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Crime constant in Braid industrial areaBusiness owners losingbattle with thieves who takeanything including fences

Business owners in the Braid industrial areasay theyre fed up with constant thefts and aredemanding the police department do some-thing to reduce the crime.

Mike Henderson and Ben Fishman bothown companies located on Canfor Avenueand both agree thefts in the area are a constantproblem that appears to have no end in sight.

Henderson, whose company recycles tires,originally set up shop in Surrey under thePattullo Bridge butmoved toNewWestminsterso he could work closer to home

The theft was so bad that I moved overhere, he said.

But the problem only got worse when hemade the move to the Royal City, Hendersonsaid. He rented out a yard below the SappertonSkyTrain and was shocked at how rampantcrime was in the area.

There were thefts almost every single night,he said.

FED UP:Fromleft, MikeHendersonand BenFishman arenot happywith theamountof theft inthe Braidindustrialarea, and theywant police todo more.

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Summer school impacted as strike goes onJust a day after New Westminsters

superintendent said summer school inthe district was going ahead, the BritishColumbia Teachers Federation announcedit would continue with its strike if adeal with the province isnt reached byMonday.

BCTF president Jim Iker held a pressconference Wednesday saying teacherswill set up picket lines at worksites wheresummer school is located.

What we need from the governmentis to get this deal done, he said. Weve

made a decision that if we dont have adeal by June 30, we will be picketing out-side summer school.

All members will be picketing, he said,noting that each local will deal with howpicketing would take place over the sum-mer.

Of course, its going to be importantfor our members to spend time with theirfamilies, Iker said. We are not on striketo walk picket lines in the summer. We aretaking a stand for our students.

One reporter at the conference askedIker how striking over summer helps stu-dents.

Its a decision that we dont take light-

ly. This has been 12 years now. Twelveyears that our students have taken cuts,Iker said, referring to the B.C. Liberal era.

The union blames legislation, intro-duced by then-Education Minister andcurrent premier Christy Clark, for strip-ping money from the education system.

B.C. teachers are seeking a deal that isbased on five key points: a five-year term; an eight per cent salary increase, plus$5,000 signing bonus; no concessions; an annual workload fund that addressesissues of class size, class composition, andstaffing ratios as an interim measure while

both parties await the next court ruling; a retroactive grievances fund, as a reso-lution to Justice Griffins B.C. SupremeCourt decision that retroactively restoredthe stripped language from 2002. Thisfundwould be used to address otherwork-ing conditions like preparation time andteacher-on-call compensation improve-ments, as well as improvements to healthbenefits.

Iker still thinks a deal is attainable, butsaid getting there will require new move-ment from government on the criticalissues of class size, class composition, and

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An innovative non-profit thatbrings teens and tools togetherin a bid to build communitywill hold a three-day workshopin New Westminster, startingSunday.

Organizers Tobias Atkinson,32, and Renee Michaud, 33, cre-ated Hammer and Saw: YouthBuilding Community, as a freeway to help teens who strugglein regular school to find purposeand meaning through building,not just materials but connectionsas well.

It came out of the idea thatboth of us want to be educators,but we feel that the system needsto have better alternatives, espe-cially for youth that are strug-gling in standardized educationsystems, so more like the alterna-tive school model where youthcan be more engaged in a com-munity of learning rather thanas high school students shufflingthrough class to class, Michaudtells The Record.

Supported by a grant from theRiver Market/Donalds MarketONE Prize, the two graduatesof the BCIT Technology TeacherEducation program plan lead agroup of 10 New Westminsteryouth in designing and buildinga woodworking project for thecommunity.

The project will involve mak-ing planter boxes. The plan wasto place the planters at the youthcentre at Century House, but theyare still determining if the Cityof New Westminster will allow

them to put the planter boxes onthe site.

We are hoping for the youthcentre, but that might take a bit oftime, says Michaud.

The three-day workshop willlaunch with an ice-cream social,and it includes lunches for theteens. Atkinson and Michaud arevolunteering their time.

So, its really a holistic visionof having the community supporttheyouth throughspaceandmate-rial and food, explains Michaud,

who lives in East Vancouver,while Atkinson recently movedto New Westminster.

The participants can be anyoneaged 13 to 18 who is interested inlearning new skills and meetingpeople.

We are looking for diversityof ethnicity and gender. We reallywant it to be an inclusive group ofyouth, Michaud says.

The New Westminster projectwill be their first, while anotherworkshop is planned for East

Vancouver in August.All of this is fairly explor-

atory, she says. Its going to bea growing, evolving thing.

So far, five local teens are com-mitted to the event. Youth, whoare interested in participating,can email [email protected] or call 778-896-2473.

Anyone interested in donat-ing food or tools to the cause, cando so through the same contactinformation.

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About a dozen parents turned up on thepicket lines at Richard McBride ElementaryThursday morning to show their support forstriking teachers.

The parents, along with their children, car-ried signs in support of the teachers, wavingand cheering when the occasional passingmotorist honked in support of job action.

We wanted to get a few parents togetherbefore the end of the school year just toexpress our appreciation to the teachers andshow them theyre not alone and the parentsare with them, said parent organizer MayaRussell, who has three children at McBride.As a parent, I would like the government tofix this and get a deal.

