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Lockout looms for September start

A drummer sets the strokerate for paddlers to plowthrough the waters offImperial Landing Saturdayduring the StevestonDragon Boat Festival. Formore photos of the event,turn to the Pulse sectionon page 16. Photo by GordGoble/Special to the News

Teachers were back on picket linesMonday as the countdown to the newschool year is now days away.The BC Public School Employers’

Association has locked out teachers sincelate June, and even if a bargaining miraclewere to happen, it’s likely Richmondschools will not be prepared to jump rightinto curriculum during the first week,according to Al Klassen, president of the

Richmond Teachers’Association.“There’s lots of stuff that happens in the

last week before school starts and that’s nothappening. There will need to be sufficienttime for the schools to get prepared,” saidKlassen, noting many teachers use the lastweek of summer to prepare classrooms andcounselors are already at work, preparingcourse schedules.On Monday Richmond’s school

superintendent Monica Pamer echoed thoseconcerns in a letter to parents.Should there be a settlement, Pamer said

a Tuesday opening “may not be as smoothas our typical one, due to the need toorganize for classes.”She noted if picket lines remain up,

schools will be closed and parents will beasked to make other arrangements for thecare of their children.Despite being relatively close on the

issue of wages, Education Minister PeterFassbender and B.C. Teachers’ Federationpresident Jim Iker have both recently madecomments to media alluding to each sidebeing far apart in negotiations.

Klassen noted teachers have loweredtheir demands for wages to nominalincreases over six years and both sides arewithin one per cent.“In six years’ time, we will be among the

lowest paid teachers in the country withone of the highest costs of living,” saidKlassen.He said the sticks in the mud remain

class size and composition; teachers areasking the government to lower the amountof children in each class and provide more

Graeme WoodStaff [email protected]

see LOCKOUT › page 6

Both sides within one per cent on wages; sticking point remains class size and composition

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Volunteers lead safety blitz on river

It’s just past 11 a.m. on a Tuesday morning and John Hortonis at the helm of the 52-foot Steveston lifeboat in the midst ofthis season’s second commercial sockeye salmon opening onthe Fraser River.Directly ahead of him, near the No. 3 Road pier, are

countless gillnet fishing vessels; further down the river aretwo tugboats, one heading east with a shipment of coking coalbound for the Lafarge cement plant, the other heading westwith a double load of wood chip products destined for Croftonon Vancouver Island.The tugboats, with limited maneouverability, will not only

need to pass one another safely, they’ll also need to dodgefishing lines on this day.

All of a sudden, Horton’s VHS radio blares out a series ofdirectives: ‘This is Victoria Traffic…’It’s the Marine Communications and Traffic Services,

operated by the Canadian Coast Guard, sending information tovessels on the water as to where the barges are heading.“It’s important we know where the traffic is. We have to

plan where we’re going to be safe. We have to think ahead,”said Horton, who is also taking information from his crewabove deck, via a shiny, copper, Seconld World War-eratalking pipe.Horton blasts a round of horns at a number of fishing

vessels soaking their nets in the shipping channel.“This is trouble if they don’t move,” exclaims Horton.As one of the captains for the volunteer-run Canadian

Lifeboat Institution (CLI), Horton, provides safety patrolsalong the river, as well as in the Strait of Georgia.With about 30 volunteers, CLI provides preventative safety

recourse for vessels in the absence of an official, governmentfunded agency; Port Metro Vancouver looks after shippingregulations, the Coast Guard and its auxiliary only provides

search and rescue services, and local police and fire rescuedon’t have boats of their own.When a rare commercial fishery opening happens on the

Fraser, the service provided by the Steveson lifeboat and therecent, newly fitted Fraser lifeboat become more apparent.“If we stop an accident from happening, we’re ahead of the

game,” said Horton.As he lets the coal barge pass, he turns around and heads

down river, clearing the way for the two wood chip barges.It’s not long until the crew spots a danger — stalled is the

35-foot gillnetter North Star that’s lost its ability to steer.After the fishers frantically pull in the line, full of salmon,

the lifeboat crew tosses a line to the stranded boat and pullsit to the shore for repair. A potentially dangerous situation isaverted as the Seaspan barges pass a mere 100 feet away.

With all the help CLI boats offer, the question begs:Why is the Fraser River dependent on a growing volunteerorganization in the wake of two major decisions that will onlyserve to put more (potentially dangerous) traffic on the river(jet fuel and coal)?Horton says agencies are strapped for cash.“We’ve got people like the RCMPwho I feel should be

out there more often. There’s DFO, Port Metro and the CoastGuard. It always comes down to funding. When I talk to thesepeople, they won’t give them overtime and what not. They saythe funding isn’t there,” said Horton.That said, the long-time volunteer mariner says for most

of the time there isn’t a pressing need for constant, vigilantpatrols throughout the year.“In a way, we created our own animal. We took this on as an

accident-prevention service; no one did it. It’s not like we tookon something someone else was doing,” said Horton, notingthe Coast Guard does not do routine patrols and only respondsto emergencies. “I don’t see professional agencies takingover what we’re doing unless there’s a major change in theway things operate … or a greater need is seen,” said Horton,adding there is less of a need for lifeboat services the furtherone drifts from urban areas.CLI’s structure is largely based on Britian’s 444-boat strong

volunteer-driven Royal National Lifeboat Institution.Horton said he’s always looking for more volunteers, many

of whom have rescue and/or marine-related work experience,such as with a fire department or with the Royal CanadianNavy (however, neither is necessary).One of the most recent volunteers is Chad Freeborn, 28,

who recently took on sailing as a hobby.“It gives me an opportunity to educate myself and be

involved,” said Freeborn, whose job this day was to logincidents.Horton said CLI operates on donations and his two

lifeboats, docked at the south end of No. 1 Road, requireabout $25,000 worth of maintenance a year. Visit www.canadianlifeboatinstitution.org for more information.

