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A lemonade stand that raised funds for a Maple Ridge boy’s operation in New Jersey generated an outpouring of support. by Troy Landreville [email protected] A kind gesture, from one seven-year-old to another, has caught fire to the tune of close to $50,000. Quinn Callander and his pal Brayden Grozdanich hoped their lemonade sale was going to be a big hit at the Real Canadian Superstore in Pitt Meadows this past Sunday. They ended up smack- ing a home run. Quinn and Brayden sold glasses of lemonade on July 6 to raise funds for an expen- sive surgery for Brayden in New Jersey. Brayden has cerebral palsy and undergoes daily physiotherapy to continue walking, as well as speech therapy. The cerebral palsy affects the right side of Brayden’s body, his grandma Alicia explained. “His hands, his legs, all his muscles on the right side [of his body] will be stiff, and spastic, and always charged,” she said. “He has core balance that is a challenge. His tongue and his throat are affected. Sometimes when he gets nervous, he can’t get words out because his muscles have spasmed in his throat. Sometimes he chokes on food because his tongue muscles are spasming,” grandma explained. At a cost of $20,000 for his family, Brayden will be operated on to relieve the tightness and spastic action of his muscles. Brayden and Quinn’s story struck a nerve with donors from Pitt Meadows, Maple Ridge, and parts beyond. Thanks to an online donation page set up by Quinn and his family, their goal was surpassed when they logged on Saturday morning to find the tally at $21,470. That alone was quite a feat, considering the online fundraiser had only gener- ated $500 as of July 1. Momentum built dur- ing the week, culminating with Sunday’s sale – which exceeded anyone’s wildest expectations. Quinn, Brayden, and their families raised $22,924 Sunday alone, thanks to what they called a stunning outflow of support from the public. Added to the online donations, this brought the current total is $49,592 by early Monday after- noon. “I would have to call the lemonade stand a unbelievable success,” Quinn’s mom Heather Roney told The TIMES. Additional funds from the lemonade sale and online donations will go towards travel expenses and additional physiother- apy, Heather explained. “This has been an amaz- ing week,” Mom said. “Who ever thought Quinn would have reached his goal?” Both entering Grade 2 in the fall, Brayden and Quinn have attended Hammond Elementary together for the past two years and are in the same Beaver Scout group. Quinn said he and Brayden have a lot in common: “We go to Beavers, we’re both seven, and also we’re both lefties.” Recently, Quinn attended a physiotherapy treatment with Brayden and witnessed just how painful it was, Heather shared. “He came home and decided to help fundraise for the sur- gery,” she said. Brayden and Quinn spent the day together, swimming in Brayden’s grandparents’ pool and at the end of the day, Brayden went through his gruel- ing stretching regimen. “At that point, Quinn saw just how much pain Brayden can be in,” Quinn’s dad Freddie related. “He came home that night and told us how he wanted to set up a lemonade stand that week- end.” Quinn had already constructed his own lemonade stand, which was basically a cardboard box, his dad noted. “We said, if you want to raise money for Brayden, we’ll help you,” said Freddie, who created a wooden stand for the boys’ sale. Quinn added, “I was actually just raising money for people in need, but then Mommy told me we could [help] Brayden, and she said we could just build a normal lemonade stand.” Alicia was touched by Quinn and his family’s gesture. “It’s just amazing,” she said. “You can’t ask for a better friend.” To see the online fundraising page, visit youcaring.com/med- ical-fundraiser/my-buddy-bray- den/191581. Online, all the time... www.mrtimes.com Tuesday, July 8, 2014 • LOCAL NEWS • mrtimes.com • 604-463-2281 • 16 PAGES Three local Special Olympians and one swim coach are in Vancouver this week for the Canada 2014 Summer Games… Page A13 Fundraiser Hearts, wallets open for tykes Donate with Layar Quinn and Brayden, two seven-year-old friends from Maple Ridge, generated $22,924 in donations from their lemonade in front of the Real Canadian Superstore in Pitt Meadows this past Sunday, July 6, with proceeds paying for an expensive operation Brayden will be having in New Jersey. Troy Landreville/TIMES pittmeadows.bc.ca facebook.com/pittmeadows @citypittmeadows Wishing you a Merry Christmas & Happy Centennial H appy C entennial GET AN i PAD WITH YOUR NEXT VEHICLE PURCHASE In-stock cars only some exemptions may apply $1 0,000! Cash Giveaway* Over 100 Used Cars *see page 2 for details MAPLE RIDGE Tuesday, July 8, 2014 k 4 Westgate Centre, 20395 Lougheed Highway, Maple Ridge Open Sundays 10 - 4 Renew your car insurance at BCAA. Members and non-Members welcome
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A lemonade stand thatraised funds for a MapleRidge boy’s operation inNew Jersey generated anoutpouring of support.
by Troy [email protected]
A kind gesture, from oneseven-year-old to another,has caught fire to the tune ofclose to $50,000.
