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Mission Outlaws extinguishRidge Meadows Flames Friday

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Young actoron screen atfilm fest

Actor and screenwriterDakota Daulby calls MapleRidge home. The 19-year-oldco-stars in two films, BlackFly and Sitting on the Edgeof Marlene, that are part ofthe Vancouver InternationalFilm Festival’s BC Spotlight.To buy tickets online, visitwww.viff.org. See story onpage A5…

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Voting 2014

Nominationsnow acceptedThose looking to throw their namein for the upcoming municipalelections can do so, starting today.by Christopher Sun and Eric [email protected]

Residents with an eye for public officeand a hankering to better their commun-ity have the chance to try doing that,starting today.

Nominations are now being accepted,th rough Oct. 10, for people wanting torun in the Nov. 15 municipal election.

In Maple Ridge, six City council seatsare up for grabs, along with the mayor’schair, and it’s the same story in PittMeadows.

The Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows schooldistrict has seven school trustee seats upfor grabs, five reserved for Maple Ridge

and twofor PittMeadows.

“All theinforma-tion isonline,”said MapleRidgechief

election officer Ceri Marlow. “There is anomination package which you bring tothe election office (City hall) for filing.Staff will review it with them and pro-vide them with further information.”

New this year for Maple Ridge, theCity’s website, www.mapleridge.ca, willhave an elections page where candidatescan post a photo of themselves, a 150-word profile, and website links.

In Pitt Meadows direct links to thesocial media pages of each candidatewill be available on the City’s website(at www.pittmeadows.bc.ca), explainedchief election officer, Kelly Kenney.

There are also new rules this yearregarding campaign financing andMarlow recommended candidates famil-iarize themselves by visiting ElectionBC’s website, www.elections.bc.ca.

The new rules include additionaldetails required on who the financialagent of a campaign is and what spon-sorship the candidate has received.

“After filing, Elections BC will be incontact with the candidates,” Marlowadded.

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After a decade in Coquitlam,Sylvia Russell is back.by Christopher [email protected]

Sylvia Russell got her startin school administration inthe Maple Ridge-Pitt MeadowsSchool District in 1988 andafter a 10-year absence, sheis returning as the new super-intendent.

Russell will start in her newrole on Nov. 17. She has beenthe assistant superintendent forCoquitlam school district since2005 and prior to that, held thesame position in Maple Ridge.

She told The TIMES she’slooks forward to coming back.

“I feel very honoured to beoffered this position,” Russellsaid.

Starting her education careeras an English and Frenchhigh school teacher in 1982,Russell came to Pitt MeadowsElementary in 1988. She wasa vice-principal, principal, andschool district personnel direc-tor before becoming assistantsuperintendent.

Since she spent 17 years here,she doesn’t anticipate a steeplearning curve.

“I look forward to engagingwith the Katzie First Nationagain and the different groupsin Maple Ridge and PittMeadows,” Russell said. “Ihave worked with them beforeand I look forward to seeing

where things have gotten in 10years.”

The biggest issue facing thedistrict and others inmost parts of MetroVancouver, saidRussell, is decliningenrolment and fund-ing. She hopes to findsolutions to providequality education inthe face of that.

Maple RidgeTeachers’ Associationpresident George Serrawelcomed news thatRussell is rejoining thedistrict in this new role.

“We’ve always found internalcandidates are always optimalbecause they know the dis-trict,” Serra said. “Even after 10

years, she will be seen as oneof ours. She will be receivedreally well.”

Serra briefly metRussell in early 2000and his predecessorsthought highly of her,he added.

In a press release,school district boardchair Mike Murraysaid Russell has theskills and backgroundthey were looking forin a superintendent.

“Sylvia is a strongand visionary leader

with significant depth andbreadth of experience in publiceducation,” Murray said in therelease. “She will be an out-standing leader for our district.”