Russell is the daughter-in-law of formerNDPMLAandMPDawn Black. Russell is alsoa member of the district parent advisory coun-cil, along with Parents For Public Education(P4PE), a new political parent group that isconsidering running candidates in the upcom-ing school board elections.

Of all the priorities of the provincial gov-ernment, this has got to be at the top of thelist because our children do not have anotherchance at their education, so it should befunded properly, she said.

Another parent, Andrea Mears said in herchilds class of 22 there are two students withspecial needs and two students whose firstlanguage isnt English. She questioned howthe government expects teachers to do theirjob in the current constructs.

That you could, one, keep 25 five year olds

safe all day, let alone teach them anything, iscompletely insane, Mears said. I would liketo see them properly address class size andcomposition.

Just get back to the bargaining table. Theteachers need a fair deal, the kids need to getback to school, parent Danielle Connellysaid.

Sheryl Harrop, who has one daughter inMcBride and twins entering kindergarten inthe fall, was also concerned about how class-rooms are made up.

Class size and composition directly affectsmy daughter, and therefore it directly affectsme. Ive been on field trips and Ive seen thedifficulties that teachers have to deal with,and thats why this fight has to happen, shesaid. It needs to be resolved. This needs tobe fixed.

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data, summer school is offered in 26 ofB.C.s 60 school districts and about 10 percent of B.C. students enrol. This yearsestimate is for 53,600 students.

The BCTF executive committee madethe decision to extend the strike to sum-mer school should a negotiated deal notbe reached by June 30 during a meetingon June 23.

The government has applied to theLabour Relations Board to vary the essen-

tial services order.New Westminster superintendent John

Gaiptman hopes the Labour RelationsBoard will deem summer school an essen-tial service for students who have failed acourse and need to retake it.

It is my goal to make sure we managethe impact on students, said Gaiptman.

NewWestminster Secondary is the onlyschool in the district to offer summerschool. Picket lines would only be set upat schools that offer the program, Iker saidat the conference.

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It was another sad day for Canadiandemocracy when Bill C-24 became lawthis week.

The Strengthening CanadianCitizenship Act does nothing of the sort.Instead, it makes citizenshipharder to get and easier totake away and creates a sec-ond class of citizen with fewerrights than others.

In particular, citizens with dualcitizenship or even those who areeligible for it could have their citizen-

ship revoked if found guilty of certaincrimes. That would also apply to peopleborn in Canada. Thats a dramaticchange.

The Conservatives would have usimagine the law applyingonly to terrorist sympathiz-ers who use their citizenshipas a badge of conveniencewhen captured in an overseas

hideout. But under the new laws, manyregular Canadians could also find them-selves less than other citizens.

Crimes that could trigger strippingof citizenship arent just those of peoplefound guilty in Canadian courts butalso those convicted in places where therule of law doesnt apply in the sameway.

One immigration lawyer said peoplehanded parking tickets have more rightsthan those who stand to have their cit-izenship stripped under this law. Thatswhy the Canadian Bar Association ischallenging it as unconstitutional.

More profoundly, the law creates an

us and them them being peoplewhose families were originally fromsomewhere else. Thats repugnant ina country that is built on immigration.Not many of us can go back more thantwo generations without encounteringthat other.

Banishment as a legal remedy mayplay to xenophobic fears among theTory base, but it deserves no place in amodern democracy.

Guest editorial from theNorth Shore News

Balanced bookscome with a costPremier Christy Clark andthe B.C. Liberals defendtheir no new moneytactic when negotiating withgovernment employees as theirmeans to the balanced budgetend.

If you agree that the govern-ment should operate on a bal-anced budget, thenyou agree that teachersshould not get any-thing they are askingfor in this dispute.

If you are part of the Liberalgovernment, then makingmoney and spending money isall that matters. Anything thathappens in between will be justi-fied by the balanced budget/sur-plus budget end.

Environment can be sacrificedfor a balanced budget.

Health care can be sacrificedfor a balanced budget.

Education can be sacrificedfor a balanced budget.

Ten years from now we maybe the richest province in thecountry. Unfortunately, we willneed all that money to treat theills of our society.

Teachers see the end dif-ferently. We believe that we areresponsible for raising educatedcitizens that will contributeto society and that a properlyfunded education system is themeans to make that happen.

Yes, it is expensive. The edu-cation budget is $5 billion andhas been right around that num-ber for a number of years.

But when a government

illegally strips $250 million fromthe education system to create abalanced budget you have toask if they truly know what theyare doing.

When the government impos-es a contract with raise hikes butdoes not give more money to theschool districts to pay for them

you have to ask ifthey truly know whatthey are doing.

If the cost of every-thing goes up (like

hydro, 25 per cent) but the gov-ernment does not increase theeducation budget you have toask if they truly know what theyare doing.

So yes, if a balanced budget isthe end and you agree that $5billion is the correct amount ofthe $44.4-billion dollar budget,year after year, no matter thecost of inflation, then you are aLiberal with a capital L. Youare an accountant balancing thebooks. Congratulations, andgood job.

However, if you believe thatperhaps within all of the billionsof dollars, that the governmentcan reallocate some funds andstay balanced in support of edu-cation, then perhaps the teachersare supporting the correct end.Perhaps being in government ismore than balancing the booksand getting re-elected.

If you want an end to theeducation dispute, then pickyour side and let your MLAknow where you stand.

