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Residents of a townhousecomplex hope to find apermanent home for ‘Rudy.’Story and photo by Troy [email protected]

Someone in Pitt Meadows ismissing a rooster.

And it seems as thoughthis rooster is also missing itsowners.

Nicknamed “Rudy,” thisfriendly foul is the cock of thewalk at the Shoreline TownhouseComplex in the Osprey Village

area, where residents haveadopted it as their own – fornow.

The goal for Rudy’s de factofoster parents is to find a perma-nent, safe home for the bird.

“Everyone felt bad but no oneknew what to do,” said MarionBeck, who lives at the complex.

Beck said the rooster was firstseen wandering the area Oct. 21.

“He just appeared out by ourmail kiosk and wound his waydown, and spent two or threedays scratching through thisarea,” Beck said.

Her neighbours across thestreet, Don and Karen Langford,

have been caringfor the bird, feed-ing and leavingwater for it.

“He’s so tame,”Beck said. “Wethink he’s some-one’s pet.”

Those living inthe neighbour-hood all knowabout Rudy, whohas turned intoquite the celeb-rity.

“Everyone’s been out takingpictures of him,” Beck said.

Calls were recently made to the

SPCA, who Becksaid, “didn’t wantanything to dowith him.”

“So they [theLangfords] calledthe bylaws[office] and lefta message andabout four dayslater bylaws gotback to them, lefta message withthem… and that

got nowhere,” Beck said.Beck’s husband Mike visited

a farm nearby and was told therooster wasn’t theirs and that

they didn’t want to take it in.She fears Rudy could become a

late-night snack for raccoons orcoyotes that might wander intothe neighbourhood.

“We don’t want to just leavehim here to perish,” she said.

Anyone interesting in adoptingthe rooster can call Beck at 604-465-7995.

“I’m not an expert on whoshould have him, or qualifyingsomeone who might just wantto put him in a pot, you know?”Beck said. “All of us would pre-fer to see him go to a farm wherethey have some chickens. We’dlike to get a home for him.”

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Homeless rooster adopted by Pitt neighbours

Pitt Meadows neighbours hopeto find a permanent home for ahomeless rooster named Rudy.

A mother and children escaped aMaple Ridge house fire this week-end, thanks to a smoke alarm.

The family was alerted to a fire ina home in the 10300 block of 240thStreet in Albion just after 7 p.m. onSunday evening.

All occupants were able to getout without injury, said MapleRidge fire chief Dane Spence, cred-iting smoke alarm for helping alertthe family.

“At this time, it appears that adefective metal chimney pipe froma wood-burning appliance may bethe cause of the fire that started inthe attic of the older, rancher-stylehome,” he said.

The home, Spence added, suf-fered “substantial damage.”

Earlier this week, assistant MapleRidge fire chief Timo Juurakkoreminded local residents to usethe weekend’s time change as areminder to change the batteries intheir smoke alarms.

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Flu season arrivesTypically, the flu season tends to arrive

closer to the beginning of December.That’s not the case this year, said FraserHealth medical officer, Dr. Michelle Murti.“We’re seeing an early start this year,”she said. “Vaccinations are now availableto the public and are recommended.”

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Education chequesThe $520 cheques to parents from

the B.C. government have started hittingmailboxes.

Families that registered for theTemporary Education Support Paymentprogram can expect to receive theircheques in the mail.


Energy managerMaple Ridge-Pitt Meadows school dis-

trict is hiring an energy manager.The position, which BC Hydro will pay

up to 75 per cent of the $100,000 salaryfor, will be a temporary position for aminimum of one year, up to a maximumof five years. The position will be man-dated to identify inefficiencies and makerecommendations to reduce the schooldistrict’s carbon footprint and reducehydro costs.

Current energy saving projects thedistrict is undergoing includes upgradingthe HVAC and ligthing at Webster’sCorner Elementary and Thomas HaneySecondary will cost $550,000, but save$93,000 annually.


Beware gliding ghostsTIMES columnist and environmentalist

Liz Hancock shares some insight into thehistoric white sturgeon that occupy theMighty Fraser River and Pitt Lake, andtheir continued presence in our localwaterways.


Discover the joys offlora and fauna inour rural areas.Liz welcomesquestions [email protected]

River TalkRiver Talkby Liz Hancock

This is the second in aseries of stories where TheTIMES delves into issues ofhomelessness, addiction, andcrime, plaguing Maple Ridge.by Christopher [email protected]

Each school day, 175 less for-tunate kids in Maple Ridge areprovided with a school lunchbag, courtesy of the SalvationArmy.

Every day, the faith-basedorganization serves up to 150lunches and 250 dinners to indi-viduals, including financiallystruggling seniors and families.

In the past year, the localSalvation Army sent 50 vulner-able children to camp on theSunshine Coast, provided 223back-to-school kids with back-packs full of school supplies, pro-vided 57,876 meals to families,seniors, and individuals, helped64 people find housing, and 46people find treatment for sub-stance abuse.

However, it is the 25 shel-ter beds and up to 30 extremeweather, emergency beds thatseem to get the most attention,even though it makes up a frac-tion of the Caring Place’s clien-tele.

Backlash and complaints hasbeen growing since the SalvationArmy opened the Caring Place in2003. The Caring Place is oftenblamed for the homelessness,prostitution and crime problemsin downtown Maple Ridge, andmany believe if the organiza-tion moved out of its LougheedHighway and 222 Street location,it would alleviate social problemsin the downtown core.

However, all this blame is mis-guided, said Amelia Norrie, whohandles public relations for theCaring Place.

“We are an easy target,” Norriesaid, explaining they would notbe able to easily serve the major-ity of their clientele, made up offamilies, children and seniors, ifthey moved outside of the centrecore. “We are in the east end oftown; we are on Lougheed sopeople drive past us everyday.”

