Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows News - February 18, 2011 Online Edition

Few trying to evade bridge tolls. p5Along the FraserSome bylaws defy common sense. p6

Sending to the Agricultural Land Commission a plan to withdraw most of the Albion fl ats from the reserve is being done to win votes during November’s local elec-tions, says a councillor opposed to the vote.

So none of the fi ve Maple Ridge

councillors who voted to send the plan for ALC’s comment should be returned, says, says Coun. Craig Speirs, who plans to seek the federal NDP nomination in Pitt Meadows-Maple Ridge-Mis-sion and might not be running for council again.

“To keep them happy, they need-ed to fl oat this option … knowing full well that there’s not a chance it’s going to happen,” he said

Tuesday.On Monday,

council ap-proved Sce-nario 2, one of four concepts for the Albion fl ats, that calls for the most intensive de-velopment of land on both sides of 105th Avenue.

The Agricultural Land Commis-sion has said several times that

it won’t consider removal of land from the reserve on the west side of 105th Avenue, Speirs pointed out.

“And what did they go for, they went for the most aggressive de-velopment scenario,” knowing the commission will refuse it. “So they can use the ALC as their whipping boy, as they troll for votes.”

Speirs pointed out the proposal calls for the preservation of only 1.25 acres of agricultural land.

“I think it’s the worst kind of politics.”

Coun. Speirs claims council knows ALC won’t approve shopping scenario for fl ats; Coun. Ashlie defends decision

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‘Council just trolling for votes’

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Preserving the pastDebby Brandrick of the Maple Ridge library, with archives of columns written by Sheila Nickols, after whom a heritage award is named. See story, p3.

No more Big Brothers, Big Sisters

Big Brothers Big Sisters is suspend-ing its services in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows as of next month, a de-cision the organization blames on re-cent cuts to charitable grants by the provincial government.

Twenty-six families in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows will be affected by the decision.

“It is with regret that we cannot continue to provide mentoring ser-vices to the Ridge-Meadows area” said Edwin Palsma, president of the Big Brothers Big Sisters Abbotsford, Mission, Ridge Meadows chapter.

“What we have learned over the past year is that many agencies across the country are experiencing similar challenges and that really tough deci-sions have to be made.”

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See Albion, p11

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SportsMRSS hoops coach wins 1,000th game.p47

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Opinion 6

Along the Fraser 6

Home&gardening 23

Parenting 44

Acts of Faith 46

Scoreboard 49

Classifi eds 51

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Time passes quickly, so it’s important to save the important moments so others who follow can learn how we lived.

Teachers and parents at Mount Crescent el-ementary understood the concept. Knowing that their school would close forever in 2010, they gathered 50 years of records, photos and artifacts from their school, representing the fi rst decade of the 21st century and brought them to the Maple Ridge Museum.

Then for good measure, they bundled up an exclusive selection of those items and made a time capsule, not to be opened until Septem-ber 2030, which could be the start of the school year for the children of many of the students now at the school.

For their efforts, they received one of the 2011 Heritage Awards from Maple Ridge’s commu-nity heritage commission, issued Thursday.

As noted by the commission, if staff and par-ents didn’t make those efforts at preserving history, no one else would.

Similar efforts at other schools are encour-aged.

When it comes to visual history of days gone by, Bruce Walther’s and Ann Wilson’s ideas are walked all over.

Their four ceramic history mosaics have been embedded in the new sidewalks on 224th Street and Lougheed Highway.

The artists, along with Maple Ridge Museum director Val Patenaude and the District of Ma-ple Ridge’s engineering department, received the Heritage Landscape Award.

One of the four mosaics shows Thomas Haney, the founder of Haney, now in Maple Ridge’s downtown. The other three depict Ma-ple Ridge’s military service, women and youth and will be there as long as the sidewalk is.

“They’ve very, very durable,” said Pat-enaude.

Similar mosaics are used in Vancouver and have stood the test of time. And because of their artistic qualities, people don’t even walk on them, she pointed out. “People recognize them as art work.”

Given the range of subjects, many other de-signs could have been chosen, Patenaude said.

That’s why she’s open to other groups spon-soring other designs. The cost of each mosaic is about $5,000. Forestry, fi sheries, and fruit growers are just some of the stories from the past that could be illustrated on concrete.

“When you can only do four and you have the entire community history and 10,000 pho-tos, you really have to focus,” said Patenaude. Sheila Nichols and curator Allison White also helped with the ideas.

The Maple Ridge Public Library is also in the history business – which earned it the Sheila Nichols Community History and Heritage Teaching award.

The library works closely with the Maple Ridge Museum and provides the “space, light, tables and open hours,” that Patenaude says the museum can’t provide.

The Maple Ridge library has duplicates of the museum’s archival newspaper fi les. Those fi les are maintained by museum staff, but provide the public access at hours the museum can-

not.The branch is only one that has a microfi che

reader (thanks to Friends of the Library,) so researchers can read any issue of The Haney Gazette, dating from 1922. Directories and cen-sus records and family history print materials are also on hand and it has a section dedicated to genealogy and local history.

“I think that we have re-invented ourselves,” said Debbie Brandrick, with the library.

“We get a lot of calls. There’s quite a demand for the use of these fi les.”

An enduring relationship with the Maple Ridge Historical Society, which holds its meet-ings in the library, and the meetings of the Youth History Club, composed for grade 4 to 7 students, keeps the library aware of the past.

One project students do is The Year I Was Born and involves them researching the ar-chives to fi nd out what happened the year they came into the world.

Brandrick notes any librarian has a “natural curiosity about the past.”

“There’s a lot of families that have been here a long time,” she added.

She said it was nice to be recognized with the award.

Keepers of stories recognized


Annette Fulford (left), Sandra Ayres (centre) and Brenda Smith (right), volunteers with the History Club pilot project, along with committee member Jeremy Laity, 13, Nadine Laity, 8, and Jasper Gao, 9, discuss what they know about the soldier’s whose names adorn the cenotaph in Maple Ridge.

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‘Mr. History’ honoured posthumouslyThe park in central Maple Ridge bears his name and now so too will the award for heritage conservation.Don Merkley, who decades ago sold most of the family farm to the school district, which later transferred that to the municipality, which made it a park that now bears his name, was honoured at the awards presentation Thursday.His son Blake received the award on his dad’s behalf. His dad died in September at age 90.“Don was Mr. History in Maple Ridge,” said Coun. Craig Speirs, a family friend.“There are not a lot of Don Merkley’s in this world.”He was always bringing artifacts to the Maple Ridge Museum, Speirs said. Merkley would do so one at a time so he could tell staff the stories behind each item, according to writeup describing the award.Telling stories so they didn’t get lost in the mists of time was his life-long interest. He used to write out his childhood memories on series of Christmas cards, to ensure those memories lived on.Don lived on the property, north of Maple Ridge Secondary, on 124th Avenue, most of his life, taking over from his parents, who arrived there in the early 1900s. His dad used to raise turkeys and rabbits and grow fl owers, said his son Blake.Blake said his dad only lived in Vancouver inter-mittently while working as an industrial pattern maker, but later commuted from Maple Ridge when he started his own business, Industrial Pattern Works, in False Creek in 1947.An industrial pattern maker carves wood mold-ings which are later transferred to sand, into which molten metal is poured for making metal parts.Don made all the patterns for IEL Chainsaws, said Blake.He also made the patterns for the fl ex joints for the Port Mann Bridge.But it was his mom, Grace, who died in 2008, who held the family together, says Blake.“She was the nurse. She was the cook. She worked her backside off to keep him doing the things he did. She was the glue that kept things rolling, that kept things going.”His talent for tinkering was also employed on a recreational basis. He’d bring a wheat grinder to community events so he could supply people with fresh fl ower. Somewhere along the way he acquired a small cannon, which he used as the starting gun for the opening of the Trans Canada Trail.Blake now lives in his parent’s old house and said he’s leaning towards selling the property to the district, if a deal can be worked, so Merkley Park can be extended.“I’m not going to subdivide, let’s put it that way. I don’t think that way. I think that would be an insult to mom and dad.“That’s the best way to honour these guys and that’s hopefully what will happen.”


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Trudy Lebans’ back-yard is slowly slipping away into the soggy bog that’s now behind her home.

She worries what will happen when the erosion reaches her pool.

“Twelve months of the year there is standing water around our properties. I think this is a really serious problem and the city has to be concerned about it,” she said.

Although a study conducted by the City of Pitt Meadows found a recreation trail con-structed as part of the Golden Ears Bridge project is not affect-

ing drainage, resi-dents who live in the 19800-block of Wild-wood Crescent argue that something is caus-ing water to build up behind their homes.

The $10,000 study was commissioned af-ter they persistently complained to the city about pooling water

and saturated back-yards following the trail’s construction.

They acknowledge their houses are built near wetlands, but the homeowners blame the new asphalt trail for altering drainage both below and above the surface.

“It’s not a trail,” said

Michael Stark. “It’s a road.”

During a meeting at city hall on Tuesday, residents picked apart the study done by Thu-ber Engineering Ltd.

The study found a five-metre strip be-hind residential lots in the 198000-block of Wildwood Crescent has flood plain depos-its that have always drained poorly. The flooding, it suggested, was most likely being caused by “natural ponding” due to an undulating or rolling terrain.

Without a pump run-ning 24 hours a day, Mike Harling’s base-ment would be flood-ed.

In February 1981, he pumped 6,000 gal-lons of water off his property in 24 hours. This week, the pump spat out nearly double the amount – 11, 394 gallons in same time frame.

“I think that the com-pression that is taking place around us over the years is a contrib-

uting factor. The fill that has been loaded for the new road and the road to the bridge has probably impacted it,” he said. “These are just assumptions. You have to do some scien-tific research to back that. I think the city should be doing that.”

It seems the resi-dents concerns are fi-nally being taking se-riously by the city.

“We really need to hammer out the next step,” Coun. Tracy Miyashita said after Tuesday’s meeting.

“Obviously there is a problem and it is hav-ing a negative impact on the people living in that area.”

Miyashita believes the city has to work with the residents to solve the drainage problem.

“Council is taking it seriously. We are listening and it does concern us, too,” she added.

“The challenge is we don’t have data from before the trail was built.”

Pitt residents want solution to poor drainageBlame new trail built as part of Golden Ears Bridge project


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Cover your licence plate with mud or shiny plastic – get a free ride across the Golden Ears Bridge – providing the cops don’t catch you.

But most motorists are paying their way, helping cover the costs of the new span that for the fi rst time joined Maple Ridge to Langley in 2009.

“The fact is, very, very few people are do-ing it, which means believe it or not, even in this day and age, the vast majority of people are pretty outstanding and honest,” said TransLink spokesperson Ken Hardie.

Hardie said without a visible licence plate or numbers, the cameras which track vehicles that don’t have transponders can’t identify the vehicles, and thus no billing can be done.

“The plate is the key,” Hardie said. “If the plate can’t be read, the bill can’t be sent.

Hardie didn’t have exact numbers on dol-lars lost to fare cheaters on the bridge.

“We’re gratifi ed it remains low.“I wouldn’t say it’s not a concern. Obvi-

ously when somebody tries to cheat the system, everybody pays for that.”

Langley RCMP recently did a two-day blitz, checking for altered or obscured li-cence plates.

Their fi ndings confi rmed what Trans-Link seems to say: the number of fare evaders is low.

After a total of fi ve hours looking for evaders, Sgt. Gerard Sokolowski, with Langley RCMP, said they found only two motorists trying to beat the system, in both cases by putting clear plastic covers over their licence plates.

“We thought we’d fi nd a lot of plate cov-ers, but we didn’t encounter that.”

While clear plastic is fi ne for reading plates at street level, the shiny material makes it diffi cult for cameras to read at high angles, from the sensor gantries lo-cated at each end of the bridge. Under the law, anything that obstructs a camera

is obscuring the plate, so it has to be re-moved.

“We don’t see it as a huge problem. It wasn’t a huge issue when we were there.”

Cops also found 10 vehicles with only rear licence plates and dump trucks with dirty plates that were diffi cult to read.

Hardie said that under the tolling legisla-tion, vehicles must have both plates.

Motorists from outside of B.C., however, still get a break. There’s no arrangement for fare collection with agencies in other jurisdictions, so motorists from Alberta to Newfoundland cross for free.

“If you’re from out of province, the bill will not fi nd you.”

As with any checkstop, the Langley one turned up other infractions.

In a two-hour period, offi cers wrote 35 tickets for everything from failing to have a driver’s licence, distracted driving (cell-phones), cracked or tinted windows and not wearing seatbelts.

According to Ridge Meadows RCMP, all three detachments are working with

TransLink on a Golden Ears Bridge anti-evasion enforcement campaign, but that hasn’t started yet.

Ridge Meadows RCMP say some motor-ists are removing their plates before driv-ing beneath the toll gantry, then stopping mid-span to put them back on.

With vehicle traffi c on the bridge down from projections, traffi c is generally light on the Golden Ears span, unless an acci-dent has jammed traffi c.

But there haven’t been many of those.“We’ve not had a serious collision or

a fatality since the bridge opened,” said Sokolowski.

Langley and Ridge Meadows RCMP share policing duties on the bridge.

The bridge does see its share of speed-ers, often zooming down the off ramps. “Every time we do it we end up with quite a few in the excessive range,” said Surrey Sgt. Phil Hasenpfl ug. His detachment will work speed traps on the Surrey sections of the bridge’s off ramps, and do joint opera-tions on the bridge with Langley RCMP.

Few trying to evade tolls on Golden Ears

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Some drivers, though, try to avoid the overhead cameras by covering their license plates.

Tolls falling shortBlack Press

TransLink is counting on a 26-per-cent jump in the number of motorists who will pay to use the Golden Ears Bridge this year, but the costs of the bridge will continue to far outstrip the tolls com-ing in.

Even with the rosier traffi c forecast, the trans-portation authority will still pay out $33 million more than it receives in tolls for the Fraser River crossing.

“We knew for the fi rst few years we would be subsidizing it,” TransLink spokesman Ken Har-die said. “But we are subsidizing it more than expected because traffi c volumes have not in-creased to the levels we thought they were going to be.”

TransLink’s budget calls for toll revenue to climb to $37.8 million from $30 million in 2010, the bridge’s fi rst full year of operations.

It gives no rationale for the projected increase when large numbers of motorists continue to re-fuse to take the tolled crossing.

Even if the number of users rises as fast as hoped, TransLink will remain far short of cov-ering its $71.1 million in costs for 2011 – which consist of a $46.4-million capital payment to the bridge’s private contractor, the $11.9-million op-erating payment to the contractor and $12.7 mil-lion in debt servicing.

Hardie denied the current shortfall represents any risk to taxpayers. Other projects are under budget and TransLink can absorb the extra bridge subsidy until revenues improve, he said.

“We’re not looking at raising fares or taxes or anything else as a result of the Golden Ears Bridge performance,” he said, adding the project is only 18 months into a 30-year contract.

This year’s shortfall will bring TransLink’s cumulative defi cit on funding the new bridge to $63.8 million for the fi rst three years.

The payments to the private partner continue escalating each year until they peak in 2014.

But TransLink expects the revenue picture will change signifi cantly for the Golden Ears Bridge in 2013, when tolls kick in on the new 10-lane Port Mann Bridge and it no longer offers an easy free alternative. About 25,000 vehicles a day cross the Golden Ears Bridge, while fi ve times as many use the Port Mann.


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In London, an old bylaw makes it illegal for a person

with the plague to fl ag down a cabby, or for carriages to carry corpses or rabid dogs.

Some bylaws should stay on the books. The plague could come back.

Others bylaws have outlasted their intent.

In 1965, the British began to erase some of theirs. Like the one in York that says it’s okay to shoot a Scotsman with a crossbow, except on Sunday.

“However, any Scotsman caught drunk or with a weapon can still be shot on Sunday, except with a bow and arrow.”

This bylaw was written in medieval times, when most foreigners were invaders. The Scots and English are getting along better now.

Obsolete bylaws are everywhere. In Canada, many towns had bylaws prohibit-ing boarding houses from renting to single women. School teachers were forced to live with families. Individual rights and free-doms can give way to the temporal moral code of the day.

One of Australia’s Top 10 ridiculous by-laws says pigeon owners may only exercise their birds during the hours in which they are most vulnerable to eagles. There’s another that requires property owners to get permits costing a $100 before erecting backyard tents for the kiddies.

That one sounds like the Maple Ridge zoning bylaw that Robin Morgan, of 207th Street, ran into. He got a letter from mu-nicipal hall saying to remove the canvas cover over his 16-foot boat or be fi ned $300 a day. If there was a ruling like that in Port Moody, there’d be no ambulance service. Currently, tents are the only way they can house their vehicles.

But canvas covers are dangerous, accord-ing to Maple Ridge bylaw inspection offi cer Liz Holitzki. They could blow away, damage a neighbor’s property. Moreover, a heavy snowfall could collapse a tent, damage a boat. Insurance companies might not honor your policy.

All these possibilities were explained to Mr. Morgan as justifi cation for the bylaw that saves us from weighing the conse-quences of decisions we used to make for ourselves. One day we might have a bylaw that says look both ways before crossing a street or pay a fi ne.

Mr. Morgan wondered if our zoning bylaw prevents him putting up a tent in the backyard for his grandchildren. It does, but it doesn’t matter. He can’t get a pup tent permit, even for $100.

Apparently, though, movie producers can get permits. At least, they seem not to worry about the white canopies we see downtown when they’re fi lming. There were a few on the Baptist Church parking across from The Caring Place recently. I wonder if the bylaw offi cer realizes that a big wind could come up and whip one of those huge things down the Lougheed onto the wind shield of a garbage truck. I hope no concerned citizen fi les a complaint. Com-

plaints drive enforcement of some bylaws here instead of common sense.

Of course, bylaws are necessary if we are all to get along.

Most of them do make sense. Cats should be sterilized to protect the animals, and keep residents from being awakened by one in heat at two in the morning.

Bylaw frenzy, on the other hand, reduces individual freedom and the quality of life in a community. For example, it may not really be necessary to have a law that says you can’t feed the ducks – period. I’m glad we don’t have one yet. For a lot of folks, that’s a highlight of the day.

Common sense and relevance should always be seen in bylaws. They need to be reviewed about every two years, and discarded or amended when they become outdated. In Ottawa, there’s a bylaw that says you can’t play phonographs at certain times of the day. If you asked a teenager about phonographs, you’d get a blank stare. That is, if he heard the question over the noise from his iPod.

Our zoning bylaw, like the one that says Englishmen can shoot a Scot with a long-bow, is due for a second look. Maybe, in-stead of sending Universal Studios a nasty letter, we might amend our bylaw to say that all tents must be securely anchored. The bylaw inspector could do an on-site inspection, beginning with the movie tents downtown in the heart of traffi c. If she has time, she might check out a few illegal secondary suites above Morse Creek.

Jack Emberly is a retired teacher, local

author and environmentalist.

Some bylaws defy common sense

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THE NEWSAlong the Fraser Jack Emberly

The federal Liberals plan to shoot down a crime bill proposed by the Conservatives that would in-clude stiffer sentences for drug possession, as well could require tens of millions, even billions of dol-lars to build new prisons.

The Liberals also worry that Bill S-10 – which has been passed by the Senate and is now before the House of Commons – would unfairly target younger criminals, as it would carry the same mandatory six-month sentence for possessing six marijuana plants as it would for having 200.

“This bill isn’t tough on crime, it’s dumb on crime,” said Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff. “We’re all in favour of cracking down on serious criminals, but this bill doesn’t distinguish between massive growo-ps and a fi rst-time offender with a small amount.”

The Conservatives haven’t actually said how much it would cost to implement the bill, or build new prisons, or where they would be constructed.

But the bill is expected to put more people in jail, despite what health professionals say: there is no evidence that mandatory minimum sentences will reduce drug use or deter crime.

Last week, a group of 400 leading physicians and scientists issued a statement criticizing the legisla-tion, claiming that it is not scientifi cally grounded and that research demonstrates it may contribute to health and social harms.

Crime rates in Canada have been declining in re-cent years, without such a bill.

Housing a federal prisoner costs $88,000 a year, and with more of them anticipated, Correctional Service of Canada plans to hire 5,000 new employ-ees.

Even in the U.S., a conservative group is arguing for more responsible spending on criminal justice spending.

Why not here, where, according to Health Canada, more than 40 per cent of Canadians have used mari-juana. Nearly half the country has disregarded the law on marijuana use, so the Conservatives want to spend potentially billions of dollars locking up those who grow it.

This whole discussion inevitably leads back to the issue of prohibition and legalization, but what it’s really about is getting re-elected, not what makes sense.

Mr. Ignatieff is right. That is dumb.

– The News

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EDITOR, THE NEWS:Re: Council tweaks shopping

plans (The News, Feb. 16).Here is a community-

based concept for shopping west of 105th Avenue in Al-bion.

This concept is the result of hours of consultation with the public, including staff and students that I work with in Burnaby, as well as the Maple Ridge residents who I visited, taking the study to people’s doorsteps.

The idea was to incorporate elements that people want the most for a mall.

Almost universally, peo-ple wanted a village shopping experience, often evoking their experiences at Whis-tler.

I am a layperson from Al-bion, with no background in architecture, drafting, nor engineering. Clearly, I am, however, an enthusiastic pro-ponent of shopping.

