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Cedar Park Church in Ladner invites the commu-nity to an annual evening of music and dessert in support of the Delta Hospice Society.

Special guests include pianist Carol Peters and recording artist Gayle Salmond. Tickets are $15, available by calling Cedar Park at 604-946-7410.

A Christmas CD by local musicians will also be for sale, with 100 per cent of the proceeds to the hospice society, which still needs $850,000 to meet the capital costs for their new supportive care centre and hospice residence.

Said executive director Nancy Macey, "Christmas can be a difficult time for individuals and families who have lost a loved one and we appreciate the awareness that events like these bring. We want the community to know that our services are available during holidays and other special occasions."

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Boaz Joseph, ReporterSurrey North Delta Leader

The spirit of Christmas lives on a qui-et cul-de-sac in North Delta, inside the home of Dorothy Higbee.

Five weeks before the big day, "White Christmas" is already playing on the kitchen radio, and her living room, hall-ways and solarium are fi lled wall to wall with hand-crafted Christmas decora-tions: pillows, candleholders, garlands, stockings, keepsake wreaths, jewelry boxes, dining room table centre pieces, lamp shades, sleep masks, even wintry tassels for wine bottles.

Some of the displays on tables are clustered together by their different hues: blue, silver, rust.

Dorothy's daughter Tammy says it re-sembles a Holt Renfrew Christmas dis-play.

With the ex-ception of a couple of things put together by Jim, her hus-band of 49 years, Dorothy has done ev-erything herself.

Why the effort? She'll repeat the words over and over to stunned visitors.

"I. Love. Christmas."She's the holiday's biggest fan, hav-

ing made decorations for the last 31 years (never mind that she'll turn 71 on Christmas Eve), and each year invites the neighbourhood over for a three-day open house and craft sale.

It's not a money-maker sale, though;

Every year Deltassist Family Community Services distributes new toys to low income families in Delta.

This year, toy donations have been slow to come in, said Carly Geistlinger, community services coordi-nator. The agency is asking for the community’s help once again to be able to provide underprivileged children with toys for Christmas.

Geistlinger said in a press release toys are needed for children from infants to 16-years-old, particularly for those ages 0 to 2 and teens 13 to 16.

New, unwrapped toys can be dropped off at Del-tassist offices located in North Delta (9097 120 St.), Monday to Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and in Ladner (4891 Delta St.), Monday to Friday, 9:30 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. Donations would be appreciated before Dec. 3, but will be accepted until Dec. 24.

The deadline to register for the toy depot is Dec. 3, and Dec. 10 for the food hamper. Applicants must apply in person at a Deltassist office and provide proof of address, proof of income and care cards for their children. For more information visit deltassist.com, call 604-594-3455, or 604-946-9526.

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Message from Mayor Jackson & Delta Council

New Tsawwassen Air Quality Monitoring Station

Delta has a new air quality monitoring station in

Tsawwassen that is part of Metro Vancouver’s regional

air quality monitoring network. The station was funded

by Port Metro Vancouver and established by Metro

Vancouver’s Air Quality team this summer. The station

has state of the art equipment that monitors a number

of contaminants including ozone and particulates.

Monitoring results can be viewed at

www.bcairquality.ca/readings

To ensure information on air quality is provided for all

of Delta, a monitoring station is also located in North

Delta. The regulation of air quality in the region is the

responsibility of Metro Vancouver.

Cosmetic Pesticide Use Control Bylaw – Now in Effect!

