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A TV series filmed in Maple Ridge at the end of the 1980s and beginning of the 90s is being remembered, thanks to a unique donation.

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A television series that was shot in Maple Ridge from 1988 to 1991 is being remembered, thanks to an estate donation to the Maple Ridge Museum.

And the museum’s curator hopes that this donation is just the beginning of a collection from that era in Maple Ridge.Bordertown, the western-themed series,

did the majority of its filming at the very north end of 224th Street, where “a major set was constructed,” explained the muse-um’s Val Patenaude.

The set has since been used for a number of different film projects including on shows such as the X-Files.

The show was a “big deal locally,” she said, and “a lot of local people appeared it in as extras; any man with a beard could be up for parts as extras.”

One of these extras was Glen Wonnacott, whose family operated a big auction barn, near what is now the Staples store at the intersection of Dewdney Trunk Road and the Lougheed Highway.

Glen’s father operated the auction barn which dealt everything from antiques to livestock, before Glen eventually took over the business, Patenaude said.

In addition, Glen would also help his grandmother who had a farm with cattle on it, which meant Glen was around – and working with – animals and livestock from an early age.

“He also got involved with things like the Cloverdale Rodeo,” Patenaude said.

In the eyes of those who produced the

show, Glen not only had the experience to be an extra around horses and livestock, but a certain “look” that fit with the style of the show.

“It was a natural thing for him to go on the show as an extra,” Patenaude explained.

During his time on the show, Glen kept a scrap-book of pictures, newspaper clippings, and other memo-rabilia related to the show.

Now, thanks to a recent donation from the estate of Glen Wonnacott to the Maple Ridge Museum, memories of Bordertown are being brought back to life.

“This album is the first collection of pictures and stories from Bordertown that we’ve received here at the museum,” Patenaude noted.

The donation inspired a initiative by the museum to see what other memories and memorabilia those in the community may possess, not only of Bordertown, but of Maple Ridge in the late 80s and early 90s.

“We’d love to hear more stories and have more pic-tures of that production before it goes entirely out of memory,” she said.

“Obviously we’d like as much Bordertown stuff as we can get, but mostly our mandate is to collect up experiences that were had, an stories that were told about – and around that set

and time period – and collect them for the community,” she said.

The plan would be to then figure out what they want to do what’s been collected, and the best way to present it all.

“What we do with them down the road, at least they’re there to be done with.”

The focus at this point is on the museum obtaining as much it can from that era, Bordertown related or not.

“Time carries on, and if we don’t gather up other people’s memories and pictures and things like that, they’ll be gone,” she stressed. “We’d love to hear more stories and have more pictures of that production and time period before it goes entirely out of memory.”

At this point, there’s no specific timeline for submissions, but people are encouraged to take a look at what they may be able to contribute.

“People can call us, email, or drop off their submissions in person here at the museum,” she added.

Find the Maple Ridge museum at 22520 116th Ave., and find more information online at www.mapleridgemuseum.org.

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Motorcycle crashes on bypassA motorcyclist was taken to

hospital after colliding with a vehicle on the Haney Bypass at 223rd Street in Maple Ridge Tuesday afternoon. The crash caused massive traffic delays, but RCMP had few detail by press deadline.

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This picture was from the set of Bordertown – a TV series filmed in Maple Ridge between 1988 and 1991. The Maple Ridge Museum hopes residents will provide pictures from that time period, as it looks to piece together a collection of shots from the show and the City.

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Westview Secondary School IT students Trevor Dean (Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 national champion), Nash Taylor (Microsoft Excel 2013 national champion), and Phillip MacBride (Microsoft Word 2013 national champion) showed off their certificates.

Three computer students are set to take on the world.

CCI Learning has announced the win-ners of the 2015 Microsoft Office Specialist Canadian championship: applicants who have achieved top national test scores in Microsoft Office Excel 2013, Microsoft Office Word 2013, and Microsoft Office

PowerPoint 2013.Last year, one stu-

dent from Maple Ridge became the first-ever student from a high school to represent Canada, alongside stu-dents from university and college.

This year, the win-ners are all local high school students from Westview Secondary: Microsoft Excel 2013 winner Nash Taylor; Microsoft Word 2013 winner Phillip MacBride; and Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 victor Trevor Dean.

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The 2015 Microsoft Office Specialist World Championship is a global competition that tests students’ skills in Microsoft Office Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Last year, the global competition attracted more than 400,000 candidates from 130 countries.

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Westview IT teach-er Todd Goodman expressed pride in his students’ hard work and dedication.

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The students are “excited at the pros-pect of representing Canada at the world championship, Goodman added.

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Since 2013, there have been a number of confrontations between the City of Abbotsford and local homeless people,

who have been “evicted” from local parks and other public spaces. The BCCLA will now argue in B.C. Supreme Court that banning some-one with no private home from public lands is unconstitutional.

We agree that simply kicking the homeless out of parks and alleys, out of vacant houses and camps in the bush, is broadly unjust. Our society is very good at protecting private and civic property, and less good at providing a space for people with nowhere else to go.

Obviously, having homeless camps in public parks or on private lands is less than ideal, for everyone. It is intrusive to other park users, it increases costs for the municipalities, it can cause fears, whether justified or not, about crime, and it ultimately tends to become a drain on police resources.

We often forget that it isn’t ideal for the homeless, either. There are a very, very small number of people sleeping on the streets and in the bush who actually want to be there.

