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Geri Partnership – Golden Ea-gle Ranch, part of the Aquilini group of companies, is appeal-ing the fi nancial penalties levied against it by WorkSafeBC last May.

One fi ne of $62,701 was levied for allegedly not providing an ef-

fective means of communication between workers and fi rst-aid attendants at 14318 Neaves Rd., last September 2010.

WorkSafeBC levied another fi ne of the same amount for al-legedly not maintaining vehicles and for allegedly failing to en-sure a driver was properly li-censed at the company’s jobsite at 16351 Aquilini Ave., following an inspection in July 2010.

A WorkSafeBC report about an inspection of the 1988 Ford fl at deck truck found unsecured pal-lets on the back and that the op-

erator of the vehicle had neither a B.C. nor a Mexican driver’s li-cence.

Another worker was seen rid-ing on the deck of the fl atbed, holding on to the bulkhead when the vehicle was stopped on Neaves Road.

The inspection was a joint ef-fort involving Commercial Ve-hicle Safety Enforcement, Em-ployment Standards Branch, the RCMP and WorkSafeBC.

According to the report, the truck had no left rear light, the right master brake cylinder was

empty, the brake failure warn-ing light stayed on, there was no outside left door handle release, while the inside handle didn’t work and the parking brake air line was crimped. The report said there was no licencing or insurance on the vehicle, which was taken out of service.

A WorkSafeBC spokesman confi rmed the company has ap-pealed both fi nes and said deci-sions on them will be made in a reasonable time frame.

Aquilini Investment Group wasn’t available for comment.

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Jamie Rauch, a working father of two children and another on the way, welcomes the new Family Day as he plays with his daughter Anaya, 1, and son Ethan, 3, at Maple Ridge Park on Tuesday.

New holidayfor families in B.C.

B.C. now has what fi ve other prov-inces already have – a statutory holi-day halfway between New Year’s and Easter.

But moms and dads and kids will have to wait another year before they get that holiday, Family Day, an-nounced in Monday’s Throne Speech.

The fi rst Family Day statutory holi-day won’t be until Feb. 18, 2013, the government announced. It puts B.C. in the same company as Alberta, Manitoba and Ontario, which already have Family Days, the third Monday of February.

The idea was welcomed by Alvin Hynes, on a week’s holiday and with his two sons in Maple Ridge Park on Tuesday.

“I think they should have it. Every-body needs Family Day.”

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Opinion 6

Tom Fletcher 6

Community Calendar 11

Looking Back 18

Arts&life 25

Sports 29

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There’s no need to dial 911, the RCMP will continue to maintain the law because Otta-wa’s threat to withdraw police service from B.C. if a contract isn’t signed by November is just a negotiating tactic.

Chief administrator Jim Rule told Maple Ridge council Monday that such statements are all part of negotiations as the province gets ready to sign a new 20-year deal with the RCMP.

“From our perspective, we’re well served by the RCMP.”

The district instead should focus on its own detachment and let the senior governments sort it out, he added.

B.C. Public Safety Minister Shirley Bond surprised mayors and councillors at UBCM last week when she announced that talks with Ottawa have broken off after four years.

Federal Public Safety Minister Vic Teows has since said that the federal government will begin withdrawing RCMP services by 2014 if B.C. doesn’t sign the contract terms accepted by Saskatchewan and Alberta. Te-ows gave a deadline of Nov. 30.

The B.C. government needs to present a more specifi c proposal to bridge the gap on negotiating a new 20-year contract for RCMP services, MP James Moore added Friday.

Municipal leaders rejected that view, vot-ing unanimously for an emergency resolu-tion calling on the federal government to return to the bargaining table.

If there is no deal, B.C. would have to re-construct a provincial police service that was disbanded in 1950. The RCMP has con-tracts with most B.C. municipalities to pro-vide police service, and local governments are concerned about rising costs for one of their biggest budget items.

Coun. Cheryl Ashlie wants to continue with the RCMP.

“I hope we stay the course with the type of

policing we have and hope we improve it.”The federal government’s statement is

“nothing more than sabre rattling.“I think we’ve got a very good relationship

with the RCMP.”There always will be issues, but that will

happen with any police force, Coun. Craig Speirs added.

Cost for the municipality would climb if there were no longer the RCMP, said Coun. Al Hogarth.

Currently, policing costs Maple Ridge about $16 million a year.

“I really think that what we have here today in being able to talk to the RCMP, to have them around this table, is substantially different than what it was a decade ago.

He also asked, what if the B.C. government called Ottawa’s bluff and cancelled the deal? Where would the RCMP place its 6,000 offi -cers based in B.C.?

“I fi nd it absolutely incomprehensible of them, kind of giving us an ultimatum like that. I think we have to get some response

from Ottawa,” Hogarth said.Councillors also discussed the govern-

ment’s decision to create a municipal audi-tor-general to oversee municipal fi nances.

Ashlie supported the idea, but said it should be extended to include school boards, as well.

“I’m good with this. I’d like any sort of ex-tra eyes.”

Speirs said the government could already be watering down the concept and said municipalities should be able to access the auditor-general on a voluntary basis. That in particular could help smaller municipalities with cost limits.

“Having it top down – it’s nothing more than trying to access our taxation base,” for the government’s friends, he added.

“We have to balance our [budget] every year and in a transparent fashion, unlike the provincial government.”

Many delegates at the Union of B.C. Munic-ipalities convention last week in Vancouver said the planned watchdog on waste would itself be a waste of money. But after several suggestions to restrict the scope of the audi-tor’s work, delegates approved a motion to continue working with the provincial gov-ernment on the project.

The province is going after cash seized in a drug-bust in Pitt Meadows, although

Crown failed to get a conviction on criminal charges earlier this year.

A civil forfeiture notice was fi led last month for $6,190 in cash, which was found after police executed a search warrant at a townhouse in Pitt Meadows, Dec. 17, 2009.

Christopher Harmes, who was on probation at the time, was taken into custody the same day and eventually faced 11 charges, in-cluding six related to fi rearms and four counts of possession for the purpose of traffi cking a controlled substance.

A 9 mm handgun, a M1 carbine assault rifl e, ammunition for both, as well as marijuana, cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin, metham-phetamine and money were seized from the townhouse.

Police alleged Harmes was deal-ing drugs from the Ford Road co-op, but he was acquitted of the charges in May after his father laid claim to the illegal stash.

The Civil Forfeiture Act allows the province to initiate civil court proceedings against property be-lieved to be the instruments or proceeds of unlawful activity.

Ridge Meadows RCMP see the court proceedings as another crime-fi ghting tool.

“Ridge Meadows RCMP believe

that the money seized was proceeds from the sale and distribution of il-legal drugs and this qualifi es for civil forfeiture under proceeds of crime,” said Cpl. Shawn Baly, with Ridge Meadows RCMP’s Street En-forcement Unit.

The civil forfeiture proceed-ings require a lower standard of proof than the criminal standard of beyond a reasonable doubt and require the owner to take the gov-ernment to court to get his or her property back.

The B.C. Civil Liberties Associa-tion sees the use of civil forfeiture

proceedings as an abuse of the legislation that circumvents due process.

“It is very concerning that they would pursue forfeiture in a situa-tion where they were unable to get a criminal conviction,” said execu-tive director David Eby.

“It means that even if you win your criminal trial now, you are still not out of the woods. To de-fend yourself on a civil forfeiture application can cost thousands of dollars.”

Last month, the province began proceedings to seize fi ve high-end

cars involved in an alleged street race.

“Civil forfeiture was sold to the public as going after gang mem-bers, but we are increasing seeing it go down a slippery slope where it’s being used for everything from speeding offences to situations where people haven’t being con-victed of any crime,” said Eby.

To date, the province has won all of the 250 civil forfeiture cases it has pursued. So far, $17 million in proceeds have been forfeited to the province, including $5.3 million in 2010.

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After taking on the premier and the pro-vincial government over the Harmonized Sales Tax, and winning, Corisa Bell is turning her sights to the local arena.

The Maple Ridge resi-dent wants to bring her anti-tax, cost-cutting approach to municipal politics and will be run-ning in the Nov. 19 elec-tion.

“I’m defi nitely capable of being on … council,” she said Thursday.

“The more I think about it, the more ex-cited I am about it.”

For Bell, the motive for

running for local coun-cil is the same as what inspired her to fi ght the HST, and what led her to campaign for a ref-erendum on the topic, which led to the HST’s defeat this summer.

For her, the No. 1 is-sue in the election is the cost of living – and high property taxes are part of that. She wants to re-view municipal salaries and fi nd effi ciencies at municipal hall and said she opposes the 13-per-cent wage increase council OK’d in the summer for the incom-ing council.

“I’ve shown once that I can help in the tax de-partment.”

“It’s just astounding how two people with full-time work and good pay are struggling to make ends meet,” she added

“Taking a council po-sition is an honour. It’s absolutely something I would consider doing for free.”

W h e n p r e s s e d , though, Bell said she would accept the pay, noting she would put her family business on hold while on council.

She also fa-vours more shopping and more business development, but questions if Albion fl ats is the place for that.

Council has submitted a proposal to the Agri-cultural Land Commis-sion that includes shop-ping in the Albion fl ats.

Bell recently e-mailed a photo of her with FightHST leader and

former premier Bill Vander Zalm and host-ed a VOTE YES/Fight

HST success c e l e b r at i o n Sunday at the Royal Cana-dian Legion, Branch No. 88.

The mail-in vote over the summer defeated the HST and the government has said it would revert

back to the PST/GST by 2013.

However, she says she’s politically non-aligned, although she used to be a Liberal. “I have learned that was a mistake.

“I’m absolutely re-maining neutral, and what that means is I don’t belong to any spectrum whatsoever.”

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For the second elec-tion in a row, Chris-tian Cowley is trying for a seat on district council.

The executive-direc-tor of the CEED Cen-tre wants to have good shopping along with plenty of green space and farms.

“In Maple Ridge, we have the opportunity to preserve our green spaces, unlike other municipalities that have already devel-oped past the balance point,” he said on his website.

Cowley wants a liv-able Maple Ridge and says council keeps coming up with “so-lutions to the wrong problems. It’s trying to build itself out of

deficits. The fact that our taxes keep rising while the problems remain is proof that we need a sea change in direction. It’s time to use a forward-look-ing, 21st Century ap-proach. I’m up to that challenge.”

Cowley has a back-ground in investor relations gained from several years working in the field in Japan.

He says preserving farmland is one of his main goals.

“Decades of evidence have shown that suc-cessful town planning is based on urban containment, not ur-ban sprawl. We need industry, not retail. I want a concentrated industrial develop-ment plan paired with a hands-off approach to farmland.

“I will advocate for bike infrastructure and transit-oriented development.”

Cowley’s main em-

phasis is on keeping Maple Ridge livable. “There is no need to speed up resi-dential devel-opment. We need jobs and amenities, not houses. Grow-ing too fast strains our resources. If we double our p o p u l a t i o n , we’ll have to resort to wa-ter rationing and put up with traffic jams.”

Cowley says peak oil and climate change could devastate the community and points to the financial tur-moil in Europe and the U.S.

“Vancouver is a two-million person market just waiting for fresh produce from small-lot, intensive farms.”

He does, however, like the present coun-cil’s incentives for at-tracting building into

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• Thornhill Aquifer Protection Study;

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Former Pitt Meadows’ councillor Janis Elker-ton is seeking a return to Pitt Meadows council af-ter a four-year absence.

“This election is a turn-ing point for Pitt Mead-ows.” Elkerton said.

“With the current may-or stepping down and two council members vying for that position, there will be a signifi -cant loss of experience for the city.”

Elkerton attended the Union of B.C. Munici-palities Convention in Vancouver last week, when she reconnected

with her municipal and provincial colleagues.

The ensuing discus-sions highlighted the signifi cant challenges facing local govern-ments and confi rmed her desire to play a role in municipal govern-ment again.

“I am passionate about Pitt Meadows and want to bring my experience to bear on several im-portant decisions facing our community over the next three years,” she said.

Continuing transpor-tation improvements, reducing the municipal tax burden and accumu-lated debt through part-nerships with other lev-els of government and the private sector, sus-tainable development with increased business

opportunities and enhancing the agricultural community are going to her top priorities.

E l k e r t o n knows that ad-dressing these issues requires ex p e r i e n c e d leadership and said she has gained that through her involve-ment in local govern-ment organizations at the municipal, regional and provincial level.

Elkerton is now the owner-manager of a commercial building in Coquitlam which pro-vides her a fl exible work schedule to dedicate her-self to council duties.

A former community health nurse, Elkerton

served for 14 years on Pitt Meadows council, from 1993 to Janu-ary 2008, when she resigned to recuperate from injuries sustained in a car accident.

Other de-clared candi-dates for coun-

cillor positions include incumbents Bruce Bell, Gwen O’Connell, Tracy Miyashita and Doug Bing.

Councillors Deb Wal-ters and John Becker are vying for the may-or’s seat, along with Gary Paller.

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VANCOUVER – The annual Union of B.C. Municipalities con-vention spent quite a bit of time talking about new wireless technology. Unfortu-nately, most of it was wasted on ignorance and fear, fanned by the NDP, Green Party and some like-minded opportunists in local government.

A tiny group of protesters gathered outside the Vancouver convention centre each morning, setting up a pile of picket signs wailing about imagined smart me-ter sins, from privacy invasion to human rights violation.

One of them allowed that she was wearing “special clothing” to ward off the bad rays. That’s understandable, since B.C. Hydro calculates that a dele-gate’s wireless signal exposure from four days at the UBCM convention is equiva-lent to standing next to a smart meter for 1,147 years. And that’s not even calculating those other horrible sources of electromagnetic energy bombarding downtown Vancouver, such as traffi c lights, spark plugs, and let’s not forget the Sun or Earth’s molten core.

