Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows Times June 25 2015

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FRESH CHICKENFRYING (WHOLE)

$249/lb.

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FRESH BONE IN PORKBUTT STEAK (FP)

$299/lb.

$6.58/kg.

FRESH CHICKENDRUMETTES (FP)

$329/lb.

$7.24/kg.

FRESH BEEF BONE INPRIME RIB STEAK (FP)

$1099/lb.

$24.18/kg.

FROZEN SALMONSOCKEYE FILLET

$1299/lb.

$28.58/kg.

FRESH BEEF SIRLOINTIP ROAST AAA

$549/lb.

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NEW LOCATION LANGLEY FARMMARKET: 11935 - 207 STREET, MAPLE RIDGE604-465-5330 • PITT MEADOWS: 12438 HARRIS ROAD604-460-7122 • MAPLE RIDGE: #1-22621 LOUGHEED HWY.604-466-0281Hours: Mon - Fri 8:30am-8:00 pm • Sat-Sun 8:30am-7:00 pm • Holidays 9:00 am-6:00 pm

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OKANAGAN CHERRIESProduct of B.C.

1.99/lb.$4.40/kg.

LOCAL BUNCHCARROTS

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99¢/ea.

YELLOW PEACHESProduct of California

1.28/lb.$2.82/kg.

LOCALBLUEBERRIES

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$399/ea.

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Product of B.C.

1.28/lb.$2.82/kg.

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Product of B.C.

.49/lb.$1.08/kg.

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Shaving GraceMaple Ridge City councillorKiersten Duncan had herhead shaved for a greatcause.

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Happy 148th,Canada!Maple Ridge andPitt Meadows havebig plans for nextWednesday, July 1.

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Talent wantedRidge Meadows Got Talent is back foranother year.

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A Maple Ridgeagility competition

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Sawyer Playdon cooled down at MapleRidge Park’s spray park on yet anotherunseasonably warm afternoon recently.Spray parks, rivers, and lakes will be hotspots over the next few days as B.C.’ssouth coast braces for a heat wave,with Environment Canada forecastingtemperatures to hover near 30ºC in MapleRidge and Pitt Meadows by Sunday.

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TIMES Opinion PollWhat do you think of the hot, dryweather we’ve been experiencing?Vote at: www.mrtimes.comLast week’s question:

What should bedone about theSenate spendingscandal?

Expel overspenders 7%

Harsh jail terms 4%

Abolish the whole thing 30%

Audit House of Commons 16%

All the above 44%

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Ridge man scalescrane in North VanFive people have been arrested after being caught

climbing Onni’s construction crane on Lonsdale’sold Safeway site in North Vancouver, one of thoseindividuals being from Maple Ridge.

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Summertime safetyremindersSummer is an incredibly relaxing time of year.

Ironically though, it’s also the season in which anumber of preventable accidents tend to happen.TIMES columnist Kathy Booth offers some summersafety tips and tricks in her column this week.

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The Pitt Meadows Airportis the subject of a lettersent by Pitt Mayor JohnBecker to Maple RidgeMayor Nicole Read.ERIC [email protected]

Pitt Meadows Mayor John Beckerhas proposed a joint planning ses-sion with Maple Ridge Mayor NicoleRead regarding thedevelopment of “a stra-tegic vision” for the PittMeadows airport.In a recent letter

to Read, Becker pro-poses hosting a jointworkshop for the twocouncils, with expertsin the aviation industryfacilitating the meeting,“to ensure both councils have anopportunity to educate themselves abit more about airports... and discusssome of the issues and opportunitiesthat might exist for our airport.”Following the workshop, Becker

would like to see a strategic plan-ning session take place, that wouldinclude both cities, representativesfrom the airport board, and “someform of community representation.”

>More at www.mrtimes.com,search “airport”

BUSINESS

Airport‘vision’sought

Sunday’s greatweather marked asuccessful festival.COLE [email protected]

Aspecial guest host,great weather, anda number of aborig-inal artists and

vendors helpedmark a success-ful NationalAboriginal Day inMemorial PeacePark on June 21.The celebration was hosted

by Nathaniel Arcand, whostars in CBC’s Heartland, andhas appeared in a number ofCanadian film and TV produc-tions over the last decade.Arcand’s presence at the

show was “awesome,” said

Yvonne Desabrais, who helpedorganize the festival.But the real success of

the weekend was the localfeel to the celebration, saidDesabrais. “We were celebrat-ing our community – aborig-inal people within our com-munity.”As the vice president of

the Fraser River All NationsAboriginal Society (FRANAS),Desabrais stressed that the

celebration wasn’tcentred on onesingle aboriginalnation, but ratheraboriginal peopleas a whole.

After all, said Desabrais,Maple Ridge is built uponland traditionally occupied bythe Katzie and Kwantlen FirstNation people, respectively.While this year’s celebra-

tion took place on a Sunday,FRANAS is eyeing a return to

the first Saturday after June 21for next year, to align the cele-bration in the park with theHaney Farmers Market.Eventually, Desabrais said

she’d like to see the City assume

responsibility for running thefestival, similar to the way themunicipality organizes activitesfor Canada Day.“It is a national holiday,” she

said.

HERITAGE

Rick Moyer

There was dancing, music, crafts, food and vendors, as crowds ofpeople marked National Aboriginal Day in Memorial Peace Park.

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NOTICE OF INTENTION TO AMENDPITT MEADOWS ZONING BYLAW

TAKE NOTICETHAT a Public Hearing will be held in the CouncilChamber of the Pitt Meadows City Hall, 12007 Harris Road, PittMeadows, BC on Tuesday, July 7, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. to consider thefollowing amendment to Zoning Bylaw No. 2505, 2011, the Zoning Bylawfor the City of Pitt Meadows.

City of Pitt Meadows ZoningAmendment Bylaw No. 2692, 2015

The purpose of this amendment is to rezone the property located at11928 Blakely Road, legally described as:Lot 1 District Lot 283 Group 1 NewWestminister District Plan73238From Medium Lot Residential (R1) Zone to Small Lot Residential (R-2)Zone (shown bolded and shaded) in order to permit the subdivision ofthe property into two single family lots.The relative location of the land to be affected by the proposed bylaw isindicated on the sketch plan below:

12007 Harris Road, Pitt Meadows • 604.465.5454 • pittmeadows.bc.ca

The application andassociated reports maybe viewed at the CityHall between June 26,2015 and July 7, 2015from 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.,excluding weekends andstatutory holidays. Pleasedirect inquiries to theDevelopment ServicesDepartment at604-465-2428

AND FURTHERTAKE NOTICEALLPERSONS who deemthemselves affectedhereby shall be affordedan opportunity to beheard at the PublicHearing before Councilon the matters containedherein or by making awritten submission

(or email) by 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 7, 2015 to the attentionof Manager of Legislative Services.

All submissions will become part of the public record.

