New West Record - April 28, 2010

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Environmental PosterContest

The City of New Westminster, in collaboration with School District #40Student Services Department and Green Learning Canada, is invitingGrades 5 and 6 students of New Westminster schools to participate in thisyears Environmental Poster Contest entitled Sustainable Transportation:Now and in the Future.The contest provides an opportunity for students to participate in anenvironmentally-related activity that coincides with Earth Day on April22nd, 2010.Specifics:

Coloured artwork provides a personal commitment to/vision onsustainable transportation for the future

Crayon, colour pencil, marker or paints can be used (brightercolours are better!).

All entries must be on 11 x 17 paper in landscape format(provided to schools).

The deadline for submission is Friday, April 30th, 2010. Staff from theCity will pick up entries from the students school on Monday, May 3rd,2010. Each entry must include the students name, age, grade and schoolon the back side of the poster.Prizes include: bicycle, gift certificate from Caps Bicycle Shop, bustickets and all of the winning submissions will be included into the CitysTransportation Master Plan. Prizes will be awarded at a Regular CouncilMeeting in June 2010.For more information please contact your school or the New WestminsterEngineering Department at: 604-527-4592.

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Royal City RoseThe City of New Westminster is pleased to once again offerthe Royal City Rose to the public. The Royal City Rose was

specially hybridized by Select Roses for the commemoration of NewWestminsters 150th anniversary in 2009.300 roses are available on a rst come, rst serve basis on Saturday,May 8 at Queens Park Stadium between 9:00 am and 10:00 am. A limit oftwo roses per person at a cost of $20.00 each, cash only.For more information, please contact the Parks, Culture and Recreationdepartment at 604-527-4567.

Thursday, April 293:00 pm

Special Services & AccessCommittee Council Chamber

Monday, May 33:00 pm

Committee of the WholeCommitttee Room #27:00 pmRegular CouncilCouncil Chamber

Wednesday, May 55:00 pm

Arts CommissionCouncil Chamber5:30 pmParks & RecreationCommitteeQueens Park Arena6:00 pmCommunity HeritageCommissionCommittee Room #2

Thursday, May 62:00 pmSeniors Advisory CommitteeCommittee Room #2 Make It Happen!

Planned Park Sites730 Ewen Avenue &306Wood StreetProposed0.15hectarepocket parkfeaturing landscaped gardens, pas-sive space, potentially a small playareaandother recreational featuresreective of the cultural diversitythat exists in Queensborough.

510 Ewan AvenueProposed 1.25 hectare neighbour-hood park featuring a play eld,playground areas, park washroomand open green space.

Queensborough Park Planning &Ofcial Community Plan Amendment

OPEN HOUSEQueensborough Community Centre

Thursday, April 29, 20106:30 - 8:30 pm (drop-in)

Your input will help shape park development inQueensborough!

Massey Victory HeightsNeighbourhood Garage Sale

The Massey Victory Heights Neighbourhood garage sale will take place onSaturday, May 1 from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. Homes located betweenE. 10th Avenue and E. 8th Avenue from McBride Blvd. to North Road will beparticipating in the sale. Please visit www.masseyvictoryheights.com forparticipating addresses.

Mothers Day TeaTreat mother to a traditional Victorian tea served in theGrandmothers Room at Irving House. Costumed guides willserve tea and sweets to her and ve guests. Spoil a mother on

her special day as you enjoy a visit to Irving House, the home of ElizabethIrving one of the Citys pioneer mothers! Four sittings, each accommodatingsix people, are available on May 8 & 9. Fee: $85.00/sittingTo book your sitting, please contact New Westminster Museum andArchives at 604-527-4640.

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Massey Victory HeightsResidents AssociationMeeting

The Massey Victory Heights Residents Association will meet on Thursday,April 29 at 7:00 pm at Glenbrook Middle School, room 208. All residentsare welcome to attend.For more information, please contact Dennis Paulley at 604-739-9941.

Saturday, May 1 9:30 am to 1:00 pmRoyal City CentreTalk with over 35 not-for-prot exhibitors about health, housing, safety and other services forolder adults at this free event!Come to educational sessions about housing options or heart health, and enjoy music byNWSS Jazz Quintet: Sockdollager.TAKE the FREE BUS to the fair from Royal Square, Sapperton, the Quay and Queensborough.Space is limited so SIGN UP NOW!CALL 604-520-6621 for schedule and reservations.For more information, call Mariam Larson, SSTF Coordinator: 604-515-1718.

Active For Life! Spring WellnessChallenge!Join the challenge, get ACTIVE, and live WELL!

The FREE Spring Wellness Challenge is a great opportunity for you to get active and win somegreat prizes, including the grand prize of a night for two at the Inn at the Quay and dinner atthe Boathouse Restaurant. Other prizes include New Balance gift certificates, pedometers,and water bottles!Pick up your Challenge postcard today at any Parks, Culture and Recreation facility ordownload and print it from www.nwpr.bc.ca and start completing the activities. The cardgives you over 50 activities to choose from that will encourage you to be active, eat well andlive well! The more activities you complete, the greater your chances are to win!This four-week challenge begins on April 26th and will end on May 24th. Join in the FUNtoday!

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Theres been a lot of squawking about theCity of Vancouvers plan to allow residentsto keep chickens in their backyards, but hensquietly go about their business with little fan-fare in the Royal City.

Vancouver city council recently endorseda staff report that would allow residents tokeep up to four chickens in their backyards.One of the more controversial aspects ofthe plan is Vancouvers proposal to spend$20,000 to create a homeless shelter for aban-doned chickens.

Keith Coueffin, the City of NewWestminsters manager of licensing and inte-grated services, said the city hasnt had anyneed for such a facility.

