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REVIEW the richmond Snow weighs heavy on

city streets, trees 6

Vancouver mayor’s foster son pleads guilty to trafficking, gun charge 7

Matthew Hoekstra photoRichmond Food Bank operations co-ordinator Alex Nixon and volunteer Gary Lake, who is also the society’s past-president, unload food donations Thursday.

Man who shot six-year-old boy pleads guilty

by Martin van den HemelStaff Reporter

The 54-year-old Richmond man who accidentally shot a six-year-old boy in the chest with a rifle in the summer of 2011, has pled guilty to criminal negligence causing bodily harm.

Fang Chi had been facing four counts, including point-ing a firearm and unlawfully discharging a firearm, but his lawyer, Vince Michaels told The Richmond Review Thursday that Chi has pled guilty to only one criminal count.

The young boy suffered the relatively minor gun-shot wound during an early afternoon incident on Aug. 2, 2011 at 10760 Whistler Crt., near Steveston Highway and Gilbert. The last RCMP update released the week of the inci-dent, indicated the boy was recovering in hospital, and in stable condition.

Chi is being prosecuted by Crown counsel Jennifer Carmichael, and the case will be heard by veteran Richmond provincial court Judge Ron Fratkin.

Michaels wouldn’t indicate what sentence the defence will be arguing is appropri-ate, and Carmichael could not be reached for comment by press time

First in a series about Richmond individuals, groups and businesses who are making a difference for people in the community.

Christmas food drives take bite out of hungerDonations now filling the warehouse, but volume down from last yearby Matthew HoekstraStaff Reporter

Results of classroom collections, of-fice food drives and larger community campaigns poured into the Richmond Food Bank this week, making Christmas brighter for a record number of people who rely on donations.

“We appreciate the support the com-munity’s given for the people we serve,” said Alex Nixon, the food bank’s opera-tions co-ordinator. “We hope that people will continue to give.”

Volunteers at the food bank on Cedar-bridge Way are now serving record num-bers—over 1,500 people each week, up from 1,300 last year at this time.

On Thursday, volunteers were busy unloading donations at the food bank warehouse, while other volunteers dis-tributed food to those lined for food.

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How to help•Donations to the Richmond Food Bank, food or cash (tax receipts available), can be made at 100-5800 Cedarbridge Way. Food drop-boxes are also located at Safeway, Save-On-Foods and Marketplace IGA stores. Cash donations can also be made online at richmondfoodbank.org or by mail by cheque: 100 - 5800 Cedarbridge Way; Richmond, BC; V6X 2A7.•Richmond Christmas Fund welcomes cash donations, which are primarily used to buy grocery vouchers for needy families. Do-nate by cheque via mail: Rich-mond Christmas Fund; 190-7000 Minoru Blvd.; Richmond, BC; V6Y 3Z5. Donations can also be made online at volunteerrichmond.ca. Donations of new, unwrapped books and toys (no stuffed ani-mals) can also be dropped off at the gift wrap booth at Richmond Centre mall until end of Boxing Day.•Salvation Army Richmond dona-tions can be made at Christmas Kettles set up at retail centres around the city or by mail: 8280 Gilbert Rd.; Richmond, BC; V7C 3W7.

Food bank relies on the communityFrom Page 1

And while the volume was impressive, donations are down from last year, Nixon said.

“We typically see the number of people needing help increase after Christmas, so we expect to serve even more people in January.”

The number of people who rely on the food bank jumped significantly following the 2008 recession and continues to rise steadily. Local seniors, work-ing poor, people with mental illness, newly unem-ployed and families struggling to make ends meet all depend on contributions from the community.

“We keep hearing that the economy has turned around, and it has, but we’re not seeing that on the ground quite yet,” said Nixon.

Richmond is often considered a community that’s affluent, but Nixon said there are many areas of the city that aren’t. He said a recent report noted in-come levels for many areas of the city are either stagnant or have decreased.

“We are a blessed community in a lot of ways, but at the same time there are a lot of people who are struggling.”

As a grassroots organization that doesn’t re-ceive government support, the Richmond Food Bank relies solely on the generosity of the com-munity. Regardless of the amount, all donations help the food bank serve the community, par-ticularly cash contributions, since the food bank’s buying power allows it to turn a $1 donation into $6 worth of food.

Contributions to local charity grow, as organizers remain hopeful target will be met for 2012

by Matthew HoekstraStaff Reporter

More than 2,000 low-income people of all ages saw Rich-

mond’s community spirit first-hand this month with the help of the Richmond Christmas Fund.

“People have stepped forward from all walks of life and it’s been very gratifying,” said Wayne Duzita, community chair of the Richmond Christmas Fund.

Cash donations to the fund have totalled $170,000 this season—shy of the fund’s $200,000 goal. None-theless, the total is 15 per cent greater than last year.

“There is no doubt that the com-munity this year stepped forward at a different level than they have in years past,” said Duzita. “Just the fact that we have a larger base of people who came forward really shows that the organization and the contribution of the community was there for us to support families in need.”

Money raised goes toward food vouchers for those in need, allow-ing 2,000 local residents to enjoy the holidays with fresh groceries. The fund also distributed dona-tions of new toys to hundreds of children ages 15 and under.

“An incredible amount of toys came in. We were able to pretty well fulfill all the wishes of those

who registered with enough good quality toys for all their children,” said Duzita.

