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A descendant of Port Haney’sfounder – Thomas Haney – reflects

on 100 years of living.

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Glenwood Elementary School Grade 1 student Gavin Judd-Baillee made his way up the Dynamo Meteor NetBeehive DX 802 climbing structure, the newest addition to the school’s playground. Helping make the structurepossible was a $14,000 donation from the Meadow Ridge Rotary Club.

A new climbingstructure at GlenwoodElementary Schoolwouldn’t exist if notfor a key donationfrom the MeadowRidge Rotary Club.by Troy [email protected]

The Meadow RidgeRotary Club gave stu-dents at GlenwoodElementary a huge stepup, through a sizeabledonation towards a newpiece of equipment forthe school’s playground.

The local Rotariansdonated $14,000 towardsthe purchase and instal-lation of a $27,000,Dynamo Meteor NetBeehive DX 802.

This past Thursday,Feb. 5, the school hosteda ribbon cutting cere-mony, including cakeand refreshments, tocelebrate the additionof the 14 foot-tall climb-ing structure, which canaccommodate play formore than 40 students atone time.

On top of the $14,000from Meadow RidgeRotary’s sports banquetlegacy fund, the restof the funds used topurchase and build thestructure came from theschool’s Parent AdvisoryCouncil (PAC) and fromgaming funds.

The process started inSeptember 2013, notedGlenwood PAC chair-person Stephanie Raposo,with additional fundsbeing raised throughthe annual GlenwoodCarnival, a social night,and Rotary Duck Racetickets.

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Giving

Rotarians’ kindness drives beehive

Speed and weather are believed to be factors in adeadly multi-vehicle accident on Thursday.by Eric [email protected]

A three-vehicle crash in the 25500 block of theLougheed Highway Thursday morning claimed the life ofone person and sent three others to hospital.

At approximately 9 a.m., two cars and a pickup truckcollided, and now Ridge Meadows RCMP say theirtraffic division and ICARS (Integrated Crash AnalystReconstruction Services) were investigating.

An SUV and a small car collided on the highway,and then “a third vehicle – the pickup truck – becameinvolved in the accident in some fashion,” explainedMaple Ridge deputy fire chief Howard Exner, who wascalled to the scene.

The person in the small car was “very badlyentrapped” and succumbed to the injuries sustained dur-ing the accident, Exner said.

In the meantime, the person from the pickup truckfared “quite well,” and was “walking wounded,” headded. And of the two people in the SUV, the passengerneeded to be extricated, while the driver was “alreadyout on the road on our arrival, and was being tended toby some passersby,” Exner elaborated.

The SUV driver suffered upper body and head injuries,while the person in the passenger seat had “numerous”lower body injuries.

“The initial investigation has revealed the wet weatherand roads – along with speed – are contributors to thecrash,” said Ridge Meadows RCMP Cpl. Alanna Dunlop.

The Lougheed Highway – which is a major thorough-fare – was closed until late afternoon in both directionsas a result of the crash.

As of the TIMES press deadline, police were unable torelease the names of those involved in the crash.

Traffic fatality

One killed inhighway crash


Police redirected traffic at Lougheed Highway and 240th Street, after thehighway was closed in both directions Thursday, due to a deadly crash.

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A bequest from a Metro Vancouverresident will ‘close a funding gap’ forthe Maple Ridge park.by Eric [email protected]

A generous bequest from the estate of anoutdoor-loving Burnaby resident will helpenhance Metro Vancouver’s regional parks,including Kanaka Creek in Maple Ridge.

George Ross left a total of $2.8 million forthe future enjoyment and upkeep of parksthroughout the region.

Of that amount, $300,000 will benefitthe Kanaka Creek Watershed StewardshipCentre project, and help fill the funding gapneeded to allow the nature-focused learningfacility to become a reality.

“All I can say is ‘wow,’” said Ross DaviesKanaka Education and EnvironmentalPartnership Society (KEEPS) coordinator.

The announcement was made during acreekside ceremony held at Kanaka Creekthis past Friday.

“This centre has been a dream of KEEPSfor more than a decade,” he added.

The centre is situated in the 419-hectareKanaka Creek Regional Park.

The key $1.1 million phase of construc-tion will feature a multi-purpose classroom,which will be known as the George RossLearning Room, as well as washrooms, aseparate resource building, and landscap-ing.

Over the next two years, additional wet-lands and interpretive stormwater manage-ment features will be installed to completethe centre.

“I just want express the City’s enormous

gratitude to the Ross family, to Metro Van,and our partners,” said Maple Ridge MayorNicole Read. “This is an incredible oppor-tunity for our community, and we’re verygrateful to see the funding gap close thatwill bring this centre to fruition.”

Mr. Ross “loved to enjoy many of the nat-ural features of our regional parks system,”said Metro Vancouver Board Chair GregMoore. “When we were informed of thisdonation we were just blown away by thegenerosity, how far it can go, and what itcan do.”

The remaining $2.5 million from thebequest will be used to create the GeorgeRoss Legacy Stewardship program, to beadministered by the Pacific ParklandsFoundation, which is dedicated to raisingfunds for Metro Vancouver’s regional parks.

“As a biologist... I know how importanta facility like this is, and we applaud thelate Mr. Ross’s generosity and vision,” saidHeather Deal, chair of Metro Vancouver’sregional parks committee.