Our current regulations for keeping ofchickens is very liberal, he said. We havepermitted the keeping of chickens for many,many years.

The City of New Westminster allowshomeowners to keep up to six chickens on aresidential property, provided the property isa minimum of 6,000 square feet.

If it is less, pursuant to the bylaw, it doesnot allow them, Coueffin said. However,we are in the process of studying what is hap-pening in other communities.

Council has asked staff to report on theissue of chicken keeping in the city to deter-mine if any bylaw refinements are required.

Coueffin said the city doesnt enforcechicken keeping at residences where its notcausing any problems, and if the residents are

honouring the intent of the bylaw by takingsteps to prevent rat infestations, nuisancesand unsightly conditions. As an example, hesaid the bylaw wouldnt be enforced if chick-ens were being kept on a property a little bitless than 6,000 square feet, but no problemswere being reported.

Coueffin said city hall received complaintslast year about one property where chickenswere being kept without a closure.

They were running wild around thelawn, he said. Scraps were being throwninto the yard.

Coueffin said that matter was addressedpromptly.

We typically deal with one or two situ-ations per year, he said about complaints.We have had a number of inquiries wherepeople are thinking of keeping chickens.

When city hall receives those inquiries,staff inform residents about how to keep thechickens in a way that doesnt create prob-lems.

The biggest problem we have found israts, Coueffin said. A chicken coop canquickly become a rat factory.

If the coop is designed in a way that allowsentry to rats, the coop provides shelter andthe chicken feed offers an unlimited foodsupply. Most people are unaware that chickencoops can lead to rat infestations.

They can reproduce extremely quickly,Coueffin said. We do give people guidancehow they can control rodents.

Coueffin said its hard to know how manyresidents keep chickens in their yards becausecity hall only hears about cases that are caus-

ing complaints. Complaints are rare.I would think it is quite a small number,

he said.In March 2008, Sapperton resident Dan

Perry appealed to council for assistance afterreceiving an order from the city to removethe chickens from the yard of his East EighthAvenue home. He ran afoul of city bylawsbecause his property was less than 6,000square feet.

They are working out great for me,he said of his four chickens. I have had noissues with the city since then.

Perry became interested in the idea of rais-ing chickens after reading a blog by a manwho lived on about $40 amonth, in small partby growing potatoes and raising chickens fortheir eggs and meat.

The four pretty much lay one egg everytwo days, often every day, he said. At ourpeak production, we had 36 eggs a monthfrom six chickens.

While the familys chickens have gener-ated no complaints to city hall, Perry said alot of parents from the local school are curiousabout chicken keeping and ask him about itand city requirements.

Perrys kids love the chickens, often bring-ing them inside for people to hold when theyhave friends over.

They love collecting eggs, he added.Perry supports the City of Vancouvers

plan to allow chickens.I think it is absolutely a good thing, he

said. I think they should allow bit more thanfour chickens and be allowed to have chicksas well. It is definitely a good first step.

New Westminster city councilwas split on a residents applica-tion to make changes to a des-ignated heritage house in theQueens Park neighbourhood.

The owners of 217 Fourth Ave.applied to add 1,050 square feet tothe rear of the house and to movethe house 17.5 feet forward andthree feet to the east, and to raiseit one foot. The house was thechildhood home of Joe Plaskett,an artist after whom the gallery atMassey Theatre is named.

Prior to city councils consider-ation of the application, the cityscommunity heritage commissionheard that the changes wouldbring the home in line with thenew house thats been built to theeast, will create a private backyardand will allow for a basement.

The majority of the communityheritage commission, however,opposed the changes, saying itgoes against the reason for des-ignating the home as a heritageproperty and against the history ofits home and well-known owners.

In a 4-3 vote, council directedstaff to issue a heritage alterationpermit.

Mayor Wayne Wright andcouncillors Betty McIntosh, BobOsterman and Lorrie Williamssupported themotion, while coun-cillors Jonathan Cote, Bill Harperand Jaimie McEvoy opposed it.

McIntosh believes the city mustmake it possible for homeownersto make changes that ensure theirhomes continue to be livable.

She said the homeowners havealso sought permission to movetheir home closer to the frontproperty line, in order to addressissues since a new home was builtnext door.

Councilunanimouslyapproveda motion to have staff prepare areport outlining all options thatare available for protecting heri-tage homes and properties in thecity, and a motion to review thecommunity heritage commissionsrole in heritage alteration permits.

Council also directed staff toarrange for a presentation fromHeritage B.C. to address issuesraised during the discussion about217 Fourth Ave.

CouncilnarrowlyOKs reno

HERITAGE HOME

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Featheredfriends:Haydn,left, andInnityPerry inthe coopwith theirchickensat theirfamilysSappertonhome.

No rufed feathers hereBY THERESA MCMANUS [email protected]

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negatives.Wright also expressed concerns about

the costs to the city of retaining the tower.Councillors Betty McIntosh and Bob

Osterman also supported the staff rec-ommendation, while councillors JonathanCote, Bill Harper, Jaimie McEvoy andLorrie Williams voted in favour of keep-ing the tower.

Its always been an emotional anddifficult item to deal with for a number ofreasons. The majority of council decidedto keep the tower, Cote said. At thispoint, the direction is to focus on keepingit possibly as a ruin. We have left it openfor possible reuse of the building.

Lucille Ayers, secretary of Family LinkSociety, expressed shock that councilwould vote against the wishes of 95 percent of the people who participated in theconsultation process and expressed sup-port for demolishing the tower.

We just cant express how we feelabout this particular result, she said. Icant believe the arrogance of the councilwho voted to keep that part of the CentreBlock intact.

