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by Matthew HoekstraStaff Reporter

A building that will be the permanent home of Steveston’s Sockeye Special has doubled in cost to $2 million.

In 2008, city staff originally recommended a tram barn with a price of $835,000. But city council opted for a larger space worth $1,065,000. Now staff are asking council for a budget boost after collecting ideas from historians and other tram facilities in Metro Vancouver.

In a plan presented to city council’s parks committee yesterday, the one-room wood-frame design would be abandoned in favour of a “landmark form of historic architecture show-casing the valuable heritage tram,” according to a report from Elizabeth Ayers, manager of community recreation services.

“The signifi cant siting of the building at the corner of No. 1 Road and Moncton Avenue has resulted in additional architectural elements

that provide a building reminiscent of the origi-nal tram station,” noted Ayers.

The new design, created by Birmingham & Wood Architects, features more glass, interior upgrades, better lighting and air condition-ing.

Coun. Harold Steves said the new budget “hurts,” but said recent land sales in the area netted the city greater than expected rev-enue.

“We’re able to cover the cost with the sale of the Steveston lots, so the only concern I have is I would like a little more of a heritage design in keeping with the tram itself, which is a heritage tram,” said Steves.

City council must fi rst approve the new bud-get. Once built, the tram will become a muse-um for the interurban tram No. 1220—currently housed in a closed shed in the same location.

The construction schedule depends on council’s decision, but city spokesperson Ted Townsend said work could begin in the new year and fi nish by fall 2012.

Cost of tram barn doubles to $2 million

Canucks pride at the garageJordan and Taylor Kipnes spent two days painting this Canucks logo on the garage door of their Steveston Highway home. They let out a sigh of relief after Tuesday’s night’s overtime thriller in which Vancouver fi-nally dispatched the Chicago Blackhawks in overtime in Game 7 of their first-round playoff series.

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A proposed new design for the Steveston tram barn, created by Birmingham & Wood Architects, features more glass and interior upgrades.

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All-candidates meeting attracts over 100 people and would-be politicians from two ridings


Candidates from Richmond’s two federal ridings appealed to voters at an all-candidates meeting Thursday night, with a few MP-hopefuls trading barbs over the Garden City lands.

On a Vancouver Canucks playoff game night, the debate attracted over 100 people to the Beth Tikvah synagogue in Seafair, along with all four candidates in the Richmond riding and two from neighbouring Delta-Richmond East.

Jim Wright of the Garden City Lands Coalition forced the contenders to weigh in on the city’s most contentious piece of real estate that lies just outside the boundary of Delta-Richmond East.

The City of Richmond bought the 55-hectare Garden City lands last year for $59.2-million—shared between the Musqueam and the federally-owned Canada Lands Company. The land is now subject to another legal squabble initiated by the Musqueam Indian Band.

Richmond Liberal candidate Joe Peschisolido said the federal government made a $29.6-million profi t on the lands last year that should be given back to the City of Richmond.

“The federal government is profi ting by the mode it established to transfer over to the City of Rich-mond, and that portion of the money...should go back to the city and ultimately to the taxpayers of Richmond,” he said.

Peschisolido said the land should be retained for “green space,” later saying he’d like to see it become an “urban park,” possibly home to a farmers market.

“Ultimately the decision of the exact nature of the Garden City lands will be a decision of the people of Richmond,” he said.

Conservative incumbent Alice Wong also said she advocates the land to be “green,” and challenged Peschisolido’s pledge to return millions of dollars to the city.

“I would like to ask how he plans to do this, since there are so many confl icting parties involved,” she said rhetorically, as the debate format didn’t allow for re-buttals.

Wong also referenced Peschisolido’s past term in offi ce, which he ended as a Liberal.

“In 2002, the Liberal party at that time had the opportunity to give the Garden City lands to Rich-mond directly, but it didn’t happen.”

She said once the Musqueam’s new lawsuit is resolved, “I would be more than happy to sit down with the City of Richmond to fi nd a suitable federal program that would help promote green space use for the land.”

When asked if she would support building a new hospital on the site, Wong said it’s her position

the lands stay green, but suggested a hospital is a possible use if it employs “green technologies.”

The NDP’s Dale Jackaman, who is try-ing for a third time to win the Richmond riding, said food security has become an issue and the lands are important to preserve.

“We’ve listened over and over in past elections what the people of Richmond want done with those properties, and I think the message is quite clear. We

need to retain them.”Richmond Green candidate Michael Wolfe said

the Garden City lands is the reason he continually runs in every and any election over the past several years. He pledged to run again municipally this November if unsuccessful in the May 2 federal election.

“There is reasons to protect it as it is. Now there’s lots of function, because it’s in the Agricultural Land Reserve, for food security...but with minor

modifi cations to the soil, parts of that 136 acres, we can do an amazing job at producing food for the community.”

The pair of Delta-Richmond East candidates who attended the meeting also squared off, battling over Senate reform and spending pri-orities.

Liberal candidate Alan Beesley said he supports an elected Senate, something Conservative leader Stephen Harper promised before the 2004 elec-tion, but has, according to critics, appointed 37 senators since.

“As is often the case with the Conservatives, they believe in something, but when it gets to it, they’ve done nothing. Stephen Harper has appointed more senators than any other prime minister than the short period he’s been in offi ce,” said Beesley.

Conservative challenger Kerry-Lynne Findlay said she supports an elected Senate, where senators can be held accountable, but said such reform requires a constitutional amendment, which she called “a diffi cult process.”

“It’s not impossible perhaps, but it does require majority approval of a certain very interesting mix of provinces and people,” she said.

Beesley told the crowd the Conservatives spent $1 billion on the G8 Summit—the cost of his party’s Learning Passport program that gives grants to students entering post-secondary studies.

“The priorities of the Conservative government are wrong. $13 billion for prisons that are unneces-sary, jets that we can’t cost... It’s a simple question of credibility and I don’t think the Conservatives have it any longer.”

Findlay defended the Conservatives’ commit-ment to post-secondary education by reading a list of Conservative government initiatives, and defended the government’s fi scal record, noting Canada has emerged from the recession with one of the strongest economies in the world.

Findlay also said the state of Canadian pris-ons is “unacceptable” after decades of no new spending.

“After decades of no capital spending in this area, we simply have to get the job done, and the same goes with the fi ghter jets. We have to give our men and women, who are putting their lives in jeopardy—for us, our children and our future—we have to give them at least the tools to do the job...”

Residents vow to pressure politicians to scrap proposal


A citizens’ group is speaking out against a plan to barge jet fuel up the Fraser River and send it across Lulu Island via a proposed 15-kilometre pipeline.

On Monday, local residents of the newly-formed Vancouver Airport Pipeline Opposition for Rich-mond group, or VAPOR, staged a press confer-ence to urge government offi cials to “do the right thing” and scrap the pipeline proposal.

“We are here today to announce our commit-ment to lobby all levels of government to oppose the (project),” said Carol Day, the group’s spokes-person. “We’re going to make an application or request to the MLAs for a moratorium on the ap-plication and ask them to stop this insanity before it gets any further than it has right now.”

The B.C. Environmental Assessment Offi ce is reviewing the proposal and is no longer accept-ing public comments. Once the offi ce fi nishes its review, a trio of provincial government ministers are expected to rule on the project by fall.

Day said the proposal poses an “unaccept-able” risk to the environment, nearby residents and the Fraser River estuary. She also noted the fi re and rescue services don’t have resources to adequately respond to a spill or fi re at the fuel offl oading facility and tank farm planned for Riverport.

“We have examples of jet fuel barges that have run aground, jet fuel explosions, pipeline explo-sions, and on and on. And these are normal accidents that have happened in the last few years,” she said.

The group is instead suggesting the Vancouver Airport Fuel Facilities Corporation, a consortium of airlines that’s behind the proposal, upgrade the existing pipeline in North Richmond. It’s the same stance already taken by Richmond city council.

