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PLAY OFF Parents and children, including Michelle Brassens and her five-year-old daughter Emma Courville, held a “playdate” at Vancouver-Fraserview Liberal MLA Suzanne Anton’s constituency office Tuesday morning instead of heading to school. Vancouver schools remained closed Tuesday because of the ongoing teachers’ strike. See story page 3. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

Wi-Fi kerfuffle at Kensington Bob Mackin

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The Vancouver park board pulled the plug on Kensington Community Centre’s Shaw Wi-Fi hotspot less than a week after it was installed. City workers shut down power on Aug. 28. Then, on the morning of Aug. 29, Kensington Community Centre Association president Milan Kljajic discovered the building’s locks were changed. A letter from city lawyer Jason Twa to the association said Kensington had

no authority under its joint operating agreement with the city, the owner of the property, for the installation. “Should Shaw not remove their equipment and repair any damage done to the Centre, the Park Board will remove it, repair any damages and charge back any expenses to Shaw and KCCA,” Twa wrote. Kljajic said the installation was worth $15,000 and performed at no charge to the association or taxpayers. “It doesn’t matter,” Vision Vancouver park board chair Aaron Jasper told the Courier. “They’re not authorized to do it

and they have breached security of sensitive areas of the building that they are not authorized to access and despite repeated attempts by the park board to remind them of that, they proceeded anyway.” Twa’s letter said senior park board staff told KCCA in June it was premature to install a system while staff explored citywide options for beaches, parks and community centres, after an April park board resolution. Staff halted a July 9 attempt, but Shaw went ahead Aug. 23 and 24 despite park board disapproval. Shaw customers had unlimited ac-

cess to the hotspot, part of the cable and Internet giant’s network of hotspots throughout its coverage area. All others could use the system for free three times a month for 15 minutes per session. Kljajic was adamant that KCCA did no wrong, has no intention of removing the equipment and will do whatever it can to reactivate the hotspot. “We’re just expanding the scope of our Internet services. It’s not a new install,” he said. “We’ve had Wi-Fi in one room and we want to expand it through the centre.” Continued on page 6

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Parents make a date with MLAs MLA ‘Playdate’ meant to pressure government into a settlement Cheryl Rossi

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Sheril Gelmon joined several dozen parents and their kids outside VancouverFraserview Liberal MLA Suzanne Anton’s office Tuesday morning instead of sending her two children off to elementary school. “We are really choked that the government and the teachers can’t get together on this,” she said as the opening day of school was cancelled due to the ongoing labour dispute. “And I’m mostly choked at the government. I don’t think that they’re bargaining in good faith. We had a great party in Vancouver and B.C. in 2010 and it cost us all a lot of money and now we’re paying for it,” she said, referring to the 2010 Winter Olympics. “We’re paying for it at the expense of education. Our premier talks about families first and I don’t see where she’s putting families first.” Gelmon wants the

government to budge on class size and composition and invest more money in education. Anton’s office was the site of one of at least two “MLA Playdates” scheduled Sept. 2 in Vancouver because public schools were closed. Parents and children also planned to gather at Vancouver-Mount Pleasant NDP MLA Jenny Kwan’s office, according to the new MLA Playdate blog. MLA Playdate spokesperson Paul Dayson says he and other parents created the @MLAPlaydate Twitter account and blog so parents can better communicate with their elected representatives and one another. “Parents have come a little late to this game in adding their voice,” Dayson said. “It’s [meant to be] the first day of school and all the parents’ attention is suddenly riveted.” Parents struggling financially may be most concerned about childcare while classes aren’t

Striking teachers at West Sixth Avenue near the Olympic Village Canada Line station Friday. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

in session. Other parents worry whether students with special needs will receive adequate supports

once the labour dispute is settled, Dayson said. MLA Playdates aims to pressure politicians to work to

achieve a deal. “There will be a variety of opinions from parents about how that deal should be arrived at,” Dayson said. The B.C. Teachers’ Federation, the B.C. Public School Employers’ Association and the Ministry of Education have been unable to agree on wages, beneﬁts, class size and composition. B.C. Supreme Court Justice Susan Grifﬁn ruled in January the government must restore collective bargaining provisions that relate to class size and composition and the number of supports provided in classes for special needs. Language was to be returned to their collective agreement retroactively but be the subject of collective bargaining. The case is to be heard by the Court of Appeal. Dayson, a resident of Burnaby, said his daughter, who was meant to start Grade 4 on Tuesday, has special needs and it’s been an ongoing struggle to secure her supports at school.

He notes language barriers, jobs and other factors can prevent parents from securing the support their child needs. “There aren’t enough supports,” he said. “So if you go in and successfully advocate, the quiet [for example, autistic] kid who’s struggling in the corner loses their support. I have a friend whose son lost support because he’s easy to manage.”

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Vancouver School Board public relations manager Kurt Heinrich told the Courier Friday the district lost less than 10 of the 1,493 registered international students because of uncertainty related to the start of school. International students pay $13,000 a year to study at public schools in Vancouver and the VSB grosses $15 million from the program. twitter.com/Cheryl_Rossi

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The City of Vancouver has announced that cycling routes and separated bike lanes saw record numbers throughout the month of July. The Burrard Bridge bike lane marked its ﬁfth anniversary this year and saw an estimated 195,000 bike trips across it throughout July, a 21 per cent increase from 161,000 in July 2013. The daily average for the Seaside Greenway bike route to Point Grey Road was an estimated 1,500 bike trips a day in July compared to 600 in August 2012 prior to the route’s construction. Hornby Street also hit a new record with 71,000 cycling trips compared to the previous record of 68,000 trips in 2011.

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Hayden jumps into political pool Olympic bronze medallist kicks off for Vancouver First

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Brent Hayden, who won a bronze medal for Canada in 100 metre freestyle at the London 2012 Olympics, threw his swim cap into the political ring on Labour Day. Hayden hopes to win a park board seat for Vancouver First in the Nov. 15 civic election. At a news conference in Kensington Park, he joined fellow candidates Massimo Rossetti, a former Hastings Community Association president, seniors advocate Doug Starink, and Yogi Johl, a retired Olympic wrestler and brother of party founder Jesse Johl. The Mount Pleasant resident said he chose to run for public ofﬁce instead of make a comeback from his 2012 competitive swimming retirement. “My body is stronger than I was before and healthier, but this is more what I need to be doing now,” Hayden told the Courier. “I don’t need to go for a fourth Olympics — I’ve done three already — a fourth would just be for fun. It was a tough decision, one that I’m very comfortable making and actually feel better for it.”

