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Editors note: The NOW haschosen not to provide a descrip-tion of how to access the imagesdescribed in this story, in order toprevent more children from seeingthem. Parents who want more infor-mation are asked to contact SchoolDistrict 43 spokesperson CherylQuinton at [email protected].

Graphic pornography imagesflooded the computer screen whena Port Coquitlam mom Googlesearched for her sons elementaryschool website.

Jennifer Ratcliffe sat stunned atthe computer surrounded by her

four children aged five to 15 when the pictures popped up. Theimages were not posted on a schooldistrict website. Rather, they wereposted on an international websitewith a similar address.

What came up was hard-coreporn. The images are just not accept-able. I came to the school and letthem know about it. They wereaware, so I phoned the superintend-ent. Theyre aware about it andtheyre trying to get the site down,Ratcliffe told The NOW.

But I was not aware that this wasthe thing thats going around withthe children, little school-aged chil-dren. I wouldve liked to have beeninformed so that I could block itfrom their computer or at least talkto them about it beforehand.

Ratcliffe said her 11-year-old sonfound out about the site two weeksago from a friend at school when thepair of preteens stumbled across theimages on a school computer.

My kids knew before me Theythought it would be a joke that I goto this site, so I went to the site andI was shocked, she said.

I just couldnt believe it. I wasembarrassed that I didnt knowanything about it. My children werelaughing. I was shocked I thinkits time for us to stop covering ourheads in the sand and be aware. Itstoo late for trying to keep it a secret.If kids know, then parents shouldknow.

Brian Kuhn, School District 43sinformation services manager, triedto get the site blocked by the prov-

incial learning network (PLN), agovernment-run provider of Internetservice to schools and colleges acrossB.C.

Theyve been working on it andtrying some things and so far havebeen unsuccessful in being able toblock that site, he said.

Kuhn said the pornography sitewas created through a hosting com-pany that allows anyone to makewebsites and post content.

The terms of use verified theydont allow explicit video, but theydont disallow any other explicitmaterial like images, Kuhn said.

Thats the situation. Some per-son has created this site He orshe claims to be a sex addict and isdedicated to sharing all the porn inthe world.

Kuhn said he e-mailed the pres-ident of the hosting company tosay that the pornographic websiteshould not be allowed.

They say no explicit video. Well,they shouldnt allow explicit imagecontent either. I gave him examplesof whats happening to us becausehis company is allowing that guy toput material up and asking them totake it down and remove all traces,he said.

I havent heard back yet, but wellprobably be pursuing that throughsome other angles if we can. Itsinternational, so its tricky.

Kuhn also plans to contact Googleand request that the pornographysite be excluded from searches, since

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Coquitlam council votedunanimously to move aheadwith plans for a phasedapproach to significantlyreduce the number of Canadageese at Como Lake Park.

Mondays vote came inresponse to an ever-grow-ing population of geese atthe park in recent years, aphenomenon that saw closeto 200 geese calling the sitehome in July 2010.

The management strategycouncil endorsed includes anumber of options: increasedsignage, more public edu-cation materials, plantingvarious types of low-growingvegetation along the shorelineand a move to relocate thegeese to a provincial wildlifemanagement area.

As long as the site is stillattractive, that is the geesecan land on the open grassarea and get into water, wewill have recurring problems.

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Sometimes all it takes to soothethe soul is a warm meal.Students from Hope LutheranSchool in Port Coquitlam havewrapped up another season of servingup solace every second Monday, as partof a Hope for Freedom Society pro-gram that helps feed local homeless.

Teens meet at the York Streetschool earlier in the evening to pre-pare four large batches of hot mealslike Sri Lankan curry, lentils andlasagna.

With the help of parent volunteers,the food is then driven to the LeighSquare Bandshell, where the magichappens: Students serve the meals toarea homeless, who are given coffee,dinner and dessert to stave off the ele-ments.

The independent school has beeninvolved locally for three years, follow-ing a few winters spent on the streetsof the Downtown Eastside helpingVancouver homeless with the UnionGospel Mission.

Mike Yee, the teacher who kick-started the program, said it was essen-tial under the schools ethic for thekids to embark on charitable pursuits.

As a Christian school, we thoughtit was important to not just have thecourse material about giving back, butthat its how you touch people andhelp people, Yee said.

They were happy to hear about aprogram closer to home that helps thelocal homeless population, and Yeesaid this helps students see the needaround their neighbourhood. Wethought we would try to serve peoplein PoCo.

While Hope for Freedom schedulessome volunteer groups, the school

must provide the food itself. Studentsand staff embarked on a toy salefundraiser last October to raise $250,which will help cover the $30 to $50price tag of each meal.

The bottom line, though, is morethan just volunteer experience forstudents.

