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South Delta inside
A DELTA OLYMPIAN IN RIO p4
Markus Thormeyer talks about Olympic journey
GROWING KNOWLEDGE p6
Kwantlen teams up with local First Nation
CREATIVE COP p12
Police constable writes second children's book
Super Seniors Fitness lifestyle challenges idea of what it means to be 'old' p8
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What is Something Good? The new Tsawwassen Mills mall opens in early October, ushering in a new shopping era in South Delta with more variety for consumers and jobs for residents.
Sarah Kelloway Publisher/Designer
but also Ladner Village and the Tsawwassen Town Centre Mall, and the tiny stores that make up the heart and soul of our economy.
I've heard a lot of concern over how this will change our community and whether it will harm smaller businesses. Like any kind of change, it can be scary to think about what we might lose. The truth is there are positives and negatives to anything in life, but I think if we focus on positives we can come out ahead.
Adrian MacNair Editor/Photographer
Where some see a problem I choose to see an opportunity. Let the new mall bring new visitors to our amazing playground, explore what we have to offer on 56th Street and Delta Street and all the Back Roads (literally). We can all worry about the future but it would be better to work together to help spread the word about all we have to offer in South Delta. We can do it! We will do it!
Promoting Tsawwassen and South Delta should be the priority, getting more people to visit, shop, play and enjoy what we have to offer. We want people to visit the new mall,
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For story ideas contact Adrian MacNair editor@somethinggoodmagazine.ca For advertising opportunities contact Sarah Kelloway publisher@somethinggoodmagazine.ca
Some good things to do
There’s always something interesting cropping up in South Delta. Check them out.
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12:00 PM - 03:00 PM HARVEST DAY Bring your family out to the Harris Barn at Hawthorne Grove Park for Harvest Day! Everyone is welcome to experience the wide variety of vendors, activities and booths available!
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The Rotary Club of Tsawwassen is proud to present their 5th annual Oktoberfest at South Delta Recreation Centre. Come and celebrate all things German! A limited number of tickets will be sold. Go to deltaoktoberfest.com for more information.
DELTA'S PHYSICAL LITERACY SUMMIT Learn the ABC's of physical literacy. You will leave with the knowledge, skills and tools to support physical literacy for the children in your life. Learn the tools for fostering fundamental movement and sports skills that will enable your children to lead an active, healthy lifestyle. Held at Seaquam Senior Secondary, 11584 Lyon Rd. Delta. Register online at physicalliteracydelta.com
WESTHAM ISLAND ANNUAL PUMPKIN PATCH OPEN AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29 QUIZ NIGHT The KinVillage Quiz has resurfaced once again to test your brains against the best in South Delta. Accepting teams of 4 at $40 per team. Quiz starts at 7 pm and the cash bar opens at 6:30. Phone your name, team name and contact number to Kin Village at 604-943-0225.
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Come and see Ladner's Halloween Headquarters! The Ellis family and staff love to celebrate Halloween and always provide amazing and fun fall displays for the occasion. Come see their annual display of "scarecrows" incorporating pumpkins, gourds, other farm products, implements and good old country humour. Check out the crowd of about 100 hand-carved pumpkins. These will be lit every night for the last ten days of October.
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highlight the best one. Each day seemed to top the last.
A Delta Olympian in Rio
Story and photography by ADRIAN MACNAIR
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hen speaking with Tsawwassen Olympian Markus Thormeyer, it's easy to forget I'm with one of the best swimmers on the planet. It's true that his six-foot-five height and athletic build hints at his abilities, but his soft-spoken and humble words betray no hint of ego. Markus, who turned 19 just four days after the Rio 2016 Olympics ended, represented Team Canada in the 4x100 freestyle relay, coming seventh in the world.
It was the culmination of a long journey that included seven years of training with the Winskill Dolphins here in Tsawwassen, a program that has turned out several world class swimmers. One of Markus' team Canada teammates in Rio, Noemie Thomas of Richmond, also trained at Winskill for years. "A lot of outstanding swimmers have come from
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this program because even though we don't have the best facility and all the top equipment, when I trained here I felt like it was such a small, tight-knit group and community that the coach could really work one on one with you," explains Markus. The Olympic Dream was something he says he could scarcely imagine five years ago, but that all changed as he trained harder and started placing well at competitions. At the Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games he won a bronze medal in 4x100m freestyles. But amazingly it was a loss that really bolstered his confidence.
