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Olympic flame makes stops at museum, city hall and Celebration Site in Holland Park by Kevin Diakiw ONE HUNDRED and two days after it started its journey, the Olympic flame will be in Surrey, carried through this city by a relay of 175 torch bearers during its two-day stay. On Monday, Feb. 8, the flame that has been passed by 12,000 runners from as far away as Olympia, Greece will enter Surrey from Langley at Highway 10 and 180 Street. Torchbearers will run through Cloverdale, briefly stopping at the Cloverdale Museum at around 3 p.m. Throughout the day, the museum – at 17710 56A Ave. – will be a hub of activity for people in the community. The Olympic flame then makes its way up to city hall, and will go on to reach the Fraser Highway and 160 Street and Guildford Town Centre. The torch will end the day at Surrey’s Celebration Site at Holland Park around 7 p.m. The following morning, Feb. 9, the torch begins the day at the Peace Arch border crossing and then will make its way through White Rock, into Surrey and North Delta, to New Westminster, then back down to Ladner and Tsawwassen. The flame then travels to Richmond and into Vancouver for the start of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games on Feb. 12. Keep checking the Surrey-North Delta Leader’s website (www.surreyleader. com) for up-to-date news and important information about the relay and the Games.

For the local Olympic torch relay route maps, see page 3.

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by Jeff Nagel THE OLYMPIC torch will be carried by hundreds of people through Langley, Surrey, Delta, White Rock and New Westminster on Feb. 8 and 9. The torchbearers will run through Cloverdale starting at 2:40 p.m. Feb. 8 after earlier stops in Walnut Grove, Fort Langley, Aldergrove and along the 200 Street corridor. The relay resumes in Newton at 2:54 p.m. and will make a celebration stop Above: Fleetwood-Guildford, Feb. 8 at city hall at from 5:39-6:14 p.m. 3:30 p.m. before continuing. The torch is scheduled to reach Fraser Highway and 160 Street at 5:39 p.m. and Guildford Town Centre at 6:14 p.m. before going to the City of Surrey’s Celebration Site at Holland Park (King George Highway and 100 Avenue) for 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 9 will see an early start for the torch at 6:12 a.m. heading south along 152 Street from Highway 99 through South Surrey into White Rock. It’s expected to enter White Rock at 6:36 a.m. and head southwest on Buena Vista before going east along Marine Drive, with a stop scheduled at Peace Arch Park at 7:30 a.m. Above: North Delta, Feb. The torch then goes to North 9 from 8:43-9:30 a.m. Delta and up the 112 Street corridor at 8:43 a.m. before turning east to Scott Road. From 9:30 a.m. on, it zigzags northeast through Whalley until 10:26 a.m., when it crosses the river for a three-hour leg and community celebration in New Westminster. The flame will blaze back for one more foray south of the Fraser starting at 2:04 p.m. in Tsawwassen, followed by Tsawwassen First Nation at Above: Whalley, Feb. 9 2:53 p.m. and Ladner at 3:21 p.m. from 9:31-10:26 a.m. All times are approximate.

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Tears form ‘just thinking about it’ Former Olympian welcomes the Games home by Jennifer Lang IT’S ONLY a 300-metre jog, but Brittany Reimer, a seasoned veteran of international sporting events, knows better than to take a task like this lightly. “I think I’ll be okay. But the last thing you want is to be winded at the end of your leg – it’s a little bit embarrassing!” On Feb. 8 at 3:20 p.m. , she’ll carry the Olympic torch through a short slice of Surrey, as the historic, cross-Canada relay enters its final stretch to the opening ceremonies. Reimer, who was raised in Cloverdale, has known for months she would be part of the torch relay. She’s running her leg along 144 Street towards 57 Ave. It’s been hard keeping the secret, admits Reimer, who was the youngest member of Canada’s Olympic swim team – she was just 16 – at the 2004 Summer Games in Athens. Now aged 22, Reimer has traded

the demands of the pool for the challenges of a career in real estate. But she hasn’t forgotten how the community rallied around her and her family during her intense years as a star swimmer. That support culminated in a fundraiser that enabled her parents to travel to Greece to watch her compete, she said. In many respects, being part of the torch relay will be a way to acknowledge all the community has done for her family. Reimer knows her leg won’t last long, but she’ll definitely savour the moment. “I think I’ll be pretty emotional,” she says, thinking ahead to the day she’ll run with the torch. “Even thinking about it makes me nervous, makes me tear up. Obviously, to be running in it is just a huge honour.” For athletes, making it to the Olympics is such an accomplishment, Reimer says. “To have it at home is even more special.”

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Good news for Special Olympian Marc Theriault ‘proud’ to carry torch by Rick Kupchuk

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North Delta resident Marc Theriault, an accomplished Special Olympian, will carry the Olympic flame through Guildford on Feb. 8.

THE GOOD news keeps on coming for Marc Theriault. The 31-year-old North Delta resident has already achieved plenty in the sporting world. An outstanding Special Olympics athlete, Theriault has won six medals (five golds and a bronze) in five appearances at World Games for Special Olympics competition. And a memorable year in 2009 was capped with the news he would be a torchbearer in the Olympic Torch Relay through Surrey Feb. 8. Theriault received the news he would carry the torch through Guildford Dec. 14, the same day he was informed he was the Male Athlete of the Year for Special Olympics Canada. “It was unbelievable. All the good news I received was at the same time,” Theriault said. “I’m extremely proud to be one of the 12,000 people to carry the torch.” Theriault is a veteran of national and international competition, competing at World Games in softball, soccer and figure skating (pairs and singles). He is part of a soccer team which has qualified for the Special Olympics National Summer Games in London, Ontario this summer, where a win will send him to the 2011 World Games in Athens, Greece.

