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Transportation planners from the District of NorthVancouver and province are floating a new ideaaimed at easing traffic on the Cut.

District council members got their first look Mondaynight at a new design for a “collector distribution system” – aconcrete barrier dividing traffic bound for the IronworkersMemorial Second Narrows Crossing from traffic headed forlocal exits.

“The weaving and merging that happens on the highwaywould then happen on a separated road system,” said TeganSmith, transportation planner for the district. “Staff believethis option provides significant capacity to separate the localand the highway traffic and starts to get at the heart of the

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After years of bulking up, houses in West Vancouvermay finally be slimming down.

West Vancouver council unanimously supported newrules meant to set limits on the district’s increasingly palatialhouses at a council meeting Monday.

Presently, a homeowner can double the size of their houseby consolidating two equal-sized lots. The new regulationswould change that, limiting a new home’s total floor size witha formula that takes into account what could be built on thesmallest lot in the neighbourhood.

The new rules are needed, according to former councillorRod Day, who noted there have been nine lot consolidations inthe past six years.

“There may have only been nine … but they’ve been stu-pendously awful,” he said.

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Ges Bushe and his family walk throughdress rehearsals for any life event thatmight present new and unique situationsfor the North Vancouver teenager.

Before last month’s North Shore SportAwards ceremony Ges – who has mobilitychallenges and is on the autism spectrum –practiced hearing his name called, walking upthe red carpet with his good friend Luke Harris,stepping onto the stage and waiting to receivehis trophy.

What the family didn’t anticipate, however,was that Ges and Luke would receive the firstever standing ovation in the 17-year historyof the annual awards show. That some of thebest coaches, athletes, officials, and volunteerson the North Shore would be moved to tearsby an 80-second introduction detailing theinconceivable challenges both athletes havefaced, and the improbable friendship that hashelped them fight their battles side-by-side,hand-in-hand. That the audience would sensesomething incredible was happening rightbefore their eyes, and respond in kind.

The family also forgot to warn Ges aboutone other important detail: the handshake.Award presenter Nicole Brown, a WestVancouver school district trustee, passed thetwo awards to Luke who handed one over toGes before turning back to shake Brown’s hand.The trustee then extended her hand to Geswho instinctively clutched his new trophy andpulled back. Luke, laughing, figured it out rightaway: Ges was worried she was going to takeback the award.

“I tried to hold onto the box so that he hada hand free,” says Luke, recalling the incident.Brown never got her handshake, but the boysleft with one more memory in a friendship thatis less than a year old but already filled withmany unforgettable moments. And Ges, ofcourse, got to keep his trophy.

“He just wouldn’t let go of it,” says Luke. “Ithink that’s OK though. He definitely workedfor it.”

$ $ $Fast friends now, Luke and Ges likely wouldn’thave been anything more thanmere acquain-tances if not for two huge tumours thatwrapped their way around Luke’s leg. When theX-ray tech held up the image for Luke to see,he wasn’t sure if his life was over, or just hispromising running career.

Now a Grade 11 student at St. ThomasAquinas, Luke didn’t realize he had the lungs tobe an elite runner until the school did manda-tory fitness testing in Grade 8, an exercise thatincluded the gruelling beep test. The tortur-ously simple test involves running back andforth across a short distance guided by audi-tory beeps. The beeps speed up continuously,relentlessly. Athletes speed up too, until theycan run nomore.

Luke did the beep test and, to his surprise,his score blew away everyone in his grade. Thatfall he joined the STA cross country running

team and in the spring he ran track, winninggold for his age group in the 800-metre race atthe 2013 high school provincial championships.By 2014 he’d raced onto the national stage,placing fourth in his age group at the Canadianchampionships.

That summer, however, he started to feelpain in his right leg when he ran. He was takinga marathon class so he initially chalked it upto over-training, but the pain persisted. Duringthe 2014 cross country running season hisleg started to buckle, causing him to fall half adozen times on the treacherous North Shoretrails.

Early in 2015 he took part in an indoor raceat the Richmond oval and won it, nearly break-ing the meet’s U18 record. But the pain wasexcruciating.

“I was in agony,” he says. “The pain wasunbearable and part of my foot was numbwithpain.”

That’s when he finally went to a doctor, whocalled for an X-ray that showed two large lumpsprotruding out of his leg.

“You could clearly see it as soon as he put itup,” he says.

One horrible word popped into his mind:“cancer.”

“I wasn’t sure if I’d be able to run again,” hesays. “I was really worried about that.”

Luckily Luke didn’t have to wait long tohave some of his fears allayed. His GP saw himthat night and let him know the tumours werebenign, not cancerous. There were still prob-lems though. One tumour was wrapped aroundhis tibia and fibula, affecting his peroneal nerve.This was March, and surgery was scheduled forSeptember.

Before then, however, Luke wanted to runonemore big race. Tumours intact, Luke suited

up for STA in the junior division at the 2015 highschool provincial championships. He won anunexpected bronze in the 400 m. In the 800 m,his favourite distance, he took gold.

Three months later Luke and his family flewto Toronto for surgery with a specialist at TheHospital for Sick Children.

“We got to the hospital way too early,” Lukeremembers. That left lots of time for him tothink about the surgery, the nerve, the twintumours, and the specialist who told him ifthings didn’t look good in there, he may haveto break Luke’s leg in order to complete thesurgery.

Finally, the knife….$ $ $

On the day Ges Bushe was born 14 years agothere was nothing that hinted at the challengeshe’d face throughout his life.

“He was a healthy baby,” says his mother,Carmen Farrell. After a year, however, it wasobvious that his physical development wasn’ttypical. He was having trouble with his balance,his muscles seemed very weak and it was hardfor him to support himself.

“He and I logged a lot of time in the special-ist clinics at Children’s Hospital,” says Farrell.“We had a big huge thick file – all kinds of tests,examinations, MRIs – and all the tests cameback ‘normal’ and yet when you looked at thiskid you just knew there was something neuro-logical going on.”

He finally started walking but by age two itwas apparent it wasn’t just a physical disability.Ges couldn’t talk, and his social interactionswere atypical, reduced. By age three he wasdiagnosed with autism spectrum disorder butit wasn’t until just last year that a specialistpinpointed his physical disability as choreaathetosis, a neurological disorder characterized

by jerky involuntary movements with abnormalmuscle contractions that cause involuntarywrithing.

The family still wanted Ges to have a livelychildhood and so he tried many sports, includ-ing soccer, swimming, skating, biking, baseball,and skiing. The activities came with varyinglevels of success and enjoyment, but noth-ing matched the joy Ges felt when he took uprunning.

It is an odd fit, Farrell admits, given Ges’sphysical disability.

“His arms almost move in counterproduc-tive ways when he’s running,” she says. “(But)it’s almost impossible for him to stand still. Hisbody wants to be moving.”

Last fall Ges, now in Grade 8, found kindredspirits on the cross country racing team at hisschool, West Vancouver secondary. He loved itright away.

“It was the right kind of community for him,”says Farrell. “He felt a connection with thecoaches and the kids that were there.”

Ges, who communicates by typing on aniPad, says he feels excited when he runs.

“I like running because I like the tracknumbers and lanes,” he writes. “I like looking atthe trees while I ammoving. The trees look likeanimals when I run.”

