The Tri-Cities Now August 20 2014

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For Bill Bursey, the now-empty lot on IocoRoad represents the future home for several gen-erations of his family.

His daughter and son-in-law bought the prop-erty on the lower side of the Port Moody streetwith plans of building a new home that would befor the entire extended family.

Bursey and his wife, now retired, would liveon the top floor, while the younger generationwould take the main floor and basement, thelatter being a walkout because of the slope of theproperty.

Plans were submitted to the city a year ago,while the former home was knocked down in theprocess.

But this dream home, or at least part of it, isCONTINUED ON PAGE 5

We’re beingcaught upin the meatgrinder here.– Bill Bursey

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It may have been a newround of open houses withthe public on the future ofthe Riverview lands, but themessage was pretty much thesame.

According to a BC Housingreport on open houses held inMay, respondents suggestedthe biggest priority for thelands is mental-health care,followed by open/greenspace and trees.

The other top uses for theRiverview lands included ateaching hospital, museumand retention of existingbuildings.

The first batch of openhouses in February producedsimilar feedback from atten-dees, who also suggested amental-health facility shouldbe the top priority for thesite.

Coquitlam Coun. CraigHodge, the chair of the city’s

Riverview lands advisorycommittee, said residents aresending a clear message.

“Residents want the gov-ernment to protect opengreen spaces and the trees,

and there is overwhelmingsupport for a mental-healthfacility,” he told the Tri-CitiesNOW, adding that he believesthe two uses are compatible.

He also noted the findings

from the public are in linewith the City of Coquitlam’svision for the site.

In June, the city released awide-ranging report callingfor the lands to be used as ahealth and wellness campus,an acute-care hospital anda purpose-built psychiatrichospital.

Hodge said he has a sensethe people involved in theproject are listening and get-ting the message from thepublic.

However, he also arguedit’s time for the provincialgovernment to take note ofthe support for a mental -health facility and start act-ing on the feedback and get-ting on with planning.

The open houses are partof an effort to create a visiondocument for Riverview,which is being prepared byBC Housing.

A total of 295 peopleattended the two open hous-

es in May, while 167 peopleprovided comments at theevent. The website renewin-griverview.com garneredanother 48 comments.

The report also recom-mended future open housesoffer greater details on thegoals of BC Housing, includ-ing the approximate costs forgreen space and trees, andmore information about apotential mental-health facil-ity.

In all, BC Housing expectsto hold four sets of openhouses as part of the process.

The dates for the final twogroups of open houses havenot been set.

As for a timeline for thevision document, the organ-ization has stated it will prob-ably take a year to complete.

It will then be shared withthe City of Coquitlam, whichhas its own neighbourhoodand land use planning pro-cesses.

Message is clear on RiverviewRESIDENTS TELL BCHOUSING THEYWANTMENTAL-HEALTHCAREANDGREEN SPACES

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Preserving the green spaces and trees on the Riverviewgrounds is a priority for many Tri-Cities residents.

Residents wantthe governmentto protect opengreen spacesand the trees,and there isoverwhelmingpublic support fora mental-healthfacility.– Coun. Craig Hodge


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now in doubt after the citymade changes to how it han-dles the zoning bylaw aroundnew homes.

Bursey said he was assuredby the city his plans were fineand the project was just daysaway from getting the neces-sary permits approved, whenhe received notice last weekthat the work couldn’t moveforward.

The issue surrounds thefloor area ratio, or FAR.

The FAR in Port Moodyallows for a house to take up50 per cent of the lot size, butdoesn’t include an unfinishedbasement or garage in thecalculation.

In the case of Bursey’s pro-posed house, the lot is 7,500square feet, which would givethem 3,750 square feet of liv-ing space.

However, the walkoutbasement, which the fam-ily intended to finish later,wasn’t included in the FAR.

The entire structure wouldactually be 4,500 square feet,a number that has run afoulof the bylaw.

“It’s essentially going tomake it impossible for us tobuild this house,” Bursey toldthe Tri-Cities NOW.

