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District hires architectA week after Richmondtrustees voted to cut 100jobs, it has reluctantly agreedto hire an architect to overseethe installation ofportable classrooms.
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Mayor Malcolm Brodie and Aspac development director Raymond Li unveil plans to bring a Coal Harbour-like proj-ect to Richmond. The 2,600 luxury residential units will be spread out over 28 acres on either side of the Olympic oval.
LAW
Lawyer disbarredfor ‘lying, stealing’
A Richmond lawyer has been disbarred after beingexposed for years of peddling lies to clients and stealingtens of thousands of dollars from them.
David Blinkhorn — who used to practise from anoffice on Westminster Highway and Minoru Boulevard— was disbarred by the Law Society of BC last week.
The society’s disciplinary panel dealt out its penaltyafter it became apparent almost three years ago that gen-eral practice lawyer Blinkhorn had left a trail of financialmisery in his wake.
He was found guilty of professional misconductbetween 1999 and 2006, mostly for taking money fromclient bank accounts without keeping records of the trans-actions, the panel said in its report.
The panel said hemisappropriated trustfunds from a numberof clients and that“stealing and lying isexactly what he did,repetitively, for anextended period oftime.”
After the allega-tions surfaced in 2007, the society ordered a forensicaudit.
Their investigations uncovered repeated raids byBlinkhorn of their client’s accounts.
Most of the time, when the clients later requested thefunds that were supposed to be held in trust, Blinkhornwould cover his tracks by paying the clients from othercustomer’s accounts.
In one such instance, Richmond resident Phyllis Taylorhad Blinkhorn draw up a will to distribute her $260,000estate in 2004, shortly before her death.
A niece was due $5,000, with a second beneficiary get-ting a $25,000 education trust fund.
The remainder was to be divided between theRichmond Hospital Foundation, the SPCA, the SalvationArmy and a scholarship fund for students British or Irishdescent who live in Richmond.
The Phyllis Taylor Scholarship Fund was to be fundedwith $100,000 from the estate.
Coal Harbour comes to town
Blinkhorn misappropriated funds
Coal Harbour is coming toRichmond.
Aspac Developments Tuesdayannounced the first phase of its RiverGreen project — a massive, multi-bil-lion luxury waterfront development thatwill stretch over 28 acres of waterfrontproperty on either side of the RichmondSpeed Skating Oval.
“We are pleased to present Aspac’splans to carry the torch for the ovallegacy,” said John Ryan, senior manage-ment executive for Aspac, the companythat transformed Coal Harbour from anindustrial area into an upscale water-front community.
Construction is set to begin this yearon six residential buildings just west ofthe Olympic Oval.
The luxury condos — up to 16 sto-reys in height — will have mountainand water views, and the buildingswill feature “green” features like storm
water recycling and rooftops gardens.Raymond Li, director and senior
vice-president for Aspac, said sales onthe first phase alone is expected to be$400 million.
The long-term plan calls for 25 to 30buildings, built over 10 or 15 years, oneither side of the oval. There would be atotal of up to 2,600 residential units.
The development area lies along theMiddle Arm River bordered by the No.2 Road and Dinsmore bridges.
“It’s easily over a $1 or $2 billioninvestment,” Li said of the total long-term project.
The first phase will see 458 residen-tial units built in six buildings. Theywill range in size from 700 square feetto a dozen 4,000-square foot penthouseapartments, said George Wong, princi-pal of Magnum Projects, which will bemarketing the new condos.
The buildings will be “stepped” backfrom the water in order to allow thebuildings to have mountain and waterviews. The pathway along the river will
remain in city hands and open to thepublic.
Prices for the condos have not beenset yet, although Aspac’s liberal use ofwords like “exclusive” and “luxury”suggests the condos won’t be cheap.
The first phase is slated for comple-tion in two-and-a-half years. But pre-sales will begin in May. The project’ssales showroom is located on the riverside of the Olympic Oval in what willeventually become a restaurant.
The 28 acres of land to be developedincludes 18.6 acres that Aspac pur-chased from the city for $141 million,which helped pay for the constructionof the $178-million Olympic Oval.
“When we made the decision tobuild the Olympic Oval, we had farmore than just the one building inmind,” said Mayor Malcolm Brodie.“We knew the oval could be a catalystfor achieving our vision for our cityand the city centre and the Middle Armwaterfront.”
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Commercial fishery not dead yetAuthor claims there’s still life left in Steveston’s core industry
Like Monterey, California — thesetting for John Steibeck’s novelCannery Row — Steveston hasbecome something of a living muse-um to commercial fishing.
The operative word here is “liv-ing,” according to Alan Haig-Brown,author of Still Fishin’.
“It’s not dead,” the NewWestminster writer proclaims overcoffee in the Buck & Ear Bar andGrill in Steveston. “It’s not over.”
That is, in fact, why he wroteStill Fishin’ which will be offi-cially launched May 2 at BritanniaHeritage Shipyards at 2 p.m.
“The purpose of this book is tosay there is still a vibrant fishery,”he said.
Vibrant, but vulnerable. A fleetof 500 gill-netters, seiners andtrawlers still make Steveston theirhome port, the largest commercialfishing harbour in Canada.
But for the past three summers,many of those vessels have sat tiedto the dock during what was onceB.C.’s bread-and-butter fishery: theFraser River sockeye run.
Last year’s run — predicted to bemore than 10 million — came backat just a little more than one mil-lion, resulting in a full closure of thecommercial Fraser River sockeyefishery for the third year in a row.
While environmental factorsare largely to blame, Haig-Brownasserts the fishery has been badlymanaged and needs to be fixed.
“We’ve really messed up in ourmanagement of our fisheries,” hesaid.
Still Fishin’ is a timely book; ithits bookshelves just as the CohenCommission of Inquiry into thestate of the Fraser River sockeyefishery gets under way.
Based on a series of interviewswith native and non-native com-mercial fishermen alike, Still Fishin’
looks backwards and forwards at aonce-vibrant fishery that is now inserious trouble.
One chapter profiles the Sisu— a classic gillnet boat built inSteveston by the Kishi shipyard— which now sits like a lovinglyrestored museum piece at FinnSlough.
Another chapter focuses onJohn Radil, a Richmond fishermanwho has quit fishing salmon andnow fishes almost exclusively forhake. Haig-Brown also profiles LonTruong, a Vietnamese refugee wholives in Vancouver and sells shrimpfrom his boat in Steveston.
Haig-Brown, 68, has been study-ing the B.C. fishing industry sincebecoming a deckhand on a seineboat in 1960.
He has been the editor of WestCoast Fisherman, among other pub-lications, and has written five books.
He has seen some major changes inthe industry over the years: manywere aimed at reducing the numberof boats chasing fish but did notnecessarily result in a better system.
“The boats became bigger andfaster and caught more fish,” hesaid.
The high cost of fishing and theway licensing and quotas are struc-tured in Canada favour those withthe deepest pockets, meaning B.C.’sfish are becoming concentrated inthe hands of a few large fishingcompanies.
At the end of the day, policiesaimed at protecting fish stocksappear to be failing, if Fraser Riversockeye are any barometer, accord-ing to Haig-Brown.
It’s not just sockeye that are introuble, so are rockfish, lingcodand coho in the Straight of Georgia.Eulachon — an important part of
the native food fishery — is also indire straights.
Haig-Brown dismisses warmingocean temperatures as the primaryculprit and points the finger square-ly at Canada’s “colonial” approachto resource management.
Last summer, while only 1.3million sockeye returned to theFraser River, roughly 40 millionwere returning to rivers in Alaska.Commercial fishermen thereenjoyed a record catch — 30 millionfish — fish that swim in the sameocean as Fraser River sockeye.
“Alaska seems to be doing fine,”Haig-Brown said.
Nor can the decline in sockeyestocks be blamed on over-fishing, hesaid, because commercial fishermenhave been shut out of the fishery forthe last few years.
He believes sea lice and disease
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Alan Haig-Brown, author of Still Fishin’, looks backwards and forwards in his book about the fishing industry.
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They called it their “EarthDay miracle.”
Last Thursday, as NorthAmerica’s west coast waswaking up to the 40thanniversary of Earth Day,students at William Bridgeelementary happened upona little lost soul in theirschoolyard around 8:30 a.m.— namely, a tiny duckling.
Excited but concernedfor the tiny ball of flutteringfluff, the group of Grade 3kids knocked on school sec-retary Deb Gray’s door.
After informing her oftheir discovery, Gray grabbeda cardboard box and went offto the rescue. With the helpof a parent, she managed toget the baby duck — nownamed Shady by the students— into the box. But howdid he get there and wherehad he come from, everyonequestioned. There are noponds or rivers nearby.
“I called Wildlife Rescueand I was told that the duck’sbest chance of survival wasto reunite it with its family,”Gray said.
“But there was no waterclose by, so we didn’t knowwhere to take it. Then Iremembered there was a bigditch of water down by SouthArm Community Centre.But it was about eight blocksaway and I couldn’t believe
the duck could’ve walkedthat far.
Gray’s only conclusionwas that a crow or a big birdhad picked up the ducklingand then dropped it by acci-dent near the school.
By the time the schoolbell had rung, word wasspreading around the schoolabout the duck and otherteachers were knocking onGray’s door to find out whatwas going on.
So, Gray, along with alarge group of students andtheir teachers, arrived at thewater-filled ditch with theirprecious cargo.
“When we got there, wesaw this mother duck andthree little babies,” Grayexplained.
“I thought to myself ‘whatare the chances that this isthe mom?’ But I picked thelittle guy up and straightaway he saw the mom and
started squawking like crazy.“The mom heard this and
she looked across and startedmaking the same noises andflapping around, as did allthe other ducklings.”
