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The Summer Night Market opened last weekendwith Tony Tan seasoning his skewers, left, Acrobatics ofEquilibrium performing and Kuang Xiong watching thesunset through a colourful pinwheel.

Students fight to keep youth workerRyan didn’t like school — still doesn’t.“I struggled through school my whole

life,” he said. “It sucks.”But the Grade 11 Steveston-London

student is still in school, and he credits theyouth support worker there as the only rea-son he’s still attending.

Taylor credits the same worker for help-ing him quit cocaine.

Allan Cole, 16, said she helped him getthrough a very troubled period in his life— the six months he spent in foster care.

Janiece said the worker helped heradjust to her new school when she trans-ferred here from another school district.

These are among the nine students— eight of them from Steveston-London— who contacted the News recently tovoice their concerns about losing theiryouth support worker due to provincial cutsto education.

“She’s done a lot for us — it’s our turnto give back,” said Cole, the Grade 11 stu-dent who organized last week’s meeting.“They (school authorities) have got to hearit from us. They’ve got to hear it from thepeople who it’s going affect.”

(Cole’s mother has given him permissionto speak to the press. The others quotedare referred to only by their first names, as

they did not have their parent’s permissionto speak to the News.)

The worker in question declined to beinterviewed by the News and did not wanther name used.

“She’s applying for other work in thedistrict,” explained June Kaiser, presidentof local 716 of the Canadian Union ofPublic Employees, which represents manyof the educational support staff being laidoff as part of a $6-million deficit elimi-nation exercise by the Richmond schoolboard.

Every high school in Richmond has ayouth support worker. All 10 are being laid

off as part of budget cutbacks resultingfrom a lack of funding from the provincialgovernment. The school district will replacethe 10 school youth workers with two dis-trict youth support workers.

“We tried to stay away from affectingthe classroom (with teacher cuts), and thisis one of the decisions the board had tomake,” said assistant superintendent NancyBrennan.

Students who spoke to the News saycutting the youth support workers is a bigmistake.

“Our principal and vice-principal, their

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The Steveston Farmers and ArtisansMarket opened Sunday with the traditionaltossing of the (wooden) salmon, this year car-ried out by local MLA John Yap and MayorMalcolm Brodie, below. Tomcats, left, enter-tained the opening day crowd with some clas-sic rock ‘n’ roll hits. The market is now openevery second Sunday through September.

Taylor: ‘She helped me quit coke’lives are going to be hell after sheleaves,” said Rokhsor, who is inGrade 10.

Richmond school district hashad youth support workers in itshigh schools for about 10 years.

“This program was unique toRichmond when it started out,”Kaiser said.

Neither teacher nor counsellor,the youth support worker’s job isto identify students who may behaving problems — at school or athome — and lend them support.They may give advice or refer themto counsellors.

More often, their support comessimply in the form of listening tostudents.

Several students who spoke tothe News said their youth workerknows more about them thanalmost anyone else, including theirfriends and parents.

“She knows pretty much every-thing about me,” said Taylor, whoonly wanted his first name used.“She helped me through my drug-gie stage. She helped me quit cokeand everything. She helped memore than anyone else did.”

One 14-year-old student whotransferred here from anotherschool district said her mother is anabusive alcoholic and drug addict.Her youth support worker helpedher with a difficult transition.

“You can tell her your story andshe’ll listen to it and she’ll help youget through it and get over it, butshe won’t judge you,” she said.

“She basically passed methrough Grade 10,” Ryan said. “I

was failing everything. I wasn’t get-ting through school. I didn’t wantto come — didn’t come. I skippedevery day. I wouldn’t come forweeks on end. She pushed me inthe right direction.”

When he ended up in foster carefor six months, Cole said his youthsupport worker helped him copewith the situation.

“When I first went into fostercare, I felt betrayed, and she helpedme get over that.”

He added she helped him workthrough his problems and he is nowback home.

Several students who spoketo the News said they have beenreferred to Richmond AddictionServices but felt they got bet-ter education and support aboutsubstance abuse from their youthworker.

Chak Au is both a schooltrustee and a counsellor with theRichmond Health Department.Cutting youth support workers isone of the reasons he voted againstthe 2010-2011 budget.

He said half of the 95 positionsbeing cut are support staff whowork with the most vulnerablestudents, including special needsstudents and so-called “at-risk”students, many of whom drop outof school.

As a counsellor, he has had anumber of youth referred to himfor counselling by youth supportworkers.

“This is a preventative servicethat will save us a lot of money andproblems down the road,” he said.“To me, we are creating problemsfor the future.”

An elderly woman whowas struck while crossing abusy road in Richmond in amotorized scooter has died, sayRichmond RCMP.

The 85-year-old womanwas crossing No. 1 Road atthe Francis Road intersec-tion on May 18 around 4:25p.m. when she was struck bya southbound car. RichmondRCMP said the woman hadbeen crossing the street againsta red light.

The woman was rushed toVancouver General Hospitalwhere she died May 19. Hername has not been released bythe RCMP.

Police ask anyone who mayhave witnessed the accident tocall Cst. Ing at 604-278-1212,ext. 2442, or Crime Stoppers at1-800-222-8477.

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It was storytime at Aspac Development’sRiver Green show and sales centre at theRichmond Oval Friday.

Local political and business leaderswere on hand to sample gourmet appies,rub elbows with Canada’s gold medal men’sspeed skating team and window shop forRiver Green’s luxury condos, which willfetch as much as $3.4 million for a penthousesuite.

The occasion was the opening of a storycentre in Aspac’s $9 million three-story showand sales centre in front of the Olympic Oval.

“We named this building the River Greenstory centre because it tells the story of howRichmond is a model community in GreaterVancouver,” said Aspac vice-presidentRaymond Li.

“Over the next 10 to 15 years, this 28-acre parcel of land will be transformed intoRichmond’s newest and most sustainablewaterfront community.”

The new story centre uses scale-sizedmodels, video and audio to tell the story ofRichmond to prospective buyers, although itis also open to the general public.

The story centre uses audio, video andinteractive models to talk about Richmond’shistory and major landmarks, includingLondon Farm, Finn Slough, the Gulf ofGeorgia Cannery, Richmond City Hall andYVR.

