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LOCAL NEWS AND HAPPENINGS mrtimes.com 604-463-2281 32 PAGES WITH REW

The concept for a newly launchedlocal mobile yoga business tookroot in the jungles of Costa Rica

Page A11

Emma Doucette,12, is partof Alouette

Elementarysgirls basketball

team. Emma wasin the middle ofthe group photo,holding the ball.

Troy Landreville/TIMES

A 12-year-old girl with arare disorder is just part ofthe team, and school, atAlouette Elementary.

by Troy [email protected]

Emma Doucette belongs.At Alouette Elementary, 12-

year-old Emma is a part of theschool community, helping outwith morning announcementson the Maple Ridge schoolsPA system two days a week.She also belongs to the

schools girls basketball team,getting just as much floor timeas her teammates and this

past Friday taking part ina practice in the gymnasiumjust after 7 a.m., as the outsideworld stirred awake.I like my new school and

my team, Emma said. I amvery happy to play basketball.Its this sense of belonging

for her daughter that pullsemotion from Debbie Doucette.This school is a model for

what inclusion in our schoolsshould look like, said Debbie,mom to Emma and 11-year-oldSamantha.Emma has a rare genetic

disorder called Prader-WilliSyndrome (PWS) and with it,comes many challenges in life.According to the Foundation

for Prader-Willi ResearchCanada, PWS occurs in about

one out of every 15,000 births.It affects males and females

with equal frequency andaffects all races and ethnicities.PWS is recognized as a com-mon genetic cause of childhoodobesity.PWS was first identified by

Swiss doctors Andrea Prader,Alexis Labhart, and HeinrichWilli in 1956.The common characteristics

defined in their initial reportincluded small hands and feet,abnormal growth and bodycomposition (small stature,very low lean body mass andearly onset childhood obesity),hypotonia at birth, insatiablehunger, extreme obesity, andintellectual disability.The syndrome in itself is

mind blowing, for lack ofa better statement, Debbieexplained.These kids will eat them-

selves to death because theyhave no satiety or genetic pro-gramming to tell them they arefull, she elaborated.Shes starving 24 hours a

day. My fridge is locked, ourcupboards are locked thesyndrome is very poorly mis-understood but it runs on theautistic spectrum, Mom added.This is only one of the major

challenges for people withPWS. The autism spectrumcan also include, among otherthings, morbid obesity, cogni-tive impairment, and emotionalbehaviour.

continued on page A17

Rare genetic disorder

Emmas journey all about inclusion

Teacher Deanne Iacobucci, one of two coaches withAlouette Elementarys girls basketball team, workedwith Emma Doucette on her shooting technique.

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Devices discoveredTwo homemade incendiary devises

found in a baseball diamond at TeloskyStadium in Maple Ridge last week haveprompted the local school district and firedepartment to issue alerts.

One of the improvised bombs hadalready blown, the other had burned out,when firefighters were called Feb. 2.

While officials advise against makingsuch devices and warn people not topick them up, if found, deputy fire chiefHoward Exner said its not somethingthat going to blow up a building or any-thing. But that said, he noted they canhave devastating effects.

RCMP are investigating. More at www.mrtimes.com

Willows owner locatedThe TIMES Facebook

has been inundatedwith comments sincethe owner of an emaci-ated Siberian Husky,Willow, was trackeddown by authorities.Willow was found in Maple Ridge Jan. 31.

More at www.mrtimes.com

Officer not chargedA former Ridge Meadows RCMP officer

will not be charged in connection with acrash east of Deroche on May 31, 2014.

The accident occurred when she waspulling over a few in a group of 30 to40 motorcyclists travelling west. Whenshe activated her emergency equipment,another oncoming motorcyclist apparent-ly lost control of his bike. Both he and hispassenger were dislodged, the driversuffering a broken leg and shoulder.

Local Mounties would not commenton the outcome of the review, but notedthe officer has since been transferred toanother detachment a move unrelatedto this investigation.

