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Feasting on the Fraser 10-day culinary extravaganza combines fun and food By Tereza Verenca

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A first-of-its-kind 10-day culinary experience is coming to New Westminster this fall. Tourism New West, in partnership with The Brewery District by Wesgroup Properties, will be serving up Feast on the Fraser from Sept. 25 to Oct. 4. The inaugural event pairs businesses together as a way of fusing food and fun. For example, there’s going to be a paint night at 100 Braid St. Studios, where Pacific Breeze Winery will be on hand to provide cocktails while an instructor leads the group from a blank canvas to a masterpiece.There’s also an evening at Anvil Centre, where the chef from Truffles Fine Foods will host cooking demos for different courses, and then share the food with guests. Boston Pizza, meanwhile, will host a Master Chef cook-off. “It’s about celebrating New Westminster’s culinary scene,”Tej Kainth, executive director of Tourism New West, enthusiastically told the Record. “It’s just a different way of dining. It’s Continued on page 8

FANCY THIS FEAST: From left, chefs Calvin Canlas of the Starlight Casino and Todd Bright of Wild Rice sharpen up for the big Feast on the Fraser event, while Tej Kainth from Tourism New West balances her serving skills. The event runs from Sept. 25 to Oct. 4 and pairs businesses together as a way of fusing food and fun. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

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Social media policy needs more work ing last week, but committee members had concerns about its lack of clarity and sent it back to staff to be reworked. “The first draft of the policy was trying to probably do too many things in that it was trying to speak, not only to students, but also to employees,” superintendent Pat Duncan told the Re-

By Cornelia Naylor

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The New Westminster school board is crafting its first-ever social media policy, but its first draft has been sent back to the drawing board. A draft policy was floated at an education policy and planning committee meet-

cord. The regulations attached to the policy, which is aimed at trustees, employees and students, stated the board believes social media is an extension of the classroom and that “what is inappropriate in the classroom should be deemed inappropriate online.” Posting photos of “ir-

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“It tried to be an umbrella,” he said of the draft, “and I think I would like to see something that offers a little more specificity in what do you really mean here. It talked about not allowing posts on Facebook with alcohol.Well, who can’t post on Facebook with alcohol? That’s not clear to Continued on page 8

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Changing of the guard NewWestminster’s police force sees four out of five top cops change By Cayley Dobie

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It’s been many years since the New Westminster Police Department has seen a change quite like this one. By Oct. 1, four out of the five top cops in the Office of the Chief Constable department will have retired making way for a new group of officers who will help lead the municipal police force into the future. The first of four, Insp. Paul Hyland, moved into his new digs last November. Hyland oversees the patrol division, which also includes the Operational Support Unit (OSU or bike squad), the Integrated Canine Section, the traffic unit and commercial vehicle enforcement unit. Insp.Todd Matsumoto is another relative newcomer to the Office of the Chief Constable. Matsumoto, who began his career with the department in ’92, was promoted to inspector earlier this month. He is in charge of Prevention Services and Administration Division.

Former Insp. Dave Jansen, meanwhile, took over for retiring Deputy Chief Const. Laurin Stenerson, who bid adieu to the department in June. Jansen joined the ranks of New Westminster’s finest in 1990 and has worked in a variety of positions. He was the first sergeant in charge of the bike squad, an initiative led by the now Chief Const. Dave Jones. He was also part of a community policing project that had officers assigned to different areas throughout the city in an effort to better serve the community. But most of Jansen’s career was spent in the major crime section. “I never expected I’d be an inspector, let alone a deputy chief.When I recognized the opportunity was coming and the chief approached me to talk about it, I certainly wanted to do it, and I wanted that challenge and I wanted to get it,” he said. Together, Jansen, Matsumoto and Hyland are crafting a path for the department – not necessarily a

NEW GUARD From left, Deputy Chief Const. Dave Jansen, Insp. Todd Matsumoto and Insp. Paul Hyland are ready to lead the New

Westminster Police Department into the future as four out of the five tops cops in the Office of the Chief Constable retire by the end of this month.

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new one, but one that takes into account the changing face of policing. “It’s a very exciting time. Policing, in general, is getting younger,” Hyland said. “We’re seeing a huge increase in the numbers we’re recruiting and bringing in. So obviously, there’s generational gaps or generational ideas that can certainly be different.” Hyland and Matsumoto

Policing , in general, is getting younger admit the new generation of police officers have different values than their predecessors.Work and home life balance is especially important to many of the new re-

cruits, whereas in the past it wasn’t uncommon to see officers working long hours or overtime, Hyland said. “We’ve moved away from the paramilitary style structure of you’re the senior person and there’s a definite way of doing things based on seniority,” Hyland said. “And I think, for us, that are of a different generation we have to see things from the perspective of the

younger generation,” Matsumoto added. This could mean a variety of things, but what Matsumoto stressed was that as managers, they need to recognize that some officers are happy with the positions they have rather than climbing the ranks. Technology is another thing that has changed Continued on page 10

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Moody playground gets $952,000 in renos By Theresa McManus

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The Moody Park playground is now off-limits, but when it reopens it will feature some creative offerings for kids. The city has budgeted $952,000 for the design and construction of a new playground/spray park at Moody Park. Dean Gibson, the city’s director of parks, culture and recreation, said city crews are in the process of removing the old playground and water-play features in preparation for the new construction. Pea gravel is being removed from the site and will be reused at other park sites and in various off-leash dog areas in the city.

When the playground reopens in the spring, it will include some of the old standbys that have been freshened up, such as the tires and swing seats that will be attached to new frames. Gibson said there will also be new additions such as a large “nest” swing that can accommodate four to five children at one time and four toddler (bucketstyle) swings.The plan also includes numerous climbing opportunities such as networks of poles, ropes, and platforms. According to Gibson, the community has been very involved in determining the design of the new playground and has taken part in numerous events at the park since July 2014 and in

online surveys and feedback forms. “The opportunity to manipulate water through the use of pumps, switch gates and weirs was the most valued play feature,” he said. Slides were community members’ second-most favoured play feature for the playground.They also expressed support for areas for infant and toddler play (especially bucket style swings), and climbing features (including the rotating net climber and features that incorporate wood). Another common theme, said Gibson, was a desire to see seating integrated with the play spaces. He said it reflects what staff has heard from the community from the outset of the design Continued on page 10

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TO OUR READERS

The New Westminster NewsLeader’s last edition is Thursday, Oct. 1.

he NewsLeader served our community with integrity and diligence, and although we have been in competition for 26 years, none of us in the community newspaper ﬁeld want to see a paper fold.

Decisions to close newspapers are not made lightly. Anyone who has been following media news during the last decade knows that newspapers are facing serious challenges. Once steadfast advertising streams such as classiﬁed ads have been severely diminished. It’s a time of revolutionary change for the industry; not since the invention of the printing press has so much changed so fast for those in the business of sharing information. We’ve embraced the digital revolution. The Record is adapting and evolving, and many of you now meet us online and in social media. Our audience continues to grow – and that’s a good thing. But many of our readers still look for us on their doorstep, or at a local business. There’s something about the experience of sitting down with a good newspaper over a hot coffee that simply cannot be replaced. A community newspaper is unique. Community newspapers are integral parts of the communities in which they reside. We are institutions that are at the centre of a town’s economy, its community, its conversations, its marketplace and, at the very core, its democracy. Local businesses trust us to get their message out to potential customers, local community groups count on us to spread the word about their activities, parents depend on us to cover what is happening in their children’s schools, taxpayers expect us to hold their local political leaders accountable. We take these responsibilities very seriously today – as we have for the 34 years that we have served New Westminster. Some readers have expressed concerns to us about the future of The Record. We have absolutely no intention of closing. In fact, we’re optimistic about our future. As of Oct. 8, we will be publishing on Thursdays to better serve our readers and advertisers. If the feedback we receive on a day-to-day basis is any indication, we are very well-read and a vital part of our community. But we can’t do it without you, our readers and customers. Simply put: Without you, there is no us. We hope that you will continue to support us and tell us what you like, and don’t like, and how we can serve you better. We look forward to continuing to work with our community to help build it and spread the word about this amazing place we call New Westminster. Again, thank you for your continuing support. For all of the employees at The Record

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Opinion OUR VIEW

Hide-and-seek not good for democracy Politicians or wannabe politicians aren’t always eager to talk to the media. In fact, some of them will go to extreme measures to avoid interviews or situations where they might face questions. This is not a new phenomenon.We’ve been snubbed by city politicians, provincial politicians and even folks who are just running for their local parents’ group’s executive. It’s understandable that

some candidates might want to avoid the media. Candidates who have troubled pasts, or who have no idea what their party platforms or party positions are on a number of subjects, tend to shy away from publicity. Who wants to expose the fact that he or she is really just hoping to slip in to a high-paying position with little or no understanding of what the job is or what their party has promised? This is not new, nor