Quinn Callander and hispal Brayden Grozdanichhoped their lemonadesale was going to bea big hit at the RealCanadian Superstore inPitt Meadows this pastSunday.
They ended up smack-ing a home run.
Quinn and Brayden soldglasses of lemonade on July6 to raise funds for an expen-sive surgery for Brayden in NewJersey.
Brayden has cerebral palsy andundergoes daily physiotherapyto continue walking, as well asspeech therapy.
The cerebral palsy affects theright side of Brayden’s body, hisgrandma Alicia explained.
“His hands, his legs, all hismuscles on the right side [of hisbody] will be stiff, and spastic,and always charged,” she said.
“He has core balance that isa challenge. His tongue and histhroat are affected. Sometimeswhen he gets nervous, he can’tget words out because hismuscles have spasmed in histhroat. Sometimes he chokeson food because his tonguemuscles are spasming,” grandmaexplained.
At a cost of $20,000 for hisfamily, Brayden will be operatedon to relieve the tightness and
spastic action of his muscles.Brayden and Quinn’s story
struck a nerve with donors fromPitt Meadows, Maple Ridge,and parts beyond. Thanks toan online donation page set upby Quinn and his family, theirgoal was surpassed whenthey logged on Saturdaymorning to find the tally at$21,470.
That alone was quite afeat, considering the onlinefundraiser had only gener-ated $500 as of July 1.
Momentum built dur-ing the week, culminatingwith Sunday’s sale –which exceeded anyone’swildest expectations.
Quinn, Brayden, andtheir families raised $22,924Sunday alone, thanks to whatthey called a stunning outflow ofsupport from the public.
Added to the online donations,this brought the current total is$49,592 by early Monday after-noon.
“I would have to call thelemonade stand a unbelievablesuccess,” Quinn’s mom Heather
Roney told The TIMES.Additional funds from
the lemonade sale andonline donations will gotowards travel expensesand additional physiother-apy, Heather explained.
“This has been an amaz-ing week,” Mom said.“Who ever thought Quinnwould have reached hisgoal?”
Both entering Grade 2in the fall, Brayden and
Quinn have attended HammondElementary together for the pasttwo years and are in the sameBeaver Scout group.
Quinn said he and Braydenhave a lot in common: “We goto Beavers, we’re both seven,and also we’re both lefties.”
Recently, Quinn attended aphysiotherapy treatment withBrayden and witnessed just howpainful it was, Heather shared.
“He came home and decidedto help fundraise for the sur-gery,” she said.
Brayden and Quinn spentthe day together, swimmingin Brayden’s grandparents’pool and at the end of the day,Brayden went through his gruel-ing stretching regimen.
“At that point, Quinn saw justhow much pain Brayden can bein,” Quinn’s dad Freddie related.“He came home that night andtold us how he wanted to setup a lemonade stand that week-end.”
Quinn had already constructedhis own lemonade stand, whichwas basically a cardboard box,his dad noted.
“We said, if you want to raisemoney for Brayden, we’ll helpyou,” said Freddie, who createda wooden stand for the boys’sale.
Quinn added, “I was actuallyjust raising money for people inneed, but then Mommy told mewe could [help] Brayden, andshe said we could just build anormal lemonade stand.”
Alicia was touched by Quinnand his family’s gesture.
“It’s just amazing,” she said.“You can’t ask for a betterfriend.”
To see the online fundraisingpage, visit youcaring.com/med-ical-fundraiser/my-buddy-bray-den/191581.
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Quinn and Brayden, two seven-year-old friends from Maple Ridge, generated $22,924 in donations from their lemonadein front of the Real Canadian Superstore in Pitt Meadows this past Sunday, July 6, with proceeds paying for an expensiveoperation Brayden will be having in New Jersey.Troy Landreville/TIMES
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come some significant hurdles to win aninaugural cultural architect award for hisexemplary leadership and contributionto dance. The world-champion hiphopdancer from Dance FX was presented theaward from B. Brand Apparel. Stay tunedto our Thursday edition for more on thisyoung Maple Ridge man’s feats.
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Commission is set to discuss aneighbourhood public space on 224th.by Maria [email protected]
The parks commission will consider put-ting a private donation towards enhancing agreen space in Haney.
The park at the southeast corner of 224thStreet and Brown Avenue, which currentlyhas a bench, trees and a grassy area, is onthe agenda for this Thursday evening’s parkscommission meeting, which starts at 6:30p.m. at Maple Ridge municipal hall.
