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Teachers in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows will be joining their counter-parts around B.C. next week and vot-ing whether to ban all extracurricular volunteering as part of their ongoing contract dispute with the provincial government.

However, some school coaches warn the move could irreparably harm school sports, and some programs may not survive.

Andrew Lenton is a teacher at Thom-as Haney Secondary School and is the commissioner for Fraser Valley Track and Field Association. Last month, lo-cal teachers voted to voluntarily with-draw extracurricular volunteering in protest of the provincial government’s back-to-work legislation, and the dam-age has been immediate.

“Normally we have 80 schools taking part,” he said. “Right now we have 15.”

New Democrats rally for fi sh act. p3Health Care

I saw them all and more early on. p6

The Aquilini Group is mulling a housing development on land it owns in northeast Pitt Meadows, at the edge of a protected nature reserve.

Pitched to city council on Tues-day as a green, sustainable project, the 59 hectare (146 acre) property

is located on a hill near the Mal-colm Knapp UBC Research Forest, above the Codd Island Wetlands, a nesting and roosting area for many bird species, including the red-list-ed Greater Sandhill Crane.

Aquilini Development and Con-struction Inc. is proposing 148 houses on the site, a signifi cant in-crease from the 55 homes allowed the current zoning, Rural Residen-tial 2.

The total footprint of the develop-ment would cover between 10 and 12 per cent of the 146-acre site, pre-serve “as much green as possible,” and the streams that run through it.

Development manager Riaan De Beer hopes to submit a formal development proposal to the city within six months, but only if the project is received favourably by council and the community.

“We are here to get the blessing for us to go out into the commu-nity,” he told Pitt Meadows council on Tuesday.

“We want to start off on the right foot and we are hoping to set the tone right, right from the begin-ning.”

The Aquilinis – who own the Van-couver Canucks – are also propos-ing to place covenants on several parcels of land in the Pitt Polder to ensure they will be preserved as farmland. Each of those parcels would currently allow for 93 “es-tate-style” homes.

The development proposed would be Leadership in Energy and Envi-ronmental Design certifi ed.

Council pans the proposal, which seeks to build 148 houses above the Codd Island Wetlands

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Step by stepSarah (last name withheld), a staff member at Hannah House, wipes a tear while recalling her past struggles with drugs and alcohol during the grand opening of a new addition to the Maple Ridge recovery facility for women on Wednesday. See story, p8.

Job action could sink school sports

See Teachers, p3

See Aquilini, p11

Opinion 6

Health Care 6

Real Estate Review 22

Cycling 23

Parenting 24

Acts of Faith 33

Scorecard 56

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Changes to the Fisheries Act that would have killed protection for fi sh habitat never did make into the House of Commons, as pre-dicted by a leaked document. But a handful of protesters weren’t let-ting down their guard and said so outside Conservative MP Randy Kamp’s offi ce on Lougheed High-way on Wednesday.

The local NDP organized the brief demonstration of about six people carrying signs.

Former NDP candidate Craig Speirs wanted to be proactive and to pressure the government before any changes to the Fisheries Act.

Former Fisheries and Oceans Canada biologist Otto Langer leaked documents last month that he said showed the Conservative government was rewriting Sec-tions 35 and 36 of the Fisheries Act, removing habitat protection.

He said in its place would be a clause that only protects fi sh of “economic, cultural or ecological value.”

But an announcement of that pol-icy never appeared in the recent

federal budget.Critics say the government wants

to weaken the Fisheries Act to make it easier to build a pipeline from Alberta across northern B.C. to Kitimat to allow exporting of oil sands oil.

“It’s important that we have some kind of input, and give some kind of feedback to these folks before they create the legislation, because once it goes through Parliament, we’re pretty well done. They’re going to defend it to the death,” Speirs said.

“If we can soften the blow ahead … and ensure some level of fi sh habitat protection, we’re going to go for it. I think it’s really impor-tant we try to moderate their ap-proach.”

He said that’s the approach the federal NDP, under new leader Thomas Mulcair, will follow the next three years under the major-ity Conservative government.

“Finally in Parliament we have real opposition. The Liberals weren’t real opposition, they were two tones of grey.”

Speirs, a former Maple Ridge councillor, said the tone of debate in Parliament is getting nasty.

“When I get called a terrorist for standing up for something I believe in, then I’ve got a problem with that. That’s what you do with bul-lies, you always face them down.”

Under Public Safety Canada’s Building Resilience Against Terror-ism: Canada’s Counter-terrorism Strategy, low-level violence from environmental, white suprema-cists, animal rights and anti-capi-talist groups “remains a reality in Canada.” (http://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/prg/ns/2012-cts-eng.aspx).

“We’re Canadians. We have free-dom. April 17 is the anniversary of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms in Canada, 30 years. And that’s what we’re doing, we’re expressing that right of dissent,” Speirs said.

“Dissent is democracy. It’s the only reason we have democracy, because people oppose things.”

The brief demonstration drew scattered responses from passing motorists. Some honked.

But one motorist bellowed from a Chevy Cavalier, “You’re killing jobs, man, you’re killing jobs.”

Someone from one of the busi-nesses next to Kamp’s offi ce asked demonstrators to move their ve-

hicles if there were using the park-ing lot.

“That’s nice, nice to hear from the locals. Just a little bit of class would be helpful,” Speirs added.

Speirs said if the NDP is elected one day, it would strengthen the Fisheries Act.

“Our commitment to fi sheries is huge.”

NDP supporter Bob Goos, who ran last municipal election, said the NDP has good strength in the House of Commons and that it has moved to a more centrist position under late leader Jack Layton.

“We’re arguing for a balanced view,” Goos added.

Speirs opposes the proposed En-bridge pipeline that would carry oil across northern B.C. for export to China, where it would be refi ned.

“It will create jobs, but not here. Why can’t we have the jobs here?” he asked.

“The options are absolutely hor-rible.”

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The local NDP staged a small protest against changes to the Fisheries Act outside MP Randy Kamp’s office in Maple Ridge on Wednesday.

‘Don’t take it out on kids’

Federal party would strengthen it

Domestic issue-based extremismAlthough not of the same scope and scale faced by other countries, low-level violence by domestic issue-based groups remains a reality in Canada. Such extremism tends to be based on grievances—real or perceived—revolving around the promotion of various causes such as animal rights, white supremacy, environmentalism and anti-capitalism. Other historical sources of Canadian domestic extremism pose less of a threat(http://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/prg/ns/2012-cts-eng.aspx).

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Lenton believes that if the ban goes province-wide, many school sports, which have faced years of erosion, could crumble entirely.

“School sports have al-ready had to deal with de-clining volunteerism, fewer teacher-coaches, increased bureaucratic demands, coach recruitment by community programs, and little or no compensation for school ath-letic directors,” said Lenton. “The withdrawal by teacher-coaches ... will very likely be a death blow for many sports.”

Lenton believes many coach-es and athletes will move to community programs.

“There’s nothing wrong with community programs, but they are more expen-sive,” he said. “The long-term impact of this action will be that many sport programs will simply not exist at local schools. The net result of this will be that kids will do less, parents will drive more and pay more.”

Teachers across the prov-ince will vote April 17 and 18 to adopt the B.C. Teachers’ Federation’s “action plan,” which also leaves open the possibility of an illegal strike. However, that would require a second vote by B.C. teachers.

While the current local ex-tracurricular ban is voluntary on the part of teachers, should next week’s vote be success-ful, teachers would have to comply.

“It would be no different than crossing the picket line,” said Maple Ridge Teachers’ Association president George Serra. “They would be subject to sanctions and there could be suspensions.

“But that’s in the extreme. We generally don’t do that.”

Pitt Meadows athletics di-rector Rich Goulet doesn’t want the teachers’ union dictating what he does in his spare time.

“When the BCTF took over... one of the fi rst things to go was extracurricular [com-pensation],” he said. “Now we have to do it on our own time, and they want to take that away. It’s hypocritical, if you ask me.”

Goulet said the extracur-ricular ban will hurt the cul-ture of schools and won’t help the BCTF in its fi ght with the province.

“Take the fi ght to the next election and get rid of the Lib-erals. But don’t take it out on the kids,” Goulet said.

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not including the cost of purchasing land.

“I think the fact that the change has cut the costs in half is a posi-tive, might help bring about its construction sooner,” said city direc-tor of operations Kim Grout.

“We have already been lobbying for sev-eral years on the pos-sibility of phasing the improvements in order to see something hap-pen sooner.”

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home from work with a cold when she heard someone banging on the front door.

“Everyone got out safe, expect our two cats,” said Campbell, who was unable to coax one of the cats from un-der her bed.

Joan Nielsen and her husband were return-ing from a walk with their dog when they saw their home in fl ames.

She was relieved to fi nd her two-year-old son Loki, her brother and nephew, as well as the family next door were out of the house.

The fi re started on the back porch, but as-sistant fi re chief Mark Smitton said it was too early to pinpoint what caused it.

The residents were allowed inside to col-lect their belongings but won’t be able to live in the duplex for sev-eral months until it is completely repaired.

The tenants did not have renters insurance

and will need donations to replace essentials and clothes.

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When I travel, I sometimes visit an

older cemetery. Maybe some of you would fi nd this a strange and morbid trait, but I fi nd it a source of historical information.

For example, read-ing the information inscribed on the tombstones is often instructive in fi nding out how short or long people lived and how much things have changed in the course of time.

One hundred years ago, the number of children’s graves often outnumbered those of adults, and even most of them did not live to the ripe old age we more or less take for granted today.

In the newer sections, the majority of the fi nal resting places are now for much older and some very old people. The children’s graves are fewer. The reason for that shift is largely due to the devel-opment of the public health programs among which vaccination takes an important place, next to clean water and proper sanitation.

Unfortunately, lately we had a grim experience that we cannot become complacent in our social responsibility to fully participate in the public health measures.

Four previously healthy babies have died from whooping cough, a totally

preventable disease, given available vaccines.

The whooping cough outbreak is slowly subsiding, thanks to modern medicine.

But many more children ended up in intensive care units for weeks, often tee-tering on the brink of death before they fi nally recovering.

It is so sad that fi rst a lot of unneces-sary harm has to occur before people woke up and availed them of the free and effective protection of the whooping cough vaccine.

The positive response to the media campaign to go and get vaccinated is the main reason the outbreak is getting under control.

Throughout the past 20 years, I have listened to parents present me with the most outrageous theories and pseudo-scientifi c opinions as to why children should not be vaccinated. None of these misguided people had ever seen a child die or suffer a paralysis for life with po-lio, or die in short order with meningitis, or suffer the horrible slow death from tetanus. Nor have they seen the congeni-tal damage from German measles or children succumbing from diphtheria.

I saw all of them and more early in my career as a physician and I do not wish to see any more of these totally prevent-able diseases.

Why have younger parents become complacent or opposed to vaccinations?

Older people were much more aware of these killer diseases, because they had experienced or heard from family or

friends how devastating these diseases were and how protective the vaccines are.

With the exception of some funda-mentalist misguided individuals, most sensible people readily availed them-selves of the preventative injections and the diseases slowly disappeared from people’s awareness.

Many of the younger generations, therefore, have never heard, let alone seen what happens to a child if not pro-tected and tend to think the vaccinations are not needed any more.

Add to that the misinformation some people spread and one gets a perfect set-up for accumulating a considerable num-ber of vulnerable children and people.

And then all that is needed is one person carrying a particular virus or bacteria to visit this vulnerable popula-tion and one gets a serious outbreak.

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

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The Aquilini family now wants to build a subdivi-sion on 146 acres in northeast Pitt Meadows, essen-tially the middle of nowhere – no roads, no sewers, no services.

Although, the proposed 148-home neighbourhood would overlook its twin golf courses, and abut the Malcolm Knapp UBC Research Forest.

But a forested area atop a hill would have to be cleared before the houses are built.

Did we mention the property borders the Pitt Pol-der and sits above an important ecological reserve – the Codd Island Wetlands are home to 191 species of birds, mammals and amphibians, including the endangered Sandhill crane.

Does the Aquilini family not know the history of this area?

Quick refresher: the Pitt Polder Preservation So-ciety (no explanation required) won a historic court case more than a decade ago, after record-long pub-lic hearings, to prevent housing development and a hotel around Swan-e-set golf course, which is just up the road from the Aquilini’s berry processing plant and Golden Eagle Golf Club.

During the whole Swan-e-set kerfuffl e, someone burned down the Sturgeon Slough Bridge, which led to both.

Now the family that owns 5,000 acres of agricul-tural land in Pitt Meadows (it also used to own the Codd wetlands and Blaney Bog, and currently owns the Vancouver Canucks) wants to build homes in the area.

And it wants to pump the sewage from them into the Pitt River, albeit treated fi rst, by a system it in-tends to build. It would also build a storm sewer sys-tem, as well as a well and pump water from a nearby lake, for which is has a water license.

This is the same company that pumped water from the Alouette River, without a license. That case is still before the courts.

The area in question is zoned for as many as 55 ‘rural’ homes, not 148 all packed in, which would be more lucrative, but require more services (fi re and police, for example), which the taxpayers of Pitt Meadows would have to subsidize.

And this is it, the Aquilinis won’t want to build more homes there? Not like nearby Silver Valley.

This bid by the Aquilinis is just an end run around Pitt Meadows’ agricultural border. It’s sprawl, and it is a slippery slope.

Sorry, but cars and cranes just don’t mix.

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EDITOR, THE NEWS:Re: Soccer merger voted down (The

News, April 11).It is unfortunate that the merger be-

tween the Golden Ears and Pitt Mead-ows soccer clubs has to be delayed.

I have lived and played soccer in the community most of my life and had al-ways hoped that the clubs would one day become one.

The best run clubs are clubs that pay for elite coaches and administrators, as these jobs are full-time.

Clubs that have these individuals in place have some of the best grassroots programs and generally fi eld very competitive teams.

The uncertainty amongst members is understandable, but the status quo is not sustainable.

The two clubs have been pulling play-ers back and forth for too long.

With the merger, the one club would have the fi nances to support better programs, attract elite coaches, and keep some of our elite players in the

district.The merger would also make us po-

litically stronger in the district and in B.C., enabling the club to push the dis-trict for more fi elds and other sports amenities.

This merger would create nothing but positive opportunities.

The new club has put together a bold and exciting direction for soccer in the district and it should be embraced.

MICHAEL METS MAPLE RIDGE

EDITOR, THE NEWS:Re: Tired of the Caring

Place (Letters, April 11).I am sick and tired of read-

ing infl ammatory remarks regarding the homeless.

Many people seem to be ignorant of the fact that the homeless are still human beings, people, citizens, oth-erwise products of the failed social structure we have in place.

These people are not homeless by choice, but by circumstance, and some-times because social assis-tance refused to help them until they could get back on their feet. Who knows what the circumstances are – a job loss, an injury at work, disability, youth fl eeing abusive homes who have nowhere else to turn, often still not qualifying for tem-porary assistance, just a few of the many hurdles on the road of life.

The Caring Place is not the problem, but a small part of the solution.

It provides meals not just to the homeless, but also to

families who aren’t home-less who are having undue hardship and need to feed their children.

The Caring Place has em-ployment resources and provides counseling re-sources for addiction and employment barriers.

Getting rid of the Caring Place, as I hear some people so callously say, will not make these human beings, these people, disappear.

Where are they to go? Just die off? Disintegrate in the wind? Regarding drug use, only

a small amount of homeless people are drug-addicted, which for some, is the only means of escape from the horrendous substandard living.

And many don’t go around simply thieving neighbor-hoods, but receive a little money through odd jobs or pan-handling.

The solution to the prob-lem is not making the home-less move to another city or area, sweeping them under the rug, but having a better

social structure in place. For instance, social assis-

tance could help them get into a place, because the cur-rent rule to receive a cheque is to have a residence, which the homeless do not have, and they remain homeless.

Many homeless people have been abused as chil-dren and teens, so more counseling services should be provided.

Youth should be given a choice to fl ee abusive par-ents, instead of relying on the ministry to decide whether they can or can not be emancipated, and if they choose not to help, these

teens are forced to live at home or run to the streets.

Some abused teens would rather be homeless than to live with their parents, I un-derstand as I was abused as a teen, with no help or hope in sight.

The building blocks be-gin at an early age, and it takes a community to raise a child.

Maybe homelessness can’t be solved in this decade, but with proper programs and interventions in place, we can reduce homelessness in the next 15 to 20 years.

So before you place judge-ment on homeless people, do some research. Do some deep thinking. Know that it is not a choice, and have some compassion.

They bleed red when they are cut. They have a heart that’s beating inside their chests. When they hurt, they cry, too. They simply fell through the cracks.

Have a heart, and also a good day.

NERISSA GREGORY

MAPLE RIDGE

EDITOR, THE NEWS:Re: You want to save on cost of schooling? (Letters, April 6).Leaving alone for a moment the quagmire of issues as-

sociated with online learning, I feel it’s important to point out that S. Mooney wrongly characterizes school funding in B.C.

Mooney asserts that funding of the school system “never seems to go down.”

According to Statistics Canada’s “Summary Public School Indicators for Canada, the Provinces and Territories,” spending on schools, as a percent of GDP and as a percent of total provincial expenditures, decreased from 2001 to 2007.

This statistic takes into account the bump in funding that was a result of the 2007 teachers’ contract in B.C.

Furthermore, the teachers’ “demand” for more mon-ey, even if it were met in contract negotiations, would not bring school funding or salaries to par with the rest of the country, let alone the cost of living.

Presumably, if funding to education had kept up with the economy, we would not have to be discussing on-line courses.

JIM WATSON, TEACHER SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 42

Spending on schools did too decrease

Best run clubs are ones that pay

Have a heart, homeless are people, too

Merging the Golden Ears and Pitt Meadows soccer clubs would create more competi-tive teams.

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Take a lesson• Fred Elder · Top Commenter · Mount Royal University:Re: $1 million for parks and trails along Lower Fraser River (mapleridgenews.com).Experience the Fraser needs to take some lessons from the Trans Canada Trail project, years back a organization run by volunteers and contract employees paid out of monies raised, envisioned the Trans Canada Trail. Now not a concept but an actual physical being. I remember buying Trans Canada Trail shares over 20 years ago for both my daughters, an investment in Canada’s future, a multi-use trail that could be used by all and uniting Canadians all across this great country. Perhaps a mixed coalition of non-government people could pick up on this and make it happen. This is a multi-year legacy project, good for business, enjoyed by community members, tourists alike. This is a huge undertaking as private lands along the waterfront are not going to be donated, and even reasonable compensation is on the high end when so many com-munity interests are competing for those stretched tax dollars.Perhaps the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows cycling committee could take a lead and volunteer to raise some money, seeing as this group would most obviously see the most use from the Experience the Fraser project. Has it they ever raised any monies for any of the cycling improvements in our communities, or has it always been left to local and provincial govern-ments to come up with the funding? Has the committee ever raised any monies that didn’t come from, say, like the hard working Rotarians and others with in the community?The committee itself runs on a $10,000 a year budget or more, maybe it could operate on a zero budget and contribute that as a gesture of being good stewards of our tax dollars. That would be honourable. The cycling community seems to ask for lots, but what has it given in hard cash to any projects? I would even donate money to their project. Now that’s a challenge.It’s so wonderful now that the weather is improving and seeing families out cycling and all wearing their helmets.

