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itt Meadowss plan to punch a roadough farmland to join Lougheed High-y and Golden Ears Way has the OK of thericultural Land Commission with a longng attached.he July decision requires the city to get

venants assigned to the land titles for eachhe properties that will be adjacent to the

w road. Those covenants would requireh property to remain farmland.

The south coast panel[of the ALC] believed itwas important to rein-

force the agriculturaldesignation on this land,Brian Underhill, execu-tive-director of the com-mission, said Tuesday.

It will be up to the Cityof Pitt Meadows, whichapplied for the road,to get those covenantswhen it negotiates withlandowners for the rightof way.

The commission wanted to underline thatthe land intended for the road is within thefarm reserve, Underhill said.

This is the mechanism the commission iswanting to use to reinforce that.

Underhill said the condition was added be-

cause the commission had heard of develop-ment interest in the area and possible land-use changes.

We are generally aware of that.But any change in land use would have to be

through a separate process, he added.Pitt Meadows Mayor Don MacLean said city

staff and council will review the decision andgo from there.

He agreed, the covenants would make itmore difcult to develop.

I guess so, but will our world end if its notbuilt?

Pitt Meadows wants the road because it saysit wants to remove trafc congestion from Old

Dewdney Trunk Road, used by farm vehicles,and for accommodating future growth in Ma-ple Ridge.

A parallel road connecting to LougheedHighway, just west of Harris Road, would alsoease congestion at Harris and Lougheed. Cur-rently, there is no provincial money to buildthe Harris Road overpass, MacLean said.

Funding could come from TransLink, theMinistry of Transportation and Infrastruc-ture, Pitt Meadows and development charg-es.

Smart!Centres mall development companyowns at least seven hectares along the northside of Lougheed Highway, although it hasyet to apply to the city for any major develop-ment.

ut adjacent properties have tomain armland: commission

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e RCMP homicide team was called in to investigate the death of a 27-year-old Maple Ridge woman found in a unit at the Centennial Motel and Trailer Court, onugheed Highway near 216 Street, Sunday afternoon.

Suspicioudeath atlocal mote

The homicide team is investigat-ing the death of a woman who wasfound dead in a Maple Ridge motelearly Sunday.

She has been identied as HelenClare, 27, of Maple Ridge. She wasknown to live in a unit at the Cen-tennial Motel and Trailer Court,on Lougheed Highway near 216thStreet.

Ridge Meadows RCMP werecalled there at 8 a.m. Sunday aftera womans body was discovered ina room.

Cpl. Dale Carr, with the Integrat-ed Homicide Investigation Team,said the circumstances surround-ing Clares death are suspicious.

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didnt respond to an e-mail re-est for an interview.

MacLean said he hasnt heardm Smart!Centres.I cant speak for them. Theyreare that the land is in the re-ve, they always have been.he commissions decision sendsrong message that the ALC con-ers the land farmland along thenector and anybody applyinguld take that into account, said

DP MLA Michael Sather.Its pretty unique. Brian [Under-] said he doesnt know of these

nditions being used before.Im hoping the commission re-ins strong with that.ather has said previously thed is a commercial project fromrt to nish.

Underhill said the commissionhas required covenants on otherapplications to withdraw farmlandfrom the reserve, but none involv-ing road projects.

I think the commission believesits effective.

While the decision approves theright of way for a road, the land isstill within the Agricultural LandReserve. The commission notesthat on balance, the road wouldincrease ability of farmers to makebetter use of their land.

Building the road would occupyseven hectares of farmland and cutin half six parcels, four of which arecurrently farmed.

Another condition requires theroad to be built within three years.That would help reduce specula-tion on farmland in the area.

The ALCs decision says landssouth of the road and west of Mead-ow Gardens Golf Course wouldundoubtedly come under pressurefor non-farm use or exclusion fromthe ALR.

According to a Tuesday news re-lease, a recent report by B.C. Au-ditor General John Doyle says theALC has several problems:

a lack of knowledge regardingthe boundaries of the ALR and thelands suitability for agriculturaluse;

inadequate compliance and en-forcement;

the commissions self-identi-ed limitations to meet its goalsthrough the application process;

the commissions insufcientinvolvement in long-term land useplanning with local governments;

a need for more adequate evalu-ation of the results of its decisions.

Another study earlier this yearsaid that government road projectshave paved over more farmlandthan private developers in the Sur-rey-Delta-Langley area over thepast decade.

More than 70 per cent of the 264hectares of land removed fromfarm use over the past 10 yearswere for provincial governmenttransportation projects, concludedauthor Nathan Pachal, co-founderof the transit advocacy group SouthFraser On Trax.

The South Fraser PerimeterRoad, which is eating up 90 hect-ares in Surrey and Delta, is the sin-gle biggest reduction in farmlandin the South of Fraser area over thepast 10 years.

A key obstacle to fish spawningSpencer Creek is soon to be re-ved, thanks to a $310,000 grantm the Pacific Salmon Founda-n.he money will allow repairs toflood gates at the pump sta-

n on Lougheed Highway andmarack Lane, so that fish fromnaka Creek can pass throughgate and get to Spencer Creek,ich runs through Albion flats.KEEPS [Kanaka Education andvironmental Partnership So-ty] has been lobbying for thatprovement for a long time,kesman Ross Davies said.Its going to be a huge improve-nt.

I think well start to see mored more of them up there.With fish allowed to get up-eam, the coho population inencer eventually should ap-ximate other tributaries of Ka-

ka Creek, he added.Maple Ridges environmental

nner, Rod Stott, said the proj-will be done by October.

The current pump station does

not have flood gates that are fishfriendly and, therefore, fish accesswas being blocked out for most of the year, including the spawningperiods, he said via e-mail.

The addition of the new floodgates at the pump station will al-low for adult and juvenile salmonto pass through the pump stationfrom Kanaka Creek into Spen-cer Creek throughout most of the year, including the majorityof the salmon spawning season,except during peak-flow or floodevents.

The species affected are coho

and chum, while resident cut-throat trout that already live inthe stream also will benefit bymore access. Being able to accessSpencer Creek, the salmon canget to off-channel rearing habitat.

Stott said the district will alsomonitor the stream to see if otherspecies benefit by the upgradingof the gate.

Great news in terms of a signif-icant step forward on this signifi-cant urban stream getting a jumpstart on life again, he added.

Davies said previously that the

gate will capitalize on stream re-

habilitation thats already beendone upstream. Habitat restora-tion has already taken place nearthe Albion fairgrounds.

He also said that people in newhomes upstream as far as 240thStreet eventually could hear thesounds of salmon spawning near-by.

The district is about to start anarea plan to figure out what kindof development should take placein Albion flats, most of which is inthe Agricultural Land Reserve.

The repair work is to be com-

pleted by the end of the month.

Grant to kickstart salmon stream


Ross Davies of KEEPS squats by a new flood gate that fish will be able to pass through to get to Spencer Creek.

Maple Ridge and Pitt Mead-ows commuters can relax abit now because they wont beso tightly packed on the WestCoast Express.

Seven new rail cars, freshlymade out of Bombardiersplant in Thunder Bay, Ont.,will be carrying commutersinto Vancouver, starting thismonth.

The cars, usually one foreach train, will be added on tothe ve trains that haul peo-ple into and out of Vancouver

every weekday and will boostcapacity by another 2,000 peo-ple per day.

Dont look for any increasein frequency hours or thenumber of trips the Expressmakes in a day, however.

A request earlier this yearto TransLink by mayors of cities along the West CoastExpress line to study expand-ing the commuter rail serviceso far has been ignored by theagency.

Maple Ridge Mayor ErnieDaykin said he hasnt had areply since forwarding theresolution in May.

I knew that nding the dol-lars was going to be a hugechallenge.

Daykin said while manypeople say theyd supportincreased train frequency,either on weekends or middays, thats all anecdotal anda proper study with real datais needed. He said hed waituntil TransLink resumes itsbudget discussions to push fora feasibility study.