It wasn’t all foolishness, however. I at-tended an economic development panel, at which physician and cabinet minister Margaret MacDiarmid described the continuing extension of rural cell phone and internet service underway since the extension of the B.C. government’s contract with Telus.

There was not a discouraging word

about cell phone towers, the innovation that spawned the anti-wireless cult in California many years ago. Quite the contrary.

MacDiarmid was beseeched to get cell service to northern Vancouver Island and un-serviced parts of the Interior, and to cut through the multi-ministry maze still required for routine approval of towers. Cell phones save lives on remote highways.

In the main hall, supposedly experi-enced municipal leaders continued to parrot fear of “microwaves” and such drivel, either because they believe it or because they are pandering to those who do. This continued on talk radio, which stoked the smart meter “controversy” all week, apparently because it reliably generates angry calls.

The descent into farce became com-plete when delegates had a show of hands on a resolution to place a mora-torium on a smart meter installation program that B.C. Hydro has already paid for. The vote was too close to call, so they had to fi sh out their wireless vot-ing devices to vote about 55 per cent in favour of the moratorium.

Premier Christy Clark was asked after the convention if her government would contemplate a moratorium on meter installation. “No,” she replied.

This is not surprising, since the motion effectively asks B.C. Hydro to waste $930 million.

“I’ve spent quite a bit of time talking with the experts about it,” Clark said. “I don’t share those health concerns, because when we’re surrounded by wire-less and cell phones, there are a lot of other sources of the problem that they’re concerned about.”

I’ve argued with numerous people about this. They often start with an exag-gerated claim about the World Health Organization’s risk rating.

In fact, WHO acknowledges that people who claim hypersensitivity to electro-magnetic signals can’t identify them in controlled studies.

WHO also notes that cell phone tower emissions are effectively fi ve times weaker than the FM radio and TV signals to which we’ve all been exposed for decades. Cell base stations reach no more than two per cent of international limits. And smart meter signals are much weaker than that.

I’m done arguing with people who make up their own facts. I’ll just ad-dress those who haven’t bought into this nonsense. Please, survey your council candidates on smart meters, and on Nov. 19, support only those who have the com-mon sense to understand what a smart grid is.

Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press

and BCLocalnews.com(tfl [email protected]).

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One of the hot topics at last week’s Union of B.C. Municipalities convention was B.C. Hydro’s controversial decision to bring in smart me-ters.

This has been an issue for many people around the province.

Aside from some irrational fears of radiation, there are legitimate public concerns over pri-vacy, loss of jobs for meter readers and billing based on time of use.

However, the smart meter issue boils down to one simple fact. The government pushed the idea through without proper consultation, and has continued to stick with the proposal despite a change in leadership and a new minister of energy, who has already taken a much closer look at all aspects of Hydro’s operations.

Energy Minister Rich Coleman is perhaps one of the most pragmatic members of the cabinet. He was asked by former premier Gordon Camp-bell to take on many challenging fi les, and he relishes hard work.

He has already shown a willingness to make some changes in the way Hydro does things.

Thus it would be no real problem for him to ask Hydro to delay the smart meter program, at least until there has been full consultation with the public.

Coleman knows, as do all members of the cabinet, that this lack of proper consultation is what doomed the HST, and it is unlikely that he would like to see a repeat of that fi asco.

B.C. Hydro could arrange a series of pub-lic meetings on the topic, and give the public a chance to ask questions and present their views. Hydro can bring out experts on smart meters and also outline exactly why the corpo-ration feels they are so important.

Hydro and the government have not handled this issue well so far, but there is still time to rectify much of the damage.

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EDITOR, THE NEWS:Re: Council still awaiting

word on fl ats from ALC (The News, Sept. 28).

The fate of the Albion fl ats remains in fl ux. This ongoing issue is now fi ve years old with no progress in sight.

As I understand, our mayor and council have not made a formal application, but did ask the ALC what

the commission thought of the Albion proposal.

I believe this to be another stalling tactic. What a big waste of time and money.

Council should have made a formal application a year or two ago, then began the process of changing the zoning because Smart-Centres already owns the property.

The Albion issue will be

the biggest political foot-ball this town has ever seen.

During the last election, Maple Ridge saw a very poor voter turnout, less than 30 per cent, and my hope is to see the 30- to 40-year-olds group of tax-payers vote on Nov. 19.

This group of young home owners is so apathetic or exhausted just keeping the

wheels on the bus, there is no time or energy left.

Maple Ridge needs your help. We will all benefit with local shopping with less driving, reduced taxes and local jobs.

Where is your teenager going to work?

Please vote for progres-sive change Nov. 19.

JIM BULPIT

MAPLE RIDGE

EDITOR, THE NEWS:Re: Gov’t leaving its op-

tions open (Letters, Sept. 28).

As I have always ques-tioned MLA Mike Sather’s credentials, I am glad he has decided not to seek re-election, even more so af-ter reading his ramblings regarding the CLBC fi asco with recycling.

He believes the planned cuts were the Liberals at-tempt to pay for the HST campaign ‘waged on British Columbians’.

That doesn’t even make sense.

The fi nancial support to recycling was a mere $300,000, nowhere near the fi gures I’m aware of around HST.

He goes on to say that the government has little re-spect for supported employ-ment programs in our area. I have long been associated with challenged persons in Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows, even B.C. as a whole, and have never seen this lack of respect from any party in our provincial government.

Finally, he believes Pre-

mier Christy Clark is put-ting interests of private business above those of people with special needs. Too bad he emailed you before getting the rest of the news, a retraction of the plan and removal of the minister responsible for the faux pas.

LORNE RIDING

MAPLE RIDGE

What about drugs,

alcohol in prison?EDITOR, THE NEWS:

Re: Pratt gets a second chance (The News, Sept. 30).

The parole board is concerned about Darnell Pratt’s use of drugs and alcohol – as they should be.

I, for one, would be very much interested in hearing how the parole board feels about drugs and alco-hol being so readily available to prisoners in the institution they serve.

PETER THOMPSON

MAPLE RIDGE

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EDITOR, THE NEWS:Re: Teaching aim (News

Views, Sept. 28).I agree with your edito-

rial concerning the RCMP contract renewal, in which you state we’re getting a pretty good deal for our money.

They do have dedicated officers, who generally do a professional job given the challenging work that they do.

Yes, the RCMP have had some problems of late, but given the size and scope of their work they perform, it is to be expected.

There is simply no large organization in the world

providing the level of ser-vices they do that does not make some mistakes from time to time.

And, do you really think that a provincial police force would not make simi-lar mistakes?

Just look at health care and some of the mistakes made there over the years, like people dying due to human error.

As long as humans are at the helm, you’re going to have mistakes.

I am a bit concerned and surprised after reading another article on polic-ing expenses, which were presented by RCMP Supt.

Janice Armstrong to Maple Ridge council. Wow, our policing cost have really gone up since 2006.

Is there any way to curtail these rising police costs? Or, is it just something we’re going to have to live with and pay for?

It doesn’t help us when we have these new breeds of gangs, which are in-ternational in scope and increasingly violent in na-ture.

With this new level of violence, I guess we’ll just have to pay for these ser-vices to remain safe.

JOHN MCKENZIE

MAPLE RIDGE

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EDITOR, THE NEWS:Re: Hydro systems need attention (The News, Sept.

30).Michael McBratney either works for B.C. Hydro, is a

card-carrying Liberal or he is simply drinking the Kool-Aid.

He writes that B.C. Hydro rates must be increased due to the lack of attention given to the infrastructure since the 1950s and 1960s. Not true.

The Liberals own report on this issue indicates the main causes of rate increases:

• acquisition of run of river power contracts that lock us into deals that range up to 30 and 40 years, and pric-es that range from four to ten times the market rates. Thank you, Gordon Campbell.

• $1 billion for smart meters that will allow Hydro to charge a higher rate to families who use power between 5-10 p.m. every evening. Thanks for the concern about families, Christy Clark.

• Hydro’s bloated payrolls that have increased 41 per cent over the past eight years.

• double pensions for Hydro’s non-union employees;• the fact Hydro has more employees earning more

than $100,000 a year then any other Crown corporation.The minister in charge of B.C. Hydro, Rich Coleman,

has shown no backbone on this fi le. He could take a stand and cancel this ridiculous smart meter program, then he could put a stop to these run of the river power projects and fi nd a legal way to get out of the existing deals.

Way down the list is the cost of infrastructure upgrades, which is covered by the existing rate structure. There is no need for rate increases to perform infrastructure up-grades, so I suggest people get their facts straight before making the rest of us feel guilty about complaining when it comes to continual, unrequired rate increases.

MIKE BOILEAU

MAPLE RIDGE

EDITOR, THE NEWS:Re: Mayor gives up insurance contract (The News,

Sept. 28). It seems to me the only person, or people who need to

look in the mirror and apologize are the mayor and his high-ranking director of fi nance and director of corporate services, not the councillors who revealed that fact that they had broken the municipal charter and not released the fact the mayor was insuring municipal vehicles with his own insurance company.

The mayor now has pulled his contract with the city to save his own skin and public approval, but the damage is done and the cloud of uncertainty still shadows city hall.

These types of wrong doings are what turn people off politics. I hope we have more accountability with our new mayor.

BOB MCKEE

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Police have arrested a man suspected in a string of break-and-enters that took place this summer.

Ridge Meadows RC-MP’s Street Enforce-ment Unit took Mark William Foreman into custody on Sept. 28 on

the Katzie First Na-tions Reserve in Pitt Meadows.

Police allege the 37-year-old broke into garages, houses and vehicles between Aug. 10 and Sept. 28 to steal cars, sporting goods and threatened a hom-

eowner with a weapon on one occasion.

“He is well known to police, and can be-come violent when cornered,” Insp. David Fleugel said of Fore-man. “He did resist our members when they were making the ar-

rest, but he was quickly taken into custody.”

Foreman has been charged with four counts of break-and-enter, two counts of possession of stolen property, and one count each of assault with a weapon and theft.

He appeared in Port Coquitlam Provincial Court on Sept. 30 and has been remanded in custody until Thurs-day.

A man who made Metro Vancouver’s list of most wanted car thieves earlier this year will not be spending any time in prison.

Mathew Colin Wolfe received a 12-month conditional sentence Friday. He will serve it in the community.

The 26-year-old gained notoriety in April as the “fi rst-ever trailer thief” to make the RCMP’s annual Top 10 list.

Wolfe pleaded guilty to 16 of 36 criminal charges, including mul-tiple counts of using a forged document, pos-session of stolen prop-erty and fraud, soon after his arrest on April 4.

Police alleged Wolfe was registering sto-len trailers and sell-ing them on Craigslist.

They characterized Wolfe as “one of the more prolifi c trail-er thieves in B.C.”, where 500 trailers are reported stolen annually.

Wolfe is con-fi ned to his house for most of his 12-month c o n d i t i o n a l sentence and will be electronically monitored.

For the fi rst three months of the sentence,

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He must pay restitu-tion of $1,452. Wolfe also received a 12-month probation order.

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Close to 500 students attended summer school in the district, with 270 students in Grades 10 to 12 taking full-credit, 100-hour courses at River-side Centre, and 212 students in Grades 8 to 10 taking remedial, 40-hour classes at Westview secondary.

More than 98 per cent of the students who at-tended summer school this year passed their courses.

“Summer school ... is geared towards students who could not be successful as opposed to those who chose not to be successful,” said superin-tendent Jan Unwin. “With a 98 per cent success, you know we’re doing something right.”

Junior and senior students were separated for the first time this summer, and the move seems to have been a positive one, district principal for summer school Bruce Grady noted in his re-port.

“Having remedial juniors in a separated envi-ronment from the seniors caused a noticeable increase in maturity,” he stated. “Teachers who had been involved previously in summer learn-ing did notice the positive difference.”

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Wednesday, Oct. 5• Families living with Autism, ADHD, ADD and Anxiety

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Friday, Oct. 7• The Boys and Girls Club at Southgate Church is taking registration for the next year. The cost is $40 for Grades 2 to 6.For more information, contact Daryl Veasey at 778-549-9269.

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Monday, October 39:00 am Council Workshop, Blaney Room1:00 pm Committee of the Whole, Council Chambers

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Careers in Maple RidgeCurrently there are a number of positions available in the District of Maple Ridge including high profi le positions such as the Director of Planning, Municipal Engineer and the Superintendent of Roads positions. If you are interested in these or any other positions with The District of Maple Ridge, go to careers.mapleridge.ca and see the qualifi cations and other important details about all of the positions available here in our community. This site will also lead you through the process of our new ‘paperless’ application system and provide you with instructions on how to sign up for our electronic notifi cations for new postings. Join the team at the District of Maple Ridge!

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ENGAGED: Firefi ghters “Think Pink” for Cancer AwarenessThis October, you might notice something different about our Maple Ridge Firefi ghters. In an effort to support patients and their families impacted by breast cancer, Maple Ridge Firefi ghters IAFF Local 4449 is once again joining an international emergency responder campaign, “Cares Enough to Wear Pink”. These community fi rst responders will be exchanging their regular duty shirt for pink t-shirts to help raise breast cancer awareness in a campaign to honour those fi ghting cancer.

Maple Ridge Fire Department is proud to be a part of the “Cares Enough to Wear Pink Campaign”. Be part of the team in showing support to our community’s cancer fi ghters and survivors. Shirts are available to the public at a cost of $20 with all proceeds going to the Breast Cancer Society of Canada. The shirts will be available for sale at the Maple Ridge Fire Department Open House on October 15, 2011.

