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It was like the opening scene out of the zombie series The Walking Dead when Kelly

Cardinal finally made it to the safety of the open road. Vehicles lay askew every which way on the wide medians and shoulders of Highway 63 that led out of flam-ing Fort McMurray.

Cars and trucks were parked

helter-skelter, doors left wide open, tailgates down, abandoned.

“Just no one there, for miles,” he said. “It was crazy.”

That and other memories have been seared into Cardinal’s memory as he joined thousands as they fled the raging wildfire, named the Beast, that devoured the northern Alberta city last week.

Cardinal, from Maple Ridge, was in the middle of his work day as a dog groomer when he noticed the sky growing dark on May 3.

He stuck his head outside and saw people running everywhere

and planes flying overhead. He knew he had to get out of the Fort McMurray suburb he was in and join the rest of the 80,000 people heading on to Hwy. 63, now a lifeline.

But the inner city roads were in gridlock and a short drive to the highway that would normally have taken 10 or 15 minutes was now a slow-motion nightmare that took hours as flames roared into the sky.

Cardinal was stuck in the Abasand subdivision, the first to be engulfed. His girlfriend, Ra-chel Hird-Rutter, was in their

home in Timberlea, on the other side of town.

Neither could get to Hwy. 63, which would lead them out of town from what would become hell on earth.

“It was gridlock,” Cardinal said.They briefly tried to flee north

out of town, towards the oil sands, then changed their minds, and joined the majority heading south towards Edmonton.

But Cardinal had a problem. His Ford F-150 pickup, which towed the trailer from which he ran his business, was low on gas.

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The Salvation Army Ridge Meadows Ministries wants to spread its commu-nity meal program around town, help-ing lighten the load on the building and neighbourhood.

To do that, the Salvation Army is looking for partners to host a meal one or more nights a week. Offer-ing different locations to serve meals could mean more people accessing the program.

“We are open to different ideas,” said Darrell Pilgrim, with the Salvation Army. “We could cook the meals and have them served somewhere else.”

The charity has been discussing the issue with several groups for the past six weeks, but no agreements have been reached.

The Salvation Army has been run-ning the community meal service since 2009, serving lunch and dinner to a maximum of 175 people each time.

In a month, 400 different people will get a free meal at the building on 222nd Street and Lougheed Highway.

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Hearts and hands from the rain-forest in Maple Ridge are reaching out to the northern forest wildfire victims in Fort McMurray, Alta.

From iced tea stands to business folks to shoppers picking up a case of beer, people want to send help to the 90,000 people who fled for their lives from last week’s wildfires.

“Where they’re going to need a lot of help is in the long run,” said Peter Tam, with the Haney Rotary Club.

That group along with the Mead-ow Ridge Rotary Club are trying to get members to open their wallets to Rotary’s Fort McMurray fire relief fund. The money will go up to the Rotary in Fort McMurray, where it will be used to help rebuild.

“We’re trying to collect as much as we can. We just don’t know what people need,” Tam said.

He added that there’s no rush be-cause he knows the recovering and reconstruction process will take months, even years.

“We just want to plan out things properly, in the right way. I really want to involve the community.”

He’s extending the invitation to any-one else who wants to get involved.

“I’m looking for suggestions.”Cash is preferred as it allows orga-

nizers to buy what they need rather than sort through tonnes of donated goods.

“I really want to involve the commu-nity, because I know a lot of generous people in Maple Ridge are looking for some way of helping,” Tam said.

“In the long run, the best we can do is work with the people who are on the ground there.”

Brad Carr and his family also want to help. Isabella and Jaxon Fraser and Makenna and Brenyn Vanlaerhoven set up an iced tea stand outside Save On Foods on 240th Street on the weekend and raised $1,480 – “and still counting,” Carr said.

Residents near Maple Ridge sec-ondary are also helping out as another iced tea stand on 120th Street has so

far raised $127.People shopping at B.C. Liquor

Stores are chipping in, as well. In the last five days, shoppers donated $240,000 to contribute to the Red Cross.

Every dollar donated to the Cana-dian Red Cross for Fort McMurray fire relief will be matched by the fed-eral government.

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Colleen Flanagan/THE NEWSKaylyn Lowe (left), 8, and Alexis Bliss, 6, spent Saturday selling iced tea along 122nd Avenue to raise money for victims of the Fort McMurray, Alberta fire. After five and a half hours and more than 70 customers, the cousins made $127.25, which they donated to the Red Cross on Sunday.

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The hot weather is already here, so it’s time to realize that the winter monsoons have gone and the dry time is here, which raises the threat of fires.“The message out there, in our parks, in our trails, in our shopping malls, if you’re a smoker think twice before you throw that cigarette butt into the shrubbery or on to the ground. If it doesn’t get put out, the potential there is huge,” said Pitt Meadows assistant fire chief Brad Perrie.And if a friendly warning from the fire department doesn’t get your attention, new fines announced April 1 by B.C. Wildfire Service may.Any driver who gets caught tossing a burning cigarette butt out a car window could get slapped with a $575 fine.The same penalty applies to anyone who doesn’t report a fire or fails to extinguish their campfire. If you use fire contrary to regulations, get ready for a $1,150 fine.The new penalties are three times what they used to be.And they’ll be needed this year, predicted to be another dry one, said Perrie.As the land dries out, Perrie adds that people who live in areas facing the forest or wild areas should trim back hedges and shrubs away from their houses, to reduce the chance of their house catching on fire.An SFU instructor last week said that the Alberta government hasn’t done enough to reduce the risk to cities caused by wildfires, such as the one that engulfed Fort McMurray last week.

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Fire from frontAs he sat there motionless, he

thought about bailing out of his truck and running for his life.

He managed to drive to a down-town gas station, but within five minutes, the pumps had run dry. He left his truck and work trailer there and grabbed a ride with a friend and rejoined the agonizing creep to the safety of the highway and out of town.

“People were riding their horses, running with their animals … it was like a movie, it was crazy.”

While Cardinal stalled in traf-fic, Hird-Rutter had an earlier start. She been sent home earlier that day with the company truck, freshly gassed up, thanks to her employer.

But with Cardinal stranded on the other side of the hill, she didn’t

want to leave. It got to the point, she wanted him to run downhill from the suburb and get on to the highway.

Meanwhile, Cardinal was telling her to just get out.

“I told her just go south, go south.”

But Hird-Rutter also had to en-dure the creeping traffic, while flames crept at her back as she made a break for Hwy. 63.

It was an eternity before she got her pickup, packed with her two dogs Piper and Linden, along with cat Mia and ferret Jinks, on to the highway.

“We’re like sitting ducks,” she re-members thinking.

“It’s not very far, maybe five ki-lometres, but it took us hours. You look in the rear-view mirror and you’re just seeing the smoke get-

ting close. I was just heading that way with my animals. The side of the road was on fire.”

Hird-Rutter didn’t realize how close and dangerous the fire was until seeing the flames. The air temperature gauge in her truck said 48 C and the air conditioning had stopped working.

Hird-Rutter said the only public warning she heard was the emer-gency tones the local radio station broadcast. But that only lasted for 45 minutes, after which the sta-tions went off the air and began playing a repetitious selection of songs.

Once she got close to the high-way, people started abandoning the rules of the road and began driving on both sides of the high-way, six lanes, to escape the in-ferno.

The pair reunited in Grassland, safely away from the flames.

“It took 11 hours to get there. It’s a two and a half hour drive,” Car-dinal said.

They’re now resting with family in Maple Ridge, but waiting to get back.