Front and centre to the scheme are the generous ar-eas dedicated to pedestrian-only traffi c, as denoted by the grid pattern on the drawing. Predominantly, shops face inwards into this welcoming space, inviting shoppers to ca-sually work their way through the stores, and perhaps linger

there for the afternoon, even dine there.

On a more practical note, the mall is surrounded by parking, designated “P”. Parking and access also penetrate deep into the com-munal spaces, making quick stops possible virtually any-where on site. Anchor stores are seen top right and far left, which I am told are necessary for the project to be economi-cally viable. Perhaps, one could house a unique grocery store, like Thrifty Foods; the other could shelter HomeS-ense. Certainly, this would lend itself nicely to the bou-tique stores that seem to be a popular topic of discussion.

I envision the buildings to be one to two stories tall – tall

enough for that village feel, low enough to allow plenty of light.

The second story could house offi ces or restaurants. The buildings would presum-ably be craftsman style, again, to borrow on the theme of Whistler, but would be broad enough to fi t outside that con-text and allow an infusion of local character.

The shops would need gen-erous overhangs to shelter keen visitors, no matter the weather. I was surprised how frequently participants referenced the need for over-hangs.

Time and time again, people have stressed that shopping in the fl ats ought to take on signifi cance going beyond

mere economics to serving a broader community purpose. This plan begins to address this mandate with large open communal spaces, including a courtyard capable of handling hundreds of people and an offset stage suitable for what-ever purposes people wanted it for – possibly concerts, open theatre, open markets. Imagine the possibilities of a village square for Christmas.

What do others envision?The main purpose of this

project was to create a cohe-sive design that managed to avoid the static arrangement of elements that we so often see in the mall concepts of to-day and to create something that refl ects our values and lifestyle.

So often naysayers project worst case scenarios into the vacuum or void of uncertain-ty. This project was about what people might actually want, moving ahead.

It’s been fun, but it is just a rough concept. Council will be opening up the narrowed scenarios to the public, and I am hoping that everyone will attend the public meetings and get involved as much as possible.

JAMES CRAIG RUTHVEN

MAPLE RIDGE

EDITOR, THE NEWS:Can someone explain to me how come the more affl u-

ent crowd from Vancouver can drive up to Whistler for free and for fun on that beautiful highway we just built for them and the working folk that need to get to work across the bridge have to pay a toll?

Something is not quite right with that picture. I would suggest opening up the bridge for free for and see traffi c increase substantially on Golden Ears and maybe relieve the one on the Port Mann.

Business areas in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows would benefi t and we might even create more jobs.

ROD GRUZELIER

PITT MEADOWS

Green issues shaping politics of future

A village vision for Albion

What’s a Kesha, Dylan clowns aroundIf you ever want

to measure to the precise mil-

limetre the width of the generation gap that stretches like the Grand Canyon between you and your offspring, the Grammy Awards offer the perfect gauge.

My 12-year-old daughter and I sat down on Monday night to watch Sunday’s show.

She PVRd it, which was known as “taping” a show ,back in the day. But, PVRs (personal video recorders) don’t actually have tape on which to record the TV shows. They have hard drives that store information, which confuses me as much as a debate over Betamax and VHS leaves my daughter with a blank look on her face.

The Grammys gave us a potpourri of singers, a few with which we were familiar and more than a few that had daughter and I emulating characters in a Farley Mowat book.

“Who’s that?” asked I as an appar-ently sentence-fragmentally obsessed man named will.i.am presented an award with someone named (“Who’s that?”) Nicky Minaj.

“Who’s that?” asked my daughter as the legendary songwriter Kris Kristof-ferson introduced the iconic (“Who’s that?”) Barbra Streisand.

Oh, we both know all about Lady

Gaga. True, until Sunday night, I thought she was Madonna 2.0. I then watched the 60 Minutes profi le on the woman formerly known as Stefani Germanotta and came away surpris-ingly impressed with her talent.

And, of course, we both know Justin Bieber when we see him – and one can see dozens of Justin Biebers in Aberdeen Mall on any given weekend, ubiquitous as his hairstyle remains.

But, the new and old clashed at the Grammys in Los Angeles, as it did with dad and daughter in a living room in Kamloops.

The highlight of the night, from this dinosaur’s perspective, was watching a terrifi c trilogy that began with Mum-ford and Sons dazzle with The Cave, followed by the Avett Brothers shine with Head Full of Doubt, topped off with both folk-roots bands backing up Bob Dylan as he grooved and croaked through a wildly thrashing rendition of Maggie’s Farm.

Dylan looked old and sounded older, but, miracle of miracles, he was smiling and gyrating and seriously digging the tune.

Having seen Dylan in concert fi ve times, his performance at this year’s Grammys was perhaps the fi rst time I have seen him seem appear happy.

Critics have panned his perfor-mance. Me? I rank it as brilliant.

My daughter?“He looks like a retired clown!” she

cried as Dylan came strutting out, parting the Avett Brothers and Mum-ford and Sons like a musical Moses as he grinned his way to the mic.

I looked at Dylan more closely and she was right.

Dylan sang and he was hoarse and he was coarse and his voice was as gritty and growly as old tires on a gravel road.

In other words — perfect.“How do you like his voice?” I asked

my daughter.“It’s old,” she says. “He sounds like

Krusty the Clown from the Simpsons!”I paused and listened a bit more.He did sound a bit like the cartoon

clown. Still brilliant, in my mind.There was a singer from Canada

named Drake (that’s me asking “Who?”) up for an award.

He, like every other nominee on this night, lost to Lady Antebellum’s Need You Now, the one song among all that has bridged the generation gap in that incessant radio play on all genres has dad and daughter praying to God never to hear the tune again.

But, back to Drake, a person I had never heard of, unless we are talk-ing about The Drake from Seinfeld, in which case I can relate. Dear daughter has no idea what lame dad is rambling on about and mentions, with a giggle, that Drake’s real name is Aubrey.

Mick Jagger then came sashaying across the stage, looking and sound-ing as fantastic as ever.

“Is he Kesha’s father?” my daughter asked. “That’s the rumour.”

I’m still wondering what a Kesha is.

Christopher Foulds is editor of Kam-loops This Week, a Black Press affi liate.

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EDITOR, THE NEWS:Anyone who says “environmental politics are probably

more potent in B.C. than in any other province” deserves to be nominated for the understatement of the year award.

I nominate journalist Nancy MacDonald, who makes that exact understatement in her excellent interview with B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell in the current Maclean’s maga-zine.

Environmental politics in B.C. have reached toxic levels with malicious claims and outright falsehoods being di-rected at various resource industries and the law-abiding companies who invest in this province and create jobs.

But as Premier Campbell says in the interview, green is-sues are shaping the politics of the future, regardless of the environmental politics of the present.

And there is not much point debating whether climate change is or isn’t happening, as Campbell says, because we can see that it’s happening in B.C. Our interior commu-nities have been devastated by the pine beetle because our winters have become too warm, and the loss of pine forest is leading to many other problems like fl ooding and record breaking forest fi res.

Leaders like Gordon Campbell and California’s Arnold Schwarzenegger are to be commended for recognizing the threat that climate change holds for the world and for tak-ing action. They are also to be commended for recogniz-ing that climate change has “nothing to do with borders or left-right politics.”

And if we are going to succeed in wrestling this seri-ous issue to the ground, there is no room for toxic claims, self-serving falsehoods and the status quo environmental politics of the present.

SANDRA ROBINSON

MAPLE RIDGE

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“And there is not much point debating whether climate change is or isn’t happening, as Campbell says, because we can see that it’s happening in B.C.”


That chapter, as well as many others across the province, has seen its an-nual provincial gaming grant fall from $230,000 last year to nothing this year.

As a result, the Big Brothers Big Sisters can’t afford to pay the mentor coordinator responsible for the area, and the two chapters serving the Fraser Valley will begin

sharing services as a cost-saving measure as of next month. Two full-time staff have already been cut in Chilliwack, and the majority of staff will be moved to the agency’s Abbotsford of-fi ce.

However, the restruc-tured organization won’t include Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows.

“It’s been regrettable that we have to take

this step,” said Shirley Wilson, executive direc-tor for Big Brothers Big Sisters Upper Fraser Val-ley.

Megan Morrison works as a nurse at Ridge Meadows Hospital and has volunteered as a Big Sister for the past fi ve years. She’s angry at the provincial government for cutting funding to the program, as well Big Brother Big Sisters for

pulling the plug on the local program so soon.

“Everyone is really up-set and really outraged by this,” she said. “A lot of these kids come from single-parent families. They need a mentor.

“A lot of families will be devastated by this.”

She hopes local busi-nesses and individual do-nors will come forward to help fund the youth mentorship program, which has operated lo-cally since the 1980s.

Wilson said she hopes to have services returned to Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows, but notes that secure annual funding will need to be found be-fore that can happen.

The future prospects for having gaming grant money restored aren’t bright, however. The organization is only eli-gible for a maximum of $100,000 in grant funding for 2012.

“We don’t know if we’ll get any money at all,” said Wilson.

To make matters worse, corporate and individual donations are down as a result of an economic downturn in recent years, putting further pressure on the organization.

The gaming grant money is earmarked to help pay for mentor co-ordinating services, and funds supervisors who evaluate and monitor the relationships between volunteers and children.

“These people are pro-fessionals, they have de-grees,” Wilson said. “The program is designed with the safety of volunteers and children in mind. It wouldn’t be acceptable [to run the program without supervisors], and who would want the risk, quite frankly.”

The 10 children in the organization’s year-long school-mentor program won’t be effected by the changes. However, that program will cease to op-erate after this year.

Wilson said the two Fraser Valley chapters may have to amalgamate if the economic situation doesn’t improve.

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A woman charged in connection with the death of a Maple Ridge teen has been ordered to stand trial following a three-day prelimi-nary inquiry that end-ed Wednesday in Port Coquitlam Provincial Court.

Victoria Turley faces one count of failure to provide the necessities

of life in connection with the death of Shan-non Raymond – a charge laid under a rarely used section of the Canadian Criminal Code.

Raymond, 16, was found dead at 6 a.m. on July 26, 2008 at Turley’s home in Maple Ridge after attending a party on bus.

Ridge Meadows RCMP will not say how Raymond died, but al-

lege she was in the care of the accused and was in medical distress, which Turley failed to address.

Turley, who no lon-ger lives in Maple Ridge, was arrested and charged in October 2009 after an investigation that took more than a year.

Although a trial for Turley was set to be-gin in provincial court

on Valentine’s Day, she fi lled a re-election appli-cation in January, ask-ing to be tried in front of a Supreme Court justice instead.

Crown prosecutor Jay Fogel said the trial will most likely take place next year.

Turley is scheduled to appear in New West-minster Supreme Court on March 17 to fi x an-other court date.

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A Maple Ridge woman who grew marijuana as medicine for her sick husband will not be going to prison.

Provincial court judge Shehni Dossa instead im-posed a 15-month conditional sentence on Shelley Raets, which will allow her to serve time in the community.

“This was an elaborate growop in a number of rooms,” Dossa said before handing Raets the sentence. “You didn’t go about it the right way to get the appropriate exemptions from the govern-ment.”

Raets, 54, and her husband, Timothy Fury, were charged with production of a controlled substance, drug traffi cking and theft of hydro in September, three months after Ridge Meadows RCMP raided a grow operation at their home.

Police were alerted to the growop, in the 24900-block of 116th Avenue, by B.C. Hydro.

After executing a search warrant at the proper-ty, police found 219 pot plants in a detached garage in three room. A fourth room contained clones or plant cuttings.

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Raets, who is a reg-istered nurse, pleaded guilty to the charge of producing a controlled substance in Decem-ber and has repaid B.C. Hydro for the $8,334 in electricity she stole.

Charges against her husband were stayed.

“This wasn’t a profi t motivated situation,” said her lawyer, Henry Sarava.

“It has to with the health concerns of Mr. Fury, who has signifi cant health problems.”

Fury has had lung can-cer and suffers from a genetic condition called hemochromatosis, which leads to a build of too much iron in his body. His kidneys are also com-promised.

His doctor has told him he is eligible to re-ceive medical marijuana under Health Canada guidelines.

The couple, however, failed to apply for the Health Canada permit.

“She decided foolishly to grow marijuana as a pain killer,” said Sarava.

Proponents for legal-ization, however, say Raets’ situation is all too common.

“The Health Canada process is very diffi cult to get onto,” said Dana Larsen, a director with Taggs Medical Canna-bis Dispensary, which opened last year in Ma-ple Ridge.

“It’s a very bureaucrat-ic and restrictive system and a lot of people feel they have no choice but to grow their own medi-cine at home. They have to chose between that and suffering.”

Larsen, a B.C. NDP leadership candidate,

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“Leaving that 1.25 acres for agriculture I think is an absolute trav-esty and not one of them should be returned in November.”

“These people that I’m working with know full well that there’s not a chance that scenario will go forward or be approved. There’s not a chance.”

Speirs still likes his col-leagues personally.

“Politically, they’re are just going in the wrong direction and I think they are so yesterday and so not for the future. Everything they are do-ing is oriented around the automobile, when we know that is a dead end.”

All the information shows that retail devel-opment of that scope will hurt the downtown and detract from it becoming a walking community, so that people have to drive, Speirs added.

Couns. Judy Dueck, Al Hogarth, Mike Morden, Cheryl Ashlie and Mayor Ernie Daykin favoured sending a modifi ed ver-sion of Scenario 2 for comment.

Speirs and Coun. Linda King voted against.

Ashlie brought for-ward the motion, but disagreed with Speirs, saying it doesn’t serve any purpose “to bring in that kind of discussion.”

She said council tried to create a scenario that refl ected everything it

heard from the public. Council is not looking for an excuse to fail so mem-bers can say they tried and failed, she added.

Ashlie felt that council would make determina-tions based on the con-sultant’s concepts. “I never thought we were expected to forward all four scenarios to the ALC.”

Scenario 2 captured the ideas that were col-lectively asked for, she explained.

One concept involved mostly public dollars and would have soaked up the parks and recre-ation budget for the next 15 years. “That’s not de-liverable,” Ashlie said.

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Ashlie said if the com-mission rejects Scenario 2, it would then be up to council and the land owners to discuss how to mitigate land loss on the west side of 105th Avenue to satisfy the land commission.

If that doesn’t work, council could look at op-tions that have been pre-pared for the east side of 105th, she added.

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They had a Sunday chat in the Mission library and plan to have another one in at the Maple Ridge library this Sunday.

Then in two weeks, the gloves will be off as Craig Speirs and Elizabeth Rosenau fi ght for the right to run as the New Democratic representa-tive who will take on

Conservative MP Randy Kamp in the Pitt Meadows-Maple Ridge-Mission federal riding.

Speirs, a long-time Maple Ridge council-lor, acknowledges that Kamp is a strong candi-date, but is confi dent he can get votes in Mission, the home of the preced-ing NDP candidate, Mike Bocking.

“With my history of vic-tories in elections, I think I stand a pretty good chance. We’re in tough. Randy is popular, but I won’t be running against Randy so much. I’ll be running against his re-cord. I’ll also be running against the Harper gov-ernment. I think that’s the bottom line there.”

Speirs thinks he likely has a better chance than

Bocking’s previous at-tempts simply because it’s a different time and the Conservatives have been in power longer.

“I think I have a much broader support.”

Speirs says he has the support of unions, en-vironmentalists and is known as a social activ-ist, which people appreci-ate that.

He won’t say, however, if he’ll run in the Novem-ber municipal elections, should he not win feder-ally or if a federal elec-tion isn’t called.

But Speirs says there’s about an 80 per cent chance there will be a national election in mid-March.

Rosenau, a pharmacist, says if she wins the nomi-nation and contests the election, being known as a volunteer in the com-munity, rather than a politician, may work in her favour.

But she concedes she’s not as well known as her NDP rival.

The meeting Sunday at the library is open to the public and she says she welcomes all kinds of questions. She doesn’t want to be known as a single-issue, civil-rights candidate, as the mother of Natalie Gray, shot and arrested last year in To-ronto during the G-20 demonstrations. Gray is now suing the Toronto

Police Services Board.Rosenau also likes her

chances. Being from Maple Ridge, which is the largest community in the riding, will be an as-set, she said. And being a woman candidate could also help.

At last Sunday’s meet-ing in Mission, former NDP MLA Dennis Stre-ifel asked about each candidate’s connection to Mission and was told by Speirs that he attend-ed Silverdale develop-ment meetings and has a working relationship with city council in Mis-sion. Through her chil-dren, Rosenau said she has been involved with the Stave Falls Scottish Dancers for the past 15 years.

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Craig Speirs (left) and Elizabeth Rosenau in Mission.

NominationThe NDP nomination meet-ing takes place Sunday, March 6 at St. Andrew’s United Church on Dewdney Trunk Road in Maple Ridge.Registration starts at 1 p.m., followed by short speeches by the candidates. Voting takes place at 2 p.m. with results expected soon after.


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Ridge Meadows RCMP said the “thirsty” Sur-rey resident was spot-ted by an offi cer drink-ing a can of beer while riding in the passenger seat of a friend’s car – an offence under the B.C. Liquor Act.

The offi cer was moni-toring traffi c in Pitt Meadows on Harris Road, near Ford Road.

The car was stopped and the beer-guzzling passenger was identi-fi ed by police.

Cpl. Alanna Dunlop said the offi cer soon learned that the man is not allowed to consume alcohol due to condi-tions imposed by the courts for a conditional sentence.

The man was arrest-ed and held in police custody for a court ap-pearance.

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RCMP are looking for a Honda generator that was stolen during a break-and-enter early Wednesday.

Police were alerted to the theft at 12:30 a.m. by a passerby who saw a man breaking a win-dow at the back of C. R. Cycle on Dewdney Trunk Road.

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were arrived, the man had already run off with the generator.

Cpl. Alanna Dunlop said the passerby was unable to get a good look at the suspect.

Theft thwarted Homeowners scared

off a thief on Tuesday who broke into a Maple Ridge house.

Police were called to the property on Dewdney Trunk Road near 206th Street around mid-night fol-lowing the break-in.

By the time police arrived at the home, the suspect had left the area, but was captured a few blocks away.

Police are recom-mending a 41-year-old woman be charged with being unlawfully in a house.

Break-inTools were stolen

during a break-in this week at a Maple Ridge seniors’ centre.

The theft took place overnight Monday or early Tuesday at the Ridge Meadows Seniors Centre on 224th Street.

Thieves pried open a door to a storage room located in the under-

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A table saw, mitre saw and tool box were taken from the room.

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“The latest crash sta-tistics indicate a large number of crashes are caused by drivers who are using elec-tronic devices while they should be paying attention to their driv-ing,” she added.

“Police want to re-mind all drivers to not use any electronic device. Besides being very dangerous, it’s against the law.”

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The green XUV ‘Gator’ was taken from a prop-erty on Old Dewdney Trunk Road sometime between Saturday and Sunday.

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Police had a similar tractor reported stolen on Feb. 8 from a farm on Rippington Road.

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Three pubs are join-ing forces to raise money for the family of a man was crushed by his forklift while work-ing at a Burnaby ware-house last month.

Samuel Kuris Jr., 39, wanted to take his two sons and daughter on a family holiday to Dis-neyland in April, but his tragic death has now left his family in fi nancial need.

Kuris did not have mortgage insurance, and life insurance through the company he worked for only cov-ers expenses for a few years.

After hearing about their plight, the Justin Strange Group of Com-panies decided to step in.

The hospitality com-pany – which operates the Witch of Endor Pub in Maple Ridge, the new Golden Ears Pub in Pitt Meadows and Station House Pub in

Aldergrove – will hold a succession of events to raise money for the Kuris children – Jack, Liam and Silver.

“I have three chil-dren, ages 4, 3, and 6 weeks, so I can sympa-thize with how hard it would be for a family to experience such a hor-rifi c loss,” said Justin Strange.

“I would only hope, if it was me who had ac-cidentally experienced loss of life early, that a kind group of people

would step in and offer assistance to help raise some resources to get by in the interim.”

Kuris was working for Summit Logistics at a warehouse in Burnaby

when he was killed on Jan. 22.

WorkSafeBC spokes-woman Megan John-ston said two workers were operating fork-lifts in an attempt to lift a large piece of equip-ment.

“The load shifted. When the shift hap-pened, it caused the worker’s forklift to spin quickly and roll onto its side,” Johnston added.

“The worker was thrown by the forklift and crushed by it. The other forklift operator was not injured.”

WorkSafeBC con-tinues to investigate Kuris’ death, including whether training or equipment were issues.

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Justin Strange (right), owner of Witch of Endor, and pub staff will host a fundraiser for Samuel Kuris Jr., who was killed in a workplace accident in January.

Fundraisers• Thursday, Feb. 24 @ The Witch of Endor, 22648 Dewd-ney Trunk Road, Maple Ridge.• Thursday, Feb. 24 @ The Station House Pub, 3122 Sta-tion Road, Aldergrove.• Saturday, March 5 @ The Golden Ears Pub, 19267 Lougheed Highway, Pitt Meadows.

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Storm Sewer Replacement in the area of Greenwell Street and Gee Street, from Eagle Avenue to 123 Avenue

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The City of Pitt Meadows honoured as-sistant fi re chief Den-nis Barron on Tuesday for his service to the municipality.

Barron, who retired in December, now works with Coquitlam Fire and Rescue.

He signed up as a volunteer fi refi ghter in Pitt Meadows in 1989.

“I have great pride in saying that I have been a volunteer for the Pitt Meadows Fire Depart-ment for 21 years,” said Barron after accepting an award of recogni-tion from Mayor Don MacLean.

