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Some big concernsare being raised aboutsmaller lot sizes in upperCapilano.

The District of NorthVancouver sent a letter toresidents west of RangerAvenue between MontroyalBoulevard and ProspectAvenue, asking for feedbackon a plan that would make iteasier for property ownersto split 66-foot frontage lots,down to two 33-foot ones.

The district is pitching theidea for smaller homes onsmaller lots as much of the

older housing stock in thearea is redeveloped into thelargest homes allowed underthe current zoning.

“Having smaller lots is oneway to maintain that neigh-bourhood look and feel,” saidSarah Dal Santo, the district’ssection manager for plan-ning policy. “Having smallerhomes is one way of creatinga different kind of diver-sity of housing choices forpeople who want to stay insingle family homes or havea smaller lot that’s somewhatmore affordable.”

About one-third of thelots in the neighbourhoodare already 33 feet wide. Only

57 per cent of the remaininglots are big enough to be splitand still meet the minimum33-foot frontage, and a goodnumber of those wouldn’tbe eligible due to geography,according to Dal Santo.

Critics, however, say theidea is bad urban planning, asthe new homeowners will stillbe completely car dependent,and they say there are betterways to preserve the neigh-bourhood’s character.

“Everything that I under-stand about sensible planningis that you have hubs andyou have density that dimin-ishes as you go farther fromthose hubs. The idea being,there’s transportation, there’seasy access to other thingslike grocery stores,” saidClements Avenue residentLesley Midzain.

And “affordable” is ahighly relative word when itcomes to real estate in theLower Mainland, Midzainnoted.

“Of the small lot housesthat have sold on this street,the cheapest was $1.4million and that was oneyear ago, which means it’sprobably more expensivenow,” Midzain said. “It’s sortof frightening that my own

children aren’t going to buyhere. I’m just not sure thatadding a bunch of smalllot homes up in this neigh-bourhood would make anydifference to them.”

Midzain said the smallerlots will still have homes builtright out to the property line,imposing on neighbours thesame way new larger homesdo – something the districtcould address by tighteningits existing zoning bylaws.

“I don’t see that by addingsmall homes they’re goingto change that unless (thedistrict) is willing to takesome control over the look,the feel, the devastation of allthe plant life,” she said.

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A North Vancouverteacher and former direc-tor of the Argyle ConcertBand has entered a guiltyplea to sexual exploita-tion of a minor.

Chad Jeremy Smith, 40,a Langley resident, enteredthe guilty plea in NorthVancouver provincial courtApril 28.

Smith was charged inAugust 2015 of the offenceinvolving a female studentbetween October 2012 and

December 2014 in NorthVancouver.

Sexual exploitation is acharge applied to an adultaccused of having sexualcontact with a minor overwhom they are in a positionof authority. A publicationban prevents the release ofany information that mightidentify the victim.

The RCMP arrested Smithon Aug. 27, 2015. He hasbeen on bail since then withconditions not to interactwith anyone appearing to beunder 18 unless their parent

or guardian has consented, tohave no contact with the vic-tim or her family and to stayaway from North Vancouver.Smith’s bail conditions alsoforbid him from having socialmedia accounts except fora blog he runs called TheVirtual Bandroom, wherehe teaches music onlineand generates income fromadvertising.

A statement from theNorth Vancouver schooldistrict at the time of Smith’sarrest confirmed that Smithhad been a teacher at Argyle

secondary since 2005.“The allegations were

brought directly to the RCMPby a former student and theschool district has no recordor knowledge of any priorincidents of misconduct byMr. Smith towards other stu-dents,” read the statement.

Smith was suspendedwithout pay by the school dis-trict at the time of his arrest.Now that Smith has entereda plea, the school district willbe taking additional stepsto conclude its own internalinvestigation, said Deneka

Michaud, spokeswoman forthe school district. “Theboard would make a finaldecision about employment,”she said. “That could obvi-ously involve termination.”

Smith has signed anagreement not to practicewith B.C.’s teacher regulationbranch, pending the conclu-sion of the case.

A pre-sentence andpsychiatric report have beenordered by the judge prior tosentencing. Smith’s sentenc-ing has been adjourned– likely until the fall.

ON THE WATERFRONT North Vancouver residents take a cold, hard look at plans for the ice rink/splashpool designed to turn Lot 5 into a tourist destination. Quay Properties is set to pay $35 million to build the rink andconcert stage. The city is on the hook for approximately $5 million in soil sremediation costs. The project is set to beopen for skating or splashing (depending on the weather) by fall 2018. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD

TheDistrict of NorthVancouver’s property viewer appgeoweb.dnv.org shows lot sizes in upper Capilano. GRAPHIC SUPPLIED

District holds openhouse toaddress subdivision concerns

Argyle band teacher pleads guilty to sexual exploitation

Chad Smithwas suspendedinAugust. FILE PHOTO

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Warmer weather is greatfor watermelons, water-parks, and criminals.

As the mercury has creptup, North Vancouver has beenhit with a rash of thefts andbreak-and-enters in the lastmonth, according to NorthVancouver RCMP spokesmanCpl. Richard De Jong.

While a few windows havebeen shattered, many thieveshave been able to slip inthrough unlocked patio doorsor crawl in through open win-dows, according to De Jong.

“People are just assum-ing that an open window isOK for a fewminutes or even

overnight,” he said.There have also been a

slew of break-and-enters inbroad daylight – often whenhomeowners are off on a quickerrand, according to De Jong.

“People are getting hit dayand night,” he said. “It’s prettymuch from Lynn Valley toEdgemont to Lower Lonsdale;pretty much all over.”

Police are also remindingresidents to close ground-floorwindows when they’re not inthe room and to secure patiodoors with a snap-resistantcylinder lock.

Neighbours should alsokeep an eye out for suspiciouscharacters casing houses.

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England and Germanyhad been at war for lessthan nine hours when theU-boat opened fire.

Two German torpedoesopened a gaping hole on apassenger liner’s port, sendingtheMontreal-bound SS Athenia– a steam turbine carrying 500Jewish refugees – to the oceanfloor. The first strike in theBattle of the Atlantic killed 112passengers and sailors, includ-ing four Canadians, accordingto the Canadian Encyclopedia.

Canada declared war onGermany one week later: Sept.10, 1939.

The declarationmarked thebeginning of 2,000 days of con-tinuous warfare as Canadiansailors struggled to bringtroops, fuel, food and arms toAllied forces in England andRussia.

That sacrifice is set to becommemorated Sunday with aveteransmarch from along-side the SeaBus roundaboutup Chesterfield Avenue tothe North Vancouver SailorsMemorial. The parade isscheduled to begin at 10:15a.m.