There were no tryouts for the cross-countryteam – Ges showed up at practice, so he was onthe squad. It was almost time to race.

$ $ $Twoweeks before Ges’s first-ever cross-countryrace, Luke Harris sat in a hospital room staringat his right leg wrapped in bandages and gauze.His surgeon entered the room.

“Point your toe up, point your toe down,”

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Niceguys sometimes finish firstUnlikely friends racetogether throughincredible challenges

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Fast friendsGes Bushe and LukeHarris get set to run at a recent trackmeet held at Handsworth secondary. The two athletes have both faced life-altering health challenges andhave comeout as champions, pushing each other to greatness in an unlikely friendship. PHOTOKEVINHILL

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the surgeon said. “Your pero-neal nerve is fine. You’ll beable to run.”

Those simple, wonderfulwords are etched into Luke’smind.

“That was huge for me,” hesays. “It was a big relief.”

There would be onemorescare. A week later, sitting inclass back at STA, his leg, stillwrapped in bandages, swelledto nearly twice its normal size.It was an infection – onemorechance, it seemed, for hisdreams to be dashed.

“I was pretty worried,” hesays. “If it had gotten infectedbadly, that definitely wouldhave put an end to my runningcareer.”

Antibiotics caught theinfection before it had time todomajor damage, but still leftLuke with massive scar tissue,major muscle loss, and lymphdamage to overcome on hisway back to the track, not tomention a gnarly six-inch scaron the outside of his right legthat will mark this episode forthe rest of his life.

Luke was still in the earlystages of recovery when Gestook part in his first event, theseason-opening cross-countryrace at Ambleside Park. Therewas no way he could navi-gate the course alone and soa young therapist from hisschool ran with him.

“He was dead last,” Farrellsays with a laugh. “They hadto start the junior girls racebefore he was finished.”

But he still had the time ofhis life. As he popped out ofthe woods and approachedthe open-field finish line,everyone stopped what theywere doing and cheered himon.

“Ges was so excited,” saysFarrell.

The next race was atCleveland Dam. The therapistwasn’t available so Ges ranwith Andrew Harris, Luke’solder brother. Andrew knewGes through the North Shore’schallenger baseball program,and the two of them tackledthe tricky Cleveland Damcourse together. After the raceLuke and Andrew’s motherKrista Harris told Luke, whowas still was in no shape to getback onto the trails, all aboutthe race.

Luke was astounded.“Ges raced Cleveland Dam,

which is a really hilly coursewith a lot of ups and downs,”

he says. “It’s really steep, it’sdefinitely my least favouritecourse. It’s the one everyonefalls on, and I just couldn’tbelieve that he’d made it upand down the mountain. It wasincredible.”

Thinking about Ges’saccomplishment got Lukefired up about getting back ontrack himself.

“It definitely inspired meto get back into running,” hesays. “How tough he was, itwas really inspiring to see thatin somebody.”

Three weeks later Lukegot his chance to get runningagain. Given the OK by hisdoctors for some light work,he signed up to run with Gesat the cross-country NorthShore zone championshipsat Loutet Park. At that timeLuke and Ges barley kneweach other – the two athleteswent to the same elementaryschool but, separated by threegrades, were nomore thanacquaintances.

When they met at LoutetPark, however, the connectionwas instant.

“I remember the first time Imet Luke I saw flowers,” writesGes. “I saw his face. He lookedkind. I said ‘hi’ to Luke. Lukesaid ‘hi Ges.’ I went runningwith him.”

Halfway through the raceGes did something he hadn’tdone with any of his previousrace buddies: he grabbedLuke’s hand.

They kept on racing,holding hands, for much ofthe course until Ges’s mother,worried that Ges would causea fall, asked him to let go.

“You can’t hold Luke’s

hand!” she called. “You have torun on your own!”

She wasn’t too surprised,however, at the connectionher sonmade with Luke.

“It’s this odd dichotomybecause on the one handhe’s got so many autisticbehaviours – the social cuesthat we all rely on, he doesn’tuse – and yet he’s so amaz-ingly empathetic,” Farrell saysof her son. “For years I’vedescribed him as kind of abarometer of human experi-ence. He knows in his beingwhen someone cares abouthim. And I think that’s someof the magic in the connectionthat he and Luke have. Luke isjust a phenomenal youngman,and Ges is a great judge ofcharacter. … He just knew thatLuke was special.”

Luke had a blast as well.“Ges was a lot faster than

I thought he’d be,” Luke sayswith a laugh. The two of themshaved nearly 10 minutes offGes’s best time in a cross-country race and they finishedwell before the next racewas scheduled to start. Gesnoticed improvements in hisown running right away.

“Luke helps me pumpmyarms while I run,” he writes.“He encourages me to run andnever give up.”

There was onemore raceleft in the season and it was adoozy. Thanks to a proposalput forward by cross-countrycoaches and organizers fromthe North Shore, the provin-cial championships includeda para-athlete division for thefirst time in 2015. Ges was the

Instant bondbetweenpara-athlete andprovincial champ

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Similar dividers areused on highways runningaround Surrey, Montreal andToronto. For drivers comingdown the cut, the “decisionpoint” would be just beforethe Mountain Highwayoverpass. The idea would becontingent on the provinceand feds coming up withgrants to help pay the costof installing a new eight-laneHighway 1 bridge over LynnCreek.

The staff presentation didnot include a cost estimatefor the collector distribu-tion idea, but it would beon top of the $150-millionprice tag for the already-in-the-works revamp of allthree interchanges at thebridgehead. The Ministry ofTransportation has hired aconsultant to model trafficflows on the Highway 1 cor-ridor, looking to see if thecollector distribution systemwill have a real-life impact ontravel times. Those resultsare due in June.

While much of councilwas eager to see anythingthat might ease conges-tion, there was debate overwhether the costs would

prove worthwhile, par-ticularly from Coun. MathewBond, who is a transporta-tion systems engineer withthe ministry.

Big-ticket road wideningprojects have been shownto have counterproduc-tive results, Bond said. Hepointed to Texas spending

$2.3 billion widening theKaty Freeway in Houstonup to 23 lanes only to havetravel times for commutersincrease by 51 per cent in

the following three years.“I’m worried we might

be doing the popular thingand not necessarily the goodthing or the right thing,” he

said.The issue ought to be of

particular significance foryoung people, who tend tohave less car-reliant life-styles, Bond said, but rarelyparticipate in council’sconsultation processes.

“I question these(assumptions). I want to seethe data. Show me that it’sgoing to work. Show me thatit makes sense for the longterm because for the next 20or 30 years of debt financingit takes to pay for this, we’regoing to be paying the bill,”he said.

But the point of theproject isn’t just to clear-up notorious Cut traffic forcommuters headed overthe Ironworkers, others oncouncil argued, but rather toseparate our own local east-west traffic.

“Is it going to solveeverything? No. Is it goingto be expensive? Yup. Do wehave to do it? I think we do,”Coun. Lisa Muri said. “Thinkgood thoughts that this willhappen before we all retire.”

And with driverlessvehicles coming on the mar-ket soon and fundamentallychanging commuter pat-terns, the highway projectsmay prove to have lots ofcapacity for the future, Coun.Roger Bassam added.

