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The kids are all gone now, sent on to other safe houses in Vancouver or set up with other programs to ensure they’re not at risk.

Now, the five rooms that shel-tered teens in tough times are empty, after the dollars dried up Jan. 31 at Maple Ridge’s Iron

Horse Youth Safe House.“It’s a sad, sad day today,” the

youth safe house said on its Face-book page on Sunday.

“Today, we are closing down the overnight shelter capacity of this house of safety.

“For those who understand the special uniqueness of Iron Horse, please observe a moment of si-lence and think about the strug-gles and successes, heartaches and victories of the many youth who came through these doors over the years.”

Stephanie Ediger, executive-di-rector of the Alouette Home Start Society, which ran the shelter, said efforts are ongoing to develop oth-er day or referral programs to help teens who are fleeing family con-flict or abuse or just having a tough time.

Last May, about 20 people, mostly part-time and casual, were laid off from the shelter, leaving a reduced staff to manage through the last re-maining months as it scrambled to find replacement funding.

When it was operating as a shel-

ter, a monthly budget of $30,000 was required. Now, operating as a day facility, it will only need $10,000 a month to stay open with minimal staff.

That money will allow the shel-ter to stay open Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., provide rest, food and clothing as well as access to computers, phones and life skills coaching. But Iron Horse needs help from the community to keep the money coming in to meet that budget and to keep the doors

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Randy Kamp, Conservative MP for Pitt Meadows-Maple Ridge-Mission, will not seek a fifth term.

Kamp, first elected in 2004, announced Saturday at the Conservative constituency’s annual meeting that he will not run again.

“I informed the prime minster this week that, after considerable soul-searching, I’m not going to seek re-election for a fifth term,” Kamp said.

“In recent months, I’ve had a grow-ing sense that it was time to move on to another chapter of my life.”

Iron Horse closes bedsYouth shelter no longer open at night

Tim Fitzgerald/THE NEWSIron Horse youth worker Paula Fabian closes the door to one of bedrooms at the shelter as government funding has meant the end of overnight stays at the Maple Ridge safe house. See Kamp, 5

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“We continue to operate because we think it’s important. We’re looking to the community to support us, help keep the light on at Iron Horse,” Ediger said.

“We’ve still got a vibrant, thriving pro-gram that we’ll continue to pour our ener-

gies into.”Meanwhile, the Ministry of Children and

Family Development has said it has the ca-pacity and resources to provide shelter to kids who find themselves without a home.

The shelter’s website features a tab la-belled Keep a Light On to show people

how to donate (http://alouettehomestart.com/sample-page-2/).

The the Iron Horse struggled after the federal government changed its priority and gave most of its Homelessness Part-nering Strategy funding to Housing First programs that focus on providing physical

living spaces for people rather than emer-gency shelter programs.

Since it opened in 2005, the shelter had received federal funding for most of its $375,000 annual budget. The shelter pro-vided an emergency place to stay for more than 1,100 kids during that time.


If you’re looking for a job around here in 10 years, you’ll be in the driver’s seat, if you have the right education.

But if you live in Pitt Meadows, Maple Ridge or Mission, there’s less chance you’ll have that education, because only 65 per cent of high school grads here go to university or college – compared to 92 per cent in Vancou-ver.

The stats are from a report for the task force that’s trying to build a post-secondary insti-tute on the north side of the Fraser River.

Coun. Bob Masse, who’s on the task force, has seen that connection before. Before Uni-versity of Northern B.C. opened in Prince George, post-secondary attendance rates were low, said Masse.

Now with UNBC, percentage wise, more high school grads in Prince George go to

university than those in Pitt Meadows and Maple Ridge.

“Not having anything locally is a huge det-riment to the city,” Masse said Wednesday, before the North Fraser Labour Market In-formation Research Study was released.

The report says that not only will there not be enough workers to allow the North Fra-ser economy to grow, almost two-thirds of any new hires will require more than a high school education.

Masse said the aim of the report was to show how North Fraser can help solve the looming skill shortages in B.C. About 800 business owners were interviewed in Pitt Meadows, Maple Ridge and Mission.

“That was the biggest piece of work, doing fairly extensive conversation with businesses to really get at the numbers.

The skills shortage should be a reason the province will build a post-secondary institute here. One form of that could be a multi-in-stitutional campus that offers a range of pro-grams from different universities.

“We want to show the province that we can be a significant part of the solution to a prob-

lem the province has.”He also cited previous Fraser Health stats

from 2013 that say only 12 per cent of local kids complete a university degree, compared to 21 per cent for the Metro Vancouver re-gion.

“That’s a huge gap.”Without a local college or university, stu-

dents who leave the area often don’t return. “So we lose a lot of our best and brightest

because of that.”He wondered why Surrey SFU’s campus

will be expanded, while Maple Ridge still has nothing.

According to SFU’s five-year capital plan, expansion there continues to be the highest priority for new building projects due to the overwhelming success of the Surrey cam-pus. Expansion is needed to allow growth of academic programs and to meet the instruc-tional requirements of senior and graduate students.

“We should have a piece of that,” Masse said.

Last year, Invest North Fraser used a $111,000 grant from the Ministry of Social

Development and Social Innovation to pay for the labour market report.

