maple ridge pitt meadows news - february 2, 2011 online edition

Couple will pay for lying about stolen truck. p4B.C. Views

B.C. goes backwards on education. p10

Buying three acres in the down-town is getting the thumbs up from the chamber of commerce president, while a major devel-oper has the same thing to say about the incentives for building

in the downtown.“I love the fact that the [district]

is being pro-active in order to stimulate growth and redevelop-ment in the downtown core. It’s spectacular,” said Jeremy Bekar, Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Cham-ber of Commerce president.

“If you have a section that’s bringing down an area, to re-move it and to make it simple for someone else to redo – that’s bril-liant.”

Bekar was commenting on the District of Maple Ridge’s $3.67-million purchase last week

of three acres on 119th and Selkirk av-enues, be-tween the two d o w n t o w n malls. Once tenants have been evicted, the old homes will be de-molished and the property cleaned up – to await a purchaser with money and plans.

Bekar said developers fear un-certainty and delays, which add to fi nancing costs. By owning the land and having it ready for development, those obstacles are removed.

“The fact that the [district] has bought this, having that ready to go, having [it] go out and speak to developers, it’s taking all that fear away.”

Maple Ridge’s Town Centre Area Plan calls for medium and high-density residential towers for the properties.

Incentives a great help for two projects on 224th Street says realtor

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Chamber likes district buy

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Final phaseAnthony Macera with Imperial Paving breaks out a manhole that will be put over a sanitary main along 224th Street on Tuesday. Construction for the final phase of the downtown street renovation project began Monday, between Memorial Peace Park and Dewdney Trunk Road and will continue until the first week of March. In addition to upgrades of sanitary services, sidewalks will be reconstructed and silva cells will be put in for new street trees.

NorthLougheedstudy starts

A city study to investigate com-mercial development opportuni-ties on land located off Lougheed Highway in the northern part of Pitt Meadows has begun.

Fortune 500 company AECOM will lead the review with input from an agrologist, economist, land use and urban planning experts, as well as a transportation engineer.

The $40,000 study will consider 50.9 hectares (125 acres) of land all the way to the yet-to-be built North Lougheed Connector, much of it agricultural.

AECOM is set to begin dis-cussions with the Ministry of Transportation about the North Lougheed connector and proposed interchange at Harris Road.

See NLC, p6

See Downtown, p13

Opinion 6

Community Calendar 7

Opinion 10

Letters 11

Seniority 14

Arts&life 16

Sports 18

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At first, it was gut wrenching for Sonya Bartsch-Csillag to see

her son Alex on a horse.Alex has Down syndrome and horseback rid-

ing was supposed to be good for his therapy. It helps improve muscle tone, strength and pos-ture in a fun, inclusive atmosphere.

As a special needs worker, the Maple Ridge single mother of three understood the therapy provided by the North Fraser Therapeutic Rid-ing Association would help Alex, but to see him screaming and fl ailing away as he cried for his mommy tore her heart out. She thought she was being a bad parent by letting him con-tinue.

Instead, she stepped back for fi ve weeks and allowed respite workers to take Alex, who will turn fi ve in March, to his lessons on Bentley, the horse he was assigned.

Now, 18 months later, Alex knows the rou-tine, every Tuesday morning going to the stables, getting his helmet and belt on, walk-ing to the riding ring, waiting for Bentley to be brought in, then going up the stairs beside the horse so Alex can mount him.

“Once he’s on Bentley, the look on his face and in his eyes changes. He takes the reins, he does high-fi ves with the volunteers. He tells Bentley to ‘walk on.’ It’s a benefi cial program for him from so many perspectives,” says Bartsch-Csillag.

“To see him now in that ring he’s so confi -dent and so happy. It’s a huge night-and-day difference.”

She wouldn’t, however, be able to afford the horse riding therapy without the help of Vari-ety Club, which pays for two seasonal sessions of lessons every year for him.

“Being a single parent, to be ever able to think to add into the cost of riding doesn’t fi t into the budget,” she says. “But then again, it’s absolutely essential to Alex’s continued pro-gressive development.”

When she was growing up, Bartsch-Csillag would watch the Variety Club Telethon every February, never thinking she would ever need the organization’s assistance.

This 45th edition of the telethon will be broadcast on Global TV on Feb. 12 and 13.

Bartsch-Csillag cried after fi nding out before Alex was born that he had Down syndrome.

“I cried not because I was sad he had Down

syndrome, but because I felt shocked and inad-equate to raise a child with Down syndrome,” she says. “Even though I worked in the fi eld, it was very differed being a parent, but I sucked it up, and it’s been a fabulous, yet bumpy, road. Alex has had a lot of potholes.”

Those bumps and potholes included fi ve holes in his heart when he was born and be-ing diagnosed with epilepsy. Last week, he had surgery to remove his tonsils and ad-enoids.

“You think he’s getting better and then

something else comes up,” says Bartsch-Csillag, who also has a son in Grade 10 and a daughter in Grade 7.

Through the Maple Ridge Community Foundation (Alex is Mr. August in the orga-nization’s 2011 calendar), the active boy also goes for regular physiotherapy, does water therapy and takes swimming lessons in be-tween watching episodes of his favourite TV shows, Gilligan’s Island and Happy Days.

He’ll start playing softball in the spring in a Maple Ridge Softball Association league for special needs children.

“Anything positive for Alex, I grab on to and don’t let go,” says Bartsch-Csillag.

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Alex Bartsch-Csillag, 4, gives a high-five to North Fraser Therapeutic Riding Association volunteer Maureen Newton Tuesday morning after finishing his riding session. Variety, the Children’s Charity pays for Alex’s therapy.

Therapeutic riding helps Alex Bartsch-Csillag withDown syndrome treatment

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(Left) Alex at home; (above) watching one of his favourite TV shows, Gilligan’s Island.

“Being a single parent, to be ever able to think to add into the cost of riding doesn’t fit into the budget.” Sonya Bartsch-Csillag

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A Maple Ridge couple has to repay ICBC more than $100,000 for falsely claiming their expen-sive, leased truck was

stolen.Ronald and Jeannette

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to the leasing company, other costs and punitive damages.

“Quite apart from the compelling and objec-tive nature of the cor-roborative evidence,

the testimony of the LeBlancs is singularly unpersuasive,” B.C. Supreme Court Jus-tice Gail Dickson said in fi nding the couple guilty.

The Leblancs claimed they parked their dis-tinctive Chevrolet Super Sport Roadster (SSR) in their driveway before heading to bed on Oc-tober 1, 2004, and when they got up the next morning, the truck was gone. They fi led a sto-len vehicle claim and, as a result, ICBC paid out more than $60,000 to the leasing company.

Three years later, the vehicle was located on private property in Miramichi, New Bruns-wick, where it had been stored on behalf of a man who was hired by the Leblancs in the sum-mer of 2004 to do some home renovations on their house in B.C.

ICBC’s Special Inves-tigation Unit found the truck had actually been spotted in Ontario two days before it was re-ported stolen.

An Ontario Provincial Police constable later testifi ed that he be-came suspicious when he witnessed a young

man driving the bright yellow SSR and ran a licence plate check. The check was date- and time-stamped, refuting the LeBlanc’s claim that it was stolen two days later.

ICBC has since sold the Roadster at a re-duced value to the Mira-michi police. It is now being used for commu-nity outreach and to en-courage teens to avoid driving while drunk.

“The vast majority of our customers are hon-est and we’re commit-ted to protecting them

from fraudulent acts,” said ICBC spokesper-son Adam Grossman. “We estimate that fraud costs each of our 3.1 mil-lion customers in the range of $100 to $150 per year.”

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The acquisition of the 14 properties is consistent with Council’s vision and strategies for downtown revitalization. “This is a substantial investment in the future of downtown Maple Ridge,” said Mayor Ernie Daykin. “Council is committed to residential densifi cation in the Town Centre, which in turn will attract business and commercial opportunities and diversify the local economy. The challenge in development is often around land acquisition. Having control of this key piece of real estate will be an important catalyst for our downtown revitalization efforts.”

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Issue 4, February 2011


Fisheries Minister Gail Shea is getting the mes-sage about the North Alouette River: start doing your job and pro-tect the salmon-bearing stream.

Maple Ridge council OK’d a letter last week asking the minister to “personally ensure the appropriate follow-up has taken place, is re-ported publicly and if someone is responsible, that there are suffi cient consequences.

“It is with much dismay that we fi nd ourselves having to write to you almost two years later to report that our citizens have yet to have answers from any of the offi ces,” says the letter from May-or Ernie Daykin.

“Minister Shea, some-thing happened on the North Alouette in May 2009 and without a full investigation, it appears the responsibility of the ministry was not being met,” the letter adds.

The letter refers to the death of several hundred juvenile fi sh in the North Alouette in May 2009.

Environmentalist Jack Emberly has reviewed Fisheries and Oceans Canada and Environ-ment Canada’s response to the fi sh kill and reports

of excavation in the river in May 2009 and noted the confusion between the departments and that no one visited the site until the next day.

When he collected some of those dead fi sh for testing, the DFO re-fused to take them.

During that month, Golden Eagle Group in-stalled a 45-centimetre wide water intake pipe into the North Alouette without a water licence.

Golden Eagle Group, however, denies any con-nection between the fi sh kill and the installation of the pipe for watering its cranberry fi elds.

After almost two years, and a provincial govern-ment investigation, there has been no decision on charges.

Coun. Cheryl Ashlie pushed her colleagues to write the letter.

It’s being copied to MP

Randy Kamp, who’s also parliamentary secretary to the fi sheries minister.

Council’s had no re-sponse yet, but has told Kamp that councillors want some answers when he meets this month.

The MP should come prepared, Ashlie said. “We’re going to defi nite-ly want some answers.”

Kamp, though, has said fi sheries practices have already started to change.

Ashlie credited Em-berly, a News columnist, for his investigation and column writing. “Got to give him full marks.”

Pitt Meadows council has yet to address the is-sue directly, even though the fi sh kill took place within its borders.

Council was to review Maple Ridge’s letter and its own correspondence at its Tuesday meeting, said Coun. Deb Walters.

She’d support council writing its own letter, but didn’t know if all of coun-cil would support that.

Mayor Don MacLean isn’t offended that Maple Ridge has taken the lead role. “The health of the river extends across both municipal boundaries, so I’m not out of joint on that.

“We left that in staff’s hands and they followed up on it.”

Pitt Meadows staff has corresponded with se-nior governments, he said. It’s important to fi nd out what caused the fi sh kill because it could happen again, MacLean added.

“We wanted to inves-tigate, staff expressed their concerns about it and that’s what we asked them to do.

“We wanted things to be factual, so that’s the way we approached it.

“It’s not something that won’t be reported out on.”

While Fisheries Minis-ter Gail Shea has already received Maple Ridge’s letter, she’s about to get another on the same topic, representing every environmental group in the area.

The Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Environmental Council, speaking for a dozen local environmen-tal groups, will send its “consensus statement” on the North Alouette River within days.

The intent of the state-ment, which gets the fi -nal OK from all member groups this week, is to speak with a united voice and calls for the minis-ter to review how the department enforces the Fisheries Act.

The statement also wants the minister to declare that Fisheries can test fi sh samples and that those results should be made public.

It also wants the minis-ter to convince the pub-lic that the department never again will ignore reports from residents about disruption and dis-turbance along the river bank.

Christian Cowley, with the Community Educa-tion on Environment and Development Centre, a member of the environ-mental council, expects fi sheries practices to change, although so far he’s not seen “any sig-nifi cant action.”

The statement will al-low a clear expression of the community’s voice.

“I expect something very concrete to come out of this.

“Because I don’t think the community will sit back and allow this to happen.”

Council, enviro groups write to protect AlouetteStill searching for answers to fi sh kill in May 2009


A pipe was installed in the North Alouette River before the fish kill, to water cranberry fields.

Cameras to keep eye on Pitt pumpsBy Monisha Martinsstaff reporter

Cameras will soon be installed at two pump stations in Pitt Meadows, allowing city staff to keep eye on the machines 24 hours a day.

City operations superintendent Randy Ev-ans said the cameras on pump stations at Fenton and McKechnie roads will save staff time.

The public works department currently monitors the systems remotely and receives alerts when pumps aren’t working or water levels are high.

“Currently, we can see a snapshot of what’s going on, but cannot physically look at it,” Ev-ans explained.

“With the cameras, if we have a problem and we’re not exactly sure, we can check the footage and send someone to have a look, if necessary.”

The cameras will also allow staff to keep an eye on the pump stations off site and on week-ends, perhaps even via smart-phones.

The Fenton and McKechnie stations were selected because they often get clogged with weeds like millfoil.

They are also critical stations that pump wa-ter out of low-lying areas in the Pitt Polder.

If something goes wrong with either of them, Evans said, the city doesn’t have a lot of time to react before fl ooding begins.

“If the pump isn’t corrected quickly, we can have fl ooding and it’s very diffi cult to recover from that,” he added.

Evans hopes the cameras will be installed by the end of spring or early summer.

The city’s drainage utility fund will cover the costs to install them.


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As part of the review, the company will also meet with the Agricul-tural Land Commis-sion and land owners – including SmartCen-tres and the Meadows Gardens Golf Course, as well as Metro Van-couver.

The consultants hired have a broad scope to investigate with and can study any commercial possibili-ties for the area, from the much-discussed big-box mall to the re-cently pitched casino-conference centre.

Options will be pre-sented to council and the public by the end of March.

City director of op-erations Kim Grout said business, employ-ment and agriculture are the biggest ques-tions that have to be answered.

Rezoning on holdPitt Meadows’ city

council won’t be seeing an application, fi led by mall developer Smart-Centres, to rezone a large tract of land in Pitt Meadows north Lougheed commercial

strip anytime soon.City staff want to wait

until results of a study on the commercial strip are complete before forwarding the applica-tion to council.

“The study is what we would vet anything against,” said city di-rector of operations Kim Grout.

The application to re-zone nine hectares (24 acres) of agricultural land to comprehensive development (CD-1) is the fi rst step towards seeing properties along Lougheed Highway transformed.

