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Money talks inschoolSD43 official says premiers plan needs proper funding

By Diane StrandbergTHE TRI-CITY NEWS

Every kindergarten student in SchoolDistrict 43 today will be reading, writing anddoing math at their grade level by Grade 4 ifthe province fulfills a pledge made last weekby outgoing Premier Gordon Campbell.

Campbells pledge in a TV address cameas music to the ears to Maureen Dockendorf,a former kindergarten teacher and SD43 as-sistant superintendent who believes all chil-dren deserve the chance to succeed.

But exactly how or if the provincewill meet its stated goal in five years is anopen question. One thing is for sure: It willtake money and commitment.

We need more bodies in the classroom.We need to lower the ratio between the stu-dents and the staff. Id love to put the moneytowards the extra adult in the classroom,Dockendorf said.

She pointed to Ontario, where early child-hood educators have been working alongsideteachers in full-day kindergarten, as an ex-ample B.C. should follow. The more adultsworking with children, the greater the oppor-tunities for working one on one with studentsand their families, said Dockendorf, who hassaid educators have known for a long timethat intensive intervention, especially at anearly age, is key to success in school.

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Coquitlams Marilyn Bell is part of a national campaign to send a flag adorned with signatures and crests to Canadian troops serving in Afghanistan.

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Coquitlam mom is part of a national effort for soldiers

By Gary McKennaTHE TRI-CITY NEWS

As a military mom, Coquitlams MarilynBell could do little more than watch as herson was deployed to Canadas mission inAfghanistan.

But now, Bell and eight other moms justlike her are on a mission of their own.

The parents, who met through a web-site for families of soldiers serving inAfghanistan, are sending a flag across thecountry in support of the troops. Along theway, signatures have been collected and po-lice officers and firefighters have attachedpins and patches, honouring the sacrificesmade by Canadians in the armed forces.

Bells son Steven returned home lastMay and currently lives near his base inEdmonton but many of the parents involvedin the flag tour still have children servingoverseas. It is a constant worry when yourson is deployed, she said. You are think-ing about them all the time.

The flag started out in Whitby, Ont. and

made the rounds back east before comingto B.C. It arrived in the Tri-Cities Tuesdayafter spending some time in the care ofKamloops resident Susan Fifer last week.

The initiative has not only shown supportfor the troops serving in Afghanistan buthas bonded a group of like-minded mothersacross the country, Bell said.

Every day we are on there [the internet]chatting, Bell said. This group has beenreally helpful because they know the feelingand emotions they have lived it.

Now that the flag has arrived, she willbring it to the George Derby Long TermCare Society in Burnaby before present-ing it at several Royal Canadian Legionbranches in the Tri-Cities.

So many signatures and pins have beenattached to the flag that Bell said a secondflag has been attached.

Once the signatures are collected, theflag will be sent back to Ontario, where itwill then be loaded onto a military planeand sent to a forward operating base inAfghanistan sometime before Christmas.The mothers will also be including 75,000cookies in their care package to be distrib-uted to the soldiers.

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But she wouldnt go as far as recommend-ing standardized tests for kindergarten stu-dents, as hinted in the premiers address lastweek.

Dockendorf, who occasionally advises theB.C. Ministry of Education on early child-hood education, said standardized tests willtake teachers time away from students andwould provide a limited snapshot of studentprogress. Instead, she recommends a morerounded approach, which kindergarten teach-ers are now doing, such as observing studentsto see how well they listen and get along with

others, and collecting samples of their work.The district is also piloting a new form

of report card for kindergarten students inwhich teachers take pictures, collect worksamples and document on video student ac-tivity in the classroom so parents can seehow their children are doing.

Parents have to provide their approvalfirst but would have a better picture of theirchild in the classroom than a one-page reportcard.

Imagine how much more meaningful thatis for parents, Dockendorf said.

While she doesnt quibble with the prov-inces goal of improving Grade 4 levels ofachievement, shes less enthusiastic aboutfoundation skills assessment tests being usedas a benchmark because of the low participa-tion rates in some districts.

People are really confusing those testswith reality, Dockendorf said, noting theSD43 Grade 4 FSA rest results were betterthan the provincial average, yet the districtstill keeps a focus on improving achievementon many levels, with school learning teamsthat help teachers develop new strategies forinstruction and other programs.

In his television address, the premier alsopromised to add 100 more StrongStart earlylearning centres for a total of 400 facilitiesacross the province.

Dockendorf said StrongStart programs,which have been established at a handful ofSD43 schools, are a great way of introducingfamilies to the school system because par-ents are encouraged to participate in theseprograms with their babies and toddlers.

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A life saved, and memories of many lives lostBy Janis Warren

THE TRI-CITY NEWS

What was it that guided Peter Parkerthrough his teenage years?

The words luck and fate often pop upwhen the 83-year-old Auschwitz survivortalks about that time.