Thirty-year-old Hayden, the 2007 world champion in 100m freestyle and husband of Nettwerk-signed singer Nadina Zarifeh, is a photographer, motivational speaker and swim coach who is concerned about the surprise plan by the ruling Vision Vancouver to replace the Vancouver Aquatic Centre with a new facility near the Granville Bridge. “I do believe that the aquatic centre needs to be replaced. We’ve got an amazing location and amazing view and we encased this entire aquatic centre in concrete so no one can look outside,” he said. But taking an Olympicsize pool and “trying to fit it into a fishbowl” without community involvement every step of the way is “absolutely unacceptable.” “It’s not what the community needs. We’ve got more people who will be moving into downtown through densification, so we need a bigger community centre there and one that we can be proud of and actually use,” he said. Why join the right-ofcentre Vancouver First? “This is a party of real people and real solutions, we’re not made up of politicians,” Hayden said. “Politicians are part

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News Kljajic running for office Continued from page 1 Jasper said community centre association presidents are not supposed to have keys to community centres and called the installation a “Trojan horse” strategy. “The president of the association is poised to announce his candidacy for city council,” he said. “I think it’s more about politics than providing the service.” Kljajic, a truck driver in the city’s sanitation department, said he has had keys to the centre for more than a decade. Association staff, once they pass a criminal record check, are also issued keys. He was surprised that Jasper knew about his plan to run in the Nov. 15 civic election for Vancouver First. He said he informed management, including city engineer Peter Judd, in writing on Aug. 28 that he planned to take unpaid leave of absence from Sept. 30 until Nov. 16, but could be back at work as early as Oct. 14 if he is not nominated. As for the allegation that it is politically motivated, Kljajic said the effort to

Kensington Community Centre Association President Milan Kljajic stands outside a door on which the locks have been changed. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

expand Wi-Fi at the community centre is not new. “Park board was well aware that we were going to go with Shaw Wi-Fi for ﬁve or six months, this was not a stunt. The association has been asking for Wi-Fi for a couple of years. Originally park board was the one that called Shaw to do an estimate on the centre,” he said. In April, the Vision Vancouver majority park board ordered staff to explore a citywide system at parks, beaches and community centres. No deadline was given for the

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To some, stumbling upon one of CityStudio’s 10 outdoor pianos this past summer was a nice surprise to add to a day out. But to a number of artists, they were a chance to perform and make art. CityStudio, a City of Vancouver online initiative for university students and community members to launch projects, launched Keys to the Streets last year with three pianos. GP Mendoza, a UBC journalism student and the project’s manager last summer, heard a wealth of stories from passersby at three locations. This year, he decided to capture them on video. “Really random people all over the seawall sat down and took time out of their day to talk,” said Mendoza. “There was no way for me to really capitalize on the stories that were being shared and I’ve had more time this year to think about it.” Mendoza’s videos on per-

Mendoza adds that the public atmosphere makes it feel very different. “For visual artists like photographers, cinematographers, you have the potential to catch special moments,” he said. Vancouver-based band The Rufﬂed Feathers experi-

formers have featured a ﬁshmonger (“I realized all those people I pass every single day, I could walk the seawall and there’d be no piano here and I’d pass those same people”) and local band The Naturals (“We allow people to sing with us”). A quick YouTube search

“Really random people all over the seawall sat down and took time out of their day to talk.” – GP Mendoza enced such a moment when they were ﬁlming an acoustic rendition of their song “Little Sister” at Spyglass Dock. They wanted to feature a string quartet and, unexpectedly, many False Creek cyclists stopped to listen and even sang along. A number of phones were whipped out to capture the moment. “The impromptu element was the one that caught people’s attention and less so the planned,” said vocalist Gina Loes.

on Keys to the Streets reveals many videos ﬁlmed over the summer of people’s efforts on the pianos. Diverse locations chosen by CityStudio staff this year include Chinatown, Strathcona Park Community Garden and near the Vancouver Aquarium. Visitors have brought trumpets, drums and computers and include children and seniors alike. An Elton John impersonator has even given a performance.

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The Rufﬂed Feathers are one of many artists being ﬁlmed by Vancouver media company Big Smoke Productions for a series of YouTube videos. Loes appreciates how welcoming the pianos are to artists versus some public spaces where permission to perform might be questionable. “It’s more attuned to the busking culture,” she said. “It feels really good when you have that permission to do so in that space. People aren’t as intimidated as if you were to set up on the street corner or some designated area… You’re allowed to be there.” “I know it sounds cheesy and everyone says it on the media,” said Mendoza, “but it really does bring people together physically. People always stop and talk and there are a lot of opportunities for people like photographers… [There’s] an outlet for music but all other types of art as well.” The pianos were retired from the streets in late August. twitter.com/chrischeungtogo

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The 12th annual Renfrew Ravine Moon Festival takes place Sept. 13, but before the harvest fair and lantern parade can take place there’s lots of work to do. That means volunteers are needed to lead crafts and games for children, to serve food and beverages in the Tea Garden, to hand out programs and answer questions and help with set up and security. On Thursday, Sept. 4, a volunteer sign up event takes place at 1 p.m. at the Renfrew Park Community Centre followed by an orientation session from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. The centre is located at 2929 East 22nd Ave. For more information contact Emily Chan at emilychan@gmail.com. The community centre is also hosting its 50th anniversary party Sept. 6 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. with free food, tours, free class demonstrations, the KidsZone and a free swim from 3 to 5 p.m.

Whether or not you can afford the lifestyle, you can still enjoy the cars at the Luxury and Supercar Weekend Sept. 6 and 7 at VanDusen Botanical Garden.

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The Autumn SHIFT Festival takes place along Main Street between West Seventh Avenue and Broadway, Sunday, Sept. 14 from noon to 6 p.m. with the Beaumont Studios Stage, the Heritage Lounge and Transportation Jamboree, Collection 45 art exhibitions, free valet parking compliments of Best Bike Valet, Liveable Laneway stages and vendors and more than 50 booths and displays. Free popcorn and cotton candy will ensure the kids are happy no matter which display you visit. twitter.com/sthomas10

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Nigel Matthews, a judge for the Luxury and Supercar Weekend taking place Sept. 6 and 7 at VanDusen Botanical Garden, says the show is not only an opportunity for the average car lover to drool over the likes of the 2015 Lamborghini Huracán or 2014 Rolls Royce Ghost Majestic Horse edition, but also a chance for the nouveau riche to purchase one of these rare vehicles. “It might be someone who’s just sold their business and has the money or perhaps a wealthy Asian,” says Matthews. “These shows were originally designed for that wealthy Asian market.” Matthews notes this will be the ﬁrst showing of the Huracán in Canada. Other luxury and super cars on display include a P1 McLaren — only one of seven in Canada, a 1933 Alfa Romeo GS — winner of the Gold Cup at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este in Italy and a 1957 Maserati 200 SI once owned by Franco Cornacchia and Carroll Shelby. Matthews said new this year is a display of classic cars, including a 1964 revision Buick Riviera Detroit AutoRama Ridler Award Winner – the only Canadian car and builder to win the prize in 40 years. “The classic cars will be judged Sunday,” said Matthews. “You’ll be able to spot the judges by their blue blazers, ties and hats.” New this year is a partnership with Oakridge Centre to create a pavilion showcasing six fashion shows throughout the weekend with different shows held each day at 1, 2 and 3 p.m. Other highlights of the weekend include cuisine prepared by some of the city’s top chefs and displays from more than 100 luxury retailers specializing in everything from car collections to Champagne to

art and music. Check out the James Bond Ultimate Entertainment Bungalow by Inform Interiors, the Electronic Arts “Need for Speed” hospitality/ gaming tent, JetSet Crew Belvedere Vodka hospitality tent, Heineken music tent and much more. For a complete schedule of events and tickets visit luxurysupercar.com.