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The issue has beengaining attention in WestVancouver as both develop-ers and others snap up lotswith older homes, then tearthose houses down and buildmuch larger houses on theproperty, commonly knownas ‘monster homes.’

The district is in the midstof a “bulk housing crisis,”warned Dundarave architectKatie Hlynsky.

While new limits onmaximum house size maycause property values todip, Hlynsky said the reversecould also be argued.

“Without trees and land-scaping, and in the makingof a typical suburbia onsteroids, nobody will want tolive here.”

Not everyone agrees.Discussing prospective

changes at a public meetingon the topic last year, resi-dent Claus Jensen expressedconcern West Vancouver’sgovernment might beencroaching on individualrights.

“Private property is stillpretty sacred in Canada andI do believe it needs to berespected,” he said.

The new rules on hous-ing bulk introduced Mondayinclude measures to ward off

erosion and shore up slopestability by calling for theretention of trees and veg-etation “where possible andpractical.”

The bylaw calls for land-scape contractors to submitplans to the district.

“So far, so bad,” judgedformer councillor MichaelEvison, who said it should bedistrict staff’s responsibilityto regulate and enforce thosemeasures.

Besides new limits onhouse size, the district is hop-ing better fence bylaws willmake for better neighbours.

Under the new bylaw, theheight of a fence, previouslyunregulated, would be nohigher than four feet in thefront yard and six feet aroundthe side and back yards inneighbourhoods character-ized by smaller homes.

Neighbourhoods withlarger homes will generally bepermitted fences six feet highin front and eight feet higharound the house.

Tall fences are often theonly recourse for homeown-ers who look out the windowand see a looming “monsterhouse,” according to Hlynsky.

“In speaking with peoplewho live next to these sites,they feel annihilated andisolated,” she said.

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ignoring district charac-ter and topography whileconstructing houses the sizeof rec centres, according toHlynsky.

“The result is the need fora very large fence,” she said.

If two neighbours don’tlike each other, a variancecould be provided to allow ataller fence between the prop-erties. Barbed and razor wireis expressly forbidden.

The new bylaws arescheduled for a public hear-ing May 16. Council wouldneed to grant final approvalbefore the rules become law.

During three years ofdebate about housing bulkat least 150 houses havebeen built, according toCoun. Nora Gambioli, whodiscussed the issue lastDecember.

“By the time we see abit of light at the end of this

tunnel we are talking perhaps600 new homes. ... Every daymatters.”

The district issued 130demolition permits in 2013,154 in 2014 and 171 in 2015,according to district spokes-man Jeff McDonald.

The spate of tear-downshas diminished the district’sculture, according to BarbaraHunter, a director of the WestVancouver Historical Society,who addressed the issue at a2015 public hearing.

“West Vancouver is one ofthe best places in the worldto live, not just to invest,”she said.

During Monday’s meetingdistrict council also passeda bylaw to protect trees onpublic boulevards. The bylawbars fences on boulevardsexcept for retaining wallsneeded for slope stability ordriveway access.

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The team got the callfrom the EmergencyOperations Centre just after1 p.m. alerting them to a70-year-old man who hadfallen more than 15 feetfrom a ladder onto the rockybeach below.

The man was working onhis home on Coldwell Beach,a boat-access only strip ofhouses about eight kilome-tres up Indian Arm, when theincident happened.

“The information we hadwas he had spinal injuriesand the tide was coming in

and the (Canadian CoastGuard) hovercraft wasn’tavailable,” said Mike Danks,North Shore Rescue teamleader.

Luckily, a Talon helicopterwas gassed and ready, and arescue team was deployed inabout 15 minutes.

“He had taken quite a fall.He had significant injuries– potential internal injuriesand some trauma to his faceand neck,” Danks said. “Hefell quite a long way ontosome fairly large boulders.”

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Dear Editor:I have a great deal of

respect for Peter Black andit is still a pleasure to seehim around West Vancouver.However, in response to hisand others’ support for thechess players, I feel that theopinions being voiced areone-sided.

I also owned a businessin Park Royal very close toPeter Black’s and for a periodwell over a year, before theymoved to the old food court,the chess players occupied anumber of tables in the mar-ket area directly opposite mystore. I know from first-handexperience that their contri-bution to the economy of themall was minimal. Fast foodor similar operations relyon turnover of customers attables to survive. A groupof 20-30 people occupyingtables for hours on end withbarely a small coffee betweenthem does nothing to sup-port these businesses.

The effect on my businesswas not as substantial as it

was a different type, but Inever saw any chess playerbuying as much as a mealfrom any of the market shopsor food outlets. However, Ifrequently saw customers offood businesses being unableto find seating as the tableswere occupied. If you wishto find out whether othersbelieve that this group is anasset to the mall then surelythe opinions to canvassare those of the food courtoperators whose tables arenow being occupied andwhose customers are unableto find seating. Most of yourreaders will have no ideaof the eye-watering level ofrents that the food courtoperators are paying. Theremoval of “loiterers,” chessplaying or otherwise, at leastgives these businesses afighting chance to survive.Peter Black may lament theloss of the chess players butin fairness, his business wasnot dependent on custom-ers being able to sit downto enjoy what they had just

purchased from him. ParkRoyal is simply doing whatany other business woulddo if tables were beingcontinuously occupied by agroup who were not eat-ing food purchased at theirestablishments.

As well as their lack ofsupport for the businesses,I have rarely come acrosssuch a self-absorbed, entitledgroup — try witnessing amother trying to manoeuvrea push chair around thegroups watching a chessgame with the participantstotally oblivious to herstruggles. That same sense ofentitlement comes throughat the moment. Instead ofsaying “thanks for 50 years offree support” their attitudeis “we’ve had something forfree for 50 years thereforeyou owe it to us forever.”That said, I have nothingagainst people being ableto play chess. If the mayoris so supportive of them,then surely he can free upsome community space for

them – what about the largeentrance area to the aquaticcentre? If this is a communityactivity then it should besupported by communityfacilities.

Everyone loves jumpingon a David versus Goliathcause and I am certainly noapologist for Park Royal’smanagement as I’ve seenfirst-hand how their com-mercial decisions havenegatively affected peoplewhose businesses haveclosed. When you see a busi-ness close in Park Royal doyou ever consider that thisis at least one family losingtheir livelihood and in manycases everything they have?So I will save my sympathyfor the owners, employeesand the families of busi-nesses in the food courttrying to survive rather thanthe chess players.

Time to move on guys,we’re all just pawns to someextent or another.Tim BoothNorth Vancouver

House rules

Where do you live?

It’s an easy questionfor almost everyonewho doesn’t serve inCanada’s Senate.

P.E.I. Senator and Ottawa residentMike Duffy was acquitted of 31 chargesthis week related to fraud and abusingthe public trust. Nothing criminal wasgoing on – just senator stuff.

Yes, Duffy listed a summer cottageas his primary residence but nothingin the Senate rules require a senator tospend a certain number days at theirhouse. We’d like to believe the omissionis an oversight, but that’s hard to acceptfrom a government body specializing inoversight.

The legal grey area seems like a pur-poseful fog created by legislators whoexpect taxpayers to supplement theirsizable salaries with free trips.