It feels good going home andknowing youve given them somefood and theyre not hungry tonightbecause you helped, Grade 8 student

Tanis Van Beest, 13, said.Its really fun to cook with your

friends. We have a lot of fun doing it.The biweekly dinners have also bro-

ken down a few misconceptions.The homeless people are pretty

friendly, said 13-year-old BryanWang, also in Grade 8. I was scaredat first, but they have a sense ofhumour.

Grade 8 teacher Lisa Olding saidbreaking through to the kids and the

homeless community is what theweekly meals are all about.

We see some of the same peopleevery two weeks, so you build thosepersonal relationships, she said. Itspretty neat for the kids to see them.

We had a regular last year whocame all the time, but we havent seenhim much this year. But he droppedby and said he got steady work and anice place. Its nice to hear if peopledo improve.

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Canadians will likely head to the polls in May, asthe federal budget tabled yesterday (Tuesday) has sofar failed to garner majority support in Parliament.

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty appealed to opposi-tion parties for support on the budget, considered aconfidence vote for the minority Conservative gov-ernment.

Now is not the time for instability. It wouldmake it harder for Canadian businesses to plan andto expand. It would drive investment away to other

countries, he said. It would jeopardize the gains wehave made.

The budget included a mixed bag of initiativesaimed to placate diverse demands: enhanced guar-anteed income supplement (GIS) for seniors, entice-ments for doctors and nurses to relocate to ruralareas and reinstating the popular ecoEnergy Retrofitprogram for homeowners.

Conservatives like Port Moody-Westwood-PortCoquitlam MP James Moore were quick to support,via Twitter, programs like tax credits for childrensarts programs and volunteer firefighters.

Liberals were widely expected to vote against thebudget, and the Bloc Qubcois, from the outset,

had made some ambitious demands in exchange fortheir potential budget support.

That left only the NDP, and leader Jack Laytonindicated Tuesday afternoon that the party wouldnot support a budget he felt didnt help families stillreeling from the recession.

This budget fails to strengthen CPP, provides norelief for heating bills, and still leaves millions ofCanadians without access to a family doctor, Laytonsaid in a statement. And the GIS increase is a half-measure, leaving tens of thousands of seniors stillliving in poverty.

Parliament is expected to vote on the budget thisweek.

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the search engine doesntdifferentiate between school-related websites and the por-nography site.

Its just more of a hope,Kuhn said. Barring that, tomy knowledge or our know-ledge, there is nothing weknow how to do to block thisbecause of the way Googleworks.

School District 43 spokes-person Cheryl Quinton sug-gests parents educate theirchildren about appropriateInternet use.

Were trying our bestefforts to get it blocked. Butthe key actually, as in allobjectionable sites, is educa-tion with your children, shesaid. Talk to your childrenabout appropriate Internetuse because we, quite frankly,cant control what kids seeat all times. The educationcomponent lies in being awareof what your kids are access-ing and talking to them aboutinappropriate sites.

Parenting speaker andauthor Kathy Lynn sharedsimilar thoughts.

Lets be honest and saywe cant 100-per-cent controlanything. We think we shouldbe able to, but we nevercould, Lynn said. The dif-ference is when we were kids,it was Playboy magazine andPenthouse, and they were hid-den under our mattresses. Butit wasnt quite as graphic or

in your face and right there asthe Internet. I think we haveto start off by saying there isnot a magic answer.

Lynn said computersshould be kept in public partsof the house and that elec-tronic devices should be putaway at bedtime in a publicspace. She also suggests thatparents speak to their kidsopenly about pornography, aswell as about the type of web-sites they are accessing.

I think we have to take ourheads out of the sand and talkto kids about pornographyand talk to them about thefact that this is not real life.These people are not real,regular people. Certainly talkto our sons about how muchpornography is demeaning towomen, said the Coquitlamresident.

The stuffs there. Its betterto prepare them and let themknow what you think aboutit and how you feel about itand open the conversation. Atfirst, they dont want to talkto you at all because its reallyembarrassing. Its like talkingto them about sex. But its ourresponsibility to be talking tokids about stuff that we dontwant to talk to them about,she said. When it happens,a parent needs to be able toreact and say, Thats appall-ing. Let me talk to you aboutwhy thats a problem.

Before embarking on thisconversation, Lynn said par-ents should determine what

the topic means to them.What do you want your

kids to know? How do youfeel about it? Sometimes westart talking to kids beforewere really clear ourselves.So before we start talking tokids about anything that isactually values-laden, we firstof all have to have a conver-sation with ourselves aboutwhy this matters. Whetherits about politics, sex, reli-gion if youre going totalk to your kids, make sureyou know where you standfirst We cant tell our kids

what to believe, but we sureas hell can tell them what webelieve.

Even though the conver-sations might be difficult,theyre important to have,Lynn said.