And Bursey believes hisfamily’s plan is the victim of alarger debate in the commun-ity around so-called monsterhomes.

Last month, city councilgave staff direction to comeup with changes to existingzoning bylaws for new sin-gle-family dwellings to dealwith the proliferation of largehomes in the community.

One area of the city wherechanges are being consideredis along the Ioco corridor.

Bursey said he under-stands some of the concernsfrom residents on the issue,pointing out a couple of largehomes in the area he doesn’tnecessarily agree with either,but maintains he’s not build-ing a monster home and thestructure wouldn’t block anyviews.

“We’re being caught up in

the meat grinder here. Ourhouse is essentially very simi-lar in character and designto the houses on either side,”he said.

Bursey also predictsthat tighter rules aroundunfinished basements in thearea will lower the value ofexisting properties.

It appears the family hasthe city’s mayor on its side.

Port Moody Mayor MikeClay is critical of how citystaff have handled the situa-tion, questioning the timingof the change, and pointingout the interpretation of thebylaw for years has been toallow people to finish thebasement later.

“You don’t just say we’regoing to change it midstreamon the guy,” he said, addinghe’s never agreed with thecity’s interpretation to allowbasements to be finishedlater.

Clay also believes Bursey’shome is being singled outbecause of the monster homedebate, but suggested theplans presented have nothingto do with blocking views orheight concerns.

“The only commondenominator here is it’s inresponse to the town hallmeeting and the discussionaround building heights,[at] which we gave veryclear direction, we don’twant knee-jerk reactions, wewant a properly thought out,methodical changing of how

we’re going to calculate theheights,” he said.

In response, city staff saidthe change affecting Bursey’splan is not related to the mon-ster home debate.

Acting city manager NealCarley explained that a pro-cess internally at City Hallrecently changed after staffdiscovered that in some cases,homeowners were finishingtheir basements, but not get-ting the space reviewed toensure it met the bylaw.

“I think what’s happenedis, some people went, ‘Oh, Ican get away with this,’ andexceeded the limits of thezoning bylaw, and no one willreally know,” he said, addingthe issue comes down to com-pliance with the bylaw.

Carley also suggested theinternal change has nothingto do with the current discus-sion about monster homes,but said he can see how theycould get mixed up, given thetiming.

“It’s just one more levelto make sure everything isin compliance with existingbylaws,” he said, noting thediscussion around monsterhomes revolves more aroundform and character.

Herecommendstodevelop-ers that any applications theymake to the city be in compli-ance with the bylaw.

As for Bursey, he’s not plan-ning to give up on his dreamhome any time soon.

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Schools across the Tri-Cities are ready toopen their doors on Sept. 2 and trustees areencouraging parents to press both sides inthe ongoing teachers’ strike to make sure thathappens.

Because there has been no picketing in the

district, unionized support staff have beenable to do the maintenance work in schoolsto have them ready for reopening, SchoolDistrict 43 board chair Melissa Hyndes saidTuesday.

“We’re ready to open when there is a nego-tiated deal,” Hyndes said. “Both sides are,hopefully, at the table and talking. We will

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Bill Bursey and his grandson, Matthew de Moor, lookover plans for their new home in Port Moody.

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It wasn’t the desired endto a camping trip for a PortCoquitlam family.

Fire crews were called toa home in the 1900 blockof Anderson Way around 11p.m. Saturday after a camperstyle trailer exploded in frontof a home.

No one was in the camperat the time and no one wasinjured, but the trailer wasdestroyed by the blast.

A truck attached to thetrailer was only slightly dam-aged.

PoCo fire chief Nick

Delmonico said it appearsthe explosion started in therefrigeration-propane area ofthe trailer, but noted inves-tigators haven’t determinedthe exact cause. He also saidit was fortunate no one wasin the camper at the time.

“It’s one of those things,you don’t know if it wouldhave happened had some-one been in it, but certainly,anytime there’s an explo-sion of that magnitude, youwouldn’t want to be aroundit,” Delmonico said, notingthe family had returned froma camping trip earlier thatday.