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Moronic ideas lead to Passions flare over a poisonous path parking problems Matthew Claxton Columnist mclaxton@langleyadvance.com The power of bad science is awesome to behold. A single mistake or straightup evil idea can reverberate for decades — even if the person who came up with it in the first place tries to renounce it all. Henry H. Goddard is one of the most damaging and tragic figures in the history of western psychology. Born in 1866, in the early 20th century he worked at Vineland Training School, a home for mentally challenged children in New Jersey. He became interested in whether intelligence was inherited and he coined the word “moron” as a technical term. In 1912 he published his most influential book, The Kallikak Family, in which he supposedly traced two branches of a family, both descended from the same Revolutionary War soldier. One branch, from a “dalliance” with a feeble-minded barmaid, turned out to be of below normal intelligence and poverty stricken. The other, descended from a marriage to an upstanding Quaker woman, were upper class, industrious folks. The name Kallikak was a pseudonym, from the Greek kallos (beauty) and kakos (bad). Goddard had an incredibly simpleminded view of genetics. He believed bad traits, like “feeble-mindedness,” were passed straight along, as were positive traits. His book is filled with family trees identifying various Kallikak members as alcoholics or “sexually immoral.” Modern re-assessments suggest that his subjects suffered from a mixture of learning disabilities, possible fetal alcohol syndrome and plain old poverty, which is not good for test scores. Goddard was terrified that bad genes would spread in the community. So he proposed a nice, ethical solution: lock up the feeble minded in big camps! This probably sounded slightly less horrifying in 1912 than it would after, say the Second World War. Goddard was even invited to Ellis Island to help screen new immigrants, where he helpfully found that nonAnglo-Saxons were stupid and unfit to enter the country. His book was a big boost for the

The laws proved so popular they stayed on the books in British Columbia and Alberta until the 1970s.

eugenics movement. This led to laws in numerous U.S. states and Canadian provinces mandating sterilization for women who were deemed morons or immoral in some way. The laws proved so popular they stayed on the books in British Columbia and Alberta until the 1970s. Eugenics also led to odd spectacles such as Better Babies contests, in which white children were judged like prize yams at county fairs. Then there were copycat books. The Jukes in 1915 updated an older study from the 1870s of another “family.” The first study had emphasized environment as a factor, the new one said the Jukes were born criminals. The Kallikak Family then proved popular on the far side of the Atlantic, where it was reprinted in Germany, and again in the 1930s once the Nazis rose to power. Not that they needed any encouragement. The weirdest part of the Kallikak story is that it found a foothold in popular culture. In the 1910s, there was talk of a Broadway play. Then in 1977, CBS premiered a sitcom called The Kallikaks, about a family of backwoods hillbillies feuding with another family named Jukes. It lasted five episodes. One of the worst parts of this story is that Goddard didn’t go to his grave screaming about the marching morons. He actually renounced many of his views by the 1920s, and admitted that his research was flawed in many ways. But the damage was done. His ideological descendents are still abroad, and can be found in the dark corners of the internet, trying to prove they’re genetically better than people from other races or income brackets. twitter.com/langleyadvance

The week in num6ers...

In thousands of dollars, the value of free Wi-Fi equipment provided by Shaw to the Kensington Community Centre. The service has since been shut down by the park board.

The number of Vancouver public schools that opened Sept. 2 as originally planned due to the ongoing teachers strike.

The number of Olympics Vancouver First park board candidate and competitive swimmer Brent Hayden competed in.

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When I started working at Simon Fraser University a colleague asked if I knew what a university was. “Tell me,” I replied. “It’s an assembly of people brought together by a common love of learning and a common concern over parking,” he said. I thought about this last week when a Vancouver journalist sparked a vigorous debate on Facebook by applauding her gay, childless friend for parking his large van in one of Ikea’s family parking spaces. It was his way of protesting Ikea’s policy to give preferential parking to families, but not gays or non-traditional family households. While I thought both parties demonstrated bad judgement, the many online comments highlighted the very passionate feelings we all have about parking. (Except of course for cyclists and pedestrians.) Our joy at finding time left on a parking meter (somewhat rare since pay-byphone was introduced) or our anger after receiving a parking ticket are often out of proportion with the amount of money involved. We know this is irrational, like extreme frustration over slow Internet service or disgust with cyclists who do not respect stop signs. Some of us get upset when others continually park their cars in front of our houses. I get upset when cinema parking lots charge for each two hours, knowing full well the commercials, coming attractions, and films will last two hours and fifteen minutes. I also hate parking at a major downtown hotel that sets it rates not by the hour, or half hour, but in 20 minute tranches. It is their sneaky way to charge a higher hourly rate. I am also upset with its multi-level parking garage since it only has a pay machine at P1. If you are parked on levels P2 or P3, you have to make your way back to P1, or fumble with payment at the exit. Occasionally I complain to hotel management, but they claim these are the operator’s decisions. It is not true. While I object to this hotel’s 20 minute

tranche, I would be happy if Vancouver parking garages and lots followed the practice in Spain where car parks are obliged to charge by the minute rather than the hour. That way if you park for an hour and four minutes you do not have to pay for another full or half hour. Recently Vancouver has been installing very fancy parking meters. While you can use a credit card or pay-by-phone, they are extremely expensive to install and predetermine the size and number of parking spaces. Why does the city not do what European cities and commercial lots do and install communal ticket dispensers? Also, why not adjust parking rates for different times of the day or week? It’s foolish to charge $6 an hour on Sunday morning. Also, why are there parking meters on one side of 1500 Block Alberni, but not the other? Residential street parking is a major irritant for many Vancouverites. Increasingly we ﬁnd resident-only parking where we would like to park for a nearby restaurant. It is not as if residents are paying a lot for these spaces. In most neighbourhoods, a parking permit costs $36.70. In the West End the fee is $73.40. This is not per month. This is per year. Meanwhile, nearby apartment garages built at the city’s insistence often have vacant spaces since it’s so much cheaper for tenants to buy a permit and park on the street. While most of us understand the city’s need to tow cars off busy streets during rush hour, why must it be so outrageously expensive and inconvenient to get a car back? Why should private parking operators be allowed to charge exorbitant penalties if you are ﬁve minutes late? Especially at medical building parking lots where doctors may keep you waiting. Patients don’t need the additional stress. On Nov. 15 Vancouver will have a municipal election. I suspect many would vote for candidates who care as much about improving city parking practices as improving bicycle lanes. And if a candidate can convince Impark to treat its customers fairly he or she could win the election. We are that passionate about parking. twitter.com/michaelgeller

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The recommended hours of sleep for school-aged children and teenagers, according to a Vancouver stress relief counsellor.

The percentage of B.C. parents with at least one child between the age of eight and 16 who are worried about cyber-bullying, according to a recent study.

