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News 3 Editorial 8 Letters 9 Wealth Smarts 16 Sports 17 Classified 20 Index Whale of a sale A Steveston gift shop has residents riled over a hand-written sign that labels XXL and XL sized clothing as the “Whale” section. 3 W E D N E S D A Y , J U L Y 2 4 , 2 0 1 3 Y OUR SOURCE FOR LOCAL SPORTS , NEWS , WEATHER AND ENTERTAINMENT ! WWW . RICHMOND - NEWS . COM Badminton brawl erupts at oval during Canada open Shuttlecocks were traded for straight jabs Sunday afternoon at Richmond’s Olympic oval as the doubles finals of a world-class badminton tournament turned into a fist fight between two former partners who had represented Thailand together in London last summer. Fans at the Canada Open 2013 shouted in disbelief when Bodin Issara dropped his racket mid-match and chased Maneepong Jongjit into the neighbouring court, throwing haymakers onto his former playing partner until coaches and tournament staff pulled the two apart. A stunned Jongjit rose from the floor shirtless while a fuming Issara was cornered by others. A video of the spat was being shared rapidly on Facebook andYouTube by Sunday evening. Both the players teams were immediately disqualified and Issara required two stitches to his ear, according to tournament medical staff. Badminton Canada has yet to decide if the two who fought will be further penal- ized. At the start of the match, the two were warned by the ref for a verbal exchange. As recently as this January, Issara and Jongjit were ranked one of the best duos in the sport before the former announced his surprise retirement to look after his ailing mother and because of an injury and person- al reasons, according to the Bangkok Post. For the full story, video, visit www.rich- mond-news.com. BY WILLIAM LUK,MIKE HAGER The Vancouver Sun Punches fly and shirts ripped off as two Thai players get into a fist fight during tournament finals Follow us on JOHN CORREA SPECIAL TO THE NEWS Gagan Josan celebrates during India’s victory at the Nations Cup soccer tour- nament last weekend. The team beat Italy 2-1 and took home the cup for the second time in four years. Josan was also named men’s open division MVP. See page 17 for the full story and visit www.rich- mond-news.com for a photo gallery and video. PHOTO BY WILLIAM LUK Bodin Issara attacked oppo- nent, and for- mer partner, Maneepong Jongjit at the Canada Open on Sunday. The two had represented Thailand togeth- er in London last summer. Scan page for video, photos 604-273-1071 ONLY VALID AT 5651 No. 3 Rd, Richmond www.carfixbc.ca ROYAL FLUSH $ 18 88 $ 109 * * * Ask us NEW Richmond Store Now OPEN! 604-310-2929 #198-8120 No. 2 Rd $ 7 00 OFF 1 per customer. Valid at #198-8120 No. 2 Rd. location only. 604-310-2929 Open for Lunch. Free Delivery. Offer expires Aug. 31, 2013 BUY TWO LARGE PIZZAS AND RECEIVE

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Page 1: Richmond News July 24 2013

News 3

Editorial 8

Letters 9

Wealth Smarts 16

Sports 17

Classified 20

Index Whale of a saleA Steveston gift shophas residents riled overa hand-written sign thatlabels XXL and XL sizedclothing as the“Whale” section. 3

W E D N E S D A Y , J U L Y 2 4 , 2 0 1 3

Y O U R S O U R C E F O R L O C A L S P O R T S , N E W S , W E A T H E R A N D E N T E R T A I N M E N T ! W W W . R I C H M O N D - N E W S . C O M

Badminton brawl erupts at oval during Canada open

Shuttlecocks were traded for straight jabsSunday afternoon at Richmond’s Olympicoval as the doubles finals of a world-classbadminton tournament turned into a fistfight between two former partners who hadrepresented Thailand together in London lastsummer.

Fans at the Canada Open 2013 shoutedin disbelief when Bodin Issara dropped hisracket mid-match and chased ManeepongJongjit into the neighbouring court, throwinghaymakers onto his former playing partneruntil coaches and tournament staff pulled thetwo apart.

A stunned Jongjit rose from the floorshirtless while a fuming Issara was corneredby others. A video of the spat was beingshared rapidly on Facebook and YouTube bySunday evening.

Both the players teams were immediatelydisqualified and Issara required two stitchesto his ear, according to tournament medicalstaff. Badminton Canada has yet to decideif the two who fought will be further penal-ized.