What happens now, after the release of the report, remains to be seen. He didn’t want the task force to disintegrate.

“That decision has to be made and clarified very quickly.”

To pave the way for a vibrant economy, the report says a labour force training committee should press for a multi-disciplinary school in the area, given “the low transition rate of local graduates to post-secondary education.”

The report also says a strategy should be formed to manage human resources, while businesses and schools need to connect so that the latter is providing the right training. Incentives to attract people to work here is another idea.

Economic development executive direc-tor Sandy Blue said that a new university in Maple Ridge isn’t necessarily the immediate solution.

Instead, industries can offer on-site train-ing to students or potential employees, as might happen when The Ridge Studios opens a new studio in the downtown.

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Part of the Leisure Centre in Maple Ridge was closed Friday after part of a storm drain pipe fell down and land-ed near the teaching pool that morning.

Another section of the cast-iron drain pipe smashed down nearby along a wall.

Corroded brackets are blamed for the incident, which occurred in the early hours of the day.

Staff discovered the failure when the centre opened at 5:30 a.m.

“It’s certainly fortunate that it happened in eve-ning, eliminated any risk to any individuals,” said recreation general man-ager Kelly Swift.

The corroded brackets weren’t visible to inspec-tion because the pipes were wrapped in insula-tion. The pipes drain wa-

ter from the roof into the sewer system.

The area in which the pipes fell was part of the Leisure Centre expan-sion in 2000. Only the pipes in that section were insulated, Swift said.

“It looks like the prob-lem would be isolated to that area. That was the only area that had insu-lation on it, which clearly covered up the brackets

that were corroding,” she added.

“It was really unfortu-nate that was something that was not visible.”

No other parts of the pool pose a similar risk, and Swift said the centre will re-open as soon as possible, after an engi-neering inspection.

The Leisure Centre is about to undergo a $5-million refit and re-

pair, mainly to the water treatment and circula-tion systems.

The failing pipe has nothing to do with the planned works.

The Leisure Centre is 34 years old and is well maintained in excellent condition, Swift said.

“The building itself is very safe. It’s very unusu-al. It’s a hidden issue that we weren’t able to see.”

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Being MP a ‘privilege’Kamp from front

“I first entered the are-na of federal politics 18 years ago when I became the executive assistant to my predecessor, Grant McNally.

“I didn’t think of it as a career change then, but as an interesting opportu-nity to serve my commu-nity for a time – which became extended when I was elected in 2004.”

His last election win was in 2011, defeating NDP candidate Craig Speirs by almost 10,000 votes. This year’s federal election is scheduled for Oct. 19.

“Time flies when you’re having fun, but this chap-ter has become quite a long one, and I think it’s time to turn the page.”

Kamp mentioned his hearing loss, which has become worse in recent years. He can still cope with it, although it makes the job more difficult, adding it wasn’t the main

reason for not running again.

He’s not sure what he’ll do after the next election and he’s out of politics.

“I can tell you that the commitment I made many years ago to serve God and others has not changed, and I expect there will be interest-ing opportunities ahead to serve where I can use my life experience, while allowing me to meet my most important priori-ties: to support my aging father, and to be a good husband, father, and grandfather.

“When I was first elect-ed, I had only one grand-child, who was an infant. Now I have 12.”

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VICTORIA – The B.C. education minis-try put on a forum on the future of education last week, bringing together public and private school leaders with experts from around the world.

I watched the pro-ceedings via web-cast from the Wosk Centre for Dialogue in Vancouver, which gives you a hint about the forces pressing in on our century-old industrial model of schooling.

First up was Andreas Schleicher, on video link from his office in Paris, where he is director of education and skills for the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. He began with the international problem of people coming out of university who can’t find jobs, amid a skills shortage.

Schleicher said this is happening today because, “it’s not what you know but what you can do with what you know.” Some education systems are adapting better than others as the value of merely passing on facts has declined.

He said these days, almost any student can pass any multiple-choice test if they have a smartphone. The question for par-ents is what to do “if you want your child to be smarter than a smartphone.”

The OECD runs international testing that consistently ranks B.C. and Canada among the best schools in the world, and

Schleicher described how that testing has evolved to keep up.

But our progress in the past 10 years has tended to be slower than some Asian countries, despite B.C. being on the “high end of investment” in education. He warned against the trap of the industrial school model, “pouring money in” to “do more of the same.”

Some of the best results emerging from a decade of digitally-driven globalization have been achieved through innovations that were financed through bigger class sizes, Schleicher said.

This was too much for one B.C. Teachers’ Federation representative in the audience, who introduced herself as someone who spent the last transformational decade working for the union, not in a classroom. She disputed the OECD’s financial calcula-tions, lecturing some of the world’s top economists that based on “spending pow-er,” B.C. schools are cash starved.

She followed this with the laundry list of BCTF demands that hasn’t changed in 40 years – smaller classes, more prep time, more money.

The keynote speaker was Yong Zhao, University of Oregon professor of educa-tional measurement, who gave a highly en-tertaining critique of standardized testing and creativity-crushing drills of the basics (www.bcedplan.ca.)