Kelly KenneyManager of Legislative Services604-465-2433 [email protected]

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO AMENDPITT MEADOWS ZONING BYLAW

TAKE NOTICETHAT a Public Hearing will be held in the CouncilChamber of the Pitt Meadows City Hall, 12007 Harris Road, PittMeadows, BC on Tuesday, July 7, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. to consider thefollowing amendment to Zoning Bylaw No. 2505, 2011, the Zoning Bylawfor the City of Pitt Meadows.

City of Pitt Meadows ZoningAmendment Bylaw No. 2691, 2015

The purpose of this amendment is to rezone the property located at11872 Blakely Road, legally described as:Lot 1 District Lot 283 Group 1 NewWestminister District Plan46650From Medium Lot Residential (R1) Zone to Small Lot Residential (R-2)Zone (shown bolded and shaded) in order to permit the subdivision ofthe property into two single family lots.

The relative location of the land to be affected by the proposed bylaw isindicated on the sketch plan below:


The application andassociated reports maybe viewed at the CityHall between June 26,2015 and July 7, 2015from 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.,excluding weekends andstatutory holidays. Pleasedirect inquiries to theDevelopment ServicesDepartment at604-465-2428

AND FURTHERTAKE NOTICEALLPERSONS who deemthemselves affectedhereby shall be affordedan opportunity to beheard at the PublicHearing before Councilon the matters containedherein or by making awritten submission

(or email) by 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 7, 2015 to the attentionof Manager of Legislative Services.

All submissions will become part of the public record.

Kelly KenneyManager of Legislative Services604-465-2433 [email protected]


John Becker would liketo see an 18-monthlong reduction.TROY [email protected]

Those who cross the GoldenEars Bridge on a regular basisknow full well that it can take asignificant toll on their pocket-books.Drivers with a transponder or

TReO decal currently pay a $3.05toll charge every time they crossthe bridge, with the cost slated togo up to $3.10 in mid-July.Pitt Meadows Mayor John

Becker hopes to lighten thatburden, with a proposal toTransLink to lower toll charges onthe Golden Ears Bridge while thePatullo Bridge connecting Surreyto New Westminster is underrepair.

TransLink is proceedingwith plans or structural seismicupgrades and deck rehabilitationon the Pattullo, which was openedin 1937 and is one of the region’soldest crossings.In a letter to Maple Ridge Mayor

Nicole Read and Port CoquitlamMayor Greg Moore, Becker wrote,“It has been brought to my atten-

tion that there is a proposal foran 18 month reduction in tolls onthe Port Mann Bridge while thePatullo Bridge is being resurfaced.Reducing tolls on the Golden EarsBridge during this time period isalso being considered.”Becker added that this 18 month

reduction period is estimated tobegin in March 2016 and “would

provide a great opportunity tomeasure the impact that a reduc-tion in fees would have on theutilization of the Golden Ears andPort Mann Bridges.”“It is critical that we advocate

that the Golden Ears Bridge alsobe reduced to the same level asthe Port Mann Bridge during thistime period to provide the technic-al analysis that is needed to deter-mine if use will increase enoughto keep revenue streams consistentwith current collections,” the letterstated.In December, the New

Westminster Chamber ofCommerce and Surrey Board ofTrade called the B.C. governmentto suspend or reduce tolls onthe Port Mann when mainten-ance work gets underway on thePattullo.– With files from the Vancouver

Sun> More at www.mrtimes.com, search

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GOLDEN EARS BRIDGE

Pitt mayor lobbies for lower bridge tollFor driverswith atransponderor TReOdecal, thetoll chargeto cross theGolden EarsBridge willincreasefrom $3.05to $3.10 asof July 15.

TIMES files

The CliffAvenue Campwas the focusof a specialmeeting.

ERIC [email protected]

A special meetingheld between the Cityof Maple Ridge andprovincial, as well asfederal representativeslast week, regardingthe city’s homeless-nessissue,– in par-ticulararoundthe campon CliffAvenue –left thoseinvolvedwith afew talk-ing points, specificallywhen it comes towho’s responsible forwhat.“Homelessness is

an issue in the juris-diction of higher levelgovernments,” saidMaple Ridge MayorNicole Read.In Read’s opinion,

the province shouldbe taking steps to helpsolve the issue, with-out having to be prod-ded by the city.There is “no doubt

that the situation onCliff Avenue is troub-ling to the commun-ity, local businesses,and to myself,” saidMaple Ridge-MissionMLA Marc Dalton.Dalton countered

Read’s position andsaid the province“does not have theauthority” to comeand clear it up, asit falls “under thecity’s jurisdiction andbylaws.”It was reported

recently that the num-ber of people currentlypart of the homelesscamp now totals morethan 100, althoughRead disputes thosenumbers. saying shebelieves the numbersare 32 tents and 64campers.-With files from The

Province>More at: mrtimes.com,

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At one o’clock in themorning on June 13,under the stadiumlights of Langley’s

McLeod Athletic Park, KierstenDuncan and her teammatesmade a small sacrifice forothers living with cancer.Today, the 22-year-old rookie

Maple Ridge City councillorproudly sports a buzz cut.“Most people recognize what

it’s for, and it was quite wide-ly publicized so most peoplewere really excited when theysaw me,” Duncan said, abouther newly shaved head. “Theywent, ‘Oh my gosh! She reallydid it!’”

This year markedDuncan’s first experiencewith the Langley Relay

For Life, which ran over 12hours from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. onJune 12 and 13.Duncan connected to the

Canadian Cancer Society fund-raiser through her good friendPhil Shuttlewood, who lives inLangley and ultimately was theperson who shaved her headfor donations.“He was getting a team

together and my friends and Ithought that if we were goingto raise money, let’s do some-thing really fun and differentthat we haven’t done before,”Duncan said.Hence the head shaving.

Initially, Duncan was theonly member of “ShavingGrace” who was going to makethe sacrifice.She dyed her hair pink for a

month to bring attention to hercause.Just past the midway point of

the relay, eight team membersstepped up to have their headsshaved, which helped “ShavingGrace” collectively raise morethan $3,500 in donations forthe society.

Duncan said the entirerelay experience inLangley was enjoyable,

albeit much chillier once herhead was shaved.“It was a little shocking,”

Duncan said with a laugh.Duncan said she’s “very

fortunate” not to have beendirectly touched by cancer butnoted, “I’ve certainly lost a lotof family to it. My little cousinis currently battling it.”

Donating to Duncan’scause were fellow MapleRidge City council mem-

bers as well as those from thelocal school board.“Shaving Grace” is still col-

lecting donations through theCanadian Cancer Society’sRelay For Life website.To connect to the website,

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Maple Ridge City councillor Kiersten Duncan along with fellowmembers of ‘Shaving Grace’ had their heads shaved in Langley onJune 13 to raise money for the Canadian Cancer Society.

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TIMES VIEW

Preventing local fires

Smokey the Bear is worried about making sure you don’t burndown the woods, but wildfires don’t need a whole forest to getgoing.

