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Public transitfare evasion

figures revealed

The first set of fare evasion figures havebeen released for the Richmond section ofthe Canada Line.

And the numbers — according to oneRichmond city councillor — supports thefight to install fare gates to the new publictransit system by 2013.

Coun. Bill McNulty was one of severalcity councillors who successfully pressuredTransLink to expedite the introduction ofturnstiles on the Canada Line.

However, McNulty says the estimated 550tickets issued in Richmond during the firstfive months of the Canada Line’s inceptionis just the tip of the fare evasion iceberg.

“That’s just the people they’ve caught.And it’s great they get a ticket, but do theypay it? I’m not so sure,” McNulty said.

“We need to make sure everyone is pay-ing. It’s a very convenient and quick system,but everyone needs to contribute

Highway to Heaven welcomes new resident

550 tickets issued by transit copsNot long after workmen finished

the interior of the new Thrangu TibetanBuddhist Monastery on No. 5 Road,they discovered a curious phenomenon.

The new monastery’s main shrinehall features 1,000 small gold “medi-cine” Buddhas in sealed glass along thewalls. All but five face outwards. Fivehave been discovered to have pivotedslightly.

“We have five Buddhas that turnedthemselves — we don’t know why,”says Julian Kuo, administrator for thenew monastery, which celebrated itsgrand opening Sunday.

“I asked the Lama and Lama justlaughed,” Kuo said. “It’s quite a com-mon thing in Tibet.”

Roughly 800 people attendedSunday’s grand opening of the onlytraditional Tibetan “gompa” style mon-astery in the Pacific Northwest.

Located at 8140 No. 5 Rd., the mon-astery has taken more than three yearsto plan and build.

It was built in Richmond in no smallpart because its two main sponsors— Eva Lau Wai Ken and her daugh-ter Margaret Lee Pui Man — live inRichmond, which also is renowned forits Highway To Heaven (No. 5 Road,which has a regional religious institu-tion designation).

A team of local architects and build-ers traveled to Nepal and Tibet to studytraditional Tibetan style gompas, whichdiffer in style from Buddhist templesstyles found in China, Korea and Japan.

The monastery features prayerwheels along the outer walls, and threekilograms of 24-karat gold leaf insideand out.

The main shrine features a four-metre tall gold Buddha, 1,000 miniatureBuddhas (including five apparentlyrestless ones), and numerous ornatemandalas and thangka paintings

see McNulty page 6

Workmen uncover strange phenomenon at Tibetan Buddhist monastery

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Mayor Malcolm Brodie makes a presentation to the new monastery’s RinpocheKhenchen Thrangu during the official opening on Sunday.see Kuo page 6

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Sockeye nets ready to castSalmon forecasts encouraging for Steveston fishermen

Commercial fishermen inSteveston are keeping theirfingers crossed and netsready in anticipation of whatcould be the first commer-cial opening for Fraser Riversockeye in four years.

This year’s return has beenestimated at 11 million.

Then again, so was lastyear’s.

The fishery was keptclosed last year to commer-cial fishing when only 1.3million sockeye returnedto upstream tributaries andlakes to spawn.

But recent test fisherieshave indicated that this year’srun could indeed be strongenough to support a commer-cial opening.

“It’s looking good,” saidSandy Koyanagi — whosefamily is one of the few stillmaking a living from the seain Richmond.

“They’ve got tentativedates for the river and theJohnston Strait.”

“The forecast is reason-ably high,” says MP JohnCummins, who still holdsan Area E gillnet fishinglicence, despite the fishery’srecent decline.

“If the forecasts wereto remain, there should beample opportunity for thecommercial fleet.”

Coinciding with the hopeof an opening this year is theanticipation of Fraser Riversockeye getting certified asa sustainable fishery by theMarine Stewardship Council— something some findbaffling, given the seriousdecline of Fraser River sock-eye over the last 15 years.

Craig Orr of WatershedWatch said his organiza-tion and the David SuzukiFoundation filed an objectionto the certification applica-tion made by the BC SalmonMarketing Council.

The objection was basedon the argument that thefishery has not been well-managed and that it thereforecannot be considered a sus-tainable fishery.

“We lost,” Orr told theNews.

He believes the MSC willapprove the application anyday now.

“They’ve never turned any(application) down,” he said.

Other sockeye fisheries inAlaska and in B.C. (Nass andSkeena River) have alreadyreceived the MSC stamp ofapproval.

The certification willhelp B.C. fish marketers tosell B.C. sockeye in Europe,where consumers place highvalue on environmental andecological sustainability.

But given the decline ofFraser River sockeye popula-tion over the last 15 years,and the questions that havebeen raised over its manage-ment, Orr and others are nowquestioning the certificationprocess used by the MSC.

“I think the credibility ofthe MSC — if they certifythis — is going to be calledinto question,” Orr said.

“We don’t believe you cancertify a fishery when thesockeye are barely able toreplenish themselves. We justdon’t understand how thisfishery could be consideredfor certification.”

Cummins isn’t convincedcertification will necessarilyhelp B.C. commercial fisher-men.

He added he believes itis possible that Fraser Riversockeye could become asustainable fishery, but notunder the current manage-ment policies.

“The current managementpractices, you really have towonder about sustainability,”he said.

Furlong thankscity for backingOlympic dream

Five months ago the biggest event inRichmond’s history came to an end — the2010 Winter Olympic Games.

The 50,000-strong army of workersand volunteers led by John Furlong, CEOof the Vancouver Organizing Committee,is now down to just 20.

As he winds the operation down,one of Furlong’s last tasks is thankinghis partners, which included the City ofRichmond.

He was in city council chambersMonday to thank the mayor, council andcity staff for its partnership in the games.

“You rose to the occasion in so manyways,” Furlong said. “You made a fan-tastic contribution to Canada and to theOlympics and I hope you are incrediblyproud of it.”

When Vanoc was still putting togetherits bid, Furlong, then a Richmond resi-dent, came before city council to ask for acontribution.

“You committed $500,000 to the bid toget the Olympics and asked for nothingin return,” Furlong said. “I was always sograteful that my own community was sowilling to participate in a project that wasreally aimed at doing a great good notjust for the area but for the country.”

Furlong added he knew there wasa “great appetite” in Richmond to beinvolved in the games.

He revealed how the idea came aboutto make Richmond a venue city. Whilestuck in traffic at West 49th Avenue andCambie Street in Vancouver, he pickedup a notepad he carried with him andbegan to sketch what would become thefirst artist’s rendering of the RichmondOlympic speed skating oval, and calledRichmond CAO George Duncan andasked if Richmond wanted in.

After a later meeting with Duncan,Furlong told his cohorts that they had apotential new partner in Richmond.

“At that moment we germinated an

CEO applauds council


Gettin’ into the groove ... Addison Sharma, 2, takes a spin on the DJ’s decks duringSouth Arm Community Centre’s Kids’ Safe Day.

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Vanoc CEO John Furlong makes pre-sentation to Mayor Malcolm Brodie atcity hall.

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Kumagai: Found the moneyidea that became really one of the great suc-cess stories of the Olympics,” Furlong said.

The city came up with a plan to locate theoval on city owned land on River Road andsell the rest to help pay for the project, origi-nally estimated at $155 million.

The budget later increased to $178 mil-lion when the city decided to locate the oval’sparking under the building. It came in aheadof schedule, on budget and became known asthe signature venues of the Games.

The city upped the ante further by com-mitting $6 million to O Zone ceremoniesdesigned to involve the public who may notbe able to attend Olympic events.

“We wanted the opportunity not just to bea city with a venue, we wanted to be a venuecity,” Mayor Malcolm Brodie said.

The O Zone events drew more than halfa million people. Even those who originallyopposed the Olympic Games later thankedhim and the city for allowing them to be partof the celebrations.

