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Pitt Meadows fire chief Don Jolleyand other drivers were stuck atthe Harris Road tracks on Tuesday.

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Three tree chippingfundraisers were held thispast weekend with anotherone coming up.

by Maria [email protected]

It was very busy this pastweekend while Ridge MeadowsSearch & Rescue team memberschipped Christmas trees, raisingmoney for their volunteer-runprogram.

Search and rescue managerRick Laing was pleased with thecommunity response to theirannual fundraiser, and he saidhe hopes people come to gettheir trees chipped again thisweekend.

The four days of chippingChristmas trees is the biggestfundraiser for Ridge MeadowsSearch & Rescue, bringing intypically between $3,000 and$5,000.

This year, the money will beused to cover the cost for about20 foul-weather jackets – thejackets have already been pur-chased, but the team membershope to recuperate the cost.

Jackets used by search andrescue crews have a lifespanof about five years. They needto be lightweight and durable,waterproof but breathable, Laingexplained.

Ridge Meadows Search andRescue are always recruitingnew members, Laing added.

In October, they held twoinformation nights looking fornew volunteers. Out of about 25people who attended, only fivequalified.

They are hoping to get five orsix more volunteers as part ofthe volunteer crew.

After the information ses-sion, the team takes prospectivemembers out for a day hike andthen conducts an interview.After that, they hold an over-night exercise, which gives theprospective team members ataste of what it is like to be outon a cold, wet, miserable night

searching for lost people.“They have a better idea what

they’re up against,” Laing said.The team needs members who

can volunteer in search andrescue situations, but also theyneed people who can do othertasks, for example, manning theradio or administrative tasks.

Another information meetingis being planned for the end ofJanuary.

Search and rescue continuesits tree chipping this weekendon Saturday, Jan 11 and Sunday,Jan. 12, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.at their facility at 23598 105thAve., Maple Ridge (next toPlanet Ice). Chipping is by dona-tion.

For more information aboutsearch and rescue, go to www.rmsar.bc.ca.

More trees chippedTwo other tree chipping fund-

raisers were held this past week-end, one in Pitt Meadows, theother, in Maple Ridge.

The Pitt Meadows Lions joinedforces with the Pitt MeadowsGirl Guides to chip trees atMeadows Landscaping and theyraised about $1,070.

Meadows LandscapingRecycling will be acceptingChristmas trees until the endof January, with donations alsogoing to the Pitt Meadows LionsClub. Trees can be dropped

off at Meadows LandscapingRecycling, 17799 Ferry Slip Rd.,Pitt Meadows.

A third tree chipping eventtook place at the formerMussallem car lot on LougheedHighway where Robert Jeglumand his company CB YardServices was chipping trees bydonation to raise money for theProstate Cancer Foundation of

B.C. The chipping raised $644,and the tree chipper and labourwas courtesy of GJ’s TreeServices.

Jeglum’s mother, LauraWoycheshen, organized a rafflewith donations from local busi-nesses. This raised $831, socombined with the tree chippingdonations, Jeglum was able todonate $1,475 to the foundation.

Post-Christmas

Chipping keeps rescue teamwarm, dry

Ridge MeadowsSearch & Rescueteam membersBryan Moffat,Warren Cupples,and CiaranConnolly werechipping Christmastrees by donationlast weekend. Thechipping continuesthis Saturday andSunday at theirfacility on 105thAvenue.

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A young Maple Ridgewoman is helping spearheadpeacekeeping efforts inSouth Sudan.by Eric [email protected]

Like many young Maple Ridgeresidents, Ashlyn Exley camehome for the holidays this year.

But it’s where she came homefrom that’s unique.

Since 2012, the 28-year-oldMaple Ridge Secondary grad hasbeen working as an internationalprotection officer in SouthSudan, with a non-governmentorganization called NonviolentPeaceforce.

For Exley, it’s her passion forhelping others that has broughther to this point.

“I’ve always been interestedin justice movements,” sheexplained. “I remember seeinga homeless kid in downtownVancouver once and thinking, ‘Ihave to do something that helpspeople.’”

That desire led her to CarletonUniversity where she studied asan undergraduate in law.

After Carleton, she continuedto Royal Roads University inVictoria, and pursued a mastersin conflict analysis and manage-ment.

She said it was here that theidea of international peacekeep-ing “kind of came up.”

The idea was solidified forExley after watching the docu-mentary, Pray the Devil Back toHell.

“That’s when I was like‘omigosh’ this is what I’m sup-posed to be doing,” she said.

Exley graduated from RoyalRoads in 2011 and obtained hercurrent position the way manypeople find a job.

“I saw the job ad and appliedfor it,” she said.

The job itself is team leaderof a new 35-member women’speacekeeping group, currentlyworking in Rumbek and com-mitted to taking on leadershiproles surrounding the peace andsecurity of their community.

“Essentially, we have a teamof seven people, and then ateam of national and internation-al staff,” Exley said. “Then we’resetting up these women’s peace-keeping teams. We’ve createdthree teams in Rumbek, where

they’re experiencing a lot of eth-nic conflict.”

It’s a given that working inSouth Sudan doesn’t come with-out its share of issues, though.

“Logistically, it’s probably themost challenging place to workin the world,” Exley noted. “Wedon’t have power, except for agenerator that we run from 7p.m. to 11 p.m.”

Navigating the road systemcan be an adventure as well.

“South Sudan is still so under-

developed and insecure thatthere’s been no developmentwith things like roads,” she said.“Pretty much everyone theredrives a Toyota Land Cruiserand it’ll take, you know, 12hours to drive 50 kilometres.”

