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Being out of work is stressful enough
without sexual abuse flashbacks, post-
traumatic stress disorder or an abusive
partner.
That is why the S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Bridging
Employment Program for Women was
established three years ago to help female
abuse survivors rebuild their lives.
But the program comes to an end today,
as the provincial government is merg-
ing employment programs throughout
the province into its new Employment
Program for B.C.
Lisa Sanders, who recently moved to
Burnaby from Calgary, was one of the
Bridging Employment Programs final 17
clients.
These guys have the skills to help us
women who are going through these trau-
matic and post-traumatic situations, way
better than anyone couldve at a regular
employment program, she said. Which
is why were sad that we dont get to do
our real employment part here with these
girls.
Sanders was sexually abused as a child
and witnessed violence in her biological
fathers house, she said, and was later
emotionally and physically abused by her
childrens father.
She has experienced more recent losses,
aswell hermother passed away sixweeks
ago, and she was served with divorce
papers three weeks ago, she added.
My husband was a dream, it is just
financial circumstances that brought us to
where we are, she said, adding that the
program has helped her cope with all the
additional stress.
These guys have been a godsend at
this time, let me tell you, she said.
Sanders recently returned to the Lower
Mainland after living in Calgary for 10
years and is looking for work in her field,
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S
imone Harty was sleeping in the
early morning of June 13, 2007,
when police came to her North
Burnaby home asking questions about
her son.
Is this where Elliott Harty lives? Does he
own a motorcycle? Where is he?
Simone thought her 17-year-old boy
was asleep in bed, when police asked to
see his motorcycle.
I was horrified
when I saw the
bike wasnt there,
she says. It was
complete disbelief,
that they must have
had the wrong per-
son.
Her son, Elliott,
who had been out
with friends and
drinking earlier that night, had returned
home and quietly slipped out again
around midnight on his new motorbike.
No one saw the accident, but shortly
after Elliott left, a motorist called police
to report that a lamppost was blocking
Barnet Highway. When police respond-
ed, they found Elliott in a ditch. He was
rushed to Royal Columbian in critical
condition. Simone, a single mom, was at
his bedside praying, talking to her only
child and watching his vital signs but
hours or surgery could not repair the
boys broken body.
It wasnt till the next day that the
neurologist came to speak to us, she
says in a soft, quivering voice. He was
saying to us that there was no brain
activity and that really there was no more
they could do.
Then came a conversation about
whether Simone would like to make the
gift of life and donate her childs organs.
Simone had never spoken with Elliott
about organ donation, but she thought
its what he would have wanted.
Burnaby North Secondary students
huddled together in the hospitals hall-
ways for a chance to say goodbye to the
tall, gangly fun-loving teen, who played
piano and loved cooking curry.
Elliotts kidney and liver were saved,
as were some islet cells from his pancre-
as, which can help people with diabetes.
Five years later, Simone is still raw
with grief, but she smiles and remembers
her son fondly, as she flips through an
album of mementos. There are several
newspaper clippings from the accident,
photos of a Elliott, and an anonymous,
hand-written letter on yellow paper from
one of the recipients of Elliotts organ
donation. The writer is thankful after suf-
fering through 10 years of kidney disease.
I will cherish and take care of my
new kidney and treat it like my baby and
part of my body, the letter says.
Whats hard for me is I dont know
much about this person, Simone says.
In Canada, theres a wall of anonym-
ity between families of organ donors and
recipients, and Simone knows nothing of
the person who now carries Elliotts kid-
ney. But I do know its a hard letter to
write, she says. I understand the com-
plications of receiving a gift like that.
Simone has done a lot in the wake
of losing her child. Shes shared her
story publicly and encouraged people to
become organ donors, and shes joined
a dragon boating team of transplant
recipients and paddled alongside Eva
Markvoort, the young, vibrant New
Westminster woman who passed away
after a double lung transplant. She also
attends a support group for parents who
have lost their children and has made
many new friends since Elliotts death.
