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Fences fall at VolkerPark and the off-leash dog areais no more…
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First-degreeverdict givenAdam Deboo was found guiltyof murdering Brandon Howson.by Jennifer SaltmanSpecial to The TIMES
After almost two days of delib-eration, a B.C. Supreme Court juryfound Adam Deboo guilty of thefirst-degree murder of BrandonHowson.
The verdict was delivered Fridaymorning in New Westminster.
Howson, 26, was found dead in afield in Pitt Meadows on the mor-ning of Jan. 31, 2012.
Shortly after his arrest less thana week after Howson’s body wasfound, Deboo admitted to aninvestigator with the IntegratedHomicide Investigation Team thathe had killed Howson. The issue attrial was whether Deboo murderedHowson or acted in self-defence.
On Jan. 30, 2012, Deboo textedHowson and offered to sell himsome oxycodone. Howson traffickedin prescription drugs, and Deboohad a prescription for the painkiller.
When Howson and Deboo met,Deboo killed Howson in his vehicleusing a machete he had broughtwith him. Howson’s body wasdumped in the field in Pitt Meadowsand then Deboo asked a friend tobuy a jerry can of gas and meethim at Stave Lake. Deboo set fireto Howson’s SUV with the macheteinside.
Four days later he was caughtspeeding near Spences Bridge andarrested for breaching his bail con-ditions. He was arrested for murderon Feb. 4 and interviewed the nextday.
He told police that he killedHowson because he had no choice,that he owed Howson money, andHowson had threatened him andhis family. He said he broughtthe machete to his meeting withHowson because of Howson’s repu-tation as an enforcer in the drugtrade who associated with gang-sters.
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The investigation into a fireon Friday is still ongoing.
by Maria [email protected]
A man was found dead in atownhouse late Thursday nightafter a fire ripped through theunit.
On Friday morning, policeand firefighters were on scenein the 12000 block of 207AAvenue investigating the endunit of a townhouse complexthat was gutted by a fire.
The coroner’s office was alsoinvolved in the investigation.
Tiffany Windsor heard acrackling noise around 11 p.m.and when she saw flames com-ing from the home across thestreet from her, rushed outwith a phone to call 9-1-1.
Another neighbour,
Christiane Bertrand, alsorushed out and started yelling“fire.”
“I came out and there wasnobody and I screamed,”Bertrand said. “The adrenalinkicked in.”
Windsor ran to the adjacenttownhome and grabbed a hosewithout a nozzle and, usingher finger, started spraying.
But the building was soengulfed, there wasn’t muchthe neighbours could do,Windsor said.
“It’s hard to swallow know-ing someone was in there,” shesaid when surveying the dam-age the next morning.
Six fire trucks and about twodozen firefighters responded tothe call, said assistant fire chiefMark Smitton who was at thescene of the burnt townhomeon Friday morning.
It took about 15 to 20 min-utes to “knock down” the fire
and then they proceeded tosearch the building, he said.
“The police are investigatingto make sure there isn’t anyfoul play,” Smitton said Friday.
After that,firefighterswill try to fig-ure out howthe fire start-ed, which typ-ically wouldbe smoking,electrical, orsomethingburning likea candle,Smittonadded.
Police weretalking toneighboursand otherpeople in the area, said RidgeMeadows RCMP Insp. DanSplinter.
On Monday, fire chief Dane
Spence said the fire was stillbeing investigated.
Since last year, all homesin B.C. are required to havesmoke alarms, Smitton pointed
out.“Always
make sure youhave a work-ing fire alarm,”Smitton said,pointing outthat no onewakes up tothe smell ofsmoke, butthey do whenthey hear analarm.
Anyone withinformationabout the fireshould call the
Ridge Meadows RCMP at 604-463-6251, CrimeStoppers at 1-800-222-8477, or leave a tip atwww.solvecrime.ca.
Emergency services
Man found dead in burnt home
Assistant fire chiefMark Smitton wason the scene of afire in west MapleRidge where aman was founddead.
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Investigators were on the second floorof a burnt unit on Friday morning.
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“An interchange at Harris Roadand Lougheed Highway wouldsolve the traffic bottleneck…[it] should include an overpassfor Harris Road traffic.”
Dave MurrayPitt Meadows Councillor
“How about we do this – wefocus on what we can do withinour own jurisdiction… We give
people the option to go towork without leaving the City.”
Gwen O’ConnellPitt Meadows Councillor
“We need some sort of a passover or traffic roundabout toenable traffic to keep moving
on Lougheed Highway atHarris Road…”
Tracy MiyashitaPitt Meadows Councillor
“We will continue to lobby foran interchange to improvethis intersection, but we alsoneed to improve traffic issuesby reducing congestion…”
Janis ElkertonPitt Meadows Councillor
“As funding remains with theprovincial government (MOTI),we need to lobby our MLA andMinister of Transportation tofund this critical need.”
Deb WaltersPitt Meadows Mayor
“Working with senior levelsof government and TransLink,we will continue to lobby forimprovements… that will havethe least financial impact onour taxpayers.”
How can Pitt Meadowssolve the trafficbottleneck at Harris Roadand Lougheed Highway?
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Parents and kids came to Maple Ridge Elementary on Friday and served striking teachers an appreciation lunch.
Teachers continuemanning the picket lineswhile contract talks stall.by Maria [email protected]
Parents at Maple RidgeElementary praised theirteachers and, vice versa,teachers praised the parentadvisory council for going“above and beyond.”
The backdrop to thismutual admiration is an on-going, entrenched labour
dispute between the B.C.Teachers’ Federation and theprovincial government, with16 months of negotiations,rotating strikes by teachers,and a full-scale strike that’sentering its second week.
Despite the fact teacherswere behind picket lines, theschool’s parents wanted toshow their appreciation ofthe teachers and organizeda luncheon on the sidewalkoutside the school on Friday.
This was meant as a “littlethank you for the teachersfor caring so much,” saidSabrina Harker, one of the
parents helping organize thelunch.
“We have an amazinggroup of teachers – they’refantastic,” said Harker, whohas three children in theschool.
“We have a ridiculouslysupportive PAC,” said MapleRidge Elementary teacherScott McCafferty. “Ours goesabove and beyond.”