Yong sparked a lively discussion about the need for foundation skills, which he and others agreed remain vital to success. The issue seems to be how to instil those basics while avoiding the disengagement of students who see school as irrelevant to

their lives.Education Minister Peter Fassbender

announced at the forum that the province is about to unveil new curriculum that moves toward individual learning for all students. And he said there will be a series of experiments conducted at yet-to-be-identified B.C. schools to pioneer new models of learning.

BCTF president Jim Iker sat stoically through the proceedings, where speakers described integrating community groups and businesses directly with schools. That’s underway here, with trades training in particular.

Iker’s record on adaptation is clear from his own career. The only school where he actually taught was in the northwest B.C. village of Topley, and it closed in 2010 due to a long-term decline in rural students.

By 2001, Iker had left the classroom to work for the Burns Lake teacher union local, which the BCTF continues to staff eight years after that school district and others disappeared through amalgamation.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press.

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Use of the Port Mann Bridge declined every month of 2014, with the exception of December.

Total traffic for 2014 was down 3.9 per cent.This comes at a time when the economy is im-

proving slightly, albeit gradually. B.C.’s job picture is probably best described as cruising along at the same rate of speed.

It also comes at a time when more people are mov-ing south of the Fraser River. Yet the number of bridge crossings is not keeping pace.

There are a variety of reasons. One is that people often seek employment closer to home, and are par-ticularly motivated to do so by bridge tolls.

Given that people living here must pay tolls to cross both the Port Mann and the Golden Ears, that is a strong motivation.

Another is that more people are using the transit system, particularly buses that take people to Sky-Train.

Some people are making the distant trek to the Pat-tullo and Alex Fraser bridges, which is made easier by the South Fraser Perimeter Road. However, that is a long trek and it only works if your destination is somewhere near or beyond those bridges.

The fatigue from bridge tolls, which cost regular commuters a sizable amount each month, may be a factor in the stiff opposition to the proposed Trans-Link congestion improvement tax from people liv-ing south of the Fraser.

The provincial government has set the tolling pol-icy for the Port Mann. It needs to collect so much each year to pay off the project by 2050. The proj-ect, incidentally, includes a large number of freeway improvements north of the Port Mann, which most users pay nothing towards.

Mobility pricing makes more sense. If there was such a system, all those who use the improved High-way 1 would help pay for it – not just those who must cross the bridge.

The province needs to do a major review of its toll-ing policy. When the new Port Mann was close to being completed, drivers were told that the Pattullo Bridge would be the free alternative.

Yet the Mayors Council plan, which the tax will fund, calls for a tolled Pattullo Bridge.

Drivers are asking for some fairness.

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Editor, The News:Re: Wolf kill last hope for

caribou (B.C. Views, Jan. 28).There are a number of at-

risk mountain caribou in B.C., such as the Itcha-Ilga-chus herd in the Chilcotin, caribou in and around Wells Grey Park, some caribou herds in the Peace River Dis-trict and the South Selkirk herd, bordering B.C. and Idaho.

Wolf removal among the South Selkirk herd may be a necessary last-ditch effort, but it did not have to be this way.

The current B.C. Govern-ment, and perhaps govern-ments before them, have made many decisions that have put our caribou at risk. Persistent logging in caribou winter range has been partic-ularly damaging to caribou.

The B.C. government has also damaged caribou herds by allowing heavy snow-mobile use, even in caribou winter range, where it was recommended by the gov-ernment’s own science team that snowmobiles be prohib-ited.

The chief of the Moberly

Band in Chetwynd, B.C., told me several years ago that his people are barely able to hunt much of their traditional ter-ritory due to the massive pro-liferation of oil and gas devel-opment in the region.

And that was before frack-ing really got going.

Humans do the damage. Wolves get the blame. Tom Fletcher mentions the

1980s B.C. wolf kill program, inferring that a lot of cari-bou might have been saved if the wolf kill had not been stopped. I spent some time in the 1970s working out of the

fish and wildlife office in Fort St. John. Caribou were not at risk in the Muskwa-Kechika area, where the wolf kill was taking place. The stated pur-pose by the fish and wildlife branch for the wolf kill was to increase opportunities for hunting.

Wolves have co-existed with caribou for millennia. They are not the problem; they are the scapegoats.

The real problem is our unwillingness to manage hu-man activities appropriately.

Michael Sather Maple Ridge

Editor, The News:Re: A kinder, gentler time we lived (Sidewinder, Jan. 30).I just wanted to make a nice compliment on Sandy Mac-

dougall’s latest column. I remember Sandy in high school, although we were never

close friends, we did say ‘hi’ and exchange a few words. I read everything he writes and really enjoy it.

We both lived in Haney when it was kinder and gentler and how nice it is to remember all the shops and places we en-joyed then. I just want to thank Sandy for writing such inter-esting pieces in the paper. It would be nice to sit and talk with him sometime about Haney. Next time I visit Haney I will try. By the way, it’s still ‘Haney’ to me.

I just can’t seem to call it Maple Ridge June (Staples) Schoening

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Not a creekKate Trotter · Kitsilano Secondary School:Re: A Kinder, gentler time we lived (Sidewinder, Jan. 30).Oh, Sandy, well said. And Berryland, where my grandfather, Bill Barrett, worked. Later I learned that the ‘creek’ flowing by my house was actually a drainage ditch to carry debris from the plant to the river. Colonized by coho, it became ‘a fish-bearing stream.’

