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New crossing will now run over top of Richmond to Vancouver

MasseyBridge:Expansionapproved

PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY GARY SLAVIN

The Richmond News has learned that, inresponse to a flood of complaints from the

City of Richmond and its residents, the B.C.government has opted out of landing the newMassey Bridge on Lulu Island altogether.Instead, the proposed, $3.5-billion, 10-lane

toll crossing, as depicted above, will stretch

across Richmond and traverse the north arm ofthe Fraser River, all the way into Vancouver.As a result, the cost of the bridge will likely

quadruple to $14 billion and won’t be com-pleted until 2041.Also, with the new 12-kilometre span — the

biggest in North America — not touching downon Richmond soil, it’s anticipated an extra 500acres of farmland will be placed back into theAgricultural Land Reserve.

It’s hoped the new plan will alleviate con-gestion concerns at the Oak Street Bridge,which will now be redundant.The inflated cost of replacing the Massey

Tunnel will be recouped by tolling vehicles$20 per crossing and charging ships 10 bar-rels of aviation fuel when they pass under-neath.For more on this breaking story, check the

dateline near the top of this page.

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5 NewsMinister Todd Stone on myth-busting mission regarding bridge

9 FeatureLack of legs doesn’t stop girl fromlearning to fly

11 FlashbackRewind back to the opening of

the first drive-in movie theatre inRichmond

13 CommunityFriends and family of DeBeck boyplead for bone marrow donor

22 SportsMcRoberts grad thrives on thecourt in Ontario

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True confession: I have never registeredmyself as an organ donor, and I’ve only

once given blood. (I have a bit of an excuseon the blood front as I only recently realized Icould donate after having Hep A in my 20s.)

Of course, if one of my kids needed abody part, I’d hand it over in an instant. Thesame would go for any loved one, or even anacquaintance. In fact, if I knew I was a matchfor little Joshua, a six-year-old Richmond boywho was recently diagnosed with a rare andaggressive form of leukemia (see page 13), Iwould be honoured to be the one to donatethe bone marrow he desperately needs.

So, if I’m a kind and compassionate personwho genuinely wants to help, why have I ne-glected to take the little time required to rollup my sleeve or put myself on the registry?

The answer has nothing to do with religiousor philosophical opposition. If anything, I viewdonating as the right and moral thing to do.Rather, I think my reluctance has more to dowith being numbed by statistics and not mak-ing the link between my actions and the life(or death) of another. That, combined with agenerally creepy feeling about what organ do-nation means — which is my own mortality.

Yet, when I connect with another, forwhatever reason, all that indifference andsqueamishness is washed aside. What takesover is a very base instinct to do whatever isnecessary to help.

It’s not unlike when three-year-old AylanKurdi washed up on the shores of Turkey. Weall knew migrants fleeing Syria were sufferinghorribly, but it was the heart-breaking sight ofone child’s lifeless body that seemed to turnthe tide.

We shouldn’t need a “poster child” forevery cause. We should be able to use ourintellect to make an educated guess as towhat others are experiencing. And often wedo, but just as often we (at least I) becomeoverwhelmed by the numbers of people suf-fering everywhere, and succumb to the sensethat we have enough on our plates.

Just earlier this week, the United Nationsdeclared the dire situation for children in Ye-men has reached unprecedented levels. Tohear the details is to make one sick.

I don’t know exactly what to do to helpthose children, but it might start with recog-nizing the disconnect between my compas-sion and my actions — which takes me backto Joshua.

I’m not going to donate my bone marrowto that little boy. They’re looking for a donorbetween 18-35 years old, preferably ofmixed ethnicity; I don’t fit either criteria. ButI know well enough there are many Joshuasout there. What I will do (especially now I’veouted myself) is sign that registry.

Thank you, Joshua, for helping me walk thetalk. Lord knows, it’s a long road, but here’sto a first step.

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Dear Editor,Earlier in a closed meet-

ing, council decided not toconsider the replacement ofthe neighbourhood play-ground at the former RideauPark elementary school siteuntil the capital budget cyclein 2017.

This decision was an-nounced in the public coun-cil meeting on March 22.

Since last October, theresidents in the Rideau Parkneighbourhood have beendeprived of any playgroundequipment after it was re-moved by the school districtfor safety considerations.

Council’s recent deci-

sion would mean they willcontinue to be deprived of anequipped playground untilthe summer of 2017.

This is almost two years intime!

As parks and playgroundsare crucial services for thepublic to ensure healthycommunities, how could thisbe acceptable?

Equally troubling is thatthe decision was made ina closed meeting, and thepublic had no chance to par-ticipate in the discussion anddid not know how the deci-sion was made. This matterwas first brought up in anopen parks, recreation and

cultural services committeemeeting on Oct. 27, 2015.

A referral to staff was madeat the meeting to investigateoptions for the redevelop-ment of the playground andreport back. There is noreason that the matter shouldbe discussed behind closeddoors when a decision hasto be made. Transparency indecision-making is a commit-ment we owe to the public.

I believe there is nothingto justify that the decisionbe made confidentially andcouncil should reconsider itsdecision in a public meeting.

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Open letter to Richmond city council,I humbly ask you take a serious look at ad-

justing the construction noise bylaw and putour children, families and communities beforeresidential development.

This Tuesday morning at 7:15 a.m. therewere two distinct sounds in my suburb. Onewas the gentle cries of bald eagles whoselong-time home is in a magnificent tree threehouses down. The other was four workershammering away at a construction site of yetanother mega home. Is it really necessary forconstruction noise to start at 7 a.m.?

There is a lot of scientifically supportedliterature stating children need more sleep,particularly adolescents.

Why would the bylaws of our city allow forour future to be woken up earlier than neces-sary by hammering, heavy machinery and

power tools?On the other side of the day, construction

noise is allowed until 8 p.m. The same noiseshave surely disrupted many family dinners. Isnothing sacred anymore?

It seems residential development is given ahigher priority than the children and familiesin our neighbourhoods. On my street alone,five mega homes are in progress and sevenothers were completed in the past 18 months.That is a lot of construction noise.

Speaking of children and families, it wouldseem that they are not the ones moving intothese new mega homes as our great schoolshave seen a steady overall decline in enroll-ment despite having more living spaces thanever in Richmond. So, is all the noise worth it?

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Wednesday — if you were in B.C. Trans-portation Minister Todd Stone’s camp —

was myth-busting day.In front of a mainly Richmond Chamber of

Commerce member audience at the SheratonVancouver Airport Hotel — and with a dozenor so vociferous protestors outside — Stoneattempted to blow the so-called Massey Tun-nel Replacement myths out of the water, soto speak.

Although directing his comments toward therumour-mongers, conspiracy theorists andthose with apparently ill-informed opinions,Stone did, at least, acknowledge that “BritishColumbians are engaged” in the consulta-tion process for the proposed $3.5-billion,10-lane, toll bridge over the south arm of theFraser River.

First, he attacked the notion that thegovernment’s project team hasn’t consultedproperly, citing the 3,600 pages of informa-tion available, more than 100 meetings withstakeholders and three rounds of publicconsultation — results from the third roundwere released this week.