And he has many stories to tell, some ofwhich he shared with Tri-City high schoolstudents Wednesday during the third annualSchool District 43 Holocaust Symposium inCoquitlam, eight days before RemembranceDay.

Take, for example, his familys escape fromhis native Austria, and later Czechoslovakia,when the Germans annexed the two coun-tries at the start of the Second World War:His grandmother in Brussels was able toshelter Parker and his sister while theirmother left for a job in the U.K.

Then, when Nazi Germany invadedBelgium seven days before they were to sailto England, Parker and his sister, of Jewishdescent, evaded capture. For three years, thepair, who had to fend for themselves aftertheir grandmother died, took on Belgianidentities and scraped by, moving from oneplace to another to avoid German soldiers.

Parker said luck was also on his side whenhe was shuttled to Auschwitz in disgusting

conditions and he, along with 300 other fityoung men, were picked as the workhorses;the 3,700 other people that arrived with himat the concentration camp that day weregassed within two hours.

During his talk, Parker held up a pictureof his Auschwitz tattoo, which he had re-moved 10 years ago, showing his identitystamp: 151535.

It was a lucky number because 151534and 151536 never made it, he told thehushed crowd of 700 students and teachersat Coquitlam Alliance Church.

Luck also came into play when he be-friended a fellow prisoner, an Austrian cookwho took Parker under his wing, gave hima job as a potato peeler in the camp kitchenand offered advice on how to stay alive. Inthe kitchen, Parker said, he was out of thecold and able to sneak left-overs.

He managed to survive a bout of typhusand because of good timing his finalresting place. In August 1944, the guardsrounded up Parker and a group of men todig what they said would be a swimmingpool but we knew what we were doing. Wewere digging our own mass grave. The proj-ect stopped when word came that the Allieswere on their way to liberate the prisonersand Parker was marched off with 2,000 oth-ers to Dachau, another concentration camp.

Again, Parker counts himself as one ofthe fortunate ones: Those who fell from dehy-dration during the walk were shot dead buthe had slipped a kitchen spoon up his sleeveand, when many prisoners ran to the riverfor a drink, he dug far into the soil to reachthe mud and sucked out the moisture; theones that went to the river were killed.

From Dachau, they were put on a trainand, because Parker was near the door, hewas in a good position to get two gulps ofwater from a guard who tossed in his hat fullof water.

That, he said, was a godsend.Near Munich, the prisoners were made

to work at a construction site and, later, at atrain station. It was spring 1945 when he andother inmates some of whom had madeit through years of concentration camps were being transferred to Austria when

they heard Allied planes circling above; theGerman guards killed many on the train but,again, he was spared.

I have never seen such a massacre in mylife, he said.

The next day, after they were told theywere free, Parker and others were taken byU.S. troops to a former Hitler youth holi-day camp and weaned on normal food. Heresisted treats, such as chocolate bars fromAmerican soldiers, but many of those whocouldnt got food poisoning and died.

As fate would have it, Parker was repatri-ated to Brussels and found his sister, whowas working in a British Army canteen.They reunited with their mother two weekslater in Scotland.

Ken Ipe, the English department head atDr. Charles Best secondary, who helped to or-ganize the symposium, said hearing Parkerspeak was a privilege and more powerfulthan having students learn about WWII fromtextbooks.

There are already plans for the 2011 pre-Remembrance Day activities and theres areason for the urgency.

We only have a seven- to 10-year win-dow before all the Holocaust survivors passaway, Ipe said, and the importance of thisevent becomes more pronounced each year.

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READING WRITING NUMERACY

PROVINCIAL AVERAGEAll 16% 13% 20%Boys 18% 17% 19% Girls 15% 9% 21%

SD43All 16% 12% 17%Boys 19% 15% 16%Girls 13% 8% 17%

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Peter Parker, an Auschwitz survivor, spoke to 700 high school students in the Tri-Cities Wednesday as part of the third annual Holocaust symposium at the Coquitlam Alliance Church. The event held aweek before Remembrance Day was organized in conjunction with the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre.

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It was a lucky number be-cause 151534 and 151536 never made it.Peter Parker, Auschwitz survivor, whohad no. 151535 tattooed on his arm

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More than 100 seniorsand disabled people inPort Coquitlam took ad-vantage of a water andsewer fee discount of-fered by the municipalitythis year.

The program, whichwas in the process ofbeing phased out in 2008when council reversedits decision after the lastcivic election, costs thecity more than $30,000 inlost revenue.

Those who qualify forthe discount must:

be 65 years or olderor a person with disabili-ties;

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have a maximum 2009household net income ofless than $22,229 if theyare the sole occupier ofthe residence or $27,674if there is more than oneperson living at the resi-dence;

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Because of major in-frastructure upgradesnecessary at the regionallevel, PoCo will likely seea 10.2% increase whentheir water bill arrivesnext year.