It is very challenging forparents these days becausethere really is a lot of stuff outthere that is way too access-ible and its very graphic,she said. Most adults dontwant to see it, let alone kids.But if its there and the kidshave seen it, youve got to talkabout it.

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And thats why were looking to attack the whole issue, saidKathy Reinheimer, Coquitlams manager of parks and facilities.

The problems associated with high volumes of geese settlingnear the park include high fecal coliform counts, the potentialfor a severe disease outbreak among other species and the deg-radation of amenities and trails for park users. A staff reportnotes that the city has received complaints from residents aboutthe number of geese in the park, and complaints around theaggressive and threatening behaviour that appears to escalateas the goose population increases.

That staff report also suggests that a relatively low number ofgeese are native to the park, although the problems arise whenother goose populations move into the park specifically formolting, or shedding their feathers, in the early summer.

The issue was first presented to the citys sports, recreationand culture committee last week, at which time a three-yearphased approach to adding the shoreline vegetation was beingdiscussed. Coun. Selina Robinson, who serves as the commit-tees vice-chair, amended Mondays motion so all of the plantingwill take place in coming months.

Reinheimer noted that the plants will not be an immediateremedy to the problem.

Likely well get some impact this year, but it will be a coupleof years before it fully deters them, she said.

Coun. Mae Reid said she has received several e-mails fromresidents who suggested the relocation process could injure thegeese, although staffers were quick to counter that point.

The goal of relocation is to do it without doing any damageto the geese, Reinheimer said.

They are caught physically and put in kennels, and trans-ported into a truck. They shouldnt have any bruising or anyinjuries at all from that.

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The City of Coquitlam and anumber of former mayors andcouncillors have won theirapplication to dismiss twolegal actions in a long-run-ning dispute over a fence.

Both lawsuits werelaunched by GemexDevelopment Corp., whosepresident is Diane Spraggs.Gemex owns a large 40-hectare (100-acre) parcel ofland that is bisected by theCoquitlam River.

In 1996, Gemex built a 2.4-metre (eight-foot) high con-crete fence along three sidesof the property to keep outtrespassers, which prompteda public outcry because itblocked a popular walking andmountain-biking trail.

The wall replaced a chainlink fence.

The city tried to stopGemex from building thereplacement fence, especiallynear the riverbank.

Gemex, which maintainedthat the fence met the citysfence bylaw, took legal actionagainst Lou Sekora, the mayorat the time and a current citycouncillor, and a number ofretired mayors, councillors,city staff and a city lawyerwho became involved in thematter over the years.

The plaintiffs legal actioncontained allegations of con-spiracy and abuse of power.

The defendants broughtan application last year todismiss the two related cases,which were tentatively setfor trial next year 16 yearsafter Gemex built the fence.

The defendants argued

that they would be seriouslyprejudiced at trial due to thepassage of time, fading mem-ories and the fact that twodefendants had died beforeexaminations for discoverywere conducted.

B.C. Supreme Court JusticeLynn Smith, in a rulingreleased last Friday, grantedthe defendants application,finding they would be greatlydisadvantaged in putting for-ward their defence.

But that isnt the end ofGemexs legal action.

Tom Spraggs, a lawyer

handling the case on behalfof his mother, Diane Spraggs,said in an interview Mondaythat Gemex still has an out-standing lawsuit against theCity of Coquitlam for buildingthe four-lane David Avenuebridge on part of the Gemexproperty in 2004.

Gemex is suing for trespassand has been trying to resolvethe matter, he said, addingthat Gemex wants to build ahigh-rise seniors communityon the property.

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So far, so good.In her first week on the job, Premier Christy Clark

(I still have trouble saying that) has displayed anacumen for shoring up party unity.

She displayed a deft touch in appeasing both theconservative and liberal quarters of hercoalition party and the evidence can beseen in her choices for cabinet and sen-ior staff, as well as some key policies.

Appointing Kevin Falcon as deputypremier and finance minister sent astrong signal to the conservatives in theparty that their voices would be heard.Giving key posts to people like RichColeman, Shirley Bond, Mary Polak andPat Bell reinforced that impression.

Clark has put conservatives in port-folios that include finance, energy,aboriginal relations, solicitor general and the newlycreated jobs and tourism ministry.

But perhaps just as importantly, Clark appointedan important federal Conservative as her principalsecretary. Dimitri Pantazopoulous, who has a back-ground in polling, is responsible for shaping long-term political strategy.

His place in the premiers office should provide animportant link to Prime Minister Stephen Harpersoffice. Maintaining good relations with the federalgovernment is vital for Clark, who needs continued

federal support on all kinds of infrastructure pro-jects. Clark is understandably viewed with consider-able suspicion by federal Conservatives, who see heras a thinly disguised booster of federal Liberals. Buther moves in structuring both her cabinet and her

senior staff should dispel some of thosesuspicions.

And Clarks positions on some key poli-cies should also appease both elements inher party.

