South Delta Leader, January 03, 2014

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❙ A chilly start to the new yearHundreds take part in 33rd annual Boundary Bay Polar Bear Swim A8

Do not dial 911 to ask for a morning wake-up call.Or to discipline your children. Or to ask permission

to use the HOV lane to get to an important meeting.Those are a few fresh examples of jaw-droppingly

inappropriate 911 calls made by Lower Mainland res-idents in 2013 that offer strong evidence some peopleare too dumb to possess a cellphone or at least discernwhat’s a real emergency.

Medical premiums for all but low-income B.C. resi-dents go up again with the start of a new year.The B.C. government is increasing its Medical Ser-

vices Plan premiums for the fifth straight year, by fourper cent across the board. The Canadian Taxpayers’Federation released its annual survey of tax and otherpayroll deductions Monday, calculating that MSP pre-miums in B.C. have risen 28 per cent since 2010.

Bozo 911 callstrouble operators

Delta Tri nears ❙ A3Registration opens for annual event

Toss the tree ❙ A3Xmas tree chipping supports local sports

The Delta Ice Hawks losing skid continued on Sat-urday night as they lost 4-1 to visiting Ridge MeadowsFlames at Ladner Leisure Centre.

Ice Hawks fall toFlames 4-1

Face to face ❙ A7Scott Armstrong finds adventure after 50

❙ See story, A4

MSP, pensioncosts up in 2014

❙ See story, A13

❙ See story, A4

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With a lean frame, strong andmuscular legs, and a few wispsof white hairs, Ken McRobertdoesn’t much look his age of 63years. And given how physical-ly active he is one could say hedoesn’t act his age either.The Ladner resident plays in

two hockey leagues, runs, bikes,and swims, keeping trim andstaying healthy as he enters re-tirement.On April 26 he plans to enter

the Delta Triathlon, which hegained entry to via an auction hewon during the grand opening ofthe Harris Barn last Spring.Although McRobert has been

running competitively for over50 years, the last of five triath-lons he participated in was backin the 1990s.Originally a sprinter, McRobert

said he switched to running mar-athons 20 years ago over a wager.“My wife made me a bet that if

I switched from sprinting, whichI’d done for 18 years, to runninga marathon she’d pay for me togo and race in Hawaii,” he said.In nine months he went from

short distance running to thefull 42 kilometre marathon.

McRobert said he’s too “lazy”to train for a full marathonagain, so when he saw the auc-tion item for the Delta Triathlonat the Harris Barn he felt it wasserendipitous.“It’s really the variety of a tri-

athlon that’s more fun than run-

ning marathons,” he said. “It’s alittle easier on the body, too.”Since he’s been a lifetime run-

ner, the hardest personal chal-lenge for McRobert will be theswimming portion. To get backinto swimming shape, he’s beendown at the Leisure Centre

twice a week for the past month.McRobert said Ladner is an

ideal place to train for a triath-lon with plenty of quiet backroads for cycling and joggingand the Ladner Leisure Centreopen to anybody for swimmingor cross-training.

Jessica George, who is in hersecond year as race director forthe triathlon, participated in theevent herself in 2009.She said being able to do each

segment of the race is importantbut people can go at their ownpace.“The nice thing about our race

is you don’t have to be a top ath-lete in any three of those areas,”she said. “We have people thatdo the bike portion of the racein a mountain bike, so you don’thave to have top of the line light-weight racer road bikes.”The terrain for both the biking

course (20 km) and the running(5 km) is flat and the swim hasbeen shortened by 100 metresthis year to 600 metres.A family friendly event, there

are also categories for Kids ofSteel (8-11 years old), and youth(12-15), which is a qualifier eventfor the BC Summer Games.Registration for the 15th annu-

al Delta Triathlon opens on Jan.6 at 6 a.m. at the Ladner LeisureCentre. Last year the adult race(16+) filled up in five hours, sobe sure to get there early.For those who want to be in-

volved without competing, thereare 250 volunteer opportunitiesranging from small activities tomanagement of the race overseveral months.Visit deltatriathlon.ca for more

details.