On Sunday, April 1, Simone will be
one of more than 150 participants in a
transplant trot at Burnaby Lake Park
benefitting the Canadian Transplant
Association. Organizers behind the run
are raising awareness about organ dona-
tion in hopes more people will register.
The trek starts at 10 a.m., and partici-
pants can run or walk five kilometres or
eight. Registration is $20, and transplant
recipients register for free. Simone will be
there for Elliott.
Im just a person who will run. I will
run with my sons button in his honour,
she says.
Simone had spoken to her son about
drugs, teen pregnancy and jail, but never
organ donation.
I think its important to have those
conversations, but Im sure I made the
choice he would have made, she says.
Its one of those important conversation
parents need to have with their children.
Simone hopes people register as organ
donors and have these conversations
not beside deathbeds, but as part of
everyday life. Simone is also hopeful oth-
ers will receive that bittersweet gift of
life.
I didnt realize the degree in which
a gift like this can change someones life,
from being sick to not being sick, she
says. If something good can come out
of a tragedy like this, then its a gift Im
happy I was able to give other people,
and I know my son would feel the same.
To sign up for the run, go to www.
http://bit.ly/TransplantTrot or call
Margaret Benson at 604-985-6628 or email
[email protected]. To become an
organ donor, go to transplant.bc.ca.
ELLIOTT HARTYS TRAGIC DEATH HELPED SAVE A STRANGERS LIFE
Mother joins transplant trot to help cause
ON MY BEAT
Jennifer Moreau
Only child: Simone Harty holds an album full of mementos of her son, Elliott.
The Burnaby North student died in a motorcycle crash in 2007, and his organs
were donated. Simone hopes others will sign up to become organ donors.
It wasnt until the next day that the neurologist came to speak to us. He was saying to us that
there was no brain activity and that really there was no more they could do.
SIMONE HARTY, Elliott Hartys mother
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BURNABY BOY CELEBRATES 30 YEARS OF SUCCESS
In 2012, Bill Longman will celebrate 30 years of running the
company he founded, Euro-Rite Cabinets. Its a considerable
achievement for a man who started making cabinets in his
garage, and delivered some of his rst orders in a car he bought
for $20.
Bill and his siblings were raised in Burnaby by a single mom on
welfare. From her, early on, Bill learned the value of money, hard
work, strong ethics, and respect for elders. It wasnt always
easy but those values have served him well and helped push
him through many setbacks.
In high school Bill was given the smallest paper route available
and within two years, he had the largest. Out of school he
delivered bread for Venice Bakery and grew his territory. Later
while working for the Vancouver Fire Department he sold
cabinets door to door to help pay off his mortgage. Longman
has always had a passion for sales and Euro-Rites success is a
tribute of his determination to meet his goals.
Today Euro-Rite is well past the garage days. The company has
grown from a one-man venture to a multi-million dollar business,
with 120 employees and 110,000 square feet in operations
space. Bill has long since retired from the re department and is
enjoying Euro-Rites success but has never forgotten his roots.
He now works to help others succeed by giving back to the
community. Euro-Rite Cabinets supports over a dozen charities
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Bills generosity doesnt end with charitable donations. In
2007, he had the company valued
and formed the Employee Trust
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Euro-Rite Cabinet employees, both
current and retired to share in any
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But she is facing many additional chal-
lenges, from the physical an injury to
her right hand, when she is right-hand
dominant to educational, as she is 46 and
doesnt having a marketing degree as many
younger applicants do.
These guys have been helping me pres-
ent myself based on things like my expe-
rience and the old-school way of doing
things, she said of the program.
But she will not be able to finish the
26-week program shell be going on to
another program as of next month.
It is going to be really, really tough,
Sanders said. It is going to be a really hard
transition for me.
Many of the clients need the stability
of the program at this point in their lives,
she added, saying its been completely
essential.
I dont think any of us wouldve been
able to be walking and talking and smil-
ing, she said.