VAPOR member and retired biologist Otto Langer said up to one billion fi sh come down the Fraser River in the spring, and a spill of toxic jet fuel would poison them.

“The real concern is we could have a cata-strophic spill,” said Langer. “It’s not if it occurs, it’s when it occurs.”

He noted the proponent’s own risk assessment suggests a spill of 8,000 litres of jet fuel is pos-sible once every six years, and 160,000 litres every 32 years.

Scott Carswell lives in Waterstone Pier, 400 metres away from a site where jet fuel will be offl oaded from barges, if the project is approved.

He said the proponent’s message at open houses was the same: the proposal brings risk, but it’s minimal.

“I don’t have any faith in what they’re saying,” he said. “It’s like the fox saying to the farmer his hens are fi ne. It’s a reckless plan.”

Citizens’ group blasts pipeline plan

Matthew Hoekstra photoCarol Day, fl anked by Richmond resident retired biologist Otto Langer, speak to the media at a press conference in Shellmont Monday morning.

Candidates square off as campaign enters home stretch

Matthew Hoekstra photoCandidates Alice Wong, Kerry-Lynne Findlay, Joe Peschisolido, Alan Beesley and Dale Jackaman.

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Scout leader sentenced for sexual exploitationby Martin van den HemelStaff Reporter

A local Scout leader who pled guilty to sexual assault and sexual exploi-tation of a 16-year-old boy and a 20-year-old man was sentenced to 18 months in prison and received a two-year term of probation in Vancouver provincial court last Thursday.

Crown counsel Jim Cryder told The Richmond Review Wednesday that Eddie Au, 36, will not serve any more time in jail because he’s spent about nine months in pre-trial custody after breaching the conditions of his bail in May of last year.

Vancouver Police began investigating Au after a 16-year-old boy complained to his parents about the physical demands of a Scouts Canada program. The teenager eventually told police that between December of 2007 and March of 2008, he and Au had sexual contact on four occasions.

Police then issued a press release about the incidents, which prompted another victim to step forward.

The second victim told investigators that be-tween September of 2004 and March 30 of 2005, Au masturbated him on sev-eral occasions, according to an agreed upon state-ment of facts presented to a Vancouver provincial court judge.

At the time of the original allegations, Au was living in Richmond, but he has since moved to Burnaby, where he’s required to live with his parents, Cryder said.

Au deceived each of the victims by fraudulently con-cocting a Scouts Canada/Canadian Forces program which required them to participate in demanding physical testing in the pres-ence of Au alone.

Despite Scouts Canada policies prohibiting one-on-one contact between Scout leaders and Scouts, that’s precisely what happened at a Scouts Canada facility in Vancouver.

During his two years of probation, Au is barred from being in contact with anyone under the age of 18 except in the presence of that person’s parent or guardian. He’s also been ordered by the courts to submit a sample of his DNA for a federal database.

The judge took into ac-count Au had no criminal record, and the fact he spared the victims from having to testify, Cryder said.

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YouTube video prompts coffee retailer to make big changes

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Starbucks has instituted several new procedures in response to a YouTube video shot April 21 which shows what’s believed to be a black rat inside the Terra Nova Starbucks, searching for food while walking on the counter amongst the syrups.

Steve Chong, Richmond’s chief public health inspec-tor, said that an environmental health offi cer met with Starbucks management on Tuesday morning to deal with the concerns.

A regional Starbucks manager as well as a Star-bucks quality assurance employee were there as well, Chong said.

“Based on the inspection today, there is no indica-tion that there’s a rodent infestation,” Chong told The Richmond Review.

Chong said the pest control employee noted some rodent access points, which have now been pest-proofed.

Pest control servicing has been stepped up from weekly to daily, he said.

Starbucks has instituted new procedures that in-clude placing all open foods into pest-proof contain-ers, and storing their coffee syrups into the walk-in cooler at the end of every day.

As well, at the start of every day, all food-contact surfaces are being cleaned and sanitized.

Chong suspects that recent renovation work done at the store, during which doors were left open all day, allowed wandering rodents to get inside the shop.

Chong believes from the grainy images that it was

a black rat seen foraging around the syrups in the YouTube video. They wander up to 100 yards from their home.

During Tuesday’s inspection, there was no indication of rodent activity. Signs would have included drop-pings or gnawed packaging, Chong said.

A local resident captured the footage around 11 p.m. on Thursday. He asked that his name not be published. A couple of nights earlier, on Tuesday, he also saw what appeared to be a baby rat, but he didn’t have a digital camera with him to videotape what he saw.

But while chatting with friends outside the closed store, a bit of movement caught their attention, and this time he was able to videotape the rodent using a digital camera.

The video can be seen at www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLLPZkXv0k8, and though the images are dark and grainy, a rodent of some type can be seen between two pump-style syrup dispensers on the right of the footage.

An employee at the store, who asked not to be named, said on Saturday afternoon: “We know about the issue and the issue is being dealt with.”

She refused to comment further and wouldn’t say whether management would be closing the facility.

Starbucks could not reached for comment by The Richmond Review’s print deadline yesterday.

A recent health department inspection found noth-ing amiss in the outlet.

A report dated April 11 indicates that no pests were observed and that a pest control program was in place. Sanitation and maintenance at the facility were deemed satisfactory.

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Parmjit Singh Atwal made the rare ap-peal Tuesday after Richmond RCMP re-jected his application for a permit, citing two “instances involving violence” within

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Richmond Taxi driver since 2004. Both incidents stem from transporting pas-sengers to and from local pubs.

Coun. Harold Steves said in each case, it wasn’t clear who was at fault, and may well have been the passenger’s.

Atwal wasn’t charged in either incident.

“Without having been at the courts, the

council felt unanimously we shouldn’t be taking away the licence of a person with-out adequate evidence that the alterca-tions actually occurred,” said Steves.

Chauffeur’s permits are granted by lo-cal police, and are necessary to operate a motor vehicle carrying passengers for hire.

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City council accepts Richmond cabbie’s appeal for permitRichmond Taxi driver denied operating permit by RCMP


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B.C. Premier Christy Clark fulfi lled an election prom-ise and hosted a town hall meeting at Aberdeen Centre Tuesday.

In front of an audience of more than 120 people in the mall's food fair, Clark fi elded questions about restoring gaming funding to multicultural groups and charities and suggested that the province’s education curriculum should be altered to refl ect the strong Asian fl avour of the province.

She questioned why in schools children learn mainly about the country’s European history and said that students should be taught about Asian history as well.

“The thing we need to remember is the work you do in helping people integrate into the community, help-ing us all understand each other. It’s really important work,” Clark said when posed a question by Henry Beh, executive director of the Richmond Chinese Community Society.

“I think we should work harder to make sure that every British Columbian, when they go to school, learns the history, not just of Europe, but the history of Asia and India and places to the east of Canada which is so much a part of who we are. Instead, our children learn about Europe.

“I think we need to change our curriculum in schools, have more access to the Cantonese and Mandarin language, have more access to Asian history so that every child when they graduate from high school, un-derstands every other child's cultural background.”

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The recent Dis-ney production Tron: Legacy is

notable as a measure of the sophistication of the B.C. motion picture industry.

A showcase of the lat-est computer-generated 3D effects, including a rendering of actor Jeff Bridges as he looked in the original version 30 years ago, Tron: Legacy was nominated for an Oscar and won several other awards for techni-cal achievement.

The sleek, lighted suits worn by characters were custom-made in the United States at a cost of $22 million, then brought to Vancouver for filming. Due to the vaga-ries of the old provincial sales tax, Disney had to pay about $1.5 million in PST because they were used here.

A friend in the business tells me this was more of a deterrent to movie production in B.C. than the current weakness of the U.S. dollar. It’s the kind of expensive insult added to the injury of dealing with two differ-ent, complicated sales taxes, and it’s one of many unintended busi-ness problems fixed by harmonized sales tax.

