Richmond News February 1 2012

Turning lives aroundThe Turning Point RecoverySociety has finally openedthe doors on its nine-residentfacility for women recoveringfrom substanceaddiction.

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Editorial 8

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Sports 18

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Canada’s bestRichmond’s Connaught SkatingClub has its first-ever juniornational champion, thanks toMitchell Gordon’s dazzlingwinning performance inMoncton. 18

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Buble takes on Linden at oval

Grammy Award-winningsuperstar Michael Buble willshare his passion for hockeyby suiting up against TrevorLinden for a game of ballhockey at the Olympic oval.

Buble, Linden, othercelebrities and noted athleteswill take part in a fun gameof ball hockey to kick offthe Richmond CelebratesScotiabank Hockey Day inCanada event on Feb. 11.

“All things hockey underone roof ” is the theme

as Richmond joins as aregional host for CBC andScotiabank’s popular nationalcelebration of Canada’s Game.

“It’s going to be a great dayfor hockey fans young andold,” said Richmond MayorMalcolm Brodie. “There’stons of interactive activities,hockey games of every typefrom ice hockey to air hockeyto NHL games on our giantscreen, and lots of great prizesand giveaways. Best of all, it’sall free.”

In addition to Linden andBuble, other special guests

Condos in, bikepark outA new apartment complex looks

set to replace a bike park on thewaterfront in Steveston.

Richmond city council approvedlast week the first stage of the rezon-ing process for the site at London andNo. 2 roads.

Oris Development (Kawaki) Corp.wants to build 80 apartments andcommercial space, including a restau-rant on the ground floor.

However, as part of the site iscity-owned, the deal includes thedeveloper building a 1.55-acre publicwaterfront park and paying for theconstruction of the displaced bike

park elsewhere.The proposed project is being

named “Pier at London Landing,” andwill, according to the city staff, pro-vide “an innovative opportunity forthe developer to enhance the contextsurrounding the proposed mixed-usedevelopment while satisfying thecity’s need for an important park site.”

But not only will some in thearea miss the bike park, others worryabout increased traffic along No. 2Road south of Steveston Highway.

As part of the agreement, a trafficimpact study was carried out. If theproject goes ahead, several measureswould take place, including parts ofLondon and Dyke roads being wid-ened.

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Faye Leung, the woman who some say brought down former premier Bill Vander Zalm and his theme park, made asurprise appearance at the opening of the new exhibit, Fantasy Gardens, Converging Narratives, at the Richmond ArtGallery. The exhibit is the work of photographer Stuart McCall and artist Neil Wedman. It chronicles the downfall ofFantasy Garden World, created by Vander Zalm.

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Fantasy Fayelaps limelight

Faye Leung — the ever-colourful woman whosome say was responsible for former premier BillVander Zalm’s downfall — was one of the first toattend the opening of the Richmond Art Gallery’sexhibit, Fantasy Gardens, Converging Narratives lastweek.

Artist Neil Wedman said it wasn’t entirely unex-pected.

“I think she was among the first to arrive and itseemed kind of obvious, really,” he said in referenceto Leung’s attraction to the limelight. “I wouldn’t sayshe was subdued, but she was pleasant and seemed tobe enjoying herself.”

Leung brokered the deal in which Vander Zalm,while in office, sold Fantasy Gardens World to aTaiwanese conglomorate. That sale led to VanderZalm’s breach of trust criminal trial in 1992.

The exhibit is a juxtaposition of Wedman’s court-room sketches made during Vander Zalm’s trial andStuart McCall’s photographs of the Fantasy Gardens

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Battle of acronyms gets dirtyVAPOR accuses VAFFC of hiring abusive ‘goon squad’

VAPOR claimed to have more than 100 sup-porters at its rally. Their opposing acronym, aconsortium of airlines called VAFFC, said theysaw only 14.

VAPOR claimed the “goon squad” of “foul-mouthed rabble-rousers” that turned up in sup-port of VAFFC’s jet fuel project was hired by theconsortium. VAFFC denied any prior knowledgeof their supporters, one of who is said to havelaunched an unprovoked four-letter tirade onVAPOR’s resident biologist Otto Langer.

Saturday’s protest outside VAFFC’s openhouse in East Richmond Community Centre wasjust another day in the two groups’ long-runningwar of words.

And so itwas, on a cold,damp JanuarySaturday morn-ing, VAPOR’s supporters waved signs and boardsin opposition to the plan to barge jet fuel up thesouth arm of the Fraser River and then pipe itthrough Richmond to YVR.

They sang songs in protest, while some fil-tered in and out of the community centre, wherethe plan proponent was hosting an open house toexplain the routes available for running the pipefrom the off-loading marine terminal in southeastRichmond to the airport.

For the first time in the three years since theplan entered the public domain, alleged support-ers of the proposal emerged on the other side ofthe street, waving professionally designed plac-ards saying “Jet A is here to stay,” and “Createjobs, build it now.”

However, when Langer approached them toengage in conversation about the project, he saidhe was told he was a “f****** hippy” and thathis “brains were fried with all the drugs he’dbeen taking.”

“I told people to be respectful of the VAFFCinside the open house and outside,” Langer toldthe News.

“But I was obviously stunned to hear this. Iasked again about the project and I was offereda chance to do something sexual to the man. Myson, who was with me, took me away.