At the start of the match, the two werewarned by the ref for a verbal exchange.

As recently as this January, Issara andJongjit were ranked one of the best duos inthe sport before the former announced hissurprise retirement to look after his ailing

mother and because of an injury and person-al reasons, according to the Bangkok Post.

For the full story, video, visit www.rich-mond-news.com.

BY WILLIAM LUK, MIKE HAGERThe Vancouver Sun

Punches fly and shirts ripped off as two Thai players get into a fist fight during tournament finals

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JOHN CORREA

SPECIAL TO THE NEWS

Gagan Josan celebratesduring India’s victory at theNations Cup soccer tour-nament last weekend. Theteam beat Italy 2-1 and tookhome the cup for the secondtime in four years. Josanwas also named men’s opendivision MVP.See page 17 for the fullstory and visit www.rich-mond-news.com for aphoto gallery and video.

PHOTO BY

WILLIAM LUK

Bodin Issaraattacked oppo-nent, and for-mer partner,ManeepongJongjit at theCanada Open onSunday. The twohad representedThailand togeth-er in Londonlast summer.

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Whale-sized controversy over store signSteveston shop advertising plus-sizes is insensitive, says gastric bypass patient

A Steveston gift shop is rippling the waterswith its in-store signage for plus-sized clothing.

Local resident Sharon Arnold says a sectionof Lulu Island Designs features a hand-writtensign, denoting XXL and XL sized clothing as the“Whale” section is not appropriate and should beremoved.

“I felt that it doesn’t belong here, becauseit’s sending the wrong message. It’s ostracizinglarge women,” said Arnold, adding there is alsoa “shrimp” sign for smaller sized clothing in thestore.

Arnold, 58, who has lived in Steveston for thepast two years, explains the signage hit a per-

sonal note withher since shehas been a plussize for manyyears. And twoyears ago, sheunderwent gas-tric bypass sur-gery that limitshow much shecan ingest todeal with herweight.

Arnold, who was at one time about 455pounds, says she has managed to lose about 100pounds since the surgery, and is committed tolosing more.

It’s that ongoing challenge to slim down, forher and others in a similar situation, she feelsis being undermined by signage poking fun atoverweight people, referring to them as “whale-sized.”

“I found it offensive, and I’m not the onlyone,” Arnold says, adding she has learned othershave decided to boycott the store.

“If a person is trying hard (to lose weight)and are brought down, they have low self-esteemto begin with, and that’s not right.”

While a boycott might be what it takes for thesignage to be removed, Arnold says that wouldbe detrimental to the rest of the businesses in thehistoric fishing village.

“We don’t want to send that kind of messageout. Steveston is a great place to be. And that’sone store that is sending that rotten message, andpeople are getting upset.”

The Richmond News called and visited LuluIsland Designs on Monday, but was unable tomake contact with the store’s owner to commenton the situation. The controversy spilled over tosocial media last weekend after Arnold posted a

photo she took of the store’s sign.On the “You grew up in Richmond, BC if

you remember...” Facebook group, it sparked astream of comments that were divided on thematter.

“Pretty insensitive, eh? I guess they are tryingto be funny and marine-themed,” wrote JoanneNicholson.

“How about an anorexic section?” suggestedBrian Peterman. “Why do people feel so com-fortable pickin’ on people with weight issues?”

“Trying to be marine-themed and amusing isno excuse,” added Sandi Bezanson-Chan. “Whatif Sears or The Bay called their plus-sized areasomething like ‘Elephant Department’ or ‘HippoSection?’”

Anita Upadhyaya wrote, “I am overweightand I find that we, as a group, are among themost discriminated against (in) society. We don’t

need to encourage this kind of behaviour.”“People need to lighten up,” countered Pete

Jansen. “I’m XXXL, and I take no offence at theposter. It’s funny how outraged we become in apublic forum yet sit and laugh with the rest inthe comfort and privacy of our living rooms as(Jay) Leno and (David) Letterman say far worseabout celebrities and politicians or other peoplein the news.”

City of Richmond spokesperson, Kim Decker,said the situation does not fall under the juris-diction of the city, adding that “For cases likethis we would say that the market will speak foritself.”

The city is limited to issuing a businesslicence and it’s involvement stops short of regu-lating how a business markets its merchandise.

Robyn Durling, spokesperson for the BCHuman Rights Coalition, said the situation doesnot fall into the category of a human rights vio-lation.

