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The agony and the ecstasy of Sundaysdramatic finale to theWorld Cup ofsoccer was no more apparent thanat the Buck & Ear pub in Stevestonon Sunday as Germany fought out athrilling final match with Argentina.The game as you will have guessedfrom the faces in the picture endedwith a 1-0 win for Germany. The pubwas packed to the rafters with soccerfans and local businesspeople to markthe end of the five-week long StevestonWorld Cup Village, in which 32 localbusinesses or organizations adoptedand celebrated aWorld Cup countryof their choice. Funds raised throughtheWorld Cup Village celebrationswent primarily to the Rick HansenFoundation. Hansen was also at thepub cheering the game and getting hisphoto taken with numerous fans.Photo by Gord Goble/Special to theNews!More photos on The Pulse on page 16and at richmond-news.com
OH THE GLORY AND THE HORROR
Nine billion dollar flood plan needed: ChamberFRASER RIVER
It can be hard enough for governments tobudget beyond the next election year. But trygetting them to consider making financialcommitments through the next century.Thats part of the task the Richmond
Chamber of Commerce has laid out afterreleasing its report Tuesday on the economicimportance of the Lower Fraser River.In it, the 73-page document that was
compiled with the help of 12 other chambersand boards from Richmond to Hope, calls fora plan of action to keep anticipated, climate
change-produced flood waters at bay into theyear 2100, which is estimated to cost around$9 billion.While that figure may
get politicians chokingon their nominationpapers, the dollaramount is not the cruxof the report gettinggovernments to movein the direction of floodmanagement on theFraser River is, saidMatt Pitcairn, the chambers manager ofcommunication and policy, who co-authoredthe report.
Were not asking for a specific dollaramount or specific action. Were calling onsenior levels of government to come together
with major stakeholdersand put a long-term,holistic managementplan in place, Pitcairnsaid.And the current
seems to be startingto flow on the issue asthe The Fraser BasinCouncil also announced
Tuesday its Flood Management Strategy tostrengthen flood management policies andpractices, as well as flood protection works
across the Lower Mainland.This flood management strategy reflects
a serious, unprecedented commitment bythe federal government, the Province of BC,25 Lower Mainland local governments, andother public and private sector organizationsto work together on flood protection measuresthat will safeguard the region as a whole,said Colin Hansen, chair of the Fraser BasinCouncil, in a press release.The strategy focuses on Fraser River freshet
flooding as a result of spring snowmelt and coastal flooding, resulting from stormsurge in the winter months.According to the chambers report, among
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Were calling (for) . . . along-term,holisticmanagement plan . . .-Matt Pitcairn
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Artist Vjeko Sager has a mind of his own and will use that to tweet, blog andlivestream for a week from a tower in Minoru Plaza, starting Saturday, as part of theYour Kontinent film festival. See story page 7. Photo Submitted
Arealignment of resources at RichmondHospital may have released $1.4 million for 30new residential care beds for seniors.But it could also result in a number of front-
line nursing staff at the hospital being cut as aconsequence.Just how many staff are involved and at what
level is unclear, as Vancouver Coastal Health(VCH) and the B.C. NursesUnion (BCNU)have 60 days to work through the impacts ofwhats being called a bed map redesign,which will free up acute care beds.VCH said in a press release that a small
number of positions at Richmond Hospital willbe impacted by the changes.However, the nurses union fears, given
Richmonds ageing demographic, that thosebeds released by the changes will fill up againvery quickly.And there are also concerns that the likes
of higher qualified RNs (registered nurses)and LPNs (licensed practical nurses) could bereplaced by lower paid care-aids.Right now, (VCH) is not sure about the net
loss of jobs but were being told that theyrenot hiring a whole bunch of care-aids, saidthe BCNUs regional chair for Richmond andVancouver, Lauren Vandergronden, an RN.There is still a lot of concern, however,
among the nursing community at Richmondthat some of them will be replaced (by care-aids).The employer is meeting with staff every
day to talk through whats happening.The impending changes to realign inpatient
beds at the hospital will better meet the needsof the community, said the VCH press release.The bed map redesign which involves
outlining the location and type of eachinpatient bed in a hospital and then shifting oramalgamating beds on individual units hasnot been done in more than a decade.However, over the last year alone, the
hospital saw an eight per cent increase inemergency department visits, which, in turn,has led to an increase in hospital admissions.The redesign has enabled VCH to reinvest
approximately $1.4 million into communityservices, providing Richmond residents withaccess to 30 residential care beds at the DeltaView Habilitation Centre.This, according to VCH, will help reduce
the number of alternate level of care (ALC)patients usually elderly patients who nolonger require acute care but who are waitingfor transfer into long-term care or into theirhomes with appropriate supports and easecongestion in the health care system.Vandergronden said the hospital may be
freeing up acute care beds with the changes,but it poses huge questions for the future atthe hospital.Its just a Band-Aid really andmoving these patients to Delta View is not theanswer, she said.The changes will better align services to
meet the care needs for patients in hospitaland clients in the community, said RichmondHospitals interim chief operating officerDermot Kelly.Our population is changing, and the way we
