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First week on trailFederal candidatesbegin long journey 3

Nominations soughtChamber preparing for2015 Hats Off Awards 6

Happy campersFirefighters play hostto young burn victims 22

Representing B.C.Two local girls in nationalbaseball championships 27

Brent Seabrook is bringingthe Stanley Cup to Tsawwassenfor the third time in sixyears.

The public is invitedto a short parade andviewing of the cup thisSunday morning.

Starting at 8 a.m., theall-star defenseman willbe holding the cup aloftwhile on a Zamboni ride,which will leave from thecorner of 16th Avenueand 56th Street and headnorth to the South DeltaRecreation Centre.

At the recreation centre, fanswill have a chance to get up closeto the Holy Grail of hockey until10 a.m.

Seabrook is a member of theChicago Blackhawks, which beatthe Tampa Bay Lightning in Junefor the NHL championship.

Seabrook grew up inTsawwassen play-ing in the SouthDelta Minor HockeyAssociation and laterwith the Delta IceHawks. He was a starwith Lethbridge ofthe Western HockeyLeague before beingdrafted in the firstround by Chicago in2003.

He has played over700 NHL regular sea-son games and more

than 100 playoff games. Seabrookwas also a member of Canada’s2010 Olympic gold medal hockeyteam.

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Cup makingreturn visitTsawwassen’s Brent Seabrook is bringingLord Stanley’s mug to town this Sunday

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Cars and quilts will share thespotlight this Sunday at the annualLadner Quilt Walk & Car Show.

The Ladner BusinessAssociation-sponsored event isexpected to feature more than 350classic cars and as many as 150quilts.

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Delta’s three federal elec-tion candidates have beenkeeping busy during thefirst full week of the cam-paign.

In addition to placingthe usual signs on lawns,Conservative incumbentKerry-Lynne Findlayopened a campaign officeat the Tsawwassen TownCentre Mall last Saturday.She’s also opening one inNorth Delta this weekend inan effort to raise her profilein that community.

Findlay, a first-term MPwho quickly moved upPrime Minister StephenHarper’s ranks to becomeminister of national reve-nue, also has a new websitethat highlights what she’sdone in the past four years,including being “a leader inred tape reduction.”

Some of the accomplish-ments listed on her web-site include being directlyresponsible for deliveringthe secondary channeldredging of Ladner Harbour

through the collabora-tion with others. Findlay’swebsite notes she has alsodelivered over $430 mil-lion in federal investmentsin Delta for infrastructure,major business contracts,sports and cultural activi-ties, seniors, veterans,youth, education, publicsafety and the environment.

Meanwhile, Liberal can-didate Carla Qualtroughwas in Toronto last weekto carry the torch for the2015 Parapan AmericanGames. Qualtrough ran in

the Parapan Am torch relaylast Thursday, ahead of theGames opening ceremonyon Friday.

Qualtrough, who is legal-ly blind, has been involvedin the Paralympic move-ment in Canada and inter-nationally since her days asa national team swimmer inthe late 1980s.

She’s also co-chairingthe General Assembly ofthe Americas ParalympicCommittee, which bringstogether 28 nations fromNorth, Central, and South

America.The Parapan Am Games

run until Aug. 15.NDP candidate Jeremy

Leveque and other NewDemocrats in Delta gath-ered to cheer on TomMulcair in the first leaders’debate last week.

He also attended a cam-paign rally in Vancouver onthe weekend where Mulcairpromised to repeal the con-troversial Bill C-51.

Last week also saw somecontroversy in Delta asFindlay drew heat for deliv-

ering her regular constituentnewsletter a few days afterthe writ was dropped.

She was accused ofdelivering taxpayer-fundedelection literature, but acampaign spokespersonexplained, “The rulesconcerning mailings bymembers of Parliament arevery clear. Mailings postedbefore the issuance of awrit of election are allowedunder the rules, even if theyare received by constituentsafter the date of the dissolu-tion of Parliament.”

Rush hour traffic wassnarled yesterday morn-ing after a crash betweena semi-truck and a charterbus closed the LadnerTrunk Road on-ramp toHighway 99 for two hours.

At about 5:30 a.m., acommercial tractor-trailerand a highway coach buswere travelling northboundon Highway 99.

According to police, thetwo vehicles made contacton the highway, causingboth to veer off the roadand crash through a cementmedian before coming torest against a fence. Bothvehicles suffered extensivedamage.

Both drivers were takento hospital with non-life

threatening injuries. Therewere no passengers on thebus.

Deas Island RCMP,

Delta police and the B.C.Commercial Vehicle Safetyand Enforcement Branchwere all on scene, and

both vehicles underwent amechanical inspection.

The crash, which closedone lane of Highway 99,

is still under investigation.Police could not say yetwhat factors contributed tothe collision.

Candidates hit campaign trailConservative incumbent highlights federal investment in Delta during her first term as MP

Truck, buscollide onHwy. 99

PHOTO BY GORD GOBLE

Conservative candidate Kerry-Lynne Findlay opened a campaignoffice in Tsawwassen last Saturday.

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Liberal candidate Carla Qualtrough was in Toronto last week forthe 2015 Parapan American Games.


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Rush hour traffic was snarled yesterday morning after this truck collided with a charter bus on Highway 99.

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A bride should neverbe overshadowed by herbridesmaids.

Coun. Sylvia Bishophad that to say about acontroversial developmentapplication at the site ofthe historic Roycroft GrantResidence, formerly thehome of La Belle Aubergerestaurant, on 48th Avenuein Ladner Village.