The solution to the problem of homelessness is to find people homes. We may balk at the cost, we may argue about the best way to do it, but if as a society we can’t find a clean, safe place for everyone to live, we are failing.

Experiments around the world are now taking place in simply hous-ing the homeless. In many cases it proves cheaper to build new hous-ing, or to provide them enough money to rent a decent space, than all the combined medical, policing, and legal costs of dealing with them as homeless.

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“There is a tide in the affairs of men which taken at the flood leads on to for-tune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shal-lows and in miseries.”

– Julius Caesar, Act IV, Scene iii

by William Shakespeare.

Shakespeare was a clever fellow – or his script writer was.

His works are filled with philosophies of which lesser men knew nought enough to dream.

But his tidal advice ebbed before it hit the beach.

Fine, if you’ve got a tide chart handy, but the “affairs of men” are more like the stock market than a moon-directed fact of nature.

In life, it’s not always easy to recognize the incoming tide, and even harder to buy low, and sell high before the tide goes out and leaves you stranded.

And if those metaphors aren’t mixed enough for you, ego gets in the way, and even when you know you’ve reached the summit, it can be difficult to admit that the only way forward is all downhill.

Consequently, instead of picking yourself up by your bootstraps, you end up yank-ing the rug out from under yourself.

Okay. Now that I’ve worn out practically every meta-phorical cliché that I can

let the cat drag in, let me offer a case in point.

My university days are now dim mem-ories. But I shan’t ever forget the greatest pool game I ever saw.

A handful of us headed out for what we believed would be a hilariously lewd evening of laughing at the “dirty” movies in Blaine. Such films were not accessible on our cleaner Canadian soil, and the Internet had not yet been invented.

We thought they had been banned here because they were pornographic, but it turned out they were just boring.

After about 10 minutes of Linda Lovelace, most of us had already seen more than we had bargained for, and decided a cold beer and a game of pool in a nearby tavern would be a far more con-structive use of our time.

The first tavern we walked in on had an empty pool table, so two of us grabbed cues and racked up a game… and that’s when it happened: our pool tide was at its flood.

We garnered some attention as we shot for break.

The first ball careened off the far bank and crawled back to within an inch of our edge. A few people in the tavern noticed and nodded approval.

When I sent my ball down the table, it came back to less than a quarter inch, and a few spectators gathered around us, impressed.

I sank two balls on the break – both low. And then I called and dropped shots,

one after the other, that Chicago Fats could only dream of.

After double-banks, combinations, and hooks, I left myself bad for the eight-ball… but my partner continued where I left off, dunking even more impossible shots.

People were coming in off the street to watch The Game. One soft shot, and I was left with the 8-ball for an easy finish.

If we had finished our beer and left, they’d still be talking about us today. But we didn’t. We racked up another game – just another game. Nothing went down on the break… or for the next two shots each. Our tide – and our audience – sub-sided in guffaws and laughter.

Now the question is, are all the Conservatives who are leaving Stephen Harper stranded in Ottawa getting out at the flood tide?

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Dear Editor,In regards to

Elizabeth Taylor [Petition started, June 18, The TIMES] and the 191 signatures who want local government handing a private company a blank cheque to pick up our

Kleenex.Once they are in,

and council promises the people this ser-vice, you know “insert garbage collector here” are not going anywhere. And, there will enviably need to be a fuel surcharge or

something along those lines to raise the rate, and council will be stuck and just have to accept it.

Oddly though, in any other consumer driven market – which this is – don’t kid yourself the only difference is

council speaks for all residents dollars, the more volume you do the better your pricing and for some reason when government gets involved that corner-stone of a competitive market seems to get thrown out.

How can the best bid submitted to pickup all waste for a City be $300-plus a household in additional taxes, when our collector who has been picking ours up for years at $240 a year?

We are currently looking at cancelling garbage all together.

As of now, the only thing that does not get recycled or composted, or picked up as food scraps, is Kleenex.

There should be no bears routing though the garbage, as there should be no food to entice them.

Lastly, I have talked with friends and neighbours. When all the signatures are col-lected we will put our resources together to either match or beat Elizabeth’s charge to simply leave things the way they are.

My wife and I have proudly lived in Maple Ridge since 1976.

Richard Wardroper, Maple Ridge

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Facebook feedbackMaple Ridge and Pitt Meadows will be getting just shy of $1 million from traffic fines collected in the past year. That money is going towards infrastructure and community safe-ty. The community had mixed reaction to this news…

“And yet they say we had to cut the school bus program because of lack of funds from the government... Smh...”

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“Put a spray park in Hammond.” – Raynee Lagace

“Let’s keep our eyes on these funds - I want to know EXACTLY how the funds will be spent!”

– Eileen Thompson Robinson

“Put it all towards Cliff Avenue. Do other stuff later. Any other things you do will just get stolen right now, lol.”

– Katie Clunn

“So we can look forward to the cops handing out more tickets for fines as a revenue generator”

– Alvin Cohen

“I hardly look at this as much money. How much was just spent on the Pitt meadows police station that is not even a full station.r”

– Joleen Watson

“Maybe fix the Haney Bypass.” – Nicole Rob Grant

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Dear Editor,On June 24, a tree

care company cut down five healthy evergreen trees in the backyard of my 127th Avenue neighbour’s home – trees that added value to the neighbourhood and the adjacent proper-ties, ours included.