According to a educationministry spokesperson, theBCTF and BCPSEA haven’tbeen at the table sincearound halfway through lastweek.
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An open house will be held thisThursday afternoon at municipal hall.by Maria [email protected]
The District will be undertaking the nextphase of its downtown enhancement andis focusing on Lougheed Highway between224th and 226th streets and on Selkirk by theThrifty’s parking lot.
Ivona Lisek is the manager of the Bibles forMissions Thrift Store on Lougheed Highway,and while she said the sidewalk is old anduneven on Lougheed Highway, her biggerconcern is Selkirk where there is no side-walk.
“Customers basically walk on the road,”she said, adding that it’s a part of the centreof the city and it “should look better.”
An open house on the proposed improve-ments will be held on Thursday, June 26from 4 to 8 p.m. in the lobby area of MapleRidge municipal hall, 11995 Haney Pl., MapleRidge. Questions can be directed to RachelOllenberger at 604-467-7326.
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Ivona Lisek is the store manager at Bibles for MissionsThrift Store on Lougheed Highway.
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A local aboriginal group organizedan event that took place as part of anation-wide day of recognition.by Eric [email protected]
There were crafts, bannock, trad-itional dances, and cultural demon-strations on the agenda as nationalAboriginal Day was marked in MapleRidge on Saturday.
And Memorial Peace Park was theplace to be, as both locals and vis-itors came to be part of the day.
One of the visitors was Tina Jarret,a social worker from Mission.
Visiting with her daughter Ella and herhusband, Tina explained that she’d beento a few national Aboriginal Day events.
But it was Ella’s first time.“She did some aboriginal stuff in
school,” Tina explained.“She tried bannock and stuff, and want-
ed to come check this out.”As for Ella’s thoughts on the day?“It was good,” she said.“There’s always something going on,”
said Maple Ridge resident Lee Teare.Teare was visiting the market and
checking out the events with his twokids. He explained both children areaboriginal, along with their mom.
“They actually know a lot of thepeople here,” he said.
The event was put on by theFraser River All Nations AboriginalSociety, (FRANAS,) chaired byJoanne Foote.
“It’s very nice to share the diversityand culture of indigenous people,” Footesaid.
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Marcel Lafond and Rebecca Lee shared a laugh during a work party Thursday afternoon at Volker Park’s former off-leash area in Maple Ridge.
A work party was held onThursday to dismantle the fencesurrounding the off-leash area.by Troy Landreville and Eric [email protected]
The dismantling of a fence hasmarked a major victory for foes ofan off-leash dog area at Volker Park.
By 3 p.m. Thursday, June 19,much of the wire fencing sat on theground, leaving the posts next to fallduring a “mend the fences” workparty at the park close to Laity ViewElementary.
The parks commission met June12 – two days after the off-leash areaofficially closed, and David Boag,director of parks and facilities forMaple Ridge and Pitt Meadows, saidthere was “good representation from
the Volker neighbourhood, as wellas current off-leash park patrons.”
Maple Ridge council had forward-ed a recommendation to the com-mission to consider keeping Volkeropen until an alternate site wasestablished, but in the end, the com-mission made the decision to staywith their original plan.
Rebecca Lee, who championedkeeping the dog area status quoand created a Facebook page for thecause, helped out with the dismant-ling as a gesture of goodwill.
Lee, the owner of a chihuahua/pug and German shepherd/ridgebackwill look to alternative areas to takeher dogs out for some exercise.
“The idea is for both sides to cometogether and create something posi-tive from something that was reallynegative,” she said about the workparty.
“And to show that people can
work together as a community ofdiffering opinions.”
Area resident Marcel Lafondstressed that he isn’t against dogparks, but Volker Park wasn’t theright location.
“There were always dogs comingto this park, but it didn’t get theconcentration [it does now],” hesaid, citing noise from dogs, theirowners, and their owners’ cars asthe biggest issues for taking downthe park.
Now, three new potential siteshave been chosen: Westview Park,Upper Maple Ridge Park, and TolmiePark.
“Staff submitted a report recom-mending that staff be further dir-ected to investigate the three sites…and to engage the residents in theareas close to [the parks,]” he said.
Lee said she’s excited about theprospect of the new dog parks.
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OpinionA6 Tuesday, June 24, 2014
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Popular sportworth dollars
Eyes around the world are glued totelevision sets, mobile phones, and web-streaming computers.
Sports bars are filled to overflowing,and home entertainment systems are litup at the oddest hours.
And of course, the stadia in Brazil areloaded with excited soccer – actually,make that football – fans.
The Twitterverse, Facebook pages,and a host of other social media areawash in chatter and shared imagesof the single largest and most popularsport on the planet, as patriots andex-pats alike cheer for their teams asthough the very fate and future of theirhomelands hang in the balance.
Soccer has become the number oneinternational sport, with the quadren-nial World Cup event fixing the imagin-ations of billions of people from everycontinent (yes, they’re certainly payingattention even in Antarctica).
By dint of soccer’s huge fandom,FIFA – the Federation Internationale deFootball Association – has become oneof the most influential and powerfulorganizations in the world.
Like the International OlympicCommittee, FIFA has the power tochange countries. And like the IOC,while it has exercised that power attimes to fight racisim and ethnicism andmake other positive political changes(when pushed hard enough), it’s realexercise of power has been to makemoney – for its sponsors.
For instance, as a condition of host-ing this year’s World Cup, FIFA forcedBrazil to relax its alcohol consumptionlaws – for Budweiser’s sponsorship.
As for its human rights accomplish-ments, FIFA has lost any of its credibil-ity on that score with the virtual sale ofthe 2022 World Cup to Qatar – a coun-try where humanity is nothing morethan another saleable commodity.
Ole! Ole ole ole!– B.G.
I was thinking about freedomof speech – especially the thingswe can say about our politicalleadership without significantfear of legal retaliation – whenit occurred to me: I love coinci-dences.
For instance, today we can saypretty much whatever we wishabout the royal family, theirclose – and distant – relatives,our government, or the bureau-crats who run our government.
Standards of defamation forthe royals and their political appendages arereally no more stringent than they are for bad-mouthing your neighbour.
