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A lawsuit seeking more than $1 mil-lion in damages has been launchedagainst Toronto police by a MapleRidge woman injured during a G20protest in June.

Natalie Gray says she was protest-ing peacefully during the G20 SummitJune 27, when she was shot twice byToronto police with what she believeswere rubber bullets.

She was injured on her elbow andsternum. She was then arrested bypolice and charged with obstructionof a peace officer.

Gray said she was driven around ina police car for 30 minutes before shewas taken to the hospital to receivetreatment.

BIA open to retail in Albion flats. p4ealth Care

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The City of Pitt Meadows willt a legal opinion on the condi-ns attached to a road throughmland, recently approved byricultural Land Commission.

n particular, the city wantsrification on a decision that

quires it to get covenants as-

signed to the land titles for eachof the properties that will be ad-

jacent to the new road. Thosecovenants would require eachproperty to remain farmland.

The road will sever six parcelsof land, four of which are activelyfarmed and occupy 7.4 hectares(18.2 acres).

At first blush, it seems a littleunusual, said city director ofoperations Kim Grout.

My job in the next few weekswill be to formulate somethoughts on what that meansand what we should do or not

do.The proposed 3.6 kilometre

North Lougheed Connector willstretch from Harris Road toGolden Ears Way.

Grout said the city has no im-mediate plans to begin construc-tion.

Weve got the road alignmentand that is just going to sit un-til such time as there is a needto start talking about it, sheadded.

We are not going out and doinganything. It is all reliant on thirdparty funding and senior govern-

ment and the interchange.The city maintains the connec-

tor is being proposed as a wayto take traffic off Old DewdneyTrunk Road.

But the road would also servicea commercial strip planned forthe north side of the LougheedHighway, west of Meadow Gar-dens Way.

Smart!Centres has assembledmore than 29 acres (12 hectares)of farm land along the stretch,but has yet to apply to the cityfor a development permit.

oad wont be built

the meantime

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City looking at NLC decision

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d Mubaraka Tata (left), 3 and her sister Walwala, 6, perform duaor pray in new clothes sent by her grandma from Afghanistan for Eid-Al-Fitr, which is today. Join theple Ridge library on Sept. 18, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., to celebrate Eid, which marks the end of Ramadan on the Muslim calendar. Eid is a time for comingether as a comm unity, renewing friendships and family ties.

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Natalie Gray was shot inelbow and sternum

Maple Ridge nursehelping Haiti heal.See p3

by M o n i s h a M a r t i n sstaff reporter

M o n i s h a M a r t i n sff reporter


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Even from 35,000 feet,

the devastation was

apparent.

handell Susin peered down from abovee clouds as her plane approached Port-au-nce, Haiti last month, and her gaze was

et by miles of ruins.ight months after an earthquake had

vastated the impoverished Caribbeanuntry, the damage looked as raw anddespread as if it had occurred yesterday.

And yet, she was just three hours out ofontreal. Three hours separated one of thealthiest countries on earth from one of

e poorest.It was such a stark contrast, says Susin,nurse from Maple Ridge. The city justmpletely collapsed.he travelled to Haiti last month to vol-teer with an aid organization, providingsic health care to tens of thousands ofitians in the hillside slums of Port-au-nce.usin had decided on a whim just threeys earlier to fly down to volunteer. A col-

ague of hers had already travelled to Haitiice, and Susin sent off a few emails to the

A.-based Jenkins/Penn Haiti Relief Orga-zation to see if it needed help.I was curious about aid nursing, and it allt fell into place, she said.

Three days later, she was on a plane boundfor Haiti.

I didnt have a lot of time to think aboutit, which was beneficial, she says. I didnthave any preconceived notions of what I

was going into.The earthquake killed more than 100,000,

and left more than 1 million people home-less. The filth and devastation that greetedher was absolute. Basic infrastructure, likeroads and clean water, were nonexistent.The need for help, eight months after theearthquake, was still dire.

Haiti wasnt a wealthy nation to beginwith, let alone an organized one, Susinsays.

Without the tools or machinery to movethe mountains of rubble that fill the streets,the people of Port-au-Prince erected theirtents and tarpaulins on top of the debris.

Many feel safer living in tents out in theopen, Susin says, as the fear of aftershocksis ever-present.

That is the new norm, she says. Lifehas just carried on.

The field hospital Susin worked out of pro-vided basic health care for a population ofclose to 60,000, and treated more than 300patients per day out of the triage.

It was a MASH tent, she says.The heat was horrific, so the sides of the

tent were rolled up, exposing the infirmarybeds to the outside world.

At the end of a 14-hour day, Susin and hercolleagues retired to their own tents for a

quick rest, one that was often interruptedby emergencies during the night.

The other nurses and doctors were fromas far away as Australia and Israel, thoughmany were Haitian-Americans who had re-

turned to the land of their birth for the firsttime to help pick up the pieces.

Despite the long hours, Susin said thedays flew by. While stressful, she loved thework.

I love a baptism by fire, I love the chal-lenge, I thrive on it, she says.

Many of the patients she treated cameseeking help for infected cuts, sufferedwhile walking barefoot over the rubble.

She also quickly became expert at diag-nosing all manner of communicable dis-eases, many of which are easily treatable inCanada, such as measles and malaria.

We were working outside of our scope,she says. But not our competency.

It wasnt the first time Susin has had towork in trying conditions. Shortly aftergraduating from UBC, Susin decided tohead to the remote rural communities ofthe Northern B.C. coast.

She settled at first in Queen Charlette Cityon Haida Gwaii, before ending up in BellaCoola. The experience of working on herown, and with limited resources, helpedprepare her for Haiti.

Northern communities also have a lackof access to health care ... and there are stillreserves without clean water, she says.

While the B.C. government has spent a lot

money to improve health care in rural ar-eas, she notes, many communities still donthave access to even basic care.

The sense of appreciation she felt fromthe people she treated in those communi-ties was also similar to those in Haiti.

Ive never felt anything but welcome innorthern communities, she says. And Ivenever been given five coho salmon from apatient in Vancouver.

The generosity in Haiti was of a differentnature, however.

Haitian tradition dictates that a childshould be named after someone in the roomwhen the child is born. One mother who

Susin helped to give birth had planned toname her child Linda. In a compromise withtradition, she instead decided to name herShalinda.

Some people would just be overwhelmedbecause you gave them a Tylenol, said Susin.They were just so grateful for everything.

Susin arrived back in Maple Ridge this pastweek after her three-week stint in Haiti, andis already planning her next trip in October.

I think, as Canadians, its our responsibil-ity to do good in the world because of ourrelative place of privilege, she says.

There is still work to be done in Haiti.These people need help now, just as Paki-

stan will still need our help a year from now,she says.

One of the major functions of the volunteerhealth care workers in Haiti is to train Hai-

tian health care workers to carry on the workafter the volunteers are gone.One of Susins fellow nurses was attending

school in Port-au-Prince when the earthquakestruck. She had decided to stay home on Jan.12 because she was feeling sick, and escapedthe fate of her nursing classmates when thebuilding collapsed. Of the 240 students at theschool that day, 230 perished.

It was a scene repeated across the countryas hospitals and health buildings collapsed,killing the health care workers when theywere needed most.

In a country with so few health care work-ers to begin with, it will take a generation tomake up for that loss, says Susin.

The goal is to work with the Haitian staffto empower and train them, she says. Thatwill stave off huge problems down the line.

While Susin says the experience in Haitiwas humbling, it also made her appreciatethe level of health care in Canada.

People are quick to criticize our healthcare system [in Canada], she says.

An hour-long wait in emergency is nothingcompared to what most people must endurefor medical attention elsewhere in the world.

I wish more people would appreciate thehealth care we have here.

However, there could be health care ben-efits if hospitals and health districts weremore flexible in allowing nurses and doc-tors to volunteer their services abroad, shenotes.

Theres no question, in my mind, that youcome back a better nurse, she says.

Helping to heal Haiti


andell Susin, a local nurse, shows a photo where she taught a hygiene class to new mothers at a womens clinic in a refugee camp in Haiti.

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Some people would just beoverwhelmed because yougave them a Tylenol.Shandell Susin, nurse


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It was a good first get-together at trying to getviews on what shouldhappen in Albion flats.

Community groupsgathered Tuesday and

Wednesday to sharetheir early thoughts onwhat should happen inthe area at LougheedHighway and 105th Av-enue.

The meetings were thekickoff to public consul-tations this fall with thegoal of having an Albionplan by the new year.

Everybody had verygood comments. We all

jumped into discussion,said Ineke Boekhorst,executive-director of theDowntown Maple RidgeBusiness ImprovementAssociation.

The focus, though, atthis point is on hearingdifferent opinions, sheadded.

Decisions will comelater.

Smart!Centres mall

company owns severalacres in the area andwants to build a shop-ping centre.

Boekhorst said her as-sociation isnt necessar-ily opposed to retail inthe area.

What kind of shop-ping, that is the ques-

tion.She said no one in her

discussion group wantedbig box stores.

There need to be storesand services which cur-rently cant be found inMaple Ridge, along withniche businesses, and

job creation.We need to look at all

our options.Mayor Ernie Daykin

said 24 people attendedthe first meeting Sept. 7and seven the day after.

