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An icy challenge for Dad Jack Evans’ family hosts a neighbourhood ice-bucket challenge at Surrey’s Sullivan Park, attracting attention from many people, including the city’s acting mayor KYLE BENNING, 5

Colleen Evans shows a range of emotions as she does the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge in honour of her father, Jack, who has been suffering from the disease for two-and-a-half years. Evans and her family completed the challenge last Wednesday at Sullivan Park in Surrey. (Photos: KYLE BENNING)

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SURREY — With the start of the school year still in doubt and the teachers and province supposedly engaged in negotiations, Surrey parents are growing increasingly concerned that their kids won’t be able to get in the classroom on time. “It’s not looking optimistic but I’m really hoping they can find a way to make it happen,” said Bob Holmes, co-president of the Surrey District Parent Advisory Council. “We have a week left and this will be the fourth school year to be affected by job action.” According to Holmes, parents just want some sort of a deal to be reached as the prospect of heading into another year of job action won’t be helping students at all. “We all feel the kids are the ones most affected by this and we want them to be able to get back into school again,” said Holmes, adding, “Another group that really gets hurt by this are vulnerable families where parents are out there working and they don’t have the money to be putting kids in daycare or taking time off work, and if they got hit hard in June for them to be hit hard again with this, what are they to do with their kids?” In response to school possibly not starting on time, several organizations have come forward offering day camps if school does not begin. Surrey YMCA will be offering day camps for children ages 5 to 12 that will run from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on what would normally be school days. The YMCA camps will offer sports, physical activity and inside and outside time. Registration for those sessions will be limited and information is available at Vanymca.org. At the City of Surrey, several types of day camps will be held for families looking to keep their kids (ages 5 to 12) occupied during the times they’d normally be spending in the classroom. “We have quite a bit planned and just

Teachers picket at a Surrey’s Queen Elizabeth Secondary school in June. (File photo: MATT LAW) posted all of that information on our website,” said Laurie Cavan, the city’s general manager of parks and recreation. “We had ran some day camps in June when the kids were unexpectedly out of school as well so what we’ve done is continue to offer that same type of programming this fall.” According to Cavan, planning for the September day camps began a few weeks ago. Given that school is not starting on time was a very real possibility, “We thought it would be in the best interest of the community to

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VANCOUVER — Back in the Bard’s day, men snagged all of the roles at the famed Globe Theatre, including those written for women. In fact, females weren’t allowed on the stage at all, often making for a hilarious farce of bearded men playing less attractive female characters – like the witches in Macbeth – or feminizing actors to play attractive parts like that of Cleopatra. Christina Wells-Campbell, a Surrey resident and longtime actor and director, is turning that on its head with her new theatre group, Classic Chic Productions. The venture brings together all-female casts for productions of classic Shakespeare works, a twist on the patriarchal traditions of yore. “It came about because there were roles that I wanted to play and that I was never going to be able to play as a woman,” WellsCampbell told the Now. “There are roles that I think that are written for men, but that explore questions of being a human being that aren’t often written for women, at least from the classics. I wanted the opportunity to explore that.”

Officer, Alchemist, Cleomenes, Dion, Emilia and Paulina (played by Donna Soares, Sharon Bayly, Julia Siedlanowska, Jalen Saip, Joanna Redfern and Christina Wells Campbell) in Classic Chic’s recent production of The Winter’s Tale. Classic Chic recently presented The Winter’s Tale, which ran nightly at Vancouver’s PAL theatre from July 26 to Aug. 9. The cast included 21 female actors, playing both male and female roles. “There are so many more women actors

around than there are men, and there’s so many more roles for men than there are for women and that means that we don’t get to practice our craft,” Wells-Campbell admitted earnestly. “Often, we don’t have access to those roles that really explore the