The proposal, whichfailed to receive endorse-ments from the civic heri-tage and planning commit-tees, was up for preliminaryapproval at a Delta councilmeeting Monday.

The application, whichdrew the ire of area resi-dents who submitted an 82-name petition against theplan, would see the houseremain but also see theproperty rezoned into fiveinfill lots.

Owner Havir Lalli,who was at the meetingto see the council debate,has made a few revisions,including slightly reducingthe height of the proposedhouses, but that wasn’tgood enough for some

members of council whowere worried the heritagehouse would still be over-shadowed.

Councillors debated amotion to kill the applica-tion and not even send it toa public hearing, eventuallyagreeing with Mayor LoisJackson’s suggestion theydefer it to a council work-shop where they can discussoptions.

Bishop said she is willingto work with the applicant,but noted the heritage housein Ladner is an extremelyimportant one for the com-munity. She said the househas to be the star and shineover whatever developmentis built at the site, especial-ly since it’s in the LadnerHeritage ConservationArea.

“It’s not like some of theother heritage homes thatare smaller, have less detailor character and charm.This is a significant heri-tage home. As a bride, thelight should shine on thathouse. The houses pro-posed around it are like thebridesmaids, and I’m find-ing that the bridesmaids areovershadowing the bride,”Bishop said.

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A controversial development application would see five housesadded to the site of the former La Belle Auberge restaurant.

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A Tsawwassen man isflying all the way to Europeto take part in an epic long-distance cycling event thattests riders’ endurance anddetermination.

Ron Stewart is on hisway to France today to getready to take part in Paris-Brest-Paris. It’s not a race,he stresses, but a non-com-petitive, time-limited ridethrough western France.

The ride covers 1,230kilometres and must becompleted in 90 hours orless.

Paris-Brest-Paris is arandonneur cycling event.Randonneur is a form oflong-distance cycling whereriders attempt a course thatis a least 200 kilometres,passing through pre-deter-mined checkpoints alongthe way.

Stewart said he’s hop-ing to finish the ride in 88hours, but will be ecstatic ifhe does it in 90.

He took up cycling in2012 after a friend encour-aged him to start exercis-

ing. A randomGoogle search onhub generators ledhim to the B.C.Randonneurs’ Cluband he startedriding longer dis-tances.

His first offi-cial event was a200-kilometre ridethree years ago.

“It was the hard-est thing I’ve everdone,” Stewartsaid.

Since then, the52-year-old hasconquered otherdistances. To date,his longest ride is600 kilometres,which he has com-pleted in 39 and 40 hours.

He said he was drawnto the sport because of itsinclusiveness.

“The club welcomespeople of radically differentskills,” he said. “It’s up tothe rider to decide what’ssuccess and what’s failure...It really is a sport anyonecan pick up.”

Paris-Brest-Paris startsthis Sunday. The approxi-

mately 6,000 participantswill take off in waves of300. Stewart, who describeshimself as unathletic andoverweight, said his ridewill begin at 5:45 p.m. onSunday and he will needto complete the course by11:45 a.m. on Thursday.

Riders are not allowed tohave any support through-out the ride outside of the12 checkpoints that arespaced out along the route.

Cyclist off to France for1,200-kilometre rideRon Stewart has 90 hours to complete epic journey

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Ron Stewart is taking part in Paris-Brest-Paris, a non-competitive, time-limited ridethrough western France.

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Long considered to bethe premiere business eventof the year, the Hats Offto Excellence Awards area high-profile, prestigiousaccomplishment for Deltabusinesses and individu-als. The gala will be heldon Nov. 20 at the newTsawwassen Springs club-house.

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Tickets are $150 each.Award criteria, nomina-

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Reach Child and YouthDevelopment Societyrecently received a $25,000grant from the First WestFoundation — EnvisionFinancial CommunityEndowment for its Buildingfor Children Together capi-tal campaign.

Added to another dona-tion of $25,000 in 2012, aswell as $2,000 from FirstWest employees in 2014,this makes a $52,000 totalcontribution to Reach.

“Envision and itsemployees have offereda myriad of support andvolunteering over the yearsto take us closer to our ulti-mate goal of helping morekids,” said Reach executivedirector Renie D’Aquila.

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Best guestscan still bebit of pain

TEDMURPHY

MURPHY’SLAW

It was about time this cyclical relation-ship reared its head again.

Like most communities, Delta tendsto have a love-hate relationship withthe movie and TV industry. We love theeconomic benefits film crews provide,the employment opportunities they cre-ate and the revenue they bring to town,as well as the window they offer us intoan exciting parallel world. If they arrivewith some Hollywood star power, well,that’s even better.

However, there’s something to be saidfor too much of a good thing. It’s a littlelike playing host to a well-manneredhouse guest: no matter how consider-ate they are, they can’t help but have animpact on your day-to-day routine. You’reexcited to see them arrive, but after awhile there’s a part of you that’s lookingforward to watching them pull out of thedriveway.

After a number of film crew visits tothese parts, particularly Ladner Village,earlier this year, it’s not surprising therelationship has become a little strained,to the point where municipal hall is look-ing to revise its regulations, includingestablishing a filming coordinator.

The new position would act as a liai-son between businesses and productioncompanies, which should go a long wayto quelling the off-the-record grumblingthat could be heard back in the spring.

For the most part, production com-panies go above and beyond the call tobe good visitors. The crew for the TVseries Impastor, which filmed here withsome regularity a few months back, didits best to ingratiate itself with locals,going as far as buying more than $20,000in gift certificates. You should haveseen the scene on Delta Street as shop-pers, ones that had theoretically beeninconvenienced by the filming, waitedin a lengthy line to get their share of thelargesse.