He explained that typically

with a propane tank explo-sion, the structure will blowout and might or might notstart a fire.

In this case, Delmonicosaid a fire did start, but was

quickly put out by fire crews.As for any general safety

message to the public, the firechief said he couldn’t offerone until the exact cause ofthe explosion is determined.

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Safety improvements at the intersectionof Ioco and Jacobs Road in PortMoodyMain construction starts early Sept andwill finish by the end of 2014

The City of Port Moody is improving sightlines for vehiclesexiting Jacobs Road onto Ioco Road and enhancing safety inour community.

Additional project highlights include:

• Relocating the local bus stop to Ioco Road at Bentley.Pedestrians will no longer need to cross Ioco Road at theintersection of Jacobs Road.

• Minor traffic calming east and west of the Ioco/Jacobsintersection with the addition of centre medians and curb bulges.This will help reduce vehicle speeds as they go past Jacobs Road.

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• Construction will generally take place 7am–5pm, Monday toFriday, but there will be somework on Saturdays.

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It’s another milestone forthe Port Mann Bridge pro-ject.

Last week, the giant yel-low gantry crane on the newbridge placed its final con-crete deck segment and crewshave begun the job of dis-mantling it, piece-by-piece.

A c c o r d i n g t oTransportation InvestmentCorp., the company in chargeof the Port Mann/Highway1 Improvement project, since2010, the 720-tonne gantrycrane has lifted and placed1,158 pre-cast concretesegments, completing thebridge’s deck to its final 10-lane width.

The final step in complet-ing the deck took place lastmonth as the gantry wasrelocated to the Surrey sideof the bridge and then usedto build the final three spansof its south approach.

TI Corp. explained crewshauled 39 pre-cast concretedeck segments one at a timefrom a Coquitlam fabrica-tion yard to the south sideof the bridge. Each 80-tonnesegment was lifted from ahaul truck with the gantrycrane and attached to thetruss. Once all the segmentsfor a span were attached tothe truss, they were aligned,bonded together with anindustrial epoxy, tensionedwith cables and then set intoplace as a complete unit.

The company said finish-ing work will continue on thefinal two lanes over comingmonths, but the final job forthe gantry is the end of the“heaviest lifting” on the pro-ject. The crane, which wasdesigned and manufacturedspecifically for Port MannBridge construction, willbe disassembled in comingweeks and recycled or poten-tially repurposed for a futureproject elsewhere.

Earlier this year, crewsbegan dismantling the oldPort Mann Bridge, which

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In all, the dismantling workis expected to take eight to 12months to complete.

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While crews expect to spend months finishing the newPort Mann Bridge, the heavy lifting is now done.

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One of B.C.’s grandest andmost historic traditions isup and running again, butit’s not entirely clear howlong it can keep going.

I’m talking about the Pacific NationalExhibition, a 15-day whirlwind of enter-tainment that combines midway rides,livestock exhibitions, concerts, exhibitsof all shapes and sizes and way toomuch food.

But the annual fair faces mountingpressures as time goes on.

It is essentially a throw-back to earliertimes, when it was the only big eventin town. It began as an agriculture fair,located on the distant outskirts of theyoung town of Vancouver (its east sidelocation was fairly remote when it beganin 1910).

Over the years, it evolved into a majorentertainment destination and a signifi-cant cultural event that celebrated theidea of British Columbia itself. For years,school children in the Lower Mainlandgot a major prize with their final schoolreport card of the year: a free ticket tothe PNE (this year, kids under 13 get infree).

And so for decades, the PNE was a BigDeal.

Visiting the fair was a tradition forthousands of families, who would arriveearly in the day and leave late at night,exhausted from seeing and trying every-thing, from riding the midway to watch-ing the Demolition Derby, the Festival ofForestry, livestock shows and, of course,eating in the Food Building.

The famous Challenger Map of B.C.was located there for years, as was theB.C. Sports Hall of Fame. This is wherethe annual Boat Show, Auto Show andHome Show got their starts.