Their rental home is still stand-ing, they’ve been told. That could have been because of the large empty space of the nearby baseball diamond kept the flames from the

house. But other houses in the suburb

were just steps away from the for-est, with no buffer areas between homes and forest.

It was a scary thing to go through, Cardinal said, adding that police and firefighters did their best getting people out, and for that he is thankful.

“It’s something I’ve never experi-enced before,” added Hird-Rutter.

Her construction company has told her it will be a while, but work will pick up.

Cardinal wants to get back and help in the rebuild. Fort McMur-ray has been good to him.

When he left Maple Ridge five years ago, he was in debt. There he had a thriving business.

“It’s done so much for me, my business and my life. It’s my town.”

“It’s not very far, maybe five kilometres, but it took us hours.”Rachel Hird-Rutter

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After 30 years of service, Maple Ridge fire chief Dane Spence has announced that he will retire on June 30.

Spence started with the department as a volunteer firefighter in 1985, grew with the department and completes his career as the city’s fire chief.

“Chief Spence is a modest man. In my first weeks as mayor, he gave me a tour of the fire halls and introduced me to the team that he leads. He never once used the word ‘I’ when referring to his work. This reflects his commitment to the team of firefighters he works with and to the city,” said Mayor Nicole Read.

“The fact is that his leadership has been essential as our community has transitioned from the volunteer oper-ating model to the composite model we have today. He has been a true leader and a strong voice on our management team. He is well-respected and admired by everyone on council, his peers and our community as a whole.”

When asked about the things he is most proud of, Spence noted, with his usual humility: “I haven’t done any-thing by myself. I have been fortunate to work with many remarkable mayors, councillors, colleagues and community members whose support I treasured.”

In addition to assuring the public safety needs of the city, Spence spent considerable time in succession plan-ning for the department.

As part of the announcement, council announced that deputy chief Howard Exner will move to the role of fire chief starting on July 1.

“My first day of retirement is July 1, Canada Day,” Spence said. “I look forward to seeing the Canadian flag flying from Tower 1 and enjoying the day with my family. I am very proud of the team we have assembled. Serv-ing our community and answering the calls for help, has been an honour and a privilege.”

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Dispersing that pro-gram, which attracts 100 or so people twice a day, to other parts of the city will ease pressure on the adjacent neighbourhood, Pilgrim said.

“That’s one of the rea-sons there’s so much strain on our neighbour-hood and building,” he added.

“This is not coming from any external pres-sure. This is from an in-ternal decision on what we think is the best to serve our community.”

He pointed out that most people who are served meals are housed

and are either on disabil-ity or are working. And 42 per cent are over the age of 50.

The meal program costs the Salvation Army about $75,000 a year in food supplies, not counting staff costs.

Over the course of a year, the Salvation Army serves about 100,000 meals, working out to a cost of less than a loonie for each one.

“We’re more than will-ing to provide those meals. We’re just looking for other locations to do it,” Pilgrim said.

“We feel that it would be a benefit for the people who come to our meals if they were dispersed

throughout the commu-nity.”

Former Maple Ridge councillor Candace Gor-don, who operates a com-munity kitchens program that teach people how to cook cheaply, said the Sal-vation Army won’t aban-don the meal service if it can’t find partners.

“Their intention is to not leave the community in the lurch, but they’re actually in the process of transferring it to other organizations. They’re not going to stop it cold.”

She said the community meal program is a needed one.

“It feeds a lot of people lunch and dinner every day. And most of them

are just poor. They’re not homeless. It’s a major pil-lar in the community,” Gordon said.

Golden Ears United Church already serves meals on Saturday nights, which gives the Salvation Army a break.

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humanity’s role in the current changes to B.C.’s climate, and our ability to influence it, as many readers have told me in the past week.

But almost everyone seems to agree that growing more and healthier forests is a good strategy. I would add that harvest-ing and building with wood preserves its captured carbon, a fact not much discussed in emotional appeals against logging.

The B.C. government is finally spend-ing some money on community fuel load removal projects this year, after an initial flurry following the Kelowna fires of 2003 faded in hard times. But the effects of de-cades of fire suppression in a fire-dependent forest system remain, as northern B.C. and Alberta are showing us again.

There is some positive news here. A Victoria-based government research team has published a study that calculates B.C.’s pine beetle-damaged forests are regenerat-ing more quickly than expected.

Warmer temperatures, increased precipi-tation and the “fertilizer effect” of more car-bon dioxide in the atmosphere are factors.

“By 2020, the enhanced growth due to cli-

mate change and increased CO2 more than compensates for the carbon loss from dead, rotting trees,” said lead researcher Vivek Arora of the Canadian Centre for Modeling and Analysis.

This recovery even overcomes the pro-jected increase in forest fire loss that comes with gradually increasing temperatures and drier periods.

The federal government is still working on its plan to meet greenhouse gas reduction targets agreed to in Paris last year. But the forest industry has stepped up with its own goal.

I spoke last week with Derek Nighbor, president of the Forest Products Association of Canada, after he announced his industry’s “30 by 30 Climate Change Challenge.”

That’s a goal to reduce the industry’s net carbon emissions by 30 megatonnes a year by 2030. That would be 13 per cent of the Canadian government emission target.

One of the main strategies is salvage har-vesting and developing more products that use wood.

“It’s basically trying to use every part of the tree,” Nighbor said. “In forest operations right now, this is where we see a big part of the opportunity. Instead of the residual branches and whatnot just being left aside and slashing and burning, bring more of that out and turn it into something.”

That something might be a console in a luxury car constructed with wood fibre, or an 18-storey wood student residence build-

ing planned for the University of B.C.The other is improving forest growth.

Logging operations have long been required to replant areas they cut, not just in B.C. but across Canada.

Another way to improve forest carbon cap-ture is with more productive species, with genetic techniques that increase resiliency as well as wood mass.

A background paper from the B.C. forests ministry responds to common misconcep-tions about forest carbon, including the idea that logging should be stopped to maximize storage.

“Maximizing carbon storage in the ecosystem would make sense only if society stopped building new homes, acquiring new furniture and consuming in general,” it says.

“If the flow of forest products stops, society will turn to other products with higher greenhouse gas footprints, e.g. plastics, metal or concrete. In addition, if harvest-ing stopped and we continued to suppress natural disturbances, there is increased potential for larger catastrophic disturbances in the future.”

If Canada wants to make a bigger contri-bution to reducing greenhouse gases, forests are a good area to focus on. At 348 million hectares from the B.C. coast to Newfound-land, they represent nine per cent of the world’s forests.

Tom Fletcher is B.C. legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press.

Growing trees for climate change

Well spentGuest view

THE NEWS/opinionPublished and printed by Black Press at 22611 – Dewdney Trunk Road, Maple Ridge, B.C., V2X 3K1

B.C. Views Tom Fletcher

With the tentative date of the next provincial election now less than a year away, the B.C. Liberal government is taking action to stave off what will likely be one of the opposition’s main lines of at-tack.

Premier Christy Clark announced last week that the province’s minimum wage would rise to $10.85 an hour in September, an increase of 30 cents more than had been scheduled.

The additional boost to the minimum wage was made necessary by the political tone-deafness displayed by the provincial government last year when it tied increases to the minimum to the rate of inflation without addressing the underlying fact that many workers are struggling to make ends meet.

While linking hikes to the minimum wage with inflation makes sense in providing some certainty for business, it does little to benefit those working for wages that lag behind the rest of Canada.

Last week’s announcement was the premier’s attempt to change the optics ahead of the election campaign, her Etch A Sketch moment, as it were.

“What the premier did today was a response to being embarrassed by the fact that we were last,” said NDP labour critic Shane Simpson.