Mission, Pitt Meadows, PortCoquitlam, Port Moody, Co-quitlam and Vancouver alsosigned on to the request, madein the after-glow of the 2010Vancouver Winter Olympics.

During the Games, WestCoast Express ridership sky-rocketed when extra trainswere added.

CP Rail however, which op-erates the service for Trans-Link, has said the Olympicruns were a one-time excep-tion.

Daykin was the only mayorat the announcement of thenew trains in Vancouver lastweek.

Commissions decision sends a strong message

New railcars orWCE, bunot servic

acifc Salmon Foundationves $310,000 or repairs to

ump station ood gates

nnectorfrom front

Phi l Melnychukff reporter

ts going to be a hugemprovement.

ss Davies, KEEPS

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Former Pitt Meadowsindependent schoolGreybrook Academydid not open its doorsto new students thisweek after failing to re-

ceive certication fromthe provincial govern-ment to operate.

The school has nothad a certicate to op-erate since it shut itsdoors last December,following months of nancial uncertainty.The move left parentswithout a school tosend their children to,and staff jobless andunpaid.

School founder Ni-gel Turner applied inApril for provincialcertication to re-openthe school. However,in light of the schoolspast instability, theprovincial Ofce of the Inspector of Inde-pendent Schools hassince requested addi-tional requirements of

the school, includingnancial details and abusiness plan, beforethe certicate can begranted.

Although an indepen-dent school, Greybrookreceived $300,000 annu-ally in public money inthe form of operatinggrants from the provin-

cial government.The former school

site itself, which isowned by Turner, iscurrently being rented

out to Stardom Child-care, a locally-owneddaycare which now oc-cupies three rooms atGreybrook.

The school was rep-

rimanded earlier thissummer when the Min-istry of Education be-came aware of the factthe school was charg-

ing prospective par-ents an application feeof $200 for the 2010/11school year, despite nothaving been accreditedby the province.

No school at Greybrook this

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Greybrook Academy closed at the end of November.

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un-dayen Cooper, 5, examines the winning sunflower, submitted by Gerry Van Aert,11 feet, nine inches, Sunday afternoon after judging for the tallest sunflowerthe Osprey Village Farmers Market. Koen won in the childrens category with ae-foot, 11-inch sunflower. The other two entries were by Hannah Ruzycki, 6, andnnon Tepper, 3, who both grew theirs from seed and tied with a height of 44.5hes. Van Aert also won for the largest sunflower head, at 12 inches in diameter.


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VICTORIA A fewhours after legisla-tive press gallery

reporters unveiledthe documentsobtained in a long-awaited freedom of information requestabout B.C.s prepara-tions for the harmo-nized sales tax, theBill Vander Zalmconspiracy clowncar clattered by withanother urgent mes-sage.

Zalm wheelman Chris Delaney leapedto his computer to proclaim: FOIreveals B.C. government in negotiationson HST months before 2009 election.

This would indeed be big news, if onlyit were true. It would mean not onlythat the B.C. Liberals deliberately liedabout their tax plans before the elec-tion, but that senior provincial ofcials,and at some level the Conservativegovernment in Ottawa, were in on thedeception.

I asked Delaney to show me wherenegotiations are revealed. Sincehe apparently hadnt read the actualdocuments, he replied with referencesto various media accounts, includingspeculation that the proof might behiding in pages blanked out by ofcialsto protect advice to Finance MinisterColin Hansen.

Despite the blanked-out pages,Hansen was clearly worried about therelease of his ministrys internal com-munications in early 2009. He made aspecial trip from Vancouver to sit for a

series of interviews to respond to them,

and to make some embarrassing admis-sions.

Yes, Hansen would have got the

11-page brieng note on the OntarioHST deal from his ministrys seniorstaff nearly two months before the elec-tion. He doesnt remember it.

He would have given it only a cursorylook, Hansen told me, because it was toprepare him for possible media ques-tions about Ontarios decision to jumpaboard the HST train. Since he andCampbell have insisted for more thana year that the HST was not on B.C.sradar before the election, he didntneed to read it all.

NDP nance critic Bruce Ralstongrilled Hansen for hours during thissprings legislative session on the HSTdecision. At one point, Hansen deniedthat there was any discussion betweensenior nance ofcials about the HSTbefore the May 2009 election. I nowhold the proof that there was, but itsimportant to understand what kind of communication.

A federal ofcial sent out copies of thenewly signed Ontario HST agreement toall provinces, including Alberta, whichhas no provincial sales tax to mergewith.

B.C. ofcials watched developmentsin Ontario and updated the ministersbrieng papers, because thats whatthey do every day, on a wide variety of issues.

Hansen either didnt see these com-munications or didnt remember them.NDP leader Carole James termed thisthe dog ate my homework defence.

The documents conrm that Ontariowas negotiating, and getting special

exemptions and a transition payment of

more than $4 billion. They do not shownegotiations with B.C. during the criti-cal time.

This is important because it deter-mines whether B.C. nance ministryofcials did their jobs in a professionalfashion.

Ill remind you that Delaney andVander Zalm were quick to claim thatElections B.C. ofcials were corrupt,after they delayed the anti-HST petitionto see the results of a court challenge.If that were true, it would have been thebiggest political scandal in B.C. history,since that ofce presides over party reg-istrations and campaign nance rules.

The Zalmoids dropped that onequickly, and now theyre on to the nextbaseless claim of Third World-style cor-ruption.

Judge our politicians as you will, butlets not drag our whole democraticsystem down with false allegations.

There is more news in these docu-ments, such as the negative short-termimpact of the HST that the B.C. Liberalsignored. More on that later.

Tom Fletcher is legislative reporterand columnist for Black Press

and BCLocalnews.com

([email protected] ).

Secret negotiations on HST?

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ight HST collected some 700,000 signatures

a petition calling for the death of the Har-nized Sales Tax.his was even before new revelations thatB.C. Liberal government forged ahead withHST after high-level bureaucrats warned ore the May 2009 election about harmfulects on the provincial economy for at leaste years.here is growing doubt, however, that theT can be repealed even with all those sig-ures, even if the anti-HST forces succeed inalling Liberal MLAs.

As detailed in a report by Black Press legisla-e correspondent Tom Fletcher, former B.C.orney-general Geoff Plant offered a legalnion about the petitions HST extinguish-nt component.

Despite of Vancouver Island North MP Johnncans disingenuous comments about theeral governments lack of HST involvement,tax is a result of federal legislation.

A province, Plant noted, cannot extinguisheral law.f B.C. could repeal HST legislation before

five-year contract expires, presumablywould also have to return the portion of

$1.6-billion bribe that Ottawa has alreadypped to Victoria.he anti-HST petition also calls for Victoriaeinstate the Provincial Sales Tax, althoughoesnt estimate how much it would cost B.C.payers to rehire about 300 tax collectorsnsferred to the Canada Revenue Agency.heres no way to halt the anti-HST move-nt now without causing a backlash among

700,000 signatories, but it would makere sense to save energy and conserve fundswell as nurturing the sense of betrayal untilnext provincial and federal elections.

f you must, punish the provincial Liberalshe ballot box for the way they dropped theT into our midst. And dont forget about theeral Conservative governments heavy in-vement.

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alse allegations.


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THE NEWS /opinion

VICTORIA A fewhours after legisla-tive press gallery

reporters unveiledthe documentsobtained in a long-awaited freedom of information requestabout B.C.s prepara-tions for the harmo-nized sales tax, theBill Vander Zalmconspiracy clowncar clattered by withanother urgent mes-sage.

Zalm wheelman Chris Delaney leapedto his computer to proclaim: FOIreveals B.C. government in negotiationson HST months before 2009 election.

This would indeed be big news, if onlyit were true. It would mean not onlythat the B.C. Liberals deliberately liedabout their tax plans before the elec-tion, but that senior provincial ofcials,and at some level the Conservativegovernment in Ottawa, were in on thedeception.

I asked Delaney to show me wherenegotiations are revealed. Sincehe apparently hadnt read the actualdocuments, he replied with referencesto various media accounts, includingspeculation that the proof might behiding in pages blanked out by ofcialsto protect advice to Finance MinisterColin Hansen.