All committees that ad-vise council, such as thebicycle advisory com-mittee, the CommunityHeritage Commission,the agricultural advisorycommittee, the economicadvisory commission,social planning, parksand leisure services, and

the accessibility commit-tee for people with dis-abilities, were invited.

So too was the MapleRidge-Pitt Meadows Ag-ricultural Association.

Daykin said his prior-ity was to get good publicinvolvement from aver-age people, not only thebuild a mall group andthe dont cut down a treegroup.

For this to be a suc-cess, we need the com-munity involved.

Boekhorst said the BIA just wants to take anopen-minded approach,and hope whatever isgoing there will connectto the downtown so thatit wont be isolated inthat area. She addedshe was looking for goodbus routes, bike and pe-destrian access to Albionflats.

Absent from the meet-ing though were Resi-dents for Smart Shop-ping and the chamber ofcommerce, though bothwere invited.

Leslie Sofarelli, withResidents for SmartShopping, which wantsa mall in the area, addedshe hasnt heard if her

group will be invitedto the brainstorming(charette) process thattakes place Oct. 20 and21.

Theyre not clear inhow theyre doing this.

Shell wait to see if hergroup will be invited andif not will ask the mayorif they can get on the list.

The consultation pro-cess and whos includedand who isnt was aconcern for Coun. Judy

Dueck. She wants thatclarified to ensure thosewho want to participatecan do so.

Maple Ridge-PittMeadows Chamber ofCommerce presidentJeremy Bekar wasntat the meeting, but hassome ideas on hed like

to see in Albion flats such as European-stylecommunity squaresfor public events, withstores around the perim-eter and parking behindthe stores.

Fabric roofs such asthose used in CanadaPlace in downtownVancouver could offerprotection from the ele-ments.

Bekar, who has amarketing background,pointed out that Albionflats isnt far from thedowntown and the flatscould create synergieswith downtown. MapleRidge should also havesome kind of theme todifferentiate itself fromother municipalities, hesaid.

One could be west-ern theme with horsetrails connecting into thedowntown as a touristattraction, he suggested.Or Maple Ridge couldfollow a Victorian themeor market itself as thefamily Whistler, anaffordable resort townwith lots of outdoor rec-reation, Bekar said.

Even the NorthLougheed Connector,

if its built to connectLougheed Highway andGolden Ears Way, couldhave a horse trail, hesaid.

You find your nicheand you go after it. Ifyou just copy somebodyelse, youre just a me-toocity.

The next meeting,Sept. 29 at the ACTfrom 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. isdrop in session open tothe public.

Meetings start on future of Albion flats

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The BIA isnt opposed to retail development in the flats.

by P h i l M e l n y c h u kstaff reporter


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eople who growedical marijuana others better movet of Pitt Meadows.

Council gave fourthading Tuesday tobylaw amendment

at prohibits growinge plant for medicinale in residential andricultural zones.

The city is amonge first in Canada toe a municipal bylaw

to thwart an activitythats sanctioned un-der federal law.

Growing medicalmarijuana for per-sonal use will still bepermitted in the city,but growing for oth-ers as a home-basedbusiness will not be

allowed.The bylaw are also

ensures that medici-nal marijuana growo-ps are excluded as anagricultural use.

Its a tool availableif its needed, saidcity director of opera-tions Kim Grout.

City staff know ofonly one medical mar-ijuana grow operationwithin its residen-

tial boundaries, buttheres speculationthat buildings are be-ing constructed in itsagricultural zone forthe same purpose.

Grout said the own-ers of the medicalgrow operation haveabout week to shut

down.But the man, who set

up the grow operationon a quiet cul-de-sac,has already moved toMission.

The man, who re-quested anonymity,said the house isntbeing use to grow formarijuana othersany more. Instead,a friend who has aDesi gnated-Person

Production Licencefrom Health Canada a permit that allowsyou to grow legal pot will be farming theplant for himself.

The bylaw still per-mits growing medicalmarijuana for person-al use.

I got tired of fight-ing the city, he said.

Pitt medical growop bylaw in placent grow pot as

home-basedsiness

M o n i s h a M a r t i n s

ff reporter

The City of Pitteadows will send ater to the federalvernment, calling the reinstatementthe mandatory longm census.

Council made the de-ion Tuesday follow-

g a report from staffat cited concerns

about a loss of impor-tant statistical data.

Planning technicianAnne Berry said cen-sus data is used to de-velop the citys officialcommunity plan andto determine the typeof services to provideresidents.

At the end of June,the Conservative gov-ernment announced itwould be replacing thelong-form census with

a voluntary survey.Statisticians, re-

searchers and academ-ics have denouncedthe move, arguing thenew shorter censuswill result in skewedand unreliable data.

Metro Vancouverhas asked every mu-nicipality to expresstheir concerns aboutthe change.

Coun. Doug Bing,however, did not sup-

port councils deci-sion.

The federal govern-ment has doubled thenumber that wouldtake part from rough-ly 2.3 million to 4.5million people, hesaid. Its not compul-sory, but accordingto Statistics Canada,this is a sufficientsample size to get theinformation thats re-quired.

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I got tired offighting the city.Medical marijuana grower


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THE NEWS/opinion

AWinnipegmedical clinicfollowed in

the footsteps of some

dental offices andcharged a $60 latecancellation fee for apatient who had for-gotten that she hadan appointment.

If the appointmentwould have been fora whole hour with,say, a pediatrician fora child with seriousproblems, then mostpeople still would not like it. But under-stand that it is unfair to the many peoplewho have been waiting for weeks to seethat doctor.

However, in this case, the appointmentwas with a busy family physician clinicfor a woman well into her 90s and whosuffered from some dementia. She hadrecently become increasingly confusedand on the day of her appointment didnot even recognize her own daughter.

Understandably, her daughter tookexception to this fee, especially since theclinic refused to give her mother a newappointment until she had paid what isbest described as a penalty for the no-show.

The college of physicians and surgeonsin Manitoba and B.C. and p robably else-where do allow a no-show fee policyfor doctors offices and clinics. Thepolicy needs to be clearly posted for p a-tients to see, but the expectation is thatthis would be used only as a measure of

last resort for patients who lack basicconsideration and repeatedly either donot show or cancel at the last minuteand rebook time and time again. Every

practice has a few of those people andthe most effective way to correct thatbehavior is to charge a fee.

In any case, one would expect thedoctor to consider the circumstancesand to reflect the cost to the doctor ofthe missed appointment and to take thepatients ability to pay into account.

It is really a no-brainer that in this casethe missed appointment fee was totallyinappropriate.

There is a great deal of differencebetween the dentist office and the fam-ily doctors office. Most of the time anappointment with a dentist appointmentwill be lengthy. The overhead is highand to make the dentist waste an houror more without generating any incomeis being inconsiderate. To charge thepatient for a no-show is therefore notunreasonable.

It is an entirely different story whereit concerns a family doctors office,because of the shortage of familyphysicians the receptionist will oftenbe pressured to double or even triplebook appointments for the same day.Under those circumstances, a no-showis a blessing for both the patient and thedoctor. Other patients will not have towait as long and the doctor will be lesspressured. There is absolutely no lossof income and therefore a no-show feeshould be rarely applied; certainly notfor an elderly confused lady.

Then there is the following consider-

ation: nobody likes double standardsand, therefore, if a doctor would readilycharge a no-show fee, his or her patientswould have every right to be equally up-

set with having to wait and waste theirtime on account of double or triple book-ings. Wouldnt it be nice to present thedoctor with a bill fee for a much delayedappointment?

Some clear thinking managers havefigured out a way to prevent doublebooking and a resulting waiting roomfull of impatient people wishing toconsult a doctor. Because of the shortageof family physicians, it is very unlikelythat any time slots will not be filled, evenif the receptionist is instructed to leavea good number of openings every dayinstead of fully booking every availabletime slot. Any appointments that arenot urgent can be accommodated onsubsequent days or weeks, leaving agood number of open time slots through-out the day each and every day of week.That approach has allowed patients withan urgent problem to be seen the sameday most of the time without any longwaits.

As with so many things in life, ahealthy dose of thoughtful considerationmakes life easy for both patients anddoctors. Patients appreciate being seenon time and doctors are a lot happier iftheir schedule is not overloaded.

There would not be any need to imposeno-show fees, nor would patients want tobill the doctor for wasting their time.

Dr. Marco Terwiel is a retired familyphysician who lives in Maple Ridge.

No need for docs to charge no-shows

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Is Pitt Meadows a good location for a casino

and convention centre?Yes: 44% No: 56% (48 votes)

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The Agricultural Land Commission has ap-oved the North Lougheed Connector, a proposed

ad through farmland that would essentially linkrris Road to Golden Ears Way.ut, in what NDP MLA Michael Sather called anprecedented move, the commission attached andition to its decision that farmland adjacentthe proposed connector be protected as such byovenant.itt Meadows council initially pitched the con-ctor as a way to get commuter traffic off Oldwdney Trunk Road to make it safer for farmersving tractors or other farm vehicles. But many,luding Sather, suspected all along that council

ally only wanted the connector to entice devel-ment of the North Lougheed Corridor, where its once hoped a mall with an anchor tenant like

alMart would be built. One could still, and justcently Pitt council expressed interest in havingasino and convention centre constructed in thatea.