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I hold it all close as we turn the page, and I thank all of you for the privilege of being part of such a dynamic, lov-ing team of people who nev-

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Despite, and in spite of the hardship and sadness that home endured, I al-ways walked through that door knowing that, without a doubt we were capable of, and willing to have each other’s backs. And that pro-

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Just the sight of a cou-gar’s tail was enough to get Debby Hardy’s heart pounding.

Only the cat’s long, ropey, dark-tipped tail was visible, but the ani-mal was coming down her driveway off 287th Street in Maple Ridge, on the other side of a vehicle. She paused for a second, thinking what to do, then bolted for the house. She didn’t want the big cat to come around the side of the car and see her.

She Googled a photo of a cougar, and recog-nized the tail she had just seen.

“Now my children and I no longer go outside to play. I no longer feel safe in my home,” she said.

There was a lively dis-cussion about cougars on the Albion Neigh-bours Facebook page in the last week of January. People reported sight-ings in the area of 243rd street, at the Malcolm Knapp UBC Research Forest, and even at the Albion Sports Complex.

Sgt. Todd Hunter of the Conservation Officer service investigated cou-gar calls at the research forest on Dec. 11, and another sighting on Dec.

2 in the 13000 block of 233rd Street. Those were his most recent calls.

He said seeing a cou-gar at the research forest is normal for that area, and the animal exhibited no abnormal or threat-ening behaviour.

On 233rd street, a resi-dent saw the tracks of a big cat in his yard, and a neighbour reported hav-ing seen a cougar on a fence the previous day.

For Hunter, these are not confirmed cougar calls, because members of the public will some-times mistake bobcats – which are also com-mon in this area – for their larger feline cougar cousins.

“A report of a cougar always concerns us in an urban area,” said Hunter, and asked that residents report such sightings, and immediately report an aggressive or threat-ening behaviour.

“The more details, the better,” he said. “The most appropriate re-sponse will be provided.”

He said cougars are general happy to disap-pear after a human con-tact

“Cougars are pretty elusive, and we don’t get a lot of complaints.

In general, he said people using the back country around Maple

Ridge should never hike alone, and make noise as they go.

If a hiker encounters a cougar stop, and don’t try to persist on their path, advises Hunter.

Pick up children. Leave the animal a clear path of escape. Never run, or turn your back to it.

If the animal exhibits threatening behaviour, make yourself look big, put your hands up in the air, and make a lot of noise.

“Generally, they back off,” he said.

The twilight hours –

dusk and dawn – are generally the times of day when a person is more likely to encounter many types of wildlife.

Cougars prefer the easy walking provided by wildness trails and power line rights-of-way.

Hiking with a dog may make you more likely to run into wildlife.

“If it’s wandering ahead, expect that the chances of an encounter between your dog and wildlife increases,” he said. “The best advice is to have it leashed.”

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L o o k i n g B a c k By Allison White

From the top hat to the bowler to the fascinator, the

Maple Ridge Museum’s exhibit of hats from the 1870s to the 1970s also discusses the most pop-ular types throughout history.

Initially, hats were worn as protection from the elements or similar to the modern day hel-met, to protect against debris.

One of the first hats was found painted on a tomb, showcasing a straw hat.

Other early hats came from ancient Greece, which dates to the first known hat with a brim.

Etiquette and formal-ity have always played their part in hat wear-ing.

Women were expect-ed to have their heads covered by hoods, veils, kerchiefs and it was not until the 17th Century that women’s headwear started to emerge apart from men’s hat fashions.

“Hatmaking” or “mil-linery” is the manufac-turing of hats and head-wear.

A milliner (historical-ly female shopkeepers) imported garments and apparel and sold them in their shop.

The word has evolved to describe a person who designs and makes hats, derived from Mi-lan, where many of the goods were imported.

At the turn of the 20th Century, both men and women changed their hats dependant on their activity, and for many women it would be several times a day.

Etiquette articles sug-gest that it would be a disgraceful act to ven-ture out of the house without a hat or gloves, even in one owns gar-den.

It did not matter if you were poor or rich, old or a child. Whatever the status, a person wore a hat.

In fashion terms, hats are a very noticeable ac-cessory because the on-looker’s attention is first drawn to the face.

Once the First World War (1914-18) began, fashion was influenced by the new wartime em-ployment activities, and the need for more prac-tical utilitarian dress was imperative.

Uniforms became ubiquitous, as women were now doing jobs once done by men and every job had a uniform.

When the Second World War (1939-45) started, hats became less practical as barriers of etiquette broke down and their wearing de-creased.

Hats that were worn were generally useful, as part of a uniform or of-ten homemade knitted hats, berets and hoods.

Women fashioned hats on the spot tying heads-carves into an instant

hat, such as a turban.After the Second

World War, much of the fashion was ‘ready-to-wear’ and it became less common to wear a hat, as attention was more turned towards hair, wigs and hairdress-ers who coloured, back-combed and sprayed women’s hair into a wide variety of styles.

By the 1980s and 1990s, there was a rival of interest in wearing hats as a fashion state-ment. However, no lon-ger was it seen as a form of etiquette.