“There were also homophobic suggestionsthrown at us by the same group.”

The supporters stayed in the vicinity for abouthalf an hour and departed as soon as the TVcameras left, claimed Langer.

Accusing VAFFC of hiring the group todisrupt VAPOR’s peaceful protest, Langer saidhe didn’t think the consortium, which includesWestJet and Air Canada would be so unprofes-sional.

“I asked another of this group a question andhe was told by one of the ‘supporters’ to ‘stick towhat he was told at the briefing,’ said Langer.

“This was a goon squad, no doubt about it.”VAFFC’s project director, Adrian Pollard,

denied any knowledge of the support for theirplan and that the consortium had wheeled in thecrowd.

“Not at all. I will admit that I knew a coupleof them,” he said. “They’re people from the(petroleum, oil and gas) industry. They’re peoplethat are close to the issue.

Any suggestion that we’re setting up some-thing to counter VAPOR is false.”

Just how “close to the issue” the supporters



A VAFFC supporter, right, approaches members of VAPOR outside the VAFFC open house atEast Richmond Community Centre (above).(Below, left) Mayor Malcolm Brodie, who opposes the pipeline, chats with VAFFC project directorAdrian Pollard at the community centre.

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of the project are is questionable, according toVAPOR, which said the so-called supportersknew very little details about the fuel deliveryplan when asked about it Saturday.

Nevertheless, Pollard felt the open house itselfwas a success.

“It went really well by our measure. About130 to 140 people came through the openhouse,” he said.

“We got 50 or so comment forms back in. It’salways been our intention to have consultation onthe pipeline and the marine terminal.

“We’re cognizant of the problems peoplehave, and we are taking their feedback. We counteverything.”

Pollard, however, has been dubious aboutsome of the public’s comments on the VAFFC

website and the government’s website.“I’m not sure people have read our applica-

tion properly. If they had read it, they wouldn’tbe making some of the comments they have,” hesaid.

Langer said the open house was nothing morethan the PR exercise he expected.

VAFFC contest the current fuel deliverymethod — piped from a Burnaby refinery anddriven via tanker truck from Washington State— is outdated, unreliable and will not be able tocope with future increased demand.

Opponents to the plan accuse the consortiumof wanting one thing only — control of its owncheaper fuel source.

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A 61-year-old Richmond woman hasbeen charged with second-degree murderafter her husband was found dead lastweek from severe head trauma.

Jo Anne Alexander remains under psy-chiatric care after being arrested Jan. 30 atthe home she shared with husband John inthe 11900-block of Aztec St.

Alexander was the primary care-giverto her husband, who suffered from severalserious medical conditions and recentlyhad brain surgery related to epilepticseizures, Sgt. Jennifer Pound, of theIntegrated Homicide Investigation Team,said Tuesday.

Pound said there was no previous his-tory of domestic abuse in the Alexanderhousehold.

She said the Alexanders had been mar-

ried for 40 years and have two adult chil-dren who were constantly in touch withtheir mother.

Jo Anne Alexander called 911 on themorning of Jan. 26, claiming she neededmedical help.

“Richmond RCMP, BC AmbulanceService and Richmond Fire Departmentattended the scene and located two indi-viduals, husband and wife, in medicaldistress,” Pound said at the time.

“The male was pronounced deceasedat the scene and the women was taken tothe hospital to be treated as she was con-scious but incoherent.”

Jo Anne ALexander has been remandedin custody until her next court appearanceon Feb. 15.

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Wife charged with husband’s murderCRIME

“ruins” years later.Vander Zalm had bought

Fantasy Garden World, anursery and theme park, in1984 for $1.7 million. Fouryears later, his applicationto the Agricultural LandReserve to have the develop-ment restrictions lifted wasapproved, hence dramaticallyincreasing the property’sworth.

In 1990, he then sold thesite for a whopping $16 mil-lion.

The court ruled that whileVander Zalm had put himselfin a conflict of interest, hehad not done anything illegaland was found not guilty inB.C. Supreme Court in 1992.

“At the time I made thesketches there was an expec-tation of some sort of hilarityover the broad, comic impli-cations with the cast of char-acters involved in the FantasyGarden sale scandal, but the

court procedure was in facta pretty hum drum exercise,”said Wedman.

“I persevered becauseI liked the daily routine ofdrawing portraits from life ina public, and maybe histori-cal, setting.”

Wedman’s courtroomdrawings depict some the keyplayers during the trial, thejudge, lawyers and witnesses.

He went on to say thathis sketches resonate withMcCall’ s photographs of thesite more than two decadeslater.

Fantasy Gardens is onexhibit at the Richmond ArtGallery, #180-7700 MinoruGate until April 1. For moreinformation, call 604-247-8300 or visit www.richmond-artgallery.org.


IHIT investigated a suspicious death at 11931 St. in East Richmond on Thursday after-noon. They were still investigating Saturday morning.

include Hong Kong popsinger Kary Ng, other for-mer Vancouver Canucksand ex-NHL players,Canucks mascot Fin,Vancouver Giants mascotJack the Giant and more.

The RichmondSockeyes also square off

against the North DeltaDevils in the first everPacific InternationalJunior Hockey Leaguegame to be held at theoval.

Mr. O’Canada, MarkDonnelly, famous forhis singalong renditionof the Canadian anthem

at Vancouver Canucksgames, will lead theoval crowd in singingO Canada to start theSockeyes game.

