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Is Abbott your man?B.C. Liberal leadershiphopeful George Abbottstopped by the News withsome local allies to discussRichmond’s influenceon the party race.
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A love storyValerie Berg was about to leavea Single Mingle when PaulKallio caught up to her. Shedidn’t feel a spark for him —until she was being rushedto hospital. 28 23
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A visitor views a projection from the video The Last Riot, a new exhibit at the Richmond Art Gallery by Russian artist collective AES+F. The piece, which was one of the sen-sations of the 2007 Venice Biennale, is now part of the Vancouver Biennale and will be on display throughout Richmond’s Winter Festival of the Arts.
Anti-bullying flashmob video a surprise Internet hit
A Richmondite is behind anamazing anti-bullying flashmobvideo that went viral on theInternet within a couple of days ofgoing live.
The video — showing 300Grade 3 to 12 students in a mall,ripping off their jackets to revealpink anti-bullying T-shirts for anapparent impromptu dance rou-tine — was the idea of Vancouverschool principal Mette Hamaguchi.
After being posted on YouTubelast weekend, the performance atthe Oakridge Centre by studentsfrom Hamaguchi’s David LloydGeorge elementary and nearbySir Winston Churchill second-ary attracted almost 50,000 hits
by Wednesday. On Thursday atpress time, the number hit nearly100,000.
The video has also been postedon celebrity gossip blogger PerezHilton’s website and the EllenDegeneres Show — whose pre-senter is a high profile anti-bul-lying advocate — has been bom-barded by emails requesting shehighlight the video with the anti-bullying Pink Shirt Day coming upon Feb. 23.
“When you start this thing froma grass roots level, you don’t reallyexpect it to go much farther thanthe two schools,” said Steveston’sHamaguchi, wife of Seafair MinorHockey Association’s executivedirector Ken Hamaguchi.
“We’re absolutely overwhelmedby the reaction and we’ve been
getting emails from around theworld.
“We did not expect it to havethe effect that it now seems to behaving.”
Hamaguchi sheepishly admit-ted the flashmob — when a largegroup of people perform a choreo-graphed routine in a public placein an off-the-cuff manner — washer idea.
“I did come up with the idea,but the whole thing was definitelya team effort,” she said.
“We were at a family functionand we got talking about all thenegativity with things going viralon social media. I then thought itwould be a good idea to do a posi-tive message using social mediafor a change.
“So I said ‘let’s do a flashmob
with an anti-bullying theme.’”Hamaguchi said her school
works hard at re-enforcing anti-homophobic and anti-bullyingmessages.
And when she asked thedance teacher at the neighbouringChurchhill secondary to help withchoreography, it was decided that
the two schools join forces.As for Perez Hilton and
Degeneres, Hamaguchi isn’texpecting any more publicity.
“We’re quite shocked that itmade it onto Perez Hilton’s web-site,” she said.
“And we really don’t expect tomake it onto the Ellen show.”
BY ALAN [email protected]
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February 111990 – Nelson Mandela,a political prisoner for 27years, is released from
Victor Verster Prison outsideCape Town, South Africa.
Is this the face of B.C.’s new premier?
B.C. Liberal leadership hopeful George Abbott on Richmond’s role in the party race
“What day is it? Is it Monday?”Suffice to say, George Abbott is reaching for
the finishing line after a grueling 83 days into hiscampaign to lead the B.C. Liberal Party.
Abbott — accompanied by his Richmondwingman and woman, former MLAs GregHalsey-Brandt and Olga Ilich — stopped by theNews office for a quick interview this week,en route to a luncheon in the city centre withmembers of the Canadian Low Income SeniorsAffordable Housing Society.
“It’s going very well. At least I think so,”Abbott said of his bid to win the leadership race.
“We’re now about 80 days or so into I thinkand still another (15) days to go. But it’s good
to have the goal line in sight, as it’s been anextremely long campaign.
“Even the federal campaign is only about 28days and most days I’m not even sure what dayit is.”
Abbott admitted that the last few months havebeen “the most intense political experience of mycareer. If I became premier, I think it would bemuch more controlled.”
The long-serving Shuswap MLA — whowas health minister for four years and educationminister briefly last year before bowing out toenter the leadership race — revealed he’s beenin Richmond several times during his campaign,more so than many other ridings.
“We’ve done a survey and some voter pollingand I think we’re competitive in Richmond,” hesaid of the support he feels he has in the city.
“I’m not sure (about the other candidates), butI think Kevin (Falcon) and Christy (Clark) haveboth got strong support here.”
Much has been made in the last few weeks ofthe thousands of party members being signed upby Abbott’s leadership rivals in areas with a highSouth Asian population, such as Surrey, perhapsin a last ditch effort to win votes.
The same, however, cannot be said for theAsian vote in Richmond, according to Abbott.
“I would suspect that the Asian vote is lesspredictable in Richmond than the South Asianvote in Surrey. I’m certainly not aware of anyhuge sign ups in Richmond,” he said.
“I think it seems to be much more fragmented,whereas the South Asian vote can be broughttogether more quickly for various reasons.”
BY ALAN [email protected]
Soccer treasurerawaits sentence
Dicky Evans died living hispassion, said his friend and col-league, Grant Smith.
The one thing he wantedto do in retirement was travel;ironically, it was traveling thatkilled him, said Grant.
Richard Evans, known tohis friends as Dicky, died whileboating in New Zealand earlierthis week.
The Richmond rugby coachand avid soccer player wasvacationing with is wife whohas family in the area, accord-ing to the online New Zealand
media outlet, nzherald.co.nz.Police there said Evans, 63,
was killed when he was thrownfrom a powerboat, which col-lided with a buoy in Taurangaharbour Monday afternoon.
“It’s really sad,” said Smithwho’s known Evans for 40years as both a friend and col-league at the Vancouver PoliceDepartment.
“Dicky was a really uniqueindividual. He was a Welshmanwith a great sense of humour.I used to tell him, he must beable to sing, because Welshmancan’t play rugby,” said Smith.But Evans loved his rugby.
Gary Stewart, secretary with
the Richmond Rugby FootballClub, said Evans will be sorelymissed in the rugby world.
“He was a rugby ref when Iplayed in the ’70s and ’80s. Hewas a highly likeable guy —and it’s hard to be liked whenyou’re a rugby ref.”
Stewart said quite often histeam would actually requestEvans referee their games.
Evans leaves behind a wifeand two sons, in their 30s.
A service will be held inNew Zealand, where his wifehas family, and another servicewill be held in B.C., althoughStewart wasn’t sure when thatwould be.
Popular rugby ref died doing what he lovedsee Ilich page 6
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“I’s much rathersee the grants
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Debbie Judd, the woman at the centreof Richmond’s biggest ever soccer scandal,will be in court May 6.
It is expected she will plead guilty andbe sentenced on that date.
Judd was charged with theft, fraud andsix counts of using a forged document after$180,000 went missing from the RichmondYouth Soccer Association’s bank accountback in 2003.
At the time, Judd was RYSA’s treasurerand former chair.
It took six years before charges werelaid and another two before a final decisionwill be rendered. Judd has been chargedwith theft over $5,000, fraud over $5,000and six counts of using a forged document.
BY EVE [email protected]
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Thirteen-year-old Osmund Chan isquite the ham.
Like most teenage boys, the London-Secondary student likes to impress.
Osmund shows off prowess as hepushes himself from the floor to thecouch.
Not that remarkable?It is if you have cerebral palsy, an
incurable condition that affects musclemovements due to brain damage.
The young teen has worked hard toaccomplish that feat.
His mother, Cindy Chan, credits, inpart, Variety — The Children’s Charity,for helping Osmund be a little moremobile and independent.
Thanks to the annual Variety ofHearts Telethon — which raises moneyfor children who have special needs andnon-profits which help them and theirfamilies — Osmund can get out on asunny day and ride his trike just like theable-bodied children on his block.
“Because of Variety, Osmund wasgiven a trike in 2007,” said Chan, whois a stay-at-home mom. “These speciallyequipped trikes costs thousands of dol-lars. “It would be a financial hardshipfor us if we had to pay for that besidesall the other costs associated with hiscondition.”