Ayers said the decision shows that thewishes of people who participated in theconsultation process are inconsequen-tial to city council.

Their feelings are so raw, she said.They cant even stand to look at it. I dontunderstand the logic to say, we know bet-ter. It seems so disrespectful.

Jackie Maniago, a director with theFamily Link Society, said many former res-idents cant even pass by the Woodlandssite without experiencing trauma.

There will be an uprising about it,she said about councils decision. I amhoping that there will be. I believe thereshould be.

Osterman said it bothers him that thecity paid $25,000 for an in-depth consul-tants report and ignored its input, as wellas a staff recommendation and publicinput.

Harper supported retention of thetower because of social and heritage con-cerns.

Any of those kinds of ruins have asignificant place in our history, he said.I have stood by the dome in Hiroshima.I felt a huge emotional and educationalvalue in being able to do that. It allows forpeople to really be able to reflect on whathappened there.

While progress has been made regard-

ing the integration of people with specialneeds into schools and the community,Harper said theres still progress to bemade in the area of inclusion.

That battle is not over, he said.Leaving a ruin that reminds us of thekind of discrimination that took place has value.

Harper said the tower is among theoldest buildings still standing in the cityso it has heritage value. If the rest of theCentre Block hadnt been destroyed byfire, he said restoration of the whole build-ing would have occurred.

After a fire gutted the building in thesummer of 2009, only the tower portionof the Centre Block was left standing. Citystaff embarked on a public consultationprocess last fall to get input into threescenarios: retain the tower as a ruin; cre-ate a community or reflective garden atthe tower site; or adapt the tower for a usethat benefits former Woodlands residentsand/or the community.

City staff met with more than 150stakeholders including heritage advo-cates, Victoria Hill neighbours and formerresidents, family members and advocates.Although some people indicated theydlike the tower to be saved because of itsheritage merit, many urged council todemolish a building they said housed ter-rible memories of abuse for some formerresidents.

It is a very difficult decision, Harpersaid. The survivors want it demolished.They want it out of their memories. Myopinion is you cant take it out of yourmemory.

Cote said the Centre Block tower hasheritage merit and contains some uniquearchitecture.

Theres no doubt its had a sad anddifficult history, he said. It is still part ofNew Westminsters history.

If its determined that the tower shouldbe reused, Cote said it would have to befor an appropriate and respectful use.He noted the city has moved away fromthe idea of have a commercial use at theCentre Block site.

When Woodlands closed, the City ofNew Westminster and the B.C. BuildingsCorporation developed a master plan forthe site.

Onni, which later purchased the site,continues to work with city staff regard-ing the creation of a community villagenode in the space around the CenterBlock.

A 26-year-old Burnaby resident shouldhave stayed with the real thing in his bottleof Coca-Cola.

At 7:30 a.m. on April 22, the Burnabyman was pulled over for a routine trafficstop in the 900 block of Third Avenue inNew Westminster.

As the New Westminster Police Serviceofficer engaged the driver in conversation,the smell of marijuana led to the motoristsarrest for possession of a controlled sub-

stance.Upon further investigation of the vehi-

cle, a large amount of cash and a half-fullbottle of Coca-Cola were also seized.

But the bottle didnt just contain sodapop, as the police discovered the bottlehad a false bottom that contained a baggiewith crack cocaine in it.

Theman now faces an additional chargeof possession of a narcotic for the purposeof trafficking.

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Whereas the City Council of the Corporation of the City of New Westminster wishes to sell theproperty, described as 530 Columbia Street and shown in bold outline on the map attachedas Schedule A and which property consists of land and building;And which land is not available to the public for acquisition;Therefore, the Corporation of the Cityof New Westminster hereby givesnotice subject to Section 26(3) and94 of the Community Charter:(a) The land is more particularly

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the details still needs to be worked on. We have madea decision in principle that this is our principle and ourgoal.

At this point, we dont know for sure how manypeople it will affect, he said.

McEvoy said NewWestminster is a small city of 66,000people so the policy has to be something thats manage-able and is something that people can understand.

Coun. Jonathan Cote said the citys unionized workersalready make more than a living wage.

Theres not a lot. Theres a few, he said about peoplewho work on contract at city facilities and would beimpacted by the policy. Its not a significant number.

Coun. Bill Harper said theres a huge movement inEurope and the United States to support living wages,and its now starting to come to Canada.

Its a message to other private and public employeesthat there is a real advantage to them as employees, andto the people who are in poverty and having difficultymaking ends meet, he said.

McEvoy noted that Greater Vancouver is one of themost expensive places in Canada to live. He said one-halfof the citys residents are renters, and many are strugglingto meet their daily needs.

Kids who are poor arent in charge of their own situ-ations, he said. One-half of the kids who live below thepoverty line have one parent who works full-time.

In recent months, several residents have appearedbefore city council asking the city to support a living wagepolicy. ACORN Canada the Association of CommunityOrganizations for ReformNow has also urged the city totake a leadership role and adopt a living wage policy, andit held a forum that was attended by about 80 people.

According to ACORN, Canadian cities consideringliving wage policies include Toronto, Ottawa, Calgary,Waterloo and London. The group says a living wagepolicy brings benefits, including workers spending moremoney locally and businesses having less turnover andmore productivity.

Two Burnaby residents are facingcharges of possession of stolen prop-erty and possession of break-and-enterinstruments after the alert work of a NewWestminster Police Service constable.

According to a press release fromSgt. Gary Weishaar, on April 4, just after2 p.m., Const. Justine Thom was onroutine patrol in the unit block of EastColumbia Street when she noticed a blueFord Ranger without a front licence platefail to signal during a lane change.