Brodie and council thanked Furlong

for the success of the Games. Brodie alsothanked city employees who worked on theOlympic related projects — many of them ona volunteer basis.

The city’s involvement in the Games wasnot without controversy. Members of thepublic and even city council worried aboutthe costs of building the oval, and the closureof River Road for several months irked manyresidents.

Coun. Bill McNulty acknowledged formercouncillor Kiichi Kumagai, who was financecommittee chairman at the time when thebid was being made, for helping to find themoney in the city budget for the $500,000bid contribution.

“He was very instrumental,” McNultysaid.

In a gesture of mutual gratitude, Brodieand Furlong exchanged gifts Monday.Furlong presented the city with a copy ofWith Glowing Hearts — the official 2010Games commemorative book and Brodie pre-sented Furlong with a print of a maple leaf byartist Nicolette Baumeister.


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Three road-widening proj-ects in East Richmond areset to get underway, with thepromise of more than $9 mil-lion of funding from sourcesoutside the city.

Richmond city council’spublic works committee hasendorsed the work, whichis being co-funded by theCity of Richmond ($3.9 mil-lion); federal government($5.47 million); Port MetroVancouver ($1.795 million);TransLink ($2 million).

Westminster Highwayis set to be widened fromNelson Road to McMillanWay (four lanes from two),as well as Nelson Road beingwidened from WestminsterHighway to Blundell Road(four lanes from two).

The third part of the proj-ect will entail No. 6 Roadbeing widened from WirelessWay to Highway 91.

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ing the flow of heavy truckmovements to and from PortMetro Vancouver at the footof Nelson Road on the southarm of the Fraser River.

“All three proposedprojects would benefit theeconomic development ofthe city by complementingand enhancing the operationof the planned Nelson Road-Highway 91 interchange,facilitating goods movementand supporting the growthof local businesses engagedin Asia-Pacific trade,” a staffreport to committee read.

The report added that theprojects must be completedby 2014 to qualify for thefederal chunk of the cash.

City council agreed lastyear to throw in $2.13 mil-lion towards the $27 millionplan to create an on- andoff-ramp near the s-curve ofHighway 91 to connect withNelson Road at WestminsterHighway in East Richmond.

The Highway 91 projectis designed to keep heavytrucks off the already con-gested Westminster Highway.

To make sure truck trafficwill be taken off that stretchof Westminster Highway,Nelson Road traffic will beprevented from turning westonto Westminster Highway,and Westminster Highwaytraffic will be blocked fromturning south onto NelsonRoad.

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The federal Liberal candidate forRichmond is calling on Conservative MPAlice Wong to demand the resignation of thehead of Canada’s spy agency for suggestinglocal politicians have fallen under the sway offoreign governments — China in particular.

At a public forum that he hosted Tuesday,Joe Peschisolido was joined by MarkHolland, Liberal critic for public safety andnational security, in taking Wong to task forher silence on comments made by RichardFadden.

The director for the Canadian SecurityIntelligence Service (CSIS) angered manyChinese Canadians when he publicly statedthat CSIS was aware of several municipal andprovincial politicians whom the spy agencyfelt were unduly influenced by China.

“There are several municipal politiciansin British Columbia and in at least two prov-inces there are ministers of the Crown whowe think are under at least the general influ-ence of a foreign government,” Fadden toldthe CBC in June.

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He warned that some foreign nations,especially China, working through universi-ties and social clubs, will form relationshipswith people who have connections to their“homeland.”

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Matthew Yee, a Vancouver businessman,said he wonders whether he now has to worryabout getting too close to associates fromChina.

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Many Chinese immigrants were offendedby Fadden’s allegations, and Peschisolido saidit is incumbent on Alice Wong to speak up ontheir behalf.

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“I’m asking Ms. Alice Wong to standwith me against this ethnic profiling and alsoto apologize on behalf of the Conservativegovernment and ask for the resignation ofFadden.” Wong did not return calls to theNews by press time.




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Kuo: Congregation is mostly westerners

“I would think the actual number (of fare evaders) is aheck of a lot higher as there must be hundreds every daythat don’t get caught.”

McNulty said the figures — which were released bythe Transit Police on request of the Vancouver Sun — givean indication of the severity of the issue.

“We should really be getting the fare gates sooner than2013,” he added.

“How many millions will we have lost by the time weget them in?”

Of the Richmond Canada Line stations, Bridgeport,not surprisingly, was the venue with the most fare eva-sion tickets issued — an estimated 200; followed byLansdowne (150); and Brighouse and Aberdeen (100each).

The Sun’s report also indicated that the most likelytime for fare evaders to be caught on the Canada Line ison a Monday or Tuesday afternoon between 3 p.m. and 6p.m.

However, the chances of getting a fare evasion ticketon the weekend are about 50 per-cent higher than on aweekday, as there are fewer riders per transit police offi-cers.

The Broadway-City Hall station showed the highestconcentration of freeloading commuters, with an approxi-mate 750 tickets dished out. How many of the violatorsare either able or willing to pay the $173 fine, remainsto be seen. The only sure way to make certain the vastmajority of riders are paying is the fare gate system.

TransLink estimates it loses $6 million to $8 milliona year to fare evasion, and has real difficulty getting thefare evaders who are caught to pay their fines.

Fewer than one in 10 transit fines are paid — in partbecause, unlike speeding tickets, unpaid transit finesdon’t prevent people from renewing their driver’s licences,according to a 2007 report by PricewaterhouseCoopers.

TransLink is due to install turnstiles and smart cards atall its transit stations by 2013 at a projected cost of $170million, abandoning the current honour system and bring-ing the system in line with those in Montreal and Toronto.

“It goes back to what I’ve been saying for years, we’vegot have these turnstiles in as soon as possible,” McNultysaid.

“It’s the only way we’re going to get rid of this prob-lem of people not paying to use public transit.

“There is still a lot of people jumping on and off thetrain and that will not stop until we get gates in.”

(wheels of life) — all ofwhich were painted by handby the monastery’s resident

lamas.The monastery will

be home to eight residentmonks (or lamas, as they

are called in Tibet) and twokhenpos (formally trainedBuddhist scholars) fromNepal and Bhutan under

the guidance of Lama PemaTsewang, the monastery’sabbot.

There are only about

350 Tibetans in the LowerMainland, according toKuo, who is originally fromTaiwan.

“About 60 per cent of ourcongregation are western-ers,” Kuo said.

There has been a growthin Chinese practitioners ofTibetan style Buddhismin recent decades, Kuoexplained, due to the factthat many Chinese peoplehad little exposure to TibetanBuddhism until recently.

Most Chinese Buddhistsbelong to the Mahayanastream of Buddhism, where-as most adherents in Tibet,Bhutan, Mongolia and partsof Nepal and India belongto the Vajrayana branch,which is said to be moreesoteric than other forms ofBuddhism, like Zen.

The monastery will beoffering retreats and daily

meditation sessions open tothe public. It will also offerclasses on Tibetan literatureand art. For more informa-tion, visit www.thrangumon-astery.org.



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Professional dog walkers could soonbe able to double the amount of off-leashdogs in their care — but they may need$5 million in insurance to do it.

Earlier this year, the City of Richmondtossed around the idea of allowing regis-tered dog walkers, people hired to lookafter pets, to have six off-leash dogs intheir care in the McDonald Beach off-leash area.

City council’s parks and recreationcommittee were set to vote on the ideaTuesday afternoon (after the News’ presstime) as part of the Professional DogWalker Program.

But, after being asked to conduct arisk analysis to determine what level ofinsurance professional dog walkers willneed, staff are warning that there maybe increased exposure to liability arisingfrom negligence from the dog carers.

“The McDonald Beach site is notexclusive to dog walkers (professionalor otherwise) and the park will attractall persons, including children, fromthe community,” acting parks programsmanager Dee Bowley-Cowan said in herreport.