Diana Delgado has been the Bridging
Employment program manager since it
began in January 2009.
She will continue working with
S.U.C.C.E.S.S. but is mourning the loss of
the program, which she doubts can be rep-
licated in a merged format.
The province has merged provincially
and federally funded programs within its
new Employment Program of B.C., which
is replacing the B.C. Employment Program
on April 2.
The new program is a one-stop shop
concept, according to Delgado.
The people who got the contracts are
super experienced, and I know they are
trying their very best, Delgado said. But
the Bridging programwas truly an amazing
program.
She is concerned the new programs
will not be intense or involved enough to
address the needs of the clients her pro-
gram served.
The legacy of this program is the fact
that many women were able to realize that
theres life after, and they dont deserve
to tolerate any type of abuse, she said.
The fact that they learn to break the cycle,
especially the ones that have children are
able to say the violence stops here, and I
can give a better life to my children, that is
amazing.
Even those clients that could not com-
plete the program were helped, she added.
Even if they dont achieve the employ-
ment outcome, or they have to go back to
school, they realize they can heal and there
is life beyond whatever relationship they
left, Delgado explained.
The Bridging Employment Program had
two arms, one for aboriginal women, she
said and received funding through the pro-
vincial Ministry of Social Development.
The Building Employment counsellors
worked with more than 100 clients dur-
ing the three years it ran, according to
Delgado.
Now that the program is ending, the
counsellors will help the final 17 clients
transition to new programs during the
month of April.
Our job is not done until they are all
connected at the other end, Delgado said.
The Ministry of Social Development was
not able to set up an interview or provide a
statement regarding the program changes
before deadline.
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Program: Really, really tough loss
The Burnaby RCMP announced
Thursday afternoon that they have located
the body of Yu Lan Rou Lin, the Burnaby
senior who has been missing since March
15.
Her body was found by a passerby in a
wooded area near the 6200 block of Ninth
Avenue in South Burnaby.
At this time, the police are not treating
this as a suspicious death, RCMP Cpl.
Rick Skolrood said in a press release. The
family is requesting privacy during this
difficult time.
Chief Supt. Dave Critchley offered con-
dolences to the family, and the RCMP
thanked the public and the volunteers who
helped in the search for the senior.
Alfie Lau
Missing seniors body found
What was once tentative is now a done
deal. Burnabys unionized school sup-
port workers have finalized an agreement
with the B.C. Public School Employees
Association and they did it under the
governments net-zero mandate.
The workers are mostly education assis-
tants, custodians and clerical workers and
are represented by the Canadian Union of
Public Employees, local 379.
Spokesperson Bill Pegler said the new
deal offers recognition and respect for
education assistants unpaid work.
The assistants, because of the way
hours are structured, they end up doing a
lot of unpaid work. We were able to get a
dedicated pot of money provincewide that
addressed that, and it was a major, major
win, he said.
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t is one of the ironies of the
news business. The public
usually doesnt have an
opinion on information or its
importance to them until such
information is made public and
they have a chance to read it.
This may seem obvious to
many readers.
After all, most readers under-
stand that reporters collect and
present information in news
stories. Readers seldom phone
or email me asking how they
can file Freedom of Information
requests, or how to pry informa-
tion out of city hall.
They assume, quite under-
standably, that reporters are
supposed to be doing that for
them.
But apparently, there are
still politicians who believe that
reporters are just digging up
information for the heck of it.
Consider Burnabys decision
not to put election campaign
expense forms online.
Burnaby is, perhaps, the only
city in the Lower Mainland that
has not, or is in the process of,
putting the disclosures online.
Coun. Sav Dhaliwal told our
reporter that he hasnt heard
much complaint or feedback
from the public asking for the
election disclosures to be posted
online.
No, probably not. People
rightly expect the information
will be made public via the
media. It is our job.
Dhaliwal also said, Other
than newspaper reporters, I
wonder if anybody looks at
them. Staff hasnt brought it up
to us as a major issue.