The entertainment was legendary.Huge stars appeared: Elvis Presley,Frank Sinatra, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash,

Neil Young and, of course, The Beatles.But, over the years, the PNE found

itself looking a bit aged, a corny pieceof the past that seemed overtaken bynewer, faster and more varied forms ofentertainment. It had become a periodpiece and its nostalgic charm wasn’tenough to make it the dominant eventof the year anymore.

Still, the fair has survived and thisyear hundreds of thousands of peoplewill walk through its gates, which isa testament to its endurance and thewidespread public support for it.

However, recent years have seen theemergence of all kinds of neighbouringcommunity-based festivals and celebra-tions and they pose direct competitionto the PNE.

While there’s nothing wrong withcommunity festivals, the fact that anumber of them are seeded with muni-cipal funding sets them apart from thePNE, which does not receive a subsidyfrom B.C. taxpayers.

And this raises the legitimatequestion of whether the PNEshould qualify for a finan-cial subsidy from the Cityof Vancouver (which is the

owner of the PNE) or the B.C. govern-ment, if that’s what it takes to ensurethat it survives down the road.

The PNE’s financial situation can beprecarious: too much rain during the

two-week run of the fair can spell disas-ter, as happened several years ago.

If the PNE fair were to one day dis-appear, it would be a major hit to theeconomy of Metro Vancouver.

The PNE is the largest employer ofyouth in all of B.C. and many youngworkers who work the fair make enoughmoney in a short period to pay for a bigchunk of their post-secondary education(I was once one of those kids, havingworked 10 consecutive fairs some timeago).

The PNE itself estimates it contrib-utes about $140 million to the economyevery year. That includes about $25 mil-lion in taxes and $50 million in wages.As well, about 25,000 people from out-side Metro Vancouver visit the fair, andstay an average of three nights in hotelsand motels.

That’s a lot of economic activity, andit cannot be allowed to disappear.

To be clear, the PNE board is not ask-ing for financial help from any level ofgovernment, at least not yet. But it’simportant to note the PNE fair is theonly major fair in North America thatdoesn’t receive a generous taxpayer-funded subsidy.

The organization reports a modestfinancial surplus every year, but attend-ance at the fair has declined threestraight years (from 962,000 in 2010 to712,000 last year).

Of course, attendance figures canbe looked at in a glass half-full way:attracting more than 700,000 customersis still a sign of impressive public sup-port.

So visit the fair. Try to win a house ora car. Ride the roller coaster. Don’t letB.C.’s greatest annual celebration dis-appear any time soon.

Keith Baldrey is chief politicalreporter for Global BC.

With the ongoing labour dispute paralyzingthe B.C. public school system, it’s no won-der there’s been a lot of interest in privateschools.

Education is now vastly more compli-cated than it was in the 1930s, when B.C. schools tendedto concentrate on the three Rs, when the vast majority ofstudents would never see post-secondary education as anoption, and when one-room schoolhouses were still com-mon.

Now a majority of students will go to university or to atechnical or trade school. Computers are as important tomechanics and nurses as they are to engineers. Literacyand numeracy are more vital than ever, but to those basicskills we have added a vast range of social issues we expectteachers to address, from physical fitness to life skills tosocial awareness.

A society used to choice and seeing more and moreoptions for the future of its next generation has demandedmore choice from its schools. To a great degree, the prov-ince and school districts have provided that.

An article in Sunday’s Province sang the praises of pri-vate schools — smaller class sizes, specialized programs,higher test scores. Yet it capped that coverage with a photofrom the Langley Fine Arts School — a public school.

Choice schools, dedicated to everything from theInternational Baccalaureate program to French immersion,from athletics to performance to the fine arts, have becomea feature of the landscape. And these schools are open toevery student who can meet their requirements, regardlessof their parents’ ability to pay.

A danger of praising private schools too highly is thatparents may not even try to find out what is available inthe public system.

Another danger is that, if too many of our political elitesenrol their children in private programs, what incentive dothey have to add more choices and support to the publicschools?