Despite B.C.’s reputa-tion for movie wizardry, the next Tron might be made somewhere else if the HST is rejected.

Regular readers will know I am an advocate of the HST, and the

general trend away from income taxes and towards consumption taxes. But most people I talk to aren’t interested in the economics, except as it relates to their own wallets.

They don’t believe that taxes imposed on business will either be passed on to consumers, or avoided by changing locations. And they are bombarded with bogus arguments in this spring of election fever.

Federal NDP leader Jack Layton is the worst offender. Like his B.C. counterparts, he has run to the front of the anti-HST parade. Unlike the B.C. NDP, Layton knows he will never have to implement his promises in government, so he of-fers to write off the $1.6 billion transition fund that B.C. has applied to its deficit. In effect, the rest of the provinces would subsidize B.C. for bringing back an archaic

sales tax.That’s not even Lay-

ton’s dumbest idea. He’s been wandering the country promising to remove GST from heating bills, a $700 million tax cut that would help the rich as much as the poor. Surely B.C. NDP leader Adrian Dix would not ap-prove of such a regres-sive tax shift.

(Presumably Layton has been briefed by now that B.C.’s portion of the HST doesn’t apply to heating bills, so he won’t confuse us with Ontario any more.)

Dix talks about HST falling on small busi-ness. There is an impact on service businesses, notably restaurants, but ask a self-employed person or small business operator if they’d like to go back to administer-ing two different sales taxes.

Quarterly HST rebate cheques went out last week to more than a mil-

lion B.C. residents at the lowest end of the income scale. Ask those people if they’d like to lose that benefit, a real example of the kind of income equalizing measure that Dix calls his top priority.

Ask a laid-off mill employee if he’d like to go back to work, and pay HST on movies and a dinner out.

• Further to last week’s column about Dix’s plan to raise corporate tax rates, I now regret refer-ring to his program as “Marxism Lite.”

I fell for his strident rhetoric about taxing big corporations. His pro-posal amounts to raising the tax on corporate net income in excess of $500,000 by a modest two per cent.

Tom Fletcher is legisla-tive reporter and col-umnist for Black Press newspapers. He can be reached at [email protected].

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EDITORIAL: People power to the rescue

Folks in Richmond are outraged that a jet fuel pipeline

could traverse Lulu Island.

Richmond council has been leading the charge against the pipeline. Richmond East MLA Linda Reid is also against it and her fellow MLAs are sympathetic to opponents. All federal candidates have concerns about the proposal with most utterly opposed to it.

Now a group of Richmond residents has banded together to fight the proposal.

Vancouver Airport Pipeline Opposition for Richmond group, or VAPOR, staged a press conference Monday to urge government officials to “do the right thing” and scrap the pipeline proposal.

Carol Day, the group’s spokesperson, said the proposal poses an “unacceptable” risk to the environment, nearby residents and the Fraser River estuary. She also noted the fire and rescue services don’t have resources to adequately respond to a spill or fire at the fuel offloading facility and tank farm planned for Riverport.

The Vancouver Airport Fuel Facilities Corporation, a consortium of airlines, says the proposed 15-kilometre pipeline is the best option.

In this day of general voter indifference, it is refreshing

to see local residents band together to fight a cause.

But can they have more success than politicians? Recent examples of people power show that they have a chance.

Day is no stranger to public protest. She was among a group of residents and pub owners who successfully won a fight against a pub proposal at No. 5 Road and Steveston Highway.

Pressure from a group of residents from all sides of the political spectrum helped keep the Garden City lands free from development.

A vociferous group of neighbours were instrumental in shutting down a proposal for a large drug rehabilitation facility in their neighbourhood.

The B.C. Environmental Assessment Office is reviewing the proposal. Once the office finishes its review, a trio of provincial government ministers are expected to rule on the project by fall.

With mounting public pressure, supported by local, provincial and federal politicians, the fuel consortium is facing an uphill battle.

More importantly, the elected officials who make the final decision will know that the wrong decision will likely result in major voter backlash and potential political suicide.

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City can show its strength by not pursuing bad bylawEditor:

Thank you for your courageous editorial of April 16 (“Policy plan showed little foresight”) which drew attention to the inequities and hardships which will be suffered by many local faith groups if the City of Richmond goes ahead with proposals which would change the bylaws relating to public assembly land.

It cannot be an easy task running a city govern-ment. Inevitably mistakes are made. It would be an act of strength not weakness if the proposals were abandoned.

Robert Kean, Richmond

letters

Editor:I don’t know if it was

such a good idea for Joe Peschisolido to bring in the son of Pierre Trudeau for sup-port, but I can under-stand the Liberal party wanting to get him warmed up.

You see, it’s Quebec’s turn to ante up the next prime ministerial hopeful as Ontario and Quebec continue to take turns, omitting the rest of Canada from having a PM candidate chosen from any other province or territory.

It might bring back some not-so-fond mem-ories of the Trudeau discrimination towards the West. We had the theft from Alberta he dubbed the Na-tional Energy Program, which funnelled west-ern monies from the oilfi elds into the Ontar-

io-Quebec regions. We had the middle fi nger salute in Salmon Arm from the protection of a train car. One would have expected him to step out and talk to the crowd instead of the fi nger, but... c’est la vie.

When Trudeau was questioned on his unfairness and dis-crimination towards the west he replied “there just wasn’t enough seats out there to be bothered with” and of course democratic equalization in the House of Commons didn’t cross his mind.

Given Justin’s admira-tion for his father and his tactics on the Ca-nadian political scene, I think we can expect more of the same from Trudeau Jr. Oui?

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Editor:In reference to recent letters

to the editor regarding over-grown hedges or branches protruding onto city sidewalks, I would like to affirm that excellent customer service is a primary commitment for the City of Richmond.

This includes providing ef-ficient and effective municipal services on a daily basis while ensuring the safety and well-being of our residents and visitors.

As the weather improves, more people will be enjoying the outdoors in our commu-nity. We would like to remind the public to please contact the city if they see anything deemed as not conforming to the city’s normal high stan-dards.

Our public works department is responsible for many day-to-

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To make it convenient to all, there are several ways to report a problem to the city. The city’s public works dis-patch line (604-270-8721) can be called 24/7. Please give an address or description of the location and specifics about the problem. Your name and telephone number are also very helpful should we need any clarification.

Once contact is made, the call is logged into the city’s system and the case is sent to the appropriate fore-man. The foreman will then dispatch a crew to attend to

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There are other ways the city can be contacted. These include calling the city hall switchboard number during business hours (604-276-4000) or completing an online feedback/service request form.

The city does everything possible to ensure the public’s concerns have been resolved.

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No show irks voterEditor:

On Friday, I attended an all-candidates meeting hosted by the B.C. Muslim As-sociation because I wanted to hear from the candidates before I voted.

I was very disap-pointed that the Con-servative candidate Alice Wong did not attend.

I expect my member of Parliament to be available to listen to her constituents. If she is not even avail-able to listen to us and answer our ques-tions during an elec-tion campaign, when will she listen to us?

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Drivers plow through crosswalksEditor:

I am a student attending Matthew McNair Secondary School and I have had problems with drivers not stopping at crosswalks.

There is a crosswalk on No. 4 Road that students use to visit the convenience store at break and lunch. Even though the drivers see the fl ashing lights of the crosswalk, not all stop—instead some speed up so they do not have to wait for the person to cross.

On several occasions, a car has almost hit me or my friend. Once my friend and I were walking back to the school and were about to cross—we were both lucky that we looked before we crossed because we would have been hit by a driver who had decided to speed up just as we were about to step off the curb. One or both of us were extremely close to being harmed.

It is not just the crosswalk on No. 4 Road but all crosswalks. Some drivers are too impatient to wait for the pedestrian to cross. Pedestrians have the right-of-way not drivers.

The problem is that some drivers may think they should not have to wait for someone to cross. If the driver keeps thinking that then someday they will harm or kill someone.