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How dare teachers speak out?Dear Editor:

Id like to congratulate Jordan Bateman of theCanadian Taxpayers Federation on his excellentopinion piece of June 20 (Simple math for B.C.steachers) explaining the many and varied flaws inthe BCTFs tactic of undermining the economy.

I quite agree that the teachers union must stopopposing economic growth, even when that growthcomes from unsustainable practices that debilitatethe environment and will ultimately benefit onlythe very wealthy. All economic growth is good andshould never be criticized.

So what if it extinguishes a few species, destroysa tourism industry worth $13.5 billion annually orruins a coastline? Thats the price we pay for devel-opment. Its like those teachers care about some-thing other than money!

And why would teachers get involved withOccupy Vancouver? Such hypocrisy! How dare theyprotest wealth inequality when they benefit fromthe system that creates that inequality? Fortunately,Mr. Bateman, you have seen through their pitifulfaade and are not afraid to speak out. After all,since everyone benefits from our financial system,nobody, and I mean nobody, has the right to speakagainst it, am I right? Havent teachers heard thatwhats good for business is good for everyone? Thata rising tide lifts all boats? That the wealth at the topwill trickle down to all of us? Well, something willtrickle down, just you wait and see.

You have certainly opened my eyes about theBCTF wanting to return to year 2000 tax levels.I thought they just wanted education funding toreturn to levels from before that contract strippinghappened, what with it being unconstitutional and

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IN MY OPINIONLARRY RYAN

all. If you hadnt pointed it out, I wouldnever have known that their real desire isto increase our individual provincial taxburden by almost three grand!

Of course, once the BCTF is busted andwe all send our kids to private schools, thefees will be more than twice that. But Imsure youll agree with me that fees are OKbecause theyre not taxes. Those fees, steepthough they may be, will be paying forschools and books and teachers that careabout our kids and do their best to helpthem succeed, unlike taxes, which just goto government.

I am certainly glad that you are hereto reveal the true, hidden agenda of theteachers of B.C. Keep up the good work.

Mike Balser, New Westminster

Laid-back Canadian error?Dear Editor:

We await the decision by Port MetroVancouver on the application by FraserSurrey Docks to install a coal transfer sta-tion on the Fraser River.

Let it be made very, very clear to theuninformed, this is not Canadian coal, noteven Canadian crews or even Canadiantrains which would transport the coalfrom Wyoming right up to Fraser SurreyDocks.

This would be detrimental to our B.C.environment and way of life in a numberof ways.

There has been no independent, com-prehensive health impact assessment ascalled for by two chief medical health offi-cers to ascertain the effects of fugitive coaldust and diesel exhaust fumes.

The beachfront communities of WhiteRock and Crescent Beach would be seri-ously impacted by the increased rail trafficand obstruction of access to not only thebeach but also residential areas.

If approved, the coal would be loadedon open barges travelling down the Fraser,through the Gulf Islands to Texada Islandwhere it would be piled exposed to the ele-ments awaiting shipment to China.

There would be no extra jobs on thebarges as they already transport limestonefrom Texada to the Lafarge dock on theFraser.

Considering the various adverse effectsof this proposition, it begs the question are 25 jobs at Fraser Surrey Docks worthit?

If approved, one can only imagineWarren Buffett and the American coalbarons salivating and saying, there, weknew even though our ports on the WestCoast refused to ship our thermal coal, weknew those laid-back Canadians would gofor it.

David Gibbs, Surrey

Learn to compromiseDear Editor:

I admire Fraser Brandon and the stu-dents for standing up for what they believeregardless of what it might cost.

If these students understand whatcompromisemeans, why cant the adultsreally understand what it means?

Are we teaching them My way or noway?

Here is short example of compromise:During the 1980s, the president of the

company that I was working for called ameeting and explained our financial sta-tus. There were two options he offered:layoffs or forgo our yearly wage increasefor a couple of years.

Which one do you think we chose? Asa single mother with two daughters, it washard to forgo the yearly wage increase.However, we sacrificed our personal needsfor the good of the many. This was calledcompromise.

We keep on saying that the youngpeople are our future generation. So, whycant the teachers and the governmentnegotiate and compromise for the good ofthe students?

If there are concessions to give up giveup to end this fiasco. It is a two-waystreet.

Teachers and government, please cometo your senses for the good of the studentsand their future.

Catalina Trinidad, New Westminster

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Teachers cannot pres-sure the government tonegotiate, but the entire

voting population of B.C.can.

Twitter, Facebook, andangry rants on the radio

dont penetrate the hardhat and ear protection thatPremier Christy Clark iswearing.

Teachers: Everyone must take a stand continued from page 6

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THE RECORD STORY: New West student activists against coal June 19Comment via RoyalCityRecord.com I Martha Storin: Coal plays an immense partin developing the world as we know it. China could not have developed as quicklyas it did without coal. The Western World would not be as developed as it is todaywithout coal. Europe is still burning a massive amount of coal for energy.Coal hasnt damaged China. It has made it a powerful economic force. It has im-proved the living standards of many Chinese. The pollution has more to do with themethod in which they run their power plants and quality of coal they are burning.These two young ladies are probably out of school now due to the strike. A largepart of BC revenues comes from the resource sector. You cant have your cake andeat it too. Money doesnt come out of thin air.At least these girls mentioned real estate values. If you bought a house next to aport or railway track you should probably expect trafc to increase and not decreaseover time. Real Estate, not health and environmental concerns, is the true reasoningbehind most NIMBYs.