The full results of the CJB review areavailable online at www.mrtimes.com

Dishing out comedyTheatre in the Country has officially

become the primary leaseholder of theNorth Fraser Event Centre, meaning thethespians need more revenue to paythe rent. That translates to more shows,the newest debuting today called The39 Steps, a slapstick tale from AlfredHitchcock.


by Cole [email protected]

After a string of fatal crashes along theprovincial highway, the Maple Ridge mayoris calling for the province to step up to pro-vide funding for safety improvements alongthe Lougheed Highway corridor.It wont come as a shock to Maple Ridge

residents, but through data provided byICBCs interactive crash map, Lougheed

Highway stands out as far and away MapleRidges most dangerous stretch of road.Seven Lougheed Highway intersections

in Maple Ridge account for almost 2,000 of7,000 separate accidents recorded between2009 to 2013.Of those seven intersections, four are

actually west of 216 Street.Already having seen two fatal crashes this

year, the highway lived up to its reputationMonday after two cars collided along the

road right in front of Maple Ridge MayorNicole Read.Read was standing at the intersection of

Lougheed and the Haney Bypass (ICBCsdata identifies this intersection as the mostcrash-heavy in all of Maple Ridge), fieldingquestions from Vancouver media about theneed for increased safety along Lougheedafter two people died recently in separateaccidents within a week of each other.

continued on page A7

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Maple Ridge and PittMeadows marked B.C.Family Day with a variety ofevents on Feb. 9.For many in Maple Ridge

and Pitt Meadows, Family DayMonday was a time of rest andrelaxation.For others, including organ-

izers of a trio of communityevents on Feb. 9, it was equalparts hectic and fulfilling.South Bonson Community

Centre in Pitt Meadows hostedFamily Day activities with KatzieFirst Nations onMonday afternoon,featuring bannockmaking, arts andcrafts, and drumcircles.

Just before that,the centre was thesite of a pop-upmarket with jewelry,soaps and tea among the rangeof items available for purchase.And, at The ACT, families

crafted creative lanterns that willbe used for the Feb. 27 LanternFestival at Haney Place Mall.Also at The ACT, childrensentertainers Bobs and Lolo wereon The ACT stage in the after-noon.

Community event

Scads of family fununfolded onMonday

No, youre not seeing double. Theres only one of six-year-old Keira Camins, who enjoyedFamily Day fun at The ACT on holiday Monday, Feb. 9.

Above right Harmony Hill, three, wasa little drummer girl during Katzie First

Nations Family Day festivities. Below right The arts and crafts table was busy at TheACT on Monday, when the theatre hosted a

Family Day lantern making bonanza.

Vendors AndreaTurner of NewWestminsterand on SummerShouchuk ofDelta travelledto Pitt Meadowsfor a Family Dayweekend Pop-UpMarket at theSouth BonsonCommunity Centre.

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Newly elected mayor Nicole Readdelivered on one of her campaignpromises on Tuesday.by Cole [email protected]

The homeless need a hand.And after Tuesday nights coun-

cil meeting, Maple Ridges MayorNicole Read moved one stepcloser to having the team (and aplan) in place to help the Citysmost vulnerable residents.The first-time mayor delivered

on one of her campaign promises, as sheunveiled preliminary plans for her MayorsHomelessness Solutions Task Force.Currently comprised of Read, as well

as Councillors Bob Masse and GordyRobson, the task force is still in the earlystages Tuesdays announcement duringthe council meeting was decidedly low-key. Yet the update submitted to councilprovides a bit of insight into how the taskforce will move forward in addressing one

of Maple Ridges most persistent issues,Robson said.The document outlines three main prior-

ities for the task force: to increase accessto treatment for the drug addict-ed, to increase support for peoplewith mental illness, and to createa sense of health and safety in thecommunity.Robson said the next step for

the task force was to start joiningits efforts with different commun-ity groups, such as the CaringPlace.One of the goals for the task

force, according to the report, isto identify an immediate interim

shelter solution while longer-term solu-tions are being pursued.The task force will also favour pro-active

approaches to preventing homelessnessand drug abuse by developing a drug-edu-cation program aimed at youth.The clock has already started ticking

on the task force, which has been givenan estimated six-month-term to completeits research make its recommendations tocouncil.