For the full story andlist of activities on theday of the event, go to theNews’ website at www.richmond-news.com.

Exhibit: Shows trial’s key players

Event: Hosts first junior game at ovalContinued from page 1


Neil Wedman stands in front of his courtroom sketchesfrom the Fantasy Gardens trial of the early ‘90s.

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After six years of brainstorming, planningand consultation with the City of Richmondand various organizations includingVancouver Coastal Health, Richmond finallyhas its own recovery house for women.

On Friday, the Turning Point RecoverySociety had its official open house for itsnine-resident facility that helps women over-come substance addiction by providing struc-ture, a constant support network and groupcounseling.

Representatives from the city, non-profitorganizations and community members cameto tour the building and meet staff, counsel-ors and residents. Located in Steveston andleased from the City of Richmond, it hasbeen operating since November, said TurningPoint executive director Brenda Plant.

“We have a waitlist already, and we’vehad no incidents with neighbours (who) havebeen very receptive,” said Plant.

“Previously, before we opened inNovember, women with addiction issuesseeking residential support recovery,there was nowhere for them to get help inRichmond.”

Instead, women had to travel to the soci-ety’s 30-year-old Vancouver co-ed location,with a constant waitlist for the 22 beds.

The needs have risen in conjunction withthe rising population in the Lower Mainland,

but also because there is now more recogni-tion in society, Plant said.

“As we become more aware, and addictionitself becomes more de-stigmatized, there’sless shame. A lot more people are willing topublically seek help as opposed to living withshame and isolation.”

Tamara is one such example.Looking like any other 28-year-old, she

was the first client of the Richmond houseand this is her first experience being in arecovery program. Suffering from alcoholabuse, she said she decided to join after tak-ing the advice of a professional.

“It’s been great so far. It’s always goodhaving (counselors and peers) around (at all

times),” she said, adding it works better thantraditional therapy where people often have towait a week between sessions.

Amy is another resident, living at thehouse for just a week. A university student,she also battles with alcohol addiction— something she has used to cope withthe stresses of school and work. When shewas still taking classes three years ago, itstarted by drinking with friends, but she soon

crossed what she called an “invisible line.”Plant stressed that often it is “regular peo-

ple,” who are affected by substance abuse andare in need of assistance. While there is moreacceptance of a recovery house in the com-munity now, there are still some myths, onebeing that the neighbourhood will becomeunsafe.

“Our residents don’t drink or use drugs.They can’t be at our site if they are doingthat; we have a zero-tolerance policy.”

Turning Point also runs a men’s recoveryhouse on Odlin Road, which opened in 1999.Initially met with opposition, it has sinceoperated without incident, said Plant.

One service unique to Richmond isdomestic abuse counseling for women deal-ing with substance addictions — 75 to 80 percent of whom have been a victim of domesticor relationship abuse, she said.

Specialists are brought in to counsel thoseaffected; a program that Plant hopes to fullyimplement in Vancouver as well.

For more information about the TurningPoint Recovery Society, call 604-303-6844.

Turning Point opens new doors for womenADDICTION

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BENJAMIN YONG

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BrendaPlant,TurningPoint execu-tive direc-tor, standsbetween twobeds in oneof the nineresident roomsat the newRichmondrecoveryhouse.


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“We have a plan,” was John Yap’smessage to members of the RichmondChamber of Commerce Friday morning.

While many within the businesscommunity fret over global financialcrises and local economic uncertainty,the MLA assured his audience thatthe provincial Liberal government hasthings well in hand.

Yap, along with MLAs Linda Reidand Rob Howard, reviewed their suc-cesses and laid out their visions for2012 and beyond.

The exercise wasdone, in part, to answerthe single question askedby an audience member: “What’s goingwrong?”

While Wayne Duzita applauded thegovernment for many of its pro-busi-ness initiatives, such as lowering corpo-

rate and personal incometaxes, he pointed to arecent poll that showedthe NDP could form a

majority government after the next pro-vincial election.

Howard argued that the NDP shouldnot be given too much credit for itsstrong standing.

“Despite all the self-inflicteddamage of the past years, they (theNDP) haven’t moved their needle.Our challenge comes from the rightflank,” Howard said, referring to JohnCummins’ B.C. Conservative Party.

But even if the game changer is theConservative party, the win will go tothe NDP, Yap noted.

“If the coalition of people who arepro-business and pro-free enterprise isfractured, the NDP will form the gov-ernment. I’m just going to put that outthere,” he said.

(For the full story and photo gallery,visit www.richmond-news.com.)

Former store manager vindicated

MLAs lay out their visions for 2012BY EVE EDMONDS

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A judge has awarded a former 30-year liquor store employee $85,000 indamages, plus 18 months of severancepay, for being dismissed without noticein 2010.

Stephanie Vernon started as a liquorstore clerk in 1980 and was promotedover the years to become manager of aSignature Store in Richmond.

In March 2010, an employee made awritten complaint about Vernon. Afterinterviewing the complainant, Vernon,and several other employees, the LiquorDistribution Branch (LDB) terminatedVernon without notice.

The LDB claimed Vernon had bul-lied and intimidated subordinates andher conduct showed a complete lack ofrespect for employees.