Im not sure if Dhaliwal is
deliberately missing the point or
if he is part of a concerted effort
to make it as difficult as possible
for the media to access the infor-
mation. Its hard to tell.
Surely he understands that
fewer people will potentially
look at them if the documents
are not online. Surely he also
understands that staff given
that they are employees are apt
not to fight for easier access to
documents that reveal what their
political bosses may not want to
broadcast. (Oh, and not to sug-
gest that theres any connection,
but the citys CUPE union local
the one that many staff are
members of donated $20,000 to
the ruling partys election cam-
paign.)
Dhaliwal also said, I think
there are a few other things
ahead of this that I believe are
more of a priority for taxpayers.
Is he suggesting that the staff
time to put election campaign
den
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Women officers deserve their day in court
As a pundit once said, theres justice
and then theres the law.
So, its any legal beagles guess as to
whether the justice system will accept
a class action lawsuit filed on behalf of
female RCMP officers alleging
sexual harassment and sex dis-
crimination in the police force.
But we sure hope the judge
who gets to make this decision
is one who leans towards justice.
While it can take up to two years for
the courts to certify such action, if it is
certified, it will be of some relief to the
women who say they have experienced
disgusting sexual pranks, lewd com-
ments and constant discrimination.
Sandy Merlo, a former Nanaimo
RCMP member, is the only named indi-
vidual on the claim, but law-
yers filing the lawsuit say they
have up to 150 other women
who are ready to join the suit.
Merlo told CBC that she
had tried to get her supervisors to take
her complaints seriously and had sent
a letter to the commissioner. But she
waited 25 months for a reply, and no
help was offered.
Merlos long list of alleged griev-
ances reveal a brotherhood of male
officers who have a fascination with
dildos and a critical dislike of pregnant
women.
It may not be surprising given what
is largely a paramilitary system, but it
is astounding that supervisors who cov-
ered up the harassment or, basically
ignored it never thought that what
they were doing was not only dishon-
ourable, but also a violation of basic
human rights.
The new head of the RCMP, com-
missioner Bob Paulson, pledged in
November 2011 that sexual harassment
allegations do not represent the force
that I joined and this condition cannot
stand.
We dont know what force he joined,
but the one that Sandy Merlo and other
female officers joined is one that needs
a real shake-up.
If Paulson was sincere, he needs to
support the call for a class action lawsuit
so that the women can have their day in
court and so can the RCMP.
Financial info
should be online
Is cleanliness guaranteed?
Dear Editor
It is good news indeed that an all-out cleanup
has stopped the contagion of C. difficile at Burnaby
Hospital. It is not good news that I have to be
concerned that the housekeeping staff might be
responsible for my demise should I need to visit the
facility.
When I attend such a facility, I usually need help,
expert and sometimes urgent help. My usual good
health is somehow in need of repair. Until now, I
thought the basic cleanliness, the floors, the walls,
the linen, the furnishings was being taken moni-
tored and looked after. My concerns always were
focused on the excellent care my family and I have
always experienced at Burnaby Hospital.
Now, it seems my refuge and source of well-
being has itself become a danger. How can it be that
the medical staff must blow a whistle to express
concern about mortalities? There surely must be a
system to assess the cleaning in the building. Will
the sudden short burst of cleaning be continued or
renewed? Have steps been taken to avoid returning
to a time of peril?
Mark Proctor, Burnaby
Teachers have right to choose
Dear Editor:
Re: Teachers deserve recognition, Letters to the
editor, Burnaby NOW, March 9.
Im writing in response to the writers comments
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expense disclosures online
once every couple of years
is going to derail some
important business at city
hall? It boggles the mind.
And just in case readers
wonder why only Coun.
Dhaliwal spoke to the
question well, appar-
ently, most of council was
on a junket to sister city
Mesa, Arizona this past
week.