Chan is determined that Osmund willbe as independent as possible.
To that end, Osmund has learned tohold up his head and nod yes or no toquestions posed to him.
Meanwhile, Chan said that the trikecouldn’t have come at a better time.Osmund had been enrolled in the thera-peutic equestrian program, which helooked forward to each week.
However, because he was gettingtoo heavy for the volunteers to hold up,Osmund couldn’t attend the programanymore. “Osmund used to love goingthere but at least with the trike, he cango out and get some other form of exer-cise that he enjoys,” said Chan of heronly child. “When he’s out on his trikehe smiles and waves to all the otherkids.” More recently, Osmund was givena specialized stroller, one that costs
$4,000 — again thanks to the generosityof British Columbians who support theVariety Show of Hearts Telethon.
“The government doesn’t coverthe cost of this stroller,” said Chan.“This stroller means more freedom forOsmund because it’s light, fits in anycar and anybody can take him out in it.“These two pieces of equipment allowOsmund to be out there having fun andinteracting with people.”
The 45th Annual Variety Show ofHearts Telethon is aired on GlobalTelevision on Saturday and Sunday, Feb.12 and 13. The show begins at 7 p.m.and runs until 6 p.m. Sunday. For moreinformation or to donated to the VarietySow of Hearts, call 310-KIDS or visitwww.variety.bc.ca.
For more on this story, go to www.richmond-news.com.
Family grateful for Variety’s helpDISABILITY
A non-profit organization which borrowed$25,000 from the City of Richmond’s emer-gency hardship fund has been given an extrasix months to pay it back.
The Richmond Centre for Disability(RCD) borrowed the cash last year after itran into serious financial difficulty due toprovincial grants drying up.
But RCD’s board secretary, Frances Clark,
wrote to the city last month pleading formore time to repay the interest-free loan, cit-ing “serious cash-flow challenges,” broughtabout by a delay in federal funding sources.
Clark added in her letter that the organiza-tion was considering laying off staff in orderto meet its repayment obligations.
A report before city council this weekpresented three options in terms of getting
the money back. The city could demand themoney back; defer the loan for six monthswith three per cent interest added each monthor hold back $25,000 from RCD’s annual$110,000 operating fund it gets from the city.City council decided to defer the loan for sixmonths, with the three per cent interest addedeach month until the loan is repaid.
— Alan Campbell, Richmond News
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Cindy Chan looks lovingly at her son, Osmund, as herides a specially equipped tricycle he received, thanks tohelp from Variety.
Charity allowed extra time to pay back loan to city
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NewsIlich: Rates Abbott highly
One of the burning issuesin Richmond and across theprovince over the last yearwas school districts fac-ing massive cash deficitsin their budgets, not leastRichmond’s $5 millionshortfall, resulting in painfulcuts to staff and resources.
Abbott admits there aremany challenges still beingfaced by school districtsacross B.C. and it’s some-thing that would be high onhis agenda, should he winthe party leadership race.
“Over the course of thelast decade, the studentnumbers have dropped by56,000,” he said.
“From a government per-spective, every year we’vebumped up the funding.But it still does represent achallenge and there is stillcontinuing discussion.
“My priority therewould be to work with allthe partners in the schoolsystem. But I do recognizethat the funding is one ofthe challenges facing schooldistricts.”
Halsey-Brandt — whonailed his colours toRaymond Chan’s mast when
Chan ran unsuccessfullyagainst Alice Wong in thelast federal election — saidhe’s backing Abbott afterhe warmed to his problem-solving nature while work-ing alongside him duringthe first Campbell govern-ment.
“I liked the way heapproached problems and Iguess I’m closer to his wayof thinking than any of theother candidates,” Halsey-Brandt said.
“I think it’s very impor-tant for a good relationshipbetween municipalities andthe province and I thinkGeorge would help that.”
Ilich, who worked with
Abbott in Victoria from2005 to 2009, considersAbbott as possessing severaltraits worthy of leading theparty and the province.
“One of the most impor-tant things for a premier tohave is an ability to consultwith people and listen to theexperts,” she said.
“He’s has to work with alot of very difficult portfo-lios and has done so withoutany major problems.
He’s a very inclusiveperson and is consensusbuilding.”
The B.C. Liberal Partyleadership race will bedecided Feb. 26 by an in-party membership vote.
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Former MLAs Olga Ilich and Greg Halsey-Brandt flankthe man they hope will fly the flag for the B.C. Liberals,George Abbott.
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The City of Richmond isgoing to the people to pressits ear to the ground on thenew proposed noise pollutionbylaw.
The frailties and inabilityof the city’s current noiseregulation bylaw — whichwas last updated 11 yearsago — to deal with modernnoise pollutions and a rapidlygrowing Richmond rose tothe surface last year.
On several occasions,Richmond Public Healthand the city were asked tolook into serious noise com-plaints, directly related tothe increased urbanizationof Richmond. The city willnow enter into a public par-ticipation program this springin an effort to explain theintricacies of a new stricternoise bylaw and will obtainfeedback via open housesand online surveys.
Most notable among lastyear’s issues were the long-running disputes betweenAndrews Road residentsand True World Foods inSteveston and between
Caithcart Road residents andthe Shark Club in Bridgeport.
Both groups of residentswere represented at thisweek’s meeting, expressingtheir ongoing concern aboutnoise issues.
During the meeting, theacoustic consultant, hired bythe city last year to examinethe problems, demonstratedthe differences in decibelsfrom certain sound sourcesand the effect of a powerfulbase beat. After the meeting,Coun Greg Halsey-Brandttold the News that he believesa big part of the problem iswhen a larger noise sourcegoes head to head with a resi-dential area.
“If you have a noisy areanext to a moderately noisyarea, then there’s not muchof a problem,” he said. “Butwhen you have somethinglike the Andrews Road areanext to the Shark Club,there’s a big difference.”
Indeed, a report placedbefore city council this weekrevealed that noise com-plaints fielded by the healthdepartment for the last sixmonths of 2010 skyrocketedcompared to the same period
in 2009. A total of 349 noisecomplaints were receivedduring the six months,including a 25 per cent spikein construction-related issues;33 per cent rise on residentialneighbours; 100 per centincrease on industrial noiseand a 29 per cent hike in spe-cial event complaints.
According to the report,the significant increasein noise complaints inRichmond is mainly due tothe city’s burgeoning urbansprawl edging closer to com-mercial and industrial sites.
As such, an up to date andmore technically sensitivenoise bylaw is required todeal with new issues.
An acoustic consultantwas hired last year by thecity to come up with possiblechanges, that have now beeninserted into the proposedrevised bylaw.
These include: WorldHealth Organization guide-lines; a more accurate read-ing of “continuous sound” tomake it easier to enforce; a“point of reception,” wherethe sound disturbance is mea-sured from a prescribed dis-tance; low frequency sound;
and sound characteristics,including penalties for tonesand impulsiveness.
The report’s author,city bylaw manager WayneMercer, said the proposedbylaw “will be stricter,” add-ing that a significant publicparticipation program isrequired to educate peopleand businesses to the possiblechanges ahead.
This will take the formof published notices in themedia, open houses, onlinesurveys and workshops.
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Harry Jerome’s life story captured on filmHISTORY
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Record-breaking athlete Harry Jerome faced manydifficulties in his personal and professional life. The newfilm Mighty Jerome looks at his private and public strug-gles.
Dr. Doug Clement vividly remem-bers the first time he met one of theprovince’s most remarkable athletes,sprinter Harry Jerome.
The year was 1959.A world-class runner himself,
Clement had just graduated frommedical school and Jerome had justgraduated from high school, whenthey met in a tuxedo shop.
“Both of us were getting suits forour graduation ceremonies and some-how we started talking about trackand field,” said Clement, whom theMinoru track is named after.
The two young men had more incommon than they realized at thetime, and their lives soon intertwined.
“After Jerome graduated from the
University of Oregon he came back toVancouver and trained with our club,the Richmond Kajaks, during the earlydays, around 1962,” said Clement.“He ended up teaching high school inRichmond.”