Igor Zahynacz, thecitys director of en-gineering, said proj-ects like the Seymour/Capilano filtration plant,Coquitlams UV disinfec-tion facility, a drinking

water treatment projectand a Port Mann MainFraser River crossing arepushing municipal feeshigher. The impact tous is quite significant,he said. Our own waterdistribution mainte-nance costs increasesare quite small. It is theregional cost that is thedriver, especially for thewater utility.

It is unlikely that theincreases will slow downanytime soon.

Metro Vancouver saidits water rate is expectedto increase for the nextfive years, jumping 61.5%to fund a capital programthat will cost $2.2 billionover the next 10 years.

It is important thecity continues to chal-lenge Metro Vancouverto be accountable to itsratepayers while ensur-ing the services are ad-equately provided, saida staff report.

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A cold, rainy win-ter could delay pav-ing for the BroadwayStreet reconstruc-tion project in PortCoquitlam, puttingsome federal grantsfor the road upgradein peril.

As part of Ottawaseconomic actionplan, money has beendoled out to munici-palities for neededinfrastructure up-grades providingthe projects could becompleted by March31, 2011. While therest of the recon-struction is gener-ally on schedule, badweather and coolertemperatures mayforce work crews todelay the completionof the top layer ofpavement.

I t i s r e a l l yweather-dependent,said Igor Zahynacz,the citys director ofengineering. If wehave a mild spring,we can pave.

The federal govern-ment has repeatedlytold municipalitiesthat it will not extendits March 31 dead-line but Zahynaczsaid there are somesigns that officialsin Ottawa may bechanging their view.

There has been somany communitiesin a similar situa-tion, he said. Whatwe understand atthis point is the fed-eral government isnow considering [anextension].

While mild tem-peratures could allowthe project to becompleted on sched-ule, Zahynacz saidit would be better ifcrews had an exten-sion to complete thepaving regardless ofthe weather; moretime would allow theinstalled culvertsand initial layers ofpaving to settle intoplace before the toplayer of asphalt isadded, he said.

The infrastruc-ture stimulus fundwas launched in themidst of a deep fi-nancial downturnin an effort to boostthe economy whileupg rading agingmunicipal roads,bridges and sewerlines. The BroadwayStreet reconstruc-tion, for example, isreceiving more than$3.7 million from thefederal government,matched by another$3.7 from the prov-ince. TransLinksmajor road networkcapital program isalso contributingmore than $1.15 mil-lion.

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The Council of the City of Port Moody will meetand hold a Public Hearing to consider the following proposed Bylaws.

Proposed Bylaws: City of Port Moody OfficialCommunity Plan Bylaw 2000, No. 2465, Amendment Bylaw No. 34, 2010, No. 2855 and City of Port Moody Zoning Bylaw 1988, No. 1890, Amendment Bylaw No.200, 2010, No. 2856.

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All persons who believe their interest in property is affected by the proposed bylaws will be afforded anopportunity to be heard in person and/or by written submission. Written submissions will be accepted up to the conclusion of the Public Hearing. If you are submitting a written submission prior to the PublicHearing, please submit it to the City by email at [email protected] or by fax at 604-469-4550 not later than 12 noon on Tuesday, November 9, 2010. No representations may be received by Council on these bylaws after the close of the Public Hearing.

Bylaw Nos. 2855 and 2856 and related information may be inspected at the Planning and DevelopmentServices Department, City Hall, 100 Newport Drive (at loco Road), Port Moody, BC, Monday to Fridaybetween 8:30am and 5pm.

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An overnight mat program forhomeless people run out of a PortMoody church this month hasstarted well.

The cold/wet weather initiativeat St. Andrews United Church onSt. Johns Street hosted four peopleMonday the first day the servicewas offered plus four peopleTuesday and six Wednesday.

Rob Thiessen of the Hope forFreedom Society, which is oversee-ing the five-month volunteer op-eration at a series of churches, saidthe numbers are up from last year;more homeless people will take ad-vantage of the temporary shelteras the word spreads that its avail-able and as the temperatures getcooler, he said.

St. Andrews is not looking fordonations or more hands to helpright now. The churches are veryorganized, he said.

Last month, Port Moody citycouncil approved another season atSt. Andrews, which has run a matprogram for up to 30 people in needsince February 2008 with no com-plaints from the community.

Next up are volunteers fromCoquitlams Eagle Ridge BibleFellowship, who will host the matprogram from Dec. 1 to 31.

The other participating churchesare the Coquitlam Alliance andCalvary Baptist in Coquitlam, andNorthside Foursquare Church inPort Coquitlam.

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arrested in connection with an al-leged gay bashing that took placein Vancouver last month.

Shortly before 3 a.m. on Oct. 8,Vancouver Police were called toan assault near the TinseltownMall at Abbott and WestPender streets, just outside ofChinatown. Two men were taken

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After an extensive investiga-tion, officers located one suspectin Port Moody and the other inFort St. John; both were the menwho were originally detained.

