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4 LettersThanks to the cyclist who cameto the aid of dying dog anddistraught owner
8 NewsWhat’s next for the Buck nowSteveston Hotel’s sold?
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To call Richmond multicultural is a bit ofa misnomer. It’s better described as one
city with two dominant cultures.That reality becomes abundantly clear
when certain stories hit the news cycle:those would be Chinese-only signs and un-occupied mega homes. (Actually, in recentmonths, if feels like they’ve never left thenews cycle.)
But, if you think you’ve had enough— sorry. City council’s decision to notintroduce a sign bylaw that would ensureEnglish on all commercial signs (see Newspage 8) is sure to set off another wave ofletters, petitions and online comments.
The mega home issue (see Letters page4) in fact has more to do with money thanculture but tends to get caught up in thisus-versus-them ethnic divide.
What’s clear is that Chinese-only signsand mega homes provoke, for many, asense of angst and alienation. And thosefeelings can lead to a sense of divide thatinvades all areas of community life.
When speaking to someone recentlyabout Richmond’s arts scene, or lack thereof, again, she mentioned the notion of “twosolitudes” — the idea that Richmond’s artsscene is somewhat crippled by the factAsian and non-Asian cultural groups fail tosupport each other.
But while all this is true, it’s also truethere are bridge builders among us. WhileI wouldn’t call Gateway Theatre cuttingedge — it knows its audience (mainly olderand Caucasian) and it knows not to alienatethem — the theatre has also pushed thecultural conversation.
Ten years ago, the company’s thenartistic director, Simon Johnston, wrote andstaged Rice Rockets and Yacht People, aplay that tapped into the hot button culturalissues of the day.
On Monday, Gateway’s current artisticdirector, Jovanni Sy, announced the com-pany’s second annual Pacific Festival (seepage 27) which will feature plays from HongKong performed in Cantonese with Manda-rin and English surtitles.
The goal of this festival, as I read it, is tonot just get Chinese bums in Gateway seats,although that’s certainly part of it, but tofacilitate a swapping of stories. The festival’sfirst production, Will to Build, is about de-velopment pressure in Hong Kong and whatthat means for everyone involved, includingthose displaced. In other words, our worldsmay not be so different.
Granted, it’s Pollyanna to think a few playsare going resolve the very real anger manyare feeling. But the power of stories shouldnever be underestimated. Getting to knowthe “other” may be easier if everyone canread the same signs, but, it’s stories —more than language — that builds bridges.
Stories buildbridges
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Dear Editor,I need your help to track the
good Samaritan who helped meout on May 12.
On that day, my dog crossedthe street and got killed by a carat approximately 7:45 p.m. onCooney Road, near the GranvilleAvenue intersection.
I was in shock to see my dogdying and this person left his bikeon the side of the road to help me
deal with the accident that hadjust occurred.
It happened so fast, I did nothave time to thank him; I am alsowondering if his bike was stillthere after he helped me out.
It would be appreciated to seethis present letter in the Rich-mond News, so he knows howthankful I am.
Jenny PhanRichmond
Dear Editor,Kudos to the Staff at Richmond
Hospital.As I have multiple sclerosis,
even a minor illness can trig-ger a nasty MS response. Thathappened last week, when I hadto go into Richmond Hospital byambulance with almost full-bodyparalysis. Only my head andmy right hand functioned, andeven that hand was weak. Scaryindeed!
I was in Richmond Hospital forfive days. I often hear complaintsabout the quality of service in ourmedical system and the quality ofthe food in the hospitals.
Well, I am writing to say thatthe service provided by all of thenurses, doctors and support staffat Richmond Hospital was out-standing (even in the face of my
ongoing attempts at humour!) Allwere efficient, friendly, patient andattentive, sometimes in the faceof challenging and demandingpatients (hopefully not me).
Thank you to all of them, espe-cially the team on the 6th floor ofthe North Tower.
Also, the hospital food wasmore than adequate (even if itwas mostly food that I would notordinarily eat at home or in arestaurant). They even providedlimited menu options. I think thatI ate more in the hospital than Iwould have at home.
So, again, I am thankful for ourpublicly funded medical systemand for the outstanding and car-ing care provided by our healthcare professionals.
Ian C. MacLeodRichmond
Open letter to our elected of-ficials:
I realize that citizens have ac-cess, although limited, to youthrough council meetings orrequests for face time. But thatinvolves protocols, rules and regu-lations, agendas and time restric-tions. In other words, the processis far too formal and rigid.
All of you were elected by thepeople of Richmond, but outsideof photo ops and attending open-ings and special events, we don’tsee you in the community. Whyhaven’t all of you set aside regulartimes to actually go out into thecommunity and walk around? And
do so without staff. Just you. Onyour own.
Talk to small business ownersand the general public to find outmore about their concerns —what’s good, what’s bad, what theyneed from City Hall to make theirlives better.
In other words, try some grassroots research without having itwashed and vetted through citystaff.
There are problems out thereof which I’m sure all of you areaware. My personal concerns arein the Steveston area where manysmall businesses are strugglingand business owners are frus-
trated. Between work and familylife, most of these people don’thave the time to petition City Hallfor anything. So, I say, be proactiveand get out amongst the people.
I believe you’ll be surprised howwarmly you’d be welcomed andhow appreciative people would beof having even just a few minutesof your personal time in orderto express their viewpoints andreceive your feedback.
All politicians need to spendmore time on the streets and lesstime in the chambers. It wouldbenefit everyone.
Donald GrantSteveston
Dear Editor,I see once again Richmond’s
multicultural apologist-superheroesout in force trying to put out a firestorm of intricately interrelatedissues with the squirt gun of “har-mony”.
Our gutless and impotent cityhall (council and staff ) wish todefer (again) the issue to unelectedand unaccountable “communityrepresentatives” to attempt toresolve the multicultural harmonyissue for the umpteenth time.
Let’s cut to the chase: multicul-turalism is a failure. The end.
If one actually does the re-search, it has not been success-ful anywhere regarding a given
community’s long-term interests. Iam not aware of any nation whosecitizens have lobbied for, or havehad a referendum on, the matter.
What the evidence does showis we have a generation of power-hungry politicians who follow whatMarx referred to as the capitalist“divide-and-conquer” ideologyand increasingly marginalize theirexisting citizens, yet with crocodiletears wonder why voter turnout isso low.
The local signage issue is simplyone symptom of this major globalissue.
Multi-ethnicity does work….Iknow, I grew up in Richmond im-mersed in it.
In the 1960s, I went to schoolwith parties of third generationChinese descents, fifth generationJapanese descents, fourth genera-tion Sikh descent…etc. etc.
We all got along just fine…muchof this due to the fact we all grewup in the same basic culture — thenow sought-after harmony alreadyexisted.
You cannot have harmony whenno one is on the same page, orcan’t even read it.
Over to you city hall. It’s time toquit hiding and face the music?Until then, harmony will be aselusive as accountability.
R.A.HoeglerRichmond
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Kudos to hospital
Councillors, walk among us
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LETTERSto the Editor
Dear Editor,The current state of bus shelters in Richmond is totally
inadequate for the ever growing population, especiallyat a time when people are being encouraged to use busservices.
Many bus stops have no shelters or benches what-soever, while others are fully fitted with concrete pads,benches and shelter. On simple humanitarian grounds,all bus stops should be equally fitted. The question is,who is responsible for seeing that this is done?
At present, it appears that the City of Richmond has thelead role, working with TransLink and the Pattison Group.This is an impressive trinity with deep pockets, so fullyequipped shelters should be the order of the day. What isholding up progress on this matter?
I am a daily bus rider and know what it is like to standin the west coast rain and wind waiting, along with se-niors with their walkers, and mothers with their strollers,for a bus to come.
Frustration is compounded when a fully loaded busgoes past, adding 20 more minutes of misery to the wait.
The City of Richmond must give higher priority to thismatter. One suggestion would be that all developers, suchas Onni, be required to pay into a bus shelter budget,based on residential units constructed. The shelterscould be used to promote city events with tasteful sig-nage for a captive audience to digest until the bus comesalong.
Alan JohnsonRichmond
Dear Editor,Every time I see a young
person clutching their hand-held electronic soother andchecking it every few min-utes to get confirmation thatother people still know thatthey do exist, I am remindedof the time I challengedone of my college classesto disprove my claim thatthey were heavily addictedto the use of their miniaturecomputers and to socialmedia by letting me locktheir devices up in my deskfor a week. They reactedas if I had suggested theystop breathing or eating, ordrinking Starbuck’s coffeefor seven days. Amid criesof “How would I stay con-nected?”, “My friends wouldthink I don’t like them anymore!”, “Everything wouldbe so boring!” and severalvery emphatic “I won’t doit!” (remember it was only ahypothetical), I realized thatI had exposed a dependen-cy-connected nerve-endingthat was so sensitive that thestudents seemed to sud-denly become incapable of
differentiating between aphilosophical question andexercise and a real threat totheir lifestyles.
I was never able to deter-mine how many of them gotthe real point of the exercise,but I certainly learned a cou-ple of important lessons my-self: don’t dare to questionthe teachings of the Churchof Technology or belittle theHoly Catechisms of SocialMedia and be prepared tosuffer grave consequences ifyou do so. By offering sucha challenge, I probably had,in the eyes of my students,revealed myself to be a neo-luddite, a heretic, and anunwelcome blip within thecyber universe they spent somuch of their time in.
