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Santa arrived in town this weekend,making appearances at a variety of

Christmas celebrations in both MapleRidge and PItt Meadows..

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The Hellier family’s dog, two cats,and a pet rodent were lost, and theirworldly belonging destroyed whenfire ripped through a Haney home.by Roxanne [email protected]

A working smoke alarm saved a teen-age Maple Ridge girl’s life, after a firedestroyed her family’s townhouse andthree pets this weekend.

A lamp in too close a proximity to acouch is believed at fault for causing a firethat consumed a home in the 23100 blockof the Haney Bypass just after 5 p.m.Friday (Dec. 5).

A teenage girl was in the shower onthe second floor of the townhouse whenshe heard the smoke alarm activated,explained fire chief Dane Spence.

“She wrapped herself in a towel andwent downstairs to investigate and wasmet with a wall of black smoke,” he said.

She managed to grab some clothes andget out of the burning structure uninjured,but the family dog, two cats, and a petrodent were lost in the blaze.

The other occupants, the girl’s father,Jason Hellier, and younger sister, were nothome at the time of the fire, Spence said.

“While the family is insured, the loss ofthe family pets and belongings is a hor-rible way to start the holiday season,” saidthe chief.

Some members of the community,

including those who know Hellier andhis daughters through the Barracudahockey association, have expressed inter-est in helping out the family after thisdevastating loss and what friend ShannonSuzukovich described as a “challenging”and “difficult” year for the family.

While the family is sure to need house-hold items, and other belongings inthe coming days and weeks – as theystart to rebuild their lives – Suzakovichhas set up an “in trust” account for theHelliers at the Pitt Meadows branch of theScotiabank, account #83030-00252-16.

“Let’s get the word out so we canhelp the Helliers and try to make theirChristmas special,” Suzukovich said.

What this narrow escape drives home,Spence said, is the need to have smokealarms and to test them regularly toensure they’re working properly.

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Numerous Facebook pages havestarted up in recent months toaddress politics and communityissues around Maple Ridge.dfdf

by Christopher [email protected]

Chatting with neighbours aboutcommunity concerns used to be aseasy as stepping outside the house,but many are now choosing to dothat online, instead.

About three years ago JamesRowley attended a City of MapleRidge workshop about communityengagement. Inspired by what helearned, he started the HammondNeighbours page on Facebook as away for his area to talk about localissues, promote home businesses,and get to know their neighbours.

“The number one rule is don’tbe a jerk,” Rowley said, who ranunsuccessfully for school board lastmonth. “People can use it in anyway they want to use it, there is nomandate.”

Rowley continues to moderatethe page, which has more than 650members. The page not only informspeople about what’s going on andof new development proposals, butis also used as a classifieds page,allowing people a venue to connectwith old friends, advertise things forsale, or free giveaways, and alertingmembers of missing and found pets.

Since Hammond Neighbours start-ed, many other community pageshave sprung up including ones forAlbion, Haney, and Yennadon.Recently, a Maple Ridge parliament

watch was started, in advance ofthe 2015 federal election, and thereis a page devoted to “perceivedwrong doings” during the lastmunicipal election.

Katherine Wagner started up theYennadon Community Associationpage about two years ago togalvanize neighbours against aproposed gravel mine in their com-munity, which was defeated.

Since then, she has continuedupdating the page with thingsgoing on in the community.

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Going online

Neighbourhood social media pages popping up

James RowleyHammond Neighbours

A Maple Ridgetownhouse wasdestroyed byfire late Fridayafternoon,a teenagegirl narrowlyescaping with herlife, the family’spets perishedin the blaze. Asecurity guard isstood watch overthe home thispast weekend.

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The memory of a husband and fatherwho died six years ago lives on throughChristmas tree sales, which have aglobal and local reach.

by Troy [email protected]

Troy Boileau was killed in a work-relatedaccident in August of 2008 but his legacy hasimpacted people from Malawi, to Nicaragua,to his hometown of Maple Ridge.

His Christmas tree farm at the corner of98th Avenue and 256th Street in MapleRidge’s Thornhill area has had a global andlocal reach.

Troy married his high school sweetheartCindy shortly after they graduated fromGaribaldi Secondary.

He worked in his family’s two businesses– Boileau Meats and Boileau Logging.