Homelessness

Immediate solutions sought

Nicole ReadMaple Ridge mayor

Maple Ridge Mayor Nicole Read aimsto make City hall more accountable bybringing council into the 21st century.She outlined the work of her new

Mayors Open Government Task Forceduring Tuesday nights council meeting.The task force is makes two major

immediate recommendations.The first is to increase the number

of meetings available on the web vialivestream. And second, theyre directingstaff to go public with all current munici-pal contracts.Further, the mayor unveiled her per-

sonal blog last week on the municipalwebsite, which she promises will offerinsight into the day-to-day operations. More at www.mrtimes.com, search transparency

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Three ladies are celebratingthe joys of aging in HotFlashes, presented by theEmerald Pig TheatricalSociety.by Troy [email protected]

Co-stars who admittedly knowa little bit about the subject willbe playing out their experienceson stage, when Hot Flashescomes to Maple Ridge and PittMeadows, starting this weekend.Hot Flashes is a fast-paced,

highly original comedy inspiredby women about the adven-tures, anxieties and occasionalabsurdities of menopause andaging.Presented by the Emerald

Pig Theatrical Society, the playfeatures the women of FineWhine: Kathleen Hatley, RinaVarley, and Sharon Malone.If you are just about to enter

the post-ovarian epoch andready to set aside your repro-ductive tools, then it is time toparty, the Hot Flashes way withthe trio of Maple Ridge thes-pians.Hot Flashes kicks off this

Friday, Feb. 13, with a des-sert theatre at the Open DoorChurch, 11391 Dartford Street.Doors open at 7 p.m. with the

show starting at 8 p.m.Reserved tickets are $20 each

and are available at www.event-brite.ca.Then, on Valentines Day,

Feb. 14, an encore performanceis scheduled and this features adinner theatre at the Open Door

Church, with doors opening at6 p.m., dinner at 6:30 p.m., andthe show to follow at 8 p.m.Tickets for that presentation

are $20, and available at www.eventbrite.ca.The play is about the joys,

anxieties, tribulations, andabsurdities of menopause andaging from different perspec-tives, but basically from the per-spective of three aging women,explained Malone, the co-found-er and past-president of EmeraldPig, which is an anagram forMaple Ridge.Written several years ago by

Dori Appel and Carolyn Myers,Hot Flashes was presented by

the Emerald Pig in mid-October,2008 as a one-act festival piecefor Theatre BCs Actoberfest inPrince George.Malone, Hatley, and Varley

performed and also took homebest director(s), collectively,from the shorter version of theplay at Actoberfest.The three friends and co-actors

are thrilled to revisit their rolesstarting this weekend.Were very excited about

bringing back this new, revisedproduction, Malone said. Itsdifferent after six years beingaway from it.Malone said that she and

Hatley were in the danger age

when they first did the play in2009 and that Varley was thebaby of the group.Now that we

have all experi-enced the differ-ent stages, wehave more insightand hindsight tobring to each ofthe characters andthe production asa whole, Malonesaid.Malone, who

is also an experi-enced director,said putting on her actingpants once in a while and see-

ing if they still fit is a goodexperience.We learn something new

every time we get together,Malone said. We have a greattime. Really, its a labour of lovefor all three of us.Its not so much nervousness

as it is excitement and energythat drives the show for its threeco-stars, Malone said.The first performance can be

a little bit nerve-wracking butwere also doing it in a wholebunch of different locationsso well have to adapt eachperformance like its openingnight, Malone noted. Everyperformance is exciting. Theresan energy, an intangible qualityto every performance.Hot Flashes continues at two

different locations next weekend(Feb. 20-21).On Friday, Feb. 20 a din-

ner theatre is scheduled at theWesbrooke, 12000 190A Street.Doors open at 5:30 p.m. with

dinner served at 6 p.m. followedby the show at 7 p.m.Reserved tickets are $25 and

available at www.eventbrite.caand at the Wesbrooke.

On Saturday,Feb. 21, a mati-nee performancewith dessert is ontap at the RidgeMeadows SeniorsCentre, 12150224th Street.Doors open at

1:30 p.m. withthe show startingat 2 p.m.More about Hot

Flashes is avail-able online at www.emeraldpig.ca.