(Jerome taught math and sciencesat Richmond secondary from 1964 to1965.)
Clement will be at Richmond CityHall on Thursday, Feb. 17, for theshowing of the documentary movieabout Jerome’s private and public life,titled Mighty Jerome.
“I will be introducing the film andI will talk during the proceedings aswell,” said Clement, who is also fea-tured in the film.
“The film is an accurate portrayalof his life and the racism he enduredduring those times,” said Clement.
“I think viewers will take away
from the film its historical signifi-cance.
“I also think it will show youngpeople just how much progress we’vemade in five decades.”
At one point, Jerome was celebrat-ed as the fastest man on the planet,holding seven different world records,including simultaneous world recordsin both the 100-yard and 100 metresraces.
But life for the young black man inB.C. in the early sixties was anythingbut easy, says Clement.
“When Harry was winning he wascheered,” said Clement.
“At 19, Jerome broke the 100metres world record at the PanAm Games and won a gold at theCommonwealth Games, but when heinjured himself at the Rome Olympics
BY MICHELLE [email protected]
World renowned sprinter struggled with media scrutiny, racism in 1960s
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in 1960, the media jumped all overhim calling him a quitter … he facedan antagonistic media throughout hiscareer.”
Jerome retired in 1969, after a decade-long career spent dodging negative press.
As an Afro-Canadian, award-winningproducer Selwyn Jacob could relate toJerome.
Like Jerome, Jacob loved track andfield and was an educator before becom-ing a filmmaker in the mid-eighties.
He had long been fascinated by HarryJerome’s life.
“Track and field was huge in Trinidadand we always had world class athletesfrom around the world come to com-pete,” said Jacob. “One day, we heardthere was a Canadian coming and it wasan anomaly back in the sixties… we hadnever heard of a world-class sprinter whocame from Canada.
“It was Harry and when I immigratedto Canada in 1968 I became even morecurious about him.”
In 1997, he became a filmmaker andvowed to one day to feature Jerome in adocumentary.
“I felt that Harry deserved a filmabout him outside of athletics as well ashis successes as an athlete,” said Jacob.“Harry was represented unfairly as anathlete in the press and this film was anopportunity to right a wrong.”
The National Film Board optioned abook about Jerome by author Fil Frasertitled Running Uphill.
They hired Jacob and director CharlesOfficer to tell Jerome’s story of triumph,tragedy, controversy and racial discrimi-nation in a documentary.
In April 2009, Jacob began workingon the production with Officer.
In one scene it shows footage ofJerome in 1962 in Perth, Australia, forthe Commonwealth Games.
It was there that he suffered a full tornquadricep.
Doctors told him he would never runagain.
“Right away, the press jumped onhim and one reporter wrote that he wasincapable of running on the world stage,”said Jacob.
Jerome made a stunning comebackfrom that severely torn quad muscle towin a medal two years later in Tokyo.
“In the movie we interview nine of hisclosest friends who all said Harry was agood and caring person,” added Jacob.“When the press slammed him, it evokedstrong emotions for him.
“Harry was shy and many in themedia took that as arrogance.”
The 84-minute film explores the tur-bulent life and career of the record-set-ting icon through rare footage capturingJerome racing.
“CBC covered a lot of Harry’s racesso we have quite a bit of footage.Viewers gets a real sense of the manhimself,” Jacob said.
“There’s also an interview withhis high school track coach, JohnMinichiello, his good friend Paul Wynn,his ex-wife Wendy and daughter Debbie.”
The movie is more of a human inter-est story, Jacob said, adding he will be inRichmond for the screening of the film,where he will take part in a Q & A.
“We restaged certain sequences ofhis life such as when Harry and Wendymet at the University of Oregon, the rac-ism they endured as a bi-racial couple,to when they had their daughter Debbiein 1963, through to an interview withDebbie herself.”
In honour of Black History month,DOXA Documentary Film Festival’smovie Mighty Jerome plays on Thursday,Feb. 17 at 7 p.m. in the Richmond CityHall Chambers, 6911 No. 3 Rd. Ticketsare $10 and can be purchase on DOXA’swebsite at www.doxafestival.ca or bycalling 604-685-5575.
Film: Rights a wrong
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Dr. Doug Clement, who is also anacclaimed runner, met the young HarryJerome just after the sprinter graduatedfrom high school.
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The news that B.C. Ferries CEO David Hahn is touting majorfare hikes barely two months after eliminating its fuel “rebates”and increasing prices has angered travellers and sparked anotherround of comments about the depth of the feather bed on whichHahn reclines to do his job.
But while it is always tempting to mock public figureheadswho earn extremely high salaries, it is important to rememberthat the empire Hahn is responsible for has always received directgovernment subsidy.
Hahn’s gloomy predictions last week of fare increases forthe four years from 2012 to 2016 in the range of 20 per cent onmajor routes, 50 per cent on minor ones and more than 100 percent on northern routes will only come true if our provincial gov-ernment chooses not to increase its subsidy.
That subsidy of $92 million has not been increased since2003, although additional subsidies for the northern routeswere added in 2008. The federal government also contributes tofunding those particular routes: last year, that was $27 million.Shaking down Hahn and other top ferry executives might feelgood to taxpayers, but clearly the dollar amounts needed to fundthe present levels of service are much more than are going to befound in any cost-cutting review. Without subsidy increases, thealternatives are only fare increases or less service.
Hahn was right to run these distress flags up his ship’s flag-pole. It’s up to our future political leaders to revisit this debate,not shoot the messenger.
— North Shore News editorial
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Cyclists are not entirelysane.
Sure, green transport,zero emissions, healthylifestyle, fresh air, blah blahblah.
If you’re only a driver,not a cyclist of any descrip-tion, try to imagine willing-ly getting up in the morn-ing, sitting atop a narrowmetal frame that balanceson two wheels, and rollingout into traffic.
Drivers are protected bya shell of metal and safetyglass, augmented by crum-ple zones, air bags, seatbelts, traction control, andanti-lock power brakes.
Cyclists have handbrakes, helmets made offoam and plastic, and glovesdesigned to keep the skin onour hands in the event of acrash.
And yet, on the lastSaturday in January, I gotup and put on several lay-ers of spandex and raingear and pedalled my wayaround half of Langley. Idon’t even have the excuseof using it for commuting,I did this because I neededthe exercise, and I had beencraving a good long bikeride for a couple of months.
Along the way, I passeda few other riders, barelyglimpsed through the rainbeaded on my glasses:another spandex-clad luna-tic like myself (although hewas going noticeably faster)and a few of the Mexicanfarmworkers who can beseen in all weather, runningerrands or visiting friendsaround the community.
I also ran into a coupleof members of the Greater
Langley Cycling Coalition,out cleaning up garbagealong Zero Avenue. Theclub has adopted the street,to demonstrate its impor-tance to cyclists not only inLangley, but from aroundthe Lower Mainland. Ona nice weekend, you cansee dozens of them zippingby there every hour. Theirpassage will be interruptedevery now and again by alarge dump truck whippingby, or a goon in a sports carwho screams barely audiblecurses. I’ve never person-ally had things thrown at mefrom moving cars, but it’snot unheard of.
After I got home, whileI waited for the feeling toreturn to my toes, I thoughtabout the argument againstmore bike lanes that youoften hear from driversthese days.
Cyclists are reckless.They’re crazy.They weave in and out of
traffic.They jump on and off of
sidewalks.They cause car accidents
and ride off.So why give cyclists bet-
ter bike lanes? Surely they’lljust abuse them.
Some cyclists are reck-less. But as with drivers, it’sa small minority giving alarge majority a bad reputa-tion.
Think about it this way:as a driver in Vancouver,Surrey, Richmond, Langley,if you drive through thedowntown areas, you willsee cyclists. Those whoobey the rules of the roadquickly slip from yourmemory. It’s the lunaticsthat cut across your paththat you remember.
But it’s the same withdrivers. You don’t rememberthe hundreds or thousandsof cars you pass on yourdrive to work. You remem-ber that idiot texting whilesteering a minivan with hisknees, or the woman whocut across three lanes with-out signalling.