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Arts Council Celebrates 40th AnniversaryOn Friday, October 21, the Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows Arts Council will celebrate 40 years of service to our community with an ‘Anniversary Bash’ that will be short on speeches and big on great music and dancing. In keeping with the 40th Anniversary theme, tickets for this dinner and dance are only $40. The evening starts at 6:00 pm with cocktail hour, followed at 7:00 pm by the legendary buffet dinner created by the hosts at the Pitt Meadows Golf Club. Then, dance the night away to the music of Newhouse and friends whose blend of rock classics and R&B from the 60s, 70s and 80s will have you singing and dancing up a storm. Round up your friends and call the Arts Centre Theatre today at 604-476-2787 or stop by the ticket offi ce and get your tickets for this fabulous celebration.

Dance the night away with Newhouse and friends.

You’re Invited to Two Parties Under One Roof!A decade ago the Greg Moore Youth Centre opened to the community. Named in honour of Greg, the ‘Home Town Hero’ who found his passion in life, the facility aspired to be the place that young people in our community could come together and fi nd their path in life. The celebration on October 15, will demonstrate that the ideals that were set forth at the ribbon cutting ten years ago have been met. This celebration will give you the chance to see the place that our youth have built through their involvement, leadership and volunteerism. This is a wonderful chance to meet some of the amazing young leaders and mentors in our community.

Right around the corner, the Maple Ridge Leisure Centre is celebrating 30 years of service in our community. The Leisure Centre is the place where generations of parents and children have learned how to swim and play with their friends. The Leisure Centre has been the place where many people have fulfi lled New Year’s resolutions to get fi t, played sports for fi tness and friendship, and learned the importance of exercise and fi tness as the cornerstone of healthy living. It has been a hub of activity for residents of all ages for three decades.

Please join us at 11:00 am on October 15, 2011, to celebrate the anniversaries of the Maple Ridge Leisure Centre and Greg Moore Youth Centre. Here’s a schedule of the activities:

11:00 am Free “try-it” fi tness sessions and Family Gym activities - Leisure Centre

12:00 pm Offi cial Anniversary Program- Lower bowl of the Greg Moore Youth Centre

12:15 pm Greg Moore Foundation and Maple Ridge -Pitt Meadows Youth Centre Society acknowledgements

12:30 pm Community Volunteer Awards 12:45 pm Cake cutting and refreshments 1:00 pm Free rock climbing and skateboarding

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The District of Maple Ridge has unveiled the advertising campaign that encourage local citizens to ‘be a voter’ in the upcoming local elections. Through mail in ballots, advance polls and the main polling day on November 19, area residents will elect the Mayor, Councillors and School trustees who will represent us for the next three years. The campaign features citizens from different backgrounds and interests, but they all share one thing in common – they are voters. In the 2008 Local Elections, only 3 of 10 eligible Maple Ridge voters cast a ballot. While this was one of the better turn-outs in the lower mainland, it falls short of the participation in Provincial and Federal Elections. Ads will run in local newspapers and have already been posted to the District Facebook page. Take a look at the whole ad series and see why these local community leaders believe that being a voter is important. Look for updates on the fi nal candidate lists, advance polling information and voting locations for November 19, at mapleridge.ca and on the District Facebook page.





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Five teenagers were taken to hospital af-ter the car they were in flipped onto its roof following a crash early Sunday in Pitt Mead-ows.

Police were called to investigate the single vehicle crash around 12:30 a.m.

Cpl. Alanna Dunlop said the 2000 Volk-swagen Jetta struck a gate post, then flipped onto its roof on Harris Road, near Richardson Road.

The Pitt Meadows Fire Department was called to assist police and paramedics, who eventually transport-ed all the teens to hos-pital via ambulance.

Police believe speed and alcohol were con-tributing factors in the crash.

RCMP continue to in-vestigate the crash but said the teens’ injuries are non-life threaten-ing.

Parole violationA man wanted on

a Canada-wide war-rant for violating parole was arrested early Sunday after he was spotted climbing through the window of an apartment in Pitt Meadows.

Police were called around 12:40 a.m. af-

ter the 22-year-old was seen entering a third-floor apartment on Ford Road.

The RCMP Lower Mainland District’s Emergency Response Team and Police Dog Services were called to assist Ridge Mead-ows RCMP and found the man inside the apartment.

Police said he had been allowed to stay at the apartment, but was arrested after offi-cers found out he was wanted on a warrant.

He was held in cus-tody overnight and returned to prison on Monday.

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RCMP are looking for a white 2000 Cadillac Deville stolen from a house in Maple Ridge over the weekend.

The car was taken from a home on 201st Street sometime be-tween 4 p.m. Friday and 7 a.m. Saturday. The car had B.C. li-cence plates 660RCM on it at the time of the theft.

Home invasionDrugs and cell

phones were stolen in a home invasion late Friday in Maple Ridge.

The robbery took place around 11:30 p.m. on Lougheed Highway near 220th Street.

According to po-lice, the home-owner was in the backyard when two men ap-peared. The men then assaulted the home owner as well as a neigh-bour be-fore tak-ing them inside the house.

A third man arrived and stood guard while the other two stole a “controlled substance” and cell phones from the house.

All three suspects are described as white men.

The first one is around 5-10 with a heavy build and in his 30s. He had very short light brown hair and was clean shaven.

The second sus-pect was also 5-10 and approximately 170 pounds. He had dark brown hair and a moustache.

The third suspect had a round face, brown hair and wore glasses.

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A person called po-lice this week after receiving a call from 999-910-0103.

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The caller wanted the person to turn on the computer, then be guided through steps that would get rid of the virus.

Police believe the caller may have other motives for the call, including getting per-sonal information from the computer.

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For some, the inside of the dentist’s offi ce can be similar to nails on a chalkboard. Especially if you started going to the dentist before many of the conveniences of modern dentistry emerged.

If you were living in Maple Ridge between 1951-81, there is a chance you went to Dr. Nikiforuk for your annual dental check-up, and you might recall the mint green chair, cabi-nets, instruments, and X-ray machine that the Maple Ridge Museum has from his offi ce on 224th Street.

Seeing one piece of

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narrative to go along with certain objects.

From a community history standpoint, this is one of the greatest parts of the job. With Dr. Nikiforuk’s dental offi ce, we have the objects, but the story is only truly complete when the visitor enters into the museum space, and brings with them their reaction. The objects then can take on a differ-ent life when the visitor shares their story, and with that retelling, a new history for the object can be formed.

A shared identity through the objects not only helps to unite links to the community as a whole, but specifi -cally to the individual people. Uncovering the past of the object displayed helps us to question its place for both the viewer and object, whether the viewer’s heritage is related to the object or not.

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They don’t have that yet in his home province of Newfoundland, however.

That province, along with Que-bec, New Brunswick and Nova Sco-tia still has no holiday in February, leaving residents there with only groundhog day to celebrate.

Jamie and Mandy Rauch also like the idea of Family Day as their two little ones burnt off some energy on the playground equip-ment in maple Ridge park.

“Very pleased,” said Jamie, about to become a dad for the third time with his wife days away from delivering a new baby.

“That’s exciting. I’ve been wait-ing.”

Mandy said her relatives in Alberta already enjoy that so it would be nice to have the same thing in B.C. She agreed, she might think about voting Liberal next election.

The announcement is the latest in Premier Christy Clark’s Fami-lies First agenda.

“A February h o l i -day may spark an increase in tourism and family-re-lated entertainment and allow for greater productivity as employees come back to work refreshed,” the agenda says.

The government also raised the minimum wage soon after Clark took over leadership of the party early this year.

The minimum wage climbed from $8 an hour, the lowest in Canada, to $8.75 last May, then

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Evelyn Ching, who runs Austin Fish and Chips in Valley Fair Mall, generally supports the new holi-day, even though she’ll have to pay an extra day of salary for staff.

“Of course, it does affect my pay-roll.” However, because the holi-day will fall every third Monday in February, the downside should be minimized because the restaurant is closed that day, sparing over-time wage bills, as well.

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New Democrat Leader Adrian Dix criticized the Clark’s inaugu-ral throne speech, saying the gov-ernment is “out of gas and out of ideas and apparently incapable of offering substantive measures to address the very real challenges British Columbians face.”

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Evelyn Ching, who runs Austin Fish and Chips in Valley Fair Mall, also wel-comes the new holiday, although it will cost her money.

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The Canadian Fed-eration of Independent Business asked mayors and councillors attend-ing the Union of B.C. Municipalities conven-tion last week to sign a “taxpayer pledge” that calls on them to hold op-erating expense growth down to the combined increase in population and infl ation, and nar-row the gap between property tax rates for business and residen-tial properties.

The CFIB calculates that B.C.’s municipal operating spending rose nearly 58 per cent between 2000 and 2008, twice as fast as popula-tion and infl ation grew.

Sechelt Mayor Dar-ren Inkster signed the taxpayer pledge, as did Port Moody council-lor Diana Dilworth and Coquitlam councillor Linda Reimer. Coquit-

lam council candidates Terry O’Neill and Andy Shen also stepped up, along with Vancouver mayoral candidate Su-zanne Anton and three contenders for Vancou-ver council seats.

Shachi Kurl, the B.C. director of the CFIB, said the initial response was good, consider-ing her group was told not a single incumbent would publicly support the pledge. She’s hop-ing candidates for mu-nicipal offi ce will carry the taxpayer pledge message into their cam-paigns.

The UBCM executive issued its own analysis this spring, rebutting several years of CFIB claims that municipal spending is out of con-trol. The UBCM analy-

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Colwood Mayor Dave Saunders also signed the pledge, although he isn’t seeking re-elec-tion. He said the tax tar-gets are similar to what his council has accom-plished by this year, and he would have signed the pledge if he was run-ning in November.

Unionized municipal workers have to look at the state of the economy and see if their wage de-mands are holding back the growth of their com-munity’s business tax base, Saunders said in an interview.

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can’t expect a cost of liv-ing pay increase every year, so I don’t think it’s fair in relation to union or private to say one’s going to get it but not the other,” he said.

Joining the CFIB in this year’s push for spending restraint is the Independent Con-tractors and Business Association. The ICBA produced a report de-tailing a similarly steep rise in municipal fees for construction, link-ing it to union contracts that feature pay and perks well beyond the private sector average of recent years.

ICBA president Phil Hochstein said “gold plated” union contracts with wage increases beyond infl ation and benefi ts such as cash payouts for unused sick days are a key driver of costs.

“Unions are not to blame,” Hochstein said. “It is municipal politi-cians who have forgot-ten how to say ‘no’ to everything but tax in-creases.”

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Citizens may be able to remotely vote over the internet to elect their mayor and council as early as 2014.

Union of B.C. Munici-palities delegates voted by a two-to-one mar-gin last week to urge the province to lay the groundwork to allow on-line voting as an option three years from now.

Advocates of the idea say it could reverse a trend of sagging voter turnout, while detrac-tors worry casting a bal-lot may no longer be se-cret, opening the door to vote-tampering by inter-est groups out to sway the result.

“We all have to ac-knowledge the fact so-ciety has changed,” said Coquitlam Coun. Linda Reimer, one of the del-egates who voted in fa-vour.

Just 20.5 per cent of Coquitlam voters turned out in the last election, she said, and the pro-vincial average is 35 per cent for civic elections.

White Rock Coun. Lynne Sinclair dismissed another delegate’s sug-gestion many seniors aren’t tech-savvy and wouldn’t benefi t.

She said one Ontario city that allows online voting found most users are seniors with mobil-ity problems.

Others warned it’s too risky to end the long tradition of voting se-cretly in a ballot booth at an authorized polling place.

“Online voting is fraught with danger,” said Sunshine Coast Re-gional District director Donna Shugar.

“You don’t know who is in the room with a voter coercing or per-suading them. We do not allow people to go in the polling booth with

other people when they are voting.”

When the voting booth becomes your computer in your home, she said, such restrictions and safeguards will no lon-ger exist.

“It’s too easy to hack a system,” added Fraser Valley Regional District director Wendy Bales, predicting the technolo-gy – if it backfi res – may not strengthen democ-racy but further erode faith in the system.

Spallumcheen Mayor Will Hansma pointed to irregularities over online voting during the B.C. Liberal leadership vote earlier this year.

“I was busy, so I phoned my wife, gave her my number and she voted for me,” Hansma said, adding there’s so far no technological so-lution available to block unauthorized voting or undue infl uence.

“This isn’t being forced on anyone,” countered Kelowna Coun. Kevin Craig. “If it’s not right for your community, you’re not being rail-

roaded into it.”Community, Sport and

Cultural Development Minister Ida Chong has promised to pursue the idea, which would re-quire a change of legis-lation and time to sort out the technological issues.

Another tradition that will defi nitely end in 2014 is November voting.

From that year on, lo-cal voting will happen in October.

The election date change was approved by the province in re-sponse to a UBCM vote a year ago.

UBCM had its own wrangle of electronic voting at the start of proceedings.

Delegates had been given electronic vot-ing devices to vote on resolutions, but some questioned whether the wireless gadgets might let some vote from out-side the hall – or even go golfi ng while other delegates vote for them. They were told it’s pos-sible, but it would be wrong.

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Metro Vancouver will impose a ban on smok-ing in almost all areas of its regional parks.

Friday’s board vote passed by a wide mar-gin, with Surrey and Vancouver directors in favour.

It outlaws smoking throughout Metro-run parks, trails and beach-es – except where des-ignated smoking areas are set up and signed.