Maybe so, but at thevery least I have both handsfree most of the time andwon’t be dealing with severecarpel-tunnel syndromein my thumbs a few yearsdown the road.
And I believe that I reallydid prove my point.
Ray ArnoldRichmond
Dear Editor,There has been much talk about on-going con-
struction problems, specifically disruptive noise. Iwould like to bring up an issue regarding noise thatwe face every single Sunday at the monster homethat is right next door to us with mostly absenteeowners, although it’s hard to tell as cars come andgo every so often, and they host the odd karaokeparty. Regardless, a family is certainly not residing inthis home on a regular basis.
Every single Sunday, commercial landscaperscome to attend the property with their extremelyloud commercial equipment. We also do gardenmaintenance on Sundays, as do many of our otherneighbours, but this is something very different.Every Sunday, a team of four or five men arrive intheir very large truck (with no English writing on itso we can’t contact the company) and for the nexttwo hours proceed to trim hedges, cut lawns andblow debris onto our property, using commercialequipment which is ten times louder than residentialequipment.
I am sure that if the owners of this house livedhere, they would not be having this company comein on Sundays but rather on another workday, whenthey are out of the house. The saying “do unto oth-ers ,,,,” comes to mind.
I am writing this while sitting outside in quiet aswe have a break before the next crew arrives to lookafter the second monster home on our street thatmay or may not have people living in it. In two years,I have never seen a soul on the property.
Shelley SmithRichmond
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After going from strip club to chicken stripsnearly three decades ago, the restaurant and
bar attached to the Steveston Hotel — presentlycalled the Buck & Ear Bar and Grill — is likelyto undergo yet another major facelift after beingbought by a franchise restaurant group.
Joseph Richard Group took the keys of thehotel and pub this month and is to take the onceindependently owned property and transform it tomeet the company’s own food and drink culture.
“It’s our corporate mandate that every guest hasan amazing experience everytime they come in,”explained Jessica Wiser, marketing director forJoseph Richard Group.
Wiser could not provide specific details as tohow the Buck will change but said “generallyspeaking” when an old restaurant is bought, thegroup shuts it down for renovations and then re-launched under the JRG brand.
“We have to work on service standards andmenu standards. We have to ask, how do wechange without making too many waves in thecommunity,” she said.
“At this time no finalized details have been con-firmed,” she added.
The company did state, however, it will alsorenovate the hotel rooms and cafe, while main-taining heritage elements of the building.
Across the Lower Mainland, the group operates10 “public house” bar and restaurants, a handful
of liquor store, three commercial properties and aDowntown Vancouver nightclub.
Wiser said the public houses have similarmenus but also take on the vibe of their respectiveneighbourhoods. Many are also known to providelive music and DJs.
In Fleetwood, the group operates the rustic-styleEdith and Arthur Public House; its name an hom-age to the neighbourhood’s founders Edith andArthur Fleetwood.
The Hemingway Public House in White Rockwas rebranded from a property similar to the Ste-veston Hotel — the Ocean Beach Lounge at theOcean Beach Hotel.
On the menu is a yellow fin tuna and quinoasalad, as well as stuffed chicken wings.
For now, new manager Eugene Mow said thegroup is holding down the fort and trying to learnits “mandate” in the village “to get a sense of whatthe people of Steveston want from us.”
He called the neighbourhood and the currentcustomer base a “close-knit group.”
The Buck is known for its character and hasbeen described as a “longtime favourite hangoutfor fishermen straight off the boat.”
It’s also Steveston’s beverage epicentre onCanada Day, which the company has stated willcontinue.
Wiser said the group will also operate the liquorstore and that too will be changed.
“There’s going to be someone there to educateyou (on selections),” she said.
Wiser added that the group will need to factorin the site’s unionized employees when makingchanges to the pub and liquor store.
Business owners in Richmond willcontinue to be able to erect signs
in any language of their choice.On Monday Richmond city coun-
cillors unanimously agreed that abylaw requiring English on city-sanctioned business signs, is notrequired.
Councillors followed the recom-mendation of Cecilia Achiam, direc-tor of administration and compli-ance, that the city need not use astick approach to businesses withnon-English signs.
Rather, a carrot — in the form ofadvancing “community harmony”through consultation — has beenchosen as the best approach to solv-ing the divisive issue.
The decision disappointed com-munity activist Kerry Starchuk, whonoted the city has attempted publicforums on “inter-cultural harmony”as far back as 1996.
“Twenty years later and it hasn’tchanged,” said Starchuk, noting anew bylaw amendment (approvedconcurrently by council) that will“de-clutter” all signage (regardlessof language) in the city will continueto be complaint driven.
According to Achiam’s report,since December 1,550 visual
inspections and 877 door-to-doormeetings have taken place by cityofficials, who found 13 signs solelyin a language “other than English.”
Achiam relied on the opinion ofsocio-economic geographer Dr. DanHiebert, who presented at a com-munity workshop on signs at theUniversity of B.C. He argued that ina city-sanctioned study, “linguisticlandscapes cannot accurately beused as a platform for measuringdegrees of social harmony.”
Online public input to the cityduring the process found the vastmajority of residents (84 per cent)felt non-English signs were negativefor the community in some form.
A language specific bylaw thatcould stand a challenge under theCharter of Rights and Freedomswould need to prove “social wel-fare objectives are at stake…in theabsence of regulation,” accordingto legal advice given to council lastOctober by Valkyrie Law Group.
Once a supporter of a languagebylaw, Coun. Carol Day said shewas pleased with the progress beingmade through consultation, whichshould continue before implement-ing a mandatory bylaw.
— Graeme Wood/Richmond News
Council nixes bylaw forChinese-only signs
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Richmond RCMP announced Mondaythat it may have made a “serious” dent
in the city’s mail theft problem with thearrest of two suspected thieves, who areknown to police.
Charged with four and three counts ofmail theft, respectively, are Robert AnthonyNordhagen, 28, and Janessa RachelleWallace, 21, both Richmond residents, ac-cording to police.
Early Friday morning, at 4 a.m., policeresponded to suspicious activity around the8000 block of General Currie Road, statedCpl. Dennis Hwang in a news release.
A witness told police that a person wasseen damaging a community mailbox andstealing the mail within it. Then, a beigelate-90s model Mercedes Benz was seenleaving the area.
Nordhagen and Wallace were subse-quently arrested for theft and are being heldin custody before making their first courtappearance, possibly on June 2.
“They are known to police. Our PropertyCrime Unit has had them on their radarand they have been slowlybuilding cases againstthem,” Hwang told theRichmond News.
According to BC CourtServices Online, RobertAnthony Nordhagen, bornin 1986, has a long history
of court appearances. On March 12, 2014,he was found guilty of breach of probation.In January, he was found guilty of identitytheft and put on probation again, for a year.
A Facebook profile by the name of RobNordhagen indicates the person works as a“captain at save-a-ho enterprises” and is a“mailroom supervisor at Canada Post Cor-poration.” The person is listed in a relation-ship (since March 18, 2015) with a personwith the profile name Janessa Rachelle.
Richmond RCMP could not confirm anylinks between the profiles and the accused.
At ScamWarners.com, users flaggedemails from a Robert Nordhagen as anattempt to commit fraud in 2013. It was be-lieved the person was using fake companiesto scam people out of initial rent payments.
Hwang said mail theft is a “high prioritycrime” for Richmond RCMP.
This year, numerous Richmond residentshave had to go to Canada Post’s sortingfacility at No. 3 Road and Cambie Streetto collect mail because their community orcondo mailboxes had been broken into.
Richmond RCMP confirmed, in April, thedetachment has seen a spike in mail thefts.
“The increase in statistics is partly dueto increased criminal activity but also in
the reporting of mail theft.What may have not beenreported to police be-fore, or reported only toCanada Post as damage toa superbox, for example,is now being tracked bypolice,” said Hwang.
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Anew bi-weekly garbage collection witha startup cost of $2.6 million was given
the green light by Richmond City CouncilMonday.
Most of the money will account for newgarbage carts, similar to the green carts usedfor organics.
Starting in 2016 residents will only needto roll out their 240-litre cart once every twoweeks. They will be able to choose a smallercart for a discount or a larger one for an ad-ditional fee.
The changes come after a year-long pilotprogram in two neighbourhoods of the city.
“What I like about this program is it putsthe decision in the hands of the people,” saidCoun. Carol Day.
According to a city report the benefits willbe a projected five to eight per cent increasein recycling, particularly organics disposal.
“If you have a smelly garbage container af-ter two weeks we’ll know you’re dumping yourorganics into the garbage,” quipped Coun.Harold Steves, calling the change “long over-due” granted all Metro Vancouver municipali-ties save for Burnaby and North Vancouverare on bi-weekly collection.
Coun. Chak Au noted residents can makespecial pickup requests.
Collection costs for the city will likely not godown because of added time to pick up thenew carts, but savings in garbage disposal inthe future are expected.
“It depends on residents’ behaviour andhow they dispose of their garbage,” statedfleet and environmental programs managerSuzanne Bycraft.
