at 404 Ash St.The owner is now seeking a development permit that would allow for the construction of a fourstorey building above one level of below-grade parking.

According to a staff report, the building would include six bachelor units, 22

one-bedroom units and one two-bedroom unit, and 29 parking spaces.The proposed dwelling units would be secured as rental for 60 years.

Council will consider issuance of a development permit for 404 Ash St. at the regular council meeting on Sept. 14, after considering a housing agreement that stipulates the building will be used for market rental housing.

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Sam Birosh, 14, poses for a photo with his cousin Yonas. This is the only picture mom Kelly has of her son with his bike, which was stolen on Sept. 2 from outside the 7-Eleven at East Columbia and Braid streets. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED

Devastation: Fire levelled the three-storey apartment at 404 Ash St. last January. The owner is now looking for permission to build a new four-storey apartment complex on the site. PHOTO FILE PHOTO

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Much more than a bike

By Tereza Verenca

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The mother of a 14-yearold boy whose bike was stolen last week wants the thieves to know the value of what they took.

On Sept. 2 around 5 p.m., Sam Birosh was biking around the Sapperton area and decided to stop in at the 7-Eleven on East Columbia and Braid streets.

After about a minute of being inside the convenience store, Birosh came out to find his mountain bike gone.

“He was just frantic,” mom Kelly told the Record. “He ran around looking for it. He phoned me, and I told him to call the police, and he did, and they

said they would look at the video camera.”

The Record contacted Const.Vince Stewart, the constable in charge of the file. He said because the surveillance camera is pointed at the shop’s front door, identifying a suspect would be hard if the bike was parked on the side of the store.

“I feel so bad for the young kid,” Stewart said. At press deadline, Stewart had yet to have a conversation with Birosh about where the bike was left.

Sam has always been good at locking it up, according to Kelly, who was surprised to learn he didn’t this time.

“He didn’t even want to put that bike downstairs in the locker; he wanted it in

the house,” she said, adding her son “should have been born on a bike,” having loved being on two wheels since he was two years old.

“He asked me every day when he was little, ‘Can I ride my bike today?’” Kelly recalled.

Sam’s first bike broke about a year ago after a construction company working on her apartment building allegedly let some materials slip off the top floor, which hit the bike on their ground floor balcony. Determined to replace it, the teenager found another one on Craigslist for $500. He used his savings to buy it and also got a paper route to help with the cost of fixing it up.

“He worked on it all the time. He had his own tools and bought bits and piec-

es and parts. And as things broke down, he patched them up and fixed them,” Kelly said.

As a single mom on disability after she was diagnosed with a brain injury last year, Kelly said she simply can’t afford to replace her son’s bike. Even though she has home insurance that would cover the cost, the deductible is $1,000.

Speaking through tears, she said the theft is a huge loss for her family.

“I think I’m more devastated than him. He said, ‘Don’t cry mom, it’s not your fault.’ I just hope whoever did this, reads this and feels bad for having hurt somebody.”

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New Westminster is amending its five-year capital budget to help the police department meet the needs of female officers.

Council amended the budget to include renovations to the women’s locker room in the police station on Columbia Street.

“Over the past 14 years the NWPD has seen a sig-

nificant change within that demographics of staff members being hired for employment as police officers,” stated a report to council.

“This has created the need for a minor/moderate renovation to occur within the female locker room area.”

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Gaiptman starts new job in Nov. Former New Westminster superintendent John Gaiptman isn’t letting the grass grow beneath his feet.

After filling in as the district’s CEO for the past year and a half, he handed over the reins to incoming superintendent Pat Duncan last month. Gaiptman has now been hired by B.C.’s Ministry of Education to travel to overseas private schools that use the B.C. curricu-

lum and award Dogwood Diplomas.

“The concern is whether or not they’re actually teaching to the curriculum,” Gaiptman told the Record, “and that’s what I’ll be doing.”

The job, which will occupy New West’s former superintendent for only a few months of the year, starts in November.

– Cornelia Naylor

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Concert series planned for Pier Park lawn Theresa McManus

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Would you be interested in hearing progressive musicians likeWilco, Ani DiFranco and Death Cab for Cutie perform on New Westminster’s waterfront? If so, you’re not alone.

Chris Lee, president of Beyond Marketing Group, is hoping to partner with Timbre Concerts, aVancouver-based concert promoter, to bring a summer music series toWestminster Pier Park.They’re aiming to do a trial of two or three concerts in mid to late August 2016, but the plan is to eventually expand it and make it a signature event for the city.

“An exciting idea,” said Coun. Bill Harper. “The park certainly is built for that.When we planned it and designed it, the lawn you see down there is actually called the festival lawn because we expected it would probably seat about 2,000 people in an event.”

Coun. Jaimie McEvoy said he travels to places like Oregon to attend the type of concerts that are being con-

sidered for Pier Park.

“I know what they are, I know what kind of niche you are addressing. Black Eyed Peas, Ani DiFranco, if you brought those people to NewWest, I’d be very happy with that,” he said. “For those that don’t know, that’s good quality.”

The benefits of that for our city are pretty strong McEvoy joked that if organizers could bringWilco to NewWest, they’d likely get a couple of votes for the concept from council.

Council referred the matter to staff for a report.

The businesses started working with the city on the proposal almost a year ago 9

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and have dealt with issues raised by several departments and made a presentation to the parks and recreation committee.

Lee recently told city council that each concert could generate an economic impact of $200,000 for local restaurants, hotels and businesses. Along with generating economic opportunities in the city, Lee said it would help brand NewWestminster as a progressive, vibrant, unique, family-friendly, young-at-heart and fun and exciting city.