Covenants to protect farmland there might makeat more difficult, because they have to be signedthe property owners, who might not want to

ve such restrictions on their land.And thats what the covenants are meant to do otect farmland.

However, the ALC has not placed a condi-n on the 12 hectares owned by mall developer

mart!Centres along the north side of the highwayPitt Meadows.

The city has a lot of work to do, to get the cov-ants signed, if it really wants a new mall built.ut the city has already said theres no rush to

ild the road; it doesnt have the money for it; thatuld have to come from senior governments orvelopers.

We guess the farmers on Old Dewdney Trunkad will have to anguish in traffic for a few morears.

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EDITOR, THE NEWS:Re: Secret negotiations on

HST (B.C. Views, Sept. 3)Once again Tom Fletcher

happily misses the wholepoint of this exercise in de-mocracy.

He says: Judge our politi-cians as you will, but lets notdrag our whole democraticsystem down with false al-legations.

You just dont get it, that iswhat this is all about ourdemocracy (oligarchy) is notonly dead, but has long sinceturned to corruption in thegrave.

The majority of voters areso turned off that a majorityof 52 per cent can not even

justify participating in thisfirst-past-the-post farce.Then when the biggest liars

steal power, they do whatev-er they feel like anyway, damwhat the voters want.

That is what voters wantMr. Fletcher, their democ-racy back. You will never un-derstand because you belongto a small minority and theonly way you will ever getwhat you want is by deceitand subterfuge against themajority, and therefore youare quite happy with this sadundemocratic situation.

It is quite humorous listen-ing to Mr. Fletchers excusesfor Colin Hansen. Just imag-ine for one minute if theseaccusations were againstthe opposition. I can hear itnow.

WAYNE CLARKMAPLE RIDGE

Breaking pointEDITOR, THE NEWS:

Re: Secret negotiations onHST (B.C. Views, Sept. 3)

Your Victoria correspon-

dent, Tom Fletcher, ap-pears to be sold on therhetoric coming out of ourcapital city about the HSTand the threatened cuts toour government services,which we all have come toexpect.

Stop there a minute, Mr.Fletcher.

Personally, I have no ex-pectations of being the nowand future recipient of allof these so-called services.For one thing, the cornuco-pia will soon be empty, andfor another, most of the old-er taxpayers (and younger,as well) never, ever, askedto be blessed in this man-ner.

With taxes, governmentfees and a plethora of more-or-less cleverly hidden of-ficial charges in Canadatoday approaching 60 percent of the average Joes

take-home pay, how muchlonger can we afford to al-low our politicians and ourcommissars to pile taxesupon taxes?

We are already quicklyapproaching the breakingpoint.

Or do you think we per-haps should go all the wayand suffer taxes at 100 percent, then wait for our foodstamps and rental chits inthe mail from Victoria orOttawa?

Maybe Mr. Fletcher hasbeen too close to the ivorytowers in downtown Victo-ria for too many years?

Maybe it is time for him tomove around the province a

bit and listen to fellow Brit-ish Columbians.

You might even be able tolearn something.

RUDY LANGMANNALDERGROVE

ITOR, THE NEWS:Why is Maple Ridge council even considering the devel-ment of the Pelton farmland?

The Pelton family used the land for so-called quasi-in-strial purposes for 40 years, yet during that time theyid farm taxes, not industrial taxes. (The News, May 18,10)

The Peltons application is a proposal only and there issolutely no guarantee about the kind of industrial de-lopment or community benefits that might or mightt occur if the land is removed from the agriculturalne.

We have very little arable land left in this municipalityd there already is a business park in the eastern partthe district where any further industrial developmentll be welcomed.

The heritage farms in the neighbourhood will be seri-sly affected by breaking up such a large section of ourme farmland.urge everyone to write to the Agricultural Land Com-

ssion ([email protected]) regardinge Pelton application (reference No. 51771) to voice aong opposition to losing the already diminishing primem land in Maple Ridge.

F.L. NICHOLSONMAPLE RIDGE

ITOR, THE NEWS:Re: Ingrid Rice (The News, Aug. 25).ngrid Rices cartoon showed a Canadian taxpayer beinged as a welcome mat for the Tamil refugees. It seems toe that if she is genuinely concerned with the fate of thenadian taxpayer, that her priorities are slightly askew.arlier, Stockwell Day justified, at a time of falling crimees, that billions of Canadian tax dollars should be spentbuilding new prisons, saying that he knows that thou-

nds of crimes go unreported in Canada every year andat, therefore, new prisons are needed.d have thought that idiotic money-wasting on such a he-c scale would merit a cartoon or two, but maybe its not

ally about the fate of the Canadian taxpayer. Maybe itst about Ingrid Rice jumping on the crowded anti-refugeendwagon.

STUARTDE JONGMAPLE RIDGE

Why even considerPelton application?

umping on bandwagon?

Democracy not only dead, but long corrupt

Tag, youre it, a game of bureaucracyC

itizen re-ports of dis-turbances, or

disruption of fishhabitat HADDSto the DFO arenot promptlyinvestigated byenforcement of-ficers because thetwo departmentswho share duties Conservationand Protection inLangley, and theHabitat Branch,located on Annacis scramble toclose new files at their end, andargue back and forth about responsi-bilities for follow up.

This game of tag, youre it assuresthat potential disasters may not beavoided by early DFO intervention,and that charges under the FisheriesAct may not be laid when war-ranted.

This problem of reluctance to takeon the investigative role is systemic,long term, and until now, not re-dressed by senior administratorswithin the DFO bureaucracy.

Politicians remain silent on theissue.

Its something were working on to clarify each others role, saidNicole Gallant, the DFO supervisorin Langley, the first stop of most com-plaints. But right now, were passingon all the files to him.

That is Habitat Branch biologist,Bruce Clark, lower mainland area.

Clark was the officer who eventu-

ally visited the site of 100,000 deadfry on the Alouette River last year,six weeks after it was reported to theDFO in Langley. Clark maintains thatresponsibility for first response is upto Langley, and that he attends onlyif asked.

Bruce Clark said the same thing tome as you, I told Gallant. He saysits up to you to make the call; thatyou have options. You can attend, orask him to attend with you.

Its up to them to make the call,said Gallant. As far as were con-cerned, its Habitats role, so we

passed the file on to him.The result, I suggested, was that the

public cant expect that a report toDFOs hotline is worth the effort.

Its something were working on.My department chief, Herb Redecoppand Habitat chief Corino Salomi arelooking at a better protocol, so thingscan be done better.

You mean a better response, in amore timely manner?

Yes. I know theyre discussing it. Idont know what their time line is, orplan.

In the meantime, Were trying ourhardest to make this work.

A story (Aug. 13, The News) andmy subsequent contact with the DFO(file 10-1112) reveals efforts to makeit work are failing. This breakdownin the DFO enforcement system stillcontinues, and illustrates the need foran immediate and effective divisionof labor.

On Aug. 13, The News reported thata local vegetable farmer admitted hepumped water from the North Alou-ette without a licence. Issuing waterlicences is a responsibility of theprovincial Ministry of the Environ-ment, Water Stewardship Branch. Thepaper trail leads everywhere. Thatspart of the problem. Tag, youre it.

But, any potential disturbance of asalmon stream that might impact fishor their habitat falls within the scopeof the DFO. Since no one named inthe story had called them to investi-gate, I did it. I was, after all, looking

at a News photo of Binder Khunk-hun, kneeling beside the pipe he hadalerted The News to.

There are thousands of fry in theirright now, said Mr. Khunkhun. Therivers are going to dry out.

I shared his concern.Officer No. 3248 took my call on Aug.

16.How can I help you?Im calling to report a potential

HADD on the North Alouette River,

I said.What is it?I told him the details names, ad-

dresses, pipes, pumping, no licence-as reported in The News.

Did you see this?Im looking at a picture in the news-

paper, I said.Why did he do it?

According to TheNews story, hepumped to save his vegetables.

Sounds reasonable to me.What part of that sounds reason-

able to you? I asked.There was a pause, then a sort of

giggle.I was just being silly. Whats your

name, sir?Jack Emberly.He said hed pass my file to Langley

right away.Officer Gallant said she forwarded

the file to Habitat, the MOE (conser-vation office in Maple Ridge), andJamie Davies of the WSD.

It was closed at the DFO (Langleyoffice) end because it was most likelya water issue, Gallant said in a voicemessage to me.

After a week, I received a call backfrom the Maple Ridge office of MOE,which I missed. I was not able toreconnect with them for another twoweeks. I never heard from Jamie Da-vies of the WSD. That didnt surpriseme.

Bruce Clark was the first to returnmy calls, and even called me backonce because, he said, his supervi-sor, Corino Salomi, suggested he doso. He had not elected to take on thefile. In his opinion, that was up to the

Langley office.Tag, youre it.I wonder how long the game has

been played by DFO, how long it willgo on, and whether it was played inMay, 2009, when three Maple Ridgefolks worried about fish called theDFO hotline to report a big machinedigging in the North Alouette River.

Jack Emberly is a retired teacher,local author and environmentalist.