The burgeoning navy faced“overwhelming odds,” notedRoyal Canadian Navy publicaffairs officer Lt. Gwil Roberts.

“You had to land safely, youhad to navigate into the rightport. You didn’t have GPS,”Roberts said. “Not only didthey have the normal hazardsof sailing and weather andmechanical issues… they hadthe Germans.”

Allied convoys generallysailed at the speed of theirslowest ship, oftenmakingthem easy targets for Germanships hunting in packs. Asmany as 16 U-boats wouldgather to launch co-ordinated

torpedo attacks on convoys inan effort to break the supplychain and claim supremacyin Europe. German U-boatssank an average of 100Alliedmerchant ships eachmonth betweenMarch andSeptember of 1942, includingships in the St. Lawrence River,according to the CanadianEncyclopedia. Accordingto the BBCwesbite, formerBritish PrimeMinisterWinstonChurchill later said: “The onlything that ever really fright-enedme during the war wasthe U-boat peril.”

Aided by British code-breaking and faster frigates,the Allies began to outma-noeuvre the Nazi forces in1943. Canadian ships sankeight German U-boats betweenNovember 1943 and the springof 1944.

Victory in the Battle ofthe Atlantic came at a cost ofabout 4,600 Canadian troops.

“These people ended updrowning in many cases. Inmany cases they didn’t getoff their ships, they diedwhere they were on board,”Roberts said. “Thememo-rial on Sunday’s verymuchabout commemorating theirsacrifice.”

The Battle of the Atlanticis also set to be commemo-rated with a special ceremonyin Ottawa featuringWestVancouver secondary gradCpl. Eui Soo Son. The distin-guished intelligence analystis one of six sentries chosenfor the honour. Canada hadfewer than 40merchant ves-sels in 1939. By the end ofthe war the navy consistedof 400 ships, according to theCanadian Encyclopedia. NorthVancouver shipbuilders pro-duced 109 Victory Ships andnearly half of all cargo ships,according to theMcCordMuseum inMontreal.

resident has taken it uponthemselves to distribute aform letter to the neighbour-hood, decrying the proposaland alleging it was a pushby developers. That lettercontains a great deal of misin-formation, Dal Santo said.

“Contrary to what the peti-tioner is saying, that this isan experiment, we’re actuallyresponding to some enquiriesfrom this community that

stemmed from way backaround 2011 when we weredoing engagement on theofficial community plan,” shesaid. “At that time, we heardthe community saying therewas strong interest in explor-ing opportunities for moresmall lots in this area.”

The anonymous letteralso raised fears the newhomes could feature second-ary suites, meaning “a lotthat now houses one familywill suddenly house four

families!!!”However, secondary

suites within single-familyhomes are permitted only onproperties with lane access,something most of theproperties in that area don’thave and coach houses arenot allowed on 33-foot lots,according to the district.

The district is hostingan open house on the planTuesday from 6 to 8 p.m. atCanyon Heights elementary,4501 Highland Blvd.

Cpl. Eui Soo Son, a West Vancouver secondary grad,will stand sentry at the Battle of the Atlantic nationalceremony at Parliament Hill today. PHOTO SUPPLIED

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Two weeks before theprovincial govern-ment announced it soldits part of the JerichoLands, Squamish NationChief Ian Campbelltold a band meeting inNorth Vancouver thatthe partnership with theMusqueam Indian Bandand Tsleil-Waututh Nationwants to get 38.8 acresrezoned for townhousesand towers.

“This land can yield waymore than 140 houses,”Campbell said in a recordingof the March 23 meeting thatwas leaked to the Courier,the North Shore News’ sisterpaper in Vancouver.

The land was valued at$480 million, but the threenations are paying nothingto acquire it. Campbell saidthe B.C. Liberal govern-ment agreed to give them a$96-million accommodationpayment and a seven-year

loan at two per cent interest.In 2014, the trio combinedwith Canada Lands Companyto acquire the $237-million,52-acre federal portion of theJericho Lands.

Campbell explained thatachieving higher densitywould increase the landvalue and make it easierto gain financing to payoff the provincial loan. He

mentioned the potential tobuild single-detached houseson the top of the property,townhouses down the slopeand midrises and highrisesalong West Fourth Avenue.

He told attendees to expectopposition.

“If you can get a 2.0 (floorspace ratio) or more, you canget a lot of highrises, but thatmeans that the discussionswith local residents, they’regoing to give us feedback,they’re going to give us push-back,” he warned. “They’regoing to argue that we’reblocking their views, that theyhave a say. The local politi-cians over there are alreadybeaking-off and chirping.You’ll see in the media that(David) Eby, the NDP critic forthe province is already talking,as well as Joyce Murray, thefederal MP.”

Campbell said the trio hastalked with Mayor GregorRobertson and city hallbureaucrats. “They’re sayingyes, there’s a relationshipwith the city, a city of recon-ciliation,” but the rezoningprocess could take two orthree years and there are noguarantees.

Campbell said the trio hadalso met with the West PointGrey Residents Association,but “they seem to think theyhave a lot of power overthere as non-native residents.We’re saying that’s fine, youbenefited for 150 years at ourexpense, it’s now our turn tostep in here.”

The highest and best useof the land is residential, butCampbell said they are will-ing to negotiate communityamenities with Vancouver cityhall to gain higher density. “Aschool is an encumbrance,but if you want the school it’sgoing to cost you a numberof decimal points of (floorspace ratio), which is going toincrease the value,” he said.

“We can build the school andlease it back to them.”

Campbell said the provin-cial government wanted to bea partner, but “we said no way,once the transaction’s doneyou’re outta here, you no lon-ger have a say, you no longerhave any value other than thepurchase price.”

There is no develop-ment partner yet, butCampbell revealed thatDavid Negrin, president ofAquilini Construction andDevelopment, was an adviser.Aquilini partnered with thesame bands in 2014 to buy theLiquor Distribution Branchwarehouse in East Vancouver.

The meeting’s questionperiod was, at times, raucous.One woman said “we own thisland, we didn’t sign this away,this is unceded land” anddescribed the Musqueam as“squatters” on Squamish land.

Campbell said theSquamish, Musqueam andTsleil-Waututh, part of theFour Host First Nations forthe 2010 Winter Olympics,agreed in 2014 to collaborate,instead of compete, to jointlyown land that is subject tooverlapping claims. A 2004Supreme Court of Canadaruling said governments mustconsult and accommodateFirst Nations when disposingCrown land.

“We’re hearing the samethings in every community.They’re wondering, whyare we working together?”Campbell said. “We trieddoing it ourselves and it’s verychallenging.”