On his family’s property in Thornhill, aChristmas tree farm was planted and in 2008he was going to harvest his first crop of trees.

Since that year, proceeds from the tree

sales have helped build a well and feed-ing centre in Malawi, as well as kitchens inNicaragua. Cindy travelled to Nicaragua lastJanuary with the Haney Rotary Club.

The tree farm is a family business, runby Cindy with helping hands from her par-ents Gene and Vicki Carlson, partner TomWoodward, father-in-law Dennis Boileau,and sons Jake, 24, and Sam, 18.

The year Troy died at the age of 41, Cindyopened the Christmas tree farm he startedfour years prior.

“All the family helped me clean it all up,get it ready for opening,” Cindy recalled.

The Malawi project gained traction frommoney donated at Troy’s service.

“We had a cause through Project Wellness,which is [headed up by] George and SheilaKlassen, where they were funding wells inMalawi,” Cindy elaborated. “It was a schoolproject at Kanaka that I had caught onto...with my youngest boy in [that] school.”

The first two years, all donations fromthe tree sales went to Project Wellness, andthrough it, a well and feeding centre wasbuilt in Malawi in Troy’s name. The well isadorned with a plaque and Troy’s photo.

More recently, in partnership with SchoolDistrict 42 and the MeadowRidge RotaryClub, funds raised from tree sales wenttowards building kitchens in Nicaragua.

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Fundraising

Maple Ridge tree sales have global impact

Fundraising must begin soonto ensure the success offuture Christmas in the Parkand Santa Parade festivities.by Christopher [email protected]

After attending a disappoint-ing Christmas festival in PortCoquitlam recently, AshleyBellmas made a point to attendMaple Ridge’s annual Christmasin the Park and parade this year.

And her hometown didn’t dis-appoint.

“We went to the onein PoCo and it sucked,”Bellmas said, after theparade ended. “This one isso much better, that’s whyI told my friend [along withher son], she had to comeout to this one.”

Bellmas came out with her 11-month-old son, Bryson, continu-ing a tradition that started whenher parents brought her outwhen she was a child.

She convinced her friend,Amanda Rendall, to come outfrom Langley with her three-year-old son, Caide, to make up for

the boring experience theyhad, the week before.

“This was good,” Rendall said.“I was surprised that MapleRidge had this.”

An estimated 10,000 peoplecame out to watch this year’sChristmas parade and at least2,000 checked out the events atMemorial Peace Park this year,said Dianne Enns, Maple Ridge

Christmas Festival Society pres-ident.

“This was one of our bestevents yet,” Enns said. “Evenwith the crappy weather we hadall day, while setting up, peopleeventually came out, when therain stopped.”

The rain stopped once theparade started at 6 p.m., withintermittent sprinkles. There

were 40 floats this year, includ-ing fire trucks, dancers, a rugbyteam and Santa, himself closingthe parade.

At the park, service groupssuch as Kiwanis, Three RiversArea Scouts, Port HammondPathfinders, Burnett Fellowship,and Salvation Army, gave outfree popcorn, hotdogs, hot choco-late, S’mores and candy canes.The BC Renaissance Fest hada booth set up, along with BCHydro, Karate for Kids, HSBC,the Gideon’s, and there was alsoa nativity scene.

The annual event relies heavilyon volunteers, and costs about$11,000 to put on. That cost anddecreasing amount of sponsors ismaking it difficult for the eventto continue, Enns said.

“In the last few years, wehave lost many sponsors,” Ennsexplained, blaming the 2008financial crisis. “We are in des-perate need for cash donations.”

Enns said a lot of money isspent on safety measures, suchas hiring flaggers to keep driversand pedestrians safe.

“We just finished this year’sbut we’ll have to start fundrais-ing again soon for next year,”Enns added.

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Santa interacted with kids from his sled during the Maple Ridge Santa Parade.

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Cindy Boileau, widowof Troy who died in awork-related accidentin August 2008, runsthe Christmas treefarm that he hadhoped to start up sixyears ago.

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Family fun was abound, insideand out, during a Christmasfestival in Pitt Meadows Friday.Story and photos by Roxanne [email protected]

An evening party in the centre ofPitt Meadows, with 2,000 or so arearesidents, was the perfect way tomark an end to a year-long City cen-tennial bash.

Event founder Michael Hayes saidthey couldn’t have asked for a muchbetter evening – weather included– for the annual A Pitt MeadowsChristmas festival on Friday.