... it is wrong on so many counts does any one party or level of government hold the patent on such behaviour. We’ve had NDPers, Liberals and Conservatives play this game. If they can stall long enough and hide behind campaign managers, play telephone tag and redi-

rect media attention to their leaders – well, it’s actually proven to be a pretty good tactic. Candidates who decide that they’re better off not risking talking to the media or attending all-candidates’ meetings where the media will likely be present, are playing the odds – and the odds are, unfortunately, in their favour. But it is wrong on so many counts. Candidates owe – yes, owe – their constituents an-

swers and appearances. Hiding behind national advertising campaigns and leaders who are also avoiding questions is the height of arrogance and/or indifference. Is this what elections have become? Hide and seek games designed to avoid real conversations? Any candidate who will not openly debate or answer questions from voters or media does not, in our opinion, deserve a voter’s consideration. The NewWestminster

Chamber of Commerce is holding an all-candidates’ forum on Oct. 14 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Inn at the Quay. We urge voters to attend, and we also urge all of the candidates to attend. If candidates think so little of voters now that they will not attend such events, then what on earth will they do if elected? COMMENT ON THIS AT

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MY VIEW KEITH BALDREY

Why Harper could still win What was not considered even a remote possibility by many just a few months ago now has to be taken seriously: Stephen Harper and the Conservative Party may yet win this federal election. The Mike Duffy scandal has come and gone, at least for now. Harper has been beat up in the media for various other controversies – the Syrian refugee crisis, dumb candidates who’ve had to resign, a sluggish start to his campaign, hiring a ruthless political advisor from Australia, to name just a few – yet he has persevered, at least in one opinion poll after another. Several factors are working in Harper’s favour. First and foremost, it is clear that the economy is emerging as the defining issue with the electorate.Traditionally, this is an issue that works better for the Conservatives than the other parties. Older voters (who vote in far greater numbers than younger voters) are usually more cautious about wanting a government to make major moves that may risk the economy’s health.They generally favour a go-slow approach that doesn’t involve spending huge amounts of money on something. For the most part, Harper fits that bill nicely. In contrast, Liberal leader Justin Trudeau has boldly come out in favour of running deficits to pay for infrastructure projects and NDP leader Tom Mulcair also

wants to spend a lot of new dollars (albeit while balancing the budget) on pet programs like a $15-a-day daycare initiative. Harper is also playing another related card – national security. While it was at first thought that the Syrian refugee crisis would somehow hurt him with the electorate, the precise opposite seems to have happened. One can even argue that Harper has exploited the issue by leaving the impression his two opponents would open the country’s floodgates to refugees without proper security checks. Harper has managed to fire up his base of voters on issues like these. Finally, as the campaign draws to the its final weeks, voters start to pay more attention to it.The voters know Harper and likely have their minds made up one way or another about him already. But they don’t know Mulcair or Trudeau, to anywhere near the same degree. To beat Harper, one of them has to establish himself as the clear alternative, and so far neither has. It may remain a tight three-way race until the end. And if that’s the case, the one who benefits most from that scenario is the guy currently in the Prime Minister’s office.There are still more than three weeks to go, but don’t bury Stephen Harper just yet. Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global B.C.

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Don’t set fires at school Three teens were facing some trouble with the law after they were arrested for allegedly setting fire to a wastepaper basket in the girls’ change room at the local high school in February. Police reported this was the third fire in two weeks at the high school.While all three fires were extinguished before any damage incurred, Principal Cheryle Beaumont said that “all of the students won’t continue to attend NWSS.”

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Who are the real fearmongers here?

First-past-the-post is broken, says blogger – and Twitter agrees

Dear Editor: Re: Will fear mongering win it for him?, Our View, Sept. 16. I realize that your editorials are supposed to be commentaries of events happening in the world. Often this section seems to enjoy social commentary, which is all right, I suppose. They are simplistic in nature and ooze with, “I’d like to buy the world a Coke” sentiment. However, if you are going to stray into political views and ideology, then you should be referencing your material to support your statements – otherwise it looks like some social media rant, and if I was interested in that, I’d be reading social media sites! As a member of the news media, your first duty is to report the news, impartially. Media has enormous power. It is the master manipulator, having the ability to drive a populace into action. “With great power comes great responsibility” (Stan Lee, 1962), so let’s see it here. Let’s set the record straight, to balance your little opinion piece. Fear mongering is subjective, and it is quite ironic that you say Harper is fear mongering because it actually you perpetuating this belief! But reality is, as prime minister, Harper reflects and responds to what is happening around the world. This isn’t fear mongering, this is called national security, and Harper pointing out what is happening and what we should do about it is called concern and I have a plan to act. The fact that other candidates wish to ignore what is happening, or remove themselves from world events, is their inept interpretation of what is happening – and that by definition is poor leadership! Perhaps the left-leaning media and their followers who lack critical thinking skills, need to look in the mirror and face the truth of who the real fearmongers are. Craig Thompson, New Westminster

Liberals have a jobproducing plan Dear Editor The latest U.S. jobs report showed Americans added 173,000 jobs in August and pushed the U.S. unemployment rate down to 5.1 per cent, its lowest level since March 2008. Meanwhile, Statistics Canada reported our economy gained only 12,000 net jobs (0.1 per cent) in August. Since the U.S. jobs market is 9.2 times greater than Canada’s, then, comparatively, Canada should have produced 18,800 new jobs in August. Since January 2015, Canada’s unemployment rate has increased from 6.6 to 7.0 per cent, clearly trending in the wrong direction. Obviously, Canada’s jobs market is weak and is in need of a jumpstart, as these divergent jobs reports demonstrate. Justin Trudeau, leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, has recently promised an additional $60 billion infrastructure investment over the next 10 years. As an immediate down payment to kick-start growth, Mr. Trudeau has promised an immediate doubling of current federal infrastructure spending in each of the next two fiscal years to $10 billion from $5 billion, or a total of an additional $10 billion. According to the Political Economy Research Institute in the U.S., “Infrastructure investment is a highly effective engine of job creation.” Applying this analysis to the Liberal Party’s economic infrastructure plan over the course of the next two fiscal years, 180,000 new jobs could be created in Canada. Indeed, a jumpstart to our economy. Bob Jacobs, New Westminster

@TheRecord OK, #NewWest, yes or no: Canada needs a better electoral system ‘cuz FPTP is broken. Weigh in! https://shar.es/17HbJl #elxn42 @DMRawlings @jonathanxcote @therecord That ship already sailed, sadly. Oh what could have been with STV! @SFtheWolf @TheRecord @jonathanxcote I think approval voting could solve a lot of voter satisfaction issues with minimal change: @MikeFolka Yes, yes, and yes. @CanSpice YES OH GOD YES @TheRecord @CanSpice No, don’t hold back, tell us how you really feel. ;-) @CanSpice @TheRecord I would but that’d involve cursing and you won’t print those tweets. :-)

NewsLeader closure saddens community Cora McKinnon When I heard they now owned both papers I expected this. Too bad the record would not go back to twice a week again.

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Danielle Noël From 4 papers a week down to one. Sad for all those affected.... @hungrytaurus @TheRecord @NewWestNews so sad to hear of this. I love reading both my local papers. @PJNewWest The loss of professional media is a loss to the entire community. @NewWestNews has been doing good work providing voices to #NewWest RIP. @GillianHorvath Oh no! I rely on @ NewWestNews and @TheRecord both to keep me up to date on my community. Shattered at this info.

New committee will dig into development Rata4u Please stop allowing developers from building structures on “podiums”. Plaza 88 is a good example of how unsightly things can turn. Plaza 88 is probably the ugliest developments ever conceived in New Westminster. Columbia Street on that block is a dead zone - it’s another massive Parkade that prevents vibrancy - a massive concrete slab. Please, enough is enough! JOIN THE CONVERSATION

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City How to be a digital parent Need help wrapping your head around your child’s online world? The New Westminster district parent advisory council (DPAC) hosts “Parenting in a Digital Age,” a workshop designed to help parents, grandparents and caregivers keep kids safe on the Internet.

The two-hour session covers topics like popular social media and apps, digital reputations and their implications, gaming positives and negatives, online drama and abuse, sexting and online pornography, future trends in technology, and parenting with technol-

ogy. Onsite childminding for children aged two years and older is available. The event is at Glenbrook Middle School (701 Park Crescent) on Tuesday, Sept. 29 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Email nwdpac@ gmail.com ahead of time for child care.

Social media policy coming Continued from page 1 anybody. A parent might say, ‘What do you mean? You can’t tell me my child can’t do that.’ And they’re right.” The superintendent said district staff will now consult with other districts and come back to the education policy and planning committee with a revised draft Nov. 3. It will then go out to

parent advisory councils and the teacher and support staff unions for consultation before being voted on at a regular public board meeting. Even though all student and staff behaviour is already covered in the district’s code of conduct, having a specific social media policy is important, according to school board chair Jonina Campbell.

“It draws attention to the fact that this is a new and very real form of bullying and harassment and intimidation for students,” she said. Even if the online nastiness happens outside of school hours, the district considers it a school issue when it starts to affect students’ learning environment, Campbell said.