Second, those calling for a federal envi-ronmental assessment of the project — asopposed to the soon-to-take-place provincialversion — were dismissed as being peoplewho are never happy and insisted that theB.C. environmental review is “tough” and

“world class.”Stone added that nothing has happened,

to date, that would actually trigger a federalreview of the project.

Next up, the concept of a brand new tun-nel, as opposed to a bridge, said Stone, “dis-counted thousands of hours of pain-stakingeffort by the project team” which looked intothat option and apparently found that a newbridge is less expensive than a tunnel.

Finally, and likely the most prevalent of the“conspiracy theories,” Stone ripped into theassertion that, behind the scenes, it’s actuallyPort Metro Vancouver that’s driving the proj-ect in order to further industrialize the southarm of the Fraser.

“I hate to break it to the conspiracy theoristsout there…but this project is driven froma place of safety,” Stone told the businesslunch crowd.

“Is the port a stakeholder? Of course.”The current tunnel, said Stone, is not the

biggest impediment to allowing larger vesselsaccess through thesouth arm, citingthe Steveston Cut,Metro Vancouverpipelines and theinability for biggercontainer ships toturn around in theriver.

While some inthe conference hallmay have beenconvinced by theminister, several,including Coun.Harold Steves,weren’t buying in.

“He still hasn’t answered several of (Rich-mond city council’s) questions and he keepson giving different answers to the ones hedoes answer,” said a bemused Steves, sec-onds after Stone had finished talking.

“We still want to know what the cost of ex-panding the tunnel was back in 2006, whenhis predecessor (Kevin Falcon) told us thattunnel expansion was the way forward.

“They spent around $24 million at the timeupgrading the tunnel and low and behold,three years later (in 2009), they’ve decided tobuild a bridge. How did that happen?”

Steves said he wants to know why $3.5billion is being spent on a bridge, rather thanadding more lanes to the tunnel.

He said city council is still hoping to get ananswer by April 1, otherwise the city will use

n Todd Stone (left),B.C.’s transportationminister, spoke at theSheraton on Wednes-day in front of a main-ly Richmond Chamberof Commerce memberaudience aboutthe Massey TunnelReplacement project.Below, a dozen orso protestors stoodoutside the building.Photos by Alan Camp-bell/Richmond News

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Two more developer-paid public artprojects have drawn questions and

criticisms from some Richmond city coun-cillors.

After nearly choking on his glass of waterwhen Coun. Linda McPhail said one of theprojects was one of her favourites, Coun.Harold Steves said he’d soon rather bedone with voluntary public art contribu-tions from developers and have the moneydirected to affordable housing initiatives.

“I think we should disband the civic artfund and put it into affordable housing,”said Steves, chair of Richmond city coun-cil’s parks, recreation and cultural servicescommittee.

Meanwhile, Coun. Bill McNulty ques-tioned the policy that developers maychoose how to contribute to the arts scene.

On Wednesday, a proposal by the Cityof Richmond to obtain a steel sculpture,called Water #10, was rejected by thecommittee while a Steveston-based artproject was eventually accepted, but notbefore several questions were raised.

Water #10 is a 6.5-metre tall steel sculp-ture at the end of Cambie Road, alongthe Middle Arm Waterfront Greenway.Dava Developments and Oris Consultingproposed to purchasethe Vancouver Biennaleartwork, which drew mixedreviews from the public,and donate it to the city,at a value of $400,000,despite being valued at$448,000. The donationwould be part of its volun-tary public art contribution($0.60 per square foot) forParc Riviera, a large condodevelopment in northRichmond.

McNulty said he wanted cash, not Water#10.

The city’s public art planner, Eric Fiss,explained to McNulty that, per policy, thedevelopers have the choice of what tocontribute and could simply move Water#10 to the development and call it a day.City staff advised the committee to keep iton Cambie.

“We’re easing his load,” said McNulty.McPhail also questioned the process and

voted against the proposal, despite stating“this is one of my favourite pieces of public

art.”“Sorry, I nearly choked,” replied Steves.

“I call this splat,” he added.Community Services

general manager CathrynCarlile cautioned Stevesthat the city’s “culturalcredibility” is built on pub-lic art, which “impacts howthe city is viewed.”

McPhail, Steves, Mc-Nulty and Coun. Carol Dayopposed the city takingownership of Water #10,while Coun. Ken Johnstonvoted in favour of it.

Meanwhile, McNultywas critical of a new piece of artwork atthe old Steveston High site, now known asKingsley Estates (a 133-unit townhousecomplex).

Spirit of Steveston is a metallic fishingboat raised high above the air.

It is to be situated on No. 2 Road, onpublic property, next to a new childcarecentre. “This doesn’t fit on this site,” saidMcNulty.

All other councillors approved the$195,000-project, now set to go before citycouncil.

I think we should dis-band the civic art fundand put it into afford-able housing.– Coun. HaroldSteves

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Residents:Want lower tolls

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n A proposal by the City of Richmond to obtainthe steel sculpture, Water #10, at the end ofCambie Road, was rejected. File photo

the freedom of informationsystem to get the originalplan for the tunnel.

Meanwhile, the provincialgovernment released theresults of its latest round ofpublic consultation, claim-ing “general support” for theplanned toll bridge.

However, of 874 respon-dents in open houses andother sessions, 44 per centgave only conditional supportfor tolling, with either a lower

toll or tolls on all bridges.Another 13 per cent sup-

ported a standard toll at thenew Massey Bridge, while 22per cent opposed tolling en-tirely and 14 per cent wantedother funding sources used.

According to the feedback,Vancouver residents weremore likely to back tolls,while Richmond residentstypically said they couldaccept it if all bridges weretolled at a lower rate.

In answer to concerns

around tolling, Stone said thebridge isn’t scheduled to becompleted until 2022 andsaid lots of discussion cantake place until then.

Of the 1,028 people whoanswered a question aboutthe project scope, just fiveper cent said they had noconcerns and 24 per centsaid they were generallysupportive. Another 31 percent indicated conditionalsupport, while 10 per centwere opposed.


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The finishing touches have been put on thenear million-dollar townhouses developed

in partnership by two municipal politicians.Councillors Ken Johnston and Derek Dang

were part of a joint venture to build a 15-unittownhouse development on Blundell Road,named Shangri-La and billed by real estatecompanies as “luxury” living.

The development’s completion comes justas Richmond city council is to begin review-ing its policies on arterial road housing in anunprecedented affordable housing crisis.

Dermod Travis, of Integrity BC, a non-profitgovernment watchdog group, said it is at least“questionable” whether Dang and Johnstonshould be participating in that review.

According to the Community Charter, whichguides bylaw-making and procedures, “if acouncil member attending a meeting consid-ers that he or she is not entitled to participatein the discussion of a matter, or to vote on aquestion in respect of a matter, because themember has (a) a direct or indirect pecuni-ary [financial] interest in the matter . . . themember must declare this...”

Dang and Johnston excused themselvesin council and committee meetings back in2014, when the two single-family home prop-erties, located near Railway Avenue, werebeing rezoned.