Duffy was legally allowed to lie aboutwhere he lived and file piles of expensereports because he was just doing whatcomes naturally to senators, and follow-ing the advice of more senior politicians.

According to the judge, it was formerprime minister Stephen Harper who toldDuffy where he would claim to live andmembers of Harper’s office who latertried to buy their way out of trouble byforcing Duffy to accept a payment of$90,000.

But as far as Duffy’s responsibility forthe mess was concerned, it was all legal.Because the Senate operates in an envi-ronment where there are no rules.

We hope our current prime ministerwill favour a higher ethical standard.

The Canadian Senate needs rules andoversight far more than Canada needsthe Senate. If our senators don’t like it,they can always go home.

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Dear Editor:Dear Park Royal:I’ve been fortunate to work

in the field of social service for30 years and throughout mycareer I have been humbled,honoured and impressed withthose whomove throughadversity.

Mymost memorable yearshave beenmy work as anadvocate for older adults andyouth. If I have learned onething in my 30 years in socialservices, it is that a sense ofpurpose is what keeps us aliveand gives us reason to wakeup in the morning.

Our Canadian governmentsupplies funding to variousprograms around the NorthShore for older adults andyouth in order to create forthem a sense of engagement intheir community. The fundingis also provided to programsthat are created to enhancecognitive stimulation for olderadults. This leads me to thestory I read in the North Shore

News about Park Royal mall’schoice to abandon chess play-ers who have beenmeetingfor 50 years.

These chess players havea reason to leave their homesto prevent isolation, they playa game that keeps their brainshealthy, they have created afamily that keeps their heartalive and their quality of lifehas been increased. I haveoften watched the chessplayers of various ages enjoyeach other’s company, andgladly smile to myself at thesevery resourceful and resilientindividuals who teach us all alesson, on human connection.

I can only hope that theolder adults and youth in yourlife do not find themselvesisolated at a time in their liveswhen they need companythe most. To take away a vitalcomponent such as this is apoor decision on your part.

Sincerely disappointed.Jemma TempletonNorth Vancouver

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Takeaction topreventmore canyon tragedyDear Editor:

Re: presumed drowning inLynn Canyon.

After living in Lynn Valleyfor more than 30 years Iknow that as soon as thereis a heavy rainfall or therapidly melting snows on themountains surrounding LynnCanyon Park fill the waterwaysin the spring, it won’t be longbefore there is an accident ora death in the canyon. And soit was, as helicopters circledoverhead and the wails ofemergency vehicles echoed upthe hill for hours onMonday,March 28, as I worked in mygarden.

The reasons for this situa-tion are simple: as the watersof the rains andmeltingsnows rush to fill local streambeds, the resulting torrentshurtle downward, filling thenarrow canyon walls. Thiscreates mighty currents and

undertows resulting in cen-trifugal forces with the powerto hold large objects underwater against the sides of thecanyon and topple huge rocksand tree trunks into the water.

Fenced off areas arecovered with warning signsthroughout the canyon’sintricate system of hikingtrails. People who choose toswim in those waters or climbthe nearby cliffs are takinga chance with the forces ofnature.

According to a suggestionon social media (North ShoreNews, April 1), fines shouldbe established to combatthe annual drownings andaccidents in Lynn Canyon.This may help, but I wouldalso like to suggest somemoreconstructive alternatives:

$ (-6.287%/23 #!%;!21:in schools, libraries, youthgroups and perhaps the Lynn

*2/&%/ (.%3%;& *"/8!") #%:-sibly titled: If you Love Nature,Respect Her and Learn HerWays.

$ 475" %68 !"#%!8: %/ -273&conditions in areas safe forswimming and diving in thecanyon as we do for boatingand for skiing and hiking trailsin season.

$ ,-- "1"!;"/.& /610"!:to current signage so parkvisitors can report peopleillegally swimming or climbingin areas already fenced off andprohibited.

$ +":) 2/- .92!;" 2/- '/"those who break the rules.

My heart goes out to thefamily of Cole Marsh fromCoquitlam. Please help toprevent further tragedies likethat of a 17-year-old, whosefriends say “died doing whathe loved.”Martha BarkerNorth Vancouver

LETTERS TOTHE EDITORmust include your name, full address andtelephone number. Send your letters via e-mail to: [email protected]. The North Shore News reserves the right to edit any and/or allletters based on length, clarity, legality and content. The News alsoreserves the right to publish any and/or all letters electronically.MAILBOX

Dear Editor:Re: NDP Turns Up the Heat

on BC Hydro File, April 20 byKeith Baldrey.

These games that politi-cians play are sickening. Whydon’t they think they shouldanswer to the public? Are wenot the ones that they areworking for? The BC Hydromess has been in the makingfor years and is only going toget worse. The fact that it isn’tgoing to get better anytimesoon is devastating for meas a consumer. Look at howmany private river projects

were given the go ahead toproduce power when it wasnot required; and now sit backand wait to sell the power toBC Hydro. BC Hydro, a Crowncorporation owned by thetaxpayers, had to sit idle andnot go out and get new powerbecause all these private own-ers needed to makemoney.It is heartbreaking to knowthat members of our electedgovernment enjoy lining theirfriends’ pockets with dollarsinstead of passing benefits tous as taxpayers. It is time toturn BC Hydro around before

it goes bankrupt. Contactyour elected MLA and voiceyour disapproval of this mess!Let’s keep our power ours andhopefully rates reasonable.Keep up the good work KeithBaldrey and hopefully someday, somewhere, someonewill pay attention to what ishappening in Victoria. Let’snot re-elect those who are notworking for the people of ourprovince. Until then, keep afterthem to do their job for thisprovince.Kathleen BergmanBurnaby

QUOTES OF THE WEEK:I see him literally land right on the power lines, landing as if he’s

lying on a hammock.”

—Jabeen Jussa recounts the flabbergasting sight of aparaglider landingonMontroyal Boulevardpower lines. The incident resulted in 2,800properties losingpower (fromanApril 20news story).

I’ll be suing you, and I will win.”

—WestVancouver residentBrentWolvertonwarns council of the risksof forbiddingpropertyownersfromcuttingdowndangerous trees (fromanApril 20news story).

Take a couple of Aspirins and they’ll feel better in the morning.”

— WestVancouverMayorMichael Smithoffers aprescription for residents fearful thenew treebylawwill affect their enjoymentof their homes (fromanApril 20news story).

Mismanagement of Hydro appalls

Dear Editor:As a longtime resident

(since 1967) I enjoyed ParkRoyal in the early years.However, more andmorechanges have destroyedthe lovely atmosphere ofthe shopping mall. I do miss

Peter Black, the fish store, thepasta place, the bakery andthe chess players etc. Whata shame, that everything isabout big boxes and howmuchmoney they canmake.I do like Whole Foods and thevillage around it. For the rest,

the construction has takenfar too long and removing thechess players is a disgrace.Hopefully the administrationwill change their mind andallow the chess players back.Romy ReimannWest Vancouver

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A Grade 8 student atBrockton School hopesthat by sharing her per-sonal experiences withmental illness with themembers of her school aswell as the greater com-munity, she’ll be able tobring increased aware-ness to the issue, reducestigma as well as helpothers of all ages facingsimilar challenges.