This statistic takes into account the bump in funding that was a result of the 2007 teachers’ contract in B.C.

Getting rid of the Caring Place will not make homeless people disappear.


The journey back from the bot-tom of the bottle

can be long and ardu-ous, and few know that route as well as Billy Weselowski.

After 20 years on the streets, Weselowski was able to pull himself out of the abyss and get sober. In the 23 years since he has helped guide others down the path to sobriety. Wesel-owski co-founded the InnerVisions Recov-ery Society, and along with his wife, Kim, operates the Hannah House addiction treat-ment centre in Maple Ridge, as well as two other facilities for men in Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam.

On Wednesday, Han-nah House celebrated the opening of its new $1.1 million wing, which adds 17 recovery beds to the existing 20 at the facility.

“Recovery is a second chance, and that’s wh

at’s going to happen here,” said Weselowski. “This isn’t just about quitting drinking, it’s about getting a second chance at life.”

The facility follows a 12-step recovery pro-gram, with clients stay-ing 60 days. Hannah House boasts an 80 per cent success rate, and Weselowski hopes to help even more women fi nd sobriety with the new beds.

The addition is a two-storey house, provid-ing a mix of single- and double-occupancy bed-rooms, as well as one accessible bedroom. The space includes a common lounge, coun-selling rooms, laundry room and group meet-ing room.

The provincial gov-ernment provided the land for the project, and is also giving $132,000 through the Ministry of Social Development’s Job Creation Program to provide work expe-rience for residents. Donations from busi-nesses like Silver Val-ley Homes and G&F Financial also helped bring the project to fruition.

“It’s been a labour

of love for everyone,” said Weselowski. “And we couldn’t have done it without everyone’s help.

“By addressing this demand and providing a new resource, women can get the help they need.”

According to Wesel-owski, there are 10 re-covery beds for men for every recovery bed for women.

“Women’s needs are much more complex then men’s,” he said. “I didn’t realize that un-til I saw the wounded little girls who came in here.”

InnerVisions staff member Sarah (last name withheld) was one of them.

She grew up in a Mis-sion in a good home with a good family, she said. But for some rea-son, she always felt out of place. As she entered her teens, that sense of alienation grew. She had few friends and school became diffi cult.

At age 12, she at-tempted suicide.

A few months later, she discovered alcohol and drugs.

“I didn’t have to care about anything any-

more,” she said. “I didn’t care about my family, and I didn’t care about myself.”

She began dating a drug dealer, and by the time she was 20, was fully addicted to alco-hol and drugs.

“I thought I would die as an addict,” she said.

Her mother helped to steer her towards Han-nah House

“I dug deep, I went to meetings, and started to understand why I did the things I did,” she said. “I learned so much about myself and what I’m capable of. I learned how to live my life.”

After graduating from the program, she stud-ied to become an addic-tions counsellor, and in November was hired on by Hannah House.

Since 2002, when the facility opened, Hannah House has helped more than 1,000 women like Sarah get sober.

“Not everyone will get sober,” said Weselows-ki. “But we’ll sure ruin your drinking.”

The people coming to Hannah House aren’t just from the streets, he notes – they are the daughters, wives, and sisters of our commu-nity.

“We fi lled every bed in two weeks,” he said. “We already have a waiting list.”

Maple Ridge Mayor Ernie Daykin was on hand for Wednesday’s offi cial opening, and said facilities like Han-nah House are needed to provide help for those who need it.

“Maple Ridge is my hometown, and I know it’s a wonderful place to live. But I also know that there are many people in our commu-nity who need help and support to overcome the challenges they face in their lives.”

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The Parcel Tax Review Panel, in accordance with Section 205 of the Community Charter, S.B.C. 2003 C.26, Part 7. Div. 4, will consider and deal with additions, deletions and changes to the Parcel Tax Assessment Roll.

The Review Panel shall hear complaints and may review and/or amend the Parcel Tax Assessment Roll as to the following:

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Reasons for Tax Exemption:The property owner and the District have agreed to a Heritage Revitalization Agreement and a Municipal Heritage Designation that will protect the heritage character of the “Beeton Residence” property in perpetuity. The Beeton Residence has been identifi ed by the municipality as a site containing signifi cant heritage value to the community.

Section 225 of the Community Charter and Sections 183.1 and 809(3)(b) of the Local Government Act allow a council to give property owners an exemption of their property taxes for up to a maximum of 10 years for a protected property that is subject to a Heritage Revitalization Agreement of a Municipal Heritage Designation.

The tax exemption is intended to enable local government to provide fi nancial support to private property owners to conserve their heritage properties.

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Zellers pharmacies remain open – “business as usual” – according to the sign in Haney Place Mall.

But change is in the works after Overwaitea Food Group agreed last month to buy Zellers’ phar-macy business, including the cus-tomer prescription fi les.

While Target has bought out many Zellers leases, Overwaitea bought the pharmacy business with plans to move it to drug stores in Save-On Foods, PriceS-mart Foods and Cooper Foods.

“It will be a seamless transition for customers. We will communi-cate when we have the transition plan,” said Zellers spokesperson Tiffany Bourré.

There’s no defi nite timeline for how that will affect individual pharmacies in Zellers. And if some pharmacies close before the actual Zellers store closes, customers will be told directly, she added.

Bourré explained that Target de-cided not to acquire the pharmacy business when it bought out the leases to 189 Zellers stores across Canada last year. The company is converting about 125 of those to Target operations, including the Maple Ridge location. Target has plans to run its own pharmacies,

Bourré pointed out.Meanwhile, “Zellers reaffi rms

its commitment to ensuring con-tinuity of care to all its pharmacy patients,” Zellers says on its web-site after its other prescription fi les across Canada were sold to Loblaw.

All customer information will be protected under privacy legis-lation, it points out.

Meanwhile, United Food and Commercial Workers Union communications director Andy Neufeld takes issue with Target’s hiring practice as it opens its new stores. Existing Zellers employees will have to apply for jobs in the store.

The union has launched a Tar-get Fairness campaign (http://www.targetfairness.ca/) to try to ensure that present Zellers work-ers will keep their jobs once the store changes to Target.

But according to Target’s web-site, Zellers employees will be considered along with all other applications. “Target plans to work with Zellers employees to make it easy for them to apply for jobs at Target, and we encour-age Zellers employees to attend Target job fairs, informational sessions and hiring events,” the company says.

They expect to hire between 150 to 200 employees for each store, which in some locations would be double the current workforce at Zellers.

“It seems really short-sighted to go that route. We really be-

lieve this is all about them trying to lower their labour costs at the expense of the loyalty of people who worked in those stores a long time,” Neufeld said.

Kevin Shimmin, in UFCW’s Toronto offi ce, is in charge of the Target Fairness campaign. “We’re trying to say to Target, this isn’t right, to just terminate people.”

He said from what’s he’s seen in the U.S., Target employees have trouble working enough hours to qualify for benefi ts and are in a “constant state of insecurity,” as new hires are made and longer-term workers’ hours are cut.

“We’re just saying that we hope the experience in Canada will be different.”

Target spokesman Lisa Gib-son pointed out that Target only bought the lease agreements of Zellers stores, not the technology or inventory.

“The agreement with Zellers is a real estate transaction in-volving the leasehold agree-ments. We did not acquire the Zellers business. This is impor-tant as it means that we did ac-quire the technology, inventory or employees – only the leasehold agreements. Zellers employees are employees of Zellers and so their employment agreements are with Zellers.”

Neufeld said most current Zellers employees make $10 to $14 an hour. The present mini-mum hourly wage in B.C. is $9.50, jumping to $10.25 in May.

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Notice of Public HearingTAKE NOTICE THAT a Public Hearing will be held in the Council Chamber of the Municipal Hall, 11995 Haney Place, Maple Ridge, North-East corner entrance, at 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 17, 2012 to consider the following bylaws:

1a) 2011-008-RZ

MAPLE RIDGE OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN AMENDING BYLAW NO. 6903-2012

LEGAL: Lots 1 and 2, both of Section 22, Township 12, New Westminster District, Plan 71164; Lots 1 and 2, both of Section 22, Township 12, New Westminster District, Plan 70674; Lot 2, Section 22, Township 12, New Westminster District, Plan EPP1414; Lot 2, Section 22, Township 12, New Westminster District, Plan 72685; Lots 1 and 2, both of Section 22, Township 12, New Westminster District, Plan 72087; Lots 71, 72, 73, 75, 76, 78, 80, all of Section 22, Township 12, New Westminster District, Plan 43885; Lots 1 and 2, both of Section 22, Township 12, New Westminster District, Plan 72374; Lots 1 and 2, both of Section 22, Township 12, New Westminster District, Plan 72831.

LOCATION: 19 lots on Ansell Street, North of 124 Avenue

PURPOSE: To Amend Schedule “B” of the Offi cial Community Plan

FROM: Suburban Residential

TO: Estate Suburban Residential

1b) 2011-008-RZ

MAPLE RIDGE ZONE AMENDING BYLAW NO. 6794-2011

LEGAL: Lots 72 and 73, both of Section 22, Township 12, New Westminster District, Plan 43885

LOCATION: 12610 and 12640 Ansell Street

FROM: RS-3 (One Family Rural Residential)

TO: RS-2 (One Family Suburban Residential)

PURPOSE: To permit future subdivision into 4 lots

2) 2011-068-RZ

MAPLE RIDGE ZONE AMENDING BYLAW NO. 6842-2011

LEGAL: South half of Lot 13, Section 26, Township 12, New Westminster District, Plan 7639

LOCATION: 25339 130 Avenue

FROM: RS-3 (One Family Rural Residential)

TO: RS-2 (One Family Suburban Residential)

PURPOSE: To permit future subdivision into 4 single family lots.

3a) RZ/109/08

MAPLE RIDGE HERITAGE DESIGNATION AND REVITALIZATION AND TAX EXEMPTION AGREEMENT BYLAW NO. 6902-2012

LEGAL: Lot 141, District Lot 396, Group 1, New Westminster District,Plan 29594

LOCATION: 22031 Dewdney Trunk Road

PURPOSE: A bylaw to designate a property as a heritage property under Section 967 of the Local Government Act and to enter into a Heritage Revitalization Agreement under Section 966 of the Local Government Act and to grant a Tax Exemption under Section 225 of the Community Charter. This tax exemption is applicable to “Duplex 1” only (heritage building) at the above mentioned location.

3b) RZ/109/08

MAPLE RIDGE OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN AMENDING BYLAW NO. 6907-2012

PURPOSE: To amend Schedule “A” of the Offi cial Community Plan.

Chapter 8, Development Permit Area guidelines, Section 8.4 Development Permit Area Exemptions is amended by inserting the following after item 1(j) as item 1(k):

Alterations to a heritage building protected through a heritage designation, provided that the building is subject to a Heritage Revitalization Agreement bylaw that has received fi nal reading from Council, or a Heritage Alteration Permit that has received fi nal approval.

AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that a copy of the aforesaid bylaws and copies of staff reports and other information considered by Council relevant to the matters contained in the bylaws will also be available for public inspection at the Municipal Hall, Planning Department counter, between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. from April 3 to April 17, 2012, Saturdays, Sundays and Statutory Holidays excepted. Some of this information will also be posted on the District website www.mapleridge.ca on the Mayor and Council/Agendas and Minutes page.

ALL PERSONS who deem themselves affected by any of these bylaws shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard at the Public Hearing before Council on the matters contained in the bylaws or by making a written submission to the attention of the Manager of Legislative Services or by sending an e-mail to the Clerk’s Department at [email protected], by 4:00 p.m., April 17, 2012. All written submissions and e-mails will become part of the public record.

Dated this 3rd day of April, 2012.

Ceri MarloManager of Legislative Services


It would also have its own sewage treatment plant, a storm water runoff system and fi l-tration plant, drawing water through a well, which would be sunk next to a nearby lake.

“It’s a creative con-cept to solve estate housing on agricultural land, which is plaguing all municipalities,” said De Beer.

“What we are doing is aggregating residen-tial development on a rather large piece of ag-ricultural property and proposing to concen-trate it in a relatively small area.”

De Beer noted even the Agricultural Land Commission, the pro-vincial body tasked with protecting farm-land, likes the idea.

“They are going to put some land into the [Agricultural Land Re-serve], which always should have been in the ALR anyway, from our perspective that works,” said Tony Pel-lett, a planner with the land commission.

“On the face of it, it looks positive ... but that doesn’t mean it is positive from every

perspective.”Walter Francl, proj-

ect architect, sees it as a “model for potential development in the ru-ral area.”

“This is an opportu-nity to take a disparate group of single family homes that would be spread across the val-ley and consolidate it on a property that is al-ready zoned for human habitation,” Francl said.

Pitt Meadows council, however, found little to like about the Aquilini proposal. Several coun-cillors noted the high

costs of providing po-lice and fi re protection services to a neigh-bourhood tucked away on a hill.

Others worried the project would be the fi rst herald of sprawl, despite an assurance from the Aquilini group that the development will not grow larger.

“I see this as the thin edge of the wedge,” said Coun. Janis Elkerton.

“We were into busi-ness development in this community. We already have our share of residential develop-ment. I see this as a

whole lot of resources being wasted for a se-lect few.”

Given the history of opposition to de-velopment in the pol-der, council doubted the wider community would fi nd anything positive about the proj-ect.

The Sturgeon Slough bridge on Neaves Road that leads to the Swan-e-set Golf Course was torched on Sept. 6, 1997 during a heated battle between environmen-talists and the golf re-sort’s owners.

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MLA Michael Sather and Annette LeBox of the Pitt Polder society oppose the project.

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The resort’s plan – which included construc-tion of 450 homes, a hotel and conference centre – were at the heart of a polarizing community

debate that lasted more than a year and eventual-ly saw municipal bylaws overturned in court.

The Pitt Polder Preser-vation Society, formed in response to the Swan-e-

set project, was pleased to see council resound-ingly pan the Aquilini proposal.

“It’s another pocket development,” said soci-ety president Diana Wil-

liams, who listened to De Beer’s presentation to council on Tuesday with a sense of deja vu.

“We heard a similar thing when Swan-e-set wanted to build – that it was going to be wonder-ful and wisely done. It’s sprawl out in the polder for heaven’s sake.”

NDP MLA Michael Sather, a member of the Polder society and a biol-ogist, is concerned about the proposal’s impact on the ecologically unique Codd wetlands.

“It’s one of the few re-maining wetlands in the Lower Mainland,” said Sather.

“It’s been set aside as a park and nesting area for the Sandhill cranes. It’s a very critical area and having that much distur-bance in the area could cause them to leave. It just wouldn’t be good at all for the cranes.”

‘It’s sprawl out in the polder’Aquilini from p11

Codd wetlandsThe Codd Island Wetlands encompass just over 101 hectares (250 acres) in the northeast corner of Pitt Meadow, which were originally slated for a commercial cranberry operation.The property was col-lectively purchased in 2004 by The Land Conservancy, Metro Vancouver, the City of Pitt Meadows, province and Ducks Unlimited.Along with all the mam-mals and reptiles using the area, signifi cant popula-tions of salmon species – including the blue-listed cutthroat trout – coho and chum salmon utilize the wetlands and associated creeks for spawning and rearing. The Codd wetlands, along with the Blaney Bog – located just two kilometres upstream – provide the largest off -channel rearing habitat within the Alouette River watershed and are one of the last in the lower reaches of the Fraser River.

“It’s been set aside as a park and nesting area for the Sandhill cranes. It’s a very critical area and having that much disturbance in the area could cause them to leave.” NDP MLA Michael Sather

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Interested parties are invited to download the full RFEI document from the BC Bid website http://www.bcbid.gov.bc.ca.

Expressions of Interest (hereinafter called “Applications”) are to be addressed and delivered to:

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Prior to the Closing Time: 2:00 pm Local Time, Monday, April 30, 2012.

The District may, entirely at its discretion, consider Applications that arrive after this time. This Expression of Interest will not be opened publicly.

The District of Maple Ridge reserves the right to reject any or all Applications or to accept the submission deemed most favourable in the interest of the District. The District will not be responsible for any cost incurred by the Applicant in preparing the Proposal.

NOTES:Applications shall be in sealed envelopes or packages marked with the Applicant’s 1. Name, the Request for Expressions of Interest (“RFEI”) Title and Number.The District’s offi ce is open on Business Days 8:00 am to 4:00 pm and closed 2. Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.DO NOT SUBMIT BY FAX OR EMAIL.3.

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A proposal to put up three 14-storey residential towers in an area that’s been planned for buildings that are supposed to be only fi ve-storeys high cleared its fi rst hurdle Tuesday.

Maple Ridge council approved fi rst reading, sending the project to second reading and most likely a public hear-ing.

Concordia Homes, which has de-veloped many condo buildings in the area, wants to build the towers on 227th Street, just below Lougheed Highway and the new Maple Ridge Community Gaming Centre. The proj-ect would have about 250 condos and provide more green space on the site, if allowed to increase in height, council heard previously.

Condos OK’dMaple Ridge council gave fi nal ap-

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Meanwhile, another 10 apartments

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The district’s advisory design panel made some suggestions for project, including using permeable paving stones to reduce the amount of ground covered by pavement.

Some neighbours were concerned about parking shortages and tree re-tention, says a staff report. However, old trees will be kept and 26 new trees will be added.

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INFORMEDSPOTLIGHT ON: Volunteers Are Our Greatest Resource!April 2012Council Meeting ScheduleMayor and Council encourage everyone to attend these important public meetings. It’s your chance to see how public policy is debated and enacted.

Monday, April 169:00 am Council Workshop, Blaney Room1:00 pm Committee of the Whole, Council Chambers

Tuesday, April 177:00 pm Public Hearing, Council Chambers

Tuesday, April 247:00 pm Council Meeting, Council Chambers

Monday, April 309:00 am Council Workshop, Blaney Room1:00 pm Committee of the Whole, Council Chambers

Agendas & MinutesAgendas for these meetings are posted online the Friday before the meeting date. Go to mapleridge.ca, click the link under Mayor & Council on the home page.

Council This WeekSubscribe to the ‘Council This Week’ eNewsletter that provides a summary of issues discussed at Council Workshop meetings. Go to mapleridge.ca, click the link to ‘Council This Week’ and sign up today.

Council Meeting VideosIf you are unable to attend a Council Meeting, Public Hearing or Committee of the Whole meeting you can now watch these meetings on your computer 24/7. The entire unedited meetings are posted two to three days after the meeting. The video is indexed to the agenda package so that you can watch them in their entirety or click through by agenda item. Go to mapleridge.ca and click on the video link at the bottom left of the home page.

INFORMED: Burning issuesMaple Ridge Backyard Burning – Spring Burning April 15 to May 15“Backyard Fire” is an outdoor fi re where garden refuse such as leaves and small branches indigenous to the property are burned for the purpose of disposal due to garden clean-up or damage from high winds.