Those smoke pits are to be set up in heav-ily used areas where people spend large amounts of time – such as beaches, shelters, reservable buildings and campsites.

A last-minute at-tempt to water down the smoking restric-tions failed.

Electoral director Maria Harris proposed an amendment that would have prohibited smoking in only con-gested areas of Metro

parks, leaving smok-ers free to puff in large swathes.

Langley City Coun. Gayle Martin, chair of the parks committee, supported the change, saying smokers are “an easy target” for the politically correct but a more “common sense” approach is needed.

Vancouver Coun. Andrea Reimer was among those who voted to defeat the change, calling it a compromise of a compromise.

“There is no inher-ent right to smoke in a public place,” she said.

“The time has come,” added Pitt Meadows Mayor Don MacLean. “I just spent time in Whistler and every one of their parks is smoke-free.”

Richmond Coun. Harold Steves said smokers are now so scarce they pose less risk through second-hand smoke than in the past.

He questioned how a “little whiff of smoke along a trail” could do much harm.

Posting signs and other printed infor-mation on the policy

would cost the region up to $23,000.

A Metro staff report estimated only 10 to 15 per cent of park-goers smoke and that most would likely voluntari-ly comply with the new restrictions without any extra spending on enforcement.

Parks offi cers will be able to issue fi nes but the focus will be on educating smokers of the ban.

Smoking zones are to be designated only where there is little risk of second-hand smoke exposure to others, smoking litter is contained and there is no risk of fi re starts.

Wreck Beach Pres-ervation Society vice-chair Judy Williams opposed the smoking ban, calling it “the last nail in the coffi n” of smokers’ rights.

“People should have the choice,” she said.

Several cities across the region either part-ly or fully ban smok-ing in their municipal parks.

The planned policy affects regional parks like Tynehead, Camp-bell Valley, Lynn Head-waters and Belcarra

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Bus drivers’ dealUnionized bus drivers

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But since the old con-tract expired in April, the extension is already half over and amounts to more of a cease fi re than a lasting labour peace.

“We will be going back to the bargaining table soon and hope that when we do, the issue of sustainable funding for improving public transit, espe-cially the overloaded bus system, has been resolved,” said Don Ma-cLeod, president of lo-cal 111 of the Canadian Auto Workers.

The union represents 3,500 bus drivers and 900 mechanics at Trans-Link’s Coast Mountain Bus Co. subsidiary.

Members voted 59 per cent in favour of the contract extension.

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VICTORIA – The B.C. government will provide more money for special-needs sup-port in the province’s public schools, and impose new training on teachers, accord-ing to Premier Christy Clark’s first throne speech.

Lieutenant-Gover-nor Steven Point de-livered the speech Monday to open a new session of the B.C. leg-islature. It confirms that the province’s “net zero” negotiation mandate for public sector union contracts will be imposed for the B.C. Teachers’ Federa-tion, whose contract expired last June.

But after two years of a “net zero” wage freeze that has been accepted by most gov-ernment unions, the speech hints that pub-lic sector employees may start seeing wage increases again for contracts that expire in 2012, if “cooperative gains” can be made.

The BCTF has been refusing non-essential

duties since school started in September, and on Monday the B.C. Public School Employers Associa-tion met to consider reducing teacher pay or imposing a lockout in an effort to force a settlement.

The BCTF is de-manding wage parity with other provinces and a range of ben-efit improvements, as well as hundreds of millions of dollars to reduce class sizes and increase special-needs support staff.

“Today, school boards and parents are seeking additional

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“These changes will be bold and represent a significant improve-ment in how, when and where education takes place.”

The speech also com-mits the government to make sure teach-ers who “abuse their position of trust are removed and not per-mitted to return.”

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leader Rich Coleman confirmed Monday that means amend-ments are coming to legislation govern-ing the B.C. College of Teachers. Victoria lawyer Don Avison reviewed the college last year and found that BCTF influence allowed teachers to return to classrooms after being convicted of serious crimes, in-cluding cocaine traf-ficking and sexual as-sault of students.

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A community collaboration made up of individuals and groups that have a stake in our local food system: • Planning for FOOD FOR ALL.

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• Celebrating food from “Seed to Plate”.

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Women who work in metal

Maple Ridge singer Hilary Grist needs your help as she vies for a top spot on the Peak Performance Project, a prestigious profes-

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The art-pop-torch-folk songstress has been on a musical roll since the release of her third album, Imaginings, last year.

Her poignant, free-spirited songs are making cam-pus radio playlists from coast to coast and have been featured on CBC Radio.

Her music has also found eager new listeners south of the border through the iTunes Indie Singer-Song-writer Spotlight in the U.S. Grist has garnered many TV placements for her songs, including shows like Degrassi, Endgame and Go To Gal.

Grist, 30, was picked as a Top 20 fi nalist in the 2011 Peak Performance Project in May and has spent the past two months honing her musical skills.

Each of the Top 20 artists got $5,000 to spend on things that would support their career, including re-cording, marketing, promotion or video production. Grist spent the cash recording a song called Chemi-cal Reaction with renowned producer Howard Re-dekopp, on a set for a music video for the song ‘Tall Building’ and hiring musicians which included a marching band who played at her Peak Performance show case.

The Top 20 also attended a boot camp in Princeton, where they learned about the ins and outs of the mu-sic industry from pros.

It truly was a “bootcamp” in the real sense of the word with all night recording sessions, zero sleep and a highly structured schedule, says Grist.

Grist also played a sold-out show in Vancouver at the Red Room, which was judged by a who’s who of the local music industry. As part of the contest, she was given a set of fi ve challenges involving every-thing from charity work to marketing plans.

The Top 5 winners will be announced on Oct. 26, based on live performances and online voting. Last year, the $100,500 grand prize was awarded to the rapper Kyprios while Juno-winner Said The Whale reaped silver.

• You will have one week to cast your votes for Grist online at peakperformanceproject.com. Voting opens Friday.

Six artists whose medium is metal will be featured in an upcoming exhibition at Maple Ridge Art Gallery.

Working in a wide range of styles, Sandra Bilo-wich, Stefanie Dueck, Anna Gusakova, Cheryl Hamilton, Karin Marita Jones, and Sylvie Roussel-Janssens show a remarkable range of approaches and sensibilities to working in this challenging medium.

Bilowich’s work bears more than a few traces of her formative years in the Yukon, where an interest in land-scapes led her to further studies in geology and gemol-ogy.

Her ability to work dynamically with stone ultimately led to an exploration of metal. These days, working from her studio, Elemental Designs in East Vancouver, Bilowich often combines metal and stone in both abstract and figurative forms.

“Each creation is a journey,” she says.“It is like a conversation in which I listen to the

material at hand, whether it is stone, reclaimed metal or wood. The outcome is my ability to explore the character of the element and combine its essence with physical expression.”

Originally from Vladivostok City, Russia, Gusako-va’s propulsion towards a career in art began in early child-hood as she was fortunate enough to be accepted in a special art school for children.

She continued on this path and finally emerged with an

Masters in Fine Art from Moscow University in 2008, after which she relocated to and established a studio practice.

There is impressive purity and honesty about both Gusak-ova’s ceramic and metal work, both of which will be featured

in the exhibition.If you have ever noticed the metal sculpture just

outside the Leisure Centre in Maple Ridge’s Spirit Square, you already have a passing familiarity with Hamilton’s work.

Hamilton is part of the duo “ie Creative Art-works,” which won the first formal commission for public artwork by the District of Maple Ridge.

Her metal work is often complemented by bril-liant translucent glass works that draws on her

training in glass blowing at the acclaimed Pilchuck School in Washington State.

Originally trained in jewellery art and design, Jones went on to extend her practice to include larger sculp-tural forms informed by further studies in Germany

and Finland. Featured in the show will be a number of her works us-ing a technique called Damascene, a process tradition-

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and gold with steel ever since I saw an exhibition of Japa-nese sword guards over 10 years ago,” says Jones.

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“I later saw suits of armour inlaid with intricate patterns in a museum in Paris. These works of art seemed to represent a series of exquisite con-trasts: hard and soft materials, base and precious metals, and the para-dox of such delicate artistry used to decorate instruments of brutality and war.”

Dueck was drawn to work with metal when she embarked on her studies at the Kootenay School of Art in 2003. In addition to hot forging steel and weld-ing, Dueck introduced to her work an ancient technique called lost wax cast-ing, in which a wax or ceramic mould is used to caste either one or a series of works.

After taking further training in Spain, Dueck commissions included large scale architectural projects such as gates and railings.

As a counterbalance to these larger more industrial pieces, Dueck produc-es decorative fl atware and sculpture, fusing together natural and abstract forms to create somewhat fanciful creatures in her Vancouver studio.

Unique among the sculptors in this exhibition, Roussel-Janssens com-bines fabric and welded structures which are illuminated with dazzling effect when shown against a window

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elementary school for the fi rst time.

Infi nitusOctober 30, 7:00 p.m.

A high energy and interactive performance of

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Friday Night Dance with

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Buddy: The Buddy Holly StoryOctober 7 & 8, 2011 • 8pm

Abrams Brothers and Oh SusannaSaturday, October 15, 2011 • 8pm

Alex CubaThursday, November 10, 2011 • 7:30pm

InfinitusSunday, October 30, 2011 • 7pm

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A heart-warming Canadian play by Norm Foster kicks off Stage 43’s thirtieth season of award-winning live theatre.

Produced by Maple Ridge resident Jim Harrison, Ethan Claymore follows a reclusive widower, who, with the help of a determined neighbor and the spirit of his recently-deceased brother, fi nds love and laughter again.

Audiences will certainly fi nd both heart and hu-mour in the story, as Ethan fi nds himself faced with the ghosts from his past, the reality of his present, and the potential of his future.

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school teacher comes calling.From situational comedy to poignant moments, this

story will appeal to everyone. “Audiences will leave the theatre with warm hearts

and smiles upon their faces – for they will be remind-ed that family and friends are the two most important things in life,” said Harrison.

• Ethan Claymore plays at the Evergreen Cultural Centre, 1205 Pinetree Way in Coquitlam from Oct. 13 to Oct. 15 and Oct. 19 to Oct. 22 at 8 p.m. There is a matinee show on Oct. 16 at 2 p.m.

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Norm Foster play opens new seasonStudio 43’s production of Ethan Claymore celebrates the importance of friends and family

Contributed

Ethan Claymore opens next week.

See Spirits of the ForestMaple Ridge artist Jack Prasad latest exhibition feature Spirits of the Forest.Spirits of the Forest will be the last public exhibition at New Cre-ations as Prasad moves onto other ventures that include painting a mural in Seattle. Prasad opened the downtown Maple Ridge space two years ago as a venue where people could see artists at work and soak in

their creativity. At its peak, the space was home to fi ve resident artists, each with their own studio. It still features the fi rst-of-its-kind Lumiére Noire showroom, which displays Prasad’s work in luminous paint that comes alive in black light. “It’s hard to fi nd support for a private gallery,” said Prasad, who kept the gallery space open seven days a week.New Creations will be now open by appointment.• A reception for Spirits of the Forest will be held on Saturday, Oct. 15 from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.

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Thursday, October 13, 2011 • 7:00 amThursday, October 13, 2011 • 7:00 amFraserview Village HallFraserview Village Hall

22610 – 116th Avenue(Corner of 116th Avenue and 227th Street)

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Go-Have-One!How having regular mammograms saved my life.Did you know that getting older is one of the highest risk factors for breast cancer? Did you know that fi nding smaller tumours earlier saves lives? Breast cancer survivor, Jane Ambrose, will share her story of navigating the Breast Cancer journey.

Since being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2003, Jane has been a strong supporter of the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. Jane has told her story to a variety of audiences from Mother/Daughter Breakfasts at local high schools to media interviews. Jane is featured on the Canadian Cancer Society’s Breast Cancer Navigation Map offering encouragement to women newly diagnosed with Breast Cancer. Jane also volunteers for the Foundation and serves on the Community Grants Review Committee.

Surviving breast cancer was a life changing experience for Jane. Shortly after her surgery, she participated in her fi rst CIBC Run for the Cure walking 1 km and raising funds for the Foundation. A year later, Jane joined a Survivor Learn to Run Clinic which trained her to run the 5 km. Since then Jane has participated every year, raising over $30,000. After her fi rst 5 km run, Jane realized that anything is possible and made a career change joining her husband, Ken, at RE/MAX LifeStyles Realty as a local Real Estate Professional.

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Visit over 40 agencies, community groups and businesses providing resource and safety information featuring services for children and families, youth and seniors, safety and policing, health and wellness, plus much more.

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Mike Lascelle, a local nursery manager, gardening author and columnist for the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News, was honoured as the Garden Communicator of the Year by the B.C. Landscape and Nursery Association last week-end.

The Garden Communicator of the Year award is presented an-nually for outstanding commu-nication to the public on garden and landscape topics by a British Columbian writer, radio or televi-sion commentator, and artist or communications specialist.

Any communicator is eligible to be nominated for this award by any BCLNA member, the BCLNA executive committee, or by the association’s staff team – each of whom rely heavily on volunteer-ism to guide and fulfi ll the asso-ciation’s many endeavors.

Lascelle top garden communicator

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(Top) Omar Said of the Ridge Canoe and Kayak Club competes in the bantam men’s K4 division with his team, Sebastian Sorescu, Alex Brent and Tyler Demidoff, during the Pacific Cup at Whonnock Lake Sunday morning. (Right) Darek Tam and Patrick Oh of the Ridge Canoe and Kayak Club compete in the midget men’s K2 division during the Pacific Cup at Whonnock Lake Sunday morning.

The third annual Pacifi c Cup Regatta was held over the weekend at Whonnock Lake in Maple Ridge.