Delta Tri registration opens Monday morningLast year’s race filledup in just hours

❙ Adrian MacNair reporter

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❙ Ken McRobert of Ladner, 63, won an entry into the 2014 Delta Triathlon when he entered his name into acontest during the opening of the Harris Barn last spring. The local athlete has competed in running his entirelife. Adrian MacNair photo

Is your dried-up Christmas treecurrently doing little more thanacting as kindling on your backporch?The Tsawwassen Boundary Bay

Lions Club can take care of thatlittle problem for you this week-end at the South Delta Recre-

ation Centre parking lot.Bring the tree down between 9

a.m. and 4 p.m. on either Satur-day or Sunday and they’ll haveyour tree chipped for whateverprice you think is right.“We accept all donations,” said

Lions member Roger Lasell.“Some people are more liberalwith their donations, some peo-ple are more frugal, but it all bal-

ances out in the end.”Keep in mind that all donations

will go back into the community.The Lions will donate $500 eachto South Delta football and rugbyclubs, while a portion will also goto the Reach Child and Youth De-velopment Society to help themin their fundraising goal for anew building in Ladner.The Lions Club has been host-

ing the event for the past 20 yearswith a goal toward funding localprojects.“We look throughout the com-

munity to find measures to beable to assist,” said Lasell.And what happens to your tree

after it’s been through the woodchipper? There’s good news onthat front, too. It will all be recy-cled by the Corporation of Delta

for use in various parks aroundthe municipality.It’s also kind of fun just to watch

it happen, admits Lasell.“It’s actually fascinating for the

kids to see how this machineworks–from a distance mindyou.”The South Delta Recreation

Centre is located at 1720 56th St.in Tsawwassen.

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Do not dial 911 to ask for amorning wake-up call.Or to discipline your children.

Or to ask permission to use theHOV lane to get to an importantmeeting.Those are a few fresh examples

of jaw-droppingly inappropriate911 calls made by Lower Main-land residents in 2013 that offerstrong evidence some people aretoo dumb to possess a cellphoneor at least discern what’s a realemergency.The list was released Monday

by E-Comm and is just a taste ofwhat staff regularly field at south-western B.C.’s emergency com-munications centre.In the number one spot this

year was a call E-Comm’s Mat-thew Collins received from a call-er wanting to rent a fire truck toblock off a street for a party.“My son won’t give me the re-

mote control,” another caller re-ported as an emergency to a 911call-taker.“Can an officer come over to

tell my kids to go to bed?” askedanother.E-Comm spokesperson Jody

Robertson said people who makenuisance calls to 911 are tyingup valuable resources for peoplewith real life-and-death emergen-cies.“There are many documented

cases of children as young as twoand three years old properlymak-ing emergency calls,” she said.“Little ones seem to get it. Othersamong us seem to require a bit

more help.”Robertson wasn’t able to say

how many of the 2,500 dai-ly emergency calls fall into thenuisance category but added fartoo many calls come in seekinginformation about power outag-es, what time it is, when to turnclocks back or about local or in-ternational events.“I think if youaskour staff they’d

say it’s gotten worse,” she said. “Ithappens way toomany times andit happens every single day.”Robertson said the one she

found remarkable was the callerwho asked for the OK to drive inthe HOV lane because traffic wasbacked up and they were late fora meeting.“I appreciate them asking per-

mission but you’ve really got toask yourself if it’s that importantthat you would dial 911 and po-tentially take a 911 call operator’stime away from someone in seri-ous need.”She said it was “sadly” difficult

to narrow the list of absurd rea-sons down to just 10.But anyone can search Twitter

for #911EmergOnly to find more911 bozo calls tweeted regu-larly by E-Comm staff from @EComm911_info.Ahuge problem for E-Comm re-

mains pocket dials by cellphoneusers or calls otherwise made inerror.About 100,000 of those calls

come in each year or nearly 10per cent of total volume.

E-Comm recommends usingkeylocks, protective cases andnot pre-programming 911 intophones to help cut down on theproblemSome people quickly hang up

when they realize they dialed 911by mistake.“That’s actually the worst thing

you can do,” Robertson said,adding call takers must thenmake repeated attempts to callyou back to make sure there’s noemergency.If the call came from a landline,

she added, police will likely bedispatched to ensure you’re okay.Non-emergency calls – like re-

porting vandalism to your car– should go through the 10-digitnon-emergency police number.