It’s dry out there, and about to get drier and hotter with a heatwave expected to start as soon as this weekend. Every year, firefightersspend a lot of their time dealing with what can only be called stupidfires – fires started through simple, careless ignorance.

Cigarette butts are still the main cause of these fires, butts tossedonto dry grass or bark mulch on medians and in parks. The smoker canwalk away and nothing seems to happen, sometimes for hours or days.But the fire can smolder, burrowing underground and biding its time.Then there’s the puff of smoke, and if we’re lucky, the fire departmentgets a call when that’s all it is.

There have been some serious fires in the Lower Mainland in recentyears, including in 1996 and 2005 in Burns Bog. The smoldering firesclaimed 170 hectares and 200 hectares of land respectively. Numeroussmall brush fires have struck in other suburban areas around MetroVancouver and the Fraser Valley.

Other communities north of the Fraser River have to worry aboutinterface fires – blazes that start in the forest and then march towardsresidential areas.

While there have been just a few minor incidents in Pitt Meadows oflate – according to the community’s assistant fire chief Brad Perrie – italong with Maple Ridge are potential matchboxes – all it takes is a care-less toss of a cigarette, or out-of-control backyard fire.

If our recent drier, hotter summers are the result of global warming,we will see these tinder-dry conditions more frequently in the future.

That will place an even larger burden on us to be cautious with fire.Learn about your local rules for outdoor burning before you put a matchto the bonfire or fire pit. Put out that cigarette somewhere safe. Andkeep an eye out for those telltale puffs of smoke coming from the vacantlots, the medians, and the backyards.

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Afriend of mine lost achild this morning.And it was my

fault. It was some-thing I did. The kid died inmy garden. It was the samegarden where I met my friendquite a few years ago.People who know me know

that I am an inveterate whist-ler.I tend to mix my pleasures.

When I’m enjoying what I’mdoing, I whistle while I work– when I’m writing, whenI’m paddling my canoe, and especiallywhen I’m gardening.I just can’t help myself. The music gets

inside me and it’s just got to get back outagain.It was fall. I was chopping up some

plants for composting, and I was whist-ling away at a swing jazz tune that Iremembered from an old movie.Next thing you know, there’s a

Chickadee singing with me!

He’s perched on a cornstock not 10 feet away fromme.Amazed, I stopped whist-

ling… and he stoppedsinging. He just cocked hishead and looked at me.Tentatively, I picked up mytune again.And he joined back in. We

were jamming. No. We werecooking!I’ve always had a love for

nature, but that day – andthe many days after, when

my friend returned again and again toshare music with me – my heart was fullto bursting with the wonder of it.Another side of nature came to my

garden two summers ago. Apple maggot.Apparently, it came into the Fraser Valleyjust a few years ago, and has been ram-pant.The fly has markings on its wings that

make it look like a spider, less than ahalf centimetre long. It lays its eggs in

immature apples, initially leaving a tiny,innocuous-looking dimple.The eggs hatch into larvae, often just

one per apple, that tunnel all throughthe fruit as it grows. One or two flies candevastate an entire dwarf tree like theones I have.That first year, I got three edible apples

out of the four or five dozen I pickedfrom a single tree.So I did some research, found myself

some pesticide which, used in the rightway, would have little or no impact onour beneficial bugs, “acceptable” risk toour birds, but bad for fish, so I had tokeep it far from our pond.OK. That seemed to work, although I

was concerned about the “acceptable”risk to the feathered colony, includingthose lovable chickadees, that we’ve cul-tivated to handle most of our garden pestproblems for us.So I did more research, and found sev-

eral university agriculture departmentsrecommend sticky fly paper to attract andtrap the maggot flies.

Large-scale orchards use the yellowstickies to alert them to the flies, andensure best pesticide practices by timingfor optimum effectiveness and minimumrisk.For just a few small trees, they sug-

gested, the sticky traps would provideadequate control without additional pesti-cide. So I hung one in my earliest appletree.And this morning I was heartbroken to

find a young chickadee splayed acrossthe sticky sheet. Its wings were twistedand contorted and plumes of feathers hadbeen torn from its body. It had put up amassive fight. And lost.I learned two important lessons.One lesson was that trying to save the

environment around us is far more com-plicated than we humans can ever trulycomprehend.The other is that sometimes the price

for saving a few damned apples can beunacceptably high.

Read Matthew Claxton’s Painful Truthonline this week at mrtimes.com

Price to save a few apples heartbreakingly high

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A recent meeting of government officials(municipal, provincial, and federal) cametogether to discuss the homeless issue inMaple Ridge and who is responsible. Readersshared their views:“Great that these politicians are at the table together,discussing this. Even better that our mayor is stressingthat she will be ensuring their accountability. If she hadnot pressed for this discussion, I do believe our MLA orMP would have brushed it aside.”

– Candice Brown

“Stolen property and crime on the rise, there’s needleseverywhere now. They need to go. No sympathy!”

– Derek Langdeau

“A little less talk, a lot more action!!! The powers thatbe need to get off their dufs and get some movingdone. More homeless from other districts are coming indroves. It’s prime area, free food and amenities and nohassles, it’s becoming Hastings street on the bypass!!!!!Get er done!!!!! Set a date and bring a truck.”

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Dear Editor,Our mayor is to be

commended for her sin-cere concerns about theplight of the homelessin Maple Ridge.It is not just Maple

Ridge that has this prob-lem, it is clear acrossthe country as well asin the United States.As far as helping to

solve this problem, Ican tell you it cannot beaccomplished withouttrampling on the con-stitutional rights of thehomeless themselves.

Canada is a freecountry where we areall free to live wherewe choose, work (or

not work) where wechoose, and to associatewith whoever we wish.Unless the “state”

acquires the rights todeal with the problemoutside the require-ments of our constitu-tion, there can be nosolution.Sure, some of these

people can be helped.But, that would requirethem to put an honesteffort forward on theirpart.There are many

homeless who wouldjump at an opportunityto participate in suchprograms where theyare “partners” with

the government entityresponsible for manag-ing such programs.One such program

was in effect back in1971, when I was ayoung man.The federal govern-

ment managed theunemployed through aprogram known then as“manpower.”

People who were inneed of a job wouldbe summoned to themanpower office nearestto them, take an apti-tude test, and then amanpower agent wouldoffer the applicant oneof three or four train-ing opportunities thatindicated they woulddo well at, based on thequestionnaire they hadfilled out.There were at least

six people in my weld-ing class, at then BCVocational School, who

had come to the coursein this fashion.They were told if

they did not take acourse then once theirunemployment insur-ance ran out they wouldnot be eligible for wel-fare.The incentive was

quite successful andthose welders I knewfrom the class did very,very well in life.

There was also aprogram for first-timehomebuyers back thenand the houses thatqualified were subsid-ized by the federal gov-ernment.Bare bones, but quite

livable. There are par-tial solutions, but thosesolutions do requirecertain rights to be setaside and in Canada,that will not happen.