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The 22-year-old PoMo man andthe 20-year-old from Fort St. Johnwere not previously known to po-lice. Theyve been released fromcustody on promises to appearin court.

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Reactions by Tri-City MLAs toWednesdays surprise announcementfrom B.C. Premier Gordon Campbellthat hes stepping down broke alongparty lines.

Port Coquitlam MLA MikeFarnworth, who is the NDPs HouseLeader and critic for the public safetyand solicitor general, told The Tri-CityNews Campbells resignation is wel-come news.

Hes gone and I think a lot ofBritish Columbians will say thats thefirst right decision hes made in a verylong time, Farnworth said beforemaking a television appearance. I re-ally dont think it matters who replaceshim; they will be carrying the baggageof a party that has not told the truth toBritish Columbians on so many issuesand angered them so deeply that who-ever leads them is irrelevant.

D i a n e T h o r n e, C o q u i t l a m -Maillardvilles NDP MLA, concurred,saying, It wont take the cloud awayfrom the voters at all. I think that theyhave had it with the Liberals, theyhave had it with the lies and deception,and Gordon Campbell is just the firstof many that should be resigning.

Campbell has been under a stormof criticism recently, especially overthe cost of the 2010 Olympics and theintroduction of the harmonized salestax. Cracks in the BC Liberal partyssolidarity over his leadership have alsoshown, with cabinet minister BlairLekstrom quitting over the HST andanother minister, Bill Bennett, com-plaining about the premiers leader-ship.

Last week, after he shuffled his cabi-net, Campbell tried to appeal to B.C.residents by delivering a televisionaddress about the HST and offered amajor cut to personal income taxes.

Despite criticisms from within gov-ernment about Campbells leadership,the Port Moody-Westwood MLA andminister of labour and citizens ser-vices, Iain Black, said divisions within

his party have been exaggerated.The coalition of former Socreds, fed-

eral Liberals and Tories that Campbellwas able to successfully corral throughthree winning election cycles will re-main united under new leadership, hesaid. When we are united, we win,he said. When we are divided, theNDP wins and that is not a risk thatanybody is willing to take... The thingthat binds us together is an absolutefear of the damage that can be done byan NDP government.

Black would not comment onwhether he is interested in going afterthe top job, saying it is still too early todecide on a leadership run.

Coquitlam-Burke Mountain BCLiberal MLA Douglas Horne saidtoday should be a celebration of theachievements the BC Liberal partyhas accomplished under Campbellstenure. He added that he sees new lead-ership as an opportunity to refreshthe BC Liberal brand and believes theparty can get itself back on track aftermonths of controversy surroundingCampbell and the unpopular HST.

Our caucus is firmly together, hesaid. We are very solid. We have re-mained solidly together... and I believewe can continue that way.

Under the BC Liberal party consti-tution, the executive must meet andset a date for a leadership conventionwithin the next 28 days. That conven-tion would be held within six months,meaning a new leader could be chosenin the spring.

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Hell stay for a whilePremier Gordon Campbell intends to remain in

charge for the next four to five months, implement-ing his latest wave of policy directives and direct-ing the B.C. government as it heads into a springbudget. Campbell said Thursday he will stay on aspremier until another leader is chosen, and remainas MLA for Vancouver-Point Grey after that. TheB.C. Liberal Partys biennial convention was set tobegin Nov. 19 in Penticton. It has been postponeduntil a leadership convention can be arranged.

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In the absence of anemissions inspection pro-gram, there is no deter-rent to neglecting the re-pair of emissions-relateddefects or overt disablingof emission controls, thereport states.

The decision still de-pends on both the MetroVancouver and FraserValley regional districtboards endorsing a con-tinued program later thismonth, as well as provin-cial government approval.

FVRD board chairPatricia Ross has alreadysaid she would be reluc-tant to dismantle AirCareand some Metro politi-cians have also said theywould likely support re-newal.

Although the reportmakes a case to continueuntil 2020, it recommendsTransLink negotiate afive- to seven-year exten-sion of the program, cur-rently run by contractorEnvirotest Canada.

Nearly half the vehiclesin the region are exemptfrom testing becausetheyre less than eightyears old. Most of the carsthat are tested are charged$45 every two years andpass with flying colours.But 115,000 13% of thosetested failed in 2007.

Vehicles that fail are de-nied insurance until theyget a tune-up and a re-test.

Air Care operationsmanager Dave Gourleysaid a renewed programwould likely add two newtests to detect and reduceleaks from gas tanks andfuel lines and to correctdefective evaporativeemission control systems.

He doubts the changeswould make it harder topass AirCare, adding fuelleak testing would rein inextreme cases.

When youre drip-ping fuel on the ground,its pretty significant, hesaid.