Community theatre

Emerald Pig gal pals revisit theirHot Flashes

On stage cooling off with their fans are Hot Flashes co-stars Kathleen Hatley, Rina Varley, and Sharon Malone.

Hot FlashesThis weekendFriday, Feb. 13 at Open DoorChurch, doors open at 7 p.m.Saturday, Feb. 14 at Open DoorChurch, doors open at 6 p.m.,dinner served at 6:30 p.m.Link to tickets, at $20 each, atwww.emeraldpig.ca.

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invited to help create aguided video tour of HarrisRoad. Then, on Feb 28,Norman speaks at the PittMeadows Library about thehistory and heritage behindHarris Road.


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for drivers in the City, Read saidto the Global BC news reporter,describing the stretch of Highway 7that runs east to Mission.Mid-sentence, she turned to see a

fender bender between two vehiclesturning right onto the highway.We need the province to show

up with funding to improve safetyalong the Maple Ridge stretch ofLougheed, she said after the crash.Because the highway is a provin-

cial route, any safety improvementsfall under the jurisdiction of theprovincial government.Weve initiated several conver-

sations with the province aboutLougheed but we need an ongoingdialogue, she said.The mayor will meet with Doug

Bing, MLA for Maple Ridge and PittMeadows, next Friday, Feb. 20 todiscuss a variety of issues. Potential

safety upgrades to LougheedHighway will definitely be one ofthe topics, according to Read.Bing said that he would act as

soon as possible to forward anyof the mayors concerns aboutthe highway to the Ministry ofTransportation.Whenever there is a

fatal crash, the Ministry ofTransportation looks overthe RCMP incident reportto consider any possiblesafety recommendations,Bing told The TIMES.However, the crashes

on Lougheed happenedso recently, the ministryhas yet to receive RCMPreports, he said.[Lougheed] has been an area of

concern for around 10 years now,added Bing.ICBC data tells a similar tale about

Pitt Meadows, where the four most

crash-heavy intersections haveone thing in common: LougheedHighway.Harris Road and Lougheed topped

the Pitt Meadows list with 539 acci-dents, 189 more than the next clos-est intersection.

Pitt Meadows is currentlyin the midst of a Ministryof Transportation study ofthe Lougheed Highway cor-ridor, according to MayorJohn Becker.He hopes the study will

present a couple of low-cost, but highly effectivesafety improvements toLougheed, such as safetydividers along the southside of the road.

The reality is, you could neverspend enough money to prevent allof the tragedies, but you can reducethem with cost-effective solutions,said Becker.

Lougheed Highway study includes look into safety

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plenty of work trying to unloadmansions of rich people desper-ate to get their cash in hand andget out of Dodge. The provincialgovernment there is having con-niption fits about the prospect ofa recession. A lot of transplantedNewfies, British Columbians, and others whohave flocked to the oil patch are considering areturn ticket.Maybe Albertas oil economy will bounce back.

Maybe the price of oil will shoot up again nextmonth and well all be whining about paying$1.50 a litre again, and guys in Fort MacMurraycan return to fretting about which skidoo goesbest with their new truck.Or maybe not. Weve been here before, after

all. Remember the 1980s, when the first partyended, and Alberta led the nation in foreclosuresand bankruptcies.For years, weve looked east over the Rockies

with envy. Since the 1990s, Alberta has beenon a tear, and it looked like oil was the way togo, hence our current governments continuedenthusiasm for that related hydrocarbon, liqui-fied natural gas.Here in B.C., a lot of our identity also relies

on the big extractive resources that make for funDiscovery Channel reality shows fishing, log-ging, and mining.Logging employed 18,700 people in 2013,

down from 27,000 just 10 years before. Andbelieve it or not, that industry has bounced backa bit since the recession.Mining, oil, and gas employs 29,500 people,

and it is increasing, but its still a tiny fraction ofthe B.C. workforce.