But not so long ago, I could have been chargedwith High Treason and had my head lopped offfor saying as little as what I’ve already implied:that the queen, her offspring, or even the primeminister are ordinary people, and that it’s actual-ly the bureaucrats (gasp!) who run the govern-ment.
Worse than that, take it back a couple of cen-turies, and I could have been hanged, drawn,and quartered for writing and making public theabove few paragraphs.
It is more gruesome than it sounds, to behanged, drawn and quartered. Or hanged,drawn, and quartered. That extra comma appar-ently might make the difference of being drawn(dragged behind a horse) to the scaffold whereyou are hanged almost to death before being cutto pieces, or having your entrails drawn fromyour body while you are still barely alive afterthe hanging and before you are cut to pieces andyour pieces are hung in carefully chosen publicplaces, to ensure that the viewing public gets themessage: don’t say bad things about the folkswho have put themselves in charge of your life.
Here’s where a delicious coincidence makes itsentrance.
Ever hear of a guy name Edward Snowden?He’s the guy that half the world’s politicians and
bureaucrats would like to… well…hang, draw and quarter (or hang,draw, and quarter) for disseminat-ing huge amounts of informationthat the politicians and bureau-crats would rather you didn’tknow – partly because of nationalsecurity, but mostly because itmakes them look stupid.
Britain’s definition of HighTreason and its devilish punish-ment (which eased up a bit overthe past two centuries, in that thedeath sentence was eventually
administered in less tortuous fashion, and finallyremoved in 1998) stemmed from an incidentmore centuries ago in which – drum roll, please!– one Lord Snowdon was accused and executedfor committing treason against one King Edward.
Okay, the Edward/Snowden coincidence istenuous, at best. But it’s at least as significantas a correlation manufactured from a study of ahandful of hand-picked autistic children used tofuel an anti-vaccination movement that has tor-tured and destroyed many young lives.
The power of coincidental – or spurious – cor-relation is like a religion, in a society that ismore and more anti-science (and anti-sense).
Like those who might think they could lowerthe divorce rate in Maine by eating less margar-ine in the USA (a spurious correlation of 99 percent in the years from 2000 to 2009), the anti-vaxxers continue citing the autism-link studydespite the fact that the correlation has beendisavowed even by the anti-vaxxers who cham-pioned the study as the basis for their anti-vac-cination campaign.
I know that last sentence was a bit convolutedand probably makes about as much sense as theanti-vaxxers themselves.
But really, there’s no talking sense to thosefolks, anyway. The correlation between anti-vaxxers and stupidity is not spurious.
So hang me – but please, no drawing andquartering!
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Odd Thoughtsby Bob Groeneveld
Correlation purely coincidental
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Dear Editor,Volker Park was designed
to be a shared space tobring a community together.
The parks commissionfailed to notice that VolkerDog Park brought together1,200 dog owners whocome to the dog park allyear around, to socializeand train abandoned andadopted dogs, offering theselovely creatures the com-pany of their own kind.
There is no doubt thatVolker Dog Park was nothandled by the parks and
recreation commission withdue diligence or fairness,from the initial consultationwithin the immediate neigh-bourhood prior to resurrect-ing the fence, to the obviousfast-tracking of the decisionto dismantle it.
We already know thatdogs and dog owners willpay for this decision social-ly. But who will pay for thisdecision fiscally? How muchwill this cost the people ofMaple Ridge in future taxes?
Councillor Cheryl Ashlieforwarded a last-ditch effort
to appeal asking Kelly Swift,recreation general manager,and the parks and recreationcommission to implement“control strategies” suchas posting specific “timesof usage” at Volker Park,as well as allowing thedog park to remain activeand open until a replace-ment has been found and isaccessible to the public.
Did this request soundunreasonable in any way?
Walk out your door todayand really take the time tolisten; it won’t take long tounderstand that we cannotescape noise.
Singling out one particularsound, such as a dog bark-ing, does not make a lot ofsense when you can sup-posedly tolerate all the othersounds.
Noise, cited as the “main”reason for the decision,was ignored, until a fewunstable people started todeal with the issue by tryingto poison and murder dogsin our community.
P. Justus, Maple Ridge
Volker Park
Dog area brought community together
Dear Editor,I enjoyed the “Gabriola Effect” letter
[Gabriola effect works on the mind, April 15Letters, TIMES]. The writer gets A-plus fordramatic writing, but F for research.
The smart meter transmits between 9,600-190,000 times per day, in millisecond burststhat occur 24/7/365. The signal can carry
for up to three kilometres and penetrate theground up to three feet.
Signals from hundreds to thousands ofmeters in your area will reach your home,adding to other sources such as cell towersand Wi-Fi.
The statement, “The health risk is none,”shows a dangerous ignorance.
Many have reported health issues after anewly installed smart meter becomes oper-ational. It is disingenuous and unhelpful toridicule and dismiss adverse effects reportedin good faith by citizens.
Smart meters are part of a highly profit-able $2-trillion industry that is hell-bent onensuring that you live in a wireless world,whether you want to or not.
Wittingly or not, the Gabriola Effect writeremploys the industry modus operandi: thebest defence is a good offence. Scientistswho demonstrate harm are made examplesof by being defunded and their careersdestroyed. Citizens who raise warnings arelabelled lunatics.
Amusing though it may be, the GabriolaEffect cannot explain away very real issuesor offer comfort to people suffering theireffects.
Ron McNutt, Maple Ridge
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Dear Editor,There are problems and laws about
assisted suicide that are not followedin some countries, but that does notmean the laws are bad, just thatthey are not implemented properly[Assisted suicide has safety issues,June 12 Letters, TIMES].
When we proceed down that road,we must make sure we minimize therisks and set up effective safeguards.
There of course will always be mistakes,but that does not mean we should refuseto provide a means for a dignified end ifrequested. There are no doubt errors nowthat end in unwanted deaths. We do needto be vigilant.
I agree that no person or insti-tution should have the powerto cause the death of somebody– without their request.
I do also agree that we needbetter pain medication.
Despite the best wishes ofmedical staff, sometimes theonly options result in medica-tion to a near zombie state,
and occasionally, even that doesn’t ease thepain. I, for one, would not like to go outthat way.