Despite the blanked-out pages,Hansen was clearly worried about therelease of his ministrys internal com-munications in early 2009. He made aspecial trip from Vancouver to sit for a

series of interviews to respond to them,

and to make some embarrassing admis-sions.

Yes, Hansen would have got the

11-page brieng note on the OntarioHST deal from his ministrys seniorstaff nearly two months before the elec-tion. He doesnt remember it.

He would have given it only a cursorylook, Hansen told me, because it was toprepare him for possible media ques-tions about Ontarios decision to jumpaboard the HST train. Since he andCampbell have insisted for more thana year that the HST was not on B.C.sradar before the election, he didntneed to read it all.

NDP nance critic Bruce Ralstongrilled Hansen for hours during thissprings legislative session on the HSTdecision. At one point, Hansen deniedthat there was any discussion betweensenior nance ofcials about the HSTbefore the May 2009 election. I nowhold the proof that there was, but itsimportant to understand what kind of communication.

A federal ofcial sent out copies of thenewly signed Ontario HST agreement toall provinces, including Alberta, whichhas no provincial sales tax to mergewith.

B.C. ofcials watched developmentsin Ontario and updated the ministersbrieng papers, because thats whatthey do every day, on a wide variety of issues.

Hansen either didnt see these com-munications or didnt remember them.NDP leader Carole James termed thisthe dog ate my homework defence.

The documents conrm that Ontariowas negotiating, and getting special

exemptions and a transition payment of

more than $4 billion. They do not shownegotiations with B.C. during the criti-cal time.

This is important because it deter-mines whether B.C. nance ministryofcials did their jobs in a professionalfashion.

Ill remind you that Delaney andVander Zalm were quick to claim thatElections B.C. ofcials were corrupt,after they delayed the anti-HST petitionto see the results of a court challenge.If that were true, it would have been thebiggest political scandal in B.C. history,since that ofce presides over party reg-istrations and campaign nance rules.

The Zalmoids dropped that onequickly, and now theyre on to the nextbaseless claim of Third World-style cor-ruption.

Judge our politicians as you will, butlets not drag our whole democraticsystem down with false allegations.

There is more news in these docu-ments, such as the negative short-termimpact of the HST that the B.C. Liberalsignored. More on that later.

Tom Fletcher is legislative reporterand columnist for Black Press

and BCLocalnews.com

([email protected] ).

Secret negotiations on HST?

Sockeye return evenmore reason for inquiry

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o make the tough job of managing and pro-ting our salmon resource even more confus-, sockeye salmon seem to be making a come-k in the very summer when the federally

pointed Cohen Commission is studying theirappearance.o we ask the question, is the commission stillrthwhile if this year turns out to be a strongkeye year, showing that their demise hasn greatly exaggerated?he answer is the inquiry should proceed ag-ssively and thoroughly to determine the rea-s for the three previous disastrous seasons.hen, thanks to the honest testimony from allolved, combined with rigorous research, per-

ps some answers can be found to explain whykeye vanished one year then returned the

xt.s never easy to be conclusive about natural

les.ut it is easy to draw conclusions after the fact,h as the over-shing that destroyed the At-tic cod.

We cannot make the same mistake with B.C.snic sh, the sockeye salmon.he species means too much to all Britishlumbians from the First Nations who rstvested them, to the resort and sports sh-industry that shares them with visitors fromund the world, to the severely diminished

mmercial shery all groups agree on pro-ting the resource.here may be differences in how thatsieved, but one message from all groups is

ar: Do whats necessary to save the sockeye.

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Natures tasty bounty returne

This yearsmonumen-tal return

of 30-million plussockeye salmonhas restored hope,given us all just theslightest reason foroptimism.

Perhaps we haventscrewed things upcompletely, yet.

The sockeye run of 2010 is surely one forthe books. Maybe itsthe run of the cen-tury, which makes me think about how itwill be viewed in the distant future.

Will the kids of today remember therun of 2010 half a century from now, orwill the Fraser River sockeye be just amemory?

Was this phenomenal run the last gaspof a resource endangered by climatechange, warming oceans, sh farms androads and driveways? What happenedin the wide Pacic that allowed so manysockeye to get back this year? Whateverit is, Fisheries and Oceans Canada betternd out quickly.

Thats why this was a year to re-member, so I stopped as frequently aspossible at the Kanaka wharf at the footof MacKay Avenue in Albion IndustrialPark. That was like stepping back intotime.

While a shake mill nearby trimmedcedar logs, boats full of salmon, runninglow in the water, would regular unloadtheir shiny cargo.

As the forecast for the sockeye runkept getting revised upwards, the activ-ity grew frenetic. On the dock, they ran

out of those narrow plastic bags theyused when selling sh to the public and

just dumped them into black garbagebags.

Old boats that had been hidden awayappeared out of nowhere. A packingboat sat in mid-river, completing thescene while grumpy old shermen ranthe boats and people milled about andchatted on the dock and thousands of sockeye stored in ice water awaited ahungry public.

I made sure I got my share. Thesalmon glut turned me into even moreof a glutton. I bought, cleaned, chopped,froze, barbecued and gobbled as muchas possible. I think Ive got six in thefreezer for the year.

Ive learned the way to cook a salmonsteak is not too much. Put it on amedium-high grill after marinating insoy sauce, olive oil and garlic. Cook it

quickly to get those grill marks, aboutthree to four minutes each side. Somewhite B.C. wine and for dessert, blueber-ries or blackberries, complete the meal.

Whatever you do, dont overcooksalmon. Its not a prime rib steak.

Any left over steaks? Fry them in but-ter for breakfast.

This years historic run was a cause forcelebration for everyone on the water.

I kept checking with my brother, asports sherman who hadnt been ableto sh for sockeye for three years. Heshes from a sandbar farther up river,but was shut out of the biggest run of the century, although I heard this fromothers as well. I told him not to worry,I wouldnt say too much. (Hes alwaystried to get me interested in shing, but Ind the best way is to hold out $15, afterwhich someone grabs it and puts a shiny

salmon in my hand.)To borrow some personication from

Jack Emberlys recent column about theinquiry into the sockeye, it is the salmon,particularly the sockeye, who teach uslessons year after year.

By their presence or absence, theybring us together for a few weeks, nativeand non-native, commercial sherman,sports angler, conservationists and con-sumers, politicians and bureaucrats.

This years River Manners Tour, inwhich natives and non-natives touredthe river to foster communication be-tween two groups, is a great example.

Concern and complaints and debatesabout the salmon runs are a ritual on themodern West Coast. Despite our iPhonesand tofu, probiotic yogurt and Wonder-bread, the lure of real food is hard toresist.

Suburbanites who normally wouldnt

know the rst thing about oceantemperatures or stream water qual-ity, pay attention to the natural world.Salmon really are the heart and soulof this province. They should re-namethe Vancouver Canucks, the VancouverSalmonbellies.

So what will the salmon run be likenext year? Will the sockeye come back?Are they gone for good?

Will it resemble anything like this runof the century?

Unlikely.But next year, and the year after that,

and after that, whatever the run, wellstart talking and complaining and caringa bit about the real world exactly theway sockeye intended it.

Phil Melnychuk is a reporter with theMaple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News.

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The Pet GoatPaige Sallstrom, 22 months old, reaches out to pet a goat at the Meadows Maze petting zoo last week.


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Maple Ridge district is remind-people to keep an eye out for

ars, especially if theyre aroundd, such as fish in streams, or

ar their cubs.A news release Thursday asks

ple Ridge residents to ensuret garbage is securely stored ked up or in garage or shed

d not to put out trash until col-tion day.he unsightly premises bylaw re-res all containers to be sealed

d secured against animals.o reduce the chance of meetingear while hiking, cycling, moun-n biking, horse-back riding ory other outdoor activity, peopleuld travel in groups, make noisecarry something that makes

se, such as a bell.

People should also realize thatduring the salmon spawning sea-son, bears will be looking for theirmeals at creeks and may not hearpeople as they approach.