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Even one night whenthey put plywood upagainst Brunette so thatpeople driving by couldntsee that they had brought incutting torches and trucksand whatnot, he told TheRecord.

Henderson said thieveswould take almost anythingof value tires, truck parts,scrap metals and even fenc-es.

One Sunday morninglast year, he caught someoneloading their truckwith a bunch of histools and scraps.Henderson said heblockedtheallegedthiefs truck so hecouldnt leave andcalled the police.

Thirty-fiveminutes later thecops show up, hesaid. He comesin and said to me,Well, I cant doanything about it, and Isaid, What do you meanyou cant do anything aboutit?

The police officerexplained to Hendersonthat because the suspecthad unloaded the stolenequipment between thetime police were called andthe officer arrived, therewere no grounds to arrestor charge him.

Fed up, Henderson hireda security guard one nightto catch the thieves in theact.

That guy must havefallen asleep, he remem-bered.

Thethievesmadeoffwithseveral rimsHenderson hadleft out as bait, leaving himwithout a solution to theongoing issues.

That was all I couldreally handle, he said. SoI moved over by the Shellstation by the bridge.

Henderson movedhis business next door toFishmans waste manage-ment site but the thefts con-tinued.

Fishman said his trucksare broken into on a week-ly basis by thieves lookingfor anything they can find,including fuel, which hasbeen siphoned out the tanksso often he now parks themno more than three inchesapart to block out access.

We shouldnt be deal-ing with that kind of thing,Henderson said. Im pay-ing some pretty good taxesfor some police enforcement

to fund these cops.Henderson added hes

seen patrol officers drive bythe area regularly withoutever actually coming rightinto the industrial area tocheck things out.

He whipped by ouryard without even look-ing, he said. To me, this isa police attitude problem.

According toHenderson,the police have told busi-ness owners theyre tryingto deal with the thefts, butFishman, who has been in

the area for aboutfour years, saidso far nothing isworking.

They come byat the same timeevery night, so itseasy for the thievesto say, Oh, theresthe cops coming,well just step offto the side for afew minutes andtheyll be gone.

So they have a consistentschedule and they do comeby here but they just breezethrough in like two min-utes, Fishman said.

According to Fishman,police told him they onlyhave four patrol officers onshift at night and calls areprioritized depending onhow urgent they are.

The police cant do any-thing so the only optionis to protect ourselves byany means necessary, headded.

Fishman suggested thatif police hung around for aweek or so, theyre boundto make several arrests.

These guys that arecoming down here are pro-lific offenders, they knowthis is like a big candy store,they can just come downand do whatever theywant, Fishman said. Ifyou take these guys thatcome down here off thestreet, youre probably tak-ing most of the crime inNewWest (away).

According to sta-tistics provided by theNew Westminster PoliceDepartment, there havebeen five reported theftsin the Braid industrial areathis year, two per cent oftotal thefts in the city. In2013, only three thefts werereported in the area.

In an emailed statementto The Record, Sgt. DianaMcDaniel said the statisticscould indicate that criminalactivity is not being report-ed, which makes it diffi-

cult for the department todevelop strategic plans ofaction to tackle the problemareas, read the statement.

According to McDaniel,the police have been in com-munication on several occa-sions with business ownersin the area, including lastyear when a bulletin, indi-cating police were aware ofthe crime, was sent to own-ers in the area. The bulletinalso asked that all criminalactivity be reported.

More recently, in May,Insp. Phil Eastwood metwith business owners in theareaand theownerof a secu-rity companywho informedhim of several examples ofcriminal activity in the area.Eastwood shared this infor-

mation with the patrol offi-cers at the department andrequested patrol supervi-sors to advise their mem-bers to conduct extra patrolsin an attempt to reduce thisactivity.

At the end of the day,while we cannot be every-where at once, we relyheavily on the citizens ofthis community to be oureyes and ears on the street.We strongly encourage allmembers of the public toreport crimes and suspi-cious activity, which willallow us to best allocateour resources and accom-plish our goal of reducingcrime and making NewWestminster a safe commu-nity, McDaniel said.

CRIME BY THE NUMBERS

Business break-and-enters in Braid industrial area2012 = 10 (7% of total business B&E files)2013 = 5 (2% of total business B&E files)2014 = 8 (10% of total business B&Es)(stats provided to June 20, 2014)

Theft over/under $5000 in Braid industrial area2012 = 7 (1% of total theft over/under files)2013 = 3 (less than 1% of total theft over/under files)2014 = 5 (2% of total theft over/under)(stats provided to June 20, 2014)

Mischief in Braid industrial area2012 = 7 (1% of total mischief files)2013 = 3 (less than 1% of total mischief files)2014 = 1 (less than 1% of total mischief files)(stats provided to June 20, 2014)

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Salim Hassan is the newmarketing managerat the River Market atWestminster Quay.

Hassan, 31, is still getting hisfeet wet after only two monthson the job, but The RecordsJennifer Thuncher recentlycaught up with him for a chatabout his background, his newposition and his hopes for theRiver Market. What follows is anabridged version of that conver-sation.