Consultants estimate arevised program could re-duce the emission of air-borne toxics like benzeneby 40%, as well as cuttinggreenhouse gas emissionsfrom vehicles by 1.1%.

Other air pollutantsthat hurt air quality, par-ticularly in the FraserValley, would be fiveto 16% lower in 2020 ifAirCare continues than ifthe program is cancelled

when it expires at the endof 2011, the findings show.

The results are basedon data from California,where testing has foundthe emissions of newer ve-hicles are worsening morerapidly than had been ex-pected as they age.

Running the programuntil 2020 would reducethe lifetime cancer riskof area residents by 1.6%,reduce hospital admis-sions for respiratory andheart disease and avoid140 premature deaths overthe decade, according toa companion report bySierra Research and SenesConsultants.

They estimated the re-sulting health benefits are

worth $77 million in costsavings significantlymore than the annual pro-gram cost.

Car dealers and garagesalso gain from AirCare,say the consultants, whocount the $35 million inrevenue for the car repairindustry among the eco-nomic benefits.

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An application has been received for an amendment to the Citywide Of cial Community Plan (CWOCP) for the properties located at 1404 and 1408 Coast Meridian Road. The application proposes a redesignation of a portion of the subject properties from Street Oriented Village Home and Large Single Family to Small Village Single Family to accommodate a future RS-7 single family residential subdivision containing approximately 72 lots.

You are invited to provide input to Council with respect to the above-noted application.

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situation. Someone hustles up,spouting salutations like yourlong-lost relative and youstand there thinking, Who are you?

That is so awkward. It happens to me alot. Maybe its because of my job. Or maybeeveryone else isnt nearly as hopeless as I amat remembering faces, especially over thecourse of decades.

Not long ago, a guy ambushed me on thestreet.

Hey, Andy! Wow, long time no see, man!Uh, yeah, you bet...Geez, the last time I saw you was in el-

ementary school.Im thinking: Youve got to be kidding! I

cant recall the names of some of the peoplein my office. And youre talking about elemen-

tary school?!You remember me, right? Its Bob!Oh hey, sure ... Bob.Right. He could have been any one of 100

Bobs Ive met in my life, of whom I couldpossibly recognize and identify perhapsthree.

And then there was the woman in the gro-cery store not long ago. Similar routine, onlyfar more uncomfortable.

Andy? How have you been? Gosh, whenwas the last time we saw each other?

Oh, hi... uh... it certainly has been awhile,yes.

It could be 1975, 2002, or three months ago.It doesnt matter. This woman could be theTooth Fairy, for all I know.

A mans worst nightmare.How does she know me? High school?

Business? Friend of a friend? Party? God for-bid, did we go out on a date once? Please dontsay it was a date.

So, did you hear? I just got divorced.Oh no, not the family details.Sorry to hear that.

Oh, its OK. I got the house, ha ha. Andthe kids, and the dog, ha ha. Youre married?Children?

Gah! Must escape. Create a diversion,knock over that stack of cereal boxes, then, inthe confusion, dive behind a clerks till. Theclerk will understand. No, she wont.

Uh, yup, married, one daughter.Are you still in touch with Bob?Bob? Funny you should ask. Just ran into

him the other day.Really? Hes moved back here from

Moose Jaw?Kleenex. Must not forget to buy Kleenex.

And cyanide pills.Sorry? Moose what?I am getting desperate. She suspects. She

knows. It had to have been a date. Shes get-ting revenge, 35 years later. No, shes not.Maybe she doesnt really know me, and is justplaying with my head. Dont be paranoid.Breathe.

Well, its been good seeing you again. Ifyoure ever in the area, drop by.

Great! Enjoy your day.

Drop by? In the area? Wheres that? Imguessing somewhere in the northern hemi-sphere? How can I possibly drop by if I haveno clue as to who you are?!

Terrific, now Im going to be thinkingabout this for days.

I shouldve just said her name slipped mymind. Actually, I should have told her mymind is slipping.

Maybe I should have said I have memorylapses ever since I fell out of my 40s. Maybe Iwouldve got sympathy points.

Maybe I should have just asked the ques-tion: And who might you be?

There is only so much brain capacity tocatalogue all these people. I need cranialbandwidth to archive other stuff, like thebirthdays of my wife and child, the capitalof Nunavut (Iqaluit) and the number of feetin a metre to the fifth decimal place (3.28084).

So, if I dont recognize you, I apologize.Dont take it personally; Ill do that for you.Andrew Holota is the editor of the Abbotsford

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H1N1 threat isdown; shots, tooQ WHAT WE THINK:

The hysteria over H1N1 is so 2009 and, now, flushot uptake in the Tri-Cities is down.People who can get vaccinations for free be-cause they are chronically ill, pregnant in their lasttrimester or work in emergency or health care arentflooding clinics just yet. Without an urgent reason,people who have to pay to get jabbed arent likely tomake the trip, either, even though regular influenzacan be just as dangerous as H1N1.