Even with such a generous gesture, theshoot wasn’t without its issues as mer-chants voiced concerns over the difficul-ty some of their customers had findingparking (not that it’s ever easy to locatea spot in the village) or simply accessingtheir premises.

With a low Canadian dollar that’s notexpected to rebound anytime soon, youcan bet we’ll be seeing more and morefilm crews in Hollywood North, so it’simperative the relationship is stable.

Production companies are an econom-ic boon but they can also be intrusive,so a delicate balance has to be struck.Hopefully that middle ground can bemaintained moving forward and the rela-tionship can flourish for many years tocome.

The Optimist encourages readers to write letters to the editor. Lettersare accepted on any topic, although preference is given to those onlocal matters. The Optimist reserves the right to edit letters and thedecision to publish is at the discretion of the editor or publisher. Allletters must be signed, dated and include the writer’s phone number

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When I was a kid, I got bugged alot because of my initials.

I wish I were as smart as myson. His first name also startswith a B. I asked him if he wasever teased because of it, and hisresponse was, “No, I just tell peo-ple I can smell it a mile away.”

That’s been my feeling for thelast couple of weeks, since thefederal election was called. It hadbeen a bit of the Wild West with allthe special interest group advertis-ing. For the price of airtime, theycan get in the media and say what-ever they want. So now we have alonger election period.

What really gets my “initialsmeter” running is the complainingabout the cost of a longer election.We wanted fixed election dates,we got them, and this is the result.Mark my words, the next primeminister will drop the writ early

too, because the same thing willhappen in 2019.

But, oh, the cost! We’ll be wast-ing money on an extended election!Yes, it will cost more. People needto be hired for a longer period aselection officials, returning officesneed to be rented for twice as longas usual. And while contributionsto all parties will rise since they arerebated a portion of their expenses,government advertising stops, sothat offsets part of the rebate. Inreality, the government ad budgetgoes from helping the incumbentto helping all parties. Share theexpense, share the blame.

Where does most of the moneyfor an election go? People are hiredby Elections Canada. Political par-ties buy media from newspapers,radio and TV stations that employlocal people. Printers making signsmight have to staff up to get themdone on time. But regardless of thelength of the campaign, the vastmajority of the money is spent onone day — election day — for poll-ing clerks. It’s short term, but themoney stays in Canada, going backinto our economy.

There are lots of different peoplewho work as polling clerks. Someare seniors, some are students,some that are looking for work but

could use a bit of money to helpmake ends meet. These are the peo-ple the politicians say they are outto help. Yet at the same time, manypoliticians complain about the costof an election. At least this way weare getting a service back for thetax money being used. That doesn’tsound like waste to me.

I worked as a polling clerk inthe last federal election and the lasttwo provincial elections. I get tosee my neighbours and maybe meetsome new people as well. It’s along day, but incredibly interesting,and I make a few bucks at the sametime. It’s not a lot of money, but tosee our democracy in action is verygratifying.

With fixed dates, our electionswill never be as they were. If addedcost is the problem, eliminate therebate to all parties for electionexpenses. And be honest aboutmoney being “wasted.”

It’s called the price of democ-racy. And it’s a price well worthpaying. The alternative stinks evenmore.

Brad Sherwin, MBA has over25 years experience in marketing,public relations and business strat-egy. He is currently the director ofmarketing for a national non-profitorganization.

Cost of an election can’t beconsidered money wasted

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Letters to the Editor

Editor:Re: Civic committees not

sold on plans for heritagesite, July 29

I am one of the 82Ladner residents whosigned a petition in strongopposition to the develop-er’s proposal to squeezein four more three-storeyhouses on the RoycroftGrant Residence/La BelleAuberge property at 4856

48th Ave.His proposal is too dense,

too high and would over-power and diminish theimportance of the statelyheritage house.

In addition, three of theproposed houses wouldonly have narrow back laneaccess, and many treeswould be cut down.

Two respected andknowledgeable council

committees and Delta’splanning department haveall expressed similar dis-satisfaction related to den-sity, massing and the lossof heritage character to thearea overall.

I would hope the devel-oper not waste council,staff and residents’ time byrefusing to make the sug-gested reasonable changes.

D. Reynolds

Editor:Save-On-Foods had the

opportunity to participatein the Tsawwassen SunFestival parade last Monday.

This year apart fromhanding out goodies alongthe route, one of our teammembers came up with anidea to raise money for B.C.Children’s Hospital.

We loaded up a buggyof our B.C.’s Ride for Kidsplush moose and sold them

along the parade route bydonation.

With the help of the com-munity we managed to raiseover $500. I would like tothank the residents of SouthDelta for supporting ourstore and our initiative toraise money for such a wor-thy cause.

Rob EppStore Manager

Save-On-Foods —Tsawwassen

Editor:Re: Walker appalled by

amount of dog waste thatcan be found at BrunswickPoint, letter to the editor,

July 31The letter from Carl

Broughton encouraged meto add my 10 cents’ worth.

I frequently walk the trailaround Cove Links golf

course and I am amazed atthe number of neatly tiedwhite plastic bags, presum-ably containing doggy doo,left beside the pathway.

Delta encourages dogowners to pick up aftertheir pets and even pro-vides stations stocked withfree bags. If we consideranimals dumb, how dumb

must the humans be thatpick up after their pets butthen leave the excrement,carefully bagged, behind?

The end result is that thecontents don’t biodegradeand the plastic bag just addsto the billions of tons ofplastic poison that end upkilling the world’s sea life.