Jennifer Thuncher: How iswhere you grew up, in the UnitedArab Emirates, different from whereyou find yourself now, in NewWestminster?

Salim Hassan: I was bornand raised in Dubai. I decided to

come out to B.C when I was 17to attend university.

Dubai is very different fromNew West in that Dubai is not awalking city, everything is quitedispersed, and it is also a veryyoung city. Being able to walkpretty much anywhere here,and come across cobblestonestreets and train tracks, createsthis sense no matter how faryou may have gone from yourhome that you are still home.Also, there is so much history inNew West, and you can see thatit is celebrated and showcasedalmost everywhere.

JT: What are your main goals inyour new position?

SH: I want the locals to knowabout River Market for them

to know it isnt what it usedto be. We have customers whocome here who still refer to itas Westminster Quay PublicMarket and are surprised to seethe positive changes that havehappened to the market over thelast few years.

My goal is also to have moreconsistent visitors during week-days and for people to knowtheres a still lot happening rightthrough the winter months.

JT: What are some of the challen-ges you face at the market?

SH: Some of the challengesare things we cant control. Forexample, trains and railroadtracks are awesome exceptwhen theyre dividing you fromthe rest of the New West popula-

tion. So getting people past thatphysical barrier can be tough,so if a magical escalator were toappear, it would make our livesa lot easier.

JT: What would success for theRiver Market look like to you?

SH: Sometimes when I talkto people about River Market,if they dont know what I amtalking about, I compare it toGranville Island. I would like tosee it flip the other way aroundwhere the River Market is usedas an example to describe a des-tination.

We say here that we wouldlike River Market to be the bestmarket in the world by 2020. Itis a big goal, but why not have abig goal?

JT: How do you see the RiverMarket fitting to the rest of NewWestminster?

SH: I think New Westminsteris at a tipping point of beingthe city to live in. It has history,and now there are many newdevelopments taking shape asmore people are beginning tosee the potential New West hasto offer. River Market fits in per-fectly with New West, becausewere both moving boldly for-ward with new tastes, activitiesand designs while still embra-cing our historic roots.

JT: What do you like best aboutworking in New Westminster?

SH: I really enjoy the board-walk. I am a certified personal

Vision for the future: Salim Hassan, the new marketing manager of River Market, is a couple of months into his job and hes already intent on helping themarket achieve its goal of becoming the best market in the world by 2020.

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New Westminsterswaterfront will bea lively affair forthe annual Canada Dayfestivities.

The Hyack FestivalAssociation, in partner-ship with River Market, isinviting residents to enjoya day of fun, festivitiesand fireworks on Tuesday,July 1. This years eventgets underway at 3 p.m.

at the Quay with buskers,childrens activities andentertainment taking placenear River Market. MusicBox music and theatreacademy will be offeringchildrens crafts from 4to 8 p.m., and VancouverCircus School will offeractivities from 6 to 9 p.m.

A variety of perform-ers will take to the enter-tainment stage: CreoleJazz Band (3 to 4 p.m.);Giovanni (4 to 4:30 p.m.);Boot River Boys (5 to 6p.m.); Royal WestminsterRegiment Band (6 to 7p.m.); and Freedom 95(8:15 to 9:45 p.m.)

River Market shopswill remain open late forthe festivities, and Fraser

River Discovery Centre isstaying open until 6 p.m.

The evening will endwith a bang, when fire-works will light up thesky. While Hyack has hadsome tough times in thepast year, Kal Tire, Kruger,Vancity, Fortis and theCity of New Westminsterare supporting this yearsCanada Day event.

Pancakes forbreakfast

Two local organizationsare joining forces for atasty pancake breakfast.

The New WestminsterLions Club, known for itsmany pancake breakfastsaround town, is holding

a pancake breakfast onSaturday, June 28 withthe Sapperton PensionersAssociation. The breakfast,which runs from 8 to 11:30a.m., is being held at theSapperton Pensioners Hallat 318 Keary St.

The breakfast costs $5per person and is free forchildren five and under.

Planning awardThe awards keep roll-

ing in for the City of NewWestminster.

The citys planningdivision was recentlyawarded a Silver Awardof Excellence in theExcellence in PolicyPlanning category fromthe Planning Institute

of B.C. in recognition ofits rental housing policy.These awards honour thebest in professional plan-ning work undertaken bymembers in communitiesand regions across BritishColumbia and the Yukon.

Its an honour for ourdepartment to be recog-nized by the PIBC for thisinnovative policy, saiddevelopment servicesdirector Beverly Grieve,who accepted the awardon the citys behalf. Itscreating a positive changein the supply of long-termrental housing in NewWestminster.

The Planning Instituteof B.C. commented thatNew Westminsters rental

housing policy is a wellthought out, complexinitiative and is practical,with more than 500 rentalunits already committed.The official who presentedthe city with the awardalso pointed out that thepolicy is easily transferableto other communities.

In recent months, thecity has won severalawards for WestminsterPier Park.

Its also won awardsfrom the B.C. Parks andRecreation Association.

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trainer too, so I love walk-ing along it on my lunchbreak doubles as a greatway to work off all thegood food I have beenhaving at the market sinceI have joined.

The boardwalk feelslike your own private spotat times, and no one feels

like a stranger, you alwaysget the casual greeting ornod.

