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FOCUS4Oasis carwashSudsy North Shore businessmaintains its retro vibe

BRIGHTLIGHTS 10Leprechaun’s TeaPartyNorth Shore Connexions Societycelebrates St. Patrick’s Day

SPORTS20Senior boysbasketballCollingwood Cavaliers claimfirst provincial crown

SHAMROCK SHAKE Megan Sutherland, TheaMedland, Camryn Cross and Sophie Cummings are among 18members of the Nora Pickett Irish DanceAcademywho leave for Glasgow, Scotland today to compete in theWorld Irish Dancing Championships. PHOTOMIKEWAKEFIELD

Balmierthanusualspringtempsexpected

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WoodfibreLNGgets federalapprovalJEREMY [email protected]

In a decision certain to fuel the ire of environmentalists,the federal government gave its stamp of approval tothe $1.6-billion Woodfibre liquefied natural gas projectFriday.

Exporting and processing 2.1 million tonnes of LNG each yearfrom the former pulp mill site southwest of Squamish is unlikelyto hurt the environment, according to a release from CatherineMcKenna, Minister of Environment and Climate Change.

McKenna’s assessment doesn’t account for the plant’s

“incredibly environmentally destructive” cooling system, arguedWest Vancouver lawyer Tom Rafael. “I’m extremely disappointedand very sorry the minister did not thoroughly use a science-based environmental assessment,” he said.

Winning environmental approval from the federal govern-ment was the last major hurdle to clear for the polarizing project,which can start launching 40 double-hulled LNG-bearing tankers

to Asia each year, beginning as early as 2017.Rather than uniform opposition, there was “a variety of differ-

ent opinions” on the project, according to JonathanWilkinson,MP for North Vancouver and parliamentary secretary to theminister of environment and climate change.

Because the plant will be powered by Hydro, not natural gas,its level of greenhouse gas emissions will be comparatively low,according toWilkinson.

TheMP said he personally stands by the decision, which headded is “based on science and it’s based on data.”

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The pink clouds of cherryblossoms and magnoliabuds that signal springare already out in NorthShore gardens and alongcity streets.

Officially, the spring equi-nox arrives this weekend at9:30 p.m. Saturday night (mostcalendars list it as arrivingshortly after midnight Sunday,but that’s 12:30 a.m. EDT.)

But both gardeners andmeteorologists have noted anearlier start to warm tem-peratures this year. Floweringtrees are in blossom abouttwo weeks ahead of schedule,said Ineke Milligan, managerof Dykhof Nurseries in NorthVancouver.

For that, we can probablythank El Nino.

This winter tied for thestrongest El Nino year onrecord, said Lisa Coldwells,meteorologist at EnvironmentCanada. That resulted in

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Two Four Seasons Oasis Car Wash employees in their famous orange jumpsuits take a break between vehicles. The business has been part of the community for close to 50 years.

Colourful carwashshineson50 years for North Vancouver’s Oasis

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Palm trees, fountains and the unmistakable colourcombination of tangerine and turquoise make NorthVancouver’s Four Seasons Oasis Automatic Car Washan iconic North Shore business.

Elgin Arnold used the motto: “Hubcap, carpet to ashtrayservice,” when he started the Vancouver Oasis car wash in1952, custom building his own equipment. Two North Shorelocations followed, one at Park Royal and one that he set upfor another owner on the infamous five-point intersection ofMarine Drive, Keith Road, Third Street and Bewicke Avenue inNorth Vancouver.

The Park Royal location is now gone but Arnold took overthe North Vancouver shop in 1967 where they’ve been taking

vehicles through their nearly 100 feet of soaping, brushing andwaxing followed by blow drying and hand buffing for almost 50years.

Elgin is now gone but wife Helen oversees two locations –the second is in Burnaby – with general manager Steve Danielsrunning the show. Elgin took Daniels under his wing when hestarted at the age of 14. Thirty-eight years later Daniels is thehands-on general manager at both locations.

Inside the North Vancouver shop you’ll find Deb Clarke,another longtime employee operating the cash register behinda stone-faced desk, asking customers if a wash and waxing is inyour car’s future.