Peter Rose

Save-On raises over $500 for Children’s Hospital at Sun Fest

Editor:Re: Keys are no good

to others, letter to theeditor, Aug. 7

After some frustrationabout my lost keys, andrevisiting the locationwith no success, I sawmy letter in last Friday’sedition of the Optimist.Thank you so much forprinting it.

I got a call from Save-On-Foods the day thepaper came out to tell mesomeone had turned inmy keys.

Thank you very muchfor your help and a mostgracious thank you tothe finder of my keys forturning them in.

I shall do my utmost topay it forward as soon aspossible.

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Editor:Re: Unelected entities

aren’t serving taxpayerswell, letter to the editor,

Aug. 5Over the past decade,

Metro Vancouver hasinvested nearly $2 billioninto improving drinkingwater quality, distribu-tion and supply. Thanksto a combination of envi-ronmental stewardship,advanced technology andlong-range planning, ourwater system is among thebest in the world in terms ofwater quality, resiliency anddaily delivery.

Every day, MetroVancouver supplies over abillion litres of water to theresidents and businesses of

the region. During summermonths, consumption canalmost double, largely dueto outdoor demands such aslawn sprinkling.

One hour of lawn sprin-kling uses as much wateras 25 toilet flushes, fiveloads of laundry and fivedishwasher loads combined.This year has been one ofthe hottest and driest onrecord — does it reallymake sense to dump hun-dreds of litres of highly-treated drinking water on alawn during a drought?

The good news is thatthis past decade, per capitawater consumption hasbeen falling even as thepopulation has continuedto grow, partly due to the

seasonal water use restric-tions, which ensure water isreserved for essential usesin homes and business andfor firefighting.

Our comprehensivelong-range drinking watermanagement plan takesinto account populationgrowth, climate change,ecological health and theongoing prosperity of theregion. Over the long term,we’re investing more than$1.5 billion in projects toaccommodate populationgrowth, and our future sup-ply strategy involves secur-ing additional capacity fromCoquitlam Lake as well asexpanding storage capacityin the Seymour Watershed.

We will continue to

review our plans and poli-cies in coming years as theimpacts of climate changebecome more apparent.

The situation this year isa result of unprecedentedweather conditions, not adeficiency in long-termplanning. In all but excep-tional circumstances, suchas this summer, we havesufficient water supply forboth essential and non-essential uses.

I encourage all MetroVancouver residents andbusinesses to respect waterrestrictions and to conservewater year round.

Darrell MussattoChair

Metro VancouverUtilities Committee

More paramedics are the answerEditor:

Re: Injured cyclist waitsfor ambulance to arrive,

letter to the editor, July 31I’m concerned that Delta

Fire & Emergency Servicesis creating a false sense ofsecurity for its residentsafter taking an additional80 hours of basic first aidtraining. This course doesnot improve the firefighter’sskill level for dealing withtime-critical emergencies inDelta. The fact of the matteris that firefighters are notparamedics.

Michael Owen recentlywrote to this paper prais-ing the abilities of theDelta firefighters and theirbasic first aid techniques.But what would Delta’sfirefighters have done forthis cyclist if he had hithis head and had bleedingin his brain? Or if he hadfractured ribs causing injury

to his lungs or heart and hedeveloped severe breath-ing problems? Or if hehad other internal injuriesor bleeding that requiredimmediate surgery?

What if this cyclist hadhad a heart attack, or astroke or other medical cri-sis that caused this accidentin the first place?

Ideally, proper assess-ment that rules out anythreats to life, a treatmentplan to reverse or slow theprogression of the illness orinjury, and timely transportby ambulance paramedicscould very well be the dif-ference between a perma-nent disability or death... ora full recovery.

The half-hour that waswasted waiting for theambulance paramedics toarrive for this cyclist couldhave had a very differentoutcome. This goes for any

type of patient that requiresa trauma team, or a car-diac catheterization lab, ordesignated stroke team inreceiving hospitals.

The types of 911 callsthat ambulance paramed-ics have responded to overthe past 10 years hasn’tchanged but for some rea-son, we are in the processof “commercializing” 911calls and are routinely send-ing six to eight responderson these calls when it’scompletely unnecessary.Over 95 per cent of thesecalls could have been easilydealt with by one ambu-lance paramedic crew.

So why are we need-lessly wasting municipaltaxpayers’ dollars on some-thing that is the provincialgovernment’s responsibil-ity? This is about patientsafety and being financiallyresponsible to taxpayers.

This is something that isseriously being overlookedby the mayor of Delta andits fire chief.

The answer to thiswhole dilemma is plainand simple. If there weremore ambulance paramed-ics available in communi-ties, firefighters wouldn’thave to respond to medicalcalls other than those thathave been shown to havea positive outcome for thepatient (evidence based orpeer reviewed in third partystudies).

Examples of time criticalcalls are cardiac or respira-tory arrest, airway obstruc-tion in which little or noair gets to the lungs orbleeding that cannot be con-trolled by simple dressings.Fortunately, only three percent of all medical calls aretime critical.

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the four-day camp, which taught campersa variety of skills and gave them a glimpseinto the life of a firefighter.

Campers were at Hall 7 in Tilbury lastFriday to take on a hazmat scenario.

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Thousands of residentsand visitors alike will flockto the streets on LadnerVillage for the annualevent.

Hosted by the LadnerBusiness Association (LBA)and The Quilted Bear, theevent is in its 12th yearand typically attracts about10,000 people to take in thehundreds of classic cars andcolourful quilts.

This year’s event takesplace on Sunday, Aug. 16

from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.Initially a popular quilt

exhibit, the addition of theclassic car show came a fewyears later.