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

If you do choose to burn, the following guidelines apply:Urban areas of Maple Ridge •are completely closed to any type of burning.Rural areas of Maple Ridge •may burn dry garden refuse from April 15 to May 15 with a permit if the fi re can be located a minimum of 15 metres from structures and property lines.Permits may be revoked and fi nes issued by the •Fire Department at any time for noncompliance.Permits are $25.00 available from the Maple •Ridge Fire Department, Hall No. 1 or the Municipal Hall, Finance Department.

To determine if you live in the rural area and are eligible for a burning permit, contact the Fire Department at 604-463-5880 from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm, Monday to Friday or visit the Fire Department’s website at www.fi re.mapleridge.cato view the rules and regulations of a fi re permit.

Thank you for doing your part to maintain a fi re safe community.

April 15 to 21 is National Volunteer Week, and our community would like to recognize the thousands of hours donated to local organizations by offering FREE leisure time. Volunteers are invited to join us on Monday, April 16, Wednesday, April 18 & Friday, April 20 at the Maple Ridge Leisure Centre. On Tuesday, April 17, Thursday, April 19 & Saturday, April 21 the Pitt Meadows Family Recreation Centre will offer free leisure time for volunteers. On Tuesday, April 17, volunteers are invited to the Youth Yogurt Parfait event at Greg Moore Youth Centre 7:00 pm and Pitt Meadows Youth Centre at 7:45 pm.

This is also a great time to highlight the work of Volunteer Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows, a program of Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows Community Services that helps over 60 local community organizations connect engaged citizens with charity and non-profi t organizations as well as training and development opportunities for volunteers. You can get more information about their incredible work at www.myvolunteerpage.com or www.comservice.bc.ca. They are holding their annual Volunteer Pancake Breakfast at Red Robin restaurant at 22701 Lougheed Highway on Sunday, April 15 at 9:00 am. You can go online at the address above and reserve a seat for this popular event.

Last year 40% of community members volunteered time in our community. In recent weeks Council has heard a number of presentation detailing the tens of thousands of hours given by community members in the arts, community policing, charity and sports sectors of our community. Remember, when you see a volunteer at a community event or festival tell them how much we all appreciate their dedication to our community by saying ‘thank you!’

INFORMED: Celebrate Earth Day, Saturday, April 21Earth Day is also a Birthday!On Saturday, April 21, Ridge Meadows Recycling Society marks its 40th Anniversary at the biggest Earth Day Celebration Maple Ridge has ever seen…and YOU are invited!

Come out to the ACT and Memorial Peace Park from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm and enjoy roving entertainers, fl ash mobs, electric vehicles, bikes, crafts, booths, animals and the fi rst Farmers Market of the year.

For kids there will also be a variety of activities that include urban nature hikes, crafts, the fi rst Green Baby Disco and an Earth Day Freecycle – a way to reduce, reuse and recycle your children’s gently used books, toys and clothes while walking away with some new ones. From nature and the outdoors to green innovations and technology, this event truly has something for everyone. So on April 21, come out and celebrate all things green. For more information, visit the Ridge Meadows Recycling Society’s website at www.rmrecycling.org.

Celebrate Earth Day at this early spring market and enjoy the festivities. The Market’s famous Sizzlin’ Smokey Dogs will be on hand along with your favourite vendors of pies, cookies, bread and more! For more information please check the Haney Farmers Market website at www.haneyfarmersmarket.org.

INVOLVED: Earth Hour ResultsSpecial thanks to everyone who showed their support for Earth Hour by turning off their lights for one hour on Saturday, March 31, at 8:30 pm. According to BC Hydro, “British Columbians saved 121 megawatt hours of electricity and reduced the provincial electricity load by 1.67% during Earth Hour, the equivalent of turning off about 9 million 12.5-watt LED light bulbs.” In Maple Ridge alone, citizens and businesses reduced energy consumption by 1.8% during Earth Hour. This event demonstrates that we can make a difference by doing something as simple as turning the lights off.

Earth Hour is a one hour lights out event, organized by the World Wildlife Fund that mobilizes millions of people worldwide to show support for action on climate change. Earth Hour is designed to help show people how they can be part of the climate solution and that every day actions can add up to make a real difference. Be part of the solution.

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The quick actions of passersby saved a man’s life in Maple Ridge on Saturday after he col-lapsed while jogging along Lougheed High-way.

The 63-year-old fell on a sidewalk near Laity Street around 11:45 a.m. and was quickly sur-rounded by people who saw him hit the pave-ment.

Walter Berg, his wife and son were heading into Vancouver from Mission for a walk around English Bay when they spotted a line of cars pulled over on the side of road.

“That’s when I no-ticed a man lying on the sidewalk, with people around him,” said Berg, an emergency medical responder and former fi rst-aid instructor for St. John’s Ambulance and the Red Cross.

Berg grabbed a fi rst aid kit, which he always keeps in his car, and rushed in to help. He saw a bottle of nitro-glycer-ine near the man and guessed he most likely suffered a heart attack.

With the help of anoth-er bystander, Berg rolled the man into a “supine” position, onto his back and found he wasn’t breathing.

He pulled out a pocket mask, put an oral airway into the man’s mouth and began to resuscitate him, while others called 911.

“It is never to early or too late to try and inter-vene, to try and make a difference,” said Berg, who has been a medic for 25 years and now runs a company which sells fi rst aid kits and supplies.

“I hope that if I’m ever in the situation some-body like me will come along and help. It was a happy ending for every-body that day.”

Police, paramedics and the fi re department credit the actions of Berg and other bystanders for giving the man a fi ghting chance at recovery.

Ridge Meadows RCMP report the man was taken to hospital and breathing on his own.

People who suffer car-

diac arrest out of hospi-tal are three to four times more likely to survive when they receive CPR or cardiopulmonary re-suscitation. About 60 per cent of heart attacks hap-pen outside a hospital.

“The sooner you start it the better their chances,” said Dr. William Dick, regional medical direc-tor for British Columbia Ambulance Service.

“Hand-on” CPR with-out mouth-to-mouth con-tact has the same effect.

“It easily doubles or triples the likelihood of leaving hospital, neu-rologically intact,” said Dick.

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TransLink’s much-hated gas tax isn’t pull-ing in as much cash as it used to, as motorists either gas up outside the region or drive less.

The transportation authority took in $312 million in 2011 from the fuel tax, according to its annual report. That was down nearly $12 million from 2010 as motorists bought 5.9 per cent less gas or diesel in the re-gion.

“High prices of fuel and a strong Canadian dollar would have con-tributed to the decline in fuel sales volume, which likely migrated to the Fraser Valley Regional District and Whatcom County,” the report said.

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TransLink says 8.6 per cent more passengers took transit in Metro Vancouver last year, setting a new ridership record.

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Overall, TransLink took in nearly $1.2 billion in revenue and spent $34 million more than that.

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Baseline levels of ozone are continuing to creep up in the Lower Mainland despite re-duced emissions of the key air pollutants that combine to cause smog.

Metro Vancouver offi -cials say their staff and scientists from UBC and Environment Can-ada are trying to under-

stand the discrepancy and why average levels of ground-level ozone haven’t also declined over the past 10 years.

“This is a disturb-ing trend,” said Roger Quan, Metro’s air qual-ity policy manager. “There isn’t a good ex-planation.”

He said rising levels of background ozone waft-ing here from across the Pacifi c Ocean may be the cause.

The average increase being observed does not apply to peak ozone levels measured on the worst air quality days each summer – those

highest readings have steadily trended down-ward for 20 years.

Metro has just re-leased a report titled Caring For Our Air that paints a generally opti-mistic picture of the re-gion’s trend of improv-ing air quality over the past two decades, much of it due to cleaner ve-hicles, less sulphur in fuels and initiatives like AirCare.

The report shows ambient levels of fi ne particulate, sulphur di-oxide, nitrogen dioxide and carbon monoxide levels have all declined by at least 20 per cent since 2001, while ozone is up nearly 20 per cent.

Ground-level ozone is caused by the reaction of nitrogen dioxide and volatile organic com-pounds, typically from solvents and fuels, in the presence of sunlight.

Emissions have been steadily declining from the three biggest sourc-es of smog precursors – light vehicles, non-road engines and solvents.

But growth in popula-tion and traffi c through the region mean the re-cent gains are expected to recede and air quality could worsen from 2020

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“We can see it,” he said. “It’s clearly get-ting better.”

But he said the gains have been hard-won and must be maintained.

Banman chastised Metro staff for failing to include the region’s plans for a new garbage incinerator in the re-port, calling it a project that must be subjected to the highest level of scrutiny.

“The science has to be iron clad as to whether or not a waste-to-energy plant is a good move or not. I am not so sure yet that we have got good science.”

He said air quality is important for reasons beyond human health, pointing to damage to agricultural crops from ozone and to tourism.

“If tourists can’t see the mountains, they go somewhere else,” Ban-man said.

There were no air quality advisories due to smog last year.

Smog disconnect puzzles Metro expertsOzone base levels up, despite drops in most pollutants

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Enter Lamprocapnos spectabilis, the new moniker for old-fashioned bleeding heart (Dicentra spectabi-lis) that I’ve yet to see on any plant tag – so I’ll just stick to the names we both know.

A Victorian garden favourite, Dicentra spectabilis was introduced into western gardens by the plant explorer Robert Fortune in 1847, after trips to China and Japan. The heart-shaped fl owers of this species are rose-pink, with a darker red-dish protrusion (or ‘drop of blood’) dangling down from the white centre of the bloom – hence the common name bleeding heart.

This species is quite versatile and, over time, forms large multi-stem clumps reaching heights of 1.2m.

A newer gold-leaved cultivar called ‘Gold Heart’ was discovered by Canadian Nori Pope at Hadspen

Garden in Somerset England. While the fl ower colour is much the same, the bright iridescent yel-low foliage really gleams in those shaded corners and if it catches just a hint of sun, it literally lights right up.

Last year’s big introduction was Dicentra spectabilis Valentine (syn. ‘Hordival’), which brought us cherry red and white blooms along with contrasting burgundy stems, and as many of you know, those reds can be a diffi cult fi nd for the woodland garden.

White-fl owered bleeding hearts

also really stand out well among the muted deep greens of a shaded garden and there are quite a few choices for you Alba enthusiasts.

The tallest of these is Dicentra spectabilis ‘Alba’, an all-white ver-sion of traditional bleeding heart with chains of pendulous blooms (April-May) over pale green foliage reaching heights of 75cm. We also have white forms of both eastern (D. eximia ‘Alba’) and western (D. formosa var. alba) bleeding heart that grow 45-60cm high and form dense groundcovers. A few good white hybrids include ‘Aurora’

(greyish-green foliage) and the newer ‘Ivory Hearts’, with long-last-ing fl owers over fi nely cut bluish-green foliage.

Our native bleeding heart (Dicentra formosa) is a favourite of hummingbirds and happily self-seeds, forming large colonies – these are quite compatible with taller woodland perennials such as Solomon’s Seal (Polygonatum) and larger Hosta such as ‘Sum and Substance’. A darker purplish-red cultivar (‘Bacchanal’) is also avail-able and Canadian species are an intricate part of the lineage of the

new, longer blooming (from late spring to midsummer) Fern-Leaf bleeding hearts, which include ‘Burning Hearts’ (intricate deep red fl owers over bluish-grey fern-like foliage), ‘Candy Hearts’ (rose-pink blooms over bluish-green foliage) and ‘King of Hearts’ (a fl oriferous deep rose-pink cultivar).

Caring for bleeding hearts is relatively easy and consists of the following: top-dress with compost in early spring (before new growth is initiated); deadhead the spent blooms (this will prolong the fl ow-ering period); keep them evenly wa-tered when in leaf (this will prevent premature summer dormancy); and divide the plants every three to four years to maintain vigour.

All bleeding hearts enjoy shade, but will tolerate morning to early evening sun here on the coast. I’ve even seen some spectacular specimens of Dicentra spectabilis grown in full sun in sheltered sites (no drying winds) with even soil moisture.

All bleeding hearts are generally quite cold hardy (between Zones 3 to 4), so they will work well in containers and can be grown in higher elevations or that cottage in the interior.

Mike Lascelle is a local nursery manager and gardening author

([email protected]).

The best of the bleeding hearts

Mike Lascelle photos

(From left) Dicentra ‘Burning Hearts’; Dicentra spectabilis ‘Gold Heart’; Dicentra spectabilis VALENTINE.

• I’ve uploaded a new story, Our Garden of Sorrows, to my blog at www.soulofagardener.wordpress.com and you’ll find more woodland perennials at www.mikesgardentop-5plants.wordpress.com.

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22308 Dewdney Trunk Road, Maple Ridge# 2 - 19126 Ford Road, Pitt Meadows 604.466.2838Each office

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JUST RIGHT!A spectacular Pitt Meadows package that’s move in-ready! A lovely basement entry home in the Highland Park neighbourhood close to all amenities in a great location. Don’t miss this opportunity own this 2 level home with a fully fi nished basement that includes a summer kitchen and large living area. Call Terri today for your private tour.

THE GOOD LIFE!Lovely family home - Needs family! There’s room to grow in this large Maple Crest Home. Three spacious bedrooms and a loft that could be a 4th bedroom, designed for family living and built to impeccable standards. This 2 storey, with basement, has plenty of greenspace too. Call Terri today for your private tour.

$$512,500512,500 $$656,000656,000

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ROB JEEVES604-240-2629Ask Rob Jeeves

2,060 sq. ft. with private back yard• 4 bdrms + 2 1/2 baths • Open fl oor plan + high ceilings• Gas fi replace • Across from elementary school•

FULLY FINISHED BASEMENT PLUS GAMES ROOM UPGRADE YOUR LIFESTYLE11856 238B STREET

4,102 sq ft• 4 bedrooms, den + large great room• 18ft vaulted ceilings• 3 fi replaces including master bdrm• Private views•

Two story 4,562 sq ft family home• 4 bdrms up + 1 bdrm on main• Floor to ceiling rock fi replace• 17 ft ceiling in great room• 3 car garage• Backs onto greenbelt•

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11267 PALMER ROLPH ROAD

$549,900$549,900

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$374,900$374,900

$849,900$849,900

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BIRDS, BEARS, GREENSPACE!!Spotless 2577 foot basement 2 storey4 Bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, rec roomGreenbelt, fenced yard, double garage

Fully loaded with extra features

WEST MAPLE RIDGE!!67 X 128 foot, fl at, fenced lot

1,944 Square foot split entry homeNewer roof, room for 4 bedrooms

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2 dedrooms• 2 full bathrooms• Electric fi replace• Gorgeous kitchen • with tile, granite, and stainless steelOver 700 sq ft Patio• Great Pitt Meadows • location

2 BEDROOMS &A MASSIVE PATIO!

This home shows great! Located in the Keystone, this unit has large windows and an eastern exposure. Steps to shopping, recreation, &

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4 bedroom plus den• 2½ bathrooms• Great Albion location• New 2 storey with• full basement

Beautifully fi nished• with high ceilingsOpen kitchen family• room planFully fi nished fenced yard•

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23978 MCCLURE DR.Off 240th St.

NEW PRICE$$529,900529,900

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Presents like a showhome,• located in Falcon Landing2 storey + fully fi nished basement• Hardwood & cork fl ooring on main• Fully usable large corner view lot• Separate entrance to basement•

Garibaldi Place, Dewdney• near 227th1600 sq. ft., ground level unit• $1600/mth INCLUDES triple net• Great parking, close to all • downtown amenities

10257-244TH STREET #23-22308-124TH AVENUE LEASE SPACE

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$$424,900424,900 $$259,500259,500 $335,900

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For a full body tan comes with this oversized 2 bedroom, double bath end unit in Windsor Oak. The living area, with its open concept fl ooded with natural light, makes this a happy place to live and entertain. Features great gourmet kitchen and double garage. Don’t miss this for $308,800

24165 102A AVE.MAPLE RIDGE

Friendly dog is not included with this 5 bedroom home built by ‘Cavalier Homes’. With a short walk to schools and parks, this is the ideal family home for happiness. A fully fi nished basement for rainy-day play and the double garage makes this a perfect home for Fido. $419,900

OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY 2-4 SPACIOUS & IMMACULATE FAMILY HOME#40-19160 119th Avenue, Pitt Meadows

$316,900$316,900

Beautiful ground level town • home in Windsor Oaks.Bright open plan. 2 • Bedrooms & den, 2 baths.New paint, new fl ooring, • new roof, new fencing, new gutters, new ext. paint.NO STAIRS!• Beautiful veiw.•

12050 232B Street, Maple Ridge

$519,000$519,000

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2,060 sq. ft. with private back yard• 4 bdrms + 2 1/2 baths • Open fl oor plan + high ceilings• Gas fi replace • Across from elementary school•

FULLY FINISHED BASEMENT PLUS GAMES ROOM UPGRADE YOUR LIFESTYLE11856 238B STREET

4,102 sq ft• 4 bedrooms, den + large great room• 18ft vaulted ceilings• 3 fi replaces including master bdrm• Private views•

Two story 4,562 sq ft family home• 4 bdrms up + 1 bdrm on main• Floor to ceiling rock fi replace• 17 ft ceiling in great room• 3 car garage• Backs onto greenbelt•

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13376 - 233 Street$558,900

Private setting on a quiet cul-de-sac• Updated 1580 sq. ft. rancher• Gas fi replace. Hot tub• Large master bedroom with a • soaker tub in the ensuiteOpen den with French • doors to the back yardAmazing landscaping. 75 x 130 lot.•

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4.99 ACRES

4.99 acres, private setting• Renovated 2 storey home with a full • unfi nished walkout basement. Like new!Den on the main.• 3 bedrooms upstairs. 3 bathrooms.• New maple kitchen, new tile, • bathroom fl oors, laminate and carpet. Newer roof and sundecks

26230 Grant Avenue, Maple Ridge$599,900

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#24 22206 124 Ave MR3 bedroom, 3 bath, 2 storey home is nestled in a • quiet family neighbourhood yet walking distance to all amenities, town core and all levels of of schools.Quality craftsmanship, Gold Star energy ef cient, • an impressive layout and even a bonus room off the garage. Granite counter tops, stainless steel appliances • in- oor heat, hot water on demand The list goes on.•

$369,000

#18 11125 232 MRFreshly painted and ready to move into. • Roof only 4 - 5 years old, laminate oors, fenced • yard, sunny south facing yard.Well run, self-managed strata, the closest thing • to a detached home you can nd. Low, low maintenance fee. • 2 block to Kanaka Creek Elementary. •

3339,800

25494 112 Ave MR2 acre parcel with mountain view.• Gorgeous property awaits your ideas. • Post and beam cedar home feat, 2 bedrooms • up, 2 down.Newer furnace, remodeled kitchen and more. • Great water supply and 2 working septics. • Call Betty for more possibilities.•

$589,000

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11516 272 St MRBeautiful home-effective age NEW.• Totally remodeled with quality materials.• Large rooms, 2 f/p, updated kitchen, bathrooms. • Laminate and tile ooring.• Huge covered deck overlooking private 2.5 acres. • Walking distance to Whonnock Lake and Park.•

$699,900

24886 106B Ave MRHIGHLAND VISTAS • Maple Ridge. Better than new with PREMIUM upgrades • throughout. 2447 sq. ft. including exceptional media/• rec room. 4th bedroom and 4th bath • Pick your dates - owners have bought!•

$498,800

12069 Harris Rd PMSolaris, concrete and steel construction in • Pitt Meadows - only Towers.2 bdrm, 2 bath, 1000 sq ft, large sundeck. • Floor to ceiling windows allow natural • light to ow throughout the home. Floor plans for everyone, spaces that are • perfect for entertaining or relaxing. Close to West Coast Express, • recreation and shopping.