full range of our humanity – that’s what it stemmed from.” The Winter’s Tale was Classic Chic’s first production, and many of the shows were sold-out over the course of its run. So far, the company’s artistic director has been happy with the outcome. And while it might seem a tad ironic to be presenting the play in the midst of summer, Wells-Campbell and crew felt that The Winter’s Tale was a good fit for the group’s inaugural production. “We’ve been getting some good reviews and the audience seems to be enjoying themselves,” she said during the run. “(The Winter’s Tale) really takes you on a big journey. At the end, you feel like you’ve been to a Hamlet or a Lear where there’s a lot of dead bodies but it leaves you with a lot of hope. It really takes you places.” While the road ahead for Classic Chic and women playing Shakespeare looks good, Wells-Campbell doesn’t want all of the group’s productions to be marked by the perceived irony. “My hope is we’re able to move beyond the gimmick of it, I think that people can just come and enjoy the story and forget that it’s a woman playing a man. I don’t want that to matter in the end,” she said. kalexandra@thenownewspaper.com

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NEWTON — A neighbourhood came out to support one of their own who suffers from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) by hosting an ice bucket challenge of its own. Jack Evans, 78, has been suffering from ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, for a little over two-and-a-half years, and when the ice bucket challenge went viral, his son and daughter – John and Colleen – created an event to raise money and awareness. On Wednesday (Aug. 20), the Evans family hosted an ice-bucket challenge at Sullivan Park with more than 30 of their closest friends, families and neighbours coming to participate and donate to the cause. “A lot of people have been saying that it’s just showmanship being couched as philanthropist activities, and a lot of people are naysaying the whole thing that it’s just a bunch of hype and it doesn’t mean anything,” Colleen said. “But I actually see that differently because there hasn’t really been a whole lot of awareness about ALS. A lot of people have no idea what it actually really means. “We’ve encountered an awful lot of doctors in this whole experience with my dad, and most of them have never had an ALS patient before. They don’t know a whole lot about it. His nurses are unfamiliar with what his symptoms would be like,” she added. ALS is a disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. The disease progressively

degenerates motor neurons, which deteriorates the spinal cord and muscles through the body. As the motor neurons fail, the brain is unable to control muscle function, which can lead to patients eventually coming paralyzed. Jack said that pouring a bucket of ice water over your head gives people an idea of what people suffering from ALS go through on a regular basis. “I’m on no medication right now,” the 78-year-old said. “This disease bumps your nervous senses up 300 per cent. It’s just like putting me in a big ice cube.” Before retiring, Jack was a lineman for BC Hydro. His son, John, said it was hard to see the transformation his father has gone through. “He went from a very strong man to a frail individual. It’s hard to see,” said John. “I’m here for all of the patients with ALS. It’s not just my dad. There are a lot of other people out there that need the support, too,” he added. The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge started in early August and first began with people taking the option to donate money toward the ALS Association or to take a video of them dumping a bucket of ice water on themselves before nominating three people to partake in the challenge. As of Aug. 22, the campaign has raised more than $53 million. After a 24-hour period, the Evans raised more than $1,200. A local company, Champions in Sports, said they would match the donations made toward the Evans’ event. For more information, visit Alsa.org. kyle.benning@gmail.com

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The Evans family prepares for the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge put together at Surrey’s Sullivan Park in honour of Jack Evans (foreground), who is currently suffering from ALS. (Photo: KYLE BENNING)

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SURREY — Surrey’s Alyssa Gutierrez has been performing as a singer since she was a toddler. With 13 years of performance under her belt, it’s not a huge surprise that the natural-born singer snagged first place at the PNE’s final Star Showdown last Wednesday. Alyssa, 16, placed first in the youth division Star Showdown on Aug. 17, which brought her into Wednesday’s finals. “(My mom) sang to me while I was in the womb, and then when I was born and I was growing up to be a toddler, I would sing the same songs and she’d be like ‘How do you remember that?’” Alyssa told the Now. The Holy Cross Regional Secondary student performed a cover of Alicia Keys’“If I Ain’t Got You” when she placed first against nine other competitors in the Youth Division on Aug. 17. “Honestly, when I received the prize I was really shocked. It was a fair game because the amount of talent that I saw was just unbelievable,” she said. In the final round at the PNE’s Chevrolet Performance Stage, she beat out competitors

