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Mayor Jonathan Cote, Coun. Chuck Puchmayr and school liaison officers Const. Tim Callaghan and Const. Gerald Lau along with a few New Westminster Secondary students were Team City Hall during the tugof-war contest at Friday night’s Hyack Homecoming pregame celebrations.

Team City Hall made it all the way to the finals before losing the title to Team Union. For more photos from homecoming, see page 42 or visit www. newwestrecord.ca.

PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATE IS A NO-SHOW

Where, oh where can local Tory be?

By Theresa McManus

tmcmanus@newwestrecord.ca

Conservative candidate Chloe Ellis appears to be a no-show at all-candidates’ events in New Westminster-Burnaby.

Peter Julian (New Democratic Party), Sasha Ram-

narine (Liberal Party of Canada) and Kyle Routledge (Green Party of Canada) recently attended an all-candidates meeting with the Massey Victory Heights Residents’ Association.

“All of the candidates came out, except for

Chloe,” said Jason Lesage, president of the residents’ association. “I invited her.

I was told she was busy.

I spoke via email to her campaign manager.”

Julian, Ramnarine and Routledge also attended the Queen’s Park Residents’ Association all-can-

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A PLACE TO PLAY Ken and Catherine McEwen spearheaded an effort to encourage the city to create an off-leash area in Moody Park, so pups like Indio have a place to run free. They’re grateful the city created a new off-leash space in the neighbourhood. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

New dog park pleases pooches and owners More seating, more lights will make the park a perfect pet playground

By Theresa McManus

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Ken and Catherine McEwen think the new offleash dog area in Moody Park is pawsome.

The McEwens spearheaded an effort to encourage the city to create an offleash area in Moody Park, noting many apartment dwellers living around the park need a place to exercise and socialize their dogs.

Although the amenity needs some finishing touches, the McEwens are pleased with the new off-leash area in their neighbourhood.

“It’s really nice,” Catherine said. “When it first opened there was sometimes up to 20 dogs in there.”

The Moody Park offleash area is located near the Sixth Avenue and Eighth Street entrance to Moody Park.

While they’re pleased with the off-leash area, the McEwens have written to city hall asking the city to

consider offering more seating in the space.

“There is only the two picnic tables, which means everybody congregates down at one end.When the big dogs are in there, it’s hard for the little dogs,” Catherine said. “If they had some seating all the way up on one side, then we would go sit up there with the little dogs and let the big dogs have the wider end. It makes it a little difficult at times with not enough seating.We do a lot of standing around.”

Having gotten to know some of the dog owners living around Moody Park in the past few years, the McEwens have also asked the city to consider lighting for the space. She suggested lighting like that at the basketball courts, which can be activated by a push button when being used, would be useful.

“A lot of the ladies are worried about being in that area of the park in the dark with all those trees,” Cath-

erine said. “They are a little concerned.”

Owners of small dogs would also like the city to see what can be done to address gaps at the bottom of the fence surrounding the off-leash dog area.

“There are areas where

There are areas where little dogs can get out.

little dogs can get out. If somebody throws a ball over the fence, then the little dogs are going under,” Catherine said. “Our guy can’t get under there, but some of the others can.”

Diane Perry, the city’s manager of community development, said the offleash dog area is very well used and there appears to be a big contingent of dog owners in the Moody Park neighbourhood. She said plans are afoot to provide

more seating.

“We are actually going to try and come up with some sort of log-type benches that blend in with the area, as opposed to putting in standard benches,” she said. “Our park and open space person is trying to work on a design for that.”

Perry said the city knew there would be issues with a gap underneath the fencing because the decorative fence comes in panels that go straight across and can’t be angled. Screening will go on the bottom of the fence.

“For the lighting, that was never really discussed before. One of the things that was on the plus side of the column for picking that location was that that is next to the main path that has some evening lighting,” she said. “Currently, none of our dog parks do have lighting in them.We are just trying to get it up and running fully and see how things go and then go back to the public and see what’s working well and what isn’t.”

A convicted animal killer is moving to New Westminster, according to a warning issued by police and the Ministry of Justice.

Kayla Bourque pleaded guilty to killing or injuring an animal, causing unnecessary suffering and pain to an animal and possessing a weapon for a dangerous purpose in 2013. She was released from prison last Friday after two months behind bars for breaching the conditions of her probation.

The 25-year-old is deemed a high-risk violent offender by the B.C. Corrections Branch.

“Bourque has an escalating criminal history. She has offended violently against both people and animals and is considered high risk to reoffend,” read a warning from corrections.

Police say they will be working closely with the Ministry of Justice, corrections and “other community-based support agencies to ensure the safety of the members of the New Westminster community” while Bourque is in New West.

Bourque is bound by 47 court-imposed conditions, including abiding by a curfew between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. seven days a week, except for emergency medical treatments or with written permission of a probation officer.

She is also prohibited from associating with anyone under 18 years of age; attending any public schools, parks, playgrounds, public swimming

pools or areas adjacent to public pools, or any locations where it is reasonably expected that people under 18 years of age are likely to be; accessing any social networking sites; possessing any computer or devices capable of accessing the Internet; engaging in any areas of study, employment or volunteer work with animals or

Kayla Bourque: Bourque pleaded guilty to killing or injuring an animal, causing unnecessary suffering and pain to an animal and possessing a weapon for a dangerous purpose in 2013. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED

vulnerable persons; attending or enrolling at any postsecondary institutions; possessing any weapons, knives, bladed instruments; owning any animals or birds; and attending any property occupied by Simon Fraser University.

She will also be monitored electronically.

Anyone who sees Bourque in violation of her conditions is asked to contact the New Westminster Police Department at 604525-5411.

Man in custody after bank robbery A man is in custody after a bank robbery on Columbia Street last Friday afternoon.

The incident happened around 2:10 p.m.

Police say a man entered the Scotiabank at 728 Columbia St. and stole a bag of cash before fleeing on foot.

The suspect was apprehended by the New West-

minster police’s street crime unit a short distance away.

“He’s in custody right now, but it’s ongoing, the investigation, so we don’t have any more details we can release really at this time,” Sgt. Jeff Scott, spokesperson for the New Westminster Police Department, told the Record on Friday.

– Cayley Dobie

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Parents, kids dig in on Kelvin greening project Cornelia Naylor

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Lord Kelvin Elementary School’s dead, concreteand-asphalt heart has been transformed into a natural playground of sorts, thanks to the school’s parent advisory council and other community volunteers.

“It was very dead,” principal Ken Millard said of his school’s once drab courtyard. “We had a little patch that used to be grass when I got here two years ago. By this summer, when I came back this fall, it was pretty much dirt. … It was really dismal.”

He had asked the district’s gardening department if it could replace the grass but was told the funding wasn’t available.

