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Police are on the hunt for an in-mate who scaled the fence of a Ma-ple Ridge prison on Saturday and remains at large.

Ajit Singh es-caped from the Fraser Regional Correctional Cen-ter on 256th Street around noon.

Survei l lance video captured him climbing over a tall, wired fence that surrounds the prison compound and making his way through a forest.

Girlfriend charged in connection to other escapes

Tam speaks to Vancouver Chinese. p3B.C. ViewsClash of visions in political spring. p6

A strategic voting initiative, stoked by an anti-Harper sentiment, is targeting six B.C. ridings, including Pitt Meadows-Maple Ridge-Mission.

Catch 22 — which is registered with Elec-tions Canada as a third party – has the stated lofty goal of defeating more than 30 Conservatives in 2011.

“The Catch 22 founders realized that, given the usual vote-splitting among squabbling opposition parties, only a smart, targeted

campaign run independently of the par-ties could deny Stephen Harper his goal,” reads a new release. “This Catch 22 upstart is starting to inspire discouraged voters in 52 of Canada’s 308 electoral districts to vote together against Harper and astonish Can-ada.”

Funded through individual donations, the Catch 22 campaign and Facebook page has been live for about a year and a half.

Volunteers are now targeting all-candidate meetings to distributed leafl ets urging folks to vote strategically.

In Pitt Meadows-Maple Ridge- Mission, the campaign endorses NDP candidate Craig Speirs as the only chance to defeat the Con-servative incumbent.

Elizabeth Rosenau, a Maple Ridge resident who ran against Speirs for the NDP nomina-

tion, is a volunteer with Catch 22.“I think that our democracy is really at risk

with the Conservative minority undermin-ing it in many different ways,” she said.

“I believe that reducing the number of Conservatives is real-ly critical to allowing our country to begin to restore democracy.”

Catch 22 isn’t the only online strategic voting campaigns to resurface since the last federal election.

The site Project Democracy also wants to stop a Harper majority government, while Pair Vote attempts to connect disillusioned voters in different ridings through vote swapping.

For instance, a NDP member in a riding

where the party runs a distant third should consider swapping with a Liberal in a close riding where Liberals run third. In that way,

the competitive NDP candidate and competitive Liberal candi-date each gain one vote and their chances of winning increase.

Elections Canada deemed on-line vote-swapping to be legal in 2008.

Alice Klein with Projectdemoc-racy.ca calls their campaign “co-operative voting.”

“Through voter co-operating, we can achieve a more representative govern-ment,” said Klein, the editor and CEO of Now Magazine, an alternative newspaper in Toronto.

Kamp projected to win in Pitt Meadows-Maple Ridge-Mission

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Strategic voting targets local riding

Go CanucksEd Zezchuk, a

trades inspector with the District of Maple Ridge,

spent 16 hours assembling his Canuck Mobile.

A Canuck fan for 40 years,

he plans to add more to the truck after each

successful Canuck round of the

playoffs.

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Inmate climbs out of FRCC

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See Vote, p11

Opinion 6

Tom Fletcher 6

Pets 22

Arts&life 23

Sports 27

Community Calendar 34

Classifi eds 35

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Is Fisheries and Oceans Canada being gutted like a salmon or merely having the fat trimmed

so it can work better and cheaper?For NDP candidate Craig Speirs,

it’s the former because $57 million in cost reductions could cripple DFO’s ability to respond to critical incidents.

Case in point, the death of thou-sands of fi sh in the North Alouette River two years ago last spring.

“Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows residents are all too aware of what can happen when the DFO lacks re-sources,” Speirs says.

“In May of 2009, thousands of fi sh were killed on the North Alouette River. After delays of more than two years, charges under various acts have now been fi led.”

Conservative candidate Randy Kamp, formerly secretary to the fi sheries minister, doesn’t buy it.

“Craig obviously doesn’t know what he’s talking about,” he says.

“I’ve been there. I’ve been involved in the process of strategic review.”

The department just underwent a normal cost-cutting review, as does every other ministry, to ensure it’s running effi ciently and as cheaply as possible. The cuts will be imple-mented over two or three years.

“Taxpayers expect their money to be well spent,” said Kamp, “so that we do have the ability to fund things that are important – like habitat protection.

“We do this on a regular basis.” If you have a $2-billion budget, you can fi nd savings and effi ciencies, he added.

Kamp pointed out the government also reversed previous Liberal cuts to the department and added a new offi ce.

According to Kamp, Speirs is just looking for an election issue when focusing on the issues in the North Alouette River in the last two years.

Speirs, in a news release last week,

said the money was to be “slashed” just when the Cohen Commission on the loss of the Fraser River sockeye salmon could offer recommenda-tions on improving salmon stocks.

“DFO is on life support and Ste-phen Harper offers amputation.

“Where is Randy Kamp in all this and how is he responding to these

challenges? He has done what he always does between elections, he disappears. We need MPs that stand up and defend our water,” Speirs said.

He added that if the cuts aren’t having an effect, “How come there are no boots in the river?”

Kamp counters: “If he wants to talk about the North Alouette he should at least get his facts straight.”

Kamp acknowledges the depart-ment could have done better than waiting a week to respond to re-ports of excavation along the North Alouette River in the middle of May 2009.

“I didn’t think DFO did everything in the best possible way.”

But when Jack Emberly reported the death of thousands of fi sh May 25, 2009, Kamp said Fisheries passed on the fi le to Environment Canada, which was on site the next day.

“They found three [dead] stickle-back and one sculpin – and no real evidence that there had been many thousands of fi sh killed.”

That incident then went through due process. “The system worked.”

Emberly, though, says when Envi-ronment Canada offi cers came out it was pouring rain and they couldn’t see into the water. “The fi sh were there – they [Environment Canada] were just so stupid and incompetent they couldn’t see them.”

Candidates quarrel over fisheries’ future

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Federal candidates (from left) Randy Kamp, Peter Tam, Craig Speirs and Mandeep Bhuller at a meeting in Mission.

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The Green party candidate in Pitt Meadows-Maple Ridge-Mission is getting all the media attention he could ask for.

Unfortunately, it’s not in his riding and like-ly won’t affect the numbers of votes he brings in on election day.

Halfway through the federal election cam-paign, Peter Tam is fi nding himself the target of Chinese media in Vancouver who are look-ing for someone to speak about the Green party.

Tam is the only candidate of Chinese de-scent running for the Greens, a detail which has resulted in interviews for the Sing Tao and Ming Pao newspapers and the World Journal.

In the past week, he’s done between fi ve and six interviews.

“The whole thing caught be by surprise, he said. “I couldn’t keep track of who’s who.”

On Sunday, he participated in a Chinese debate with a half-dozen other candidates on Omni TV.

That involved Liberal, Conservative and NDP Chinese candidates and allowed him to complete the slate by representing the Green party.

“This is an opportunity to relearn my Chi-nese language that I lost 40 years ago.” Tam was born in Hong Kong and came to Oakville-Burlington, Ont. when he was nine years old before moving to Maple Ridge.

He speaks Cantonese and used that in the debate, but said Mandarin speakers would also be able to understand him. While he can

carry on a conversation about day-to-day top-ics, he worried about being able to discuss the more complex ideas of public policy.

While the interviews and media exposure likely will have little impact in mostly white Pitt Meadows-Maple Ridge-Mission, Tam sees it as his duty to provide an example to his eth-nic group to become involved.

“I feel an obligation to step forward and just get involved with that even though it really doesn’t have a lot of impact on my constitu-ency.”

He said the questions he takes from the Chinese media are the same as he gets from the mainstream and that he gave the same re-plies, explaining the Green party platform.

“I’m just taking part just to show people that we’re a multicultural nation and that people should participate.”

Local candidate becoming Green spokesman to Vancouver Chinese

Omni TV

Peter Tam (right), a candidate in Pitt Meadows-Maple Ridge-Mission, speaks for the Green party at the Chinese debate on Omni TV.

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In better weather, Emberly said he saw a metre-wide strip of dead fi ngerlings on the river bottom, stretch-ing from the Neaves Road bridge upstream about a kilometre. He estimates there were 1,000 dead fi sh in every square metre and that three days later even af-ter tidal fl ushing in the river, he still managed to collect 20 dead fi sh in an hour.

“What have they got planned for the water-shed if they don’t want fi sh to be part of it?” Emberly asked.

Kamp pointed out the federal department worked with the B.C. Ministry of Environ-ment on the investiga-tion and eventually Fisheries Act and Water Act charges were laid against members of the Aquilini family, headed by Francesco Aquilini, in connection with the installation of an intake pipe connected to cran-berry fi elds owned by Golden Eagle Group, part of the Aquilini In-vestment Group. That case is currently before the courts.

Francesco, Paulo, Eli-sa and Roberto Aquili-ni, along with Richard Matis, were charged in February with 11 counts under the Water Act, the Fisheries Act and the Dike Maintenance Act, in connection with the installation of an irrigation pipe in the North Alouette River in May 2009.

Francesco Aquilini heads the Aquilini In-vestment Group, which also owns the Vancou-ver Canucks.

Golden Eagle Group, operates almost 5,000 acres of berry farms in Pitt Meadows.

“A pretty signifi -cant corporation was charged, so the system worked,” Kamp said.

“At the end of the day, the owner of the Van-couver Canucks was charged.”

Speirs also cites tes-timony from the Co-hen inquiry, quoting a fi sheries habitat and enforcement manager saying that staff in the Interior are “very disil-lusioned,” about being unable to keep up with the pace of develop-ment in the Thompson, Okanagan and Shuswap regions.

“We can’t keep up,” said Jason Hwang.

“We are not able to pursue smaller occur-rences that in the past we have pursued and prosecuted.”

Regulatory streamlin-ing, a poor referral sys-tem and staff cuts have reduced DFO capac-ity to respond, his note said, resulting in failure to achieve no-net loss of fi sh habitat where de-velopers must compen-sate for any damage.

Hwang’s note also warned logging in the Interior had increased massively to salvage timber killed by moun-tain pine beetles.

“We are totally disen-gaged from operational

forestry,” he wrote. “We don’t have a handle on what is going on, and are not providing any meaningful guidance on what we would like to see for fi sh.”

Kamp said he didn’t know the specifi cs.

But in high-growth ar-eas, there may be chal-lenges, he said. “The department is always open to looking at that,” and adjusting staff lev-els so they can do their jobs, Kamp said.

Green party candi-date Peter Tam sympa-thized with Kamp. “If he speaks out, he’s going to be sacked. So that’s the kind of regime that he’s under.”

He supports environ-mentalist Emberly’s charges that Fisheries and Oceans Canada is evasive and ineffective.

Emberly even ques-tions the future exis-tence of the department. “I don’t think they want the DFO because it’s too much trouble for in-dustry.”

He wanted to know why Kamp isn’t re-sponding to the de-mands for river man-agement made by the

Maple Ridge-Pitt Mead-ows Environmental Council.

For Tam, “It is abso-lutely clear that the DFO have no intention in carrying out their duties and enforcing the Fisheries Act.”

Cost cutting and con-stant squeezing of re-sources in Fisheries could be followed the same exercise in Envi-ronment Canada.

“The current govern-ment has no regard for the environment what-soever.”

Tam said people in the Pitt Meadows-Maple Ridge area “are gener-ally very environmen-tally conscious,” who instead have to fi ght their government for environmental regula-tion.

“It should be a part-nership. We really shouldn’t be fi ghting each other this way.”

Liberal candidate Mandeep Bhuller says the fi sheries depart-ment has become too politicized and that too many decisions are be-ing made from an ideo-logical base.

And he said Kamp keeps passing the buck, blaming other depart-ments. “To me, he’s brushing that responsi-bility off as an MP and government.”

There seems to be a disconnect between Fisheries and Oceans Canada between the public, he added.

– with fi les from Jeff Nagel

Fisheries from front

“If he speaks out, he’s going to be sacked.”Peter tam, Green party


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VANCOUVER – My weekend in the big city didn’t lack for va-riety. It started with Stephen Harper’s de-fence of business tax cuts, and ended with the election of Adrian Dix as B.C. NDP lead-er on a Marxism Lite program of revers-ing this world-wide trend and making the corporations pay.

I caught up with Harper on a tour through swing ridings in Vancouver, including Vancouver South, where now-Liberal Ujjal Dosanjh hung on by 20 votes in the last of our semi-annual federal elections.

Harper hit B.C. pleading for a majority to stop this merry-go-round of elections and stabilize the country as a player on the global business scene.

I was granted a 10-minute interview, and one of my questions was about the multi-year program of business tax cuts being completed by both the federal and B.C. governments.

I asked Harper if B.C.’s unemployment and investment performance suggests not all of the savings are being rein-vested. That’s because taxes are only one factor, our economist Prime Minister replied. Business confi dence has to be there, and that’s why stable, multi-year programs are needed for business plans.

Ottawa has implemented its four-year reduction plan, and Harper noted that B.C. isn’t alone in following suit. Most provinces have cut business taxes, including Liberal and NDP provincial

governments, and now their federal counterparts campaign on promises to roll them back.

“And nobody’s doing it,” Harper said. “This is what’s ironic. You look around the world. Ireland’s bankrupt, and it’s not raising its business tax rates. The United States has a defi cit three times ours, and President Obama, who’s not on my side of the political spectrum, says they need to lower their tax rates.”

But let’s not let federal or provincial politicians blow smoke that it’s their policies alone that have created 500,000 jobs across the country in two years, or made Canada’s currency soar past the U.S. dollar. Canada’s dollar is now seen as a stable petro-currency in an unstable world, and it’s international lumber markets that have led to double-digit unemployment in many B.C. towns.

Natural gas and foreign technology, and investment in it, have been a key part of B.C.’s recovery. And in general we’re starting to enjoy the effects of a commodity boom.

Then came the NDP leadership vote on Sunday. Here is a party that already has tilted itself toward the urban areas with a one member-one vote system. And it just rejected Mike Farnworth, its most popular candidate and the one with the best effort to emphasize rural and resource development.

Newly anointed NDP leader Adrian Dix is going to raise taxes on banks and those evil corporations, and use the mon-ey to subsidize post-secondary education for anyone who wants it.

Meanwhile, the reality for post-second-ary students is that business programs are tough to get into, because students are lining up to pay the supposedly oner-

ous tuition fees.Dix’s rhetoric about state-imposed

wealth redistribution seems not so much alarming as quaint. It’s his federal counterpart Jack Layton who blithely promises to double a federal pension program, just as Canada’s population ap-proaches the tipping point in 2015, where there will be more seniors than children for the fi rst time in our history.

Where Dix is alarming is when he talks about offering a positive alternative to the B.C. Liberals on the economy, the environment and education.

His convention win was presided over by a senior offi cial of the B.C. Teachers’ Federation. The NDP’s environment policy is in disarray. And on the econo-my, he is diametrically opposed to the global consensus.

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The aging Ruskin Dam on the north side of the Fraser River could be on the last chapter of its considerable history, if Rich Coleman has his way.

Last week, the province’s energy minister an-nounced that he is exploring options to throttle back B.C. Hydro’s rate increases, in part by look-ing at decommissioning two old dams that need major upgrades.

The 80-year-old Ruskin Dam is slated for an al-most complete reconstruction to make it earth-quake safe.

B.C. Hydro estimates the project would take six years and cost as much as $850 million, to pre-serve a dam and upgrade a powerhouse to sup-ply about 33,000 homes.

In fact, it could cost a great deal more than that, since mega-projects of this type often see estimated dollar fi gures soar skyward.

Coleman said he has sent B.C. Hydro “back to the drawing board” on Ruskin, after receiv-ing assurances that it is technically possible to lower the level of Hayward Lake over time and decommission the dam.

Citizens who see all things political in a more cynical fashion may suggest this is merely an early election ploy.