The number of unsolved murders in the VPD’s cold cases file, which can be viewed online at vpd.coldcases.ca.

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Perry Mason goes off the air

Sept. 4, 1966: The final episode of the CBS legal drama Perry Mason, starring Vancouver actor Raymond Burr, appears on television in an episode titled “The Case of the Final Fadeout.” For nine seasons and 271 episodes, the famous fictional defense attorney solved complex murder cases in the courtroom. An additional 26 made-for-TV movies starring Burr were filmed from 1985 until his death in 1993. Burr currently has the distinction of being the actor with the most dedicated Netflix micro-genres. His grave is located in Fraser Cemetery in New Westminster.

Prime Minister loses job, wins seat

Sept. 4, 1984: Liberal party leader John Turner, who took over as Canada’s 17th prime minister after Pierre Trudeau resigned, is crushed by Brian Mulroney’s Conservatives in the federal election. The Liberals won only 40 seats in total, including Turner’s Vancouver-Quadra riding, and at the time it was the worst defeat ever suffered by a governing party. He stepped down as prime minister on Sept. 17 but remained an MP until 1993. The election having been called just over a week after he was sworn in, Turner held the office of prime minister for two months and seventeen days, the second-shortest stint in Canadian history.

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Re: “Parents want kids in school,” Aug. 29. I am a mom to two young daughters and also a very proud public school teacher. I am joining voices with the thousands of others calling on Christy Clark and Education Minister Peter Fassbender to put more money into our public education system. It is embarrassing and indeed shameful that B.C. is funding our students at $988 per student less than the national average (in 2007 it was $73 above the average!) I don’t think that we teachers should make more than a reasonable salary for people with five years of university education, but lots of the ways in which our government has a duty to fund education don’t put a single extra penny into my individual pocket: We used to have more classroom teachers to keep class sizes smaller; if this didn’t matter, private schools would not all advertise small classes. We used to have more specialist teachers like librarians, ESL teachers, counsellors, and resource teachers to help kids with special needs and just kids who need some extra teaching and practice. And for those who say that they survived an underfunded system with huge classes and no support and turned out fine, I say: then all these politicians had better stop touting our education system as “excellent” and “the finest.” You get what you pay for! You can cut the funding, but you’d better put up a banner saying “Education in B.C.: Mediocre, and we’re fine with that.” Our kids deserve better. Mine do. We need to stop treating education like we’re a have-not province and put the money back

into the system. Two high courts have already told the government they illegally stripped the language we bargained into our contracts that protected class sizes and composition! And we need to stop treating “teachers” like we’re some kind of separate group of citizens. We are taxpayers too, and many of us are also parents, and we want what’s best for our children and future society. Emily Villavicencio, Vancouver ••• Unfortunately, I am not starting this school year with a class of beautiful ﬁveyear-olds. September is here, and the wonderful joy of beginning 20 kindergarteners off on their school career is not to be had. Is it not enough that this province is underfunded $1,000 per student in the classroom? Is it not enough that the Liberal government is using a delay tactic as it is spending taxpayer dollars to take the BCTF, teachers, and all those that they represent to the Supreme Court of Canada because this government believes that they are above the law. Is it not enough that I have given up my personal salary to this cause? Christy Clark, please meet with Jim Iker. Stop the politics. Let’s get teachers doing what they are called to do. Let’s get kids learning. Let’s get the next generation eager to learn, think and create. I have taught for close to 30 years. Teachers want to be back in the classroom because we love the children. We want to make a difference in children’s lives. Like most teachers, I have spent my own money keeping the classroom running. Our school system has been underfunded for years. It is time to invest in our educational system. Time to stop the politics, Liberals. Margaret Klassen, Vancouver

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COURIER STORY: “Vancouver Aquarium taking park board to court,” Aug. 29. Jawey: I’m gonna guess that Vision park board councillors have at best an arts degree. Grade 11 science is probably as far as they got. They are not qualified to be making any decisions on the going-ons of a science institution. It’s amazing how many court cases the park board is involved in. Tells you how good the job they’re doing is. COURIER COLUMN: “UBC chaplains add school spirit,” Aug. 29. Anne Birthistle: What a great pity that the chaplains do not encourage greater compassion. More than a quarter of a million animals are involved in research and training at UBC every year and, of these, more than 74,000 are subjected to the to highest levels of pain and trauma. It is time for an internal shift at UBC, and the chaplains could and should lead the way. COURIER COLUMN: “Nothing ‘great’ about the First World War,” Aug. 29. Vic63: I agree with the premise of this article that war should not be glorified the way it too often is, but not entirely with the author’s thoughts about commemoration. The definitions given are certainly valid but not exhaustive. Commemoration also means not to forget which is important for us in order to avoid repeating such horrific events. As the adage admonishes us: “Those who fail to remember the past are doomed to repeat it.” SKOOKUM CITY BLOG POST: “Review: Jack White at Deer Lake,” online only. Peter vT @PvT: Love the no phone zone rule! Well said. Jennifer Thuncher @thuncher: The cool thing was people actually, for the most part, honoured the request. Made for a more memorable evening for all.

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1. The last time West End resident Brad Teeter (right) laced up roller skates was in 1979. 2. & 4. People of varying skill came to the temporary roller disco rink set up as part of Friday’s Sunset Beach Social. 3. Moon Milk, whose slogan is “Apparel for Weirdos” was part of the Blim art market. See photo gallery of the event at vancourier.com. PHOTOS REBECCA BLISSETT

Memories roll out with roller disco

Sunset Beach the scene for social on wheels CITY LIVING Rebecca Blissett

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Among the children digging their ﬁngers into their parents’ forearms, too afraid to push off on their roller skates on the asphalt at Sunset Beach and the ﬁt women cornering with the low, wide stance of those familiar with the derby track, was Brad Teeter. Teeter has shoulder-length white hair that the wind picked up a little more with each turn he took faster around the roller disco Arrival Agency set up Friday night as part of its Sunset Beach Social that also featured ping pong tables, an art market, and food trucks. The ‘‘rink” was a nondescript slab of pavement sectioned off from the beach parking lot with road barriers. But add a tent with free roller skate rentals compliments of Rollergirl and a wall of boomboxes cranking Donna Summer and the Bee Gees and memories happened.