If you see a bear in a munici-pal park, please report it to theDistricts Parks Department at604-467-7346.

Staff will post a sign at the parknotifying visitors to exercise cau-tion.

eep garbage securely stores,cked up or in garage

Look out or those bruins

Aggressive bearsTo report an aggressive bear (bluf charging,damaging property, etc.), call the Ministryo Environment Conservation O cer at1-877-952-7277.For more in ormation on how to Get BearAware, visit the provinces Ministry o Envi-ronments website atwww.env.gov.bc.ca/cos/ info/bearaware/index.html.


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A local teacher is feel-ing burned after hisstudents raised close to$1,600 to buy a shippingcontainer to store theprograms props andsets, and the containernever showed up.

Reg Parks, a dramateacher at Maple RidgeChristian School, sayshe paid Langley-basedcompany RSI Contain-

ers and Logistics upfront for the containeron the promise it wouldbe delivered in about aweek.

That was close to amonth ago, and thecompany still has notdropped off the con-tainer at the school, orreturned Parks phonecalls.

I feel a little sickin the stomach at theguy responsible, saidParks.

Drama over missing shipping con

Mariah van Herwaarden(front), a recent MapleRidge Christian gradu-ate, along with hersister Cheyanne, andGraeme Miller, both inGrade 9, sit by theatrebackgrounds that weresupposed to be housedin a container that waspaid for by the school,but not delivered.Mariah was part of thefundraising programfor the container. Fornow, the backdrops andprops have to be storedon the schools stage.

Colleen Flanagan/THE NE WS

by Rober t Mangelsdorf staff reporter

SeeContainer , p13


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Do homework before doing businessIts pretty heart-aking.arks drama classed the money byrging admission andng donations duringschools performanceFiddler on the Roof school year.arks said he found outut RSI ContainersLogistics through a

ple Internet search,spoke with Richard

pleyard, listed as thempanys president onwebsite.I phoned and ex-ned the situation andsaid hed supply [thetainer] at cost.arks says he hand-vered the cheque topleyard, which he re-sted be made out inname, at Appleyards

me in Langley, whichlso the listed addressthe company. Parks

s Appleyard told himcontainer would bepped off at the schoolabout a week. Theque was promptlyhed, but after theek had passed, theres no container. Parkss he called Appleyard,o said the containers delayed and wouldthere on Monday or

esday the following

week.The container never

showed, and Appleyardstopped returning Parksphone calls and emails.

The kids worked sohard for this money,said Parks. How darehe treat these kids sopoorly.

However, the condi-tions of sale listed onRSI Containers and Lo-gistics website state thecompany can back out of any verbal deal.

No oral agreement,guaranty, promise, con-dition, representation,or warranty made to thePurchaser by the Seller,its employees and oragents with respect tothe Container(s) shall bebinding upon the Seller,the website states.

Without the container,the class has been forcedto cram the props andsets into their class-

room, making for somecramped quarters withschool starting thisweek.

Were not a richschool, were a prettysmall school, actually,said Parks. Weve beengrowing this program af-ter the past 10 years, andthis is a real blow to thatmomentum.

Appleyard and RSI

Containers are currentlyfacing two separate law-suits in provincial smallclaims court. In bothcases, the plaintiffs paidthousands of dollars upfront for shipping con-tainers that never ar-rived, and never heardfrom Appleyard again.

Neither claim has beenproven in a court of law.

Parks says he alsoplans to le a claim withprovincial small claimscourt in an attempt toget his money back fromAppleyard.

Right now, we haveto nd a way to comeup with around $2,500 tobuy another container,he said.

Neither Appleyard norRSI Containers and Lo-gistics returned repeatedphone calls and emailsfrom The News .

However, Appleyardsent Parks an email,

apologizing for the delayand lack of communica-tion, and promised him afull refund by Monday.

Refunds are generallygiven within 30 businessdays however becauseof the circumstances Ihave asked our accoun-tant Tom to expedite itfor you, in addition nocancelation fees will bededucted. You should

have it Monday, saysthe email.

However, the refundhad not arrived by Tues-day afternoon, and Parkshas not heard back fromAppleyard.

Mark Fernandes,spokesperson for theMainland B.C. BetterBusiness Bureau, says itsnot a common practice tofor a company to ask forpayment up front.

Thats a big red ag,he said. Especially if someone is requestingcheques made out intheir name.

Fernandes recom-mends doing your home-work before doing busi-ness with companiesover the Internet.

You cant trust thingslike slick looking web-sites, said Fernandes.Ask for referrals, checkthe Better Business Bu-reau, and try to get an

idea of the history of thecompany.

Most credit card com-panies will allow you toreverse charges for pur-chases if the goods havenot been delivered withina reasonable amount of time. Its also a good ideato get everything in writ-ing so if you go to courtyou have documentation,Fernandes notes.

tainer from p12


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Investigators attended and wereto speak with neighbours to see if they could offer any informationregarding the death.

At this point, it is not known if there are links to gangs, drugs ororganized crime, Carr said Sun-day.

An autopsy was conductedTuesday. But until toxicology re-sults are received, investigatorsare still unable to declare thedeath a homicide or otherwise,Carr said Tuesday.

We are not in a position to clas-sify it yet.

Anyone with informationis asked to call IHIT tip Line at1-877-551-IHIT. If you wish toremain anonymous please callCrimeStoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.

Autopsy was to be conducted Tu

A 68-year-old Maple Ridgeman was arrested Saturday forassaulting a Peace Ofcer.

Police are recommendingcharges against him.Police were called to a dis-

turbance in the 21000-block of Lougheed Highway in MapleRidge at around 5:45 p.m.

During the investigation,which involved a man with abaseball bat uttering threatsof violence, the suspect wasspoken to, police said. Thesuspect attempted to obstructthe police by walking away,

and when he was arrested, hepushed a female ofcer in an ef-fort to get away.

He was taken into custody,and later released by a justicefor a court appearance at a laterdate.

Woman arrested withothers mail

A 23-year-old Maple Ridgewoman was arrested Friday inMaple Ridge for driving whileprohibited and for having nu-

merous pieces of mail thatdidnt belong to her.

Police stopped the car she

was driving on 232 Street near116 Avenue.The woman was well known

to police and had an outstand-ing warrant against her fromLangley RCMP and she wasprohibited her from driving.

The woman was also in con-travention of other court-or-dered conditions, so she wasremanded by a justice to spendthe weekend in custody, and toappear in court on Tuesday.

Man, 68, arrested for assaulting offic

Homicide from front


IHIT officers conduct investigation at the crime scene.


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At this point, it is not knownif there are links to gangs,drugs or organized crime.

He added that the woman wasknown to live in the unit at themotel.

Investigators are unable tomake a conclusive link to mur-der until an autopsy is doneand toxicology results are re-ceived.

An autopsy was to occurTuesday, when a forensic pa-thologist could assist with adetermination.

Anyone with informa-tion is asked to call IHIT tipLine at 1-877-551-IHIT. If youwish to remain anonymousplease call CrimeStoppers at1-800-222-TIPS.

Autopsy was to be conducted Tu

A 68-year-old Maple Ridgeman was arrested Saturday forassaulting a Peace Ofcer.

Police are recommendingcharges against him.Police were called to a dis-

turbance in the 21000-block of Lougheed Highway in MapleRidge at around 5:45 p.m.

During the investigation,which involved a man with abaseball bat uttering threatsof violence, the suspect wasspoken to, police said. Thesuspect attempted to obstructthe police by walking away,

and when he was arrested, hepushed a female ofcer in an ef-fort to get away.

He was taken into custody,and later released by a justicefor a court appearance at a laterdate.

Woman arrested withothers mail

A 23-year-old Maple Ridgewoman was arrested Friday inMaple Ridge for driving whileprohibited and for having nu-

merous pieces of mail thatdidnt belong to her.

Police stopped the car she

was driving on 232 Street near116 Avenue.The woman was well known

to police and had an outstand-ing warrant against her fromLangley RCMP and she wasprohibited her from driving.