Mike Boileau,Maple Ridge

Homeless solutions trample constitution

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MAPLE RIDGE & PITT MEADOWS TIMES Thursday, June 25, 2015 A9OPINION

Insects invade Volker ParkDear Editor,Nature vs Nurture… we traded socializing our

pets for an invasion of stinging pests.If you thought dogs required pest control, try an

insect invasion.Don’t walk or play in Volker Park anytime this

summer, you will be stung.Since the closing of the dog park, the entire park

has been taken over by stinging insects.Walking in Volker Park is like walking through a

stinging land mine.It’s not safe for dogs; it’s not safe for children.What are the parks and recreation department

heads going to do to make Volker Park safe forthis community?

P. Justus, Maple Ridge

Garbage must be collectedDear Editor,We will need the pied piper in this City if a uni-

versal garbage collection is not brought in.The rats are getting more plentiful and bigger.As more people move into our town the garbage

piles up and the rats, raccoons, bears, and coyotescome out to enjoy the feast.There are the people, like me, who have garbage

pickup and we have the recyclers, like me. But weall create garbage.For every one person who recycles to the max

and leaves a very small garbage footprint, we havethe people that “do not.” And they wait till thereis enough garbage for it worth while paying at thetransfer station. Rats and other night crawlers comeout to enjoy the feast.History (the plaque, for example) has shown that

waste must be removed from large populated areas.Why are we worried about a small tax increase to

get this service, by private or municipal workers?It has to be done, if not, someone get out a flute

and hide your childrenGerard Kavanagh, Maple Ridge

Dear Editor,Our family recently lost our home to fire.As devastating as that was, and continues to

be, it has given us the opportunity to witness firsthand, the kindness, caring, and generosity of thepeople living in this community.Though we will express our gratitude in person,

we would also like to acknowledge some of thesepeople in a public way (read full letter online).It goes without saying that first and foremost

we want to thank the Maple Ridge firefighters, theRidge Meadows RCMP, and the BC AmbulanceService for everything they did for us.These are true professionals and it was impres-

sive to see them work together as a team. Thesituation was a difficult one and we appreciate howhard they all worked!We would also like to thank all our friends,

family, co-workers, and community. You truly areamazing!We lost a lot of “stuff” in the fire, but we still

have everything that matters.The Britton and Carlson families

> A full version of this letter is at www.mrtimes.com,click on Opinion or search ‘Britton’.

Kindness overwhelms

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Mark’s Work WearhouseMRSS Grad Class of 1974Meadow Gardens GolfPaliotti’s RestaurantPitt Meadows GolfPurdy’s ChocolatesRidge Meadow Leisure CentreRotary Club of HaneyRoyal Lepage Brookside RealtySafewaySave-On-FoodsScotia Bank – MeadowtownCentreSector 2814 Comics and ToysSubway – 240thT&T Auto PartsTD Canada TrustTemptations Salon & SpaTim HortonsTriple TreeVanCityVienny NailsWok Box Asian Kitchen

Maple Ridge Secondary and Thomas HaneySecondary School’s annual Dry Grad wasa huge success thanks to the followingcontributors from our community.

Anne Waring-JonesAnytime Fitness - PittMeadowsBC LionsBC Liquor StoresBCAA - Maple RidgeBe Me SalesBen’s Town TaylorBlends Coffee – PittMeadowsBoston Pizza – Maple RidgeBrown’s Social House –Maple RidgeCanadian Tire – Maple RidgeChadview FarmsChameleon RestaurantCIBC - Pitt MeadowsCoast Capital Savings – PittMeadowsCommodore BallroomCool CreationsDairy Queen - Maple Ridge,ScottDaryl AndersonDennis Aalderink - PNEDestiny DesignEarl’s RestaurantEminenceEnchanted Pixie CupcakesEnCompass Solutions Group– Tim WrightEnjoy Garden RestaurantEpic YogaFairmont HotelFutura CorpGlobal TVGM RestaurantGordon Clarke PhotographyHaney BakeryHard Bite Potato ChipsHarrigan Rentals & EquipmentLtdHighland Redi-Green TurfFarmI-Corp Security Services LtdIGA- Pitt MeadowsInterwrap IncJohnston Meier Insurance

JRFMKabuki SushiKiwanisKomodo ElectricLaurie ShongLaurie SuchanekLeavitt MachineryLive Nation/CommodoreLordco - Maple RidgeLougheed Tire Sales andServiceMaple Ridge Pitt MeadowsParks and LeisureMaple Ridge TimesMeadow Gardens GolfCourseMeadows FlowersMenchies - Maple RidgeMinit Tune-Maple RidgeMs. FitNew Balance Cleats 10 1/2Nintendo CanadaNorth American WoodPreservers LPNulek Sign CreationsOde to BloomO’GradysOnce Upon a Tea LeafOtter Co-opPacific Centre forReproductive MedicinePapa Leos – Pitt MeadowsPCR RoofingPCRM - Dr. Ken SeethramPenzoil 10 Minutes OilChange CentrePink Candles and GiftsPita Pit – Pitt MeadowsPitt HoodyPitt Meadows Golf CoursePlaylandPremier HelicopterProstock Athletic Supply LtdPuddle Duck Children’sCentrePurdy’s ChocolatesRPM HockeyS. Comeault

Safeway – Maple RidgeSave-on Foods - Maple RidgeScience WorldScotia Bank - Pitt MeadowsShoppers Drug Mart - PittMeadowsSoul Experience RunCompanySour AppleSpecial Moments DecoratingStaples - Pitt MeadowsStarbucks - Pitt MeadowsSticky’s candySubway - Pitt MeadowsSuperstore - Pitt MeadowsSwan-e-setThe LaPlante FamilyTD Bank - Maple RidgeTexas JerseyThe O`Grady`sThe Futura CorporationThe Jolly CoachmanThe Wooden Spoon BistroTim Hortons - Maple RidgeTim Hortons – Pitt MeadowsTimes NewspaperTire Link – Maple RidgeT-Lane TransportationTom WhiteTomes & TalesTranscoldTriple Tree NurseryT’s GiftsTuscany Salon and SpaVan City - Pitt MeadowsVariety ClubVCC Hair SalonVinegar WorksVisions - Port CoquitlamW. Mader ExcavatingWadah Nour DJ ServicesWalmart - Port CoquitlamWes & Rose MadderWest Coast Auto GroupWest Coast ExpressWest Coast NissanWooden Spoon Bistro

The Pitt Meadows Secondary Grad Class2015 would like to thank the followingbusinesses & individuals for their generousdonation. Grad would not have been a greatsuccess without all of your help!

A special thank you to those who donated that wish to remainanonymous and a big“THANKYOU”to all of the volunteers that helped

make this a safe place for our PMSS Class of 2015!