That was nothing new, according to PAC co-chair Natalie Lawy, who had heard from longtime Kelvin teachers that the school’s green spaces had been shrinking for 20 years, often because of construction.

“Every time you build something, you lose a lit-

tle bit of green,” Lawy said, “and there was never a budget to put it back once it was lost to that construction process.”

By last September, parents had had enough and started on their own plans to green up the school a little.

“Our vision just got bigger and bigger the more people we spoke to,” Lawy said.

It culminated in a proposal this spring that has since seen the addition of planter boxes and decorative natural boulders and logs to the courtyard.

“It just makes our play and learning area more natural,” Millard said.

Students pitched in earlier this month, planting a slew of drought-resistant plants and adding painted rocks for decoration.

All told, the PAC only had to spend about $1,500

on the project, thanks to a generous contribution of materials and machine time Fred Thompson Contracting, great deals from It’s About Thyme Nursery and donations of baby trees from parents and grandparents.

Among the donations was a blossoming cherry tree planted in memory Colin Mackay, the 42-year-old

Kelvin Grade 5/6 teacher who died in a motorcycle crash in July.

The school’s next project will be the creation of an “outdoor classroom,” an open, outdoor space by the soccer box, with plants and enough boulders, cedar rounds and logs for a whole class to sit on during an outdoor learning session.

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6 WEDNESDAY September 30, 2015 • New Westminster RECORD

Opinion OUR VIEW

Have we forgotten about the planet?

There we all are, staring raptly into the heavens, transfixed by the supermoon-lunar eclipse, and voraciously reading the latest news about the discovery of water on Mars.

Meanwhile, down here on Earth, our planet is falling to pieces around us and nobody seems to care in the slightest.

Here on our part of Earth, we’re in the middle of a federal election campaign.Which you’d figure

would be a great time to be talking about the environment.

Sadly, that doesn’t seem to be happening.

Conversations about the stuff that should matter – like, for starters, clean air, clean water, green energy, and how we can create a workable economy that’s also sustainable for the planet – seem to be taking a backseat to things that really shouldn’t matter quite as much.

Not to suggest that terrorism isn’t worthy of a second thought, but let’s get serious:Which is the bigger threat to life as we know it – ISIS, or the very existence of our planet?

Yes, we need to talk about national security, about foreign policy, about job creation, about child care, about seniors’ pensions, about taxes, and on, and on, and on. But it’s sad that we’ve made it this far into an election campaign with-

out any significant environmental debate taking place front and centre.

The sidelining of Green Party leader Elizabeth May is a big part of the reason, of course.When May is given a chance to speak (or makes her own chance, as she’s been forced to do when she’s left out of the big show), she’s an excellent spokesperson for our planet. And she has proven herself to be far more than just a one-trick pony: she under-

stands how to put the environment into the context of all of those other issues involved in running a nation.

Unfortunately, however, she’s fighting against the head-in-the-sand mentality that seems to be preferred by most of us when dealing with environmental issues.

Mind you, May has some big guns on her side: no less a personage than Pope Francis has been championing the environment, going so far as to tell the United

Nations that the environment has the same rights as humanity itself.

Here’s hoping that they can get the rest of the world’s leaders to start listening to them.

And us? We need to force our leaders to care by making the environment our top priority, starting now.

It’s great to stare at the stars. But let’s not look at them so long that we forget to clean up the gutter we’re living in.

MY VIEW KEITH BALDREY

It’s not easy being Green For a party that has relatively little public support, the Green Party is showing once again it can get a disproportionately large number of people angry about its very existence.

Many supporters of other political parties want the Greens to go away, not because of their policy platform but because their existence may pose a threat to accomplishing their main goal: defeating Stephen Harper and the Conservatives. However, more than a half million people voted for the Green Party in 2011, with almost 150,000 of them coming from B.C. To tell that many people that their vote is “wasted” on the party they believe in and should instead be conferred on a party they may want nothing to do with no doubt strikes many folks as offensive.

There’s no question the Green Party also wants Harper defeated. But it is also trying to build itself as a political party that has more to offer than a single MP, and that kind of building takes time.To take a pass on a federal election – and that, basically, is what many federal Liberals and in particular New Democrats are asking it to do – would be political suicide for a fledgling party.

Frankly, I think the Greens will be lucky to elect one or two MPs on Oct. 19.

Its leader, Elizabeth May, has to be considered the favourite to hang onto her

seat in Saanich-Gulf Islands while its candidate inVictoria (Joanne Roberts) appears to have significant support as well in a riding currently held by the NDP. The party would appear to have little chance of winning anywhere else, but so what? Since when is political legitimacy conferred only on those with a perceived chance of victory?

It could very well be true the Green voter actually determines the outcome of a number of riding races in B.C., although there’s not a lot of science to back up that assertion in every case.

While overall their popularity may be spread rather thinly across the province, the party does enjoy significant support in pockets of B.C. and in certain ridings.

And if the Conservatives win in those areas while the Greens also put some significant numbers, get ready to hear howls of outrage from NDP or Liberal quarters.

Some will view the Green vote as a “spoiler” that may allow the Conservatives to win tight races. Others will see the Green vote, if it increases, as a sign that a new political party is growing in strength.

Both may be legitimate arguments. But to suggest the Greens should “get out of the way” to ensure another political party doesn’t win is arrogant, and misses a key and important aspect of democracy.

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

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Dear Editor: If ISIS has “clearly declared Canada as a target for terrorism,” as Conservatives claim, it is because Stephen Harper is bombing Syria. He built military bases in Kuwait and Afghanistan; contracted a multi-billion dollar arms sale to Saudi Arabia; cooperates with America’s illegal invasions in every Middle East country. The Harper government turns us into a target.

The Conservatives do this with our taxes, raising our debt to unprecedented levels.

They do it without our consent, in defiance of the NO vote of both opposition parties, and widespread citizen outrage.

Canada perpetrates violence on the people of Syria. Bombing people – for “humanitarian reasons” – causes rage; some stay to fight back, some flee for their lives and their children.

Talk of Canadian generosity in ‘accepting’ refugees is beyond hypocrisy.

It is now coming to light that the West and “our” allies in the region provide arms to both sides of the false flag civil war, to seize oil and gas resources; to install puppet governments as the U.S. has done in every country in the region. Non-aligned journalists, whistle-blowers and scholars reveal that this ‘coalition of the willing’ gives weapons and support to ISIS; foment global terror to force on us a permanent war economy in the interest of military and corporate domination.

Like many of us, Conservative candidates may not know all this, since mainstream media does not report our own atrocities.

Canadians must end these crimes against humanity, done in our name.

Hildegard Bechler, New Westminster

Sue F. As a tax payer, citizen, parent, and pet owner I think the public has a right to know exactly where this person is living within New West. We paid her way in jail and now more resources are being spent on her waiting for her to reoffend. What a waste. She lasted; what, 3 months before breaking probation last time.

