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The Delta School District’s main priority is to provide supportive learning environments that are safe for our students and sta� . Ensuring safety includes being fully prepared for natural disasters and other emergency situations. To this end, we have a thorough Emergency Response Plan in place.
In addition to � re and earthquake drills practiced regularly at schools, our comprehensive emergency plan prepares for the safety of students and sta� not only during an emergency, but also following one. Each school has emergency supplies securely stored on site to keep our students and sta� safe following an emergency, until a full evacuation can be carried out. Our parent community helps support us with this preparation, as do local police, � re and government — Thank you!
DeltaPrepared
Being prepared is the greatest asset a school has in facilitating the survival and well-being of students and sta� , and DeltaPrepared is the Delta School District strategy to ensuring our readiness.
For more information visit: facilities.deltasd.bc.ca/deltaprepared
❙ Police join forces to � ght gangsDelta Police are teaming up with agencies across the province to tackle organized crime as part of the B.C. Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit. See B3
� e public is invited to have some fun and help support the Delta Hospital as the Delta Hospital Foundation launches its inaugural Hustle & Heart Block Party and Walkathon on Saturday, June 1.
� e festivities take place in the main parking lot of the Delta Hospital from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
� e block party features live entertainment, rides, games, food, and refreshments.
� e Corporation of Delta will block o� Clarence Taylor Way between Clarence Taylor Crescent and Mountain View Boulevard for the event. � e event is free and all activities will be free or by donation.
Delta Hospital Foundation executive director Ve-ronica Carroll says the event meant to welcome the entire community in the spirit of health, and the grassroots movement that helped shape Delta Hos-pital by creating this annual event.
“� is event is a way for us at the Foundation and hospital and welcome our neighbours, friends, and the community into our extended family,” she said. “It will be a wonderful day for families, children, and everyone involved to have fun and celebrate the amazing work being done on behalf of our health. It is going to be a fantastic day and one that is � tting for our entire community.”
Registration for the walkathon begins at 10 a.m., and the walk begins at 11 a.m.
� e walkathon is free to enter and every participant who raises $20 in pledges will receive a t-shirt and goody bag. Participants will also have the chance to win prizes. Delta Hospital Foundation Chair of the Board Keith McGee’s law practice, Jarvis McGee Rice, is presenting the event and will match funds raised on the day of the event and all walkathon par-ticipant pledges dollar for dollar, up to $25,000.
� is matching pledge program automatically dou-bles everyone’s fundraising e� orts that will greatly bene� t the hospital.
To learn more about the Hustle & Heart Block Par-ty and Walkathon, visit www.deltahospital.com, or call 604-940-9695.
Heart & Hustle this Saturday
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Driving his dream ❙ P4North Delta man restores 1956 Merc pickup
Birds in paradise ❙ P5Province wants your input on Massey � x
Of� cer honoured ❙ P6Delta constable helps seniors fend off scams
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Mayor’s Garden Contest For Kids
Kids! Don’t forget to grow your � ower or vegetable garden to have a chance to win some great prizes! Entries are accepted between August 1 and September 9, but the best gardens need an early start. Find out more, including how to enter and what you can win at delta.ca
North Delta Family Day
Bring the whole family to the North Delta Community Park on June 23 for a fun-� lled day of activities. See the parade at 11:00 am and come to the festival from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm for games, children’s rides, a stage show, a BBQ, and much more!
Delta Community Animal Shelter Grand Opening
The Grand Opening celebration for the new Delta Community Animal Shelter at 7505 Hopcott Road is on Saturday June 15 from 11:30 am to 2:00 pm. Admission is free and there will be fun for the whole family. The formal ceremony begins at 11:45.
Seniors Week
Seniors! June in Delta has something for you too! Get ready for a fun-� lled week from June 3 to June 9 when Delta will be offering extra activities just for you in celebration of Seniors Week. Visit delta.ca or call your local seniors recreation centre for more details.
Lawn Sprinkling Regulations
Don’t forget that lawn sprinkling regulations are in effect from June 1 to September 30. Visit delta.ca to � nd out when you are allowed to water your lawn.
Visit delta.ca/events for more information on these and other events
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AUDIT
It’s Saturday night on Gran-ville Street, in the heart of Van-couver’s entertainment district, and six members of the Uniform Gang Enforcement team wind their way through the crowds of people lined up to enter the bars and clubs.
The gang enforcement teams, in their distinctive dark uni-forms, are the high-profile pub-lic face of the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of British Columbia (CFSEU-BC)—the province’s anti-gang police unit.
As an integrated unit on to-night’s team, there are officers from Delta, Vancouver and the RCMP.
A white Jeep Grand Cherokee catches the eye of constables Vicken Movsessian and Eric Da-vis. They check the licence plate and confirm the registered owner is a known Dhak associate. The
Dhak/Duhre crime group is one-half of a recent gang con-flict that has increased the rate of gang violence in the province and seen B.C.-bred gangsters fleeing to other parts of the coun-try to avoid being murdered.