Medical premiums for all but low-in-come B.C. residents go up again withthe start of a new year.The B.C. government is increasing

its Medical Services Plan premiumsfor the fifth straight year, by four percent across the board. The CanadianTaxpayers’ Federation released its an-nual survey of tax and other payrolldeductions Monday, calculating thatMSP premiums in B.C. have risen 28per cent since 2010.Effective Jan. 1, the monthly health

premium for a single person risesfrom$66.50 to $69.25. In 2014, familiesof two pay $125.50, up from $120.50,and families of three or more pay$138.50, up from $133.00.Many full-time employees have

their MSP premiums paid by theiremployer. People earning $30,000 orless are eligible for reduced premiumson a sliding scale, with premiumseliminated for those earning $22,000a year or less.The B.C. government has used the

increased MSP revenues to offset thelong-term growth of health care costs,which are approaching half of the to-tal provincial budget.Finance Minister Mike de Jong’s

2013 budget projected health spend-ing to increase 2.3 per cent in thecurrent fiscal year, 2.7 per cent in theyear beginningApril 1 and only 2.2 percent the following year. The govern-ment’s critics called that unrealisticafter years of increases of more thanfive per cent.The CTF reports that Canada Pen-

sion Plan and Employment Insurancepayments are also going up for manypeople, despite a federal governmentpledge to freeze EI premiums for threeyears. In its New Year Tax Changes re-port, it calculates that maximum EIpremiums will go up $23 in 2014, to-talling $914 for the year.The maximum employee Canada

Pension Plan deduction, charged tothose earning $52,500 or more, goesup $70 to $2,426. Employers matchemployee CPP payments dollar fordollar.

MSP, pensionpayments upin 2014❙ Tom Fletcher reporter

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Bozo 911 calls show no signs of abating

❙ E-Comm call taker-dispatcher handling incoming 911 emergency calls. E-Comm photo

E-Comm releasestop 10 absurd non-emergencies❙ Jeff Nagel reporter

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E-Comm’s Top-TEN 911 NuisaNCE Calls For 2013

1. “i’d like to speak to someone about renting a fire truck toblock off a street for a party.”2. a caller phoned 911 to get their date’s contact information sothey could confirm details of their plans.3. a caller phoned 911 to report a missed newspaper delivery.4. Caller asks 911 if they can get the ‘oK’ to drive in the HoV

lane because “traffic is backed up and they are late for animportant meeting.”5. Caller dials 911 to activate voicemail on his cellphone.6. “i threw my phone into the garbage can and can’t get it out.”7. Caller dials 911 to ask for a morning wake-up call.8. Caller dials 911 to ask how to call the operator.9. “Can an officer come over to tell my kids to go to bed?”10. “my son won’t give me the remote control.”

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For many consideringa new year’s resolu-tion to get fit and be

more active, the hardestpart can be just getting off

the couch and getting started.Tsawwassen entrepreneur Scott Armstrong

has developed a growing online communitycalled Adventure Five-0 that hopes to do justthat, by connecting older people with a fun andactive online community.“The social aspect is important,” says Arm-

strong. “The hardest part is getting off thecouch, and if there’s someone there to encour-age you, it makes it that much easier.”Armstrong got his start in banking, but in the

late 1980s, decided to follow his dreams andopen a wildlife sanctuary for rescued exotic an-imals in Ontario.“I saw these people going for their dreams and

realized I was on the wrong side of the table,” hesays. “So I became Canada’s Crocodile Hunter.”Armstrong visited more than 300 schools an-

nually to give presentations, and worked withthe likes of Jane Goodall and David Suzuki.With the birth of his children, Armstrong de-

cided to settle down with a stable position atBCIT, as their director of corporate training andentrepreneurship.“I got caught up raising kids and a family, but

a few years ago I felt it was time to start my ownbusiness again,” he says. “I wanted to meet peo-ple who were active and doing fun and crazythings, so this was the perfect fit.”

Armstrong launched the website in Oct. 2012,and this past year began organizing meet-upevents for the growing online community of ac-tive over-40s.Membership to www.adventurefive-0.com is

$25 per year, and allows members access to fit-ness and diet content, inspiring stories, news onthe latest technology and gear, and access themany meet-up events in and around Vancouver.Typical outings are anything but typical, with

bike rides, Tough Mudder endurance races,snowshoeing, hiking, and group trips to donateblood all on the menu.“People come for a sense of community first of

all,” says Armstrong. “Many members are singleparents. They are all like-minded folks who arevery supportive one and other.”Armstrong has also organized overseas adven-

ture travel trips for the group, with two tripsto Kenya in 2013, and a trip to South East Asiaplanned for early 2014.In addition to sight-seeing, the trips also feature

a philanthropic component, with participantsspending one week of the trip volunteering.“We’re working with schools over there to sup-

port them,” says Armstrong. “We’ve taught class-es, help set up a computer lab, and some of ourvolunteers dug out a pond so they could raisefish.“We’re all about healthy body, healthy mind,

and giving back,” he says.• To learn more about Adventure Five-0, visit

www.adventurefive-0.com

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❙ Tsawwassen’s Scott Armstrong is the founder of Adventure Five-O; anonline community for those 40 and over looking for an active lifestyle.Robert Mangelsdorf photo