Saving nearly a billion dollars on rebuilding an antique dam that may not be needed at all is a catchy campaign feature, to be sure.

Politically motivated or not, this kind of fi scal responsibility has major appeal to heavily bur-dened taxpayers.

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EDITOR, THE NEWS:Re: Dalton checking recall

list (The News, April 15).I hope MLA Marc Dalton

has a small shoe size as ev-ery time I read one of his quotes he seems to put his foot in his mouth.

The latest example is Mr. Dalton wants to obtain the lists of people who signed the recall petition.

He is quoted as saying, “I really haven’t thought through what I’d like to do.”

There can be only one rea-son Mr. Dalton wants the names. He wants to see who signed the petition and does not support him. He wants to make up a “list.”

It would be great if Mr. Dal-ton spent less time worrying about who signed the peti-tion and more time working for his constituents.

Mr. Dalton, here is the kind of quote people would like to read: ‘It doesn’t really matter to me who signed the recall petition, my job is to represent everybody to the best of my ability.’

Whether we support you or not. Mr. Dalton, we all pay your salary.

Mr. Dalton has also stated he doesn’t want to debate the HST as it’s too political. Hello, when one major party opposes the HST and one supports it, it is political.

Mr. Dalton, if you support the HST and you agree that it’s the best thing for the

province, it’s your respon-sibility to debate it. It’s your job.

The provincial govern-ment is funding both sides of the issue, but Mr. Dal-ton won’t debate the issue because it’s too political. I can only shake my head in disbelief. Although I didn’t sign the recall petition, mainly because I don’t sup-port the concept of recall, I can’t help but think that af-ter Mr. Dalton reads my let-ter, my name will be added to the list.

BILL ELDER

MAPLE RIDGE

Disaff ectionEDITOR, THE NEWS:

Re: Dalton checking recall list (The News, April 15).

Sadly, Liberal MLA Marc Dalton’s obsession with the identities of those who signed the anti-HST peti-tion is reminiscent of the offi ce functionary promoted to his level of incompetence who checks wastebaskets and listens at offi ce doors in an attempt to put faces and names to the generalized disaffection he knows sur-rounds him.

PAT EINARSON

WHONNOCK

Let’s seeEDITOR, THE NEWS:

Re: Dalton not done

(News Views, April 15).A man has a right to face

his accusers. Why should Marc Dalton not require the same accountability from the recallers as they were try-ing to exact from him?

It would make us more uneasy to have our fu-tures decided by unknown persons signing a piece of paper.

Perhaps among the 2,000-2,500 there is more than “some” with less than noble motives. Per-haps not. Let’s see.

CHERRYL KATNICH

MAPLE RIDGE

Democracy lessonEDITOR, THE NEWS:

Re: Dalton checking re-call list (The News, April 15).

This just keeps getting better and better. Marc Dal-ton says many of the people that signed his recall were just to stupid to know what they were signing or we were just confused. Me, I thought I was signing up to sell girl guide cookies.

Can this man get any more insulting or creepy? Yes, he can. Now he demands to see just who dared to exercise their democratic

rights. I suppose I will be getting a visit from a cou-ple of jack-booted goons or maybe we will be required to wear some distinguish-

ing arm band, pos-sibly red. He can then lump us in with Mr. Dalton’s other perceived degenerate mis-fi ts, such as gays, NDP, real Liber-als, Conservatives, union offi cials, union members – he could call them TDTDRME (The degenerates that dared to recall

me). Can you imagine this man

as premier of B.C.? You can bet any recall laws or other forms of protest would be immediately extinguished, and would democracy be far behind?

All in all, it is not hard to see why he was too far to the right even for the Con-servatives. Mr. Dalton needs to get some books and fi nd out how good democracies are supposed to function, or fi nd another country more in line with his vision of gov-ernment rule.

“You measure democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated con-formists.”

WAYNE CLARK

MAPLE RIDGE

EDITOR, THE NEWS:Re: Peeved RV owners in turn to Face-

book (The News, April 13).There have to be some rules in re-

gards to parking these type of vehicles. If you are living on acreage, then fi ne.

But in a normal subdivision, where the lots are small, looking out your window at a huge RV, semi, or dump truck every day is not desirable to some people.

A lot of truck drivers also start work fairly early in the morning and those diesel engines are not exactly quiet.

There has to be some common sense used here.

Some of these vehicles take up the whole driveway, from the front of the house to the sidewalk, and in the winter they are covered with a nice blue tarp.

If nobody complains and the neigh-bours are OK with it, then fi ne. But if there aren’t any rules in place and it is bothering people, there is nothing they can do about it.

MIKE MCLEOD MAPLE RIDGE

LaughableEDITOR, THE NEWS:

Re: Residents riled over RV com-plaints (The News, April 8).

I found Liz Holizky’s comment very interesting. Her claim that the dis-trict is trying to help homeowners find places to store their RVs laugh-

able. When I went to the office, they

wouldn’t even help me find the bylaw on the website.

In light of her attitude, we must be even more determined to have the

bylaw removed. There is no reason to believe that

this enforcement won’t start again after things calm down.

JOHN WEBB

MAPLE RIDGE

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EDITOR, THE NEWS: Re: Not so tough on crime (Letters, April 8).Paula Panek compares the average prison term of “fi rst-

degree murderers” (before parole) in Canada with average “sentences for life” (with and without parole) in the U.S. and concludes that Canada’s criminal justice system is already very tough on our most violent criminals.

Good try, Ms. Panek. You’re comparing apples to oranges. You know very well that not all prisoners serving life sen-tences in the U.S. are fi rst-degree murderers. In fact, a 2005 New York Times survey concluded that almost one in 10 prisoners in the U.S. were serving life sentences.

In California, even some habitual criminals with no history of violence have been handed life sentences in recognition of their demonstrated incorrigibility and the overwhelm-ing likelihood that they will continue to commit property crimes ad nauseam so long as they enjoy liberty.

Thus, Ms. Panek’s comparison is not only pointless, but very misleading.

This reminds me of the argument we often hear from left-wing criminologists: Canadian justice must be working be-cause the crime rate in Canada is declining.

What these social engineers deliberately fail to disclose is that Canada’s crime rate is declining from an all-time high and still remains far higher today than it was in the ear-ly post-war period, when many of us Baby Boomers were growing up. You can fool some of the people some of the time, but you can’t fool all of the people all of the time.

KIRK BROWN

MAPLE RIDGE

EDITOR, THE NEWS:I am a resident of the Morningside subdivision, off

Hammond Road in Pitt Meadows.My family and I use the shopping Meadowtown shop-

ping centre often, almost daily. My 16-year-old son has a part-time job there.

We love the convenience of having this mall so close to us, but are starting to getting frustrated with the inter-section at Dunn Avenue and Maple Meadows Way.

Right now, this intersection is a nightmare and we, as taxpaying residents, are expected to just deal with this?

Since the completion of Golden Ears Bridge in June 2009, we where told that the present three-way stop procedure would be temporary, while the District of Maple Ridge and TransLink came up with a solution to the problem, which arose because of the train tracks.

Now, this is confusing to a lot of Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows residents as there are lights in place, but not activated. Not only do we have to drive all the way around Dunn Ave to 200th Street only to end up where we started, but gas is more than $1.35 a litre.

The whole situation is frustrating, especially when the whole reason for it is that two parties can’t settle on a solution, but can take our taxes, both through our prop-erty and our gas usage.

So to avoid the drive around, people are pulling a U-turn in the middle of Dunn Avenue, which is unsafe.

Also, walking there is another nightmare, because the installed lights are not activated, there is no safe pedes-trian crosswalk.

Drivers are either focusing on the three-way stop pro-cedure or pulling a U-turn and sometimes don’t even see the pedestrian.

I think I speak for a lot of taxpaying people, we have waited long enough for a safe solution for both drivers and pedestrians.

JANET MULLEN

PITT MEADOWS

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The district has suspended RV removal orders until May 2, when council will review the bylaw.

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Could year-round schooling be in the future for more local schools?

The Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Board of Education voted to adopt a two-week spring break at their regular board meeting last week, but much of the talk around the board table centered on the benefi ts of moving towards balanced year-round school calendar.

“That calendar makes a lot more sense when you are coming from the teaching and learning perspective,” said superintendent Jan Un-win. “I hope we do go in that direction someday.”

A balanced calendar, like that currently in place at Ka-naka Creek elementary, can offer students a more stable learning environment, and result in better retention of information, says board chair Ken Clarkson.

“To me, it makes the most sense, educationally,” he said.

The current school year model, with more than two months off during the sum-

mer, has been in place for more than a century, and was developed when children were needed to help with the harvest on the family farm.

“It’s a hold-out from an out-dated agrarian society,” Unwin said in a previous in-terview. “But I’m not sure people are ready for that kind of change just yet.”

Trustee Eleanor Palis said she felt the move to adopt a two-week spring break and create a four-day weekend in November was the fi rst step towards a more balanced cal-endar.

“Moving towards a bal-anced calendar makes sense to me, and if this is the fi rst step, then great,” she said.

However, trustee Stepan Vdovine said he doesn’t see the move to a two-week spring break as being a step-ping stone on the path to a balanced calendar, merely a cost-saving measure in tight budgetary times.

If such a move were to be made, fi rst and foremost, parents would have to be on board.

“There’s educational evi-dence that it’s a good thing, but you don’t want to do it overnight,” Vdovine said

after the meeting. “I think everyone at the board table has a fairly progressive view, it’s a matter of how fast we do that.

“But you need buy-in from the public.”

As a result of the province’s collective bargaining agree-ment with teachers, school districts are limited in how they can allocate class time during the summer months.

Trustee Susan Carr sug-gested lobbying the govern-ment to change that.

“Summer is the real place people want to see a change,” she said.

CUPE Local 703 vice presi-dent Susanne Bonny, who represents support workers in the school district, said employees also favour a bal-anced calendar model.

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The bylaw, though, won’t be looked at until after November’s civic election.

“It’s a thing of pol-lution for me,” Mayor Don MacLean said at a committee meeting last week.

“I think we’d have a better turnout [for elec-tions] if people were forced to go door to door and sell themselves.”

Election signs are a pet peeve for the mayor, who won’t be seeking re-election this year. Now in his fourth term in offi ce, MacLean posts few signs during civic campaigns and restricts them to pri-vate property. He has reused his mayor signs for the past decade.

Coun. Gwen O’Connell seconded MacLean mo-tion’s that directed staff to review the bylaw, while councillors Bruce Bell, Tracy Miyashita and Deb Walters voted against it.

O’Connell said in the 2008 election, John Clancy, a Pitt Meadows resident who vied for a seat on council, earned more than a 1,000 votes without posting an elec-tion sign.

Walters, who will be seeking the mayor’s chair in November, be-lieves a “good old-fash-ioned handshake and minute of someone’s time” works better than a sign, but did not support a review of the bylaw.

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Committee’s rec-ommendation for the review was set to be voted on by council on Tuesday.

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Students at Maple Ridge secondary are joining the estimated bil-lion people taking part in Earth Day celebra-tions and events in 170 countries worldwide this week.

The school’s Eco-Ac-tion Group has paired up

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With a new leader, there’s new hope – such as for the New Demo-crats in B.C.

Sunday’s choice of Adrian Dix as NDP leader has MLA Mi-chael Sather hopeful about election chances, whenever a B.C. vote is called.

Sather voted for the new leader of the party who won Sunday’s lead-ership contest with 9,772 votes. Mike Farnworth was runner-up.

“I like Adrian because he’s not afraid to take on challenging issues, things that really differ-entiate us from the Lib-erals,” Sather said.

The split in the party, which developed last year, seems to have

healed. Sather, MLA for Maple Ridge-Pitt Mead-ows, was part of a group of 13 MLAs who called for then leader Carole James to step down.

Sather was supporting Vancouver MLA Jenny Kwan, who in December issued a blistering news release calling for James to step aside.

“There has been a steady erosion of our democratic principles. Debate has been stifl ed, decision-making cen-tralized, and MLAs mar-ginalized,” Kwan said.

That’s all history now, however, Sather said.

“We’ve had our fi rst caucus meeting now and I think there’s a very high level of cohesion.”

He is confi dent about the party’s chances against new Liberal lead-er Christy Clark in the next election, whenever that happens, although fall is most likely.

“I don’t think there’s a very high sincerity fac-

tor in terms of what a lot of people feel about her.” Clark’s track re-cord indicates that gov-erning doesn’t seem to be one of her strengths and that she’s trying to rebrand herself.

“But I don’t think it’s clear that people have a very high trust factor with her.”

The legislature re-sumes sitting next week and Clark will have to wait until a May 13 bye-lection in former pre-mier Gordon Campbell’s old riding of Vancouver-Point Grey before she can get a seat, assuming she wins the contest.

Sather likes Dix’s posi-tion on cancelling corpo-rate tax cuts approved by the Liberals the last three years and apply-ing the money to climate change measures, pub-lic transit or lower taxes elsewhere.

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Sather agrees that an election this fall is more likely, after the May bye-lection for the premier and the June 24 mail-in referendum on the HST.

He wonders why his Liberal counterpart, Marc Dalton, in Maple Ridge-Mission is review-ing the petition sheets fi led with B.C. Elections by the Done with Dalton campaign.

“I was really surprised about that,” Sather said.

Orgranizers recently abandoned their efforts to collect more than 14,000 signatures that could have led to a bye-lection in the riding and Dalton possibly losing the vote because of his support of his govern-ment’s introduction of the HST last year.

Dalton’s review of those names does have a “chilling” effect, Sather added.

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Police were called by corrections offi cials, but failed to located Singh.

Ridge Meadows RCMP released information about his escape on Tuesday, after 2:30 p.m. – three days after Singh was reported missing.

B.C. Corrections said RCMP handle notifi ca-tions after an escape. Ridge Meadows RCMP did not contact com-munication staff on Sat-urday to issue a media release.

Singh was serving time for obstructing a peace offi cer.

“He is not considered a high risk when it comes to violent behaviours,” said Cpl. Alanna Dun-lop. “He has connec-tions to the Vancouver area, and Vancouver City Police have been notifi ed of his escape.”

Singh’s escape comes one day after Crown laid charges against the girl-friend of another man who fl ed from a prison work crew just before New Year’s Eve.

Angel Amy Alexan-der faces one count of assisting escape for helping her boyfriend, Douglas Erickson, 42, as well as David Traill, 48 and Ryan Plotnikoff,

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The trio were inmates at Fraser Regional, serving sentences for various crimes, includ-ing theft and break-ins.

Ridge Meadows RCMP allege Alexander drove the men out of Maple Ridge in her car.

She was arrested Jan. 25 at a house in Hope.

“With this case being before the courts, we are not in a position to discuss details of the case,” said Dunlop.

All three men have since been returned to custody.

An incident report from the men’s prison blames a miscommu-

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An email advising staff at Fraser Regional to shut down crews be-tween Christmas and New Year was not sent to the offi cer in charge of inmates hired to work at a tree farm near the Alouette Dam.

The mistake resulted in two crews working at the Allco fi sh hatch-ery on Dec. 30, a group much larger than the one usually stationed at the site at the end of 248th Street.

An incident report, obtained by The News, notes corrections offi -cers only realized they were missing after RCMP called the prison around 12:40 p.m. to re-port they had received a call from a person who saw three men in prison clothes getting into a car that drove away.

The men who escaped had been tallied an hour earlier during a formal count by corrections of-fi cers.

The report, prepared by FRCC assistant deputy warden Joanne Denis, found staff had followed prison proce-dure while on the work site, but pointed to an email for causing the mix-up.