The free event typicallyattracts hundreds of vintagevehicles from around theregion.

Many classic car ownersattend the show every yearto proudly show off thefruits of their labour.

Each year, a myriad ofvibrant and creative quiltsare put on display in manyvillage business windowswhile the cars are displayedalong 48th Avenue andDelta Street.

In addition to the carsand quilts, organizers havealso lined up lots of prizes,vendors, refreshment andentertainment.

As well, this year’s showwill feature the first-everMiss Ladner Quilt Walk &Car Show Pin Up Pageant,sponsored by the LBA andBillie’s Barbershop.

The pageant will runthroughout the day until 3p.m.

On the main stage, theTom Cats Band will returnto keep the crowds enter-tained from 11 a.m. until 3p.m.

Before heading out to

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From 11 a.m. until 7p.m., the Ladner Legionwill host a beer gardenand barbecue with burgers,hot dogs and French fries,with entertainment by BobMarlow.

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Along with the hun-dreds of classic cars, manycolourful quilts will be ondisplay this Sunday at theannual Ladner Quilt Walk& Car Show.

Ladner Village will getan extra splash of colour asquilts of all shapes, sizesand styles go on display instore windows. Between100 and 150 quilts will beon display over five blocks.

The quilts will startgoing up in the last fewdays before the show, andall will be hung and ready

for viewing by 5 p.m.Saturday for anyone whowants a sneak peek.

Most of the quilts willbe displayed in storefrontwindows, while the largerworks will be hung at OpenSpace Yoga on Delta Street.

The quilts will remain ondisplay throughout the 12thannual show, which runsfrom 10 a.m. until 4 p.m.

Visitors will be able tovote on their favourite quiltsin seven categories, includ-

ing entries in this year’sblock challenge. Ballotscan be dropped off at TheQuilted Bear.

Organizer Carol TarioBobrick, who owns the TheQuilted Bear, is excitedto welcome author, andquilter, Krista Hennebury,who will be selling andautographing copies of herbook, Make It, Take It: 16Cute and Clever Projects toSew with Friends. She willalso set up a display that

includes every project inthe book.

“That was really excitingfor us,” said Tario Bobrick,adding she wouldn’t be ableto organize the event with-out her staff.

As well, there will bea by-donation quilt give-away, with proceeds ben-efiting the Delta HospitalFoundation. The quilt upfor grabs is made up oflast year’s block challengeentries.

Over 100 quilts to be on display instore windows over five blocks

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Ladner Village willbecome a mecca for carbuffs from around theregion this Sunday with theannual Ladner Quilt Walk& Car Show.

The free, family-friendlyevent hosted by the LadnerBusiness Association andThe Quilted Bear typicallyattracts more than 10,000

people and hundreds ofvintage vehicles and vibrantquilts. This unique com-bination gives the show awide appeal.

This year, organizers areexpecting more than 350entries as car enthusiastsfrom far and wide, andright here at home, arrive inLadner Village to proudly

show off their vehicles —from Cadillacs and AustinMinis to hot rods and mus-cle cars, like Camaros andCorvettes.

There will be a variety ofvendor and sponsor boothswith car trinkets and memo-rabilia.

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The Delta Museum isgetting into the spirit thisweekend with a specialdisplay.

In honour of the annualLadner Quilt Walk & CarShow, the museum is pull-ing out a number of antiquequilts from its archives aswell as some clothing.

The museum has anassortment of handmadequilts in its collection dat-ing back to the mid-1800s.

Traditionally womenmade quilts as gifts to markspecial occasions, suchas the birth of a baby or awedding.

Many of the patternsincorporate smaller piecesof fabric from worn outclothing and served todocument a bit of familyhistory for the quilt makerand her loved ones.

While the quilts are allantiques, the museum didintroduce a new additionto the collection in recentyears — a “crazy” quilt thatdates back to the late 19thcentury.

The quilt was made byMary Raby Cruikshank and,based on the fabric used,

it’s believed that it datesback to the late 1800s. Thequilt features a backgroundof mostly dark swatchesof fabric with bright andcolourful pieces added inand joined together withdecorative embroiderystitching.

One of the better-knownquilts in the museum’s col-lection is also done in thecrazy quilting style.

When Delta pioneerIsabella McKee Curtis cre-ated it in the 1880s sheused scraps of lush velvet,silk and cotton. She also

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Curtis’s grandson, TedCurtis, donated the quilt tothe museum several yearsago.

The antique quilts andclothing will be on displaythroughout the museum’srecreated period rooms.

The museum, which ison the corner of Delta andBridge streets, will be openfrom 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. onSunday.

Admission is by dona-tion.

Museum puts quilts fromits collection on display

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This “crazy” quilt dates back to the late 19th century.


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This year’s show includesa new event — the MissLadner Quilt Walk & CarShow Pin Up Pageant.

Sponsored by the LadnerBusiness Association andBillie’s Barbershop, andhosted by Dixie Delight andBobby Pinz Beauty Parlour,the pageant will pit pin upgirls against each other forthe title of Miss Ladner.

Prizes will also be award-ed for best hair and bestoutfit.

Organizer AdinaShore, who owns Billie’sBarbershop and Bobby PinzBeauty Parlour, said shecame up with the idea afterhiring some pin up modelsfor last year’s show to helppromote the barbershop.

She said the models gar-nered a great reaction frompeople attending the show.

“A lot of the big carshows have a pin up pag-eant,” she said.

The contestants must alldress up as an authentic1930s to 1950s pin up girl,she said.

Starting at 10 a.m. andrunning until 3 p.m., con-testants will mill about the

crowds posing for photosand handing out ballots.Once filled out, ballotscan be cast at Billie’sBarbershop on Delta Street.