Some fortunate families have been matched with a generous sponsor for a custom food and gift hamper. Sponsors include individ-uals, families and companies who create a personalized food and gift package for their sponsored family based on its need.

As for those who registered for help this year, organizers noticed a change. This year brought a greater number of seniors, single men and smaller single-parent families.

A boost in the fund’s profile helped with donations, said Duzita, noting support came from all over. Realtors, Richmond’s three Rotary clubs, the Richmond Auto Mall and Dueck, business professionals, professional ath-letes and many individuals who’ve never contributed before all came forward.

“The profile created this year

with the help of The Review, more people came forward. We had stronger support from the business and individuals in the community.”

The Richmond Christmas Fund program is also made possible with over 120 volunteers who contribute their time each year to help with registration, distribution and fundraising events.

Donations pour in to Richmond Christmas Fund

Wayne Duzita (right), community chair of the Richmond Christmas Fund, said people have stepped forward from all walks of life to help fundraising efforts this year. Duzita is in the Christmas Fund toyroom with Lawrie Portigal, Elizabeth Specht and Santa Claus.

by Matthew HoekstraStaff Reporter

They’re outside storefronts, malls and even the casino ringing bells for the less fortu-nate.

A small army of workers have been dutiful-ly drawing attention to the Christmas kettles located around the city, collecting money for the Salvation Army Richmond branch.

Kettle donations, which are accepted until Christmas, go toward the branch’s weekly community luncheon, helps people buy groceries throughout the year and funds the operation of a local 10-bed shelter.

Each year the branch also warms hearts during the Christmas season by hosting a Christmas dinner and offering low-income families their choice of winter coats and warm clothes—collected largely by local realtors—to take home.

According to the Salvation Army B.C., donations to the kettles are down this year across the province.

“The dollars raised through this effort are not only used at Christmas time, but throughout the year as the funds provide resources for our overall operation for the year ahead.  We want to encourage support-

ers to please donate when they see a kettle and help,” said Major Ken Ritson.

Last year, generous donors across B.C. con-tributed $3.8 million to the cause. This year’s province-wide goal is $4 million.

Salvation Army warms hearts all year with December donations

Gord Lockhart and Diana Dickey from Sutton Seafair and Deb Robson from Remax West-coast, are among the team of local realtors who volunteered in this year’s Realtors Care Blanket Drive, benefiting the Salvation Army Richmond.

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Give gifts that don’t need wrapping• Give an experience: gift cards, tickets to movies or events, or passes to recreational facilities

• Give a gift that lasts: pass on a family heirloom, start a new tradition or take someone on a new adventure to create memories that last a lifetime

• Give the gift of time: offer your services or expertise as a present, make dinner, knit a sweater or make your own coupon offering help with a future project

• Share gently-used items with others: through donations or services like Richmond Shares (richmondshares.bc.ca) and MetroVan Reuses (bc.reuses.com)

For a comprehensive list of items that can be donated, reused or recycled, visit metrovancouverrecycles.org.

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Egon Frank photoLondon Heritage Farm has lit up for the Christmas season.

Light show at London Farm

London Heritage Farm is getting into the Christ-mas spirit this year with a light display it hopes will draw people to its tea room and gift shop.

Thanks to fundraising work last year, money was raised to purchase Christmas lights that now adorn the heritage site that sits on the wa-terfront.

“Although we may never rival Van Deusen Gardens for their light display, but we’d like to become the Van Deusen of Richmond,” said Egon Frank, director and vice president of the London Heritage Farm Society.

While he’s hoping more people will check out the lights as part of a city tour of Christmas displays, Frank said people should also be drawn by the home-baked scones and sweets, which is served with London Lady tea.

“And our gift shop fea-tures many unique and hand-crafted items and home-made jams for gift giving,” Frank said.

London Heritage Farm, located at 6511 Dyke Rd., between No. 2 Road and Gilbert, is open Saturdays and Sundays, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

This upcoming weekend will also feature Christmas carolers and piano players playing Christmas tunes.

—Martin van den Hemel

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Students decorate Christmas trees at Vancouver International Airport as part of an annual decorating contest.

by Matthew HoekstraStaff Reporter

Local students are spreading Christmas cheer to the world—and it all started in the classroom.

The crafty creations of students from 30 elementary school classes in Metro Vancouver—many from Richmond—are decorating a series of Christmas trees at Vancouver In-ternational Airport’s International Terminal this busy holiday season.

It’s part of the Vancouver Airport Authority’s 14th annual tree deco-rating contest. Students � rst got to work in their classrooms, designing everything from reindeers made of squished cans and origami to paper mache globes and angels. Then late last month they converged on the terminal to trim trees.

The trees have since been hung from columns lining the arrivals area of the terminal.

Trees with the most votes from a panel of airport concession manag-ers will net prizes for the classes be-hind the creativity.

The contest—now in its � nal year—has proven fun for the kids, while providing a lesson about fami-lies in need. Students collected over 300 non-perishable food items and local businesses sponsored trees at $300 each—all supporting Quest Food Exchange and its e� orts to help low-income families this Christmas.

“Not only does this program cre-ate a festive spirit at YVR, but it also helps us give back to our community thanks in a large part to our partners who sponsor the trees,” said Christo-pher Gilliland, manager of retail sales and service programs at the airport. “Last year, we raised $9,000 for Quest Food Exchange to provide holiday

hampers to families in need around Metro Vancouver. We hope to raise a similar amount this year.” 