As for setting overall bylaw policies, Travissaid the charter is vague and while it is pos-sible for Dang and Johnston to remain neutralon housing policies, the opposite is alsopossible and, furthermore, their long-termrelationships on council could affect othercouncil members’ decisions.

“They must be aware that using the knowl-edge they gain on council as a means forpersonal benefit, even if not against the law,doesn’t smell right,” he said.

Dang, who works in real estate and develop-ment, said he is not in a conflict of interestand has discussed the matter with MayorMalcolm Brodie (council’s chair) while keep-ing the community’s best interests in mind.

“This was a one-off,” he said, noting thedevelopment happened under the old, exist-ing arterial road policy, which calls for single-family home properties on such roads to bedeveloped into townhouses in many parts.

The charter states there are exceptions fromconflict resolutions, such as “the pecuniaryinterest is so remote or insignificant that itcannot reasonably be regarded as likely to in-fluence the member in relation to the matter.”

According to Dang, he and 10 other inves-tors, including Johnston, created BlundellVentures Ltd. to build the townhouses, whichsold out quickly and are nearing completion.

Sale prices ranged from about $600,000,plus tax, for the nine, two-storey units, to ashigh as about $900,000, plus tax, for the six,three-storey units.

Dang said he wouldn’t provide specifics ofthe business arrangement, only to say thatthe group profited from the development.

Dang and Johnston appear to be the onlymunicipal politicians in Metro Vancouveractively and directly personally profiting fromresidential housing development.

Richmond city staff is now reviewing wheth-er to allow for more densification along sucharterial roads — with more “dense” housingoptions, such as rowhouses and quadplexes.

Dang said he would continue to provideinput on the arterial road policy review, notinghe has no immediate plans to develop moretownhouses. He added Richmond needsto expand its housing options to provide formore affordability, noting his townhouses soldfor what the market bears.

Johnston, who runs a Richmond-baseddelivery service company, did not returninquiries made by the News.

n The finishingtouches have been puton the townhouses de-veloped in partnershipby Couns. Derek Dangand Ken Johnston.Billed as “luxury” livingby real estate compa-nies, the units ragebetween $600,000 and$900,000. Photo byGraeme Wood/Rich-mond News

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Richmond city councillor CarolDay admits they may seem a

bit “silly” but she’s hoping her ideato map out neighbourhoods andinstall unique signage at each onecan catalyze more “communityspirit.”

Day, who runs a signage busi-ness, says the signs are an exten-sion of her 2014 council campaignto “enhance” neighbourhoods,whereby she spells out a 22-stepplan to foster more neighbourlyinteraction.

With her feet now wet at Rich-mond City Hall, Day says the planhas been discussed with somecity staff, however it’s a matter ofgetting it off and running, as wellas garnering support from fellowcouncillors.

“I have talked to people in thecommunity that have been quitereceptive and I feel it is an achiev-able goal,” says Day.

She hasn’t made any official pre-sentation to council or been ableto create a referral, but Day hasdesigned some preliminary logosfor many of Richmond’s neigh-bourhoods, each with a theme.

“What I’d like to do is recognizeeach neighbourhood boundary,”says Day, noting the signs wouldn’t

cost much and materials couldbe gathered from the city’s worksyard.

Day wants to see a revitalizationof neighbourhood message cen-tres, such as the one in Burkeville.

“I don’t think it will cost all thatmuch. We can get local artists andbusiness sponsors for the cen-tres,” she says.

At each message centre, such asthe one at Burkeville, neighboursare invited to post messages suchas for-sale items, services availableand neighbourhood events (garagesales, park barbeques). Eachmessage centre could be compli-

mented by neighbourhood-specificsocial media sites, with the cityhelping to organize each site.

Day hopes local sports groups,Block Watch volunteers, commu-nity organizations (such as Cubs orBrownies) and entities such as theRichmond RCMP and ICBC wouldalso utilize the message centres.

An ideal message centre wouldalso include sitting benches andmini gardens, says Day.

Once a neighbourhood logo isapproved, t-shirts, buttons andhats could be sold with profitsgoing back into neighbourhood-specific events and programs.

An application by MayberryFarms Ltd. to subdivide farm-

land to create three separateresidential lots was approvedby Richmond city council onMonday.

Council voted 7-2 in favour ofthe proposal, with councillorsCarol Day and Harold Steves vot-ing against it.

The decision came down tosticking to general policy of notfacilitating more residential lotson farms or trusting the promiseof one of Richmond’s longest-standing farming families, theMay family, that the subdivisionis necessary for farming pur-poses and the land will remain inthe family.

“If we’re going to supportfarming, we need to supportfarmers,” said Mayor MalcolmBrodie.

Steves noted he had no prob-lem with creating two residentiallots where homes exist, but tookissue with a new lot that wouldpermit “farm worker dwellings.”

He said the Agricultural LandCommission (ALC) probablydoesn’t want to start setting that

precedent, nor does he.City staff noted nothing prohib-

its the residential lots from beingsold to a third party at a laterdate.

The Agricultural Advisory Com-mittee (AAC) advised that thedwellings should be incorporatedin the other properties, notedSteves.

Steves said the Mays are likelynot going to sell their land, “butit could happen elsewhere,” ifsuch a precedent is set.

Farmer Derek May wrote aletter to council, noting theland has been in the family fordecades.

“To this day we haven’t soldany piece of property and don’tplan to,” wrote May, claiming thecranberry farm needs employeesliving on site due to the nature oftheir duties.

May noted more people livingon site would reduce theft, agrowing concern in the remotereaches of Richmond’s farms.

McNulty was critical of theAAC.“I’m very disappointed inthe AAC. Their role is to advisecouncil, not make decisions.”

Now that the proposal hasbeen approved by council, itmust be approved by the ALC.

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n Coun. Carol Day wants unique signs to demarcate each neighbourhoodin Richmond to foster community spirit. Photo by Graeme Wood/RichmondNews

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Since losing her legs at age 11, in one ofthe world’s deadliest earthquakes, Meihua

Huang has become a popular and ambitiousadvocate for youth, and youth amputees, inher native China.

And given her first opportunity to travelabroad, to pursue her dream of flying, shemade Richmond a pit-stop on a whirlwindtour that also features public speaking en-gagements.

On Wednesday, Huang visited VancouverInternational Airport, the Richmond OlympicOval and the Richmond Centre for Disability.

Speaking to the Richmond News at LarryBerg Park, on Sea Island, Huang said shewas impressed with Metro Vancouver’sinfrastructure for disabled people — despitebarely squeezing her wheelchair throughconcrete barriers between the park and theparking lot.

“It’s why I applied to schools abroad;because I want to be independent. In China,some parts have barrier-free infrastructurebut not all places . . . In China, people withdisabilities must depend on someone else,”said the 19-year-old, who was recently ac-cepted by the University of B.C., but is waitingto hear back from her scholarship applica-tions.

Huang was sponsored by Imperial Cana-dian Flying School in Pitt Meadows to come

to Vancouver and take part in its introductoryflying program. There, she completed aviationtheory courses, flight simulator training andseveral guided flights.