Delta’s Pesticide Use Control Bylaw (No.6788) to reduce

the unnecessary application of chemical pesticides on

residential and municipally owned land within Delta is

now in effect. The bylaw prohibits the use of chemical

herbicides, insecticides and fungicides for “cosmetic”

purposes. This means that pesticides may only be used

for agricultural and commercial purposes and to manage

pests that transmit human diseases. The use of organic

pesticides is permitted. For more information on the bylaw

and to obtain a series of pesticide free gardening tips, visit

Delta’s website at www.corp.delta.bc.ca/pesticides

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We want to hear from youPlease forward any questions or comments to the Chief Administrative Officer, George V. Harvie at [email protected] or by mail to: The Corporation of Delta, 4500 Clarence Taylor Crescent, Delta, BC V4K 3E2 www.corp.delta.bc.ca

Winter Season Preparedness – Delta’s Snow & Ice Control Management

Winter weather forecasts are predicting a cold weather pattern with

a higher than normal snowfall accumulation. Delta has been actively

preparing for the winter season by implementing the following

measures:

• Road salt has been stockpiled and additional snow clearing

equipment purchased

· Emergency response protocol to provide access for emergency

response vehicles

· A Winter Road Conditions phone line (604- 952-3820) and web

page has been established (www.corp.delta.bc.ca/snow) to update

the public on Delta’s snow response operations

· A “Snow Angel” program is being developed with the Kennedy and

McKee Seniors’ Recreation Centres to assist seniors and individuals

who need help with driveway and sidewalk snow clearing. Details

on this program and who to contact will be available soon.

Engineering Operations staff monitor our road network for hazardous

conditions arising from snow/ice during regular working hours while the

Delta Police monitor conditions after hours. Roads are cleared on the

following three tier priority basis:

• First Priority: Public transit routes, major collectors, select school

access roadways and some roads in hilly areas.

• Second Priority: Secondary through roads in residential areas and

school bus routes.

• Third Priority: Minor residential streets and cul-de-sacs. Work is

carried out on a site-specific basis.

For more information on Delta’s Snow/Ice Clearing policy and to obtain

updates visit www.corp.delta.bc.ca/snow. For updates on winter road

conditions call (604) 952-3820.

Front row: Cllr Heather King, Mayor Lois E. Jackson, Cllr Anne Peterson

Back row: Cllrs Scott Hamilton, Robert Campbell and Bruce McDonald

Absent from photo: Cllr Ian Paton

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Dan Ferguson, ReporterSurrey North Delta Leader

When some Mount-ies were investigating criminal activity in a multiple family dwell-ing in Surrey, they asked Colleen Stare-sina, the Crime Preven-tion Coordinator with Surrey RCMP District One, if she had any information about the complex.

"Would you like a map? she said, and produced a printout.

Did she happen to know if anyone there might be willing to as-sist the police by allow-ing them to use their property for surveil-lance?

"Would you like a list?" Staresina asked.

Both the map and the list were generated by the Block Watch program.

Staresina, who is also the president of the Block Watch Soci-ety of B.C., was mak-ing a point about the value of the volunteer program during a pre-sentation to the Delta Police Board.

The program, which operates in Surrey, has grown from 300 homes to 25,000 since it was launched in 1986.

It is not, Staresina was careful to say, the same organization as Neighbourhood Watch, which serves fewer homes.

She said the non-profi t Block Watch so-ciety is now expanding into Delta.

All that is needed

from the municipality, she said, are payment of some small annual membership fees for the three Delta com-munities of Ladner, Tsawwassen and North

Delta and some assis-tance with installing signs on Block Watch streets.

In return, she said Block Watch will pro-vide free instruction materials and arrange training for volunteers.

In Surrey, Block

Watch volunteers have helped police identify "crack houses, meth labs and chop shops," Staresina said.

"Block Watch helps reduce that fear of crime," she said.

"They are the eyes and ears for 24 hours a day."

Delta Mayor Lois Jackson, chair of the police board, was re-ceptive to the proposal and has ordered a re-port on the potential costs.

"It would be nice to get that in this year's budget if we can," Jackson said.