provide health care also needs to change to bestcare for our patients.Before deciding what changes to make, the
hospital assembled an interdisciplinary teamof staff and physicians to examine its currentservices and how they could be improved.VCH say Delta View will provide a more
suitable care setting for patients who no longerrequire the short-term, intensive level of careprovided in a hospital.While Delta View will help us meet our
immediate residential care needs and improvepatient flow at Richmond Hospital, werecontinuing to develop a long-term plan toexpand residential care capacity in Richmond,Kelly explained.The realignment will also create two new
units: a sub-acute activation unit, whichenhances recovery for older adult patients, anda short stay pediatric unit.VCH is reinvesting another $200,000 into
strategies designed to improve care and patientflow at the hospital including the introductionof seven-day-per-week frontline nursingleadership; a realignment of nursing, allied andsupport services to better match resources topatient needs; and the implementation of a newpatient flow and discharge planning model.
Aman accused of shooting four peopleat a Richmond banquet hall last year hasbeen found not criminally responsible forhis actions by reason of mental disorder.The ruling was made last week in
Richmond Provincial Court followinga trial. Sukhdeep Singh Sandhu wascharged with attempted murder,aggravated assault, recklessly discharginga firearm, unauthorized possession of afirearm and possession of a prohibited orrestricted firearm.On Jan. 16, 2013, Sandhu walked into
the Riverside Banquet Hall in the 14500-block River Road during a party for newmembers of the International Longshoreand Warehouse Union, pulled out a gunand shot a former high school friend.The target of the shooting was hit in
the head, abdomen and thigh. Three otherpeople were injured in the incident.According to reports, Sandhu testified
in court during his trial that voices told
him to shoot the man. Sandhu has beendiagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia.Following the judges decision the B.C.
Review Board will hold a hearing. Basedon the evidence presented at the hearing,the board will issue an order with oneof three possible dispositions: absolutedischarge, conditional discharge ordetention in a psychiatric hospitalIf Sandhu is released on a conditional
discharge or detained, the B.C. ReviewBoard must conduct periodic reviews.
Shooter found notcriminally responsibleJennifer SaltmanThe Province
Alan CampbellStaff [email protected]
Man who shot former friend at banquethall said voices told him to do it.
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the most serious threats islarge scale flooding thatcould come sooner than later,as scientists have predicted a
one in three chance of recordflooding along the LowerFraser River within the next50 years.Without major protective
improvements, the costin flood relief and in lossof revenue to all levelsof government would beimmense, greatly surpassingthe cost of major flood eventsin other parts of Canadain recent years, the studystates.Increasing the dire warning
is the impact of climatechange that could hastenthe 100-plus year floodcatastrophes to about four to10 year intervals.The study predicts that due
to shifting climate patterns,sea levels at the mouth of theFraser River will have risen1.2 metres by the year 2100.To counter that, an
estimated $9.5 billion needsto be spent, with $8.8 billionof that going to protectionof the tidal portions of theLower Fraser River.If you do the math, were
talking roughly a $100million investment a year forthe next century to meet theanticipated sea level rise. So,were talking about a majorcommitment, Pitcairn said.But were not asking for thatto happen tomorrow, but letsstart to put a long-term plan
in place today.The long-term future of the
Fraser River has been on thechambers agenda for sometime, said chamber chairGerard Edwards, addingone way to bring river-related issues forward is toraise its profile nationally,something the report doeswhen comparing it to the St.Lawrence Seaway.In 2011, 28.7 million
tonnes of Canadian cargowas carried on the Montreal-Lake Ontario section of theSeaway. In comparison, 26.9million tonnes of cargo ishandled in the Fraser Riverpart of Port Metro Vancouver,according to the report.As far as economic
impact, the St. Lawrence wasresponsible for 63,041 jobs,with 52,900 from the Fraser.The decision was to
create national awareness,not just about the problems ofthe Fraser, but the impact theriver has on us economically,and not just for Richmond,but all the communities alongit, for B.C. and the rest ofCanada, Edwards said.But its not just flooding
in general that is a threat toagriculture in the region,which according to the reportaccounts for more than 62per cent of B.C.s farm sales an estimated $1.6 billion
annually.Considering the Fraser
Valley Regional District(FVRD) and MetroVancouvers farms generatemore than 62 per cent ofthe provinces gross farmreceipts (about $1.6 billionannually), the impact ofsevere flooding would besignificant, the report states.While long-term flood
planning is commendable,local environmentalist andformer city council candidateMichael Wolfe said theaction being consideredhas less to do with theenvironmental protection ofcommunities along the riverand more about furthering theindustrialization of the LowerFraser River.Its great to have long-
term thinking behindeconomic strategies, wherefor the most part it has beenabout short-term gain andbenefits, Wolfe said.But he added that all
the warnings about futurefloods and dealing withthem is a way of enablingindustrialization, while thechamber of commerce hashelped facilitate the processby, giving it an economicpurpose to be involved inrestructuring the use of theLower Fraser River throughRichmond and Delta.