We contacted the bylaw enforcement officer and discovered there was no permit issued for this tree removal.

The bylaw officer attended the scene and as I understand it, issued a ticket for the unlawful act.

We are happy with her attention and reac-tion in this regard.

We have since wrote a letter to mayor and council to encourage action on two fronts:

1) The crime is pun-ishable by a fine of up to $10,000 per offence – that means per tree.

I strongly argue for the maximum fine.

2) The arborist should also be fined to the full extent of the law for not first ensur-ing a permit was in place before the work was undertaken.

My concern is for the health of my neighbourhood, a

community very well treed and a primary reason we bought here three years ago.

These important trees are shelter from the sun, homes for wildlife, buffers for sound, aesthetically beautiful, and provid-ers of oxygen.

If this offence goes

unchecked and the fine is minimal, I worry that others in the area wanting more sunshine in their yards may act in the same selfish, reckless, and unlawful manner.

I would have thought that a good neighbour would first consult folks directly affected by such an unnecessary slaughter of otherwise healthy “community mem-bers” before taking such aggressive and unlawful action.

In this time of cli-mate change, each and every tree is an important contribu-tor to refreshing our air and cooling the temperature, I trust council will wade fully in on this issue and ensure that our City’s bylaws are enforced to the fullest extent of the law.

Wallace – Garrett Family, Maple Ridge

Hefty fine needed for tree cutting

MAPLE RIDGE & PITT MEADOWS TIMES Thursday, July 2, 2015 A7COMMUNITY FORUM

Dear Editor,Mr. Dalton, you keep providing ample reasons

why recall efforts are levelled against you.To say that your party is already engaged in

efforts to resolve homeless issues, however you and Mr. Bing shamefully fail to see that your party’s policies are ineffective, instead of par-roting your party dogma and failed policies.

Please take the time to rework your approach or make some change that will help our com-munities and earn that wage and pension we pay you.

You and Mr. Bing were not asked to be present to draw lines of responsibility rather to get engaged to make changes happen and instead you let everyone down.

Mark LeBlanc, Haney

Lesson to be learned behind recall efforts

Garbage services should be left alone

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HAYWARD LAKE RECREATION SITECONSTRUCTION NOTICE

Please be advised that construction for the Stave Falls Grounding Upgrade Project is scheduled for July 13 to late September 2015 at the Hayward Lake Recreation Site.

Construction will begin on the northern section of the Hayward Lake Railway Trail, approximately half a kilometre south of the Off Leash Dog Beach. To accommodate construction, the northern section of the Railway Trail will be closed from July 13 to August 21, 2015. Once crews reach the Beaver Pond, the northern section of the Railway Trail will be reopened and access will be available via Harry’s Trail.

All work along the Railway Trail is weather dependent.

Construction will continue to proceed north, from the Railway Trail to the Stave Falls Visitor Centre. No additional trail closures, picnic area closures, or Visitor Centre closures will be required. All construction is scheduled to be completed by late September 2015.

If you have any questions or would like more information, please contact BC Hydro at 1 866 647 3334 or [email protected].

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Friends and families are raising funds to help a young man who has stage three brain cancer.

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Three months ago, Colton McMorris’s life was unfolding nicely.

The 22-year-old Maple Ridge resident was exer-cising, enjoying the outdoors with friends, and generally loving life.

Then, one fateful day in April, McMorris blacked out, collapsed in the shower, hitting his head on the way down.

The ensuing trip to the hospi-tal changed his life’s course.

An MRI showed a tumour the size of a large fist on the right temporal lobe of his brain, behind the optic nerve.

Surgery came quickly, and while much of the tumour was removed, some of it had to be left because taking it out entire-ly would have been life-threat-ening.

“That’s where this sucker’s from,” McMorris said, point-ing to a seahorse-shaped scar behind one of his ears.

The tumour can’t be removed through conventional surgical means because death would be a strong possibility, noted McMorris’s good friend and

fellow Westview Secondary alum Ben Winters.

On May 28, with his parents Al and Darlene by his side, McMorris was told that he has stage three brain cancer.

McMorris has lots of support in his cancer battle.

“I remain very positive,” he said. “I’m a very positive per-son.”

“Colton is inspiring with his attitude towards everything,” offered Winters.

“I feel like the doctors have given me a death sentence and that’s just not an option for me,” added McMorris, who is currently undergoing chemo-therapy treatments. “I refuse to lose.”

McMorris is hoping others, including com-plete strangers, will

rally behind him. His family has researched

heavy, or deep ion beam ther-apy, a treatment currently being done on cancer patients in Germany and Japan.

“This therapy is excellent at terminating otherwise hard to reach tumours,” Winters explained.

“They [the treatments] are very expensive but they give

a 90 per cent or higher suc-cess rate, whereas in Canada, there’s not much they can do for you,” McMorris said.

McMorris’s family and friends, including Winters, are trying to raise nearly $140,000 CDN, so McMorris can travel overseas for this treatment.

Through a crowdfunding campaign, more than $11,800 has been raised but that’s only a fraction of what is needed.

Donate through the gofund-mepage at www.gofundme.com/givecolton.

Also on tap is a pub night with a silent auction at the Haney Public House

this Saturday, July 4 starting at 5 p.m., as well as a bikini car wash in the Haney Public House parking lot the following Saturday, July 11, between 2 to 4 p.m., with all proceeds going to Colton’s cause.