The story centre will also showcase thetwo Olympic and one Paralympic torches car-ried by Rick Hansen during opening ceremo-nies in Richmond and Vancouver.

Hansen has given Aspac permission todisplay the torches as part of the story centredisplay.

“To me, one of the legacies of theOlympic Games was the oval and what’s hap-pening around the oval, and River Green ispart of that legacy,” said Richmond-StevestonMLA John Yap.

On hand for Friday’s grand opening wereDenny Morrison, Mathieu Giroux and LucasMakowsky, who claimed the gold medal forCanada in the men’s team pursuit long trackspeed skating.

They spent 18 months living in Richmondin the lead-up to the Winter Games.

“When I first moved here from Quebec,I thought B.C. people were so pretentious,right? On their licence plate, ‘Best Place OnEarth,’” Giroux said.

“And then after a year and a half, I justtotally understand. I just fell in love with theCity of Richmond.”

In keeping with the theme of tellingRichmond’s story, Mayor Malcolm Brodieexplained how the oval and River Green proj-ects all came about in the first place.

“This area was originally part of theBrighouse Farm,” he said.

The 600-acre farm stretched from the ovalprecinct to city hall.

In the early 1960s, the property was putup for sale, and the city held a referendum.The citizens said no to the sale price: $1.5million.

Fifty years later, that’s the average price

of just one of more than 2,000 condos andtownhouses to be built on either side of theRichmond Olympic Oval.

“In a fit of courage, the council of the daysaid, ‘We feel so strongly about this, we aregoing to do it anyway,’” Brodie said.

Long-range thinking in politics isn’talways rewarded, but Brodie said the storyended happily for the mayor and council whobought the land in the 1960s.

“Every single member of council got re-elected,” he said, despite the fact the elector-ate were “mad as hell.”

Over the years the land was parceled offfor various purposes.

When the Vancouver OrganizingCommittee asked the City of Richmond if itwould be interested in hosting the speed skat-ing oval, the city pitched a proposal to buildthe oval on the Brighouse estate land, and selloff the last 18 acres of land to help pay for it.

It kept two acres, on the west of No. 2Road Bridge, to be used for a future social oraffordable housing project.

Aspac paid the city $141 million for theland, and then also bought up privately ownedland on the east side of Hollybridge Way.

Aspac’s long-term plan calls for 25 to 30buildings, built over 10 or 15 years, on eitherside of the oval, with a total of up to 2,600residential units.

The units will start at $525,000 for a one-bedroom condo and go as high as $3.2 mil-lion for a four-bedroom villa or $3.4 millionfor a 3,400-square foot penthouse suite.

Over the next decade, the Aspac buildingin front of the oval will serve as a show andsales centre for River Green, after which itwill become a waterfront restaurant.

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The ground will, quite literally, bebreaking in East Richmond this monthto make room for the new and improvedHamilton Community Centre.

The $5 million expansion of thecurrent centre, being carried out by theCity of Richmond, is partly funded bya $100,000 donation from the HamiltonCommunity Association and a $1 mil-lion grant from the federal governmentthrough the Recreational InfrastructureCanada Program.

The community centre extension willinclude multi-purpose space, pre-schoolroom, fitness centre, meeting rooms andexpanded lobby space.

“… (this) will allow us to provide

new services and programs for everyoneof all ages in our neighbourhood,” saidDick Chan, president of the Hamilton

Community Association.The 5,800 square foot centre expan-

sion will be a sustainable green struc-ture built to LEED Gold standards.

Last week, city council’s generalpurposes committee approved twomodifications to the project.

A $125,000 commercial kitchenwill be added to the new centre— with half of the money comingfrom the Hamilton Community CentreAssociation and half from the city — aswell as a $20,000 solar hot water sys-tem.

Construction begins this month andis scheduled to be completed March2011.

Soldier to hitch VIP ride on PM’s plane“He was just in the right

place at the right time.”So says the mom of

Richmond born and raisedIsraeli army recruit JonathanFader, who will jump aboarda special flight from theMiddle East this week.

Fader, who volunteeredfor the Israeli forces lastOctober, was called overby his commanding officerfor an impromptu meet-and-greet with the country’sPrime Minister, BenjaminNetanyahu.

And it was during hisbrief chat with Netanyahuthat the PM realized Faderwas Canadian and he said,“you’re coming with me.”

Fader will now be a VIPpassenger on the Israeli ver-sion of Air Force One whenNetanyahu flies to Torontoon Friday for a conference.

“He was shouted overto come meet the PM,”explained mom Joan, wholives on Saunders Road.

“He thought the PM wasjust joking when he said

about going to Canada withhim.”

During their conversa-tion, the PM found out thatFader is a “lone soldier” —a term that means he has noimmediate family in Israel— who had volunteered tojoin the army.

When the soldier men-tioned that he hadn’t beenhome for a year, Netanyahusaid, “I’m going there nextweek” and invited himaboard his private plane.

The PM’s aides soon fol-lowed up by taking downFader’s phone number andmilitary identification.

His mom was aboard anAlaskan cruise ship whenshe first realized that herson had become a localcelebrity in Israel.

“I was in the ship’s com-puter centre. Both my kidsare on Facebook and I sawthis link to a Jerusalem Postarticle on his page,” Joansaid.

“I was stunned to say theleast and then very excitedthat he may be cominghome early.

“There’s a family wed-ding in August and he’salready requested some timeoff for that. Now this hap-

pening has kind of skewedthat trip a bit.”

Joan, who hasn’t seenher son since last May, isn’tsure, however, how he’sgetting from Toronto toVancouver.

“I speak to him on Skypejust about every week,” shesaid.

“My sister lives in Israeland he was at their houselast week and I last spoke tohim via Skype on Saturdayand he thinks they’re tak-ing care of his flight toVancouver as well.”

Joan explained that herfamily is Jewish and they goto visit her sister in Israel asoften as they can.

She said that her son,who attended Burnettsecondary and Thompsonelementary before study-ing occupational health atBCIT, enlisted himself in thearmy as he felt he needed achange.