CLI volunteer John Horton captains the Steveston lifeboat on a busy day of commercial fishing on the Fraser River. CLIhas responded to more than 4,000 incidents in Canada, according to its website. Photo by Graeme Wood/Richmond News

If we stop an accident fromhappening, we’re ahead of the game.- John Horton

Canadian Lifeboat Institution now has two vessels patrolling waters during busy boating season


Two volunteers look ahead for fishing vessels that have set lines in the main shipping channel of the Fraser River. Tangledlines can disable boats, leading to safety concerns. Photo by Graeme Wood/Richmond News

NEWS

A former Richmond teacher accused ofsexual misconduct nearly 40 years ago willnow face a disciplinary hearing, the B.C.Court of Appeal ruled Thursday.Robert John Robertson, age 62 in 2013,

was accused of having inappropriate sexualrelationships with three secondary schoolstudents in 1976. The Richmond SchoolBoard launched an investigation andsuspended Robertson, who then resignedhis position in Richmond and applied for aposition in Vancouver, where he was hired asa substitute. The court documents allege thathe did not disclose to the Vancouver boardthat he was under investigation when heresigned from Richmond.Robertson’s lawyer told him at the time that

the outcome could range from the loss of histeaching certificate to no disciplinary action,court documents show.The allegations of sexual misconduct were

reported in 1976 to the body that then had theauthority to cancel a teacher’s certificate ofqualification, however, the complaint was notfollowed through on, court documents show.When a year had passed, Robertson

assumed it meant there would be nodisciplinary action against him. He taughtin Vancouver until 2006, where there wereno other complaints against him and hisperformance reviews were positive. Hemarried in 1984 and has since raised threechildren.

In 2005, one of the students who accusedRobertson saw his photograph with anewspaper article about a teachers’ strike.She thought he had been dismissed in 1976and wrote to the school district to indicate hershock. In December 2006, Robertson resignedhis position with the VSB and now teaches ata high school in China.The College of Teachers began an

investigation in 2007, but didn’t issue a reportuntil 2010. Court documents say Robertsonadmitted to having a “boyfriend/girlfriend”relationship with one of the students,which continued after he started teachingin Vancouver. He also admitted to a sexualrelationship with one other student, but said itdid not include intercourse, court documentsshow. None of the allegations has been provenin court.In November 2011, the college issued a

citation that a disciplinary hearing wouldbe held regarding two allegations: theinappropriate sexual relationships and thatRobertson misrepresented himself when hiredby the VSB. Robertson responded with hisown complaint, claiming abuse of process bydelay. A disciplinary panel initially deniedhis application, but last fall the B.C. SupremeCourt overturned their decision.On Thursday, the B.C. Court of Appeal

upheld the disciplinary panel’s initialdecision, saying that despite the 35-yeardelay, allowing Robertson “to avoid facing adisciplinary hearing in these circumstanceswould carry with it a serious risk of bringingthe regulatory process into disrepute.”

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Jim and Shirley Greenlees with their 1965 Ford Mustang which was bought in 1975 andlovingly restored. Photo by Philip Raphael/Richmond News

Mustang Shirley (and Jim) not slowin’ downFormer Richmond residents to be among 400 or so Mustang owners at Lansdowne Centre car show

Jim and Shirley Greenleesare certainly good atmaintaining relationships.Not only has the former

Richmond couple beenmarried for 57 years,their love affair with FordMustangs has been ongoingsince getting the keys totheir classic pony car 39years ago.On Saturday, they will

be among “family” asLansdowne Centre’sparking lot will bepacked with morethan 400 Mustangs ofvarying vintages forthe 35th InternationalMustang Meet thatis part of the classiccar’s 50th anniversarycelebrations.“I just love the look of

them,” says Jim, 85, whobought the 1965 WimbledonWhite Mustang from theJim Pattison dealership onVancouver’s Main Streetback in 1975.It cost him $2,000.“There’s just something

about them that just looksright.”Jim is a dedicated Ford

fan and the 1965 Mustang’sthird owner — the originalowner took delivery of it inBellevue, Washington in lateDecember 1965, making itone of the early models toroll off the production line inLos Angeles.“They are just great cars

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will be full of pride as theyget into their ’65 Mustang,which has a mere 175,000original miles on theodometer, and drive fromtheir Ladner home of thepast 17 years to Richmond tobe part of the scene sure todelight all car lovers.“It will be quite amazing

to see so many cars from allover the place. And they’llall be Fords,” Jim says witha smile.The 35th International