Another attendee slammedSquamish Nation leadershipfor cutting a fee simple dealinstead of relying on the treatyprocess to increase reservelands. Campbell said treatytalks with Victoria and Ottawaare slow and expensive.Squamish Nation negotiationsstalled two decades ago.

“We’re not extinguishingour title to this land, we’reenhancing it,” he said. “It’sfrom our title that we havethe ability to reacquire these,because they once were sto-len from us. We now get themback 100 per cent.”

Chief Ian Campbell did notrespond to a request for com-ment by the Courier’s presstime.

In a recording that was leaked to the Courier newspaper, Squamish Nation Chief Ian Campbell, at right, told a March23 band meeting in North Vancouver that the partnership with the Musqueam Indian Band and Tsleil-Waututh Nationwants to get the Jericho Lands rezoned for townhouses and towers. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET/VANCOUVER COURIER

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A minor furor erupted in the legislaturethis week over the issue, with the NDP’sDavid Eby accusing the premier of earninga “commission” on party donations –something the premier has rejected.

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We would argue there are some jobsthat come with such power and responsi-bility they should be exclusive contracts.We doubt you’ll find many chief judges outmoonlighting at second jobs, for instance,because their role means the avoidanceof both real and perceived conflicts ofinterest.

The role of the premier should besimilar. The premier is someone who setsthe agenda for the entire province for thebenefit of all citizens, not just those whosupport her party.

The dual issues of the premier’s “extrapay” and the selling of access to thepremier for party fundraising highlights afundamental problem in modern poli-tics: the disappearance of all boundariesbetween governing and campaigning.

The “quick wins” scandal prior to thelast election demonstrated the party’slimited grasp on the issue and their sur-prise victory in 2013 seems to only haveemboldened them to tread even fartherinto ethically dubious territory.

It’s clear we need stricter rules in thisprovince. Whatever the Clark paymentsrepresent, they undermine public confi-dence in her office, and in everyone’s bestinterest, they should stop.

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LaughAllYouWantAndy Prest

Most workplaces have atleast one person walkingaround like a tranquilizedzombie, drooling on thephotocopier and slowlybumping into unsuspect-ing co-workers.

But enough about theSenate. What I want to talkabout are new parents, andthe way that their lives aredrastically changed by lackof sleep. It can be difficult tounderstand what is going onwith a new parent if you’venever been one yourself, oreven if you have kids of yourown but they are a bit older– parents think that they’llremember every tiny detail,every coo and giggle, when infact in the sleep-deprived stateof parenthoodmost of thosememories just bounce off thebrain, slide out the ear andland on the floor right next toa pile of week-old barf.

With children aged five andthree I thought I was finishedwith the hard-core sleep depri-vation stage of life until justthis morning I was startledawake at 3:30 a.m. by myyounger son’s face hovering

inches above mine.“Daddy,” he said. “Poop.”The struggle is real, my

friends. In an effort to fosterbetter understanding of thesepoor creatures I’ve wadedthroughmy own foggy memo-ries to recall details of whatit’s been like so far.Phase 1: Newborns

All the baby books tell youthe same thing: newbornssleep all the time, like close to20 to 22 hours per day. And by“all the time” they of coursemean “never.”

Whenmy kids were tinyit fell to me to be the “closer”

who could finally get themto sleep after a long bout ofimportant screaming. To dothis, often at 1 a.m., I’d walkback and forth from one endof our house to the otherwhile the child did his bestto cry loud enough to ensurethat the good people of Hawaiistill knew he was awake. Iwalked somuch that I shouldhave just installed a giant ham-ster wheel generator in ourhallway and then I could havesupplied power for the entireWestern seaboard.

The walks always endedwith a game that any parentcould describe in incredibledetail. Unless, of course, thatparent has already bashedthemselves to death with ababy rattle. The game is called“try to put an allegedly sleep-ing baby into the crib withoutit waking up.”

It goes like this: you doyour magic to the pointwhere you think the baby isfast asleep. Then you waitfive extra minutes just to besafe, then you try to lay thebaby into the crib as gentlyas if it was a nuclear bomb

triggered by any application offorce greater than an amoebasneeze. Then as soon as thebaby touches the mattress itexplodes.

Then you try the wholeprocess again, this time wait-ing an extra 10 minutes tomake sure the baby is reallyasleep. Then, “waaaaaa!”

This process is repeatedover and over, sometimesfor days. Right now thereis a father in some remoteNorthern Saskatchewan cabinwho has been trying to put hisalmost sleeping baby into thecrib since 1997.

These are the things par-ents of newborns must dealwith every hour of every day,so please take pity on them atwork. And they should onlybe allowed to do the simplestof tasks like dusting the plantsor running for the Republicanpresidential nomination.Phase 2: Sleep training

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Artists at homeonWestVanwaterfrontDear Editor:

Scenery Slater wrotein her response (to a callfrom the District of WestVancouver for public inputon its Waterfront ConceptPlan) that there is a realdisconnect between thestaff at West Vancouver andthe stakeholders in the artscommunity.

Representatives of vari-ous arts groups witnessedthat on April 27. We wereinvited to a “consultation”that was not a consultation.Staff at West Vancouverhave prepared a summaryof a survey (310 responses)regarding the plan. Therewill be a public presentationat Kay Meek Centre on May 9and a presentation to councilon June 13.

Their first recommen-dation is the demolition ofLawson Creek Studios, abuilding that has been refur-bished with thousands oftaxpayer dollars and whichstands solidly between thecreek and the playground,not threatened by high tides,not needing new dollars atpresent. Hundreds of art-ists, drama students, woodcarvers, meditators will bewithout a home by this fall.

No other options havebeen provided. Years away,there may be an arts centrewhen (other) old homes, stilloccupied by families, aredemolished. In the mean-time, the link that has beenestablished between thearts community and thosewho walk the seawall will be

broken, our groups will loseheart and our hearts will bebroken.

Come to our art showat the West VancouverCommunity Centre onSunday, May 1, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.Please come to talk to theartists, who are all membersof the North Shore Artists’Guild. Find out what it willreally mean to those of uswho need Lawson to meet, topaint, to share ideas.

Come and see what we,mostly hobby artists, areoffering to this community.Talk to the people who cometo look at our art – some buy,some just come for a dayout. Come and see what willbe lost.Susan ThomasNorth 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

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to Beat Bylaw, April 22 story.Bylaw be damned! Our

West Vancouver council hasjust adopted a bylaw protect-ingWest Vancouver trees over75 centimetres in diameter.This is inviting disaster of the

first order. With the exceptionof one tulip tree in the 1700-block of Mathers Avenue anda few decadent evergreens inthe Klootchman, Lighthouseand Cypress Falls parks, alllarge trees are second growth,mostly hemlock and red cedar.Top heavy and shallow-rooted

they are prime candidatesfor “blowdown” in the nextwindstorm.

