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Martin van den Hemel photoAt Wednesday’s announcement of the Drummond Club, a new private club to open at the end of next year in East Richmond, was entrepreneur Dennis Drummond, Richmond-Steveston MLA John Yap, world champion figure skater Patrick Chan and Burnaby North MLA Richard Lee.

Drummond Club will feature Patrick Chan Elite Figure Skating School

by Martin van den HemelStaff Reporter

Nearly a dozen indoor and outdoor tennis courts, an Olympic-sized ice surface for the Patrick Chan Elite Figure Skating School, and a six-lane, 25-metre swimming

pool, highlight a new multi-million dollar private athletic and leisure facility that’s ex-pected to open in East Rich-mond late next year.

Named after the Drum-mond family, which has a 100-year heritage in Greater Vancouver and in-

cludes entrepreneur Den-nis Drummond and his wifeElizabeth, the Drummond Club will be built on landDrummond currently owns on Savage Road, just eastof No. 6 Road and south of River Road.

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Garbage collection to go bi-weeklyShift recognizes success of recycling programs, city says

by Matthew HoekstraStaff Reporter

Curb side garbage pickup will be cut in half next year if a new plan aimed at reducing waste is approved by the city.

Richmond homeowners now have weekly collection for garbage, blue box recycling and green cart organics. Under a new proposal, garbage would be collected just once every two weeks, while recycling and organics collection would remain the same.

“Many communities in the Lower Mainland, including Vancouver and Surrey, have changed their services levels for garbage collection to bi-weekly,” said Suzanne Bycraft, manager of fleet and environmental programs, in a staff report Thursday. “Bi-weekly garbage collection is being implemented to help accelerate waste reduction goals. It also recognizes that there is considerably less garbage to collect from residents due to the success of ever-expanding recycling programs.”

Each home would receive a wheeled garbage cart, which would be available in various sizes. The larger the cart, the more a homeowner would pay for pickup. Garbage tags for additional trash would still be available for purchase.

Rolling out the plan would cost $2.6 million, and would begin in early 2016.

City council is expected to vote Monday on the plan. Last year the city started a pilot project to study the use

of garbage carts—similar to existing green carts. Of the 838 homes with bi-weekly collection, there was an overall 20 per cent reduction in garbage, a 55 per cent increase in blue box recycling, and a 44 per cent increase in organics recycling.

“The outcomes from the pilot project indicate that a transition to bi-weekly garbage collection service can be expected to significantly improve recycling and waste diver-sion performance, and is therefore recommended,” noted Bycraft.

The move isn’t expected to save the city much money. Picking up garbage from carts takes longer, staff say, and more materials are being picked up from green carts and blue boxes.

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A Richmond company has launched a food venture and it’s certainly been no pie in the sky.

Since opening at the beginning of the year, Nirvana Foods has seen its modest savoury pie business take off, filling up store shelves and happy cus-tomers’ bellies.

The five-employee business is run out of the site of a former tofu factory in downtown Richmond by the wife-and-husband team of Jaeriah Tay and Danilo Passari. She looks after the de-sign and marketing and he looks after the cooking.

Jaeriah says Nirvana’s goal is make takeout food that tastes home-made—the kind of food your grand-mother would have made.

“We started wanting to make, sim-ply put, wholesome comfort food that working families can go home and pop in the oven.,” she says.

Nirvana Foods grew out of Nirvana Organics, an organic grocery store in London’s Landing run by Jessica’s family.

Jessica’s dad, a trained chef who had worked in hotels and restaurants, would sell some of his prepared meals at the grocery store, which proved to be a hit.

Meanwhile, Jessica, who studied tourism marketing, went off to travel and work in Asia and Europe, eventu-ally winding up at a hotel in Italy. There, she met Danilo, a talented young Ital-ian chef. With a little help from Google Translate, they fell in love and then married and moved to Richmond.

With two chefs in the family, a pre-pared meal business was quickly born and they got to work quickly making pies.

“It’s made with good ingredients. We do everything by hand,” says Danilo.

The pies come in five flavours: clas-sic chicken, shepherd’s, pepper beef, vegetarian and curry lamb pot pies. They are available in five and eight inch sizes. More flavours are in the works.

It’s not all about pies—Nirvana also makes soups and butter chicken curry and when the Richmond Review re-cently dropped by to visit, the kitchen was working on adding pasta meals in the near future.

In Richmond, the pies are avaiable at Nirvana Organics, Loblaws City Market and Seafair Gourmet Meats.

Elsewhere, stores such as Nesters, Urban Fare, Gourmet Warehouse and Meinhardt in Vancouver have picking up the pies, with new stores being added weekly.

For information on the company see www.nirvanafoodsinc.com.

Richmond company serves up success with pies

These toys can reach speeds of 75 km/h


High-speed thrills, new skills and family fun are combining to bring people together at Jessie Wowk el-ementary school.

A new off-road radio controlled race track was recently built next to the school, complete with tight turns, straightaways, bumps and a table jump.

The gravel-surfaced track, which is about 80 feet long and 40 feet wide, has the community buzzing, literally.

The sound of the pocket rockets quickly accelerating and then zip-ping around the track and propel-ling themselves over jumps and into the air, is now commonplace not only during school days but on weekends, when neighbours are coming out to test the newest ad-dition to the community.

Jessie Wowk teacher Orson Woo said the track took a couple of days to build, and students are learn-ing all types of new skills, from the motor-coordination needed to mas-ter the steering wheel of the radio control, to the actual maintenance of the toys, which in many ways are like real cars, only much smaller, with the 1/10th scale being the most popular.

Grade 6 student Ralph Chan, who took up the hobby a couple of months ago and is one of 10 mem-bers of the school’s remote control car club, has already given the track a name: Wowk Speedway.

“It’s pretty good,” he said with a smile, adding that a student from nearby Richmond Christian even came by to give it a try.

Chan’s electric vehicle is capable of reaching 75 km/h, but some high-end models can reach 160 km/h.

The track is wide enough to have three cars racing side by side, though multiple vehicles can be on the course at the same time.

Chan said it would be great to add a clock to the track, to allow com-petitors to keep a record of lap and race times.

Woo said local remote control race car enthusiasts already gather regu-larly to compete, including a group that races on asphalt in the parking lot at BCIT’s campus on Sea Island on weekends.

As far as Woo is aware, Jessie Wowk is home to the only off-road track of its kind in Richmond.

Woo said there are endless pos-sibilities in terms of using the track as a teaching tool for students, from learning about physics to teaching children to use tools needed to maintain the machines.

Jessie Wowk principal Carolyn Latu said Woo is a remote control car enthusiast who started a club in the fall, and on Fridays after school, would gather with a group of stu-dents to race their vehicles.

“They tried a variety of ways to make a track—Orson duct-taped together dryer vent hose to shap a track. He asked me if it would be possible to create a boxed-off area at the side of the school to contain the cars,” Latu said.

She filled out a work order for Rich-mond School District’s maintenance staff, and one of them queried what the box was for.

“One of the guys is also an RC enthusiast and he had a vision for the first real RC track at a Richmond school,” she said.

Latu complimented Woo for giving so freely of his time to students, and said the new track is a great place that encourages social interaction and responsibility among partici-pants.

“They are also learning to maintain

their vehicles and I understand that maintaining an RC is like maintain-ing a real car,” Latu said.

Latu was also thankful to the Rich-mond School District worker who cared enough to go beyond the work order and build a great track.

“He could have just put in the box that I had in the work order,” she said.

Seeing the community use the

track on evenings and weekends is “so nice to see,” she said.

“Many students are not athletes,artists, musicians, or even academic stars. So many activities are gearedto the students who have thesequalities. It is so nice to see studentsfor their strengths outside of thoseareas,” Latu said.

Martin van den Hemel photoRadio controlled car racing enthusiast and Jessie Wowk elementary Grade 6 student Ralph Chan, teacher Orson Woo and Grade 7 student Ron Saez Co, are excited about the new off-road track built next to the elementary school.

School gets cool with new RC race track

Bhreandáin Clugston photo Jaeriah Tay and Danilo Passari with Richmond-based Nirvana Foods’ tasty savoury pies.

· Richmond Review Friday, May 22, 2015

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Asian supermarket shuttered after competing in Richmond market for less than a year


A North Richmond store that touted itself as Canada’s largest Asian supermarket closed its doors to customers and employees this week.

For Real Foodmart opened less than a year ago in a long-vacant big box store at 3000 Sexsmith Rd., near Bridgeport Road, but lights were out to the 80,000-square-foot store this week.

Employees, who found themselves locked

out of the store Tuesday, were told the com-pany had filed for bankruptcy, according to Chinese media reports.

A search of B.C. court records shows several suppliers have filed lawsuits against the num-bered company that owns the store.

On Thursday at 8:30 a.m., when the store would normally open for business, lights were off, doors were locked and the parking lot deserted. Calls to the store weren’t answered, and e-mails bounced back.

Founded by a group of Chinese investors led by Xiangyun Liu, For Real Foodmart billed itself as a comfortable and modern store catering to shoppers in search of Asian foods and produce. Ahead of its June 26, 2014 opening, company officials told The

Richmond Review they hired a staff of 300 to operate the store.

For Real Foodmart faced a growing number of competitors in the Asian grocery market, although few could match its size. Since its opening, T&T Supermarket opened a second Richmond store, and Loblaws opened a City-Market location near Ironwood.

The now-shuttered store moved into a build-ing constructed in 2005 for RONA. After the

home improvement retailer moved out in 2008, the building sat empty for years Liq-uidation World is the only other retailer thatattempted to operate in the space, but its LWstore didn’t last long.

The building is sandwiched between two major roads leading to the airport, Bridgeport Road and Sea Island Way, and is located next to the planned multi-tower neighbourhoodof Capstan Village.

Matthew Hoekstra photoFor Real Foodmart’s doors were locked and lights were out Thursday.

For Real Foodmart closes its doors

Matthew Hoekstra photoFor Real Foodmart opened less than a year ago in the old RONA site.

