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A downtown development will help fundenhancements to the future École QayqaytElementary School.

City council has approved an amenity con-tribution of $115,337 from the developer of TheElliot to fund enhancements to the fence, path-way and playground at the new elementaryschool being built downtown.

“These improvements will benefit the futureresidents of The Elliot, residents in the down-town and particularly the future students at theelementary school,” said a staff report.

The funds will be used to provide pathwaysbetween the lower play area, the upper playterrace and the parking ($40,000), to providelandscaping enhancements to the school yardplay areas ($35,000), and to upgrade a chain-link fence around the childcare play area andkindergarten play area ($30,000 to $35,000).

The contributions will also help fund a pro-posed public art/commemorative feature, suchas a welcoming pole in honour of the Qayqaytnation, and/or an installation that would com-memorate St. Mary’s Hospital’s long history onthe school site.

“It’s right there in the neighbourhood,” saidCoun. Betty McIntosh. “The park was to bedeveloped anyhow. Once the new residents arethere, it will be ideal to walk over there.”

The Elliot development at 188 Agnes St.contains 121 units in an 18-storey tower andtownhouses.

– By Theresa McManus, staff reporter

Work underway: Construction of the new École Qayqayt Elementary is underway in New Westminster. The city has ap-proved funding to enhance fencing, pathways and playground areas at the school site located in downtown New Westmin-ster on the old St. Mary’s Hospital site.

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Province steers clear of parents vs board fightThe minister of education has no plans

to kick New Westminster school districttrustees off the board of education and havethe province take over managing the dis-trict until the November election, despite acall from angry parents.

Peter Fassbender said his ministry isworking with the district to get its fiscalhouse in order, and he expects it will havepaid off its $5-million deficit by June 2019.

“What’s really important is that we con-tinue to work with the duly elected boardto make sure that the issues that they arefacing are being addressed in a properway,” Fassbender told The Record. “We sup-port what the board is doing at the momentto manage their resources, to eliminate thedeficit they have and to minimize – and thisis the critical element for us – the impact onstudents and staff and the parents in theschool district.”

A reported 100 people turned up at NewWestminster Secondary School’s library for

the parent advisory council meeting onJan. 16 to discuss the district’s dire budgetsituation and how it will impact students.The frustrated parents voted for trustees toresign, for the province to intervene in thedistrict and to look into the possibility ofamalgamating with Burnaby.

The parent council sent a letter toFassbender on Monday, outlining itsre-quests.

“I also have heard the request from thegroup, and like everything, I need to look atthe whole picture, not only one component

of it, and we’re going to ensure that stabilityis the first issue,” he said.

The parent council sent a letter to thedistrict on Monday as well, calling forit to provide all the information parentsneed to make decisions for the next schoolyear, including the high school’s projectedoperating budget and details on programsthat would be cut. As well, they called fora “preliminary exploration of the feasibilityof amalgamation with the Burnaby school

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The City of New Westminsteris optimistic it will sell MerchantSquare, if this year’s budget isany indication.

Colleen Ponzini, the city’smanager of financial services,said the 2014 budget projectsthe sale of the Merchant Squareofficer tower that’s now underconstruction. If the city doesn’tsell the office tower, she saidthe city would see a “significantincrease” in bank charges relatedto the loan authorization bylaw.

“The plan is to have it sold,and we pay it back in this cur-rent year,” she told council at itsJan. 20 committee of the wholemeeting.

According to Ponzini, thecity will be incurring some newdebt under its loan authoriza-tion bylaw. A good portion of the$570,000 debt would be for AnvilCentre and the office tower.

New Westminster city councilreceived a staff report Mondayon the 2014 to 2018 financial plan,which includes the 2014 budget.The city is proposing a 1.28 percent tax increase in 2014, whichwould rise to 2.59 per cent ifa number of priority initiativesproposed by staff are included.

In addition to the base bud-get, the city is also consideringspecific funding requests fromindividual departments, includ-ing a planning analyst, an assis-tant plan reviewer, a buildinginspector, a part-time transporta-tion demand management coor-dinator, a development projectengineer, a part-time Freedom ofInformation clerk, a transporta-tion engineer, as well as develop-ment and training of a hazardousmaterials response team. Someof these positions exist on a con-

tract basis, but departments haverequested they be converted tofull-time jobs or extended.

According to Ponzini, a strataunit assessed at $299,700 wouldsee an increase of $14 if the cityapproved a 1.28 per cent increaseor $28 if a 2.59 per cent increasewas approved. For a single fam-ily home assessed at $675,000, theproperty tax increase would be$32 (for a 1.28 per cent increase) or$65 (for a 2.59 per cent increase),figures that rise to $47 and $96for homes assessed at $1 million.

InNovember,councilapprovedincreases to utility rates for 2014,which will see water rates rise bysix per cent, sewer rates grow by8.5 per cent and solid waste ratesgo up by one per cent. Electricalrates are expected to increase byseven per cent in 2014, but thisnumber won’t be known untilMarch.

Last year, New Westminstercity council approved a 2.9 percent tax increase. In an attemptto offset potential cost implica-tions related to the opening of

Anvil Centre this year, councilapproved $400,000 in last year’sbudget for a “rate stabilization”fund.

“In 2013, we put away $400,000.We put it into reserves,” Ponziniexplained. “We are drawing on itin 2014 to be able to mitigate in2014 the impact on the taxation.”

Staff presented an overviewof the general fund operations atthe Jan. 20 council meeting andwill provide details about the2014 capital plan at its Jan. 27meeting.

Merchant Square goes on the blockSALE OF CIVIC CENTRE OFFICE SPACE PAR T OF 2014 BUDGET PLAN

Going up: The Merchant Square office tower is being built above the new civic facility, Anvil Centre,that’s under construction and set to open later this year. Budget discussions suggest the city fully ex-pects to sell the office tower this year.

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City asked to toughen up smoking bylawFraser Health is asking city

hall to help butt out smoking inNew Westminster.

The health authority wrote tocouncil in December 2013 ask-ing that it make a decision aboutamendments that would toughenthe smoking control bylaw thatcouncil had tabled earlier in the

year.“We hope council can come to

a decision to accept the proposedamendments,” stated a letterfrom Fraser Health to city coun-cil. “Fraser Health is committedto supporting the implementa-tion of the enhanced smokingbylaws and our ongoing partner-ship to make New Westminster ahealthier community.”

Fraser Health wants the city to

strengthen its bylaw by adoptingamendments that would prohib-it smoking within 7.5 metres ofdoors, windows and air intakesfor public and workplace build-ings, on restaurant and pub pati-os and in outdoor places wherepeople gather such as parks,trails, beaches, playgrounds,playing fields and outdoor sportsvenues.

“It’s time for us to move

forward,” said Coun. BettyMcIntosh. “At no time did FraserHealth say we are going to doany enforcing. ... They said theywould be the ones doing theenforcing.”

McIntosh said the provinceshould deal with the issue byapproving provincewide smok-ing regulations, but until that’sdone she thinks it’s time for thecity to step up and take action.

BY THERESA MCMANUS [email protected]

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district.”On amalgamation, Fassbender said the

province is looking into ways to find effi-ciencies through shared services, but hestopped short of supporting a full-scalejoining of the two districts.