Wolfe:Report really about industrialization from page 1
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Vjeko Sagers dreamas a child was to live in alighthouse.The artist, philosopher,
curator and teacher at TheEmily Carr University ofArt and Design was finallygiven the opportunity tolive that dream althoughnot exactly in a lighthouse when asked to be thisyears featured artist at YourKontinent Film and MediaArts Festival.After months of
planning with membersof Cinevolution and YourKontinent, Sager will beholed up in a tower in themiddle of Minoru Plaza, inwhich he will isolate himselffor seven days. During thisperiod of self-reflection, hewill create art in the formof drawing and writing, andshare those results throughTwitter, blogging, and livestream video.Maybe it was an
unfulfilled dream, jokedSager as he reflected onthe lighthouse inspirationbehind his idea.The task of the featured
artist is to commissionan original piece thatintertwines this yearsfestival theme of Art,Technology, and Humanswith the artists own artisticaccomplishments.As an artist, I am always
interested in these subjects,specifically in the subject ofhow technology influencesour activity today. I decidedto use this technology asa bridge fromme beingisolated in a tower tocommunicate with the restof the world, said Sager.The tower, which Sager
named the diviNationTower is a combination ofthe two words divine andnation. Sager will adopt adifferent persona for eachday hes in the tower, andthat persona will guidethe work to be produced.His personas embody thevarious stages of, what hebelieves is, his own personalevolution.From shaving his facial
hair in different ways, tocontrolling what he eats,each persona will require achange in appearance, dietand behaviour.Its going to create
a feeling of a multiplepersonality disorder, andpeople will not be sure whoI am, said Sager.Although staying
overnight in the tower isa possibility, Sager doesntintend for his project to be aperformance of endurance.Instead, he hopes the
public can view his projectas an example of how to usetechnology to transcend themoment, rather than just beusers of it.I was collecting and
editing myself, and my pastyears of writing, research,sketching, thinking,teaching are now fitting intosome kind of flashback that,in seven days, I will see andpresent.This isnt the first
time Sager has put ona particularly uniqueexhibition. Known bestfor designing exhibitionsaround what he callsutopian impossibilities,this North Shore resident,
who immigrated to Canadain 1994 fromMontenegro,makes a personal pilgrimageevery 10 years back tohis home country insoutheastern Europe toexplore himself and his art.In his trip back in 2003,Sager tied himself to a ropeand jumped into the ocean
in an attempt to physicallymove a man made island.Despite growing up
in a small, but artistic,Mediterranean town, Sageravoided becoming an artistuntil he failed an examin film and media studiesat university. It was thenhe applied to the schools
applied art program andwas one of six applicants inhis year to be accepted.It must be destiny it
found me instead of mefinding it, Sager said. Myuniverse has been changedsince, and I have never livedanywhere but in this worldof art.