More than 100 participants from 10 teams at-tended the regatta, which was put on by the Ridge Canoe and Kayak Club.

The end-of-season competition was open to ca-noe and kayak athletes of all levels and saw teams from Washington, Alberta and B.C.

The two-day event lasted all day with racers competing in 131 events. The races were held con-tinuously at fi ve to 10 minute intervals.

RCKC is a non-profi t community sports organi-zation created in 1982 catering to Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows and its surrounding areas. The organi-zation is the largest sprint racing canoe/kayak club in B.C.

Pacifi c Cup Regatta held at Whonnock lake over weekend

Losing 54-13 on home soil to the Mt. Douglas Ram’s senior varsity football team on Friday wasn’t exactly how the Pitt Meadows Marauders wanted to cel-

ebrate the 50th anniversary of the opening of Pitt Meadows Secondary School.

The Double A Marauders senior varsity team was origi-nally set to play Burnaby’s Moscrop Panthers, but due to cancellations the team was forced to play the Rams, who’re part of the Triple A Western Conference.

Although the affair was extremely lop-sided, Marauders’ offensive coordinator Matt Todd said the game gave his players some valuable experience.

“It was pretty one-sided. We were supposed to play against a tier two team but they cancelled and at the last minute we got the only team available which ended up being a triple A team who’re ranked number three in the province,” Todd said.

“We knew we were under-matched but the kids played well. It was defi nitely a learning experience for them, play-ing a school that’s just a football powerhouse in B.C.”

“Being that it was our fi rst home game, the kids came out hyped up, but in the end the other team was just a lot bigger than we were.”

Despite being out-muscled and outplayed, the Marauders’ two touchdowns were scored by Tanner Hartley, both on 80 yard kickoff re-turns. The defence was led by Cole Erskine-Shaw and Levon Cuthbert, who had eight tackles.

The difference of experience levels be-tween both tiers was evident in the fi nal score, but Todd said he’s proud of how his team played and there’s only room for improvement as the regular season gets underway this Friday.

“The kids that play on Mount Douglas have been playing football their whole lives and we have a lot of kids who’ve only been playing fo r three or four games now,” Todd said. “I think we’re mov-ing along now. We started off with everyone’s experience levels being so low and now they’re learning as each game happens.”

For Todd, the main goal is to make the playoffs this year, but he understands there will be a lot of growing pains along the way with so many new players on the squad.

He says the key is to take each game one step at a time and to not think about the future.

“We’re just hoping to build each weekend. We want the kids to just keep learning how to play football

and build off of each game and what they’ve learned in practice and hopefully that expe-rience and hard work will get us to the play-offs.”

Playoff talk aside, the Marauders fi rst reg-ular season test will come on Friday when they open AA East play against No. 2 ranked

Mission. “We’re going to play one of the best Double A

teams in the province, but the kids are motivated and they’re ready to play their fi rst game that mat-

ters. They are done playing exhibition games,” Todd said. “We’ve got a few more practices before Friday’s game.

We’re just preparing like we do every other week for any other team. As coaches, we’re making sure our players know what Mission’s game is like, especially how they run their offence and defence.”

• Start time for Friday’s game is 7:30 p.m. at Pitt Meadows Secondary School.

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The Ridge Meadows Flames are only fi ve games into the junior B season, and although they were defeated soundly by opposing teams over the weekend, head coach Tavis Eaton doesn’t see any reason to panic.

With a Pacifi c Inter-national Junior Hockey League team full of rookies and few return-ing players, don’t expect Eaton to go easy on his squad. He expects his players to play up to their potential, something they didn’t do in their

past couple of games. Friday night saw the

Flames lose 7-0 to the Richmond Sockeyes, a team stockpiled with tal-ent. Flames players were outworked for the major-ity of the game and took a total of six penalties, two of which the Sock-eyes capitalized on.

Sunday night was much of the same with the Flames losing 10-1 against the Grandview Steelers. The team’s lone goal was scored by Reece Rivard, late in the third period.

“Both games weren’t very good, let’s put it that way. The guys are working hard, but if you continue to lose your one-on-one battles in your own end, you’re probably going to lose more games,” Eaton

said. “We were simply outworked on those two nights. Those teams won their one-on-one battles and we didn’t.”

With 13 rookies on the team, the Flames are still searching for chemistry, but the team’s lack of motivation is what both-ers Eaton.

“If players aren’t com-ing to the rink every night motivated to play well, then we’re going to have trouble. My job is not to motivate them because they’re big boys,” he said. “They all know what it takes to play at a high level and this is where they have to learn themselves how to play the game and be smart about playing the game.”

The Flames made a six-player trade on Fri-day that may help their cause.

Eaton acquired for-wards Sean Pesut and Keagan Hunter and de-fenceman Curtis Weins from the Mission Ice-breakers for forwards

Adam Callegari and Ken-ny Prato, defenceman Kiefer Rivington and fu-ture considerations.

All three play a hard one-on-one game, some-thing Eaton was look-ing to add to his hockey club.

“Pesut and Hunter are known for scoring goals, once they get going they’ll be fantastic for our team, and Weins will help out our defence,” Eaton added. “We have to remember that noth-ing happens overnight. Offence and playing well comes from trust and right now we’ve got too many players run-ning around trying to do someone else’s job be-cause they think they’re helping out, but they’re not.”

“But it’s a long season and, in the end, we’ll be fi ne,” he added. “It just takes some time to ad-just but it’ll get better.”

The Flames next game is on Friday at Planet Ice against the Port Moody Black Panthers, 7:30 p.m.

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It was a successful weekend for the Meadow Ridge Knights football teams.

The Atom Blue Knights beat the Langley Bears 26-6. The Knights’ Ciaran Davies and quarterback Dallas Pattendon led the offence.

Riley Celino and Nicho Zolliker also played well helping the team score four touch-downs. Ethan Holland had a strong game at centre. Meanwhile, Lucas Deane, Aiden Fuchs and Tristan Hawkes were solid on defence, keeping the Bears offence bottled up for most of the game.

The Atom Gold Knights beat Chilliwack 24-20, improving their record to four wins and one loss. The offensive line made crucial blocks that allowed quarter-back Adam Jones and running back James Ross to get their first touchdowns of the sea-son. Kurtis Brown ran for an impressive 118 yards and had two touchdowns. The defence was led by Brandon Goodbridge, Oliver Para and Eric Clark. The three made Chilliwack work hard for every point they scored.

The Chilliwack Red were shut out 32-0 by the Peewee Gold Kinghts. Justin Nickel, Zachary Mayer-Buss and Michael Rice led an impres-sive defensive attack. Micah Cavalli, Cade Cote and Dryden Pollon all scored touchdowns. The Peewee Gold’s next game is on the road where they’ll face the North Langley Bears.

The Peewee Blue Knights lost 19-12 to North Langley in a hard fought game. Brandon Hunt scored two touchdowns on the first two offen-sive possessions thanks to great blocking from

Jake Loftus, Jack Dillen and Kailesh Kumar. Anthony Cameron, Darius Joseph, Shaan Singh and Jevon Anutooshkin played solid defence and controlled the line of scrimmage for most of the game.

The Junior Bantam Knights maintained their undefeated record by adding a fifth win. They beat Chilliwack 44-0. As the score indicates, the team dominated all aspects of the game. Chico David returned a punt for a touchdown.

Brandon Shanley returned an interception for a touchdown while Jaden Shanley recov-ered two on-side kicks. Dylan Lacey, Adam

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The Bantam Knights lost 35-7 to the South Delta Rams. The Knights opened the scoring on a

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The Midget Knights lost 28-0 to Coquitlam. The Knights were down 6-0 early in the game when the offence, led by Tanner Hartley and Dylan McDermid, moved the ball to inside the Coquitlam five yard line. The team came away empty handed sparking the Coquitlam squad. Elijah Goerzen, Colton Davies and Tyler Camer-on played well defensively for the Knights, who now have a two wins and three losses. They play Vancouver next week.

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Newly diagnosed dementia patients and their families living in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows will be able to access more edu-cational resources from the Alzheimer’s Society of B.C., thanks to its First Link Pro-gram.

The program began in Victoria three years ago, and just over 12 months ago was introduced to the society’s Fraser North region, which includes municipalities from Burnaby to Maple Ridge.

First Link was created to provide early intervention services, including support, to newly diagnosed patients and their families as soon as possible.

The society sends out information pack-ages, numbers and information about edu-cational services and support groups and provides referrals for other community and health care services.

“We are here to provide help, support and education to not only the patients, but also their families and caregivers,” said Dorothy Leclair, support and education coordinator

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In Canada, Alzheimer’s disease or a relat-ed dementia currently affects half a million people. Roughly, 71,000 of them are under the age of 65 and one in 11 Canadians over the age of 65 has Alzheimer’s or a form of de-mentia. This year alone, more than 103,000

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Leclair said families have the most dif-fi cult time adjusting to the diagnosis and recommends patience and understanding of the disease. “I want to reassure families that while things will change, it’s not some-thing that we need to immediately go into catastrophe mode over,” she said. “It is pos-sible to maintain a very high quality of life.

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The age-friendly concept stems from several studies conducted by the World Health Orga-nization, as well as several Canadian studies that reveal the majority of seniors aren’t active members of their communities. The B.C. govern-ment’s aim is to achieve an age-friendly status in every community throughout the province.

Almost one-sixth of B.C.’s population is 65 or older. Within the next 20 years, the number of seniors will double from 676,000 to an estimated 1,324,000.

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“We encourage families to take our education series, which looks at dementia, its or-igin, how to communicate and adapt, and behavioral changes and how to cope. Essentially, we’re here to help navigate the system because planning for

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The support meetings attract 25 to 30 people in the evening session and roughly 12 dur-ing the daytime session, with ages ranging from people in their early 60s to late 80s, but Leclair said she’s seen some

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In 2011:- An estimated 23,400 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer and 5,100

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Community in focusROTARY CLUBS DONATE OVER $223,157 IN 2011Rotarians from Meadow Ridge and Haney clubs along with a host of volunteers recently celebrated with local organizations that have benefi tted from the two clubs’ fundraising eff orts.

Representatives from organizations such as Spirit of Wood, Caribbean Festival, Pitt Meadows Christmas in the City, Ridge Meadows Hospital Foundation, Christmas Haven, Salvation Army and Country Fest were all on hand to be recognized for their work in the community. Donations of cash towards musical instruments at Webster’s Corner, Golden Ears and Eric Langton

School were also presented.

Th e Haney and Meadow Ridge Rotary Clubs are made up of professionals and business people who are active both locally and internationally in helping to build sports fi elds, nurture families and children, educate youth and provide artistic & cultural growth. As part of Rotary International, the purpose of the clubs is to bring together business and professional leaders to provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world.

Th e Ridge Meadows Hospital Foundation raised its profi le and over $550 at the Mark’s Work Wearhouse Ladies Day event on September 22. Th anks to Jeremy

Bekar of Mark’s Work Wearhouse for providing the hot dogs, hot chocolate and coff ee at no charge so any donations made for the tasty treats went directly to the Foundation.

Th anks to the many volunteers, including Rick Lascelle of the Hospital’s Respiratory Department along with Judy Binge of Scotiabank, for helping out at the event.

Athletes in Kind Run Clinics Underway

Athletes In Kind run clinics have started and run through December 2, 2011. Th e clinics are designed to keep participants running stronger and longer. Clinics are based on strength and speed, some clinics may have distance integrated into the workout. Clinic sessions will be based on participant’s experience (runners and walkers) and led by experienced run/walk leaders. Yoga sessions are led by Karen Waite of Freestyle Athletics. See the schedule at www.athletesinkind.com.

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Haney Rotary President Scott Charlton and Meadow Ridge Rotary President Terry Becker (bottom row) joined representatives from organizations receiving funding from Rotary in 2011.

Freestyle Athletics & Athletes In Kind Run Clinics Working together with PURPOSE

Sept. 16 - Dec. 2, 2011 Friday night Yoga 4 Runners combo cl inics At Osprey Vi l lage in Pitt Meadows We meet at the South Bonson Community Center 6:00pm Run workout at 6:00 fol lowed by Yoga/Stretch at 6:45- 7:15 Cost: $70.00 Y4R punch card $25.00 Run only punch card Drop In: $10 Y4R $3 Run Only Athletes In Kind run cl inics are designed to keep you running stronger and longer. Clinics are based on strength and speed, some cl inics may have distance Intergraded into the workout. See schedule at www.athletesinkind.com Clinic sessions wil l be based on participant’s experience (runners and walkers) and lead by experienced run/walk leaders. Yoga sessions lead by Karen Waite of Freestyle Athletics.

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Fraser River Pile & Dredge is pleased to present the 23rd Annual Ridge Meadows Hospital Foundation Gala on Saturday October 15 at Meadow Gardens Golf Course. Tickets are available for $175 each. If you’d like to join us or sponsor the event, call 604-466-6958.

Th anks to a dedicated group of volunteers, an extraordinary annual Gala in support of Ridge Meadows

Hospital Foundation is organized each year. Th is fundraising event is a spectacular evening with all proceeds being used to purchase essential equipment for Ridge Meadows Hospital and health care in our community. Th is event is a unique opportunity to directly impact the lives of thousands of people that receive health care in Maple Ridge and

Pitt Meadows.

With the close of the one day Sport & Recreation Expo on August 28 at the Pitt Meadows Family Recreation Centre we stood back and saw what a tremendous success it was!