Patrons can watch through the glass as the car travels

along its chain-driven journey that at times resembles anamusement park funhouse. A small army of workers clad insignature orange jumpsuits buzz around the vehicles vacuum-ing, pressure-washing wheels and wiping down freshly cleanedexteriors.

The huge brushes that caress the car as it passes on itssudsy journey are custom made in California out of TampicoFiber, a natural material that comes from a Mexican cactus.

On any given day you can see hundreds of cars roll throughthis North Vancouver institution. Their best day on record was925 vehicles.

After 50 years on the North Shore the business is still anoasis where the harsh grime of the world is washed away.

Patrons are greeted with a friendly smile from Deb Clarke, who has been with the company for 18 years. Staff and huge rolling brushes get cars squeaky clean.

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Starting at age 14 and earning 60 cents an hour, SteveDaniels learned the ropes ofmanaging andkeeping up the Elgin CustomBuilt System. Thirty-eight years later, Daniels is the GMand directorof Four SeasonsOasis Automatic CarWash.

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ProjectopponentsvoicedisappointmentThe switch from natural

gas to electricity should resultin an 80 per cent reductionin greenhouse gas emissions,according toWoodfibre.

However, the federal gov-ernment likely underestimatedmethane emissions, accordingto environmental researchgroup the Pembina Institute.

Methane leakage at acomparable facility in the

United States is reported tobe five times higher than thegovernment is anticipating atWoodfibre, according to theinstitute’s report.

West Vancouver-Sea to SkyLiberal MLA Jordan Sturdysaid he’s pleased with theresults. “It appears to be aboutas good an export facilityas you’re going to see,” hesaid. “If Woodfibre was notapproved, it’s hard to see howany other facility could be

approved.”Environmentalist Eoin

Finn blasted the assessment,calling the approval “a stain onour international reputation.”

The project was approveddespite overwhelmingopposition, largely related topotential impact onmarinetraffic and Howe Soundmam-mals. Still, Finn said he plansto keep up the fight.

West Vancouver-SunshineCoast-Sea to Sky Country

MP Pamela Goldsmith-Jonessaid she had onemessage forcommunity leaders Fridayafternoon: “we’re all in thistogether.” She promised to bevigilant in maintaining ecologi-cal health andmarine safety.

For Woodfibre, “the realwork is just beginning,”stated Byng Giraud, vice-president of corporate affairsfor Woodfibre LNG in a pressrelease. The company willincorporate conditions from

the environmental review intoits design and constructionof the refinery, according toGiraud.

The project should createabout 650 construction jobsduring the building phase andmore than 100 jobs once theplant is operational.

When first pitched, theproject got a rancorous recep-tion fromWest VancouverMayor Michael Smith, whorecalled assurances heonce received from oil giantExxonMobil about infinitesi-mal chances of a spill.

Reached Friday, Smithsaid he was disappointed.“We’ve stated our case thatHowe Sound should beprotected,” he said, notingthe body of water is a meccafor outdoor recreation. “Totake a chance on losing that, I

think, is quite sad.”OtherWest Van council-

lors raised concerns overa process that could pump17,000 cubic metres of heatedand chlorinated seawater backinto Howe Sound every hour.

Those concerns areunfounded, according toWoodfibre project directorAlex Brigden, who said thepercentage of chlorine used islower than in drinking water.

The project won approvalfrom both B.C. and theSquamish Nation – on whoseland the site is located – inOctober 2015. Woodfibrestill needs approvals andpermits from Fisheries andOceans Canada and TransportCanada, both of which partici-pated in the federal review.

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Snowpack levels normalaverage winter tempera-tures of 1.6 degrees Celsiusabove normal for the LowerMainland. The weather patternwasmost evident last month,in February, when averagetemperatures in the Vancouverarea were 2.3 degrees abovenormal, at 7.2 ºC.

In West Vancouver, thataverage was even higher, at7.5 ºC. The highest tempera-ture last month on the NorthShore was a balmy 16 degrees,which happened relativelyearly – Feb. 9.