Denis made three rec-ommendations to pre-vent another escape:

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• clear directions should be given to all off-site work crews re-garding work assign-ments;

• directions regarding departmental functions should be sent from the deputy warden to the assistant deputy war-den, then distributed to all departments to eliminate any potential for ambiguity or mis-communication.

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The cost to adopt a duck is $10. The fundraiser hopes to raise $100,000 to support the Rotary’s youth sports and community

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Recent cold weather has piled snow onto mountains across the province at a time when the winter snow-pack should be begin-ning to melt.

That means the lower reaches of the Fraser River could see high water if the weather doesn’t cooperate, says David Campbell of the B.C. Ministry of Environment’s River Forecast Centre.

At the beginning of April, snow packs in the Coast Mountain Ranges, Lower Main-land, and Fraser Val-ley were near normal levels.

However, since then, an unusually cold and wet April has in-creased the snow pack in the South Coast re-gion to 145 per cent of normal as of April 15.

Vancouver Island, meanwhile, has expe-rienced record levels of snow this winter, with snowpacks there at 167 per cent of nor-mal.

“The weather over the next few weeks will determine the stream flow we’ll see,” said Campbell.

Should the weather stay cold and wet into May, and then quickly heat up, the snow could melt too fast, causing a potential flood risk.

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The cold, wet weath-er this winter has been a result of the La Niña

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The Fraser River ex-perienced widespread flooding on its lower reaches in 2007, with water levels threaten-

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A man was arrested by police Sunday night after a security alarm was triggered at a Cana-dian Tire store in Maple Ridge.

Police were alerted to the break-in around 10 p.m. and dispatched of-fi cers to check a secure storage area of the store on 200th Avenue.

Offi cers initially found no signs of a break-in or anyone in the area.

Just after police left, a second alarm was set off.

Cpl. Alanna Dunlop said this time, a man was found inside the compound.

He was arrested but released on a promise to appear in court in July.

Home invasionTwo women and a man

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Police allege the trio tried to force their way into an apartment in the 22200-block of 122nd Av-enue.

The 26-year-old man was armed with a base-ball bat.

Cpl. Alanna Dunlop said he hit an occupant

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The man was held in custody for a fi rst ap-pearance in court on Monday.

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around 2:20 a.m. in the parking lot of Meadow Vale mall.

The offi cer, who was uninjured, noted the woman showed signs of being impaired by alco-hol. She was taken to the Ridge Meadows RCMP detachment where the samples of her breath were analyzed at 1.5 times the legal limit.

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A truck crashed into a house at the northeast corner of Dewdney Trunk Road and Laity Street on Tuesday. The driver of the truck was taken to hospital. The truck first hit another vehicle by Rosewood Street, then travelled east and hit the house. A witness spoke to the driver, who was conscious and shaken up after a possible seizure.

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In a phone call to Katie’s Place recently, the woman at the other end told the vol-unteer, “What do you mean you are full?

I have called all the other shelters and they are full too. I got rid of the remaining kittens from the latest litter my cat had, but no one has room for my last 14-year-old adult. Why the **** are all of you shelters full?”

The irony was lost on her. This wasn’t a fi rst for the hapless volunteer.

Animal rescue is an emotionally-charged fi eld. Katie’s Place is always full with a wait-ing list and the message machine says so.

Yet people still try to persuade the volun-teers to just take one more. Worse than the rage or tears are the threats and dire warn-ings. People have said they will kill the pet or abandon it if Katie’s Place doesn’t take it.

Both love and apathy are the cause of all this. People want the animal they can’t keep to be well cared for. They love cats, but they don’t realize what an overabundant supply there is until they try to fi nd a new home for one.

Ultimately, cats come from unaltered cats; a survey found the top reason for pet owners not having their pet altered was that they simply had not bothered to do it yet. This ap-athy means lives will be lost down the road.

The majority of cats surrendered to shel-ters were obtained from a friend who had kittens to give away. Kittens that are given away are less likely to get altered. They’re the source of more cats.

Across North America, the majority of homeless cats are still euthanized. Often they’re abandoned fi rst and they suffer hun-ger, loneliness, terror and injuries before they’re impounded and euthanized. This heartbreaking situation galvanizes some people into rescuing as many as they can.

In Maple Ridge, a group of animal lovers got together to save a few cats, and the Ka-tie’s Place shelter came into being. That’s the only difference between the person phoning to give up a cat and the person who answered the phone. When callers are told that there’s no room at the shelter, people have angrily replied that Katie’s Place is not doing its job. It’s not the volunteers’ job, though. What’s needed is more responsible pet ownership, but try telling that to an angry caller.

Many of the volunteers started as a per-son who phoned around shelters when they found a homeless cat. It’s a long journey from believing that it should be easy to place a beautiful cat to persuading others that they

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Now, at the start of another kitten season, the volunteers want to get the word out to spay or neuter every pet by six months of age at the latest.

Altering makes cats and dogs better pets. Spaying helps prevent uterine infections and breast cancer. Neutering helps prevent testicular cancer. Altering prevents the agi-tation of heat cycles. It curbs territorial ag-gression and the urge to roam. It makes pets more contented homebodies. It will not make a pet fat (overeating and under-exercising do that).

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(From left) Joan Marr demonstrates how she makes her masks during the 13th annual Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows Art Studio Tour on Sunday; Maureen Parsley and Kevin Healy laugh as they work on their soapstone carvings at the lapidary club. Thirty-two artists participated in the tour this year.

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Award-winning Canadian author and humour-ist Gordon Kirkland has taken his innate sense of humour and combined it with a love

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Art everywhere(From left) Colleen Watts and Linda Nelson take a close look at paper made by Joan Marr during the Art Studio Tour on Sunday; (right, top)Artists Lea Sevcov inks intricate design on a box as Karen Smith arranges her “Funky Flowers”, made of silk and net, Sunday afternoon; (right, below) artist Joan Marr adds texture to an art piece – she makes masks, textured wallhangings and handmade paper. Learn more about the artists and the annual tour @ mapleridgenews.com.

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Added to the mix is a missing romance author who arrived in town to interview the first murder victim just before his death, an ambitious small town newspaper re-

porter who gets her leads across the pil-low from the junior deputy, and the griev-ing father of one of the victims.

As the evidence un-folds, it becomes obvi-ous that the case is go-

ing to hit the deputies much closer to home than they could have imagined.

Kirkland says he began Crossbow dur-ing the taping of The 3-Day Novel – a TV series for which Kirk-land and 11 other writers were given the challenge of each completing a novel in 72 hours. He managed to write a 30,000-word first draft during the taping, with less than a total of five hours of sleep, thanks in part to the children’s bunk beds the participants were provided.

Several years earli-er, celebrated mystery novelist Ridley Pear-son encouraged Kirk-land to try his hand at fiction.

“Not only is Gordon accomplished in his field, but he is funny,” says Pearson. “I don’t know if you have ever tried being funny on paper, but it is one of life’s miracles. Gordon should probably be sainted. But don’t take my word for it; just read him.”

• For more informa-tion about Crossbow or any of Kirkland’s other books, visit www.gor-donkirkland.com.

Over 80 paintings were critiqued by judges “In Pursuit of Excellence”, the Garibaldi Art Club’s spring show.

Elaine Booth-Kallweit was the big winner, garnering three awards, in-cluding best of show for her paint-ing “Wet Alley”, third place for “Be-neath the Aspens” and a honourable mention for “Skiff”.

“The artists certainly strove for ex-cellence, as a high standard of work was evident amongst the many en-tries in this juried show,” says club member Andrea Walker.

Neil Hamelin was awarded second place for his painting “Whittier Har-bour”. Other honourable mentions: “Bedroom 1”, by Jane Gardner; “Divergence”, by Cindy Johnston; “Spring Glow”, by Shirley Felgner; “Untitled”, by Anthony Davies; and

“Waiting For The Ferry”, by Jane Duford Johnston.

In May, members of the Garibaldi Art Club will display and sell their work at the Haney Farmers Market on the fi rst Saturday of the month, as well as throughout summer.

• For more information on the club or to see photographs, visit www.mapleridgenews.com for a link to the club’s Facebook page.

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Spring show of excellenceGaribaldi Art Club crowns winners at juried exhibition

Contributed

Elaine Booth-Kallweit and her winning painting “Wet Alley.”

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A trio of women from Pitt Meadows will vie for the Miss World Canada title next month.

Jessica Ferreira, Angie Medi-na Montoya and Katie Charyna are three of 14 candidates who will be competing to represent Canada on the world stage.

Montoya and Ferrera are stu-dents at Simon Fraser Univer-sity.

“I feel that becoming a dele-gate for the Miss World Canada pageant is a great honor, and gives me the chance to repre-sent my country to the world,” says Montoya.

She’d like to let the world know “how Canada is a multicultural country that welcomes people from different backgrounds and unifi es them.”

Charyna, 19, is competing in honour of her best friend Beck-ie Dyer, who was killed in a hor-rifi c car crash in Pitt Meadows last year.

The pageant and Variety Club of B.C. will hand out the Beckie Dyer Community Spirit Award for the fi rst time this year to a contestant who emulates the late 19-year-old, who was a Miss Teen B.C. contestant.

The Miss World Canada pag-eant celebrates “Beauty with a

Purpose” with delegates fund-raising for Variety – The Chil-dren’s Charity as part of the competition.

“It’s all about inner beauty and being a good person,” says Charyna, who is nervous about the pageant but intends to mus-ter up the courage by thinking of her friend once she hits the stage.

The Miss World Canada pag-eant take place on May 19 at the River Rock Casino.

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Pitt trio compete for Miss World title14 candidates take the stage May 19

Colleen Flanagan & Contributed

(From left) Katie Charyna and Angie Medina Montoya are competing for Miss World Canada.

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The Meadowridge School Gryphons took the top spot at the 2011 Tier 1 B.C. high school water-polo champion-ships, beating out a local team made up of stu-dents from Maple Ridge and Garibaldi second-ary.

The co-ed team in-cludes Nathan Kotylak, Danika Kotylak, Shaun Lampen, Josh Lampen, Sean Bright-McCurdy, Emma Germain, Taylor Perry, Bryanne New-bery, Alex Kwon, Aman-da Hollyday, Allan Read, Ryan Cho, Vladimir Pasalschi, and Maria VanNoordenne.

Meadowridge also won three of four individual awards, with Nathan Kotalyk grabbing the tournament’s male MVP award, Shaun Lampen being named the top goalie, and Read getting top rookie honours.

Maple Ridge/Garib-aldi took silver, while Handsworth secondary of North Vancouver took bronze.

Pitt tops senior and junior leagues

Pitt Meadows second-ary improved to 2-0-0 to lead the seniors girls’ AA North Zone soccer league with a 1-0 win over cross-town rivals Samuel Robertson Tech-nical Monday afternoon at home.

Garibaldi secondary, meanwhile, fell 2-0 to Archbishop Carney, also on Monday.

Pitt takes on Mission’s Hatzic secondary this af-ternoon at home, while Thomas Haney hosts Archbishop Carney.

In junior action, the Pitt Marauders girls blanked Coquitlam’s Pinetree secondary 4-0 on Thursday to improve to 4-0-0, good for fi rst place in the junior North Zone standings.

Thomas Haney grabbed their second win of the season on Thursday, downing Ter-ry Fox on the road 4-1, while the SRT Titans blanked Dr. Charles Best secondary 1-0.

The 2011 box lacrosse season got underway in earnest last week with dozens of local teams in action.

The Ridge Meadows Burrards midget A1 team notched a pair of

wins with a 6-0 shut-out of the Port Coquitlam Saints last Wednesday, followed by a 12-4 win over the Burnaby Lakers on Sunday.

The peewee A2 team also had a pair of wins, beating Vancouver and Burnaby over the weekend by scores of 9-3 and 6-2, respectively.

The Ridge Meadows Burrards

junior girls’ team dropped a pair of games over the weekend to Nanaimo and New Westminster.

The Burrards fell 6-2 at home to Nanaimo on Saturday before being shut-out 10-0 to the Salmonbellies on Sunday at Queen’s Park.

Jessica Thompson and Jessica Baker had the goals for the Bur-

rards against Nanaimo, who out-shot the Burrards 34-17.

On Saturday, Oren Pugsley of the Ridge Meadows Canucks mini-tyke team, was named MVP for their inter-squad game, while the Ridge Meadows Transformers named Brett Wocknitz MVP after their game.

Midget Royals red hot to start 2011The Ridge Meadows Royals midg-

et AAA team only needed three runs to sweep their home-opener with a pair of shutouts, blanking the Richmond Chuckers by scores of 1-0 and 2-0 in their double-head-er at the Albion Sports Complex on Saturday.

Pitcher Cole Ross took the hill in the first game and needed only 79 pitches to throw a complete game shutout. Brandon Sound hit a solo home run in the second inning to provide the only scoring of the game.

Sound took to the hill in the

second game and picked up right where Ross left off, needing only 57 pitches to shutout the Chuck-ers. The Royals scored a run in the first inning and added an insur-ance run in the sixth.

The midget AAA Royals are off to a 13-1 start to season, and are a perfect 3-0 in league play, not al-lowing a single run against in that span.

The Royals opened league play with a commanding 21-0 win over the White Rock Tritons last Wednesday in South Surrey.

The Royals batted around twice in the first inning, putting up 15 runs before all was said and done. Ross started the game, but was only asked to throw one inning as the

game was well in hand before the Royals even took the field defen-sively. Rookie Cole Johnson came in and threw well in his two innings, while Keanen Buckley threw the fourth and final inning as White Rock called the game after four innings.

Offensively, the Royals were led by lead-off hit-ter and centre-fielder Lucas Tillotson, who was 4-5 with a pair of doubles, three runs scored and a pair of RBIs. Dylan MacDer-mid also had a solid game, go-ing 2-4 with three RBIs and a run scored.

The Royals also went a perfect 5-0 at the 2011 Best in the West

tournament in Penticton ear-lier this month, outscoring their opponents by a total of 44-17.

The Ridge Meadows midg-et AAA team have won the Western Canadian Champi-

onships five times since 1998, most recently in 2009.

The Royals are Eric Blower, Kevin Bork,

Keanen Buckley, Cole John-son, Nathan Kitamura, Dylan Mac-

Dermid, Alex Miyahara, Drew Ren-dall, Tarin Richardson, Cole Ross, Brandon Sound, Joey Tack, Lucas Tillotson, and Jordan Wolfe.

RM Burrards squads pick up wins to start lacrosse season

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Dirt showerAaron Coppin of the Ridge Meadows Expos slides safely into third base during the junior men’s league-opener against the Ridge Meadows Mud Hens Sunday afternoon at the Albion Sports Complex. The Mud Hens won the game 9-2.


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Thunder struckDawson McGuinness (right) of the Ridge Meadows Burrards tries to evade a check by a member of the Langley Thunder during a novice A1 game at Planet Ice Sunday afternoon.

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A quartet of local gymnasts are headed to the 2011 Canadian Gymnastics Champi-onships being held next month in Char-lottetown.

Maple Ridge’s Cam-eron and Poppy Quin-lan, as well as Shan-non Comeault of Pitt Meadows, all from the Shasta Trampoline Club in New Westmin-ster, will be compet-ing in the trampoline events at the national tournament.

Maple Ridge’s Ken-dra Hromek, of Twist-ers Gymnastics Club in Abbotsford, will be competing in the artis-tic gymnastics events.

The four local gym-nasts were named to Team B.C. on Monday, following the final tri-als held in conjunc-tion with the 2011 B.C. Gymnastics Champi-onships in Langley from April 8-10.

More than 90 artistic and trampoline gym-nasts from throughout the province will be competing as part of Team B.C.

Maple Ridge’s Shay-la Ogloff is headed to the Western Canadian Gymnastics Cham-pionships in Grande Prairie, Alberta next week. Ogloff qualified for Team B.C. thanks to het first-place finish at the Carol Lenz Sur-rey Classic in Surrey last month.