Look at her conditions then look at New West as a community....full of seniors, kids, pets and animals. Why let her move into such a target rich environment!?!?!?!? If you disagree then perhaps she can live with you and your family? Sound like a plan? I didnt think so.

An unrepentent psychopath, sexual sadist, torture loving barbarian who wants to kill vulnerable people next.

Lovely. @catriona This background to this story is very disturbing. Raises complex questions re: potential offending & incarceration. @GizmoDog The face of evil. Woof.

(She is a real danger to both humans and animals. Keep a safe distance). @galaxyvixen Not good news :( Eyes open #newwest

Candidates have to quit hide-and-seek @MikeFolka I really hope @ChloeEllisNWB got a copy of Wednesday’s @TheRecord so she could read this editorial. http://www.newwestrecord. ca/opinion/editorial/our-view-hideand-seek-isn-t-good-for-democracy-1.2065767 … #NewWest #elxn42

Outdated? This political cartoon caught the attention of a letter writer, below. PHOTO FILE

Sexist cartoon was depressing to reader Dear Editor I enjoy edgy editorial cartoons as much as the next person, but, wow, the Christy Clark “What she says, What we hear” catfight cartoon the other day was just depressing.

You know what I hear? “I’m an out of date male cartoonist who thinks it’s still 1952, and has no respect for his mother, wife, sister or daughter.” Perhaps that’s not true, but that’s what I hear.

And he got it all wrong anyway, it’s not “meow meow meow,” what I hear from Christy Clark’s mouth is more like, “I’m doing all the same stupid non-progressive, conservative things all the white guys have done before me.” There, now I’m sexist, too. Apparently it’s still all the rage.

Mia Harth, New Westminster Editor’s note: Cartoonist Ingrid Rice is a woman.

@BradPorcellato @TheRecord, (Hide & Seeks intention)? The candidate’s unavailability is founded in a TOTAL lack of ability. Respectfully, that’s the story.

Best of the rest in #newwest @NWPDpatrol Cst. Keenan left big shoes to fill as School Liaison Officer.

Remarkable career touched many young lives! #newwest @NewWestPD 77-year-old Joseph Normand has been located by @ VancouverPD Thank you for all the help. He is healthy and being brought to #newwest @brennacgray Two Mormon boys earnestly discussing scripture with a man carrying a bottle of yellow mustard in his back pocket. Just #NewWest Stuff.

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NEXT New Westminster and Tenth to the Fraser are holding a casual meet-and-greet with the candidates on Oct. 6, but organizers say Ellis isn’t on board for that meeting either.

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A NewWest teen whose mountain bike was stolen outside a 7-Eleven earlier this month will be riding a new set of wheels around town, thanks to an anonymous donor.

Sam Birosh was biking in Sapperton around 5 p.m. on Sept. 2 when he decided to make a quick stop at the convenience store (at East Columbia and Braid street).

After about a minute inside, Birosh came out to find his bike missing.

“He was just frantic,” mom Kelly told the Record in a previous interview. “He ran around looking for it.

He phoned me, and I told him to call the police.”

Sam had always been good at taking care of it and locking it up, according to Kelly, who added he didn’t even want to store the bike in a locker in the basement of their apartment.

“He wanted it in the house,” she said. “He asked me every day when he was little, ‘Can I ride my bike today?’”

It was especially valuable to Birosh because he had used all his savings to buy it off Craigslist and even got a paper route to help cover

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Kelly’s hope was that by sharing her son’s story, the thief would come forward having learned the value of what was stolen. Instead, the Record received an email from a local resident, who wished to remain anonymous but wanted to help financially.

“What got me was, someone decided to take something that wasn’t theirs, and left a kid with a shattered view of society,” the email from the resident read. “A couple of my kids had similar incidents growing up. …

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Residents raise concerns about fourth highrise Theresa McManus

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Plaza 88 Developments will have to address some concerns of its existing residents before getting the green light to build its fourth and final tower.

About a dozen residents attended Monday night’s public hearing at the Sapperton Pensioners Hall to express concern about a proposed pedestrian link between Tower 4 and the three existing towers, which are located on the other side of the McInnis Street overpass.

They fear the link, as it’s currently proposed, could result in security issues for existing buildings because people who don’t live in those towers would be able to gain access to their park-

ing lot and stairwells.

“They can basically go anywhere in the building,” said James Harrington, a Plaza 88 resident. “There is no way they are going to be able to stop people.”

Residents’ parking would be provided in the podium of the proposed building, but 40 visitors’ parking spaces are located under towers 1, 2 and 3.Those visitors would use the pedestrian crossing to get to Tower 4;Tower 4 residents would also use the pedestrian overpass to get to parking and commercial space at the Shops at New West.

Plaza 88 Developments applied for a rezoning and a special development permit to build a mixed-use commercial/residential development at 900 Carnarvon St.

A 35-storey rental building would be built on top of a five-storey podium containing parking.

The city received 49 written submissions on the application, with 35 being opposed, nine expressing concerns and five supporting the project.

Following a nearly twohour public hearing, city council gave third reading to the zoning amendment bylaw for 900 Carnarvon St. Council, however, added an amendment that specific issues raised by Plaza 88 residents must be addressed before the project comes back to council for fourth reading.

“There was an amendment made that the issues relating to the pedestrian crossing, security and

the parking issues need to be resolved before it comes back for fourth reading and adoption to council,” said Mayor Jonathan Cote.

“That was put on as a restriction before it comes back, for those issues to be resolved.”

According to Cote, staff and the developer will be working with the individual strata councils at Plaza 88 to address the very specific issues raised in the public hearing – such as the issues related to building security.

“I think the public hearing certainly did bring those issues to attention that they did need to be looked at and gave us an appreciation that pretty much only a resident would have been able to articulate.”

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know what the solution is but thinks there are some options that staff are going to be able to work on with the residents and the applicant.

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some concerns about traffic congestion and pedestrian safety on Carnarvon Street, litter around the Plaza 88 site and the need for more garbage receptacles and police parking near the parking access to Plaza 88 so they can pop into Tim Hortons.

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Dancer, drummer find common ground Julie MacLellan

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When Jesse Cahill and Amika Kushwaha take to the stage, anything could happen.

They’re armed with their instruments of percussion: his drum kit, her feet. And once they let loose on their jazz-meets-kathak performance, their musical journey could take them – and their audience – just about anywhere.

Cahill and Kushwaha are one of the many unique duos taking part in Great Pairings – Eyes on the Future, a Sunday evening performance at Massey Theatre that’s part of its 65th anniversary celebrations.

The gala, which includes comedy, music, theatre and dance, spans cultures and generations as it brings a variety of familiar and less-recognized local performers to the stage in duos.