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Devon Busswood and Colin Bullock. In an interview preceding her win, Alyssa said that if she snagged the $5,000 first prize, she’d be sending some of that cash to her family “back home” – in the Philippines, where the

singer was born. She’s also starring in an upcoming musical called Right Here, Write Now, which will raise relief funds for people in the Philippines. The show, in its second year, will kick off Nov. 16 at River Rock Show Theatre in Richmond. Two additional shows will be performed at Surrey’s Bell Performing Arts Centre on Nov. 29, at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. “The story is about a group of friends who are graduating university, and on their graduation day, they were recalling all of their life stories,” she said. “My character, Maria, realizes that, ‘Oh, do I have a story?’ The whole musical revolves around her trying to find her story and near the end she does find it, but it’s not the story she expects.”

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SURREY — Over the past six months, job growth in Canada has been predominantly stagnant, compared with the continuous rise Statistics Canada reported from 2009 until around the start of 2013. The job market in B.C. was similarly sluggish overall, and for British Columbians between the ages of 15 and 24, unemployment has only recently edged down below 12 per cent after hovering at that rate or higher since last year. So if there’s one demographic in Surrey that should be paying close attention to job numbers, it’s the city’s youth. Right now, one in three Surreyites is under the age of 19, making the city one of the youngest in the country. As this massive demographic enters the working world or post-secondary education, a question arises: Where do these people fit into a world where jobs are hard to come by and university is both expensive and academically challenging to get into? A recent Surrey School District survey showed that from 2005 to 2008, there was a 10 per cent increase in the number of Grade 12 students planning for postsecondary studies. The City

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Safety rules without oversight mean very little When a railcar loaded with crude oil crashed and exploded in the centre of a small Quebec town last summer, the country was riveted – and rightly horrified. The incident destroyed much of downtown Lac Mégantic and killed 47 people. It was, by damage and death toll, the worst rail accident in Canada’s history. It was also, according to critics of the country’s rail system, a tragic spotlight on just how destructive such an event can be, despite its rarity. It’s unusual that an accident has just one cause, and the recently released Transportation Safety Board report on the Lac Mégantic disaster confirms that everything from human error to mechanical problems played into the catastrophe. But among the most damning was their conclusion that lax safety practices – by the railway company itself, but also in follow-up and enforcement by Transport Canada – played a key role. Locally, railway traffic has largely been a source of conflict due to noise and rumbling for residents living nearby. But derailments are possible anywhere – yes, we’ve had some here, though luckily they’ve been benign in content and no one was injured – and the Lac Mégantic report has left us wondering why the powers that be have left so much oversight to the companies themselves. The federal transportation minister told media last week that, in terms of railway safety, “the government puts the rules in place. The companies are expected to follow the rules.” That’d be a great way to manage things for industries in which no human life or the environment is at potential risk or where profit over safety could never be a pressure. But transportation? Railways? Direct, enforced oversight is critical, even if it costs us money to do it right. One thing we know for certain is that no investigation and no report – no matter how thorough, how damning, how full of recommendations for the future – can undo a disaster once it has occurred.

