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Budget woes spawn parents’ groupParents in New Westminster have

formed an ad hoc group to stir up interestand bring some fresh faces to the schoolboard in the upcoming civic election, cit-ing the district’s ongoing budget troublesas the reason they came together.

There are about 12 parents from schoolsall over the city involved in the groupcalled New Westminster Parents for PublicEducation (P4PE), and their goal is tohave a “voice” in this year’s civic electionin November, organizer Kelly Slade-Kerrtold The Record.

“We are a group of concerned par-ents committed to public education whowant to give parents a stronger voice inthe upcoming school board elections,”explained Slade-Kerr, a lawyer whosechildren attend École Glenbrook MiddleSchool and Herbert Spencer Elementary.“Confidence in our school district hasbeen shaken. We’re not here to criticize– we’re here to get more involved, findsolutions and build confidence in our pub-lic schools.”

The group formed in a living roomabout two months ago and plans to holda meeting for anyone who is interested inbecoming involved in mid-April an exactdate hasn’t yet been determined.

“There is definitely a desire that we canidentify people and support people whowant to run for school district,” Slade-Kerrsaid, adding it remains to be seen whetherthey will support any current school trust-ees. “We haven’t gotten that far yet. This is

at a very grassroots stage.”Slade-Kerr said she hasn’t decided

whether she will run in November’s elec-tion.

The goal of the group, which Slade-Kerr said isn’t a political party, is to bringa “renewal of the board,” with a greaterscope of skills and new perspectives, andrebuild confidence in the school district,

she said.The mother of two said she’s felt the

impact of recent budget cuts with thereduction of a French immersion resourceteacher, and cuts to supplies, equipmentand field trips.

The school district hit a major financialsnag in 2012, when it revealed a multimil-lion-dollar surprise deficit. The following

year, the district had to cut approximately62 jobs – about eight per cent of its work-force – to balance the budget, and it stillowes almost $5 million to the Ministry ofEducation for previous budget shortfalls,which it must repay.

To contact the group, email [email protected].

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Schoolconcerns:Kelly Slade-Kerr, whosedaughterSophiaattendsschool atHerbertSpencerElementary,is amonga group oflocal parentswho havebandedtogether tohave a voiceand runcandidatesin the civicelection thisfall.

New study shows coal project a risk to healthA new study out of Washington State

University suggests the Fraser SurreyDocks coal terminal expansion projectwould have a major impact on the healthof residents living near the facility.

And local academics say the studyunderlines the fact that approval of the

Fraser Surrey Docks project will inevitablylead to increased levels of known carcino-gens in the air – particularly in the neigh-bourhoods adjacent to the terminal.

“The increases in particles that thisstudy attributed to even current levelsof rail traffic were much higher than Iwould have expected and suggest that theproposed increases in rail traffic will havelarge impacts on concentrations in areas

around rail corridors,” said ProfessorMichael Brauer of the University of BritishColumbia’s School of Population andPublic Health.

“We have very little data on residentialexposure to emissions from rail in generaland to coal trains specifically, so this studyis important.”

The study conducted by ProfessorDan Jaffe and published in Atmospheric

Pollution Research found that air pollutionlevels in a Seattle neighbourhood spikedwhen loaded coal trains passed. The studyshowed that levels of small particles of air-borne pollution from train engines’ dieselexhaust and “larger particles believed tobe coal dust” hit levels normally found inheavy industrial areas.

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Joseph Segal is pleased to be involvedin the revival of a place where hehelped make his mark in the businessworld.

The City of New Westminsterannounced last week that it sold MerchantSquare for $36.5 million to 777 ColumbiaStreet, a partnership jointly owned byKingswood Capital and Duke Holdings– a company jointly owned by business-men Joseph Segal and Suki Sekhon. It’sbeen years since Segal has been to NewWestminster, but his business roots onColumbia Street go back more than fourdecades.

“I used to own a company called Fields.Store Number 2 was in New Westminster,just sitting about where this new conven-tion centre is,” he told The Record. “That iscoincidental.”

At one time, Segal also owned a Zellersstore that was located in New Westminster.

In addition to founding Fields StoresLimited, Segal’s business dealings includepurchasing Zellers in 1976, becominga major shareholder and member ofHudson’s Bay board in 1979, and formingKingswood Capital Corporation, a realestate developer and acquirer of compa-nies for turn-around in 1979.

When the Uptown Property Groupwithdrew from the Merchant Square proj-ect, the city decided to build the officetower on top of its new convention andcommunity facility, Anvil Centre.

Mayor Wayne Wright said he wrote alist of three potential purchasers and putout a call to the first person on his list– Segal.

“He said, yes,” Wright recalled of theirmeeting. “That’s why it’s magic. My inten-tion was maybe to have someone that waslocal that could maybe do more for our citybecause of who they were or the business theyhad, and their affiliation with the city, nowor in the past. That really made the list prettysmall.”

Segal said the initial meeting betweenhimself, Sekhon and Wright was very straight-forward and gauged potential interest in theproject. The businessmen were interested.

“I think that this is a very fair deal – bothways. That is the important thing. A deal thatis imbalanced is never going to work,” he said.“This is good for the city and it will be, hope-fully, good for us. The city knows exactly whatit is – we don’t. We are not going to knowwhat the result is – it could take a year, it couldtake two, it could take three. Who knows?We’ve got to find a tenant. Do you want tolease some space?”

While “very few” institutions or people buyempty buildings because of the costs of own-ing unleased buildings, Segal said “everythingis a calculated risk” and Merchant Square wasa risk worth taking.

“It didn’t matter that the other peopledidn’t deliver, or weren’t interested. Thatdidn’t bother me at all. You look at things

the way they are in your eyes, not somebodyelse’s eyes,” he said. “It is in the eyes of thebeholder.”

Segal said the building’s proximity toSkyTrain was its main selling feature.

“It’s the simple fact that it is on transit. Itis part of the convention centre and it makeseconomic sense,” he said. “There is not a lot ofoffice market in New Westminster, but we aregoing to have to create that market, and that’swhat we will try and do.”

Segal recalls the days when the downtownwas a economic hub for the region.

“I think New Westminster, it was the jewelin the crown, is going to come back. It’s goingto be a jewel in the crown again,” he said.“You’ve got everything going for you. You aresitting right smack in the middle of everything.All you have to do is open your arms andmake everybody aware of where you are, andwhat you are. You are central, you are focused.You have to make it inviting.”