Cahill and Kushwaha’s pairing came about thanks to the Massey Theatre’s executive director, Jessica Schneider, who proposed it to both of them.

Both leapt on board with enthusiasm – though both admit that they were feverishlyYouTubing each other’s work the night before their first rehearsal, just to try to get a better sense of what the other performer’s art form entailed.

Kushwaha notes that, though she’s done many collaborations with dancers in a range of other styles, this is her first experience teaming up with a drummer in any non-Indian genre.

And for Cahill, as the practitioner of a relatively modern art form – the drum kit as we know it has been around for only a century or so – it was somewhat

Feel the beat: Jazz drummer Jesse Cahill, above, and kathak dancer Amika Kushwaha, at right, are teaming up for the Massey Theatre’s Great Pairings celebration this weekend. PHOTOS CONTRIBUTED

intimidating to be paired with an artist like Kushwaha, since kathak dance – a North Indian form of classical dance – goes back many centuries.

The two quickly found common ground in the musical language they share: that of rhythm.

We can read each other’s rhythms really well.

“Rhythm is rhythm.

We can read each other’s rhythms really well,” Kushwaha notes.

The audience can expect to see trade-offs between the two art forms, as Kushwaha brings Afro-Cuban and beebop rhythms to life with her feet and Cahill explores Indian rhythm patterns with his drum kit.

The two artists also found

commonality in the improvisatory nature of their respective disciplines.

“I guess what we’ve done is put together a collection of rhythms from her dance practice and my music practice to create a piece that invites improvisation,” explains Cahill, who’s lived in NewWest for the past six years. (FYI, the betterknown half of his household, at least in NewWest, is his wife: Kelly Proznick is the head of the fine and performing arts department at NewWestminster Secondary School.)

“I like spontaneity,” Kushwaha says, noting that improvisation is inherent in kathak dance. “We have been groomed to improvise, and that complements the jazz very well.”

Which means that their performance, although planned and rehearsed extensively in advance, will never end up being exactly the same twice.

“There’s an element of risk in it,” Cahill says.

“There’s always an element of musical risk playing in a jazz context.You’re seeing how far you can take an idea musically.” !

Great Pairings is onstage Sunday, Oct. 4 at 7:30 p.m. at the Massey, 735 Eighth Ave. Other featured performers include Sayer Roberts, DanielWhite, John Oliver,Thomas Lamont, Jolene Bernardino, Royal City

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Tickets are $15 for adults, $12 for students and seniors, $5 for children 12 and under. See www.massey theatre.com or call 604-5215050.

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The West Coast Sympho- KNOCKING ON DOORS Don’t be surprised if ny is returning to New West an NWSS music student for the first concert of its comes knocking at your 2015/16 season. door tomorrow night.

The program features On Thursday, Oct. 1, Beethoven’s Egmont Overmusic students will be out ture and Eroica Symphony, door-to-door as part of their as well as the Mozart Clarisixth annual Fan of the net Concerto with clarinetist Bandathon fundraising blitz.

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Groups of band and choir The orchestra is under students and parent suthe baton of Bujar Llapaj, pervisors will be canvassan Albanian-born multiing neighbourhoods to raise award-winning conductor who is a prominent figure in awareness of the fundraiser, which will be happening the Balkan classical music this year on Saturday, Oct. scene. He is a former artis17 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. in tic director of the Albanian the band rooms. Band and National Theatre of Opera choir students sign up for and Ballet, and he still travthree-, six- or 12-hour shifts els abroad as a guest conand play a variety of music, ductor. collecting pledges to help You can see him and the raise money for orchestra on Saturthe school music day, Oct. 3 at 7:30 program. p.m. at Queens A press release Avenue United notes that last Church, with adyear’s bandathon mission by donaraised more than tion. $12,000, helping If you can’t make to pay for student the Saturday conexpenses on band cert in New West, trips to Cuba and you also have a FriBujar Llapaj Whistler as well day, Oct. 2 option conductor as purchasing 75 at Shaughnessy new music chairs Heights United for the department and Church in Vancouver (1550 helping students in financial West 33rd Ave.) – that conneed to participate in music cert is at 8 p.m.

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Two seats and a folding convertible roof – what could be better? Pity about having to sell the children off for medical experimentation. Oh well, the new Mazda MX-5 is totally worth it.

What’s that? I can’t sell ‘em off to some shadowy pharmaceutical conglomerate?

Drat. Looks like its diapers and crossovers for a few more years; four door practicality instead of convertible fun.

But fret not, so sayeth Mazda, we’ve got all the fun of the Miata in a form that’s practical too, with a nice high seating position and a trunk that’s big enough for a stroller or two. Rear seats that are, well, they’re there.

Don’t get that sort of thing in your little roadster.

And, or so it is claimed, there’s the same focus on driving pleasure that you get from the world’s bestselling sportscar. Looks like many Canadians are buying the company line, and buying the car too. CX-5 sales are on the increase again, inching ever closer to replacing the ‘3 as Mazda’s best-selling vehicle.

Midway through its product cycle, the CX-5 has just received an update. Does it deliver on the promise of driving fun with an eye to more practical needs?

Design:

After going through a few years with big grins adorning most of their vehicles, Mazda’s design team is back on point. The CX-3, for instance, is one of the best-looking compact crossovers on the market.

While the CX-5’s look is a bit older than its little brother, Mazda’s given it a fresh take with a new front grille and available lights front and rear. For 2016, there’s also a new design for the wheels – 17” on base and mid-trim models, and 19” for the top-spec GT. This mix of smoked details and polished-edge wheels enhances a design that’s aging very well. Matter of fact, in a somewhat dowdy segment that offers plenty of utility

without much that’s interesting, the CX-5 stands out. The VW Tiguan would be close in terms of visual style, especially in R-Line trim, but park the CX-5 next to a RAV4, and the former looks much more sporty.

Miata has been doing since 1989.

However, the CX-5 is a much larger vehicle, and the 2.0L engine offered on its launch was a little too down on power to handle the weight. Almost immediately, Mazda started offering a larger 2.5L fourcylinder engine, as found here.

Environment:

Inside, the CX-5 can’t quite match the CX-3’s splendid interior design, but it does do a good job at using its footprint for interior space. Unlike the Mazda6, which gives a somewhat cockpit-like, closed-in feel, the CX-5 is a little more open for all passengers. A three year old in a car seat can actually see out the window, something rare in today’s modern high-beltline crossovers.

The dash is rather spartan, and the central infotainment screen isn’t as flashy as some. However, this year the CX-5 gets Mazda’s rotary-dial-controlled interface, and it’s very straightforward to use. Maps look bright and well-contoured, and while the voice command system requires you to pick your words carefully – don’t shorten British Columbia to “BC” otherwise it gets confused – navigation is overall a sensible affair.