“I’m not going to leap to amalgama-tion – what I am going to say is we arelooking at the whole picture in terms ofstability, looking for a 10-year agreementwith the BCTF (British Columbia Teachers’Federation), not because we want to putthem in a corner but because we wantlong-term stability so that we can ensurethe continuity for the students, parents,communities and otherwise,” he said.

Asked if it would be logistically feasibleto merge the two districts, Fassbendersaid, “anything is possible if you do it forthe right reasons, with the right outcomesand with the concurrence of the commu-nity.”

“I come from a community where therewas two municipalities that had one schooldistrict,” said Fassbender, a former City ofLangley mayor. “Many years ago we hada reduction of school districts to what wecurrently have, because of that being moreefficient, being more effective and deliver-

ing better service, so it’s beendone in the past. I’m not say-ing we are going to do it inthe future, but what we arelooking at is stability first.”

New Westminster trusteeMaryAnn Mortensen saidshe understands parents’frustration over the district’shandling of the budget.Mortensen was a memberof the district parent advi-sory council before she waselected to the board in 2011and was often critical of theboard.

Before she joined theboard, Mortensen said shesupported looking into amal-gamation, but she now feelsthe move would have to bemandated by the larger population of thecity she serves and not just a small portionof parents.

“There are advantages to amalgamat-ing, but there are also disadvantages, andsome people think they’d rather risk itthan put up with us any longer … I fullyunderstand that,” she said. “I don’t knowif Burnaby would like us. Right? Do theywant to adopt the rotten apple at the back

of the class?”While she’s not sure

she supports amalgama-tion, Mortensen doesfavour provincial oversight– if it doesn’t cost the cash-strapped district.

“I would really like to seesomeone from the ministry,with some expertise andsome knowledge about NewWestminster … come in andwork with our board forthe duration of this schoolyear and, if necessary, untilthe next election – to helpus to identify means andways to change how we aredoing things here,” she said.“I’ve seen change, I will say,with this board, but it’s not

enough. It’s simply not enough.“There is a culture of wanting things

to stay the same way. I don’t think it’ssustainable,” added Mortensen, who alsosaid the province doesn’t adequately fundpublic education.

New Westminster district parent adviso-ry council chair Stephen Bruyneel praisedMortensen for being the first trustee he’sheard say “something that actually made

sense.”“MaryAnn Mortensen agreed with the

need for the province to play a role. Sheagreed with giving parents the informa-tion they need as soon as possible by themiddle of February. I hope that the restof the school board will listen to her,”Bruyneel said.

As for amalgamation, Bruyneel admit-ted he was “torn.”

“I’ve lived in New West for 23 years,and I’m proud to be in New West, butat the same time I’ve lived through howmany years of this school district,” hesaid. “At the end of the day what do youdo, you get so frustrated you look at theseextreme options.”

This isn’t the first time in parents inNew Westminster have asked the provinceto step into issues with the district. In 2009,parents at Lord Kelvin, F.W. Howay, JohnRobson and Richard McBride elementa-ry schools requested that the provinceappoint a special adviser to oversee theschool district.

In 2012 the district parent advisorycouncil asked the Ministry of Educationto audit math marks at New WestminsterSecondary School.

None of the requests were [email protected]

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There will be no shortage of things to talk about if NewWestminster city council gets its wish and lines up a meet-ing with the premier.

City council recently approved a motion to request ameeting with Premier Christy Clark and TransportationMinister Todd Stone to discuss assorted transportationissues impacting New Westminster.

Mayor Wayne Wright said the request is related to thecity’s ongoing issues with the Bailey Bridge, the PattulloBridge, truck traffic and increased congestion since tollswere raised on the Port Mann Bridge. Wright said hetunes into the news every morning to get updates on NewWestminster’s traffic situation.

“Now we are part of every transportation notice thatcomes in – the Queensborough Bridge, the Pattullo Bridge.Many times they are saying it is clear sailing through thePort Mann Bridge,” he told The Record. “There’s somethingwrong here.”

In related news, council has directed staff to proceedwith the technical analysis and consultation process need-ed to remove Royal Avenue as a truck route.

“We met with TransLink. They have indicated to uswhat they see as a reasonable process as to how to bestattain that,” said Jim Lowrie, the city’s director of engineer-ing. “It involves consultation with industry and other agen-cies and the public.”

Since tolls were introduced on the Port Mann Bridge,the city has experienced an increase in truck traffic oncity streets, particularly Royal Avenue. The Queen’s ParkResidents’ Association has also written to B.C.’s transporta-tion minister asking that the current 9 p.m. to 7 a.m. truckban be extended to 24 hours a day.

As part of the city’s request, staff will compile technicalinformation and identify stakeholder groups.

The city is concerned that the introduction of tolls on thenew Port Mann Bridge has encouraged motorists, includ-ing many trucks, to take the free Pattullo Bridge to crossthe Fraser River.

In addition to banning trucks on Royal Avenue, thecity has also asked TransLink to ban heavy trucks on thePattullo Bridge, if it continues to experience increased traf-fic volumes, and to establish regional tolling as a traveldemand management measure for the Metro Vancouverarea as an immediate priority.

Lowrie said the city hasn’t heard back from the Ministryof Transportation about its request to reduce or eliminatethe tolls for trucks on the Port Mann Bridge.

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There are at least two minimumrequirements necessary for being aschool trustee in New Westminster: 1.You must be committed to education, and2: You must have a thick skin.

Once again parents haverallied and called for trust-ees to resign, and the sameparents have asked for, at thevery least, a review of a pos-sible amalgamation of NewWestminster school district with theBurnaby school district.

The trustees are not going to resign, solet’s just move on to the second matter.

Would amalgamating with the Burnabyschool district help New Westminsterstudents? It would be nice to see a defin-itive study on the pros and cons of suchan amalgamation. After all, Coquitlam’s

school district is an amal-gamation of Port Moody, PortCoquitlam and Coquitlam,and, while it is also strugglingwith budget issues, it certainlyappears to run more smoothly.

Their secondary schools don’t look likewartorn apartment blocks in Romania,and their trustees don’t seem to spend aninordinate amount of time sniping at one

another.One can’t help but wonder if New

Westminster would still be without anew high school if it had joined withBurnaby years ago. We think not, if onlyfor one reason: the Burnaby school dis-trict is one political block aligned withthe NDP. Like their brothers and sisterson Burnaby city council, they almostalways agree on everything.

New Westminster’s school board, onthe other hand, is split along politicallines. Should this matter where localeducation is concerned? Perhaps not. Butit does make a large difference in how

the trustees operate with each other, withstaff and with groups in the city. Almostevery step in every process seems toinvolve a battle of some sort.

It’s a moot point, in any case. TheMinistry of Education clearly doesn’twant to step into the amalgamationdebate at this point in time. And Burnabytrustees and district management keeptheir opinions to themselves. Some folkshave suggested that Burnaby wouldbe foolish to amalgamate with NewWestminster and inherit a new mess. Ora very old mess, as the case may be. Theymay be right.

Referendum createsa sticky situation

Premier Christy Clark’splan to hold a referendumon how to fund transit in

Metro Vancouver is shaping upto have a far-reaching impactfew may have foreseen whenit was first attached to the B.C.Liberal election platform.