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Family found Redelma Belisario, 62, dead in home on 11000 block of Woodhead Road


Family members found a 62-year-old woman dead in her home on the 11000 block of Woodhead Road Tuesday after-noon, and are now asking for the public’s help in searching for the main suspect: her son.

It was around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday when the body of Redelma Belisa-rio, 62, was found inside the older split-level home, not far from No. 5 Road and Cambie.

On Wednesday afternoon, al-most 24 hours after the body was discovered, investigators issued a plea for the public’s help in lo-cating Belisario’s son, Darwin Les-cano, 38, who is a suspect.

“Our priority right now is to lo-

cate Mr. Lescano and to continue with our investigation,” In-tegrated Homicide Investigation Team spokesperson Sgt. Stephanie Ashton said as investigators worked in the back-ground, having set up an IHIT canopy as they processed the crime scene. “We are hoping that if some-one saw Darwin Les-cano in the last few hours, in the last day, that they can contact us, advise us of what type of contact they had with him, even if they just talked to him on the phone.”

Ashton warned that if anybody sees him, they should not ap-proach him, and instead should call 911.

“Lescano is considered a risk to himself and others,” police said.

Richmond RCMP officers are as-sisting IHIT, which has taken over the investigation, Ashton said.

Local mounties were called to the home—in a neighbourhood

that’s quickly chang-ing, with several new homes currently un-der construction—shortly after 3:30 p.m. Tuesday. Investi-gators quickly deter-mined that foul play may have been in-volved. While an au-topsy will be required to confirm cause of death, police believe the victim met with foul play.

Ashton said Les-cano has a previous criminal record, but not associated to the address on Wood-head Road.

According to a courts database, a Darwin Lesca-no was convicted of arson dam-aging property in 2009 and sen-tenced to a year in prison.

Lescano stands five feet six inch-es tall, weighs about 141 pounds, has black hair, brown eyes and a slim build.

He may have a shaved head or close-cropped hair.

When asked by a reporter if Les-cano lives in the same home as his

mother, Ashton said she believed that was true.

IHIT is asking anyone who may have information to call the IHIT tipline by calling 1-877-551-IHIT

(4448) or email at [email protected]. If you wish toremain anonymous, send a tipto solvecrime.ca or by phone at1-800-222-8477.

Son a suspect in mother’s murder

Police are looking for Darwin Lescano.

Martin van den Hemel photoPolice are investigating a murder on the 11000 block of Woodhead Drive near No. 5 Road and Cambie.

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Richmond council unanimously endorsed a staff recommendation Tuesday to take a “balanced approach” on the issue of Chinese-only signs.

The plan, arrived at after months of study, promotes the use of English while cracking down on sign clutter—but doesn’t regulate language through a bylaw.

Civic politicians are set to ratify the decision at a council meeting Monday.

Cecilia Achiam, the city’s director of admin-istration and compliance, told council that focusing purely on enforcement “should be considered a last resort.”

Council’s expected vote will trigger an over-haul of Richmond’s sign bylaw to control visu-al clutter on storefronts that “contribute to the perception of a proliferation of non-English signage,” according to Achiam.

Outreach efforts by staff will also continue. City hall has been urging business owners to include at least 50 per cent English content on signs during the business licence renewal process, during which operators are also re-minded that outdoor signs require a permit.

Monday’s public meeting is in Richmond City Hall council chambers at 7 p.m.

—Matthew Hoekstra

City council agrees to clutter crackdown

Trudy Morse photoTwo Sandhill cranes were vocalizing around the fairways of Country Meadows Golf Course last week. Centre stage was a mound near the 18th green. Small flocks of migrating sandhill cranes—easily identified by their red patch of unfeathered skin on their forehead—stop for brief visits in the Fraser River delta over winter, while some are year-round residents.

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From Page 1Billed as addressing the lack of “full ame-

nity, private clubs in Metro Vancouver,” the state-of-the-art facility will include a multi-purpose gym, a fitness centre, a spa, three restaurants, and “2,600 revenue-generating family-sized lockers.”

Membership sales, starting at $30,000, will begin this summer, with the first phase of the facility expected to open in late 2016.

At Wednesday afternoon’s announcement on Savage Road, on a site that currently houses commercial warehouse space and is zoned light industrial (which would permit a range of industrial uses as well as indoor recreation), world champion figure skater Patrick Chan joined Drummond in announc-ing the new facility.

Chan, 24, is about to return to training, with a goal of competing in the 2018 Win-ter Olympics.

“For the latter part of my career, the past three years, I’ve always wanted to do some-thing for the sport,” Chan said Thursday af-ternoon. “It’s easy to say, I want to change the sportt, but how do I do that.”

The opportunity to work with elite skat-ers and coaches at the Drummond Club is a great start.

“My name is on the rink, but I can’t do it on my own,” he said, noting that he’s working alongside Skate Canada BC/Yukon to “im-prove and add onto a curricu-lum that’s already been very successful.”

Following the 2014 Win-ter Olympics in Sochi, Chan didn’t think he would return to the world of competitive skating.

But he saw his body was still healthy and he still had the drive for the sport.

Chan said the Drummond isn’t a fallback Plan B, but more like a Plan 1A, that he can pour his heart and soul into.

He sees himself working with elite skaters after his competitive career comes to a close, and said although he re-mains passionate about the sport, and has the 2018 Olympics as his goal, he doesn’t know what the future holds.

If things don’t work out in the coming months and years, whether for reasons be-yond his control like injury, or if he loses the passion for the sport, it will simply mean the timeline for the start of his coaching career will come earlier.

Drummond told The Richmond Review that his family has a long history in Richmond, and although they no longer live here, their children went to school here, attending Quilchena, Burnett and Richmond High.

The new facility is geared toward keeping families connected through physical activi-ties, Drummond said.

“It will be great for the community,” he said.

It was two years ago when the idea of a private club first came to Drummond, and he believes there’s a market for the facility not just in Richmond, but also the surround-ing communities.

The project’s family-sized self-storage style lockers are intended as a revenue-gen-erator for the society that will operate the club, and are intended to offset the monthly dues members would pay, after the initial

membership fee.“We want this to be affordable. We hope to

get it (monthly dues) down to zero.”The club is intended to be part of the legacy

of Drummond and his wife Elizabeth, “...a gift to the community to complete their profes-sional careers,” according to the club’s web-site. “After exhaustive research by the Drum-mond’s expert team, it was determined that the self-storage industry presented the best form of real estate investment.”

While ground breaking will commence next month, and the first phase of the fa-cility is slated to be completed by the end of next year, the entire project could takeseven years to finish, Drummond said.

The first phase will include the PatrickChan Elite Figure Skating School, he said, adding that skating is a sport that’s gaining prominence in the community.

Drummond said he was able to reach outto and network with both Patrick Chan and Skate Canada BC/Yukon on this project.

“This state-of-the-art arena will add vitalspace and high-performance training toB.C.’s competitive skating community,” said Skate Canada BC/Yukon executive directorTed Barton. “This project is ultimately about supporting the province’s next generationof skaters, and Skate Canada is proud tohelp make this vision a reality.”

Chan will be the facility’s advisory direc-tor of skating operations, while Olympic skating coach Joanne McLeod will providehigh-performance training.

Chan said his involvementwith River Green, the resi-dential development nearthe Richmond Olympic Oval,and now the skating schoolthat will bear his name, doesmean he’ll be spending more time on the West Coast.

He said he comes to B.C.once a year because he has family here, but will bespending more time in the

Lower Mainland in the years tocome.

In a press release for the Drummond Club (www.drummondclub.ca), the “proj-ect value” is disclosed as $150 million. ButDrummond clarified that he’s hoping to generate $150 million in memberships, and he wouldn’t disclose the actual cost of construction.

“The next 20 years will bring a million newresidents to this beautiful part of the world, and I’m proud to announce this legacy proj-ect that will enrich the lives of families forgenerations to come, while providing un-matched value for their investment,” Drum-mond said.

He said club memberships will be transfer-able and as members age, they can be soldto their children.

While the artist’s rendering makes it ap-pear that the tennis courts are grass and onthe roof, Drummond explained that the de-cisions about tennis court’s surface haven’t been finalized, and that the courts will be covered at least part of the year, by a bub-ble-style inflated cover.

One of the courts has stadium-style seat-ing for as many as 500 people.

Although he’d like to attract events to the facility, Drummond said it’s too early to say whether that would include Davis Cup-cal-ibre tennis competitions.

Patrick Chan is excited to join Drummond Club planned for Richmond

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Talks ‘ongoing’ with province on bridge height for ships on Fraser

by Jeff NagelBlack Press

Port officials have repeat-edly asked the province to build a higher bridge when it replaces the Massey Tun-nel to leave more room for taller ships—potentially large LNG tankers—to pass underneath and sail up the lower Fraser River.

The port’s position is spelled out in internal Port Metro Vancouver emails obtained under Access to Information by the environmental group Voters Taking Action On Cli-mate Change.

The emails show port staff urged the province to design a taller bridge, even though that would mean higher costs, a more challenging de-sign and a steeper grade for Highway 99 traffic on both approaches.

As of mid-2014, port officials were proposing the Massey Bridge be designed with an “air draft”—the clearance for a ship between the water line and the bottom of the bridge deck—of about 65 metres. That’s significantly more than the 57 metres initially outlined by the province.

Port officials discussed the potential use on the Fraser of taller LNG tankers in arriving at their proposed design height.

“Liquid bulk tankers with larger air draft requirements (e.g. LNG) should be con-sidered,” port development strategies manager Jennifer Natland wrote in 2013.

A June 2014 briefing note by port officials following a meeting with provincial counterparts cautions “there are multiple challenges with high costs to achieve PMV’s re-quested height” of 65 metres.

A month later, in a July email to his staff, Port Metro Vancou-ver CEO Robin Silvester asked: “What is the air draft of the largest length LNG vessel that we could imagine in the river?”

Port marine operations direc-tor Chris Wellstood responded a 63-metre air draft would be enough for “the larger part of the world’s LNG fleet” – tank-ers up to 320 metres long – to pass under the new bridge and head up the Fraser.