Suffering from food poisoning, Markus came seventh in the 100m backstroke and was last to leave the pool. To his shock, he received a strong ovation from the crowd. "That was a low moment, but the whole country, or at least everyone in the OCTOBER 2016
stands and I'm sure a lot of people who know me in Tsawwassen, they still have my back," says Markus. "They weren't looking for an amazing performance, they were just supporting the athletes." Surprisingly, Markus says he wasn't actually that nervous at the Olympics because he'd already made his dreams come true back in April by qualifying. It was trying to get on Team Canada that made him so nervous he couldn't sleep at night.
"When I made the team it was like a huge weight was off my chest and I felt like I had no worries. Before it was like, oh no, what if I don't make the team? And then after it was, I'm going to go to Rio and do my best and perform my fastest." There were so many amazing moments in the whirlwind 16-day Olympic experience in Rio that it's hard for Markus to
Brazilians, he says, know how to celebrate and party and "everything was over the top". They would show up to events and shower the athletes with cheers regardless of who was competing.
"It was the loudest crowd I've ever heard in a pool. When I was swimming I'd just pretend they were cheering for me and that kind of hyped me up," says Markus, laughing.
Canada wasn't projected to make the podium, so when the team qualified fifth for the final race it was a huge confidence boost. Markus says he remembers the quiet moments in the ready room prior to the final as the four of them (Markus with Santos Condorelli, Yuri Kisil, and Evan van Moerkerke) psyched themselves up. "We were all there for each other in that moment. Then when we walked out the whole crowd went wild and I looked over into the stands and all the way at the top, way in the back I saw this blob of red going crazy. And I thought, yeah, that's my team." Markus did perform his fastest, as he promised himself, with a personal best of 48.29 seconds.
"Swimming's an individual sport but knowing that you have not only your teammates but the whole country watching and hoping you'll do the best you can do... that's really special."
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Growing knowledge At one time in history the competition of space between European agrarian practices and Indigenous hunting and gathering pushed apart civilizations. But today the two cultures are coming together to collaborate and learn from one another.
Kent Mullinix, director of the Institute for Sustainable Food Systems at Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU), says Tsawwassen First Nation (TFN) approached them in 2015 about developing an eight-hectare farm school on their agricultural lands. "This land that we're on is their traditional land and it has a great deal of meaning to them," says Kent. "So we're really just quite honoured to be able to work with the community to develop this farm and have this school." The Farm School is open first to
TFN members, second to indigenous peoples in the Lower Mainland, and third to KPU students. There, they learn about the science and business of sustainable farming, plus traditional perspectives on indigenous food systems.
"We believe the Tsawwassen people have a great deal to teach us about living, working with the land and nurturing it," says Kent. "By the same token the sustainable farming and food techniques can potentially contribute to the Tsawwassen people here in the twenty first century."
Dawn Morrison is an aboriginal instructor who teaches indigenous food systems at the school. The Secwepemc First Nation member has a background in horticulture, ethnobotany and restoration of natural systems and is the founder and director of the
Working Group on Indigenous Food Sovereignty.
"It's great there is a Coast Salish community showing some leadership on agriculture," says Dawn. "But indigenous food systems is a lot different than today's agriculture. The ways they intersect is what I bring to the work here." Dawn says the seasonal harvesting calendar and cultivation strategies applied in indigenous and European food systems happen at a different scale. Her goal is to teach indigenous students how to participate in the modern economy, while maintaining their traditional food ways.
The TFN Farm School produces organic eggs, free range pork, and a plethora of veggies. To order a weekly produce box for $25, visit kpu.ca/ tfnfarm/box-a-week.