The other reason whydrivers see more recklesscyclists than they should issimple: it’s too dangerousfor the sane riders.
If it’s reckless to ride, theonly riders will be reckless.If on my bike, I will go farout of my way around cer-tain roads, as I have no wishto be rendered two-dimen-sional under the wheels ofa cube van. But as a driveron those same roads, Iregularly see people doingthings on bikes that makeme wince.
If we get more bikelanes, more marked roadsand separated paths, andsecure bike parking, we’llget more riders, increasingthe pool that drivers seewho are sane.
Relatively sane, ofcourse. We’re still cyclists.
Anyone up for a three-hour ride in the rain?
Matthew Claxton is areporter with News’s sisterpaper the Langley Advance.
The Editor,Re: “Chinese contribution ignored: Society,” News, Feb. 4.As a third generation Canadian, Anglo, visible white minority
living in Richmond, I am offended by the context of this article.It seems whenever a particular interest group decides to whine
loudly enough, there is front page media coverage regarding howthe group involved feels slighted by either Canadian history ornon-immigrant Canadians or not having had enough thanks orapologies for decades past events.
I am tired, sick and tired, of hearing this garbage from ethnicgroups who seem to have an exaggerated sense of what their con-tribution has been to Canada.
My ancestors came to this great country as poor immigrants.They struggled to make homes for their families, they adoptedthe Canadian lifestyle and ways, they worked long and hard attheir chosen employments and yes ... they contributed HUGELYto the infrastructure and building of this province through theirhard work and dedication to their new country. The descendantsof hundreds of thousands of European/U.K. immigrants have notcomplained because their grandparents or great grandparentshave not been heaped with recognition. In those early days ofimmigration it was simply expected that you contributed to thegrowth of your chosen new country.
Canada was built by millions of people, of all backgrounds,their hard work and their efforts towards making Canada thewonderful free and desirable country it is today. No single groupneed childishly complain to the rest of the Canadian populationthat they haven’t been recognized enough for their efforts. We areteam players here in Canada and I would appreciate not havingto read any more bellyaching articles from these special interestgroups .
J.E. HillierRichmond
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The Editor,Re: “Chinese Contribution Ignored:
Society,” News, Feb. 4.Richmond school trustee Chak Au took
a more teamwork approach of doing moreto include what Chinese and other minoritygroups have done for the province.
Bill Chu is shair of the Canadians forReconciliation, which expresses its con-cerns that Asians’ role in history should bebetter recognized in the school curriculum.Mr. Chu’s confrontational approach is toforce Richmond MLAs to demand morerecognition for their Chinese constituentsand to “force” each of the NDP and Liberalparty leadership candidates to sign andpledge more acknowledgement of Chinesehistory and undoubtedly issue a recap inthe media of who signed and pledged andwho didn’t.
The majority of Richmond’s Chineseresidents have been in British Columbialess than 10 to 15 years — hardly a con-cern about the participation in history bythe current Chinese community. It hardlyjustifies the demands put upon Richmond’sMLAs. What about the many other groupsfrom India, Germany, Poland, Ukraine, theNetherlands, etc.? They are also part ofRichmond’s and B.C.’s history and shouldbe recognized.
The British Columbia HistoricalFederation has worked with many ethnicgroups and has published numerous articlesin the British Columbia History journalabout the early Chinese businessmen, set-tlers, merchants, miners, etc. The ChineseCanadian Historical Society, in Vancouver,is a member of the BCHF and has contrib-uted stories and histories of the Chinese inB.C.
Preserving and promoting any ethnicgroup’s participation in B.C.’s history isaccomplished by working together, sharingstories, pictures, historical events, etc., notby demands, veiled political threats andpitting one ethnic group against another.Last year the Richmond Museum mounteda wonderful exhibit on Steveston’s HongWo store and the important part it playedin the history of Steveston and the fishingindustry.
Many in the Chinese community workwith their local museum and archives toassist in the preservation of their family’spart in local history. By working withmuseums, archives, educational groups,etc., the interesting and exciting historiesof all ethnic groups can become part of theschool’s curriculum to improve and includemore British Columbia history.
The B.C. Historical Federation and otherhistorical groups have been working closelywith the History Education Network atUBC, an organization devoted to promoting— and improving — history teaching andlearning by bringing together the multipleand varied constituencies involved in his-tory education.
There is much we can do collectively toensure B.C.’s history includes all its resi-dents, ethnic groups, pioneers, etc., who areequally part of our province’s history. Mr.Chu is invited to participate with the manygroups and historical societies to be part ofthe solution to ensure B.C.’s history is ascomplete as possible by working togetherwith a positive approach.
Ron HydeHonorary president
B.C. Historical FederationRichmond resident for 52 years
Change takes teamworkHISTORY
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Richmond to recognize andbecome involved in the Heartand Stroke Foundation’s HeartMonth this February. Heart dis-ease and stroke are two of thethree leading causes of death forCanadians, cutting the lives ofCanadians short.
But you can save lives thisHeart Month, by:❚ Donating online: heartand-stroke.bc.ca;
❚ Giving generously when acanvasser comes to your door orcontacts you online;❚ Learning about the preventablerisk factors for heart disease andstroke.Visit heartandstroke.bc.ca formore information.
Since 1955, donations to theHeart and Stroke Foundationhave facilitated:❚ Research on the developmentand use of the implantable pace-maker;
❚ Clot-busting drugs that canerase the effects of a stroke afterit’s happened;❚ Pioneering the artificial heartfor transplant patients;❚ Developing and updating guide-lines for resuscitation (CPR);❚ Public awareness of strokesigns and heart attack warningsignals:
Signs of a heart attack❚ Chest pain or discomfort❚ Pain in arm, neck, jaw or back❚ Sweating
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Signs of a Stroke❚ Weakness, numbness❚ Trouble speaking❚ Vision problems❚ Severe headache❚ Dizziness
To date, the Heart and StrokeFoundation has funded $1 billionin support of Canadian research,with more than $100 milliongoing to B.C. researchers.
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Lansdowne Shopping Centre and the Richmond Art Gallery have teamed upto create this delicate display at the mall. Throughout the six weeks of Richmond’sWinter Festival of the Arts, various store fronts will display artistic installations.
FridaySouth Arm CommunityCentre’s youth group,MOSIAC, is hosting itsfourth annual, 24-hourHockey-thon beginningat noon on Friday, Feb.11 until noon on Saturday,in the South Arm gymna-sium. Registration for thisevent is by donation witheach participant secur-ing pledges. Proceedsfrom the pledges willbe donated to CanuckPlace, a hospice for chil-dren. Over the past threeyears, more than $7,500has been raised and thisyear they hope to raise
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SaturdaySt. Albans Church pres-ents a Valentine’s Daydinner and dance onSaturday, Feb. 12 at St.Alban’s church hall, 7260St. Alban Rd.Tickets are $25 andincludes dinner, danc-ing under the disco ball,entertainment, prizes andmuch more. Doors open
at 6:30 p.m. and dinner isserved at 7 p.m. For moreinfo, call 604 278 2770.
Treat your Valentine toa special Tea at LondonHeritage Farm. Its his-toric 1880’s tea room is arelaxing spot to enjoy theirown London Lady Teaand delicious homemadegoodies, this Sunday, Feb.13 from noon to 5 p.m.Reservations recommend-ed by calling 604-271-5220. London Farmhouseis located at 6511 DykeRd.
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for ShowStoppers, whowere also featured at itsofficial Opening and onthe televised Countdownto Vancouver 2010. Formore information aboutShowStoppers, visit www.theimpresario.ca/show-stoppers.html.
The World of Music andArts presents a classicalvoice and piano concert“Songs of Love” onSunday, Feb. 13 at 3 p.m.at the Grand Piano Hall,World of Music and Arts,6231 London Rd.Free admission.