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SFU’s WeBlimp takes to the air Student project showcased at Surrey Celebration Site by Sheila Reynolds IT’S A flying airship that resembles a blimp. There’s a gondola attached to the balloon-like craft and three small propellers that give it power. But this blimp, which is over a metre in length, also has a tiny camera attached to it. The free-flying, helium-filled aircraft, called WeBlimp, was created by students Andrew Thong, Anna Wu, Brian Quan and Nathan Waddington, initially as part of a body interface course in the School of Interactive Arts and Technology at SFU’s Surrey campus last year. But the students have spent the past number of weeks rebuilding the WeBlimp, making it more durable for its first major public outing – the Olympics. The WeBlimp will be part of a multi-day arts and culture showcase at the Surrey 2010 Celebration site in Holland Park. For five days, the public will be able to see the blimp in action – and possibly be a key participant in the airship’s action.

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Nathan Waddington, Anna Wu, Brian Quan and Andrew Thong display a prototype of their WeBlimp, an interactive aircraft.

The blimp will be entirely crowd controlled, essentially placing a person, or several people, in the driver’s seat. Here’s how it works: In one room, called the “flight room” will be the blimp, and possibly people observing the airship. In a second room, called the “control room” will be a screen projecting what the blimp’s camera sees. Anyone in the control room will have the ability to “coax” the blimp to move a certain way through their movements. A “camera tracking system” in the control room sends a message to a laptop which is then sent wirelessly to the aircraft, essentially giving the blimp directions. Participants react to what they see on screen and the blimp responds to what the participants do. “Their position in the room is going to control where the blimp will go,” explains Waddington. “The interesting thing is if you have more than one person in the room – what if one person wants to go one way and two others want to go another way?” The WeBlimp, therefore, is a study in social interaction and crowd collaboration. See PROJECT / Page 7

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Project: Check it out from Feb. 17-21 presented to the ACM Creativity & Cognition Conference at the University of CaliforniaInspiration for the aircraft Berkeley last October. came, at least in part, from In Surrey, the Zeppelin-like the Eye of Kilrogg, a freecraft will fly in a flying entity in the 20’ x 20’ tent area, popular online hopefully with visitors game World of from around the world Warcraft that the trying it out. player controls While at least one of remotely from his the SFU students will or her character. be on site to supervise “Seeing that this the blimp and its users disembodiment Anna Wu each day, for the most also exists in part they plan on radio controlled being observers only. After all, vehicles, we strived to design the project is all about social an interaction that would interaction and how people bridge this gap and promote work with one another. ludic activities,” explains Quan. “There’s also that aspect of “The end result, a blimp that is steered by shifting the collective uncontrolled fun,” Wu adds. The WeBlimp will be at the weight of participants.” Celebration Site from Feb. The project and its concepts 17-21. were already accepted and

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Quilt reflects Canada’s diversity Tapestry on display at Surrey Art Gallery during Olympics by Sheila Reynolds IT’S 36 metres long, 3.5 metres high and each of its 263 segments – all encasing intricate, colourful and carefully chosen designs – represents the main aboriginal and world cultures found within Canada. It’s called the Quilt of Belonging, and this is the second time the sizable tapestry has been exhibited at the Surrey Art Gallery, having made its first local visit in 2006. Each honeycomb-like portion has been crafted by Canadians representing their culture and heritage. The subject matter ranges from abstract designs and religious metaphors to more recognizable emblems such as the thistle plant on Scotland’s segment, or olive branches on Greece’s. The materials and techniques used are also diverse, with everything from wool and silk, and beading to embroidery employed. The stitched work is the vision of Ontario artist Esther Bryan, who in 2006 explained the pieced yet connected artwork demonstrates

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Policing the Games by Dan Ferguson ABOUT 100 officers from Delta and Surrey will be working with the Integrated Security Unit (ISU) during the Olympics, but that will not come at the expense of local policing, officials in both communities promised. Thirty-five Delta Police Department officers or about 20 per cent of the force are going. The Surrey RCMP will be sending about 60 officers or nine percent of the detachment’s total strength. Their salaries will be paid by the ISU. They will be among more than 6,000 officers from RCMP detachments and municipal police departments from across Canada assigned to Olympic security. To ease the workload for the remaining officers, police training and vacations were suspended and provincial courts ordered a halt to criminal trials during the four-week period of the Games that involved police witnesses. Delta Police Const. Sharlene Brooks said the DPD also recalled officers assigned to regional policing units outside Delta and reassigned officers from internal speciality units to general duty patrols to maintain community policing levels. The RCMP formed the Vancouver 2010 Integrated Security Unit in 2003 to co-ordinate police, military and security forces during the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. Other police forces providing officers include the Metro Vancouver Transit Police, the B.C. Conservation Service, CSIS, border guards and municipal forces from Vancouver, West Vancouver, Brandon, Winnipeg, Calgary and Central Saanich .