“The last time I went rollerskating was back in the ‘70s,” said the grinning Teeter an hour into his appearance. “I ﬁrst put them on — and they’re very generous in lending out their skates — and I felt like I had two left feet at ﬁrst. Then it started coming back. Back in the day, I used to be a roller skater.” Roller disco was the thing for Teeter, now 59, during his high school years in Ontario. He and his friends would frequent an outdoor rink in Sauble Beach as well as skate in Port Elgin, a town that once had a roller skating rink in the 1880s. “It was exciting, there was a lot of sexual tension. And it was the place to put your hair down and let it all hang out. It was a time to show off, and this brings it all back, they’ve even got the same music going. I haven’t skated since I was in Ontario, and I left Ontario in 1979.” For Danny Fazio, one of the creative brains behind Arrival Agency — which is responsible for such projects as reinventing the Waldorf Hotel, reopening the Fox

Cabaret and hosting the Food Cart Fest — the idea to include roller disco in the Sunset Social’s inaugural summer was born out of California beach culture. In Venice Beach, quads were once so popular that, in 1978, then-Los Angeles mayor Tom Bradley declared the place to be the “roller skating capital of the world.” It’s also a draw that goes beyond the typical Vancouver beach scene of volleyball and, when it appears, lying under the sun. “I’m a lifetime Vancouverite and I don’t come down to the beach enough because I’m not an outdoorsy kinda guy,” said Fazio. “But I like food and I like ping pong and I like rollerskating and markets. This beach is one of the most beautiful beaches in the area.” While Arrival Agency has made itself known for injecting some life into Vancouver’s arts and cultural scene to help the city shed its tired “No Fun City” moniker, it doesn’t necessarily mean it’s only thinking of the nightlifers. “I think a lot of our approach to programming is very inclusive,” said Fazio.

“We like to do cool things that appeal to a really broad range of people… Community events that also have a little bit of an edge to them.” While the Social’s roller disco rink ranked high on the novelty scale, it wasn’t the first time roller skating made an organized appearance on Beach Avenue. Just down the street, on the corner where Beach meets Denman, the Imperial Roller Skating Rink opened in 1907. According to the Vancouver Province newspaper, it was the “largest skating floor on the continent” and since disco was decades away from making an appearance on the airwaves, hoards of skaters were treated to live music from Trandall’s Military Band that played on the rink’s bandstand. The Imperial was short-lived however, as it burned down in 1914. Speaking of short-lived, this was Sunset Social’s third and final appearance until next summer but those roller skates may serve well for a costume for Arrival’s next endeavor — a Halloween party at the Hotel Vancouver. twitter.com/rebeccablissett

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Whenever parents gather, be it by the pool soaking up the last moments of summer or at the salon waiting for back-to-school haircuts, conversations often turn to the issue of cyber bullying. The tragic stories of Amanda Todd here in B.C. and Rehtaeh Parsons in Nova Scotia, both of whom committed suicide after extreme online bullying, struck fear in parents across the country. Yet according to a recent survey by research group Leger and undertaken on behalf of Primus Telecommunications Canada, there is a disconnect between parental concern over cyber bullying and their understanding of actions to prevent it. Forty-four per cent of surveyed B.C parents, who had at least one child between eight and 16-yearsold, worried their child was a cyber bully. UBC professor Shelley Hymel, an expert on bullying, said with online bullying as opposed to in person bullying, figuring out who is the victim and who is the perpetrator can be tricky. “With cyber bullying, everybody thinks they are responding to something somebody else said originally,” she said. “So it is very difficult to figure out who started it.” Ninety-five per cent of the 102 B.C. parents in the Protecting Canadian

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Families Online survey felt their child would come to them about cyber bullying, but experts say that’s not the reality. “Parents threaten to take away their phones so that is one of the biggest reasons they don’t talk to us,” said Hymel. While the research is still not deﬁnitive about what actually works to prevent online trouble, there are early clues that monitoring online activity can be successful in helping to prevent and deal with it. Hymel said parents should start monitoring children’s activity online as soon as a child is given access to technology, so that by the teen years, the child

has accepted the monitoring as normal. Parents should also be talking to their children early and often about the permanence of online posts, whether on Facebook, Instagram or Snapchat, and how to respond to or block negative commenters on these sites. In spite of their concerns, parents don’t seem to be talking to their kids about online dangers much at all. The survey showed by the time their child was eightyears-old, only 33 per cent of B.C. parents had even begun talking to their child about online bullies, even though 70 per cent had talked about traditional forms of bullying, (for example,

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physical aggression on the playground). If kids don’t have guidance, they can make big, if sometimes innocent, errors in judgment online that can then lead to cyber bullying. Hymel recalled an 11-year-old girl who put what the police considered pornographic material of herself online. When asked why she did it, the girl said the medication she was taking made her gain weight and feel ugly, so she posted the pictures to see if others thought she was pretty. The girl had no idea the danger she had put herself in. Wendy Craig, co-director of PrevNet, a Canadian cyber bullying awareness organization, agrees online bullying won’t end unless parents start talking to their kids. “I have a colleague who says giving a child a cellphone is like giving them free tickets to Las Vegas for the weekend,” she said. “We need to really think about what we are giving over to kids and are they prepared.” Craig said simply making a routine of spending time with children each day will create opportunities to talk. “Four dinners a week, with your family, protects you and buffers the effect of being cyber victimized,” she said. “Because you are connecting, you are having intimacy, you are role modelling, you are problem solving.” The Leger survey had a margin of error of plus or minus 9.7, 19 times out of 20. twitter.com/thuncher

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Mindfulness key to handling fall stress Get enough sleep and nurture relationships to stay healthy

Cheryl Rossi

When future events such as exam time or Christmastime start to feel overwhelming, Maisonneuve recommends breaking the preoccupation of vast concern down to manageable chunks you can deal with day-by-day. “Don’t plan four months ahead,” she said. Maisonneuve recommends people who are feeling anxious regulate their breathing, notice their thoughts and live in the moment. She helps people cultivate mindfulness techniques, that is being aware of the thoughts that can clutter your mind and lead to unpleasant feelings, so they can detach from the thoughts and choose whether to believe them and how to act.

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Life seems to get more hectic come fall. Barbecues, bicycling and the beach get left behind to get on with the serious business of work and school. Responsibilities can feel weighty and a sense of being overwhelmed can snowball as Christmas suddenly looms. So what Coles Notes of dos and don’ts does a stress expert prescribe?

Sleep

Claire Maisonneuve, director, founder and owner of the Alpine Anxiety and Stress Relief Clinic on West Broadway near Granville Street, says parents, children, teachers and administrators are struggling with uncertainty about the school year can alleviate anxiety by recharging through sleep. “Everybody’s off their regular routine and schedule in the summer,” said Maisonneuve, a registered clinical counsellor. “So the ﬁrst thing is to re-establish a really good sleep routine because without sleep, everything goes to the wayside.” She says preschoolers need 12 hours sleep, school-aged children to teenagers need 10 and adults need a minimum of eight.

Connect

Nurture connections with loved ones. “That’s what creates

security and safety,” Maisonneuve said. She recommends families eat together at least three times per week. Connecting and socializing aren’t the same. “I often say socializing is overrated,” Maisonneuve said. “People want to socialize but they’re so anxious in socializing, partly because they’re anxious around people because they compare themselves.” She says it’s ﬁne to have one or two close friends. “You don’t need to have 40 friends,” she said. “And then there’s Facebook… You don’t need to

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do a million things every week, all the time,” she continued. “Especially if you’re married. Spend some time with your spouse.”

Keepextracurricular activities in check

Maisonneuve recommends limiting children’s extracurricular activities to two per week. “So that you can have time to be together, because what brings support and what calms people down is feeling safe and secure with somebody else,” she said. “Texting doesn’t do that.”