For more information about the B.C. Block Watch program, visit h t tp ://www.block-watch.com/[email protected]

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PICTURED Keen to make Block Watch a fixture in Delta is Colleen Staresina, Crime Prevention Coordinator with Surrey RCMP. Contributed photo

Bringing Block Watch to DeltaProposal gets positive reception from police board

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and ears for 24 hours a day.' –Colleen Staresina

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Get home safeOperation Red Nose will drive you and your car Kristine Salzmann, ReporterSouth Delta Leader

When Operation Red Nose volunteers drive impaired party-goers home as well as their vehicles, passengers are often so grateful the drivers get more than they expect.

"Last year somebody picked up someone in their early 20s who had been responsible enough to call Operation Red Nose," recalls organizer Carlene Lewall. "She gave the volunteers a tip. And then her par-ents came out to thank us again for getting their daughter home safely and tipped us again."

Another year a volun-teer came back with a slab of smoked salmon.

Regardless of the re-sponse, volunteers are always thankful people make the responsible choice and do not drive home after enjoying a few drinks.

Operation Red Nose (ORN) is a free, volun-teer-run designated driv-

er service where motor-ists can call a dispatch centre to have a team of three—an escort driver, designated driver for the caller's own vehicle and a navigator—meet them for a safe ride home.

Last year ORN Delta/Richmond volunteers gave 479 rides to homes in Richmond and Delta over nine evenings of driving during the holi-day season.

This year Lewall ex-pects even more calls to their hotline due to the new, harsher im-paired driving penal-ties introduced by the provincial government earlier this fall.

"We've had a lot more inquiries from company Christmas parties and people hosting house parties," she says.

ORN operates in com-munities south of the Fraser River as far east as Chilliwack. That means if you need to get home in Delta or Richmond but are outside of ORN Delta/Richmond's boundaries, another ORN group can pick you up and arrange

a transfer.The group does not

operate in Vancouver. Lewall recommends parking your car at the Canada Line if you're headed for Vancouver so a team can meet you later in Richmond.

Money raised from sponsorship and tips goes to the Delta Gym-nastics Society. Lewall, the gymnastics society's director of marketing and fundraising, said last year ORN Delta/Richmond raised about $30,000, which went towards the new Delta

Sport Development Centre currently under construction in Ladner.

ORN Delta/Richmond has been run by the Del-ta Gymnastics Society for the past nine years.

"It's a lot of work and a lot of people say, is it really worth it?" says Lewall. "I think it's re-ally worth it because it's a double wham-my—we're doing some-thing for the commu-nity, we're not just out there asking. And it's a service we're pleased to

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Feds, province hiking police costs

Dan Ferguson, ReporterSurrey North Delta Leader

Next year, the municipality of Delta will have to spend an extra $1.2 mil-lion on policing because of changes imposed by the provincial and fed-eral governments.

That represents a four-per-cent increase to the Delta Police De-partment (DPD) annual budget of $29 million, one that will not put any extra offi cers on the beat, a report to the Del-ta Police Board notes.

The assessment by DPD Planning and De-velopment Manager Melissa Granum says among other things, the imposed costs include an overhaul of the way public complaints against police are handled, a doubling of the membership fees charged Delta by a compulsory provincially operated computer system that links all B.C. police, and the price of installing vid-eo gear in police lock-ups that was ordered after a number of in-custody deaths in other communities.

Granum’s report cites other exam-

ples of downloading by other levels of governments above and beyond the $1.2 million, including several expensive drug and gang investiga-tions that the report describes as federal responsibilities.

They include two relatively recent homicide investigations involving gang activ-ity that spread beyond Delta’s boundaries that together cost $2.3 mil-lion.

Delta Police Chief Jim Cessford added that when the federal government announced money would be spent to tighten security at Canadian ports of en-try, “Delta Police never

got a nickel.”The federal and provincial govern-

ments make changes that add to the cost of policing without input from affected communities, the report complains.

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Volun-teers neededbe able to do."

About 50 per cent of their volunteers come from gymnastics soci-ety parents, while the other 50 per cent are drawn from people in the community.