“He spent a year fillingout the paperwork to getinto the Israeli army,” sheadded.— with files from CanwestNews Service

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Richmond’s new anti-cosmetic pesticide bylaw hasstood up to a challenge bycity staff to make exceptionsfor infestations.

Staff proposed last weekto allow residents to use pes-ticides “to control or eradi-cate” infestations, as long asthere were no non-pesticidealternatives.

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to cause damage to a sensi-tive ecosystem.

Richmond PesticideAwareness Coalition, object-ing to the staff move, saidstudies show pesticides actu-ally do more harm than goodwhen it comes to the naturalenvironment and poses risksto families’ health.

Councillors Sue Halsey-Brandt, Linda Barnes, DerekDang and Harold Stevesvoted against the staff recom-mendation, while the mayor

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Councilpassed thebylaw at theend of lastyear, whichcarries a maximum$1,000 fine, ban-ning the use thepesticides for cos-metic purposes in residentialand most city properties.

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EDITORIAL OPINION

Most teenagers don’t pay too much attention to localpolitics. They tend not to read the local paper.

So when Allan Cole, 16, contacted the News tosay he and his fellow students at Steveston-London secondarywanted to talk to us about the loss of their high school’s youthsupport worker, it was refreshing.

Here was a group of kids using up their lunch break to talkto the newspaper about someone who has, quite clearly, had apowerful impact on their lives. We’d like to tell you her name,because she deserves some recognition, but we are respectingher wish to remain anonymous. It may be small comfort whenyou are losing your job, but she should take some satisfaction inknowing that the students she has helped think so highly of her.

The argument can be made that youth support workers arenot essential to public education. The argument might also bemade that the funding for these positions should come fromsome other ministry — like social services or the attorney gen-eral, because this is preventative medicine. Every at-risk kidwho slips through the cracks ends up costing society somewheredown the line. Unfortunately, it’s hard to quantify the savingsthat accrue to society from this kind of preventative approach,but it’s significant.

Saving the court or health system money may not be thepurview of school trustees, so when faced with the decision ofcutting a teacher or a youth support worker, trustees don’t havemuch wiggle-room. At the same time, someone’s got to do it.The kids are telling us these youth workers save lives. Who arewe not to listen? Richmond was one of the first districts toimplement the youth worker program. It’s wrong, both ethicallyand financially, to axe it. We also understand it’s a lack of pro-vincial funding that has put our school trustees in this position.

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Finance Minister ColinHansen wandered up tothe press gallery the otherday, searching out report-ers to talk about whatappears to be the end ofthe economic recession.

It was an indication ofthe somewhat despera-tion situation Hansen andhis colleagues are in rightnow. The sign of anypositive development isquickly seized upon by thegovernment, which triesto thrust it in front of thepublic in the hopes of get-ting some kind of creditfor it.

But the strategy is notworking. The public hastuned the B.C. Liberalgovernment out, and nomatter what Hansen saysabout the economy, I’mnot sure anyone is listen-ing to him.

Evidence of that can beseen in the latest MustelGroup poll, which peggedsupport for the B.C.Liberals at just 32 percent of the electorate, wellbehind the NDP, which sitsat 44 per cent.

More troubling for theB.C. Liberals, the pollshowed rising support fora third party. The B.C.Conservatives, whichbarely exists as a viablepolitical organization, sitsat seven per cent.

A scenario seems to bedeveloping which couldprove fatal to the B.C.Liberals. If there is indeeda growing appetite for acentre-right alternative tothe governing party, theNDP would coast to arather large majority win

in 2013.A third party provides

the vote split the NDPneeds to win an election(the three times it has wonpower all occurred witha significant split on thecentre right).

The magnitude of theproblem can be seen in theareas where support forthe anti-HST petition isstrongest. In roughly a halfdozen ridings currentlyheld by Liberal MLAs,the number of signatureson the petition exceedsthe number of people whovoted for them in the lastelection (and the numberof these ridings will surelygrow by the time the peti-tion sign-up period endsin July).

Significantly, theseridings are located in theInterior, where the oldfederal Reform Partywas strongest in federalelections. The electoratein that region gravitatestoward an anti-tax populisttype of political move-ment, so it’s easy to fore-see a centre-right alterna-tive to the B.C. Liberalsputting down stakes thereand not being easily dis-lodged.

The NDP is still notviewed with much cred-ibility when it comes tomanaging the economy.

This may provide the onlypath back to respectabilityfor the B.C. Liberals, butit’s by no means guaran-teed.

Hansen rhymed off anumber of economic indi-cators and forecasts thatall point upwards for B.C.Job numbers are up, as arebuilding permits and retailsales. Mills are re-open-ing as the forest indus-try lurches back to life,and the mining industryappears stronger than anytime in recent memory.

Once an economicrecovery takes a firmerhold, will the electorate bemore forgiving toward theB.C. Liberals and moresuspicious of the NDP’sperceived weakness? Orwill a recovery put every-one in a comfort zone thatallows enough people totake a chance on the NewDemocrats?

The answer to this puz-zle may provide the keyto the next election. In themeantime, Hansen and hiscolleagues have to find away to make people listento them once more.

As long as the din overthe HST blocks everythingelse out, the governmentwill continue be ignored(or vilified) – and theprospects of that thirdparty rising will increase.

There may come a daywhen Hansen visits thepress gallery and gets hismessage out in a moreeffective way, but that daystill seems a long way off.

Keith Baldrey is chiefpolitical reporter forGlobal BC.

The Editor,Thank you so much for this series of articles on the

Goertzen family and Lyme disease. Publicity given to this sub-ject seems to be the only way to get it recognized here in ourcountry, since our medical system and government want to turna blind eye to it.

I have contacted government officials from our local MLAup to the Premier. Only the Opposition was interested. OurProvincial Health Officer and Chief Medical Officer for thisarea both say our daughter has been wrongly diagnosed.

Yes, my daughter has Lyme disease. It has been a horrificbattle for the past four years for her but she is still here, wefully believe, thanks to the care she is getting in Seattle and herown incredible determination to stay on top of it. Her childrenhave lost what their mother was, as her husband has lost whathis wife was, before this began, all needlessly, if only she hadbeen diagnosed and treated right away. We, her parents do notlive close by. I cannot thank her friends enough for the supportand love they have given her.