For the second year ina row, 14-year-old JasmineIrving is leading a MentalHealth Awareness Campaignat her Lynn Valley school,supported by fellow stu-dents, staff and her family.

This year’s initiative hasa stress management themeand is set for May 2 to 6,during the Canadian MentalHealth Association’s MentalHealth Week, and includesevents and fundraisers forstudents as well as two eve-ning events open to membersof the general public.

When asked whether it’san intimidating prospect totell her story, Jasmine, duringa meeting with the North

Shore news Monday at herschool, is quick to say no.“It’s easy for me.”

At age 10, Jasmine wasdiagnosed with bipolardisorder type 2. Her healthhistory includes having hada rare disease twice as atoddler as well as living withhypothyroidism, clinicalanxiety, sleep disorder andADHD. Adding to her healthchallenges, in early 2015 sheexperienced two episodesof dystonia as a result ofa wrong antibiotic beingprescribed, putting her anti-psychotic at a toxic level.

While a difficult year,Jasmine stayed positive andis currently thriving. She’san avid reader, movie buffand snowshoer who recentlystarted taking vocal lessons.She also enjoys school andspending time with familyand friends.

From the beginning, herfamily has held the firmbelief that it’s important tobe upfront and honest aboutJasmine’s challenges.

“It’s Jasmine’s choice, shewants all of her to be knownand to be out there,” says hermother, Brenda Irving.

“And to be accepted,”

adds Jasmine.“It’s always been driven

by her and I can’t explainthe emotions it puts throughme,” Brenda, who assistsJasmine in organizingher annual Mental HealthAwareness Campaign –referring to herself as her

daughter’s CEO – goes onto say. “Being proud of heris such a small part of it. It’sgreat to see this strength,perseverance and resiliencyin her and her ability to sayto others, ‘You know, thingscan be pretty tough but atthe end of the day you can

still get through and makethe most of life.’”

Jasmine’s efforts are alsoa source of inspiration forher Brockton peers as well asstaff and teachers.

“I love that Jasmine’sdone this. I love that it’sstudent-driven, particularly,”

says school counsellor JulesPayne.

“I just think the morepeople are aware andthe more knowledgeablestudents are about (mentalhealth issues), the easier it

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is to support students likeJasmine and everyone elsebecause Jasmine’s certainlynot alone,” she adds.

Payne, along with JamieMorris, Brockton’s head oflearning resource and stu-dent services co-ordinator,are helping Jasmine with hercampaign.

“A lot of people focus onphysical disabilities or physi-cal ailments or things likethat but the mental healthside of things is sometimesnot really spoken about. Butin order to support the wholechild, that’s a huge part of it.We just want everyone to feelsafe and supported becausethat way they can learnbest and achieve their bestpotential. So I think increas-ing info like this and havingthe students lead it is reallyimportant to embracing whatwe are at Brockton,” saysMorris.

A major component ofBrockton’s Mental HealthAwareness Campaign will bean information booth set upin the school lobby for theduration of the week. Thisyear, Jasmine has more than100 pieces of information,flyers and resources avail-able for students and their

families, when visiting theschool, to peruse and takehome.

Last year’s Mental HealthAwareness Campaign raisedmore than $600 for the CMHASteps Youth Program. Thisyear Jasmine hopes to onceagain support the program,which uses recreational activ-ities to help youths in grades8 to 12 dealing with depres-sion and anxiety. Fundraiserswill include mental healthawareness bracelet sales, afresh fruit and cookie sale,and a raffle to win a stressmanagement kit.

Also, last year Jasmine’sfamily donated 25 books ondifferent aspects of mentalhealth to the school libraryand this year plans to donate55 more.

Throughout the week,Brockton students will listento presentations from anumber of experts on mentalhealth topics.

Community membersat large are invited to twofree evening presentationsat the school including:The Benefits of MindfulnessMeditation by yoga practitio-ner Jeff Grace Tuesday, May 3from 7 to 8 p.m. (bring a yogamat); and Talking With YourChild/Youth About MentalHealth by Rae Morris, a

social worker and individual,couple and family therapist,Wednesday, May 4 from 6 to 7p.m. To RSVP to either

event, [email protected].

When asked what shehopes people take away from

this year’s campaign, Jasminesays that mental illness is“hard and it’s not easy. Forpeople who haven’t got it

diagnosed yet, be nice tothem because they may notever be as lucky and have achance like I had.”

Brockton School’s Jasmine Irving (right) is presenting aMental Health Awareness Campaign at her schoolMay 2-6with the supportof hermother Brenda (left), Brockton staffmembers Jules Payne and JamieMorris, and her fellow students. PHOTOMIKEWAKEFIELD

Communitymembers invited tomental health sessionsFrom page 11

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“With our aging population, we need torecognize some of the body-mind causesof conditions like depression, anxiety andpost-traumatic stress disorders and dowhatever we can to preserve a person’scognitive function well into their senioryears,” Rivet says.

Practising at North Vancouver’s North ShoreNaturopathic Clinic at 156 West 3rd Street,Rivet says there is growing evidence of astrong connection between inflammatoryprocesses elsewhere in the body –especially the digestive tract or gut – andthe level of influence it (the inflammation)has on the brain.

Stressing the importance of a preventativelifestyle, Rivet says the good news is thatalthough a person’s memory may sufferfrom low-grade inflammation, the braincan also regenerate itself (neurogenesis)when simple dietary changes aremade. “What we aim for,” Rivet said, “isto increase a patient’s intake of anti-inflammatory, polyphenol-rich foodssuch as olive oil, dark coloured berries/chocolate and certain vegetables, likebeets. Omega three oils and probiotics arealso good.”

When necessary, supplements can beadded, calming yoga, meditation andnature walks can address the inflammatoryreflex by improving vagal nerve tone(which helps decrease inflammation), all ofwhich are likely to improve brain health.

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BAD APPLE Claire Traille and Teresa La Porta star as the Evil Queen and SnowWhitein St. Thomas Aquinas secondary’s production of SnowWhite, adapted by J. MichaelStraczynski. The show runs April 28-30 at the BlueShore Financial Centre for the PerformingArts, 2055 Purcell Way, North Vancouver. For tickets ($16/$11) call 604-987-4431. Visit aquinas.org for more info. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN

TINKER WITH TECH West Vancouver Memorial Library staff Leila Meshgini, SueKent and David Carson try out some high-tech gear in advance of the Imagine IT technologyfair Friday, April 29, 4-8 p.m. and Saturday, April 30, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the library, 1950 MarineDr. Visitors can try a 3-D printer, digitize old photos or slides, learn to code, see robots inaction, and more. Visitwvml.ca/imagineit for more info. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD

What’s Going OnEARTH DAY IN THE CITYJoin the City of NorthVancouver, Evergreen andother community groups foran Earth Day celebration atWagg Creek Park, Mahon and21st Street, Sunday, April 24,noon-4 p.m. Enjoy activitiesfor the entire family includingcrafts, food vendors, andorganic leaf compost sales,and help remove invasiveplants.