Education

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Team search for bonesKanaka Creek Regional Park was the

scene of more than just Rivers Day festiv-ities on Sunday.

Police, accompanied by a team of 15search and rescue members from theregion, spent the better part of eighthours combing the waterfront park forbones reportedly spotted in the area.

Despite the extensive search, nothingwas found. Police continue to investigate.

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One suspect in custodyA trio was arrested last week for

alleged wire thefts in Maple Ridge.Mounties were

called to Webster’sCorners earlyWednesday morning,to reports of Teluslines being stolen.With the aid of apolice dog, officersarrested a suspect ashort distance away,and the young manis now facing theftand mischief charges. Two others werearrested, but not charged, said RCMP Cpl.Alanna Dunlop.

“Theft of wire continues to be a toppriority for police,” Dunlop said.

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Money bequeathedMaple Ridge-Pitt Meadows school dis-

trict’s education foundation is receivinga bequeath worth more than $200,000– the largest amount ever donated to theMaple Ridge Foundation, which currentlyhas $30,000 in assets. The money will beused towards providing bursaries andscholarships to post-secondary studentsin financial need.• Read the full story in Thursday’s TIMES

Bell seeks third termTransportation and

the allocation of taxdollars are at the topof the list of thingsPitt Meadows CityCouncillor Bruce Bellwants to tackle, as heannounced his inten-tions late last weekthat he will be seek-ing his third term as a

member of Pitt Meadows council.• More at www.mrtimes.com

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In the streets

GoodgameA one-of-a-kind hockeytournament was heldthis weekend.by Eric [email protected]

Sunshine and stickhandling made for anideal combination dur-ing the Salvation Army’sCaring Place Hockey forGood ball hockey tourna-ment on Saturday.

“The day was a greatsuccess,” said AmeliaNorrie of the Caring Place.

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Maple Ridge received support for anumber of resolutions at the Union ofB.C. Municipalities convention, but notmoney needed for at-risk youth.by Christopher [email protected]

The province has shut the door to fundinga safe house for Maple Ridge teenagers thatis facing closure next year, much to the dis-appointment of the mayor.

At last week’s Union of BC Municipalities(UBCM) convention in Whistler, Mayor ErnieDaykin and council met with various provin-cial cabinet ministers for funding and resolu-tions on several local issues.

Iron Horse Youth House is owned by theCity and operated by Alouette Home Start,and recent federal funding cuts mean thefacility may close.

“I asked the minister (Stephanie Cadieux,children and family minister) for support onthat and she said the province doesn’t pro-vide money on housing,” Daykin said.

“That disappointed me a lot.”Daykin also met with Agricultural Land

Commission (ALC) representatives, along

with the agriculture minister on how toencourage and help young people get intofarming, and he and Pitt Meadows MayorDeb Walters met with attorney generalSuzanne Anton for more funding for theregion’s youth diversion program.

The program heavily relies on volunteersand operates on a $92,000 annual budget.Daykin said keeping just one or two kids outof the justice system, would “savea year’s worth of funding manytimes over.”

Anton recommended the twoCities look at applying to existingprovincial programs for funding.

“The common message fromall the meetings have been theprovince doesn’t have a whole lotof money or any money,” Daykinsaid.

“I think in some cases it’s notabout finding new money, it’s find-ing – [existing] money and puttingit to different use.”

However, the mayor is hopeful the provin-cial government will respond positively withsix issues the City of Maple Ridge broughtforward to the convention, which receivedsupport from the UBCM. Those six are: moremoney for mental health treatment, new

detox facilities, a complete review of theResidential Tenancy Act, a mattress recyc-

ling program similar to paint and tire recyc-ling, and exempting child support payment asincome to those receiving it.

“As soon as you make over $200 inemployment, it starts to affect people and it’sbeen $200 for at least 15 years,” Daykin said.

“It becomes a disincentive to work.”Daykin left the Whistler

Convention Thursday night, miss-ing out on the Friday speech wherePremier Christy Clark chastisedmunicipalities in her speech forvarious things, including not put-ting a lid on municipal spendingon staff.

