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Index Hounds callingHard work has paid off forgoaltender Kylee Styles whowill be continuing her hockeycareer at renowned NotreDame this fall. 19

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At the first sound of the horn, theyll beoff hundreds of dragon boats skimming

across the waters duringthe fourth annual StevestonDragon Boat Festival onSaturday, Aug. 24.

Every 10 minutesthroughout the day, teams of20 will paddle to the steadyrhythm of their drummer,beating at the end of thenarrow, 50-foot long boats.

Since the first festival,its grown by probably 300per cent, said general man-

ager Ann Phelps, whos been organizing thefestival since its beginnings. Now we havepaddlers coming in from Metro Vancouver,Vancouver Island, Washington State.

Its all about team work. The sport has agreat social aspect, people can get togetherand make friends.

Its that experience that got 20-year-oldGene Figueroa hooked on the sport in thefirst place.

The whole team dynamic of it is reallyengaging and I couldnt participate in a bet-ter sport, he said, ready for an early-morn-ing practice session. Its been very chal-lenging and a fun experience at the same

time.Figueroa was roped into the sport in

high school when there werent enoughpeople for the team. Hes now gearing up tocompete in the national championships inVictoria.

This years festival saw the maximumamount of paddlers entered, at 1,600,according to Phelps.

Besides the boaters, the day featurescuisine from a variety of food trucks, a chil-drens arts and craft tent and entertainmentperformed by five musical acts on the mainstage, starting at 11 a.m.

Were going to have five different bands

playing a variety of world music, indica-tive of the community that we live in, saidPhelps. Therell be the Fiddlestix withCeltic music, the Maria Ho Quartet playingsome jazz, and then some reggae as well, soits quite the mix.

There will also be a variety of vendorbooths, activities and a barbeque followingthe racers awards party in the afternoon.

Its going to be really fun and its reallynice that its in Steveston, said Phelps.Therell be that nice, small communityfeel, but therell also be a variety of peoplefrom all over who take part in it.

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Hotel workers hold one-day strikeAs Sheraton expands so does staff work load, but wages not keeping pace: Union

Hotel workers at Sheraton Vancouver AirportHotel went on a one-day strike this past Saturdayto send a message to owners and management.

The workers which includes kitchen staffand room attendants protested 14 months ofstalled negotiations after their contract expired onMay 31, 2012. It was the first strike by hotel work-ers in the Vancouver area in 13 years.

The owners have been investingmillions into the hotel, like expand-ing meeting spaces and with that, theworkload has gotten heavier, saidMichelle Travis, the Unite Here! Local40 spokesperson. The workers see thishappening around them, while theydont even have wage parity with otherhotels.

Workers want wage, benefit andworkload parity with other unionizedhotels like the Delta Vancouver Airport

Hotel. They would also like to meet with manage-ment directly to discuss hotel-specific issues.

However, Sheratons bargaining agent,Hospitality Industrial Relations (HIR), represents47 hotels in B.C. under one Master CollectiveAgreement, and does the negotiating.

The Master Agreement is a collective agree-ment with terms and conditions of employmentcommon to all 47-member hotels, wrote JasonKoshman, an HIR spokesperson in an email. Nosingle hotel of the 47 negotiates separately with theUnion.

Its something room attendant Jean Harveywishes would change.

HIR has too many hotels and Sheraton is sobig compared to the other ones, said Harvey. Wedeal with different issues.

Harvey has worked at the hotel on WestminsterHighway for nine years, seeing it change from theRichmond Inn to the Sheraton in 2010.

With the change, she also saw a rise in thehotels status, new amenities and an increasedworkload for her and the other workers.

The workload is more, but were still gettingpaid the same as before, said the single mother oftwo. Its tough, the beds are heavy and we have toclean 16 rooms each, so thats 32 beds to lift. Weoften say were working in pain.

Harvey works 40-hour weeks and makes $16.75an hour, whereas room attendants at Delta make atleast two to three dollars more and clean 14 roomsa day. And, if Harvey calls in sick, she doesntreceive pay.

HIR did not comment on what the employersbrought to the table. Out of respect for the bar-gaining process, HIR does not negotiate through

the media, wrote Koshman.Last fall, the News reported on the BC Poverty

Reduction Coalitions press release in responseto Canadian Businesss Rich 100: The RichestCanadians in 2012.