I don’t like somebody else telling me thatI don’t have that option, and making thedecision for me – either way.
Paul Gregory, Maple Ridge
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Anti-HSTers can’t complainDear Editor,
At this time of the year, we have many people complain-ing about raised taxes. Taxes are too high and politiciansare to blame. We also have groups like teachers and theirsupporters who say we must spend more on importantsocial programs.
My question to both groups: did you vote to get rid of theHST? It was a fairer and less costly tax system, and gave us$2 billion. If you voted against it, you have no right to com-plain of higher taxes and lack of money for social programs.
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“Physicianassisted deathis going tobecome legal
in Canada,” was a state-ment made in a doctor’scommentary publishedin the Canadian MedicalAssociation Journal.
It was only 60 days agowhen Sharon Kirkay, withPostmedia News, wrote agreat article about the commentary.
She quoted a Dr. Downer as havingstated, “Our well-rehearsed debates aboutwhether sanctity of life is more valuablethan personal autonomy, or whetherpeople can experience intolerable suffer-ing despite receiving optimal palliativecare, may become obsolete.”
The article predicted that the SupremeCourt of Canada probably would be thebody that would give citizens the right todie.
If the Supreme Court rules that lawsbanning doctor-assisted death violate theCanadian Charter of Rights, doctors willbe left to operate in a legal vacuum.
The court is set to hear, in October,arguments regarding assisted dying casesinvolving two British Columbia women.
Dr. Downer was also quoted as sayingthat he thinks, “All of us, regardless ofwhere we sit on the debate, the yes orthe no side, see the value of safeguardsand having clear protocols.”
As far as I can tell in British Columbia,our government’s position is that it is afederal issue.
That would be the vacuum.This issue is especially sensitive to me.I went through a decade of watching
my mother die a tortuous death againsther expressed wishes. She knew exactly
what her wishes were,because she was a regis-tered nurse (RN) for manyyears.
Much to my surprise,earlier this month, leader-ship on the issue camefrom what I thought a verystrange place: Quebec.
On June 5, the QuebecNational Assembly passedBill 52, which is officially
called, “An Act Respecting the End of LifeCare.”
The bill had actually been introduceda year earlier by Minister Hivon fromthe Parti Quebecois (PQ). The bill hadalready gone through multiple stages,including more than two years of publichearings, and it had died when the PQcalled an election in early March.
The new Liberal majority governmentbrought back Bill 52 and passed it witha 94-22 majority in a free vote of theAssembly on June 5.
The Quebec government believes thelegislation will stand up in court becauseit is a health-care issue, not an assistedsuicide. It was left to Minister of JusticePeter MacKay to explain Stephen Harper’sgovernment’s long-standing position:“The law is there to protect Canadians.”
With the baby boomers aging out, itwould be good to have a discussion.
Keeping people alive at great expense toour health system, against their wishes, isnot right.
I hope when my time comes, if I needthis service, my grandkids won’t have totake Grandpa on a long ride to Quebec.
Just saying…Gordy Robson’s column appears Tuesdays in the print and/oronline versions of The TIMES. Reactions can be emailed c/o
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Brent Hickman, Stacy Mulcahy, and Laurel Hickman
(above), as well as (right) Adrienne Dale, a senior
lawyer with Becker & Co., and Trudi-Ann Appleton, a
personal account manager with Westminster Savings
Credit Union, were among those who attended the
Haney Rotary Club installation dinner on June 11,
where long-time realtor and volunteer Jan Hickman
was sworn in as the club’s new president.
Hafla in the Ridge, an evening of MiddleEastern dance is an annual event to raisefunds for the Ridge Meadows HospiceSociety as well as to collect food donationsfor Friends In Need Food Bank. From left toright: Dancers Chris Coghill, Lee Ann Costa,and Kim Pechet recently presented theirdonation to Mark Vosper and Dawn Burnettof the Ridge Meadows Hospice Society.
Tow Mater, the lovable Pixar character from the movie Cars, has a distantrelative, Tow Radar, who has been hanging out in Maple Ridge of late.
Tow Radar has been spotted in and around the “bone yard” set up in thewest parking lot of the Maple Ridge Baptist Church. For the past decade,
the church has been running kids’ camps. This year, from Aug. 19 to 23, itis running a week-long evening camp for kids aged six to 12, and they’ve
created a town called Radiator Ridge, where kids will “be rev’n it up forJesus,” explained organizer Dayna Olson-Brooks.
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Pitt Meadows resident and St. John Ambulance volunteer Russell
Newcombe was among 24 volunteers recently honoured at the 2014
Investiture Ceremony for British Columbia and Yukon Council for the
Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem. The
ceremony was held at Government House in Victoria, where Lt.-Gov.
Judith Guichon proclaimed Newcombe a serving member of the
order in honour of his many years of service.
Maple Ridge Councillor Mike Morden (left), TIMES publisher Shannon Balla,
and outgoing president Ken Holland were all in attendance at the June 11
Haney Rotary Club installation dinner where Holland handed over the gavel
to incoming president Jan Hickman.
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Social media can do so much to make acommunity better, and that’s what MapleRidge Social Chick Vicki McLeod hopes willcome from a half-day workshop she’s help-
ing coordinate this Thursday.McLeod, a member of The Social Chicks, hosted
the first Social Media Day in Maple Ridge last June.Piggybacking on a North America-wide celebration,the event is designed to bring communities togetherto talk about the benefits of using social media forbusinesses, organizations, and communities.
“Last year’s event was small but generatedenough interest that I felt it was worth bringinga bigger and better Social Media Day to MapleRidge this year,” McLeod said, noting she plans tocontinue hosting it as an annual event with hopesit will attract more and more participants fromthroughout the Lower Mainland.
“There are a number of really good bloggers,technology companies, and digital leaders emergingin the sector… There really is an opportunity in theNorth Fraser region to become a kind of a technol-ogy and social media hub,” said McLeod, hopingthis event and other efforts like this can become animpetus for such growth.