While human rights does protect certain char-acteristics such as race, ancestry and gender, itdoes not cover weight and size of an individual.

“If someone is very large, there’s no protec-tion under the human rights code, unless theirsize is related to a disability,” Durling said.

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Seven principles are set to guide thefuture use of the Garden City Lands— but not everyone is happy with thedirection.

After the first round of public inputin the spring, the City of Richmond hascome up with seven “guiding principles,”which will set the tone and framework forconcepts to be developed regarding theuse of the controversial, 136-acre parcelof land bought by the city for almost $60million in 2010.

Those principles are:! Encourage community partnerships;! Respect agricultural land reserve;! Environmental sustainability;! Promote community wellness and activeliving;! Allow for dynamic and flexible spaces;! Maximize connectivity and integration;! Develop science-based resource man-agement plans.

The concepts may come forward laterthis year and will, again, be subject tomore public input and consultation.

However, certain noteworthy individu-als and groups are not entirely enamouredby the principles and the prospect of what

it may bring to the lands.Jim Wright, president of the Garden

City Lands Coalition, spoke in favourof the guiding principles, but expressedconcerns that the project has, thus far, notdelivered on its initial steps.

And Jim Lamond, Richmond SportsCouncil chair, was worried that the guidedidn’t include any reference to sport-relat-ed activities.

The city’s senior manager of parks,Mike Redpath, however, told councillorslast week that the seven guiding principlesare broad and that sport-related activi-ties can fall under a number of differentguiding principles, such as “PromoteCommunity Wellness and Active Living.”

Others were less concerned aboutsport, suggesting that Richmond has morethan enough sports fields and facilitiesalready.

Resident Nancy Trant told councillorsshe wished to see the lands remain asopen, green space and added that GarryPoint Park has remained largely natu-ral and, as such, park users “can restorethemselves in this natural setting.”

The lands are locked in the agriculturalland reserve and, therefore, can’t be devel-oped for residential or commercial use.

Seven is number forGarden City Lands

Police say speed is likely to blamefor the death of an 18-year-old Surreywoman following a single-vehicle crash inRichmond last Wednesday night.

According to Richmond RCMP Sgt.Cam Kowalski, a vehicle carrying fouroccupants between the ages of 18 to 21 wastravelling eastbound on River Road whenit collided with two power poles in the

22000-block River Road around 9 p.m.“When police arrived on scene,

Richmond Fire-Rescue was in the ditchnext to the vehicle, attempting to extract afemale passenger,” Kowalski said.

The driver and the two other passengerssuffered minor injuries.

The power poles were damaged and thelines were hanging low and posed a hazard.

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Workers in the ongoinglabour dispute at Richmond’sIkea location got a high-levelboost last weekend whenNDP leader Adrian Dix andB.C. Federation of Labourpresident Jim Sinclair joinedabout 200 others at a rallySaturday outside the store.

The B.C. Federation ofLabour issued a statementover the weekend askingBritish Columbians not toshop at Ikea stores until thedispute, which started twoand a half months ago, issettled.

Richmond is one of onlytwo unionized Ikea stores inthe country — the other oneis in Quebec.

“Despite the Richmondlocation being highly profit-able, management is seekingto impose significant wagecuts on the majority of itsworkforce. Five years ago,the Teamsters fought thetiered wage structure andwon,” the statement said.

While Ikea’s indoor show-room was tidied for Sunday’scrowds and cashiers werehustling shoppers throughas usual, outside, each cardriving into the half-filledparking lot was made awareof the ongoing strife betweenthe Swedish home furnish-ings retailer and its union,Teamsters Local 213.

A half-dozen picketerson rotating 24-hour shiftsstopped traffic to hand outinformation pamphlets aboutwhat the union calls a 70-daylockout and the companycalls a strike.

Members wore signs say-ing “people before profit”and cheered when a passingvehicle honked in solidarity.

Three hired guards inorange vests watched andother Ikea-hired repre-sentatives videotaped themorning’s interactions frombehind a security fence.

One shop steward, whosold living room storage fur-niture for 13 years, said it’spart of the company’s “intim-idation and bullying tactics,”an accusation Ikea denies.

More than 300 employeesare on strike, said TeamsterDerek Drake and 27 unionmembers have crossed thepicket line to work inside.

The union has expelledthose workers, increasingtensions as the sides attemptto negotiate.