The Coalitions release, What does the otherside of the Rich 100 look like? featured anotherSheraton room attendant Anna Wong, while theowners of the hotel, the Lalji family, placed 24thon the Rich 100 list.

While the Laljis are now worth $2.25 billion,an increase of 9.7 per cent over last year, Annamakes just $16 an hour after working almost 20years at the hotel. Despite seeing room rates at thehotel more than double in her time there, Annaswage has barely increased, notes the release.

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It doesnt matter much who comesto the bargaining table, they had betterbe ready to discuss making a deal.

Thats the short explanation ofwhere local teachers stand after theprovince recently announced it haddone away with the B.C. Public SchoolEmployersAssociation (BCPSEA) infavour of hashing out an agreementdirectly with a government representa-tive.

The biggest issue, whether its asa direct negotiator for the governmentor not, you have to have the resourcesin order to make a deal at the bargain-ing table, no matter who it is, said AlKlassen, president of the RichmondTeachersAssociation. If the govern-ment holding the purse strings saystheres absolutely no money in the sys-tem and were not interested in settlingon anything, other than wage rollbacks,then that becomes a huge problem.

In a posting on the provincesMinistry of Education website it statesthe move to have Michael Marchbank CEO of the Health EmployersAssociation of B.C. assume allresponsibilities of the BCPSEA boardof directors is a temporary one toensure government can advance itsplans to restructure the K-12 bargain-ing process and its mandate to securea long term deal with the BritishColumbia Teachers Federation.

Despite the new minister of educa-tions statement that school trustees,who have been serving as BCPSEAdirectors, have been invited to remainin an advisory capacity to government,the RSAs Klassen is not convincedthats good enough.

He is concerned there will no longerbe a direct connection back to the com-munities with the elimination of schooltrustees from direct negotiations.

I would argue if you have peoplefrom the system negotiating, they havea direct tie-back, he said. (Schooltrustees) are the ones who hear fromtheir employees (teachers), as well asthe public they are representing. Theyare not as far removed from the systemas somebody appointed.

Klassen added trustees also bringto the bargaining table more realisticexpectations of what can be done to

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off with a negoti-ating team com-posed of peopledirect from theemployer, than asingle representa-tive appointed bythe government.

School trusteeDebbie Tablotney,who is vice chair-person of the local Board of Education,said the elimination of the BCPSEAcame as a surprise and caused concernamong fellow trustees.

Our concerns were that we neededto have a voice at the table, Tablotneysaid, adding that Richmond has yet toinvited to provide any input at upcom-ing contract talks.

One main concern trustees wantensured at the negotiating table is thatany increase agreed to be fully fundedby the province.

Overall, Klassen said there havebeen so many cutbacks to educationover the years that he finds it hard toremain optimistic a deal let alone a10-year agreement the government ispressing for will be easily reachedwith teachers.

Weve had this current governmentin place now for 12 years, and theyvepushed hard on public education aswell as other sectors, and spent lessand less money, he said. They arecoming to the table with the mindset tokeep all costs down, and dont care thatthe cost of living is going up.

The constant paring down has leftB.C. teachers far down the list in termsof pay eighth or ninth in the country Klassen claims.

According to the BCPSEA, in2011 B.C.s teachers were fourth inCanada for both average starting salary($47,461) and average maximum sal-ary ($75,083).

Teachers in Alberta are recognizedas being at the top for starting salaries($54,347), while Ontario educatorshave the highest maximum salary($90,096).

We used to be third across thecountry and with our high living costs,its certain that we need reasonablewages in this province, Klassen said.We are now eighth, ninth to 10th,

depending on who does the numbers.Were well behind in terms of salary.

Its something that cannot be hiddenanymore, Klassen said.

And at some time you have tobite the bullet and increase the wagesappropriately. And thats for everybody,not just for teachers, all workers ineither the private or public sector.

Another issue being offered toteachers as they prepare to begin bar-gaining talks next month is the right tostrike something the government hassaid it will consider by removing teach-ers from the list of essential services.

Its a move Klassen said makessense.