JT: What is coming up atthe River Market that you areworking on?

SH: There are bigcelebrations here in con-junction with the HyackFestival Association for

Canada Day. There willbe circus performances byVancouver Circus School,childrens activities byMusic Box and fireworks.

It is one of our busiestdays of the year, and wereexpecting about 5,000people. We also are work-ing on a project this sum-mer that involves about

50,000 pieces of Lego. Staytuned for more on that.

For more on River Marketgo to rivermarket.ca.

Celebrate Canada Day on the waterfront

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Got a News Tip?Another grocery shuffle in the cityAttention all shoppers: Theres

another grocery store shuffle in NewWestminster.

The Overwaitea Food Groupannounced last week it is shuttingdown its Save-On-Foods store atWestminster Centre by August, thesame time it is slated to open a newstore at Columbia Square in down-town.

Earlier this year, Overwaitea FoodGroup took over additional stores inNew Westminster, in addition to apreviously secured site at ColumbiaSquare. At the time, Save-On movedinto the former Safeway location atRoyal City Centre and at the former

Thriftys location in Sapperton.Once Overwaitea took over the

two new locations in the city, thecompany undertook a market assess-ment to consider options availableto allow for continued growth inthe market and opted to close theWestminster Centre location, accord-ing to a media release.

We are pleased to say we antici-pate all of our Westminster Centreteam members will stay with us dur-ing this change, Save-On-Foods vice-president Jamie Nelson said in therelease. On Aug. 1, we look forwardto continuing to serve customers inour three locations in Royal City,Sapperton and Columbia Square.

The majority of the employeesat the Westminster Centre location,

including the management team,will be going to Columbia Square.If someone doesnt go to ColumbiaSquare, theyll be given options inone of the companys other loca-tions, Overwaitea spokesperson JulieDickson Olmstead told The Record.

The Overwaitea Food Group gotits start nearly 100 years ago in NewWestminster and re-entered the mar-ket in 2009 with the opening of theWestminster Centre location. Whenthe Columbia Square location opensand Westminster Centre closes, therewill be three Save-On-Foods stores inthe city.

Save-On-Foods is part of theOverwaitea Food Group, which has16,000 employees and operates 144stores in B.C. and Alberta.


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This will be a yearly event, andeventually wewill reach the goal of1,000 drummers, organizers saidin a press release. If you missedout on the excitement this year,please join us in 2015 same time,same place!

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Howard is a just-fin-ished-Grade 11 studentat New WestminsterSecondary School who firstdiscovered a passion fortheatre during the NWSSproduction of Grease in2010. Since then he hasperformed in severalproductions around theLower Mainland, includ-ing Kitchen Witches withthe Vagabond Players lastyear.

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1Put the cooking on hold and enjoysome dinner at the Ukrainian PerogySupper at Holy Eucharist UkrainianCatholic Cathedral its the final commu-nity dinner before summer break. ChefWally Komaryk and a crew of volunteershave cooked up a feast for everyone fea-turing perogies, cabbage rolls, assortedmeat dishes and desserts. The dinnertakes place on Friday, June 27 from 5 to8 p.m. at the cathedral, which is at 501Fourth Ave.

2Celebrate the openingof Save-On-Foods inSapperton, which features abarbecue, pie-eating contest,bouncy castle, games andprizes, colouring contestsand more. The barbecue willbe hosted by parents at JohnRobson Elementary School,with all proceeds going to theplayground at cole QayqaytElementary. The grand open-ing at 270 East Columbia St.(formerly Thrifty Foods) takesplace from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

3Tinkle the piano keysat the Piano in the Parkdaily from 10 to 11 a.m. at Ryall Park inQueensborough. Youre invited to sing,dance or play on the hand-painted pianoin the park.

4Head to the Heritage Grilland check out its variety ofmusical offerings. Paul Fraserwill perform on Saturdayfrom 5 to 7 p.m., followed byWendy Biscuit & Her DirtySwing Band from 8 to 11:55p.m. On Sunday, Razzmajazztakes to the stage from 12to 4 p.m. and The DragShow runs from 6 to 11 p.m.The Heritage Grill is at 447Columbia St., in downtownNew Westminster. Check outwww.theheritagegrill.com forfull entertainment listings andmore details.

5Check out the summer marketplaceat River Market, which featuresunique handmade products made ofwood, leather, glass, pottery and more.

Youll find items for folks of all ages and some treats for pups too. The freeevent features entertainment and vendorsboth inside and outside River Market,810 Quayside Dr. Its all taking place onSaturday, June 28, running from 11 a.m.to 4 p.m.

6Start making your plans for CanadaDay, which features a jam-packedday of fun in New West on July 1. Thedays highlights include the ever-popularCanada Day in Queens Park event in theafternoon and evening fireworks at theQuay.

Email your Top 5 ideas to [email protected] or send them to [email protected]. You can also check outour full arts and events calendar listings onour websites homepage at www.royalcityrecord.com.

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For a fictional account of climbingEverest, Dan Simmons The Abominable isa suspenseful account of a secret exped-ition to Everest in the 1920s followingGeorge Mallory and Sandy Irvines dis-appearance in 1924. Simmonss narratoris Jake Perry, a young American climberwho joins an expedition with a missionto recover a lost body on the slopes ofEverest. The sense of isolation on themountain adds considerably to the sus-pense.