The city’s goal is 80 per cent waste diver-sion by 2020. Right now it stands at 71 percent.
“To get to 80 per cent is an incredible leap.It’s very difficult because all the low hangingfruit is gone; the efficiencies are taken up,”stated Malcolm Brodie
The move is not without some opposition.Councillors Alexa Loo and Bill McNulty
voted against the program.Loo noted the majority of surveyed residents
from the pilot programs preferred weekly col-lection, according to the report.
“It sounds like the people of Richmondwant their garbage picked up weekly and itdoesn’t sound like they want the city spend-ing $2.6 million changing that,” said Loo.
Meanwhile, McNulty said he was concernedthe pilot program was too short and not en-compassing enough (particularly since only aminority of residents filled out the survey).
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The year was 1968 and when Roy Sakatapeered out of his Manoah Steves elementary
classroom window, he had an uninterruptedview of Steveston Highway to the south; cabbagepatches to the east, the dyke to the west and morefields to the north.
As the school celebrated its 50th birthday lastFriday, Sakata recalled fondly the memories of theschool on Springford and Fourth avenues, justsouthwest of No. 1 and Williams roads.
“I was here for two years in ’68 and then movedto Ferris (elementary) in ’70,” saidSakata, moments after entertainingthe crowd of several hundred stu-dents, teachers and alumni insideManoah Steves’ gym hall with histales of the past.
“I came back as principal herein ‘87 and managed to last until’94, until they sent me to Homma(elementary).
“Back in the beginning here, this was an annexof Dixon (elementary), with five classrooms ofabout 150 kids, I think.”
Named after Manoah Steves — the grandfa-ther of veteran city councillor Harold Steves andfounder of Steveston, who moved to the southwestcorner of Richmond in 1877 after buying 400acres of land — the school officially opened onNov. 18, 1965.
Bob Story was the school’s first head teacher,
however, as the school was actually an annex ofDixon elementary, the principal, G.A. Eyjolfson,was shared between the two.
A fire raged through the school in 1975, nearlydestroying the building. It was rebuilt and openedback up the following year.
One of the many former students at last Friday’scelebration, Jody Natsuhara (alumni ‘80-‘88), at-tended the same school as her daughter, Saman-tha Langan, 8, Grade 2, does today.
“My parents still live in the neighbourhood, I stilllive here; I’ve lived in the same neighbourhood myentire life,” smiled Natsuhara.
“I remember having an army tent as a play-ground at the school; it also had a kitchen in it.
“The school looks exactly the same today,though, as it did then, very little haschanged.
“Although I remember we onlyhad 10 Apple 2E computers, thatwe all had to share.”
Present day students, for the lastfew weeks, have been looking atchanges over the last 50 years.
And the librarian has beenworking hard pulling together an exhibition ofold photos and displays for each decade of theschool’s life.
As well as the special assembly, welcoming backformer teachers and alumni with songs from the‘60s sung by current students, present day staffdressed in a ‘60s theme.
Coun. Steves and his wife, Kathy, also markedthe occasion during the day by touring the school’sclassrooms to inspect the students’ displays.
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" Former Manoah Steves teacher and principal Roy Sakata had a bit of a laugh lookingback at a 1968 staff photo of him at the school. Below, left, alumni educators (from left)Susan Nishi, Janice Adams, Colleen McCormick and Tina Pali relived the ‘80s and ‘90s atthe school’s library exhibit. Below, right, Jody Natsuhara (alumni ‘80-‘88), attended the sameschool as her daughter, Samantha Langan, 8, Grade 2, does today. Photos by Alan Campbell/Richmond News. More pictures at richmond-news.com
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The resurrection of near 39-year-old coldcase has prompted Richmond RCMP to
issue an appeal to the public.Mounties are asking for help in identifying a
man whose body was found during dredgingof the south arm of the Fraser River in 1976.
On June 23 that year, crew members fromdredging vessel Samson V found a man’sbody floating near the No. 4 Road dyke.
Richmond RCMP responded at the timeand initiated an investigation to identify theman and to determine the cause of his death.
He was described by police as a light-skinned male of Aboriginal descent, withblue eyes and gray hair. He was in his late40s to early 50s and was 5’ 9” tall, weighingbetween 170 and 200 pounds.
He was wearing size 36 jeans, two pairsof socks (green nylon and grey wool), and asingle, size 9 leather slip-on boot.
Medical evidence suggested that he un-derwent spinal fusion surgery somewhere inNorth America, perhaps during the 1960s.
An autopsy revealed that the male’s rearmolars were missing. The pathologist deter-mined that cause of death was due to drown-ing. There was no indication of foul play.
Files relating to missing males around thetime were cross-referenced but no matcheswere found. Fingerprint and dental recordmatching have been unsuccessful.
This file remains open with the RichmondRCMP Serious Crime Unit and investigatorsare seeking the public’s help for any informa-tion that may assist in the man’s identifica-tion. If you have any information, contact Cpl.Bob Basanti at the Richmond RCMP SeriousCrime Unit at 604-278-1212.
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are both active members of theirneighbourhoods, Queensbor-ough and Hamilton, respectively.
But, for the first time in a longtime, their local, community in-terests, which have long thoughtto be more closely allied with oneanother than with their overlordmunicipalities, may finally cometogether again — politically, atleast.
For the first time in 132 years,
Queensborough could be politi-cally separated from New West-minster, as a provincial electoralline may be drawn down themiddle of the Fraser River.
The British Columbia Elec-toral Boundaries Commission’sproposal to shift the boundary forRichmond East so that it wouldabsorb Queensborough comethe 2017 election, would alsorepresent the first time in 70years that Queensborough andHamilton residents were repre-sented by the same politician.
The last time that happenedwas in 1947 when New West-
minster and Richmondshared a Member of Parlia-ment.
Busting the boundaryCould this further lead
to Queensborough re-unifying Lulu Island un-der one municipal entity?The last time this wasthe case, was in 1885.
Only a true Richmondhistory buff would knowthat Queensborough, as
we know it now, was a partof Richmond for six years,
from the establishment ofthe municipality in 1879 to
1885, when a Letters Patentdocument redrew the boundar-
ies.That Letters Patent, drafted
on March 2, 1885, and laterpublished in the British Colum-bia Gazette, obtained from theRichmond Archives, reads thatthe boundaries of Richmondwould be shifted:
“Following the meanderings ofthe north bank of the North Armof the Fraser River to the south-east corner of the Municipality ofNew Westminster; thence acrossthe North Arm of the FraserRiver to the northeast cornerof Section 25, Block 5 North,Range 4 West; thence true southto the south shore-line of LuluIsland.”
This redrawing meant the threeislands, which have since beeninfilled to form Mitchell Island,became part of Richmond, andthe line which was drawn “truesouth” at Section 25 formedwhat is now Boundary Road.
According to The History ofLulu Island, written by pioneerThomas Kidd in 1927, Queens-borough was a strategic ac-quisition for the capital of New
Westminster as it sought flatland to become a terminal of theCanadian Pacific Railway.
“Richmond, not consideringit (Queensborough) of muchvalue to her in the near future,consented to the change,” wroteKidd.
So, when a public hearingfor the creation of Richmond-Queensborough Electoral Districtwas held just last month, it was acase of history revisited.
Balancing the numbersThe logic behind the cur-
rent proposed boundary shift,which was unanimously sup-ported at the hearing, is thatNew Westminster is too smallfor two MLAs but too big for justone. Meanwhile, Richmond istoo big for three representatives,but too small for four. So, annexQueensborough and Richmondand New Westminster have justthe right balance (about 50,000people per riding).
The shift raises the question:Does Queensborough belong inRichmond, entirely? And whatwould that entail? Or, maybeHamilton and Queensboroughshould join to create their ownmunicipality? The latter would bea greater long shot than the for-mer, although both are unlikely.
But as hearing presenterand longtime Queensboroughresident Martin Eady framed theproposal:
“Queensborough has beenoverlooked, certainly in the past,”said Eady, noting it was onlywhen more of the land becamedevelopable that New Westmin-ster City Hall took notice of it. Headded that traffic from Richmond
" Milltown Bar and Grill owner Scotty McVicker takes the taste test on the Vancouver/Richmondsplit. Photo by Alan Campbell/Richmond News
Is it Richmond orIf only the line was drawn 30 yards to the
south.As much as Milltown Bar and Grill boss
Scotty McVicker loves Richmond, hewishes his premises was in Vancouver.
Well, it is; no, actually it’s not.You decide: If you head north on the
Arthur Laing Bridge and, once on theVancouver side, you hang a sharp left overthe railway track and then, via a 300-me-tre long causeway, drive onto RichmondIsland — are you in Vancouver or Rich-mond?
The answer, officially, is that you’vecrossed 30 yards into Richmond; much tothe chagrin of McVicker.
“We are very much in no-man’s landand if we could find a way to move theisland closer to Vancouver, that would begreat,” laughed McVicker, who opened thepopular pub just over a year ago.
“It would be good to be in Vancouver forno other reason than the confusion; butwe kind of have fun with it.
“But I would be naive if I thought ithasn’t cost us customers.”
The Milltown Bar and Grill and its ac-companying marina, sits on tiny Rich-mond Island, in the shadow of the ArthurLang, although some of the mooragedocks are actually positioned in Vancou-ver.