Gray described how littleShady jumped out of herhands and went straight intothe water and took off atbreakneck speed to be reunit-ed with his family.
“The kids were so happythere were tears in their eyesand they said straight awaythat ‘this is a miracle, this isan Earth Day miracle.’ I sup-pose it was.”
On Monday, the studentsreturned to the ditch to paymom and her ducklings avisit, but by then the familyhad moved on. The only evi-dence that they’d been therewas a collection of duckfeathers and what appearedto be owl feathers by thewater’s edge.
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The McNeely students at the scene of their ‘miracle.’
Quotas: Should be tied to boatsBY ALAN CAMPBELL
[email protected] fish farms are the num-ber one threat to wild salmontoday, but adds there aremany more threats.
Gravel extraction and log-ging too close to rivers andstreams, which damages fishspawning habitat, as well aspollution are also to blame.
Many of those problemscome down to one commontheme: Canada’s approach toresource management.
“America was built byentrepreneurs,” Haig-Brownsaid. “Canada was built bymonopolies. The whole atti-tude towards resources man-agement is still colonial.”
B.C.’s forestry policies,for example, favoured thecontrol of public forests inthe form of tree farm licenc-es in the hands of a few largecorporations, whose clear-cutting policies have resultedin the silting of streams anddamage of fish spawninghabitat.
The monopoly problem isalso evident in the way wildfish stocks have become con-centrated in the hands of afew large companies in B.C.
“We never restricted theright to fish to fishermen,”Haig-Brown said. “We’ve
effectively privatized aresource.”
He cites the halibut fish-ery as an example. That fish-ery is considered well-man-aged here - from an ecologi-cal standpoint - because it isbased on a quota system.
But it works against inde-pendent operators. Alaska,which also uses a quotasystem for halibut, requiresquotas to be attached to boatsand their owners. The quotaholder actually has to be onthe boat when the fish arecaught.
Halibut quotas in B.C. canbe sold or leased to anyone.
Quota owners can sell orlease their quota - to otherfishermen or to fish compa-nies - and stay home.
“You stay home and get$3.50 (per pound) for doingnothing. The fisherman goesout, risks his life, takes hisboat, and gets $1.50.”
He said there is motiva-tion for food companies tobuy up quota, because theycan then insist that the fishthat is caught be delivered tothem.
A quota system has beensuggested for Fraser Riversockeye, because it is consid-ered a better way to manage
a fishery. Haig-Brown saidhe has no philosophical aver-sion to a quota system forsockeye, but only if quotasare restricted to owner-opera-tors. Otherwise, he believes,the only ones who will profitwill be fish companies.
“We need an owner-operator provision,” he said.“That puts eyes on the waterwho have a strong vestedinterest in what’s going onthere.”
In the past, when fishstocks have approached col-lapse, moratoriums havebeen implemented in order toallow them to recover.
Asked if a moratorium toprotect Fraser River sock-eye is needed, Haig-Brownquipped: “On pulp mills? Wewon’t get it.
“Don’t ask a fishermanto quit fishing when youhaven’t asked the (fish)farms, the golf courses, thereal estate developers to stopdoing what they’re doing.”
Despite all the pressuresfacing the Fraser River andthe fish that live there, Haig-Brown believes there is hope.
“We can’t write off therivers,” he said. “If there’sanything sacred around here,it’s the salmon.”
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More than a dozen teachers in Richmondwill find themselves in the pedagogicalequivalent of a mobile home next year— portable classrooms — when full-day kin-dergarten is implemented.
They may want to talk to Grace Ho abouthow to cope with the constraints of teachingin the equivalent of a big box.
The Cambie secondary school teacher hasbeen recognized by CDW Canada, a technol-ogy products company, for the creativity sheshowed in finding novel ways to use technol-ogy in a classroom that has none.
She is one of 13 teachers across Canadawho will be receiving $19,000 worth of newtechnology as part of their prize.
Ho taught Japanese, business educationand career planning in a portable classroomfor eight years out of Cambie secondaryschool.
Her portable classroom had no access totechnology: no projector, no computers orInternet, and no phone.
Last year, the school switched to a newphone system that requires an Internet con-nection, which her portable didn’t have.
“The school actually had Wi-Fi, but itdidn’t reach out to where the portables were,”Ho said.
“I had no phone, so that was a huge secu-rity risk. If anything happened I’d have touse my cell phone, and in some cases I actu-ally had students grab their cell phones tomake phone calls for me.”
Ho said a wire was cut when the newphone system went in, so her classroom was
not connected to the school’s intercom sys-tem, either.
“For announcements, I would actually getstudents to run into the school building, listento the announcements, come back and reportwhat they heard.”
Without an Internet connection, Ho alsocould not access the district’s new attendanceand scheduling database.
Mother being the necessity of invention,Ho managed to find a way to work aroundher limitations.
“For a long time, I felt like my hands weretied since I had no classroom computer ... noprojector,” she said. “Then I realized that theclassroom was bigger than the four walls ofmy portable. It included my students’ homeand the whole virtual world.”
Whereas some students are discouragedfrom taking their cellphones and iPhonesto school, Ho encouraged them to use theiriPhones, digital cameras and the Internet athome as part of some of their class projects.
In recognition of that, CDW Canada hasnamed her one of the winners of the secondannual Teaching With Technology Story andSweepstakes Contest.
Ho said when she first was assigned to theportable classroom eight years ago, she didn’tthink it was so bad. But now that she is in aregular classroom, she realizes just how lim-ited she had been.
“I didn’t know any better. I was, like, ‘Oh,This is fine.’ And now that I’m in here, Iwouldn’t go back.
“All these teachable moments that weren’tpossible before are now possible because I’min a room that has Internet connection and acomputer,” she said.
Smart thinking inside the boxPORTABLE CLASSROOMS
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Richmond school trust-ees reluctantly approvedspending $73,000 Mondayto hire an architect tomanage the purchase andinstallation of 13 new por-table classrooms.
The portables areneeded to accommodatestudents when all-day kin-dergarten is fully imple-mented in the fall of 2011.
The total cost of buyingand installing the 13 por-tables is $4.6 million.
A recommendation toappoint an architect failedto be approved at an April19 school board meetingwhen none of the schooltrustees would move themotion.
Trustees had no stom-ach for passing the expen-diture on the same nightwhen they were cuttingnearly 100 positions fromthe school budget.
“It was a very emo-
tional meeting for all ofus,” said trustee DonnaSargent.
“Personally, I feel thatall-day K is on the backsof the people we laid off.”
It was inappropriate tomove a motion to spendanother $4.6 million whilethe very people who-would be losing their jobsbecause of cutbacks weresitting there, Sargent said.
The recommendationto approve the architectcan be rescinded, shouldthe provincial govern-ment back down from fullimplementation of all-daykindergarten.
“All-day K is veryexpensive and I’m not 100per cent certain that thisis going to go all the waythrough,” Sargent said.
Sargent said Richmondparents fought long andhard to get rid of portableclassrooms and said it’ssad to see them comingback in such large num-bers.
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Trustee: Job cuts are price of all-day KSchool board hires architect for portables installation
Teacher awarded for create solutions in limited space
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TrusteeDonnaSargentis sadto seeportablesreturn.
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But according to the society’saudit, most of the money endedup in Blinkhorn’s personal bankaccount.
The two people named inTaylor’s will got their share andthe hospital foundation received$25,000.
However, it appears the schol-arship fund, the SPCA and theSalvation Army all went without.
And by January 2006, there wasonly $6.62 left in Taylor’s account.
Other misappropriations in acatalogue of financial coverupsincluded using a divorcing couple’s$58,000 from the sale of a home topay himself and other clients.
Blinkhorn eventually raidedother client accounts to pay thecouple most of their money.
A teenager who suffered badinjuries in a car accident never gotthe $21,000 in ICBC settlementmoney from another Blinkhorn-controlled fund, which was sup-posed to be transferred to theoffice of the Public Guardian andTrustee of British Columbia tohold for the teenager until shebecame an adult.
When the accident victim even-tually reached adult age, Blinkhornused money from another client’sICBC settlement to pay her.
He also took $9,000 from avisually impaired client, money
that was to help pay for renova-tions to make the client’s homesafer.
Blinkhorn was further foundguilty of misleading the law soci-ety on a number of occasions dur-ing its investigation.
At a society panel hearing lastmonth, Blinkhorn tried to label hisbehavior as “very bad decisions.”
He told the panel that he is“not currently capable of practic-ing” due to his “acute depressionand melancholy … brought onby a complex set of inter-relatedstresses — domestic, family andprofessional.”
Although the panel in its writ-ten judgment acknowledgedBlinkhorn’s circumstances, theystill described his actions as “dis-graceful and dishonourable” andhis mitigation was not enough todeter them from the penalty ofdisbarment.
The ruling means Blinkhorn isbanned from practicing law in B.C.
In addition, he was ordered topay the society costs of $37,000,despite the entire investigationcosting $145,000.
It was noted that clients wholose money due to the misconductof a lawyer can seek compensa-tion from the B.C. Lawyers’Compulsory Professional LiabilityInsurance Policy.
Lawyer: Misled law society
He said the city had longhoped to turn Richmond’s intro-verted city centre out towards thewater. He said the Olympic Oval,the Canada Line, and River Greenproject are all part of that plan.
The land that Aspac purchasedfrom the city was part of whatwas left over from the Brighouseestate, which the city purchaseddecades ago. But Aspac didn’tstop there. It also went on to buyup 10 acres of land to the east ofthe oval, including the RitchieBrothers Auctioneers building onRiver Road.
While the property to thewest of the oval is already zonedfor residential development, theproperty to the east must still gothrough a rezoning.
