Vancouver Courier January 24 2014 by Vancouver Courier

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PIN HEADS: Pat McIntyre lets one ﬂy down the alley at Commodore Lanes. She and fellow members of the Golden

Age League relocated to the downtown bowling alley after the Varsity Ridge was demolished.

Varsity bowlers find home at Commodore EXILED TEAMS RELOCATE AFTER BELOVED LANES DEMOLISHED CHERYL ROSSI Staff writer

he satisfying clack of a bowling ball knocking pins was followed by a chorus of cheers Wednesday afternoon when Doris Gage threw a strike. The bespectacled bowler danced back to her friends on Team 50% for a round of high-ﬁves. Teammate Marion Hartley complained that having her photo snapped while bowling was throwing her off her game, but moments later she felled all ﬁve pins. “I’m just showing that fat ladies can get strikes, too,” she quipped while hitching up her pants. Team 50%, whose members have bowled together for three years, are part of hundreds of dispossessed bowlers who moved from Varsity Ridge Bowl to the Commodore Lanes and Billiards downtown in September after Varsity

Ridge was bulldozed. They are clear about where they’d rather bowl and they want the Ridge back. “We want to be bowling at home,” said Hartley. But they also appreciate the efforts made to accommodate them. “The people down here have been really good to us,” said 50% member Pat McIntyre. “Ken and Judy have done a ton of work to get this all set up for us. Bowling here is better than not bowling.” The Golden Age and nighttime leagues from 15th and Arbutus relocated to Granville Street in September along with Varsity Ridge’s owners Ken and Judy Hayden, who volunteer supporting the leagues five days a week. See BOWLERS on page 4

he financial terms of HootSuite’s lease with City of Vancouver were finally revealed Jan. 21, but city hall refuses to show what the social media company actually pays every month or charges the city for a subscription. City council unanimously voted behind closed doors on June 27, 2012 to lease 5 East Eighth Ave. to HootSuite. The Aug. 23, 2012 contract set $47,149.50 per month rent ($17 per square foot) beginning in 2013, escalating to $61,017 ($22 per square foot) for year five. It included a $700,000 allowance to upgrade the former Vancouver Police Department building, two five-year renewal options and the option to buy the 33,282-square-foot building for $9.3 million before the end of 2015. The 71 parking stalls are worth $4,615 per month. Dunbar resident Glen Chernen, leader of the newly formed Cedar Party, requested the contract on Sept. 20, but the city’s Freedom of Information office claimed disclosure would harm the city and Hoot-

Suite financially. Chernen appealed the censored contract to the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner, which has ordered public bodies to disclose negotiated deals. City hall refused to reconsider, so OIPC scheduled a March adjudication. Chernen held a Jan. 21 morning news conference about the dispute. City hall released the full contract in late afternoon. “It’s a big puzzle as to why they were keeping it from us for so long,” Chernen told the Courier. “We have to break down the walls and get outside assistance in order just to see something so simple as a rental agreement for a piece of city-owned land. It tells me that [Vision Vancouver has] got to learn the definition of transparency.” HootSuite communications manager Sandy Pell said the company “believes the transaction was done at fair market value.” Are taxpayers getting a good deal? Avison Young Realty vice-president of research Andrew Petrozzi said the average net rental rate for such a classC building in the VancouverBroadway submarket area is $15 to $19 per square foot. See CITY on page 5

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NPA Coun. George Afﬂeck (l) and Kevin Quinlan, the director of policy and communications for the mayor’s ofﬁce, squared off on Twitter over Point Grey Road.

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uite a busy few days in the civic news cycle. But before I get to that, apparently I missed a Twitter spat between NPA Coun. George Affleck and Kevin Quinlan, who is one of the mayor’s handlers and Vision Vancouver operatives. This went down over the weekend. Sadly, I wasn’t on the 140 to take in the back and forth. The spat had to do with the closure of Point Grey Road to prepare for bike and pedestrian improvements. Let me give you a taste: Quinlan: @KQ_VanCity, NPA think traffic calming pt grey road “takes it” from citizens? then move a motion to rip out every local access diverter in city. Affleck: Hey @KQ_VanCity are u announcing your candidacy for Vision soon? B/C Taxpayers should not be paying for your political tweets. Quinlan: @george_affleck as we don’t have a seven day workweek in BC, they’re not. #saturdaynight. Affleck: @KQ_VanCity true. But perhaps u should find a different hobby that does not include attacking duly elected officials for whom you work for. Whoa! Let the 2014 election campaign begin! Apparently Affleck was just getting warmed up to lead a protest early Monday morning on Point Grey Road with his NPA colleagues. I was unable to make the gathering — note to NPA: 6:15 a.m. press advisories don’t do it for me — but my colleague over

at Metro, Emily “Action” Jackson, managed to record a few words from Affleck. Get this: Affleck told Jackson the NPA will re-open Point Grey Road to through car traffic if the party manages to knock off Mayor Gregor Robertson and his ruling Vision team in the November election. Sounds expensive. Interestingly, that bit of news got some play around the same time Vision was looking to take the air out of the NPA’s tires with an announcement related to building a seniors’ centre in Killarney. The mayor wants the city to take $1.2 million of “surplus funds” from the operating budget to close the funding gap on the centre. With the feds in for $2.5 million, the province in for $1.3 million and the city already giving up the land, Robertson wants to get the centre built sooner than later. Then just when the NPA thought it made some gains with the car lobby and Vision likewise with all those seniors, news out of Montreal Monday took the air out of Vision’s tires. Bixi, the company working with Alta Bicycle Share to launch a public bike share program in Vancouver, announced it was in financial trouble and seeking protection under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act. Now it appears Vancouver’s planned rollout of the system won’t occur until sometime in 2015, according to the city’s transportation director Jerry Dobrovolny. Which means, of course, after the November election. A decision on whether to knock down the Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts will also occur after the election. But as the past few days have shown, regardless of how controversial the issue, campaign 2014 is expected to include some fact, some fiction and a whole lot of rhetoric. And remember … it’s only January. mhowell@vancourier.com twitter.com/Howellings

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news Bowlers roll into new home Continued from page 1 “We’re kind of like the candy stripers of bowling,” Ken Hayden said. He says 375 of 500 bowlers from Varsity relocated. Those that didn’t shift seemed to be scared off by parking conditions and panhandlers downtown. “To go from all what we did to nothing just would have been devastating,” said Hayden, who turned 70 on Christmas Day. “We’ve been able to carry on and support the leagues and see the people we’ve known for years.” The washrooms at the 1928 Commodore building were nasty before the new bowlers rolled in and the noise level offputting, so the owners of the Commodore Lanes paid for upgrades, yanking three toilets out of the Varsity Ridge and installing them at the Commodore Lanes to save money. “They are my brother and sister,” said Commodore Lanes co-owner Young Kwon of the Haydens, who have no ﬁnancial interest in the business. “If I do not meet them, this is a very difﬁcult area, but he brought the bowling league[s] here and he had the idea about the renovation, how to improve.” Commodore Lanes hired two of Hayden’s employees. Hayden is continuing to raise money for the Variety Club — the telethon

is this weekend — and the CKNW Orphans’ Fund league now bowls at the Commodore Lanes. Almost all of the Special Olympics bowlers relocated to Grandview Lanes on Commercial Drive but only eight of the 70 bowlers in the youth league relocated. “That’s the sad part,” Hayden said. “All those kids don’t bowl anymore because it’s too far away or too inconvenient.” Linda Adams, also on the 50% team, noted Commodore Lanes isn’t accessible to people who can’t handle stairs. She and McIntyre believe a bowling alley should be incorporated into the redevelopment of Oakridge Centre. Adams said so at an open house and McIntyre phoned the mayor and the parks board, who she says told her there was no money for such a venture. Adams is happy the Golden Ages league, for those aged 55 and older, didn’t roll into the gutter. “It’s not just the bowling, it’s the camaraderie,” she said. As for the origin of the team’s name, McIntyre explained where it came from. “We have two Pats, two of us have had cancer, two of us are married,” she said. “So 50 per cent of everything.” crossi@vancourier.com twitter.com/Cheryl_Rossi

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City is both landlord and customer of HootSuite Continued from page 1 The lease was effective Jan. 1, 2013, but HootSuite had a rent holiday until April 2013. In February 2013, city hall began paying for the subscription. The city’s FOI ofﬁce refuses to release the amount HootSuite is actually paying every month for rent, parking and property taxes. It is also keeping secret how much is paid monthly for the HootSuite Enterprise package. When he was originally sworn-in as mayor in December 2008, Gregor Robertson promised to “ensure transparency” at city hall. “I will not let you down on making city hall more open and accountable,” he said at the time. Documents released to the Courier via FOI show the city inked a 12-month subscription for 50 users on Jan. 8, 2013. An April 5, 2013 value proposition report by the city’s senior public engagement adviser Tracy Vaughan recommended HootSuite be the “social media dashboard

tool of choice” funded from the corporate communications or IT annual operating budgets. Vaughan did not compare competing products or their prices, but wrote that corporate communications “investigated a number of social media dashboards” including Tweetdeck, Tweet Roost, GroupTweet and HootSuite. “The ability to create teams, bulk-schedule posts and assign messages to other team members sets

HootSuite apart from the other tools,” said Vaughan’s report. For contracts below $75,000, city policy states prices are supposed to be sought from at least three bidders by phone or in writing. A public call for bidders is triggered for contracts over $75,000. The report said the city and its community centres had 90 social media accounts — including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr and Insta-

gram — that were managed by 70 people. HootSuite’s basic service is free, but ﬁve

per cent of users include businesses, like the Vancouver Courier, that pay for different

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cil Wednesday regarding the draft Pearson Dogwood Policy Statement, which is meant to guide redevelopment of the property. The 25-acre Pearson-Dogwood site is located at West 59th Avenue between Heather and Cambie streets. Two health care facilities are on the property. The George Pearson Centre has 120 beds for adults living with conditions including multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injuries and traumatic brain injuries.