The LDB argued it was justified infiring Vernon, whose nickname wasthe “Little General” because she had a“loud management style.”

The person who filed the complaint,who began working at the same liquorstore in 2009 and cannot be namedunder a publication ban, testified thatVernon was a bully who would routinely

intimidate and yell at her in front ofcustomers.

The complainant said she feltharassed, embarrassed, humiliated anduncomfortable at work.

She testified Vernon had once calledher a “f---ing Muslim,” and on anotheroccasion, threatened to kill her if shedid not tuck in her uniform. Vernondenied both accusations.

Another employee testified thatwhen she told Vernon she could onlydo light duties and not unload liquor,due to a back problem, Vernon said: “Ifyou can f--- your husband, you can do aliquor load.” Vernon denied making thatstatement as well.

The judge said both comments wereunfounded. The judgment vindicatedVernon.

Also, six employees Vernon calledto testify praised her managerial style,with one employee of 33 years sayingshe was one of the best managers heever had. Another said investigatorsmade her feel as if she was lying whenshe was interviewed about the com-plaint.

Yet another employee describedVernon as an “awesome manager” who

“ran a tight ship.”In his judgment, B.C. Supreme Court

Justice Richard Goepel found Vernon“was given no real opportunity to dealwith the allegations in the complaint.”

An April 2010 meeting to discussVernon’s termination — in which shewas told her conduct was shameful andshe was an embarrassment to the LDB— “could not have been handled in amore insensitive manner,” Goepel said.

“Having told Ms. Vernon that shewas to be terminated, the LDB thensuspended her without pay and left herin limbo from April 19 to May 31 whenthey finally got around to telling her shewas fired,” he wrote.

He noted the Supreme Court haslong recognized the importance of workin a person’s life, and that Vernon’sposition with the LDB, being her entireworking career, was “clearly an essen-tial component of identity, self-worthand emotional well-being.”

Goepel awarded Vernon 18 monthsseverance, $35,000 in aggravated dam-ages and $50,000 in punitive damagesagainst the liquor board.

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Macatee’s review of the Coastal Ferry Act, released thisweek, stops short of saying B.C. Ferries is heading for therocks, but his implication is clear: the course the quasi-inde-pendent company is steering is not sustainable.

Fares have reached “the tipping point of affordability,”writes the commissioner and impose “significant hardship onferry dependent communities.”

Capping fare increases to the rate of inflation won’tincrease ridership — which is dropping — or tourism byitself, so Macatee is not just recommending larger govern-ment subsidy.

Thinking outside the box, the ferry commissioner asksthree excellent questions:

— Why does the act prevent some route groups from sub-sidizing others?

— Why does the ferry reservation system penalize advancebookings?

— Why is the ferry system automobilecentric?Changes to the reservation system may be controversial,

but they would help to address the problem of boats burningfuel to transport more crew members than passengers. Insteadof across-the-board cuts to service, individual sailings couldbe cancelled based on demand.

But it’s the business-model question that has the mostfar-reaching implications. We should be thinking in terms ofmoving people, rather than moving automobiles. But we willneed to meet the challenge of a better transit system as wellas different ferries.

Teachers should recognize other priorities

Ferry review embarkson uncharted waters

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Let’s say the B.C. gov-ernment suddenly founditself with $500 million tospend on something. Whereshould the money go?

I suspect a good start-ing point would be clear-ing up any waiting list forservices from CommunityLiving B.C., which helpsadults with developmentaldisabilities. The govern-ment has already increasedfunding here, but perhaps afew more million dollars isrequired.

How about incomeassistance? NDP MLAJagrup Brar has spent amonth drawing attentionto the fact that it’s nearlyimpossible to survive onthe monthly assistance rate.

Then there’s the courtsystem. Judges are demand-ing more resources, and arestaying cases at an increas-ing rate because the systemisn’t funded adequatelyenough to see those casesthrough the process in atimely fashion.

More areas to spendthose tax dollars: tacklinghomelessness, reducinghealthcare wait lists, lower-ing university tuition levels,or perhaps cutting medicalservice premiums.

But wait! Why not justgive all $500 million to theprovince’s teachers in theform of a salary increaseand benefit hikes?

That is preciselywhat the B.C. Teachers’Federation (BCTF) is pro-posing. If the cash-strappedgovernment has any extramoney, it should go directlyinto teachers’ wallets, is theBCTF’s train of thought.

The teachers’ union hastabled a contract proposalasking for a 16 per centsalary increase over threeyears.

According to the BCTF,the proposal would costtaxpayers $305 million inthe first year. The employer(B.C. Public SchoolsEmployers’ Association)pegs the true cost at $498million.

Does the BCTF reallythink teachers’ pay packetsshould be the top prior-ity for adding costs to thegovernment’s budget, aheadof other areas of govern-ment spending that needaddressing?

Although they get twomonths off in the summer(plus another few weeksat Christmas and springbreak), many work longhours each day (often atnights at home) doing whatit takes to deliver a qualityeducation for their students.

But I’m amazed at theirinability to see how they fitinto a much bigger picture.To them, everything isabout education.

As a result of this loftyview, the BCTF is chroni-cally unable to articulate arealistic contract proposal.“We’re teachers, we’reunassailable, and we’reentitled to pretty well any-thing we ask for,” is the

mantra.An example of the

union’s tin ear when itcomes to negotiations is itsinsistence that comparisonsto teachers’ salaries in otherprovinces are the startingpoint for talks. This doesn’thappen in any other labournegotiations, unless there isa significant shortage of theprofession in question.