For those who want to donate in another way, they can contact Kristy Jackart at 778-788-2256 or email her at [email protected].

“Colton McMorris is a treas-ure to all of his family and friends,” Winters said. “We don’t want him to die.”

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Supporters rally behind ColtonA Westview Secondary alum, Colton McMorris loves the outdoors.

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NOTICE OF INTENTION TO AMEND PITT MEADOWS ZONING BYLAW

TAKE NOTICE THAT a Public Hearing will be held in the Council Chamber of the Pitt Meadows City Hall, 12007 Harris Road, Pitt Meadows, BC on Tuesday, July 7, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. to consider the following amendment to Zoning Bylaw No. 2505, 2011, the Zoning Bylaw for the City of Pitt Meadows.

City of Pitt Meadows Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 2692, 2015

The purpose of this amendment is to rezone the property located at 11928 Blakely Road, legally described as: Lot 1 District Lot 283 Group 1 New Westminister District Plan 73238From Medium Lot Residential (R1) Zone to Small Lot Residential (R-2) Zone (shown bolded and shaded) in order to permit the subdivision of the property into two single family lots.The relative location of the land to be affected by the proposed bylaw is indicated on the sketch plan below:

12007 Harris Road, Pitt Meadows • 604.465.5454 • pittmeadows.bc.ca

The application and associated reports may be viewed at the City Hall between June 26, 2015 and July 7, 2015 from 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., excluding weekends and statutory holidays. Please direct inquiries to the Development Services Department at 604-465-2428

AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE ALL PERSONS who deem themselves affected hereby shall be afforded an opportunity to be heard at the Public Hearing before Council on the matters contained herein or by making a written submission

(or email) by 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 7, 2015 to the attention of Manager of Legislative Services.

All submissions will become part of the public record.

Kelly Kenney Manager of Legislative Services 604-465-2433 [email protected]

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO AMEND PITT MEADOWS ZONING BYLAW

TAKE NOTICE THAT a Public Hearing will be held in the Council Chamber of the Pitt Meadows City Hall, 12007 Harris Road, Pitt Meadows, BC on Tuesday, July 7, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. to consider the following amendment to Zoning Bylaw No. 2505, 2011, the Zoning Bylaw for the City of Pitt Meadows.

City of Pitt Meadows Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 2691, 2015

The purpose of this amendment is to rezone the property located at 11872 Blakely Road, legally described as: Lot 1 District Lot 283 Group 1 New Westminister District Plan 46650From Medium Lot Residential (R1) Zone to Small Lot Residential (R-2) Zone (shown bolded and shaded) in order to permit the subdivision of the property into two single family lots.

The relative location of the land to be affected by the proposed bylaw is indicated on the sketch plan below:

12007 Harris Road, Pitt Meadows • 604.465.5454 • pittmeadows.bc.ca

The application and associated reports may be viewed at the City Hall between June 26, 2015 and July 7, 2015 from 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., excluding weekends and statutory holidays. Please direct inquiries to the Development Services Department at 604-465-2428

AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE ALL PERSONS who deem themselves affected hereby shall be afforded an opportunity to be heard at the Public Hearing before Council on the matters contained herein or by making a written submission

(or email) by 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 7, 2015 to the attention of Manager of Legislative Services.

All submissions will become part of the public record.

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Culture celebrated:

The bandstand in Memorial Peace Park was the sight of National Multicultural Day celebrations this past Saturday.

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BERRY GOOD

Fest adds flavourA summer favourite comes to Country Fest.ERIC [email protected]

A sweet new addi-tion is coming to the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Country Fest this year, celebrating a popular local fruit: blueberries.

And in the spirit of Country Fest, the inaugural Blueberry Festival aims to offer something for every-one, and celebrate the natural summer treat.

“The idea start-ed out with Pat Freeman, a retired Pitt Meadows blue-berry producer, who’s also a member of the BC Blueberry Council,” explained Lorraine Bates, Country Fest manager.

“The council was looking to do some marketing and pro-motion of blueberries, and Pat came up with the idea,” she added.

Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Country Fest takes place on July 25 and 26, and infor-mation is availabe at: mrpmcountryfest.com.

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Visit www.theactmapleridge.org for schedules. | Register at recreg4u.ca or 604-465-2470.

This month at The ACTMaple Ridge Art GalleryStave Falls Artist GroupEn Plein Air Exhibition and SaleJuly 11 - August 8, 2015The de� ning attribute for this exhibition is that all of the works are painted en plein air, meaning “in the outdoors”. Opening ReceptionSaturday, July 11 – 2:00 – 4:00p.m.

Meditation in the GalleryFriday, July 31 – 9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.We’ll provide soothing nature sounds, lovely artwork on which to focus your gaze and a place where no one’s going to interrupt you for an hour. Self-guided, bring your own mat to be comfortable.

The Royal Canadian Theatre Company Presents2015/2016 Early Bird Season subscriptions available now for all three shows. Don’t miss Dracula, Ellie King’s Puss in Boots, and Love, Sex and the IRS next season!

Arts Club ON TOURSeason subscriptions on sale now!Red Rock DinerVancouver’s Rock ‘N’ Roll MusicalVancouver, 1957. Five teens come of age while DJ Red Robinson plays the biggest hits of the time—from the raucous “Great Balls of Fire” and “Jailhouse Rock” to ballads like “Diana” and “Crying.”