Leading River Green’s designis architect James Cheng. Toaddress concerns about floodingin the event of an earthquake,Cheng said the base of the devel-opment will add additional pro-tection to the Middle Arm dykesystem.
The buildings will have under-ground parking, but that parkingwill be built above dyke level.
“Our parking structure,
because it’s concrete and it’s large,actually (serves) as a re-enforce-ment to the dyke,” he said.
The development will havea number of “green” features,including passive solar energy,storm water recycling and plug-ins for electric cars.
Originally, the city had hopedthe project would also tie into ageothermal heating district, butthat has failed to materialize yet.
However, Cheng said the build-ings will be constructed in a waythat they can easily convert togeothermal heating, should thatbecome available.
Charges have been stayedagainst a man accused of kidnap-ping a Burnaby man and holdinghim in an apartment in Richmondlast year.
Mark Anthony Bie, 27, ofVancouver, was arrested in March2009 and charged with kidnappinga man, who was found — blood-ied and still wearing the duct tapewith which he had been bound— running down WestminsterHighway.
The man had been held cap-tive in a Richmond apartment fora couple of days, according toRichmond RCMP.
Search warrant documentsstated the victim managed toescape when one of his captorsfell asleep.
The victim was spotted by apasserby, who stopped and called911. RCMP were able to make aquick arrest.
Bie was charged and releasedon bail. But earlier this weekcharges against him were stayedbecause the man he was accused
of kidnapping is now missing, socharges have been stayed.
“We were not satisfied at thispoint in time that there would be asubstantial likelihood of a convic-tion in the case,” Neil MacKenzie,spokesman for the B.C. CriminalJustice Branch, told the News.
“We don’t know the where-abouts of the alleged victim atpresent and there’s insufficient evi-dence to proceed in his absence.We don’t know that anything’snecessarily happened to him, butwe’re unable to reach him.”
Parking: Will be built above dyke level
Charges stayed against kidnapping suspectBY NELSON BENNETT
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By the time you read this, another Earth Day will havecome and gone. Did you do anything for Earth on theone day of the year set aside for everyone to remember
that there’s an environment?And no, buying the Avatar DVD does not count. Not even
if you recycled the plastic wrap and bag it came in.In fact, Avatar is a perfect example of the way the average
person is told to help the environment: spend.We’re told we can to buy electric cars instead of gas guz-
zlers, we can buy solar panels to put on our homes, we canbuy a movie about giant blue people and feel better aboutourselves.
Take a walk through your grocery store, and look for prod-ucts with words like “natural” and “green” and “organic” onthe packaging. Usually on the plastic packaging. Everyonewants to be an environmentalist, but almost no one is able (orwilling) to give up their car or buy carbon credits every timethey fly. So we try and buy our way out of our green-inducedguilt here and there. In many cases, we’re paying more butdoing only a bit of good; sometimes we’re the victims of“greenwashing,” in which ordinary products are tarted upwith false claims of environmental superiority.
Much like Christmas, Earth Day could eventually bedragged down into the mire and become more a consumerevent than a holiday about anything important. More andmore economists and governments are crowing about greenjobs and green industries.
It’s argued that we need a strong economy to get out of themess we’re in. But we should remember that consumerism isone of the things that got us into the mess in the first place.
There’s no sale price on a healthy environment.
Dirty political colours always shine
Buying green is still buying
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Polls this week show thatthere are plenty of folks inB.C. hankering for a newpolitical party.
The Angus Reid sur-vey showed a significantnumber would jump shipto either a centre-right orcentre-left alternative, if onecould be scraped together.
It might happen. TheB.C. Liberals, after all, werea centre-right alternative,and in Alberta the third-party Wildrose Alliance isgouging support away fromthe dominant Tories.
And of course, the NDPand its predecessor the CCFhave been third parties fed-erally for almost a century,and have won power in sev-eral provinces.
The Progressive Partysplit so many votes theConservatives absorbedit, and then the third partyReform/Alliance Party inturn ate the ProgressiveConservatives and emergedas simply Conservative onceagain.
Demands for a newparty, a third alternative,always emerge when agoverning party is growingstale, slowly compressingunder the weight of manyyears in office.
Why? Why can’t a singleparty stay in government formore than a decade withoutattracting so much animos-ity that folks are willing tostart a new party?
Partly, it’s simple corrup-tion. Every third party orreforming movement comesin promising to sweep outthe old, corrupt administra-tion. These reformers areimmediately joined by a
host of opportunistic grift-ers, essentially the same asthe grifters who siphonedmoney out of the previousgovernment.
You can’t keep crooksout of politics. You can kickthem out when you findthem, but you can’t avoidthem.
Keeping criminals awayfrom public office is likekeeping bank robbers out ofbanks: you’d have to weldthe doors shut and excludeeveryone.
The reason is simple.As a great robber once saidwhen asked why he didwhat he did: “That’s wherethe money is.” And there’s alot more cash in the govern-ment than there is in banks.
New parties are alsopopular because theyhaven’t compromised orlied. Yet.
Any party, once ingovernment, will do twothings: first, it will attemptto reward the people whoput it there, from religiousgroups to business ownersto unions.
Second, it will offendthose people.
The Liberals have soangered some of their con-stituents in Delta over powerlines that those folks wentand elected themselves anindependent MLA! Thereare dams and perimeter
roads and education fundinggaps aplenty to throw at thecurrent government.
It’s the same at everylevel of government.Getting into power requiresfriends. Staying thererequires stepping on them.
After five, or 10, ormaybe 15 years in office,governments get calledto the polls, look for theirfriends, and see a lot of peo-ple with shoe-prints on theirfaces. Some of those folksgo and form the Stepped OnParty, and kick out the oldguard.
Alternatively, any oldestablished party gets anew glow after being outof power for long enough.Keep working on it, NDP,just another decade or so!
Ironically, in most casesa new party just helps keepits opposite number inpower.
Splitting the votebetween the Tories and theReform Party made thefederal Liberals strong inthe 1990s. In B.C., the NDPcame up the middle betweenthe dying Socreds and therising Liberals, and held onfor two terms.
Strangely, this urge tocreate new parties doesn’tseem to apply south of the49th parallel.
Maybe we should tell theAmericans about it. Theymight thank us.
Or they could windup with an arrogant, stalegoverning party, and blameus. Better to keep it to our-selves.
Matthew Claxton is areporter at the News’ sisterpaper, the Langley Advance.
The Editor,In Richmond we have lost at least $6 million due to cuts to
education.So how are those cuts supposed to help us with our needs in
education?We’re kids and we need lots of resources to help support our
learning. I know it might be a little too late, but it’s really impor-tant.
I wish to tell whoever is doing this, “Please, think again andstop the cuts because they’re not helping us or the future ofB.C.”
I know that I’m very fortunate to be living here in B.C. Ithink B.C. is an astonishing province.
When I read the newspaper, I learn that these cuts are alsohappening in Vancouver. Vancouver is also suffering in this mat-ter. In fact, it’s worse in Vancouver. They’re cutting $18 million.
I bet you got the job you have today because you had somany resources and very supportive learning to help you achieveyour goals.
So many people gave so much support when the Olympicscame. Now, it’s time to do the same for us.
Also, it’s not just Richmond or Vancouver, it’s also the LowerMainland and other places in B.C.
I know that these people can do something about it. Or maybethey just haven’t noticed that we kids of B.C. are not appreciat-ing this matter. I hope you understand this matter because it isregarding the future of us all.
Sophia Diamonds (Grade 6)Richmond
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The Editor,Re: “Private junior kindergarten opens
its doors,” News, April 21.I am happy to inform you our MLA
Linda Reid has not gone AWOL: You cansee her smiling happily in the pictureaccompanying your article.
With great interest I took note of thefounder of the new private kindergar-ten informing the public: “With cuts toearly learning being anticipated acrossthe province, it’s more crucial than everthat parents have viable options for earlylearning.”
Looks like Linda is saying, “let themeat cake.”
This little remark will probablyprovoke a response from MLA Reid,full with statistics about the Liberalgovernment’s generous education fund-ing ... oh well, while we’re at it, howabout a detailed explanation about whereshe really was on those two days of theschool board meeting and the jet fuelsupply plan open house?
And what exactly was her role in theopening of a private junior kindergarten?
Thank you for your attention to thismatter.
Annette MillerRichmond
School district cuts spark readers’ reaction, debateEDUCATION
The Editor,Re: “MLAs’ doors always
open,” Letters, April 23.What a load of political
weasel words.As one of the stakehold-
ers that the Richmond MLAsare talking about in theirrebuttal to your excellentopinion piece “Our absenteeMLAs,” I do agree that theyhave met with us on numer-ous occasions.
And while they appearedto have listened to us, allevidence points to the factthat they did not hear us.
Had they heard us, Iwould not be having to sup-port the members of myunion while they receive layoff notices.
At our last meeting withMLAs, Mr. Howard sug-gested to us that it wastough times all over and weshould suck it up — I amparaphrasing here of course,but that was definitely themessage.
Over and over again allof us, trustees, union lead-ers, parents, senior staffasked these MLAs to takethe message back to Victoriathat this chronic under-fund-ing of public education ishurting children, and thattheir mantra of consistentlyincreased funding in spiteof declining enrolment isludicrous.
It may be the true, butit does not address the truecost of running a schooldistrict.
It’s akin to giving yourchild an allowance of $5 a
week, and then charging him$10 a week for rent. So, yes,they meet with us, but theydon’t listen.
I tried to point out thatthey were elected to repre-sent their constituents, us,and that I certainly did notfeel represented by them andneither did anyone else.
I was met with stonysilence. They are toadies ofthe present premier — noth-ing more, nothing less.