The plan is for three to four-hour events, with con-

certs ending by about 10 p.m. because of noise restrictions. Lee said it’s anticipated each event would require a one-and-a-half day park closure for setup and tear-down.

“We do understand it is a public park,” he told council. “We also understand as far as the park itself, it was designated as a festival grounds so it was made for holding events.”

According to Lee, Beyond Marketing Group’s work has included putting on numerous concerts for corporate clients, while Timbre Concerts has been in the

concert-promotion business for about 30 years.

Coun. Patrick Johnstone said he’s excited about the opportunity of activating that space onWestminster Pier Park.

Coun. Mary Trentadue said she likes the idea of having an organization offering programming in Pier Park but wondered if they’d be willing to consider doing

some afternoon events that may be more family friendly.

“I believe in a vibrant city,” McEvoy said. “It’s my hope that people can go online every weekend in the summer and say what’s happening in NewWest because something’s always happening in NewWest.The economic and social benefits of that for our city are pretty strong.”

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You can do something for refugees It was a shockingly simple image that captured the world’s attention last week and propelled the desperation of the Syrian refugee crisis into our collective psyche.

A small boy lay face down in the sand, as though he was sleeping. But he was not sleeping. He was drowned.

In a second photo, a police officer carried the child’s body, his feet dangling, up the beach.What

parent who has carried their own sleeping child did not feel a stab of recognition and imagine for a few seconds their own worst nightmares?

That image brought the Syrian crisis home in a personal, emotional way that repeated United Nations reports could not.

For a moment, the world was a witness, in the way it was decades earlier when the photo of a naked girl fleeing a napalm attack in

Vietnam was seared into our consciousness.

Of course, the humanitarian crisis in Syria is not new.

For years, a desperate population has been attempting to flee the country’s civil war. Reports of atrocities in that country on the part of all combatants have been horrific. Children have been imprisoned, tortured, killed and gassed.

That families would take a desperate gamble in trying to flee is a sad and unsur-

prising result.

So far, the response of the West to those people caught in the crossfire has been entirely inadequate.There is no simple answer for what to do about the wider, complex war that spawned this horror. But we hope a more immediate response will be for nations like ours to open their arms a little wider.

And to that end, some politicians have stepped forward pledging to do more locally. Others have pledged

to review how the current immigration system works – or doesn’t work.

Mayor Gregor Robertson of Vancouver says the federal government should be looking at taking in 20,000 refugees each year by 2020, and he’s made a motion to send the request to the government in writing.

Robertson reminds people that, for the most part, Vancouver has been a welcoming port for those seeking refuge.

But you don’t have to be a politician to make a difference.We urge readers to check out a blog post by Jennifer Moreau, a reporter for our sister paper the Burnaby NOW, at www. burnabynow.com. Jennifer offers five things that ordinary folks can do to help in the current refugee crisis.

Certainly the federal government should be showing more leadership, but don’t let that be an excuse for inaction.

MY VIEW KEITH BALDREY

Strategic vote doomed to fail The apparent closeness of the federal election may deal a major setback to those advocating that people vote “strategically” on Oct. 19 in order to defeat the Harper government.

With polls (for what they are worth, which admittedly may not be much) suggesting there is a genuine threeway race between the major political parties, neither the NDP nor the federal Liberals can make the case that the other should get out of the way in order not to split the non-Conservative vote.

And considering the polls are often contradictory, it’s hard to see how the NDP or the Liberals can use them as “evidence” that one of them should be the natural alternative to the Conservatives.

A great example of why the argument to vote strategically may fall flat can be seen in the new riding of Vancouver Granville. If the riding had existed in the 2011 election, the Conservatives would have won with just 35.4 per cent of the vote, or about 2,300 votes ahead of the secondplace Liberals and more than 5,100 votes ahead of the NDP. A left-leaning activist group called “Leadnow” is targeting the Vancouver Granville riding as one where people should vote strategically to defeat the Conservatives. But both the NDP and the Liberals are running credible candidates – either of whom would be worthy additions to the House of Commons – and

it’s impossible for anyone to make a credible argument that one of them should be shunned over the other.

Another B.C. riding where the idea of strategic voting becomes a very confusing one is the riding of Victoria, currently held by the NDP. But the Green Party came oh-so-close to winning this riding in a byelection in 2012, losing by just 1,100 votes.

In this campaign, it’s hard to say which candidate – the NDP’s Murray Rankin or the Green’s Joanne Roberts – has the most residential campaign signs in sight, which suggests it is a competitive race between the two of them.

There is another problem with strategic voting. It asks people to vote “against” something rather than “for” something. Other than political activists, I can’t see many people – particularly older voters, who may have been voting for a particular party for decades – putting aside one set of principles in favour of making sure a party they’ve never supported scores a victory on election day.

Unless something happens in this campaign that suggests either the NDP or the Liberals are demonstrably and unquestioning better positioned to beat the Conservatives, both parties’ supporters will likely stay away from strategic voting as well.

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

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Sugar, spice, but not so nice Two girls proved the old adage, “sugar and spice and everything nice,” wrong when they were arrested for three armed robberies in November.

In one incident, police alleged the girls, 14 and 16 years old, accosted three other teenage girls near Seventh Street and Fifth Avenue.The suspects held a knife to one of the victim’s throat and demanded cash.They got away with $15.

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New off-leash area in Moody Park

Dear Editor I thought our dictator Stephen Harper could not go any further to the dark back alley until I saw his ad in the media using ISIS killing people to help him.