McLeod has worked with both Pitt MeadowsEconomic Development Corporation and InvestMaple Ridge to help coordinate and support localbusinesses. She has also had an opportunity to workwith many local non-profit organizations and local
governments, and witnessed first-hand the need foran event like this and a push to grow the commun-ity’s social media presence.
“There is a lot of enthusiasm in the region to getconnected,” she said. “Social Media Day can act asa catalyst for these connections of individuals, busi-nesses, and community groups.”
How Social Chicks came to be…
The Social Chicks hatched in 2011 when threelocal marketing and communications special-ists with a shared passion for engagement, col-
laboration, and building relationships – online andoff – decided to start helping local businesses andorganizations get social.
Original founders, McLeod, Lori Graham, andRebecca Vaughn wanted to help businesses andorganizations in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadowslearn to use social media and interactive digital strat-egies to become more effective and achieve theirgoals.
“We noticed that our region was a little bit behindthe curve in terms of adapting to social media, andthat many who were using the tools weren’t reallygetting the most out of them. We decided to help,”McLeod said.
Busy lives and professional commitments ledfounding Chicks Graham and Vaughn to move on inlate 2013. Then, in early 2014, McLeod was joinedby Abbotsford-based Wendy McClelland, a businessconsultant known as the Social Media Demystifier.
“I’m passionate about social media and the wayit can help businesses and organizations thrive.I’m delighted to be joining the Social Chicks,”McClelland said.
The Social Chicks offer education,training, and mentorship in apply-ing social media as part of anintegrated approach to engagingclients, customers, and the com-munity.
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Social Chicks Wendy McClelland of Abbotsford and Maple Ridge’sown Vicki McLeod are hosting the second annual Social Media Day.
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Steve Dotto offersreasons why peopleshould be engaged.
How we as a societycommunicate has con-stantly evolved throughthe centuries, and has
been revolutionized even furtherand possibly faster than ever dur-ing the past few years.
One of the most recent adventsin the world of communica-tion has been society’s growingdependency on social mediaas a tool to share with others.Unfortunately, it has left manypeople feel ill-equipped to partici-pate, according to Steve Dotto.
So, Dotto – a technology guruwho for 15 years hosted andserved as executive producers ofthe nationally syndicated tele-vision show Dotto Tech – is visit-ing Maple Ridge on Thursday toopen people’s eyes to the chan-ges on this front, and to helpbreak down how it is impactingsociety.
He will be the keynote speakerat the Social Media Day onThursday, June 26.
His background in comedycoupled with a strong commit-ment to community and familymake for talks that are both
highly entertaining and “incred-ibly” thought provoking, saidSocial Media Day organizerVicki McLeod.
She invited her mentor andfriend to speak, saying he willhelp takes the world of technol-ogy and makes it relevant inpeople’s lives.
“You will see where you fitin this world of constantchange, you willunderstand farbetter than everbefore the forcesshaping the tech-nical world, andunderstand howit impacts you,”she added.
Dotto providespeople with thereasons theyneed to engage,and what thatengagementshould look like,and said he’s excitedto share that messagewith people fromMaple Ridge and PittMeadows this week.
He opens people’seyes to the stress andstrain technology’srelentless march hasput on inter-genera-tional relationships.
Impacting society
Social media hitting close to homeSteve Dotto hosted a TV
show, Dotto Tech, for15 years – a magazine-style program profiling
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electronics technology.He now offers how-tocontent on YouTube.
Marketing online and inthe mobile world is key.
When it comes to buyingeverything from foodand appliances to higherticket items such as cars
and homes, more and more consum-ers are using the Internet to helpmake their decisions.
In fact, 76 per cent of Canadianssurveyed say they research onlineprior to making a store purchase, saidShelly Wilson.
Wilson is sharing some of theinsight she’s gleaned from work-ing in the media industry for morethan a decade. She works withGlacier Media (The TIMES’ parentcompany), and is leading a sessionduring Thursday’s Social Media Day
that help folks – business people, inparticular – adopt to the trends of theevolving consumer.
She helps businesses connect toconsumers, improve their returnon investment, and provide guid-ance and tools to reach an evolvingmarketplace with tried-and-true tocutting-edge media solutions.
“I believe to be successful you needto constantly be evolving personallyand professionally, to aggressivelypursue innovation and growth, and tofoster a strong cohesive and dynamiccompany culture,” Wilson said.
Wilson will explain how consumersaccess information, how they interactwith businesses and organizations,and how important it is for busi-nesses and agencies to be marketingthemselves online and in the mobilespace.
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One forum examinesways to use online tobenefit organizationsand communities.
Community groups andagencies have a powerfulopportunity to use socialmedia to spread the word,
create champions, and forwardtheir causes, said Vicki McLeod,a Maple Ridge entrepreneur,business coach, and social mediaaficionado.
“We live in a time where wehave an unprecedented opportun-ity to collaborate and engage withstakeholders and leverage onlineand off-line influence to createpositive impact,” she said, notingthat’s the primary reason why sheintroduced Social Media Day on asmaller scale in Maple Ridge lastyear, and ramped up those effortsfor the forum this year.
As host of the half-day event,she and fellow Social ChickWendy McClelland have puttogether a community breakoutsession as part of the day.
The conversation and presen-
tations will focus on answeringthe question: How can peoplebest use social media together tobenefit their organizations andthe communitiesand clients theyserve?
A series of pre-senters will offersome of theirbest insights andthe strategies,they use to cre-ate communityand stakeholderengagement usingsocial media andintegrated digitaltools.
From buildingneighbourhoods,to promotingnon-profit eventsand activities, toencouraging morevisits to amen-ities and services,to maintaining civil discourseonline, the community panel willoffer up examples, McLeod said.
They will also engage partici-pants in an open dialogue andconversation about the challen-ges and the benefits of getting
connected using social media forthe public good.
Rebecca Coleman, a freelancepublicist for more than a decade,
will be helpingMcLeod facilitatethe community-focused breakoutsession duringSocial Media Day.
An early adaptorto social media,Coleman beganblogging andjoined Facebook in2007, and Twitterin 2008.
She has becomeincreasingly inter-ested in using itas a marketingtool, and writesabout the subjectfrequently on herblog, The Art ofBusiness.