“We are of course con-cerned about this develop-ment as this action essential-ly means the union is asking

us to terminate our co-work-ers for exercising their legalright to work,” said Ikeaspokeswoman MadeleineLowenborg-Frick, who saidshe is hopeful mediation,which began July 13 andresumed yesterday, will bringa solution.

“We’ve come to the unionbecause we’re at an impasse.We’re open to discussionsand finding creative solu-tions for us all to get backto business,” she said. Asfor the surveillance, “this isa very polarizing situation.Emotions are running highand the security is therefor everybody’s safety. It’sabsolutely not an intimida-tion tactic,” Lowenborg-Fricksaid.

On May 9, the Teamstersserved Ikea with a 72-hourstrike notice approved by 86per cent of its membership.The company respondedwith a one-hour lockout May13, which the union says isongoing.

“The main issue is thetwo-tier wage system. Andcontracting out workers, andthe fact they’re making itharder for people to makeenough hours to get ben-efits,” Drake said.

Under the old contract, aworker with a family wouldhave to work 20 hours perweek to receive benefits.That’s being raised to 24hours under the new propos-al, Drake said. Single work-ers need to work 15 hoursper week, but are not gettingenough shifts, the union isarguing.

Employees who col-lect the shopping carts andfood services workers makearound $10.75 per hour.Supervisors can make around$24 per hour. Under the pro-posed collective agreement,similar wages would applybut a new two-tier structurecould mean workers doingsimilar jobs would be paiddifferently.

The two-tier wage systemas well as the expulsion ofemployees from the unionfor crossing the picket linewill be addressed through themediator.

The dispute has closedSmaland, the children’splay area, and Ikea’s huge,600-seat restaurant, whichserves up popular Swedishmeatballs. It has also led toreduced store hours.

Ikea maintains the unionis not locked out, and isencouraging employees toreturn to work.

Supervisor and shopsteward Jody Adams, who

has worked at Ikea for 14years, said the “take it orleave it” contract amounts toa lockout.

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Plans for amendments to maximumbuilding height allowances, density andparking for the village core, as well asa new long-term streetscape vision forChatham and Bayview streets, weretabled Wednesday at city hall, pendingmore research and a clearer proposal bystaff.

Terry Crowe, policy planning divi-sion manager for the city, presentedrecommendations to restrict a portion ofnew developments on Moncton Street

to two storeys, and the south side ofBayview Street to two and two and ahalf storeys, with exceptions.

Coun. Bill McNulty, however, saidthe proposal leaves too much room forinterpretation. “With some potential fortwo and a half storeys — it’s vague. Thedoor is wide open. The wording is nottight, in my opinion,”

He added in his experience develop-ers will always ask for the exceptionwhen given the option.

Coun. Evelina Halsey-Brandt, onthe other hand, said she felt the reportreflected the changes towards shorterbuildings that residents have been ask-ing for.

There was some confusion over whatexactly the word “streetscape” meant,which staff defined as all the elementscomprising a street including the road,sidewalk and adjoining buildings.

Transportation director VictorWei outlined various future optionsfor Chatham and Bayview includingincreasing the amount of parking spacesand pedestrian crossings, introducingcurb bulges to discourage speedingand widening sidewalks. Coun. HaroldSteves was opposed to enlarging side-walks for Bayview and said his previoussuggestion of getting rid of all the traf-fic on the street in lieu of using the tramfor transportation had gone unanswered.

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“A local named Joseph Lenz wrote this play based really looselyon the historic event that happened. In 1895, Mark Twain came toFairhaven when he was on his world tour and did a speech herein Bellingham. He stayed in the old hotel,” said Robinson.

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CN Rail’s plan to cut the staff who operate the SecondNarrows rail lift bridge and replace them with a sys-tem of cameras and remote control by the end of this

year is troubling.The company claims it won’t affect operations or safety,

but the study they used to conclude that hasn’t been madepublic.

The timing of the revelation couldn’t be worse asCanadians are still processing the devastation in Lac-Megantic caused by a rail accident. Many people are nowquestioning the largely secretive nature of rail safety regula-tions.

CN’s system will still have a number of failsafes designedto ensure a train never goes off the tracks and a tanker shipnever plows into the bridge. But as anyone who’s had to dealwith the technology knows, cameras break, transmission feedsdrop and computers crash. A human has always been on siteat the rail bridge, so far.

