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LADNER BLAZEBuilding had no

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BRAVERY AWARDEDDPD constable saves family P6

TRAFFIC STUDYTwo futures for

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19 sports Following a season in Ger-many, field hockey's Mark Pearson has his sights set on the Commonwealth Games.

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August 6, 2010Vol. 12 No. 32

Cover and index photosRob Newell

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In the July 30, 2010 edition

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The correct date is Aug. 9.

Delta's director of com-munity planning Thomas Leathem (left, and on cover) has been working with staff and MK Delta Lands to create a vision for Tilbury's "Zone C."

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85 news A fire at a seniors residence is not considered to be suspicious, but highlights the need for buildings to have sprinklers.

6 saving Pecker Pecker the cat was one of many pets reunited with owners after a fire destroyed their homes.

7 coffee with The Delta Museum and Archives' "lone arranger" is looking forward to archiving the community's past.

15 classic car Rick Richardson's 1967 Beaumont has been his trusty companion since he was 17.

16 local flavour Wiener Walk organizer Susan Lankau shares her recipe for salmon.

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Firefighters battle Ladner blaze Seniors housing unit not protected by sprinkler system

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Extreme fire warning posted in Delta

Delta Fire Rescue and Emergency Services are reminding the public of various fire safety regulations as dry and warm conditions stretched into August in the Lower Mainland.

With little or no rain since the beginning of July, the current forest fire danger level is set on extreme, said Deputy Chief Paul Scholfield.

With that Delta has issued a ban on smoking and barbecues—both propane and charcoal—in local parks. Advisories have also been issued at Watershed Park in North Delta to keep visitors on designated trails.

And the Burns Bog area, normally closed to the pub-lic, has been off limits to all permit holders who had previously been granted access.

A recent helicopter flight over the bog to access con-ditions showed the area to be very dry, Scholfield said. In Tsawwassen, open beach barbecues at Centennial Beach have also been prohibited. And there is a ban on all open burning.

"We are not yet seeing the measures that we had last year when we had to close off access to Watershed Park, but we are advising people to be very careful," Scholfield said.

For more information on the current regulations, visit corp.delta.bc.ca and click on the What's New? column.

—Philip Raphael

Ferry crash cause foundA mechanical problem is believed to be the cause of

the Queen of Namaimo's hard landing at the Mayne Island Terminal dock on Aug. 3.

The 44-year-old BC Ferries vessel was on the early morn-ing run through the Gulf Islands and on to Tsawwassen when it crashed, injuring 13 people.

BC Ferries engineers found that two, six-inch steel dowels attached to the ship's steering oil distribution box on the port shaft which hold the oil box to the shaft had fallen out.

"When that failed the propellers didn't respond to the captain's command to reverse," said BC Ferries spokesperson Deborah Marshall.

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AERIAL ATTACK—Delta firefighters battled an apartment fire last Friday evening (July 30) in Ladner. Shane MacKichan photo

PHILIP RAPHAELE D I T O R

WW hile the final report has yet to be submitted, Delta Fire and Rescue officials do not believe

the cause of last Friday's (July 30) apart-ment fire in Ladner to be suspicious.

Around 50 firefighters, including one crew from Richmond, were called out to battle the blaze that evening in the 4600-block of Evergreen Lane where one of three build-ings in a seniors housing com-plex caught fire.

Smoke billowed up high into the sky as firefighters attacked the blaze from above where sections of the roof had flames breaking through.

Deputy Chief Paul Scholfield said the two storey, wood frame structure went up quickly, yet all of the residents managed to get out safely.

The fire spread with pace mainly due to the lack of a sprinkler system in the 50-plus year-old building.

Current B.C. building codes require their installation, but those structures built prior to the codes being put in place do not have to be retrofitted, Scholfield said.

"The fire started in a second floor suite and raced up into the attic space, and off it went," he said.

No one was injured in the fire.It was the second large apartment fire in

Delta in less than a week.A similar type of apartment

building—also without sprin-klers—caught fire in North Delta on July 27.

The two incidents highlight the need for emergency pre-

paredness planning, said Scholfield.Since the installation of sprinklers

cannot be mandated in older buildings, residents need to have good access to fire extinguishers and evacuation plans need to be not only put in place, but require fre-quent practice to ensure residents can get out in a safe and timely manner.

Scholfield said residents involved with the Ladner fire seemed to be able to exit

the building well and were all out by time crews arrived on the scene.

Smoke and water damage to the building was so severe it is likely a write off.

While the loss is large, the flip side is that a new structure will have to be built with up to date fire prevention measures that will improve safety levels, Scholfield said.