She has writtenthree how-to guides, which helpnewbies create a marketing planusing social networking as a tool.She also instructs courses onsocial media marketing at BCIT,and travels internationally givingworkshops.
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Fred’s career in com-munication spans 35 years.As an early adaptor tocomputers and later socialmedia, he says if you cantalk to folks orbiting theEarth, engaging with peopledown the street should bea no-brainer.
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When Koehn starteddoing community engage-ment work for the RidgeMeadows Recycling Society,she was told, “You’re young.Do that Twitter thing,” andher love affair with socialmedia began… She’ll shareher secrets at this session.
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A trio of businesswomenoffers insight about socialmedia for the enterpreneur.
Social media has been one of themost influential for-ces on business in thepast 100 years.
It has totally eliminatedsome industries (think tele-grams) and created brandnew business models suchas food trucks whose onlymethod of advertising is send-ing out daily tweets of theirmenus and location.
As powerful as social mediais to business, it can alsopresent a huge challenge forbusiness owners as they try tounderstand and use it effect-ively, said Wendy McClelland.
She’s a member of TheSocial Chicks, business coach,and marketing consultantwho focuses on taking themystery out of social media for busi-nesses. She’s hosting a breakout sessionat Thursday’s Social Media Day gearedspecifically to business.
“If you’re confused about what socialmedia platforms will work for your busi-ness,” attending Social Media Day couldprove invaluable, said McClelland.
She’s heading up a business-specificbreakout session where she will bejoined by Cadi Jordan and Shelly Wilson
in outlining four of the mainsocial media platforms worthconsidering for business:LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter,and YouTube.
The trio will also sharetheir insights and real lifeexamples of successful socialmedia strategies.
“Participants will learnhow to take those examplesand tweak them to suit theirown business needs,” saidMcClelland.
“You’ll also get an over-view of the future of socialmedia and its impact onthe business community,including: What are the newtrends? What will the newonline tools look like? And,
the critical role of the visual, includ-ing graphics and video,” she explained.McClelland is excited to see businessowners share their thoughts and ideas.
Maple Ridge social mediamarketing strategist
Cadi Jordan is one of thepanelists.
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Chatting with Mr. Dotto TechSession opens floor to techie questions.
He might talk about male menopause, but more likelythis standup comedian and techie guru Steve Dotto –dubbed Canada favourite geek is not only the keynotespeaker for Thursday’s Social Media Day, he’s leading
an open forum to talk all things tech.In recent years, Dotto has become one of
YouTube’s leading broadcasters. While YouTubeis his current primary focus, he also specializes indigital productivity tools and apps, and how to getthe most out of technology.
“He has devised some of the web’s best free cours-es and tutorials on how to use them and is describedas the ultimate bundle of brains, talent and humour– not as educator or teacher, but as a buddy, show-ing us how things work,” said breakout host Kathy Irwin.
Dotto understands the challenges and potential of the onlineworld – both intellectually and from the perspective of steeringhis own business and brand through the multiple adaptationsrequired by the digital environment.
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Ilike reading the comics in the dailynewspapers. The more engaging stripsmanage to convey a lot about humannature in just a few
words and cartoons.One which I particularly
enjoy is about a family withtwo kids, a mom, a dad,grandparents, and a coupleof pets.
Recently, it showed thekids having a pillow fightwhile the mom, walkingby with a basket of laun-dry, yelled, “Hey, you kids,knock it off in there!”
The next panel showed the dad stand-ing there with a sheepish grin on his face,holding a pillow and saying, “Yah, knockit off in here.”
Then the kids and the dad started thepillow fight all over again. It seemed likea pretty good indication of the change inhow we view dads, since the Leave it toBeaver era. Back then, fathering was lessplayful, and a dad’s primary roles werethose of disciplinarian and breadwinner.
The family was run much like a non-profit society, with the dad acting as a pol-icy-setting board of directors and the momrunning the day-to-day operations.
Nowadays, dads change diapers, readbedtime stories, chauffeur the kids around,make meals, act goofy for their kids’amusement, and the list goes on.
Apart from this essential contribution,dads often play another kind of role intheir child’s development from birth tomaturity. Even as infants, babies are oftenhandled more actively by their dads, andwith less of a pattern than they have cometo expect from their moms. Both waysof handling a baby provide somethingimportant to his or her development.
With dads, the natural progression is to
play with their toddlers in a more physicalway than a mom might. As toddlers tran-sition to the next stage of development,
their dads become the gate-keepers to the wider world.The physical play that dadsengage in gives youngchildren the opportunity tointeract with their environ-ment and with others in achallenging but safe setting.They begin to understandlimits and boundaries, learnhow to overcome obstacles,and are encouraged to trynew activities.
Growth in self-confidence is a naturaloutcome of this learning and succeeding.
In our neighbourhood, I see moms anddads out at the park with their kids, takingfull advantage of all those extra daylighthours. And it’s great to see that the dads,for the most part, are offering the sameopportunities and challenges to their littlegirls as they do to their little boys.
It’s funny: dads challenge their little kidsand encourage them to try new things, butaround the kids’ 13th birthdays, a protect-ive instinct kicks in. But dads who havebeen involved since their kids were babieshave already provided their children withthe best armour. They’ve given them thetools to weather the challenges of the ado-lescent years and beyond.
Member organizations of the RidgeMeadows Early Childhood DevelopmentCommittee offer lots of great programs formoms and/or dads and their young chil-dren, for example, Daddy and Me, MotherGoose, and other opportunities on the ECDwebsite: www.ridgemeadowsecd.ca.
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But those busy schedules get a lot less hectic when the school yearends. Once school is out, kids used to a full schedule might findthemselves with lots of time on their hands. Though it’s good for kidsto squeeze in some rest and relaxation during their summer break,
it’s also important for kids to stay active so they don’t develop poorhabits as the summer goes on. In addition, the American PsychologicalAssociation notes that kids who are physically active are more capableof coping with stress and tend to have higher self-esteem than kidswho do not include physical activity as part of their regular routines.The following are a few suggestions for parents looking for ways tokeep their kids active throughout the summer while still allowing themto recharge their batteries after a long school year.