By comparison, 15,200 peoplework in publishing in this prov-ince. We hear a lot about howwe need to support mining, abouthow its a priority for the gov-ernment. Yet when was the lasttime you heard anything fromVictoria about book publishing?Or about performing arts (19,300people employed) or furniturestores (10,900) or sporting goods,hobby, and book stores (13,600)or food manufacturing (23,700)?A full 258,000 people work in

retail in B.C., one way or another, selling every-thing from cans of pop to heavy equipment.To be fair, there are some reasons to support

those charismatic extractive industries theytend to have a lot of subsidiary industries thatfeed off them. Extractive industries are like thepointy end of an inverted pyramid, with bigchunks of the rest of the economy balanced ontheir shoulders.The thing about an inverted pyramid? Its

unstable. And if that narrow little base goes,everything above it takes a tumble, too.To be fair, the B.C. government loves to talk

up small business and diversified business gener-ally. But the minute someone talks about oil orforestry, you can watch the heads swivel in thelegislature, even though health care and manu-facturing outweigh those extractive industries bya wide margin.I think we need to focus on the exact opposite

of those high-profile industries. Lets aim square-ly for building a pyramid the right way up. Letsbuild an economy based around pointless, evensilly jobs.The fluffy, goofy industries, like making video

games and movies, tourism, and health and well-ness, are less vulnerable to sudden shifts in theprice of oil or minerals, to free trade deals andforeign wars. Theyll never be as sexy as loggingand mining, but theyre a better long-term bet.

Opinion

A8 Thursday, February 12, 2015

Our View

Young driverson deadly road

Americans who feared that PresidentBarack Obama was going to institute aCanadian-style health care system com-plete with Canadian-style death pan-els had it partway right but a longway wrong.

There is a death panel in B.C.But its actually a Death Review

Panel. And its not about who will dieand who gets to live by receiving over-generous hand-outs from a supposedlyovergenerous government health careplan its about finding out why somany of our young people die on ourhighways. And its about trying to fig-ure out how to save them, apparentlyfrom themselves.

The B.C. Coroners Service this weekreleased the Death Review Panelsreport studying 106 young motorvehicle drivers who died in traffic acci-dents in B.C. from 2004 to 2013.

Most of those 106 were young men boys, really who were between 17and 18 years of age.

Not at all surprisingly, the panelsreview showed that speed, impairment,lack of seatbelt use, and inexperiencewere common contributing factors.

Panel chair Michael Egilson notedthat the Graduated Licensing Program,since 1998, has led to a reduction in thenumbers of deaths of young drivers onB.C.s roads, but traffic incidents remainthe leading cause of death among youngpeople aged 15 to 18 years.

Egilson, whose panel was man-dated, in part, to see if the GraduatedLicensing Program for new drivers canbe enhanced, stressed the importanceof not only involving youth themselves,but also their parents and guardians infinding solutions to help reduce the dev-astating death toll.

Perhaps, from the American anti-healthcare crusaders point of view,it should have been named an Anti-Death Panel. In any case, it behoovesus all to support its worthy objective: tofind a way to help young drivers pastthat deadly stretch of road.

B.G.

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A raid on a Maple Ridge drug houseFriday is part of the local Mountiescrackdown on drug dealing in Haney. Itnetted a bushel of drugs and led to thearrest of nine people. Readers reacted:

Its still a crime first and foremost, andId be thrilled to see these dirt bags shutdown, and if I lived there, off my street.

Rochelle Scrivener

Thats my street! I think theres only acouple crack dens left now. Its good theyrefinally cleaning it up. Dana Pothecary

One closes, three open. Pat Skelley

When will we see drug use as a publichealth issue and not a crime? The waron drugs is costing us all dearly whenwe pay the tax man so that the RCMPcan spend thousands of dollars on thesesilly raids that really do no effect on thecommunity other than not having to seethe addicts ride their bikes up the streetto the local dealer. Social aid, rehab andeducation are the key not badges, court,and sentencing. Im sick of paying for thisnonsense thats never gonna stop with thisapproach. Grant Schoenit

Thank you RCMP... Keep it up! Robert Tremblay

Time to move to Langley, for sure. Lol. Tori Kell

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Dear Editor,I believe that not only do we need better

lighting at certain intersections, mymain concern is the pedestrian cross-walks from 222nd to 240th Streetson Dewdney Trunk Road.On any given day, especially at

night when its raining, it is verydifficult to even see the low-lightedcrosswalk signs, let alone the ped-estrians using them. If the pedestrian is ofa short stature and/or disabled in a wheel-chair makes, it even more difficult.