According to the Corporation of Delta's web site (corp.delta.bc.ca), victims of both the Ladner and North Delta fires who are in need of clothing can go to Deltassist in North Delta (9097 - 120th Street) which will be distributing donations until Aug. 6.

Those wishing to donate food and cloth-ing are asked to take items to a local Sal-vation Army location. Deltassist officials said they are overwhelmed with donations of food and clothing and are no longer accepting any more at this time.

For financial donations, an account has been setup at Envision Financial in the name of "Delta Firefighters Charitable Society, Emergency Donations." Financial donations are accepted until Aug.13.

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Quick actions help save family flee from burning home

Officer recognized for braveryPHILIP RAPHAELE D I T O R

T h e o ra n g e g l ow coming from next door seemed a bit odd.

Who would be barbe-cuing or having a camp fire in the backyard so late at night, thought Const. Cal Traversy.

It was around 1 a.m. and the off duty Delta Police officer was get-ting ready to hit the hay, much later than he usu-ally did when he then heard breaking glass.

Traversy looked out the window of his North Delta home a little clos-er and realized it was no barbecue or camp fire. His neighbour's home was on fire and the heat was causing the win-dows to shatter.

Traversy knew he had to act quickly.

"I yelled ay my wife to call 911," says Traversy, who was named a recipi-ent of the Gov. General's award for bravery on Tues-day (Aug. 3) for his actions to resuce his neighbours back in September 2008.

Traversy, shoeless, ran next door, clad just in a t-shirt and boxers, and banged on the home's front door.

Hearing nothing he

put his shoulder through the door and ran inside the gathering smoke and searing flames.

Traversy said his years of police training made him react quickly to the growing danger as he found various fam-ily members, and pet Labrador retriever, who

woke up to the fire.But it took three trips

back and forth inside the burning home to get the four people out—one of them, an older daugh-ter, was so scared she could not come down the stairs.

Traversy told her to climb out her window and on to a lower section of the roof where she could jump to an adja-cent tree and then down into his waiting arms.

And before the heat and smoke became too

intense, Traversy man-aged to grab the leash of the family's pet Labra-dor retriever, who was frozen with fear, and lead it to safety outside.

The whole ordeal last-ed several minutes before Delta firefighers arrived and doused the flames.

A fire chief on the scene later told Traversy what he did more than likely saved the lives of the four in the home.

Tr a v e r s y s a i d h e has had to respond to numerous emergency situations during his years as a police officer, but never had to enter a burning building.

"You tend not to think about the fact you may not come out," he said, adding getting the occu-pants to safety was his main concern.

The morning after the fire, Traversy met the family's father who was not at home at the time the fire broke out.

"We didn't exchange many words, he just stood there and hugged me," he said.

This is not the first award Traversy's act of courage has garnered. The heroic deed earned him a Delta's Chief Con-stable Award and B.C.

Award of Valour.The Gov. General's

award will be handed out in September in Ottawa. Created in 1972, they rec-ognize people who risk

their lives and choose to defy their own instinct of survival to try to save a loved one or a perfect stranger whose life is in immediate danger.

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K athy Roberts had faith.She also got a helping hand from

the Delta Community Animal Shel-ter in the aftermath of her North Delta apart-ment burning down last week.

The faith was in her cat named Pecker—one of three she has— to survive the catas-trophe. An indoor/outdoor cat, he wasn't in the building when tragedy struck July 27.

With his feline street smarts, Kathy knew he had a chance to survive.

A trap set by the animal shelter staff amid

the rubble of the burned out building proved Roberts right as Pecker came home and got nabbed, in a good way.

The trap was part of the shelter's services that offers help for pets caught up in a disas-ter such as the apartment blaze.

Shelter manager Sarah Lowe said staff went through the burned out building with fire crews a day later to search for pets left trapped inside. The sweep of the building rescued several animals before the bulldoz-ers arrived to clean up the site.

A total of 79 pets—mostly cats, some birds and a guinea pig—were processed at a tem-porary shelter by staff.

Then traps were set on the site for the 12 or so animals still reported missing.

Pecker was one. But he is missing no lon-ger and got a warm reunion with Roberts and her daughter Samantha.

REUNITED—Pecker the cat gets a hug from Samantha (left) and Kathy Roberts a week after a fire destroyed their North Delta apartment building. Contributed photo

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Two futures for transportationConsultant's study looks at vehicle traffic in Tsawwassen in 2021, 2031

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T wo possible futures for Tsawwassen's vehicle traffic at major intersections were put forth to the Tsawwassen

Area Plan committee last Wednesday eve-ning (July 28) at Municipal Hall.

Both look 10 and 20 years forward. One sees little change, while the other predicts the community's major junctions could reach capacity.