FAMILY CARNIVAL TheWest Vancouver PoliceDepartment will host its 11th

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SHIPYARDS LOT 5 PUBLICINFORMATION SESSIONNorth Vancouver City staff andQuay Property ManagementCorp. invite the public toan informational session todiscuss Lot 5 Monday, April25, 6-8 p.m. at The Pipe Shop,115 Victory Ship Way, NorthVancouver. cnv.org

HOPE PATIO TEA PARTYThe Blenz HOpe Cafe presentsits first annual Patio TeaParty Wednesday, April 27, 11a.m.- 1 p.m., 1337 St. AndrewsAve., North Vancouver. Costis $10 per person. Tea will beserved on vintage china andthere will be biscuits, sconesand homemade preserves.RSVP by April 25 as seating islimited. [email protected]

CLASS OF 66CelebrateWest Vancouver secondary’sclass of 1966 at the PinnacleHotel at the Pier, Saturday,April 30, 7 p.m. Dinner-styleappetizers and live music.

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KIDS’ SWAP SALENorthShore Parents of Multiples willhost a sale Saturday, April 30,9:30 a.m.-noon at Holy Trinityelementary, 128 West 27th St.,North Vancouver.

MOTHER’S DAYCRAFTERNOON Joinupcycler Denise Corcoran tocreate one-of-a-kind gifts anddecorative items Saturday,April 30, 1:30-3:30 p.m. atNorth Vancouver City Library,120 West 14th St., NorthVancouver. Supplies will beprovided. nvcl.ca

TRAVEL MEMORIES Aworkshop on how to make art

while travelling Sunday, May 1,2-5 p.m. at the Ferry BuildingGallery, 1414 Argyle Ave., WestVancouver. $20. 604-925-7290ferrybuildinggallery.com

SeniorsCHAIR YOGA CLASSESNorth Shore Volunteers forSeniors has spaces availablein its classes Fridays, 11:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at 275 21st St. Fee:$5 to try a class or $20 permonth. Registration required.604-922-1575

CARE PLANNING – YOURROAD MAP FOR ELDERCAREGain knowledge toavoid crisis: Learn about thevarious levels of care andtypes of seniors residences,the difference between private

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MakingCentsLori Pinkowski

Warren Buffet once saidthat you only get rationalbehaviour when one com-bines sound intellect withemotional discipline.

Somuch for the efficientmarket hypothesis (a theorythat market participants areperfectly rational)! It’s beenshown that most moneymanagers can’t beat their ownbenchmarks and it has noth-ing to do with their intellect,as there are a ton of brilliantminds on the Street of Dreams.It does, however, haveeverything to do with theiremotionalism and biases.

Emotions can be greatassets – they motivate us,warn us and increase the over-all satisfaction of our lives.But in the investing world,emotions are a liability to usall. There are many cognitivebiases that exist, but we’llbreak down only two of themost common. We’ve seenexamples of these through-out our careers and even theuninterested market observerwill have seenmost of these atsome point in their life.

Remember the widespreadY2K fears that the turn of themillenniumwould somehowlead to software failures inbanking, utilities andmilitary

systems around the globe?Observers predicted panicand chaos and even the endof the world. But despite thatfear, one sector of the marketwas booming – technology. In1996, former Federal Reservechairman Alan Greenspan(who we had the pleasure ofmeeting recently) remarkedthat markets had reached alevel of irrational exuberance.He was right, albeit early inhis call.

Into the late ’90s, techstocks were roaring andMainStreet pounced into the sectorwith reckless abandon, whichwas reminiscent of the finalstages of the ’20s boom cycle.When tech stocks only go upfor five years straight, it’s hard

to imagine they could evergo down. Combine that witheveryone’s neighbour explain-ing to them howmuchmoneythey just made on Pets.comand you can understand howsomany people got caught upin the euphoria.

Have you identified thebias yet? It’s well-known andis commonly referred to asherding. The dotcom herdinfluencedmany investors todropmoney into technologycompanies with the reassur-ance of seeing so many otherinvestors do the same thing.Be wary of running over thecliff with the herd.

Losing money on anyinvestment is never an enjoy-able experience. What’s evenmore frustrating is admittingto being wrong about a stockpick.

Many investors hold ontotheir losers’ years after theydrop in value. They believeeventually the battered-downstock will rebound in priceand they will be able to sell itat their cost, allowing them tobreak even. Even thoughmostof these types of investorshave no idea how to evaluate acompany, they remain boundto their original purchaseprice. This is called loss

aversion or anchoring. Losingmoney on an investment is toopainful for some investors, sothey convince themselves thatthe stock price will recoverone day. Unfortunately, thistype of investor bias is com-mon andmany people are leftholding stocks in their portfo-lio that are worthless.

Investment decisionsshould be based on a well-crafted and thought out

strategy, rather than ad hocwhen emotions run high intimes of high market volatil-ity. Toning down rampantemotionalism is one of thebest ways to improve not justinvestment results but liferesults as well.

Lori Pinkowski is a seniorportfolio manager and seniorvice-president, Private ClientGroup, at Raymond James Ltd.,

a member of the CanadianInvestor Protection Fund.This is for informationalpurposes only and does notnecessarily reflect the opin-ions of Raymond James.Past performance is notnecessarily indicative of futureperformance. Lori can answerquestions at 604-915-LORI [email protected]. Listen to her Monday morn-ings on CKNW at 8:40 a.m.

OptionsforVolunteersThe followingarevolunteeropportunitiesfromcommunityorganizationsmadeavailablethroughVolunteerNorthShore, a serviceofNorthShoreCommunityResourcesSociety.

LITERACY MENTORSTheWriters’ Exchangeis looking for volunteer literacymentors to getinner-city kids excited about reading andwriting.Mentorswork in small groupswith the kids(six-13) to complete fun, creative literacy projects.

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IRCA Group Mountain Project Corp. proposes to rezone the site andobtain a Development Permit to construct a 6-storey, 47-unit multi-family residential building with underground parking.

A redevelopment is proposed for 1503-1519 Crown Street. Youare invited to ameeting to learnmore and discuss the project.Date: Thursday, April 28, 6:30pm - 8:00pmPlace: North ShoreWinter Club, 1325 East Keith Road

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SPRING ART SALE Artist James Elton works ona painting in his home studio. On Sunday, May 1, Elton andother members of the North Shore Artists’ Guild will holdtheir annual Spring Art Sale, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. at West VancouverCommunity Centre, 2121 Marine Dr. More than 400 paintingsby 100 local artists will be on display and visitors will have thechance to win Elton’s original work, Fire Island (seen in thebackground of the above photograph). PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD

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After 27 years on thisside of the inlet, JamesMead is moving to NewWestminster and he’s takinghis beard and handlebarmustache with him.

James’s current han-dlebar is conservativecompared to others he hascultivated over the years.One can only imaginethe three-curl version hedescribes. At 17 inches oneach side, it could be tied atthe back of his head.

James grew his firsthandlebar, modelled on onehis father sported, when hewas 25, working and trainingin nursing at Regina GeneralHospital.

“I keep it for the movies,”he explains. “I’m the old guyat the end of the bar.” Jameshas appeared as an extrain more than 100 film andtelevision productions sincehe retired from nursing atLions Gate Hospital.

A farm boy, James wasborn and raised on theSaskatchewan prairie. Everyyear at freeze-up, the Meadfamily moved to the hamletof Ogema, returning to theirfarm at Easter.