$259,900

12615 Hardy St MRCozy and comfortable 3 bedroom, • 3 bath homeRecently updated throughout from roof to • xtures, bay windows, warm family room Perfect family home close to Laityview Elem • Fabulous yard with fruit trees, cherries, • veggie & herb garden, RV parking. Come see for yourself! •

$459,900

MissionResidential building lot, 13,600 sq ft. • Vacant property just a couple minutes from • Harrison Bay & Lake Errock. Located close to outdoor recreation, • including boating, water skiing, snow skiing, gol ng, swimming, hiking, shing and much more.

$74,900

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Maple RidgeFabulous log home has been extensively • remodeled, 3 bedrooms up, 4 baths, over 4000 sq ft of quality living. Many of the features are media room, deluxe , • chilled wine room, 3 replaces, 2 entertainment sized decks w/glass panels. Way too much to list, call for a personal tour. •

$699,900

23170 Dewdney Trk RdAffordable basement entry home close • to schools, parks, lakes, shopping and transportation 3 bedrooms, 2 bathroom, over 1800 sq. ft. • Nice waterfall in backyard with Gazebo •

$364,900

24042 102 Ave MRAn acre of private urban paradise or invest in an • affordable development property for a future equity bonanza with .79 acres that are ready for rezoning and subdivision. 3000 sq ft home that has a huge private backyard. • Close to schools - shopping & leisure amenities • upgraded and fresh upstairs with the basement requiring your decor ideas & signature design.

$679,888

Burke Mountian Reduced $25,000. Entertainers delight, large • games room or pool room?Private yard w/extra large stone patio.• Large formal living/dining room. • Lower level could be easily converted to large two • bedroom suite. One of the best views you’ll nd sweeping • mountains and city views.

$724,900

Maple Ridge2 storey with fully nished basement with • outside access.Maple cabinets in kitchen, island, butler’s • pantry, large family room off kitchen. 4 large bedrooms on the upper level. • Basement offers 2 bedrooms, den, • family room. Full cabinets for summer kitchen.•

$639,900

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23870 106th Ave.

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11930 239th Street MLS# V934938

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$384,900

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COTTONWOOD VILLAGE19-11588 232 Street, Maple Ridge

End unit 1456 sq ft townhome with huge livingroom, gas FP, large country kitchen, brand new carpet and 2 piece bath upstairs. Downstairs you will fi nd 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths, and a good sized laundry room. There is a patio off the master BR and a sundeck off the kitchen. Great family complex!

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14310 256th St.

$252,500$252,500

A PLACE TO CALL HOME!Centrally located on cul-de-sac for the kids• Fully updated inside and out 3 level split• New fl ooring, energy effi cient furnace,• hot water tank3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms incl.• 4 piece ensuiteVaulted ceilings, wood burning fi replace, • double garage

A YARD YOU HAVE TO SEEOver 1200 sq ft of living space • with 3 bdrms & 3 bathsHUGE fully fenced yard backing • onto GreenbeltWell managed, family friend • complex2 parking spots!• Why rent when you can own?!•

NOTHING COULD BE FINEROpen “Great Room” plan great for • entertaining!Gourmet kitchen with s/s appli-• ances, granite and even a pantry4 large bedrooms upstairs including • the master with a deluxe ensuiteOver 1100 sq ft of unfi nished base-• ment awaiting your ideas

NO SECOND LOOK NEEDEDShows Like New! Only 1 yr old. • Desirable open “Great Room” • plan layoutKitchen has s/s appliances, granite • and a breakfast barGreat space for entertaining• Fully fenced back yard great for • kids and/or pets

NO NEIGHBORS BEHINDVery clean and well kept home in • desirable locationLarge Kitchen has a center island, s/s • appliances, and tons of cupboard spaceLarge decks in the back yard perfecting • for entertaining and backing onto green spaceOpen plan with lots of windows• Vaulted ceilings and fl oor to ceiling rock • fi replace in the livingroom

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Call Lisa at 604-970-2209$1,195,000

11871 GEE STREET

Brand new kitchen• Stainless steel appliances• 4 bdrms with open fl oor plan• 7,798 sq. ft. lot with view of Golden Ears• Walking distance to schools & town•

MLS # V932348

GREAT FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD

$629,900

23239 117TH AVE.

REDUCED

RON MITCHELLCell 604-617-9642www.ronmitchell.bc.ca

5 ACRESPerfect for horses or a hobby farmer. Huge barn with box stalls and power. Home is 2000 sq feet with 3 bedrooms, 3 baths and is totally renovated. This home will please the fussiest buyer and can be easily subdivided. Call for a personal viewing. $762,900

REDUCEDREDUCED

Al & Brenda JENKINS604.467.3871 www.brendajenkins.com

This home has 4 large bedrooms, a fully fi nished basement, and a formal living and dining room with big windows overlooking the Albion Flats. Kitchen and cozy family room has sliders to the patio and terraced yard. Classic design, spotless, lovingly maintained. This home feels as good as it looks!

Call Brenda (604)816-6961

Timeless Beauty!

$539,900$539,900

MLS #V941505MLS #V941505

$369,000$369,000

Snow bird special. Affordable 2 bedroom home with new laminate, new blinds, new hot water tank and fresh paint. Easy care private backyard. Steps to transportation and shopping. Great central location

Call Brenda (604)816-6961

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MLS #V933314MLS #V933314

22130 River Bend

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Three bedroom home in a great family neighbourhood, close to WC Express. Master bath has been completely redone with heated slate fl oor and soaker tub. New roof in 2010. Large cedar deck (new in 2009) overlooks the huge and level back yard, which offers privacy and lots of room for the kids. Don’t miss this opportunity for affordable living... just $415,000! See you Sunday!

OPEN HOUSE SUN 2-4 PM

2 bdrm, 2 level, 3 bthrm townhome. Large mast with beautiful 4 piece ensuite & roomy walk-in closet. Rear patio overlooks greenbelt & garden area. $338,500

#13-22751 HANEY BYPASS

JOHN JOHNSON604-727-5531email: [email protected]

OPEN HOUSE SUN 2-4 PM

4 bdrms with 3 baths• Large 7,182 sq. ft. lot• Rec room with wet bar & fi replace• All levels of schools close by•

MLS # V905829

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ANDREW ETEY604-230-4020

Well cared for and updated with new thermal win-dows, new roof, new high effi ciency furnace and much more. Almost down town…at 21640 128th Ave and 216th Street corner location for your best ideas. 4+ bedrooms, double garage plus a 4 stall barn and lots of storage awaits you. For a private viewing call…

$775,000

2 ACRES VIEW PROPERTY“A GOOD PLACE TO CALL HOME”

Starting fromStarting from$$539,900539,900

NEW LISTINGStrawberry Hills - Langley

2900 sq ft rancher with• games room above garageNew updates include: fl ooring, windows, • doors, paint, roof, and appliances1300 sq ft detached shop• + 200 sq ft garden shedRV parking (and then some)• All on a beautiful .52 acre lot• in a very quiet neighbourhoodClose to elementary and high schools•

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11339 DARTFORD ST.

Completely renovated• Extensive interior fi nishing• Roof top deck off master• Loft & Nanny Suite•

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$549,900

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Legal Suites AllowedQuiet dead-end street, OK for legal suite! Backs onto green space! Sep tub (jetted) & shower in m/bdrm. 2 laundries (bsmnt European style). Come check out the layout! $479,900

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Carolina Villa - MissionNice 2 bdrm, 2 full bath, gas f/p, great layout, in-suite laundry, no age restric-tion, secure 28 unit building, rec-room, on the bus route - close to all ameni-ties!! $164,500

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Private 1.67 Acres - M. RidgeGreat location, close to all levels of school-ing and only 10 min from town. Located in a developing area. City water! Older 3 bdrm rancher could use some elbow grease but worth the effort. $478,000.

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Garibaldi Village!!Centrally located with many updates!! Electrical upgraded w/new CSA #, newer roof! New skirting, fl ooring, win-dows, new ceiling in mbdrm & hallway! Fully fenced & private yard! $76,500

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47.51 Acres Farm Land!!Great organic fertile soil!! Scenic views of the mountains!! Very private!! Great location, only 1 hr from Van., 6 mi. east of Mission, 1 mi from Hwy 7. Seller mo-tivated!!! $2,200,000.

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Home & 10 Acres-ClintonBacks onto Crown Land! Bring the horses to this 10 acre private property. 3 bdrm rancher, out buildings, workshop, chicken coop, cabin with elec. for guests. Fenced. Priced to sell! $149,900

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Promontory-Custom-ChwkCustomized 2 storey, 4300+ sqft home backs onto greenery & walk trails. 6 bdrms + den, 4 baths. Bsmt has sep. entry & could adapt for in-laws. Central air, fabulous Hot Tub! $599,900

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Silverdale Location!!!1.339 Acres with many opportunities. Former general store, now has a kitchen & rented. Investment/holding property. Westside of Mission close to Maple Ridge border. $328,800

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Location, Location, LocationStone’s throw to Mission’s “Heritage Park”, 80x136 lot has 2 road frontages and view of Mt. Baker! Funky 1940’s home, 4 bdrms & loads of character. Newly added commercial kitchen. $269,900

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Fraser Landing - MissionEnd unit. Lovely complex close to shop-ping, banking. Westcoast Ex., theatre, coffee shops!! 3 yrs young & affordable w/open concept kitch, 2 bdrm w/bonus 3rd bdrm/den/fl ex rm down. $254,500

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Spencer Estates!End unit! Family room off kitchen, huge pantry, living room, 3 large bdrms, L & laundry room upstairs. Deep single car garage. Best location in development. $238,900

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Spencer EstatesEnd unit on greenbelt! Listen to the creek! 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, laun-dry room + new appliances in kitchen. Peaceful, quiet, 2 sundecks. Close to bus routes, schools!! $229,500

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10th Floor Condo - AbbGladwin Towers. A fun place to live!! Close to everything. 2 bdrm, 2 baths, re-done kitchen, newer fl oor. Sep. dining room, living room. Enclosed sundeck/den/family rm. Priced to sell. $219,000

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Strata Only $132 P/MShows a 10+!! WOW!! Top fl unit w/granite kitch. open to vaulted lvg rm. Bdrm has great built-in cabs that stay. 3 yr young dev close to freeway and future 20 acre shopping dev. $209,900

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Vaulted Ceilings!!!Nice well run complex!! Top fl r. vaul. ceil. in liv rm, gas f/p, 2 bdrms, 2 full baths. Sep. laundry/store rm, covered sundeck, big kitchen. New stain master carpets in liv rm. $208,000

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Students 1st Time BuyersSouth facing 2 bdrm. 2 bath unit at College Park Place. Walk to UFV, sports complex, shopping, dining, movies. This is convenience! Quiet side of complex. New roof in 2008. $169,500

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Heritage Park Place!1075 sq. ft. living @ Heritage Park Pl. 2 bdrm, 2 bath corner unit with 2 decks!! Spacious Master! Beautiful kitchen, decor colours throughout. New fl oors! Priced to Sell! $159,000

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Under $100,000ABBOTSFORD – Corner unit w/Mt. Baker view!! Walk to restaurants, shopping & banking. Parking nearby!! Close to transportation routes. No rental restric-tions. Private balcony. $93,500

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Triple Creek EstatesSuper sized backyard! Completely renovated mobile with huge addition. Fantastic backyard features a shed. Pad rent $420. per month. Affordable living! $69,900

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Townhouse!The Horizons!!! Finished w/luxurious touches! 3 bdrm & 2.5 baths. Kitchen/granite c/tops, tile back splash, eating bar, h/w fl oors. Gated complex w/club-house. Parking for 2 cars. $299,900

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by Kerry Vital

There’s a lot to think about when buying a new home, and energy-efficiency isn’t necessarily tops on your list. However, BC Hydro has several reasons why it should be one of the first things you think about.

Around since 2006, the BC Hydro Power Smart New Home program ensures that homes are more energy-efficient, which will save you money in the long run.

“These homes use 30 per cent less energy than an average home in today’s market,” says Kari Montrichard, Program Manager of Residential Marketing for BC Hydro.

Homes in the program have an Energuide rating of 80 or higher, Montrichard says.

“An Energuide rating is a performance-based building energy rating system developed and delivered by (Natural Resources Canada) and its licensed service organizations. The scale ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 is the least efficient and 100 is the most efficient,” she says, adding that a home’s performance is mainly based on thermal performance and how efficient the heating and cooling systems are.

With energy costs expected to rise in the future, buying a Power Smart New Home is especially important because it will help homeowners save money. Montrichard cites three ways that a home in the program will benefit you in the long run.

The first is saving on your mortgage insurance, as the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation Mortgage Insurance will give you a 10 per cent refund if you buy a Power Smart New Home.

The second is saving on your monthly bills, since your home will use less energy to accomplish the same tasks.

The third is on the resale value of your home, especially when more and more buyers are concerned about the environment and looking for a green home.

But is there anything you can do to your current home to make it more energy-efficient? Montrichard says yes.

“There are low-cost improvements homeowners can make from draft-proofing to replacing showerheads,” she says. “For deeper retrofits and improvements like replacing windows or adding insulation, we have partnered with the provincial government and

FortisBC to offer the Live Smart program. Homeowners can have a home energy audit to understand which retrofits will provide the best results, and they may qualify for incentives.”

When you’re touring a potential home, there are a few things for you to look out for.

Lighting accounts for about 16 per cent of the electricity consumption in a house, so the easiest way to increase your energy efficiency is to install compact fluorescent bulbs that include an Energy Star label.

Home appliances are responsible for about 20 per cent of the energy used per day, so it’s a good idea to look for an ENERGY STAR label when purchasing new appliances as well.

For example, BC Hydro states that refrigerators with that label are at least 20 per cent more energy-efficient than the minimum standard set by the federal government. This means they are better insulated, often more quiet and include more precise temperature settings and better defrost mechanisms. Meanwhile, a dishwasher with an ENERGY STAR label is at least 25 per cent more efficient and can save homeowners up to 20 per cent on water heating costs, BC Hydro says.

Another big appliance in the home is a washing machine for clothing. An ENERGY STAR-labelled machine can reduce your overall energy consumption by up to 50 per cent, and uses 35 to 50 per cent less water than standard models.

Up to one third of the heat inside the home can escape through windows, so BC Hydro recommends looking for ENERGY STAR-labelled windows that will keep the heat inside during the winter and the heat outside in the summer.

For more information and to find a list of Power Smart New Home developments, check out bchydro.com/pshomes.

Submitted photoThere are BC Hydro Power Smart New Home developments all over the Lower Mainland, from Vancouver to Abbotsford.

Power Smart New Homes are a great investment

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Family-friendly community gaining popularity

Tsawwassen a rising hot spotWhat is it about Tsawwassen that

makes it so popular in the new home market right now? With the release of the second phase of Shato Holdings’ Tsawwassen Springs development late last year, the community formerly best known for the BC Ferry terminal is coming into its own.

“Tsawwassen has always been a really nice area to raise a family,” says Ron Toigo, managing director of Shato Holdings.

Toigo has been a long-time resident of Tsawwassen himself, and says he enjoys the proximity to Vancouver while still getting away from it all.

“It’s half an hour from Vancouver, but

you could be 100 miles away,” he says.Tsawwassen Springs opened for sale

earlier last year, and has been extremely popular with all types of homebuyers. Part of its appeal can be chalked up to the city, along with its stunning golf course and mountain views.

“Tsawwassen is going to be one of the hot spots,” says George Wong, founder of Magnum Projects, which marketed Tsawwassen Springs’ second phase. “It’s an undiscovered jewel.”

One thing that sets Tsawwassen apart is the construction of its developments, Wong says. “You don’t see high-rises and concrete towers. It’s a more pastoral community.”

“ These homes use 30 per cent less energy

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NOT ALL NEW HOMES ARE BUILT WITH ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN MIND.

That’s why it pays to look for a Power Smart New Home Builder when

shopping for your next home.

Power Smart New Homes are independently rated EnerGuide 80 or higher,

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Layout, amenities, and those much-promoted granite countertops. There’s a lot to think about when you’re buying a new home.

But there’s one feature that can make a positive difference to your wallet when you purchase, and every month that you own your home.

Choosing a Power Smart New Home gives home buyers an easy way to find a home that is designed and built to save energy.

“Buying an energy-efficient home is one of the best ways to maximize your home budget,” says Doug Overholt, representative for BC Hydro’s Power Smart New Home program. “If you save on expenses, you can afford more mortgage. But many new homes are not built with energy efficiency in mind - so looking for the EnerGuide label is wise.”

An EnerGuide rating is a standard measure of a home’s energy performance, rated on a scale of 0 to 100. A rating of 0 represents a home with major air leakage, no insulation and extremely high energy consumption. A rating of 100 represents a house that is airtight, well insulated, sufficiently ventilated and requires no purchased energy.

The first benefit you’ll find is on your mortgage insurance: Power Smart New Homes qualify for a 10 per cent refund on Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation Mortgage

Insurance. You’ll also save on your monthly bills. Homes

that are rated EnerGuide 80 use at least 30 per cent less energy than an average new home. That’s money in your pocket every month – especially great when energy costs are only expected to rise. Buy a home with a rating higher than EnerGuide 80, and save even more.

The third benefit is resale value; as energy costs rise and green building continues to gain popularity, a home that demonstrates its efficiency will likely hold its value as compared to one that is inefficient with high monthly operating costs.

There are other benefits as well, Overholt says.“Builders who are smart about energy efficiency are

adopting improved building practices and making use of new technologies. Their homes are more comfortable – cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter – while using less energy overall. It’s hard to add energy efficiency later; you need to get it built in from the start.”

The Power Smart New Home program gives you an easy way to find houses, townhomes, and condos that are designed to save energy.

For more information and to find your energy efficient dream home, check out the full listing of Power Smart New Home Builders and featured developments at bchydro.com/pshomes.

Buy a Power Smart home, save three waysSave now, and save later: not many homes can promise you that. But when you buy a home from a Power Smart New Home Builder you’ll save money, including reduced mortgage insurance and lower monthly bills. An EnerGuide label is your assurance that the home is independently rated to be energy-efficient. And don’t forget, an energy-efficient home is more comfortable too.