Chamber set to host all-candidates forum Jennifer Moreau

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The New Westminster Chamber of Commerce is hosting an all-candidates meeting on Monday, Oct. 14 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Inn at the Quay. The Record is sponsoring the event, along with the chamber and the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver. The chamber is also planning to ask each of the candidates 10 questions of particular relevance to the business community. The candidates’ responses will be posted on the chamber’s website verbatim. Three of the four candidates, the NDP’s Peter Ju-

lian, Liberal Sasha Ramnarine, and Green Kyle Routledge, have confirmed attendance. Those three have also responded to questions from chamber members, and

There are a bunch of questions really important to our members.

their responses have been posted online. Questions cover topics like flood management on the Fraser, business resourc-

es and labour-force issues. “There are a bunch of questions really important to our members, and they wanted us to ask the candidates, and we did that,” said Cori Lynn Germiquet, the chamber’s CEO. The answers were posted verbatim on the chamber’s website at http://tinyurl. com/NWallcandidates. Conservative candidate Chloe Ellis has not replied to the invite to attend the meeting nor has she replied to the chamber’s questions, according to Germiquet. Do you know of any allcandidates’ meetings in New Westminster? Drop us a line so we can share the details with our readers. Email jmoreau@ newwestrecord.ca.

Feast on the Fraser offers a unique experience against it. Instead, she enviContinued from page 1 sioned something different. not your typical ‘here’s your “Eventually I’d like to inmeal’ and that’s it.You’re vite other communities to actually getting to experience some entertainment or participate in this; so now art or history. People are go- we’ve got this big regional culinary event where each ing to find a lot of value in community is doing their this.” own set of innovative and Over on the waterfront, Wild Rice has committed to engaging pairings,” she noted. recreating dishes found on More Royal City busian old King Neptune Resnesses need to be collabotaurant menu. rating in general, according “I think that one is going to be celebrating a real piece to Kainth, who said Feast on the Fraser is a great opof New West history that portunity to do exactly that so many folks remember. It was before my time, but I’m and grow those relationships. constantly being remindThere will be an offied and told how much of a cial kick-off party on Frigreat restaurant that was,” day, Sept. 25 at The Boatshe said. Kainth added the idea for house, with brews supplied by Steel & Oak. Other parFeast on the Fraser came from a desire to develop a culinary program for New 9 West. Originally, Kainth wanted to do a dine-out 8 program similar to what DENTURE CLINIC surrounding communiDental Mechanic since 1979 ties have done, but thought

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Who has the most pull in New Westminster? Tug of war challenge part of the Homecoming fun Don Hauka

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You have to expect a little trash talk when there’s a turf war to see who has the most pull in the Royal City. A good-natured war of words is being waged from city hall to the union hall, school district office to Royal Columbian Hospital as the inaugural F.G. Richards Sr. Memorial Tug-of-War Competition draws nearer. “I predict our emergency department will be called upon to treat many shattered egos as we dominate the competition,” said Jason Howe, spokesperson for the “Medical Marvels” (also known as Team Health from the Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation). “I’m feeling pretty confident about our chances,” countered NewWestminster Mayor Jonathan Cote, leader of Team City Hall, dubbed the “NewWest City Haulers,” made up of councillors, staff and administrators. “After all, the New West City Haulers know how to take on big challenges and win.” The tug-of-war competition is part of the Hyacks Homecoming 2015 celebrations, kicking off on Sept. 25 at Mercer Stadium. In keeping with the theme of “NewWest Unites Under the Lights,” teams from a huge cross-section of Royal City organizations are taking part. Team City “Haul” will be trying hand-over-fist to beat its competitors from RCH,Team Labour (a.k.a. Team “More Than They Bargained For”) and their arch-rivals,Team Education (School District 40’s “Straight Learning Curve”).

Trustee Casey Cook said his team has to be considered underdogs, facing bigger organizations with deep pockets and a pool of “ringers,” but his educated guess is they’ll win. “Two things that will never be matched are the heart and the desire of the New Westminster School District,” said Cook. “Notwithstanding these factors, the school board totally expects to own the tug of war bragging rights at the end of this great event. The competition is named after F.G. Richards

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Sr., the first chief of the HyacksVolunteer Fire Brigade and therefore the Royal City’s first Hyack. The Hyack Football Homecoming committee immediately jumped on this suggestion by the New Westminster and District Labour Council to acknowledge Richards and the trophy bearing his name was generously donated by the NewWestminster Fire and Rescue Services department. Chief Tim Armstrong will present the trophy with the help of Miss NewWestminster Taylor Atherley at the Homecoming event prior to the kick off between the Hyacks SeniorVarsity and the G.W. Graham Grizzlies. “Whether we win or lose,

Team Labour is proud to be a partner in community events such as this,” said NewWestminster and District Labour Council secretary-treasurer Carolyn Rice. Hyacks head coach Farhan Lalji says it’s great to see such a cross-section of NewWestminster pulling together to support the Hyacks and celebrate community. “I’ll be there closely scouting, with hopes that some of the stronger ones haven’t graduated yet!” he said. Leg and rope pulling aside, one thing all teams agree on is how special it is to be part of the Hyack Homecoming tradition. “Homecoming 2015 is a great event where civic pride and the spirit of competition take centre stage,” said Cote. “It’s going to be a fantastic evening and the perfect way to show community support for our varsity team. Go Hyacks!” Cook echoed those sentiments. “The Homecoming event is a great opportunity for the School District, NWSS, the alumni, our football teams and fans to celebrate together,” he said. “Each year, the Homecoming event has grown; it is a wonderful opportunity for our community to support our football program, to make new, and to renew old, acquaintanceships.” The Hyacks Homecoming event starts with the alumni football challenge at 4:30 p.m. Family fun starts at 5 p.m. and the tug-of-war competition digs in its heels at 6:15 p.m. For more information, check out nwss.hyackfootball.com.

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The trio are the first to admit they don’t know everything, but that’s OK, they said, because they’re looking to create an environment where lowerranked officers feel comfortable coming to them with new ideas and strategies – something they themselves will be doing during the first year or two of their new position. “While we may face some challenges where we may lack some managerial experience, I think it’s an exciting time where we can, perhaps, bring some new ideas to the table,” Hyland said. “We’re doers, we like to go out and do it, so as we kind of go up through the ranks, the challenge always is stepping back and allow-

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Const. David Hill is one of a handful of patrol officers who make up the New Westminster Police Department’s marine unit. The unit is trained to respond to a variety of calls, including rescues, vessels in distress, inspections and body recoveries. “You never know what the day is going to bring,” he says of his job on the river.

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People often underestimate how strong the Fraser River is, but fortunately, for residents of the Royal City and neighbouring communities along the Fraser, the New Westminster Police Department’s marine unit is only a call away when people run into trouble on the water. Members of the department’s marine unit, who operate the department’s police boat Shaw 1, have been busy lately. Earlier this summer, the crew performed two major rescues in just over two weeks. But it’s not uncommon to get calls for rescues throughout the year, according to Const. David Hill. Sometimes it’s because a boat lost power, other times people just underestimate the power of the Fraser River. Hill said he’s pulled people from the river who were trying to swim to Queensborough. “We get all sorts of calls and go all sorts of places,” Hill said. Hill has been with the New Westminster Police Department for eight years. He joined the marine unit soon after he was eligible – constables have to serve for three

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years before they can join – because he’s always had a passion for boating and being out on the water. Hill and his fellow marine-unit officers are considered part of patrol. Much like regular patrol officers, they spend most their days responding to calls on land, but

when there’s an emergency on the water, it’s up to them to go investigate. “You never know what the day is going to bring – it’s an added bonus,” he said. “You kind of do it all.” The marine unit is responsible for patrolling the river within New Westminster’s

boundaries.They are trained to respond to a variety of calls, including rescues, vessels in distress and inspections. The unit also handles body recoveries, which, while not common, are an emotional experience. Continued on page 12

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‘It’s a small family on the water’ Continued from page 11 Sometimes the bodies have been in the water for a long time, either lodged beneath a boom or wedged under a dock. “It’s not the prettiest part of our job,” Hill said. Another grim part of the job is responding to suicide calls from the Pattullo Bridge. Jumpers often climb over the railings and hang there for a while as they contemplate their next move. During that time, officers on the bridge will strap on a harness and climb over the railing to

try and dissuade the person from jumping. Meanwhile, officers with the marine unit, like Hill, wait below. If the officer on the bridge can talk the person off the ledge, the pair will rappel down from the bridge deck to the boat below, Hill said. Unfortunately, sometimes people do jump.When that happens, it’s up to the officers on Shaw 1 to try and rescue the person. Sometimes it’s too late; other times the jumpers survive and are rushed to the hospital for treatment, Hill said.

The department’s marine unit doesn’t just help New Westminster residents either. The crew travels around the Lower Mainland and pitches in when other police departments along the Fraser River need assistance. Plus they meet lots of people – everyone from fishermen to tug boat operators and coast guard officers, as well as all the people they help. “It’s a small family out here on the water,” Hill said.