As Thom tried to pull the truck over,the car turned of on a side street to avoidthe marked police car.

Thom continued following the carover the Pattullo Bridge into Surrey andpulled the truck over just off the KingGeorge Highway.

The press release says the male driverand female passenger were cooperativein providing their identification and thevehicles registration papers.

But Thom and her partner noticed asafe with a punched-out tumbler sittingin the bed of the pickup truck.

After a further search, the police dis-

covered tools that are commonly usedin criminal activity, such as gloves, bala-clavas, two-way radios, pry bars, saws,sledge hammers, a replica handgun andpepper spray.

The police also recovered items thatwere linked to recent break-and-enters inSurrey and Chilliwack.

A 44-year-old man and a 35-year-oldwoman, both from Burnaby, were takeninto police custody.

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Every once in awhile we dip our edi-torial toe so to speak in the local realestate pool and rail on about high inter-est rates, outrageous home prices or allof the above.

But this time were chang-ing our tune just a bit.

Yes, wed love to havelower interest rates on mort-gages and lower prices on city homes,but the reality is that New Westminsterreal estate right now is a pretty gooddeal.

In Queensborough this past week,there was a smaller, less than 10-year-old home with a river view, small butsweet backyard and a garage, on the

market for less than $500,000.If you head over to

Burnaby, youll be hardpressed to find anything thatdoesnt require major renos

going for that amount. And Vancouver?Forget it. For $500,000, youll be luckyto get a decent townhouse in a not-so-decent neighbourhood.

Yes, half a million dollars seems likean incredible amount but weve longthought that New Westminster realestate was undervalued.

And now that the citys downtownarea is (finally) undergoing a true revi-talization, and neighbourhoods such asSapperton and the West End are follow-ing Queens Parks example and increas-ing their curb appeal, we think thatprices will continue to rise in the city.

New Westminster was once comparedto San Francisco, for good reason: The

wide boulevards, grand estates, cobble-stone streets, proximity to water anda certain how shall we say it? flairmakes the comparison inevitable.

But where San Fran capitalized on allof its attributes, New Westminster lethers go to pot.

But even old cities get second chanc-es, and the Royal City is clearly getting asecond if not third chance.

We say its about time. And if youcan afford a chunk of it, then its a wiseinvestment.

Can Liberals stoptheir decline?

The B.C. Liberal govern-ments announcement thatthe Site C dam project onthe Peace River would go to thenext stage of the approval pro-cess may have revealed a subtleyet important shift in how peo-ple and the media perceiveour two major political parties.

Aside from the predictablereaction environmentalistsoppose Site C while the businesscommunity endorsed it whatwas most interesting was howquickly the story faded from theso-called news cycle.

The B.C. Liberals, mired inunpopularity, appear to havea severely weakened ability toset and control the agenda. Thegovernment hasnt really comeup with many new ideas andpolicies (other than the dreadedHST) since the election, and alack of revenue shackles anykind of spending spree.

The Site C announcementwas almost a one-day story formost news outlets, and even theenvironmental lobbyists didntsound overly agitated about theissue.

I wonder how much of this

reaction is linked to the impres-sion that so many people appearto have: that Premier GordonCampbell and probably his partyas well are stuck so low in thepolls that there is little prospectfor recovery.

Therefore, its hard to takeseriously any promise about aproject (such as Site C) that isso far in the future that a com-pletely different party will be incharge by the time constructionactually begins.

In fact, I get the feelingthat many people simply havestopped listening to the B.C.Liberals and have effectivelytuned them out. Ive alwayssaid a government in signifi-cant decline is no longer giventhe benefit of the doubt by thepublic it purports to serve, andtherefore its recovery is madethat much more difficult.

When that mindset takeshold, governments pay dearly.We saw that with the SocialCredit party in 1991 and theNDP in 2001, and we may bewitnessing it now with the B.C.Liberals.

These kinds of attitudes mayexplain why Campbell and hisgovernment got absolutely nobounce in the polls in the after-math of the gloriously successfulOlympic Winter Games, whichelectrified the public.

I realize the next election isstill three years away, whichadmittedly is a very long time

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Name skin colour of lurking manDear Editor:

The article, Parents warned about man lurkingnear school, appearing in the April 21st edition ofThe Record left me quite perplexed.

The school superintendents letter to parentsabout this man indicated: A young, non-Caucasianmale Further into the article, an exceptionallygood description of this mans clothing, haircut andcar was given right down to the fact that he hadsunglasses placed on top of his head.

Please tell me why, with such a strong descrip-tion, this mans skin colour was not articulated?Especially with such a serious safety concern thatthis man poses, naming his skin colour would ulti-mately provide valuable information in identifyinghim should he continue to lurk around schools.

We know he was not white so what colourwas he brown, black, yellow, red? This is yet

one more example of the ridiculous insanity thatis called political correctness and why it must beeliminated.

It is not a crime to name a colour our skincolours are a fact of life. If the superintendent isbound by some asinine politically correct schoolpolicy that forbids naming of skin colours, why notthen refer to this suspicious man according to hisappearance Asian, Native, Latino and so on?

And afterward, lets continue to speak out againstpolitical correctness. Its gone way too far already.

B. Kendall, New Westminster

HST bad deal for taxpayersDear Editor:Re: HST getting a bad rap, Letters to the editor, TheRecord, April 21.

Mismanagement Page 7Victoria Page 7

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Susan Wandells recent letter HST get-ting bad rap should read taxpayers onbad end of rap. She mentions the $1.6-bil-lion dollar bribe to be received from thefederal government that would be usefulto fund education and health we haveno guarantee that it will be used for thosepurposes, and we must remember this is aone-time payment only.