“Off we go into an exciting new chapterfor our regional parks,” Davies said onFriday. “We need nature, it’s good for us, itmakes us healthy, and we’ve got it out herein spades; this has made my entire day.”

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Weather causing worryDangerous water levels in Golden

Ears Provincial Park had staff on highalert Friday. In the midst of heavy rains,some areas of the beach were washedout and a section of the Lower Falls trailwere breached, said Stu Burgess of SSGHoldings, the company that manages theprovincial park.

“The Gold Creek is flowing, it’s as highas I’ve ever seen it,” said Burgess, whohas been overseeing the park since 1990.

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Nine arrested in raidNine people were arrested and an

undisclosed amount of LSD, metham-phetamines, marijuana, and assortedprescription drugs were seized during apolice raid Friday morning in Haney.

Armed with a search warrant, theRidge Meadows RCMP street enforcementteam conducted its fifth raid in as manymonths of drug houses in the downtown.

This house was in the 22500 block ofBrown Avenue.


Notorious landlord diesJagdev Athwal, a long-time Maple

Ridge landlord and businessman, haspassed away.

The 74-year-old managed a numberof different properties throughout MapleRidge, including the now-demolished butsomewhat controversial NorthumberlandCourt townhouses on Fraser Street inPort Haney.


Police raided a drug home in the 22500block of Brown Avenue, arresting nine.

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Kanaka Education and Environmental Partnership Societycoordinator Ross Davies spoke at the ceremony.

The local chamber directorsaid effects of proposedtransit tax will be ‘minimal.’by Troy [email protected]

Proponents of the “yes” side ofthe TransLink tax proposal laidout their platform at a Thursdayluncheon hosted by the MapleRidge-Pitt Meadows Chamber ofCommerce.

The luncheon – CongestionCosts Business, Why a Yes VoteMakes Sense – featured twoguest speakers: John Winter, thepresident, CEO, and director ofthe BC Chamber of Commerce,as well as Port Coquitlam MayorGreg Moore – who is also aMetro Vancouver board chair.

A provincial sales tax hike inMetro Vancouver, imposed byTransLink to pay for transporta-tion improvements, as well as anew Pattullo Bridge, would raisethe PST from seven per cent to7.5 per cent within the region.

Metro Vancouver residentswill decide whether or not the0.5 per cent “Metro VancouverCongestion Improvement Tax”will go forward when they votethrough a mail-in referendumnext month.

Administered by ElectionsBC, the plebiscite will see bal-lots start being mailed to regis-tered voters within the MetroVancouver region on March 16.

Ballots must be mailed backbetween March 16 and May 29.

The tax increase would go

towards part of the $8-billionpricetag attached to a 10-yeartransit plan. Among improve-ments outlined in the plan,Maple Ridge would get a B-Line bus to connect the City tothe Evergreen SkyTrain line inCoquitlam.

Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows,Anmore, Tri-Cities, and Belcarra,known as the Northeast Sector,is expecting roughly 200,000new residents in the next 30years. This includes 64,000additional people living in PittMeadows and Maple Ridge by2045, Moore noted.

At the same time, the popula-tion of the West Coast Express(WCE) service area, with sta-tions in Maple Ridge and PittMeadows, will grow by 62 percent by 2041. To address thisridership demand, the WCE will

add 10 new fleet vehicles andone new locomotive by 2024.

Advocates of the “yes” voteargue that “not investing” inMetro Vancouver’s transporta-tion system will lead to moreovercrowded SkyTrain cars,traffic gridlock, and even longercommuting times.

As well, they claim, fundsgenerated by the tax will allow37,000 residents to gain accessto a new B-Line service.

New B-Lines proposed includeCoquitlam to Maple Ridge linevia Lougheed Highway andDewdney Trunk Road, andLangley to Pitt Meadows via200th Street, with connectionsto Coquitlam via LougheedHighway.

Winter told those at the lunch-eon that the tax increase is themost equitable way to pay for

these proposed transportationupgrades.

“If we don’t get a positiveresponse to the plebiscite, we’rereally going to take a significantstep backwards,” Winter added.

Moore pointed out that since2010, there has been an 11 percent increase in transit rider-ship in Maple Ridge and PittMeadows.

“These are things that weneed to consider as we go for-ward,” Moore said. “Transitis also needed in our growingneighbourhoods.”

The local chamber is backingthe “yes” side. Chamber execu-tive director Andrea Maddensaid the effect the PST taxincrease will have on the aver-age household is quite minimal,adding that it is estimated thatthe average household will pay“only an additional $125 a year.”

“The other options examinedwould have cost the averagehousehold more than $200 peryear,” she noted.

She stressed that many of thebasic necessities such as food,shelter, children’s clothing,books, newspapers, professionalservices, real estate sales, medi-cine, massage therapy, goodspurchased for resale or export,and goods used in the manufac-turing or production of an end-use product are exempt from thetax increase.

“Therefore, it was determinedthat it would be the most afford-able option for all, includinglower income households,” shesaid.More at www.mrtimes, search “Yes Men”

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‘Yes men’ make pitch for tax

Parks and recreation

Kanaka receives huge cash influx


Port Coquitlam Mayor Greg Moore was one of two guest speakers at the chamberluncheon, Congestion Costs Business, Why a Yes Vote Makes Sense, held Thursday.

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…continued from page A1“Any additional funds

came out of our BCGaming grants and amultitude of smaller fund-raisers,” Raposo added.