They are still in need of volunteers, particular-ly for New Year's Eve.

Volunteer forms can be downloaded at opera-tionrednosedelta.com. They must also complete a criminal record check and have a valid B.C.'s driver's license. Complet-ed forms can be dropped off at the Delta Gymnas-tics Society in the South Delta Recreation Centre (1720 56 St.).

ORN runs Nov. 26, 27, Dec. 3, 4, 10, 11, 17, 18 and New Year's Eve (Dec. 31), 9 p.m. to 3 a.m.

Call the ORN Delta/Richmond hotline at 604-943-0460, or the ORN B.C. hotline at [email protected]

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Higbee spends what comes in on materials for next year's handicrafts —and the work begins a week after Christmas.

"It's trading two nickels for a dime," says Jim.

This year has been harder, though. Jim had both legs amputated, and Dorothy is undergoing treatment as a breast cancer survivor.

But Dorothy, ever the worker bee, is at it daily until after midnight

"I can't stay still. Every day, in and out."

She adds: "My husband is the greatest guy. He encourages me. He never says, 'Oh, don't buy this.' If he can help me in some way, he will."

Recently, Holt Renfrew offered her a contract, but she declined.

"They wanted 1,000 pieces in two weeks and I thought, 'uh-uh.' Me, when I make stuff, my heart is in it."

Her heart has been in other plac-es, too.

Decades ago, she took in a six-year-old deaf boy when she and Jim lived in Montreal. It was an act of generosity that became a way of life.

Over the years, the Higbees have fostered 36 children on top of four of their own. At one point, they had nine kids living under their roof. And each year, the foster kids would be fl abbergasted by Doro-thy's decorations.

The foster children are long gone, but the Christmas spirit remains.

Dorothy's Renaissance, Doro-thy Higbee's annual sale of hand-crafted Christmas decorations, takes place Nov. 26 from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Nov. 27 and 28 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 10899 Cherry Lane, North Delta. Hot chocolate will be served. For more information, call 604-598-0067.

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PICTURED One of Higbee's many creations for the holidays. For a video clip visit southdeltaleader.com and click on the 'Community' tab. Evan Seal photo

Call for independent agency to probe policeDelta Police Board wants end to police investigating policeDan Ferguson, ReporterSurrey North Delta Leader

A proposed special investigative unit to handle cases where people die in police custody in B.C. should be expanded to handle all complaints against police, the Delta Police Board has formally de-clared.

The vote in support of the idea was unani-mous.

The unit is being considered by the pro-vincial government, the board was told.

It would operate un-der the authority of the Offi ce of the Po-lice Complaints Com-missioner, which has the power to assesses penalties against mu-nicipal police depart-ments in B.C., but not the RCMP.

Mayor Lois Jackson, the chair of the police

board, said the special unit should also have the power to investi-gate the Mounties, not just the 12 indepen-dent municipal police forces in B.C.

"They should be all the same in terms of complaints," Jackson said.

Delta Police Chief Jim Cessford was in

charge of a DPD inves-tigation that recently cleared two Vancou-ver Police Department (VPD) offi cers of using excessive force when they injured an inno-

cent man during a Jan. 21 raid.

The Delta police were called in to provide an independent outside re-view of the incident.

While he maintains police are capable of unbiased investiga-tions of other police, Cessford said it is clear many members of the public don't agree.

"They don't like that," Cessford said. "They have concern about it and it compro-mises trust and confi -dence in the policing community."

The VPD paid for the cost of the Delta inves-tigation, but Delta will have to pay if it needs to have an outside police agency do the same for the DPD.

It would better, the police board agreed, to have the special agency funded by the province, not the mu-nicipalities.

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Building a place of honourChamber chair part of effort to provide home away from homePhilip Raphael, EditorSouth Delta Leader

The day before Remembrance Day carried a special meaning for John Appleby this year.