Weve long argued that were nottruly in the fold of essential services,he said. If you look at who is, acrossthe country and world, basically theidea is reserved for people responsiblefor life and limb firefighters, ambu-lance workers, police and medical staff.

Can you equate life and limb withthe education system not really.

As for striking a 10-year deal,Klassen said the lack a decade-longagreement elsewhere in the country isa clear indication its not feasible.

Even in Alberta, where Klassensaid relations between government andteachers is much more amicable, bothsides stepped away from a 10-yearagreement because it was impossible toimplement.

There were too many unknowns atthe 10-year state level, he said.

If they (B.C. government) cameforward with a very competent classsize, composition and compensationpackage, yes, teachers would not standin the way of a 10-year deal. But theseguys arent willing to put resources onthe table even for a two or three-yeardeal. So, how can you trust that thegovernment would be willing to do thatfor a 10-year deal.

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But in the past couple ofyears, Ive grown tired of themountain of paper notes and notebooks scat-tered through my life and workplace. Thanksto mobile devices like smartphones that I cantake anywhere, Ive moved my list-makinghabit to my computer, tablets and smart-phones and linked them all through the cloud.

Cyberspace is the list junkies friend.So far, it works well and Id recommend it.

The underlying principle for all these tools isthat they must be easy to use and work acrossas many platforms and devices as possible.

And they must meet two needs: helpremember where and when I need to be dur-ing my day, and give me quick access tomaterial and allow me to easily record ideasand take notes when I get there.

That means for me an online calendarand a note taking and collecting application.It also means getting away from email as ameans to store notes, memos and reminders.In a world of crowded in boxes and spam,email doesnt cut it anymore for organizingyour life.

I use Google calendar to help organize myday for both home and work. While not aspowerful as calendars that come with work-based applications like Outlook, its straight-forward and simple. It works on Windows athome, OSX at work and tablets and phonesrunning iOS, Android and Windows Phone.

Since I use Gmail as one of my mainemail services, its easy to access and usesthe same interface. Its also free. I use it toremember appointments, home projects,birthdays and family events and to list mypersonal tasks for the day. Ive configured itto trigger alarms on my phone to remind mewhen appointments are close at hand.

For work, our newsroom uses a sharedGoogle calendar to record staff absences,meetings throughout the day, freelancer con-tributions and the dates of upcoming specialprojects like feature stories.

Events on the calendar trigger reminders,sent via email to each staff members mail, atset intervals (in our case, 24 hours for a firstreminder, and then 10 minutes right beforethe event).

The calendar works withour iPhones and allows us tostay on top of our scheduleswhile on the go, althoughconfiguring the sharing abilityon iOS with Google calendarturned out to be surprisinglyarcane (it just works? Ha.)

I use Microsofts OneNoteat home for my personal lists.

It works on just about any device going,including all my Android and Windowsdevices. Its the ultimate list maker, organiz-ing itself into digital notebooks which in turnare organized into sections and pages whichcan hold notes, lists, pictures, audio record-ings and website addresses.

I have notebooks for renovations, shop-ping, personal goals, travel and future topicsand research for this column. Updating thoselists on one device syncs to the cloud andautomatically updates OneNote on all myother devices.

OneNote shines for travel. For a trip toSan Francisco a few years ago, I created aOneNote notebook that held my flight andhotel reservations as well as a walking tourof the city created by a friend, which I copiedfrom an online IM chat with her.

I updated all the information at home onmy laptop and then used my phone while onthe go. OneNote is free.

In our newsroom weve recently movedto the independent app Evernote to sort outthe complicated workflow of putting out anewspaper. It functions much the same asOneNote, organizing itself into notebooksthat can be shared with other users.

It works on just about any device and aswith OneNote sorts itself into digital note-books. Our main use is a single documentcontaining all the tasks necessary to put outan edition of the paper.

Once we complete a task, we tick off acheck box next to the task, and that informa-tion is updated automatically to all our devic-es and computers through the cloud.

I find Evernote easy and fun to use. Thebasic version is free but very limited. For aheavy list maker, and for a group of peopleeither in a non-profit or workplace who wantto share notes collaboratively, the paid ver-sion at $5 a month per person is a necessity.

So theres a few ideas. Let me know whatyou use to organize your life through thedigital realm.

