Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows Times November 25 2014

Maple Ridge council

WebsitesranklemayorsThe ex-partner of acouncillor confirmedhe purchased andutilized web domainsbearing the namesof the incoming andoutgoing mayors.by Roxanne [email protected]

Actions of a council-lor’s campaign teamwere called into ques-tion by other candidatesafter apparent reroutingof some websites wasdiscovered.

As recent as lastThursday, Corisa Bell’swebsite[corisabell.com] cameup as adefaultwhenInternetbrowserssoughtout infor-mationon two Maple Ridgemayoralty candidates– defeated mayor ErnieDaykin and mayor-electNicole Read.

While this type ofweb play is being metwith some concernfrom the incoming andoutgoing mayors, Belltold The TIMES she hadnothing to do with it.

Bell topped the coun-cillor polls in MapleRidge on Nov. 15.

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A holiday countryconcert on Saturdaywill benefit Meals OnWheels and the folks,like Jack, who dependon the service.by Troy [email protected]

When Jack’s wife Berniewent into a care home in2002, the Second WorldWar veteran and MapleRidge resident not onlymissed the love of his life,but also the delectablemeals she prepared for himfor 55 years.

“She was an excellentcook,” Jack said aboutBernie, who passed awayfive years ago now.

“So I never learned theskill. I was spoiled all mylife. My wife was a goodcook, my mother was agood cook, and my grand-mother was a good cook.”

Once he was on his own,Jack missed his wife’sculinary skills. His attemptat boiling an egg turnedout to be quite the mis-adventure.

“I got the egg out of thefridge and I’d never doneit before, so I hit the [eggagainst the] edge of thesink and I had the waterready,” he recalled.

“I put it [the egg] onthe edge of the stove andit went down the crack.As far as I know it’s stillthere. So that’s my efforton cooking.”

Luckily for Jack,Veterans Affairs Canadasuggested he try Meals OnWheels, which deliversmeals to seniors, many ofwhom live alone and atrisk of isolation, and toothers in need who areunable to prepare meals ontheir own.

Jack was 79 years oldwhen he first started using

Meals On Wheels, whichhelps Maple Ridge and PittMeadows residents andtheir families.

He’s 91 now and stillreceiving meals from theprogram.

Volunteers deliver mealsto Jack’s home Monday toFriday, including two extraones on Thursdays for thecoming weekend.

“I think it’s the next bestthing to home cooking,”Jack said. “I can’t cook butI know how to eat.”

He said the meals arealmost as good as Bernie’scooking, with an emphasison “almost.”

“They’re different eachday, and I know I’m eatinga healthy, well balanced

diet,” Jack said. “As far asI’m concerned, Meals OnWheels is it.”

Today, Jack says he’sthe same weight as he waswhen he was 19.

“Only difference is, thenumbers have turnedaround,” he said. “I don’trequire any medication forblood pressure, cholesterolor diabetes, as many of myfriends do.”

He attributes this to aregular, healthy diet.

Jack looks forward tovisiting with drivers fromMeals On Wheels, who hecalls “very friendly andhelpful.”

“I love the visit, and onedriver always has a newjoke for me,” Jack added.

“They even cut up mymeat as I am quite handi-capped.”

Jack noted that hecouldn’t live in his ownhome, if it wasn’t forMeals On Wheels.

His goal is reach the ageof 110, “so I can be theoldest veteran in Canada.”

Country concertIn support of the organ-

ization that benefitsJack and many others inhis situation, a CountryChristmas concert fund-raiser is being held at TheACT this weekend.

The annual concert, onSaturday, Nov. 29 from1:30 to 4 p.m., is producedby Rob Hess, and this

year features special guestKenny Hess, an award-winning country musicartist.

There are plenty of tick-ets available and they canbe picked up a head oftime for $14 each, onlinevia The ACT website(www.theactmapleridge.org), or by visiting TheACT ticket centre.

In conjunction with theconcert, a silent auction isbeing held the same after-noon in the foyer of TheACT, with proceeds goingto all of the local Meals OnWheels’ services.

Tickets are available*Editor’s note: Jack’s lastname was omitted for hissafety.

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Jack, a 91-year-old veteran from Maple Ridge, welcomes Meals on Wheels to his home.

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Volunteers are still needed for the SalvationArmy’s annual fundraising campaign.by Christopher [email protected]

Bells are ringing but not very loudly right nowas the local Salvation Army are still recruitingvolunteers for their kettle campaign, currentlyunderway.

The six-week, 2014 campaign launched lastFriday and while almost 50 people have volun-teered to work two-hour shifts, ringing bells andmanning the red donation kettles, the communityorganization is currently short 1,800 volunteerhours.

“We are in the early days and while that seemslike a huge number, any kettle that isn’t mannedis money we are not collecting,” said spokes-person Amelia Norrie, explaining the campaignwill go into full gear on Dec. 1.

“Two hours goes by pretty quickly, eventhough it may be cold and wet.”

Volunteers can work one shift of two hours ormultiple shifts. Kettles will be located at 12 loca-tions throughout Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows,such as grocery stores and liquor stores.

The local chapter is aiming to raise $92,000 thisyear after raising just under $90,000 last year.Monies raised during the kettle campaign willprimarily go towards the meal program, whichoffers three meals each day at the Caring Place,to those in need.