In A Blue MoonFinding Home in Unexpected PlacesWhen Ava and her daughter, Frankie, move to an inherited cottage near Kamloops, they discover that Ava’s late husband’s brother is already living there. Through memories and photographs, a tender love story unfolds between the three as they begin to thread together a new understanding of family.

4000 MilesAn Uplifting Story of Growing Up and Growing OldLeo, a 21 year old who has just cycled across the country, shows up unannounced on his 91 year old grandmother’s New York doorstep with a bike, no money, and nowhere to go. In time, these unlikely roommates stop squabbling and, with humour and compassion, help each other navigate their changing worlds.

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MAPLE RIDGE & PITT MEADOWS TIMESA10 Thursday, July 2, 2015 BUSINESS

It was tasty times at Maple Ridge Chrysler last week, as the local vehicle dealer-ship hosted a summer kick-

off barbecue and fundraiser for the Friends In Need Food B ank.

For five dollars, those who dropped by the business could enjoy a savoury steak lunch, with all proceeds going to the food bank.

“It was awesome, and a good time,” said Maple Ridge Chrysler’s Jaymee Porter.

While still not sure yet exactly how much money was raised, Porter said turnout at the event was good, and over ll, the day was great.

Pooch pics

Big and Small Rescue,

Vancouver’s non-profit dog rescue organ-ization, along with renowned local photographer Tanya King, and florist Hilary Miles, have announced “Four Legged Flower Power,” a partnership designed to raise funds for rescue dogs while bringing out the best in man’s best friend.

On July 4, people are invited to bring their canine compan-ions to King’s Maple Ridge studio, located at 26758 112th Ave., from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.,

to create a photo keep-sake of their pet.

Each photo will cost $50, with all funds going directly back to Big and Small Rescue.

“As an animal advo-cate and an adoptive

parent to a rescue dog, this partnership was a no-brainer,” said King.

“Giving dog owners the chance to capture the spirit of their pets while raising money for a good cause is a winning combination.”

Further information sur-rounding the fundraiser can be found by searching the Four Legged Flower Power event

page on Facebook.

Nominations open

The Chamber of Commerce serving Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows’

Nominating Committee is seek-ing nominations from members to serve on the chamber board of directors for a two-year term, starting Dec. 1 of this year.

Chamber members are invit-ed to submit names of individ-uals interested in letting their name stand for election.

The submission deadline is Aug. 15, and nominations need to be presented at the September board meeting.

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Jessica Landriault and Corrie Bogaert enjoyed a steak lunch for a good cause last Thursday at Maple Ridge Chrysler.

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The Johnston Meier Insurance Agencies Group: Movie in the Park is a free, family-friendly outdoorevent taking place on Wednesday July 8th and Wednesday, July 29th, at sunset. Come to MemorialPeace Park early to peruse market stalls, play interactive games, check out classes and services,and enjoy food and drinks from local vendors before watching the movie on a 28 foot inflatablescreen from Fresh Air Cinema. Bring your friends, family, and even the dog to enjoy this first annualoutdoor movie under the stars.

Presented by the merchants ofDowntown Maple Ridge

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The Johnston Meier Insurance Agencies Group: Movie in the Park is a free, family-friendly outdoor event taking place on Wednesday July 8th and Wednesday, July 29th, at sunset. Come to Memorial Peace Park early to peruse market stalls, play interactive games, check out classes and services, and enjoy food and drinks from local vendors before watching the movie on a 28 foot in� atable screen from Fresh Air Cinema. Bring your friends, family, and even the dog to enjoy these � rst annual outdoor movies under the stars.

Presented by the merchants of Downtown Maple Ridge

Presented by the merchants of Downtown Maple Ridge

Wednesday, July 8th, 2015Evening Market: 6pm-9pmFeature Film: approx 9:15pm

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Notice of Development Information MeetingYou are invited to attend Development Information Meeting where representatives

from 981077 BC Ltd. (Adriatic Construction) will present details on Official Community Plan Amendment and Rezoning Application 2014-019-RZ.

The purpose of the application is to develop 24815 Dewdney Trunk Road and 12040 248th Street into Village Commercial - mix of commercial units and upper floor residential units. Total size approximately 16,000 sq.ft. The intention of the meeting is to seek input from the area residents on the proposed amendments and address any questions which may arise.

Please join us. Your thoughts are important to us. If you are unable to attend the meeting and would like information regarding this proposal, please contact Rudy Di Giovanni at 604-328-8085 or email [email protected], or the District of Maple Ridge Planning Department at 604-467-7341.

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MAPLE RIDGE & PITT MEADOWS TIMES Thursday, July 2, 2015 A11ENTERTAINMENT

Adstock, Maple Ridge’s homegrown alternative music festival, takes place Sunday.

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It’s been eleven years since Adam Rayburn first invited his friends to a back-yard concert, hosted at his parents’ house; the beginning of Maple Ridge’s only alterna-tive music festival.

Rayburn, who was turning 18 at the time, named the festival Adstock (a portman-teau of his own name, and Woodstock) as a joke – a deliberate way of poking fun at the small size of the concert, as well as his own sense of self-im-portance.

“Every year I have to explain that, and it looks worse and worse on me,” laughed Rayburn.

Despite it’s humble beginnings, Adstock is no joke – the annual event now commands a list of sponsors, and Rayburn begins work on organizing the summer concert in December of each year.

This year’s Adstock festival features alternative acts, across a variety of genres, including metal, rock, and noise.