“ Buying an energy-efficient home is one of the best ways to maximize your

home budget,” says Doug Overholt, representative for BC Hydro’s Power Smart New Home program. “If you save on expenses, you can afford more mortgage.”


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During an unexpected two-week visit to my birth country, the Netherlands,

in March, I was once again drool-ing over the fantastic cycling infrastructure in my parents’ home town, Lelystad.

Contrary to most towns and cit-ies in Europe, it’s a rather young city with about 80,000 inhabitants.

Lelystad, about an hour’s drive from Amsterdam, was born in the late ’60s on land reclaimed from the sea, and originally served mostly as a bedroom commu-nity for people who worked in Amsterdam. I moved there with my family when Lelystad was only four years old.

At the time, it had only 4,000 inhabitants, but it already had four-lane arterial highways. Cy-clists and pedestrians have always been prohibited from using these highways. In order to cross them, numerous pedestrian/cyclist bridges were built. The rest of the road network consisted of fairly narrow collector and residential roads with low traffi c speeds, so that these roads could easily be shared by cars and cyclists.

Since I left Lelystad about 30 years ago, a fabulous cycling network – much of which is completely separated from roads – has been developed. Presently, it consists of 60 kms of separated bike paths (this is the main bicycle network only and doesn’t include the many kilometers of secondary and recreational bike paths).

The city is working on provid-

ing the entire main network with a red asphalt layer over the next few years.

The highway arterials have seen considerable changes over the years. Various roundabouts have been added as well as traffi c lights in the downtown area. Interest-ingly, the routes for cars have been changed to make them less direct, whereas cycling has become even more direct and convenient.

Many bike/pedestrian-only bridges also help to make cycling and walk-ing more appealing by provid-ing shorter routes for bikes and pedestrians than for cars.

Lelystad now has train service, and many hundreds of bikes can be seen parked at the train station each working day. At about 230 locations throughout the country, the Dutch railways offer cheap and convenient rental bikes for commuters to complete their trip.

Now that Lelystad is approach-ing its 50th anniversary, it has matured considerably and has become fairly self-suffi cient. It has three main shopping centres, all entirely car-free, with paid car parking on the periphery, and bicycle parking throughout. Well-stocked neighbourhood grocery stores, for most people at walking or biking distance, have modest, free car parking. Many people use their bikes to do their groceries,

since the route by bike is often shorter and faster than by car. My parents’ nearest grocery store is

only fi ve minutes away, by bike or by car.

The population densi-ties of Maple Ridge and Lelystad are very simi-lar: 308/km2 for Lelystad, and 287/km2 for Maple Ridge.

Because Lelystad is so spread out compared to older cities in the Netherlands, relatively less people commute by bike: ‘only’ about 20 per cent of trips are made by bike, whereas the aver-

age in the Netherlands is about 25 per cent. This compares to 0.7 per cent in Maple Ridge.

How much does it cost the Dutch to have such a world class cycling infrastructure? Approximately $40 per person annually.

Quite a bargain, I’d say.• The VACC will be at the Earth

Day celebrations in Pitt Meadows with an information booth, on April 19, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Hoff-man Park.

In Maple Ridge, Earth Day is celebrated on April 21, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The VACC, together with Ridge Meadows Recycling Society, is organizing a bike-give-away. Do you have an unused bike – still in reasonable condition – gathering dust in your garage? Consider donating it for the give-away.

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2008 ACURA MDXAWD with Technology pkg and pwr roof.Stk#97062Reg. $34,900

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$31,238

2008 HONDA ACCORD3.5L V6, EX with all the options on this ‘AS NEW,” low kms, luxury, auto. Stk#98161

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2011 MITSUBUSHI OUTLANDER LS 4X4

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2008 SMART CARLocal, loaded with auto, pw, pdl, only 49,000 kms. $11,000 value.Stk#111154

2010-11 CHEV EQUINOX AND GMC TERRAINSTARTING AT

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2011 DURANGO 4X47 passenger, SUV, low kms, very rare unit. Stk#97251Reg. $36,900

2008 SRX AWD6 cyl, full luxury features, low kms. Stk#1113751


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$9,900

2006 CORVETTEExtra clean, loaded model, only 25,827km, owned from new by a proud BC Corvette Club Member. Stk#1118841

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All local, low kms with auto pwr windows, pwr door locks. Some with BluTooth. Stk#97941. Replacement over $20,000

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2010 CADILLAC CTS SPORT WAGONHard to fi nd with all wheel drive and a panoramic roof. Local Preston Cadillac with low kms. Stk#1103121 Replacement value over $53,000

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2005 CADILLAC CTSGreat value on 2005 CTS local Cadilliac serviced with the good guys at Preston GM from new. (All records on fi le). Featuring leather interior and power roof. $18,000 value. DTK#1106401

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Soroptimist International Ridge Meadows

“Improving the Lives of Women and Girls”

SOCIAL NIGHTSare held the second Tuesday of every month (except July and August)

Time: 7:15 pmTo attend as our guest call 604.465.7880

or email: [email protected] International Western Region Website: www.wcsoroptimist.org


You can drop off the bike at the Recycling Depot, 10092 – 236th Street (off River Road). If you’re not able to drop it off, send me an e-mail (jchow23708@yahoo),

and we’ll arrange to have it picked up. Visit our website http://www.rmcyclist.info/ the week before Earth Day to view pictures of the bikes.

During the Earth Day

celebrations, we will hold two draws to de-termine the winners of the selected bikes, one at 10 a.m., one at noon. The winners of three of the bikes will get the assistance of a personal

coach in doing some minor repairs on their bikes after each draw.

Maple Ridge Cycle has graciously offered the services of a bike mechanic for our “Cycle Recycle” station, and

there will also be several VACC volunteers on hand. This is also a great opportunity for anyone interested in the mechanics of a bike to learn more about bicycle repair and to ask ques-tions.

Even if you don’t need a bike, you may want to drop by to practice

putting a bike on a bus bike rack or pick up a free Translink bike map, after parking your bike in our gated bike park-ing area.

Jackie Chow is a mem-ber of the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Chapter of the Vancouver Area

Cycling Coalition.

Win recycled bicycles on Earth DayCycling from p39

WISE BUYERS READ THE LEGAL COPY: Vehicles may be shown with optional features. Dealer may sell or lease for less. Limited time offers. Offers may be cancelled at any time without notice. See your Ford Dealer for complete details or call the Ford Customer Relationship Centre at 1-800-565-3673. ±Receive 0% annual percentage rate (APR) purchase

financing on all new 2012 Lincoln MKZ / 2013 Lincoln MKX / MKT (excluding Limo/Livery models) / MKS models for a maximum of 60 months to qualified retail customers, on approved credit (OAC) from Ford Credit. Not all buyers will qualify for the lowest interest rate. Example: $45,000 purchase financed at 0% APR for 60 months, monthly payment is

$750.00 cost of borrowing is $0 or APR of 0% and total to be repaid is $45,000. Down payment on purchase financing offers may be required based on approved credit from Ford Credit. Taxes payable on full amount of purchase price. ††Lease a new 2012 Lincoln MKZ FWD with Sport Appearance package / 2013 Lincoln MKS AWD EcoBoost™ / MKX AWD

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There is a range of options when it comes to home

care for the elderly, each with its advantag-es and challenges. The reality is that, at some point, maintaining a household or even a small apartment can be diffi cult for someone with limited mobility or strength. He or she may still wish to maintain independence but with-out help, personal living conditions can become a risk to his or her health.

The most common form of home care comes through both public and private organizations. Various options can be selected, from daily visits to help with cooking or medical needs to weekly visits primarily for cleaning purposes.

For the elderly, such visits are often a welcome break in the routine, and a caring and sociable worker becomes both a help with labour and a good friend.

Of course, the fl ip side of that coin is that home care workers can change within organiza-tions rapidly, and for the elderly it can feel like a stranger is coming to their home regularly. This leaves an uncertain feeling about the mo-tives of the visitor and an unsettling sense of social detachment.

The visit is necessary, but can be dreaded as a stressful situation. This can be compounded even more if any of the workers demonstrates a poor attitude or seems aggressive or nosy around personal items. It doesn’t take much to make the elderly feel threatened.

In an ideal world, a home care worker is hired who is known and trusted by others that the elderly person knows. Like any service, good references for the individual worker, as well as for the organiza-tion, are important to gather for some peace of mind.

It is also a good idea, prior to a home care worker coming into the home, to have a close friend or relative help improve the security of valuables, either by es-tablishing a safe storage place or perhaps even installing a small safe of some kind.

If possible the fi rst visit by a home care worker should be supervised by a relative or friend who can help the elderly negotiate the needs and routines that the home care worker should attend

to. In this way, every-one understands and is comfortable with the expectations and there is a clear pattern established with which the elderly individual is comfortable.

As the service continues over time, it is important to con-sistently ask if every-thing is alright and if the elderly person is comfortable with the visitor. There should be a red fl ag go up if there is any hesitation for such questions or if any men-tion is made of unusual questions, requests or routines that do not seem appropriate.

It is an unfortunate truth that some individu-

als take advantage of the elderly in a variety of ways, but the most common is through theft of small items or loose cash, or through coerc-ing the elderly to help them out fi nancially.

A good con artist with a sad story can easily make a case for support for which the elderly person actually takes pride in helping out and doesn’t see it as a problem.

Personally, I view precautions necessary for elderly home care

to be no different than those that would be applied if child care was

being sought. The young and the old are, indeed, our most vulner-able members of society and it is a responsibil-ity that we all share to look out for them and to ensure their trusting natures do not leave them

vulnerable to abuse.

Graham Hookey writes about education,

parenting and elder care.

Challenges in home care for elderly

Parenting Graham Hookey

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For more information on how you can get involved, please visit us online at www.rmhfoundation.com or call Laura Butler at 604.466.6958

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The hospital is at the bottom of the list of my favou-

rite restaurants. The emergency room

cots, the ICU beds and their amenities are not my chosen comfortable motel or place to spend even a few days away from home and the responsibilities of life.

In my more than 60 years of Christian ministry, I have visited patients and families in emergency, in ICU, in regular wards thousands

of times. From visiting on the occasion of a baby’s birth to the feeble and dying leaving this earthly scene, I have been there to speak words of comfort, en-couragement and hope.

I have seen the man-gled bodies of accident victims, in excruciating pain, I have watched many people breathe their last and take fl ight to the world beyond.

I’ve also watched the sick recover and be restored to home.

I have spent all night vigils weeping with others and praying for a miracle.

I have rejoiced with friends and loved ones have been raised from a bed of sickness and watched their lives return to normal.

Doctors, nurses, techni-cians and caregivers

have all had a part in the healing and re-covery process. They are to be highly com-mended for their dedica-tion, skills and care.

But now it was my turn. I had rejected the urgings and pleas of my

wife and family to go to the emergency ward at Ridge Meadows Hospital. But I had become too weak and ill to dig in my heels or drag my feet any longer, so I reluctantly allowed them to take me there.

The care of the doctors, nurses and technicians, along with my family doctor and cardiologist was fi rst class. They treated my infected, dehydrated body and replaced the chemicals and whatever else was missing from my blood stream. Moreover, hun-dreds of people around the world were praying for my speedy recovery.

After a night in emergency and nearly a week in ICU, I was sent home and have now fully recovered from this lat-est ordeal. I have learned some valuable, practical lessons: don’t wait till it’s too late to go for help and seek a cure for your illness; no matter how inviting and comfortable home is, the hospital was the only place to be; others more knowledge-able than myself knew far better than I did what I needed in order to recover and be healthy; do what the doctor prescribes and take your medicine no matter how bad it tastes; there is a spiritual component in the healing process.

The Bible teaches us that we are not only sub-ject to physical ailments, but are born with a spiri-tual disease called sin. The Bible urges us not to resist, but seek help today. The source of our help is Jesus Christ, who died so that we can be cured from our sins and our sicknesses healed. He is the physician who forgives all our sins and heals all of our diseases.

Eddie Bradley is pas-tor emeritus at High

Way Church.

Hospitals, sickness, a great physician

Acts of Faith Ed Bradley

THE AMAZINGADVENTURE

JUNE 9, 2012

Race and explore Maple Ridge to raise awareness for the Salvation Army Caring Place Sonia’s Cradle camp program for at-risk youth.

Where: Starts and ends at Memorial Peace Park, Maple Ridge. The event will take participants all over the District of Maple Ridge.

When: Event starts at 12:00pm and will end at 6:30pm with a celebratory BBQ to follow.

Cost: $150 for a team of 4 or $40 for individual entries.

For more information, or to register, contact Amelia Norrie at [email protected] or 604-463-8296 ext. 106 or visit caringplace.ca.

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DOES YOURYOUTH GROUPNEED TORAISE FUNDS?

The Rotary Duck Racecan help ...

The Rotary Duck Race is a lottery fund raising program available to all non-profit youth organizations in

by our two local Rotary Clubs. Money raised in ticket sales is granted back to your youth organization. Please join us at our public meeting to find out more about this partnering opportunity.

Public Information Meeting onYouth Group Participation

Saturday, 28 April 201210am-11am

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Public Information Meeting onYouth Group Participation

Saturday, 28 April 201210am-11am

The ACT (lobby)

For more information:www.rotaryduckrace.ca(604) 465-4142

DOES YOURYOUTH GROUPNEED TORAISE FUNDS?

The Rotary Duck Racecan help ...

The Rotary Duck Race is a lottery fund raising program available to all non-profit youth organizations in

by our two local Rotary Clubs. Money raised in ticket sales is granted back to your youth organization. Please join us at our public meeting to find out more about this partnering opportunity.

BEV DIXON Interim RMH Site Director and Fund Run participant, is ready to run for health care.


SUNDAY

June 3


On those lazy hazy days of summer when you are walking along the

dike in Pitt Meadows, that is when you will see the red-eared slider, basking on a log in the middle of a big pond.

These colourful turtles are easily mistaken for the western painted turtle, our only native turtle, which is an endangered species . The sliders are native to the southern United States, so those found here are most likely pets that have been let go and have quickly established them-selves in the quiet side waters of the Alouette River.

Like all turtles, the red-eared slider enjoys the heat and can often be seen sitting on fl oating weed masses or logs. They eat plants and small frogs, keeping their catch in water as they have no saliva and fi xed tongues.

During the winter, they burrow down into the mud at the bottom of their pond, staying there until the spring, only occasionally coming up for air.

During late summer, the hatchlings will try to make it down to the water from their nests higher up on the soft bank where the female turtle has laid her eggs. This activity occurs between May to July and can consist of two to 32 eggs in a nest.

Unfortunately, only a handful of the little sliders make it to the pond’s edge as humans, dogs, raccoons and other critters eat them or inadvertently crush them in the nests. This time can be even more devas-tating for the young western painted turtle, who rely on the wetlands in the lower Fraser Valley.

These areas are rapidly disappearing under roads and development

Despite encroachment, the red eared slider is doing better than the western painted turtle, who needs the undisturbed wetland to survive.

Liz Hancock is a member of the Alouette River

Management Society

Watch for sliders

River tales Liz Hancock

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Aboriginal people have unique legal rights, and help is available to understand and claim these rights. Advocates, legal representation, clinics, and advice are available to you both on and off reserve.For more information, see www.legalaid.bc.ca/aboriginal.

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Friday, April 13• Eric Langton Elementa-

ry School is holding its third annual trivia night fund-raiser. Everyone is welcome to this adult-only evening. Challenge your friends and foes in their knowledge of all things trivial. A variety of categories, movie and sound clips, geography, history, cur-rent events and more. Tickets are $13 each, teams are six to 10 people. Come with a team or we can find you one. Coffee and tea, snacks and

desserts included. Cash bar. All funds raised go toward purchasing new playground equipment for the school. To purchase tickets call 604-476-1174 or e-mail [email protected]. 12138 Edge Street, Maple Ridge, 7 p.m. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.).

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presents Bear Essentials from noon to 3 p.m. at Kanaka Creek Regional Park in Maple Ridge. As Metro Vancouver grows, people are living, working and playing in closer proximity to bears. Understanding bear behav-iour helps keep people safe and bears wild. Drop by and learn about black bear ecol-ogy and understand how to coexist with our wild neigh-bours. Meet at the Riverfront south of Lougheed Highway and River Road. Open to all ages, free drop-in.

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• This Sunday, the Pitt Meadows Museum is

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• Early bird registration for the Ridge Meadows Speedskating Club will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Planet Ice, Maple Ridge. Ages 4 and over are welcome to join with no previous skating experience required. For more informa-tion, please contact Trish at 604-465-0637 or visit www.ridgemeadowsracers.org. Speedskate rental is included in registration fees.

• Christmas Haven shopping fundraiser takes place at the Quality Inn on Lougheed Highway in Maple Ridge from noon to 4 p.m. For more information, contact Deborah at 604-306-

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Club is holding its monthly meeting at the Pitt Meadows Community Hall, at the cor-ner of Harris and Ford roads. Guest speaker is David Sellars of the Alpine plant Society, speaking about a rewarding journey from rhododendrons to rock gardening. Everyone welcome.

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Retired Teachers’ Associa-tion is taking their spring road trip to Bowen Island. Bus tour starts at the Maple Ridge Baptist Church parking lot at 9:30 a.m. and returns about 4 p.m. Bus trip is $20 per person. B.C. Gold Cards are needed for ferry trip (or ferry tickets are $10.20) and lunch is not included. Some walking is required. Please contact Don Sears for reservations at 604-464-3886 or [email protected]

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The Maple Ridge elementary boys’ basketball team took home the School District No. 42 elemen-tary title, defeating Harry Hooge 30-20 in the final last Wednes-day at Pitt Meadows Secondary School.

Maple Ridge was led offensively by Jayden Anderson and Day-tin Vidovich, who helped Maple

Ridge get out to a double-digit lead by halftime against the pre-viously unbeaten Harry Hooge team.

It was Maple Ridge elementa-ry’s second district title and third final appearance in the past four years, said parent-coach Steve Anderson.

“We played well defensively and got out to early leads,” he said. “I’m really proud of the boys.”

Maple Ridge opened the play-off tournament with a semifinal

win over Eric Langton, 40-31. Eric Langton went on to down Davie Jones elementary to take third place at the tournament.

In the girls’ competition, Alou-ette elementary defeated Eric Langton to take the district title.

Anderson said he was happy to see teachers continue with the annual elementary basketball tournament, despite a voluntary ban on extracurricular volunteer-ing by the local teachers’ union as part of the ongoing contract

dispute with the provincial gov-ernment.

“Everyone involved wanted to finish what we had started for the kids,” he said. “They put in a lot of hard work organizing this. We’re really thankful”

Members of the Maple Ridge el-ementary boys’ basketball team: Jayden Anderson, Nathan Faccin, Cole Mathews, Jake Pauls, Quinn Sabyan, Daytin Vidovich, Ryan Cordoni, Trey McDonald, Devon Taylor, and Colorado Zelinski.

Maple Ridge’s Devon Stew-art is starting his collegiate baseball career in fi ne form, and was named the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference rookie of the week for his ef-forts.