Ogloff is a Grade 6 student at Alexander Robinson elementary and also trains out of Twisters Gymnastics Club in Abbotsford.

Iron Mtn. Triathlon registration open

Registration is open for the Iron Mountain Triathlon, which takes place June 18 and 19 in and around Whonnock Lake in east Maple Ridge, the site for the 2009 World Police and Fire Games.

This year’s race fea-tures five distances for every level of competi-tor.

The Olympic dis-tance triathlon will see competitors swim 1.5 km, bike for 40 km, and run for 10 km. The sprint distance triath-lon includes a 750-me-tre swim, 23-km bike ride, and 4.6-km run.

This year there will also be a beginner-friendly super-sprint race, with a 350-metre swim, an 8-km bike,

and a 2.3-km run.The race will also

feature a kids-only race, and a swim-only race.

The Olympic dis-tance triathlon is the fourth race in the Tri-athlon Asscoaiton of B.C.’s Provincial Race Series.

Proceeds from the event also benefit the Crohns and Colitis So-ciety of Canada.

For more informa-tion about the Iron Mountain Triathlon, visit www.ironmoun-taintriathlon.com.

Registration closes June 16.

Yorke named to B.C. U-16 camp

Ridge Meadows Rus-tler defenceman Dal-

ton Yorke has been named to B.C. Hock-ey’s elite U-16 B.C. Cup camp.

The tournament will take place April 28 to May 1 in Kamloops, and features the top 200 U-16 hockey play-ers from across the province.

Fifty-five to 70 play-ers participating will receive invites to the Team B.C. evaluation camp in July.

Yorke is the only Ridge Meadows player taking part in the tour-nament.

NFTRA needs horse savvy volunteers

The North Fraser Therapeutic Riding Association is start-ing their Spring 2011

Horseback Riding Pro-gram, and they need volunteers to make it happen.

Volunteers are need-ed to help groom and tack horses, and to lead or side-walk with riders during their les-sons.

Horse experience is great, but not re-quired.

If you enjoy the out-doors, working with wonderful people of all abilities, and love animals, contact the NFTRA’s offices at 604-462-7786 for fur-ther information or to sign up for an orienta-tion.

A volunteer orien-tation session will be held shortly for new volunteers.

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Concrete may not be the first material many think of when considering interior or exterior decorating options, but Tony Reid is working to change that perception.

Reid is the owner and president of Rock Solid Creations, a business that specializes in artistic decorative overlays and stamped concrete applications.

“We’re a local residential/light commercial concrete placing and finishing company,” Reid said.

The stamped, or patterned, concrete in particular has become a key focus for the company. Rather than the typical solid grey concrete used on many driveways, stamped concrete is a highly decorative solution that can be adapted to fit with almost any home’s colour scheme.

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Another important aspect of the company’s business is artistic concrete countertops. Reid said the different colours and designs offered makes the company’s countertops unique.

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For example, one recent countertop project he did included stylized representations of drills and gears.

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Concrete countertops haven’t caught on widely yet, but Reid thinks that trend will be on the rise in the years to come.

“I’d say it’s like one per cent of the market,” he said. “It’s definitely out there.”

The company also does other concrete applications, including hearths and interior overlays for floors.

One reason Reid is bullish on concrete’s prospects is his long history with it. He started working with concrete in 1976, and said the material has improved so much that many more things are possible with it now. That’s not just about artistic options either, as today’s concrete is also improved structurally and functionally.

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It’s rapidly becoming more popular too, and that’s keeping Reid and his business hopping.

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Wednesday, April 20• Kanaka Creek Coff ee is holding an

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• St. Patrick’s School is holding its fi rst Primary Math Day from 8:45 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. St. Patrick’s parents have been invited to spend a special morning with their primary children to

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FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS

2 BIRTHS

It’s a Boy!!!

Jesse & Karen Carruthers proudly announce the

birth of their son

Keenan Daryl James Carruthers

born February 25th, 2011. One month early, but all’s well. Weighing 4lbs 12oz, 17.5 long. Grandparents

Daryl & Julie Stone, Jim & Micheline Carruthers.

Love from Great Grandparents I. Mains, Y. D. Langis, and

M. Langis. First time Uncles Tyler & Cody.

Big hugs from many great Uncles & Aunts.

4 FUNERAL HOMES

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In Loving Memory of Lillian Kocheff

Feb 18, 1944 ~ April 21, 2003

There never will be a woman like her.....

She loved cruising the caribbean, but was afraid of the water,

She loved orchids, marigolds not so much,

She spent a lot of her free time in Whistler but didn’t ski,

She loved to cook, read and do crosswords,

She would have loved her 4 grandkids.

We love you and miss you everyday!!!


5 IN MEMORIAM

In Memory of my Beloved Wife

Grace Joiner SimsonMother, Grandma and

partner of George Simson

A bud the Gardener gave us.A pure and lovely child.

He gave it to our keepingTo cherish undefi led;

And just as it was openingTo the glory of the day,

Down came the heavenly FatherAnd took our bud away

In Memory ofRon Henderson

Oct 25, 1927 ~ April 20, 2005

I thought of you with love today

but that is nothing new,I thought of you

yesterday and days before that too.

I thought of you insilence and oftenspeak your name,

all I have arememories and yourpicture in a frame.

Your picture is my keepsake

with which I’ll never part,God has you in

His keepingI have you in my heart.

All my love, your wife & family


7 OBITUARIES

SIGOUINMichael

July 30, 1974 ~ April 11, 2011

Michael leaves behind a life long legacy of friendship and dedication to his family and friends. His dynamic personality will be forever remembered by those that shared his life. Michael was a loving father to his beautiful daughter Preston “BP”, and was eagerly anticipating the birth of his second daughter expected this summer. He leaves his beloved wife Meghan, his father Clifford, his brothers Steven, Troy and Mark. Sisters Theresa, Nicole, and Pavi as well as too many aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews to mention. He also developed an affectionate and brotherly connection to Meghan’s sisters Nicole, Cari and Tori. All were an integral part of an extended family that made up the fabric of his life. Michael was predeceased from life by his mother Elizabeth with whom he is now united. A funeral service will be held Thursday April 21, 2011 at one o’clock at the Maple Ridge Baptist Church, 22155 Lougheed Hwy, and a celebration of life will follow at Meadow Gardens Golf Club, 19675 Meadow Gardens Way. In lieu of fl owers a trust fund for Michaels children is being created through the Royal Bank.

Expressions of sympathy can be made at www.gardenhill.ca


7 OBITUARIES

STANLEY

John Ole Stanley passed away peacefully on April 9th to rejoin his loving wife Rita June. John known as Jack to the local soccer community is survived by his son Peter (Tina) Carly & Nikki, daughters Laurie, Julie (Doug) Keagan, Shaylee, Dylan Sisters Audrey (Bob), Marie in addition to 11 nieces and nephews. Jacks love for life new friends and all sports events will be missed by the local sports community, he was an avid supporter of all young athletes achievements. We would like to thank all the staff at Maple Ridge Seniors Village for the love and sup-port through his last days, we cannot express our thanks for making him yours. Jacks cele-bration of life will be held at Golden Eagle Golf club on Good Friday April 22nd at 2:00 pm 21770 Ladner Trunk Road. In lieu of fl owers please sup-port a children’s charity of your choice.


7 OBITUARIES

STEPHENSON George

With sadness and love we announce the passing of our dear dad George Stephenson on April 15, 2011 at the age of 93. He lived in love with his wife Kathleen (Kay) of over 70 years. Also survived by daughter Darlene (Bill) and son David (Carol); 4 grandchildren, Suzanne (Chris) Sean (Stacey) Stuart (Nan) & Jodi (Tori); 7 great grandchildren, Elizabeth, Sebastian, Alex, Spencer, Sammy, Bodhi & Jordyn. We’ll meet again don’t know where don’t know when, but

I know we’ll meet again some sunny day

Keep smiling through just like you always do until the blue skies drive the

dark clouds away.

We Love you Dad.

(No service by request)

Condolences may be sent to www.mapleridgefuneral.ca


7 OBITUARIES

ST. JEAN Dolly

May 24, 1921 ~ April 13, 2011

On Wednesday April 13, 2011 Dolly peacefully passed away. Born in Brookdale, Manitoba. After losing her mother in 1941, she moved to Alberta and eventually moved to BC making both Maple Ridge and Mission her home. She spent years dedicating her life as an educator, teaching both elementary and high school and ending her career as principal of Deroche Elementary. She is survived by her 3 daughters, Jean (Maple Ridge), Rae (Kelowna) and Pooky (Joe) Maple Ridge. 5 grandsons, 1 granddaughter, 7 great grandchildren, many nieces, nephews and extend-ed family. Dolly will be missed and known for her spark! A celebration of life will be held at Garden Hill Funeral Chapel 11765-224th St. Maple Ridge, B.C., on Saturday, April 30, 2011 at 1:00 pm.

A very special thank you to all the staff at Pleasant View Care Home for all the care and loving words during our mother’s four years, and for the extra special care and loving support during her fi nal days.

Expressions of sympathy can be made at www.gardenhill.ca

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CHILDREN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80-98

EMPLOYMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102-198

BUSINESS SERVICES . . . . . . . . . . 203-387

PETS & LIVESTOCK . . . . . . . . . . . 453-483

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE . . . . . . 503-587

REAL ESTATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603-696

RENTALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703-757

AUTOMOTIVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 804-862

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Mission Ridge AggregatesEXPERIENCED

CLASS 1 DRIVERS

Requirements: Team player, clean drivers abstract, gravel delivery experience, transfer, and or side dump B-train experience.

Fax resume to: 604-462-1120

or email:missionridge

[email protected]

Resumes held in confi dence. No phone calls please.

115 EDUCATION


114 DRIVERS/COURIER/TRUCKING

STAIR BUILDER

Req. for West Coast Moulding & Millwork, Langley BC. Must have previous experience reading Blue Prints and CAD drawings, ability to build straight and curved spiral stair & experience with on site measuring and installation of prefabricated stair types. Positive attitude, dedication & willingness to learn rewarded with:

• Advancement Opportunities• Excellent Remuneration

& Benefi ts.

Please Fax resume:604-513-1194 or E-mail:

[email protected]

115 EDUCATION

AIRLINES ARE HIRING- Train for high paying Aviation Maintenance Career. FAA approved program. Fi-nancial aid if qualifi ed- Housing available. CALL Aviation Institute of Maintenance (877)818-0783

DGS CANADA2 DAY

FORKLIFTWEEKENDCOURSE

Every Saturday at 8:30am #215, 19358-96 Ave. Surrey

NO reservations: 604-888-3008www.dgscanada.ca

Ask about our other Courses...*Stand up Reach *Fall Protection *Aerial Lift *RoughTerrain Forklift*Bobcat *WHMIS & much more.

“Preferred by Employers

124 FARM WORKERS

AUJLAS’ FARMS LTDFARM LABOURERS required

5 or 6 Days/Week40 or 50 Hours/Week $9.28/Hour

Horticultural work such as:Planting, pruning, spacing and

harvesting the crop.Employment starts early July’11

Submit your application to:604-789-5695

or by Fax:604-465-9340 or by mail:12554 Woolridge Rd.,

Pitt Meadows, B.C.V3Y 1Z1

115 EDUCATION


125 FOSTER/SOCIAL CARE

Some great kids aged 12 to 18 who need a stable, caring home

for a few months. Are you looking for the opportunity to do

meaningful, fulfi lling work?PLEA Community Services is looking for qualifi ed applicants

who can provide care for youth in their home on a full-time basis or

on weekends for respite. Training, support and

remuneration are provided. Funding is available for

modifi cations to better equip your home. A child at risk is waiting

for an open door. Make it yours.

Call 604-708-2628www.plea.bc.ca

130 HELP WANTED

AttentionImmediate Openings, $17 base-app. fl ex. schedules, cond. apply, sales/service. 604-678-1065.

www.earnpartime.ca

Bookkeeper part time Mon & Tues 9am @ 5 hours. Salary $12.00 per hour. Must have exp. with book-keeping. Currently our business is using Business Vision. Location: Maple Ridge Business Park. This is a perfect opportunity for a semi retired person or someone that does not need to work full time.

Fax to 604-465-4372www.natureschoice.ca

BUILDING SERVICE Worker/ Housekeeping Staff Needed! F/T positions in a Surrey Health Care Facility. Clinical cleaning experi-ence is an asset. BSW certifi cate preferred but not required. To apply e-mail resume to [email protected]

FLAGGERS NEEDEDIf not certifi ed, training available for

a fee. Call 604-575-3944

FULL-TIME CERTIFIEDHeavy Duty Mechanic required by Bailey Western Star & Freightliner. Experience in ser-vice & repair of trucks, trailers & equipment. Fax resume to 250-286-0753 or email:[email protected]

LANDSCAPERS f/t work avail with Maple Ridge landscaping company, must be physically able to perform tasks. Call Janet 604-465-4629.

115 EDUCATION

Getting ajob

couldn’tbe easier!

98 PRE-SCHOOLS98 PRE-SCHOOLS



130 HELP WANTED

CARRIERS NEEDEDThe following routes are now available to deliver the NEWS

in Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows

40010 - Glenhurst St, Dewdney Trunk Rd, 117B Ave40012 - Dewdney Trunk Rd, 116 Ave, 243 St, 246 St40045 - McClure Ave, 107 Ave, 106 Ave, Zeron Ave, 239 St, 238A St,238 St40065 - McClure Dr, Baker Pl, 244 St, 105 Ave40074 - McClure Dr, 106B Ave40103 - 116 Ave, 224 St40104 - 225 St, Royal Cres40109 - Lougheed Hwy, Harrison St, Olund Cres, Gillis Pl, 113 Ave40113 - Lougheed Hwy, River Rd, Carshill St, 221 St, Cliff Ave40131 - 116 Ave, 225 St, 227 St, Brickwood Close40223 - Eagle Ave, 122 Ave, 121A Ave, Peach Tree Crt, 231 St, Blossom St40226 - 125A Ave, 124B Ave, Abernathy Way, 230 St40301 - Darby St, Holly St, 216 St, 117 Ave, Berry Ave, River Rd40304 - Dewdney Trunk Rd, Hood St, 214 St, Ashbury Crt40307 - 217 St, 113 Ave, Lorne Ave, 114 Ave40329 - Melville St, Eltham St, Princess rd, Ospring St, Wanstead St, Lorne Ave40330 - Princess St, Beckley St, Bromley St, Kingston St, Hazelwood St, Wharf St40333 - Melville, Eltham St, Charlton St, Princess St, Kent St, Chigwell St, Ditton St, Hampton St, Lorne Ave40339 - 116B Ave, Hammond Rd 203 St, 202B St, 202A St40352 - 123 Ave, Campbell, Laity St, 214 St, Creston St40360 - 121 Ave, Glenwood Ave, Dewdney Trunk Rd, 210 St, 211 St, 212 St, Laity St40365 - 125 Ave, Alpine Ave, 123 Ave, Skillen Ave, 209 St40377 - Powell Ave, 125 Ave, 124 Ave, 203 St, 202B St, 202A St40434 - Foreman Dr, Vista Ridge Cres, 232 St41056 - 118B Ave, Mitchell Dr, 189A St, 189B St, 190 St, 191A St, Harris Rd

If you live on or near one of these routes and you are

interested in delivering papersplease call circulation @ 604-466-6397 and quote

the Route number.

GREENHOUSE WORKERFlower greenhouse operation has an opening for a full time position. The position involves planting, maintaining, picking and processing the fl owers. Pay is a minimum of $10.00 per hour, but can be substantially higher with experience, abilities and the right attitude. Ability to work with farm equipment is an asset. No transit available to the farm, so own transportation is a must.