It has 114 residents. Dogwood Lodge has 113 beds for seniors who need complex care and require 24-hour nursing care. Vancouver Coastal Health owns 20 acres of the property, while the provincial government owns ﬁve acres (Dogwood Lodge.) If council approves the policy statement, VCH can ﬁle a rezoning application. VCH wants to leverage the site’s land value and reinvest money in health care. It en-

visions a mixed-use development, featuring healthcare housing and related services, housing, community amenities and park space. The vision includes a 150bed complex care centre to replace George Pearson Centre and Dogwood Lodge. The centre would house Dogwood Lodge’s 113 beds, along with 37 of the George Pearson beds. (The remaining 83 would be become independent living units.) What happens with the 37

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George Pearson beds is the main source of contention. They would be organized along the lines of a “greenhouse model,” according to VCH. Residents have private rooms and baths in a greenhouse model, and can move freely. The concept is based on reversing the idea of enforced dependency. Critics of the draft policy statement, such as Jill Weiss, chair of the city’s Persons with Disabilities Advisory Group, argue the complex care centre represents an institutional environment. Weiss said people with disabilities have the right to live in the community — not in institutions. She called the proposal “ethically wrong.” “This proposal is not acceptable because it includes institutions … do not approve a residential institution that in 10 or 20 years, you will have to apologize for,” she told council. Speaker after speaker, many with disabilities of various types, said institutionalization contravenes the UN Convention on the Rights of People’s with Disabilities and that it leads to rapid mental and physical deterioration. “Institutions are factories that turn people into furniture — it’s called a bed,” said one. “Institutions should be relics of history,” added another. “The City of Vancouver should use all powers granted to it to reject institutionalization. Remember, we are all temporarily able-bodied. We could all ﬁnd ourselves in one of those beds.” Speakers described institutionalization as being forced to live with people you don’t know in order to get help, and losing control over one’s autonomy and basic rights such as when to eat, sleep or have visitors. Those who challenge the rules risk being deemed troublemakers, noted one speaker.

Based on the concerns raised, council deferred its decision on the policy statement until city staff can sort out various issues and concerns with the Ministry of Health. “The number of people who spoke passionately and articulately about the issue of institutionalization of people with disabilities had, I think, an amazing effect on council and staff. As a result, we’re taking a look at the wording that’s been proposed in the draft [policy statement] to see what we can do, and what Vancouver Coastal Health can do, to strengthen the wording so that it better reﬂects the comments from the people who spoke,” the city’s manager of planning and development Brian Jackson said Thursday morning, “To be honest, I’m not that sure they’re that far apart. I know the idea of the greenhouse model, in Jill Weiss’ mind, cannot take place in an institution — and they’re in favour of the greenhouse model. The province and Vancouver Coastal Health have said they support the greenhouse model, but they think it can work in an institutional setting. It’s that narrow kind of gap that we’re trying to bridge in coming up with the revised wording.” Brad Foster, the real estate consultant for VCH who’s working on the project, said VCH understands it’s a complex issue for council. “We obviously wanted to see the policy passed yesterday givenwe’vebeenindiscussions for about 15 months with lots of different stakeholders and city staff,” he said. “But we also understand the people with disabilities rightly feel very strongly about their issues. What’s going to happen next is VCH will go back and do some thinking about how that care model they’re concerned with can be revised to bring the two parties closer together.” noconnor@vancourier.com

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news West Coast cash smells sweet to Cultch CHERYL ROSSI Staff Writer

ancouverites learned Tuesday night that West Coast Reduction (WCR) will have its name emblazoned on the city’s newest theatre. The corporate signage recognizes the $2 million donation the animal rendering plant is giving to The Cultch for its satellite York Theatre on Commercial Drive at Venables. It’s the largest corporate donation the arts organization has received in its 41 years. While many laud the hefty donation, others believe the sign that accompanies it stinks. Beneath the words “York Theatre” on a Commercial Drive corner of the building it will read “West Coast Reduction Stage” in print that’s ﬁve times smaller. “It’s important that we recognize this extraordinary gift,” said Cultch executive director Heather Redfern in response to the critics. “It’s certainly something that there’s lots of precedent in our city of doing and this is an appropriate recognition of a gift of this size.” City council unanimously agreed at a public hearing Jan. 21 to amend the city’s sign bylaw to allow the corporate branding. Council instructed city staff not to consider other applications to recognize corporate sponsorship on city-owned buildings until staff have completed the review of its sign bylaw, in an addition to the motion introduced by Vision Vancouver Coun. Geoff Meggs.

It’s rare for an arts organization to receive such a significant donation to support its operating budget. West Coast Reduction will administer the $2 million over eight years and will enjoy naming rights for 20 years. The company has given money to the Cultch for more than 20 years and became a major sponsor within the last four. The gift of $2 million is meant to mark the WCR’s 50th anniversary. While some people believe the rendering plant is attempting to appease residents of East Vancouver for unpleasant odours that emanate from the plant with this largesse, West Coast Reduction’s president and CEO Barry Glotman counters the company has always given to the community. “That’s really part of the culture of our organization and of our family, so this is not the first major gift given to the City of Vancouver,” he said. The Diamond family owns West Coast Reduction and Glotman noted their foundation has given much greater gifts to Vancouver General Hospital, Simon Fraser University and the University of B.C. Glotman says WCR works to eliminate odours and he believes if residents understood the good work the company does, they might be more accepting of any unpleasantness. West Coast Reduction recycles approximately 250,000 tonnes of solid waste each year, keeping it out of Metro Vancouver’s landfills. Redfern supports corporate signs on city-

owned buildings. “We absolutely have to do it,” she said. “Where else is the money going to come from? It’s just the reality of our times. Arts

organizations need this money and it needs to come from somewhere.” crossi@vancourier.com twitter.com/Cheryl_Rossi

Dear Constituents: I would like to greet all the residents in Vancouver-Langara riding, in celebration of Chinese New Year, a very Happy and Prosperous Lunar New Year of the Wood Horse! One of the traditions of Chinese New Year is the Chinese practice of giving money in red envelopes ( in Mandarin, or in Cantonese) during the 15-day celebration. This year, in place of previous years buffet receptions, I am very happy to arrange a gift of my personal well wishes of a token pack of specially designed lucky red envelopes. There are 2 beautifully designed auspicious red envelopes (as displayed with this greeting announcement). Your token pack may come with either design, and may be collected at my constituency office at the dates and time indicated below. As there are limited packs, please drop by my constituency office as early as possible to avoid disappointments. I wish you and your loved ones a new year of Abundance, Good Health and many exquisite moments of celebrations.

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ine-year-old Elise Leroux has illustrated and written 10 stories in English and French and published them online within the last six months.

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t would take a minor miracle at this point to see any referendum on TransLink funding held during the upcoming municipal elections actually succeed. North Vancouver District mayor and chair of the TransLink Mayor’s Council Richard Walton calls it a “terribly thought out piece of a strategy.” Following an in camera meeting two days ago of Metro Vancouver’s mayors making up the council, he said there was not a person in the room who disagreed. Their view hasn’t changed since the moment Premier Christy Clark tossed out the idea during the provincial election campaign the Liberals were expected to lose. If you wonder how little thought Clark initially gave to the proposal, consider how she simply confused the issue when she preposterously opined after her victory that the referendum question should be “multiple choice” and the province would play no role in promoting it. It was her rookie minister of transportation Todd Stone who had to step in as clean-up guy. He immediately contradicted Clark, saying the question should require a simple yes or no answer and the province would play a major part in that campaign. But now that eight months have passed we are no closer to knowing what that simple question will be. If anything, with little more than 10 months until the municipal election, the mayors in the region are even more opposed to the referendum strategy. They consider it a material threat to whatever campaign they hope to launch in their individual attempts to get re-elected. They do not want to be sidetracked by an issue that is seen as an ill-defined tax grab for an even more ill-defined transit benefit. And to make matters worse, instead of Stone attempting to bring the mayors on side, over the past week in a couple of media interviews he has taken to attacking them; blaming them for the funding problems and saying they should lean more heavily on homeowners by increasing property tax, which mayors have repeatedly resisted. In the case of Surrey, he suggests it should phase in its proposals for light rail. Vancouver should consider a less expensive option for the Broadway corridor out to UBC than a new SkyTrain. The mayors find themselves with neither resources nor power in this matter. But then B.C.’s provincial governments from Social Credit to NDP and now Liberal have regularly elbowed municipal types out of the way as they exercise their particular desires when it comes to transportation infrastructure. None have been more blatant in diminishing regional control than the B.C. Liberals. The current bullying by Victoria goes back to 2008 when former premier Gordon Campbell’s transportation minister Kevin Falcon put through legislation that gave us the current neutered Mayor’s Council with all of the real decision making power placed in the hands of a “professional board.” Falcon did that in response to the mayors’ reluctance to immediately vote in favour of placing the Canada Line project ahead of their long anticipated first priority, the Evergreen Line, to serve the northeast sector of the region. The debate among the mayors over the Canada Line was lengthy and hard fought. In a huff, Falcon declared they were “dysfunctional” and stripped them of any meaningful power. What Falcon also managed to do was effectively separate the planning for land development which lies with the mayors sitting on Metro’s board and transportation infrastructure policy and which is now in the hands of the province’s creation, the professional board at TransLink. This causes Richard Walton to observe that “something is very obviously broken.” And it is the reason mayors have continuously lobbied, with little hope of significant success, for the return of their authority at TransLink for the past half dozen years. Meanwhile at the hands of the province we have seen what Surrey mayor Dianne Watts told a Vancouver Board of Trade panel on public transit is a “mishmash of nonsense.” She was referring to the inconsistent and arbitrary nature of tolling and the responsibility for various bridges in the region. But Watts may as well have been talking more generally about the pickle the whole region finds itself in facing a referendum with little chance of success and yet another damaging delay in achieving sustainable funding for much needed transit infrastructure. agarr@vancourier.com twitter.com/allengarr