This photograph from the museum archive from the 1960s shows a group of women attend-ing an auxiliary club meeting in Maple Ridge, wearing the fashion day-wear hats.

Today, typically, such elaborate fashion would not be worn to a meet-ing. ‘Business casual’ ex-tends to blue jeans, and hats, gloves are reserved for special occasions like weddings.

Allison White is the curator of the Maple

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ContributedA group of women attending an auxiliary club meeting in Maple Ridge, wearing the fashion day-wear hats in the 1960s.

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Over the last 12 years Judith Bergthorson has been committed to making a difference to individuals, families and the communities of Pitt Meadows and Maple Ridge through music. 12 years ago her goal was to bring together the best music teaching faculty in the Lower Mainland as a vehicle to bring joy, confi dence, passion and an enriching shared experience to the people of the community where she lived. Over that time through the Bergthorson Academy of Musical Arts. It is estimated she has touched over 5000 lives. If you have been touched by Judith’s generosity of spirit and talent join us in this joyous celebration of her life.

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Maple Ridge lost one of its heroes last week after a paramedic died in a mo-torcycle collision at a busy intersection on Lougheed Highway.

A memorial fixed to a lamp pole at 105th Avenue reads “Rest in Peace Ryan Ferrier, you will be forever missed.”

Police, however, haven’t released the name, only saying that a 43-year-old Maple Ridge man died in the crash in-volving a transport truck at about 4:20 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 29.

The motorcycle was westbound at the time and the semi truck was mak-ing a left turn off Lougheed Highway on to 105th Avenue, say Ridge Mead-ows RCMP.

Pitt Meadows paramedic Lorie Muller worked with Ferrier just the day before and said the whole para-medic community is feeling the loss, as well as hospital emergency room nurses, doctors, firefighters and police.

“We all work pretty close together.”Linda Lupini, vice-president for B.C.

Emergency Health Services said, “it’s an extremely sad time for this para-medic’s family, friends, co-workers and the entire B.C. Emergency Health Services Family.

“Paramedics devote themselves to the health and well-being of other people, and to lose one of our own is

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to other paramedics who need it at this time, she added.

Muller’s Facebook page expresses her feelings on losing a fellow paramedic, when that colleague’s job has been to save others.

“Yesterday, we lost a great friend, father, soccer dad, paramedic. Shock is the feeling we all suffered initially, then disbelief. How can a life be taken so quickly, without warning?” Muller asked.

“Our employer offers help if needed, they are trying their best to look after the paramedic family in this time of grief and sadness.”

Her comments attest to the chal-lenges of serving as a paramedic, who along with police and firefighters are the first on scene of accidents, fires and a range of indescribable tragedies.

“We do not deal with the tragic death of a family member everyday, so it hits us differently,” she said.

“If your crew wasn’t unfortunate enough to attend this particular ac-cident, then you imagine in your own mind what it looked like at the scene, who was there, what the first respond-ers felt, how your colleges are man-aging, and the outcome of our dear friends (and) family after the news came via RCMP.”

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Couples celebrate Valentine’s Day in many different ways. For some the idea of dinner out followed by a stroll arm-in-arm seems the epitome of romance, while others may want to go out dancing or engage in a favorite hobby. Valentine’s Day also can be a romantic endeavor if a couple chooses to spend time at one with each other watching a romantic movie. The following are a handful of love-inspired movies that can add a special something to Valentine’s Day festivities.• The Notebook: Author Nicholas Sparks has a way of taking the everyday experiences in a person’s life and making them relatable and heartbreaking in a pluck-at-your-heartstrings sort of way. His novel Starring Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams, the movie illustrates how love can last through the years and even survive an Alzheimer’s diagnosis.• An Affair to Remember: Romantic melodramatic master Cary Grant falls in love with Deborah Kerr aboard a cruise ship while they are traveling with other people. They agree to meet at the top of

the Empire State Building in six months if they have ended their relationships and are ready to commit to each other. Grant makes it to the rendezvous spot, but an injured Kerr never shows as Grant assumes she has rejected the proposal. • The Wedding Singer: This quirky movie about a wedding singer who falls for a banquet waitress highlights the importance of loving each other for what makes you unique.• West Side Story: This fi lm made Shakespeare’s tragic love story relatable to audiences of the 1960s. • My Best Friend’s Wedding: Julianne (Julia Roberts) is called on to be the “best man” for her friend’s (Dermot Mulroney) wedding. Only when the wedding planning is underway does Julianne realize she is in love with her friend and needs to get him to fall for her instead.• Never Been Kissed: A reporter goes undercover at a high school to discover something controversial and ends up being the subject of her story when she falls in love with her English teacher.• Bridget Jones’ Diary: A modern adaptation of “Pride and Prejudice,” the movie tells the tale of a self-conscious woman who fi nds love in a man that seems to be her polar opposite.

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High school is couldn’t be a more social-ly awkward time for teenagers. Just five short years from adulthood, their lives

go threw enormous changes between the time they timidly find their lockers on that first day of secondary school to finishing Grade 12 finals and crossing the threshold into adulthood.

Along the way, teachers help guide students to make smart decisions, to think about the fu-ture, and to trust in themselves.