Those interested in volunteering can call 604-463-8296, and enter extension 104.

Another local fundraiser the Salvation Army isbusy preparing for, is the third annual SalvationArmy Dignity Breakfast, in support of the CaringPlace. The event is next Wednesday, Dec. 3 atthe South Bonson Community Centre. Ticketsare $60 or $400 for a table of eight and the eventis 75 per cent sold out.

The breakfast will feature business consultantand coach, Janice Martin as the keynote speaker.

“She’s just phenomenal,” Norrie said.• More at www.mrtimes.com, search “kettle”

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Young act0r laudedPitt Meadows youth actor Connor

Levins took home some hardware fromthis year’s Joey Awards for his work inthe straight-to-video movie, Let It Snow.The 15-year-old actor won in the cat-egory of Young Actor age 10 to 19 ina Made for Television/Straight to VideoLeading Role. The awards aim to recog-nize young performers in Canada.


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Connor Levins received recognition for hisrecent work in a straight-to-video movie.

Donations of unwanted gifts, as wellas gently used clothing, toys, andhousewares can help families in need.by Roxanne [email protected]

One day every December, kids in need areinvited to participate in a free shopping spreeto find the perfect gift for their folks. Butlast year, the supply of presents was all butdepleted, and organizers are now scramblingto replenish in time for this year’s event.

For the 13th consecutive year, volunteersat the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows ChristmasHamper Society will be hosting their Kids-Only Gift Shoppe.

It’s for the children of registered hamperfamilies, and last year there were more than500 kids who participated, explained LorraineBates, co-chair of the hamper.

“It gives children a great feeling to be ableto give as well as receive, but unfortunately,for some of the children from our registered

families, it is just not financially possible,”Bates elaborated. “Even though we knowthat a special Christmas card from your childis enough of a gift, we thought that we couldstretch our resources and time and offersomething unique to our young resi-dents.”

This year, the Kids Only day runsDec. 14, and in advance of thatorganizers are hoping to receivesome help in the form of donatedgifts.

“We know that everyone has acloset or drawers packed with giftsthat friends etc. have given you, andthat they will never use. Helpingour less fortunate in the communitydoesn’t necessarily mean that youhave to donate cash,” Bate said.

“Take the time to find your gift stash,donate them to Kids Only program, putsmiles on kids faces and give them theopportunity to feel the ‘gift of giving.’ It real-ly is that easy,” she said.

In the meantime, hamper organizers arealso gearing up for their Rudolph’s Recycle

Gift Shoppe, a second-hand gift shop that hasbeen going now for 14 years.

This program provides financially disadvan-taged families access to gently used clothing,housewares, toys, and other items free of

charge. Last year, this service wasmade available to 574 families.

Similar to the Kids Only, Rudolph’sGift Shop is available for hamperfamilies to visit on Dec. 6 and 13.

Any donations for the hampersociety can be delivered to the ham-per office on the Albion Fairgrounds,Mondays through Fridays, from 10a.m. to 5 p.m., or at The TIMES, #2-22345 North Ave.

To those able to help, Bates askedif they can bring their donations in

soon, so her “eager volunteers” can beginpreparing for the free shopping days.

For questions on these or any other hamperprograms, people can connect with LorraineBates at 604-463-6922 or [email protected].

The local hamper society is operated twomonths of the year, all by volunteers.

Christmas hamper society

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Lorraine BatesHamper co-chair

Police files

Beatingleads totrio arrest

Mounties arrested a MapleRidge trio after a potential drug-related beating this weekend.

A man was “badly beaten”on Dewdney Trunk Road near232nd Street early Saturday even-ing, said Ridge Meadows RCMPCpl. Alanna Dunlop.

The victim was found at about7:15 p.m. and taken to hospital,where he “received treatment forsignificant injuries” and was thenreleased, the officer explained.

“Investigators quickly estab-lished where the assaultoccurred,” and a 24-year-oldman, and 39-year-old womanwere arrested at the scene.

A 32-year-old man was alsoarrested a short distance away,the corporal added, noting thetrio was released following inter-views. Their first appearance incourt is set for December.

In the meantime, armed with asearch warrant, police attendedthe Dewdney residence andseized evidence including quanti-ties of controlled substances –such as cocaine – and a vehicle.

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…continued from page A1“I actually knew nothing

about it [until Thursday],”said Bell, whose ex-partnerJon Peters called the news-paper minutes later to takefull responsibility.

Read’s website is nicole-formapleridge.com. But avoter typing nicoleformap-leridge, or alternativelynicoleread.com into aweb browser would havearrived at Bell’s websiteinstead.

Likewise, Daykin’s web-site is erniedaykin.ca, buterniedaykin.com defaultsto Bell’s website.

Peters, who helped setup Bell’s website threeyears ago and helpedtweak her web in advanceof the recent election, saidhe’s in the web businessand purchases availabledomain names “all thetime.”

He quickly acknowledgedthat he bought the domainsin question, as well as oneunder MLA Marc Dalton’sname, among others.

For those hunting forinformation on Bell, theycould get to her page dir-ectly at corisabell.com,or if they typed .ca, .net,or .org, they would auto-matically be rerouted tothe .com site because hepurchased rights to allthose domains.