Organizers have decided to move NewWest FilmFest to November. The board’s Deni Loubert said many of the attendees usually hit up the Vancouver International Film Festival (Sept. 24 to Oct. 9) the same month, so moving the dates a few weeks ahead made sense. “There’s kind of a fatigue that they’ll get, and yet, we still wanted to stay as part of the circuit, so we decided to move it down a little bit,” she added. Formerly known as the New West Doc Fest, the festival’s name changed last year after organizers officially formed into the New West Film Society. Although the slate of films has yet to be decided, Loubert said movie-goers can expect to see many documentaries related to social justice, as well as issues in the New Westminster area. “One is locally produced. It deals with the pipelines up north and deals with the whole question of, ‘Can we sustainably continue to be

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Every day, an average of three people in the Fraser Health Region have a heart attack. Blood flow stops to a part of their heart, and heart muscle begins to die. Whether they’re in Burnaby or the Fraser Canyon, they’ll likely be rushed to the Royal Columbian Hospital’s cardiac catheteriza-

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tion lab – the “cardiac emergency room” for the entire health authority, according RCH cardiologist Dr. Gerald Simkus. “We poke a little hole in the artery, either in the arm or the leg, and pass a little tube up to the heart through

which we inject some dye down the arteries to see what’s plugged up,” Simkus explains. “The arteries look like little branches of a tree, and we can see which branch is plugged up. Then we go through the little tubes and advance little wires, which are the size of a couple of hairs, and we, with great finesse and technique, get the things through the blockages and then open it up and pass a balloon down along that wire and open up the blockage.” Called an acute infarct angioplasty, it’s very satisfying work when everything works out, Simkus says, and performing the procedure more than 1,000 times a year – more than all other B.C. hospitals combined – has made the RCH team very good at it. “There’s no question, the more you do, the better you get at it,” Simkus said. The equipment he and his fellow physicians work, however, is about 10 years old and needs to be replaced, so last week the Royal Columbian Hospi-

24/7: Royal Columbian Hospital cardiologist Dr. Gerald Simkus stands at the ready in the hospital’s cardiac catheterization lab. Every year the lab performs about 2,300 angioplasties and 3,100 diagnostic catheterizations on patients from across Fraser Health, but its equipment has reached the end of its life and the RCH Foundation aims to raise $3.3 million to replace it. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED

tal Foundation launched a campaign to raise $3.3 million for upgrades. The funds will buy new monitoring and imaging equipment, vital for the precise procedures performed in the lab. “There have been improvements in technolo-

gy, so you get better visualization, higher resolution, so we can actually see what we’re doing,” Simkus said. “Sometimes it can be very complicated to see where we’re going, and you need to be quite precise when you’re placing these stents and stuff.You don’t want

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Choral fans, here’s one you won’t want to miss. (And I swear I’m not just saying this because I’m part of this choir.) In any case, New West’s own Amabilis Singers, under the direction of Ramona Luengen, made a journey onto the international stage this past summer with a tour of Italy – singing in a number of amazing destinations that included the Pantheon in Rome. The touring choir has returned home safely and is polishing up some of its favourite tour repertoire for a homecoming concert, set for Saturday, Sept. 26 at 8 p.m. at New Westminster Christian Reformed Church, 8255 13th Ave. Tickets are $20, or free for children under 11.You can buy at the door, or call 604-503-2074 to reserve. (For the record, I won’t be singing in this concert – I wasn’t part of the tour. But I will be in the audience cheering on my compatriots! Join me, won’t you?) A CELEBRATION OF WAIT FOR ME, DADDY It’s become one of the most recognized photos in Canada, it provided the inspiration for one of New Westminster’s major public art pieces, and it’s responsible, again and again, for inspiring new works of art. The city is once again celebrating Wait for Me, Dad-

dy to mark the 75th anniversary of when the photo was taken in the city during the Second World War. Wait for Me, Daddy Redux is set for Saturday, Oct. 3 and includes a series of events, including a public ceremony at Hyack Square at 1 p.m. At 2 and 7 p.m., the Anvil Centre Theatre will host contemporary performances inspired by the classic image, and the array of talent on display promises to be dazzling. New Westminster composer Brian Garbet, with the University of Calgary Wind Ensemble, will perform an original orchestral piece. A performance curated by Jan Derbyshire will reflect on past and current tools of communication and the way families separated by war communicate with one another. Brief Encounters will present a collection of interdisciplinary films and performances that animate the stores of three New Westminster residents with ties to conflict.The talents involved include writer J.J. Lee, actor Marilyn Norry, storytellers Joey Le, Maryam and David Levy, theatre artist Pedro Chamale, dance artist Michelle Lui, filmmaker Jessica Han, singer-songwriter Eden Fine Day, orchestrator C.S. Fergusson and art worker Michael de Courcy. For more information or to reserve a complimentary ticket, call 604-527-4640 or see www.anvilcentre.com. Continued on page 20

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TAKE THE KIDS TO HAMELIN: A NEW FABLE, a live musical play, presented by ArtStarts at River Market on Sunday, Sept. 27, at 11 a.m. and again at 1 p.m. Info: www.artstarts.com/weekend or www.rivermarket.ca.

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CELEBRATE B.C. AND WORLD RIVERS DAY AT RIVERFEST. The family-friendly festival includes art, live music, interactive activities, an art market, exhibits, tours of the Fraser River and the Lucille Johnstone work board parade.

THINGS TO DO THIS WEEKEND Theresa McManus

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A classical music celebration: Cassius Khan, on tabla drums at left, and Amika Kushwaha, right, are a Queensborough couple and the creators of the Mushtari Begum Festival of Indian Classical Music and Dance. The fourth annual festival takes to the stage at the Massey Theatre this weekend. PHOTO FILE, CONTRIBUTED

‘When your ears begin to see’ Fourth annual Mushtari Begum Festival at the Massey this weekend “When your ears begin to see … the eyes listen.” That motto of the Mushtari Begum Festival of Indian Classical Music and Dance expresses a great deal about how Cassius Khan sees the world of classical music: as a melding of mind, body and soul. “Classical music, whether Indian or Western, it’s very good for the mind and for the body,” he says. This is the fourth year that Khan and his wife, Amika Kushwaha, have been producing the festival at the Massey Theatre.This year’s edition runs Saturday, Sept. 26 at 6:30 p.m.

Reuse, Renew, Rejoice!

Once again, Khan and Kushwaha have pulled together a lineup of worldclass talent from the world of Indian classical music.

It’s very good for the mind and for the body. For the first time, this year’s festival features South Indian classical violin (Carnatic violin) and drum (mridangam), featuring Kaushik Sivaramakrishnan and Abhishek Iyer. Also on the pro-

gram is sitar soloist Sharanjeet Singh Mand. Kushwaha, a renowned Kathak dancer, is also on the program, along with Khan himself – frequently billed as the “tabla tornado” or “tabla wizard,” and recognized for his unique ability to sing in the classical Ghazal style while playing tabla. As always, the festival is open to everyone – and Khan encourages everyone, whatever their cultural background or age, to turn out. Part of his emphasis in the festival is to help introduce Indian classical music

to everyone, so you won’t be left wondering what’s going on – education is all part of what he and Kushwaha want to achieve with the festival, named for one of Khan’s own teachers. “This is an event for everyone,” he says. Tickets are $35, or $18 for seniors, students and youth. Kids are free. Call the Massey ticket centre at 604-521-5050 or see www. masseytheatre.com. Check out www.mb festival.ca for all the information about the festival and the artists. – Julie MacLellan

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today’sdrive 20 16 Mazda CX-3

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A New Stylish Crossover BY DAVID CHAO

With the car industry’s habit of making every new generation of cars bigger and bigger, a void was created in the sub-compact crossover segment. Mazda’s answer to ﬁll that void is its all-new CX-3. Smaller than its best-selling model, the CX-5, the CX-3 is still a true Mazda sporting the brand’s contemporary signature features. Mazda positions itself as a sportier “trendier” brand and the CX-3, with its full suite of SKYACTIV technologies and KODO-Soul of Motion design, achieves that objective. The CX-3 competes with other new entries such as the Honda HR-V, Chevrolet Trax and Jeep Renegade. This segment is growing very quickly but Mazda is well positioned to capture a signiﬁcant share, thanks to its great design.

Design

The CX-3 slots in as the entry-level model in Mazda’s SUV range; to keep cost’s down, it shares its platform with its Mazda3 sibling. However, with its raised ride height and bulging wheel arches, the CX-3 is a proper crossover. On closer inspection of its stats though, the CX-3 is quite a bit lighter than its key competitors. The CX-3 borrows more of its styling from the larger CX-5, with its long hood, short overhangs, large wheels and slim cabin - the CX-3 has proportions that give the impression it’s in motion even when it’s not. A few unique design highlights include a wraparound rear window that aids rear visibility, optional 18-inch wheels, and available LED headlights with signature lighting. To further add to the CX-3’s sporty overall look, it has standard dual exhaust, which also mimics the CX-5.

Inside, Mazda made great use of the limited space. The interior details feel more expensive than they are thanks to the quality of the ﬁt and ﬁnish. The overall design is simple and minimalistic.

dimensions, Mazda wanted to ensure adults could ride comfortably in the rear seats. Using a theatrestyle setup, rear seat passengers sit higher and more inward. Legroom is adequate and headroom is not an issue.

The CX-3 is available in three trim levels. The base model, the GX, comes with a nice amount of standard features, while the GS and GT add more luxury and sporty details.

While having the rear passengers closer together may aid conversation with those in the front, shoulder room could be a problem and there is no centre folding armrest.