Despite it being underdevel-oped, Exley said she’s neverreally felt in danger there.

“It might be a different situa-tion when I get back, but I’vealways felt very safe,” she said.“Our organization works hand-

in-hand with local staff, and Ihave to say my staff has alwaysstepped in and supported me.”Exley credits her ability to speakDinka, a local language onlyspoken in South Sudan, withhelping her to feel safe.

“I learned it word by wordjust talking to people,” she said.“Now I can banter back andforth with them.”

For her efforts, Exley washonoured recently by the localwomen who gave her a Dinkaname: Nyand-diar, meaning“daughter of all women.”

“Getting a Dinka name issomething they bestow uponyou when they appreciate yourwork and you’ve establishedtrust with them,” said Exley.“This is actually my seventhDinka name, and I think it’s thecoolest one.”

Exley explained that she nowhas a different Dinka name for“five counties that we technic-ally work in, but eight countiesin total.”

Exley is home in Maple Ridgeuntil Jan. 13, before she returnsto the region to continue herwork.

For more information on theNonviolent Peaceforce, visit:www.nonviolentpeaceforce.org.

International protection

Peaceful leadership taken to Sudan

Maple Ridge’s Ashlyn Exley has been working towards peace in South Sudan.

Ashlyn Exley took a hands-onapproach to learning aboutlocal transportation in Rumbek,South Sudan.

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CP Rail will be doing a“comprehensive review” of why acrossing was blocked on Tuesday.by Maria [email protected]

The train arms weredown for about 40 min-utes on Tuesday after-noon, causing frustrationfor many drivers and a“very dangerous situa-tion,” according to PittMeadows fire chief DonJolley.

Jolley was stopped nearthe tracks across Haris Road as a contain-er train passed through Pitt Meadows, but

after the train passed throughthe crossing, the arms didn’t goback up.

The train crew didn’t realizethat the train hadn’t cleared thetrack sensor that deactivatesthe crossing arms, said CP Railspokesperson Kevin Hrysak.

Adding to the problem, thetrain had a minormechanical prob-lem with one ofthe locomotives,and wasn’t ableto move forward for about25 minutes.

With the train armsdown for such a longperiod of time, drivers

were getting out of their cars and pullingup the crossing arms or driving around

them, Jolley said, adding thatsome drivers were also mak-ing U-turns over the meridian.

“It was justa horror show– very, verydangerous,”Jolley said.

As the situa-tion appearedmore danger-ous, Jolleycalled the CP Rail emergencyline, and twice asked them to

send someone to deal with the situation.He then called twice more, but didn’t

even get through.“It’s like calling 9-1-1 and getting no

answer,” he said.As an emergency responder, that wor-

ries him, as it can add several minutes to

response times for fire trucks going southof the track if the arms are down.

The only way to get through is viaAirport Way.

This is not the first timethe train arms have beendown for long periods oftime, Jolley said.

Hrysak said CP Rail willbe looking into Jolley’scomments about the emer-gency number and follow-

ing up with local officials.CP Rail regretted any inconvenience

the incident caused motorists and pedes-trians, Hrysak said.

“We take these situations very ser-iously and will be doing a comprehensivereview of what took place, in order totake measures to prevent this from occur-ring in the future,” Hrysak said.

Harris Road crossing

Lowered rail arms frustrate Pitt Meadows traffic

Don JolleyPitt Meadows fire chief

“It was just a horrorshow – very, verydangerous.”Don Jolley

“We take thesesituations very seriouslyand will be doing acomprehensive review.”Kevin Hrysak – CP Rail

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Metro wants morefor garbage serviceA trip to the transfer stations could meanincreased cost for users.by Eric [email protected]

The tipping fee for every tonne of garbage taken towaste and disposal facilities in Metro Vancouver wentup by a dollar, (to $108/tonne) as of Jan. 1.

And for the large loads that originate in Maple Ridge,the total cost will be $112.

The extra $4 will then be returned to the District tohelp facilitate its local recycling programs.

According to Malcolm Brodie, chair of MetroVancouver’s Zero Waste committee, tipping fees – feescharged for dumping – pay for the costs of waste trans-fer stations and disposal facilities, as well as initiativesto reduce garbage and increase recycling.

However, because the Maple Ridge station isn’t classi-fied as commercial, users generally don’t drop off loadsbig enough to be directly affected by the increase.

Glenn Bohn of Metro Vancouver said the $10 min-imum rate will remain unchanged.

That’s not to say the price won’t fluctuate from drop-off to drop-off, though.

Maple Ridge resident Chuck Spurgeon, who was at thetransfer station on Tuesday, said while he hasn’t reallynoticed a major difference in cost, he does see the pricevary from the minimum rate.

“Last time I paid $11, and I think the time before thatmy cost was $17 because I had some lumber or some-thing,” he said. “You never really know.”

Spurgeon, who explained he lives “on the outskirts,but still in Maple Ridge,” also mentioned he would liketo see curbside pickup come to the District.

“We moved here three years ago from Langley wherewe had pickup,” he recalled. “It was added into ourtaxes and we didn’t really notice it. It seemed to workout to about $10 a month.”

Spurgeon, who makes a trip to the transfer station“about every eight to 10 days or so,” did say that hewould be willing to pay for curb-side pickup in MapleRidge as well.