“Mother was a baseballplayer, and with eight sib-lings, we had a team,” Jamesrecalls. “In the winter wewere skating and curling atthe ice rink every evening.And all year round therewere dances in the com-munity halls and one-roomschools on the outskirts ofOgema.”

Television and transistorradios opened up the worldof art and culture for James.Nursing turned out to be theperfect job for a man withhis interests.

After working and saving,

off he’d go on another tourof Europe’s castles andcathedrals.

In 1968, the same yearthe handlebar mustachemade its appearance, Jamesvisited family in BritishColumbia. “It was in theautumn and I thought, Idon’t have to go back to thesnow and ice.”

He moved from the cityto North Vancouver in 1988and started work at LionsGate Hospital.

Work as an extra is onthe extensive resumé he’sdeveloped since retiring.He’s a housesitter andhouse cleaner, a dog walkerand a caregiver. Also astamp collector, calligra-pher, needle worker (oneembroidered shirt wonJames a prize at the PNE)and one of Silver HarbourSeniors’ Activity Centre’sinvaluable volunteers.

James joined SilverHarbour thanks to his friendand square-dance partnerMae Thomson (profiled hereJan. 12, 2014), who gavehim a tour of the centre. Hefound familiar faces fromthe neighbourhood andcolleagues from the hos-pital, and “traded one jobfor another,” he says with alaugh.

At Silver Harbour’scafeteria one day, a friendstops by, another retired

nurse, with an update on hiswife’s health. A few minuteslater, a woman brings himcupcakes. “She’s a baker. Igave her several packagesof cupcake papers and I get

cupcakes whenever shebakes for a worthy cause.It’s a big family here atSilver Harbour,” says James,“at least for me.” He plansto keep up his volunteer

duties, and his friendships,at Silver Harbour.

“James has been volun-teering at Silver Harbourfor 12 years, essentiallyever since he set foot in the

centre. James is the kind ofperson to see a need andfill a need, so he can befound volunteering for Silver

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“He spends countlesshours in our garden pruning,weeding, replanting. Everyspring, James manages thevery large task of takingspent flower bulbs and turn-ing them into a fundraiserfor Silver Harbour.”

It comes from grow-ing up on a farm, Jamessays, where there is alwayssomething that needs to bedone. “My dad would say,‘While you’re resting, we’llbe doing this.’”

The ability to “see a needand fill a need” is a rarequality, and an asset in avolunteer. For communitycentres and service organi-zations everywhere it maybe the most valuable contri-bution their volunteers canmake.

With B.C. Volunteer Weekin the rear view until Aprilof next year, let us recog-nize and appreciate JamesMead and all volunteers fortheir contributions to ourcommunities.

Join James at SilverHarbour on Saturday, May 7for bulbs and much more atthe annual Spring Sale.

Laura Anderson works withand for seniors on the NorthShore. [email protected]

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Relievestresswithadogwalk innatureWalking with my dogs isprobably the best partof sharing my life withthem.

Rain or shine, hiking thetrails and immersing myselfin the heart and soul ofMother Nature is a trea-sured gift that I am gratefulto experience every singleday. There is somethingabout being in this naturalsetting, undisturbed byhuman hands, that brings megreat peace. This feeling ofmindfulness is not exclusiveto me alone; it is clear thatmy dogs also benefit as theycome back from a long hikementally and physically atpeace.

I wager those who spendtime hiking through foresttrails or traversing moun-tains (with or without adog) can also attest to theanecdotal health benefitsto the mind, body and soul.The fresh air does wondersto clear out the cobwebs ofthe mind, leaving one feelingrefreshed and revived, andit seems as though scienceis turning this anecdotal evi-dence into actual scientificevidence.

A recent study published

in the Proceedings ofthe National Academyof Sciences found a linkbetween mental illnessesand urbanization (decreasinggreen space for develop-ment). Through a regulatedexperiment, researchersexamined whether exposureto nature had an influenceon rumination (repetitivenegative thoughts focusedon oneself) which is a knownrisk factor for mental illness.

According to the study,“Participants who went ona 90-minute walk througha natural environmentreported lower levels ofrumination and reducedneural activity in the areas

of the brain linked to risk formental illness compared tothose who walked throughan urban environment.” Thestudy further suggested thatfor healthy mental well-being, accessible naturalareas within urban areas iscritical.

This may not seemsignificant to some, butthese studies have shownthat urbanization is linkedto increased levels of mentalillness due to a variety offactors, one being con-tinually subjected to noisepollution. It would seem thatwalking or hiking around theneighbourhood may be goodfor your heart, but it’s not sogood for your mind.

Dogs are also good forour mental health. Againscience has proven thatthere are a number of waysin which the presence of adog in our lives can assistin improved mental healthand there is monumental

evidence to back this up.Like spending time in nature,spending time with dogs dis-tracts us from our moroseruminations. Dogs offer usunconditional love and theygive us a reason to get out ofbed. But perhaps the mostsignificant thing they giveus is a judgement-free con-nection with another being.When it comes to keeping ahealthy mindset, this kind ofservice is invaluable.

It would seem obvious tosome that merely having adog is incentive enough toget out in the great out-doors and get up close andpersonal with nature, butsurprisingly, due to urban-ization and the increasinglyhigh-paced lifestyle peopleare choosing, finding thetime to walk their owndog induces anxiety andincreases stress ratherthan calming the mind.Professional dog walkers arethe ones reaping the benefits

– physically, financially andmentally – as dog ownerssteep themselves deeper inthe urban rush.

To say you are toostressed to walk the dog isironic, because as science isproving, the act of walkingyour dog in nature is thequickest and most satisfy-ing way to reduce mentalduress.

Living on the NorthShore, where nature – at itsfinest – is literally in yourbackyard, there is no excusefor not exploring the localtrails.

If the idea of walking innature frightens you, andfor some people it does asthey have heard hyperbolicstories of bears, cougars andcoyotes stalking humansfor their dinner, then startwith local trails that arepopular and, of course, dogfriendly. The Baden Poweltrail is both dog friendlyand popular, so if you are

nervous about being innature this popular trailallows you to frequentlycome across other humans,probably with dogs, and feelcomfortable.

In time, you and yourpooch may feel more adven-turous and, if so, check outvancouversnorthshore.comfor hiking ideas.

If you want to read theentire article cited in thiscolumn, including the linksto how exposure to natureimproves creativity anddecreases ADHD symptomsfollow, visit collective-evolution.com/2016/04/08/doctors-explain-how-hiking-actually-changes-our-brains.

Happy hiking andnamaste!

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Taking in a local seniors swimming com-petition as a spectator some 10 years ago,West Vancouver’s Fred Schulhof came toa life-changing conclusion.

“I watched it and I thought well, I can dothat,” says the 96-year-old with a laugh. “I wasinspired.”

In that moment, Schulhof (a life-long swim-mer who competed during his university daysin Ireland, though backed off from competitiveswimming in the years that followed due to life,work and family taking precedence), decidedthe timing was right for him to get back intothe pool and see how his swimming prowessstacked up against others in his age group.

In the last 10 years, the athlete and NorthShore Masters Swim Clubmember has rackedup 32 Canadian records. In addition, in January2014, at age 94, he set two age-group worldrecords in the 200-metre backstroke and 100-mbackstroke at the Nanaimo Ebbtides MastersSwimMeet.