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CAR SHOWWASGREAT, BUTWENEED TO SORTWASTE

A huge thanks to the BIA and Port Coquitlam for a reallyfun event this weekend. The car show was pretty awesome,and it was fun having so many tourists in town. Almost asmuch fun as watching the councillors make breakfast.

I’m not a big car fan, but events like this have reallyhad a positive impact on the city centre neighbourhood.Downtown PoCo feels alive, interesting.

The one criticism I do have is about waste manage-ment, which was as old-school as the classic cars lining thestreets. City staff collected everything as garbage — near asI could tell, not one pop can was recycled.

In 2014? The city made null its own campaign urging usto recycle. Going into the future, we have to do better. Thebins were available, there was just no one to stream thewaste.

So, why couldn’t the city approach the good folksalready collecting bottles and cans in our neighbourhoodsto recruit volunteers to stream waste at city events? Theywould sort recyclables from garbage at collection points,as well as roaming pick up. Pool the refundable items andarrange with Biggar or some such to pick up periodicallyduring the event. At the end of the day, split the proceedsamongst that pool of volunteers.

Everybody wins. The city would be all green and pro-gressive, the community would get a chance to be moreinclusive and we keep a whole lot of bah out of landfills.

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Re: “Will it beEvergreen?” Friday, Aug. 15.

Why would you change a nameat this stage of the game? There’snothing wrong with “Evergreen.”We have all become used to it.

It would be very confusing forthose who do not know it hasbeen changed, and are treatedlike idiots at the transfer pointswhen we have to ask what trainwe are to take next.

Leave things alone.Jean Wickens

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Since the idea was born,the SkyTrain extension intoCoquitlam and Port Moody hasbeen called “the Evergreen Line.”

All the signs say so. All thepeople know it as such. I agreewith Port Moody Mayor MikeClay that you could say it’s abrand name. It’s fine the way it is.

I can’t help but wonder howmuch time and money it willcost for TransLink to explore thisissue. Is this why TransLink isalways short on cash? Certainlythere must be bigger issues todeal with.

Corinne BaderCoquitlam

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Two Canadian missionaries,owners of a coffee shop and sup-ported by a New Westminsterchurch, accused of stealing state

secrets are now detained byChina in a “diplomatic” tit fortat with Prime Minister StephenHarper, who very publiclyrevealed Chinese hacking of theNational Research Council.

Meanwhile, School District 43blithely continues with 50 percent Mandarin instruction at itsWalton Elementary, funded in

part by an association with theConfucius Institute, which getsits directions from (need I say)authoritarian Beijing.

What are they teaching at thatschool? What are they not teach-ing at that school? How can webe sure of academic freedom?

Note: For its own reasons theToronto District School Board —the largest in Canada — is cuttingits connection with the ConfuciusInstitute.

There is lots of debate inToronto but none in cosyCoquitlam.

Is not School District 43 foolingitself? How about some discus-sion?

Joerge DyrktonAnmore

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The board has registration informationposted on its website at www.sd43.bc.ca.Hyndes said that by the end of this week, a“mini-site” will be posted offering updateson the strike and expected opening dates,resource material for parents and backgroundon the board’s advocacy during the dispute.

Last week, the board launched a mediacampaign to press for a deal by Sept. 2 andto let families know that trustees are “puttingstudents first.”

A media blackout continued this week

on talks between teachers and employers.Mediator Vince Ready has held exploratorytalks with both sides and has offered to step inwhen they have moved close enough to a dealto make mediation useful.

The government has said that if the strikecontinues into September, it will use the $12million a day it would save on teaching salar-ies to pay $40 a day per student to parentsof the 340,000 children in public schools tocover their child-care and education-relatedcosts during the dispute.

The strike began June 17. The two sides arebelieved to be close on wages but hundreds ofmillions of dollars apart on the issues of classsize and composition.

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Allegedburglar hadbags of loot: policeJeremy [email protected]

The ending was probablynot how it played out in themind of an alleged cat bur-glar caught red-handed byCoquitlam Mounties.