Globally, scientists havepointed to February as oneof the warmest on record,compared to its historicalaverage, particularly in the

northern hemisphere.“It was a warmmonth,”

said Coldwells.Make that warm and wet.

No, you didn’t imagine it.Rainfall on the North Shorethis winter was above average– slightly. A total of 900 milli-meters fell between Decemberand February – slightly morethan the historical averageamount of 832 mm.

The influence of El Ninomeant no snow fell at lowerelevation this winter althoughtemperatures higher up stillmanaged to bring snow tothe mountains – good newsfor both ski hills and watermanagers.

Overall, the snowpack isvery close to normal this year,said Coldwells.

El Nino is expected to keepaverage temperatures slightlyabove normal for the nextthree months, said Coldwells.

That doesn’t mean garden-ers should race out and tryto get a big head start on thegrowing season, warn bothMilligan and Emily Jubenvill,manager of North Vancouver’sEdible Garden Project.

Annual plants like vegeta-bles stressed by temperatureswings in the early part of theseason might bolt early, saidJubenvill.

Seeds started early inspring also need a grow light,said Milligan, “or they’ll get alllong and leggy.”

Some good news forgardeners – so far thereare no early signs that an

intensely hot dry summer isahead. Much of last year’srecord-breaking drought wasinfluenced by a large massof warm water in the Pacific,nicknamed “The Blob” bymeteorologists. “The Blobbroke up in the fall,” saidColdwells.

By summer, the influenceof El Nino usually wanes andso far, weather patterns looknormal, she said.

Historically, El Ninowinters are often followedby La Nina years, she added– where temperatures tendto be colder than normal.Indications of whether that’slikely – based on water tem-peratures in the Pacific – willbe clearer in late summer toearly fall, she said.

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A driver and his three pas-sengers were shaken butunhurt after their vehiclewas hit by a freight trainin Ambleside on Tuesday.

The incident happenedjust before 9 p.m. wherethe rail line crosses 15thStreet between Argyle and

Bellevue avenues.It is illegal to turn right

from Argyle onto 15th. Aseries of plastic bollards areset up as a barrier.

West Vancouver police arechalking the near-disaster upto “inattentiveness.”

“Perhaps they werefocussed on the barricadeand trying to get around itand clearly not paying enough

attention as to whether ornot the train was coming,”said Const. Jeff Palmer, WestVancouver police spokesman.“The front of the train collidedwith, fortunately, the frontquarter of the vehicle so itjust basically spun the vehicleoff the tracks.”

The 43-year-old Richmonddriver received tickets fordisobeying a traffic control

device and failing to yield.Police estimated the damageto his brand new Toyota Yarisat $5,000.

Trains are typically goingabout 19 kilometres per houras they move through thatpart of town, Palmer said. Theat-grade crossing’s bells andwarning lights were activatedbut there is no crossing armblocking the intersection.

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Medical journal The Lancet is antici-pating half a million people will diein 2050, primarily due to a scarcity offruit and vegetables caused by climatechange.

After reading about imminentincreases in heart disease, we stumbledon another story that made our bloodpressure rise.

Energy companies, after hoarding theiroil-extraction profits, are now hoping toshare the cost of cleaning up their mess.

The Petroleum Services Associationof Canada is asking for $500 million in fed-eral funds to clean up inactive oil and gaswells. The plan has already won supportfrom Alberta’s energy minister.

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I’d like to have agrown-up, adult-onlyconversation in the para-graphs that follow, if youdon’t mind. It’s about pies.

If you’re under the age of,let’s say, 17, I have two thingsto say to you:

1) Congratulations onbeing the one youth who stillreads newspapers and doesn’trely solely on emoji-basedcommunication… enjoy yourtime at Harvard :)

2) Could you please putthis column aside unless youwant to lose all of your child-like innocence in a crusty oldgrown-upmess.

Alright, have the kids allgone back to playing with theirninja apps and getting Biebertattoos? Good.

