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The City of New Westminsterhas more time to buildWestminster Pier Park project,which means it could end upbuilding more of the riverfrontpark.

The City of New Westminsterhas received an extension on thedeadline for expenditure of its$16.6 million Building CanadaFund grant for construction ofWestminster Pier Park. The exten-sion gives the city until March2012 to complete construction ofthe new waterfront park.

We were elated to receiveour Building Canada Fund grantfrom the federal and provin-cial governments, but the tighttimeline attached brought withit some challenges, said MayorWayne Wright. The new time-line gives us a little breathingroom and allows us to be moreefficient with park constructionactivities and costs, deliveringa new waterfront park for NewWestminster citizens by fall2011.

The city had been requiredto complete the park by March31, 2011 in order to satisfy therequirements of a federal grant,but it has just learned it has beengiven a one-year extension. Thecity, the federal government andthe provincial government haveeach contributed $8.3 milliontoward the parks construction.

This is excellent news, saidproject manager Dugal Purdie.We had a really tight construc-tion schedule.

Although he was confidentthe city could meet that schedule,Purdie said the extended timeline

Tag, youreit:JaneNicholsonis havingfun, butwere notsure whatthe goatthinks. Janeis one ofmany localyoungsterswho havebeen outenjoyingthe QueensPark pet-ting farm,whichrecentlyreopenedfor theseason.

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Transit Police Const. Denny Crosato wasrecognized May 31 by the NewWestminsterchapter of the St. John Ambulance for help-ing save the life of a man last November.

Crosato and his partner were flaggeddown on Columbia Street by a bystander,who needed the officers assistance witha man who was slumped in a chair. Theman was unresponsive and appeared to bechoking.

Crosato opened the mans mouth andcleared his airway, and before long, themans breathing began to return to nor-mal levels and his pulse returned. Theman slowly regained consciousness and,within several minutes, New WestminsterFire and Rescue personnel, along with B.C.Ambulance paramedics arrived and tookover.

We recognize the importance of ensur-ing all of our Transit Police officers areproperly trained in basic first aid, saidTransit Police Chief Officer Ward Clapham

in a prepared release. Thats why werecently partnered with St. John Ambulancein New Westminster to ensure all of ourTransit Police officers are properly trainedin first aid, including updating the train-ing of officers who have been previouslytrained.

Canadas St. John Ambulance Life-sav-ing Awards Program, created more than30 years ago, acknowledges individuals orgroups of individuals who have adminis-tered first aid while saving or attemptingto save a life.

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Glenbrooke North ResidentsAssociation 11th Annual Garage SaleSaturday, June 19th, 20109:00 am to 3:00 pmRain or Shine

Clean your home and de-clutter your cupboards, have fun and make money too!This event is a great way to get to know your neighbours and yourneighbourhood.The Glenbrooke North neighbourhood extends from 10th Avenue to the northside of 6th Avenue and between McBride Boulevard to the east side of 6th Street.Proceeds will be collected to support Monarch Place, a local transition house forwomen and children eeing violence.For more information contact Deb Sutherland at 604-522-8898 or Marya McLellanat 604-525-3975.

Victoria Hill Overpass OpeningOnni Group of Companies and the City of New Westminster invite youto the ofcial opening of the Victoria Hill pedestrian overpass onSaturday, June 12 at 12:00 noon. The event will take place on the

Queens Park side of the overpass behind the Arenex adjacent to the MillenniumTrail. Following the ribbon cutting, please stay and enjoy free barbecue hot dogsand refreshments.

New Westminster FireghtersCharitable Society Shred FestDate: Saturday, June 19, 2010Time: 11:00 am - 4:00 pmLocation: Canada Games Pool Parking LotNeed to get rid of that stack of papers? Bring yourpaperwork and other condential materials and have them

professionally shredded on site. Bring as much paper as you like, but all papermust be contained in a box or a bag. Businesses and homeowners are welcome.Be sure to stay for hot dogs, pop, entertainment, face painting and additionalrecycling tips and information.The event is by donation with proceeds going to the New WestminsterFireghters Charitable Society. For more information, please call 604-519-1000.