Will our council reimbursethe homeowner whose houseis smashed by a 76 cm hem-lock?With whosemoney?James R. ThomsonWest Vancouver

QUOTES OF THE WEEK:A bunch of ne’er-do-wells out there wreaking havoc, fuelled by

booze and engaged in all sorts of buffoonery.”

—NorthVancouverRCMPSgt.WarrenWilsonoffershis characterizationof the suspects in a seriesofacts of vandalism, including fencebowling, inDeepCove (fromanApril 27news story).

Suburbia on steroids.”

—DundaravearchitectKaieHlynskywarns thatwithoutproper regulationWestVancouver’s bulkhousingcrisiswill rob thedistrict of its appeal (fromanApril 24news story).

It’s not a case of having a war, it’s a case of having some peace.”

— ParkRoyal chessplayerGeorge Inghamcelebrates the resumptionof the chessgames that havebeenapart of themall for 50years (fromanApril 27news story).

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The 2016 edition of the North Shore Writers Festival was capped off April 16 with aWriters and ReadersReception at this year’s host venue, the North Vancouver District Lynn Valley Library. The 17th annual eventis a joint initiative of the three North Shore library systems and offers a host of events over the course of twodays each spring.

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The smooth tone is punctuated by some techno sounds.“It’s also got this amazing beat,” notes Ethan as he separates

the tracks on his iPad to isolate an example.The song is meant to represent elements of Ethan’s person-

ality, and composing it was one of the criteria for a spiritualitybadge he earned with the 1st West Vancouver Scout Group.

Ethan has been a member of the local troop since he waseight, and recently he did what leader Geoff Nemeth calls “a veryrare event” and something he has never seen in all his years withthe Cub Scouts: Ethan earned all 64 Cub badges available.

“When I started I thought I was just going to be an averageguy at Scouts and then I got a few badges and I liked gettingbadges, and then the second year I decided I wanted to get allthe badges. And from there I’ve worked towards getting this,which is everything,” says Ethan.

Sitting in an interview room at the North Shore News officewith his mom Jenny recently, Ethan discusses the many badgesadorning his uniform. They are different sizes and colours; someare square, some triangular, some big, some small, and thereare even a bunch of stars. He explains that the square ones takemultiple other badges to earn, and the stars require badges andmultiple criteria to earn. A grey fire blanket displays a collectionof badges for philanthropic activities, such as participating in theannual Scouts apple sale fundraiser and Christmas tree sale.

When asked which badge is his favourite he looks them overbriefly and replies: “I can’t really pick one but one of my favou-rites was definitely the carpenter badge when I got to make thesoap box car with my grandpa.”

The car was made from scratch (not from a kit) and took afew weekends to complete. Ethan says he also likes the badges

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Cub Scout Ethan Hippel recently earned all 64 badges as a member of the 1st West Vancouver Scout Group. The group leadersays there is no record of any other Cub Scout from the group earning the same honour. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN

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that involve creativity andmaking art, especially the spiritualitybadge for which he composed his song because he likes music.

“I feel really accomplished,” says Ethan of his awards.On April 19, the 1st West Vancouver Scout Group held a

small award ceremony at their regular meeting place at PaulineJohnson elementary to present Ethan with his final badge.Mayor Michael Smith was on hand to present the award.

“He’s a fine youngman and I think he’ll develop into a realcredit to the community,” says Smith. In an interview from hisoffice after the event, Smith noted this is the same Cub Scouttroupe of which he was a member when he was a kid.

“I can remember that I was not nearly as successful as Ethan.

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BACK TO THE GRIND Noah Eastwood shows off hismoves at the Ambleside Skate Park recently. The new skateparkofficially opened on April 24 after communitymembers, theDistrict ofWest Vancouver, and others came together to helprebuild the two-decades old park. About $102,000was raisedsince 2013 for the project. PHOTOKEVINHILL

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SPRING FLEA MARKETThe West Vancouver UnitedChurch welcomes the publicto shop for books, men’s andwomen’s clothing, electricalequipment, sporting goods,children’s toys, home decorand lots more. Saturday,May 7, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m., 2062Esquimalt Ave.

RIDGEVIEW MAYFAIRRidgeview elementary invitesthe public to their Mayfairevent featuring 20 stations,

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DundaraveCOMMUNITY SING-ALONGPeter Vanderhorst will playthe piano to lead a sing-alongof musical hits from the 1940sto the present Wednesday,May 4 and June 1 from 10a.m. to noon at St. Stephen’sAnglican Church, 885 22ndSt., West Vancouver. Drop-in fee: $5. [email protected].

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CINCO DE MAYOCelebrate Mexico and enjoyentertainment performedby Pancho and Sal Tuesday,May 3, 2-3 p.m. at Amica atWest Vancouver, 659 ClydeAve. RSVP. [email protected].

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I probably won about 60 lessbadges than he did,” notesSmith. “I remember the firsttime I went on a camp-out, mygroup couldn’t get our campfire started. I was wildly unsuc-cessful compared to him.”

Smith says he thinksScouts is a good place for kidsto learn the value of team-work, community service, andserving others.

The mayor was invited tohand Ethan his final badge atthe special ceremony.

“I thought it was terrific,”he says of Ethan’s accomplish-ment. “I think the pride thathe will have because of hisachievements will carry himalong to other activities hetakes on. I think he will striveto be successful with what-ever he does as a result of hisexperience with the Scouts.”

According to its website,the 1st West Vancouver ScoutGroup was organized in 1927,and today offers programs forkids ages five and up. There isalso another West Vancouver-area group: 3rdWest VanScouts.

Cub Scouts is specificallyfor kids in grades 3 to 5, so

this is Ethan’s last year withthe group. He turns 11 inAugust, and probably won’tcontinue on to the next levelof Scouts because he’s alreadypretty busy with competitiveswimming, Swedish school,soccer, and acting. His firstprofessional speaking rolewill be on the TV show UntoldStories of the ER, scheduled toair in the fall.

“He’s got a lot of stuff onhis plate but he’s really goodat prioritizing and not overdo-ing it,” says Ethan’s momJenny. She tears up a bit whenasked how she feels about

Ethan’s accomplishments inCub Scouts, which includewinning the Kub Kup for Cubof the year.

“I’m super proud of thisguy,” she says.

Ethan and his mom say hehas had a lot of goodmen-tors over the years, includingteachers, Cub Scout leaders,family, and friends.