It is so hard to wrap my head around all this. Can anyonetell us why this has been allowed to happen? Can anyone tell uswhy people who have Lyme disease are so discredited?

The cost of all her visits to specialists and the tests that theyrequested has to be tremendous. The cost of her ongoing care istremendous. How could this have been allowed to happen herein “Beautiful B.C.”? We just do not understand it. We are livingwith it, though.

Gloria RudolphRichmond

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Re: “Two-week spring break approved,”News, May 19.

The decision had been made to extend thespring break next year from one week to two.I am not surprised.

The teachers are “exhausted” by March,What working person would say no to anextra week of holidays off per year? Not verymany.

There is something very wrong with thisdecision to extend the break, we are cheatingour kids and denying them from their educa-tion.

Children and teenagers are better off inschool, where they can be under the supervi-sion of their teachers and adult role models.

These children are the future, and by cut-ting off their services we are not supportingthem to be the best they can be. Keepingthem in school will keep them busy and outof their houses.

They will be engaged with peers andresponsible role models. I fear that cuttingservices and cutting their school that morekids will turn to things like alcohol, drugs,and smoking.

Without the exercise they get in school,

more kids will be prone to obesity. What isironic is that all those things (drugs, alcohol,obesity, and especially smoking) cost ourhealthcare system the most!

So we are trying to save some money,but in the end we are ending up costing waymore money in the future to our province.

Who do the politicians and school districtboard members think will be looking afterthem when they are old and in hospital?

It is the same very kids we are cheatingright now. I have a brilliant idea ... let’s raisethe healthiest, smartest, kids that we can,because they are our future.

It will save our government more moneyin the long run, because as a society we willbe healthier.

So, why not keep the two week springbreak, and extend school year into the sum-mer? Or, start early September, instead ofafter Labour Day? Parents are exhausted, tooafter an eight-week summer break!

We need the government to keep fundingour schools, and parents we can not standback and let them keep cutting our schoolfunding.

Stephanie SamilaRichmond

The Editor,It is completely unbeliev-

able what is going on withthis Liberal “Gong Show.”

What is really startlingis that not one Liberal MLA(to date) has stood up andsupported the views of theirelectorate.

Who do they think theywork for? We are talkingclose to 90 per cent of votersin B.C. railing against thisstupid HST and the MLAs’silence is deafening.

I can easily understandCampbell and Hansen goingdown with the ship, after allthe HST belongs to these

guys. What is going on withthe rest of the MLAs? Whywould all of them bandtogether and commit politicalsuicide?

Could it be they believethe voters of B.C. will letthem off the hook? Not achance, and if this HST isimplemented by them onJuly 1, they will all pay theultimate price at the pollscome election day.

Let’s look at what isgoing on as of today. Pollingshows the NDP with wellover 40 per cent supportamong voters. That’s cor-rect, the NDP who have said

almost nothing of interestfor some time, particularlywith regard to the HST. Dothey support it? Will theycancel it if they get in? TheLiberals at 32 per cent sup-port. Now here is the kicker.The B.C. Conservative partyhave seven per cent support.The Conservatives are yet tobecome fully organized, butat the very least they willsplit the Liberal vote andput the NDP back in power.Many voters have a realdistaste for the Liberals whocannot be trusted any more.

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The Editor,Re: “Sea lice blame

game is flawed,” Letters,May 19.

It is with no smallamount of irony that paidmouth-piece Mary EllenWalling dismisses con-cerns about aquacultureimpacts to wild salmon byclaiming concerned citi-zens ‘omit information tomisrepresent the threat.’

Walling claims thatstudies by AlexanderMorton (and other well-published researchers) arewrong and thus shouldbe discounted becausethey predicted extinctionof salmon where salmonhave now rebounded fromexceptionally low num-bers.

What Walling herselfomits from her selectivereporting is that this paper,published in the presti-gious journal Science,

predicted local extinctionsof pink salmon if nothingwere done.

In fact, substantialemergency interim mea-sures have been taken inmanaging sea lice levelsand impacts on Broughtonpink and chum salmon inrecent years.

Many farms startedtreating lice earlier toreduce levels before vul-nerable juvenile salmonpassed by farms.

Industry also teamedup with concerned con-servationists in 2008 tocreate migration corridorsrelatively free of sea liceduring the spring outwardmigration of juvenilesalmon, thus reducing liceimpacts and likely enhanc-ing numbers of returningadults.

Walling knows allabout this of course.

She watched the pre-

sentations at Sea Lice2010 recently in Victoria,and of course she is on topof what industry does.

Walling also cites astudy by a senior Fisheriesand Oceans’ scientist tosuggest there “is signifi-cant research to questionher [Morton’s] conclu-sions.”

What Walling fails tomention is that this samescientist was recentlychallenged on his ‘sealice science’ by academicresearchers.

Indeed, the scientistthat Walling claims tohave debunked Mortonwas himself chastised, in apeer-reviewed publication,for “errors of omissionand their selective use oftheir own and others’ data[that] lead the naïve readerto a conclusion that cannotbe substantiated.”

Moreover, a recent

publication in the on-linejournal Public Libraryof Science by aca-demic researchers fromDalhousie Universityfound that salmon farmswere the major factor inthe declines of wild fish— worldwide.

In fact, declines of wildsalmon averaged nearly 50per cent, wherever salmonwere farmed.

Walling should exer-cise a little more cautionin claiming farms don’timpact wild fish; the truthis out there, despite selec-tive reporting and self-serving efforts to obfus-cate and discredit.

Craig Orr,Executive directorWatershed Watch

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Richmond city councilcontinues to approve theconstruction of more andmore high-end condos. Andhere we are in B.C. with thehighest cost of living andthe lowest minimum wage inCanada. What is wrong withthis picture? Where are theaffordable housing optionsfor families in Richmond?

At a friend’s 50th birthdayparty recently, we passedaround one of those “1960— remember the goodold times” cards. It said in1960 the average price of ahouse was about two years’salary. I can confirm that.When I finally saved enough

for a down payment on aRichmond condo in 1977 thefull price was still about twoyears salary.