There’s no more handbrake for doing brakes-locked U-turns (not that we were doing such, officer), so now you get an electric parking brake instead. These are generally unlovable affairs, a necessary evil that does free up a little console space for extra storage.

Even though they’re a driver-first sort of company, Mazda puts twin USB ports up front in the dash, recessed in a rubber-lined bin: perfect for smartphones. Passengers will probably regret the L-shaped center armrest, but other than that, the CX-5 makes few interior missteps.

Performance:

Making the most of modest power is something the

This motor makes 184hp at 5700rpm and 185lb/ft of torque at 4000rpm. That’s less than thirstier turbocharged offerings, but right in line with the Honda CRV. Unlike the Honda, which is equipped with a CVT, the CX-5 comes with a conventional 6-speed automatic, albeit one with enhanced lock-up characteristics and excellent shifting manners. There’s a sportmode for it this year, which hangs on to revs a little more; Mazda also remains one of the only companies to do manual shifting modes correctly, with push forward to down shift and pull back to upshift. No paddle shifters are available yet.

While sprightly, the power available here isn’t the story, it’s the handling. Other crossovers may be a jot or two ahead in comfort or available tech, but in natural joy of driving, the CX-5 really does have some of that MX-5 fun factor. It’s light on its feet for a biggish car, and while the steering doesn’t have the feel of an early NA-series Miata (and what does?), it’s livelier than you expect.

Having said that, I’m sure it’d be just as good with a set of 18” wheels on it; the 19”s look good but do give a jouncy ride over rougher pavement, and the tires will cost more to replace.

Still, show the CX-5 a curving onramp and it’s in its element. The power is the same as a CR-V, but the driving experience is totally different, not a slow roll up to speed but a dash to merge. It’s more fun than you ought to be having as an adult.

Features:

New for 2016, the CX-5 offers now-expected safety items like blind spot monitoring, automatic braking, and radar-guided cruise control. That last should make road trips plenty easy.

Official fuel economy figures for the CX-5 are 7.9L/100kms on the highway, and 9.8L/100kms in the city. In the real world, the CX-5 will mostly do around 10L/100kms in urban mixed driving, but it’ll get that figure almost regardless of how hard you drive it. It’s a solid performer in economy too.

Green Light:

Fun to drive; practical interior layout; still a charming exterior

Stop Sign:

Infotainment is functional but nothing special; 19” alloys can give a choppy ride

The Checkered Flag:

Not quite a Mazda Miata, but if you’re a grown-up, it’s fun and responsible all at once.

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FIRE PREVENTION

By Todd Gardiner, Fire Inspector New Westminster Fire and Rescue Services It’s a significant fact that according to The National Fire Protection Association, roughly half of home fire deaths result from fires reported between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m., at times when most people are sleeping.

How many of those tragedies might have been averted if the victims had early warnings of the danger? If there is a fire in your home, smoke spreads

fast and a functioning smoke alarm can provide you and your loved ones with the valuable time necessary to escape the threat. In fact, having a working smoke alarm cuts the chances of dying in a reported fire in half!

Furthermore, our ability to smell the smoke from a fire while we are sleeping is nonexistent. Many people may not realize that as our

bodies go to sleep, so does our sense of smell, making the audible notification from a smoke detector all the more important.

Placement of Smoke alarms in the home is crucial to their success. It’s all about location, location, location.

The key message of this year’s Fire Prevention Week campaign, October 4-10, is “Hear the Beep where you Sleep”. Smoke alarms should be installed in every bedroom, outside each separate sleeping area, and on every level of your home, including the basement. Larger homes may need more alarms.

The NFPA, in conjunction with the New Westminster Fire and Rescue Services are eager to share this important information with the residents of New Westminster, empowering everyone to ensure their homes and their families are fire safe.

A SALUTE TO OUR LOCAL FIREFIGHTERS

Smoke Detector Tips: The following messages are a part of National Fire Prevention Week, October 4th to 10th: ! Smoke alarms should be installed in each bedroom, outside of each sleeping area and on each level of every home. Anywhere that someone may sleep should be equipped with a smoke alarm. ! Test your smoke alarms monthly to ensure their operation. ! Batteries in smoke alarms should be changed at least once per year. Ideally, the Fire Department recommends changing the batteries twice per year at daylight savings time. ! If your smoke alarm is more than 10 years old, it is past its life cycle and due for replacement. ! Interconnected smoke alarms are best, ensuring when one sounds, they all do.

! Make sure everyone in the home knows what to do when they hear the sound of the smoke detector ringing.

Every family should have an evacuation plan and a meeting place safely outside of the house where everyone knows to go.

Come join us at New Westminster Fire and Rescue Services annual Open House to learn more about smoke detectors and Fire Safety.

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I had the rare pleasure earlier this year of completely astonishing a small group of Grade 7 students who were in the library doing research.They were milling about, gathering up what they could from encyclopedias and books and, yes, they already had their many fine Google sources. But they needed more.

I gathered them around my desk and proceeded to introduce them to our online databases. Amidst gasps of awe and wonder, I showed them how they could research their topic, refine their search terms, restrict their search to online full-text, restrict by type of publication and more, and they were quite simply amazed!

I talked to them about reliable versus spurious material and how to tell the difference.This is what we do as librarians.This is what we love to do: help kids learn how to learn.

I would like to have these experiences much more of-

ten. I would like to have this experience weekly. I would like to encourage New Westminster teachers as well as students to contact us for assistance with their many research projects.We can take the tireless efforts of teachers and supplement this with our collections and our knowledge.

Contact us for a visit to the library. If you are a teacher, we welcome your class.We will provide research tips and guidance.

We will gather materials that support your projects. If you are a student and you are wondering where to start,

come and talk to us.We will help you choose the best websites and introduce relevant research tools such as Explora Canada GreenFILE and Lynda.com.

We will show you how to get the most out of our library catalogue and find appropriate print information.

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The map includes a variety of listings, from more moderately priced homes to the higher priced luxury homes.

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Click on the pin to find open house times, and read more about the listing, including price, square feet and other details unique to the house or condo. Plus, see a preview photo of the residence and find a link to additional information.

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Community Markets have always been part of city’s history Archie and Dale Miller editorial@newwestrecord.ca

The sale of a wide range of local farm produce and foodstuffs has been part of NewWestminster’s history since the town’s earliest years.

Notices in the newspaper of the day promoted products in various seasons, reported on items that had recently arrived or were due, and provided wonderful descriptions of, for example, the sweetness of some straw-

berries or the appearance of some apples.

Most of the items were sold through local shops or in some rough and ready markets on the many docks on the waterfront.This community has always had a great interest in a market, and the history of the market sites is fascinating as it includes the waterfront, Columbia Street,Tipperary Park and other short-term locations – and we will soon add uptown.