You are invited to the unveiling ofNewWestminster's newest public art installation

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Date: Thursday, June 10, 2010Time: 4:30 - 6:00 pm - Open House

6:00 - 8:00 pm - WorkshopLocation: City Hall Front FoyerThe City of New Westminster is building a new Multi-Use Civic Facility and needsyour input to nalize the program for the facility. Please come and share yourideas at the community open house and workshop on Thursday, June 10, 2010.The workshop will focus on prioritizing purpose-built art spaces within the newfacility.For more information please contact Carolyn Armanini, Development Services at604-527-4647 or [email protected]

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Sapperton residents and business ownersare invited to take part in an

To create aMOSAIC ART TILE PROJECT on East Columbia Street,between Sherbrooke and Braid. Bring your ideas, stories and input.

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Waterlogged:Above, AlexMajor andHarry Buch-holz checkout soggysoil. At left,AlejandroMujica Oleawith a pumphe uses dailyto removewater fromhis base-ment.

Its been a long time coming, but Queensboroughwill be getting a proper drainage system if all goesaccording to plan.That was the lead paragraph in a story that appeared

in a March 2004 issue of The Record after city councilapproved stages 1 and 2 of a drainage plan after commis-sioning a study by Dayton and Knight Ltd. consultingengineers.

Queensborough resident Harry Buchholz said itboggles the mind how hard its been to get the city to

respond to Queensboroughsdrainage needs. Longtime arearesident Alex Major said resi-dents want city hall to get backon track and work towardimplementing measures out-lined in a drainage plan thatwas approved by city councilin 2004.

Frustrating, Major said.We have been at this 16 years

according to my records.Members of the draining committee recently took

Record reporter Theresa McManus on a tour of some ofthe communitys drainage trouble spots.

There is too much to see, Major said. You needeight hours to see our problem.

Residents attribute many of Queensboroughs drain-age problems to lack of maintenance of the ditches andculverts.

When it rains, the water has nowhere to go. It isstagnant water all year long. When it rains, it adds toit, Major said about an especially problematic ditch onBoyne Street. Its lack of maintenance.

In response to the Dayton and Knight study, citycouncil approved Stages 1 and 2 of a drainage plan in2004. Major calls the thick document his Bible and hasplaced numerous yellow Post-it notes throughout thedocument to highlight various issues.

There is nothing we dont know about the ditches inQueensborough, Major said.

Having dealt with drainage issues for years, the com-mittee members are frustrated about the lack of progressmade regarding ditches.

They have a plan, Buchholz said. They recognizethere are problems. There is no forward motion on it.

Stage 1 of the 2004 drainage plan involved majordrainage improvements such as eliminating drainagebarriers and improving pumping at the Carter StreetPump station, while Stage 2 involved local drainageimprovements, such as re-grading ditching in the historicarea, replacing the culverts in driveways and upgradingpavement.

The Dayton and Knight report stated that Stage 3,which included streetscape improvements, could beundertaken in subsequent years provided theres suf-ficient community interest and willingness to cost-shareimprovements with the city on a 50-50 basis.

Major said the citys decision to investigate theCadillac plan (new streetscape improvements along withfilling in ditches) rather than the Chevy plan (mainte-nance of existing ditches and culverts) stalled the pro-cess.

I said there is no point going with that option it isgoing to fly like a lead balloon, he said about the Stage3 improvements.

Jim Lowrie, the citys director of engineering services,said drainage issues are a high priority for his depart-ment.

We are implementing the 2005 drainage plan, prob-

ably a little bit slower than some of the residents wouldlike, he said. It was a very expensive plan to imple-ment.

In 2008, staff reported to council on variousstreetscape options that were developed to provide sat-isfactory drainage, improved accessibility and enhancedlivability.

Lowrie said that report identified a number ofoptions, including infilling of residential roadside ditch-es. That would have cost $2.5 to $3 million per block.

The large cost there was associated with stabilizingthe poor soils, he said. The soils there are comprisedlargely of organic deposits and large peat deposits. Thateither has to be removed or compressed by preloading.

The City of New Westminster consulted with resi-dents and found there was strong support for upgradingstreets to a full urban standard that included filling theditches and building sidewalks, but it ultimately rankedlower because of the costs that would have been borneby taxpayers.

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Lowrie said the city will prioritize workto be done starting this year.

There are about 500 of them, he saidabout culverts in Queensborough. Thereplacement value of those culverts is $6million. It is not going to happen over-night. We have budgeted $200,000 a year toaddress replacing old culverts.

Lowrie estimated 10 to 15 culverts inQueensborough will be replaced this year.

There will be work done this sum-mer in terms of replacing some of theculverts, he said. At either end of BoyneStreet, there are some culverts that will bereplaced.

Lowrie recently met with residents andviewed some of the ditches that theyreconcerned about.