She alsomentions a $1,600 (net) increasein the provincial tax credit, a new home-owner rebate and a refundable HST credit.Well, where do we think that money iscoming from? It isnt really Christmas, itsthe taxpayers money to begin with.

I believe the real problem is the B.C.governments financial mismanagement.As one simple example, in the last electionthey told the electorate the deficit was $495million, only to be corrected after the elec-tion to more than $2.8 billion. So, whoskidding who?

James Dartnell, Surrey

Danger: teens crossingDear Editor:

Re: Students hit while jaywalking, TheRecord, April 24.

As aggravating as it is of the studentsjaywalking across Eighth Avenue, and attimes a flood of them at lunch time, Ialways remind myself of the fact they carenot of the legalities of their actions, onlythat they cross the road at the shortest

point.And, yes, at times I curse under my

breath and wish their parents were hereright now, but I remember being that age,where the realities of life were not high onmy radar.

So, I just watch out for them, and hidemy jealousy, again.

Geoff Porteous, New Westminster

A heartfelt thank youDear Editor:

On behalf of the Heart and StrokeFoundation of B.C. and YukonsRichmond/Delta/New Westminster areaoffice, I would like to take this opportu-nity to offer heartfelt thanks to the peopleof New Westminster for their continuingsupport of the foundation during HeartMonth.

In February, volunteers in our com-munities of Richmond, Delta and NewWestminster put their hearts into it andraised more than $119,000 for vital heartand stroke research, surpassing our 2010goal.

The Heart and Stroke Foundation ofB.C. and Yukon has invested more than$200 million in cardiovascular researchand public education to save lives.

Since 1955, the foundation has helpedreduce the death rate from cardiovasculardisease by 70 per cent. This is what hap-pens when you put your heart into it!

B. Joan Mann, Heart and StrokeFoundation of B.C. and Yukon, by e-mail

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Victoria: NDP are standing backin politics. However, theSocreds were dead in thewater well before the votein 1991, and the NDP wason life support even beforethe RCMP raided then-pre-mier Glen Clarks home inthe spring of 1999.

In each case, both par-ties chose new leaders andput the election call off aslong as possible, but theirdemise was sealed.

And so the B.C. Liberalswill also play for time andmay well end up choosinga new leader one that isclearly different, and in sodoing regain the publicsattention and confidence.

In the meantime, how-ever, pressure will gradu-ally build on the NewDemocratic Party to pro-vide some clear, specificalternatives to B.C. Liberalpolicies.

Other than a Pavlovian-

like tendency to demandthat money get thrown atpretty much everything,New Democrats haveavoided being pinneddown on any particularissue.

The partys energycritic, John Horgan, took atentative stab at definingthe NDPs position on SiteC (the party is opposedto it but is willing to bepersuaded to back it if spe-cific concerns are met). Asmurky as that position is,it is one of the more spe-cific positions the NDP hastaken on anything.

The party is unclear,for example, what exactlyit would do with the HST.New Democrats maybe signing the anti-HSTpetition in droves, but, ifthey take power in 2013,there is no indication theywould do anything withthe HST itself. But eventu-

ally, as much as peoplemay have tuned out theB.C. Liberals, they willbegin demanding to hearsomething from the NDP.

Party leader CaroleJames, who has takena low profile in recentmonths, will be pressuredto come up with someideas of her own.

The NDP is currentlyobeying the old politi-cal adage that says if agovernment is falling, theOpposition simply has toget out of the way.

At some point, how-ever, the Opposition hasto show its ready to gov-ern. People are going tostart looking at the NDPseriously, especially if theB.C. Liberals keep driftingalong ever closer to thatcliff.

Keith Baldrey is chiefpolitical reporter for GlobalB.C.

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Lori Pappajohn was thrilled to receivethe 2009 Bernie Legge Cultural Awardfrom New Westminsters Chamber ofCommerce on April 21.

The award was especially meaning-ful as it was named for her dear friend,Bernie Legge.

Legge, a well-loved local actor and amember of the Vagabond Players, diedin 1997.

He and I were great friendsand we loved to chat aboutNew Westminster and all itspositive aspects, Pappajohnwrote in an e-mail. I knowhe would be thrilled that I wasgiven this award.

Pappajohn, who is also areporter for The Record thoughcurrently on leave, could notbe on hand to accept the awardas she was out of town at thetime.

The award was presented atthe chambers annual awardsbanquet onApril 21, along withthe Citizen of the Year Award.

Pappajohn was nominatedby the New Westminster Arts Councilfor her work as director of Winter Harpand for her community contributions asa musician.

Pappajohns fellow nominees wereMargo Prentice, director of the GoldenAge Theatre at Century House, and MikeRedmond, chair of the Massey TheatreSociety.

Pappajohn was hopeful she would winbut did not expect it, she said.

The other nominees were really good,too, Pappajohn said in a followup phoneinterview.

She has been studying music since shewas a child, though she started out onthe piano.

When I was five my mom startedme in piano lessons, Pappajohn said. Ihated practising, so she paid me a pennyevery time I practised.

Pappajohn didnt study the harp untilafter she had graduated from journalism

school and was working at The Record.She took a sabbatical and went to

London, England, to study the instru-ment.

Pappajohn is the director of the WinterHarp ensemble and also has solo albumsout, including Celtic Harp for Christmasand Celtic Harp of Dreams.

New Westminster is a cultural hub,Pappajohn said, listing societies and the-atres throughout, such as the Royal CityMusical Theatre, the Maple Leaf Singers,Music at Queens, the Vagabond Playersand Massey Theatre.

There are many talented musiciansand artists living in the city, Pappajohnsaid. Really, New Westminster is a per-

fect place for artists to live asit has a small-town feel but allthe amenities of a large city.