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t the height of the Cold War, Krakow was an environmental blight. Convinced that class distinctions would dissolve if the urban intelligentsia and industrial proletariats lived in close proximity, central planners located smokestacks and heavy industry next to apartment buildings and offices. To this day the Polish city has Europe’s third most polluted air, according to EU data. The Soviet Union and its mid-’80s satellite states didn’t have much in the way of a celebrity culture. Pravda and Tass, da; People and TMZ, nyet. At the time, Neil Young was noodling with synthesizer-driven music and endorsing Ronald Reagan. Thirty years down the road, our National Folkie is condemning the Alberta oil sands as “the largest undertaking of its kind or of any kind on the planet ... the greediest, most destructive, and disrespectful demonstration of something run amok that you’ve ever seen.” “Canada is trading integrity for money,” Young insisted during his recent Honour the Treaties tour. He went north of Fort McMurray to see the environmental cost of bitumen extraction up close, before concluding that environmental reclamation is impossible. “It’s like turning the moon into Eden. It’s not going to work,” he added. Persistent claims of health risks to populations downstream from the oil sands are creating a PR headache for the Harper government and the oil industry alike. Butthisisn’tlikelatter-dayKrakow,withcoal-firedindustryinyourfaceanddown your lungs. The oil sands are out of sight and out of mind for many non-aboriginal Canadians. In general, the country’s vast expanse allows transnational corporations to develop billion-dollar resource megaprojects far from the nations’s urban centres, which are strung like Christmas lights along the 49th parallel. As a result, most city dwellers in Toronto, Winnipeg, or Vancouver enjoy all the benefits of the traditional energy sector without seeing, breathing, or drinking the ecological costs. The environmental scar from the oil sands is observable far from space, yet images from it are relatively rare in the Canadian media (an aerial photo by Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky shows toxic tailing ponds just yards away from the Athabasca river). Anyway, back to Neil. Critics say he is using his stardom to leverage hydrocarbon hatin’ into headlines. Yet with a Tory government determined to close all avenues of democratic participation other than our quarterly shuffle to the ballot box, can anyone blame some celebrity for picking up the representative slack, even one whose political stance has been as variable as his musical output? Speaking of variable music, Prime Minister Stephen Harper recently performed at the Jewish National Fund’s annual Negev dinner, singing a cringeworthy version of The Beatles’ “Hey Jude.” So on one hand you have a left-wing musician trading on his high profile to assault Canadian resource extraction. On the other hand you have a right-wing politician mining the catalogue of British peaceniks in a bizarro charm offensive. There’s some weird symmetry there. But don’t hold your breath waiting for the prime minstrel to perform “Here Comes the Sun.” Solar energy is approaching cost parity with coalfired electricity, and our descendents may look back on the 21st century as the last great Gold Rush by the fossil fuelish. In the meantime, Canada may degenerate further into an autocratic petrostate before civilization as a whole is dragged by necessity into the light. Consider the other big player in the traditional energy sector: China. The state broadcaster CCTV recently released a dead-serious list of “unexpected benefits” from the constant blanket of smog in Beijing. First, the smog has brought the people together in their complaints about air quality. Second, it has equalized them as both rich and poor breath the same air. Third, it has made them wittier, through their dissemination of pollution-related jokes. A print organ of the Chinese communist party “added one more advantage: the smog could bolster China’s military defences by affecting guided missile systems,” noted Jonathan Kaiman in the Guardian Weekly. Poland long ago passed the smog baton to China. Yet Chinese solar panel production reportedly quadrupled between 2009 and 2011, outpacing world demand. For all its Pythonesque statements about air pollution, the totalitarian regime is literally banking on a solar future, following Germany’s lead. As Neil Young said, there are alternatives to a “dirty future … a door into the sunshine.” geoffolson.com

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To the editor: Re: “Hungry, Hungry Howell,” Jan. 15. I saw your Hungry Hungry Howell photo in the Wednesday edition and I was impressed by your regimen. I eat a lot of brown rice, miso gravy, tofu, garbanzo and spuds between rides to and from work myself. I may be missing the humour here, though. How does your commute and diet lead to gout? Or is the author of this piece just jealous of your ﬁtness? Ian Weniger, Vancouver

YORK THEATRE SHOULD GO GREEN To the editor: Re: “12th&Cambie: Seriously, what’s the big stink over a name?” Dec. 17. The Vancouver East Cultural Centre (the Cultch), which will operate the newly renovated York Theatre, has requested amendments to the Sign By-Law, one of which would be to add the following to the large fascia sign at the top of the building: “West Coast

Reduction Stage.” I can think of nothing more crass than to call York Theatre’s stage “West Coast Reduction Stage.” It would be far more appropriate to name the stage in memory or honour of someone who has contributed to this project and/or the community. How about “The Jim Green Stage”? After all, it was in large part due to Jim Green’s passion and vision that the York restoration came about! I remember attending a public consultation overview, must have been in 2011, and he was there; it was so obvious he was passionate about this project. He had a reputation for passion for arts, culture and for Vancouver as a city. Wouldn’t this be a way for Vision Vancouver to honour their departed colleague? For the City of Vancouver to honour a community leader and, may I say, statesman? Mary Jane Mbaruk, Vancouver

OLSON APPLAUDED To the editor: Re: “Letter: Olson backward on science cartoon,” Jan. 17. I was sorry to see the Courier, a responsible newspaper, give

nine column inches to B. Hoye’s outdated “facts” in his criticism of Geoff Olson ‘s take on climate science and the Harper government. Contrary to Hoye’s claims, scientists now almost unanimously concur that “anthropogenic” human-caused global warning is a reality. (Which is not to say that solar flares have played no part in the warming.) Hoye references the Medieval Warm Period. This has now been shown NOT to have been warmer than earth’s current temperature — now measured as the highest in at least 1300 years, and still rising . According to Brian Fagan’s excellent book, The Great Warming, the Medieval Warm Period saw lovely temperatures and abundant harvests in Europe, but brutal, prolonged droughts in parts of the Americas, southeast Asia, Africa and elsewhere, with terrible famines. Erratic temperatures prevailed in some other areas. Fagan calls the threat of epic droughts the “silent elephant” in the current climate situation, more worrisome even than the storms, floods and sealevel rises so much in the news. Keep up the good fight, Geoff! Joan Bunn., White Rock

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rittany Point wants to visit New Zealand this spring to connect with Maori culture. The 20-year-old Musqueam woman met Maori elders, mostly women, when they visited her reserve in August to launch the Te Ara: Maori Pathways of Leadership exhibit of photographs at the Musqueam Cultural Centre and she was struck by the similarities between the two cultures. “They’re so proud of it and so into it, they really practice the protocols and everything,” she said. Brittany is one of six girls and young women aged 11 to 25 heading to New Zealand March 21 to April 2 as part of a Musqueam Youth Exchange. Their trip will coincide with the return to New Zealand of the international touring exhibit that highlights the identity of Maori people and their landscapes. Te Ara is a Maori story of tribal leadership from the time their ancestors ﬁrst ventured into the Paciﬁc Ocean more than 3,000 years ago to