The largest LNG tankers, car-rying 267,000 cubic meters of liquefied natural gas, require 64.4 metres of air draft, while the average LNG tanker with 142,000 cubic metre capacity needs about 50 metres over-head clearance, according to a chart Wellstood included.

Port Metro Vancouver plan-ning and operations vice-president Peter Xotta said discussions about the bridge height are “ongoing” with the province, adding he expects the final decision will be close to 60 metres, but less than the port’s preferred 65 metres.

“We would like to give our-selves the maximum flex-ibility,” Xotta said in an inter-view. “But we recognize the constraints—technical and financial—that the province is under.”

Fortis BC is preparing to ex-pand its LNG production plant on the Fraser River in Delta at Tilbury Island and WesPac Midstream LNG has proposed an adjoining marine terminal that would export Fortis LNG via barge and tanker.

WesPac has a newly ap-proved licence to export 4.76 billion cubic metres of LNG a year and plans to use mid-size tankers of no more than 80,000 cubic metres capacity.

The WesPac LNG project is undergoing a provincial en-vironmental assessment but proponents hope to be ship-ping LNG supplied by Fortis in 2016.

Xotta said the port’s push for a higher bridge isn’t about any specific proposal or scenario, but ensuring the most poten-tial options for the long term.

Cruise ships are the only other tall vessels besides LNG tankers that Xotta was able to point to as requiring maximum air draft.

He said the river is suitable only for mid-sized vessels as

there are other navigation con-straints, including the ability to turn ships around in the river.

The port has made no se-cret it wants the Massey Tun-nel removed so ships that sit deeper in the water can pass upstream, but it had not pub-licly indicated before now that the height of the replace-ment bridge is also a concern.

The Alex Fraser Bridge height is 57 metres above the river, so a taller Massey Bridge could only be of use to ships of above-average height heading to Delta river terminals such as Tilbury Is-land, not further upriver to Fraser Surrey Docks.

“The industrial properties that the port would be inter-ested in serving are not be-yond the Alex Fraser,” Xotta said. “So conceivably you could have a higher bridge at George Massey to facili-tate trade and the height of the Alex Fraser wouldn’t have a direct bearing on that.”

Voters Taking Action On Cli-mate Change spokesperson Kevin Washbrook questioned whether LNG tankers might pose a risk to residents near the river in Richmond or Delta.

“Is it safe or appropriate to have an LNG terminal on the Fraser River?” he asked. “It seems preposterous.”

If the province opts to build the bridge higher to satisfy port planners, Washbrook said, B.C. taxpayers shouldn’t have to pay the extra costs.

“I think there’s a clear argu-ment for the federal govern-ment contributing to the cost,” he said.

“We’re being sold this bridge as a benefit for com-muters. But if it’s about other things we should have that discussion and see if it’s in the interest of the public and not just industrial users.”

Delta South MLA Vicki Hun-tington said she understands LNG to be safe and stable at high pressure, posing no significant safety or envi-ronmental risk. But she said

the debate over the bridge height reinforces her position that the port or its custom-ers must contribute to the Massey replacement costs.

“The port has to help build this thing.”

Xotta declined to comment on potential cost sharing by the port.

Provincial Transportation Ministry officials would only say that bridge height discus-sions are continuing.

Wikimedia CommonsThe LNG carrier Galea is capable of hauling 130,000 cubic metres of liquefied natural gas. It’s sig-nificantly bigger than the smaller tankers and barges WesPac Midstream intends to use to carry LNG on the lower Fraser River starting next year.

Port wants tall Massey Bridge to accommodate LNG tankers

“What is the air draft of the largest lengthLNG vessel that we could imagine in the river?”

— Robin Silvester

“Is it safe or appropriate to have an LNG terminal on the Fraser River? It

seems preposterous.”— Kevin Washbrook

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by Bob NilesContributor

“Honey where are my glasses!?” I accuse and ask the wife simul-taneously. Knowing she’d moved them or hoping she’d seen them as I blindly search in vain for my visual aids to an ever increasing touch screen world.

“Use mine they’re on the kitchen counter!”

I hate that,... using other peoples glasses. It’s that whole washing behind your ears and eyebrows and hair and stuff . Or perhaps they chewed on the ends of them like some slobbery sexy librarian? Other people have no problem borrowing your glasses, talking on your cell phone that you’ve spit all over, and writ-ing with your pencil that you’ve hungrily ate the eraser and the top two inches off . Not me! No thank you!

“Oh here they are” I lie, to cover my phobia that she doesn’t think I should have because it draws her kisses into question.

I now hunt for my glasses co-vertly and in silence. I start down the stairs...forget what I’m doing or looking for until my phone jingle buzzes to let me know I have a text. I reach for the phone and then remember what I was doing as I look at the screen. “I need my glasses!”

“You said you found them” shouts the house from some-where.

Dang too loud, gotta remember she can still hear.

Never in the course of history has humankind been so needy of quality visual aids. Because everything you do now has some sort of screen that requires you to have vision equal to that of a young eagle. And my vision started to fail just as everything started requiring video screens. And what’s bad about it all is I don’t need glasses for most things. So rather than wear them all the time, I leave them all over the house so I can curse and fume for them later.

I only need glasses to read, or if I’m curious about something. I drive the car without glasses! And, as they say, if you don’t like the way I drive stay out of the kitchen.

I have an HD TV and without my glasses on it’s just like the TV I had as a kid with rabbit ears. My dad had heard that rabbit ears improved TV reception. But no matter how many rabbits he killed the TV still had a fuzzy screen. And top!

I don’t need my glasses to watch Walter Cronkite (I think its Walter) every night on the news to keep up with current events. I watch a retro channel for enter-tainment, as I remember what all the stars looked like in the 60s and 70s. And now with my memory, as good as it is, they’ve started writing new shows again.

It’s just the new things in my life that trouble me. Everything digital! And everything’s digital! I can’t make popcorn in the micro-wave or coff ee in the 12 cup drip without hunting the house fi rst. It’s hunting,...then stopping trying to remember what I’m doing,..remember,...then hunting some more for the glasses before you forget again!

And it’s not just at home that you need your glasses. The whole world has now replaced humans for touch screens in everything we do.

This morning I went to the bank to withdraw 100 bucks. The teller line up was so long (because there were only 2 tellers) I used the cash machine. Forgot my glasses, and had to ask the nice skinhead (or he was wearing a nylon stocking?) man to punch in my password and withdraw 100 dollars for me. But he only gave me $60, saying the machine said that’s all I could get before lunch.

After that I went to buy a bag of groceries. It came to $78.54, and now have to use my bank card as my $60 won’t cover it. I then real-ize the nice man back at the bank forgot to give me back my Debit card so I have to use my Visa Card. I hand,....(can’t read her name tag) a girl, (I think) my card, and she points at a box with a keypad. I have no idea what the little grey box, that I’m suppose to put my card in, wants of me. Why can’t I just sign a big blank line like I used to!? (I do a lot of !? !? !? As I get older) Thank goodness the check out girl remembered my number from last time I was there.

On the way home I stop for gas but my card won’t work in the pumps! And I don’t know why! The machine knows why! It’s

printed me a lot of information on its video screen to,... I guess ex-plain why. But, I have no glasses!

I try blocking the sun from the video screen with my head and hand trying to ascertain why I can’t get gas. I’m moving from side to side, up and down saluting the gas pump as I verbally abuse it.

“Here borrow mine” says the guy on the pump beside me as he hands me his glasses.

Awkward........are people this quick lending their toothbrushes? “Oh silly me! These special sun-glasses I have on have a button I just need to push.” I lie as I remove my James Bond glasses and pretend to push some magical button. “Ah there we go. Oops says its rejected. Guess I’m poor. Well gotta go!” So off I drive on gas fumes wearing my James Bond shades with no idea why my card was rejected.

Hey isn’t that the nice skinhead from the bank coming out of the liquor store? Can’t be. He couldn’t aff ord a whole shopping cart full of booze.

I drive to the next corner while thinking I should of asked him about my Debit card. It’s there I cross four lanes of traffi c and a big bump which I guess was the median to another gas station. I forgot I had $60 bucks!

“Home honey I’m high!” I joke as close the back door. I place car keys and hat on expecting hooks that through experience have been real timesavers.

“I’m not sure if he purchased a trip for two to Bora Bora. Let me ask him, he just came through the door.” my wife says then places her right hand over the receiver.

I mouth the word ‘NO’ as I turn my head in a negative fashion

as my glasses fall from atop my noggin.

“Yes go ahead and cancel the card blah blah blah blah no I’m sure it wasn’t stolen, he’s not beat up. But he soon will be!” she as-sures the phone as she makes a slashing motion across her throat and then points at me.

Well, found my glasses. They were under my hat the whole time. Yet another story about getting old you plan to keep to yourself. More and more these crazy stories fi ll your life with all the old people things we do.

“Let me get my glasses and a pen to write that down” she says into the phone as she reaches in the mug with the broken handle for a pen then gives me the universal sign to hand over my glasses. Then again.....and again. Fingers opening and closing.

I hand her my glasses as a child would hand over candy he was caught with. Hesitant and crying.

“ What’s your problem? They’re mine anyway! Yours are in the bathroom.” she’s says. “You took mine off the kitchen counter by mistake trying to read a text on your phone! And I had to use yours to.....just you never mind what I had to use yours for.”

My mind runs wild with the things my glasses might have been used for or had seen in the bathroom. Now I’ve got to boil them without her seeing! She thinks I don’t love her when I boil my things after she uses them.

Interrupted, my pants vibrate and do a ring buzz as I search for which pocket the phones in. Dang, it’s a text! Where did she say she put my glasses? Here we go again! I hate glasses!

Bob Niles is a Richmond writer.

Why I hate glasses


Editor:I see once again Richmond’s multicultural

apologist-superheroes are out in force trying to put out a firestorm of intricately interrelated issues with the squirt gun of “harmony”.

Our gutless and impotent city hall wishes to defer (again) the issue to unelected and unaccountable “community representa-tives” to attempt to resolve the multicultur-al harmony issue for the umpteenth time.

Let’s cut to the chase: Multiculturalism is a failure. The end.

If one actually does the research, it has not been successful anywhere re: a given communities best and better long term interests.