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Editor:The Friends of the

Richmond Library want to thank all our members, our student volunteers and the members of Steveston Rotary who helped us at our book sale at Thompson Com-munity Centre on April 9 and 10.

We would also like to acknowledge the donation from Save-On-Foods of food and refreshments for our volunteers, the dona-tion from Choices of our “Fiction Frenzy” bags, and to thank Thompson Com-munity Centre for hosting our sale.

Our semi-annual sales are stocked with dis-carded books from the Richmond Public Library and donations from our community. All of these books are sorted, priced and packed by our mem-bers throughout the year in preparation for our

sales. The proceeds of our sales are used to purchase items to enhance the col-lections at the Richmond Public Library. We also be-lieve strongly in providing members of our commu-nity with low-cost reading material, especially for children.

We rely heavily on dona-tions of used books. If you wish books to stay in your community and to benefi t our local libraries, please donate your used books to our organization. Books can be dropped off at any branch of the Richmond Public Library or, if you have a large number of books, our members can arrange to have them picked up from your home.

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Pair of short chamber operas devoted to ‘pleasures of the glass’ staged at Minoru Chapel


Forget about the Chan Centre, Heather Pawsey has turned some of the

most unusual places into concert halls.

The aquarium, a mine shaft, a winery, a rail station and even a cre-matorium have turned into places of music thanks to the Vancouver soprano.

“I really want the audience to be a part of the performance,” said Pawsey in an interview with The Review. “It’s not about you sit in a chair, and I’ll stand on a stage and I’ll make music at you. There is a time and a place for that...but when I can I really want to bring the audi-ence in.”

Next Wednesday, she’ll turn the more traditional venue of Minoru Chapel into an opera house. Her new company Astrolabe Musik The-atre is presenting “Tasting Notes,” a concert of two short chamber op-eras both linked to the “pleasures of the glass.”

Through Astrolabe—a name bor-rowed from the historical naviga-tion instrument—Pawsey pushes the traditional boundaries of song, opera and chamber music through integrating diverse artistic practices. Spending one year at the Banff Centre, where artists of a variety of disciplines collaborated, made her think differently about presenting classical music.

“It really really profoundly infl u-enced me. I love classical music, but a lot of people I think are still a little hesitant about it, or afraid of it or they don’t know much about it. To me, you can inform classical music by bringing in other art forms.”

It begins with the music, said Pawsey, who decides what the com-poser is trying to say and then how best to illuminate that—lighting, dance and video projection being just some examples.

Astrolabe’s show at Minoru Cha-pel is approximately 90 minutes. Pawsey will fi rst present Gabriel

Charpentier’s chamber opera A Tea Symphony or The Perils of Clara along with pianist Rachel Kiyo

Iwaasa and fl utist Kathryn Cernaus-kas. The English opera focuses on the troubled Clara, whose lifelong goal was to play the cello, but her mother ruined her life by forcing the fl ute on her daughter. So Clara humourously drinks nine glasses of brandy while performing in a grand hotel.

The second piece is a surprise, said Pawsey. Featuring four sing-ers, the work is from the “obscure sibling of a famous composer,” whose story is also a little, well, intoxicating.


It may be hard to imagine Vladi-mir Putin donning headphones to enjoy some pop music. But the stern-faced Russian czar’s iPod is undoubtedly loaded with a few songs from Valeriya.

Apparently a fan himself, Putin bestowed the Russian pop super-star with the title Honoured Artist of Russia for a career that’s earned her the appreciation of millions in her native land and slow and growing support in the West.

On Sunday Valeriya, whose real name is Alla Yurievna Perfi lova, will perform at River Rock Show Theatre as part of a seven-stop North American tour, and only the second time she’ll perform in Canada on tour.

Valeriya, 43, has over a dozen albums to her credit, 17 No. 1 hits and is said to have sold over 100 million albums in Russia. She’s the fi rst Russian woman to be featured on the cover of Billboard magazine, and is one of the coun-try’s highest earning celebrities.

“I’ve been having a long, happy career in my homeland. I have millions of fans there and I’m still feeling I could achieve more,” she said in an interview, days after fi nishing a tour of Germany.

Born in small-town Russia to a family of classical musicians, Valeriya knew she wanted to be a singer at an early age. Her career took off at age 23 after winning a talent contest. At the peak of her career, in 2001, she left the stage due to an intense struggle with her manager and husband. Two years later, she launched a comeback, signing on with a new manager who later became her new husband.

Today she considers her work in building a fan base outside of Russia—without alienating her faithful legions back home—”refreshing.”

“I remember our UK tour with Simply Red (in 2009). I partici-

pated in their concerts as a special guest, and it was fun to perform for the people who knew neither me nor my songs. And I felt happy when they received me with a storm of applause.”

Yet she isn’t underestimating the challenge. She said North Ameri-can and Russian pop music scenes have plenty of similarities, the key differences being language and scale, but there’s lots to learn.

“We’ve spent a lot of time...learning the differences between the ways how the industry oper-ates in different countries. Even though I had a serious back-ground it was like starting anew—all over again,” she said.

Valeriya is working on a new concert program for her Russian fans, where she’ll sing old Russian ballads accompanied by an or-chestra. Next year she’s planning to take the show out-of-country.

“Its melody and lyrics are uni-versal language of beauty, which could be understood by any person no matter where does he came from.”

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Tim Pawsey photoSoprano Heather Pawsey is the brandy-loving musician Clara in Gabriel Char-pentier’s chamber opera A Tea Symphony or The Perils of Clara.

Choir offers tour of world musicThe Richmond Youth Honour Choir is presenting “A Choral World Tour”

Friday, April 29 at Peace Mennonite Church.The audience will hear performances by the elementary and chamber

divisions of Richmond Youth Honour Choir, along with a guest perfor-mance by Cats and the Fiddle, a folk band hailing from Sorrento, B.C.

The program includes music from all around the world. Artistic director Heidi Epp promises the concert to be “a wonderful journey with no jet lag.”

The show begins at 7 p.m. at Peace Mennonite Church, 11571 Daniels Rd. Tickets, $10 to $15, at [email protected].

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The Richmond Chamber Of Commerce • Published MonthlyThe Richmond Chamber of Commerce has been “Proudly serving our community for since 1925”. In partnership with the Richmond Review the Chamber produces Business Report once per month. The statements and views expressed in this monthly publication are not necessiarily those of the publisher. This publication’s intent is to keep Chamber members and prospective members informed on important information, events and educational items. The Richmond Chamber of Commerce is located at Suite 101 - South Tower - 5811 Cooney, Road, Richmond, BC, V6X 3M1.

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Mark your calendars: Monday, June 27, 2011. That’s the date The Richmond Chamber of Commerce

Golf Tournament draws both corporate foursomes & individual golfers to enjoy an outstanding day at Richmond Golf & Country Club in a “Texas Scramble” format. This is a perfect opportunity to bring out your colleagues and clients!

The special guest MC for this event will be hockey broadcasting veteran, Jim Hughson.

Hughson began his impressive NHL broadcasting career in October 1979, joining CBC’S Hockey Night in Canada broadcast team in 2005. Hughson’s 29-year storied career as a sports broadcaster includes calling Wayne Gretzky’s final game in Canada at the Corel Centre in April 1999 and countless NHL, OHL and AHL games. Hughson also called play-by-play for the Vancouver Canucks on Sportsnet Pacific. A Gemini Award-winner in 2004 for sports play-by-play, Hughson was also the voice of Jays Baseball on CBC and has also been part of several national baseball broadcasts, including during the 1992 and 1993 Toronto Blue Jays’ championship seasons. Hughson, a native of Fort St. John, B.C., enjoys spending time at his home in White Rock, B.C. with his wife Denise, and children, Matt and Jennifer.