Schedule family fun

Maisonneuve encourages families to schedule pleasurable activities and to allow kids to choose what you do. Together time means

space to talk about feelings. “Rather than, you know, ‘Suck it up, just deal with it, change is good, everybody does it, just move on, don’t be a wuss,’” she said. Maisonneuve recommends parents who are uncomfortable with unpleasant feelings to take her eight-week anxiety and stress-relief program to become better role models for their kids or read the book Parenting From the Inside Out, written by psychiatrist Dan Siegel. Eating well and exercising contribute to wellbeing, Maisonneuve says, but how we cope with our thoughts and resulting feelings is key. “You can drink all the carrot juice you want, you can exercise all you want, but if what’s leaking from your mind is constant

negativity, that carrot juice ain’t gonna do any good for you,” she said.

Great expectations

Healthy adults set realistic expectations. “Don’t make kids become what you couldn’t be,” Maisonneuve. “And also eliminate the performance anxiety in the kids.” That is, don’t expect all A’s this year in school. Instead, parents can nurture children with messages of support. “Do your best. I trust in you. I know you can do this. I’m behind you. I’m here to help you. Give encouraging words rather than rather orders and commands,” she said.

Don’t compare

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Michael Pond had not yet hit rock bottom when he set out on the streets of the Downtown Eastside in October 2008. His remarkable story would take several more turns, some for the worse, before sobriety would ﬁnally take hold. The Couch of Willingness: An Alcoholic Therapist Battles the Bottle and a Broken Recovery System is the West Vancouver resident’s harrowing story told through a raw, cinematic lens with coauthor Maureen Palmer. Pond, a psychotherapist, had a successful practice in Penticton, but excessive alcohol consumption soon got the better of him. He lost his practice, his home and his wife and family. As his drinking became worse, Pond says, he often felt he should write about his experience. Then, after a year of sobriety and getting back into the workforce, Pond met Palmer on the

dating site Plenty of Fish. “Our very ﬁrst date, I met her at Steamworks, I arrived on transit and we went in there and sat down,” he says. “She ordered a chardonnay and I ordered my cranberry and soda.” Palmer, a seasoned CBC journalist of 20 years, turned indie ﬁlmmaker, questioned Pond as to why he had not ordered alcohol. “So I just slowly started peeling away the layers and each time I would tell her another little layer, she would just keep saying, ‘We have to write a book,’” says Pond. And they did. “I could just feel myself changing, I could feel myself kind of evolving and healing really just from doing the writing,” says Pond. The book took almost three years to complete but Pond says the response has been overwhelming. “People will show up or phone, I get unbelievable emails from old friends and colleagues,” he says.

A lot of his relationships were healed through the process, says Pond, including with his ex-wife and three sons. “It was a horrible ordeal for her to go through, to watch her husband, the father of her children, just completely unravel and watch him self-destruct and not know what to do,” he says of his ex-wife. “But at the book launch, she came, we invited her, she came, and my three sons came and the in-laws, we had my family on one side, my mom and my aunties, brother and sisters, the room was just full of people.” The experience has also given Pond a new level of empathy when treating his own clients. “I really try to just approach people from a place of absolute nonjudgment and I don’t get into labelling. I’ve been trained in that medical psychiatric model and it’s all about diagnosing and labelling, and we need to do that at some level to come up with a good treatment,

a good care plan, but in terms of one-to-one relationship and doing counselling or psychotherapy, it needs to be about nonjudgment and me demonstrating that I understand and I know how you feel, and you know what? I can say that now because I’ve been there,” says Pond. Pond’s journey took him through rat-infested recovery houses and a 12-step recovery program. “When somebody relapses with alcohol, we kick them out of treatment,” says Pond. “It’s all based historically on you’re drunk, therefore you’re weak and ﬂawed and defective and sinful and immorally correct and on and on it goes.” He says those models are really about using punishment and confrontation. “The system has to change,” says Pond. “The funds need to go into research, the funds need to go into education, the funds need to go into prevention and families.”

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Kerrisdale’s annual event a feast for the senses

by Helen K. Peterson

year for decades - and they are delicious. Come by the scene on West 41st and Yew Street and grab a slice of the action!

t over 100 years old, the neighbourhood of Kerrisdale is still one of the iconic destinations in all of Vancouver. And the ﬁrst weekend of September gets off to a rousing start with the ‘Days’ of Our Lives.

The Kerrisdale Business Association (KBA) works hard all year long to facilitate a clean, diverse and safe neighbourhood that welcomes one and all for exciting events, shopping, eating and simply strolling the beautiful area. Here are just some of the perks of being in Kerrisdale this weekend: SCREENINGS TO FEATURE PLENTY OF FREAKS AND GEEKS Who ya gonna call? Friday evening, Sept. 5, at 8 pm, it’s outdoor movie night at Elm Park (W. 41st at Elm St.), with a screening of Ghostbusters… celebrating the 30th anniversary of the release of this popular family ﬂick starring Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray and Sigourney Weaver among a host of notables. It’s alive! Godzilla – the classic version of King of the Monsters, from 1954, will be screened on Saturday, Sept. 6. (In the event of rain or windy weather on Friday, Ghostbusters will be

shown Saturday and Godzilla will go back into his hideaway for another time!). The KBA (and co-sponsor Provident Security) reminds everyone to arrive by 7 pm to get his or her spot. Taking transit or biking is recommended. Bring a lawn chair or blanket (and a ﬂashlight for easy exiting.) And of course - do your part to keep the park clean and litter free by taking any debris from food or drink home with you. Call the KBA for cancellation info. at 604-266-9875. LOTS OF FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY Kerrisdale’s huge and delicious birthday cakes, to be served up on Saturday at 3 pm near the Kerrisdale Idol Tent, have been created by Moore’s Bakery every

The free AAA Horse & Carriage Rides continue to be the must-do event for kids and parents during Kerrisdale Days. Balloons, face painters and kids’ games and attractions line the streets, and the fabulous bands are stationed throughout to entertain the crowds and get everyone into the mood. IT’LL BE MUSIC TO THEIR EARS AT THE IDOL 2013 WINNER CONTEST JASMINE TAVISS The Kerrisdale Idol Contest is the most popular summer event in Kerrisdale Village, attracting a large audience of all ages. And, the winner receives a cheque for $1,000 (see ad for full details.) Last summer, 30 contestants turned out by 8 am to ensure a spot in the 2013 Kerrisdale Idol Event, and the line-up of talent did not disappoint.

A wide range of ages and music styles made picking the finalists tough, but the three knowledgeable judges did an excellent job. In the end, 17-year-old Jasmine Taviss was victorious and took home the prize money. The five runnersup were awarded gift certificates from popular KBA retailer - Hills of Kerrisdale. DON’T FORGET THE REFRESHMENTS! And if you get hungry, there are plenty of restaurants and coffee shops to visit, and some stores are cooking delicacies like burgers and kebabs out front, with donations to local charities. Plus, there’s the Kerrisdale Farm Market, set up along the tracks on East Boulevard near 39th, just brimming with fresh produce and other treats for the senses. Check out the full roster of the two-day extravaganza on page 3 of this section. Come one, come all, for the best event of the summer/fall season!

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What Performers

Are Where!