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of the park site raises the exposure forliability.”

With the inherent risks in mind, it’sbeing proposed that commercial dogwalkers provide a $5 million level ofgeneral liability insurance to “shield thecity’s interests from their activity.”

The report states that the increasedcost for the operator of the dog-walkingbusiness will be around $400 to $800 peryear.

The North Shore local governmentcurrently permits eight dogs off-leashand requires only $2 million insurance,although that program is under review.

Staff were also requested by commit-tee to further examine the proposed $100license fee for professional dog walkers.

However, it was determined that, asRichmond is currently only offeringone off-leash area under the program(McDonald Beach), the $100 fee shouldnot go any higher.

Other cities, it was stated, charge upto $1,250. But this fee covers the use ofmultiple parks and mountain areas.

An earlier suggestion by commit-tee to charge a fee to cover damage toMcDonald Beach from the dogs was notbacked up by staff, who said the park isin “good shape.”

At present, registered walkers are onlyallowed to have a maximum of three off-

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The proposed program would meandog walkers have to buy a $100 permitand don a highly visible identificationvest.

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Canadians are not accustomed to blunt, candid speech. Itoffends them. So it’s perhaps not surprising that the federalLiberals are jumping all over Richard Fadden for doing what henaively may have thought was his job as the head of Canada’sintelligence agency: warn Canadians that some foreign govern-ments exert undue pressure here, and that some politicians maybe getting a little too cozy with countries like China.

The only thing surprising about this revelation is Fadden’scandor. Do foreign countries try to influence other nations? Ofcourse they do. Do they try to curry favour with business andpolitical leaders in those countries in an attempt to sway publicpolicy in favour of their own country’s interest? Of course theydo. No real spywork is needed here to come to that conclusion.

Imagine that in his interview with the CBC that Faddenwas warning that the United States was having an undue influ-ence here. Would anyone be calling for his head? Probably not,because few would even question something so self-evident.But because one of the countries he warned about is that eco-nomic powerhouse, China, it’s an issue.

There are two concerns here. One is the worry that Fadden’scomments suggest Canadians of Chinese descent are workinghere as fifth columnists — that their allegiance lies more withChina than Canada. But would they have immigrated here ifthat were true? They chose to leave China and come here to bespies? We think not.

The real concern among those who are calling for Fadden’shead is probably more related to the damage his commentsmight do to Canada’s economic relationship with China, whichis an important trading partner. Interestingly, the reaction toFadden’s comments tends to validate what he is suggesting. Somany politicians are calling for his head, it’s clear that Chinaalready has lots of allies here.

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As the American mid-term elections approach,and the Tea Party movementis pushing the Republicanstowards taking back theHouse and maybe theSenate, a lot of Americanliberals are asking, why theheck are these weirdos sopopular and powerful?

Meanwhile, Canada hasnothing remotely compa-rable to the Tea Party move-ment. Where are our shriek-ing hordes of right-winglunatics?

The answer lies inthe difference betweenAmerican and Canadianpolitical culture. You couldargue it’s the differencebetween American politicsand the politics of everyother advanced, democraticnation on the planet.

American politics ismessianic and apocalyptic.Canadian politics is practi-cal.

It’s hard to imaginean apocalyptic version ofCanadian politics. Ourmost extreme political par-ties tend to become moremoderate over time, as boththe CCF/NDP and ReformParty have done. The CCFwas out-and-out dedicatedto the destruction of capital-ism 70 years ago.

The Reform Party beganwith more than a whiff ofWestern separatism about it,and had no time for thosedown-east EI bums andFrench-speakers.

The Reform Party andCCF’s moves towards thecentre, as the Conservativesand NDP, show howCanada’s political culturefunctions. We can disagree

greatly with the goals andpolicies of the major par-ties, but they remain boundby little things like reality.

Compare and con-trast with the Tea Partymovement, whose goalsare more… nebulous.Sure, they have plenty ofpolicy ideas. The MaineRepublican Party becamenotorious earlier this yearafter some of its memberspushed through a platformthat calls global warming amyth, calls for the elimina-tion of the Federal Reserve,and says “freedom of reli-gion does not mean freedomfrom religion,” apparently ina bid to outlaw atheism.

The Texas Republicanshave a platform that oppos-es “one world government,”wants to abolish incometaxes, strip the SupremeCourt of much of its power,and get the US out of theUN.

Ultimately, the Tea Partyisn’t about a set of goals. It’sabout a vision of a purifiedAmerica.

It’s imaginary and unat-tainable, which is whythey’re fighting so hardfor it. You can always fightharder for a dream than forpractical reform to healthcare or education.

On the other hand, youhave the messianic stream,in which Americans search

for a modern Moses tolead them out of the desertof their troubles. BarrackObama rode this themestraight to the White House,and dozens of other politi-cians have as well, mostnotably John F. Kennedy.

The messianic politi-cal ideal goes back to theabsurd myth making aboutGeorge Washington and theother American FoundingFathers.

Compare the storiesthey tell about Washington– an impossibly honest warhero – with the stories weremember about John A.MacDonald. A functionalalcoholic who could eventurn public vomiting intoan insult to his opponents,he pushed through the rail-road that joined eastern andwestern Canada. He tookbribes and was drummedout of office. He was wittyand cynical in politicallife, but cared deeply for ahandicapped daughter, andinsisted that she not be shutaway in private, as was alltoo common in his time.

MacDonald is a rec-ognizable human being.It was his flaws, as muchas his virtues, that shapedCanadian politics as aplace not made for saints orheroes.

Canadians by and largedon’t believe in a special,sacred destiny for this coun-try.

They don’t believe inpolitical saviours.

Please, let’s keep it thatway.

Matthew Claxton is areporter for News’ sisterpaper, the Langley Advance.

The Editor,I have never written a letter to a newspaper before, but I

feel compelled to do so now, to offer my thanks and grati-tude to Richmond Fire Rescue, the Ambulance Service andthe Richmond Hospital.

On July 2, my husband awoke to see me having what heguessed was a grand mal seizure. As this had never hap-pened before, he was extremely distressed and alarmed.

He quickly dialed 911 and within minutes there was ateam of professionals at our home, who were able to offerreassurance to my distraught husband and children, and toprovide a quick assessment and transfer to the emergencydepartment at Richmond Hospital.

I have no recollection of these events, but when I even-tually ‘came to’ in that hospital bed, I was greeted by avariety of very kind and professional staff.

My husband and I feel so grateful to all those peoplewho helped me that day, and we are very impressed by theprofessionalism of everyone we came in contact with. Wefeel truly fortunate to live in Richmond, where we haveaccess to such wonderful emergency services.

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The Editor,Re: “Disease expert

dismisses Lyme diagnosis,”News, July 7.

Certainly, Dr. Henry isentitled to her opinion.

However, I cannot in goodconscience sit in silencewhen I feel that her com-ments were a direct attemptto undermine our diagnosisand discredit our Americandoctor.

I do not wish to engagein a war of words. I canonly speak the truth of ourexperience and what wehave encountered on our thisfour-year journey with Lymedisease.

In B.C., the diagnosis ofLyme is contingent upon amajorly flawed testing pro-tocol. Whether or not oneargues that it (the ELISAtest) returns “false” positivesor “false” negatives, false isthe common denominator.

For this reason, the diag-nosis of Lyme should bebased upon a clinical one.Unfortunately, this has notbeen our experience or thatof many others in Canada.This is a travesty that is cost-ing people to lose their livesto a devastating disease thatis preventable and treatable— if caught in the earlystages.

Our primary motiva-tion for going public was tobroaden awareness and edu-cate the public with the truthabout how our province’smedical system approachesthe issue of Lyme disease.