As part of the business deal, the city willretain ownership of Anvil Centre, a confer-ence and community facility, ground-levelretail space and the three-level undergroundparkade. Segal believes the project is a step for-ward for New Westminster.

“I can tell you very frankly if you wantto create a community and you want tocreate fulcrum in the city, you need officespace, you need a convention centre,”Segal said. “This was not the developmentof an office building. This was a complex.This is a convention centre, so that if youhave a wedding, if you have a conven-tion, if you have a need to accommodate300, 400 or 500 people, why would yousend them away to Vancouver or Burnabybecause you can’t accommodate them.We bought the office building because webelieve in the potential.”

Some community members viewed thecity’s decision to proceed with construc-tion of the office tower as a bold move,while others thought it was too financiallyrisky.

“Who else would have precipitatedsomething of this nature in downtownNew Westminster? No one. They wouldhave said, ‘New Westminster, that’s thelast place in the world I want to build anoffice building or a convention centre,’ sothe city did it because it’s important forthe evolution of the city,” Segal said. “Sonow the net result will be that it will bethe fulcrum and there will be other thingsthat will happen as a result of it within thecity. Hopefully it will attract some otherbusiness to the city as tenants. If the mar-ketplace isn’t going to do it, and the citybelieves in it, they should do it. It’s a calcu-lated risk. What’s the worst that happens?So it takes a little longer or you make alittle less, but it’s not as if it’s the end ofthe world. It’s a city. New Westminsterwas the fulcrum, it was a community thateverybody that lived there was proud of,and then it sort of went into decay andColumbia Street became derelict. It used to

be a vibrant street, and this is going to reviveit.”

In addition to his business dealings, Segaland his wife Rosalie are well-known phi-lanthropists, having contributed millionsof dollars to charitable causes includingVariety Club, education scholarships andthe Vancouver General Hospital and UBCHospital Foundation. Locally, the Segals havecontributed to Honour House, a facility thatprovides temporary housing for wounded orinjured military personnel and first respond-ers, and their families, who are receiving careor rehabilitation in the Lower Mainland.

Segal rarely visits his real estate acquisitionsas they are “ordinary,” but he anticipates he’llbe visiting Merchant Square once it’s complete.

“There has been a revival taking place onColumbia Street,” he said. “I think this is acommitment. This stands out and says, webelieve. That’s important. If the city and thecity management and the city administrationdoesn’t believe – then why should I believe?But they did it. Does that give me comfort?Simply and purely because it’s a step in theright direction. A step in the right direction isbetter than a slide in the wrong direction.”

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The district is one step closer to a long-overdue replacement for the aging NewWestminster Secondary School.

The company building a $17.6-millionmiddle school presented the site design atthe board of education’s public meeting,where trustee Casey Cook said getting thehigh school built hinges on the construc-tion cycle of three new schools inthe city.

“Expediting the constructionprocess at École Fraser MiddleSchool allows the project at thehigh school to commence also onan expedited basis, once the proj-ect agreement is signed,” Cooktold The Record.

When the new middle schoolis built, the district can funnelGrade 8 students to that school forSeptember 2015 and then beginconstruction on the high school,Cook explained.

The district is working onthree new schools for the city – anelementary school on the formerSt. Mary’s Hospital site, which isopening in September, a middleschool at the John Robson ele-mentary site, and a replacementhigh school. A project agreementbetween the district and theMinistry of Education has yet to besigned to replace the high school,which parents have been anticipat-ing for more than a decade.

Board chair Jonina Campbell praised theplans for the middle school, now officiallynamed École Fraser River Middle School,which include separate drama and musicrooms, as well as a double gym.

“I was really taken with how bright andspacious it is inside the school,” Campbellsaid. “I like how there is a lot of open areasand places for kids to gather, which I under-stand is pedagogically really important forthe middle school – where kids have lots ofworkspaces, and it’s designed in such a waythat they are under supervision but work-ing independently.”

Campbell was also impressed with howthe developer, Yellowridge Construction,worked with the complex school site, whichcurrently houses John Robson Elementaryand is situated on a steep grade.

At Tuesday’s meeting, trustees heardthat the site will also house a new boardoffice with approximately 21 offices forstaff. The board office will be in a separatebuilding from the school and have its ownaddress and parking lot.

Currently, the district’s board officedowntown also houses two alternate pro-grams and an adult education program.The district hasn’t decided where those pro-grams will go when the board offices move

to the middle school site.“We have 18 months to develop

a plan for the alternate programsand the adult learning centres,”Campbell said, noting trusteesaren’t considering putting the pro-grams at the middle school.

The district wants to get out ofits lease on the Columbia Squareproperty, which eats up $700,000from its operating budget annu-ally.

“At the end of the day, it’s beena strategic decision in order to freeup operating funds and (to get)us out of these leases,” Campbellsaid about the decision to movethe board office.

As for the new middle school,its main entrance will be offQueens Avenue.

“I like how they’ve done thattoo, because it’s the quieter of thestreets,” Campbell said. “It’s saferfor drop-offs and pickup.”

The other appeal ofYellowridge’s design is that it pro-tects the 200-year-old trees on the

site, she said.The old John Robson Elementary school

is slated for demolition in August, and thenew middle school will open in September2015.

In order to meet the deadline, construc-tion on the new school must begin thismonth, the district says. Yellowridge rep-resentatives told trustees the site will befenced, dust will be controlled throughmonitoring, and they will work with theschool’s staff to ensure disruptions are keptto a minimum.

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Everyone wants a piece of HyackDear Editor:

I’m curious. Why is it, if Hyack is so out-of-date,behind-the-times and small-minded, that the Hyackdetractors want everything it has?

Were there not five Hyack board members whowanted Hyack under their control so bad theyrelentlessly instigated a hostile takeover – only tofail? Then, did not Bart Slotman in a letter to theeditor (The Record, Sept. 25) admit to taking domainnames that belonged to Hyack? Did he not state“Yes, I personally registered these domains,” yetdocuments showed at the time he registered bothfestivalsnewwest.com. and .ca for Uptown PropertyGroup on Aug. 30? Has he returned these domainsto Hyack?

Then there is the question of ownership of thebrand/event Uptown Live! While Mr. Slotman

claims it is his, why did Coun. Betty McIntoshmake note that it was the proprietary property ofHyack Festival Association during a council meet-ing? While the question of ownership of UptownLive! continues, is it not the intent of the UptownBusiness Association New West – of which Mr.Slotman is chair – to involve Alliance West SportEnt., a company owned by the past executive direc-tor of Hyack? Was this intent not included as partof their Oct. 30 application by the Uptown BusinessAssociation for the funding of Uptown Live!