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Brittany Point (right), at the Te Ara exhibit at the Musqueam Cultural Centre with her uncle Terry Point, will be part of a youth delegation heading to New Zealand. today’s global challenges. Brittany’s uncle, Terry Point, said he and Te Ara co-curator, Paul Tapsell, wanted to develop leadership among Musqueam youth. “A lot of people here in Musqueam, they get grounded here in Musqueam and to actually venture out is difﬁcult in some cases,” Terry said, “so this will give them an oppor-

tunity to expand their horizons and get out into the world.” Brittany has travelled as far as New York and Boston. The group will visit Rotorua and participate in the opening ceremony for the Te Ara exhibit. They’ll visit a Maori immersion school and spend a day with a cul-

tural expert before meeting with another Maori community in Auckland, close to the grounds where the Treaty of Waitangi was signed in 1840 by the British government and the Maori people. They’ll also participate in an anniversary event at the University of Auckland. Terry hopes Maori youth will visit the Musqueam and that Canadian and New Zealand universities will collaborate on exchanges and scholarships down the road. The exchange group has been meeting once or twice a week since before Christmas to learn traditional songs, Musqueam phrases and traditional stories so they can serve as knowledgeable ambassadors for their community. A delegation of Musqueam adults will accompany the youth. The Musqueam have raised $5,000 toward their goal of $15,000 to cover the youth’s travel costs, so three fundraisers are planned. The Musqueam Cultural Centre will host a hunter’s feast of wild meats, traditional entertainment and a silent auction on Jan. 24. It also is holding an event called “Songs from the North, music for the people,” featuring singers Diyet and Nive Nielsen, Jan. 30, and on Feb. 8, Juno Award winner and blues artist Murray Porter will perform. For more information, go to musqueam.bc.ca and look under “Our Story” and then “Events.” Te Ara is at the cultural centre until Feb. 28. crossi@vancourier.com twitter.com/Cheryl_Rossi

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he Digital Age’s designers, most of whom are white, male, highly paid Star Wars enthusiasts who live in the San Francisco area, have two rules about life: 1. you are not allowed to be bored; 2. you must be notified about everything. Rule No. 1 deserves a serious discussion about the loss of reflection in our culture, and thankfully, that dialogue is under way in other forums. Rule No. 2, the subject of this column, deserves a kick in the ass. This is the time of the ubiquitous reminder, and it’s cool. I’d miss half my meetings each week without reminders from Google Calendar or Exchange, and I wouldn’t get out of my office chair as much for walks every day without my Fitbit reminding me of the steps I need to reach my daily quota. But as our devices and online services gather more information about our lives, we’ve crossed over from helpful reminder to annoying, if not creepy, intrusion. Our lives are crowded with digital noise. That’s why for me 2014 is about reducing that noise in three key areas: my smartphone, because it goes with me everywhere; Facebook, because it’s replaced the public square; and Amazon, because its habit of following you wherever you go on the web

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with targeted advertising is a model for invasiveness. When I first got a smartphone, I was enthralled. It would beep and whistle at every event going and I was never out of the loop. New email came in? Beep! New Twitter follower? Weet! Text, voice mail, calendar invitation, breaking news from the CBC? Wheep, bloop, ding, whoosh! That was fun, for about a week. That’s when I realized an eventemitting smartphone is like travelling in the car with a three-year-old identifying every person, object and event along the route. Look, it’s a man! Look, it’s a box! Look, it’s a man with a box! I’ve since cut down on the event reminders on my current phones dramatically, and that includes visual alerts and banners in addition to sounds. My personal phone, an HTC 8X running Windows Phone, makes noises for incoming calls, texts and calendar entries and that’s it. The rest I don’t need to know about until I decide I’m ready to check individual apps or services. I’ve done the same for my work iPhone. If I want to find out about messages or events on Facebook, Twitter or news apps, Windows Phone’s tiles display silent, unobtrusive notifications, and even these can be turned off at will. The iPhone has iOS7’s more efficient notification window shade, which if you configure it properly can be blissfully quiet and restrained. I only see what I want to see when I want to see it, not because my phone is screaming and doing a light show. Keeping your phone quiet requires

digging deep into the settings and turning things off. Notification settings are not always easy to find, since smartphones are not designed to be passive. The pasty dudes in the San Francisco area making these things stayed up late into the night finding just the right light sabre sound for your incoming email and they’ll be damned if it’s rendered mute. You’ll also need to be vigilant when installing new apps, because they, too, are designed by default to bug you with reminders. In iOS7, head to the Notification Center, where you can decide how and if your phone’s services and apps will remind you of events. You can choose visual banners at the top of the screen, alerts on the central part of the screen, or sounds. Depending on your desire for quiet, you can turn most of these off. From there, head in the settings menu to Sounds and turn off as many sounds as you can for events you don’t need to know about at the very second they occur. Turning off the incoming email sound alone is key to a happier day. In Android, notification settings are found mainly under Device, Apps, where you can opt out of notifications for each app. Annoyingly, you can’t turn anything off without receiving a “do you really want to do this and be ignorant?” nag message. Thanks, Luke Skywalker wannabe. Next week: part two, in which we work to silence Facebook and Amazon. blink@vancourier.com twitter.com/trueblinkit

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he easiest and most inexpensive way to improve your food garden is crop rotation — making sure each plant group grows in a different spot from where it spent the previous year. This confuses and starves over-wintering pests because when they emerge their food supply is gone. Crop rotation also reduces fungal diseases. For example, tomato blight spores spend winter months in the soil and re-activate when watering splashes infected soil up into tomato plants. Though blight spores can drift from tomatoes in neighboring gardens, transmission over distance is chancier and depends on summer rain. But avoiding planting tomatoes where tomatoes were before is not the whole story. Potatoes, eggplant and peppers belong to the same family (Solonaceae) and can also catch tomato blight, though peppers are less susceptible than potatoes. Other plant families have their own diseases and pests, which they transmit to those in the same family but not to members of other families. One family includes cabbages, radishes and turnips. Beans and peas are part of another family. Onions, shallots and garlic are in another group. Beetroots, carrots and parsnips are all relatives. Squash, zucchini and cucumber share another grouping. Each family has its own susceptibilities to various infections. To people with little space such as a twocontainer veggie garden, crop rotation is challenging. But even a two year rotation is better than nothing. Luckily there are ways of improving it. You could change the top few inches of soil each year and move one container further away from the other. An alternative is growing a different food family each year for three or four years. Most vegetables now have container-friendly compact forms.

Growing pains: Planting tomatoes in new sections of the garden helps keep blight away and give a healthy harvest. A three-year crop rotation can be manageable if compost is added to garden beds each year — though a four-year rotation is better — or even five years if potatoes and tomatoes can be added into the rotation cycle. Because it’s really easy to forget where vegetables were planted, it helps to draw a rough sketch of your veggie garden. Then add plant names in their last-year places. It’s helpful to add the year before you file it away. This will help when you want to figure out rotation for the coming year. Gardeners whose veggie garden is in-

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anuary on the West Coast may not be the easiest month to work in the garden but there’s plenty to do if you know what to do. I suppose for many people it may be difficult to separate gardening myth from gardening fact when it comes to gardening in January. Just the sheer volume of books, magazines, bloggers and salesmen marauding as gardeners can make it difficult to define what’s fact and what’s myth. To help everyone get the most out of their gardening time, here’s my January gardening list of useful tasks and useless tasks. Let’s start with useless gardening tasks for January — or gardening myths as I call them. By far one of the most enduring and useless gardening tasks for January has to be spraying fruit trees with dormant oil, lime sulphur or Bordeaux mix. Aside from the fact that those substances are highly poisonous and mobile in the environment, dormant spraying in our rainy climate is quite useless. The rainfall we receive is simply too prolific to allow those chemicals to stick and do their supposed work. As well, fruit tree diseases are widespread so re-infection is likely. Also, the disease is often located within the tissue so surface applications do little to solve the problem. If your fruit tree is diseased, either live with the disease by improving the tree’s health to mitigate the symptoms, or replace the tree with a disease-resistant variety. Turning your compost now to speed up decomposition is commonly suggested as a January garden task. However, who has the time, or the will, to go out and turn over the compost stuffed into one of those little rodent-resistant bins? Not me. The easy way to aerate your compost is to get a steel bar and poke holes into the compost. Space the holes 10 centimetres (four inches) apart and make sure to push the bar all the way to the bottom of the compost. Bar aeration is easy, simple and effective. As for those fancy compost aerators, nice idea but too much work. There are many useful garden tasks that can be completed in January, and for me, centre on pruning, construction, bed renovation, planting and seeding. Winter pruning is done for a specific purpose: to invigorate plants. When you prune in winter, the resulting growth response invigorates the plant, which develops new growth according to where the cuts are made. Winter pruning is useful on woody vines to develop structure, on deciduous shrubs to thin out old growth and develop new growth, and on coniferous or broadleaved trees to raise crowns or thin out growth for greater light penetration to the plantings below. Not all plants respond well to winter prun-

ing, including Japanese maples, dogwood trees and several other thin-barked hardwood trees that are susceptible to disease infestation when pruned during our wet winters. Those trees also respond to winter pruning by re-growing uncharacteristically straight and vigorous shoots that negatively affect presentation. Building gardens during winter is useful in several ways. Firstly, there is disruption in the garden when building anything and it is more effective for overall garden usage to build in the low season and enjoy in the high season.