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In the nearly 10 years since the provinceannounced the creation of a new high-way south of the Fraser River there have

been a seemingly endless array of com-plaints.There were concerns the South Fraser

Perimeter Road intrudes too closely uponthe sensitive wetlands of Burns Bog, carvesthrough precious farmland, and cuts intohabitat for wildlife.The cynics said the highway was built

only to serve the trucks headed for Del-taport, that the province was recognizingthe gridlock was hurting the bottom line ofsuppliers.Others lamented the fact South Delta’s

quaint rural roads were going to be re-placed by a super highway that would ruinthe quiet and slower-paced life people en-joy here.But look, that ship sailed in 1959 when

the George Massey Tunnel finally connect-ed Delta to Vancouver by way of Richmond.And sure, some farmland andwildlife hab-

itat was sacrificed through the creation of

the new highway, but harm was mitigatedthrough rigorous environmental oversight.The end result is a beautiful, meandering

highway that takes drivers from Tsawwas-sen through the picturesque countryside ofDelta to the TransCanada Highway in un-der a half hour.Until the SFPR was built, that trip was an

ambitious one. Anybody who has pluggedan address from Maple Ridge into a GPSand tried to get there from Tsawwassenknows the pain of which I speak.Drivers had to make their way toward

the tunnel, then make a sharp right alongHighway 99, going well out of their waybefore taking a sharp left again up High-way 91, perhaps getting off at Nordel Wayand wandering around the back roads ofSurrey until they found themselves on theother side.Or how about people wanting to go ski-

ing in Whistler for the weekend? Gettingto the Second Narrows would usually in-volve the Massey Tunnel, Knight StreetBridge, and Nanaimo Street, with dozens

of traffic lights in between.Suddenly, things are a lot simpler. You get

on a highway in Tsawwassen and you windup on the TransCanada. From there youcan pretty much choose to go anywhereyou want.Part of the reason traffic has gotten so

bad in South Delta is that there was nodesignated route for either trucks or ferrytraffic. That problem is now significantlyalleviated.And with the creation of the new Deas

Island bridge in a few years, traffic will be-come even easier and smoother and lessstressful for all of us.

The new year is a timefor second chancesand new beginnings.

A time to reset and refocus,and plot a new course.While the holidays re-

mind of the importance offamily, the dawn of 2014 of-fers us a chance for intro-spection.With that in mind, what

will you do to make Delta abetter place this year?How will you improve the

lives and lot of your neigh-bours, strangers, friends,family and loved ones?Volunteerism and public

service is the most nobleuse of one’s spare time, andbenefits the entire commu-nity.But helping out doesn’t

have to be an ordeal or achore. It could be as simpleas taking an elderly neigh-bor’s dog for a walk, hold-ing a door open, or helpingsomeone with their grocer-ies to their car.For the more ambitious,

there are dozens of ser-vice groups and non-prof-it charities based here inSouth Delta who wouldgreatly appreciate yoursupport.Don’t let the generosity of

the Christmas season endas the new year dawns. Letit continue, and grow.This year, let us think of

each other, and put ourown needs second, when-ever possible.And let us discover the

value and satisfaction thatcomes with it.

-South Delta Leader

Don’t letXmas givingend withnew year

SFPR finally connects Deltato the Lower Mainland

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Letters to the editorOlympic corruptionThe enormous amount of money involved

in professional sport, including the Olympics,automatically attracts criminals. Connivingbiochemists supply unscrupulous athleteswith performance-enhancing drugs becausethe best performers get the huge salaries andlucrative product endorsements. Ordinary cit-izens fund these enterprises as ticket-buyingfans and/or as consumers of the sponsors’products. Franchise owners and politiciansblissfully ride the financial wave.The International Olympic Committee (IOC)

knows a good thing when it sees one. The IOCbasically grants the winter and summer gamesto the countries offering the best financialreturn. Members of the IOC and the selectedcountries’ officials, who often accumulate per-sonal riches during all the wheeling and deal-ing, oversee the spending of billions of dollarson ostentatious infrastructure and media-driv-en pageantry. President Vladimir Putin has al-ready squandered 50 billion dollars on the 2014

Sochi Winter Games. This is about 25 timesmore than was spent on the Vancouver-Whis-tler games. The blatant corruption swirlingaround Sochi should be condemned by theworld community. Mister Putin and his fellowgangsters, abetted by the IOC, have turned theSochi Games into a fraudulent farce.