Maranda WilsonSpecial to the News
An artists rendering shows the diviNation tower at MinoruPlaza where Vjeko Sager, featured artist at Your KontinentFilm and Media Arts Festival, will be situated.Photo submitted
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Aman arrested in B.C. is being soughtfor extradition to the U.S. over allegationshe was part of a conspiracy to hack into thecomputers of American defence contractorsfor secrets relating to military aircraft andweapons systems.On June 27, the U.S. requested the
provisional arrest of Su Bin for prosecutionin relation to his alleged participation in theconspiracy to unlawfully access computersin the United States.The conspirators are alleged to have
accessed the computer networks of Boeingand other U.S. defence contractors withoutauthorization, and stolen data related tomilitary aircraft and weapons systems,according to a statement emailed to TheProvince from the U.S. federal justicedepartment.Bin, also known as Stephen Su, and also
known by a third name, Stephen Subin, wasarrested in Richmond the following day,June 28.He was held in custody and made a
brief appearance in B.C. Supreme Court inVancouver June 30.During another appearance on
Wednesday, a bail hearing for Bin was setfor July 18.Lyse Cantin, a spokeswoman for the
U.S. justice department, declined last weekto comment on the case, saying the U.S.complaint about Bin, which apparentlyoriginated from California, had been sealed.
Thursday, she released a short statementconfirming details of the computer hackingallegations, but declined to answer furtherquestions.Cantin could not confirm if Bin is a
Chinese citizen.A spokesperson for U.S. defence
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the worlds largest defence contractors,having annual revenues of $45 billion USand employing more than 100,000 people.Boeing, one of the worlds largest aircraft
companies, is also one of the biggestdefence contractors that brings in annualrevenues of $30 billion US and employs68,000 people. The company could not bereached.In May, the U.S. caused a furor when it
charged five Chinese officers with cyber-spying arising from allegations they stoletrade secrets from major U.S. companies.A 56-page indictment accused the men
of stealing technologies ranging from solarpanels to nuclear power stations, between2006 and 2014.Chinese officials responded by claiming
that by arresting the Chinese officers,the U.S. was harming military ties anddemanding the indictment be withdrawn.The U.S. has complained that Chinas
military uses computer hacking to stealsecrets for its state-controlled industries.
Keith FraserThe Province
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OPINIONSend your story ideas or photo submissions to Richmond News editor Eve Edmonds at [email protected]
Its time to talk about the birdsand the bees. Unfortunately, thefacts of life arent all sunny thesedays.Bee colonies across North
America are dying off inshocking numbers. Commercialbeekeepers report one quarter toone-third of their bees die everyyear.Thats alarming. Bees are
responsible for pollinating morethan 90 per cent of the worldsflowering crops.Without bees, there is no
food. A number of studies haverecently linked the bee deathsto a neonicotinoid class ofinsecticides. The insecticides are
widely used on some of NorthAmericas biggest commercialcrops, including corn, canola andsoybeans.They are also used on many
plants sold in commercialnurseries.When bees come into contact
with the pesticide through thepollen or nectar of the plants,they suffer damaging effects.The chemical has also been
linked to declines in birdpopulations by killing off birdsfood supplies. The chemicalshave already been banned inEurope.This week Ontario became the
first province to move towards
greater restriction of their use.Environmental groups in
Canada have called on HealthCanada to ban the pesticideshere, too. Many farmers haveopposed that.But as one expert pointed
out, if the pesticides kill all thepollinators, there wont be anycrops left to protect.One day, well likely look
back on this class of pesticidesthe same way DDT is consideredtoday.Meanwhile, the birds and the
bees and the rest of the planetdeserve better.Its time for the government
to act.
Rare weather can heat things upThe weather can getyou killed.We dont worrytoo much about tornadoesin this neck of the woods.About all we get around hereis the odd dust devil whichadmittedly, sometimes canthrow up enough dust to irritate the eyes.Ive also seen a couple of twisters strong
enough to cause ripe apples to drop from theirtrees.And once, I saw an ominous finger pointing
out of a cloud the beginnings of whatwould have been a real, honest-to-goodnesstornado but it just kind of pointed hereand there, withdrew back into the cloud,re-emerged tentatively, and then apparentlydecided not to bother.We do get hurricanes very occasionally.In fact, the only real hurricane on record is
Typhoon Freda, which smashed through thearea in 1962 with major hurricane force.Thats not to say we dont get a bit of nasty
wind from time to time Hurricane Rokes lastgasps (no longer officiallya hurricane by the time itgot to us) blew through in2011, and the enigmaticallynamed 2006 Central PacificCyclone is believed to have
hit our coast at hurricane force, but is notrecorded in any hurricane database not as ahurricane, at least.So much for windstorms.But rain ah, yes! Rain. We got rain.