Richmond Island became the city’snamesake island only after 1885 when aLetters Patent redrew the municipality’sboundaries along the north arm of theFraser River.
The island is Musqueam territory,administered by Port Metro Vancouver’sNorth Fraser Terminals Inc. and leased tothe Milltown marina.
The island, said McVicker, wasn’t always
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accessible from the land and was a saw-mill in the early 1900s, before belongingto lumber giant Canfor in the ‘50s.
Multiple levels of government“We’re on federal land and we pay our
property taxes through our rent (to theport), so I’m not sure what city they goto?” said McVicker.
“We just lease the building and we haveto deal with all levels of government.
It would be a lot easier if it was in Van-couver.
“When we opened a year ago, every-body we dealt with were great, but we hadto go back and forth between Richmondand Vancouver because nobody was quitesure, at first, who was responsible forwhat.”
After crossing the Fraser River manytimes prior to opening the Milltown’s
doors, McVicker eventually got his oc-cupancy permit from the Richmond FireDepartment; his business license from theCity of Richmond and his liquor licensefrom the provincial board.
With all the relevant documentationsorted, all that’s left these days is toexplain the geography to some confusedcustomers.
“We’ve changed it on Google maps acouple of times because, if you typed inRichmond, it wouldn’t come up, but if youtyped in Vancouver, it would come up,”said McVicker.
“When you’re opening up a new place,it’s the last thing you want to have to dealwith; as we are in the people business.
“When you have to explain to peoplethat you drive over the Arthur Laing, theystart asking, “but that’s into Vancouver?”
McVicker said the island, with no sewer-
age, uses a septic system, with watersupply coming from Vancouver.
“We haven’t, thankfully, had to testwhat fire department will come, but whenwe called 911 — someone fell off theirbike — Vancouver Police arrived,” addedMcVicker.
Richmond wants controlIt’s unclear if the City of Richmond
receives a monetary advantage for havingthe island.
According to the city, it received about$12,000 in property taxes in 2014 fromthe establishment, and after the marinawas built, it received about $33,000.
When the marina was proposed in2012, developers had to sign an indem-nity agreement whereby the city wouldabsolve itself of responsibility for maintain-ing the dyke.
“It protects the City from being liable forflood or erosion damage should it oc-cur,” said Richmond’s communicationsmanager Ted Townsend, who said the citycould not provide a cost-benefit analysisof the island.
Townsend said operating costs, such asfirefighting and policing, for the island arelikely to be “minimal” each year. In fact,fire services are reduced for the island,under the agreement, and the city has anagreement with Vancouver Police to befirst-responders to an incident; once Rich-mond RCMP show up from the airport,they would take over any investigation.
Even if the island were to cost the citymore than it gains, Townsend said holdingthe island in Richmond’s jurisdiction givesthe city strategic control of the area, suchas how to effectively manage the river’senvironment.
Vancouver? You decide
is a major driver of the neighbourhood’seconomy.
Eady said that some folks were worriedQueensborough would be “lost” from NewWestminster with the boundary shift, but henoted the shift would mean New Westmin-ster would be represented by two MLAs, notone, which would actually benefit the city.
Richmond welcomesQueensborough
Meanwhile, Richmond Chamber ofCommerce spokesperson, Matt Pitcairn,lobbed a gentle “welcome to Lulu Island”toward Queensborough residents.
“We believe that Queensborough is a wel-come addition to Lulu Island,” said Pitcairn,noting both growing communities deservethe same MLA.
Palmer, the president of the Queensbor-ough Residents’ Association, from 2002 to2012, also spoke to the commission.
“Both Hamilton and Queensborough arevery similar. We are both almost forgottenby our respective cities. We seem sort ofalienated by our cities. The only time theyremember us is when tax time comes,” hesaid with a chuckle.
However, Stevens, a member of the Ham-ilton Community Association, said the com-munities have their differences and over thepast decade Richmond has been mindfulof including Hamilton in its plans.
“I think at this point in history, I don’t see(unification of Queensborough and Ham-ilton on the municipal front) happening,”said Stevens.
Both Stevens and Palmer said bothneighbourhoods have grown and will con-tinue to grow to the point where they aresufficiently recognized by the city halls.
Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie agrees.“I think Richmond, over the last decade
or so, has done a great job of including
Ham-ilton.There’s anew fire hall,a new communitycentre and they even have some libraryservices,” said Brodie.
When asked, about amalgamation, Brodiesaid it would likely make more sense forQueensborough to join Richmond becauseof the Fraser River (even though Hamiltonis closer to New Westminster City Hall, asthe crow flies).
“I think the geography of the area is morenatural that way,” said Brodie, who notedit’s still unlikely to occur given the large taxbase in Queensborough (Starlight Casino toname one major contributor).
Who dares to secede?However, if any daring minds should
choose to either unify Lulu Island or haveHamilton secede to join New Westmin-
ster, the processwould likely bea lengthy andcomplicatedone.
“About a de-cade ago therewas a lot of talkthat we would
walk away. Wedidn’t feel we were
getting the supportfrom our city; we felt
alienated,” said Palmer.“It (seceding) has been
discussed but it would bea difficult thing to accomplish.
But, anything is possible,” saidPalmer, again with a chuckle
Under the Local Government Act, seces-sion (ie. Queensborough joining Richmond)would require consent, usually via a peti-tion, from 60 per cent of the electors in theseceding area.
Following that, unless waived by the pro-vincial government, both city councils mustobtain consent from 50 per cent, plus one,of all electors in the respective municipali-ties via a referendum (or, the council of theexpanding city can gauge public opinionand approve the changes, so long as 10per cent of the electors don’t object to theproposal by signing a response form within30 days).
Thereafter, the British Columbia Cabinetwould have to approve the changes.
Furthermore, a full accounting of munici-
palas-sets,li-abilities,leases, taxes,local and utili-ties must be conducted, and any disputesresolved, according to the Ministry of Com-munity, Sport and Cultural Development,which noted there are no recent instancesof a significant shift in a shared municipalboundary in B.C.
Terri Evans, an Urban Studies profes-sor at Simon Fraser University, said whenmunicipal boundaries change, it’s usuallywhere there is little infrastructure.
As well, there are more and more in-stances where inter-municipal cooperationoccurs, such as in the Tri-Cities region.
Nevertheless, as Evans suggests, with orwithout a municipal boundary shift, with theproposed electoral boundary changes andthe further densification of both neighbour-hoods (including talks from both schooldistricts about a joint high school) Hamiltonand Queensborough are likely to becomemore of a whole than parts of two distinctcities. “It will be interesting to see what sortof attention (the new MLA) gives to that partof New Westminster,” said Evans.
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A: Soft tissue management is the answer you are seeking. Rehabilitationof soft tissues is primary. First, your dentures require cleaning to removeoffensive organisms that may be contributing to the inflammation andedema (swelling). Tissue conditioners (temporary soft lining material) areplaced on the tissue fitting surface of your dentures to provide a cleanpositive adaptation to your gum tissues. Healing begins and your tissues arereassessed in a week to confirm the progress of healing. Generally a secondand or third tissue conditioner may need to be applied before proceedingto the construction of new dentures. New dentures promote a healthyclean fitting surface for many years. If you have any questions regardingthis procedure or any other denture related subject, please book your freeconsultation with us.
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Q: I have been told that along with a Willand Power of Attorney, I should also havean Advance Directive and a RepresentationAgreement. What are they?
A: AnAdvance Directive is a document that allows an adult person toclearly state, to any health care providers, their views and decisions aboutaccepting or refusing care treatments, such as life support and life prolongingmedical interventions.YourAdvance Directivemust be followed by themedicalcommunity as long as it addresses the health care treatment needed at the time.A RepresentationAgreement is themedical equivalent of a Power ofAttorney,whereby you can appoint someone to act on your behalf tomake decisionsfor health care treatment, including granting end of life decisions by a non-resuscitation order or othermeans.
Q: How can I control my business insurance costs?A: 1. Talk to us; we should review your policy at least once a year or when yourcircumstances or property changes. This ensures you are adequately covered but notover-insured.
2. Look into the option of raising some or all of your deductibles, a higher deductible canreduce the cost of your premiums over the long term noticeably.
3. Installing alarm systems; especially monitored alarms for burglary and fire, these savemoney and are looked upon favorably by insruance companies.
4. Ask where your insurance premiums are being allocated, this will give you more info ofhow and where to control your costs.
5. Look at your business from a loss prevention / risk assessment point of view anddiscuss this with your broker.We will then relay this to underwriters, this often bringsdown costs.
6. Talk to your broker before you make major purchases or changes to your business,some items and changes cost more to insure.
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Q: I have toenail fungus and cracked nails. What can I use?
A: Toenail fungus is very common foot condition and can cause the nail tobecome brittle, cracked, thickened and discolored (often yellow or brown). In moresevere cases, the nail can fall off and be very painful. Prescription medicationsare available but tend to be costly and may not be suitable for everyone as oralantifungals can affect the liver. Instead, I often recommend Emtrix ®, an overthe counter topical antifungal that uses a patented formula of lactic acid, urea andpropylene glycol to alter the nail environment and prevent fungal growth. It may take4-12 weeks to see improvement.