Huang said she’s wanted to learn to flysince being airlifted by helicopter out of herhometown in the Chinese province of Sichuana week after the May 12, 2008, disaster,which killed about 85,000 people.

Huang was at school when the earthquakeoccurred. “The ground began to shake upand down, left and right, in all directions.”

After some initial tremors, children went intothe staircase on the second floor but many,including Huang, were crushed by fallingdebris. “At first I could not see anything, itwas all black.”

She spent about a week in her home town,a remote mountain village, with little medical

attention. Finally, militaryhelicopters came with soldiers to evacuate theinjured. It was Huangs’ first time out of herhometown.

Since then, she’s always wanted to fly.Coun. Chak Au, as a mem-

ber of the Canadian Interna-tional Education AssistanceFoundation, helped facilitateHuang’s Richmond tour. Ausaid he is hoping the founda-tion can get Huang prosthetics.

Born from an ethnic minor-ity peasant family and raisedprimarily by her two grand-mothers, Huang was helpedby charities and placed in aninternational school, where she

excelled, learning Mandarin and then English.Her start at public speaking (she presented

at Mini We Day Beijing 2014) started in thehospital, when doctors noticed her positiveattitude, despite the tragic circumstances.They asked her to keep other injured kidscompany.

“Suddenly I realized I could do somethingthat could be meaningful. At that time Iwanted to help others and inspire others,”said Huang.

But despite her motivational abilities, Huangsaid she’d prefer to just do things, and that’swhat she tells her audiences.

“I don’t really like to say things, I just wantto do things,” said Huang, who hopes tostudy medicine after upgrading her sciencecourses at university. “I say never give uphope because you never know what willhappen, because we live on this Earth for acertain period, and what you (need to) do iskeep learning and bettering yourself and justenjoy your life.”

n MeihuaHuang, 19, losther legs in theSichuan earth-quake of 2008when she was11. She visitedRichmond on awhirlwind tour ofpublic speakingengagementsand learning howto fly (below).Photo above byGraeme Wood/Richmond News

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The idea of erecting anew storage, packing andwashing facility was sownin 2013, but it neededhydration in the formof funding if it had anychance of sprouting into areal building.

And that’s where Mackand Alma Foster — own-ers of Rona on ElmbridgeWay — stepped in withtheir watering can in theform of a $15,000 donationto get The Sharing Farm’s$450,000 Mary’s Barn inTerra Nova off the ground.

Once the Fosters hadjumped on board, everyoneelse, including the City ofRichmond, started to takethe project more seriouslyand other offers of help,either in-kind or monetary,

began to trickle in.“(The Fosters’ donation)

was at a time when wewere asking the city to getbehind the project and ithelped get $10,000 fromKins and other privatedonors, as well as someprovincial funding,” saidJames Gates, The SharingFarm’s executive director,explaining that LaFarge inRichmond also donatedthe concrete for the barn’sfoundations.

“It meant we were beingtaken seriously. The firstpart of the project is theeasier part; the last half ismore difficult, in terms offunding.

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“I thought this was agreat cause and all thesepeople are volunteeringtheir time to feed people inthe community.

“I really thought this issomething I should getbehind.”

At the time, the Fosters’$15,000 donation was go-ing to be just a tenth of thecost of building the barn.

However, as Mackpointed out, “this is a bignumber for a small busi-ness like us.”

Is Mary’s Barn on sched-ule to be completed May31?

“It’s a day ahead,” saidGates, noting that June18 is pencilled in for theofficial opening.

The News reported lastmonth how the barn wasbeing named after Gazetas,who was the inspirationbehind and a foundingmember of the non-profit

Richmond Fruit Tree Shar-ing Project, the originalname of The Sharing FarmSociety.

In her day, she hadrecognized the need forhealthy fresh food at theRichmond Food Bank andworked to secure a smallplot of City of Richmondland in Terra Nova to growvegetables for the bank.

Mary’s Barn will be key toThe Sharing Farm’s opera-tions at the very west endof Westminster Highway,with equipment storage,vegetable washing andpacking, cold storage andspace to hang the farm’ssignature crop — garlic.

n Alma (left) and Mack (fourth from left) Foster, owners of Rona onElmbridge Way, donated $15,000 to get The Sharing Farm’s Mary’sBarn (below left) off the ground. They stand with James Gates (sec-ond from left), executive director of The Sharing Farm, and Couns.Bill McNulty, Carol Day and Alexa Loo. Photo by Alan Campbell/Richmond News

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In a field circled by farms in Richmond’s East Cambieneighbourhood, hundreds of neatly parked vehicles faced an

oversized screen.Drivers and their passengers waited with anticipation, each

having paid 60 cents for the privilege. Once daylight began todisappear, the screen lit up with the film Ten Tall Men starringBurt Lancaster, followed by a screening of the Walt Disneyshort feature Beaver Valley. A fireworks display capped theevening.

So was the night of May 13, 1953 when the Delta Drive-In— Richmond’s one and only outdoor movie theatre — openedfor business.

The Delta was among the many drive-in theatres that beganspringing up across Canada and the U.S. after the war. Rela-tively cheap land and the rise of the automobile sparked thecraze, and families loved the convenience.

Its reputation as a venue for teenaged romance was perhapsundeserved, as movie-goers were overwhelmingly families withkids, notes author Kerry Segrave in Drive-In Theatres: A His-

tory From Their Incep-tion in 1933. Familiessaw the drive-in as aplace to spend timetogether. Parents didn’thave to dress up, din-ner could be ordered atthe theatre’s snack bar,and babysitters weren’trequired — kids went intheir pajamas.

“(The drive-in) wasideal, as the familypractically didn’t haveto set foot out of theircar once they entered

it in their own driveway,” according to Segrave. “Anyone whoopened an outdoor theatre in the 1940s or 1950s made mon-ey almost in spite of him- or herself. The film on the screenwas largely irrelevant, as long as it was wholesome.”

At Delta Drive-In, kids would play on a swing set while wait-ing for the sky to darken and the movie to start. And betweenfilms, an advertisement urged customers to visit the snackstand and load up on hamburgers, hot dogs, drinks and ofcourse, buttery popcorn.

Located on No. 5 Road, north of Cambie Road, the Deltawas close enough to Mitchell elementary that the screen couldbe seen from the school field. Besides its double bills, thetheatre’s Sunday swap meets were also popular draws.

On opening night, Leon Holt had a one-of-a-kind view of thetheatre. The photographer was hired to capture the historicnight on film, so he climbed onto the snack bar roof to shoot apanoramic image of the grounds before the show started.

Artist Henri Robideau first saw that image in the 1970swhile working at Vancouver Public Library as a photo techni-cian. Holt’s wife, Simma Holt, had brought in the negatives

for advice on how to rid themof a horrible smell. Robideausolved the problem by clean-ing the aging negatives, thenreturned them.

Years later, after Holt’sdeath, the negatives were do-nated to the library. This timeRobideau made some prints.He unearthed them in 2009while archiving his work, andthe panoramic photograph ofthe Delta Drive-In stood out.

“I was really compelled bythe image. It was so incred-ible,” said the retired EmilyCarr University instructor.