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Shotgun at 1:00 pmNetworking & Happy Hour followed by the Banquet 6:30 pm

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Partial proceeds to Richmond Chamber Scholarship Fund in support of BCIT Aerospace, Kwantlen Polytechnic University & Richmond’s 10 High Schools

For more information: Contact Carol Young by phone at 604-278-2822 or email: [email protected]

WEDNESDAY, MAY 11

Strictly Networking Breakfast 2011Richmond Country Club, 9100 Steveston Hwy.Registration & Breakfast 7:00 am - 7:30 am & Networking 7:30 am - 9:00 amTickets: Members $15.00+HST Non-Members $25.00+HST

TUESDAY, MAY 31

Business After 5Join us for a great “Members Only” Networking experience with our hosts at ADESA Vancouver, 7111 No. 8 Road5 – 6:45pm Reservations are required.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8

Strictly Networking Breakfast 2011Richmond Country Club, 9100 Steveston Hwy.Registration & Breakfast 7 – 7:30am & Networking 7:30 – 9amTickets: Members $15 + HST Non-Members $25 + HST

TUESDAY JUNE 21

Business After 5Join us for a great “Members Only” Networking experience with our hosts at River Green, Richmond, Hollybridge Way & River Road5 – 6:45 pm Reservations are required.

TUESDAY, JUNE 21

Annual General Meeting & LuncheonCome out and endorse your candidates for the Board of Directors 2011-2012Sheraton Vancouver Airport Hotel, 7551 Westminster Hwy.Registration 11:30 am Lunch & AGM NoonTickets: Members $30 + HST Non Members $45 + HST

MONDAY, JUNE 27

28th Annual Golf TournamentRichmond Country Club 9100 Steveston Hwy. Single Golf $235 + HST Foursome $940 + HST (Includes Golf, tee gifts, power carts, gifts, dinner, & prizes.) Hole Sponsorship: Hole $400; Half Hole $275 Banquet Only $65 + HST

UpcomingEvents28TH annual golf tourney slated for end of June Popular tournament SOLD OUT for the past five years

Special Guest MC “Jim Hughson, Hockey Night in Canada”

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Employers and employees in British Columbia are reminded that changes to the provincial minimum wage, under the Employment Standards Act, will come into effect on May 1, 2011.

Effective May 1:• The general minimum wage

increases from $8 per hour to $8.75 per hour.

• The First Job Wage, also known as the “training wage”, is repealed and no longer in effect.

• A new minimum wage rate for liquor servers

is introduced. This rate applies only to employees whose primary duties are as a server of food or drink or both, and as a regular part of his or her employment serves liquor directly to customers, guests, members or patrons in premises for which a licence to sell liquor has been issued under the Liquor Control and Licensing Act. The minimum wage rate for liquor servers will be $8.50 per hour, effective May 1.

• Non-hourly rates paid to camp leaders, live-in home support workers and resident caretakers and are being adjusted in proportion to the increase in minimum wage.

• Piece rates for hand-harvested crops listed in the employment standards regulation increase by 9.375 per cent.

Additional details on minimum wage changes can be found at: www.labour.gov.bc.ca/esb

B.C. minimum wage changes effective May 1

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Ambassador Committee Chair Mike Karamanian Digitech Renewable Printer Cartridges | Donna Felgar Crystal Clear Advertising | Ben Baker CMYK Solutions | Lena Hutzcal Geotemps International | Jennifer Billows Digitech Renewable Printer Cartridges | Nancy Jung HDL Renovations Group | Rick Vet Exhibit Cre8tive | Gary Chung Vancouver Whitecaps | Jessie Yeung Business Development Bank of Canada | Debra Danny Cita Communications | Andrew Au-Young Dickson, Stojak Brown Chartered Accountants | Norman Sung RBC Dominion Securities | Amie Poole Nurse Next Door Home Health Care Services | Brian Cole BCGI Benefits Inc. | Missing from Photo: Anna Antonio Ashton Service Group | Jeremy Colwell CPG Systems

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The Richmond Chamber of Commerce (RCC) Ambassadors, are front line representatives; with a common goal - to build long term valuable relationships

with new and existing members. One of the most important duties of

an Ambassador is to promote interest and participation to other members in Chamber

activities. They represent the RCC by attending and inviting new members to various Chamber events including, but not limited to:• Networking breakfasts• Luncheons• Business After 5 events• Seminars/Speaker series

• New Member eventsIf you are interested in participating in our

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INCIDENTS: London Drugs is unaware of any consumer incidents or injury related to this non-compliance issue.CANADIAN RETAILER: Sold at all London Drugs retail stores within British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.DISTRIBUTION PERIOD: January, 2010 through to April, 2011.REMEDY: Customers should return the Tsunami Legacy 3500 Product, with Transformer, to any London Drugs retail store in return for a full refund. When returning the Tsunami Legacy 3500 Product, customers must return the Transformer in order to get a refund.

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Around The ChamberThe Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) and the Canadian Youth Business Foundation (CYBF) launches the

Newcomer Entrepreneur Program for young, newly

arrived immigrants to Canada. This initiative will

help young new Canadians access the resources

they need to start and grow their businesses. For

more information visit www.cybf.ca.

The Community Arts Council Of Richmond will host their new juried

exhibition at the Artisans Galleria located in Garden

City Shopping Centre, Blundell & Garden City Road,

The “Lure” Of Richmond Art Show April 30 - May 16.

The new Youth Skills BC Workplace Pilot Program (YSBC), developed by the Ministry of Regional

Economic and Skills Development, provides BC

employers a hiring incentive of up to $2,000 per

eligible participant (up to 3 employees at $2000

each) and up to $1,000 per participant for training.

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Richmond Addiction Services, in partnership with Family

Services of Greater Vancouver, is organizing Hockey Day

in Richmond on Saturday May 7th, , from Noon to 5pm at

HJ Cambie Secondary School, as part of Youth Week. For

more information visit www.richmondaddictions.ca

Friday June 10, join the Heart and Stroke Foundation of BC & Yukon as they celebrate “Midnight in an Italian

Garden” at the 7th Annual Heart of Gold Gala. For

more information visit www.heartandstroke.bc.ca/

Fairmont Vancouver Airport

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Awards 2011. This is the first year airport hotels

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Fairmont Vancouver Airport was ranked first over

the Grand Hyatt Dallas/Forth Worth and the Westin

Detroit Metropolitan. In addition, the hotel placed

fifth in the world on the World’s Top 10 Airport Hotels

list. For more information visit www.fairmont.com.

Congratulations to Chamber Member Cleantech Janitorial Management - On March 22, 2011,

Cleantech received an award for Diversion and

Inclusion in the workplace. This was awarded at the

BC Workplace Diversity Conference presented by the

Open Door Group and BC employer Diversity Forum.

For more information cleantechjanitorial.com

The 2011 edition of the Canadian Team Handball Senior National Championship will be held May 20-22

in British Columbia, hosted by the BCTHF, at the

famed Richmond Olympic Oval multi-sport facility.

For more information about Handball in BC or the

National Championships, visit www.bchandball.ca

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The Conservative Party, under the leadership of Prime Minister Stephen Harper, has skillfully navigated Canada through a global recession.

Our economy is well positioned for an effective recovery.

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Alexandra Peppitt, dear young friend visiting from England, has invited me to her Royal Wedding Party on Friday, tiaras and hats optional. Of course I accepted.

Then she started talking about bunting and baps and I couldn’t under-stand a word the girl was saying. “Slow down, and speak English.”

Baps are savory buns, for sandwiches, but not for cream tea. Bunting are triangular fl ags strung together, much like one would string streamers across a room.

If you haven’t been invited to a Royal Wed-ding Party, at least make a batch of scones. If you don’t have Devonshire cream, substitute with cream cheese or whipped cream. Add jam and put the water on to boil for tea. Or make Coronation Chicken Salad, served at the Queen’s coronation lunch in 1953.