The woman was also in con-travention of other court-or-dered conditions, so she wasremanded by a justice to spendthe weekend in custody, and toappear in court on Tuesday.

Man, 68, arrested for assaulting offic

Homicide from front


IHIT officers conduct investigation at the crime scene.


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Ridge MeadowsMP are investigat-

graffiti that wasayed on the CP Railoose at the Maple

dge Museum.ometime during theekend of Aug. 27-29,

message gigep noir was paint-

on the ceremonialoose, located in the500-block of 116 Av-ue in Maple Ridge.olice have few leads

d are hoping for helpm the public.

oats stolenhree aluminum

ats were stolenMaple Ridge last

ek.A 12-foot aluminumat, painted white,s stolen in the earlyurs of Tuesday fromesidential yard ondey Avenue in Ma-Ridge. It had a 9.9

sepower motor at-hed to it.

en arrestedolice arrested an in-icated 17-year-old

y Saturday after aort of an unknownson in neighbours

use around 2:30 a.m.the 21400 block of

ver Road in Mapledge.He was arrested,d slept off his intoxi-ion in jail, policed.

issed curfewolice arrested an in-icated 23-year-oldn on Saturday forobeying a court-ered curfew.he man and an in-icated 20-year-old

end were noticedpolice on Dewdney

unk Road by 222eet. The older mans not supposed to beside his residencet 11 p.m. He wasested and remand-

in custody until aurt appearance on

esday.His friend was alsoested, but releasednext morning.

ckup stolenolice are looking apickup truck stolenSaturday in Maple

dge.he grey 1994 Nis-

was stolen from22800-block of

5A Avenue in Mapledge, between 12:30

m. and 7 a.m. Theck had British Co-

mbia licence plate. CB2685.

ailer stolenA green dump trailers stolen Saturdaym McKay Avenue

in Maple Ridge. It wasstolen while the ownerwas away from lunch,between 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. The Carsondump trailer had Brit-ish Columbia licenceplate No. UNT43N.

Anyone with any in-formation in regards toany of these, or othercrimes is asked to con-tact Ridge MeadowsRCMP at 604-463-6251.To remain anonymous,call Crime Stoppers at

1-800-222-8477 or leavea TIP online at www.bccrimestoppers.com. Crime Stoppers willpay a reward of up to$2,000 if your informa-tion leads to an arrestand conviction.

CP museum caboose vandalized

RCMP photo

Graffiti was sprayed on the caboose at the museum.


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T imWood-landbegan hisavocation as acollector at anearly age, whenhe took an in-terest in stampcollecting.

The old-est child of Pat and AlanWoodland, hewas probablyinuenced byhis fathers career as areference librarian.

Today, Tim Woodlandspecializes in collect-ing letters, photos andmemorabilia connectedwith the forest indus-try in coastal BritishColumbia. He will bepresenting a programfor the Maple RidgeHistorical Society onSept. 23 at 7:30 p.m. inSt. Andrews HeritageHall.

From 1979 to 1996,Tim Woodland workedin the forest industryin northern VancouverIsland, in a camp upJervis Inlet, in NorthVancouver and nallyin Squamish. He soonbegan to collect photosand memorabilia fromlumber companies thatexisted in coastal B.C.

Many of thesecompaniesand business-es no longerexist, but theirletterheadand stockcerticatesare a nostal-gic reminder

of an earliertime.One ex-

ample fromWoodlandscollection is a

fancy stock certicatefor the E.A. Heaps Co.Ltd. for 100 shares inthe company, made outto Englishman the Rev.Arthur Reginald Wells.

Another item is anenvelope with the let-terhead of the Abern-ethy Lougheed LoggingCo. Ltd. at Box 15, PortHaney. The letter wasaddresses to the Secre-tary of the BurquitlamConservative Party inNew Westminster.

Woodlands presen-tation will includepictures of early postofces, such as the onein todays photo at AllcoCamp, headquartersof the Abernethy-Lougheed Logging Com-pany. This site is nowshady Allco Park on thebanks of the Alouette

River, at the end on248th Street.

During the 1920s, awooden trestle bridgebrought huge atcarloads of logs from whatis now Golden Earspark to the log dump atthe mouth of KanakaCreek. If you walk alongthe Fraser River inKanaka Creek Park, youcan still see the remainsof the pilings where thelogging trains dumpedtheir loads.

Woodlands plans topresent stories andhistory of the B.C. forestindustry, with an em-phasis on Maple Ridge.He will explore some of the family and corpo-rate linkages betweencompanies and places

involved in logging,sawmilling and pulpand paper manufacture.As well as showingimages of early logging,he will play a recordingof logging poetry put tomusic.

The Maple RidgeMuseum is gratefulto Woodland for hiscontributions to theirarchives. Wheneverhe sees a photo or postcard on e-Bay relatingto our community, hetries to buy it to addto our collection andincrease our knowledge.

To enhance the pro-gram, Woodland will bedisplaying some of hiscollection in a showand tell area.

Tim Woodlands forestry coll

Maple Ridge Museu

Allco Post Office and logging workers for theA & L Logging Company, in 1925.

Looking Back Sheila Nickols

SeeLook, p17


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Motorists will get adest break on basic

o insurance premi-s after years of fatts for the Insurancerporation of B.C.he public auto in-er has been orderededuce basic rates 2.4cent effective Nov. 1.s a deeper cut than1.9 per cent ICBCproposed because

ulators at the B.C.lities Commission

CUC) decided ex-ses were lower thanected, leaving roomlop off another half nt.They crunched thembers and came uph a slightly differ-

calculation, ICBCsident and CEO Jon

hubert said in an in-view.Its the rst time

weve been able to re-duce basic rates in morethan a decade.

Less frequent claimsand better drivingweather are the mainreasons for the reducedexpenses, even thoughaverage claim costs con-tinue to climb, especially

for injury crashes.Its our customerssmart driving that re-ally allows us to do this,Schubert said.

ICBC will have to cutmuch further, however,to get basic rates backdown to 2005 levels in-creases in 2006 and 2007raised basic premiumsnearly 10 per cent.

ICBC recorded another$232 million in net earn-ings for the rst half of this year, the latest in along string of hefty prof-its.

And the provincialgovernment this yearmoved to tap some of thecash ICBC generates topay down B.C.s decit.

It ordered ICBC tohand over $487 millionfrom its reserves and set

aside similar dividendsfor Victoria in futureyears.

Canadian TaxpayersFederation spokesper-son Maureen Bader saidrates should be cut evenfurther so theres lesssurplus money left forthe province to raid.

Theres no way the av-erage driver should haveto be subsidizing thegovernments pet proj-ects like the B.C. Placeroof and green energysubsidies, she said.

But Schubert said pay-ments to the provinceare unrelated to basicrates, because they arepaid out of prots madeon the optional side of ICBCs business.

Basic rates are regulat-ed by the BCUC becausethey are compulsory forall motorists and no pri-vate insurers competewith ICBC to provide theservice.

Optional rates, wherethere is competition, isunregulated.

ICBC cut optionalrates 3.3 per cent last

year and dropped them17 per cent over the pastve years.

Some industry observ-ers have also questionedthe need for ICBCslarge $3.1-billion reserveaccount.

Schubert said its ap-propriate and notedICBCs reserve ratio isless than the industryaverage.

All insurance com-panies carry a certainamount of capital tomake sure were ableto meet our obligationsand protect our custom-ers from rate shock, hesaid.

CBC trimming basic auto rates4 per cent cutst in a decadeJeff Nagelck Press

Its the first timeweve been able toreduce basic ratesin more than adecade.

Jon Schubert, ICBC president

Call museumor more in o.or any furtherormation about thept. 23 presentationhe activities of theple Ridge Historical

ciety, please call theple Ridge Museum at

4-463-5311.

Sheila Nickols is aboard member of the

aple Ridge HistoricalSociety.

k from p16


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Seventy-one per centof B.C. residents sur-veyed in a new AngusReid poll say theyrebuying less as a resultof the HarmonizedSales Tax.