Barry Link is the editor of the VancouverCourier.

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Abus ticket has always been a valid fare aboard theCanada Line.Until now.TransLink, the top-heavy money pit that has been the bane

of nearly every mayor unlucky enough to sit on its impotentsecond board, now plans to introduce the Compass Card.

The card may be a good idea. TransLinks execution hasbeen woeful.

It would cost far too much, TransLink argues, to imple-ment a system at the SeaBus terminals and SkyTrain stationsso that bus riders without a Compass Card dont have to paytwice.

Whats more, TransLinks tireless canvassing of focusgroups has revealed that customers dont want $9 millionspent on new fare boxes.

Its good TransLink listens to its customers at least some ofthe time.

Listening to its employees may be another issue.Demonstrating the caution wed expect from a major corpora-tion, TransLink commissioned its own study on the cost offare gates several years ago. The study concluded fare gateswere a bad idea.

If nothing else, going ahead with a project repudiated byyour own staff illustrates the pitfalls of political interference.

TransLink services one of the largest transit areas inCanada, and much of the service is quite good. Still, thenotion of requiring some 6,000 riders a day, not to mentiontourists, pay twice for one product is unconscionable.

A compass can show you where youre going. TheCompass card is showing us what we should get away from.

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More history than Britannia

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Governments like to tryto bury bad news announce-ments, and using a Friday inthe dog days of summer isusually a good time to try it.

And thats what the B.C.Liberal government did lastweek, with a bolt from theblue announcement thatit was ending its decade-long fight with the state ofCalifornia and electricalutilities there over whetherB.C. Hydro acted legallywhen it sold power to thestate in 2000 and 2001.

Its been a fascinatingstory since it first unfoldedand the sudden end to itleaves a lot of questionsunanswered. And the wayit has ended has also costBritish Columbia a lot ofmoney.

The out-of-court settle-ment cost B.C. Hydro $750million. Considering thegovernments fierce insis-tence for years that it wouldnever back down becausenothing illegal occurred,its extraordinary it is actu-ally writing a cheque to theAmericans.

The saga began in thewinter of 2000-01, asCalifornia experienced anenergy crisis brought on bya number of factors.

Quite simply, Californiacouldnt generate enoughelectricity on its own tokeep up with demand, andso was forced to look out-side the state for help.

One of the energy com-panies California officialscalled was B.C. Hydro,which sells surplus electric-ity it generates through itsexport subsidiary, Powerex.

At the time, I inter-viewed the energy tradersresponsible for selling thepower to California. Theyuse a complex system thatrequires them to ensure thatB.C. energy demands aremet before they start mov-ing power.

They also are acutelyaware of the price of elec-tricity at any given moment.It is traded on an open,spot market and the pricecan vary at different timesof day. In this situation,because California wasin such a desperate andprecarious situation, theprice on that open markethad skyrocketed and thatmeant B.C. Hydro, throughPowerex, made a lot ofmoney selling its power(roughly about $1 billion).

At the time, B.C. Hydrowas viewed as a saviour byCalifornia.

However, within months,the Americans view haddimmed considerably, asthey began to suspect theyhad been played by anenergy market that had beenmanipulated by outsideinterests, including Powerex.

The company wasaccused, in a lawsuit, ofengaging in a lot of Enron-like games that effectivelyand illegally fixed energyprices through manipulation

and deceitfulness.Enron would mislead

Californias power gridoperators on how muchpower was needed, in orderto increase scarcity andboost prices, and then sellat the artificially high rate.It also created false con-gestion on the grid, andthen charged huge prices torelieve the congestion.

Powerex was accused ofbeing part of these schemes,although the company hasstrongly denied the allega-tions. It has argued it waspaying by all the rules, andhad simply taken advantageof the looseness of thoserules.

Energy Minister BillBennett has argued thatthrowing in the towel in thisfight fends off what couldhave been an even moreexpensive outcome if U.S.courts had ultimately ruledagainst Powerex.

He may be right, but hispredecessors in that port-folio had adamantly main-tained there was not a shredof evidence to implicatePowerex in any wrongdoing.

So whats changed?No real explanation has

been provided, other thanthe claim that Powerexwants to move forward andenhance (its) relationshipwith California.