Dave Turner of Halcroft Engineering presented the findings of a Transporta-tion Study commissioned by Delta last fall, which will be considered by the TAP committee as they review the current area plan. Their draft plan must be completed for council by Aug. 30.

He reported that Tsawwassen's major intersections are currently well under capacity.

In 2009 the population of Tsawwassen was about 21,250 residents with about 5,000 jobs in town, which highlights the large percentage of residents who work outside the community, he said.

The busiest junction in the community is Highway 17 and 56 Street, which Turner gave a C grade on an A to F scale.

He said that means about 75 per cent capacity is being used at that intersection during the morning and afternoon peak hours and that it was "functioning satis-factorily."

The first of two potential development scenarios Halcroft Engineering looked at was "business as usual"—what the traffic at the community's main junctions would look like if Tsawwassen continued on along a road of little development as in the past 10 years.

The scenario took into account Shato Holdings' development of Tsawwassen Springs at the Tsawwassen Golf Club on 52nd Street and Highway 17, and Metro Vancouver's projected growth on Tsaw-wassen First Nation land.

Turner said by 2031, an estimated 4,500 more people would move to Tsawwassen and another 1,400 jobs would be created.

Traffic increase would be little, and main-ly along Highway 17 at 52nd Street and 56th Street due to development on TFN land.

The second scenario looked at what would happen if Tsawwassen's town core was redeveloped, as well as some infill allowed on single family lots.

"Under this scenario we've assumed the population will increase by 25 per cent of its current level by 2021 and by 50 per cent by 2031, and we've assumed there will be a simi-lar increase in employment," said Turner.

"With that level of development in place by 2021 not only do you have increases on Hwy. 17, but you also start to get increases on some of the junctions within Tsawwassen itself. And by 2031 you've got traffic along 56 Street going up somewhere between 35 per cent at the southern end up to 50 per cent by the time you get up to Hwy. 17."

By that year, Turner anticipates conges-tion problems in the morning and after-noon peak hours at 56 Street and 16 Avenue, as well as at Highway 17 and 56 Street.

"If you want to go forward with an aggres-sive level of development within Tsaw-wassen, the likelihood is you're going to have to do something about solving these problems. The junctions are operating at capacity more or less . . . But these are peak hour. So the problems are going to be there for half an hour in the morning and half an

hour in the evening. There's not going to be queues all day," he said.

To address these issues, Turner offered a number of recommendations which include introducing traffic calming mea-sures on 16 Avenue, such as speed bumps or closures, to deter drivers from using 16 Avenue instead of 12 Avenue.

He then suggested adding an extra left turn lane on 12 Avenue for drivers who want to turn onto 56 Street to head north out of Tsawwassen.

At Hwy. 17 and 52 Street, he recom-mended widening 52 Street and adding two additional through lanes and left turn lanes westbound on Hwy. 17.

And at Hwy. 17 and 56 Street, Turner said potential solutions are being discussed with the Ministry of Transportation, which oversees provincial highways.

He recommended creating three or four "nodes"—stretching out the intersection and spacing out the conflicts with sets of lights close together and linked to each other, similar to what's been done at Highway 10 and King George Boulevard in Surrey.

A third entry into Tsawwassen, by add-ing another intersection on Hwy. 17, is not acceptable to the ministry, Turner said.

The South Fraser Perimeter Road was taken into account in the consultant's study.

"What South Fraser does, in terms of Tsawwassen, is it provides opportuni-ties for Tsawwassen (residents) to go and work in places like Surrey because traffic times will be reduced. But it doesn't actu-ally solve any problems in Tsawwassen, because Tsawwassen is sort of beyond South Fraser, you still have to get out of Tsawwassen onto Hwy. 17."

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When was the last time you borrowed a cup of sugar from your neighbour?

Or poked your head over the fence to say hello or offer a friendly wave?

Do you even know their names?If you’re a little more neighbourly than some,

or have found yourself living in the same quiet neighbourhood for many years, the answer should be easy.

However, it may not be so for many of us in today’s world—full of high-density development, secondary suites and rental houses with tenancy turnover.

It’s the world we live in now, but it was not always thus.

It wasn’t too long ago—a decade or two or three, maybe—where it seemed everyone knew everyone, and a friendly face was just one door away.

And remember Block Watch and Block Parents? These neighbour-helping-neighbour movements that were popular in the ’70s and ’80s are still active now, but there seems to be fewer telltale signs posted in windows.

And while such developments might be perceived as signs of the times more so than any conscious effort to ignore those around us, it is something of a shame, considering how beneficial such neighbourly relationships can be.

At the very least, it helps to know your neighbours’ names, and have their phone numbers scribbled somewhere.

Take for example, two incidents in the Lower Mainland recently. In one, a family escaped from its burning house after on-the-ball neighbours alerted them to the blaze.