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This orange-coloured excavator, used by the Blue Mountain motorcycle club, has gone missing. Anyone withinformation about the missing excavator should call the Ridge Meadows RCMP at 604-463-6251, or those whowant to remain anonymous can call the Crime Stoppers line at 1-800-222-8477.

A orange excavator is the mostimportant piece of machinery a localdirt bike club has.by Troy [email protected]

The Blue Mountain Motorcycle Club ismissing an excavator.

And club members are reaching out tothe public to help them find it.

The club is offering a $500 reward toanyone who can help locate the missingexcavator that was lent to the club by avery generous business owner.

The orange-coloured machine was usedin the building of bridges so the clubmembers’ bikes wouldn’t disturb the nat-ural water ways. It was also used to cleartrails and help make them safe for theriders.

The excavator was specially built to fitnarrow trails, and was the most import-ant piece of maintenance machinery thatthe Blue Mountain club had, according toclub member Allen Dyke.

“Without it ,we would have to manu-ally carry drainage rock and clear dan-gerous rocks by hand, and that can bephysically dangerous and very time con-suming,” Dyke said.

Members of the Blue Mountain club

ride their bikes along an area at the endof 256th Street.

The trails are posted and maintainedby the members, who try to make themenvironmentally friendly while workingwith the city and government to followstrict guidelines.

The club includes riders ranging in agefrom five to 76, who ride everything fromSpanish Gas Gas trial bikes to JapaneseHonda motocross bikes, Dyke said.

“The first club at McNutt, I believe wasriding there back in the early ’70s,” Dykesaid. “Now the Blue Mountain motorcycleclub has been there for a good 15 years, Ibelieve.”

Now 48, Dyke started riding with theclub in 1985 and said that at that time he“was hanging with a bad crowd.”

“Dirt biking was the only thing thatkept me on the straight and narrow,” hesaid. “It taught me discipline and how todrive for achievements, and I met newfriends that I would do anything for,because in my mind they are my secondfamily.”

Anyone with information about themissing excavator should call the RidgeMeadows RCMP at 604-463-6251, orthose who want to remain anonymouscan call the Crime Stoppers line at 1-800-222-8477.

People can also leave tips online atwww.solvecrime.ca.

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Drainage, parks, andinfrastructure are gettingtargeted funding.by Maria [email protected]

Maple Ridge CouncillorCorisa Bell said she realizedthis week that her politicalphilosophy differs completelyfrom the rest of council.

She was the only one tovote against thebudget that was onthe table in front ofcouncil on Tuesdayevening, afterday-long talks onMonday.

“I feel as a coun-cil we haven’t doneour best becausewe haven’t had amajor discussionaround big items,”Bell said.

While she feltstaff “excelled” in their job inbringing back a budget witheven lower tax increases, shedoesn’t think it’s the “abso-lute best” council can do.

She would like council todiscuss broad issues, likethe vision of the District and

She would like these con-versations to take place justbetween council and notwith staff.

“It’s frustrating but it’s areality that this is the systemset up in Maple Ridge,” Bellsaid.

The average tax increasein Maple Ridge will be 3.75per cent, with 3.25 per centbeing the municipal portionof the increase.

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Well, thank God that’s over with,all that frivolity and drunken-ness, kissing strange people on themouth at the New Year’s party,spending inordinate amounts ofmoney on what is essentially justanother day, another tick of theclock beyond 11:59 p.m., look-ing back at the road kill you’veleft along the way as you drovethrough 2013, making empty reso-lutions to quit smoking, drinking,lose weight, get in shape, etc. Idon’t do it anymore, and I feel bet-ter in the morning for it.

Went to bed with a good book at 10 p.m. andlistened to the revelers letting off fireworks,banging garbage can lids, blowing air horns; allthis interwoven with the sound of sirens bear-ing paramedics and firefighters to aid the dopesthat fell down the stairs, set fire to the house,drowned themselves in booze. Thanks to the guywho came up with the idea of celebrating thebeginning of the New Year. I’m sure throwing upon your girlfriend isn’t what he had in mind.

It’s time to return to what most of us call nor-mal life. For me, it’s back to the gym to work offthe Christmas weight before I get to the retire-ment weight – I’m starting to look like Brando inApocalypse Now (“The horror, the horror”).

And wouldn’t ya know, there they are everyyear: It’s the Resolution Fitness Team, andthey’re all over the apparatuses (apparati?) andthe weights in their new fitness togs, and will beuntil February when the lustre of exercise wearsoff and the TV beckons.

In lieu, the Tylers head for the great outdoorsand a nice walk along the Kanaka Creek trail ona beautiful weekend when small dogs dominateand everyone bids you good day and Happy NewYear.

January made me shiver: so glad not to beliving in eastern Canada where they are gettingpounded by old man winter from Newfoundlandto Ontario. I almost feel guilty.

The only storm brewing hereis one in response to the OldSidewinder in the alternate pressaccusing our elected representa-tives on municipal council ofbeing ineffective, incompetent,unproductive and that the bureau-crats really run the show. Mostresponders agree with Big Macwho was once a councillor himselfand should know.

But isn’t this the way it isat most levels of government?Advisors, back room boys andgirls, bureaucrats feeding the

machine. Do you think Kamp or Dalton passwind without asking someone’s permission?So why the big hullabaloo? So, Paul Gill andhis buddies run the city while the council sitsaround the big table like a bunch of bobbleheads, chattering like squirrels. You don’t like it,change it. Vote, for starters.

This is the level of government closest to thepeople, and yet only half of us or less bother tomark an X after going to a couple all-candidatesmeetings, if that. You get the government youdeserve, and it’s usually only when the issue isin your backyard that you get your dander upand ask questions, whether it’s about garbagepickup or the sprawling ’burbs or Albion.