Since joining the fi re department, Barron held nearly every po-sition in the organiza-tion, climbing his way up the ladder to assis-tant chief.

“He has committed countless hours to re-

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In 1997, 1998, 1999, 2005 and 2006, fi re-fi ghters voted him of-fi cer of the year.

“He was always an advocate for the mem-bers and insisted they perform at a highly professional level, both in public and in private, and expected the city to recognize them as such,” added Jolley.

“He was always push-ing us hard to stay on the leading edge and I think we’ve done that.”

Barron latest acco-lade was being named an honorary life mem-ber of the Pitt Mead-ows Fire Department.

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Dubbed “Youth Action Park”, the venue will be located in a revamped Harris Road Park, east of the parking lot and east of Heritage Hall.

It will be a similar to the Schoolyard Action Park at Thomas Haney secondary in Maple Ridge, with about 14,500 square feet of space and a budget of $450,000.

“The growing popu-larity of action sports is capturing the imagina-tion of today’s aspiring young athletes,” said Tony Cotroneo, a youth services coordinator with Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Parks and Lei-sure Services.

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See Sharing, p20

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• Primula (Primula acaulis): Com-monly known as the English primrose, these little beauties can be found at every corner store, supermarket and garden centre at this time of year.

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English daisies are short-lived peren-nials and need to be divided every two to three years in early fall.

Also, be sure to add a little bonemeal to new plantings. Those perfect little pompom blooms just keep popping from April to June and with a little deadhead-ing, even a bit longer.

There are a lot of premium cultivars out there, but a few of my favourites include ‘Strawberries and Cream’ (pastel pink with central rose ring), ‘Tasso Pink’, ‘Tasso Red’, ‘Tasso White’, ‘Habanera White with Red Tips’ (quilled petals), ‘Pomponette Mix’ (red, rose, white), ‘Monstrosa Mix’ (huge quilled blooms) and ‘Robella’ (unique salmon-pink).

• By the time you read this I will have up-loaded my most recent story, Why I Can’t Keep Seeds in the Bedroom Anymore, to my garden blog at www.soulofagardener.wordpress.com.

Mike Lascelle is a local nursery manager and gardening author

([email protected]).

Mike Lascelle photos

(From left) Primula acaulis; Viola x wittrockiana with grape hyacinths; and Erysimum ‘Emm’s Variety.’

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$$225,750225,750

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$559,800

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$158,800

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12277 - 189A Street, Pitt Meadows

$689,800


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12180 Dover St., Maple Ridge

$429,800


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22519 Dewdney Trunk Road, Maple Ridge

This 2800 sq. ft. plus home is located in Alouette Estates near Garibaldi High School. Featuring large rooms and 2 1/2 baths, situated at the end of a cul-de-sac, the 1.77 acres has conservation areas on 2 sides. For more details or appointment to view, call Al Hogarth.

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$169,900

Where Street Wind & Nerves Unwind!5 bedroom, 4 bathroom, 3500 sq. ft. family home in desireable “Cot-tonwood” location. Walk to schools, parks, shopping & transit. 6 year young home is in “Showhome Con-dition”. Easily suiteable. Large family wanted! Call now before it’s gone.

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Over 4,000 sq. ft. home in Albion area. 2 storey home with 4 bedrooms up. Basement features a legal 2 bed-room suite + a nanny suite. Too much to list. Offers encouraged. Call for details.

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#23 - 12296 224th Street. 2 bed-room upper unit townhome in self managed “Colonial”. Nice rear deck with mountain view. Just $9275 down and $1059 a month (including taxes & maint. fees) and you own it. Come see for yourself.

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$185,500

EYE DEAL!Best priced 2 bedroom + den condo on the market. 1167 sq. ft. Gas fireplace, vaulted ceilings, insuite laundry, huge insuite storage too. Overlooks courtyard. Estate sale, priced to move.

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$169,900 + RENTAL

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2,650 sq. ft. 4 bdrm well built and maintained home on 0.87 acre lot. New roof, carpet, power smart windows & doors. New tiles in both bathrooms, hardwood fl oors in family room and two bedrooms. New gas fi red furnace, fi replace and hot water heat. Huge sundeck, partially covered, has new gas hookup for your barbeque, overlooking clear fl owing Alouette River which offers good fi shing. By appointment only.

List $788,800604-319-7826

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11656 - 225th St., M.R.

• 2150 sq. ft.• 3 bdrms/3 baths• Detached double

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• Bsmt w/ sep. entrance

• Open fl oor plan• Short walk to

schools

$414,800

12171 - 270th St., M.R.

• 1 acre private estate

• 6 bdrms, 4 baths• 2 storey, full

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$899,800

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Rancher In Brandywynd

$$269,900269,900

Spectacular views and privacy! The “Crest View” plan in Highland Vistas on immense .35 acre lot. Almost new w/balance of home warranty and NO HST!

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$$579,900579,900

Falcon Landing! Just reduced to $thousands$ below recent sales for quick sale. 4 beds 4 baths and fully fi nished on 3 levels. It shows fantastic throughout. Do not miss this one!

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$$409,900409,900

Hard to fi nd plan in Galiano with over 2000 sqft, 4 bedrooms and bonus media room upstairs. The fenced back yard borders lush green-belt. Seller will even give buyer $10,000 toward new roof!

Big townhouse on greenbelt

$$334,900334,900

Backing onto Kanaka Creek Park and what a great house too! Metal roof, new windows, oak fl oors and so much more. Located in the Urban reserve in the path of development!

1.44 Acre Estate Property

$$749,900749,900

Spotless 2 bdrm, 2 bath unit at Woodford Manor, in the heart of Pitt Meadows. Near WC Express, shopping & rec. Sunny West exposure balcony. This one shows fantastic inside!

Great Building - Great Choice

$$232,900232,900

Big & Gorgeous traditional split entry basement home on ¼ acre lot w/ oak fl oors, Swedish f/p, 4 beds and 2 huge rec rooms. Professional grade 40x20 shop with hoist, pit, industrial power and separate driveway!

Incredible Workshop

$$569,900569,900

This gorgeous fully renovated home enjoys one of the very best locations Pitt Meadows has to offer and it shows as well as any new show home! Incredible workmanship. Hurry! It will not last!

WILDWOOD PARK SHINING STAR

$$569,900569,900

Fresh, bright and exceptionally well cared for home on a manicured greenbelt lot. Great room plan with feature window-wall and lush views! Full walkout base-ment. It shines!

High Style at Uplands

$$629,900629,900

Stylish and elegant 3 level home over-looking peaceful greenbelt in award winning Silver Ridge development. Granite, 17’ rock fi replace, and lots of quality throughout.

Look, but you won’t fi nd a more peaceful and private town-home than is offered here! Tucked away in quiet West side & backing onto amaz-ing greenbelt! Shows great inside too!

Silver Valley Showhome Bird Watchers Paradise

$$599,900599,900 $$279,900279,900

10639 - 249th St., Maple Ridge20472 123B Ave., Maple Ridge

Open Sunday 2-4 pm

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Deluxe 3850 sqft home with 5 beds & 4 baths on a ¼ acre Cul-De-Sac lot in prime West Maple Ridge neigh-bourhood. Expansive cedar deck, heated I/G pool and much more. Wonderful property for entertainers!

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Ray Pelto604-619-0804

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23979 Fern Crescent

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Story book surroundings• Character rancher• Nearly 1 acre•

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26110 112th Ave

MLS# V862667

Horse property• 80’x180’ year around • riding area4 stall barn•

$618,000$618,000

20330 Chatwin

MLS# V862884

huge southern backyard• 2000sq ft home with • one level livingshowhome condition•

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12598 Blackstock

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3 seperate powered • shopscute and cozy rancher• almost 1/4 acre lot•

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24342 104th Ave

MLS # V864782

possible master on main• bathroom for everyroom• income potential and • seperate nanny quarters

$204,900$204,900

#406 & 230 12248 224th St

MLS # V859813 & V867817

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#101 12206 224th St

MLS # V853033

2 bedrooms • 2 bathrooms • loads of storage•

$202,000$202,000

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$699,000

OFFICE / RESIDENTIALFOR LEASE

2710 sqft OFFICE / RETAIL MAPLE RIDGE - TOWN CORE

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PRIVATE SETTING - 3 ACRES27150 106TH AVE

2922 sq. ft. of space• 400 sq. ft. offi ce• 2 bay doors• Space could be easily divided in half•

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7 - 20071 113B AVE

MAPLE MEADOWS INDUSTRIAL PARK

$525,000

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24062 - 102A AvenueROOM FOR THE MOTHER-IN-LAWFabulous 3 level, 5 bedroom home with detached double garage and lane access. Maple kitchen cabinets, black appliances. Finished basement with separate entrance.CALL BRENDA FOR APPOINTMENTS TO VIEW (604)816-6961.MLS # V867517MLS # V867517

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52 11282 CottonwoodListed at $365,000

* “Wallmark Homes”* 3 bdrms, 4 baths* Double garage* S/S appliances* Large master suite* 5 pce ensuite* Huge rec room* Low fees* Pets welcome

STOP THE CAR!Yours at $382,00011310 Harrison St.

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11515 - 198 StreetSettle in at $549,000

* Prime Pitt Meadows* 8700+ private lot* Beautifully reno’d* NEW flooring* NEW kitchen* Fully fenced b/yard* Lots of parking* RV PARKING* Quiet, family area

OPEN HOUSESAT & SUN 2-4 Marketed at $624,900

19843 Silverthorne Pl

* Bonson’s Landing* 3 bdrms ~ 3 baths* 8439 s f fenced lot* Cul-De-Sac location* Prime Pitt Meadows* 2 storey home* 600 s f master bdrm* hardwood flooring

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#307-2109 RowlandOffered at $249,000

* Top floor* 2 bdrm, 2 baths* Over 1000 sq ft* 2 parking stalls* Centra lPoco* Walk to everything!* Well sized rooms* Bright,open plan* Rainscreened bldg

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306 - 12075 228th StListed at $229,000

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Kanaka Ridge• 4 bedrooms• Unfi nished basement•

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12428 Edge Street

Great family home• 3 bedrooms, 3 • bathroomsClose to all amenities•

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$209,900$209,900

12095 228th Ave

MLS # V844561 & V854703 Prices

starting at

Rio Complex• 2 units available•

OPEN HOUSE SUN 2-4

OPEN HOUSE SAT & SUN 2-4

$289,900$289,900

11960 214th St

MLS # V863538

new,roof, windows,• paint, appliances - must see home

OPEN HOUSE SAT & SUN 2-4

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Maple Ridge Offi ce 22718 Lougheed Highway 604.467.3871 www.macrealty.com

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JOAN WARN604-828-3369

www.joanwarn.com

11849 Blakely Road, Pitt Meadows$459,900

Original owner! 1540 sq ft rancher on a 7500 sq ft lot! Three bdrms, close to schools and transit. Detached shop with power and RV parking. Full details at joanwarn.com.

NEW LISTINGNEW LISTING

Dave 604-341-0783 • Lisa 604-970-2209www.teamtelep.com

DAVE TELEP PERSONAL REAL ESTATE CORPORATION

“Our service will move you.”

604.467.3871604.467.3871

TEAMTELEP

Dave TelepLisa Telep

301 - 9149 Saturna Drive, BBYNew Price $206,900

1 bdrm 1 bath• Bright, clean unit• Near SFU, Lougheed Mall• Beautiful park-like setting• Pets & r entals OK!• In suite laundry•

Still Renting?

REDUCED!

Call Lisa at 604-970-2209

23870 106th Ave

$779,900 INCL. HSTOPEN Sat & Sun 2-4

New construction• Still time to choose your • colours!Granite, crown • mouldings throughoutS/S appliances• Triple Garage• Quiet neighbourhood•

Your Dream Home!

Call Dave at 604-341-0783

#36 - 11282 Cottonwood$329,900

Shows like new!• Granite counters • w/ S.S appliancesLaminate fl oors throughout• Spa inspired ensuite• 3 bedrooms• Double garage•

Attn: First Time Buyers!


13360 McCauley Cres.$559,900

Desired Rock Ridge • neighbourhoodHardwood throughout• Huge spa-style ensuite• 3800+ sqft on 6500 sqft lot• Fully fi nished bsmt•

Unbeatable Value!


3 - 11255 232nd St

$289,900

Great central location• 3 bdrms, walk in closet• Crown mouldings• Lovely bright kitchen• Low maintenance fees• Private fenced yard•

Quiet Family Complex


BRENDA EXNER 604-603-8043

www.BrendaExner.com

3314 Jervis Street, Port Coquitlam$479,900

ATTENTION MECHANICS! Super 20 x24 shop with pit and overhead hoist and separate lane access. Beautifully maintained 3 BR plus den 2 storey home has newer roof, wiring, and fl ooring. Walk to Coquitlam Town Center, walking trails, schools and bus.

Call Brenda Exner: 604-603-8043

Priced to sell quicklyThis 2 bedroom condo has new fl ooring, new cabinets, new stainless steel appliances, new plumbing, new paint new roof and a tremendous view of the pool area. Visit my site for more info and pictures.

RON MITCHELLCell 604-617-9642

www.ronmitchell.bc.ca

$143,900$143,900

DICK HUBER604.250.3977

MIKE HUBER604.839.8647

SCOTT MEADUS604.313.5727

WWW.HUBERTEAM.COM WWW.MEADUSGROUP.COM

FEATURED LISTING11960 214th Street

Best priced home in Maple Ridge• Completely remodelled• New roof, windows and fl ooring• Custom blinds• New appliances• Large great room/kitchen• 3 bedrooms plus den• Private fully fenced yard• Central location•

View videos of our homes on under

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MLS # V863538

$289,900$289,900

JENNIFER NIXON604.467.3871

www.jennifernixon.ca

NEW LISTING$229,000

RIO-This 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom contemporary modern home is steps from the heart of the community, Maple Ridge. Plus it features an open concept layout with beautiful granite countertops, cozy fi replace, balcony and laminate fl ooring. Call me for a viewing.

604-421-2220

over 4500 sq ft• 5 Bedrooms + 3 • BathroomsSS Appliances•

2 story w/bsmt• 3 car garage• Fully landscaped• on greenbelt•

13165 239B St Exceptional Executive Home

SCOTT HARRISON

OPEN SUN 12-4 PM

$$629,900629,900

ROGER CUMMINGS 604.828.7643

$407,0002200 sq/ft basement entry• 6000 sq/ft corner lot• On a cul de sac•

MAGGIE PRINCE604-862-4524

[email protected]

Price ReducedThis charming condo is two levels with a bedroom loft and extra space for a den or offi ce. Living room has a vaulted ceiling, plus large balcony and in-suite laundry. Great central location in Poco, close to everything. RAIN-SCREENED building with LOW, LOW STRATA FEES! Now $194,900.

#12 - 3200 Westwood Street

$539,900

Walk to Alexander• Robinson Elementary, Meadowridge3 bdrms upstairs• 2 bdrm bsmt suite w/• kitchen, separate entryLarge corner lot•

Great Neighbourhood!


23897 118th Ave

NEW LISTING!

JASON EXNERCell 604-818-9851www.jasonexner.com

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Greenbelt Front AND Back • (protected green space) Quality Cavalier built home• 4 Bedroom• 3800 square feet• Open plan• 9’ ceilings on main•

Beautiful Landscaping• 2 composite decks, hot tub, • in-ground sprinklers, waterfall• unfi nished basement, separate • entrance, suitableNO HST•

13431 240th ST.13431 240th ST.

ROCKRIDGE New Listing

OPEN HOUSE Sunday, Feb. 20TH 2-4PM

REDUCEDREDUCED

3 Bedrooms• 3 Bathrooms• 1759 square feet•

6728 sq.ft. private lot on • cul-de-sacWalk to W.C.E.•

EVE KYLE778-866-6683

[email protected]

11709 Brookmere Court, Maple RidgeUnder $400,000

$649,000$649,000

OPEN HOUSE SAT & SUN 2-4 PM


Check out our OPEN HOUSES at www.brooksiderealty.ca

11933 224th St.,Maple Ridge604.467.5000

Brookside Realty

Greg Swatske Amanda vandenBrink Bob vandenBrink Virginia WindoverRalph Tedford Bob Terepocki

Sid Alamo Debra BellSteve Anderson Craig Appleby Chad August Karen Bennett Dawn Bickle Allan Carlson Jill Catudio Randy DeLairFranc Campbell

Tracy DeLair Randall Didiuk Pat Drummond Angela Dundas Sarah Eales Jeanie Fox Chris Frandsen Christy GelowitzJana Fuller Lennie Gullmes Rolf Gullmes

Luke Rogers Tyra Sauriol Chase Shymkiw Yolanta Siwinski Carey Stoochnoff

Laurell Sware

Ray Pelto Bob Quinnell Jim Quinnell Dave Rickard Glenn Rogers

Ed Gurm Gina Halinda Mike Harris Don Hart Ken Hemminger Dave HyslopNicole Hunt Jim Isherwood Nathan Isherwood Nicole Jackson Coleen Jennings

Debi Pearce

Don Pearce

Michelle Neale Betty OlsenJeremy McCarthy Taryn McKay Rick MedhurstLori MagnusonJoel Lycan Brenda LysterGary LycanAl Knuttila

Helping you is what we do!

Randy & Tracy DeLair

604-463-2991

CENTRAL MAPLE RIDGE Recently reduced.• Spacious top oor unit w/loft.• 930 sq ft 1 bdrm, 1 bthrm.• Vaulted ceiling, covered deck, raised oak • cabinets.Lots of storage, bonus den or family room.• Great Fraserview Location.• Slight view of the Fraser River. •

$149,900

PRICED TO

SELL

Rick Medhurst

604 463-3000

CENTRAL MAPLE RIDGETelosky Village - Gated adult oriented upper • level.1537 sq ft 2 bedroom and den - shows well.• Formal living and dining rooms, gas f/p, vaulted • ceiling. Single garage plus additional reserved spot. •

$284,000

FEEL SAFE AND SECURE

CENTRAL MAPLE RIDGE One bedroom home features open kitchen/• center island and granite countertops. Gas replace, fully tiled soaker tub. • This unit is vacant and ready • for immediate possession.

Jim Isherwood

604-250-7755

$185,900

BRIGHT & SPACIOUS APARTMENT

Chris Frandsen

604-467-5000

CENTRAL MAPLE RIDGE Carefree-lock up and take a holiday.• Convenient location close to all amenities.• Cost effective-share in the overall • maintenance of the building.Large, one bedroom and den, 4th oor • security.Vacant, small pets welcome, adults 55+.•

$205,000

3 CHOICES FOR CONDO

LIVING

CENTRAL MAPLE RIDGEImmaculate, 2 bedroom, move in condition.• Laminate ooring throughout the main.• Freshly painted, spacious living space. • Master bedroom with 4 piece en suite.• Separate laundry room with extra storage • space. Guest suite, pet friendly, 55+•

$223,900

TWO BEDROOM IN FRASERVIEW

Call Brenda Lyster

604-240-0960Chris Frandsen

604-467-5000

CENTRAL MAPLE RIDGECorner apartment in Fraserview Village, • adults 55+Approx. 1305 sq ft, 2 bedrooms, • 2 bathrooms.Family room with double sided replace.• Dining room, eating area in kitchen.• 2 balconies, top oor for added security. •

$265,000

LARGE CORNER APARTMENT

WITH RIVER VIEW

12258 224 Street

OPEN SAT SUN 1 - 4

Jim Isherwood

604-250-7755

Stonegate.• Starting at $279,900.• From 1170 to 1358 sq. ft. • Granite counters, slate back splash, • stainless steel appliances.Great location. •

$279,900

WEST MAPLE RIDGE2 bedroom home with huge bedrooms and • could be a 3rd bedroom.40 yr aluminum roof, thermal windows.• RV parking and room to build a shop.• Located on quiet side of street. •

Jim Isherwood

604-250-7755

$349,500

WELL MAINTAINED

HOME

CENTRAL MAPLE RIDGE Updated neat, clean, well maintained 1064 • sq. ft. rancher.36’ x 24’ workshop/garage “for doing the • guy thing”.Spacious covered patio - lots of parking.• On bus route, close to schools, a very nice • package.

Karen Bennett

604-463-3000

$382,500

PUT THIS ON

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13306 237A Street Extremely generous oor plan with room for • everyone.5 bedrooms including in-law suite, master • bedroom en suite with soaker tub and separate shower. Family room off kitchen, large living and • dining rooms.www.housebymouse.net •

$549,000

DESIRABLE ROCK RIDGE

Pat Drummond

604-467-5000

22206 124 AveCopperstone Ridge - only 2 left! • Brand new, totally upgraded. • Greenbelt, incredible Golden Ears • Views. Fully nished show home #1.• HST Included. •

OPEN SAT SUN 1 - 5

$409,900

Luke “Mr. Rogers”

604-780-2304

EAST MAPLE RIDGE 1 acre on sewer and city water. • 5 minutes to shopping and a short walk to • Meadow Ridge School. Home has been tastefully remodelled.• 1 bedroom suite for Grandma or • boomerang child. Huge shop with oversized doors, perfect • for your RV.

Gina Halinda

604-467-5000

$979,900

A MUST SEE


Brookside Realty

11933 224th St., Maple Ridge604.467.5000w

Bob Terepocki

It’s Time!

604- 817-2920SELL YOU!