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Three spirited generations taking part in 2010 Games Boden family members will perform in opening and closing Olympic ceremonies by Sheila Reynolds PAUL BODEN’S involvement in the Olympics has become a family affair. The Surrey resident had always planned to volunteer at the 2010 Winter Olympics and had registered to help out during events at Cypress Mountain. Then he saw a notice looking for performers for the opening ceremonies. Boden attended a first audition last spring where he was asked to dance and do some simple movement. He was called back a few months later when organizers were looking for dramatic actors. Boden, whose only stage experience was in community theatre many years ago, landed a role among about 60 other people. Rehearsals began in November. The content of the big opening show is being kept under wraps, so he can’t say much except that there are “crazy” special effects and elaborate costumes. “The effort that’s gone into this show is pretty spectacular.” But the Boden Olympic involvement has since grown. Upon hearing about another call for talent – this time for fit, athletic people to perform in the closing ceremonies – Boden immediately thought of his son. See EVENTS / Page 13

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Events: ‘Should be a hoot’ Helping kids From page 11 Cale Boden had always hoped he’d be at the Olympics, too. But as a longtime avid snowboarder once ranked 50th in the world, his sights had been set on competing on the slopes. That dream, however, was waylaid due to a combination of factors, including injury, time and money. And so when the idea of being in the closing ceremonies arose, he wasn’t initially enthused. “I felt a little bitter,” the 25-year-old North Delta resident admits. “But I got over it.” Now, he’s been cast in a routine – again, one that’s top secret – that will be on stage at the end of the Games. With performance day so close, Cale is starting to get excited. “We’re going to be in front of 60,000 in the stadium (B.C. Place) and however many people worldwide,” he laughs. “I like being the centre of attention, so it’s not that bad.” To complete the trifecta of Boden Olympic involvement, Breeze Boden, niece of Cale and granddaughter of

Paul, will be joining Paul in the opening ceremonies. Breeze was a late addition to the show after another girl dropped out. With six years of ballet experience, Breeze was a shoe-in as a replacement. So far, the Grade 7 McCloskey Elementary student is loving the experience. “You have to really get into the character,” she says of her Olympic role. “You really have to over-act everything.” With rehearsals ramping up as the Games grow closer, the time commitment to be in the opening and closing ceremonies is large. But, says Breeze, “it’s worth it.” Her grandpa Paul agrees. “It should be a hoot.” The Games ceremonies are mandated by the International Olympic Committee to promote international peace and understanding, honouring the world’s greatest athletes, and celebrating humanity. The opening ceremony for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games takes place at B.C. Place Stadium on Feb. 12, while the closing ceremony happens Feb. 28.

Black Press ON MAY 2, 2009, the City of Surrey kicked off a major component of the City’s 2010 Olympic Plan: its official partnership with Right To Play. Right To Play is an international humanitarian organization that uses sport and play programs to improve health, develop life skills, and foster peace for children in some of the most disadvantaged areas of the world. Right To Play trains local community leaders as coaches to deliver its programs in countries affected by war, poverty, and disease. Right To Play programs target the most marginalized, including girls, the disabled, children affected by HIV and AIDS, street kids, former child combatants and refugees. Schools, businesses and individuals are encouraged to host fundraisers. The program will continue through the 2010 Winter Games. A portion of funds raised go to children around the world and another portion funds programs for kids in Surrey. For more information, visit http://www. righttoplay.surrey.ca

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Band’s song used in official video game Surrey group ‘crazily excited’ about being chosen by Sheila Reynolds SURREY BAND Versus The Nothing has had a pretty good couple of years. But they’ve started 2010 with news that has them feeling like they’re at the top of the podium. The rock group’s single Let It All Come Down will be featured on the SEGA soundtrack for Vancouver 2010 – The Official Video Game of the Olympic Games. The soundtrack features a mix of well-known and unsigned bands, chosen to reflect the fast-paced nature of the events featured in the game. Of the 21 artists featured on the soundtrack, Versus The Nothing is one of 16 Canadian bands chosen along with Gob, Mother Mother and Sum 41. Versus The Nothing is comprised

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be interested in saddling up again during the ride’s Surrey stay. THE LANCE-WIELDING “I would love, to,” the expectant riders in their red serge jackets mother said, “but I would never and Stetsons begin by lining fit into my red serge.” up on their black horses for the Currently on maternity leave introduction and salute. from the Surrey detachment, Then the music begins to play Garceau plans to visit the Holland and the show gets underway. Park site to renew old friendships Horses and riders move in twos, and try out the view of the ride fours and eights at the trot and at from the bleachers. the canter. Garceau spent almost four years Their paths cross and cross with the ride before she was again, forming precise patterns. transferred to other duties about There is the “Dome” where the three years ago. riders end up forming a circle, She says the musical ride is facing inwards. one of the reasons she joined the The “Cartwheel” features horses RCMP. at the centre of the “wheel” “I totally miss it,” she says. revolving slowly while the riders “One of these days I’ll go back who form the faster-moving as an instructor.” spokes and outside rim move at a Unlike most RCMP officers who trot or canter. have never ridden a horse until The show ends with a full-on they joined the musical ride, charge at the gallop, lances Garceau was an experienced forward. equestrienne. Then the officers and their “I always loved horses.” horses exit to the strains of the Growing up in Candiac, a small RCMP Regimental March. Montreal suburb, the eight-yearFollowing that, there is time for old Garceau would make daily members of the audience to talk visits to a local stable. to individual Her father, retired riders. RCMP Sgt. René There are Garceau, had even baseballbeen one of the style trading last troops of cards with trainee Mounties photos of the who were taught officers and horsemanship their horses as part of basic and brief training. biographies of The small both. communities The RCMP are the ones she Musical remembers with Ride will be particular affection, performing places where she at the Surrey met new friends Celebration she still keeps in Site in Holland touch with. Park during the The officers of two weeks of the visiting musical the Olympics. ride come from Admission is every region of RCMP Const. free. Canada, while the Among those Genevieve Garceau horses hail from one watching will be place – a 140-hectare Surrey RCMP Const. Genevieve farm in the Ottawa Valley where Garceau, a former member of the the RCMP breed and raise their ride. horses. Garceau had to say no when To be a member of the musical someone phoned to ask if she’d ride, the RCMP says a horse must