And while Rayburn is – as usual – at the centre of the organ-izing committee, he’s received a lot of help from a Garibaldi Secondary School grad this year.

Ramon Melser, who is also one of Rayburn’s drumming students, has been involved with Rayburn throughout the organ-izing process, “getting his feet wet with some not so fun paper work,” said Rayburn.

Still, Rayburn admits he’s a ways away from stepping out of the organizer role completely.

“The handing off of the reigns is a tough thing to do – there are certain balls that you don’t want to drop,” said Rayburn.

The festival has always had a focus on youth involvement,

said Rayburn, and this year is no different.

Four of the eight acts slated to perform are what Rayburn described as local youth bands, including one act that Rayburn is especially excited for.

Zavaglia – described by Rayburn as a noise project – will play the 1:45 to 2:15 p.m. slot.

Adstock takes place on the bandstand in Memorial Peace Park, from 1 until 8 p.m.

Admission is free and a full lineup of performers can be found on the event’s Facebook page.

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Adstock has always had an emphasis on youth culture, said organizer Adam Rayburn.

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Happy anniversary: Local musicians - as well as organizer Pam Burns - recently celebrated the six-year anniversary of Wednesday night open mics at Kanaka Creek Coffee in Albion. The evening included the band Shades of Green, whose members all met and formed the band after attending the open mic sessions.

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Forward focus: Haney Neptunes swimmer Rebecca Smith powered forward during the Division 2 girls butterfly race, part of the Langley Flippers Invitational that took place last weekend, June 27 and 28, at Al Anderson Memorial Pool in Langley City. The meet drew about 550 swimmers, representing clubs from around the Fraser Valley.

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Royal champs: The Ridge Meadows Peewee A

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A local emergency responder shares his skills in the wake of an earthquake.TROY [email protected]

Al McGee left for earth-quake-ravaged Nepal on Monday, June 29 on a mission: to

help make a difference for the many Nepalese people who lost everything.

A paid-on call firefighter with the Pitt Meadows Fire Department and an emergency and paediatric registered nurse with Fraser Health, McGee is also hoping folks closer to home will heed his advice: be vigilant in case the “big one” hits, because we live in a seis-mic zone.

McGee is volunteering through GlobalMedic, a Canadian humanitarian organ-ization that is helping those affected by a magnitude 7.8 earthquake that shook Nepal on April 25, by providing safe drinking water and other essen-tial household goods.

He’s in Nepal for roughly a month, staying at a base in Kathmandu – the capital of the mountainous South-Central Asia country – as well as in rural areas nearby.

“We have teams that went immediately and we have teams, including myself, that are continuing to do the work that needs to be done, there,” McGee said.

“We provide water relief and are going to be doing shelter

relief.”

McGee said GlobalMedic will be setting up point-of-source water

systems, ceramic filters that use battery power to filter con-taminated water, which will provide 8,000 to 10,000 litres worth of clean water per day for the Nepalese people.

“That’s enough water for a huge amount of people,” McGee said, noting that over a recent week, GlobalMedic teams set up 28 of these sys-tems at places like schools and rural areas of Nepal.

On top of the water relief, McGee will help build shelters and handing out aid kits.

“Basically in Nepal, there are hundreds of thousands of people who don’t have any shelter,” McGee said. “All of their homes have been destroyed, and monsoon season is starting right now, so it’s actually going to be a deadly

time in the very near future as the rain comes.”

Donations can be made to globalmedic.ca or to any regis-tered charity, McGee said.

Stark reminder

The destruction in Nepal is a grim reminder about the damage an earthquake

can do to a country and region, McGee stressed. “Everybody needs to be self-sufficient for 72 hours [if a major earthquake or other natural disaster strikes].”

“Most people understand that there’s risk living in this part of the world, but most people for-get about it and unfortunately if something like what happened in Nepal happens here, the fire department will be there and the health authority will be there but they won’t be able to take care of everybody,” McGee added.

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Firefighter lends a hand in Nepal


Al McGee, a paid on-call firefighter with the Pitt Meadows Fire Department, left Monday for Nepal, where he will volunteer with the Toronto-based humanitarian organization GlobalMedic.

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Tinder-dry conditions and poor air quality are just two of the byproducts from the heat that’s blanketing the Fraser Valley.TROY [email protected]

Hot enough for ya?The so-called “glorious”

early summer weather in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows isn’t seeming so glorious to many, bringing along with it poor air quality while painting most of the landscape yellow and brown.

Pitt Meadows was among the 64 communities in B.C. where temperature records fell on a scorching Saturday, June 27.

The temperature peaked at 33.3ºC in Pitt Meadows eas-ily surpassing a 120-year-old mark.

The previous June 27 record was 32.8ºC, set in 1895.

Meanwhile, the relentless heat is tak-ing its toll on Maple Ridge’s sizeable home-less population.

The Salvation Army Caring Place public relations coordin-ator Amelia Norrie said more homeless are finding ref-uge from the heat by visit-ing the Caring Place, espe-cially at lunchtime and during the hottest times of the day, and there’s a higher demand for ice and water.

“We often think of extreme weather being the cold and rain, but we never think about it with a heat wave,” Norrie said. “It’s called the dog days of summer for a reason. You get dirtier, you get hot-ter, and there’s no relief. Definitely during the day more people are coming in just to get out of the heat.”