If California ever goesthrough another such energycrisis, perhaps Powerex maythink twice before pick-ing up the phone when theAmericans come calling.

Keith Baldrey is chiefpolitical reporter for GlobalBC.

The Editor,Britannia is not the only city-owned heritage site in

Richmond, but judging by the amount of money beingpoured into it, you might believe it is the only one the cityreally cares about.

While many thousands of taxpayer dollars were spenton weeks of full-page colour advertisements in severalgreater Vancouver newspapers touting the recent BritanniaMaritime Festival, London Farm Day got nothing morethan one simple text press release in our local papers.

Britannia was flamboyant with signage, pennants, flagsand massive origami cranes. London Farm didnt even ratea banner.

Dont get me wrong, after more than 30 years ofadvocating for the preservation of Stevestons heritage, Iapplaud the city for finally realizing there is value in ourhistory and I want Britannia to be a success, but not atthe expense of other sites, which are equally valuable anddeserving of attention.

Granted, Britannia is a big site, but it is getting a dispro-portionately large percentage of the citys heritage budget.

Its time for Richmond to be fair and equally supportall the heritage sites that are struggling to keep our historyalive.

Edith TurnerRichmond

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Open letter to MLATeresaWat,I am compelled to write to you

regarding the breakdown of negotiationsof the contracts for Richmond SchoolDistricts CUPE 716 support staff.

As a school district employee, I donot want to strike, but I feel I need tosupport our negotiating team in whatI feel are reasonable requests for theongoing struggle to have a fair collec-tive agreement.

I love my job and I enjoy workingand supporting the children in our dis-trict and have been an advocate for ourchildren for many years.

My advocacy started before I wasan employee, but as a parent who wasproud of the educational staff and goalsin our district. I am still proud of whatis accomplished in our district.

I am asking that you urge PremierChristy Clark and the people respon-sible to return to the negotiating tablewith fair, reasonable requests.

When the government asked us tocome back with cost savings, we did butthey did not respect this because whenthey returned to the table, they did notcome back with anything.

We have not had a pay increase since2009. Prior to this, it was one per cent(2006), 0.5 per cent (2007) and 0.5 percent (2008), while the cost of living hasincreased at a pace at least triple this.

We also showed our faith in thegovernment in the last negotiations byaccepting concessions and deferringany pay rises as we understood that oureconomy was struggling and wantedto do our part to help. We cant do thisanymore. Our requests are reasonable.

When I continually see our taxesused to give corporations like TransLinkpay raises for inadequate support in ourcommunities, I have to shake my headand ask why we are struggling so much.

When I see that our gas prices arethe highest in North America, I shake

my head again. These things help meto stand firm in supporting our unionleaders.

When I look at all my fellowemployees and what they face every dayin their schools, I stand firmly behindmy union representatives. When I seemy municipal and provincial taxes riseevery year, I support my union.

Our representatives are prepared toreturn to the table but not if the govern-ment is unprepared to negotiate fairlyand with reasonable concessions.

Please help us continue to work inour schools by supporting our requestsfor fair pay increases, no more cutbacksand respect from the government.

I want to continue working, I dontwant to strike, but at this point thatseems to be my only option.

Ingrid TrouwBusiness Assistant, JN Burnett

Secondary School

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The Editor,Re: Having the right to die, Opinion, Aug. 14.

Feeding Margaret Bentley food and water is the mostfundamental of nursing duties. It is NOT an artificial orextraordinary means of keeping her alive.

Lets suppose that we find an abandoned one year oldchild crying for food. Would we leave her to starve todeath because she is not able to talk, go to the bathroomor do things for herself? Like this child, a person in theadvanced stages of Alzheimers no longer has a self-aware-ness of their condition. Like this child, she is a precioushuman being who needs love and care until the natural endof her life.

Giving someone the ability to decide whether or notones life is worth living leads to a slippery slope.

Just as our parents spent many sleepless nights takingcare of us, let us care for them when they are no longerable to care for themselves.

If we show them that we will be there loving them andtaking care of them, however disabled they are, until theirnatural death, they will not feel that they will be a burdento us and wish to end their life sooner. They are NOT avegetable but a human being with a soul.