It just doesn’t get any more disgusting than this.

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Government contracts raise worrying issues Dear Editor Something is amiss when infrastructure projects routinely overshoot their original estimates by millions – and sometimes – billions of dollars in B.C. It isn’t rounding errors. It’s sloppy estimating, bad procurement, ill-conceived plans and often a lack of a boss where the buck stops on some projects.

The new Port Mann Bridge was part of the government’s Gateway plan announced in 2006. The original estimate was $3 billion, which included $800 million for the Port Mann Bridge replacement, $500 million for widening Highway 1, $400 million for the North Fraser Perimeter Road and $800 million for the South Fraser Perimeter Road – estimates the government was still using 21 months later.

There was even a $300 million contingency in case of cost overruns. May have been a typo; the projects overshot those estimates by more than $2 billion.

Call it cost creep.

The Port Mann was budgeted at $800 million. Then highway improvements were tacked on and it became a $1.4 billion project, then $1.6 billion and up it went to $2.7 billion, $3.1 billion and, finally, to $3.32 billion.

And the government boasted it had signed a “fixed-price” contract.

The Crown corporation that owns and operates the bridge – the Transportation Investment Corporation – is today $3.61 billion in debt or $610 million more than the original estimate for the entire Gateway plan (including that $300 million contingency).

It’s not the only infrastructure project to overshoot its budget. Of 18 projects announced by the B.C. government since 2003 – all with initial cost estimates of more than $150 million – nine hospital projects have already exceeded their original estimates by 12.6 per cent, seven transportation projects are running 59.2 per cent over budget, and the Vancouver Convention Centre and B.C. Place re-roofing together came in 68.1 per cent over first estimates.

More worrisome? One of the seven transportation projects isn’t finished yet, and it’s not looking good. The Evergreen Line is beset with mechanical problems. There may be smiles all round in public, but behind the scenes officials are gritting their teeth, because the boring machine isn’t gritting its.

Yet – despite all the cost overruns – the same companies keep showing up on job after job.

So why not more uproar?

Might have a bit to do with the government treating “on budget” as a moving target by continuously revising them to make them so.

Isn’t really cricket though.

And those fixed-price contracts, they’re not so fixed after all, at least on price.

Dermod Travis, IntegrityBC

Ben Inglis They should have made one in Simcoe park as well, all of the off leash parks are a long walk for any one that lives in the Simcoe park srea Susan Randall Nice work Ken and Catherine I’m sure your neighbours appreciate all the time and work you put into this, but I won’t see you when I’m at the ball diamond any more

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@stickers66 @MikeFolka Make sure there’s good supply of affordable housing stock.

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@MikeFolka @stickers66 Sure. But as an ethnically diverse city of 65,000 I have to believe we can do more than that.

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News Fourth Street elevator is coming along – slowly Theresa McManus

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The long-awaited elevator atWestminster Pier Park is slowly but surely inching closer to completion.

The Fourth Street pedestrian overpass into Pier Park opened in March, but the elevator has yet to open.

The contractor, along with the engineering and elevator firms, have been working on a solution to address outstanding issues and will soon be presenting the city with a timeline for its expected completion.

“They are just working on timing now,” said Keith Whitely, a project manager with the city. “Everything is in, it’s just that there is some finishing they have to finish off.The biggest issue is the door frames – adjusting the door frames for a width issue.There is nothing structural. It’s not unsafe. It’s more a finishing of it that we didn’t like, and they are having to fix up.”

The pedestrian overpass

takes people from Columbia Street (at Fourth Street) over Front Street and the railway tracks intoWestminster Pier Park.The elevator will ensure the park is accessible to everyone.

Mayor Jonathan Cote is anxious for the elevator to become operational.

“It is getting closer, the issues are being resolved,” he said. “Certainly, I am frustrated with the delays that have occurred.The elevator was supposed to open back in May, and we are already almost through the summer and it is still not operational.”

A number of things have contributed to the delays in the opening of the elevator, Cote said.

“There was a back-ordered part – there was a significant delay in that coming in. Even once it arrived there was some coordination issues between the general contractor and the supplier, and some electrical issues that needed to be resolved.

My understanding is all of

those issues are very close to being resolved,” he said.

“There is still a bit more work that needs to happen, plus the B.C. Safety Authority does need to give a signoff for the elevator. I’ve gone past the point where I’d be prepared to put a date out there when we expect it to be open because I think the community is getting a little frustrated with dates and us not meeting those.”

Whitely said it’s more complicated to install an elevator at the location than one would expect.

“It is because it is an open-air system. It’s not like you are working inside a building itself with structures around,” he told the Record. “And we did change the size of the elevator after we started also – to increase the size of it.

We wanted a bigger elevator.They’ve got glass doors on it so you can actually see outside the elevator.

We changed that to make it safer.”

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The assaulted officer was off work for a month and needed multiple medical treatments to get pepperspray particles out of his eyes, according to facts presented in court.

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Blok told Schur after delivering his sentence. “If there is a next time, and I sincerely hope there will not be, there is a reasonable prospect that by that point you will be seen more as a career criminal than as a person who may yet reform himself, and the courts will deal with you accordingly. Do not waste this opportunity.”

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Crown prosecutor Nicholas Reithmeier called for a total three-year jail sentence for Schur’s crimes, while defence lawyer Mark Swartz asked for a sentence of less than two years so Schur, who struggles with addiction, could enter an intensive drug treatment program at a provincial facility.

Blok concluded Schur’s prospects of rehabilitation were not unreasonable since most of his convictions are for property crimes “no doubt” related to his drug addiction.