Canadian author Wade Daviss bookInto the Silence is about the Great War andGeorge Mallorys climb of Everest in 1924;Davis wonders why men who had livedthrough the horror of the First World Warwould then risk climbing Everest.

You, too, can reach new heights withreading at the New Westminster PublicLibrary. Check out the Mountains ofReading booklist in the library catalogue.Ice axes and down parkas are entirelyoptional.

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Stories of life on theFraser River arealways popular.Depending on what detail,historical connections andother things that add to atale are included, a simplestory can add greatly tothe colour, character andpersonality of our mari-time heritage. The follow-ing item from a local news-paper from 130 years ago,June 1884, is a wonderfulexample of this.

The account features,in a supporting role, thesternwheeler Reliance, aprominent vessel on theriver and part of the fleetof ships operated by Capt.John Irving. The primaryplayers in our story are acouple of birds swallows that dominate the follow-ing account.

Last year two swal-lows, male and female,built a nest in the let-ter box on the steamer

Reliance which is nowin port. The birds wentup and down the riverto Yale with the boat andappeared to be a happypair.

As the story went on,five eggs appeared in thenest and the mother birdwas fully comfortablewith the humans watchingthis all play out and evenhandle them. The purserand other persons lookedat this interesting femaleevery day and she wasnot alarmed by humantouch. However, some-how the eggs were broken,and though the motherrepaired the nest, it wastoo late as the birds wereleaving for the south.

The purser wasintrigued by these littlebirds, so he placed a smallpiece of wire around theleg of the female so hecould identify her shouldshe return. Six weeks agothe swallows came back,and the lady with the wiregarter proceeded at onceto build a nest in the letterbox. She has a family offive charming birds, andevery one will be the pic-ture of papa.

The birds continued tobe very comfortable with

humans around and wentabout their routines offeeding their young withpeople near at hand.

The old birds (were)not at all surprised by thepresence of man.

The reporter in 1884was quite taken with thestory and supplied someinteresting observations:It is really surprising tosee the confidence thatthese two birds place inthe wickedest things thatwalk. Man can scarcelytrust his fellow man, buthere we see the birds con-fiding in him.

The story reported thatthe boat was moored atthe Irving wharf and wasto be there for a month.Presumably this was aninvitation to visit the ves-sel to witness this swallowfamily, as in a week theyoung ones will fly.

After a number of othercomparative comments onthese birds and mankind, aheart-warming note aboutthe mother bird was addedto our maritime heritagestory from 1884: Whenshe sits on the rail lookingat her baby on the pursershand, she represents thefond mother in the mostinimitable manner.

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TO SATURDAY, JUNE 28Clay 2014: a juried exhibitionby the Fraser Valley PottersGuild, at the Arts Council ofNew Westminster Gallery,Queens Park, open 1 to 5 p.m.daily except Mondays. Info:www.fraservalleypottersguild.ca.

TO END OF JUNEWildlife art shows at NewWestminster Public Library,716 Sixth Ave., with TamaraSales wildlife photography onthe ramp gallery, and ColleenHarringtons Ravens WithRoses in the reference depart-ment. View art at any timeduring library hours. Info: www.nwpl.ca or 604-527-4660.

FRIDAY, JUNE 27Ukrainian perogy supper, 5 to8 p.m., Holy Eucharist Churchhall, 501 Fourth Ave. (cornerof fourth Avenue and FifthStreet). Final dinner and salebefore summer break. Perogy

sales from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.For more information, call 604-526-0988.Employment workshop, under-standing labour market andemployer expectations, 1 to 3p.m. New Westminster PublicLibrary, 716 Sixth Ave. Learnwhat you need to get a job atseries of employment work-shops in the library in June.The series is co-sponsored bythe New Westminster PublicLibrary and MOSAICs settle-ment program. For more infor-mation and to register phoneFaustin at MOSAIC at 604-438-8214 ext. 112 or [email protected] orregister through the library at604-527-4660.

SUNDAY, JUNE 29Poetic Justice, 3 to 5 p.m. atRenaissance bookstore, 43Sixth St., featuring poets SonjaGrgar, and Janet Kvammen,with host Franci Louann, withopen mike session. Info www.poeticjustice.ca.Tiger Exhibit, performs at2 p.m. at the Queens ParkBandshell as part of the City ofNew Westminster free summerconcert series.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 2David Cassel, performsat 1 p.m. at Ryall Park,Queensborough, as part of thefree summer concert series.Poetry in the Park, 6:30 p.m. in

the bandshell at Queens Park,with featured poets and anopen mike.

FRIDAY, JULY 4Dancing in the Square, a freefamily event at Hyack Square,7 p.m. Theme: zumba.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 9Poetry in the Park, 6:30 p.m. inthe bandshell at Queens Park,with featured poets and anopen mike.Tricky Ricky Magic, performsat 1 p.m. at Ryall Park,Queensborough.Royal City Concert Band,performs at 2 p.m. in the band-shell at Queens Park, NewWest.

FRIDAY, JULY 11Dancing in the Square, a freefamily event at Hyack Square,7 p.m. Theme: Egyptian bellydance.

SUNDAY, JULY 13The Land of Deborah, performsat 2 p.m. in the bandshell atQueens Park, New West.