Officers pull over the gang asso-ciate’s vehicle and make the ap-proach. He tells the officers he is on his way to a casino, informa-tion he readily offers to explain why he has a few thousand dol-lars in his pocket. He’s coopera-tive and even polite.
Eventually he’s sent on his way. The uniform gang enforcement
team had its genesis in 2007 to counteract a growing number of violent gang incidents through-out the Lower Mainland. Bullets were flying, public safety was at risk and something had to be done.
The events were so brazen that they caught the attention of the national media.
Formerly called the Violence Suppression Team (VST) and ini-tially based out of the Vancouver
Police Department, the integrat-ed patrol-based model quickly became a success.
Since the nature of organized crime in B.C. has changed in the past 30 years, police tactics have changed as well.
In 1980, law enforcement listed just a handful of gangs and orga-nized crime groups operating in British Columbia.
Today, it is estimated that 188 criminal groups exist in a prov-ince where the gang and orga-nized crime landscape is enter-prise-driven. Gangs are no longer based on ethnicity. Due to sus-tained law enforcement efforts, they are reluctant to identify themselves. Even outlaw motor-cycle gangs like the Hells Angels are reluctant to wear their “co-lours” regularly.
Since the integrated pa-trol-based model was imple-mented, the rate of violent in-cidents in public places has dropped. Bars and restaurants got onboard and it’s been a key component of the guns and gangs strategy ever since.
From a peak of 36 gang-relat-ed homicides in B.C. in 2009, the number fell to 18 in 2012.
While the gang-murder rate and ensuing violence is down since 2009, some of these murders have taken place in high-density areas, which puts the health and safe-ty of citizens at risk. However, it should be noted that many of these murders—78 per cent—did take place close to the victims’ homes or vehicles.
On average, CFSEU-BC’s uni-formed officers will check about 4,000 people in a year. About 12 per cent of those checks will re-sult in the removal of individuals from a premise at the request of a property owner or for some other Criminal Code offence.
Of all the people checked in a year, 6.4 per cent will result in an arrest. In addition to regular patrols around Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley, the gang enforcement team will travel to communities around British
Columbia to assist municipal departments and detachments with their gang suppression ef-forts.
They also share intelligence with police agencies across B.C.
Here in Delta, there are four of-ficers attached to the CFSEU-BC. While there is little gang activity locally, Delta Police spokesper-son Const. Ciaran Feenan says there have been known organized crime associates who have called Delta home in the past.
“We work closely with [CFSEU], and a number of agencies to monitor what’s going on,” he said. “But we don’t have the kind of is-sues other [municipalities] have.”
Feenan said one of the most important things police can do fight gangs and organized crime is grassroots prevention.
In addition to their school li-aison program, Delta Police re-cently launched its Youth Offi-cer Team, which aims to engage young people outside of school.
“It starts with the kids,” said Feenan. “We try to do a lot of the prevention work at a young-er level, so they don’t end up in-volved in that lifestyle. It’s about educating them, making them aware about the danger of that life.”
• For more on the CFSEU, check out their website at cfseu.bc.ca.
Three-tier approachThe uniform team model takes a three-tiered approach to the reduction of gang violence in public places.• Prevention. Gang members and their associates go out to the bars and restaurants to recruit people.• Intervention. Officers are intervening before gang violence has a chance to happen• Suppression. Officers are present if people breach the law.
Delta Police team up to put gangs in their crosshairs❙ Staff writer Delta Leader
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❙ Mark Johnston has spent the past 16 years restoring his dream truck: A 1956 Mercury pickup. Adrian MacNair photo
Driving his dream
When Mark Johnston was a nine-year-old boy he saw a tur-quoise and white 1955 Ford Fair-lane Crown Victoria two-door se-dan drive by and fell madly in love with it.
The owner of the car was living in his garage at the time while work-ing on his car and renovating his house. The house never seemed to make much progress, but the car’s engine purred like a cat.
“My mother used to say if he wasn’t working on the car so much he’d be done his house by now,” says Johnston, now 65 and living in North Delta.
Johnston is currently working on the car of his dreams under a tarpaulin in his front yard. It looks like a work in progress that could take a long while, but Johnston isn’t in a hurry. After all, he spent 16 years working on the last one.
His bright red 1956 Mercury pickup won first place for his cate-gory in the 2012 Wellbrook Winery Classic Car and Motorcycle Show.
Johnston picked up the Mercury in 1993 in White Rock for $2,500, and paid a little extra for the brand new wheels.
“It was a young guy and he need-ed some money,” recalls Johnston. “It needed quite a lot of work on it.”
That’s an understatement. The pickup was basically rusted solid.