Before last spring’s election,that platform was viewed asa grab bag of ideas of a partythat was heading for electoraloblivion. But the B.C. Liberals’surprise victory meant theplatform’s contents suddenlybecame very relevant, and atransit referendum went fromwhat at first looked like a throw-away idea to a political reality.

Now I think it’s fair to saya number of Metro Vancouvermayors are getting a littlefreaked out about the wholething.

Although we have yet to seethe referendum question itself,it’s a fairly safe bet it will includeat least one option for raisingmoney (i.e. taxes or user fees) topay for transit and transporta-tion projects.

And that means it could eas-ily be seen by voters as a somekind of thinly disguised tax grab.

Things will get very sticky

for mayors if they declare theirsupport for a mechanism to raisemoney on the backs of votersto pay for the transit projectsthey’ve been pushing for.

A basic rule of thumb seemsto be that Metro Vancouver resi-dents want more transit and lesscongestion on the roads, but theywant someone else to pick upthe enormous tab that goes withthose desires.

We’re talking about spend-ing about $20 billion over thenext few decades, which isn’texactly chump change. And thatmeans any revenue measure (ormeasures) to pay that kind of billwould have to be substantial.

While most mayors agreethere is a desperate need formore transit, they don’t agree onwhich projects should be a pri-ority nor do they agree on howto pay for them. Surrey MayorDianne Watts, for example,has long advocated for a roadpricing system that would slapsmall tolls on almost everybridge, but she has yet to winmuch support from fellow MetroVancouver political leaders.

So the stage is being set forthe referendum becoming a pol-itical orphan, with very few pol-iticians taking ownership of it.So far, at least, Clark continues toleave the impression she wantsthe mayors to step up and cham-pion the “yes” vote while sheremains in the background.

But with the referendum datetied to the municipal elections inNovember, what are the chances

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Energy from waste makes senseDear Editor:

Despite considerable effort to find merit inthe comments of Hildegard Bechler in The Record(Incinerator creates toxic mess for region, Letters tothe editor, Jan. 14), regarding energy from waste, thetask is fruitless.

For instance, an energy-from-waste facility mea-sures approximately 1,200 data points every secondof every day, so regulators are well informed aboutany and all emissions.

An energy-from-waste plant reduces greenhousegases by one tonne for every tonne that is treated,exactly the opposite of Bechler’s claim.

Comprehensive study of hundreds of envi-ronmental assessment studies undertaken by CPFAssociates of Bethesda, Maryland, concludes thatenergy-from-waste plants have almost no measur-

able effect on rivers, lakes and groundwater.As for the ash, an energy-from-waste plant

reduces the original waste volume by 90 per cent,and only one per cent of this takes the form of flyash, which in many cases is entirely inert.

The claim that an energy-from-waste operationcreates unpredictable synergies implies that thecollective expertise of professional staff in environ-mental offices across Europe, North America andAsia is wrong.

It’s worth noting that with 800 plants in opera-tion worldwide there are at least that many reports,assessments, approvals and municipal decisionssupporting a sustainable energy-from-waste solu-tion.

Though Bechler identifies some opposition, pub-lic opinion polling shows that more than 83 per centof British Columbians support energy-from-waste

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manage waste, up from 60 per cent in4.Of these, almost two-thirds supportuse of energy-from-waste in their own

mmunity.Energy-from-waste operators support3Rs and consider these to be the highest

ority areas of focus in the waste system,ich is to say that energy-from-wastent seeks to extract energy from non-ycled material, a resource that woulderwise end up wasted in a landfill.When commenting on wasted “fossills,” Bechler may be referring to plastics,ich are only buried if not recycled. Int, an energy-from-waste plants turnssil fuel into heat, steam or electricity inrocess that is cleaner than coal and oil,

d comparable to natural gas.Finally, there’s a certain mathematical

th about recycling that too many peopleoose to ignore.That is, if the municipality providese box service across 90 per cent of itssdiction, and 90 per cent of the citi-

nry participate, and there are availabled sustainable markets for 90 per cent of

material that is collected, then the recy-ng rate for the community will stand atout 73 per cent – assuming that eacht of the system operates at 100 per centciency.Recycling is a complicated process,h many moving parts; it requires anoss-the-board commitment from politi-ns, staff, industry, landlords, tenants,ployees, householders, etc. – in short,t about anyone who comes in contacth waste that can be a resource.Under these circumstances, Metroncouver has shown tremendous lead-hip and achieved remarkable successall while utilizing energy-from-wastehnology to process waste for the pastplus years.

The energy-from-waste industry innada believes that the 3Rs come firstd that we should capture the inherentrgy in a safe and sustainable technol-

y only once we’ve collected, processedd repurposed everything we can.

hn P. Foden, executive director, Canadian Energy-From-Waste Coalition

Coal not worth the costsDear Editor:

Re: Coal is critical to B.C. economy,Opinion, The Record, Jan. 10.

Of course the unions would like toprotect the jobs of their members, but atwhat cost to themselves and the rest ofthe population? Let’s not forget that thisis American coal going to China. TheAmericans refused to allow it to be trans-ported by train or barge to a West Coastport on its way to China for a very goodreason. Why should we do it for them?

Coal transported via trucks, railroadsand cargo ships releases air pollution inthe form of soot. We are not discussing theburning of coal here. Health problems areassociated with every aspect of coal’s lifecycle including transportation. Inhalationof the coal dust released during transpor-tation causes chronic health problems, themost severe of which is so-called “blacklung.”

Admittedly, the greatest threat is to coalminers, but even after removal from thecoal mine, threats to public health remain.Coal trains, trucks and barges release coaldust into the air, affecting air quality.Spraying with a surfactant may mitigatethe problem slightly, but it will not removeit entirely.

Transport Canada has classified bulkcoal cargoes as hazardous. If a fire occurredat the proposed Fraser Surrey Docks expan-sion, we will be paying the price for manyyears. Just think of what that would do toproperty values in New Westminster. Alsothink carefully about what it will mean toour health.

Anne Moretti, New Westminster

So we don’t need God?Dear Editor:

I am writing in response to your cur-rent article on the sign by CFI on McBrideBoulevard which states “Without God. Weare all good.” It makes me aware that thereis a big gap between God and humanity.

The Bible states that Jesus said to lovethe Lord your God in the first place andyour neighbour as yourself.

If this were done, then we wouldn’thave such headlines as in The Record onJan. 8, Charges filed in city murders.

Martin van den Hooven, New Westminster

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ny mayors will advocatea tax measure whenre is a real chance theirponent in a mayoraltye takes the “no” pos-n?In fact, will an actualrevolt emerge instead?en the bruising experi-e of the ill-fated HST

d the entrenched cranki-s of voters when it

mes to tax hikes and users, I’d guess the potentialone being created by the

nsit referendum is veryl.And that may furtherd a chill down manyyors’ political spines.A wild card factor in thisreasingly messy busi-s may be Transportationnister Todd Stone.like his premier, Stonesaid he intends toressively campaign inreferendum.

Stone has been doing hishomework on this issue.He’s studied more than60 similar referendums inthe United States, and heknows referendums onlysucceed with a fair amountof legwork and campaign-ing over a long period oftime.