THE NEWS/letters

CommentaryJack Emberly

[email protected] and miss

om: alloutfun, posted on www.mapleridgenews.com.e: No Facebook page for Ridge, but tweets for Albion flats (The News, Sept. 3).ayor Ernie Daykins claim that the district web site gets huge usagebecause

ere are 50,000 to 60,000 hits in a monthmay or may not be true. Hitsarequests to the web server and are counted each time a graphic, block of text,e or other content component is downloaded to the users web browser. It is

ntirely possible to count hundreds of hitsupon opening a single web page.ts by themselves are not a meaningful measure of the popularity or successa web site. Better statistics include: visits, unique visits, per centage of new

sits, page views, bounce rate and average time on site. These statistics arel readily available. If Mayor Daykin were to dig a bit deeper, he may discoverat the districts most popular web page is their employment page and theirast popular page is their economic development page. I personally like thestricts web site and know it has won awards, but considering the hugevestment in the site, perhaps there is an obligation to report meaningfulatistics to taxpayers.


7/25

Smart!Centres land not affected

City of Pitt Meadows

e proposed connector would link Harris Road and Golden Ears Way.

ts land will not be af-ted by the condition

the Agriculturalnd Commission gavet Meadows approval2004 to widen partsthe north Lougheed

mmercial strip to 210etres from the high-y.

The company isaware of the land com-missions decision andindicated it is pleasedthe roads alignmenthas finally been ap-proved.

Grout said thecity is working withSmart!Centres.

We definitely want

to respect their inter-ests and see what wecan do to help facilitatesomething for them ifthat is necessary.

Smart!Centres stillhas no firm plans forthe North Lougheedcommercial strip.

Sandra Kaiser, VP ofcorporate affairs, said

the company will makea development applica-tion at the appropri-ate time.

Our lands are cur-rently in the ALR andcannot be developedfor non-agriculturaluses until a separateprocess is undertak-en, she added.

nector from front


8/25

According to a state-ment from her lawyers,Clayton Ruby and Bri-an Shiller, She wasthen taken to the de-tention centre on East-

ern Avenue, where shewas taunted by policeofficers; denied accessto her asthma medica-

tion; strip searched;and denied access tocounsel despite herrepeated requests tospeak to a lawyer.Natalie was detainedfor approximately 30hours before she wasreleased on bail thenext day.

The criminal chargeagainst Gray wasdropped on Aug. 23.

Gray is suing for:assault and battery;unlawful arrest anddetention; maliciousprosecution; and vio-lations of a numberof her constitutionalrights under the Char-ter of Rights and Free-doms.

What happenedto me during theG20 weekend being

shot, arrested, sexu-ally threatened, stripsearched, taunted, andleft cold, hungry, andin pain is in no wayunique, said Gray.

The police demon-strated utter contemptfor democracy and thelaw. In a truly demo-cratic country, thepoliticians and policeresponsible for suchunprovoked violencewould be put on trial.

The weekend ofthe G20 Summit madeblatantly obvious theHarper governmentsfascist approach tofreedom of assem-bly and freedom ofspeech.

We need to askHarper how he justi-fies the one billiondollar police budgetfor the weekend. Weneed to ask ourselveswhether we should putup with a governmentthat funds and dictatessuch brutality.

Nearly 1,000 peoplewere arrested duringthe G20 summit.

The Canadian CivilLiberties Associationand others are calling

for a public inquiryinto the mass arrestsand police tactics.

Criminal chargedropped in Aug.

Natalie Graysaid policeshoved her

face firstinto the

pavementafter she was

shot twicewith rubberbullets. Her

arrest wascaptured on

video.

Natalie Gray/www.mediacoop.com

Lawsuit from front


9/25


ory tellingine Chu (centre) practises Hawaiian dance taught by instructor Barbara Kirkpatrick (left) Thursday afternoon at Ridge Meadows Seniors Activity Centre. The group ran through the basic hula step called the kaholo and the

i step, which is a turn. Here the group learns the different arm motions to tell a story through dance.

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10/25

While opponents callPremier Gordon

mpbell to step downer the HST implemen-ion, the local Liberal

ys whoevers in chargeuld be in for a roughe.I suppose it wouldnt

ally matter who theemier was, in many re-rds; theyre on the topd theyre taking thehtening strikes, saysarc Dalton, MLA foraple Ridge Mission.And both Campbelld Finance Ministerlin Hansen have beening an excellent job,

anaging B.C.s econo-y, he said.Its a tough positionthem both to be in. As

province, weve beennefiting by good man-ement of the party.

Dalton said he con-ted Hansen directlyd asked him if his ear-r explanation that theT wasnt seriously

nsidered until aftere election was consis-nt with recent revela-ns by FOI documents.

Hansen told him itwas..

NDP MLA for MapleRidge-Pitt Meadows Mi-chael Sather, though,says Campbell shouldresign.

I think his credibil-ity has got to the pointwhere it would be dif-

ficult for him to contin-ue.Its probably time for

both he and Hansen tostep down, he added.

While the legislatureisnt due to be called backuntil spring, that couldchange. Meanwhile, thelegislative committeeponders the HST.

Liberal MLAs who siton the committee weigh-ing B.C.s first successfulcitizens initiative wantmore information fromB.C.s chief electoral of-ficer before decidingwhether to send a pro-posed HST-repealing

bill to the Legislature orhold a referendum.

More than 700,000 peo-ple signed the petitioncollected by Fight HST,which Elections B.C. de-clared successful with557,383 validated signa-tures.

Fight HST campaignleader Bill Vander Zalmhas already said thatonly a vote in the Legis-

lature to repeal the HSTwill dissuade volunteersfrom launching recallcampaigns to unseatLiberal MLAs and pres-sure the government toscrap the HST.

Dalton said whenthe legislature isnt sit-ting, he can spend moretime doing constituencywork. He met Wednes-day with Mission coun-cil and Aug. 24 with PittMeadows Mayor DonMacLean and some

other councilors, wherethey discussed theNorth Lougheed Con-nector, the Harris Roadoverpass and Pitts by-law outlawing medicinalmarijuana growing.

Council gave fourthreading Tuesday to abylaw amendment thatprohibits growing theplant for medicinal usein residential and agri-

cultural zones.Dalton also recently

visited the Rivers Heri-tage Centre operated byAlouette River Manage-ment Society, and alsotoured the Ridge Mead-

ows Recycling SocietyCentre.

Dalton said the MapleRidge-Pitt Meadowseconomy is thriving,with the numbers ofbuilding permits in Ma-ple Ridge three timesthat of last year.

The bridges [GoldenEars and Pitt River]are making a big differ-ence.

He said during hiselection campaign thathis party would be will-ing to make the toughchoices to improve theB.C. economy and thatwas the key differencebetween the Liberalsand NDP.

Tough job no matter whos at the topLA on committeeeighing anti-HSTtition

They are on the topand theyre taking thelightening strikes.Marc Dalton,MLA Maple Ridge-Mission

P h i l M e l n y c h u kff reporter

obcattolenn B&EConstruction equip-ent and fuel wereolen during a break-at a business in Ma-

e Ridge.olice said the theftppened sometimetween 5:30 p.m. Sun-y and 9:30 a.m. Mon-y.

The front lock to

e business on theugheed Highways removed as wellthe gate.

A bobcat excavator, aading bucket for thebcat and a sweeperachment were sto-

n.A substantial quan-y of fuel for theachine and the com-nys fuel pump waso taken.Anyone with any

ormation is asked tol RCMP at 604-463-

51. To remain anon-mous call CrimeStop-

rs at 1-800-222-8477.

imeStoppers willy a reward of up to000 for information

ading to an arrestd conviction.


11/25

New rapid transit fort-growing Surreyould come ahead ofncouvers proposede to UBC and after

e planned Evergreenne to Port Moody andquitlam is built.

Thats the order oforities for transite expansion listedthe latest draft of

etros new regionalowth strategy.

The $1.4-billion Ev-green Line, slated toart construction nextar but with fundingll unresolved, shouldmain the top priority,

cording to the draftan.isted second is ex-nsion in Surrey andtension of rapidnsit in Vancouverm one of the existingyTrain stations westng Broadway, poten-lly from Commercialive as far as Arbutusreet.

Only later, it says,ould a line all the wayst to UBC be consid-

ed, on equal footingth enhanced transitserve Maple Ridge,

ngley, White Rock

d the North Shore.TransLink hasnt yetttled on potentialutes in the Surreyea, but the provincialnsit plan indicatedo main options for

udy King Georgeghway to Whiteck and 104 Avenue toildford then south-

st down Fraser High-y to Cloverdale andngley.

A Metro report au-ored by chief ad-nistrator Johnnyrline said expansionSurrey is clearly

e pressing priority

the next phase ofowth in the regiond is important tonnect growth areasuth of the Fraser toe Surrey Metro Cen-

designated in thean.A line all the way toBC cant reasonably

viewed as a legiti-ate use of scarce dol-s when improvedks are needed tonnect major regionalntres and shape fu-re growth and transite, Carline said.

The plan does not en-

ion a Surrey expan-n with an immedi-e link south to Whiteck.nstead, it says pri-ty-two rapid transit

should initially connectSurrey Metro Centre toone or more of SurreysGuildford, Newton andFleetwood town cen-tres and/or Langley re-gional city centre.

The central Broad-way district, now con-nected north-south by

the Canada Line, needsa line east to the rest ofthe SkyTrain system, itindicates.

Other corridors thatshould get enhancedtransit service in-clude:

Langley to MapleRidge, with both cit-ies also connecting toCoquitlam and otherurban centres south ofthe Fraser;

White Rock to othersouth-of-Fraser urbancentres;

North Shore to linkmunicipal town centresthere;

UBC to centralBroadway.