January is a good month to get your seed orders placed to assure you get the variety you want before supply runs out. Secondly, landscape construction contractors often offer rates that are more competitive than during the peak seasons of spring and summer. Bed renovation is an old school technique that is sparingly practised in our part of the world. Bed renovation is useful in winter and involves lifting out and dividing overgrown perennials or shrubs, enriching the soil with organic matter and replanting an improved and more balanced layout. There is little need to worry about cold temperature damage during winter on hardy trees, shrubs and perennials that are the mainstay of most West Coast residential gardens. If the temperature drops below zero, simply cover the plant’s root ball and wait for the inevitable warm-up that happens on the coast and continue renovating. When it comes to ordering seed to grow at home, January is a good month to get your seed orders placed to assure you get the varieties you want before supply runs out. Remember when you receive your seed order to place it directly in the fridge for storage, not the freezer where it can be freezer burned. Fridge storage of seeds preserves viability and improves germination rates. Seeds stored in a cupboard or the garage often become dried out or exposed to moisture which leads to rot. There is one other very useful gardening task for January and that is to take time to enjoy the simple and sublime beauty in the garden you have created. Todd Major is a journeyman horticulturist, garden designer and builder, teacher and organic advocate. For advice contact him at stmajor@shaw.ca.

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he Vancouver Bombers lost a hockey game 7-6 but it didn’t matter that much because it happened outdoors. The temperature was somewhere below zero degrees Celsius and falling, the corners of the rink were anklesnapping rough, and they were beat by the Guzzlers whose logo is a bottle cap. Yet at that moment, it was the best thing ever. Even though the Bombers have played in the Apex Shoot-Out tournament every January since Byron Moore started the team in 2007, it’s the ﬁrst time team forward Craig Northey made the trip to the Penticton ski resort as he is usually on tour with his band The Odds. “I’ve been playing with some of these guys for 20 years and I’ve known some of them even longer,” said Northey of Bombers bonding. “There we were, sharing a winter wonderland cabin on a mountainside, changing into our gear at home like little kids and then cramming ourselves into a couple of trucks to play outside with the snow falling on the ice and the wind whipping in our faces.” While a West Coast boy, Northey is no stranger to outdoor hockey as he packs his hockey bag to take along on winter tours. A band favourite is skating the Red and Assiniboine Rivers in Winnipeg, but the quintessential Canadian hockey and rock ‘n’ roll award goes to the time the Odds

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Vancouver Bombers forward Ben Snell gets around his Guzzlers opponent to get a shot on net in the 14th annual Apex Shoot-Out hockey tournament action at the mountain resort in Penticton. Scan page with Layar to see more photos. played shinny with the Tragically Hip on the pond behind the Hip’s studio in Bath, Ont. To sum up: “Hours of laughs and frozen jeans in the crisp, sunny woods with your pals.” Moore, originally from Montreal, said he has good memories of the outdoor neighbourhood rinks from his youth. “We’ve got guys on our team who grew up outside Vancouver who played on outdoor rinks and we’ve got guys who grew up in Vancouver who never experi-

enced it. They go up to Apex because they never did it and we go up because we miss it.” The rink is situated above the mountain’s parking lot and at the bottom of one of the ski runs. It found its new home after being abandoned by the Vancouver Voodoo roller hockey team when the league folded in 1996. The owners of Apex Mountain Resort spotted the boards for sale at a Ritchie Brothers auction and got the idea of building an outdoor

rink with the help of friend Marc Tougas. “I was thinking they’d want to have a tournament next winter but they said next weekend,” remembered Tougas who organizes all the Apex tournaments to this day. “So we settled on the weekend after.” Teams from nearby Penticton played that first year but word got out there was a National Hockey League-sized rink on a mountain and now Apex is home to three annual tournaments, including the Firefighters version that has seen teams from as far away as California and Alaska. But it’s men and women from Vancouver that make up a large part of the visiting teams as the five-hour drive is nothing with four-wheel drive and winter tread. Most make a three day-weekend out of it but for others, like Billy Jones, the trip is worth even just a weekend. Jones arrived a day late as he had acting work as a hockey referee in a Budweiser beer commercial for the upcoming Winter Olympics. Jones’ face is already familiar to some as he performs at wedding receptions as Neil Diamond, Tom Jones, and Elvis and his body is also a familiar sight as he hopped onto the Apex rink to shovel snow in between periods of one women’s game wearing a lime green mankini, Borat style. “I’ve grown up on the West Coast and that’s why I like to go to this pond hockey tournament,” said Jones. “Playing hockey outdoors, makes you feel like a kid again.” rblissett@telus.net

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ach day, I work with patients coping with change. This includes expectant parents anticipating the birth of their babies with mothers experiencing profound changes in their bodies; adults accepting the physiologic changes of aging; patients diagnosed with chronic conditions such as diabetes and congestive heart failure; and those coping with pain and disability. Change is inevitable though sometimes invisible. Our bodies change from moment to moment. At every point in time, cells are dying and being replaced. Except in acute illness, we think of our bodies as stable but we are constantly being refreshed.

So when you are turning 40, 60 or 80, consider your age to be an inaccurate number. The majority of the cells in your body are much younger. Some are under a day old. None of your red blood cells is over three months old. Acceptance is just one aspect of coping with change. The most important is the recognition of our personal ability to be agents of positive change. I spend much of my time guiding patients in gaining control over their lives. Every journey begins with the first step, and every significant improvement in your life begins with one small change. We all need the jumpstart of inspiration with fresh infusions to keep us moving towards living a more positive and healthy life. Last week, we celebrated Inspiration Day at Century House in New Westminster. I invite you to celebrate your own Inspiration Week by reflecting on seven wellsprings of inspiration. 1. Heroes. Joseph Campbell, famed mythologist and author of The Hero’s Journey,

recognized that the stories about the bigger than life characters of mythology and our great religions reflected the journey we all take in life. The challenges we face and the call to have courage and do the right thing are reflected in many of those stories. 2. Models of human achievement. Great figures in history have set the bar high and shown us what a human being can achieve. We remain in awe when listening to Beethoven, Mozart and Bach, read Shakespeare’s plays and sonnets, and look upon great works of art. 3. Everyday heroes. While the giants of the past may make us feel like puny underachievers, we have heroes among us each day. These are ordinary people like you and me who choose to do extraordinary things; they express courage and perseverance in the face of overwhelming adversity or perform acts of generosity and compassion. 4. The inspiring people in your personal life. Think about the special people from your past who have

made a positive difference in your life. This may include your parents, teachers, mentors and friends. 5. Those we serve. My patients have made me a better doctor. Their trust and conﬁdence in me inspired me to be the best physician I can be. My golden rule of medicine is to treat each patient with the care I would expect for my family. My children have taught me humility and what matters most in life. Becoming a parent inspired me to be the best person I can be. 6. Your calling. Your calling is the intersection of your passions, talents, values and the needs of the world. Are you engaged in what you love to do? Are your actions, words and beliefs aligned? What can you do today to help someone else and make a positive difference in your world? 7. Love. Love, kindness, compassion and goodwill come in many forms. The most inspiring acts are borne of genuine unconditional love. I measure the success of the day by how well I have loved others.

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Those crazy literary kids at MASHED POETICS are at it again. Their latest spoken word and music mash-up features local wordsmiths reciting an assortment of TV SHOW THEME-inspired poems, while a live band performs said songs between sets. See Billeh Nickerson wax poetic on the Dukes of Hazzard, RC Weslowski spin a wordy web about Spiderman, Emilee Nimetz take on THREE’S COMPANY, Jonina Lynn Kirton tune in to WKRP in Cincinnati and Amy Girard raise her glass to Cheers, among others. Sadly, it appears no one has the guts to interpret the theme from Degrassi High. See and hear for yourself, Jan. 24, 9 p.m. at Kozmik Zoo.

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Having lost her mother, grandmother and pet in the span of two years, singer-songwriter LINDSAY MAY packed up her guitar and mandolin, quit her high-paying executive job and immersed herself in music full time. The rootsy results can be heard on May’s latest GIRL WITH GRIT, and at her album and tour launch Jan. 25, 8 p.m. at St. James Hall. Tickets at Highlife Records and Rufus’ Guitar Shop, by calling 604-736-3022 and online at roguefolk.bc.ca.

Ethiopian power trio KRAR COLLECTIVE bring their blues-infused grooves to CLUB PUSH as part of the PUSH FESTIVAL. It all goes down Jan. 25, 10 p.m. at Performance Works on Granville Island. For tickets and details, go to pushfestival.ca.

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arts&entertainment KUDOS& KVETCHES NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! This week Facebook, the Twitterverse and a surprising number of our despondent co-workers unleashed banshee-like cries of anguish, pounded their fists on their desks and typed away the pain by joining the collective mourning for a cold, unforgiving world that rarely makes any sense. Was it the ongoing unrest in Syria? The “unprecedented scale” of violence witnessed in Egypt since the army ousted democratically elected Islamist President Mohamed Morsi last July? The continued gay rights violations by the Russian government leading up to the Winter Olympics? No… it was the announcement that after 39 years of marriage, ’70s hit-makers Captain & Tennille are getting divorced. News spread faster than a case of circa-1978 chlamydia that 73-year-old Toni Tennille, whose real name is Cathryn Tennille, filed for divorce from Daryl Dragon (the Captain), 71, on Jan. 16 after nearly four decades of marriage. Did Tennille finally have enough of her husband’s insistence of wearing a captain’s hat? Did the pressure of keeping up the façade behind the couple’s biggest hit “Love with Keep Us Together” weigh too heavily and paradoxically become their undoing? Or was it the morbidly tantalizing prospect of seeing their most famous song subverted by dozens of media outlets who predictably resorted to using “Love Won’t Keep Them Together” in their headlines? We have no idea. Besides, we’ve always been more of a “Muskrat Love” fan.