Stewart, a graduate of Samuel Robertson Technical, plays for the NCAA Division 1 Canisius College Griffi ns of Buffalo, New York. The six-foot-two freshman right-handed pitcher threw seven innings and struck out nine in a no-decision against Penn State on Saturday to earn the honour.

Stewart had only one earned run in his start, while giving up six hits and walking two.

Stewart’s nine strikeouts were the most by a Cani-sius pitcher this season and most by a Canisius freshman pitcher in the past 12 years. Stewart retired the fi rst eight batters of the game and only allowed two runners past fi rst base in the fi rst fi ve innings.

The Griffi ns eventually lost the game 4-3 in extra innings, and currently hold a 17-17 re-cord this season.

Stewart got his fi rst start of the year back in February, not allowing a hit through 4.1 innings.

Stewart grew up playing for the Ridge Meadows Royals, and after aging out of ban-tam AAA, opted to stay close to home and play with the Ridge Meadows midget AAA team instead of joining the B.C. Junior Premier Baseball League.

Stewart and the midget AAA Royals won provincials, a Western Canada champion-ship, and placed third at na-tionals.

Stewart spent the past two seasons with the Langley Blaze, and his fastball has been clocked at 91 miles per hour.

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FV Phantom fall to Edmonton Thunder

The Fraser Valley Phantom midget AAA girls’ hockey team fell two games to none in its three-game series with the Ed-monton Thunder last weekend at the Pacific Region Showdown in Surrey.

The Phantom, which plays home games at Pitt Meadows Arena, lost 3-2 in Game 1 on Fri-day, then 3-1 in Game 2 on Satur-

day.With the series win, the Ed-

monton Thunder earn the right to play in the Canadian national midget girls’ championship in Prince Edward Island later this month.

It was the fourth Pacific Region title in a row for the Thunder.

The Phantom finish the regular season with a 24-2-2 record in the B.C. midget AAA girls’ league, and won its first provincial cham-pionship last month with a 6-1 win over the Thompson-Okana-

gan Rockets in the league final.“We had a really strong core

group of players who played well for us all season long,” said coach Dean Reed.

Two key members of the team are Maple Ridge’s Madison Sands and Payge Pena.

Pena, a forward, had 20 points this season for Phantom, while Sands had 11 points on defence. Both players we named league all-stars.

Sands was knocked out of the playoff series against the Thun-

der in the first period of Game 1 by an accidental hit from behind.

“That definitely affected us,” said Reed.

“She’s one of our best defence-men.”

The Fraser Valley Phantom are currently gearing up for spring league action, as well as a col-lege showcase in June, featur-ing coaches from some of the top NCAA women’s hockey programs in the U.S.

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Boys U-14Rank Player Hometown Score1 Perry Xin Vancouver 74, 77-151 2 Jae Wook Lee Langley 81, 72-153 3 Roy Kang North Vancouver 78, 76-154 T-4 Ryan Watt Vancouver 85, 83-168T-4 Taylor Patrick Surrey 89, 79-168 6 Seo Ho Choi Surrey 86, 84-170 7 M. McConnachie Surrey 84, 89-173 8 Raymond Li Vancouver 86, 88-174 9 Mitchell Thiessen Chilliwack 92, 83-175 T-10 Matthew Pearson Vancouver 86, 90-176 T-10 Andrew Widjaja New Westminster 87, 89-176 T-10 Keenan Flemming Sechelt 87, 89-176 T-13 Brendan Lancaster South Surrey 98, 84-182 14 Voncan Omidi Surrey 97, 99-196 15 John Corrigan Calgary 102, 97-199

Boys 14-16Rank Player Hometown Score1 Jared du Toit Kimberley 71, 72-143 2 Chris Crisologo Richmond 72, 72-144 3 Colton Dorion Surrey 74, 76-150 4 James Kim Langley 75, 76-151 T-5 Kevin Vigna Coquitlam 78, 74-152 T-5 Oscar Baek La Habra, USA 74, 78-152 T-7 Jun Kang Coquitlam 76, 78-154 T-7 Alex Francois Burnaby 77, 77-154 9 Jaesung Choi Surrey 79, 77-156 T-10 Ian Kim Surrey 77, 80-157 T-10 Cole Briggs Langley 79, 78-157 T-12 Derrick Walters Williams Lake 78, 82-160 T-12 Connor McLellan Chilliwack 80, 80-160 T-12 Jordan Morford Abbotsford 80, 80-160 T-12 Jerry Bang Coquitlam 81, 79-160 16 Jacob Stewart Calgary 83, 80-163 T-17 Andrew Alafriz Abbotsford 81, 83-164 T-17 Alex Corrigan Calgary 84, 80-164 T-19 Ryan LaBossiere Williams Lake 82, 84-166 T-19 Shayne LaRochelle Coquitlam 83, 83-166 T-19 Nick Krystal Port Moody 84, 82-166 22 Young Oh Coquitlam 84, 83-167 23 Matt Hadfi eld North Vancouver 85, 84-169 24 Nels Nelsen North Vancouver 82, 88-170 25 Jacob Hayes Delta 82, 89-171 26 Brett LaBossiere Williams Lake 93, 79-172 T-27 Charlie Thompson Delta 87, 86-173 T-27 Brendan MacDougall Calgary 89, 84-173 T-27 Alexander Kwok Richmond 90, 83-173 T-30 Nick Guenther Abbotsford 87, 87-174 T-30 Patrick Gobran Edmonton 88, 86-174 T-30 Jacob Bland Sechelt 95, 79-174 33 Cole McKinnon Surrey 90, 85-175 34 Brendan Lancaster Burnaby 87, 89-176 35 Alex Walker Abbotsford 89, 88-177 T-36 Kaleb Fisher Abbotsford 90, 88-178 T-36 Leon Lee Burnaby 92, 86-178 38 Ryan Combs Abbotsford 83, 98-181 39 Ryan Crawford Calgary 96, 94-190 40 Edward Chen Burnaby 96, 95-191 41 Trevor Smith Roberts Creek 103, 90-193 42 Andrew Metcalf Surrey 100, 94-194 43 Tyler Hartwell Calgary 103, 93-196

Boys 17-19Rank Player Hometown Score1 Aaron Crawford Calgary 75, 71-146 2 Brayden Brown Calgary 75, 76-151 3 Darren Day Victoria 75, 77-152 T-4 Nathan Haussmann Victoria 80, 77-157 T-4 Trevor Garofano Coquitlam 78, 79-157 6 Ryan Hunt Pitt Meadows 77, 82-159 7 Tyler Roope Langley 75, 86-161 8 Jesse Reichelt Langley 86, 76-162 9 Tom Bang Coquitlam 81, 82-163 T-10 Andrew Strom Gibsons 78, 86-164 T-10 Jacob Vanderpas Vancouver 78, 86-164 12 Paul Bordignon Burnaby 85, 80-165 13 Victor Baptiste Oliver 89, 79-168 T-14 Ben Magnuson Williams Lake 85, 86-171 T-14 Alex Leech Mission 86, 85-171 16 Justin Rouleau North Vancouver 83, 91-174

GirlsRank Player Hometown Score1 Alisha Lau Richmond 74, 73-147 2 Madison Kapchinsky Kelowna 78, 74-152 3 Winnie Hyun Langley 79, 74-153 4 Keanna Mason Maple Ridge 78, 76-154 5 Annie Songeun Lee Surrey 83, 74-157 T-6 Tiff any Kong Vancouver 80, 78-158 T-6 Hannah Lee Surrey 78, 80-158 8 Lana Gill Vancouver 85, 80-165 T-9 Carolyn Lee Calgary 87, 80-167 T-9 Ashley Cai Vancouver 85, 82-167 T-9 Chloe Wong Vancouver 81, 86-167 T-13 Ashley Omidi Surrey 94, 83-177 T-13 Erin Farner Calgary 92, 85-177 14 Claire Emery Calgary 91, 87-178

Cleveland Golf Order of Merit

Boys U-14Name Hometown ScorePerry Xin Vancouver 300Jae Wook Lee Langley 225Roy Kang North Vancouver 210Ryan Watt Vancouver 187.5Taylor Patrick Surrey 187.5

Boys 14-16Name Hometown ScoreJared du Toit Kimberley 300Chris Crisologo Richmond 225Colton Dorion Surrey 210James Kim Langley 195Kevin Vigna Coquitlam 172.5

Boys 17-19Name Hometown ScoreAaron Crawford Calgary 300Brayden Brown Calgary 225Nathan Haussmann Victoria 187.5Trevor Garofano Coquitlam 187.5Ryan Hunt Pitt Meadows 165

GirlsName Hometown ScoreAlisha Lau Richmond 300Madison Kapchinsky Kelowna 225Winnie Hyun Langley 210Keanna Mason Maple Ridge 195Tiff any Kong Vancouver 142.5

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B.C Men’s Division III, Mainland Pool BTeam GP W L T D Pts PF PAKamloops RFC 7 7 0 0 0 28 249 39Kats RFC 6 5 1 0 0 20 234 46Brit Lions RFC 6 4 2 0 0 16 160 54SFU Rugby 6 4 2 0 0 16 141 111Scribes RFC 7 4 3 0 0 16 195 92Capilano B 7 3 4 0 0 12 118 133Chilliwack RFC 7 2 5 0 0 8 99 308Ridge Meadows RFC 7 1 6 0 0 4 57 279Burnaby B 7 0 7 0 0 0 40 231

Women’s Tier 2Team GP W L T D Pts PF PABrit Lions RFC 6 4 1 0 1 12 161 49 Ridge Meadows RFC 7 4 3 0 0 16 157 118 Velox Valkyries 6 3 2 0 1 8 109 107 Meraloma Rugby Club 7 3 4 0 0 12 80 185 Burnaby Lake Rugby Club 6 2 4 0 0 8 107 155

U-16 Boys’Team GP W L T D* Pts PF PAVancouver Rowing Club 3 3 0 0 0 12 109 22 Burnaby Lake Rugby Club 6 5 1 0 0 20 223 48 Capilano 1 5 4 1 0 0 16 178 78 Richmond RFC 5 3 2 0 0 12 106 152 Meraloma 5 1 4 0 0 4 12 139 Ridge Meadows 4 0 4 0 0 0 70 190 Capilano 2 4 0 3 0 1 -4 38 107

U-14 Boys’Team GP W L T D* Pts PF PACapilano 1 6 6 0 0 0 24 244 111 Burnaby 3 2 1 0 0 8 119 57 Capilano 2 3 1 2 0 0 4 65 76 Rich./Mera./Brit Lions 3 1 2 0 0 4 68 90 Ridge Meadows/Rowers 4 1 2 0 1 0 27 90 Chuckanut 5 1 4 0 0 4 95 194 * Default: -4 points

• The Sunshine Kids celebrity baseball game takes place Sunday, April 15 at 2 p.m. at the Albion Sports fi eld. This year’s game will include the usual assortment of local VIP’s, Shriner Clowns, the Ridge Meadows RCMP and Fire Department as well as a performance by the Maple Ridge Concert band and the outstanding Sgt. Dave Smith and his equestrian team and K-9 unit.• The Maple Ridge Burrards senior men’s lacrosse team opens the 2012 Western Lacrosse Association season at home at Planet Ice in Maple Ridge on Sunday, May 22, against the Langley Thunder. game time is 6:45 p.m. For more information, visit www.burrards.ca.• Singles dance, at various locations, occasional Saturday nights. Live band. For more information call Doris at 604-465-4412. • Come join in the fun with seniors’ beginners Hawaiian dance lessons. For more information, contact Diana at 604-465-5722.• The North Fraser Therapeutic Riding Association needs volunteers to help groom and tack horses and to lead or side walk with riders during their lesson. Horse experience is great but not required. If you enjoy the outdoors, working with wonderful people of all abilities, and love animals, this is the place for you. Please contact 604-462-7786 for further information.• The Maple Ridge Golf Club Men’s night tees off every Thursday. Weekly prizes. All skill levels welcome. For more information, call Monty Martin at 604-465 9221.• Volunteers wanted for the Special Olympics. Coaches and assis-tant coaches needed for various sports. To volunteer, contact [email protected].

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in ballistic stretching the stretch refl ex can be triggered due to the bouncing movement of this stretch and is not recommended for athletes as injury may occur if they go beyond their normal range of movement.

Dynamic stretchingDynamic stretching

should be performed be-fore practice or competi-tion as an 8-12 minute warm-up, which primes the nervous system for play. It can also be used during rest periods in practices or games to keep the working mus-cles warm, to maintain the optimal range of motion, and to keep the nervous system primed for action. More about dynamic stretching as a method of warm-up in an upcoming article.

Static StretchingStatic stretching is

the kind that most peo-ple think about when

they want to stretch. In stat-ic stretching, the end point of a range of motion is held for 20 to 30 seconds.

Static stretching incorporates passive relax-ation and elon-gation of the muscles being stretched. It is best performed post-competition to improve fl exibility and is a great way to cool down. This is not an optimal stretch to use prior to activity as the nervous system gains no benefi t from this stretch.

In addition, injury can occur if an athlete is too fl exible and the joints are not well sup-ported due to increased laxity or if an athlete’s muscles are cold and too tight and the range of movement is limited.

And, in fact, recent re-search has shown that doing static stretching

before sports that involve explosive, powerful movements can hurt performance by reducing the amount of power you are capable of generating. The reason this is thought to occur is that you are

relaxing the muscles rather than exciting the nervous system to prepare to fi re. That is why dynamic stretch-ing during warm-up is better to do before play and static stretching better done after play.

PNF stretchingTo further improve

stretching, PNF can be performed with the assistance of another person. Sometimes you’ll see professional football or soccer play-ers doing this kind of stretching during prac-tice on TV. The muscle is stretched to the end point and while the partner provides resis-tance, isometric force is applied by the athlete against the resistance. For example, in a hamstring stretch the athlete lies face up, the leg is raised straight up and held by the partner at the hamstring’s end point, a force is applied against the partner’s hand by the athlete for 10 seconds and then the athlete relaxes while the partner adds a little more stretch. There are many varieties of PNF, which involve differences in the dura-tion of contraction or relaxation and which muscle is contracted (the target muscle, or its opposing muscle).

PNF stretching is su-perior to static stretch-ing but should only be used when all the players have had the team therapist teach them the proper way to perform this technique.

Care must be taken in performing PNF stretching as there is a risk of injury if there isn’t good communi-cation between the partners. It is a method often performed by therapists and should be done by adult play-ers if they have been properly trained.

Kerry Senchyna holds a bachelor of science de-gree in kinesiology and is owner of West Coast

Kinesiology.

Sports

The secrets of stretching for sport

Kinected Kerry Senchyna

THE AMAZINGADVENTURE

JUNE 9, 2012

Race and explore Maple Ridge to raise awareness for the Salvation Army Caring Place Sonia’s Cradle camp program for at-risk youth.

Where: Starts and ends at Memorial Peace Park, Maple Ridge. The event will take participants all over the District of Maple Ridge.

When: Event starts at 12:00pm and will end at 6:30pm with a celebratory BBQ to follow.

Cost: $150 for a team of 4 or $40 for individual entries.

For more information, or to register, contact Amelia Norrie at [email protected] or 604-463-8296 ext. 106 or visit caringplace.ca.

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Depot location:10092 – 236th Street (off River Road).Hours: Mon. 8am to 5pm, Tues-Wed.8am to 7pm, Thurs-Sun 8am to 5pm.

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2 BIRTHS

Happy To Announce The Birth of

Sevrin Lucas Albert-ColeBorn October 1, 2011

Proud Parents Stephanie Albert & Adrian Cole &

big brother Damian

3 ENGAGEMENTS

Mike and Wendy Tombe are happy to announce

the engagement of their daughter,

Tonja Mary Elizabeth Tombe

to Mark Anthony

van der Pouw Kraan, son of Hans and Marianne

van der Pouw Kraan

Welcome to the family, Mark!

4 FUNERAL HOMES

5 IN MEMORIAM

In Loving Memory of Our Dear Son

Daniel Leonard Gordon Holland

Who left us April 17, 2010

Dan you are in our thoughts, in our hearts and you will

always be missed.

With special love from Dad, Papa, & Nana,

Aunt Leona, Kit & Wyatt


5 IN MEMORIAM

In Loving Memory of

Silvia Celina Cihelka

June 24, 1950 ~ April 15, 2004

Eight years have come and our Celina has been greatly missed. We have celebrated three weddings and four grandchildren together. At each wonderful occasion she has been there with us in our hearts. We will never forget the beautiful person who brought us all together.

Love you forever

6 IN MEMORIAM GIFTS

7 OBITUARIES


7 OBITUARIES

MCKINLEY Helen Evelyn (nee Collins)

June 22, 1918 ~ April 8, 2012

“Those were the days my friend, we thought

they’d never end”...and with sadness we announce Evelyn’s days did end very peacefully. Pre-deceased by her husband of 60 years Kenneth in 2005, and by her 5 younger siblings, she leaves son John, daughter Leanne (Guy), and 4 grand-children, Jodika, Gabrielle, Deena and Jarren. Mom grew up in Kerrisdale and in 1948 moved to West Vancouver to raise a family. This was a time of great fulfi llment for Mom. She immersed herself in countless hours of volunteer-ing, while still fi nding time to bowl, curl, swim and sew, which she loved doing. Later, Columbia Beach on Vancouver Island beckoned for retirement. Being by the ocean always gave her great comfort. We would like to give a heartfelt thank-you to the wonderful and dedicated staff at Willow Manor and also a special thank-you to the 4 caring ladies with Nurse Next Door for your warm and loving companionship these past 15 months. Mom’s wit may be quiet now-but will never be forgotten. No service by request.

Condolences may be sent to www.mapleridgefuneral.ca ..

SOUTHGATERonald Norman

March 29, 2012

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Ron Southgate. He is survived by his wife Darlene his three daughters Barbara (Norm) Linda (Vic) Susan (Mike) and one son Steven in Australia (Christine). Grand-children Nerrissa, Crystal, Katrina, Teresa, Kevin, Rhys, Ryan. 5 Great grandchildren, a very large extended family and many friends.

Thank you to all the staff at Christine Morrison Hospice in Mission. In lieu of fl owers, donations to the ALS Society of BC. No Funeral at his request.


7 OBITUARIES

SAARI Alma Elizabeth (Dolly)

With profound sadness we announce mom’s passing on Sunday, April 8th, 2012, she was 83. Predeceased by husband Tauno Saari. She leaves behind daughters Linda Saari & Brenda Mesaros, grandson Kevin Saari (Marcia) - children Cody, Alex & Jordyn, grandsons Brandon Mesaros & Braden Mesaros and their father Brad Mesaros, sisters Tillie Bennett & Mary Tapp-Cowan (Roy), brother Ernie Buckle (Ella), sister in law Taimi Norberg, brothers in law Stan (Lil) Saari, Al (Pat) Saari, as well as numerous nieces, nephews and many lifelong friends. We wish to thank Dr. Ken Burns & the staff at Westgate M.C. for years of dedicated care. Memorial Service will be held on April 14, 2012 at 11:00 am at Maple Ridge Funeral Chapel (Osborn’s) 11969-216th Street, Maple Ridge. Interment to follow at 12:00 pm at the Maple Ridge Cemetery, 21404 Dewdney Trunk Road, Maple Ridge. Reception tea to follow back at Maple Ridge Funeral Chapel.