Ms. Reid has met witheducation assistants. Sheeven visited them at workand heard their stories ofwhat it is like to work withchildren with special needsand how important that workis and what is needed to sus-tain that work.
She listened to them, butdid she hear them?
Ask them as they receivetheir lay-off notices nextweek along with otheremployees of the schooldistrict.
Where were these MLAsthe night the school trusteesdebated the cuts that had tobe made?
How are they continuingto work with school trusteesas the trustees manage thedistrict?
How are the needs of thestudents being met when100 district employees willbe laid off by the end of theschool year?
Difficult economic timesthey say. Not so difficult,apparently. Money can befound for necessities likecasinos, roofs for stadiums
(but not for schools) andnew dams. And, oh yes, theOlympics.
This school district hasdone everything possibleto keep cuts away from theclassroom, but with chronicunder-funding and continueddownloading of costs by thisgovernment added to nor-mal inflation rates, reducedinvestment returns, and ris-ing costs, they had no choicebut to cut staff.
The same is true inalmost every other schooldistrict in the province.
The provincial govern-ment is at fault here, eitherby choice or by mismanage-ment. To have these threeamigos continuing to spoutthe party line is insulting tothe people of Richmond andespecially to the dedicatedand hardworking staff andtrustees of the RichmondSchool District.
June KaiserPresident
CUPE 716Richmond School
District
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The Editor,Re: “Our absentee MLAs,” Opinion,
April 21.I was taken aback by the tone of a recent
Richmond News editorial attacking localBC Liberal MLAs for not appearing at acouple of recent public meetings, one forthe proposed jet fuel pipeline, the other forthe school board.
As someone active and involved in thecommunity, I have never been at a loss tosee Richmond’s MLAs John Yap, LindaReid and Rob Howard make themselvesavailable around town while attending com-munity events, meetings, and functions.
When the legislature is in session, I wantmy representatives in Victoria. That’s whatwe pay them to do. Not to be MIA fromthe legislature. Not to fly back and forth toattend public hearings involving other lev-els of government.
That’s not fiscally responsible whenwe pay government staff to work with theschool board.
The editorial also assails the adoption of
full-day kindergarten by the B.C. govern-ment, and I don’t think that criticism couldbe any further off the mark.
As working parents of three smallchildren just entering the school system,my wife and I can’t wait for this positiveimprovement to our children’s education.
The current two hour kindergarten pro-gram is too short to provide significanteducational benefit and is inconvenient foractive families.
I have yet to meet another parent whodisagrees.
Let me be clear though, I’m proud ofthe education our city offers. I am a greatadmirer of the teachers and administratorsat my oldest child’s elementary, Homma,I’ve met many of our hard working schooltrustees.
These elected officials have budgets,they make tough decisions, and they don’tneed any type of “big brother” distractingtheir consultations with the public.
Trevor WickRichmond
The Editor,Re: “Richmond schools getting fair
shake,” Letters, April 14.The Minister of Education’s response
in April 14 edition of the Richmond Newsdoes not address the actual reality of thesituation or the underlying problems.
A discussion of how much money perpupil is being spent and how it has beenincreasing yearly entirely misses the pointof the problem.
This statement of year-over-yearincreases in funding, while correct,entirely avoids a discussion of the level bywhich expenses have increased.
Needless to say, the problem is thatexpenses have increased at a greater ratethan the income.
The minister’s comments simply avoiddiscussion on how MSP premiums haveincreased, how the new carbon offset taxeswill affect the school district, and howthe contributions to the teacher pensionplan have gone up — to list just a fewexamples.
These are all additional expenses thatthe school district must meet when plan-ning its current and future budgets.
These expenses are merely the changein the cost of educating our children at thecurrent status quo. If the minister believeswe need to find more economies to allevi-ate such deficits, we would instead askthat the ministry fund these obligationsinstead of downloading them to the indi-vidual school districts.
Finally, it should be publicly stated thattrustees are not omnipotent when it comesto the district’s budget. There are manylevels of contractual obligations (whichthe trustees are neither responsible for, nor
have input into) that restrict them fromwhat may appear to be common sensereductions in the budget.
Other staffing changes are restrictedwhen you consider that they must notupset the delicate balance of class compo-sition and size, since these are legislatedby the School Act.
This results in our balancing our bud-get at the expense of the most vulnerablechildren in our school system, and by lim-iting our children to an ever-less diverseeducational experience — a situation weask the Minister of Education to help usavoid.
It is not enough to discuss how muchmore money you’re putting in, whileavoiding the discussion on how muchmore money the school district has to payout.
It is not a victory to get pennies whilespending dollars.
In 2006, the minister, in her role asPresident of the BCMA, was asked aboutthe hospitalist situation and how its reso-lution did not go through BCMA andusual channels.
Her responses, as reported in the BCMedical Journal, was, “I would like us tohave an agreement and have trust on allsides — BCMA, members, and govern-ment — where we could say, ‘There’s aproblem here, how will we resolve it?
The Richmond District ParentsAssociation would like to declare to theMinister of Education now, that “There’s aproblem here, how will we resolve it?”
Dr. Eric YungPresident
Richmond District ParentsAssociation
MLA not AWOL, at private school Liberals doing what they should
‘Toadies’ listen but don’t hear
Minister misses point, avoids problem
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LettersBad-breed not front page news
The Editor,Re: “Judith Slobbe sentenced to 7½
years,” and “Curling champ charged,” News,April 23.
How pathetic that a newspaper like theRichmond News carries such boorish and ill-bred lives on their front cover — uncoveringa woman’s cruelty to unsuspecting, trustingseniors, whom she has swindled in order toindulge herself in a 39-year criminal career.
Then adding the sensational charge of aman who led Paralympian curlers to a goldmedal, while at the same time he was alleg-edly buying counterfeit drugs so that his ownson could sell them at Vancouver nightclubs.
Let me tell you about the most amazing,exciting evening I spent last night at a gath-ering of about 70 hospice volunteers wherewe shared an event of laughter, joy andfriendship around tables with special cake,fruit tea and conversations.
These compassionate, caring, listeningand soothing volunteers work with the verysick and dying patients and give gener-ously to others without any money or self-ish motives involved, because they love andshare their lives with others who are the most
vulnerable.Some have been committed for many,
many years, others were just finishing theirtraining — both men and women, young andold — all were volunteering to be with thosewhose lives are ebbing to a close, and othersdealing with various diseases who neededthem to hold their hands and stroke their hairand listen to their stories.
I had the honour of sharing my life sto-ries with these kind-hearted, gracious anddelightful angels.
In accepting the invitation to come tospeak, I didn’t realize that it would totallyrejuvenate my heart and health to be sur-rounded with such friends. I believe we alsodrew unseen angelic beings.
I applaud the amazing gifts we have in allof our volunteers in this beautiful city.
May our papers begin to print worthynews that mirror what is happening to themajority of our Richmond citizens. May ourlives reflect that we are here to leave a legacyof goodness that will outlast us. Then our liv-ing will not be in vain.
Esther McIlveenRichmond
The Editor,I have recently been in Richmond General
Hospital for knee replacement surgery.I am 84 years old and have never before
been in a hospital as a patient except todeliver two babies. The reason for this letteris to say how very much I appreciated thededication of the staff on the surgical ward of4 North. The organization, care and attention
was exceptional. No reasonable request wasrefused but was granted willingly. The atmo-sphere on the ward was condusive to healing.What, for me, could have become an unpleas-ant experience turned out to be an adventure.My thanks to the entire hospital staff formaking my stay so pleasant.
Margaret CassonRichmond
Thank you for hospital’s healing hands
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The Editor,Re: “The numbers ter-
rify me, they should scareyou,” Letters, April 23.
There were three meet-ings that were held re:special committee toreview the new bylawALR setbacks .
Ms. Hamir was presentat the first meeting. Ms.Hamir was an hour latefor the second meeting.
Ms. Hamir did notattend the third meeting.All the other attendeeswere present for all threemeetings.
The purpose of suchcommittee meetings is tofocus on an issue, discusspros and cons, and arriveat some sort of consen-sus.
Absence from suchmeetings questions one’scommitment and theabsentee thus doesn’t
have a clue of how andwhy the committee cameto its consensus.
On a de-facto basis,most committees do notallow proxy or absenteevoting.
Even if Ms. Hamir waspresent and voted, shewould still be still out-voted by a 5 -1 vote.
(For the record, thevote was 6-0, not 5-0 asreported earlier.)
I resent the fact thatMs. Hamir is effectivelycalling me a liar, and alsocasts negative inferencestowards the other com-mittee members when,in fact, it was her choiceto not be present for themajority of the meetings.
Those that were pres-ent at the final committeemeeting were unanimousin their view, after muchdiscussion and debate,
that the old bylaw replacethe seriously flawed newbylaw .
In the future, respectthe democractic result,please get your factsstraight and not spew“sky is falling” fearmongering rhetoric as asubstitute for an apparentlack of both presence andcommitment.
R.A.HoeglerRichmond
Don’t brand me a liarCITY HALL
The Editor,Re: “The numbers terrify me, they
should scare you,” Letters, April 23.The numbers scare me too and have been
doing so for years. Anyone who lived here 30years ago knows what change has come toRichmond.
In my view, it can no longer be called theGarden City.
Farm land has disappeared at an alarmingrate. The most drastic changes have takenplace under the current mayor and, for themost part, council.
Sustainability is not in their vocabulary.I have no idea what might be going throughtheir minds as they dig and pave and erect
condo after condo. Infrastructure is simplynot able to keep up.
The mayor seems quite content to insu-late himself from the concerns of mostRichmondites, in lieu of photo ops and soundbites.
Letting the city anywhere near the GardenCity lands is a disaster.