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“The Willows” at FRASERVIEW Village

Enjoy the comfort of these Air-conditioned units and all the amenities that are offered from spa, pool, exercise area , workshops plus secure living with out the yard work. Both units offer oak cabinets, laminate oors ,open plans. gas places (gas included in maintenance fee), in suite laundry and built-in vacuum #105 is a ground oor court side with patio,,1 bedroom and large living room. #206 is a 2 bedroom plus with vaulted ceilings in living room, master on main, en suite with 2nd bedroom, bathroom ,den with wet bar, sundeck plus large storage area in loft area. New Prices $204,900 and $248,000

#105 & #206 11578 225th St.

Riverside Nature Hideaway

This serene area is one of Maple Ridges Best Kept Secrets. 2 Acres with private bridge access ,Enjoy this 4 level contemporary home with extensive decks ,patios ,pool and Hot tub. Spacious bedrooms, dens family room and storage areas. New appliances ,bathrooms etc. Wake up with the deer sleeping in your yard. If acreage is your forte, this is a must see. $969,900

12680 239th Street (Davison Pool area )Enjoy the solitude and beauty of this quality built 2 storey with 2 bedroom basement suite. The main levels of this awesome home offers warm angular oak hardwood and tiled oors, vaulted ceilings in living room, den, beautiful kitchen opening to family room. The upper area has 4 bedrooms with a large en suite in the main bedroom. All this and a great yard for entertaining and relaxing in. $699,000

11309 238th Maple Ridge

Great Falcon Manor Buy

Outstanding 2 bedroom unit offering 9 foot ceilings and open floor plan. A beautiful kitchen with spacious dark wood cabinets, stainless steel appliances, granite counter tops and large island. Living room with gas fireplace and a sizable covered balcony. Master bedroom with an en suite with walk-in closet, his and her sinks ,soaker tub and separate shower. In suite laundry with lots of storage secure underground parking complete with large attached storage area (4 ft x 8 ft x10 ft) All this and just a short walk to town and West Coast Express. $279,900

308-22150 Dewdney Trunk Road

Paradise In Whispering Falls

Former “Lindal Cedar Showhome” set in parklike 1.52 acres of serenity surrounded buy greenbelt and creeks. Power Smart 2 storey post and beam wish 30 foot ceilings, natural hardwood oors, sky lights, solarium kitchen and low E windows all this including 3 bedrooms, den numerous patios and decking. You’ll enjoy your leisure time in this beautiful setting. Reduced $759,000

12627 261st Street

V857893

Hobby Farm with added Potential

South Slope Thornhill 2.42 acres featuring immaculate split level home with out buildings. New roof and rear deck over looking this mini park Enjoy all this knowing there is future potential for your investment. $789,900

25360 102nd Ave

V843065

This beautiful home shows better than new. Loads of features from hardwood oors, vaulted ceilings awesome kitchen and top of the line plumbing xtures. Come have a look yourselves you’ll want to move right in. Sellers will throw in Flat Screen TV. Reduced $569,500

23617 112A AvenueV849955

“Buy land, They ain’t making anymore of the Stuff” Will Rogers

SELLERS SAY GET IT SOLD!

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Private Serene Greenbelt Yard

604.318.5254

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11933 224th St., Maple Ridge

Brookside Realty

[email protected]

CHADOPOLY • CHADOPOLY • CHADOPOLY • CHADOPOLY

24979 112TH AVE

• Beautiful private 1+ acre,• 1565 sq ft rancher, bsmt + loft• Backs onto Kanaka Creek

• Detached barnexpansion possible

• Path of development

$598,000

• Greenbelt • 2700+Sq ft• Whistler Inspired • Like New

• Huge Daylight Basement

• 2300sq ft, 4 bed + den• Private south facing lot,• Immaculate condition

inside and out

• Laminate throughout• Great Pitt Meadows

Location

#25 24185 106 B

OPEN OPEN

SAT SAT 12 - 2 12 - 2

OPEN OPEN

SAT SAT

2:30 - 2:30 -

4:30 4:30

MASTER ON THE MAIN

PRIVATE LOT, LIKE NEW INSIDE

MLS# V856425

MLS# V869481

$514,900

$589,900MLS# V868108 19488 HOFFMAN WAY

MLS# V867171

Southern exposure• Future Development• No Creeks• Pride of Ownership• Newer Roof•

1 bedroom + den/bdrm • 765sq ft2 yrs, old spacious, bright• Rentals allowed, large • patio

YOUR OWN PRIVATE PARK

INVESTOR OPPORTUNITY

$789,900

$209,900

25360 102ND

#209 12238 224TH ST

MLS # V845032

NEW LISTING

Central location • Storage• Golf course nearby• Recreation nearby• Shopping nearby• Fireplace• Security System• Drapes Window coverings• Appliances Included•

ONE OF THE NICEST CONDOS IN TOWN

$289,900

MLS # V845844

# 407 22150 DEWDNEY TRUNK

$234,900

#35 19696 HAMMOND RD

2 bed, 2 bath, Townhouse• Large Master Bedroom, • Fenced YardGood complex, • Newly UpdatedPark - like setting•

GREAT LOCATION AFFORDABLE NICELY UPDATED

Michelle DonDebi

Nicole

Brookside Realty 11933 - 224th St., Maple [email protected]

Service with IntegrityService with Integrity

www.ThePearceTeam.com

$$524,900524,900

OPEN SUNDAY 1 - 419538 PARK RD.

MLS# V866546

• Upgrades include roof, furnace, heat pump, hot water tank and more!

• Private yard with large deck and 12 x 10 covered por tion over the hot tub

• Over 1900 sq ft of living space

MLS #V867823

Updated 1900 sq ft basement home with• bachelor suiteUpdated floors, paint, appliances, bathroom • crown mouldingsNet cost per month just over $1000 • ALL IN!

$$359,900359,900

FIRST TIME BUYER ALERT!21504 DEWDNEY TRUNK RD.

$$587,500587,500

RELAX & ENJOY THIS PARK LIKE ACRE12473 KATHRYN ST.

Over 2000 Sq Ft rancher with par tial bsmt.• Kitchen has great room plan with lots of • cupboards and updated counter topsQuiet location on city water• Roof and hot water tank 2 years old•

MLS# V863481

Over 3000 Sq. Ft. of living space• Lots of updates including a new furnace• Large covered deck, hot tub with privacy • fenceSeparate BBQ & dining area•

23828 113B AVE.

OPEN SUNDAY 1 - 4

MLS #V865132

MLS #V866770$$309,900309,900

Complex has only 8 units, is only 6 yrs old• All 4 bedrooms are upstairs• Master has a 4 pc. ensuite and one bed-• room has a ‘cheater’ door to main bathroomQuality laminate floors in living/dining rm.•

#7 - 11528 BURNETT ST.

LARGE PRIVATE FENCED YARD

$$499,900499,900

BUILD YOUR DREAM HOME26310 DEWDNEY TRUNK RD.

10 acres with city water at road, •

telephone & cable on proper ty

Cleared building location on front NE •

por tion or could build toward the center

MLS# V862495

$$487,500487,500

CHILD SAFE CUL-DE-SAC23555 112B AVE.Two storey with full unfinished basement• Quiet cul-de-sac backing onto greenbelt• 3 large bedrooms up• Main bedroom has 4 piece ensuite• Family room off kitchen access to the deck•

MLS# V862518MLS #V870047

PITT MEADOWS TOWNHOME

$$319,500319,500

Almost 1500 sq. ft. of living. • Freshly painted, laminate floor• Fenced yard with patio• Private roof top deck• Walk to schools•

#6-19236 119TH AVE.

$$574,900574,900


Lougheed Hwy

KensingtonPark

11935 Burnett St

228 Street

Dewdney Trunk Road

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UNIT TYPE SF STRATA NET HST PPT PRICE

104 2 Bed + Flex 1155 $347,900

114 3 Bed + Flex 1240 $359,900

116 3 Bed + Flex 1240 $359,900

204 2 Bed + Flex 1155 $346,900

408 3 Bed + Flex 1272 $376,900

UNIT TYPE SF STRATA NET HST PPT PRICE

207 3 Bed + Flex 1240 $356,900

208 3 Bed + Flex 1310 $361,900

301 3 Bed + Flex 1368 $372,900

402 2 Bed + Flex 1041 $303,900

45 min drive to Vancouver

NORTH

Welcome to your new home....The Pointe, Maple Ridge’s newest Master Planned Community,

featuring 29 single family homes is close to town,

West Coast Express, schools and Kanaka Creek Park.

Visit us online at www.thepointehomes.ca

29 Single Family Homes priced from just

$514,900 includes HST

Cal l V icky

604-999-2452

Brookside Realty 11933 224th St., Maple Ridge

The Roberts starting from $514,900 including HST

3 bedroom with full daylight unfinished basement, 2660 sq feet.

The Carlton starting from $524,900 including HST New Release


The Nicola starting from $545,900 including HST


Stainless steel appliances

Screens

Granite in the kitchen

Maple cabinets throughout

Vaulted ceilings

Wrap around verandah

Full size homes with open and efficient floor plans

Overlook Greenbelt

EnerGuide rated homes

Exterior upgrade of Hardie and choice of stone

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Here’s what Pointe owners are saying... “Outstanding service!”

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“Quality and attention to detail is exceptional!”

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O P E N 1 2 - 4 Except Fridays

11227 236A St. Maple Ridge

The Roberts starting from $514,900 including HST3 bedroom with full daylight unfi nished basement, 2660 sq feet.

The Carlton starting from $524,900 including HST3 bedroom with unfi nished basement, 2700 sq feet.

The Rena starting from $562,900 including HST4 bedroom with unfi nished basement, 3300 sq feet.

Stainless steel appliancesScreensGranite in the kitchenMaple cabinets throughoutVaulted ceilingsWrap around verandah

Full size homes with open and effi cient fl oor plansOverlook GreenbeltEnerGuide rated homesExterior upgrade of Hardie and choice of stone

New Release

Upgrades included

Here’s what Pointe owners are saying...“Outstanding service… professional, friendly and understanding!”“Went above and beyond our expectations.”“ Quality and attention to

detail is exceptional!”

Welcome to your new home....The Pointe, Maple Ridge’s newest Master Planned Community,featuring 29 single family homes is close to town,West Coast Express, schools and Kanaka Creek Park

Single Family Homes priced from just

$514,900includes HST

2915

Sherron Regehr604-626-1646

Sabre Realty Group

EACH OFFICE INDEPENDENTLY OWNED AND OPERATED

Updated 2000 sq ft back split on a 11,325 sq ft lot – 2 garages, one w/220 power that is 16’ x 22’ & is used as a

shop, plus a carport, both with back access. Huge covered patio w/hot tub looks over TOTALLY private yard with gazebo, gardening shed & greenhouse. Offers to $499,900

CAR BUFF’S DREAM PROPERTY Open House Sunday 1-3pm

19321 121B Ave., Pitt Meadows


LifeStylesLifeStylesThe Realtor who unites “Hearts and Homes”an HickmanJ

Jan Hickman 604-828-3445

DESIGNING WOMENAnd men too, will enjoy this 2 bdrm plus den corner unit backing onto private creek area. Featuring new ceramic tile fl oors through the main level, vaulted ceilings and designer colours. Bedroom plus full bath on main level. Not a drive-by at this price! $268,800

BLESSED WITH CHILDREN?Then you’ll want to see this 5 bdrm, 3 bath bsmt. entry in a friendly neighbourhood in the Davidson subdivision school area. The home offers a fenced yard for your children and their dogs, full bsmt, mortgage helper and double garage to hold bikes and trikes. Priced to sell!REDUCED $508,800

This is the perfect spot for fi rst time buyers. Great west Maple Ridge loca-tion close to schools & shopping. You’ll love the refi nished hardwood fl oors, very big private yard, large sep. workshop w/electricity plus RV parking.

Priced to sell at $364,800

OPEN SUNDAY 2-4

21501 121 ST AVE.21501 121 ST AVE.

BEGINNER’S LUCK

RachaelWood �

HollyHockTownhomes

Ridge Meadows IndependentlyOwned & Operated

604-999-7448

2 bedroom ground level unit• Great family complex• Walking distance to • Alexander Robinson Elementary, Cooper’s Grocery Store, Starbucks, McDonalds and Subway

Call Rachael to View#9-23560 119th Avenue, Maple Ridge

$229,900

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24419- 112 Avenue, Maple Ridge

Albion development designed low/medium • residential density

Rancher with a fully fi nished walkout • basement

Inground pool, sauna•

$699,900

PRIVATE 1.57 ACRES

13942 Anderson Creek, Maple Ridge(North off 232 St)

Deluxe 2 storey + full unfi nished daylight • walkout bsmtFeatures maple kitchen with granite counter-• tops, hardwood fl oors, 2 gas fi replaces4 bdrms up. • Overlooking green space5 applicances included•

$549,800

OVERLOOKING GREEN SPACE

12341 - 212 Street, Maple RidgeWest Maple Ridge basement home in a • fantastic areaWalk to French Immersion, high school & • transit2 fi replaces. 3 bdrms + 1 potential bdrm in • the basementCovered sundeck• Roof only 10 months old•

$449,900

MOUNTAIN VIEW & BACKING ONTO PARK

#42-22977 116 Ave., Maple RidgeSeveral plans to choose fromSeveral plans to choose from• • Fireplace, granite counter tops. GarageFireplace, granite counter tops. Garage• • 7 appliances, garage opener and blinds 7 appliances, garage opener and blinds • • includedincludedLarge fenced yard. Near schools, shopping Large fenced yard. Near schools, shopping • • and transitand transit

New ‘Duet’ TownhomesStarting at $399,900

including net HST

OPEN EVERY DAY EXCEPT FRI 12-4

Hostess at 13782 - 232A St., Maple Ridge

(Off 232nd St. onto Silver Valley Rd.)‘Silver Views’.• Deluxe new 2 storey homes with daylight basements Some homes have fi nished legal suite in • the basementDouble and triple garages• Some homes with valley views•

Lovely Mountain and Valley View

Starting at $619,900


New 2 Storey Homes With Basements

Starting at $463,90010138 - 240 St., Maple Ridge

Main Stone Creek• 56 26 lovely single Family Homes built by Onni Group

Open fl oor plans, gas F/P, maple kitchen with • granite counters, pantry & island

Includes 6 appliances, garburator and blinds•

OPEN EVERY DAY 12-5

24256 - 101A Ave.,Maple Ridge

(south off 102nd Ave onto 242B St)

Castle Brook• 3 to 6 bedroom, 2 storey

homes. Finished and unfi nished basementsSome homes back onto greenbelt• Double and single garages•

NEW HOMES BACKING ONTO GREENBELT

Starting at $499,900

OPEN SATURDAY & SUNDAY 1-4

Starting at $354,900#21 13771 - 232A St., Maple Ridge(off 232 St. onto Silver Valley Rd.)

Executive new townhomes • ‘Silver Heights’2 storey plus a fully fi nished basement• 3 bedrooms and 4 bathroomsMaple cabinets, granite counters, fi replace.• Single and double garages• 6 appliances and blinds included.•

New Townhomes with New Townhomes with Finished BasementsFinished Basements


TOWN HOME - CENTRAL LOCATIONNEW KITCHEN! A quiet complex, centrally located. 2 bedrm. unit completely remodelled w/bathrm, fl ooring & appliances. 2 decks, 1 covered w/mtn view. Rec facility meeting/party room + workshop. Call for your appt. today. Asking $207,000.

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HamiltonSteve & Gloria

604-467-8881

RANCHER ON 1 ACREPark like acreage near Alouette River. Comfortable one level living in this 1600 sq ft 4 bedrm rancher. A lovely property w/ room for kids & pets. Extra Ige. dble. garage, + an 18’x 28’ workshop & a 12’x 16’ outhldg. RV park-ing. Just $579,800. Call for your appt. today.

TOWN HOME $278,500Charming two storey town home, offers 3 large bedrooms & laminate fl ooring on both fl oors. Gas F/P in living room. Recently painted & crown mouldings installed. AN ADDED BONUS .... new appliances & 2 parking spaces.

CONDO NEW LISTING $243,500TOP FLOOR, CORNER UNIT. 2 Bedrms., 2 Bathrms & den w/ 2 parking spaces. Bright unit with lots of windows, facing the inner Court Yard. Open fl oor plan,covered deck, gas F/P & 5 appl. Shows like new. Quick Possession avail.

TOWN HOME HUGE YARDWINDSONG. END UNIT. The largest plan in complex (2017 sq ft) w/ the largest sundeck & yard. 3 bdrms, 2 1/2 bathrms, double SxS garage. Granite counters, Stain-less appl., laminate fl oors & rainscreen. Shows like new, six months young.

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$325,000

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$849,00023710 110th Ave.

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Beautiful Townhome with Kid Size Yard!

3 Bedroom, 2 Full Bathrooms• New roof and freshly painted• New Carpet, Lino and Laminate• Kitchen with large eating area• Spacious Fenced & Private Yard• Cozy gas fi replace•

LIVE IN STYLE!Walk to Golf• Stunning view of golf course and • mountains2 bedrooms + den, 2 full bathrooms• Gourmet kitchen with granite• Stainless steel appliances• Clubhouse offers exercise room, • pool table etcWalk to malls and restaurants• $349,900

2 Bedroom plus Den• 2 Full Bathrooms• Vaulted Ceiling• 2 Parking Spaces plus Locker• Fireplace in Livingroom• Great Central Location• Top Floor, Vaulted Ceiling• On Greenbelt•

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$248,000

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778-988-1224Terri SmithTerri Smith

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WALK TO SCHOOLForget about sitting in traffi c to drop the kids at school! This solid basement home is just a short walking distance to schools, shopping, and transportation. Private backyard on greenspace, over 2000 sqft to call your own. A little updating will make this home shine.

$382,800$382,800$296,500$296,500

GREAT CONDO LIVINGThis stunning Coquitlam condo features two bedrooms and 2 baths on the ground level. Enjoy the covered patio and gardens direct from your suite, outdoor pool, and recreation centre. Designer colours throughout, tile, laminate fl ooring - this home is a winning package!

$449,900$449,900

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FRANK BUDD 604-466-2838Great central location on a quiet cul-de-sacThis split entry home features a good sized living and dining area with a natural gas fi replace for those cold winter nights. Enjoy the spacious kitchen with a new built in microwave. The home has 3 good sized bedrooms up and a completely reno’d bath-room and a 2 piece ensuite off the master. The partially fi nished downstairs has a large rec room and den. The huge sundeck overlooks a very private fenced backyard. Enclosed double car garage, new roof last year round out the package. 22055 Canuck Crescent

“Trust your dreams!”

DEBBIE SHEPPARD604-466-2838

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Great basement home in East Central Maple Ridge and offers beautiful slate and laminate fl ooring on main fl oor, 3 bedrooms up, 4th bedroom down, easily set up for a suite, garage can be easily converted back to a double garage, large covered deck off the kitchen with views of the Golden Ears. What a price! Don’t miss it!$418,900$418,900

12394-231B St., Maple Ridge OPEN HOUSE SAT. 2-4 PM AND SUN. 1-3 PM

Cheaper than rent! Your own piece of property - no pet or rental restrictions! This rancher offers 1034 sq. ft. of living enjoyment, fi replace in the living room, large deck off kitchen, 2 bedrooms easy to convert back to 3, 78 x 84 level lot with room for rec vehicle parking, walking distance to all downtown amenities. Call today!

$279,900

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OPEN HOUSE SUN. 2-4 PM 22837-137th Ave., Maple Ridge

Former show home in Silver Ridge, this gorgeous house offers updates to the updates - thousands of dollars spent on this two-storey home with a basement with high end fi nishings - cork fl ooring, customized cabinets, granite countertops, vessel sink in washroom, thousands spent on landscaping, panoramic sweeping views of the mountains, great room plan with fl ex room on the main fl oor, 3 bedrooms plus fl ex room upstairs, air conditioning...the list goes on and on. Come see this special home for yourself!$649,900$649,900

What a price on this amazing 2 storey plus basement home in super-desirable Creeks Crossing, Albion. Offering a great room plan with a fl ex room on the main, gleaming hardwood fl ooring, big island in kitchen and walk-in pantry, 3 bedrooms upstairs, 4th bedroom and rec room fi nished downstairs, naturally light home with walls of windows, privacy hedge in backyard, oversized garage. Don’t miss it.

$449,900$449,900

Unbelievable pricing on this 2 bedroom upper unit in TheColonial , a 19+ adult oriented development Offeringsunny southern exposure in the livingroom, diningroom andkitchen and front covered deck, and a mountain view off thetwo bedrooms and deck out the back, insuite laundry/den anda separate storage room. Its a great complex! Don’t wait!

$185,900

24010-100th Ave., Maple Ridge OPEN HOUSE SUN. 2-4 PM

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This new listing is located in a very well-maintained small complex. Nice fl oor plan, 3 bedrooms - 3 bathrooms. Newer laminate fl ooring and stainless steel appliances. Private fenced backyard & newer roof. Everything you could ask for at an affordable price.Call Mary for details.

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$309,900

JUSTIN HENNESSEYReal Estate Specialist 604.805.4669

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• Beautifully remodeled with maple hardwood fl oors, new carpet, baseboards and recent 30 year laminate roof and appliances.

• 3 beds up, and fully fi nished basement with 2 more bedrooms and large rec-room.• Enjoy year round BBQ’s and a

view of Golden Ears from your covered deck.HURRY...WON’T LAST!