The issue on Boyne Street is there area number of old historical culverts, manyof which are not installed at the correctelevations, he said. There are a few oldculverts that are installed too high relativeto the bottom of the ditch.

Lowrie is pleased to see that the drain-age committee is active once again, notingthe city will be consulting with residentsabout the culverts to be replaced.

We have identified a number of cul-verts that are pretty high priority, he said.Some of these culverts are 60 years old.

In terms of prioritizing work to bedone regarding Queensboroughs drain-age, Lowrie said the city would identifyculverts that have been installed too high,have blockages or have failed.

There are some culverts inQueensborough that are wood stave some in good shape, some have faileddue to excessive flow, he said. A numberof culverts were put in without permits.

Lowrie said the city is implementingdrainage improvements, but its probablynot at a pace that residents like.

We do have budget constraints, hesaid. We did install a new pump station inQueensborough. They increased the pumpcapacity in the Queensborough area byabout 25 per cent.

With the pumping capacity improved,Lowrie said the city is working its waytowards improving the movement of waterfrom the storm water system and ditchesto the pump station.

For more on this story, see TheresaMcManuss Only in New West blog at www.royalcityrecord.com.

Chinese-Canadian activist Bill Chusbid to turn the entire high school site intoa protected land has grabbed the atten-tion of the national media.

A June 2 Globe and Mail article said Chuwants to stop history from repeating itselfby preventing a school constructed on topof a Chinese burial ground from beingrebuilt on the same spot.

We simply are saying toeveryone, At this juncture, thatsince so much history has hap-pened on that site, the appropri-ate way is to be protected. Wehave been saying this from Day1, Chu told The Record.

The concern is that under thecurrent plan, the school districtcan build on parts of the highschool site, including those thatwere once used for Chinese buri-als. Chinese custom had beento exhume the remains of thedead after seven years and return themto China. Chu said other marginalizedpeople were also buried on the site.

A body that was unearthed duringconstruction of the Massey wing of theNew Westminster Secondary Schoolproves that there were burials on the site,Chu said.

To make his point, Chu noted severalreferences in the school districts reporton the old cemetery, including one from1884 that quotes the mayor as saying,Chinamen, criminals and Indians andthe unfortunate who had no friends wereburied there.

When the extent of the cemetery came tolight in 2008, the district hired consultingfirm Golder and Associates to investigate,and, based on that research, the cemeterylines were drawn. The Business Practicesand Consumer Protection Authority thegovernment body that oversees cemeter-

ies designated a portion of the sitea cemetery, and the rest fell under theHeritage Conservation Act, which willallow the district to proceed with con-struction under certain conditions.

Chu said he doesnt want to hold upconstruction of the long-overdue replace-ment high school.

Stopping construction is furthest frommy mind, Chu said. Honouring thecemetery is our goal. Im as eager as any-one to see the end.

Chu was among the assemblage of fourstakeholder groups Chinese-Canadians,parents, Massey Theatre and MercerStadium supporters who met earlier

this year to discuss solutions forthe site.

We even suggested andagreed to have the school movedto another site, Chu said, refer-ring to a suggestion that theschool be built on Moody Park.

Jim Alkins, a consultanthired to manage the high schoolconstruction project, told TheGlobe and Mail that the ceme-tery boundaries were drawn upwhere medical records, radartesting and property records

provide evidence of burials.There is no evidence to show what

extent of burials occurred in that area. Itsvery poorly defined as to whether or notit was ever used as a cemetery, Alkinssaid in the article.

Board of education chair James Janzensaid the district did a considerableamount of research before it went to thecemetery regulator.

(The regulator) accepted our researchand declared the cemetery boundaries, sowe are going to work with the boundar-ies, said Janzen. We want to do the rightthing here. If there had been evidence thatthe whole site had been used as a cem-etery, than we would have needed a dif-ferent site. I think there are still somepeople in the community that would haveliked us to have declared the whole sitecemetery, but thats not what the researchshows.

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Lafflines at the Burr is aiming to open inits new location in late August.

Earlier this year, the City of NewWestminster announced that it was sellingthe Burr Theatre to Barry Buckland, ownerof Lafflines Comedy Club. As part of thesale, the city approved a heritage covenantand a community use and access agree-ment.

James Lickers, Lafflines talent and eventmanager, said interior renovations are set toget underway. Some performance groupshave been using the theatre for rehearsalspace and some filming has been takingplace in the Columbia Street building.

We are set to move in for late August,he said. The club, Lafflines, will be operat-ing before the theatre will.