The first formal official-

ly city-run operation opened its doors in 1892 in a relatively large location on the river’s edge at the foot of Church Street.The place chosen was Lytton Square, an area laid out by Royal Engineer surveyors under Col. Moody, not so much for a market but as a prominent landing on the docks.

As a market site, it served very well through a number of configurations.

In March of 1888, about four years prior to the first official market appearing,

an editorial in the Mainland Guardian newspaper highlighted the need for such a civic amenity in a piece titled “A Market for this City.” Some thoughts from that article follow. “We have often tried to impress upon our citizens the necessity for a market. A town hall, for instance, is a very requisite convenience as well as being an ornament to the city, but, we maintain that a market should even have precedence.”

The commentary moved

to the “why?:” “It is not only a real advantage to our citizens in permitting them to deal directly with the farmers but it would form an attraction to these latter, in providing them with a place to which they can take their produce and not be compelled to hawk it about town.”

The paper then noted the town, in a variety of ways, could make money from the entire process while helping citizens and farmers alike.

The article pointed out that

additional funds could be received through wharfage fees, corral space, storage of hay etc.

As to the suggested location in 1888, well the article points to the site that would eventually be utilized.

“There can be no question as to the proper site for such an institution; Lytton Square and the adjoining river frontages could not be excelled for convenience and the utilization of space.”

A part of our market history.

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At White Spot, we’re famous for our award-winning burgers, and now, there’s even more to be famous for! Introducing The Spot’s 50/50™ patty, a 1/3-pound patty that combines the best of both worlds – Canadian beef & premium double-smoked bacon! This proprietary new patty is available for a limited time with our new 50/50 burger lineup. These new mouth-watering creations feature toppings that include savoury bacon jam, peanut butter and fresh pineapple. And of course, all of our burgers are served with creamy coleslaw and ‘endless’ signature Kennebec fries.

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“It was fun working with Danny to craft a distinctive beer that complements their new 50/50 menu”, said Kevin Emms, Granville Island Brewing’s Brewmaster. “We’re excited to showcase this perfect pairing to White Spot guests.”

As this new menu is only available until October 11th, we invite you to try our new 50/50 Burgers before they’re gone!

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SeniorsNOW

Listen to your body R e!red professional athletes o#en speak about the di%cult moment when they knew it was !me to re!re from professional compe!!on.

The transi!on can be easy for some but far more di%cult for others. But aging amateur athletes know you need not be a professional to realize there comes a !me when your body is telling you it’s !me to ease up.

Athletes are used to pushing themselves and stretching their limits, but some limits are best not pushed. Such is the case with the limits posed by aging. While athletes don’t have to completely fold up shop and hang up their cleats, tennis shoes or other athle!c equipment as they approach “senior” ci!zen status, there are steps aging athletes can take to ensure they aren’t pushing their bodies too far as they grow older.

Recognize your new recovery !me. Veteran athletes tend to have a sixth sense about their bodies, knowing how long they need to recover from common ailments like ankle sprains, knee pain, back pain and shin splints.

Despite the body’s remarkable ability for recovery, it’s not immune to aging, and that recovery !me will increase as the body ages.

Whereas a sprained ankle might once have been as good as new a#er a few days of rest, aging athletes must recognize that the same ankle sprain now might require more recovery !me. Returning too quickly from an injury can only make things worse for aging athletes, so don’t push yourself.

Take more !me to warm up. As the body ages, its response !me to exercise increases.

This means the body needs more !me to prepare itself for cardiovascular and strengthtraining exercises.

Increase your warmup !me as you age, gradually increasing the intensity of your warmup exercises un!l your body feels ready for more strenuous exercise.

Focus on ?exibility: The more aexible you are, the more capable the body is of absorbing shock, including the shock that

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SeniorsNOW Know your limits Continued from page 34 results from repe!!ve ac!vi!es.

But as the body ages, it becomes less aexible, which makes it less capable of successfully handling the repe!!ve movements common to exercise.

Aging athletes should focus on their aexibility, stretching their muscles before and a#er a workout.

In addi!on, ac!vi!es such as yoga can work wonders on improving aexibility for young and aging athletes alike.

Don’t stop strength training. Some aging athletes mistakenly feel they should stop strength training as they get older.

No longer concerned about building muscle, aging athletes might feel as if they have nothing to gain by li#ing weights and con!nuing to perform oth-

er muscle strengthening exercises.

But the body gradually loses muscle mass as it ages, and that loss puts the joints under greater stress when performing other exercises.

That stress can put people at greater risk for arthri!s, tendini!s and ligament sprains.

While you no longer need to max out on the bench press or challenge yourself on the biceps curl, it is important to con!nue to make strength training a part of your _tness regimen as you age.

Get active at Century House N ew West seniors need look no further than Century House for fun, physical ac!vi!es.

Situated in beau!ful Moody Park, the seniors’ centre hosts carpet bowling every Monday and Wednesday from 9:30 to 11 a.m.

For anyone who enjoys dancing, members gather every Sunday to waltz or foxtrot the a#ernoon away.

Special themes this month include Thanksgiving and Halloween (Oct. 11 and Oct.

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There’s also the pickleball group. The sport is played with paddles similar to ping pong rackets and plas!c balls with holes in them. It’s similar to tennis in that the ball is hit over the same kind of net. The group meets on Mondays and Thursdays between 9 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.

And of course, there’s also table tennis on Tuesdays and Saturdays.

Other ac!vi!es include badminton, tai chi, yoga and

Aging athletes need not associate aging with ceasing their athle!c pursuits.

But recognizing your limita!ons and the changes your body is going through is an important element of staying healthy as your approach older adulthood.

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Tuscan evening helps support local seniors Theresa McManus AROUND TOWN

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What better way to celebrate International Seniors Day than helping local seniors?

The Seniors Services Society’s annual fundraiser takes place on Thursday, Oct. 1 from 5:30 to 9 p.m. An Evening in Tuscany includes food-tasting stations, Italian-themed entertainment and live and silent auctions. It will raise money for programs like Meals on Wheels, cleaning, socializing, help with government forms and more.

“They are absolutely critical,” Kara-Leigh Bloch, the society’s executive director, said of the programs.

“These are the programs that allow seniors to remain in their own home independently and avoid going into care homes.”

With 90 per cent of seniors living in their own homes, Bloch said it’s clear that’s where they want to live. She said the society relies on the fundraiser to offset the operating costs and direct program costs.

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Along with raising funds, the fundraiser provides an opportunity for the society to make the community aware of the work it does with seniors. In recent years, the society has opted to hold a major fundraiser to promote its programs and raise funds.

“What we say is we have gone beyond bake sales,” Bloch said. “We have made it a high-class event, bringing in entertainment and going out to various venues.

We have taken it to the next level.That helps attract donors.”