I went undiagnosed anduntreated for nine monthsdespite many, many medi-cal tests by many, manyspecialists. Because Lymedisease was not even initiallyconsidered by my GP or the

specialists who followed, Inow have to live with latestage neurological Lyme dis-ease. At this stage, I am NOTcurable.

Late stage Lyme diseasegoes far beyond symptoms of“pain and fatigue issues” asalluded to by Dr. Henry.

At my sickest, I could notcount to ten, remember ourkid’s names or how to signmy name. I could not read,walk, see or speak. Aboveall else, the greatest loss Isuffered was my ability toactively and consistently par-ent our children.

The day that theRichmond News ran Dr.Henry’s response, I was atthe beach playing with them.Is it the “placebo effect”(as Dr. Henry calls it) thathas given me back that abil-ity? I think not. Rather, itis my U.S.-prescribed anti-biotic treatment for neuro-logical Lyme disease that hasresolved my most debilitat-ing symptoms. It is also myfaith that has sustained me inmy deepest, darkest monthsof profound disability.

In 2008 the (U.S.) Centrefor Disease Control reported29,000 confirmed cases ofLyme in the U.S.

Is it not logical to con-clude that American doctorshave garnered extensiveclinical experience in treatingthis complex, multi-systemicinfection? I am perplexedthat Dr. Henry would attackthe credibility of our board-certified U.S. doctor whohas nine years experiencetreating Lyme and other tickborne infections.

Our clinical diagnosisof Lyme was confirmed bypositive serology from anaccredited, licensed U.S. lab.

Even though our ELISA testscame back negative from aB.C. lab, we did receive posi-tive results indicating othertick-borne and Lyme-relatedinfections from them.

Why those results arebeing ignored or dismissedby B.C. physicians remainsunanswered.

Specialists at B.C.Children’s Hospital diag-nosed our youngest son with

“idiopathic pain and move-ment disorder.” He deterio-rated to the point where heneeded to be carried, fed andhe suffered from seizure-liketremors every day.

Pain management inter-ventions which included anti-inflammatory medications,anti-depressants and painnarcotics did NOTHING toease his symptoms.

However, within three

weeks of starting the appro-priate antibiotics needed toaddress his Lyme infection,Parker’s idiopathic movementdisorder resolved.

Interestingly, Stedman’sMedical Dictionary definesidiopathic as a “high flownterm to conceal ignorance.”

Ignorance of Lyme hasforever changed our family’slife. It is for this reason thatwe tell our story.

It is our hope that by tell-ing the truth about Lyme, noother individual or familywill suffer at the hands of adismissive medical system.

Our diagnosis was casual-ly dismissed in this article bya doctor who has never metus, examined us or is privy toour medical records.

Certainly this angersand frustrates us. However,underlying this is a deep-seated sadness; Dr. Henry’sresponse serves to confirmthe truth of our experience.

Indeed, it is evident thatthere continues to be a sys-temic bias against diagnosingand treating Lyme diseasein B.C.; a denial that isrendered from the top andreaches all the way downinto the offices of our front-line physicians.

I am truly distraught overthe harm that this is doingin the lives of unsuspectingBritish Columbians.

Our sincere thanks andappreciation to the RichmondNews for taking the time totell our story.

Shannon GoertzenRichmond

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I was not able to attend Mondaynight’s Richmond City Hall council meet-ing.

But I feel council has largely made upits mind, anyway, on the issue of re-zon-ing of the property at 16780 River Rd.from agriculture to industrial storage topermit commercial vehicle parking andstorage at the site.

I am disturbed that staff and coun-cil feel that a party that has ignoredRichmond’s zoning and bylaws couldindeed totally benefit by such a rezon-ing application that rewards them for

originally breaking the law and ignor-ing Richmond’s need for better land useand, above all, greatly improved bylawenforcement action to stop an activity thatis illegal and not in the public interest.

What council will do is reward some-one who has deliberately broken our lawsand has destroyed farm capability on ourever-diminishing supply of farmland onLulu Island.

A councilor has used the rationalethat filling in the farmland and parkingtrucks-trailers on it is good because thetrailers are used to haul blueberries.

This thinking is simply preposterousand undefendable.

With that mentality in mind, do welet John Deere build a tractor plant onRichmond farmland?

Do we let other trucking firms fill inand build on Richmond farmland becauseat some time they may have trucked haybales or hauled cattle?

What sort of a precedent does this setfor other land holders that would liketo alter their zoned land use by simplyignoring the rule of the day and destroy-ing its intended use?

To rezone this piece of land now issimply an admission of failure and a copout by staff and council because theyhave been unable or unwilling to properly

protect this land for agriculture.Instead of wasting time on re-zoning

and setting back the zoning process byyears, council should be determining howto restore the land and above all deter-mine what is a credible by-law enforce-ment program that can serve the residentsof Richmond better and more responsibly.

This includes everything from enforc-ing dog bylaws to laws that should pro-tect farmland from destruction by illegalfill and use.

Otto E. LangerRichmond

Rezoning sets dangerous, preposterous precedent

The Editor,Last Saturday afternoon, my family and I ventured on tak-

ing part of a long-awaited summer tradition: berry picking.Since I was a child growing up in this beautiful city, berry

picking (especially strawberries) was synonymous with sum-mer and a wonderful childhood memory.

We’ve taken our kids in the past and they have loved itand, generally, the farmers have been quite welcoming.

So, you can imagine the shock and disappointment weexperienced when BOTH the raspberry farm and blueberryfarms we visited informed us that children 12 and under werenot allowed to pick berries.

They pointed out that children dropped berries, brokebranches and ran in the fields.

As an elementary school teacher and mother to an 11-yearold, eight-year-old and preschooler, I completely understandthat children, in new environments, are not always predictableand yes, need guidance.

I also understand how much work and effort farmers of alldifferent kinds of crops invest.

However, given the fact that many of us, as a society, aretrying live ‘greener,’ reduce our carbon footprint and basically

trying to appreciate the roots of our food, I was disappointedthat berry picking is not an activity as readily available aswhen I was a kid.

What better way to foster an appreciation for our localfarms, and the environment, than taking kids out to pick theirown berries?

Worried about the crops? I get that. In the past, I’ve seenfarmers show the children how to properly pick the ber-ries, how to respectfully move among the berries, etc. In myexperience, children (and just about anyone) will rise to thestandards if given the opportunity and patient guidance of amentor.

Our ride home included snippets of ageism, disappoint-ment and discussions about ‘not even giving us a chance toprove we can do it.’ To me, it was about a loss of opportunity.Although we do grow some of our own vegetables and ber-ries in our own backyard, and although my kids are activelyinvolved in that process, it pales in comparison to the qual-ity, variety and vastness I once experienced in the Richmondfields.

Farmers out there who still welcome children in theirfields, and would like to give the next generation ofRichmondites an opportunity to equate summer with berrypicking, and thus encourage an appreciation for farming,please advertise on your signs. I guarantee you’ll get morefamilies out there.

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“I’d performed at charity gigs over theyears but in 2007 I wrote a song, AnotherNail, which I performed at a United Waycharity event and the audience were tellingme they loved it and asking me who wroteit.”

With those encouraging words, a seed wasplanted.

In 2008, compelled by a strong urge tofollow his passion, Parnell quit his lucrativepaying job to pursue a career in the less thansecure musical arena.

The News sat with Parnell over coffee lastweek to discuss his music and to delve intohow a middle-aged man with a wife and twoteenage sons can do what others only dreamof.

“I’m lucky that I invested well and havean incredibly supportive wife (Rena),” saidParnell. “Two years before I quit, Rena and Istarted talking about if we could do whateverwe wanted, what would we do.”

So with his wife’s blessing and buoyedby audience reaction, Parnell dove into hismusic.

“Getting great feedback from audiencesreally pushed me to try it out full time,” hesaid.