On June 30, members ofthe RCMP’s prolific targetteam were in the Burquitlamarea when they noticed aman dressed in dark cloth-ing walking in the area andnervously looking at passingvehicles.

Police said the man sud-denly jumped over the fenceof a ground floor apartmentunit’s patio in the 600 blockof Como Lake Avenue.

He appeared to check ifanyone was home by knock-ing on the patio door.

Then he allegedly priedopen the door with a crow-bar, broke into the apart-ment, ransacked the place,and left with bags full ofstolen goods.

Unfortunately for him, offi-cers quickly moved in andarrested the alleged cat bur-glar, and returned all of thestolen items.

Coquitlam RCMP notedcrime analysts for the detach-ment were seeing a substan-tial increase in residentialbreak-ins in the area of ComoLake Avenue between ClarkeRoad and Townley Street.The prolific target team andgeneral duty investigatorswere tasked with investigat-ing the cause of the increaseand conducting more streetchecks in the area.

“This is an excellentexample of how effectivethe Coquitlam RCMP’s crimereduction strategy is,” saidRCMP Cpl Jamie Chung in astatement. “Our crime ana-lysts analyze and transforminformation from the publicand our frontline officers onsuspicious or criminal activ-ities into crime reductionintelligence, which is then

used by both uniformed andplainclothes officers on adaily basis. This is why weurge people to report any-

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Police also note the areaaround the 600 block ofComo Lake is no longer iden-tified as a crime hot spot.

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The Royal Canadian LegionBranch 133 in PoCo is aboutto celebrate a B.C. first.

On Thursday, the branchis expected to announce it isone of the first in B.C. to get alicence that will allow minorsinto the branch, accompan-ied by their parents. A pressrelease said the move will“change the face of our mem-bership recruitment.”

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opportunities to socialize andform friendships that mightlast a lifetime.

• Offer opportunitiesfor socialization. Childrenshould be given the oppor-tunity to explore friendshipsoutside of the classroomwhere peer pressure mightnot be so prevalent. Establisha carpool or invite a class-

mate over for a play date.Unstructured time to play orget to know each other is agreat way to establish friend-ships. Invite new childrenover each time to see whichfriendships are the strongest,but make sure you are notpushing a friendship on yourchild.

• Discover common inter-ests. One of the quickestways to build friendships isthrough common interests,says Kirk Martin, a behav-ioural therapist and author.Encourage your child to joina club or sports group wherehe or she can meet otherkids with similar interests.Sometimes finding reasons totalk to other children is themost difficult step to makingnew friends. Sharing a com-mon interest removes thisbarrier.

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• Take the friendship lead.As parents, you can improveyour child’s chances of mak-ing friends by getting friendlywith their classmates’ par-ents. You do not have tobecome bosom buddies witheveryone, but making con-nections with fellow parentscan reinforce the value offriendship to your children.Socializing as families also

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• Boost confidence levels.As a parent you can talk toyour children about theirstrengths and positive attrib-utes. Emphasizing kids’ besttraits will increase their self-esteem, and that sense ofself-worth can make it easierfor them to make friends. Achild who is shy and insecuremay retreat when meetingnew people, but a child whocan proudly stand behind hisor her accomplishments mayattract friends easily.

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On Tuesday, September 2, over 30,000 students in Coquitlam,Port Coquitlam and Port Moody (including the Villages ofAnmore and Belcarra) will be returning to school. SchoolDistrict 43 (Coquitlam) welcomes all students and wishes allof them the very best for the year ahead.If you are new to the area or have moved over the summer,registration for new students will take place in public schoolsthe week of August 25.Bring along proof ofcitizenship for parentand child (i.e. birthcertificate, PR card,passport) andproof of localresidency.Non-residents cancontact the InternationalEducation Department604-936-5769 for moreinformation.

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The exceptionally joyfulsee the cup as overflowing,and the extremely negativesee that cup as chipped,stained and half emptied ofdirty, bitter scum.

After far too many cat-egorizations, I had the finalword. There are two kindsof people in the world: thosewho think there are twokinds of people, and thosewho don’t.