But there is no shortageof teachers in this province.In fact, there are youngteachers who can’t get full-time work.

It’s interesting to notethat current BCTF presi-dent Susan Lambert’s lead-ership is being challengedby another teacher, who issaid to represent a moreconservative wing of theunion.

I have no idea whetherthe leadership challenge isa serious one or not, andI’m not sure a change inleadership would alter theBCTF’s strategy in negotia-tions.

I suppose a success-ful negotiation for a newcontract is still theoreti-cally possible, but not whennumbers like 16 per centand $500 million are beingthrown around.

The more realistic num-bers are something likethis: zero. Zero and maybethree per cent in the thirdyear. Because I can prettywell guarantee that if $500million suddenly material-izes in government coffers,it won’t be going directly tothe BCTF.

Keith Baldrey is chiefpolitical reporter forGlobal BC.

The Editor,Re: “City employee suspect in $200,000 loss,” News,

Jan. 27.Will Councillor Barnes or any other councillor explain

to us why it took city Hall five years to find out this fraudwas taking place?

With their so-called system of checks and balances plustheir highly touted “due diligence,” which we are constant-ly being reminded of, this fraud should have been detected,if not in the first year, certainly in the second year, but ittook city hall five years to realize it was taking place.

If the average taxpayer is a split second late in payinghis or her taxes, city hall would be after them immediately,but this open fraud took five years to trace.

Moreover, as in the case of Mrs. Judd (treasurer of theRichmond Youth Soccer Association who stole $200,000from the club and was recently sentenced to two years injail), will city hall be trying to recoup the money that wasstolen?

Robert M. PaulRichmond

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The Editor,Re: “Sign language reflects business,” Opinion, Jan. 27.As a Canadian Citizen By Choice (CCBC), also known

as an immigrant, whose native tongue is English, I find theopinion of Dr. Joe Greenholtz interesting.

Comparing the issue of Chinese language signs inRichmond today with a contentious problem that was solvedin 1977 by Bill 101 doesn’t make sense to me. That was ahistorical debate between founding nations that needed to beresolved for the sake of the nation.

With the aid of my trusted Canadian dictionary, I checkedthe meaning of some of the expressions used in the article:“dominant culture coming to grips with the idea that theworld may not revolve around them.”

I assume the dominant culture would be those that canbe identified as non-Asian by outward appearance. But thissection of the community consists of many different races orcultures, individually different, but united as populace by acommon language, English.

In Richmond, the opposite is the reality. But do all those ofAsian appearance communicate in the same language? I thinkit is unfair to lump the Asian nations together. They haveindividual language and identities, too. There are generationsof CCBCer’s who have lived together in harmony. Now is not

the time to refer to “them” and “us” or “we” and “they” whenreferring to our neighbours. In the same publication, BalwantSanghera (Letters) asks us all to make an earnest effort toreach out to each other. Let’s do it.

“Tension between old and new value system.” I havehad the old value system accompany me through travelling,careers and various stages of life adventures for three quartersof a century. These values include: Respect, integrity, citizen-ship, harmony, modesty, opinion, nobility of spirit and diver-sity. Please spell out the new set of values, that I may teachthem to my grandchildren.

“Feeling the pain of being irrelevant in their own backyard,for the first time.” I will never be irrelevant (definition: not tothe point, off the subject) in my country of choice.

I have an opinion too, and my opinion may be quashed bythe wealth or the sheer volume of newcomers. This may beour government’s intent. It’s hard to determine the long-termintent of the powers that be.

Ann MerdinyanRichmond

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‘Us’ vs. ‘them’ ignores good differenceIMMIGRATION

We’re falling victim to the PC virusThe Editor,

Re: “Sign language reflects business,”Opinion, Jan. 27.

Despite Richmond officials acknowledg-ing that many residents are upset by the largeChinese-only signs being erected in the city,Vancouver Sun columnist Douglas Todd ina recent article commented on the concernsof long-time Richmond resident, KerryStarchuk, having been consistently stone-walled by the city in her efforts to restrict thepredominance of Chinese-language signs inher hometown.

When on July 7, 1988, Parliamentpassed the “Act for the Preservation andEnhancement of Multiculturalism in Canada,”augmented in 1991 by the “Department ofMulticulturalism and Citizenship Act,” weeffectively stopped ascribing any value to theintegration of newcomers, and instead institu-tionalized the notion that host countries aren’tlegitimate entities with their own cultures, butonly geopolitical receptacles for a multitudeof co-existing cultures.

Seeking refuge in the “no man’s land”of our centrifugal “cultural mosaic,” honestdebate about the divisive notion of a govern-ment-imposed quiltwork of encouraging andreinforcing ethnic and cultural differences hasbeen stifled in the name of political correct-ness.

As a euphemism for a benign form ofapartheid, multiculturalism and its divisivepolicies of social and cultural engineering

have of late become the object of much morecandid and critical scrutiny in countries likeBritain, Holland, Germany and Australia,where now they are beginning to be openlyrecognized as abysmal failures.