Unfortunately, Stonemay have left things toolate. The recently successfulcampaign in Los Angelesthat saw voters pass ahalf-cent increase to thesales tax to pay for transitimprovements occurredafter a multi-year publiccampaign.

Stone has just 10 monthsto work with before theNovember vote. And if fewmayors join with him inthat campaign, it’s hard tosee the vote passing.

In fact, the municipalelections themselves maysuffer a kind of collateral

damage from the transitreferendum.

Depending on the ques-tion and whether there isany substantial backlashamong the voting public,the potential exists formayors or councilors losingtheir posts because of thisone issue.

I don’t think anyonesaw this coming whenthe referendum idea wasfirst unveiled by a pre-mier whose days in officeseemed to be numbered.

But now that transit ref-erendum is barrelling downthe track, and it’s headedstraight at the mayors ofa region that simply can’tfind consensus on what isarguably the number oneissue facing it. Some ofthem may pay a hefty pricefor all those years of notagreeing on things.

Keith Baldrey is chief polit-ical reporter for Global B.C.

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Laneway housingis no solutionDear Editor:

Re: Council debates howto handle laneway housing,The Record, Jan. 17.

Your recent article onlaneway housing being dis-cussed at council was bothsurprising and distressing,to say the least.

Beyond all the issuesaround laneway housing(parking, narrow lanescrowded with cars, lossof trees and greenspace ashouses fill up back yards),the most distressing for mewas how the city can evenconsider discussing lane-way housing while it hasjust started a formal pro-cess to stop the increasingnumber of demolitions inthe Queen’s Park neighbor-hood.

For starters, lanewayhousing in Queen’s Parkwill hardly result in the“affordable” housing coun-cillors say they support.Not only will property val-ues soar with two houseson the lot, but rents willbe beyond what averagepeople can pay.

The real issue is thatonce laneway houses arelegalized, the number ofdemolitions will accelerate.

I recently talked to some-one who lives near CambieStreet in Vancouver andshe said that houses arecoming down every weekin her neighborhood (letalone the rest of the city)and being replaced withtwo new houses that are,to the inch, the maximumallowable square footageallowed.

Homes on existing lotswere not built to accommo-date another house on thesame lot – it’s not alwayssimply a case of replac-ing a garage with a house.Developers will be want-ing to remove any existingroadblocks to getting twohouses of maximum sizeon one lot – and the result

will be even more demoli-tions than we have now– which has become such aproblem the city is lookingfor a solution.

This is truly a case ofrobbing Paul to pay Peter.

The other concern isthat one of the most via-ble solutions to convincingdevelopers not to demol-ish a house and replace itwith a new one are den-sity incentives, includingsubdividing the lot andallowing carriage houses oradditions beyond the floorspace ratio that currentlyexists.

Laneway housing beinglegalized removes thatincentive.

Why would someonereconsider demolitionwhen it’s legal to tear downand put two houses on thesame lot?

Council must weighthese issues carefully beforemaking any policy deci-sions, particularly any thatare city-wide in nature.

Jim Hutson, New Westminster

Thanks to angelnamed MichaelDear Editor:

I had a bad fall at RoyalCity Centre on Jan. 9 aroundnoon.

I couldn’t move, and agentleman came along andphoned 911. He answeredall of their questions aboutmy condition and stayedwith me until the medicscame. I have no idea whohe is, but he was just thekindest man.

Through a kind of hazeI couldn’t see his face, buthe sounded like a business-man, perhaps on lunchbreak.

His first name is Michael,but I didn’t hear his lastname.

I wanted to thank him,but they said he had left.Michael – whoever you are,thank you so very much. Inow believe in angels.

Elsie Scott, New Westminster

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Against the backdrop of impending war,two of the 20th century’s keenest minds meetto discuss life’s great questions.

Is there a God? Does goodness requirethe presence of evil? Can morality guaranteesurvival?

New Westminster theatregoers will havea chance to eavesdrop on the discussionsbetween Sigmund Freud and C.S. Lewiswhen City Stage New West brings its latestproduction to the stage.

Freud’s Last Session runs at Galbraith Housefrom Jan. 28 to Feb. 9.

Mark St. Germain’s play imagines a meet-ing between the famed psychoanalyst and thewriter as the Second World War looms. Freudis dying of cancer, and he has summonedLewis to his home to discover why the formeratheist has converted to Christianity.

Chris Robson, who directs the production,says that although the meeting never in facthappened, the playwright has drawn muchof his script from the writings and actuallives of the two men – starting by posing onequestion.

“What ifthese two mindsmet, and not justmet, but met onthe day Englanddeclares waron Germany,”Robson explains.“It really chargesthe atmospherebehind theplay.”

The audiencewill be drawn into the time peri-od with radio

broadcasts, planes passing overhead, even anair raid siren.

And, in the persons of actors RichardNewman as Freud and Damon Calderwoodas Lewis, they’ll also be drawn into the livesof the two men.

“I’m just thrilled, it’s an ideal cast,” Robsonsaid. He notes that not only do the two actorsbear some physical resemblance to the menthey are playing, they also share certainqualities of personality and outlook on life.“They’re so well-suited to these parts.”

They’re aided by a script that allows thetwo men to be not just intellectuals but realpeople, with childhoods and relationshipsand personal lives.

“What really attracted me to the play wasthe depth of humanity you see in these char-acters,” Robson said. “These men are men,they’re human beings.”

Robson noted that the script delves intomany of the big questions – centring, ofcourse, around Freud’s atheism and Lewis’slate conversion to Christianity.

“Freud wasn’t an atheist because he hatedreligion. He was an atheist because he feltthere were a lot of harmful things it did,”Robson said. “Lewis felt that religion gavehim, and people, a moral compass, a sense ofright and wrong, a blueprint for living morehumanely.”

What the play doesn’t provide is judg-ment.

“In a sense, they’re both right, and they’reboth wrong,” Robson said. “The best scripts,they don’t provide you with answers, they fillyou with questions.”

Despite the weighty premise, Robsonnoted the play remains entertaining.

“There’s a lot of surprising humour in thescript,” he said.

And, he noted, the audience experience isenhanced by the setting – in the dining roomat Galbraith House, converted to Freud’sstudy for the occasion, they will experiencean intimate production that wouldn’t be pos-sible in a traditional theatre setting.

“The feeling will be of being a fly on thewall, it’s that intimate a space,” he said, not-ing the closeness to the actors adds an inten-sity to the performance. “I think the audiencewill be energized by it.”

Moreover, he notes, though the play ishistorical in context, the issues it discusses arestill timely for the 21st century.

“We’re still dealing with people with con-flicting ideologies and world views,” he said,

noting the big questions about religion andGod are far from being settled in the publicrealm. “There’s a lot of relevance there. A lotof these things are still being debated.”

He believes the play will have wide appealto many age groups because of the setting,the characters involved and the issues beingdebated.

“We’re fighting for theatre to stay aliveand stay relevant. It only does that by beinggood, and by being challenging,” he said.

Robson said live theatre engages its audi-ence in a way many other forms of entertain-ment don’t.