By the way, Alex isn’t serving tea at her party, she’s serving lavender martinis and serving them in a tea cup. (Make a simple syrup by adding boiling water to sugar and lavender petals. Let cool, strain, and add to vodka and triple sec.)

Buttermilk Scones1 cup self-rising fl ourPinch of salt1/3 cup butter, room

temperature, cut into small lumps

2 tbsp sugar1 egg2 tbsp buttermilk

Sift fl our and salt into a large mixing bowl. Add butter and lightly rub the

butter into the fl our until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Add the sugar and mix in.

In a bowl, beat egg with buttermilk and add to the fl our mixture. Mix to-gether, and when dough starts to form fi nish off by working it with your hands. Dough should be soft but not sticky. The dough should come together and leave the sides of the bowl clean.

Shape down into a round and place on a lightly fl oured surface. Flour the rolling pin and lightly roll out the dough to 1-inch thick. Use a 2-inch round cutter to cut out the scones. Carry on until you are left with the trimmings. Bring the trimmings together and roll out again.

Place scones on a lightly greased bak-ing tray that has been dusted with fl our. Brush the scones lightly with a little more buttermilk then dust with fl our. Bake in a 425˚oven for 10-12 minutes, until they are golden brown. Cool on a wire rack.

Serve with clotted cream (Devonshire cream) and jam, prefer-ably strawberry.

Coronation Chicken Salad1 grilled chicken1 tbsp oil1 onion, chopped1 tbsp curry paste1 tbsp tomato paste100 ml red wineBay leafJuice of half lemon4 apricot halves, fi nely

chopped300 ml mayonnaise100 ml whipping cream,

whipped to stiff peaksSalt and pepperWatercress

Shred the cooked chicken. In skillet, sauté the onion in oil until soft, about 3 minutes. Add the curry paste, tomato paste, red wine, bay leaf, and lemon juice. Simmer, uncovered, about 10 min-utes, until well reduced. Strain and allow to cool.

In food processor, puree the chopped apricots. Beat the cooled sauce into the mayonnaise with the pureed apricots. Fold whipped cream into the mixture. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Fold in chicken. Garnish with watercress.

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Richmond City Hall Council Chambers, 6911 No. 3 Road at 7:00 pm. Free with limited seating. Please RSVP at [email protected].

Join us for the City of Richmond’s annual spring series of talks about Art in the City and its importance to creating connections between citizens and their communities.

Thursday, May 5 7:00 pm

Bing ThomThe internationally acclaimed architect will share his experience in the transformative power of architecture to uplift the physical, economic and social environment. Among Thom’s successes

are master plans for the City of Dalian and the City of Yuxi in China, the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at UBC, the Aberdeen Centre in Richmond, the Vancouver’s Sunset Community Centre and the recently completed Arena Stage theatre complex in Washington, DC. Preceding his talk will be a brief show by performance poet, Sheri-D Wilson.

by Don FennellSports Editor

With its arid desert cli-mate, Tinseltown is one of the last places you’d expect to fi nd a curling team. But at the Valley Ice Center in Panorama City, an ambitious group of diehards share the rink with skaters and hockey players throughout the year.

Formed a few years back by some expatriates from Sweden, the Hollywood Curling Club boasts 180 members of which half are active participants. Among the latter are Eric Hazard, Patrick Tabuchi, Jay Diamond, Matthew David and Erik de Vreeze who represented the Mountain Pacifi c (Califor-nia, Arizona and Nevada) in last weekend’s Pacifi c International Cup (PIC) at the Richmond Curling Centre.

The men went 0-for-7 in the PIC, giving up four points in the fi rst end of every game during the initial two days of play. But considering they’re relative newbies to the sport it’s not surprising the players experienced such a sharp learning curve.

“I’m very competitive, but the sting of losing is made much easier when

(opponents) kind of give you a pat on the back and say there’s nothing they would have done differ-ently at our stage of curl-ing,” said de Vreeze. “I’ve been curling almost three years and so playing in an international competition like this is a huge boost for my skill set, as well as meeting a lot of great people.”

Curling is a labour of love for de Vreeze. A resi-dent of Orange County, he is forced to make the trek to Hollywood, which can be up to 90 minutes, sev-eral times a week simply

to throw 60 stones. Here, he’d be able to throw that many rocks in a day.

“When you want to get competitive and be able to give everyone a good match that’s what you have to do,” said de Vreeze, who, when he isn’t curling or brew-ing beer, is a project manager for a mortgage company.

A former soccer player, de Vreeze played semi-pro football for 12 years before blowing out his knee. It was his type A personality and dream of reaching a world champi-

onship or Olympics that drew him to curling. He was inspired to take up the game while watching the Olympics.

“When you watch the Olympics and people of all ages you go, ‘Hey, if I’ve got a good core of athletic sense I might be able to take a shot at this,’” he said.

de Vreeze travels fre-quently to fi nd curling events that will challenge him. Though last week-end was his fi rst time in Canada, he’s played in numerous bonspiels in Seattle and plans to enter a bonspiel in Connecti-cut in October. He’s also forged a close friendship with Debbie McCormick, the three-time Olym-pian who in 2003 won the women’s world curl-

ing championship; the Americans’ fi rst.

While it’s difficult to find enough competi-tive games to satisfy his appetite, de Vreeze said curling is quickly becom-ing a popular game for fun in Southern Califor-nia.

“For fun, there are tons of people,” he said.

“Curling is a bit behind where hockey was a de-cade ago, but the thing about it is people are more committed. The thing we really need to get started is a youth program. There are a lot of college kids who want

to come out because it’s interesting and fun and they’re fairly athletic. But there’s no real junior pro-gram.”

de Vreeze would like to see a junior program similar to the Capital One Rocks & Rings program introduced by the Cana-dian Curling Association. Rocks & Rings aims to in-spire elementary school children to take up the sport by bringing the curling rink to the school gym.

“Sponsors love the kids, they’re not going to sponsor 45-year-old guys who’ve been curling for

two years,” he said.Still, de Vreeze believes

curling is going to take a big upswing throughout the U.S. “when we fi nd a way to take the people from the club leagues and show them how to get on a competitive na-tional stage.”

That’s what the Pa-cific International Cup and, subsequently the Dominion Curling Club Championship, are doing to further raise the pro-fi le of curling in Canada. But the Pacifi c Interna-tional Cup, started in 1999, also continues to help promote the sport on a global scale by en-couraging players—men and women—around the world to form teams and attempt to qualify for en-try into the PIC.

Teams from Ashcroft and Comox won the men’s and women’s titles respectively Sunday at the 12th annual Pacifi c International Cup at the Rich-mond Curling Centre.

Ashcroft avenged a 5-3 loss to Washington in round-robin play by defeating their American neighbours 7-2 in the gold medal match.

Golden Ears outscored Vancouver 8-6 in the bronze-medal game, after having also won the round-robin match between the two teams 6-5.

Comox edged Cowichan 6-5 in an all-Vancouver Island women’s fi nal, while Kerry Park shaded the host Richmond team 9-8 in the third-place game.

Both Ashcroft and Comox will represent B.C. in the Dominion Curling Club Championships Nov. 21 to 26 at the Richmond Curling Centre.


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Don Fennell photoHaving been bitten by the curling bug, Erik de Vreeze hopes to help the game grow in his native California.

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Richmond teams vying for Coastal Cup supremacy44 youth soccer clubs to compete in championship finals Saturday and Sunday at Minoru Park

A pair of Richmond youth soccer teams are hoping for a little home-fi eld advantage this weekend during the Coastal Cup championship fi nals at Minoru Park.

First up are Clive Clark’s un-der-16 girls’ Richmond Red Hot Selects, who will play Semiah-moo Thunder at 9 a.m. Satur-day for the girls’ select A cup title. Then later in the day, at 3 p.m., the Richmond United under-18 boys’ team will host the Chilliwack Attack for the

boys’ B club cup title.The Coastal Cup has de-

termined the youth soccer cup champion for the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island since 1953. Qualify-ing for and winning this cup championship is a signifi cant achievement and is the annual goal of more than 1,000 youth soccer teams.