$489,900

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12392 230th St.,Maple Ridge

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Almost 1 acre with an abundance of fruit trees and lush gar-dens with southern exposure and mountain views. This custom home boasts 4 fi replaces, 4 large bedrooms, 3 full bathrooms, massive kitchen with walk out to over 400 sqft deck. 30 x 40 workshop with offi ce, heat, mezzanine, and storage. Updates include designer paint, crown mouldings, and fi xtures. Other features include paved parking for 20 plus,and 3 sources of heat.

8690 GOUNDREY ST

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HEMLOCK SKI RESORT! 3 level log 6 plex, sleeps 10+, over 1700 sqft, near new interior, single car garage. Largest unit in the building. If you love skiing, hiking, snowmobiling, this is it! Very close to resort, buy now before the snow!

#2-20649 EDELWEISS DRIVECustom built log home on 10 private acres. Home boasts 4 bedrooms 2 bathrooms drilled well with plenty of the fi nest drinking water available, antique wood stove, solid wood doors, huge recreation room, large wrap around deck, metal roof and paved driveway. Beautiful treed acreage, suitable grounds for horses with a 936 SF wired detached shop and a 46x26 other shop/carport ideal for rv’s, boats, heavy equipment, etc.

33330 CARDINAL STREET4.44 acres. New detached garage/workshop, private 3 bedroom home. Future development looming, all ser-vices are near. Great holding opportunity close to town. Come see for yourself.

32995 CAMERON AVE

Erin ChadwickBA, AMP, Mortgage Broker

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Spacious West side rancher! Fully updated, fl oors, win-dows, siding, paint, kitchen and appliances, convenient location only minutes from bridge and main routes. Me-ticulously maintained Shows like new. Call today.

21096 PENNY LNGreat value here! Updated appliances, and fl ooring and paint, Great open plan, south facing deck with peek a boo view of the river. Nice size rooms and spacious den could be used as a bedroom. Walking distance to town center and shopping.

# 311 11519 BURNETT STRothsay Heights .988 Acres with 4 bdrms, 4 bthrm, 1 bedroom suite with seperate access. Features over 3500 sqft of up-dated living space. Private location only minutes from town. Take refuge to the deck over looking a babbling creek, backing onto pristine forest. This custom home features oversized ga-rage, dog kennel, exposed aggregate driveway, water feature, massive bedrooms, 2 hot-water tanks, wired for hi-fi and more call to book a showing

12295 272ND ST

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Cozy 2 bedroom, 1 bath home with spacious living room & bright kitchen/ eating area. Private back yard with lawn & covered deck, large carport with storage shed. Low pad fee includes cable, indoor pool, sauna, clubhouse & garbage removal. Professionally refi nished inside & out.

# 26 11922 Poplar Dr, Pitt Meadows # 26 11922 Poplar Dr, Pitt Meadows OPEN SAT 2-4

$$118,800118,800

Great location, close to West Coast Express, 3 schools, soccer fi elds, baseball diamonds. Main fl oor has 2 bedrooms, 4 piece bathroom, living room with new laminate fl oors and everything is freshly painted. Rent for upstairs unit $1,200. Covered 12 x 14 sundeck with mountain view. Two bedrooms, kitchen and 3 piece bath down. Great mortgage helper $850. Total rent $2,050 per month!

OPEN SUN. 2-419359 Hammond Rd, Pitt Meadows19359 Hammond Rd, Pitt Meadows

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Family Home Grt SchoolsPriced to sell!!! Location, location! Real nice 4-5 bdrm, basement home, 3 baths, gas f/p, 2 big decks, hot tub stays!! View of Mt. Baker, 7200 sq ft fenced corner lot. Lots of parking. $359,900

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Prime Hatzic Bench Loc!Huge remodelled 2 storey w/fi nished bsmnt. 4 baths, tons of bdrms. New kitchen, very bright - lots of windows. 12000+ sq. ft. lot. O/d european sauna. RV park/garage/workshop. $569,500

#0557


Walk to W/C Express!!Rancher w/fi nished bsmt. 5 bdrms, 3 full baths, inlaw suite, covered sun deck, private back yard backing onto creek. Quiet & great location. Walk to all amen. Centennial Park. $389,900

#0556


Backs onto Greenbelt!Huge lot backing onto greenbelt! Tons of parking + RV parking! In 2009 all new fl ooring, new roof, new paint, new blinds, new light fi xtures + more! In-law suite! Hurry on this one! $339,500

#0559


Location Location in AbbWillband Creek Park! Rancher with fi n/basement! Affordable end unit! Up-dated w/hardwood fl , new counters, spotless! Walk to all amen & shop/mall, superstore, churches. $239,900

#0558


Countryview Estates - AbbRancher w/fi nished bsmt, end unit back-ing onto greenbelt. Newer fl rs, decor colours, quality updated carpets, 2 gas f/p, pantry, formal dng & liv rm. Central a/c. Nicest in complex. $358,500

#0553


Private Half Duplex!Beautiful, spotless & decked out to the 9’s! Better than any townhome or small house! Huge backyard with pagoda, all fenced, 3 bdrm, maple kitch, lots of trim & moulding. Shows a “12”! $334,500

#0549


Carolina VillaNewer, well kept condo complex! Beau-tiful one owner 2 bdrm, 2 full baths, your own laundry/utility room, gas f/pl, walk to churches, schools, shopping & recreation complex. $189,500

#0552

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Views Off Multiple DecksCustom rock f/places with history!! Oak h/wood fl rs. Huge spacious rms. Nanny ensuite, master suite w/priv. deck & soak-er tub and sep. shower! Huge closets! 2 bdrms down for in-laws! $499,999

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at lot line$129,900

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Walk to Whonnock Lake!!!Huge Shop! Huge Lot! Beautiful land-scaping, complete with fi sh pond, total-ly private! No stairs with this real nice 3 bdrm, 2 bath rancher, gas f/p, lam & lots of updates. Priced to sell. $559,000

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Deer Creek Pl - MridgeVery nice updated 2 storey townhome! 19+ age restriction! 2 full baths, vaulted ceiling in lvg rm, loft could be 3rd bdrm/family rm or den/offi ce. 2 park spots. Walk to all amenities. $239,900

#0266


Moonlite Grove, Maple RDowntown Maple Ridge, wheelchair and scooter 55+ building. Corner unit, kitchen is open plan w/centre island. 2 bdrm, 2 bath. Enclosed glass balcony. $128,900

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Perfect for the NewlywedsCute as a button rancher overlook-ing the Fraser River. Close to Heritage Park!! Close to town!! New roof on drive-thru detached garage. Lane Ac-cess a huge bonus. $259,500

#0503


Adventure Seekers!!!Skiing, boating, golfi ng, back roading! Easy access for the avid outdoorsman. 3 bdrm, 1 bath 1200+ sq. ft. rancher on 0.72 acre with mtn. views. 24x26 det. gar/wkshp. $239,900

#0522


Adorable Little Home!Great starter or retirement!! Everything almost new! New roof, windows, fl rs, kitchen, paint & more. Re-done bthrm. Private back yard. Great quiet location on dead end street. $219,900

#0538


Home & 10 Acres-ClintonBacks onto Crown Land! Bring the horses to this 10 acre private property. 3 bdrm rancher, out buildings, workshop, chicken coop, cabin with elec. for guests. Fenced. Priced to sell! $229,500

#0270


Bouchie Lake - Cariboo5 tranquil acres located only 1/2 hour out of Quesnel. Get away from the hus-tle of the commercial world. 500+ sq ft with 5x16 front porch. Electric done to code. Wood shed! Shop! $127,500

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Brand New Bsmnt Home6000+ sq. ft. lot with new bsmt entry home with room for the extended fam-ily! 3000+ sq. ft. 6 bdrm, full baths, home under constr. w/time to choose your colours. NHW. $499,500

#0555


Choose Your Colours!7028+ sq. ft. lot w/brand new bsmt entry home w/room for the extended family! Triple car garage!! 3200+ sq. ft. 6 bdrm, 4 full baths under construction. New Home Warranty. $514,500

#0554

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Serving Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows since 1978 THE NEWS 31

Home&GardeningTHE NEWS

BY BRIAN MINTER

News Contributor

We all need a late winter

pick-me-up with some

reliable colour that can

withstand nature’s sometimes

fi ckle mood swings. Late cool

spells and heavy frosts (as well as

snow) are still a possibility, so it’s

important to choose early March

outdoor colour carefully.

So, what are the best cool-lov-

ing plants for a hot display? By far

and away, the top performers are

violas and pansies. Pansies may

be old fashioned favourites, but

the many new colours and variet-

ies have certainly kept them up-

to-date and interesting.

My latest favourite is the new

Ultima Morpho, a European

Fleuroselect Gold Medal winner.

It’s a distinctive bi-colour with

mid-blue upper petals and bright

yellow lower petals. Talk about

standing out in a crowd. I used

Morpho in our winter planters,

and it added a much needed lift to

the more muted tones of the other

winter plants.

Wallfl owers are more suited to

late May or June gardens, but I’ve

got my eye on the new dwarf va-

riety, called Fragrant Sunshine,

which, unlike most others, is

perennial and will repeat bloom

year after year. In other words,

with Fragrant Sunshine we can

enjoy early fragrance and colour

and long continuous blooming. I

watched them over the winter in

cold greenhouses, and even their

foliage is beautiful.

Don’t forget their cousins,

Bowles Mauve and its variegated

form that have great perfume and

bloom well into late spring and

summer.At this time of year, the soft co-

lours of primroses blend beauti-

fully with the bronze foliage of

bergenias (Zone 3), heucheras

(Zone 5) and heucherellas (Zone

5), and the reds, bronzes and deep

yellows need silvers, like Dusty

Miller, around them to create a re-

freshing spring look.

The amazing Heuchera Green

Spice is magic with them too, as

is the wonderful Tiarella Forest

Frost (Zone 5).

If you look carefully at this time

of year, you can fi nd some of the

early Wanda primulas throw-

ing out the odd fl ower here and

there. Remember that today we

have the newer seedling varieties

from England in a wide range of

colours accenting those burgundy

leaves. The white and yellow Wandas

are my favourites because they

look so rich with any back up

foliage. They are great garden va-

rieties too, unlike so many of the

big fl owered acaulis varieties we

see today. They do best in partial

shade and if you can, blend them

with four inch pots of the orna-

mental grass, Carex morrowii

Variegata.This combination is beautiful in

light shade under trees.

The amazing early blooming

varieties of English daisies, like

Galaxy, are a true bonus for early

colour. Once properly hardened off, they

are amazing. Either planted by

themselves or spotted in among

white winter heather or Carex

morrowii Variegata, the reds,

pinks and whites of these small-

fl owered button daises scream

spring. They are the way to go.

To make your early displays

stand out, you need a good sized

accent plant, complemented by

enough smaller ones to create

an effect that makes everything

jump. The good news is that many of

these plants are perennials and

as the seasons progress, they will

keep these spots going all year

round with the help of other ac-

cent colours.

These plants are the stuff that

great gardens and containers are

made of. They’re not just a momentary

splash – they’re a colour invest-

ment and are well worth the effort

to fi nd them.

Pansies are perfect for winter colourMETRO CREATIVE GRAPHICS

Pansies and violas are a great selection for a March garden. Though pansies may be an old fashioned favourite, there are a variety of new colours and

varieties that have been bred that will give your garden the perfect punch for the winter blahs.

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The medium of belonging has changedI was recently asked if the

new technologies and social media were changing the

way teens divided into social groups.

Not that long ago, being cool was all about designer labels, being athletic (or not) or being a risk-taker.

The question of changing social values was an interest-ing one so I did a little inves-tigation into what constitutes ‘cool’ with the teens I am teaching.

Not surprisingly, being cool still has elements of popular-ity that centre around the superficialities of good looks, nice clothing and personal pastimes like sports and risky endeavours.

Material goods matter, par-ticularly the latest technology like cell phones with unlimited plans and computer tablets filled with lots of cool apps.

Of course, the ultimate cool possession for teens remains access to a car. There’s noth-ing like the freedom to go wherever you want to, when-ever you want to, to attract friends.

There are some new cat-egories, however, which were not around just a few years ago. On-line game players, particularly successful ones, carry a lot of ‘street-cred’ with their peers.

Risk-taking coolness has grown to include a lot of

individual sports that involve physical danger, from snow-boarding and moun-tain biking to parkour (free run-ning which involves jumping between buildings and over obstacles).

The old standards of driving too fast and diving off rocks still remain, of course, and the use of drugs or alcohol to “en-hance” any experiences still carries with it a certain badge of rebellious teen honour.

Interestingly, I came across a couple of students who, on the surface, are quite soft spoken and under-the-radar at school. But it turns out they are highly respected by their peers for their on-line wit and literary blogs. In other words, new technologies have created an alternative world for those who are shy in the face-to-face settings and it is a world where they can have an alternative personality and feel less inhibited in express-ing themselves. Real intellect, without the superficialities of looks and clothing, has a way of coming through the

creative expression of social networking that simply isn’t as openly available in the live social milieu where an “evil eye” can halt a conversation in its tracks.

The extension to this, of course, is that a shy or “invis-ible” student at school can, in fact, have a very active and far-ranging social network through their computer and in the safety of their own home. Many students com-mented that they have net-works of friends well beyond their school and neighbour-hoods. A few even admitted that some of their best friends were strictly on-line friends.

I have my personal reserva-tions about the risks of such friendships but this, too, carries some risk-taking cred-ibility amongst the peer group. To carry on conversations and relationships with people out-side the known social circle is one way to gain access to the curious involvement of those who, at one time, could manip-ulate their peer group through exclusion, but now find that this same peer group has access to supportive friends that are not even known, much less capable of being manipu-lated. As odd as it sounds, kids who might be bullied at school often find a support network and build confidence with those they never even meet.

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Teens have always sought to “belong” to some group. It is a natural instinct to form social connec-tions. The currency for belonging might

shift from time to time, but I think it’s fair to say that the range of options to feel a part of a group has increased expo-nentially with the ad-vent of social network-

ing. There are risks that parents must monitor, but there are also tremendous op-portunities for young people to develop a voice who, in the day-to-day life of their

school, may not have the same success.

What amazes, and perhaps scares me the most is the comfort students feel with their communication networks. Many stu-dents, “cool” or not, admit that they spend a great deal of screen time connecting and communicating with others.

Social belonging may not have changed, but the medium certainly has.

Graham Hookey is

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Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.

How often have we heard that saying or said it ourselves?

But words do hurt us, they leave scars and wounds we can’t see with our eyes, but we feel them just the same. Words have an incredible power, both to hurt and to heal.

The Bible tells us in Proverbs 18:21 that ,“The tongue has the power of life and death …” This means that words can either encourage us or destroy us.

We’ve all had times when we have felt crushed by the words of another person. And prob-ably have seen the damage our own unkind words have done to those around us. We can allow the heat of the moment or frustration to cause us to speak without counting the cost of our words. And words spoken in haste cannot be taken back. The hurt has been caused, the dam-

age has been done and the relationship severed.

But words also have the power to heal: “I’m sorry; I was wrong, and please for-give me.”

Restoration can happen at that point.

I’m not trying to simplify or negate damage that has been done to us or by us, but I am trying to remind us that healing can hap-pen. We need to be careful to speak words that will bring life, words of peace, encouragement and love and to be quick to say sorry when our words have caused pain to another. We live in a world fi lled with damaged people who have been hurt by the words of others.

Our children are our greatest

treasure. The words we speak to them help to mold their character and personality. We need to think carefully before we speak. We show our children their worth by what we say to them. We also teach them the value of others by how we speak of them.

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Feb. 23rd is Pink Shirt Day, a day to focus on putting a stop to bullying. Bullying happens when people use their fi sts or their words to hurt another per-son because they are perceived as being weaker or different from ourselves.

Take a stand, in your home and wherever you may be that the words that you speak will bring life and healing to those around you.

Colleen Shearing is co-senior Pastor at High Way Church.

Words have power to hurt or heal

Acts of Faith Colleen Shearing

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It promises to be a beautiful, scenic course for the participants of the fi rst Golden Ears Half Marathon.

The race, which features both a 10-km component and a half-marathon option, is scheduled for Sunday, March 13.

It will begin in Pitt Meadows, cross into Langley via the Golden Ears Bridge, and then head back across the Fraser River.

“It is a beautiful course,” said Kathie Schellenberg, the manager of the Wal-nut Grove Peninsula Runners and the race director.

“It is going to be neat to have the bridge in there and then some of the trails.

“We, on this side of the river, maybe didn’t realize what nice trails and fa-cilities there are on the other side of the river.”

“From a runner’s perspective, it is neat to do a bridge run,” she added. “That is unique; it is not very common you are able to do a bridge run.”

All of the proceeds from the race, once the costs are paid, will be split be-tween a pair of local charities: the Lan-gley School Board Foundation’s School Meals Program and the Friends in Need Food Bank in Pitt Meadows.

“We all have kids and anything we can do to help the local kids is great,” Schel-lenberg said.

So far, 250 runners are registered. For the 10-km race, the cost is $30 (if regis-tered by March 6) and $40 after that. For the half marathon, it is $50 before March 6 or $60 after that.

Registration will be accepted until March 12, the day before the race.

Anyone not a member of BC Athletics, will have to pay an additional $3.

Since it took a signifi cant amount of time to get the proper permits and details sorted out, this year’s event is expected to be smaller with about 450 runners.

But next year, Schellenberg feels they could attract 1,000 participants. Having a full year to plan, they should also be able to attract more corporate sponsor-ship, cutting down on their expenses, which in turn would mean more money for the charities.

The half marathon will begin at 8:30 a.m. with the 10-km runners leaving a half hour later.

The race starts and fi nishes at the South Bonson Community Centre in Os-prey Village, located at Bonson Avenue and Fraser Way.

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Home sweet home for Bam Bam Cam

MR Ramblers coach hits 1,000th win


MRSS Lady Ramblers coach Don Herman.

Maple Ridge secondary se-nior girls’ basketball coach Don Herman wasn’t expect-ing any fanfare going into last Thursday’s game against Pinetree secondary.

With his all-time record at 999 wins and 367 losses, he knew the game repre-sented a milestone for him, but it was one he was hoping would pass quietly.

That didn’t happen.As the game wore on, he

began to notice an awful lot of familiar faces in the stands. There was staff from the school, old friends and colleagues, and former team

members.Sure enough, the Lady

Ramblers came out on top of the Pinetree Timberwolves, 81-20, and the man they call “Herm” got his 1,000th win as a high school basketball coach.

And sure enough, it didn’t pass quietly. There were banners, a special ceremony, and he was given the game ball.

“It wasn’t supposed to be public information,” Herman says, somewhat embarrassed by all the attention.

He is quick to point out the record is the result of a lot of hard work by a lot of people. Herman inherited an already successful Maple Ridge senior girls’ program

from former coach Cindy Thompson in 1996, he points out.

“She really started the girls program here,” he says. “She did all the ground work, I just benefi tted from it.”

Senior boys’ coach Ken Dockendorf also played a major role in Herman’s de-velopment as a coach. It was Dockendorf who initially mentored him when Herman coached the Grade 8 boys’ team from 1987 to 1995.

“He really taught me how to coach,” he says. “I coached under him when I fi rst came to Maple Ridge, and those years [coaching the Grade 8 boys] helped set a real good base for my coaching.”

Cam Neely may have bounced around as a child, but he still considers Maple

Ridge his hometown. The Hockey Hall-of-Famer

known as “Bam Bam Cam” is returning to Maple Ridge this Wednesday to help unveil the latest Spirit of Wood community carving project, that bears his likeness, at the arena that now bears his name.

After stops in Comox and

Moose Jaw, the Neely clan settled in Maple Ridge, where two of Neely’s sisters still live with their families. Neely was 10 years old when the family moved here, and quickly found friends thanks to his participation in local sports, including baseball and basketball, in addition to hockey.

“Playing so many sports was great, because it was a great way to meet the other kids,” he says.

Neely went to Golden Ears el-ementary before moving on to what was then Westview Middle School. Neely spent his Grade 11 year at Garibaldi secondary, be-fore heading to Portland to play for the Winterhawks of the West-ern Hockey League at the age of 17.

Were it not for a fateful tourna-ment in Portland, however, he

might never have made it to the NHL, he admits.

After getting cut from the WHL’s Victoria Cougars, Neely returned to the Ridge Meadows Lightning midget team for the 1981/82 season. One of the many tournaments they played in that year was in Portland, where he was spotted by scouts from the Winterhawks organization.

Neely went on to score 141 points in just 64 games, including 73 goals, in his fi nal year with the Lightning. The next year he would hoist the Memorial Cup with the Winterhawks, scoring a remark-able 129 points in 76 games.

“If we didn’t go to Portland for that tournament, I don’t know if I would be here talking to you to-day,” he says.

Neely went on to play for the

Vancouver Canucks and the Bos-ton Bruins, before becoming just the third player born in B.C. to be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2005.

Neely, who is now the president of the Boston Bruins, will be trav-elling with the team, who will be in Vancouver to play the Canucks on Feb. 26.

“I love coming back to Maple Ridge, it always feels like home,” he says.

What does he miss most, other than his family and friends.

“The mountains, defi nitely the mountains.”