November 10 was the day the doors to Honour House were opened for the fi rst time to wel-come guests.

The 10-rooms the Queen's Park area home in New West-minster contains are dedicated to accommodating families of armed forces personnel and fi rst responders (ambulance, police and fi refi ghters) who require a temporary place to stay when their loved ones receive medical care in the Lower Mainland.

It's like a Ronald McDonald House for adults, and the fi rst of its kind in Canada.

Appleby, who is chair of the Del-ta Chamber of Commerce, serves as treasurer of Honour House.

The $2.4 million project took two years to organize and Ap-pleby said it serves a valuable purpose.

"Families are coming to Vancou-ver from all over for medical care, and with the cost of accommoda-tion here, it makes it very diffi cult for them to stay," said Appleby, a

Ladner resident who is a long time Canadian Forces reservist.

One example of the need comes from the experience of Capt. Trevor Greene, a fellow reservist who suffered a serious head injury while serving in Af-ghanistan in 2006.

When Greene returned to Van-couver for treatment, his parents travelled from Nova Scotia to be at his bedside, but had limited options on where to stay.

Today, Greene, who is still recovering, is the honourary pa-tron of Honour House.

A good portion of the funds for the facility came from the Vancouver Regional Construc-tion Association which provided $400,000 in building materials and services.

Also, recording artist Sarah McLaughlin donated her time at a fundraising gala evening at the Wall Centre in Downtown Van-couver which was simulcast to Canadian troops in Afghanistan.

A full list of contributors can be viewed at honourhouse.ca by clicking on the contributors [email protected]

PICTURED Honour House, for families of armed forces personnel who need a place to stay while their loved ones receive medical ccare, opened its doors Nov. 10. Contributed photo

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Dan Ferguson, ReporterSurrey North Delta LeaderThey did everything from screening

baggage at the Boundary Bay Airport in

Delta to facing off with rioting anti-Olym-

pic protesters in downtown Vancouver.

Some Delta Police offi cers assigned to

Olympic security were double-bunked

in cruise ships in Vancouver while oth-

ers had to endure two-hour long rides

on public transit to get to their posts in

Whistler.A just-released report on the DPD par-

ticipation in the 2010 Olympics shows

local police involvement went well

beyond the 37 offi cers who were "bor-

rowed" by the Olympics to provide se-

curity.In order to fi ll the vacancies and to

Meander along the mouth of the mighty Fraser

River while you learn about the rich history of the

river and its shorelines.The Delta Museum and Archives is once again

offering its five-hour, fully-narrated scenic cruise to

tell the river's diverse and multicultural story.

Participants are encouraged to pack a lunch, dress

for the weather, and bring a camera to capture the

scenery as you travel the waters past Ladner’s Land-

ing, Port Guichon, Canoe Pass, Westham Island,

Finn Slough and over to Steveston’s Cannery Row.

The Fraser River Delta Historical Cruises take

place June 5 and 12. Tickets are $45 per person (pre-

registration and pre-payment required) and can be

purchased at the Delta Museum and Archives (4858

Delta St.). For more information call 604-946-9322 or

visit deltamuseum.ca.

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PICTURED Seaquam Secondary art students, including (from left) Sheri Poetker, Sunny Cheng, Shelly Liu and Matteo Gerwin, are showcasing their

accomplishments at the Delta Firehall

Centre for the Arts (11489 84th Ave.)

May 30 to June 5. The exhibit, organized by the Seaquam student

council, starts with an opening ceremony May 30 at 2 p.m., with live

chamber music and delicacies by Seaquam music and culinary students. Evan Seal photo

Delta Hospital has a new set of mobile surgical lights

thanks to $20,000 from CHC Helicopter and its Delta-

based helicopter maintenance facility Heli-One.