I am not aware of any nation whose citizens have lobbied for nor had a referen-dum on the matter.

What the evidence does show is we have a generation of power-hungry politi-cians who follow classic Marxist “divide -and -conquer” ideology and increasingly marginalize their existing citizens, yet with crocodile tears wonder why voter turnout is so low.

The local signage issue is simply one symptom of this major global issue.

Multi-ethnicity does work I know, I grew up in Richmond immersed in it.

In the 1960s I went to school with parties of third generation Chinese descent, fifth generation Japanese descent, fourth gen-eration Sikh descent…etc. etc.

We all got along just fine, much of this due to the fact we all grew up in the same basic culture—ie. much of the now sought-after “harmony ” already existed.

You cannot have harmony when no one is on the same page, but also can’t even read it.

Over to you city hall—isn’t it time to quit hiding and face the music?

Until then, harmony is as elusive as ac-countability.

R.A.HoeglerRichmond

Editor:In 1954 when my family

moved into one of the early subdivisions to be built in Richmond, there were few old-growth trees on the island because most of the land was still given over to

farming. Sixty years later I can only watch with dismay as more and more of the mature trees that have grown over those years are destroyed to accommodate the building of houses that will likely remain perpetu-

ally unoccupied and/or be flipped over and over again in order to pad the pockets of wealthy foreign owners.

Is this what Mayor Brodie means by “progress”?

Ray ArnoldRichmond

Editor:We at Richmond Multicultural Community

Services are sorry to hear about the passing of Mr. Prakash Ganatra, owner of Richmond Centre White Spot.

Mr. Ganatra was always so generous in contributing donations to our events. We even took our English conversation class students to his restaurant to practice how to order food/drinks and he always created a welcoming environment. His generosity

helped our clients, who were trying to start their new life in Richmond.

Our condolences to his family. He will always be remembered at Richmond Multi-cultural Community Services. Thank you Mr. Ganatra for your generosity and longtime support to our organization.

Parm GrewalExecutive Director

Richmond Multicultural Community Services

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Prakash Ganatra’s generosity helped newcomers to the community

What’s with the gate?

Cutting our way back to the past

White Spot Richmond Centre owner Prakash Ganatra, who passed away last week, helped immigrants adjust to life in Canada.

Editor:Who’s the brain trust that spent taxpayer

money building a parking lot behind the old Branscombe house at Railway and Steveston and then blocks it with a gate?

I saw this bemused driver sitting at the gate last weekend unable to get in wondering why there was a parking lot that couldn’t be used.

Bob GarnettRichmond

Editor:I would like to offer a differ-

ent take on the subject of signs in Chinese only.

I believe lot of non Chinese-speaking folks feel that the message commu-nicate to the general public by those business with only Chinese sign is “You are not welcome.” However the reality is most of those are small mom and pop shops, new immigrants with limited English language ability are

trying their best to make a living using what limited resources they have, family members (husband and wife, in-laws etc.), familiar skill (cooking, manual labour etc.), hiring English speaking staff is not an option.

I am sure they would like very much to do more busi-ness, have more customers, but with such limitation, their ability to serve English-speaking customers will not make it happened even if

the English signs are pre-sented. Of cause the next comment will be “they have no business in Canada if they do not know/would not learn the language.” I think this should be the question for the Immigration Depart-ment, not the municipality. It’s overly simplistic to think mandating a bilingual sign will solve the dilemma of animosity.

Phoebe JonesRichmond

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A primer for readers eyeing hi-tech alternative


In the market for a tablet or an e-reader, but daunted by the fast-evolving world of high tech?

Not sure which is best for you, or the pros and cons of each as an alternative way of reading books, novels and magazines, or even surfing the Internet?

Richmond Public Library is an excellent resource for those dipping their toes into technology for the first time, with a range of e-readers—popular for people planning to do a lot of reading while on vacation but reluctant to lug around their novels while trav-elling—and tablets to sample and knowledgeable staff ea-ger to lend a helping hand.

Kat Lucas is the co-ordinator of e-services at the Brighouse branch of the Richmond Pub-lic Library and offered up a few tips for those considering a purchase.

She said both e-readers and tablets are popular as an al-ternative to traditional books and magazines, and what’s right for a person depends largely on their reading hab-its and what they intend to chiefly use the device for.

E-readers are essentially a digitized book, employing e-ink technology that makes the screen look like the printed page of a real book.

While books don’t allow you to change the font size, making that adjustment is as simple as a click away on an e-reader, as is changing spacing and margins.

Lucas said e-readers aren’t ideally suited for anything other than reading books, she said, and its lower price point (starting at under $100) reflects that lack of versatility compared to pricier tablets which commonly sell for more than $300.

If you’re wanting to surf the web, the e-reader isn’t built to do that, though in a pinch, some e-readers do a service-able but slow job of render-ing images and web page content.

Where e-readers shine is their month-long battery life, and the reduced strain they cause on eyes. Some people find that tablets, which are backlit and shine light direct-ly into the eye, can cause eye strain and fatigue.

“For people who find that maybe their eyes get tired

reading on a screen, having that backlight coming at them all the times, (e-readers) are preferable,” she said.

E-readers can store hun-dreds or thousands of books at a time, are lightweight and easily fit into a purse or hand bag, making them popular travel partners.

While the older e-readers can’t be used in the dark, the newest ones employ new lighting technology, with just the right amount of light com-ing from under the edges of the screen to make the words sharp and legible when there’s no other source of light.

Popular among e-readers is the built-in dictionary, so when they encounter a word they don’t understand, they can just tap on the page for a definition.

Tablets shine in their versa-tility, ideally suited for users seeking an all-in-one solution.

“For a lot of people who are travelling, they really want sort of the all-in-one kind of device...You’ve got your magazines and your books, online newspapers, videos, your e-mails and internet. Ev-erything.”

Lucas said she owns one of each, and which one she pulls out depends on what she’s about to do.

“If I’m reading at home, I want to read on something that’s a little more friendly on

my eyes, and less weight. Butif I’m travelling, I take a tablet with me, so I’ve got every-thing.”

But what’s the easiest to use?Lucas recommends tablets for those exploring the technol-ogy for the first time.

Tablets are better suitedin their capacity to directly download content.

When downloading a li-brary book through an e-reader, like the Kobo devices,all content has to be down-loaded into a computer be-fore being transferred to the e-reader.

“It’s an extra step and it’s par-ticularly a hassle when you’retravelling unless you’ve got a laptop with you.”

For those who have already taken the plunge into a newdevice, but are still havingtrouble, Lucas invited them tocome by the library for a help-ing hand.”

The library holds e-bookdemonstrations, and staff are available to answer questions, she said.

The library also has a Kobo e-reader lending program,for those wanting to get their hands on the devices and toget a feel for how the buttons work and the screen looks.

How-to-use instructions arealso available on tutorial vid-eos available at www.lynda.com, for which the library has a subscription.

Martin van den Hemel photoKat Lucas, co-ordinator of e-services at the Brighouse Branch of the Richmond Public Library, says tablets and e-readers arepopular among those planning to travel.

E-reader or tablet: what’s best for reading books?

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R.C. Palmer Secondary student Hannah Goertz lives by three words from the Disney movie Finding Nemo: Just keep swimming.

Those words of encouragement have land-ed her a big fish: a spot in the 12th annual RichCity Idol competition next Thursday at Gateway Theatre in Richmond.

On May 28, 10 teenaged singers will sing a song of their choice on the MainStage in front of a crowd that’s loud and lively—if past shows are any indication of this year’s audience.

Music, Goertz says in a promotional video, helps express herself.

“I’ve been learning from a young age so it’s just kind of been a big part of everyday life for me,” said Goertz, who says the Canadian musician Lights is her inspiration.

Established in 2004 by Natasha Jung and Martin Hui, RichCity Idol features one singer from each public high school in the district, each selected through their own school’s singing competition.

Industry professionals will offer critiques, and the audience will choose the winner.

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Doors open at 6:30 p.m.; the show begins at 7 p.m. General admission tickets are $15 and are available at Gateway Theatre (gatewaytheatre.com and 604-270-1812).

Ten local teens will compete at this year’s RichCity Idol contest at Gateway Theatre. This year marks the event’s 12th annual talent showcase.

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A group of teenagers will perform next week along-side a legend whose biggest hit came decades before they were born.

The ShowStoppers, a teen-aged performing group led by Richmond lawyer Perry Ehrlich, will perform some of Barry Manilow’s hits with the musician himself at his concert May 26 at Rogers Arena in Vancouver.

The 71-year-old has worldwide record sales of over 80 million and has over 50 Top-40 hits, including his career-transforming hit “Mandy” in 1975.

Manilow has staged few concerts in recent years, fol-lowing 400 shows in Las Ve-gas from 2005 to 2011. Enter his One Last Time! Tour, a way of “thanking everyone for their years of support—one last time,” according to the artist.

Manilow released his latest album, My Dream Duets, last fall, but one of his albums has a name the Show-Stoppers recognize. The singer-songwriter released Showstoppers in 1991, an album that features classic hits of Broadway.

This isn’t the first time the ShowStoppers have performed with famous acts. In 2013 the Glee-style group joined Mick Jones and For-eigner at the Pacific National Exhibition in Vancouver.

Tickets to Manilow’s May 26 concert are still available at Ticketmaster. Manilow insisted the average ticket price be accessible, and true to his word, tickets start at $19.75—a tribute to the year his career took off.

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David Cooper photoThe modern Gershwin musical Crazy For You has netted Gateway Theatre four Jessie award nominations.


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The 33rd annual awards take place June 22 at Van-couver’s Commodore Ballroom, honouring outstanding achievements of Metro Vancouver’s professional theatre community.

Gateway’s four nominations, for the theatre’s Decem-ber 2014 production of the new Gershwin musical, are in the Large Theatre category: Marshall McMahen for Outstanding Set Design; Carmen Alatorre for Outstand-ing Costume Design; Barbara Tomasic for Outstanding Direction; and choreographer Julie Tomaino for Signifi-cant Artistic Achievement.

Crazy For You also won several awards at January’s Ova-tion Awards—honouring the best in Lower Mainland musical theatre—including a top prize of Outstanding Professional Production Award.