Audience members have often cometo Parnell afterwards and told him that hesounds like a combination of Bob Dylan andJohnny Cash, with a little Leonard Cohen,George Harrison and John Lennon mixedin. All of these seasoned artists have deeplyinfluenced Parnell’s vocal and song writingstyle.

“I’m told I have an ability to play withwords like Leonard Cohen does,” saidParnell. “My music is the background for thelyrics. For me it’s about getting to the essenceof a song.”

In fact, he was thrilled to learn theO’Malley Project song Still Waiting— for which Parnell penned the lyrics— was awarded Folk Song of the Dayby GarageBand on Oct. 3, 2009, and has

received multiple reviewer pick awards forBest Vocals, Best Melody, Best Mood, andMost Original Song.

He’s also garnered radio play in Germanyand in the United States for two tracks —One Eye Open and Everybody’s Wrong.

“I view One Eye Open as a song aboutEastern, Buddhist philosophies,” he said. “Iwrote it in about 20 minutes from beginningto end.

“It’s about the need to let go of everythingthat isn’t serving you and moving forward …similar to the concept of me leaving TerasenGas.”

He composes songs much in the samevein as singers such as Neil Young, James

Taylor, Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen.Songs, Parnell said, that he hopes transportand move his audience.

“You know songs where you sit down andreally listen to the lyrics,” said Parnell.

“I write very simple cords and it’s thecombination of the lyrics and the music thatworks.

“I think some of today’s singers have lostthat fresh, real sound and that’s what I’m try-ing to achieve.”

Parnell likes upbeat, happy songs.“It’s tougher to write happy songs rather

than melancholy ones,” he added.He grew up in Northern Ontario, the third

of six children.

A military brat, Parnell and his siblingsmoved often over the years.

He attended Catholic school but alwaysquestioned his faith. In his twenties, he stud-ied world religions and in his late twentiesconverted to Judaism.

Although he has had no formal musicaltraining, Parnell said he grew up in an artisticfamily — his brother is a painter and sculp-tor, his mother was always into arts and craftsand a few uncles are artists as well.

“However, I didn’t pick up a guitaruntil well after I graduated from QueensUniversity in 1982.”

Fast track to today, Parnell recentlyteamed up with musician/producer GrahamRoone, who offered to produce a few demoswith him. That led to a CD of six originaltracks titled One Eye Open.

“In the last year, I have also been takingvocal lessons,” he added.

Parnell has performed at various venues,including the Steveston Farmers and ArtisansMarket, the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, theUBC Farm Market and Main on Main.

“Three weeks ago I performed inCalgary,” he added. “I really hope to grow mymusic from its grass roots beginning to build-ing a fan base and larger audience.”

Parnell is also in the studio recording afull length CD, which he hopes to release inNovember.

Meanwhile, during his upcoming perfor-mance in West Vancouver, Parnell will playa mix of his own songs and a few covers aswell.

During the Harmony Festival, Parnell’s15-year-old guitar-picking son Hart will joinhim on stage, along with a bass player anddrummer.

As he leaves, Parnell said: “Some peoplethink I’m having a mid-life crisis to which Ianswer, at some point we lose sight of whatit is we are passionate about. I questionedmyself and I think we should all ask our-selves what do we really want to do beforeit’s too late.”

Parnell performs at the 20th AnnualHarmony Arts Festival in West Vancouver onAugust 1 at 2 p.m. on the Garden Stage andagain at 4 p.m. on the Fountain Stage.

For directions and more information aboutthe festival, visit www.musicfestvancouver.ca. For more information about Parnell, visit

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If the overjoyed look on Ben Chaddock’sface didn’t already convey the significanceof victory at the Tour de Delta’s Prologue,the caller at the other end of the cell phonethat was handed to him after a series ofpost-race interviews must have.

“Mom?” said a surprised Chaddock. “Iguess I’m aerodynamic. This is unbeliev-able.”

Knocking off current Canadian TimeTrial Champion Svein Tuft is worth of acall from the parents anytime. But that goesdouble when you are 25-years-old, in justyour third year of competitive cycling, andonly six weeks into a stint with your newpro team.

Chaddock quickly repaid the faithshown by the Rubicon-ORBEA pro cyclingteam, flying around the Tour de Delta’s 3.2-kilometer prologue course in three minutesand 46.52 seconds, less than half a secondfaster than the 3:47 turned in by Tuft, whoparticipated in B.C. Superweek on a breakfrom his Garmin-Transitions Pro Tour teamin Europe.

“This is very exciting,” said Chaddock,a Richmond native who recently graduatedfrom Whitman College in Walla Walla,Washington. “I don’t have a lot of words.I just wanted to go as fast as I could andwhen I came across the line I couldn’tbelieve my time.”

With a group that included OlympianZach Bell (Kelly Benefits), currentCanadian Road Race and defending DeltaPrologue Champion Will Routley (JellyBelly), a long list of top pros from US

teams, and Tuft and his Garmin-Transitionsteammate Christian Meier, few expectedto see Chaddock spraying the crowd withchampagne atop the podium.

If you ask Tuft, though, that’s what BCSuperweek is all about, pointing to a simi-lar out-of-nowhere performance by Bell atthe Tour de Delta hillclimb years ago

“Its good to see young talent coming upand taking it to the older guys,” said Tuft.“I heard he’s just starting out, so it’s aboutguys like him coming out and smashing itand realizing it’s possible. He showed hehas the engine to be right up there. He justhas to hone that. It’s going to take time butwhen you do that you’ve proven you havethe engine and the skills.”

Chaddock actually honed his engine inalpine skiing, racing all the way to a pro-vincial and NorAm level alongside friendslike Robbie Dixon and Manual Osborne-Paradis, who both now race on Canada’snational downhill team. He switched tocycling at Whitman College, and helpedlead the team to a pair of NCAA Division 2Road Race Omnium Championships.

He’s worked hard the last three-plusyears to improve his distance performances,but says the skiing background is perfectfor shorter distances, even if the last gruel-ling stretch was straight uphill instead ofthe other way.

“Physiology, I’m matched up for 3-4minute effort, but that last stretch was pret-ty tough,” said Chaddock, who got to theTour de Delta leader jersey for the BrencoCriterium the following night.

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Ben Chaddock (right) was among the surprises stories at the 10th annual Tour deDelta. The 25year-old from Richmond captured the opening Prologue speed event.


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RichmondIslanderscelebratetheir bronzemedal fin-ish at theSquirt “A”Provincialtourneyin MapleRidge.

Battling hot weather andvery tough competition fromheavy favourites, Surrey,White Rock, and host RidgeMeadows — the Richmond98A Islanders came throughwith a bronze medal atthe Squirt “A” ProvincialChampionships.

It was an amazing week-end for the girls with lots ofbig hits, outstanding defen-sive plays, and most impor-tantly, great team spirit!

Saturday was a success-ful day for the Islanders asthey started off with a huge14-3 victory over their rivals— the Delta ’98 Heat — andthen went on to mercy the’99 Renegades to securethird place in round robinplay. The Islanders thencapped a busy day with atight 3-2 win over the Surrey’98 Storm, guaranteeingthemselves no worse thanthird place finish.

Sunday brought promiseas they fought hard with theWhite Rock Renegades, butfell short in the end. Thesame would happen againsttheir nemesis — the RidgeMeadows Pride. Althoughthe girls were unable tomake it to the finals, every-one was more than proud oftheir third place finish.

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Lum stressed how theentire squad dug deep tofind ways to win and howtheir hard work and con-ditioning leading up to theprovincials paid off.

The roster includes:Jillian Marshall, ClaireSiqueira, Jessica Zawada,Tia Tsang, Priya Hothi, Tiara

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The coaching staff alsofeatures: Briana Adams,Bianca Verde Rios and EdSiqueira.