Performance

Like the CX-5, the CX-3 uses a SKYACTIV-G 2.0-litre 4-cylinder engine. However, unlike the CX5, there is no optional engine for the CX-3 and power is lower, rated at 146 hp and 146 lb-ft of torque. The reason for the decreased power is that the CX-3 doesn’t have the space to accommodate the exhaust manifold equipped to the CX-5. Therefore, a smaller one had to be used. The CX-3 is available in both front-wheel and all-wheel drive. Regardless of the drivetrain, the only transmission available is a 6-speed automatic. To increase the feeling of control, there is a manual shift mode and Drive Selection switch. Thanks to its light weight, the CX-3 feels peppy and boasts good acceleration off the line. However, on the highway it never feels fast and when attempting passing maneuvers, the lack of pure power is noticeable. While it will never overtake a sports car with its pace, the CX-3 handles very well and is a joy to drive. Again, its light weight is a factor, as is its solid chassis. In the corners, the CX-3 is responsive, has no body roll, and the steering is linear. Mazda was able to add a decent amount of sound deadening material; however it is not as reﬁned as a larger crossover. Engine and road noise is noticeable inside the cabin, but it is bearable, especially considering the CX-3’s price range.

Environment

The cabin of the CX-3 will feel familiar to owners of modern Mazda’s. The dash is dominated by a standard 7-inch colour touchscreen display. Front seat space is among the best in this segment and headroom is more than ample. The seats have a European feel and hold you securely in place. Despite its small exterior

The rear cargo area has a moveable floor to provide a flat loading surface for maximum capacity. Even at max capacity, the CX-3 has only 16 cubic feet behind the rear seats – even less in the GT model with its additional subwoofer. With the rear seats folded, capacity goes up to 54 cubic feet. What makes the CX-3 stand out from its rivals is its available features. Few others in this price range offer blind spot monitoring with rear cross traffic alert, lane departure warning, and forward crash detection, although that’s changing rapidly. Radio and navigation duties are handled by the touchscreen and central knob. This system is also in the Mazda3 and Mazda6, but it may take some time to get used to for newcomers because it’s a bit awkward to use. The CX-3 also boasts a head up display - It projects important information onto a small piece of glass that sits on the dash, above the gauge cluster. It is useful, but it would be nicer if it projected onto the windshield to help keep the driver’s eyes on the road.

Features

Prices start at $20,695 for the GX, $24,195 for the GS, and $28,995 for the GT. Standard equipment includes keyless entry, push-button start, rearview camera, air conditioning, and steering wheel mounted cruise control. Additional features, available as options or on higher trims, include leather upholstery, heated front seats, automatic climate control, power moonroof, voiceactivated navigation, automatic headlights, and rainsensing wipers. Fuel efﬁciency numbers (L/100km) for FWD models are 8.2 city and 6.7 highway. AWD models return 8.8 city and 7.3 highway.

Thumbs Up

The CX-3 has sharp styling and is fun to drive. The quality of the interior makes it feel more upscale.

Thumbs Down

While the base engine is good it would be nice to have another option. Also, the noise that enters the cabin could become tiresome on long trips.

The Bottom Line

The Mazda CX-3 is ideal for small families looking for a usable, stylish and fun to drive car.

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Arts Theatre season opens Continued from page 14 SEASON OPENER Must send out my apologies to local actor Karen Golden, whose name was misspelled as “Golda” in my last column. Golden is one of the ensemble for the Vagabond Players’ season opener, Jon Robin Baitz’s family drama Other Desert Cities. Wayne Nolan directs an ensemble cast that also features Julia Grace, Rob Stover, Miles Lavkulich and Nancy Ebert. The drama centres around the character of Brooke Wyeth (Grace), who returns home after a sixyear absence to celebrate Christmas with her family, only to announce that she is about to publish a memoir that dredges up a tragic event in the family’s history. Tickets are $15, or $13 for students and seniors, with $10 previews on Oct. 1 and 2. It plays Oct. 1 through 24, with Thursday to Saturday performances at 8 p.m. and Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. It all happens at the Bernie Legge Theatre in Queen’s Park. Check out www.vagabondplayers.ca or call 604-521-0412. GET INTO THE SWING Love to dance? Dance for Fun is holding its Swing and Country Club right here in New West. Dance sessions take part every Wednesday night from 6:30 to 11 p.m. (except the fourth Wednesday of each month).You can take part in all the fun for $12, including lesson, or $5 for just the dancing. Email byronstarr@telus. net or call 778-709-8880 for more details, or see www. tinyurl.com/DanceForFun Sapperton. GALLERY OPENING Have you had a chance to check out the Anvil Centre’s Community Art Space yet? The gallery is getting set to host a new exhibition, The Dichotomy of Change, presented by 100 Braid Street Studios. The exhibition will run Sept. 28 to Nov. 27, with an opening reception on Thursday, Oct. 8 from 5 to 7 p.m. Check out www.anvil centre.com or call 604-5274640 for more information about the gallery.

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Arts & Entertainment ARTS CALENDAR TO WEDNESDAY, OCT. 7 Catfish: Images of Deceit and Misrepresentation, an exhibition at The Gallery at Queen’s Park, presented by the Arts Council of New Westminster, featuring the work of Bill Edmonds. Info: www.artscouncilnewwest. org. FRIDAY, SEPT. 25 Burnaby Film Forum, presented by the Burnaby Arts Council, 6:30 p.m. at Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, in the James Cowan Theatre, with screening, awards and reception to follow, featuring a diverse sampling of emerging experimental films. Free, all welcome. SATURDAY, SEPT. 26 Collaborative City Building, noon to 4 p.m. on the Burnaby Art Gallery lawn. Drop in and help create a 3-D city hall from wood, paper and found objects, for all ages. Info: www. burnabyartgallery.ca. New Westminster’s Amabilis Singers celebrate their return from an Italian tour with a homecoming concert, 8 p.m. at New West Christian Reformed Church, 8255 13th Ave., Burnaby. Tickets $20 (children under 11 are free). Available at the door or by calling 604-503-2074. Casting call, for an Anglican Diocese of New Westminster

Arts Movement production of a musical adaptation of A Christmas Carol, for young performers aged 10 to 16, at St. Timothy Anglican Church, 4550 Kitchener St. To arrange an audition time, email Heather Robertson: heatherisobelrobertson@ gmail.com. SUNDAY, SEPT. 27 Artist talk, for Catfish: Images of Deceit and Misrepresentation, an exhibition at The Gallery at Queen’s Park, presented by the Arts Council of New Westminster, featuring the work of Bill Edmonds, 2 to 4 p.m. Info: www. artscouncilnewwest.org. Part of Culture Days. Family Portraits, giving people a chance to drop in and create their own family portrait as a team. Sessions at 1, 2 and 3 p.m. Register by calling 604-297-4422. Dropins available if space allows. Cost: $5 per person. MONDAY, SEPT. 28 Boychoir, screening at the Massey Theatre as part of Last Mondays at the Movies, 7:30 p.m., tickets $10 regular, $8 students and seniors. Cash only at the door. Info: www. artscouncilnewwest.org. MONDAY, SEPT. 28 TO FRIDAY, NOV. 27 The Dichotomy of Change, presented by 100 Braid St. Studios, featuring the work of artists including Cliff Blank, Judith Copland, Omanie Elias, Susan L. Grieg,

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Opening reception for The Dichotomy of Change, 5 to 7 p.m., presented by 100 Braid St. Studios, featuring the work of artists including Cliff Blank, Judith Copland, Omanie Elias, Susan L. Grieg, Terra Varey and more, at the Anvil Centre Community Art Space, 777 Columbia St., New West, 604-527-4640 or www.anvilcentre.ca. ONGOING Dance for Fun’s Swing and Country Club, Wednesdays from 6:30 to 11 p.m. at Sapperton Pensioners Hall,

with music and lessons, plus snack bar. Enjoy the whole evening, including lesson, for $12, or dance only for $5. Email byronstarr@telus. net or call 778-709-8880 for information, or see www. meetup.com/Dance-ForFun-Vancouver-SocialDancing-Meetup/ for details. Do you have an arts or entertainment event to share? Do you have ongoing events to share or know of a group searching for new members? Email jmaclellan@newwestrecord.ca with the details.