The modern musical is set in the 1930s and follows Bobby Child, who begrudgingly works at the family bank while dreaming of a theatre career. After he’s forced to foreclose on a property in the middle of nowhere, Bobby finds his love of theatre and love of his life. The show starred Gaelan Beatty, Jonathan Holmes, William Ford Hopkins, Robin Sukoroff, Britt MacLeod, Wendy Bollard, Theo Budd and Kate Blackburn.

According to Gateway, the four nominated artists will be back at the Minoru Park theatre for the December 2015 production of The Wizard of Oz.

Leading the way in Jessie nominations this year is the Arts Club Theatre Company with 19 from six productions.

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Gospel favourites, R&B songs part of May 30 concert at Fraserview MB Church

The Good Noise Vancouver Gospel Choir will per-form alongside three youth choirs at Fraserview MB Church in Richmond next Saturday.

Burnaby Central Chamber “A” Choir, North Surrey Polaris Chamber Choir and Vancouver Youth Choir will be part of the show, titled “Rise Up Singing! A Youth Choir Extravaganza.”

The evening will also launch the Good Noise choir’s young artist program, an initiative to foster music education and gospel music appreciation throughout the Lower Mainland.

“As a former high school choral instructor, I’ve witnessed how the tremendous benefits of singing in choir—including improved self-confidence and discipline, coupled with greater focus and drive—can positively impact youth development,” said Gail Suderman, artistic director of Good Noise, in a news release.

The choirs will perform a mixed repertoire with Good Noise, to the theme of “life’s journey.” Fea-tured songs include contemporary adaptations of gospel favourites such as “Kum Ba Ya” and “This Little Light of Mine,” R&B/Hip-Hop energized songs such as Kirk Franklin’s “I Smile” and arrangements of works by the Doobie Brothers and Simon and Garfunkel.

The May 30 concert begins at 7:30 p.m. at Fraser-view MB Church, 11295 Mellis Dr. Tickets, $10 to $25, at brownpapertickets.com or 1-800-838-3006.

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Young choral talent perform in gospel concert

Youth choirs will join with the Good Noise Vancouver Gospel Choir in Richmond for a May 30 concert.

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Learn how to knit at library course

If you have ever wanted to learn how to knit, Richmond Public Library, in partnership with Knit N Crochet 4 a Bet-ter World, is offering a free program to get you started.

Participants can bring their own knitting needles and yarn but there will be some available to borrow.

The library will also be showcasing its collection of knitting and crocheting material during this pro-gram, library members are welcome to check them out and further their practice at home.

“Knitting is relaxing and helps relieve stress. It is also meditative. When knitting in a group, it keeps you socially active and if you have arthri-tis, it improves dexterity in your hands and fingers.” said Emy Lai, knitting expert and program instructor.

Lai has been knitting for decades, learning tech-niques from her family as a young teen. She currently works with waste reduction and recycling, and is look-ing forward to sharing her expertise.

Knitting 101 takes place on Saturday, June 13 from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the Kwok-Chu Lee Living Room at the Brighouse branch, 7700 Minoru Gate. To register for this free session, phone 604-231-6413, go to www.yourlibrary.ca/events/ or visit any branch of Richmond Public Library.

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More seniors could remain in assisted livingby Tom FletcherBlack Press

Too many seniors are going into residential care when they could still be accommodated in assisted living, due to rules that are “outdat-ed and too restrictive,” B.C. Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie says in a new report.

The report found a 10-per-cent va-cancy rate for assisted living facilities, meaning space is usually available, at least in urban areas. It calls for a “fundamental redesign” of regula-tions for registered assisted living, to change spousal eligibility and reduce the number of higher functioning se-niors moving to residential care.

More than 90 per cent of B.C. se-niors live independently and 80 per cent are homeowners, who should be able to apply for a provincial loan against equity to pay for repairs, the report recommends.

“A new roof or the need to fix a dilapi-dated deck may be a cost that forces a senior out of a house they have loved

for decades,” Mackenzie said. “Living in a house that is worth

$500,000 or even a million dollars does not mean much if you’re living alone on $24,000 or less, which is the median income of seniors in B.C., and you can’t find the cash to pay the bills.”

Health Minister Terry Lake said he supports the direction of Mack-enzie’s 18 recommendations, and the ministry is working on assisted living changes. Some recommen-dations, such as providing private rooms with ensuite bath for residen-tial care beds, have “wide-reaching implications for health authorities” and require more study, Lake said.

Subsidized assisted living is based

on 70 per cent of the resident’s net income, with a minimum of $325left to the resident. Mackenzie rec-ommends that minimum should increase to $500 to allow morelow-income seniors to use assistedliving rather than going directly toresidential care, where more costsare covered by the province.

A survey of B.C. seniors finds 20 per cent are renters, with one in fiveof those receiving a rental subsidy. Average rents range from a high of $1,038 in Vancouver to $547 inQuesnel, and the report finds thatfor remote and rural communities, the biggest challenge is not cost butthe availability of suitable housing.

Seniors’ advocate calls for housing reforms

B.C. Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie.


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by Don FennellStaff Reporter

Having recently completed an under-graduate

degree at University of B.C., Imran Sumar will start medical school later this summer. But he con-tinues to remain commit-ted to a project he started back in high school.

A 2010 Richmond High grad, Sumar was entering Grade 11 when he spearheaded the cre-ation of the Unity Spirit Club. The International Baccalaure-ate student said that despite a model of inclusive learning in schools, he felt there was still a social disconnect between individuals with disabilities and those without.

“Richmond has embraced the concept of inclusive education where students with disabilities are supported within the general school curriculum, however socially students with disabilities may feel isolated amongst the general school population,” he said. “Unity club makes an effort to build friendships and share experiences, allowing students to get to know the

person before the disability. “Sumar took a bold step

in 2008 when he and some friends simply walked into the resource room (where individuals with disabilities were supported) during lunch hours and helped to orga-nize small activities such as musical chairs, Pictionary and making Valentine’s Day cards. As friendships within the club grew stronger, the students began spending several lunch hours outside the resource room as well. But, stressed Sumar, the club would not have been successful without the support of friends, notably Agam Sethi, Shadyar Shirmast, Kimran Johal, Maryana Dudchenko, Desiree D’Silva, Veronica Hernandez, Sasha Mirza, Allan Pan, Vince Xi and Denis Karvas as well as spon-sor teachers Margot St. Onge and Judy Wilson.

Now encompassing students in almost every high school in Richmond, and at least one elementary school (Anderson under the leadership of Haley Borthwick), the Unity Spirit Club will celebrate six years with an event next Wednesday evening at J.N. Burnett Sec-ondary School. The program will begin at 6:30 p.m.

Further reflecting on the club’s start up, Sumar said he didn’t personally witness any bullying “however being nice to an individual with disabili-ties only seemed to exist on the surface.”

“Minimal effort was made to get know the person behind the disability,” he said.

But Sumar said he would be lying if he was to suggest the only reason he made an effort to help start up the club was because he wanted to further an inclusive environment at Richmond High.

“I was well aware that such an initiative would highlight my leadership qualities on a university or scholarship ap-plication,” he said. “But when I recruit volunteers today, I

make it clear that even in the extreme case where a student joins simply for volunteer hours, the times they spend interacting and building friendships will not only teach them the ability to look past an individual’s label. It will also allow them to appreciate the impact they are having on the people around them. In almost every case the student will gain a deeper understand-ing of the club over time, just as I did.”

Sumar said the concept also helps students appreci-ate that as human beings we have surprisingly simlar hopes, dreams and fears. The Rich mond High club led to others being formed throughout the Richmond School District. Sumar spent considerable time and effort helping to plan meetings, events and provide presentations to strengthen those clubs.

“The club as a whole is most strongly led by sponsor teach-ers Eve Minuk at MacNeill, Clare Scott at Hugh Boyd, Lisa Zuccolo, Jana Lee and Margaret Jacobs at Burnett, and a recent student gradu-ate Amanda Fielding,” Sumar said. “The hope is that it will continue to expand to every school in Richmond and pos-sibly further. We are hoping to be sponsored by more local businesses so that our events can be better funded.”

Programs at the individual schools are guided by several student leaders, who partici-pate in general meetings and help plan events for members throughout the district. Regu-lar activities include bowling and movie nights, as well as the year-end spirit dance. Funding is provided through the Richmond Society for Community Living as well as the generous support of local businesses such as Shoppers Drug Mart (No. 5 Road and Cambie store managed by Derek Yep), Safeway (on No. 2 Road) and Starbucks.

The Unity Spirit Club aims to remove the social disconnect between students with disabilities and those without.

Unity Spirit Club brings students together

Now encompassing students in almost every high school in Richmond the Unity Spirit Club will celebrate six years with an event next Wednesday evening at J.N. Burnett at 6:30 p.m.

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Wages fail to keep up with rising real estate costs: study


It’s not just low blue-collar ser-vice workers who are being priced out of the Lower Mainland’s hot real estate market.

A new study projects a growing list of high-earning professionals won’t make enough in the years ahead to support the rapidly rising cost of owning a home in

Metro Vancouver.The VanCity Savings report

warns of a coming labour crisis as more skilled workers needed in the region – particularly mil-lennials – are increasingly forced to live further away or abandon the region altogether.

The crux of the problem is rising housing costs coupled with lag-ging pay.

Wages in the region rose by 36 per cent between 2001 and 2014, the report said, while Metro Van-couver home costs climbed 63 per cent over the same period, and soared 211 per cent within Vancouver proper.

VanCity assumed housing costs will continue to climb an average of 4.9 per cent a year in Metro, significantly faster than wage growth of 0.6 to 3.2 per cent.

If that proves accurate between now and 2020, the report says, only family doctors, specialists, lawyers, university professors, police officers, firefighters and certain managers and engineers will be paid enough to qualify for a typical mortgage in Metro, while more than 90 per cent of in-demand job categories will not.

And by 2025, it found, only se-nior managers in business, con-struction and engineering will

still make the affordability cut – doctors and lawyers would not.