Voting will determinethe winner and two runnersup. The Best Hair award

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I’m proud to say ourlawn is dead.

OK, so it’s not reallydeceased. Come September— or October or Novemberor whenever the rain godsdecide to do their dancing— the lawn will be fullyalive again.

But for now, it’s as closeto dead as it could possiblybe. Call it dormant. Callit fading. Call it down andout.

It’s the colour of wheat.Or sand. Or caramel.

You get the picture. It’sbrown. And we couldn’t behappier.

Like law-abiding citi-zens everywhere, we’ve

parked the sprinklers in theshed and watched the lawnchange colour.

“Yep,” said the proudhusband the other day, sur-veying the property, armscrossed. “No question we’redoing our bit. Anyone cansee that.”

There are, of course,a handful of propertiesaround town — let’s justsay, lusher ones that do notlook like wheat — that havestopped me in my tracksand had me scratching myhead.

I can’t, for a minute,believe that anyone who’sbeen remotely aware of thissummer’s water crisis wouldbe secretly giving theirgrass a drink. No, there’sno one who would be thatdespicable. Too impossibleto ponder.

I can only imagine, then,that these odd properties— and yes, they’re few and

far between — are toppedwith some kind of magicgrass. No idea what it mightbe, but it must cost a for-tune because it’s completelydrought-resistant.

Nuts, I know, but thisgrass grows tall and thickand emerald green — anddoesn’t need a drop ofwater! Not a drop, I tellyou!

As I say, it must be wortha heck of a lot of money.But even so, I can’t believemore folks aren’t shellingout big bucks for MagiSodor MiracleGreen or whatev-er the heck it’s called. Afterall, long-term prognostica-

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As forus, well,we haveno burningdesire toinstall GoGoGrass in thenext while. Heavens, we’dnever be able to afford it.After all, we kind of likebelonging to that broadclass of average folk for

whom the perfect lawn isnot an option in these long,hot days of summer.

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After a big kick off inLadner, four Delta firefight-ers took on the role of campcounsellor last month at the22nd annual Burn Camp.

The camp, which is freefor young burn survivors,gives kids a chance to par-ticipate in activities such asswimming, hiking, kayak-ing, a skit night, and artsand crafts.

The campers also receiveone-on-one support fromcounsellors and other burnsurvivors.

This year’s camp, whichtook place over six days inBrackendale, just north ofSquamish, was hosted byDelta Fire Fighters IAFFLocal 1763.

Delta firefighter KristyStorey has been involvedwith Burn Camp for 11years and is currently assis-tant camp director.

She said there were 71campers this year, includingtwo from Delta, all betweenthe ages of six and 18.

The camp counsel-lors — who are profes-sional firefighters, adultburn survivors, and doc-tors and nurses from the

burn units at VancouverGeneral Hospital and B.C.Children’s Hospital — alldonate their time.

“It’s fantastic,” Storeysaid of the week-long camp.

Any child in B.C. or theYukon that suffers a burninjury is invited to cometo camp once they are wellenough. And, Storey said,every child’s story is dif-ferent.

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all different ways,” she said.She said there were 11

new campers this year andeight of them were under10.

“It’s very grounding,” shesaid of taking part in theannual camp. “Your wholeperspective changes.”

Storey said the counsel-lors really promote thatcamp is a safe environmentfor campers, who might feelvery different from their

peers at home.“We have kids who come

to camp who have neverworn a bathing suit,” shesaid.

The main message to thecampers is to have fun andbe yourself.

The camp is fully fundedthrough the BC ProfessionalFire Fighters’ Burn Fund.All expenses are covered,including transportation,food and activities.

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!August at the HospiceCottage - Lots going onthroughout the month ofAugust - shop for sew-ing machines the week ofAug. 12, musical instru-ments the week of Aug.17, fall clothing and backto school the week of Aug.17 and visit the shoppe theweek of August 25th foryour pet supplies! HospiceCottage - 1521 - 56th St.,Tsawwassen.

!Tales for Tails: a ReadingEnhancement Programat the Delta CommunityAnimal Shelter. Read toan animal at the DeltaCommunity Animal shelter.For children ages 6 to 13who might be strugglingwith their reading andwould like to practice witha non-judgmental listener.Bring your own book orchoose from a small selec-tion at the shelter. To booka 20-minute weekly sessionwith one of the animals,contact the Delta animalShelter, 7505 Hopcott Road,Delta, at 604-940-7111.Prizes to be awarded inearly September.

!The Delta Museum &Archives Society is pleasedto present their latesttemporary gallery exhibit- Connecting Art & History.The works of art displayedhere tell stories that addto Delta’s mosaic of com-munity, culture and identity.Once a week we invite ouryoung visitors to create artworks centered on a chang-ing theme; on Aug. 12, let’stalk and create crafts aboutThe Natural Delta! and onAug. 19, the theme is I AmProud of Delta!

!There’s a lot happen-ing at the Delta Museumand Archives Society thissummer for kids 7 to 12!Join us on Wednesday and

Thursday afternoons from1 to 3pm for our HeritageHappenings programs. OurAug. 12 & 13 programis How Does That Workwhere kids get to take apartold appliances and technol-ogy to discover how what’sinside. The cost is $10per child for an individualprogram. Pre-register toguarantee a spot today. Formore information contact usat 604-946-9322, [email protected], or visit www.deltamuseum.ca.

!A Writers’ Groupmeets Thursdays, Aug.13, 27, 10:30 - 12 noon- Tsawwassen Library,1321A - 56 Street. Drop inand share your stories witha supportive group of fel-low writers.