SmartCentres, for which tenants include

Walmart and Home De-pot, would like build a large shopping centre on the strip.

Its rezoning applica-tion follows the Ag-ricultural Land Com-mission’s approval in September of a road through farmland that will connect Pitt Mead-ows and Maple Ridge.

The company needs the North Lougheed Connector built so shoppers can access the proposed mall as the Ministry of Highways has refused to add an access point to it from Lougheed Highway.

The Ministry of Ag-riculture confi rmed it

was contacted by the company last fall re-garding the proposed road.

Staff at the ministry referred the company back to the City of Pitt Meadows.

Grout understands the company would like its rezoning appli-cation to move forward as quickly as possible, but said it will have to wait.

“I’m sure [SmartCen-tres] would just like to forge ahead with what-ever [its] plan is, but as we’ve said all along, if it’s not predicated on a strong community-based plan, [it] won’t get anywhere,” Grout added.

“Waiting till the end of March is miniscule in the grand scheme of things.”

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Wednesday, Feb. 2• The Pitt Meadows Library is

holding a family games night from 6:45 to 8:30 p.m. There will be a vari-ety of board games set up for everyone to use along with light refreshments.

• Kanaka Creek Coffee presents open mic/stage featuring local band Aurelius, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. 101-24155 102nd Avenue, Maple Ridge. Open mic every Wednesday. Call 604-463-6727 for more information.

Thursday, Feb. 3• The Maple Ridge Better

Breathers Club will hold its monthly meeting in the Fraser Room of the Public Library from noon to 2 p.m. This club is a support group for people with chronic lung conditions such as asthma, chronic bronchitis, and COPD. Family and caretakers are welcome. For more information, call Heidi at 604-466-1633 or Jean at 604-467-1320.

Saturday, Feb. 5• Maple Ridge Mountain

Festival Society presents the fourth annual Spirit of Wood Festival at the ACT Maple Ridge. Events and activities at this year’s family-friendly festival include Spirit Wood – an evening music and dance production, featuring the Arts Umbrella; a Lum-ber Jack Pancake Breakfast; the Wood Art Showcase and Sale – featuring local and regional wood artists and crafters; kid’s wood-themed make-and-take activities; live entertain-ment including Winds of Heaven – a new documentary film about B.C. Artist Emily Carr, and much more. For Spirit of Wood tickets or for more

information, contact the ACT box office at 604-476-2787 or visit www.theactmapleridge.org/spiritofwood.

• St. Patrick’s School 17th Annual Trivia Night and Auction takes place at 6:30 p.m. at 22589 121st Avenue, Maple Ridge. Tickets are $25 and include late night snack, live and silent auction, door prizes, 50/50 draw, cash bar, various games throughout the evening. Please con-tact the school office for tickets and information at 604-467-1571.

• New Creations Art Gallery and Studios is hosting an opening recep-tion for a new exhibition of paintings by Carol Melanson and Rochelle Rich-ards from 1 to 4 p.m. 22409 McIntosh Avenue, Maple Ridge. Exhibition runs trough month of February.

Sunday, Feb. 6• Maple Ridge Mountain

Festival Society presents the fourth annual Spirit of Wood Festival at the ACT Maple Ridge. Events and activities at this year’s family-friendly festival include Spirit Wood – an evening music and dance production,

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• Alouette Filed Naturalists travel to Derby Reach Park. Meet at Tim Horton’s at Lougheed and Dewdney at 9:30 a.m. For more information, call Alison at 604-463-3902.

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If the numbers work, cyclists one day could be carting off kitchen waste from downtown restaurants, hauling it to the CEED Centre, where it would be com-posted and put back into use in community garden plots around Maple Ridge.

That’s the concept anyways, if all the de-tails work out.

“At this point, we have no revenue model for it. There may be in the future,” said Christian Cowley at Community Education on Environ-ment and Development centre on 223rd Street.

First, some pilot proj-ects have to be tried with a local restaurant to determine the vol-ume of potato peel-ings, carrot tops and all other green waste that would be produced by a kitchen.

If bicycle carts are able to carry that vol-ume, the waste would be pedaled down to the CEED Centre, where it would be unloaded into a medium capacity com-posting system. Cowley has in mind the Earth Tub system, which can chew through about 75

kilograms of veggies a day and turn it into nutritious soil content in about three months, ready for adding to the two community garden plots the centre oper-ates in Maple Ridge.

“This will actually solve some of the prob-lems for us in terms of having to purchase soil amendments,” said Cowley.

So far, he doesn’t know of any local res-taurant composting system that uses bicy-cles for transport. But Windemere secondary school in Vancouver is already using the Earth Tub system, he points out.

Carting the compost on the two bikes the centre plans to buy would be done on a volunteer basis. And with seniors looking for some quick exercise and high school stu-dents trying to fulfi ll the physical educa-tion requirements for graduation, Cowley’s confi dent there will be enough helpers.

Some seed money will be needed to get the project started. He guesses about $16,000, for the composter, two bicycle trailers, electri-cal system upgrade at centre and for the 50

waste receptacles that would go in the res-taurants. The trailers will have wind-up lifts so they can accept the waste without the rid-ers having to do any lifting.

A few local restau-rateurs have already said they’re interested in helping out with the project and to help raise the start-up dollars from the local business community. With res-taurants now having to pay to have their waste hauled away, there could be incentives to use the new service.

The system could work in some restau-rants, said Dean Haldin at the Roast Bistro Cafe and Grill.

But he already re-uses most kitchen vegetable waste by using vegeta-ble stocks or onion peel-ings for making soup stock. The only thing he tosses are pepper tops and potato peelings. Setting up a collection system in larger res-taurants should work, though, he said.

If the pilot studies prove out, the CEED Centre could partner with the Downtown Ma-ple Ridge Business Im-provement Association and chamber of com-merce to implement the project.

The Vancouver Area Cycling Coalition, the Golden Ears Transition

Initiative, Metro Van-couver and the District of Maple Ridge also could be involved.

“What we’re trying to do at the CEED Centre is to get the community connected.”

Cowley wants the pi-lot projects to get go-ing as soon as possible. “We’ll start slow and scale it up.”

The Ridge Meadows Recycling Society previ-ously has asked Metro Vancouver to redesign its transfer station in Maple Ridge so it can accommodate more green waste.

Currently, the drop-off location at the de-pot accepts about 3,750 tonnes of yard waste a year. That’s then trucked to Fraser-Rich-mond Biocycle in Rich-mond, where it’s turned into top soil for plant nurseries.

If the drop-off loca-tion was redesigned to include kitchen waste, that fi gure could dou-ble.

According to the so-ciety, 36 per cent of the garbage produced in Maple Ridge homes is either yard or kitchen waste or wood waste. When that’s combined with a recycling rate of 55 per cent, Maple Ridge could exceed Metro Vancouver’s tar-get of 70 per cent diver-sion of garbage from the dump.

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School District No. 42 is out close to $100,000 after an audit of the district’s special edu-cation students by the provincial Ministry of Education found dis-crepancies with the district’s reporting.

However, district staff say they are pleased with the re-sults of the audit.

“I know it sounds odd to be pleased with losing $100,000, but relative to what it could have been, we did very well,” said district superin-tendent Jan Unwin. “Other districts have lost millions.”

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VICTORIA – Guess who said this last week: “We want to reward good teach-ers and stop making excuses for bad ones.”

No, it wasn’t B.C. Liberal leadership hopeful Kevin Falcon, who has gone quiet on education since he caused a stir with his proposal for merit pay for public school teachers.

And it wasn’t the Fraser Institute, which is about to release its latest rankings based on foundation skills assessment (FSA) tests in B.C. schools.

It was U.S. President Barack Obama, in his state of the union address. He was talking about Race to the Top, a fed-eral bonus program he called “the most meaningful reform of our public schools in a generation.”

“To all 50 states, we said, ‘If you show us the most innovative plans to improve teacher quality and student achievement, we’ll show you the money.’ ”

B.C., meanwhile, is going backwards. After years of B.C. Teachers’ Federation sabotage of skills testing, the essential mechanism for any improvement in education techniques, the B.C. Principals’ and Vice-Principals’ Association abruptly surrendered a couple of weeks ago.

The tests aren’t fl awed, association president Jameel Aziz admitted, but they have been “successfully undermined” by the BCTF.

Aziz listed three reasons for abandon-ing FSA tests. Two of them are factually

wrong. He claimed that after years of BCTF disruption tactics, participation has fallen below 50 per cent in some districts.

Ministry records show the lowest par-ticipation was 62 per cent, last year in the Vancouver school district.

The provincial average was 83 per cent, despite letters sent home by teacher union locals telling parents the tests are bad and suggesting they fi nd some excuse for their kids to skip them.

Aziz also blamed the Fraser Institute for its “misuse” of FSA data that “does not refl ect the many unique challenges faced by individual schools, nor does it credit the many unique successes of individual schools.”

Wrong again, says Peter Cowley, the Fraser Institute’s director of school per-formance studies. He notes that the rank-ings track local factors such as parental income and the proportion of English as a second language or special needs.

“We’re hunting for schools that have shown that they are actually improving,” as well as those that are slipping, Cowley said.

Critics like to set up a straw man by comparing schools in rich urban areas with poor, remote schools. That’s “mis-use,” designed to discredit the rankings and the tests.

Parents should start by looking at the performance of their own school over fi ve years. Is it getting better or worse? Rural parents can look at similar regions of B.C. and see if comparable schools are doing better. All parents can ask what extra help their children are getting to improve their individual areas of weak-ness.

Aziz claimed that “some in govern-

ment” have suggested FSA tests be replaced. Well, rookie cabinet minister Moira Stilwell has. For a more informed view, here’s Education Minister Mar-garet MacDiarmid in an open letter to parents:

“The push by the BCTF to end the FSAs is political. It’s about hiding information you, as parents, have a right to know about your child’s education and future.”

Leadership candidate George Abbott made vague noises about supplementing FSA tests. Here is one change he could consider.

The tests measure reading, writing and arithmetic skills at Grades 4 and 7. They track the individual student’s perfor-mance, as well as that of the team of teach-ers he or she has had to that point.

Additional measurements could give a clearer picture of the performance of each teacher.

Then Falcon’s merit pay idea could be implemented.

Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press

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Who will be our next premier? And who will be hurling questions across the fl oor as our opposition leader?

The answers won’t come from voters at the polls, but from card-carrying members of the B.C. Liberal and B.C. NDP parties. In the highly-contested lead-ership contests currently playing out, leaders are chosen by party members. With resignations by Lib-eral Gordon Campbell and NDP Carole James, both jobs are up for grabs.

Anyone can join a party to participate in the one-member, one-vote system. But not all citizens have an interest in politics and political parties. Many people just want to be served by a caring MLA and have a competent premier at the helm.

That calls into question our current political sys-tem in B.C. Looking south, it appears the U.S. pri-mary voting system would bring a few more ounces of fairness to the whole process. Simply put, under such a system, all eligible voters would be able to vote for their candidate.

In the U.S., primary elections are used by a politi-cal party to nominate candidates for the next general election. Open primary elections are open to all reg-istered voters, and voting is done through a secret ballot. This would offer citizens a more complete voting system and improve democracy. It could also boost participation in the electoral process, engag-ing citizens in the political system and their wider communities — and ultimately increase voter turn-out on election day.

Under the current system, the winning leadership candidate is likely the person who managed to col-lect the most new memberships or someone already entrenched in party circles.

A primary system would give the winning lead-ership candidate a clear mandate to lead the prov-ince — or B.C.’s offi cial opposition, by putting more power in the hands of general voters and less in the hands of party elites.

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“The push by the BCTF to end the FSAs is political. It’s about hiding information you, as parents, have a right to know about your child’s education and future.” Margaret MacDiarmid, education minister


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EDITOR, THE NEWS:Prime Minster Stephen Harper has

just celebrated five years in office. He came awfully close to not reach-

ing this milestone a few years ago when he really upset the other fed-eral parties by threatening to with-draw some of the taxpayer support for all parties, including his own.

The role of money in elections is not a new issue in Canadian poli-tics. Scandals in election campaign financing toppled the government of Prime Minster Sir John A. McDonald in 1873.

The first law to regulate election finances made it a federal offense for a candidate to buy votes with money or other valuable considerations.

In 1908, a law was passed barring corporations from making campaign contributions. However, since there was no overseeing administrative body, nobody paid any attention to this and money flowed freely from business to political candidates.

It was not until 1970 that the Can-ada Elections Act was passed. It al-

lowed political parties to register and receive legal recognition and receive public reimbursements for a portion of the election expenses as a party and also for individual candidates.

People who donated to a political party received tax credits.

In 2003, the Liberal government of then Prime Minister Jean Chrétien passed a law limiting election ex-penses for parties and candidates.

As a result, the Canadian Commu-nist party can spend up to $1.5 million and the Work Less Party is allowed about $64,000 in election expenses. These two examples are from a list of 19 official parties, many of which I did not know existed.

At the same time, Mr. Chrétien in-creased public money support for par-ties and candidates in their election expenses, 50 per cent for the federal parties and 60 per cent of the candi-dates’ expenses up to certain limits.

Moreover, he legislated that every registered political party receives $1.75 a year per vote received in the previous federal election.

There are some valid arguments for this subsidy, but also a very strong opinion against. For instance, the separatist Bloc Quebecois receives 86 per cent of its finances from the Ca-nadian taxpayer ( the Conservatives 37 per cent.).

I am not alone in finding this a very strange state of affairs. First of all, the Bloc is a party that does not field any candidates outside of Québec and, therefore, really does not meet the definition of a true federal party.

Secondly, the ultimate goal of this party is to break up the country. Why then would we, the taxpayers of nine provinces and three territories, now provide nearly all the finances for the Bloc?

If we are going to have a federal election in the near future, it may be a good thing to ask the various candi-dates lots of questions, and certainly one of these should be what they think about this rather unique situ-ation.

MARCO TERWEIL

MAPLE RIDGE

EDITOR, THE NEWS:Re: Out of the line of fi re

(The News, Jan. 28).The story of the Tamil “ref-

ugees” is heart wrenching, but sadly not uncommon. In the aftermath of the Second World War.