“In 10 years, most individuals may forgo a career opportunity in the region and relocate to a dif-ferent labour market,” the VanCity report says.

“If there is an abundance of out-ward migration, a labour crisis will occur.”

Millennials, many of whom want to own homes, are among those most likely to migrate away, it said.

Among the report’s recommen-dations are that cities use zoning to require developers to include non-market affordable housing

with new projects and that thefederal government provide taxincentives to encourage morerental housing.

Businesses can help, it says, by paying employees a living wageadequate to meet a family’s ba-sic needs and perhaps investingin affordable housing for theirworkers.

Millennials need to look harder at renting instead of owning a home, it said, along with choos-ing smaller homes or possibly al-ternatives like intergenerationalcommunity living or multi-familyliving through options like hous-ing co-ops.

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Transit plebiscite vote reaches 41.9%Nearly 655,000 ballots received by Elections BC


Elections BC has re-ceived and screened nearly 655,000 ballots in the Metro Vancouver transit refer-endum as of Wednesday morning.

That’s an average of 41.9 per cent of registered vot-ers who have marked bal-lots so far.

The number of ballots re-ceived is 20 per cent more than all votes cast in last year’s local elections within Metro Vancouver.

There are just a few days left for residents to com-plete and send in their bal-lot packages by the dead-line of 8 p.m. Friday May 29.

Mailing them in by Cana-da Post is no longer recom-mended in case they don’t arrive in time.

Last-minute voters can instead drop their ballot packages off at an Elections BC plebiscite office, includ-ing one in Richmond.

(See elections.bc.ca/plebi-scite/where.html for other locations.)

Metro Vancouver resi-dents are being asked to approve a 0.5 per cent in-crease in the provincial sales tax to fund various transportation improve-ments, including new rapid transit and express bus lines.

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Roadrunners ready for Tier 1 challenge

by Don FennellSports Editor

As the competitive fire burns in-ternally, Rod Jensen is having to remind himself to be patient.

After coaching the Richmond Roadrunners Midget lacrosse team to a 7-1 record in tiering-round play, the veteran bench boss is now hav-ing to prepare his players for the rigours of competing at the Tier 1 level.

And that brings its own set of chal-lenges.

But while the step up is a big one, particularly given that several are first-year players having graduated from Stu Ruttan’s Bantam A team of a year ago, Jensen believes in this group of youngsters.

Perhaps no player has more poten-tial than Sekawnee Baker.

“He a crazy good athlete,” said Jen-sen, who marvels at his protege’s stick skills. “I’ve never seen a guy able to go around people so easily. He’s got great speed and strength and a laser of a shot.”

But Jensen believes if he can help Baker become a more complete

player, the sky may be the limit.“When he understands passing

better he’ll draw guys to him, and that’s going to give him even more room,” Jensen said.

Numbers wise, Richmond didn’t fare as well as it might have hoped at its annual spring invitational tournament last weekend at Mi-noru Arenas. But Jensen said the fact they were without five regular players was a factor in its going 2-1 and falling short of the medal round following an 8-8 tie with Cowichan.

Semiahmoo won the tournament, but lost to Richmond 9-1 in tiering-round play.

“I think we’ve got a good mix of second-year guys and four or five first-year guys from Bantam,” Jen-sen said.

That list includes Jensen’s son, Ryan, who played on Team BC’s silver-medallist Bantam team last summer, Jordan Roberts and Kyle Ahlfield.

Richmond, which will host Co-quitlam in a noon start Sunday at Minoru Arenas, will play the bulk of its home games Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m.

Richmond Midgets move up to lacrosse’s top level following tiering-round success

Don Fennell photoRichmond ‘s Midget team will play among the best this season after moving up following a 7-1 tiering-round record.

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Pro providing link to golf’s future


Matt Daniel is dedicated to helping shape the future of golf.

In the midst of a successful pro career, which has included playing on the PGA and web.com tours and winning the Telus Edmonton Open in 2002, the Richmond man is hap-pily reaching out to the sport’s next generation. But he’s quick to appreci-ate that future may be quite different than what many initially envisioned.

Daniel believes the traditional game will continue to appeal to many youth, some of whom will go on to garner scholarships and, like himself, find their way onto the pro circuits. But others, he reasons, will shun such opportunities to enjoy the simple pleasures of the game.

“There’s quite a debate these days,” says Daniel, who is diligent in his efforts to introduce golf in local schools. “There are still plenty of 18-hole competitions, but you don’t need to play 18. I want to see golf be appreciated as an activity, one that you can enjoy without being re-strained by time.”

That means, he continues, the op-portunity—preferably on the same course—to play nine holes instead of 18.

“I know a lot of my friends are busy from 9 to 5, but they still want to play nine holes after work,” he said. “And it’s intersting to note that you can play nine one day and another nine on another day and have it officially count as 18.”

At the grassroots level, Daniel said it is critical that he and others with a vested interest in golf appreciate the many opportunities youth today are being bombarded by. Many of the students he teaches at his elite Rich-mond academy go from taking golf lessons to piano lessons, swimming lessons, or some other activities.

It was through the generosity of Christine Brodie and the Sunrise Rotary Club that Daniel was recently able to acquire a $2,000 kit to help introduce youth to golf. The colour-ful Snag (Starting New at Golf ) kit features a pair of plastic clubs (the

launcher is used to launch, pitch and chip the ball and the roller, like a put-ter, to roll the ball toward the target), which at up to three times the size of a normal club, makes it easy to make contact with the tennis-sized velcro balls that stick to a plastic flagstick (an above-ground weighted cylinder covered with a hook material).

Daniel said initial response to the kit was positive when he debuted it re-cently at Blundell Elementary School. He is planning a second clinic at Cook Elementary School in early June.

“It’s a no-brainer to teach the kids how to use the gear and get golf into the classrooms,” he said. “Once the kids started hitting the balls and the target you got the sense they wanted to play more. It’s a good way to intro-duce them to golf.”

Daniel’s own introduction was much more traditional.

A natural athlete, Daniel had already shown a proficiency in ice hockey when his parents placed a golf club in his hands as a ninth birthday present. It didn’t hurt that he lived across the street from Quilchena Golf & Counry Club, but he was instantly hooked and before long golf became the sport on which all his energies were focused.

“I guess I was pretty good right away,” he admitted. “But Quilchena had a lot of good players that helped my learning curve. And it was fun.”

Following a successful junior career, Daniel attended College of the Desert in Palm Desert, Calif. allowing him to stay at his grandma’s house and play golf every day. He turned pro in 1998 and a month later earned his Cana-dian Tour Pro card, finishing as the low Canadian. After missing the first 10 cuts of his pro career, his dogged determination ensured he became a mainstay on the tour. His victory at the Edmonton Open in 2002 is still regarded as one of the great finishes in Canadian Tour history. Shooting rounds of 67 and 66 over the first 36 holes, Daniel exchanged birdies with PGA Tour player Alex Rocha in the last group Saturday and took the lead heading into Sunday’s final 18. Cling-ing to a one-shot lead over Rocha and Stuart Anderson with two holes to play, he birdied both the 17th and 18th to set up a playoff and won the tournament on the first playoff hole.

Matt Daniel is giving back by introducing the game to youth through schools-based program

Don Fennell photoRichmond pro Matt Daniel is using the Starting New at Golf kit to help introduce youth to golf.

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Steveston judoka stand tallat Canadian championshipsNationals provide positive experiences


While Tavis Jamieson and Ian Ryder were busy celebrating national championships, three of their Steveston Judo Club team-mates were busy soaking up the experi-ence and realizing their own success at last weekend’s Canadian championships in Montreal.

Enormously proud of his result, Tavis’ sis-ter Meghan reached the podium herself with a bronze-medal finish in the senior women’s -70 kilogram weight class.

“It was pretty cool because I’ve been training really hard,” said Meghan, who reached the nationals for the fifth time in her career. “When I first started judo it seemed really difficult, but all the hard work pays off.”

Meghan lost the bronze-medal at nation-als twice as a junior, so to be able to step up and win as a senior made the feat par-ticularly satisfying.

“You’re facing some girls who have fought in international tournaments around the world,” she said. “I need to continue to get more time on the mat and experience fighting higher levels of competition.”

Meghan, who was inspired to take up judo because of Tavis, said he deserves the success he is enjoying.

“This past year he’s been very deter-

mined. He had little successes her andthere, but then he decided he really want-ed to focus and has been going to gym a lot and been very focused on his practices. He never misses them.”

Tavis also won bronze in the senior men’s -100 kilogram class.

While Ben Lee didn’t medal in the -66 ki-logram senior men’s division, he deemed his first national competition to be “a reallygood experience.”

“I wasn’t surprised by the calibre, butit was very good,” he said. “Obviously I would like to have done better, but I knew it would be tough and I’m doing my best to catch up.”

At 23, Lee didn’t start practising judo un-til four years ago. That put him behind theproverbial curve, he said, but he’s confi-dent he make up for the lost time.

“Initially I was just looking at judo as arecreational activity and thought it wouldbe great to even get to blue belt. But the sport kind of sucked me in. Now I some-times think: What have I gotten myselfinto? But I really enjoy practising andjudo is unlike anything else I do. It’s a re-ally intense experience. I don’t know how to explain it.”

Ario Nishimura, who won silver at the Canada Winter Games earlier this year in Prince George, placed third in the un-der-18 men’s division.

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When the bigger-is-better mindset is not in your home-buying financial cards, there

are plenty of services to make your small space feel larger. Indeed, many of the companies making these prod-ucts are enjoying a boom thanks to the trend of building smaller, more afford-able condos.

Bosa Properties is one of the groups meeting the challenge head on, having introduced its BosaSPACE concept a year and a half ago at its Alumni Tower development in Surrey’s University District. The idea’s second iteration is currently on display in its RiverSky project in New Westminster.

“We created BosaSPACE because we saw a need in the market,” said Daryl Simpson, Bosa Properties senior vice-president. “We were feeling frustrated with the compression of suite sizes which was a function of the demand for smaller, more affordable homes. We wanted to give people more function-ality so that a 500-squre-foot apart-ment would feel and perform like an 800-square-foot one.”