Before we go any furtherI’ll note that I’m going to beusing the word “pies” as asecret code for another wordthat I’ll be dancing aroundwithout writing. I’m doing thisto further protect our shame-ful adult secrets, in case anyyoungsters somehow didn’tblindly obey the orders of anadult and are still reading this.

Hopefully this code will be tootough for their young brains tocrack while being easy enoughfor our old brains to figureout. As anyone who has evertried to program a VCR knows,adults, not children, are supergreat at figuring things out.

Anyway, the “pies” I’m talk-ing about are the pies that wefeed our children a few timeseach year in the name of holi-day fun. I don’t remember everquestioning these pies whenI was a child, mainly becauseall of these pies lead to greatthings: money, presents,chocolate!

Now that I’m a parent,however, I can’t help but feeluneasy about all the pies. Iprobably wouldn’t have givenit a second thought except Ihave a wily son who seems tobe a tiny bit bothered by thepies we feed him, and it’s get-ting more andmore awkwardtrying to serve them up with-out creating a sticky mess.

It started with Easter acouple years back. Then justthree years old, my son wasalready sharp enough to ques-tion why the hell a giant bunnywould want to come into ourhouse to hide things.

Had we ever seen thebunny? Howwould the bunnyget into our supposedly safeand secure house?

As I tried to answer the bar-rage of questions I got a veryuneasy feeling.

“I dunno buddy, maybe the

bunny is magic. But hey, freechocolate!”

Was I serving my son a bigtray of floppy-eared pies? Hisbiggest concern was aboutwhere the bunny would go inthe house. For some strangereason he was not OKwiththe idea of having a massivewild animal rooting around inhis bedroom somehow hidingtiny objects with its huge,razor-sharped claws. Kids areso weird!

The solution we came upwith was telling himwe wouldmake sure the bunny wouldnot come into his bedroom.I’m glad he accepted that,because if he’d kept up hisline of questioning for a fewmoreminutes I’m sure I wouldhave cracked. Tomakemat-ters worse, the Easter Bunny,whoever that is, hid only a fewpieces of chocolate in our

house and the rest were thoselittle plastic eggs filled withraisins and Cheerios. I’m tell-ing my kid a bunch of pies andall he’s getting is raisins? Whatkind of man am I? If GeorgeWashington’s father askedme who chopped down thecherry tree, I’d be like, “I don’tknow, there was this giant-assbunny hanging around earlier.It had an axe.”

It was the same deal thefollowing Christmas whenmyson started to pull apart theSanta story. Sure, my son said,Santa could bring me presents– and it better be Lego – buthe’d need to stay out of myroom!

The latest pie test arrivedlast week whenmy son lost hisfirst tooth. He hadmany, manyquestions about this ToothFairy person.

How does the Tooth Fairyknowwhere we live? Whattime exactly will the ToothFairy come?What does theTooth Fairy do with all thoseteeth? My son was so con-cerned that he risked losingout on the cash by insistingthe Tooth Fairy not come into

his room. He left a little pillowoutside the door and hopedfor the best. Luckily the ToothFairy,whoever that is, figured itout and gave him a shiny coin.

So here we are. We rantand rave about politicians whotell pies – or, as it’s currentlyknown, Trumping – yet we cel-ebrate our major holidays byspinning weird, elaborate piesof our own for our children.

What it comes right downto is my son has made the sen-sible decision he doesn’t wantfat, jolly old men; weird tooth-collecting fairies; or giant furrymammals skulking around hisbedroom. Meanwhile I’m forc-ing my children to swallow abunch of dirty pies.

Who is the grown-up here?I’ve made a decision. One

week from today I’m going tosit up all night until that EasterBunny appears and I’m finallygoing to let the truth ringout, for my children, for myconscience, for a better, morehonest future.

“Listen up, Bunny,whoeveryou are,” I’ll say. “Nomoreraisins!”

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Mysonhasmade the sensibledecisionhedoesn’twant fat, jolly oldmen;weird tooth-collecting fairies; or giantfurrymammals skulking aroundhis room.

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Tree girdling decisionrankles another trail userDear Editor:

Re: Trail Users Sickened byMass Tree Kill, March 2 front-page story.