Last year William Bridge Elementa-ry’s Grade 2/3 class won top honours, while James Whiteside Elementary

and James Gilmore Elementary were named runners-up.

This is the � nal year of the contest. Airport o� cials say they’re looking at new programs for 2013 to invest in the community.

Elementary school students bring Christmas cheer to airport travellers

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Martin van den Hemel photoOlive was out clearing the sidewalk in front of her South Arm home early Wednesday morning. She says when-ever there’s snow, volunteers from South Arm community centre are willing to clear sidewalks for seniors, and their help is just a phone call away: (604) 718-8060.

Wet snow topples trees

by Martin van den HemelStaff Reporter

An already harrowing Wednesday morning commute snarled by snow, came to a halt on No. 2 Road when a large tree came crashing down onto the road, just north of Blundell around 8 a.m., its limbs stretching all the way across the street and clipping a BMW sedan in the process.

There were no reported injuries in the incident, according to city spokes-person Ted Townsend.

“Obviously we’re for-tunate that nobody was injured,” he said, adding that another fallen tree impacted traffic at Wil-liams Road and Railway.

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by Martin van den HemelStaff Reporter

The former foster son of Vancou-ver Mayor Gregor Robertson will be spending a minimum of three years in prison for his part in a dial-a-dope-and-gun ring.

Jinagh Navas-Rivas, who lived with the Robertson family for two years until 2009, was one of five suspects arrested following a six-month un-dercover RCMP investigation that began in the summer of 2011.

Federal Crown Counsel Ernie Froess said Navas-Rivas appeared in Richmond provincial court on Wednesday, where he pled guilty to one count of drug trafficking, and one count of transferring a firearm.

Navas-Rivas is scheduled to be sentenced on March 13, 2013, and is represented by defense coun-sel Emmet Duncan, who did not return a request for comment. He will be sentenced by Judge Patrick Chen.

Although Froess wouldn’t com-ment on what length of sentence he will be seeking for Navas-Rivas, he noted that a conviction for trans-ferring a firearm carries a manda-tory minimum three-year federal sentence.

Last December, The Richmond Re-view first revealed that Navas-Rivas

was caught up in the RCMP inves-tigation, and his link to Robertson.

After investigators were unable to locate Navas-Rivas, an arrest war-rant was issued for him, but he did not turn himself in until several days later. He was kept in custody for a few months before being released earlier this year.

Navas-Rivas was charged as part of an 18-count indictment, and has now pled guilty to one count of transferring a .22-calibre Ruger pistol with ammunition without the proper authorization while in a car travelling through New West-minster.

Navas-Rivas was in the care of the Robertson family—including Rob-ertson’s wife Amy and three other children—in 2008 and 2009, and was a track athlete while a student

at Prince of Wales Secondary in Van-couver.

Amidst the undercover police investigation, and after commit-ing the criminal offence just a day earlier that will send him to jail for three years, Navas-Rivas joined Gregor Robertson on stage on Nov. 19, 2011 during Robertson’s victory speech following his successful mu-nicipal re-election bid.

On Nov. 18, 2011, Navas-Rivas was with co-accused Leslie James Miller, 30, when he was accused of trans-ferring a firearm and ammunition knowing that he wasn’t authorized to do so.

While the RCMP investigation launched in June of 2011, the first charge involving Navas-Rivas oc-curred many months later, on Nov. 4, and involved the trafficking of

cocaine in Vancouver.Details about how police discov-

ered the dial-a-dope operation, and learned of Navas-Rivas’ connection to Robertson, have not yet been revealed in open court. But that’s expected to become a part of the public record on his sentencing date next year.

Dial-a-dope operations involve drug dealers who leave a phone number—sometimes on business cards—with users and addicts, and when drugs are sought, arrange-ments are made by phone about the quantity and type of drugs, and drop-off locations where the drugs are exchanged for cash.

Also charged in the case were: Vingh Hoang (David) Le, Willie Sing Cheung Truong and Kwok Pui (Ray-mond) Ma.

Vancouver mayor’s foster son pleads guilty

Province should have known and prevented risk: NDP critic

by Sarah Payne and Jeff NagelBlack Press

“Absolutely unaccept-able.”

B.C. Transportation Minister Mary Polak used that phrase repeatedly Thursday afternoon at a press conference to ad-dress the closure one day earlier of the brand new Port Mann Bridge when falling chunks of snow and ice damaged ve-hicles crossing the span.

“Yesterday’s events on the Port Mann Bridge were absolutely unac-ceptable,” she told report-ers. “Like everyone else, I was feeling horrified at the images people were sending in. It was abso-lutely shocking.

“I can’t imagine what it must have felt like for those motorists going across the bridge and seeing huge pieces of ice coming down around them. It’s absolutely un-acceptable.”

Polak and Mike Proud-foot, CEO of the Trans-portation Investment Corp. (TI Corp.) said it’s up to the contractor, Kiewit Flatiron, to come up with a solution — at no cost to taxpayers.

“This design for the bridge contemplates measures for the accu-mulation of snow and ice,” Proudfoot said. “Those haven’t been ef-fective so the ball’s back in the contractor’s court to come up with a prop-

er solution.”Said Polak: “We will be

looking to the contrac-tor to provide us not only with a long-term, permanent solution that ensures this never, ever occurs again but, also, an immediate fix to the problem so that the bridge is open and indeed safe for the trav-elling public.”

Still, they made no guarantees that weather conditions will not force another closure of the bridge.