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Port decision doesn’t answer majority of concerns The Editor, While perhaps it’s no surprise that Port Metro Vancouver has rubberstamped approval of its tenant Fraser Surrey Docks (FSD) becoming a conduit for American thermal coal on its journey to Asia, it is shortsighted for several reasons. The public, by an approximate 3,500 to six margin in December 2013, submitted comments about the proposal based on wide concerns over the inadequacy of environmental and, especially, health-impact assessments. Port Metro’s response was to delay approval and state they would require FSD to do further health review. Nothing in last week’s announcement suggests the review, which was done

behind closed doors and with no public or health authority consultation, has answered the vast majority of concerns. Regardless of any claims to the contrary, Port Metro and Fraser Surrey Docks ignored this request – refusing to take advice from our public-health experts. A study replicating the same conditions of the FSD proposal, done in Seattle by Dr. Jaffe of the University of Washington, resulted in significant health concerns over the extensive impact of coal dust and diesel particulates. Elevated cancer and lung impairment risks were some of the findings. In a democracy, we expect business to be conducted, however it is incumbent

upon those proposing large-scale enterprises such as this to be required to carry out full-scale and independent assessments of the health impacts of such proposals. We only have to look at the recent devastation from the Mount Polley mine tailing’s disaster to see the consequence of not doing due diligence. A normally restrained Canadian electorate is growing weary of this lack of government oversight. People should remember that, in spite of this being under Port Metro auspices, our provincial Ministry of Health has the authority to call for a review if there are perceived threats to the public. That is a role the public expects our government to fill. Steven Faraher-Amidon, Surrey

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hile our provincial politicians slumber (with several notable exceptions) on the summer barbecue circuit, our federal party leaders have been busy in this province. The past couple of weeks have seen Prime Minister Stephen Harper, NDP leader Thomas Mulcair and Liberal party leader Justin Trudeau all visit B.C., an indication perhaps that all three see winning certain seats here as critical to forming government come the next election. Of course, conventional wisdom is that southern Ontario and Quebec hold the keys to winning a federal election, but in a close race a number of B.C. ridings could spell the difference between forming a majority government and a minority one. This province will have six additional ridings (giving us 42 in all) come the next election, which makes B.C. even more coveted by federal political parties. Recent opinion polls suggest Trudeau and his federal Liberals are tops in popularity across the country, with the NDP running slightly ahead of the ruling Conservatives. But, as everyone in this province is well aware, polls don’t have a spotless track record in predicting election outcomes. And in this province, it would take a significant shift in voting patterns to deny the Conservatives a majority of B.C. seats in the 2015 election. The party currently holds 21 of 36 seats, and the additional ridings, coupled with the redrawing of electoral boundaries, favours that party more than the others. In fact, transposing the votes from the last election over

the new ridings would give the Conservatives 28 of 42 seats. And most of the Conservative-held seats were won by large margins. Those transposed results show the party has support of more than 50 per cent of the voters in 17 ridings. But if the polls are correct and the Conservatives are indeed losing support, the party could be vulnerable in four of the new ridings and perhaps a couple of others. The party most likely to benefit from any Conservative slippage is the NDP, as it finished well ahead of the Liberals in the ridings that may become competitive in 2015. This will explain why Mulcair may spend a disproportionate amount of time in this province in the run-up to the next campaign. The federal NDP has some challenges in other provinces, notably Quebec, where it unexpectedly won most of the seats in the last election. One of its Quebec MPs has quit the caucus over Mulcair’s position on Israel, and polls suggest the Liberals have surged to even strength with the NDP in that province. Mulcair’s problems over his Mideast policy threaten to expand beyond losing a Quebec MP. Many left-wing ideologues in his party strongly oppose Israel on any issue, and back policies that favour Palestine. In fact, the further left side of the party is uncomfortable with Mulcair’s push for more pragmatic and centrist policies designed to expand the party’s appeal. They point to the party’s dismal results in recent byelections in Ontario and the recent provincial election as proof that such an approach doesn’t work. But for all his troubles in Quebec and Ontario, Mulcair would seem to be on firmer ground in B.C., and his party has a reasonable chance of building on the 12 seats it currently holds. As for the federal Liberals, it will