He pointed to a “substantial gap” in Schur’s criminal record from 2007 to 2013 that the judge said showed Schur is capable of maintaining a “proper law-abiding path with treatment a court supervision.”

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David Michael Schur was charged with breaking and entering and assaulting a peace officer with a weapon, after a break-in at the condo complex Nov. 21, 2013.

Police arrived on the scene to find a door off its hinges, a fire extinguisher discharged, storage lockers ransacked and pepper spray discharged near a stairwell, according facts outlined in B.C. Supreme Court Justice Murray Blok’s reasons for sentencing this summer.

A police dog and handler tracked Schur and another man, Nicholas Oquias, to a rooftop patio area.

The officer spotted Schur holding a screw driver but did not see Oquias.

After convincing Schur to drop the tool, the officer was about to handcuff him,

when Schur started kicking and punching him.

During a struggle that followed, the officer was sprayed in the face with pepper spray and then struck from behind by Oquias.

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Community

THE HOMETOWN TEAM: The Hyacks Varsity team take on G.W. Graham Grizzlies from Chilliwack as New Westminster “Unites Under the Lights” for the 11th annual homecoming game. The Hyacks’ football homecoming game celebrations on Sept. 25 include a tug-of-war with local VIPs. PHOTO ALAN WARDLE

Lights, action, for Hyacks’ homecoming

By Don Hauka

editorial@newwestrecord.ca

Everyone from the mayor to the medicos will be pulling together to support the pursuit of excellence and to celebrate the Royal City as New Westminster “Unites Under the Lights” for the Hyacks’ football homecoming.

That’s the theme for this year’s Hyacks’ football homecoming game festiv-

ities, Sept. 25 at Mercer Stadium. The whole community is invited to cheer on the Hyacks Varsity team as they take on the G.W. Graham Grizzlies from Chilliwack.

The pre-game starts at 4:30 p.m. with the annual flag football challenge for Hyacks alumni. Family-fun follows at 5 p.m. and features on-field kids’ activities like the bouncy castle and football toss. There’s

also the raffle for a car, being provided by event sponsor Key West Ford.

And this year marks the inaugural F.G. Richards Memorial Tug-of-War competition. Sponsored by New Westminster Fire and Rescue Service, this civic pride competition includes teams from city hall, Royal Columbian Hospital, the New Westminster school district and the New Westminster and District La-

bour Council.

The 11th homecoming game kicks off at 7:30 p.m. after the game ball is parachuted onto the field by the B.C. Sky Diving Team.

Fireworks are guaranteed on the field and after the game as well, to cap the celebrations.

“We have always tried to create our program as one that builds community,” said Hyacks head coach Farhan Lalji.

“From developing the future leaders of New Westminster, to hosting a wonderful gathering of residents of all ages at homecoming, Hyack football takes a great deal of pride in New Westminster. We invite all groups from the Royal City to come out on Sept. 25 and show the spirit that makes our community unique.”

The Hyacks football program is based on the

pursuit of excellence on the field, in the classroom and in the community. It’s exemplified by the marquee of the annual homecoming game. More than just a football game, it’s a community celebration.

Capture some of that spirit this Sept. 25 at Mercer Stadium.

For more on the Hyacks, go to www.newwestrecord.ca

Get in the stadium? You could win a Ford Focus

By Don Hauka

editorial@newwestrecord.ca

It may be a home game, but you have a chance to become a road warrior at the Hyacks homecoming game, thanks to event sponsor Key West Ford.

New Westminster’s largest new and previously-owned

car dealership, Key West is donating a 2004 Ford Focus to be raffled off at the game on Sept. 25 at Mercer Stadium.This is the third year in a row the dealership has contributed a vehicle to the Hyacks football program.

And that’s allowed the annual homecoming game

event to shift into high gear, says head coach Farhan Lalji.

“Key West Ford has been a fantastic partner of Hyack football – they’ve really allowed us to take Homecoming to another level,” said Lalji.

“I mean seriously; where else in high school sports

can you come and win a car? It’s incredible!”

The prize vehicle is in great condition and will be on display at New Westminster Secondary School the week of the game and of course, on show at Mercer Stadium on homecoming day.

The winning ticket will be

drawn after the third quarter of the tilt between the Hyacks Varsity team and the G.W. Grizzlies from Chilliwack.You must be in the stadium to collect your prize.

Key West is a community-minded business that sponsors many events in the Royal City, including

the 12th Street Music Festival and the New Westminster Drive One event for dry grad.

“Adam (Isfeld) and his team really understand the value of community building and we are always thrilled to work with them,” Lalji said.

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GET ROLLING FOR THE QUEEN’S PARK HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION at its annual lawn bowling fundraiser on Saturday, Sept. 12 at 3 p.m. at the New Westminster Lawn Bowling Club. For $40 you’ll receive instruction, bowling, a barbecue and door prizes.Tickets are available at the Queen’s Park Care Centre Quintessential Gift Shop at 315 McBride Blvd. or at the door. No experience is necessary and you can sign up as an individual or a team.

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ENJOY AN AFTERNOON OF FUN at Olivet Baptist Church’s Big Gig Street Party on Sunday, Sept. 13 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Seventh Street and Queens Avenue.

The annual bash includes activities like a bouncy castle, street hockey, a seniors’ tent, dancing, music and a visit from Korki the clown. Hungry?You can feast on $2 burgers and hotdogs, as well as enjoy some free treats.

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Party fit for Queen Theresa McManus AROUND TOWN

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The Royal City will be celebrating Queen Elizabeth’s record-breaking reign on Sept. 9.