Many people, including my father, came to Canada seeking a better, secure life through legal immigration. They also had stories of the horrors of war and persecu-tion.

Canada has a long and ven-erable history of opening our borders to legitimate refu-gees and immigrants who make applications for immi-gration in their country of origin or another country.

When my father did, he went through a thorough screening process to ensure he was not or had not been a member of the National So-cialist (Nazi) party, nor was he a criminal or other type of person who would be deemed undesirable or inadmissible.

With the MV Sun Sea pas-sengers, we were denied that same process of ensur-ing the safety of our citizens and landed immigrants from criminals or terror-ists before they were on our shores. Their illegal arrival has strained our medical system and the resources of the immigration system that reviews legal applications from people seeking to come to Canada.

For us to allow or welcome freely people who merely hop a boat or pay human smugglers, such as the Snakeheads, to get to Cana-dian shores is not only an affront to every person who has legitimately immigrated

to Canada, but also the thou-sands of people waiting in refugee camps around the world who are waiting to have their refugee claims go through due process.

It might also be argued that by failing to stop this that Canada is an accomplice to human smuggling and re-sponsible for the profi tability of this disgusting enterprise.

J. W. NYHUS

MAPLE RIDGE

Not black and whiteEDITOR, THE NEWS:

Re: Out of the line of fi re (The News, Jan. 28).

Thank you, Monisha Mar-tins, for your article on one of the Tamil families that came to Canada on the MV Sun Sea. I hope the people who took the trouble to attend the recent C-49 meeting also took the time to read your article.

It would be nice to think that some of the people who applauded a speaker at the meeting who called the likes of Thivia and her family ‘op-portunists’, will now consider the possibility that maybe the issue isn’t quite as black-and-white as they thought.

STUART DE JONG.MAPLE RIDGE

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Monisha Martins, I just wanted to let you know how moved I was by the excellent article that you wrote about the family from Sri Lanka.

But I worry that if our gov-ernment chooses to deport some of these recent arriv-

als back to Sri Lanka, they may meet a fate similar to those of the Jews during the Second World War. The af-fects of 30 years of civil war can’t be erased that easily.

I understand the need to vet these people to make sure there are no safety risks to Canadians, but your article reinforces the fact that many of them are seeking refuge from a dangerous and intol-erable situation.

So often we fi nd our citi-zens ready to brand legiti-mate refugees as terrorists. We even have politicians, like Vic Toews, who seem to think along these lines.

Articles like yours gives us an alternate perspective and shows us the human side of these people. They create a balance that is badly needed.

ELIZABETH ROSENAU

MAPLE RIDGE

Live in peaceEDITOR, THE NEWS:


I am responding to the com-passionate and open minded article by Monisha Martins.

It is good that we are tak-ing a look at the human side of this tragedy and showing some semblance of under-standing and tolerance in this issue of civilians fl eeing a war zone.

I realize that this may be dif-fi cult for some of us in the west who’ve never lived through a war, but let’s try and keep our minds and hearts open to these people’s plight.

The issue of the criminal syndicates who are profi t-ing from people traffi cking is one thing and should be dealt

with. And, believe me, it’s not just the Sri Lankan refugees. What about the traffi cking syndicates operating out of Hong Kong that went on for years, and was raised by for-mer diplomat Brian McAdam during the Liberals’ tenure in Ottawa. This prompted the notorious “Sidewinder File,” a joint effort by the CSIS/RCMP, which was quickly buried by Jean Chrétien’s Liberal government due to its embarrassing political rev-elations.

That’s why we have CSIS, our intelligence services, which gathers information on these operations world-wide and provide advice to the privy council, and differ-ent agencies of the govern-ment to act upon. CSIS, along with the RCMP, and CBSA (Canadian Boarder Services Agency) are sifting through to identify the legitimate refugees from the criminal elements. Let them do their jobs, that’s what we’re paying them for.

Canada has a long tradi-tion of welcoming refugees who are fl eeing war zones, whether it was the Jews es-caping the horrors of the Na-zis in the Second World War or the Irish fl eeing the sectar-ian “Troubles,” in Northern Ireland.

We need to show some compassion and understand-ing as to why these people are fl eeing the war zone of Sri Lanka. So let’s open our hearts and minds to their plight and welcome them to our great country, Canada, where they can live in relative peace and safety.

JOHN MCKENZIE

MAPLE RIDGE

EDITOR, THE NEWS:Re: District buys downtown lots (The News, Jan. 26).Finally, I can actually appreciate a Council, the fi rst since

the Carl Durksen era, when Memorial Park and all the struc-tures were put in.

The improvements to 224th Street and connecting highway pieces, the bright new Westminster Savings building, a much better picture than a three-quarter empty parking lot. Im-pressive.

Now, the recent giant purchase of connecting land on 119th Avenue means council really is staying the course on doing something about the downtown core.

With fear of exhibiting egotism, I was part of closing down the infamous Northumberland Court, and involved in the proposal and construction of Callaghan Plaza just off of 224th Street –a business and residential complex that our associa-tion is proud of, thus doing my bit to improve the area. News of the hotel proposal right across the street on Callaghan truth-fully makes me beam.

So, Mayor Daykin and councillors, keep up the good work. Do not for a minute look to any big-box retail in that area. None of them worth their salt, as we say, would even con-sider it.

Your latest acquisition must develop as open to pedestrians and friendly to small business.

Ignore your naysayers, you’re on the right track.LORNE RIDING

MAPLE RIDGE

EDITOR, THE NEWS:Re: No such thing as humane execution (Letters, Jan. 26).Mark O’Neill is correct, there is no such thing as a hu-

mane execution. Though, I would like to point out it costs, approximately $52,000 a year to keep one inmate in a cor-rectional facility. That number differs whether its female or male inmate, federal or provincial.

In 2005, Canada spent $3 billion to keep these inmates in-carcerated. That money could have been used in a better way, on health care, education or employment.

I don’t think it’s the worst idea to think about bringing back the death penalty for those of us who cannot function appropriately in society. The majority of prisoners get pa-roled early, not because of good behaviour, but because it’s not worth the government spending an extra $52,000 on a prisoner who has not been deemed as a threat to the pub-lic. People such as Willy Pickton and Clifford Olson, how-ever, shouldn’t have the privilege of spending the rest of their lives in jail. They are fl awed humans and need to be eliminated. This way, we can spend our tax dollars on more important things.

ERIN TULLOCH

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Moving forwardFrom: Jat Illanganathan, posted on www.mapleridgenews.com.Re: Out of the line of fire (The News, Jan. 28).Very interesting article. It is a shame that the Sri Lankan government refuses to allow the UN to carry out their own investigations. The credibility of the Sri Lankan government is at risk, when they refuse a non-related third party to hold an investigation.Their is an issue of independence when the government accused of committing atrocities against mankind, investigates itself.Furthermore, it is in everyone’s interest to move forward.


A 36-year-old man was arrested early Sunday after he tried to fl ee po-lice while driving a sto-len car.

Police were alerted to the man after an offi cer with the Integrated Road Safety Unit attempted to stop a grey Pontiac Grand-Am near Selkirk Avenue and 220th Street around 1.30 a.m.

Ridge Meadows RCMP Cpl. Alanna Dunlop said the driver of the Pontiac accelerated and attempt-ed to fl ee.

“To the suspect’s dis-may, the RCMP traffi c services helicopter was in the area,” Dunlop added.

Air One kept watch from above as the man drove to Klassen Place and 125th Avenue, where he jumped out of the car and tried to hide on a property nearby.

“With the helicopter still watching his every move, uniformed police offi cers moved in and the arrest was made,” Dunlop said.

The car had been re-ported stolen to Coquit-lam RCMP on Jan. 26.

Police also discovered the man was on bail, with conditions that pro-hibited him from being

in a vehicle without the owner present.

The man was remand-ed in police custody for a court appearance on Monday.

Drunk driversA Maple Ridge man

faces impaired driv-ing charges for driving drunk on Saturday.

The 45-year-old was stopped by Ridge Mead-ows RCMP at 11:15 p.m. in the 21000-block of Dewdney Trunk Road.

Samples of the man’s breath were analyzed at more than twice the legal limit.

The man now faces charges of driving while impaired, driving with a blood-alcohol level of .08 per cent and driving while prohibited.

The man wasn’t the only driver caught driv-ing while drunk on the weekend.

Five drivers received immediate roadside driving prohibitions for 90 days for blowing ‘fail’ readings into a Breatha-lyzer. Three other driv-ers got three day-sus-pensions and had their cars impounded for three days for blowing in the ‘warning’ range.

“Incidents of impaired driving must stop,” said Cpl. Alanna Dunlop.

“Ridge Meadows RCMP members will continue to be on the lookout for any driver who has consumed al-cohol before driving. Im-paired driving is a major contributor of serious crashes and it’s a pre-ventable cause.”

Fail to stopThree men were sent

to hospital early Satur-day after a SUV ran a red light on an approach to the Golden Ears Bridge.

The crash took place at 8:20 a.m. on an entrance ramp to the bridge and Lougheed Highway.

The men were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Both cars, a full-sized Chevrolet and a Chrysler, had to be towed off scene.

Police have charged the driver of the Chevy for failing to stop at a red light.

Thief thwartedA woman knocked a

thief to the ground dur-ing an attempted purse-snatching Friday at a bus loop in Maple Ridge.

The woman was wait-ing for a bus off Edge Street when another woman approached her

around 5:45 p.m. and tried to grab her phone.

Ridge Meadows RCMP said the victim resisted and knocked the would-be thief to the ground. The thief got up and reached for the woman’s purse but was unable to steal it.

She fl ed towards Dew-dney Trunk Road.

The suspect is de-scribed as a white wom-an, around 25 years old with a thin build and me-dium length brown hair. She was wearing a dark puffy jacket, blue jeans and running shoes.

Stolen truckA man was injured

Friday when his car was struck by a stolen pickup truck in Pitt Meadows.

The crash happened 12:45 a.m. at a round-about on Harris Road at Airport Way.

Police said the man’s car was in the round-about when a blue 1990 Toyota pickup truck entered the circle and collided with him. The driver then fl ed from the pickup truck, running south on Harris Rd. to-wards Fraser Way.

A police dog was brought in but failed to locate the driver, who was described as tall and wearing a hoodie.

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This notice is issued in accordance with Sections 24, 26 and 94 of the Community Charter.

The District of Maple Ridge hereby provides notice of its intention to grant a lease of the land located at 22207 Brown Avenue, Maple Ridge, B.C., legally described as: PID: 018-432-204, Lot 1, District Lot 399,Group 1, New Westminster District, Plan LMP12218, to the Provincial Housing Rental Corporation (“PHRC”), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Provincial Government. Rent under the lease is $10.00 for the term. The term of the lease is 50 years, with a possibility of 2 further 10 year renewal terms by mutual agreement.

The District of Maple Ridge also hereby provides notice of its intention to provide assistance (within the meaning of the B.C. Community Charter) to PRHC by granting the above lease for $10.00 rent for the term, which is less than market value rent. The District estimates that market value rent for the lease would be approximately $2,700.00 per month.

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New buildings also could qualify for tax and building fee in-centives, while further breaks are available to energy-smart build-ings, all part of the downtown plan, which stresses a walkable, eco-friendly down-town.

Realtor Ron Antalek couldn’t say if the dis-trict was being too de-manding by promoting high-rise development on the property.

But he did say the price was right. “It comes at a very good value.”

Currently, market prices in Maple Ridge don’t support the high-er construction costs of high-rise construction, Antalek said. “I see a lot of developers hesi-tant,” because of pric-es. Current prices per square foot are lower now than in 2007.

“It’s like any develop-ment. It has to be fea-

sible and it has to be vi-able before we see the development commu-nity willing to invest,” Antalek added.

Ernie Beaudin, with Decker Management, which sold the prop-erty, said the district should allow less-dense, four-storey walk-up apartments if it wants new develop-ment in the core area.

The downtown plan does allow three or four-storey buildings with ground-fl oor com-mercial, Mayor Ernie Daykin pointed out. A four-storey apart-ment complex already has been approved for an adjoining property east of 226th Street and Haney Place Mall.

“We want density, but I also understand the realities of the mar-ketplace. Is concrete high rise something that’s going to happen in Maple Ridge in the short term?

“I think we’re going

to be open to lots of op-tions,” Daykin said.

Already, there have been two inquiries.

Daykin reiterated that the municipal-ity isn’t in the devel-opment business, and while it won’t take the fi rst offer, it doesn’t want to sit on the prop-erty for years.

Council will decide whether to accept any particular offer, he pointed out.

“We’re not prepared to sell it to another holding company that’s going to sit on it for fi ve years.”

What is helping dur-ing the slow real estate market is the district’s list of incentives to build in the downtown by giving breaks on property taxes and de-velopment fees.

Those have helped two projects in which Antalek is involved – at 11566 – 224th St. on the Haney Bypass, and the other being Gha-lib Rawji’s proposal to build townhouses on the former site of Nor-thumberland Court, the troubled complex on Fraser Street that was shut down last

year. Work on the fi rst project starts this spring.

“These incentives created by the district are one reason that motivate him [the de-veloper of the build-ing on the bypass] to step up to the plate,” Daykin said.

“If we are successful in this one, he’ll do an-other one.”

Antalek said devel-opers will put in an ap-plication for a project, get it to third reading, then apply for a year’s extension or let the entire project lapse.

“The big difference is they’re going to do these now.”

Even changes to the B.C. Building Code, al-lowing wood-framed

buildings to rise to fi ve storeys, is making a difference for another condo project at the foot of Burnett Street, he pointed out.

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The lots are on Selkirk and 119 Avenues.

It will cost more for international students to attend classes in the Maple Ridge-Pitt Mead-ows school district in the fall.

The board of educa-tion approved increas-ing the 10-month tu-ition fee from $11,000 to $12,000 last week. Ac-cording to staff, it is the fi rst increase in eight years and will still be competitive with other districts.