In the other, neighbours administered resuscitation attempts to a two-year-old who had fallen into a residential pool.

Thankfully, the toddler—found face down— was expected to make a full recovery.

Of course, not all neighbourly benefits are of the life-and-death variety.

It might simply be nice to see a familiar face when you’re out washing the car, or know that if you go away for a week, there’s someone to water your plants.

Some say progress has made our world a lot smaller.

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I guess I am not as bright as MLAs, members of the Dept.of Highways and Transportation or their engineers, but I fail to see why the highways/trans-portation department con-tinues to build bridges, make new highways, add a bus lane to Hwy. 99 through Richmond and put up wire guard railson Hwy. 99, but totally ignore the problems of the Massey Tun-nel.

Every morning and evening it is a nightmare.

There are constantly acci-dents and stalls that add to the problem and expenses of operating a highway.

Going north in the morn-ing they may need three lanes going through the tunnel, but in the evening going south if they shut off the Steveston Hwy. entrance and forced vehicles to enter at Westmin-ster Hwy. there would be two lanes going to the tunnel, and two lanes exiting.

Going north in the evening you have three lanes coming from the (BC) Ferries and Lad-ner, with one being an HOV lane. You have three lanes com-ing from the south on Hwy.99,

with one being an HOV lane.You have three lanes,if you

include the city dump, all merging into one lane through the tunnel.

Can you think of anything more stupid?

Nine lanes of traffic merging into one lane in an area with as much volume as the Lower Mainland?

When are they going to add an HOV lane to the River entrance Road from the east, and when are they going to address the problems of rush hour through the Massey Tun-nel?

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Delta Fire Rescue and Emergency Services tended to a pair of large apartment fires last week, one in North Delta and the other (pictured) in Ladner.In both incidents, all of the residents were able to get out of their homes safely. For this story, see page 5.Shane MacKichan photo

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Are off leash areas really needed?

(Re: Fenced freedom for Fido, South Delta Leader July 2, 2010)

Facts: 1 . Ever yone is a lready

walking their dogs off leash in most parks in most of Delta.

2. Dog owners with kids take their dogs to the chil-dren's playground.

3. There is a huge fenced area that dog owners walk their dogs in at Winskill also known as playing fields.

4. Other cities/municipali-ties have open areas or times in parks to walk a dog.

5. Standing in a fenced area will not make people more active.

6. Most people who have well behaved/trained dogs don't worry about them.

7. There are few complaints about dogs on file.

8. Standing in one spot and having dogs mingle day after day creates a pack mentality

and makes dogs irritable and they start competing for top dog position—not a desir-able outcome.

9. After a few minutes of playing, most young dogs want to walk/run a few kilo-metres and so do most own-ers, but maybe walk, not run.

10. People who own dogs take their dogs for a walk once or twice a day.

Definitions:Walk—move or travel on

legs and feet, alternately putting one foot a comfort-able distance in front of, or sometimes behind, the other, and usually proceeding at a moderate pace.

Stand—remain in a partic-ular place without moving.

11. Who wants to stand inside a small fenced area? Maybe people who own very small dogs, and then they'll pick up their pooch in fear when a large dog comes in?

12. Who wants to travel by car for miles when a perfectly good little park that one can walk to is just down the road, giving more exercise, less fuel used and less wear and tear on the road?

Questions: 1. With all the examples

of good to excellent dog off-leash areas in the Lower Main-land and in other cities of the world, why decide on four small areas for a place the size of Delta?

2. Why not have times in all but the most sensitive parks, as in Vancouver?

3. Why go to the expense of fencing? If you fenced in the old race track, some people from Ladner would use it and it is large enough.

But on a sunny day, it'll be hot and they will probably look for a shady place to walk, maybe like Ladner Harbour.

Ursula Easterbrook,Delta


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ON THE RECORD—As the museum's new archivist, Brenda Richmond is looking forward to a new home for the archives, and continuing to make the community resource accessible. Kristine Salzmann photo

'Lone arranger'Change is afoot for Delta's archives

F or someone whose role is to deal with the past, Brenda Richmond talks a lot about the future.

Richmond took on the job of the Delta Museum and Archives Society's archivist about a month ago.

As the society's only archivist, you might call her a "lone arranger."

Richmond offers up the jargon for solo archivists with a smile as she goes into what she is looking forward to in

her new role as part of the society's small staff.

"No two days are alike," she says.

Especially s ince she is readying the archives for a big move to its new home at

Delta's former courthouse building next to Municipal Hall.

The project, named after longtime local newspaperman Edgar Dunning, is expected to be finished in November.

With the move comes the oppor-tunity to develop a new relationship with the municipality, as the society will begin accepting records from the Corporation of Delta in addition to community records.