In the case of unhealthy cracked nails not caused by fungal infections, we recommenda combination of a topical nail lacquer called Veralac ® and Phytophanere,an oral multivitamin to strengthen nails. Veralac works by delivering silicon (fromhorsetail extract) and MSM to the nail to support the development of keratin, themain protein responsible for nail hardness. Phytophanere provides oral omega fattyacids and biotin to help the nail become thicker and stronger in 1-3 months. Talk toour pharmacists at Pharmasave Steveston Village to learn more about nail health!
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Q: I would like a nicer smile. What are my options?
A: People may want to change the appearance of their smile for a multitudeof reasons, including feeling better about themselves.When it comes to changinga smile, there are many options that are available. The most conservative methodof changing the appearance of one’s teeth is often by changing their colour bybrightening them with bleaching methods.When both a colour and shape changeis required, there are three dental treatment options. The first involves not removingany natural tooth structure and can involve bonding a filling material to existingtooth structure or utilizing certain types of porcelain veneers (veneers can becompared to Lee Press On Nails, but for the teeth). The second option involvesminimally removing tooth structure to place veneers and the third option is moreaggressive of tooth removal and involves placing porcelain crowns on the teeth.Depending on your needs, any of these above solutions can bring about a nicersmile for you. The most important consideration is ensuring that you knows the risksand benefits of the various dental treatment options and select one with informedconsent of the pros and cons.
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Q: How come I keep getting cavities even though Ibrush and floss my teeth?
A: Cavities in the teeth, also known as dental caries, are classified as bacterialinfections of the teeth. There are several factors necessary for dental cavities to grow;presence of specific bacteria, acidic environment, and host susceptibility. Once you have thecavity bug (believe it or not, some people never get it), brushing and flossing alone may notprevent cavities from growing. Strategies to make the tooth structure stronger with exposureto fluoride and remineralizing toothpastes are effective. Additionally effective are rinses thatmake the pH of the saliva more basic so that the acid loving cavity bacteria are minimized. Thestrength and structure of teeth is generally the same for everyone. However, each person has auniquely different oral environment in their mouth. This “saliva environment” and its bacterialinhabitants is what can protect us or harm us from cavities. If you were to place a healthytooth in a cup of water compared to a solution of soda pop, the tooth would erode in the sodapop. The same situation is in the mouth, with the saliva acting as the liquid in a cup.
Dr. Arv Sooch
DentistQ: As young people begin looking for summer jobs, what
should they know about safety at work?A: A summer job is a great place for young workers to learn new skills, gain workexperience, explore career options, and begin earning their own money. Unfortunately,18 young workers (under the age of 25) are injured in their jobs every day in B.C. Beingprepared for work, and understanding the potential hazards they might be exposed to, is keyto avoiding injury.
Young workers are often eager to impress, but when they’re new to a job, they may not havethe experience to judge what’s safe and what’s not. Employers are legally responsible forworkers having proper training and orientation before they begin work. That means ensuringthat young workers are aware of all potential hazards in their jobs, demonstrating safe workprocedures to them, and providing proper supervision. Young workers have a role to playin their own safety too. They need to ask for training (or more training) if they don’t knowhow to do a task safely, ask questions if they have any safety concerns and – maybe mostimportantly – they need to refuse work they consider unsafe. These can be difficult for youngworkers to do, but good employers will appreciate a worker’s attention to safety. Safety isgood business – for everyone. For more information, email [email protected]
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“Live every day as if it was your last, becauseone day, it will be.....and how would you like
to be remembered?”A heart attack in the early hours of the
morning five years ago has afforded life acertain clarity for Reg Boaler.
Nothing now fazes Richmond-raisedself-employed businessman, actor andpublic speaker Boaler, with everything thatlife throws at him — including being towedrecently — neatly folded into perspective.
Nursing a small, white cup of coffee athis favourite café-bar in the City Centre, theoutgoing, talkative and dapper Boaler wasreflecting on life growing up in Richmond andhow he’s grateful to see the sun rise everyday.
“After my heart attack, I make sure nothingpisses me off. If I wake up in the morning,I’m a happy man,” said Boaler, who lives nearWilliams and Shell roads and has, for thepast 17 years, run Boaler Glasswasher out ofan office on Westminster Highway and No. 3Road.
“You really have to poke me hard now tomake me angry; you’d really have to spit inmy face.”
As the caffeine from cup No. 1 started tokick in, Boaler began digging deep into thememory banks of a childhood in Richmondand days of the strap, a punishment forseemingly trivial “offences.”
“I grew up in the Seafair neighbourhoodfrom age nine, after moving from Winnipeg;
we thought we’d died and gone to heaven; itwas so green,” said Boaler, whose family usedto cut the grass on Christmas Day and mail itto relatives in Winnipeg, which was under tenfeet of snow.
“I got six of the strap at Alfred B Dicksonelementary. It was my first day there and Ithought, to make a joke, I’d say during roll callthat I was Elvis Presley. The teacher didn’t likethat and neither did my dad, who also gaveme the strap when I went home.
“I also got the strap at Hugh Boyd, be-cause I yelled ‘field trip’ out of the school buswindow.”
Cup No. 2:When he wasn’t playing the role of class
clown, Boaler was in the Sea Cadets in themid ‘60s and after each meeting, he and his
buddies would go to the nearby Skyline Hotel(now the Westin near No. 3 Road and Cap-stan Way) where there was the Chipper Diner.
“We used to go there and get the bestburger and fries in town, and I rememberwhen Westminster and 3 Road got the firsttraffic lights in Richmond.”
Eventually a Richmond High grad, Boalerstudied electronics at Vancouver City Collegebefore becoming a technician at Xerox ofCanada for 12 years.
After a time spent in sales for the samecompany, Boaler and several colleagues quitand started their own photocopying and print-ing division in Vancouver.
His own Boaler Dishwasher — installingdraught beer and glasswashing systems tolicensed premises across B.C. — is now his
bread and butter.However, acting has also paid dividends
for Boaler, who only took lessons when hedivorced as a 47-year-old.
Cup No. 3:In case you think you recognize Boaler, it’s
likely from commercials; but he did have aprominent role as a pawnbroker in 2008 themade-for-TV movie My Babysitter is an Alien.
“I always wanted to get into acting, but Iwas discouraged as a teen by my peers,” saidBoaler, who has three adult children, two ofwhom were adopted.
And, for the last 15 years, Boaler has beenmastering the craft of public speaking throughthe Competitive Speaking Vancouver club.
“They’ve taught me everything; I joined tobecome more comfortable speaking in publicand now I’m learning Mandarin as well.”
It’s served as more than a confidence boost-er, though. Earlier this month, Boaler wonthe regional heat of the International SpeechContest in Prince George and is heading toLas Vegas in August for the semi-finals and,hopefully, the finals.
“So I’m in the top 100 in the world rightnow. I now make friends easier and I feel likeI can talk anybody.”
Really; you don’t say, Reg.
Surviving the strap: Class clown to champion speakerALANCAMPBELLStaff ReporterACAMPBELLRICHMONDNEWS.COM
" Reg Boalerhas led a co-lourful life, frombeing belted atschool for trivialmisdemean-ours to runningsuccessfulbusinesses andfrom engineer-ing a mid-lifeacting careerto battling backfrom a heartattack. Photo byAlan Campbell/RichmondNews
Getting to know:Spare time?Rec hockey at UBC and Richmond Ice.Top three movies of all time?The Notebook; Pay it Forward and justabout anything with Kevin Costner.And I hate violent movies.
Carvers on showThe annual Wood
Carving Show, run bythe Richmond CarversSociety, is being hostedthis weekend at theSteveston CommunityCentre.
Running noon to 5p.m. on Saturday and10 a.m. to 4 p.m. onSunday, the show, inits 26th year, frequentlyattracts hundreds ofpeople each day withits exhibits, judgedcompetitions and artisansoaps and jewellery andraffle.
“The show is judged independently and the competitioncomes from across the Fraser Valley and the U.S.,” saidsociety member and show chair David Phillips.
“It’s the biggest show of its kind in Western Canada andpeople can come see the exhibits and the entries and have ago at carving themselves.”
Another feature of the show is the appearance of featuredartist Rupert Scow, a renowned Aboriginal carver.
Visit richmondcarvers.com for more information. Entry is$2; free entry for children under 12 (with an adult).
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Minoru Place Activity Centre7660 Minoru Gate, Richmond, BCPhone: 604-238-8450 • Fax: 604-718-8462email: [email protected]/seniors
Hours of Operation:Monday to Friday: 8:30 am–9:00 pmSaturday: 8:45 am–4:00 pmSunday: noon to 4:00 pmCall for holiday hour changes
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COME VISIT US AT MINORU PLACE ACTIVITY CENTRE (MPAC)
Located at the corner of MinoruBoulevard and Granville Avenue,across the plaza from the BrighouseLibrary and Richmond CulturalCentre, MPAC offers an inviting,active and friendly environmentfor those 55 years and older. Thisone level, fully accessible facility isset in beautiful Minoru Park and isnear many other City facilities in the
area. Minoru Place has a numberof multipurpose rooms, a largehall with a stage, a billiards room,cafeteria, computer room and anexcellent woodworking shop.