Both were grilled by reporters on what mea-sures were in place to en-sure there are no prob-lems with accumulation of snow and ice.

Proudfoot said cen-tre pylons are designed to eliminate structural points where snow can accumulate and the cables are covered in plastic, and snow should have slid down the ca-bles and dissipated.

He also said the Port Mann “was designed by one of the most promi-nent experts in cable-stayed bridges. It goes through an independent check by a separate firm, which is also an inter-nationally recognized expert in cable-stayed bridges. And the TI Corp. has engineers who re-view it prior to the com-mencement of work.”

Polak was also asked about reports that work-ers raised concerns pre-viously about potential problems with snow and ice, and whether an option for heated cables was presented to the province or TI Corp. “”Nothing of that nature was ever brought to the attention of the ministry and I don’t believe it was brought to the attention

of TI Corp.,” she said.Earlier in the day, the

main union represent-ing workers on the Port Mann Bridge wouldn’t confirm whether its members had raised falling ice as a safety con-cern last winter.

Asked if the issue was recorded as a concern at health and safety meetings, Ironworkers Local 97 president Cecil Damery would only say: “Snow was an issue last year also.”

Damery said he had to be “careful what I say” because the union works closely with bridge builder Kiewit-Flatiron.

The Christian Labour Association of Can-ada (CLAC), another union whose members worked mainly on the highway side of the $3.3-billion Port Mann Highway 1 Project and less frequently on the bridge, said its reps did not hear of falling ice concerns.

“The issue about ice falling was never raised to them and it was never raised at any of our mass safety meetings,” CLAC spokesman Alex Pannu said.

WorkSafe BC spokes-person Donna Free-man said the workplace safety authority has no reports of falling ice be-ing a concern, but add-ed the issue could still have been raised and resolved locally.

NDP transportation critic Harry Bains said it would be “very trou-bling” if reports are true that workers had flagged the falling ice risk and the province did nothing to prevent it prior to Wednesday’s four-hour shutdown of

the bridge.But Bains argues the

government should have known anyway that snow and ice falls from other cable-stayed bridges of similar design, where cables from the outer bridge rails cross over top of traffic to cen-tral support towers.

Bridges with falling ice problems exist in Sweden, the U.K. and Boston.

“If they knew, why did they not consider elimi-nating that risk?” Bains asked.

TI Corp. officials said Tuesday the cables should have sluiced snow or ice off with-out dropping onto the bridge deck. They also confirmed the cables are not heated to pre-vent icing.

Bains said either a ret-rofit to ensure deicing — or whatever other technology is suitable — must be performed even if it costs much more now than it would have during construc-tion.

It’s not acceptable to shut down the bridge for lengthy periods when similar snow and ice conditions develop, he said, or else motorists will be scared to driver over the Port Mann in winter.

“There’s no other choice but to fix the problem,” Bains said. “Why didn’t they do this before? They ought to have known.”

If the ministry did know about the issue but chose not to build in

a better solution, Bains wants to know if it was to cut costs.

“Was this because of money or because they simply never thought

about it and never did proper due diligence?”

ICBC has received more than 100 claims of vehi-cles damaged on the Port Mann Bridge Wednesday. Two vehicle occupants were injured and one was hospitalized.

Motorists described the falling ice chunks as large — a few feet long — and cracking and in some cases punching through windows.

TI Corp. has said driv-ers who travelled across the bridge during that period won’t be charged tolls and the company will cover ICBC insur-ance deductibles for vehicles damaged by falling snow and ice on the bridge.

Union won’t confirm reports of Port Mann ice falling last winter

Karl Nylund of Abbotsford surveys the damage to his Subaru on Wednesday afternoon. Nylund’s rear win-dow was shattered by falling ice on the Port Mann Bridge.

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tively light snowfall was having such an impact on trees, Townsend said that could have been because the slushy snow had a high moisture con-tent, adding to its weight.

Elsewhere, tree branch-es were bending under the weight of the snow, slowing traffic to a crawl, and leading families to scramble for gloves,

scarves and boots as they ushered children to school.

City spokesperson Kim Decker said city works crews, realizing snow-fall was in the forecast, began pre-treating top priority routes at about 1 a.m. Wednesday.

More staff were brought in at 4:30 a.m., tasked with clearing ac-cess to city facilities like fire halls, community

centres, and the RCMP headquarters on No. 5 Road.

But heavy snow didn’t hit Richmond until later in the morning, starting around 6 a.m., which co-incided with the morn-ing rush hour. Between two and seven centime-tres accumulated.

Using equipment that includes 11 salting or ploughing trucks, that equipment also became

bogged down on the roadway as traffic con-gestion increased as the morning commute went on.

“Unfortunately the snow arrived during peak morning rush hour. The speed of traffic natu-rally slows down as vol-umes increase during rush hour. As well, traffic generally slows down during bad weather. City snow ploughs and salters were susceptible to the same traffic condi-tions and therefore were caught in the traffic con-gestion,” Decker said.

Decker said other communities reported similar conditions and encountered similar dif-ficulties in dealing with the snowfall.

By noon on Wednes-day, city crews had plough and/or salted 1,480 lane kilometres and used 112 metric tonnes of salt.

Coun. Derek Dang said the city’s top priority is always to do the main streets.

“I’m kind of surprised that the main roads were the issue,” he said.

Generally, following a heavy snowfall, the com-plaints involve people on the side roads that aren’t cleared, salted or sanded.