!Ladner ChristianFellowship is preparing towelcome the children ofSouth Delta to HometownNazareth - Where Jesuswas a Kid. Vacation BibleSchool is running Aug.17-21 from 9am - noon.Children will hear storiesfrom Mary, play games,sing songs, and visit thesynagogue school and shopsin the marketplace, wherethey will do activities thatJesus may have done as achild. For more informa-tion call 604 946 4430 orregister online at ladnerlife.com.

!Tsawwassen Parkinson’ssupport group next meetingMonday, Aug. 17. We area group whose memberseither have Parkinson’s orare caregivers to someonewith PD. We meet once amonth at KinVillage from11 am to 12:30 p.m. to talk,exchange ideas and social-ize. For more informationcall Peter or Eileen at 604-943-8350.

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Thursday, Aug. 20, 5:30- 8:30 pm at the LadnerPioneer Library.

!Music with Marnie,Thursday, Aug. 20, 11 -11:45 am - Ladner PioneerLibrary, 4683-51st St. andThursday, Aug. 20, 2 - 2:45pm - Tsawwassen Library,1321A - 56th St. Describedas one of the “best perform-ers of her generation” bythe Vancouver InternationalChildren’s Festival, MarnieGrey performs funky, edu-cational and interactivetunes that will have kidsdancing and singing alongduring every song. Musicwith Marnie is music thatmakes you move!

!How to get rich...forteens! Saturday, Aug. 22,2 - 3 pm - TsawwassenLibrary, 1321A - 56th St.& Ladner Pioneer Library,4683-51st St. Still in highschool or starting at univer-sity? The friendly staff fromRBC will answer all yourquestions about budgeting,paying for school, creditcards, and saving so youcan retire ASAP!

!The heat is on and oursummer meeting scheduleis in effect! Come out andhave fun while improv-ing your public speakingand leadership skills! VisitAmbassadors Tsawwassen-Toastmasters from 7 - 9 PMon Tuesday, Aug. 25 at St.David’s Anglican Church1115 - 51A St. Guests arealways welcome. http://www.ambassadorstoastmas-ters.org/

!There is a blood donorclinic Wednesday, Aug.26 from 1 to 8 p.m. at theLadner Community Centre,4734-51st St. Another clinicwill be held Saturday, Sept.26 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.at South Delta SecondarySchool. www.blood.ca.

!Free Zumba Block Party,

Friday, Aug. 14, 6:30- 7:30 p.m., Tsawwassen.Registration required [email protected] for location. Raisingfunds for Team Rack Attackparticipating in CIBC Runfor a Cure.

!Point Roberts FireDepartment, 2030 BensonRd., Open House, Aug. 15from 11-3pm. Come andenjoy emergency vehicles,helicopters and fun for allages.

!Ha Ha Cup Joke TellingContest. Saturday, Aug. 15at 7 p.m. at Point RobertsCommunity Center. Adultsonly. No children in atten-dance. No bad words orethnic slurs.

!The 2015 DeltaCommunity Animal Expotakes place Sunday, Aug. 23at Ladner’s Memorial Parkfrom 10 a.m - 4 p.m. Visitwww.deltacommunitya-nimalshelter.com for moreinformation.

!Tsawwassen SaturdayFarmers Market, Saturdays,10 a.m.-2 p.m., until Oct.31. Southlands MarketSquare, 6400 Ave., Delta.tsawwassensaturdaymarket.flavors.me.

!Delta’s Concerts in thePark series continues withan upcoming performanceby The Karmichaels,Tuesday, Aug. 18 atMemorial Park.

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Name: Carter (left) with his friend Jayden Age: 11Occupation: StudentWhat is the activity?SwimmingWhere and when does this take place?At Sungod Recreation Centre, and Winskill Aquatic &Fitness Centre.How often do you participate? 1-3 times per week.How long have you been involved?I have been swimming my whole life.Why did you get involved in this activity?To get better at it.What do you like best about this activity?I like to bring my friends here.How does it benefit your life?I get to be with my friends and become a better swimmer.What other things do you do to keep active?Taekwondo, hockey, soccer, bike riding, roller blading,baseball, snow tubing and water tubing.

Did you know that making regular physical activity a habitat an early age can provide children with lifelong benefits?Physical activity can reduce the risk of chronic disease andhealth problems, and develop cardiovascular fitness, strength,flexibility and bone density. Activities like swimming can alsoprovide opportunities to learn new skills while having fun.

Registration for fall swimming lessons is currently underway,and the pools in Delta offer public swim sessions throughoutthe day. For drop-in schedules and program information visitwww.delta.ca, stop by your local recreation facility to pick up acopy of the Fall 2015 / Winter 2016 Leisure Guide, orcall 604-952-3000.

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The federal election campaign is officially underway. Stephen Harperdropped the writ earlier this month and those seeking the job of primeminister have already taken part in a nationally-televised leaders’

debate. The 11-week campaign, which culminates with the Oct. 19election, runs through the rest of summer, which means it could bedifficult for candidates to keep voters’ attention. The Optimist asked:

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Glenn KirkwoodAbsolutely. I think this isone of the most importantelections in Canadian his-tory of recent and we needto make some changes.

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Abby Parson and MarikaLyszcyk are headed toQuebec this week to playfor Team B.C. at the U16National Female BaseballChampionships.

The South Delta teenssecured their spots at athree-day tryout camp heldtwo weeks ago in Burnaby.The provincial team oppor-tunity is part of BaseballB.C.’s growing female pro-gram that provides a playerpath right up to the nationalteam level.