With the growing population, I wouldthink these crosswalks could be upgraded to

flashing yellow caution lights. Iveseen many in small towns, and evenrural areas for numerous years, witha lot less pedestrian traffic.The wiring and structure to enable

such a safety measure is alreadyin place. The cost to facilitate sucha safety measure would be moneywell spent, and outweigh the cost of

an accident possibly resulting in a fatality.R.J. Resek, Maple Ridge

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Dear Editor,If your editorial com-

ment [ContributionsAppreciated, Feb. 3 OurView, TIMES] was meant asan attempt to offer a tributeto Randy Kamps services asour MP in Ottawa, it was atbest a back-handed compli-ment, with only the last twoparagraphs saying anythingpositive about him.But if it was not a tribute,

it was blatantly biased.That some will be happy

to see him go is a given. In

our adversarial system ofgovernment, those peopleare the opposition.As for you, the editor not

always seeing eye to eyewith Randy Kamp, so what?I often dont see eye to eyewith your opinions, either.You mention the Iron

Horse issue, but I say$450,000 per year for fivebeds in a safe house forat-risk youth, a number ofwhom are not even fromour community, is very poorvalue for the dollars.

You give too much creditto Mr. Kamp, by insinuatingthat he could single-handed-ly provide that money. Thefederal government decidedthe money is better spent ona revised program.And the same goes for the

pension issue, judged byyou to be healthy, which itis, but earned under the sys-tem in place at this time.Why did you not empha-

size that Randy Kampearned three re-elections,instead of a one-line offhandcomment?We have only good things

to say about Randy Kamp.He has always been access-ible. He never failed toanswer my questions withhonesty and understanding,and he has always beenaccessible to meet us andothers when in town.Walter Verwoerd, Maple Ridge

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Dog parks

Waste bag disposal mistakeDear Editor,News item from the other day said theyre discontinuing

dog waste bags [Waste bags no longer part of dog parkspackage, Jan. 29, TIMES]. Bad decision, I think. There are, Isuspect, too many people who just wont bother.

Robert Stirling, Maple Ridge

Maple Ridge

Tree bylaw adds taxDear Editor,We cant stop someone from cut-

ting down a tree, but we can make themget a permit, said Maple Ridge CityEnvironmental Technician Gail Szostek[Tree bylaw rushed through in specialmeeting, Feb. 5, TIMES]. So, all we are talk-ing about here is adding a new tax.The City needs to review land clearing,

but do I have to pay another tax to cutdown a tree for firewood every year or two?I live on Thorn Hill, an urban reserve that

will some day house 10,000 people. Whenthat happens, my two acres will definitelybe clear-cut, in the name of progress.

Darrell Devries, Maple Ridge

Transit referendum

Tax hurts businessDear Editor,A yes vote on the TransLink referendum

will hurt Maple Ridge businesses. Consumerretail and gas leakage to Mission to avoidthe tax is a small part of it.Businesses that procure items will pur-

chase from out-of-region to save the tax.Building materials are a prime example:

builders spend hundreds of thousands ofdollars on items delivered to the job site.In low-margin, highly competitive busi-

nesses, a 0.5 per cent penalty over competi-tors is deadly. We have already heard theyes sides pleas to think of our grandchil-dren, children, puppies, and the less fortun-ate. I will counter with my plea for businessowners and employees in Maple Ridge.

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At the beginningof February, MapleRidge resident KaylaIsaaks launchedher own business,Nomadic Yoga, aftertaking a teachertraining courseand receiving hercertification in CostaRica.