They would rather buy immune-boosting sub-stances, wash their hands more often or simply ig-nore the whole business. Its a hassle to get a flu shot,plain and simple, and getting one every year is a habitpeople cant be bothered to get into.

To counter this apathy, public health officers needto do a better job of explaining why a flu shot is betterand less risky than getting the flu.

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FACE TO FACE: Why are so-called populist movements popular?

TERRY ONEILL MARY WOO SIMS

According to an editorialcartoon in a national news-paper last month, an angryvoter is like Godzilla, but worse: Itcrushes buildings, stamps on carsand generally squishes everythingin its path with so much wantonrecklessness that even the realGodzilla thinks it should cool offand calm down.

The cartoon didnt specify whichallegedly infuriated electorate itwas skewering but Im guessingthe voters in the cartoonists sightswere not only the supporters ofpopulist Rob Ford, whose electionas Toronto mayor was angrily de-nounced by liberal commentators,but also Tea Party-type supportersin the U.S. who, at the time theGodzilla toon went to print, wereon the verge of delivering a smack-down to the liberal medias friendsin the Democratic party.

Our subject this week, then, iswhether that smackdown was justi-fied or not. My colleague oppositeis, as you might guess, a staunchdefender of U.S. President BarackObamas party. I, on the otherhand, have a grudging admirationfor the Tea Party grassroots upris-ing that has so effectively poundedthe Democrats and their leader.

Yes, I acknowledge the shortcom-ings of the Tea Partys simplistic

sloganeering (Cut taxes andspending but not our entitlementprograms! Banish Obamacare butboost senior Medicare! Cut corpo-rate bailouts but give us jobs!)

But I can understand why thevoters have acted the way theydid. In short, I believe they feelthey were duped. Obama famouslycampaigned for one thing (hope,and change from the adversarialways of the Bush administra-tion) but then used the resultingpopularity to push through billsand propagate policies that manyvoters viewed as socialist or, atleast, fundamentally opposed tobasic American values. As such,Obamas actions ended up dividingthe nation once again, not bringingit together as promised.

Still cant understand the back-lash? Then simply take a good,long look at the anti-HST campaignhere in B.C., where the same sortof sense of betrayal is a primemotivator.

Interestingly, neither the HSTfighters nor the Tea Partiers haswhat I would consider to be acoherent economic platform. Butboth do share a strong desire tolimit taxation and keep a lid on thesize of government. And thats amessage that politicians at all lev-els would be wise to heed.

From euphoria to dissatisfaction

Whats your take on this weeks Face to Face topic and what ONeill and Sims have to say? Email your thoughts to [email protected].

Duped voters are darn angry voters

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Simply take a good, long look at the anti-HST campaign here inB.C., where the same sort of sense of betrayal is a prime motivator.Terry ONeill

vs.Over the past 17 mid-term elections, the sit-ting presidents party has lost an average of 28 seats in the House and four in the Senate.Mary Woo Sims

As I write this column, ourneighbours to the south arejust about to vote in theirmid-term elections (mid-termbecause these elections are heldin the middle of their presidentsfour-year term). What is clearis that based on opinion polls,Americans will be sending a strongsignal to Washington that they areunhappy with what is going on intheir nations capital.

A recent USA Today/Gallup pollshowed only 21% of Americansapprove of the job congress isdoing and while these resultsare essentially tied with or lowerthan those before any previousmidterm elections since Gallupbegan measuring them systemati-cally, they show dissatisfactionis rampant among American vot-ers. President Barack Obamaspopularity has plummeted andthe Democrats looked likely tolose control of the U.S. House ofRepresentatives and control of theSenate too close to call.

What happened in the two yearsfollowing the euphoria of the 2008election which saw Americas firstblack president elected?

First, Obama inherited wars inIran and Afghanistan, trillions ofdollars in debt, a financial regula-tory system what regulatory

system? and a global financialcrisis unmatched since the GreatDepression, which some saystarted in 2007 and took its full ef-fect after his election. Of coursetheres unhappiness with Obamaand the Democrats.

Then theres the Tea Party move-ment, which its website claimsis a non-partisan grassroots or-ganization of individuals unitedby our core values derived fromthe Declaration of Independence,the Constitution... and came outof nowhere after Obamas elec-tion. In addition, most Tea Partymembers or patriots associatewith the Republican Party butwait. Many of their beliefs are atodds with the Republican Party,so go figure. So far, the Tea Partysgreatest successes have been toknock off so-called establishmentRepublican candidates from somenomination races. Well have towait to see how well these TeaParty Republicans do in the elec-tions before one can say they aretruly a force to be reckoned with.

Over the past 17 mid-term elec-tions, the sitting presidents partyhas lost an average of 28 seats inthe House and four in the Senate.Obama and the Democrats cantake solace from that. The real testwill be in 2012 Obama versus Palin.