“You could see all these people, kids in their cars, peoplewalking around before the movie starts. It’s taken at a reallygood moment, just minutes away from starting — the place isfull.”

It struck him that, with modern technology, he could enlargethe photograph to show its rich detail. Robideau scanned andretouched the image, printed it on a three-by-12-foot canvasand mounted it on wooden scaffolding he designed to mimicthe structure that once supported the drive-in screen.

“The photograph is so fabulous, I didn’t want to just stick itto a wall,” he said. “The scaffolding that the picture is on is tobe a reference to that era of outdoor advertising and billboardsso it could be freestanding and sit in the middle of a room andnot be on a wall, sort of like a drive-in movie theatre screenis.”

Robideau’s finished product, “Delta Drive-In Grand Open-ing”, formed part of the Emily Carr faculty show in 2010. Art-ists Ken Gerberick and Janis Corrado were so taken by it, theyspent weeks researching and identifying all 320 vehicles in

the photo. The Chevrolet was the most popular — there were77 at opening night.

The Delta is believed to have closed in 1980, a time whenmany other drive-in screens went dark. Segrave concludes inher book that drive-ins simply didn’t change with the times.

“Drive-ins seemed to be full all the time. All of this made itmuch more difficult to try and adapt once a decline set in. Inthe end, they couldn’t.”

Drive-ins seemed to be fullat the time. All of this madeit much more difficult to tryand adapt once a decline setin. In the end, they couldn’t.– Kerry Segrave

n Top, opening night at the Delta Drive-In drew a full house in 1953 in Richmond. The photo was taken by photographer Leon Holtand mounted by artist Henri Robideau. Below, the snack on opening night photographed by Holt. Photos courtesy of Vancouver PublicLibrary Special Collections.

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On Tuesday, April 5, abone marrow drive is beingheld in a desperate bid tofind a donor for the six-year-old, Grade 1, DeBeckelementary student, whoreturned home from a familyvacation to the Philippinesin February, only to bediagnosed with a rare andaggressive form of leukemia.

Since his diagnosis,Joshua’s parents, Lia andDagan, have been by hisbedside at BC Children’sHospital, where last Tuesdayhe began his second roundof chemotherapy.

However, given Joshua’s mixed ethnicity — Filipino, Brit-ish, Icelandic and Caribbean — the people pulling for himare pleading for as many 17 to 35-year-olds as possible tocome out on Tuesday to register with the Canadian BloodServices.

“This is an amazing opportunity to not just save Joshua’slife, but many people’s lives,” said one of Lia’s RichmondHospital colleagues, Brenda Goosen.

“Joshua has just started his second round of chemothera-py and he needs all of our help.

“Individuals with mixed ethnicity (similar to Joshua’s) arestrongly encouraged to get along to the bone marrow drive,but it’s not totally necessary that you have the same ethnici-ties.

“There’s always a chance that you could be able to helpJoshua or other people that need help (from CanadianBlood Services). The registry just needs people in general,as well, to come forward.”

The bone marrow drive, hosted by the family’s friendsand colleagues and administered by Canadian BloodServices, is being held at the St. Joseph the Worker Parishon 4451 Williams Rd. from 12:30 to 7:30 p.m. to try anduncover a matching donor for Joshua.

All registration involves is giving your details and taking amouth swab.

“We have a unique opportunity in Richmond to get theword out and that’s what we will be doing the rest of thisweek and all weekend,” added Goossen, who will be partof a team putting up posters around the city this week toadvertise the event.

“It’s important to stress the urgency; I don’t think I canstress that enough in Joshua’s case.”

Before embarking on his second round of chemo thisweek, Joshua’s blood count had risen enough for his par-ents to take him home for six precious days of respite.

“We were able to spend a glorious six days at home be-fore coming back to the hospital yesterday for Joshua’s nextround of chemo,” Lia told the News via email on Wednes-day.

“We should be here at the hospital for another month be-fore we get another break at home. (We’re) already count-ing down the days until our next trip home.

“Joshua continues to smile and show us what an amazinglittle warrior we have among us.”

Next Tuesday, donors will be walked through five stationsand the whole process will be explained in-depth.

If you can’t make the bone marrow drive in person, youcan also register online through OneMatch (blood.ca/en/stem-cell/register-onematch), and the cheek swab packagewill be mailed to you.

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posed at a recent Richmond GardenClub meeting by a member whose yardconsists of perennials only — and not apatch of lawn.

It appears lawns originated in earlymedieval settlements and were usedfor communal grazing of livestock. Innorthern Europe during the middle

ages, only the rich folks favoured wideexpanses of green grass. Lawn mainte-nance consisted of scything the grassor letting sheep, rabbits or horses grazeto keep the grass manageable. Mowingmachines came about in 1830.

But while it has historical roots, main-taining a lawn today has some seriousenvironmental consequences. In fact,we need to rethink our desire to havethis kind of monocultured landscape —or green desert as some call it.

Certainly that’s the view of EganDavis, a horticulturist at the UBC

Botanical Gardens, who spoke to theRichmond Garden Club recently.

He explained that, in the U.S., 50to 70 per cent of residential water isused primarily to water lawns. And thenthere is spillage of gasoline while refuel-ling lawn maintenance equipment, notto mention the pollution the machinesspew into the air. Inorganic fertilizerssuch as herbicides, pesticides andfungicides can also be very harmful(City of Richmond has banned use ofthese products).

n Friends and colleagues ofJoshua Weekes’ family arehosting a bone marrow driveon April 5. The six-year-old,pictured above on a rare triphome from hospital last week,is fighting a rare form of leuke-mia and desperately needs abone marrow transplant. Photosubmitted

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n Some people are looking for alternatives to the traditional green lawn creating, instead, rock gar-dens or tapestry lawns, right. Photos submitted

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Green grass is composed most times ofa monoculture or single species of plants,sometimes not even native to our area.

Monocultures are rare in nature and takea lot of effort to maintain. To combat climatechange, we need biodiversity, many differentspecies of plants, to support our ecosystem.And think about all the time spent watering,weeding, seeding, mulching and thatchingyour monoculture.

Still, many of us like to have a pretty yard,so what’s the alternative? Tapestry lawns.

Davis spoke to the research underway atthe UBC Botanical Gardens creating tapestrylawns in our climate to battle drought, chaferbeetle damage and other environmentalissues. Tapestry lawns are researched turflawns that add depth and texture to land-scape with native and mixed origin species,already underway in the British Isles.

Plants can be selected for flowers, scentand colourful foliage. Tapestry lawns canproduce over 20 times more flowers thansingle species grass, an excellent sourceof nectar and pollen for pollinators. It canbe mowed but way fewer times than fortraditional lawns — 5 to 9 times per year,reducing C02 emissions. There is no require-ment for de-thatching, no need for mosskiller, no need for fertilizer. Tapestry lawns domuch better without fertilizer. During times ofdrought, these lawns stay greener longer andcan absorb any rainfall much quicker thancommon grass.

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If you are still reluctant to take the leap intoa front yard without a traditional lawn, whynot change to more environmentally friendlymaintenance practises? Watering restrictionsare starting earlier this year in Richmond.