be black, elegant, athletic and good-natured with the stamina to handle 100 performances. As for the riders, a Mountie must have at least two years of policing experience before they can volunteer for the musical ride. Most of the officers have little or no equestrian experience before they are trained. The musical ride tours with 46 people and 36 horses, including 41 members of the RCMP, four contracted truck drivers, one bus driver, a farrier (a specialist in hoof care and horseshoes) and a sound technician. During every day of their stay in Surrey the horses will go through 1,250 pounds of hay, 150 pounds of oats and 350 pounds of Purina Horse Chow. Some accounts suggest the first RCMP Musical Ride was performed as early as 1876, but the first officially recorded musical ride was performed in Regina in 1887. Back then, the force was known as the North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) and every officer knew how to ride a horse. They developed the show to display their riding ability and entertain both themselves and the local community. Since the NWMP members had a British military background, the program they developed is based on traditional cavalry drill movements.

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Rick’s picks for couch potatoes Didn’t get tickets to the gold medal game? Relax, put your feet up, and turn on the TV of Groves, Nesbitt and Brittany Schussler of Winnipeg is the top-ranked World Cup team this season, and will skate for gold at 1:13 p.m. on Feb. 27.

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Alberta will attempt a sweep of the two gold medals in curling. Kevin Martin of Edmonton will lead his Canadian men’s team of third John Morrison, second Marc Kennedy and lead Ben Hebert in Vancouver after winning the eight-team Tim Horton’s Roar of the Rings qualifying tournament Dec. 6-13 in the Alberta capital. Martin was national champion and the runner-up at last spring’s World Championships, while Canada has won one gold and two silver medals in the last three Olympic Games. Calgary’s Cheryl Bernard will have third Susan O’Connor, second Carolynn Darbyshire and lead Cori Bartel on her team. The men play for gold on Feb. 27, a day after the women’s final. Both gold medal games start at 3 p.m. at the Vancouver Olympic Centre.

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Men’s Hockey Canada has never won an Olympic or World Championship gold medal Rick on Canadian soil, but a Kupchuk quartet of defenceman from British Columbia are hoping to change that. Delta’s Brent Seabrook leads the B.C. contingent. The 24-year-old will be paired with Chicago Blackhawks defenceman Duncan Keith of Penticton on the blue line. Other B.C. players on the team include Shea Weber (Nashville Predators) of Sicamous and team captain Scott Neidermayer (Anaheim Ducks) of Cranbrook. Canada opens the 12-team tournament against Norway Feb. 16, and seven games later expects to be in the gold medal contest Sunday, Feb. 28 at 12:15 p.m. in Canada Hockey Place.

Women’s Hockey World and Olympic hockey tournaments usually feature a Canada/U.S.A. gold medal game, and 2010 should be no different,

although Sweden and Finland are starting to close the gap. The Swedes upset the Americans 3-2 in a shootout in the semifinal of the 2006 Olympics in Torino, Italy, before falling 4-1 to Canada in the final. The Americans have won the World Championship tournament in 2008 and 2009, and will be the top-seed in Vancouver. But Canada has won seven straight against the U.S.A. in pre-tournament exhibition play. Shaunavon, Saskatchewan’s Hayley Wickenheiser, Canada’s all-time leader in games played (190), goals (140), assists (157) and points (297), is the captain of the team. The gold medal game is scheduled for Thursday at 3:30 p.m. at Canada Hockey Place.

Speed Skating Canada should achieve several podium finishes at the Richmond Olympic Oval Feb. 13-27. A pair of medals could be won in the Feb. 21 (3 p.m.) 1,500m event, as Kristina Groves of Ottawa is the two-time defending World Cup champion, and sits atop the World Cup rankings this season. She is one place ahead of Christine Nesbitt of Calgary, ranked second. Nesbitt leads the World Cup rankings in the 1,000 metres, having won all four races on the circuit, and will be a medal favourite on Feb. 18 at 1 p.m. The Canadian Ladies Team Pursuit squad

It’s a longshot, but Canada may medal in all four disciplines at the Pacific Coliseum. Jessica Dube and Bruce Davidson won bronze medals in Pairs at the 2008 world championships, and medalled twice in the 2009 ISU (International Skating Union) Grand Prix circuit, and will be the first Canadians to skate for medals at 5 p.m. on Feb. 15. Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir have won Ice Dance medals at the last two world championship events (silver in 2008, bronze in 2009), while recently crowned national champions Patrick Chan and Joannie Rochette won silver medals in men’s and women’s competition at last year’s world championships in Los Angeles. The Men’s Free Skate final is at 5 p.m. on Feb. 18, while the Ice Dance finals are at 4:45 p.m. on Feb. 22. The last figure skating event of the Olympics is the Ladies Free Skate at 5 p.m. on Feb. 25.