“I don’t mind having a municipalauditor general and I don’t mindgiving them a look at our books,”Daykin said. “But, I want to beable to look into theirs [the provin-cial government] too. If you live inglass houses...”

The mayor was also concerned that theprovince gave the right for binding arbitra-tion to police and firefighters whenever con-tract and wage comes up for renewal, whichmeans municipalities have no control in con-trolling those wages, Daykin added.

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Nineteen-year-old Dakota Daulbyis starring in a pair of filmsbeing shown at the VancouverInternational Film Festival.

by Troy [email protected]

Dakota Daulby explored an ominous,unsettling place recently.

For the 19-year-old Maple Ridge actor,stepping into a fictional world of gloom,for the sake of art, was a labour of love.

Daulby’s latest turn in the thriller BlackFly is a full 360 degrees from the 2012drama, The Woodcarver, in which helanded a starring role beside veteran JohnRatzenburger.

In The Woodcarver, Daulby played aboy suffering from the emotional turbu-lence of his parent’s divorce. He joins ahermetic wood-carver veteran, played byRatzenberger (Cheers, Toy Story), as theywork together to repair the damage causedby an act of vandalism.

Currently, he’s featured in two films inthis year’s Vancouver International FilmFestival BC Spotlight series: Black Fly andSitting on the Edge of Marlene.

Black Fly is the story of estranged broth-ers Jake (played by Daulby) and Noel(Matthew MacCaull, Vendetta) who losttouch in the years since their father diedin a hunting accident and their mothercommitted suicide. After escaping from hisabusive uncle, Jake seeks refuge with Noeland his girlfriend Paula (Christie Burke,Falling Skies), living in their old familyfarmhouse, located on an isolated island.

Noel has become a hard drinker withan explosive temper and psychopathictendencies, and it’s up to Jake to stop hisbrother’s terrifying rampage.

“I enjoy working, and doing what I do,so it was fun, but there were also dayswhere it wasn’t so fun because you haveto get into a dark mind-set,” Daulby said.“That’s part of your job: to get into a darkmind-set, but when they yell cut or yourday’s done, you don’t have to carry thatstuff home with you. At the end of theday, the shotgun that I was holding in myhands wasn’t loaded.”

The film is inspired by the real-lifeexperiences of 40-year-old director JasonBourque, who at 13 found out there was akiller living down the road from his NewBrunswick home.

“He killed two otherneighbours, a father anda son,” Bourque told theVancouver Province, of thereal-life Noel Winters.

“Then he also murdereda biker and his girlfriendon his property. To thisday, things turn up that areattributed to him. He wasrumoured to be a hit manfor a Montreal biker gang.”

Body parts were found ina garbage dump. The dark true-crime storypreyed on the young Bourque’s imagina-tion, through his student years at theUniversity of Victoria and Vancouver FilmSchool.

Some 18 years ago, Bourque wrote the

first draft of a script called Black Fly basedon those memories.

He finally filmed the fictional story lastFebruary.

Sitting on the Edge of Marlene, premier-ing at VIFF on Oct. 1, has a different vibe,and the character that Daulby plays is thepolar opposite from the troubled youngman he portrays in Blackfly.

“Both characters are very different andcontrasting in nature, Daulby said. “It’scool to have something so different atthe same festival, and for people to seetwo sides of me. This character [in Sittingon the edge of Marlene] is opposite frommy Black Fly character because he hasn’texperienced anything yet, he’s a shelteredChristian boy.”

Sitting on the Edge of Marlene, revolvesaround a young girl, Sammie, and her

mother Marlene, and thetrials and tribulations thatthey go through in theirrelationship.

Daulby plays Drew, whotries to, he says, “bringSammie to the light of theLord. Trying to save herfrom her path.”

Tickets for both areavailable online at www.viff.org.