Teamwork is an importantpart of Scouts and Ethan rec-ognizes the camaraderie andfriendship of his fellow troopmembers. He says he haslearned a lot from his experi-ence with the program and

has done a lot of things hewouldn’t otherwise have tried.And howwould he feel if hehadn’t earned all 64 badges?“I wouldn’t be as happy asI am now but I think I’d feelaccomplished (with) what Ihave,” he says.

Ethan has a message forother boys and girls inter-ested in earning all the CubScout badges. “Stick with itand don’t stop trying,” hesays. “Don’t rush through it,sit down and take the time.And don’t always be stressedabout it because you’ve got alot of time to do it.”

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CaulfeildLONG TABLE FINE DINING Celebrity chef John Ferrisprepares a four-course dinner to benefit Family Service of theNorth Shore on Saturday, May 7, 6:30-10:30 p.m. at CaulfeildCove Hall, which is located at 4773 South Piccadilly Rd. in WestVancouver. Tickets are $95. Reservations can be made byvisiting the website at caulfeildcovehall.ca.

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o o oQuestion:

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Columnist sees clearly after long last

Time to get my eyeschecked.

Past time, actually. Solast week I gave up myprocrastinating ways, forthe moment, and madean appointment to see anoptometrist.

The good doctor was ina chatty mood. Did I knowthat one in seven seniors inCanada will eventually losetheir eyesight?

I didn’t. Or, that withearly detection and treat-ment, blindness in thesenior population is largelypreventable.

I fessed up that it hadbeen a while since my lastexam and the doctor didn’tlook pleased.

“From now on I want youin here every year,” he said.“No more of this gettingyour eyes checked everytwo or three years.”

Suitably admonishedI followed him into the

examination room and thefirst thing I noticed wasthere was no eye chart onthe wall. You know, the onewith the big letter E on thetop.

My optometrist, who I’mguessing is on the sunnyside of 30, obviously knewwhat an eye chart was butI doubt if he had ever usedone. It’s all high tech now.

True story: When I wasin public school I had afriend who thought glassesmade him look funny. Hememorized the eye chartand fooled everyone. Hewas on my baseball teamand he couldn’t see the ballcoming at him if it hit him inthe face, which it did, once,early in the season, breakinghis nose and cracking his

cheekbone in several places.When he got out of the hos-pital he had to wear gogglesand a protective device forhis nose for the rest of theyear. He looked like a scubadiver and we nicknamed himScooby-Doo and that namestuck with him long after thegoggles came off.

“Vanity,” as W.L. Georgerightly observed, “is as oldas the mammoth.”

As a part of a visionexamination they put dropsin your eyes to dilate yourpupils. Then you get to pickout your new set of frames.Trouble is with your pupilsthe size of dinner plates youcan’t see a thing.

The first time I actually“saw” my new frames waswhen I went back for thefitting.

I googled the recom-mended frequency foreye tests for seniors. Uppopped a page titled the eyeexam from the Doctors ofOptometry Canada. At age65 and older adults shouldhave an eye exam at leastonce a year.

Adults aged 65 or olderare at a higher risk for anumber of eye conditionsand diseases like cataracts,macular degeneration dis-ease and glaucoma.

I ordered a pair of pre-scription sunglasses, whichis not quite the extrava-gance it might seem. Myoptometrist explained thatwearing a good pair of sun-glasses can help slow downthe progression of cataracts.Plus it’s a pretty cool look.That’s me talking not theoptometrist.

Eye glasses can be expen-sive. MSP provides somecoverage for optometricservices for those under theage of 19 and those aged 65and over.

For adults aged 19 to 64eye exams are not coveredby MSP unless medicallyrequired. In my case it paysto be a senior.

Optometric services not

covered by MSP regard-less of your age includeeyeglasses, contact lenses,low vision aids, eye co-ordination exercises, eyemedications, contact lensfilling and laser refractivesurgery management.

Private health insurancecan help with some but

not all of the cost of thoseexpenses.

I picked up my newglasses last week. I can seeclearly now.

There is a hearing aidcentre right next door to myoptometrist, not that thereis anything wrong with myhearing. Then again I said

that about my vision too.I guess I know where I’m

off to next.

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West Vancouver’s RaquelLoza recently receivedan Honour the CaregiverAward.

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ALISON TAYLORPique Newsmagazine

There is no other artmuseum in Canada thattells the story of a particu-lar region of this countrythe way the Audain ArtMuseum tells B.C.’s story.The Whistler museumopened on March 12,giving a permanent hometo more than 200 worksof art collected byWestVancouver developer andphilanthropist MichaelAudain and wife YoshiKarasawa.

Central to the story of theirart is Emily Carr, who has adedicated gallery where 24pieces of her work hang.

Yet, she is just part of thelarger Audain tapestry – acentral thread perhaps, butthere are other pieces of thetale, adding colour and textureand depth and importance, allwoven together. This is a storyof Michael Audain’s art. Thisis a story of B.C., its oceanwaters, its massive mountains,its rich First Nations’ history.This is a personal collection,now shared with the public, awindow into Michael Audainhimself.

Senior curator of the

Vancouver Art Gallery IanThom says while it’s obviousthat Audain truly loves his art,there is something else thatresonates when looking at thiscollection as a whole: “He’sdeeply, deeply passionateabout this part of the world.”

After looking at the ris-ing star of Emily Carr in thefirst part of our Audain ArtMuseum series, we take a lookthis week at the artists aroundCarr at the museum, the onesthat came before her, hercontemporaries who paintedalongside her and, those who

came afterwards, all seeingB.C. in their own unique ways.

The walls of MichaelAudain’s world changeddramatically in the last fewmonths – his home, his cot-tage, his New York apartment,his office.

Two hundred pieces of artwere removed, all of them tella story in their own uniqueway about how they wereacquired, the feelings theyinspired, the province theyreflect, and about what theymean to the man who has col-lected them.

Audain had been prepar-ing to say good-bye for along time now, ever since hesigned a deal with the ResortMunicipality of Whistler thatpaved the way for him to builda permanent home for his col-lection. So, in a way he’s ready.Some pieces, however, are justtoo important, too personalto share.

“They don’t have that one. . . yet,” he says, nodding toa painting above the cre-denza beside the desk in hisVancouver office.

“That means a lot to me,that picture.”

It’s The Coastal Steamship‘Princess Victoria, a work doneby the late E.J. Hughes.

Hughes, a prolific land-scape artist in B.C., has agallery of his works on displayat the newmuseum, thanks toa donation from retired lawyerJacques Barbeau and wifeMarguerite Owen. Audain hasadded a few Hughes piecesfrom his collection too. Butnot this one.