“It really requires focus and thought onthe part of the audience,” he noted. “It’s nottuning out for 90 minutes, it’s tuning in.”

Freud’s Last Session runs Jan. 28 to Feb. 9 at8 p.m. at Galbraith House, 131 Eighth St. Jan. 28is a two-for-one preview night, with the officialopening on Jan. 29.

Tickets can be purchased through www.brownpapertickets.com. For more information, see www.citystagenewwest.org.

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Love to sing? Parlez-vousfrançais? Maillardville’sfrancophone choir, Les

Échos du Pacifique, is welcom-ing new singers for its 40thseason.

And though it’s not in NewWestminster, I know there aremany Royal City types involvedin the choir – and it’s just ahop, skip and jump over toMaillardville for rehearsal.

The first rehearsal of the newyear was Jan. 13 – the choirmeets Mondays from 7 to 9p.m. at Place Maillardville, 1200Cartier Ave. in Coquitlam.

For information, call 604-936-6993 or email [email protected]. You can also checkout the choir’s website at www.lesechosdupacifique.com.

Christmas giftsIt was a merry Christmas for

City Stage New West this year.The group’s Kickstarter cam-

paign, which you read about inthis column in December, was aresounding success.

As you may remember, thetheatre group was hoping toraise $3,000 towards the costof making a professional castrecording of Stump City Stories– the original musical by GeorgeRyan which debuted in 2009.

In the end, with some 66backers stepping up to the plate,they raised $3,415.

Kudos to everyone involvedin the project – we’re lookingforward to hearing the new CDin the spring!

Writers’ group meetsHere’s one for the writers out

there …The Writers’ Discovery Group

meets on the second Wednesdayof the month from 10 a.m. tonoon at the New WestminsterPublic Library. The group wel-comes all members wanting toread their work and meet otherwriters to discuss their writing.

The next meeting is Feb. 12,and new members are welcome.

Stop by the library at 716Sixth Ave. to check it out.

Writing workshopWant to learn how to build

suspense in your writing?Author Colleen Cross is

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Callingsingers

Of Freud, Lewis and GodCity Stage New Westproduction offers an intimatelook at a conversationbetween two great mindsBY JULIE MACLELLAN [email protected]

The meaning of life : Richard Newman is Sigmund Freud and Damon Calderwood isC.S. Lewis in the City Stage New West production of Freud’s Last Session. It runs atGalbraith House from Jan. 28 to Feb. 9.

Photo contributed/THE RECORD

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What: Freud’s Last Ses-sion, presented by CityStage New West

When: Jan. 28 to Feb. 9at Galbraith House, 131Eighth St.

Tickets: $25 regular, $20seniors and students, withhalf-price preview Jan. 28.Buy at www.brownpapertickets.com.

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What happens when your emptynest fills back up?

That’s the question posed in thenew Vagabond Players comedy, AloneTogether, playing at the Bernie LeggeTheatre Jan. 30 to Feb. 22.

The play centres around Georgeand Helene, a middle-aged couplewho have spent 30 years raising threesons and who are finally looking for-ward to being alone together.

Then, just as one son goes out thedoor, two more return – to be fol-

lowed in short order by the third.“It’s time for parents’ rights to take

precedence and for children to standon their own two feet,” as a pressrelease explains.

It’s directed by Dale Kelly and starsRoss Friesen and Gemma Martini asthe couple in question.

Their sons are played by Ryan J.Johnson, Keaton Mazurek and BorisBilic – and Friesen’s real-life daugh-ter, Cary Lune Friesen, plays JanieJohnson, the young woman who tags

along with one of the returning sons.Alone Together is on Thursdays

through Saturdays at 8 p.m., withSunday matinees at 2 p.m.

Tickets are $15, or $13 for studentsand seniors, with two-for-one pre-views on Jan. 30 and 31.

For reservations, call 604-521-0412or email [email protected].

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Our sincere appreciation to all thevolunteers whose dedication and energy

contributes to the enrichment and growthof our community. Thank You!

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Judy Darcy, MLANew Westminster737 Sixth Street

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Finding Community Through VolunteeringFinding a sense of community

is often lost these days butvolunteering can be a way to findthat spirit.

Local resident Jeremy Perrycan attest to this. Having movedto New Westminster with hishusband two years ago, hefound he was missing the senseof community he experiencedgrowing up.

“I was raised in the church(though I wouldn’t considermyself religious) and I wasmissing the sense of communityand service opportunities thatchurch provided,” explainedPerry.

To get started, Perry firstlooked at service clubs. “WhenI saw how active Rotary was inNew West, and how inspiringRotary’s work around the worldis, I felt that it would be a greatfit, and it has been,” statedPerry.

Today, volunteering is a majorpart of Perry’s life. He sits on theboard for the New West RotaryClub, New West Pride, KidSportNew West, and Quest New West.

Volunteering has evenintroduced him to new things.While joining New West Pridewas a natural fit for Perry,KidSport wasn’t necessarilysomething he was initiallyattracted to not being a sportsteam enthusiast nor a parent.

However, Jeremy quicklylearned the benefits sports haveon children including teachingthem teamwork and leadershipskills, and a chance to find theirown sense of community. Today,Perry helps run KidSport’ssporting goods sale.

“It is rewarding beyondexplanation. The feelings youget when you have done goodin the world are unrivalled.,Perry explains. “I’ve met amazingpeople, [done] really fun things,and I sleep soundly knowing thatI’m doing my best to contributeto our world.”

To other residents, Perrysays, “Just Do It! You willprobably be amazed at how greatyou feel after you’ve enhancedyour life by doing something forthe greater good”.

The New Westminster Chamberof Commerce had five nomineesfor the Junior Citizen of the Yearaward. We wanted to find out whythese experts in volunteering wouldrecommend volunteering to others.Here’s what they said.

Jeremy Perry (left) with husband, Ian Dagami (right) working to make blankets for the homeless withthe Interact Club from New Westminster Senior Secondary’s Youth Division of Rotary.

Keila Stark (18) – Junior Citizen of the Year,Environment Club & Vancouver Aquarium volunteer

“Volunteer work opens for us a circle of empathy.It enables us to realize of our own accord the truevalue of our work & effort. We are exposed to newknowledge and ideas and we meet and connectwith people from other walks of life. Above all weourselves experience the reward of improving thelives of others, caring for our environment, andcontributing to our community that inevitably hascontributed to us.”

Tiger Xu (18) – Junior Citizen Nominee,MOMENTUM Youth Arts Movement volunteer

“I like volunteering when you see others enjoy whatyou’ve accomplished and how it affects their lives.”

JUNIOR CITIZENS SPEAK OUT ABOUT VOLUNTEERING

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The City of NewWestminster would like to thankand recognize all the volunteers that generouslyserve in our community.Youmake NewWestminster a better place tolive, work and play!

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The research is in: volunteerslive longer. And not only that, theyare healthier and happier thannon-volunteers.

Volunteers understand asecret to life, but being nicefolks they are happy to share it.Plus, it’s a pretty simple secret:Volunteering gives you somethingto live for.