Th e Expo saw over 250 visitors with 37 exhibitors on site. Of the visitors and exhibitors surveyed at the Expo, everyone found this event very exciting and valuable to our communities. We saw community members fi nding out about sports they never knew existed and new friendships forged between sporting organizations. It was an exciting day all around!Th e goal of the Expo was to give sport & recreation based organizations/clubs/groups a venue to promote their organizations and give the public the opportunity to meet with these clubs/organizations to see what would interest them or their families. Our community has so many sporting opportunities to off er that we wanted to be able to showcase everyone together. With the success of this year’s event,

we can only see next year’s event being even larger and more encompassing. Th e Expo team is already under way with discussions for next year and would welcome new members who would like to become part of the planning committee. For more information please contact Perry Bateson at [email protected] or call 604-790-4524.

Congratulations to the Bank of Montreal located at 224th and Lougheed for 100 years of service in Maple Ridge. Join the Mayor, long-time clients, current and former staff and bank executives from 11am –

3pm on Friday October 14 for light refreshments, a cake cutting, trivia contest and presentations. Staff will be in 1911 period dress and you can view memorabilia on display.

Ridge Meadows Hospital Foundation: A Royal Affair

Sport & Recreation Expo an Overwhelming Success!

Bank of Montreal Celebrates100 Years in Maple Ridge

Mark’s Work Wearhouse Supports Hospital Foundation


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FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS

4 FUNERAL HOMES

5 IN MEMORIAM

Sean MurphyDec. 7, 1981 - Oct. 7, 2008

As we sit here together in a moment of silence, we hope you

are here with us.We close our eyes tightly,

We feel your presence surrounding us,

We hear you,We have so much to tell you.We reach out to touch you, we reach out to hold you,

we reach out to shed a tear with you.

Reality sets in and we realize that for now

we hold deep in our hearts the memories of the amazingly

brave, Sean Murphy.We love you Sean,

Mom, Dad, Nicole, Trevor and Dave


7 OBITUARIES

EBENALHarry

On his own terms, our father passed away on September 30, 2011. He was born in Saskatchewan on November 15, 1931 and was #10 of 16 children. He will be sadly missed by his children, Robbin (Darrel), Roxanne (Mike) and Jamie. Grandchildren Mandi (Ken), Brandon (Amanda), Michael and great grandchildren Cole & Landon. He also leaves behind 5 brothers & sisters. He was a veteran of the Korean War and also worked as a service mechanic for Otis Elevators for 30 years. Funeral Service will be held on Friday, October 7, 2011 at 1:00 pm in the Maple Ridge Funeral Chapel (Osborn’s), 11969-216th St. Maple Ridge. Celebration of Life to follow at Meadow Gardens, 19675 Meadow Gardens Way, Pitt Meadows.

Condolences may be sent to www.mapleridgefuneral.ca

SIMOES Barbora

Passed away September 30, 2011, at 83 years of age. Loving and devoted mother of her son Amil (Janet), 4 grand-children, Melonie (Donny), Andrea (Kevin), Jennifer (Wayne), Matthew, (Jennifer) and 5 beautiful great grand-children, Koral, Tyler, Hannah Parker and Kyle. Visitation October 5, 2011 from 10am - 2pm at MAPLE RIDGE FUNERAL CHAPEL (Osborn’s),11969-216th Street, Maple Ridge, with a Graveside Service to follow at 2:30 pm at the Maple Ridge Cemetery 214th Street.

Condolences may be sent to www.mapleridgefuneral.ca


7 OBITUARIES

GRIFFITHS Edna Mildred

Born in Saskatchewan March 2, 1917, passed away peace-fully at George Derby Centre, Burnaby September 29, 2011.Predeceased by husband Bert. Edna will always be remembered and greatly missed by her children Morgan, Debbie and Betty-Jean. Grandchildren Marion, Jessica, Colin and Great Grandson Diallo.

Ahead of her time, Edna accomplished many things in life as a Teacher, Wireless Operator with the Air Force and Public Health Nurse. She was truly a wonderful human being who cared greatly about her family, the environment and always kept abreast of world events. Edna enjoyed gardening , taking walks to the river, passing along family recipes and was always there to listen.

A refl ection of her life will be held Saturday October 15 at 11 am. Garden Hill Funeral Home 11765-224 Street, Maple Ridge, Chaplain Ron Rissling Offi ciating. All who knew her are welcome.

‘we will honour her in our hearts and cherish the lovely

memories we all had with her’ In lieu of fl owers donations can be made in Edna’s memory to the Alzheimer’s Society of B.C.

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

21 COMING EVENTS22ND Annual Fall Craft & Antique Show October 13,14 & 15 NW WA Fairgrounds Lynden. lyndencraftan-tiqueshow.com

33 INFORMATIONATTENTION RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL SURVIVORS! If you re-ceived the CEP (Common Experi-ence Payment), you may be eligible for further Cash Compensation. To see if you qualify, phone toll free 1-877-988-1145 now. Free service!

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041 PERSONALSDATING SERVICE. Long-Term/Short-Term Relationships, Free to Try!!! 1-877-297-9883. Live intimate conversation, Call: #4011 or 1-888-534-6984. Live adult 1on1 Call: 1-866-311-9640 or #4010. Meet Local Single Ladies. 1-877-804-5381. (18+).

42 LOST AND FOUNDLOST CAT / $100 REWARD

Piper was lost in the area of Abernathy and 224th. She is brown and orange with black markings. She has an ‘M’ on her forehead and is very friendly. Piper is 1 1/2 years old and has a tattoo in her ear. Please call Barb @ 604-463-3573LOST: CAT, large male blk/white cat ``Phoenix’’. Area of 119A Ave/238 St. Reward. 604-312-0408.

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106 AUTOMOTIVE

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PARSONS – Robert (Bob)Passed away on September 19, 2011 at Royal Columbian Hospital. Bob was born on May 10, 1925 on the outport of the Gooseberry Islands, Newfoundland. The family moved to Vancouver when Bob was two, and he grew up there with a brother and three sisters. Bob had a successful career that took him to Montreal and London, then back again to Vancouver. He touched many lives with his kindness, generosity and wonder-ful sense of humour. Bob was a very special son, brother, uncle and friend. Those who predeceased him are his parents, Peter and Alice Parsons, brother Stanley, and sisters Jane Omand and Megan Trute. Left to mourn him are Bob’s sister, Jessie Miller of Maple Ridge, nephews Bob Omand, Bruce (Linda) Omand, and nieces Carol (Gary) Huston and Janie (Rand) Collins, as well as their children and grandchildren. Special thanks to Dr. Dennis Chapman of Maple Ridge for his care and compassion over the years as Bob’s physician. Many thanks to the staff and nurses of Ridge Meadows Hospital I.C.U. and to Dr. Cedric Ho as well as nurses at Royal Columbian Hospital I.C.U. No Service at Bob’s request. In lieu of fl owers, the family requests that donations may be made to Ridge Meadows Hospital, 11666 Laity Street, Maple Ridge, B.C. V2X 7G5 or to the charity of your choice. A Private Family Graveside will be held at a future date.

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125 FOSTER/SOCIAL CARE

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

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

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

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

on weekends for respite. Training, support and

remuneration are provided. Funding is available for

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

for an open door. Make it yours.

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

115 EDUCATION


127 HAIRCAREPROFESSIONALS

GREAT CLIPS

Is HiringHair Stylists

For Full and Part-Time

positions for our Maple Ridge Locations.

Also Hair Stylists for our Management team

We Provide Customers

for Hair Stylists That Love To Cut Hair!

Call Sam 778-898-4120

130 HELP WANTED

ALBERTA earthmoving company requires a journeyman heavy duty mechanic. You will work in a mod-ern shop and also have mechanics truck for fi eld work. The job is at Edson, Alberta. We require that you have experience on Cat crawlers and or Deere excavators. Call Lloyd at (780)723-5051.

CLASS 1 DRIVERS WANTED! Sign bonus $2000 for Owner/op ph: 604-598-3498/fax: 604-598-3497

FLAGGERS NEEDEDIf not certifi ed, training available for

a fee. Call 604-575-3944

Get Your Game Face On!$11 to start/hr, up $20/hr!

We are looking for 8-12 people For work in C.S, PR, PromoTravel & Benefi ts availableClass 5 license an asset

Call today start tomorrow!Call Kristina at 604-777-2196

115 EDUCATION


130 HELP WANTED

CARRIERS NEEDEDThe following routes are now available to deliver the NEWS

in Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows

40045 - McClure Ave, 106 Ave, Zeron Ave, 239 St, 240 St, 238A St.40109 - Lougheed Hwy, Harrison St, Olund Cres, Gillis Pl, 113 Ave40214 - 125 Ave, Morse Cres, 127 Ave, 224 St40223 - Eagle Ave, 122 Ave, 121A Ave, Peach Tree Crt, 231 St, Blossom St40262 - Spring Ave, Exeter Ave, 126 Ave, Thornton Ave, 216 St.40304 - Dewdney Trunk Rd, Hood St, 214 St, Ashbury Crt40327 - Patterson Ave, 118 Ave, 203 St40334 - Lorne Ave, Wanstead St, Ospring St, Princess St40335 - Dale Dr, Walnut Cres, 204 St, Pinda Pl40350 - 123 Ave, 124 Ave, Cherry Pl, Laity St, Carlton St, 214 St40351 - 122 Ave, Stonehouse Ave, 123 Ave, Creston St, 216 St40369 - 122 Ave, 121B Ave, Dewdney Trunk Rd, 203 St40378 - 124 Ave, Powell Ave, Brooks Ave, 205 St40384 - 125 Ave, Meadow Pl, 124 Ave, Blanshard St, 40429 - Dewdney Trunk Rd, 120B Ave, 121 Ave, 238B St, 239B St40432 - Docksteader Circ, Docksteader Loop, Foreman Dr, 229 St, 229B St, 230 St, 139A Ave40434 - Foreman Dr, Vista Ridge Cres, 232 St41033 - Hoffman Way, Thorburn Way, Sutton Ave, Carter Cl

If you live on or near one of these routes and you are

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115 EDUCATION

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130 HELP WANTED

HUGHSON TRUCKING INC. is looking for Class 1 Super-B fl atdeck drivers. Safety and Performance Bonuses, bene-fi ts package, drug & alcohol policy. 2 years experience pre-ferred. We will provide trans-portation to Southern Alberta. Call 1-800-647-7995 ext 228 or fax resume to 403-647-2763INSIDE WORKERS REQUIRED for Commercial laundry in Port Coquit-lam. P/T & F/T Mon. to Fri. $11/hr. Apply in person Mon-Fri at: #204, 1515 Broadway St, Pt Coquitlam.

P/T Cashiers NeededMust be 19yrs old. No experience necessary, willing to train. Must be avail to work nights/weekends.

Apply in person to Manager @Witch of Endor Liquor Store

22644 Dewdney Trunk Rd,Maple Ridge. Ph: 604-476-9463

We are still hiring - Dozer & excava-tor operators required by a busy Alberta oilfi eld construction company. We require operators that are experienced and preference will be given to operators that have constructed oilfi eld roads and drilling locations. You will be provided with motels and restaurant meals. Competitive wages, bonus and transportation daily to and from job sites. Our work is in the vicinity of Edson, Alberta. Call 780-723-5051.

134 HOTEL, RESTAURANT,FOOD SERVICES

Billy Miner Pub & Ale House

Now Hiring P/T, F/T Pub Serv-ers. Must have Serving It Right. Good knowledge of Craft Beers.

Apply in person 22355 River Rd. Maple Ridge

SERVERS, PT/FT, 19 +, required for busy restaurant. Apply

in person to: Jim’s Restaurant11952-224th St. Maple Ridge.

138 LABOURERS

JOIN NEWALTATrack Hoe Operators #11-0154 Ne-walta is looking for experienced track hoe operators throughout Al-berta, British Columbia, and Sas-katchewan. Driver’s license, four wheel drive vehicle, H2S and fi rst aid required. Any additional tickets needed will be supplied. Oilfi eld background or remote location ex-perience is an asset. Schedule is 21 days on and 7 days off. Newalta has much to offer including com-petitive wages, growth opportunities and benefi ts such as meal allow-ances and supplied accommoda-tions while on shift. Email/fax your resume: to [email protected] or fax (403) 806-7076.

ROOFING Contractor has openings for journeyman roofers and roofer’s helpers.Must be able to travel throughout the Lower Main-land.Competitive wages & ben, steady year round work. Please for-ward resumes to [email protected] or call 604-940-1443.

115 EDUCATION


MODEL/TALENT AGENCIES

MOVIE EXTRAS !WWW.CASTINGROOM.COM

Families, Kids, Tots & Teens!!Register Now Busy Film Season

All Ages, All Ethnicities

CALL 604-558-2278

SECURITY GUARD TRAININGClasses in Abbotsford.

604-870-4731 First Career Institute

160 TRADES, TECHNICAL

APPRENTICE ELECTRICIAN

Surrey contractor doing building automation systems for commercial buildings is

looking for electrical apprentices with commercial EMT and wire pull experience to work on our

lower mainland projects; opportunity for advancement;

benefi ts package. Submit resume with expected salary to:

MODERN SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT LTD.

Unit 104, 9547 152nd St.Surrey , B.C., V3R 5Y5Phone 604-588-1030

Fax 604-588-1012 or [email protected]

BODYMAN REQUIRED

Busy Autobody Shop requires F/T body man. Effective Oct. 15, 2011.

Fax resume to:

604-467-2452 or call Lynn at 604-467-4512

EXPERIENCED Excavator Operator

Required fulltime for Main Line

Road Services Call: 604-465-4718

FULL-TIMETRUSS BUILDERS &

LABOURERSReq. for Truss Manufacturer in Pitt Meadows. Wage commensu-rate with experience. Benefi ts after 6 mos. (Full-Time).