In her book Mindset: thenew psychology of success,Carol Dweck, an expert inmotivation and personalitypsychology, describes twotypes of mindsets.

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This has implications inevery aspect of our lives,including parenting, teach-ing, coaching and relation-ships.

As parents we might labelone child the creative oneand another the shy one asif their talents and personal-ities were permanent. Theselabels are often internalizedand the child may come tobelieve in their limitations.

You might think of your-self as not creative, fearfulof public speaking or nevergood at math and with a

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A growth mindset recog-nizes possibilities and poten-tials. It fosters hope and canmotivate us to learn, practiseand improve. Just becausethis is how we have beendoesn’t mean we will alwaysremain the same. We cangrow — at any age.

Not only can a mindsetshade how you see your-self and others, it can limityour relationships. Familymembers can fall into habitsof behaviour, replaying thesame interactions and seeing

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A growth mindset withrespect to relationshipsrecognizes the potential toimprove communication andfoster the evolution of eachrelationship.

Consider how you havecome to see yourself, othersand your world. Have youbeen limiting yourself and

your relationships through afixed mindset? In what areasof your life do you see thepossibility of further growth?

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tion, Sandra Walter has her mind set onsimilar status on the World Mountain Bikechampionships stage.

The Coquitlam native captured her first-ever Canadian marathon mountain bike titlein Whistler, a day after earning her thirdstraight Canada Cup crown.

For the marathon win, the 34-year-oldWalter finished the 60-kilometre course in4:20:26, well ahead of her nearest competi-tor. It was Walter’s first national champion-ship victory.

Walter, who races for Liv/Giant Canada,will now advance to the World MountainBike championships next month in Norway.

The racer hopes to raise the near$4,000 necessary to cover the trip.Those interested in supporting her candonate at http://makeachamp.com/san-drawalter, and follow her via twitter@sandrawaltermtb.

SPORTS SHORTS

LUCKY SEVEN FOR U18SA four-goal blitz to begin the first period

set the tone as Canada bested the host CzechRepublic 6-2 to claim its seventh straightUnder-18 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Cup title onSaturday.

The u18 tournament featured a number ofhighly regarded prospects, with Coquitlam’sMathew Barzal front-and-centre. The SeattleThunderbirds pivot finished second overallin tourney scoring, tallying two goals andfour assists over five games.

He would score in the team’s wins overSwitzerland and the U.S. and registered atleast a point in all but one game.

The 17-year-old Barzal, ranked amongthe top possible picks for the NHL 2015Entry Draft, now prepares to best last year’srookie totals in the Western Hockey League.As a freshman with the T-birds, the six-footcentreman tallied 14 goals and 40 assists.

LEW MEDALS AT LEGIONAt the 2014 Canadian Legion Youth

Track and Field championships last weekin Langley, Jasmine Lew closed out theseason in the same way she started it — onthe podium.

The Coquitlam teen would place third inthe under-16 girls 100-metre dash, postinga time of 12.60 seconds.

In one day, she also helped her SouthFraser Track team place fourth in the 1600mmedley against provincial team rivals, fin-ish fourth in the 4x100m relay, then post apersonal best of 5.22m in the long jump.

That result was good for fourth.She wrapped up the weekend by placing

sixth in the 200m final, with a time of 26.41seconds.

Adanacs take earlyMinto lead

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For her first big internationalforay, Club Aviva’s Tiana Hesmertpicked a great time to deliver.

Against a formidable field ofinternational competitors, the 22-year-old gymnast hit her marksand collected silver on the double-mini at the Indo-Pacific champion-ships in South Africa last month.

A long-time member of theCoquitlam-based club, Hesmertshook off any jitters she hadand proceeded to collect one ofCanada’s five medals at the SunCity competition.

“I really didn’t know what toexpect, as this was my first biginternational meet,” said Hesmert,a native of Richmond. “I did someof my personal bests and was doingsome harder passes and the scoreswere higher than usual.”