The minimum wage is scheduled to jump 30 cents above the consumer price index again in September 2017, likely hitting $11.25. That still falls well short of the $15 an hour wage called for the B.C. Federation of Labour and being adopted by many U.S. jurisdictions.

While many might dispute the need for a $15 an hour minimum wage, it’s hard to dispute that British Columbians face some of the highest costs of living in the country. The province’s minimum wage must reflect that reality.

When the B.C. Liberal party is topping up the premier’s $195,000 salary to the tune of $50,000 a year, it would be a tough sell politically to say there’s nothing wrong with full-time workers living below the poverty line.

If this latest hike to the minimum wage can take that issue off the table, it will be political capital well spent.

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Editor, The News:Re: The poor will always be

among us (Letters, May 4).The current homelessness

situation in particular and the poverty in general in Maple Ridge is rampant and indeed a very sad and tragic situa-tion.

Nathan Sands couldn’t have been more correct if he tried with his statements, as follows: “Here the sense of brotherhood has been lost. We come home from work, lock our doors, watch TV, go to sleep and then wake up and do it all again”.

His next sentence is so true yet a very sad statement about

society in general today. He states: “The need for

community has been aban-doned and we are concerned only for ourselves.”

Being concerned for our-selves seems to becoming more of a sad reality today.

Case in point, many organi-zations in general, and service clubs in particular, are strug-gling to get younger people to join their respective groups and clubs.

Service clubs such as the Ki-wanis, Lions and Rotary are needed now more than ever in almost every community, and yet a lot of people don’t want to join these clubs and be in

position to takeover when the aging populations of mem-bers in these organizations can no longer be active.

Many of these clubs locally have had to fold because they just simply can’t get people to join for the reasons Mr. Sands mentioned.

‘Too busy and can’t/don’t want to spend the time to help those in need’ are the most common responses from people.

Many people have no idea how much these three worldwide service organiza-tions do for their respective communities.

It will be a sad fact if and

when these clubs no longer exist ( Kiwanis is 101 years old this year) because people just won’t take the time to help.

The Kiwanis Club of Ridge Meadows is a rare situa-tion with a demographic of younger members, but our club is the exception and not the norm, I’m afraid.

For any of your readers, I make a personal plea to ask you to look around and see how many people in your community need you and to think about getting more in-volved.

John CowanKiwanis Club of Ridge Meadows

Editor, The News:Re: Warning industry cries wolf, again (B.C. Views, May

4).Tom Fletcher seems to disagree with the majority of cli-

mate scientists. Yes, he could be right as science in that area is not that

exact. What if they are right and we do nothing, though? I don’t think I need to detail the possible results that

could come from rising sea levels, changes in crops, in-creases in pollution. We may not see the catastrophes that some predict, but I would certainly be worried.

What if they are wrong and we do rush off to change things? Well, we’d be stuck with less pollution, a variety of new energy sources.

Yes, our economy would take a hit, but in my mind this is by far the best of the two.

Paul GregoryMaple Ridge

Rush to change Kiwanis Club is exception

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More screen timeJaime Lenz · Re: Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows trustees vote to cut school buses.Did any one notice that the busing ‘savings’ is exactly the same as the new internet system the provincial government has made a priority? My kids can’t get to school, but damn they can have more screen time. Great trade off. Take the screens out and teach the kids how to write. I think the bureaucrats should give their heads a shake and find out what the parents think the priorities should be. Enough is enough.

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Editor, The News:Re: Homeless housing five

years away (The News, May 4).Coun. Kiersten Duncan

seems to have forgotten one little point: she was elected to pursue our wishes, not her’s.

Obviously people are not for a low-barrier shelter.

That couldn’t be made more strongly, so who is she to try and push that aside, certainly not looking after what we want or don’t want.

Low barrier does nothing but give us the disaster we have now.

And no one wants it down-

town. As if these people need to be downtown, they have social workers dealing with them on a daily basis right from the shelter as it is.

Everything is already pro-vided at the shelter. The only thing being close to down-town does is give them easy

access to drugs and stealing. If we have to have a shel-

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Tim SattlerMaple Ridge

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A woman walking along the CP Rail tracks near the Haney Bypass on Sunday was hit by an eastbound train.

A member of the CP Rail crew reported mak-ing contact with a per-son crossing the tracks near the Haney Bypass at about 8:20 p.m.

All emergency ser-vices were dispatched to the scene to conduct a thorough search of the area, but did not find a victim.

Monday morning, however, police were contacted by a 31-year-old woman who con-firmed she was hit by a train.

“Even though she was injured, the woman re-ported running away from the scene due to being scared,” said RCMP Cpl. Brenda Winpenny.

She is now being treat-ed for non-life threaten-ing injuries.

“This incident serves as a reminder that walking along the train tracks could cost you your life,” Winpenny added. “Police are hap-py to report the woman will recover from her injuries.”

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The male cyclist was airlifted to hospital, but according to a Ridge Meadows RCMP spokesman, his most serious injury was a fractured foot.

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The man then left the store without taking anything, police said.

Gary Paul Newsham, 31, has been charged with robbery, posses-sion of a weapon, as-sault with a weapon, and use of a disguise.

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When Trevor Downes heard the booming thunder and saw the big flash of lightning from his home in northeast Ma-ple Ridge on Sunday, he thought it odd for this time of year and was concerned about a forest fire.

Little did he know he’d have to get to work cut-ting up a tree on Mon-day before he could ac-

tually start work.A tree fell from a stand

by the CP Rail tracks off Stewart Crescent in the Maple Ridge Industrial Park. It appears to have first hit the edge of the building of Downes Au-tomotive, then crashed across three of his cli-ent’s trucks.

“It was pretty loud,” Downes said of the brief storm, which rolled through Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows at about 9:30 p.m. and

knocked down several other trees in the Ham-mond area, blocked roads.

Downes said the tree at the industrial park came down as a neigh-boring business owner was taking out garbage.

The tree was about 125 feet long and dam-aged the hood and windshield of two of the trucks.

Downes said all three truck owners were un-derstanding.

“They’ve been really good.”

He cut the tree up himself so he could open up his shop.

Walter Oleschak, roads superintendent for Maple Ridge, said the city did not re-ceive a warning about the storm, which came “quick and strong.”

Two trees fell and closed roads in the Hammond area, but no wires were reported down, he added.

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“We have an absolutely phenomenal commu-nity of volunteers,” said

Jan Hickman, who chairs the nomination com-mittee for citizen of the year. “They all come with glowing resumes.”

There are three nomi-

nees this year.Ron Antalek was nomi-

nated for his work with Maple Ridge-Pitt Mead-ows Community Servic-es, the Cythera Transition

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In 2006 the local real-tor donated $1 million to the hospital foundation, which has been directed

to mental health, and the hospital’s 20-bed psychia-try unit named for the Antalek Family.

Nominee Pat Smith has been the president of the chamber of commerce and Maple Ridge Com-munity Foundation, and was the vice-president of the Ridge Meadows B.C. Summer Games in 1998. He has also worked for the hospital foundation.

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As more people pack into the city, parking problems pop up.

On Burnett Street, between Lougheed Highway and Dewdney Trunk Road, two new recent condo buildings have put more cars on to the streets.

That’s OK for resident Dale Hunter, who lives in a house across from the new buildings. But she would like some help from the City of Maple Ridge in easing some of the issues.

“I’m not mad at these people. I’m mad at city hall. It’s their respon-sibility to fix this prob-lem.”