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One automotive journalist, in recentlyaddressing what he called the latestmanifestations of “automotive insanity” wrote,

“[But]… no discussion of automotive insanity wouldbe complete without the latest on Volkswagen’songoing farce.” An important story—VW’s allegedintentional falsification of diesel emissions—hasfaded from the headlines in the last while.

The US VW dealers reacted to the sudden departureof Volkswagen US CEO Michael Horn on March 9th.Officially described as stepping down by ‘mutualagreement’, Mr. Horn did not comment publiclyon his departure, although he reportedly said theposition was ‘his dream job’ and that he had refusedanother offer within the company.

Alan Brown, president of Volkswagen’s NationalDealer Council was not to be silenced, however,reportedly responding, “I’m telling you that thedealer network is becoming very, very, very frustratedvery quickly.” The 652 US dealers liked Mr. Horn:they felt he had improved communications, foughtfor their market in VW’s Wolfsburg headquarters,and reportedly advocated for retail sales over less-lucrative fleet sales.

The dealers are also aggrieved by VWs “failure tofix [their] scandal plagued vehicles,” by what theysay is a “disappointing product line-up,” and by the“culture of mistrust” the company may have created.They want a continuation of the subsidies they havebeen receiving from VW as brand sales continue toslump, declining 10 percent from September 2015through February 2016 compared to the same perioda year ago.

At last reporting, Mr. Horn intended to conveythis message to Wolfsburg, and to urge VW’s topexecutives to attend the National Automobile DealersAssociation conference in Las Vegas, upcoming atthe time of writing from March 31 to April 3, 2016to reassure dealers they are committed to fixing thebrand’s US problems.

There are also other ‘fallout’ problems. US VW dieselowners are seeking class action status in furtheranceof their demand that VW buy back their vehicles.And the US Department of Justice is reportedly suingVW on behalf of the US Environmental ProtectionAgency for civil penalties that could exceed $18billion. Both of these cases are before Senior USDistrict Court Judge Charles Breyer after a judicialpanel decided to consolidate suits against VW inSan Francisco, partly because there are so many VWdealers and owners in California.

VW is currently under order by Judge Breyer topresent a detailed plan by April 21st for fixing nearly600,000 diesel cars to make them compliant withUS clean air laws and for making compensatorypayments to owners or risk the possibility of a trialthis summer. VW, and even its executives, couldpossibly also face separate criminal charges.

Legal commentators in the media are makingall sorts of predictions: “fraudulent deception …makes the case susceptible to a very substantialpunitive damages award”; [it’s] a numbers game…not whether they’ll pay…but only how much”; and,a consumer fraud specialist on owners’ damages: nofix—the difference between what they were told theywere buying and what they received; fix found—lossin value plus damages for higher operating costs.

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One of the highlights of the Richmond foodand wine calendar is Carver’s Winemak-

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Thanks to manager Michael Hajdukovich’scharm and organizational skills and chefBoban Kovachevich’s culinary talents, guestswere treated to a stunning five-course gour-met dinner.

And with Inniskillin Okanagan winemakerDerek Kontkanen’s winemaking skills, weenjoyed five local wines that matched thefood superbly.

Originally from Ontario, Kontkanen’s loveof biology and chemistry and his parents’penchant for fine wine combined to spark hisinterest in winemaking at an early age.

With experience as vineyard assistant atInniskillin Niagara and a graduate degree inwinemaking, he moved out to B.C. in 2004to become assistant winemaker at Jackson-Triggs. In 2014 Kontkanen graduated to be-

come winemaker at Inniskillin Okanagan. Andhis skills were amply displayed at the dinner.

The first course set the bar high for therest of the evening. A grilled B.C. scallop andprawn with roasted strawberry, goat cheesecake, spinach, and roasted pistachios andcashews was teamed with the 2014 InniskillinPinot Grigio ($11.99).

The wine’s lively apple and citrus aromasand tropical flavours were a perfect foil for theelegant seafood.

The organic chicken breast, with quinoa,cranberries, almonds and pomegranate mo-lasses, was paired with the Inniskillin ReserveRiesling ($12.19).

Off-dry with aromas and flavours of fruit,apricot and petrol and a stunning crispacidity, the wine lifted a delicious course togreater heights. Riesling is a very underratedfood wine.

Next we switched colours and savoured theReserve Merlot ($14.79) with the breast ofFraser Valley duck with arugula, potato leekmash, and red pepper jelly. Merlot is prob-ably B.C.’s best red and the Inniskillin versionproved how good it could be with it’s toastyoak and plum flavours and a rich body andfinish.

The fourth course was a charbroiled pep-

pered strip baseball steak. Served mediumrare with full bodied texture, seasonal veg,balsamic reduction, marsala sauce, red pep-per emulsion, and potato gratin, it was pairedwith the Inniskillin Discovery Series Zinfandel($22.49).

Zinfandel is California’s unique red wine,but Kontkanen’s team makes a deliciousB.C.version. I loved its savoury and raspberry/boysenberry character with cinnamon andlicorice bundled up in a smooth texture.

A stunning climax to this gourmet eveningwas the Inniskillin Riesling Icewine ($30.49

200 mL bottle) and a Chilliwack Dairy FarmCheese and Fruit Plate. Icewines are expen-sive! They can only be produced when thewinter temperatures are −8 °C. To wait fortemperatures to drop that low, the grapes areoften left on the vines for several months afterthe normal fall harvest.

It’s a risky business leaving grapes into thecold season. And because the water in thegrapes freezes, each grape produces only adrop of juice and therefore wine production issmall. But the expense is worth the experi-ence. Expect layers of intense honey, bakedapple, sweet citrus, and apricot bouquet andflavour before giving way to an elegant andsweet finish.

Because of the icewine’s rich character, thechef was wise to serve the icewine with localcheese, pear and peach in a blackcurrantjelly. A dessert that is too sweet would dimin-ish the icewine’s noble character.

It’s too late for this year, but it’s not too latefor you to experience next year’s Carver’sSteakhouse Winemaker’s Dinner. In themeantime, pay a visit to enjoy their cuisine,wine, and hospitality.

Eric Hanson is a retired Richmond teacherand local wine expert. He can be reached [email protected].

The 16th- and 17th-centurydaimyo or feudal lords of Japan

built for themselves the equivalentof today’s spy satellites in the formof sturdy yet elegant donions, thecentral keeps of their elaboratelyfortified hilltop castles.

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They were by far the mostsubstantial creations of Japanesearchitecture until modern times.

Their numbers have been thinnedover the last 400 years by civil war,political expediency, lightning andneglect, but some of the survivors—and especially the magnificentmulti-donjon Himeji Castle—rankamongst the most beautiful build-ings in the world. In 1993 it wasadded to the list of UNESCO WorldHeritage sites.

Easily reached by shinkansen(bullet train) from Osaka or Hiroshi-ma, this greatest triumph of surviv-

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Its defensivewalls and fortifiedcorridors embrace acluster of feathery,interlocking roofsclearly visible fromthe shinkansentracks well beforethe train reaches thestation. From thereit’s a 10-minute walkto the castle gate.