So, Mr. Brodie, as the mayor of a oncebeautiful Garden City, give some thought tothe person who might replace you someday.
That is the person who is going to have toexplain why we do not have a sustainable cityany longer.
Dean BeauvaisRichmond
Garden City no more thanks to council
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Wong, Cummins: How will you vote?PARLIAMENT
The Editor,Open letter to Richmond MP Alice
Wong and Delta-Richmond East MPJohn Cummins:
There is a private members billcurrently being debated by our feder-ally elected officials.
Bill C-304 calls upon the Canadiangovernment to work with all levelsof government to establish a nationalstrategy to ensure access to adequate,affordable housing across Canada.
Given that the Canadian govern-
ment has recently been criticized bythe United Nations for its inactionon affordable housing and homeless-ness, and given that the response inour communities, including housinggroups and mayors of major citiesacross Canada, has been overwhelm-ingly positive, it was extremelydisappointing to see that only oneConservative MP (Peter Goldring— Edmonton) voted in favour of thisbill during its first reading.
Given the indisputable lack of
affordable housing across B.C. andthe growing number of children andfamilies that live in poverty in the fed-eral ridings of Richmond and Delta-Richmond East, it’s important that weknow how the honorable Alice Wongand John Cummins plan to vote whenthis bill comes up for its second read-ing next month.
Nancy M ForhanRichmond
The Editor,The Passage of Bill
C-232 in the House ofCommons is a cause forconcern.
It would require thatanyone appointed to theSupreme Court of Canadashould understand bothEnglish and French with-out the aid of translation,which is an impossibly highstandard when it comes tohighly complicated issuesof law.
This bill is not talkingabout the fluency to carry
on an ordinary conversationin English or French.
It is the fluency requiredto understand oral argu-ments in extraordinarilycomplex legal cases and tointerpret arcane legal textsand documents withoutbenefit of translation: anextremely rare ability evenamong those who considerthemselves fluent in bothEnglish and French.
Only a handful of areasin the country are likely toproduce lawyers and judgeswith an ability to understandcomplex legal issues in bothEnglish and French withoutthe assistance of an inter-preter. British Columbia isnot one of them.
Trudeau era amendmentsto the Canadian constitutionplace the Supreme Court atthe centre of much that hap-pens in Canada.
It is the final arbiter ofall our laws and how andthey are administered. Theonly province guaran-
teed representation on theSupreme Court is Quebec,which is guaranteed three ofthe nine judges.
While there is no legalrequirement, by traditionthe western provinces havereceived two positions onthe court.
That tradition of regionalrepresentation on the courtwill be threatened by BillC-232’s absolute require-ment for an advanced abilityto understand both Englishand French. Should BillC-232 become law, appoint-ments to the court will begoverned almost solely bylanguage ability and theexisting requirement thata minimum of three of thejudges be from Quebec.Any change to the SupremeCourt Act that severely lim-its who may be appointedas a judge must be carefullyscrutinized to ensure thatit does not restrict regionalrepresentation.
Appointments to the
Supreme Court must befirmly guided by the princi-ples of legal merit and legalexcellence alone.
If Bill C-232 is approvedby the Senate, the SupremeCourt would, in future,be controlled by an elite,wholly unrepresentative ofthe country and certainlyunrepresentative of WesternCanada.
In summary, I votedagainst this NDP Bill,which was supported bythe Liberals and the BlocQuebecois, because itundermines regional rep-resentation on Canada’shighest court, making itvirtually impossible to havea representative from BritishColumbia.
It is a sad day for B.C.when British Columbiansneed not apply to sit on thehighest court in the land.
John CumminsMP
Delta-Richmond East
French rule will rob B.C. of its share of judges
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Former RichmondRCMP officers wereamong those honouredrecently for going aboveand beyond the call of dutyat a special service awardsceremony on April 22.
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Johnston worked withinvestigators in Richmond,Port Moody, Nova Scotiaand Alberta over an 18-month period, gatheringenough evidence to makearrests in 2007.
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Sgt. Peter Thiessen — aformer media relationsofficer for the Richmonddetachment — was alsorecognized for his part intalking a man out of com-mitting suicide in MapleRidge last year.
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The Richmond ChineseCommunity Association(RCCS) presents theAsian Heritage Fair onSaturday, May 1 from 10a.m. to 3 p.m. in houseat 8171 Park Rd. Theevent includes variousbooth displays of Asianculture, as well as aWheel of Fortune withlots of prizes. Admissionis free and everyone iswelcome. For more infor-mation, call 604-270-7222 or 604-276-4391.
The City of Richmondpresents Doors Open,an annual arts and cul-tural tour on Saturdayand Sunday, May 1 and2, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.This free event happensall over Richmond. Formore information or a fulllisting of venues, call 604-247-8333, or email [email protected].
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MondayMonday, May 3 is MusicMonday where studentsall across Canada willsing and play music ofthe tune, Sing Song.Anderson elementary,along with the MacNeillsecondary band, willperform at 10 a.m. at theamphitheatre at GardenCity Park, just southof the parking lot onAlberta Rd. If it rains, theywill perform in front ofAnderson elementary.
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Using scraps of cotton and recycledpolyester clothing, artist PatCzuczor creates poignant images of
life in Africa.One of her colourful quilts depicts three
grandmothers, two Canadians with anAfrican grandmother between them, liftingtheir arms in unison, proudly displayingmultihued bracelets.
“I have always loved the African proverb‘a single bracelet does not jingle’ becauseits meaning is, sometimes it takes many toeffect a change,” Czuczor said to explainher piece.
The 62-year-old grandmother of fourhas four pieces in the upcoming exhibition,Turning the Tide … One Ripple at a Time,at the Richmond Cultural Centre.
The show is an initiative between theSouth Fraser and Richmond Gogos — aStephen Lewis Foundation (SLF) initiative,Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign,formed in 2007 — as well as the NorthIsland Quilters for Community Awareness(NIQCA).
Its aim is to draw awareness of the plightof African grandmothers, while raisingmoney for food, housing grants, school feesfor their grandchildren and to support anumber of initiatives aimed at making themmore self-sufficient. (To date, there are 240Gogos groups, with more than 5,000 mem-bers, across Canada).
The exhibition consists of 51 works ofart, many of them three-dimensional textileworks, with the largest quilt being about30X36.
Meanwhile, another of her textile can-vasses paints the scene of two sisters, armslinked together, in one Czuczor calls WeWill Care for One Another.
“This one was based on Paul Gauguin’spainting titled Two Sisters,” added Czuczor.“I took a course titled Artists Revisitedthrough the Quilt University. My assign-ment was to recreate a famous painting,”said Czuzcor, a retired home care nurse.“Since I knew this exhibit was coming up Ifocused on Gauguin’s work.”
As in the French post-impressionistartist’s rendition of Two Sisters (1892), herdepiction portrays the same vulnerabil-ity and simplicity, except that rather than
Tahitian girls, Czuczor’s girls are African.In fact, this work graces the poster pro-
moting the exhibition.“I was quite honoured and excited,”
she said, adding the other two works areRemembering the Stories and One Vote ata Time. “This was my first quilting projectand even though it was a bit daunting, itwas so much fun to create these pieces.
“It took about a month and a half to fin-ish each piece.”
Czuzcor is a newcomer to this artisticgenre. Although she has been an artist foryears, her forte in the past has been paint-ings, as well as a variety of crafts sold atlocal art shows, such as intricate mohairteddy bears.
She later admits she shrinks when
referred to as an artist, because, althoughshe’s taken a few courses and sold some ofher work, Czuzcor doesn’t consider herselfa professional.
Initially, quilts were made to keep theearly settlers warm from the harsh wintercold. Now, patchwork quilting has becomemore of an accepted art form. Today, mod-ern quilters are paid hundreds, if not thou-sands of dollars, for one-of-a-kind quilts.
“I think with the growth of the feministmovement and the rethinking of the defini-tion of what is fine arts has helped to ele-vate the art of quilting to a new level,” saidLynn Beavis, director at the Richmond ArtGallery. “Although quilting or textile workhas always been seen as art, as women’spractices were reevaluated, this art form has
been accepted as more valuable.”Meanwhile, most, if not all of the 51
pieces in the collection will tour acrossCanada. Many of them illustrate Africangrandmothers caring for their orphanedgrandchildren.
“It’s so exciting to take part in this showbecause it’s so worthwhile,” said Czuczor.“The need in Africa is so great and anylittle dent we can make is worth it.
“It is a real privilege to be invited totake part in the exhibition and hopefully mypieces will sell and generate money for theStephen Lewis Foundation.”
Her works will be hung on stretchers, aswell as traditionally bound the way quiltsare usually displayed, and will grace thewalls of the cultural centre.
The organizer of Turning the Tide …One Ripple at a Time is Richmond’s JaneAnderson, a South Fraser Gogos member.
The exhibit, she said, was created bymembers of the NIQCA, from across B.C.,Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, aswell as from Richmond and South FraserGogos chapters.
“Artists range in ages from eight to80,” says Anderson. “Once the exhibit hastoured 21 cities across Canada, the pieceswill be auctioned off in Victoria, later thisyear.
“Through our fundraising efforts, wehave raised $7.1 million across Canada infour years … pretty impressive isn’t it?”
The purpose of the show is threefold:raise awareness of the HIV/AIDS pandemicin Africa, the Stephen Lewis Foundationand the Grandmothers to Grandmotherscampaign, showcase the works of quiltersand, finally, to raise money.
The exhibit, Turning the Tide … OneRipple at a Time, opens Tuesday, May4 until May 6 at the Richmond CulturalCentre, #180-7700 Minoru Gate. Admissionis by donation. All proceeds benefit theStephen Lewis Foundation, to providemuch-needed aid to African grandmothersraising their grandchildren orphaned bythe AIDS epidemic. For more information,call Jane Anderson at 604-275-3460. Formore information about the Stephen LewisFoundation, visit www.stephenlewisfounda-tion.org.