It’s an election year, people. No time like thepresent to start initiating change.

Well, maybe after the Super Bowl, or VictoriaDay or the summer holidays.

People have asked me every year if I’m goingto run. I laugh. Are you kidding? It’s a lot easierto sit on the sidelines and criticize. Council is alot of work and most of those people have otherjobs. No wonder they need the bureaucrats.

Besides, Corisa Bell kind of scares me. And I’mbetting she’ll run for mayor. You heard it herefirst.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, it’s time to burnthe Christmas tree and watch all our memoriesof 2013 go up in smoke.

Opinion

A8 Thursday, January 9, 2014

Our View

Babies belongwith mothers

Allowing babies to be with theirmothers in prison is an important vic-tory for women in the jail system,according to Samantha Sarra, a co-prin-cipal investigator of Bonding ThroughBars, an international research roundtable through the Peter Wall Institutefor Advanced Studies at UBC.

In December, Justice Carol Ross ofthe B.C. Supreme Court ruled that thecancellation of a mother-baby programat the Alouette Correctional Centre forWomen in Maple Ridge prison violatedthe rights of mothers and children.

Sarra said the court declaration thatthe best interest of the child should beparamount is a “beacon of hope againstthe bleak backdrop of oppression linkedto incarceration rates in Canada.”

The decision highlighted that womenin provincial jails are vulnerable, withlow education and employment levels,mental health issues, and abusive back-grounds.

Sarra pointed out that Canada’sAboriginal population is over-represent-ed in prisons, both provincially and fed-erally, and called the decision by JusticeRoss a “critical first step” towardschange that recognizes the “inequalitiesthat shape incarceration in Canada.”

Babies have been taken from theirmothers for generations, Sarra said,something she calls a “most unforgiv-able crime,” and prisons have been a“confining force of colonialism.”

Aboriginal mothers who refused tolet their children be put into residentialschools were incarcerated, and now thechildren of aboriginal women are beingput in foster care “as a punitive meansof addressing the intergenerationaltrauma caused by those schools.”

Justice Ross’s decision to acknow-ledge the rights of mothers and childrenensures that babies are now wrapped“in the protective blanket of theirrights,” creating a precedent for change,Sarra concluded.

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I live on BC Persons withDisability Benefits, which has beenheld within $120 of the same lowrate for more than two decades,while many necessary expensesthat were once covered by ourgovernment for the disabled have beendownloaded onto us far exceed those $120.

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Dear Editor,2013 wasn’t the stinker

that you described to manyof us [Saying goodbye toa stinker, Dec. 31 OddThoughts, TIMES]. We mustconcentrate on the goodthings that happened in2013, whether the birth ofa child or celebration of thelong life of a loved one.

Nelson Mandela, havinglived a long and meaning-

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As for the Middle East,you have tried to impose aninstant solution (democracy)to a problem, instead of try-ing to grasp the understand-ing that not all of the worldis like us, and sometimes

things take a lot longer toimprove and change.

The American politicalsystem is no different fromthe Arab Spring, withopposing groups more wor-ried about themselves thanthe people who electedthem.

Canadian politics will beinteresting in 2014, andshould be taken as excitingand scary at the same time.

Celebrate the achieve-ments and deeds of many,such as those of CanadianChris Hadfield and how heintroduced a whole newgeneration to space, upclose and personal.

There are many greatthings to remember, all ofwhich outweigh a floodedbasement or an undesirableelection outcome.

Life is far too short to beworried about making theworld a perfect place inthe way you visualize it.Embrace the good things,and if you feel strongenough about the “bad,”be an active participant tomake change, and stop yourwhining, because life is toofascinating to focus on thenegative.

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With the right-wing governments’ continual cutbacksto services and social programs, so that they can give taxbreaks to their corporate CEOs (corporate welfare), childrenand families will continue to struggle and suffer in thismean-spirited society.

More and more of our social services are being off-loadedonto our communities, while the rich get richer from notpaying their fair share of taxes. Many local support andoutreach services are doing their best to help seniors andothers living in poverty, but they also need the support ofour governments to do this much needed work.

British Columbia has the dubious distinction of having thehighest child poverty rate in our country. Canada is only agreat country if we help one another. It is not if we’re ruledby greedy politicians who cater to the interests of the cor-porate elites, the ones who fund their election campaigns.

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A Maple Ridge mom isorganizing a kick-a-thonon Jan. 15, in support ofVariety – the Children’sCharity.by Troy [email protected]

Maple Ridge karate studentswill be kicking for a cause onWednesday, Jan. 15.

The cause is Variety – TheChildren’s Charity and thestudents are from OkinawanTraditional Martial Arts, andpractise inside the CenteredWithin Yoga studio at #5-20306Dewdney Trunk Road.

This “kick-a-thon” gets goingat Centred Within Yoga at 5 p.m.and runs for roughly an hour.

Students will perform as manykicks as they can over 15-minuteperiods.

People can pledge money foreach kick, donate a flat rate, orgive money for each kick per-formed with a maximum dollarvalue.

The cause is definitely aworthy one.

In 2013, Varietyprovided 29grants to 25 fam-ilies in MapleRidge totalling$45,221.36.

The grants paidfor things such as:

• a bursary to a special schoolfor a 14-year-old girl with alearning disability;

• an adapted tricycle to helpa 13-year-old boy with cerebralpalsy exercise his muscles;

• expensive medication for an11-year-old boy with cancer; and

• occupational therapy for asix-year-old boy who has autism.