The concert is dedicatedto Valentine’s Day asperformed by Award win-ning musicians - sopranoMargo Levae and pianistAnna Vavilova. Join us fora delightful afternoon ofeasy classics, spiced upby famous favourites such
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TuesdayThe Village Knitters meeteach Tuesday morningat Steveston’s Waves
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WednesdayThe Conseil ScolaireFrancophone de laColombie Britannique(CFS) is hosting an OpenHouse on Wednesday,Feb. 9. Parents who wishto attend or enroll theirchildren in a Francophoneschool should call them at604-214-2600 or toll freeat 1-888-715-2200 or visitwww.cfs.bc.ca for moreinformation.
ThursdaySouth Arm CommunityCentre is hosting a musicseries, Jazzy Daze, tohelp drive out the winterblues. Teaming up withthe McRoberts Jazz andConcert band, the centreis hosting four afternoonperformances - beginningThursday, Feb. 10, 17, 23and March 3. Admissionis free. There will be cof-fee, hot chocolate andpopcorn for sale andall proceeds benefit theRichmond food Bank. Fordates and times, call thecentre at 604-718-8060.
As part of the 2011Richmond WinterFestival of the Arts, overthree weekends andsome evenings, six artistshave worked collabora-tively to install imagina-tive works in emptystorefronts in LansdowneCentre as part of shOPART 2011. Join the artistsbehind this collaborativework for light refresh-ments and conversationon Thursday, Feb. 10 at6:30 p.m .at LansdowneCentre, 5300 No. 3 Rd.Meet the artists: DavidAkselrod, Teresa S.W.Chow, Ilsoo KyungMacLaurin, Julie McIntyre,Liane McLaren Varnam,Tony Yin Tak Chuand lead artist, MarinaSzijarto.
Housing Subsidyis hosting a free work-shop on HousingSubsidy: RentalAssistance Program;Shelter Aid for ElderlyRenters; How to apply;Who is eligible to applyon Thursday, Feb.17from 12:30-2:30 p.m.in room 345, RichmondCaring Place, 7000Minoru Blvd.For more information orto register, call Sookyi orLaila at 604-279-7160.
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FREMANTLE, Australia — You don’toften get to tour a maximum-security pris-on that captures Australia’s convict historyand yet still housed offenders less than 20years ago.
Getting up close and personal withthe hangman’s noose leaves an indelibleimpression — fortunately now only in themind and not on the neck.
The first convicts, originally fromEngland, arrived in 1850 as a labour forceto build the infrastructure for the Swan
River Colony based in nearby Perth, here inWestern Australia.
One of their first projects was theConvict Establishment, later calledFremantle Prison and used as a maximum-security prison until 1991.
Prisoners who attempted to escape wereflogged and locked in solitary confinementon a diet of bread and water.
There were 12 punishment cells and sixwindowless “dark” cells. Stays in solitarywere between one and six months. After1886, solitary sentences were restricted to amaximum of 28 days.
Fremantle prison houses a dark historyAUSTRALIA
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Difficult convicts wereoften sentenced up to 100lashes. Flogging instru-ments included the cat-o’-nine-tails, a whip with nineknotted strands or cords,and the birch, a bundle oflong birch twigs boundtogether by cord. The lastflogging with the cat-o’-nine-tails occurred in 1943when a prisoner received 25lashes. A prisoner received12 strokes of the birch in1962. Corporal punishmentand hard labour were final-ly abolished in 1993, twoyears after Fremantle Prisonshut down.
Tried and convicted formurder, serial killer EricEdgar Cooke was hanged atFremantle Prison in 1964,the last man to face capi-tal punishment in WesternAustralia.
The prison is now apopular, award-winningtourist attraction, offeringseveral tours: Doing Time,
Great Escapes, Tunnels andTorchlight.
The trap door beneaththe hangman’s noose stilldrops, activated by a leveron the platform nearby.
With a populationof only 25,000, historicFremantle neverthelesshas a lively cafe nightlifeas well as beaches which,along with others up anddown the coast, have hadtheir share of Australia’sshark attacks and fatalities— some occurring close toshore.
However, Australia aver-ages only one shark fatalitya year (usually on par withthe U.S.) compared to, in2005 for example, threedeaths from bee stings.
Still, according to theW.A. department of fisher-ies, “most of the 100 ormore shark species thatoccur in W.A. waters arecapable of injuring humansand all species, no matterhow small, should be leftalone.”
W.A. fronts the IndianOcean and accounts formore than one-third ofAustralia’s total 34,000-kilometre coastline. It’scloser to Bali in Indonesia
than to Australia’s majorcentres such as Sydney onthe east coast.
Perth, a city of 1.7 mil-lion, is on the Swan River,a 15-minute drive froma string of sand-and-surfocean beaches. Perth isslower and quieter than itseast-coast sisters. But boththe city and the state areenjoying an economic andpopulation boom, thanks togrowth in the mining sector.
Wineries also abound,both in the Swan Valleynear Perth and in theMargaret River region inthe state’s far southwestcorner.
I started my visit toAustralia’s west coast atthe two-bedroom RoselynCottage, (www.cattonhall.com.au) on six hectares inthe Perth Hills.
Either Trevor Pexton,69, or his wife Felicity, 65,welcome you with a warmand fragrant loaf of freshlybaked bread to go with theplate of cheese, ham, pick-les, olives and fruit - and abottle of champagne.
You prepare your break-fast when you want it andthat will include a fresh loafof bread baked daily.
The Pextons no longerserve meals the way theydid when they ran a farm-stay program on their 20-hectare racehorse breedingproperty, so you can cookfor yourself or dine at theaward-winning Loose Boxrestaurant (loosebox.com.au) in nearby Mundaringvillage. Chef-owner AlanFabregues flies in the but-ter and par-baked/ frozenbaguettes from France.
The day after I arrived,Felicity asked: “Wouldyou like to join our HappyWanderers bushwalkinggroup?”
So off we went - mostof the folks ranging in agefrom their 60s to their 80s,yet fitter than many peoplefar younger.
Several walkers hadbrought along gauze flynets, but I made do with theAustralian salute: regularlywaving my hand across thefront of my face to scatterthe flies, which, at least,don’t bite.
Former Calgary Heraldmoney columnist MikeGrenby is now a travelwriter who teaches journal-ism at Bond University onAustralia’s Gold Coast.
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In the wake of the recentdestruction of 100 sled dogsin Whistler, it’s natural toreflect on what could havebeen done to prevent thishorrific event.
Political voices from thesled dog community to ani-mal welfare advocates saythat we need better laws to protect animals(which we do) and that we need the sled dogindustry to be responsible and take care oftheir own.
The man who shot those dogs claimedhe had no other choice and that he asked forhelp from various agencies, and was a victimhimself of a company that put profits first.
Of course this does not justify his actionsor that of his company.
But the lesson I learned from this massmurder is that animal welfare has alwaysbeen and will always be is a matter of dili-gence and cooperation in our communities.And diligence is what is needed right nowhere in Richmond.
My friend Helen Savkovic works at thefront desk of the Richmond Animal Shelterand receives nearly every call to our local
shelter regarding dogs, catsor other animals in distressor in need of new homes. Butsome of the hardest calls toreceive are those about a dogchained in a yard, penned upor used as a guard dog for anindustrial site with no realhome or family.
Alone, frustrated and confused, these dogssuffer from exactly the problems you’d expectfrom unending isolation — aggression, anxi-ety and fear. Worse yet, chained dogs oftensuffer from the collar wearing all the hair offtheir necks and the collar can even imbedinto the skin.
In Richmond, the first section of AnimalControl Bylaw 7932 says that no animal,including a dog, can be “hitched, tied or fas-tened to a fixed object where a choke collaror chain forms part of the securing appara-tus.”
Clearly, chaining or tethering a dog isagainst the law in Richmond, yet people stilldo this. And often it’s only the neighboursor passersby who see a dog living in theseconditions.
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Trauma: Group works hardto makes dogs’ lives better
“Chaining is illegal in Richmondalthough penning isn’t,” says Savkovic,“and both are harmful to the dog and to thepeople who have to witness this cruelty.”
Marion Hewko is the Canadian repre-sentative and contact for Dogs DeserveBetter (DDB), an international organizationdedicated to educating the public about thecruelty to chained and penned dogs.