Canada just won silver atthe Pan American Gameswhere women’s baseballmade its debut.

Parson and Lyszcyk havebeen playing on boys’ base-ball teams since the Tadpolelevel.

For Parson, that’s nineyears, including this pastseason with the LadnerBantam AA Red Sox.

She has also been a fix-ture with the Team B.C.program, having traveledto Quebec in 2014 with theU16 squad.

“It’s a lot of fun andcompetitive,” said the 15-year-old, who is headinginto her Grade 11 year atDelta Secondary. “I did acouple of years with theInvaders (rep fastpitch pro-gram) but I just enjoy play-ing this more.”

Parson expects to seeplaying time at first base,outfield and on the pitchingmound.

Lyszcyk was eligible toplay for a second straightyear on the U14 B.C. teambut opted to age up afterspending this past season atthe Bantam AA level withthe South Delta Tigers.

“The pitching was defi-nitely way faster,” smiledLyszcyk. “It took a bit oftime to start hitting, then it

all was good. I wanted moreof a challenge (playing forthe U16 B.C. team) and this

will be my first time travel-ing back east for ball.”

Like Parson, the soon-

to-be Grade 9 student atSouth Delta Secondaryplayed girls’ fastpitch for an

even longerstint but hasopted to puther focus onbaseball now.

“I justfound it abigger chal-lenge to playwith boys,to the pointwhere Iwanted to doit full-time.”

Parsonand Lyszcykare not firstlocal tal-ent to be inTeam B.C.colours forgirls’ base-ball.

Back in2010, LexieBrenneisand PaigeHarbordhelped thehost prov-ince winthe BantamNationals.

Both girlseventu-ally switchedtheir focusfull-time tosoftball andearned schol-arships toU.S. schools.Brenneis hadan outstand-ing 2015season at theUniversityof Montanawhere shewas namedBig SkyConferenceFreshman ofthe Year.

However,the increas-ing oppor-tunities in

girls’ baseball mean playersdon’t have to switch sports

once they reach a certainage.

After they are doneat nationals, Parson andLyszcyk will train through-out the fall and winter withBaseball B.C. programs,then head to Cuba earlynext year for a women’snational team identificationcamp and exhibition gamesagainst the Cuban nationalteam.

“It’s amazing the dif-ference three years canmake and what doors areopening for these girls,”said Parson’s mom, KatieNorcross, a former nationalteam level softball player.

“The sport and oppor-tunities just keep gettingbetter. It comes down tohow bad the girls want itand they have to be able tocompete.

“Baseball and softballare completely differentsports. Softball is reallyquick. Baseball is not asfast moving of a game butthe competitiveness level isa lot higher at an early age.That’s why I put her in it.”

Parson has a friend whoplays on the national teamwhile Lyszcyk happened tobe in Toronto when tryoutswere being held for the PanAm Games.

“I got to meet the coachand was invited to comeout (to practice),” she said.“I got to train with them atbeginning of practice andwarmed up the outfield. Heinvited me to come to Cuba.It was pretty cool.”

Both families are gratefulfor the community sup-port they have received tohelp cover the expenses ofplaying for Team B.C. andtraveling east. The girlsheld a fundraiser last Fridayoutside Save-On-Foods inLadner.

The nationals run fromThursday to Monday inSaguenay, Quebec.

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Teenagers to play for Team B.C.

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South Delta teenagers Abby Parson and Marika Lyszcyk will play for Team B.C. at the U16 National FemaleBaseball Championships.

South Delta’s Abby Parson and Marika Lyszcyk taking part in U16 National Female Baseball Championships


The Ladner Pioneers sawtheir season come to a closeSaturday after dropping a7-4 decision to NanaimoTimbermen in the WestCoast Senior LacrosseAssociation finals.

It was the third straightdefeat for Ladner in thebest-of-five series.

Pioneers head coach BobTaylor said the Timbermenare a good team and had alittle bit more experiencethan his group.

“Age and experiencemakes a big difference,” hesaid.

Facing eliminationSaturday on VancouverIsland, the Pioneers endedthe first period with a 2-1advantage.

“They came out know-ing we had nothing to lose,absolutely nothing to lose.In the second period, therewas a bit of a mental lapsewhere they were able toovertake us,” Taylor said.

The second ended withNanaimo up 5-3. The teamstraded goals in the thirdbefore the Timbermenadded an empty netter toseal the series sweep.

Taylor described thegame as a goaltender’sbattle.

“Both goalies were fan-tastic.”

Ladner’s Matt Morehousefinished with 40 saveswhile Nick Patterson made35 stops for Nanaimo.

Taylor said Nanaimo’sJon Diplock dominated theseries.

“He was in the zone. He

wanted to make the tripto the Presidents Cup andhe capitalized on the littleerrors we made.”

Diplock finished Game3 with four goals and twohelpers. He accumulated 14points over the series.

Looking back at the sea-son as a whole, Taylor saidhe felt his team peaked tooearly. The Pioneers cruisedthrough three months ofregular season competi-tion, taking 15 of 16 games.The team managed a 3-6-1 record over its last 10games.

• Pioneers teammatesNathan and Sam Clarehave been selected to playfor Team England in theupcoming World IndoorLacrosse Championshipsnext month in the Syracusearea.

BY DAVE [email protected]

Pioneers swept in finalsNanaimo Timbermen claim WCSLA championiship

Junior tennis in Tsawwassen

PHOTO BY GORD GOBLE

Neer Bimbrahw of North Vancouver was in action Saturday at the Tsawwassen Tennis Club’s BobPutnam Junior Tournament.


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