By the bucket. By the barrel. Cats anddogs would be a welcome relief. Floodedbasements. Swamped carports. Inundatedfields.Overflowing ditches sometimes make a
piece of road here or there impassable.And washouts. Thats the real issue with
rain around here.We tend not to get the Manitoba-style
floods. The Mighty Fraser, except for a raretantrum, like 1894 and 1948 (and a couple of
petulant near-misses since), is an easygoingmistress compared to the Red and her prairiesisters.But local streams bolstered by water from
the sky can wash out roads.Bridges and culverts can get swept away
by one of those pineapple expresses theAmericans send over from Hawaii to remindus that they dont appreciate that we live in asafer, far more beautiful place than they do.If youre not careful, you can drive into one
of those washouts.Or if youre really unlucky, the road could
wash out from under you. Its happened, butthe reality is, rain or wind, you have a betterchance of winning a major lottery than youhave of being dispatched by either of thoseweather menaces.But heat. Theres a nasty one made
nastier by the fact that we welcome its rareappearance in our relatively warmish-winter/coolish-summer west coast marine climate.Were not used to heat around here. Blue
skies is a euphemism for easy living, for our
happy, comfortable coexistence with the localclimate like the 1926 Irving Berlin song:Blue skies, smiling at meWe dont actually expect to see blue skies
around here not all the way from horizonto horizon. Were used to clouds, albeit lots ofthem have silver linings.For the most part, its not the heat itself that
poses a danger hereabouts (although, beware,heat exhaustion is a real risk, and we mayhave a few deaths of people already on themargins of health before this week is out).No, the real danger is in the words that
accompany the heat.Angry words seem to fly more easily
through hot air. Road rage spikes during heatwaves, as do domestic murders.I once made the mistake of asking a young
gas station attendant on a 40-degree Interiorday, So is it hot enough for ya?His answer appeared clearly in his eyes
and I hot-footed it outta there!Bob Groeneveld is the editor of the Langley
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LETTERS
Students underfundeda factOpen letter to Linda Reid, MLA,This past school year I taught a child, who because
of deficits in his/her ability to process receptive andexpressive language, scored in the first percentile forhis/her age range. Changes made to the ministryscriteria for designation ofhis/her disability means thathe/she does not qualify for anyadditional support. This is achild who is unable to speakor to process what he/she hasheard. At the beginning of mycareer, this child would havebeen fully supported. Now,he/she is lucky to receivehelp from a speech languagepathologist once every two weeks. This is notconjecture; this is a fact.A colleague who works in an inner city classroom
in Vancouver had nine children in her class of22 who are ministry-designated students with arange of learning difficulties, physical, and mentalchallenges. Nine. There are thousands thousands of stories like these; these classrooms exist. Thesechildren exist. This is not conjecture; this is a fact.Rather than facing these facts head-on, they
are ignored, and swept aside by rhetoric thateducation funding has increased the problem is,it hasnt kept up. The fact is, government routinelydownloads costs onto school districts (MSP rate
increases, carbon tax, increases to wages mostnotably CUPEs wage increase in the fall of 2013,BCTFs in 2006 hydro increases, gas increases,inflationary items such as school supplies), and nowcosts associated with seismic upgrading. This past
spring an unprecedentednumber of districts madecuts to programs, supports,supplies, personnel, andinfrastructures in order tobalance their budgets. This isnot conjecture; this is a fact.Learning Improvement Fundsare a small step, but since theircreation, have been open tomisuse both by government,
which recently used the LIF to fund CUPEs June2014 collective agreement, and by school districtmanagement teams that award funds to schools whodid not apply for funds and deny them to schools whodid. This is not conjecture; this is a fact.Ive been teaching for 20 years. I experience on
a daily basis, first hand, the results of what the pastdecade of cuts to education has done. The bestpossible deal for teachers includes better supportsfor students. I do not know how this can be madeany clearer and is something government cannotcontinue to choose to ignore.
Sharon HalesRichmond
The Editor,On Thursday July 10,
my wife and I had a doubleappointment with anophthalmic physician andsurgeon at Central Square inRichmondWe were advised it would
take one and a half hours.Nowhere could we see a
parking meter or notice ofparking times.When we returned to our
car a parking ticket wasattached to our windscreen.We then found out that the
limit was half an hour.That information was
printed on the ground, wewere told.Shouldnt the doctors
office have told us?I contested the ticket and
had it reduced from $60, ifpaid within seven days, to$20, if I paid right away.I paid the $20.I would suggest that
everyone parking anywhere inRichmond be extra careful.Certain companies seem to
enjoy an unfair advantage.