In the case of Daykin’sand Read’s web domains,he said, he chose to havethe urls redirect to Bell’swebsite for a week leadingup to the election.

Now that the electionis over, he added, he willbe replacing them with“placeholder webs.”

“In my business it iscommon practice,” he said,noting that he created hisfirst website in 1994 andnow works with “$100-mil-lion companies.”

As for the domains in

question, Peters said hewill offer the .ca websitesto Read, because, “I likeNicole.”

But he said he’ll hangon to the domains withDaykin’s name, and maybesell them at a future date.

Daykin learned aboutthe misdirect last night(Wednesday), and hesaid he was immediately“shocked, surprised, andchoked.”

Then, he said, dis-appointment began tocreep in, although he wasquick to clarify that hedoesn’t believe it wouldhave changed the outcomeof the election for him.

Thursday, in chattingwith his son and web-master Michael, Daykinsoon learned that his cam-paign team had previouslyregistered .com, .ca, and.net domains of his name.

However, the .com hadlapsed, and “some couldargue that someone wason the ball and grabbed itup,” Daykin said.

He questioned the ethicalconduct of using anotherperson’s name in such away as to imply support ora connection that doesn’texist.

“It dances along a certainline... using someone’sname to their own advan-tage,” Daykin added.“Personally, it’s not some-thing I would do. I think it

speaks to a different set ofvalues than I have.”

If this is what politics isbecoming, he said, maybeit’s a good time for him toget out.

After two terms as aMaple Ridge councillor andanother six years as mayor,Daykin was defeated Nov.15 by Read, who received5,637 votes to his 3,958.

“I want to go out…with my head held high,”Daykin said, “and I don’twant to sound like a soreloser.”

In fact, after learning ofthe issue, and realizing hewas not the only “victim,”Daykin reached out to alertRead of the situation.

Read said she, too, learn-ed about the website issuelast Wednesday night, andsaid, “I was actually reallysurprised to see that.”

She’s unclear what theintention was for someoneto redirect voters in thismethod.

“You know this electionhas been really challen-ging, like in terms of whatwe’ve been put through byother camps… I’m assum-ing it must have beenthere… during the cam-paign, and we were notaware of it,” Read said.

“I just don’t know whysomebody would dosomething like that… I’massuming nicoleread.ca willstop pointing to Corisa’s

website.”She met with Bell on

other matters Thursdaymorning, and brought upthe issue during the discus-sion.

“She seemed to not beaware of it,” Read said.

“Obviously it’s notgood,” the mayor-electadded of what she per-ceived as an attempt tocapitalize on her branding.

“I need to work withCorisa going forward forthe next four years, soI’m hopeful that whateverthings happened during thecampaign, that they canbe set aside in order forthe team to function reallyeffectively together,” Readconcluded.

In the meantime, electionrules for the web seem tofall into a grey area.

Maple Ridge’s chief elec-tions officer Ceri Marlooffered limited comment.

“A chief election officeris not responsible for con-duct of candidates,” Marlosaid, deferring questions tothe provincial government.

“It’s not somethingthat sounds like anythingunder our authority,” saidElections BC spokespersonDon Main, who began tolook into the matter.

A short time later, heclarified, “It’s definitely notus.”

Elections BC onlyadministers the local elec-tion campaign financialaccounting, and websitesdon’t fall under their pur-view, Main said.

Only financial or adver-tising guidelines are gov-erned by Elections BC, heclarified.

Bell’s website, as well asthe other sites in question– which deferred back toBell’s site – are all hostedon GoDaddy.com, whichis a web hosting companyout of Arizona.

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A centennial year communityinvolvement initiative is nearingits end, but there’s still time.by Eric [email protected]

Those looking to get in on the PittMeadows Heritage Hunt still havethe opportunity to do so, as the sev-enth and final clue is being releasedtoday, and will lead participants tothe grand prize activity.

“The hunt is still going strong,”said Erin Mark, centennial coordin-ator for the City.

“We have had good response andtons of positive feedback,” she elab-orated.

The Heritage Hunt is part of theongoing community celebration ofthe City’s centennial year.

The Hunt leads people throughPitt Meadows with clues and activ-ities designed to honour the com-

munity’s history.Participants can find clue loca-

tions and complete on-site activitiesfor a chance to win one of theweekly prizes, which are drawnon Mondays at 10 a.m. so answersmust be submitted before then.

Both individuals and familieshave taken part inthe hunt, and havecommented that it’sbeen a great learningexperience, and – insome cases – has ledto further researchon the community bythose who have par-ticipated, said Mark.

“This was designed as a com-munity engagement project thateveryone could participate in,” sheadded.

Response to the Hunt has been“right on with what we were hopingto achieve,” she added.

Also beginning today, there willbe a package available for individ-

uals and groups that want to com-plete the Heritage Hunt in one day.

For example, said Mark, there areseveral Girl Guides groups that haveexpressed interest in participatingin the hunt as part of their weeklymeeting.

Clues don’t need to be completedon a weekly basis,however, clue num-ber seven needs tobe done only afterall previous cluesare completed

All participantshave until Dec. 2 tosubmit their final

clue.The grand-prize winner will be

announced during A Pitt MeadowsChristmas, on Dec. 5.