I almost didn’t get mymortgage because I was asingle woman, but that’sanother story!

I also heard that kids bornfrom the 80s and onwardswill be the first generationthat are not able to affordtheir own home. I’d alwaysbeen told that every futuregeneration would be betteroff than the last, so I foundthis troubling.

I started thinking, whyhave we been working sohard all this time? I thoughtit was to make sure our kidshad a better life than us! Itseemed to me that a majorreason for this was that hous-ing prices were getting ‘wayout of sync with salaries. So

I thought I’dcheck it out.

Here’swhat I foundon the StatsCan websitefor the latestCensus, donein 2006, athttp://www12.statcan.ca/cen-sus (type in “Richmond BC“to refine your search).

The average full time,full year wage in Richmondis about $41,000 per year.I know this figure has beenquestioned, with the beliefthat some residents aren’treporting all their income.

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ing purchaseprice of twotimes salary, itcomes out to$82,000. Evenif you doublethese numbersfor a workingcouple, it still

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In fact, it now costs about10 times an average yearlysalary to buy housing inRichmond.

And although youwould expect wages to haveincreased conmensurately, Iwould wager salaries havenot increased 10 times fromwhat they were in the 60s.

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is of working age and theaverage working person’sage is 40. Only 5.7 per centof the population is unem-ployed.

But a disturbing 20 percent of Richmond wageearners are defined as lowincome after tax (in theVancouver area this is about$28,000 per year, based on afamily of four).

So it was really no sur-prise to see the Census sta-tistic that only 25 per cent ofthe 174,000 people living inRichmond actually own theirown homes.

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these workers could saveenough to eventually pur-chase their own first homes(but not likely in Richmond).

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Last week, at a gala soiree at the RiverRock Casino Resort, more than 250people crowded into the theatre to fetethe front line people in the hospitalityindustry.

The second annual Tourism RichmondService Awards salutes those hospitality

heroes, who, day after day and with graceand a smile, deal with international trav-elers and local visitors.

Those nominated are workers whohave gone above and beyond the call ofduty to offer excellent service. They areindividuals who do our city proud.

Prior to the awards ceremony, nomi-nees, industry people, family and friendsgathered in the theatre’s upper foyer tomingle and enjoy live music.

The mood was festive as attendeessipped wine and nibbled on signaturehors d’houvres from some of our finest

local restaurants.Nat and Drew of Virgin Radio were

the MCs for the evening and often hadthe audience in fits of laughter.

The evening was a fitting salute forthe hard working men and women at thefront lines of the hospitality industry.

Tourism Richmond salutes hospitality heroesBY MICHELLE HOPKINS

[email protected] Nominees, winners went above and beyond to offer service excellence


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CONGRATULATIONSTO ALL THE NOMINEES AND RECIPIENTS OF THE SECOND ANNUAL TOURISM RICHMOND SERVICE AWARDS!

RECIPIENTSExtra Mile Award:Balwinder Cheema, Delta Vancouver Airport

Tourism Spirit Award:City of Richmond

Tourism Partner Award:Richmond Review

SERVICE EXCELLENCE AWARDSFood & Beverage:Jane Caya-Dizon, Mad Greek

Retail:Elsa Shepherd, Lansdowne Centre

Attractions:Harvinder Jaswal, River Rock Casino Resort

Transportation & Travel Services:Bob Baksh, Sandman Hotel Vancouver Airport

Accommodation:Jenny Reis, Delta Vancouver Airport

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For most of us, loaning aperfect stranger the businesssuit off our back would seemrather odd.

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Vancouver Airport Hotel, aguest arrived late and shewas frantic.

The guest had an earlybusiness meeting the nextmorning and her luggage,en route from Ontario, wasmissing.

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staff, I told her she couldhave mine … I was justdoing my job and solving aguest’s problem,” said Heismatter-of-factly.

“I was taught to thinkoutside the box and encour-aged to work straight fromthe heart.

“At the hotel, we areencouraged, on a daily basis,

to go above and beyond forour customers,”

Although the 32-year-oldVancouverite has workedat the hotel for just under ayear, she has been in the hos-pitality industry in Richmondfor more than 14 years sincegraduating from a highschool.

She was attracted to the

industry because of her loveof people.

Her shifts, 11 p.m. to 6 or7 a.m., could make anyonecranky, but it doesn’t appearso with her.

“I love my job, I find itextremely challenging, funand rewarding,” said Reis,who has six employees underher wing on any given night.

The way she treats cus-tomers is no different thanhow all the staff does, sheadds.

“I’m always encouragingmy staff to enjoy their workand I always thank them andpraise them when they treata guest especially well,” Reissaid.

Reis also credits herschooling for educating herin the tenets of excellence incustomer service.

Reis attended the hospi-tality program at VancouverCommunity College.

She salutes her teach-ers, all of whom work in theindustry, for instilling in herto use her own good judg-ment when solving problems.

“They are the ones whotaught me to think outsidethe box,” said. “

As far as being the recipi-ent of the AccommodationsAward, Reis said: “It wasgreat. I wasn’t expecting itbut I was happy to win andproud for my company.”

Night manager gave guest the shirt off her back


Jenny Reis regularly goes out of her way for hotel guests.


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The winners in eachcategory and their stories:

Accommodations:Jenny Reis, night man-

ager, Delta VancouverAirport Hotel.

A guest whose luggagewas lost by the airlineon her way here fromOntario, nominated Jenny.

She arrived at 1:30 a.m.to ensure she would beable to attend an importantproduct launch meetingfor a company by whichshe was newly employed.

This visitor writes thatshe was in “complete dis-tress” and “grasping fora glimmer of hope.” Sheadvised the front deskof the Delta VancouverAirport that she needed abusiness suit. Jenny over-heard the conversationand, after some thought,offered her own personalsuit and shirt. She broughtit to the guest’s room.

The visitor wrote:“Jenny Reis is the kind ofemployee that any com-pany would want to investin to ensure a life long

career.”

Attractions:Harvinder Jaswal, slot

attendant at the RiverRock Casino Resort.

One of the regular slotplayers told Jaswal thatshe had a sore throat andwould need a glass ofwater a bit later to take hermedication.