If that was not enough, I read with interest thatMr. Slotman now wants Hyack’s crowd from theparade. Can Uptown Live! not draw a crowd of itsown, especially with the outrageous sum of taxpay-ers’ money it was given?

Wouldn’t having the demi-god of all event mar-keting, who the city cried tears for and who was

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IN MY OPINIONPETER KVARNSTROM

Everything old will become newagain – that old saying is self-fulfilling.It’s especially true in the world of pol-itics.

Governments using their majoritymay have an accepted route toconstruct an advantage whenit comes to our democracy, butthat doesn’t make it right.

The word “gerrymander-ing” recalls an older era when govern-ments rigged riding borders to create thebest benefit.

But our current federal government

is going a big step beyond what wasonce considered part of the game.

The latest steps by the Harper govern-ment reach beyond the lines of partisan-ship and into the realm of the franchise

that Canadians have come totake for granted.

The ironicially titled FairElections Act, or Bill C23, isbeing roundly criticized by

scholars, pundits, the opposition andpeople from many walks of life – parti-san and not.

Described by the government as a

means to reform the federal electoralmachinery, it has all the handiwork of atrojan horse in the form of a ballot box.

What the Conservatives have put onthe table is double layered in its lackof transparency – they want little to nodebate on the bill and have mined itwith items that would only benefit theparty in power.

Taking on just two of its contentiouspoints: the elimination of voter informa-tion cards as one piece of eligible iden-tification (but never the only source)would make voting more difficult for

students, seniors in care facilities, andFirst Nations people, and strippingElections Canada of its ability to safe-guard the electoral process and elimin-ate the role in promoting voter participa-tion.

Emboldened by a majority in theHouse and having stacked the Senatewith yes men, Stephen Harper now hasall the leverage to make his home fieldadvantage last.

But the right to vote shouldn’t becarved with such an obviously partisanblade.

nominated as a possible Citizen of the Year– not be enough to ensure the overwhelm-ing success of Uptown Live! as a stand-alone event?

Then there was the initiative by Coun.Chuck Puchmayr to take the Parade ofLights from Hyack and give it to thecity to produce. Referred to by some as“Chuck’s City Christmas Parade” (CCCP),was this line-up of first-responder vehiclesand cars with city employees really betterthan Hyack’s past parades? Recently, incouncil during discussions on Hyack, Mr.Puchmayr was heard to say (paraphras-ing) “if it takes place” in regard to theinternational parade. Is he planning ontaking this from Hyack too?

On Feb. 17, I watched council whereMrs. Radbourne (Hyack President 98/99,wife of the 2012 Hyack president and incharge of the 2011 to 2013 Hyack MissNew Westminster ambassador program)asked for money to fund her ambassadorprogram. Hasn’t the ambassador programbeen Hyack’s for over 40 years.

Why did Coun. Betty McIntosh feel itnecessary to inform council she had anoutside legal opinion, if ownership ofthis program and name was not likelyto become a legal matter? Recent articlesinform it has a high probability to do so.

Further, wasn’t Mrs. Radbourne’s pre-sentation made even more suspect by thepresence of Mariane Kazemir, one of therogue ex-directors of the failed takeover ofHyack, sitting beside her? Is she one of thenine directors on this “new” Ambassadorprogram? How many other rogue ex-direc-tors serve on Radbourne’s board?

So why are those so critical of Hyackthe ones who are so eager to take every-thing it has? Are they incapable of creatinganything new of their own? In this letter,I have identified domains, events, brands,crowds, past personnel, parades and youthprograms that are being acquired fromHyack presumably without its consent butwith the apparent sanction of council andmayor, with the exception of McIntosh.Seems to me, these actions are confirma-tion that Hyack is indeed desirable andrelevant.

Has taking what doesn’t belong to youbecome the new norm in politics and busi-ness in New West? We used to be a city ofgiving. Are we now a city of taking?

Paul R. Thompson, New Westminster

Why this rate of growth?Dear Editor:

An open letter to mayor and council:Before we approve any more highrises

we need to consider the consequences ofearthquakes. The report by the InsuranceBureau of Canada (Vancouver Sun, Oct.30, 2013) reviewed several recent stud-ies of the Cascadia subduction zone offsouthwest B.C. and found that we are notprepared for ‘the big one.’

The insurance bureau review estimateddamage in B.C. from an earthquake andtsunami at $75 billion, not counting injuryand loss of life. “There will be damagesto buildings in Vancouver, Richmond andNew Westminster …” and “For the firsttime in Canada the effects of the tsunami,landslides, fires and liquefaction were alsomodelled. Liquefaction describes the effectof shaking that turns loose wet soil intoquicksand.”

Highrises and high-density develop-ment on the floodplain come to mind.We need to consult the scientists who didthe studies to assess what we need to do.(These first studies in 20 years and thescientists who did them are detailed in thebook Full Rip 9.1 by Sandi Doughton).

The more people and buildings, themore damage. How many people wouldall the proposed highrises add to our pop-ulation? How many people on average arewe adding to the city each year? (It’s notonly outside traffic; we’re adding gridlockourselves.)

HowmanypeopleliveinQueensboroughtoday? How many do you expect when thenew official community plan is built out?Do we have an emergency plan?

How many people live in the rest of thecity now? How many do you expect whenthe official community plan is built out?

What total population do you havein mind for the city? Why this rate ofgrowth?

I look forward to your answers.Hildegard Bechler, Queensborough

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newspapers are strug-gling financially. HavingVictoria force a $14-milliontax on newspapers in thecurrent environment looksan awful lot like someonethrowing an anchor to adrowning person.

Sadly, every singlenewspaper, from largeregional dailies to thesmallest communityweekly, in every part of theprovince, will be impacted.Indeed, there is no greaterthreat to the vibrancy ofBritish Columbia’s newspa-per industry today than thegovernment’s new recy-cling policy. Think aboutthat for a minute whileenjoying your next read. Itis your daily newspaper,your community weekly,that is at risk here.

But the new recyclingregime will not only causea wave of damage and joblosses across newsrooms

everywhere, it will alsohave an impact on manyother businesses, as wellas thousands of municipaljobs that will be put at riskwith the loss of local deci-sion making for our recy-cling programs.

And, don’t believe for aminute that this will some-how help B.C. families. Thereality is that these costswill be passed on to con-sumers, who will now payfor the cost of recyclingevery time they have a boxof pizza delivered, pick upa carton of milk, or buy aroll of toilet paper.