This isn’t just a concern for the tankers filled to the brimwith crude oil. Hundreds of recreational boaters traverse theSecond Narrows on their trips through the Burrard Inlet. Noone appears to be asking them about the change either.

It’s worth noting the irony of Port Metro Vancouver com-plaining about a unilateral decision being made and lack ofconsultation. The port has a history of controversial decisionsin which detailed studies on safety, noise and pollution arerarely divulged to their residential neighbours.

But in this case, if those in charge at the port aren’t yet sat-isfied this is a safe way to run a rail bridge, neither are we.

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A bridge too far

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Do political scandalsreally matter when all issaid and done?

It’s a fair and relevantquestion to pose after thesurprise result of the Mayprovincial election. TheB.C. Liberals, as scandal-plagued as any long-serv-ing government, actuallyincreased their majorityover the NDP.

For weeks preceding theelection campaign, the NDPhad raked the B.C. Liberalgovernment over the coalsfor a number of controver-sies and outright scandals.

The ethnic memosparked a crisis of leader-ship within the party, asPremier Christy Clark hadto beat back a growingchorus of disenchantmentin her caucus. Her partylooked spent as it enteredthe campaign, but then theNDP did a strange thing: itdecided not to even mentionthe scandal a single time inthe campaign.

But now, as the legisla-tive session enters its finalweek, the NDP has becomeobsessed by new wrinklesto the old scandal. It isdetermined to breathe newlife into the controversy,even though the individualsmost heavily involved in thescandal have left govern-ment (the one exception isRichmond MLA John Yap,who lost his cabinet postbut was re-elected).

Given the scandal didnot work to the NDP’sbenefit, one has to wonderwhat the motivation is nowbehind the decision to makethe scandal pretty well

the sole focus of the NDPcaucus.

It can be argued theNDP is simply doing thejob of the Opposition,which is holding the gov-ernment accountable for itsactions.

And there’s certainly noquestion the B.C. Liberalsengaged in improperconduct (their own probereached that conclusionbefore the election).

But another theory hasemerged in some mediacommentaries, and it has todo with NDP leader AdrianDix’s future.

The theory is this: Dixis leading the latest chargeon the ethnic memo scandalin order to shore up hischances of remaining theleader of his party.

Dix faces a critical voteat the party’s convention inNovember, and he needs tore-establish his credibilitywith an understandably furi-ous party membership upsetabout losing an electionthey were convinced theywere going to win.

He’s certainly earnedsome media coverage withthis latest strategy, althoughnot nearly as much as hegot back in the spring overthe same issue. But theB.C. Liberals are definitelynot reacting the same way

as they did back then, asClark’s leadership problemshave completely evaporatedand the caucus’ gloom hasbeen replaced with euphoriaover the prospect of at leastfour more years in power.

The other reality is thatwe are in mid-summer, andI suspect the public haspretty well tuned out politi-cians of all stripes and willremain tuned out until afterLabour Day.

So, do political scandalsreally matter?

In this case, the keyquestion is will this latestturn on the ethnic memoscandal matter to the NDPmembers who will vote inNovember on whether tohold a leadership contest.

Will they be impressedby Dix’s performance inthe legislature? Or havethey also tuned him out,and no matter how effec-tive his criticism is of theB.C. Liberals in this matter,aren’t willing to forgive himfor seemingly fumbling theball on the election’s goalline?

The NDP lost the elec-tion largely because itwasn’t trusted on economicissues, and the scandals thatplagued the B.C. Liberalsfor years turned out not tomatter much with voters.

But for the sake of hisleadership, Dix better hopethat political scandals domatter, at least to those whohold the future of his lead-ership in their hands.

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The Editor,Re: “Ikea, union lock into mediation,” News, July 17.With regards to the recent story on the labour dispute

at the Richmond Ikea, it might have been nice if the writerhad gotten a little more detail. We are not on strike; we arelocked out. We are fighting a tiered wage system. The sec-tion in the article about the benefits is mostly correct.

We are running a 24-hour picket line and are alwaysavailable to talk to whomever drops by. We are not a violentbunch; we are retail workers and not thugs. Perhaps if one ofyou came to speak to us you may find out a few more thingsabout why we are out here.

We have been wondering if the reason that nobody seemstoo interested in our story comes from the fact that Ikeaspends so much money on advertising, but what do weknow?