He returned 30 minuteslater with the water, whichwas serendipitous becausethe guest had forgotten totake her medication.

Jaswal returned severaltimes during the course of

his shift to ensure she wasfeeling well, even thoughit was a busy night. Thenominator believes thathis actions exceeded herexpectations and left herwith a memorable experi-ence.

Food, Beverage:Jane Caya-Dizon, wait-

ress at the Mad Greekrestaurant.

Caya-Dizon receivesmany nominations monthafter month. Here is asample of the comments

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Harvinder Jaswal, second right, a slot attendant at theRiver Rock Casino, receives his award.

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Awards: Retail, transport, spirit recognizedfrom guests:

“I travel to Richmondsix to eight times a year.I love Greek food, soI always visit the MadGreek.

“Jane remembers me,what I like and has such awonderful manner”

Another guest wrote:“Over the past three yearsthat I have been a custom-er of the Mad Greek, Janehas never failed to give usimpeccable service, alwayssmiling and she makessure we are on our way tothe theatre on time.”

Finally from anothernomination: “Jane is oneof the most friendly andcompassionate servers Ihave ever met.

“She remembers yourname, remembers yourorder and asks about high-lights of your life.”

Retail:Elsa Shepherd of

Lansdowne Centre.A customer wrote:

“When my wheelchairbound daughter and I didnot connect, (she came onHandyDart), I was fran-tically checking all theentrances.

“I found Elsa to becalm, reassuring and infor-mative.

“As Elsa suggested,I returned to the mallentrance and found mydaughter there.

“Another shopper let usknow that Elsa saved myday when she had my keysand phone that had beenlost.

“She was extremelypleasant and courteous, allthe while following secu-rity protocols.”

Transportationand Travel:

Bob Baksh of theSandman VancouverAirport Hotel.

One nomination formread: “Bob is amazing!!!He is incredibly friendly,prompt and organized.

“He always puts crew-member’s bags together.

“He definitely hasmade my stays memorablewith his welcoming smile.

“I’m actually going toreally miss him since Iwon’t be doing Vancouverlayovers next month.”

Spirit Award:The City of Richmond.

The city showed leader-ship, in addition to greatspirit, in putting Richmondon the world map duringthe 2010 Winter OlympicGames.

Very early in the bidprocess, the city recog-nized the importance ofbringing the Games toVancouver and Richmond.

Along with TourismRichmond, they werethe first in the region tobecome a sponsor andhelped the bid committee.

The Richmond OlympicOval and the O Zone werethe direct result of thework of this year’s SpiritAward winner.

Half a million visitorsto Richmond boosted ourreputation, our recognitionand our spirits.

Extra MileAward:

Balwinder Cheemaof the Delta VancouverAirport Hotel.

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“At the end of her shiftshe returned to my roomto refill the ice bucket.She wouldn’t leave thehotel until she made sure Iwas OK.”

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Elsa Shepherd receivesher Tourism Richmond RetailAward. Shepherd was nomi-nated after helping a motherin distress find her wheelair-bound daughter in LansdowneCentre.


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Wildcats put perfect recordon the line at B.C. tourney

The McMath Wildcats are poised to addto their coaching staff but not before takinga serious run at their first-ever B.C. highschool girls soccer championship.

The Wildcats will put their unbeatenseason on the line at next week’s 16-team provincial tournament in Victoria.They through rolled city league play, thencaptured the Richmond/Vancouver zoneplaydowns with a 2-0 victory over PointGrey last week. Their resumé also includesa silver medal finish at the 2008 “AA”provincials and a bronze a year ago at the“AAA” level. They hold down the No. 3spot in the latest provincial rankings, yetcoach Dan Oye suggests there are far toomany intangibles to suggest the tournamentwill unfold to form.

“I don’t put a lot into rankings because Idon’t really know who is watching all theseteams,” chuckled Oye. “It’s very hard tojudge schools that you haven’t seen all sea-son and you’re playing five games in threedays. There’s also so much stuff going on atthis time of the year that can greatly impactthe outcome.”

The Wildcats have been fortune to avoidschool and grad activities the past twoseasons but they will run into a conflictthis time. The school’s Awards Night takesplace on the opening day of the champion-ships. The plan is for the players to race tothe ferry after their final game, take in theceremonies, then head back to Victoria.”

It could serve as a road bump in their

title quest yet the main thing the Wildcatshave going for them is an 18-player rosterloaded with talent and not having to rely ontwo or three individuals for their success.The team features a wide range of ages —from eight seniors to four players in Grade9 or younger.

“The school always seems to have agood class of athletes and they’re comingfrom a very good system,” continued Oyein praising the Richmond Girls Soccer sys-tem. “I can honestly say, from top to bot-tom, every girl has contributed to our suc-cess. It’s definitely our strength and therehave been some games that have been closewhere we have just worn teams down in theend because of our depth.”

That should bode well in a tournamentthat features a compact schedule and puts aheavy emphasis on round-round play. Thewinner from each of the four groups godirectly to the semi-finals while the secondplace finishers can’t placing any higherthan fifth.

This season marks end of Oye coach-ing his daughters with his youngest in herGrade 12 year. The parent volunteer coachhinted he may continue on with Candicejoining her two older sisters as assistantcoaches. Even his son Jordan — who hasbeen playing college hockey at FredoniaState in New York — may help out nextseason.

“You like to give back to a school thathas done a lot for your family over theyears,” added Oye. “It can be a hectic twoor three month stretch but it’s our way ofsaying thanks.”

BY MARK [email protected]

Senior girls soccer team heads to Victoria next week


McMath Wildcats Lindsay Tabata keeps her eye on the ball during last Thursday’sRichmond/Vancouver zone final against Point Grey. The Wildcats won 2-0.

Nathan Hirayama helpedCanada recapture the BowlChampionship at the EmiratesAirline London Seven’s RugbyChampionships in London,England.

The 22-year-old formerMcRoberts Strikers standout, who

is fresh off helping the Universityof Victoria win the provincial titlethe previous weekend, was instru-mental in Canada reeling off fourstraight victories.

The national team fell 28-19to Fiji in its opener, despite a firsthalf try from Hirayama. Next,

rugby powerhouse South Africaproved to be too much — handingCanada a 43-0 defeat. Canada thengot into the win column againstFrance thanks to a pair of secondhalf tries form Hirayama.