Take Thelma and Manny,Volunteer Grandparents ofAllen. They have grandchildrenof their own, but having a 5-year-old invite you to their birthdayparty is something that can’thappen often enough in a lifetime.“Volunteer Grandparents meansa lot to me and Manny. We arevery thankful that the organizationis there because it provides the

answer to our need to love andcare for grandchildren! That isvery important to us since ourbiological grandchildren do notlive here in British Columbia. It isnot as though Allen is taking theirplace.”

“The whole experience justenriches us, making us feelimportant, loved, and treatedas grandparents. We have thatspecial connection with Allen.”

It’s not just volunteering thatmakes you healthy, it’s how youvolunteer. The best results comewhen you volunteer consistentlyat a single organization, investingabout 100 hours per year. Peoplewho volunteer this way are lesslikely to die, are healthier laterin life, and are less likely to have

depression than non-volunteersand less frequent volunteers.

For Leila, who volunteers at anintergenerational dinner night ata local Youth Centre, it’s hard tobe depressed when your belly isfull of laughter. “In the beginning,when we first started, we hadso many kids in the kitchen andwe just laughed all the time. Wewere laughing so much, havingsuch a good time and making somuch noise that people in otherprograms complained!”

Between connecting to othersand being an important part ofyour community, volunteeringkeeps you part of life.And now it’s no secret.

JUNIOR CITIZENS SPEAK OUT ABOUT VOLUNTEERINGNur Elmasri (12) Junior CitizenNominee, Kids Fun Day Organizer“Well, I think it’s very nice to helpother people. If someone helpssomeone that person would behappy to help someone else - likeif someone bullies, the people theybullied might bully others, but if youare volunteering, the people youhelp will want to volunteer too.”

Iqan Elmasri (15) – JuniorCitizen Nominee, BC Children’sfundraiser & local clean-upvolunteer“It’s very important to volunteerto serve the city and give back toNew Westminster. It’s also veryfun to do because you get to meetnew people, do new things andlearn new things.”

Sophie Labrosse -Junior Citizen Nominee,MOMENTUM Youth ArtsMovement volunteerWe couldn’t reach Sophieby our press deadline, butknow she is a fabulousvolunteer.

VOLUNTEERING:THE SECRET TO A LONG AND HAPPY LIFE?

Be a Volunteer Grandparentwww.volunteergrandparents.caVolunteer withNew West Youth:www.newwestpcr.ca

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How wonderful it is thatnobody need wait a singlemoment before starting toimprove the world.

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Oh, what a beautiful month itis for Royal City Musical Theatre.

The company’s productionof Oklahoma! is up for multipleOvation Awards.

The nominees for the 2014Ovation Awards were announcedon the Jan. 14.

Royal City Musical Theatreis nominated for OutstandingCommunity Production (LargeTheatre) for last year’s spring pro-duction of the Broadway classic.

The production also earnednominations for music direc-tion (James Bryson), choreogra-phy (Valerie Easton), set design(Omanie Elias) and lightingdesign (Gerald King).

On the performance front,Oklahoma! also earned severalnominations.

Quinn Cartwright earnedOutstanding Lead Performance– Female nomination for her workas Laurey, while Sayer Robertsis up in the Outstanding LeadPerformance – Male category forhis role as Curly.

Sandra Head, who playedAunt Eller, is up for OutstandingSupporting Performance –Female, and Dustin Freeland isup for Outstanding SupportingPerformance – Male for his role asAli Hakim.

Three chorus members– Erika Babins, Lena Dabrusinand Alfonso Banzon – are up forOutstanding Gypsy.

And New Westminster’s pres-ence in the awards doesn’t stopthere.

Peter Jorgensen is up forOutstanding Direction for hiswork with Arts Club TheatreCompany’s Avenue Q – whichis one of the nominees forOutstanding ProfessionalProduction.

Dragon Diva Operatic Theatrehas also earned a nominationfor Outstanding CommunityProduction in the Large Theatrecategory, for its production ofCandide.

And New Westminster’s ChrisSinosich, well-known for herlongtime association with RoyalCity Musical Theatre, is up forOutstanding Costume Design forher work with Theatre Under theStars’ How To Succeed In BusinessWithout Really Trying.

For a complete list of nomineesor to vote on the awards, seewww.applausemusicals.com.

The workshop is offeredby the Royal City LiteraryArts Society at NewWestminster Public Libraryon Tuesday, Jan. 28, from6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Cross is the author ofthe Katerina Carter fraudthriller series, whichincludes Exit Strategyand Game Theory. She’scurrently working on the

third book in the series.She also has a non-fic-

tion book, Anatomy ofa Ponzi: Scams Past andPresent, being releasedthis month. Find out moreabout Cross at www.colleencross.com.

To attend the workshop,pre-register by [email protected].

The library is at 716Sixth Ave., uptown.

Stars onthe rise:QuinnCartwrightand SayerRoberts inlast year’sRoyal CityMusicalTheatreproductionof Oklahoma!They’re bothup for Ova-tion Awardsfor theirwork, andthe produc-tion is nom-inated forseveral otherawards.

Locals earn Ovation nodsRoyal City MusicalTheatre earns awardnominations

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Johnny Cash fans andBuddy Holly aficionados,take note.

Tickets are on sale forTwo Legends: One Stage,which is coming to theMassey Theatre on Friday,Feb. 7.

Rock.It Boy Entertain-ment is presenting the twoacts – David James andthe Big River band withtheir tribute to JohnnyCash, (www.johnnycashtribute.ca) and JohnnyVallis’ tribute to BuddyHolly (www.johnnyvallis.com).

A press release callsJames “one of the world’spremier tribute artists.”

“With the look, the

moves and the sound,he does Johnny proud ashe recreates such hits asFolsom Prison Blues, Ringof Fire, Hey Porter, RockIsland Line, Get Rhythm,The Long Black Veil, DaddySang Bass, Sunday Mornin’Comin’ Down, A Boy NamedSue, Man In Black, Walk TheLine and Orange BlossomSpecial,” the release says.

Vallis, meanwhile, takeson the persona of the manwho made a huge mark onearly rock ‘n’ roll before hisdeath in 1959.

The concert marks the55th anniversary of Holly’sdeath.

“In his tribute to the rockicon, Johnny Vallis perfect-

ly portrays both the lookand the sound as he rollsout Buddy’s greatest hits:That’ll Be The Day, Words ofLove, Not Fade Away, Oh Boy,Peggy Sue, Maybe Baby, RaveOn, Heartbeat and more,”the release says.

They’re set to hit thestage starting at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets are $42.50 plusservice charges. For tick-ets, call 604-521-5050 or seewww.masseytheatre.com.

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The Man in Black: David James and Big River are onstage at the Massey Theatre Feb.7 with their tribute to Johnny Cash.


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The food bank will bethe winner of a betbetween city coun-

cillors Jonathan Cote andChuck Puchmayr.

Cote got the ball run-ning when he posted amessage on Facebook onSunday. He suggested thatwhen Denver Broncos’quarterback PeytonManning thanked the fansfor helping the Broncos getto the Superbowl, “I am

pretty sure he was refer-ring to me.”

The Broncos will takeon the Seattle SeahawksFeb. 2.

Puchmayr suggested awager on the Superbowl,to which Cote suggested:“Loser needs to read acongratulatory note writ-ten by the winner to thisyear’s Super Bowl cham-pion during the council/committee report.”