Over the long term,the plan says thoseroutes may be consid-ered for further up-grades from enhancedtransit to rapid transit either busways or rail after higher priorityexpansion is complete.

TransLink, however,contends it should de-

cide the order of expan-sion, based on a seriesof studies underway.

It is examining op-tions for Surrey expan-sion and a BroadwayLine potentially as faras UBC, which is vigor-ously promoted by Van-couver council.

In a letter to Metro,TransLink board chairDale Parker said it ispremature to prior-ize which rapid transitproject should comenext after the Ever-green Line, citing theneed for more dialogueand study findings.

Langley City MayorPeter Fassbender, whochairs the regionalmayors council ontransportation, saidsouth-of-Fraser expan-sion is critical, but cau-tioned against a tusslebetween Surrey andVancouver.

I think we have tostop pitting one againstthe other, he said, add-ing TransLink must doits due diligence on theBroadway corridor.

I dont sit there andsay one is more impor-tant than the other.

He predicted talks be-tween the mayors coun-cil and the province willhammer out a funding

formula to deliver theEvergreen Line by theend of the year and po-tentially fund addition-al lines after that.

Surrey Coun. JudyVilleneuve, who sitson the Metro regionalplanning committee,said the plans transit

priorities reflect theinadequacy of the net-work in Surrey and thecitys rapid growth.

I think its our turn,she said. Were grow-ing at a very fast paceof 10,000 people peryear. Were the largestschool district wevesurpassed Vancou-ver already and thatgrowth is projected tocontinue.

She said Vancouvernow has three high-capacity frequent buslines serving UBC.

Villeneuve cited thesuccess of the Canada

Line as evidence south-of-Fraser residents willget out of their cars ifnew transit lines arebuilt.

Surrey council pre-fers a light rail sys-tem running at grade rather than morecostly SkyTrain tech-nology because newlines could be built fur-ther, quicker.

J e f f N a g e lck Press

Surrey ahead of UBC for rapid transitaple Ridgeould get

nhanced service


12/25

Ten boats were sto-len from homes acrossMaple Ridge in a spanof a week.

Ridge MeadowsRCMP are actively in-vestigating the thefts,five of which tookplace overnight Mon-day or early Tuesday.

We want to alertour citizens who ownboats of these thefts,said Staff SergeantAndrew Martin.

We are hopeful wewill recover the boatsand charge those re-sponsible. To that end,I appeal to our citizensto call us if they haveany information onpossible suspects, orwhereabouts of thestolen boats.

The boats stolen in-clude:

a blue 14.5-footPrincecraft on a trailerstolen from the 21100block of 123rd Avenue;

a 12-foot Harber-craft, on a boat trailer,stolen from the 21600block of 126th Avenue;

a 14-foot Springbokboat which was sto-len from a yard in the13500 block of 232ndStreet;

a silver and blue12-foot aluminum boatwas reported stolenfrom MountainviewCrescent;

a 12-foot Lund boatwas stolen from a resi-dential property in the22900 block of 116thAvenue.

Sometime betweenSept. 1 and Tuesday,a white and purple20-foot Malibu boat,on a black boat trailerwere stolen from a ga-rage on 243rd Street.The trailer had Brit-ish Columbia licenceplates UJW85L on it atthe time of the theft.

A blue 20-foot Maximboat on a trailer, withBritish Columbia li-

cence plates UNH95L,was stolen from the20100 block of Stewart

Crescent in the MapleRidge industrial park.The trailer was at-tached to a white 1996Dodge pickup truckwith British Columbialicence plates CG4902,

which was also stolen. Anyone with anyinformation is asked tocall RCMP at 604-463-6251. To remain anon-ymous call CrimeStop-pers at 1-800-222-8477.CrimeStoppers willpay a reward of up to$2,000 for informationleading to an arrestand conviction.

Threats madeA Maple Ridge man

was arrested by policeWednesday after hethreatened anotherman at a gas station.

The incident tookplace inside the HuskyGas station store onDewdney Trunk Road.

According to police,the man walked intothe store just after 6:30p.m.

Due to his suspiciousbehavior, Staff Sgt. An-drew Martin said theman was asked to leaveand thats when hethreatened the storesemployee.

The 34-year-old ranaway when he sawRidge Meadows RCMParrive but he was soon

located inside a nearbyrestaurant, where hewas taken into custody

without incident.Martin said the man

is well-known to RidgeMeadows RCMP.

He was held in cus-tody overnight for afirst court appearance

Thursday.

Stolen motorbikeRidge Meadows

RCMP arrested a39-year-old woman inMaple Ridge Wednes-day after she was spot-ted pushing a stolenmotorbike.

At 10 a.m., a plainclothes officer saw thewoman, accompaniedby a man, wheeling thebike in 23500-block ofKanaka Way.

When the licenceplate was run on thepolice computer sys-

tem, it revealed theplate had been report-ed stolen in August.

The officer then in-tercepted the coupleand learned that themotorcycle had beenreported stolen in 2009.

The woman was takeninto custody, but laterreleased on a promiseto appear for a courtdate in October.

Assault chargesA man was arrested

Tuesday for assaultinganother man at a home

in Maple Ridge.The 31-year-old wastaken into custody at a

house in the 25700 blockof Dewdney TrunkRoad around 2:30 p.m.

The man he assaultedwas taken to hospitalwith injuries.

Staff Sgt. Andrew

Martin said the suspectwas still on scene whenpolice arrived.

He was later releasedfrom police custody butis scheduled to appearin court in November.

Break-inThieves stole pop,

oil, rock salt and wind-shield washer fluidduring a break-in Mon-day at a gas station inMaple Ridge.

The theft occurredsometime betweennoon and 10:30 p.m. atthe Petro Canada on

Lougheed Highway at228th Street.

Craving a Big Mac?Ridge Meadows

RCMP arrested a manin Maple Ridge Mon-day after he went in aMcDonalds restaurantwhich he was forbiddenfrom entering.

The 51-year-old wastaken into custodyaround 7:20 a.m. on twocounts of disobeying acourt order.

Police said he wasalso seen inside the fast

food chain the previousday but left before offi-cers arrived.

10 boats stolen in one weekPolice needpublics help tocatch thieves


One man is taken into custody and another taken to hospital after an alleged assaultat 25773 Dewdney Trunk Rd. Tuesday afternoon.


13/25

raser Health has informed 600 patientseir personal information was compro-sed when an unencrypted laptop com-ter was stolen from Burnaby Hospitalg. 21.

The computer contained names, birthtes and personal health care numbers

of patients who had their breathing ratestested in the hospitals respiratory de-partment.

The laptop in question was not passwordprotected contrary to Fraser Health pol-icy, according to health authority spokes-person Marie Nightingale.

There is an investigation underway todetermine why it wasnt, she said, add-ing other laptops in that department arebeing checked to ensure they comply.

She said Fraser Health is offering topay for a one-year subscription to a cred-it monitoring service of each patients

choice.Equifax offers such a service for $15 per

month, suggesting the slip-up could costFraser Health at least $100,000.

We are sensitive to concerns of identitytheft, she said, but added theres so farno reason to believe the information con-tained in the document was widely dis-seminated.

The laptop has not yet been recoveredand a police investigation is continuing.

raser Health patient data lost with stolen laptop


14/25

Leadfoot drivers whospeed more than 40km/h over the limit

may have their vehiclesimpounded for a weekunder new enforce-ment rules that kick inSept. 20.

Solicitor GeneralMike de Jong said theprovince is aiming tosave lives by takingsome of the most dan-gerous speeders off theroad.

Excessive speed isoften a death sentencefor everyone involved the driver, their pas-sengers and other in-nocent road-users, hesaid.

Police write 10,000tickets a year for exces-sive speeding, whichcarry fines of $368 to$483, three ICBC pen-alty points and an ICBCdriver-risk premium of$320 per year for threeyears over and aboveregular insurance rates.

But as of Sept. 20, acharge of excessivespeeding will also trig-ger a mandatory seven-day impoundment fora first offence, a 30-dayimpoundment for a sec-ond offence and 60 daysfor subsequent exces-sive speeding offences

within two years.Speed is the number-

one contributing factorto fatalities in car acci-dents in the province,said Cpl. Jamie Chungof Langley RCMP E Di-vision Traffic Services.

The faster you go, theless likely youll walkaway from a crash. Any-thing we can do to reduce

speed in turn reducesthe number of needlesstragedies on our roadsand highways.

The new rules mayalso lead to longer im-poundment of streetracers cars, officialssaid, noting the previ-ous minimum impound-ment for street racingwas 48 hours.

Motorists on Highway1 are also being cau-tioned to observe thenew construction speedlimits from Langley toVancouver, where thePort Mann Bridge con-struction and freeway

widening project con-tinues.

The limit is 70 km/hfrom the Cassiar Tun-nel to Grandview High-way in Burnaby andthen 80 km/h to 208Street in Langley.

There are also sig-nificant recent trafficpattern changes nearthe Willingdon exit in

Burnaby and at the152 Street interchangein Surrey. For details,see www.pmh1project.com.

With children return-ing to school, driversare also being cautionedto practice safe drivinghabits and watch outfor school zones.