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Pat Czuczor has four works of art on display at an exhibition aimed at raising funds andawareness to the plight of African grandmothers.
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In the eighties,Richmond’s Mark Ashwas a rock guitarist play-ing at top Vancouver ven-ues.
Life was sweet — abeautiful wife, two chil-dren, a large home inRichmond and all the trap-pings that come with lifeas a rock star.
In 2001, a massivebrain injury from a seriousa car accident ripped his“perfect” world apart.
For a year, he didn’twant to go on.
Ash spent countlesshours watching televisionand feeling sorry for him-self.
One day, the 46-year-old snapped out of it anddecided to soldier on.
He became a volunteermusic therapist at the G.F.Strong Rehabilitation
Centre, working with otherpeople suffering withmental illness and braininjuries.
For that, Ash is hon-oured with a Courage toCome Back Award.
On May 6, theCanadian Mental HealthPathways Clubhouse mem-ber and dedicated volun-teer will grace a differentstage as one of six BritishColumbians to receivesuch a prestigious award.
❚ ❚ ❚Richmond’s Cherrie
Lam essay, about how totreat grey water in toi-lets, irrigation systemsand appliances to reducewaste, won her $2,500.
The 16-year-oldSteveston-London sec-ondary student was oneof four young BritishColumbians who shone inan online competition puton by BC Hydro.
(More than 260 entrieswere received from youththroughout the province).
The idea was to encour-age sustainable living.
Cynthia Dyson, spokes-woman for BC Hydro, was
impressed with Cherrie’ssubmission, Use the Grey,Save the Day.
“Cherrie presentedan interesting idea andbacked it up with awell-illustrated and well-researched video entry.”
As well, Cherrie hasbeen invited to participatein a year-long mentoringprogram of communityleaders in sustainable liv-ing.
To view Cherrie’s entry,visit www.inventthefuture.ca.
❚ ❚ ❚Competing against the
crème de la crème of inte-rior designers from acrossCanada, Richmond’s TiaMoras placed first in theNational Kitchen and BathAssociation 2010 DesignAwards Power Room cat-egory.
Along with her part-ner, Irena Merki, Moraswalked away with thePinnacle of Design award.
This is a prestigioushonour and the News con-gratulates Moras for hersuccess.
❚ ❚ ❚The Richmond Youth
Concert Band (RYCB) ismore than just endowedwith talent; it also hasheart.
During its 5th AnnualMusical Gala Dinner thisyear, band members raisedmore than $3,000 for theRichmond Food BankSociety.
The RYCB encouragesgiving back to the com-munity, and since 2003, itsmusicians have chosen the
food bank as its benefac-tor.
To date, they haveraised more than $6,700,plus hundreds of poundsof food, for those less for-tunate in our community.
❚ ❚ ❚Richmond is home to
some gifted young musi-cians, who will one dayperhaps grace concerthalls around the world.
Recently, the RichmondBranch of the BCRegistered Music TeachersAssociation held its bien-nial Scholarship Recitaland Award Ceremony at
the Richmond PresbyterianChurch.
During the soiree, itawarded some of its piano,flute and violin studentswith the highest markreceived in the 2008-2009exam period.
Scholarship winnersare: Sam Wong, AnnieWei, Elaine Qian,VanessaKong, Angus Chan, DavyLau, Terri Wu, EmlynRocha, Jason Chow,Kathy Fan, Rachel Li andAgela Chuang, EsinamAgbemenu, Natalie Lo andSharon Li.
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colourful and moving Nite of Hope fundraiser for breast cancer research held
Wednesday night at the River Rock Casino. The evening raised an estimated
$184,000. Watch for the Richmond News’ special feature on the event April 14.
CRIME
Cops caution against
vigilante retaliation
Richmond RCMP are taking aim at
the media for a shooting early Wednesday
morning at a house where a teenager was
found overdosed last month.
Martha Hernandez, 17, was found in
medical distress at a house at the corner of
Westminster Highway and Smith Crescent
on March 2. She later died. So did her
friend, Kayla Lalonde, who was found
overdosed in Burnaby. The two girls died
within a few hours of each other. The two
had been reportedly partying together.
It has been widely reported that a
man living in the Smith Crescent home
has the same name as Martin Tremblay,
a Vancouver man convicted of drugging
and sexually assaulting teenaged girls.
However, the police have not said whether
there is a connection.
The house was shot up just after mid-
night on April 8. Despite the fact there
were several people inside at the time, no
one was hurt, said Richmond RCMP.
Cpl. Jennifer Pound said. RCMP have
neither a suspect yet nor a motive for the
shooting, but said it’s hard not to draw a
possible link between the shooting and the
media reports about the house.
“There have been names and there’s
been addresses that have been put into the
media,” Pound said.
“This has possibly been a reason for the
target last night. It’s something we are look-
ing into and trying to confirm.”
RCMP received several 911 calls after
neighbours heard shots fired. Witnesses
reported seeing people dressed in dark
clothing leaving the scene.
Pound would not say how many shots
were fired at the house.
However, she confirmed police have
been called to the same house a number
of times, including before Hernandez was
found overdosed there.
Friends of the two dead girls have told
various media that young teenaged girls
often went there to party.
The house is owned by a Vancouver
Arts finalists announced
Shots fired at home where girl found overdosed
The City of Richmond
announced 18 finalists
vying in six categories
for the second annual
Richmond Arts Awards
yesterday.
The annual awards
recognize Richmond resi-
dents, artists, educators,
organizers and business
leaders for their achieve-
ments and contributions to
the arts.
Finalists will take part
in a special ceremony led
by Mayor Malcolm Brodie
at City Hall on Thursday,
April 29.
This year’s awards will
include a number of new
faces including Morri-
Lynn Buchanan who was
nominated for her choreo-
graphed dance, Missing
Pieces, which raises
awareness about autism.
The dance, which
embodies a message,
first received attention
after her group, Aer-Elite,
performed it at the 5678
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DZIEKANSKI
Motherdrops suit
It has taken two and a half
years, but Zofia Cisowski, the
mother of Robert Dziekanski,
finally got the one thing she has
been hoping for from the RCMP
Thursday: an apology for her
son’s death.
“Mrs. Cisowski, on behalf
of the RCMP, I want to
apologize for our role in the
tragic death of your son, Robert
Dziekanski,” RCMP deputy
commissioner Gary Bass told
Cisowski at the press confer-
ence at the south terminal of
Vancouver International Airport.
“Your son’s death is a trag-
edy, and for the role the force
played in this tragedy, we offer
our sincere apology.”
“Deputy commissioner, I
thank you and I accept your
apology,” said Cisowski, who
sat next to Bass.
“It has been two and a half
years since my son died. There
was not a single day that I did
not cry and analyze what could
be done to avoid this tragedy,”
she said, sobbing.
She said the apology will
help her move on.
“I will sleep better tonight,”
she said.In addition to the formal
apology, the RCMP is offering
her an undisclosed financial set-
tlement, as well as $20,000 for
an endowment fund in Robert
Dziekanski’s name.
In return, Cisowski has
agreed to drop a wrongful dis-
missal suit against the RCMP.
100 positions to be cut from schools
RCMP apologizes
One hundred teachers, education
assistants, administrators and other
school staff will start receiving pink
slips at the end of April.
“These are bad,” school trustee
Donna Sargent said at a press con-
ference Wednesday. “These are bad,
bad cuts.”“It will affect our service delivery
and we have been very vocal about
that,” added school board chairper-
son Linda McPhail.
Richmond school officials have
been warning for months now that
a shortfall in funding from the pro-
vincial government would result in
layoffs, but was only able to arrive at
a firm number this week.
The shortfall for the 2010-2011
year is estimated to be $6 million.
It’s not yet known how many of
the job cuts will be teachers and how
many administrative or support staff.
That will be decided over the next
couple of weeks. The school board
will set its budget on April 19.
“To say is it a teacher or is it a
custodian? It’s all going to affect stu-
dent achievement, in my opinion,”
Sargent said. “It’s going to affect
your kid, definitely.”
School administrators have been
going through the district’s budget
with a fine-tooth comb looking for
savings. But with 92 per cent of
the budget being salaries, school
trustees say layoffs are the only way
it can shave $6 million from the
budget.“We didn’t have a lot of other
places to go,” said Monica Pamer,
the school district’s new super-
intendent. Several administrative
positions have already been closed.
For example, Pamer’s own previous
position, assistant superintendent, is
not being filled.
Trustees take offence to the spin
the province has given to its educa-
tion budget: that it is spending more
than ever on education.
“It’s just not true,” Sargent said.
“It’s just not on that we’re getting the
same money.”
While the per-pupil funding has
gone up slightly, the Richmond
school district is facing a $6 million
funding shortfall, and is statutorily
forbidden from running a deficit.
The province is not providing
school boards with more money
to cover pension plan contribu-
tion increases, which will cost the
Richmond school district $700,000.
Nor is it covering MSP pre-
mium increases, which amounts to
$115,000, or providing more money
to cover a new carbon offset charge
worth $200,000.
On top of that, the provincial
government froze funding on the
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Lasting memoriesCompeting at the WinterOlympic Games in herhometown went farbeyond being the topCanadian finisher forsnowboarder Alexa Loo 21 18
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Richmond citizens woke to an eerily quietcity centre Monday morning.
Gone were the throngs of visitors fromaround the world who, for the past two anda half weeks, brought the city’s streets to lifeas they made their way from the Canada Lineto the Richmond Olympic Oval or O Zonecelebration site.