Susan Wandell from the artscouncil accepted the award onPappajohns behalf.

The arts council nominat-ed Pappajohn because of hercommitment to arts in thecity, according to the councilsexecutive director, Andre St.Martin.

Every year, she bringstop harpists here to NewWestminster, St. Martin said.

St. Martin also notedPappajohns past contribu-tions to the councils Childrens

Summer School of the Arts, where shetaught the harp to students.

Pappajohn often played at various artopenings and events throughout the city,as well, St. Martin said, whether or notthe organization hosting the event couldafford her.

Whenever we need to have a musi-cian at an opening, she comes, St. Martinsaid. (Even though) we never couldafford a musician of her calibre.

Pappajohn also organized theChristmas concert fundraiser for St.Barnabas Anglican Church last winter,she added.

And as a reporter at The Record,Pappajohn made sure the arts was wellcovered, St. Martin said.

We really felt she was deserving ofthis award, St. Martin said. I think thatBernie would be happy.

Peter Legge, Bernie Legges son, wasthe keynote speaker at the banquet.

Pappajohn honouredfor city cultural work

Lori Pappajohn

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High school students who areinterested in a career in carpentrycould get a head start.

The New Westminster schooldistrict is exploring the possibil-ity of implementing an ACE-ITapprenticeship carpentry programfor senior students next year atNewWestminster Secondary School.

The ACE-IT program enables

students to take time during theirschool schedule to focus on a trade,with credit counting towards theircertification training should theychoose to pursue it after highschool. ACE-IT programs are devel-oped and offered as partnershipsbetween school districts and post-secondary institutions. Classes areoften taught at colleges.

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Schools in New Westminster will fly flags at half-masttoday to honour workers whose lives have been lost, injuredor disabled on the job.

Its school district policy to honour the National Day ofMourning, held annually on April 28.

The federal government officially recognized the Day ofMourning in 1991, eight years after the Canadian LabourCongress launched a day of remembrance.

The Day of Mourning has since spread to 80 countriesthroughout the world.

In 2009, 121 workers lost their lives to workplace injuryand disease in British Columbia, states a B.C. Federation ofLabour press release.

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Construction of the newtransit exchange at thePlaza 88 development isrunning behind schedule.

Six transit routes andtheir transit stops were dis-placed from the McNeelytransit exchange at theNew Westminster SkyTrainstation in September 2008in order to accommodateconstruction of the Plaza88 development. Thosebuses have been parkingon Eighth, Columbia andAlexander streets.

Agreements betweenthe city and the developerstate that the planned tran-sit exchange is to be com-plete by February 2011, atwhich time the buseswouldreturn to the exchange. Thedeveloper, however, hasinformed the city that con-struction is delayed and thetransit exchange isnt goingto be finished until late 2011or early 2012.

In addition, Plaza 88 hasasked for a temporary clo-sure of its Columbia Streetfrontage starting in May2010 in order to accommo-date construction of someof its retail development.This will affect the No. 112bus that currently stops on

Columbia Street betweenMcNeely and Eighthstreets.

Complicating the situa-tion further, the city plansto start construction ofits multi-use civic facilityat Eighth and Columbiastreets in early 2011.

Transit services are beingrelocated to CarnarvonStreet. The developer willpay for costs related to theinstallation of bus zonesignage, reinstatement ofparking meters, crosswalkchanges on CarnarvonStreet and removal onEighth Street, and any lostparking meter revenues.

Youth centreA number of upgrades

are taking place to CenturyHouse as part of the youthcentre construction projectthats underway at the rearof the building.

A new washroom is alsobeing built near the MoodyPark playground, replacingthe public washrooms inthe basement of CenturyHouse. Members of citycouncil toured the site onApril 12 and were pleasedwith the progress.

Coun. Betty McIntoshsaid representativesof TASK ConstructionManagement indicated

they knew of no other placewhere youth and seniorsservices are being accom-modated together in onefacility.

Make em laughLafflines Comedy Club

is seeking to extend itshours of operation andreduce its liquor seats.

The comedy club is seek-ing to transfer its liquorlicence from its currentlocation at 401 ColumbiaSt. to its future home atthe Burr Theatre at 530Columbia St.

A preliminary reportto council states thatLafflines current liquorlicence allows a maximumoccupant load of 220 peo-ple. With the transfer tothe Burr, Lafflines wants toreduce that to 110.

The applicant will beapplying for the hours ofsale of liquor to coincidewith the maximum operat-ing hours of the business,which will be 9 a.m. to 2a.m., a city staff reportsays.

In addition to a liquorprimary licence, the appli-cant will be applying for afood primary licence.

A separate applicationwill be submitted seeking

special endorsements thatwill allow food and bever-age services until 2 a.m.and patron participation,said the report.

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Plaza 88 bus loop behind scheduleBY THERESA MCMANUS [email protected] www.royalcityrecord.com

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Several women with con-nections to the Royal City arenominated for YWCA VancouverWomen of Distinction Awards.

YWCA Vancouver hasannounced that two NewWestminster residents have beennominated for the Women ofDistinction Award.

Amber Anderson, executivedirector and head chef/headinstructor at HAVE CulinaryTraining Society, is nominated inthe Community Building catego-ry. Anderson, who has achievedthe highest professional culinaryrecognition in Canada, has usedher love of cooking and compas-sion for those less fortunate in theHAVE culinary training programin the Downtown Eastside.

Working in the DowntownEastside has allowed me to seeboth the benefits of providingshelter for women as well as thehardships created when womenare homeless, she said in a pressrelease. Thework that theYWCAdoes to place women and chil-

dren in safe and affordable hous-ing pays enormous dividends tothe assisted families, as well as tothe community.