Freedom of informa-
tion is essential to a
democracy. And freedom
of information doesnt just
mean that the information
is available if you have
the resources and time
to spend copying such
information by hand in
city hall it also means
that there is a level of
transparency and acces-
sibility that does not deter
information seekers. City
halls, organizations or
institutions that purport
to model accountability or
transparency while mak-
ing it as difficult as pos-
sible for folks to simply
access information, are
surely missing the point.
Patrick Smith is an SFU
political science professor
and current director of the
Institute of Governance
Studies.
He said: Burnaby
should know better. They
talk about how they were
voted best managed
municipality (by Macleans
Magazine), but I dont
know how this can be
considered a best prac-
tice.
I agree.
Making the public (or
reporters) go to city hall
to copy documents is,
simply, backward.
In the olden days one
had to actually go to city
hall in person to pay
taxes. Nowadays one can
pay online. Thats as it
should be.
The failure of
Burnabys one-party
government to simply do
what makes sense unfor-
tunately fuels its political
foes claims that it is try-
ing to obstruct easy access
to politically sensitive
information.
Why, one wonders,
would the Burnaby
Citizens Association,
want to hand opponents
ammunition? After all,
its not as if theres some
grand principle behind
keeping such documents
offline. At least nobody
has told us there is.
Could it just be a dis-
play of stubbornness in
the face of criticism?
I hope not.
Pat Tracy is the editor of
the Burnaby NOW and its
sister paper, The Record.
continued from page 6
City hall: Transparency needed
regarding the teachers strike.
She says that the government net-
zero policy shows us they think public
education is a business, for the reason that
only in a business, money in must equal or
be greater then money out.
Really? I am not a math expert, but it
seems to me that, when it comes to finance,
regardless if its in reference to a business,
a household, government etc., if money in
is less than money out, it will equal debt.
In the governments case, more debt
equals more taxes, more taxes equals more
people on or below poverty level, more
people below poverty level equals less
circulation of money, less circulation of
money equals higher unemployment, and
I could go on, but Ill go straight to the bot-
tom line, and that spells disaster.
The writer says that it really comes
down to respecting teachers and the work
they do for the community and the prov-
ince. Yes, and the same goes for police,
firefighters, nurses etc.
We all do a job, we all contribute to
our community in some form or other. All
equally important. We all get paid for the
profession we choose and execute. Our
valuable freedom of choice gives us the
opportunity to choose whatever profes-
sion we want and the right to change it at
any time we so desire.
Frank Di Cesare, Burnaby
Youth for tan-free futures
Dear Editor:
The Ministry of Health has just
announced that the B.C. government will
be banning indoor tanning for youth under
the age of 18. We thank the B.C. govern-
ment for taking this step towards protect-
ing the health of B.C.s youth. According to
the World Health Organization, any use of
indoor tanning equipment before the age
of 35 has been found to increase the risk
of melanoma by 75 per cent. Melanoma is
one of the most common and deadly forms
of skin cancer for young people, even
though it is mostly preventable.
We are two of the Tan FreeGradLeaders
for the Canadian Cancer Societys Tan
Free Grad Challenge at Burnaby North
Secondary. At present, students can still
access indoor tanning beds, which is why
we want to raise awareness about this
health issue and encourage students at
our school to own their own skin tone for
graduation.
Our goals as advocates of this cam-
paign is to have all of our fellow Grade 12
students pledging to be tan-free for prom
and to educate our peers about the dan-
gers of UV radiation.
For more information about Tanning
is Out, join the Tanning is Out Facebook
page,www.facebook.com/TanningIsOut
or visit www.cancergameplan.ca.
Valerie Lang and Akira Xu, Tan Free Grad
Leaders, Burnaby North Secondary
continued from page 6
Teachers have a choice
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fashion show next Tuesday.
If youre not willing to eat the animals,
then how can you possibly think of wear-
ing them? Kim said in a press release
regarding her first VEO collection, Raw
Beauty.
Kim, who emigrated from Korea to
Canada with her family when she was
10, is completing her bachelors degree in
fashion design and technology at Kwantlen
Polytechnic University this year.