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There’s something aboutthem that just looks right.- Jim Greenlees

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Opening yields good catch, better to come

Gillnetters hauled in hundreds of sockeye salmon each, afterbeing privy to the first 24-hour commercial salmon opening infour years on Monday.“If you hauled in over 1,600 pieces you’re a real highliner,”

said fisher Randy Fraser, who reported he caught about 1,200fish and estimated the average was about 450 per boat.Fisher Kit Taggart wouldn’t say exactly how many fish he

caught, although he noted “it was a good opening for us” and“most guys are happy.“Fishermen are liars, except you and me,” quipped Taggart.He and Fraser noted many fishers ran into problems while

setting nets in the middle of the night. Fraser said he ran overan abandoned line, causing him to lose out on precious timeand potentially hundreds more fish.The Department of Fisheries and Oceans declared the brief

open season on the fish as preparations loom for a large run oflate summer salmon coming down the coast.According to DFO spokesperson Jennifer Nener, the agency

opened up the fishery for 24 hours because it’s believed themuch more susceptible early summer run sockeye have allpassed through the mouth of the Fraser River.Fish stocks are managed in four groups: early Stuart, early

summer, summer and late summer runs.The first two runs have, for the most part, entered the river,

with about 225,000 early Stuart sockeye and one million earlysummer sockeye estimated past Mission as of last Friday.DFO is estimating about seven million summer run sockeye,

with 1.8 million having already entered the river.The majority of the salmon run is expected to come from

the late summer run (offspring of the 30 million run in 2010).DFO has not estimated how many fish the late run consistsof, although by all accounts, they’re coming in from northVancouver Island through Johnstone Strait.“It’s too early to have an in-season estimate. We’re just

starting to see them come through in significant numbers,”said Nener.She said despite low river levels and high temperatures, the

fish passing through Mission are “in good shape for the mostpart.”

It’s hoped cooler nights and perhaps a rainy day will enticemore fish to enter the river, as presently they may be circlingin the Georgia Strait, waiting for better conditions.“Adams River fish will swim back and forth until the water

temperature is right for them.And right now the water is warmso they’ll wait for a rain and, boom, they go in,” said GusJacobson, a semi-retired fisher who sent his two boats out withhis sons.


Fishermen’s Wharf in Steveston was busy with fish salesfollowing a 24-hour opening for sockeye salmon fishing.Photo by Graeme Wood/Richmond News

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We bid farewell toCanada’s top generalnext month.

Lt.-Gen. Stuart Beare, afterspending nearly a lifetime inuniform and three years as pointman on every Canadian militaryoperation, is leaving on aninteresting note.He’s not calling for more

bullets, bombs or planes. He’scalling for diplomacy.That tactic of averting war

has fallen into disrepute lately,just as Canada has gone fromemphasizing peacekeepingto creating a warrior nationmythology.There may be times when war

is necessary. However, no matterwhat our elected officials sell us,we should be mindful of whatwe’re buying.We may be told airstrikes will

be precise, the conflict will beshort, or that a limited force willbe expedient in neutralizing anarrow threat.But that type of language

— besides being intentionallybewildering and bloodless— cloaks a lie.War is long, and the wounds

inflicted fester long after thecessation of hostilities.The United States-led Operation

Desert Storm in Iraq lasted sixweeks.

The response to Iraq’s invasionof Kuwait seemed swift andtactical at the time. That was 23years and four presidents ago.Last week, U.S. planes dropped

bombs in Iraq following theseizure of Mosul by militants.Violence is expected to

intensify. Weapons will be lost onthe battlefield, waiting for futuregenerations, simply because wenever pick up after ourselves.Earlier this month,

approximately 4,000 Germanswere evacuated from Dusseldorfso technicians could defuse abomb.It was a U.S. aircraft bomb, and

it was dropped 70 years ago.

Party leaders target B.C. in a big way

While our provincialpoliticians slumber(with several

notable exceptions) on thesummer barbecue circuit, ourfederal party leaders have beenbusy in this province.The past couple of weeks have seen

Prime Minister Stephen Harper, NDP leaderThomas Mulcair and Liberal party leaderJustin Trudeau all visit B.C., an indicationperhaps that all three see winning certainseats here as critical to forming governmentcome the next election.Of course, conventional wisdom is that

southern Ontario and Quebec hold the keysto winning a federal election, but in a closerace a number of B.C. ridings could spellthe difference between forming a majoritygovernment and a minority one.This province will have six additional

ridings (giving us 42 in all) come the nextelection, which makes B.C. even morecoveted by federal political parties.