“I feel our 2014 A Pitt MeadowsChristmas was another amaz-ing success. But then I am a littlebias,” said Hayes,president of the PittMeadows CommunityFoundation. Each yearthe foundation partnerswith the City to hostthe annual holiday cele-bration.

“Although it appearsour attendance numberswere down a little, the quality of thisyear’s event was the greatest it everbeen,” he added, noting the crowdat the 2013 event was about 2,500.

“Having the centennial photo bothagain this year and roaming carol-

lers dressed in period costumes wasa tremendous success, as we cele-

brated the end of ourcommunity’s centennialcelebrations,” Hayessaid, expressing grati-tude to the sponsors,volunteers, and visitorsalike for making theevent happen.

For Hayes, whowas spotted bopping

around throughout Spirit Square andthe Pitt Meadows Recreation Centreall night, he said it’s all about “thecreation of pleasant, lasting mem-ories for our children to draw fromthroughout their lives.”

He’s already planning for 2015.

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Fun was had inside and outat A Pitt Meadows ChristmasFriday night. Inside the PittMeadows Family RecreationCentre, two-year-old AddisonEggen (top left) checked outthe Christmas tree decoratedby the Leash Animal WelfareSociety, while five-year-oldCarter Schramek (above), a 1stPitt Meadows beaver, showedoff an ornament he made forhis tree. Similarly, MelanieFoster showed eight-year-oldBrownie Carmelita Murphy-Brown (far left) how to makeornaments out of boughs, whileGrade 10 Pitt MeadowsSecondary student KathrineAlamouti put a smile and a bitof paint on the face of seven-year-old Mia Lyford.


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Four-week-old Greyson Klein slept comfortably in Santa’s arms as he hadhis picture taken on Sunday night, during the annual tree lighting eventat Osprey Village in Pitt Meadows. The Klein family was one of dozens offamilies who came to the Village in the South Bonson Neighbourhood tomix and mingle with one another, while marking a tradition that’s beenaround as long as Osprey Village itself.

by Eric [email protected]

This Christmas will be an extra specialone for Osprey Village residents, theKlein family.

Four weeks ago, they welcomed anew baby boy into the world, and onSunday night, little Greyson had hispicture taken with Santa during thetreelighting at Osprey Village.

“It’s exciting to have him this year,”said Greyson’s mom, Ashley.

Though the lighting event wasGreyson’s first, Klein said she and herhusband have attended the treelightingevening at Osprey “for the past couple”

of years.“It’s just fun to meet neighbours and

stuff,” she remarked. Pitt MeadowsMayor John Becker gave the officialcountdown, and just after 6 p.m., theVillage Christmas tree lit up, delightingthe dozens of families and residents

who came to help Osprey Village ring inthe season.

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OpinionA6 Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Our View

Fantino is justnot up to snuff

Why is Julian Fantino a minister ofanything?

Fantino, currently under fire for hishandling of Veterans Affairs, started asa controversy-courting cop in Ontario,heading up the Toronto police and thenthe OPP.

Since he won a by-election for theConservatives in 2010, he’s held rela-tively minor cabinet posts, but he hasn’texactly distinguished himself.

He was an Associate Minister ofDefence when no one, not even actualMinister of Defence Peter McKay couldanswer questions about fighter jet pro-curement.

He was Minister for InternationalCooperation when he forgot the differ-ence between politics and government,and posted anti-NDP screeds on thewebsite for the Canadian InternationalDevelopment Agency.

To be fair to Fantino, problems withserving Canada’s veterans cropped uplong before he took over as minister inthe summer of 2013.

But he certainly hasn’t done muchto clear things up. Fantino has beenin place for over a year, and yet thissummer saw veterans gather to pro-test in Ottawa. We’ve also seen himbungle interactions with vets seekinga meeting on the closure of VeteransAffairs offices. He later claimed the vetswere pawns of large unions, an utterlybizarre idea.

Most recently, he’s fumbled the $200million pledged for veterans programs.After the big announcement, it emergedthat the money is to be doled out overup to 50 years, but Fantino was caughtflat-footed by questions on the moneyissues in Parliament.

To rub salt in the wound, it was alsorevealed that overseas war graves werebehind on upkeep.

The opposition has been calling forhis resignation, and it’s hard to see whyhe shouldn’t turn it in.