At the ceremony, Raposothanked the MeadowRidge Rotary Club mem-bers in attendance.

“I think I can speak forall the Glenwood familieswhen I say how gratefulwe are to Meadow RidgeRotary Club for their con-tribution,” Raposo said.

For more than a dec-ade, the local service clubpresented a Rotary SportsBanquet, until it was dis-continued in 2013.

Over the years, moneyhas been accumulated ina fund allocated specific-ally for sports facilities inMaple Ridge and/or PittMeadows.

The Glenwood play-ground was among the sixlocal projects selected bythe club to benefit from itssports legacy fund.

Meadow Ridge RotaryClub vice president InekeBoekhorst told studentsand parents at the cere-mony that the Rotarianswere “very happy” todonate money “for thisfantastic project.”

The beehive “symbolizesso many things about ourschool,” said Glenwoodprincipal Jovo Bikic.

Bikic listed: collaboration

– “It was jointly decidedby staff, parents and stu-dents. And students work-ing together to negotiatespace and play.” Creativity– “So many different

ways to reach the top, ora child’s goal, and differ-ent games to play.” And“climbing to new heights,as kids find different waysto reach their goals.”

Structure symbolizes ‘many things’


This past Thursday, Glenwood Elementary students collectively scaled thenewest addition to the school’s playground.

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As the local school districtprepares its new budget,partners are asked to share howcuts are hurting kids.

by Ronda [email protected]

School district budget cuts aren’tanything new to those involved inthe school system.

The most recent rounds, however,appear to be particularly damagingto student education, according to aletter presented to school trustees byKellie Marquet, the School District 42District Parent Advisory Committee(DPAC) chair.

With the provincial budget expect-ed to be handed down mid-month,the school board needs to get theirducks in a row to understand thecurrent situation, according to MikeMurray, school trustee chairperson.

Trustees asked partners to “sharewith us any impacts they’d seenresulting from budget cuts of the pastcouple of years,” Murray noted.

“We feel it’s important not onlythat we hear these stories... we thinkit’s important to collect these storiesand share them with MLAs, and theMinistry of Education, and the B.C.School Trustee Association, becauseall that adds up to hopefully betterdecision making at senior govern-ment levels,” Murray added.

Unfortunately only about 10 peoplereplied to the request for stories sentout by Marquet through a variety of

channels.“They just feel powerless,” she said

of why the response from parentsmay have been low.

The letter presented by Marquetin response to the district’s request,detailed a number of issues being feltby a “stressed” school system includ-ing: too much weight placed on tech-nology and displacing “basic” needs,not enough professionals to deal withbehavioural challenges, secretarialstaffing cuts, learning assistance cuts,school supply cuts, school lunchand breakfast program issues, buss-ing cuts, and the issue that receivedperhaps the mostawareness in thelast strike: classsizes.

“I do [feel thepoints in the let-ter were heard],”said Marquet, ofthe DPAC pres-entation to thetrustees.

Other educa-tion partners willalso give their feed-back as the DPAC did. These inputswill make up part of the budget pro-cess.

“The first thing we need to know iswhat we’ve got to work with,” saidMurray of the provincial budget.

Once the dollars are known, theschool board must look at the exist-ing budget in comparison. Cuts infunding from the province means fur-ther cuts to the local school system.

The process is complex, involvinga number of aspects, and the public

will be able to weigh in shortly afterspring break.

“It’s an important cycle for us to gothrough,” Murray noted, of gatheringinput from the partner groups.

This input helps the school boardsee where changes need to be made,but as noted in the DPAC letter, B.C.kids are already funded at $1,000below the national average for educa-tion.

DPAC is one of the partners whoweighed in. Other partners includethe district student advisory coun-cil, employee groups (Maple RidgeTeachers Association), CUPE local,

Maple RidgePrincipal andVice PrincipalAssociation, andthe district’s sen-ior team.

“I think it’stime for them[trustees] todo somethingfurther,” saidMarquet of theletters the localschool board

sends to the province to outline thecurrent situation. “I think it’s time forsomething different... Moreso thanletter writing, they need to advocateharder and stronger for public educa-tion and just at budget time.”

While board meetings addressingthe budget begin Wednesday (Feb.11), with a series of presentations,and continue through March, thepublic will have its chance to weighin during a budget committee meet-ing April 15.

Education

Input shows harm to kids’ learning

“The first thingwe need toknow is whatwe’ve got towork with.”Mike Murray

Local MP RandyKamp’s executiveassistant announcedhe will be seekingfederal nomination.

Mike Murray – execu-tive assistant to outgoingconservative MP RandyKamp – announced lastweek that he will seekthe Conservative for PittMeadows-Maple Ridge-Mission.

Similarly, Kampworked as former MPGrant McNally’s assistantfor sevearl years beforeseeking election himselfin 2004.

“I’ve had the opportun-

ity to work very closelywith one of Canada’sbest parliamentarians inRandy Kamp,” Murrysaid.

“I have seen firsthandwhat it takes to be aMember of Parliamentand believe that myexperience in Ottawa andserving locally as Mr.Kamp’s executive assist-ant has made me readyto serve as the next MPfor Pitt Meadows-MapleRidge-[Mission].”

Murray has served asMP Kamp’s executiveassistant for close to fouryears after serving as theParliamentary SecretaryAssistant to the Ministerof Fisheries and Oceansin 2011.