Lafflines will operate on the topfloor of the building at 530 ColumbiaSt. Construction on the upper level willprimarily relate to soundproofing, so thecomedy club can operate upstairs and thetheatre can be used downstairs.

These will probably start at the sametime, he said about construction on upperand lower floors. Priority is given to get-ting Lafflines going first.

Lafflines is required to vacate its currentpremises on Church Street by the end ofAugust.

Lafflines had hoped to be in the BurrTheatre by the time the 2010 VancouverComedy Festival opened in September, but

that wont occur.Unfortunately there is too much

involved, he said about renovations to themain floor of the building that houses thetheatre.

On May 31, city council gave two read-ings to a rezoning bylaw for 530 ColumbiaSt. to permit liquor-licensed premises in thebuilding. A public hearing will be held onJune 28 at 7 p.m.

The liquor licence for the current locationwill be deleted and will be transferred tothe new location. In the future, the city willreceive an application for a food primarylicence, which would allow food and bever-age services until 2 a.m., as well as patronparticipation.

City council recently received a staffreport regarding a heritage alteration per-mit to allow for the rehabilitation of thefront facade of the Burr Theatre.

Lickers said the idea is to retain the nos-talgic feel of the theatre but to also include alook that is present and upbeat.

He has really tried to maintain it as aheritage theatre, said Coun. BobOsterman.He is working very closely with planning. Good credit to the guy. He is reallyrespecting what people want to see in thetheatre.

In response to the citys request for pro-posals, Buckland offered the city $850,000for the Burr Theatre and property, con-ditional on the city making repairs to theheating and ventilation system. The cityagreed to discount the price by the $69,000estimated to complete those repairs.

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There arent many statues dedicatedto city planners. Politicians get all theglory and their names on embossedbronze plaques. City planners, largely,get blamed for ugly archi-tecture, traffic jams, and, ofcourse, a lack of green space.

And, were not saying thatcity planners make the worldgo round. But the pier parkon the river (see latest story on the frontpage) reminded us of the importanceof planning and how city planners canmake all the difference between liv-

able communities and communities thatare just dull spots to store folks whentheyre not working and commuting.

New Westminster is a city blessedwith miles of riverfront. Butback in the 70s and 80s actually much earlier thanthat planning decisions vir-tually ignored the beauty andthe diversity of our location.

The Quay residential housing develop-ment blocked most access routes to thewaterfront, both for pedestrians andviewpoints. The Quay design itself left

no room for families to gather for festi-vals or just to spread out a picnic blan-ket and hang out. In fact, the area wasspecifically designed to create a wall ofbuildings blocking river access. The newSpirit Square addresses some of thoseproblems, but it would have been bet-ter if the city had actually planned forpeople-friendly areas in the first place.Apparently a novel idea in the 70s.

Cities dont often get second chances but New Westminster is getting a sec-ond chance on its waterfront. The newpier park is a good thing. Yes, itll prob-

ably end up costing more than anyonewould have wanted. But, it is vital tothe city. And, in this case, Mayor WayneWright deserves a lot of the credit formaking it happen. His chutzpah com-bined with a planning department withvision and talent has made all the differ-ence. If there are plaques to be mountedin the new park we suggest someshared billing.

Now, if we can just get rid of thatmonstrosity of a parkade. And, get agenuine riverfront trail finished inQueensborough.

Cheap oil equalsbig problems

Unless you are a historynerd or a petrochem-ical engineer, youveprobably never heard of thePennsylvanian Oil Rush.

Its pretty much exactly whatit sounds like. In the 1860s, acombination of drilling technol-ogy improvements and oil dis-coveries in the northeastern partof the state led to the worldsfirst oil boom. Drillers, team-sters, tool makers and railwaytycoons remade a small sec-tion of Pennsylvania.Until the oil ran out,of course. Extractionpeaked in the 1890s,and interest shifted toplaces like Texas and California.

Why oil? Because it was a loteasier to dig an inert substanceout of the ground than it was tosend out ships to hunt down andslaughter thousands of whales.Kerosene proved cheaper thanwhale oil to light homes.

Then it turned out that youcould use oil for all sorts of otherthings, like fuelling the newfour-stroke engine invented inGermany at around the sametime. And for trains, and ships,and finally aircraft.

Also, it turned out you couldmake plastic and fertilizer andall sorts of other stuff out of thisgunk that just leaked out of theground.