Please fax resume:604-465-9176 or e-mail:[email protected]

LEAD ROOF TECHNICIAN$28.00 - $38.00 per hour based on experience. Commercial roof-ing co. hiring lead roofers with extensive exp. in commercial roofi ng, including: two - ply torch, single ply, sloped and metal.

Offering Great Benefi ts Including: Company Vehicle, Paid Travel, Support Crews, Top Wages, Health/Dental,

Pension & Company Uniforms.

Must have proven ability to install using RCABC roofi ng practices and follow WCB regulations.

Fax resume: 604-944-2916, Call Adam: 604-944-2977 or e-mail

aknipfel@designroofi ng.caVisit: www.designroofi ng.ca

ROOFERS WANTED5 years exp. Own tools, Safety

equipment & TransportationCall Phil (604)418-9621

WANTED FRAMERS HELPER

Highly motivated individuals for Framers helper in Maple Ridge area. Steel toes, hardhat, tools & own transportation required.

Wage negotiable depending on exp. Phone Todd 604-928-7511 or Dayne 604-908-7371

PERSONAL SERVICES

171 ALTERNATIVE HEALTH

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359 SAND, GRAVEL & TOPSOIL

PERSONAL SERVICES

171 ALTERNATIVE HEALTH

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Dewdney Trunk, M. Ridge

Bluegrass and old time country fi ddle mandolin

and banjo lessons from well know local performer

and experienced instructor and director of the

BAMA Bluegrass Circle Phone 778 230-0543

Flute lessons openings available

with qualifi ed university graduate instructor Call 604-417-3603In home saxophone and clarinet lessons

by university trained instructor with considerable

teaching experience. Phone 604 417-3606

PERSONAL SERVICES

In home drum instruction for all ages and abilities by qualifi ed instructor

with professional performance experience.

Call 604 467-6613 for details

Learn Celtic Fiddle, Irish Tin Whistle and Irish Flute from an experienced

instructor, professional performer and founding member of Black Thorn

Call 778 230-0543Learn Celtic Fiddle, Irish Tin

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instructor, professional performer and founding member of Black Thorn

Call 778 230-0543

173A COUNSELLING

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Call Alouette Addiction Services at (604)467-5179

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173E HEALTH PRODUCTSGET PAID TO LOSE WEIGHT. $5,000 For Your Success Sto-ry.Personal Image TV Show. Call to Qualify: 416-730-5684 ext 2243

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182 FINANCIAL SERVICESAVOID BANKRUPTCY - SAVE UP

TO 70% Of Your Debt. One affordable monthly payment,

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PERSONAL SERVICES

182 FINANCIAL SERVICES

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188 LEGAL SERVICES

CRIMINAL RECORD?Guaranteed Record Removal

since 1989. Confi dential, Fast, & Affordable. Our A+BBB Rating

assures EMPLOYMENT &TRAVEL FREEDOM.

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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

236 CLEANING SERVICES

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

Brisk Home Cleaners

Weekly W Bi-Weekly W MonthlyInsured & Bonded, Exc. ref’s.www.briskcleaners.comTerri 604.837.1709

CLEANING SPECIAL $25/hour minimum 2hrs.

Price includes cleaning supplies. Also laminate fl ooring and paint specials. Free estimates. A-TECH Services at 604-230-3539

242 CONCRETE & PLACING

HERFORT CONCRETENO JOB TOO SMALL

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

*Retaining Walls *Stairs *DrivewaysExposed Aggregate & Stamped

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

-Excellent Ref’s -WCB Insured

LEO: Mobile #657-2375, 462-8620

UNIQUE CONCRETEDESIGN

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

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

FREE ESTIMATES


257 DRYWALL45 Years in the drywall trade. All size jobs boarding, taping, spraying. Big or small. Wayne 778-242-2060Ceiling Restoration: taping & board-

ing respray, repaint, trowel over, 30 yrs exp. Del 604-505-3826

COMPLETE DRYWALL SERVICE, res/com. Ref’s. Reno’s. Reas. rates. 604-941-8261, cell 778-999-2754.

260 ELECTRICAL

104607

Big Mountain Electric Bonded, experienced

Friendly service Reasonable price No job too small Reno’s/Additions

778-892-4299#1167 $25 service call, BBB Lge & small jobs. Expert trouble shooter, WCB. Low rates 24/7 604-617-1774DC ELECTRIC (#37544). Bonded. 24 hr service. We specialize in jobs too small for the big guys! 30 yrs exp. Free est. 460-8867.REISINGER Electrical (#102055) Bonded, Specializing in Renos, New Const, (Comm./Res.)Free Est 25 Yrs Exp. 778.885.7074 TrentYOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 Service Call Lic #89402 Same day guarn’td We love small jobs! 604-568-1899

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

275 FLOOR REFINISHING/INSTALLATIONS

Ceramic Tiles, Hardwood LaminateGuaranteed work, Free Estimate.

Cell 604-618-6401 Marcel.

281 GARDENING

Prompt Delivery AvailableSeven Days a Week

Meadows LandscapeSupply Ltd.

✶ Bark Mulch✶ Lawn & Garden Soil

✶ Drain Grave Lava Rock✶ River Rock ✶Pea Gravel

(604)465-1311meadowslandscapesupply.com

283 GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

Gutter Cleaning Xmas Light installs

Power washing

604.786.8769M.T. GUTTERSProfessional Installation5” Gutter, Down Pipe, Soffi t28 YRS EXP. *FULLY INSURED

Cleaning & Repairing

Call Tim 604-612-5388

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

Home Renovations and New Construction

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

* 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE*INSURED ~ WCB

Dean 604-834-3076


287 HOME IMPROVEMENTS

288 HOME REPAIRS

Repairs, Maintenance, Renovation Guaranteed work, Free Estimate.

Cell: 604-618-6401. Marcel.

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

294 IRRIGATION/SPRINKLER

WINTERISE irrigation system be-fore winter call Tony Westcoast Irri-gation most systems $100. 604 793 5689 valley 604 813 4946 vancou-ver email [email protected]

300 LANDSCAPING

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

When QUALITY Mattersall soils are tested for Optimum

growing requirements

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PICK-UP ...... OR .... DELIVERY

604-465-3189

DUTCH TOUCHGreen Services Ltd

Landscape ConstructionRenovations W Maintenance

604-463-3644604-861-1490

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


300 LANDSCAPING.

Instant Grassifacation!

16897 Windsor RoadPitt Meadows

(Turn right 1st road East of Pitt River Bridge from

Vancouver)604-465-9812

1-800-663-5847

SAWDUSTHemlock, Fir & Cedar

Available for DeliveryCall for pricing

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

317 MISC SERVICES

A PHONE DISCONNECTED? We Can Help. Best Rates. Speedy Connections. Great Long Distance. Everyone Approved. Call Today. 1-877-852-1122. Protel Reconnect.

✶Dump Site Now Open✶SBroken Concrete RocksS

$22.00 Per Metric TonSMud Dirt Sod ClayS

$22.00 Per metric TonGrassSBranchesSLeavesSWeeds

$59.00 Per TonMeadows Landscape Supply

604-465-1311

320 MOVING & STORAGE

1PRO MOVING & SHIPPING. We move - We ship - We recycle.Senior- Student Discount available. 604-721-4555 or 604-800-9488.

AFFORDABLE MOVINGLocal & Long Distance

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

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

Residential~Commercial~Pianos

604-537-4140

SPARTAN Moving Ltd. Fast & Reliable. Insured

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

329 PAINTING & DECORATING

# 1 PAY-LESS Painting Ext./Int. FALL Special

LOOK for our YARD SIGNS D Free estimates D Insured

Licensed D ReferencesResidential D Pressure Washing

Serving Tri City 32 Yrs. Call 24 Hrs/7 Days

paylesspainting.multiply.comScott 604-891-9967

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

604-318-2692

Big jobs-Small jobs-We do it all!Serving the Fraser Valley WCB Insured - BondedVisa & M/C acceptedCall 7 days/week604-318-2692

[email protected]

A-1 PAINTING CO.604.723.8434

Top Quality PaintingExterior / Interior

• Insured • WCB • Written Guarantee

• Free Est. • 20 Years Exp.

ACCURATE PROFESSIONAL PAINTING SERVICES

3 Rooms for $299. Powerwashing New const.

Apartment repaints. Int/Ext No Job’s too small.

Free Estimate

778-834-6234


329 PAINTING & DECORATING

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

PAINT SPECIAL3 rooms for $269,

2 coats any colour (Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls

Cloverdale Premium quality paint.NO PAYMENT until Job is

completed. Ask us about ourLaminate Flooring &

Maid Services. www.paintspecial.com

BLAKE’S PAINTING& DECORATINGInterior Exterior

Spraytex ceilings/repairsDrywall repairs

Fall Special All walls up to 1200 sqft $950. All minor fi lling inl’d

2 coats premium eggshellRef’s W Insured W WCB

Paper Hanging RemovalWritten Guarantee

Residential/ Commercial (778)960-1070

“ ABOVE THE REST “Int. & Ext., Unbeatable Prices, Professional Crew. Free Est.

Written Guarantee. No Hassle, Quick Work, Insured, WCB.

Call (778)997-9582

MILANO PAINTING. Int./Ext. Prof.Painters. Free Est. Written Guar. Bonded & Insured. 604-551-6510Stardust Painting Commercial & Residential Service, Interior & Exterior. Member of BBB since 1975 Call John (604)889-8424

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

338 PLUMBING

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

.EnterprisePlumbing, Heaitng, Gasfi tting

341 PRESSURE WASHING

POWER WASHINGGUTTER CLEANING

SAME DAY SERVICE AVAILABLE Call Ian 604-724-6373

353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTSRIDGE MEADOWS ROOFING. Res Re-roofi ng & repairs WCB BBB A+ rating Free est. 604-377-5401

356 RUBBISH REMOVAL

RECYCLE-IT!JUNK REMOVAL

Recycled Earth Friendly• Electronics • Appliances • Old Furniture • Construction • Yard

Waste • Concrete • Drywall• Junk • Rubbish • MattressesOn Time, As Promised, Service Guaranteed!

604.587.5865www.recycle-it-now.com

FREE! ScrapMetal Removal...FREE!!!

* Fridges * Freezers * Stoves* Microwaves * Small appliances * Scrap Metal * Old pipe * BBQs * * Exercise equip. * Cars/trucks *

All metal recyclables FREE778-233-4949T & K Haulaway

TOPSOIL• SCREENED TOPSOIL• MUSHROOM MANURE• BARK MULCH

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374 TREE SERVICES

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

Arborist ReportsAndrew 604-618-8585

$ Best Rates $

A.C.TREE SERVICE

30 years experience

Bob Fitz-James604-467-0333

Your LOCAL Tree Service,

For Honest Prices & Quality Work

Call Scott at604-618-0333

Certifi ed Arborist

Free Estimates *Fully Insured

PETS

477 PETSBEAGLE PUPS, tri colored, good looking, healthy, vet check $600. (604)796-3026. No Sunday calls

BERNESE MOUNTAIN dog pup-pies, vet checked, 1st shots. Jen 604-807-3853 / [email protected]

Boston Terriers pups, ckc reg, vet checked, reputable breeder, excel-lent pedigree. (604)794-3786

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

CATS OF ALL DESCRIPTION in need of caring homes! All cats are

Spayed, neutered, vaccinated and dewormed. Visit us at

fraservalleyhumanesociety.com or call 1 (604)820-2977

CHIHUAHUA puppies, tiny teacups, ready to go now. 1 male/1 female, $700. 604-794-7347

Chocolate Lab pups, P/B, vet checked, 1st shots. M-$700/F-$800. View parents. (604)794-7717

ENGLISH MASTIFF P/B PUPS Fawn & Brindle. CKC reg. $1200. Call 604-782-3864.

LABS, 2 fem black & 2 male yellow ready now. 1st shots & dewomred, $500, ph: (604)803-9999.

LABS, Chocolate, Parents CKC, 1st shots, dewormed, vet chkd, M/F, $600/ea. (604)850-4945

LAB Yellow X Golden Retriever pups family/farm raised,shots, short hair, vet checked, parents excellent tem-per. F$695, M$595. 604-835-0305.

MALTESE 1 male, 3 months old 1st shots, vet ✔, health guarnt’ view mother. $500 (604)820-8513

NEED A GOOD HOME for a good dog or a good dog for a good home? We adopt dogs! Call 604-856-3647 or www.856-dogs.com

PRESA CANARIO P/B UKC, fem’s $250 Special. Both parents approx. 120 to 150 lbs. Call 778-552-1525.

SHELTIES beautiful loveable happy 2 male pups. Warm & cuddly, 6 mo old. House trained. (604)826-6311

YELLOW LAB PUPS. Ready to go. Vet checked, 1st. shots. Parents on site. $400. 604-852-6176 Abbts

YORKIES, 8 wks, fam raise vet chk shots, tails, 3F $850, 2M $750, 604-590-9060 [email protected]

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

518 BUILDING SUPPLIESDO-IT-YOURSELF STEEL BUILD-INGS Priced to Clear - Make an Of-fer! Ask About Free Delivery, most areas! Call for Quick Quote and Free Brochure - 1-800-668-5111 ext. 170.

SAWMILLS from only $3997 - MAKE MONEY & SAVE MONEY with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. FREE Info & DVD: www.Nor-woodSawmills.com/400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT.

548 FURNITURE

#1 Cash Buyer“Since 1987”

$$CASH $$ for your furniture,tools, electronics, antiques,

appliances, computers& collectibles.