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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas … Theresa McManus AROUND TOWN

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While the Christmas creep is alive and well in some retail establishments, it wasn’t to blame for last week’s unseasonably early holiday display in Hyack Square. Hyack Square is normally decorated for the holiday season, but filming of the Runaway Princess production on Sept. 16 had Hyack Square looking festive a little earlier in the year than usual. Citizens reported seeing Santa (more than one, in fact) on Columbia Street, and seasonal décor (including fake snow) adorned parts of Columbia Street and Hyack Square. Large tents containing Christmas sets were part of the action. MURDER ON THE FRASER A murder is taking place on the Fraser River – and you’re invited to help solve the crime. Times Past Entertainment and Paddlewheeler Riverboat Tours are joining forces for a steampunk riverboat murder mystery event on Sunday, Sept. 27. Boarding begins at 5:30 p.m. and the trip on the Mighty Fraser lasts from 6 to 9 p.m. “Interact with interesting characters and mingle with guests on the upper deck to share clues and tidbits to help solve a mystery. Suddenly, a murder will occur, and it is up to you to help solve this mystery of who the murderer is with the help of an inspector to put together clues and

facts,” states an overview of the event. All of the correct guesses as to who the murder is will be entered into a draw for a prize from the organizers. The event is for people aged 19 and up.Tickets are $35, with food and drinks extra. For tickets or information, visit vancouverpaddlewheeler.com or timespastent.com. NEW WEST DAYCARE TAKES A BODYBREAK Two faces familiar to many Canadians recently helped open a new childcare facility in New Westminster. Hal Johnson and Joanne McLeod of Bodybreak attended the Sept. 12 grand opening of Willowbrae Academy’s newest franchise location in New West. Founded in Nova Scotia,Willowbrae Academy has centres in Alberta and Ontario, with New Westminster being its first site in B.C. The centre, owned by Kevin Yan, is located on the second floor of Royal Square Mall. Shelley Davidson is the centre’s director. “My team is dedicated to providing a wonderful home away from home for kids, a special place where children come to grow,”Yan said in a press release. “We have created something very unique in New Westminster with the exclusive advantage of being a Willowbrae Academy franchise providing secure online live-views for parents, biometric access control, healthy chefprepared meals and snacks, the BodyBreak KIDFIT program (supported by

Hal Johnson and Joanne McLeod) and individualized daily email reports for parents.” As part of the BodyBreak KID FIT program,Willowbrae provides specific activities for children during the time they are at the centre, as well as weekly information for parents about healthy living. AMBASSADORS WANTED The Hyack Festival Association’s ambassador leadership program is in full swing and accepting applications from local youth. The program, established in 1948, gives local youth a chance to represent New Westminster and the Hyack Festival Association at events throughout the region and the Pacific Northwest.Youth will develop skills such as public speaking, interpersonal and leadership skills. The Terry Fox Run and NWSS Hyack Football Homecoming are among the recent or upcoming events where the Miss New Westminster and 2015 ambassadors volunteered. The 2016 program will culminate with the crowning of Miss New Westminster at the gala and pageant weekend in April. For more information on applying to the Hyack ambassador leadership program, call the Hyack Festival office at 604-522-6894 or the program coordinator at 604-802-2402.

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Quick action saves hall Continued from page 25 little help from one of its friends. Vic Leach, a member of the Sapperton Pensioners Association, was chatting with Rob Gordon, who belongs to the Thunder Bowl gamers’ group that meets monthly at the Sapperton hall. When he learned that Gordon was a plumber, he asked if he’d be able to take a quick look at a water leak in the women’s restroom. “He looked at it. He gave a little pull on it, not hard. All of a sudden the water was spewing out all over,” Leach told the Record. “I had to go and turn the water off. He had one of the pieces to crimp it back together. I just had to go and get some parts.” Leach said the drip could have proven to be very costly for the association if the pipe had burst when no one was in the hall. “It could have been thousands because it would have gone all over the floor,” he said. “We would have had to cancel events.”

Instead, the problem was solved within a couple of hours and the water was mopped up – with the board gamers playing on without interruption and a wedding reception carrying on at the hall that evening as scheduled. Leach said the hall was fortunate that Gordon was willing to help out and helped rectify the situation so easily. “It was so much appreciated,” he said. LEARN WITH LYNDA The New Westminster Public Library is helping folks to learn with Lynda. The library has launched Lynda.com, an online learning resource that hosts a collection of more than 3,500 courses and includes over 144,000 high-quality and engaging video tutorials taught by experts.The library encourages residents to expand their personal and professional skillset on a range of topics, including computers software, web design, accounting and photography.

Library patrons use their library card to create a Lynda.com account, which will enable them to manage their course history, playlists, bookmarks and certificates of completion. Lynda. com is available 24 hours a day on any computer or mobile device with Internet connectivity. For help setting up an account call 604-527-4665, email askus@nwpl.ca or visit the library. SAVE THE DATE Seniors Festival 2015 returns to Century House on Saturday, Oct. 17 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. It includes condensed sessions of many of the courses offered at Century House, as well as seminars by the likes of Service Canada and Isobel Mackenzie, B.C.’s seniors advocate. Do you have an item for Around Town? Send ideas to Theresa McManus by email, tmcmanus@newwestrecord.ca, or find her on Twitter, @TheresaMcManus.

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Generations of Fader Street residents gathered for an afternoon of fun – and a bit of education, too. Every summer, Fader Street residents hold a block party that includes food, entertainment and much more. Along with a live performance by the Great Canadian Rock Band and a visit from a New Westminster fire truck, this year’s bash included a visit from dogs from the Pacific Assistance Dogs Society, which trains dogs for assisting people with disabilities other than blindness. Longtime Fader Street resident Barbara Zapf said the crowd was “mesmerized” by the PADS dog demonstration.While peo-

ple often see the dogs out and about with their owners, she said they don’t often see them in action when they’re opening and closing doors, helping their owners dress and picking up items their owners have dropped. “It was fabulous,” she told the Record about the annual event. “We had a wonderful time.”

It was fabulous. We had a wonderful time. One of the highlights of the event came when twoyear-old Chase, the youngest resident on Fader Street, presented flowers to 99-year-old Margaret Purser, who lived on the block

from the late 1930s until about nine years ago. “There weren’t many houses here at that time,” Zapf said of Purser’s early days on the street. “There was no Hume Park. It was all forest.” Although Purser sold her house when she was 90, she still calls Sapperton home. Eileen Sandford, who has lived nearby on Garrett Street ever since her husband had the house build in the early 1950s, also attended the party. Many New Westminster businesses donated food and raffle prizes to the event. “We always have a collection for the food bank.We ran out of collection bins,” Zapf said. “This neighbourhood comes together.”

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New West seniors are exercising their creativity and contributing to the city’s newest art gallery. A new art gallery in Royal City Manor, a long-term care facility, showcases the artwork of people with dementia and other cognitive challenges.The gallery opened Sept. 2.

“Art therapy has profound positive effects on victims of cognitive disease,” said Dr. David Freedman, medical director at Royal City Manor. “This art gallery shows our residents – and will show the public – that their work is of value and of interest to others.” Leslie Torresan, Royal City Manor’s recreation manager, was instrumental

in setting up the gallery that features art by more than 40 residents. “The therapeutic effect of art improves our residents’ quality of life and gives them a sense of pride and accomplishment and it gives a voice to people who can’t always express themselves in conventional ways,” she said in a press release. The artwork proves to residents that they are ca-

pable of creating something beautiful that others can enjoy,Torresan said. “Some family members have been surprised to discover their loved ones have this hidden artistic talent,” she added. Torresan told the Record the gallery is in keeping with the City of New Westminster’s vision of creating a dementia-friendly community. “Art projects have been

developed to best represent our residents’ past leisure interests and adapted to ensure successful outcomes, with artwork our residents are truly proud of,” she said. “This is a testament to the belief that residents with dementia and/or physi-

cal challenges are still more than capable of being creative and productive. … It also shows that at this stage of their life journey they are still able to contribute and be of value and interest to their peers and their community.”

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Seven or six trombones will lead this big(ish) parade. And while it might not be quite on the scale of The Music Man, Steve Clements promises to give fans a taste of the dream of every famous band at Hyacks Homecoming 2015. The New Westminster Secondary School band teacher has put together a student marching band to jazz up the halftime show at Mercer Stadium on Sept. 25. “The fans can expect to see a group of kids making music together in an entertaining, visual way,” says Clements, who’s taught at NWSS for 15 years. “While marching band is new to them, they’re going to do their best to make it spectacular and memorable.” NWSS bands have marched in the Hyack Parade and the May Day celebrations for years, but this

It builds community and it supports the great things that are going on at NWSS.

shot – it builds community and it supports the great things that are going on at NWSS, such as team spirit and a great academic attitude,” said Clements, who studied music at Capilano University and UBC. Rehearsals started the last week of summer va-

cation and the enthusiastic response surprised Clements. A core of 25 eager students from grades 9 to 12 answered the bell, and parent volunteers stepped up to the plate to help repair some of the older, worn marching band equipment. Then there are the instruments. “We have two sousaphones, which is great – it gives that authentic marching band sound,” he said. “We have percussive instruments, as well as flute and clarinet.” And the trombones? “We have a couple of trombones – not 76.” Clements says the choreography has been challenging, but he’s incorporated many of the students’ own ideas into the fancy footwork. While the result may not be quite as elaborate as their American cousins’, the New West students are practising hard to put on a heart-pumping show. “They’ll be playing some

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high-energy hits from Michael Jackson, the Village People, Earth,Wind, and Fire, and Lady Gaga. It should be a blast!” says Clements. The halftime show at the 11th annual Homecoming Game between the Hyacks and the G.W. Grizzlies

will ultimately demonstrate just how much fun the students had in adding a new dimension to a Royal City tradition. “Ultimately, kids need to feel a part of something, and what could be better than getting outside with your friends and making

music together?” asks Clements. “That’s the bottom line. And the kids are really doing well, having fun, and bringing a fantastic energy to this. So I’m glad we’re doing it.”