An Evening in Tuscany promises to be an enjoyable event at La Perla Ballroom, Bloch said, noting an accordion player and a magician will be part of the night’s fun.Tickets are $100 (partial tax receipts available) and are available at 604520-6621.

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conversations about ways to make NewWestminster a dementia-friendly community.

The City of NewWestminster is hosting a community conversation to raise awareness about dementia, share the results of a recent survey and gain public input into the development of a dementia-friendly community action plan. It’s all happening on Saturday, Oct. 3 from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m at Century House; doors open at 10 a.m. and light refreshments will be served.

The City of NewWestminster, in partnership with the Alzheimer Society of B.C. and Fraser Health, is one of the first municipalities in B.C. to develop a dementia-friendly community action plan.

The province has provided some funding support for the initiative.

“The interest in this plan, not only locally but from across British Columbia, and the response to the survey, demonstrate the significance of this issue,” Mayor Jonathan Cote said in a

press release.

To date, the city has done extensive review of literature related to dementia and has done a survey of more than 50 residents living with dementia.

Based on the survey result, 81 per cent of respondents felt somewhat or not involved in their community and 75 per cent felt somewhat or not connected to their neighbours, with 91 per cent feeling people were somewhat or not knowledgeable about dementia and 91 per cent believing people with dementia were viewed somewhat or not positively.

“The survey results strongly suggest that social isolation is a real issue for people living with dementia,” said John Stark, the city’s senior social planner.

“The lack of public awareness about dementia and the stigma associated with it, as well as barriers in the built environment and limited programming options, are all significant contributing factors.”

Gwilym Davies, who is

living with dementia, is considered an important part of the working group that’s developing the plan. Davies is one of the panelists at the event.

“We need to create opportunities to involve and connect people with dementia,” Davies said. “We have lots to contribute and want to be accepted and make a difference.”

The October event will include presentations, a panel discussion, resource tables, and interactive activities to engage residents in sharing their ideas.

Do you have an item for Around Town? Send suggestions to Theresa McManus, tmcmanus@newwestrecord.ca, or find her on Twitter, @TheresaMcManus.

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Question: The grass in my front lawn has brown patches and does not look healthy. It has two or three types of grass/weeds growing. Does it need fertilizer?

Should I aerate the lawn first?

Can I do this myself?

– Florence Salama, Vancouver Answer: Work on your lawn is best done when late September/ early October rains begin.

At this time, lawn seed germinates without being watered every day.

Yes, your lawn would benefit from aeration. But it’s much too hard for you to do it yourself. It’s a long job that requires lots of muscle.

After aeration, you could spread some compost or topsoil over the lawn and then scatter grass seed around.The best way of deterring lawn weeds is a strong growth of grass.

Overseeding with new grass seed will help your lawn recover.

If you spread compost or topsoil on your lawn this fall, you don’t need fertilizer.

In spring, if your grass isn’t growing strongly, you could apply a fertilizer. But if you topdress your lawn with compost each spring, you may not need fertilizer.

Many grass seed mixes include white clover, and it’s most likely that some of the weeds on your lawn were white clover.This helps grass grow more strongly since clover’s nitrogen-forming roots help feed the grass.

Clover flowers also attract bees, which improves pollination in your garden and neighbourhood.The only situation where clover should be avoided is where people in the home are allergic to bee stings.

Question: My friend gave me a tropical rubber-tree house plant. It contains a white, milky latex that drips everywhere if you injure the plant. It is growing very fast. I was going to move it outside to prune it, but it is way too heavy. When I cut off one branch before it touched my ceiling, the milky substance

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Wear gloves.

But be careful, Gillian.

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The carpet is a harder problem. It would be best to get a carpet cleaning firm in and see if they can handle it.

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My dad was born on Vancouver Island in Cumberland, near Courtenay and Comox.When Cumberland had a coal mine, it was one of the largest Chinatowns on the West Coast.

My dad lost his father in early childhood. His mother was left with six children to raise on her own.

But my grandmother’s life was difficult from the start.

At age nine, she was sold to a wealthy Chinese family that moved to Vancou-

ver. She worked throughout her childhood and was not taught English. She was married and had her first child at age 14. But my dad remembers her as being very good with her hands, a skilled chef and seamstress.

She managed to make ends meet and raise each of her children to be independent.

My dad worked throughout his childhood to support his family, finished school, studied auto mechanics and worked at Vancouver Motors downtown.

He saved enough to study science at UBC and dentistry at McGill.When he talks

about his childhood, he never complains about the prejudice he endured or the hardship his family suffered.

He talks about wonderful life experiences, his lifelong friends and the kindness of so many people along the way.

My mom was born in the Strathcona neighbourhood of Vancouver.When my mom was nine years old, she and her seven siblings were orphaned. Her oldest sisters were teenagers and her youngest brother was still in diapers.There was no extended family to help them.To keep the fam-

ily together, the oldest sisters decided they would all work to raise the rest of the family until the youngest finished school. My mom always taught me the value of a good family in which members are responsible for one another. Seventy-six years later, my aunts, uncles and cousins continue to celebrate the love of family at our annual Boxing Day party.

My parents’ stories could have been told with sadness or bitterness, but instead, they are stories of courage, Continued on page 40

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Family part of love cycle Continued from page 39 resilience, gratitude and love.The way they told their stories shaped how they lived their lives, related to others and raised our family.

My mom’s love for me was unconditional. She saw the best and expected the best of me.

My mom’s circle of concern continued to expand throughout her life. She had many friends and was involved in helping others in her United Church and community.

When she died unexpectedly from a cardiac arrest 12 years ago, I was overwhelmed with grief, but over time I realized that my mother’s greatest gift was still with me. It was her love, compassion and kindness. I could never give back all the

love that my mom had given me, but I was already giving it out and giving it forward.

I realized that what I feel towards my own children is the same love my mother gave to me, and if I teach them well, that same love will be given to others beyond my own lifetime.

Sixty per cent of our body is made up of water. It’s in each of our cells and in our circulation, but we don’t own that water.We consume it in our food and drink, we lose it through perspiration and elimination.

In school, we studied the water cycle.Water evaporates, condenses into clouds, precipitates as snow or rain, freezes, thaws, flows into rivers, lakes and oceans, continuously cycling around the globe.

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I see our selves as vessels of love, and we are part of the love cycle.We receive love from many people throughout our lives – friends, family, teachers and coaches – and it comes in many forms. It doesn’t always come unconditionally – it comes in many imperfect and human forms because we are imperfect and human, but still we receive love from infinite sources.

Love is not a finite resource. It is in us to give, and the giving of love does not diminish us but connects us and makes us stronger.

Dr. DavidicusWong is a family physician and his Healthwise columns appear regularly in this paper. For more, go to www.davidicus wong.wordpress.com.

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100 Braid Street Studios has carved out a creative space in a warehouse in Sapperton.