This province will have six additional ridings (giving us 42 in all) come the next election, which makes B.C. even more coveted by federal political parties. take a complete re-enactment of Trudeau-mania for the party to find much success in this province. Justin Trudeau may visit this province many times in the next year or so, but his party’s dismal support among B.C. voters has got to be discouraging for him. His party holds only two B.C. ridings, and those transposed results suggest the party is competitive in just three others. Of course, Trudeau has improved his party’s fortunes a great deal according to those national opinion polls, and it stole a seat from the NDP in Trinity-Spadina in a federal byelection in impressive fashion. Trudeau’s youth is no doubt appealing to many people, particularly younger ones. But as the BC NDP painfully learned in the last election campaign in this province, most young people don’t vote. Nevertheless, Trudeau will be visiting B.C. quite a bit in the year ahead, as will Mulcair and Harper. There are about 15 or so ridings that stand a chance of swinging from one party to another in 2015. And winning those seats may determine whether one of those leaders forms a majority or minority government. Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global BC. Keith.Baldrey@globalnews.ca

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Letters The Editor, Re: “Food cart failure in Surrey,” Our View, the Now. Aug. 21. Thanks for shedding light on it. I had been wondering, “Where are they?” Last I read was that the food trucks were going to be in Holland Park. I missed the opening Friday and I thought I’d go there on Sunday. There was no sign of them. The past weekend, I drove by there on my way somewhere. I could see something on the south side of the park, behind the waterfall wall. I wondered if it was the food trucks – why are they back there away from the front side of the park? Next day, no sign of them. Earlier reports had said they will be in front of city hall. There is no free parking anywhere in the area, and I wondered how they expect public to patronize them. You also mentioned North Surrey Rec Centre parking lot. There is only pay or controlled parking there. It is not conducive to people just dropping by. Car is still the king south of the Fraser. You are right. The food truck program has been a bust. Dave Bains, Surrey

Port decision a ‘fiasco’ The Editor, I am hoping one of your reporters might like to follow up on what can only be described as a ridiculous fiasco. You are aware that Port

Metro Vancouver has just approved a permit for Fraser Surrey Docks to install a coal-transfer facility, despite widespread public and professional opposition. It came to my attention that the Oregon Department of State Lands has just denied Ambre Energy’s request to install a coal-transfer facility at Port of Morrow, Boardman, on the Columbia River. So here we have two salmon bearing rivers, one American and one Canadian, to transfer millions of tonnes of U.S. coal. The U.S. says no and Canada says no problem. Even Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber urged rejection of the project. Why haven’t our civic leaders gone to bat for us? David Gibbs, Surrey

Where should problems go? The Editor, I just read the latest Now newspaper. Newton is complaining about being responsible for providing the City of Surrey with the bulk of Surrey’s correctional services to all of Surrey’s other communities. The businesses on 135A Street complaining about the fence the city put up, because now the street people are defecating on their door steps. My question to the good people of Newton and the businesses on 135A Street is, where do you want all of this to go? Which community in Surrey would you like these problems sent to so that you don’t have to deal with them? Garry Pederson

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SURREY — Following the decision by Port Metro Vancouver Thursday to approve a proposed coal transfer facility for Fraser Surrey Docks, municipalities and community stakeholders have been weighing in on the decision. In Surrey, Coun. Linda Hepner, who is the city’s current acting mayor, said she’s disappointed by the decision considering all the calls for an independent third-party health assessment. “We were unanimously opposed until certain things had been addressed, and one was the health-impact assessment,” said Hepner, who’s also running for mayor this fall. “I believe that Metro will say that they’ve done a health-impact. But we asked for an independent assessment which I have yet to see.” Hepner also noted that rail safety remains a concern for Surrey, given that this will increase train traffic in the city’s south. “Without a better understanding of what that means to our slope stability in the vulnerable areas of the city, primarily that’s going to be South Surrey and Crescent Beach…those are still issues in my mind that have not been satisfied at all,” she said. In White Rock, the rail traffic issue is also top of mind as they’ve been dealing with it on top of pedestrian access to the beach and the transportation of dangerous goods throughout the community. “Well we’re very disappointed but I would have to say it was not an unexpected decision,” said White Rock Mayor Wayne Baldwin. “Port Metro Vancouver’s mandate is to make money and to create jobs and this does probably both. The fact that it disturbs our community greatly is not a concern of theirs necessarily so I understand how these things work.” While municipalities like Surrey and Delta had been conditionally opposed to the facility while requesting more research be done on