Freestyle skiing Jenn Heil has opened her 2010 World Cup schedule by winning Women’s Moguls events in Calgary and Deer Valley, Utah. The Spruce Grove, Alberta native will go for gold on the first day of Olympic competition, Feb. 13 at 7:30 p.m. Ski cross makes its Olympic debut in 2010, and two Whistler natives are hoping to medal in their home town. Ashleigh McIvor is ranked second in the World Cup standings, while Julia Murray sits third.

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WHEN THE phone rang one early Wednesday morning in late December, Brent Seabrook wasn’t sure who was on the other end. Sure, the former local minor hockey product from Tsawwassen knew he was on the list of players being considered for a spot on the Team Canada roster for the 2010 Games in Vancouver. And Dec. 30 was when the final selections were going to be announced. But was this the call See GOLD GAME / Page 25

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From page 24 confirming he’d made the final cut? “I was really nervous... then the phone rang and it was a number I didn’t know,” recalled Seabrook, a defenceman with the NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks. “So I picked it up and I didn’t really know what to say. I said, ‘Hi,’ and he introduced himself and I said, ‘Oh hey, Kevin Lowe (Team Canada’s associate director).’” Seabrook, 24, said he was thrilled to be named to the team full of talented players. “I have my buddies back home and my family. I’ve gotten text messages and people calling me and congratulating me,” he said. “It’s very special.” Seabrook joins his Blackhawks’ defensive partner Duncan Keith on the Canadian roster, something he thinks will be a plus for them if they get to play with each other against the best players in the world when the puck drops Feb. 16 and Canada plays Norway. “We’re playing against these top lines night in and night out and I think that definitely helped us out,” Seabrook said. “I think it’s good, and I think it’s going to help us out in the tournament as well.” This is not the first time Seabrook has played for Canada. He was part of the 2004 and 2005 teams at the World Junior Championships, winning the gold medal in 2005 in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Two former Surrey Eagles, T.J. Mulock and Jakub Ficenec, will suit up for Germany at the 2010 Games. Ironically, neither player is a native German. Mulock, a former Eagles captain who left the team during the 2005-06 season, is a Langley resident, and Ficenec, 32, hails from the Czech Republic. Both players play in the German Elite League, and have obtained German citizenship. The men’s gold medal game is scheduled for Feb. 28 at Canada Hockey Place.

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Are you living with PAIN? LASER THERAPY can be the ANSWER Local Surrey Chiropractor, Dr. Rob Skleryk D.C. hears a patient say, “You’ve given me my life back,” he knows that he has successfully treated another person who needlessly suffered with pain. As president of LaserHealth® Solutions he treats all forms of soft tissue injuries with Laser Therapy. Shoulder injuries, plantar fasciitis, and tennis elbow are some typical conditions that respond well to Laser Therapy. It can even treat more serious conditions such as osteoarthritis and herniated discs. Laser Therapy gets to the root of the problem, by treating the condition at a cellular level. It doesn’t just mask the symptom of pain. “When this type of laser is absorbed by the tissue of the injured area, it gets converted to a biochemical energy called adenosine triphosphate, or ATP. Our cells can utilize this energy to heal and repair. Laser Therapy also restores normal function to damaged cells,” said Dr. Skleryk. For most conditions Dr. Skleryk treats, Laser Therapy is a permanent solution. And it works quickly, in some cases reducing pain and swelling of affected areas after one treatment, although the results of the therapy do vary from patient to patient. There’s no need to suffer with tendonitis or plantar fasciitis for months or even years. With just a few treatments, patients can be back to a pain-free life. This means they’re able to enjoy activities again, like gardening or golﬁng, that were often set aside because of the pain. And athletes can get back in the game faster. Dr. Skleryk has treated Paul McCallum and Geroy Simon from the B.C. Lions for various injuries. It doesn’t matter if you’re a B.C. Lion or a weekend warrior, the last thing you want is to miss out on your sport because of injury. For arthritis, Laser Therapy has been shown to be a very effective pain management tool. “It puts the joint in a state of health that minimizes pain. Laser Therapy stimulates positive cellular change resulting in less inﬂammation and swelling and, therefore, less pain. For people who are reliant on pain medications with potentially harmful side effects, this is wonderful news. I’ve had many patients who’ve been able to eliminate their arthritis pain medications entirely by using Laser Therapy instead. For some arthritis patients, just being able to walk up and down stairs without pain is amazing to them, because they’d been told by many people there wasn’t anything else that could be done. But there is and it’s available right here in Surrey.” Dr. Skleryk says much of the research done on Laser Therapy has been done in Europe and Asia, where it’s been in use for decades and is widely accepted. He said mainstream medicine in Canada is slow to adopt new treatments besides drugs or surgery, but patients are eager to try new approaches. “People are looking for alternatives,” said Dr. Skleryk, adding, “Laser is the newest thing out there and patients are responding really well.” Patients are also pleased that Laser Therapy doesn’t break the bank! “We do everything possible to get you better as quickly as possible. The laser systems that we use are the most technologically advanced medical equipment available. We’ll give you a stretching and strengthening program to improve your recovery time. All of this gets you better quickly and keeps your cost to a minimum.”