Audain sailed on thePrincess Victoria on the dayhe arrived on theWest Coast— the Vancouver to Victoria 9

a.m. sailing. It was the last legof his journey from England, aweek across the Atlantic andthen the long leg overland,heading west.

Audain was nine yearsold. And though he sat in thesteam engine with the trainengineer that June day goingthrough the Rockies, fasci-nated by the snow-catcher atthe front, it was the PrincessVictoria journey that remainshis fondest memory of thattime.

The Audains arrived atthe rail station early in themorning with 26 pieces of lug-gage and two cocker spaniels.It was a homecoming forhis father, who was born inCanada, returning now afterthe SecondWorldWar.

“It was my job to take thespaniels from the CPR stationover (to) where you got thePrincess Victoria,” recallsAudain.

“That was one of the bestdays of my life; one of themost important days of mylife was arriving on the BritishColumbia coast.”

He remembers thesnow-capped peaks on themountains around him.He remembers what to hisnine-year-old eyes were the

towering skyscrapers of thecity, looking back at Vancouverfrom the water. Perhaps whathe really remembers mostis how it all felt — the laststretch of the long journeyhomeward, the beginning ofsomething else altogether, anew adventure.

Was this the moment thatwas so impressed upon theyoung boy, that he wouldlater go on to acquire one ofthe most important privatecollections of art reflecting theprovince of his youth, his newbeginning – the forests, themountains, the steamships,the First Nations, the city?

His collection reflects all ofthat, all in its own unique wayfrom the anonymous artists tothe famed.

“The stories that people(the artists) are telling aboutthe landscape vary with theperson,” adds Thom.

Thom says that thoughEmily Carr casts a longshadow over the artists thatcame after her – “she hadsuch an extraordinary influ-ence in terms of how peopleperceived the landscape ofBritish Columbia” – each artistreflects their own ways of see-ing the land, the people.

Hughes, for example,

typically tells the storiesabout B.C. inhabited by Euro-Canadians, about industry andboats, says Thom. The paint-ing of the Princess Victoriain Audain’s office is a perfectexample of this.

Hanging above the couchin his office is a Takao Tanabe,Rivers 1/01: Jordan River.The museum houses Strait ofGeorgia 1/90: Raza Pass.

Tanabe, says Thom, tendsto eliminate all evidence ofhuman presence on the land-scape. If there is a house there,he will take it out, says Thom.

And then there’s WestVancouver artist GordonSmith whose long dialoguewith the landscape is closer toabstraction in some cases andin others closer to realism.Thom calls his 1991 piece,Winterscape, one of the majorworks inWhistler.

There are the photographicworks too – Rodney Graham’supside down tree, SchoolyardTree, Vancouver and the urbanreflections from ChristosDikeakos in 250 NorthernStreet.

They all have something tosay about where we live.

There are names inWhistler that will resonatearound the world: The Groupof Seven painters – LawrenHarris and Frederick Varley.

Jeff Wall. Jack Shadbolt.B.C. Binning. Bill Reid. BrianJungen.

And then there are otherswith no names – the FirstNations masks and ceremonialobjects that came long beforeCarr.

Forever labelled “Untitled,”forever “Unknown.” Now,however, forever with a placein history.

“Art began in this part ofthe world long before whitepeople got here,” says Thom.

The first gallery inAudain’s collection isdedicated to the First Nationsmasks.

According to Canadian artcritic Sarah Milroy, the masksare of a calibre that rivalsany of the collections at theBritish Museum or the PittRivers in England, with theirrenowned archaeological andanthropological works.

“It would be hard for

E.J. Hughes:Old Baldy Mountain, Shawnigan Lake, 1961. IMAGE SUPPLIED

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Takao Tanabe: Strait of Georgia 1/90: Raza Pass. IMAGE SUPPLIED

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people to be prepared,” saysMilroy of the rich depth andthe calibre of this collection.

“The historic heart of theshow are the Carr works buteven more so, the extraor-dinary masks . . . that Mr.Audain has collected over anumber of years.”

For a long time, addsThom, these works tended tobe collected as ethnographicobjects. These particularobjects, however, were col-lected from the aestheticpoint of view and will bepresented in the museum assuch.

“And that’s a very differentway to look at the art,” saysThom.

The untitled eagle head-dress with shining abaloneeyes and hair and smoothbeak. The distinctive maskwith the elongated nose. Thestriking frontlet dated 1840with ermine, felt, baleen and

sea lion whiskers.Audain says the same cri-

teria are used to judge theseworks from the 19th centuryas is used to judge works 200years later.

They are, adds Milroy, aremarkable collection in anyinternational context.

Interesting, she adds, tohave them housed in a smalltown in the mountains. Butwith Whistler’s influentialand well-travelled guests, theopportunity is ripe for thetaking for those who want tosee B.C. as it has never beenseen before.

“I think that these objectswill be put to very good usehere (in Whistler),” saysMilroy.

“They will have their reper-cussions in terms of makingpeople sensitive to how deepand complex the culture ofBritish Columbia is.”

And so the art has beenslowly disappearing fromAudain’s life of late. He’s been

watching the changes first-hand at his home and office.

Will he miss them?“Yes and no,” he muses.

“I’ve been expecting to saygood-bye to them, so I have.They’re passing on to a betterfuture than just staying withYoshi and me and our dogs.”

As for what to put on hiswalls now . . . .

“Are you going to buymore art, Grandad, to replaceit?” asks his grandson.

“Well, I haven’t really lostit. As long as I have suchacute memories of it, I haven’tlost it.”

“Will you go see it?” askshis grandson.

“I don’t need to go to seeit. I’ve enjoyed it for so manyyears . . . I just hope otherpeople enjoy it.”

Look for Part III of theAudain Art Museum series, Alife with art, next week.

– Alison Taylor is assistanteditor at our sister paper Pique

Newsmagazine in Whistler.

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HIMEJI, Japan — The16th- and 17th-centurydaimyo or feudal lordsof Japan built for them-selves the equivalentof today’s spy satellitesin the form of sturdyyet elegant donjons, thecentral keeps of theirelaborately fortified hill-top castles.

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The recently completedfive-year-restoration (one isundertaken every 50 years)has replaced the tiles onoverlapping roofs and leftthe plastered gables, whichrise a total of seven storeysabove its hilltop location, thebrilliant white appropriate tothe castle’s name. The eavessport giant, ceramic, fish-likecreatures called shachi-hoko, their watery presenceintended to deter fire.