In addition to advocacy work throughlocal shelters, Hewko and other area repre-sentatives for the organization work to helpowners understand how awful life is for adog on a chain.
Hewko works to form a relationship withowners of dogs who are reported to be livinglife on a chain or always penned in a yard.
She says that so many people don’t real-ize the emotional and physical trauma theyare causing their dog, and Dogs DeserveBetter helps owners understand the need tobring the dog into the family and “break thechain” of isolation and abuse.
But a handful of representatives can’t
address the issue of chained and penneddogs alone. DDB depends on neighbours,friends and family, or passersby to report achained or penned dog in distress.
In Richmond, you can call the RichmondAnimal Shelter at 604-275-2036. If you seean incident of a chained dog, write downas much information as you can about theaddress and conditions.
If you have a cellphone or camera, takea video to document the situation so that ananimal control officer or a representativefrom DDB can get in contact with the ownerand ultimately help the dog.
While we may not be able to help thosesled dogs now that they are gone, we cancertainly make every effort to help everydog in distress in Richmond. If you wantto do more to help chained or penned dogs,visit the Dogs Deserve Better website atwww.dogsdeservebetter.com.
Christie Lagally is a volunteer pet col-umnist and founder of the Animal WelfareAdvocacy Coalition. View her blog at chris-tielagally.wordpress.com.
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That said, while itlooks and acts like a smallminivan, Mazda5 is actuallyclassified as a compact car/wagon, and it’s based on theMazda3 platform. This alsomeans that it conforms tothe higher regulatory safetyrequirements of a car — it’sa subtle yet important dif-ference.
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A luxury packageupgrade for the GT includespower moonroof, leatherseats and a fold-out sec-ond-row table for another$1,790.
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While its basic shapeand dimensions areunchanged the new styl-ing theme was inspired byits nagare design culture,which means “flow” inJapanese. It’s most evidentalong the side panels, whereswirling body creases havea sculpted by the windappearance that adds to anoverall sense of motion.
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Each day the landscapeof our life changes and wefind ourselves in a newplace of reality. More oftenthan not we tend to resistthe aspects of the realitiesof life that are unpleasantto deal with, and as a result,we find ourselves in a placeof suffering.
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So what to do? Noticethe difference between real-ity and illusion and thenaccept that we cannot arguewith reality — it’s futile totry to do so; it is what it is.We can’t change the fact thatsomeone we loved has died,
we can’t change the fact thatwe are suffering with an ill-ness of some kind, but whatwe can do is make a choiceof how we will be with thatreality and love ourselves inthis place.
When we become mind-ful about what is occurringin our life and accept thereality of our situation,the suffering created fromresisting it appears to sub-side. Remember, what youresist persists and what youembrace you erase.
I am not suggesting thatany of us like the feeling ofloss and pain, but acknowl-edging that it is present andletting it ‘be’ is an option.My experience has beenthat when we speak thetruth about our reality, itbegins to have less powerbecause we have conscious-ly acknowledged what is.
We can also contemplateour reality by asking thequestion “is it true?” Whenyou are mindful and aware,you may be shocked to dis-cover a situation in your lifeis simply an illusion.
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It is the season of love.In the grocery store Iam accosted by pink andpurple hearts and roses. Butbeyond all the consumer-ism, Valentine’s Day is animportant holiday. It givesus reason to pause, to lookup from the crises of oureveryday lives, and to thinkabout the quality of ourrelationships.
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house size, but the qualityof our connections to otherpeople.
Loving relationshipsare important, but they arealso hard. Our continent’sdivorce rate speaks to thepain and failure in whichmany relationships end. Inour fast-paced society, rush-ing and trying to do toomuch encourages us to build
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“How are you?” a friendasks, and we reply with“Fine thanks, and you?” butthen we rush off, missing achance to really connect.
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Have you ever had theexperience where youbought a new car, and sud-denly you start seeing thattype of car everywhere? Afew years ago when my hus-band and I bought a Subaruand I found myself say toeveryone “did you just seethat — ANOTHER Subaru!”I was amazed. Where did allthese Subarus come from?I knew the types of cars onthe road had not changedovernight, but my perspec-tive sure had.
That “Subaru effect” isreally important to keep inmind when we are dealingwith other people. When I
am feeling like my husbandis a jerk, I see all the thingshe does that annoy me. Onthe other hand, when I amfeeling positive about him,I start seeing all the greatstuff he is doing.
His behaviour is alwaysa mix of great things andannoying things, but whatchanges is the lens throughwhich I am filtering whatI see. If he puts laundry onand I am happy with him,I think “how great, he isdoing laundry. What a kindand considerate man.”
If I am angry at him, Ithink, “there he goes, over-loading the dryer again, andit makes the clothes all wrin-kly — he never listens!” Hecould even bring me flowerswhen I am really angry athim, and all I would think is“Not roses again! He has noimagination!”
Obviously, those two dif-ferent ways of seeing him,lead to different actions. Inthe first case, I might givehim a kiss on the cheek. Inthe second, I might glowerat him angrily. What a dif-ference my internal thoughts
have on how we interact. Weneed to actively focus on thepositive and see others inthe best light possible.
As you bump up againstthe people in your life inthe inevitable little conflictsall relationships entail,remember to give themthe MRI (Most RespectfulInterpretation).
She is not ignoring you,she is just tired and over-whelmed. He did not meanto cut you off, he just didn’tsee you. Actively look forand acknowledge the posi-tives in your relationships. Alittle appreciation and com-passion can work wonders.
You may or may not beparticipating in swappingchocolates or Valentinescards this week, but you canparticipate in Valentine’sDay’s true meaning of lov-ing kindness. We could alluse a little more love andconnection in our lives.
Sarah Dakin is a Richmondmother of three who some-times forgets what a wonder-ful man she married. Shewould love to hear from youat [email protected].
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Valerie Berg had tried everything tomeet her “prince charming.” Theattractive 49-year-old tried speed
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The single mother of a 20-year-old sonwas done with dating.
“I hadn’t felt a spark for someone in along time, to the point where I could seemyself with the person for the rest of mylife,” said Berg.
However, on the urging of her sister,she attended the Single’s Mingle soiree inSteveston last June.
June Miller created Single’s Minglein Steveston in April. As a single herself,Miller wanted to create a fun and comfort-able monthly event for singles to meetother singles — ages 40 to 60.
“I wasn’t looking to meet anyone, but itdid cross my mind that if it did happen itwould be nice,” said Berg, who is a realtorin White Rock.
As the night worn on, Berg enjoyed get-ting to meet some of the 50 attendees, butas far as making a love connection — noth-ing, until she was heading to the door toleave.
Paul Kallio noticed Berg earlier but hadbeen nervous about approaching her. Butwhen the 53-year-old Air Canada pilot sawthat she was leaving, his friend urged himto go say hello.
“When I saw Valerie, I felt like I was 20again. I saw her eyes, and I immediatelyfelt a spark,” said Kallio. He went overand introduced himself and they chattedfor a few minutes. Berg admits she didn’tfeel any spark initially, but she liked himenough to give him her business card.
“I told her I’d give her a call if I was
going to sell my house,” he said with agrin. “My buddies told me to wait 48 hoursto call her.”
Kallio first heard about Single’s Minglewhen he bumped into an old colleague whotold him about the event.
“I have been separated for three anda half years and I had tried Plenty of Fish(Internet dating) and E-Harmony withoutmaking a real connection with anyone,” he
said. “I felt I had nothing to lose, so I wentwith a few friends.”
Kallio and Berg’s first date lasted sevenhours. Although Berg had reservations atfirst — he lived more than an hour’s drivefrom her and had younger children thanher — she realized that they had a lot incommon. And it wasn’t until nearly threemonths of dating that Berg realized she wasdeeply in love with Kallio.
“I always had a list of what I wanted ina guy,” she said. “When I was rushed to thehospital and I saw how Paul showed suchconcern and care for me, it was like some-one hit me with a brick … I realized hewas the one for me.”
Meanwhile, both agree that meeting atSingle’s Mingle in Steveston was similar toattending a cocktail party.