The Caring Place provides 25emergency shelter beds eachnight and 15 transitional housingbeds. An additional 30 emer-gency beds is provided through

B.C. Housing’s extreme weatherprogram for when the temper-ature goes below zero Celsius.The cold, wet weather service– which provided 30 beds fromNovember to March – was can-celled due to funding cuts.

The wooded, ravine areabehind the Caring Place attractsmost of the homeless and drugaddicts, which residents com-monly associate with the shelter,Norrie explained. However, any-one who hangs out in that area isactually banned from the CaringPlace.

“If any one of our staff mem-

bers find one of our clients there,they are barred for a certain per-iod of time,” Norrie said. “Theyare not allowed to sleep at theshelter or use our food services.”

That wooded area is one of fewplaces in the city where margin-alized people socialize at, whichhas been going on since beforethe Salvation Army purchasedthe Lougheed Highway propertyin 2002.

“There are a couple of areas inthe city where they get togetherto talk to friends and meet upwith people, and one of thoseareas is that wooded area,”

Norrie said. “Thing is, it’s rightin our faces because it’s right onthe bypass and it’s right by theCaring Place.”

While it may seem the home-less problem has been gettingworse over the years, officialcounts has found the opposite.According to Metro Vancouver’s2014 homeless count, which isa 24-hour snapshot of homelesspeople counted on the streets onMarch 12, 2014, a total of 2,770people were counted in the entireregion, up from 2,650 in 2011.However in Maple Ridge andPitt Meadows, 84 people werecounted, which is down from110 counted in 2011.

“In actuality, there are 84homeless people and we house40 in the shelter, so it’s a smallgroup of people,” Norrie said.

“The vast majority of peoplewe serve are not homeless, theyare just trying to make endsmeet.”

Caring Place director DarrellPilgrim has been in the com-munity for six years and withthe Salvation Army for 17 years.Accusations that the Caring Placeattracts homelessness and addictsis untrue, he said.

continued on page A4…

Downtown deterioration

Addicts not welcomed into shelter

Former Friends in Need FoodBank chair Bob Goos wondersif a permanent, homeless campcould be a solution to MapleRidge’s homeless problems.

Goos referred to Portland,Oregon’s s Dignity Village,which houses up to 60 home-less people, near the airport.Closer to home, AbbotsfordDignitarian Society is seekingthat city’s approval to create a

similar community there.“It’s not a solution for every-

body but it is a solution forsome, for sure,” Goos said.

“In Portland, about 1,000people have gone through it.”

With homelessness a bigissue in Maple Ridge, Goos ishoping the City’s new councilwill have an open mind andlook at the feasibility of havingsomething similar here.

Homelessness

Homeless camp needed

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Salvation Army Caring Place cook Jaspal Sandhu, director Darrell Pilgrim and volunteer Gwen Wallis prepared sandwiches for the schoollunch program on Monday. The community-minded organization provides 175 school lunhces to children, five days a week.

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…continued from page A3“What we all need to

realize is we would notexist if homelessness didnot exist in Maple Ridge,”Pilgrim said. “The shelterwas built to help peoplewho are homeless and liv-ing in the community.”

“A lot of people don’trecognize that a lot ofhomeless people don’tcome to our shelter. Theyare choosing to live outsideand that happens to bearound the shelter becauseits in the downtown core,”he added.

In the early 1990s, atask force made up of sixorganizations and a fewcommunity partners wascreated to look at home-lessness in Maple Ridge.They recognized a need fora year-round shelter in thecommunity. At the time,the only large buildingavailable was the CaringPlace’s current location.The central location wasviewed positively as itallowed for easy access tothose requiring the CaringPlace’s services the most,seniors and families.

The majority of thehomeless are long-timeMaple Ridge residents,with more than 60 per centof them living in this com-munity for more then 10years.

“A lot of them went

to MRSS (Maple RidgeSecondary school),”Pilgrim explained. “Theseare people from our com-munity, who are homelessin their community.”

There are also peoplewho are employed full timebut they sleep at the shel-ter because they can’t findaffordable housing.

“At minimum wage,working 40 hours a week,that’s $1,600 a month,which is about $1,200 aftertaxes and the minimumrent here is $700 to $750,”Pilgrim explained. “Thisis not counting someonewho makes less becausethey are on disability or EI(Employment Insurance).”

The Caring Place serves

500 people each monthand the majority of them,and the homeless using thefacility, do not cause anyproblems, Pilgrim added.

The majority of homelesspeople have mental healthissues, with some fallinginto a life of addiction.

Ridge Meadows RCMPCorporal Alanna Dunlopsaid it is often just a fewindividuals, causing themost problems in a com-munity. She cited Surrey’sRCMP detachment whereeight mental healthpatients were the cause of1,500 calls to the police infour years, from 2008 to2012.• Stay tuned to The TIMES for the

next installment in this series

Not all homeless seeking help

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Salvation Army Caring Place director Darrell Pilgrim stood outside theLougheed Highway building, where a number of services are offered.

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RCMP seized guns, illegal drugs,and made two arrests in twosimultaneous searches Thursday.by Roxanne [email protected]

Raids on two Maple Ridge homes latelast week resulted in some major seiz-ures and arrests.

The RCMP’s SWAT-like regionalEmergency Response Team and mem-bers of the Ridge Meadows RCMPstreet enforcement unit rolled up ontwo Maple Ridge homes simultaneouslyThursday, Oct. 30 armed with searchwarrants.

One of the homes was located on132nd Avenue in north Maple Ridge,the other was the west half of a duplexat Lougheed Highway at Carshill Street,explained Sgt. Warren Krahenbil, headof the street enforcement unit.