The most elaboratedefence structures everdevised for a Japanesedonjon can be found on thezig-zag route from main gateto donjon. The designers’major consideration was to

make entrance to the com-plex as difficult as possible,with concentric or spirallingstone walls and moats, gatesoverlooked by fortified cor-ridors and defensive turrets,and maze-like interiors inwhich sight of the donjonitself could be lost. Whateverlooked the most likely way togo was in fact more likely tolead to a dead end coveredby murderous crossfire orto a precipitous drop backdown to the plain.

Shoes are doffed at theentrance to the main tower,and carried in the bagprovided up steep, solid,one-way staircases pastcarefully concealed roomswhich could house dozens ofsamurai defenders. There areever more impressive viewsback across the town tothe railway station througharrow slits and rock chutesat every floor, culminating inviews down to the labyrinthof walls, corridors and gate-houses below.

Their aim is no longer torepel strangers, but rather todraw them in.If you go:

For more information visitthe castle’s page on the cityof Himeji’s website at city.himeji.lg.jp/guide/castle/.

For information ontravel in Japan visit theJapan National TourismOrganization at jnto.go.jp.

More stories atculturelocker.com.

Masks part of remarkable collection

Fortress ‘spy centre’awork of samurai art

One of only 12 surviving original castles in Japan, 17th-century Himeji, or White Heron Castle,is a UNESCOWorld Heritage site and among the most beautiful buildings in the world.PHOTO SUPPLIED PETER NEVILLE-HADLEY/MERIDIAN WRITERS’ GROUP

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HUMAN’S NAME:Erin QuinnPET: Pepperoni, a one-year-old dachshund-Jack Russellterrier cross rescued fromCalifornia.FAVOURITE FOOD:Pepperoni loves all food, butis particularly fond of thehomemade yam treats thatErin makes for him.

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CHIEF DAN GEORGE PARK-OPEN HOUSEThe City ofNorth Vancouver is seekingpublic input during an openhouse for Chief Dan GeorgePark, East Fifth Street betweenMoody and Queensburyavenues. Display boards andinput opportunities will be atRidgeway elementary, 420East Eighth St., 5-7:30 p.m. onThursday, May 5. cnv.org

ANTIQUE SALEEverythingfrom buttons to books,ephemera, china, crystal andsilver, jewelry and unusualforgotten treasures may befound at Highlands UnitedChurch Saturday, May 7, 9 a.m.-noon, 3255 Edgemont Blvd.,North Vancouver.

EMERGENCYPREPAREDNESS IN A DAY!North Shore EmergencyManagement offers a full-dayworkshop Saturday, May 7, 9a.m.-2 p.m., second floor, 147East 14th St., North Vancouver.

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HANDSWORTH MUSICPROGRAM BOTTLE DRIVEResidents of the Handsworthcatchment are asked to puttheir refundables somewherevisible on their property,but not on the curb, before8 a.m. Saturday, May 7.Bottles and cansmay alsobe dropped off at the school,1044 Edgewood Rd., NorthVancouver, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. May [email protected]

KIDS TOY AND CLOTHINGSALEThe Lynn ValleyCommunity Associationpresents its semi-annualKids Toy and Clothing Sale,Saturday, May 7, 2:30-4:30 p.m.at the Lynn Valley RecreationCentre, 3590Mountain Hwy.,North [email protected]

LARSONPALLOOZALarsonelementary will hold a carnivalfeaturing bouncy rides andcastles, bungee run, photobooth, barbecue courtesy ofthe Lynn Valley Lions, facepainting, balloon artist andmore Saturday, May 7, 3:30-7p.m. at 2605 Larson Rd., NorthVancouver.

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MOTHERS’ DAY TEATheWilling Hearts InternationalSociety Canada presents afundraiser benefitting girls andwomen in Kenya Saturday, May7, 3-5 p.m. at Corrigan NatureHouse, The ConservationArea at Maplewood Flats,2645 Dollarton Hwy., NorthVancouver. Tickets cost $30,kids under 12 are free.whisca.org or 778-997-9442

SPRING SALE AT SILVERHARBOURThe seniors atSilver Harbour Seniors Centreinvite the public to their salefeaturing woodwork, knitting,silk scarves, baking andmoreSaturday, May 7, 10 a.m.-1p.m., 144 East 22nd St., NorthVancouver.

WALKING WITH SALMONA free five-kilometre guided

walk along the Spirit Trailfrom Harbourside Place at thesouth end of Fell Avenue toMacKay Creek Fish Hatcheryand back Saturday, May 7,9:30-11:30 a.m. The guidewill share knowledge onestuary enhancement, habitatconservation, native andinvasive plants, eagle nests andwhat healthy salmon habitatlooks like. [email protected]

WHISKY LIBRARYAnevening of whiskies, food andceilidhmusic to raisemoney forthe TrishMcMordieMemorialFund and children’s departmentof the North Vancouver DistrictPublic Library Saturday, May 7,7-10:30 p.m. at the Lynn Valleybranch, 1277 Lynn Valley Rd.Whiskey tasting tickets $80,non-whiskey tickets $40. Cashbar. eventbrite.ca

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AIShe has the softest coat & loves to be brushed! Sheenjoys playing, snuggling with you under the covers,

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Sissi3 yr. old, affectionate, smart girl, excited to have an opportunity to go anew home. Will need conditioning if she is to be a jogging partner. Fast

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North Vancouver’s Katie Wuttunee smashes a hit while playing for UBC Okanagan at the CISnational volleyball championships. PHOTO SUPPLIED

Carson Graham grad Katie Wuttunee wasnamed the Outstanding Female Athlete ofthe Year at UBC Okanagan after a stellar2015-16 season with the Heat.

The graduating middle blocker was nameda CanadaWest first-team all-star, a finalistfor CanadaWest Player of the Year and aCIS All-Canadian while helping the Heat to abronze-medal showing at the CIS volleyball

championships. It was the first-ever CIS nationalmedal in the history of the program.

Wuttunee was also named UBCO’s playerof the match after the Heat lost in the CanadaWest final and earned a spot on the all-star teamat the national championships. She finished theCanadaWest regular season with 181 kills and78 total blocks and her .345 hitting percentagewas fifth best in the country.

Wuttenee earns CISAll-Canadian honours

Rielly and Reinhart named to TeamCanada forWorld ChampionshipsWest Vancouver shootingstars Morgan Rielly andSam Reinhart will bothsuit up for Team Canadaat the 2016 IIHF WorldChampionships runningMay 6-22 in Russia.

Rielly just finished uphis third season in theNHL, scoring 36 points in82 games with the TorontoMaple Leafs. The 22-year-oldrecently signed a six-year

contract with the Leafsreportedly worth $30 million.