Boycotting Sochi would be grossly unfairto honest athletes. Boycotting the corporatesponsors would send a cold shiver throughtheir boardrooms. If enough people let theircold cash do the talking, the corporations andthe IOC would be forced to listen. That leavesonly one important question. Do ordinary cit-izens really care?

Lloyd AtkinsVernon

New year’s resolutionsfor 2014?Hopeful New Year’s resolutions: Bah Hum-

bug !

Without fail, at the beginning of a NewYear, we set ourselves up for failure by themaking of New Year’s resolutions.Perhaps one reason for the futility of New

Year’s resolutions is that they are expressedin such general terms as to end up in pro-crastination and ensuing personal disap-pointment at their non-accomplishment.Commendable intentions such as losing

weight, more family time, quitting smokingetc. are the familiar stuff New Year’s reso-lutions are made of ... only to be broken,leaving behind a sense of misgiving and de-spondency.It’s been said that a New Year’s resolution

is something that goes in-one-year-and-out-the-other.But Oscar Wilde maybe said it best: “Good

resolutions are simply cheques that mendraw on a bank where they have no ac-count.”

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In February 2010, distracted driving legisla-tion came into effect. The purpose for thenew lawwas tomake our roads safer. In 2010

alone, there were over 100 fatal crashes directlyrelated to distracted driving, cell phones beingthe biggest distraction of all.Here in Delta we have seen some horrible

collisions caused by people talking or textingwhile driving. While I will not get into any de-tail of those crashes, I can say that there arewidows and children who will not see a part-ner or parent again because someone wascareless behind the wheel.I will never forget one particular crash: an in-

nocent victim sat in his vehicle and watchedas a distracted driver in a larger vehicle drovestraight towards him. He had no way of escap-ing and was killed by the impact. I often won-der if he knew he was going to die and what hislast thoughts were.I will be frank in saying that driving while

using a cell phone is selfish and ignorant be-haviour.Cellphone distractions increase your odds of

a crash by 23 per cent, which means you arealso increasing the odds of killing somebodyelse. We have changed our mindset aroundimpaired driving, however we do not seem tounderstand the perils of distracted driving.Here in British Columbia we have some of the

toughest penalties for impaired driving in the

country, including driving suspensions and ve-hicle impoundments. These have had a directimpact on alcohol-related deaths, with over a50 per cent drop since the implementation ofImmediate Roadside Prohibition. Perhaps weneed to consider something similar for cell-phone use.The reality is that distracted driving is as

deadly as impaired driving yet we have notchanged our behaviour: instances of distract-ed driving are on the rise and police enforce-ment, including a $167 fine, does not seem tobe enough of a deterrent.In 2013, Delta police handed out twice as

many distracted driving sanctions as we didfor impaired driving.We owe it to each other to avoid distractions

while driving. Put the cell phone in a placewhere you cannot see it and if you need to talkon your phone while driving, install a hands-free device. There is no excuse for texting whileyou operate a motor vehicle – if it’s that im-portant, pull over to the side of the road.Eventually distracted driving will be regarded

with the same severity as drinking and driving.I just hope to see our habits change before toomany more lives are put at risk.

Jim Cessford is the chief of the Delta PoliceDepartment and has spent more than 40 years

in law enforcement.

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Reader pollVote online southdeltaleader.comWill you be making a new year’sresolution for 2014?

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The British Columbia Ferry Commission, the independent regulatorof BC Ferry Services Inc. (“BC Ferries”), is seeking public commenton BC Ferries’ proposal to build and operate a cable ferry on Route21 (Buckley Bay on Vancouver Island – Denman Island). BC Ferrieshas submitted an application pursuant to Section 55(2) of theCoastal Ferry Act seeking the commissioner’s approval of a majorcapital expenditure for the cable ferry project.

Under Section 55 of the Act, the commissioner may approvea major capital expenditure if the proposed expenditure isreasonable, prudent, and consistent with the current Coastal FerryServices Contract, and any long-term capital plan established bythe ferry operator.

Visit “What’s New” at www.bcferrycommission.com for a copyof BC Ferries’ application and Section 55 Application Guidelinesestablished by the commissioner.

In accordance with the commission’s regular process for publiccomment, written submissions can be sent by email [email protected] or by mail to BC Ferry Commission,PO Box 9279 Stn Prov Govt, Victoria BC, V8W 9J7.