And it did leak out of theground in some places. TheBeverly Hillbillies line aboutbubblin crude was no exag-geration in the early days of oil

exploration.Near the city of Baku, in what

is now Azerbaijan, the tarrydeposits on the surface werefamous. Zoroastrian worshippersused to arrive and pray at theplace that sometimes spontan-eously caught fire; the asceticswere still turning up intermit-tently as oil derricks went upin the late 19th and early 20thcenturies.

Of course, the easy oil wasgone pretty quickly. America

used to be an oilexporting nation, butthose days are longgone; its oil produc-tion peaked in 1970.

There is still plenty of oil outthere, of course. The big differ-ence between now and the 1860sis that weve pretty much usedup all the easy-to-get-at stuff, allthe bubblin crude and gushersare gone.

Which is why were eagerlywatching as robots try to fix agigantic oil leak thousands offeet below sea level in the Gulfof Mexico.

When the easy oil was gone,drillers looked further afield,and more extreme environmentscame to seem like a good bet.Undersea oil. Oil in danger-ously unstable countries, such asNigeria or Iraq.

Oil in the far north. Oilowned by dictators. Oil thou-sands of feet under the Gulf ofMexico.

As I wrote this column, BP,

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IN MY OPINIONMATTHEW CLAXTON

Just another greedy tax grabDear Editor:

Ive been writing three- and four-figure chequessince January to get my new business started. I dontbegrudge the money paid to tradespeople, suppliersor even the pricey permits and licences which haveattached themselves to lots of new services.

What really outrages me is the endless expansionof transfers, taxes, fees, interest and fines from therichest kleptocracy ever in Canada the six-tieredgovernment apparatus, for which no one evervoted. Yes, six-tiered: feds, provinces, municipali-ties, regional government, Crown corporations andbusiness improvement and neighbourhood associa-tions and if you think these last two are not politi-cal, just cross them.

Now, my office landlord informs me that on July1, I can just add $99.60 the harmonized PST tomy rent cheque, courtesy of that bon vivant and

Hawaiian tourist motorist, Gordo, and his puppetmaster in Ottawa.

It would not surprise me to see this crowd giveus winter relief taxes, by ordering weather reportsto use mandatory blended temperatures.John Connolly, Steveston Stamps & Philatelic, New Westminster

Publish MP spending onlineDear Editor:

MPs spending will be soon published online, isthe likelihood. The board of internal economy hasan annual financial audit conducted by an outsidefirm. Moreover, independent bureaucrats engage inongoing performance audits on House of Commonsaccounts.

MPs are challenged by the independent adminis-trators to ensure that all spending is within categorylimits, that they are legitimately allowed expenses,

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and that they are all documented withproper receipts.

If spending does not meet the strict cri-teria, they are rejected and not paid. Thereis absolutely no comparison to the archaicsituation that was in place in the U.K. or insome provincial legislatures.

Gauging the politicalmood, if Canadiansare intent upon having a duplicate perfor-mance audit, the board of internal economysays it will consider it. It must follow consti-tutional convention of being at the boardsinvitation, as has been done in the past. Theoffice of the auditor general has been askedon occasion by the board in years past toperform reviews.

The Conservatives came up with a pro-posal for the expanded publication of MPexpenses and will present it to the otherparties for approval. The Conservativeswill bring such a proposal to the board ofinternal economy within days.

The board said previously that the audi-tor generals request was not accepted atthat time to conduct an audit. According tothe Auditor Generals Act, that recent audi-tor generals proposalwas beyond the scopeof the auditor generals mandate, whichallows audits of government departmentsand various Crown agencies as identifiedin the Act. However, the Conservatives saythey have a plan for a proper board of inter-nal economy invitation to the auditor gen-eral. The financial disclosures are presentlysignificant, but it is past due for expandedonline publication.

Paul Forseth, New Westminster

Dont return NDP to powerDear Editor:

Re: Rising support for third party, In theHouse, The Record, May 26. Be scared, veryscared, of theNDPgovernment again. KeithBaldrey is quite right regarding his com-ments on NDP management.

Its also a fact worth recalling NDP alsostank at managing the most vulnerablecitizens under the NDPs supposed care inthe long drawn-out day as our government.

People in the welfare systemwere regularlythreatened to be cut off, especially if onedared to ask for further help.

To be enrolled in a government trainingprogram can be likened to the individualbeing imprisoned I know this for a factas a married person, incarcerated in oneNDP program in 1996 after learning myfather was admitted in a Toronto hospitalwith a terminal illness. I was shocked anddevastated when, after requesting emer-gency funds to be by my fathers side, I wasthreatened that my family (child, husbandand myself) would be cut off from financialassistance andmade to be another homelessfamily. My father was to die without seeingme at his request, his last request.