“Our grand prize is amazing,”Mark exclaimed.

The total value of the packageis $300, “plus once-in-a-lifetimeexperiences,” added Mark.

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OpinionA6 Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Our View

End to violencestarts at home

Today is the International Day for theElimination of Violence Against Women.

In Canada, we often think first aboutwhat we can do for unfortunate womenin other parts of the world.

It’s easy to associate the problemwith Middle Eastern countries like Iran,where legal restrictions on women’srights and movements result in harshpunishments for what we would con-sider minor infractions (if we see themas “infractions” at all). An assault onwomen’s freedoms in Turkey has beenmaking the news. Turkey’s presidenthas asserted outright that women are“not equal” to men, while suggestingthat the “special status” accorded tomother in Islam – his view of Islam, atleast – makes it all right.

After a few decades of an apparentlygrowing global awareness of the rightsof women, it seems things are movingback towards darkness.

But the problem isn’t “over there.”It’s here. Up to 50 per cent of women

in Canada have suffered sexual orphysical abuse. The concept of “equalpay for work of equal value” is metwith a wage gap running at anywherebetween 10 and 20 per cent, dependingon sources.

Those are rough estimates, buthere are some more solid numbers– Statistics Canada has determined that,every night in this country, an averageof more than 3,000 women are sleepingin shelters to escape abuse, and an aver-age of more than 400 per day can’t beaccommodated by Canada’s 600 or soexisting shelters.

Women are 11 times more likelythan men to suffer sexual violence. InCanada.

And children are often caught in themiddle when Mom gets beat up or can’tget a decent job and feels she has tolive in fear of Dad.

Violence against women is an inter-national problem. But the solutionshave to start here at home.

– B.G.

I grew up discussing politicsaround the house from about asyoung as I can remember: at thedinner table, in the living room,while loading bales of hay on thetrailer, while milking the cows orfeeding the chickens.

We talked about federal pol-itics: Diefenbaker and CCF andPearson and Social Credit andcommunisim and capitalism andsocialism.

We considered the pros andcons of Wacky Bennett’s strangebrand of capitalism that included socializing theelectrical grid and the woe-begotten ferry systemthat was our lifeline to the rest of the world (Igrew up on Vancouver Island).

But we rarely, if ever, discussed local politics.Maybe that was because we lived outside of

the city, where mayors and aldermen held nosway over the nuts and bolts of our existence.

So while I was fairly well versed in the com-ings and goings of federal and provincial – andinternational – affairs from a very young age, Iwas a blank slate when I attended my first localcouncil meeting at the start of my newspapercareer nearly 38 years ago.

I went into that meeting a little awestruck, I’lladmit. Here I was, just a kid from the country,stepping into a position of importance, to reportto the rest of my new community the decisionsthat their (now our) leaders were making.

A number of things struck me about that firstmeeting. I went in there expecting to encounterthe community’s greatest minds, its most noblemembers, its wisest participants… and I cameout with the realization that that’s not how dem-ocracy works, after all.

Because my brushes with politicians up tillthen had been at a distance – people who ratedappearances on the nightly news and the frontpages of newspapers – I was unprepared for theordinariness of the people sitting around thecouncil table.

Indeed, I learned over theyears, through personal encoun-ters with MPs and MLAs andan occasional premier or primeminister that the reality of thosefolks at the Langley Townshipcouncil table was the reality ofpolitics in general, from Ottawato Washington, from cities likeVancouver to comfortable villa-ges like Pitt Meadows.

They are ordinary people.Some are ordinarily affable, andsome are ordinarily pompous.

A few are more intelligent than the rest of us,a few are less intelligent than the rest of us, butmost fall right around the mid-range, like therest of us.

They have ordinary friends and ordinaryacquaintances and ordinary faults.

Most aren’t really leaders. They just follow thepack like the rest of us, and struggle to do theright thing when they can, like the rest of us.

And some are outright jerks.Indeed, there seem to be more jerks in pos-

itions of leadership these days than there usedto be.

But then there seem to be more jerks in gen-eral than there used to be.

I seem to recall when being a jerk got youlabelled as a “jerk” – and it cost you, sociallyand economically.

If you ran a business like a jerk, you’d losebusiness. Plain and simple.

Now, it seems, being a jerk can win youadmiration, as long as you do it right.

It used to be that if you did a dirty deal onanyone in the community, the whole communitywould soon know, and you’d pay the price fortaking advantage of “one of us.”

Today, it seems the person who fell for thequestionable deal is seen as a “loser” and theguy who did him dirt gets ahead.

Society, community, business, politics – it allboils down to what we accept as ordinary.

Opinion

Odd Thoughtsby Bob Groeneveld

Politics shifts to ordinary gear

Opinion

Elated! Just what I wanted.

Upset! Not what I hoped.

Happy with some, disappointed by some.

Same old same old really.

Don’t care, didn’t vote.

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Dear Editor,A year ago, we lost our precious little

boy, Riddick. He was three months shy ofhis third birthday.

My husband and I moved toMaple Ridge in 2005. Never havinghad any family here at all, we didn’treally feel like this was home for us,or at least, I didn’t feel like this washome for us. I always felt like wewould move back to the Okanaganat some point; it was just a matterof time.