Krahenbil said the search warrantswere issued under the controlled drugsand substance act.

Police arrested 37-year-old MaciejKranc and 30-year-old Pamela Hunink,before searching the two residences.

During their search, they seized whatis believed to be heroin and crackcocaine, along with a loaded handgun.

A substantial amount of money andtwo vehicles were also seized andMounties will be making applicationthrough the courts to have the items for-feited, claiming they were bought withmoney from criminal activities.

“Ridge Meadows RCMP have nowsearched a total of five homes since

Oct. 8,” said Ridge Meadows RCMP Cpl.Alanna Dunlop.

“In these searches police have recom-mended charges against three people, allof who are known to be deeply involvedin the distribution of illegal drugs in ourtown centre,” she added.

“The arrest of these people and thesubsequent searches of houses associat-ed has resulted in the seizure of heroin,fentanyl, and cocaine that was aimed atmore than 900 individuals.”

Police believe a good portion of thedrugs were destined for sale in thedowntown core.

“We have also taken firearms awayfrom people who do not have a legal

right to possess them, which makes ourstreets much safer,” Dunlop said.

Through crime analysis, police are saythere is a link between drug addictionand minor property crimes.

“Over the past three weeks we havemade significant progress in reducing theavailability of street level drugs whichwill hopefully reduce property crimes,”she said.

Karnc appeared in Port Coquitlamprovincial court Friday and has beenremanded in custody pending his nextcourt appearance on Nov. 19.

His co-accused was released. Her firstcourt appearance is in early December.

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Police files

Mounties raid two Ridge drug houses

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Police simultaneously raided two Maple Ridge homes on Thursday, during the early afternoon, including thishome at Lougheed Highway and Carshill Street.

Mounties advise people to be alertin downtown Maple Ridge followinganother brazen personal robbery.

Despite the fact Mounties haveincreased “proactive policing strategies”in Maple Ridge’s town centre during thepast several months, RCMP are onceagain prompted to issue a warning.

Resident are asked to be extra vigilantfollowing another brazen personal rob-bery in downtown Haney last Wednesdaynight, said Cpl. Alanna Dunlop.

Just before 8 p.m., a lone man stand-ing near the intersectionof Lougheed Highwayand 224th Street wasapproached and robbedby two other men,Dunlop explained.

The two assailantsapproached the man, onesaying he wanted to sell acellphone.

“The victim informedthe suspect he already

had a phone and showed it to them,”Dunlop recounted.

After a further exchange, one of themen “gained possession” of the victim’scellphone, and ran off.

“Ridge Meadows RCMP are aware thatthere are increased community concernsin the downtown core,” Dunlop said.

“The public feedback regarding ourincreased visibility is appreciated by ourofficers,” she added.

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An investigation that began in PittMeadows crossed several borders.by Roxanne [email protected]

Gun-wielding bandits, who were foiledwhile attempting to break into a businessat Pitt Meadows Regional Airport, ledpolice on a ground and air hunt that cov-ered much of the Lower Mainland.

And that multi-agency investigation ledto the ultimate arrest and charge of twoprolific offenders, announced RCMP Sgt.Annie Linteau.

Fifteen charges have been recommendedagainst two men who first appeared onthe Ridge Meadows RCMP radar justbefore 11 p.m. on Oct. 24 at the airport.

A witness spotted the men attempting tobreak into the airport-based business, andwas “allegedly threatened”with a firearm before thesuspects fled the scene.

Bordering police agenciesand Air 1 were immediate-ly informed of the incident,and asked to be on thelookout for the suspects.

Less than an hour later,Coquitlam RCMP receiveda tip of an interrupted break and enterand three other attempted thefts involvingthe same suspect vehicle – a BMW previ-ously reported stolen out of White Rockand bearing a B.C. licence plate stolenfrom Surrey.

“Coquitlam RCMP members observedthe vehicle, occupied by two individuals,flee the area at a high rate of speed,”Linteau explained.

Police confirmed there was no chase orpursuit involved.

However, a short time later, the policehelicopter spotted the same vehicle west-bound on Lougheed Highway and fol-lowed it through Coquitlam, Burnaby, Port

Moody, and into North Vancouver.“The deployment of a tire deflation

device on Lynn Valley Road in NorthVancouver led to the vehicle beingstopped in that community, and to thearrest of both suspects,” Linteau said.

She emphasized that no one was injuredduring this incident.

Aaron Dutiaume, 24, has been chargedwith using a firearm during the commis-sion of an offence, two counts of breakand enter, two counts of possession ofstolen property obtained by crime, danger-ous operation of a motor vehicle, operat-ing a motor vehicle while disqualified, andtwo counts of breach of probation.

Dutiaume appeared in court Oct. 27, andhas been remanded in custody. His nextcourt appearance is Nov. 24.

His co-accused is Brandon RussellCumming-Hobson 23. He faces charges oftwo counts of break and enter, operating amotor vehicle while disqualified, and three

counts of breach of proba-tion. He, too, appeared incourt on Oct. 27 and 28.

Police say they are con-tinuing their investigation,and additional chargesagainst both accused menare expected.

“The success of thisinvestigation speaks to

our efforts in sharing information withinthe policing community and effective-ness in apprehending prolific offendersresponsible for property-related offences,”said Lower Mainland District’s AssistantCommander Dan Malo.

“We have seen an increase in thesetypes of offences throughout the LowerMainland district, and given that crimeshave no boundaries, we will continue toadopt a district-wide approach to strategic-ally target the small number of individualswho are responsible for the majority ofproperty crimes,” Malo said.

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Police files

Foiled airport heist nets arrests

“The success of thisinvestigation speaksto our efforts insharing information…”Assistant Commander Dan Malo

Pitt MeadowsRegional Airportis where all theaction startedin a multi-jurisdictionalpolice casethat nettedtwo break-insuspects and therecovering ofstolen property.