Over the past two and a half weeks,70,000 spectators took in long track speedskating at the Richmond oval, where fivemedals were won by Canadian speed skatersin the 2010 Winter Games: two gold, one sil-ver and two bronze.
Roughly half of the spectators at the ovalended up also taking in O Zone celebrations,
according to city hall, bringing the total to anestimated 400,000 people.
“The past few weeks have been the mostextraordinary days in the history of our com-munity,” said MayorMalcolm Brodie. “We’vebeen overwhelmed withthe positive feedbackwe’ve received from localresidents to internationalvisitors who took part inour many Olympic pro-grams.”
“We just got tremen-dous positive feedbackfrom everybody,” saidTed Townsend, who has lived and breathedthe Olympics for eight years, only to seethem end abruptly Sunday night. “We
achieved our objective of having a great fes-tival.
“I think we exceeded our expectations inevery area that I can think of. It’s a tribute
to our volunteers andstaff, and the contrac-tors we worked withwho just went aboveand beyond.”
Whether it wasin Vancouver orRichmond, Brodie saidvisitors and locals alikewere well-behaved.
“Everybody was ina very good mood,” he
said.Although it contributed $500,000 to
the original bid to host the 2010 Games,
Richmond was not initially to be a host city.It managed to become one when it offeredto build the speed skating oval, puttingRichmond on the world map.
“I think we heightened Richmond’s profilethroughout the world,” Brodie said.
Although a venue city, Richmond wasnot officially designated as an Olympics livesite. Only Whistler and Vancouver had thatdistinction.
Again, not satisfied with standing at thesidelines, the City of Richmond decided tospend $6 million on its own on a celebrationsite.
Spread over 66 acres and 17 days, the OZone celebrations featured top-name record-ing acts, like Our Lady Peace and Marianas
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is favoured to win gold in curling. Armstrong and his team mate, Darryl Neighbour, right, are
both from Richmond.
Judge needs more time to sentence SlobbeA 62-year-old woman whodefrauded a Richmond nursinghome of more than $700,000 willhave another month to get used towhat could be a long stay in jail, if
the Crown gets its way.Judith Slobbe, who pleadedguilty to a string of frauds inRichmond and on Vancouver Island,was scheduled to be sentencedMonday. The Crown is asking for a
sentence of up to six years.
On Monday, Judge Ron Fratkinadjourned her sentencing untilApril 22. Crown spokesman NeilMacKenzie said Fratkin wants moretime to prepare for Slobbe’s sen-tencing.
Slobbe had been ordered jailedby a judge on Vancouver Island,after he declared her a risk to seniorcitizens. She remains in custody.Over a three-year period, fromSeptember 2001 to 2004, Slobbe
siphoned off at least $712,282 fromthe Fraserview Intermediate CareLodge in Richmond, where sheworked as office manager.She also bilked individualseniors in Richmond and Vancouver
Island out of thousands of dollars.One accountant who worked atthe Fraserview nursing home brief-ly in 2001 showed up at Richmondprovincial court to see Slobbesentenced Monday and was disap-
pointed to hear the sentencing wasadjourned.
The woman, who asked that hername not be used, said she workedfor only two weeks at Fraserviewbefore quitting in frustration overSlobbe’s attempts to get her introuble with her employers.“I worked there for two weeksand she was determined to get meout of there,” the woman said.
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Judith Slobbe: Convictedof defrauding seniors.
Slobbe siphoned more than $700,000 from Fraserview Care Lodge
Fanning the flameInternational ParalympicCommittee president broughtthe Olypic Torch and watcheda demontration at Richmond’sSirota’s Alchymy MartialArts Centre.
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Rings ring off ... The colourful Olympic and Paralympic rings near the airport, which
marked the 2010 Winter Games, were being dismantled Tuesday.
Bugged Land Rover tellsdifferent story than Kembo
Whoever killed Rita Yeung deserves
to die.Those are the words of Charles
Kembo, the man accused of killing
Yeung — his stepdaughter.“The person that could harm her or
kill her should be killed too,” Kembo
said July 29, 2005 in a taped inter-
view with Cpl. Blaine Mumford of the
Richmond RCMP.Kembo made the statement the day
after he had been arrested on the sus-
picion of having murdered four people,
including his stepdaughter, his ex-wife,
Margaret Kembo, his friend and some-
times business associate, Arden Samuel,
and Sui Yin (Elvie) Ma — a woman he
at first claimed not to know but with
whom he later admitted to having a brief
sexual dalliance.Kembo has pleaded not guilty to the
charges of first degree murder and plans
to testify in his own defence, according
to his lawyer, Don Morrison.
In his interviews with police, Kembo
maintained his innocence.“My conscience is clear,” he told
Mumford, who was attached to the seri-
ous crimes unit at the time. “I know
nothing about this murder.”It was an echo of the “mantra” he
told his then live-in girlfriend, Genevieve
Camara, in one of the last calls he made
before his arrest.Police had showed up at the apart-
ment where Kembo and Camara lived
when Kembo was not at home and inter-
viewed Camara.In a long, rambling conversation with
Camara, Kembo appears manic, and
cautions Camara not to say anything to
police.“You cannot be caught off guard,”
he tells her, adding that she will “just
complicate things” if she answers any
questions.Over and over, Kembo tells her to
keep telling herself “like a mantra” that
she has done nothing wrong and does
not need to answer any questions.
“They have nothing on you or me,”
he said.The day after his arrest on July 28,
2005, Kembo was caught in apparent
lies twice by investigators.In the first of a series of taped inter-
views with police at the Richmond
RCMP detachment on July 29, 30 and
31 2005, Kembo told investigators that
he didn’t know Ma. Her body was found
stuffed in a hockey bag in a slough near
Rice Mill Road in south Richmond in
2004.Kembo later confessed to police
— and to Vancouver Sun columnist Ian
Mulgrew — that he not only knew her,
but had had a brief sexual liaison with
her.
Richmond shines in Earth Hour of darkness
Accused killer called for death to murderer
After scraping the bottom of the charts
last year, the City of Richmond bounced
back for the fourth annual Earth Hour,
coming well ahead of Surrey, Delta and
Victoria.Richmond ranked 16th out of 71 commu-
nities in B.C. The city cut back on its power
consumption by 2.4 per cent, an improve-
ment over last year’s 0.3 per cent reduction.
“The true success lay in the number
of residents who took part in this global
event,” said the city’s spokeswoman,
Cynthia Lockrey.The Richmond Olympic Oval reduced its
electrical demand by more than half by turn-
ing off the ice refrigeration plant that cools
the ice and the office and support room
lights.
The 2,100 residents of Burns Lake led
all B.C. communities, clocking in a seven-
per cent drop. Bowen Island followed
closely, saving 3.9 per cent.Between 8:30 and 9:30 p.m. British
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Richmond teams among Coastal Cup winnersRichmond Soccer celebrated
a pair of titles on home turfafter successfully hostinglast weekend’s Coastal CupChampionships.
The two day event broughttogether the best boys and girlssoccer teams from the LowerMainland and Vancouver Islandto determine 22 division titles— ranging from U13 to U18.
This year’s tournament provedhow competitive it is at all levelswith 11 of the 14 Coastal dis-tricts winning championships,while seven of the games weredecided by penalty kicks. Eightothers were determined by onegoal.
Most clubs now have techni-cal programs led by a staff andhighly qualified coaches. Theparity in all these games showsthere are strong players beingdeveloped across the breath oflocal soccer clubs.
Among the exciting finisheswas the Richmond City YoungGunners trimming the DunbarSpartans 3-2 in penalty kicks tocapture the U13A boys title. TheRichmond Rockets were victori-ous at the U15B level after slip-ping past Coquitlam Metro Ford2-1.
A Richmond sweep wasprevented by Surrey YouthWhalley as the visitors trimmed
Richmond United 1-0 in theU16A final played on Sunday atMinoru Stadium.
With a possible berth to theclub nationals on the line, therewas plenty at stake between thetwo B.C. Select League rivals.Surrey headed home a free kickmidway through the first halfand it proved to be the game’sonly goal despite several chancesfor United to at least equalize.
It would be one of sevendivision titles won by Surreydistrict teams at the tournament.The most successful club wasCoquitlam Metro Ford with fourteams — three girls and one boys— returning to the Tri-Cities area
with Coastal championships.This year’s event marked the
first time the “A” and “B” boysand girls finals were held onthe same weekend at the samevenue.
It was also a statement of howRichmond has the best soccerfacilities in the region to pull offsuch a feat.
“It was tremendous to seeso many people in the stand-ing cheering and support-ing teams who performed sowell in such exciting games,:said Don Dancey, BC SoccerCompetitions Chair.
“It was a first class week-end; hats off to the districts and
leagues who worked together inthe playdowns and RichmondSoccer for hosting the finals.”
The cup weekend came to anemotional climax with one of thelargest celebrations of youth soc-cer in recent memory with all 44teams taking part in the closingceremonies at a packed MinoruStadium.
“The atmosphere as 700 play-ers paraded their trophies andmedals in front of 1,000 parentsand family was truly inspiring,”noted Roger Barnes, RichmondSoccer Finals Chair. “We hopethe Coastal Cup was a greatmemory for all these talentedplayers.”
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Richmond City Baseballkicked off its 2010 sea-son with a game betweenthe Bantam Triple AAAChuckers RCB coaches.
The coaches proved theystill may have something toteach younger ball playerswith a 6-0 win.
Mayor Malcolm Brodiewas on hand Sunday for theseason’s opening celebra-tions, tossing the ceremonialfirst pitch.
A total of 598 players,aged four to 23, are regis-tered this year - down slight-ly from last year’s 618.