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Trick or Treat:
Candy That’s Good for Your Teeth! Written by Dr. Jason Chan, General Dentist
Parents often come to me expressing concerns about their children eating too much candy after Halloween. As a father of two children, I know it’s not as simple as “don’t give them any”. One option is to replace sugar with xylitol, which comes from trees. Xylitol is used as a natural sugar replacement and can be found in some toothpastes, dental floss, gum and candies. It tastes sweet just like sugar! But xylitol is actually good for your teeth and prevents cavities. It’s important to understand how cavities form. When you eat, the bacteria in your mouth also eat. The bacteria eat sugars, and their waste product is acids. Acids cause your teeth to lose calcium, and eventually form holes that we call cavities.
Xylitol cannot be eaten by bacteria and doesn’t form acids. So it has all the benefits of tasting sweet, but none of the downsides of causing cavities. Xylitol has been used around the world for many years for its oral health benefits. For example, in Finland, the government buys xylitol candy and gives them to young
AS A fAther of tWo ChilDren, i knoW it’S not AS Simple AS “Don’t give them Any”. students after meals. They do this because research shows that xylitol can prevent cavities.
While xylitol is a great alternative, eating an excessive amount can have a laxative effect. It is also more
expensive than conventional candy and not available at all stores.
If you really can’t avoid the sugary stuff, there are a few things you can do to lessen the negative effects on your teeth. Try to decrease the frequency of eating sugars, or try to eat sugary foods with meals. This will ensure that your teeth are not constantly drenched in sugars and subsequently acids. Drinks lots of water after eating sugary foods to help water down the acids. Also avoid eating sugary foods close to nap or bedtime. Don’t forget to brush and floss! If you have any concern about your children’s teeth, you should make an appointment to visit a dentist as soon as possible.
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ON A TYPICAL DAY IN THE LIFE OF LENA GALAMINI, SHE'LL WAKE UP AT SIX IN THE MORNING AND GO RUNNING FOR AN HOUR. THEN SHE'LL COME HOME AND DO BETWEEN 100 AND 200 PUSHUPS, STRETCH, AND BEGIN WALKING TO WINSKILL AQUATIC AND FITNESS CENTRE WHERE SHE'LL SPEND A FEW MORE HOURS LIFTING WEIGHTS AND DOING ZUMBA OR YOGA. If this sounds like the workout routine of an athlete in their twenties you may be surprised to learn that Lena is 77 years old. She's also likely a lot healthier than your average twenty-year-old. Lena is one of several "super seniors" I've met in Tsawwassen, men and women who are shattering the stereotypes of what it means to be "old."
"If I keep healthy it's not a drain to my kids so they don't have to worry about me," explains Lena as she demonstrates a few yoga moves outside Winskill. "I don't care how good I look, how bad I look, that's not important to me. What's important is being healthy on the inside."
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says Turkan. "It's important for socializing, actually. Especially after I lost my husband two years ago. I had to do something to socialize, otherwise I would probably feel depression." Chatting with friends like Lena is a big motivation for many seniors who workout at Winskill.
A resident of Tsawwassen for the past 25 years, Lena suggests her propensity for fitness comes from being raised in Italy where walking everywhere is normal. But her thirst for exercise really began in her twenties while living in the tiny town of Kitimat in Northern B.C.
Ron Perozny, at just 73 years old, is the youngster in this group of mainly women. But he says he's in a good group of seniors where he's trying and learning new things that contribute to his health and well-being. Like yoga.
"At first I thought, wow I've done a mile running. Well then I was hooked on it. Then three miles, then six, then half marathon and full marathon."
Balancing work and play is important, adds Ron, who is semi-retired. He still works two days a week and the other five exercising. It's clear which one he prefers.
Her first goal was to run one mile around the track at the YMCA.
Not all of our super seniors began working out at a young age though. Turkan Shaw, 83, didn't really start exercising until she retired in 1995 and was looking for a way to keep active. She began with some light swimming at Winskill's pool, and then started lifting weights. Before she knew it she was doing step classes, yoga, and even line dancing at Kin Village. "I feel just wonderful, energized, and it motivates me,"
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"That is part of the social activity where you're working hard but before you know it the time is over. Winskill is a big part of my fitness."
"Workout shouldn't have the word 'work' in it. Because if you choose the right activity and environment then it's fun." Perhaps the most impressive member of these "super seniors" is Olga Crawford, who turns 92 years old next month, yet continues to workout regularly.