MAPLE RIDGE & PITT MEADOWS TIMESA10 Thursday, June 25, 2015 BUSINESS

Dog agility and skillswere on full displaythis past weekend, atHIGHRUN Dog Sports

in Pitt Meadows.The event, which was an

Agility Association Of Canada(AAC) event, featured master’slevel dogs demontstrating whatthey were capable of for thosein attendance.These agility trials at

HIGHRUN are a fairly regularthing, said the facility’s BevMattson.This particular trial was put

on by Pacific Agility Clan, shefurthered.“The events usually see

about 40 to 50 dogs, and theirhandlers take part, althoughthis was a smaller one spread

over two days, asthey didn’t wantto interfere withFathers Day,”Mattson noted.As it turns out,

the next eventHIGHRUN will hosttakes place nextWednesday, July1, and people arewelcome to comecheck things out.“Any dog can

participate in aregional agility trial,” sheexplained. “A lot of peopleuse this as a way to just enjoymore time with their dog, aswell as build confidence intheir pet.” Find more informa-tion at highrundogsports.com.

Special guest

The Chamberof Commerceserving Maple

Ridge and PittMeadows presents aspecial Risk, Reach& Thrive event thisevening at The Well,at Chances MapleRidge.Taking place

from from 5:30 to 8p.m., the event fea-

tures special guest, JonathanWilcocks from PinnaclePursuits.Admission is $15 for mem-

bers, and $20 for non-mem-bers, and includes a compli-mentary drink and appetizers.

Skills seen at Pitt pooch place

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TransportationCommunityDevelopment

Transportation Forum June 17Over 100 residents attended theTransportation Forum on June 17 at theHeritage Hall. Attendees were able to askquestions of City staff and representativesfrom ICBC, CP Rail, Pitt Meadows Airport,Ridge Meadows RCMP, West Coast Express,ISL Engineering & Land Services Ltd, and theMinistry of Transportation and Infrastructure.A short survey on transportation in PittMeadows is available on the City’s website atpittmeadows.bc.ca.

PublicWorks &Safety

Summer is a busy time inSpirit Square at the Civic Centre, beginning with Canada Daycelebrations on July 1! On July 11, Parks & Leisure Services willbe hosting “Movies in the Park” beginning at 8pm, featuring themovie “Peabody & Sherman.”The popular Bard on the Bandstandis back, with Shakespeare’s “TheWinter’s Tale,” on July 16, 17 and18, beginning at 8pm.And the Bruce James Orchestra will be backevery Wednesday night at 7pm throughout July and August. Fordetails on community events, visit the Parks & Leisure website atmrpmparksandleisure.ca.

CouncilThis Month

Water Conservation.With the relatively dry winter and earlywarm weather, water conservationwill be important this summer. MetroVancouver has implemented lawnsprinkling restrictions Find out when yourlawn sprinkling days and times are onthe City’s website at pittmeadows.bc.ca.What other ways can you conserve waterat home? Water conservation tips can befound at metrovancouver.org.

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Go GreenFood is Banned FromGarbage asof July 1.The food waste in garbage ban willbe enforced as of July 1 throughoutMetroVancouver. In Pitt Meadows,food waste has been part of thegreen waste cart curbside pickupsince 2013. Just continue to put food waste into your green cartinstead of the garbage. For tips on what can go in your green cart, visitpittmeadows.bc.ca.

PropertyTaxes are Due July 2, 20152015 property taxes and Home Owners Grant applications aredue on July 2. There are several ways to pay your taxes:Online Payments. On your online bank account, just add “City ofPitt Meadows” as a bill payee, and use your roll number (found onyour tax notice) without the decimal, as your account number.At your Bank or Credit Union. You can pay your property taxesat most chartered banks in Canada, credit unions in BC andparticipating trust companies.In Person at City Hall. Payments by cash, cheque (includingpost-dated cheques), debit or money order can be made duringbusiness hours, 8:30 to 4:30, Monday to Friday. Cheques can alsobe mailed or dropped off in the after-hours drop box at the mainentrance doors.You must apply for your Home Owners Grant each year, evenif your taxes have been paid by your mortgage company, by pre-authorized payment plan, at your bank or through online banking.The application must be received by the due date of July 2 and issubject to penalty if received late.

CouncilWorking ForYou. Council has been busy with several initiatives recently, including:• Mayor and Council were on hand at this year’s Pitt Meadows Day celebration on June 6. Council Members volunteered in variouscapacities throughout the day.

• Councillors Elkerton and Murray represented Pitt Meadows at the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) Conference held inWinnipeg June 3-6.

• The Citizen’s Committee on Open Government has wrapped up and will deliver a report of recommendations to Council on July 21.• TheTransportation Forum was be held June 17 at Heritage Hall, and Council and staff addressed transporation questions from the publicalong with regional transportation partners.

Canada Day – July 1Join this year’s Canada Day celebration and mark the 50th anniversary ofthe Canadian flag! The festivities begin at 8am.Visit pittmeadows.bc.ca/canadaday for the poster and full schedule.

Movies in the Park – July 11Bring your lawnchairs or blankets and enjoy the scheduled movie,“Peabody and Sherman” in Spirit Square.The event starts at 8pm.

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Residents ofall ages areencouragedto get readingwith a varietyof optionsavailable.


It’s librarian SusanRedmond’s favouritetime of the year.“I love the summer

reading program,” shesaid.Redmond works

at the Pitt MeadowsLibrary, and said thebest part of the pro-gram – which kickedoff on Pitt MeadowsDay and runs throughJuly and August – isseeing all the kids, par-ents, and others whocome to the library toparticipate.“It’s just wonderful,”

she added. “Everyonewho works here at thelibrary really gets intoit, as well.”This year, the theme

of the summer readingprogram is Build It!,and both Maple Ridgeand Pitt Meadowslibraries are offering awide variety of oppor-tunities to help readersof all ages build theirimagination and inter-est in reading. Theclubs are free to join.Though the Build It!

reading program cov-ers the entire FraserValley Regional Librarynetwork, Redmondsaid the library in PittMeadows is doingsomething unique andadding something alittle extra.

Starting in July,the plan is to sectionoff part of the PittMeadows Library as a“construction zone,”she elaborated. “Thekids come in and getZip-Loc bags that haveconstruction materialin them, and thenwhat we’re going to dois encourage them toconstruct things in thatarea.”She hopes some kids

will leave their projectson display for the dur-ation of the week forothers to see, as well.“In the entire Fraser

Valley, we are theonly Library doingthese Build-It bags,”Redmond noted.“Every time a child

takes a book bag,they’re automaticallyentered in a draw for abook prize,” she said.“We’re a small library,and we like to give lotsof prizes.”But the summer

reading program is by

no means just for kids.Categories of the clubare designed to includeeveryone.The Read-to-Me club

encompasses “anyonefrom birth to kinder-garten,” Redmondexplained: “Thenkindergarten kids andolder do the regularsummer reading pro-gram.” Participants geta reading record, spe-cial bookmark, weeklystickers, and chancesto win other prizes.Kids who completetheir reading recordsalso receive a medal.The teen reading

club – which includeskids in Grade 7 to 12 –is “prize-palooza,” saidRedmond.“They get tons of

stuff,” she added.For every seven

days of reading, teensreceive an entry intodraws for things likeiPad minis, and $100gift cards for Chapters.Adults can take their

reading levels to newheights as well, byjoining the adult read-ing program.Participants will

receive a reading rec-ord, and every weekhave a chance to winprizes.Prizes courtesy of

local merchants intown can also be won.“I call this a

‘multi-generationalprogram’ and I thinkFraser Valley RegionalLibrary is really for-ward-thinking, becausea program like thisallows us to includeeverybody,” Redmondsaid.The program caps