The government stillhasn’t said what was sowrong with the currentblue box program that theycould only fix it by hurtinglocal businesses and cost-ing hard-working peopletheir jobs. Yet, in spite ofhaving no clear rationale,the province seems intenton gambling away the suc-

cess of the blue box with anexperiment in somethingthey like to call “extendedproducer responsibility.”

The ironic truth, ofcourse, is that the gov-ernment’s new hands-offapproach actually rep-resents an abdication ofresponsibility, not its exten-sion.

As a result, decisionsabout nearly every aspectof our recycling systemwill be handed over to asmall group of big busi-nesses based thousandsof kilometres east of theRockies.

British Columbia’senvironment minister maythink that’s just fine, butI suspect the people ofBritish Columbia mighthave a different opinion.

Peter Kvarnstrom is chairof the Canadian NewspaperAssociation and president ofB.C. operations for GlacierMedia Group.

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route “may put these resi-dents over the new U.S.National Ambient AirQuality Standards,” Jaffewrote in his study.

Some of the particlesmeasured during the studywere 30 times more slen-der than a human hair andcould easily penetrate deepinside a person’s respira-tory system, causing lungand heart disease.

Brauer said if an airquality study aroundFraser Surrey Docksshowed levels similar tothose found in Seattle byJaffe, those levels wouldexceed Canada-Wide AirQuality Standards set tokick in starting 2015. Andhe said exposure to thesekind of airborne particlesisn’t just an annoyance –it’s potentially deadly.

“Exposure to particu-late air pollution is muchmore than a nuisance – it isstrongly linked to increaseddeaths and reduced lifeexpectancy and is recog-nized by the WHO (WorldHealth Organization) as

a cause of lung cancer,”Brauer said.

Jaffe’s study hasrenewed calls from oppo-nents to the FSD coal proj-ect for the health ministryto step in and require anindependent analysis ofthe health risks posed bythe proposed expansion.

“Health Minister TerryLake and EnvironmentMinister Mary Polak needto step up to the plate –frankly, they are not doingtheir job to protect thehealth interests of the pub-lic,” said New WestminsterEnvironmental Partnersspokesman AndrewMurray.

“I can’t understand whyPort Metro Vancouver con-tinues to try to bypass thehealth authorities. They’vedone everything they canto avoid going through anindependent health impactstudy.”

Last month, Port MetroVancouver, the federalauthority responsible forapproving the proposal,requested Fraser SurreyDocks provide more infor-

mation on the impacts onhuman health posed bythe project. Port Metrowants more informationon, among other things“impacts of coal dust anddiesel emissions, particu-larly how they impactvulnerable populationslike children, seniors andpeople with respiratoryissues.”

Port Metro expects theadditional material willtake “a few months” toassemble and submit.

But Kevin Washbrookof Voters Taking Action onClimate Change said thepublic will have no chanceto comment on the newinformation being assem-bled by Fraser SurreyDocks.

“I would be surprisedif they show it’s anythingbut safe, and without inde-pendent oversight andtransparency, I wouldn’t

trust the results,” he said.“It’s arrogant for them tosay ‘We know better, trustus.’”

And Washbrook saidthere’s no such thing as a

“safe” level of coal dust ordiesel fume particulate.

“There is no safe level.With diesel fumes and coaldust, even the lowest lev-els have risk. What they’re

saying is, ‘We know therisk, we will determine ifit’s acceptable.’”

Fraser Surrey Dockscould not be reached forcomment at presstime.

A rodent may have bit off more than itcould chew on Monday night.

The city’s fire and electrical crews werecalled to the 700 block of Hamilton Streetafter a power pole caught on fire.

“There was a high voltage cable fail-ure,” said Pierre Gaudreault, manager of

the city’s electrical utility. “That caused thepower outage.”

The March 10 power outage affectinghundreds of residents living in highrises inthe 600 and 700 blocks of Hamilton Streetand several businesses along Sixth Streetlasted about three hours, while residents ofone building were without power for about12 hours.

“We had to replace a cable that supplied

electricity to 720 Hamilton St.,” Gaudreaultsaid, noting the old cable had to be removedand replaced. “There is no quick fix.”

It’s believed a squirrel or rat may havesparked the power outage.

“We suspect a rodent got into the cableand started to chew on it. They find a littlespot and tend to nest in there. Our suspi-cion is that is what happened,” Gaudreaultsaid. “The cable was not that old.”

When rodents chew enough of the wire,the result is a “huge blast of heat,” whichcauses the fire, Gaudreault said.

New Westminster firefighters extin-guished the fire to the power pole, andthen electrical crews got to work repairingthe damage and restoring power.

No human injuries were reported andno traces of rodents were found at thescene.

Rodent blamed for uptown power outageBY THERESA MCMANUS [email protected]

Coal: Study says coal trains pose hazards to human health◗ continued from page 1 Trouble in the

air?Coal trainscould be rum-bling throughB.C. en route toFraser SurreyDocks if a newproposal comesto pass – and anew study saysthat could posehealth hazards.

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The suspects had thelone clerk of the restaurantlie on the floor while theytook more than $2,000 fromthe cash register, the releaseexplained.

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believe these suspects areresponsible for more than12 other robberies through-out the Lower Mainland.

“In past robberies, thesesuspects have used pepperspray and butcher knives,but in this robbery, theweapon is unknown,” sheadded.

Police describe the firstsuspect as a clean-shaven,South Asian man in hisearly 20s about six feet tallwith a stocky build. He wasseen wearing a black hood-ie with “bad boys” writ-ten across the front in largegold letters.

The second suspect isdescribed as a Caucasianman, also clean-shaven andabout six feet tall with amedium build.

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In just a couple of years in the city,Jeremy Perry has found plenty of waysto give back to the community he’s

immersed himself in.Perry and his husband, Ian Dagami,

moved here in November 2011, after theowner of the condo they were renting inEast Vancouver told them she wanted tomove back into her place.

“We were a little shaken by the factthat we didn’thave control overwhere we lived,because previouslywe owned a placein Toronto,” Perryexplained. “Thenwe realized that wecould either buya three-bedroomin New West or a

shoebox in Vancouver.”Now, the 30-year-old employee ben-

efits consultant is well ingrained in thecommunity where he volunteers withnumerous organizations, including theRotary Club of New Westminster, QuestNew West, New West Pride and KidSportNew West.

Niki Hope: What did you think when youmoved here?