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Speaking of sensationalized news that doesn’t bode well for the future of humankind as we walk ever closer to the abyss…. On Wednesday, news broke that a 25-year-old Kelowna woman had been arrested in Washington State for allegedly threatening to kill her teenaged boyfriend who happens to be a junior hockey player for the Tri-City Americans. Perhaps tellingly, the woman’s Twitter bio reads, “The first rule of life, love and hockey is the same...” The fact that the woman was a freelance reporter for Castanet, an online news website in Kelowna, and had also written for the Kelowna DailyCourierpiquedtheinterestofpeoplearound the Courier office mainly because the most exciting things in our lives these days are attending going-away parties for co-workers and finding creative ways to augment reality. But we suspect the reason why this story has gotten so much play is because of the titillating notion of an older woman dating a teenager— though it should be said the dude will be 20 later this year — and the fact this woman is blonde, attractive and prone to taking selfies, which newspapers can then turn into online photo galleries containing some 30 images to really flesh out the issue. All of which begs the question, is there a double standard going on here? Surely far more men are arrested for allegedly threatening their girlfriends or spouses and don’t make headlines. And if a 25-year-old man was arrested for allegedly threatening a teenage girlfriend who happened to play amateur sports, would we see photos of this dude, let alone a 30-image photo gallery, spread across the Internet for the sole purpose of “click bait.” We doubt it. The first rule of life, love and media these days is the same ...

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It also happens to be Vancouver’s source of high-quality hula hoops, as well as gluten-free, dairy-free waffles. It’s an odd combination, and she knows it. “It’s been 16 months and some mornings I still wake up and say, oh my God, I own a candy store,” says Watermelon, who might be better known as a watermelon vendor on Wreck Beach, marijuana pin-up girl and advocate, or host of an online cooking show called Baking a Fool of Myself. But what you might not know is that she’s a self-professed health nut. “I’m probably the best person to own a candy store because I’m like the gatekeeper. I’m like, no more candy for you,” she laughs. In fact, the shop’s storeroom is remarkably low on licorice and candy. Instead, there are enormous bags of quinoa and almonds — Watermelon mills the quinoa into flour and makes her own almond milk. The flour and milk go into the shop’s quietly famous quinoa waffles. Watermelon started selling single waffles as nutritious snacks, but it didn’t take long for word to spread. Now, she packs them 12 to a bag, freezes them, and watches them fly out the door. It seems that beneath the Drive’s easygoing demeanour, there’s a subculture of gluten- and lactose-intolerant waffle lovers. And of course there’s the licorice. Sweet, salty, glutenfree, gelatin-free, sugar-free. They come in tubes, jellies, cats, farm animals, spheres and tablets. Watermelon starts me off with a Finnish allsort, a black tube surrounding a pale yellow, banana-flavoured centre. “For some reason, this gets everybody. It’s banana and licorice, made in Finland. People come in and say, ‘I don’t like licorice,’ and I say, ‘Challenge accepted.’ And I give them this and they say, ‘Oh, I don’t mind that one.’” From there, I try a softbite, which looks like a gumball but has a soft centre of salty-sweet licorice. And then she gives me a salmiak tube, which has a caramelly, molasses-y richness and a soft kind of saltiness. “Regular table salt is sodium chloride, but the salt in salmiak is ammonium chloride,” she tells me. From there, we make our way through the salted options, and I finally reach my limit with a salmiak rondeau. It looks like a jet-black gumball, and inside is a soft centre of brownsugary salmiak. The sweetness mellows — and then spins around to sucker-punch me in the face with salt as ammonia wafts up my nose. The experience is so captivatingly repulsive that I can’t wait to do it again. Instead, Watermelon talks me back down to the sweet shelf, and we finish with a duo: half licorice and half wine gum, pleasingly sweet. Shortly after, I emerge from the Commercial Drive Licorice Parlour: smile on my face, licorice in my belly, and a hot-pink hula hoop slung over my shoulder. twitter.com/eagranieyuh

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PUSHING BOUNDARIES: Escape the mid-winter doldrums and take in one of the more than 150 shows that mark the 10th anniversary edition of PuSh, the multi-disciplinary festival that pushes the boundaries of performance art. Founder and creative genius Norman Armour welcomed a full house to the opening of the German-Brit Goon Squad Collective’s Super Night Shot, a manic movie shot in Gastown (filmed an hour before curtain) improvised by four players, performed to music and with a loose storyline.

TASTE OF OZ: In celebration of Australia Day (Jan. 26) marking the establishment of the first European colony in New South Wales, Tourism Australia, Wine Australia and Australia-born chef John Placko invited guests to explore Oz’s food, wine and travel in an exclusive culinary experience at the Waterfall Building. Sampling naturally included kangaroo — a tender meat that is rich with Vitamin B. Locals searching for the exotic animal need not go far: Hill’s Food imports the less common — but growing in popularity — game meat while Gastown’s Chill Winston is featuring “roo” tartar and wellington for the occasion. TRENDSETTERS DOWN UNDER: KNOWSHOW, Canada’s premiere lifestyle trade show, recently rolled into town providing a great opportunity to preview the trends for 2014 and to check out what’s new with local, national and international brands. Leading the way are many of Vancity’s style and tastemakers including Herschel Supply Co., Native Shoes, Gentle Fawn, Birds of a Feather and specialty underwear brands My Pakage and SAXX.

Jennifer Winsor is tripping the light fantastic in her gallery’s newest exhibition of video and neon work by media artist Paul Wong. A visual odyssey awaits visitors including a wallsized, time-lapsed projection of the Downtown Eastside.

Ed Lachelt and Levi Switzer’s Vancouver-based SAXX specialty briefs, with its patented inner mesh support panels, is growing in size and trending.

A costumed Keenie Coleman took in Stella Panagiotidis’ Atlantis party at FanClub. The Granville Street venue will host circus performers, burlesques acts and live music Friday to Sunday.

Chef John Placko and Wines of Australia’s Mark Davidson showcased Oz’s exceptional culinary scene at Vancity’s Down Under Aussie Day preview held at the Waterfall Building.

Minami’s Rohan Henson, left, and Michael McDermott showcased their signature Aburi sushi, part of their great $38 Dine Out Vancouver value meal offered until Feb. 2.

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Norman Armour, Michelle Ross and Mayor Gregor Robertson celebrated a decade of PuSh, the annual festival that pushes the boundaries of performance art.

Oenophiles Sid Cross and the House Wine Gals, Michelle Bouffard and Michaela Morris, sipped, and savoured fine wines at the Vancouver International Wine Festival Taste of France launch.

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PISCES, until mid-July, your love/romantic opportunities are strong and active, especially if you seek love in the corridors of power – at work, in your career, in the upper echelons of society, etc. The same time period heats up your sexual zone, both intensifying your urge toward intimate bonding, and making others responsive. Trouble is, many of the “responsive” types will be already engaged, attached or married. Avoid these ones, as a burden of guilt will later weigh both of you down. These seven months generally tempt you toward love that has an ulterior motive, for you might really be seeking power, ﬁnancial gain (e.g., he/she has a solid net worth) and/or security – these motives lead to lust, rather than love. Lust “runs out,” whereas love has built-in growth. Oddly, you might remain consciously unaware of these ulterior motives. So combine attraction with self-awareness. This is a superb half year to learn about yourself, and about the complicated depths of your heart. To early March, you might meet love in a social or group setting. The more you socialize, the better your chances of a thrilling connection.

Bosses still favour you (which is a nice, even needed, change from the general trend) so take advantage. Your career is steadily transforming, pushing you to adjust – if you don’t adjust, then the changes will seem abrupt, unexpected, and possibly negative – e.g., being ﬁred. Adjusting when bosses like you is easier and fruitful, as now to early March.

The weeks ahead promote romance, creative and speculative surges, charming children (and their interests) pleasure and beauty. You’re on a winning streak! A new venture or project could begin in these areas Wednesday night through Friday eve. A love affair could begin, or climb to a new level.

Be ambitious, Taurus. Until late February, VIPs are receptive, higher-ups and parents are watching your performance – not critically, but expectantly, hopefully. Now is your chance (through late February) to impress them! (Apropos this, the cloud that’s hung over you in many areas for the last 17 months will disappear in mid-February: sunshine, hope, and an “even playing ﬁeld” will return.)

The accent lies on home, family, property, security, Mother Nature, retirement, soul and stomach for several weeks ahead – especially this Wednesday night to Friday eve, when a new project or “regime” might begin in these zones. But if you are contemplating a major project here (e.g., renovations, or a new private school for the kids) realize that February contains many delays, mistakes and indecision.