If anyone from your paper would care to speak to us,Friday afternoons are the best times as we all try to meet upfor a barbeque and to get our strike pay. Feel free to dropby.

Dorothy Tompkins(one of the many picketers)

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Letters

The Editor,Re: “Don’t forget your

faith,” Letters, July 5.In Pat Macken’s, “Don’t

forget your faith,” her gen-eralized statement, “Manypopulations have walkedaway from God throughouthistory, and we in Canadaare repeating this mis-take” forgets many — we— Canadians and others,in the past and present,that live and have livedfulfilling and meaningfullives such as veterans, sci-entists, and common folk,have contributed to thequality of life in Canadaand abroad as a wholewithout the belief in agod or have, as she states,“walked away from god.”

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The Editor,Re: “Cab fears allayed as firm breaks into YVR mar-

ket,” News, July 19.“Cab fears unfounded” would be a more accurate head-

line. Garden City Cabs, with only 30 vehicles, has alreadyestablished itself as the taxi to call if you, like me, are in awheelchair.

They do not ignore calls for a wheelchair pickup, asothers do. The drivers understand that they only makemoney while the meter’s on, with a fare in the vehicle.

I remember when there was one accessible taxi vehiclein Richmond and the typical two-hour waits, in snow orrain. I call Garden City now and within 10 minutes I’msafely strapped in and on my way. That’s with their existingfleet.

Councillors, if you truly care, approve these nine newvehicles, but define them as a separate fleet, not to lowerexisting, non-YVR, service.

With all you’ve done to increase the cost of living inRichmond, this is your opportunity to better the qualityof living. Don’t penalize a good company that voluntarilyaccepts to provide VIP service to an often marginalizedgroup, without prejudice.

I understand why so many other cabbies deliberatelyignore requests from a wheelchair-using fare. TransLinkhas basically instructed us to not tip taxi drivers.

Every company I’ve dealt with, from every city inMetro Vancouver, has only ever seen me as just anothernon-tipping wheelchair fare, but Garden City has alwaystreated me as an individual, so they get rewarded, as I tipthe same 20 per cent other chauffeurs get automatically, ormore.

Garden City drivers, even before knowing that aboutme, always had the attitude that it’s always better to bemoving, with the meter on, than waiting for that “perfect”fare. Please, council, reward competence and compassion.

George PopeRichmond

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Eight of a 10-part series.Despite all our efforts to

deal logically with our money,we all fail to some degree oranother.

Behavioural finance exam-ines the influence of socialbeliefs, psychology and emo-tion on economic decisionmaking. Research suggeststhat humans are not naturally wired for mak-ing good investment decisions, due to cogni-tive errors and behavioural biases.

My son Matt is finishing a degree inpsychology in preparation for entering ourfamily business, so I consulted with him andleading industry research on this topic. Wecame up with our own names for eight differ-ent emotions and biases:

! The Titanic Effect (Overconfidence).People get cocky, overestimate their ability toanticipate future investment results and oftenneither see nor prepare for the icebergs.

! I’m smart but stuff happens (Self-serv-ing bias). Investors may take credit for theirsuccessful investment decisions, while blam-ing bad outcomes on outside influences.

! Should’a, could’a, would’a syndrome(Hindsight). When viewing past outcomes,investors may apply selective recall and con-clude that future movements were obvious atthat time.

! Life in the rear-view mirror(Extrapolation). Investors may expect recentmarket results to continue in the future, andmay place too much weight on certain factorsor recent events.

! The Comfort Zone(Familiarity). People maylimit investing to areas inwhich they are familiar,resulting in a false sense ofcontrol. Despite this perceived“inside knowledge,” no onecan predict future returns.

! Mental accounting(Thinking inside the box).

People partition their wealth in categories,resulting in inconsistent and fragmentedfinancial decisions. A better approach is tosee all components of wealth within a com-prehensive framework.

! Don’t go breaking my heart (Regretavoidance). Investors who have experiencedpainful financial events tend to avoid thoseinvestments in the future. For example, thosewho sold their portfolios into cash in early2009 permanently destroyed their wealth,while those who stuck to their long termplans preserved and grew wealth.

! Cherry picking (Confirmation).Investors seek out or interpret informationthat confirms what they want to believe aboutan investment, markets, or their own skill.

Spend the time to formulate a plan, learnhow to logically access long term returns,how to mitigate risk and how to avoid beingsabotaged by your emotions and biases.