Her support for the controversialProsperity mine project near WilliamsLake something she brought up in herfirst conversation with the prime minister will gain her support from the ruralconservatives.

And her decision to raise the minimumwage will please the liberals out there.

That move was met with predictable squawking fromthe restaurant industry, but those complaints wonthave much resonance over time.

If Clark continues to walk the political tightropewithout slipping, she will make it much more dif-ficult for a fringe right-wing party to drain enoughvotes from her party to allow the NDP to win thenext election.

Presumably, the biggest threat would appear tobe the B.C. Conservative Party, which is close torecruiting retiring Conservative MP John Cummins

as its leader, or at least as a candidate.But Cummins doesnt have the profile to have

much impact outside of his own riding of Delta.The NDPs hopes for a bigger boost to the B.C.Conservatives were dashed for now anyway when two other retiring Conservative MPs(Stockwell Day and Chuck Strahl) declined to jumpinto bed with their provincial cousins.

In fact, Day strongly voiced the view that it wasimportant the B.C. Liberals stay together, noting anysplit on the right would lead to an NDP victory.

Day carries far more weight with conservativesthan Cummins, and his message of unity will likelyrule the day (in fact, I wonder whether Clark mayrecruit him to run for the B.C. Liberals come thenext election).

The real test of B.C. Conservative strength willcome when Clark calls a byelection in Vancouver-Point Grey. The riding is part of a federal riding thathas shown strong support for federal conservativesover the years, but if the provincial party doesnt putup some respectable voting results, it will be harderfor it to gain traction elsewhere in the province.

Like I say, so far so good for the new premier.

Strategic moves equal smooth sailing for Clark

Even hard-right business organizationswhose policy doctrines suggest theywould be OK with sub-Saharan wages inB.C. are offering only half-hearted resistanceto Premier Christy Clarks plan to raise theminimum wage.

Thats how long overdue this province is fora move towards the standard everywhere elsein Canada.

Naturally, organizations at the other end ofthe scale are complaining that the $10.25 min-imum is not enough, or that it is being imple-mented too slowly.

Clarks game plan is to raise the workingpoors bottom line in increments, reaching thefull $10.25 per hour on May 1, 2012.

Announcements that the minimum wage isbeing raised from the current $8 per hour missan important aspect of Clarks wage hike: theridiculous $6 minimum training wage, oftenabused by unscrupulous employers to obtainsuper-cheap labour, will be scrapped as of May1 this year.

That decision even earned Clark plauditsfrom her foes in the Opposition benches,although the New Democrats and others havebeen quick to point out that the new premieris contemplating allowing a different min-imum-below-minimum standard for some whowork in the service industry. Clark is consider-ing a plan to mitigate the extra money thatalcohol servers earn in gratuities.

The NDP wanted the minimum raised to $10four years ago, when Clarks predecessor andhis cohorts maintained it wasnt necessary,because market forces in those better econom-ic times would drive up the minimum natur-ally. But the market forces havent done theirjob, and now that past-necessary wage hikewill be fielded by small businesses crunchedby the HST, the continuing global recession,and in some cases, customer reticence born ofchanges to drinking-and-driving laws.

Future crunches could be avoided by extend-ing the incremental minimum wage hikes pastMay next year, with further small and rea-sonably anticipated increases tied to infla-tion.

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Ive extensively searched the print news media inregards to BC Hydros intent to increase residentialelectricity rates (it will be a 50-percent increase bythe year 2015).

But for the part about how the very-profitable big businesses and corporatewelfare are also, in all due fairness, goingto pitch in their proverbial bit to helppay for BC Hydros upgrades over thenext decade upgrades which they willalso very-much utilize I find abso-lutely naught.

The B.C. Liberals, happy to have received and toagain receive generous election-campaign donationsfrom numero uno on their political list (i.e., the big-profit large companies), are intent on making thoseleast able to pay very large BC Hydro rate increases,pay the whole humongous rate increase; meanwhile,the Liberals turn a corrupt blind eye to those mostable to pay. The rich pay nada.

I guess the Liberals are confident that theyllaccomplish this socially immoral act as long as themainstream news media conveniently, though stillconspicuously, remain silent on this blatant injus-

tice.But the government has already

made rate-payment agreements withthe companies, one senior editor of TheVancouver Sun told me.

Well, then, if a politically or legallyforced renegotiation of the rates theycurrently pay and the rates they, ethi-

cally and morally, should pay in all due fairness isnot at all possible, then ding them with some sortof equalizer, such as a BC Hydro upgrading fee untiltheir current rate agreement expires.

And if they thus threaten to take our businesselsewhere, let them be damned.

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School principalsshould be leading,

not cleaning upRe: Principals stuck plunging toilets,

cleaning vomit, Friday, March 18.I take my hat off to the nine elementary

school principals in School District 43. They

rolled up their sleeves and stood in place of theschool caretakers in the mornings.