A coal train rolls past the pier in White Rock. Last Thursday, the coal transfer facility proposed for Fraser Surrey Docks was approved. (Photo: CHRISTOPHER POON) the health impacts of coal transportation and the community, White Rock flat-out rejected the idea of building the facility. Baldwin said for White Rock, the issue simply adds to the already increasing issues residents have to face with the railroad. “It’s definitely an issue with respect to train frequency and more trains a day and that’s nothing we need, that’s for sure,” he said. “So the additional vibration, whistling and all the rest of it is not going to be welcomed by our community.” The project will also see an increase of 640 coal trains come through White Rock, Surrey and Delta in the first year, which is set to double in years two-to-five. “People say ‘You live by a railroad track, what do you expect.’ Well, that’s kind of like saying ‘You live by road, why would you complain if that road changes from a country lane to four-lane highway?’” said Baldwin. “That’s basically what we’re facing here and our country road is definitely becoming a four-lane highway.” And over at the Surrey Board of Trade,

which had been in favour of the facility, CEO Anita Huberman said they were satisfied with the decision. “We at the board of trade are an organization that supports business and attracts business to the city,” she said. “So in the long term we know that it will not only create jobs for the coal shipping side of Fraser Surrey Docks, but it’s an international gateway, this docking facility, so I think other business opportunities will arise as a result of this. “I just think this will continue to build jobs and enhance Surrey’s visibility as an international gateway so we are very pleased.” However, for opponents such as Paula Williams, founder of the resident group Communities and Coal, the decision came as an obvious but unsurprising disappointment. “We’re not surprised, I think that Port Metro Vancouver just did the dance,” said Williams. “They say this was a two-year process and they did a very thorough review, but the only reason it took two years is because of all the pressure and roadblocks

that the public and various levels of government and other bodies put in front of them. It was more like a public relations nightmare for them, not necessarily the review.” And despite the decision, Williams said she’s looking at the positives, such as how the community was able to come together over the issue. “I think we accomplished a lot and brought a lot of attention to this and will continue to fight,” she said. “We’re not going to back down and continue to work for an independent health assessment for the entire coal traffic corridor.” As well, Williams is hopeful that there are still some hurdles for FSD to overcome before their project can proceed. “There are still two things Fraser Surrey Docks still needs to get, a waste water discharge permit in order to discharge the contaminated water after they spray the coal, and they also need the air quality permit,” said Williams, noting that Metro Vancouver needs to grant those. “So there are still two things on the table that could impact this proposal.” Looking forward, Williams said the community would continue to combat the coal issue throughout the region and that this wasn’t the end. “In my opinion this is just the beginning of my group and a number groups like this that are representing people from their communities,” she said. “We’re not going to back down and will continue to work for an independent health assessment for the entire coal traffic corridor.”

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from $105 million annually to $123 million annually and I then see that someone else is going down, that really gives me great concern,” she said of the budget cuts. “So I wanted to know, and the OIC will be determining, how that may affect us.” Hepner said she plans to work with the OIC, and other mayors and councils. She said the city “cannot continue to accept downloading.” “If that’s what it translates into, that would be unacceptable. We have to draw line.” Hepner she will be “strongly, definitely, purposefully, quickly” lobbying the province to reverse its decision. “We didn’t have any prior knowledge that this was going to happen. And I think therein lies a significant element of concern. We need to know what their intentions are and to be able to advocate for those before they happen, not after they happen. We’re partners in this and we need to build that partnership to be able to have those conversations early and to be able to affect the decision, not respond to the action.” Surrey RCMP Sgt. Dale Carr said the cuts don’t have a direct effect to any of the city’s police because of the municipal contract the detachment has with the city. “Sort of, on the upside, if there is an upside to when things get cut, is if there are positions that are eliminated through these provincial cuts, we stand, as do other detachments, to gain some of that experience.” The detachment may look at recruiting some of those who lose their jobs to “bring that experience to Surrey.”