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Our View

Real respect inplastic poppy

’Tis the season for remembering.As we approach Remembrance Day,

the uniformed old men – and more andmore women – come into focus.

Phrases like “We Remember” and“Lest We Forget” are tossed about likemaple leaves on the first windy dayof autumn. We all go out and buy ourobligatory plastic poppies from the near-est Legionnaire and dutifully pin themto our lapels or collars or shirt pocketsto signify the respect we all have forthose who fought for our freedoms inthe great wars past.

Some of us will even visit Legionhalls and cenotaphs on RemembranceDay and stand respectfully still as theLast Post sounds at 11 a.m. on Nov. 11,braving the cold and wet (even more ofus when the weatherman allows cooland dry) to emphasize our respect forour country’s veterans.

This time, try to remember more thanjust the usual stuff that we’re asked toremember on Remembrance Day.

Try to remember that, though thereare no more veterans from the FirstWorld War to add solemnity to theoccasion, there are still plenty leftover from the Second World War. Andthe Korean War. And from Vietnam(yes, many Canadians did fight in that“police action”). And from Bosnia. Andfrom Afghanistan. And from all of themany peacekeeping functions attendedby Canadians in between. Never fret, itseems that, as veterans age and threatento dwindle in numbers, the world has away of providing us with more.

And try to remember also that ourveterans don’t just pop up this time ofyear like mushrooms after a big rain.They’re with us all year round – try toremember that.

While you’re remembering thosethings, remember that when you buyone of those plastic poppies, you’re sup-porting an organization, the Legion, thatsupports our veterans all year round.

That’s real respect.– B.G.

With Remembrance Day justaround the corner, we can expectthe 100th anniversary of WorldWar One any day now.

Ahh! I know what you’re think-ing.

You’re shaking your head rightnow and thinking I ought to getmy facts straight.

You’re thinking I started writ-ing without thinking, and thatmy dates are off by a full fouryears… and how could the proofreaders have let such an error getby them?

You’re thinking, “What a goof!”Well, you’d be right… and you’d be wrong.You see, if I’m a goof for suggesting that the

100th anniversary of the end of the war is near,then the whole world was filled with goofs in1914. It was common knowledge 100 years agothat the war was going to be over soon – the“boys” would be home by Christmas.

That’s one of the reasons the “boys” werelining up in droves to get in on the action.

They could hardly wait to pull on a slick, newuniform, shoulder one of the king’s own rifles,and get on the boat to Europe – maybe take insome of the sights along the way while they’reover there, eh? – and let that nasty ol’ Kaiserhave what-for.

If they didn’t hurry to enlist, all the fun andexcitement would be finished before they couldget in on it. If they didn’t hurry, the war wouldbe over and done with. By Christmas.

So if I seem to be a bit of a goof for suggestingthat we’re very near the 100th anniversary of theend of World War One, so be it.

In fact, the First World War didn’t end on Nov.11, 1918, anyway. It’s just when the armistice– a formal cease-fire agreement – was signed.The war didn’t actually end until the Treaty ofVersailles was signed on June 28, 1919.

In any case, my folly – if you see it that way– catches no one any serious harm.

The folly of the world’s leadersin 1914 cost millions of lives.

And those “boys” who set offto conquer the world for Kingand Country when the clarionsounded… they really were justboys, remember.

Most of the eager recruits whocouldn’t wait to bag themselvessome glory at the expense of afew Huns were teenagers – manyof them 16 or 17, if they couldget their parents to sign off theirfates… some only 15 or even 14,if they were big for their age and

canny enough to put one over on a recruitingsergeant who, truth be told, was often enougheager to have one put over on him.

With the wisdom of hindsight, we know whathorror they were really getting themselves into– the mud, the trenches, the endless shelling, thegas, the blood, the lost limbs and lost lives.

But they weren’t stupid. Never believe that.They weren’t even foolish.The men who goaded those boys into it were

both.But not the boys themselves.They were just young.Our wisdom of hindsight has come from the

men who returned from the mud and the bloodand the lost comrades.

There are no First World War veterans left, ofcourse. They’ve all gone to join the friends andrelatives they left in the trenches so long agothat… well, they’re all gone now.

But we remember them – those old men withheads bowed, their uniforms adorned with med-als and campaign ribbons, standing solemnly atthe cenotaph on Remembrance Day (or quietlyseated because they had grown too old and tiredto stand).

They were the old men who had become wiserthan they were when they rushed to join a warthat would be over by Christmas.

We remember.

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Remembering never foolish

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Dear Editor,Recently my son received his N,

but beforehand, he took driving les-sons through the Mercedes BenzDriving Academy.

Now, I thought I was a pretty gooddriver and did not need to learnthings my son had learned and waseager to share with me.

However, I did listen, and boy hasit opened my eyes.

One major thing I have noticed in MapleRidge drivers is the lack of using their sig-nal indicator – you know, that little stickthing that is on the left side of your steer-

ing wheel that needs to be moved up whenyou make a right turn and needs tobe moved down when you need tomake a left turn.

In the past week of driving aroundtown, I have been a witness toalmost a half dozen accidents dueto people not letting others know inwhich direction they are heading.

Honestly, it doesn’t take much toturn your blinker on to let others know thedirection you are going, and once you startdoing it, it becomes a habit.

Make it your habit!Beverley, Head domestic engineer of Stuive home

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Dear Editor,I was on a bicycle, taking

my dogs for a run on one ofthe Pitt Meadows dikes. Inthe distance, I saw anotherperson walking dogs.

I leashed my dogs.The dog owner leashed

one small dog and pickedup and carried a secondsmall dog, leaving a thirdlarge-sized dog unleashed.