Like Melanie and DerekRockhill, andmany environ-mentalists, and concernednature lovers who regularlyuse the Baden Powell Trail, Iam thoroughly disgusted byBC Hydro’s massive girdlingof trees in the area. From yourexcellent article we are ledto believe that BC Hydro’sdecision to kill off more than100 coniferous trees was madestrictly “for safety reasons”and, according to BC Hydro’sspokeswoman, Mora Scott, “toretain as much cover as pos-sible, and create fallen (and

thus rotting) trees that providehabitats for small mammalsand birds.”

Pardonme if severalclichés spring to mind, likethrowing out the baby with thebathwater, and cutting one’snose to spite one’s face.

Scott also assured yourreporter, Brent Richter, thatthe girdling decision wasmadeafter careful considerationby “a biologist, forester andcertified arborist.” But whoare these people? Were theyemployed or contracted by BCHydro or completely objec-tive and independent? Thefact that no environmentalorganizations, concerned citi-zen groups or even qualified

environmental officers likeRichard Boase were consultedspeaks again volumes aboutthe hubris of a major com-pany. Might is right, comes tomind.

And as far as the safetyissue is concerned, will theBaden Powell Trail from nowon be littered with signs like“Danger! Falling Trees!” “MudSlides Ahead!” or “Jack upYour Life Insurance!”?

Let’s hope that from nowon, major organizations likeHydro, et al. will see the treesfor the forest and not makesimilar dreadful (and sneaky)mistakes.Robert BosshardtNorth Vancouver

Dear Editor:As I watch houses being

demolished in my neighbour-hood, I am struck by thesimultaneous demolitionof the gardens that oncesurrounded them. Somanyshrubs are crunched underthe bulldozers. What a terriblewaste.

When we visit other cities,I am always interested in thehandsome displays of shrub-bery that line their highways.What a beautiful setting they

provide, and howmuch itspeaks to the visitor about thekind of place they are visiting.By comparison, our highwaysare bleak.

Why not make it part ofeach building permit that onthe day of demolition, thebulldozer must scoop out theshrubs on each property andline them up at the edge ofthe road. Not all will survive,but many will. The shrubscould then be picked up byour public works department

and planted along theHighway 1. Can you imaginelines of gorgeous rhododen-drons blooming all the wayfrom Horseshoe Bay to theIronworkers Memorial Bridge?

Or if that is just toomuchwork, the shrubs could bemade available to neighboursfor replanting.

We are destroying somuch:let’s do a better job of rescuingand reusing our garden stock.Margaret CampbellNorth Vancouver

‘Mosquito’ an ill-chosenmonikerDear Editor:

For years I have often won-dered why the City of NorthVancouver named publicparks and areas after mos-quitoes – Mosquito Creek,Mosquito Creek Marina, etc.

To me those names hada negative connotation andfor anyone with an allergy tomosquitoes, we avoid placeswhere they might be.

Most of us are aware mos-quitoes can cause seriousillness (such as malaria) and

even death. The mosquito-borne Zika virus is currentlyspreading explosivelythroughout more than twodozen countries with a num-ber of (travel-related) casesnow discovered in Canada.This virus is transmitted bycertain types of mosquitoesand has been linked to neu-rological illnesses includingGuillain-Barre syndrome, animmune disorder that causesweakening of the muscles;but mainly Zika has been

linked to thousands of babiesborn with severe neurologicaldisorder.

Travel advisories havebeen posted for pregnantwomen travelling South dueto insurance coverage.

Given the negative con-notation of the name, I wouldlike to ask: is it not time torename the mosquito-namedareas to something moreappropriate?D.M. WilsonNorth Vancouver

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QUOTES OF THE WEEK:I don’t think it’s as romantic and as easy and carefree as one might

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—WestVancouverCoun.Michael Lewis advisesprospective farmers todo their researchbeforeowningbackyard chickens (fromaMarch 18news story).

Will you brave going out of bounds?”

—Thevoice-over in aCoors Light addares skiers and snowboarders toheadoff trails,much to thechagrinofNorthShoreRescue (fromaMarch 16news story). Theadwas subsequentlypulled.