Community members are invited to enjoy a day-long celebration in honour of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, who will become the longest serving British monarch in history on Sept. 9 at 9:30 a.m. local time.The record has been held by Queen Victoria, who named New Westminster.

“We are absolutely delighted to celebrate Her Majesty’s reigning achievement with this commemorative day,” said Karen Baker-MacGrotty, chair of the event. “We wish her good stead for many years to come. God Save our gracious Queen! Long may she reign!”

A small group of volunteers have organized the event, which is taking place at Holy Trinity Cathedral, 540 Carnarvon St. A Reigning Achievement People’s Celebration Day will get underway at 9:30 a.m.

“Our local citizenry, through a people’s celebration day, will recognize this momentous achievement in honour, recognition and appreciation of our Queen, Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II,” Baker-MacGrotty said in a press release. “I am delighted with the overwhelming support from sponsors, individual donor and grassroots community volunteers, without the use of taxpayer’s funds, making it a true citizens celebration.”

During the day, people will be able to view displays of unique coronation memorabilia and historical artifacts owned and maintained by local individuals, cultural displays of music and dance by local artists, a 21-gun salute and church bell ringing.The celebration also includes an afternoon hightea service, a harp concert, a British sing-along, sabering of champagne, toasts and more.

A 5 p.m. church service at Holy Trinity Cathedral will conclude with a rendition of Highland Cathedral, Continued on page 19

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Queen’s celebration on day will represent a wonderful citizen’s celebration and gathering of our peoples in Her Majesty’s honour. How glorious a day it will be.”

In the evening, a formal state dinner will feature greetings from the Prime Minster delivered by Senator Yonah Martin and music by the volunteer band of the Royal Westminster Regiment. It is sold out.

“The celebrations will draw to a close with a local toast of fine port to Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth

Continued from page 18 a duet of bagpipes accompanied by the cathedral’s historic organ.The celebration is also recognizing the parts of the church that survived the Great Fire on Sept. 10, 1898.

“Everyone is very excited to join the commemoration events, as an occasion of this magnitude will most likely not happen ever again in our lifetimes or in that of many future generations,” Baker-MacGrotty said in a press release. “As such, this

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The event is 12 hours long, but will break around noon so folks are able to go to the celebration at city hall that includes the firing of the Anvil Battery in honour of the Queen. Along with comments from the mayor and the Monarchist League of Canada, the United Empire Loyalists’ Association will provide a display of photos and artifacts.

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Community NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Tuesday, September 22, 2015 6:30 pm, Coquitlam Public Library 1169 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam Room 136 A great contributor: Tom Baker, who served as New Westminster’s mayor from 1982 to 1988, passed away on Sept. 1. During his 10 years on council, Baker worked on projects like the waterfront development and the SkyTrain’s arrival in New West. PHOTO FILE

City loses a ‘statesman’ Theresa McManus

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When Tom Baker stepped off the train in New Westminster with his family, he had $200, no house and no car. A decade later he was

on the road to becoming mayor of the Royal City.

Baker, who served as New Westminster’s mayor from 1982 to 1988, passed away peacefully Sept. 1 at Kiwanis Care Centre, with his family and his priest at

his side. He was 83.

“He had a wonderful life, was a great contributor, a statesman,” said daughter Karen Baker-MacGrotty.

“He was an interesting gentleman.”

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‘An incredible individual’

Continued from page 20 Baker moved his family to New Westminster from Liverpool, England in 1968.

“Ten years later he was an alderman, and four years later he was the mayor,” said Baker-MacGrotty. “Six months later, he was entertaining Her Majesty on the steps of city hall.”

After serving as an alderman for four years, Baker ran successfully as New Westminster’s mayor.

“He had huge impacts all around the Lower Mainland, with everything from SkyTrain coming in to Expo 86,Transporama (a transportation exhibition), all of those,” Baker-MacGrotty said. “When he took office, interest rates were 18 per cent – doom and gloom. It was 1982. He had lots of interesting conversations with the business people in town.

They were all looking to him for leadership.”

Baker-MacGrotty is

proud of her father’s legacy in New Westminster, which includes development of Westminster Quay. In addition to overseeing the city’s 125th anniversary celebration in 1984, Baker was part of the finale of the SkyTrain opening in 1985 at New Westminster station.

“He was a man of the people. He was an incredible individual,” she said.

“He was a great contributor in the community.”

Baker was the first Lower Mainland mayor to take the Super Host program, as he wanted to make New Westminster a welcoming city to visitors and businesses.

Baker, a journeyman carpenter and a union business agent, later ran in the 1991 provincial election in New Westminster. He subsequently moved to Maple Ridge, where he built a home and was encouraged to run for council.

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Baker-MacGrotty is proud of her father’s contributions in both Maple Ridge and New Westminster.The City of New Westminster’s flags at city hall have been flying at half mast in his honour.

“We are going to celebrate his life,” Baker-MacGrotty said. “He had a grand life.”

Baker-MacGrotty said funeral plans are still being finalized, but her father will lie in state in New Westminster on Sept. 17 and a service will take place on Sept.

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Celebrate aboriginal literature at the New Westminster Public Library.The library carries a diverse collection of aboriginal writing available for checkout.

Keep an eye out for the new release, Birdie, by Tracey Lindberg.This darkly comic, debut novel tells the story of a Cree woman’s journey from her Alberta home to Gibsons, B.C., in search of some meaning to her dreams – and Beachcombers star Pat Johns.

Or, try the latest from Thomas King, The Back of the Turtle – which follows a young man’s journey of spiritual redemption after indirectly causing the demise of his home community.