What I am very dismayed with is thebudget allocation to hire ancillary personnel.Shouldnt schools better utilize trained educa-tors and educational leaders? Arent the schoolleaders supposed to be envisioning dreams forthe school community, motivating their col-leagues to better educate the kids and improv-ing the systems and processes?

If we firmly believe that our Tri-Cities kidsdeserve the best education possible if wetruly regard our educators as professionals then let us affirm these convictions by puttingour money where our mouths are.

Samuel WeeCoquitlam

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for the rest of usRe: Dogs and trails: two very different

views, letters to the editor, Wednesday,March 16.

Nine years ago, I moved to the Tri-Citiesnext to a park-like space and noticed dogowners playing with their dogs and kids,throwing Frisbees and laughing. I thought,How wonderful to see such enjoymentbetween dog owners, kids and their dogs. Itwas reminiscent of when I grew up.

Four years ago, I got a mid-sized dog andhave been playing with my dog (off-leash) inthis park-like space. Over the past four years,I have encountered many dog owners thatuse this same space and 95 per cent of us areresponsible. We clean the area of garbage andbroken glass left by teenagers and dog feces leftby irresponsible dog owners; we leash our dogswhen children are present and when anotherdog enters the area; we keep our dogs away

from them until their owners confirm thattheir dog is dog-friendly.

I am tired of all the negative publicity thatdog owners receive because of irresponsibledog owners. As with every section of societyyou will find irresponsible adults everywhere:irresponsible drivers, irresponsible parents the list is endless, but it is the minority thatruin it for the majority.

This issue is no different, but it seems thatnon-dog owners feel that they have morerights than dog owners. I pay the same taxesand then some to licence my dog. What do Iget for this? One off-leash dog park (which has

13 parking stalls) that everyoneseems to think can be utilized byapproximately 10,000 dogs andtheir owners. As dogs are notallowed on transit, this dog parkis out of reach for many. And whatkeeps irresponsible dog ownersfrom using off-leash areas? I have

heard several stories of dogs getting attackedby other dogs in off-leash areas while theirowners sat idly by.

Leashing up your dog or using a dog parkdoes not mean that you are a responsible dogowner; having a well-socialized, well-exercised,well-trained and, thus, happy dog is the dutyof a responsible dog owner that is the mostsignificant in reducing aggressive behaviourin dogs. Ask any dog trainer what makes a dogaggressive and they will tell you that the dogshave not been socialized with other dogs and/or people, trained or exercised enough. Thebest way to accomplish this is off leash.

All dogs are restricted as to where they canrun free. Do we restrict all drivers and par-ents before an incident occurs? No, we waituntil someone has been harmed and thenthe irresponsible party is restricted. Why areall dog owners painted with the same brush?

Perhaps the city could adopt a graduatedlicensing fee (that would be visible on the dogslicence) dependent on the amount of trainingan owner has completed or mandatory trainingbefore a dog is allowed off leash in designatedparks during specific hours, such as severalparks in Burnaby.

Lets put things into perspective. Whatcauses more harm to innocent people off-leash dogs or irresponsible (fill in the blank).This issue is a heated one and has taken on anus versus them mentality which will not pro-vide any solutions that take into considerationthe concerns and best interests of all parties,including the dogs. This issue really needs tobe about responsible dog ownership main-taining the physical and mental health of adog, which reduces aggression, and the partthat the city should be playing in facilitatingthis.

Kim StackPort Coquitlam

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The Coquitlam Open Learning program isexpanding to serve students in grades 10 and11 for the next school year.

Currently, the distributed learning programis the chosen education option for about 100students from kindergarten to Grade 9.

The program is specifically tailored aroundthe individual needs of each student, includ-ing those who are gifted. Students enrolled inthe program may also be involved in full-timeathletic or dramatic pursuits, have identifiedspecial needs or prefer to learn outside of aregular school environment.

Parents provide learning support at home.As well, students meet together once per weekfor instruction in topics such as health andcareer education, fine arts, physical educationand computers.

Krisztine Trumley, principal of CoquitlamOpen Learning, said many parents have chosenthis personalized learning option for the pastsix years.

We know students and parents have comein here for so many different reasons, andtheyre basically seeking alternatives. Theywant to engage in the curriculum in a very dif-ferent way than weve seen in other areas. Theywant differences around everything from theway its structured, how their days are struc-tured, how we structure education, Trumleysaid. They want flexibility. Its a huge, hugecomponent here. And the other portion is theywant to be involved in the education of theirchild in a very deep and meaningful way.

Students also have their own reasons forseeking education alternatives.

These are students who really like to be in amuch smaller setting. Sometimes the schools

are just too big for them. Theyre not fitting infor whatever reason. Weve got 100 studentsand weve got 100 completely different rea-sons, Trumley said.