– M.C.

I was excited to hear, in our new mayor’sinaugural speech, that she’s insistent on immedi-ate action to deal with the homelessness, addic-tions, and mental illness that are rampant onMaple Ridge’s city streets.

In a bold move, Mayor Nicole Read has vowedto have a mayor’s task force up and active within90 days of her being elected, and“to align the right stakeholderstoward a solution.”

Mayor Read tells us that hav-ing dealt with the challenges ofmental health and addiction inher own extended family, she isno stranger to the “complexitiesinherent in addressing homeless-ness, and I will apply the sameresourcefulness that I am well-known for to see our task forcethrough to success.”

And looking around the councilchambers, it would appear shehas a fistful of like-minded advocates anxious tocure these ills.

Included in the support team, she has return-ing Councillor Bob Masse, who has been a strongproponent for reopening of Riverview or a similarfacility to care for people with mental illnesses.

She has former mayor Gordy Robson, who wasdirectly involved for years in trying to clean upthe local streets when he and a small team ofprofessionals sought to build personal relation-ships with each of the community’s homeless.And by getting to know each one, they assistedthese individuals in figuring out what was neededto turn their lives around, and offered them somenecessary connections to help make that happen.

“Councillor Robson, I expect to call on yourstrategy and boldness often, especially as weexplore solutions to homelessness and drug addic-tion in our community,” Read said in her speech.

Mayor Read tells us she wants residents to feelsafe in their homes, on our streets, and in ourparks. Likewise, she wants our homeless citizensto feel embraced, supported, and protected withinour larger community.

“We are a community of thoughtful, compas-

sionate, and innovative people. Let’s be regionalleaders in approaching homelessness and addic-tion in our City,” she said.

Honestly, I feel a solution can’t come soonenough.

While there are hundreds in our communityfacing any or all of these struggles every day of

their lives, I want to use this col-umn space to turn the spotlighton a few local cases.

This week, with the assistanceof Maple Ridge Alliance PastorNeil Penner, I want to tell youabout one of this community’shomeless residents who recentlylost his life on the streets.

Like so many of our homeless,they’re just faces. But thanksto the pastor, I’m able to tellyou more about the 52-year-oldman who was killed crossingin the 20400 block of Lougheed

Highway on a rainy night in mid-October.Let me tell you a little something about Jeff

House, who was on the streets from the age of15 (first in Toronto and later out West – in recentyears more often found sleeping in the entranceof Maple Ridge Alliance Church).

Just an hour before his death, a family wasdriving by and saw Jeff. As Penner tells it, they“felt nudged in their spirit” to give a turkey din-ner to Jeff, and so they did.

“As Jeff always did, he thanked them, andasked if they were Christians, and as they said,‘Yes,’ he said, ‘Me too’… Jeff was not perfect. Hehad an addiction that controlled him… he taughtus not to judge the outer shell of a person. Jefftaught us to love unconditionally. Jeff taught usthe heart pain of addiction. Many of you still lookfor him as you drive through this City, thinkingyou will see him. He is gone. But what he taughtus stays with us as we reach out to love andaccept those around us.”

• Next week, I’ll tell you the story of a long-time Maple Ridge woman who is lucky to bealive after being attacked while driving down theHaney Bypass recently.

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Dear Editor,I wouldn’t call Stephen Harper an

“economist” [Carbon benefits smallpopulation, Nov. 20 Letters, TheTIMES]. He may have studied economicsas he rose up the political ranks from theProgressive Conservatives to the ReformParty, but it seems what he learned bestat the University of Calgary was whatcorporations do so well: externalize costs.

I asked MP Randy Kamp at a pre-budgetconsultation on Jan. 14, 2013, how muchthe Conservative Party estimates climatechange will cost Canada in the next fewyears. In 2011, just before Stephen Harper“wound it down” (Mr. Kamp’s term),

the National Roundtable onthe Environment and theEconomy [NTREE] estimatedit would cost Canada andits people $5 billion/year by2020, but more if significantaction is not taken. Mr. Kampclarified that it was not $5B tothe federal government, but to

Canada at large before he responded.He is right, climate change will impact

people, provinces, municipalities, busi-nesses, the insurance industry, etc., as wellas the feds. His clarification speaks to a cor-porate mindset of downloading costs fromthe federal budget to the rest of Canada,then claiming credit for “strong fiscal pol-icy” – a short-sighted and selfish approach.