Hunter said that resi-dents who are living in the new condos don’t have enough spaces be-low the buildings for all their vehicles, so they park on the road.

Often those vehicles park too close to the end of Hunter’s drive-

way, making it difficult for her to see down the road.

While signs are posted that tell motorists they can’t park within three metres of a driveway, it still happens.

Hunter would like the

city to paint lines on the road indicating where the parking lane ends to protect space in front of driveways. That would make it easier for every-one to figure out where to park.

The issue is ruining re-

lations with her neigh-bours. Two weeks ago, when she parked her own car on the road, someone put dog excre-ment into her sunroof. Another neighbour had his car smeared with it.

“I want people to get along really nice. It’s a nice neighbourhood,” she said.

“I shouldn’t have to be afraid.”

She suggests mak-ing one side of Burnett Street for cars and the other side for trucks.

The city knows about the parking issues.

“We have done several patrols and issued sev-eral tickets,” said Robin McNair, with the city’s bylaw department.

She said it’s up to the city’s engineering de-partment to decide whether to paint lines on the road.

“In our experience, having yellow lines re-ally doesn’t help.”

Roads are public plac-es and anyone can park their vehicle anywhere, she said, providing they follow the parking re-strictions posted.

Parking getting crowded

Phil Melnychuk/THE NEWSSome vehicles are parking too close to the end of resi-dents’ driveways.

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The decision by the Vancouver school board to vote against cutting

its budget resonates with local education politicians.

Trustee Ken Clark-son wanted the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows

board to take a simi-lar stand in defiance of what he calls provincial under-funding of edu-cation.

The Maple Ridge

teachers union has asked trustees to pass a “needs” budget, re-flecting the amount of money it requires to maintain service levels,

rather than one with cuts that is balanced.

Vancouver trustees refused to make $24 million in cuts, setting themselves up to be fired and replaced by a provincial trustee.

Educators across the province are waiting to see what happens.

Clarkson voted against the local budget on April 27, saying “I vote no to our provin-cial government, which erodes public education. I vote no to our Liberal provincial government, which denies parents the rights to expecta-tions they have for their children …”

Trustee Eleanor Palis spoke against Clarkson’s stance.

“Any one of us could make what may be seen as a brave and heroic gesture by defying their oath of office to send a message, and possibly more than one will,” she said. “I’m not sure the desired effect will be achieved, and truly be-lieve being at odds with each other and possibly the BCSTA and min-

istry services no good purpose at this time.”

Trustee Susan Carr also acknowledged the “symbolic” no vote from Clarkson, but would not join him.

“If I voted no, I want it to mean something more than a symbolic gesture. I want it to change something. But I know it will do neither,” said Carr.

Clarkson said the Saa-nich school board has also passed a deficit budget, one of nearly $1 million.

Clarkson said about half of the boards in the province are facing bud-get cuts, and many have been cutting for years.

“You reach a point where you can’t do it any longer,” said Clarkson, noting the board proj-ects more cuts in each of the next three years.

Maple Ridge Teachers Association president George Serra said the action of the Vancouver board could set a prec-edent.

“If they get a reprieve, what message does that send,” he asked.

He has, in the past, made presentations to the board to pass a “needs budget,” listing the actual amount need-ed to maintain services, rather than making more cuts.

“I have been hoping they would do that for three or four years now,” he said.

Local board chair Mike Murray said the issue of underfunding comes up every year at budget time, but that trustees have generally felt that the government would fire them and ap-point a trustee to con-duct the board’s busi-ness.

“And make the cuts in any case.”

He said the board was blind-sided by some of the budget require-ments this year.

“It defies logic that a government would fund our unionized staff in-creases, but choose not to for our non-union-ized employees,” said Murray.

“We’ve said to govern-ment that we don’t think it’s fair.”

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Plans to expand a light industrial park in Pitt Meadows are back before council, and opponents of the development are back at city hall, too.

The Onni Group has built and rented the first phase of the Gold-en Ears Business Park. It is in the process of building the second phase and working on the third and fourth.

When it is com-pletely built, the busi-ness park is to consist of four million square feet in South Bonson.

But area residents say the next phases of the business park will be an eyesore and in-crease traffic to dan-gerous levels.

Bob Meachen said it appears that coun-cil is willing to make amendments to the official community plan to accommodate Onni, which is asking for the buildings to be 15 metres high. Cur-rently the buildings are allowed to be 12m high in a light indus-

trial zone.While the develop-

ment has a “college campus” look in the artist concepts pro-vided to city hall, Meachen said the plans call for “straight ranks of buildings.”

At the same time, he said council refuses to change the OCP on behalf of residents who would like to see more residential de-velopment in South Bonson.

“Traffic is going to be a nightmare,” he said. “Why? Five thou-sand parking spaces – that’s why.”

And he said there are real concerns about flooding.

“Once they pave that whole thing over, where’s the water go-ing to go?”

Meachen said resi-dents will push for mixed use rezoning, allowing restaurants and other businesses to serve residential neighbourhoods, and he would like to see a seniors residence con-sidered.

He is one of the spokespeople for a group that calls it-self Residents United – Golden Ears Busi-ness Park. They held a

meeting in the middle of April that was at-tended by 400 people, and Meachen said they are “100 per cent op-posed to the proposed plans.”

In April 2015, Onni held a public consulta-tion at the South Bon-son Community Cen-tre, where it presented a site plan. There were 47 people in atten-dance, and they ex-pressed concerns over traffic, the loss of ag-ricultural land, the height of buildings, declining property values and the overall business park land use.

Mayor John Becker stressed the plans are Onni’s submissions, for council to review.

But he said council is not going to stop Onni’s overall plans to develop the area as a business park. He said the plans for light in-dustry in South Bon-son have been in place for two decades. Past councils have already rejected a proposed strip mall there.

“We are not going to

enter into discussions of a non-business park development of those properties,” he said.

The plans were on the agenda Tuesday night for discussion in council in committee. At those meetings, is-sues are discussed, but final votes are at regu-lar council, and the issue will be back be-fore council later this month.

Council was to dis-cuss covenants to re-strict the number of driveways, make sure no loading bays face residential areas, and that there be land-scape buffers.

South Bonson resi-dents have also opposed an Onni townhouse development on Sutton Avenue, and city hall is now recommending that the density be re-duced from a maximum of 247 to 220 units.

Becker asserted that rezoning both Onni developments has been “the most ex-tended and transpar-ent process in the his-tory of the city.”

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There is just over a month to go before

Pitt Meadows Day is celebrated for the 75th time.

This iconic com-munity event got its start in 1938, when Anne Anderson was crowned the First An-nual Sports Day and Strawberry Carnival Queen.

Isabel Sharpe was named the retiring queen, as she had reigned for one year after being crowned “the first and only May Queen” in 1937.

Prior to that time, residents of Pitt Meadows had headed either east to Maple Ridge or west to Port Coquitlam to cele-brate in their respec-tive May Day events.

The first Pitt Mead-ows Day (Strawberry Carnival) was cel-ebrated on June 17th, a Friday.

The Royal Party, be-sides Anne and Isabel,

included eight atten-dants: Rose McGee, Kimie Fuji, Yasuko Eyemoto, Eunice Carl-son, Joyce Murray, Rosina Severinski, Patricia Mostrenko and Mitsui Suzuki.

All of the Royal Party dressed in white and the queen, retir-ing queen and two main attendants wore light coloured capes with rabbit fur at the collar.

All members of the party carried bou-

quets and they stood for their official photo on the steps of the then municipal hall with a carpet at their feet and floral deco-rations on each side of the step framing them.