VIFF screenings forBlack Fly is:

• Today (Tuesday, Sept 30) at 4p.m. at International Village

VIFF screenings for Sitting on the Edge ofMarlene are:

• Wednesday, Oct. 1 at 6:30 p.m. at the Rio• Friday, Oct. 3 at 3:30 p.m. at International Village

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Young Ridge actor tackling cornucopia of rolesMaple Ridge actor Dakota Daulby wielded ashotgun in the dark thriller Black Fly, whichis being shown as part of the VancouverInternational Film Festival BC Spotlight series.

Maple Ridge actor Dakota Daulbyco-stars in Sitting on the Edge ofMarlene – part of the VancouverInternational Film Festival.

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Transparencyturned opaque

A Step Backwards: Report Card onGovernment’s Access to InformationResponses doesn’t inspire trust in theB.C. government’s commitment to trans-parency. In fact, it triggers questions.

Information and PrivacyCommissioner Elizabeth Denham’sreport on how the B.C. government is(or more accurately, is not) fulfillingthousands of information requests everyyear paints a startling picture of delaytactics, obstruction, and a serious lackof adherence to the basic principles offreedom of information.

The report says that on-time accessto information requests in the past twoyears dropped from 93 per cent to 74per cent. The four government minis-tries with the lowest on-time rates were:Justice, 72 per cent; Energy and Mines,66 per cent; Jobs, Tourism and SkillsTraining, 65 per cent; and Ministry ofChildren and Family Development, 52per cent.

The differences in departmental num-bers is informative, but what it tells uson a larger scale is that almost everydepartment is trying to keep informa-tion hidden.

The media have always faced stone-walling bureaucrats and politicians whohide behind procedures and paperwork.

But nowadays, as the privacy com-missioner said, “I’m concerned that it’sa trend and the issues are systemic. It’sthe law and one-in-four requests areresponded to outside of the legal limits,and I think that’s a serious problem forthe public.”

Sure. But is a wrist-slapping reportgoing to stop the stonewalling? Notlikely. If the provincial governmentcared about its previous commitmentsto transparency it would have laid downthe law internally. It hasn’t.

We think it’s time to inflict the samedeterrents on government ministriesthat they inflict on citizens: If they missdeadlines, fine them.

And put the money towards schoolsupplies.

I often get a chuckle out of themyriad self-serving governmentpress releases that come acrossmy desk at a rate of about adozen or two per week.

It’s sometimes downright amus-ing how stupid some of thosegovernment lackeys assume wemere plebes of the press are.

But this one inspired a fullbelly-laugh.

It’s hilarious – but only becauseI love irony.

Most people remotely involvedin education – teachers, students,parents, sundry people who pay taxes – mightnot find it as funny.

The core of the release is (as is often the case)laudable.

It is an announcement from B.C. EducationMinister Peter Fassbender that his ministry isproviding $500,000 in support of the VancouverSun’s Raise-A-Reader literacy campaign.

An announcement that anyone anywhere isspending $500,000 to boost literacy is alwaysvery good news to someone who works in thenewspaper industry.

We thrive on literacy the way that governmentpublic relations flaks thrive on irony… well,the difference is that we are conscious of ourdependence on literacy, while the PR dudes (anddudesses – don’t want the government’s politicalcorrectness police dumping on me now) don’tseem to realize how deep their own penchant forirony runs.

Forget about the parts of the release whereeveryone is “sincerely” thanking everyone else– I have yet to see any press release in whichanyone offers “insincere thanks” to anyone whois giving them huge wads of money.

The real laugh came early on, in the secondparagraph, where Decoda Literacy Solutions, thereal beneficiary of the $500,000 provincial grant– to be funneled into the Raise-A-Reader pro-gram, to be sure – is identified as “the only prov-

ince-wide literacy organization inBritish Columbia.”