Indeed, Canada’s “We are the World”multiculturalism as a “homegrown” legis-lated political ideology has, in fact, becomean instrument of racial and ethnic segrega-tion, that has led to the “self-ghettoization”of newcomers to this country, creating atribal Canada with no coherent political andcultural centre, actually encouraging newimmigrants to remain outside the lingual andsocial mainstream of the host country, disap-pearing instead into the “self-segregated”cultural cocoons of the various ethnic silos,insulated from the cultural mainstream of thehost country.

Richmond, it is sad to say, has been aprime example of newcomers being virtuallyencouraged for their language and culture totrump that of the country they have chosen toimmigrate to.

Having fallen victim to the virus of politi-cal correctness and expediency, apparentlyRichmond city officials and politicians havenot been sharing Starchuk’s language con-cerns, thus reflecting the extent to whichour official multicultural outreach effortsof accommodation to newcomers have trulydescended into a theatre of the absurd.

Edward BoppRichmond

The Editor,The issue of no

English on various signsin Richmond has sparkeda debate and, as usual,Richmond government hasembedded its collective headin the sand, doing nothing toease the ongoing debate.

A column from immi-grant consultant JoeGreenholtz makes a seriesof points, some of them rel-

evant and some somewhatspecious!

The one valid thing thathe points out is the difficultyencountered by emergencyservices or police whenattempting to find a locationnot identified with Englishsignage.

Here, Richmond Council,is a suggestion.

Enact a bylaw, statingthose businesses that do not

have signage in either Frenchor English, will be assessedan amount equal to four orfive per cent per year of theirproperty assessment, to com-pensate for the additionaltime and trouble encounteredby the aforesaid emergencyservices when no adequatesignage is evident.

Anyone want to bet that arash of English (or French)signs would suddenly appear

on the offending properties?Terrence Murphy

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The City of Richmond has received morethan $3.5 million from the provincial andfederal governments for upgrades to twomajor drainage pump stations.

The improvements for the No. 1 RoadNorth Drainage Pump Station and theWilliams Road Drainage Pump Station isdesigned to better prepare Richmond forflood emergencies.

Funding is geared toward 22 flood mitiga-tion projects in 20 communities, which willhelp them address existing flood concerns,and take proactive steps toward preventingflooding emergencies.

The initiatives range from pump stationupgrades in Richmond, to Fraser River floodprotection and upgrading the Maple PumpStation in Surrey.

Flood protection projects were selectedbased on local government or dike authorityapplications that offered cost-effective solu-tions for areas at risk.

“By taking a collective approach throughall levels of government, we can developand deliver an overall system of defense forregional flood protection and other poten-tial effects of global warming,” said City ofRichmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie.

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Does the expression “tobe worth your salt” puzzleyou?

Have you heard some-one complain about aprice being too salty andwondered what salt has todo with it?

Do you know why anemployee’s earnings arecalled a salary?

Bear with me for asecond while I turn backthe clock a few thousandyears, and everything willbecome clear.

Before there wererefrigerators, people usedsalt to preserve food.Hence salt was extremelyvaluable — even warswere fought over it.

A soldier in ancientRome was paid either aquantity of salt or a “sala-rium,” money with whichto buy salt.

The ancient road builtfor transporting salt fromthe mouth of the Tiber toRome was aptly called theVia Salaria — and it’s stillthere.

So if your employertells you you’re worth yoursalt, feel good — it meansyou deserve the salary youearn.

Some of us don’t get asalary, but a wage — anamount per hour or day.Wage comes from the OldFrench “gauge,” a securityor pledge.

An occasional pay-ment can also be called anemolument (from the OldFrench for what you gavethe miller to grind grain),fee (which grew out of thefeudal system), honorari-um or remuneration (bothfrom Latin words for gift).

But wage or salary, feeor remuneration, what itamounts to now is money.We have many words formoney, mostly slang.

We also have manywords to describe the con-dition of possessing lotsof money, including somepicturesque colloquial-isms.

For me, the phrase “he’sloaded” conjures up theimage of a man with wadsof dollar bills strapped tohis body.

A person with plentyof money might also becalled well-heeled, anexpression dating fromthe time when the state ofyour footwear revealed the

state of your finances.If you’d run out of

money, you were down-at-heel, because of yourworn-out boots.

Or you were broke, aterm deriving from themedieval custom of break-ing a bankrupt money-lender’s table.

In England in the1950s, if you were fromthe upper-class you’d usethe word rich to referto someone with lots ofmoney.

If you were from alower social class you’dsay wealthy.

Although for us thetwo words are now inter-changeable, they comefrom different sources.

Wealthy is related towell, originally with thesense of happy. Rich canbe traced back to the Latin“rex,” meaning king, withthe implication of power-ful.

A person who clingsto his money is a hoarder,from the Old Saxon wordfor treasure or secretplace.

Michelangelo, one ofthe greatest Renaissanceartists, was a hoarder.

When he died in 1564,people thought he’d diedbroke. His house appearedbare except for two beds,some glasses, three barrels(two empty) and 24 worn-out shirts.

Then came a mind-bog-gling discovery — in hisbedroom Michelangelohad hidden a chest, lockedand sealed, containing8,289 gold ducats, equal toabout 66 pounds of solidgold by today’s reckoning.

Human nature beingwhat it is, the significanceattached to money hasn’tchanged over the centu-ries, just the words associ-ated with it.