Dang suggested that perhaps it was the tim-ing of the snowfall, and the snow’s heavy, wet consistency, that hampered the city’s re-sponse.

Curiously, Dang’s po-litical party, Richmond First, tweeted during the snowfall: “Lots of snow and ice today. Do you feel #RichmondBC should invest more of your tax dollars in snow removal equipment?”

Light snowfall had heavy impact

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For the eleventh year, White Spot, Richmond Centre will be open for a special Christmas lunch on December 25th from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. with all staff time, tips and net proceeds being gra-ciously donated to Rich-mond Hospital Founda-tion. Approximately 50 staff will be participat-ing on the day, and over $70,000 has been raised from the event since its inception in 2001.

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Editor:Every year about this

time it’s the same old thing with me and my belt. Do I buy a new one or is there enough leather in the old one to drill an-other hole? Another hole into a piece of leather so long that by the time I have one end into the second belt loop of my pants, the buckle and twelve inches of premium cowhide are still snaking their way across the floor.

Why even wear a belt? Why not just let my ever expanding belly run free? Let it bump into people! Let it rub up against total strangers on the bus! Make them feel as un-comfortable as I am. And besides, without a belt I could tie these shoes (if there’re the ones with the laces, I can’t see from here) without the fear of passing out. Without a belt maybe my face won’t turn that bright red waddling up them four stairs to the bakery. And, maybe I wouldn’t sweat like a boxer in training when the weather gets warmer than 12˚C.

Or maybe I could loose weight?

Been there done that, bought the XXXL tee-shirt.

My Mother-in-Law figures it should be easy for a loser like me to loose weight. God bless her for believing in me but I’ve tried more times than a Mars Bar has calories. And, I’ve tried every method known to late night television. All the gadgets, pills, powders, pulleys and plastic power pumping weight reduc-ing marvels of modern science that this one person can afford on easy monthly payment plans.

Its that darned good looking tanned guy with

more ruts in his belly than a Saskatchewan dirt road after a rain storm, with his equally tanned good looking female counter part, that want to make me, a better me. All you have to do is loose weight and all your problems are solved, or so they would have you believe. After you loose the weight your lighting is even better. Your before picture with all the extra baggage has that glaring bright light, all so flattering. Then once the weight magically disappears the lighting is warm and soft and makes your skin look like rippled toffee, that glistens and oozes health.

That couple suck me in every time! And they’re on every channel! Oh sure their face is different, but the well toned body is the same. They just change the head for each and every new gimmick that comes along. And gosh golly darn they all fit un-der the bed. Every bed in my house has some sort

of life changing equip-ment under it! Because, they gave me the idea to put it there! Every time I say my bedtime prayers I bang my knees! If they had of told me it fits eas-ily in front of the car in the garage, it’d probably be there.

Why? Because they use hypnosis to make us believe in their product. There can be no other reason. How else can you explain spending thirty dollars on forty-two cents of rubber tubing that you somehow magically think will be the answer to all of your problems. And then for some reason you want to stuff it under the bed.

I’ve been scammed sev-eral times on my way to an easy healthier skinny me. Like the time I sent away $52 to South Africa for an appetite suppress-ing pill that’s made from crushed bushes that tribesmen have used for centuries to curb hunger. They didn’t mention that that was all they had to

eat. In mid-January I signed

up for a two year gym membership. By the end of January I was only going there to use the showers. All the hot water I wanted and no Mother-in-Law banging on the door to use the com-mode. Owners of the gym loved that I showered there, they said I was an inspiration for the others to work out harder, kind of an impersonal personal trainer.

My next weight loss plan was a fail safe food system that would be delivered right to my door. Donny Osmond’s little sister with that great big toothy grin, all look-ing slim and trim prais-ing the weight reducing qualities of prepackaged food had me hooked. All my meals for a whole month delivered right to my house. Problem was in two weeks I had eaten what they sent me for the whole month.

“Try eating from a

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What’s with you skinny people? Is eat a bad word?

So now I’m eating from a plate that Is used to put under a teacup when company came over for scones. The rule my wife imposes is that I can put as much food as I want on the plate, but I can only have one plate. So I pile it high with as much food as I can. I can’t keep my food on this tiny plate, and I’m so hungry I don’t want to loose a single morsel. I’m now chasing every calorie from my plate to my pants to the chair and on to the floor. I’m now giving the dog serious competition. It’s my food! I want it! I need it! OOOH did the wife just drop something? Darn, Rex beat me to it!

Which brings me to the best dietary system I’ve found so far, and quite by accident. Eating food from off the floor. Yes folks if you want to loose five, or ten pounds in just two days simply send me thirty-five dollars plus shipping and handling and I’ll ship you a three day supply of my “Food Found on Floor.”

I lost five pounds! That’s one-quarter of twenty pounds! I’m almost there! Just by eating food I found on the floor. So if you want to loose weight quickly, just do as I did, eat food off the floor and quickly lose your appetite to a healthier, slimmer you.

Tomorrow I’m loosing 210 lbs., I’m taking her to the bus station. I’m so excited about my extra weight loss, thanks to the Greyhound system.

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opinionThere are events so vivid and hor-

rifying they give us all pause to reflect and wonder what we could do to avert such tragedy in the future.

One such occurred in Newtown, Conn. last week, where a shooting rampage left 27 people, including 20 elementary school students, dead.