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Providing your favorite feline with a safe place to nap which is enclosed on at least three sides will help to make him feel relaxed and secure. Their ever safety-conscious feline insbnct tells them to be constantly alert to dangers that might sneak up on them when they are sleeping. If the enclosure has a top, they’ll feel even safer. A simple homemade version can be made from a cardboard box which is bpped on its side and lined with a so� pillow or blanket. NOTE: Cats marked * are special needs. Contact RCHS for further details. Max Cat is friendly, social and very playful, and loves having lots of toys around to pounce on. He seems to be more of a “near you” cat than a lap cat. He will gently swat your feet as you walk by and he is smart enough to recognize a few words. Max Cat needs to be the one and only cat in his forever new home and denitely no dogs.

When transporbng kihy, always use a cat carrier. If it is padded with his favorite blanket, the familiar scent will help him to accept it. He should also have plenty of opportunibes to explore the cat taxi before he has to be transported in it. Place it in a room where kihy likes to hang out and remove the door, if possible. Put treats or favorite toys in it. Let him discover it on his own. Perhaps he might nd the carrier suitable for his next catnap! Once they get used to it, a ride in the car or a trip to the vet won’t be so scary because they are in their “home away from home”. Chester* was diagnosed with Feline Immunodeciency Virus (FIV) and went to a foster home where had been so happy and well for 4 1/2 years but sadly his foster mom got an agressive form of cancer and died one month a�er her diagnosis. He’s a real sweetheart, kinda shy, very loving and loves to be pehed, really enjoys a shoulder scratching too! He needs to be an indoor cat only and preferably an only “child”.

lwilliams@newwestcity.ca Laina* came to RCHS as a three year-old — pregnant, homeless and very fearful. She has had a quiet loving foster home where she was allowed to be the gentle introvert that she is. She enjoys being with other cats and spending bme outdoors during the day provided the catdoor is near. She needs a quiet home with adults – no children or dogs.

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Harra is a big and beaubful diva who couldn’t cope with the shelter environment so she quit eabng. In a foster home she was coaxed back to health but she has retained her nicky eabng habits. She is friendly when she feels like it and if she wants love she’ll come to you, but don’t bother trying to make a lap cat out of this one! She’d prefer to be a one and only cat, and no dogs or children need apply!

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Franny (le�) and Freda are two 7-year old sisters that rst came to RCHS in November 2008 when their human went to hospital and realized he wasn’t going to be able to care for two busy kihens. They were adopted in about ten days but now the woman who adopted them is too unwell to care for them and they are back at the shleter. Franny and Freda are extremely playful, aﬀecbonate kiges and are a bonded pair so will only be adopted together into a new forever home. If you’re looking for an excepbonally well adjusted, loving pair of cats, look no further ... these two gals won’t be on the market for very long!

Francine* is very sweet, bmid cat. She was rescued from an industrial yard and has made great progress overcoming some of her fears since she came to us. Francine has been at the shelter a long bme and may take quite a while to adjust to a new home. But with enough love and pabence, she may be able to adjust. Best for a quiet home.

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Snickers was adopted in 2005 from RCHS but her elderly human has gone to a home and can no longer care for her “Bubby Cat” as she called her. She’s a bmid cat but very sweet and gentle. A quiet home with seniors would be her cup of tea!

818 Colborne Street, New Westminster 604-544-7387 • www.queensparkpethospital.ca Sicily was abandoned at a Mission vet in 2013. She had a big abcess on her cheek due to an infected tooth. RCHS got her all xed up and she went to live in a foster home in Mission and lived there unbl she had to be surrendered by her caregiver. She’s a gentle nice old gal. Sicily sbll lets her inner kihen out, loves to play, to be pehed and adorded. She likes to hang out with you and loves to eat her so� food.

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$ Green up, clean up: Volunteers Nelson Roy and Kathy Siedlaczek take part in the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup in Queensborough Sept. 20. Organized by Environmental Partners as a prelude to B.C. Rivers Day on Sept. 27, the cleanup saw volunteers of all ages pick up garbage and pull up invasive plants from the Queensborough waterfront. B.C. Rivers Day generates public awareness about the province’s waterways. Recreational clubs, conservation organizations, community groups, schools and local governments host B.C. Rivers Day events across the province. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

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Featuring Guest Speaker: Isobel Mackenzie, Canada’s first Seniors Advocate Workshops include:

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Community COMMUNITY CALENDAR FRIDAY, SEPT. 25 Ukrainian Perogy Supper, Holy Eucharist Church hall, 5 to 8 p., Fourth Avenue and Fifth Street. Perogy sales from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, call 604526-0988 or 604-522-7711. SATURDAY, SEPT. 26 NWSS Grad Class of 1985 30-year reunion, 7 p.m., Stefanos Restaurant in the lounge (private party), 315 Columbia St. Contact endub85@gmail.com. Thrift sale and coffee break, 9 a.m. to noon, Knox Presbyterian Church, 403 East Columbia St. THURSDAY, OCT. 1 An Evening in Tuscany, a fundraiser for the Seniors’ Services Society, La Perla in River Market, 5:30 to 9 p.m. The evening will feature food-tasting stations, Italian-themed entertainment, and live and silent auctions, while celebrating vulnerable seniors who need support with meals (Meals on Wheels), cleaning, socializing,

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calls (Better at Home), help with government forms and more. Tickets $100 (partial tax receipts available). Call 604-520-6621. TUESDAY, OCT. 6 Royal Columbian Hospital Auxiliary general meeting, 1 p.m., Neil Russell room at Royal Columbian Hospital, third floor of Columbia Tower, 330 East Columbia St. THURSDAY, OCT. 22 Foster families sought: 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, 10 a.m. to noon, #200-906 Roderick Ave., Coquitlam. For more information, call the North Fraser Recruitment Team at 604-764-8098. MONDAY, OCT. 26 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. ONGOING Fun, Learning and You, a free program for New West residents offered by the Lower Mainland Purpose Society for children aged 18 months to five years and their parents/caregivers. FLY runs every Tuesday from 10 a.m. to noon, Sept. 22 to Dec. 8. Come join us for circle times, healthy snacks, create a Book About Me and play in rich thematic programs. Parent information sessions include speech and language, early literacy, discipline and more. For information or to register, contact Elizabeth or Josie at 604-526-2522. The Purpose Society is at 40 Begbie St. English Made Easy, a free program for New West residents offered by the Lower Mainland Purpose Society for non-English speaking families (adults with limited or no English skills and their children aged zero to five years. EME runs every Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. from Sept. 23 to Dec. 9. It will be held in the Port Royal Room at

Queensborough Community Centre, 920 Ewen Ave. EME provides practical English classes for the caregivers, and songs, stories and crafts with an emphasis on English for the children. For information or to register, contact Elizabeth or Josie at 604-526-2522. Fraternal Order of Eagles #20 New Westminster Ladies Auxiliary, looking for members who are interested in having fun and raising funds to donate to local Lower Mainland charities. Group holds dinners, dances, events and picnics and would love to hear from you. Meets the second and fourth Tuesday of the month. Contact: Marge Ashdown at 604-838-2675. 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 drop-in meets in the Spruce Room and donations are accepted. Hope to see you there. 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. Are you passionate about the Fraser River? Do you enjoy meeting new people and working with children? The Fraser River Discovery Centre is looking for volunteers to help lead its school programs. No special background or experience is required, only an interest in working with children, a desire to learn about the Fraser River, and a weekday morning or afternoon to spare. To get started, call 604-521-8401 x 105 or email Shannon King at sking@fraserriverdiscovery. org. More information and application forms are available at www. fraserriverdiscovery.org. New Westminster Family Place, free family resource centre for parents with children five and under. There is a bright, actionpacked playroom filled with toys, games, puzzles and crafts and staffed by early

childhood educators and a family support worker. There is a parents’ room for relaxing, and parenting classes are available. Dropin hours are 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Monday through Friday, and Monday and Tuesday afternoons from 1 to 3 p.m. Call 604-520-3666. Fraser Works Co-op, offers one-to-one support with employment counsellors, connecting people to nocost career and job search services and helping people develop a plan to reach their job or career goal. Call 604522-9701 for appointment. Sapperton Pensioners Association, meets on the third Wednesday of the month at 318 Keary St. New members welcome. Info 604-522-0280. New Westminster Lions Club, meets every second and fourth Monday of each month at 7 p.m. at Boston Pizza, 1045 Columbia St., Columbia Square plaza. New members welcome. Info: www.e-clubhouse.org/sites/ newwestminsterlionsclub. ca. Email calendar items to calendar@newwestrecord.ca.