Seven months after submitting my ques-tions to Mr. Kamp, I received a detailedreply in which he stated his party “wouldnot have an estimate about the cost of cli-mate change.” He offers the excuse that anyestimate would be “uncertain.”

Yes, it is a complex problem, whichmakes the shuttering of the NRTEE andmuzzling of science that much more foolish.

The NRTEE report anticipated Canadiancosts to climb steeply after 2020, to between$21B and $43B per year by the 2050s,depending on what action we take.

I don’t think Stephen Harper’s economicpolicies are a credit to the UofC.

James Rowley, Hammond

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Dear Editor,Readers of the article

about the closing of the IronHorse Safe House mightwrongly infer that the feder-al government has cut fund-ing to programs that addresshomelessness [Teens out in

cold, Dec. 2, The TIMES].Since the launch of the

Homelessness PartneringStrategy (HPS) in 2007,over 26,000 homeless,at-risk Canadians haveobtained education andtraining opportunities, over

27,000 have found work,and more than 4,800 newshelter beds have been cre-ated. For every dollar we’veinvested, over two dollarshas been added by othergovernments, communitystakeholders, or private andnot-for-profit sectors.

Housing First involvesfirst moving homelesspeople from the streets andshort-term shelters intoimmediate and permanenthousing. Once stable hous-ing is obtained, the focusshifts to connecting themwith supports that meettheir individual needs.

Housing First has beenwidely endorsed by stake-holders, including theCanadian Alliance to EndHomelessness and theMental Health Commissionof Canada.

Project proponents weregiven almost two years’notice that Housing Firstwas becoming the corner-stone of the new HPS.

Project applications wereassessed by a CommunityAdvisory Board (not pol-iticians), but there weremany more applicationsthan could be funded.

While I understand thedisappointment of theAlouette Home Start Society,I remain hopeful thatanother funding source canbe still be found – perhapsthe provincial government.Randy Kamp, MP, Pitt Meadows

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Caring Place

Homeless focus misplacedDear Editor,

The homeless should not be painted with those who res-ide in the vacant property behind the Caring Place.

How many have seen the mothers and/or fathers taketheir children to the Caring Place for breakfast or for a mealat the end of the day? How many have seen someone leavethe Caring Place with a loaf of bread, which would be theirsustenance for the next day? I have, on my way to andfrom work, and it breaks my heart.

Focus on the root of the problem. Get the vacant areabehind the Caring Place cleaned up, and the issues such asthe “death kit” hidden in hedges [Shelter blamed, Oct. 30,The TIMES] will disappear.

Rose Lindberg, Maple Ridge

• Last week, the Iron Horse Youth Safe Houseannounced it’s closing on New Year’s Eve.Federal funding is gone. Readers reacted:

“Government should be ashamed to not continue fund-ing this much needed facility. I think they have their wirescrossed, it is beyond belief that they will provide freeheroin to chronic drug uses and not fund a safe house forteens. New Year’s will be a very sad time for Maple Ridgeyouth who are lost and vulnerable.” – Nancy McConnel

“I feel so sad about this announcement. I remember howexcited we all were when the house first opened. Over andover again our most vulnerable will suffer because of somedumb political play.” – Nel Joostema

“…Forget about the money, the damage that can and willbe done to these young people will cost millions com-pared to keeping this shelter open.” – Jim Arthur

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Art show biggest yetDear Editor,

On behalf of all of the members of theStave Falls Artist Group, we would like tothank you for taking the time to interviewand photograph Ron Hedrick at his studio[Art show returns, Nov. 6, The TIMES].

Your article featuring Ron and detailsof our group was instrumental in promot-ing our show at the Meadow Gardens GolfCourse, and helped to bring out the highestattendance we have seen. We look forwardto working with you again next year.

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“We don’t have timeanymore to chat with ourneighbours and with howneighbourhoods are setup now, it’s not alwayspossible to go out on theporch and talk to yourneighbours,” Wagner said,and added many peoplehave come up and talkedto her while grocery shop-ping, because they rec-ognize her from profilepicture. “Particularly in ourclimate, how many peoplesit outside from Novemberto the end of May orApril?”