Also approved were a boost in the Medical

Services Plan fee to $80 from $70 and the home-stay monthly fee to $800 from $700, as well as the additions of a $100 homestay placement fee, an $80 airport pick-up fee and a $100 legal fee.

Secretary-treasurer Wayne Jefferson said the district has received no push back from stu-dent agents.

“The fees are similar to other districts manag-ing their fi nances these days,” said Jefferson.

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A man who Mount-ies suspected in a deb-it machine scam last week was just doing his job.

Ridge Meadows RCMP issued a warn-ing about the man on Friday, a day after a Maple Ridge dance school complained about an encounter with a suspicious deb-it machine technician.

The man’s creden-tials were questioned after the school’s reception called the company he claimed to be working for but was told there were no services persons in Maple Ridge that eve-ning.

Since the warning, police have been con-tacted by the man and

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Insp. Derren Lench said the credentials are legitimate.

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Seniors’ Calendar• The Maple Ridge Better Breathers Club will hold its monthly meeting Thursday, Feb. 3, in the Fraser Room of the Public Library from noon to 2 p.m. This club is a support group for people with chronic lung conditions such as asthma, chronic bronchitis, and COPD. Family and caretakers are welcome. For more information, call Heidi at 604-466-1633 or Jean at 604-467-1320.• Whonnock Weavers and Spinners Guild will be meeting at Whonnock Lake Centre at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 8. All are welcome to attend. Besides spinners and weavers, the guild welcomes felters,

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Tales of Spirit Wood open annual festival

Not everyone can profess their love in song, but this Valen-tine’s Day Rayne Beveridge

and his merry band of singers will make that wish a reality for the smitten lady or lad who lacks vocal chops.

Over the past few weeks, 20 sing-ers from Beveridge’s Glee and adult choirs have been mastering three passionate ditties to belt out as singing telegrams.

Their repertoire includes Queen’s Crazy Little Thing called Love, Marry Me by Bruno Mars and Love Me Tender by Elvis.

“I’m been trying to think of cre-ative ways to raise money for our club and get the kids involved in the community,” explains Beveridge, a teacher at Maple Ridge’s Bergthor-son Academy of Musical Arts.

“The idea is great all around. It gives them an opportunity to per-form, gives them an opportunity to raise money for a cause and the club.”

It seems there are many folks who are keen to surprise their sweet-hearts or friends with a song, from people who want to embarrass a colleague at work to others who’d like to romance their wives.

“For $30, it helps out a lot for a guy who can’t think of anything in-teresting to do,” says Beveridge.

The singing telegrams costs $30 – half of which will be donated to the Heart and Stroke Foundation.

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A fi ctional story of the origin of wood will open this year’s Spirit of Wood Festival.

Created by Maple Ridge’s Peter Tam, the 40-minute-long performing art piece will feature an original music composi-tion, choreography by three renowned Vancouver choreogra-phers, fi ve professional dancers, drummers, singers, as well as 40 students from the Granville Island’s Arts Umbrella.

Spirit Wood also boasts support from a team of artists who’ve helped with everything from costumes to animation.

“This production is a fusion of traditional and modern styles in both the music and the dance,” said Tam. “The characters are Spirit Earth, Spirit Water and Spirit Fire. The dance takes you from the beginning of time, through apoca-lyptic events to transform beings into trees, creating Spirit Wood. The message in the story is that our existence depends on the trees.”

Spirit Wood has also come to mean more to Tam than just a dance production.

It has created a connection between father and son. Tam’s son Alex, a student at Arts Umbrella, was chosen by the cho-reographers as one of the principle dancers.

• The Spirit Wood ballet plays the ACT at 7 p.m. on Satur-

day, Feb. 5. Ticket are $20 for adults and $10 for youth and seniors. For tickets, call 604 476-ARTS (2787).

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(From left) Alex Tam (Comet), Peter Tam (composer/director), Alyssa Brizzi (Stardust), Linda Arkelian (choreographer), Meredith Kalaman (Spirit Earth) and Jacqueline Lopez (Spirit Water). The ballets plays the ACT on Saturday at 7 p.m.

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Maple Ridge rock band Angel Down is ready to set the stage for Canadian icons Finger Eleven in Mis-sion next week.

The band features LT on drums, Joel Lo-gan on guitar, Gordie Buerk on vocals and Jay ‘Danger’ Graham on bass guitar.

Originally formed in 2007 as a hard rock cover band, Angel Down’s recent switch to original tunes is paying off.

Buerk says the band’s on an upswing of popularity with a management deal un-der way and a plethora of new shows and big name acts to support.

The band is currently recording on a album titled Sundown, which will feature eight orig-inal tracks.

Other bands on the bill include The Envy, a rock ensemble re-cently signed to KISS rocker Gene Simmons’ recording label, and

Oshawa’s Hail The Vil-lain, who have been storming the airwaves with their hit single Take Back The Fear.

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The Vancouver North East Chiefs picked up an easy four points last weekend knocking off the visiting, Kootenay Ice twice in as many days.

Nine different players found the back of the net for the local major midget hockey team, as the Chiefs downed the Ice 3-1 on Saturday, followed by a 6-0 win on Sunday.

The Ice opened the scoring midway through the first period of Saturday’s game, but the lone marker would be their only goal

of the weekend as the Chiefs went on to play five consecutive periods of shut-out hockey.

Both Nick Hermany and Domi-nic Centis potted a goal and an assist as the Chiefs came back to win 3-1. Jacob Wensley had the other Chiefs goal.

Trevor Sutton, Liam Pearce, Derek Hughes, and Joey San-tucci registered assists.

The Chiefs’ Matt Bissett proved it is better to give than to receive as he notched four assists in the Chiefs 6-0 win on Sunday.

The Chiefs took a 1-0 lead into the third period before blowing the door wide open with five goals in the span of 10 minutes.

Adam Rockwood, Tyler Mar-tin, Daniel Del Bianco, Jamie Waddington, Hughes and San-

tucci each scored for the Chiefs. Santucci also notched a trio of assists, while Hermany had a pair. Matt Allan and Rockwood also picked up helpers.

The Chiefs remain in sixth place in the BCMML with 33 points, two points behind the South Island Thunderbirds with two games in hand.

With eight games left in the regular season, the Chiefs have a firm grip on the sixth and final BCMML play-off berth.

That grip will be tested this weekend in Nanaimo, however, as the Chiefs take on the North Island Silvertips, who sit in sev-enth place with 28 points.

The Chiefs next home game is Feb. 12 at Planet Ice against the Okanagan Rockets. Game time is 10 a.m.

THE NEWS/sportsSection coordinator:Robert Mangelsdorf 604-467-1122 ext. [email protected]

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Local teams made a clean sweep of last weekend’s men’s bonspiel at the Golden Ears Winter Club.

Golden Ears teams took the top spot in all four events, with Cal Fister and his rink of Patrick Russell, Murray Day, and Brian Williams winning the A-level tournament. In the B pool, skip Wes Bingham and his rink of Don Bingham, Drew Dumas, and Brennan Smith fi nished fi rst, while Kent Laberge, Fred Fox, Brent Kupser, and Don Huber won the C event. In the D-class endurance event, Rob Smith, Bob Heffl efi nger, Bruce Nel-son, and Dan Mufford came out on top.

The event, which ran Friday through Sunday, was spon-sored by the Army, Navy and Airforce Veterans Club of Maple Ridge.

Thomas Haney Thunder keeps rolling

The Thomas Haney Thun-der kept rolling as it picked up a pair of wins Monday and Thursday. Monday’s game saw the local senior boys’ basketball team nearly double league rivals, Mis-sion’s Heritage Park second-ary, 87-46. The league win fol-lowed an exhibition victory for the Thunder as it topped Richmond 76-62 at the Eric Hamber Midtown Showdown tournament in Richmond.

The Thunder are 5-2 in Fraser Valley North AA league play this season, and tied for second place.

The Ridge Meadows Flames are turning up the heat at just the right time, winning two games in a row as the post-sea-son looms.

The local junior B hockey team edged the Mission Icebreakers 6-4 Sunday night on the road af-ter downing the 31- 7-2 Delta Ice Hawks at home Fri-day night by a score of 5-2.

The Flames’ win Sunday night came despite being out-shot 50-25 by the Icebreakers, who held a 3-1 lead halfway through the game.

The game may not have been pretty, but coach Tavis Eaton isn’t complaining about the two points.

“The guys never gave up, and they were rewarded,” he said.

Alexander Smith broke a month-long point-scoring drought in dramatic fashion, registering two goals and two assists, capturing the game’s first star honours.

“This was a real break-out game for him,” said Eaton. “Hopefully he can keep it up.”

Smith, along with linemates Dean Gilmore and Paul Piluso, combined for 12 points Sunday night.

The trio played on a line to-gether last season for the Ridge Meadows Rustlers midget A team, and Eaton decided two weeks ago to reunite them in hopes of sparking them offen-sively.

Chiefs win twice versus Ice

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Bissett, Santucci each notch a four-point game


Joey Santucci of the Vancouver North East Chiefs brings the puck up the ice as Jesse Knowler of the Kootenay Ice chases him during a major midget league game at Planet Ice Sunday morning.

Jr. B Flames heat up as playoff s near

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Local hockey team posts two wins in a row

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“They’re all good friends, and they enjoy playing together,” said Eaton. “They are really coming into their own.”

Smith scored his fi rst goal of the night late in the second period to bring the Flames within one, before scoring his second 75 seconds later to tie the game 3-3.

Mission scored early in the third to regain the lead, but Dustin Cervo tied things up for the Flames on the power play at the fi ve-minute mark.

Piluso got the go-ahead goal with three min-utes left in regulation, assisted by Smith and Gilmore, before team captain CJ Legassic potted an empty-netter with 30 seconds left to seal the win.

On Friday, the Flames rode another hot line to victory in their 5-2 win over the Delta Ice Hawks.

This time it was Danny Brandys, Cervo and Le-gassic who combined for 11 points, with all three players taking the game’s fi rst-, second-, and third-star honours, respectively.

The Flames took an early 2-0 lead in front of the home crowd, only to see the Ice Hawks cut the lead one in the span of a minute.

The Flames pressed on, however, scoring three goals in the sec-ond period while pelting Ice Hawks goalie Doug-las Birks with 26 shots in the middle frame alone.

With fi ve games re-maining in the regular season, the Flames fi nd themselves in third place in the Harold Brit-tain Conference with 38

points and a 18-21-2 re-cord.

While a fi rst- or sec-ond-place conference play-off berth might be out of reach, a strong fi n-ish to the season will be needed to hold on to the third-place berth, with Mission just three points back with two games in hand.

Eaton, however, is con-fi dent in his team’s abili-ties.

“I think we’re playing they way we should,” said Eaton. “This team can play great when they want to, the prob-lem this season has been

consistency.”The pair of wins are

hopefully a sign the Flames have righted their ship in time for the playoffs.

“It’s all about what you do in the playoffs,” said Eaton.

“No one remembers what you did in the regu-lar season.”

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The Maple Ridge Ram-blers senior girls’ bas-ketball team downed the Gleneagle Talons 63-34 last weekend, avenging their loss to the Coquit-lam team in December.

A wild fi rst quarter saw the Ramblers up by a score of 27-13, a lead they would add to as the game progressed. They stretched their lead to 35-17 at the half, before pulling away for good in the second half, outpac-ing Gleneagle 28-17 in the fi nal two quarters.

Kolbie Orum scored a game-high 24 points, while Lauren Lamont had 10 points, shoot-ing 83 per cent from the fi eld. Coral Lee Anataya

had nine points and fi ve rebounds, while Zoe Yoxall had six points and four rebounds. Hae-ley Williams had seven points. The Ramblers de-fence managed to stifl e the Talons, preventing any of their players from reaching double-digits.

Ridge wrestlers win Four members of Ma-

ple Ridge secondary’s girls’ wrestling team fi n-ished atop the podium last weekend at the Miri Piri Invitational Wres-tling Tournament in Ab-botsford.

Team co-captain Can-dice Owen and Ciara McCrae both had strong

performances, as did Grade 9 wrestler Clar-issa Morgan.

Shae Corwin had one of the most impressive matches of the tourney, coming from behind af-ter losing the fi rst round to a Grade 12 wrestler from St. Patrick’s Re-gional Secondary School in Vancouver.

“She really turned the corner of her wrestling career,” said Maple Ridge wrestling coach Bill McCrae. “Shae rose up in the second round, crushing the older wres-tlers spirit.”

In the boys’ competi-tion, Brendan Prevost won silver, while Brodie McKenzie took bronze.

Sr. Ramblers clip Talons

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In Loving Memory of

Anna NormanFeb 3, 1926 ~ Feb 1, 2001

I’ll mourn the loss with all my heartand in my mind we’ll never part.

I’ll keep the memories in my mind,

The love we sharedan incredible kind.My heart you fi lled

with a wonderful love.as sweet as God’spure white dove.

So although you’re not here on this great land

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for me to die,help those on earth

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Love Auntie Judy


5 IN MEMORIAM

“Our Beautiful Angel” Brianna Helen KinnearJune 30, 1986 - February 3, 2009

It has been two long years since you were tragically taken from us and not a day goes by that tears do not fi ll our eyes and sadness does not fi ll our hearts. It hurts that we will never be able to share in the joy of your wedding day or the birth of your children, it hurts that we will never laugh with you or cry with you or be able to hug you again. The dynamics of our family has forever changed and it hurts that you are not here to share in our milestones, they aren’t the same without you. Our lives are in pieces, we miss you terribly and we want you back.

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ANDRONICK Hilda

On January 27th, 2011 at the age of 78 years. Predeceased by her husband William (Bill). Hilda will be lovingly remembered by her children, Brenda (Wayne); Perry (Laura); and Marianne (Jerry) and 8 grandchildren. No Service by request. In lieu of fl owers, donations to your favourite charity would be appreciated. Many thanks to Dr. Mentz for his understand-ing and compassion, and nursing staff at 2 West.

Condolences may be sent to www.mapleridgefuneral.ca

CHIKOWSKI Mary

Loving mother of Jerry (Susan), Raymond (Debra), grandmother of seven and great grandmother of eight passed away peacefully on January 29th, 2011 at the age of 93. Mary will be in our hearts forever. Private family service to be held at a later date.