Every year in B.C.,theres an average of16,655 crashes, 5,350injuries and 36 deathsinvolving children.

We really need driv-ers to do their part, slowdown and watch out forkids, Chung said.

Police will be outin full force, monitor-ing the 30 km/h schoolzones throughout theprovince to make surethat kids get off to asafe start this schoolyear.

Worst speeders to losewheels for at least a week

Black Press

Tougher impoundment rules take effect this month.

by J e f f N a g e lBlack Press


15/25

Most commercialfishing of this yearsrecord run of Fraser

River sockeye salmonhas been halted to con-serve much smallerruns of coho salmonand steelhead thatcould be dangerouslyweakened by furtherintensive harvesting.

In a typical year, mostsockeye migrate beforethe coho, but late-runsockeye which ac-count for three-quar-ters of the massive2010 run come back atthe same time, mingledwith their scarce rela-tives.

Heavy fishing for

sockeye from this pointon could kill unaccept-able numbers of coho,which number just30,000, according to fed-eral fisheries officials.

All fishing in theFraser below the Mis-sion Bridge ended by 7a.m. Tuesday and moreof the river upstream isto be closed.

Fishery managers es-timate this years catchby all sectors will totalaround 11 million sock-eye out of an estimatedrun of 34.5 million thestrongest in nearly 100years.

Up to 15 million late-run sockeye have beendelaying in the Straitof Georgia and are des-tined for the ShuswapLake/Adams River ar-eas.

Theyre starting tomove into the river,coming in at a rateof 400,000 to 500,000a day, said BarryRosenberger, InteriorB.C. area director forFisheries and Oceans

Canada.Thats great news for

sports anglers, who areallowed to continuerecreational fishing forsockeye until Sept. 19.

Commercial fishing

advocates argue theirseason is being cut offtoo early, with millionsmore sockeye still tocome through.

Conservative MPJohn Cummins (Delta-Richmond East) criti-cized what he called theextreme move to shutdown fishing to protectthe last of these weakstocks.

Commercial fishingboats are equippedwith revival boxes theymust use to store, re-vive and release cohothey accidentally catch,

he noted.Cummins arguedFirst Nations fisheriesdont use revival boxesand often set their netsfor much longer witha higher kill rate thancommercial boats.

Fishermen are angrybecause First Nations,including the Sto:lo andKatzie, were allowed tocontinue fishing Tues-day after the commer-cial openings ended.

But Sto:lo fishery ad-viser Ernie Crey saidCummins is wrong ab-original fishing belowthe Mission Bridge is

also cut off now add-ing the closures coverthe areas where cohoare now in the river.

Crey also noted thatcoho revival boxes arenot as effective as otherselective fishing tech-niques, including fishwheels and beach sein-ing where nets areused to gradually herdsalmon close to shore,where steelhead orcoho can be released.

Sockeye ishing cutof to protect cohoby J e f f N a g e lBlack Press


16/25

am an avid reader of any-thing that deals with theeffects of technology on

ung people. Part of this iscause, as an educator, Imerested in knowing what should embrace in schoolsengage students. Part of itbecause I want to be sure Iderstand what embracing

y technology may do, goodbad, so that I can consider

hether the risks are worth it.found myself, at our be-

nning of the year facultyeetings, in an almost surrealsition at one point when Iengaged myself from theect conversation (okay,

ught myself daydreaming)d reflected on all of thenversations we were havingpreparation for the year.an tell you, with absolutertainty, that 20 years ago thenversations seemed com-etely different on the onend and eerily familiar on theher.Twenty years ago we talkedout learning differences inme students, strategies foraling with the occasional

udent with ADHD, emotionalelligence and kids to keepeye on as a result of emo-nal distress.

This year, we talked aboutberbullying, inappropriateptop and cell phone use in

ss and learning differencesd lack of attention span that

any students were showinga result of their use of tech-logy and a change in the

ay they approach learning.While technology has cer-

nly changed the educationndscape, the topics are much

e same. Teachers are trying

to find ways to engageevery student so thatthey can learn in themanner best for themand to their highestlevel. Currently, one ofthe biggest challengesis to simply find a wayto separate them fromtheir obsessive com-

munication devices inorder to get them tofocus on the task athand.

That brings us tothe second part of thebiggest challenge, which isto find ways to help studentsfocus and move informationfrom the surface of experi-ence to the deeper long-termmemory. This was once thediscussion around studentsconsidered hyperactive, butnow it tends to include a muchbroader swath of the surfinggeneration.

And, of course, kids cometo school with painful per-sonal issues that may affecttheir behaviour in a variety ofways. The cyberbully of todaywas the schoolyard bully ofyesteryear; the medium mightchange, but the issues remainthe same. Kids who are hurt-ing will be lashing out at oth-ers. Once, it was obvious in theplayground; now its both morepervasive and more secretive.

Teachers and parents havelittle access to the real socialnetwork of young people andits often not until damage hasbeen done that the impact ofthis network comes home toroost.

A lot has changed in the past20 years, but the basic human

qualities of young peopl e have

not, and remain thegreatest concern ofteachers. We continueto search for teach-ing methods so thatevery student canbe successful; wecontinue to empha-size the importance ofbasic learning skills

to ensure that everystudent can becomea life-time learner;we continue to beconcerned with thefragility of a childs

sense of self worth and seekways to both identify studentswho need help and preventthem from preying on others.

Schools use technology astools to assist in the very hu-man process of raising youngpeople who are competent,confident and have character.

Technology is neither goingto be the saviour nor the de-mise of a good education. Weneed to recognize it for whatit is and keep our attentionfirmly focused on what is mostimportant in the educationalprocess the students.

Graham Hookey is aneducator and writer

([email protected]).

Teaching in the age of technology

ParentingGraham Hookey

Technology is neithergoing to be the saviournor the demise of agood education.


17/25

Two striking metaphorsare used in Psalm 119 todescribe the condition we

en find ourselves in: 25 Myul clings to the dust; 28 Myul melts away for sorrow.

We experience this to differ-t degrees and in different

anners. Your soul may benging to the dust as the re-

lt of a chronic, life-changingness that you are strugglingcome to terms with, or an

gressive, acute disease thatthreatening your existence.ur soul may be drainingay in the sand because of a

dden tragedy. It may be thatmarital problem, concernser a childs behaviour, orrries about financial mat-s have become too much toar. The gossip and slander ofean-spirited co-workers maygetting the better of you. Ormay simply be that an un-althy, unbalanced life-stylecatching up with you.

Affliction and weariness af-ts every aspect of our be-

g. People who struggle withronic illness will testify thate disease never affects onlye part of their bodies that arek, nor does it affect merely

eir bodies. It affects every-ng: their minds, emotions,ationships, ability to work,th, outlook on life. Nothingmains untouched.

We are all too familiar withch dust-clinging. We are hu-an. We can pretend for short

periods of time that weare immune, but ourpretensions can neverhold in the long run.Sooner or later, we en-counter it.

So how do we respondwhen pain, suffering,grief, and death invadeour lives? Where do we

go when our souls clingto the dust or meltsaway for sorrow?

The Psalm offers ahelpful perspective.We pray.

Dust is not just the place ofaffliction, weariness, helpless-ness, and death; it is also theplace from which we reach outto God in prayer. Prayer startsin the dust. The Psalm r eads:

25 My soul clings to the dust;Give me life according to your

word!28 My soul melts away for

sorrow;Strengthen me according to

your Word!Prayer is situated between

two realities. On the one hand,life: the dust to which the soulclings; affliction that restrictsour lives; sorrow that eats awayat our being; seizures, cancercells, amputated legs, lay-offs,bills and mortgages, conflict,and parenting concerns.

And on the other side, the re-ality of Gods Word: the Wordof the Creator spoken into thedarkness to create light, andover the chaos to form stars,

galaxies, planets,earth, sea, and sky;and into the empti-ness to fill it with fish,birds, cattle, horses,men, women, and chil-dren; the Word thatGod speaks to revealhis glorious being andcreate a bond of grace

with us.Both realities, lifeand Word, are impor-tant in prayer. Prayerdoes not gloss overlife, but neither does

it become stuck in life. It alsotakes account of the reality ofGod. Therefore the refrain thatmarks our spirituality: ac-cording to your Word.

We are invited to speak to Godabout the detail of our lives.The Psalmist does that anddiscovered something grand.God answers. Through honestprayer and engagement withthe Word, a remarkable trans-formation takes place. God isat work, enlarging our hearts,

liberating us, and enabling usto live fully even in the face ofadversity.

The Psalm that begins withthe person clinging to the dustends on this very differentnote:

32 I will run in the way ofyour commandments

when you enlarge my heart!

Gerard Booy is pastor atHaney Presbyterian Church.

When your soul clings to the dust

Acts of Faith

Gerard Booy


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ntroduced in 1998,the Canada Educa-tion Savings Grant

a key componented by the federalvernment to encour-e the use of RESPsfund post-secondaryucation.

The CESG is aogram whereby the

deral governmentovides a grant to anSP equal to 20 per

nt of the first $2,500ntributed to an RESPch year that the ben-ciary is 17 years ofe or less. At its maxi-um, the CESG willd $500 to an RESPch year or a maxi-um of $7,200 until thear the beneficiaryrns 18.The CESG is onethose rare govern-ent handouts that isailable to taxpayersgardless of their

ome level, so if youalify, dont miss outthe opportunity.