The library also carries several classics of aboriginal literature. Three Day Road, the award-winning novel by Joseph Boyden, follows the story of a young Cree man’s return to Northern Ontario after experiencing the horrors of the First World War. In the early 1950s, Mi-

tiarjuk Nappaaluk began writing a story that would eventually become Sanaaq, the first Inuit novel ever written.This story describes an Inuit family’s struggle to negotiate the changes introduced to their community by the coming of the white people.Translated to English in 2014, Sanaaq is available in e-book format through the New West Public Library.

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Long may the Queen reign Archie and Dale Miller

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Today is an important day in the history of the Royal City.

On this day, Sept. 9, 2015, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II became the longest serving monarch in the British Empire, and this was formally recognized in a short ceremony at noon today at city hall.There were many ceremonies with similar theme held around the world, but only ours featured an Anvil Battery salute.

Historically, this began in 1952 when the present Queen took the throne, followed in 1953 by her coronation.

It was in February of 1952, upon the death of her father, King George VI, that Elizabeth ascended to the throne. On Victoria Day that year, the city honoured the new sovereign for the first time with a salute by the Ancient and Honourable Hyack Anvil Battery.

By 1953,Victoria Day had been officially assigned

to a specific Monday, and was held that year on Monday, May 18.The day was formally celebrated and once again the Anvil Battery fired its salute. It was a special day, but everyone was really looking forward to the coronation of Elizabeth II and a much bigger gathering on June 2, 1953.

New Westminster held a number of festivities over three days.

On June 1, a gala evening in Queen’s Park Arena referred to as “Fiesta Time” featured a “full evening of entertainment” with music and drills from a number of bands and groups.There were games, a “coronation ball,” the crowning of Miss Royal City (who would represent the city at the PNE), and the drawing of a door prize – a trip for two to Hawaii.

On June 2, Coronation Day, included the Royal Standard of England flying in Queen’s Park, a salute from the Westminster Regiment, many bands, veteran’s groups, an address of loyalty by new citizens, the May

Queen and her suite, and an RCAF fly past of “Vampire jets and Mustangs.”

All paused at 1 p.m. when through loudspeakers “Her Majesty will be heard giving her speech of service to the Commonwealth.”

At 10 a.m. the Anvil Battery really got things started, once again part of a “regal event,” firing a salute of 21 shots near the Third Avenue entrance to the Park. It should be noted that the local paper, the British Columbian, carried an enormous number of advertisements and notices, all extending best wishes to the new Queen.

On June 3, things wrapped up with thousands of people in the stands at Queen’s Park for the final events. It had been a wonderful, exciting time in the Royal City and Queen Elizabeth II was formally, with much pomp and ceremony, crowned.

Today, all those years later she remains sovereign. Long may she reign.

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Plentiful mint leaves require plenty of water Anne Marrison GREEN SCENE

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Question: My mint plant growing in a pot in my patio in the shade has grown very tall and has a lot of small mint leaves. Last year I got big mint leaves.

The top of every branch has a bushy purple flower. Should this be cut off?

–Florence, Vancouver Answer: Your mint plant has small leaves because its energy is producing flowers instead.

Insufficient water may be an issue here. Mint is a water lover.

But your garden would benefit enormously if you leave the flowers on the mint. Heads of multiple small flowers are a magnet for honey bees, tiny pollinating bees and beneficial insects of all kinds. If they can’t get flower nectar they’ll starve.

Because of the drought, fewer flowers are available this year so leaving your mint flowers in place will

save some little lives.Their youngsters will help seeds and crops to develop next year.

When the flowers die down, that will be the right time to cut your mint back.

If we have a warm fall with some rain, you’ll get big leaves again. If the fall isn’t rainy, try to water the mint at least every other day.

Grey water is fine provided you don’t get it on the leaves. Even saucepanful helps with a containerized plant.

Question: My Asiatic double lilies are

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They’re about three feet tall and look quite unsightly. Is this a common problem? Do you think they have some disease or nutrient deficiency? Another puzzle – though they’re generally double, some of my Asiatic lily blooms came out as singles.

Is that common?

–Diana Jewell, Mission Answer: My guess about the earlybrowning leaves is that your lilies are reacting to the exceptionally hot, dry weather we’ve had. Drying foliage

has also happened with my native alliums.

If just one of your double Asiatics had brown foliage but the other doubles were OK, I would suspect more severe problems.

But Asiatic lilies have been hybridized.With hybrids it’s hard to know what, exactly, you’re dealing with because of the often-convoluted genetic background.

It’s very likely your doubles are the product of more intensive hybridization than your other Asiatics.

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Community COMMUNITY CALENDAR SATURDAY, SEPT. 12 Let’s Get Rolling, second annual Queen’s Park Healthcare Foundation lawn bowling fundraiser, 3 p.m., New Westminster Lawn Bowling Club. For $40 you receive instruction, bowling, barbecue, door prizes – and a $25 tax receipt. Get your tickets at Queen’s Park Care Centre Quintessential Gift Shop, 315 McBride Blvd. or at the door. No experience necessary. Sign up as an individual or a team. Contact Margaret at 604-528-3882.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 13 Big Gig Street Party, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Olivet Baptist Church at Seventh Street and Queens Avenue.

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Activities include a bouncy castle, Korki the clown, street hockey, senior’s tent, dancing, music, $2 burgers and hotdogs and free treats.

Celebrate Grandparents Day at a walk to raise funds for grandparents who are raising grandchildren and families across B.C. The Grandparents Day Stroll includes fun family activities

beginning at 10 a.m. at River Market. For more information and to sign up, go to http://grgstroll.ca.