When I was about 60feet away, the large dogcharged me and my dogs,barking aggressively. I gotoff my bike and positionedit between myself and theaggressive dog.

The owner shouted he is

friendly, but the dog con-tinued aggressively towardsme. I attempted to shoo thebarking dog off, repeatedlyrequesting the person toleash their dog.

The owner repeated thatthe dog was really friendly.

I then yelled more at thedog and approached withauthority. The dog backeddown. I called that I wouldbe passing. The dog wasstill barking and aggressive.

As we passed, I noticedanother leash around thedog owner’s neck. Utterlyflabbergasted, I admit Iyelled some profanity.

The owner said this was

an off-leash area. The dikeareas that are off-leash areclearly marked at both ends;this was not one of them.

I felt threatened by thedog, for my own safety andthat of my dogs. Dogs canbe unpredictable.

I only want to preventunpleasant incidents – foryou and for me. Pleaseleash your dogs, especiallywhen you see others havetheir dogs leashed. Do notassume all dogs are friendlyin all situations. Do youshake hands and meet andgreet everyone you encoun-ter in your day? I think not.

Don’t assume my dogswant to meet and greet withyours. They are rescue dogsand have come a long way– your disrespect for theirrights belies your claim tobe a dog-lover.

The dikes and trailsin Maple Ridge and PittMeadows are a treasurefor all of us. Please let usrespect each other, whetherwe be bikers, runners,walkers, with dogs, or withhorses. Be aware when youare walking, call out if youare passing at speed.

Control your non-humancompanions.Gordon Menzies, Pitt Meadows

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• The TIMES kicked off a series of stories onthe deterioration of downtown Maple Ridge inThursday’s edition. The first installment lookedat homelessness and its impact on the core.Readers reacted strongly to the first story...

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“Have a look in the lots surrounding the Caring Place,riddled with drug addicts. Crawling actually, like an infesta-tion. All the Caring Place is a place to eat for free. It’sclearly not doing any other good for these folk. They don’twant help, they want to cash their welfare cheque and gethigh. Period. Those addicts and prostitutes and dealers, arethey the ones voting and paying taxes? Nope, time for achange... I’m tired of not feeling safe in Maple Ridge. ”

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“…it may not be the Caring Place, but the problem didget worse once the shelter got built because lots of themcome from Mission, Abby, or even from Vancouver so it’shard to say what’s at fault.” – Angel Jasper Bruhn

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I want to thank MatthewClaxton for a well written,insightful, and intelligentcolumn [Another sideof pax Romana, Oct. 16Painful Truth, TIMES].

It made me think of howour thoughts are often con-trolled by history books andthe media – not so muchin a malicious way, butbecause we often see thingsfrom our own perspective.

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Three local groups benefited greatlythanks to the week-long charity event.

It’s unclear if torrential rain, hockeygames, or simply apathy kept some peopleaway from this year’s charity hauntedhouse in Maple Ridge.

But numbers were definitely downa bit said founder and co-organizerLorraine Bates.

Ghost Ridge, as it’s known, cele-brated its 12th anniversary this year,and while it was “great,” Bates saidticket sales and ultimately numbersof people through the Albion Fairgroundgates were down “slightly.”

This year’s event raised about $18,000,which she said was actually only downabout $1,000 from 2013 figures.

“The decline in receipts was disappoint-ing, but I told some of the players that wehave to remind ourselves we are actually

more than a haunted house. We helpthree non-profit groups to achieve theirmandates and goals,” Bates recounted.

The three charities that benefit fromthe week-long haunted house are theRidge Meadows Bruins Rugby Club, theLive Action Roleplay Group (LARP),and the founding organization, Country

Fest. Maple Ridge Lions hosted theHalloweenland carnival for youngerattendees.

Bates was impressed with the highschool students who earned commun-ity hours towards graduation whilehelping organize this charity event,

and actors who she hailed as “amazing.”“The best part for me personally, same

at the fair and the Christmas Hamper, isat the end of the event, the exhaustedvolunteers and students are already talk-ing about next year. That makes this oldlady happy, and that – in my opinion – isthe smell of success,” she concluded.

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Nov. 4: Caregiver Support• A support group for caregivers,

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Entertainment Hall of Famer JimByrnes performs at The ACT. He’sjoined by special guest Babe Gurr.Tickets are $32.50. Call 604-476-2787 or visit www.theactmaple-ridge.org. Doors open at 7 p.m.

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for a walk at Minnekhada Park.Contact Duanne for details at 604-463-8743.

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The Township 7Winery in Langleyrecently hosted aGrape Stomp forcharity. Severalteams competedincluding a squadfrom Maple Ridgecalled Squeeze Me,Please Me, MakeMe Wine. Membersincluded (left to right)Jodi Wijenberg, LesleyMacSorley (front), BradGriffin, Ernie Wijenbergand Don MacSorley.Heather Colpitts/Glacier Media

River Road resident Mirae Campbellwas the grand prize winner in a BCHydro, Power Smart, Power Downphoto contest. Out of almost 300entries from around the province,this Maple Ridge photographer wasable to capture a powerful imageof an activity that didn’t requireelectricity. She won a folding bicyclevalued at $650.Mirae Campbell photo

Don Lekei (above) was one of the threefinalists in the Douglas College Self-

Employment Program’s entrepreneur ofthe year awards (high-tech category). His

Maple Ridge business, Help-My-Tech, helpspeople with computer problems. The awards(below) were presented at the Executive Plaza

Hotel on Oct. 21.

Peter Davies(left) wasrecognized byPapa Duck aka:Bob Shantz, forhis help andcontribution tothe annual duckrace.