Their ranting and railing act in ourlegislature is just that. I sincerely hope theNDP never regains its abusive position asgovernment because there will be hell topay.

Clare Marie Belanger, New Westminster

Questions for trusteeDear Editor:

Re: Two trustees fail in parent reportcard, The Record, June 2. Trustee BrentAtkinsons assertion that JohnRobsons par-ent advisory council meetings coincide withthe school board meetings is incorrect. JohnRobsons PACmeetings are held on the firstMonday of each month, with the exceptionof our April 2010 meeting, which was heldon the first Tuesday of the month. Atkinsonhas attended two of John Robsons PACmeetings in the last three years: Oct. 6, 2008(41 days before civic elections) and on Feb.2, 2009 to announce the purchase of the St.Marys site.

If the comment Id like to be able toattend and hear what concerns theyve gotand answer any questions is correct, wewill be looking forward to a regular attend-ance from trustee Atkinson next year.

Top of our agenda will be when will weget a new seismically sound school built?and when will the school district businesscompany pay back the money it owes ourchildren?

Andrea Walton and Jayne Adetola-Ogundehinde,John Robson PAC executive

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the company that broughtyou a new name forenvironmental catastro-phe, was cautiously opti-mistic that the leak in itsdestroyed Gulf pipe, hadfinally been plugged.

While BP insists thatall its solutions are incred-ibly high tech, its hard tosquare that with ideas thatare plug it with mud orsiphon it off with a bigstraw. These are solutionsfrom the mind of a five-year-old. Only the location

of the drill makes this areally difficult problem.

Someday in my lifetime,well hit peak oil, the pointat which were finding lessand less oil while usingmore. We know weregoing to have to wean our-selves off oil.

But before the Gulfdisaster, we didnt thinkmuch about the hazards ofthe long, downhill slopeafter peak oil. If all ouroil comes from difficult,inaccessible places, doesthat increase the likelihood

of more disasters like thisone?

I think it probably does.BP (and its competitors)would probably argue thattheyre very careful, bet-ter technology, etc. But theGulf disaster speaks foritself. How many more ofthese can we afford to sus-tain, just to keep oil rea-sonably priced for a fewmore years?

Matthew Claxton is areporter with the LangleyAdvance, a sister paper ofThe Record.

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Small business own-ers will be among thosehit hardest by the HST,which, according to a pressrelease sent by the presi-dent of the partys newlycreated New WestminsterConstituency Association,is part of a Liberal-NDPconspiracy to make redun-dant our inalienable rightand responsibility to gov-ern ourselves.

Brian Laeser, 47, is con-cerned consumers will turnaway from small businesseswhen the new 12 per centtax kicks in next month.

We all know consumersare the ones who pay in theend, said Laeser. But con-sumers can always defectto the big-box stores wherethe products are cheaper.

He also believes theNDPs opposition to theharmonized sales tax ishypocritical.

Big-box stores servetheir extreme left totali-tarian purpose to imposea social order, which theworkplace is the ideal envi-ronment for, he said.

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labour union leaders maypretend to object to thelack of worker protectionin the large retail chains,Its the pioneering spirit ofthe small businessman thatthey really fear. So theyllgladly allow big businessto do the little guy in whilewashing their hands oftheir own collusion.

He accuses the allegedLiberal-NDP pact of opti-mizing public control ofthe means of production,which he quotes fromWikipedia as being the def-inition of Communism.

John Crocock, theConservative partysregional director forBurnaby-Coquitlam,sounded more than a lit-tle bit surprised to hear ofsome of Laesers claimswhen contacted by TheRecord for clarification.

Oh no, thats not verygood, said Crocock. TheConservative party didntauthorize that at all. He isjust starting out and doesntreally know how thingswork yet. We want tobe grassroots, but we dontwant to have any memberjust say something, and, allof a sudden, it is goingto be quoted as what theparty is saying, althoughwe dont want to be con-trolling everybody fromthe centre either.

The president shouldhave their own autonomy

in their own region, butIm torn between the twothings.

Our understandingwas that he would run thisby the other members, but

apparently that hasnt hap-pened, said local partymember Jack Burton.

Laeser is hopingthe local Chamber ofCommerce, the Downtown

New Westminster BusinessImprovement Associationor any other group withsimilar vested interestswill invite him to explainwhy the Conservatives

are the party best suitedto represent small businessowners interests in the leg-islature. He can be reachedvia e-mail at [email protected].