Vincent MurrayRichmond
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The Buck & Ear in Steveston village was the placeto be for local football fans celebrating the WorldCup Final match as Germany edged Argentina1-0 Sunday in Rio de Jeneiro, Brazil. The localevent capped a month-long host of festivitiesin the StevestonWorld Cup Village as a groupof merchants each adopted one of 32 nationscompeting in the quadrennial tournament andheld national days to celebrate and support theirside with barbecues, music and plenty of colourfuldecorations. On Sunday, a packed Buck & Earscreened the final which ended with a breakingof a chocolate replica of the World Cup trophy.Doing the honours was Richmonds own RickHansen, whose Rick Hansen Foundation was themain recipient charity from funds raised duringthe national days in the village. Organizers expectto provide a donation of close to $4,000 that willgo towards spinal cord research.Photos by Gord Gobel and Clinton Johnson/Specialto the News
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ost people would agreethat our anger is a negative,rather than a positive,state. Its a feeling that istypically associated withhaving hostile thoughts,bodily arousal and negativebehaviors. Anger usually
develops in response to the actions taken by peoplewhom we perceive to be disrespectful, threatening orneglectful to us or others. When our anger gets outof control it can become extremely destructive andunhealthy. Our uncontrollable anger can often leadto serious problems at work, personal relationships,and in our family. Our anger may also undermine ouroverall quality of life and our health. Angry thoughtsmay be accompanied by muscle tension, headachesor an increased heart rate.
On the other hand, anger also has survival benets,and forms part of our ght or ight brain responseto a perceived threat or harm. It inspires powerfulfeelings and behaviors, which allow us to ght andto defend ourselves when we are attacked. A certainamount of anger, therefore, is necessary to oursurvival. However, we cant physically lash out atevery person that irritates or annoys us. We know
that laws, social expectations and norms, as wellas good common sense place limits on our angerresponses.
Why do we get angry? Anger results from acombination of the trigger event (ie. being cut off intraffic), the qualities of the individual (the individualscharacteristics and personality traits), and thepersons evaluation of the situation. Anger can becaused by both external and internal factors in ourlife. We could be angry at a specic person (suchas ones partner or colleague) or event (missingthe bus). Alternatively, our anger could be causedby worrying about our personal problems such asnances or relationships. Memories of traumaticevents can also trigger angry feelings.
Why should I attend an anger management group?The destructive display of anger produced throughone family member in the home becomes a teachingplatform for children. Our children are affected bythe anger witnessed in the family and act it outin their own unique way, whether they cringe insilence with resentment or act out their anger onothers. Children from angry families most often pickup anxiety, frustration and agitation as a responseto circumstances which cant be appropriatelytolerated. Ultimately, the child learns to lash out in
anger because one of their parents acted that way.An anger management group teaches men the toolsnecessary to cope with frustration, stress, anger, andconict in an assertive manner. Groups also providemen with an opportunity to learn from the successesand shortcomings of other group members andto foster an environment of acceptance andresponsibility.
Touchstone Family Association is offering a psycho-educational group for men who have anger issues,particularly those who have been abusive, physicallyor verbally, to their partners and/or children. Men,Anger, and the Family is a nine-week group beingoffered three times per year. The group is ideal formen in current intimate relationships or men whoare caregivers to minors. Referrals are acceptedprimarily from the Ministry of Children and FamilyDevelopment in Richmond however self-referrals, byphone, are also welcomed. An intake interview withall prospective clients takes place prior to the rstsession. If you or someone you know is interested inattending this free group, please contact TouchstoneFamily Association at 604-279-5599.
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by Nir Yahav, M.A., Registered Clinical Counsellor,Touchstone Family Association
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Green actions win awardSimple actions can curb climate change.The Grade 4/5 class from Jessie Wowk
elementary clearly demonstrated that bytaking first place in Richmonds 2014Climate Change Showdown which teachesstudents about climate change and the manythings people can do to address the problem.
These young leaders are an inspirationto our community, said Mayor MalcolmBrodie. By demonstrating how simpleactions easily reduce greenhouse gasemissions, they encourage others to followin their sustainable footsteps.
On average, each student from theclass reduced their greenhouse gas (GHG)emissions by 1.85 tonnes, which equalled a
class total of 50 tonnes. The winning classwas recognized at the June 23 city councilmeeting, where Brodie presented the groupwith a certificate of sustainability.
The 2014 Climate Change Showdownprogram involved 19 classrooms andmore than 500 elementary school studentsthroughout Richmond. Through simpleactions such as walking and biking toschool, adjusting car tire pressure, turningoff unused appliances, participating studentsand their families prevented 397 tonnesof GHGs from going into the atmosphere the equivalent of 10,000 tree seedlingscapturing carbon dioxide emissions over 10years.