So when director Cyndy Lacroix decided on Garibaldi secondary’s Interdisciplinary Arts Academy’s play for 2014/15 calendar year, the choice was meant to inspire, to bring those in high school who usually only step out of their shell and into the spotlight when there is a game is on the line.

So she took a risk. Lacroix chose Footloose, the story of repressed teenagers living in a small town, unable to express themselves through music and dance.

“It’s so hard to get boys to take a risk,” said Lacroix. “By the time they are 13, they’ve been through so much. The taunting, the teasing on social media. They don’t want to take that chance and put themselves out there.”

So Lacroix said it’s critical that her goal is to create an atmosphere completely different from what they’re used to.

“Once they came through the doors and

realized this is a place of trust, they instantly drop their guard. But it takes times.”

The play’s main character, Ren is portrayed by Grade 12 student Adrian Cauldron.

After Cauldron’s character Ren’s mother dies from leukemia, he is sent to live with his aunt an uncle in a small rural community. The town is five year’s removed from a car accident that claimed the lives of five teenagers. Loud music

and dancing is outlawed, but Ren’s arrival and disregard for misguided laws wakes a sleeping teenage community.

In Grade 12, Cauldron has some experience in theatre. He’s been behind the scenes since he’s come to Garibaldi. But never in front. Like Lacroix said, boys his age almost never put themselves out there.

“Footloose the perfect play for someone like

Adrian. It’s a great story and the boys don’t have to sing,” she laughs. “But they do have to dance and he’s in an incredible dancer.”

For Cauldron, the opportunity to tackle a lead role comes as he’s just months away from graduating. He said he felt it was time to take a risk.

“It was my last chance. I loved the play and it is a great opportunity for me,” said Cauldron. “I’ve been behind the scenes before, so I knew how much hard works goes into producing something like this. It’s amazing to watch it all come together, now that I’m on the other side.”

While the story may be an over exaggerated metaphor for teenage angst and rebellion, the message is anything but hyperbole for Caul-dron.

“As teenagers, we’re always struggling with our own boundaries, between what’s accept-able and when to draw the line,” said Cauldron.

For Lacroix, that’s exactly what she hoped to accomplish with the play. To get the boys to take a risk.

“Once they realize they have the trust of their fellow students, they really come alive. It’s so exciting to see.”

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• Footloose runs from Feb. 17 to 21 with a 7:30 show-time. Tickets are $17 for adults and $15 for students and seniors and pre-show tickets are available at Little Crickets, located at 22347 Lougheed Highway, as well as at the GSS office.

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Three-time Juno award nominee Sar-ah Slean’s only B.C. performance will be on Valentin’s Day at the ACT.

Slean, described by Time Magazine as “one of the most compelling acts Cana-da has to offer” is a multi-faceted artist in the Canadian musical landscape.

She is one of the few able to wear the hat of singer, songwriter, pianist, com-poser, artist and actres.

Her latest double album, Land & Sea, has been hailed by the Montreal Ga-zette as a masterpiece.

Slean’s music borrows aspects of cab-aret, rock, pop, and orchestral, all knit together by the startling poetry of her lyrics, virtuosic piano-playing.

She has appeared on the TEDGlobal stage, on the national TV show Tara-tata in France, at numerous major fes-tivals, in concert halls with orchestra, and in theatres across Europe, Scandi-navia and the U.S.

Signed to Atlantic/Warner Records at the tender age of 19, Slean has since released nine albums in more than 10 countries worldwide. But, perhaps, the most astonishing aspect of her artistry is its breadth.

Over her 15 year career, the 35-year-old has published two volumes of po-etry, starred in short films and a movie musical that spawned two Gemini award nominations. In addition, she’s penned two string quartets, held nu-

merous exhibitions of her paintings, and shared the stage with no less than seven of the country’s leading orches-tras.

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Putting on GlitzA local organization is hoping to help those who can’t afford the costs of at-tending graduation ceremonies with its annual dress drive Feb. 14.Putting on the Glitz is a community-based committee that aids local Grade 12 students who are facing financial constraints finding formal attire for their grad ceremony.They will be at Haney Place Mall on Valentine’s Day from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. collecting donations for their third an-nual dress drive.Yvonne Murray is a volunteer with Put-ting on the Glitz and said last year they helped about 20 students in the region, providing dresses and accessories, as well as doing hair and make-up. In ad-dition, the program also provide’s either suits or a tuxedo rental for graduating boys.“It’s an important landmark in the life of a graduate,” said Murray. “For those that have the financial constraints and feel they can’t go to grad because they don’t have a dress or a suit, this is an opportunity for them to honour their work for the last 12 years. It’s a way to give them that pride for all their work so they can truly enjoy that evening.”Murray said students must be referred to the program from their school’s guid-ance counsellors.• Anyone who’d like to donate a dress but can’t make it to Haney Place Mall on Feb. 14 can contact Michelle Cherak at 604-476-2821 or by e-mail at [email protected].

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A season that began with much promise for the Ridge Meadows Flames instead

sees the local Junior B team outside the playoffs.

The Flames haven’t missed the playoffs since the Pacific Junior Hockey League went to its current format of two five-team confer-ences, with four teams making the post-season in each. They have been in the big dance in each of the six seasons since.