The team would like tothank guest coaches, MeganDurrant, Kathy Tipper, andRob Scott for their help withhitting and pitching through-out the season.

’98 Islanders earn bronzeat Squirt “A” provincials

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Richmond Attitude capped an outstand-ing season in style — winning a bronzemedal at the Pee Wee “C” ProvincialChampionships in Quesnel.

With a 30-1 record, including a pair offirst place finishes in tournament play, theAttitude secured a trip to Quesnel back inJune with an extra inning win over NewWest. It marked the second time the localgirls softball team had earned a B.C. berth.The first time came at the Squirt level.

Playing in temperatures in the mid30s, Richmond earned the third playoffseed with a 4-0 record in round-robin playthanks to wins over Victoria, Mission,Langley and South Delta.

In the knockout portion of the tourna-ment, the team again defeated both Missionand Victoria to guarantee themselves a

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approached 40 degrees on Sunday after-noon, the team suffered its first loss of thetournament to the Fleetwood Fury — theonly team to have defeated the Attitudeearlier in the season.

The locals impressive run then endedwith a grueling 10 inning loss to the ViewRoyal Stingers. The game took over twohours to play in the extreme heat.

The Attitude’s roster featured MorganMichels, Genevieve Smith, Nicole Martin,Elise Simpson, Yi Fan Yin, Erin Waterman,Alyssa Wooster, Tanya Johnson, LauraMurray, Lucy Sharples, Mineesha Kirk,and Katherine Doyle. The team is coachedby Terry Ploquin, Chris Smith, and ScottPink.

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ACROSS

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Fun By The NumbersLike puzzles?

Then you'll love Sudoku.This mind-bending puzzle

will have you hookedfrom the moment yousquare off, so sharpen

your pencil and putyour Sudoku savvy

to the test!

Here's How It Works:Sudoku puzzles are formatted as a 9x9 grid, broken into nine 3x3boxes. To solve a Sudoku, the numbers 1 through 9 must fill eachrow, column and box. Each number can appear only once in each row,column and box. You can figure out the order in which the numberswill appear by using the numeric clues already provided in the boxes.The more numbers you name, the easier it gets to solve the puzzle!

1. Painter Vincent Van –2. Memorization3. Essential oil fromflowers4. 22nd Greek letter5. Snakelike fish6. Tooth caregiver7 .”Air Music” composer8. Lord of Searing Flames9. The bill in a restaurant10. Rainbows and ranges11. Misunderstand speech12. Cutting remarks14. Bottles for corrosives17. Very fast airplane18. Neutral middle vowel

20. Not inclined to speak23. Thronging24. Squash bug genus25. Bangladesh currency(abbr.)26. Emmet29. Poet ___ Cummings30. Make a choice31. Highway foundation32. Citizens of Seoul35. Grab36. Panegyric38. Peach _____, dessert40. Weekday (abbr.)41. “_____ the nightbefore Christmas”

42. Family residence43. Muslim ruler title44. Large African antelope45. Gas usage measurement46. Yes vote47. Not wet

1. Said blessing before meal7. A wheel furrow10. Removed wrinkles12. Cold Adriatic wind13. Double braids14. Indigenous SouthAmericans15. Claremone LandscapeGarden city16. Expanse of a surface17. Schedule (abbr.)18. Nuclear near reachweapon

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41. White garden snailgenus44. Network of Russianprison camps45. Insane females48. Northeast by North(abbr.)49. Figures w/triangularfaces50. N. American republic(abbr.)51. Old Faithful

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6008-30 Surrey6008-30

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6020-14 Langley/Aldergrove6020-14

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6030 Lots & Acreage6030

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6035 Mobile Homes6035

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6065 RecreationProperty6065

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REAL ESTATE RENTALS

6505 Apartments &Condos6505

2 BR NEW $2000, 1079 sqft +balcony,12th fl, 2 parking, accessWestin hotel gym, see RichmondMarina, Now/Aug1, 604 267-4137

EVERGREEN DOWNS4600 Evergreen Lane, Ladner

2 BR apartment, $835/mo includes hot water and one parkingstall. Electricity, phone, cable is extra. Elevator in building andcoin laundry.

We are family housing so cannot rent a 2 bedroom to a coupleor a single person. Income guidelines are a range of $2850 to$4600 gross per month to qualify. We have no subsidiesavailable at this time.

Application, references, proof of income are required. Securitydeposit for unit is 1/2 month’s rent. We do accept small dogsand pets with an additional 1/2 month’s rent as security deposit.

If you are interested, and meet our guidelinesand would like to view, please call 604-451-6082

MAPLE VINE COURTFrancis Road near No. 3 Road, Richmond

2 BR, 2 level Apartment $950/mo available. Utilities are extra.One parking stall included. No laundry hook ups in this unit. Coinlaundry in building. Must have an income range of $2800-$4600gross per month.

We are family housing so cannot rent to a single or a couple in a2 BR unit. Application, proof of income and references required.Security deposit is ½ month’s rent. Small pets accepted (some dogbreeds are not accepted) with additional security deposit of 1/2month’s rent.Please call if interested and you qualify, 604-451-6082

KNIGHTSBRIDGECambie Road near No. 5 Road, Richmond

2 BR, 1 bath lower unit, $920/mo avail. Utilities are extra. Oneparking stall included. Laundry hook ups for stackers only. Coinlaundry in complex.We are family housing so cannot rent to a single or a couple ina 2 bedroom unit. Must have income range of $2760-$4600gross per month. Security deposit is ½ month’s rent. Small petsaccepted (some dog breeds are not accepted) with additionalsecurity deposit of 1/2 month’s rent.

Please call if interested and you qualify, 604-451-6082

6508 Apt/Condos6508

1021 HOWAY ST.NEW WESTMINSTER

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10951 MORTFIELD RD.RICHMOND

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6508 Apt/Condos6508

Coquitlam Centre3097 Lincoln Ave/Westwood

$200 Move In Bonus!($200 off your 1st month rent)

C o q u i t l a m , 1 Y e a r O l dGorgeous 2 BR Condo, 3rd flr,corner unit, balc, lots of windows,(in low rise condo-4flrs) 2 securegated u/g prkg, storage locker,approx 1000sf, inste w/d, 2 fullbaths, SS appls, fridge, stove,d/w, f/p, beautiful area, walk toCoq Centre Mall & transit. NoSmoking, No Pets, avail August15th, $1400/mo incls gas &hotwater, min 1 year lease.

References Required.Call 604 931-4860

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DELTA WEST4895-55B St, Ladner

Bach, 1 & 2 BR, Available.Spacious suites, balconies,rent incls heat & hot water,prkg available. Refs. N/P.CALL 604 946-1094BAYSIDE PROPERTY SERVICES

RICHMOND 1, 2 bdrm apts torent, Buswell St. Close to allamens, pkng incl. 604-880-8738

6540 Houses - Rent6540

6508 Apt/Condos6508

SHEPHERD DRIVE, RICHMOND3 BR, 2 bath townhouse, 1515 sq. ft. 3 levels near Shell andAlderbridge.Rent is $1,250 per month. Utilities are extra, hydro and gas.Must be a family and must have income in the range of$3750-$5500. Application, references and proof of income isrequired. Security deposit of ½ month’s rent is required. Smallpets are accepted with an additional security deposit of ½months rent.

If you qualify and are interested in viewing,please call 604-451-6082

6540 Houses - Rent6540STOP RENTING-RENT TO OWN

No Qualification - Low DownCHILLIWACK – 9557 Williams St,3 bdrm, 1 bath, cozy HOUSE on49x171’ lot, excellent investmentproperty in heart of town, close toshops & schools............... $888/MSOUTH SURREY/WHITE ROCK –15532 Madrona Dr., 3 bdrm,HOUSE, on Cul-de-Sac in quietneighborhood, huge yard.. $1,688/MCall Kristen 604 435-5555 or 786-4663

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6565 Office/Retail -Rent6565

FOR LEASEOffice Space 621 sqft avail June1st . 4840 Delta Street, Ladner.