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Local Rotarians, sponsors, andbeneficiaries of this year’s

Rotary Duck Race, along withrepresentatives from KidSport,

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Recent peacekeeper deaths inEastern Canada prompt submissionsto an annual contest.by Roxanne [email protected]

More prizes are up for grabs,but fewer entries have beenreceived from local poets whowish to pay tribute to veterans.

For the fourth year run-ning, local writer and poet JoeRobinsmith has partnered withThe TIMES, and now the RoyalCanadian Legion Branch 88, topresent a poetry contest specificto Remembrance Day.

Given that submissions have been slowto come in, Robinsmith has extended thedeadline by a few days, “to allow poets tocomplete their works and still get them into allow the judges time to go through theselection process.”

The theme for this year’s poetry ismore than simply Remembrance Day orHonouring Our Veterans, as in past.

This year, he’s asking poets to use their

words to recognize peacekeeping efforts– past and present.

“The theme this year seems even morerelevant after the recent tragic event inOttawa,” he said.

“Our soldiers and veteranswho have served since thebeginning of the Cold War andoverseas as peacekeepers inAfghanistan, Iraq, Bosnia, andSomalia – to name a few of themore well known fronts – havegiven and suffered as much asthose in the two great wars,”Robinsmith said.

“We stand and salute you…Let us recognize their sacrificeand realize that peace is notachieved merely by ignoring or

turning the other cheek but by strong menand women who are willing to put theirlives on the line each time they put theiruniforms on,” he concluded.

Only three poems will be accepted fromeach writer. Submissions must be emailedbefore 3 p.m. on Nov. 7 to [email protected]. Please including HonouringOur Veterans in the subject line.

Winners will be invited to read theirworks Nov. 11, 1 p.m. at The ACT.

Proceeds from the localpoppy campaign goback to veterans andorganizations in thiscommunity.by Troy [email protected]

The huge amount of sup-port that people in MapleRidge and Pitt Meadowsgave to Legion Branch88’s poppy campaign lastyear didn’t surprise DianeCougar.

Even so, Cougar, who co-chairs the annual campaignalong with Gail Springer,was thrilled after more than$72,000 in donations wasraised in the neighbouringcommunities.

“The people are extreme-ly generous here in MapleRidge and Pitt Meadows,”Cougar said. “Last year,it [the funds generated]worked out to almost $1for every man, woman, andchild in the communities.”

She’s hoping folks will bein a giving spirit this yearfor a campaign that kickedoff Friday, Oct. 31 and runsuntil Monday, Nov. 10.

“Lest WeForget” brace-lets, at $3apiece, willalso be soldat some loca-tions and atthe legion.

Funds raised throughdonations in return for pop-pies go to veterans in need,Cougar said, helping to payfor such items as accessiblebathtubs and wheelchairs.

Money generated fromthe campaign is also re-dir-ected into the communitiesfor events in Maple Ridge

and Pitt Meadows, such asChristmas Haven, as wellas for student bursaries.

“It’s amazing how grate-ful these students are to getthese bursaries,” Cougarsaid..

The legion has had dif-ficulty finding volunteers tohand out poppies for dona-tions. About four per centof local legion membersvolunteer for the campaign.

You don’t have to be alegion member to volun-teer. Anyone interested inhelping out can visit thepoppy tables set up at theback of the legion’s FiresideLounge.

“We’relookingfor lots ofvolunteers,”Cougar said.“We havemany blank

spaces.”She is also looking for

volunteers to “tag” (handout poppies in exchangefor donations) at boththe Maple Ridge and PittMeadows cenotaphs forabout an hour and a halfon Remembrance Day,Tuesday, Nov. 11.

Cougar said many people

don’t understand howmuch work goes into “get-ting things to where theyneed to be.”

“For example, for thepoppies that are in theschools, there’s an incred-ible amount of work thatgoes into that by a verysmall group of dedicatedladies,” Cougar said.

Led by Springer, thisgroup of three women putsin the equivalent of a fullwork week just to preparethe poppies and deliverthem to schools in PittMeadows and Maple Ridge.

“Each school has thou-sands of poppies that haveto be counted out andorganized for each class-room, and containers thathave to be put togetherfor the schools, so that initself took over 40 hours of‘woman-power,’” Cougarsaid. “There is so muchinvolved in getting thePoppy Campaign organ-ized for the public, and youknow what? Everybodydoes it with joy and laugh-ter, because it’s somethingthat we believe in.”

Visit the legion’s websiteat www.legion88.com.


Remembrance Day

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Maple Ridge Mayor Ernie Daykin was pinned with the first officialRemembrance Day poppy last Wednesday by Royal Canadian Legionmember and poppy campaign co-chair Diane Cougar.

“The peopleare extremelygenerous here…”Diane Cougar

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A special lunch was held lastweek to honour businessleaders in the community.by Eric [email protected]

Thirty nine different local busi-nesses and non-profits in MapleRidge and Pitt Meadows wererecognized in seven differentcategories that ranged from agri-business to non-profit, duringan inaugural Business ExcellenceAward nominees luncheon onThursday.

The event took place at thePitt Meadows Golf Course, andwas presented by the Chamber

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The special noon time gather-

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inees,” said chamberpresident TerryBecker.

“We’re trulypart of an amaz-ing community,”she said.

“The categor-ies of awards go toshow what a diversebusiness communityand range of dedi-cation we have inMaple Ridge and PittMeadows.”

Becker also notedthat not all the nom-inees were membersof the chamber.

“I think that goes to say a lotas well,” Becker said.

“Small businesses are the lifeblood of the community.”

The Business ExcellenceAwards Gala themselves takeplace on February 21.

“Our seven awards categorieshave drawn representation fromdiverse industry groups,” saidAndrea Madden, executive direc-tor of the chamber.