Haney resident Pat Lund likes to stop atthe green space and she said she sees lots ofelderly people sitting on the bench.
The park area used to have a sign “Sir
Franklin Park,” but this was taken down afew years ago, Lund said.
Some more benches and a water fountainis what Lund said she’d like to see addedto the green space, but keeping it lookingnatural.
“I do like a natural look, like ferns,” shesaid.
The park will not have an off-leash areafor dogs, the agenda noted.
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Becky Robinson (left) lives on the FraserRiver, the proposed southern boundaryfor Hammond. Andre Klasen and SusanPerreault (inset) want to see residentialand industrial areas separated inHammond.
A west Maple Ridgeneighbourhood is undergoinga planning process.by Maria [email protected]
Safe, walkable, friendly – thisis what Hammond residentsvalue in their neighbourhoodand want to preserve.
Val Moore moved toHammond from the downtownMaple Ridge area about 15 yearsago to raise her sons.
When she was checking outthe area, she saw people onbikes, rollerblading, and pushingstrollers and homes with onlytheir screen doors shut.
She knew it would be a safeplace to raise her children.
“We love our community – we
are very community oriented,”Moore said about Hammond.“We want to be involved inevery decision.”
“Keep it small, keep it green,and keep it friendly,” Mooreadded.
For Moore, who lives onChigwell Street, the boundariesof Hammond are from the Katziereserve to the tracks and fromthe river to the roundabout atMaple Meadows.
The proposed boundaries ofthe Hammond area plan wereon the agenda for Maple Ridgecouncil’s Monday workshopmeeting, based on area resi-dents’ feedback.
The proposed western bound-ary is the Pitt Meadows borderand the southern boundary isthe Fraser River.
The eastern boundary wouldencompass Maple Ridge Golf
Course, continue along RiverRoad and head north on 207th.
The northern boundary is pro-posed at the north edge of theurban residential area, just southof Lougheed Highway.
As part of the first phase of theHammond area planning pro-cess, District staff interviewed10 people whogrew up inHammond inthe 1930s and1940s.
The staffreport notedthat “the loca-tions of their stories show analignment with the results of thecommunity mapping project.”
Andre Klasen and SusanPerreault would like to see anyindustrial area developed inHammond separated from theresidential area.
Currently, large semi truckscome down streets like Chigwelland Ditton, and, while they are“polite,” Klasen said, he doesn’tthink they should be goingthrough residential areas.
“It would be nice to haveour residential peace and quietback,” he said.
Becky Robinson liveson Wharf Street on theFraser River.
For her, keeping thearea safe and walkableis a priority.
“I think the wholething is to keep the
neighbourhood family-friendly,”Robinson said.
It’s a catch-22, however,because there’s a need for saferroadways, but she doesn’t wantto see them widened.
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Municipal elections arescheduled for Nov. 15.by Maria [email protected]
Lisa Beare wants to be a“strong advocate” for morefunding for public educationand has declared her intentionto run for a school trustee seatin this fall’s election.
Beare, who grew up in MapleRidge and currently works as a flightattendant with Air Transat, said she caresabout the community and quality of pub-lic education.
“I plan to be a strong advocate for
increased public educationfunding from the B.C. gov-ernment,” Beare said. “I willwork hard to build a team thatincludes students, parents,teachers, staff, and trustees.”
Beare is working on a dip-loma in local government man-agement with the University ofVictoria.
She has been involved withVariety – the Children’s Charityand is currently vice-presidentof CUPE loc. 4078.
As a flight attendant, Beareowns homes in Vancouver and MapleRidge with her tax address in Vancouver.
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Food, shelter, and child supportwere discussed when anopposition member visited theFriends In Need Food Bank.by Maria [email protected]
The NDP critic for AdvancedEducation and Labour MarketDevelopment, Michelle Mungall, wasporing over a computer program atthe Friends In Need Food Bank onFriday.
Chuck Griffith, operations managerwith the Maple Ridge-based charity,was showing her how the food banktracks the numbers, ages, and demo-graphics of their clients in order tobe able to keep their shelves stockedwith items needed by low-incomeresidents.
As a former food bank director inher hometown of Nelson, Mungallwas interested to see who was usingthe local food bank services.
Mungall was executive directorof the Nelson Food Cupboard from2003 to 2005. It began as a smalloperation in the Nelson UnitedChurch, but then grew and wasembraced by the community at large.
“People were really eager to bepart of the solution – the temporarysolution,” she said.
She pointed out that stories behindthe reasons why people access thefood bank can vary widely.