While the Yennadonpage isn’t very active, it’sthe opposite for anotherpage she started last year,Maple Ridge CouncilWatch. Being a “politicaljunkie,” the former schooltrustee, started the councilwatch group after becom-ing alarmed with what wasgoing on at City hall.

“There was quite a bit ofstuff in the papers regard-ing [Councillor] Corisa Bellbeing bullied by people oncouncil,” Wagner said. “Abunch of people, includingmyself, then showed upat council meetings to seewhat was happening andto hold them to account.”

Maple Ridge CouncilWatch soon became a

forum for residents to talkabout civic politics. Duringthe last municipal election,information about variouscandidates were posted,allowing the public to learnabout the 26 council andfive mayoralty candidates,and even interact withsome of them. While thatwas positive, Wagner hadto actively keep watch onpostings, as things wouldturn nasty, quickly.

“A lot of people wereposting that this was thefirst time they knew whatwas going on,” Wagnersaid. “But there was alsosome nasty things writ-ten, which I removed rightaway.”

Wagner wouldn’t gointo details, but personalattacks and false accusa-tions were made. Duringthe election, she spent upto three hours a day mod-erating, reading posts anddeleting those that were

offensive or had nothing todo with City council. Thegroup currently has 631members.

“It’s a somewhat sub-jective job being moder-ator, but I try to be fair,”Wagner said, adding shenow has a second moder-ator helping. “At the end ofthe day, I’m the one whohas to draw the line.”

During the election, itbecame apparent that aschool board version wasneeded. Elizabeth Taylor,who unsuccessfully ran fora trustee seat, volunteeredand started up SD42 BoardWatch Pitt Meadows andMaple Ridge.

“During the electionpeople were putting thingson council watch, whichwasn’t the appropriateplace for it,” Taylor said.“We had 130 membersduring the election.”

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Jayden Hachey, a kindergarten student at Albion Elementary, and RyleighMeredith, a Grade 3 student at Hammond Elementary, got a taste of what

it’s like walking in Maple Ridge fire chief Dane Spence’s (background) shoes.These two were the lucky winners of this year’s Fire Chief for a Day, which

entitled them to lunch with firefighters at A&W, a tour of Fire hall #1, a ridein the bucket truck, and a trip to the fire safety training centre before being

chauffeured back to school in a fire truck.

How can you share?Do you have a local photo of someone or some place you’d like to share with the rest of Maple Ridge andPitt Meadows? Email it to us as a high-resolution .JPEG to [email protected]. Please include a briefdescription – including everyone’s first and last name. Put “faces & places” in the subject line of your email.

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Janice Martin (left) was the keynote speaker at last Wednesday’s Dignity

Breakfast for the Caring Place. After the event, she had her picturetaken with Salvation Army chaplain John Roffel, and executive director

Darrell Pilgrim. The third annual event raised more than $6,000 to help

the Salvation Army continue operating its community and family service

programs.

Diane Stadel dressed up inher old Girl Guide uniformthat she’s had since herchildhood. Stadel dressed upin keeping with the campingtheme that surrounded arecent ladies-only charitycurling bonspiel at GoldenEars Winter Club. Stadel hasbeen curling since 1957.Rick Moyer/TIMES

Maple Ridge Champ Brayden Ellison, a 16-year-old Maple Ridge

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And, this year – for thefirst time – this groupknown as B3 Kings, arebringing their jingle andjangle to Maple Ridge, andspecifically to The ACT,said spokesperson KarenPighin.

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…continued from page A3This past January, Cindy went on a missions trip

with the MeadowRidge Rotary Club members to theNicaraguan town of Jiquilillo, to help build a kitchen.

“I went with these Rotarians and I didn’t know any ofthem, and we put in this kitchen,” Cindy said.

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Cindy decided to change the cause in support of theKlassens.

“They’ve been hit with tragedy,” Cindy said. “Theirdaughter’s husband has ALS, and George Klassen hadcancer this year, as well as my boyfriend’s wife hadpassed away from cancer.”

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Kolbie Orum is taking on a moreprominent role with the OregonState University Beavers.by Troy [email protected]

One of the most dominant playersin Maple Ridge Secondary girlsbasketball history is roundinginto form in the Beaver State.

Kolbie Orum is having a fine seasonwith the Oregon State University Beavers,who have bolted out to a 7-0 start totheir season and, as of Dec. 1, wereranked 17th in the nation in NCAA Div. 1women’s basketball.