(shorts made by locals about Antioquian culture, created by an initiative supporting those at risk of sexual or domestic violence and drug abuse.) All films are in Spanish, with English subtitles. Free and open to everyone.

MONDAY, SEPT. 14 New Westminster Puffers Club’s monthly meeting, 12:30 to 2 p.m., New Westminster Public Library auditorium, 716 Sixth Ave. Anyone with COPD and any other breathing problem is welcome to attend.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 16 Downtown New Westminster Residents’ Association, annual general meeting, 7 p.m., Holy Trinity Cathedral, 514 Carnarvon St. Presentation includes Mike Degelder on Plaza 88 development, Karon Trenaman from ICBC on “the real truth about you and crosswalks” and the election of the 2015/16 board.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 17 Have you considered becoming a foster family?

There are children and youth in New Westminster, who require skilled, caring, foster parents. To learn more, the Ministry of Children and Family Development invites you to attend an information session, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., #200-906 Roderick Ave., Coquitlam. For more information, call the North Fraser Recruitment Team at 604-764-8098.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 20 Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup, South Dyke Road in Queensborough, 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Meet at the crossroads of South Dyke Road and Carter Street in Queensborough. Anyone and everyone is welcome to attend and asked to bring their own gloves, snacks tools, etc.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 26 Thrift sale and coffee break, 9 a.m. to noon, Knox Presbyterian Church, 403 East Columbia St. ONGOING Artists 50+ are welcome to bring their own art projects to Century House every Thursday from 1 to 3 p.m.

Gather to draw, paint, share or just have a bright and friendly place to work. The

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New Westminster Family Place drop-in at Lord Kelvin Elementary, while school in session, every Thursday and Friday morning from 9 to 11 a.m., 1010 Hamilton St. Drop-in includes free play, stories, songs and craft activities. Info: 604-5203666 or www.nwfamily.bc.ca.

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Running made easy by Record athlete NewWestminster senior started the season with the fastest time in the world in age group Tom Berridge

tberridge@newwestrecord.ca

Running can take a person anywhere, just ask the Record/NOW high school athlete of the year.

Raquel Tjernagel turned a weekend of personal bests into an athletic scholarship opportunity to one of the NCAA’s top Division I women’s track and field programs at the University of Texas this season.

Last April, the New Westminster Secondary School senior surprised the sporting establishment at the Brian Clay Invitational track meet in California, posting a 52.52-second clocking against an adult field in the 400 meters.

At that time, it was the fastest time in the world by a female athlete under 20. She also improved on her 200-metre time at the same meet, running 23.34 seconds – a time that later qualified her for the Pan Am Games.

The following day,Tjernagel ran 11.58 seconds in the 100 metres at the Long Beach State Invitational.

Coquitlam Cheetahs club coach Sara Self remembers the weekend well.

“When she ran a 52 in California from lane 8, she ran her first 200 like she was running for her life,” said Self. “When she came down the last 200m, she wasn’t going to let anyone by.

“She had been training well and was healthy. I knew she was going to run well, but I wasn’t prepared for the 52.50.”

Tjernagel says she has always loved running, even as a toddler. But, perhaps surprisingly, was not always the fastest in her class.

In fact, prior to joining the Cheetah club four years ago, she had never really won anything of any significance.

She remembers winning her first gold medal at a junior development meet at Bear Creek Park in Surrey.

Since then,Tjernagel has blossomed into one of Canada’s most promising

Hyacks beaten in border battle Tom Berridge

tberridge@newwestrecord.ca

Record athlete: New Westminster Secondary School track star Raquel Tjernagel is the Record/NOW’s 2015 high school athlete of the year.

PHOTO CORNELIA NAYLOR

young female sprinters.

“I definitely surprised (my competitors) more than it surprised me. But timing me at practice, I think (my coach) knew,” she said of her recordbreaking feat.

“It’s almost like a God thing. I committed to Texas after (California) – it all became clear. It’s definitely a gift that I have. I feel very blessed,”Tjernagel added.

Her speed is deceptive and appears almost effortless, said Self.When she first saw Tjernagel’s long striding gait on the track, she thought she had a true middle distance runner on her hands.

But the time clock was telling her something different, Self said, adding “Let’s get her fitter and see where she goes.”

In that short span of time,Tjernagel has owned the 200 metres at the B.C. high school track and field championships, winning gold in the provincial race final for the past three consecutive years.

She is also the queen of the 100m, winning her second straight sprint title this year in the fastest time in more than a decade.

“I always liked running.

It’s like a stress release or a break – a fun break,”Tjernagel said.

“You have to have it, if you’re going to go far.”

Although incredibly talented,Tjernagel has gotten to where she is through commitment to working hard at an optimal level,” said Self.

“You have to have it, if you’re going to go far, and she can work really, really hard.

“I thought maybe the 2020 Olympics, but at her age and physical maturity, I’m realigning my thinking – maybe 2016, she is really close,” said Self.

The honour roll and

French Immersion student buys into the heavy work load effortlessly.

“You have to keep training hard, have to stay confident and to believe in yourself, and choose your goals well,”Tjernagel said.

But the most important lesson is remaining humble.

When Tjernagel and New Westminster Secondary teammate Nina Schultz almost singlehandedly won a second straight provincial aggregate and women’s team banner this year, she deflected the praise to her teammates and program.

“In 2014, I had two personal bests. It was exciting.

But I liked that every point we got, we only won by one, everyone had a part,” she said. “You have to stay grounded and know what your goals are.”

Still, being a part of NWSS history is cool, she added.