And with June being one of the driest on rec-ord, and yet another heat wave settling over the region this week, Metro Vancouver – including Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows – implemented lawn sprinkling restric-tions.

The two communities

are currently in stage 1 of sprinkling regulations, which will remain in effect until Sept. 30 (for sprinkling schedules, visit www.mrtimes.com).

Under Metro’s Water Shortage Response Plan, stage 2 restrictions would force residential lawn sprinkling to be cut to one day a week, ban aesthetic washing of driveways and sidewalks, as well as much use of

pressure washers.Fountains and water features

would be shut down and water play parks could only run with

kid-activated buttons under stage 2 restrictions.

Watering of school yards, sports fields, park lawns, cem-eteries, boulevards and golf course fairways would be cut to minimal levels, in most cases once a week.

The tinder-dry conditions are “ripe” for grass and bush fires, noted Brad Perrie, assistant fire chief with the Pitt Meadows Fire Department.

With just a smidgen of rain this past Sunday when wet weather seemed most likely, Perrie said fire conditions are “still extreme.”

“Sunday’s small amount of rain did nothing to reduce the risk,” Perrie said.

“People need to be careful when they are discarding their cigarettes and if they are having a party, shouldn’t have a campfire.”

Perrie said Pitt Meadows’ burning bylaws prohibit backyard fire pits or wood burn-ing, and cooking pits at any time, anywhere, and that many communities, including Maple Ridge, are following suit.

A brief reprieve that brought slightly cooler temperatures on Sunday and Monday morning put an end to a ground-level ozone air quality advisory for Metro Vancouver and eastern parts of the Fraser Valley that had been in effect since Saturday.

Over the weekend, residents were warned to avoid strenuous outdoor activities during mid-after-noon, when ozone levels are highest.

– with files from Black Press

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Temps too hot to handle


The hot, dry weather has turned a grassy area along 227th Street just south of Lougheed Highway, near Chances Casino, into a potential matchbox. More hot weather is expected over the next few days.


Richard Russouw lounged in the Alouette River near Maple Ridge Park on Monday afternoon, at the popular swimming/tubing spot commonly known as Hot Rocks.

“Sunday’s small amount of rain did nothing to reduce the risk.”Brad Perrie

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Sisters from Maple Ridge are passing on their love for water polo to younger set.

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Suffice to say, water polo has been good to the Smith sisters.

The Maple Ridge siblings both secured full-ride university athletic scholarships through the sport, and have excelled over the years with the Fraser Valley Water Polo Club.

Now, they’re giving back to a sport that has given so much to them.

Victoria – a 22-year-old recent graduate of San Jose State University – has taken on the role of head coach of the Langley Otters water polo club, with her kid sister Virginia helping out as her assistant.

Nineteen-year-old Virginia, meanwhile, com-pleted her first year at Long Beach State University.

The club is based at the Walnut Grove Community Centre, a handy commute over the Golden Ears Bridge from their home-town.

Victoria started with FVWP when the club was created by Justin Mitchell before playing with the national team starting at 14.

Like her former coach did years before, Victoria is hoping to lay a foundation for water polo in Walnut Grove.

“This is a brand new club and we’re excited to help develop these new play-ers,” she said. “[FVWP coach] Kevin Mitchell approached us and said, ‘Hey, I have this team, would you like to coach

it, it’s brand new.’”The sisters jumped at the opportunity

to promote and grow water polo south of the Fraser River.

“The [Maple Ridge-based] Haney Neptunes, a lot of the kids are already super developed in water polo,” Victoria said.

Cupping her hand down and holding it up to her shoulder, Victoria noted, “We want to bring the Langley Otters up to here.”

Virginia hopes to pass along her passion for water polo.

“I love the team aspect of it,” she said. “If your team sticks together for a long enough time, you all start to click. I played with Valley and started with my age group and as I developed, our whole team was one big, synchronized family.”

An element of water polo that attracts players is the challenge that it brings.

“I have my ‘eight-and-unders’ where some kids will try it out and after five minutes they’re like, ‘This is so hard!’ But it’s amazing to see the huge difference that even three weeks does for them,” Victoria said. “They go from being barely able to swim to where they can multi-task by picking up the ball and moving around, where before they were scared about not being able to touch the bottom [of the pool].”

The Otters consist of roughly 40 members and the goal of the sisters, and the club, is to expand on those numbers in Langley.

“This is a big developmental club,” Victoria said. “Our biggest goal is to get the kids into water polo and for them to love it.”

Victoria, who like her sister is a Garibaldi Secondary grad, started playing

water polo to complement her soccer.“It was like a crossover and then we

ended up loving it, and all the benefit from it,” she said.

Another member of FVWP, Grant Phillips-Hing, was part of the 17U squad that finished third at the Western National Championships in Calgary in May.

Phillips-Hing is helping coach the younger Otters and says his appeal to the sport is the “strategy about it.”

“You’re constantly swimming and you’re always moving,” he added.

“I’d say it’s getting more popular in

Langley especially, because five years ago we didn’t even have a team here,” he said.

Also helping out is 15-year-old Deena Charles, who helped the FVWP 16U girls squad capture gold at the nationals in Calgary last month.

“It helps me improve my play by being able to tell the other kids how to do the different movements and exercises in the water,” said Charles, who started playing water polo when she was 10.

The club’s website is www.langleywa-terpolo.com and its general email address is [email protected].