I have in my possession aMa Murray Community ServiceAward received from the BC andYukon Community NewspapersAssociation in recognition of acommunity literacy undertak-ing that we called, “Bonkers,”and a Governor General’s Awardfor Literacy Innovation for aninitiative we called, “Building aCommunity of Readers.”

Both recognitions came throughprojects built with the cooper-

ation of several local partners, including a com-ponent of one that I would think shouldn’t haveslipped Education Minister Fassbender’s mindwhen conferring the title of “the only province-wide literacy organization in British Columbia”– B.C.’s public school system.

My own pleasant experiences interacting withthe folks of that particular province-wide literacyorganization led to my indulgence in a profes-sion that I often have difficulty calling “work.”

And thousands upon thousands of others havebenefited similarly, to greater or lesser extent,from the dedication of members of that province-wide literacy organization for many decades.

Decoda’s own website description of itself as“the only province-wide literacy organization inBritish Columbia” is a bit of private-enterprise,self-promotion hubris that can be overlooked.

But Mr. Fassbender’s staff’s failure to recognizean organization that exists literally right undertheir noses will do little to dispel any of the hardfeelings that remain after the long and bitter dis-pute which paralyzed that province-wide literacyorganization for the past several months.

One of my favourite quotes of all timecomes from famed science fiction writer SpiderRobinson: “If a person who indulges in gluttonyis a glutton, and a person who commits a felonyis a felon, then God is an iron.”

Apparently, so is Peter Fassbender.

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Odd Thoughtsby Bob Groeneveld

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Dear Editor,Last week Tuesday, a U.N. summit with

120 world leaders was held to chart a pathfor global climate treaty negotiations inParis at the end of 2015.

Commitments were made tolower greenhouse gas emissionsand transfer wealth to countriesmost affected by climate change.

Our democratically electedprime minister was one of the fewworld leaders, including totalitar-ian leaders like Russia’s VladimirPutin and China’s Xi Jinping,who skipped the summit. Does our MP Mr.Randy Kamp consider this acceptable?

Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq’sannouncements on behalf of Canadiansmade no mention of the oil and gas sector,which is the largest source of greenhousegas emissions in our country. She didn’teven commit to ending subsidies to the oiland gas industry – something Mr. Kamppromised would be done during his lastelection campaign.

At his most recent town hall meeting, anattendee asked Mr. Kamp how the federalgovernment was planning to pay for thefuture effects of climate change in Canada.It was a good question, given that the

Calgary flood alone has cost over $6 billion,of which only $1.7 billion of which wascovered by insurance. Mr. Kamp answeredthat he didn’t think the federal government

would be paying those costs.I found his answer shocking. Do

the Conservative promises to keepus safe and secure not apply toclimate change?

While his government staysfocused on signing secret tradedeals with some of the planet’sworst climate offenders and pro-tecting us from terrorist threats

thousands of miles away, the world’s cit-izens are taking to the streets to demandreal action on climate change.

The People’s Climate March on Sunday,Sept. 21, inspired 2,800 rallies in 166 coun-tries – the largest ever climate change pro-test. It was comparable to the protests overthe Vietnam war, nuclear disarmament, andcivil rights.

The debate is over. Climate change isreal. It’s given us three times as many refu-gees as war. It’s created killer floods, superstorms, and exceptional drought in some ofthe most fertile parts of our planet. Why isMr. Kamp and his leader ignoring it?

Elizabeth J. Rosenau, Maple Ridge

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Editor

Dear Editor,Is nothing sacred to these

soulless carpetbaggers andtheir political shills, StephenHarper and his gaggle ofmindless doppelgangers?

There is no respect forthe laws of Canada, includ-

ing electoral, parliament-ary, environmental, humanright’s and freedoms,property rights, SupremeCourt, Canada’s constitu-tion, Charter of Rights andFreedoms, and last but notleast, democracy.