A mellow, compassionate, wise mood continues to ﬂow through you into late February, especially this Wednesday night to Friday eve. You might begin a new venture in international travel, higher education, publishing, social rituals (e.g., weddings, bat mitzvahs) or cultural zones, but be aware that these might not succeed in a ﬁnancial, sexual, or work/employment aspect.

The weeks ahead continue to feature short trips, errands, visits, communications, siblings and casual acquaintances, details and paperwork – especially Wednesday night to Friday eve, when a new project could begin in these areas. One caution – a background, government, health, or reputational barrier could defeat any long-term projects you might start.

You’re in the second week (of four) of life’s depths, Cancer. Be a detective, a researcher, look under the carpet, ﬁnd hidden clues, treasures and intimacies. Lifestyle changes, ﬁnancial commitments, health diagnoses – these occupy you until late February. However, the most successful of these will occur (or return from the past) from February 13 to 18.

The accent lies on earnings, possessions, sensual/ casual sex and memory for the weeks ahead, especially Wednesday night to Friday eve, when a new project could begin in these areas…it’s a mellow, calm time, good for government activities, banking and “talking funding.” But something inside you might interfere with the smooth course of any large or long-term venture here.

Relationships ﬁll your horizon through late February, especially this Wednesday night to Friday eve. In general, a barrier might arise to any link or partnership venture started before February 13. (The barrier involves your health or domestic or work situation.) From Feb. 13 to 18, a partnership project from the past can succeed – could send your heart soaring.

You remain in charge. Your energy, magnetism, clout and effectiveness let you cut through obstacles like butter, and urge you to start big, important projects. But hold on – 1) February brings a slow down, mistakes and false starts; 2) higher-ups, parents, authorities, etc., expect you to work within strict guidelines, guidelines that hold you back. So start only ventures which you can ﬁnish quickly, before Feb. 6.

The weeks ahead hold many chores, and perhaps a health concern. Eat, dress sensibly. A new task (even new employment) might begin Wednesday night through Friday. In accepting or chasing this, take into account that February will bring a general slowdown, a time of false starts, mistakes and indecision. Only start things that you can complete in the week ahead, or that you can start in March (better).

If a love affair or creative project has slowed, it will regain momentum when your charisma rises in March. For the few weeks ahead – especially this Wednesday night to Friday eve – continue to rest, contemplate and plan. Avoid competitive situations. Focus on charitable works, spiritual development, and interfacing with institutions or civil servants. However, in these, realize that until February 13, an ethical, legal or cultural barrier exists which can reduce your impact.

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unior and senior girls hit the hardwood Thursday for the ﬁrst day of play at the seventh annual Vancouver Girls Basketball Association Langara Challenge. The tournament, starting after the Courier’s print deadline, gives players in the city a unique opportunity to go up against Vancouver teams they wouldn’t otherwise challenge, according to the event’s co-chair Robyn Wilson. “You don’t have many other tournaments that are speciﬁcally set up to have independent schools and public schools come in and have that competition right off the bat,” she said. Five public and three private schools are invited to play in the senior division, while the junior division includes an even four public and four independents. Every team will play three games with Langara as the main host Friday and Saturday. This year’s competition is predicted to be more wide open. In the past, the AA level York House Tigers and Britannia Bruins dominated leading to extreme blowouts. This time around teams are more evenly matched, Wilson said. “It should be a good tournament for each of the games.” Players on teams not invited to the tour-

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A member of the York House Tigers (in white) ﬁghts for possession of the ball with a Magee Lion in last year’s tournament. nament can still attend the spectator-favourite, three-point shooting competition, held Saturday evening and open to any Grade 8 to 12 player from a Vancouver school. The tournament was previously known as the Telus VGBA Challenge, but as reported earlier in the Courier Telus announced the end of its sponsorship of the tournament

last year. The last of the Telus funds, a minimum of six scholarships worth $500 each, will be awarded at the closing ceremonies this weekend, according to Wilson. A minimum of two different $1,000 Langara scholarships will also be awarded. The new name of the event reﬂects the contribution of Langara College, which has

played host to the last six tournaments. Four or five generous individual donors have already stepped up to support the tournament for next year, Wilson said, but more money is needed. “We are definitely keeping our ears and eyes open for a company or a person who would want to take over that name sponsorship,” she said. Mike Evans, head coach of the Bruins, which is tied for first place in Vancouver at 5-1, said for some girls the benefit of this tournament is much more than getting to dribble on a college court against teams outside their league. For many young players, just walking around the college campus may influence their futures. “If they haven’t done that before, maybe it doesn’t seem quite as scary,” said Evans, who also sits on the board of directors for the VGBA. Bruins captain Naomi Morcilla, 17, has played at the Langara tourney three years in a row. The Grade 12 point guard said the chance at a scholarship is one of the biggest draws of the tournament for her this year. “Me being someone from a low-income family, it really does help with school for next year,” she said. For more information on the tournament go to vgba.ca/tournament. thuncher@shaw.ca twitter.com/Thuncher

Olympic slopestyle events offer new terrain JIM MORRIS Contributing writer

n a bid to attract a younger television audience the International Olympic Committee will introduce slopestyle competitions at next month’s Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. The addition can be seen as a ploy to make the Games more relevant to a generation raised on extreme sports, but it also means future snowboarders and skiers won’t always need a big mountain to reach their Olympic dream. Spencer O’Brien is one of the best female slopestyle snowboarders in the world. The 25-year-old from Courtenay, B.C. won gold at last year’s FIS snowboarding world championships and has earned podium ﬁnishes at both the Winter X Games and on the Winter Dew Tour. O’Brien, a medal threat in Sochi, ﬁrst learned slopestyle at the Mount Washington Alpine Resort on Vancouver Island. “That’s what is so great about slopestyle,” O’Brien said recently at a Vancouver news conference where some members of Canada’s Olympic snowboard team were intro-

duced. “It’s so accessible for young kids. “Almost every mountain in the world has a terrain park of some size and level. It’s really great. You can really take steps. You can start with a small jump and move your way up. There are lots of steps for progression.” Slopestyle is done by both skiers and snowboarders. It uses a specially designed course that has jumps and other features. Most slopestyle athletes get started in a terrain park on their home hill. While alpine skiers need a big mountain like Whistler to expand their talents, local ski resorts like Grouse, Cypress and Mt. Seymour allow riders to learn and progress in the sport. “With the new disciplines like slopestyle, small hills can have a terrain park anywhere,” said Steven Hills, executive director of Canada Snowboard. “Young kids train at Seymour and ride out in the Fraser Valley. They have every opportunity to develop the basic skills you need to become a worldclass snowboarder. “All the basics are right in your backyard, especially here in Vancouver.”

At peak season, Mt. Seymour, Cypress Mountain and Grouse Mountain offer four terrain parks combined. Simon Whitehead, marketing manager at Mt. Seymour, said the mountains surrounding Vancouver are world-renown for their terrain parks. “The North Shore on a whole is pretty spectacular,” said Whitehead. “We have a lot of homegrown talent at Mt. Seymour.” Seymour opened its first terrain park in 1993 and has since developed professional riders like Devun Walsh, Kevin Sansalone and Chris Dufficy. Seymour offers training to young riders with qualified instructors with their Progression Team and then further support for aspiring skiers and snowboarders with their Development Team. “We’re not just a learning area,” said Whitehead. “People can really progress. People travel from all over the world to visit our terrain parks.” Jacqueline Blackwell, public relations manager at Grouse Mountain, said the proximity of the local mountains means reduced

travel time and expense. “If you live in the Lower Mainland in general, it’s closer to go to a local North Shore mountain than it is to go north to Whistler or somewhere in the interior,” said Blackwell. “I know our terrain park teams really pride themselves on building a really great terrain park.” Mark McMorris is the poster boy for a kid from a small park making it big. The 20-year-old learned to snowboard at the Mission Ridge Winter Park, about 45 minutes outside of Regina. The hill has only 89 metres of vertical drop. McMorris, who also trained at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, is the ﬁrst person to ever complete a backside triple cork 1440 and is the two-time Winter X Games champion in slopestyle. “You need a park, any sort of park,” said McMorris, another medal contender in Sochi. “I grew up at a park that had three rails and a really small jump. “As long as the park is good you can accomplish a lot.” morrisejim@gmail.com

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fter the months of discussion, consultation, objections, and periodically heated arguments, this week the deal was sealed and Point Grey Road as we’ve always known it ceased to exist. The road has now been closed off at Macdonald Street, and will not open to through traffic again. The reason for this needs little explanation, given the headline space it has dominated over the past couple of years. The current construction is for the extension of the Seaside Greenway bike route, linking the Burrard Bridge bike lane with the bike paths at Jericho Beach, and will result in the permanent closure of a one-kilometre stretch of the road to through traffic. There’s little point rehashing the arguments for and against the road closure and bike route, since whether or not it will happen is no longer up for debate. Now’s the time to start thinking about what to look out for once the reconfigured route opens. What will success look like, and where are the problems likely to occur? Here are the key numbers I think will be worth keeping an eye on. • Overall usage. Specifically, how will use of the new route compare to current traffic both on Point