In the aftermath, an anguished chorus of voices erupted over social media, on radio and television, expressing everything from under-standable anger and outrage to debates over whether gun control or more attention to mental health should be the priority.

Politicians, predictably, have been quick to add platitudes to the tumult.

Practical leadership is likely to be more challenging.

There are no easy answers to why this tragedy occurred, and, conse-quently, no quick fixes for the issues it raises. Simplistic solutions may work in the fantasy world of the movies, but they seldom stand the test in real life.

We can only shake our heads at the more hysterical responses to the events at Sandy Hook Elementary – including the actions of an 11-year-old Utah boy who days later brought a gun to his school, apparently with-out the knowledge of his parents, because he feared for his safety.

Perhaps the most important thing

is that the public – in the U.S., in Canada, and around the world – has been faced with incontrovertible evidence that there is a problem.

The only positive we can take away from the horrific incident is that it is one of those events that generate enough emotion to provide a tipping point for public opinion.

All the while we shrug at such vio-lent incidents, all the while we turn away, resigned to the notion that this is the way of the modern world and there is nothing that can be done about it, we become a party to the bloodshed.

Anyone with an ounce of feeling who looks at the class and family

pictures of the innocent victims of the latest tragedy must say – at some point – that this is wrong; enough is enough. The slaughter at Sandy Hook has made many prepared to re-examine their own beliefs; to put is-sues such as gun control and mental health on the table, instead of sweep-ing them aside with the conditioned reflex of entrenched attitudes.

For the tragedy itself we can only have sorrow. But for the fact that there are still millions in this world with compassion, decency and hu-manity, who abhor violence and who want to work towards a better world, we must be thankful.

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EDITORIAL: No easy answers as tragedy unfolds

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lettersLeave the snow geese alone

Editor:I live on the top floor at Gilmore Gardens, with

windows that face north and west. This gives me a spectacular view of the North Shore mountains and a very pleasant view of the snow geese as they fly out to their feeding grounds.

At 8 o’clock one morning I watched as they flew up the middle arm of the river in their precise formations. It was a different story a couple of hours later when a huge mass of geese flew back in utter confusion. They appeared to be in panic, like a crowd running from a fire. I thought they had been rousted from their feeding ground.

Then I realized to my horror that they were head-ing straight for the airport. By a miracle they did not run into one of the small float planes or a big jet. Not this time.

Leave the geese alone—they have lost so much of their natural habitat they have little choice but to feed on the planted grass.

Ella JohnsonRichmond

Editor:Re: “Walmart mall to

become ‘urban village centre’” (Dec. 19).

Reminder: The loca-tion is east of Garden City Road and north of the Garden City Lands and Alderbridge Way.

In the article, Michael Wolfe gave the damning detail: every tree on the Walmart mall site will be killed in the current plan. Nothing will be spared.

The good news is that Richmond council hasn’t voted yet. They’ll discuss the plan further and vote when a big but less future-shaking glitch is gone.

To fix the Walmart mall plan now, before the moonscape stage, we need a council ma-jority of five members with commitment to conservation. Or with values like heeding citizens before devel-opers. Or gratefulness for our viewscape legacies.

Yes, new saplings might be planted later, but the plan itself implies they’re window dressing. They wouldn’t save even bits of the ecosystem, let alone the views-capes from the Garden City Lands area.

When looking north from where visitors have always contemplated the natural viewscape of wetlands, woods and mountains, who will ooh and aah at the lovely Walmart, the new gem of the set-ting?

(Okay, maybe a few from city hall.)

Sadly, the plan just needed to respect the city’s own map of “ESAs”, environmen-tally sensitive areas. There was an ESA on the Alderbridge Way edge of the site, and that remnant of mixed urban forest, teeming with diverse wildlife, could have been saved. It still should be.

The ecosystem to conserve is rare for Richmond, and by nature it’s a wildlife corridor. It’s from Gar-den City Road to No. 4 Road and would be at least 20 metres wide. With some needed upkeep, it would also save the natural views-capes, a truly unique

legacy.In a largely-ESA

space just east of the Walmart mall site, there was a two-acre natural area, but the mall plan has de-voured it. Thankfully, Coun. Harold Steves is objecting, and he’s also brought in the wildlife corridor at council meetings.

Tellingly, by the way, the Walmart mall company sprang into action when Polygon, the giant developer, wanted changes to add value to its future condos nearby. The mall company is now planning a living green screen to give condo buyers better views, and it’s added a parkade-rooftop green space that will further enhance their wellness and Polygon sales.

When council asks, the Walmart mall company should act as responsibly for the people of Richmond. After all, the com-pany actually sought lower density. (City hall pushed for higher density. Mind-bog-gling.) If the company conserves the natural area and wildlife cor-ridor, an effect will be lower density. They’ll need to rework their plans, but they’ll be seen as responsible.

The mess has the makings of a win-win. The council members who would enable that need our support, and we need their votes.

Jim WrightPresident, Garden City Conservation

Society

Walmart mess has the makings of a win-win

When coun-cil asks, the Walmart mall company should act as responsibly for the people of Richmond. After all, the com-pany actually sought lower density. (City hall pushed for higher density. Mind-boggling.)

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For at least the past 15 years this administra-tion has run an annual surplus (over taxation) of between $1.5 million and an obscene $6 million. This money should be directed to the Reserve Fund rather than being spent on various depart-ment’s wish lists.

One might draw the conclusion that either this continual surplus (over taxation) is intentional to satisfy a huge spending appetite or the num-ber crunchers are incompetent.