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There are two basic prob-lems that occur in our commu-nications with each other. Oneis that we said something weshouldnt have said. The otheris that we didnt say somethingwe should have said.

In elementary schoolsthere are posters with THINKprinted on them to remind children whatthey should consider before they speak. TheT reminds us to ask ourselves whether whatwe are about to say is TRUE. If you spread arumour, lie, or share an inaccurate fact, whobenefits? Likely the only person who ben-efits is you, and in most cases that benefitwill be only short-lived until the rumourscome back around or the lies catch up toyou.

The H reminds us to ask ourselveswhether what we are about to say isHELPFUL. There are many TRUE state-ments that are not HELPFUL to share. Forexample, if you walk into someones houseand say, Wow, looks like you havent hadany time to do housework, this may be true,but saying it serves no helpful purpose.

The I reminds us to ask ourselves whetherwhat we are about to say is INSPIRING. Iactually prefer the word encouraging, butsince THINK is not spelled with an E theywent with INSPIRING. The choice of wordsand the delivery are what makes a messageencouraging. The helpful and true compo-nents of the message will be ignored if itsdiscouraging.

The N reminds us to ask ourselves wheth-er what we are about to say is NECESSARY.What you say should serve a purpose: tomake someones life easier, safer, happier,fix a problem, design a plan, inform, orentertain. Its not NECESSARY to notifypeople of things that they already know, talkfor the sake of talking, or correct a personfor errors that dont impact the outcome ofthe conversation in any way. If you say toomany unnecessary things, people will start toavoid and ignore you.

The K reminds us to askourselves whether what weare about to say is KIND. Thisone is subjective because,like medicine, sometimes theNECESSARY HELPFULTRUTH tastes bad and is hardto swallow.

If something that someonesaid rubbed you the wrong way, its possiblethat they didnt THINK before they spoke,but its also possible that you werent readyto hear what they said. If you are trying torecover from the sting of someones words,ask yourself the following questions:

What was the intention of the speaker?If a person says something that is based inignorance or distraction rather than maliciousintent, dont take it personally. If they said itto be malicious, dont interact with them.

What pushed your button?You need todig deeper than the surface to answer thisquestion. Find out exactly what rubbed youthe wrong way did they touch on aninsecurity that embarrasses you? Did theyremind you of someone else who made youfeel bad about yourself? Are you mad atyourself for not saying something back andstanding up for yourself?

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Some hot action on the RichmondOval ice Sunday helped raiseupwards of $30,000 for the 9thannual Noah Yelizarov MemorialHockey Tournament.

Roughly 120 players joined 500or so others fans and familyfriends to support a variety ofcharities in memory of Richmondhockey player Noah Yelizarov who,in 2004, died in an accident whiletravelling in Thailand.

Proceeds raised through theevents three-on-three tournament,silent auction, beer garden and din-ner will be distributed to CanuckPlace, BC Childrens Hospital andother groups including a new onethis year called Feed-U-Cate 38 thatprovides meals for Richmond schoolstudents in need.

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Don Taylor, who organizes thehockey side of the event said the icetraditionally draws 20 or more teamsthat are split across two divisions.

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Every kid, regardless of their familysfinancial situation, deserves to go toschool with brand new school sup-plies, said Major Brad Smith with theRichmond Salvation Army.

To help make that happen, the localchapter at 8280 Gilbert Rd. is givingaway 75 brand new, black backpacksfilled with supplies like pencil crayons,pens, paper and duo-tangs to children inneed from Grades 1 to 12.

Theyre expensive some peoplereally cant afford it. Thats why weretrying to help, said Smith.

Its just for needy families, not JohnDoe who comes in for three backpacks.You also have to prove these kids are inthe family by bringing CareCards or whathave you.

Smith added the packs given out atthe Richmond office are meant for thoseliving in the community, and anyone whobelieves they qualify can drop by theoffice during regular business hours,

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Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.Major Russ Holland, executive direc-

tor at the Salvation Army VancouverCommunity & Family Services said thisinitiative has been happening at locationsacross the the province for several years.

In the beginning the scale was prettysmall, said Holland. It was just suppliesin a paper bag, and then it grew to sup-plies in about 500 backpacks a few yearsago.

And then last year the BC ChiropracticAssociation donated 5,000 to promoteback health for children.