“We will always be remembered. I find that fascinating.”

Tjernagel was also a part of the highly success-

ful Royal CityYouth Soccer Association Barcelona girls’ team that made a mark in local minor soccer circles, playing above its age group for the last few seasons.

“I liked it. It was a fun team, but we were serious and we all wanted to win,” she said.

And that is perhaps what differentiates Tjernagel from some other elite athletes.

“I definitely do want to win,” she added. “Sometimes it’s hard, but without it, you can’t get better.”

Her faith also helps her achieve those goals.

Last November,Tjernagel was unsure of where her post-secondary future lay.

But after the fortunechanging weekend in California, it all became clear to the 17-year-old sister of three.

“I trusted God. He found a plan for me,” she said. “He knew the bigger plan. Usually I think of more, but he knew what was best for me.”

High School Athlete of the Year

Michael Thind opened the New Westminster varsity high school football season with a new school receiving record.

The 5-10 senior receiver caught a program record 10 passes for 164 yards in a 55-20 loss to Blaine High School in Washington State on Friday.

The double-digit catches and total yards broke two Daniel English marks set back in 2009 against W.J. Mouat.

Thind opened the scoring with a 59-yard catch and run from Hyack quarterback Jamie Shiho in the first quarter.

Shiho, who shared the pivot duties last season with Mackenzie Ratcliffe, completed 13 of 23 pass attempts for 187 yards and one touchdown. He also scored one on the ground on a 38-yard scamper in the second quarter that closed the deficit to 20-14.

Shiho finished the game with 58 yards rushing on just six carries.

But the big story was Blaine running back Riley Fritsch, who rushed for 218 yards and four TDs for the Borderites.

“Fritsch is a very good back and they executed well, but we made it easy,” said Hyacks head coach Farhan Lalji. “Our run defence simply wasn’t good enough. Our front seven has the ability to be much better, and that will be the focus as we work towards league play.We also took too many penalties and extended their drives.”

David Penalver scored New West’s final TD on a 95-yard kickoff return in the third quarter.

New West opens the 2015 AAA grid season at home this Friday at Mercer Stadium against Centennial.

Kickoff is at 7:30 p.m.

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Athlete of year shortlist Tom Berridge

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This year’s crop of amazing athletes made selection of the Record/NOW high school athlete of the year a difficult one.

New Westminster Secondary graduated three of the front runners, including track star Raquel Tjernagel, who was named this year’s top high school athlete.

Not far behind were two worthy members from the New Westminster Hyacks varsity football team.

Offensive lineman Harper Sherman, the No. 2-ranked player in Canada, was named a provincial and allconference AAA all-star.

Sherman earned an athletic scholarship to NCAA Division I University of Arizona.

Matthew Seymour was also named to the provincial and all-conference AAA teams at wide receiver. Seymour turned down a number of scholarship offers from Canadian schools for the opportunity to play Div.

I ball at the University of Ohio.

Two-sport athlete,Tyus Batiste, from Burnaby South is a quality quard for the 4A varsity Rebels basketball team. Batiste also played soccer at a high level and helped out coaching the junior boys’ basketball team.

J.J. DesLauriers from St.Thomas More Collegiate was both a provincial and all-conference AAA wide receiver for the football Knights and a starter on STM’s AAA basketball team that went to the provincials. DesLauriers is a freshman at Simon Fraser University this season with the Clan football team.

Kieran Janes from STM is another provincial and allconference AAA offensive lineman in football. Janes will play his post-secondary ball at the University of Western Ontario. He also played AAA basketball with the Knights.

Jermaine Haley of Burnaby South was a top Canadian prospect and courted

by more than 30 U.S. Division I schools. He committed to Div. I New Mexico State University. Haley was named a provincial second team all-star.

Multi-sport athlete Amie Morrison from Burnaby South earned a women’s field lacrosse scholarship to Div. II Tiffin University.

Allyson Dickson from Burnaby North Secondary played HPL soccer with championship Mountain United, where she was named the game MVP in the under-18 girls’ provincial final. She also won the Golden Boot award as the top scorer at the 2014 B.C. high school AAA soccer championships. Dickson is attending SFU, where she is currently a freshman midfielder with the women’s varsity team .

Lauren Bondi from Notre Dame Regional School earned an NCAA Div. II scholarship in basketball with Smith College, a private liberal arts institution in Massachusetts.

Steelers open season Thursday Tom Berridge

tberridge@newwestrecord.ca

The Grandview Steelers will open the 50th anniversary season of the Pacific Junior Hockey League in Richmond on Thursday.

The junior B Steelers will ice an exciting lineup this season built around a returning core of 20-year-old goalie Cole MacInnes, 6-5 defenceman Lucas Mercer and forwards Timothy Chow and 18-year-old Adam Rota.

“I think we’ll be a very

exciting team this year,” said Steelers’ head coach and general manager Aldo Bruno.

Grandview will also have some new faces from the B.C. major midget league and the local high school hockey academies on board.

The Steelers added Northeast Chiefs defender Kristofer Zlomislic, who had 28 assists last season and forward Jeffrey Wong, a 10-goal, 23-point getter with the B.C. playoff champs.

Grandview also picked

up blue-liner Cole MacEwen from the Valley West Hawks and 6-2 forward Luke Warkentin from the Yale Hockey Academy.

The Steelers open the Jr. B hockey season on Thursday with a game against league rival Richmond Sockeyes at the Richmond Arena. Game time is 7 p.m.

Grandview has its home opener this Sunday at the Burnaby Winter Club against the Port Moody Panthers. Puck drops at 4 p.m.

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