It would be interesting to see if taxpayers re-ally support many of the big ticket items council endorses—Olympic museum at the Richmond Olympic Oval, Railway path project, sister city visits, etc. They certainly didn’t approve the proposed art exhibit purchases a few years back. Perhaps, taxpayers should be given an opportunity to express their views on some of these issues.

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I’d like an explanation of the city’s policy in this regard. Public safety has taken a back seat to land development apparently. This is simply unaccept-able.

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New street banners designed by two B.C. aboriginal artists

by Matthew HoekstraStaff Reporter

Artwork that offers a tribute to B.C.’s First Nations is now flying high at Sea Island’s airport.

Artists Valerie Malesku and Michelle Stoney designed a set of street banners for the Vancouver Airport Authority.

Their artwork is now featured on 36 banners hanging along Grant McConachie Way, the airport’s departures and arrivals ramps and throughout air-port parkade.

Malesku, from Queen Charlotte City, and Michelle Stoney, from Hazelton, won the airport’s inaugural street banner contest celebrating First Nations art in B.C.

“The Airport Authority and YVR Art Foundation’s quest to capture our province’s unique sense of place and cultural heritage was reflected in this contest,” said Anne Murray, the airport’s vice-presi-dent of community and environmental affairs, in a statement.

Malesku is of Cree ancestry and has lived in Haida Gwaii for the past 40 years. Her banner design incorporates land, sea, sky and eagles in flight. She draws inspiration from many coastal artists and works in many traditional styles, such as carving, button blankets and jewelry.

Stoney is of Gitxsan ancestry and became inter-ested in art through her grandfather who is a master carver. Her design is of a raven transforming into an airplane. The artist has studied at Emily Carr University of Art and Design, where she learned how to mix contemporary art and new techniques with traditional First Nations art she learned from her grandfather.

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Page 14: Richmond Review, December 21, 2012

Talents of rising stars showcased in annual Richmond competition

by Matthew HoekstraStaff Reporter

A “very very high level” of young talent

impressed adjudi-cators in this year’s Richmond Music Festival, with stand-out pianists as young as 12 and 13 taking home top prizes.

“Both senior piano adjudicators…men-tioned that the level of students is so high,” said Victor Shevtsov, presi-dent of the Richmond Music Festival Society.

The three-week festival offers a competitive venue for young music students in piano, voice, strings, guitar and woodwinds. Professional adjudicators give stu-dents feedback on their performances before the best return for a gala concert, where a host of awards are presented.

This year’s festival, which concluded Nov. 24, hosted 700 young musicians from Rich-mond and across Metro Vancouver. Vera Lu, 13, earned one of the top prizes: the $500 Rich-mond Music Festival scholarship and trophy for most outstanding gala performance.

Lu, a student of Shevtsov, played Bach’s challenging “Goldberg Variations” at the gala concert.

“She did so well,” said Shevtsov. “Bach is Bach. It’s not such an impres-sive and virtuosic piece for the audience, but still the audience was absolutely quiet listening to her.”

The piece has proved a match for Lu’s smaller hands, and her perfor-mance amazed adjudica-tors and earned her the top gala prize. Lu is now preparing for a Bach competition held in New York, her teacher said.

Angeni Wang, 13, received the prestigious Tom Lee Trophy, awarded to the best overall per-former in all divisions at the festival.

Wang, who has been a piano student of Shevtsov for nearly four years, scored high marks in all festival classes.

“She plays music that requires a lot of maturity,” said Shevtsov. “She’s getting more and more secure and technically brilliant when she per-forms on the stage.”

Wang will be on the stage again on Jan. 26, this time with her brother Arthur Wang, 12. The pair will perform as guests of Richmond Orchestra in a concert at Gilmore Park United Church.

This year’s festival demonstrated the strong dedication to music many students are now show-ing at an early age—es-pecially in Richmond, where children of Chinese ethnicity usually study at least one instrument, said Shevtsov.

“I’ve stopped being surprised,” he said. “Half of my class are students of very high ambitions and dedication to music. They practice so hard and want to participate in interna-tional competitions and want to achieve high results.”

Some of them, like Angeni Wang, are dreaming of becoming professional musicians. Others are already eyeing other professions while developing a lifelong love of music.

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The Broadway classic Fiddler on the Roof continues at Gateway Theatre's MainStage.

The musical— by Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick and Joseph Stein—runs throughout December, and includes a New Year's Eve show.

Set in 1905 Russia, Tevye faces a choice between allowing his daughters to marry for love or following a matchmaking custom based on more practical factors. This while the Jewish family faces evic-tion from their town.

Actor David Adams leads a cast of 30 directed by Christopher McGregor.

Tickets, $30 to $48, at gatewaytheatre.com or 604-270-1812.

Friday, December 21, 2012 Richmond Review · Page 17Page 16 · Richmond Review Friday, December 21, 2012

Congratulations to our fellow real estate professionals on raising $14,750 for the Richmond Christmas Fund. Together, we've helped ensure that every family, regardless of income, can celebrate this wonderful time of year with a festive holiday meal and gifts under the tree. It truly was a team effort, one of which we can all be proud.

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Page 17: Richmond Review, December 21, 2012

The Broadway classic Fiddler on the Roof continues at Gateway Theatre's MainStage.

The musical— by Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick and Joseph Stein—runs throughout December, and includes a New Year's Eve show.