Email: [email protected]: (604)465-9810

HousekeeperSeniors Outreach

and in-Home Support Flexible work schedule (Wed to Fri) 5 to 15 hours per week. May include hours on Mon/Tues and extra hours for vacation/sick coverage.

Reporting to the Director of Administration and Services, the employee will perform general housekeeping for seniors residing in Maple Ridge and Pitt Mead-ows.

Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows Community Services is an equal

opportunity employer

For further information pleaserefer to our website at:

www.comservice.bc.ca

Please forward resume to:[email protected]

Fax: 604.463.2988 by: April 21, 2011

This position requires union membership.This position is open to male and female applicants.


130 HELP WANTED

Otter Co-opYours for Value, Yours for Service

We are looking for a self- motivated team player with high standards of workman-ship and safety. You must have solid customer service skills and be physically strong. This position includes a competitive wage, bonus program and staff discount.

Please apply before April 25 to Jacky Graham, Manager, Otter Co-op Pitt Meadows

12343 Harris Road, Pitt Meadows, B.C.

V3Y 2J5

email: [email protected]

Fax# 604-465-0718

SALES PERSONNEL

Fabricana is looking for part time sales personnel for their Coquitlam Interior Delights Home Décor dept. Must have min 2 yrs exp in the window fashion indus-try. Good wage and potential for full time employment when available. Send resume to:

[email protected].

THE LEMARE Group is currently seeking a full time highway low bed driver. Fax resume to 250-956-4888 or email: offi [email protected].

Well Established Church based Daycare requires a fun loving, kid friendly, individual for out of school care position. Job requires class 4 license. Will assist in obtaining. Suitable position for empty nester or p/t student. Hourly wage $14.50/hr and 15.00/hr after probation, fl exible hrs.

Email resume to: [email protected]

or mail to: Harmony Daycare

c/o Maple Ridge CRC20245 Dewdney Trunk Rd.Maple Ridge, BC, V2X3C9

WILD & CRAZY, CAN’T BE LAZY

Up to $20 per hr, 40 hrs per week. Fun promo’s & C.S. 10

positions available for immed. work. No commission.

No experience? No problem! Call today, Start tomorrow !

Call Lori 604-777-2195

134 HOTEL, RESTAURANT,FOOD SERVICES

Established Restaurant & Bistro

accepting resumes for Line Cooks

Must have 2 years experience.

Apply at: Bella Vita

22471 Lougheed Hwy, Maple Ridge.

P/T KITCHEN HELP (COOK) Req’d. (MUST BE EXP’D.) have valid Food Safe, plenty of cleaning req’d. Drop off or mail resume to The One Way Club, 22270 North St. Maple Ridge, V2X 2L5. Please no phone calls

142 OFFICE SUPPORT/CLERKSADMIN ASSISTANT/Receptionist

for Evangelical Free Churchof Canada National Offi ce

[email protected] or 604-513-2183 by May 12.

160 TRADES, TECHNICALCOMMERCIAL TIRE REPAIRMAN req’d full time, M-F, some after hrs/on call. Must have DL, service truck provided, heavy lifting, out-door work. $14-22/hr depending on exp. 2230 Hartley Ave, Coquitlam. fax 604-526-9429 or email:[email protected]

CONCRETE FINISHERS. Edmon-ton-based company seeks experi-enced concrete fi nishers for work in Edmonton and Northern Alberta. Subsistence and accommodations provided for out of town work; [email protected]. Cell 780-660-7130. Fax 780-444-7103.

JOURNEYMAN MECHANICS re-quired immediately, NW Alberta. Heavy Duty and Automotive posi-tions, competitive wages, benefi t plan. Caterpillar experience. More info: www.ritchiebr.com. Fax 780-351-3764. Email: [email protected].


160 TRADES, TECHNICAL

ELECTRONIC TECHNICIAN

required by Pitt Meadows based company. Experience with trou-ble shooting to the component level is nec. Valid D.L. & criminal background check may be re-quired. Please send resumes c/o Adam to: #12 - 11443 Kingston St. Maple Ridge, V2X 0Y6. email:

[email protected] No phone calls please.

EXPERIENCED WELDERS / STEEL FABRICATORS

Required immediately Please apply in person with

resume at: Loewen Welding Ltd.

33655 Harris Rd., Matsqui Village. Monday to Thursday between 12:30pm to 4pm.

No phone calls please.

Heavy Duty /Commercial Mechanic

P & R Western Star & Freightliner Trucks requires qualifi ed full time Heavy Duty / Commercial Mechanic for our Duncan location. Possession of an Authorized Motor Vehicle Inspection ticket would be an asset.

Excellent Wage and Benefi t Package.

Please e-mail resume: [email protected] or

fax: (1)-250-746-8064

Industrial CompressorRoom Tech/Millwright

Industrial Compressor Rm Tech / Millwright req’d for troubleshoot-ing, repair & mtnce of compres-sor room equipment, incl Air Compressors, Air Dryers and Air Piping throughout Lower Main-land / Vancouver Island. Prefer-ence given to candidates w/1-2 yrs exp & some electrical back-ground.

E-mail resume to:[email protected]

JOURNEYMEN Fabricators & CWB Ticketed Welders required. After-noon shift available. Gloucester In-dustrial Park. Fax: 604-856-2363 Visit our website: www.lesteel.com

PLUMBING & HEATING company seeking experienced trades for lo-cal and northern jobs. Great pay. Seeking independent plumbers and sheet metal technicians, knowledge of commercial/residential systems. Email resumes [email protected] or fax 604-514-7872. Ques-tions? 604-787-8972.

ROOFERS WANTED5 years exp. Own tools, Safety

equipment & TransportationCall Phil (604)418-9621

TIG WELDER Fab-All is currently looking for a full time GTAW (TIG) welder.- Must have 3 to 5 years

experience. - Work well with others.- Able to read blueprints.- Perform housekeeping duties.- Clean and grind own welds.

We offer Competitive Wages,Extended Health/Dental Benefi ts.

Great working atmosphere!

Fax resume: 604-945-3597 or e-mail: offi [email protected]

PERSONAL SERVICES

171 ALTERNATIVE HEALTH

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PERSONAL SERVICES

171 ALTERNATIVE HEALTH

173 MIND BODY SPIRIT

MAGGIES MASSAGE(604)603-6461. Seniors discount.

Call for your app’t.

173A COUNSELLING

DO you have a problem with alcohol or drugs?

Call Alouette Addiction Services at (604)467-5179

Check our websitewww.alouetteaddictions.org

173E HEALTH PRODUCTS

Diabetes/Cholesterol/Weight Loss-Natural Product for Cholesterol, Blood Sugar and Weight. Physician recommended, backed by Human Clinical Studies with amazing re-sults. Call to fi nd out how to get a free bottle of Bergamonte! 888-470-5390

180 EDUCATION/TUTORING

APPLY NOW: Pennywise Scholar-ship For Women to attend Journal-ism certifi cate course at Langara College in Vancouver. Deadline April 29, 2011. More information: w w w . b c c o m m u n i t y -news.com/fi les/scholarships

LEARN SMALL ENGINE REPAIR. Hands-on training on ATV’s, snow-mobiles, personal watercraft. Excel-lent Instructors and shop equip-ment. On-campus residences. Write apprenticeship exams. GPRC Fair-view Campus. 1-888-999-7882; gprc.ab.ca/fairview.

MEDICAL OFFICE trainees need-ed! Hospitals & doctors need medi-cal offi ce & medical admin staff! No experience? Need training? Career training & job placement available. 1-888-748-4126.

182 FINANCIAL SERVICES

DEBT CONSOLIDATION PROGRAM Helping Canadians repay debts, reduce or eliminate interest, regardless of your credit. Steady Income? You may qualify

for instant help. Considering Bankruptcy? Call 1-877-220-3328 FREE Consultation Government

Approved, BBB Member

$10 MILLION AVAILABLE for Land Purchase/Development and Joint Ventures. Management Consulting and Business Plan services. Call 1-866-402-6464.$500 LOAN, NO CREDIT RE-FUSED. Fast, Easy and Secure. 1-877-776-1660

www.moneyprovider.com

AVOID BANKRUPTCY - SAVE UP TO 70% Of Your Debt. One af-fordable monthly payment, interest free. For debt restructuring on YOUR terms, not your creditors. Call 1-866-690-3328 or see web site: www.4pillars.ca

Dial-A-Law offers general informa-tion on a variety of topics on law in BC. 604-687-4680 (Lower Main-land) or 1.800.565.5297 (Outside LM); www.dialalaw.org (audio available).

GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad cred-it? Bills? Unemployed? Need Mon-ey? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Accep-tance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877-987-1420.

www.pioneerwest.com

If you own a home or real estate, ALPINE CREDITS will lend you money: It ís That Simple. Your Credit / Age / Income is NOT an is-sue. 1.800.587.2161.

LAWYER REFERRAL Service matches people with legal concerns to a lawyer in their area. Participat-ing lawyers offer a 30 minute con-sultation for $25 plus tax. Regular fees follow once both parties agree to proceed with services. 604-687-3221 (Lower Mainland) or 1.800.663.1919 (Outside LM).

NEED CASH TODAY?

✓ Do you Own a Car?✓ Borrow up to $20000.00✓ No Credit Checks!✓ Cash same day, local offi ce

www.REALCARCASH.com

604-777-5046

PERSONAL SERVICES

185 HOME CARE

Offering PERSONAL CARE, com-panion/respite care, driving, shop-ping, appts, cooking, housekeeping & light gardening. 778-558-9493

188 LEGAL SERVICES

CRIMINAL RECORD? Guaranteed Record Removal. 100% Free Infor-mation Booklet. 1-8-Now-Pardon (1-866-972-7366). Speak with a Specialist- No Obligation. www.Par-donServicesCanada.com. A+BBB Rating. 20+ Yrs Experience. Confi -dential. Fast. Affordable .

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

203 ACCOUNTING/TAX/BOOKKEEPING

ACCOUNTING Done Accurately Small Business, P/U & Delivery

Bookkeeping, Payroll, Tax Returns, HST.604-814-0967 / 604-862-1596

T1 TAX RETURNS by CGA, E-fi le, Speedy Service,

Reasonable Rates. (604)463-5577

236 CLEANING SERVICES

“AN EXTRA HAND” Exp. Hardwork-ing, reliable cleaning lady. Rea-sonable rates Louise 604.467.3665

CLEANING SPECIAL $25/hour minimum 2hrs.

Price includes cleaning supplies. Also laminate fl ooring and paint specials. Free estimates. A-TECH Services at 604-230-3539

MARIE’S CUSTOMIZED Cleaing. We also do Windows, Carpets and Blinds for your Home or Offi ce. Veteran (VIP) Provider. Insured. Call Marie 604-467-1118.

Meadows CleaningHome & Business Cleaning

$24/Hour. Bond & InsuredPersonalized & Professional

Regular or Green Clean

(778)[email protected]

242 CONCRETE & PLACING

HERFORT CONCRETENO JOB TOO SMALL

Serving Lower Mainland 23 Years! *Prepare *Form *Place *Finish

*Retaining Walls *Stairs *DrivewaysExposed Aggregate & Stamped

Concrete ***ALSO...Interlocking Bricks &Sod Placement

-Excellent Ref’s -WCB Insured

LEO: Mobile #657-2375, 462-8620

UNIQUE CONCRETEDESIGN

F All types of concrete work FF Re & Re F Forming F Site prepFDriveways FExposed FStamped

F Bobcat Work F WCB Insured778-231-9675, 778-231-9147

FREE ESTIMATES

www.elementsofconcrete.comDecorative Concrete Contractors

604-467-1507

257 DRYWALL

45 Years in the drywall trade. All size jobs boarding, taping, spraying. Big or small. Wayne 778-242-2060

Ceiling Restoration: taping & board-ing respray, repaint, trowel over, 30 yrs exp. Del 604-505-3826

PROFESSIONAL Drywall & Tap-ing, all textures.Big/small projects. Best Prices in Town. 604-970-1285

260 ELECTRICAL

BIG MOUNTAIN ElectricLic #104607 - Bonded, experi-enced, friendly service at a reasonable price. No job too small. Reno’s ~ Additions (Comm/Res) 778-892-4299DC ELECTRIC (#37544). Bonded. 24 hr service. We specialize in jobs too small for the big guys! 30 yrs exp. Free est. 460-8867.

REISINGER Electrical (#102055) Bonded, Specializing in Renos, New Const, (Comm./Res.)Free Est 25 Yrs Exp. 778.885.7074 Trent

YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 Service Call Lic #89402 Same day guarn’td We love small jobs! 604-568-1899

269 FENCING

FENCE-IT-RIGHT Installations -- 604.639.6626 Cedar, Chain Link, Ornamental iron, Vinyl (Insured, Experienced, Competitive Pricing)

275 FLOOR REFINISHING/INSTALLATIONS

Ceramic Tiles, Hardwood LaminateGuaranteed work, Free Estimate.

Cell 604-618-6401 Marcel.

281 GARDENING

15% SENIORS DISCOUNT lawn cuts, aerating, power-raking, prun-ing, hedge trimming, trees, 23 yrs. exp. Free est. Brad 778-552-3900


281 GARDENING

Commercial W Residential Strata

Lawn & Garden Maintenance Monthly, Weekly & Bi-weekly. Fully insured. Long term ref’s

604.837.8466

.Jim’s MowingSpring Services - jimsmowing.ca

Monthly Lawn Maintenance

Weekly Lawn MowingPower Raking

Aerating ~ Moss ControlFertilizing ~ Hedges ~ Pruning

Ph: 604.465.5376Cell: 604.318.4514

Prompt Delivery AvailableSeven Days a Week

Meadows LandscapeSupply Ltd.

✶ Bark Mulch✶ Lawn & Garden Soil

✶ Drain Grave Lava Rock✶ River Rock ✶Pea Gravel

(604)465-1311meadowslandscapesupply.com

RAZAR DELIVERIESTopsoil - $24/yrd

Mushroom manure - $20/yrd Steer manure - $15/yrd.

Wash Sand, 3/4 Clear Crush,

& 3/4 Drain Rock - $25/yrd

Pea Gravel, Birds/Eye and Road Mulch. $30/yrd

1 to 10 YRDS. DELIVERD

604-763-4215 or 604-341-4524


283 GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

M.T. GUTTERSProfessional Installation5” Gutter, Down Pipe, Soffi t28 YRS EXP. *FULLY INSURED

Cleaning & Repairing

Call Tim 604-612-5388

283A HANDYPERSONS

N.W. Construction*************************************

* HANDYMAN SERVICES * Kitchen/Bath Reno & Repair * All types of fl ooring * Custom Built Sheds NO job TOO small

Work Guaranteed. References.Over 20 Years Experience.

Free Estimates 604-418-8340

287 HOME IMPROVEMENTSA-1 CONTRACTING. Renos. Bsmt, kitchens, baths, custom cabinets, tiling, plumbing, sundecks, reroofi ng. Dhillon 604-782-1936.

BELRONRENOVATIONS INC.

Remodels/New Builds/RepairsDecks - Bathrooms - KitchensLic & Ins 25 Years Experience

Maple Ridge area

(778)233-1114 Ray

Exceptional QualityOn Time, On Budget,

As Promised...