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Where to park The main trick will be getting to a rapid transit station. Existing park-and-rides with 7,200 stalls will be open (see http://www.translink.ca/en/ Driving/Park-and-Ride.aspx) and several more temporary lots at closed colleges and businesses will open up. The City of New Westminster waterfront parkade has been cleared for use as a park-andride during the Olympics, offering 500 stalls. Another 400 to 650 will also be available up the hill at Douglas College. It may make more sense for some Surrey and south of Fraser passengers to park at one of those New Westminster lots and board SkyTrain there, rather than the Surrey parkand-rides at Scott Road and King George stations that could fill up fast. For Canada Line users, there’s a big park-and-ride at the River Rock Casino Resort that connects to Bridgeport Station, but temporary lots are available near Landsdowne Station at Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s Richmond campus and a pricier lot at Sheraton Vancouver Airport Hotel. The parking will be free at Langley’s Cascades Casino (buses go up Fraser Highway to SkyTrain) and at extra lots at the Port Moody and Maple Meadows and Mission West Coast Express stations. The full list with prices is at: http://www.translink.ca/en/ Driving/Park-and-Ride/2010Park-and-Ride.aspx Even with almost 3,200 extra parking stalls that will push the region’s total to more than 10,000, it may be hard to find a spot. If you can walk from home to a bus route and catch a ride from there, says TransLink’s Ken Hardie, so much the better. Once aboard SkyTrain, you’ll be downtown in 30 to 40 minutes from Surrey, around 20 minutes from Richmond and less than 30 minutes from New Westminster.

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Stay late: Night buses will run till dawn From page 30 You’ll save money and scoot past the line-ups at SkyTrain ticket vending machines. They’ll also save you fumbling for correct change if you take a bus. A book of 10 three-zone FareSaver tickets – needed for travel from south of the Fraser, the Tri-Cities or Maple Ridge – will cost $38. Ten two-zone tickets good for travel from the North Shore, Burnaby, New Westminster or Richmond cost $28.50. Want to just go once? A $9 day pass ($7 for seniors and students) may be the most flexible option, giving unlimited all-day travel. Note: Trips after 6:30 p.m. or on weekends cost only one zone no matter how far you go. Ten onezone tickets are $19. TransLink also sells a six-week commemorative Olympic pass good from Feb. 12 to March 21 that goes for $149 (two zones), $204 (three zones) or $64 (concession). Special fares apply for West Coast Express, but prepaid tickets can be applied against those rates.

Hour-plus waits possible SkyTrain has 48 more cars, offering 30 per cent more service than last year. There will be a train every two minutes or less for much of the day. And they’ll be long trains – four Mark II cars or six Mark I cars – for maximum capacity. Still, long waits are expected to board SkyTrain from downtown Vancouver stations, particularly in afternoons and early evenings after major events end. “We’re looking at an hour to an hour-and-a-half for those downtown stations in that afternoon to evening period,” TransLink’s Craig said. “The period between 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. is going to be the most busy, especially for getting out of downtown.” It will be like a Canucks’ game and a major concert letting crowds out together, but every day and sometimes multiple times a day. “I’m not quite sure if the public is ready for this test of their patience yet,” said Don MacLeod, president of the union representing bus drivers. TransLink staff will be on hand to keep line-ups at stations

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TransLink’s Ken Hardie says you’ll save time and money by buying pre-paid transit tickets. organized. Those waiting may be offered water and hot drinks and approved buskers will provide entertainment. Staff will try to make sure trains from downtown don’t go out completely packed so there’s room for others to board further along. Spare trains could be kept in reserve midway along the lines and be activated if volumes become a problem.

Gaming the transit system Veteran rush-hour SkyTrain commuters from Surrey sometimes ride in the opposite direction to the end of the line to get a seat at King George Station for the ride downtown.

Don’t expect that to work in reverse from Vancouver during the Olympics. TransLink says it won’t allow people boarding at stations like Granville or Stadium to backtrack to Waterfront to out-manoeuvre the throngs heading eastbound. But there are other tricks that could pay off. Expect the Canada Line to be very busy because it connects not just downtown, Richmond and the airport, but the O-Zone live site in Richmond, the Yaletown live site and Athletes Village, where many people will stop to take the free 2010 streetcar to Granville Island. Unlike the busier Expo Line, which crosses the Fraser River into Surrey, traffic tends to be lighter on the Millennium Line

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TransLink expects transit use will jump 33 per cent during the Olympics to a million trips a day.

through eastern Burnaby. The Millennium Line terminus at VCC-Clark Station (Clark Drive and 6th Avenue) may prove the easiest place near downtown to catch SkyTrain outbound and may be well worth the extra walk, bus or cab ride to reach – even for Surrey- or Langleybound passengers who’d have to transfer to the Expo Line in New Westminster. Northeast sector residents heading home will want to take the M-Line anyway if they can’t board West Coast Express. Boarding the Expo Line could be easier one stop south at Main Street/Science World station than at Stadium, which may be extremely busy at times when people leave B.C. Place and Canada Hockey Place.