In 1939, a royal scepter was intro-duced and the party was shot outside the hall on a small tempo-rary stage.

In 1940, the Royal Party grew to 12 from 10 and in 1945 grew

to 16, including the addition of two young men, Melvin Holland and Preston Bailey, as flag bearers.

In 1945, the event was rebranded “Miss Pitt Meadows Day,” and in 1947 Reta Kvaas was crowned Miss Pitt Meadows and would be the last queen before the 10-year-old event went on hiatus due, in part, to the massive 1948 flood that would consume the time and energy of all the adult citizens of this and other communities throughout the Fraser Valley.

For a further three years the celebration lay dormant, thus bringing us to the rea-son that after 79 years we are celebrating the 75th anniversary of Pitt Meadows Day.

And how did the event come to be reac-tivated?

In 1951, the Pitt Meadows Lions Club had formed and it was one of its early priorities to restart the celebration.

In 1952, Pitt Mead-ows Day returned, with Marlene Wick-son as the new queen and a four-year-older Reta Kvaas as retiring queen.

The attendants, in-cluding two male flag bearers, numbered 14, and this wonder-ful celebration that embodies community spirit continues has continued unbroken for 65 more years.

It also bears men-tioning that the club that reactivated Pitt Meadows Day in 1951 is also marking an an-niversary this year.

The Pitt Meadows Lions Club formed 65 years ago in 1951, holding its first meet-ing on April 5th of that year and cel-ebrating its charter night on May 25th, with a party at the Pitt Meadows mu-nicipal hall (its own hall would not be built until 1958), with Charles Armstrong as their first president, and Eugene Bennett the secretary treasurer and a total member-ship of 18.

Leslie Norman is curator of Pitt Meadows Museum and Archives.

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Maple Ridge Backyard Burning“Backyard Fire” is an outdoor fi re where garden refuse, such as leaves and small branches indigenous to the property, are burned for the purpose of disposal, due to garden clean-up or damage from high winds.

Before you burn, please consider the Brush Chipping Program.For more information call the Ridge Meadows Recycling at 604-463-5545 or visit www.rmrecycling.org.

If you do choose to burn, the following guidelines apply:

• The urban areas of Maple Ridge are completely closed to any type of burning.

• The rural areas of Maple Ridge may burn dry garden refuse during daylight hours from April 15 to May 15 with a permit if the fi re can be located a minimum of 15 metres from structures and property lines.

• Permits may be revoked and fi nes issued by the Fire Department at any time for non-compliance.

• Permits are $25.00 available from the Maple Ridge Fire Department, Hall #1 (Cash only) or the Municipal Hall, Tax Department.

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Xtreme Theatre’s upcoming production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor

Dreamcoat will feature six-part harmonies.

This is the most difficult produc-tion that the theatre group has put on since it was established in 2000 because it relies solely on song and dance to tell the story.

Vocal coach Monique Lefevbre and choreographer Linnea Key Ne-jad have been working with the stu-dents since September to prepare for the musical.

“It’s probably our most difficult show in that it is like a mini operet-ta. So there isn’t any spoken words. Everything is told in song,” said producer Wendy Holm.

“It’s been quite the project for these students, who really had to get into shape to tell this story well,” she continued.

Joseph and the Amazing Tech-nicolor Dreamcoat is based on a biblical story in the Book of Gen-esis. The plot centers around Jo-seph, who is favoured by his father. Joseph’s brothers become jealous of him when their father gives him a long-sleeved coat, a symbol of af-fluence at the time. They sell him into slavery in Egypt, where God gives him the ability to interpret dreams. After interpreting the Pharaoh’s dream, Joseph is able to protect Egypt from an impending famine.

The production will feature dif-ferent genres of music, including country and Calypso. The Pharaoh, who was like a king in Egypt, will

be portrayed like Elvis Presley, who was also known as the King of Rock and Roll.

There are 41 cast members aged 14 to 18 years old, plus a 30-mem-ber choir made up of the youngest students, ages four to 13.

The show will also feature three narrators performing three-part harmonies.

Audience members will be able to follow along with their programs, which contain the full biblical story.

Holm says she gets goose bumps when she hears the actors sing and that all the hard work shows in the production.

“We thought the story was worth telling, and when it’s worth telling, you tell it well,” said Holm.

Xtreme Theatre is a group for home-schooled children to learn about being a part of a musical the-atre production.

No experience is necessary to join.

It is run by volunteers, who build the sets, make the costumes and props, advertise and make the pro-grams.

Song, dance tell Joseph’s colourful story

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The Fraser Valley Music Awards nominees have been an-nounced and local talent from Maple Ridge has been recog-

nized.James ‘Buddy’ Rogers has been

nominated in the Blues category. Ria Jade has been nominated in

the For and By Youth category.And, local artists in residence,

Kat Wahamaa and Tony Rees, known together as Kat and Tony, have been nominated in the Jazz category.

More than 100 artists submitted work for the upcoming awards,

which are the first to be held by CIVL Radio, which serves the students and staff at the Univer-sity of the Fraser Valley, as well as the communities of Abbotsford, Mission and Chilliwack.

Winners will be announced at the July 16 Fraser Valley Music Awards Gala at the Abbotsford Arts Centre.

• For more information, go to http://civl.ca/fvma/.

Dianna Lewis/contributedNarrators (from left) Brinn Kennedy, Katrina Holm and Abi Haynes, along with Stephen Forsyth, who plays Joseph in Xtreme Theatre’s upcoming production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

Local musicians up for Fraser Valley awards

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• Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat runs May 19 to 21 at 7 p.m. with one matinee at 2 p.m. on May 21 at the ACT, 11944 Haney Place, Maple Ridge. Show length is approximately 90 minutes with one intermission. Tickets are $15 each.• For more information, call 604-476-2787 or go to theactmapleridge.org.

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Maple Ridge writer Annette LeBox has re-ceived a B.C. Book Prize.

The 32nd annual Lieutenant Governor’s B.C. Book Prizes Gala took place on April 30 at Government House in Victoria with British Columbia’s Lieutenant Governor, the Honour-able Judith Guichon, OBC, in attendance.

LeBox won the Chris-tie Harris Illustrated Children’s Literature

Prize for the best il-lustrated book written for children, along with illustrator Stephanie Graegin for her book Peace is an Offering.

Peace Is An Offering is a poem that LeBox wrote just after the ter-rorist attacks of 9-11.

A total of $14,000 in prize money is awarded, $2,000 for each prize.

The recipient of the Lieutenant Governor’s Award for literary ex-cellence in the province receives $5,000 on be-

half of the Government House Foundation.

The B.C. Book Priz-es were established in 1985 to celebrate the achievements of British Columbia writers and publishers. The prizes are administered and awarded by the West Coast Book Prize Soci-ety, a non-profit society that represents all facets of the publishing and writing community.

• For more informa-tion call 604.687.2405 or go to bcbookprizes.ca.

Book Prize for Ridge writer

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Colleen Flanagan/THE NEWS

All blueKat Wahamaa and Tony Rees perform From This Railroad from their album “Everything Blue” during one of the stops along the Art Studio Tour on Saturday in Maple Ridge.

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Annette LeBox (back row, centre) won for best illustrated children’s book.

We’re pleased to announce that Rita Parikh, Niki Sharma and Virginia Weiler have been elected, each for a three-year term. These directors will represent our members by bringing their expertise and values to help guide the direction of the credit union, ensuring great things keep happening at Vancity and in our communities.

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Sunday, May 29, 2016 • 1:30pm

Tickets: $40 (includes $20 tax receipt)

Tickets available in person at The ACTTicket Centre or by calling 604.476.2787.