Also on Richmond's agenda is even-tually converting their records into digital form to make the archives more accessible to the public.

"We're hoping when we go digital that we can reach a much wider audi-ence outside and within Delta," she says.

Richmond comes to the society with a Masters in Archival Studies and background in records management, most recently helping the District of Hope implement a records manage-ment program.

The Vancouver resident feels she has come full circle in returning to Delta, as she grew up in the Sunshine Hills community of North Delta.

And while she will be based in the south, she sees in her position an opportunity to further document and connect Delta as a whole.

Part of that requires a lot more out-reach to teach people who they are and what the archives are about, she says.

"One of the things archives often forget to do is to ask who their users are and why they're using it. What do they want to see?"

If Richmond keeps up this talk about being current and relevant, this lone arranger may find herself with plenty of company.

"We encourage the public to come and visit us," she says, noting the only downside to the move is the archives will be less accessible to foot traffic.

Residents can look forward to an opening day celebration this fall.

Says Richmond, "I'm excited because there is a lot of change going on right now, and I'm coming in right at the beginning."

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HOT DOGS—Susan Lankau of the Western Dachshund Club is looking forward to a fixture on Tsawwassen's summer calendar—the 18th annual Wiener Walk this Sunday (Aug. 8) at Winskill Park. Philip Raphael photo

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Six breeds. Plenty of personality. A few barks. And a whole lot of fun.

Sounds like it's time again for the annual Wiener Walk at Winskill Park in Tsawwassen.

Aug. 8 is the day the park at 56th Street and 9A Ave. comes alive with dachshunds of all types—dogs with wired, smooth or long coats and in miniature or standard size.

And at the centre of it is Tsawwas-sen's Susan Lankau, a member of the Western Dachshund Club which cel-ebrates the event's 18th year.

Lankau, who has one dachshund from each coat type, says seeing own-ers and dog lovers have a great day in the park is a joy.

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Classified as hounds, the standard size dachshund was bred to have stubby legs and a long body so it could hunt badgers, flushing them from their underground burrows.

In fact, the name dachshund means "badger dog."

The miniature breed was developed to hunt smaller prey such as rabbits.

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TIME FOR CHANGE—Delta's director of community planning Thomas Leathem stands on MK Delta Lands' vacant property on the 9500 block of River Road in Tilbury. Opposite page: A waterfront heart and main street precinct are some of the ways MK Delta Lands' team want to make Zone C more attractive for employees. Rob Newell photo and contributed image

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T he ants, overgrown weeds and blackberry bushes have taken over the dusty hard packed earth.

The hundreds of people who drive by this vacant lot on the 9500 block of River Road daily are more concerned with the traffic, the rumbling of trucks, and their destination than this unused weedy patch.

But for Thomas Leathem, Delta's director of community planning and development, this parcel of land in Tilbury screams potential.

It does for property owner MK Delta Lands, too. A few years ago, the company put together a design team and has been working with the Corporation of Delta to create a vision for this area of Tilbury called Zone C.

Zone C is 152 acres of land, 20 of those owned by MK Delta Lands, with the Fraser River to the north and to be bordered by the proposed South Fraser Perimeter Road at the south.

This fall, staff plan to present development guidelines for the area to council, which if it goes through the approval process would be integrated into Delta's Official Community Plan (OCP).

The vision? Efficient, higher value use of industrial lands. Public amenities to help retain employees, including a "water-front heart" and main street precinct. An "eco-industrial" approach to development. And it could all get underway early next year.

Getting started The vision started with Mayor Lois Jackson's Save Our

Industrial Lands (SOIL) initiative in 2005, says Leathem.

Around that time Metro Vancouver had completed a study which highlighted the shortage of industrial land in the region.

"It was clear that we were going to run out fairly quickly actually, by about 2020, according to their projection we would be out of industrial land," he says.

The study motivated Delta to take a closer look at its indus-trial land and develop a plan to realize the potential of vacant lots and convert others from low-end, inefficient uses such as truck parking.

A number of lots throughout Tilbury are demolition debris, land clearing and construction waste sites (DLC), contami-nated areas that need to be cleaned up and receive environ-mental approvals before the land can be used.

In addition to the need to remediate some lands, the rede-velopment of Tilbury is challenged by long, narrow lots and numerous owners.

For planning purposes Delta divided Tilbury into four zones, A through D, east to west.

It's Zone C Delta is excited about, thanks to the leadership role taken on by MK Delta Lands.

"We said the type of vision the Mayor has to maximize the efficiency of those lands really couldn't be achieved with those kinds of fragmented ownership," says Joanne Barnett, vice president of MK Delta Lands. "We said we would take the lead with Zone C owners to develop comprehensive plan that doesn't necessarily have to do with property ownerships. We would plan the lands as if it were one large holding and come up with the most efficient and cutting edge land uses."