Stay too late? Those who party too late and miss the last SkyTrain run out of downtown (1:15 a.m. for Canada Line, 2:05 a.m. for the Millennium Line and 2:28 a.m. for Expo Line) will still be able to board buses that will run all night. Seven night bus routes, including ones paralleling the Expo Line out to Surrey, the Millennium Line/97 B-Line to Coquitlam and up Lonsdale in North Vancouver, will run every 30 minutes until regular morning service restarts.

Got tickets to a venue? Anyone who has tickets to an Olympic event automatically has free transit for the day on TransLink’s system. That’s good for venues like hockey, speed skating and curling, but trips to the mountain venues at Cypress and Whistler on Vanoc’s Olympic Bus Network require purchase of a separate transit pass and a seat reservation. Those buses depart from SFU in Burnaby, BCIT, Langara College, Lonsdale Quay and Capilano University. For details see www. travelsmart2010.ca. There’s no parking at any venues. Spectators may need to allow three hours to get to local events in Vancouver and Richmond. Even factoring out transit travel times, an hour may be needed to See CAR POOLS / Page 33

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Made in Surrey: Olympic bouquets How a floral training course for troubled women won the Games contract by Dan Ferguson THE WOMEN in the windowless basement classroom are here to learn how to combine green spider mums, hypericum berries and broad leaf greens with loops of monkey grass, leatherleaf fern and aspidistra leaves to make floral bouquets for medal winners at the 2010 Olympics. “You look at that screen and you see those athletes getting those bouquets, you will know that it was yours,” June Strandberg tells them. “It’s as close to the podium as you can get.” It is training day at Just Beginnings, the Surrey flower shop and florists’ training program for troubled women Strandberg operates at the Phoenix Centre at 13686 96A Ave., across the street from Surrey Memorial Hospital. Many of the students at the tables have overcome drug problems and criminal records to be here today. Others have escaped the sex trade or are former victims of violence. During the winter Olympics and Paralympic games, they will be responsible for making 1,800 bouquets, as many as 150 a day. A total of 27 people will be employed, with eight to 10 working every day with four designers, three flower care handlers and two lead designers. June Strandberg began working with troubled women more than 20 years ago. At the time, the thirdgeneration florist was running two retail stores and operating a trade school for florists. A parole officer contacted Strandberg and asked if she would be willing to train two women who had June recently been released Strandberg from prison. She was. That led to the creation of the first Beginnings program that opened in 1991 at the Burnaby Correctional Centre for Women. After the Burnaby prison closed in 2003, the floral training program found a new home at The Phoenix Centre for integrated addiction services. There is a street-front flower shop above the classroom. Strandberg and her students are working on

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Floral arrangements being given to Olympic medalists on the podium have been hand-crafted in Surrey. the Olympic bouquet contract in partnership with Margitta Schulz, the owner of Margitta’s Flower Boutique at Lonsdale Quay in North Vancouver. Schulz wanted the Olympic job, but she wasn’t sure where she could find enough trained florists or the space to do the work. Then she met Strandberg and got a look at the roomy basement training facility. The two women combined forces and won the bid. Strandberg is providing the production space, program graduates, and senior designers. Schulz will look after the business side, overseeing the contracts and bill payments and making sure the flowers get to the podium in time. For the first day of training, the Olympic authorities have invited television and newspaper outlets to record the start of work. As cameras record the moment, the women begin assembling the bouquets. An enthusiastic Marisa Chappell strips the cellophane wrapper from some foliage, eager to begin. The Surrey resident and Just Beginnings graduate is a single mother and recovering addict who says learning how to make flower arrangements changed her life. “It really makes me happy,” Chappell tells a visitor. She was, she says, “kind of miserable before.” The all-green bouquet Chappell is building

will be tied up with a blue ribbon and wrapped in recycled chlorine- and acid- free paper. The Olympic authority insisted on flowers that were certified organically grown, noninvasive and native to Canada. But after three months of discussions and 22 rejected proposals, the Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC) finally approved a design that uses foliage imported from outside the country and no native B.C. plants. A proposal to use B.C. pussy willows was rejected because “when a bouquet is tossed into the crowd [by a winner] it could cause injury if it contains pointy materials,” according to a VANOC handout distributed at the photo opportunity. The handout defends the use of foreignsourced plants, saying the greenery chosen for the bouquets does grow locally in the summer, but not the winter. “Local greenhouses also could not guarantee a consistent supply of the foliage used in the bouquets in the quantities needed. As a result, VANOC has sourced the flowers locally but the foliage is coming from outside Canada... Both the leatherleaf and monkey grass were chosen because they are nearly identical to indigenous plants in B.C.” The imported material comes from farms in Ecuador selected for their environmentally friendly methods. Just Beginnings Floral is on the web: www. justbeginningsflowers.com