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tation director Jerry Dobrovolny, ICBC data shows that Cornwall is one of the city’s worst spots for accidents involving cyclists. Improvements to the south end of the Burrard Bridge, a notoriously risky intersection where many of these accidents occur, should result in this number dropping signiﬁcantly. I’m not so sure that the Point Grey Road closure will play a particularly large part in any drop in numbers, however, since the accident clusters are earlier on the route. • Cars. An estimated 10,000 cars per day currently use Point Grey Road as a

through route, in spite of the fact that it’s narrow, has numerous blind driveways, and isn’t well-suited to the purpose. There’s justiﬁable concern in the neighbourhood about where these cars will end up, although the city maintains that Fourth Avenue has capacity to take them. It will be

interesting to see what new patterns are established as trafﬁc adapts to the closure, and whether congestion becomes an issue — especially on Macdonald, which will handle the rerouted trafﬁc at the closure point. The changes to Point Grey Road are understandably contentious, given their potential

impact on the neighbourhood. As new trafﬁc patterns develop, beneﬁts will become clearer and inevitably, challenges will emerge. Hopefully both the city and local residents will keep an open mind as to how to approach these as things move forward. kay@sidecut.ca

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front-wheel drive Mercedes-Benz. To hear some people talk, you’d think the Germans had slapped their three-pointed star on a Daewoo and called it a day. Well, I say Germans: this thing’s actually built in Hungary. And it ain’t no Daewoo. And front-wheel drive isn’t inherently less luxurious than rear-wheel drive. And this is actually a pretty good little car. Speaking of pretty good little cars, it seems only the American pundits are really outraged about the idea of a lower-cost, front-driver Merc, as Canadians have had access to the pudgy B-Class for years. That particular car has now been sharpened and sleekened, but for the fashion conscious, there’s now something even sleeker.

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Think of this car as a shrink-ray version of the lean-looking CLS and the styling cues immediately start to make sense. The idea of a “coupestyle” sedan might sound silly, but in execution it’s pretty good. Because it’s a front driver, with the engine necessarily lined up with the front axles, the CLA has a blocky, pugnacious front end that wears an enormous Mercedes badge somewhat self-consciously. There are huge air intakes and a massive grille and, somewhat sadly, it’s mostly all fake. The gawping air inlets are almost all blocked off for better aerodynamics. Continued on next page

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who only occasionally need to carry passengers. The trunk, however, is perfectly workable.

PERFORMANCE The CLA’s all-aluminium, direct-injected, turbo-charged four-cylinder engine makes 208 horsepower. In this day and age, that’s really not a lot. Consider that a Hyundai Sonata — not really a car you’d compare to a Mercedes-Benz normally - can be optioned with a similarly sized engine that makes a much healthier 274 h.p. BMW’s offering puts out an underrated 240 h.p., and Cadillac’s four-banger turbo makes 272 h.p. In fact, even the usually conservative Audi is making more power out of their 2.0-litre turbo. What gives, Mercedes? The answer? Fuel economy. With official ratings of 7.8 litres/100 kilometres city and 5.1 l/100 km highway, the CLA is practically an economy car — or it would be, if those figures weren’t: a) highly optimistic, and b) requiring premium fuel. However, torque is good at 258 foot-pounds right from a lowly 1,250 r.p.m., and the seven-speed, dual-clutch gearbox makes the most of the power available. Here’s where the CLA stops being a Mercedes and starts being something else. With a relatively lightweight chassis, stiff suspension and quickshifting dualclutch, the CLA behaves quite like another German three-letter acronym — the GTI. It’s snappy on downshifts if you’re using the manual paddle shifters and there’s plenty of grip. Show the CLA a tight, curving road and it’s no wafting S-Class. It’s nimble, the available torque gives way to ample power when the engine is revved up, and torque steer is relatively tamed. It’s actually a bit of a hoot; if the intent was to appeal to a younger audience, this is certainly a youthful drive. The nutbar 355 h.p. AMG version must be an absolute riot. Having said that, the CLA has quite a few youthful indiscretions as well. While the handling is sporty, the ride is really quite firm, and rough pavement can feel like a punishment. The seven-speed transmission upshifts early to conserve fuel, but it’s also a tad harsh in engagement, particularly

when cold. It’s no replacement for the inexpensivebut-cushy C-Class. Instead, it’s a Mercedes badge on a fun-to-drive little car that’s acceptably efﬁcient and relatively affordable.

FEATURES As you’d expect from any of the major German marques, the CLA’s low introductory price of $33,900 gets you the basics but perhaps not quite the car you might actually want. Bluetooth connectivity, leather power-adjustable seats

and basic infotainment are all standard. Navigation, driver-assistance, Bi-Xenon headlights, or an upgraded audio system are all extra add-ons. Amoderatelywell-equipped CLA will end up costing somewhere closer to $40,000, for which you can have forward collision and lane departure warning, as well as a Harmon/Kardon stereo and a few other niceties. Navigation is an extra $2,020, and Mercedes also offers a catch-all Premium Package for $2,800 that includes heated seats, a

power moonroof and climate control. As mentioned, fuel economy figures are quite good, particularly on the highway. The low drag coefficient makes the CLA an economical proposition if you have a highway commute, but heavy city driving and enthusiastic flexing of that 2.0-litre turbo will hurt the pocketbook a little.

STOP SIGN Expensive options; rough ride and occasionally harsh transmission engagement; modest power.

COMPETITOR Audi A3 ($31,100): With BMW’s 2 Series still waiting in the wings, the CLA’s biggest competition comes from The diminutive A3 sedan is very similar to the old A4; it’s a right-sized car that offers a premium brand at an affordable price.

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n the mid-1970s not much was bigger or more recognizable in the world of primetime TV than two crimeﬁghting cops from Los Angeles, David Starsky and Ken Hutchinson, and their red-and-white striped Ford Gran Torino. Truth be told, the Torino was as big as the guys who drove it. Paul Michael Glasser and David Soul, the stars of the Starsky and Hutch drama from Sept. 1975 to Aug. 1979, couldn’t have imagined the “Striped Tomato,” as it was known on the show, would provide so much competition. If a car could have won an Emmy, the “Tomato” had as good a shot as any. For four years it was red-hot. And then it happened again. In March of 2004, the Torino rolled once more as the Starsky and Hutch movie hit theaters, showcasing the car 25 years after it roared off its Beverly Hills set for the last time. In many ways, the Torino was an icon for the decade. It was an icon for cool. In fact, before the Torino went out of production, you could duplicate it through your Ford dealer. And it turned a vehicle that was on its way out into an everlasting hit. The Torino was a phenomenon, turning Wednesday night into must-see TV, a fact all the more impressive considering the show’s main advertisers were Chevrolet and Dodge. When Starsky and Hutch debuted in 1975, the switchboard at Spelling-Goldberg Productions was inundated with questions: “What kind of car is it?” “What model is it?” And, of course, “Can we get the stripe?” How it was conceived was pretty natural for Hollywood. Spelling-Goldberg wanted a specialty car for a new series. They needed a vehicle that was going to stand out in a crowd. The studio used cars from Ford’s studio-TV car-loan program and the Gran Torino emerged as an early possibility. In a moment of brilliance, producers of the show decided to paint the vehicle red and add a signature white stripe

to the box-stock Torino. Some modifications were made for stunt purposes. Mag wheels were added, as well as oversized tires and air shocks. Glasser manned the wheel for normal driving scenes and a stunt driver took over during the chases. The show’s producers used a Torino with a camera mounted on the roof and a second for exterior shots. It screeched. It smoked. It spun. But no one could have foreseen the response that followed. Fan clubs were established from Australia to Germany, England, Japan and Ireland. Auto shows throughout the country continually requested the car for display purposes. Even custom van and truck shows found room on their exhibit floor for a knockoff of the coupe. They knew it would draw a crowd. As the show gained popularity, some Ford dealers had a few Torinos painted red and white and advertised the fact that a “Starsky and Hutch-type car” would be at the dealership. At the height of its popularity, Ford Division even ordered a limited production of a similar car with a similar paint treatment — 1,000 units in the United States and 100 for Canada — to be produced at its Chicago assembly plant. The signature Torinos sold for $4,461 and standard equipment included a three-speed automatic transmission, steel-belted radial tires, electronic ignition, power front disc brakes and power steering. Pretty standard, including the 351cubic-inch “Cleveland” V8. Ford called it a 351M (for modified). Optional equipment included air-conditioning ($478), a deluxe bumper ($67), white walls ($52), tinted glass ($51), dual mirrors ($46) and the “Starsky and Hutch” paint treatment ($164.20). Transportation and handling was another $114, bringing the typical price to about $5,351. It managed 13 mpg in the city and 19 on the highway. As interest in the TV show faded, the Torino kept on truckin’. When Ford stopped making the car in the late 1970s, the fan clubs grew and collectors emerged. All

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er, one of the special-edition Torinos Ford had produced then emerged. It had 1,800 original miles and had been in storage for 29 years. Using it as a template, Lietzke then hired Premiere Studio Rentals and Cinema Vehicle Services to convert stock Torinos for the movie, also using tapes of the episodes, old photos and model cars. “Our Torinos represent bits and pieces of the car as it changed each year of the series,” Lietzke said at the time. Even after all those years, Starsky and Hutch producer

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