The 24-year-old, who has lived in
Burnaby for three years, went to the
University of the Fraser Valley after high
school and transferred her fashion design
diploma credits to Kwantlens degree pro-
gram.
Kim used eco-friendly and organic fab-
rics, as well as recycled materials, to create
the three outfits in her womens collec-
tion.
For the red jacket in the collection she
used heavy 100 per cent cotton moleskin,
and plant-based materials for all the other
clothing, she said.
It took me awhile to find material that
doesnt contain anything that even has ani-
mal glue, she said, even just a little bit of
animal product that was the main issue
that I had when I was looking.
Kim is currently applying for jobs but
also hopes to travel to New York before
settling in Vancouver, she said.
The Show, Kwantlens annual fashion
show, takes place April 3 at the River Rock
Show Theatre in Richmond.
For more information on Kims fash-
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For tickets to the show, go to
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Burnaby designer
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Her work
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Students work featured in
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Larry Wright/
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Janaya Fuller-Evans
staff reporter
Burnaby North MLA Richard
Lee is calling attention to the con-
tributions the Chinese community
has made to the province.
In a private members state-
ment delivered in the legislature
recently,Leehighlightedhistorical
contributions Chinese Canadians
have made.
While the economic contribu-
tions to our province by British
Columbians with British, Dutch
and Russian origins are often doc-
umented, the history of those with
Asian ancestry, especially Chinese, is not
well known, Lee said.
Some of his examples included the 1850s
Gold Rush, which was linked to a surge in
Chinese migration, and construction of the
Canadian Pacific Railroad.
The commitment to build the
CPR was a precondition of British
Columbia joining Canada, and this
should have been a source of pride
for all who worked uniting our
country and creating an economic
corridor that linked the Atlantic
Ocean to the Pacific Ocean, Lee
said.
Lee also dropped some big
names from the Chinese commu-
nity: David Choi, CEO of Royal
Pacific Realty; Cindy Lee, CEO of
T&T Supermarkets; and renowned
architect Bing Thom. He also mentioned
H.Y Louie, a company that startedwithHok
Yat Louies general store in Vancouvers
Chinatown. It is now the second-largest
family-owned business in B.C.
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The unit which has views extending
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es and additional ground-floor storage),
which gives it far more space than most
single-family homes, notes Watt.
Its really a one-of-a-kind property,
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house was originally built as two separate
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They combined the two (penthouses)
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The unit has three bedrooms and four
bathrooms, including a massive master
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Theres also a sauna, a built-in sound
system throughout the house and custom
lighting.
The 200-square-foot kitchen has cus-
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high-end Sub Zero and Dacor appliances
and a built-in wine fridge.
Watt typically only works with
Vancouver properties but said his reputa-
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es and his previous experience working
with the owners led him to represent
this property.
And after just a few days, he had
already had a few bites.
We just showed it people from this
area looking to downsize from a bigger
house, he said.
Hes confident the price is a reasonable
one given its size, location and amenities
and comparable properties he recently
sold the neighbouring unit, at half the
size, for about $800,000.
Its a different world its beauti-
ful up there. We were up there when
we had all that fog rolling in, and it was
amazing like being in an airplane above
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direction all the way to Mount Baker and
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heres a mound of worms in Bintoro
Gunadis hand and a grin on his
face: here is a man who knows what
he loves to do and is doing it.
The worms, to the uninitiated, look
rather like those youd find in the garden
in other words, squirming and wrig-
gling.
But these are special worms, known to
the scientific community as Eisenia andrei
and Eisenia
fetida, or more
commonly, red
wigglers.
And Gunadi
hopes that some-
day these little
creatures will be
found in homes,
schools, busi-
nesses and anywhere else they can do
their magic work of composting waste.
From afar
Gunadi is originally from the island of
Java, in Indonesia, and came to Canada
three years ago, landing in Halifax and
then spending some time working in the
U.S.