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Give us proper green cartsThe Editor,

Re. Green waste isnt difficult (Letters, The Tri-CityNews, Oct. 22).

The reason letter writer Theresa Hendriks Coquitlamneighbours havent immediately begun participating inthe citys green cart program is simple: Coquitlam didntprovide the necessary green carts.

I have lived in many different cities. Never before havewe lived in a place where a green cart program was imple-mented without the municipality providing the carts. Thecontainer stickers that were provided just arent enough.

We have been trying to find a proper cart to buy but wehave yet to find a suitable one for a reasonable price. Myguess this is because municipalities usually buy them inbulk and distribute them to residents. The cart needs tobe the right size, it needs to have some kind of ventilationand it needs to be animal-proof. I tried emailing the city ofPort Moody to see if it would sell me one of its bear-proofcarts but I didnt get a response.

Im a diligent recycler and, yes, Ms. Hendriks, I do haveand a composter but I would like to participate in the greencart program to dispose of things that arent recommendedfor the backyard composter. If I only had a green cart.Cindy Kavanaugh, Coquitlam

Why not provide some comfort?The Editor,

Re. Shelter opponents get loud atcouncil (The Tri-City News, Nov. 3).

Its shameful and disheartening thatthe very people who are so fortunateto be living comfortably dont wish thesame good fortune for some who havenothing at all. With them saying allhomeless people are drug addicted ormentally ill, which has not been provenyet, Im wondering, where are they get-ting their facts?

If some of those homeless people didhappen to have drug problems or arementally ill, wouldnt it be much betterto have people at a nearby facility avail-able to help them overcome their addic-tions? To help them find housing andjobs so that there would be fewer home-less people to scare our protesters?

Not having a place to help the home-less and able to assess their needs pres-

ents a much larger potential long-termproblem to our community than build-ing a place where they could receivehelp.

Protesters are hampering solutions

to our problem. The type of outburstthat occurred at Mondays Coquitlamcity council meeting, where council-lors attempted to explain the situationsmacks of hysterical fear-mongering.

The problem of homeless people inour community isnt going to go awayby itself so a shelter is a constructiveattempt to control and deal with it.Would those protesters rather have acouncil that ignores the situation?

Protesters who threaten city officialsare working against attempts to allevi-ate a growing problem. If this is in-dicative of how they solve their ownpersonal problems at home, I fear fortheir families.

Im sure these disruptive peopleare quite comfortable themselves butwouldnt it be a nicer, safer communityif everyone else could expect to be, too?M. Schooff, Port Coquitlam

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locally. Of those 18, 13 winters were colder than average and ve winters were warmer than average.That tells you that

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Setting it straight

In the HowThey Voted inWednesdays Tri-City News, thetally of votes byCoquitlam citycouncil on theMetro VancouverIntegrated SolidWaste ManagementPlan was incor-rect. Coun. BarrieLynch not Coun.Brent Asmundson voted against theinitiative.

City wants more $from gravel minersCoquitlam rates are the lowest in Metro Vancouver

By Janis WarrenTHE TRI-CITY NEWS

Gravel operators inCoquitlam will have achance to voice theirconcerns before citycouncil this monthabout a proposed hikein soil-removal fees.

Under the citysplan, commercial ag-gregate miners wouldbe charged 56 cents percubic metre they exca-vate up from the cur-rent rate of 26 cents,which has remained un-changed in 22 years.

The proposal callsfor the higher fees tobe phased in over threeyears: 36 cents next year,46 cents in 2012 and 56cents in 2013.

The soil-removal feescollected by the city areestimated at $190,000 ayear and pay for roadworks, including pave-ment upgrades; the newrate would generatemore than $400,000 an-nually, if approved.

In May and September,city staff met with graveloperators to review

the increase. Amongthose at the table wereJim Allard of AllardConstruction, TomVanichuk of CoquitlamSand and Gravel, KirstenWilson and George Turiof Jack Cewe Ltd. andLyle Flaig of Le HighNorthwest Cement (thefirst three companieshave pits on PipelineRoad in Coquitlam).

In his report to theengineering commit-tee last month, BillSusak, the citys gen-eral manager of engi-neering, said the ratejump is based on theproportional cost ofroad maintenance fromgravel haul trucks androad damage caused bythe trucks.

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consultant suggested thelevy go up to 80 cents percubic metre.

According to Susaksre p o r t , C o q u i t l a mhas the lowest soil-removal charge inMetro Vancouver, withAbbotsford billing themost at 67 cents percubic metre and the av-erage rate, Coquitlamexcluded, being 54 cents.

At last months en-gineering committee,Allard suggested thecity take a four-year ap-proach to the fee imple-mentation and cap it at50 cents in 2015.