One of only 12surviving originalcastles in Japan,Himeji, also knownas Shirasagi-jo orWhite Heron Castle,avoided fire anddestruction in both civil wars andthe Second World War, and hassurvived in its current version since1609, although the town has partlyinvaded valuable flat land within itsouter fortifications.

The recently completed five-year-restoration (one is undertaken every

50 years) has replaced the tileson overlapping roofs and left theplastered gables, which rise a totalof seven storeys above its hilltoplocation, the brilliant white appropri-ate to the castle’s name.

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Whatever looked the most likelyway to go was in fact more likely tolead to a dead end covered by mur-derous crossfire or to a precipitousdrop back down to the plain.

Shoes are doffed at the entranceto the main tower, and carried inthe bag provided up steep, solid,one-way staircases past carefullyconcealed rooms which couldhouse dozens of samurai defend-ers.

There are ever more impressiveviews back across the town to therailway station through arrow slitsand rock chutes at every floor,culminating in views down to thelabyrinth of walls, corridors andgatehouses below. Their aim is nolonger to repel strangers, but ratherto draw them in.n Access

For more information, visit thecastle’s page on the city of Himeji’swebsite at www.city.himeji.lg.jp/guide/castle/. For information ontravel in Japan, visit the Japan Na-tional Tourism Organization at www.jnto.go.jp.

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SPORTS Beyond the Scores

■ Cassidy Chang was an OUA Award of Merit winner for her playon the Royal Military College women’s volleyball team.

Curt MorganSpecial to the News

The Ontario University Athletic awards were handed outearlier this month and among the winners was McRob-

erts graduate and volleyball standout Cassidy Chang, whoreceived the Award of Merit.The Royal Military College (RMC) product finished the sea-

son in the top 10 in assists and assists per set, important forsomeone who plies their trade as a setter, but Chang was still“shocked” when she heard she had won the award.“I knew my coach had put my name in for an award but

there are so many amazing girls in the league and I neverthought I stood a chance,” said the 22-year-old.She is hoping it paves the way for future military athletes.Chang was nominated by RMC Paladins head coach Joely

Christian-Macfarlane, who said, “This award reflects so muchmore than just being a volleyball player. It is about committingto being the best possible person you can be both on thecourt and off. Cassidy constantly strives to be her best in theclassroom, on the court and actively sought a leadership rolethat would place extreme demands on her time.”Chang was also named the top engineering student at

RMC.That’s just par for the course when you consider she’s been

on the Principal’s Honour Roll for the past three years whileupholding the college’s four pillars of bilingualism, athletics,academics and military.“It means a lot,” said RMC athletics director Darren Cates.

“It is always special when an RMC athlete receives recogni-tion from the OUA or CIS. Cassidy has excelled in all areasduring her time at RMC, both in the classroom and on thecourt. She has truly defined what it means to be a student-athlete.”The award comes as no surprise to her high school volley-

ball coach, Trish Nicholson.“She had high expectations of herself and of her team-

mates,” Nicholson said. “She didn’t have the best skills butshe always worked the hardest to overcome any skill deficits.She didn’t shy away from hard work or hard courses and shenever took the easy route, always hitting challenges head on.”The 5-foot-8 Chang wasn’t so sure she would have the op-

portunity to play for the team this year with all of her leader-ship and academic responsibilities.Christian-Macfarlane recognized the fluidity of the situation

and made allowances.“We built her training around her schedule at the college

and their needs for her as a member of their leadership team.We selected which nights she would focus on her academics/leadership and adjusted as needed.”That required discussion and compromise from both sides

and included such steps as writing exams on the road.Christian-Macfarlane recognized the benefits to the player ifshe were to stay on for her last year.“I also knew after working with her for one season that there

was so much more she could develop for the next stage inher volleyball career, which is likely leading the offense for ourmilitary national team,” Christian-Macfarlane explained.Not surprisingly, Chang held up her end of the bargain, get-

ting to 98 per cent of the practices and games, according toher coach.She missed only three games the entire season, two of

them due to a concussion she received at practice after tak-ing a serve off the back of the head.Helping balance everything for Chang was the opportunity

to play alongside her identical twin sister, Delanie, who is theteam captain.“It is actually really amazing having my twin sister here

with me. We really understand each other when it comesto sports. So having her as one of my main hitters and nextto me playing on the court really gives me a boost of confi-dence. Not to mention she is a consistent player I can alwayscount on.”This is the first Award of Merit for any RMC Paladins player.

McRoberts grad thriving on the court in Ontario

SPORTS■ Richmond Ravens Female Ice Hockey Association hosted its19th annual Ice Classic Tournament last weekend with teamsfrom throughout the provinvce and Pacific Northwest competingat the Richmond Ice Centre in 11 different divisions. The actionincluded (far left) the Ravens battling Nanaimo in Bantam C3 Divi-sion play and the hosts taking on Ridge Meadows in an Atom C2round-robin encounter. Photos by Gord Goble

Richmond Ravens FemaleIce Hockey had plenty

to celebrate on Wednesdaynight in Kamloops.The association continued

its recent domination at theprovincial championships bycapturing the Midget andPee Wee titles.Making their ninth con-

secutive appearance atthe B.C. showcase event,the Ravens repeated asMidget champions with ahard-fought 4-1 win overKamloops in the gold medalgame.

The result capped athrilling day for AJ Sander’ssquad — starting with a 4-3semi-final overtime victoryover arch-rival Surrey. Theteams had met earlier in themonth in the Pacific CoastAmateur playoff final withRichmond prevailing in thatgame too.The Ravens’ road to the

final included earlier round-round wins over SalmonArm (7-0) and South Island(4-0). The girls did suffer arare loss to Terrace (2-0)which left them second in

their pool and set-up thefinal four encounter withSurrey. Kamloops had ad-vanced by handing Terraceits first loss of the tourna-ment — 4-1.The Pee Wee Provincials

saw the Ravens cap adominating season with aperfect 6-0 run.Richmond and North

Shore closed out round-rob-in play against each otherWednesday morning, know-ing they would be facingeach other again hours laterin the gold medal game.

The B.C. Hockey bannercaps a breakthrough seasonfor Mitch Ward’s squad thatbegan by capturing the Ra-vens own Rep Classic backin November. They also wonthe PCAHA playoffs in con-vincing fashion — outscor-ing their opponents 27-2over six games.The road to provincial gold

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Racquet, Paddle, n' Putter Tot Camp (4-5YRS, CO-ED) $93.00 16081 (M,W,F) 16083 (M,W,F)

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Baseball Camp (6-9YRS, CO-ED) $120.00 $108.00 15770 (Tu-F)Baseball Camp (6-9YRS, CO-ED) $150.00 $135.00 15774 15775 15776Performance Development Baseball Camp (10-12YRS, CO-ED) $138.00 $125.00 15777 (Tu-F)Performance Development Baseball Camp (10-12YRS, CO-ED) $152.00 $138.00 15780 15781 15782BEACH VOLLEYBALLOval Beach Volleyball Camp (14-16 YRS, CO-ED) $143.75 $130.00 17476**** 17477**** 17479**** 17480****DANCE & CHEER