On arrival at the Friends In NeedFood Bank, Mungall noticed howbusy it was, noting there were “lotsof people, a sense of community,and people supporting each other.”
In addition to hunger issues,Mungall talked about recent criti-cism of the government clawing backchild support payments for peopleon social assistance.
She also talked about housingaffordability, pointing out an averageone-bedroom apartment in B.C. costs
$1,066, while shelter allowance fortwo people is $570 per month.
“Housing affordability is a bigissue in B.C. all the time,” Mungallsaid.
Mungall introduced the PovertyReduction and Economic InclusionAct, which would enable the gov-ernment to put together a povertyreduction and economic inclusionplan with targets and timelines.
There are almost 800 familiesaccessing the Friends In Need FoodBank, which means the food isreaching about 3,000 residents ofMaple Ridge and Pitt Meadows.
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Food bank operations manager Chuck Griffith was showing MLA Michelle Mungall the computerprogram they use to help plan what food is currently needed.
A man was arrestedthis weekend inconnection with abrazen Canada Dayheist at Superstore.by Roxanne [email protected]
A man was in court
Monday facing a series ofrobbery charges in connec-tion with a Canada Dayheist in Pitt Meadows.
Members of the RidgeMeadows RCMP streetenforcement unit arrestedthe suspect without inci-dent Saturday.
He faces charges ofarmed robbery, unlawfulconfinement, and wear-ing a disguise following
the July 1 incident at theMeadowtown ShoppingCentre.
Previous police reportsindicate that shortly beforemidnight on CanadaDay, a lone man entered
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Our View
Who killedEverest the cat?
Another kitten dies a horrible death.“Everest” survives barely long
enough to receive her name.Those who care for and about cats
and dogs and other animals that areroutinely discarded by unfeeling peoplemourn this tragedy.
Everest’s is one of many such storiesplayed out time and again, everywhere.
Too young to be on her own, thebaby kitten was one of 10 sealed intoa cardboard box and recently droppednear a dumpster in the Lower Mainland.
The intent is obvious – the kittenswere supposed to die. It’s summer, sobeing sealed in a box meant suffocationand death by heat.
Cruelty, plain and simple. And abso-lutely unnecessary.
Fortunately, she’s the only one thatperished out of the two litters – someabout four weeks old, others about six.
Come up with any excuse for suchhorrific behaviour, and the local animalwelfare agencies – the SPCA and Katie’sPlace – have heard it: ‘I didn’t wantto put it in a shelter where it would bekilled.’ Most shelters in B.C. are no-kill.
‘Animals should be able to reproduce.’How’d that work out for you, havingto round up those cuddly little mewingfluff balls and stuff ’em in a box?
‘I can’t afford to take them to a shel-ter.’ There is no cost or obligation topay. The focus is on helping animals, sothese groups are constantly fundraisingto cover their costs or obtaining con-tracts to help with costs.
SPCA shelters throughout the prov-ince are mandated to investigate animalcruelty cases and they also provide shel-ter for many unwanted animals.
All over the community you can findpeople and organizations that care forthe animals you can’t deal with.
Be honest – it’s more effort to try tokill unwanted pets or dump them thanto contact an animal welfare organiza-tion that might even pick them up – ifcircumstances warrant.
There are no excuses for not gettinghelp for unwanted animals like Everest.
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The guy behind me clearly want-ed the speed limit raised. NOW!
We were heading along the mainhighway, just two lanes of traffic,one lane each way.
I was not going fast enough.He sat on my bumper, then
slipped back a bit… and rushedright back to my bumper.
Over and over, he did this.A typical highway bully, he was
a road rage incident waiting tohappen.
Here’s the thing, though: wewere in a line of traffic stretchingas far forward as I could see, and as far back asmy rear-views could reveal.
Neither of us was going to go any faster thanwe were going.
In fact, I was kind of pleased at the speed, con-sidering the volume of traffic: the limit was 80km/h, and we were veritably zooming along at70-75 km/h.
Usually, on that stretch of road, at that timeof day, in that part of the week, you’re lucky tobreak 60.
But that was not sufficient for Dufus behindme. The speed limit was 80, and he was going togo 80… over and over and over again.
Was he making me sweat a bit? Darned right.I’d seen a driver do that to the car ahead of himbefore. They were both just ahead of me in traf-fic. The one guy kept rushing the bumper of theguy ahead, over and over.
Then something happened. Mr. Speed musthave lost his train of thought (or whatever hisbrain does) for a moment, just as they wereapproaching a red light, and he smashed into thedriver he had been tormenting.
As I discovered when I pulled over to bear wit-ness, Mr. Speed had been drinking and stunk ofalcohol. And now I had his Cousin Dufus worry-ing my back bumper.