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BURSHTINSKIRichard Barry

“Rick”

Born on May 20, 1949 in Glendon Alberta. Passed away peacefully January 25, 2011 at Crossroads hospice in Port Moody after a sudden short battle with cancer. Rick was a very hardworking pipe-layer who was stronger than any of us ever knew. He was a good Dad, Papa, Friend and Son. He was predeceased by a brother. He is survived by his Mother, Father, Brothers, Sisters, three Children and three Grandchildren. He also leaves many other close family and friends. We love you and will miss you always.

And now these three remain: Faith, Hope and Love.

But the greatest of these is love.

A celebration of life will be held at 1:00 on February 5, 2011 at Garden Hill Funeral Home, 11765 - 224th Street, Maple Ridge B.C.

Expressions of sympathy canbe made to www.gardenhill.ca

JORISSEN, Joan Lilian, born London, England Dec. 17th 1932 passed away Jan. 27th 2011, at the age of 78. Joan will be lovingly remembered by son Mark (Nadia), daughter Niki (Garnet), grandchildren Christian, (Susan), Michael, Angela, Stephanie, (James), Steven, Nathan, Heather, (JC), as well as great grand-children Jacob, Shandra, Ethan, Spencer & Shamus. A Service will be held at St. Columba Anglican Church, 12109 Harris Road, Pitt Mead-ows at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 5th. In lieu of fl owers a donation to your favourite charity would be appreciated.


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KLASSEN, Ruth T. (nee Rempel)

Nov. 27, 1933 – Jan. 21, 2011

Passed away peacefully at age 77 in the arms of her husband Frank and son Frank Jr. in Minoru Residence. Ruth was born in Yarrow, BC, the eldest daughter of Aron and Olga Rempel. Her childhood was not an easy one, caring for her eight siblings and helping on the raspberry farm. Her life was further complicated by excruciating migraines which she suffered daily from her mid-teens until a few years before her passing. Despite the chronic pain, her musical talents and remarkable intelligence were among the many gifts she demonstrated throughout her life. Ruth was an accomplished pianist and music teacher. She was also renowned for an astounding memory - remembering as many as 400 birthdays, anniversaries and special occasions a year to send out thousands of cards, letters and gifts to family, friends and even strangers to lift their spirits. Ruth was a devoted Christian - her favourite Bible chapter was John 14. She married Frank Klassen Sr. On Oct. 31, 1953 in Yarrow Mennonite Brethren Church. In the following years, Ruth became a loving mother to Frank, Cynthia, Lorne and Jeff, along with her subsequent daughter-in-laws Karen, Wendy/Rose & Kate; grandchildren Kaila (& Kevin), Kelsey, Philip (& Lian), Elise and Aaron; and great-grand-daughter Ava. During the family’s darkest times, Ruth appreciated the love and support of sisters Edith (& Bob) Simpson, Ollie (& Bob) Peters and Charlotte (& Art) Shier. Her body was donated to UBC for scientifi c research into migraines and Lewy Body Dementia in hopes of fi nding a cure for these brain disorders. The family would like to thank the dedicated caregivers at Minoru Residence, who made her fi nal months comfortable ones. A celebration of life will take place at the Richmond Bethel Church, 10200 No. 5 Road, Richmond on Saturday, Feb. 5 at 2 pm. A reception will follow. Memorial gifts can be made to the Gideons International in Canada or Alzheimer Society of BC.


7 OBITUARIES

LINGENFELTER Robert L. Lingenfelter of Shaunavon, SK beloved hus-band of the late Mary Veronica Lingenfelter (Harty) passed away January 26, 2011 at the age of 93.

Robert leaves to cherish his memory Terry Lingenfelter, Janice Harty, Dwain (Rubiela) Lingenfelter, Mary (Jim) Coller, Delana (Barry) Floberg, Cheryl Chelle, 28 grandchildren, 47 great grandchildren and 5 great-great grandchildren.

Robert was predeceased by his wife Mary Veronica, son Gordon Lingenfelter, daugh-ters Bonita Lingenfelter and Lynda Piquette, son-in-law Jerry Piquette, two grandchil-dren Sheldon Harty andPatrick Piquette.

Funeral Mass will be celebrat-ed at Christ the King R. C. Church in Shaunavon, SK on Monday, January 31, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. Binkley’s Funeral Service (www.Binkleys.com) was in charge of the arrange-ments. Memorial gifts in Robert’s name may be made to Rock Creek Golf andCountry Club in Shaunavon or Cypress Hills Ability Centre in Shaunavon in care of Binkley’s Funeral Service at 297-2412 or toll free at 1-877-BINKLEY.


7 OBITUARIES

MACKENZIE Jean (Goodman)

April 29, 1935 ~ Jan. 23 2011

It is with great sadness that we announce the sudden passing of our beloved mother, grand-mother and best friend. Jean passed away at home Sunday January 23rd, 2011. Jean will be sadly missed by her daughter Kathy Back (Perry), grandchildren Ryan and Katrina, Salmon Arm. Son Don Mackenzie (Julie), grandchildren Kim and Kevin, Maple Ridge. Stepson David Mackenzie (Joan and Family), Qualicum Beach. Jean is also survived by her sisters Disa Brown, and Julie Zatorsky, Winnipeg. Ruby Cowan (Ervin), Chilliwack, and Margie Steven (Tom), Maple Ridge. Brother Don Goodman, Winnipeg, along with many nieces and nephews. She will also be dearly missed by close friends and all of her neighbors at the Legion Manor. Jean worked for many years as a teacher’s assistant for School District 42 and enjoyed all the children and her co-workers. She was always kind and giving of her time to anyone that needed her. Jean was predeceased by her loving husband and soul mate Stuart Mackenzie in May 1996. She touched everyone who knew her and was always known for all the baked goodies that she would share with friends and relatives.

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No service by request. In lieu of fl owers donations may be made to The BC Lung Association or the charity of one’s choice.

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7 OBITUARIES

WINTERHOFFDavid Andreas

April 30, 1981~ Jan. 27, 2011

David passed away at home unexpectedly on January 27th, 2011 after a lifelong struggle with medical issues as a result of being backed over by a garbage truck in his kindergarten year. Forever missed and remembered by his parents Linda and Andy; sister Cara (Chris Herbert); sister Lori; much adored nephew Dylan and niece Katie. Also left to mourn are his grandparents Paul and Margarete Winterhoff and Howard and Elizabeth Roche; many aunts, uncles and cousins. David had a large circle of friends. We would like to thank Dave and the Domino’s pizza crew for their support through his medical ups and downs during the many years he worked there. Special thanks goes out to Samantha and his friends who were there to help him in October when he had his fi rst heart attack. We are eternally grateful for the extra few months we had with him. Special thanks to the RCH dialysis team and all his dialysis “moms”. Prayers Thursday, February 3rd at 6 pm at St. Luke’s Catholic Church, 20285 Dewdney Trk. Rd., Maple Ridge, followed by Funeral Mass, Friday, February 4th at 11 am. Rev. Father A. Abundo Celebrant. In lieu of fl owers, donations to the BC Kidney Foundation, would be appreciated.

Condolences may be sent to www.mapleridgefuneral.ca

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

21 COMING EVENTS

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33 INFORMATION

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041 PERSONALS

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83 CHILDCARE AVAILABLE

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108 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

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Purchasing Manager - Surrey, BC

Cabo Drilling (Pacifi c) Corp. Website: www.cabo.caCabo Drilling Corporation one of Canada’s larger mineral drilling services companies is searching for a Purchasing Manager for its Surrey B.C. division. Reporting to the General Manager at this location, the Purchasing Manager is responsible for the develop-ment and management of purchasing accounts, and for the management of ordering, ware-housing & inventory management systems.Experience working w/ Microsoft Navision software would be considered an asset. Your ability to ensure purchases are of the best quality and price and that critical inventory is maintained to meet division needs is comple-mented by your purchasing back-ground in a mineral drilling, min-ing, mechanical, or equipment procurement environment.

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QA MANAGERFast paced growing co. in the Fraser Valley requires a QA Manager immediately. Must have experience with; HACCP (a work-ing plan is in place), Food Safety (for multi-line production rooms), managing an active QA Dept., testing products, weekly micros, working w/ 110 employees on a daily basis, and SQF preferred (wiling to train the right person).

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114 DRIVERS/COURIER/TRUCKING

770 ALBERTA HAULING need Class 1 drivers to haul logs in north-ern Alberta. Experience needed. Call 780-554-8511 for more infor-mation.

Bronco Transportation re-quires company drivers & owner operators for BC, Washington, Oregon and Al-berta runs. Must have previ-ous fl at deck experience. Please fax resume & abstract to: 604.888.2956

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115 EDUCATION



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FAMILY ORIENTED trucking co. specializing in O/D freight. Must be able to cross border. Home most weekends. Min. 2 years exp. Fax resume & abstract to 604-852-4112

115 EDUCATION



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115 EDUCATION

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125 FOSTER/SOCIAL CARE

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

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

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

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127 HAIRCAREPROFESSIONALS

Dye To Be Different HAS CHAIR RENTAL AVAILABLE.

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Call Debra @ 604-375-3219

130 HELP WANTED

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CAPA Dance & Drama School Inc. are looking for a Dance Instructor for Brazilian Contemporary & Mod-ern, F/T, ASAP, $26.00 p/h must have a talent and ability, must have 2 yrs exp. Main duties, Teach dance techniques & artistic interpre-tation to Brazilian Contemporary and Modern, teach the techniques, cultural origins of Brazilian Dance. Send Resume: [email protected]

CARRIERS NEEDEDThe following routes are now available to deliver the NEWS

in Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows

40011 - Dewdney Trunk, 117 Ave, 116 Ave, 258 St40012 - Dewdney Trunk, 118 Ave, 243 St, 246 St40016 - 104 Ave, 240 St, 245B St40045 - McClure Ave, 106 Ave, Zeron Ave, 239 St, 240 St40047 - Dewdney Trunk, 260 St40060 - McClure Ave, 240A St, 106 Ave40065 - McClure Dr, Baker Pl, 105 Ave, 243 St, 244 St40074 - 106B Ave, 241 St401113 - Lougheed Hwy, River Rd, Carshill St, 221 St, Cliff Ave401114 - Dewdney Trunk, Dover St, Laurie Ave, Lougheed Hwy, 218 St, Wicklow Way401116 - Dewdney Trunk, 119 Ave, Donovan Ave, Howison Ave, 216 St, Hall St, Wicklow Way401127 - Dewdney Trunk Rd, Acadia St, Wicklow Way, 218 Dt, Dover Rd. 220 St402212 - 128 Ave, 227 St, 228 St, Barnsdale, 229 St, 230 St402223 - Eagle Ave, 122 Ave, 121A Ave, Peach Tree Crt, 231 St, Blossom St402262 - 128 Ave, Thornton, 126 Ave, Exeter, Spring, 124 Ave, 216 St402266 - 124 Ave, Gray St, 221 St, Davison St, Moody St402270 - 124 Ave, Canuck Cres, 123 Ave, 122 Ave, 221 St, Gray St, Hillside St403307 - 114 Ave, Lorne Ave,113 Ave, 207 St403322 - Cook Ave, Hunter Pl, Rosewood Pl, 210 St, Rosewood St403350 - Cherry Pl, 124 Ave, 123 Ave, Laity St, Carlton St, 215 St, 216 St403351 - 123 Ave, Stonehouse Ave, 122 Ave, Creston St, 216 St403353 - Thornton Ave, 126 Ave, Exeter Ave, Douglas Ave, Laity St, Carlton, Hardy St, Thornton Pl403357 - Thornton Ave, 126 Ave, 215 St, 216 St403360 - 121 Ave, Glenwood Ave, Dewdney Trunk, Laity St, 212 St, 211 St, 210 St403362 - Wicklund Ave, Laity St, 210 St403364 - Douglas Ave, McCallum Cres, 123 Ave, Laity St, Dawson Pl, 212 St

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

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FLAGGERS NEEDEDIf not certifi ed, training available for

a fee. Call 604-575-3944

Housecleaner needed to work with a team. No evenings. Must have car, speak & write English. Part time may lead to full. Company based in Maple Ridge. Will train.

Send resume to:

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130 HELP WANTED

MAPLE RIDGE weekly house cleaning $180/mo. Vehicle & some supplies req. Tel: 778-893-2750.

NURSERY LABOURERSNursery Labourers required for the upcoming production season. Applicants must be in good physi-cal condition and able to work in container and fi eld production / harvesting.The ability to lift a minimum of 50 lbs is mandatory. All work is in an outdoor environment. Hours are Monday to Saturday with variable start and end times. Total hours per week range from 40 to 60 and weekend work will be required. Production season will begin in February and length of employment will vary from 6 weeks to 8 months. Rate of pay is $9.28/hr.

Apply in person Mon.- Fri. Jan. 31 - Feb. 4

between 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. Pickett’s Nurseries Ltd, 26940 Dewdney Trunk Road, Maple

Ridge BC, V2W 1N8Interviews will take place at

the time of application.

Nursery WorkerExperienced Nursery Worker required by busy wholesale nursery. Pickett’s Nurseries Ltd. requires a full time container production worker for all aspects of nursery work, Monday to Friday. All work is performed in an outdoor environment and involves working in all weather conditions.

Salary is commensurate with experience.

Please submit resume with salary expectations to:Pickett’s Nurseries Ltd

26940 Dewdney Trunk Road,Maple Ridge, B.C. V2W 1N8Fax 604-462-9616 or email

offi [email protected]

Star Fleet Trucking HIRING! DRIV-ERS, FARMERS, RANCHERS & RETIREES needed with 3/4 Ton or 1-Ton pickup trucks to deliver new travel trailers & fi fth wheels from US manufacturers to dealers through-out Canada. Free IRP plate for your truck and low insurance rates! Pref. commercial Lic. or 3 yrs towing exp. Top Pay! Call Craig 1-877-890-4523 www.starfl eettrucking.com

131 HOME CARE/SUPPORT

ECE or SEA req for 10 yr old ASD boy Tuesdays after school. $25/hr. Own vehicle required. Cover letter and resume to [email protected]

134 HOTEL, RESTAURANT,FOOD SERVICES

Full Time Cooks(min. 2 yrs exp.)