Richard Vetter, BA, CFP, CLU,ChFC, is a senior financial advisor withWealthSmart Financial Group/ManulifeSecurities Incorporated. Manulife SecuritiesIncorporated is a member of the CanadianInvestor Protection Fund.

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Thousands of players and fans lapped up glorious Julysunshine at the Nations Cup on the weekend at the HughBoyd Complex.

But it was the slick and speedy India that basked in thehonour of lifting their second men’s open championship infour years, going undefeated throughout the tournament’s sixgames, eventually overcoming a well-organized and stubbornItaly 2-1 in the final.

The victory, to the delight of the large Indian support thatswarmed around the Boyd Oval, was masterminded by RajSandhu, who only took over the demanding role of coach thisyear.

In other division finals, England tri-umphed 2-1 over India in the men’s over-30s, while, in the men’s over-38s, Indiawere again edged out 3-2, this time byGermany, which needed double-overtime toget its hands on the cup.

Scotland took the remaining men’s age groups, beatingSerbia 2-1 in the over-45s and China 3-1 in the over-52s.

In the women’s open, Ireland bagged a hat-trick of titles,with its third consecutive championship after a tight 1-0 winover Canada.

The men’s MVP crown went to India’s Gagan Josan, whilethe women’s went to Rachel Sawer of Ireland.

However, the surprise of the tournament was the appear-ance in the men’s open semi-final of debutants Saudi Arabia,which had to go through the preliminary qualification roundfor the Nations Cup.

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their first year,” said Nations Cup president Jeff Wilson.“And the coach of India (Raj Sandhu) coming in and win-

ning it in his first year is also significant.“It was a great final and I couldn’t believe the quality and

the speed of play considering it was the players’ third gameof the day.”

Another pleasing factor for Wilson, who suggested thecrowds over the weekend may have been the biggest foryears, was the connection between the fans and the gamesbeing played.

“I’ve seen in other years, in the beer garden especially,tons of people who’re not even watching the final,” saidWilson.

“But when I was walking back and forth past the beergarden this year, almost everyone was focused on the game

and all the way around the field it was thesame.”Increased media exposure of the NationsCup this year has definitely boosted the

tournament’s profile once more, Wilson felt.“I’m very happy with how everything went,” he added.The tournament, which has a reputation for attracting stars

of the game, was graced by two unexpected visitors for thefinal on Sunday — Vancouver Whitecaps’s African first-teamduo of Gershon Koffie and Kekuta Manneh.

The pair, who handed out medals to the winners, caughtan earlier flight home from their game in L.A. Saturday nightso they could watch friends play for Africa in the cup onSunday.

For more pictures and a video of Nations Cup finals day,go to www.richmond-news.com or download the free Layarapp to your smartphone and scan the page (instructions onpage 3).

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Team India celebrateafter lifting the NationsCup at Hugh Boyd onSunday evening. Theteam went six gamesunbeaten at the tourna-ment, eventually edgingout Italy 2-1 in a tensefinal.

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Gagan Josan receives his MVP award from Nations Cuppresident Jeff Wilson. Below, India battles with Italy duringthe final and, bottom, England in action (white), en routeto beating India in the men’s over-30 final.

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One of Richmond’s long-standing sportsevents tips off this weekend at the ThompsonCommunity Centre. And Bruce Watson,one of the organizers of the annual DolphinClassic, put in perspective the longevity ofthe homegrown basketball tournament whichcelebrates its 28th year.

“We’ve been doing (organizing) it longerthan anything any of us have done in ourlives. We’ve been doing it longer than anyof us have been married, longer than any ofus have had a job. It’s the one thing in ourlives — and it will stop eventually, one day Ijust don’t know when — that we have doneconsecutively.”

It was 1986 and Richmond was stillin the midst of a rich period of basketballsupremacy when the first Dolphin ParkClassic hit the asphalt for some four-on-fouraction.

Two years previous, Watson was a mem-ber of the Steveston Packers basketball teamthat won the B.C. High School Boys cham-pionship, beating their cross-town rivalsfrom Richmond High. The Colts would goon to win three championships over the nextfour years.

The time was ripe for a grassroots,summertime celebration of the sport. So,

Watson, and a group of other Steveston HighSchool grads — Bira Bindra, Taj Johal, TonyWong-Hen, Garth Robertson, plus someother friends — set up a day-long tourna-ment at Dolphin Park located near GardenCity Road and Francis Road.