According to Harper’sideology, the environmentis nothing more than some-thing to use and abuse. Theanimals, both commercialand non-commercial spe-cies, are acceptable collat-eral damage. And let’s notforget Canadian workers.

These quislings have evengone as far as giving awayCanada’s sovereignty for 31years to a brutal Communistdictatorship.

Because Canadians reject-ed this sellout, they havedone an end run aroundour laws by signing FIPA,which allows China to sueany jurisdiction, such asVancouver, Burnaby, MapleRidge, or anyone that getsin the way of forcing what-ever evil they decide to do,no matter the cost to theenvironment and the jobsthose resources provide.

Canada’s people areexpected to accept poisonedwater, loss of habitat, anddeclining health, and thewhole of the west coastalwaters are considered anacceptable price to pay forprofits to the one per cent.

This government ceasedworking for the Canadianpeople and our best inter-ests long ago. The GovernorGeneral should have calledan election when Harperwas charged with contemptof Parliament. Since thenthere have been convictionsof electoral fraud and manyother corruptions this gov-ernment has perpetrated onCanada’s laws, people, andConstitution.

Wayne Clark, Maple Ridge

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Horgan fails mining industryDear Editor,

John Horgan and the NDP have recently been all overthe Mount Polley mine breach incident, attacking the BCLiberals and the B.C. mining industry itself.

But not all that long ago, Mr. Horgan said he understandswe have to tap B.C.’s natural resources to grow and sustainthe B.C. economy. I was skeptical then, and am more sonow. Mr. Horgan’s apparent pro-economy sentiment of therecent past has clearly not worked its way into current NDPpractice. Special interest groups within the party will thwart– and appear to already have thwarted – any pro-economysentiment Mr. Horgan may have had.

With people like the Sierra Club’s George Heyman in hiscaucus and a significant environmental activist contingentembedded within the NDP, Mr. Horgan simply isn’t in anyposition to pursue a pro-economy, resource-extraction pol-icy that would protect B.C.’s growing number of resource-based jobs in mining, forestry, and energy.

Sandra Robinson, Maple Ridge

• Maple Ridge’s mayor and council were inWhistler last week for the annual Union ofB.C. Municipalities convention. There werea number of issues they wanted the prov-incial government to address, to better our com-munity, including mattress disposal, mental healthcare, and drug detox facilities. Readers shared theirthoughts on the story:“How much will “socialist garbage pickup” cost?.”

– Jasper Stickleback Des Roches“No mention of out-of-control spending by municipalities?”

– Richard Shupac“Thanks Ernie Daykin, I would love to spend my deductedchild support in our great City!” – Becky Bee“Well, if we had community garbage pick-up, the mat-tresses and other garbage items, wouldn’t be an issue.”

– Chris Laing

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A10 Tuesday, September 30, 2014 Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows TimesOpinion

Our tax dollars are betting onthe wrong horse.

Last week, MetroVancouver, using our tax

dollars, appealed the decision ofJustice Neena Sharma regarding theTownship of Langley.

To get new readers up to date:last year, the Township of Langleyrezoned some lands in support ofthe Trinity University campus. MetroVancouver, claiming it has jurisdic-tion over land use in all of the mem-ber municipalities, went to court totry to make Langley’s move illegal.Metro Vancouver got a huge shock.

Justice Sharma stood up for elect-ed councils, and wrote, “I find thatGVRD [Metro] and Langley are notequivalent elected bodies; contraryto GVRD’s assertion. There is signifi-cant difference between the account-ability to voters of the GVRD Boardand Langley.”

To paraphrase, she added, Langleycouncil is directly elected by the cit-izens and the GVRD is composed ofappointed representatives.

She seemed to be saying that localcouncils elected directly by the vot-ers of their community take preced-ence over the wishes of an unelectedmetro board.

Greg Moore, Mayor ofPort Coquitlam, who iscurrently the Chairmanof Metro, apparentlysent out an email to theappointed Metro Boardof Directors, ringing thealarm: “This decisioncould destroy the collab-orative federation thatthe municipalities haveworked together to implement.”