* Plan an active vacation. Summer is when many families goon vacation, so why not choose a vacation that involves more than
napping poolside? Though it’sstill good to leave some time forrelaxation, find a locale whereyou can embrace activities likesnorkeling, hiking, kayaking, orother adventures that get you andyour youngsters off the poolside
chaise and out exploring. Such a trip might inspire kids to embrace anactivity more fully, getting them off the couch not only while they’re onvacation but also when they return home for the rest of summer.
* Go swimming. Few adults who work in offices haven’t looked outtheir windows on a sunny summer day and thought how nice it wouldbe to be spending that afternoon making a few laps in a lake, at thebeach or in a pool. Kids have the same daydreams during the summer,so take a day off every so often and take the kids for an afternoon ofswimming. Swimming is a great activity that exercises the entire body,including the shoulders, back, legs, hips, and abdominals. In addition,swimming helps kids and adults alike maintain a healthy weight whilealso improving their cardiovascular health. It’s hard for some people tofind a place to swim once the warm weather departs, so take advantageof the summer weather and go swimming as often as possible while thekids are not in school.
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savvy as they are busy. But it’simportant that kids don’t spend toomuch time online or on the couchwatching television or playingvideo games. Such activities arelargely sedentary, and they canset a bad precedent for the monthsahead, even when the schoolyear begins once again. Parentsshould limit how much time theiryoungsters spend in front of thetelevision or the computer duringsummer vacation, keeping trackand turning the TV or computer offif they suspect kids are spendingtoo much time staring at the screeninstead of being active. Kids mightnot love it when you turn their videogames off or minimize their accessto social media, but explain thelimitations at the onset of summerand let kids know you expect themto be physically active even if it issummer vacation.
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A guide has been created thatwill help people recognize thehistory they can find in thestreets of Haney.by Maria [email protected]
A booklet to guide people throughHaney’s historical markers is nowavailable from the museum, thanksto the Maple Ridge HistoricalSociety.
In November, a networking daywas held in Maple Ridge of com-munity heritage commissions fromacross the Lower Mainland and theFraser Valley.
For a noon activity, Maple RidgeHistorical Society president EricaWilliams put together a booklet toguide attendees to historical markersin the downtown area.
Among the special items wereincluded the mosaics embedded inthe streets, the signs on posts, andthe intersection box wraps.
The booklet contained “all thedifferent ways you can bring hist-ory to the street level,” explainedMaple Ridge Museum director ValPatenaude.
After the tour, museum staffnoticed there was a demand for thebooklets.
“People started asking for them, sowe started selling them,” Patenaudesaid.
The purse-sized booklet, WalkingTour: Celebrating Our Milestones,
Wraps, Signage, Mosaics inDowntown Maple Ridge, has picturesand maps in them.
To get a booklet, drop by theMaple Ridge Museum at 22520
116th Ave. The museum is openWednesday and Sundays from 1 to4 p.m. In July and August, it’s openfrom Wednesday to Sunday from 1to 4 p.m.
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A summer time hockey gamewas about more than justwhich team won.by Eric [email protected]
For an event that came togeth-er in a total of just three weeks,Ben Payne said the support fromthe community was “unbeliev-able.”
Payne was the co-organizer ofthe inaugural Crohn’s and ColitisCharity Hockey Classic that tookplace this weekend in MapleRidge at Planet Ice in Albion.
Payne and his best friendVictor Bartley, a HometownHero and current member ofthe Nashville Predators, hadtalked about doing a charitygame in the community, and onSaturday, the fruit of their labourwas realized.
Close to 800 people filed intothe arena to take in the action,as Team Bartley beat TeamPayne by a score of 8-6.
Admission to the game wasby donation at the door, andPayne said $1,000 was raised,with all proceeds going to theCrohn’s and Colitis foundationof Canada.
The success of the event is agood sign for Payne.
“Absolutely we will build offthis,” he said.
And for 11 year-old NoahTiffin, it’s a game he will nodoubt remember for a long time.
Noah was diagnosed withCrohn’s at age nine.
“We only just heard aboutthe game last minute anddecided to go,” explained hismom Debora Riga.
During the event, prizeswere given away, including aBartley-signed Nashville teamstick.
And it was Noah whowalked away with the hard-ware.
“When he won that stick,”he was ecstatic,” she said ofher son, who – in the twoyears since being diagnosed– has had a wish of simplybeing able to play hockey.
“This year, he was able toplay on a ball hockey team– but he has some catchingup to do,” she explained.
“The awareness we wereable to raise thanks to thisevent was incredible,” saidPayne.
Though put togetherprimarily by Bartley andPayne, next year, the eventwill be a collaboration withthe Crohn’s and ColitisFoundation of Canada.
A graduate of the RidgeMeadows Minor HockeyAssociation, Payne has beeninvolved with high levels ofhockey most of his life.
He explained the playerson both teams were all high-calibre players and long-timehockey buddies.
“It was like a high schooland hockey reunion,” he said.
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Team Victor Bartley (in white,) battled team Ben Payne (in black) during the first-ever Crohn’s and Colitis Charity Hockey Classic, at Planet IceSaturday.
A spirited battle betweenMaple Ridge and Victoriatook place Sunday night.by Eric [email protected]
The Maple Ridge Burrards out-shot the Victoria Shamrocks bya total of 43-39 on Sunday nightat Planet Ice, but in the end itwas the Shamrocks who walkedaway with a one-goal victoryand closed the game with ascore of 8-7.
The first period saw theBurrards take the lead, thanks
to a pair of goals from AndrewMurphy.
This was followed closely by
another one in the net fromteammate Mitch Banister.
However, it was the
Shamrocks’ Brandon Bull whoput one behind goalie FrankieScigliano at the 15:33 mark ofthe first to put Victoria on theboard.
A scrap between Burrards’Ryan McMichael and Shamrocks’Greg Harnett resulted in a five-minute penalty and a 10-minutemisconduct for the pair.
The second period was allVictoria, as the Shamrocks post-ed six goals to the Burrards’ one.
Daniel Amsbury also wentone-on-one in a fight withVictoria’s Bubba Westwood.