These are the guys, I am convinced, who votefor the political party that Gordon Campbellbequeathed us.
Campbell himself was caughtdriving drunk in Hawaii, and hissycophants passed it off as nobig deal. His premier successorChristy Clark made light of run-ning stop lights – with her kidin the car, no less.
Campbell/Clark right-handman Rich Coleman killed photo-radar in response to complaintsthat it wasn’t “fair” to ticketthem without a fighting chanceto play “spot the cop car.”
Mr. Speed and Cousin Dufusand the rest of the clan were
placated, and the average speed on our highwaysshot up a extra 10 km/h overnight.
Coincidentally (or not?), that period shortlyafter photo-radar was nixed saw a flurry of hor-rific car crashes.
Mr. Speed, Dufus, and their fast and furiousilk continue to complain that they aren’t allowedto drive as fast as they should – actually, as fastas they’d like. The real menaces on the road,they point out, are those who frustrate them intodoing stupid things by sticking close to the speedlimit. Using impeccable NRA logic, they pointout, “Speed doesn’t kill, bad drivers kill.”
That assumes, of course, that the faster youdrive, the better a driver you are.
And it appears that this government, extendingthe Campbell road vision yet again, is accedingto their guttural vocalizations.
Interestingly, the B.C. Truckers Association– made up of the people who probably knowthe road as well as anyone, opposed the govern-ment’s proposal to raise speed limits.
Some of their reasoning is instructive. They’renot going to go faster, because it messes with thereturn on their fuel investment – and it’s simplynot safe: a loaded tractor-trailer running at 90km/h takes 107 metres to come to stop, but add-ing just 15 km/h to the speed adds 73 metres tothe stop distance.
And Speed and Dufus will put their complaintspedal to the metal again in no time flat.
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Dufus and Speed win again
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Dear Editor,This is an open letter to
school board chair MikeMurray and all others onthe Maple Ridge and PittMeadows school board.
I support no particularside of this dispute.
However, with theteachers no longer beingpaid a wage plus no morebenefit payments – wagesand benefits are the vastmajority of the costs ofeducation in B.C. – willthis fact be reflected on
our school district portionof our annual propertytaxes next year?
Further, with teachers nolonger providing any ser-vices to our children andgrandchildren, will theybe allowed to continue toreceive health and welfarebenefits such as doctorand dentist appointments,prescription drug cover-age, and long-term disabil-ity benefits?
I would have thoughtthat just losing the medicaland dental coverage wouldbe sufficient to cause theteachers to have somesober second thoughts asto how long they are pre-pared to hold out.
Strike pay does not gofar and does not last long.
It could be a very, verycold winter for teachers,and the government winsin that situation.
I shall await an answerfrom the school board tothese questions, and theappropriate reduction inmy taxes next year.
Mike Boileau, Maple Ridge
• A letter to the editor pointing out some ofthe science behind smart meters and extol-ling their safety drew these responses.
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– Mark Vosper“Very well written. Yet somehow I think the conspiracytheories will still abound. Even though the autism andvaccination report has been widely and in-depth discredit-ed, there are still thousands upon thousands who insistthey are right. So it will be with smart meters and WiFi inschools and any other changes in life around them. Youcannot convince some people, even with all the scienceand facts on your side.”
– Joe Robinsmith“Sigh! Science and religion are mind blockers. Enoughmoney will buy ANY desired “scientific” result. Tobaccoscience is as apt a term as any I’ve heard. I give highpraise to those willing to look beyond the propaganda,which I used to think was used OTHER places, to seewhat is going on really. Smart meters and WiFi pose NOdangers? DISCREDITED? So are real cures for cancer,mental illness, vision problems, tooth decay, on and on?‘Discrediting’ is not about fact – which means made up– but about obfuscation of what IS and threatens plansand profits.”
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Dear Editor,Why is it we can never
seem to get the seasonsstraight here in MapleRidge? Christmas Day, pic-tures of babes on bicycles,and backyard barbecuesare flying all over theInternet, mocking our poorrelations’ suffering backeast, while in the summer-time – super-sweet, sensa-tional, summertime – wefind our beautiful WestCoast wonderland buriedin snow and Santas.
Although it is widely known we pos-sess all those sickeningly sweet, yet pre-cious qualities which ultimately define“quaint and homey,” it is rather discon-certing to round the corner ontomain street during the first weekof summer and trip over a snowbank while a soap-opera Santatrundles past, tiny pink suitcasein tow – part of the plot, I’dimagine.
Yes, plot, story line, script…Hallmark is at it again.