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The timeline exten-sion will avoid con-tractors tripping overeach other in a rush tocomplete their work bythe original deadlineof March 2011, saidcity administrator PaulDaminato in a press release. Italso reduces the risk of additionalcosts due to contractors having to

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out of season, whichwould have been thecase with landscapingactivities.

Purdie said thebest time to be plant-ing trees and plants isjust after the summerheat, which can now beaccomplished with theextended timeline.

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structure grant for constructionof the new park, receiving $8.3million from the provincial andfederal governments.

Purdie said the soil that wason the site that was determinedto be above the standard allowedfor a park, which is a residen-tial standard, has been removedand replaced. Hes optimisticthat a contract for pilings willbe awarded next week, with thatwork to begin soon after.

For more on this story, seeTheresa McManuss Only in NewWest blog on The Records websiteat www.royalcityrecord.com. Click onthe Opinions tab, then follow the linkunder Blogs.

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Afundraiser is tak-ing place tonightto help raise fundsfor a youth art initiative inQueensborough.

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Saturday, June 5. Allproceeds will benefit theQueensborough Bridgepublic mural project atWood and Boyd streets.

The fundraiser includesdoor prizes and a raffle.Tickets are $15 and includepasta, pizza or burgerwith your choice of drink.

Youth who are involvedin the project are also wel-come to attend.

Tickets are available atthe community centre andat the door at Boston Pizzastarting at 6 p.m.

The youth art ini-tiative committee ofQueensborough welcomes

support from businessesand organizations thatwould like to be involvedwith the creation of apublic art mural in theneighbourhood. The muralwill be created by localteens who want to partici-pate in this legacy projectas a way of representing

themselves and what isimportant to them in theircommunity.

A location underneaththe Queensborough Bridgehas been selected as themurals site because it isa gateway into the neigh-bourhood and is passed

Organizers of the SappertonDay Street Festival are hopingcommunity members will jointhem in celebrating the start ofsummer.

The annual event takes placeon Sunday, June 13 from 11 a.m.to 4 p.m. in the 400 block of EastColumbia Street. The event fea-

tures crafts, a BMX bike show,bouncy castles, clowns, games,live performances, a pancakebreakfast, a rock-climbing wall,vendors and more.

Its a communityevent to cele-brate Sapperton, said eventman-ager Guy Ciprian. All the pro-ceeds help the Royal ColumbianHospital Foundation.

This years event will beraising funds to support Royal

ColumbianHospitalFoundationscampaign to raise $1.2 millionfor urgent equipment needs and$1.1 million for its breast healthcentre. Last years event raised$8,100 for equipment and patientcare enhancements at the localhospital

Its a great time, Cipriansaid about the event. Last yearour attendance was way up weestimate over 10,000 people on

the street.A pancake breakfast will kick

off the days fun. The Wesgroupand the McBride-SappertonResidents Association are co-hosting the breakfast in theparking lot at 450 Columbia St.,with proceeds going to the RoyalColumbian Hospital Foundation.

There is lots of new stuff,Ciprian said about this yearsevent. Currently we have over

45 vendors.Entertainment includes per-

formances by the Knots and theReal Canadian Rock Band. Theevent includes a silent auction, avisit by Fin (Canucks mascot) andSalty (the Port Authority mascot),as well as politicians and SenatorYonah Martin.

Ciprian believes local busi-nesses benefit from the event, as

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Seniors in New Westminster needmore in-home and assisted living sup-port, as well as affordable housing inthe city, said Rachel Tutte, co-chair ofthe B.C. Health Coalition.

The citys seniors have also suf-fered from the closure of the QueensPark Care Centres hospice and con-valescence beds this year, she added.

The closures mean seniors areforced to stay in hospices in otherLower Mainland cities, at the ends oftheir lives or when theyre recover-ing from injuries, said Tutte, a NewWestminster physiotherapist whotreats seniors and advocates for them.Spouses and friends have to travel tosee them, and this can be isolating,she explained.

They cant stay in their own com-munity at the end of their life, shesaid.

The city also lacks enough in-home and assisted living support forseniors, Tutte said. Affordable hous-ing is also an issue, particularly sincemany seniors live on fixed incomes.

Tutte spoke about the concerns ofthe citys seniors following a forumheld by the coalition on May 14.

Provincial ombudsperson, KimCarter, spoke at the forum about heroffices ongoing investigation into the

state of seniors care in B.C. Her firstreport, The Best of Care: Getting it Rightfor Seniors in British Columbia (Part 1),was released in December 2009.