He, his wife and his son have settled in
Burnaby, and for the last few years, hes
been working with greenhouses south of
the river.
Hes an expert in soil biology and,
specifically, these worms, having spent
his lifes work in the field but, as far as
Gunadi is concerned, his academic his-
tory comes second to the wigglers them-
selves.
They are the focus, he says.
Hes recently launched Burnaby Red
Wigglers, an effort to get more worms
into the hands of more people and,
hopefully, into large-scale sites like uni-
versities, businesses and governmental
bodies.
The mission is simple: to contribute to
the development of contemporary models
of urban and suburban sustainability.
If thats a mouthful, heres the transla-
tion: finding a way to deal with waste
that is simple, cost-effective and most
importantly, good to the earth and the
people who live on it.
That may sound like a tall order, but
the wigglers are impressive enough to
make it happen.
Wiggling around
If you have one pound of worms and
one pound of waste, it will become ver-
micompost in a couple of days, Gunadi
says.
In fact, the worms can actually convert
slightly more than 100 per cent of their
own body weight in a day, eating every-
thing from kitchen waste to wet paper,
and changing it into a rich compost for
the garden.
Vermiculture-vermicomposting (the
former refers to producing the worms, the
latter to the compost itself) can be done
on a small scale in a home or on a large
scale at a major facility.
Both are safe for the environment and
the community, he says.
The worms produce an antimicrobial
protein that will eliminate human patho-
gens and suppress plant diseases. And
theres no chance that the worms will get
into the local biology theyll simply die
if put into the soil.
They can only live in organic wastes,
he said.
They may look like simple creatures,
but they have impressive
qualities: they can double
their population in two
months in the right condi-
tions, and they make ideal
fish and animal feed.
They also have promis-
ing aspects for medicine
for example, they have an
enzyme called lumbrokinase
that can prevent blood clots
in humans.
More amazingly, notes
Gunada, researchers in
Belgium recently discovered
that composting worms can form herds
and make group decisions, through
touch, to communicate a discovery that
changes the idea that worms are lacking
in social behaviour.
Its really, really interesting, said
Gunadi.
His face lights up while talking about
the worms, but its when he shows off his
wigglers that he really gets
enthusiastic.
Inside a series of small
Styrofoam coolers, Gunadis
worms are busily composting
his household kitchen waste.
You can tell theyre happy
because they reproduce, he
says, showing a small Petri
dish with more than a dozen
seed-like cocoons.
Each cocoon can become
four to six worms.
They have to have the
right environment, he says.
Not too wet, not too dry, and plenty of
the right kind of food no dairy or meat.
And thats where education comes
in something he hopes to give to the
people who set up their own worm com-
posting systems.
Get the worms
Gunadi has started supplying worms
to individuals through his website at
www.burnabyredwigglers.jimdo.com.
I stay in touch to help them with it,
maybe theres a problem with the condi-
tions too wet or something so I want
to make sure they do well and teach them
about it, he said.
He says B.C.s mild climate is ideal for
vermiculture/vermicomposting, and he
hopes to see it developed throughout the
province.
Theyre great, they make (the) best
compost. They take the waste, and then
we dont have to throw it out, he said.
With his enthusiasm for the worms,
and his expertise, Gunadi may just be the
man to bring the wigglers into the main-
stream.
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The wormy wonder of red wigglers
Worm man: Bintoro Gunadi is a soil expert who specializes in red wigglers. The
unique worms, top and bottom right, can compost everything from kitchen waste
to wet paper. Middle right, cocoons hold four to six worms each.
Photos by Larry Wright/burnaby now
Theyre great,
they make the
best compost,
they take the
waste, and then
we dont have to
throw it out.
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urnaby student
Sarah Savic-Kallesoe
has her sights set
60,000 metres above Earth.
The 15-year-old Byrne
Creek Secondary student
is ranking high in a world-
wide Metro News contest,
where the grand prize
is trip to space valued
at $100,000. Contestants
submit applications and
garner votes online.