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Polo pair guiding next generation

Sisters Victoria and Virginia Smith are coaching the Langley Otters water polo club.Letft A member of the Langley Otters, coached by the sisters, held a spirited practice recently at the Walnut Grove Community Centre recently

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July 1Dance • Town n’ Country Swing-ers host a Canada Day dance, beginning at 7:30 p.m, at Ridge Meadows Seniors Activity Centre, 12148 224th St.

July 1Canada Day • Celebrate Canada Day in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows. Events include entertainment, vendors,

kids games, and more.

July 5Adstock • The 11th annual Adstock – a free, local alternative music festival – takes place in Memorial Peace Park from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m.

July 6Magician • Norden the Magician performs at Maple Ridge bandstand in Memorial Peace Park at 11 a.m.

July 8Movie • Downtown Maple Ridge business association hosts a free, family-friend-ly movie event in Memorial Peace Park. Marketplace runs 6 to 9 p.m., followed by the showing of The Lego Movie.

July 9HUB cycling • Join the HUB Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows committee at their monthly meeting at the Maple Ridge Library in the Alouette Room, from 6:45 to 8:45 p.m., to discuss cycling issues in the com-munity.

July 11 Art show • Stave Falls Arts Group exhibition En Plein Air opens at the Maple Ridge Art Gallery inside The ACT, with a reception from 2 to 4 p.m.

July 15Puppets • Maple Ridge Library hosts a puppet show at the Maple Ridge band-stand in Memorial Peace Park at 6:45 p.m.

July 16Mobile classroom • The mobile dairy class-room experience will be at Maple Ridge’s Memorial Peace Park from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. Cow milking and calf feeding demon-strations.

July 18Parks Day • Metro Vancouver hosts a Canada Parks Day cele-bration at Kanaka Creek Regional Park, from 10 a.m. to noon.

July 24LEGO club • Kids ages 5 and older are invited to the LEGO club at Maple Ridge Li-brary from 3 to 4 p.m.

July 25Eid celebration • Celebrate Eid at the Maple Ridge Library from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

July 27Science World • Science World on the Road will be at Memorial Peace Park at 11 a.m.

July 29Movie • Downtown Maple Ridge business association hosts a free movie event in Memorial Peace Park. Marketplace runs 6 to 9 p.m., followed by the showing of Shrek.

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Ridge Meadows RCMP is looking for the following people. If you see any of them, do not attempt to apprehend them. Please contact the RCMP immediately by calling 604-463-6251 or CrimeStoppers at 1-800-222-8477. The warrants attached to these individuals were still outstanding as of 10 a.m. Wednesday. Remember: all of the listed people are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court.

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HUEN, Tamara LeeAge: 34Wanted in connection with File #2014-16950Wanted for possessing a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking.

BRYCE, Damien KaneAge: 27Wanted in connection with File #2015-5124Wanted for theft.

REAKES, Kyle Mitchell SpencerAge: 30Wanted in connection with File #2014-26440Wanted for possession of a dangerous weapon.

EPP, Nathaniel RyanAge: 23Wanted in connection with File #2015-838Wanted for theft.

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The ‘main drag’ in Maple Ridge is a little brighter after art was added to an alley.

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Cooperation is a beautiful thing – or at least, that seemed to be the takeaway from the unveiling of two brand new murals painted on downtown businesses in Maple Ridge.

Located on 224th Street and McIntosh Lane, between T’s and Bell Locksmith, the murals are a stark contrast from what were once drab walls in a back alley.

Artist Jason Craft was commis-sioned to paint the murals, and he reached out to School District 42 to add some helping hands from artis-tically minded students.

Craft’s effort to collaborate with local students mirrored the cooper-ation between the two community groups who commissioned the pub-lic art piece.

The Downtown Maple Ridge Business Improvement Association (BIA), which spearheaded the mural effort, applied for – and

received – cash from the City of Maple Ridge in the form of a public art grant.

The rest of the cost for the paint-ings was covered by the Maple Ridge BIA themselves, as well as the businesses upon which the murals are painted.

And while the bright colours of the murals certainly help the alley stand out, Ineke Boekhorst, execu-tive director of the BIA, hopes that won’t be the case for too much longer.

The Downtown BIA aims to paint at least one mural on a downtown business per year, said Boekhorst, who added that the beauty of Craft’s murals should incentivize other businesses in the area to spruce up their stores.

PUBLIC ART

Mural adds splash of colour to downtown

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Artist Jason Craft looks on at one of the pair of murals he helped paint just off 224th Street in downtown Maple Ridge.

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Artist Jason Craft looks on at one of the pair of murals he helped paint on 224th Street.

Traffic fines will soon pay off for residents of Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows.

Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows will be receiving $895,213 part of almost $75.2 million that local MLA Doug Bing says is “being invested into commun-ities across B.C. to meet local needs including more policing, new equipment, increased community safety initiatives, infrastructure and ser-vice delivery priorities.”

Bing, the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows MLA said, “most of this money will be directed to enhancing community safety and provide police with much needing

funding for equipment and special programs.”

Under the program, Pitt Meadows will receive $120,906 under the small community portion and $157,312 in traffic fine rev-enues.

Maple Ridge will receive $616, 995 in traffic fine rev-enues.

Since 2009, the Small Community, Regional

District and Traffic Fine Revenue Sharing Grants have provided more than $792 million in funding to, Bing said, “support B.C. com-munities, enabling them to invest money in projects that are identi-fied as priorities at the local level.”

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