Recent opinion pollssuggest Trudeau and hisfederal Liberals are topsin popularity across thecountry, with the NDPrunning slightly ahead of theruling Conservatives. But,

as everyone in this province is well aware,polls don’t have a spotless track record inpredicting election outcomes.And in this province, it would take a

significant shift in voting patterns to denythe Conservatives a majority of B.C. seats inthe 2015 election. The party currently holds21 of 36 seats, and the additional ridingscoupled with the redrawing of electoralboundaries favors that party more than theothers (in fact, transposing the votes fromthe last election over the new ridings wouldgive the Conservatives 28 of 42 seats).And most of the Conservative-held

seats were won by large margins. Thosetransposed results show the party hassupport of more than 50 per cent of the

voters in 17 ridings.But if the polls are correct and the

Conservatives are indeed losing support, theparty could be vulnerable in four of the newridings and perhaps a couple of others.The party most likely to benefit from

any Conservative slippage is the NDP, asit finished well ahead of the Liberals in theridings that may become competitive in2015. This will explain why Mulcair mayspend a disproportionate amount of timein this province in the run-up to the nextcampaign.The federal NDP has some challenges in

other provinces, notably Quebec, where itunexpectedly won most of the seats in thelast election. One of its Quebec MPs hasquite the caucus over Mulcair’s position onIsrael, and polls suggest the Liberals havesurged to even strength with the NDP in thatprovince.Mulcair’s problems over his Mideast

policy threaten to expand beyond losinga Quebec MP. Many left-wing ideologues

in his party strongly oppose Israel on anyissue, and back policies that favor Palestine.In fact, the further left side of the party is

uncomfortable with Mulcair’s push for morepragmatic and centrist policies designed toexpand the party’s appeal. They point to theparty’s dismal results in recent byelectionsin Ontario and the recent provincial electionas proof that such an approach doesn’twork.But for all his troubles in Quebec and

Ontario, Mulcair would seem to be onfirmer ground in B.C. and his party has areasonable chance of building on the 12seats it currently holds.As for the federal Liberals, it will take a

complete re-enactment of Trudeau-maniafor the party to find much success in thisprovince. Justin Trudeau may visit thisprovince many times in the next year or so,but his party’s dismal support among B.C.voters has got to be discouraging for him.Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter

for Global BC

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The Editor,Re: “Are we really as bad as all that?”

News, Aug. 22.It was interesting to read about drivers in

Richmond. I’m sure I’ve experienced as manycrazy antics as most Richmond drivers, butsome of the scariest include putting on theright turn signal and then turning left (rightin front of me!), lane-hopping and racingthrough red lights in rush hour traffic.Moving with, rather than against, traffic

just makes so much more sense to me, I guess.My main peeve, though, is with drivers who

stop to wait for a parking spot so that otherdrivers can’t get by, especially when there arelots of parking spots a two-minute walk awayfrom where these drivers apparently insist onparking.To drive safely in Richmond, I’ve learned

to plan my route to avoid the busiest roadsand nastiest intersections and, when possible,do errands in the a.m. when there is lesstraffic.I’m a big fan of left-turn signals, too!

Janet OakesRichmond

LETTERS

Pet peeve: Drivers whoblock parking lots

RICHMOND DRIVERS

The Editor,Re: “Are we really as bad as all that?”

News, Aug. 22.Indeed you are!Perhaps Cst. Hwang would care to step

out of his vehicle and become a pedestrianfor a few days and personally discoverwhat it’s like to be ignored or viewed asan impediment by both motorists andbicyclists.

During a half hour walk it is notunusual to observe a half dozen or moreinfractions within the scope of where weare walking.The problem is that motorists and

bicyclists know they can get away withit because the police continue to beconspicuous by their absence.

J. H. PennerRichmond

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1. Newly arriving students or students moving within Richmond and changing schools, should registeras soon as possible Online at www.sd38.bc.ca/schools/RegDocs/Register or at the CentralRegistration office at the Richmond School District Board Office 7811 Granville Avenue,Richmond, B.C. V6Y 3E3 at 9am-3pm (Monday-Friday). If schools are closed, please use onlineregistration option.

2. A parent or legal guardian must personally attend along with their child, when registering for school.The following original documents are required to register your child:a. Child’s Original Birth Certificate - plus an English translation done by a Certified Translator if the

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1. Permanent Resident Card (Maple Card) or Passport with Record of Landing (if applicable)2. Canadian Passport or Citizenship Card or3. If you have a work or study permit, you must obtain a Letter of Acceptance from the

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*We reserve the right to request additional proof of residency if requireda. Other documents required for each student

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1. An ELL assessment appointment will be scheduled, if necessary, once registration is complete.The student placement process is as follows: 1. Place student at the catchment (neighbourhood)school 2. If there is no space at the catchment school, the District Administrator for student placementwill place the student at a nearby school.

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LETTERS

Trustees anxious for resolutionOpen letter to the community andparents of children attending school inSD38,The Richmond Board of Education

understands that our entire learningcommunity feels strongly that schoolsneed to begin on Sept. 2 as planned.The Board of School Trustees

also understands the impact that thecurrent labour dispute between theBritish Columbia Teachers’ Federation(BCTF) and the British ColumbiaPublic School Employers’Association(BCPSEA) is having on our entirecommunity, but most importantly ourchildren.We are actively advocating for a

negotiated resolution to the dispute intime for school start-up.As an active member of the British

Columbia School Trustees’Association(BCSTA), our Board strongly supportsits Back To School Action Plan whichcalls on BCPSEA and the BCTF toreach a settlement by August 31, 2014.The BCSTA’s entire plan can be foundon their website at bcsta.orgTo date we have consistently

advocated for public education in avariety of different ways.During the current labour unrest

we have specifically advocated fora negotiated settlement through thefollowing strategies:

! June 23/14, Ministry conference call;! June 25/14, Letter to President ofBCTF and Minister of Education;! July 11/14, RTAmeeting withTrustees;! July 11/14, Letter to the Minister ofEducation;! July 14/14, Information Sharingmeeting;! July 16/14, Meeting with MLA, Reid;! July 18/14, Letter to the Presidentof the BCSTA requesting a meetingwith the Minister of Finance and theMinister of Education;! July 18/14, Letter to the Minister ofFinance requesting a meeting;! July 24/14, Meeting with MLA, Yap;! July 29/14, BCSTA conference call;!Aug 18/14, In-Camera Meeting withTrustees;!Aug 19/14, BCPSEA conference call;

The Richmond Board of Educationsupports sustainable education fundingthat will serve the needs of all ourstudents.We are advocating for stability in

the public education system so thatwe may accomplish the goal of publiceducation to create educated citizens.We are hopeful that BCPSEA andthe BCTF resume negotiations andbegin mediation to reach a negotiatedsettlement prior to the beginning of theschool year.Our students deserve a stable and

sustainable public education systemthat places the needs of all studentsfirst.The Richmond School District

will continue to communicate withparents and our community regardingany changes or developments in thejob action status through school anddistrict websites, as well as throughthe use of social media such as SD38’sTwitter and Facebook.We invite you to advocate

directly with your local provincialrepresentatives and the BCTF for aresolution.We continue to be your grassroots

representatives, so feel free to contactus with any questions or thoughts thatyou may have.

Donna Sargent, ChairpersonOn behalf of the Richmond

Board of Education

The Editor,So here we are, less than a week before 560,000

children, 41,000 teachers, and 35,000 support staff areexpected to return to school.The Minister of Education’s talking points call

for “breaking the cycle” by negotiating a settlement,rather than having the “big, bad, government” legislateone. The Minister’s refrain sidesteps the fact thatgovernment created the cycle. So, here we are again,stuck at an impasse, led by a government that promisededucation stability, yet has delivered labour unrest inthree out of four school years (including the comingyear) since 2011.In the fall of 2013, a government bureaucrat testified

that in 2011, government sought to provoke teachersinto striking in order to gain public support so that theycould pass legislation, legislation which they weresubsequently found guilty of having imposed.The government now has the strike it wanted. Its

only response is to send the Minister of Education on amedia blitz, using well-worn phrases like “optimistic,”“24/7 bargaining,” and “breaking the paradigm,”and to promote a government website that reduceseducation to $40/day for babysitting, safety courses forthe teens, and games for the younger set.In the last election, the government campaigned on

the promise of “education stability.” If having three outof the last four school years marked by labour unrestis the government’s definition of stability, I shudder tothink what instability looks like.

Sharon HalesRichmond

Stability, what stability?


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So you want to be anactor? Well, the Island Cityby Nature may be the placeto start.Richmond is steadily

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Richmond teen and Grade12 Steveston-LondonSecondary school student,glows about his buddingtheatre career saying it allbegan in the summer of2008.A performing arts

program offered atRichmond’s GatewayTheatre Academy sparkedthe teenage actor’s initialinterest.His parents, Bill and

Jesenka Bilic, say they letBoris try almost everything,from ice skating, hockeyand soccer to swimming,baseball and volleyball. Butnothing really felt right forthe Richmond performer.Well, at least not as right asperforming on stage.“Acting beat everything,”

Bilic says, “(and) theacademy exposed me toa lot of different stuff. Itgave me the fundamentalknowledge.”Bilic is currently

pursuing theatricalendeavours outside theAcademy. He receivedone of the leading rolesin Goodnight Desdemona(Good Morning Juliet)which was a playperformed at the province-wide Theatre BC Festivalin May, hosted at the MetroTheatre.According to Bilic’s

father, even as the youngestactor in the competition,the 17-year-old wonan honourable mention(runner-up) for BestSupporting Actor. It issomething the teenager ishesitant to throw too muchattention on.Bilic then moved from

that achievement onto amore enterprising journey.

The young actor is afounding member of arelatively new theatricalcompany, AlchemyTheatre (facebook.com/alchemytheatreensemble),which just finishedwrapping up theirproduction of Twelfth Nightat Bernie Legge Theatre inNewWestminster over theweekend.Bilic comments on the

undertaking as simplysomething that is “goingwell.”He adds the only thing

he wishes for is to moveup in the theatre world.Productions like thosestaged by Bard on theBeach, he says, is a shiningexample of the level ofwork he aspires to.Bilic still has a final year

of secondary school studiesthat beckons. Though, hesays, Steveston-Londonmanages to provide qualityteaching in the performingarts and this is in large partdue to drama teacher JeanKosar.

Kosar, who couldn’t bereached for comment, is akey example of Richmond’sdedication to the arts anddrama.Offering high-level

theatre instruction isnoteable, consideringthe arts are often the firstdiscipline to be cut whenbudgets are tight — as hasbeen the case in Vancouverand other districts.Gateway Theatre

Academy EducationManager Ruth McIntoshsays there are certainlymore choices availableto young actors than everbefore.Over the years, theatre

programs in Richmondsecondary schoolshave been considerablyrevamped, says McIntosh.It’s not simply the

English teacher who isdouble-backing as theacting instructor, sheexplains.However, the academy

does offer somethingdifferent, adds MacIntosh.