Jeremy Perry: Well, I was reallyimpressed (with) the walkability of thedowntown core, because we live rightdowntown.

As far as the community, it really feltlike a small town with city amenities. Igrew up in a farming town. In Vancouver,we never really felt like we found com-munity, whereas in New West it justseemed to fall into our lap, and every-body was so welcoming and so friendly. Ifound this community very approachable.It was a really great welcome.

NH: How have you integrated yourselfhere?

JP: I threw myself into communityinvolvement, so I joined the Rotary Club.I got involved with KidSport. I startedgoing to the N.E.X.T. New West events. Istarted attending some of the Chamber ofCommerce events. I’ve volunteered withthe New West Pride Society.

NH: Were you surprised there was a PrideSociety here? Did you know before you movedhere that there were Pride events?

JP: I had no idea. Who’s heard of NewWest Pride? Come on (he says, laughing)!I’m vice-president of the society now, so Iprobably shouldn’t talk about it that way.

NH: Have you found New West to be aprogressive community in that sense? A wel-coming community?

JP: For sure, no issues whatsoever. Iactually, I have grown up in a generationwhere I’ve never found anywhere to be aproblem. I’ve never actually consideredthe fact that I might marry aman to form a part of my cen-tral identity. … I don’t reallyconsider myself a gay man– I’m just me.

NH: What is it aboutKidSport?

JP: The thing that I loveabout KidSport is the idea ofgiving. So kids who are comingfrom disadvantaged families,and are lower-income families,have a harder time integratinginto community because theirparents don’t have the economic resourc-es to provide them with the opportuni-ties that kids from wealthier householdswould have.

I see KidSport as an equalization fac-tor, where they give these kids an oppor-

tunity to go mingle and make friends andto really get to know kids that might beoutside of their socioeconomic situation,and I think that that’s really important to

build vibrant communities – isto plant those roots young.

NH: Tell me about Rotary’swork to eradicate polio around theworld.

JP: We are kind of in thefinal stretches. The WorldHealth Organization says thatit’s possible to see the last caseof polio happen in 2015, so(I’m glad) knowing that I’mpart of a global organizationthat’s made that their primaryflagship since … the ’80s.

At the time, it was endemic in 125countries, and today it’s only present inthree.

That’s billions of dollars later thatthey’ve donated to the cause, and a lot ofRotarians go into these dangerous places

now and vaccinate children.(That’s the) global side, but it also

(includes) a lot of local stuff … thingslike the Rotary Tower, our club owns andoperates a housing tower for low-incomeseniors and provides them with subsi-dized rent.

We do so much work with youth. Ithink we give away almost $20,000 to thehigh school every year in scholarshipsand bursaries.

We participate anytime any cause inthe community comes to us and says theyneed help with something. It’s very, veryrare to hear us say no.

NH: Is there anything you don’t likeabout the city?

JP: I don’t like that when you look atthe politics in the city there seems to aperception of the old guard versus thenew. I would much rather see everybodyworking together and really looking

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N: Do you missVancouver?

JP: Not at all, not at all.The reason I don’t miss itis I feel like I haven’t left it.I’m so close to Vancouver,and when I’m talking topeople in Vancouver, theyare like ‘Oh you live all ofthe way out in New West.’

Last Tuesday I was ata breakfast meeting inVancouver, and somebodymade a comment to me …“You live so far away outin New West,” and I waslike, “it doesn’t feel thatfar away.”

(I asked) “How longdid it take you to get tobreakfast today?” He saidit took him 40 minutes,and I was like, “OK, ittook me 35, … so you livein Vancouver, I live in NewWest, but I got to breakfastquicker than you did.”

So I don’t miss thehustle and bustle ofVancouver because it’s

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in a building with a doorto the SkyTrain station,so maybe my reality isn’teverybody’s reality.

That’s something I dolove about New West ishow many people live soclose to SkyTrain. With fiveSkyTrain stops in town,it’s incredible how quicklypeople can get to SkyTrain.

NH: A day with nocommitments, what’s yourfavourite thing to do in NewWest?

JP: I have tight-knitfamily, so it would besomething with the family,whether that’s going fora walk along the river orgoing to one of the manyparks. In the summer,bringing my nephews toone of the water parks …Queen’s Park or HumePark.

Do you know of someonewho is new to New West? Orare you a new resident? Ifso, send details and contactinformation to [email protected].

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Check out our popularfeature, The Record’s Top Five(or More) Things to Do ThisWeekend and offer the follow-ing suggestions for March 14 to16.

1Head to Queen’s ParkArena, where theVancouver Canucks

Alumni will take on theNew Westminster Police andSalmonbellies in the Cops forCancer charity hockey game.New Westminster Bruins leg-endary coach Ernie PunchMcLean will be behind the

bench as an honorary coach.The event features a 50-50 draw,outdoor barbecue and silentauction for Canucks Alumnimerchandise, with proceedsgoing the New WestminsterPolice Department’s Copsfor Cancer fund, the NewWestminster SalmonbelliesAlumni Scholarship Fund andthe Vancouver Canucks AlumniFoundation. Tickets are $10 foradults, $5 for kids and $15 fora four-person family and areavailable at Queen’s Park andMoody Park arenas.

2Welcome spring a weebit early by viewing

Floriography, The SilentLanguage of Flowers exhibitionat the Arts Council Gallery in

Queen’s Park. The exhibitionfeatures your favourite flow-ers on large canvases. The artscouncil gallery is open Tuesdayto Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. inCentennial Lodge in Queen’sPark.

3Let the younger generationin on the St. Patrick’s Day

celebrations with some kid-friendly fun at Boston Pizza.The event, taking place onSunday, March 16 from noon to4 p.m., includes face painting,crafts and a goody bag to takehome. It’s free to register, butspace is limited. Call 604-525-3340 or email [email protected].

4Get a jump on Monday’s St.Patrick Day’s celebrations

and drop by one of the localwatering holes for abite to eat and a bev-erage this weekend.If you’re not workingon March 17, you canextend the weekendand be Irish for a day– and maybe evenenjoy a green beerand some Irish enter-tainment.

5Head to RiverMarket and do

some shopping onSaturday, March15. The Royal CityFarmers Market, fea-turing produce, crafts, preparedfoods and entertainment, takesplace from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The

Artisans Fair, which runs from11 a.m. to 4 p.m.,includes items suchas jewelry, books,knitwear, painting,carving, beadworkand more. RiverMarket is at 810Quayside Dr.