“That and 100 poundsof potatoes for thefood bank,” suggestedPuchmayr.

Bet’s on. Who do youthink will win this one?

Literacy funThe New Westminster

Public Library aims to

make literacy fun.The library is offering

a number of activities partof Family Literacy Day onMonday, Jan. 27.

Families are invited todrop by the library at 716Sixth Ave. between 6 and8 p.m.

“We’ll be making artout of books, playing withmagnet poetry, challeng-ing each other with videogames and board games,sharing our favouritebooks and movies, goingcrazy with Post-it notes,making tasty snacks andmuch more,” said AliciaDobbs, children’s and teenservices librarian in anemail to The Record. “We’llalso be giving away bas-kets full of books, games

and other goodies in aprize draw.”

People of all ages arewelcome, but if possiblethe library would likepeople to sign up so theyknow how many people toexpect.

For more informationor to sign up, call 604-527-4677 or email [email protected].

Volunteer festivalThe Royal City

Volunteers andCommunity VolunteerConnections are invitingcommunity members tocelebrate volunteering inNew Westminster.

The groups are hold-ing the 12th annual NewWestminster Festival of

Volunteers, a celebrationof community spirit andvolunteering, on Saturday,Jan. 25 from 9:30 a.m. to3:30 p.m. in Royal CityCentre.

Interested in helpingout in the community ormaking a difference in theworld?

Drop by the event andlearn about some of thevolunteer opportunitiesavailable in the com-munity, such as workingwith children, rescuingstray cats, visiting seniors,helping new immigrantfamilies and doing somecommunity gardening.

According to the eventorganizers, the Festivalof Volunteers raises over12,000 hours in volun-

teer contributions andhelp non-profits in NewWestminster to get theirgood work done.

In addition to informa-tion booths by assortedcommunity groups, theentertainment stage fea-tures singers, dancers,poets, a play and presenta-tions from participatingnon-profit organizations.Attendees will have achance to win $500 inRoyal City Centre gift cer-tificates just by visiting thevolunteering booths at theevent.

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Future Olympians could soonbe diving into New Westminster’sCanada Games Pool.

The Speedo Western CanadianSwim Championships will takeplace at Canada Games Pool fromFeb. 13 to 16. The meet will causea temporary disruption to swimprograms and public swimmingat Canada Games Pool.

“Essentially the pool willbe closing completely, with theexception of the upstairs gym,”said Hilary Knowles, the city’saquatics director. “There is a fair-ly high qualifying time for swim-mers to make in order to qualifyfor this particular meet.”

Swimmers will take their firstdip in the pool on Wednesday,Feb. 12, which is a practice day.The meet, which runs for thenext three days, gets underwaywith warm-ups starting at 7:30a.m. and heats running until 8 or8:30 p.m.

Between 400 and 500 high-cal-ibre swimmers aged 16 years andunder are expected to take partin the Western Canadian cham-pionships.

“The efforts and responsesthat go into an event like this aremuch more intense than a normalmeet we would run,” Knowlessaid of preparations for the meet.“It’s the calibre.”

In addition to testing for drugsand providing food for the coach-

es and officials, the meet also hasstrict requirements regarding thepools and equipment. The facilitymust post details about the poolchemical levels daily and musthave contingency plans in placeto address any unexpected cir-cumstances that may arise.

The Justice Institute andQueen’s Park will be used foroverflow parking for buses, andattendees will use some spacein the Centennial CommunityCentre. A small curling bonspielwill be taking place at the RoyalCity Curling Club the sameweekend.

“It will be a fairly busy site,”Knowles said.

The swimming champion-ships have required the city tomake some adjustments to itsregular swim lesson schedule,which now gets bumped into thefirst week of spring break. Thatmay or may not have an impacton registration for swim lessons.

News that the NewWestminster facility would behome to this year’s WesternCanadian Swim Championshipscame as a surprise to city officialsand the Hyack Swim Club.

In April 2013, staff informedcity council that Tourism Burnabyhad approached the city andasked it to submit a proposal tohost the meet – having alreadylisted Canada Games Pool as ahost facility because Burnaby’spools aren’t equipped to host theevent. City officials said it was

“awkward” and “strange” for anoutside organization to nominatethe city for hosting the event butwere supportive of the plan.

“It’s been a New Westminsterevent right from the get go,”Knowles said. “Burnaby Tourismhas contributed financially to theevent.”

Knowles said the HyackSwim Cub could benefit from themeet by having more volunteerstrained, and local businesses may

see a boost in business.“Swim Canada said to us

people love a meet in B.C. – theweather is nicer, it’s a prettyprovince to come to,” she said. “Ifyou are coming from the Prairies,you … might be inclined to stayan extra day or two.”

Knowles said the city will berenting out the pool for five daysto Swim Canada. While it takesa lot of work to prepare for thehigh-calibre meet, Knowles said

it’s a task embraced by staff.“It’s a two-edged sword. It’s a

lot of work. It is above the work-load that exists here,” she said.“It’s also exciting to do some-thing that is out of the norm. Thelast time we had it was 2003.”

Community members cancheck out some of Canada’s topyoung swimmers.

“They are more than welcometo watch,” Knowles said. “Therewill be an admission fee.”

Pool to welcome top Canadian swimmersBY THERESA MCMANUS [email protected]

Top form: The Canada Games Pool will play host to the Western Canadian swim championships.

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◗ IN THE GAMEB.C. Lacrosse names Team box coaches ◗P20STM girls place second at JV Chancellor ◗P20

A second chance for Sport B.C. awardDouglas College bad-

minton star RuiLin Huangwas among the 13 out-standing amateur ath-letes, coaches and officialsnamed as finalists forSport B.C.’s Athlete of theYear awards to be held inMarch.

Huang led DouglasCollege with five consecu-tive Canadian Colleges’Athletic conference nation-al women’s singles titles.She was also a five-timeAll-Canadian and PacWestplayer of the year.

Last year, Huang wasnamed the CCAA femaleplayer of the year across allsports, and is a four-timenational badminton playerof the year. She has alsoearned Douglas College’sathlete of the year for fivestraight years.

In her collegiate career,Huang amassed a near-perfect record of 207 winsand just one defeat.

It is Huang’s secondnomination for collegeathlete of the year.

“I’m so happy to benominated again,” saidHuang, who graduatedfrom Douglas in Decemberwith a degree in accoun-tancy. “I had a great teamand a great coach. Withouttheir help I wouldn’t havebeen able to get the resultsI got.”

Huang is up againstUniversity of the FraserValley and PacWestfemale volleyball playerof the year Kayla Ungerand All-Canadian andtwo-time PacWest leagueMVP Alanna Bekkeringfor the bronze-medal-win-ning Thompson RiversUniversity women’s soc-cer team.

“When I got the email(from Sport B.C.), I said,

‘Wow, again.’ Hopefully Ican be luckier than the lasttime,” Huang said.