Kitchen Help & Servers Experience preferred but will train

Fun Place to Work!SOCRATES GREEK TAVERNA#19-20691 Lougheed Hwy.

Apply within after 4 pm with resume

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LINE COOKSF/T and P/T

The Pantry in Maple Ridge is now accepting applications for the above position.

WE OFFER: ◆ Competitive Wage Based

on experience. ◆ Flexible Hours ◆ On the Job Training ◆ Friendly Team Environment ◆ Uniforms Provided ◆ Meals & Benefi ts Package

Apply in person at:21707 Lougheed Hwy

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No phone calls please

SUSHIMEN Hamada Jap. Rest. in Maple Ridge is now hiring F/T Su-shimen who has must 3-5 yrs. sushi/sashimi exp. & knowledge req. Main responsibility to make/handle sushi & sashimi, etc. Salary $18.75/hr. (40hrs/wk). Resume via e-mail [email protected]


138 LABOURERSEXCAVATOR OPERATORS. Insite Servicing & Utilities ground work.

Hardworking & exp’d. 604-465-4718

142 OFFICE SUPPORT/CLERKS

PARALEGALSBRONSON JONES & CO. an es-tablished and growing progres-sive litigation fi rm req’s exp’d per-sonal injury paralegals (2+ years exp. essential). One Senior and one Intermediate position available. Attractive benefi ts package, salary comensurates with exp. Fax or email resume with refs to: 604-850-2164 or [email protected]

160 TRADES, TECHNICALENSIGN ENERGY SERVICE INC. is looking for experienced Drilling Rig, & Coring personnel for all po-sition levels. Drillers, Coring Drillers $35. - $40.20.; Derrickhands $34., Motorhands $28.50; Floorhands, Core Hands, Helpers $24. - $26.40. Plus incentives for winter coring! Telephone 1-888-ENSIGN-0 (1-888-367-4460). Fax 780-955-6160.

Email: [email protected]

FABRICATORSMedium-size CWB manufac-turing plant in Surrey, BC, Local 712 Ironworkers, requires qualifi ed fabricators with experience in structural sheet and plate work.Experience with aluminum fabrication an asset.

Please apply in writing to:Wellons Canada Corp,

19087 - 96th Ave.,Surrey, BC V4N 3P2. Fax: 604-888-2959

Attn: Manufacturing Manager

• FLAT ROOFERS• F/T ESTIMATOR(Service Department)

Metro Roofi ng based in Langley B.C. requires experienced Flat Roofers & Estimator. BUR, torch, (TPO & PVC). Minimum 5 yrs experience. Lots of work, commercial & industrial projects.

Call: 604.888.4856FLAT ROOFERS WANTED - Expe-rienced roofers. PVC, EPDM, T&G & other fl at roof products. Valid driver’s licence. Skill based pay. Year round full-time. Phone 403-261-6822. Fax 403-261

ELECTRICAL SENIORESTIMATOR WANTED

Glenco Electric Ltd. is looking for a senior estimator for institutional and commercial sectors. Candidate must have minimum 2 years experience as estimator and have exper-tise using Acubid/Bid winner estimating program. Knowl-edge of Excel, Word, Power-Point and other similar pro-grams desirable. Successful candidate will work towards Chief Estimator role answering to the company president. Full benefi ts, pension program, and wages appropriate for experience and ability. Please provide resume in confi dence to Les Coughlan. Email:

[email protected] Visit - www.glencoelectric.ca

Ph. 604-856-8553Fax: 604-850-5473

RUSKIN CONSTRUCTION LTD. Pile driving and bridge construction; www.ruskinconstruction.com cur-rently looking for: Professional En-gineers; Engineers in Training; Project Managers; Site Superinten-dents; Site Administrators; Jour-neymen/Apprentice Welders; Crane & Equipment Operators; Bridge-men; Pile Drivers; Heavy Duty Equipment Mechanics. Permanent and seasonal work. Competi-tive/Union wages. Fax resume 250-563-6788. Email:

[email protected].

AUTOS: To buy or sell your car, truck, RV, van, 4x4 ortrailer - this category has it all. You’ll also findautomotive supplies and classic cars for sale, or youcan list the vehicle you’re seeking. call 604.575.5555


160 TRADES, TECHNICAL

PLUMBING & HEATING FOREMAN

Well established Lower Mainland Mechanical Contractor req. a Plumbing and Heating Foreman for all aspects of Commercial Institutional Mechanical work. Applicants to have a MINIMUM 5 years exp. Team Environment. Long Term Opportunity.

Competitive Wages, Profi t Sharing & Excellent Benefi ts. Wage Commensurate w/ Exp.

Fax Resume: 604.576.4739 or E-mail:

[email protected]

165 WORK WANTED

PLASTERER - PF-STUCCO-Paul Fischer 23712 Dewdney Trunk Rd Maple Ridge, BC, need, Plasterer (7284), ASAP, $24 p/h. Perm. F/T, 3 yrs exp speak & read english, Main Duties: Clean and prepare surfaces mix plaster ingredients, Stucco & Lathers etc. Apply by email pjfi [email protected]

PERSONAL SERVICES

171 ALTERNATIVE HEALTH

JASMINES RELAXATION TOUCHPain/ Stress Relief. Country Setting*Easy Prkg *7Days. 778-888-3866

The Best Team & Service !

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173 MIND BODY SPIRIT

Exclusive Swedish Massage• European • Private • VIP Service

Senior Disc. By apt.1.604.230.4444

173A COUNSELLING

DO you have a problem with alcohol or drugs?

Call Alouette Addiction Services at (604)467-5179

Check our websitewww.alouetteaddictions.org

160 TRADES, TECHNICAL

✓CHECK CLASSIFIEDSbcclassified.com 604-575-5555

EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION


PERSONAL SERVICES

173E HEALTH PRODUCTSATTENTION DIABETICS with Medicare. Get a FREE Talking Me-ter and diabetic supplies at NO COST, plus FREE home delivery! Best of all, this meter eliminates painful fi nger pricking! Call 888-449-1321

180 EDUCATION/TUTORINGAIRLINES ARE HIRING- Train for high paying Aviation Maintenance Career. FAA approved program. Financial aid if qualifi ed - Housing available. CALL Aviation Institute of Maintenance (877)818-0783

182 FINANCIAL SERVICESDEBT CONSOLIDATION

PROGRAM Helping Canadians repay debts, reduce or eliminate interest, regardless of your credit. Steady Income? You may qualify

for instant help. Considering Bankruptcy? Call 1-877-220-3328 FREE Consultation Government

Approved, BBB Member$500$ LOAN SERVICE, by phone, no credit refused, quick and easy, payable over 6 or 12 installments. Toll Free: 1-877-776-1660 www.moneyprovider.com.AVOID BANKRUPTCY - SAVE UP TO 70% Of Your Debt. One af-fordable monthly payment, interest free. For debt restructuring on YOUR terms, not your creditors. Call 1-866-690-3328 or see web site: www.4pillars.caGET BACK ON TRACK! Bad cred-it? Bills? Unemployed? Need Mon-ey? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Accep-tance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877-987-1420.

www.pioneerwest.comIf you own a home or real estate, ALPINE CREDITS will lend you money: It’s That Simple. Your Cred-it / Age / Income is NOT an issue. 1.800.587.2161.

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NEED Mortgage Money?Get Mortgage Money!

quick, easy, confi dentialno credit or income required

1st, 2nd, 3rd mortgagesCall 604-328-6409

Origin Home Financial PartnersMatt Sadler - www.mattsadler.ca

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

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

Brisk Home Cleaners6 years in Business

Weekly W Bi-Weekly W MonthlyProfessional staff

Reasonable Rates Insured & Bonded, Exc. ref’s.www.briskcleaners.com

Terri 604.837.1709

242 CONCRETE & PLACING

HERFORT CONCRETENO JOB TOO SMALL

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

*Retaining Walls *Stairs *DrivewaysExposed Aggregate & Stamped

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

-Excellent Ref’s -WCB Insured

LEO: Mobile #657-2375, 462-8620

UNIQUE CONCRETEDESIGN

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

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

FREE ESTIMATES

257 DRYWALL45 Years in the drywall trade. All size jobs boarding, taping, spraying. Big or small. Wayne 778-242-2060COMPLETE DRYWALL SERVICE, res/com. ref’’s. reno’’s, reasonable rates. All work guaranteed. 604-941-8261, cell 778-999-2754.Home project DRYWALL SERVIC-ES. Quality work at a reas. rate. J’man with refs. Don 604-463-9412 or 778-888-9412.Taping & Finishing, small boarding jobs, textured ceilings, respray. 30 years exp. Call Del 604-505-3826

260 ELECTRICALDC ELECTRIC (#37544). Bonded. 24 hr service. We specialize in jobs too small for the big guys! 30 yrs exp. Free est. 460-8867.REISINGER Electrical (#102055) Bonded, Specializing in Renos, New Const, (Comm./Res.)Free Est 25 Yrs Exp. 778.885.7074 TrentYOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 Service Call Lic #89402 Same day guarn’td We love small jobs! 604-568-1899


263 EXCAVATING & DRAINAGE

HYTRAC EXCAVATING LTD.

Mini Excavating W Bobcat, Residential / Commercial

Snow removal W LandscapeReno’s & Trenching

Call 604-312-5050

269 FENCING

CEDAR & CHAINLINKFENCING

“Where Quality matters more than Quantity”

Reasonable Rates.Free Estimates. Call Marv:

(604)462-0408

275 FLOOR REFINISHING/INSTALLATIONS

Ceramic Tiles, Hardwood LaminateGuaranteed work, Free Estimate.

Cell 604-618-6401 Marcel.

278 FURNITURE REFINISHING

LARIC FURNITUREREFINISHING

Specialists in: - ANTIQUES, HOME & OFFICE FURNITURE - RESTORATION & REPAIRS

Free Estimates, Pick-up & Delivery

Ph: 604-469-2331

281 GARDENING

Prompt Delivery AvailableSeven Days a Week

Meadows LandscapeSupply Ltd.✶ Bark Mulch

✶ Lawn & Garden Soil✶ Drain Grave ✶ Lava Rock✶ River Rock ✶ Pea Gravel

465-1311meadowslandscapesupply.com

283 GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

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

Cleaning & Repairing

Call Tim 604-612-5388

287 HOME IMPROVEMENTS

A-1 CONTRACTING. Renos. Bsmt stes, kitchens, baths, custom cabi-nets, tiling, plumbing, sundecks, re-roof. Dhillon 604-782-1936.

ADDITIONS & RENOVATIONS

35 YEARSCarpenter Experience

HANDYMANCall Don 604-462-8905

Cell 604-880-4904

HIGH CALIBER CONSTRUCTION Repair, Replace, Remodel.

• Room Additions • Kitchen & Bath Remodels • Drywall • Paint

• Texture • Finishing • Floors & MoreSince 1972 Dan 778-837-0771

Home Renovations and New Construction

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

* 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE*INSURED ~ WCB

Dean 604-834-3076


287 HOME IMPROVEMENTS

MDG HOME SERVICESDoes your house have

the winter blues? Need to spruce up the yard?

Just can’t fi nd the time?

W Power wash the houseW Sidewalks and driveways

W GuttersW General yard cleanup

W Painting W Any little job....

Let MDG Home Services do the work for you...

Just pick up the phone and give us a call!!!

(604)999-5454

N.W. Construction*************************************

* HANDYMAN SERVICES * Kitchen/Bath Reno & Repair * All types of fl ooring * Custom Built Sheds NO job TOO small

Work Guaranteed. References.Over 20 Years Experience.

Free Estimates 604-418-8340

288 HOME REPAIRS

Repairs, Maintenance, Renovation Guaranteed work, Free Estimate.

Cell: 604-618-6401. Marcel.RETIRED carpenter wants to keep busy. Looking for small carpentry jobs. Will repair or build new. Will also do small painting & plumbing jobs. Call Ken 604-460-7803.

300 LANDSCAPING

AUGUSTINEBark Mulch Products

Composted W Bright W NuggetsGarden Blend & Lawn Blend

Topsoil

465-5193DUTCH TOUCH

Green Services Ltd

Landscape ConstructionRenovations W Maintenance

604-463-3644604-861-1490

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

SAWDUSTHemlock, Fir & Cedar

Available for DeliveryCall for pricing

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

317 MISC SERVICESGET RESULTS! Post a classifi ed in a few easy clicks. Choose your province or all across Canada. Best value. Pay a fraction of the cost compared to booking individual are-as. www.communityclassifi eds.ca or 1-866-669-9222.

✶Dump Site Now Open✶ D Broken Concrete RocksD

$21.00 Per Metric TonD Mud Dirt Sod ClayD

$21.00 Per Metric TonGrassSBranchesSLeavesSWeeds

$56.00 Per TonMeadows Landscape Supply

(604)465-1311

320 MOVING & STORAGE27 Years in bus. A Moving Experi-ence. Fast, dependable service. L & D Enterprises. Seniors Disc.

Will pack your POD. 604-464-5872.