But that all changed for us last year. Whatwas supposed to be a highly anticipatedMother-and-Son day turned into the worstday of my life. My perfect, bubbly gentlegiant died right in front me.

Immediately, I was in lockdown. I shutmy doors, closed the blinds, protected myheart. I was unaware of what was happen-ing around me. I have fleeting memoriesof meeting people, saying thank you, giv-ing hugs; but ultimately, I had no idea themagnitude at which our loss had affected somany people.

The residents of Maple Ridge suddenlyrallied together to support us, to lift us upin our time of need, to make us feel partof this community. There were peoplewho organized meals for my all family andfriends who came from afar, those whodonated a toy for the Christmas hamper

in honour of Riddick, those who providedfood and refreshments at my home afterRiddick’s burial, those who helped organizethe beautiful vigil that evening, and those

who organized the fundraiser on theGoFund website.

Suddenly, we can’t move from thiswonderful and generous communitythat embraced and welcomed us atthe lowest time of our lives.

I am a proud resident of MapleRidge and a proud friend of thosewhom I have come to know through

this ordeal. Thank you is simply too smallof words to describe the gratitude we feel.

I particularly want to thank the men andwomen who came running to help Riddickand me on the day of the accident. I needthem to know that I saw them, and while Imight not know their names or remembertheir faces if I saw them on the street, theyshould know that I am forever indebted tothem for all their efforts.

Those who see us and want to ask aboutRiddick, please do, as we love any oppor-tunity to talk about our son. Maybe I willtell a funny story that will make someonesmile.

You should all be very proud of your-selves. While we may not have been able tosave Riddick, you all helped save the rest ofhis family.

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Dear Editor,Corisa Bell should give a full public

apology for her staff’s website redirection[Maple Ridge mayors question purchaseof web domains bearing their names, Nov.20, www.mrtimes.com].

It’s not enough to say, “I didn’t know.”A class act is to say, “I didn’t know, andif I had known, I would have stopped thisunethical practice immediately.”

This gets into deliberate electronic mis-direction, similar to “Robo” calls, whichalso was deliberate misdirection, and alsoleft politicians saying they had no know-ledge that it had happened.

I was the Chief Elections Officer for theIBEW Local 258 for a number of electionyears. I had to prove to the members ofLocal 258, the BC Labour Relations Board(LRB), and the International body of theIBEW that ethical, open, and above-boardpractices had been observed.

One candidate got a free mobile phonefrom TELUS, and a complaint was made toIBEW International headquarters, and I hadto demand it be returned.

The bar for government and union ethicalstandards that I had to be responsible forwould have ruled the civic voting outcomeas a failed election process – with an orderfor a run-off for those potentially affectedby this use of web domains.

Isn’t it interesting that many people thinkunions have a sham political process. Howlittle does the public know, eh?

Thanks to the TIMES for exposing this,because, yes, we do care.

Geoff Clayton, Maple Ridge

Maple Ridge election

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• The TIMES broke a story online aboutwebsites seemingly belonging to theincoming and outgoing mayors, butredirecting voters to another candidate’swebpage. Readers responded:

“I’m disgusted with this. Good to know ourCity likes dirty politics.” – Katie Clunn

“This is just plain good strategy. Get with thetimes people.” – Steve Boey

“Let’s not take for granted the instant accesswe have to our elected officials via socialmedia. Councillor Corisa Bell is here bychoice, not by obligation. Very brave in, myopinion.” – Andrew Anderson

“This is shocking.” – Vicki McLeod

“Business can do things that we do notaccept from a politician. You say you did nottell Corisa because you knew she would notapprove. Do you think you are helping herreputation?” – Paul Marsen

“In Jon’s defense, cybersquatting has goneon for a long time. When someone isplanning to run, they should secure theirdomains.” – Simon Matthews

“So Corisa Bell hired her ex to set up thewebsite and ‘tweak’ it prior to this elec-tion? Now she is claiming that she wasn’tinvolved? Sorry, I don’t buy it. It’s her busi-ness to know.” – Colleen Michaels

“I volunteered and did it on my own becauseI don’t like Ernie Daykin.” – Jon Peters

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A8 Tuesday, November 25, 2014 Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows TimesOpinion

Ihave good news andbad news.

The good news is,my suspension dur-

ing the campaign trail as apublished columnist in TheTIMES has been lifted.

In the second year ofmy contract, after submit-ting column number 45, Iinformed my editor I wasstanding for municipalcouncil, and rightfully mycolumn was suspended during the cam-paign.

Despite my “exhausting” (I am beingironic) campaign, I was still able to prod-uce four columns which are somewhereout there in “The Cloud.”

I also had my firstexperience with Facebook.Two weeks after the startof the campaign, I felt Iwas standing naked onthe internet asking peopleto like me and share me.I am still absorbing therepercussions of thatmove.

So now we are back.The election is done and there are a lot

of changes. Surprisingly, I became part ofa new, young, eager city council whichhopefully will become a team.

Now for the bad news.Following the election results, my editor

informed me: “As a consequence of yoursuccess Saturday night, we now have adecision to make whether or not to main-tain your column in our pages.”