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PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING

You are invited to review Larco Investments’ latest plans for itsproposed Cap West mixed-use development of460 residential units,public plaza, community centre and commercial space at2035 Fullerton Ave., North Vancouver.

Date: Wednesday, March 30, 2016Time: 6:00 – 8:00 pmView information displays: 6:00 pmFormal presentation: 6:30 pm

Location: Clubhouse at Capilano Rugby Club, Klahanie Park305 Klahanie Court, West Vancouver

Information packages are being distributed to residents,businesses and property owners within the Lions Gate Village Centre.If you would like to receive a copy or if you would like moreinformation, contact Art Phillips of Larco Investments at 604.925.8218or Tamsin Guppy of the District Planning Department at 604.990.2387or bring your questions and comments to the meeting.

*This is not a Public Hearing. DNV Council will receive a reportfrom staff on issues raised at the meeting and will formallyconsider the proposal at a later date.

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North Shore Connexions Society’s The Summit seniors programhosted a Leprechaun’s Tea Partyon Thursday (St. Patrick’s Day). All community members 50+ were invited to the annual event, whichfeatured a performance by The Good Time Gals, prizes and refreshments. In addition, guests wereencouraged to wear imaginative hats. The Summit is a supportive place for people with developmentaldisabilities to go and participate in programs that support their needs. nsconnexions.org

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West Vancouver secondary Grade 11 students Raine Lemay and Isabel Gallant visit the cenotaphin Memorial Park after learning about the community’s fallen solders. PHOTO PAULMCGRATH

CHRISTINE [email protected]

There are 91 names inscribed on thecenotaph inWest Vancouver’s MemorialPark.

They identify the fallen soldiers from thecommunity who fought in the First and SecondWorldWars. But with only first initials andsurnames displayed, there is little the casualobserver can glean about these people who losttheir lives decades ago.

In the lead up to the 100th anniversary of theBattle of Vimy Ridge, West Vancouver MemorialLibrary is launching a new initiative thatseeks to bridge that disconnect. Research toRemember is being funded by a grant from theWorldWar Commemorations Community Fundfrom the Department of Canadian Heritage, andis being run in partnership withWest VancouverSchools and the Royal Canadian Legion.

The program aims to give participants atangible connection to 24 of the soldiers com-memorated on theWest Vancouver cenotaphthrough the exploration of primary sourcedocuments.

Thanks to the grant money, the library wasable to hire a professional researcher to trackdown thematerial, which includesmedicalrecords, personal correspondence, records ofservice, casualty notifications, photographs,lists of personal effects, andmore.

The first phase of the project is focusing onWest Vancouver secondary school students.

Approximately 200 high schoolers in grades 10to 12 will visit the library throughout themonthof March to conduct historical research basedon the primary source packages. They will alsovisit the nearby cenotaph to see the names ofthe soldiers they’ve learned about.

The library’s youth department headShannon Ozirny was pleased with the studentresponse following the first research session.

“They were totally rapt the entire time,” shesays.

SecondWorldWar veteran and Branch60 Royal Canadian Legion chairman HarryGreenwood spoke to the students first and forthe rest of the program the teens worked hands-on with the provided documents.

“They’re learning about the differencebetween gleaning facts from a document versusmaking inferences about a person from ahistorical document, and it also lets themmakea bit more of a personal connection when theyhave everything right in front of them,” Ozirnysays.

The goal is to connect the learners with localhistory on a personal level.

“We really want the students to connectwith the people who were their age fromWestVancouver who went and fought in the war. Alot of these soldiers actually went toWest Vansecondary themselves, so there’s a pretty directconnection there.”