TUESDAY, JULY 15Wading Into the Swamp:Getting messy with writing,a free workshop with hostDaniela Elza, presented by theRoyal City Literary Arts Societyat New Westminster PublicLibrary, 716 Sixth Ave., 6:30 to8:30 p.m. Info: www.rclas.com.

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IN THE GAMEJD pentathles win bronze medals P31Senior Salmonbellies fall for seventh time P31

As Fast as his name impliesBurnaby Lake Canoe and Kayak Clubs Eric

Fast is hoping to remain true to his surname.The 17-year-old North Vancouver resident

is one of just four B.C. paddlers to earn aninternational assignment following nationaljunior team trials held at Lake Banook, NovaScotia three weeks ago.

Fast and Alex Brent of Maple Ridge won aspot on Canadas mens kayak team that willcompete at the junior world championships inSzeged, Hungary July 17 to 20.

Fast had high hopes of making it in the sin-gles kayak, but despite a solid winter of train-ing, he finished with disappointing results.

Honestly, I didnt feel my singles were upto my or my coachs expectations of what myperformances have been this season, said the5-8 Fast.

He thought maybe hehadnt prepared well enoughfor the team trials, or per-haps it was the competitiveatmosphere.

But when he and Brentstepped into the doubles

kayak, things changed.When we got into the K2 Alex told me

Dont look back. I got in front and we justkept going, Fast remembered. At 150m left,I took a look and couldnt see anybody. Alexsaid. Pal, were golden.

I was pretty surprised because (Brent) ismy size, and we were up against a sizableheadwind.

Bigger and heavier crews often have anadvantage in such conditions, but Fast andBrent won the 1,000-metre K2 final by a whop-ping four seconds.

The win earned the two an extra week ofpractice in Nova Scotia for junior nationalteam assessments.

Its amazing. Where were going is basi-cally the mecca of paddling in the world, saidFast.

For me, Ive surpassed any expecations Ihad for this year, so anything I achieve will bea bonus, but Im still going to race my heartout.

Fast came by his skill at a young age. Since atoddler, he had been exposed to ocean kayak-ing by his parents and began to paddle in ear-nest by the time he was ready for school.

Hes been racing at the Burnaby Lake clubsince he was eight, often on his own and self-coached.

Provincial head coach Blake Dalton beganworking with Fast in November of last yearand likes what hes seen.

Eric is a hard worker and a student of thesport and always eager to learn, said Dalton.

Being of a smaller body type, paddlers likeFast have to be technically more efficient thantheir taller, longer-limbed competitors, saidDalton.

He gave an example of Fasts determinationand character at a recent practice, where thehigh school senior was tired from exhaustive

1000-m repitition training against a veterannational team member on Burnaby Lake.

Eric was tired from a hard training week,said Dalton. He was pretty exhausted. Mostpaddlers would say, time for a break, or

BY TOM BERRIDGE SPORTS [email protected]

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First international: Eric Fast is on his way to Szeged, Hungary to race for Canada at theWorldjunior kayak championships from July 17 to 20.

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Hyacks reach 22 A nals at provincial AA meet

Matteus Ticne will be joiningthe Hyack Swim Club AAA teamfollowing medal swims at the B.C.AA long course championships inVictoria last weekend.

Ticne won his first AA prov-incial gold medal, winning the11-and-under boys 100-metrebreaststroke in a time of 1:36.08.Ticne also placed third in the200m breast with a AAA qualify-

ing time of 3:30.44. He earned athird medal, a silver, with the 12-and-under Hyack medley relayteam.

Amar Fejzic was perhaps thebusiest Hyack at the AAmeet.

Fejzic won a pair of bronzemedals in the 14-and-over boysdivsion, placing third in both the100m freestyle and backstrokefinals.

Fejzic also picked up a fourth-place ribbon in the 50m free and afifth in the 100m butterfly, while

also reaching the final of the 200mbackstroke.

Eric Wu placed runner-upin the 12/13 boys 100m breast,while Dragos Tudosa was third inthe pre-teen boys 200m fly.

The Hyack pair, along withGraham Dowdle, put up a greatHyack showing in the 200m breastfinal, placing sixth, seventh andfifth, respectively. Dowdle alsohad a meet-best fourth-place fin-ish in the 100m breast.

Dowdle, Wu, Fejzic and Jakob

Garricks also picked up a gold inthe 14-and-over boys 200m med-ley. Garricks had a best fifth in the400m individual medley.

Victoria Chandler also had apersonal-best fourth-place finishin the 14-and-over girls 200m fly.

Isabella Brunoro posted besttimes in all her events, including afifth-place finish in the 100m fly inher first A final.

Kyra Tamagi made it into anA final, finishing seventh in the100m back.

BY TOM BERRIDGE SPORTS [email protected]

The New WestminsterSalmonbellies racked uptheir 12th consecutive vic-tory, but it took a strongthird period to do it.

The junior A Belliesdefeated the LangleyThunder 16-9 at home onTuesday thanks to a seven-goal final period at QueensPark Arena.

With Steven Mayervichplaying some of his bestlacrosse of the season forLangley in the first twoperiods, the Thunder gaveas good as they got in theopening 40 minutes.

Langley opened thescoring on the first ofBrendan Mykle-Winklersthree goals.

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