“It was a great way to meet because itwasn’t uncomfortable and either one of uscould leave if we wanted too,” said Berg.“There was no pressure and both of us wentwithout any preconceived notions.”
Kallio agrees: “It was so much easierattending that event than computer dating,”he said, and Berg quickly added: “And it’snot like going to a bar where you don’tknow whether they are married or not.”
Dating when you are in your fortiesor fifties is a far cry from when you datein your twenties, both said. For Kallio, afather of two teens, dating after 20 yearsout of the game, was weird. Berg, who wasonly married briefly in her twenties, wastired of the “game.”
“I’ve been single for 17 years and in thattime I’ve only had one serious relationship,which lasted five years,” she said. “I thoughtI really knew what I wanted in a man and Iwas wrong … Paul is so much more.”
Here are the top 10 dating tips from JuneMiller of Single’s Mingle in Steveston:1) Be “emotionally” ready2) Make a list of all the qualities you arelooking for in a person3) Show genuine interest in his/her life4) Be “present” in the moment5) Don’t wear your heart or your history onyour sleeve6) Turn your cellphone off on a date7) Take time getting to know each other8) Be conscious of the “red flags”9) Be open to date many people, until youfind someone who has many of the quali-ties on your list10) Have fun and be adventurous
The next Single’s Mingle in Stevestonis on Thursday, March 24 at 7 p.m. at theMandalay Lounge and Steakhouse. Ticketsare $25 and include one drink and appetiz-ers. For more information or to reserveyour spot, call June Miller at 604-805-
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BITTERSWEET CHOCOLATE MOUSSE HEARTSINGREDIENTS:235 grams
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1 whole egg4 egg yolks95 grams
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340 ml (1 ½cup) whippingcream
METHOD:Melt chocolate over a double boiler until warm. Whip the cream until soft peaks form.Using an electric mixer with a whisk attachment, whip the egg and egg yolks until thickand pale yellow. In a small pot, combine sugar with a couple of tablespoons of water.Over high heat, cook the sugar until it reaches 118 C on a candy thermometer. Removefrom heat. Slowly and carefully, while the machine is still running, drizzle the hot sugarsyrup down the inside of the bowl into the eggs. Let the machine continue to whip onhigh speed until the bowl feels slightly cool to the touch. Remove the bowl from themixer and add the chocolate, folding quickly so the chocolate does not set. Fold inthe whipped cream gently so as not to deflate the air, and pour into glasses or moulds— preferably hearts. Chill at least four hours before enjoying!
P.S. If you would rather purchase these mousse hearts, The Sweet Spot in Steveston willonly have them available for sale on Monday, Feb. 14, but there will be boxed choco-lates and truffles for the weekend as well. For more information, call the Sweet Spot at604-271-8865 or visit, www.thesweetspotbakery.ca.
Thanks to a Catholiccleric called Valentine andPope Gelasius I, who in500 AD declared Feb. 14thValentine’s Day, that datehas long been associatedwith love and romance.Typically, it’s a day whenlovers declare theirundying love with flowersand chocolates.
How would you liketo surprise your specialValentine with somedecadent BittersweetChocolate Mousse Heartsthat you created yourself?
The News askedpartners in life andbusiness, pastry chefKirsten Degenhardt andexecutive chef Keiran
Flaherty for the recipe.
Their love story isone that blossomed in akitchen. In 2008, Flahertywas the executive chefat The Opus Hotel, anacclaimed chic boutiquehotel downtown, whenDegenhardt was hired asthe pastry chef. Today, thetwo own and operate The
Sweet Spot in Steveston.
Both come with yearsof experience in some ofmost renowned kitchensin the country; mostnotably she at the worldclass Windsor ArmsHotel, Toronto, and he atVancouver’s award-winningWest Restaurant. Here isthe recipe.
Kirsten Degenhardt& Keiran FlahertyThe Sweet Spot, StevestonSTORY BY MICHELLE HOPKINS • PHOTO BY CHUNG CHOW
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The McMath Wildcats juniorboys basketball team is sizzling itsway towards the upcoming play-offs, capturing its sixth tournamentof the season at New Westminstersecondary.
The Wildcats defeated WestVancouver 65-48 in the champion-ship game played Jan. 28. In addi-tion to the five other tournamentwins, they also placed second at atop-seeded event in Victoria andown an 8-1 record in city leagueplay.
According to coach KarnSharda, his squad’s success is dueto a combination of hard work, a will towin and team chemistry.
With the addition of only one new mem-ber, this group has been working togetheryear round, for two seasons. The team istight, difficult to guard, strong defensivelyand has a lot of depth.
Games are not dominated by one or twostrong players and that is a reflection onthe individual awards to date. Six of the 11players have won either tournament MVPor game all-star awards — Garth Anderson(all-star), Justin DeGraw (all-star), RajivDhaliwal (MVP), Andrew McCaskill (MVP,all-star), Matt Perry (MVP, all-star) andEthan Vera (all-star).
Players Sean O’Sullivan and Dhaliwal
suggest the boys are like family − theyhang out together all the time, after games,at school and on weekends.
They are quick to add a large part oftheir success is due to the dedication coachSharda who works them hard but makes itfun too.
The 2008 McMath grad, can relate tothe boys. Giving up six days a week for twoseasons to coach them, says a lot about hisbelief in this team and his own dedicationto the sport.
For many of the boys the highlight of theseason was winning the McMath Classicagainst cross-town rival Burnett.
The Wildcats roster also includes:Connell O’Brien, Marc Andre-Hervieux,George Eliopoulos and Niko Hill.
Six pack of tourney winshas Wildcats aiming high
McMath Wildcats junior boys basketball team
CHUNG/CHOW/RICHMOND NEWS
Richmond Colts and McNair Marlins squared off in Richmond Juvenile BoysBasketball League playoff action on Wednesday. The Colts moved a step closer to earn-ing a Vancouver and District playoff berth with a 63-53 win.
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Richmond FC Hibernians battled first Surrey United Firefighters to a scorelessdraw in Vancouver Metro Soccer League premier division play at the Minoru Oval.
I had the opportunity tointerview Deborra Hopean established Global newsanchor who shared with meher passion for running.
With a busy schedulebalancing work and familylife, she manages the timeto fit in her workout everymorning.
“I run in the morningswith my golden retrieverand I call it jogging, shelaughs. “The pace can getquite slow when I meet withmy friends and the talkingbegins.”
The key to running forHope is to keep fit. Racingisn’t part of her life, butrather the enjoyment ofbeing out there.
Her training takes herinto the Port Moody areaand she runs daily from 20-25 up to 45 minutes.
I asked her what she
thinks about while she isrunning.
“On a great day — if it’sjust me and the pup, I justlove to look around while Irun (taking care not to tripon a rock or a tree stump!)— it’s so beautiful. Often
I’m with my friends - andcan we talk! Other days -I’m thinking about work - orwhere our next family vaca-tion may take place. There’salways something going on!
“On weekends, my hus-band Roger often comeswith me. It’s great for us tocatch up on our busy week-days. He’s a news camera-man, so he’s constantly driv-
ing all over the south coastand shooting stories. It’snice for him to unwind witha jog through the woods aswell.”
Sometimes her group hasencountered bears and wear-ing a bell has become neces-sary along their route.
Hope caught the runningbug at 18 when she attendedUBC and has continuedwith her fitness, even whenon holidays.
“When my husband Iare on vacation we do longwalks up to one hour,” sheadded.
When asked about anyrunning idols she may have,Hope said she was inspiredby a 72-year-old womanrunner who was once on hershow.
Hope is host of the EarlyNews on Global Television.
Richmond residentChristine Blanchette is anavid runner who has com-peted in a number of high-profile events including theBoston Marathon. She alsowrites her own blog -- chris-tineblanchette.wordpress.com.