320 MOVING & STORAGE

AFFORDABLE MOVINGLocal & Long Distance

From $45/Hr1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10 Ton Trucks

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

Residential~Commercial~Pianos

604-537-4140

SPARTAN Moving Ltd. Fast & Reliable. Insured

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

329 PAINTING & DECORATING2 HUNGRY PAINTERS & Power Washing. Low prices. Int/Ext. Man & wife 75 years combined exp. 604.467.2532 twohungrypainters.ca

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MILANO PAINTING. Int./Ext. Prof. Painters. Free Est. Written Guar. Bonded & Insured. 604-551-6510

RELIANCE PAINTING Premium Quality Material

& Workmanship. All types of painting / repairs

Reliable ~ Local ~ HonestOver 30 years Experience

Free Est. 778-230-2736

SEASIDE PAINTING& Decking 604-462-8528, 218-9618

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

338 PLUMBING10% OFF if you Mention this AD!

*Plumbing *Heating *Reno’s *More Lic.gas fi tter. Aman: 778-895-2005

$38/HR!Clogged drains,drips,garbs sinks, Reno’s toilets. No job too small! Lic’d/insured. 778-888-9184

✔ ALL YOUR PLUMBING NEEDSCall Niko Plumbing Ltd. 24/7. Res/Com, clogged drains. h/w tanks. ★15 yrs exp. 604-837-6640DAVE’S PLUMBING Journeyman Plumber with lots of experience. Hot Water Tanks and any other Plumbing Needs. Great prices, call for your Free Estimate. Call Dave 604-788-1118PLUMBING, heating, gas, reno’s, repairs. 20 yrs experience, reliable and courteous. Licenced, bonded. Call Jack 778-835-4416,

353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTSABACUS ROOFING *25yrs Exp.

Call Chris 604-462-9009. - Also Snow Removal -

ROYAL CASTLE Roofi ng - New & Re-roofi ng, Work Guaranteed, 15%Senior. Disc. Jazz 604-725-9963

356 RUBBISH REMOVAL

RECYCLE-IT!#1 EARTH FRIENDLY

JUNK REMOVAL

604.587.5865www.recycle-it-now.com

RUBBISH REMOVAL Bobcat/dump trailer. hoot&[email protected] Gary 604-339-5430.