The team then moved onto theBowl quarter-finals against Russia

where Hirayama contributed witha try and a conversion in a 21-12win — setting the stage for an all-North American semi-final againstthe United States.

Hirayama’s UVic teammateSean Duke scored in extra time asCanada prevailed 22-17.

Canada then rallied to beatPortugal 19-17 in the Bowl cham-pionship game.

Australia defeated South Africain the tournament’s cup final.

The national team will concludeits season at the Edinburgh SevensFestival in Scotland this weekend.

Hirayama helps Canada win Bowl championship at Sevens tourney in England


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The hunt is on ... Angelina Le-Roque, left, and Anjale Bal, both 4, hone their hunting skills in preparation for the Easter Eggstravaganza at

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DZIEKANSKI

Motherdrops suit

It has taken two and a half

years, but Zofia Cisowski, the

mother of Robert Dziekanski,

finally got the one thing she has

been hoping for from the RCMP

Thursday: an apology for her

son’s death.

“Mrs. Cisowski, on behalf

of the RCMP, I want to

apologize for our role in the

tragic death of your son, Robert

Dziekanski,” RCMP deputy

commissioner Gary Bass told

Cisowski at the press confer-

ence at the south terminal of

Vancouver International Airport.

“Your son’s death is a trag-

edy, and for the role the force

played in this tragedy, we offer

our sincere apology.”

“Deputy commissioner, I

thank you and I accept your

apology,” said Cisowski, who

sat next to Bass.

“It has been two and a half

years since my son died. There

was not a single day that I did

not cry and analyze what could

be done to avoid this tragedy,”

she said, sobbing.

She said the apology will

help her move on.

“I will sleep better tonight,”

she said.In addition to the formal

apology, the RCMP is offering

her an undisclosed financial set-

tlement, as well as $20,000 for

an endowment fund in Robert

Dziekanski’s name.

In return, Cisowski has

agreed to drop a wrongful dis-

missal suit against the RCMP.

100 positions to be cut from schools

RCMP apologizes

One hundred teachers, education

assistants, administrators and other

school staff will start receiving pink

slips at the end of April.

“These are bad,” school trustee

Donna Sargent said at a press con-

ference Wednesday. “These are bad,

bad cuts.”“It will affect our service delivery

and we have been very vocal about

that,” added school board chairper-

son Linda McPhail.

Richmond school officials have

been warning for months now that

a shortfall in funding from the pro-

vincial government would result in

layoffs, but was only able to arrive at

a firm number this week.

The shortfall for the 2010-2011

year is estimated to be $6 million.

It’s not yet known how many of

the job cuts will be teachers and how

many administrative or support staff.

That will be decided over the next

couple of weeks. The school board

will set its budget on April 19.

“To say is it a teacher or is it a

custodian? It’s all going to affect stu-

dent achievement, in my opinion,”

Sargent said. “It’s going to affect

your kid, definitely.”

School administrators have been

going through the district’s budget

with a fine-tooth comb looking for

savings. But with 92 per cent of

the budget being salaries, school

trustees say layoffs are the only way

it can shave $6 million from the

budget.“We didn’t have a lot of other

places to go,” said Monica Pamer,

the school district’s new super-

intendent. Several administrative

positions have already been closed.

For example, Pamer’s own previous

position, assistant superintendent, is

not being filled.

Trustees take offence to the spin

the province has given to its educa-

tion budget: that it is spending more

than ever on education.

“It’s just not true,” Sargent said.

“It’s just not on that we’re getting the

same money.”

While the per-pupil funding has

gone up slightly, the Richmond

school district is facing a $6 million

funding shortfall, and is statutorily

forbidden from running a deficit.

The province is not providing

school boards with more money

to cover pension plan contribu-

tion increases, which will cost the

Richmond school district $700,000.

Nor is it covering MSP pre-

mium increases, which amounts to

$115,000, or providing more money

to cover a new carbon offset charge

worth $200,000.

On top of that, the provincial

government froze funding on the

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CHUNG CHOW/RICHMOND NEWSThe O Zone closed with a bang as fireworks filled theskies on what turned out to be a relatively clear night. DJAlex provided the final tunes to end the 17 day celebration.

OLYMPIC WRAP-UP

Richmond citizens woke to an eerily quietcity centre Monday morning.Gone were the throngs of visitors fromaround the world who, for the past two anda half weeks, brought the city’s streets to lifeas they made their way from the Canada Lineto the Richmond Olympic Oval or O Zonecelebration site.

Over the past two and a half weeks,70,000 spectators took in long track speedskating at the Richmond oval, where fivemedals were won by Canadian speed skatersin the 2010 Winter Games: two gold, one sil-ver and two bronze.Roughly half of the spectators at the ovalended up also taking in O Zone celebrations,

according to city hall, bringing the total to anestimated 400,000 people.“The past few weeks have been the mostextraordinary days in the history of our com-munity,” said Mayor

Malcolm Brodie. “We’vebeen overwhelmed withthe positive feedbackwe’ve received from localresidents to internationalvisitors who took part inour many Olympic pro-grams.”

“We just got tremen-dous positive feedbackfrom everybody,” saidTed Townsend, who has lived and breathedthe Olympics for eight years, only to seethem end abruptly Sunday night. “We

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Whether it wasin Vancouver orRichmond, Brodie saidvisitors and locals alikewere well-behaved.

“Everybody was ina very good mood,” hesaid.

Although it contributed $500,000 tothe original bid to host the 2010 Games,

Richmond was not initially to be a host city.It managed to become one when it offeredto build the speed skating oval, puttingRichmond on the world map.“I think we heightened Richmond’s profilethroughout the world,” Brodie said.Although a venue city, Richmond wasnot officially designated as an Olympics livesite. Only Whistler and Vancouver had thatdistinction.

Again, not satisfied with standing at thesidelines, the City of Richmond decided tospend $6 million on its own on a celebrationsite.Spread over 66 acres and 17 days, the OZone celebrations featured top-name record-ing acts, like Our Lady Peace and Marianas


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The Richmond 92B Islanderstook home silver from the SouthSurrey/White Rock Midget Btournament.