Simultaneously, Mary and my teamstrongly suggested that, if I continuedwriting a column, it could be a negative

for team-building the newcouncil.

That made the decisionvery easy.

Over the past two years,I have had the privilege ofsharing my opinion andhave hopefully provokedthe minds of my readers.

Or I could quote ChuckLorre on his #463 VanityCard, aired Oct. 6.

In his swan song, Lorrewrote, “As a smug word jockey whonever missed an opportunity to tickle theestablishment prostrate sans Astroglide,now finds the metaphor offensive. Whichmeans it is time to hang it up.”

Writing this column has been veryrewarding in so manyways. Researching thecharge of the LightBrigade, the acquisitionof a new Chinese aircraftcarrier, and the plight ofthe Panama Canal were allenlightening.

My editors have told memy readers are fiercely

loyal, but are aging.I think one of the most rewarding

things about writing the column is thenumber of people who engage Mary andme in the community. Some of thempoint out they don’t agree with all ofwhat I say, but they are regular readersand bring up a column they liked.

I will miss that.So as one of my kids told me, “Get over

it, Dad. Just tell them to meet you onyour blog.”

As if I know what that is.Just saying…

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With less than an houruntil the polls closed onelection night, our team ofreporters – Eric Zimmerand Christopher Sun– pounded back the coffee,and geared up to bringreaders the results of themunicipal elections inboth Maple Ridge andPItt Meadows.

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Nine-year-old Isabella Zhang, a Grade 4 student at Meadowridge School, wona national art contest through the Get To Know program, an organizationaimed at fostering more connection between children and nature. While

Isabella submitted two oil paintings to the contest this year, her Land Snail(inset) painting earned her the honours. She was one of 12 kids in North

America to win. She also submitted a painting of a heron.

How can you share?Do you have a local photo of someone or some place you’d like to share with the rest of Maple Ridge and PittMeadows? Email it to us as a high-resolution .JPEG to [email protected]. Please include a brief description– including everyone’s first and last name. Put “faces & places” in the subject line of your email.

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Park on Nov. 11.

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Four-year-old Avery, and eight-year-old Easton

Sparrow (above) of Maple Ridge, as well as outgoing

Maple Ridge Mayor Ernie Daykin and his wife

Judy (right), had their picture taken with Santa

– who arrived a little early – during the last Haney

Farmers Market event of the season at Trice Farms’

Grow & Gather nursery.

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Help from locals makes ahuge difference to needychildren around the globe.by Troy [email protected]

From a First World perspective,it takes little to brighten the lifeof a child living an impoverishedcountry.

Hard candy, toys small enoughto fit into a shoebox or like-sized container, school supplies,hygiene items – all of these canmake a world of difference for alittle one whose day-to-day life isa struggle.

Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadowsresidents can make that differ-ence by making a donation toOperation Christmas Child (OCC)Ridge Meadows, which is comingoff a record year.

In 2013, 3,711 packages weredonated to OCC Ridge Meadows.

“It went really well,” saidBarb Gustafson, who since 2001has volunteered as OCC RidgeMeadows’ local coordinator.“Usually we receive around 3,500[packages]. The goal this year is3,800 or more, but we’re happywith whatever comes.”

Gustafson was floored by theamount of support OCC RidgeMeadows received last year.

“As more word gets out, itmushrooms down the line,”Gustafson said. “The generosity

of people is pretty awesome.”Through OCC, tens of thou-

sands across Canada fill contain-ers with toys, school supplies,hygiene items, and a little hardcandy (in a Ziploc bag) for needychildren around the world.

Filling a shoebox is easy:• select a shoebox – place

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• determine whether your giftwill be for a boy or a girl, andthe child’s age category: 2 to 4, 5to 9, or 10 to 14;

• fill your shoebox withschool supplies such as pencils,

pens, pencil crayons, notepads,and picture books; toys andother gifts such as stuffed ani-mals, small musical instruments,hair clips, toy jewelry, T-shirts,socks; candy (loose, individuallywrapped hard candy in a seal-able bag); soap in a sealable bag;and a personal note and/or aphoto (not inside the donation

envelope).These gifts from Ridge

Meadows and other OCCchapters are transported to ElSalvador, Guatemala, Uruguay,Venezuela, Equatorial Guinea,Guinea Bissau, Sierra Leone,Haiti, and the Ukraine usingwhatever means necessary– trains, airplanes, boats, ele-phants, bikes and even dog sleds– and will end up in the hands ofchildren who would otherwise dowithout, Gustafson explained.

“Through the power of a sim-ple gift and the message of hope,children learn they are loved andnot forgotten,” she said.

Anyone can participate inOCC. For more information onhow to help call Gustafson at604-467-9794 or visit www.SamaritansPurse.ca/occ.

The 2014 national collectioneffort wraps up this week, anddonors can drop off packages atthe OCC depot at Maple RidgeBaptist Church (222nd Street andLougheed Highway) daily from10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Last year, Gustafson wasamong the roughly 14 volunteersfrom OCC Ridge Meadows whotravelled to the processing plantin Calgary to lend helping hands.

“It was an awesome experi-ence,” said Gustafson, whois planning on helping out inCalgary again this year. “It wasso much fun, and there was somuch energy. There were pilesand piles and piles of packages.”