Building Customer Confi denceQuality Renovations

• Fencing/Decks• Water Damage• Kitchens • Bathrooms• Finished Basements • 24 hr. Emergency Service• Grow-Op Remediation & Repair

Ask about our Referral Program* BBB * Licensed * Insured * WCB

604.230.2217 / 604.999.5890www.mdmservices.ca

Serving Since 1993

F.M. PRO LABOURHOME IMPROVEMENTS

604-466-4980Water Utility Repair & Installation

24 Hour Emergency Service604-551-8037

Landscaping WLawn MaintenancePressure washingWFence stainingConcrete stainingWPerimeter drains

Tree RemovalW Demolition

HANDYMAN / REPAIRS/RENOSCALL WALTER (604)790-0842

Home Renovations and New Construction

Kitchens, Bathrooms, Flooring, Drywall, Garages, Decks & more

* 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE*INSURED ~ WCB

Dean 604-834-3076

HOOT & OWLRenovations & repairs

Email: hoot&[email protected] 604-339-5430

MDG HOME SERVICESDoes your house have

the winter blues? Need to spruce up the yard?

Just can’t fi nd the time?

W Power wash the houseW Sidewalks and driveways

W GuttersW General yard cleanup

W Painting W Any little job....

Let MDG Home Services do the work for you...

Just pick up the phone and give us a call!!!

(604)999-5454

A38 -- Wednesday, April 20, 2011 -- THE NEWS - www.mapleridgenews.com


287 HOME IMPROVEMENTS

288 HOME REPAIRS

If I can’t do it .....it can’t

be done!

Exp’d in over 30 lines of work. For positive results call Robert.604-941-1618 OR 604-844-4222

SERVICE CALLS WELCOME

Repairs, Maintenance, Renovation Guaranteed work, Free Estimate.

Cell: 604-618-6401. Marcel.

300 LANDSCAPING

All aspects of Landscaping and Landscaping MaintenanceStrata, Commercial, ResidentialPavers, Patios & Retaining walls

Spring clean upsFully INSURED

Call (604)763-8795

D Garden Blend SoilD Lawn Blend SoilD Custom Blends avail.D Composted Mushroom Manure NO Wood byproducts used

When QUALITY Mattersall soils are tested for Optimum

growing requirements

17607 FORD ROAD, PITT MEADOWS

PICK-UP ...... OR .... DELIVERY

604-465-3189

DUTCH TOUCHGreen Services Ltd

Landscape ConstructionRenovations W Maintenance

604-463-3644604-861-1490

JAGUAR LANDSCAPINGLawn & Garden Service. Design, Pruning, Lawns, Cleanups, Comm/Res. (604)462-1369

JOBS: Whether you’re looking to find or fill aposition, this is where your search begins.Call bcclassified.com 604.575.5555


300 LANDSCAPING

GREENSKEEPERLandscaping

LandscapingLawn & Garden Maintenance

Spring Clean-ups, Lawn Renovations & Mowing ServicesPruning/Hedging

604)476-0075Residential and Commercial

Instant Grassifacation!

16897 Windsor RoadPitt Meadows

(Turn right 1st road East of Pitt River Bridge from

Vancouver)604-465-9812

1-800-663-5847

SAWDUSTHemlock, Fir & Cedar

Available for DeliveryCall for pricing

604-465-5193 or 604-465-5197www.augustinesoilandmulch.com

S. H. LandscapingTree Services

Trimming W Pruning W ToppingClean-upW Garbage Removal

GardeningFlower Beds W Allan Blocks

Bark Mulch W River Lava RockLawn care

Weeding W New TurfFertilizing W Moss ControlPower Raking W Aeration

Free Estimate16 years experience in

Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows604.230.1634 or 604.467.3724

✶ Commercial & ✶ Residential

Call for all your

landscaping needs. 778-847-0441

317 MISC SERVICES

✶Dump Site Now Open✶SBroken Concrete RocksS

$22.00 Per Metric TonSMud Dirt Sod ClayS

$22.00 Per metric TonGrassSBranchesSLeavesSWeeds

$59.00 Per TonMeadows Landscape Supply

604-465-1311

320 MOVING & STORAGE

AFFORDABLE MOVINGLocal & Long Distance

From $45/Hr1, 3, 5, 7,10 Ton Trucks

Insured ~ Licenced ~ 1 to 3 MenFree estimate/Seniors discount

Residential~Commercial~Pianos

604-537-4140

SPARTAN Moving Ltd. Fast & Reliable. Insured

Competitive rates. Wknd Specials. Call Frank: (604) 435-8240

329 PAINTING & DECORATING

2 HUNGRY PAINTERS & Power Washing. Low prices. Int/Ext. Man & wife 75 years combined exp. 604.467.2532 twohungrypainters.caA-1 EXTERIOR/ INTERIOR. Quality job, senior rates, free est, residen-tial, commercial. Refs. 15 yrs exp. No job too small.Call 604-476-0766

Affordable Professional Painting3 Rms/$299. New const. Int/Ext No Job’s too small Free Est 466-8165


329 PAINTING & DECORATING

# 1 PAY-LESS Painting Ext./Int. SPRING Special LOOK for our YARD SIGNS

D Free estimates D Insured Licensed D References

Residential D Pressure Washing Serving Tri City 31 Yrs.

Call 24 Hrs/7 Days paylesspainting.multiply.com

Scott 604-891-9967

“

ABOVE THE REST “Int. & Ext., Unbeatable Prices, Professional Crew. Free Est.

Written Guarantee. No Hassle, Quick Work, Insured, WCB.

Call (778)997-9582

A-TECH Services 604-230-3539Running this ad for 7yrs

PAINT SPECIAL3 rooms for $269, 2 coats(Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls

Cloverdale Premium quality paint.NO PAYMENT until Job is

completed. Ask us about ourLaminate Flooring &

Maid Services. www.paintspecial.com

BESTWAY PAINTING & Decorating Interior/Exterior. Comm/Res. Crown Moldings. John 778-881-6737

SEASIDE PAINTING& Decking 604-462-8528, 218-9618

332 PAVING/SEAL COATING

ALLAN Const. & Asphalt. Brick, conc, drainage, found. & membrane repair. 604-618-2304; 820-2187.

338 PLUMBING

✔ ALL YOUR PLUMBING NEEDSCall Niko Plumbing Ltd. 24/7. Res/Com, plugged drains. h/w tanks. ★15 yrs exp. 604-837-6640

$69/HR. Lic., Insured. Experienced & friendly service. Clogged drains, garburators, leaks & more. Sm jobs OK. Call anytime 604-805-2488.

NEED PLUMBING? Dan’s Your Man! Lic’d & Insured. Free Est. Dan @ 604.418.6941

341 PRESSURE WASHING

POWER WASHINGGUTTER CLEANING

SAME DAY SERVICE AVAILABLE Call Ian 604-724-6373

353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS

GL ROOFING. Cedar shakes, As-phalt Shingles, Flat roofs BBB, WCB $2m Liability. Clean Gutters $80. 24 hrs. 7dys/wk. 604-240-5362

356 RUBBISH REMOVAL

RECYCLE-IT!JUNK REMOVALEARTH FRIENDLY

On Time, As Promised, Service Guaranteed!

604.587.5865www.recycle-it-now.com

A-1 RUBBISH REMOVAL. House-hold & Yard Waste. Up to 100% re-cycle. Reasonable. 604-786-2948

GOT JUNK?Rubbish Removal1-800-468-5865

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RUBBISH removal. Bobcat/dump trailer. Reno/repairs. hoot&[email protected] G604-339-5430.

359 SAND, GRAVEL & TOPSOIL

TOPSOIL• SCREENED TOPSOIL• MUSHROOM MANURE• BARK MULCH

604-467-3003

372 SUNDECKS

Aluminum patio cover, sunroom, railing, gates. 604-521-2688www.PatioCoverVancouver.com


374 TREE SERVICES

A1-TRI-CRAFT Tree Serv. Dangerous tree removal, spiral pruning hedge trimming, stump grinding, topping. Insured, WCB Free Est

Arborist ReportsAndrew 604-618-8585

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A.C.TREE SERVICE

30 years experience

Bob Fitz-James604-467-0333

.

Your LOCAL Tree Service,

For Honest Prices & Quality Work

Call Scott at604-618-0333

Certifi ed Arborist

Free Estimates *Fully Insured

PETS

456 FEED & HAYLOCAL HAY FOR SALE. Good Quality! 60lb bale average. $4/bale. Pitt Meadows. Call 604-505-4087.

477 PETSBRUSELLS GRIFFONS pups, (monkey faced pups) $1200, home raised, parents can be viewed. Pedigrees avail. (604)463-5316CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866

Chihuahua, 3.5 yr old, spayed, healthy, shots, vet chk’d. Leaving country. $200. (604)997-8601

CKC Reg.soft coated Wheaten Ter-rier pups, hypo-allergenic. Guarntd. Vet ✓ $1200. Call 604-533-8992HAVANESE X, 4 1/2 yrs. Neut. M. Moving. Affectionate. Loves walks, $100. Phone (604) 574-9266.

LAB RETRIEVER PUPS, yellow & black, $650. Vet check, quality line-age, dew claws, 1st shots, de-wormed. (604)702-0217

Miniature Chinese Sharpei pups M/F’s available. CKC reg. $1200. 604-315-8774

www.wrinklesrus.comNEED A GOOD HOME for a good dog or a good dog for a good home? We adopt dogs! Call 604-856-3647 or www.856-dogs.comPITT BULL, 5 1/5 mo male, blk, wht chest, friendly, needs new home, $450. (604) 852-8837 or 897-5243PRESA CANARIO puppies, born Feb 14 brindle view/parents on farm great temp $800 604-855-6929.SPANIELS, Field & Cocker X, vet ✔, 1st & 2nd shots incl., 3 M, 1 F, no dewclaws $400. (604)313-6858 VIZSLA PUPS, CKC reg’d, shots, guaranteed. $850. ph, 604-819-2115 or email: [email protected] HIGHLAND TERRIER pups. Born Feb. 26th. 1 M, 1 F. 1st shots. vet ✓, ready April 23. $1100 each. Great with kids. 604-850-6567 Abb

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

518 BUILDING SUPPLIESDO-IT-YOURSELF Steel Buildings Priced for Spring Clearance - Ask about Free Delivery to most areas! Call for Quick Quote and Free Bro-chure - 1-800-668-5111 ext. 170.


518 BUILDING SUPPLIES

SAWMILLS - Band/Chainsaw - SPRING SALE - Cut lumber any di-mension, anytime. MAKE MONEY and SAVE MONEY In stock ready to ship. Starting at $1,195.00. www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext.400OT

Steel Buildings 30x40, 100x100 - Others. Discounted before Infl ation(Steel Shortage Looming) Buy Now!www.sunwardsteel.com Source# 1L0 800-964-8335

548 FURNITURE

#1 Cash Buyer“Since 1987”

$$CASH $$ for your furniture,tools, electronics, antiques,

appliances, computers& collectibles.

WW ANYTHING OF VALUE WW

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559 MEDICAL SUPPLIES

CAN’T GET UP YOUR Stairs? Acorn Stairlifts can help. Call Acorn Stairlifts now! Mention this ad and get 10% off your new Stairlift. Call 1-866-981-6591.

560 MISC. FOR SALE

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BUILDING SALE... Canadian Manufacturer Direct. 25x40 $6320. 30x40 $7370. 35x50 $9980. 40x80 $18,900. 47x100 $31,600. Ends op-tional. Many others. Pioneer Steel Manufacturers since 1980, 1-800-668-5422

Can’t Get Up Your Stairs? Acorn Stairlifts can help. Call Acorn Stair-lifts now! Mention this ad and get 10% off your new Stairlift! Call 1-866-981-5991


560 MISC. FOR SALE

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563 MISC. WANTED

FREE SCRAP CAR REMOVALCash for some complete scrap cars. 604-465-7940 or 580-3439.

BUSINESS AND FINANCE: Seeking a business opportunity or partner? Posting legal notices?Need investors, agents or distributors, this iswhere you advertise. bcclassified.com

551 GARAGE SALES

Maple Ridge

Annual Perennial Plant Sale

21525 Campbell Ave(off 216th.....Backyard)

Sat April 23 8am ~ noon

MAPLE RIDGEGARAGE SALE

GARDEN PLANTSPerennials $1.50 - $3.00

SAT. ONLY April 23rd8:30am-1 pm 12470 - 231 St (N on 232nd, L on Abernathy)

Candelabra Primrose, Cranesbill, Hosta, Poppy, Sundrops

& lots more.

551 GARAGE SALES

Move your garage sale indoors to our

Flea Market

Giant Indoor Community Flea Market

Saturday May 7 from 9 am to 1 pm at the

Greg Moore Youth Centre

Downtown. Only 50 tables available.

Tables are $20, fi rst come fi rst serve.

This is the fi rst day of the farmers market, so we should get a big crowd. Turn your Spring Cleaning Treasures into cash. Book a table online at recreg4u.ca program barcode 158443. You can book a table in person at the Maple Ridge Leisure Centre or Pitt Meadows Family Rec Centre front desk, or phone in your booking at 604.465-2470, just give them the program code above.

Don’t miss this great Flea market,

as a buyer or a seller!

Includes one week in theMaple Ridge News, the Tri-City News,and the Golden Ears Daily.

Includes:TRUCKS, CARS, BOATS,TRAILERS, RV’S, VANS3 lines in all listed publicationsfor one week only $10 + tax.

Includes a listing on bcclassifi ed.com(private party ads only)

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566 MUSICAL INSTRUMENTSPIANO, Yamaha, 1 owner, $800. Call (604)858-4081

REAL ESTATE

609 APARTMENT/CONDOSMaple Ridge

Peaceful & secure retirement living$221,000 ~ 12148 224th St

1 Bedroom and solarium, large rooms, full tub with grab-bars.

Retirement community. Pool tables, workshop, hairdresser,

Rec Centre Quick possession availableBrookside Realty ~ Dave

604.240.3523

625 FOR SALE BY OWNER

Maple Ridge ~ Private Sale 1Bedroom condo. New tile fl oors

in kitchen, hallway & bath. New stove, fridge, sinks & toilet.

Attractive, well managed. Centrally located.

Air conditioned $136,600

604-465-2328

630 LOTSBIG BEAUTIFUL ARIZONA LAND $99/mo. $0 down, $0 interest, Golf Course, Nat’l Parks.1 hour from Tucson Int’l AirportGuaranteed Financing, No Credit Checks. Pre-recorded msg. 1-800-631-8164 Code 4001www.sunsiteslandrush.comLAND LIQUIDATION20 Acres $0 Down,$99/mo. ONLY $12,900Near Growing El Paso, Texas(2nd safest U.S. City)Owner Financing,NO CREDIT CHECKS!Money Back GuaranteeFREE Color Brochure800-755-8953

www.sunsetranches.comLAST 4 LOTS IN PREMIUM

Subdivision, in Anmore selling below assessed value. Fully serviced on greenbelt, privatesetting, 8 minutes from NewportVillage, Port Moody. Call now 604-716-7600

633 MOBILE HOMES & PARKSWHOLESALE FACTORY DIRECT. Manufactured, Modular & Park models. Tremendous savings. Luxurious 1512 sq. ft home including delivery and installation only $ 109,950. Many other plans available. The Home Boys 877-976-3737, 509-481-9830 or www.hbmodular.com

636 MORTGAGESMortgage Help! Beat bank rates for purchases and refi nances, im-mediate debt consolidation, foreclo-sure relief, and equity loans. Free, fast, friendly, private consultations.

Call 1-888-711-8818www.mountaincitymortgage.ca

660 LANGLEY/ALDERGROVEHOMES FOR SALE-SUPER BUYS

www.dannyevans.caHomelife Benchmark Realty Corp. Langley

663 MAPLE RIDGE/PITT MEADOWS

NEW LISTING Family home with RV parking

and greenbelt. 3 Bdrm, sunken family room,

covered patio, 2.5 baths. Enjoy the quiet. 12326 ~ 234 St

A Steal @ $469,900Brookside Realty ~ Dave

604.240.3523

RENTALS

703 ACREAGEMAPLE RIDGE 2 Bdrm bsmt suite on 5 acres, 3 appl’s, barn, mix & match, horses/pets ok. N/S. Avail Apr 25. $800-$1200. 604-220-8836.