Activities include registeredprograms, out trips, special eventsand support groups. Plus, with anannual Facility Pass you can chooseto join any of the 40 Clubs and
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Closed for the annual shut down week Monday, June 22 to Sunday, June 28, re-opening Monday, June 29
Groups. Complimentary honorarymemberships are available tothose 90+ years of age. Spousesof members are welcome andencouraged to join in the fun evenif under the age of 55. Comeand experience the benefits ofrecreation!
For more information• Pick up a copy of the MinoruPlace Newsletter from the MinoruPlace front desk to find outabout special events, upcomingtrips and the latest news
• Drop by or call 604-238-8450• Visit www.richmond.ca/seniors
Minoru Place ActivityCentre Facility PassesThe annual fees cover participationin fabulous activities includingdancing, singing, Bike Club, SpanishClub, cribbage, other card gamesand more. Passes are valid one yearfrom date of purchase.
Membership Pass (for 55+ years)Annual Pass...............................$22
Additional Passes(Annual Pass must be purchased in addition)Woodworking Pass...................$22Table Tennis Pass ......................$31Woodcarving Pass ....................$22Billiards Pass..............................$28Computer Pass ......................... Free
RegistrationThe Summer 2015 Parks, Recreationand Culture Guide is available online(www.richmond.ca/guide) with apaper version available for pick up inall City facilities.
3 ways to register
1. Online:www.richmond.ca/register
2. By phone: 604-276-4300,Mon–Fri, 8:30 am–5:30 pm
3. In person: at the Minoru PlaceActivity Centre front desk
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Parking Passes2015 Parking Passes are now available to MinoruPlace Activity Centre members for $11 each.Parking in the MPAC lot is reserved Monday toFriday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm for members with avalid parking hanger displayed.
CafeteriaMPAC has a great eatery that features deliciousand nutritious meals six days a week withmember discounts. Menus can be viewedonline at www.richmond.ca/parksrec/seniors/minoruplace/minoru.htm.
Hours of operationMon–Thu............................... 8:30 am–4:00 pmFri ........................................... 8:30 am–7:00 pmSat ........................................ 10:00 am–2:00 pmSun ........................................................... Closed
Hot EntreesMembers ............................. Lunch $5, Dinner $7Non-Members..................... Lunch $7, Dinner $9
LunchMon–Sat .............................. 11:30 am–1:00 pm
DinnerFri ................................................. 4:30–6:00 pm
SHOPPING BUS SERVICEShop at the following destinations:Mondays ..................................... Blundell CentreThursdays ...................................Lansdowne Mall
This service is $2 round trip. Only purchases thatcan be carried are accepted as bus storage islimited. Call 604-238-8456 for schedules andmore information.
MINORU WELLNESS CLINICSFREE Wellness ClinicsHave your blood pressure checked by a retiredvolunteer nurse and pick up information onprograms, services and support availableto seniors in the community. Holistic healthappointments and manicures and pedicures areavailable for a fee. The clinic is offered the thirdWednesday of each month. Call 604-238-8450 tobook an appointment.Wed, June 17 ........................ 9:00 am–12:00 pm
FREE Hearing ClinicClinics are offered the third Thursday of eachmonth. Call 604-238-8450 to make a hearing testappointment.Thu, June 18........................ 10:00 am–12:00 pm
SOCIALFriday Night Dinner ClubMix, mingle and dine at this social evening atMinoru Place Activity Centre. Hot entrees are $9 fornon-members and $7 for members. Call 604-238-8450 for more information or to reserve a seat.
Friday Night LiveSocialize, meet new friends, enjoy localcommunity performances and join in a variety ofactivities including Karaoke and Name That Tune.Call 604-238-8450 or visit the centre for moredetails.Fridays, 6:00–8:00 pm ...................... $2 (Drop-in)
Platinum PlayersJoin this group that entertains local seniors’groups and community members at variousRichmond events including teas, civic events andother celebrations. If you have a sense of funand a little imagination, drop in to this fun groupthat meets at the Minoru Place Activity Centreevery Tuesday from 2:00 to 4:00 pm. For moreinformation, call Elaine at 604-276-9993.
FITNESSTotal Body ConditioningWork out with a variety of fitness equipmentadjusted for all fitness levels. Some cardiovascularwork may be included.Tue, 5:30–6:30 pm ....................... $5.55 (Drop-in)
Masters Martial Arts–55+Combine lower impact moves from Karate, TaeKwon Do, Aikido and Arnis in this safe, non-physical contact program designed specifically forthose 55+ years. Led by a black belt master withover 50 years of experience, all fitness and abilitylevels are welcome. Instructor: Grandmaster Jung.Mon/Wed, 4:00–5:00 pm ............. $7.50 (Drop-in)
Yin Yang YogaIncorporate classical and Taoist yoga to furtherdevelop strength, flexibility and balance to focuson the stillness of the mind, body and spirit. Matrequired at each class.Wed, 5:45–7:00 pm...................... $7.40 (Drop-in)
Zumba FitnessTone with light weights and a cardiovascularworkout of fun and easy-to-follow routines set tozesty Latin and international music.Mon, 6:30–7:30 pm..................... $6.15 (Drop-in)
3 ways to register1. Online: www.richmond.ca/register
2. By phone: 604-276-4300,Mon–Fri, 8:30 am–5:30 pm
3. In person: during facility hours
OUT TRIPSTea and TrumpetsEnjoy light refreshments followed by aperformance by the Vancouver SymphonyOrchestra at the Orpheum Theatre. Price includestransportation, admission and refreshments. Norefund 30 days prior to out trip.Thu, June 11, 12:30–4:30 pm.....$50.90 (863759)
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EVENTSSeniors Week 2015—Creative Aging, June 1–7National Seniors Week recognizes thecontributions seniors bring to their community.This year’s theme of “Creative Aging” celebratesthe vibrancy and talents of seniors in Richmond.Many free and low cost activities, along withtransportation, are available. Registration isrequired.
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This service ensures seniors, youth, persons withdisabilities and all other Richmond residentshave a transportation option to communityprograms, services and special events. Thisaffordable transportation option for communityorganizations offers a fleet of buses thatcan accommodate 16 to 22 passengers. Forcommunity group bookings only.
Contact Roop at 604-238-8456or [email protected] for details.
VOLUNTEEROPPORTUNITIES
If you’re new to the centre or the neighbourhoodor you have some spare time to help, considerbecoming a volunteer. It is an easy andcomfortable way to meet new people.
Drivers — needed to distribute WellnessNewsletters to various local outlets.
iPad specialist — needed for one hour per week.
Contact Jacqui at 604-238-8452or [email protected] for informationabout these opportunities.
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Rise Up Singing — A YouthChoir Extravaganza sees GoodNoise choir joined by three award-winning youth choirs: BurnabyCentral ‘A’ Chamber Choir; NorthSurrey Polaris Chamber Choirand Vancouver Youth Choir in aconcert extravaganza celebratingyouth and singing.
This concert, including GoodNoise member and Richmondresident and Palmer alumniMai Bui, will be held on May 30
at 7p.m. at the Fraserview MBChurch.
It will feature the official launchof the brand new “Good NoiseV.I.P. Young Artist Program”(Voices In Performance) with theannouncement of the inauguralyouth scholarships and bursaries.
Join them for a concert thatcelebrates the best of youngpeople, singing and gospel music.
For additional information, go towww.goodnoisevgc.com.
Prepared by the Richmond ArtsCoalition:
June (every day)Art Exhibition – Youth Talent/Art
Exhibition at Thompson CommunityCentre, 5151 Granville Ave.
Student Art Exhibit at the RichmondCultural Centre Upper Rotunda, 7700Minoru Gate. 2-D and 3-D exhibitsfrom students taking Richmond ArtsCentre courses.
For more information, go to www.richmond.ca/culture/centre.
Until June 16Harbouring the Time – photographs by
Sand Wan.Outreach exhibition at City Hall Gal-
leria: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. at Richmond CityHall, 6911 No. 3 Rd.
This event is free. This event is for allages. Disability access is available. Formore information, call 604-247-8312,email: [email protected] or got towww.richmondartgallery.org.
Until June 18Brushstroke Ink & Easel Studio Gal-
lery at 12431 No. 2 Rd. is available forviewing Saturdays between 2:30 and4:30 p.m. or by appointment 604-241-0141 (Ext 243, visual arts).
A colorful collection of landscapes,flowers, and beautiful scenes of WestCoast nature, featuring the works of sixlocal and professional artists: MichaelShirley, Loraine Wellman, MarilynMylrea, Ken Nash, Ali Margulius, DawnWaugh. For more information, go towww.theartsconnection.org.
Until June 28Greg Girard: Richmond/Kowloonat the Richmond Art Gallery, 7700
Minoru Gate. Richmond/Kowloonfeatures Vancouver-based artist GregGirard’s photographs recording thesocial and physical transformationsin two cities: Hong Kong’s KowloonWalled City, and Richmond. Organizedby Richmond Art Gallery Curator NanCapogna, the exhibition includes previ-ously created work documenting Kow-loon Walled City as well as a new bodyof photographic images of Richmondand its residents.
This event is for all ages, is disabil-ity accessible and is free. For moreinformation, call 604-247-8312, email:[email protected] or go to www.richmondartgallery.org.