Federal politics

Murray seeks nod

MP Randy Kamp’s executive assistant Mike Murray is seeking federalconservative nomination for this year’s upcoming election.

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Move quicklyto avoid slope

Here comes the slippery slope. Thefederal government must act quickly toensure no one slides off the edge andinto the abyss created as a side-effectof last week’s Supreme Court ruling onassisted suicide.

The Supreme Court of Canada ruledthat the Charter of Rights and Freedomsprotects an individual’s right to diewith dignity, and consequently struckdown Canada’s laws against physician-assisted suicide. The ruling meanssomeone with a terminal illness, andespecially someone facing a painful andterrifying death can seek a doctor’s helpto achieve a relatively comfortable anddignified end of life.

But the Supreme Court only has juris-diction to interpret or set aside laws.It does not have the power to amend,rewrite, or replace laws. The federalgovernment has that power, and mustact quickly to fill the legal vacuum.

Left unfilled, that vacuum has thepotential to suck in people who needprotection from the abuses feared bythose who have vigilantly fought againstlegalized assisted suicide. Without lawsdetailing what situations allow rationalrecourse to assisted suicide, people whocould be saved by an alternative inter-vention could instead slide down thatproverbial “slippery slope.”

Unscrupulous, malicious, ignorant,or simply exhausted family membersand caregivers have been known toconvince the elderly and the infirm thatsuicide is the best or only solution to adesperate situation, even when it clearlyis not.

The Supreme Court has justly decid-ed that we each own our “self,” andthat under certain circumstances, andafter due consideration, we have theright to dispose of our property in a rea-sonable and rational manner.

The federal government slipped upby not having had the compassion thatthe court has shown. It should havedefined those “certain circumstances”long ago.

– B.G.

There are protests all over theplace these days. You can’t somuch as say the word “environ-ment” without someone lookingat you askance, waiting anxiouslyto hear what you’ll say next: areyou about to reveal yourself asa pro-environment threat to thenational economy, or will thenext syllable out of your mouthunmask you as a radical species-killing redneck Harper-lover?

But whether you’re planning tovote for the environment or forthe Conservatives, it’s a fair bet that you’re likepractically everybody else in one respect: nobodylikes to see a species become extinct.

You may not believe that it’s happening, oryou may not believe that you, as a human being,can possibly have a significant impact on theplanet’s overall biosphere.

You may or may not believe that you haveany personal responsibility – you may not evenbelieve that it is an inherently bad thing – butI’ll bet that when you see a picture of one ofthose baby seals about to be clubbed betweentheir sparklingly sweet eyes and skinned alive, itdoesn’t make you feel good.

You may refuse to believe that it’s your fault,but I’ll bet when you see hundreds of thousandsof acres of Brazilian forests burning, spewingtons of smoke into the air and destroying thehomes and habitats of thousands of species– many of them not even identified yet by themost important species of all – it doesn’t makeyou feel good.

It may not reduce you to tears or fill you withangst for our dwindling future – but admit it, itdoesn’t make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

Whether you quake at the thought or yousimply feel it’s a necessary evil in a world thatdeserves to be dominated by humanity andits technology, you would be among the abso-lutely most unusual among us if the thought

of destroying species willy nillywas one of the main things thathelped you to sleep soundly atnight.

But what are you doing aboutit?

I know, if you’re part of the“necessary evil” crowd, you’redoing nothing about it. Whywould you? Fair enough.

But what about those of youwho know that it’s wrong andthat we have to do somethingbefore our entire planet’s bio-

diversity is reduced to that of a giant wheat field– one crop consisting of one variety of one spe-cies? Surely you want to do something that youcould take to your Last Judgment, to legitimatelyplead, “But, Your Honour, I tried.”

In reality, very few of us could truly do that.Very few of us will leave this world firm in the

knowledge that we did all we could to save atleast one species from extinction during our briefjourney through our own miserable, pitiful life.

Except the anti-vaxxers!You’ve got to tip your hat to those folks

– they’re doing their bit, where most of the restof us have been falling desperately short.

They have been at the forefront of the battleto save a number of important species, but mostrecently, they’ve been bearing the standard onbehalf of measles.

By refusing to vaccinate their children for avariety of spurious and downright nonsensicalreasons, they have been able to rebuild overthe past couple of years the measles populationthat had been virtually eradicated from NorthAmerica a decade ago.

Okay, I’ll admit, measles isn’t exactly on thebrink of planetary extinction – there’s enoughmeasles in other parts of the world to kill a fewhundred thousand children each year.

But that’s human children. And we’re not evenclose to extinct… yet.

Opinion

Odd Thoughtsby Bob Groeneveld

Extinction nothing to sneeze at

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Dear Editor,Humans are such ironic creatures!

Everything around us is constantly chan-ging. Numerous things in our lives arecyclical. The certain things inlife are death, taxes, and change.Whether one believes in a creatoror is a creationist, all can agree thatour universe never stops movingand changing. It’s a thing we call“time.”

Most religions can agree to afew premises: the deity is beyondtime; all creations are perfect, even if inmany cases the wisdom of the perfectionis beyond our limited knowledge and abil-ities; religion serves as a framework to life.Based on these premises, one can concludethat religion is a prefect timeless frameworkthrough which we choose to navigate life.

With this conclusion in hand, along withthe earlier observation that change is con-stant and inevitable, we can see the error inour long-standing view of religion.