The Power of Plants,Modern Day Medicines

Enjoy tea, refreshments and a presentationby this year’s speaker, Claire Smith,at our 4th annual Art Gallery Fundraiser.

Call or visit the ACT Ticket Centre to purchase tickets.

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Places and SpacesTill June 4

The Garibaldi Art Club Annual Show.

Art BarThursday, May 12

Drink & Drum with Boris Sichon

Friday NightDance

Friday, May 13

Showstoppers Academy of

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The Musical Jr.May 13 – 14

Xtreme Theatre: Joseph and

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May 19 – 21

HO’IKE 2016Sunday, May 22

Meditation inthe GalleryFriday, May 27

Self-guided meditation – bring your own mat to be comfortable!

TeaGardenSunday, May 29

Join us for the Gallery’s annual fundraiser! This year’s

presentation is on the Healing Power of Plants.

Lobby Nights:May 17:

Golden Ears Writers

May 24: Celtic Jam with Nigel Tucker

May 26: Philosophers’ Café

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Bat-a-thon a hit with young sluggers


Ryan Denney was in class waiting, keeping an eye on his phone, and finally it hap-pened – he was drafted into ‘The Dub.’

His friends at Burnaby Central secondary cheered, and the texts of congratula-tions started to roll in for the hockey standout from Ridge Meadows Minor Hockey. He was the only Maple Ridge player selected in the West-ern Hockey League’s draft Thursday.

He was projected to go any-where from the third round to the seventh, and he went 135th overall, in the sev-enth, selected by one of the country’s most storied junior teams, the Saskatoon Blades.

“I’m just happy to get draft-ed,” he said. “I was pretty ex-cited.”

It’s a franchise that has a long list of alumni who went on to the NHL, including Wendel Clark, who would probably like the way Den-ney plays.

Fans in the stands can see his strength and heart.

“He goes through walls and plays hard,” said James Eccles, the director of hock-ey development for Ridge Meadows Minor Hockey.

“His compete on the puck is exceptional.”

Despite his ability to play a physical game, Denney is also a puck mover, said Ec-cles, and he did not want to predict any sort of role that he would play in the WHL when he arrives there.

“He has lots to offer.”Denney puts up points. He

played on a line with Ka-mloops Blazers first-round

pick Massimo Rizzo with Burnaby Winter Club last season, and had 102 points in 66 games.

“I try to play a power for-ward game,” he said.

If he was going to try to pick an NHLer to emulate, it would be New York Rangers star Rick Nash.

Denney played virtually all of his minor hockey in his hometown, then jumped to the Burnaby Winter Club last year to make sure scouts saw him.

His BWC Bruins won the bantam triple-A provin-cials and Western Canadian championships.

The scouts couldn’t miss him. He was tied for sec-ond in tournament scoring at the westerns with three goals and seven points in five games. And he blocked a shot that sent his high scor-ing linemate Rizzo away on a breakaway for the tourna-

ment-winning goal.But Denney gives a lot

of credit to his local asso-ciation, and his father Dave, who coached him along the way, as did Mitch Bartley, who put him on the top line of the bantam A1 team as a first-year player.

“He was a big influence on me. He gave me the oppor-tunity to be a good player,” Denney said of Bartley.

This August, Denney will be in Saskatoon for the Blades spring camp. His new WHL team and his family will decide a good place for him to continue his develop-ment – likely major midget or an academy team, he said.

Eccles said the draft is a great acknowledgement for a bantam hockey prospect.

“You’ve worked your tail off, and you’re getting re-warded,” he said.

“We’re all very proud of him.”

Colleen Flanagan/THE NEWSLandon Smith takes a mighty swing at a pitch during the bat-a-thon skills competition and fundraising event for Ridge Meadows Minor Baseball on Saturday.

Ridge prospect taken in WHL draft

ContributedAfter playing most of his minor hockey at home, Denney went to the Burnaby Winter Club last season, and had a great year.

Saskatoon Blades pick Ryan Denney

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In an annual rite of spring, it was bat-a-thon day in Ridge Meadows Minor Baseball on Saturday.

It was the fifth year for the annual fun competition of baseball skills, that sees kids not just hit for distance, but also speed around the bases, pitch against the radar gun, and play long toss at the greatest possible distance.

And it is also a fundraiser designed to keep baseball an affordable sport for families.

The association’s special events coor-dinator said some of the fundraising was out of the park.

“One of the Tadpole teams this year actually did their own Krispy Kreme donuts fundraiser, they raised $300 to-gether,” she said. “A great result and a great team-building exercise.”

The on-field results were:Rally Cap bat-a-thon:1. Benjamin De Santis - Waves 118ft.2. Karter Rutledge - Tigers 110 ft.3. Brody Sharpe - Mariners 104ft.Super-T bat-at-hon:1. Riley Kauhane - Cubs - 125 ft. 2. Nolan Dingwall - White Sox - 115 ft. 3. Dylan McNab - White Sox - 106 ft.Tadpole bat-a-thon:1. Ben Van Den Hoven 164’10”2. Brayden Schulte 152’3. Owen Toothill 147’Skills competition winners:Around the Horn - CardinalsDragon Race - Blue JaysShuttle Relay - Cubs Furthest hit1. Ben Van Den Hoven2. Zachary Rowand3. Chris EvansFurthest throw

1. Tory Hutchinson2. Logan Maxwell3. Braeden FotheringhameMosquito bat-a-thon:1.Kody Davey - Blue Jays 209 ft.2. Beau Benedictson - Phillies 204 ft.3. Mason Lemmen - Pirates 203 ft.Skills Day:Fastest Around the Bases1. Cooper Crowe - Red Sox2. Jake Tanaka - MarinersPitching accuracyAlex Dumoneceaux - PiratesHardest pitchSecond year (2005 birthdays)1. Payton Godwin - Pirates2. Beau Benedictson & Ben Leslie (tie)First year (2006 birthdays)1. Cooper Crowe - Red Sox2. - Liam Sampson - GiantsClosest to cone1. Ethan Cormack - Pirates2. Sean Nisbet - YankeesAround the horn1. Blue Jays2. MarinersTwo-man long toss1. Beau Benedictson & Ben Leslie, Phillies2. Carter Germain & Max Griffith, MarinersHome Run competitionSecond Year (2005 birthdays)1. Mason Lemmen - Pirates2. Payton Godwin - PiratesFirst year (2006 birthdays)1. Kaden Johnson - RangersPeewee bat-a-thon 1. Sebastian Wagner - Blue Jays 240 ftSkills Day:Fastest PitchCarson Hebert - Blue JaysPitching AccuracyShamus Horebec - Expos60 Yard DashNocholas Squeo - YankeesAround the Horn - ExposThree-man relay - Orioles



After three seasons and three champion-ship games, the West Coast United men’s soc-cer team finally got its first President’s Cup this year.

Coach Michael Leslie explains that this team has been together for three years in the men’s division, but many of the players have known each other since they played youth soccer to-gether.

He coached his sons, and many of the players he coached in their ear-liest days of soccer, as young as eight years old.

When they got togeth-er for their first season in men’s league, they had to play in the fourth division and work their way up. They won the league championship, with the one blemish on their record being a tie.

The next year, they were promoted to Divi-sion 3A, and again they were almost perfect at that level. They went undefeated for a second straight year, with just a tie.

This season, United faced the stiffer com-petition of the second division, and the team’s

record dipped slightly, with 17 wins, one loss and two ties, to again win the league title.

Each year all the sec-ond, third and fourth division teams play off for the President’s Cup in a massive tourna-ment between the 68 men’s teams in the Fra-ser Valley.