MK Delta Lands' team met regularly with landowners and Delta staff to develop an "eco-industrial" concept for Zone C, and a working draft was presented to council in the fall of

2008. In 2009, staff started to put together detailed develop-ment guidelines to deal with specifics such as energy, waste-water, design and character of buildings, and sensitive eco-logical areas, that will be presented to council this fall with plans to integrate it into the Official Community Plan.

"The bottom line is we don't want it all to be truck parking and low end uses like wood chipping," says Leathem.

Adds Delta planner John Hopkins, "Really, industrial uses that don't impart a lot of capital investment and don't create a lot of jobs."

The visionSo what could Zone C look like?Looking at the working draft, the first words that attract

your attention are "waterfront heart." In the middle of indus-trial Tilbury?

"A lot of people working these industrial areas, they need amenities, too—places to go to lunch, open spaces. And we've heard that from a lot of industrial businesses that in order to attract and retain employes, they need to have attractive things to offer," says Leathem.

The draft keeps in mind there will be industrial users who want access to the river, and it's noted in the draft there's an opportunity for interpretive signage and public education about the history of the Fraser.

The waterfront heart is not meant to be a tourism destina-tion with numerous restaurants and shops—that would drive up property prices and deter potential industrial users, which the plan is trying to attract in the first place.

Yet with a park and some retail stores, it could be a destina-tion for the thousands of employees who work in the area.

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precinct which could be the site of some offices and small manufacturing and warehousing operations, some of which may want to showcase their products in a street front space.

A mosque may also be built in that section, a plan that was approved years ago and so was incorpo-rated into the draft.

Hopkins explains that larger industry on bigger lots will be located in the south, closer to the pro-posed South Fraser Perimeter Road, with lighter industry on smaller lots as they get closer to the riverfront.

The controversial South Fraser Perimeter Road is another factor in this vision coming to fruition and attracting the users Delta wants.

"It's going to help to solve the traffic problems that persist now—that really has stopped development in that area, the fact that anyone who tries to drive down River Road say after 2:30 in the afternoon, it just doesn't function" says Leathem.

The hope is regional traffic will be taken off River Road and instead travel along the new highway. And if the traffic is alleviated, River Road could function better as a service road for future developments. Leathem then would like to see improvements made to make the route more bike-friendly.

The SFPR will calm River Road down and gives us an chance to do that right, says Leathem.

On the topic of doing things right, Leathem and Hopkins talk about the opportunity to take an eco-industrial approach to development there.

For MK Delta Lands, this meant bringing Tracy Casavant's company Eco-Industrial Solutions on board.

"One of the key things the team wanted to convey is that this site, it's an important economic asset to

Delta, but also important ecological and community asset," says Casavant.

The development guidelines will encourage the use of green technologies that reduce energy and water requirements.

Green roofs and "living walls" that offer insulation, landscaping needing little irrigation, on-site power generation, a heating and cooling plant for the local area—these are all things up for discussion.

"Some of these things, you might look at them and say that's common sense but they haven't been practiced," says Hopkins.

Leathem and Hopkins also talk of businesses sharing resources, that one company's waste might be useful to another.

"Perhaps since we're starting fresh we can try to get these businesses to work together," Hopkins says.

While most property owners in Zone C have been on board with the new vision conceptually, the real test will be once the development guidelines are incorporated into the OCP.

Convincing a few of the owners to redevelop away from low-end uses has been one of the bigger chal-lenges, says Barnett.

Still, she says there are already businesses inter-ested in moving in.

"We've worked with Delta to talk about what incen-tives there can be to kickstart the area. And we have people who are very interested, they're just waiting to see what the OCP will say in its final form."

Overall, all of them have been excited by the level of cooperation, initiative, and innovation between the parties involved.

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That's just what Rick Richardson of Ladner Autobody went through—five years while paying some bills to bring the classically styled, two-door hard top back to its former, emerald green glory.

It will be among the shined up autos on display at this year's Quilt Walk and Classic Car Show Aug. 15 in Ladner Vil-lage.

"Everyone knew this car," says Rich-ardson. "And I was known as the guy with the green car."

The Beaumont was off the road for about 25 years when Richardson

decided to rekindle the relationship and have it restored. That was five years ago, and it recently underwent a series of tweaks to make sure every-thing has been done right leading up to the Ladner show that brings in thou-sands of car and quilt enthusiasts for the village's largest, single day event.

Last year Richardson entered the Beaumont—Pontiac's version of the Chevelle—in the Ladner show when it was close to being finished.