Many of us are guilty of seeing religion asstuck in antiquity. Hence the recent calls tochange religion.

I beg to differ, rather than changing reli-gion, we should change how weview religion. Viewing religion asthe perfect creation that as all othercreations is constantly changingopens one’s mind to seeing religionas a fluid and dynamic framework.

Through this new vantage pointone can see how blasphemous itwould be for anyone to interpret

religion literally, thereby removing thefaçade of what is commonly referred to asfundamentalism. To remove fundamental-ism would eliminate much of the philoso-phy behind radicalization.

We can all agree that to change one’s selfis easier than changing the world.

I have faith, and among the things I havefaith in are humans reaching their greatestpotential.

Ahmed Yousef, Maple Ridge

Religion

Radicals born of fundamentalism

Dear Editor,We need more transportation options

and better service in Maple Ridge, PittMeadows, and Metro Vancouver. We needto find a way to contribute more tax dollarsto fund this improved transportation.

That probably means we need to paymore tax? But regardless of how the taxmoney is collected, every contributor needsto see value for every cent paid.

The Mayors’ Council on RegionalTransportation wants to spend $7.5 billionin the next 10 years drastically improvingtransportation in Metro Vancouver. Theyhave reviewed several new funding sourcesand have determined that a 0.5 per centregional increase to the Provincial Sales Taxis the most fair funding source.

There are approximately 100,000 of us liv-ing in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows whowill be paying the same 0.5 per cent as therest of Metro Vancouver residents.

Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson is thechair of the Mayors’ Council and is commit-ted to building a 5.1-kilometre subway offthe Millennium SkyTrain Line.

Surrey Mayor Linda Hepner is the vice-chair of the Mayors’ Council and is commit-ted to bringing light rail transit to Surrey.

Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows are hopingto receive a B-line bus to the new EvergreenLine, one more West Coast Express Train,and some buses.

How does this value seem fair?The Mayors’ Council is also looking at

road pricing. In addition to the new 0.5 percent tax, Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadowsresidents will have to pay to drive on theroads to the rest of Metro Vancouver.

So we still have an inadequate transit sys-tem and have to drive to get where we needto go, plus we pay the same 0.5 per cent taxas a Vancouver or Surrey resident.

I’m on board with road pricing; allbridges should be tolled. My family paysabout $600 per year to use the Golden EarsBridge. I’m satisfied. It gets us to where wewant to go, quickly and efficiently.

Road pricing and bridge tolls combinedwith other initiatives like a transportationproperty tax weighted to the areas receivingthe most improvements are the fairest wayto pay for improved transportation.

You use it, you pay for it.Nick Davis, Silver Ridge

Transportation

Taxes acceptable provided there is value

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• An emaciated Siberian husky that wasbrought to the Maple Ridge SPCA shelteris currently on the receiving end of somevital TLC. Readers reacted to the story:

“Aw. Sweet Dog.” – Jennifer MG

“ My guess is the dog was probablystolen, maybe from another province, anddumped in Maple Ridge when the dogcouldn’t be sold.” – DeWit Jack

“We found this dog on my street outsidemy house on 256th [Street]. Probably wasdumped. She looked terrible.” – Ella Missy

“Where they found this dog is a verywoodsy area with little houses. Do youthink he possibly got lost and had beenstarving?? I just worry if that is the casethey might not come forward, too scaredof the backlash. I guess I am just hopingthat is the case, and not abuse. He’s sobeautiful.” – Kimberley Wernicke

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Taxes, effort wastedDear Editor,

TransLink should have not wasted somuch of our money on silly gimmicks, andinstead put precious tax dollars into import-ant things like maintaining the Expo Lineproperly and avoiding massive shutdowns.

We could have had TransLink executivesand a board of directors held accountableby our elected officials.

The premier, the minister of transporta-tion and the TransLink mayors could havepushed harder to stop TransLink wastebefore it got out of hand.

The TransLink mayors could have workedtogether to prioritize their $7.5 billion wishlist, thinking instead about what the regionand its taxpayers could bear, not what theycould package politically.

The TransLink mayors did not have topitch a new sales tax.

Jordan Bateman,B.C. Director, Canadian Taxpayers Federation

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With proceeds going to theHeart & Stroke Foundation,the Local Chords will sing theirhearts out to lucky recipients inMaple Ridge this Saturday.by Troy [email protected]

Plucking at someone’s heartstringson Valentine’s Day is just a phonecall away.

The Local Chords, a Maple Ridge-based four-piece vocal ensemblemade up of Caroline Arnal (sop-rano), Melissa Pratas (alto), MelissaFriesen (soprano), and JamieUmpleby (baritone), will serenadepeople’s sweethearts on Saturday,Feb. 14, in support of the Heart &Stroke Foundation.

With the Valentine’s Day’s hearttheme in mind, proceeds from thesingle day Sing-O-Grams go to thefoundation.

It’s a worthy cause, consideringFebruary is Heart Month, which isthe Heart & Stroke Foundation’sopportunity to reach millions ofCanadians in February and alertthem to the risks of heart diseaseand stroke.

According to the foundation, heartdisease and stroke take one lifeevery seven minutes and 90 per centof Canadians have at least one riskfactor.

Arnal was part of last year’s fund-raiser for the foundation and lovedthe experience.