It is dedicated to teachingthe ‘how’ of acting, whichmeans the approach ismore process-focusedthan product focused,allowing students to getfully immersed in a theatreproduction from theground-up.Even more, the academy

presents young actors,from age six to 18, withprofessionals currentlyworking in the industry.“There’s just a

different sensibility, adifferent breath, trainingwith professionals in aprofessional theatre,” shesays.The academy, now

entering its 23rd season,also offers playwriting andsinging classes as part ofits overall curriculum; theformer being a relativelynew program that startedlast year.Even the City of

Richmond offers a full suiteof performing arts activitiesand programs for citizens ofall ages.Richmond Arts

Centre coordinator,Camyar Chaichian,says overall enrolment,when considering allarts programming, hasincreased by about four percent per year.One of the main

attractions, on top ofcreative movement andmusical theatre, is ballet,says Chaichian. There’sclasses for all levels andages, extending as far as tapand jazz for senior citizensto enjoy.The goal, says Chaichian,

is to make arts in Richmondas accessible as possible,which means offering awide range of programmingfor every level ofparticipant.

Young actor develops comfortable niche in the performing world

Brandon KostinukSpecial to the News

Boris Bilic as Sir Andrew Aguecheek in Alchemy Theatre’srendition of Twelfth Night. Photo by Carly June Friesen


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Teams of paddlers from across the Lower Mainlandtook to the waters off Imperial Landing on Saturday tocompete in the Steveston Dragon Boat Festival.Gord Goble Photos

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COMMUNITY

‘Age friendly’ plans revisited

Richmond is aiming to be an “agefriendly” destination and expects to haveupdated plans to achieve this by the end ofthe year.The time frame of the original Old Age

Service Plan (OASP) expired in 2012, saysKim Decker, spokesperson for the Cityof Richmond. So it was time to revisit thestrategy.The initiative was then further prompted

by a $20,000 grant awarded to the citythis year by the BC Ministry of Health,in partnership with the Union of BCMunicipalities, in order to prepare an Age-Friendly Assessment and Action Plan.With seniors now consisting of the fastest

growing age group across the country,B.C. no less, Decker says council sought toassess the adequacy of its services for thatdemographic.In Richmond’s case, based on 2011

Population Age Distribution data, 17 percent of the city’s population was aged 65and over. That number has grown and isprojected to balloon to 28 per cent by 2036.Decker says the action plan will

identify important initiatives, programsand infrastructure already in place inRichmond and will then specify actions andidentify outcomes to promote and enhanceRichmond’s age-friendliness.The city has drawn from the guidelines

set out by the World Health Organization(WHO) in 2006 as part of the organization’sAge-Friendly Cities initiative.Two cornerstone documents developed

by the WHO, Global Age-friendly Cities: AGuide and Checklist of Essential Featuresof Age-friendly Cities, are being used by thecity as the general roadmap (and are easily

found online at: http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/seniors-aines/afc-caa-eng.php) for thelocal initiative.An age-friendly community would

promote pleasant, safe and accessibleoutdoor areas and public buildings forseniors to access.In addition, there would be access to

affordable and safe housing, specificallydesigned for seniors. Roads and walkwayswould be kept in good shape and accessible.Neighbourhoods would be safe, relevant

information easy to find and programsavailable to seniors so they can remainsocially active.Richmond is by no means bereft of

infrastructure dedicated to its agingpopulation, adds Decker.“Richmond has a vibrant and engaged

older adult population. It also has manyplans, policies, partnerships, services andstructures in place to support older adults.”The OASP, Minoru Place Activity Centre

and the Seniors Advisory Committee

— which were not available for comment— are just a few examples that Deckernoted.But the situation could be improved.Eighty-year-old Richmond resident,

Dorothy McKeil, says public transportationand access to certain amenities in her areais a prime concern.“I live in Burkeville and I find it hard to

get to St. Paul’s Hospital,” says McKeil.The travel time is about an hour each way

and if she misses a bus, the wait time isabout 30 minutes until the next one arrives.In addition, McKeil says there are no

nearby grocery stores in the Burkevillearea.“I’m certainly thinking of moving,” she

says.However, McKeil says she’s more than

pleased with some of the senior activitiesshe’s able to participate in. McKeil is partof a seniors tap and ballet class coordinatedby the Richmond Arts Centre.“It gives me confidence that I can remain

active and healthy,” says McKeil, “and Ienjoy it very much . . . otherwise I’d be acouch potato.”The city is currently conducting focus

groups with Richmond’s senior citizens andcaregivers to openly discuss improvementsand areas of concern such as necessarycommunity support and health services,affordable housing, transportation, civicparticipation and more. Readers can viewWHO documents mentioned above fora more complete list of the key areas ofassessment. If you would like to participatein a focus group, you can call 604-276-4300or visit any Richmond Community Centrein person.In addition, web-surfing seniors can log

online to complete a short survey at http://letstalkrichmond.ca/seniors. The surveyperiod is set to end by Sept. 18.