“Their stories are inspiring,motivating, and unique.”

Next up for the chamber is aluncheon at the ACT today withmayoral candidates.

For more information on thenominees, the selection processand the awards, visit: www.RidgeMeadowsChamber.com.

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SportsMaple Ridge & Pitt Meadows Times Tuesday, November 4, 2014 A15

Recreation

Halloween marked 15 yearssince the passing of racedriver Greg Moore.kby Brendan McAleerSpecial to the TIMES

I’m sitting in the parking lot ofa Maple Ridge McDonald’s.

Rumour had it that thisMcDonald’s once had a trophycase dedicated to hometownhero Greg Moore, but I can’t findit. It’s a newish place, more ofa bunker than the cheery red-roofed restaurant across the linein Pitt Meadows, so perhaps it’smissing as a result of renovation.

I move on down the road tothe local Chrysler dealership.

In the 1980s, this parking lotwas where Greg Moore firstclimbed behind the wheel, into ago-kart with the plastic body of apint-sized Chevy van.

There’s a picture of him lean-ing on it - towheaded, scuffedshoes, hockey helmet in his righthand - with a steady, seriousgaze.

He’s got the same look on hisface on the front cover of his2000 biography, Greg Moore: ALegacy of Spirit, though this timehe’s head-to-toe in a blue-and-white racing suit and standing infront of his winning Player’s-liv-eried 850-hp Reynard racing car.

But here’s where the youngestwinner of a CART-sanctionedrace first started out, bouncingoff drain pipes at his father’sdealership on a lazy Sunday.

At the time, he was like anyother normal kid, obsessed withhockey, with a Big Wheels trike,and Transformers in the toybox,and superhero lunch boxes

However, unlike many otherkids, in the town where Moorelived, there was a racetrack; hisfather raced on it, and there Gregwould get his first taste of com-petitive driving.

It takes a while to get from

Maple Ridge to Coquitlam, and alittle longer to head up into thehills and housing developmentsof Eagle Mountain.

From 1959 to 1990, thiswas the home of WestwoodMotorsport Park, a reasonablytreacherous course that blitzedthrough the forest with a trickyhump that could send driversheavenward, and essentially norun-off.

It was Canada’s earliest dedi-cated race course, and many ofthe greats drove here: Rosberg,Rahal, Villeneuve, Andretti - andMoore.

As a junior karter, Moore’smembership number was 99,coincidentally the digits ofanother famous Canadian, andones that he’d race under hiswhole life. He started out quick-ly, under his father Ric’s no-non-sense tutelage. The drifting rainsthat are plucking the leaves fromthe trees today were a constant

challenge with the slick tires ofthe racing karts, and played apart in developing Moore’s phe-nomenal car control.

At 14, a slimbespectacled ladwho seemed morechess club than hard-charging racer, hewon the 1989 NorthAmerican EnduroKART racing cham-pionship, racing inthe rain.

The next year, hewon it again. Thenext year, at 16, hemoved up to FormulaFords, and in his sec-ond year of competition, won arace, placed fourth overall, andwas named rookie of the year

In 1993 he started racing in theIndy Lights series; in 1994, at theage of 18, he became the young-est-ever winner of a CART racewith a win at the season opener

in Phoenix, Ariz.In 1995, he won 10 out of 12

races, five on the trot.Like so many young

racers strugglingto get their break-through, money wasalways an issue.Greg’s success wasn’tmerely owed to hisfather’s coaching,but to Ric’s constantwork at creatingopportunities for hisson to excel. At onepoint, essentially allthe property in thefamily’s name wasmortgaged to the hilt,

every stop pulled out in orderto make those racing dreams areality.

The other part of the story ishow Moore handled his new-found fame.

He never left behind his child-hood friends, even as he made

new ones in Indy and around theworld. The Fraser Valley wouldalways be home, and while thelife of a race car driver soonbecame a whirlwind of traveland the attendant circus that fol-lowed the races, Moore wouldalways come back to his roots,phoning at all hours from aroundthe globe. One week he’d be inAustralia, hammering throughthe apexes, and the next weekhe’d be casting for trout in thesame streams where his grand-father taught him to fly-fish.

It’s not difficult to find Moore’smemorial, sitting against a mossycedar and bearing his smilingpicture and a set of crossedcheckered flags around the num-ber 99. After a brief bio of hislife and legacy are two phrases,written in red: “Red gloves rule,”and “See you up front.”

At the BC Sports Hall of Fame,you walk past displays dedicatedto Terry Fox and Rick Hansen onthe way back to an exhibit set upto honour Moore.

There’s a full-sized Indy carback here, as well as glass casesfilled with photos, racing suits,his old racing carts and trophies.

There are signed pairs of hisred gloves too: while the Player’sracing colours were blue, Moorealways wore red gloves as amark of Canadian pride.

Moore died in a crash on thetenth lap of the CART season’slast race in Fontana, Calif., onOct. 31, 1999. He was just 24.

His legacy can be found in afoundation that seeks to carry onthis work, running youth centresand providing scholarships toyoung people.

Moore’s legacy can also beseen in how he was: He knewthe importance of family andfriendships, and how to be agood role model.

Fifteen years later, we still missour hometown boy.-Brendan McAleer writes for the Vancouver Sun

•More at www.mrtimes.com,search “Greg Moore”

In memoriam

Remembering aMaple Ridge legend

A number of athletes are alreadyseeing positive results as a newskating season gets underway.

The Ridge Meadow Racers speed skatingclub enjoyed a successful season kick-off,as they took part in one of three province-wide opening season meets at the end ofOctober, in Langley.

Carina McDonald raced in the JuniorsDivision 2 and saw personal bests in allthe distances. She also took 15 seconds offher 1,500 metre time.