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NEWTON — Jasneet Nijjar hasn’t had to memorize her locker combination, find her classrooms or carry all of her textbooks home yet, but she has already beaten high school students at the national track and field meet. Nijjar, who just graduated from Cindrich Elementary, took home a silver medal in the 300-metre dash at the 2014 Legion National Youth Track & Field Championships at Langley’s McLeod Athletic Park. And despite being just 13 years old, Nijjar competed in the Under 16 division and was able to capture second-place with a time of 40.59. She was a second-and-a-half behind gold medalist Victoria Tachinski and eight-tenths of a second ahead of Sarah Bellemare-Ferland, who finished third. Nijjar said she feels more challenged competing with older girls at the national championships. “Usually at these track meets, it used to be me running alone. At nationals, it was a new experience. A lot of people (were) the same speed, so it made for a battle at the end. “It’s pretty tough, but you get new (personal bests) running against older girls. When you’re talking to them, you can ask them a lot of questions and you just get used to how it’s like to compete at a high level,” she said. Nijjar, who will be attending Queen Elizabeth Secondary next year, won eight gold medals for Universal Athletics Club (UAC) at the 2014 B.C. Junior Development Championships. She entered eight events. Two of the medals were in relay races, while the other six where in the 100 metres, 200 metres, 300 metres, 80-metre hurdles and 200-metre hurdles. Katarina Vlahovic, one of Nijjar’s teammates at UAC, also stood on the podium at the national championships, which took place from Aug. 15 to 17. The Fraser Heights Secondary Grade 8 student won two bronze medals in the 200metre dash and the 80-metre hurdles. Vlahovic edged the bronze by fourhundredths of a second with a time of 25.82. She only lost to gold medalist Xahria Santiago by three-tenths of a second.

Jasneet Nijjar (left) and Katarina Vlahovic of Surrey-based Universal Athletics Club are two sprinters pushing girls two and three years older than them off the podium at provincial and national track meets. (Photo: KYLE BENNING) She won her 80-metre hurdles bronze in similar fashion, beating out the pack by five-hundredths of a second with final time of 11.82. Arielle Bykovskaia-Domin took the gold, beating Vlahovic by half-asecond. Vlahovic was also competing against girls older than her, but notices that her training helped give her an advantage. “We train almost every single day,” she said. “Some days are harder than other days, but I really do enjoy it because I can notice the progress in my speed and my form.” Jessie Dosanjh, the head coach of UAC, said their training requires discipline and persistence but they are enjoying their time with the club. “It’s not easy when they’re getting up in the early morning, 5:30 in the gym,” said Dosanjh.

“They are really talented kids. We are lucky to have them. They are very easy to train. They are very dedicated. They’re having fun. They’re improving every day,” he added. Dosanjh also said the reason for his team’s success is for putting athletes on individual training programs. “Each individual progresses if you have a program for them. Every single kid enjoys it if you have an individual program for (him or her). Each kid needs special attention,” Dosanjh said. Both Nijjar and Vlahovic were a part of UAC’s relay team that finished in sixth at the national championships. For more information, visit UAC’s website at Universalathletics.ca or call Jessie Dosanjh at 604-763-4232.