“It was amazing,” she said. “Ithink we sang to sixlucky recipients …and it was wonderful.Everybody just lovedit, it brought tears tosome people’s eyes,and some people werejust shocked that therewere people singingto them at their frontdoor. Being a recipient of a singingValentine is just a wonderful thing, awonderful gift.”

It wasn’t just guys ordering Sing-O-Grams for their gals last year.

A man received one from his wife,and he was the only one of the sixrecipients who didn’t receive a bou-quet of flowers.

The Local Chords even visited arestaurant and sang to a patron.

This Feb. 14, the group will travelanywhere in Maple Ridge from noonto 6 p.m. to deliver a song, or two,

to a recipient.There are four

songs to choosefrom:

• Dream A LittleDream (Mamas andthe Papas),

• I Just Calledto Say I Love You(Stevie Wonder),

• L.O.V.E. (Michael Buble),• Make You Feel My Love (Adele).The options are, one song for $30,

or two songs for $45. To include abouquet of flowers, an additional$25 fee is added.

Those interested in booking a songor two for their heart’s desire cancontact Arnal at 604-765-6472.

The tentative cut-off date forordering a Sing-O-Gram is the dayprior (Friday, Feb. 13) so the groupcan have time to arrange flowersand schedule their day.

The Local Chords take this fund-raiser seriously.

The members practise two hourson Monday nights and an hour-and-a-half every other Saturday.

Arnal joined the group three yearsago, while taking vocal lessons atthe Bergthorson Academy of MusicalArts.

The Local Chords do a lot of workaround Maple Ridge, she said, visit-ing seniors centres and at commun-ity events such as Earth Day andCanada Day, and Country Fest.

“I just love getting together with agroup of people who have the samelove of music, and we just sing andmake beautiful sounds together,”she said.

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Songs celebrate Valentine’s DayA committee will have an opportunity toprovide input to Pitt Meadows Council.

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A select committee will make recommendations onways to improve citizen interactions with City depart-ments and Council.

The size of the committee is unlimited, and is opento all residents, business owners, stakeholders or vol-unteers in Pitt Meadows.

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The LocalChords areavailableto deliversingingtelegramsto luckyrecipientswithin MapleRidge onValentine’sDay, withproceedsgoing tothe Heart& StrokeFoundation.February isHeart Month.

“Being a recipient ofa singing Valentine isjust a wonderful thing,a wonderful gift.”Caroline Arnal

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Feb 10: Weavers• Whonnock Weavers and Spinners

hold a Spin In, in the lobby of TheACT at 7:30 p.m. Visitors, guests, orthose interested in becoming newmembers are all welcome. Info:Marie at 604-462-9059.

Feb 11: Gogos• Golden Ears Gogos host their

monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. inthe Fraser Room of the Maple RidgeLibrary. The group raises fundsfor the Stephen Lewis foundation,which supports African grand-mothers who care for childrenorphaned by the AIDS pandemic.Info: Lynn at [email protected], or604-467-1235, or heather at [email protected].

Feb 12: HUB cycling• Join the HUB Maple Ridge-

Pitt Meadows committee at theirmonthly meeting at the Maple RidgeLibrary in the Alouette Room, from6:45 to 8:45 p.m., to discuss cyclingissues in the community.

Feb 12: Wellness• London Drugs hosts a Nutrition

and Your Metabolism clinic from10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Valley FairMall. Pharmacists offer one-on-oneconsulting about how to set andachieve healthy lifestyle goals andbetter eating habits. $15 admission.

Feb 13, 14: Hot Flashes• Open Door Church in Maple

Ridge hosts Hot Flashes: AValentine’s dinner theatre show.Feb. 13 show at 8 p.m., doors at 7.On Feb. 14, doors open at 6 p.m.,dinner is at 6:30, and show is at 8.Tickets: $20 Info: www.eventbrite.ca.

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Sarah Slean performs at The ACT.The show will be Slean’s only per-formance in B.C. Tickets are $35for adults, $30 for seniors, and $15for students. Showtime is 8 p.m.Tickets and info at www.theactmap-leridge.org.

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Troy Landreville/TIMESMembers of the Meadow Ridge Rotary Club wereat Glenwood Elementary on Thursday afternoon, atthe ribbon cutting for a major piece of playgroundequipment that the club had a major hand in funding,to the tune of $14,000.Maple Ridge Mayor NicoleRead and Andrea Madden,

the executive director of theChamber of Commerce servingMaple Ridge and Pitt Meadows,

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A roomful of people at the Pitt MeadowsGolf Club listened to guest speakersincluding BC Chamber of Commercepresident and CEO John Winter, as wellas Port Coquitlam Mayor and MetroVancouver board chair Greg Mooreduring Thursday’s chamber lunch thatfocused on the proposed transit tax.

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An awards ceremony, a webinar, anda guided walking tour in downtownHaney mark heritage week.by Cole [email protected]

Nominations poured in this year for theMaple Ridge heritage awards, resurrectingthe awards portion of the annual celebra-tion of civic history.

There will be six honourees this year,five more winners than the previous twoyears combined.

Last year, there were no nominations,while in 2013, there was only one – BeckyRobinson and Gary MacNeal, whorestored the home of the first physician inHammond.

This year, there will be winners in sixcategories: historical landscape, historyteaching, heritage research, preservationof historical collections, stewardship of acommunity cultural asset, and a special“History Hero” award.

But while Lisa Zosiak – a planner withthe City – is pleased with the number ofnominations this year, she believes thelow nomination count from the past twoyears isn’t a cause for concern.