In each of the team’s first two years, United lost in the final, to teams from Langley.

But in early April, United played for the championship against the Fraser Valley Red Devils of Abbotsford, and won its first Presi-dent’s Cup.

“We were finally able

to break through and win it,” said Leslie.

The game was tied at the end of regulation and extra time, and United won on penal-ties.

United’s fifth shooter, Connor Hoekstra, who also won the Golden Boot as the league’s top scorer in regular season play with an 20 goals, put in the winner.

Leslie credits his keeper for ther win.

United will be pro-moted to the second di-vision next year.

“We’re going to be tested for sure,” he said. “That’s be a challenge, but I think it’s the right level for us. We’ll hold

our own.”He said the team is

well rounded on of-fence, with numerous threats to score.

“We’ve got quite a bit of pace up front – we counter eally quickly.”

He said there is a good chance that most of the team will return for the challenging new level next season.

He has three sons: Cory, 25, Trevor, 22, and Darcy, 19, on the team.

“I’ve really enjoyed coaching this group of players. Because they’ve known each other since they were eight years old, they’re more like a family.”

Third time’s the charm

ContributedWest Coast United won its third straight league championship and the President’s Cup.

West Coast United wins cup

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CLARK, Mary1937 - 2016

Late of Maple Ridge, aged 78 years, passed away peacefully May 8th, 2016. Survived by loving husband Bill, 2 daughters Dianne and Donna, 5 grandchildren; Sherrell, Stephen, Sarah, Nicole, Josh, and great grandchildren, as well as many other relatives and friends.

A Memorial service will be held on Thursday, May 12th, 2016 at the Maple Ridge Alliance Church, 20399 Dewdney Trunk Rd. Mary will be lovingly remembered, and greatly missed by her family & friends.

Condolences may be sent to www.mapleridgefuneral.ca

McLELLANSheila Eloise (nee Laventure)

August 28, 1940 - May 5, 2016

We mourn the sudden passing of Sheila at the age of 75 years, 9 months. She leaves her sister LeatriceMcIntosh (Tom), niece Heather (sons Stephen (his son Corey), and Shawn (his son Kevin), niece Laurie (son Eric McLeod), nephew Michael (son Christopher), and nephew David (his daughter Larissa).Sheila was born on her grandparents homestead near Breton, Alberta. Her family moved around Alberta and she

graduated from Leduc High School in 1956. Sheila worked in banks and moved around B.C. living in Revelstoke, Hudson Hope, Chetwyn, Powell River, Burnaby and in Maple Ridge for the past 20 years. Predeceased by her father Roye Laventure in 1981 and her mother Eddis Laventure in 1996.Sheila was rescued from Sunrise apartment fi re in 2015 by the Maple Ridge Fire Department. She lost everything and lived a very quiet life after that.

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- Grass & Sod Installation

- Planting Beds & Containers

- Lawn & Garden Care- Irrigation Systems- Pruning & Hedging- Tree Removal- Seasonal

Maintenance & Cleanup

Del greenLandscaping

Michael Mihail15 YEARS HORTICULTURE EXPERIENCEYour garden in our hands will look like paradise!

OFFICE: 778-668-5110DIRECT: 604-446-3903EMAIL: [email protected]

LANDSCAPING

Ask about our$99

ROOM SPECIAL

CALL TODAY! 604-803-5041www.benchmarkpainting.ca


130 HELP WANTED

.Valley Traffi c Systems 604-513-0210

131 HOME CARE/SUPPORT

IN-HOME Caregiver req for June 27. Pottie family of Pitt Meadows. Twin girls - 6 yo (one with autism). FT/Perm. $11/hr. Hours: 0630-1630, avg 4 days/wk. 1 yr caregiver exp req. E-mail resume/CV to [email protected]

156 SALES


160 TRADES, TECHNICAL

PERSONAL SERVICES

182 FINANCIAL SERVICES

GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB.

1-877-987-1420 www.pioneerwest.com

. Need Cash? Own a vehicle? Borrow up to $25,000. SnapCarCash. 604-777-5046

PERSONAL SERVICES

182 FINANCIAL SERVICES

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

242 CONCRETE & PLACING

257 DRYWALL

CASCADE DRYWALL. Res / Comm Drywall, taping, text. ceilings, t-bar. steel stud. Call Rob 604-218-2396.

281 GARDENING

Lawn Cutting & Pressure Washing $25 most lawns depending on size.

778 - 988 - 9751

JIM’S MOWING. Lawn maint., yard clean-up, rubbish removal. Hedges, pruning, aeration, fertilizing, odd jobs. Same day service, fully insured. Call 310-JIMS (5467); www.jimsmowing.ca


281 GARDENING

.cuttingedge 604-466-9514

283 GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

.Window & Roof Cleaning Gutters Cleaned & repaired. 604-961-1280

GUTTER & ROOF Cleaning/Power Washing since 1982. WCB/Liability insurance. Simon, 604-230-0627

287 HOME IMPROVEMENTS

Haney Home Imp. Kitchens, bath, suites & more. 604-476-9393


287 HOME IMPROVEMENTS

A-1 CONTRACTING. Renos. Bsmt, kitchens, baths, custom cabinets, tiling, plumbing, sundecks, fencing,

reroofi ng. Dhillon 604-782-1936.

HANDYMAN CONNECTIONHANDYMAN CONNECTION

288 HOME REPAIRS

REPAIRS, Misc Service Jobs, etc., big or small, call Robert at 604-844-4222 If I can’t do it, it can’t be done

300 LANDSCAPING


317 MISC SERVICES

320 MOVING & STORAGE

ABE MOVING & Delivery& Rubbish Removal$30/hr. per Person • 24/7

604-999-6020

1PRO MOVING & SHIPPINGAcross the street - across the world

Real Professionals, Reas. Rates. Best in every way! 604-721-4555.

329 PAINTING & DECORATING


329 PAINTING & DECORATING

AAA PRECISION PAINTING. Quality work. 778-881-6096.

TONY’S Painting

.DN Painting. Int/Ext. Drywall repair. WCB. Yrs of exp. 778-862-1515

Monday, June 6th, 2016Pitt Meadows Golf Club

13615 Harrris Rd., Pitt MeadowsDoors Open at 5:30 • Dinner 6:30

$4000 admissioncludes a Buff et Dinner & Mini Market

Spring FlingSpring Fling

Vendors Include:• Little Cricket Gallery • Tocara • Blue Heron Gallery

• Art Glass Design • do Terra Essential Oils • T’s – Once Upon a Tea Leaf • Maple Ridge Florist • Pink Candles & Gifts • Zena’s Gluten Free Bakery • Favorite Finds • Hansel & Gretel Bakery • Epicure

• Floretta Flower Studio & Crafts • The Wooden Forge • Arbonne Health + Wellness • Parisian Lady

• Love Your Work-out

red by:

InnInInInInInIIIInII

Tickets available by calling:

604-941-5964PRIZESPRIZES

& & MINI MARTMINI MART

www.mapleridgenews.com - THE NEWS -- Wednesday, May 11, 2016 -- A21

OFFICESPACEFORRENT

TWO INDIVIDUAL OFFICES• 10’ X 8.5’ available• Includes heat, A/C & window

All offi ces on second fl oor, downtown Maple Ridge location, new and clean with one shared washroom on the fl oor.One year minimum lease subject to credit and criminal check.