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I’m ecstatic to have gotten Now contributor to play in a world cup Twitter @KBBenning final and receive that silver medal,” wrote Sugawara. “That game will be one PARIS, FRANCE of my best memories of — Four years ago, the playing rugby, despite its national rugby team outcome. I am so thankful finished a “disappointing” to all the fans at home sixth place. This year, the that cheered for us, sent us team made it to the final. messages and supported Canada lost 21-9 us throughout this whole to England in the IRB journey,” Sugawara added. Women’s Rugby World Being Cup on Aug. 17 the best in the French second-place capital. team in the Julia tournament Sugawara, after the Semiahmoo round robin, Secondary Team Canada graduate and qualified for Team Canada the semifinal, veteran, made Julia Sugawara where they the World played the hosts in a nailCup team for the third biter. consecutive time. Canada led late in Sugawara, who plays the game, but France club with Burnaby Lake, scored a try and had the said the national team has opportunity to tie the a lot to be proud of. game with a conversion. “It feels bittersweet at “Once she missed (the the moment, but as time conversion) and we saw passes, it feels better and how little time was left better,” Sugawara wrote in and how close we were an email to the Now. “It to winning, we were was tough to be so close to taking the cup and not win determined to play smart the match, but we achieved and continue to keep them off the scoreboard until that so much just getting to the whistle,” Sugawara wrote. final.” Despite getting a tie in Prior to leaving for the tournament, Sugawara said their round-robin game, she wanted to “bring home Team Canada was unable to keep up with England. a souvenir” from France. Prior to this “I think I would have tournament, Canada’s best preferred that big shiny finish at the world cup drinking vessel that was was fourth. hanging around our pitch during the last game, but kyle.benning@gmail.com Kyle Benning

Surrey Eagle player and his pal get laughs with weekly photos that recreate famous movie posters

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SOUTH SURREY — Every Monday over the summer, Surrey Eagles’ forward Ben Vikich posted a photo to his Instagram account that left thousands of his followers in stitches. Vikich is half of the brains behind the hashtag #MovieStarMondays, where he and his friend Dean Allison recreate movie posters. Their “B-grade” imitations of the posters have caught the attention of Sports Illustrated’s Extra Mustard Blog, TSN’s BarDown site, CBS Sports and the popular sports news site Bleacher Report. All of the media attention has taken Vikich’s Instagram account past the 2,000 followers mark. The whole campaign started out of pure boredom. “One Monday afternoon, we both got home from the season and nothing was going on. We thought we’d take an Instagram (picture),” Vikich said. “It kinda just popped up.” They were starting their summer jobs after the junior season was over, and both of them had nothing to do on Mondays. “We thought it would be funny to just do it once. We did Step Brothers, and it was just going to be that to see if we could make a few people laugh,” Allison said. “Right after that, all of our friends asked, ‘What’s your next one going to be?’ We didn’t think we were going to

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Ben Vikich (left) and Dean Allison recreate the Mrs. Doubtfire movie poster (original above), in tribute to actor Robin Williams. do a next one. From there it just kind of went on,” added Vikich. The duo, who grew up playing for Semiahmoo Minor Hockey, put restrictions on themselves for each image. They aren’t allowed to use PhotoShop and each poster must cost $10 or less to put together. This month, the duo wanted to pay tribute to Robin Williams after his apparent suicide on Aug. 11. They

decided to reinvent the classic Mrs. Doubtfire movie poster, with Allison (as always) putting on the wig and playing a woman. Of the posters they’ve made so far, the ones where Allison - who plays for the Flin Flon Bombers of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League puts on a wig, and even in some cases, a brassiere. In one photo, they re-enacted the poster for the Vince Vaughn movie Couples Retreat where Allison put on a wig and a dress and held Vikich’s hand. It is their most successful poster to date with 419 likes and 17 comments on Instagram. The Surrey Eagle said their poster imitating Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams inches away from each other in The Notebook was the best one to make. “We were in his backyard and the sprinkler was coming down on us and we were so close. I think we needed to take 30 pictures before we stopped laughing,” Vikich said. The duo will be posting a little less frequently because Allison has left for Manitoba to re-join the Bombers. kyle.benning@gmail.com

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