The Coastal Cup covers all ages and levels of competitive youth soccer. There are six age groups from under 13 years to

under 18 years.The Coastal Cup tournament

began in 1953 as the Sun Tour-nament of Soccer Champions. At that time the tournament provided essential funding to the then struggling youth soc-cer association. The event ran for 34 years as the Sun Tour-nament of Soccer Champions and featured future stars such as Bob Lenarduzzi, Bruce Twamley and Carl Shearer.

In 1981 the amalgamation of the B.C. Girls’ Soccer Associa-

tion and the B.C. Youth Soccer Association created a second champions tournament for the girls teams. The tournaments brought the top 14 boys and girls teams from throughout coastal B.C. to compete for the opportunity to meet their interior counterparts in the provincial fi nals.

In 1986, the B.C. Youth Soc-cer Association’s board of di-rectors decided to introduce split-level Provincial Cup Com-petition to accommodate the

widening gap between select and club soccer.

The expansion of two tiers allowed more teams the op-portunity of reaching the pro-vincial A and B cup fi nals.

The 2010 Coastal Cup dem-onstrated how competitive youth soccer has become in the coastal region of B.C. All 11 districts won a Coastal Cup trophy and over 30 per cent of the games were tied at the end of regulation time. Richmond Rockets defeated

CMF Hotspurs 2-1 to win the under-15 girls’ B Cup title, while Richmond Young Gun-ners took top honours in the under-13 A Cup with a 3-2 pen-alty kick win over the Dunbar Spartans. Surrey Whalley de-feated Richmond United 1-0 in the under-16 boys’ A cup.

In all, there will be 22 games over two days this weekend with a gala presentation for all teams at 4 p.m. Sunday. A mass parade will end the weekend festivities.


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At the old ball game

Don Fennell photosVancouver Canadians’ mascot Bob Brown Bear was mobbed by adoring fans during the Rich-mond City Baseball offi cial opening day celebrations at Blundell Park.

Dynamo fencers prove dynamicat North American Cup

Twenty-two athletes from the Dynamo Fenc-ing Club surpassed expectations at the North American Cup in Portland last weekend.

The athletes, all under the age of 14, “did re-ally well for the amount of time they have been fencing,” said instructor Igor Gantsevich.

Unranked going into the tournament, the Dynamo boys’ epee team reached the fi nal eight and along the way eliminated the No. 2 seeded team (Houston) in the U.S. before losing a close match to eventual silver medal-list Chicago.

Competing in only his second epee, Dylan French made the fi nal 16 in individual competi-tion. He lost in overtime to the No. 1 ranked fencer in the U.S. at the under-14 age group.

Dynamo fencers are now gearing up for the Canadian Western Fencing Championships May 6 to 8 at the Richmond Olympic Oval. There are currently more than 180 athletes registered from all over Western Canada at the U.S. At last year’s westerns, Dynamo fencers won 13 medals in Edmonton. This year, the club is hoping for at least 20 medals.

This player is one of many local youth to catch the

baseball spirit this season.

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Palmer winsBasketball BC team award

The R.C. Palmer Griffi ns, which won the B.C. high school AAA boys’ bas-ketball championship in March, has netted another honour.

The team, which fi nished second at the AA provincials in 2010, is sharing the Basketball BC Team of the Year award with the B.C. under-16 girls’ team which won the national cham-ponship last summer.

The teams will be honoured Satur-day at the Baskeball BC Hall of Fame Banquet in Langley.

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7 OBITUARIES

ANDERSON, CliffordBorn October 10, 1919 in Dina, Alberta and passed away in Richmond, BC on April 17, 2011.Lovingly survived by his wife Mary Ruth; son Warren; grandchildren Lynette, Shan-non, Jamieson; great-grand-children Lyndsay and Holly; brother Colonel and many nieces and nephews.Clifford proudly served his country during WWII with the Duke of Connaughts D.C.O.R 28th Regiment.Inurnment service on Wednes-day, May 4th, 2011 at 2:30pm at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (section Whispering Pine). Re-ception to follow.

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320 MOVING & STORAGE

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332 PAVING/SEAL COATING

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PETS

477 PETSCATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866GERMAN Shepherd pups & young adults. Quality German & Czech bloodlines Reg/Guar. 604-856-8161LAB RETRIEVER PUPS, yellow &black, $650. Vet check, quality line-age, dew claws, 1st shots, de-wormed. (604)702-0217NEED 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.comPUG PUPS, 8 weeks old. 1st shots. 5 females, 1 male. $800 each. Call 778-808-5445.VIZSLA PUPS, CKC reg’d, shots, guaranteed. $850. ph, 604-819-2115 or email: [email protected]

551 GARAGE SALES

MULTI FAMILY SALE, Sat Apr 30th 9am-1pm. 3151 Francis Rd. Furni-ture, children’s items & household

RICHMOND

Garage/Yard SaleSat, April 30th, 8am-2pm10091 Defoe St.

Housewares, Knick Knacks, Vintage.All Proceeds

to RICHMOND ANIMALPROTECTION SOCIETY

551 GARAGE SALES

Richmond

MOM’S UNITE(Kids Stuff)

SWAP MEETSunday, May 1st, 10am-1pm

Free Admission - Over 75 TablesSoutharm Community Centre

8880 Williams RoadPh: 604-718-8060

RICHMOND:

MULTI FAMILYGARAGE SALE

Sat April 30th, 9am-1pm.8471 Elsmore Rd.

NO EARLY BIRDS PLEASE.

Toys, household goods & misc.

551 GARAGE SALES

RICHMONDSOUTH ARM UNITED

CHURCH SPRING SALESat, April 30th, 9am-12noon

#3 Road/Steveston HwyLots of Misc Items incl

Home Baking, Plants and Pancake Breakfast

TERRA NOVA 3540 River Road

Sat Apr. 30, 8:30-2 p.m. Something for everybody

Antiques, pottery, old dolls, jewel-ry, collector plates, clothes, shoes (Uggs), paintings (an-tique), toys, houseold items. Lawnmower, etc.

No early birds

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RENOVATIONS

BILL GILLESPIECONSTRUCTION • RENOVATIONS

HANDYMANNew fence installation • Gates & repair

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Painting interior & exterior

STEVESTON HOME SERVICESFree estimates (fully insured)

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Affordable RatesAffordable Rates

477 PETS

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518 BUILDING SUPPLIES

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530 FARM EQUIPMENT

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559 MEDICAL SUPPLIES

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560 MISC. FOR SALE

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566 MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

PIANO; KAWAI, 5 yrs. old, excel-lent condition, $2100 obo. Call 604-819-0589.

bcclassified.com MERCHANDISE: Antiques &collectibles, to sporting goods & electronics, toparakeets & pet supplies, if it’s consideredmerchandise for sale, you can find it here.

572 PLANTS/NURSERY STOCKWALKER POPLAR, plugs: $1.69/each for a box of 210 ($354.90). Full range of trees, shrubs, cherries & berries. Free shipping. 1-866-873-3846 or treetime.ca.