At her age, surely she's earned a chance to sit back and just relax? "So I've been told," says Olga, laughing. "But if you
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give up, you'll stiffen up too much. You feel better after exercising. I do. I might be tired but I still feel better."
Olga says people think she's lying about her age when they see her on the treadmill, lifting weights or "aquacizing" in the pool at Winskill. But she's got her husband of 63 years, Ralph, to back up her story. After all, she convinced him to come work out three days a week with her! Turkan says working out has kept her so healthy that she doesn't need to take any medication, which is rare for her age. She only sees her doctor once a year for a routine checkup. She does have some back problems from a nagging injury but refuses to stop working out for fear she will "stiffen up" and become frail.
you see different things in your mind like a beautiful tree or the sky is blue. So you don't think anymore what you were feeling before." Lena's eyes sparkle and she breaks into a wide smile.
"I feel healthy, I feel alive, and I don't care if death comes tomorrow. That's fine. So I take it day by day and I love life. When I cannot [exercise] anymore, well I will ask my 'boss' to take me," says Lena, pointing upwards and laughing.
PHOTO: LENA GALAMINI, 77, WITH RON PEROZNY, 73, AT WINSKILL PARK
"I don't pay attention, I just come, do my exercises and I feel healthier when I do these things."
Ron agrees that it's important to stay active and that some of the classes at Winskill, such as yoga, seem to be aimed at seniors with an emphasis on maintaining balance, to prevent those falls that can really be devastating. "I think we've all noticed you lose your balance as you get older," says Ron, who adds that keeping fit isn't just a personal benefit. It helps everybody to have a healthy community, including the taxpayer, who won't have to spend money on medication and accidents caused by frailty. "For every membership at Wins kill you probably save health care a bundle of money."
For Lena, she says the benefits go beyond the physical and help the brain as well. Seniors don't just get frail when they stop moving, they also suffer from isolation because they're unable to get out and about. Studies have shown even 15 minutes of exercise a day can reduce your chances of developing dementia by 45 percent, while working out three times a week could be more effective in relieving depression than doctor-prescribed medication. "When you're depressed, don't stay in the house," says Lena. "Go out and walk because the minute you step out
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Forever flying for us
Those who live in Delta may know Boundary Bay Airport as a hub for small twin engine airplane traffic and hobby flyers. But at one time in history the airport was a Canadian Forces training ground for airmen preparing to take the fight to the Axis Powers overseas.
Recently, the Corporation of Delta, in partnership with the Air Cadets and a funding grant from Veterans Affairs Canada, honoured the 75th Anniversary of the airport with a cenotaph at its entrance. "You know, until we started working with two local RCAF aviation historians, Mr. Michael DesMazes and Mr. Jerry Vernon, I’ll admit, that while I knew this airport had an outstanding military past, I wasn’t quite aware of just how much of a contribution it actually made to the war effort of World War II," said Delta Mayor Lois E. Jackson during her speech at the unveiling. The eight-foot tall granite cenotaph is situated directly in front of the entrance to the airport, a memorial that both chronicles Delta's rich aviation history and properly commemorates the 29 fallen airmen.
Mayor Jackson said that she was moved to provide such a memorial after visiting a Canadian cemetery in Holland two years ago where the graves of 1,400 soldiers are marked by a
grateful nation liberated by the Allies.
"I vowed we would create a place here at Boundary Bay where we, too, could reflect upon this history and respect those who made the final sacrifice for us." RCAF Station Boundary Bay opened April 10, 1941, training thousands of pilots to fly on missions all over the world. Airmen who trained in Delta found themselves in all theatres of the war, from the deserts of North Africa to the jungles of Burma, and, of course, the busy skies over Europe. The land upon which the new cenotaph stands, which includes a new Air Cadet Commemorative Pathway, was donated by Alpha Aviation and Humphrey Construction managed the project at cost.
Celebrating Delta’s Aviation Legacy On September 18, 2016, Delta Council and Chief Administrative Officer George V. Harvie rededicated the new Boundary Bay Airport Cenotaph and officially opened the Air Cadet Commemorative Pathway to the public. The monument and pathway were created to mark the 75th Anniversary of both the Boundary Bay Airport and the Air Cadet League of Canada. Mayor Lois E. Jackson and Delta Council invite you to the Boundary Bay Airport to step back in time along the pathway to read and view photographs that tell the history of Boundary Bay Airport over the last 75 years.