City to renew strategy to make Richmond more accessible and welcoming to seniors’ population

A little learning is a dangerous thing; more is betterYou may have heard the

phrase, “A little learning is adangerous thing.” It’s foundin Alexander Pope’s poem AnEssay on Criticism, composedin 1709. Pope wrote “A littlelearning is a dangerous thing;drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring:there shallow draughts intoxicate the brain,and drinking largely sobers us again.”What does it mean? In effect, Pope is

saying that a little learning or knowledge(the “shallow draughts”) will only befuddle(“intoxicate the brain”), misleading us intothinking we know more than in fact we do.Remedy for this problem lies in continuingto learn (“drinking largely” at the “Pierianspring,” the spring sacred to the Musesand the source of the knowledge of art andscience). But the idea expressed in those

verses is much older than the18th century. It’s possible thatit goes back a few thousandyears.As happens so often,

etymology can shed somelight on the matter. The

focus here is on our English word learn,which developed from the Anglo-Saxon“leornian,” meaning to learn or to study.It’s akin to “lernen,” the Old High German(8th-11th centuries) and modern Germanword for learn, and, going further back,to the Gothic (roughly 4th-8th centuries)“lais,” which translates as “I know.” Thebase sense of “lais” is to follow or find thetrack. Ultimate source of the word is in theProto-Indo-European language – “leis,”meaning track or furrow. Related to thisare, for instance, the German word “Gleis,”

meaning track or rails, the Russian “lekha,”signifying garden bed (where there arefurrows), and the modern English last, inthe sense of a shoemaker’s foot model,which is derived from the Old Englishword “last,” footprint (a kind of track).“Lira,” the Latin for furrow, track, comes

from the same stem and is thus related toour word learn. The process of learning islike following a track. Interestingly, theItalian verb for studying or taking a course(at university) is “seguire,” which means tofollow. The Latin “delirare,” literally to goout of the furrow in ploughing, was soontransferred to persons and meant to becomeinsane. Our words delirium and deliriousare based on “delirare.”When we use the expression to go off the

rails, in other words to behave irrationally,we are formulating the same concept

expressed by the Latin “delirare.”To stop following the furrow, to deviate,

to go off the rails, will “intoxicate thebrain,” in Pope’s choice phrase. Gettingback on, that is getting back to learning,is the solution to sober, or clear up, theintoxicated brain.Inevitably, when you follow the furrow,

you become aware that it continues tothe horizon, and you know the horizon isalways beyond reach.The ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle

summed it up neatly when he noted “Themore you know, the more you know youdon’t know.” But he wasn’t the first. Acouple of centuries earlier, the Chinesephilosopher Confucius had observed, “Realknowledge is to know the extent of one’signorance.”Sabine Eiche is a writer and art historian

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Is today just another day?And tonight after ithas passed, will it be

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That’s a countdown daythat you just want to getthrough because it standsbetween you and what youanticipate — a special day inthe future, a holiday or theweekend.

In thetrance ofeverydaylife, we canget caughtup withnonstopactivity, endless goals anddistractions. We lose sight ofwhat matters most, and wecan forget a simple truth.Every moment is precious

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in their lives, especiallythe people they loved. Bybeginning the day with theircups half full, they wouldbe more inclined to see thepositive throughout eachday, and when their cupswere full, they would bemore likely to share andgive.Again at the end of each

day, at suppertime and at

bedtime, they would recallthe gifts of the day: whatthey enjoyed, what theyreceived and what they gave.This summer, my kids

are asleep when I leave thehouse and they’re awakewhen I go to bed. I nolonger keep track of theirprayers, and I wonder ifthey, like most grownupsand teens, have become toobusy to frame their days andmeasure their moments dayby day.Most physicians

experience a nearly constantpressure of time. Whilelooking after our patients,there are always competingdemands on our time. Andoutside of clinical time, wemay be on call, attendingendless committee meetingsor managing a perpetual pileof forms and reports.I must confess that every

one of my days — likean overstuffed suitcase— is packed with activity.I sometimes judge theday by how much I haveaccomplished: A good day isa productive day.But none of us should

wait until the next holiday,

retirement, or the end of life,to wake up and live eachday.We should begin — and

continue — with the end inmind.To not waste a day does

not mean to pack it full ofactivity.We waste this day by not

being fully awake.What gives your life

meaning?Are you awaketo the experience of beingalive — tasting, touching,breathing, feeling?What are your greatest

goals? What are you doingwith your time?What are you doing this

day to take one small stepin the direction of yourdreams? Today, are youtalking to the people whomatter most? Are you fullypresent in the presence ofothers?Don’t let this day slip

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Richmond dog trainer, Lisa Sun, with her two 5-month-oldbulldogs, Fats Domino (bottom) and Cubby Checker thatare learning to become Superdogs. They aren’t part of theactual show yet but are making an appearance during theshow at the Fair at the PNE. Photo by Jenelle Schneider/PNG

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Richmond’s Todd Schiewe will be racinghis Chevy Corvette Z06 (124) at theSports Car Club of B.C.’s 20th AnniversaryCelebration this weekend at MissionRaceway. The event wiill feature over 125racers from B.C., Washington and Oregonin both open wheel (formula cars) andclosed wheel (sports cars and sedans).Three will be six races all three days,starting on Saturday, running from 9 a.m.to 4:30 p.m. Another local driver — ShaneBourel — is scheduled to compete in hisDiasio D962. For more information visitwww.sccbc.net

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HOCKEY

Sandhu shortlistedfor B.C. U16 team

Seafair Minor Hockey product Jordan Sandhu is among27 players who have been shortlisted to play for Team B.C.at the 2015 Canada Winter Games in Prince George nextFebruary.