Dance and Cheer Camp (6-9 YRS, CO-ED) $200.00 $180.00 15982 15998Dance and Cheer Camp (10-13 YRS, CO-ED) $200.00 $180.00 15985 16000FENCING

Fencing Skills Camp (6-9 YRS, CO-ED) $164.00 $147.00 15740Fencing Skills Camp (9-12 YRS, CO-ED) $164.00 $147.00 15741GIRLS ONLY

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Explorer Tots Camp (4-5YRS, CO-ED) $174.00 16068 16069 16070Tumble Tots Camp (4-5 YRS, CO-ED) $62.00 - $93.00 16074 (T,Th) 16075 (M,W,F)

Sport Tots Camp (4-5 YRS, CO-ED) $62.00 - $153.00 16086 (T & Th) 16072 16077 16085 (T & Th) 16079

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Full Day Camp $291.00 $262.00 15926 15959 15960 15961 15963 15965 15966 15968 15970Mornings Camp $153.00 $138.00 15915 15916 15922 15923 15925 15927 15929 15931 15934Afternoons Camp $153.00 $138.00 15924 15935 15936 15937 15938 15955 15956 15957 15958


Full Day Camp $291.00 $262.00 15933 15973 15974 15975 15976 15977 15978 15979 15980Mornings Camp $153.00 $138.00 15928 15981 15983 15984 15986 15987 15988 15989 15990AfternoonsCamp $153.00 $138.00 15930 15991 15992 15993 15994 15995 15997 15999 16001


Full Day Camp $291.00 $262.00 15942 16016 16018 16019 16021 16023Mornings Camp $153.00 $138.00 15939 16007 16008 16011 16013AfternoonsCamp $153.00 $138.00 15940 16024 16025 16026 16027

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Get Wet Camp (9-12 YRS, CO-ED) $312.00 $281.00 15846 15848 15849 15850

Learn toDragonBoat Camp (9-12 YRS, CO-ED) $189.00 $170.00 15855 15856 15857 15858

Learn To Row Camp (13-15 YRS, CO-ED) $174.00 $157.00 15859 15861 15862 15860

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Advanced Power Skating Camp (CO-ED)$139.00-$174.00

$124.00-$155.00 16117 15896 16132 16121 16129

Intermediate Power Skating Camp (CO-ED) $139.00-$174.00

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SOCCERBrazilian Soccer School Camp (6-9 YRS, CO-ED) $164.00 $147.00 16060 16089 16091 16090

Brazilian Soccer School Camp (9-12 YRS, CO-ED) $164.00 $147.00 16065 16092 16094 16093



SPORT LEADERSHIPActive Life & Leadership Camp (11-14 YRS, CO-ED) $291.00 $262.00 15947 15949 15948

Sport Leadership Program 15+ YRS, CO-ED $254.00 $230.00 Application is required for this specialized program. See guide for details.

SKATING & SPEED SKATINGLearn to Skate Camp (6-9 YRS, CO-ED) $199.00 $179.00 16087 16098 16097

Learn to Skate Camp (9-12 YRS, CO-ED) $199.00 $179.00 16088 16101 16100

Learn to Speed Skate Camp (8-14 YRS, CO-ED) $220.00 $199.00 16076

BC Speed Skating Academy Camp (13+ YRS, CO-ED) $400.00 $400.00 12606

Speed Skate Club Development Camp (9-14 YRS, CO-ED) $400.00 $400.00 12597

Speed Skate Talent Development Camp (15-17 YRS, CO-ED) $400.00 $400.00 12603

TABLE TENNIS

Table Tennis Camp (6-9 YRS, CO-ED) $160.00 $144.00 15816 15813 15818 15819

Table Tennis Camp (10-12 YRS, CO-ED) $160.00 $144.00 15811 15817 15814 15815

VOLLEYBALLAtomic 1 Volleyball Camp (9-11 YRS, CO-ED) $150.00 $135.00 15312 (Tu-F)

Atomic 1 Volleyball Camp (9-11 YRS, CO-ED) $170.00 $153.00 15614 15615 15616 15617

Atomic 2 Volleyball Camp (11-13 YRS, GIRLS) $160.00 $144.00 15620 (Tu-F)

Atomic 2 Volleyball Camp (11-13 YRS, GIRLS) $180.00 $162.00 15620 15621 15622 15623

Atomic 2 Volleyball Camp (11-13 YRS, BOYS) $160.00 $144.00 15626 (Tu-F)

Atomic 2 Volleyball Camp (11-13 YRS,BOYS) $180.00 $162.00 15626 15627 15628 15629

Performance Development Volleyball (14-16 YRS, GIRLS) $165.00 $149.00 15632 (Tu-F)

Performance Development Volleyball (14-16 YRS, BOY) $165.00 $149.00 15637 (Tu-F)

Performance Development Volleyball (14-16 YRS, GIRLS) $190.00 $170.00 15633 15634 15635 15636

Performance Development Volleyball (14-16 YRS, BOY) $190.00 $170.00 15637 15638 15639 15641

High Performance Volleyball Camp (14-16 YRS, GIRLS) $375.00 $335.00 15618*** 15619***

CAMP COMBOS

Dragon Birdy Camp Combo (9-12 YRS, CO-ED) $296.00 $270.00 15748 15749 15750

Figure Skating Prep Camp Combo (6-9 YRS, CO-ED) $327.00 $296.00 16108 16110

Figure Skating Prep Camp Combo (9-12 YRS, CO-ED) $327.00 $296.00 16112 16113

Hockey Cross-Training Power Camp (9-12 YRS, CO-ED) $286.00 $262.00 16155** 16156**

BUILD AN ATHLETE SUMMER CAMP PACKAGES

Summer Camp Package (6-9 YRS, 4 weeks) $1030.00-$1050.00

$925.00-$945.00 16174 16179

Summer Camp Package (6-9 YRS, 8 weeks) $2,055.00 $1,850.00 16183

Summer Camp Package (9-12 YRS, 4 weeks) $1030.00-$1040.00

$930.00-$938.00 16177 16180

Summer Camp Package (9-12 YRS, 8 weeks) $1,960.00 $1,764.00 16184

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Hockey Skills (Male Bantam/Midget) 14415

Elite (Female Atom/PeeWee) 14421

Elite (Female Bantam/Midget) 14423

Tryout Prep Camp (Atom/PeeWee) 14426

Tryout Prep Camp (Bantam/Midget) 14427

Goalie (no on-icegoalie specificinstruction)

Hockey Skills (Male Atom/PeeWee)

$308.00

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Hockey Skills (Male Bantam/Midget) 14427

Elite (Female Atom/PeeWee) 14436

Elite (Female Bantam/Midget) 14432

Tryout Prep Camp (Atom/PeeWee) 14442

Tryout Prep Camp (Bantam/Midget) 14443

Goalie (on-icegoalie specificinstruction)

Goaltender Camp(Co-ed Atom-Midget)

$572.00 14444

HIGH PERFORMANCE SPEED & STRENGTH

July (12- 16 yrs old, 4 weeks) $396.00 14464

Aug (12- 16 yrs old, 5 weeks) $462.00 14465


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