Deadline for written submissions is January 23, 2014. Submissionsreceived by the Ferry Commission may, at the discretion of thecommissioner, be published on its website.

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There’s a palpable nervous energy vi-brating through the air as hundredsof half-naked people stand at the

shoreline of Centennial Beach ready tomake a mad dash into the ocean.Then the 10-count begins in unison, the

crowd of spectators bracing themselvesand fumbling with their cameras, and allat once bedlam breaks out.People of all ages surge forward, some

gritting their teeth, others screaming inBraveheart-like valour, as the frigid wa-ters splash around them.This year, as it was last, 28-year-old Mor-

gan Bezembinder of Tsawwassen is thefirst to reach the lifeguards and the mark-er about 50 metres into the shallow water.“You usually scratch your feet up pretty

good around the barnacles and what haveyou but you don’t notice that until after,”says Bezembinder, who has won seventrophies in his eight years of participationin the Boundary Bay Polar Bear Swim.Like many others who come for the

curiosity of watching people jump intoan ocean at a time when the season andcommon sense indicate one shouldn’t,Bezembinder first came with his parents

almost 10 years ago. He had no plans toswim and didn’t have a swim suit but de-cided he just had to try it.All he had was a white pair of boxer

shorts which were relatively transparentwhen wet.“So, that didn’t really turn out well,” says

Bezembinder, laughing.It wasn’t all bad though. He finished fifth

place and it motivated him to come backagain each year.“You just get an adrenaline rush. And it’s

a fun event, you just run in, get wet, getcold, and everyone’s down there having a

good time.”This year’s winner for oldest partici-

pant is another back-to-back winner whoknows all about swimming in frigid wa-ters.Lui Porc, 73, says the swim is an emo-

tional and happy way to begin the firstday of the New Year.“They have the fireworks at midnight

but you do nothing with that,” he says.“You just admire watching them. Butswimming is an action and a real feat thatis the beginning to entering a very, verygreat new, happy year.”

A chilly start to the new yearAdrian MacNair reporter

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Hundreds brave the icy waters of Centennial Beach for the 33rd annual Boundary Bay Polar Bear Swim

❙ Hundreds of participants took the plunge at Centennial Beach in Tsawwassen on Wednesday as part of the 33rd annual Boundary Bay Polar BearSwim. Jim Kinnear photo

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Porc has been doing annual polar bear swimssince he lived in Vancouver in the early 1970s. Hesaw a great big crowd in English Bay and decidedto join in the fun.He used to ask his wife to come and take photo-

graphs of him during the years when six inches ofsnow covered the beach.“She used to say, Lui, I am not going to go with

you because I don’t want be seen with crazy peoplelike you,” he says laughing.But after buying her a warm fur coat she came

to watch her husband play in the waters of JerichoBeach. He was often the last to leave the water.“She was always thinking that

I’ll die. But I am getting older andolder and so happy,” he says, hisface lighting up with a warmththat makes one ignore the fact he’sstanding dripping wet without atowel in seven degree weather.In fact, Porc says getting older has

helped him “endure” the cold andhe enjoys the process much morethan he did even in the beginning.And he says he can still compete

with the younger people as he runsinto the water by their side.“To me, I cannot imagine living

without the water,” he says, andrushes back for a swim long after everybody elsehas left.The day before, on New Year’s Eve, British tourists

Marcus White and his 14-year-old daughter Lucywent down to Centennial Beach to dip their toesin the water.Visiting family in Ladner and Tsawwassen, the

two planned to do the Polar Bear Swim in EnglishBay in Vancouver. Although both recoil in horror astheir extremities feel the leeching grasp of icy wa-ter, these two hardy Brits are no fairweather swim-mers.Marcus and Lucy were recently part of a relay

team of seven to swim the English Channel fromEngland to France.To participate, both had to qualify by managing

to swim two hours in water colder than 16 degrees.It helps that both swim at a local quarry that isflooded with water and remains cold year round.

“The training was harder than the swim becausewe started off in 10 degrees,” recalls Marcus.Lucy is a competitive swimmer who enjoys cold

water and vows never to don a wetsuit to make itmore bearable. In fact, when they first arrived inCanada she was happy to see snow on the groundand is a little disappointed it melted before theswim.Laurie Collicutt of the parks, recreation and cul-

ture department with the Corporation of Delta, hasbeen helping organize the Polar Bear Swim for 25of its 33 years.Although the water is just above freezing this

year, there have been years whenBoundary Bay was actually com-pletely frozen, as it was during thecold snap in early December.“There was one year in particular

in which the bay was actually fro-zen and so our parks staff actuallyhad to put on hip waders and theywent out just breaking up the ice sothe people could go in the water.”Collicutt says she can never pre-

dict whether the weather will co-operate.“We’ve hadbrilliant blue skies and

temperatures below zero and we’vehad rainy days and windy days.”