PERFORMER

DATE

TIME

LOCATION

Bell-E-Buttons Clown

Fri. & Sat.

12-4pm

Roving

Outdoor Movie (see ad for details) Weather Permitting

Friday Saturday

8pm 8pm

Elm Park (Free) Ghostbusters (Fri., 8pm) Godzilla (Sat., 8pm)

Sidewalk Sales

Fri. & Sat.

All Day

Village of Kerrisdale

Feletta Fish

Fri. & Sat.

12-4pm

Roving

Face Painting

Fri. & Sat.

12-4pm

Royal Bank (RBC) (W. 41st St. & Yew St. S.)

Balloons

Fri. & Sat.

12-4pm

Spectacle Shoppe (5683 W. Boulevard)

Soul Survivors (Steel Drum Band)

Friday Saturday

12-4pm 12-4pm

Under the Clock (W. 41st St. & Yew St. S.) (E. Blvd. & W. 41st Ave.)

Balloons

Fri. & Sat.

All Day

TD Canada Trust (2198 West 41st Ave)

Kerrisdale Idol Sign Up

Saturday

8:30am

N. Yew St. & W. 41st Ave. (First 30 performers)

Balloons

Fri. & Sat.

All Day

Hills of Kerrisdale (2125 W. 41st Ave.)

Kerrisdale Idol Contest

Saturday

11-4pm

N. Yew St. & W. 41st Ave.

Free Horse & Carriage Rides

Saturday

11-4pm

N. Yew St. & W. 41st Ave.

Madison Connection

Saturday

12-4pm

RBC (Royal Bank) W. 41st & Yew St. South

Fri. to Sun.

All Day

Curran’s 2247 W. 41st Ave.

The Arbutus Connection Band

Saturday

12-4pm

BCAA 2347 W. 41st Ave.

Huge Inflatable & Balloons

Saturday

12-4pm

Provident Security S. Yew St. & W. 41st Ave.

Fri. & Sat.

All Day

Luxor Hair Salon 2173 West 41st Ave.

Community Police

Saturday

12-4pm

S. Yew St. & W. 41st Ave.

Balloons

Fri. & Sat.

All Day

Bank of Montreal 2102 W. 41st Ave.

3pm

N. Yew & West 41st Ave.

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Back to School in Kerrisdale – Shopping, Sales & Savings by Helen K. Peterson

t’s the most, wonderful, time… of the year. For parents as well as children!

Going back to school in September means a fresh start, new classmates and new teachers. It’s also a chance to learn a whole new curriculum and participate in sports, music and other endeavours to enrich young minds and bodies. For parents, it’s an opportune time to get back to a regular schedule. But each year, the kids need a full kit of school supplies, clothing, electronics and other goods to help them get through the school year HILLS OF KERRISDALE

with ﬂying colours. Let’s see what Kerrisdale’s kid-friendly stores have on tap for the pursuit of education, in style: For children’s clothing, shoes and accessories, selection and price points run the gamut – from near new bestbuys from the Salvation Army store on 41st near Maple St., to GAP Kids’ casual treasures, and the trusted Kerrisdale Bootery’s ﬁne lines on the Avenue. Of course, the trendy teens of the area have saved their summer job money to treat themselves to the absolute latest in designer duds at Hills of Kerrisdale. During Kerrisdale Days the racks will be out on the street with late summer options at great discounts. Featured for back to school this year are tops and bottoms from Citizens of Humanity, Wildfox, Current Elliott, Herschel, Skull Cashmere, and Converse (see photo for examples.) There’s plenty to indulge in at Isola Bella, tucked just around the corner

JACADI PARIS

from the Avenue on Yew Street. Established in 1983, it’s Vancouver’s oldest children’s clothing and shoe store, specializing in exclusive European fashions and footwear. Collections include Paul Smith, Bonpoint, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Bellerose and Stella McCartney.

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The best step forward this fall can be attained with awesome blue suede booties for girls, from Jacadi Paris on 41st. They’re not cheap, but they’re beautiful on her feet!

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CHALKING IT UP… IN BRIGHT COLOURS A treat for toting is the convenient, adorable and high quality lunch tote by Romero Britto, a pop-style artist. This Disney-inspired, colourful lunch bag is washable and fashionable. It’s available at Buchan’s Kerrisdale Stationery on 41st near West Boulevard. Children can be very self-conscious when it comes to wearing glasses. Investing in a quality, stylish pair of frames and lenses for your child is well worth it. Try these Disney Eyewear treats from Avenue Eyecare, just west of the Boulevard on 41st. She’ll see the chalkboard and look great doing it!

Farmers in our Midst compiled by Helen K. Peterson

The Kerrisdale Village Market runs every Saturday, 10am to 2pm, from June 14 – Oct. 11, and that means that there are only six dates left to visit the popular street-side haven of healthy living. The market features only produce grown in BC, including vegetables, fruit, and mushrooms, along with meat, cheeses, baked goods, preserves, beverages and crafts. Many of the vendors scheduled are certified organic. Freshly brewed coffee is on-site every week along with plenty of hot food, seating, live music, and fun events for kids. You’ll find its brimming baskets of glory and more on West Boulevard between West 37th and West 41st Avenues. PRODUCE FOR THE GOLDEN AGE! Robyn Carlson, West Side District Manager for the Vancouver Farmer’s Markets recently announced that the Farm Market is offering a special day for seniors on September the sixth. “Bring the whole family down for the day and enjoy all the fruits and veggies of the late summer harvest.” Carlson says seniors will receive great discounts all day at the market, including: r pm p w} p mpp yp| mp m v m p{ Guilt-Free Bakery; s~ p w t vpw w m v mpp o mvpm r pm p mp w w m |} p m v wp t x w| Farm from Pemberton, including peppers, tomatoes, onions, beets, herbs and lots more; pm p z p upp w}| }| p classic flavours and decadent caramels; ompp p v} t p v p| p OR $2 off a box of frozen pies at the Aussie Pie Guy. “There are even more specials to come, plus free testing from various seniors’ health providers on site, so make sure to come down to the market to see what’s fresh on Sept. 6.”

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West Siders Get Prepped for Fall Fitness

Get Fit to the Beat at Kerrisdale Arena

compiled by Helen K. Peterson

t’s been a long, hot summer, but you know it isn’t going to last forever.

Kerrisdale’s residents, young and old, now turn to healthy, ﬁtness-fuelled activities to take them through the wet and woolly season. Soccer teams welcome both boys and girls in abundance, with many other team sports available locally.

Competitive training and Ice Dance. KFSC offers Group and Private Lesson instruction, Skate Canada authorized skating badges and tests, and much more. Explore the website and download the Fall/Winter Registration forms at Skatekerrisdale.com. .com. Sliding into ﬁtness! The he public skating season opens in October at Kerrisdale Rink. Arena Ofﬁce: 604257-8121.