Victoria kept the momentumgoing with a goal early in thethird, but the Burrards got a
few more on the board in thethird period, and put three shotsin the back of the Shamrocksnet, thanks to the efforts of BenMcIntosh, Riley Lowen, andMike Mallory.
“It was a hard fought game,”said Burrards coach Chris Gill.
“It would have been easy topack it in after the second, butthe players showed some charac-ter and battled to the end.”
Currently the Burrards sit insecond place in the league, witha 3-2-0 record at home, and a 2-3-0 record on the road.
The next home game is thisSunday at 6:45 p.m. againstNanaimo.
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Burrards take a loss in home battle against Victoria
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The Burrards faced off against Victoria at Planet Ice in Maple Ridge on Sunday night.
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Urban artcelebratedMaple Ridge’s JonStankov came to WalnutGrove Secondary in NorthLangley on June 5, forthe school’s third annualyear-end celebration.After making lunch forstaff, the youth workersfrom the neighbourhoodchurches and YouthUnlimited cooked up1,200 hotdogs. Therewas also a live DJ, anurban artist showcase,dunk tank, games, andbouncies.
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June 25: Library• Kids in Grades 4 and upare invited to the MapleRidge Library to celebratethe start of summer vacationwith a Wacky Wednesday:Minecraft Papercraft Party at3:30 p.m. For more informa-tion and to register, call theMaple Ridge Library at 604-467-7417
June 30: Library• Magician Andrew Dalzielwill be at the Memorial PeacePark bandstand at 11 a.m.Andrew and his assistantRocky the Raccoon will besharing their special brand offun and energetic magic sureto bring laughter to every-one. For more information,call the Maple Ridge Libraryat 604-467-7417.
June 26: Chamber• The Chamber of Commerceserving Maple Ridge and PittMeadows is holding a gen-eral meeting, 11:30 a.m. to1:30 p.m., with guest speakerAmrik Virk, B.C. Ministerof Advanced Education.There will be a lunch, apresentation, and network-ing. The event takes place atMeadowridge School, 12224240th St., Maple Ridge.RSVP: www.ridgemeadows-chamber.com.
June 26: Seniors• Registered nutritionistPatricia Dominquez will talkabout Healthy Eating forSeniors at the Maple RidgeLibrary at 2 p.m. Participantswill be able to learn vitalnutritional information tohelp improve all aspects oftheir lives, with a balancedand nutritious diet. For moreinformation, call the MapleRidge Library at 604-467-7417.
June 27: Support group• Hominum Fraser Valley, aninformal discussion and sup-port group to help gay, bisex-ual, and questioning men,meets at 7:30 p.m. For infor-mation and meeting location,call Art at 604-462-9813 orDon at 604-329-9760.
June 28: Artist• In celebration of NationalAboriginal History Month,aboriginal artists in residenceDarlene Allison and JayHavens will be visiting locallibraries. Jay Havens will beat the Maple Ridge Libraryfrom 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.During his visits, Jay willdemonstrate the art of visualstorytelling while he crafts afive-foot-tall puppet that willtake two people to articulate.
June 29: Musical• SPECC-tacular Productionspresent Nights On Broadway,
featuring songs from hitshows through the ages, atThe Wesbrooke, 12000 190ASt., Pitt Meadows, at 7 p.m.Tickets are available by call-ing 604-460-7006. Space islimited. Ticket price is $10for the general public.
June 29: Flag making• Pitt Meadows MuseumSunday prepares forCanada’s birthday with aflag-making party. MuseumSundays at the Pitt MeadowsMuseum runs every Sundayfrom 2 to 4 p.m., and is opento children and adults of allages. Admission is by dona-tion. Info: Jen or Leslie at604-465-4322.
Musical• Theatre in the Countryis putting on The Soundof Music in a multi-mediaformat until June 28, trans-porting the audience to late1930s Austria. Info: www.theatreinthecountry.com.
Support group• A support group for par-ents, family members, andfriends of addicts takesplace the second and fourthTuesdays of each monthat Maple Ridge ChristianReformed Church, 20245Dewdney Trunk Rd., MapleRidge, from 7 to 8:30 p.m.The meetings are for any-one who is a friend or fam-ily member of an addictand wants to help. Info:Jacqueline Lawson at 604-916-8737 or [email protected].
Celebrate Recovery• Celebrate Recovery Ridge-Meadows, a faith-basedrecovery program, meets atMaple Ridge Baptist Church22155 Lougheed Hwy.,Maple Ridge, on Mondaysat 6 p.m. with dinner from6 to 7 p.m., a general meet-ing with teaching, testimony,or guest speaker from 7to 8 p.m., and men’s andwomen’s share groupsfrom 8 to 9 p.m. This pro-gram is sponsored by theRidge Meadows MinisterialAssociation. Info: [email protected], call604-377-3575, or go to www.celebraterecovery.ca.
Chess Club• Maple Ridge Chess Clubmeets on Tuesdays andThursdays from 1 to 5:30p.m. at the Maple RidgeLibrary, 11995 Haney Pl.Info: Chris at 604-467-2426or [email protected].
Mental health• The Asante Centre hasjoined Clara’s Big Ride toraise awareness of mentalhealth. Six-time OlympianClara Hughes is biking acrossCanada to help reduce thestigma, and the AsanteCentre is inviting the publicto donate. Any donations tothe Asante Centre’s groupreceived by July 1 will bematched by the ElevatorFoundation, dollar for dol-lar. To donate, go to www.chimp.net, click on “Finda charity” and search for“Asante Centre” undergroups.
Ladies golf• Ladies Golf takes placeuntil mid October onTuesdays at 9 a.m. at Maple
Ridge Golf Course. All ladiesare invited to join in. Forinformation, call Elaine at604-477-0544 or Esther at604-465-3343 or email Elaineat [email protected].
Volunteers needed• The North FraserTherapeutic RidingAssociation is in need ofvolunteers to help groomand tack up horses, as wellas to lead and side-walkwith riders. For anyone whoenjoys the outdoors, workingwith people of all abilities,and loves animals, this is anexcellent place to volunteer.Volunteer orientation ses-sions are held three times ayear: in September, January,and April. Volunteers mustbe at least 16 years of age.Info: 604-462-7786, [email protected], or www.nftra.ca.
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