Carter made 10 recommendationsto the Ministry of Health in the firstreport, but so far, only four have beenaccepted.

Carter asked the government todraft a bill of rights for seniors in resi-dential care, ensuring its displayedprominently in seniorsfacilities.

The provincial govern-ment has accepted thesetwo recommendations.

The government hasalso agreed to reviewOntarios public informa-tion system to see if aspectsof it would work in B.C.,and to give guidelines toresidential care facilitieson types of support theyshould offer to residentand family councils.

Carter also recommended the min-istry create a website listing informa-tion about seniors care facilities, suchas per diem government funding,staffing levels and the number ofdaily care hours for each resident.

Carter also wants an expandedrole for resident and family councils,entrenched in legislation, and sup-port for the development of regionalfamily councils.

According to Tutte, is has been dif-ficult to know if the four accepted rec-ommendations have been introduced,as the ministry has not provided clearinformation on whats been done.

Weve embraced the spirit of theombudspersons recommendations,Ryan Jabs, spokesperson for theMinistry of Health Services, wrote inan e-mail. We have taken significantsteps toward implementing theserecommendations and have clearlycommunicated this progress to theombudsperson.

But Jabs added that the ministrywas being careful not to duplicate

current programs to meetthe recommendations.

We will not duplicateprocesses which healthauthorities and govern-ment already has in place,as taxpayers require usto be fiscally responsiblewhile providing theseimportant services, hewrote.

According to Jabs,these are the steps theministry has taken: Established the resi-

dents Bill of Rights in fall 2009. Established a reliable and objectiveprocess to give residents and fam-ily members a number of options toresolve any issues they may havethrough patient care quality offices. Launched SeniorsBC.ca, an informa-tion source on government programsand services for seniors, and continueto add to it. The ministry fully supports residentand family councils and continues tohelp the councils support positiverelationships between staff, residentsand families in meeting the needs ofpersons in care.

Seniors need more supportAdvocates say lack ofin-home support andaffordable housing arehurting citys seniorsBY JANAYA FULLER-EVANS [email protected]

They cantstay in theirown communityat the end oftheir life.

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Your family andothers who see youoften have stableimages of who you are.They think they know youwell. You might, too.

But what if you actedout of character? If you areknown as an easygoing,perhaps even passiveperson, what would theythink if you spoke up whensomeone was pushing youaround? If you are seen asimpatient and explosive,what if you started reflect-ing before acting?

The news tells us of pre-viously quiet people goingpostal and high schoolloners lashing out againsttheir peers. Later, we learnof their underlying psycho-pathology and rage.

Sometimes, we hear ofindividuals acting out ofcharacter in positive ways ex-cons renouncing theirprevious careers and life-styles and making positivecontributions to society.

Who are the real people?The characters othersassumed them to be, or theselves acting out?

And if you acted outor exploded out of char-acter, does this reflect thereal you your hiddendemons or strengths, sidesof yourself long repressed,your unresolved conflicts,desires or frustrations? Isthe self that acts out the realyou or another you?

When children act out,their actions do not neces-sarily reflect their realselves. In fact, there maybe no reflection at all. Theymay be overwhelmed withemotion anger, frustrationor sadness.

When adults are burntout with work or situa-tional stress, when theirrelationships are conflicted,or when they are clinic-ally depressed, they canexplode in unpredictableways. The response of act-ing out might not be reflect-ive of the immediate situa-tion. The response itselfmay simply be a symptomof deeper underlying chal-lenges.

Sometimes, acting outcan be a wake-up call or ameditation gong. When wefind ourselves doing thingswe may not normally havechosen, we may awaken tofeelings and deep psycho-social issues previously outof our conscious awareness.

If your life is not whatyou want it to be, you havea choice. You can continueto live a life of quiet des-peration and risk explodingand acting out in unpredict-

able, socially inconvenientways. Or you can acknow-ledge your double life theyou that you and the worldare accustomed to, and thecomplete individual hid-den from view, aching tobe expressed and to feelfulfilled.

We must each takeup the calling to reflect,recreate and rediscover ourtrue selves. As with the actof writing fiction, the cre-ation of your real life is an

act of discovery. You mustbe authentic true to your-self, your values and youremotions. To break out is toexpress yourself; you maynot have chosen the songor the key, but as with jazz,you can still improvise andplay the music as only youcould. To break out is tosound your voice, loud andclear, and to tell your ownstory.

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