Last season the team posted a re-cord of 17-22-2-3, which was good for third in the conference. There was optimism that a talented young team would be ready to take a next step, and contend with the best on the circuit. In Tyler Read and Kurt Klimek, they felt they had two bona fide starters in goal. They had tal-ented recruits up front, and as many as 15 returning players.

“We know we’ll be good this sea-son,” said head coach Jamie Fiset as this year’s campaign started.

It looked okay, with a 3-3 start in September. After a month the team was in first place in the Harold Brittain Conference – based on the other teams playing so poorly.

But they have been falling in the

standings ever since.“We had a really bad stretch in

November, and then we had anoth-er one in December,” said Fiset. “We just couldn’t develop the consis-tency and the chemistry we needed. It was a surprise to all of us.”

The team went 4-12 those two months, and only caught themselves when it was too late.

They sit at 14-25-0-2, in last place in the Harold Brittain Conference.

They don’t allow the most goals in the league, but they’re down there. They don’t score the least, but they’re barely ahead of the worst popgun of-fences. It’s a combi-nation that has their season undone.

“If there was any issue overall, it was a lack of offence,” said Fiset. “We did not have the puck in the offensive zone enough.”

The last remarkable season was when the Flames led the conference with a record of 28-16-0-4 in 2009-2010. That was the last full season under coach Tavis Eaton, who is now an associate coach with the Aldergrove Kodiaks.

Since then, they have not enjoyed a winning season. However, they have generally managed to finish third or fourth, and have made the playoffs.

Fiset says there are good signs, in

that they have gone 4-4-2 in Janu-ary. They are back to playing .500 hockey – a standard that would have likely landed the team a spot in the Pacific Junior Hockey League playoffs if it had been maintained for a full season.

“The team’s playing better now – I like the pieces we have,” said Fiset.

There have been changes in the roster. Recently, Joe Olson, con-sidered the team’s top defenceman, landed a spot with a Junior A team

in Ontario. But other blue-liners have stepped up

in his absence.Rookie Ben Chip-

man in particular has been a stand-out, and has seven points in his last eight games.Goaltender Read

was traded to Delta for future consider-

ations. The team has gone 4-3-2 in his absence, with

Klimek as the starter.“Klimek has come in, and he has

been outstanding,” said Fiset. “On Thursday and Friday he was one of the best players, on both teams.”

Fiset is not concerned there is a lack of talent coming to the Flames. He works hard to find hockey play-ers, and said the Ridge Meadows Minor Hockey Association is a quality feeder.

“Our local talent has been very good,” said Fiset. “We’ve never had

difficulty attracting players.”Rustlers rookie Halen Cordoni

rifled his eighth goal home against Richmond over the weekend in what Fiset called a highlight reel goal, and has “looked awesome” in January. He has 13 points in 36 games, and appears ready to take another step next season.

Jonathin Weloy is another former Rustler who is a rookie Flame. He has six points in 32 games, but Fiset said he has done his junior hockey apprenticeship, and projects as a dependable two-way forward.

“In his last 10 games he has show that he’s going to be able to contrib-ute regularly next year.”

Lucas Allard, Quenton Magnu-son, Mike Podschadly and Devon Rackow are three local midget affili-ate players who have all shown well in brief appearances with the team, he said.

“All of them have the potential to be very strong players for us next year,” he said.

Fiset looks forward to returning to the playoffs next season. He wants to stay on, if the team doesn’t hand the reins to someone else.

“My plan is to come back. I still want to bring a championship here.”

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Jamie Fiset, the general manager and coach of the Ridge Meadows Flames, says after a miserable campaign, the team is finishing strong with a .500 January.

Junior B coach reflects on disastrous campaign

Up nextThe Flames last game of the season is Feb. 13, 7:30 p.m. at Planet Ice, against the Mission City Outlaws

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The Maple Ridge Ram-blers senior girls basketball team won the Southridge tournament over the week-end, and extended their winning streak to an im-pressive 11 games.

The team defeated Little Flower Academy 49-43 on Friday and then sixth-ranked Rick Hansen 56-43 in the tournament semi-final.

Against Hansen Kate Head had an impressive line, with 16 points, six as-sists and seven steals. Post Jane Grisley had 16 points and 11 rebounds.

After a slow start in the fi-nal, the team used pressure defense to come back and win 55-35 over last year’s provincial champion Wind-sor of North Vancouver.

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Bruins rugby clubstarts fall season

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Their season started on the road, as they lost 29-7 to Capilano on Saturday.

The Bruins will play a third division match against the Scribes RFC, out of East Vancouver at 1 p.m. at Thomas Haney Secondary.

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The Ridge Meadows Rustlers bantam A3 hockey squad won the Flight 6 banner.

The Rustlers finished the regular season with 44 points, and will now await a playoff schedule, and will work hard to make it to the final four.