Email your Top 5ideas to [email protected] orsend them to [email protected] can also check outour full arts and eventscalendar listings on ourwebsite’s homepage at

www.royalcityrecord.com.– compiled by staff reporter

Theresa McManus

Kudos to two localeye doctors whorecently saw some

big honours come theirway.

Dr. Brenda Horner,who practises optometryin New Westminster, hasbeen elected vice-presidentof the B.C. Associationof Optometrists, and herassociate, Dr. ShainulWaljee, was the recipientof the Young Optometristof the Year award.

Horner owns FamilyEyecare Centre of NewWestminster.

Recognized as an out-standing member in prac-tice for less than 10 years,Waljee works at FamilyEyecare Centre in NewWestminster.

Waljee dedicates hertime to the communitythrough parent educationseminars at local healthunits and has participatedin eye care missions inMexico, Tunisia and India.

Helping womenThe trade union Unifor

announced recently thatit was donating $100,000to 50 women’s sheltersacross Canada in conjunc-tion with InternationalWomen’s Day held onMarch 8.

In New Westminster,the union, which repre-sents workers at this paper(including me), presenteda cheque to MonarchPlace, which provides shel-ter and support to womenand their children who arefleeing domestic violence.

Artisan’s fairFor those who love a

little crafty shopping, getdown to the River Market.

The event will fea-ture artisans from NewWestminster and beyondshowcasing their waresincluding jewelry, quilting,books, beadwork, knit-wear, painting and more.

This truly local shop-ping experience is beingheld on Saturday, March15, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.Visitors can also take in thedelicious food and breath-taking surroundings thatthe market has to offer.

For more, visit www.rivermarket.ca.

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Learn how to “get agrip” at a presenta-tion taking place at

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expert on the science ofself-control, will talk aboutTaming the ImpulsiveBeast: Self-Control as OurGreatest Human Strength.The free event takesplace Tuesday, March 18from noon to 1 p.m. inRoom 2201 of the NewWestminster campus, 700Royal Ave.

DeWall, a psychologyprofessor at the Universityof Kentucky, will explainhow self-control is both ourgreatest human strengthand the easiest to improve.

“We all have heroes whomotivate us to become bet-ter versions of ourselvesand the success of thoseheroes relies on a commoningredient: self-control,” hesaid in a press release. “Iwant to explain the scienceof self-control and showpeople that we aren’t asdifferent from our heroesas we think. We all havewhat it takes to achieve ourgoals.”

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DeWall, who receivedthe 2011 College of Artsand Sciences OutstandingTeaching Award, has hadmore than 120 scientificarticles and chapters pub-lished. He is also directorof the Social PsychologyLab at the University ofKentucky.

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Heritage afloatNew Westminster’s

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The theme of HeritageWeek 2014 is HeritageAfloat, a topic near anddear to the city’s history.The society’s March pro-gram carries on with themaritime topic featuredat the society’s February’spresentation.

“This March presenta-tion follows on the imagesand stories from February’slook at the theme withmore colourful maritimeaccounts, tales and pho-tographs,” stated a pressrelease. “Also, AshleighHibbins from the FraserRiver Discovery Centre willbring information abouta FRDC project that con-nects Heritage Afloat, theanniversary of the start ofWorld War I and local river-related stories.”

Interested? Drop by thefree presentation takingplace on Wednesday, March19 at 7:30 p.m. at the NewWestminster Public Libraryat 716 Sixth Ave.

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The 2014 applicationdeadline is Monday, April7 at 5 p.m. Last year, more

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For more informationabout the grants, contactprogram coordinatorMaylen Crespo at [email protected] or 604-525-9144,extension 3667.

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The Fire and Ice scienceshow gets underway at 2p.m., and tickets must bepurchased in advance. Eachticket includes a voucherfor a free kid’s meal atBoston Pizza New West.

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The sweet sounds ofa successful studentchoir were enjoyed

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recently.Students from the New

Westminster SecondarySchool Music Departmentchamber choir performedfor the board of educa-tion, providing welcomeentertainment to schooltrustees.

The choir sang U2’shauntingly beautiful Withor Without You and anupbeat African song.

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choir, led by KellyProznick, is well-knownfor its tradition of excel-lence.

The course was intro-duced in 2009 as a step-ping-stone into post-sec-ondary vocal programs.

The students singmore advanced choralrepertoire with increasedfocus on the classicalwestern choral cannon.This group has gained

a reputation for excel-lence, and as a result, hasbeen invited to performas guests with ensemblessuch as the UBC U Singersand Coastal Sound YouthChoir. In November, thechoir was invited as one ofsix local high-school choirsto participate in VoicesWest, a choral workshopweekend that featuredfive of the strongest com-munity youth choirs

from Western Canada.As well, the choir wasinvited to the first-everUBC Invitational ChoralFestival. They have justreceived an invitation tosing Mozart’s Requiemat the Lincoln Center inNew York City under thedirection of UBC choraldirector Graeme Langagerin spring 2015. Membersof the group travelled toBanff last spring for the

Rocky Mountain MusicFestival, where theyworked with acclaimedSouth African conductorLhente-Mari Pitout. Inless than a month, duringspring break, many of thestudent singers are travel-ling to Cuba for a culturaland musical tour.

Do you have an item forClass Act? Send news fromlocal schools to Niki, [email protected].

This year’s HeritageWeek theme wasHeritage Afloat.

New Westminster has,from its earliest days inthe mid-1800s, witnessedcountless vessels of manystyles, modes of propul-sion, varieties of cargo,functionality and story-lines.

Many people enjoy the“snagpuller” Samson V,now a maritime museummoored at WestminsterQuay, linking back throughthe four other Samsons tothe 1880s. The story of theHMS Plumper, a BritishNaval survey ship, wasof an early vessel on thecoast and into the Fraser.It is fascinating to imagineher sitting in the river offtoday’s Sapperton LandingPark, carrying out hersurveys and soundings,numbers that are still seenon charts.

Others find ferriesmore interesting. The firstto cross the river here

was the K de K, followedby the Surrey, both ofwhich were replaced bya series of bridges. Whoremembers seeing the B.C.Ferries’ Queen of NewWestminster sitting at thecentral dock in the RoyalCity after a major refit inthe 1970s?

There were also freight-ers that carried the nameNew Westminster, via theCity of New Westminster,as well as a flower-classcorvette, HMCS NewWestminster, in the RoyalCanadian Navy that servedin the Second World War.A set of freighters builtaround the same time

had a number of “park”ships with local name con-nections, including theQueen’s Park, TipperaryPark and Sapperton Park.