Operation Christmas Child

Shoebox donations pour in for ThirdWorld kidsOperation Christmas Child

• The 2014 National Collection effortconcludes this week.

• Shoebox gifts can also be packedonline at SamaritansPurse.ca/Shoebox.

• 664,066 gift-filled shoeboxes werecollected in Canada in 2013, 10 millionworldwide.

• Operation Christmas Child shoeboxgifts are also collected in Australia, NewZealand, Germany, Austria, Finland, Spain,the United Kingdom, Japan, Spain, andthe United States.

• Shoebox gifts are distributed in morethan 100 countries, on six continents.

• Since 1993, more than 100 millionOperation Christmas Child shoeboxes havebeen collected and distributed around theworld.

Donated Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes (like the one in this little guysbackpack) full of gifts make such a difference in the lives of children in need theworld over. But there’s also a reward for those who help make it possible, saidBarb Gustafson (inset), the OCC Ridge Meadows coordinator since 2001.


November always seems like agood month for reflection.

The weather is traditionallycolder and wetter; the leaves are

blown from trees and scattered from yardto yard, carrying the memories of summerand early fall.

And there’s Remembrance Day, a dayset aside to honour those who fought anddied in past conflicts, fallson the eleventh day of thiseleventh month.

For some reason, thisyear’s Remembrance Dayseemed to be even morein the forefront. Maybe it’sbecause 2014 marks the100th anniversary of thebeginning of the First WorldWar, a war that was sup-posed to end all wars.

Certainly the tragic deathsof two Canadian soldiers near Montrealand Ottawa made everyone more aware.

For me, the iconic photograph of thelittle boy running down the street to catchup to his father, hand outstretched, andhis father reaching back to his son is par-ticularly poignant.

The photograph, entitled Wait for Me,Daddy, was taken 74 years ago in NewWestminster as the father along with hun-dreds of other fathers, sons, brothers anduncles marched towards war.

That one powerful image of the childrunning from his mother towards his fath-er, the mother reaching out after him, thefather reaching back says so much aboutthe importance of family connections.

Young children experience the worldthrough their relationships with the peoplearound them. In our hurried and oftenstressful environment, we easily forgetthat the most important gift we can give

our young children or grandchildren isn’tnecessarily toys, technology, structuredactivities or opportunities.

Children benefit the most from a con-sistent, reliable, give-and-take relationshipwith a parent or caregiver.

It takes very little to create memories.Our grown-up daughters remember thingstheir dad and I did or said, or family times

we had when they were stillvery young.

Their “remember whens”are memories that still con-nect us, and I realize thatwho they are and how theyview the world has beenvery much shaped by thesmall moments we sharedwhen they were young, aswell as the big events intheir lives.

I wonder what those mem-ories would be like if they were youngchildren nowadays.

Would we still stop to answer theirquestions, or turn towards them to look atwhat they are trying to show us, or sharewith us?

Like many people, their dad and I areguilty of tweeting, texting, or just check-ing email on our smartphones instead ofalways paying respectful attention to eachother’s conversation.

It’s bad enough that we, as adults, dis-regard each other in this way, at times.But for small children – whose sense ofself is developing through their relation-ships with the people closest to them– the result of being ignored is even moredevaluing.

– Kathy Booth is a local writer addressing the importance ofearly childhood development, and the work being done inMaple Ridge, Pitt Meadows, and with Katzie First Nations.

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place from 1:30 to 4 p.m. atThe ACT. Tickets availableat The ACT and the showfeatures a silent auction andvariety of guests, includingaward-winning country sing-er Kenny Hess. Info: www.comserve.bc.ca.

Nov. 29: Book signing• Meet Mike McCardell,

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Nov. 30: Toy Run• The Lower Mainland

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Nov. 30: Naturalists• Alouette Field Naturalistsmeet to explore DeBovilleSlough. For details, callMichael at 604-467-9863.

Dec. 1: Poetry club• Edge of the Page Poetry

Club hosts an open mikewith special guest LausanneHam and host P. CharlesRansom, at Bean AroundBooks and Tea, 22626Lougheed Hwy.

Dec. 3: Bookfest• Bookfest returns for its

33rd year at the Greg MooreYouth Centre from 8:50 a.m.to noon. This is a final cele-bration involving seventeen

elementary schools. CarolineAdderson, author of Middleof Nowhere will be the spe-cial guest.

Dec. 3: Remembrance• Ridge Meadows Hospice

Society presents A Time ToRemember, taking place at 7p.m. at St. George’s AnglicanChurch, 23500 DewdneyTrunk Rd. The event is anon-denominational, candle-light evening for the com-munity to gather and remem-ber loved ones lost.

Dec. 4: Market• The fourth annual

Alexander RobinsonChristmas Market takes placefrom 5 to 8 p.m. at 11848238B St. More than 30 vend-ors and prizes. Admission is$2. Kids 12 and younger free.

Dec. 4: AGM• Pitt Polder PreservationSociety holds its AGM at 7p.m. in the Heron Roomof the Old Pitt MeadowsLibrary.

Dec. 5: Pitt Christmas• A Pitt Meadows Christmas

takes place from 6 to 8 p.m.in Spirit Square. The eventincludes centennial year-endwind-up celebrations.