Wearing the red-and-white onforeign soil was a new experiencefor veteran. But she didn’t let thatdistract her from the task at hand,posting a final score of 130.800 inthe senior women’s 17 and olderdivision. She trailed gold medal-ist Braids Thomas of Australia byjust .200.

“I was a little bit surprised howcalm it went, because I’ve strug-gled with mental blocks over mycareer,” she said.

However, considerable trainingexercises and consulting with asports psychologist have given hera stronger footing when it comesto putting her best performanceforward.

“My confidence kind of fluc-tuates and just at some times Ifound I couldn’t do certain skills…Seeing a sports psychologist hasreally helped get over those mentalblocks.”

Hesmert has been in the gymfor much of her life, beginning inthe sport at the age of four on theartistic side.

The past 10 years she’s put herenergy into the trampoline events,withstrongresults.AttheCanadiannationals in May, Hesmert scored abronze in senior women’s double-mini, improving on her debut inthe senior level a year earlier byone position. At the Canada Cupshe finished fourth overall.

Her placing now assures hera chance to don the Canadianuniform again at the Senior PanAmerican championships inToronto next week. She will alsobe among those trying to representCanada at the World champion-ships in London.

“We’re really thrilled at Tiana’sresults to this point , she’s a verydetermined girl,” said Aviva coachNancy Beyer. “She’s one of ourolder athletes and all our youngergirls look up to her.

“The medal at the Indo-Pacificwas icing on the cake.”

For Hesmert, the achievementin South Africa was less a break-through than an opening. Shehas added to a foundation thatremains a work in progress, butwith each bold step the journeybecomes that much richer. Beingamong her nation’s best has a satis-

fying feeling, she said.“It felt really good wearing the

Canadian colours,” she noted.

“Reaching that just means all myhard work and dedication is pay-ing off.”

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Club Aviva’s Tiana Hesmert made the most of her internationaldebut for Canada, scoring a silver medal.

Coquitlamgymnast gets silverbounce

Two games does not a best-of-seven make.But it’s a heckuva great beginning.The Coquitlam Adanacs demonstrated two

ways of winning a big playoff game on theweekend, rallying to top the Six Nations Arrows7-6 in Game 1, then bowled over the Ontariochampions 11-6 on Sunday to take a firm 2-0lead in the Minto Cup junior national lacrossechampionships.

The tourney continued Tuesday (past theTri-Cities NOW deadline), and Game 4 goestonight (Wednesday), 8 p.m. at the LangleyEvents Centre.

After scoring three unanswered goals to pullout the win in the best-of-seven opener, theAdanacs used sheer force to dictate the pace inthe second match — with Six Nations showingsurprising little resistance.

“We weren’t expecting this but we’ll take

it,” remarked Coquitlam head coach NeilDoddridge on Sunday’s result. “We had a realgood first period, real focused and that kind ofset the tone for the rest of the game.”

Limiting the Arrows to just eight shots in theopening 20 minutes and holding a 3-1 lead,Coquitlam upped it to 5-1 before Ontario’steam put up a serious objection.

They would score three goals and made it6-5 early in the third before Langley native andlate Adanac acquisition James Rahe countedhis third goal of the night.

“Wes [Berg] draws a lot of attention — hecaught the ball and I had plenty of time to stepin and take the shot. I took my time to pickmy spot and it paid off, especially since I had alot of time,” said Rahe of what stood up as thegame-winner.

It was on the powerplay, and was followed

by three more extra-man markers — two ondelayed calls — as Coquitlam refreshed its leadto five goals. For the second day in a row, EliMcLaughlin would net a pair, with Tyler Pacealso scoring twice.

A day earlier, Berg would ignite the Adanaccomeback and cash in the winner with 10 min-utes left in regulation.

Netminder Peter Dubenski anchored the firstwin, kicking out 43 shots. He was equally assharp, though tested less, in Sunday’s victory.

“Big difference was our loose balls, we out-loose balled them in the first and second,” saidDoddridge. “It really gave us second chancesand limited their second chances. Pete wasobviously strong again, and any key to a gooddefence is the goalie.”

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