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Tickets, $30 to $48, at gatewaytheatre.com or 604-270-1812.

Friday, December 21, 2012 Richmond Review · Page 17Page 16 · Richmond Review Friday, December 21, 2012

Congratulations to our fellow real estate professionals on raising $14,750 for the Richmond Christmas Fund. Together, we've helped ensure that every family, regardless of income, can celebrate this wonderful time of year with a festive holiday meal and gifts under the tree. It truly was a team effort, one of which we can all be proud.

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In his capacity as strength and conditioning coach of the Richmond Sockeyes, and through-out the hockey com-munity, Erick Cronier has developed many friend-ships. And it’s being able to count on their support that inspired him to create a charity whose goal is to give back.

For Others Society is a group of Lower Mainland volunteers, all with differ-ent skills and assets, who, through a shared passion of hockey, understand the importance of commu-nity. For Cronier it’s also a way to bring the Rich-mond hockey community closer together—includ-ing providing some men-torship to younger players from both the Richmond and Seafair minor hockey associations.

On Wednesday after-noon, despite a wicked snowstorm, Cronier and several current and for-mer Richmond Sockeyes hosted a practice for sev-eral Peewee and Bantam A1 and A2 players featur-ing their favourite drills from their current teams. A short scrimmage followed.

“The society was created to use Canada’s favourite sport to unite all associa-tions in Richmond—with no boundaries of team, organization or skill level, juust an opportunity for Richmond individuals to unite on the basis of lov-ing hockey. We’re looking to build on the success of this event and continue with many more in the future,” said Cronier, who hopes to soon be able to

organize a charity hockey game.

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Vancouver Giants, Popoff and his older brother Turn-er (who plays with the B.C. Hockey League Langley Rivermen) were particu-larly keen to participate.

“They’re both real quality individuals who have great personalities and commu-nicate well with the kids,” he said. “And they’re both good at school and sports, which makes them good role models.”

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Two Richmond play-ers, both members of the Greater Vancouver Canadians, have been selected to play in the 2013 BC Hockey Major Midget League All-Star Game Jan. 18 at the Langley Events Centre.

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Richmond Synergy heads into the holiday break having lost only one of their first 15 games and sitting comfortably in top spot in the U15 Di-vision of the Metro Girls’ Select Soccer League—five points clear of the second-place team in the regular season. But coach Ron Ng insists they’ve al-ways been more focused on performance than re-sults.

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The players’ strong bond is further reflected in how they value hard work, which has helped them to overcome a myriad of challenges that every season presents. Ng says they appreciate how fortunate they are to be able to work with Richmond Girls’ Soccer Association staff coach Martin Bittengl (a former youth player and coach at FC Viktoria Plzen in the Czech Republic and hold-er of a Union of European Football Associations coaching licence) whose “refreshing and enthu-siastic approach to the team’s training sessions,” coupled with high-per-formance training at the Richmond Olympic Oval and strength and condi-tioning sessions led by Fran Quintana, have sig-

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“From a competitive standpoint we haven’t achieved anything yet. We would love to win the Metro Select League (to be decided in January), Coastal Cup (to be played in Richmond in April and May) and provincials (next summer),” Ng says. “But from a personal and development perspec-tive, we’ve achieved a lot are continuing to learn more. We’ve learned to adapt and learn from new ideas and new ap-proaches.”

Ng is a disciple of possession-style soccer, believing that’s the most enjoyable way to play the game and best for

individual development. But he says the style de-mands that players uti-lize their skills and intel-ligence and rely on one another to gain and hold possession.

Playing to the team’s strengths, Synergy is particularly strong on the defensive side of the ball but Ng says that is greatly influenced by the emphasis on possession.

“We think that if we have the ball it’s unlikely the other team will score on us,” he says. “And when we do lose possession ev-eryone works hard to get the ball back. We usu-ally have well over 50 per cent of the possession in our games and some times it feels like it’s 70 or 80 per cent.”

Synergy succeeding as one

Submitted photoRichmond Synergy’s Ellie Reid breaks through the Surrey-Guildford defence as teammate Justine McCaskill steps up to provide additional support.

Richmond’s U15 girls Metro soccer team at the top of the table

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10 student council members from Alfred B. Dixon Elementary shared their holidays with the hungry and homeless children living in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside on Wednes-day, by distributing some 100 shoeboxes filled with toys, treats, and toiletries as part of the Child and Family Research Institute’s Christmas Shoebox Challenge. “We’re extremely proud of our students,” said Dixon principal Bill Juhasz.

It wasn’t exactly what he was aiming for, but Richmond’s Sean Leger isn’t complaining after falling just shy of the $100,000 per year for life he was shooting for when he bought a lottery ticket earlier this month. The popular local grocery store man, Richmond High grad, and numismatist, came away with $50,000 on a Scratch-and-Win ticket, and turned it in last week.

The Rotary Club of Richmond Sunset hosted its annual Christmas High Tea at Richmond City Hall on Dec. 15. It was well attended by more than 150 seniors. Mayor Malcolm Brodie played the piano while the seniors join in the sing-a-long. The Hugh Boyd Secondary School Band and Choir also performed. The Interact Clubs from Hugh Boyd and Steveston-London were busy serving the seniors with sandwiches, cakes and tea and coffee. Doris Newby, 99, came out to join in the fun with her daughters Joan Bradley and Edith Scambler. ABOVE: Doris Newby with Magdalen Leung, Michael Chiu and Dave Rogers.

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