Dec. 6: Santa breakfast• Northridge FourSquare

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A Vancouver startupwith a Maple Ridge con-nection is taking an ages-old concept — sharing acab fare — and bringing itto the online world.

Jack Gardner is asecond-year student atDouglas College fromMaple Ridge.

He is part of the startup,Cab Share Canada, whichjust launched its new app.

The app is designed tolet would-be cab ridersreach out to co-ordinatepickups and dropoffs andsave money on cab fares.

“Cab Share Canada is asimple to use smartphoneapp that allows users toconnect and share taxisin a few simple taps,”explained Gardner.

The firm was foundedlast May by Gardner,and two other entrepre-neurial university stu-dents, fellow DouglasCollege student, CameronNicol and Universityof Western Ontariofinance student ShehanWijeyagoonewardane.

The rubber really hitthe road last Wednesday,as the mobile phone applaunched simultaneouslyin Vancouver and London,Ont. — coincidentally thehome bases for the trio offorward-looking students.

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Nicol, a 19-year-oldsports science major, saysthe idea is to take techno-logically intuitive studentswho will often be makingthe same trips, whetherit’s to class, universityresidences, or out on thetown.”

“We’ve found that taxitransportation is moreexpensive and inefficientthan it needs to be,” readsthe Vancouver firm’s mis-sion statement. “Therefore,our goal is to help peoplesave money while savingthe environment, throughthe use of mobile technol-ogy for taxi sharing pur-poses.

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An undefeated teamfinished their seasonin Kamloops this pastweekend.by Eric [email protected]

Meadow Ridge GoldAtom football team cappedoff their undefeated seasonwith a bang at HillsideStadium in Kamloops thispast weekend.

The 16-man squad,lead by head coach JoeKalinich, beat the PrinceGeorge Marauders and theKelowna Lions to clinchthe Atom 9 Man ProvincialTitle.

“I am very proud of thehard work and dedica-tion these boys showedthroughout the season,”

said Kalinich. “Rarely didwe have a player miss apractice and that was thereason for their success”

The team, comprised ofplayers ages seven throughnine, some of who hadnever played tackle foot-ball before, showed theiropponents a team thatwas polished, poised, andunwavering, under theexcitement and pressureof playing back-to-backplayoff games, and thenputting it all on the line ina winner-take-all-shootout.

Their first gameagainst the Prince GeorgeMarauders ended in ascore of 30-0.

Jacob Brass was astandout on offense, scor-ing six touchdowns overthe two games, and theshootout with MichaelDiniz added many of the

two-point kicks after themajors. Quarteback DanielKalinich threw for twotouchdowns and ran in foranother.

Kian Zabihi was a forceto be reckoned with, play-ing both sides of the ball.

Axel Statton helped thedefense in the shutoutagainst the talented PrinceGeorge squad and contrib-uted to the win over theLions.

Immediately follow-

ing the win against theMarauders, the Knightsfaced the Kelowna Lions,and continued their dom-inating streak with a scoreof 34-6.

Hebert had a 50-yardtouchdown run, and JamieHuurman scored on thereverse.

They executed perfectlyto give their team a 5-0preseason record and the15-0 record for the seasonand postseason.

In the shootout, thefirst match-up betweenthe Prince George andKelowna teams endedwith a score for each teamand was decided by aone point run-in after themajor for the KelownaLions.

The Lions then got theball on the 20 yard linewith the Knights defend-ing the goal line. But thedefense shut the Lionsdown making sure theydidn’t get a first down.

The Knights took overon the twenty, and a quicksnap to quarterback DanielKalinich and a pitch toJacob Brass for a run tothe outside and a scamperacross the goal line gavethe Meadow Ridge Atomstheir 2014 provincial vic-tory.

•More at www.mrtimes.com

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Day in Canada, the Maple Ridge-based Revolution Basketball Club(which hosts programs for kidsin Kindergarten through Grade12,) will host an open houseat Samuel Robertson TechnicalSecondary on Saturday, Nov. 29.• More online: www.mrtimes.com,

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Flames drop twoRidge Meadows Flames were

on the road last week, where theydropped a pair of games, first toAbbotsford by a score of 4-2, onFriday night, and then to Missionby a score of 3-2 on Saturday.The Flames return home to faceoff against Mission once againthis Friday, Nov. 28, at Planet Ice.Game time is 7:30 p.m.• More online: www.mrtimes.com,


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Moose loseMeadow Ridge Moose female

hockey team continued their sea-son, and fell 2-0 to the KamloopsVibe on Sunday. Their next gameis Dec. 6, at the Pitt MeadowsArena, against the TWU Titans.Game time is 8:30 p.m.• More online: www.mrtimes.com,


Ridge Meadows Flames play thisFriday at Planet Ice.

Bruin battleThe Ridge Meadows BruinsRugby Club went head-to-headon home turf against Capilanothis past weekend. The game wasconsidered a shield game, whereinthe winner would advance to agame this weekend. Playing ateam a tier above them, the boysin blue fell to Capilano, by a scoreof 33-10

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or up to$3,000 Discounts

MSRP$23,680

ONLY$15,988 OR

$94 PMT

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Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows Times November 25 2014