“Back when we started we were 19,we just wanted a tournament,” Watsonsaid. “We’d heard about all these other bigtournaments in the states like Rucker Park(Harlem). And we thought about it in ourown small way, why can’t we have a summertournament and invite the best players weknow?”

That summer in 1986, the seeds weresown, and the basketball tournament is stillthriving generations later, with much of thecredit going not to the tournament’s organiz-ers, but another individual who helped shapethe game in Richmond.

“Richmond had such a proud and strongbasketball tradition. And a lot of the credithas to go to coaches at the high school level,and feeder schools — the junior highs. Andit goes back to one particular person, RobertCarkner who ended up being principalfirst at London (Junior Secondary), thenSteveston and finally Richmond high.”

Watson said it was Carkner who startedthe Biddy basketball program for elementaryschool students in Richmond.

Biddy Basketball provides shorter goalheights, various ball sizes, and a shorterdistance free throw line for seven to 10-year-old athletes so they can learn proper shoot-ing techniques more effectively and improvedribbling, passing, and catching skills at thesame time.

“To have something like that in the cityof Richmond where kids from a really agehave a ball in their hands and learn to drib-ble and shoot a little bit, that was just huge,”Watson said.

While the venue shifted several yearsago from Dolphin Park to the ThompsonCommunity Centre, the action on the courthas remained at a high level.

Bolstering that is the participation ofsome college and university teams makingup the 12 mens and four women’s entries.

Also taking part are teams fromSFU, Thompson Rivers University fromKamloops, and UFV from Abbotsford.

The remainder is made up of teamscobbled together from players from acrossthe Lower Mainland, as well as south of theborder.

Admission is free to the tournamentwhich gets underway Friday evening andends Sunday afternoon.

In addition to the games over the week-end there is are dunk and three-point shoot-ing contests which are traditionally fanfavourites.

For more information about the DolphinBasketball Classic at the ThompsonCommunity Centre (5151 Granville Ave.),isit dolphinbasketball.com.

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The Grand Ensemble Chorus held their 10thAnniversary Concert at the River Rock Casino. Fundsraised were donated to Pathways Clubhouse. From left,Casey Fei (founder), Gina Wang (member), Snow Zhu(president), Dave MacDonald (Pathways executive direc-tor), Nerissa Yee (Pathways staff) and Rosalind Lai (GrandEnsemble vice president). Pathways received $5,430.

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The Taiwan Night Market, organized by the Richmond MandarinLions Club and the International Summer Night Market, collecteddonations for the Richmond Food Bank on Monday night. TheRichmond Mandarin Lions Club collected funds and non-perishablegoods as well as daily necessities.

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Army cadet Frankie Lam, a member of 2381RCACC (Irish Fusiliers) of Richmond, marchedin the Oliver Sunshine Parade as part of a largecontingent of musicians from Vernon ArmyCadet Summer Training Centre. He was joinedby a fellow member Bronson Ng (not pictured).

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Richmond Public Libraries were visited by Norden theMagician to kick off the Summer Reading Club. Kids get abooklet to keep track of the books they read, weekly stick-ers, a White Spot Pirate Pak coupon and a completion medalwhen they’ve collected all seven stickers.

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Mayor Malcolm Brodie greets Vancouver AirportAuthority’s new president and CEO Craig Richmondduring his visit to Richmond City Hall.

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Sutton Group-Seafair Realty hosted the salmon barbecueat the Steveston Salmon Festival for the 19th consecutive year.The team served 1,940 dinners including 1,200 pounds of salm-on. Volunteers from Sutton Group grilled from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.This year’s barbecue raised $29,000 for children’s and seniors’programs at the Steveston Community Centre. The fundraisingtotal for the past 19 years has climbed to $280,000.

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Richmond RCMP and Richmond Fire-Rescue teamed up tooffer local youth an opportunity to participate in this year’sRCMP Summer Youth Camp. The camp was open to childrennine to 12-years-old and enabled them to personally interactwith officers and learned about different aspects of the job.

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Dr. Tung Chan, a long time volunteer in the commu-nity with organizations such as the Richmond PublicLibrary and the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada,received an honorary Doctor of Laws Degree fromthe University Canada West last Thursday. The degreerecognized his work in helping new immigrants settle.

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