REAL ESTATE

630 LOTS20 Acres $0 Down, $99/mo. ONLY $12,900 Near Growing El Paso, Texas (2nd safest U.S. City) Owner Financing, NO CREDIT CHECKS! Money Back Guarantee. FREE Col-or Brochure. 800-755-8953www.sunsetranches.comBIG BEAUTIFUL ARIZONA LAND $99/mo. $0 down, $0 interest, Golf Course, Nat’l Parks. 1 hour from Tucson Int’l Airport Guaranteed Fi-nancing,No Credit Checks. Pre-re-corded msg. 1-800-631-8164 Code 4001 www.sunsiteslandrush.com

633 MOBILE HOMES & PARKSWHOLESALE FACTORY DIRECT. Manufactured, Modular & Park models. Tremendous savings. Luxurious 1512 sq. ft home including delivery and installation only $ 109,950. Many other plans available. The Home Boys 877-976-3737, 509-481-9830 or www.hbmodular.com

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640 RECREATIONALShared ownership late model 40’ - 60’ cruising yachts moored on Van-couver Island & Lower Mainland. Sail & Power. Professionally main-tained. 604-669-2248. www.one4yacht.com

660 LANGLEY/ALDERGROVEHOMES FOR SALE-SUPER BUYS

www.dannyevans.caHomelife Benchmark Realty Corp. Langley

RENTALS

706 APARTMENT/CONDORICHMOND, #1/Blundell. Beautiful 1 bdrm apt. Lots of storage. H/W fl oors. S/S appls. $1,000/mo. Avail now. Call 604-277-7191.RICHMOND - Fully furn. luxury con-do. 1 bdrm in dtn Richmond. 2 park-ing spots. $1800/mo. 604-781-5679RICHMOND, Westminster Hwy/Gil-bert. 2 bdrm, 2 bath. In hi-rise. Avail now. $1500/mo. 604-275-4502.

706 APARTMENT/CONDO

CLIPPERCOVE

1 Bdrm. from $9502 Bdrm. from $1150Great Building. Excellent

Location. Close to Richmond Center, No. 3 Road and

Westminster Hwy. Pool & Sauna Included.

To arrange a viewing, call Olga at 604.868.8968

RICHMOND

1 & 2 Bdrms Available Immediately

Located in central Richmond, close to all amenities & Kwantlen

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WATERSTONEBright ★ Quiet ★ Spacious

1 & 2 Bdrm Apt Suites3 Appliances, balcony,

swimming pool,heat & hot water.Also 2 & 3 Bdrm

Townhomes6 Appliances

Close to schools &stores. N/P.

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715 DUPLEXES/4PLEXESWest Richmond - Upper Duplex. 3 Bdrm newly renovated, new appliances, laundry facilities + patio; N/P, N/S. nr all amenities. $1375mo + utils. Call 604-241-7141

736 HOMES FOR RENTCharming 3 brdm.and den, ful-ly furnished charcter home in Steveston. High ceilings, Vary Sunny, fi replace, granite coun-ters. Avail. Jul 1- Dec.31.4-6 month lease. $2, 800/month. Call Lisa 604-786-1208. Pets ok.

736 HOMES FOR RENT

RICHMOND. Sparkling, newly re-nod 3 bdrm. F/P, 2 baths, 5 appls, h/w fl rs, cov patio, carport, fenced. N/P. $2095. May 1. 604-833-2103

750 SUITES, LOWER

4TH/GRANVILLE, G/L 2 bdrm, pri entry. $850 incl heat & hydro (no lndry). NP/NS. Suit single (couple rent neg). Ref’s. 604-244-7862

RICHMOND 1 bdrm bsmt ste, nr #5/Cambie, clse to ament. $600/mo Utils incl. 604-270-4439

RICHMOND, Ironwood. Large 1 bdrm, 1 full bath. Bright & clean. Nr all amenits. N/P. N/S. May 1. $800 incl utils. 604-808-6143.

RICHMOND Ironwood. Reno’d 2 bdrm grnd lvl. $900/mo incl cable, utils & laundry. Avail May 1st. N/S. N/P. 604-377-6665, 604-916-0462.

RICHMOND, W. Bright newly renod 1 bdrm. Inste lndry $750. NP/NS. Immed. (604) 275-0542, 202-9883.

STEVESTON cozy 3bdr g/lvl, 2bath own laundry,nr amens, ref’s, avail May, ns/np, $1550. 604-721-3022.

752 TOWNHOUSES

✰ RENTAL ✰✰ INCENTIVES ✰

Richmond, East / New Westminster: 3 storey

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From $1440/mo. Call 604-522-1050

RICHMOND

Briargate & PaddockTownhouses

2 Bedrm + Den & 3 Bedrms Available

Private yard, carport or double garage. Located on No. 1 & Steveston, No. 3 & Steveston. Landscape and

maintenance included.

Call 604-830-4002or 604-830-8246

Website www.aptrentals.net

TRANSPORTATION

806 ANTIQUES/CLASSICS

63 Corvette Stingray, sil-ver/blue in color, 327 4spd, not matching, block is from 65 vette, all other parts original. $55,000obo 778-887-9245 pic id#2313138250 Craigs List

810 AUTO FINANCING

$0 DOWN & we make your 1st pay-ment at auto credit fast. Need a ve-hicle? Good or Bad credit call Stephanie 1-877-792-0599. www.autocreditfast.ca. DLN 30309.

818 CARS - DOMESTIC

1998 Audi A4 quattro, V6, 5spd, 317KM. $3000 obo. 250-307-1215.OLDSMOBILE ALERO 1999. V6 auto, 4 door, loaded, low km’s, no accid, AirCared til July ‘12. $3500. 778-888-6805 / 778-837-6577

821 CARS - SPORTS & IMPORTS2010 NISSAN VERSA, 4 dr. H/B, auto, red, 20,000 Km, many op-tions, $8500 fi rm. 604-538-9257.

827 VEHICLES WANTED

838 RECREATIONAL/SALE

2006 NORTHSHORE 30 FT Travel trailer, 36” dble slides, bunk units, fully loaded $24,000. 604-824-8970

845 SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

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SCRAP BATTERIES WANTED We buy scrap batteries from cars, trucks & heavy equip. $4.00 each. Free pick-up anywhere in BC, Min. 10. Toll Free Call:1.877.334.2288

SCRAP METAL WANTED604.587.5865

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851 TRUCKS & VANS

1980 CHEV crane truck, 8 ton lift, $7000 obo. Call Doug @ 604-750-0194

2001 DODGE 1500, ext. cab, black, w/box liner 4X4 318 V8 fuel injected trailer hitch, elec trailer brake. Air-cared. $12,750.obo. 1 owner, well maintained. Purchased new at Abby Chrysler. Joe 604-309-7302

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PLEASE TAKE NOTICE

That in accordance with the Warehouse Lien, there will be sold by Public Auction at Love’s Auctioneers & Appraisers Ltd., 2720 #5 Road, Richmond, BC V6X 2T3, on May 18, 2011 com-mencing @ 6 p.m. and at subse-quent sales thereafter until sold.

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It definitely was not one of the Mad Hat-ter’s tea parties, as

evidenced by the flawless china place settings and peaceful atmosphere.

That’s why close to 100 people visited London Heritage Farm’s Tea Room last Saturday and Sunday for Easter tea.

“Tea rooms themselves are unique,” said Carole Haine, the administrator at London Heritage Farm.

“It’s a different atmosphere from a restaurant,” she said.

Restaurants tend to be quite hectic whereas a tea room has a serene feeling to it.

“It’s just kind of like going back to grandma’s house,” she said.

Everything from the London Lady Tea to the scones and assorted pastries served in the Tea Room are made on the farm.

It is open every Saturday and Sunday, but when a special holi-day comes there is a little some-thing extra for guests.

This Easter they had an egg decorating demonstration.

“It went very well,” Haine said.The next special occasion tea

at London Heritage Farm is their Mother’s Day tea, which falls on the weekend of Open Doors Richmond.

As it is their busiest tea of the year they encourage guests to make reservations.

Money made from the Tea Room goes to the London Heritage Farm Society.

Amanda Oye covers the social scene for The Review. Reach her at [email protected].

Around TownAmanda Oye

Bill Shannon, Mikki Rempel and Joyce and Michael Armoogam.

Tina and Quentin Brown.

Joan Farmer, Linda Barnes and Janice Jackson.

Paul and Martha Baumann.

Rebekah, Nick and Charlie Bansback.

Ferdinand Litchfield, the Tea Room supervisor.

Alastair and JeanAnn Young.


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April 28, 2011 Richmond Review