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B.C. High School Boys’ Basketball Association Rankings, as of Feb. 17

AAA BoysRank School Previous ranking1 Burnaby South Rebels 22 Kelowna Owls 43 R.C. Palmer Griffi ns (Richmond) 14 Vancouver College Fighting Irish 35 Terry Fox Ravens (Port Coquitlam) 66 Sir Charles Tupper (Vancouver) 77 Pitt Meadows Marauders 58 Enver Creek Cougars (Surrey) 89 Walnut Grove Gators (Langley) 9T-10 Heritage Woods (Port Moody) T-10T-10 Saint George”s Saints (Vancouver) T-10T-10 Dover Bay Dolphins (Nanaimo) HM

Honourable mentions: Tamanawis Wildcats (Surrey), Yale Lions (Abbotsford), Kitsilano Blue Demons (Vancou-ver), North Delta Huskies, White Rock Christian Academy Warriors (Surrey)

AA BoysRank School Previous ranking1 G.W. Graham (Chilliwack) 12 Sa-Hali (Kamloops) 33 Southridge (Surrey) 44 Holy Cross (Surrey) 55 St. Michaels (Victoria) 106 Lambrick Park (Victoria) 27 South Okanagan (Oliver) 68 Clarence Fulton (Vernon) 79 Brentwood College (Mill Bay) 910 St. Thomas More (Burnaby) HM

Honourable Mention: Duchess Park (Prince George), Thomas Haney (Maple Ridge), Hugh Boyd (Richmond), Shawnigan Lake, Delview (Delta), College Heights (Prince George)

B.C. High School Girls’ Basketball Association Rankings, as of Feb. 17

AAA GirlsRank School Previous ranking1. W.J. Mouat (Abbotsford) 32. Brookswood (Langley) 13. Riverside (Port Coquitlam) 24. Claremont (Victoria) 45. South Kamloops 56. Argyle (North Vancouver) 67. Handsworth (North Vancouver) 78. Kitsilano (Vancouver) 89. Maple Ridge 910. Centennial (Coquitlam) 10

Honourable mention: Elgin Park, Carson Graham, Kelowna, Oak Bay, Gleneagle, New Westminster, Chilliwack

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Fraser Valley North AAA BoysTeam GP W L Pts PF PAHeritage Woods 10 9 1 18 665 465Terry Fox 10 9 1 18 754 507Gleneagle 10 8 2 16 669 468Pitt Meadows 10 8 2 16 751 482Dr. Charles Best 10 6 4 12 695 673Centennial 10 5 5 10 658 674Port Moody 10 4 6 8 654 661North Surrey 10 2 8 4 451 708Fraser Heights 10 2 8 4 488 641Pinetree 10 1 9 2 570 762Riverside 10 1 9 2 483 797

Abbotsford West AAA BoysTeam GP W L Pts PF PAWalnut Grove 8 8 0 16 556 444W.J. Mouat 8 4 4 8 477 450Brookswood 8 4 4 8 453 488MEI 8 3 5 6 474 483Maple Ridge 8 1 7 2 375 470

Fraser Valley North AA BoysTeam GP W L Pts PF PAMission 10 9 1 18 684 426Abbotsford Christian 12 9 3 18 809 513Thomas Haney 11 8 3 16 776 517Archbishop Carney 12 7 5 14 859 512Garibaldi Rebels 9 2 7 4 282 716Hatzic 11 2 8 4 280 592Heritage Park 9 0 9 0 318 732

Fraser Valley East A BoysTeam GP W L Pts PF PA Langley Christian 8 8 0 16 523 305Unity Christian 8 6 2 12 483 336Saint John Brebeuf 8 4 4 8 383 421Credo Christian 8 1 7 2 351 481Maple Ridge Christian 8 1 7 2 314 511

Fraser Valley AAA North GirlsTeam GP W L +/- PARiverside Rapids 5 4 1 85 8Centennial Centaurs 5 4 1 48 8 Maple Ridge Ramblers 5 3 2 82 6Gleneagle Talons 5 2 3 -24 4Terry Fox Ravens 4 1 3 -53 2Pinetree Timberwolves 4 0 4 -138 0

Fraser Valley AA North GirlsTeam GP W L +/- PA Pitt Meadows Marauders 4 3 1 27 6Mission Roadrunners 2 2 0 85 4Archbishop Carney Stars 2 2 0 55 4Hatzic Crusaders 2 1 1 4 2Thomas Haney Thunder 3 0 3 -78 0Westview Wildcats 3 0 3 -93 0

Ridge Meadows Flames scoring

Players GP G A Pts P/G PIMDanny Brandys 45 19 49 68 1.5 16Dustin Cervo 43 15 35 50 1.2 58Ryan Stewart 38 17 24 41 1.1 134Christopher (CJ) Legassic 43 16 22 38 0.9 86Sean Kavanagh 40 13 19 32 0.8 86Paul Piluso [Rookie] 37 16 14 30 0.8 41Matthew Keller 38 14 13 27 0.7 102Matthew Hargreaves 36 10 16 26 0.7 70Shane Harle 40 11 8 19 0.5 18Alexander Smith 36 4 8 12 0.3 98Dean Gilmore 26 4 7 11 0.4 28Reece Rivard 44 1 9 10 0.2 57Matthew Bevilacqua 42 1 8 9 0.2 68Tristano Falbo 16 2 6 8 0.5 43Cory Day 23 3 4 7 0.3 69Felix Fiedler 27 3 3 6 0.2 6Bayne Ryshak 44 2 1 3 0.1 66Adam Bartsch 32 2 1 3 0.1 4Joey Weilmeier 44 0 3 3 0.1 66Lucas Douglas 38 2 0 2 0.1 8Todd Fletcher 3 2 0 2 0.7 2

PIJHL scoring leaders

Players Team GP G A PtsLiam Harding Ice Hawks 43 31 40 71 Danny Brandys Flames 45 19 49 68Riley Lamb Pilots 38 26 33 59 Cody Smith Ice Hawks 38 23 35 58 Marko Gordic Steelers 43 25 29 54 Jake Roder Sockeyes 44 26 24 50 Dustin Cervo Flames 43 15 35 50 Spencer Traher Ice Hawks 45 20 29 49 Sebastien Pare Sockeyes 44 16 33 49 Kentaro Tanaka Steelers 44 13 36 49 Kevin Lourens Pilots 37 28 20 48 Konrad Sander Ice Hawks 42 15 32 47 Michael Nardi Devils 37 23 23 46 Trevor Kang Black Panthers 42 20 26 46 Marco Finucci Devils 38 22 22 44 Aaron Merrick Ice Hawks 45 18 26 44 Joel Hamilton Black Panthers 43 20 22 42 Mike Phillipson Steelers 40 19 23 42

BCMML scoring

Player Team GP G A Pts PIMKerfoot, Alex Giants 35 34 65 99 54Reinhart, Sam Giants 32 34 39 73 6Gordon, Luke Cougars 36 27 29 56 58Johnson, Levon Cougars 35 23 29 52 96Bissett, Matthew Chiefs 32 24 23 47 34Grobowski, Taylor Silvertips 36 17 30 47 27Petan, Nicolas Canadians 33 17 29 46 36Lloyd, Seb Cougars 26 13 32 45 24Hunt, Dryden Ice 36 18 25 43 60Cox, Trevor Hawks 28 15 27 42 16Neil, James Hawks 36 19 22 41 64Popoff , Carter Canadians 38 17 24 41 63Kilistoff , Kevan Hawks 36 17 22 39 10Santucci, Joey Chiefs 35 13 25 38 60Witala, Tyson Cougars 33 13 25 38 103Georgopoulos, Derek Ice 36 20 17 37 20Cuglietta, Diego Blazers 35 19 18 37 51Nielsen, Brodyn Canadians 38 20 16 36 118Krupa, Connor Thunderbirds 35 18 18 36 67Hannoun, Demico Canadians 37 16 20 36 38Burroughs, Kyle Hawks 34 11 25 36 54Knowler, Jesse Ice 30 18 16 34 24Richter, Kyle Thunderbirds 36 16 18 34 54

Pacifi c International Junior Hockey League

Harold Brittain ConferenceTeam GP W L OTL PTS GF GAAbbotsford Pilots 44 25 14 5 55 152 133Port Moody Black Panthers 44 21 17 6 48 156 174Ridge Meadows Flames 45 20 23 2 42 164 183Mission Icebreakers 44 17 22 5 39 131 157Aldergrove Kodiaks 45 15 21 9 39 144 189

Tom Shaw ConferenceTeam GP W L OTL PTS GF GARichmond Sockeyes 44 36 5 3 75 212 100Delta Ice Hawks 45 33 9 3 69 196 131Grandview Steelers 44 25 14 5 55 156 128North Delta Devils 45 24 16 5 53 163 159Squamish Wolf Pack 44 6 34 4 16 117 237

B.C. Major Midget Hockey LeagueRegular season standings

Name GP W L T Pts GF GAVancouver NW Giants 36 26 4 6 58 171 90 Valley West Hawks 36 23 6 7 53 159 72 Cariboo Cougars 36 25 10 1 51 180 115 Vancouver Canadians 38 21 11 6 48 160 114 South Island Thunderbirds 38 16 14 8 40 147 138 Vancouver NE Chiefs 36 14 15 7 35 142 141 Okanagan Rockets 36 14 18 4 32 113 133 North Island Silvertips 36 13 17 6 32 118 138 Fraser Valley Bruins 36 10 18 8 28 121 136 Kootenay Ice 36 7 23 6 20 123 170 Thompson Blazers 36 1 34 1 3 63 250

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Players GP G A Pts PIMBissett, Matthew 32 24 23 47 34Santucci, Joey 35 13 25 38 60Rockwood, Adam 36 7 21 28 12Del Bianco, Daniel 36 8 19 27 36Waddington, Jamie 26 11 14 25 4Martin, Tyler 36 9 16 25 58Scobie, Michael 29 12 12 24 30Hermany, Nick 36 9 13 22 16Centis, Dominic 36 8 14 22 40Allan, Matt 31 5 13 18 22Sutton, Trevor 31 8 7 15 14Wensley, Jacob 32 9 6 15 32Gonzales, Truman 36 5 8 13 88Pearce, Liam 22 2 9 11 20McCoach, Conor 35 3 5 8 30Green, Taylor 23 1 5 6 45Hughes, Derek 34 1 4 5 45Dubbeldam, Corey 14 2 1 3 10

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Herman realized he was approaching the millennial milestone a couple years ago when Basketball B.C. asked him to compile his wins so they could include the informa-tion in a pamphlet they were producing.

“I had all the scoresheets for every season, so I just added them up,” he says. “It came out to 963 or 964, so, yeah, it was surpris-ing I was that close.”

There are many high-lights to Herman’s ca-reer – the Ramblers’ 2007 provincial cham-pionship chief among them – but what stands out most, he says, are the people.

There have been 300-odd players who have played under him since Herman took his fi rst teaching job in Dawson Creek 30 years ago. Many of the players un-der Herman’s tutelage have gone on to play at the university level.

Janice Moss went on

to play for the UBC Thunderbirds, while Ciana Gregorio and Jordana Miltimore both went to the Uni-versity of Lethbridge. Kelsie Thu played for SFU.

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10 year at the school be-fore joining the nation-al junior development team in 2007, now plays forward for the Univer-sity of San Diego Tore-ros, an NCAA Division I team. Mae Woods, who played centre for the Lady Ramblers last

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“As a coach, it’s really satisfying to see one of your players take that next step,” Herman said.

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People used to think that their emo-tions came from their hearts because the heart beats faster when a per-son is afraid, enthused or excited.

Now we know that emotions come from the brain, and that the heart is infl uenced by what we think and feel through the autonomic nervous system.

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It has adapted to be highly resistant to fatigue, having a high number of mitochon-dria and using almost exclusively oxygen for metabolism.

By exercising your heart, many things in your body change for the better. The heart will grow new blood vessels around the heart itself. This is very important if the heart’s coronary circulation becomes nar-rowed or blocked. The amount of HDL (good cholesterol) increases, which helps remove plaque from blood vessel walls and makes the vessels more pliable, which reduces vascular resistance, lowers blood pressure and reduces the risk for heart attack and stroke.

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If Roses Grow in Heaven

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Place them in my Mother’s armsand tell her they’re from me.

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7 OBITUARIES

DAVISBeryl Genevieve

Born on April 24, 1925 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Beryl passed away on February 7, 2011 in Maple Ridge, BC. She was predeceased by husband and best friend Raymond and survived by her children Marie, Lorne (Marietta), Barry; grand-children Laura, Richard, Chris, and Carrie; great grandchildren Evan, Sarah and Ty. In lieu of fl owers a donation in Beryl’s name to BC Lung Association is greatly appreciated. No service by request.

McGHIE,Lynne Kathleen

was born in 1941 in Vancou-ver, B.C. and passed away peacefully in the presence of her family in Maple Ridge, B.C. on February 15, 2011. Survived by her loving hus-band of 48 years, Gerry. She will be missed by her children LeeAnn (Paul), Brad and Jenny (Dave) and 8 grandchil-dren. She will also be missed by her siblings Arleen and Edward (Marla) and their chil-dren. Lynne loved gardening, travel and wearing out the walking paths of Pitt Mead-ows. A Memorial Service will be held on Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at 2:00 pm in First Memorial Burkeview Chapel, 1340 Dominion Ave, Port Coquitlam. In lieu of fl ow-ers a donation to The Cana-dian Cancer Society would be appreciated.

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McINTYRE Kenneth George

On February 14th, 2011. Late of Maple Ridge, B.C., age 86 years. Predeceased by his granddaughter Nicole and 12 brothers and sisters. Survived by his wife Olive, daughter Heather (Gerry), 2 sons, Gary (Jennifer) and Barry (Debbie), 5 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren. Memorial Service Saturday, February 26th at 11 am in the MAPLE RIDGE FUNERAL CHAPEL (Osborn’s), 11969-216th Street.


7 OBITUARIES

MOIRRuth

July 12, 1923 ~ Feb 13, 2011

It is with loving memories and sad hearts that we announce the passing of Ruth Moir. Survived by two daughters Irene Waller (Jim), Pam Freckleton (Bill), four grand-children and six great grand-children. Predeceased by her husband James and her son James. Memorial Service will be held Feb. 26th 2011 at 11:00 A.M. at St. John the Divine 21299 River Road Maple Ridge. In lieu of fl owers donations to the B.C.S.P.C.A. would be appreciated.

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ROBINSON, Jean

of Maple Ridge, passed away suddenly on Feb 13th, 2011. Jean was passionate about liv-ing and shared her vision of the world through her award winning art work. Jean is sur-vived by husband Ken, sons David and Stephen and grand-children Michelle, Andrea and Cole. Through her art Jean will forever live in our hearts. A gathering of family and friends will be held on Sat. Feb 19 at Jean & Ken’s home.


7 OBITUARIES

SVEINSONLilja (Lil)

After a lengthy illness, our beloved mother passed away peacefully at Ridge Meadows Hospital on February 15, 2011. Lil was born in the family farmhouse in Wynyard Saskatchewan on January 21, 1927, the 4th of seven children to Fritz and Inga Finnson. Lil was predeceased by her husband Clayton Gillett in 1949, her husband of 48 years Cecil Sveinson in 2000, an infant daughter Janice in 1958 and her sisters Margaret, Goody, Kay, and Lola. She is survived by her sister Tess (Willy) and her brother Bill (Marg) as well as her fi ve children Pat , Leslie (Ike), Lois (Rob), Stu (Kate), & Cindy (Jon). She also leaves behind 8 Grandchildren – John (Kimiko), Dan, Dave, Byron (Pam), Christine (Bruce), Shari, Eric and Emily – as well as three Great-Grand- children, Raiden, Evan and Robert. Maple Ridge has been Lil and Cecils family`s home since 1965. She was well loved by her family and all who knew her over the years. The entire family wishes to extend our heartfelt thanks to the staff at Baillie House and to the nurses and doctors at Ridge Meadows Hospital for caring for mom over the last few years.

We love you mom, and you will live on in our hearts forever.

A goodbye service will be held on Saturday February 19, 2011 at 2:00 pm in the Maple Ridge Funeral Chapel (Osborn’s) 11969 216th St. Maple Ridge.



7 OBITUARIES

TOTTENHAM Floyd Wilburt

Sept. 22, 1926 ~ Feb. 11, 2011

It is with great sadness that we announce the loss of our beloved father & grandfather. Floyd passed away peacefully, to be reunited with his one true love, our mother, Helen Margaret, who passed in May 1994. Floyd was born in Chaplin, Sask. into a large family of 9 brothers & sisters. He is survived by brothers Alan & Bobbie. Predeceased by brothers Russell, Willie & sisters Dorothy, Leila, Eileen, Joyce and Gladys. Missing him forever, he leaves his children; Steven (Heather), Pamela (Lee), Lenora, Jeff (Carrie) and grandchildren; Ryan, Ashley, Leah, Stephanie, Justin, Alysha and Matthew. His generous, loving heart also welcomed “adopted” grand-children; Stormy and Sydney, who loved & called him Grandpa, too. He will be missed by everyone who knew him. No service by request.


COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

10 CARDS OF THANKS

TO SAINT JUDE for services rendered.

21 COMING EVENTS

98 PRE-SCHOOLS

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

42 LOST AND FOUND

FOUND: IPOD Touch on Mon. Feb. 14 approx 5:30 at Haney Pl Mall. Claim by identifying. 604-467-1236

FOUND - RING, ladies ring found on Burnett St. on Feb 9th, please call identify, (604)479-0986

CHILDREN

83 CHILDCARE AVAILABLE

KIDS COUNTRY Licensed daycare Close to Alexander Robson. P/T F/T spaces avail. Warm, caring en-vironment, lots of toys, crafts & fun. Call Tammy 604-463-9764

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98 PRE-SCHOOLS

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Located in Mission B.C., the Mission Association for Commu-nity Living (MACL) provides a wide range of services to in-dividuals with a developmental disability and children who require extra support. With a staff of over 140, MACL seeks a permanent full-time HR/LR Director to plan, organize, direct and control human resources. You will develop and imple-ment human resources policies, programs and procedures regarding recruitment, training and development, wage and benefi t administration, collective bargaining, discipline and/or labour relations issues.

You possess a diploma in Human Resources or 10 years se-nior HR experience or an equivalent combination of educa-tion and experience; sound knowledge of relevant occupa-tional legislation. Community Living experience is an asset, as is the CHRP designation. You possess excellent commu-nication skills, both verbal and written in English, as well as excellent interpersonal, organizational, time management and planning skills. Advanced MS Offi ce skills, profi cient in Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint.

Individuals meeting the criteria above are encouragedto submit their resume, with cover letter, by March 1

to Robert Keys, Executive Director:[email protected].

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only select individuals will be contacted for follow-up.

CHILDREN

98 PRE-SCHOOLS

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EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION

114 DRIVERS/COURIER/TRUCKING

DRIVER - Fraser Valley based heavy haul trucking company has opening for one qualifi ed class 1 driver. Must have min 2yrs exp., be bondable and able to cross the border. Fax resume & abstract to 604-852-4112 . No phone calls PLS

Long Haul Truck Drivers Wanted for Reliance Logistics Inc requires Long Haul Truck Drivers with min. 2 yrs exp - Class 1 W / Air. US / Canada. Maintain Driver logbook, Inspection report etc. $24/hr + Benefi ts, 50 hrs/week.

Send Resumes by fax to:604-590-6076 or email at:

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109 CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

115 EDUCATION


115 EDUCATION

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109 CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

115 EDUCATION


124 FARM WORKERS

FARM WORKERSNeeded for Seasonal work from April to November in Pitt Meadows Duties: Weed control, pruning, harvesting berries & all general farm labour. Must be reliable & able to work in all weather condi-tions with minimum supervision. Wage $9.28/hr, 40-60 hrs/wk. Fax resume: Attn: Sue to 604-465-0300

125 FOSTER/SOCIAL CARE

Some great kids aged 12 to 18 who need a stable, caring home

for a few months. Are you looking for the opportunity to do

meaningful, fulfi lling work?PLEA Community Services is looking for qualifi ed applicants

who can provide care for youth in their home on a full-time basis or

on weekends for respite. Training, support and

remuneration are provided. Funding is available for

modifi cations to better equip your home. A child at risk is waiting

for an open door. Make it yours.

Call 604-708-2628www.plea.bc.ca

126 FRANCHISEYOUR LOCAL HANDYMAN

Proven turn key franchise opportunityPrime Lower Mainland Areas CALL NOW 778-549-2135

130 HELP WANTEDCLEANING STAFF needed for Mon. Wed. & Thurs. early morn-ings. Also every 2nd Sunday. We P/U & drop off. Must be mature. Call 604-463-5054 before 7PM.

FLAGGERS NEEDEDIf not certifi ed, training available for

a fee. Call 604-575-3944

115 EDUCATION


130 HELP WANTED

ARMS seeks an Education Coordinator to run school/ community programs and tours. Great for active resident wanting to give back to the community. Flexible hrs. 25-30 hrs/wk. Call 604-467-6401 for full job description and to apply.

HEAVY DUTY Mechanics required for busy Coastal logging company on Northern Vancouver Island. Must have extensive mechanical experience, certifi cation an asset. Above industry average (wages), plus excellent benefi t program. Fax or email resume to: 250-956-4888 or offi [email protected].

INSIDE WORKERS REQUIRED for Commercial laundry in Port Coquit-lam. Full-time, Mon. to Fri. $11/hr. Apply in person bet. 9 a.m. -10 a.m.Monday-Friday at: Unit #204, 1515Broadway Street, Port Coquitlam.