Orum, who scored 11 points in theBeavers’ most recent victory, a 109-61thumping of Sacremento State, said play-ing in the NCAA is a whole differentworld from high school ball.

“Nothing prepares you for the NCAAand the level of play. You can be one ofthe best players in Canada, and get lostin the NCAA mix,” she said. “You haveto sharpen all your skills, you have tolearn to come offthe bench, youhave to learnto take direc-tion and youhave to learn toplay a differentposition thanyou’re usedto. It is oneof the hardestthings I haveever done,but it’s veryrewarding.I’ve alwayswanted toplay Division1 ball inthe Pac-12.Living theDream!”

She saidthe Beavers’season hasstarted out very well.

“We were ranked 19th in the nationbefore we played our first game,” shesaid. “So the pressure was on early toplay hard and well.”

On a personal level, Orum said sheworked very hard during the offseason to get stronger and quicker.

“It has paid off early as I have seenmany more minutes per game early,” sheadded. “I am happy with my role on thisteam. I come off the bench ready to workhard and contribute. My stats this year sofar have shown that.”

The 6’3” sophomore forward was oneof the keys in the Beavers’ 85-62 victoryover Utah State on Nov. 16.

In the win, she racked up 14 points(shooting 7-10 from the field) while pull-ing down four rebounds.

Then, on Nov. 22, Orum hit doublefigures in scoring with 10 points as theBeavers downed Concordia 92-35.

So far this season, Orum is averaging14.3 minutes of floor time, with 6.7 pointsand four rebounds per game.

In her freshman year, Orum appearedin 22 games, averaging 2.2 points and 1.6rebounds in 5.6 minutes per contest.

In a win over Sacramento State, Orumput up career highs in both points (16)

and rebounds (eight) while scoring 10 ofOregon State’s final 23 points to ice thegame

Looking ahead to the remainder of theseason, Orum aims to gather moreminutes, and “to become the best

power forward I can be.”“It is a huge transition for me to come

from being a post with my back constant-ly to the basket to facing up to the hoopand driving or shooting that 14-footer,”Orum said. “I have shot thousands ofshots over the summer and I can see itpaying off. I want to see our team go farin the NCAA Tourney. Personally, I wantto work as hard as I can, and leave it allon the court.”

Reflecting on her high school career,to say Orum made an impact withthe MRSS Ramblers would be an

understatement.She totaled 1,916 points, 860 rebounds,

261 blocks and 239 steals in her juniorand senior seasons, and was named 2013Fraser Valley MVP, leading the Ramblersto the Valley title that year after averaging43 points and 19.5 rebounds over the finaltwo games of the tournament.

Orum was also a member of the B.C.provincial all-star team in 2011, ’12, and

’13 as well asbeing nameda first teamall-star atthe Top-TenTournament inboth 2012 and’13. Orum isthe fifth all-timeleading scorer inprovincial hist-ory.

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Orum at MRSSfrom Grade 9-12 and is happyfor his formerprotégé.

“She’s so athlet-ic, but it’s alwaysa challenge playingthat level of basket-ball,” said Herman,who is the school’s

senior girls hoopssquad’s bench boss again this season. “Iwas re-assured by their [Oregon State’s]coaches they really felt she had what ittakes to be successful. That’s proven trueso far this year.”

While Orum never reached the pinnacleof high school hoops – that is winning theB.C. championship – the Ramblers werein the provincial tournament every yearthat she played at MRSS.

“We had some good finishes and wonthe Fraser Valleys in her senior year,”Herman said.

Orum is a natural athlete, which isno surprise considering her blood-lines. Her mom Rene Croft played

college basketball at the University of LasVegas.

“My mom kind of introduced me tobasketball in Grade 7,” Orum told theMaple Ridge-Pitt Meadows TIMES in thesummer of 2010, as she prepared to enterher Grade 10 year at MRSS. “After that Istarted getting into more camps, and thenI made teams, and I started liking it moreand more.”

– with files from the Oregon StateUniversity official athletic website.

NCAA women’s basketball

Orum shining in Oregon

Dave Nishitani/Oregon State AthleticsMaple Ridge’s Kolbie Orum (No. 12) of the Oregon StateUniversity Beavers is having a solid sophomore season playingNCAA Div. 1 women’s basketball.

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