The winner gets a
one-hour flight at 60,000
metres above Earth and
will go through two days
of training to prepare for
the weightlessness.
Sarah submitted a
poem, called Keep This
Beauty Intact, about creat-
ing environmental aware-
ness.
Her submission was
ranked 14th for Canada
(excluding Quebec), and at
press time she had 12,962
votes. To see her submis-
sion, go to http://bit.ly/
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Student film fest
Burnabys student rep-
resentatives are holding a
film festival this April to
raise money for charity.
The district student
advisory council is orga-
nizing the Burnaby Schools
Film Festival, featuring
multimedia creations from
local students based on the
theme: Burnaby: Who We
Are.
The festival is on
Wednesday April 4, at 7
p.m. in the Michael J. Fox
Theatre at Burnaby South
Secondary.
Tickets are $7 each or
two for $12, and the goal is
to raise $3,500.
Proceeds go to Pacific
Assistance Dogs Society,
which trains dogs to
help people with hearing
impairments or mobility
challenges. To get tickets,
email dsacfilmfest2012@
gmail.com.
Trip to Africa
Theres also a fund-
raiser on at Cariboo Hill
Secondary to help sent stu-
dent Allison Graham on a
volunteer trip to Kenya to
help build a school.
The fundraiser will
showcase live music, the-
atre and poetry. The event
is Thursday, April 5, from
6 to 8 p.m. in the cafeteria
at Cariboo Hill, at 8580
16th Ave.
Tickets are $7 for stu-
dents, $10 for adults. Email
or call 604-522-4351 for
tickets.
Free book
We have a few more
books to give away, so
keep your eyes on this
column. This week, I have
a copy of Yesterdays Dead,
by Pat Bourke.
This one is geared
towards young readers
and is set at the end of the
First World War.
Thirteen-year-old
Meredith, whose dream is
to become a teacher, must
leave her small town to
help support her family
by working as a servant,
when the Spanish Flu epi-
demic hits.
The first person to
email me with Yesterdays
Dead in the subject line
gets the book. You have
to pick it up at our office,
from Monday to Friday, 9
a.m. to 5 p.m.
Organ donation
A correction is in
order for the interview
we ran on Friday, March
23, with Cecilia Ferreira,
also known as Miss Teen
Burnaby. The beauty
pageant contestant said
she was working with the
Organ Transplant Society
to raise awareness about
the issue, but the correct
name of the group is the
B.C. Transplant Society.
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Theres a new market in
town, one that aims to help
immigrant and refugee
women develop some busi-
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a living.
Burnaby resident Lubna
Abdelrahman started the
community market, which
runs every last Saturday
of each month in the gym
at Edmonds Community
School.
Most of my clients who
book the tables are new-
comers, she said. We try
to empower them.
Abdelrahman is hoping
to give women who are
new to Canada a hand up
through the market. People
can rent tables for $25
to $35, but new vendors
get a break on the fee. As
part of the vendor experi-
ence, Abdelrahman offers
women basic business
training, including how to
handle cash flows, lines of
credit and taxes.
Saturday, March 31 is
the second market ses-
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said there will be all kinds
of items for sale: African
dresses, Islamic clothes,
jewelry, traditional ethnic
food, perfumes and hand-
crafted items.
The idea for us is not
the money, she said. Its
how they can exist in the
market. I want to prepare
them for the farmers mar-
ket.
Abdelrahman holds
herself up as an example.
The local resident came
to Canada in 2004 from
Sudan. She sells Sudanese
products around the Lower
Mainland and online.
I need them to see:
If there are other women
doing it, you can do it.
Even if you do not speak
English, you can do some-
thing to improve your life
in Canada, she said.
To get involved, call
Abdelrahman at 778-919-
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PROMOTIONPROMOTION
Renovations are complete...Renovations are complete...
WERE OPEN!WERE OPEN!
SALE!SALE!
Natural Factors
Bonus Sizes
Metropolis @ Metrotown
(2nd level SkyTrain ent