706 APARTMENT/CONDOCENTRAL Maple Ridge, 11735-225 St. 2 bdrm, heat/H/W No dogs 604-467-9420, 604-720-5502.

COQUITLAM

5 min walk to Skytrain and Mall

1 & 2 Bdrm units w/viewHeat/hot water, inste

storage, 4 appl’s

Call 604-931-2024www.aptrentals.net

MAPLE INN 11695 -224th St

Maple Ridge 2 bdrm - 625/mo. includes hot water

Certifi ed Crime Free Building Mature adult oriented.

Close to uptown604-463-4131 for appointment

(9am-5pm)

RENTALS

706 APARTMENT/CONDO

GARIBALDI Court(604) 463-9522

Central Maple RidgeAvailable Now 2 BEDROOM

Great location for seniors! Clean, quiet & affordable!

Incl. heat, h/w, cable. Senior Move-In Allowance.Refs & Credit check req.

Sorry No PetsFor more info. google us.

MAPLE RIDGE, 11672 ~ 224th St.

1 Bdrm suite. $650/mo. incl. heat, h/w, 1 1/2 blocks from

Haney Place Mall, 2 blocks from WC Express.

Avail. immed. Call Jeremy 604-916-8226MAPLE RIDGE

1 & 2 Bdrs from $740/mo

GREAT LOCATIONQueen Anne Apts.

* Renovated Suites *

Clean, very quiet, large,INCLUDES: HEAT,

HOT WATER & HYDRO

Near Shopping & Amenities.

604-463-7450 604-463-2236

12186-224 St, Maple RidgeCertifi ed Crime Free Buildings

MAPLE RIDGE,2bdrm,1bath,w/d, d/w,n/p,n/s,Avail.May 1st,$975. Call 607-467-1758

MAPLE RIDGE

AVAILABLE NOW1 & 2 BDRM SUITES Heat, hot water & parking. Close to stores & schools.

MAPLE COURT I 22437 121st Ave

604-467-0715&

MAPLE COURT II22423 121st Ave

604-467-4894

MAPLE RIDGE

AVAILABLE NOW1 Bedroom

Heat, hot water & parking.Close to stores & schools.

SUNRISE APARTMENT22292 - 122nd Ave

604-319-9341MAPLE RIDGE. Bright 1 bdrm. 2nd fl oor. In town. Off street prkg. $700/mo. incl heat. 604-219-0267.

Maple RidgeCentral

Certifi ed Crime Free Multiple Housing

New renovated 1 Bdrm suites. $590/mo. incl hot water, cable.

Ref’s req’d. N/P. Adult only building

Mon to Fri 9am ~ 6pmBy appointment only

604-418-1932MAPLE RIDGE central. Spacious 1 bdrm apt. Deck, W/D. N/S. N/P. Prkg. $600. May 1. 604-937-3534.MAPLE RIDGE Ctrl adult building. Large 1 Bdrm $750/mo incls heat/ hot water, ref’s, N/P (604)467-2606Maple Ridge dwntwn, grnd fl r south facing ste in sm apt bldg, reno’d, $750 + utils. May 1st. 604-880-4418

Maple Ridge

Glenwood ManorApartments

1 & 2 Bdrms from $670 & $835Clean, Spacious

Includes cable, heat,hot water & parking

Seniors discount21387 Dewdney Trunk Rd

(604)466-5799Maple Ridge

Swan Court ApartmentsLarge 1 & 2 Bedrooms.

Hardwood fl oors, adult oriented, heat, h/w & cable incl’d, f/p, n/pets.Criminal Record check may be reqd

Resident Manager OnsiteNow with

SENIORS DISCOUNT604.477.9189

PORT COQUITLAM 1 Bdrm Top fl r apt. $775 2 Bdrm Corner apt. $895

S Incl heat/hot wtr, wndw cvrngsS Close to bus stop S Walk to shpng/medical/WCE S Across from park w/Mtn viewsS Gated parking and Elevator S Adult oriented building S References required

CALL FOR APPOINTMENT604-464-3550

RENTALS

706 APARTMENT/CONDO

PITT MEADOWS

The MeadowsGated underground parking, heated outdoor pool. Heat, hot water & 3 appliances included. 2 min. walk to Westcoast Express.

Large 1, 2 & 3 Bdrm Suites Available

Call: 604-460-7539 604-465-0008 or 604-465-5818

709 COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIALPORT COQUITLAM, 2043 sq ft. Ground fl oor, dance/fi tness area. Facing onto city park. 1 blk from Lougheed/Shaughnessy intersec-tion. 604-464-3550.

715 DUPLEXES/4PLEXES

Maple Ridge Central1 Bedroom DuplexAdult Only Complex

$550/mo + util’scredit check, ref’s & damagedeposit required. Avail immed

(604)466-6348Leave a message

MAPLE RIDGE small 1 Bedroom 1/2 duplex. $550/mo, cable incl’d. Suit mature adult (604)306-5752

736 HOMES FOR RENTMAPLE RIDGE 102A Ave: 4 brm newer home in great area. 2 kitch-ens, 2.5 bath. Available April 20th. $1950/m 1 (604)820-9000

MAPLE RIDGE: 3 Bdrm, 2200 sq.ft. on 5 acres. Looking for long-term tennants, family w/refs. $1550/mo. Avail June 1st. Drive by: 26227 98th Ave, and call: (604)761-6935

MISSION newly reno’d updated 5 bdrm house with 3 full baths, very nice area across from Hillside Elem, nr high schl, UFV, Rec ctr, avail May1, ns/np. $1700. 604-814-2289.

741 OFFICE/RETAIL

MAPLE RIDGE

OFFICE& RETAIL SPACE

Various downtown locations. Avail. Now! Updated and well maintained. Various sizes 320sf. - 2000sf. Starting at $495/month.

Call: Rick Medhurst, Royal LePage

6 0 4 - 4 6 3 - 3 0 0 0Retail/offi ce space approx. 600 sq.ft. Off 224th Maple Ridge, close to Royal bank. Avail June 1. $825incl heat. Store front exposure & possible incentives. 604-219-0267.

743 PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

MAPLE RIDGE West ~ East

Top level 3 bed 1.5 bth, $1400, lrg yard, sml pet ok/

1 & 2 bdrms stes, $695-$850 all incl.

Call Maria @ Ridge Meadows

Property Management (604)466-2838

Mon ~ Fri 9am ~ 5pmwww.ridgemeadows

propertymanagement.com

746 ROOMS FOR RENT

$75 OFF 1ST MONTHRooms from $435/mo. Fully Furn,

weekly maid service, cable TV,private bath, on bus route, 5/min

walk to commuter rail.

Haney Motor Hotel22222 Lougheed Hwy.,

Maple RidgeInquire in person between

9am - 3pm or Call 604-467-3944

747 RV PADSMAPLE RIDGE ~ RV pads for rent $475/mo. cable & hydro incl’d Suit mature adult. (604)306-5752

747B SENIOR ASSISTED LIVING

POCO DOWNTOWNAll-Inclusive

Seniors Residence1 Bdrm. Apartment

Rent incls. freshly prepared meals, cable, housekeeping,

emergency response & activities.www.rjkent.com

2675 Shaughnessy St.Call: 778-285-5554

748 SHARED ACCOMMODATIONMAPLE RIDGE large bright furnished room for female only in character home. June 1st. $600 incl strg/utils/net. Call 604-374-8850.

RENTALS

750 SUITES, LOWERCOQ. W Plateau. 2 bdrm walk out ste. 11’ ceilings, patio c/w panoram-ic view. 700 s/f sauna/steam rm. w/d. n/p. n/s. $997. 604-880-2991.MAPLE RIDGE 201 St. 1300sqft 2bdrm, f/p, w/d, d/w. Immed n/s n/p, $1000 + 1/3 hydro. 778-323-8951

MAPLE RIDGE 239th. 2 bdrm in newer house in quiet area. 1½ baths. D/W, sep. lrg laundry. Large u-shape kitchen, come home to your private ent. & en-joy your bright above grd. suite with lots of windows. Relax un-der the large covered patio and look for the fi sh in the pond! Set-tle in & warm up in front of your gas F/P. N/S or pets please. $850 + utils. 604-466-0896.

MAPLE RIDGE 2bdr nr amen/schls avail now, ns/np, n/laund. $950 incl util. 604-460-7500 or 778-239-6786Maple Ridge, $850, clean, 2 bdrm, 800 sq ft, 5 app,, pvt entry, pvt laun-dry, hardwood fl /carpet. Inc utilities, shared yard, pet neg. 604-477-9822 dd requiredMAPLE RIDGE, bright 1 bdrm suite, D/W, W/D, jacuzzi tub, gas F/P, $900/mo incl hydro. Avail May 1st. Call (604)328-5631.MAPLE RIDGE, Bright new 1000 sf gl suite in exec area. 2/bdrm, 5/appli, shared W/D, gas f/p, heated fl rs, priv cov patio. $995/mo. + util. May 1. N/S. N/P. 604-612-4110MAPLE RIDGE central furnished 1 bdrm guest house incl heat hydro cable w/i net W/D NS/NP $850. Avail May 1. Suit 1. 604-467-8385MAPLE RIDGE EAST - WHON-NOCK 1125 sq ft, 2 bdrm on QUIET NON SMOKING acreage, 5 appl, gas f/p, own driveway & patio. WELL CARED FOR small to med size fi xed pet ok, 2 max. $960 incl gas & hydro. Avail May 1. Refs req’d. 604-462-0119MAPLE RIDGE. large 2 bdrm suite, well maint, furn or unfurn’d, full amens, priv ent, park-like setting, N/S, $1100/mo. 604-476-1335.MAPLE RIDGE lge. 2 bdrm. grnd. fl oor, incl. utils., cable, w/i, $850 mo. N/P N/S. (604)783-9691MAPLE RIDGE newly reno. 1 bdrm. suite, mature individual, N/S N/P. Incl. cable, w/i. Priv. entry, share w/d. $700 + 1/3 utils. Lidah 604-812-4235 after 5 604-467-0440MAPLE RIDGE, Rock Ridge. 2 bdrm bsmt ste. Newer house, nice big kitchen. Incl utils, cable, wifi , house alarm & pri entry. NS/NP. Avail anytime. $875. 604-970-7046MAPLE RIDGE, West. 2 Bdrm bsmt ste. Newly reno’d. $850 incl util, w/d full bath. NS/NP. 604-306-1024.MAPLE RIDGE WEST. Newer bright 1 bdrm ste. NP. Sep ent. Nr schl & hosp. $750 incl hydro. Phone 604-306-7480.PITT MEADOWS 1 bdrm sep bldg loft, priv patio, f/p, d/w, w/d, n/s, n/p on 1/3 acre $850. (604)837-2565PORT COQUITLAM. Immac, newly reno 2 bdrm. N/P N/S. Priv. ent. $950/mo. utils. incl. 604-802-4139Pt Coquitlam N.side, 3 bdrm all new reno’d ste, 2 baths, 6 new appls, NS/NP. $1500 incl util. Cls to all ament/schl. May 1. 604-944-9520

751 SUITES, UPPERMAPLE RIDGE 3 bdrm., 2 baths, top fl oor of house, 1700 sq. ft., lge. kit., fam. rm., deck, soaker tub, central A/C, share lndry. $1500 mo. Avail. now. (604)866-7511

752 TOWNHOUSES

Maple Ridge Central3 Bedroom 21/2 bath

Avail immed. $1200/moDamage deposit ~ Ref’sCredit check ~ No Pets

Call 604-466-6348Leave message

PITT MEADOWS: 2 - 3 bdrm co-op T/H $1005/mo - $1089/mo. Shares req’d. No subsidy available. Orien-tation 2nd & 4th Sun. 2 pm & 3rd Tues. 7 pm each mo. 19225 119th Ave., Pitt Meadows, BC V3Y 2B2. Leave msg 604-465-1938

TRANSPORTATION

810 AUTO FINANCING$0 DOWN & we make your 1st pay-ment at auto credit fast. Need a ve-hicle? Good or Bad credit call Stephanie 1-877-792-0599. www.autocreditfast.ca. DLN 30309.

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TRANSPORTATION

810 AUTO FINANCING

818 CARS - DOMESTIC

1998 Audi A4 quattro, V6, 5spd, $3300 obo. 250-307-1215.

2000 BUICK Century Burgundy, 4 dr, beige inside, elec seats. Air cared Sept. 2 years. V6. 54,000 kms. $6500/obo 604-541-8607.

2002 CHEVROLET Cavalier, 2 door auto, aircared. Good car $2850. (604)465-5131

821 CARS - SPORTS & IMPORTS

1994 VOLVO 850 4 dr. sedan, auto, great cond. 178,000km. $4500 obo A/Crd 2012 604- 581-1568

1995 SUZUKI SWIFT - 107K. Exc cond, 5/spd, great gas mileage! Incl both Summer & Winter tires. $2500/obo. Call 604-538-5378.

2001 HONDA CIVIC. Blue, 4 door, auto, air, tilt, cruise, p/l, 140 K, asking $4,960. Call 604-836-5931.

2009 TOYOTA MATRIX 4/dr auto p/w, p/l, AC, cd player, 88K, silver. $9300. Call 604-825-9477.

2010 NISSAN VERSA, 4 dr. H/B, auto, red, 20,000 Km, many op-tions, $8800 fi rm. 604-538-9257.

827 VEHICLES WANTED

CASH FOR CARS & TRUCKSFREE/FAST 24 hour tow service: or Donate to registered charities

Call 604-767-3842 or 778-552-4145

TRANSPORTATION

838 RECREATIONAL/SALE

2010 SALEM T19XLT

Reg. $17,195 NOW $12,995(stk.29336) Huge Savings! 4 Day Open House – April 14-17th. Save

Thousands, 350 units in stock.www.fraserwayrv.com

1-800-806-1976 DL #30644

1983 TRIPLE E, 28’ fully loaded, full bath, a/c, new fridge, heater,

brakes & tires. $10,900. Call: 604-802-4723

2006 Northshore 30ft Travel trlr, 36” dble slides, bunk units, fully loaded. $24,000. 604-824-8970

2010 ADVENTURER 106DBS

Reg. $32,795 NOW $25,995 (stk. 30222) Huge Savings! 4 Day

Open House – April 14-17th. Save Thousands, 350 units in stock.www.fraserwayrv.com

1-800-806-1976 DL #30644

845 SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

CA$H for CAR$ No Wheels -No Problem! Servicing the Fraser Valley 604-746-2855

#1 FREE SCRAP VEHICLE REMOVAL

ASK ABOUT $500 CREDIT $$$ PAID FOR SOME

604.683.2200

AAA SCRAP CAR REMOVALMinimum $150 cash for full size vehicles, any cond. 604-518-3673

SCRAP BATTERIES WANTED We buy scrap batteries from cars, trucks & heavy equip. $4.00 each. Free pick-up anywhere in BC, Min. 10. Toll Free Call:1.877.334.2288

SCRAP METAL WANTED604.587.5865

www.recycle-it-now.com

TRANSPORTATION

845 SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

Autos • Trucks• Equipment Removal

FREE TOWING 7 days/wk.We pay Up To $500 CA$H

Rick Goodchild 604.551.9022

The Scrapper

851 TRUCKS & VANS1993 FORD Econoline cargo van, white, auto, aircared. Need space, must go! $2300.obo (604)465-51312001 DODGE 1500, ext. cab, black, w/box liner 4X4 318 V8 fuel injected trailer hitch, elec trailer brake. Air-cared. $13,500. Joe 604-309-73022005 MONTANA SV6, loaded, On-star, 7 pass., new front rotors & brakes. Mint. $8500. 604-812-1278

MARINE

912 BOATSSHARED ownership late model 40’ - 60’ cruising yachts moored on Vancouver Island & Lower Main-land. Sail & Power. Professionally maintained. 604-669-2248. www.one4yacht.com

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April 2011PRODUCTS

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BEST BUILDERS

Proud of Georgie Award win

Maggie Calloway

Winning a Georgie award is comparable to win-

ning an Academy Award in the building industry. Th e competi-tion is steep and the criteria very tough but once you win, you are considered a builder of exceptional quality.