“It was brown,” he admits, laugh-ing.
At first he didn’t know where to start. But Johnston said with any project you start at the beginning and work on one thing at a time until it’s all done.
“These old trucks are like a jig-
saw puzzle,” he says. “Every time you think you’ve got a piece you find out you’re missing one.”
Johnston was working as a recre-ation planner for BC Hydro when he bought the pickup so he could only work on the car evenings and weekends. But when he retired in 2003 he began to devote more time and energy.
Although he isn’t a mechanic by trade, Johnston grew up on a farm in Kelowna where he learned to fix old cars.
“Usually they were cars I’d have to have done the next day, so this truck was a little more relaxing. I didn’t have to hurry to finish it.”
Piece by piece, over days, week-ends, and years, Johnston repaired or replaced virtually everything on the pickup all by himself. He even built the bumpers himself using stainless steel he cut and molded. He only got a bit of welding done by his brother, who owns a ma-chine shop in Langley.
When it came time to paint the car, Johnston wasn’t sure what colour to use. He’d never painted
before in his life.“I was going to paint it midnight
blue and then when I woke up one morning I said, no, red,” he says.
The finished product is a 351 cu. inch engine—used in early ‘70s Mustangs and Cougars—with a five-speed transmission, eight-cyl-inders, and 300 horses.
So, what does Johnston’s family think about his peculiar hobby?
“They don’t say a lot about it, but I think they’re proud of it,” says Johnston.
It seems to run in the family any-way. His wife’s brothers, who live in Ladner, have two restored an-tique vehicles.
And when he drives around he can always count on getting ap-proving looks from passersby and the odd thumbs up.
Johnston can’t guess how much the pickup is worth. He’s saved ev-ery receipt he’s ever spent on it but has never added it all up. But he has no intention of parting with his childhood treasures.
“I’ll never sell,” he says with a smile.
North Delta man spends 16 years rebuilding classic 1956 pickup truck❙ Adrian MacNair reporter South Delta Leader
❙ Under the hood is a 351 V8 pumping out 300 horsepower. Adrian MacNair photo
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❙ Birds in paradiseThere’s never been a shortage of targets for birdwatchers in Delta. Warmer weather makes it easy to head out and to spot bald eagles around the landfill, the great blue heron rookery near the Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal (don’t get too close, please) or the Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary on Westham Island. Just make sure you head out before the heat because birds lose their feathers – and their colour – when they molt during the summer. Left: A wood duck at Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary. Top middle: A great blue heron makes its way back home with building material for its nest at a rookery near the Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal. The rookery has hundreds of birds over-looking the shoreline, just south of Highway 17. Bottom middle: Swallows perched on a tree branch. Right: Ducks fly over the bird sanctuary on Westham Island. Boaz Joseph photos
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For fraudsters and scam artists, se-niors often make the perfect target.
Many seniors are retired and sitting on a nice nest egg - the result of a lifetime of hard work and planning. And for the older generation, a person’s word was their bond, making them more liable to trust a stranger.
� ankfully, Delta Po-lice Const. Steve Wilson is working with local se-niors to help them pro-tect themselves from such predators.
Wilson was awarded the Simon Fra-ser Gerontology 2013 Elder Abuse Awareness to Action Award on Mon-day, May 27, at Simon Fraser Universi-
ty, as part of the annual John K. Friesen Gerontology Conference.
Wilson, a member of Delta Police’s Economic and Technical Crimes Divi-sion, was nominated for the award by the Delta Seniors’ Planning Team for
his work presenting education workshops for Delta seniors on
a variety of topics to help pro-tect themselves from � nan-
cial loss due fraud. “� rough his work, [Wil-
son] comes into contact with many Delta seniors
who have been victimized through one of the many frauds and scam schemes that exist in our community
and on the Internet,” said Kay Dennison, co-coordinator for the Delta Seniors Planning Team.
“Wilson provides information on the seriousness of victimization of older
adults and uses great understanding of the embarrassment, sense of loss and anger that seniors often feel on realiz-ing that they have been defrauded.”
She added that Wilson’s approach helps seniors and their family mem-bers to know that if they were to expe-rience a similar situation that they are not alone there is help available.
In nominating him for this award, the Delta Seniors’ Planning Team noted that he stayed long after the workshops ended and met with seniors and their family members, even o� ering to check up on suspect individuals or business-es personally.
“� is proactive approach gives a cer-tain level of comfort to our commu-nity’s seniors and their families,” said Dennison.
• For more in formation on scams and fraud schemes targeting local seniors, visit deltapolice.ca/community/fraud.php
Chief’s contract extended� e Delta Police Board announced last
week that it will be extending the con-tract of Delta Police Chief Jim Cessford inde� nitely. � e police board complet-ed a review of Cessford’s performance, and was “very pleased with his excellent work and accomplishments,” according to a statement released May 15.