No fl owers please – your presence will make us happiest.

Condolences may be sent to www.mapleridgefuneral.ca

.

WALLNER Ludwig

Ludwig passed away suddenly in his apartment on April 4th, 2012 at the age of 73 years. Missed by his brother Josef (Veronica), sister Maria (Klaus) Tenng, nieces, nephews and his many friends. Celebration of Life will be held Monday, April 16th at 11:00 A.M. in the MAPLE RIDGE FUNERAL CHAPEL (Osborn’s), 11969 – 216th Street. Interment at Maple Ridge Cemetery.

Condolences may be sent to www.mapleridgefuneral.ca

.


7 OBITUARIES

WESTGARD Clifford Edward

Born August 30th, 1924 in Tuberose, Saskatchewan, left us on Easter Sunday, April 8th, in Maple Ridge at the age of 87. Predeceased by his wife Mary, brother Leonard and brother-in-law Don. He is lovingly remembered by his daughter Cheryl (Robert), son Kevin and grandsons Chad, Matt (Sherry), Brandon and Logan. Also survived by his sisters; Marian, Jean (George) and Dolores (Cliff); brother-in-law Chuck (Jean) and many nieces and nephews. Chapel Service will be held on Monday, April 16th at 1 pm at Forest Lawn Funeral Home, 3789 Royal Oak Avenue, Burnaby, BC. We appreciate the care provided by doctors, nurses and caregivers at Ridge Meadows Hospital.

Dad will be remembered as a gentleman, sadly

missed and loved by all..

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108 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

HOME BASED BUSINESS-We need serious and motivat-ed people for expanding health & wellness industry. High speed internet and phone essential. Free online training. www.project4wellness.com

114 DRIVERS/COURIER/TRUCKING

DRIVERS REQUIREDHTL Transport LTD. Hiring long haul Class 1 fl atdeck drivers to run AB. High Pay & new trucks. Must travel to the U.S. 2 yrs exp & clean drivers abstract.

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ONTIME TRANPSPORT INC.,excellent reputation since 1986, requries fully equipped & fi nan-cially stable O/Os pulling their own Super Trains/Tri axle fl ats for steady hauls in Western Canada. You must have a clean Abstract, professional attitude & be fl uent in English. Please call us for more info 604-857-1191 or 1-800-961-3444. Thank-you for your interest.

OWNER OPERATORS &CLASS 1 Company Drivers

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Van Kam Freightways’ group of companies requires Owner Op-erators and Class 1 Company drivers to be based out of our Surrey Terminal. Applicants must have winter and mountain driving exp./training.We offer above average rates and an excellent employee bene-fi ts package.Call Bev at 1-800-663-0900 or send a detailed resume and cur-rent driver’s abstract. (For owner operators, provide details of your truck) to:

[email protected] Fax, 604-587-9889

Van Kam is committed to Em-ployment Equity and Environ-mental Responsibility.Thank you for your interest however only those of interest to us will be contacted.

115 EDUCATION


115 EDUCATION

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124 FARM WORKERS

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124 FARM WORKERS

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125 FOSTER/SOCIAL CARE

Some great kids aged 12 to 18 who need a stable, caring home

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130 HELP WANTED


160 TRADES, TECHNICAL

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242 CONCRETE & PLACING

HERFORT CONCRETENO JOB TOO SMALL

Serving Lower Mainland 23 Years! *Prepare *Form *Place *Finish

*Granite & Interlocking Block Walls *Stairs *Driveways *Exposed

Aggregate *Stamped Concrete.*Interlocking Bricks *Sod Placement

-Excellent Ref’s -WCB Insured

LEO: Mobile #657-2375, 462-8620

Tony’s ConcreteAll Types Concrete Work

W Forming W GradingW Specializing in Stamp

W Exposed20 years exp. Free Estimates

604-230-6707UNIQUE CONCRETE

DESIGNF All types of concrete work F

F Re & Re F Forming F Site prepFDriveways FExposed FStamped

F Bobcat Work F WCB Insured778-231-9675, 778-231-9147

FREE ESTIMATES

257 DRYWALL

45 Years in the drywall trade. All size jobs boarding, taping, spraying. Big or small. Wayne 778-242-2060

FRANKS Drywall *Boarding*Taping *Spraying no job too sm. Seniors rts Free ests. 604-939-7029, 809-1945

HUGH’S DRYWALL The clean professional way.

Taping / Textured ceilings 463-5413

MICRO Drywall, Boarding, Taping, Texture Repair, Painting, No Job to small, Mark 604-809-2009

Professional Drywall & Taping All textures. Big/small projects.

604-970-1285

260 ELECTRICAL

DC ELECTRIC (#37544). Bonded. 24 hr service. We specialize in jobs too small for the big guys! 30 yrs exp. Free est. 604-460-8867.

(#102055) Bonded Specializing in Renos

New Const, (Comm./Res.)Free Estimates

778.885.7074 Trent Reisinger

RIDGE MEADOWS ELECTRIC Lic & Bonded. Small Jobs. Call Don

604-462-0480 or 604-861-7418

YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 Service Call Lic #89402 Same day guarn’td We love small jobs! 604-568-1899

275 FLOOR REFINISHING/INSTALLATIONS

604-618-6401 Marcel.Ceramic Tiles, Hardwood Laminate

Guaranteed work, Free Estimate.

281 GARDENING

15% SENIORS DISCOUNT lawn cuts, aerating, power-raking, prun-ing, hedge trimming, trees, 23 yrs. exp. Free est. Brad 778-552-3900

Always! Pwr. raking, grass cutting, fertilizing, hedging, pruning, Rub-bish rem. Free Est. 604-230-0627

BIG CUTS!! Medium to Large

Properties / EstatesCommercial Ride-on Mowers

*Line-Trimming*Edging *Blowing

PROFESSIONAL & RELIABLEREASONABLE RATES

Mike 604-862-3053

Cutting EdgeLawncare Ltd.Certifi ed Turf-GrassManagement Tech.

Does it make a difference??You bet your grass it does!!

W Maintenance W Power rakingW Fertilizing W Pruning

W Landscaping WClean-up

✶Residential Specialist✶George 604-466-9514


281 GARDENING

.Jim’s Mowing Spring ServicesSame day services

LAWNS - LAWNS - LAWNS

We Do Lawns*Monthy Lawn Maintenance

*Yard Clean-up*Pruning and More.

-- Seniors Discount --

604-560-1971

Monthly Lawn Maintenance

Weekly Lawn Mowing- Power Raking -

Aerating - Moss ControlFertilizing - Hedges - Pruning

Ph: 604.465.5376Cell: 604.318.4514

Prompt Delivery AvailableSeven Days a Week

Meadows LandscapeSupply Ltd.

✶ Bark Mulch✶ Lawn & Garden Soil

✶ Drain Grave Lava Rock✶ River Rock ✶Pea Gravel

(604)465-1311meadowslandscapesupply.com

283 GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

GUTTER Cleaning Service, Repairs Free Est, 20 yrs exp, Rain or shine. 7 days/week. Simon 604-230-0627

M.T. GUTTERSProfessional Installation5” Gutter, Down Pipe, Soffi t28 YRS EXP. *FULLY INSURED

Cleaning & Repairing

Call Tim 604-612-5388

287 HOME IMPROVEMENTS

ADDITIONS, Renovations & New Construction. Concrete Forming & Framing Specialist. 604.218.3064


287 HOME IMPROVEMENTS

A-1 CONTRACTING. Renos. Bsmt, kitchens, baths, custom cabinets, tiling, plumbing, sundecks, reroofi ng. Dhillon 604-782-1936.

❞A ALL RESIDENTIAL❞* Electrical * Plumbing * Heating* Painting * Carpentry * Tile Work* Laminate & Hardwood Flooring

Exc. Rates, Senior Disc. Work guar. Since 1986. Ken 604-418-7168

EAGLE TILE101 - 19070 Lougheed Hwy,

Pitt MeadowsA - 20779 Lougheed Hwy

Maple Ridge Your local natural stone

distributors. Custom made Granite Countertops.Slate Granite MarbleTile Tumbled stone.

Large selection of Porcelain & Ceramic Sales & Service

604.463.0718 ~ 604.460.6656

Home Renovations and New Construction

Kitchens, Bathrooms, Flooring, Drywall, Garages, Decks & more

* 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE*INSURED ~ WCB

Dean 604-834-3076

HOOT & OWLRenovations & repairs

Also rubbish removal availableEmail: hoot&[email protected]

Gary 604-339-5430MLG ENTERPRISES All Aspects OF Home Improvements, Landscaping & Garden Solutions (604)501-9290

SCOTT FAMILY RENOS

Roofs, windows, doors, painting,

drywalling, fl ooring, bsmnt. fi nishing.

(604)836-9274

288 HOME REPAIRS

604-618-6401 MarcelRepairs, Maintenance, Renovation Guaranteed work, Free Estimate

RETIRED carpenter wants to keep busy. Looking for small carpentry jobs. Will repair or build new. Will also do small plumbing jobs. Call Ken 604-460-7803.

300 LANDSCAPING

All aspects of Landscaping and Maintenance,Strata, Commercial, Residential,

Pavers, Patios, Retaining walls & Drainage

Spring clean upsFully INSURED

Call (604)763-8795

DRNEWEARTH.COMCall: (604)460-8776

DUTCH TOUCHGreen Services Ltd

Landscape ConstructionRenovations W Maintenance

604-463-3644604-861-1490


300 LANDSCAPING

D Garden Blend SoilD Lawn Blend SoilD Custom Blends avail.D Composted Mushroom Manure NO Wood byproducts used

When QUALITY Mattersall soils are tested for Optimum

growing requirements.

17607 Ford RoadPitt Meadows

PICK-UP ...... or .... DELIVERY

604-465-3189

JAGUAR LANDSCAPINGLawn & Garden Service. Design, Pruning, Lawns, Cleanups, Comm/Res. (604)462-1369

SAWDUSTHemlock, Fir & Cedar

Available for DeliveryCall for pricing

604-465-5193 or 604-465-5197www.augustinesoilandmulch.com

S. H. LandscapingTree Services

Trimming W Pruning W ToppingClean-upW Garbage Removal

GardeningFlower Beds W Allan Blocks

Bark Mulch W River Lava RockLawn care

Weeding W New TurfFertilizing W Moss ControlPower Raking W Aeration

Fencing & Allan BlockFree Estimate

17 years experience in Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows

604.230.1634 or 604.467.3724

317 MISC SERVICES

✶Dump Site Now Open✶SBroken Concrete RocksS

$22.00 Per Metric TonSMud Dirt Sod ClayS

$22.00 Per metric TonGrassSBranchesSLeavesSWeeds

$59.00 Per TonMeadows Landscape Supply

604-465-1311

320 MOVING & STORAGE

1PRO MOVING & SHIPPING. Real Professionals, Reasonable. Rates. Different From the Rest. 604-721-4555.

AFFORDABLE MOVINGLocal & Long Distance

From $45/Hr1, 3, 5, 7,10 Ton Trucks

Licenced ~ Reliable ~ 1 to 3 MenFree estimate/Seniors discount

Residential~Commercial~Pianos

604-537-4140

SPARTAN Moving Ltd. Fast & Reliable. Insured

Competitive rates. Wknd Specials. Call Frank: (604) 435-8240

329 PAINTING & DECORATING

2 HUNGRY PAINTERSJUST SIMPLY BETTER

Int./Ext. + POWER WASHING.Exp. of 75+ Years. 604-467-2532


329 PAINTING & DECORATING

# 1 PAY-LESS Painting Ext./Int. SPRING Special LOOK for our YARD SIGNS

D Free estimates D Insured Licensed D References

Residential D Pressure Washing Serving Tri City 32 Yrs.

Call 24 Hrs/7 Days paylesspainting.multiply.com

Scott 604-891-9967AAA PRECISION PAINTING. Quality work. 778-881-6096.

“ ABOVE THE REST “Int. & Ext., Unbeatable Prices, Professional Crew. Free Est.

Written Guarantee. No Hassle, Quick Work, Insured, WCB.

Call (778)997-9582

Northstar Painting Ltd.- The Residential Specialists. BIG jobs, Small jobs - We do it all! Interior and Exterior Projects. Master Painters at Students Rates. WCB Safe, Reliable, Effi cient & Quality Paint. 778.245.9069

338 PLUMBING

360 PLUMBING & HEATING. Gas, plumbing, heating, reno’s, repairs. 20 years exp., reliable & courteous. Lic’d. Bonded. Jack 778-835-4416

✔ ALL YOUR PLUMBING NEEDSCall Niko Plumbing Ltd. 24/7. Res/Com, plugged drains. h/w tanks. ★15 yrs exp. 604-837-6640

.EnterprisePlumbing, Heaitng, Gasfi tting

NEED plumbing/heating/gas? dan-syourman.ca 604.418.6941 free es-timates/fully insured

341 PRESSURE WASHING

POWER WASHINGGUTTER CLEANING

SAME DAY SERVICE AVAILABLE Call Ian 604-724-6373

353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS

ABACUS ROOFNG www.abacusroofi ngAsphalt roofs, Re & Re,

Shake conversions *30yrs Exp.Call Chris

604-462-9009


353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS

AT NORTHWEST ROOFING Re-roofi ng, Repair & New Roof

Specialists. Work Guar. WCB.10% Senior’s. Disc. Jag 778-892-1530

GL ROOFING. Cedar shakes, As-phalt Shingles, Flat roofs, WCB Clean Gutters. $80. 604-240-5362

NAHAL CONSTRUCTIONNew and Re-Roof Specialist

Residential & Commercial. Shakes, Shingles and

Duroid.25 year of experience. Call for your FREE estimate. Jas 778-896-4065Bell 604-339-2765

356 RUBBISH REMOVAL

RECYCLE-IT!JUNK REMOVAL

Recycled Earth Friendly• Estate Services • Electronics

• Appliances • Old Furniture• Construction • Yard Waste• Concrete • Drywall • Junk

• Rubbish • Mattresses & More!On Time, As Promised,Service Guaranteed!

604.587.5865www.recycleitcanada.ca

FREE! ScrapMetal Removal...FREE!!!

*Appliances *BBQs *Exercise Equip *Cars/Trucks/Trailers *Hotwater Tanks *Furnaces

* Restaurant EquipmentAll FREE pickup!

778-233-4949 T & K Haulaway

Handyman ServicesSpring Clean-up

Rubbish RemovalLocated in Maple Ridge

Call Matt 604.726.7542

359 SAND, GRAVEL & TOPSOIL

Always! deliver Top soil, bark mulch, sand & gravel. 7days/wk. Simon 604-230-0627 will spread

TOPSOIL• SCREENED TOPSOIL• MUSHROOM MANURE• BARK MULCH

604-467-3003

374 TREE SERVICES

A1-TRI-CRAFT Tree Serv. Dangerous tree removal, spiral pruning hedge trimming, stump grinding, topping. Insured, WCB Free Est

Arborist ReportsAndrew 604-618-8585

$ Best Rates $


374 TREE SERVICES

PAUL BUNYANTree Service

* ISA Certifi ed Arborist*Hazard Tree Removal

* Crown Reduction & Falling* Stump Grinding

*Prune & Hedge Trim* Arborist Reports

Insured WCBFree Estimates

604-942-6907

Tree removal done RIGHT!• Tree & Stump Removal

• Certifi ed Arborists • 20 yrs exp. • 60’ Bucket Truck

• Crown Reduction • Spiral Pruning • Land Clearing • Selective Logging

~ Fully Insured • Best Rates ~

604-787-5915, 604-291-7778 www.treeworksonline.ca

[email protected]% OFF with this AD

Your LOCAL Tree Service,

For Honest Prices & Quality Work

Call Scott at604-618-0333

Certifi ed Arborist

Free Estimates *Fully Insured

PETS

456 FEED & HAY

LOCAL HAY FOR SALE. Good Quality! 60lb bale average. $6/bale. Pitt Meadows. Call 604-505-4087.

477 PETS

CAIRN Terriers. Shots, dewormed. Ready to go to good homes. Over 20 years of referrals. 604-807-5204, 604-592-5442 or 604-854-1978

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

CATS OF ALL DESCRIPTION in need of caring homes! All cats are

Spayed, neutered, vaccinated and dewormed. Visit us at

fraservalleyhumanesociety.com or call 1 (604)820-2977

NEED A GOOD HOME for a good dog or a good dog for a good home? We adopt dogs! Call 604-856-3647 or www.856-dogs.com

Yellow Labs, p/b, 5m, 2f, $700, de-wormed, vet chkd. Chwk. (604)794-7633 (604)997-3040 No Sun. calls.

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

509 AUCTIONS

Antique Auction Monday April 16th, ~ 7pm

Incl Antiques from local estates. View: Sun 1-5; Mon from 10am

CENTRAL AUCTION #313 - 20560 - Langley By Pass

(#10 Hwy) 604-534-8322www.centralauction.ca

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523 UNDER $100

TELUS Motorola cell phone with charger & sim card $40.

604-446-1344

533 FERTILIZERS

WEED FREE Mushroom Manure 13 yards - $160 or Well Rotted 10 yards - $180. 604-856-8877

548 FURNITURE

#1 Cash Buyer“Since 1987”

$$CASH $$ for your furniture,tools, electronics, antiques,

appliances, computers& collectibles.

WW ANYTHING OF VALUE WW

Single items to entirehouseholds

463-4449 or209-6583

MATTRESSES staring at $99• Twins • Fulls • Queens • Kings

100’s in stock! www.Direct Liquidation.ca (604)294-2331

551 GARAGE SALES

FINAL WEEKNo Reasonable Offer

Refused2nd Annual Vintage Sale

11760 ~ 256th StLots of Antiques, Collectibles, Shrubs, Plants, Farmhouse & Industrial Furniture, Antiques, Scuba Gear, Vintage Stereo

Equipment & Records, Military Memorabilia

Sat April 14th10am ~ 4pm

No Early Birds Rain or ShineIndoors Greenhouse

Garage Sale27071 ~ 116th AveSat. April 14th

10am ~ 4pmMaple Ridge

MULTI FAMILYGARAGE SALE

Sat. April 14, 9-3 p.m.204th & Powell

(north on 203, right on Powell, right on 205, right on 204)

RAIN OR SHINETools toys & household items.

Maple RidgeMULTI FAMILYGARAGE SALESat. April 14th

10 a.m. - 4 p.m.27071 - 116th ave

Everything will becheap cheap cheap

MOVING Sale!! Everything must go, tools furniture, household iitems 19591 Somerset Drive, Pitt Mead-ows, Saturday April 21st, 8:00am - 2:00pm, NO EARLYBIRDS

Pitt Meadows

Dahlia Tuber Sale Over 50 named varieties

Good pricesSat April 14th

9am ~ 12noon 19305 Davison Road

Pitt Meadows

HUGE PUZZLE SALEalso QUALITY CLOTHING

Sat, April 14th, 8am-Sell out12232 Cypress Court

(through side gate in bsmt)

Children & Adult puzzles incl: Ravensburgr & Valerie Taber Smith

Websters Corners Elem.Corner of 246th & Dewdney TrunkBig Garage Sale in the GymSat. April 14, 9am - 3pm.