359 SAND, GRAVEL & TOPSOIL

TOPSOIL• SCREENED TOPSOIL• MUSHROOM MANURE• BARK MULCH

604-467-3003

367C SNOWCLEARING

~~~ SNOW REMOVAL ~~~Bobcat & ATV Plow, salting, fully insured., WCB. 24 hours, Free Est.

(778)231-9675, (778)231-9147

374 TREE SERVICES

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

Arborist ReportsAndrew 604-618-8585

$ Best Rates $


374 TREE SERVICES

AARAYA Tree Services604.463.9980

Fully insured 24 Hour ServiceTopping W Falling W HedgingChipping W Stump W Grinding

20 Years Local ServiceCharter of Rights Followed

Satisfaction Guaranteedor Your Chips Back

Free Estimates

A.C. TREE SERVICE

30 years experience

Bob Fitz-James 604-467-0333

Bucket Truck

.

.

Your LOCAL Tree Service,

For Honest Prices & Quality Work

Call Scott at604-618-0333

Certifi ed Arborist

Free Estimates *Fully Insured

Your LOCAL Tree Service,

For Honest Prices & Quality Work

Call Scott at604-618-0333

Certifi ed Arborist

Free Estimates *Fully Insured

PETS

456 FEED & HAYLOCAL HAY FOR SALE. Good Quality! 60lb bale average. $4/bale. Pitt Meadows. Call 604-505-4087.

477 PETSAMERICAN PITT BULL puppies. 1 fem 4 male 1st shots, vet chckd. Born Dec. 16. $495. 604-729-8549BERNESE Mountain Dog Puppies. Vet checked & ready for good homes.$850.Langley.778-241-5504BERNESE Mountain Dog Pups. Unique blood lines. 99% house trained. Call 604-740-0832 or 604-740-2986.

www.bernerbay.weebly.comBERNESE MOUNTAIN DOG X Border Collie pups, 1st shots & worming. $500. 604-857-5212.BERNESE Mountain X Great Py-renees pups, gorgeous, excellent markings, parents to view, health guar’d, $850. Call (604) 607- 5051BLACK LAB PUPS. 3 males, exc lines, 1st shots, dewormed, ready now, $450. 778-867-6758CAIRN TERRIER 3.5 mo little cutie, beauty & brains, use to cats/dogs $650. 604-930-8551CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 856-4866CKC Reg. soft coated Wheaton ter-rier pups, hypo-allergenic. Guarntd. Vet ✓ $1,000+. Call 604-533-8992ENGLISH BULLDOG puppies, Eu-ropean bloodline 6wks, mircochiped dewormed Vet check, health guar’d Call Andrea 604-970-3807GERMAN SHEPHERD PUPS. 1 male & 2 female. $800. 1st shots & dewormed. Call 778-863-6332.GERMAN SHEPHERD Reg’d pup-pies, quality German & Czech bloodlines. Guar. 604-856-8161

PETS

477 PETSMALTESE PUPS: 3 males, Incl 1st shots, vet checked, dewormed, dep will hold. $800. fi rm 604-464-5077.NEED A GOOD HOME for a good dog or a good dog for a good home? We adopt dogs! Call 604-856-3647 or www.856-dogs.comYELLOW LAB, 7mo M., very loving & beautiful family dog, all shots mi-crochipped. $550. (604)272-1516

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

545 FUELBEST FIREWOOD

32nd Season & 37,000 Cust Deliv. Fully Seas. Maple, Birch, Alder

604-582-7095

548 FURNITURE

#1 Cash Buyer

“Since 1987”$$CASH$$ for your furniture,tools, electronics, antiques,

appliances, computers & collectibles.

WWANYTHING OF VALUEWW

Single items to entire households463-4449 or

209-6583

559 MEDICAL SUPPLIESCAN’T GET UP YOUR Stairs? Acorn Stairlifts can help. Call Acorn Stairlifts now! Mention this ad and get 10% off your new Stairlift. Call 1-866-981-6591.

560 MISC. FOR SALE100% Guaranteed Omaha Steaks - SAVE 64% on the Family Value Collection. NOW ONLY $49.99 Plus 3 FREE GIFTS & right-to-the-door delivery in a reusable cooler, ORDER Today. 1-888-702-4489 mention code 45069SVD or www.OmahaSteaks.com/family23CAN’T Get Up Your Stairs? Acorn Stairlifts can help. Call Acorn Stair-lifts now! Mention this ad and get 10% off your new Stairlift! Call 1-866-981-5991.SEND FLOWERS to your Valen-tine! Starting at just $19.99. Go to www.profl owers.com/Cherish to receive an extra 20% off your order or Call 1-888-587-0771.WINE OF the Month Club. Send the gift of wine all year long! 2 Bottles each month from award-winning wineries around the world. Call 888-751-6215 and get FREE SHIPPING!

566 MUSICAL INSTRUMENTSTWO pianos; 1927 Heintzman up-right & a Henry Herbert upright, original ivories with no cracks or chips. Pianos have been viewed by a licensed tuner and is available for verifi cation. Buyer will be respon-sible for moving & retuning. $800 each. 604-853-2089.

581 SOUND/DVD/TVA FREE TELEPHONE SERVICE - Get Your First Month Free. Bad Credit, Don’t Sweat It. No Deposits. No Credit Checks. Call Freedom Phone Lines Today Toll-Free 1-866-884-7464.

REAL ESTATE

603 ACREAGEOWN 20 Acres Only $129/mo. $13,900. Near Growing El Paso, Texas (safest city in America!) Low down, no credit checks, owner fi -nancing. Free Map/Pictures. 866-254-7755 www.sunsetranches.com.

615 COMMERCIAL PROPERTYSTEEL BUILDINGS PRICED TO CLEAR - Holding 2010 steel prices on many models/sizes. Ask about FREE DELIVERY! CALL FOR QUICK SALE QUOTE and FREE BROCHURE - 1-800-668-5111

REAL ESTATE

615 COMMERCIAL PROPERTYBUILDING SALE... “FINAL WEEK!” 25x30 $6200. 30x40 $9850. 32x60$15,600. 32x80 $19,600. 35x60$17,500. 40x70 $18,890. 40x100$26,800. 46x140 $46,800. OTH-ERS. Doors optional. PioneerMANUFACTURERS DIRECT 1-800-668-5422.

625 FOR SALE BY OWNER

For Sale By Owner

SOUTH SURREYAdult oriented, immaculate 2 bdrm Rancher Town-home in gated community. Close to beach & shop-ping. 2 full baths, vaulted ceilings, fi replace, upgrad-ed appliances. hardwood throughout, ceramic tile in kitchen & baths, granite counters, crown mouldings, garage, private yard. Plus many more extras.

No Agents Please$450,000.

Phone 604-719-7016

627 HOMES WANTED

WE BUY HOUSESOlder Home? Damaged Home?

Need Repairs? Behind on Payments? Quick CASH!

Call Us First! 604.657.9422

630 LOTS

ARIZONA BUILDING LOTS. FULLACRES AND MORE!Guaranteed Owner Financing. NoCredit check. $0 down - 0 interest.Starting @ just $99/mo. USD. Close to Tucson’s Intl. Airport. Hearfree recording at 800-631-8164 Code 4001 or visit www.sunsiteslandrush.com.

633 MOBILE HOMES & PARKS2011 CANADIAN Dream Home 3bed/2 bath, 1512 sqft, CSA-Z240$109,950 includes delivery and setup in lower BC, 877-976-3737 or509-481-9830 http://www.hbmodular.com/images/email_jan2.jpg

660 LANGLEY/ALDERGROVEHOMES FOR SALE-SUPER BUYS

www.dannyevans.caHomelife Benchmark Realty Corp. Langley

RENTALS

706 APARTMENT/CONDOCOQUITLAM nr L’heed mall/sky-

train, 533 Cottonwood, reno’d, adult bldg, quiet, n/p, gated prkg, video surveillance, 1 bdrm $780, incl

heat, h/w, Jan. 1, Crime-Free, Cert. 604-937-7812

www.greatapartments.ca

GARIBALDI Court(604) 463-9522

Central Maple RidgeAvailable March

2 BEDROOMGreat location for seniors! Clean, quiet & affordable!

Incl. heat, h/w, cable. Senior Move-In Allowance.Rrefs & Credit check req.

Sorry No PetsFor more info. google us.

MAPLE INN 11695 -224th St

Maple Ridge 1 bdrm - $625/mo includes hot water

Certifi ed Crime Free Building Mature adult oriented.

Close to uptown604-463-4131 for appointment

(9am-5pm)

MAPLE RIDGE

1 & 2 Bdrs from $740/mo

GREAT LOCATIONQueen Anne Apts.

* Renovated Suites *

Clean, very quiet, large,INCLUDES: HEAT,

HOT WATER & HYDRO

Near Shopping & Amenities.

604-463-7450 604-463-2236

12186-224 St, Maple RidgeCertifi ed Crime Free Buildings

MAPLE RIDGE Ctrl adult building.Large 1 Bdrm $750/mo incls heat/ hot water, ref’s, N/P (604)467-2606

MAPLE RIDGE Ctrl lrg 2 bdrm 2 baths, quiet, $1000 incls 5 appls,gas f/p. N/s, n/p. Immed 465-8268


RENTALS

706 APARTMENT/CONDO

MAPLE RIDGE

1 BEDROOM SUITES

✶ Move InAllowance

McIntosh PlazaSuit Mature AdultsHighrise 1/2 Block to Town

F/F fridge & easy clean stovesNO PETS

22330 McIntosh Avenue(604)463-6841

MAPLE RIDGE

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

MAPLE COURT I 22437 121st Ave

604-467-0715&

MAPLE COURT II22423 121st Ave

604-467-4894

MAPLE RIDGE

AVAILABLE NOW1 Bedroom

Heat, hot water & parking.Close to stores & schools.

SUNRISE APARTMENT22292 - 122nd Ave

604-319-9341Maple Ridge Downtown. 1 bdrm or lge bach. Well managed bldg. Adult oriented. NP/NS. Heat, h/w, net. incl $670/$580. 604-463-7172

Maple Ridge

Glenwood ManorApartments

1& 2 Bdrms from $670 & $835Clean, Spacious

Includes cable, heat, hot water & parking

Seniors discount21387 Dewdney Trunk Rd

(604)466-5799MAPLE RIDGE large 1 bdrm apts. Quiet adult oriented building. Incl heat, hot water, covered prkg. N/S N/P. $680-$700/mo. Avail immed. 604-465-8274

Maple RidgeSwan Court Apartments

Large 1 & 2 Bedrooms. Hardwood fl oors, adult oriented,

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

Resident Manager OnsiteNow with

SENIORS DISCOUNT604.477.9189

Maple RidgeWILLOW PLACE22256 ~ 119th Ave

Partially reno’d,quiet,spacious & bright suites 1 Bdrm Apt. Avail ImmediatelyInc. heat, h/w, prkg & storage

W No Pets W (604) 369-1096 or 317-3130

Mission

Large 3 Bdrm2 Level Townhomes

Starting at $1175/mo.

1.5 baths, f/place, dishwasher,w/dryer, secured garage and

storage with a backyard. *Family Oriented*

Call 1-604-820-1205www.aptrentals.net

RENTALS

706 APARTMENT/CONDO

PITT MEADOWS

CHELSEA PARK APTS

1 & 2 Bdrms Apts, Also 3 Bdrm T/Homes Avail

Conveniently located. Nice, bright & large suites.

Call 604-830-7846Visit our website:

www.aptrentals.net

PITT MEADOWS

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

Large 1, 2 & 3 Bdrm Suites Available

Call: 604-460-7539 604-465-0008 or 604-465-5818

PORT COQUITLAM 1 Bdrm Top fl r apt. $775 2 Bdrm Corner apt. $895

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

CALL FOR APPOINTMENT604-464-3550

W.W. PLATEAU. Montreux Bldng. 2 Bdrm, 2ba, 2prk, near all schools, ns/np. Feb15. $1195. 604-941-3259

715 DUPLEXES/4PLEXES

MAPLE RIDGE, 1 bdrm. SxS du-plex, quiet street, priv. yard, h/w fl oors, new appli’s. N/S N/P. Avail immed. $800/mo. 604-465-8274.

MAPLE RIDGE. 2 bdrm, carpeted. 2 appls. Nr shops. Carport. N/P. Avail Feb. 1. 604-465-4339

Maple Ridge Central1 Bedroom DuplexAdult Only Complex

$550/mo + util’scredit check, ref’s & damagedeposit required. Avail immed

(604)466-6348Leave a message

736 HOMES FOR RENT

COQUITLAM nr Como Lake Shop-ping Ctr, 1 blk to elem scl. Reno’d, 3bdrm, 2bath, 1200 s/f +3/4bsmt, 5 appls, ns/np, avail Feb. Refs reqd. $1400/mo +utils. 604-306-3661.

For Lease / Rent

Maple Ridge CentralSingle family private yard 5 Bdrm executive home

Den W Rec roomW 2 car garage

Call Willard 604.818.8760Remax Ridge Meadows

MAPLE RIDGE 2 bdrm house, new applis & fl oors, ns/np, avail March 1st. $950/mo. 604-465-8274.

MAPLE RIDGE West, 4 bdrm, 3 storey split rancher, newly reno’d, laminate fl oors, 6 appl’s, $1600., n/s, avail Feb 1 (778)689-1933

741 OFFICE/RETAIL

Maple Ridge:

DOWNTOWN STOREFRONT

Offi ce / Commercial / RetailCentral heat & a/c, avail

immed. (All inclusive except utils). Free parking.

600 sq/ft. $675/mo + HST. Call: 604-805-4765

RENTALS

741 OFFICE/RETAIL

MAPLE RIDGE

OFFICE& RETAIL SPACE

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

Call: Rick Medhurst, Royal LePage

6 0 4 - 4 6 3 - 3 0 0 0

743 PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

RENTALS

Basement Suites, Ranchers & Apartments for rent!

Starting at $740 ~ $1400.visit www.ridgemeadows

propertymanagementfor details

Call Maria @ Ridge Meadows

Property Management (604)466-2838

Mon ~ Fri 9am ~ 5pmwww.ridgemeadows

propertymanagement.com

746 ROOMS FOR RENT

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

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

walk to commuter rail.

Haney Motor Hotel22222 Lougheed Hwy.,

Maple RidgeInquire in person between

9am - 3pm or

Call 604-467-3944

747B SENIOR ASSISTED LIVING

POCO DOWNTOWNAll-Inclusive

Seniors Residence1 Bdrm. Apartment

Rent incls. freshly prepared meals, cable, housekeeping,

emergency response & activities.www.rjkent.com

2675 Shaughnessy St.Call: 778-285-5554

748 SHARED ACCOMMODATIONMAPLE RIDGE CENTRAL. 1 bdrm. available to share in 2 bdrm. apt. $350/mo. + utils. Female only. Feb 1st N/p. 604-467-8080

750 SUITES, LOWERCoquitlam bright, lrg reno 1 bdrm $795 incl cbl, utils, own w/d, alarm. new carpets. ns/np 604-767-0599.COQUITLAM West 1 bdrm bsmt sparking clean & bright sunken l/rm. sep d/rm. Onsite owners. Priv ent. prkg, hydro incl. Laundry avail. N/s n/p. March1. $700. 604-937-5177COQUITLAM, W.W. Plateau. New, lrg 3 bdrm, sep entry, bright/spac kit & fam/rm, 1500 sq.ft., all appls, nr amens. NS/NP. $1375/mo incl utils. Avail Feb 15th. (604) 941-8109.MAPLE RIDGE 3 bdrm. grnd. level suite, priv. entry, close to bus C43, C44, 701 169, schools, shopping centre, N/S N/P. Refs req’d. Feb. 1. 604-459-9166 lve. msg.MAPLE RIDGE (Albion) New Large 1 BR bsmt suite. Large kitchen w/ island. Utilities inc. NP, NS, no laundry. Avail. $800. 778-833-4005 or [email protected] RIDGE Ctrl bright 2 Bdrm 5 appl’s March 1 $1100 incl util n/s, n/p (604)463-1035 / 778-241-7512MAPLE RIDGE East. Lg 1 Bdrm plus den bsmt suite, sep entry & laundry, sep kitch/din, l/rm, close tobus. N/S. N/P. Ref’s req. $800 incl util. Avail Mar 1. Call Kim 604-329-4219.MAPLE RIDGE. Lrg, new 2 bdrm. 9’ ceilings, above grnd, 6 appl, own entr & patio, on greenbelt, gas fi re-place. $900 incl util. 604-467-4859MAPLE RIDGE new bsmnt suite, 1 bdrm. + den, incl. 5 appl., insuite ldry., utils. incl. Lge. covered deck, N/P N/S. Avail. now. $900 mo. 604-467-1053MAPLE RIDGE. Nr Kanaka. Lge 1 bdrm. Den, sep kitch/din, l/rm. $725+25% utils. Avail now. Cable incl. Cat ok, N/S. 604-467-4905.MAPLE RIDGE W. 1 bdm lower ste. Parking. Near bus. Own W/D. N/S. N/P. $700/mo. + 1/4 utils. 604-477-1000MAPLE RIDGE WEST. Newer bright 1 & 2 bdrm stes. NP/NS. Sep ent. Mr schl & hosp. $750 & $900 incl hydro. 604-306-7480.MISSION. 1 bdrm bsmt. suite. Great area. W/D, new appl’s, park-ing avail. $650/mo. Avail. Feb 14. Phone 778-991-9252PITT MEADOWS 1 Bdrm close to everything. Lots of parking. N/S, N/P, Private. $850/mo incls utils. Avail March 1. (604)465-5605PITT MEADOWS: 1 Bdrm, g/l, gas f/p, utils incl; cls to bus & WCE. Own W/D, suit sgl or cple. $750/mo. NS/NP. Avl immed. 604-785-4154.PITT MEADOWS. 1 bdrm nr WCE. $700/mo. incl. utils. N/S, N/P. Immed. 604-839-8442 Gurjeet.

RENTALS

750 SUITES, LOWERPITT MEADOWS 2 bdrm. suite, new home, N/S N/P. $900 mo. incl. hydro & cable. Sep. entry. Avail. now 604-465-5731 or 723-3854.Port Moody - Glenayre 1 bdrm. can furnish, cls. to transit, n/s, $600 Now. 604.941.2959 / 604.939.5488

751 SUITES, UPPERMAPLE RIDGE, E Central: 3 bdrm, 2 bath, upper fl oor, balcony w/ mtn view, gas F/P, 5 appls, shrd W/D, sat. TV, fen’d yard w/fl ower beds, approx 1100 sf, $1150 + 2/3 utils. Refs. NS/NP. immed 778-998-7857MAPLE RIDGE. Studio/loft above barn. incl. heat, light, N/S N/P. Semi horse board avail. $700 mo. Avail. Mar1 604-374-2821, 604-477-1051

752 TOWNHOUSES

Maple Ridge, 22977-116 Ave. Brand new units at the Duet. Right across from Thomas Haney Center, walk to shops. 3 & 4 bdrms. Prices from $1950 to $2300. N/P. N/S.

Call Sheri M604-535-8080

Croft Agencies Ltd.view pictures at:

www.croftagencies.com

MAPLE RIDGE. 3 bdrm, inste W/D, carport, storage. $1030/mo incl heat. n/s, n/p immed 604-306-0627

Maple Ridge Central3 Bedroom 21/2 bath

Avail immed. $1200/moDamage deposit ~ Ref’sCredit check ~ No Pets

Call 604-466-6348Leave message

MAPLE RIDGE twnhse 2bdrm with cheater ensuite, ns/np, $1100 Feb 1. Derek 604-839-6024. After 4pmPITT MEADOWS: 2-3 bdrm co-op T/H $1005/mo - $1089/mo. Shares req’d. No subsidy available. Orien-tation 2nd Sun. 2 pm & 3rd Tues. 7 pm ea mo. 19225 119th Ave., Pitt Meadows V3Y 2B2. Send SASE or leave msg 604-465-1938

TRANSPORTATION

810 AUTO FINANCING

$0 DOWN & we make your 1st pay-ment at auto credit fast. Need a ve-hicle? Good or Bad credit call Stephanie 1-877-792-0599. www.autocreditfast.ca. DLN 30309.

WANT A VEHICLE BUT STRESSED ABOUT YOUR CRED-IT? Last week 12 out of 15 applica-tions approved! We fund your future not your past. Any Credit. $500 Christmas cash extended. www.coastlineautocredit.com or 1-888-252-8235.

818 CARS - DOMESTIC2001 Buick Centruy, loaded, V6, new tires/brakes. Imm. cond. in/out, priv. $3,900 obo. 604-593-50722001 FORD CROWN VICTORIA, white, 75 Km, nat gas, good cond., $3,500 obo. Phone 778-709-64622001 PONTIAC BONIVILLE 4 dr., fully loaded, Air Cared, 146K, really nice car. $2100 obo 604-504-0932

821 CARS - SPORTS & IMPORTS1990 HONDA CIVIC DX h/back, 5 spd, runs great, no rust, $1200/obo.Call 604-836-1280 (Maple Ridge)

TRANSPORTATION

821 CARS - SPORTS & IMPORTS

2006 MINI COOPER, red, mint, loaded, 68K, lowest price in BC. $12,580. Must sell. 604-943-0444

2009 HONDA CIVIC DX. 4 dr, 5 spd manual, options, 14K, blue. $8800 fi rm. 604-538-4883

2011 TOYOTA Camry LE, 7000 kms. auto, factory warranty. No ac-cidents. $22,500. 604-836-5931

827 VEHICLES WANTED

838 RECREATIONAL/SALE

1985 CAVEMAN Truck Camper, F/S, furnace, washroom. $2000 obo. Call (604)860-3148

2000 FORD RANGER -Red 2 whl. drive w/ 7 ft. 6 Okanagan Camper, $4500 obo (604)575-2676 LV. msg

2010 ADVENTURER 90 FWS

Front bath, thermopane windows, 7 ft. rear awning, much more.

$24,995 (stk.29814)www.fraserwayrv.com

1-800-806-1976 DL #30644

2010 Winnebago Aspect 28B

U-shaped dinette, 4,000 Kw gen. set, rear view monitor.$94,995 (stk.28465)

www.fraserwayrv.com 1-800-806-1976 DL #30644

TRANSPORTATION

838 RECREATIONAL/SALE

NEW STARCRAFT 3614

Dinette slideout, lots of storage, outside grill and more. $11,995 (stk.27314)

www.fraserwayrv.com 1-800-806-1976 DL #30644

845 SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

#1 FREE SCRAP VEHICLE REMOVAL

ASK ABOUT $500 CREDIT $$$ PAID FOR SOME

604.683.2200

AAA SCRAP CAR REMOVALMinimum $150 cash for full size vehicles, any cond. 604-518-3673

Autos • Trucks• Equipment Removal

FREE TOWING 7 days/wk.We pay Up To $500 CA$H

Rick Goodchild 604.551.9022

TRANSPORTATION

845 SCRAP CAR REMOVALThe Scrapper

847 SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES

2006 LAND ROVER LR3 SE, dark blue, 40K MLS/64K KMS, no accid,lady driven, new tires, batt & brakesimmac @ $27,900. 604-943-0210.

CRIMINAL RECORD? GuaranteedRecord Removal since 1989. Confi -dential, Fast, Affordable. Our A+BBB Rating assures EMPLOY-MENT \TRAVEL & FREEDOM. Callfor your FREE INFORMATIONBOOKLET. 1-8-NOW-PARDON(1 866 972 7366).www.PardonServicesCanada.com.

The following vehicles will be seized and sold, as per ware-house lien act.

1999 Mercury Cougar Vin# 1ZWFT61L1X5640253Owner Unknown debt amount: $3049.50

1967 Pontiac Firebird Vin# 223377 U140715Owner Alan Arnsdorf debt amount: $3374.25

20 ft Starcraft Islander boat Shorelander boat trailer Reg#12E 15888 / trailer Vin#IMDBEET 13HC 304402 Owner Jo Bak debt amount $3659.40

Marlon / Utility trailer Model # RAT-01 Owner: Anthony Mashohn debt amount: $1703.30

Viewing and sealed bid sale on Feb 10, 2011, 11am to 1pm at Wasterval Storage 20461 118 Ave, Maple Ridge 604-230-2950

Bowl your way to

www.abbotsfordmissionridgemeadows.kintera.org/bfks

Mentoring is about the power of friendship. Volunteers and young people are building friendships where they experience the magic of everyday moments shared with a friend. Everyone needs someone to laugh with, share a dream

with, and just hang out... With friends it's the little things that make a big difference!

CCall or email: 604.852.3331 Abbotsford

604.466.7555 Ridge Meadows [email protected]

Maple Ridge REVS Bowling Centre Thursday, March 12 12-2pm– Lunch Bowl Friday, March 13th 12-2pm, 4-6pm, 7-9pm Saturday, March 14th 4-6pm, 7-9pm

It is easy, rewarding and FUN! 1. Select a bowling party 2. Register Your Team 3. Start Collecting Pledges 4. Celebrate the difference

your fundraising will make in the lives of children and families in your community!

FFor every $100 you raise your name will go into a draw for our grand prize!!!!!

Abbotsford Dogwood Bowling Wednesday, March 4th 12-2pm - Lunch Bowl Thursday, March 5th 4-6pm, 7-9pm - Dine & Bowl Friday, March 6th 12-2pm—Lunch Bowl 4-6pm - Dine & Bowl 6-8pm - Dine & Bowl Galaxy Bowling Friday, March 27th 4-6pm, 9-11pm Saturday, March 28th 4-6pm, 8-10pm

Call: 604-852-3331 (Abbotsford)

604-466-7555 (Maple Ridge)

E-mail: [email protected]

Online registration available Online:

For more information or to register your team:

NEWSMAPLE RIDGE ◆ PITT MEADOWS

For every $100 you raiseyour name will go into a draw for our grand prize!

www.mentoringworks.ca

Call or email: 604.852.3331 Abbotsford


For every $100 you raise your name will go into a draw for our grand prize!!!!! Call or email: 604.852.3331 Abbotsford


For every $100 you raise your name will go into a draw for our grand prize!!!!!

Call or email: 604.852.3331 Abbotsford


For every $100 you raise your name will go into a draw for our grand prize!!!!!

DAREto be a Kid!ABBOTSFORD:ABBOTSFORD:

RIDGE MEADOWS:REVS Bowling

March 9, 11 & 12

Galaxy Bowl

April 1 - 2Dogwood Lanes

March 3 - 4


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Monday 11am to 11pmSliders (3) $599

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