“� e commitment to public safety by the chief and by sta� and volunteers of the Delta Police Department makes the board extremely proud,” said Delta may-or and police board chair Lois Jackson.
Cessford has agreed to continue on as chief for a minimum of four years, and to assist with succession plan-ning process.
A succession plan will be presented to the police board in early 2014. Cessford has served as Delta’s police chief since 1995, and spent 27 years with the Ed-monton Police Service prior to that.
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Delta police of� cer honoured for work with seniors❙ Staff writer REPORTER Delta Leader
Students from Seaquam Secondary have collaborated with Burnsview, Delview and Holy Cross Secondary School students to organize the second annual Hawkathon: A Walk to Remem-ber. Last year, the � ve-km communi-ty run/walk raised more than $6,500 for the B.C. Childhood Cancer Parents Association (BCCCPA), a registered non-pro� t society whose mission is to support families with children diag-nosed with cancer both emotionally and � nancially.
� e event was inspired by the courage and determination demonstrated by fel-low students, Megan McNeil and Tessa Beauchamp and most recently Camille Gregory who all showed a tremendous will to survive in times of adversity.
Megan McNeil, an alumni from Sea-quam, was diagnosed with cancer at the age of 16 and succumbed to cancer in January 2011 at the age of 20 after bat-tling the disease three times.
Tessa Beauchamp from Holy Cross High School passed away in January
2012 from cancer at the age of 18. Camille Gregory, an alumni from Sea-
quam Secondary most recently passed away in September just after receiving her Bachelor of Science from UBC.
While this event is honouring these three students, the event is an opportu-nity for everyone to walk/run for those they love who are struggling with cancer or who have passed away due to cancer.
Hawkathon: A Walk to Remember will be taking place on Sunday, June 9, 2013 from 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at Sea-
quam Secondary and will include post walk festivities with entertainment, face painting, bouncy castle, sumo suits, hamster balls and more. SONiC Nation will be on location during the entire event.
Individual registrations ranges from $10-$25 and teams of 10-13 receive a $5 discount per person. Children un-der 6 are free. To register, visit hawk-athonawalktoremember.weebly.com. For more information, contact Klaryssa Pangilinan at 604-543-7963.
Second annual Hawkathon honours cancer victims with June 9 fundraiser
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For every test drive taken, Barnes Wheaton Chrysler will donate $25 to Delta Hospital, and Jarvis McGee Rice will
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That equals a $50 donation to your hospital just for your participation!
Jackey Zellweger, Event & Corporate Manager at the Delta Hospital Foundation with Joe Korab, General Manager of Hospital Foundation with Joe Korab, General Manager of Barnes Wheaton Chrysler Surrey
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Best of 2013The South Delta Leader’s annual
It’s that time again to tell us what you like most about specifi c aspects of South Delta in the Leader’s annual Best Of South Delta edition. Check out the categories below and submit your vote on-line. Vote online at southdeltaleader.com
ARTS AND CULTURE
Best local artist
Best place to watch live music
Best place to offer arts and crafts
Best band
BUSINESS
Best green business
Best local family business
Best unique business
Best local business event
Best new business
Best customer service
Best fi nancial institute
FOOD AND DRINK
Best place to fi nd B.C. wines
Best coffee house
Best family restaurant
Best place for lunch
Best outdoor patio
Best place for a pint
Best place to take a date for dinner
Best take out meal
Best place to fi nd seafood
Best local grower
Best burger
Best pizza
Best place to fi nd organic food
HOME & GARDEN
Best hardware supplier
Best home furnishings
Best local designer
Best contractor
ESTHETICS & BEAUTY
Best place for a mani / pedi
Best place for a new hairdo
Best place for a facial
Fill in a minimum of 10 answers.Vote by submitting this entry form at the Leader o� ce or enter onlineby going to southdeltaleader.com and clicking on the contests tab, or visit the South Delta Leader’s facebook page.
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STYLE
Best place to fi nd vintage clothing
Best place to accessorize your wardrobe
Best men’s fashions
Best women’s fashions
LOCAL PEOPLE
Best community leader
Best local entrepreneur
Best activist
Best photographer
Best volunteer
Best local celebrity you’d take to lunchUT BOUT
Best local politician
OUT & ABOUT
Best playground
Best place to walk your dog
Best park
Best place to read a book
Best historic site
Best place for a wedding ceremony
Best place to spot wildlife
Best place for a kid’s birthday party & FITNESS
Best place to go jogging
Best place to bike ride
HEALTH & FITNESS
Best place to get your stretch on
Best provider of natural foods and vitamins
Best fi tness facility
Best place to buy fi tness wear
SPORTS & RECREATION
Best sports team
Best sports coach
Best local sports event
Best place to hit one off the teeIRED
Deadline to cast your vote is June 15.VOTE ON-LINE TODAY!