“We typically see the same group ofpeople doing the legwork during the nom-

ination process each year,” said Zosiak.“Some years, people just don’t have thetime.”

The awards are part of the larger MapleRidge Heritage Week, which takes placefrom Feb. 16 to 22.

The awards night on Feb. 19 is just oneof a number of heritage-themed activitiesplanned for the week.

There will be a webinar (a web-basedseminar) hosted at City hall on Feb. 18,exploring the relationship between down-town revitalization and heritage conserva-tion.

On Feb. 20, residents are invited tojoin Erica Williams of the Maple RidgeHistorical Society on a guided walking his-torical tour of Haney’s downtown core.

To get tickets for the awards night, or toregister for the webinar, people can con-tact Lisa Zosiak at 604-467-7383.

To register for the walking tour, folkscan call the Maple Ridge Museum at 604-463-5311.

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The theme of this year’s heritageweek activities in Maple Ridge is“Main Street: At the Heart of theCity.” In keeping with that theme,the museum shared a few picturesof downtown Haney, including(above) the main drag of LougheedHighway and 224th Street (then 8thAvenue in December 1953, whenthe first traffic light was installed.As well, the main street featured(left) the 1946 or ’47 DominionDay parade and (below) the fall fairparade in 1949.

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Valentine’s Day is theperfect opportunity toenjoy various sips andtastes at vineyards innearby Langley.by Ronda [email protected]

What better way tospend Valentine’s Day thanbeing chauffeured aroundto four distinct wineries,just over the bridge inLangley? Even better isthat the proceeds from thiswine tour benefit the freeand ongoing programs,events, and workshops ofthe CEED Centre here inMaple Ridge.

For those familiar withCheers to the Planet, thetour stop at some of thesame vineyards featured atthe eco-gala.

It’s an affordable way tospend the day and enjoynew flavours, according toCEED Centre executive dir-ector Christian Cowley.

A fruit winery is the firststop (either the Fort WineCompany or Pitt Meadows-based Blue Heron Winery),then guests will be off toVista D’oro Farms andWinery in south Langley.

“That’s where our lightlunch is served,” he said.

The tour then proceedsto Township 7 Winery &Vineyards, then BackyardVineyards before returningto Maple Ridge.

“Normally a wine tourlike this would be over$100,” Cowley noted.

“And I’m sure there’llbe a few touches onValentine’s Day.”

Tickets are $65 and canbe arranged through theCEED Centre site at www.ceedcentre.com/winery-tours.html. Because ofthe support of Go WithUs Charter Bus, a largeportion of the ticket price

is donated to the CEEDCentre.

“They [Go With UsCharter Bus] charge usthe gas and the driver, butthere’s no profit for them,”Cowley said.

This is the third winetour the CEED Centre hashosted and the events arenow being scheduled on amonthly basis as registra-tions come in.

The $65 ticket includeswine tastings from the fourwineries, a light lunch atVista D’oro, and trans-portation from the CEEDCentre.

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The grandson of a Maple Ridgepioneer will celebrate his 100thbirthday on March 3.by Kelli SinoskiSpecial to The TIMES

There was a time when Thomas Haneywould visit the beer parlour in Haney andeverybody knew his name.

He is, after all, a grandson of the lateThomas Haney, who bought 1,000 acresfor $1,000 in 1876 and created Port Haneyon the banks of the Fraser River, with abrickyard, waterworks and livery stable tohelp it grow and prosper. But these days,Haney rarely ventures across the river tohis grandfather’s namesake townsite, nowpart of Maple Ridge. And when he does,his presence barely makes a ripple.

“It’s changing all the time and it’s grow-ing bigger,” Haney said. “Hardly anybodyknows me anymore over there. Most ofmy friends are gone.”

That’s not surprising: Haney will hit 100on March 3. He says it’s a birthday henever expected to celebrate, noting cheek-ily that while he often slept in the “priest’sroom” at the heritage Haney House, wherehis aunt and cousins lived, he “wasn’t agood boy.”

“I was a little off track,” he said as herelaxed in his home in Langley’s Walnut

Grove. “I used to drink and go aroundwith the boys. I smoked for a bit, too, butI dropped that, which was a good thing.”

Haney’s job at the waterworks was

mainly digging ditches by hand.“I’ve been digging all my life,” Haney sa

“There wasn’t much money, so I was outof school and digging ditches.”

Meantime, the humble township wasundergoing massive change. The construc-tion of the Lougheed Highway up the hilldrew the bank, post office and other busi-nesses from Port Haney to what wouldbecome the major shopping district. Theshift led to a dispute between Haney andthe nearby Hammond townsfolk, many ofthem relations, who refused to collect theirmail at Haney. This resulted in the renam-ing of the area to Maple Ridge.

Around this time, Thomas Haney wasinvolved in a different war, having beensent overseas in the army. He never madeit to the front lines, but spent four yearsserving in Europe.

“I wanted to get out of there,” he said.When he returned in 1946, still in his

army clothes, he met Eleanor, a Prairiegirl who spun a yarn about how her fatherowned farms in the Prairies and the U.S.

“I could see myself on horseback chas-ing some cows and it all turned out to bebull,” Haney said.

Still, he married her a year later.“It stuck. We’re doing pretty good, you

know,” he said. “We both work prettyhard.”