Kick-a-thon organizer DebraDouglas’s sons Jeremy, eight,and Corbin, six, are enrolledwith Okinawan TraditionalMartial Arts.

Douglas has a past connectionwith Variety, which raises fundsand distributes grants through-out B.C. to help children withspecial needs. Her mom onceorganized a year-round coin col-lection from seniors in her build-ing to donate to Variety, and hasa close friend who is continuingthis effort in her legacy.

Douglas’s mom also used tocollect can tabs and foil prod-ucts, with funds going to equip-

ment for Children’s Hospital.Now, the next generation of

the Douglas family is about toput their best feet forward, so tospeak, to help Variety.

Jeremy is always looking forways to raise funds and donate

money to helpsick kids in need.

A few of hisbirthday partiesfocused on dona-tions in lieu ofgifts.

“We havedonated to a few

causes but all involving sickkids,” Douglas said.

One of Jeremy’s birthdaysfocused on children in the burnunit. There was no such fund todonate to, and the fire depart-ment that hosted his birthdayparty couldn’t accept donations.

However, donations did endup going through the fire depart-ment to children with musculardystrophy.

Jeremy also organized alarge-scale lemonade sale at hisschool, serving kindergartnersand Grade 1 students. Moneyraised from this sale went tohelp children and their familiesin Africa.

The boy’s giving nature didn’tstop there – Jeremy has alsodonated Halloween candy toChildren’s Hospital and has col-lected a small amount for theTerry Fox Run to help kids withcancer.

This most recent charity eventis being held to show Jeremy’s

and Corbin’s fellow studentshow much fun it can be to par-take in a fundraiser, Douglassaid, and to teach them aboutgiving to those who are less for-tunate.

She added that other lessonsinclude the importance of giv-ing and not always receiving;to teach the difference this canmake in someone else’s life whohas struggles; to teach youngones to not take things for grant-ed such as their health, becauseyou never know if one day itwill be taken away from you;and to show kids that every littlebit counts.

“If you are giving your bestand doing all you can, then yousucceeded and you are makinga difference in someone else’slife,” Douglas said, noting that,“One day we may just needVariety’s help for our children.One never knows what thefuture will hold.”

Douglas came up with the ideaof the kick-a-thon and did sopartly in support of Jeremy, whowas recently diagnosed withTourette syndrome, a neuro-logical disorder characterized bytics: involuntary, rapid, suddenmovements or vocalizations thatoccur repeatedly in the sameway.

“Right after my mom passedaway in July 2012, he startedwith this twitch of his head, andTourette [syndrome] crossed mymind, and everybody thoughtI had four heads,” Douglasshared. “His vocals are more

sounds, they’re not words… andhis body doing things.”

She said Jeremy – who shedescribes as very intelligentand athletic – is still reservedabout his condition: “He knowsthat I’m doing this, he knowsthat it might be in the paper,because he’s fearful of reactionsof people,” Douglas said. “We’reletting him know that he’s okay,that he’s just another kid. He’sgot his differences, other peoplehave their differences.”

Meanwhile, Jeremy and Corbinare setting a dollar value foreach of their kicks.

During a practice run, Jeremyperformed 731 kicks in 15 min-utes, and Corbin managed 596.

“I was quite shocked,” a proudDouglas said.

Internally, Okinawan studentscollecting a minimum of $25 willreceive a certificate of apprecia-tion for their contribution.

There will be prizes awardedto the student with the mostkicks and whoever brings in themost through donations.

Anyone interested in donat-ing to the fundraiser can contactDouglas at [email protected] or by calling her at 778-239-7095, or by contacting the dojoat [email protected] or by calling 778-888-3746.

People are welcome to watchor even take part in the kick-a-thon during the event, as well.

For more information aboutVariety – The Children’s Charity,visit variety.bc.ca or call 604-320-0505.

Kick-a-thon

Ridge karate kids put best fundraising feet forward

Eight-year-old Jeremy Douglas, whose mom Debra is the organizer of a kick-a-thon atCentered Within Yoga, will be kicking for a cause on Wednesday, Jan. 15.

Troy Landreville/TIMES

Debra Douglas is continuing a tradition passed along from her mom: raising funds forVariety – The Children’s Charity. She is organizing a Jan. 15 kick-a-thon benefiting Varietyat Centered Within Yoga at #5-20306 Dewdney Trunk Road.

“One never knowswhat the future willhold.”Debra Douglas


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The Group of Nine will open an exhibition at the Maple Ridge Art Gallery this Saturday.

Nine local artists hold an exhibitionat the Maple Ridge Art Gallery,opening this Saturday.

Colour is the focus of a local artistsgroup’s show at the Maple Ridge ArtGallery at The ACT.

The Group of Nine will open theirexhibition, Colour Impact, this Saturday,addressing the theme of colour asexplored by each individual artist in dif-ferent ways.

The group includes artists Jean Abbott,Margaret Bale, Joyce Campbell, BettyCoy, Jane Duford Johnston, ShirleyFelgner, Suzette Fram, Jo-Anne Lewis andFlorence Nicholson.

“I think most of us are more suscept-

ible to the effect of colour than we real-ize,” said the art gallery’s curator BarbaraDuncan. “So while on the one hand, thisexhibition demonstrates how differentartists embrace colour in their work, it’salso interesting to question how colourimpacts different people in differentways.”