“You look at somebody like that and theother older swimmers, they’re just an inspira-tion to anybody to keep active. It’s inspirationalto watch somebody his age still competing,”says Linda Sullivan, president of the NorthShore Aquatics Society.

This weekend, Schulhof will be among 31North Shore Masters Swim Clubmembersand 238 masters swimmers from across B.C.,Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Washington,Oregon, as well as France gathering forthe Masters Swimming Association of B.C.Provincial Swimming Championships. Themeet got underway Friday and will runthrough Sunday (April 22-24) at Richmond’sWatermania. “It really speaks to the dedicationof these people who are seniors and who put inso much time. Those people train almost everyday in pools on the North Shore. It’s prettyamazing what they do. You think of people whoare athletic as being in their 30s and 40s andthese guys as you can tell are quite a bit older,”

says Sullivan.The North Shore Aquatics Society is hosting

the provincial swimming championships for thefirst time along with the North Shore MastersSwim Club. “We have twomain goals, one is tosupport local clubs, the other one is to try andsupport the process of getting a 50-metre poolbuilt in North Vancouver,” says Sullivan, of thesociety.

While the North Shore groups are hostingthis weekend’s meet, they’re forced to hold itin Richmond due to the lack of an adequatelocal facility, something the society is working

to change. “It is an ongoing frustration becauseNorth Shore clubs cannot host anything onthe North Shore - that includes water polo, itincludes diving, it includes synchronized swim-ming,” says Sullivan.

Schulhof, the oldest competitor at this week-end’s meet, open to swimmers 19 and over, willbe competing in three events, 50-m breast-stroke, 50-m backstroke and 100-m backstroke.

“They’re my fortes at the moment,” he says.Reached Thursday by the North Shore

News, Schulhof was excited for provincials. “I’mnever ready but I look forward to it. It’s really

good people to be with, it’s really enjoyable. It’snot just a competition, it’s the camaraderie,” hesays.

When asked how often he can typically befound practising at theWest Vancouver AquaticCentre, Schulhof offers a rather sheepish reply.

“I should be practising at least every secondday but I usually swim once a week or some-times once in two weeks,” he says.

Schulhof encourages his peers to likewiseengage in the activity, no matter what their age.

“If you like swimming, keep going, it’s goodfor you,” he says.

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Record-setting swimmer unstoppable96-year-old headsto provincial swimmeet this weekend

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only official entrant, so as longas he finished the race, he’dbe the provincial champion.Luke, not well enough yet torace for STA himself, volun-teered to help his new friendget to the finish line.

The race, held atVancouver’s Jericho BeachPark in early November, tookplace on one of the worst daysof the year, with torrentialrains turning parts of thecourse into lakes, and windswhipping the racers from allsides. A photo gallery postedafter the race shows athletescrying at the finish line, withracers covered in mud asif they’d just gone throughmilitary training, not a highschool race.

“It was just disgusting,”says Farrell. “If anything wasgoing to kill someone’s joyof sport… this weather wasgoing to do that.”

But when she looked atGes and Luke before the race,all she saw was pure joy.

“The two of them, youcan see that little boy in theirfaces,” she says. “It’s likethey’ve just seen Santa Clausfor the first time or something.They are so excited, they arebeside themselves. Both ofthem.”

The course was so bad thatLuke was worried for Ges’ssafety, and Farrell was worriedfor both boys. But they madeit all the way through. Ges wasso worn out by the end of therace that he couldn’t raise hisarm to give a friend a high five,but he was happy.

“I remembered feelingcold and hot while I ran the

provincial championship,” hewrites. “It was a hard run. Ifelt so happy that I wanted tojump high when I finished therace.”

Luke almost snapped hisown ankle stepping into ahidden pothole, but he had nodoubts about Ges.

“I knew Ges would finishthe race nomatter what,” hesays. “He was just so deter-mined. He just loves to run – Iknew he’d finish it.”

Ges, just like his buddyLuke, was a provincialchampion.

$ $ $Luke and Ges were back atit soon after the provincialcross-country championships.The pair spent the entirewinter meeting once a week atthe Handsworth track to traintogether, through all types ofnasty North Shore weather.

Ges got to work on his run-ning skills with an elite junior

athlete and Luke got to enjoyGes’s quirky sense of humourwhile also gaining motivationin his own recovery.

“I get to see mental tough-ness, which is something thatis really important in track,”Luke says. “You really needthat extra motivation to justpush yourself a little faster toget a little bit off your time. It’salso amazing to watch Ges’sprogress. If somebody who isstruggling as much as he cancan have that much progress,I always feel that I should beable to progress just as muchafter surgery. And it also justmakes him happy, which I feelis really important. It’s reallygreat because I have beenblessed with being able to runreally well and it’s nice to beable to help him run and enjoyrunning.”

The Sport Awards wereheld onMarch 29, with Lukeand Ges earning the Fair Play

award. Luke calls it “the mostamazing award or prize I’veever gotten.”

“It wasn’t just nice beingthere and getting the stand-ing ovation, but it was alsogreat seeing Ges’s reaction,how excited he was before theaward. He couldn’t containhimself, he was just overjoyedboth before and when we wereonstage. He was so proud.”

Ges admits that he wasnervous before receiving theaward – a rare admission, hismom says – but the ovationtouched him profoundly.

“I felt like I was flying,” hesays. When I think about Lukeon stage with me I can’t helpbut smile. The memory makesme happy.”

The race isn’t over foreither Luke or Ges. Both arecompeting for their schooltrack and field teams thisspring. Luke, racing for thefirst time since his surgery,has taken part in three meetsalready, showing big improve-ments each time out. In hislatest race he finished third inthe 800 m, coming within threeseconds of his personal best.He’s not back to 100 per cent,but he’s catching up.

There’s at least one personwho believes Luke will achievegreatness wherever he goes,whatever he does.

“Luke strikes me as thekind of person who is goingto be that much stronger,brighter, faster for thisexperience,” says Farrell, whohas watched the friendshipbetween Luke and her sonblossom. “If you have somechallenges put in your wayand you’re the kind of personwho learns and grows fromthose experiences – and it’svery clear to me Luke is thatkind of person – it’s just goingto enrich and deepen your life.What’s that expression – hisfuture is so bright, he’s got to

wear shades.”As for Ges, he’s gone solo.

In his first event of the season,one lap around the track ina 400-m race, he ran for thefirst time without a guide. Hewasn’t, however, without guid-ance. Before the meet Lukeenlisted his friends and familymembers to stage a mocktrack meet so that Ges wouldknowwhat to expect on raceday. They even worked on thehandshake thing – Luke toldGes to shake everyone’s handafter the race.

On the big day Ges ran hisrace perfectly. Luke was thereon the final corner to cheerhim on. Luke thought aboutsprinting beside him down thefinal stretch but he didn’t needto. Ges was flying on his own.

“When I run, I think aboutthe track,” writes Ges. “I thinkabout doing my best because Irun fast, as fast as Ges can run.I can run better by practis-ing. Somedays it is hard torun but I kept trying. I kepttrying because there are goalsthat you want to get. Thankyou Luke for being one of thereasons I run.”

At the end of the raceevery one near the finish linegot a handshake. Everyoneexcept for Luke.

“I got a hug,” he says. Heearned it.

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