So they want a smaller setting and theyrereally interested in having individual needsmet. They want to be able to look at their ownlevels of interest. They want to follow theirown pacing, so self-pacing is very importanthere. And the relationships between their par-ents, their teachers and themselves are abso-lutely fundamental to what were doing.

However, until now the program has stoppedat Grade 9.

At the end of Grade 9, where do they go?Trumley asked. We dont have a place forthem to go, and theyre used to learning in avery particular way. For many of them, return-ing to a regular bricks-and-mortar school isjust not an option.

But starting in September, these studentswill be able to continue with the open learningprogram in grades 10 and 11 after the schoolboard unanimously supported the expansionlast week. The program may continue to growto include Grade 12 in the future, but cur-rently there are no students at that level.

For now, the program is drawing attentionfrom many parents of younger children.

Im taking phone calls almost daily nowfor kindergarten in particular for next year.Parents call all the time. We meet with themand we have intake meetings. What we try todo is make sure we get the best fit because noteveryone is really suited to this, Trumley said.

It does require a high component ofinvolvement from the parents. They really takeon quite a strong role as the teacher. Theyrethe teacher at home and they work very closelywith our staff.

More information on Coquitlam OpenLearning is available online at www.sd43.bc.ca.

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Green is the theme of anonline contest that has sevenlocal schools vying for votesthis month.

These schools are in therunning for the annual B.C.Green Games, which will doleout $22,000 in cash prizes tosustain and support environ-mental action projects.

Managed by Science World,the initiative allows BritishColumbians to go onlineand vote for their favouriteenvironmental stewardshipproject.

Porter Street Elementaryentered a video about its newoutdoor classroom made upof a circular grove of six redmaple trees and 10 benches.Teachers hold lessons in theoutdoor area, and studentsmeet in the natural space atrecess.

At Ranch Park Elementary,the school submitted an entryfor its Green Thumb project.Students asked Coquitlam cityofficials to partner with themto replace trees that had beenremoved from Mariner ParkForest. The city agreed, andthree forest rangers workedwith students to plant morethan 100 conifers.

Meanwhile, Pitt RiverMiddle School is showcasingits front garden beautifica-tion project. Grade 6 mathstudents measured and

mapped the area for a garden.Students will research andselect new plants to brightenthe schools front entrance.They will look for drought-resistant plants that will sur-vive summer while also pro-viding habitat for pollinators.

Harbour View Elementaryalso entered a garden projectin the province-wide contest.The school started a gardenabout 15 years ago, but over

time it became overgrownand a target for vandalism.Last year, staff and studentsembarked on a project torestore the area. They built adrip irrigation system pow-ered by a homemade windturbine and solar panels. Theyalso planted flowers and vege-tables and raised mason bees,butterflies and worms to helpthe garden grow. Now vandal-ism has dropped, and classes

use the garden as a teachingtool for math, language, sci-ence, social studies and socialresponsibility.

Meanwhile, Maple CreeksGreen Team is eyeing a prizefor their zero-waste program.The school currently recyclesabout 85 per cent of its waste,with the goal of recycling upto 98 per cent next year.

At Hazel TrembathElementary, students are alsohighlighting their zero-gar-bage initiative and salmonenhancement project. Forthe past 22 years, the schoolhas been involved in salmonenhancement. Studentslearn about environmentalissues and social responsibil-ity through two tanks in theschool that mimic chumsalmon habitat. Students alsoparticipate in the release pro-gram at Hyde Creek, and theyhave written letters to localpoliticians about creek con-tamination.

Glenayre Elementary ispromoting its Glenayre GoesGreener initiative, whichincludes recycling and wastereduction. Students also walkto school on Wednesdays andparticipate in a cycling cele-bration.

The public can vote for pro-jects until March 31 at www.bcgreengames.ca. Four pro-jects from across the provincewill win $500 viewers choiceawards, and judges will awardanother 20, $1,000 prizes fortop projects.

Tri-Cities schools in Green GamesJennifer McFee

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Maple Creek Middle School already recycles about 85per cent of its waste, and wants to recycle even more.

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For some it represents aperfect opportunity to purge,while others use it to find thatdiamond in the rough.

Coquitlams city-wide gar-age sale is slated for April 16,giving residents an opportun-ity to unite around a singleconsolidated event to reuse,clean and sell.

Its a day where everyoneshaving a garage sale at thesame time, said BridgetMitchell, the citys recyclingand waste reduction officer.It gives people an opportun-ity to sell and reuse theirunwanted items.

Now in its fifth year, thegarage sale takes place pre-dominantly at single-familyhomes, though condo ownersand apartment dwellers cantake part as well provided theyget the green light from theirrespective strata councils.

Those looking to take partin the garage sale, whichcoincides with Earth Day,have until the end of Marchto sign up either online or inperson at Coquitlam City Hall,3000 Guildford Way.