Sandra Menzer, executivedirector of the Vancouver Societyof Childrens Centres, is nomi-nated in the Non-Profit andPublic Service category. Throughthe organization, one of Canadaslargest child-care providers,she has helped develop innova-tive partnerships that not onlyimprove child-care services butalso integrate health, recreationand family services.

Renee Chadwick, manager ofthe Queensborough CommunityCentre, is nominated in theCommunity Building category.

Shes active on various fronts inPort Coquitlam.

Janice Abbott, chief executiveofficer ofAtiraWomens ResourceSociety, is nominated in the Non-Profit and Public Service category.The society, dedicated to helpingwomen and children, offers pro-grams and operates more than1,200 beds in the LowerMainland including the Holbrook Block, a23-unit housing program in NewWestminster for women who arehomeless or are at risk of home-lessness.

YWCA Vancouver has alsoannounced a new online categorywhere the public is invited to castvotes for their favourite womanof distinction. The Connecting the

Community award will be givento the nominee with the mostonline votes, and Scotiabank willdonate $10,000 to the YWCA pro-gram area of her choice.

To vote, visit www.ywcavan.org/vote. Recipients willbe announced on June 1 duringa gala reception at the WestinBayshore.

The Women of DistinctionAwards began in 1984 to honour,encourage and recognize womenwhose outstanding achievementscontribute to the health andfuture of the community.

Since then, YWCA Vancouverhas honoured more than 200deserving women and workplac-es.

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Four women whoeither live or workin NewWest havebeen nominated forprestigious awards

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Vagabond Players is hopingto reconnect with some oldfriends. The local theatrecompany is holding a reunion onSaturday, May 15 at the BernieLegge Playhouse in Queens Park.Admission is $5 and a potluck is toshare.

Wendie McRae, a NewWestminster resident who wasinvolved in Vagabond in the 1980sand 1990s, is helping to organizethe event.

We are hoping to have around100 people, she said. If moreshow up, thats great. If less come,well still have a party.

Wendie said all current andformer members of Vagabond areinvited to attend.

Theres a lot of us scatteredall over, she said. We evenhave someone coming from theOkanagan.

The reunion, which runs from5:30 p.m. to midnight, includesa cash wine bar, entertainmentand dancing. All proceeds will bedonated to the theatre.

Rob Scurrah, who was involvedin Vagabond Players in the past,contacted Wendie for her help inorganizing the reunion. For moreinformation, contact Rob andWendie at [email protected]

Institute opens doorsBoucher Institute is once again

opening its doors to the commu-nity.

The Boucher Institute ofNaturopathic Medicine is celebrat-ing Naturopathic Medicine Weekwith its annual open house. Thisyears celebration takes place onSaturday, May 8 from 10 a.m. to 4p.m. at 435 Columbia St.

The open house features talksby naturopathic doctors, a presen-tation for prospective students, aproduct fair, gift draws and free

The New Westminster HorticulturalSocietys annual plant sale continues togrow and flourish.

The society is holding its annual plantsale on Sunday, May 2 from 10 a.m. to 4p.m. at the Royal Westminster RegimentArmoury. The event is the clubs majorfundraiser.

Carole Forsythe, a member of the society,said each years sale includes somethingdifferent. The event features thousands ofpopular and unusual plants.

We have perennials, bedding plants andbasket stuffers grown from seed, an array ofedibles including a large variety of tomatoseedlings, hanging baskets, shrubs and over75 roses, said Sharon Seki, plant sale chair-person. All our plants are donated bymembers and friends.

Plants are delivered to a central loca-tion, where they were divided and pottedon a daily basis from early March until themiddle of April.

From then to sale day, each plant iscarefully groomed to ensure it is healthy,Seki said. Those that are not up to par areculled.

The warm period during the Winter

Olympics in February helped speed up thegrowth of some of the plants to be sold atthis years sale. Its also helped make it abit easier to organize the event because theplant materials were ready in advance.

Wearewell aheadof schedule, Forsythesaid. This year, because every-one got out in their gardensearly, we are ahead of sched-ule.

AudreyBarnes, the societysyardmaster, has been tendingto many of the plants that willbe available on sale day.

Thousands,shesaidaboutplants that will be available.We have loads of stuff thisyear, more than ever before.

Roses from the citys rosegarden at Queens Park, morethan 40 varieties of tomatoes,flowers of all sizes and shapes,and trees are among the itemsthat gardeners will be able to buy at thesale.

We start mid-January, Barnes said ofpreparations for the plant sale. It was sowarm. The last couple of years it was so hor-rendous, the ground was frozen.

About 80 per cent of the clubs 200 mem-bers are involved in the sale in some way,

whether its tagging plants, helping at thesale, or growing plants for the sale.

Its nice if you have never gardenedbefore, people will take you around and say,this you cant kill. They will be your person-al shopper, Forsythe said. They are very

informative. They will plantyour whole garden for you ifyou let them.

The event has become sosuccessful through the yearsthat its outgrown variousvenues.

This is the first time the saleis being held at theArmoury at530 Queens Ave., and peopleare reminded they can park atcity hall.

The New WestminsterHorticultural Society is con-tinuing a program that wasimplemented at last yearssale, in honour of the societys

75 anniversary.We gave out $5 gift certificates to all

Grade 1s, Forsythe said. That was initiallygoing to be for one year. We are continuingwith that.

While boys tended to pick out edibleitems, Forsyth said most girls tended to pickout something pretty and flowering.


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Green thumbs: Amanda Phillips and Dylan Hamilton have fun gardening as they demonstrate some of the ways to plant items pur-chased at the NewWestminster Horticultural Society plant sale. The annual sale is set for Sunday.