Downtown Maple Ridge oncemore dons its Christmas-town duds asthe boys with the big cameras unfold yetanother tale of traditional holiday hokum.
Today it’s a Martha Williamson(Touched by an Angel) production for theHallmark channel: a traditional holiday-themed series titled, “Signed, Sealed andDelivered,” which features an eight-foot-tall stuffed bear who appears to be home-less and has taken up residence in thedead-letter office, but somehow manages
to find its way into every episode.The production is bright and cheery and
ultimately festive, which lends a surrealquality to the expected “fun in the sun”
summertime scene.Christmas in July is actually
becoming quite the norm forour little hometown.
It seems the best time to shoota Christmas show is in themiddle of summer, and MapleRidge is one of those placeswhere Christmas looks good anyold time of year – so if you hap-
pen to find yourself suddenly surroundedby over-dressed holiday shoppers bearingChristmas gifts and goodies while you’redowntown searching for an iced gelatoand a spot of shade to escape the sum-mer’s heat, don’t fret, it’s not the TwilightZone. It is merely another episode ofHaney meets Hallmark.
Then again, if you happen to live in thetwilight zone, would you really know it?
Phil C. Ransom, Maple Ridge
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A8 Tuesday, July 8, 2014 Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows Times
Uber, a new car service company(think taxi) is in a worldwidebattle for the right to providetheir services. They appear to be
winning, but our provincial governmentwon’t allow us to benefit from the revolu-tionary service.
If you are in an area serviced by Uber,you get an app for your phone andestablish an account with the company.Wherever you are and want to get pickedup, you press a button on your app andit will locate the closest available Uberdriver to you.
The app tells you how long it will beand lets you follow the car that is comingfor you. Because Uber knows where yourphone is, you don’t even need to knowwhere you are at. When you leave thecar, the GPS system calculates your trip’sfare and charges your account.
Last month there were demonstrationsin Berlin, Paris, and Madrid over Uber’ssuccess in those cities, and 12,000 taxidrivers have threatened to tie up London.
Uber opened in Vancouver andsomewhere around the fall of 2012, itannounced it was leaving, as the provincehad pointed out to them that car servicesmust charge a minimum of $75 per hourto comply with provincial regulations.
The company was founded as Uber Cabby Garett Kamp and Travis Kalanick in2009. Uber’s mobile app for car servicestarted in 2010 in San Francisco. Ubernow operates in 128 cities in 37 countriesaround the world and growing fast.
Regulatory agencies have fought theemergence of this new service, but whenthe public becomes aware, they get angryat politicians who don’t allow them to getUber service.
As an example, Seattle city councilvoted to limit ride-sharing services like
Uber. City council members argued infavour of trying to protect traditionaltaxi drivers. In April 2014, a coalitionobtained 36,000 signatures to put thequestion to voters in a referendum.
As a result, Seattle Mayor Ed Murrayannounced a 45-day negotiation processto find an alternative approach. It seemsthe public is ready to step forward andsupport alternate forms of transportationwhen they have the opportunity.
The Uber company is now reportedlyworth billions of dollars. They also havebeen experimenting with Uber ice creamand had Uber Christmas trees. Last sum-mer Uber started offering Uber ChopperRides from New York City. Last fall Uberannounced a partnership with the NFLPlayers’ Association for rides at any timefor NFL players.
Some studies suggest that the taxi busi-ness actually increases in the long termwhen Uber comes to town.
I am sure it will be a long time beforeour cities will get an opportunity to testUber Service.
Just saying…Gordy Robson’s column appears Tuesdays in the print
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Children from the Camwood Family Daycare centre, run by Brenda Goddard-Injates, presented a $250 cheque to Joanne Mackenzie from the Maple
Ridge-Pitt Meadows Community Services on behalf of the North Fraser ChildCare Association. They raised the money by selling Purdy’s chocolates. The
funds are earmarked for the Daddy and Me program, which Goddard-Injatessaid has run out of funding. The children presenting to Mackenzie were
Dominic and his brother Ronin, and Mia andher brother Brayden.
How can you share?Do you have a local photo of someone or some place you’d like to share with the rest of Maple Ridge and PittMeadows? Email it to us as a high-resolution .JPEG to [email protected]. Please include a brief description– including everyone’s first and last name. Put “faces & places” in the subject line of your email.
Maple Ridge’s Julie Rengert (sipping coffee) says she’snot really a gardener, but she and her husband Chris(top right) have transformed their Glenhurst Streetyard with stunning gardens, from the large carved owlin the front yard, to plush plantings, ponds, and outdoorstructures and yard art throughout the backyard. Sheopened her garden, as did seven other Maple RidgeGarden Club members, for a self-guided fundraisinggarden tour June 22 that benefited the SunshineFoundation.