Just before municipal elections,this is an excellent time for this dis-cussion to resurface. Justice Sharmasaid the Metro Regional GrowthStrategy which aims to limit urbansprawl is only a “guideline express-ing policy,” not enforceable laws.

According to Jordan Bateman ofthe Canadian Taxpayers Federation,“Metro is essentially controlledby the voting block of Vancouver,Richmond, and Burnaby, whichcan combine to carry any vote ofthe Board of Directors, thanks tothe ‘weighted voting system.’ Thisleaves communities like Langley,Delta, Maple Ridge, and PittMeadows on the outside, subject towhatever whim or faulty perceptionthe regional board’s power base rollsout.”

People who believe inregional government sayJustice Sharma is a newjudge and her judgmentis a horrible mistake.

I guess they didn’tdo their research.Justice Sharma has a25-year career and isa graduate of Queen’sUniversity. She taught

Constitutional Law at the Universityof Victoria and Administrative Lawat UBC. In other words, she is nolightweight. [You can see her judg-ment at http://bcrelinks.com/arti-cles/phk-greater-vancouver-regional-district-v-langley-twu-and-wall.pdf].

So the question to our currentelected council would be: Why arewe spending our tax dollars support-ing Metro’s position? We should besupporting Langley. The legal billsare over $150,000 and mounting.

What Justice Sharma may havepinpointed is, the citizens of ourcommunity have never had a voteon giving up their property rights tothe Metro Vancouver board.

Just saying…– Gordy Robson’s column appears Tuesdays in printand/or online versions of The TIMES. Reactions can

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Activities at Allco Park and KanakaCreek Regional Park on Sundayattracted many fish lovers.by Christopher [email protected]

Great weather and events attracted morethan 900 people to Allco fish hatchery’sannual Rivers Day open house.

“It was a glorious day,” said NicoleDriedger, education director for AlouetteRiver Management Society.

“We had a great turnout.”

Hundreds of kids participated in activ-ities ranging from trout fishing to buildinga birdhouse. The underlying purpose ofthese activities and the overall event wasto teach people about the important rolerivers play in society, Driedger explained.

A smaller event by Kanaka Educationand Environmental Partnership Societyattracted about 200 people, with half tak-ing a free canoe journey along KanakaCreek to the Fraser River and back.

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Meet Dena, who volunteers with the PittMeadows Paddling Club, AutomotiveRetailers Association and Operation RedNose. Dena decided to volunteer with thePitt Meadows Paddling Club after beinga part of the club as a dragon boater.“I really enjoy being a volunteer. I meet

lots of new people who have become really great friends and Ifind it very rewarding.” Dena says a love for the water made thedecision to volunteer with the Club an easy one.

For seven years Dena has also volunteered with Operation RedNose which helps people find a safe ride home by providinga designated driver. “If you are motivated to give back to thecommunity it’s great to volunteer in an area that interests you.”

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Hometown heroesdinner held over

After being postponed becauseof the teachers’ strike, a new datehas been confirmed for this year’sHometown Heroes banquet.

The event will take place onWednesday, Nov. 5 at MapleRidge Secondary.• More online: www.mrtimes.com,

click on “Sports”

Knights dividedSamuel Roberts Technical

Secondary was home to someMeadowridge Knights vs. Knightscontests this past Saturday as twoof the three division teams facedoff against one another. In addi-tion, the Pee Wee Knights wentto Mission where they fell to theNiners by a score of 14-7.• More online: www.mrtimes.com,


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Recreation

Ridge representsThe Vancouver Northeast

Chiefs kept it close againstthe B.C. Major Midget HockeyLeague’s defending champions,the Okanagan Rockets, recently.Among the Chiefs’ lineup wasMaple Ridge’s Parker Colley, whoposted a pair of points.• More online: www.mrtimes.com,


Basketball pairplay from Raptors

Two hoops players fromMaple Ridge Christian Schoolwere chosen to be a part of theToronto Raptors’ CommunityClinic this Thursday. The clinicruns from 8 to 9 p.m. and will beheld at Fortius Sport and Healthin Burnaby.• More online: www.mrtimes.com,


Emma Pollard and Jillian O’Dell willtake part in the Toronto Raptors’community clinic this week.