Each pack contains a fact sheet outlin-ing safe carrying habits.

Other businesses, such as Starbucks,Staples and Fitness Town, also chip in byeither collecting donations or providingvolunteers to help with the stuffing anddistribution of supplies.

Aside from the new backpacks givenout, Smith said the Richmond branch isalso accepting back-to-school gear.

If anyone in the community wants todonate, we can always use the stuff. Weusually have more requests than just thebackpacks, he said.

Families needing clothing can request avoucher that can be redeemed at any of theSalvation Army thrift stores.

Smith:Alsoaccepting back-to-school gear

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Trips and falls on the play-ground may account for the major-ity of injuries that send schoolchildren to the nurses office.

But backpacks cause their fairshare of injuries as well.

Children routinely carry morethan the recommended weight inschool backpacks and, compound-ing the problem, also carry theirbags incorrectly.

The American Academy ofPediatrics and other medical agen-cies recommend a childs back-pack should weigh no more than10 to 20 per cent of the childsbody weight.

However, this figure should beadjusted based on a childs fitnesslevel and strength. That meansthe average seven-year-old secondgrader, who weighs between 55and 60 pounds, should be carryingno more than 11 to 12 pounds inhis or her backpack.

A backpack that is too heavymay cause:

" red marks on the shoulders orback from the straps;

" tingling or numbness in thearms and back;

" changes in posture whenwearing the backpack; and

" pain anywhere in the back.To compound these problems,

which also may include nervedamage resulting from pressure onnerves in the shoulders, children

should lighten their loads andcarry backpacks correctly.

Some tips:" Carry only necessary items.

If teachers routinely have studentscarry home many heavy books,parents can consult with theteachers to see if there are otheroptions.

" Distribute weight evenly.Items in the backpack should bespread out to distribute the weightacross the entire back. Heavieritems should be at the bottom.

" Use both straps. Using onlyone strap shifts the backpackweight to one side, causing theback and shoulders to strain.

" Choose the correct backpacksize. The size of the backpackshould match the scale of thechild and should rest evenly in themiddle of the childs back.

" Lift safely. Children shouldlift their backpacks by bendingtheir knees and lifting to protecttheir backs.

There are some safety featuresparents can look for when pur-chasing backpacks.

A padded back reduces pres-sure on the muscles and can bemore comfortable, while compres-sion straps make the backpackmore sturdy.

Additionally, reflective mate-rial on the backpack can make thechild more visible to motorists.

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Kylee Styles perseverance haspaid off with a one way ticket toSaskatchewan.

The 16-year-old Richmondgoaltender leaves for Regina Aug.29 where she will be spending herGrade 12 year at Athol College ofNotre Dame as a member of therenowned Hounds hockey pro-gram. She will be suiting up forone of the Midget girls teams thatannually compete for the nationalchampionship and attend high-profile tournaments throughoutthe season.

The hope is Styles can showoff her talents to college and uni-versity scouts as a potential optionin 2014. Not bad for someone,who up until recently, couldntcrack the rep level locally.

Styles has spent much ofher career playing for boysteams after failed tries with repprograms in South Delta andRichmond. The difference is sherefused to give in and kept work-ing hard each summer to getbetter. It paid off two years agowhen she played her first seasonof midget with a Richmond Minorboys team but was affiliated withthe Pacific Ravens of the B.C.Midget AAA Female HockeyLeague. It got even better lastseason when she made the Ravensroster and went on to become oneof three goalies named to the pro-vincial U18 team.

I just always felt I was bet-ter than the opportunities I wasgiven and deserved more of achance to show what I could do,

said Styles. It just pushed me tobetter myself. Instead of alwayshanging out with my friends inthe summer, I was in the rinkworking hard to improve.

I was looking for a new expe-rience and something that wasgoing to take me to the next level.One of the (Nore Dame) coachesapproached me about the opportu-nity to play for them and Im justreally excited to be going.

Styles was a part-time goaliewhen she first began playingcompetitive hockey but alwaysfound herself diving on the ice toblock shots. She figured she wasborn to be standing between thepipes.

I just didnt last long as aplayer, she laughed. We had arotation of goalies but all I wantedto do was block shots. It was justa natural fit for me and startedsoon after to take it seriously withthe extra training.