On the subject ofmily income, lower in-me earners will finde CESG rules some-hat more generous.r example, in 2009, ifur family net incomes less than $38,833,additional CESG is

ailable for each ben-ciary under the age18. This additionalSG is calculated at 40

r cent of the first $500ntributed to an RESP,us 20 per cent of thext $2,000.

or families with a netome in 2009 of more

an $38,832 but lessan $77,769, the 40 pernt rate changes to 30r cent, which meanse maximum CESGll be $550.

For 2010 andlater years,the statedfamily incomethresholds willbe indexed toinflation.

Family netincome isgenerally thesame fig-

ure used tocalculate theCanada ChildTax Benefit. Inother words,net income from line236 of your personal taxreturn added to the netincome of your spouseor common-law part-ner, if you have one.

If you fail to makethe maximum CESGeligible contribution ina year, the entitlementcarries forward to afuture year, subject tothe lesser of $1,000 perbeneficiary per year or

20 per cent of unusedCESG room.The CESG rules arent

quite so kind to thosewho are late to theparty. RESPs for benefi-ciaries 16 and 17 yearsof age can only receivethe CESG if at least oneof the following twoconditions is met:

a minimum of $2,000of contributions hasbeen made to, and notwithdrawn from, RESPsin respect of the benefi-ciary before the year inwhich the beneficiaryattains 16 years of age;or;

a minimum of $100of annual contributionshas been made to, andnot withdrawn from,RESPs in respect of thebeneficiary in at leastany four years beforethe year in which the

beneficiary at-tains 16 yearsof age.

In simpleterms, youmust start anRESP for abeneficiarybefore theend of thecalendar year

in which thebeneficiaryturns 15 yearsof age to beeligible for the

CESG.

Jim Maroney is achartered accountant

with Meyers NorrisPenny in Maple Ridge.

Start education savings now

Money talkJim Maroney


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Metro Vancouver mayen the regions parksmore commercial busi-

nesses that could chargevisitors to use zip lines,water slides, dog washstations or other newamenities.

The concept may bringbig changes to Tyne-

head Regional Park innortheast Surrey or Al-dergrove Lake RegionalPark in Langley, amongothers.

The move is beingchampioned by parks

committee chair andLangley City Coun.Gayle Martin, who seespotential to offer moreenhanced services whileusing fee revenue to re-duce the burden of park

operations on regionaltaxpayers.

We know theres prob-ably going to be somebacklash, but we haveto handle that, Martinsaid. Were not going to

desecrate a park to putan enhanced service init.

A zip line may be agreat opportunity atTynehead, Martin said.

And a water park mightbe one potential optionto replace man-madeAldergrove Lake, whichthe region has been ad-vised to drain because ofleaks.

If it was some kind ofwater park it would have

to be a paid access, Mar-tin said. It would be anenhanced service.

She said Metro has notyet ruled out spendingthe estimated $4 millionit would take to repairAldergrove Lake andretain the popular swim-ming hole, which attracts25,000 visitors per year.

Parks with dog zonescould be equipped witha canine swimming lakeand self-serve dog-wash-ing area, she added.

Coffee shops or conces-sion stands could pairup with other amenities

like a dog swimming lakeor kids water park, sheadded.

Private investors couldeven be recruited to buildnew fishing piers alongsome water bodies, shesaid, noting some U.S.parks have such siteswith complete rentals offishing tackle and bait.

The ideas go well be-yond the pay-per-useamenities now in Metroregional parks, such asBrae Island campground,the existing concessionstand at Boundary BayRegional Park, the canoerentals at Grant Narrows

in Pitt Meadows or bikerentals at Colony Farmin Port Coquitlam.

Some of the $2 mil-lion per year Metro nowearns in its parks alsocomes from house rent-als and movie shoots bythe film industry.

Pitt Meadows MayorDon MacLean said hessomewhat concernedabout affordability forfamilies.

If you take someoneinto the park and say,OK, we have zip linesand we have boat rides.The kid wants all of

those, he said. And itplaces stress on the par-ents to be able to pay forthem.

MacLean doesnt out-right reject new servicesand revenue possibilities,but said he will be onguard against any moveto add gate fees to enterparks or put significantswaths off limits to freeuse.

Id like to think youcould go and put a couple

of picnic benches togeth-er and have your kidsbirthday in a regionalpark and not have to payanything for it, he said.

Some activities makesense, he said.

People dont alwayshave their own canoe orhave a zip line in theirbackyard.

MacLean predictedsuch business opportuni-ties wont come to placeslike Pacific Spirit Region-al Park, noting a groupof Vancouver west sideactivists would swiftlymobilize.

Instead, he sees thefocus being on parksfurther east, particularlyones frequented by manyfamilies and where en-vironmental sensitivitiesarent as strong.

Martin said she recog-nizes the affordabilityissue.

Obviously we wantto keep our parks opento as many people as wecan, she said, but addedits been several yearssince Metro rethoughtits park services.

A couple of privatelyrun zip lines now exist inthe region, including one

on Grouse Mountain andone at Maple Ridge, on aformer campground theoperator leases from themunicipality.

Money from lease feesor a share of operatorrevenue could be used tocut the costs of the parkssystem or to acquiremore land for futureparks, Martin said.

The committee direc-tion to authorize explo-ration of a full-range ofenhanced park servicesthat could be offeredmust still be approved bythe full Metro board later

Pay-to-play ventures mulled for parksJ e f f N a g e lck Press


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T

he garden giantsof spring colour

are now givingy to their smaller

usins that actually re-at their performancear after year and leaveery soft footprint ofing and unsightly foli-e. Yes, the big tulips,rcissus and hyacinths,ovide a great splash ofour and are importantthe right locations,t minor bulbs offera subtle accompani-

ent to so many other spring plants and canake our gardens truly spectacular.nowdrops and crocuses are growing inpularity because they are old fashioned

vourites and easy to plant. They perennial-readily almost anywhere in the garden to

eate an ever expanding display each year.The tiny yellow buttercup-like winteronite (Eranthis cilicica) is one bulbat sneaks ahead to bloom even beforeowdrops, and it is rapidly growing inpularity. Its touch of yellow is a truering inspiration in the cold gray months ofnuary and February. It multiplies nicely

mong ground covers, but looks particularlye together with dark ajugas, like Black

allop, dark foliaged thymes and compact,most black heucheras, like H. Obsidian.n recent years, more varieties of grapeacinths (muscari) have been introducedo the marketplace than perhaps any otherlb. Blue is a refreshing contrast colour formany other plants and bulbs, especially

ose with golden or red foliage. There areme recent innovations that I think are

ly spectacular. Muscari Mt. Hood hasar blue flowers with snowcapped white

ps. In clusters they look sensational as doe similar M. neglectum with their darkue flowers rimmed in white.f you love a little perfume, the first yellowriety, M. Golden Fragrance, is quite anention getter. These are all long bloom-

g, mid-season varieties. There are a couplequite pleasing later varieties.

Muscari Plumosum is a very large bluewered variety that is very unique, and M.mosum is a lavender-coloured wispy vari-y that is so late it blooms with the alliums.Muscari Valerie Finnis is a very uniqueft blue that lifts any combination.

All muscari need to be planted in group-gs for the best effect, and they look greatderplanted around dwarf forsythia and

corylopsis (the variety well known as But-tercup Winter Hazel).

We love scillas in our gardens simply be-cause they bloom in May, when most otherbulbs are finished, providing a refreshinglift. The blues are nice but I must admit thatthe white and pink Scilla campanulatas arefabulous. The pink, in particular, adds a newand important colour to our gardens. Theymultiply well too and yes, they even have aperfume.

So many folks who ask for old fashionedEnglish bluebells are not quite sure what

to request in terms of getting the rightbulb. Well, Scilla nutans is the true Englishbluebell that thrives best in light shade andblooms over a long period of time.

One personal favourite is the little bulbpuschkinia. These tiny pure white bulbswith pin-striped blue flowers are incrediblybright and cheery in March landscapes.They look great with miniature yellow daf-fodils or dwarf red tulips, and they bloom along while. From a distance they look likesoft blue clumps that spice up any border orrockery.

Alliums are such a treat in June and Julygardens, adding another fresh look as sum-

mer annuals get settled in. There are somany varieties but the yellowAllium molyluteum, the bell-like pink and fragrantA.bulgarium and A. Drumstick (A. sphaero-cephalum) are my favourite tiny floweredvarieties.

No garden should be withoutA. schubertiiandA. christophii for sheer wondermentof their intricately woven flower heads thatlast for weeks. Its okay to show off a little,and no June garden should be without afew of the big guys likeA. giganteum andthe even larger A. Globemaster. They lookmagnificent blooming among variegatedgrasses like Miscanthus Variegatus andPhalaris Feeseys Form. They will alsodraw the most admiring comments aboutyour garden.

If you have a slightly shady deciduouswoodland garden, then erythroniums are

just so lovely. Their soft yellows and whitesare perhaps the most striking and E. WhiteBeauty is the one we love best in ourgardens.

I love beautiful displays of narcissus andtulips, but in todays smaller space gardensthey can look unsightly after flowering.

I must say weve discovered a yellow tulip,called Garant that has absolutely strikingyellow and green variegated foliage and issimply breathtaking before, during and afterflowering. Its amazing.