WW ANYTHING OF VALUE WW

Single items to entirehouseholds

463-4449 or209-6583

MATTRESSES staring at $99• Twins • Fulls • Queens • Kings

100’s in stock! www.Direct Liquidation.ca (604)294-2331

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

559 MEDICAL SUPPLIESCAN’T GET UP your stairs? Acorn Stairlifts can help! No obligation consultation. Comprehensive war-ranty. Can be installed in less than 1 hour. Call now 1-866-981-6591.

560 MISC. FOR SALECan’t Get Up Your Stairs? Acorn Stairlifts can help. Call Acorn Stair-lifts now! Mention this ad and get 10% off your new Stairlift! Call 1-866-981-5991

REAL ESTATE

603 ACREAGE

82.8 ACRES, 300’ lakefront, S Cariboo. Beautiful, pastoral, private, rural setting. Borders crown land. Adjacent 80+ acre parcel available.

www.bchomesforsale.com/view/lonebutte/ann/

BIG BEAUTIFUL AZ LAND $99/mo. $0 down, $0 interest, Golf Course, Nat’l Parks. 1 hour from Tucson Int’l Airport Guaranteed Financing, No Credit Checks. Pre-recorded msg. (800) 631-8164 code 4001 or visit www.sunsiteslandrush.com

615 COMMERCIAL PROPERTYBUILDING SALE... FINAL CLEAR-ANCE. “ROCK BOTTOM PRICES” 25x40x12 $7350. 30x60x15 $12,700. 35x70x16 $15,990. 40x80x16 $20,990. 47x100x18 $25,800. 60x140x20 $50,600. End walls included, doors optional. Pio-neer Steel 1-800-668-5422.

626 HOUSES FOR SALE

Maple Ridge Central$489,000

5 Bedroom full basement homeon quiet fully fenced 9600 sqft corner lot. 2 full baths, 2 F/P, A/C Laundry, huge sundeck,

fresh paint. Brookside Realty ~ Dave

604-240-3523

633 MOBILE HOMES & PARKSNEW SRI Mobile, Modular and manufactured homes on display in Abbotsford. Chuck 604-830-1960.

New SRI Single and double wides in Ruskin park with river view from

$89,900. Chuck 604-830-1960REPOSSESSED MOBILE HOMES

to be moved, 1974-2008.Chuck 604-830-1960.

636 MORTGAGESMortgage Help! Beat bank rates for purchases and refi nances, im-mediate debt consolidation, foreclo-sure relief, and equity loans. Free, fast, friendly, private consultations.

Call 1-888-685-6181www.mountaincitymortgage.ca

640 RECREATIONAL

RARE OPPORTUNITY: wa-terfront property on beautiful Jim Lake, .83-acre with 360 sq ft insulated cabin, located near Green Lake/Watch Lake (70 Mile House). Rare privacy, only three lots on the lake, good fi shing for rainbows to 10 lbs, nice swimming, surround-ed by crown land. Great trails for hiking, ATV and snowmo-bile. Seasonal 10-km back road access in 4x4 or pick-up. FSBO. $230,000. 250-395-0599. (Please see bchomesfor-sale.com/70mile/frank.)

660 LANGLEY/ALDERGROVEHOMES FOR SALE-SUPER BUYS

www.dannyevans.caHomelife Benchmark Realty Corp. Langley

RENTALS

706 APARTMENT/CONDO

604-464-7548 #1 IN RENTALS (Since 1990)

Professional Property Management Services for LANDLORDS (Tri City)

Maple Ridge 224th St. 2 bdrm grnd. fl r condo, approx 946 s/f. avail now, ns/np/refs. $1050/mo.

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P.Meadows brand new 1bd+den, 2 & 3 bdrms in Solaris Towers, 5 appls, nr WCE,shops,parks,schls. NS/NP,refs. Rents Start@ $1150

MAPLE RIDGE, Central. 11735-225 St. 2 bdrm. $900 incl heat & h.w. No dogs.604-467-9420 or 477-9021MAPLE RIDGE central. Spacious 1 bdrm apts. Deck, W/D, Prkg, ns/np. $600. Call 604-937-3534.

RENTALS

706 APARTMENT/CONDO

Derek Manor2048 Manning Ave.

Port Coq ~ 604-941-5452 or 604-944-7889

FREE PREMIUM CABLE$80 Value

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1 & 2 bdrm. $780 - $880/moAvail Oct. 15 - Ref’s req’d

GARIBALDI Court(604) 463-9522

Central Maple RidgeAvailable Now 3 BEDROOM

Great location for seniors! Clean, quiet & affordable!

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MAPLE RIDGE

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604-463-7450 604-463-2236

12186-224 St, Maple RidgeCertifi ed Crime Free Buildings

Maple Ridge22450-121st Street2 Bedroom Apt $820/mo3 Bedroom Apt $950/mo

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

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

MAPLE COURT I 22437 121st Ave

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604-467-4894

RENTALS

706 APARTMENT/CONDO

Maple Ridge

Glenwood ManorApartments

1 & 2 Bdrms from $685 & $850 & renovated suite with dishwasher $45. extra.

Clean, SpaciousIncludes cable, heat,hot water & parking

Seniors discount21387 Dewdney Trunk Rd

(604)466-5799Maple Ridge

Swan Court ApartmentsLarge 1 & 2 Bedrooms.

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

Resident Manager OnsiteNow with

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PITT MEADOWS

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

Large 1, 2 & 3 Bdrm Suites Available

Call: 778-882-8894604-465-0008 or 604-465-5818

PORT COQUITLAM

2 Bdrm corner suite $925S Incl heat/hot wtr, wndw cvrngsS Close to bus stop S Walk to shpng/medical/WCE S Across from park w/Mtn viewsS Gated parking and Elevator S Adult oriented building S References required

CALL FOR APPOINTMENT604-464-3550

709 COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIALPORT COQUITLAM, 2043 sq ft. Ground fl oor, dance/fi tness area. Facing onto city park. 1 blk from Lougheed/Shaughnessy intersec-tion. 604-464-3550.

715 DUPLEXES/4PLEXESMAPLE RIDGE Clean bright sunny 2 bdrm sxs duplex, priv. fenced yard, covered carport. $850 N/P. Avail. now. 604-240-8358PITT Meadows 3 Bedroom, $1425. I will pay $150 move-in cost n/p,n/s, serious inquiries 778-241-1231

736 HOMES FOR RENTMAPLE RIDGE 4 bdrm + den, 2400sqft, 2 storage rooms, double garage incls all appl’s, N/S, N/P avail Nov 1st. $1900. 604-817-7783MAPLE RIDGE Ctrl new reno’d 3 Bdrm upper fl r, 1.5 bath,lrg deck & lrg back yrd, n/p, share w/d, immed $1300+hydro gas incl 604-328-7910MAPLE RIDGE, Hammond, 3 bdrm. + den rancher. Nov. 1. $1250 mo. 604-808-7874

741 OFFICE/RETAIL

MAPLE RIDGE

OFFICE& RETAIL SPACE

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

Call: Rick Medhurst, Royal LePage

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743 PROPERTY MANAGEMENTCall Maria at ridgemeadows

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746 ROOMS FOR RENT

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

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

walk to commuter rail.

Haney Motor Hotel22222 Lougheed Hwy.,

Maple RidgeInquire in person between

9am - 3pm or Call 604-467-3944

Maple Ridge W. Single Pri. rooms Shrd bath/kit. Utils incl. $500-$550. 604-467-4450, 604-833-4450.

748 SHARED ACCOMMODATIONPORT COQUITLAM bright furn’d room in large g/lvl ste, full bath nr amens, $475 incl util/cbl/net. Avail now. NS/NP. Refs. 604-807-9612ROOMMATE to share 3 bdrm house, 1 bdrm - cbl, int, hydro. inc. $500/mo. Call 778-242-8903

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750 SUITES, LOWER

MAPLE RIDGE 240th area. Large 700 sq. ft. 1 Bedroom ~ Own laundry,

Suits single, NS/NP $780/mo incls utils & net.

Available Oct. 15604-467-0487

MAPLE RIDGE. large 2 bdrm near SRT, well maint, furn or unfurn’d, full amens, park-like setting, N/S, $1200/mo. Nov 1st 604-476-1335.MAPLE RIDGE new 1 Bdrm. lam fl oors, share W/D’ suits single ns/np ref’s $675/ Oct 1 (604)467-5041

MAPLE RIDGE WEST Bright & spacious

2 Bedroom basement suite. No pets, No Smoking.

Close to amenities Available Immediately.

$950/mo incls utils 604-765-4074

MR: 203 St. 2 br bsmt, full bathr, ,laminate, own w/d & parking, cls to amen., $850/mo incl. util., N/S, N/P Avail. now, 778-558 2344POCO: 2bdrm g/l, priv ent, lrg kitch-en, all appls, laundry, full bath, NP-NS, $835 + 1/3 util. 604-945-5758POCO NORTH 2 bdrm. $825mo incl util/cbl N/S N/P. Ref req’d Avail now. Quiet person 604-518-9020PORT COQUITLAM 2 bdrm g/l fully renovated, 4 appls. $1050 Utils/cble incl. NP/NS. Nov 1. 604-472-0415RANCH PARK, 1 bdrm newly re-no’d garden ste, avail now $800 incl utils W/D net NS/NP 604-816-4891

751 SUITES, UPPER

Maple Ridge Central3 Bedroom Upper

Huge yard, FireplaceHardwood fl oors

$1400/moBrookside Realty ~ Dave

604-240-3523752 TOWNHOUSESMAPLE RIDGE. Near hosp. Quiet 2 bdrm T/H, 1.5 baths, incl. heat/hw. 4 appl, 2 prk spots. Sorry n/p. $1020. avail now. 604-708-1661.PITT MEADOWS: 2 - 3 bdrm co-op T/H $1030/mo - $1134/mo. Shares req’d. No subsidy available. Orien-tation 2nd & 4th Sun. 2 pm & 3rd Tues. 7 pm each mo. 19225 119th Ave., Pitt Meadows, BC V3Y 2B2. Leave msg 604-465-1938

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806 ANTIQUES/CLASSICS

1968 MUSTANG coupe 289 Auto, PS, factory PDB, deluxe hood, full consul, clock, runs OK. Needs complete restoration including fl oor and quarter panels. $2500. (604)467-3908

809 AUTO ACCESSORIES/PARTS

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818 CARS - DOMESTIC2002 CHRYSLER INTREPID 105K kms, great shape/condition, Air/care 2013, no accident, fully loaded, $3500 obo 604-304-5571

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KIA Rio 2006, I.6 litre engine, 110 HP for sale, $ 7600. Air conditioning, alloy wheels. Very tidy, 117,000 km. Tel: 778-858-5312.

821 CARS - SPORTS & IMPORTS2002 BMW, 325i, 4/dr, 83K’s, clear coat red w/black interior,recent tune up/brakes, tires. If you’re looking for an excellent pristine car, ths is the one! $11,500/obo. 604-541-0018.2005 HONDA CIVIC, auto, a/c, p/l, CD, no accid’s, 100K, $7800, call: 778-552-6300 or 604-807-7652.

2007 BMW 530 Xi, Moon roof, Bose Premium CD/DVD entertainment package, Xenon headlight package, heated front and rear seats, climate control, 17” alloy wheels with all seasons, all power options plus ex-tended warranty 2012 or 120km. Certifi ed and e Tested, immaculate condition and ready to go! $16000 Contact: [email protected]

836 OFF-ROAD VEHICLES2006 HONDA ATV - TOURTR -4 wd, elec. switch, auto. $5000/obo. (604)850-5463 or 604-217-3038

838 RECREATIONAL/SALE

2011 SALEM T23FBLE

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1993 Coleman trailer great shape rec service propane tanks incl. c/w org. manuals fold-out king sz & dble bed table & seating area converts into 3rd bed. $4995. 604-534-6305

1999 SlumberQueen Adventurer Camper

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2008 SALEM T25FLSL

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AXC 1999 ROYAL CXA

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845 SCRAP CAR REMOVAL#1 FREE SCRAP VEHICLE

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2003 F350 white, low ks, exc. cond. All maint. done, ready to drive. $10,000 neg. (604)715-2337

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IN THE ESTATE OF CHARLES RICHARD EASTMAN, LATE OF MAPLE RIDGE, BC.

Creditors and others having claims against the above estate, are required to send full particulars of such claims to Concentra Trust 333-3rd Avenue North Saskatoon SK S7K 2M2, on or be-fore October 28, 2011, after which date the estate’s assets will be distributed, having regard only to claims that have been re-ceived.

Concentra TrustExecutors

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+ tax$699

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22292 Dewdney Trunk Road Maple Ridge

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Mona PizzaMona Pizza604 463 1111

22292 Dewdney Trunk Road Maple Ridge

4 LARGE PIZZAS

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$2599 $3700 $3000

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(any 2 toppings on each)

(with meat sauce)

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Make it Large Pizzas $5 More!Coupon must be presented.

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IN MAPLE RIDGE:

22838 Lougheed Hwy.20522 Lougheed Hwy.23981 Dewdney Trk. Rd.

IN PITT MEADOWS:

12473 Harris Rd.IN PORT COQUITLAM

1125 Nicola Ave1475 Prairie AveNow inside Poco Home Depot

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19267 LOUGHEED HIGHWAYPITT MEADOWS (NEXT TO THE RAMADA INN)

OPEN DAILY 9AM–11PM7 DAYS A WEEK

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MAPLE RIDGE/PITT MEADOWS 20214 Lougheed Hwy, #202

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(Meadow Ridge Shopping Centre next to Dollar Giant)

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