2nd, elevator & sec indoor prkng,Ph: Gertie 1-250-247-7242 or cell

604-306-4563

6590 Rooms6590ROOM AVAIL, female $450, inclnet&utils, ns, np, Steveston Hwy& #3Rd. avail now, 604-277-3057

6602 Suites/PartialHouses6602

1 BR ground level suite. $700 inclutils, ns np, Near Cambie & #5.Avail immed, 604-278-1505

1 BR suite, new, ns, np. $750 inclhydro, nr Saunder & Garden City,Refs, Aug 1 604-272-5943

2 BDRM Bsmt, 4rd & Steveston -$1000/mth incl utils, cable, inter-net. own loundry, no smoking/nopets. avail Aug 1. 604 312-8639

2 BR bsmt, 4 & Williams, nrschool, no w/d, n/s, n/p, $900 inclutils. Aug 1. 604-828-4681

6602 Suites/PartialHouses6602

2 BR bsmt ste, $750incl’ds hydro& gas, Aug 1, Shell & William, n/s,nr bus & schools 604-244-8483

2 BR grnd lvl, in Ironwood, nwcarpets, no pets/smoking, sharedlaund, ref’s, $950 604-250-9872

2 BR, Sorenson Cres. 1 level,own entry, share laundry, ns, np,$800, Immed. 604-275-2629

#5 / Cambie 1 BR, private entryall appls, no ldry, np, walk to mall/transit/school/rec ctr. NOW. Refs,$800 incl hydro. 604-765-3422

Do You Needto Rent YourProperty?3 Lines3 Times

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AUTOMOTIVE9110 Collectibles &

Classics9110

1972 TR6 restored, new clutch,brakes, top, excellent condition.$17,500 obo 604-728-8042

9125 Domestic9125

1992 CHRYSLER Plymouth Ac-claim. 140,400 km. Auto, 4 doors,new tires & new battery. Excellentcondition. $1,100. 604-524-6567

Is your Vehicle A/CIs your Vehicle A/CNot Working?Not Working?

Avoid Costly repairs, let us tuneup your original a/c system.

Save lots of $$$Guaranteed Results!

Call KoolAir King604-996-5464(KING)

SUBARU IMPREZA 2.5 TS, oneowner, amazing shape, 4 season& wint. tires, 150kms, $9,980

9145 Scrap CarRemoval9145

(604) 209-2026

FREEScrap/CarRemoval

No Wheels No Problem

2 HOUR2 HOURFamily Owned & Operated

Service From Call

FREESCRAP CAR REMOVALNo Wheels, No Problem

MIKE: 604-872-0109

CASH FOR SOME COMPLETE CARSOPEN 24 HRS. INCLUDING HOLIDAYS

9145 Scrap CarRemoval9145

#1 FREE Scrap Vehicle RemovalAsk about $500 Credit!!!

$$ PAID for Some 604.683.2200

AAA SCRAP CAR REMOVALMinimum $100 cash paid for fullsized vehicles. 604-518-3673

THE SCRAPPERSCRAP CAR &TRUCK REMOVALCASH FOR ALL VEHICLES

604-790-39002 HOUR SERVICE

9155 Sport Utilities/4x4’s/Trucks9155

1992 TOYOTA-LANDCRUISER,RHD, 4x4, 4D, 7 seats, 194km,new tires/shocks, Thule roof rack,full service history, diesel/biodiesel, 7 seats, very clean.Nick Jones 778-996-0568

2002 TOYOTA Highlander V6AWD SUV. Excellent condition,power everything, silver asking12,500. Call 604-525-1433 or604-465-2712

9160 Sports &Imports9160

1984 TOYTOA TERCEL fullyoperational, needs muffler,134,579 kms $350 604-946-5751

1991 MERCEDES 500SLconvert, hardtop, auto, 2 dr, goodcond, $11,000 604-726-4258

1999 HONDA Civic SI, upgraded,all acc, no accidents, Exc Cond,Great deal! $5150 obo 946-4540

2002 AUDI A4 1.8T Silver, 184Kkm’s, loaded, local car, full ser-vice hist, $8900, 604-518-7792

9160 Sports &Imports9160

2003 NISSAN Altima $6,900.Fully loaded, blk leather int. lowkms. call 604.788.6712 or [email protected]

2004 V6 Tiburon Tuscani, black,standard, stored due to illness,only 37,500kms, chrome rims,perrelli tires, stock w/winters, f/l,leather, sunroof, paid $47,000now $21,000 Valerie cell (604)785-8577 home (250) 245-0067

2005 VW Jetta TDI, 5 spd, silver,1 owner, 63K, loaded, all records,heated seats, s/roof, no acc., tireswinter, $16,500, 604-921-9788

2006 HONDA Civic DX Coupe$12,500. Auto, dark blue, PWRLocks/Windows, heated mirrors,digital dash, 4 new tires, newbrakes. Honda Serviced. NOAccidents. 100k. Great on gas,+extras. Coq. ★ 604-868-3128

9173 Vans9173

2002 PONTIAC Montana, 110 K,1 owner, all serv records, no acc,very clean, ns V6 auto, aircaredAug 2011, $4950. 604-916-7160

9515 Boats951510 FT Tabor Yak with Seagullmotor & trailer, unsinkable, Goodcondition. Offers. 604-988-8293

WANTED 2 small outboard mo-tors from 2hp to 15hp. Doesn’tneed to run. 604-319-5720

9522 Motorhomes/RVs95221980 20 FT GMC FRONTI-ER70,000 orig km, int all new,new tire/brakes,exhaust/shocks.Reduced to $4900. 604-825-3845

3 BR 2bath furn’d 1350sf, nearammenities, np/ns, $1600 inclgas & hw. Aug 1; 778-995-5112

RMD WEST 3 br upper $1600, nrschools, bus + 2br ste $1100, ns,np. Avail immed * 604-375-3986

A26 June 28, 2010 The Richmond News

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Find it in theReal Estate

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8055 Cleaning8055

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LIDIA’S EUROPEAN Cleaning.Res/Com. Specializing in detailcleaning. Bonded. 604-541-9255

Sister Team office/hse cleaning.We will make your house sparkle.15 yrs exp. $25/hr. 604 306-5993

8060 Concrete8060STAMPED CONCRETE

*Patios, Pool Decks,*Sidewalks Driveways

*Forming *Finishing * Re & Re

Danny 604.307.7722

All Your Concrete Needs30 yr exp. Quality workmanship

Fully insured

L & L CONCRETE. All types:Stamped, Waterproofing, Wash &Sealing Larry 778-882-0098

8065 Contracting8065Always Done Right ContractingSundecks, Best vinyl, aluminiumrailing etc. 604-722-3392

8075 Drywall8075*Drywall * Taping * Texture *Stucco*Painting * Steel stud fram-ing Quality Home 604-725-8925

8080 Electrical8080

#1167 LIC Bonded. BBB, lrg & smjobs, expert trouble shooter,WCB, low rates, 24/7. 617-1774.

✫PEARCE ELECTRICLic #91654. Bonded & Insured.BBB Accredited. ★ 604-644-5960

8087 Excavating8087# 1 BACKHOE,EXCAVATOR &

BOBCATone mini, drainage,

landscaping, stump / rock /cement / oil tank removal.