Mayor Malcolm Brodie congratulates students from JessieWowk who proved smallchanges in their daily lives can add up to big reductions in green house gas emissions. Thestudents won the citys 2014 Climate Change Showdown. Photo submitted
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ARTSSculptors friendship forged in bronze
Her footprints are said to beall over Taiwan and mainlandChina, thanks to her extensivetravels in the last 22 years.Venus Tan, a 76-year-old
author and Richmond resident,has returned to China a totalof 12 times in an attempt touncover the roots of Chinesecivilization and satisfy herpassion for what she callslifelong education.In her latest book, Xian Wo
DuXing, she chronicles hermost recent trip back to Chinain 2012 where she journeyedto understand her own culturalheritage in Shanxi.The book, written in Chinese,
records many of the thoughts,feelings and conversations sheexperienced during her periodof self-discovery.The work also includes Tans
poetry and photographs ofChinese relics.Thanks to the help of a
friend, Sophia Zhang, Tan wasdue to speak at the RichmondPublic Librarys Authors in OurMidst program, July 14 at 2p.m. to launch her new book.Venus passion about Asian
culture, cultural roots, andChinese history moved me toapproach Richmond PublicLibrary about having her be apart of Authors in our Midstsaid Zhang, who has knownTan since 2010 and has workedwith her to hold poetry recitals
as well as meet poets fromaround the world.Although this is her first
book published in mainlandChina, Tan is a seasoned authorwho has published more than12 literary and educationalbooks, such as Education ForThe Whole Brain By Unity ofthe Left and Right Brains.She was also the recipient
of the Golden Tripod Award,Taiwans most prestigiouspublishing award. Tan, whowas born in 1938 in Guiyang,Guizhou Province, spent herchildhood in Chongqing andTaiwan.She began teaching at
age 18 and immigrated toVancouver in 1992, at age 59,where she remains an active
Chinese teacher and memberof numerous Chinese literacysocieties.Its interesting how a
woman of her age and in thisstage of her life wants to sharethis book and her experienceswith people said ShelleyCivkin, communicationsofficer at the Richmond PublicLibrary.The Authors in Our Midst
program is about celebratinglocal authors and their works,and giving people in ourcommunity an opportunity tomeet authors, Civkin added.Although Tan will be
presenting in Mandarin,Authors in Our Midst offersother programs in English aswell as Cantonese.
Their friendship has endured for as longas their professional lives as sculptors,which after close to 50 years shows no signsof ending anytime soon.So, for Richmonds Alex Schick, 69, and
Cliff Vincenzi, 66, the opportunity to oncemore be featured in the same art show addsjust another page in their storied past.Their work will be on display July 31 to
Aug. 4 in the Sculptors Society of BCsSummer Exhibition at Van Dusen Gardensin Vancouver.While they both graduated two years apart
from Richmond secondary, they only got toknow each other well when they attendedVancouver School of Art in 1968 and begansetting up studio space.Then we really got to know each other
when we lived in Gastown, illegally in ourstudio, Vincenzi said laughing.Twenty-five bucks a month, Schick says
with a smile. It was $5 for electricity. Onelight bulb.And youd share a bathroom with 10 to
15 people, Vincenzi quipped.Vincenzi had earned a scholarship from
Richmond secondary which encouraged hisparents to accept their sons career path.My dad wanted me to be a fireman
because he was one. But the fact I gota scholarship to go to art school, hethought maybe something will come outif it, Vincenzi said, who had thoughts ofbecoming a commercial artist when heenrolled at the Vancouver School of Art.But that quickly changed when I saw the
senior (art school) sculptors working on the
human form, he said. From then, I knewthat was all I wanted to do.Students had to wait until second year to
enrol in sculpture classes, but the instructorspied the young Vincenzi in the classroom,watching the older students at work andencouraged him give it a try.He inspired me, because the first year
you usually take drawing, painting, print-making, that kind of stuff to give you a feelfor where you want to go. And I just knewsculpture is what I wanted.Then I stayed there seven years, and its
a four-year course, Vincenzi said, adding inthe latter years he was using the art school asa studio since it had a foundry where bronzecould be poured.For Schick, the road to art school was a
little less direct.My brother and I were drawing ever
since we were little kids. Anything that wasan open space on a newspaper or anything,Id draw on it, said Schick, whose creationsare featured in many major corporatecollections, as well as the Embassy of theBahamas and the Canadian Embassy inWashington, DC. But as far as me beingan artist as a career, my parents and prettynobody thought it would happen. I was
constantly being told, Youll never makeit.Then, the two met and became
contemporaries and friends.When I walked through the modelling
area where Cliff was working, I saw hissculpture and thought, holy smokes, theressomeone here whos got talent, Schick said.At the school the pair mastered the
intricate art of bronze casting.Its so technical that you either hate it
or you love it, Vincenzi said. Its a real
challenge. So many things can go wrong.But its that entire process from
conception to finished product that keep thepairs creative desire stoked.Its the whole journey, Schick said.