So, if in ancient Romemoney was linked to salt,in modern North Americathe arrival of the sugar-daddy tipped the scalestowards sweet.

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“Women die of breast cancer simplybecause they are women. The most impor-tant risk factor of breast cancer is being awoman.”

So said Dr. Olofunmilayo Olopade, aleader in clinical cancer genetics at theUniversity of Chicago, in the film PinkRibbons Inc., which will be featured onFriday, Feb. 10 in Richmond City Hall.

In the documentary, Olopade explainshow there’s little data on the cause ofbreast cancer. Which raises the question:How do you cure something if you don’tknow what causes it?

The Pink Ribbon campaign beganin the early ’90s when cancer survivor,Charlotte Hayley, introduced the conceptof a peach coloured breast cancer aware-ness ribbon.

She attached them to cards saying,“The National Cancer Institute’s annualbudget is 1.8 billion U.S. dollars, andonly five per cent goes to cancer preven-tion. Help us wake up our legislators andAmerica by wearing this ribbon.”

Over the last two decades, the cam-

paign has grown exponentially, but it hasentirely lost it’s focus on prevention.

How and why that’s happened is oneof the two key questions the film pres-ents. The other being, where does all thatmoney go?

“Before I got involved in the filmproject, I knew very little about the PinkRibbon campaign,” said director andwriter Lea Pool. “What I’ve learned isthat breast cancer has become a lucrativebusiness…women are being used by massmarketers to make profits on breast can-cer.

Every year, millions of women aroundthe world run or walk for the cure, proudlywearing pink ribbons, T-shirts, shorts andvisors.

The international Pink Ribbon cam-paign is the largest international breastcancer fundraiser in the world. It’sattracted high profile “ambassadors” suchas Hollywood actress Reese Witherspoonand Cynthia Nixon (known for her role asMiranda in Sex in the City).

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EntertainmentPool’s Pink Ribbons Inc. examines the breast cancer fundraising campaignBY MICHELLE HOPKINS

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EntertainmentTreatment: Diagnosed face same options as 40 years agoBut there is no transpar-ency for the funds raisedeach year — which are inthe millions across NorthAmerica, Pool said.

“We can’t just walkand be cheerful,” said theacclaimed filmmaker, whohas won numerous inter-national awards for herthought-provoking docu-mentaries.

“Yes, we have to havehope, but we also havethe right to be angry thatthis year and every year,59,000 North Americanwomen will die from thisdisease.”

Pink Ribbons Inc. alsolooks at the increasedinvolvement of corpora-tions in fundraising cam-paigns, and the impactthat’s had on charities.

Car manufacturersto fast food companiessuch as Kentucky FriedChicken, to corporationssuch as Revlon, Avonand Estee Lauder, haveembraced the cause — yet,the film suggests, themoney raised has donemore to raise the profileand profits of those com-panies than for breastcancer.

“For more thanthree years, we had tworesearchers and two jour-nalists try to track wherethe money goes,” Poolsaid.

“There is no globalcoordination as to wherethe money is spent, andhere we have women walk-ing for two days and mostdon’t ask where the moneythey raise goes.

“Why aren’t we hearingabout new research?” sheadded. “Women have to bemore suspicious.”

Some of the most poi-gnant and heart wrench-ing scenes in the film areof the women of the IVLeague — those dyingfrom breast cancer.

“I felt it was importantto show women who areliving with the reality ofbreast cancer,” said Pool.

“The film cuts fromscenes of happy, costumedwomen running and walk-ing for the cure to an IVLeague woman talkingabout dying.”

Pool came on boardafter reading a few bookson the Pink Ribbon cam-paign, most notably one bySamantha King.

“After the producer,a breast cancer survi-vor, gave me Samantha’sbook (Pink Ribbons, Inc.— Breast Cancer and thePolitics of Philanthropy),I knew there were impor-tant questions to be askedabout how the moneyraised is being used,” saidPool.

In the end, Pool hopesthe movie encourageswomen to question theiractions.

“To use their power aswomen to mobilize andunite, but use it with morereflection and activism,”she said.

“To be more criticaland more politically con-scious about our actionsand to stop thinking thatby buying pink toilet paperwe’re doing what needs tobe done.”

Pool doesn’t suggestthat women shouldn’t beraising money for breastcancer, but rather that“you think before youpink.”

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Continued from page 16Statistics! Since 1940, theincrease in breast can-cer diagnoses has risenfrom one in 22 to one ineight.! Breast cancer claimsthe lives of 59,000North American womenevery year.! Women diagnosedwith breast cancer todayface the same treatmentoptions they did 40years ago.This includes surgery,radiation and chemo-therapy.! Today, the PinkRibbon Inc. movementis in more than 30 coun-tries over five conti-nents.

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Senior ranks next for Connaught’s national champMitchell Gordon looks ahead after winning junior men’s title at Canadian Figure Skating Championships in Moncton

At just 15, Mitchell Gordon has arrivedon figure skating’s biggest stage.

The next time the Connaught SkatingClub member will be participating at thenational championships, his competitionwill include current world champion PatrickChan. That’s the elite company the Grade 10student finds himself in after his stunningjunior men’s gold medal performance at therecent 2012 Canadian Championships inMoncton.

Gordon has no choice but to compete inthe senior men’s division and preparationsare already underway for the next significantstep in his promising career.