Until June 29
Gardens and Botanicals at RocaniniCafé, 115 - 3900 Moncton St. (at No. 1Road), Steveston Village.
Rocanini Café Artist Series presents acolourful group show of “Gardens andBotanicals”, featuring local Richmondpainters.
Until July 5Interwoven World – Identity and
Fashion from 9 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. at theRichmond Museum, 180-7700 MinoruGate. This event is free.
What we wear reveals a lot about us.Our fashion choices have evolved overmany centuries, often inspired by ideasabout our cultural and individual iden-tities. Join us as we learn more aboutour global culture, our clothes — andourselves.
For more information, call 604-247-8300.
Until spring 2016Trading Routes: Rivers, Fish and Oil,
open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. atthe Gulf of Georgia Cannery NationalHistoric Site, 12138 Fourth Ave. Thismulti-media exhibit focuses on theecology and cultural changes causedby industry and development alongnorthern B.C.’s river ways and eula-chon “grease trails.”
The exhibit will enhance understand-ing of the impact of industrial develop-ment on B.C.’s salmon bearing rivers;the Fraser, Skeena, Nass, and Stikine,through a collection of artwork, images,video, audio, and text. For more infor-mation, call 604-664-9009, email [email protected] or go to www.gulfofgeor-giacannery.org.
June 4Drop in drawing from 6 to 9 p.m. at
the Richmond Art Gallery, 7700 MinoruGate. This is a free drop-in; donationsgratefully accepted.
This program is a social time foradults to draw in the gallery, using theexhibition artworks as their subjectmatter. All artistic skill levels arewelcome, and some technical demon-strations will be provided throughoutthe sessions. Drawing materials areprovided, but feel free to bring yourown sketchbooks or tablets. (dry mediaonly – no water-based materials permit-ted in the Gallery spaces) Drop-in fora quick sketch, or stay for the wholethree hours. For ages 16 and over. Formore information, call 604-247-8312,email: [email protected] or go towww.richmondartgallery.org.
June 5Unlock Doors Open Richmond 2015
at the free opening celebrations atSteveston Museum in the heart of Ste-veston Village on Friday June 5, 4:30- 8:30 p.m. Immerse yourself in localJapanese Canadian history with theopening of the Japanese Fishermen’sBenevolent Society Building on site.Enjoy refreshments, live performances,and Japanese themed activities. Formore information, go to www.rich-mond.ca/doorsopen.
June 6Operatic Gems with the Richmond
Orchestra & Chorus at 7:30 p.m. atthe Fraserview Mennonite BrethrenChurch, 11295 Mellis Dr. Tickets are:Adult: $18; students: $15; child (under13): $6.
Following on the success of the June2014 concert, A Night at the Mov-ies, this season ends with an evengrander finale of blockbuster favourites— this time from the operatic stage.The ROCA orchestra and chorus willcombine to present the unforgettablemelodies of Bizet, Verdi and Pucciniwith special guest performers. Formore information, go to [email protected] call 604-276-2747.
June 5 & 6Snow White, presented by Richmond
Academy of Dance, starts June 5 at6:30 p.m. and also June 6 at 1 p.m. atthe Gateway Theatre, 6500 Gilbert Rd.
The Richmond Academy of Dancewill be performing “Snow White” forits year-end recital. This will be adelightful presentation including allthe academy’s dancers, ages three toadult, performing pieces across severaldance disciplines: ballet, jazz, tap,musical theatre, hip hop, and lyrical.Come and support Richmond childrenand youth. For more information, call604-278-7816.
June 6 & 7Doors Open - Free Art Programs:Preschoolers (3-5 years): June 6: 10
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a.m. to 12:15 p.m.; June 7: 11:15a.m. to 12:15 p.m. all at the ThompsonCommunity Centre, 5151 GranvilleAve. This event is free. Draw, paintand try other mixed media projects inthis introduction to visual arts. Moreinformation, call 604-238-8422, [email protected] or go to www.richmond.ca/thompson.
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The Pacific Festival will be as much aboutbuilding and embracing a vibrant Chinese
theatre program at Gateway Theatre as it willbe about good theatre.
For theatre director Jovanni Sy, the festival’ssecond year at Gateway will be bigger andbetter, and thus more capable of bringingtogether different cultures from within the city— a major goal of his.
“It’s the cornerstone of a broad artisticvision whereby we, the Gateway Theatre, tryto connect more with the community of Rich-mond. We already have a loyal and dedicatedgroup of patrons who love the work we doin English and our signature series, but thisis a means to build bridges with those whomay not be as familiar with us. We want theChinese community to come to the theatre.We want them to be in our future audience,”said Sy.
The Pacific Festival will be a 13-day, four-weekend theatre event this September featur-ing four plays in Cantonese with Mandarinand English surtitles.
With Richmond’s tremendous Chineseimmigrant population, Sy wants to bring thetheatre cultures together, beneath one roof.
He said the festival aims to attract newChinese immigrants who may not know aboutthe theatre. In turn, bringing them in willmake them more familiar with the theatre’smainstream productions. As well, the festivaloffers non-Chinese theatregoers the chance
to cross the Pacific without flying to HongKong.
The festival, he says, is the laying of afoundation whereby Gateway, once it reachesa broader audience, can begin to considerproducing Chinese plays or translating local,English (or Canadian) ones into Chinese.
So far, Sy has only been able to import suchplays. The main play is Tuesdays with Morrie,which is actually an American autobiographi-cal story of a sports journalist and his formercollege professor who is diagnosed with LouGehrig’s disease.
The audience will be able to witness howthe play is portrayed in Hong Kong, withrenowned Hong Kong pioneer actor and TVproducer Dr. Chung King Fai.
Former Gateway director Simon Johnston,now a semi-retired theatre consultant, calledthe festival a “wonderful idea.”
“There’s a need to attract audiences fromall parts of a community. Jovanni is trying tofigure out where the new community is,” hesaid. Johnston likens the festival to going tosee a foreign film in a theatre.
Festival producer Esther Ho said Tuesdayswith Morrie, which is the closing play, will bea special treat given Chung’s high profile inthe Hong Kong community.
“He is the master of drama theatre in HongKong and on the boards of lots of theatregroups. He’s also on lots of TV shows. Evenclose to 80 years old he is passionate and stilldoing teaching,” said Ho.
There will be four plays, all with different
“experiences,” said Ho.Cook Your Life is a comedic solo show
and Dry MeChat is a provocative look atmodern-day cyber living in the new age of theInternet.
Finally, the opening play will be staged out-side and should draw some familiar parallelsbetween Richmond and Hong Kong.
Will to Build is a verbatum theatre piece(the script is transcripts from real people)about development and Hong Kong’s urbanheritage.
“Development is a hot topic button inboth Hong Kong and in Richmond and theirtake on it is very unique because they talkto everybody; they’re not presenting a pointof view, they’re presenting multiple pointsof view; the people doing the building, thepeople doing the buying and the people whomay be displaced by it,” said Sy.
Tickets are $40 for adults with group andmultiple-ticket discounts.
" Tuesdayswith Mor-rie, which isactually anAmericanautobiograph-ical storyof a sportsjournalist andhis formercollegeprofessor whois diagnosedwith Lou Geh-rig’s disease.
Theatre crosses PacificGRAEMEWOODStaff ReporterGWOODRICHMONDNEWS.COM
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" Will to Build is a verbatum theatre pieceabout development and Hong Kong’s urbanheritage. On page 3: Jovanni Sy and EstherHo welcome guests to the Gateway Theatre.
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Alec Moffat has become pretty good at jigsaw puzzles.But it’s not the coffee table variety he’s used to piec-
ing back together.His come with twisted pieces of aluminum, shards of
glass, and a variety of other materials often turned almostunrecognizable by the forces of a catastrophic air crash.
Moffat is a senior investigator and director of operationsat RJ Waldron, a Richmond-based, aviation forensicsinvestigation service that has, since the mid 1970s, beendelving into wreckage of all types of aircraft to find outwhy they failed.
“Basically, the first thing we do with any aircraft, be it ahelicopter or large plane, is start with the four corners ofthe aircraft,” Moffat said. “So, when you have collected allof the wreckage, we ask ourselves do you have the nose,the wingtips and the tail? And if you have all of that, thenyou collect everything else in between.”
The company got its start when founder, Bob Waldron, ametallurgist from UBC, had a friend who had been killedin an aircraft accident. But the official aircraft accident in-vestigation could not determine the cause of the accident.
“So, he (Waldron) went and looked at the fractured partsand discovered there was a (metal) fatigue problem in oneof the propellors and that’s what caused the accident,”Moffat said.
And once he did that more business started coming hiscame his way.
“He never intended to get into aviation, but it startedwith a small shop and one thing led to another,” Moffatadded.
Today, the company is the largest of its kind in the coun-try, operates globally, and is one of the best known in therelatively small, yet tight-knit industry of forensic aviationinvestigation.
While the jigsaw approach to the start of an investigationis akin to first finding the flat edges of the puzzle, Moffatsaid the process his three-person firm employs stops shortof actually re-connecting the parts.
“You want to lay the pieces close to each other, butnot touching because if there are any features within thefractures of the materials, they may explain the cause ofthe accident,” he said.