Water / sewer line, 24 hoursCall 341-4446 or 254-6865

8090 Fencing/Gates8090S & S

LANDSCAPING &FENCING

Factory Direct Cedar FencePanel for Sale & Installation8291 No.5 Rd Richmond

Call 604-275-3158

8125 Gutters8125Edgemont Gutters. Sales &

Install 5’’ continuous gutter, minorrepairs, cleaning. 604-244-9446

PRESSURE WASHING,Gutter Cleaning and RepairsCall George 778-859-7793

8130 Handyperson8130Beaudry & Father

Handymen ServicesGeneral Repairs, Painting,

Plumbing Reasonable HourlyRate, References Available

Satisfaction Guaranteed

Call Richard604-345-9799

8160 Lawn & Garden8160

Tree Topping, Clean-Up,Planting, Trimming, Power Raking,Aeration, etc. • Westside & Eastside

LULU ISLANDLandscaping

Strata/Com/ResidentalMaint & Yard CleanupsSpecializing in tree, hedges,

shrubs, trim, tree removal, lawncutting. Free Estimate!

Call Rey@ 778-223-6687

All your Lawn Needs Mowing-hedging - seasonal clean up &power washing. 604-209-8640

Chau Le Gardening new lawn,maint. & cleanup trimming shrubstopping hedges 604-782-5288

Gardening Services 21 yrs exp.Tree topping, West & Eastside &Rmd. Michael 604-240-2881

HEDGES TRIMMEDLAWNS CUT

FREE ESTIMATES604-274-9656

8185 Moving &Storage8185

Experienced Movers~ 2 Men $50 ~• Includes all Taxes

• Licenced & Insured• Efficient & Reliable

B&Y MOVING

604-708-8850$30 P/HR. Abe Moving & Delivery& Rubbish Removal. ★ Available24 hours. Abe at: 604-999-6020

AJK MOVING Ltd. Delivery, stor-age. No job too small or big.Clean-up, garage, basement.Lic# 32839 604-875-9072

8195 Painting/Wallpaper8195

D & MPAINTING

Interior/Exterior SpecialistMany Years Experience

Fully InsuredTop Quality, Quick Work

Free Estimate604-724-3832

FAIRWAYPAINTING

Fully Insured20 years experienceFree EstimatesINTERIOR& EXTERIORSPECIALS

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729-1234

8205 Paving/SealCoating8205

ALLEN Asphalt, concrete, brick,drains, foundations, walls, mem-branes 604-618-2304/ 820-2187

8220 Plumbing8220

1ST CALL Plumbing&Heating LtdLocal, Prompt & Professional.Lic’d, Bonded, Ins. 604-868-7062

PLUMBERSWater Lines (without digging)Sewer Lines (without digging)Install. Drain tiles. 604-739-2000

8225 Power Washing8225Edgemont Building Mainten-ance. Power Washing, Window &Gutter Cleaning. 604-244-9446

8240 Renovations &Home Improvement8240

* Save Your Dollars *Bath, Kitchen, Suite’s & More

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8250 Roofing8250

Member BBB - Member RCABCFull Liability Coverage and WCB

Designated Project Managersand Third Party Inspections

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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, WCB, Liability Insured.

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A Save on Roofing - specialize in★refoof ★ repair★ Fully Ins. Freeest. 10% discount 778-892-1266

8160 Lawn & Garden8160

•Lawn Care •Hedging•Pruning •Clean-up•Rubbish Removal

•Power Raking•Aerating

•Power Washing

604-209-8640

Landscaping, Excavation & DemosT&LT&L INC.

turf, ponds, irrigation,retaining walls, paver patios,

pool excavation/fill,stump grinding, walkways,

jack hammering,concrete cutting, delivery/hauls,

drainage/sewer/water,complete yard redevelopments

and strata contracts

778-885-5009778-885-5009

8250 Roofing8250

SSK ROOFING & SIDINGRe-roofing. Gutters. WCB / BBB604-787-4622 or 778 240-6513

8255 Rubbish Removal8255

★Mike’s Haul-Away& Disposal ★

Prompt & CourteousHouse, Garden & Garage

Waste ServiceFor Free Quote or Appt.

call Mike at 604-241-7141

$30 P/HR. Abe Moving & Delivery& Rubbish Removal. ★ Available24 hours. Abe at: 604-999-6020

A.J.K. MOVING Ltd. Specialtruck for clean-ups. Any size jobLic#32839 604-875-9072

bradsjunkremoval.com604-220-JUNK (5865)

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8255 Rubbish Removal8255

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DISPOSAL BINS10 - 40 yard bins. Lowest rates!disposalking.com 604-306-8599

8300 Stucco8300Quality Home Improvement

★ Stucco ★ All Kinds. No Job TooBig or Small. 604-725-8925

8305 Sun Decks8305ALWAYS DONE RIGHT

CONTRACTING★We specialize in all kinds of

waterproofing.★Vinyl & fibreglass decking.★Alumin ium rai l ings &

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Call Martin 604-722-3392

K & L SUNDECKSVinyl & Fiberglass. Exterior water-proofing. Terry 604-805-2090

8315 Tree Services8315Tree Removal - Stump GrindingBranch Chipping * Free Est. * WCBLocal resident, 34 yrs. 604-943-0043

8195 Painting/Wallpaper8195

20 yrs experienceInterior/ExteriorInterior/Exterior

Work Guaranteed,Work Guaranteed,Fully InsuredFully Insured

www.cyruspainting.caor 604-722-0660

FREEFREEEST.EST.

Cyrus PaintingCyrus PaintingCyrus PaintingCyrus Painting

YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 servicecall. Insured. Lic # 89402. Fastsame day service guaranteed. Welove small jobs! 604-568-1899

8250 Roofing8250

All SeasonRoofing

Re-Roofing & RepairsSpecialists

20 year Labour Warranty available

604-591-3500

CHEAP JUNK Removal & BinRentals Starting at $49.99. Large20cu yard trucks. 778-882-5865

8335 Window Cleaning8335Edgemont Building Mainten-ance. Window & Gutter Cleaning,Power Washing. 604-244-9446


Renovating?Renovating?Refer to the

Home Servicessection

for all yourhome improvement,

decorating,and design needs.

8155 Landscaping

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24 HOUR EMERGENCY SERVICE 604-214-0661

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Pierre MarchildonServing Richmond

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RICHMOND COUNTRY FARMSRICHMOND COUNTRY FARMS12900 STEVESTON HWY. 604-274-052212900 STEVESTON HWY. 604-274-0522

OPEN DAILY 9am-8:30pmOPEN DAILY 9am-8:30pmProudly Providing Richmond's Finest Produce for Over 30 Years.Proudly Providing Richmond's Finest Produce for Over 30 Years.

FARMHOUSEFLOWERS BY SHIRLEYFLOWERS BY SHIRLEY

Sunflowers 3 Bunches forSunflowers 3 Bunches for $$9.999.99

GARDEN CENTREGARDEN CENTRESea SoilSea Soil $$5.99 bag5.99 bag

3" Shrubs & Grasses 30% Off3" Shrubs & Grasses 30% OffPrices in effect July 28-Aug. 1. While quantities last.Prices in effect July 28-Aug. 1. While quantities last.

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Cantaloupe

OkanaganOkanaganGolden PlumsOkanaganOkanaganApricotsSeedlessSeedlessWatermelonOur OwnOur OwnZucchini

99¢lb.

99¢lb.

39¢lb.

49¢lb.

OrganicOrganicOnions 3lb. bag

$2.99bag

Local Green Beans &Local Green Beans &English Peas NOW INEnglish Peas NOW IN

49¢lb.

Our Own Hand-PickedOur Own Hand-PickedHand-Washed Nugget Potatoes!Hand-Washed Nugget Potatoes!

RICHMOND COUNTRY FARMSRICHMOND COUNTRY FARMSFrom Our Fields to Your TableFrom Our Fields to Your Table

OUR OWN CORN HAS ARRIVED!OUR OWN CORN HAS ARRIVED!

richmond news july 28 2010

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