Wanted exp. Janitors $14.85/hr & Cleaning Supervisor. $16.92/hr Resume to [email protected]

115 EDUCATION


130 HELP WANTED

CARRIERS NEEDEDThe following routes are now available to deliver the NEWS

in Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows

40103 - 116 Ave, 224 St40108 - 116 Ave, Telosky Ave, Fisher St. Burnett St40109 - Lougheed Hwy, Harrison St, Olund Cres, Gillis Pl, 113 Ave40113 - Lougheed Hwy, River Rd, Carshill St, 221 St, Cliff Ave40116 - Dewdney Trunk, 119 Ave, Donovan Ave, Howison Ave, 216 St, Hall St, Wicklow Way40131 - 116 Ave, 225 St, 227 St, Brickwood Close40212 - 128 Ave, 227 St, 228 St, Barnsdale, 229 St, 230 St40223 - Eagle Ave, 122 Ave, 121A Ave, Peach Tree Crt, 231 St, Blossom St40226 - 125A Ave, 124B Ave, Abernathy Way, 230 St40254 - 124 Ave, 123 Ave, Hillside St, 224 St40262 - 128 Ave, Thornton, 126 Ave, Exeter, Spring, 124 Ave, 216 St40325 - Lorne Ave, Hampton St, Ditton St, Chigwell St, Kent St, Wharf, Princess St, Beckley, Bromley St40330 - Princess St, Beckley St, Bromley St, Kingston St, Hazelwood St, Wharf St40333 - Melville, Eltham St, Charlton St, Princess St, Kent St, Chigwell St, Ditton St, Hampton St, Lorne Ave40334 - Ospring St, Wandstead St, Lorne Ave, Princess 40339 - 116B Ave, Hammond Rd 203 St, 202B St, 202A St40352 - 123 Ave, Campbell, Laity St, 214 St, Creston St40401 - 121A Ave, Dewdney Trunk, 232B St, 240 St40426 - Abernathy Way, 122 Ave, 238A St, 240 St40434 - Foreman Dr, Vista Ridge Cres, 232 St41005 - 119B Ave, 119 Ave, 118B Ave, 193 St, Blakely Rd41017 - Wildwood South, Joyner Pl, Wildwood North, Bonson Rd

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LEMARE LAKE LOGGING LTD., is accepting resumes for the follow-ing positions:• Boom man• 980/Wheel loader operator-Dry land sort• Processor OperatorPlease fax resumes to 250-956-4888 or email: offi [email protected].

Now accepting resumes for a Landscape Maintenance Tech position. Ideal candidates will

be energetic, able to follow instruction, enjoy commercial gardening and working with

others or individually. Schooling or experience

may be benefi [email protected]

134 HOTEL, RESTAURANT,FOOD SERVICES

McDonald’s Restaurants in Maple Ridge (228th and Lougheed) is looking for an overnight mainte-nance person. Must be reliable and hardworking, enhanced wage of-fered. Please apply in-store.

160 TRADES, TECHNICAL

• FLAT ROOFERS• F/T ESTIMATOR(Service Department)

Metro Roofi ng based in Langley B.C. requires experienced Flat Roofers & Estimator. BUR, torch, (TPO & PVC). Minimum 5 yrs experience. Lots of work, commercial & industrial projects.

Call: 604.888.4856

WANTED

5 years minimum experience Excavator Operator

& Labourer.

Call Josh 604-992-4923JH Services Ltd


160 TRADES, TECHNICAL

Want to advance your career?Drillers Assistants (labour)

Entry level positionsJob entails:

Lift 25-100lbs, repetitive manual labor, working outdoors, long hours, travel in BC, strong work ethic, team player, multitasking, self-motivated. Ability to take direction, valid BC drivers license, clean abstract, reliable transportation. Mechanicallyinclined an asset.Provide resume and drivers abstract to:

[email protected] or fax to 604-888-4206.

No phone calls.

164 WAREHOUSE

WAREHOUSE POSITION

Busy Port Coquitlam Wholesale Company looking for an individual whom is able to work inde-pendently, is energetic, and able to follow direction in a timely manner. Duties include, picking orders, light duty shipping/receiv-ing, merchandising and general light duty warehouse work. Must be fl exible with hours, warehouse hours are M-F, 8:30 - 5:00.

Please Email resume to: [email protected]

or Fax (604)-944-8853

PERSONAL SERVICES

171 ALTERNATIVE HEALTH

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Open 10am-8pm Daily.

JASMINES RELAXATION TOUCHPain/ Stress Relief. Country Setting*Easy Prkg *7Days. 778-888-3866

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173 MIND BODY SPIRITExclusive Swedish Massage

• European • Private • VIP ServiceBy appointment: 1.604.230.4444

173A COUNSELLING

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Call Alouette Addiction Services at (604)467-5179

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182 FINANCIAL SERVICESDEBT CONSOLIDATION

PROGRAM Helping Canadians repay debts, reduce or eliminate interest, regardless of your credit. Steady Income? You may qualify

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PERSONAL SERVICES

182 FINANCIAL SERVICESGET BACK ON TRACK! Bad cred-it? Bills? Unemployed? Need Mon-ey? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Accep-tance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877-987-1420.

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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

203 ACCOUNTING/TAX/BOOKKEEPING

ACCOUNTING DONE ACCURATE-LY small bus. p/u/del. bkkeeping, payroll, tax returns. HST/PST.604-814-0967 or 604-862-1596

Bookkeeping & AccountingPayroll, Year-end, Financial Statements, Income Taxes

E-FILE Service Ph: 604-465-2123

Cellular: 604-788-0161

236 CLEANING SERVICES“AN EXTRA HAND” Exp. Hardwork-ing, reliable cleaning lady. Rea-sonable rates Louise 604.467.3665

Brisk Home Cleaners6 years in Business

Weekly W Bi-Weekly W MonthlyProfessional staff

Reasonable Rates Insured & Bonded, Exc. ref’s.www.briskcleaners.com

Terri 604.837.1709

INTEX VENTURESJanitorial, Offi ce/Window Cleaning✶10 years exp. ✶Free Estimates4 6 5 - 1 3 0 2 ✶ 7 8 6 - 3 4 6 6

242 CONCRETE & PLACING

HERFORT CONCRETENO JOB TOO SMALL

Serving Lower Mainland 23 Years! *Prepare *Form *Place *Finish

*Retaining Walls *Stairs *DrivewaysExposed Aggregate & Stamped

Concrete ***ALSO...Interlocking Bricks &Sod Placement

-Excellent Ref’s -WCB Insured

LEO: Mobile #657-2375, 462-8620

UNIQUE CONCRETEDESIGN

F All types of concrete work FF Re & Re F Forming F Site prepFDriveways FExposed FStamped

F Bobcat Work F WCB Insured778-231-9675, 778-231-9147

FREE ESTIMATES

245 CONTRACTORS

SUN DECKSCedar Decks,

Arbours, Lattice, Trellis, etc.

Dave 604-888-1378Cell 604-377-5950

257 DRYWALL45 Years in the drywall trade. All size jobs boarding, taping, spraying. Big or small. Wayne 778-242-2060COMPLETE DRYWALL SERVICE, res/com. ref’’s. reno’’s, reasonable rates. All work guaranteed. 604-941-8261, cell 778-999-2754.

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257 DRYWALL

FRANKS Drywall *Boarding*Taping *Spraying no job too sm. Seniors rts Free ests. 604-939-7029, 809-1945

HOME PROJECT DRYWALL SER-VICES. Quality work at a reas rate. J’man with refs. Don 604-463-9412 or 778-888-9412.

PROFESSIONAL Drywall & Taping, all textures. Big/small projects. Best Prices in Town. 604-970-1285

PRO QUALITY DRYWALLFor all your drywall needs. 30 Years exp. We aim to exceed your expectations. Call (778)809-2875

Taping & Finishing, small boarding jobs, textured ceilings, respray. 30 years exp. Call Del 604-505-3826

260 ELECTRICAL

DC ELECTRIC (#37544). Bonded. 24 hr service. We specialize in jobs too small for the big guys! 30 yrs exp. Free est. 460-8867.

REISINGER Electrical (#102055) Bonded, Specializing in Renos, New Const, (Comm./Res.)Free Est 25 Yrs Exp. 778.885.7074 Trent

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

263 EXCAVATING & DRAINAGE

HYTRAC EXCAVATING LTD.

Mini Excavating W Bobcat, Residential / Commercial

Snow removal W LandscapeReno’s & Trenching

Call 604-312-5050

269 FENCING

FENCE-IT-RIGHT Installations -- 604.639.6626 Cedar, Chain Link, Ornamental iron, Vinyl (Insured, Experienced, Competitive Pricing)

275 FLOOR REFINISHING/INSTALLATIONS

Ceramic Tiles, Hardwood LaminateGuaranteed work, Free Estimate.

Cell 604-618-6401 Marcel.

PROF. LICENSED & Insured fl oor layer, laminate, hardwood and tile. Supply and/or install. 604-716-7774

278 FURNITURE REFINISHING

LARIC FURNITUREREFINISHING

Specialists in: - ANTIQUES, HOME & OFFICE FURNITURE - RESTORATION & REPAIRS

Free Estimates, Pick-up & Delivery

Ph: 604-469-2331

281 GARDENING

.Jim’s MowingSpring Services - jimsmowing.ca

LAWNS PLUS Landscape Maintenance

D Economical Lawn MowingD Complete Grounds MaintD Pruning & ShapingD Aeration & Power RakingD Fully Insured

Residential~Strata~Commercial

(604)671-2746Free Estimates


281 GARDENING

Prompt Delivery AvailableSeven Days a Week

Meadows LandscapeSupply Ltd.✶ Bark Mulch

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YOUR SNOW CONTACT

D FENCING GUTTERS D LEAVES/TREES/HEDGES D ANYTHING INSIDE OR OUT

Fully InsuredResidential/Strata/Commercial

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283 GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

GUTTER CLEANINGSAME DAY SERVICE AVAILABLE

Call Ian 604-724-6373

M.T. GUTTERSProfessional Installation5” Gutter, Down Pipe, Soffi t28 YRS EXP. *FULLY INSURED

Cleaning & Repairing

Call Tim 604-612-5388

283A HANDYPERSONS

LARRY THE HANDY GUY. For all your Household needs. Reno’s, Hauling & Power Washing Elec/ Plumb/ Tiling(778)823-0736

287 HOME IMPROVEMENTSHIGH CALIBER CONSTRUCTION

Repair, Replace, Remodel... CUSTOM HOMES • Basement, Kitchen & Bath Remodels • Room

Additions • Drywall • Paint • Texture • Finishing • Floors & More

Since 1972 Dan 778-837-0771

A-1 CONTRACTING. Renos. Bsmt, kitchens, baths, custom cabinets, tiling, plumbing, sundecks, reroofi ng. Dhillon 604-782-1936.

Alberto - 604-461-7679Cel: 604-319-7671

TOTAL CAREHOME REMODELLING

The Basement Finishing Specialists* Bathroom Renovations * Drywall* Electrical * Carpentry * Ceremic

Tiles * Plumbing * Sundecks * Laminate Flooring * Refs Avail.

BELRONRENOVATIONS INC.

Remodels/New Builds/RepairsDecks - Bathrooms - KitchensLic & Ins 25 Years Experience

Maple Ridge area

(778)233-1114 Ray

Home Renovations and New Construction

Kitchens, Bathrooms, Flooring, Drywall, Garages, Decks & more

* 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE*INSURED ~ WCB

Dean 604-834-3076

HOOT & OWL BE THERE!BUILDING MAINT &

REPAIRS LTD.Renovations & repairs

Concrete, asphalt, vinyl decks,Roof & gutter repairs

Custom bathrooms & tile work. Reliable contractor

Email: hoot&[email protected] 604-339-5430

RENO’S & DECKSBY DENNISYour Renovation &sundeck specialist

Certifi ed carpenter 20 yrs exp.No job too small

Call for your free estimate (604)614-1232

Licenced & Insured


287 HOME IMPROVEMENTS

MDG HOME SERVICESDoes your house have

the winter blues? Need to spruce up the yard?

Just can’t fi nd the time?

W Power wash the houseW Sidewalks and driveways

W GuttersW General yard cleanup

W Painting W Any little job....

Let MDG Home Services do the work for you...

Just pick up the phone and give us a call!!!

(604)999-5454

288 HOME REPAIRS

Repairs, Maintenance, Renovation Guaranteed work, Free Estimate.

Cell: 604-618-6401. Marcel.

RETIRED carpenter wants to keep busy. Looking for small carpentry jobs. Will repair or build new. Will also do small painting & plumbing jobs. Call Ken 604-460-7803.

296 KITCHEN CABINETS

COMPLETE CABINETS for kitchen, bathroom & laundry room. Cabinet

Re-facing, Custom Cabinets, Competitive Pricing, Design

Support, Quality Workmanship. Call Hans at 604-465-2094

300 LANDSCAPING

All aspects of Landscaping and Landscaping MaintenanceStrata, Commercial, ResidentialPavers, Patios & Retaining walls

Winter clean upsSNOW CLEARING

Fully INSUREDCall (604)763-8795

AUGUSTINEBark Mulch Products

Composted W Bright W NuggetsGarden Blend & Lawn Blend

Topsoil

465-5193

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Composted W Bright W NuggetsGarden Blend & Lawn Blend

Topsoil

604-465-5193

D Garden Blend SoilD Lawn Blend SoilD Custom Blends avail.D Composted Mushroom Manure NO Wood byproducts used

When QUALITY MattersAll soils are tested for

Optimum growing requirements

SOIL ANALYSIS UPON REQUEST

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17607 FORD RD., Pitt Meadows PICK-UP ...... OR .... DELIVERY

604-465-3189JAGUAR LANDSCAPING

Lawn & Garden Service. Design, Pruning, Lawns, Cleanups, Comm/Res. (604)462-1369


300 LANDSCAPING

DUTCH TOUCHGreen Services Ltd

Landscape ConstructionRenovations W Maintenance

604-463-3644604-861-1490

SAWDUSTHemlock, Fir & Cedar

Available for DeliveryCall for pricing

604-465-5193 or 604-465-5197www.augustinesoilandmulch.com

S. H. LandscapingTree Services

Trimming W Pruning W ToppingClean-upW Garbage Removal

GardeningFlower Beds W Allan Blocks

Bark Mulch W River Lava RockLawn care

Weeding W New TurfFertilizing W Moss ControlPower Raking W Aeration

Free Estimate16 years experience in

Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows604.230.1634 or 604.467.3724

✶ Commercial & ✶ Residential

Call for all your

landscaping needs. 778-847-0441

317 MISC SERVICES

✶Dump Site Now Open✶ D Broken Concrete RocksD

$21.00 Per Metric TonD Mud Dirt Sod ClayD

$21.00 Per Metric TonGrassSBranchesSLeavesSWeeds

$56.00 Per TonMeadows Landscape Supply

(604)465-1311

320 MOVING & STORAGE

AFFORDABLE MOVINGLocal & Long Distance

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

Insured ~ Licenced ~ 1 to 3 MenFree estimate/Seniors discount

Residential~Commercial~Pianos

604-537-4140

SPARTAN Moving Ltd. Fast & Reliable. Insured

Competitive rates. Wknd Specials. Call Frank: (604) 435-8240

329 PAINTING & DECORATING2 HUNGRY PAINTERS & Power Washing. Low prices. Int/Ext. Man & wife 75 years combined exp. 604.467.2532 twohungrypainters.ca

A-TECH Services 604-230-3539Running this ad for 7yrs

PAINT SPECIAL3 rooms for $269, 2 coats(Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls

Cloverdale Premium quality paint.NO PAYMENT until Job is

completed. Ask us about ourLaminate Flooring &

Maid Services. www.paintspecial.com

.

L. Roberts Painting3 Rooms for $299

walls onlyIncludes 2 coats Top Low VOC

paint. No payment until job is complete.

Over 20 years exp Free Estimate

(604)961-4391MILANO PAINTING. Int./Ext. Prof. Painters. Free Est. Written Guar. Bonded & Insured. 604-551-6510

SEASIDE PAINTING& Decking 604-462-8528, 218-9618


332 PAVING/SEAL COATINGALLAN Const. & Asphalt. Brick, conc, drainage, found. & membrane repair. 604-618-2304; 820-2187.

338 PLUMBING10% OFF if you Mention this AD!

*Plumbing *Heating *Reno’s *More Lic.gas fi tter. Aman: 778-895-2005

$38/HR!Clogged drains,drips,garbs sinks, Reno’s toilets. No job too small! Lic’d/insured. 778-888-9184

✔ ALL YOUR PLUMBING NEEDSCall Niko Plumbing Ltd. 24/7. Res/Com, clogged drains. h/w tanks. ★15 yrs exp. 604-837-6640

PLUMBING, heating, gas, reno’s, repairs. 20 yrs experience, reliable and courteous. Licenced, bonded. Call Jack 778-835-4416,

341 PRESSURE WASHINGDAVIDS WINDOW CLEANING

WindowsW GuttersW Siding Washing Pressure/Hand Washing

Free Estimates 4 6 5 - 1 3 0 2 W 7 8 6 - 3 4 6 6

353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTSABACUS ROOFING *25yrs Exp.

Call Chris 604-462-9009. - Also Snow Removal -

356 RUBBISH REMOVAL

RECYCLE-IT!#1 EARTH FRIENDLY

JUNK REMOVAL

604.587.5865www.recycle-it-now.com

bradsjunkremoval.com220-JUNK (5865)

Haul Anything But Dead Bodies

359 SAND, GRAVEL & TOPSOIL

TOPSOIL• SCREENED TOPSOIL• MUSHROOM MANURE• BARK MULCH

604-467-3003

374 TREE SERVICES

A1-TRI-CRAFT Tree Serv. Dangerous tree removal, spiral pruning hedge trimming, stump grinding, topping. Insured, WCB Free Est

Arborist ReportsAndrew 604-618-8585

$ Best Rates $

A.C. TREE SERVICE

30 years experience

Bob Fitz-James 604-467-0333

Bucket Truck


374 TREE SERVICES.

PAUL BUNYANTree Service

* ISA Certifi ed Arborist*Hazard Tree Removal

* Crown Reduction & Falling* Stump Grinding

*Prune & Hedge Trim* Arborist Reports

Insured WCBFree Estimates

604-942-6907

Your LOCAL Tree Service,

For Honest Prices & Quality Work

Call Scott at604-618-0333

Certifi ed Arborist

Free Estimates *Fully Insured

Your LOCAL Tree Service,

For Honest Prices & Quality Work

Call Scott at604-618-0333

Certifi ed Arborist

Free Estimates *Fully Insured

PETS

456 FEED & HAY

LOCAL HAY FOR SALE. Good Quality! 60lb bale average. $4/bale. Pitt Meadows. Call 604-505-4087.

468 LIVESTOCK

CHICKS ARE HERE!

We are nowaccepting Chick

Orders for spring.Select heritage

breeds available___________________

Catalogues in ourAgri Centre. Call1-800-249-4474

[email protected]___________________

Fraser ValleyBuilding Supplies

Only 20 mins from Maple Ridge & Abby!

7072 Wren St., MissionMon-Fri: 6am-8pmSat-Sun: 8am-6pm

PETS

468 LIVESTOCK

ORDER your SPRING CHICKS now!

W specialty breeds W brown egg layers

W broilers and turkeys

check-out the availability list at www.otter-coop.com

and click on the Pitt Meadows Branch button

Order forms available in-store

Otter Co-op at Pitt Meadows12343 Harris RdPitt Meadows BC

604-465-5651 or 604-465-8755

477 PETS

BEAGLE PUPS, tri colored, good looking, healthy, $500. (604)796-3026. No Sunday calls

BERNESE Mtn Dog Puppy. Fe-male. Vet checked & ready for good homes. $800. Lngly. 778-241-5504

BLACK LAB PUPS. 3 males, exc lines, 1st shots, dewormed, ready now, $350. 778-867-6758

BORDER collie X pups, born Dec. 17th ‘10, 2 M; 5 F; $150. 604-854-6637, 604-302-6637. Abbotsford.

CAIRN TERRIER puppies, CKC reg’d, vet checked, microchipped, shots, $1000. Call 604-625-1131.

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

CHINESE SHAR PEI pups. House raised. Well socialized. Vet chek’d., shots. Av. now 604-814-0038. [email protected]

DALMATIAN male 7.5 MO. CKC registered, all shots, $500. 604-793-5130

DOBERMAN PUPS, tails & dew claws done, dewormed, view both parents. $500. Call 604-798-7579.

GERMAN SHEPHERD Puppies registered, quality German & Czech bloodlines. Guar. 604-856-8161

GERMAN SHEPHERD PUPS. 1 male & 2 female. $800. 1st shots & dewormed. Call 778-863-6332.

Golden Retriever puppies born Nov. 23, third generation of healthy pup-pies, home raised in a canine 4H obedience family & well played with, ready to go, c/w fi rst shots & deworming, $650. Mission 604-820-4827.

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

NORWEGIAN ELKHOUND pups. Reg’d., micro chipped, 1st shots. Ready mid March. 604-823-2259 [email protected]

PB Blue Nose Pitbulls, Razor’s Edge bloodlines, Seal blue coats with blue eyes, 1st shots & de-wormed. $900 Call 778-877-5210

PB LAB PUPPIES. Males and females. Ready to go Feb 28th. Family raised on a farm. Well so-cialized. First shots, dewormed and vet checked. Mom and pups ready to view. $475.00. Phone 604 531 0552

Yorki/Chihuahua x, 2 male pups, born 4/24/10, housetrained, all shots, $600/pair, $325 each, come with kennel. (604)794-7588

www.mapleridgenews.com - THE NEWS -- Friday, February 18, 2011 -- A55

PETS

477 PETS

ROTTWEILER PUPPY, CKC reg. female, Champion German lines,

pet stock, to approved home. Call: 604 - 287 - 7688

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

548 FURNITURE

#1 Cash Buyer

“Since 1987”$$CASH$$ for your furniture,tools, electronics, antiques,

appliances, computers & collectibles.