Pat Weatherill, presi-dent of Richmond CityBaseball Association, saidthe organization is workinghard to promote baseball inRichmond and to draw moreplayers.
The participation ratehere is relatively low, com-pared to places like Victoria,which has roughly 1,200players, Weatherill said.
“Yet their population issimilar in size to Richmond.”
The organization hopes toraise its profile by improv-ing baseball facilities inRichmond. Blundell Park,
for example, is now dedi-cated strictly to baseball. Itfeatures a batting cage andthe organization plans to addpractise pitching mounds.
The park was given toRCBA in exchange for los-ing diamonds at Hugh Boydwhen the fields there wereconverted to artificial turf.
“Our hope is to builda baseball complex here,”Weatherill said.
Also, as part of theattempts to raise the profileof baseball in Richmond,RCBA will host the BantamGirls National BaseballChampionship, Aug. 26-30at Brighouse Park.
“We’ve never hosted anational (championship)and this tournament hasnever been out of EasternCanada, to my knowledge,”Weatherill said. “We’vebeen told to expect 200 to250 people per game.”
The irony is thatRichmond doesn’t even haveits own Bantam girls team.The RCBA will be assem-bling players from through-out the Lower Mainlandto put one together for thechampionship.
For more information onbaseball in Richmond, visitwww.richmondcitybaseball.com.
Richmond City Baseball opensseason with eye on the future
BY NELSON [email protected]
NELSON BENNETT/RICHMOND NEWS
William Thiessen of the Richmond Dodgers windsup during one of the baseball drills that were part of theOpening Day activities on Sunday at Blundell Park.
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San Francisco49ers Strengthand Conditioningcoach MarkUyeyama willonce again beamong the specialguest coachesassisting with theupcoming DownSet Hut FootballCamp at MinoruPark. Registrationfor the May 22camp is nowunderway.
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B.C. Lions guard Bobby Singh andRichmond Minor Football are getting setto host the second annual Down Set HutFootball Camp at Minoru Park.
The May 22 camp is open to kids agesages seven to 15 and once again featuresand impressive list of coaches includingB.C. Lions players Geroy Simon, CaseyPrinters, Brent Johnson, Paul McCallum,Davis Sanchez, Barron Miles andRichmond’s own Angus Reid. San Francisco49ers strength and conditioning coach MarkUyeyama will also be participating.
Uyeyama, a Steveston grad, will lead theplayers ages seven to 15 through a warm-upand offer some training tips before the campparticipants get to work with CFL stars,along with coaches off all levels.
“I look forward to building on the out-standing success of last year’s camp and
once again providing kids a day of fun andfootball,” said Singh, a Richmond Highgrad. “The great thing about this camp isthat it benefits all kids, whether they haveprevious football experience or not, as theycan use it as an opportunity to add to theirfootball skills or be introduced to the sportaltogether.
“Once again this year, I am going to bejoined by some wonderful coaches and tal-ented players who not only help make thisa great football camp but a fun communityevent.”
The cost of the camp is $125 (beforeMay 15) and $135 for same day registra-tion. The cost includes a T-shirt, a DownSet Hut water bottle, lunch and several coolprizes. Registration can be done on thecamp website — www.downsethutfootball.com.
Minoru to host Down Set Hut Camp
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SCOTT, ROYMay 7, 1922 – April 15, 2010
Doctor of Optometry, practiced in Richmondfor 50 years. President Kiwanis Club,Chairman Richmond School Board, ChairmanRichmond Hospital Board, Member of WestVan Yacht Club.Predeceased by his wife Mary of 61 years.Survived by his sister Eileen, his three sons,Dave (Deb), Don (Lynn) and Brad (Karen),
grandchildren Jennifer (Mike), Stephanie (Johanne), Ben, Dana (Matt),Bradley (Melanie),Tyler,Megan (John) and Ryan and great grandchildren,Jake, Matthew, Mira and Isabella.Wonderful times spent at their cabin at Boundary Bay and aboard the“VIVA YO”, sailing the waters of BC.A man of many skills, he built 2 homes, several boats, and lots of furniturefor family and friends, but, first and foremost, he built an appreciativefamily. A generous and wonderful man, he will be greatly missed.
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8185 Moving &Storage8185
Cash N’ Carry Cartage: Gnarlyold dude w/trailer. Cheap n’ Easy,
Call Ryan 604-725-7102
8195 Painting/Wallpaper8195
AAA PRECISIONPAINTING
Interior/ExteriorExcellent Prices
Free Est/Written GuaranteeInsured/WCB
778-881-6096
AAA - PROFILECUSTOM PAINTING
★ Interior & Exterior★ Residential & Commercial★ Fully insured. Reas. rates★ Guaranteed quality work★ Free Estimates
778-227-4644
AAA - PROFILECUSTOM PAINTING
★ Interior & Exterior★ Residential & Commercial★ Fully insured. Reas. rates★ Guaranteed quality work★ Free Estimates
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20 yrs experienceInterior/ExteriorInterior/Exterior
Work Guaranteed,Work Guaranteed,Fully InsuredFully Insured
www.cyruspainting.caor 604-722-0660
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FAIRWAYPAINTING
Fully Insured20 years experienceFree EstimatesINTERIOR& EXTERIORSPECIALS
Call604-
729-1234
DENALI PAINTING − Int. & Ext.Reliable, Insured, WCB. Free EstSeniors Discount. 778 320-4438
8205 Paving/SealCoating8205
ALLEN Asphalt, concrete, brick,drains, foundations, walls, mem-branes 604-618-2304/ 820-2187
8220 Plumbing8220#1 IN RATES & SERVICE
Licenced local plumber. PlugDrains, Reno’s 1-877-861-2423
8220 Plumbing8220
8225 Power Washing8225Edgemont Building Mainten-ance. Power Washing, Window &Gutter Cleaning. 604-244-9446
8240 Renovations &Home Improvement8240
Additions, Renovations, NewConstruction, Concrete Form-ing & framing crew. 218-3064
★ BATHROOM SPECIALIST★
Tiles, tub, vanity, plumbing, paintframing. From start to finish. Over20 yrs exp. Peter 604-715-0030
Quality Home Reno’s We do itright. kitchen, baths, additions,bsmts, licensed & insured. 25 yrsexp. 604-690-6456
* Save Your Dollars *www.renorite.com 778-737-0800
8250 Roofing8250All Season
RoofingRe-Roofing & Repairs
Specialists20 year Labour Warranty available
604-591-3500ARMOR ROOFING
• Superior Quality• Competitive Pricing• All Types Of Roofing
• Siding, Doors & Windows• Gutters & Custom Metal• 25+ Years Of Experience
604-785-9880
8250 Roofing8250
Member BBB - Member RCABCFull Liability Coverage and WCB
Designated Project Managersand Third Party Inspections
www.crownresidentialroofing.com
•Residential Roofing•Siding and Window Installations
•Aluminum Awnings and Railings•Rain Gutter Replacements
•Drainage Installations and Repairs
Call 604-327-3086for a free estimate
Quote code 1969for a 5% discount
COAST TO COASTROOFING
15 Years ExperienceRE-ROOF & REPAIR
SPECIALIST~ No Job Too Small ~
Gary, 604-897-3614
• Repairs • Reroof• New Roof
10% lower than any other written estimate
604-726-6345SENIORS DISCOUNTWCB & Fully Insured
JJ Roofing
A Eastwest Roofing & SidingRe-roofing, Gutter, Free Est, BBBMember, 10% disc, Seniors Disc,604-812-9721, 604-783-6437
A North West Roofing Specialistin Re-Roofing & Repair, Free Est10% disc, BBB, WCB, LiabilityInsured. Jag 778-892-1530
Eastcan Roofing & Siding Ltd.10% Discount: Re-Roof, Repair,Gutter. WCB. BBB. 604-562-0957
8255 Rubbish Removal8255A.J.K. MOVING Ltd. Specialtruck for clean-ups. Any size jobLic#32839 604-875-9072
8255 Rubbish Removal8255
RUBBISH REMOVALRUBBISH & CAR REMOVAL
FREEESTIMATES
Fully InsuredMovers
604-214-0661
★Mike’s Haul-Away& Disposal ★
Prompt & CourteousHouse, Garden & Garage
Waste ServiceFor Free Quote or Appt.
call Mike at 604-241-7141
bradsjunkremoval.com604-220-JUNK (5865)
'Haul anything...but dead bodies!!'
DISPOSAL BINS10 - 40 yard bins. Lowest rates!disposalking.com 604-306-8599
8255 Rubbish Removal8255
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dunbardisposal.com removescomm. & res. junk at an upfront &reas rate Ian Gow 604-765-3867
8270 Screens8270*** WIZARD RETRACTABLEScreen Doors & Windows. Custommade, prof install. 604-299-8878
8300 Stucco8300Quality Home Improvement
★ Stucco ★ All Kinds. No Job TooBig or Small. 604-725-8925
8315 Tree Services8315Tree Removal - Stump GrindingBranch Chipping * Free Est. * WCBLocal resident, 34 yrs. 604-943-0043
8335 Window Cleaning8335Edgemont Building Mainten-ance. Window & Gutter Cleaning,Power Washing. 604-244-9446
The Richmond News April 28, 2010 A31
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TREE SERVICE
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RENOVATIONS & REPAIRS
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25 years Experience • Fully Licensed & InsuredFull Renovation & Design Services
604.690.6456
PLUMBING & HEATING
604.868.7062
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To place your ad in“Call the Experts” call our
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TREES & LANDSCAPING
Raintree• Landscaping • Trimming • Removals30 years of experience - Fully Insured
604-273-TREE (604)-273-8733)
HANDYMAN SERVICES
Renovating?Renovating?
Refer to the homeServices section
for all your homeimprovement,
decorating, anddesign needs.
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