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Trading space A local hobbyist is holding an event for pin collectors during the Olympics by Boaz Joseph HIS EMPLOYER, Coca Cola, will have 10 official lapel pin-trading sites throughout Vancouver, Richmond and Whistler in February. But Gary Phelps, in his off-time, has special plans for Delta during the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. A member of the Pacific Pin Club in Vancouver and a North Delta resident, Phelps is organizing the first-ever Delta Church Pin Trading Day in North Delta on Feb. 20, and is expecting at least 20 vendors to display their collections to the public. The event will feature some pins with Olympic logos, but Phelps is careful to keep the big O-word out of the theme of the event. “It’s got nothing to do with Vanoc, it’s got nothing to do with Coca Cola or any sponsors. This is something we’re doing as a church and opening it up for the community.” Phelps got his first lapel pin from his dad when he was 13. It had a CN train on it. “I thought nothing of it until I got into my late teens.” A couple of decades and 5,000-6,000 pins later, Phelps focuses his hobby on B.C. emergency services, including police, fire departments, Emergency Health Services and search-and-rescue services. “The hobby just became an obsession,” he admits. His collection includes hundreds of pins dedicated just to the RCMP, and includes boats, helicopters, horses, K-9 units and even a media

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by Sheila Reynolds THERE ARE photos of female athletes engaged in competition and other pages with collages or drawings depicting colourful flowers and carefree children and smiling women. “I dream of a world where the only bruises women receive occur during friendly competition,” writes U.S. figure skater Ashley Wagner. “I dream of a world where women are front page, not centerfolds,” reads a printed banner across a simulated newspaper page by Cathy Priestner Allinger, an Olympic speed skater who won silver in 1976 and is now executive vice-president of VANOC. The sentiments and accompanying images comprise the 2010 Dreams for Women calendar, made possible through a partnership between Soroptimist International of Surrey/Delta and Antigone Foundation. Intended to promote women’s equality, the calendar has contributions from 12 world-class female athletes from Canada and the U.S. The calendar is $20 and is available online at: www.antigonemagazine. wordpress.com or by e-mailing antigonemagazine@hotmailcom. Ten dollars from each calendar sold by Soroptimist International of Surrey/Delta goes to support their Women’s Opportunity Award, which provides women with cash grants for education.

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Students take a break No classes at post-secondary schools by Sheila Reynolds LIKE MOST post-secondary institutions in the Lower Mainland, classes at the Surrey campuses of Kwantlen Polytechnic University and Simon Fraser University will be put on hold during the Olympics. Both schools point to the transit system being bogged down during the Games and students possibly having difficulty getting to school, but they also say the break will give students, faculty and staff the opportunity to be Olympic volunteers. At Kwantlen, the break is from Feb. 15-27. The university will remain open, but classes will not be in session. SFU lists their break from Feb. 15-26. While students aren’t to attend school, staff and faculty are expected to work as usual. The university did anticipate many staff members to take vacation time during the Games, however.

Both institutions are considered “community contributors” in that they will provide services and resources to the Games, such as parking, volunteer support and classroom spaces. At both schools, the semester has been extended by two weeks in April to accommodate the extended February hiatus. Some students are pleased about the break and the chance to use the time to volunteer and/or attend Olympics events. Others are not happy their classes are being temporarily halted. “It is pretty sad how this charade and two-week circus, as it is now being called, is interrupting the expensive education we need much more than a little excitement,” writes one student on SFU’s website. “I can’t believe people are upset about this... seriously? Wow,” writes another. “It’s the Olympics, get out there and enjoy it! You’d be totally lucky to experience it twice.”

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Rooms at the Sheraton Vancouver Guildford Hotel are going for $650 per night during the Olympics. The regular nightly rate is $150. which are available online,” Dosanjh said. The room rate at that hotel is between $170 and $300 a night during the Olympics, which Dosanjh said is about double what the rate is normally. A manager at the Holiday Inn said she hasn’t increased rates during the Olympics, nor has

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THE SURREY Board of Trade’s initiative to “Paint the Town Red,” which encourages residents to show their patriotic colours – red and white – now includes selling Canadian national pride bracelets for $5 each, with proceeds going to the Surrey Food Bank. “This is done in correlation with displaying our Canadian spirit for the Games and supporting a local charity,” says Anita Patil Huberman, CEO of the Board of Trade. “We hope that in this way the Canadian spirit will also continue past the Games.” To buy a bracelet, contact Heather at 604-581-7130 and come to the Surrey Board of Trade office at #101-14439 104 Ave. to pick them up.

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Buy a lunch entr entrée ée and get a second lunch entrée or equal or lesser value at 50% ooff. Limited time offer. No coupons required.

Exceptional p Dinner Specials Mouthwatering Prime Rib, Ribs and Lasagna or Roast Lamb We’re a PinStop Location

FREE DELIVERY

BOOK YOUR RESERVATIONS TODAY!

Friday to Sunday

Enjoy breakfast, lunch and dinner at British Columbia’s favourite neighbourhood restaurant. We believe in using only the best ingredients. From our award winning Triple“O” burgers served with fresh cut fries, to our fresh salads, AAA steaks, BC chicken, pastas and stir-fries, there’s truly something on the menu for everyone. Oh, and the little mates will love our Pirate Pak—a complete kid’s meal served in a fun cardboard boat. www.whitespot.com

LICENSED RESTAURANT Greek, Italian, west coast & seafood

13655 104 Avenue

604-588-6880 for more details visit

www.bozzinis.ca

Central City 13580 - 102nd Ave 604-581-2511

Guildford 10181 - 152nd Street 604-585-2223

JOIN IN THE CELEBRATION BY WEARING CANADA’S COLOURS

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Surrey North Delta Leader