Owner Susan Greig opened 100 Braid Street Studios and Gallery at 200100 Braid St. in June 2014.

The business recently threw open its doors and held an

open house to give folks a chance to tour the studios, to allow people a chance to chat with artisans and artists working in the space and to watch demonstrations.

According to its mission statement, 100 Braid Street Studios aims to support artists and advance the knowledge and practice of both contemporary and traditional arts and craft in New

Artistic Matches Creating Sparks For the past month, artists in Dance, Comedy, Voice and Music from all over New Westminster have been getting acquainted with each other in preparation for a performance, Great Pairings – Eyes on the Future, showcasing the amazing talent that has graced the Massey stage.

Executive Director Jessica Schneider hatched the idea while planning the Massey’s 65th Anniversary. This Gala Performance is taking place at the Massey Theatre on Saturday, October 4th at 7:30 pm.

“There are many diverse performances at the Massey over time, but largely, the performers don’t meet or see each other’s work. What would it be like to ask them to spend some time together and get back to us with some collaborations that would never happen otherwise?” said Schneider. “I am thrilled with the connections being made and the performances we are going to see. It will be a night in the theatre like nothing we’ve had before.”

Great Pairings – Eyes on the Future brings together established cross-generational performing artists paired in interesting and exciting ways. The pairings include:

Westminster and the Lower Mainland. It seeks to create opportunities for artistic exploration and encourages the exchange of ideas.

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Amika Kushwaha is a performer, choreographer and instructor Fusion of Kathak, one of India’s 8 classical dance forms. Kushwaha Meet two of the six pairings is one of the few Kathak artists performing at the Gala. Tabla in Canada who pairs her master and vocalist Cassius performances with live musical Khan and classical guitar master Amika Kushwaha accompaniment that enables John Oliver are working moments of spontaneity so no together from a traditional two performances are ever the raga but the work is anything same. Joining her is Jesse Cahill, Cassius Khan but traditional! Cassius Khan, accomplished drummer working Internationally acclaimed master with top artists as Tilden Webb, performer, is the only profe Jodi Proznick, Jim Byrnes and sional performing artist in the many others. Jesse can be world who plays the Tabla and Jesse Cahill heard regularly on CBC Radio sings traditional Classical Ghazals One and Two. The two have been finding that (Urdu poetry) and Thumris they share a great deal in their artistic approaches (light classical compositions in and are opening up new facets in their work John Oliver Hindi) simultaneously. Pairing together creating a visual and a musical explosion with Khan is John Oliver, acclaimed musician of energy and expression. performs solo and chamber music on electric Enjoy a great evening of entertainment and and classical guitars. Both are working from a celebrate with the Massey. traditional raga but the work is anything but traditional! Some aspects of the collaboration For further information and tickets visit: will seem familiar, like the slow opening and www.masseytheatre.com or call 604-521-5050. progression – called ALAP in the Indian tradition – but this musical journey will be full of surprises Great Prices as East meets West. $15 for adults Another pairing is Kathak dynamo, Amika Kushwaha and jazz drummer extraordinaire

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Homecoming high: Above: From left, tight end Jasdeep Uppal, wide receiver Liam Mackay, offensive lineman Nolan Bellerose and senior wide receiver Kevin Osea stand at the ready before the varsity Hyacks’ homecoming game against G.W. Graham. From far left: running back Jordan Guzman dodges G.W. Graham’s defence; Erna Armstrong, 10, cheers on the boys in black and orange, and senior Hyack Guzman leads the team in a pre-game pep talk. PHOTOS

JENNIFER GAUTHIER

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Everything seemed to come together for the varsity Hyacks’ football team last week.

The boys in black and orange hosted their annual homecoming celebration and game on Friday night at Mercer Stadium.The New Westminster Secondary AAA team was up against the No. 2 AA varsity team,

G.W. Graham, a team coming off a 33-0 win over John Barsby from Nanaimo.

The Hyacks, meanwhile, were fresh off a loss the previous week against Terry Fox Secondary and definitely had something to prove.

Senior running back Jordan Guzman got things rolling early for the Hyacks, scoring a touchdown on a five-yard run in the first quarter to make it 7-0 for the home team.

“We played very well in the first half and kept the mistakes and penalties to a minimum.That’s how you need to play to beat good teams,” Hyacks head coach Farhan Lalji said.

In the second quarter, Trew Dancey scored the Hyacks’ second touchdown of the game to make it 14-3 for the Hyacks. Dancey’s goal was quickly followed by a third Hyack touchdown, this time scored by running

back Gurvir Ghuman, who ran for 32 yards to make it 21-3 at halftime.

That’s how you need to play to beat good teams.

Ghuman was named player of the game, Lalji said.The 5-10 and

175-pound senior rushed for a total of 70 yards during the game, hoisting the Hyacks to a game total 211 yards rushing.

During the second half, the Hyacks held G.W. Graham to 10 points, securing a 21-10 win over the visiting Chilliwack team.

“Graham was a very good challenge as expected, now it’s time to take advantage of the bye, come down from the homecoming cloud,

and get refocused on for the start of league play,” Lalji added.

The varsity Hyacks are off this week after four weeks of exhibition play.

They return to Mercer Stadium on Oct. 9 for their first game of the western conference regular season against Vancouver Island’s Belmont Secondary. Game time is 5 p.m.

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One tough little team

New West’s No. 1 u-9 boys’ field lacrosse team faced off against the visiting Delta Footmen at Queen’s Park on Sunday.The local boys beat Delta 13-3. “The kids had a great game, worked hard and played together. Everyone contributed,” said head coach Rich Peterson in an email.

– Cayley Dobie For the win: Clockwise from the top: Greyson Young tussles with an opposing player during Sunday’s u-9 field lacrosse match; Ryan Peterson tried to anticipate a pass from a Delta player; and Wren Granville evades a check, carrying the ball down field.

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Some Facebook users give Iwona Pierogis five-out-of-five stars, posting comments like “The pierogis here are phenomenal! Homemade, perfect taste and texture. Honestly, this place is my new favourite.”

Another comment reads “The real deal! If you want an authentic pierogi, you gotta eat here.”

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“Every month, we do much better than the last. We gave many say, ‘Oh, its just like coming to grandma’s house’” Madziag told the Record.“I think people enjoy the very intimate and warm atmosphere.”

The dining area is modest, with five tables that could seat 15 people. Antiques are scattered around the room, including a painting from 1892 and an old sewing machine.

The menu itself has something for everyone.You can choose from a list of 16 different pierogies, like sauerkraut and mushroom and potato and onion. If you don’t fancy dumpling or cabbage rolls, there’s also a variety of salads, paninis and soups.The red borscht has become the No. 1 seller!

Everything is made fresh in house, so you can expect authentic food. “We wanted to bring a pierogi place to New Westminster because there’s nothing really like this around here,” Mieszkowska said.

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