As she was taxieddown a dirt roadin the middle ofthe Costa Ricanjungle last fall, MapleRidge resident KaylaIsaaks, ,she said had noidea what to expect.Isaaks who started her

own yoga business here intown at thebeginningof February was thereto begin herfour-week,yoga teachertraining.On the

trip, shemet amaz-ing people,and said theexperience was wild in allsenses.In fact, living wildly

became the tagline for hernew business: NomadicYoga.For Isaaks, the creation

of her business is the cul-mination of a journey thatreally began during herthird year of university inKamloops.I had dabbled in yoga

at that point, but I wasntgoing on a regular basis,she explained.A dancer for 13 years of

her life, Isaaks had alwaysused dance as an outletfor her energy, as well asa way to relax, but once inuniversity, no longer hadthat outlet, she explained.

She discovered a newly-opened yoga studio inKamloops, and beganregularly attending on adrop-in basis. I wouldfeel noticeably calmer aftera class, she recalled.She began doing some

promotional work at theuniversity for the local

studio, andthats whenshe firstthought thatshe couldsee herselfin this busi-ness.After she

graduated in2013, Isaaksworked a ser-ies of season-

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fell through last fall, Isaaksdecided she had the choiceto wallow, or make thebest of it.It was then she started

researching yoga teachertraining on the Internetand discovered Frog LotusYoga International, whichwas offering courses inCosta Rica.I debated for a bit, but

eventually went for it,she said. It was superfun.Upon her return to

Canada, with her teach-ing certificate in hand,Isaaks said she wantedto create an offering that

people could really getsomething from, and that Icould get something fromas well.It was to the point where

she could either work ata studio, or start her ownbusiness, Isaaks explained,and she went with the lat-ter option.Shes quick to note

however, that her busi-ness isnt confined to onephysical space, hence thename, Nomadic.It goes wherever I go,

she said.Isaaks is trained in

Vinyasa or Flow yoga.Its basically linking

every movement with abreath cue, she said. Iteach all levels, from first-timers to advanced.She launched her busi-

ness via Facebook on Feb.1, after about three weeksof preparation, and thispast Tuesday, she taughther first class.It was great; lots of

fun, she said afterwards.It was a hotbox cardiodetox, and it went reallygood.Reflecting back, Isaaks

said starting her own busi-ness and doing somethinglike this wasnt ever reallyon the radar before.But hey, when youre

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Iwas sitting havinglunch with relativesfrom Burnaby andCoquitlam and the talkturned to the leftovers onour plates.They were bragging

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gest the issue will take careof itself with private com-panies offering us state-of-the-art choices in the nextfew months. But, theresure seems to be plentyof confusion amongst thepeople I talk to.Potato peels and chicken

bones are a big topic ofconversation these days,where any get togetherdevolves into a debateabout what the heck wewere going to do with ourleftovers.Maple Ridge has always

been ahead of the curvewhen it comes to recycling.Thanks to the few dedi-cated and forward-thinkingamong us, we were wellahead of other commun-ities when it came to sort-ing through our cans andbottles before it becameall the rage.And I must be honest,

its not right but I haveonly been half listening thepast few years as coun-cillors and others tut tutabout changes we need or dont need to garbagepick-up in Maple Ridge.I sympathize with the

long-held sentiment againstthe idea of municipalgarbage pick-up. Beingresponsible for your owngarbage means you thinktwice about what youthrow away and hopefullywhat you buy in the firstplace. But I get that somepeople disagree.Believe me, out here in

the boondocks we knowgarbage. Stories about howwe collect, store, and getrid of our garbage havebeen part of the everydayconversation here forever.We compost. We put our

leftover meat and dairygarbage in the freezer untilthe weekend when we lineup at the dump, recyclingdepot, and now green bins.We stop buying things

that dont recycle or com-

post.But, this is where I agree

with our Metro relatives.If you are going to insistyour residents start pay-ing even more attention totheir garbage, just like theircountry cousins, you betterbe ready to deal with theeffects.