The Bantam A3 team consists of Madison Fox, Dominic Lagrange, Asher Braski, Luke Budisa, Justin Cloete, Matthew David, Tanner Eaton, Cam Gjaltema, Trevor Graham, Dylan Hetherington, Damian Richards, Nick Roussel, Jake Sheridan, Jacob Shkwarok, Tomislav Stojcic, Xavier St.Peter, and Cole Treleaven. Head Coach Tavis Eaton, Asst. Coach Rob Sheridan, and Asst. Coach Bob Gra-

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Library, Wednesdays until Apr. 29, from 10:15-10:45 a.m. Make language fun – start early with Babytime. Help your baby develop speech and language skills, and enjoy bouncing, singing and rhyming with stories. Babytime is a fun, social bonding activity for babies and caregivers.

• Kanaka Open Mic: Do you sing or play an instrument? Come to Kanaka Open mic this Wednesday Feb. 4, featuring Irish band Shades of Green. Open mic happens every Wednesday, 5-7.30 p.m. at Kanaka Creek Coffee (101-24155 102nd Ave.) Call 604-463-6727 for more information.

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• Lobby Nights at The ACT: Holy Wow Poets meet on Feb. 5, 7-9 p.m. at 11944 Haney Pl. Share your poetic flair or simply sit back and relax over a poetic main stream of steeping tea or coffee while listening to exciting and invigorating poems and songs. Please visit www.theactmapleridge.org or call 604-476-2787 for more information.

• Storytime at the Pitt Meadows Library on Thursdays until April 30, at 10:15-10:45 a.m. Introduce children to the love of books and language with Storytime. Children and caregivers will enjoy interactive stories, songs rhymes and more. Storytime prepares children to learn to read.

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Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows Arts Council. Call 604-476-2787 for more information.

• Bobs and LoLo: On Monday, Feb. 9 at 6 p.m. at the The ACT Arts Centre and Theatre, 11944 Haney Pl. Bobs & LoLo are two-time Juno-nominated singer-songwriters and the dynamic duo have a regular spot on Treehouse TV. Join the fun with music, movement and make-believe that creates lasting memories for the whole family. Visit www.theactma-pleridge.org or call 604-476-2787 for tickets and info.

• Percussion Workshop: Monday, Feb. 9, from 3:30-5:30 p.m. Dynamic Music Instruction will be hosting a fun two-hour community workshop full of rhythm games, drum calls, and group percussion patterns to encourage family and friends to learn together and have fun together on Family Day at St. Andrew’s Heritage Hall in Haney (22279 116 Ave.)Workshop is open to anyone interested, six and up, and no drumming experience is necessary. Email [email protected] to reserve your spot now as space is limited.

• The Clear Focus camera club meets twice per month with guest speakers, and share

images in a way that promotes continuous improvement. They are a friendly group of people that shares a love for photogra-phy. The club is all about fun and learning. Your first two meetings are free to see if this club is right for you. See www.clearfocus.ca for details.

Feb. 13• Hot Flashes! The Emerald

Pig Theatrical Society proudly presents a comedy about aging and menopause. Feb. 13 and 14 at Open Door Church, Feb. 20 at The Wesbrooke in Pitt Meadows, and Feb. 21 at the Seniors Centre Maple Ridge. Go to emeraldpig.ca for details on tickets, venues and times. Call 604-308-7371 or 604-785-1405 for more info.

Feb. 17• Writers: On Tuesday, Feb.

17 from 7-9 p.m. the Golden Ears Writers invite local writers to Romancing the Digital Mar-ketplace with Roxanne Snopek, in the lobby of The ACT. There is no charge to attend. For more information contact Katherine at [email protected].

Ongoing• Volunteer wanted: Be

a mentor for newcomers who are new to Canada. Settlement Mentoring is looking for vol-unteers acting as a community guide and resource person. Time

commitment: 2- 3 hours once a week for 3 months. Contact ISS of BC (Maple Ridge) at 778-284-7026, ext. 1582 or [email protected]

• Maple Ridge Chess Club meets every Tuesday and Thurs-day at 1 p.m. at The Act Theatre (11944 Haney Pl.). Everyone welcome. Contact [email protected]

• Are you looking to improve your Speaking and Leadership skills? Come and check out the Ridge Meadows Community Christian Toastmasters Club every Tuesday at the Haney Presbyterian Church in Maple Ridge from 7:30 p.m. till 9:30 p.m. Please contact Julie at 604-462-1467.

• The Pitt Meadows Com-munity Association is looking for volunteers to work on our com-munity events. These positions vary in responsibility and are open to everyone. The group’s website is www.PMCAonline.com or see www.facebook.com/PittMeadowsCommunityAs-sociation.

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BC FAMILY DAY, FEB. 9, 2015Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows are communities full of activities for you and your family to enjoy this Family Day. Visit the library and take out a great book, visit the Lei-sure Centres or have a fun dip in the pool in Maple Ridge. Perhaps a hike through one of our many trails in the region along with local farms that you can tour and try locally grown and produced prod-ucts. Th e most important thing on

Family Day is to enjoy being with your family so even staying home in your jammies works! Have fun BC!

Family Day at The ACT • February 9, 11:00 am 3:00 pm Join the Maple Ridge Festival of Light Societyfor a lantern making workshop and the Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows Arts Council for a special craft workshop. Also be sure to check out Bobs & LoLo performing in the Main Theatre at 1:00 pm! It is guaranteed to be a fun fi lled day.

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Maple Ridge News, February 04, 2015