On Monday, councildeferred the issue untilgravel operators couldspeak to council mem-bers directly Nov. [email protected]


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By Sarah PayneTHE TRI-CITY NEWS

Two Tri-City en-trepreneurs went upagainst the vicious crea-tures in CBCs DragonsDen, hoping for a hitof cash and businessexpertise from the fivepotential investors, butonly one made the cut.

Wendy ArmbrusterBell of Snugabell, whodeveloped the PumpEasehands-free breast pumpsystem shortly after shehad her first daughterin 2004, auditioned inVancouver in Marchfor the popular TV pro-gram and was flown toToronto in May to tapean episode. She knewthe national TV expo-sure would be invalu-able but she was alsoaiming to drum up$50,000 to help her com-pany grow.

The company grewso quickly we were cash-starved, ArmbrusterBell said, adding theDragons knowledgeand connections wouldhave also provided ahuge boost.

A n d w h i l e t h eDragons clearly enjoyedher models demonstra-tion of the product asnug-fitting bandeauthat holds two breastpumps in place so a newmoms hands can befree to fold laundry, an-swer emails or change adiaper they declinedto offer any dough (youcan view the clip atwww.pumpease.com).

It was an awesomeexperience and I gotsome great feedback,she said. Id do it againin a heartbeat.

She has since securedfunding through an-other investor and plansto diversify her productswith the aim of land-ing Snugabells prettyand handy breastfeed-ing tools in medium- tolarge-scale retail chains.

Another Tri-City en-trepreneur, Lisa Malcicof Beba Bean, whoseepisode aired on CBCWednesday evening,made a successfulpitch and is now goingthrough the due dili-gence process with twoof the Dragons. ArleneDickinson and RobertHerjavec agreed to putup the $315,000 Malcicand her husband, BebaBean co-owner PeterMalcic, had requestedin exchange for 40% ofthe company.

It was the right timein our company to lookfor investors, Malcicsaid. When their busi-ness advisor suggestedin the spring they audi-tion for Dragons Den,they brought samplesof their famous Pee-peeTeepee as well as theirline of clean-lined bam-

boo and knitwear, togo up against 200 otherhopefuls.

The producers lovedthe company and itsproducts, and told theMalcics they would begoing to Toronto, whichthey did less than twomonths later.

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You only see 10 min-utes of it on TV but wewere negotiating for 45minutes, Malcic re-

called. After the firsttwo minutes, you forgetthe cameras are on andyoure just in a businessnegotiation with poten-tial investors.

Kevin OLeary, knownas one of the more bitingDragons, took a shineto the Pee-pee Teepee a flannel cone to keepbaby boys from peeingon their parents duringdiaper changes butmade no effort to hidehis disdain for apparelcompanies, calling theBeba Bean line crap.

Malcic brushed offthe criticism, however,confident in the popu-larity of Beba Beansclothes, which are avail-able in more than 2,500retail stores around theworld.

The Malcics focusedin on Dickinson andHerjavec, knowing theyhad the marketing andonline expertise their

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ness for seven yearsand its time to get thatboost to take us to thenext level, Malcic saidof the Port Coquitlam-based Beba Bean. Wereally wanted those two,we wanted Robert andArlene, and we knew wewouldnt go more than40%.

They started the pa-perwork process in ear-nest in September andMalcic expects it to beanother few months be-fore everyone signs onthe dotted line.

Malcic plans to usethe funding to expandBeba Beans online pres-ence (www.bebabean.com), break into moreEuropean markets andexpand their product lineto include items such asbath products and ster-ling silver baby [email protected]

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A group of Coquitlamresidents is attemptingto raise money to pur-chase sewing machinesto help launch a fair-trade fashion businessin Uganda.

Meaningful Volunteer,a non-profit organizationbased in the Tri-Cities, ishoping to purchase six to10 machines, which willbe given to women tomake garments in a re-mote part of the Africancountry. Pedal-poweredmachines, which cost$100 each, are essentialfor a part of the worldthat lacks electricity,according to organizerMalcolm Trevena.

There is no power inthe village we are in,he said. They all haveto be foot operated.

The fair-trade busi-ness, based in easternUganda, will mainlyfocus on producing afusion of western-styleand African clothing.

The woman will begiven the machines toproduce garments underthe Mama Pamba cloth-ing label, ranging fromsimple t-shirts to dressshirts. They will alsomake the bandanas thatthe Canadian CancerSociety gives out at itsevents, Trevena said.

Meaningful Volunteeris modelling the initia-tive after a fair-tradebead business operatingin the country. There,woman fashion beadsfrom paper rolled intoextremely tight ballsand covered in varnishand paint. Sales of the

end product have beenbrisk and Trevena saidhe hopes to duplicatethe success with thegarment business.

All of the proceeds godirectly to the womanwho produce the prod-ucts, giving them muchneeded sustainable in-

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We tend to focus onthe women, Trevenasaid. It is hard beinga Ugandan man but itis a lot harder being aUgandan woman.

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