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Expressingthanks:

During St. PatrickSchool’s recent parent

appreciation tea, principalClive Heah presentedSue Fleming with the

school’s community awardfor her work with the

Intergenerational Gardenon Edge Street. Accordingto Heah, St. Pat’s has been

“privileged” to be part ofthe garden project sinceits inception two yearsago. The Grade 7classat the time helped with

the building of the flowerbeds. Fleming approached

the staff and offered toprovide students with

garden space, in which theycould grow herbs, fruits,and vegetables. It’s beena great learning tool, forwhich Heah is grateful.

Rotary happenings:It was all smiles as Haney Rotary Club

president Jan Hickman (centre left]welcomed new club president Michelle

Broughton. Rotary district governorBill Robson (far right) and district assistant

governor Clive Evans attendedand congratulated the club on another

year of outstanding service to thiscommunity.

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Car given as dry grad prize:Mitchell Wellicome’s grad was memorable, for a wholebunch of reasons, including his good fortune in winninga car. The Westview Secondary grad recently accepted

the keys to his new-to-him vehicle from West CoastMazda sales manager Jean Sleiman (left). Each yearthe West Coast Auto Group donates a vehicle to one

local high school for their dry grad. During the dry gradfestivities for Westview, Wellicome’s name was drawnfrom the barrel at 5:30 in the morning. He couldn’t behappier, expressing his appreciation to his school and

the car company. His post-secondary plans includeobtaining an apprenticeship – possibly in welding, orsome other hands-on trade – only partially joking that

he hopes his Xbox skills will come in handy.

Proud grandma: Graduation day is unforgettable for Grade 12 studentsabout to take the next step in their lives. But for Thomas Haney Secondarygrad Nicholas Girard, it was an extra special day as he visited his grandma,Alba Mazzarolo, at her seniors care home in Port Coquitlam. Alba suffers fromdementia and was unable to attend Nicholas’s graduation ceremony, so he paidher a visit dressed in his cap and gown. The two have been very close for all ofNicholas’s life. Their story was profiled [Lesson in compassion, June 4, TheTIMES]. “It was a very touching moment,” said Nicholas’s mom Gisel. “Theyboth hugged each other and started crying.”

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Dear Anne,I’ve been growing chives in a pot on the patio

for many years. Every year it grows back – butnot this year. Why? I watered it, gave it someliquid food to no avail.

Florence, VancouverDear Florence,When you say you watered your chives, I won-

der how frequently that was.This winter and spring,

we had some very strangeweather: torrential rainin bursts but also verylong spells of warm, dryweather. The dry spellswere in months when wewouldn’t expect this. Allthis was very tricky forplants in containers.Containers do dry out

frequently and when theydo are very hard to re-wetbecause the dry soil canshrink away from the inner sides of the pot.You may drench the soil with water and think

the plants are having a good drink, not knowingthe water is running down the soil crack aroundthe inside edges and away.But it’s an odd problem. Chives have the repu-

tation of being very hardy and healthy: no pestsand the only disease is an occasional attack ofrust which kills them if it’s let go for ages.Anything with a fat root storage area (bulbs,

tubers or taproot) is usually quite resilient evento drought. Chives don’t have the big bulb thatother alliums do, but their root does have somestorage capability.It might be useful if you thoroughly dug up

and removed the soil from the chives pot. Havea good look for little living creatures or anythingthat looks unusual. Discard that soil. There maybe something to be learned here.Dear Anne,My lavender blooms are dying now. Does snip-

ping the dead blossoms give me a second bloombefore the end of the summer?

Terry Wong, South BurnabyDear Terry,Yes, it will. This is because lavender blooms

on this year’s stems. It’s best to prune as earlyas you can so that new stems have time to growand mature enough for blooms.

>Read more at www.mrtimes.com,search ‘Marrison’

AnneMarrison is happy to answer gardening questions.Send them to [email protected]

Watering trickyin containers

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Any property wherefood is grown canbe part of an annualgarden contest.RONDA [email protected]

Time is almost up!The nomination deadline

for the City of Maple Ridge’sannual Food Garden Contestis Friday, June 26.Gardeners can enter the

growing action in their ownyard, or can nominate aneighbour, but must com-plete an entry form (on the

City’s website at mapleridge.ca, search “food gardencontest,” or at the counterof the planning departmentat City hall) and providean electronic “before”photo of the garden to Cityplaner Siobhan Murphy,who assists the agriculturaladvisory committee with theevent and other activities.“This is actually the fifth

year [of the contest],” saidMurphy. “It’s an initiativeof the agricultural advisorycommittee.”As the staff liaison of the

committee, Murphy helpsget the community involvedin the Food Garden Contest.“It’s slightly different this

year,” she said. “In the pastit was a front yard food gar-den contest.”The intent in

prior years wasto have peoplethink abouthow they usedtheir yards andto encouragethem to forgosome of theirlawn for a bitof edible greeninstead.“The com-

mittee wants to include both[front and back] yards thisyear,” Murphy elaborated.The before photo, to be

included with the nomina-

tion form, is essential as ithelps the judges determinehow well the garden has

grown andwhat it lookedlike at the start.“In early to

mid-August,someone fromthe agricul-tural advisorycommitteewill go look atthe [entered]gardens,” shenoted, add-

ing that arrangements forjudging will be made withentrants.> Read more at mrtimes.com,

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DEADLINELOOMINGMaple Ridge City’sFood Garden Contest9 Nominations dueFriday, June 269 Forms online atmapleridge.ca, search“food garden contest”

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funds will be heldat the same locationon Saturday, June 27from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.Mckenzie will again

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On Friday, ABRA Cadabra will grace the stageat The ACT in Maple Ridge – a venue that mightnot have the same cosmopolitan appeal as play-ing for the Malaysian royal family – which theband recently did – but is a homecoming forFalle and bandmate Ryan Langevin.Tickets are $34.50, with the show is set to

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every year in MapleRidge, and this year isno exception.In addition to cele-

brating the country’s148th birthday, MapleRidge – along with therest of the nation –will celebrate anotherimportant milestone:The 50th anniversaryof the Canadian Flag.To mark the mile-

stone, organizers ofthe July 1 party inMemorial Peace Parkare celebrating the flagwith a huge commun-ity art project, andeveryone is invited totake part.Participants can

writepoemsor versesaboutthe flag,draw pic-tures, andsubmitphotosof them-selvesand/ortheir fam-ilies withthe flag.“Canada Day is all

about the celebrationof our accomplish-ments and our prideas a nation,” saidMaple Ridge mayorNicole Read, addingthat Maple Ridge is“filled” with excep-tional Canadians.“In every endeavour,

sports, arts, citizen-ship, and volunteer-ism, our communityrepresents the valuesthat make our nationstrong.”The day-long event