Ridge Meadows RCMP
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taken the helm of the
Pitt Meadows community
policing office. He is
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Showcasing someof this community’speople and happenings&facesplaces
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A team from North Fraser Therapeutic Riding
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Sunshine Foundation members Sue Sochasky of
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Meadows, and Lou Ryan (Ken’s wife), helped serve
snacks and greet guests visiting the Wagner gardens
during a fundraising garden tour June 22.
Garden tour committee member Marie Slessor and
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July 9: Support group• A support group takes place for people withAlzheimer’s, dementia, or cognitive decline.It is comfortable to be in a group that sharesthis type of handicap. They meet every sec-ond Wednesday, from 12:15 to 2 p.m., on thesecond floor of the Maple Ridge Library. Info:604-477-9628.
July 12: Thrift store• Ridge Meadows Hospice Thrift Store, #3-12011 224th St., is holding a 50-per-cent-offsale on its boutique items. The store is open
Monday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.and Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. Info: 604-463-7711.
July 12 & 13: Caribbean Festival• Maple Ridge’s annual Caribbean Festivaltakes place in downtown Maple Ridge on224th Street and in Memorial Peace Park. Thefestival will feature two stages with 15 livebands from the Lower Mainland’s Caribbeancommunity entertaining with reggae, calypso,salsa, and soca music. There will be morethan 200 entertainers, 60 to 70 street vendorsdisplaying their goods at the Caribbean openair market, and a kids zone. Info: www.carib-beanfest.ca.
July 14: Dairy classroom• The Maple Ridge Library’s Summer ReadingClub presents the Mobile Dairy Classroomat Memorial Peace Park from 10:30 a.m. to12:30 p.m. with live milking and calf feedingdemonstrations. Info: 604-467-7417.
July 16: Puppets in the park• Puppets in the Park takes place at the band-stand in Memorial Peace Park from 6:45-7:15p.m. Tonight, it’s Fantastic Fairy Tales.
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A10 Tuesday, July 8, 2014 Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows TimesHealth & Wellness • The Good Life
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July 20: Fundraiser• Golden Ears Cheesecraftershosts its second annualLongtable Dinner with fivechefs, five courses, and fivewines, starting at 6:15 p.m.Partial proceeds will benefitthe Maple Ridge CommunityChest. Tickets are availableat Cheesecrafters or by phoneat 604-467-0004. Tickets are$150.
July 21-25: Summer fun• Treasure Seekers, a pro-gram with games, puppets,stories, crafts, and snacksfor children aged five to12 runs from July 21 to 25from 9 a.m. to noon at GraceCommunity Church, 12240Harris Rd., Pitt Meadows.Info and to register: JohnWilliams at 604-463-3606.
Alouette Addictions• Alouette Addictions isoffering a support group,every Wednesday from 10 to11 a.m., for people who haveexperiences with mental
health and addictions. Thisis a drop-in group. AlouetteAddictions is at #201-22477Lougheed Hwy., MapleRidge. Info: www.alouettead-dictions.org.
Celebrate Recovery• Celebrate Recovery Ridge-Meadows, a faith-basedrecovery program, meets atMaple Ridge Baptist Church,22155 Lougheed Hwy.,Maple Ridge, on Mondaysat 6 p.m., with dinner from6 to 7 p.m. Info: [email protected], call604-377-3575, or go to www.celebraterecovery.ca.
MS support group• The multiple sclerosis self-help group for Maple Ridgeand Pitt Meadows, Hope &Balance, meets the secondThursday of each month atWillow Manor, 12275 224thSt., from 2:15 to 3:45 p.m.Info: Greg at 604-895-8202 [email protected].
Walking group• Stride to Thrive is a walk-ing group that meets at JerrySulina Park for a one-hourwalk on the dike everySaturday morning at 10 a.m.Meet in the parking lot bythe large notice board, rainor shine. This group, spon-sored by Maple Ridge-PittMeadows Parks & LeisureServices, is for women of allages whose lives or the livesof family and friends havebeen affected by cancer. Info:[email protected].
Alzheimer’s support• Alzheimer’s disease andother forms of dementia
can leave those with thedisease, and their care part-ners, feeling isolated. Thenon-profit Alzheimer Societyof B.C. offers monthly sup-port groups for early-stagepatients and family care-givers with practical tips,a supportive environment,and a chance to learn fromothers. For information onmeeting times and locations,call 604-298-0780 or 604-298-0782, or email [email protected]. Info: www.alzheimerbc.org.