Th at is one reason Todd Best, principal of Best Builders Ltd, is justifi ably proud of the

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Maggie Calloway

You love to read. Books are not just paper and bindings to you, but almost living things, well-loved and treasured. Th e

problem is they are taking over your home.

Books on tables. Books piled on the fl oor. You have to push them out of the way to make a sandwich.

Eleanor Hunter, aff ectionately known as Elle, is the principal of Ellement RE: Design, a com-pany which off ers interior and exterior design services from curb appeal, de-cluttering, colour consultations to full-service design of one room or your whole home, and if you need help in ad-vance of selling your home one of their slogans is ‘Style your Space. Sell you place.”

Hunter is an expert on how to handle books taking over the home in an attractive way, in-

cluding working with a local couple who, among other design needs, had a very large bookcase fi lled with books representing their many inter-ests.

“Th is current project is a re-design, or make over, of a room which includes four bookcases in a row,” says Hunter.

“At fi rst Bill didn’t want us to touch the book-cases; he loves books, has a very high respect for them, and was apprehensive. I understood and off ered to put everything back if he wasn’t happy

Ellement RE: Design gives bookworms optionsBookcases can hold more than just books you can’t part with; they can also hold memories of life well-lived

Heading down the right path

Elle Hunter, principal of Element RE: Design, is helping homeowners who just can’t let go of their treasured books. Martin Knowles photo

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Maggie Calloway

You’ve painted or stained the exterior of your home.

Your front door is strutting its stuff with a new paint job and sporting gleaming hardware. Th e new house numbers are now easily seen from the street, and everything looks great.

Except, the pathways from the street to the house and the walkways on the side of the house are looking shabby.

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“Typically the square footage which needs work isn’t that big so it’s a pretty quick process which has a huge impact on the curb appeal of your home,” says Miller.

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How Hunter handled the project is a great primer for those hesitant to dive in and sort things out.

“It makes sense to fi rst, as hard as this is, edit out the books you know you won’t read again or subjects you have lost interest in,” says Hunter. “Take out all the paperbacks and use them in other parts of the home ...Once you are left with your ‘keepers’ and empty space the fun can begin.”

Bookcases can hold more than the obvious; they can be almost a blueprint of your life. Books, works of art, family photographs, and mementos of past travels well-displayed can be an amazing, unique, addition to any room.

“Try to get away from that typical library look which is all the books pulled to the front of the shelf,” says

Hunter. “Now you can add interest by adding accent pieces like pottery, small statues. Th ink about using some of the additions as bookends.”

She suggests laying large books horizontally on the shelves and placing art on the top of the stack, which allows it to be displayed to great eff ect.

“If you have books say on Th ailand and a pieces of art from your visit to that wonderful country together they would make a wonderful display,” says Hunter. “Change textures by mixing up porcelain, wood, woven art such as ethnic baskets, with photos, this creates contrast. Don’t overdo adding pieces or you are back to a hodgepodge.”

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“Try to get away from that typical library look – all the books pulled to the front of the shelf. You can add interest with

accent pieces like pottery, small statues. Think about using some of the additions as bookends.”

Bookcases like these can be used for more than just books. Homeowners are encouraged to creatively arrange statues

and other artifacts of their travels alongside the books to create interest. Martin Knowles photos


Maggie Calloway

Can you imagine living in a small bedroom for four months, a couple, three children and three cats, then moving down to live in the basement, while your whole home is torn apart and rebuilt around you?

Weeks and months with no heat and no proper cooking facilities? Somehow they not only stayed sane but stayed tight as a family.

Th e original 900 sq ft house in New Westminster came with an old story we hear all the time: the family, having lived in the house since 2002, loved the area and wanted to stay.

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“We were contracted to tear the roof off and extend the second fl oor, from what was a half-story, into a full-height fl oor. Th e plan was for us to build a bathroom in the basement so the family could move down there for three or four months while the renovation was going on.”

However, the basement was too short, and therefore the city wouldn’t approve the bathroom renovations.

Th us, the plan was changed to a renovation of the entire house.

Basil dug down the basement fl oor approximately 20” to create a 7’ 800 sq. ft . fully livable space. Once the city gave the approval to dig out the basement, they had to support the old walls before digging out, then 10 footings were put in place to support the walls.

Th e basement now has a media room, laundry room, bedroom and den. What was a damp, unusable, badly sloping low basement, with bad air quality which permeated the whole house,

became a clean, fresh, fully functioning living space.Th e new second fl oor is 900 sq ft with four full-sized

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Now that your new deck is built you have decide whether to paint or stain it.

Rona’s website has a great list of thing you should take into consid-eration when making your decision, including function, the environment, the surface, use, product composition, appearance, colour and quality. Once you have answered all these questions, you are well on your way to making the right decision.

Exterior paint and stain products have a much harder job than their indoor counterparts. Th ey have to handle harsh weather conditions as well as major temperature fl uctuations.

Outdoor products have to be extremely fl exible, and to attain this they contain more resins and more adhesives to better withstand tempera-ture changes and humidity. Outdoor products should also have additives to repel water and mildew.

“If you have a new deck the most popular option for new wood is a transparent, semi-transparent, or even a semi-solid stain,” says Jeff Lawrence of Benjamin Moore.

“A semi-solid stain is close to an opaque stain; it’s very heavily pig-mented stain but still allows you to see

through to the grain but the colour saturates the wood much more. Solid colour stains are just that, they don’t allow the grain to show.

“Gone are the days when the choices were semi-transparent or solid stain.”

If your deck is made of beautiful ce-dar, you may want to add just a touch of colour while protecting the wood from the elements. But if you have an older deck that is showing the slings and arrows of heavy use, a solid coat will help mask imperfections.

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“If your deck is gray from the weather a restorer that removes the dead fi bre, which causes the graying, is what you need to get back to the original brighter wood.

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Th e fl oors are warm and the towels are fl uff ed and tearing oneself away from this to face the world must be almost impossible.

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A good size at 10’ x 16’ but not huge, the appeal is the feeling of serenity one gets from the simplicity.

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Located in an older home, the original bathroom was much smaller.

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Th ere has been an explosion of interest in outdoor living in recent years.

It seems we have come full circle from looking outside our homes for entertainment to spending much more time at home with family and friends.

It follows that as we open our homes more, we need to turn our attention to what is working and what is not. Our crumbling decks, patios and terraces are not very inviting as outdoor rooms, so what to do?

Like any other renovation, there are a few things to consider before jumping into the deep end.

You should decided how you are planning on using the outdoor area and what the budget for the project will be. You should also consider how the outdoor space will complement the house.

Building the space is just the beginning.

Because a deck takes a certain amount of punishment from the elements, unlike an interior space, money should be put aside to furnish what could be considered a new room.

When planning where and how to build your new outdoor space, keep in mind you will need accessibility. No one wants to be constantly walking up

Build the perfect deck as summer beckonsHomeowners are moving outside as the sun comes out, and renovations to an outdoor deckare often high on the priority list.

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Privacy is another big consideration; everyone has horror stories about being ambushed by neighbours because they could see you out on your deck.

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“Some people design their decks without considering what they will be looking at when they are sitting down,” Juzyniec says.

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He says the answer is frameless glass railings, which are fairly expensive at about $100 per foot but will allow homeowners to keep their view.

“Sometimes clients want the clean look of glass but privacy is an issue,” Juzyniec says.

“In these cases obscure glass is the answer; it gives you the look you want while protecting privacy. Th is glass also hides unwanted views.”

Like every other part of your renovation it pays to get input from the professionals. Th ey have years of experience and know how to handle obstacles.

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Hit the decksWith more interest in outdoor living and entertaining,deck renovations are on the rise, and becoming more elaborate.

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Georgie he won in the Best Renovation between $500,000 - $799,000 category for a renovation on Vancouver’s West Side. He is especially proud of how his company worked in partnership with the homeowners to create a beautiful home by constantly looking for ways to recycle and re-purpose and still get an exceptionally solid home.

Th e 50-year-old house sits in a beautiful neighbourhood of similar homes with a street canopy of mature trees and established gar-dens. Th e original plan was to tear down the house and build a new home but a new home would have had to follow all the city’s new set back guidelines which would mean a smaller home. Conversely, a renovation would have the advantage of being able to grandfather all the set backs, an important point to keep in mind when buying property as a tear down.

But the house needed a tune up. Today’s families want more open space with daylight fl ooding each room. Gone are the small rooms with dim light and the parlour saved only for tea with the vicar.

And so it was with this family of fi ve, including three small children. Th ey loved the neighbourhood and they loved the solid house but needed to create a family home which would work for them.

“Th ere was a huge advantage to keeping the existing footprint and a larger square footage but we did have some design issues,” Best says.

“Because the style of the home is consistent throughout the neighbourhood, the frontage of the home and the roofl ine had to conform.

Th e client was not using an architect so we were design-ing the renovation along with the homeowner, which was a unique project for us.”

Th e house was suspended in the air on piers and the builders dug down un-derneath to make a new full basement with a new foundation from what was originally 6’ headroom with all the old drain tiles. On the top side the roof was removed and they went up another full fl oor, which was reframed to make it look like the original home from the street.

“We gained two full feet in the basement to make the entire space usable. In the new upper fl oor we were able to create a new master bedroom, a huge master ensuite and a small offi ce,” Best says.

“In the basement level there are bedrooms, for the kids and the nanny, and laundry. Th e main fl oor is a large kitchen and dining area, living room and family room, all of which work perfectly for this family because they wanted a main fl oor designed so they can always keep their eyes on the kids. Th e family room doors pull right back and lead onto a covered outdoor play area for the kids”

On the third fl oor, Best Builders incorpo-rated the closets, drawers and even the TV into the design, which left more fl oor space for the homeowners.

“Th is was the advantage of working so closely with the homeowners on the design,” Best says. “We were able to really custom build every square inch of the home to the

requirement of each family member, which translates into no wasted space”

Every detail was thought through including the design of the open riser staircase to give the appearance of the living room being bigger. Stairs oft en look like dead space but this design allows the eye to pass through. A skylight above the stairs fl oods the area with light, again creating the feeling of expansive space.

All the fl oors are walnut until you come to the stairs and posts which are actu-ally inexpensive parallam structural beams. Stained to match the walnut fl oors, they serve two purposes: they are very strong and relatively inexpensive. Th e solid doors throughout the home were bought from a salvage yard for $1,000, refi nished and hung at just a fraction of the price of new.

Best Builders, which has huge buying power, helped

the homeowners shop around and passed all the savings on, which made a diff erence to the bottom line.

Th e colour palette of the home is perfect, with rooms fl owing naturally into the next with a limited change of tone, which gives a calm feeling mixed with high style.

Best Builders Ltd. worked with the homeowners of this West Side

Vancouver proprty to create a beautiful home while saving money, and ended up with a modern home that still fi ts

in with the neighbourhood.

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By Kerry Vital

Kristy O’Connor is looking to get ahead in life.“I’m a single prosperous female,” she says,

laughing. At 33, O’Connor says she appreciates the true value of working hard to get the fi ner things in life.

One of those nicer things is her own home at Intracorp’s Glenmore at Morgan Heights development in South Surrey that she has been steadily making her own since she purchased three year ago.

“I bought it because I liked the location and the promising image of being part of the new Yaletown!” she says. She looked at only two properties before deciding to buy at Glenmore.

“Glenmore off ered the space I needed and also fi t the budget,” O’Connor says.

“I bought it from dirt, as it took just over a year to build once she visited the show homes”

she says.Aft er the market

crashed in 2008, she decided that she needed to personalize and renovate her home so it would have better resale value.

“Th is is a bet-ter return on my investment,” O’Connor says.

“It will sell quicker, and for better value.”

Since moving in, she has changed the original white carpet on

the stairs to slate tile and bullnose, installed customized wrought iron railings, replaced the white fi replace mantel with a customized stone face and cedar mantel, painted and installed crown mouldings, sealed her garage fl oor and has painted the unit with earth tone chocolate browns and slate greys.

“A typical cement fl oor creates dust,” she says.“I own my own catering company, Th ree’s

Company Catering, and my supplies are stored in there, so that wasn’t okay.”

She hired Park Place Garage Co.’s Don Rob-bins to install a polyaspartic seamless coating on the garage fl oor, which laid down decora-tive vinyl chips and eliminated the garage dust. O’Connor says I’ts just like an ocean fl oor.

“It’s beautiful,” she says.Th e slate tile and fi replace was installed by

Spencer Northeast at Stepping Stone Landscap-

ing, and the crown moulding was supplied by Westcoast Moulding and Millwork and installed by Gerdon Renovations.

She also installed two-inch wood shutters on the windows of the townhouse, which were installed by Brian Cady at Sunburst Shutters.

“Th ere was no rush in doing (the renova-tions),” she says.

“I slowly upgraded to customize the renova-tions that weren’t available in the initial buy.”

When she bought the place, there were few choices for her to make.

“You could upgrade the carpet or upgrade to stainless steel,” she says. But that wasn’t enough for her.

So why buy a new home when she was going to customize it anyway?

“It’s more aff ord-able to buy a new home than do high exterior fi nishings (on an older home),” she says.

“As a single person, I couldn’t go out and get a signifi cant loan.”

She created the entire design plan herself, truly making her home her own.

O’Connor plans to spend one more year in her current home before selling it and moving to a single-family residence.

“I hope to continue to do this and be mortgage-free by the time I’m 45,” she says.

“I want to buy and re-sell houses on a small scale.”

However, she may not buy brand-new next time, since buy-ers must pay HST on new properties.

O’Connor used all local businesses to help with her renova-tions.

“I’m a big family person,” she says.

“I’ve lived locally since 1993, and I be-

lieve in supporting local trades and community-based businesses, family-owned companies.”

Th us far, she has spent between $15,000 and $20,000 on the renovations.

Another customized feature? Th e recreation room downstairs includes rich brown pine wainscotting and a customized glass door to tie it all in.

Th e room is dedicated to the newly-minted Presidents’ Trophy winners Vancouver Canucks, where she hung signed memorabilia including jerseys from Roberto Luongo and Trevor Lin-den, and several other team photos.

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Kristy O’Connor has made her new home her own. One custom feature is a room dedicated to the Vancouver Canucks, including signed jerseys and team photos.Brian Giebelhaus photos


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Miller says another consideration is the other materials being used in the garden.

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“But if you have a natural stone look and feel to your garden you could use fl agstone for the walkways and they would look great.”

Miller advises if you are planning on doing work outside, you should step back and make a plan for your entire garden even if your current budget only allows you to complete part of the plan for the time being.

“Even if the entire project takes you ten years to complete, at least if you are working off a master plan your garden doesn’t end up looking like you picked away at it for years,” he says.

“You want to end up with a garden that fl ows, not a patch work quilt.”

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Starting down the right path...Resurfacing your outdoor walkways is a good place to startwhen doing an outdoor landscaping project,especially when you’re on a budget.

Jeremy Miller of Houston Landscapes is an expert on turning diffi cult gardens into beautiful landscapes, and says that a walkway renovation doesn’t have to be a time-consuming process. MARTIN KNOWLES PHOTOS


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