– which runs from10 a.m. to 3 p.m. –includes live musicthroughout the day,including musical actsThe Crayons, TheRoad Dogs, and coun-try rock music siblingduo, The JohnsonBrothers.The official flag

raising and protocolceremony will happen

at 12:30 p.m. and willfeature a march-in bythe Royal CanadianLegion Branch #88Colour Guard, andmembers of the RidgeMeadows RCMP in fullceremonial uniforms.In addition to police,

Maple Ridge firefight-ers will also be onhand to help deploythe largest Canadianflag on the north sideof the Fraser River.People are encour-

aged to bring theircameras and pose forphotos with the flag,firefighters, and police.There will also be

a number of culturaldance demonstrationstaking place through-out the day on theMaple Ridge band-stand, including new-comer performer andstreet magician, Matt

Johnson,whosemagicstyle isknown as“urbandecep-tion:” amix of“street-stylemagic”combined

with comedy andstage presence.A giant multi-activity

area will also be setup in the park.It’s here where

people can take part inthings like mini-golf,balloon twisting, face-painting, and crafts.There will also be

prize giveaways, ahydration station,trivia challenges, andmascots.In addition, a

neighbourhood activ-ity challenge willgive participants thechance to win a poolparty for their neigh-bourhood by navigat-ing through a varietyof literacy stations.The Haney Farmers

Market will be operat-ing a special “CanadaDay market,” offeringeverything from local-ly-sourced fresh fruit,to fresh-baked good-ies, to artisan craftsand wares.

Finally, theDowntown MapleRidge BusinessImprovementAssociation’s Summer

Market will highlightlocal businesses thatoffer a wide variety ofgoods and services inthe community.

“I look forward tosharing this day withmy amazing MapleRidge neighbours,”Read said.

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Flag focus of national birthdayMemorial Peace Park is the spot to be for Canada Day festivities on July 1.

CANADADAYWednesday, July 19 Memorial PeacePark in Maple Ridge9 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.9 Entertainment,crafts, and activities

Canada Dayfestivitiesreturn onceagain toMemorialPeace Parkin MapleRidge onWednesday,July 1.

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Pitt Meadows willcelebrate Canada’s148th birthday nextWednesday, July 1.Volunteer chair ZabrinaBraithwaite encourageseveryone to come outand enjoy the fun.

Organizers sayCanada Daycelebrationsare ‘shaping upwell.’ERIC [email protected]

A whole day’sworth of fun is on thedocket and CanadaDay in Pitt Meadowsis “shaping up real-ly well this year,”according to ZabrinaBraithwaite, volunteerchair for Pitt MeadowsCanada Day.“Our official Canada

Day in Pitt MeadowsCeremony will begin at11 a.m. sharp, wherewe will get to hear frommany of our local dig-nitaries who will sharea welcoming word withall of us,” she said.Even before that,

though, there will be aLions Pancake breakfastbeginning at 8 a.m., aone and two km runwith Athletes In Kind(AIK) beginning at 8:30a.m., children’s gamesand activities beginningat the same time, andthe AIK eight km runstarting at 9 a.m.The day will also

feature live music andentertainment, a water-melon eating contest,and prize draws, aswell as a variety oflocal vendors on site.“We do hope that

everyone can comeout to our Canada Dayfestival,” Braithwaitesaid.People are being

encouraged to transitor ride their bikesto the event at SpiritSquare, and Cap’sWestwood Cycle willhave bike parkingonsite as well.For full-day details,

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Golf enthusiasts areinvited to learn fromprofessionals at anupcoming event.

If Pitt Meadows Golf Club mem-bers are among the best chippersand putters in Lower Mainland golf,there’s a reason.They’ve been learning for three

years from the masters of golf’sshort game – Dave Stockton and hisson, Dave Jr.The club is now inviting

non-members to enter a draw tobecome one of 10 lucky guestsat two clinics scheduled forWednesday, July 16 at the Club,located at 13615 Harris Road in PittMeadows.To enter the draw, contact Caylen

Wallace, the club’s director ofmarketing and sales, at [email protected], or phone604-465-5431.Successful invitees will be notified

by July 10.Each Wednesday, Pitt Meadows

Golf Club members participate in a“men’s night” event – the Stocktonshave joined the event each Julysince 2012.“They are honorary members of

Pitt Meadows Golf Club and havebeen generous in sharing their timeand their short game expertise withour members,” the club’s head pro-fessional Neil Roberts said.The Stocktons are famed for their

own skills.Dave Sr. is a five-time major

winner on the PGA and ChampionsTours as well as a Ryder Cup cap-tain. He and Dave Jr. are especiallywell known for their expertise andspecialized training programs in allaspects of the short game.The two clinics, scheduled for

10:45 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., will takeplace at the club’s practice facilitieswhich now include a new drivingrange.The club is also hosting the

Monday qualifying event for theAug. 17 to 23 Canadian PacificWomen’s Open Tournament at theVancouver Golf Club.

>More at: www.mrtimes.com,search “golf”

GOLF

Mastershost clinic

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Paddle Party:The Pitt Meadows Paddling Club hosted an open house at their facililty, just off HarrisRoad on the banks of the Alouette River on the weekend. The open house is the club’sway to celbrate various different kinds of paddle sports, as well as introduce visitorsand first-timers to different paddle boat styles and categories such as dragon boat,outrigger canoes, sprint kayaks, recreational kayaks, and stand-up paddleboards. Formore information on the club, visit www.pmpc.ca. See more photos online.

It was a heartbreakerthe Burrards, wholost at home Sunday.

TROY [email protected]

Unlike ice hockey, there is no“loser point” in lacrosse.An overtime loss is just that

– a loss, and the losergoes away empty-hand-ed.That only added to the

frustration of the MapleRidge Burrards, whomounted a big third-periodcomeback only to lose 10-9 tothe Victoria Shamrocks Sundaynight at Planet Ice.The loss drops the Burrards’

Western Lacrosse Associationrecord to 2-6.The Burrards are tied with

the 2-5 Nanaimo Clippers atthe bottom of the seven-team,Western Lacrosse Associationstandings, however Nanaimohas a game in hand.The Shamrocks, who won

their sixth straight con-test, now sit tied at the topof the WLA with the NewWestminster Salmonbellies,each with 6-2 records and 12points.Sunday’s game was all

Shamrocks in the earlygoing, as the visitorsbuilt a 3-1 lead after thefirst period and increasedtheir advantage to 7-2with a goal from Scott

Ranger at the 11:17 mark of themiddle frame.But from that point, it was all

Burrards, who scored the finaltwo goals of the middle stan-za and proceeded to stun thevisitors in the third frame byscoring four unanswered mark-

ers to take an 8-7 lead with4:39 to go in regulation.The Shamrocks needed a goal

from Rhys Duch – his thirdtally and fifth point of the night– with 1:51 to go in the thirdperiod to tie the game and sendit into overtime.During the overtime period,

the Shamrocks sandwichedgoals between the Burrards’Connor Goodwin’s tally to winthe game.