This time around, pretty much all the boxes have been ticked and it's ready to roll.

One of the most impressive upgrades Richardson has had made to the car is under the hood where the power plant now packs 500 horsepower.

Originally, those numbers for the V8 motor pegged in at between 325 and 350 ponies.

But it's much more than performance and good looks that is the attraction of this classic car for Richardson.

"I grew up with this car and I took my first girlfriend out in it, so it means a lot to me," he said.

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W ant to feel the pulse of a community that cares?

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The effort was a fundraiser to sup-port the Delta Hospice Society hosted by Rod-dam—who with her mom Catherine Moro-soff owns and runs Buttercups Childrens Boutique—and other vil-lage merchants.

This year's night market, set for Aug.14 from 4-9 p.m. at the Har-bourside Plaza on Delta Street, will again support the hospice which is a near and dear cause for Roddam and others in the village.

Roddam says the idea sprang from chats she had with Michael Rudd who runs Open Space Yoga.

"Both of our families had been touched by cancer and the hospice, and we were looking for ways to give back to such an amazing facility," Rod-dam says.

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have joined and additional child friendly activities have been added to welcome more families to the event.

"There's going to be kids crafts, a nice friendly clown, kids yoga, and a boun-cy castle by donation," Roddam says, adding she has been delighted with the response and support shown by fellow

Ladner merchants."It's been wonder-

ful," she says. "It really showed how much the community cares."

According to hospice officials, since the resi-

dence, named after Irene Thomas, opened in February

more than 40 families have ben-efitted from the expert care of the

nurses, support staff and volunteers.The new Harold and Veronica Savage

Centre for Supportive Care continues to connect with people throughout Delta to offer information, resources, coun-selling and other support services.

The Delta Hospice Society set out to raise $8.6 million in September of 2007 to build Delta’s first free stand-ing hospice residence and centre for supportive care.

With the help of corporate and com-munity donations, the society has raised $7.6 million to date.

To make a donation to support pal-liative and bereavement services in the community or the Delta Hospice Building Fund, call 604-948-0660 or visit deltahospice.org.

TWILIGHT SHOPPING—The Heart of Ladner Night Market makes a return to Ladner Village Aug. 14. The fundraising event in support of Delta Hospice runs from 4-9 p.m. at Harbourside Plaza on Delta Street. Contributed photo

Merchants unite for hospice fundraiser

On Aug. 14 Delta Hospice Society supporters will have another opportunity to contribute to the organization while enjoying a community event.

Ron Deeks, Kristina Linder, and friends will open their gardens for viewing for their 3rd annual A Day in the Garden tour.

"There are five very different gardens in Ladner and Tsawwassen on the tour this year. Our goal is to inspire and encourage all gardeners, and we want to show that gardening is for everyone, and that a garden can be anything the gardener wants it to be," said Linder.

The tour takes place 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is by donation to the hospice society. Tour maps are available at Thrifty Foods, the Hospice Cottage Thrift Store, Open Space Yoga, Ladner Village Hardware, and the Harold & Veronica Savage Centre for Supportive Care.

For more information about the garden tour, contact Linder at 604-946-3758 or email [email protected].

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The Delta Chamber of Commerce hosted its 22nd annual golf tournament July 22 at the Beach Grove Golf Club in Tsawwassen. This page, clockwise from above left: Volunteers Peter Edwards, Linda Edwards, and Mindy Fast helped activities like Fantasy Golf run smoothly; the Delta Hospital Foundation were among those who entered a team; Louise Greene of Riverhouse Restaurant and Pub presented $1,000 on behalf of White Spot and the tournament to Sam DaSilva for Delta Life Skills Society; in all about 100 golfers, such as Orv Nickel, Larry Weeks, Doug McKelvie and Chris Strother, took part.

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This year's event supported the Delta Life Skills Society, which offers summer recreational opportunities for children with a wide range of disabilities.

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FOREIGN IMPORT—Tsawwassen's Mark Pearson, displaying his team jersey, spent the last season playing field hockey in Hamburg, Germany for Club An Der Alster and is now looking forward to representing Canada at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India this October. Philip Raphael photo

Games on the horizonTsawwassen's Mark Pearson faces a busy field hockey

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A s if he wasn't busy enough already, add continue learning German to Mark

Pearson's "to do" list.That might be a bit abstract for

most Canadian field hockey play-ers, but not for the Tsawwassen product, who despite turning 23 in June has already racked up 78 caps for Canada.

Pearson played professionally in Hamburg, Germany last season for Club An Der Alster.

He's going back for another sea-son in the next couple of months, but prior to that he will suit up for Canada in a series against Chile out at the University of B.C. this week, and then resume training with the national side in preparation for the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India this October.