The lights can be easily compacted and moved

from operating room to operating room as well as

used in the hospital's new endoscopy unit, which

frees up space and allows for an increased number

of day surgery procedures.“This is a great addition to our operating rooms

because of the flexibility and improved productiv-

ity that is now possible,” said Teresa Cooper, Delta

Hospital Foundation executive director, in a media

release earlier this month.Neil Calvert, president of Heli-One, said the com-

pany feel it's important to support the communities in

which its staff lives. Many of its 350 staff live in Delta

and Delta Hospital has provided essential medical

services for many of their families, he said.

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Flinger's "owner" told the animal con-trol offers he had found the small, grey raptor in a nest in Hope.

It was not the case. The roadside hawk (buteo magnirostris), just a little taller than a robin, is a native of Mexico, and was obviously smuggled into the prov-ince.

When the bird came to Delta's Or-phaned Wildlife Rehabilitation Society (OWL) after being rescued from an area hotel room, he was malnourished – not underfed, but fed the wrong stuff: rice, bread, milk and rare scraps of chicken meat.

His condition was like that of a human

child with rickets, says OWL executive director Bev Day.

Not only did Flinger not receive proper nutrients, which made his bones perma-nently weak, he couldn't recognize a mouse, his species' main prey.

It took some time to re-train him to eat things bigger than tiny morsels of food.

His name – Flinger – came quickly to OWL staff.

"It's what he does with his food," ex-plains Day. "People end up with bits of mice in their hair or clothes. He's not a very dainty eater."

Eight years after his rescue, Flinger is a permanent resident at OWL, which treats more than 200 injured birds of prey each year at its facility near the Boundary Bay Airport.

With just one full-time and three part-time staffers, OWL relies on about 30 steady volunteers to run the centre.

But more are needed, especially dur-ing weekdays, says Day.

There are lots of jobs for people over age 13, such as bird care (involving lots of mice), cage maintenance, painting, carpentry and gardening.

A bigger worry is fundraising.On March 8, the B.C. Ministry of Hous-

ing and Social Development, which over-sees gaming grants, cut funding to the non-profi t society.

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Have you ever wondered what grandma’s China set that you inherited is worth or what the story is behind the wood box you picked up at a garage sale?

In May, you'll have an opportunity to find out. The Delta Museum and Archives will be hosting its annual Antique Identification and Appraisal Clinics on May 8.

Well-known antiques appraiser Al Bowen is able to identify and date objects from any historical period and will provide a detailed history, description and verbal appraisal of your objects. After your objects have been appraised, stick around, enjoy a cup of tea and hear about other people’s treasures.

So, rustle through the basement, dust off those collectibles and bring them to the Delta Museum and Archives. There are two sessions: 10 a.m. to 12 noon or 1 to 3 p.m. with both clinics being hosted at the Museum’s Annex building (4918 Delta Street) located two blocks north of the historical museum building.

The cost is $12 per person, which includes a verbal identification and appraisal of two objects. Additional objects are $5 each to a maximum of two additional objects. Observers are welcome at $5 per person.

Space is limited, so pre-registration and payment is required. Call 604-946-9322 or stop by the muse-um to purchase your ticket.

Join the community in support of Delta Hospital May 2 at the Delta Hospital Foundation's second annual Walk for Health.

Last year more than 280 walkers took part and raised more than $64,500. This year, sponsor MK Delta Lands will match pledges dollar for dollar up to $25,000.

Participants can walk two, five, or 10 km around the hospital grounds, starting at 10 a.m. There will also be a health and wellness fair featuring booths by community businesses and hospital departments.

Registration is free, but walkers must register in advance. Visit deltahospital.com or call 604-940-9695.

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A Delta Self Portrait: Photos of Delta by Deltans

Starting your Christmas shopping? Our current exhibit displays some of the most iconic photographs of Delta, all of which are available for purchase. These beautifully framed photographs include the option of gift wrapping and will be available for pick up as of December 18th. This unique gift idea is perfect for that special someone on your list.

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