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s I'm speaking to Delta Police Constable Grayson Smith I'm not sure whether he realizes he has a lot in common with the protagonist of his new children's book, There's a Norseman in the Classroom! The children's book portrays a large, unwieldy Norseman who comes to a Grade 2 class and finds it rather difficult to convince his classmates he's a harmless and friendly kid like them. Grayson is similarly intimidating in his police uniform and imposing size, but I get the sense he's a bit of a softie like his Norseman character.
"I am not very good in front of people," confesses Grayson. "I get kind of nervous and tongue-tied. But when I'm in my comfort zone I think I'm silly and fun." So, what prompted a police constable to pen a children's book? As Grayson tells it, the idea began when his wife, who is a Grade 2 teacher, would come home with wild stories of classroom "offences." "And frankly they just struck me as quite funny, like a snack thief or some sort of drama that was brewing at the Grade 2 level," he says.
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The idea planted in his brain to then take a creature or monster who would come to a classroom where he clearly didn't seem to belong. It didn't take long before Grayson felt this was a great teaching opportunity of the old adage, you can't judge a book by its cover. "It morphed into a focus of somebody who just comes across differently. What would happen if somebody who had just come out of the wilds, essentially, who looks all mean and scary but actually is a good, gracious guy?"
Grayson initially thought about a hulking Viking, but changed it to a Norsemen to avoid any negative historical connotations. And if you're curious about who or what a Norseman is, there's even an educational component about them after the story ends. This is actually Grayson's second children's book. Five years ago he was trying to think of a Christmas gift for his niece that might not become immediately obsolete or disposable and decided to write his own book. And when he realized how hard it is to get a book published, he did the next best thing: He created his own publishing house. Flight of the Mite was released in
October 2013 by Peppermint Toast Publishing, which has since published five more books including other authors. Does that mean the good constable is ready to trade his badge for a pen? Not quite yet.
"I love writing," he explains. "If someone paid me a cop's wage to be a writer I would do it. If someone paid me a cop's wage to be a children's author, oh man, I would crack out all kinds of stories."
A portion of the proceeds of Flight of the Mite was donated to BC Children's Hospital in Vancouver, while buyers of his newest book can expect some of that money to see its way to the Special Olympics. Grayson explained that the charity is near and dear to his heart as police the world over take part in the Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run to help fund sporting events for the intellectually disabled.
"I'm happy to say I have some friends in the Special Olympics who compete so that's been a growing and natural investment," he says. You can order Grayson's books right from his website at pepperminttoast.com.
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Something Social The origins of TOOB date back to the fall of 1984 over pints at the local Rose and Crown pub, where watering hole regular Wally Hill suggested collecting Christmas hampers for the less fortunate in South Delta. Some time previous to this Wally had met a visitor from Australia belonging to an organization calling themselves the International Order of Old Bastards. And so the Bastards were born here in South Delta.
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Up until 2000, the Order’s main mandate was delivering up to 140 Christmas grocery hampers each year, but that has since been turned over to Deltassist. These days TOOB has used community donations to support local causes and organizations such as community centres, hospice, REACH Society, the hospital and others.
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You can expect to see TOOB at Ladner Band Fest in June or the Tsawwassen Sun Festival in August, cooking up hamburgers, smokies and their famous curly fries.
So, what does it take to make a good Bastard? Many members are those transitioning from full-time work to part-time or retirement, and are looking to increase their social circle as they age out of the workforce. But despite the name, nobody to be "old" or a "bastard." They accept younger people, with some members joining in their early thirties, and they even opened up their ranks to female members in 2015. Prospective Bastards can visit toobnews.ca to learn more or to reach out for membership information.
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Clockwise from top left: Katie McGuire at Earthwise Gardens, Tracy Neff and Tony Barton at Day at the Farm, participants from Terry Fox Run in Tsawwassen, children at Ladner's Delta Street Opening celebration, and (centre) a member of the Delta Police Pipe Band at the Cenotaph unveiling. Photos by Adrian MacNair.
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