From the first step off the bike to the walkup the mountain, and the pilgrimage to thetop.The Sculptors Society of British
Columbias Summer Exhibition runs July 31toAug. 4 at Van Dusen Gardens (5152 OakStreet).
Mybrother and I weredrawing ever since wewere little kids.Anythingthat was an open space ona newspaper or anything,Id draw on it.- Alex Schick
Authors travels explore Chinese rootsMaranda WilsonSpecial to the News
Richmond author Venus Tan, 76, publishesnew book after yet another visit to China.
Philip RaphaelStaff [email protected]
Richmond sculptors Alex Schick and Cliff Vincenzi have known and worked with eachother for close to 50 years and will both be showing their works at Van Dusen Gardens atthe end of July. Photo by Philip Raphael/Richmond News
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National camp datefor hockey starsA pair of former Greater Vancouver Canadians standouts
are headed to Canadas National Junior Hockey TeamSummer Development Camp.Goaltender Tristan Jarry and forward Nic Petan are
among 41 players invited to the six day camp slated forAug. 3-8 in Montreal and Sherbrooke.Both were key members of the Canadians during the
2010-11 B.C. Major Midget Hockey League seasonand went on to enjoy outstanding careers in the WesternHockey League.Petan led the Canadians in scoring that year with 49
points in 35 games, while Jarry was among the leaguestop goaltenders. Greater Vancouver reached the semi-
Strong Richmond hoops for B.C.GamesRichmond will be very
well-represented when 3x3basketball makes its debut atthe B.C. Summer Games inNanaimo.The Games get underway
on Thursday and concludeSunday with over 3,200participants competing in19 sports. Three-on-threebasketball has been included,along with the regular5x5 version thanks to itstremendous growth thathas seen traditional pick-upgames turned into organizedcompetition. FIBA, theInternational governingbody for basketball, hopesto add 3x3 basketball to theOlympics as early as 2020.In Nanaimo, the 3x3
game will be played at theU13 level with the oldestplayers having just finishedgrade 7. Richmond playersscooped up all but two spotson the Zone 4 (Richmond-Delta-Burnaby-NewWest)team. The group is ledby three highly respectedcoaches who have madea significant impact onbasketball in the city overthe last two decades.Both the girls and boys
teams are coached by ChrisKennedy and assistedby Sean Berda and TrishNicholson. The trio firstfirst worked together atMcRoberts secondary closeto 20 years ago, and havebeen preparing their teamsfor the Games.It has been great working
with Sean and Trish saysKennedy, In just a fewweeks both the boys and
girls teams have really gelledand we should have a lot offun at the Games.The girls Zone 4 team has
more experience, with sevengirls entering Grade 8 inSeptember.They include Richmonds
Bella Roberts, JaynaWilson,Kara Moscovitz, OliviaTweedlie, EmmaWallaceand Morgan Flynn. They arejoined by underage playersElizabeth Kennedy and KateCarkner.On the boys side all
but one of the players areunderaged including U12sIan Kern, Apaar Sahota,Sargun Singh, Jordan Siand Nicholas Berda. Theyare joined by U11 NicholasKennedy and U10 guardMarcos Esteban.The challenge for the
boys will be size saysKennedy. We are quick,but 3x3 is a half-courtgame and with so manyyoung players are mostlyguards, we will need to hita lot of outside shots to becompetitive.
Outside of playing ina high school provincialtournament, the B.C.Summer Games is thebiggest event in theprovince, so it is a wonderfulexperience for these youngplayers to have all beforeany of them have evenentered Grade 8.It would be great to do
well, but a huge part of nextweek is the experience.They dont fully realizewhat a big deal the SummerGames will be.
The Richmond basketballcontingent lined up aheadof their participation in thisweekends B.C. SummerGames in Nanaimo,Vancouver Island.
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McMath student bagssilver at rowing B.C.sSarah Perry now heads to Summer Games this week
Sarah Perry, a Grade 10 McMathsecondary student, placed second inthe Junior Womens A division at theBC Championships held at