“One of the first things I thought of wasI will be going to senior men’s now,” saidGordon. “From what I understand (afterwinning junior men’s) I basically haveno choice. Everything is still sinking inabout the the win and what it means (to mycareer).”

Gordon headed east with modest expecta-tions. The 2011 national Novice championwas making his debut in junior men’s butdid have an impressive resumé going forhim, including representing Canada lastfall at an International Grand Prix event inEstonia where he placed seventh.

He, along with coaches Keegan andEileen Murphy, would have been satisfiedwith a top five finish and personal bestscores. That goal, however, was adjustedwhen Gordon sat third after the short pro-gram. It was a similar position he was inwhen he had earlier won the Pre-Novice andNovice national titles where his free skatevaulted him to the top of the podium.

“I was very comfortable with my posi-tion,” Gordon recalled. “Last year I wasfourth going into the free skate and this timeit was even better. “There were three flightsof six skaters and I was the first to go in thelast group.

“I didn’t really feel that tense about it. Itwas a program I had been basically skatingall year and was very comfortable with. Ijust had to go out there and get it done.”

Gordon did just that. He had sevenjumping passes in his four-minute long pro-gram, consisting of six triple jumps and sixdoubles, three of which were in combina-tions. In total, there were 30 rotations and heexecuted all of them.

His score of 109.66 was the best of thenight and gave him a 161.04 total. Next totake to the ice was Eastern Ontario’s Peter

O’Brien who also turned in a strong freeskate but his 108.57 score still left himslightly behind Gordon at 160.26 The goldmedal was secured when short programleader Joel Bond of Northern Ontario scored94.26 for his free skate and finished with anoverall score of 146.56.

“After the short program, we knew itwas possible. We did not focus on the win,though. He was trained for the moment. Itwas only a matter of laying it down” saidKeegan Murphy.

“It is an example of inner desire to give110 percent in a moment when there isno room for error. Some athletes thriveoff this and some back down from it. AtConnaught, we try to create scenarioswithin the training environment that willhelp our skaters handle such moments incompetition. Mitchell is the perfect exampleof this.”

Gordon is already preparing to findmore time in his already hectic schedule

to increase his training sessions. He alsoknows his opportunity to represent Canadaat upcoming international events has risensignificantly as a junior men’s nationalchampion.

“The first time I went to Europe it wasmainly for the experience with little in theway of expectations,” said Gordon. “Nowit’s more of a guarantee I will get the oppor-tunity to go.”

Murphy added he is looking forward tothe work ahead of preparing for the nextlevel. The process will start with two newprograms choreographed with Mark Pillay.

“Over the next couple months, we willbegin work on the triple axel and quadrupletoe loop,” said Murphy. “The biggest obsta-cle through training over the next seasonwill be to balance new programs, developingnew skills, international competitions andthe personal expectations of the process.

“Mitchell is a perfectionist, it is our jobto help give him perspective on his progress

and development.”Eileen Murphy had more to celebrate as

another one of her other skaters and part-time Connaught member Larkyn Austmanwon silver in Novice Women’s. Connaught’sShawn Ceuvas also skated to a solid seventhplace showing in Novice Men’s.

Gordon becomes the first ever Connaughtskater to win a Junior national title and theresult is a reflection of the entire programand the hard work put in by the coaches.

“As a coach, this is a very specialtime,” added Murphy who oversees all ofConnaught’s programs as director of skating.“For the long days, months and years thatit takes to bring an athlete to the nationalor international stage, I am so happy thatall of our hard work has paid of with theseremarkable championships, not only inMitchell, but in many of our other develop-ing athletes.

“His achievements are an inspiration toall of our young skaters. ”

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The 19-year-old Seafair Minor Hockeyproduct put a puck past Judd Lambert as thecurrent edition dropped a 7-6 decision topast stars in the Richmond Sockeyes’ 10thannual Alumni Game on Saturday night atMinoru Arena.

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HOPKINS, Helen Maria1941 - 2012

Our He len passed awayT h u r s d a y , J a n u a r y 2 6 t hsurrounded by her family andfriends. Helen lived with cancerfor 9 years and faced it withcourage, hope and dignity. She ispredeceased by her mother,Philomene and her father William.She is lovingly survived by herhusband John Robert, son JohnWilliam, daughter-in-law Dovelle,grandsons Liam and Aidan, herbrother William and an army offriends around the world. Helenwas a gifted organizer andplanner, but also an extraordinarycaregiver. She trained andworked as a nurse for over 30years. She was the youngesthead nurse in BC when hired toopen the surgical floor atRichmond General Hospital. Sherose to become Director ofNursing, Acute Care and wasinstrumental in the formation ofthe Palliative Care unit where shespent her final, pain-free days. Inlater years, she spent her timevolunteering for the Archives ofboth Delta and Richmond andtravelling to many countriesaround the world, but the specialloves of her life were her twograndsons. Helen’s abilities topatiently explain and share hermany passions of life wasextraordinary. Much of what hashappened since her passing isinfluenced by her guidance andinstruction. Helen’s love and lightwill continue to shine through allshe touched.A Celebration of Life for Helen willbe held on Friday, February 3,2012 at the Ukrainian CommunityHall, 5311 Francis Rd. Richmond,BC from 2 - 4 PM. In lieu offlowers, Helen requested thatdonations go to her favoritecharity The Terry Fox Foundation.

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