Space and FunctionBosa worked on the concept for over

a year, meeting with local and Europe-an designers, suppliers and architects. An extendable table can be a modest two-seat counter/desk/prep station or pull out to seat up to eight for dinner. The “SleepTHEATRE” conceals a sofa or guest bed behind the TV. A pan-try system hides a pull-down ironing board and storage along with a wine rack.

“People don’t have to buy as much furniture,” said Simpson. “For younger buyers, that helps with the affordability pressures. We’ve also worked with buy-ers who have the means to spend more but want to consume less.”

The Hide-a-Bed SolutionA standard purchase for anyone try-

ing to maximize space in their home is a Murphy bed, a space-saving solution that’s been used for more than a cen-

tury. BC Murphy Wall-Bed Ltd. presi-dent Hung Nguyen has seen demand increase as more small condos come on the market.

“If you’re living in 350 square feet, a Murphy bed is the only option that works,” said Nguyen, who has started building beds that, when upright, have desks, dining tables or sofas that fold down.

Offsite StorageThere are a plethora of storage fa-

cilities in Metro Vancouver, but many people do not require large storage lockers and can find hauling items to and fro difficult. Alluster Storage Valet caters to people looking to store sea-sonal equipment such as clothing, golf clubs, bikes and skis.

“We offer delivery from door to door, so you can store your items without ever leaving your home,” said Rob Buchanan, CEO of Alluster. “Customers track their stored possessions online, a feature which isn’t normally available with other storage businesses. When they want something back, they get it returned with a few clicks.”

Ditch the Parking StallHand in hand with the move to

smaller condo sizes is the trend to build fewer parking stalls in these new developments. That’s opened up oppor-tunities for car-share businesses with BCAA the latest to jump on the wagon. The association launched Evo Car Share in March, joining Modo, Zipcar and Car2Go in offering urbanites part-time access to vehicles.

“We spent two years talking to Vancouverites about transportation,” said Shan Parmar, director of Evo Car Share, “and we heard that people want a car-sharing option that will allow them to get outdoors and live the BC lifestyle and do what they’d normally do with their car. Evo has over 250 cars available within Vancouver; all are four-door hybrids with lots of cargo space along with two bike racks and ski racks.”

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The Steveston-London Sharks golf team is heading back to the B.C. School Sports provincial championships in Port Alberni next month.

Led by Grade 11 student Diego San Pe-dro’s sizzling 6-under 67, the Sharks defeat-ed a talented Burnett Breakers in the Rich-mond AAA finals Monday at Quilchena by a remarkable 29 strokes. Grade 10 student Nicholas Miu fired a 2-under 71 and Grade 10 student Toby Lau shot 79. Other mem-bers of the strong team include Top Lau and

Ethan Wong, also both in Grade 9. In 2014, the Sharks also won the Rich-

mond title and took home the silver medal at the provincials. They hope to challenge for the B.C. banner this year.

Teacher-coach Scott Clements ,coaching golf at the school for almost 20 years said, “this is one of the youngest and deepest teams we have had, and we have had some great golf teams at the school.” He added, “Diego’s 6-under is an incredible score and one of lowest in the history of the Rich-

mond league, especially in the champion-ship final.”

London had some very good golf teams and Steveston won the provincial title twice.This is the fourh time the Sharks have quali-fied for the B.C.s ,

“At the B.C.s, if our top four scores are what we are capable of, around the 300 range, we should be very competitive against the topteams in the province once again.”

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It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Lewis van der Gracht, eldest son of the late Florence and Joseph van der Gracht.Lewis was born December 30, 1917 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He and his family spent his formative years orchard farming in California. The family moved to Edmonton in 1926 and then to West Vancouver in 1933.Lewis joined the Canadian Army

in the spring of 1940 and served with the Canadian Scottish, later transferring to the 9th Armoured Regiment. While overseas he met Christina (Chris) Ward, a secretary enlisted in the British Army. They married on October 28, 1943 in Royston, England.Lewis was demobbed in 1945. Under the Veterans Land Act, he and Chris acquired a small acreage in Richmond, B.C. In 1948, inspired by Father McEvoy - who was then pastor of St. Paul’s Parish, and with the help of Chris and several cooperatively-minded Lulu Island residents, Richmond Savings Credit Union (RSCU) was formed. The RSCU went on to become one of the largest credit unions in North America. Lewis served fi rst as its treasurer and later as CEO until his retirement in June, 1982. Lewis was a keen innovator: RSCU was one of the fi rst credit unions to adopt the use of computers and with the architectural skill of Arthur Erickson, built the fi rst low-cost housing complex (still in use) in Richmond. Lewis, better known as ‘Van’ during those years, also served as President of the Richmond Chamber of Commerce (RCC) and worked closely with the Municipality in building that vibrant community. His memoir, ‘Don’t Take This Too Seriously’, can be borrowed from the RCC.In retirement, Lewis spent many happy hours gardening; visiting and assisting his children and their families and heading off on road trips with Chris.In October, 2005, his beloved wife Chris passed away. Lewis spent some of his fi nal years in their Richmond townhouse before moving to Chelsea Park Seniors Residence in Vancouver and, more recently, to the Royal Ascot Care Residence.Lewis is predeceased by his infant son, Anthony (Tony) in 1953; his brother, John; sister, Maria (Missy) and is survived by his baby brother, William (Billy). Lewis is also survived by daughters Patricia Maddocks and Jacqueline Price, son Michael, daughter Teresa Krahn and sons David and Paul. Lewis will be remembered fondly by his fourteen grandchildren and thirteen great grandchildren.

The following gatherings will occur:Prayers for Lewis Tuesday May 26th 7 pmFuneral Mass Wednesday May 27th 9 am

Both services will take place at: St. Joseph the Worker Parish4451 Williams Road, Richmond, B.C.

Private interment to follow at Garden of Gethsemane Cemetery.In lieu of fl owers, please support one of Lewis’s

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Van-Kam is committed toEmployment Equity and

Environmental Responsibility.

109 CAREER OPPORTUNITIES


115 EDUCATION

Excavator & Backhoe Operator Training. Be employable in 4-6wks. Call 604-546-7600. www.rayway.ca

124 FARM WORKERS

GREENHOUSEWORKER (35)

Windset Farms - 3660 41B St.Ladner BC V4K 3N2

F/T Contract, 40hrs./weekincludes weekends.

Duties: Picking, Pruning,De-leafi ng.

Start Date: September 7, 2015 $10.49/hr.

NO EXPERIENCE REQUIRED!Fax Resume: 604.952.2763

E-mail Resume:[email protected]

130 HELP WANTED

CONSTRUCTION SITEIn your NEIGHBOURHOOD

Req: Carpenters, HelpersLabourers, CSO’s/OFA’s

TCP’s, Cleaners $11-28/hrWork Today, Daily or Weekly Pay

Apply 9AM to 2PM at:118 – 713 Columbia Street

New West 604.522.4900

FLAGGERS NEEDED. No Certifi cation? Get Certifi ed, 604-575-3944

Landscaping Sales & Service Opportunities

Up To $400 CASH DailyF/T & P/T Outdoors. Spring /

Summer Work. SeekingHonest, Hard Working Staff.

www.PropertyStarsJobs.com

110 CAREER SERVICES/JOB SEARCH


131 HOME CARE/SUPPORT

IN-HOME Cargiver Needed inWhite Rock - Elderly Lady. 2 years Contract, HS+2 years experience, $10.33/hour/40 hours, BC Medical & CPP. English, Cantonese & Man-darin a must. Required Chinese cooking, personal care etc. Live In optional and not a condition of em-ployment. Please contact : Sin Lai [email protected] 604-916-8216

Live In Caregiver needed for Elderly Lady in Richmond.

Contact Rose 604-274-2512.

136A JANITORIAL SERVICES

HOUSE CLEANERS/ JANITORS

REQUIRED NOWPAY $12-15 PER HOUR

Apply WeekdaysBetween 9AM to 2PM at:

118-713 Columbia StNew West 604.522.4900

139 MEDICAL/DENTAL

REGISTERED NURSEBayshore Home Health currently has a vacancy for a Registered Nurse in the South Delta / Ladner area. This position is to provide services to a child who has complex medical needs and requires an experienced nurse to attend Kindergarten with the child in the Fall. If you are an exp. RN and love working with children, have excellent leadership and communication skills, we would like to hear from you. ICU or ER, and Pediatric experience is an asset; however, Trach & Vent training will be provided as well as client specifi c orientation.

Interested individualsare encouraged to fax

their resume to: 604-739-7435 or email:

[email protected]

110 CAREER SERVICES/JOB SEARCH

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PLUMBING & HEATING

604-868-7062 Licensed, Insured & Bonded Local Plumberswww.1stcallplumbing.ca

• Plumbing Service & Repairs • Boilers & Furnaces • Gas Work

Heating System Service SpecialOnly $89 including free hot water tank service!

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• Residential / Commercial• Residential / Commercial

• Rotary / Reel Cutting• Rotary / Reel Cutting

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RENOVATIONSM.S. MAINTENANCE

& RENOVATIONS

Insured / WCB Mike Favel • 604-341-2681

Plumbing • Electrical • Woodwork • Drywall • Bathrooms • Painting • Handyman • Textured Ceilings • FREE Quotes

Door Repairs: Patio • Pocket • Bi-folds • Showerand I’m a Nice Guy!

PLUMBING/HOME IMPROVEMENTS

H O M E I M P R O V E M E N T S

Plumbing * Heating * Electrical * Carpentry * Painting * TilingAll Types of Home Renovations, Maintenance or GeneralRepairs around the house Guaranteed, with Free Estimatewww.westwindhome.ca Fully Licensed, Insured, WCB

Call George778 886 3186H O M E I M P R O V E M E N T S

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160 TRADES, TECHNICAL

WAREHOUSE WORKER / DRIVER

We are an industry leader of building products, located in Surrey, and we are growing. Top notch warehouse worker / driver with a positive attitude with willingness to learn and ability to do heavy lifting is required for immediate start Monday-Friday.

The team is hard working,the work environment is

fast-paced with good people, and the benefi ts are excellent.