The D.L. Clinch, a sail-ing ship, was honouredby the community whenit sailed in late 1859with a cargo of woodand cranberries. Thisship went down in NewWestminster’s history asthe first to leave the portwith cargo for a foreigndestination.

A ship that was a famil-iar sight on the river formany years from about1918 to the mid-1960s,was the rail car carrier, SS

Canora. Many people havepersonal stories about thisship and its travel betweenthe Fraser River’s PortMann, Canadian Nationalrail yards, and its initialdestination of Patricia Bayon the Saanich Peninsulaon Vancouver Island.

Any list of prominentmaritime connections local-ly must include CaptainWilliam Irving, a leader inthe sternwheeler industryin early B.C., whose familyhome in New Westminsteris a proud, renowned, riv-erboat captain’s Victorianhouse, open to the public.

Irving had manypaddlewheelers in his day,

and a story from June of1863 about the sternwheelsteamer Reliance offers aglimpse of the early trade.At Emory Creek on theFraser, between Hope andYale, high water often cre-ated a bar that blockedvessels. Captain Irvingchallenged this bar andwon, and the communitycelebrated.

The New WestminsterHistorical Society gather-ing, on Wednesday, March19, starting at 7:30 p.m.in the New WestminsterPublic Library auditorium,will feature lots moreHeritage Afloat stories andimages – join us.

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Today we’re kicking off anew feature for The Record,Fill in the Blanks.

It’s designed to spotlightinteresting folks from the city’sarts and entertainment commun-ity.

Each subject fills in a ques-tionnaire, “filling in the blanks”to let us know a littlebit more about them-selves.

In today’s edition,we meet artist andgraphic designerCliff Blank, a member of theNew West Artists group (andyes, that really is his last name).

Here’s Cliff …1. I am a graphic designer byday, student by night.2. I spend my time working onstudying to become an educa-tor’s assistant.3. Right now I am working onwriting and illustrating my sec-ond children’s book. I’m also cre-ating new works for my ongoing

series, DOGMA Portraits.4. The book on my bedsidetable right now is InclusiveTeaching: The Journey TowardsEffective Schools for All Learners,by J. Michael Peterson andMishael M. Hittie.5. Three songs you’ll find onmy IPod playlist are a pile of

dance remixes tokeep me going whenI’m tackling a designproject.6. One work of artthat inspires me is

Impression, Sunrise by ClaudeMonet because it started one ofmy favorite art movements.7. One artist who inspires meis Andy Warhol because hechanged how we thought andviewed art.8. My idea of a perfect day istravelling somewhere new.9. My favourite edible (or pota-ble) treat is red light hot KrispyKreme doughnuts. Or minidoughnuts at the PNE.

10. My guilty pleasure isDisneyland and/or DisneyWorld.11. My favourite vacation spot isanywhere warm, or number 10.12. My favourite thing aboutNew Westminster is the small-town community feel.13. If I could sit down for cof-fee with anyone at all, I wouldchoose Vincent van Gogh. Ithink he needed somebody tolisten.14. If I could live anywhereat any point in time, I wouldchoose Paris during the 19thcentury Impressionism move-ment.15. If I could have a superpow-er, my superpower would betime travel. Who doesn’t wantto know their destiny (or lotterynumbers) in the future? Or visitEgypt when the pyramids werebeing built?And finally …16. If people want to find outmore about me, they can friend

me on Facebook (search for CliffBlank, follow me on Twitter(@cliffblank) or view myDOGMA Portraits at at www.dogmaportraits.com.

Would you like to be featuredin Fill in the Blanks? Do you knowsomeone who should? Send nameand contact info to Julie, [email protected].

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◗ IN THE GAMEGrid Clan to play Div. I school in 2014 ◗P24District teams move on in B.C. hoops ◗P24


Tough sledding: New Westminster, in orange, had a rather rough go of it at the high school field lacrosse prov-incial senior Tier 1 championships, winning just one game in five played – a 10-8 victory over Charles Best.

Burnaby Lake knocksoff talent-rich Castaways

Burnaby Lake Rugby Club kepta tight hold on first place, defeatinga talent-laden Castaway Wanderers18-8 in B.C. Rugby premier divisionmen’s play.

Burnaby’s high-scoring offencewas held to a pair of tries as two ofthe most dominant forward packsin the league slogged it out undera constant downpour and slipperyconditions at Burnaby Lake-East lastSaturday.

“It was a pretty slow game obvi-ously due to the wet weather, butI just felt (Burnaby Lake) playedwell in the conditions and cameaway with the win,” said CastawayWanderers and national team propAndrew Tiedemann in a B.C. Rugbypress release.

Both packs had multiple rep-resentative level players withBurnaby featuring B.C. Bears pro-vincial reps Scott MacKay, AndrewLackner, Anthony Luca and MichaGovorchin.

Castaway’s roster includedCanada national team forwardsHubert Buydens, John Phelan andTiedemann, while its back linealso boasted Bears’ standout MattBuckley, as well as a national teamcentre pairing of Adam Kleebergerand Mike Scholz.

Burnaby Lake dominated theopening 15 minutes with the major-ity of possession that resulted in twopenalties inside their own half bystandoff Geoff Ryan to put his sideup 6-0.

The Island club replied from

inside Burnaby’s 22 metre line,where Buckley’s long pass skippedalong the slick grass and bouncedinto the hands of winger JonnyMorris, who sprinted in for a try inthe corner.

With momentum in their favour,Castaway’s fortunes came to anabrupt halt, when a deep kick wasreturned 50 metres by 2013 pre-mier league player of the year JoeDolesau, who offloaded to his insidecentre Jeke Gotegote to run in a tryfor a 11-5 lead.

Ryan added the extras and it wasBurnaby up 13-5 at the half.

The second frame was a closeaffair, and it wasn’t until roughly 15minutes in when Castaway fullbackChad Northcott slotted a penalty toclose the gap to 13-8.

Burnaby remained commit-

ted to its attack in the forwards, andafter several phases up front, the ballwent wide to prop Scott Mackay,who crashed over in the corner for atry. The tally was Mackay’s third inas many games for Burnaby.

“Knowing how many Canadatight-five players they had on theirroster definitely got us jacked up fortoday’s game,” said Mackay in therelease.

“It was a hard-fought battle upfront with their big pack and theydidn’t give us anything all day. Wehad to work for every inch.”