Racers Pascal Chassay, Janie Green,Marshall Shupe, and Tim Song skated inthe T2T Division 3 skating 200, 400, 500and 1,500 metre distances. Green & Song

all had personal bests in the 500 metreraces, and Shupe finished first overallin the division. In the T2T Division 4,Tahlon Flamma and Annabelle Green hadsolid performances skating similar distan-ces with Green having three personal bestscores (PBS) and Flamma achieving PBSin all the distances.

In the T2T Division 6, StephaniaKamagianis and Regan Custance skated200, 400 and 500 metre distances, and hadsolid appearances, with Custance scoringPBS in all the distances.

In the LT2 Division 9, Adam Abbott,Jared Bolland, Sammy Green and RohanChassay skated 200, 300, 400 and 1,200metre distances, each of them seeing PBS,with Green achieving two and Chassay inall distances. The L2T/FUNd Division 10saw skaters Aliyah Adomi with three PBSas well as Danica Custance, Cole Lindsay,Willa Ludeman and Mackenzy Clark withPBS in all their races.

Jack Hayhoe, a first time speed skater,enjoyed his experience and is looking for-ward to more racing this coming season.

The L2T/FUNd Division 11 saw siblings

Zayda & Shay Jones, along with Hailey& Piper Friesen skated great times in the200, 300, and 400-metre races. FUNdDivison 12 saw Zahara & Nathan Adomiskate away with PBS in their races.

In FUNd Division 13, Bronte Clark andFinn Ludeman were able to set new PBSfor themselves, while new skater BreannaFontaine had fun on the ice getting herfirst official times.

The Active Start skater Jared Custance,enjoyed his season opener giving it his allin the 50, 100, and 200 metre distances.

Overall, Ridge Meadows had a great sea-son opener and things look promising.

In national speed skating news, MichelleMackay finished 11th overall during theCalgary World Cup Selection this pastSeptember.

Speed skating

Local speed skaters see solid start to season

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Ridge Meadows Racers’ Marshall Shupe finished first.

Greg Moore’sbiggest supporter,his father Ric,wished his sonluck before aqulaifying raceat the VancouverIndy in 1999.Below: Moorerelaxed in 1997in Homestead,Fla, at Indy Carspring training.

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She shoots...The Meadow Ridge Moose female hockey team faced off against the Victoria Phantoms on Friday night. Playing at Pitt MeadowsArena, the Moose dominated much of the game, and ultimately won the match by a score of 6-2. The victory came courtesy of a pairof goals from Dayna Briggs and Emily Jude. And it was Sterra Rai and Sarah Boehringer who rounded out the scoring for the Moose.The next home game for the girls is Saturday, Nov. 15 at the Pitt Meadows Arena. Game time is 8:30 p.m.

The 8th annual fall cycling eventtook place at the North AlouetteGreenway on Sunday.by Eric [email protected]

It was muddy madness and arolling good time on Sunday atthe North Alouette Greenwayin Maple Ridge today, as the8th annual Pumpkin Cross tookplace.

More than 220 riders took partin the annual migration to MapleRidge to compete alongside someof the best riders in B.C. and to dobattle for the coveted prize for bestcostume.

“The day could not have turnedout any better,” said event organizerBarry Lyster of Local Ride. “One ofthe most impressive moments wasthe field of 30 beginner women, whotook part in the event.”

The day itself presented riderswith a soggy field under cloudyskies.

However, the rain held off, andhundreds of spectators enjoyed thecycolcross action and crazy costumeantics.

Sandra Walter, a recent medalwinner in the Elite category at theCanadian Cyclocross Championshipsin Winnipeg, led a free novicewomen’s clinic the day before therace, giving an enthusiastic group ofwomen who are new to the sport asneak peek at the course, as well assharing lots of useful tips and skillsthat helped make Pumpkin Crosseven more enjoyable for them.

“We have worked hard over theyears to support and grow women’scycling,” Lyster explained. “Witha coordinated effort from the otherB.C. organizers, we are now startingto see the fruits of our labour.”

The event also saw a strong groupof youngsters participate in the freekid’s race.

In addition, the Ridge MeadowsChild Development Centre held aSpecialty Wheel Race for children onadapted bikes, trikes, and chairs.

In the Elite women’s category,it was Walter, who ripped up thecourse in her “Cow” costume, put-ting the hooves to her competition.

Andreane Lanthier-Nadeau camefrom out-of-province to grab secondspot, while Maple Ridge’s very ownMaggie Coles-Lyster, dressed as “ThePrincess of Maple Ridge,” bestedcyclocross veteran and orange tutuwearing Kelly Jones for third place.

A scantily clad Craig Ritchey con-tinued his domination in the EliteMen’s category by taking the winon Sunday, with Kevin Calhoun insecond, and Team Squamish’s young

gun Rhys Verner rounding out thetop three.

Of course, the day also includedprizes for best costume in the vari-ous categories.

Tim Sherstobitoff dressed as“Devo” proudly took the top-step asthe men’s winner while Walter tookthe women’s victory.

A young Werewolf took the kid’saward, and the Glotman SimpsonCycling team won the MooseheadTeam Award.

Lyster also thanked the sponsoresof Pumpkin Cross: Cycles Lambert,Giant Canada, MEC, MooseheadBeer, Kicking Horse Coffee, GoldenEars Physio, Pedal Magazine,Cycling BC, City of Maple Ridge,Maple Ridge Equi-Sport Centre, NewBalance, Local Ride Racing and theRidge Meadows Child DevelopmentCentre.

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Pumpkin Cross brings out bikers

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Rider of all ages, abilities and costume garb took part in this year’s Pumpkin Cross cycling event onSunday. More than 220 riders took part, and many more spectators watched from the sidelines.

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