Global news anchor makessure she is always on the run
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Deborra Hope
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Aries March 21 - April 19: Travel, call during anactive, friendly Sunday. But this night, settle into home– and there, through Monday/Tuesday, tackle somedifficult questions around relationships, marriage andlife’s opportunities. (Are there any left for you? Yes,many, but they’re all connected to ambition, career,until late 2012.) Tuesday’s better; a “secret” friendor stranger might help. Romance, creativity, pleasureand beauty whisk you to adventure midweek! (Don’tstart a love relationship this week, though. It’s doomedlong term.) Plunge into chores Friday/Saturday. Chasefun, friends, all week.Taurus April 20-May 20: The accent lies onambition, career, dealings with VIPs, bosses andparents. Take a quiet, behind-the-scenes approach.Confidential discussions, private planning, quietlylining up allies, contacting/applying to governmentor institutions – all these contain a quiet but lucky“change.” Chase money or shop Sunday, but NOT fortechie items. Monday (barriers) and Tuesday (success)bring errands, communications, paperwork, details.Midweek accents home, and a choice betweenambition and relaxation. Romance calls Friday/Saturday. All week, avoid over-exertion, physical andintellectual.Gemini May 21-June 20: DON’T fall in love,propose,or chase a new romance this week. You’ve startedto achieve success in group and social situations– and this will continue for four months of solid,heart-warming growth. If you’re single, this mightwell yield a new love. But not this week. You shineSunday: start new projects, ask favours, show yourtalents. Your intuition is superb, so just do, rather thanover-think. Quit by suppertime. Money, purchases andpossessions fill Monday (barriers, waste) and Tuesday(success – buy high-tech). Communicate, travelmidweek. Home, rest Friday/Saturday.
Cancer June 21-July 22: Mysteries continue, forone more week. Seek the truth beneath appearances.Dig deep. (Someone acts sweet but can’t or won’tdo what they seem to promise. Applies all week.)Rest, plan and meditate Sunday. Visit a psychic,pastor or other counsellor. Your energy, charisma andeffectiveness surge Monday/Tuesday. Monday holdsrefusals despite your luck, but you might vault overthem. Tuesday favours you, especially in two areas:friendship, and depths. (So again, dig deep.) Chasemoney or a sensual bond Wednesday (good) andThursday (goals might be elusive). Talk, travel Friday/Saturday.Leo July 23-Aug. 22: Relationships are accented,but don’t fall in love or propose this week. (Don’tworry – if such seems imminent, there’s still lots oftime.) Wishes come true Sunday – happiness, friends,light romance and popularity paint your future withgolden strokes! But retreat this night through Tuesday:you need a short but deep rest: seek quietude, plan,contemplate. You’ll spy the inner workings of loveTuesday. Your energy, charisma and effectivenesssurge upward Wednesday/Thursday – strike earlyWednesday, in legal, travel, intellectual areas. Chaseand conserve money Friday/Saturday.Virgo Aug. 23-Sept. 22: This is your last weekof work – Friday begins a month of fresh breezes,exciting meetings, new horizons and opportunities.(Opportunities are unusually important this winter/spring – seizing them can change your life.) UntilFriday afternoon, complete chores, especially theobligations that “show up” Wednesday/Thursday – ifneglected they will weigh you down later, just whenyou should be rising. Earlier, chase practical andprestige goals Sunday – success accompanies theambitious! Wishes, optimism and social joys markMonday/Tuesday. All week, DON’T begin a new love.
Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 22: The romantic themecontinues, but DO NOT begin a love affair or newrelationship this week. Other themes, creativity,speculation, beauty, pleasure and teaching, are fine.Generally, you are (or your subconscious is) puttingon the brakes a bit in all these areas, preparing fora subsequent surge. Sunday’s splendid – intellectual,travel, love and communication projects succeed.Exercise your ambitions Monday (dilemmas of choice)and Tuesday (success via creative effort). Socialdelights, flirtations, wish fulfillment arrive midweek!Retreat Friday/Saturday: plan the work that looms.Scorpio Oct. 23-Nov. 21: Your “hibernation”period continues, so rest deeply – until Friday, whena month of romance, pleasure, speculation, riskand adventure starts! Neither make nor accept anypartnership proposals this week (nor persuasivepitches for commitment of any kind). Sunday offerssuperb financial, investment, research, diagnosticand intimate opportunities. Sit down with a lovedone for a deep, exploratory talk. Gentle wisdomenters Monday/Tuesday. Be ambitious mid-week,especially first thing Wednesday morning. (Avoid self-deception.) Friday/Saturday bring social delights andbright optimism!Sagittarius Nov. 22-Dec. 21: If a new wish or lifegoal comes to you this week, don’t invest a lot offaith in it; your destiny is very likely going to detouraround this one. Sunday’s filled with opportunities(or opposition if you push others too hard) – excitingmeetings or openings “synch” with your intuition. It’sa good time to answer “yes” on a whim. Life’s depthsand mysteries rise to the surface Monday/Tuesday:DON’T invest, commit, nor seek intimacy Monday –Tuesday, these succeed. Gentle love, understanding,cultural stuff Wednesday/Thursday. Friday begins amonth of domestic matters.
Capricorn Dec. 22-Jan. 19: Continue to seek money,new clients, to buy and sell, until Friday.Your personalityhas grown more gracious and alluring the past week orso, and this helps you with ambitions this week. You’reslowly changing, and slowly but seriously climbing,carving out a new “position” this decade.Tackle choresSunday – you accomplish much! Relationships containopportunity and opposition Monday, but successand good feelings Tuesday. Finances, investigation,intimacy, lifestyle choices are blessed Wednesday,“iffy” Thursday. Wisdom, gentle love come Friday/Saturday. A busy month begins.Aquarius Jan.20-Feb.18:Yourenergy,effectivenessand charisma continue at a peak...sexual magnetismdrips from you too. (Hmm, not sure of that image.)You might attract amorous attention, but DON’Tbegin a love affair now (nor ever with anyone youfirst meet this week). Sunday’s romantic, creative,pleasurable and beautiful – you’ll win at games orlove! Tackle chores Monday (results uncertain) andTuesday (good results). Relationships, opportunities,exciting meetings fill Wednesday (lucky morning!)and Thursday (be diplomatic, not evasive). Friday’sfinancial, and begins a month of money efforts.Pisces Feb. 19-March 20: Continue to lie low,rest, contemplate and plan. Refresh your spirit. Fridaybegins a month of fresh energy, rising charisma andeffectiveness – but rest until then. Sunday’s splendidat home or in nature – a great day to enhance yoursecurity, deal with family members, garden, etc.Romance, creativity and beauty touch you lightlyMonday/Tuesday, but the best that comes from this isfriendship. It’s not quite time, Pisces.Tackle chores andhealth concerns Wednesday/Thursday. Wednesdaymorning’s efforts can open a lucky career door. Excitingmeetings, opportunities occur Friday/Saturday.
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*Model shown is a 2011 Forester 2.5X 5MT (BJ1 XO) with MSRP of $27,945 including freight & PDI ($1,525), documentation fees ($395) and battery and tire tax ($30). License, taxes, insurance and registration extra. Lease offer valid on new 2011 Forester 2.5X 5MT (BJ1 XO) models. MSRP of $25,995. Payment of **$329.79 /mo. based on a 24,000 kilometreper year lease with excess charge of $0.10/km. ***4.9% lease rate for a 48 mo. term with $3,700.00 down. Total lease obligation is $15,829.92. The residual value at the end of term is $11,963.25. Freight & PDI ($1,525), documentation fees ($395), and Battery and Tire Tax ($30), are included in payment. Lease security deposit & PPSA included. License,
insurance, registration & taxes, extra. Financing and leasing programs available through Toyota Credit Canada Inc. on approved credit. Dealers may sell for less. Dealer order/trade may be necessary. **/***Offers valid until Feb. 28, 2011. See your local Subaru dealer or www.western.subarudealer.ca for complete details.
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THE NEW 2011 FORESTER
Heated front seats are justone standard feature of the2011 Forester. It comes loaded withincredible features that no other smallSUV offers for this price. That includesour 2.5L 170HP BOXER engine andsymmetrical All-Wheel Drive. But thelist is much longer than that. Comein and see for yourself at your Subaruretailer today.
Monthlypaymentfor 48 mos.
$329**
Leaserates48 mos., as low as
4.9%***
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