If you have class 5 DL, are dedicated, have leadership ability and are looking for good solid employment send your resume:

Fax: 604-513-1194 Email: [email protected]

PERSONAL SERVICES

182 FINANCIAL SERVICES

GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB.

1-877-987-1420 www.pioneerwest.com

130 HELP WANTED

182 FINANCIAL SERVICES

TAX FREE MONEYis available, if you are a homeowner, today! We can easily approve you by phone. 1st, 2nd or 3rd mort-gage money is available right now. Rates start at Prime. Equity counts. We don’t rely on credit, age or income.

Call Anytime1-800-639-2274 or

604-430-1498. Apply online www.capitaldirect.ca

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

260 ELECTRICALYOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 Service Call Lic #89402 Same day guarn’td We love small jobs! 604-568-1899

269 FENCING

S&S LandscapingCEDAR FENCE INSTALLATION604-275-3158

281 GARDENING

AWARD WINNERSHedges, trees, gardens, lawns.

A & B Landscaping (604)202-3893

A+ Lawn & Garden - Residential & Commercial services. 604.908.3596

130 HELP WANTED

281 GARDENING

15% SENIORS DISCOUNT A+ Rating with BB Bureau

•Lawn Cuts/Trim •Aerating •Leaf Cleanup •Power Rake •Hedge & Shrub Trimming

•Pruning Trees •23 yrs. exp. •Insured •Free Estimates

Brad 778-552-3900

283 GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

A & B GUTTERSGutter Cleaning & Repairs. Quality

Work. Best rates. 604-202-3893

GUTTER & ROOF Cleaning/Power Washing since 1982. WCB/Liability insurance. Simon, 604-230-0627

283A HANDYPERSONS

RENOVATIONS, Bathroom/Kitchen Remodeling, Drywall, Tiles. Free estimates. 604-518-8460.

287 HOME IMPROVEMENTS

VECTOR RENO’S Specializing in all interior & exterior

home renovations & additions Call 604-690-3327

HANDYMAN CONNECTIONHANDYMAN CONNECTIONHandyman Connection - Bonded -Renovations - Installations - Repairs - 604.878.5232

DBathroomsDKitchensDCountertop ReplacementDEntrance DoorsDFrench DoorsDSidingDSundecksDLaminate FloorsDEnclosuresDCeramic TileDCustom MouldingsDReplacement WindowsDInterior Painting

WE GUARANTEEno-hassle

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604-244-9153Rona Building Centre7111 Elmbridge Way

Richmond, BC

CHECK CLASSIFIEDS 604-575-5555

320 MOVING & STORAGE

AFFORDABLE MOVINGwww.affordablemoversbc.com

From $45/Hr1, 3, 5, 7 & 10 Ton Trucks

Licensed ~ Reliable ~ 1 to 3 MenFree Estimate/Senior DiscountResidential~Commercial~PianosLOCAL & LONG DISTANCE

604-537-4140

MIRACLE MOVING Licensed - Bonded - Fully Equip. Residential Commercial, 1-3 Men

BIG OR SMALL MOVESStart $45/hr ~ All size trucks

Free estimate/Senior Discount www.miraclemoving.ca604 - 720 - 2009

~We accept Visa & Mastercard~

.Brothers Moving 604-720-0931

ABE MOVING - $35/Hr. Per Person*Reliable Careful Movers. *RubbishRemoval. *24 Hours. 604-999-6020

1PRO MOVING & SHIPPINGAcross the street - across the world

Real Professionals, Reas. Rates. Best in every way! 604-721-4555.

ABBA MOVERS & DEL Res/comm 1-5 ton truck, 2men fr $45. SENIOR DISCOUNT.Honest, bsmt clean up. 25yrs Exp. 24hrs/7days 604-506-7576

329 PAINTING & DECORATING

STEFANO PAINTINGExterior Summer Special 10% OffFREE Estimates (604)720-1390

Richmond

PaintingServing Richmond since 1988

✷ Quality workmanship at low prices.

✷ Free EstimatesCall Bob 604-277-6576

www.paintspecial.com 604.339.1989 Lower Mainland

604.996.8128 Fraser ValleyRunning this ad for 10yrs

PAINT SPECIAL3 rooms for $299

2 coats any colour(Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls

Cloverdale Premium quality paint.NO PAYMENT until Job is

completed. Ask us about ourLaminate Flooring.

A-1 Painting Company - Interior / Exterior 20 years exp. Summer Special 10% off (604)723-8434

Ronaldo’s PaintingInsured/WCB/Free Estimates

Ronaldo, 778-881-6478Visa/Mastercard

338 PLUMBING

LOCAL PLUMBER $45 Service Call Plumbing, Heating, Plugged Drains. Mustang Plumbing 778-714-2441

BRO MARV PLUMBING Plumbing, heating, clogged drains BBB. (604)582-1598, bromarv.com

10% OFF if you Mention this AD! *Plumbing *Heating *Reno’s *More

Call Aman: 778-895-2005

338 PLUMBING

MIN. EXPRESS PAGING SYSTEM

Reasonable Rates 604-270-6338

341 PRESSURE WASHING

SPECIAL SUPER SALEGutter windows skylights siding for $375. (under 2500sf) We use soap WCB Insured.............604-861-6060

POWER WASHING since 1982. WCB/Liability insurance. Call Simon for prompt service. 604-230-0627

Mr. Side Walk Power WashingSidewalks, Driveways, Patios

Strata, Comm. Res. 604-802-9033

POWER WASHINGGUTTER CLEANING

SAME DAY SERVICE AVAILABLE Call Ian 604-724-6373

Power Washing, Gutters, Windows, Maintenance, Res/Comm. Lic/Ins’d. Free Est. Call Dean 604-839-8856

353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS

ARBUTUS ROOFING & DRAINS Ltd

We specialize in:F Shingle Roofi ng F Flat Roofi ng

F Re-Roofi ng & Roof Repairs

Residential / Strata

604 - 259 - 2482www.arbutusroofi ng.com

FIVE STAR ROOFINGAll kinds of re-roofi ng & repairs.

Free est. Reasonable rates.778-998-7505 or 604-961-7505

356 RUBBISH REMOVAL

#1 AAA RubbishRemoval

26 Years Serving Rmd.Residential & Commercial Clean Courteous Service

FREE ESTIMATESJoe 604-250-5481

Brads Junk Removal.com. Same Day Service. Affordable Rates! 604.220.JUNK (5865)

JUNK REMOVAL By RECYCLE-IT!604.587.5865www.recycleitcanada.ca

372 SUNDECKS

. Aluminum patio cover, sunroom, railing and vinyl. 604-521-2688.Aluminum patio cover, sunroom, railing and vinyl. 604-521-2688 www.PatioCoverVancouver.com

386 WINDOW CLEANINGA & B WINDOW CLEANING

QUALITY WORK - BEST RATESWork Safe / Insured. 604-202-3893

PETS

477 PETS

CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866

NEED A GOOD HOME for a good dog or a good dog for a good home? We adopt dogs! Call 604-856-3647 or www.856-dogs.com

Purebred CAIRN TERRIER Pups Shots, dewormed. $800. House pets. 604-854-1978, 604-807-5204

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

551 GARAGE SALES

ABBOTSFORD FLEA MARKET

Abbotsford Exhibition ParkTRETHEWEY @ MACLURE AVE~ SUNDAYS ONLY ~

6 am to 4 pmPhone 604-859-7540

Cambie Spring Swap Meet

SATURDAYMay 23rd,10am-1pm

Cambie Community Centre12800 Cambie Road

Ph: 604-233-8399

****EPIC GARAGE SALE***** 10340 ODLIN RD, RICHMOND We are moving! 40 yrs of “stuff”; items that span generations! Sat May 23 & Sun May 24, 10 am - 2 pm

Moving Sale6771 Dunsany PlaceSat. May 23, 9 - 3pm

& Sun. May 24, 9 - Noon

Furniture, China, ToolsSports, Lawnmower & Kids stuff.

Rain or Shine.

MULTI-UNIT GARAGE SALE

7251 Minoru Blvd.Richmond

Sat. May 23rd 9am - 1pm

North side of building.No Early Birds

RICHMOND

8151 Lurgan RoadSat May 23, 8am-4pm

Proceeds to R.A.P.S

Tools, books, closets, large ladders, clothes, etc.

551 GARAGE SALES

RichmondMOVING SALE

Saturday, May 23rd, 9 am - 3 pm

9051 Ryan PlaceTons of young womens clothes,

misc household items, girls softball batting nets, etc.

563 MISC. WANTED

Have Unwanted Firearms?Have unwanted or inherited fi rearms in your possession?Don’t know how to dispose of them safely and legally?Contact Wanstalls and we will come and pick them up and pay you fair value for them.Wanstalls has been proudly serving the Lower Mainland fi rearms community since 1973.We are a government licensed fi rearms business with fully certifi ed verifi ers, armorers and appraisers.

Call today to set up anappointment 604-467-9232 Wanstalls Tactical & Sporting Arms

RENTALS

736 HOMES FOR RENT

RICHMOND. Spacious newly reno’d 3 bdrm rancher, 4 appls, wall-to-wall, blinds, cov patio, storage, gar-age, prkg, fenced. $1650/m. N/P. Avial immed. 604-833-2103

TRANSPORTATION

845 SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

#1 FREE SCRAP VEHICLE REMOVAL

ASK ABOUT $500 CREDIT $$$ PAID FOR SOME

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Sarah Smith, director of energy efficiency and conservation for Fortis, with Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie on an Olympia IceBear ice re-surfacer at Richmond Ice Centre. The city recently completed extensive mechanical upgrades at Richmond Ice Centre to its ice plant and hot water infrastructure to modern-ize the systems and in-crease energy efficiency. The $170,000 upgrade reduces consumption of natural gas to an esti-mated tune of $40,000 each year. FortisBC contributed $83,000 to the project, resulting in a project payback of just over two years.

The Overwaitea Food Group’s 100th Birthday Tour came to Save on Foods at Ironwood on Thursday. Activities includ-ed a face painter, displays, musicians and a 1915 car. The tour will be visiting 80 communities until the end of August.

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