More than two-thirdsof B.C. respondentssaid the HST has se-

verely or moderatelyharmed their house-hold finances, citinghigher costs of dining,groceries, cellphonebills and clothing.

Only one in 20 peoplepolled believe govern-ment projections of lower prices over timeas a result of the 12per cent HST, whichreplaced the GST andprovincial sales tax on

July 1.Angus Reid officials

say the negative viewof the HST appearsto run deeper in B.C.than Ontario, despitethe fact Ontarians areharder hit becausetheir governmentdidnt exempt gasolineand electricity billsfrom the HST.

The pollsters citethe palpable animos-

ity in B.C., where theyfound 75 per cent feelthe government did avery bad job of han-dling the HST.

The public is almostuniversal in panningthe way the tax wasimplemented and ex-plained by the provin-cial administration.

The Aug. 16-17 onlinesurvey included 803B.C. residents and asimilar number in On-tario. The margin of er-ror is estimated at plusor minus 3.5 per cent.

B.C. loathes HST, poll fndsby Jeff NagelBlack Press


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Big catchCommercial fisherman Dave McDonald of Maple Ridge takes a break tosmoke a cigarette while his sockeye catch is unloaded and weighed atthe McKay Avenue wharf last week. This years sockeye run of 34million was the largest since 1913.Colleen Flanagan/THE NEWS


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A new six-lane Pattul-lo Bridge could open asearly as 2015, accordingto TransLink.

Ofcials there saythey will work to fast-track the new spanover the Fraser River.

Spokesperson KenHardie said therespotential dependingon the outcome of thebidding process forcontractors, crews and

equipment now work-ing on the new PortMann Bridge to shiftover to the Pattullo oncethe Highway 1 projectis nished in 2013.

Open houses are slat-ed for later this monthin Surrey and NewWestminster on thedesign of the bridge ap-proaches.

The biggest change ison the New West side,where TransLinkspreferred option is toswitch access fromRoyal Avenue to FrontStreet.

Front Street is al-ready a major truckroute, Hardie said. Itmakes sense to us thatFront Street becomes amajor point of accessfor the Pattullo, both on

and off.There would also beaccess via East Colum-bia and McBride Boule-vard.

On the Surrey side,Hardie said its antici-pated the new Pattullo,which would be built

just upstream of the ex-isting one, will connectwith a full interchangeto the South Fraser Pe-rimeter Road.

There would alsobe connections to 128Street and Scott Road.

More details are ex-pected at the two openhouses the rst onTuesday Sept. 14 atChuck Baillie Commu-nity Centre in Surreynear Gateway Stationand the second onTuesday, Sept. 21 at theJustice Institute in NewWestminster. Both run

from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.TransLink previously

rejected the possibil-ity of a combined roadand railway bridge thatwould also replace theexisting New Westmin-ster rail bridge, poten-tially also combinedwith the creation of anew articial island atSapperton Bar.

TransLinks currentnancial plan, whichincludes an extra $130million a year in taxesand fares approvedlast year, assumes thebridge will be tolledand does not earmarkany dollars towardsthe estimated $800-mil-lion to $1-billion capitalcost.

The provincial gov-ernment has pledged to

look for ways to nancethe bridge without tollsand avoid the spectreof tolling every rivercrossing into Surrey.

Hardie said Trans-Link is willing to lookat any such ideas.

In the absence of anyother way to pay for it,it has to be tolled, Har-die said. Theres noquestion there has tobe a new bridge.

The 73-year-oldbridge is 12 metreswide, far tighter thanthe 19-metre width fora four-lane bridge builtto modern standardstoday.

TransLink since 2005has closed the centrelanes at night to pre-vent head-on crashes,greatly reducing thefrequency of fatalitiesup until then.

New Pattullo Bridge coucome as soon as 2015by Jeff NagelBlack Press


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S harolyn Wandzura lifts her arms in onegraceful swoop.Reach up, she instructs.arefoot and warmed up, her class stretch-ts arms to the painted blue sky and uffyuds on the ceiling at the Kali Yoga CentrePitt Meadows.hort for Neuromuscular Integrative Actionwell as non-impact aerobics), Nia doesntk like a workout.

Its movement with a consciousness, shes.ounded by Debbie Rosas Stewart and Car-Aya Rosas, Nia began in 1983 and nowts approximately 2,200 trainers in 43 coun-s.draws from disciplines of the martial arts

e kwon do, Tai Chi and aikido), dance (jazz,dern and Duncan dance) and healing artsldenkrais, the Alexander technique and

ga).very class offers a unique combination of moves that correspond with the main areashe body: the base, the core and the upperremities.ach has their own quirky names: Buttery,sion, Innity, Omega, Sanjana and Sexi.s a free-spirited experience, something

ud perhaps see around a campre at Wood-ck, but everyone leaves their inhibitions atdoor and gets their groove on.

Wandzura says Nia does require unlearn-.Its a struggle for some students, but onceu start, you get back into your body.Nia believes every person can discover, ex-re, unleash and enhance their individualential to live a fullling and meaningful by engaging their senses and listening

heir bodies.he experience requires concentration asdents repeat a series of movements whileying focused.It works because you are 100 per cent pres- says Wandzura.Movement is one way of releasing all thengs we have stored in our bodies. Its justalancing everything, starting from the bot-

m of our feet.

THE NEWS /arts&li eSection coordinator:Monisha Martins604-467-1122 ext. [email protected]

My inner spark is back, says Ronlmakoff, smiling, with a twinkle ingreen eyes.ooking youthful and energetic af-spending hours inside the record-

studio, the Saskatchewan-bornger best known for his silveryor voice is elated to be working onnewest album, Turn Around .

More than a decade ago, Kalmakoff s drawing applause for his sixthum, Journey of the Heart , whentook a harsh turn with a series of

mily-related events.Life changes, revolves and movesmany different directions, heses.He admits that, lately, the push byfans and supporters to get back

into the biz has propelled him backinto the limelight.

Kalmakoff lived in Maple Ridgefor more than 12 years and hasowned Little Cricket Gift Gallery onLougheed Highway and Glover Roadin Fort Langley for close to 10 years.

There is a new sound that youllhear in Turn Around .

The album features a dozen bal-lads, including six originals writtenby Kalmakoff.

So far, there has been a steady owof praise from his fellow musiciansand industry leaders.

Grammy-nominee and Juno Award-winning composer and musicianMichael Creber co-produced Turn

Around.

Ron is simply one of the best sing-ers around, Creber says. In the stu-dio, hes a producers dream in that allhis vocal work is virtually awless onevery take he performs. In addition,he has a depth of musical knowledgethat enables him to collaborate bril-liantly in the recording studio. He isa total joy to work with, and Im re-ally proud of this record.

Ron Kalmakoff perform two con-certs in Vancouver at The Cultch,1895 Venables Street on Sept. 11 at 8p.m. and Sept. 12 at 2 p.m. He will bebacked by a four piece band. The con-cert will feature a guest appearanceby Shari Ulrich. Tickets are availableby calling (604) 251-1363 or online attickets.thecultch.com.

It doesnt look like exercise

Maple Ridge singer comes ull circle

Contribute

Ron Kalmakoff returns to the studio after a 10-year hiatus


Sharolyn Wandzura teaches a Nia class at Kali Yoga in Osprey Village.w

Health living Check out Nia at the Diversity Health Fair 2010 onSept. 11 at at the Ridge Meadows Seniors Centre,12150 224 Street in Maple Ridge rom 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.This interactive health air the frst o its kind to beo ered in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows targets theA rican, Latin, South Asian, Chinese, and Vietnamesepopulations and will involve over 25 health and well-ness exhibitors. Learn about health programs and services. Join in ftness and cooking demonstrations. Sample ethnic oods and gather recipes. Attend in ormation packed presentations. Test personal health & wellness with onsite healthscreenings. Enjoy ethnic music, dancers, and cultural displays.