The couple, who had four children,moved to Langley Township when Haneygot tired of taking the ferry over the riverto the family-owned shingle mill. He dugposts for BC Hydro, which he described ashard work because one shovelful would begood and the next would be clay. He’s stilldigging, he said, but it’s mainly confinedto the potatoes and beets in his backyard.

And although he visited Haney Housefor his son Kevin’s wedding three yearsago, Haney said he rarely goes back to hishometown, which has been “so built up”since he was a boy.

But there are still vestiges of the townthe senior Haney built. Port Haney at thebottom of the hill has been preserved asa heritage area while many of the localstreets still bear the names of his familymembers or neighbours, such as Ruskin,Albion and Websters’ Corner. And eventhe little white church, which was broughtover from Langley by the late ThomasHaney and his wife and where the 100-year-old Haney was married – remains innearby Hammond.

“The years have slipped by pretty fast,”Haney said. “When you’re younger youdon’t say you’re going to live until you’re100.”

– Kelly Sinoski is with the Vancouver Sun• More at www.mrtimes.com, search “Thomas Haney”

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Thomas Haney spoke to The Vancouver Sun aboutgrowing up in Haney, B.C. at his Langley home onTuesday . Haney, who is turning 100 years old nextmonth, is the grandson of Thomas Haney, below, thefounder of his namesake town.

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A breakout PittMeadows Secondaryhoops player is set tomake an impact on thecourt at SFU next year.

Howard TsumuraSpecial to the TIMES

The best thing aboutGraham Smith is that hisworth to a basketball teamextends well beyond itsface value, which alreadyhappens to be substantial.

See the 6’5” senior for-ward do his thing on adaily basis with the PittMeadows Marauders, andyou’re convinced that heis one of the most effectivelow-post players in theB.C. high school Class of2015.

Yet project his progressthrough the perspectiveof a different prism, onefocused more on potentialand possibility, and youbegin to see him in anentirely different light.

“The reason he is goingto do well (at the univer-sity level) is that it doesn’tmatter what kind of a sys-tem you put him in,” saidSimon Fraser Clan headcoach James Blake, whoseNCAA Div. 2 program wel-comes Smith to its ranksnext season. “His strengthis basketball. He’s just abasketball player.”

And that’s importantto note because whilemany high school starsrefine their games as theyprogress through theiruniversity careers, Smith’swill undergo somethingof a re-invention with theClan.

Currently averaging 27points and 17 reboundswithin an offensive systemat Pitt where his dancesteps regularly take himthrough the key, Smith isset to join an SFU programwhose identity is its high-tempo, shoot-and-pressscheme.

“I will have to workon my speed more, andmy outside shot becausethey love to run,” saidSmith, who is a four-timeBasketball B.C. select, andthis past summer led theprovincial team in scoring,rebounding and assists atthe national champion-ships.

“But I also think that Ican help with my rebound-ing, and driving the ball. Ithink I have a bit of a dif-ferent dynamic.”

In essence, that is the

prism with which Blakehas watched Smith, bank-ing on his ability to thrivein an up-tempo setting,while still maintainingall the traits which haveallowed him to dominatewith his high school team.

And clearly, he has dom-inated.

Longtime Pitt Meadowshead coach Rich Goulethas guided the careers ofa number of quality postplayers over the decades,including the likes of ScottWalton, Curtis Mepham,Aaron Christensen andBryson Kool, but none hasbeen the object of suchsuffocating attention asSmith who regularly facestriple-team defences.

So regularly has Smithbeen able to draw foulsand get to the free throwline over his high schoolcareer, that Goulet won-ders out loud whetherreferees get tired of blow-ing their whistles after awhile.

AndalthoughSmith hasbattledconsistencyfrom thestripe, hehas beena force inpiling up the foul count onopposition forwards.

“He goes to the linebetween 12 and 20 times agame,” begins Goulet.

“I would estimate thatover the last two years, hehas gone to the free throwline more times than therest of our team has overthe last three years.”

Still, Smith has neversettled on being a one-dimensional player.

With superb visionand passing ability, he iscurrently averaging fiveassists per game, and withhis lengthy wingspan, he

has shownan addeddimen-sion in theopen floor.

“I thinkmy drivinghas beena hugepart of it,”

Smith said of his improveddribble-drive game.

“I am good down in thepost, but I can also takethe bigger guys up top.I am a bit shorter thanthem, but that hasaddedup to more agility, andI’ve got longer arms to beable to finish.”

Goulet, who has coached

in parts of the last fivedecades, doesn’t sugar-coat the challenge thatevery high school playerfaces as he transitions tonext level.

“He is going to haveto learn and add differ-ent things to his game,and high school is not theplace to add those things,”said Goulet of Smith, whois likely to take a red-shirtseason in 2015-16.

“University is. He’ll pickthat stuff up the first yearand either he’ll strive orhe won’t.

“It’s going to be a wholedifferent ball game,”Goulet added.

It’s important to notethat Goulet made thosecomments with Smithstanding right next to him.

If it was intended as achallenge, Smith will glad-ly accept it.-Howard Tsmura is a with The Province

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Pitt Meadows Secondary Marauders’ hoops star Graham Smith is hoping to make an impact when he heads toSimon Fraser University next year. When it comes to how Smith will perform at the university level, his coach RichGoulet (inset) has said 6’5” senior forward will “either strive or he won’t.”

“I will have to work onmy speed more, and myoutside shot becausethey love to run.”Graham Smith

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