Burnaby Central gradAmar Dhesi in highschool wrestling, Burnaby

Mountain wrestler StacieAnaka in the female seniorathlete category and SimonFraser University gradNayo Raincock-Ekunwe inwomen’s basketball were

also shortlisted in theirrespective categories forthe 48th annual awardsceremony and gala dinnerthat will take place at theFairmont Hotel Vancouver

on March 5.Finalists and winners

are selected by a commit-tee of 20 highly regarded

Royal City Curling Club’s Jennifer Howardand Ken McArdle made it to the quarter-finalsof the B.C. mixed doubles curling champion-ships.

Howard and McArdle won four straightmatches before losing a tight 6-5 decision toVictor and Kerri Miller of Delta in the quarter-finals.

The Royal City pair led off with a 2-0advantage after a single steal in the secondend but needed a deuce in the fifth to retakethe lead at 4-3.

The two teams then traded singles in thesixth, seventh and eighth ends, before Millerstole one point in the ninth.

Howard and McArdle opened the 15-teamprovincial competition with a 9-6 win overNorm Richard and Debbie Girard of Richmondin the A event on Jan. 17.

The New Westminster pair then defeat-ed Andrew Forrest and Becky Campbell ofRichmond 10-7 following a three-point end inthe ninth.

On the Saturday, Howard and McArdledoubled Wendy and Harris Ulch of PrinceGeorge 8-4 in eight ends.

Later in the day, Howard and McArdleleaped out to a 6-0 lead after two ends beforedowning Stephanie Prinse and Marcel Maureof Chilliwack 8-3 in a six-ender.

The Millers went on to the B.C. final, wherethey lost 8-1 to the host pair from Maple Ridge,Bryan Kedziora and Colleen Hannah.

A second Royal City club pair, DylanSomerton and Jami McMartin, lost in a tie-breaker after finishing the A event with a 2-2record.

In the tiebreak, Somerton and McMartin fellbehind 7-2 after three ends before losing 8-5to Grant and Diane Dezura of Golden Ears inseven ends.

Somerton and McMartin were the onlyteam to hand the Kedziora/Hannah pair aloss at the provincials. The New West coupledefeated the eventual B.C. champs 7-2 on thefinal day of the A playdowns, jumping out toa quick 4-0 lead after three ends, with steals inthe second and third end.

The provincials, only the second mixeddoubles championships to be held, was hostedby the Golden Ears Curling Club.

BY TOM BERRIDGE SPORTS [email protected]

Royal City pairs fail to move past quarters


Second time: Douglas College grad RuiLin Huang was shortlisted for a second time in the college athlete of theyear category for the annual Sport B.C. awards.

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Roadto top agauntletfor hoop

Clan

Simon Fraser Universityfaces a gauntlet of opposi-tion in its quest for topspot in Great Northwestconference women’s bas-ketball.

The Clan split its week-end schedule, falling 73-71to first-place Saint Martin’sin Lacey, Washington onJan. 16. SFU then got pastWestern Oregon 56-47 onSaturday to improve itsconference record to 4-3.

While on the plus sideof the ledger, SFU stilltrails five separate schoolsin the conference stand-ings, including AlaskaAnchorage, Montana StateBillings, Saint Martin’sand Western Washington,all tied with a similar 5-2 records. Seattle Pacificis currently tied with theClan but holds an edgewith a win over SFU ear-lier in the season.

Against Saint Martin’s,SFU trailed by as many as11 points early in the sec-ond half before making agame of it.

Freshman Ariana Siderof New Westminster gaveSFU its first lead of the halfwith a three-point bucket.

Junior Katie Lowenthen put the visitors up63-59 with a successfultrey, before finishing thegame with 15 points, fiverebounds and four steals.

But a turnover, one of26 committed by the Clanin the game, allowed SaintMartin’s to tie the gameand eventually take a four-point lead.

Junior guard ErinChambers had a game-high25 points for the Clan.

Against WesternOregon,RebeccaLangmeadscored 10 points and had13 rebounds. Lowen led allscorers with 18 points.

If the Clan wants to be apresence in the conferencethis season, the team needlook no farther than thelast two weeks in January,when it meets three of thetop-five teams in the nexttwo weeks.

SFU is at home thisweek to Alaska Fairbankson Thursday, before host-ing first-place Anchorageon Saturday at 7 p.m.




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B.C. sportswriters, broad-casters and amateur sportleaders.

Dhesi is a four-timenational wrestling cham-pion, who was undefeatedin his last two years of highschool wrestling without asingle point scored againsthim.

The promising heavy-weight, who is the firstB.C. wrestler to earn a full-ride athletic scholarship toa top-10 NCAA DivisionI wrestling program, wasalso the first Canadian intwo decades to win a U.S.national title.

Dhesi is currentlyranked No. 19 in the nationat Oregon State University.

Dhesi is shortlistedalong with two-time B.C.high school football playerof the year Mt. Douglasrunning back MarcusDavis and three-sport OakBay Secondary grad LarsBorneman.

Anaka, the senior worldsilver medallist and PanAmerican gold medal-win-ning wrestler, is among thetop three women nominat-ed for senior female athleteof the year.

The SFU grad andsenior national championis currently the head wom-en’s coach on BurnabyMountain.

Anaka is up against

10-year senior women’snational basketball teamveteran Kim Gaucher andCanadian record holder inthe 200-metre backstrokeHilary Caldwell.

Raincock-Ekunwe, wholed the varsity women’sClan basketball team to afirst-ever Sweet 16 finishat the NCAA Division IInational championshipslast year, was named a sec-ond team All-American.

In 2013, Raincock-Ekunwe set a GreatNorthwest conferencerecord of 49 career double-doubles, but her 63 doubleswith SFU are unofficiallythird best all-time in NCAADiv. II.

Raincock-Ekunwe alsoset a conference single-game record of 24 reboundsin 2013, while leading thenation with a shooting per-centage of 0.653 in Div. II.

The 6-2 forward is nomi-nated alongside UniversityofB.C.’swomen’svolleyballplayer of the year ShaniceMarcelle, who was namedthe top female athlete inCanadian InteruniversitySport.

Two-time national row-ing championship champi-on in the lightweight pairs,Maxwell Lattimer, was alsonominated in the univer-sity category.

– Tom Berridge

Athlete: Three more on list◗ continued from page 19

Silver medallists: Grade 9 guard Marcella Mauro, with ball, and STM team-mates Maya Iwan, No. 23, and Anna Baker, No. 8, helped the Knights placesecond to McMath at the Chancellor junior varsity basketball tournament.STM juniors Stephanie Von Riedemann and Hanna Hieltjes were named tothe Chancellor tournament girls’ all-star team.

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TeamB.C.

coachesnamedNew Westminster’s Rich

Catton was named the headcoach of the B.C. bantamboys’ box lacrosse team.

The bantam, midgetand peewee nationals willbe co-hosted by the NewWestminsterandCoquitlamminor lacrosse associationsfrom Aug. 4 to 9.

Other Team B.C. coach-es named were: CurtMalawsky (midget boys),Daren Fridge (peeweeboys), Dan Stroup (midgetgirls) and Chris Gill (ban-tam girls). The junior girlscoach is still to be named.

B.C. Lacrosse also hashigh performance pro-grams for box and field infemale junior, midget andbantam divisions.

For Team B.C. athletetryout information, pleasevisit the B.C. LacrosseAssociation website atwww.bclacrosse.com andclick on Team B.C. page.

– Tom Berridge

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