WWANYTHING OF VALUEWW

Single items to entire households463-4449 or

209-6583

551 GARAGE SALES

MAPLE RIDGE huge indoor sale 30 yrs. of collecting EVERYTHING Every Feb. weekend. Sat. & Sun. 10-4. 11760 256 St.

560 MISC. FOR SALE

HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com

REAL ESTATE

612 BUSINESSES FOR SALE

Alaska Goldmine w/camp/equip-ment Known resource, large block, over 40 claims! $1.5M Firm. Seri-ous/capable only! By owner [email protected] FPS,p.o. Box 73087,Fai.AK. 99707

625 FOR SALE BY OWNER

VERY DESIRABLE energy ef-fi cient upgraded 4 bedroom home in Lavington. Upgrades include: Windows, doors, fl oor-ing, and exterior paint. Fully landscaped, private fenced yard, paved driveway, separ-ate garage and carport. 6866 Learmouth Rd. 778-475-2212.

REAL ESTATE

627 HOMES WANTED

WE BUY HOUSESOlder Home? Damaged Home?

Need Repairs? Behind on Payments? Quick CASH!

Call Us First! 604.657.9422

633 MOBILE HOMES & PARKSWHOLESALE FACTORY DIRECT. Manufactured, Modular & Park models. Tremendous savings. Luxurious 1512 sq. ft home including delivery and installation only $ 109,950. Many other plans available. 877-976-3737 or 250-814-3788 www.hbmodular.com

636 MORTGAGES

BANK ON US! Mortgages for purchases, renos, debt con-solidation, foreclosure. Bank rates. Many alternative lending programs.Let Dave Fitzpatrick, your Mortgage Warrior, simpli-fy the process!1-888-711-8818

[email protected]

660 LANGLEY/ALDERGROVEHOMES FOR SALE-SUPER BUYS

www.dannyevans.caHomelife Benchmark Realty Corp. Langley

RENTALS

706 APARTMENT/CONDOCENTRAL MAPLE RIDGE 11735-225 St. 2 bdrm $900; 1 bdrm $600 incl heat & h/w. 604-467-9420.

COQUITLAM

5 min walk to Skytrain and Mall

1 & 2 Bdrm units w/viewHeat/hot water, inste

storage, 4 appl’s

Call 604-931-2024www.aptrentals.net

COQUITLAM nr L’heed mall/sky-train, 533 Cottonwood, reno’d, adult bldg, quiet, n/p, gated prkg, video surveillance, 1 bdrm $780, incl

heat, h/w, Jan. 1, Crime-Free, Cert. 604-937-7812

www.greatapartments.ca

COQUITLAM

Sherwood Apt 727 North Rd

1 & 2 bdrms on quiet street. 15 Mins to SFU

5 Mins to shops & transp

Call 604-830-9781www.aptrentals.net

GARIBALDI Court(604) 463-9522

Central Maple RidgeAvailable

2 BEDROOMGreat location for seniors! Clean, quiet & affordable!

Incl. heat, h/w, cable. Senior Move-In Allowance.Rrefs & Credit check req.

Sorry No PetsFor more info. google us.

MAPLE INN 11695 -224th St Maple Ridge 1 bdrm - $500/mo -

$550/mo. includes hot water Certifi ed Crime Free Building

Mature adult oriented. Close to uptown

604-463-4131 for appointment (9am-5pm)

MAPLE RIDGE. 2 bdrm in quiet bldg. Nr hosp. N/S. N/P. Refs. $850 incl heat & hotwater. 604-465-2905

MAPLE RIDGE

AVAILABLE NOW1 & 2 Bedroom

Heat, hot water & parking.Close to stores & schools.

SORRENTO APARTMENT22260 - 122nd Ave

604-466-2800

RENTALS

706 APARTMENT/CONDO

MAPLE RIDGE

1 & 2 Bdrs from $740/mo

GREAT LOCATIONQueen Anne Apts.

* Renovated Suites *

Clean, very quiet, large,INCLUDES: HEAT,

HOT WATER & HYDRO

Near Shopping & Amenities.

604-463-7450 604-463-2236

12186-224 St, Maple RidgeCertifi ed Crime Free Buildings

MAPLE RIDGE

1 BEDROOM SUITES

✶ Move InAllowance

McIntosh PlazaSuit Mature AdultsHighrise 1/2 Block to Town

F/F fridge & easy clean stovesNO PETS

22330 McIntosh Avenue(604)463-6841

Maple Ridge22450-121st Street

2 Bedroom Apartment $820Attractive modern unit, in a safe, all ages community in beautiful Maple Ridge. Amenities include community gardens, playground, amenity rooms, on site laundry facilities & secure parking in a certifi ed Crime Free Multi Hous-ing complex. Pet friendly (some exceptions apply). The tenant and other occupants must demonstrate they meet eligibility criteria related to income, number of occupants, and other similar criteria. Please note that fully subsidized, or Rent Geared to Income (RGI) units are fi lled via a waiting list called The BC Housing Central Registry (www.bchousing.org/applicants). No RGI subsidy available at this time. Call 604-451-6075 to view.

Metro Vancouver Housing Corp.

MAPLE RIDGE

AVAILABLE NOW1 & 2 BDRM SUITES Heat, hot water & parking. Close to stores & schools.

MAPLE COURT I 22437 121st Ave

604-467-0715&

MAPLE COURT II22423 121st Ave

604-467-4894

MAPLE RIDGE

AVAILABLE NOW1 Bedroom

Heat, hot water & parking.Close to stores & schools.

SUNRISE APARTMENT22292 - 122nd Ave

604-319-9341MAPLE RIDGE Central 2 Bdrm, apt. Avail immed, No pets, $720/mo (604)467-8240MAPLE RIDGE CENTRAL 2 bdrm condo in Golden Tower, 4th fl oor, 5 appli, u/grnd prkg, $1000/mo. Call 604-467-4450 or 604-833-4450.MAPLE RIDGE Central Adult build-ing 1 Bdrm apt., newly reno’d u/g parking, dig cable incld $675-$700/mo, n/p, ref’s, For appoint 11 to 5pm Mon to Fri (778)327-8405.

Maple Ridge CentralCertifi ed Crime Free Clean, Quiet Building for Mature Adults Only

1 Bdrm, First fl oor, Newer Appli’s, N/P, Non Smoker

$525/mo. + util’sNow with Seniors discount

(604)467-5271

Maple RidgeCentral

Certifi ed Crime Free Multiple Housing

New renovated 1 Bdrm suites. $590/mo. incl hot water, cable.

Ref’s req’d. N/P. Adult only building

Mon to Fri 9am ~ 6pmBy appointment only

604-418-1932MAPLE RIDGE Ctrl adult building. Large 1 Bdrm $750/mo incls heat/ hot water, ref’s, N/P (604)467-2606MAPLE RIDGE dwntown, fully re-no’d south facing grnd fl r 1bdrm $775 +utils. Mar1st 604-880-4418.NEW WESTMINSTER 2 bdrm 2 bath 1yr old 6 appls waterview, strg $1400 Mar.1.NS/NP. 778-928-5557

RENTALS

706 APARTMENT/CONDO

Maple Ridge

Glenwood ManorApartments

1& 2 Bdrms from $670 & $835Clean, Spacious

Includes cable, heat, hot water & parking

Seniors discount21387 Dewdney Trunk Rd

(604)466-5799MAPLE RIDGE Large 1 bdrm apts, quiet adult bldg, incl heat, h/w, cov-ered pkng. N/S,N/P. $680-$700/mo. Avail immed. 604-465-8274.

Maple RidgeSwan Court Apartments

Large 1 & 2 Bedrooms. Hardwood fl oors, adult oriented,

heat, h/w & cable incl’d, f/p, n/pets.Criminal Record check may be reqd

Resident Manager OnsiteNow with

SENIORS DISCOUNT604.477.9189

Maple RidgeWILLOW PLACE22256 ~ 119th Ave

Partially reno’d,quiet,spacious & bright suites 1 Bdrm Apt. Avail ImmediatelyInc. heat, h/w, prkg & storage

W No Pets W (604) 369-1096 or 317-3130

PITT MEADOWS

CHELSEA PARK APTS

1 & 2 Bdrms Apts, Also 3 Bdrm T/Homes Avail

Conveniently located. Nice, bright & large suites.

Call 604-830-7846Visit our website:

www.aptrentals.net

PITT MEADOWS

The MeadowsGated underground parking, heated outdoor pool. Heat, hot water & 3 appliances included. 2 min. walk to Westcoast Express.

Large 1, 2 & 3 Bdrm Suites Available

Call: 604-460-7539 604-465-0008 or 604-465-5818

Polo ClubApartments

19071 Ford Rd. Pitt Meadows

Clean, Quiet Well Managed Bldg.3 Blocks to W.C. Express

W 1 & 2 Bdrm SuitesW 3 Appliances

W Secured Garage ParkingW Adult Oriented

W Ref’s Req’d & Absolutely No Pets

604.465.7221

PORT COQUITLAM 1 Bdrm Top fl r apt. $775 2 Bdrm Corner apt. $895

S Incl heat/hot wtr, wndw cvrngsS Close to bus stop S Walk to shpng/medical/WCE S Across from park w/Mtn viewsS Gated parking and Elevator S Adult oriented building S References required

CALL FOR APPOINTMENT604-464-3550

W.W. PLATEAU. Montreux Bldng. 2 Bdrm, 2ba, 2prk, near all schools, ns/np. Mar. 1. $1195. 604-941-3259

709 COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIALSt Johns & Moray St, Port MoodyStore Front & Offi ce. 700-1500sf, A/C, Concrete Bldg, prkg Affordable 604-525-8839, 604-649-9273

715 DUPLEXES/4PLEXESMAPLE RIDGE. 2 bdrm, carpeted. 2 appls. Nr shops. Carport. N/P. Avail Feb. 1. 604-465-4339

MAPLE RIDGE 2 Bdrm duplex. Newly reno’d, new appli’s. N/S, N/P. Avail Mar1. $1150. 604-465-8274.

Maple Ridge Central1 Bedroom DuplexAdult Only Complex

$550/mo + util’scredit check, ref’s & damagedeposit required. Avail immed

(604)466-6348Leave a message

MAPLE RIDGE. Sunny, bright & priv. 2 Bdrm unit. Cat ok. Avail. Immed. $850. N/S. 604-240-8358.

736 HOMES FOR RENTMAPLE RIDGE W 2 bdrm rancher 2 bath, 4 appls lge yd, lots of prkg Avail now. $1100. 604-803-0919

PORT COQUITLAM, Mary Hill. 5 bdrm 2 lve hse $1800 + utils. Avail now. NP/NS. 778-373-6049

RENTALS

736 HOMES FOR RENTMAPLE RIDGE CENTRAL

2 Bdrm small Heritage house. Total new looks with brand new furnace with heat pump, air fi ltration & air cond, new wiring, plumbing, W/D, F/S window coverings, covered patio, fenced backyard with play-house and shed. N/S, pet ok $1275/mo Avail April 1st. Ref’s a Must 12219 - 227th St

(604)467-4583

741 OFFICE/RETAILMAPLE RIDGE Central Offi ce/ Retail space approx 800 sqft. $920/mo + hst (604)467-2606

MAPLE RIDGE

OFFICE& RETAIL SPACE

Various downtown locations. Avail. Now! Updated and well maintained. Various sizes 320sf. - 2000sf. Starting at $495/month.

Call: Rick Medhurst, Royal LePage

6 0 4 - 4 6 3 - 3 0 0 0

743 PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

MAPLE RIDGE

2 Bdrm apartments All inclusive $840/mo

1 &2 Bdrm bsmt suites $700 ~ $800/mo

4 Bdrm 2 level bsmt suite, 1 acre river view

(Silverdale) $1350/mo

Call Maria @ Ridge Meadows

Property Management (604)466-2838

Mon ~ Fri 9am ~ 5pmwww.ridgemeadows

propertymanagement.com

746 ROOMS FOR RENT

$75 OFF 1ST MONTHRooms from $435/mo. Fully Furn,

weekly maid service, cable TV, private bath, on bus route, 5/min

walk to commuter rail.

Haney Motor Hotel22222 Lougheed Hwy.,

Maple RidgeInquire in person between

9am - 3pm or

Call 604-467-3944

747B SENIOR ASSISTED LIVING

POCO DOWNTOWNAll-Inclusive

Seniors Residence1 Bdrm. Apartment

Rent incls. freshly prepared meals, cable, housekeeping,

emergency response & activities.www.rjkent.com

2675 Shaughnessy St.Call: 778-285-5554

748 SHARED ACCOMMODATIONMAPLE RIDGE large bedroom, hardwood fl oors, full bath, W/D, bus route, $460/mo incl’s cable & util’s N/S, N/,P immed 604-783-3860MAPLE RIDGE West, lovely Town-house fully furnished, incls all util’s $500mo avail immed 604-467-9921PORT COQUITLAM bright furn’d room in large g/lvl ste, full bath nr amens, 475 incl util/cbl/net. Avail Mar 1. NS/NP. Refs 604-807-9612

750 SUITES, LOWERALBION AREA, 1 bdrm, priv ent, 5 appl’s, N/S, small pet ok. Avail. Mar. 1st. $750 incl cable and utilities. 604-476-1812 or [email protected]. 1400 sf 2 bd & den, w/hot tub, 7 appls, g/l, $1475 + utils. N/S, N/P. Avail now. (604)945-9594COQUITLAM 2 Bdrm bsmnt on 2 acres, avail now. Newly reno’d,bright and cozy, laminate fl oor-ing, new kitchen and bath. No pets.Close to Coquitlam cen-ter, Douglas college, all amenities.W/D in suite. $925 plus sh util-it & damage deposit, ref req’d! Leave msg at 1-604-414-6077Coquitlam, WW Plat: Quiet 1/bdrm; f/yard. Shrd W/D. $700/mo incld utils. G/l priv entry. 604-941-4166MAPLE RIDGE: 1 Bdrm ste. Nice & clean. $650 incl utils. Mar 1st. NS, NP, Ref’s. 604-836-5509, 466-5509MAPLE RIDGE, 232rd area. 1 bdrm bsmt suite. Sep ent. Avail Feb 15. N/S N/P. $700/mo. incl utils. 604-467-2518 lve. msgMAPLE RIDGE, 2/bdrm bsmt suite. 1089 sf. Clean, own entry, own W/D, S & F. $850/mo + 1/3 util. NS/NP. April 1. (604)476-9529MAPLE RIDGE 2 bdrm lge g/l patio, cls to ament ns/np $800m Mar 1. 604-476-0909, 626-9027MAPLE RIDGE (Albion) New Large 1 BR bsmt suite. Large kitchen w/ island. Utilities inc. NP, NS, no laundry. Avail. $800. 778-833-4005 or [email protected] RIDGE Ctrl bright 2 Bdrm 5 appl’s March 1 $1100 incl util n/s, n/p (604)463-1035 / 778-241-7512MAPLE RIDGE, large 1 bdrm suite, large kitchen, w/island. Utilities, laundry incl. NP/NS. $800. Phone 778-833-4005 or [email protected]

RENTALS

750 SUITES, LOWERMAPLE RIDGE East. Lg 1 Bdrm plus den bsmt suite, sep entry & laundry, sep kitch/din, l/rm, close tobus. N/S. N/P. Ref’s req. $800 incl util. Avail Mar 1. Call Kim 604-329-4219.MAPLE RIDGE quiet area, newly reno. 1 bdrm. + den/offi ce, own ent., utils. incl. Ldry. neg. N/S N/P. Mar. 1. Refs req’d. $850 mo. Call Kim or Larry 604-463-0940MAPLE RIDGE. Small cottage, no pets, $500/mo. Available now. Call: 604-462-0387.MAPLE RIDGE W. 1 bdrm. Mar 1. Near WCE & amen. $775 incl. util., ldry & own entry. N/p 604-459-3338MAPLE RIDGE. West. Bachelor suite, priv. entr. NS/NP, $550 incl all utils. Mar. 1st. 604-477-3764.MAPLE RIDGE WEST. Newer bright 1 & 2 bdrm stes. NP/NS. Sep ent. Mr schl & hosp. $750 & $900 incl hydro. 604-306-7480.PITT MEADOWS - $700/mo 1 bdrm avail immed. Clean, large, pri entry, close to school, WCE. Incl hydro & cable. N/S, N/P. 604-657-1145PORT COQUITLAM. Immaculate, newly renov 2 bdrm suite. N/P N/S. Pri. ent. $900/mo. 604-802-4139.

751 SUITES, UPPERMAPLE RIDGE, E Central: 3 bdrm, 2 bath, upper fl oor, balcony w/ mtn view, gas F/P, 5 appls, shrd W/D, sat. TV, fen’d yard w/fl ower beds, approx 1100 sf, $1150 + 2/3 utils. Refs. NS/NP. immed 778-998-7857MAPLE RIDGE West 3 bdrm upper, own laundry, $1300/mo + 60%utils pets neg, March 1 (604)467-7062

752 TOWNHOUSESCOQUITLAM CENTRE, 1 yr old 2 bdrm, 2.5 baths, 1 prk, strg, 6 appls, $1700 + 50% uitls. Avail now. 778-928-5557MAPLE RIDGE. 2 bdrm T/H 1.5 baths. 5 appls Avail now. N/S, cat ok. $995/mo. Call 604-306-9488.

Maple Ridge Central3 Bedroom 21/2 bath

Avail immed. $1200/moDamage deposit ~ Ref’sCredit check ~ No Pets

Call 604-466-6348Leave message

PITT MEADOWS: 2-3 bdrm co-op T/H $1005/mo - $1089/mo. Shares req’d. No subsidy available. Orien-tation 2nd Sun. 2 pm & 3rd Tues. 7 pm ea mo. 19225 119th Ave., Pitt Meadows V3Y 2B2. Send SASE or leave msg 604-465-1938

TRANSPORTATION

810 AUTO FINANCING

818 CARS - DOMESTIC1998 BUICK LASABRE V6, new tires & brakes. Supreme cond. Low km. Private. $5900. 604-593-5072

821 CARS - SPORTS & IMPORTS2001 Honda Civic. 4 dr, auto,139k, loaded, local, 1 owner, warr/fi n. avail. $5,350 obo. 604-836-5931.

2003 VOLSKWAGEN GOLF Only 16,000/km’s. $11,000.

604-852-5719 or 604-308-2963.2006 HONDA CIVIC 2 door, 5 spd manual, 80K, red, $6850 fi rm. Call: 604-538-9257.

TRANSPORTATION

821 CARS - SPORTS & IMPORTS

2011 TOYOTA Camry LE, 7000 kms. auto, factory warranty. No ac-cidents. $21,900. 604-836-5931

827 VEHICLES WANTED

838 RECREATIONAL/SALE

1999 SLUMBER Queen MH 24 ft. 119,000 kms. 2 air, awnings, TV ant, no leaks, exc. shape. $16,500. obo 604-870-3556

845 SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

#1 FREE SCRAP VEHICLE REMOVAL

ASK ABOUT $500 CREDIT $$$ PAID FOR SOME

604.683.2200

AAA SCRAP CAR REMOVALMinimum $150 cash for full size vehicles, any cond. 604-518-3673

Autos • Trucks• Equipment Removal

FREE TOWING 7 days/wk.We pay Up To $500 CA$H

Rick Goodchild 604.551.9022

SCRAP BATTERIES WANTED Webuy scrap batteries from cars, trucks & heavy equip. $4.00 each. Free pick-up anywhere in BC, Min. 10. Toll Free Call:1.877.334.2288The Scrapper

847 SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES

2001 BMW 320I, fully loaded, leath-er, auto, AirCared, 142K, $7999. Call: (778)552-1462.

851 TRUCKS & VANS

1995 FORD F150 XLT, good cond. Air Cared until 2012. Canopy, good tires, $3900 obo 604-462-1542

1995 GMC Safari, 8 passenger, 195,000km,

very clean, good condition, no rust, no accident. $2500.

604-230-1634 or 604-467-3724

2002 FORD F150 Lariat - 4x4, exc. cond. leather, new tires, local, 160K no accid., $9888 / 778.861.8355

2006 CHEVY SILVERADO, 4X4, 6L, V8, ext. cab, shortbox, 89,000km. $13,500. 604-858-0041


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Liquor Store Price $26.49

Not Available At

Government Store

Direct Delivery







Glass or Plastic


Win a 32” LCD Toshiba

TV

Enter to Win a Trip on the Coors Light Silver Bullet Train

Free Ice With Every Purchase

Biggest fridge in the Ridge!

604-476-Wine(9463)

Purchase cold beer at government liquor store prices or below!Purchase cold beer at government liquor store prices or below!

Dewdney Trunk Rd

Lougheed Hwy

Witch of Endor

McIntosh AveValleyFairMall

Brown Ave

Edge St.

224 St.

227 St.

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WE DELIVER(min charges apply)

22644 Dewdney Trunk Rd22644 Dewdney Trunk Rd

Documents

Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows News - February 18, 2011 Online Edition