Reinhart just finishedhis first full season in theNHL, posting 23 goals and 19assists in 79 games with theBuffalo Sabres. The 20-year-old’s 42 points ranked himeighth in the league amongstrookies.

Reinhart and Rielly, whoboth grew up playing at theHollyburn Country Club,

were named to Canada’sinitial World Championshiproster after their NHLclubs failed to make thepostseason.

Canada, defending goldmedalists, will open the tour-nament May 6 with a gameagainst the United States inSt. Petersberg.

The gold medal gameis scheduled for May 22 inMoscow.

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Pruning and removinghazard trees and plantsNorth Shore

Protecting our power lines

When: March 18 to July 31, 2016Time: 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.

As important as they are, trees and other plants can cause significant power

interruptions. Contact between trees and power lines can be very dangerous,

which is why over the next few months, we’ll be pruning and removing trees

and other plants in North Vancouver.

Project boundaries

North: Millstream RoadEast: Barnham Road

South: Highway 1

West: Highland Drive

At BC Hydro, we ensure trees and plants are pruned using the best

arboriculture (tree care) practices possible. We employ skilled workers—

trained in both electrical safety and plant care—who only use proper

techniques to eliminate safety hazards.

To learn more about this work, please contact Brian Priest at 604 983 8293.For more information about our vegetation management practices, please

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PLAY BALL! William Beaton of Highlands Little League tries his luck at the speed pitchbooth while members of the North Van Central Blue Jays teammake their grand entranceduring opening day ceremonies held April 23. PHOTOS PAUL MCGRATH

Racers from the North Shore’sHollyburn Cross Country Ski Clubglided away with several medals atthe Haywood 2016 Ski Nationals heldrecently in Whitehorse, helping theclub finish third overall in the junioraggregate standings.

Annika Richardson led the way, claimingthree medals in the junior girls division:

silver in the 5-km classic and bronze insprint and 7.5-kilometre classic mass start.Richardson also finished third overall in theaggregate standings for girls born in 1998.Anna Goodwin claimed gold in the juniorgirls sprint while finishing third overall inthe 1999 girls aggregate competition. JennaSim also put up strong across the boardnumbers, finishing second in the

1999 girls aggregate.In junior boys competition Kieran Lumb

won silver in the 15-km classic while FranVukonic earned bronze in the sprint.

Katie Weaver, a Capilano Universitystudent, finished second in the universitywomen’s sprint while placing third overall inthe university women’s aggregate.

o o o

West Vancouver’s Fin Boothroyd was namedto Field Hockey Canada’s U21 nationalteam roster for the 2016 Junior Men’s PanAmerican Championship running May 20-28in Toronto. The top two finishers at the tour-nament will earn a spot at the 2016 JuniorMen’s World Cup to be played in India Dec.1-11.

– compiled by Andy Prest

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surprise30. Nicholas II was one31. Comic antihero33. In the back of a

mammal’s mouth37. Joe is a famous one38. Impressionist painter

Italo39. Send forth41. They __42. Not down43. Computer program I-__44. Nostrils46. County in New Mexico49. Letter of the Greek

alphabet50. Russian river51. Sorts55. A feeling (slang)

57. Type genus of theElopidae

58. Ingesting60. Paints small things64. Trouble65. Turn on its end66. Story (archaic)67. Negative68. Manners69. Hurts70. IBM’s software group

CLUES DOWN1. Greek sophist2. Diacritic mark3. Tumors4. Can’t play5. Dabbling ducks6. Dekaliter7. The world of the dead8. Greek Muse9. Estate in Dickens10. Wild cat11. Menders12. Comedienne Gasteyer13. Female sibling19. Man-child21. Tommy Dorsey’s

trumpeter24. Mesopotamian deity25. Speech sound26. Bore27. Designer van Noten31. Small flakes of soot32. Insects

34. Genus of gulls35. Indicates position36. Fixes up40. Homer’s bartender41. Riding horses45. Dismounted47. Unlocks cans48. Salty52. These are for cars53. Mentally quick and

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WEEKOFMAY 1-7, 2016

GEMINI MAY22 – JUN21If you crave adventure,Gemini, then it could be timeto host a party or see if friendswant to go out on the town.Staying home mulling overall of the options will get younowhere.

SAGITTARIUS NOV23 –DEC 21Restlessness can get thebetter of you this week,Sagittarius. Just don’t jet off onsome spur-of-the-moment tripto try to channel your energy.You have things to handle first.

CANCER JUN22 – JUL 22This week’s contradictorycosmic energy will not helpyou when making decisions,Cancer. It is entirely up to youand your gut instincts to makethe right decisions.

CAPRICORN DEC22 – JAN20Finding yourself in the middleof a sticky situation has youtrying to discover a solutionto a complicated problem,Capricorn. You might needto distance yourself for a littlewhile.

LEO JUL 23 –AUG23Leo, do not ignore the innervoice that is trying to tell youto take life more seriously. Itcan’t be all fun and games.Buckle down at work and seta plan into action.

AQUARIUS JAN21 – FEB 18A disagreement with a friendor family member couldturn your schedule upsidedown for a little bit, Aquarius.You’ll get back on track soonenough and resolve yourissues.

VIRGO AUG24 – SEPT 22Circumstances beyond yourcontrol will make work a littlemore stressful than you hadanticipated, Virgo. Bide yourtime and soon the week willbe over.

PISCES FEB 19 –MAR20Pisces, getting your financesin order will take more thanbalancing your checkbook. Itmight be time to make somecuts and follow a budget.

ARIES MAR21 – APR 20Things seem to be in highgear this week, Aries. Othersaround you are just asboisterous, and it may evenseemmanic. Exercise a littleextra patience to get through.

LIBRA SEPT 23 –OCT 23Libra, no matter how hardyou try to get yourself heard,others just aren’t ready tolisten. Perhaps you have to trya new approach to makingyour voice heard?

TAURUS APR21 –MAY21Taurus, you have been hidingsomething and it’s time youlet your feelings out in theopen this week. Pay attentionto how others react to thenews.

SCORPIO OCT 24 –NOV22Scorpio, you may find yourselfin trouble this week becauseyou keep on starting newthings without finishing others.Pretty soon you will have a listof unfinished business.

DETERMINE THE CODE TO REVEAL THE ANSWERSolve the code to discover words related to joint pain. Each number corresponds to a letter. (Hint: 16 = i)

A. 11 23 1 22 23 16 1 16 2Clue: Joint condition

B. 2 1 16 9 9Clue: Not easily bent

C. 16 25 9 4 11 26 12 7Clue: Swollen

D. 23 12 4 16 12 9Clue: Alleviation of pain

Rearrange the letters to spell something pertaining to arthritis.

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