Drop in between that another month of play with Hamburg, then there's the Olympic Summer Games in London, England—but that's in 2012.

It all makes for a hectic time for Pearson, but one he is enjoying while proving to be a mainstay in the Canadian team after being part of squads at the Olympic Summer Games in Beijing (2008) and the Field Hockey World Cup played this February in Delhi where Canada placed 11th.

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where we ended up," says the lanky forward who scored a pair of goals at the tournament. "We were hoping to crack the top eight, but that's a pretty hard thing to do."

The Canadian team is hop-ing to gather some momentum leading up the upcoming Com-monwealth Games where there is expected to be a strong line up of teams, even without the pow-erhouse Dutch, tactically strong Germans, or perennial arch rivals Argentina in attendance.

It will be Pearson's second appearance at the Commonwealth Games—his first was in Mel-bourne, Australia back in 2006.

Since then Pearson believes he's come a long way in rounding out his game, adding a big step forward has been gaining experi-ence in Europe.

Pearson and fellow Canadian teammate Scott Tupper caught on with the Hamburg side follow-ing training sessions and games in San Diego a year and a half ago when the Alster team faced off with the Canadian squad.

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"I've been taking language courses," he says. "And my Ger-man has certainly been improv-ing. One more year and I'll be pret-ty fluent, that would be nice."

Some of that motivation comes from the Hamburg hockey club's structure which is based not only on sport, but developing business connections for its members. Pearson says he hopes to finish his commerce degree here and perhaps return to Germany and use the club's contacts to work overseas.

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All the while he plans to con-tinue suiting up in the red and white for Canada and focusing on longer term tournaments like the 2016 Olympic Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil—yet one more item on Pearson's "to do" list.

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281 GARDENING

283A HANDYPERSONSHANDYMAN. Very reliable. 20 yrs exp. Senior’s discount. Make a list. CAN DO IT ALL! 604-866-4977

287 HOME IMPROVEMENTSAdditions, Reno’s & New Construc-tion. Concrete Forming & Framing Specialist. Call 604.218.3064

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300 LANDSCAPING

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320 MOVING & STORAGE2guyswithatruck.caMoving & Storage

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329 PAINTING & DECORATING

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332 PAVING/SEAL COATINGALLAN CONST. & Asphalt. Brick, concrete, drainage, foundation & membrane repair. (604)618-2304 ~ 604-820-2187.

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356 RUBBISH REMOVAL

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TOY POODLE black fem. 4 yrs old. $500. Pompoo, male 1½ yr blck/tan $550. Teacup pompoo blck/tan fem. 8 wks $850. 778-988-6591.

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by Black PressA downturn in the economy usually means fewer jobs.It can also lead to more students attending post-secondary

institutions, putting off entering the job market so they can upgrade their skills and training.

“We have seen an increase over the last couple of years,” said Kathleen Bigsby, director of Institutional Analysis and Planning at Kwantlen Polytechnic University. “We think there’s a link to the labour market, but we don’t know for sure.”

Fall enrollment at Kwantlen rose 10 per cent – or about 1,200 students – from 2008 to 2009. Numbers in the spring also rose, by approximately 3.5 per cent.

“We’re all in the three to five per cent range,” said Bigsby of the increases at post-secondary institutions in the Lower Mainland. “It’s one of the reasons we think it’s the labour market. It’s not just a few institutions, it all of them.”

Jeremy Sabell, executive director of Stenberg College, said enrollment at the Surrey school is up”15 to 20 per cent” to roughly 450 students.

“It’s been up since the downturn in the economy,” he said. “And we see the effects when we hire. There’s strong candidates for jobs that wouldn’t usually draw those applications.”

Norbert Ruimy, director of the Surrey campus of Sprott Shaw Community College says when there’s a downturn in the economy, his institution usually witnesses a rise in enrolment.

“We see a lot of students coming back to take refresher classes – we have free lifetime upgrading – and we notice when the economy starts to turn, students always come back for retraining,” said Ruimy.

“We also have a lot of students that took a program with us, and for some reason did not complete it ... maybe they found a job and worked with a job for five years, and all of a sudden they’re laid off and now they feel they need their diploma.”

Still other students, he says, are looking for greater job security in uncertain economic times.

“We find a lot of people are fed up with this roller-coaster ride so they want to get into a career that is basically recession-proof.”

Ruimy said while student numbers during a slumping economy appear to increase in all areas of studies, including business programs, nursing and early child education, interest in medical fields has risen significantly at Sprott Shaw.

Sabell noted some programs that have strong job prospects for graduates can accommodate more students.

“Enrollment in our Residential Care

Attendant program has fallen off, and we’re not sure why,” he said. “And there’s a ton of opportunities out there in that area.

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