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The Boucher Instituteof Naturopathic Medicine,located at the ColumbiaSkyTrain station, isWestern Canadas onlyaccredited naturopathicmedicine school and hometo the largest public natu-ropathic clinic in B.C.

Friends help outThe Group of Five (and

Friends) has set its sightson a new fundraiser anda new piece of equipmentfor Royal ColumbianHospital.

The group, whichconsists ofMary LouChesman, Shirley Piper,Alana McIntyre, MarionOsterman, JenniferPeyton, Helen Bodner andGerda Suess, is holding afundraising luncheon tobuy equipment for RoyalColumbian Hospital.

The May 14 luncheonis being held at the OldBavaria Haus, 233 SixthSt., from 11:30 a.m. to 2p.m.

We have decided wewould go with a gardentheme, Shirley said.What you are going to

get for your $25 is a three-course garden luncheon.

In addition to a spring-themed lunch, people willalso be able to purchasecontainers with plants,garden accessories, picnicbaskets and gift basketswith a garden theme with everything pricedat $20. A garden specialistwill be on hand to answerhorticulture questions andbedding plants will alsobe sold.

There is going to besome really wonderfulthings, Shirley said. Weare always trying to raisemoney. We have a coupleof priorities. We try tokeep it really, really rea-sonable.

The Group of Five(and Friends) is workingto buy a pressure moni-tor which is a device thathelps monitor how muchpressure blood is puttingon a muscle and can beused by various depart-ments at the hospital.The group purchasedthe device from StrykerCanada.

They have been phe-nomenally generous. Theyhave taken off over one-third, she said, notingthe group has purchaseda gurney and a drill forRoyal Columbian Hospital

from the company in thepast. They have beenvery, very good to us.

The Group of Fiveformed to raise funds topurchase items for RoyalColumbian Hospital thatwere needed, but notbeing funded. The grouptries to come up with newfundraising ideas.

Some local residents areasking for a repeat of lastyears tie and pashminafundraiser, which saw thegroup selling Italian-madeitems for $20 each. Thegroup hopes to offer thatevent again next year.

For more information

about the May 14 fund-raiser, call Gerda Suessat 604-522-7196 or [email protected].

Hydro helps outFraser River Discovery

Centre is grateful for a$10,000 donation that itrecently received for itsschool education pro-grams.

B.C. Hydro is pleasedto fund education pro-grams that provide stu-dents with the knowledgeto make informed deci-sions in shaping a sustain-able future, said Larina

Lopez, B.C. Hydrosmanager of communityinvestment, outreach andeducation. Understandingthe importance of theFraser River to the prov-ince allows students tocontinue to take personalaction for energy conserva-tion in B.C.

Fraser River DiscoveryCentres educational pro-grams are developed tocomplement public andprivate education curricu-lum for grades 1 to 7.

FRDCs mission is tobe recognized as a centreof excellence for stimulat-ing passion, education and

enlightenment about theFraser River so it can besustained for generationsto come, said CatherineOuellet-Martin, executivedirector.

FRDCs education pro-gram provide studentswith an opportunity todevelop a respect for therivers role in shapingBritish Columbias ecologi-cal, social and economicdiversity.

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You Wear it Well...Just for Grads wouldlike to acknowledge all the sponsors,volunteers, and participants who tookpart in our inaugural event on SundayApril 18, 2010. Because of them, each andevery grad in our community will be able toattend their graduation with pride.Sincere thanks to Erin and Leeann,owners of Glo Day Spa and Tanning ofNew Westminster, for opening their hearts

and donating their salon to be used as avenue for our rst annual You Wear it WellBoutique Day.We are equally grateful to Won, owner ofThe Tux Store, Vancouver, and his assistantsJennifer and Shelby, who demonstratedoutstanding generosity and personalattention in providing tuxedos for all our neyoung men.

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Eastern music tradi-tions meet Westernin a Saturday nightconcert at Douglas College.

The East Meets Westconcert, hosted by DouglasCollege and NorthStar Performing ArtsManagement, will featurea mix of Western operaand traditional Chinesefolk songs.

The performance willinclude selections fromwell-known operas,including La Bohme andThe Magic Flute.

The eight performersare six Canadians andtwo Americans, only oneof whom speaks Chinese.They were able to learnthe traditional folks songswith the help of Chinese-speaking coaches.

They caught on reallyfast, and their pronun-ciation is quite good,saidMonica Xu, of theDouglas College Centre forInternational Education, ina press release. Becausetheyre traditional operasingers, they are used to

singing in other languages,like Italian and French,so they had the languageskills already.

Joan Yang of NorthStar Performing ArtsManagement said theidea for the concert wasinspired by the growingpopularity of Westernopera in China.

We realized the localshere would want to learnabout Chinese music too,she said. It really is achance for east to meetwest.

The concert is set for7 p.m. on May 1 in theLaura C. Muir PerformingArts Theatre at DouglasCollege, 700 Royal Ave.

For tickets, call MonicaXu at 604-527-5842 or e-mail [email protected].

For details, visit www.douglascollege.ca/eastmeetswest.

Art at the libraryArt lovers still have a

few more days to checkout the most recent exhibi-tions at New WestminsterPublic Library.

In the reference depart-ment, you can enjoyKen Toffalettos RecentLandscapes with impres-sionist oil paintingsinspired by his travels andby his walks around theLower Mainland.

On the ramp gallery,

Kirsten Chirsinoffs fabricart is featured in GardenStories, with petals, leavesand buds sewn andembroidered to resemblepaintings.

Some of the pieces lookbeneath the ground expos-ing roots and bulbs.

You can pop in to thelibrary any

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