Contact Lisa at 604-476-2728

LOCAL PLUMBER $45 Service Call Plumbing, Heating, Plugged Drains. Mustang Plumbing 778-714-2441

FIXIT PLUMBING & HEATINGH/W Tanks, Reno’s, Boilers, Furn’s. Drain Cleaning. Ins. 604-380-2932

mikes hauling 604-516-9237

JUNK REMOVAL By RECYCLE-IT!604.587.5865www.recycleitcanada.ca

CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866

WANTED: Older small or med. size dog to excellent home, special needs welcome. Call (604)860-0509

COMFY COZY SOFA, earth tone, fi rm back, no wear. Exc condition. Asking $400. 604-465-1615

HAND MADE VIOLIN for sale. Must see! Call Rene 604-466-9593.

REFORESTATION NURSERYSEEDLINGS of hardy trees, shrubs, & berries for shelterbelts orlandscaping. Spruce & Pine from $0.99/tree. Free Shipping. Replacement guarantee.1-866-873-3846 or www.treetime.ca

SAWMILLS from only $4,397 - MAKE MONEY & SAVE MONEY with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. FREE Info & DVD:www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT.

USED Water Totes & IBC Totes Wanted. Top Dollar Paid(604)866-9004

2.2 ACRES Maple Ridge, Silver Valley, 9 large lots, $925K. Build

your dream home. (604)761-6935

New SRI Manufactured homesSingles $74,900. Doubles $99,900.

PARK SPACES AVAILABLEREPOSSESSIONS 1974-2010

www.glenbrookhomes.netChuck 604-830-1960

Trades. Financing. Permits.

MAPLE RIDGE

1 & 2 Bdrms available $895/mo & $995/mo

Great LocationQueen Anne Apts.* Renovated Suites *

*Large *Clean *Very QuietIncludes: Heat, Hot Water

and HydroNear Shopping & Amenities.

SENIOR’S DISCOUNT

604-463-2236 604-463-7450

12186-224 St, Maple RidgeCertifi ed Crime Free Buildings

PORT COQUITLAM 775-3000sqft. Ground fl oor commercial space. Offi ce / retail / service type busi-ness. Facing onto city park. 2 blks from Lougheed/ Shaughnessy inter-section. Call 604-464-3550.

$75 OFF 1ST MONTHRooms from $470/mo. Fully Furn,

weekly maid service, cable TV,private bath, on bus route, 5/min

walk to commuter rail.

Haney Motor Hotel22222 Lougheed Hwy.,

Maple RidgeInquire in person between

9am - 3pm or Call 604-467-3944

PITT MEADOWS - 188th Street1 Large bed sitting room with own

large private bathrm, avail now. Suit mature N/S. $550 incl laundry

& all utils. Call 604-465-1147.

Pitt Meadows Marina14179 Reichenback Rd

Moorage RentalAnnual or Semi-annual

Outdoor Storage Available Starting

At $30/month for Boats, RV’s, Cars, Trucks &

Trailers Launch Ramp with 3 lines and

ample parking for trucks and trailers Onsite Manager

604.465.7713

Maple Ridge, 2 bdrm clse to schls, shops, bus. Avail now. NS/NP $850m cable incl. 604-771-5201

#1 FREE Scrap Vehicle REMOVAL~~ ASK ABOUT $500 CREDIT ~~

$$$ PAID FOR SOME. 604.683.2200The Scrapper

• Autos • Trucks• Equipment Removal

FREE TOWING 7 days/wk.We pay Up To $500 CA$H

Rick Goodchild 604.551.9022

NOTICE TO CREDITORSRe: the estate of Chris

Rhodes, deceased, formerly of 11680 Glenhurst Street, Maple Ridge, BC V2X 2K6.

Creditors and others having claims against the Estate ofChris Rhodes are hereby notifi ed that particulars of their claims should be sent to the Executor, Brenda Airth 22772 123rd Ave, Maple Ridge BC V2X 4E7 on or be-fore June 6, 2016 after which date the Executor will distribute the estate among the parties entitled to it, hav-ing regard only to the claims that have been received.


338 PLUMBING

356 RUBBISH REMOVAL

PETS

477 PETS

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

526 UNDER $400

560 MISC. FOR SALE

563 MISC. WANTED

REAL ESTATE

630 LOTS

633 MOBILE HOMES & PARKS

RENTALS

706 APARTMENT/CONDO

709 COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL

746 ROOMS FOR RENT

748 SHARED ACCOMMODATION

749 STORAGE

741 OFFICE/RETAIL

RENTALS

750 SUITES, LOWER

TRANSPORTATION

845 SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

Maple Ridge

MOVING /YARD SALE

Friday 5pm - 8pmSaturday 9am - 1pm

Sunday 10am - 2pm

10793 Erskine Street

PITT MEADOWS

Townhouse ComplexGarage Sale

SATURDAYMay 14th, 9am-2pm

19160 119th Ave.Please park on street

551 GARAGE SALES 551 GARAGE SALES

741 OFFICE/RETAIL 741 OFFICE/RETAIL

Can’t get the car in the garage? Sell unwanted items in the Classifieds today! 604-575-5555

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The Matchmaker wherebuyers and sellers meet.

Per Ticket Beef, Chicken or Vegetable highball or wine

sleeve of beer,

Friday, June 10 6:30pm - 9:30pm

The Haney Public House 22222 Lougheed Hwy, Maple Ridge

Live & Silent Auc ons, Ra es, 50/50, Toonie Toss & a whole lot of FUN!

Ridge MeadowsChild Development Centre

IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO MAKE IT—BUY A $10 Ticket and receive a Full size AG Hair Product and your name in a raffle draw!!! For Tickets: call 604-463-0881 ext 300 or 322 or email [email protected]

MORE INFO: www.rmcdc.comAll proceeds to go towards direct service expenses i.e. therapy supplies school break soccer, bike & horse camps, gardening program and facility upgrades

PREMIER SPONSOR

For Youth Organizations in Ridge Meadows

THE RACE

TO RAISE$99,000

TICKETS: $10 • 1 ticket = 1 race duck

RO

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Sixth Annual

BC Gaming Event License #82882 Applicable taxes included. Ticket purchasers must be 19 years of age or older. If a winning ticket bears a minor’s name, the prize will be lawfully delivered on behalf of the minor to the minor’s parent, legal guardian or trustee. Winners consent to release of their names by licensee. Holders of winning tickets not required to be present to win prizes.

KNOW YOUR LIMIT. PLAY WITHIN IT.The Rotary Club of Meadow Ridge mailing address: Box 29586, Maple Ridge, BC V2X 2R3

Phone: 604-463-8890 Email [email protected] Website: www.rotaryduckrace.ca

EVERY BUCK from EVERY DUCK goes to help youth organizations in Maple Ridge & Pitt M f f owing organizations for supporting the Rotary Duck Race:MeMeMeadadadowowowsss. WWWeee ararareee grgrgrg atatatefefefululul tttoo o ththe e fofolll o

GRAND PRIZEPRIZE

2015 Dodge Dart SE automatic Taxes included. VALUE:$23,000

Generously donated by

Sunday, August 7, 2016Maple Ridge Park 12 noon / Race 1pm

3 Furniture Package Value: $1,000

4Your own mini golf tournament10 Rounds of Golf & 5 CartsValue: $1,040

5 55” LG Flat Screen TelevisionValue: $1,000

2$1,000 Cash and$1,000 Mark’s Shopping Spree. Value: $2,000

www.paytonandbuckle.com

Payton & Buckle F I N E F O O T W E A R

45930 Wellington AveDowntown Chilliwack604.792.2375

102 - 32883 S. Fraser WayAbbotsford next to KFC604.859.2330

380-19800 Lougheed HwyPitt Meadows604.457.3375

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