Victoria’s Josh Harnett scoredthe game winner at the 9:59mark of overtime.Jarret Davis and Ben

McIntosh each posted twogoals and two assists for theBurrards, who lost their secondconsecutive game in overtime.Goodwin scored twice with

one helper while the otherMaple Ridge goals came offthe sticks of Dan Taylor, TomJohnson, and Coady Adamson.

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Burrards fall in overtime to ‘Rocks

Burrards BenMcIntoshjockeyed forposition withShamrocks’Josh Harnett.

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l‘TeamBlack’topsThe Ridge MeadowsMidget AA “TeamBlack” baseballsquad finished itsregular season infirst place in the 11-team Fraser Valleydivision.The final cham-

pionship game,played June 13 atAlbion, featuredthe hosts against atough and seasonedMission squad.Mission jumped

out to an earlylead, but TeamBlack rallied byout-scoring theirrivals from Mission15-5. Darren Bayerhit a two-RBI tri-ple and HaydenTupper’s bottom ofthe fifth lead off/walk-off home runsealed the victory.> More at mrtimes.com,

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Cyclists rodefor cancerresearch.ERIC [email protected]

In the early morninghours of Saturday,June 20, long beforethe sun began to rise,120 cyclists and morethan 60 volunteers leftKelowna and set outon the open road.Their same-day des-

tination? Delta, B.C.,some 400 km away.The formidable

journey was partof the 11th annualRide2Survive: afundraiser for cancerresearch and a “grass-roots community ofB.C. riders and volun-teers,” explained ridespokesman MichaelChiasson.“One hundred per

cent of the fundsraised, go directlyto cancer research,”stressed Chiasson.

During the ride, thecyclists climbed morethan 12,000 feet, tra-versed two mountainsummits, and pedaledmore than 75,000revolutions.

“The challenge isdeliberately intimi-dating and designedto emulate the strug-gles, pain, doubt,and frustration that acancer victim is oftensubjected to duringtheir cancer battle,”said Chiasson. “ Itunderscores the needfor a support system

of family and friends,otherwise the battle/ride is insurmountableon our own.”The group has

traditionally made astop in Maple Ridge,and this year was nodifferent, with thecyclists rolling up toPlanet Ice in the even-ing for a quick breakbefore starting thehome stretch to Delta.“The stop always

re-energizes us,” saidChiasson.> More at mrtimes.com,search “Ride2Survive”

CYCLING FOR CANCER

Ride2Survive rolls on

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Cyclists participating in this year’s Ride2Surviverolled through Maple Ridge on Saturday.

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PROPERTYTAXESPROPERTYTAXES DUE JULY 2, 2015

The 2015Tax Notices have been mailed to Pitt MeadowsProperty Owners. Property Owners who have not receiveda tax notice should contact City Hall at (604)465-2418.Annual taxes are payable regardless of whether ornot a tax notice is received.A flat 5% Penalty will be charged on outstanding taxesafter July 2, 2015 and a further 5% afterAugust 4, 2015.Payments may be made at City Hall, at all major FinancialInstitutions, or by online/telephone banking services providedby Financial Institutions. A postdated cheque may besubmitted to the City prior to the due date. A drop box islocated at the main entrance to City Hall.

Property owners who are eligible for the ProvincialHomeowners Grant must ensure that the application issubmitted to the finance department or claimed onlinebefore July 2nd to avoid the penalty on this portion of thetax bill. All eligible owners are required to complete theapplication each and every year. For online Home OwnerGrant Claims please visit our website at www.pittmeadows.bc.ca / online services / eHOG. You will require your Roll#and your Access Code located on the top right of your taxnotice. Some restrictions apply. Online home owner grantsmust be claimed by July 2nd.

APPLICATION FORTHE PROVINCIALHOMEOWNERS GRANT MAY BE MADEWITH ORWITHOUT PAYMENT OFTAXES.Property Owners who have questions regarding their taxnotice should contact City Hall as soon as possible. Newproperty owners are asked to bring in their propertyregistration documents to assist in processing the 2015 homeowners grant.

Hours of business are 8:30am to 4:30 pm Mon-Fri. City Hallwill be closed July 1st.


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MAPLE RIDGE & PITT MEADOWS TIMESA28 Thursday, June 25, 2015 SPORTS

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Sunday run day:A weekend run presented by Langley’s MountainEquipment Co-op brought runners over the GoldenEars Bridge into Pitt Meadows, and back again.

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Throwers chosenThree throwers from the Dynamo Throws Club inMaple Ridge were selected to the BC Junior/under-20team that will represent the province at the nationaljunior championships/Pan American junior trials,which take place from July 2 to 4 in Edmonton. Thetrio includes hammer thrower and Garibaldi Secondary2014 graduate Natasha Akbarizadeh, 2014 PittMeadows Secondary graduate and discus thrower,Olivia Moriconi, and 16-year-old Kaila Butler, whoattends school at Terry Fox Secondary.

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O’Neil at Pan AmsNineteen-year-old Maple Ridge native and baseballplayer Tyler O’Neill will be part of the Canadian teamdefending their Pan Am Games gold medal. Theoutfielder hit 13 home-runs last season, and has beatthat total this year with 14 at Bakersfield in the SeattleMariners system this year. The Pan Am games takeplace from Jully 11 to 19 with teams from Canada, theU.S., Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua,and Colombia competing. The semifinals are July 18,and the gold and bronze medal games take place thenext day.

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Deadline loomsHometown Hero nominations close June 30. ContactGehrig Merritt at 778-833-1832 or [email protected]. Nominees must have been borned and raised inMAple Ridge or Pitt Meadows, come up through thelocal school system and sports clubs, and compete(d)internationally.

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Civil war and fish?TIMES columnist and fishingenthusiast Jeff Weltz addsanother page to his series onthe history of flyfishing in NorthAmerica. This week he talksabout a historical “milestone.”

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Local paddlersare making bigwaves.Canoe Kayak

Canada held nationalteam trials numbertwo last weekend atthe Olympic Basin inMontreal.Four boys from

Ridge Canoe KayakClub, (RCKC) partici-pated and shared anumber of successes.Alex Brent finished

second in the K11000m. He has beenselected for the juniornational team and willcompete at the Junior

World Championshipsin Portugal in July.Matthew Koehler

will represent Canadaat the Olympic HopesRegatta in Poland inSeptember.Both Justin Won

and Matthew Koehlermade the Canada CupTour, which stops inOttawa, Regina andDartmouth in July.The trio, along with

Sebastian Sorescu,will participate inthe Western CanadaGames in WoodBuffalo, Alta., in earlyAugust.> More at mrtimes.com,

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