There will be a special artists presenta-tion on Saturday, Jan. 25, from 1 to 2p.m. and the public will be invited to joinin the discussion.

The Art Gallery is open from Tuesdayto Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

An opening reception for Colour Impactwill be held Saturday, Jan. 11, from 2 to4 p.m. at the gallery, 11944 Haney Pl.,Maple Ridge. The show runs until Feb. 8.

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If you look up the word paradiddlein a good dictionary you will learnthat it is a quick succession ofdrumbeats, slower than a roll and

alternating left-and right-hand strokes ina typical L_R_L_L, R_L_R_R pattern.

But that’s not all.People learning to play the drums

practise the paradiddle to make eachhand do the same amount of work.

From early childhood we choose adominant hand. It seems to be neces-sary to do so in order to learn to readand write, and it is thought that childrenwho have difficulty deciding which handcomes first often have difficulty learning.

Nobody knows why, but roughly 90 percent of us are right-handed.

It used to be that left-handed childrenwere looked upon as being less capable,and efforts were made by parents andteachers to force them to become right-handed.

The word “left” itself was considered tomean wanting in some way.

Our word gauche, meaning awkward,clumsy, or tactless, comes straight fromthe French word meaningleft-handed.

And because left-hand-ed people exist in whatis largely a right-handedworld, they may appearto be awkward on occasions.

Not fair.But, back to the paradiddle.I thought about it when I was unable

to use my right arm and hand for a whileand realized how helpless I felt.

My right hand had been truly dominantand my left just jogged along for the ride.I couldn’t write with it or use a hammer,a saw, or a screwdriver.

I found that normal daily activities likeshaving, brushing my hair, cleaning myteeth, and eating had all become difficultand time-consuming.

In looking for some way out of mydilemma, I came across the idea of cen-tering, where we see ourselves as if wehad a line passing down through thecentre of our body, with both sides equal.

We are, of course, still right- or left-handed, but we treat our non-dominant

side as if it were equal to the dominant.One of the ways the paradiddle pops

in here is that, by tapping it out andstarting first with one hand and then theother, my right hand began to teach theleft hand what was required to have eachbeat sound similar.

After a few weeks of practise, I wasdelighted to find that it worked, and aswith all achievements, no matter howsmall, there was a warm sense of accom-plishment.

Having gone this far, I looked for moreinformation about left-right equality, and

found that simple jug-gling with three itemswas also helpful.

Now, it may surpriseyou to know – it did me

– that the simple act of tossing a ballback and forth between your two handsis more difficult than you may think.

Try it. At first, there is a tendencyto move the weaker hand towards thestronger as the ball is tossed.

To hold the hands apart at shoulderwidth and successfully toss the ball backand forth takes time and patience, andthe juggler is not ready to add the secondand third balls until this is accomplished.

About this time, I can imagine readersthinking that this is all very well, but whybother? Well, what I have found is thatwhen you feel centred, you feel confidentand complete.

Centering seems to improve the wayyou stand and walk and deal with life’sdaily challenges, and if nothing else, it isrecommended for anyone who may needto speak in public.

And you know how scary that can be.

Left-handed dilemma

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January 10: Elvis tribute show• Randy Elvis Friskie and his Las Vegas ShowBand are at The ACT with a new show,That’s The Way It Is, showcasing memor-able moments and music from Elvis’ movies.Relive the 50s, 60s and 70s movie scenes and

songs from Blue Hawaii to Viva Las Vegas.The show is is at 7:30 p.m. and tickets areavailable from The ACT ticket centre in per-son, by calling 604-476-2787, or at www.theactmapleridge.org.

January 11 & 12: Tree chipping• Ridge Meadows Search & Rescue teammembers will be chipping Christmas trees bydonation at their facility, 23598 105th Ave.,Maple Ridge (by Planet Ice) from 9 a.m. to4 p.m. Money raised goes to the search andrescue team. For information about searchand rescue, go to www.rmsar.bc.ca.

January 11 to February 8: Art gallery• Colour Impact, an exhibition from theGroup of Nine, is at the Maple Ridge ArtGallery inside The ACT, 11944 Haney Pl.,Maple Ridge. An opening reception will beheld on Saturday, Jan. 11 from 2 to 4 p.m.

January 11: The ACT• Arts Club On Tour presents Driving MissDaisy at The ACT, 11944 Haney Pl., MapleRidge. This Pulitzer Prize-winning drama fol-lows the adventures of a Southern matriarchand her chauffeur over their 25-year friend-ship. There will be a pre-show talk at 7:15

p.m. in The ACT lobby with Bill Millerd,artistic managing director of the Arts ClubTheatre. Tickets are available at The ACTticket centre, by calling 476-2787, or online atwww.theactmapleridge.ca.

January 11: Bottle drive• A bottle drive fundraiser will be held bythe graduating class of Garibaldi Secondary.They’ll be out canvassing neighbourhoodsthroughout Maple Ridge from 9 a.m. to2 p.m. To contribute, drop the bottles offat the school, 24789 Dewdney Trunk Rd.;leave them outside the front door, marked“GSS Grad 2014” (email [email protected] advise), or take them to the Maple RidgeBottle Depot at #15-20475 Lougheed, notingthat they’re for “Garibaldi Dry Grad.”

January 14: Weavers• Members of the Whonnock Weavers andSpinners Guild will be at the ACT, demon-strating the art of spinning, and welcomeanyone interested to come out and visit withthem. They’ll talk about the guild and howeasy it is to join them at a monthly meetingat Whonnock Lake Centre. They welcomefelters, knitters, basket makers, and anyoneinterested in any fibre arts.