But since the water in Boundary Bay is so shal-low, people can probably guess how cold it will bebecause it’s usually just above the ambient air tem-perature.Life guards are on the beach to watch out for any

people who are in trouble, while Delta firefightersand the Coast Guard are on hand for rescue.Over the years there have been a couple of mild

cuts or cases of hypothermia but nothing serious.“People are dressed warmly until they drop their

blankets and then just sort of race in and race out.Some people don’t get past their knees. They hitthat water, then come right out again.”The timing couldn’t have been better this year.

About 30minutes after the event finished, the over-cast sky opened up and rain fell on the beach. Butby that time everybody was already snug in theirclothes, sipping on hot beverages, and sharing agood new story.

Polar Bear Swim results

1. Morgan Bezembinder2. Jacob Cowley3. Stephen Stubbs andColin Gallagher

Oldest participant:Lui Porc, 73

Participant from furthestaway: Scott Todd,Australia

❙ A masked man getsready to plunge intothe water one minutebefore the start ofthe Polar Bear Swim.Adrian MacNairphoto

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The most popular five girl names were Olivia, Emma, Sophia, Emily and Ava. The top boy names for 2012 were Ethan, Liam, Lucas, Mason and Logan.

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When Mallory Crowther turned four years old, she de-cided to give to others instead ofreceiving gifts. She wanted otherchildren to have the opportunityto play and participate in sportthe same as she does, so sheasked her friends to bring a do-nation to KidSport Delta insteadof a gift for her.

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The local chapter of KidSport with only a few volunteers has granted over $20,000 in funding this past year allowing over 65 children participate in sport who otherwise would not be active.

The Kiwanis Club of Tsawwas-sen/Ladner recently donated $3,000 to KidSport Delta.

“This donation is a very wel-comed and needed gift, as this fall we have seen a large spike in requests for funding,” Lewall says. “This donation will allow approximately 15 children to participate.”

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TheDelta Ice Hawks losing skid continued on Sat-urday night as they lost 4-1 to visiting Ridge Mead-ows Flames at Ladner Leisure Centre.The IceHawks have just twowins in their last eight

games, and have fallen from first place in the PacificJunior Hockey League to fourth.The Ice Hawks again struggled to score on Satur-

day night andwere plaguedwith penalties. In all, theDelta Ice Hawks were assessed 73 minutes in pen-alties and misconducts, giving up two power playgoals.TheFlames opened the scoring late in the firstperiod with a goal from Michael Bell, and quicklystretched their lead to twowith a goal from JakeHol-land early in the second period.Jordan Rendle scored on the power play early in

the third period to give the Flames a 3-0 lead, beforeBrentChreptyk got theDelta IceHawkson theboardat the seven-minutemark of the final frame.The IceHawks pressed hard to even up the score in

the third, outshooting the Flames 12-8.

However, with goalie Alexander Ahnert on thebench for the extra attacker, the Ice Hawks gave upan empty net goal while on the penalty kill with 13seconds left to lose the game 4-1.IceHawks forwardMakBardenwasheldwithout a

point in his return to the team, after a 33-game stintin the Junior A BCHL, where he tallied 20 points forthe Alberni Valley Bulldogs. Barden led the PJHL inpoints last seasonwith 72, but was held off the scoresheet Saturday night.Jackson Beavis of the Ice Hawks was named the

game’s third star, while Jeremy Gossard and ConnorFortems each had assists.The IceHawks outshot the Flames 27-23, andwere

one-for-seven on the power play.With the loss, the Ice Hawks record falls to 19-

10-3, good for 41 points and third place in the TomShaw Conference behind the Richmond Sockeyes(45 points) and the North Vancouver Wolf Pack (42points).The Ice Hawks return home on Tuesday, Jan. 7 to

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❙ Connor fortems of the delta ice hawks battles for possession of the puck with max metzner of theridge meadows flames on Saturday night at ladner leisure Centre. the flames beat the ice hawks by ascore of 4-1, the sixth loss in eight games for the ice hawks. Jim Kinnear photo

South Delta Sun Devils receiver Jack McDonaldhas been named to U-18 TeamB.C.’s 36-man rosterby Football BC.The team will represent B.C. at the FBU In-

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TUG SKIPPER Full time senior &junior positions available. MinimumLimited Master <60GT Certificaterequired. Apply via email: [email protected] or by fax:(250) 974-5216

160 TRADES, TECHNICAL

JOURNEYMAN AUTOMOTIVEService Technician(s) in HannaAlberta. Hanna Chrysler Ltd. offerscompetitive wages, relocationallowance, negotiable depending onexperience. Bright, modern shop.Full-time permanent with benefits.Friendly town just 2 hours frommajor urban centres. More info at:hannachrysler.ca.Fax 403-854-2845;Email: [email protected].