I dont know who willbe driving those trucksdown the streets of MapleRidge in the next year pick-ing up the green waste.But, the municipality bettermake sure every house,whether they can afford itor not, has a secure greenbin to roll out to the curb.And the urban residents

Ive talked to want toknow a lot more aboutwhat is expected of them.Private companies might

be doing the pick-up, butthe municipality needs tobe completely involved inrolling out some kind ofmore cohesive plan. See a full version of Lynn Eastons

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The side vents are better-executed than some of theGerman competition, the grille isnt so large as to beoverbearing but adds a nice bright spot of chrome, andthe snarling, red-ringed Jaguars head in front takesthe place of beat-you-over-the-head-with-it aggressionyou nd in other marquees. Its an older design, but onethats aged well.

This being the Luxury model, the wheel choice is a 19multi-spoke alloy thats again not all that fussy. If youdlike your cats-paws to have a little more claw, the Sportversions have really great-looking 20 grey wheels.

Environment:Powering up the XF is done by pressing a beating redstarter button for a second or so, causing the engine tore and the air-vents to slowly rotate open. Its a neat bitof theatre, similar to that found inside the F-Type.

However, the XF is a bit more like the now-defunct XKcoupe on the inside. Theres nothing about the interior thatjumps out at you as awow factor, and the navigation andinfotainment screen is a little on the small side.

Theres Old World, and then theres getting a little bitold. The XF was launched in 2008 as a 2009 model,and on the inside at least, its now outstyled by thecompetition.

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Feb 12-Mar. 7: Theatre Hitchcock meets slap-stick in an adaption ofAlfred Hitchcocks novel,The 39 Steps, as performedby Maple Ridges Theatre inthe Country. Four actors tellthe tale, as they perform as120 different characters.Info:www.theatreinthecountry.com.

Feb 12: Meeting Ex-servicewomen meetthe second Thursday of eachmonth from Sept. to June,downstairs at the RoyalCanadian Legion in MapleRidge. A light lunch is servedat noon, and the meetingstarts at 1 p.m. New mem-bers are always welcome.

Feb 12: HUB cycling Join the HUB Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows committee attheir monthly meeting at theMaple Ridge Library in theAlouette Room, from 6:45 to8:45 p.m., to discuss cyclingissues in the community.

Feb 12: Wellness London Drugs hostsa Nutrition and YourMetabolism clinic from 10a.m. to 6 p.m. at Valley FairMall. London Drugs phar-

macists will deliver one-on-one consultation on how toset and achieve goals of ahealthy lifestyle and bettereating habits. $15 admission.

Feb 13, 14: Hot Flashes Open Door Church inMaple Ridge hosts HotFlashes: A Valentines dinnertheatre show. Feb. 13 showat 8 p.m., doors at 7. On Feb.14, doors open at 6 p.m.,dinner is at 6:30, and show isat 8. Tickets: $20 Info: www.eventbrite.ca.

Feb 14: Wine tour Get a tour of local winer-ies and help support the freeand affordable programsoffered by the CEED Centre.Tour takes place from 10:30a.m. to 4 p.m., and departsfrom the CEED Centre, 11739223rd St. Admission is $65per person, and includeswine tasting from four winer-ies, light lunch, and transpor-tation.

Feb 14: Sarah Slean Three-time JUNO awardnominee Sarah Slean per-forms at The ACT duringher only B.C. performance.Tickets are $35 for adults,$30 for seniors, and $15 for

students. Showtime is 8 p.m.

Feb 14: Glitz Putting on the Glitz dressdrive takes place at HaneyPlace Mall, from 10 a.m. to 3p.m. Donate your gently usedgrad/prom dress or tuxedo toa future graduating student,who would not otherwise beable to attend their grad cere-mony due to financial con-straints. Info: 604-476-2821,or email [email protected]

Feb 16: Garden club Pitt Meadows GardenClub meets at 7 p.m. at PittMeadows Community Hall.Speaker is Mike Lascelle fromAmsterdam Greenhouses.Drop-in fee is $2. Everyonewelcome.

Feb 17: Footloose Garibaldi InterdisciplinaryArts Academy presentsFootloose: The Musical. Theshow runs from Feb. 17 tothe 21. Curtain is at 7:30p.m. Adults: $17, Studentsand Seniors $15. Ticketsavailable at Little CricketGallery, 22347 LougheedHwy. Maple Ridge, Willcall at Garibaldi Secondary,247

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