In the first game of roundrobin play, the rep girls softballteam was up 7-2, but lost in thefinal inning against the PocoRavens. Highlights of the gameincluded a home run by rightfielder Alyssa Preston. CatcherChloe Plecash was solid behindthe plate for all seven games.

The second round robingame was against the OkanaganAngels, from Sicamous, andthe Islanders won 11-0 behindthe shutout pitching of KristaBeaton. The roll continued in a12-0 romp against the Surrey Storm 92B.Centre fielder Katie Sherlock poweredthe offence with a grand slam home run,while Brianna Fee turned a double play atsecond. Richmond concluded round-robinplay against the Gibsons Crusherz and lostafter a rough inning in the Crusherz finalat bats. Highlights of the game included ahome run for first base Janessa Murao anda great line-drive snag by shortstop KelseyLawrence.

The Isles nearly missed the playoffs,earning the sixth and final spot of the 13participating teams.

The first playoff game was a nail-biteragainst the Surrey Storm 91B, that was tiedafter seven innings and went into four extrainnings before the Islanders pulled out thewin. Kerri Bodin provided stellar pitch-

ing by working a complete game. AnneFeen was stellar at shortstop with eightouts and Amanda Sandhu delivered solidbunt defence at third. Pinch hitter KaeliAlexander added some scoring help.

The Islanders then cruised to the finalwith a 9-0 win over the South DeltaInvaders 93B. That set the stage for anothermatch-up against a South Delta team — the91B Invaders — in the championship game.Richmond took the early lead on a homerun by centre fielder Kyla McWilliam and asacrifice bunt by first base Jessica Ramsey.The Invaders answered with a three-runhomer in the third en route to victory.

The Islanders roster also includes DaraRykiss and Kelsey Devine, who did notplay in the tournament.

Next up for the locals is co-hosting atournament at London Park this weekend.

’92B Isles win silver at tourney

Richmond 92B Islanders celebrate their secondplace showing at the South Surrey/White Rock tourney.


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LANGLEY, CEDAR Ridge,20856 43 Ave. Sun: 12-4pm. 3 BRrancher, 1770 sf, 7500 sf lot. Byowner. $600,000. 604-532-8434

6025 Industrial/Commercial6025

SURREY, Central City. Only$725,000! Rare high exposurecommercial with high density“Downtown” designation. FloorArea Ratio is 3.5. Approx. 15,790sq ft. 2 lots 123’ x 128’. Only$13.12 per buildable sq ft. Recentappraisal for $828,000. Call BenGauer, Royal LePage Ben Gauer& Associates, 604-644-0273 or604-581-3838.

6030 Lots & Acreage6030

N. WEST. All services paid, incldsu/grd electrical, DCC’s, survey &eng’ng report. 33’ x 130’ lot. NoGST. $339,000. 604-726-0677.usellahome.com ● ID # 4711

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6008-28 Richmond6008-28

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6508 Apt/Condos6508

1021 HOWAY ST.NEW WESTMINSTER

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2 LRG BR, 2 Ba, 7appliances,storage, excersize/ pool room, nrTerranova & Dyke, N/S, June 1 or15 $1450. 604-271-6321

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6565 Office/Retail -Rent6565

5017 BusinessServices5017

6590 Rooms6590ROOM AVAIL, female $450, inclnet&utils, ns, np, Steveston Hwy& #3Rd. avail now, 604-277-3057

SLEEPING ROOM avail, suit stu-dent, $425 incl cable laundry &utils ns, np, Williams & #5, Rosa604-277-2419 or 604-805-0978

6595 SharedAccommodation6595

6595-55 Richmond6595-55West Steveston, nr dyke, nr allamens, furn room, new home,$495 incl utils. 778-235-4330

6602 Suites/PartialHouses6602

2 BDRM suite, avail June 1, formore info call 604-244-1968 aft 3pm or 778-997-7611 anytime.

2 BR bsmt suite, n/s, n/p, brightkitchen, living/dining roomcombo, incl’s heat/light, quietarea, $885. 604-271-0739

3 BR bsmt ste, Bridgeport & Shell,nr school, bus, easy access toskytrain, $950+1/2 ut. 604-244-3727

3 BR Upper suite, 1 bath, #2 &Williams, $1200+utils, avail June1, 604-514-4933 leave msg.

RMD NO.2 & Moncton, lrg 1 BR +livrm, lam flrs, $875 + 1/3 utils,incls cbl/net. ns/np 604 270-1010

6615 Wanted To Rent6615EXECUTIVE HOME WANTEDProfessional couple wish to rent a3-5 bedroom home in Richmondfor long term lease. Excellentreferences. Please call Dr. Pelechat 604-218-2019.

6620 Warehouse/Commercial6620

1000SF, BAY Doors on bothsides, Surveillance, AvailableNow, in Tilbury, 604-377-6720

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1999 FORD Taurus SE redsedan. Automatic transmission,24 valve DOHC engine, 152,600k m s , e x c c o n d , $ 2 , 7 50 ,604-984-9066.

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2000 FORD Mustang Conv. 1owner, mint cond. 130K, gold-black roof, $6300, 604-817-4520

2003 CHEVY Cavalier. silver,auto only 47K, orig. owner, immacin & out, $5900, 604-929-8489

9129 Luxury Cars91292006 MERCEDES E500 wagon41K, silver, black int. Mint cond.$43,000 604-889-1069 eves

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2001 INFINITI QX4, fully loaded$10,250 ONO, 148,000 KM, Gold,Bose Stereo, sunroof, tannedleather seats(all heated), mud/snow tires, Automatic, Hi-intensityheadlights. Lovely smooth, reli-able ride. Rebuild 2003. CallTommy 778-960-5308

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9160 Sports &Imports9160

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2000 INFINITY G20 80,000kmsilver, auto, loaded, fully servicedsince new $8900. 604-786-7114

2003 INFINITI G35 sedan, 66 K,auto, fully loaded, no accidentsexc cond $14,600. 604-725-0947

2005 HONDA Civic SE automatic75,500 kms new Michelin tires$10,400 - obo. 604-761-1352

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