January 14: Facebook• Anyone who’s interested in Facebook butdoesn’t know where to start can come to theMaple Ridge Library at 11995 Haney Pl. for aone-hour presentation at 7 p.m. Find out howto join and what is needed to do to keep per-sonal information safe. Info and to register:604-467-7417.

January 15, 22 & 29: Computer basics• Maple Ridge Library will be offeringa three-part Computer Basics course onWednesdays, Jan, 15, 22, and 29 at 2 pm.Over three consecutive weeks, this gentleintroduction to the computer will cover fun-damental skills, including how to turn a com-puter on and off, use a mouse, master thekeyboard, and more. Register: 604-467-7417.

January 15: Homeschoolers• Anyone who homeschools their children isinvited to the Maple Ridge Library for a spe-cial Homeschoolers Tea at 1:30 p.m. to learnabout the resources the library has to supportchildren’s education. There will be activitiesfor homeschooled children and teens. Infoand to register: 604-467-7417.

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Radio chatterColumnist Jeff Weltz shared

how he got onto the airwaves,while also passing along othertidbits of valuable informationthis week about fishing on LowerMainland lakes during January.• More online: www.mrtimes.com,

click on “Sports”

Flames vs. FishThe Ridge Meadows Flames will

face a stern test this Friday whenthey host the Richmond Sockeyesat Planet Ice.

Game time is 7:30 p.m.The Sockeyes have only lost

four times this Pacific JuniorHockey League season and boasta 21-4-3-2 record.

The Flames, third in the PJHL’sHarold Brittain Conference, sit at.500 at 14-14-2-3.• More online: www.mrtimes.com,


Hunt makes OilMaple Ridge players continue

to find their way into the NationalHockey League.

The latest to make the NHL is5’9” defenceman Brad Hunt, whoplayed his third game with theEdmonton Oilers on Tuesday.

Hunt saw 12:01 of ice timeduring the Oilers 5-2 loss to thevisiting St. Louis Blues.• More online: www.mrtimes.com,


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RecreationReach The TIMES' sports desk: Phone: 604-463-2281 or email: [email protected]

The RidgeMeadows

Flames, ledby head coach

Jamie Fiset(right), host

the RichmondSockeyesFriday at

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On the FlyOn the Flyby Jeff Weltz

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Maple Ridge coach Chris Gillonce starred in the NationalLacrosse League, and islooking forward to seeing theVancouver Stealth bring thepro game back to B.C.by Troy [email protected]

It’s been a long time coming.The Vancouver Stealth is

set to make their home debutagainst the Minnesota Swarm thisSaturday, Jan. 11, marking theNational Lacrosse League’s returnto British Columbia after a decade-long absence.

The last time B.C. was home toan NLL team was 2004, the finalyear of the Vancouver Ravens fran-chise.

The Maple Ridge Burrards’ newlyappointed head coach will be atthe Langley Events Centre to seethe Stealth – who relocated fromEverett, Wash. this past summer– play their first game on B.C. soil.

Chris Gill, a Stealth seasonticket-holder, is very familiar withthe NLL.

He had a decorated NLL careerwith stops in Baltimore, Toronto,Vancouver, Colorado, Edmonton,and Calgary.

Along the way, Gill raised theChampion’s Cup three times (in1999 and 2000 with the TorontoRock, and in 2006 with theColorado Mammoth, their one andonly NLL title, so far) while rack-ing up 557 points in 173 games.

Gill, who retired from the NLL in2010, recently reminisced about histime in North America’s elite proindoor lacrosse league.

“My time there, I loved it,” saidGill, who prior to his NLL daysplayed for the Baltimore Thunderof the now defunct Major IndoorLacrosse League. “I played in ’96when it was the Major LacrosseLeague and it wasn’t what it wastoday. I saw both worlds.”

Gill said today’s NLL featuresthe very best players from bothCanada and the U.S.

“There were mostly Americanplayers in the league back then [inthe early years], except in Buffalowhere there were all Ontario play-ers,” he added.

He said that after the Ravens’departure, many of the qualityplayers from the Lower Mainlandwho didn’t quite fit into the elitebracket were “on an island.”

“For second-tier play-ers, it was not economical forteams to fly them in and out [forgames],” Gill said.

Gill noted that the NLL gamehas evolved since his hey-days in the league, and is

now built on speed. Today’s proto-typical NLL player has a differentmakeup than the one of a fewyears back.

“From my era, I can see a bigchange,” he said. “Players aredefinitely in better shape and theirconditioning and workout regi-ments are unbelievable. There isnot a player in the league who isout of shape.”

“The speed of the game is a lotdifferent in the NLL,” Gill added,comparing it to the WesternLacrosse Association, in which the

Burrards play during thespring and summer months.“They’ve made the gamefaster with different rulechanges. Now it’s a full-onsprint to get the ball out andpast the centre-line. You onlyhave eight seconds to getthe ball over

centre, and it usedto be 10. Thosetwo seconds makesa difference.”

Asked if hewould ever con-sider coming backto the NLL, Gill,who celebrated his42nd birthday onTuesday (Jan. 7),said there’s abso-lutely no chance.

“I can barely walk my dog any-more, from being sore from all thelacrosse I’ve played,” he said, halfjokingly. “It isn’t a dirty game,but it’s a physical game and ittakes a toll on your body. Thatcomes from running and falling oncement all those years. The wear

and tear of playing the sport for23 years catches up with you – theday-to-day grind of it all.”