The announcement came following the U16 provincialcamp which took place in Nanaimo and featured on andoff-ice activities — introducing the high performanceathletes to the most up to date information and conceptsas they relate to both national and international levels ofhockey.

The players will be evaluated by the Team B.C. coachingstaff over the course of the hockey season, and the finalroster will be announced in November.

The Canada Winter Games take place every four years.In 2011, Team BC captured the gold medal with a 7-4victory over Team Quebec in Halifax, Nova Scotia. B.C. wascoached by Richmond’s own Russ Weber.

Sandhu just wrapped up rookie camp with the KelownaRockets. The 15-year-old forward was selected 88th overallin last spring’s Western Hockey League Bantam Draft afteran outstanding campaign with Seafair’s Bantam A1 team.He has committed to play this coming season with theGreater Vancouver Canadians of the B.C. Major MidgetHockey League which play out of the Richmond OlympicOval.

He is hoping to follow the footsteps of his older brotherTyler who also came through Seafair and now plays for theEverett Silvertips. Tyler was part of B.C.’s Hockey’s HighPerformance Program and played for Team Pacific at the2013 World Under 17 Hockey Challenge.Icing…• Greater Vancouver Canadians alumni Adam Musil is

now in the Red Deer Rebels’ training camp after helpingCanada capture the U18 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournamentin the Czech Republic.

Canada finished with a perfect 5-0 in the tournament,outscoring its opposition 32-10 — including a 6-2 win overthe host country in the gold medal game. Canada has wonthe annual summer under-18 tournament seven consecutiveyears – winning 31 of 33 games over that span.

Musil finished the tournament with a goal and two assists.The 6-foot-2 190-pound forward is coming off a 29 pointrookie season with the Rebels, including 11 goals.

He is the son of former NHL defenceman Frank Musil.• Meanwhile, Canadians goalie Tyler Shugrue was invited

to the Vancouver Giants main training camp afrer a strongshowing at the club’s two-day rookie camp last weekend atSungod Arena. Shugrue had an impressive rookie campaignwith Greater Vancouver last season and is one of 13 playerssigned for the upcoming season.


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For her first big internationalforay, Tiana Hesmert picked a greattime to deliver.

Against a formidable field ofinternational competitors, the22-year-old Richmond gymnast hither marks and collected silver onthe double-mini at the Indo-Pacifictrampoline championships in SouthAfrica last month.

A long-time member of theCoquitlam-based Club Aviva,Hesmert shook off any jitters shehad and proceeded to collect one ofCanada’s five medals at the Sun Citycompetition.

“I really didn’t know what toexpect, as this was my first biginternational meet,” said Hesmert.“I did some of my personal bestsand was doing some harder passesand the scores were higher thanusual.”

Wearing the red-and-white onforeign soil was a new experiencefor veteran. But she didn’t let thatdistract her from the task at hand,posting a final score of 130.800 in

the senior women’s 17 and olderdivision. She trailed gold medalistBraids Thomas of Australia by just.200.

“I was a little bit surprised howcalm it went, because I’ve struggledwith mental blocks over my career,”she said.

However, considerable trainingexercises and consulting with asports psychologist have given hera stronger footing when it comesto putting her best performanceforward.

“My confidence kind of fluctuatesand just at some times I found Icouldn’t do certain skills… Seeing asports psychologist has really helpedget over those mental blocks.”

Hesmert has been in the gymfor much of her life, beginning inthe sport at the age of four on theartistic side.

The past 10 years she’s put herenergy into the trampoline events,with strong results. At the Canadiannationals in May, Hesmert scored abronze in senior women’s double-mini, improving on her debut inthe senior level a year earlier by oneposition. At the Canada Cup she

finished fourth overall.Her placing now assures her

a chance to don the Canadianuniform again at the SeniorPan American championshipsin Toronto this week. She willalso be among those trying torepresent Canada at the Worldchampionships in London.

“We’re really thrilled at Tiana’sresults to this point , she’s a verydetermined girl,” said Aviva coachNancy Beyer. “She’s one of our olderathletes and all our younger girlslook up to her.

“The medal at the Indo-Pacificwas icing on the cake.”

For Hesmert, the achievementin South Africa was less abreakthrough than an opening.She has added to a foundation thatremains a work in progress, butwith each bold step the journeybecomes that much richer. Beingamong her nation’s best has asatisfying feeling, she said.

“It felt really good wearing theCanadian colours,” she noted.“Reaching that just means all myhard work and dedication is payingoff.”

Big bounce for gymnastTiana Hesmert wins silver at trampoline competition in South Africa

Dan OlsonSpecial to the News

Tiana Hesmert won a silver medal representing Canada at lastmonth’s Indo Pacific trampoline championships in South Africa. The22-year-old trains out of Club Aviva in Coquitlam.


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