• Steel Fabricator (afternoon) • SawOperator • Estimator • Drafter &

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PERSONAL SERVICES

182 FINANCIAL SERVICESIf you own a home or real estate,ALPINE CREDITS can lend youmoney: It’s That Simple. YourCredit / Age / Income is NOT anissue. 1.800.587.2161.

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260 ELECTRICAL

YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 ServiceCall Lic #89402 Same day guarn’tdWe love small jobs! 604-568-1899

283A HANDYPERSONS

HANDYMAN. Very reliable. 20 yrsexp. Senior’s discount. Make a list.CAN DO IT ALL! 604-866-4977

156 SALES


320 MOVING & STORAGE1PRO MOVING & SHIPPING.

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329 PAINTING & DECORATING

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Maid Services.

156 SALES


329 PAINTING & DECORATING

.Can-Pro Paint & Drywall. 3 rooms $250. Over 25 yrs of quality service. Insured/Free Est. 604-7717052

338 PLUMBING10% OFF if you Mention this AD!

*Plumbing *Heating *Reno’s *MoreLic.gas fitter. Aman: 778-895-2005

Precision 1 Plumbing & HeatingLicensed ~ Insured.

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CRESCENT Plumbing & HeatingLicensed Residential 24hr. Service• Hot water tanks • Furnaces • Broilers

• Plugged Drains 778-862-0560

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353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS

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BUSINESS SERVICES................... 203-387

PETS & LIVESTOCK...................... 453-483

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE........... 503-587

REAL ESTATE ............................... 603-696

RENTALS...................................... 703-757

AUTOMOTIVE .............................. 804-862

MARINE ....................................... 903-920

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FRANKLIN,Randolph John Denys

Nov. 18, 1954, VancouverDec. 14, 2013, Vancouver

Randolph (Randy) Franklin, along-time resident of Ladner,B.C., passed away peacefullyon Dec. 14, 2013, at VancouverGeneral Hospital after a longbattle with a genetic lung disor-der, including a lung transplant.He is survived by his daughter,Melissa, and sons Daniel andThomas, his brother GregoryFranklin, his wife Mot, and ispredeceased by his parentsReginald (Reg) and Millicent(Millie) Franklin.Randy was passionate abouthis family and his community.Like his parents, he had a vol-unteer spirit, and was active inSouth Delta Rams football andDelta community policing. Hewas charming, fun and when itcame to his lung condition,very much a fighter. Randygrew up in Maple Ridge andstill counted many family andfriends in that community.

A celebration of his life will beheld on Sunday, January 5 at2 pm at the Coast TsawwassenInn, Delta (1665 56th St.). Inlieu of flowers, donations arewelcome to a family trust setup by the South Delta Rams(www.sdramsfootball.com)in the name Franklin FamilyTrust - VanCity acct #25353.



353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS

OOFING LTD. All types of Roofing. Over 35 years in business. 604.588.0833

GL ROOFING. Cedar/Asphalt, Flatroofs, WCB Clean Gutters - $80.604-240-5362. [email protected]

356 RUBBISH REMOVAL

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356 RUBBISH REMOVAL

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Serving MetroVancouver Since 1988

PETS

477 PETS

CATS GALORE, TLC has foradoption spayed & neutered adultcats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866

CATS OF ALL DESCRIPTION inneed of caring homes! All cats are

spayed, neutered, vaccinatedand dewormed. Visit us at

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PETS

477 PETSRegistered White Lab cross Kuvas

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MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

560 MISC. FOR SALE

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REAL ESTATE

627 HOMES WANTED

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REAL ESTATE

630 LOTS

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639 REAL ESTATE SERVICES

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RENTALS

706 APARTMENT/CONDO

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715 DUPLEXES/4PLEXES

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736 HOMES FOR RENT

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821 CARS - SPORTS & IMPORTS

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827 VEHICLES WANTED

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