While there are no Burrards orMaple Ridge residents currently onthe Stealth’s active roster, there area few members of the WLA squadplaying in the NLL.

Among them:2013 WLA scoringleader and MVPCurtis Dicksonalong with defence-man GarrettMcIntosh (CalgaryRoughnecks),defencemanCreighton Reid(ColoradoMammoth), andattackers RileyLoewen and Jarrett

Davis (Edmonton Rush).Fans can catch the Burrards

players in action against theStealth at the Langley EventsCentre on Jan. 17 (Colorado), Jan.25 (Edmonton), Feb. 8 (Colorado),March 21 (Calgary), and April 26(Calgary).

Pro lacrosse

Burrards coach reflects on NLL career

Graig Abel photos

Maple Ridge Burrards head coach Chris Gill held up the Champion’s Cup as amember of the National Lacrosse League’s Toronto Rock in 1999. Left – ChrisGill, who was recently named head coach of the Western Lacrosse Association’sMaple Ridge Burrards, had a decorated pro career in the National LacrosseLeague. Gill accumulated 557 points in 137 games and won the NLL title as amember of the Toronto Rock (in 1999 and 2000) and Colorado Mammoth (in2006). Gill is looking forward to watching the Vancouver Stealth make their homedebut Saturday at the Langley Events Centre.

“Their conditioningand workoutregiments areunbelievable. Thereis not a player in theleague who is out ofshape.”Chris Gill

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Ridge Meadows’ peewee teamtook top spot in a tournament onVancouver Island.by Eric [email protected]

The Ridge Meadows Rustlers werecrowned champions and took home topspot in the Saanich Peewee T2 hockeytournament last weekend.

Their 4-2 win against Victoria was theultimate prize after a weekend of mixedresults.

The Rustlers opened the tournamentwith a 4-2 victory over the Powell RiverKings.

Next, they fell 4-3 to the Victoria IceHawks.

In the third game, a late goal by KyleSackmann tied the game 2-2 with theNanaimo Clippers to grab a spot on thesemifinals.

Ridge then advanced to the finals bydefeating the host Saanich Braves in agame that went to a shootout.

Shootout heroics from goalie JacobDubinsky, and shooters Dylan Kong andReece Hansford gave the team its ticket tothe finals.

In the final game against Victoria, theRustlers started strong, leading 2-0 afterthe first period.

The team saw their lead slip awaythough and by the start of the third per-iod, the score was tied at 4-4.

With 12:49 left in the third period, JakeSheridan scored on an assist from LukeBudisa and Sean Butler to break the tie.

Talon Duff then scored on an empty netwith 55 seconds left in the game to sealthe deal for the Rustlers.

The win came after a full-team effort,as well as goalie Madison Fox’s steadyplay.

Minor hockey

Peewees rustle up gold

Submitted photo

The Ridge Meadows Rustlers were victorious in this pastweekend’s T2 Peewee hockey tournament in Saanich.

The Selects Hockey organiza-tion has chosen Tyson Phare fromthe Ridge Meadows peewee A1Rustlers at its annual minor pee-wee international tryout, held Jan.2 in St. Albert, Alta., and Jan. 3 inVancouver.

Phare will now join the inter-national program with the WesternCanada Selects (WCAN) team.

More than 300 invited playersfrom across North America com-peted for 68 positions, with thoseselected participating in the pro-gram’s international spring train-ing development camp and WorldSelects Invitational in Bolzano,Italy this April/May.

“Tyson Phare was superb atthe tryout,” said Mark Ciaccio,

WCAN 02 head coach and formerpro hockey player. “He not onlyshowed he has the skill to be a tophockey prospect but also demon-strated great leadership and pas-sion on the ice.”

The selection committee consist-ed of professional coaches, scouts,and hockey personnel.

Selects Hockey is an elite hock-

ey prospect development programowned by Legacy Global Sports.

Since 2003, Selects Hockey hasworked with top 12- to- 16-year-old hockey players across NorthAmerica and Europe in an effortto facilitate opportunities at theNCAA, junior, and professionallevels.

More at www.mrtimes.com

Peewee hockey

A1 Rustlerearns tripto Italy

With NCAA scouts looking on,Team BC, including a trio of RidgeMeadows players, took part in acompetition in California.

Three young field lacrosse playerstravelled south to Del Mar, Calif., wherethey wore provincial colours at the2014 AdrenalineChallenge.

Ridge MeadowsBurrards DylanMcCormick, AidanMurphy, andGavin Bruce weremembers of TeamBC, which com-peted at the highlycompetitive event.

The Challengehas been a vitalteam recruitingprogram on theAdrenaline calen-der since 2002.

Last year’s event saw 140 teams westof the Mississippi compete in front of120 NCAA recruiters.

Teams play five guaranteed gameswith the possibility of seven games overa two-day period to compete for thewestern club championship.

Typically, this is where the majorityof sophomores and juniors get their firstlegitimate recruitment exposure of theseason.

It is also common for talented seniorswho are not committed at the time to

be picked up by col-leges still lookingto fill their collegi-ate classes for thefollowing season.Beyond recruit-ing, NCAA coachesalong with LXMpros hold valuableadvanced-level col-legiate clinics forattending playersand teams.

In addition, theNotre Dame coachesclinics provide a

way to build and enhance lacrosseknowledge and skills as a coach.

Teams competing in this tournamentinclude the very best the west has offer.

Field lacrosse

Burrards at top tourney

Team BC, which took part in the AdrenalineChallenge ,included three local players.

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