Im also very fond of the mini daffodilGolden Bells, which is about the bulb sizeof a crocus and flowers with three to fourflowers per bulb. Its a must have on yourbulb list.

Take a good look now at all the botanicalbulb opportunities in your garden for a sim-ply dashing display in next springs garden.By treating them as perennials and coordi-nating them with everything, your displaywill be better and better each year.

Brian Minter owns and operates MinterGardens just outside of Chilliwack.

Contributed

Puschkinias are incredibly bright and cheery in March landscapes.

THE NEWS/home&gardeningMinor bulbs make spectacular gardens

GardeningBrian Minter

I love beautiful displays ofnarcissus and tulips, but in todayssmaller space gardens they canlook unsightly after flowering.


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Community Calendar

Community Calendar lists events in

Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows.Notices are ree to local non-proft

ups courtesy o The News. Drop oails to 22328 119 Ave., ax to-463-4741 or e-mail [email protected] at least a weekore the event. Include a contact name

and number. (No submissions by phone.)Listings appear as space permits. For

guaranteed publication, ask our classi-fed department at 604-467-1122 aboutnon-proft rates.

Saturday, Sept. 11Join the Family Education and

Support Centre and the Af liationo Multicultural Societies and ServiceAgencies at the Diversity Health Fairat the Ridge Meadows SeniorsCentre,12150 224th Street rom 11 a.m. to 3p.m. Visitors can learn about healthycooking and liestyles, take part intness classes, tap their oot to ethnic

music, watch cultural dancers, speakwith health care proessionals, orsample ethnic oods. To learn more,call Angie at 604-476-2447 or [email protected].

Haney Farmers Marketcelebrates tomatoes with a cookingdemonstration presented by Che

Nathan Hyam at 10:30 a.m. Take thetaste test and taste what vine-ripenedmeans. The Market is overowingwith reshly picked ruit and producerom our own Fraser Valley and theOkanagan. Memorial Peace Park indowntown Maple Ridge on 224thStreet. www.haneyarmersmarket.org

Sunday, Sept.12 Scotiabank and the B.C.

SPCA present Paws or a Cause atthe Albion Fairgrounds. Registra-tion starts at 10 a.m., with theevents beginning at 11 a.m. Visit

spca.bc.ca/walkto [email protected]


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THE NEWS/sportsSection coordinator:Robert Mangelsdorf604-467-1122 ext. [email protected]

The Pitt Meadows Marauders varsity foot-ll team takes to the field for the first timenight [Friday], facing the Sands ScorpionsDelta under the lights on the their new-weather artificial turf field.

The $2.2 million facility features high-pow-ed lighting, markings for football, soccer,

d field lacrosse, and will eventually in-ude seating for 300.However, with the bleachers at the newld yet to be erected, there is sure to be anding room only crowd.riday night games are a high school foot-ll tradition, one that Marauders headach Dave Holleran hopes takes root in Pitteadows.The team is thrilled to be playing undere lights, he said. For a lot of them thisll be the only time they get to.ecause of field use conflicts this season,

nights exhibition game with the Sandsorpions of Delta will be the only Fridayght game for the Marauders at home thisason.

The Marauders will be missing a numberkey components tonight due to injuriesd vacations, including Malcolm Williams,att Newlove, and Gord MacKinnon.Another noticeable absence will be quar-

back Cory Takahara, who recently decid-to attend high school in the United Statess year to play lacrosse.That was a bit of a surprise, said Holle-n.

Danny Childress, who received substantialaying time behind Takahara last seasonll take over as the starting pivot.

Thomas Haney secondary se-nior Emily Wilson is going plac-es, and soccer is helping her getthere.

The young goaltender will beheaded to Newfoundland nextmonth to take part in the Cana-dian national U-18 champion-ships as part of Team B.C., be-fore heading to Florida for theSuper Y-League North American

Championships.

To help pay for the trips, Wil-son has organized a bottle drivein her neighbourhood, and deliv-ers newspapers for a few extrabucks, running her route insteadof walking it.

That way I get a little exercise,and make some money too, shesaid.

She also spent the summer gut-ting fish in a factory in downtownVancouver.

It was pretty stinky, but themoney was good, she says.

Wilson plays for the Coquitlam

Milan in the U-18 Metro league,as well as the Coquitlam Metro-Ford womens premier divisionteam.

After suffering an ACL tear inher knee last year, Wilson hasfully recovered and is back toplaying soccer again.

When shes not playing for clubteams, shes the Thomas HaneyThunders starting goaltender aswell.

We didnt win a game last sea-son, but school soccer is just for

fun, she said.

Wilson previously won a na-tional championship as part ofTeam B.C. at the U-14 level andhopes for a repeat performancein October.

After her globetrotting thisautumn, Wilson has her sightsset on UBC, where she plans tostudy kinesiology and play forthe Thunderbirds next season.

To donate bottles and cans toWilsons fundraising efforts, con-tact her at [email protected] pick up.

Local goaltender Wilson headed to soccer nationalsby R o b e r t M a n g e l s d o r f

staff reporter

son

Friday night

ights forMarauderstt takes on Sands tonight at home

R o b e r t M a n g e l s d o r f ff reporter

See Marauders, p48

Heads upReegan Wanders(left) of the PittMeadows Thundergoes head to headwith a member ofBGSC United duringa U-11 girls selectA game during thePitt Meadows Soc-cer Clubs LabourDay Tournament atthe Pitt Meadows

Athletic FieldsSunday morning.The Thunder placedsecond in theirdivision, losingto Burnaby in thefinals.


Junior B Flames fall to Kodiaks in season opener

The Ridge Meadows Flamessaw their first action of the2010/11 Pacific InternationalJunior Hockey League Wednes-day night, falling 4-2 to the Al-dergrove Kodiaks, the team thateliminated them from the play-offs in March.

While the road loss startsthe team out on the wrong footthis season, the Flames have achance for redemption tonight

[Friday] at home against theGrandview Steelers.

Flames coach Tavis Eatonsays he expects to see another

highly-skilled, and well-coachedteam at the other end of therink.

[Grandview Seelers coachAldo Bruno] was coaching whenI was still playing, said Eaton.Their whole staff has a lot ofexperience, and I expect themto have another good team thisyear.

With his own roster finalized,Eaton expects big things out of

his team this year.I think we have more skill this

year, he said. I think were abit bigger, faster, and grittier

than last year, too.The Flames first line willfeature Danny Brandys DustinCervo, and Shane Harle, whohave clicked together in pre-season. Team captain CJ Legas-sic heads the second line, whilehis linemates have yet to be de-termined, said Eaton.

We have a lot of depth upfront, he said.

One surprise out of preseason

has been the play of goaltenderSpencer Marro. The Cloverdalemidget product has impressedthe coaching staff and earned

himself the start Wednesdaynight against the Kodiaks.Tyler [Klassen] is a very good

goalie, but we just want to seewhat Marro can do on the road,said Eaton. Hes been excellentfor us this preseason. Hes play-ing with ice in his veins.

The Flames face the Grand-view Steelers tonight in theirhome-opener at Planet Ice inMaple Ridge

by R o b e r t M a n g e l s d o r f staff reporter


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While Holleran saidkahara will be missed,ildress is more than

pable of taking over asrter.He would have gotrts this season any-ys, said Holleran.es bigger than Cory,d he has a very strongm.The Marauders willve problems withpth this season, givene teams 22-player ros-.Were a small team,size and numbers,lleran said. However,at the team has in

ades is experience andhletic ability. The Ma-uders squad went alle way to the AA juniorrsity provincial cham-nship game two years

o. Those players, nowGrade 12, are hungryanother run at a pro-

ncial championship.Holleran has expand-

the teams exhibitiony to three games this

ason, in order to getplayers comfortable

ying at a wide varietypositions. A numberplayers will play bothys, some in positions

mpletely new to them.With so many players

playing both ways, Hol-leran said the coachingstaff is putting an em-phasis on physical con-ditioning.

The good news is [theteam] has a good attitudeand theyre all workingvery hard, he said.

Holleran said he ex-pects Sands to field askilled team, typical

of the well-establishedfootball program.

They are big, theyare fast, and they havedepth, he said. Theyalso had a full springtraining which we didnt,because of the field con-struction.

Holleran said hes nottoo concerned about thescore of the preseason

tilt, I just want to makesure I have the right kidsin the right place.

The regular season, headded, will be about de-veloping his players andpreparing them for thepost-season.

When we get to theplay-offs, said Holleran,were there to win, andnothing else.

The Golden Ears United U-12rikers started the new soc-r season the same way theyd last season, by taking firstace in their division at the Pitteadows Labour Day Soccerurnament.laying in the U-12 Select A

acket, the Strikers started theurney with a decisive 7-2 vic-y over Port Moody 99 Selects.e Spedding was selected themes MVP after he scoredree goals. Keiran Wood had aong start to the season, scor-

g a goal and adding two as-ts. Kyle Clagget and Jordanans each scored a goal andded an assist. Trevor Solo-ka added the final goal of theme and Michael Johnstoned Jorrin Lenton contributedsists.n the second game of theurney, the Strikers defeateddetermined New Wesminsterrgo 1-0. The lone goal of the

me was scored by Speddinga pass from the Striker goal-Brett

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