Crafters WelcomeIf you would like to bookd a table

please Call Cindy at (604)462-8510

(tables only $15 each)

Webster’s Corners Elem School256th & Dewdney

Sat April 14th

9am ~ 3pmBARGAIN PRICES!!!!!

Gentley used girls clothing(Newborn to 6x)

Furniture~Footwear Toys ETC.....


559 MEDICAL SUPPLIES

SIMMONS Elec. bed, sgl 115v rais-es feet, head & knees. w/Massage button. $250: (604)463-4185

560 MISC. FOR SALE

CAN’T GET Up Your Stairs? Acorn Stairlifts can help. Call Acorn Stairlifts now! Mention this ad and get 10% off your new Stairlift! Call 1-866-981-5991.

HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/newspaper?

572 PLANTS/NURSERY STOCK

I JUST TURNED 80My Dr. says “SLOW DOWN”

My wife says “QUIT”

I say “let’s make a deal on trees & shrubs”

Beech, Oak, Japanese Maples, Magnolias,

Dogwoods, Katsuras, Rhododendrons

604-826-89888069 Nelson St Mission

REAL ESTATE

625 FOR SALE BY OWNER

MERRITT SxS Duplex.DOWNTOWN. 1 Side newly decorated and vacant. Other side rented. Each side has4 bdrms, 3- 4 pce baths,

garden area & storage shed. $337,900. (604)534-2748.

626 HOUSES FOR SALE

627 HOMES WANTED

WE BUY HOUSES!Older House • Damaged House

Moving • Estate Sale • Just Want Out • Behind on Payments

Quick Cash! • Flexible Terms! CALL US FIRST! 604-657-9422

633 MOBILE HOMES & PARKS

1978 14x60 2bdrm in Ruskin park $39,900 & New SRI single & double wides from $84,900. 604-830-1960.

2005 FOREST RIVER Grand Surveyor, 30’ 5th wheel,

1 slide, fi berglass laminate construction, on small quiet RV

park in Maple Ridge. Kept in covered storage 4 years.

Built on deck. $19,000 obo. Pad $425/mo.

(778)668-0327. BobNew SRI *1152 s/f dblwide $77,900 *14x70 full gyproc single wide, load-ed $66,900. Repossessed Mobiles & Modulars. Chuck 604-830-1960.

REAL ESTATE

642 ABBOTSFORD

ABBOTSFORD CONDOFOR SALE BY OWNER

The Stonecroft2350 Westerly Street

Bright 1050sf. 2 Bdrm. 2 Bath, Top Floor, South East Corner. Exc. Cond. 2 Secure U/Ground Prkg. Spaces, Gas F/P, in-suite lndry. Residential Manager On Site. $199,000.

604-889-8424

660 LANGLEY/ALDERGROVE

HOMES FOR SALE-SUPER BUYSwww.dannyevans.ca

Homelife Benchmark Realty Corp. Langley

663 MAPLE RIDGE/PITT MEADOWS

1 Bdrm Retirement CondoFor sale by owner 604-467-0176

RENTALS

706 APARTMENT/CONDO

#1 IN RENTALS(Since 1990)

Professional Property Management Services

P.Meadows Brand New - Solaris Towers. 2 & 3 bdrms, 5 appli’s,nr WCE, shops,parks,schls. Now. NS/NP,refs. Rents Start@ $1200

Downtown POCO - 4 bdrms + den house. Cls to schools, WCE, all amens. Cat ok $1750/mo.

POCO 2 bdrm 1/2 duplex, 1 bath, laminate in livrm & bdrms, fenced yard. Avail now. N/S. $1050/mo.

Call 604-464-7548

COQUITLAM CTR, 2 bdrm, 2 bath, cls. to amenities, schls & Douglas Coll. Walk to Lake/stadium. NS/NP, $1295. Avail. May 1. 604-941-3259

Derek Manor2048 Manning Ave.

Port Coq ~ 604-941-5452 or 604-944-7889

FREE PREMIUM CABLE$80 Value

S Impeccably clean S HeatS Hot Water S Parking

1 bdrm $790/mo - No petsAvail April 1 - Ref’s req’d

GARIBALDI Court(604) 463-9522

Central Maple Ridge

2 BEDROOM Available Now

Great location for seniors! Clean, quiet & affordable!

Incl. heat, h/w, cable. Senior Move-In Allowance.Refs & Credit check req.

Sorry No PetsFor more info. google us.

MAPLE INN 11695 -224th St

Maple Ridge - 1 Bdrm$550/mo includes hot water .

Certifi ed Crime Free Building Mature adult oriented.

Close to uptown604-463-4131 for appointment

(9am-5pm)

MAPLE RIDGE

AVAILABLE NOW1 & 2 BDRM SUITES Heat, hot water & parking. Close to stores & schools.

MAPLE COURT I 22437 121st Ave

604-467-0715&

MAPLE COURT II22423 121st Ave

604-467-4894

RENTALS

706 APARTMENT/CONDO

MAPLE RIDGE

1 & 2 Bdrs from $765/mo

GREAT LOCATIONQueen Anne Apts.

* Renovated Suites *

Clean, very quiet, large,INCLUDES: HEAT,

HOT WATER & HYDRO

Near Shopping & Amenities.

604-463-7450 604-463-2236

12186-224 St, Maple RidgeCertifi ed Crime Free Buildings

MAPLE RIDGE CENTRAL 1 bdrm apt, $715/mo incl heat, h/w, N/P. Avail. NOW. Call 604-476-6683.

MAPLE RIDGE Central Mature Adult building 1 Bdrm apt., newly reno’d u/g parking,cable incld $600-$650/mo, n/p, ref’s, For appoint 11am to 5pm (778)327-8405.

Maple Ridge Centre1 & 2 Bedroom Apartments Newly renovated, hardwood fl oors, heat & hot water

included. No pets. From $750/mo for 1 bdrm;

$950 for 2 bdrms. Avail now. Close to amenities. Call 604.467.5677

Maple Ridge

Glenwood ManorApartments

1 & 2 Bdrms from $695 & $860 & renovated suite with dishwasher $45. extra.

Clean, SpaciousIncludes cable, heat,hot water & parking

Seniors discount21387 Dewdney Trunk Rd

(604)466-5799

MAPLE RIDGENEWER APARTMENTS

◆ 1 & 2 Bdrm starting at $750 ◆ Six Appliances ◆ Secured Underground Prkg. ◆ Cls. to West Coast Express ◆ Adult Oriented

22334 - 117th AvePhone 604-463-5660

Maple RidgeSwan Court Apartments

Large 1 & 2 Bedrooms. Hardwood fl oors, adult oriented,

heat, h/w & cable incl’d, f/p, n/pets.Criminal Record check may be reqd

Resident Manager OnsiteNow with

SENIORS DISCOUNT604.477.0603

MAPLE RIDGE

WESTGATE APTSUnder New Management

Large 2 bdrm stes available. Incudes heat, hot water, large balconies. Close to transit.

Call 778-788-1845

Polo ClubApartments

19071 Ford Rd. Pitt Meadows

Clean, Quiet Well Managed Bldg.3 Blocks to W.C. Express

W 1 & 2 Bdrm SuitesW 3 Appliances

W Secured Garage ParkingW Adult Oriented

W Ref’s Req’d & Absolutely No Pets

604.465.7221

PORT COQUITLAM

1 Bdrm suite $7751 Bdrm & den suite $875 2 Bdrm corner suite $925

S Incl heat/hot wtr, wndw cvrngsS Close to bus stop S Walk to shpng/medical/WCE S Across from park w/Mtn viewsS Gated parking and Elevator S Adult oriented building S References required

CALL FOR APPOINTMENT604-464-3550

WESTWOOD Plateau Coquitlam- 2 bdrm 2 bath,1128 sf Spac Bright fully-furnished well maintained Cor-ner Unit. Lovely Mt.Baker & Valley views. Gym,Pool,H/W Tub.Inside laundry & U/G Park .Luxurious liv-ing. close to all aments recreation. June 1 $1350/mo gas f/p includ. N/P N/S Call 604-464-4996/778-809-4996

RENTALS

709 COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL

PORT COQUITLAM, 2043 sq ft. Ground fl oor, dance/fi tness area. Facing onto city park. 1 blk from Lougheed/Shaughnessy intersec-tion. 604-464-3550.

715 DUPLEXES/4PLEXES

COQUITLAM west. Newer 1200 s/f half duplex, 2 bdrms, 1.5 baths, 2 traffi c lights to SFU, nr amens, n/s n/p, $1200 +%utils. 604-721-8424.

736 HOMES FOR RENT

Maple Ridge. Brand new 3 bdrm hse. fully renov. Avail now. $1350 + 2/3 utils. David 604-418-8723.

MAPLE RIDGE, Central: 5/bdrms, 3/bath fresh paint, CDS, dbl gar, 2,000sf . Nr all amens & schls. N/P, N/S. $2100/mo (604)785-8851.

PITT MEADOWS. 2 Bdrm house on farm. Avail now. $1075/mo. Call: 604-465-2310 or 604-537-4610.

Pitt Meadows. 5 bdrm house l/rm d/rm kitchen, laundry. On acreage. $2100/mo. May 17. 604-765-9954.

PITT Meadows. Lrg newer 4 bdrm house, 3 bathrms. Dble gar. Fenced yd. 5 appls. Nr schl. & WCE. N/S. Refs $2200. May 1. 778-838-0281.

WEST MAPLE RIDGE 4 bdrm home JUST LIKE NEW on 5 ACRES WITH FENCED PASTURE. Hardwood fl oors, all new appliances, 4 box stall with water & electricity. 60 x 120 RIDING RING. It’s the perfect package & it sparkles. $2,200/ month AVAIL May 1st.

Call George between 9am-5pm 604-467-9300

741 OFFICE/RETAIL

MAPLE RIDGE

OFFICE& RETAIL SPACE

Various downtown locations. Avail. Now! Updated and well maintained. Various sizes 320sf. - 2000sf. Starting at $495/month.

Call: Rick Medhurst, Royal LePage

6 0 4 - 4 6 3 - 3 0 0 0

746 ROOMS FOR RENT

$75 OFF 1ST MONTHRooms from $435/mo. Fully Furn,

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

walk to commuter rail.

Haney Motor Hotel22222 Lougheed Hwy.,

Maple RidgeInquire in person between

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

747 RV PADS

MAPLE RIDGE ~ RV pads for rent $425/mo. cable incl’d Suit mature adult. Sm pet OK. (604)306-5752

750 SUITES, LOWER

2 bedroom fi rst fl oor suite $1150. Utilities + Wifi included. Close to transit/SFU/Lougheed mall. Avail now. Call 778-828-6731.

MAPLE RIDGE 1000sqft gorgeous fi nished 1 bdrm bsmt syte all incl’d W/D N/S $900. (604)353-0294

MAPLE RIDGE. Bright 2 bdrm above grd, 4 appls, shrd lndry, cvrd patio. Ns/np. $950 incl. utils, sat TV, & net. May 1st. 604-722-5478

MAPLE RIDGE. Newer 2 bdrm bsmt. Incl lndry, gas/elec. $800/mo. Avail now. NP/NS. 604-466-2914.

MAPLE RIDGE Rockridge immacu-late 2 bdrm ste,side ent, spacious, $900 incls utils, cable & own W/D avail immed n/s, n/p (604)467-5084

MAPLE RIDGE W. 207/Lougheed. New 2 bdrm ground level, quiet cul-de-sac. NP/NS. Refs. $950 incl utils. Avail May 1st. 604-961-0727

751 SUITES, UPPER

MAPLE RIDGE ~ Thornhill area 4 Bdrm bsmt entry home,

Games room, large kitchen, family room, living room,

3 appl’s, near 2 schools$2200 hydro & gas incl’d

Available May 1st 604.462.0351

752 TOWNHOUSES

PITT MEADOWS: 2 - 3 bdrm co-op T/H $1030/mo - $1134/mo. Shares req’d. Close to WCE, schools & shopping. No subsidy available. 19225 119th Ave. For more info & to book an appt. call 604-465-1938

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818 CARS - DOMESTIC

1956 Restored Pontiac - 4 dr Hard-top, GMC welding Rig. 1930 Model A Ford restored. 604-464-7554

2008 PONTIAC WAVE, 4 dr sedan, auto, high kms. runs/looks good, white, $3850 fi rm. 604-538-9257.

821 CARS - SPORTS & IMPORTS

1996 SUZUKI Swift 2/dr car, auto, 4 cyl. 1.3L, stereo, passed AirCare for 2 yrs. $1250. Call (778) 551-1662.

2001 HONDA ACCORD-4 dr. se-dan, 4 cyl. auto, local, silver w/ grey cloth, 161k, pwr. options, A/C, very clean in/out. $5450 / 604.312.7415

2002 HONDA CIVIC, automatic, 4 door, 134,000 kms. beige, $3000 obo. Call 778-237-0828.

2004 Blue Mazda Miata. Manual. No accidents. Garage kept. Snow tires incl.,101,000 km $9,000 604-789-8269 Lydia

830 MOTORCYCLES

2001 YAMAHA V STAR - 1100 cc, chocolate brown, fl amed tank & fen-ders. Inc. helmet, Great shape. $3500/obo. (604)463-4185

MOTORCYCLE HAULER, triple or single, large lockable utility box for all your gear. Wide easy load alum. ramp incl. $1395. Ph. 778-888-6805

838 RECREATIONAL/SALE

1997 FLEETWOOD 27’ Class A Motorhome, self-contained,sleeps 6 b.i. generator, TV, lots of storage. $13,900/obo. 604-853-5528 Abbots

2003 Salem Light: Northwest Pkg, 22 ft, Sleeps 7,

1 bunk, Shower in & out. G.V.W. 3300. Lots of extras

$9,995.00 604-463-9428

2010 R-POD TRAILERLight weight, 2121 lbs. 18’ 4” in

length, towed w/ a Rav 4. Gold rated ECO Construction. Queen bed, 4 person dinette/double bed, Fridge, Stove, Micro./Conv. oven, A/C, Furnace, H/W, AC/DC, In-verter, Bath w/ shower, ext. Add-a-room. $13,900 ~ Save $1000’s

Call: 604-307-4357 or email: [email protected]

40’ DUTCH STAR with Cummings turbo diesel, less than 59,000 mi. Always stored indoors, looks like new, economical to operate, 2 slides, din. booth, 2 a/cond, 2 TV’s, 2 CD & 2 VHS players, ldry., pro-pane generator (6500W). Must be seen. 604-854-3266

UTILITY TRAILER, Snowbear 4x4 steel sides, 1500 lb. GVW. Hardly used. Perfect for spring clean-up. $450. 604-575-5319.

845 SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

AAA SCRAP CAR REMOVALMinimum $150 cash for full size vehicles, any cond. 604-518-3673

TRANSPORTATION

845 SCRAP CAR REMOVALTOP CA$H PAID TODAY For SCRAP VEHICLES! 2 hr. Service www.a1casper.com (604)209-2026

Autos • Trucks• Equipment Removal

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

Rick Goodchild 604.551.9022

#1 FREE SCRAP VEHICLE REMOVAL

ASK ABOUT $500 CREDIT $$$ PAID FOR SOME

604.683.2200

SCRAP BATTERIES WANT-ED We buy scrap batteriesfrom cars, trucks & heavy equip. $4.00 each. Free pick-up anywhere in BC, Min. 10. Toll Free Call:1.877.334.2288The Scrapper

847 SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES

1990 TOYOTA Forerunner, V6, au-to, needs aircared, tires & body work. $2500 obo. 604-510-2569.

2004 JEEP GRAND Cherokee Ltd. 4x4, auto, green, 126K, $6200 fi rm. Call 604-538-4883

MARINE

912 BOATS

ALUMINUM BOAT WANTED, 10’, 12’ or 14’, with or without motor or trailer, will pay cash, 604-319-5720

Notice is hereby given that on April 28th, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. at 11985 - 203rd St., Maple Ridge, B.C., the undersigned; Advanced Storage Centres will sell at Public Auction, by competitive bidding, the personal property heretofore stored with the undersigned.

Cherylee Renee Materi..C189

Notice is hereby given that on April 29th, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. at 20288 - 113B St., Maple Ridge, B.C., the undersigned; Advanced Storage Centres will sell at Public Auction, by competitive bidding, the personal property heretofore stored with the undersigned.

Joseph Wilson.......Unit 2155

The following vehicle will be sold, as per the warehouse liens act:

2000 Chevrolet CavalierVIN# 3G1JC1245YS197102registered owner Debbie Gail Finnegan debt amount $2477.56

2001 GMC JimmyVIN# 1GKDT13W71K214203,registered owner Murat Gold-stayn, debt amount $2886.11

If you have a claim to either of these vehicles please respond in writing by May 4th, 2012, to Maple Ridge Towing (1981) Ltd, 23283 McKay Ave, Maple Ridge, B.C. V2W 1B9.


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CAR OF THE YEARELANTRA SEDAN

2012 CANADIAN AND NORTH AMERICAN

DL#7356

23213 Lougheed Highway 604 467 3401 mapleridgehyundai.com


Shop Local! Everybody WinsSALE ENDS

APRIL 17, 2012

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Maple Ridge Store Only

22722 Lougheed Hwy., Maple Ridge 604-463-7277

Monday - Friday 9 am - 9 pm • Saturday 9 am - 6 pm • Sunday 10 am - 5 pm

Custom Embroidery Centre on Premises • Locally Owned and Operated

Ventilated workpant that converts into ventilated pants with refl ective tape.

SALE $5199Yellow and Black available.

King Overall• Light Summer Weight• The only CSA & MOT

approved coveralls• 4” 3m refl ective tape Reg. $89.99

SALE $7199

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Reg. $64.99

SPRING OUTER WORK WEAR

Unlined Dakota Jackets• Waterproof/Breathable • 300D Rip Stop Jacket. • Orange or Lime

$14999

Stretch Hi-Viz Safety Jacket• 100% waterproof • No-sweat polyurethane• Lightweight and tough • 4 way stretch fabric• Full zipper with snap closure storm fl ap

Reg. $109.99 SALE $8799

Safety Pant • 100% waterproof • No-sweat polyurethane• Lightweight and tough 4-way stretch fabric• Heavy-duty suspenders with quick-release clips

Reg. $79.99 SALE $6399

TAKE$20OFF ALL QUAD COMFORT FOOTWEAR & TAKE AN EXTRA 25%

OFF YELLOW TICKETED QUAD COMFORT FOOTWEAR

Oversizes extra.

Trench Coat with Hood• Waterproof• Light, summer weight jacket

Reg. $129.99

SALE $10399

maple ridge news, april 13, 2012

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