The two sides are idle this week-end with the premier league sched-ule set to resume on March 22,when league-leading 9-1 BurnabyLake and second-place 7-3 JamesBay meet at MacDonald Park onVancouver Island.

The move:BurnabyLake’s JekeGotegotegoes ona ramblein an 18-8win overCastawayWanderersin premiermen’s rugby.

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Clan womenname secondsoccer coach

AnnieHamelwasnamedthe new Simon FraserUniversity Clan women’shead soccer coach.

“Annie has a greatbackground and wasthe exact profile of whatwe were looking for in awomen’s soccer coach,”said SFU Senior Directorof Athletics and RecreationMilton Richardsin a school pressrelease. “She’splayed profession-ally and spent thelast five years asthe top assistantat a very goodDivision II school.She understandshow to recruit stu-dent-athletes thatwill flourish atSimon Fraser.”

Hamel becomesjust the second head coachof the women’s soccer pro-gram, taking over fromShelley Howieson, whomoved into a new role inthe department in Januaryafter a coaching careeratop Burnaby Mountainthat spanned three decadesand included two NAIAChampionships.

A native of Magog,Que., Hamel joins the Clanafter five years as the topassistant coach at Saint LeoUniversity in Florida.

“For me it was a greatopportunity,” said Hamelin the release. “To be able

to come home, come backto Canada after 10 years inthe States, and join the onlyschool in Canada that com-petes in the NCAA was aperfect fit for me. I’m look-ing forward to buildingon the strong foundationthat’s here.”

Hamel began her coach-ing career as a gradu-ate assistant coach at theUniversity of Maine in 2004and also has head coaching

experience withthe Ottawa Furyunder-20 team.

Hamel playedp r o f e s s i o n a l l ywith FC Indianaand the OttawaFury, after playinguniversity soccerat Div. I Universityof Maine.

At Maine, sheset the record formost goals in aseason with 40 in

2003, helping the team to anappearance in the AmericaEast Conference final thatseason.

“My experience as a stu-dent-athlete is the reason Igot into coaching. It was animportant part of my lifeand made me the personI am today. My coacheswere tremendous people.They were great leadersand great mentors. I wantto give the student-athleteshere that same experience,”added Hamel.

Ben Hodge is the managercommunications and market-

ing at SFU

BY BEN HODGESpecial to The Record

Annie Hamel:New SFU soccercoach

Stealth give up recordto pro lacrosse Rush

Western Lacrosse Association Burnaby Lakers forwardRobert Church helped the Edmonton Rush set a newNational Lacrosse League record following a 10-9 winover the Vancouver Stealth last Saturday.

Church, who was named the game’s first star, talliedhis first pro career hat trick that stood up as the game-winner, giving the Rush its record ninth straight startwithout a loss this season.

Former New Westminster Salmonbellie goalie TylerRichards was named a third star in the Stealth net.

Edmonton keeper Aaron Bold, with 41 saves in therecord win, was named the game’s second star.

“We played better, but still not good enough,” saidStealth head coach Chris Hall in an NLL press release.“It’s pretty disappointing when you’re 3-8 and you’ve lost10-9 and 9-8 to the team that’s 9-0.”

The Stealth take on the Calgary Roughnecks at theLangley Events Centre on Friday, March 21.

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Good start: St. Thomas More’s Aliab Atair prepares to go up for ashot in a 64-40 opening day win over Samuel Robertson at B.C.high school AAA boys’ basketball championships in Langley.


SFU to play Div. Ischool in 2014

The Simon FraserUniversity football teamwill face a Division I oppo-nent in its 11-game 2014schedule this season.

The Clan will travelto Pocatello, Idaho for anon-conference matchupagainst the Idaho StateBengals on Oct. 4 at the12,000-seat Holt Arena– the first indoor collegefootball stadium.

The Bengals play in theBig Sky Conference andwon the first championshipin that conference’s history.The program also won theNCAA FCS championshipin 1981.

“Playing a Division Iopponent will be a greatopportunity for our pro-gram to meet with thegrowth and the vision ofwhat we want to become atSFU,” said Clan head coachJacques Chapdelaine in a

school press release.Chapdelaine’s first sea-

son as head coach of theClan will kick off on Sept.6, when the Clan hosts theMenlo College Oaks intheir first non-conferencegame of the season.

SFU will host theirGreat Northwest AthleticConference season open-er on Sept. 13 against theWestern Oregon Wolves.

There will be a newopponent in the GreatNorthwest conferencethis season as the SouthDakota School of MinesHardrockers join the leagueas an affiliate member forfootball. The Hardrockersand the Clan will meetonce on Oct. 18 when SouthDakota makes the trip toBritish Columbia.

The Clan begins prepar-ing for 2014 with the springcamp already underway.

Marco Ballarin assisted on the game-winning overtime goal for the PrinceGeorge Spruce Kings in Monday’s 3-2victory over the Coquitlam Express inB.C. Hockey League playoffs.

Coquiltam eliminated the Kings inGame 6 of its best-of-seven first roundplayoff 2-1 in OT at home on Tuesday.

Clan double Div. I sideSimon Fraser University kicked off

its varsity men’s soccer season witha 4-2 victory over NCAA Division IUniversity of Washington on March 1.

Magnus Kristensen scored a pair ofgoals for the Clan. Carlo Basso openedthe scoring in the fourth minute. RyanDhillon made the score 3-0, tallying theeventual game-winning marker in the35th minute. Brandon Watson recordedthe shutout for SFU.

Four-goal sparkAdam Helewka notched his 22nd

goal for the Spokane Chiefs in a 4-2 winover Prince George in Western HockeyLeague play on March 7.

Helewka’s goal sparked an unan-swered four-goal third period for theChiefs.

Rage Lacrosse campRage Lacrosse will be holding a

Spring Break camp at Burnaby 8Rinks.The all-day sessions will run from 9

a.m. to 3 p.m. from March 17 to 20.All campers will receive a free jer-

sey or T-shirt and cap. Lunch is alsoincluded. The cost is $250 for playersand just $195 for goalies.

For more details or camp registra-tion, go to www.ragelacrosse.com.

Sports briefs

South moves on at B.C.sJermaine Hailey scored 29 points to lead the Burnaby

South Rebels to an 81-58 win over No. 8-ranked Claremontin the opening round of the B.C. high school quad-A boys’basketball championships at the Langley Events Centreon Wednesday.

The provincials wrap up on Saturday with a full slateof games, including the 4A final at 8 p.m.

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Royal City Record March 14 2014