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A friendly soccer game took place between the Ridge Meadows Special Olympics Club (RMSOC)and a team from Mission. This past weekend the RMSOC hosted a car wash fundraiser.

Special Olympics

A car wash and a soccer game have kept SpecialOlympians busy over the past few weeks.

No score keeping and nothing butfun.

That was the name of the game dur-ing a friendly soccer match betweenthe Ridge Meadows and MissionSpecial Olympic teams recently.

The match was a joint effortbetween the West Coast Auto GroupFootball Club, and Mission FootballClub - the latter representing Canada

in the World Championships next year.“What better way... to develop soccer than by hosting

this event?” Said WCAGFC president, Dan Mikolay.A Ridge Meadows Special Olympics car wash was

held this past weekend too, and $500 was raised.

Athletes are active

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Visiting Mission City scoredthree times in the first 1:11of the third period, en routeto a lopsided win over hostRidge Meadows.

by Troy [email protected]

The Mission City Outlaws cameinto town on Friday and proceed-ed to outgun the Ridge MeadowsFlames.

Despite being outshot 41-32, theOutlaws stunned the Flames, beat-ing them 6-1 in a Pacific JuniorHockey League inter-conferencegame at Planet Ice.

The win improves the Outlawsrecord to 2-4-1.

The loss dropped the Flames to3-3.

Even with their mediocre startto the season, the Flames are ina three-way tie for top spot withthe Langley Knights (3-3) andAldergrove Kodiaks (2-1-1-1) fortop spot in the Harold BrittainConference.

The Outlaws and AbbotsfordPilots (2-3-0-1) round out the con-ference standings with five pointseach.

Considering they had all of 11wins in 44 regular season gameslast season, the Flames easternrivals from Mission are off to apretty fair start to 2014/15.

The Flames, meanwhile, aresearching for consistency. Afterwinning their first two games of

the season, they have droppedthree of their past four outings.

The Outlaws scored the onlyfour goals of the third period.

This allowed them to turn atight, 2-1 lead after 40 minutesinto a rout.

Brody Dyck (12 seconds afterthe puck was dropped to start theframe), and Landen Matechukwith back-to-back markers 17 sec-onds apart gave the Outlaws a 5-1lead before the third period waseven a minute-and-a-half old.

Mission’s Hayden Mowbrayscored his second of the night atthe 13:18 mark of the third periodto round out the scoring.

The Outlaws led 2-0 after the

first period.Ridge Meadows’ Boston Colley

scored the only goal of the secondperiod, snipinghome a shot ona Flames powerplay 1:08 into thestanza.

“We didn’t havea great first period,being down 2-1,and in the secondperiod, we domin-ated,” Flames headcoach Jamie Fisetsaid. “We onlyscored once but there was anotherone that we should have buried,but their goaltender made a great

save. It was a 2-1 game going intothe third and we had momentumcompletely on our side, but we

had bad bouncesto start the thirdperiod and theyscored three goalsin [roughly] aminute.”

Fiset added,“We just seemedto just be battlingourselves all night,and that’s notto take anythingaway from Mission

[City], but there were just somevery bizarre plays,” Fiset said.• More: www.mrtimes.com, search “Flames”

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Late surge helps Outlaws put out FlamesRidgeMeadowsFlames’Boston Colleybeat MissionCity OutlawsgoaltenderBryce Phenixwith thissecond periodshot. It wasall the offencethe Flamescould musterin a 6-1 lossto the OutlawsFriday atPlanet Ice.

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