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City set to celebrate iconic wartime photo Theresa McManus

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Artists are interpreting the Wait for Me Daddy photograph in a myriad of ways as part of the 75th anniversary of the famous photograph. A number of arts, cultural and heritage events are set to take place this fall to commemorate the anniversary of the photograph taken by Province newspaper photographer Claude Dettloff on Oct. 1, 1940. As soldiers marched down Eighth Street, Dettloff captured the image of five-year-old Warren “Whitey” Bernard as he broke free from his mother and reached out to his father as he marched past. “It’s a very important photo, not just for New Westminster, but for Canada. It goes beyond our city. It really reflected the sentiments of the war, not just the soldiers but the family legacy – the love, the separation of war. It triggers sentiments that are very much alive today, with war and conflict that goes beyond World War II,” said Biliana Velkova, the city’s arts coordinator. “On that day, that photographer took that one shot, yet he captured something that keeps on giving. Even today, we are still talking about it.” The city will hold a ceremony in Hyack Square on Saturday, Oct. 3 that commemorates the photo and unveils a plaque and new features at the Wait for Me Daddy monument that was unveiled last October. “We are calling it Wait for me Daddy Redux,”Velkova said. “We are focusing on celebrating the 75th anniversary. It also has a really strong cultural slant.We

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wanted to work with local artists of all disciplines.” Events set to take place on Oct. 3 include a youth performance directed by Jen Derbyshire, a children’s performer and theatre director, in which local students will reflect on the different

It really reﬂected the sentiments of the war, not just the soldiers but the family love.

ways families separated in the war communicated with each other and how that’s changed since the Second World War. New Westminster composer Brian Garbet has written an orchestral piece based on the Wait for Me Daddy photograph that will be premiered at Anvil Centre. When city staff began

looking at the type of cultural ventures they wanted to commemorate the photograph’s milestone, they read a newspaper story about Garbet, who had done an original classical musical composition called Wait for Me Daddy. “We actually teamed up with the University of Calgary and their wind ensemble and engaged them in performing the Wait for Me Daddy piece as part of our program on Oct. 3. It’s a fabulous piece. It’s actually a 40-member ensemble. It’s really the biggest cultural event we have done at the theatre so we are really excited,”Velkova said. “They are also bringing two other pieces from their repertoire that speak to similar themes behind the photograph.The piece is a classical piece, but it has more of a contemporary slant to it.” Brief Encounters, a Vancouver-based artistic collective, whose mandate is to work with artists from different disciplines, will present pieces based on personal

Orchestral ideas: The University of Calgary’s wind ensemble will be performing at Wait for Me Daddy Redux on Oct. 3 at Anvil Centre, which will celebrate the 75th anniversary of the famous photograph. New Westminster composer Brian Garbet has written an orchestral piece, Wait for Me Daddy. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED

stories of people who lived through war or conflict. “We are merging those storytellers, with these artists who are going to be illustrating their stories through an art form,”Velkova said. “It’s really exciting.” The free performances will take place on Saturday,

Oct. 3 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. in the Anvil Centre Theatre. In addition to the Oct. 3 events, photographs of soldiers and the Bernard family are on display at city hall and the Queensborough Community Centre. A walking tour of important Second World War sites

in New Westminster is taking place on Sept. 12, a “human book” event is taking place at Century House on Oct. 10 and a program has been underway to preserve grave markers in Fraser Cemetery.

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Queen’s Park Daycare Thank You for Your Support!

The New Westminster Record has awarded Queens Park Daycare with the Readers Choice Award for “Best Daycare in New Westminster 2015”! It was a wonderful surprise and it means a lot to all of us who work here. It’s always nice to get an award, but what makes this award extra special is that it was you, our Queen’s Park Daycare families, who voted for us. All of us at Queen’s Park Daycare work hard to provide a safe and nurturing place for your children to grow and reach their full potential. This award makes us feel that we are doing a good job. Thank you everyone for your support and especially to those of you who voted for us.

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Is currently recruiting Volunteer Caseworkers Something’s brewing: Brett Parker and Brad Johnson at the third annual Wort Day at River Market. The event gave people a chance to learn how to brew beer, watch all aspects of the brewmaking process, from brewing to mashing, and to get information about hops, grains, kettles, carboys, yeast – and everyting else involved in brewing. The free Brew Westminster event was open to folks of all ages as beer wasn’t served.

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New Westminster’s Great Fire occurred on September 10/11, 1898, a Saturday/ Sunday that year.Today’s date, all those years ago, was about two weeks after that colossal blaze had destroyed a large part of the downtown area. In the latter part of September 1898, many people, citizens and visitors alike, were wandering around town, taking in the images of destruction and looking closely at the details of what remained. One bit of good news was that the government had notified the city that their specific buildings lost to the fire would be immediately rebuilt.The CPR had informed the commun-

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ity that they would reconstruct their former train station, not of wood, but of stone and brick.There were also a number of hotels being rapidly built to be ready for the crowds that would arrive for the Provincial Exhibition due to open in early October. Many people on the streets would have been tourists.This was a chilling but exciting thing to see – burned out shells of buildings, twisted masses of railroad and streetcar tracks, piles of charred large household items. It would have also been exciting to watch as precarious walls were pulled down by gangs of men, sometimes aided by horses. Among the highlight items to see were the damaged church bells piled on

various church grounds, piles of intricate articles which, while hard to clearly identify, were the former working parts, chimes, pedals and valves for organs and such, and huge globs of coloured glass that were the melted, now re-hardened chunks that had been windows, especially stained glass. A particular activity that always drew attention happened as the piles of rubble now filling foundation areas needed to be cleared out for reconstruction.They were pulled out and turned over, and frequently, as this was done, sparks and flames would erupt from the ground as air hit the highly heated, but covered embers. Definitely dangerous, but it always drew a crowd.

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Hyacks prove they’ve got guts Cayley Dobie

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The Hyacks’ quarterback proved he is a true warrior during the team’s game against the Terry Fox Ravens on Friday. While the varsity Hyacks fell short of a win over the thirdranked AAA team in the province, Jamie Shiho didn’t give up. “That kid (Shiho) continues to elevate his game each week, and I’m very proud of the growth he has shown personally and on the field this season. He and Michael Thind are a dynamite combination for us right now,” head coach Farhan Lalji said about Shiho’s commitment during the exhibition game. The eastern division 2014 champions,Terry Fox are fierce competitors on the field, and Friday’s game in Port Coquitlam was no exception.The Ravens kicked the game off with an early 17-0 lead over the visiting Hyacks, but unlike past games against the New Westminster team, this time the Hyacks didn’t surrender. The local boys answered PoCo’s lead with a 31-yard touchdown pass from Shiho to senior wide receiver Michael Thind, making it 17-6 for Fox. “The (first) quarter wasn’t good, but we kept fighting back, (so) I was proud of that. I think there was a lot of things in our control, the amount of times we just didn’t break down on tackles.There was a little too much of that where we had guys in the backfield and gave them a second life on a few of those plays. A lot of that happened in the first quarter,” Lalji said. In the second quarter, senior running back David Penalver ran for 57 yards, scoring the Hyacks second touchdown of the game and closing the gap between them and the Ravens, but the tight gap would be short lived.Terry Fox returned with another touchdown, making it 24-12 for the Ravens at halftime. “(The Ravens’) quarterback is good, and their receivers are good.Their skilled kids are very athletic right across the board, and for us we had some coverages we were working on Continued on page 39

Almost a win: Clockwise from top, New West’s Mason Jones knocks a player from the visiting Coquitlam Adanacs during a game at Queen’s Park on Sunday; Ben Soenen protects the ball fromapproaching opponents; Daunte Twamley avoids a hit from an Adanac; and Jones breaks into a run carrying the ball down field.

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New West on the hunt

New Westminster’s tier 1 u-13 field lacrosse team was at home on Sunday, taking on the Adanacs. The rivals from neighbouring Coquitlam managed to overpower the hometown boys, handing New West their first loss at their homeopener. This weekend the boys

get a bye, and then they hit the road to face off against Ridge Meadows. New West’s tier 2 u-13 team, meanwhile, is at home on Sunday against Ridge Meadow’s tier 2 team. Game starts at 11:30 a.m. at Queen’s Park. – Cayley Dobie

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Ravens pick off Hyacks Continued from page 37 and need to work on and left some guys open,” Lalji said about his team’s opponents. “They have some good athletes, and if you make a mistake, they’re going to make you pay.” Back on the field for the third quarter, the Ravens managed another touchdown, but the Hyacks’ shining star Shiho answered quickly with a 56-yard rushing touchdown to make it 31-18 for Fox. Shiho’s touchdown was followed shortly by a 10yard run by senior running back Marcel Wang, boosting the score to 31-25 with the Ravens still in the lead. But the Hyacks suffered a blow in the fourth quarter that threw a wrench into the team’s momentum. Early in the final stan-

za, with the Hyacks only six points behind the home team, New West tackled the Raven’s quarterback in his own end zone to earn themselves a safety. A penalty on the play, however, voided the two points. “We would have had it (the ball) in good field position and things may have been a little different,” Lalji said of the safety getting called back. “That hurt us for sure.” Fox went on to score again, making the final score 39-25 for the Ravens. Despite the loss, it was a mental win for the Hyacks, Lalji said. “I’ve never been into moral victories, but I’m very happy with how we fought back in this game.We started very poorly, but the kids stayed with it and kept play-

ing.When we thought we had the safety in the fourth quarter, we had all the momentum and I thought that it was our time. But it was the right call by the officials. Full credit to Fox, they’re a good team that will make you pay for your mistakes,” he added. This Friday, the New West boys are back at Mercer Stadium for the annual homecoming party and final exhibition game before the regular season kicks off Oct. 9. The pre-game festivities begin at 4:30 p.m., and the game gets underway at 7:30 p.m. against Chilliwack’s G.W. Graham. For more info, visit http:// nwss.hyackfootball.com. –With files from Dan Olson

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