Tri-Hard Walkers• The Tri-Hard Walkersis a walking group thatmeets at Haney Place Mallat 8:30 a.m. on Monday,Wednesday, and Friday foran outside walk. This groupis for men and women ofall ages and abilities, whowould like to meet newfriends and enjoy benefits ofregular walking. The group issponsored by the Heart andStroke Foundation. There is a$10 annual membership fee.Info: Beverley at 604-467-9407 or meet them inside themall near Kin’s Market andPurdy’s at 8:20 a.m.
Brain injury support• Maple Ridge Brain InjurySupport Group, for surviv-ors and families living withacquired brain injury, offerssupport and education. Theymeet the first Tuesday ofthe month from 7 to 9 p.m.at the Maple Ridge FamilyEducation Centre, 22554Lougheed Hwy. Info: NoraChambers at 604-862-9724.
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Recreation
On the mound
Rage readiesfor nationalsby Eric [email protected]
They may have ranked thirdin their league of 20 teams, butRidge Meadows Rage 98 girlsfastpitch coach Kelly Brack keptit pretty casual as he talked abouthis team.
“They’re a good group of kids,”he said.
“Most of the girls have beentogether a long time.”
And starting this Friday,the group will participate inthe Canadian Open FastpitchChampionship, being held inSurrey from July 11 to 21.
Brack explained that becauseit’s an open, there was no quali-fiers, but there was an applicationprocess.
Rage 98 is one of three MapleRidge teams participating in thisyear’s open.More at www.mrtimes.com , search “Brack”
Rage’s Jill Atkinson pitched one on Saturday.
Local athletes will representB.C. at the Canada Gamesin Vancouver this week.by Troy [email protected]
Special Olympics Canada2014 Summer Games, here theycome.
Three athletes and a coachfrom Special Olympics BC(SOBC) Ridge Meadows are partof the B.C. contingent compet-ing in the national multi-sportevent in Vancouver.
The games get underwaywith opening ceremonies today,Tuesday, July 8, and wrap upSaturday, July 12.
Ridge Meadows athletes MarcVolkmann (10-pin bowling),Brent Langridge (5-pin bowl-ing), and Richard Niesman(basketball) along with coachMarc Fisher (aquatics) aremembers of the SOBC squad.
Fisher has been coaching andteaching swimming since 1978,and is one of 13 coaches withthe SOBC aquatics team.
He and his 17-year-old sonDarren, who has special needs,joined SOBC Ridge Meadows in2007.
Fisher’s motivation sevenyears ago was straightforward:“I want to try to do all I canwith my son.”
Getting involved locally withSpecial Olympics has beenenriching time for both Darrenand Marc.
“Special Olympics has been
a great experience,” the elderFisher said. “The athletes havetaught me things, just like Iteach them things. I have agreat appreciation for it. Theycome out, it’s a social event, it’sexercise, and to see them havefun, to see them get better, to
see the smiles on their facesafter they see improvements inthemselves – that’s the biggestreward you can get out of any-thing.”
Of course there is a competi-tive aspect to Special Olympics,which goes hand-in-hand with
striving to be your best, Fishersaid.
“The athletes like to be first,second, or third because theyget the medals and they seethat as an achievement,” Fishersaid. “I also try to push that,even if they don’t get a medal,if they’ve done their best andachieved their best time, there’snothing more they can do.That’s a success in itself.”
This will be Fisher’s firstSpecial Olympics CanadaGames, and he’s looking for-ward to what lies ahead.
The athletes and coaches willbe living in dorms at UBC thiscoming week.
“It’s going to be a new experi-ence for me,” Fisher said. “It’snot about the competition. It’sabout going out, having fun,team camaraderie, promotingteamwork, and supporting theathletes, and doing your best atthe same time.”
This is the first time since1990 that the Special OlympicsNational Games have been heldin B.C., and the 360 people whomake up Team BC represent thelargest provincial team ever tograce this significant nationalstage.
Team BC 2014 is comprisedof 276 athletes with intellectualdisabilities, 70 coaches, and 14mission staff.
During the Games, the ath-letes will go for gold in 11sports: 10-pin bowling, 5-pinbowling, aquatics, athletics,basketball, bocce, golf, power-lifting, rhythmic gymnastics,soccer, and softball.
Special Olympics
Games first for swim coach
Marc Fisher stood next to his son Darren at a swim practice a couple of years ago.
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BC Hydro is currently upgrading the floats at the Stave Lake Boat Launchto provide improved service.
The boat launch remains open, however no floats will be available untilthe end of July 2014 when the new floats are installed.
BC Hydro apologizes for any inconvenience this may cause and we thankyou for your continued patience and understanding.
If you have any questions about this project, please phone 604-462-7533.
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