Monisha Mart insff reporter

hort or Neuromusculartegrative Action, Nia is a

movement with consciousness


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S harolyn Wandzura lifts her arms in onegraceful swoop.Reach up, she instructs.arefoot and warmed up, her class stretch-ts arms to the painted blue sky and uffyuds on the ceiling at the Kali Yoga CentrePitt Meadows.hort for Neuromuscular Integrative Actionwell as non-impact aerobics), Nia doesntk like a workout.

Its movement with a consciousness, shes.ounded by Debbie Rosas Stewart and Car-Aya Rosas, Nia began in 1983 and nowts approximately 2,200 trainers in 43 coun-s.draws from disciplines of the martial arts

e kwon do, Tai Chi and aikido), dance (jazz,dern and Duncan dance) and healing artsldenkrais, the Alexander technique and

ga).very class offers a unique combination of moves that correspond with the main areashe body: the base, the core and the upperremities.ach has their own quirky names: Buttery,sion, Innity, Omega, Sanjana and Sexi.s a free-spirited experience, something

ud perhaps see around a campre at Wood-ck, but everyone leaves their inhibitions atdoor and gets their groove on.

Wandzura says Nia does require unlearn-.Its a struggle for some students, but onceu start, you get back into your body.Nia believes every person can discover, ex-re, unleash and enhance their individualential to live a fullling and meaningful by engaging their senses and listening

heir bodies.he experience requires concentration asdents repeat a series of movements whileying focused.It works because you are 100 per cent pres- says Wandzura.Movement is one way of releasing all thengs we have stored in our bodies. Its justalancing everything, starting from the bot-

m of our feet.

THE NEWS /arts&li eSection coordinator:Monisha Martins604-467-1122 ext. [email protected]

My inner spark is back, says Ronlmakoff, smiling, with a twinkle ingreen eyes.ooking youthful and energetic af-spending hours inside the record-

studio, the Saskatchewan-bornger best known for his silveryor voice is elated to be working onnewest album, Turn Around .

More than a decade ago, Kalmakoff s drawing applause for his sixthum, Journey of the Heart , whentook a harsh turn with a series of

mily-related events.Life changes, revolves and movesmany different directions, heses.He admits that, lately, the push byfans and supporters to get back

into the biz has propelled him backinto the limelight.

Kalmakoff lived in Maple Ridgefor more than 12 years and hasowned Little Cricket Gift Gallery onLougheed Highway and Glover Roadin Fort Langley for close to 10 years.

There is a new sound that youllhear in Turn Around .

The album features a dozen bal-lads, including six originals writtenby Kalmakoff.

So far, there has been a steady owof praise from his fellow musiciansand industry leaders.

Grammy-nominee and Juno Award-winning composer and musicianMichael Creber co-produced Turn

Around.

Ron is simply one of the best sing-ers around, Creber says. In the stu-dio, hes a producers dream in that allhis vocal work is virtually awless onevery take he performs. In addition,he has a depth of musical knowledgethat enables him to collaborate bril-liantly in the recording studio. He isa total joy to work with, and Im re-ally proud of this record.

Ron Kalmakoff perform two con-certs in Vancouver at The Cultch,1895 Venables Street on Sept. 11 at 8p.m. and Sept. 12 at 2 p.m. He will bebacked by a four piece band. The con-cert will feature a guest appearanceby Shari Ulrich. Tickets are availableby calling (604) 251-1363 or online attickets.thecultch.com.

Nia doesnt look like exerci

Maple Ridge singer comes ull circle

Contribute

Ron Kalmakoff returns to the studio after a 10-year hiatus


Sharolyn Wandzura teaches a Nia class at Kali Yoga in Osprey Village.

Healthy living Check out Nia at the Diversity Health Fair 2010 onSept. 11 at at the Ridge Meadows Seniors Centre,12150 224 Street in Maple Ridge rom 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.This interactive health air the frst o its kind to beo ered in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows targets theA rican, Latin, South Asian, Chinese, and Vietnamesepopulations and will involve over 25 health and well-ness exhibitors. Learn about health programs and services. Join in ftness and cooking demonstrations. Sample ethnic oods and gather recipes. Attend in ormation packed presentations. Test personal health & wellness with onsite healthscreenings. Enjoy ethnic music, dancers, and cultural displays.

Monisha Mart insff reporter

hort or Neuromusculartegrative Action, Nia is a

movement with consciousness


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Two local photographers took rstand second place in the rst annualGreener Steps Photo Contest heldthroughout British Columbia this sum-mer.

This years theme was the Best GreenPhoto of Summer 2010 and the rst

prize was claimed by Kyle W. Falconerof Pitt Meadows,Falconer won for submitting a beau-

tiful photograph of Alouette River atdusk.

Mia Paisley of Maple Ridge capturedsecond place with her photo of a drag-ony resting on a blackberry bush.

The Greener Steps Photo Contest isthe idea of Greener Steps founder AlexSangha. The contest aims to generategreater public interest about the envi-ronment, sustainability and greenerliving, through a series of thematicphoto contests.

The contest generated a lot of publicinterest and drew in over 43 qualityphoto entries from locations as far asHarrison Hot Springs, Duncan, Nano-ose Bay, Buntzen Lake, and throughoutthe Lower Mainland.

Auditions forPeter PanWant to play a fairy or a boy that

never grows up?

Audition for Gallery 7 Theatre & Per-forming Arts November productionof J.M. Barries classic tale Peter Pan,adapted by Canadian playwright, Jeff Pitcher.

Gallery 7 Theatres production willfeature 10 male and female perform-

ers playing a combined total of up to18 characters.British accents will be used and cre-

ativity and the ability to play will bea requirement of all performers.

Dance and movement experience,along with singing ability, are assetsbut not a necessity.

Directing Peter Pan will be EldonLetkeman, who was at the helm of lastseasons hit Around the World in 80Days.

Peter Pan will take stage in Novem-ber.

Performers ages 16 and up are in-vited to be a part of the adventure byauditioning for a role tomorrow, Sept.9 at 6:30 p.m. Those interested in work-ing behind the scenes in such areas asassistant stage management, soundoperation, running crew and othersare also invited to attend the audition.All interested individuals are askedto sign up ahead of time by calling604-504-5940 or emailing [email protected].

Arts&Life

Locals win photo contest

Contributedle Falconer won forphotograph of the

ouette River at duskove), while Mia Pais-came second for her

oto of a dragonflyting on a blackberrysh.


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he Ridge Meadows Bruins Rug-Club may not have a rst divi-n team for its elite players, butt isnt stopping the club from

ntinuing to develop its top tierent.ocal rugby players Josh Ladd

and Rob Hughesare headed to

England foran extend-ed staywith HoveR u g b yF o o t b a l lClub near

Brighton, atrip club

president CalcIntosh hopes will allow them toe their game to the next level.They are huge assets to ourm, and well miss them, saidIntosh. But we dont want tod our guys back.

As a rugby club without a rstision team, the Ridge Meadows

uins are faced with a dilemma if

they want to develop talent locally,he says.

McIntosh hopes the trip to Eng-land, the birthplace of rugby, willexpose the players to a higher cali-bre of play so that upon their re-turn, they can use their experience

to help grow the club.If we want a rst division team,

were going to need more coaches,thats the rst thing, said McIn-tosh.

McIntosh said both Ladd andHughes have a strong work ethics

that will serve them well while inEngland.

They are going to be good ambas-sadors for the club, said McIntosh.Canadians have a reputation forbeing hard-hitting, aggressive play-ers with a good work ethic.

The pair have already been set upwith factory jobs while in Hove thatwill give them exibility to play andpractice with the club.

I may not be as skilled as some of the players over there, but I want toshow them how hard I can work,said Ladd, the younger brother of NHLer Andrew Ladd.

He ew out on Saturday afterfullling the last of his school com-mitments, and will join Hughes inHove. Hughes arrived in Englandfor preseason training with theteam at the beginning of August.

Rugby is a real culture overthere, said Ladd. Its pretty excit-ing to be surrounded by it all thetime.