Once the signup process iscomplete, the city will com-pile a map that will includethe addresses of homes takingpart, as well as the items thatwill be up for sale at each one.Residents will also receiveinformation on where todonate items that arent sold,as well as tips on other recyc-ling and disposal options.

[Residents] can sell basic-ally whatever they want, buteverything has to be putaway by the end of the day,Mitchell said.

Last years sale saw 322residences take part, while 54had signed up as of March 17.

Its gone well over theyears, Mitchell said. Somepeople wish that we held it all

weekend, and sometimes raincan play into it. Some peoplesay they dont get enough

traffic, whereas other peopleare getting tons of traffic, sowe do encourage people to

promote their own: put upsigns in their neighbourhoodand on main streets.

The sale is scheduled to runfrom 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Visitwww.coquitlam.ca for details.

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Revisiting 40 years worth of hits at the RedHalf of the seminal 1960s and 1970s rockgroup Creedence Clearwater Revivalwill take to Coquitlams BoulevardCasino this Friday to roll out the classics.

Performing under the name CreedenceClearwater Revisited, originalmembers Stu Cook (bass) andDoug Clifford (drums) will bejoined by guitarist Kurt Griffey,singer/rhythm guitarist JohnTristao and multi-instrumen-talist Steve Gunner to performhits including Proud Mary,Fortunate Son, Down on the Corner andmore.

Though Creedence Clearwater Revival dis-banded in 1972, Cook and Clifford relaunchedtheir own group in 1995 to reinvigorate songsthat have been staples on rock radio stationssince the late 1960s.

Tickets for Fridays show range in pricebetween $59.50 and $69.50 and can be pur-chased at www.ticketmaster.ca.

Brush between cities goldenIts part art, part battle royal.The art-in-motion competition known as

Golden Brush will take place in Port MoodyThursday, March 24, pitting nine artists fromthe Tri-Cities against three Vancouver-basedartists.

The various teams of three will have 90 min-utes to bring one universal theme to life, andonce that part of the evening is said and done,all of the works will be set up in an impromptugallery-like setting to be judged. The judgingpanel will consist of Port Moody Coun. KarenRockwell, Port Moody Arts Centre gallery co-ordinator Susan Jessop and Astrid Heyerdahl,the visual arts manager at CoquitlamsEvergreen Cultural Centre.

Artists representing the Tri-Cities include:Rainer Daniels, Judith Atkinson, SarahRonald, Rose Eysmond, Kris Kupskay, HeatherAnderson, Masha Levene, Mandara Lebovitzand Tammy Pilon.

Golden Brush goes at 7:30 p.m. at the OldMill Boathouse, located at 2715 Esplanade Ave.Tickets cost $10, and more info can be foundat goldenbrush3.eventbrite.com or www.gbar-tevents.com.

Reggae meets soul and calypsoPort Coquitlams Coffee Concert Series will

wrap up March 27 around musical stylingsranging from calypso and reggae to gospel andsoul.

The Vancouver OutreachCommunity Sweet Soul GospelChoir will perform from 1:30 to3:30 p.m. at the Terry Fox Theatre,bringing with them noted choirdirector Checo Tohomaso.

A veteran of Hawaiian, calypso,reggae, soul, gospel, R&B and jazz, Tohomasohas performed alongside musical legends likeMarvin Gaye and Lionel Ritchie.

Ninety per cent of American soul, R&B andjazz singers have their musical foundationsinging gospel music in the church, and I washeavily influenced by those artists at a veryearly age, Tohomaso said in a press release.

Tickets for the show cost $10 for adults and$5 for students. Children under the age of 12get in for free.

Blue trees come to Port MoodyArtist Konstantin Dimopoulos isnt going

to paint the town red. Instead, hell paint thetrees blue sort of.

The Australian-born artist will bring hisinternational exhibit The Blue Trees to 16 treesoutside of Port Moody City Hall, as well as onetree outside of the Port Moody Art Centre, as ofMarch 27.

Dimopoulos exhibit is meant to call atten-tion to the plight of trees in various parts ofthe world, on top of underscoring their import-ance from an esthetic and environmentalstandpoint.

The tree trunks and undersides of thebranches will be coated in a biologically safecolourant that washes off over time and causesno harm to the trees or the environment,according to the City of Port Moody.

Dimopoulos will be at Port Moody City Hallfor an artist talk and reception on Sunday,March 27 from 3 to 5 p.m.

Seasonal inspiration at centrePlace des Arts teacher and noted harpist

Rebecca Blair will head up the centres latestfaculty concert on April 2.

Joined by guest musician Judy Henry, theduo will perform Winter from Vivaldis FourSeasons; Drive the Cold Winter Away byLoreena McKennitt; Sakura, a traditionalJapanese folk song depicting the spring season;Rising of the Lark; the traditional Scottishtune Scarborough Fair and Jupiter fromGustav Holsts The Planets.