Much of her off-season workwas done working with PasacoValana. It helped paved the way toan invite to last Mays U18 B.C.Cup in Salmon Arm that featuredthe top 80 midget age playersfrom across the province includ-ing eight goalies. She advanced toa second camp in Cowichan andwas finally selected to Team B.C.that will be competing at the 2013National Womens U18 Championin Calgary come November.

Styles attended another weeklong camp at UBC in July thatfocused on strength and condi-tioning, along with team bonding.In the end, she has been namedas the alternate goalie but has noregrets about the process.

It was an amazing experienceto the point where I really didntmind being cut, she said. A lotof players would have gladly trad-ed places with me. Besides I stillcould end up going (to nationals)and will have to prepare myselffor it.

For now Styles is getting readyfor what will be a college-likelifestyle at Notre Dame.

She will be in a dorm roomwith other students and will havea flexible academic schedule thatwill work around her hockeycommitments.

I think thats what excites methe most. Just going to school thathas that kind of a environment

and not worrying about telling myteachers I might be missing some-thing for hockey, added Styles.

Its a semester system withfour classes a day with a lot ofwork on the ice. We are alsoexpected to be volunteering in thecommunity quite a bit.

As far as dealing with the coldprairie winter for the first time inher life, Styles doesnt mind theclimate adjustment.

We went to a tournamentlast winter in Regina so I kindof know what to expect, shesaid. (Laughing) I just have tomake sure I dont go outside aftergames with my hair wet like Imused to doing.

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Kylee Styles determination has paid off with the opportunity tospend her Grade 12 year playing for the Notre Dame Hounds. Sheenjoyed a solid season with the Pacific Ravens and earned a spot withthe Team B.C. U18 womens program thanks to her play at the B.C.Cup (left) last spring.

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Richmond athletes ensured Team B.C.finished with a flourish at the CanadaSummer Games in Quebec.

An impressive final day saw B.C. securethird place in the medal standings with122, including 47 gold.

BCs rowing team was a force to bereckoned with, earning five gold and onebronze and finished the competition earn-ing 12 of a possible 14 medals including10 gold.

Leading the way was RichmondsCameron Howie with an outstanding threegold medal performance. He teamed withDeltas Max Lattimer to win the pairs eventand added gold in the lightweight fourand eight races. Colin Schaap produced apair of gold. He too was part of the eightwinning crew and joined Samuel Harris(Kelowna), Martin Barakso (Nanaimo)and Lucas deGelder (Vancouver) to rallyback and win the the mens four by an openwater margin.

It was also terrific regatta for KellyJackson. The 19-year-old Boston Universitystudent teamed with Cloverdales HillaryJannssens to capture the womens pair aevent by an amazing 23 seconds over run-ner-up Ontario. Jackson then joined threeVancouver Island rowers Mickey Aylard,Morgan Cathrea and Allie DeLarge towin the four race by nine second margin.

Its been a pleasure to be one of thecoaches on this journey and were allvery proud of our kids, how well theyperformed, and how well they conducted

themselves, said assistant coach andOlympian Barney Williams. One of thecommitments we made was to engage therowing community of B.C. through ourexperience, to try and bring the communitytogether through the Games, and I think wesucceeded in our goal. We took a picture ofall of us in front of the flame and it will bedisplayed at every club in the province whoproduced an athlete on this team.

The B.C fencers also finished theGames in style with a total of 10 medals.Richmonds Shaul Gordon won gold andsilver while Dylan French added a silverand bronze. The coaching staff includedVictor Gantsevich of the Richmond-basedDynamo Fencing

We selected the right group of athletesfor these Games, he said. The develop-ment program in British Columbia hasresulted in a new breed of fencers andhas now shown that we are a real forceto be reckoned with - both nationally andbeyond!

On the soccer field, Richmonds JasonRoberts an Justin Turner-Pearce won silverafter a 2-0 loss to Quebec in the final. Itwas an impressive run to the gold medalmatch given B.C. entered the tournamwntseeded eighth based on their showing in2009.

In track and field, high jumper EmmaKimoto continued her busy summer with asilver medal performance. Her best jump of180 cm was beaten out by Albertas RachelMachin.

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