The Ridge Meadows Bruins Rugby

Club has steadily grown in the pastfews years after a time in the late1990s when it looked like the clubmight fold. Today, the Bruins oper-ate competitive mens and womensteams, as well as U-12, U-14, U-16,and U-19 teams. The club has alsostarted up a mini-rugby programfor young children that McIntoshhopes will develop into the nextcrop of elite local players.

Many of the clubs Division 3 play-ers are holdovers from the SamuelRobertson Technical SecondarySchool team that dominated highschool rugby in the Fraser Valleyfor much of the past ve years.

Im pretty passionate aboutbuilding our club up, said Ladd.Every time we get better players,they leave [for other rugby clubs].

Ladd says he hopes to return tothe club after his time in England toboth play and coach.

We are starting to get that clubculture with the younger guys, hesaid. Were denitely growing.

For more information about theRidge Meadows Bruins Rugby club,visit bruinsrugby.com.

THE NEWS /sportsSection coordinator:Robert Mangelsdorf 604-467-1122 ext. [email protected]

Robert Mangelsdor /THE NEWS

Josh Ladd (pictured) and Rob Hughes of the Ridge Meadows Bruins Rugby Club willbe playing for Hove Rugby Football Club in England this season.

Maple Ridge golfersKeanna Mason and Tae-In Lee both nished sec-ond in their respectivedivisions at the MapleLeaf Junior Tour eventat Belmont Golf Coursein Langley last week-end.

Mason overcame afour-stroke decit in thesecond and nal roundto tie Valentina Trillo onthe 18th hole in the girlsdivision. Mason bogiedthe hole to nish the daywith a 73 and second-place honours.

Tae-In Lee of MapleRidge also nishedsecond at the event, inthe boys U-20 division.Lee posted consecutiverounds of 74 but wasunable to catch winner

Mike Belle of Vancou-ver, who will be playingNCAA golf for SimonFraser University nextseason. Lee nished

just one shot better thanthree players who tiedfor third: William Deckof Kelowna (78-71), JesseReichelt of Langley (75-74), and Matthew Dorionof Surrey (72-77).

Maple Ridges SeungJun Woo won the longdrive competition in theboys U-20 division.

Mason nishes thesummer off with a pairof runner-ups, aftertaking second place atthe Maple Leaf JuniorTour event at HighlandPacic Golf in VictoriaAug. 30 and 31, whereshe bounced back froma rst round 78 with asecond round 74.

Bruinsheadto UK

air o local rugby playersplay or Hove RFC

Rober t Mangelsdorf ff reporter

ames to broadcastmes on webhe Ridge Meadowsmes junior B hockeyb will be broadcasting 15ular season games, plus

y-offs in live streamingeo this season.he games will be broad-t using new technol-

y developed by Play Fulleen that allows for live

eaming to television,mputer or smart phone.

Ryan Briggs will be re-turning behind the micro-phone for the a secondseason along with colouranalyst Brad Reminek. Thepair will be joined by anoccasional analyst AdamDunfee, of Hockey Now magazine.

Its really exciting to betaking the broadcasts to thenext level by incorporatingvideo this season, saidFlames President and Own-er Andrew Ilaender. Im

very happy to have such aprofessional broadcasterlike Ryan and his team rep-

resenting our club on air.Games can be viewed at

www.playfullscreen.com.

All broadcasts begin 15minutes before puck dropwith the pre-game show.

Game timeSaturday, Sept. 25 @ North Delta Devils, 6:45 p.m.Saturday, Oct. 2 vs. Abbots ord Pilots, 8 p.m.Friday, Oct. 29 vs. Aldergrove Kodiaks, 7:30 p.m.Saturday, Nov. 20 vs. Abbots ord Pilots, 8 p.m.Friday, Nov. 26 vs. Aldergrove Kodiaks, 7:30 p.m.Friday, Dec. 10 vs. Richmond Sockeyes, 7:30 p.m.Friday, Dec. 17 vs. Squamish Wol Pack, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 30 vs. Port Moody Black Panthers, 7:30 p.m.Friday, Jan. 7 vs. North Delta Devils, 7:30 p.m.Friday, Jan. 14 vs. Mission Icebreakers, 7:30 p.m.Friday, Jan. 21 vs. Aldergrove Kodiaks, 7:30 p.m.Friday, Jan.28 vs. Delta Ice Hawks, 7:30 p.m.Friday, Feb. 4 vs. Abbots ord Pilots, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 11 vs. Mission Icebreakers, 7:30 p.m.Friday, Feb. 18 vs. Port Moody Black Panthers, 7:30 p.m. [email protected]

Mason,Lee bottake 2nd

Maple Ridge News staff reporter

Strong fnishes olocal gol ers at Mevent in Langley


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Sports


Gold strikerTre Spedding (right) of the Golden Ears United Strikers fights off a member of the Coquitlam Metro Ford Gunduring a U-12 select A game during the Pitt Meadows Soccer Clubs Labour Day Tournament at the Pitt MeadAthletic Fields Sunday afternoon.


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Community Calendar

Community Calendar listsevents in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows. Notices aree to local non-proft groups

urtesy o The News. Drop o ails to 22328 119 Ave., ax to4-463-4741 or e-mail [email protected] at least aek be ore the event. Include antact name and number. (Nomissions by phone.) Listings

pear as space permits. For guar-eed publication, ask our classi-department at 604-467-1122

out non-proft rates.

dnesday, Sept. 8The Maple Ridge Parkin-s Support Groupmeets

om 1 to 3 p.m. at the Ridgeadows SeniorsCentre. Thiseting is open to all personsh Parkinsons, their caregivers,milies, and riends. For more in-rmation please contact Megannoit at 604-465-6374, or viaail [email protected] next general meeting the Kanaka Education and En-onmental Partnership Societyes place at 7 p.m. in the Fraserom o Maple Ridge Library.eryone is welcome. There willa slide presentation about

experiences in nature KEEPSmembers have had over thesummer. For more in ormation,call 604-462-8643.

Thursday, Sept. 9

The Alouette FieldNaturalistshold their monthlymeeting at 7:30 p.m. at theRidge Meadows SeniorsCentre,12150 224th Street. All welcome.

Call Duanne at 604-463 -8743 ormore in ormation.

Friday, Sept. 10Opening Reception or a

new exhibit eaturing the paint-ings o mother and daughter LeaSevcov and Dorothy Sevcov, andthe carvings o Lynn McIntoshtakes place at the New CreationsArt Gallery and Studios rom5 to 8 p.m. at 22409 McIntoshAvenue, Maple Ridge. Lea andDorothy are both accomplishedpainters who work in a variety o media and whose works run thegamut rom realistic landscapesto abstracts. The show issupplemented by Lynns uniqueand original carvings. Theshow will run or the month o September. The gallery is openTuesday to Saturday 11 a.m. to

4 p.m., and Sundays rom noonto 4 p.m. Closed Mondays.www.newcreationsgallery.ca

Saturday, Sept. 11 Join the Family Educa-

tion and Support Centreandthe Af liation o MulticulturalSocieties and Service Agenciesat the Diversity Health Fair atthe Ridge Meadows Seniors

Centre, 12150 224th Street rom11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Visitors canlearn about healthy cookingand li estyles, take part in

tness classes, tap their ootto ethnic music, watch culturaldancers, speak with health carepro essionals, or sample ethnic

oods. To learn more, call Angie at604-476-2447 or [email protected].

Haney Farmers Marketcelebrates tomatoes with a cook-ing demonstration presentedby Che Nathan Hyam at 10:30a.m. Take the taste test andtaste what vine-ripened means.The Market is over owing with

reshly picked ruit and producerom our own Fraser Valley

and the Okanagan. MemorialPeace Park in downtown MapleRidge on 224th Street (www.

haney armersmarket.org).

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

SPCApresent Paws or a Causeat the Albion Fairgrounds. Bringalong your pooch and enjoya 2.5-kilometre walk led by

Scottish pipers. There will also bea live band, BBQ, agility display,community area and much more,all in support o our avourite

urry riends. Registration startsat 10 a.m., with the eventsbeginning at 11 a.m. Visit s pca.bc.ca/walk to register.

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