Blairs musical education includes a mas-ters degree in performance and musicologyfrom the University of Victoria, while Henryattained her bachelor of music degree from theUniversity of Alberta.

The April 2 show kicks off at 7:30 p.m. in theLeonore Peyton Salon, and tickets cost $13.50plus HST for adults and $11 plus HST for stu-dents and seniors.

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Blue orchard mason beesmay be the wonder bug of themoment for gardeners, buthave we put them on a paththat ends with us wondering,What happened?

Like the honeybee andbumblebee populations beforethem, mason bees could become the next species of pol-linators exploited by humansto the point where their popu-lation suffers a catastrophicbreakdown.

Gordon Hutchings, aVancouver Island biologistwith 20 years of experi-ence studying the assortednative bee species in BritishColumbia, is concernedmason bees are being pro-moted for their commercialpotential without properattention to what may be bestfor the species.

The reason mason beesare so popular is because theyare easy to capture and man-age by humans, Hutchingssaid. Thats the differencebetween them and more than200 other species of nativebees. The orchard mason beeis a great pollinator. Its waybetter than the honeybee andweve put so much energyinto that species and nowlook at the problems theyrehaving.

The same thing withbumblebees theyre havingproblems now because wevebeen doing similar things tothem. And now its masonbees and were mixing speciesand subspecies and shippingthem around. When we dothat, the parasitoids and para-sites go with them.

If humans need an exampleof what can go wrong whenwe help a bee species,British Columbians need lookno farther than the plightof the western bumblebee(Bombus occidentalis). Anative species to this prov-ince, western bumblebeeswere identified as a superbpollinator and put to work inassorted agricultural enter-

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More than 50 people had turned out to a SouthSurrey church on a snowy Saturday morningin late February to attend a specialseminar addressing a super bug thathas become all the rage across theLower Mainland and VancouverIsland.

Medical crisis? Uh, no. Strangeside effects from drugs? Nope.Looming global pandemic? Uh uh.Gardening? Bingo more specifically,a super bug that pollinates at a prodigiousrate, helping flowering plants thrive and stressingthe limbs of fruit trees with bumper crops.

Were talking B.O.M.B.s here, folks blueorchard mason bees, a native species in BritishColumbia that has been embraced by homeowners asa natural solution to pollination problems.

After creating tension with the addiction com-ment, speaker Steve Dreve of Busy B Creationsprovided a punch line: If you buy some, I tell peoplethey should buy a chair at the same time becauseits easy to get obsessed with them. Just pull up achair with your morning coffee and watch them go

to work.Dreves presentation was arranged by Cathy

Steele, manager of Surreys Wild Birds Unlimitedstore, in response to the increased interest her cus-tomers have shown in the little buzzing BOMBs.Steele knew people wanted to learn more about thesubject, but mason bees have grown so popular she

had to book Dreve months in advance.Weve been carrying mason bees andmason bee houses for almost 20 years,

but in the last five years the interestlevel in them has really increased,she said. I never used to sell out ofbees or houses, but I do now.

Jamie Vander Zalm at Art Knappsgarden centre in Surrey echoed

Steeles amazement at the popularityof the bugs.

When we first got into them I thought, Who isgoing to buy bees? Whos going to get this, under-stand it? But it seems to be something thats nottoo difficult for the average Joe to introduce intothe backyard, Vander Zalm said. That surprisedme because I thought it might be too technical, butobviously thats not the case. We sell lots of them,although I do find it tends to be an earthier, nature-oriented kind of person who buys them.

So what are these little marvels? Put bluntly,they are a native species of bee that emerges eachspring just in time to feed and collect pollen from

early blooming flowers and fruit trees. Roughly thesize of a thumbnail, mason bees Osmia lignariapropinqua to biologists have dark bodies with aniridescent blue hue that makes them look almostlike freakishly large houseflies.

Mason bees live for just four to six weeks beforedying, which means from the moment they emergefrom their cocoons, their biological clocks are tick-ing literally. Males breed with the emergingfemales and then die, leaving the female to completethe task of propagation of the species. In this shortwindow she will complete the job of collecting food,laying eggs and creating individual cells for heryoung to develop in.

Each mason bee works alone, bringing nectar andpollen back to the nest, which in nature is usuallya long, narrow fissure with limited access from oneend. Holes bored by beetles are preferred in the wild,but gardeners can lend them a hand with specialcustom nesting blocks. The female lays one egg ona pile of pollen and then collects mud to seal it offand begin work on gathering more food and mudsupplies for the next cell. When the egg hatches,the larva feeds on the amassed pollen before spin-ning a cocoon where it develops into adulthood. Itthen remains dormant through the fall and wintermonths before it emerges in mid-March to completethe cycle again. The females task-oriented focus

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