Kerrisdale Community Centre has a fully loaded ﬁtness centre, with monthly or drop-in rates for all ages. Here are more ﬁt-friendly suggestions: FOR KIDS: Kerrisdale Skating Club (KFSC) started up in Oct. 1949, the same year the Kerrisdale Arena opened. Over the years, the Club has provided recreation and fun for thousands of children and adults in the Vancouver area. Its programs for all ages range from Learn to Skate and Starskate to Test and

Kick it into high gear at Dojang Studio Martial Artss Training. The Dojang ng martial arts kids’ program and curriculum focus on ﬂexibility, balance and groundwork (rolling, falling, and tumbling). This program is all about activity and love of exercise, coordination, fun, friendship, and respect. This is a belt level program with all aspects of martial arts training. The Youth program is for ages 10-15, and is based on a more disciplined and intensive curriculum with greater focus on

skill & technique. To sign up your child at Dojang, email: info@dojang.ca, call 604603-4388. Located at Shannon Station: 1850 West 57th Ave.

The Kerrisdale Community Centre association is hosting another fantastic event at Kerrisdale Arena entitled Zumba Party!

FOR ADULTS: FO Open Door Yoga is offering up some zen-like classes for Fall. ‘Regenerate’ with h an experiential workshop op integrating expressive art, rt, mindfulness and yoga, to assist individuals to re-integrate, re-member, and re-store at any stage of lilife’s journey. Allow your own wn creative life force to emerge crea nourish heal and restore; coto nouri facilitated by Sarina Auriel and Bonnie Nish. Open Door Yoga also offers hatha, ha, power, children’s, prenatal and restorative ative yoga classes.

They’re planning to ﬁll Kerrisdale’s venerable rink with a slew of Zumba fanatics for two hours of fun. Different iinstructors will teach for 15 minutes at a time. Zumba features exotic Zu rhythms set to highenergy Latin and International beats. Yo You can get ﬁt and ha have your energy level soar in this easy, effective and exhilarating workout. grab your Lululemon So g gear and come and meet new friends and ramp up ne the energy!

REGENERATE WORKSHOP Date: Saturday, Sept. 20, from 1 to 4 PM Location: Kerrisdale Studio, #303-2309 W. 41st Ave. Cost: $45.00 incl. GST; opendooryoga.bc.ca to register

Event takes place Friday, Ev Sept. 5 from 5:30 to 7:30 Sept pm, 5670 E. Boulevard. pm Cost is $5 per person (cash at door.) Note: KCC FitChips and FitCards not FitChi applicable. applicab

Get to Know Your ‘Hood PLENTY OF HORSING AROUND Come on out for Rides With The Clydes! This is one of the Kerrisdale Days’ most anticipated events – a ride down 41st Avenue on the carriage led by beautiful horses. From 11 am to 4 pm at 41st and north side of Yew St., families can line up to take a comfortable ride in style!

takes place just to the southwest of Kerrisdale. A wonderful day of fun and of course - horses galore! Read upcoming Vancouver Courier editions for more details.

And mark your calendar for midSept. when the Southlands Fair

ST. MARY’S KERRISDALE OPEN HOUSE St. Mary’s Church, at 2490 West 37th Ave. at Larch St., will be having an Open House on September 6th, while the ‘Kerrisdale Days” are on. There will be tours and displays to show visitors and, hopefully old friends, what goes on at St. Mary’s - and has been for the last 100 years! They will be offering tours throughout the day, as well

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1 Sept. 3 to 5, 2014 1. The 10-day forecast calls for bouts of whackiness, mixed with periods of sincerity, ingenuity and a torrential downpour do-ityourself theatre as the Vancouver International Fringe Festival returns Sept. 4 to 14 for its 30th season. Whether it’s musicals, Shakespeare, comedy or puppets, there’s something for everyone. Program guides are available at select Blenz Coffee locations, as well as other Fringe-friendly businesses or go to vancouverfringe.com. And look for reviews of various Fringe Fest plays in upcoming issues of the Courier. 2. Paul Anthony’s Talent Time is back for its seventh season, with a new home to boot. Vancouver’s only live, televised variety show sets up shop at the Rio Theatre Sept. 4, 9 p.m. for its monthly cavalcade of comedy, music, quirky guests and the everpopular cover charge piñata. This month’s lineup includes Japanese double rope skipping champions, Canada’s golden boy of tap dancing Danny Nielson, Surrey Dance Fest champs Pat and Dan, comedian Emmett Hall and co-host Ryan Beil. Details at riotheatre.ca. 3. Reggie Watts does it all. He improvises, he plays music, he beatboxes, he tells jokes, he styles his own hair. See for yourself when the multi-talented comedian and musician brings his genre-defying show to the Vogue Theatre Sept. 4, 8 p.m. Tickets at Red Cat, Zulu, Highlife and northerntickets.com.

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Dude interrupted

Sometimes the Dude abides and sometimes the Dude is taken from us before we are able to hangout and chill beneath his dude-ness. According to a recent article in the Vancouver Sun, which if you ask us is more of a “bro” or even “brah”-friendly paper than a Dude-friendly publication, Guelph Park’s muchlauded Dude Chilling Park sign was stolen earlier this week. As you may already know, the original Dude Chilling Park sign was installed in 2012 unbeknownst to the park board by artist Viktor Briestensky to look like an ofﬁcial park sign. Briestensky said the name was inspired by a wooden sculpture called the Reclining Figure by Michael Dennis in the Mount Pleasant park located at Brunswick Street at East Seventh. But others have taken Dude Chilling Park as a nod to Jeff Bridge’s Zen-like character the Dude in the Coen Broth-

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ers’ 1998 movie The Big Lebowski. The prank park sign proved so popular with locals and on social media that the park board, after initially removing the sign, had it reinstalled and ofﬁcially declared it a work of public art. But this being Vancouver and all, the city-approved sign wasn’t without some grumbling. Members of the Residents Association of Mount Pleasant complained they weren’t consulted about the sign, saying: “People worked very hard to clean up the area and this sign sends the wrong signal.” This past July, someone going by the name Sasssssy! spraypainted the words “Guelph Park” over the sign with a line through Dude Chilling Park. And in August, the repaired sign was vandalized again, this time with someone spray-painting “girl” over the word “dude” and the female symbol over the word “park.” And now the sign is gone altogether. By whom, we don’t know. Angry members of the Residents Association of Mount Pleasant who have access to power tools? Feminist

grafﬁti artists who’ve run out of spray paint? German nihilists? Bowler Jesus Quintana? The possibilities are endless in a city where residents often ﬁnd fault with the slightest change to their scenery, who lament a lack of fun yet don’t look fondly upon frivolity, who like the notion of public art or events or gatherings as long as it’s not in their backyard. Or maybe we’re blowing this out of proportion. It is just a sign that started off as a joke, after all. Regardless, the sign or a facsimile of it will be back, assures park board commissioner Sarah Blyth. “It’s unfortunate that this happened. This is a sign that was brought to us by the people,” Blyth told the Sun, adding, “Once something’s in a park it’s a part of the park and I don’t think people would like anything in their parks going missing.” Sadly, Blyth was either unwilling or too unfamiliar with The Big Lebowski to use the most opportune Dude quote ever: “This aggression will not stand, man.” twitter.com/KudosKvetches

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