But once the overall reconstruction has been completed,then it’s time to look for anomalies within the mass ofparts — components that may have broken due to metalfatigue or an overload of some kind.
Sometimes, clues or other information from an accident— reports from surviving passengers or crew, for example— can narrow down the search for answers.
Other times, the team at Waldron employ high-techequipment, such as an electron microscope that canmagnify items thousands of times, to look closely at thestructure of materials to provide answers.
Components that have failed because of fatigue appearmuch different than those that have been forced apart,Moffat explained.
Other tell-tale clues to what may have happened in acrash focus on key elements of an aircraft.
Case in point is a medical helicopter from Chicagowhose remains are neatly arranged in a section of Wal-dron’s warehouse section.
The chopper had been out for a test flight after darkfollowing a round of maintenance when it crashed, killing
its pilot.“The NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) out of
the U.S. was unable to determine the cause, but suspect-ed pilot suicide,” Moffat said, adding Waldron was hiredby a law firm representing the deceased pilot to offer itsinterpretation of the crash.
“We noticed some strange things,” Moffat said, pointingto the helicopter’s tail rotor blade that was substantiallyintact, but bent in some places.
“It doesn’t have any rotational damage,” Moffat said.“These blades spin at a very high RPM, so if they contactanything, you’d expect them to be almost shredded.”
That indicates the blades were likely not rotating at all,or at a much slower rate than normal, pointing to a poten-tial loss of control not linked to pilot error.
In another, separate warehouse, the remains of anotherhelicopter that crashed killing one passenger was likelynot a mechanical failure, but one concerning operation ofthe aircraft.
The chopper was used at a fishing resort that picked uptwo clients who were wet from their angling activities, andthe windows of the helicopter’s cabin fogged over due tothe excess moisture shortly after the flight took off.
Even with the de-fogging blowers activated — like thosein a car — the pilot’s view was obscured and the aircraftwent down.
“Once you’ve lost (visual) reference to the outside world,it’s very hard to control an aircraft,” Moffat said, addingrecommendation on the still active case could focus onincreased pilot training.
“Was the pilot also under a lot of pressure to get hispassengers to another destination? Or since things usuallyrun on a charge by the hour basis, was it a case of notwanting to wait another five minutes for the windows toclear properly?” Moffat said, adding “There’s usually neverjust one cause for a crash. There’s almost always multipleissues.”
Making sense of them all to provide answers can resultin a high degree of satisfaction, Moffat said.
“There’s definitely the satisfaction in helping out theclient, and in some cases it can help prevent a similaraccident from happening again,” he said. “Really, that’sthe ultimate goal of an investigation — to learn from it.It doesn’t always happen. But that’s what we strive for,whether it’s the TSB (Transportation Safety Board) or inde-pendent investigators.”
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" After helping the Coquitlam Adanacs win a pair of B.C. Junior “A” Lacrosse League championships, Jordan Gilles is playing closer home this season asa key member of the Delta Islanders where he is among several Richmond players on the roster. Photo by Gord Goble
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Richmond standouts lead Islanders
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The Islanders are off to their best start infranchise history with a 7-1-0 record andare currently ranked fourth in the nation.
It’s no secret the early success is areflection of what head coach Greg Rennieaccomplished in three seasons runningthe Richmond Intermediate “A” program.He has at least seven former Roadrunnerson his roster including defensive standoutsJordan Gilles and Brad Hofmann.
When Rennie acquired Gilles from thesix-time defending league championCoquitlam Adanacs for his final season ofjunior eligibility, he was promptly namedassistant captain. Hofmann, in his secondyear with Delta, is the team’s new captain.Both McMath secondary graduates knowexactly what their coach is looking for.
“I think about half our team played un-der Greg in Richmond,” said Gilles. “Justbringing us back together, he knows howwe play and how we all get along. It’s thesame fun we were having (in intermedi-ate).
“I was a little surprised (to be named as-sistant captain) my first year coming in butGreg knows I have the experience of play-ing in a Minto Cup. That’s what I’m bring-ing here and trying to show the guys.”
The Islanders were very fortunate theleague midget draft went into a hiatus longenough for Richmond’s top players to es-sentially be free agents when they gradu-ated from intermediate. It allowed them tobe reunited with Rennie.
“We all wanted to keep playing togetherand keep winning,” said Hofmann. “Thisis a way better team when you look at theoverall talent (from elsewhere). We knowwe have a shot (to win the league) and wedon’t want to waste that.
“These guys are a very easy group tolead and I am kind of comfortable with thisrole. We all have the same goals and wewant to win. We are here for business.”
Not all the Richmond talent fell into theIslanders’ lap.
Gilles was highly sought after and ended
up signing with the Adanacs where hehelped the team win a pair of leaguechampionships. He became Delta prop-erty for the 2015 season as part of the EliMcLaughlin trade last July.
“I live in Richmond so this drive is waybetter,” laughed Gilles who is battling anankle injury he picked up last fall playingfor the Langara men’s soccer team. Weare (7-1-0) so I am not complaining. and Iwill play my heart out wherever I go.
“It is a good experience being here rightnow. We are playing great as a team. Ithink it’s going to come down to playoffsand it will be good.”
Gilles’ family has been heavily involvedin Richmond Lacrosse over the years.Hofmann was coached by Jordan’s fatherMike Gilles for a good portion of his minorlacrosse year.
Mike played for the WLA Richmond Out-laws when they were based out of MinoruArenas back in the 1980s.
“Jordan is a year older than me so hisdad coached me every other year,” hesaid. “They are a great family and Jordanis a phenomenal player. (Coquitlam) knewthey had to give up something big to getEli and Jordan is a huge pick up for us.”
Hofmann turned down potential field
lacrosse offers down south to attend Mc-Gill University where he is working on hisdegree in pharmacology. He and Islandersteammate Spencer Bromley have helpedthe Montreal school go undefeated for twostraight years, only to lose the nationalfinal to Guelph.
“It’s just a better fit for me. I can focusmore on academics and just enjoy playinglacrosse,” added Hofmann.
He has two more cracks at a CIS cham-pionship but for now is focused on helpingthe Islanders reach new heights.
“You can only be the best when you beatthe best. That’s what we are here to do.”
MAY 30TH, 2015 AT RICHMOND OLYMPIC OVALFUNDRAISING BY ROTARY CLUB OF RICHMOND SUNSET
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EVENT SPONSOR: $5000 | GOLD SPONSOR: $2000 | SILVER SPONSOR: $1000
THIS PROJECT WILL BENEFIT 1300+ SCHOOL STUDENTS, 70+ SCHOOL TEACHERS AND 5000+ VILLAGERS IN THE AREA.
• Provide 1300 individual solar task lights for 2 secondary and5 primary schools.
• Improve teacher qualifications and teaching skills specificallyrelated to the current Kenya curriculum.
• Provide teaching aids to make learning more interesting for students.
• Initiate a small computer lab (initially 6 computers) atKyaithani Secondary School for students to complete assignmentand online research from standard curriculum.
For sponsorship: Contact Magdalen R. Leung at [email protected] | Tel: 604-214-8832For pledge sheets and volunteering on May 30th at The Oval: Contact Edmond Chan at [email protected] | Tel: 604-214-8839
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" Rhys Daniels fights for extra yardage as teammates Brandon Howell and Edmond Lin look onduring McRoberts Strikers’ 25-20 overtime win over GW Graham Saturday to open the B.C. HighSchool AA Rugby Championships. Sam Hagong scored the winning try as the Strikers finished thegame without six regulars. The result set-up a quarter-final match-up with No. 2 ranked St. Michael’sUniversity yesterday. The championships conclude Saturday in Abbotsford. Photo by Mark Booth
Some outstanding performances by Ste-veston Judo Club athletes were key to a
big medal haul for Team B.C. at the recent2015 National Championships in St. Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec.
Steveston’s Ian Ryder won gold in the U16Division and Tavis Jamieson reached the topof the podium in U21 -100 kg class. Jamie-son would later add a bronze in the sameweight category at the senior level. His sisterMeghan Jamieson also earned bronze in her-70 kg division.
Canada Winter Games silver medalist ArioNishimura continued his strong season witha pair of bronze medals at the U18 and U21levels. Earlier, he was one of 14 athletesnamed to Team B.C. for the 2015 WesternCanada Summer Games, slated for August.
“I am pleased with the performance ofour athletes at the 2015 Canadian JudoChampionships in Quebec. We’ve had anamazing year including the 9 medals at the2015 Canada Winter Games,” said Judo B.C.provincial team head coach Bruce Kamstra
Steveston Judo enjoys medal haul atCanadian Championships back east
Chris Crisologo capped an outstandingfreshman season by helping Simon
Fraser place fifth at the NCAA Division II GolfChampionships in North Carolina.
SFU bowed out in the quarter-final roundof team match play to St. Leo University.Crisologo was the lone Simon Fraser playerto win his match, crushing his opponent by
13 strokes thanks to an impressive 68. It washis best round of the week at the Rock BarnGolf Course.
In earlier individual stroke play, the Van-couver College graduate finished tied foreighth with rounds of 71-69-71.
Crisologo also was named Great NorthwestAthletic Conference Freshman of the Year.
Golfer caps impressive season for SFU
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