The second phase of Research to Remember

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SHRED FOR THE CAUSELadies are invited to ski orsnowboard for aminimumdonation of $10MondaysuntilMarch 28, 6-10 p.m. atMt.Seymour. Guests can donatemore if theywish, but $5 from

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TRE CLASSESDrop-in tensionand trauma release exerciseswill be offered every Tuesday,10:30-11:30 a.m. at North ShoreWomen’s Centre, 131 EastSecond St., NorthVancouver.Admission by [email protected]

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Parcel Tax Assessment RollTake notice that, pursuant to section 204 of the Community Charter, the first sitting of the LocalParcel Tax Roll Review Panel appointed to consider and deal with the complaints against theParcel Tax Assessment Roll regarding:

Local Area Service: Lane Paving (Bylaw No. 4833, 2015)

Affected Properties: 2030-2090 Fulton Avenue and 761 20th Street;

2011-2091 Esquimalt Avenue and 733 20th Street;

Will be Held: Wednesday, March 30, 2016 at 10 a.m.main floor conference room, municipal hall750 17th Street, West Vancouver BCt: 604-925-7033 | f: 604-925-7034

A copy of the Parcel Tax Assessment Roll may be viewed at the finance counter atmunicipal hall during normal working hours, Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

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A short film from BritishPathé found on YouTubefollows a group ofchildren at play outdoorson a brisk spring day.

Boys and girls, bundled upin coats and knitted hats ridethe roundabout, clamber ontothe climbing net and push oneanother on the swing set.

In a less rambunctioussequence, a little girl holds abunny, exploring its softnesswith rapt attention. Here she iswith a bouquet of flowers, herfingers so nimble and active

that the knowledge transfer-ring from the hyacinth anddaffodil blossoms to her mindis almost visible.

The year is 1951. Thelittle girl has just turned fiveyears old and has been blindfor three years. Her name isRosamund.

Today, Rosamund VanLeeuwen is a familiar sight asshe walks through herWestVancouver neighbourhood.Accompanied by her guidedog, Rory, she’s out and about,off to Curves, shopping andmeeting friends.

Rosamund was already anindependent child when herparents enrolled her in theprogressive Sunshine HomeNursery School for BlindChildren in England.

She was raised as if shewere sighted, doing choresand romping with her twoyounger brothers. “I didtry,” Rosamund remembers.“I would say, ‘I can’t do thedishes because I can’t tell ifthey’re clean or not,’ or ‘I can’tvacuum because I can’t tell ifthe carpet is dirty or clean.’ If Ilost something, it was: ‘Go andlook first and I’ll come later.’To this day, I’m the family‘finder.’”

The aim of Sunshine Housewas to encourage confidenceand independence by teachingchildren practical skills – howto use playground equipment,and to read and write braille.Rosamund remembers therunning track, easy to followwith grass verges on eitherside, and the occasionalwhistle to warn runners thatone of the school’s donkeyshad wandered onto the track.

At 17, Rosamund appliedfor Voluntary ServiceOverseas, the first blind per-son to do so. She was offeredan assignment in Singaporeat a new school for visuallyimpaired children.

Everything about thisadventure, from the dayRosamund sailed off to meether future until she returnedhome a year later, instilledthe confidence that she couldmake a life for herself on herown. From the perspective oftoday, Rosamund says, “I givecredit to my parents andmyteachers, whose grounding

gave me a positive attitudeand the self-confidence tomake a good life.”

In Singapore, while learningto live in a new environmentand culture, her role was toeducate the public, liaisebetween staff and students,and to interact with thechildren, with specific instruc-tions to set an example ofself-reliance.

Once the students under-stood that their ploys – “Ican’t do X because I’m blind”– were futile, Rosamund andher charges, and a group ofvolunteers, took on practical

and recreational activities,many experienced by thestudents for the first time,that would stimulate in thema sense of independence andaccomplishment.

Next came shared digs inLondon and training as a phys-iotherapist. With the worldand its possibilities to explore,Rosamund intended to live,work and travel for a year inCanada, Australia and SouthAfrica. The adventure beganin Canada, at a hospital inMaple Ridge. Here Rosamund,

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Blindness allows her to seeworld fromunique perspective

an accomplished water skier, learned to ski onsnow, wearing out several trail guides on week-end ski excursions. Five years later, her travelplan accomplished, she returned to Vancouverto make her home with husband Richard andtheir two children.

Rosamund chairs the PAWS forIndependence Association, which provideseducation on assisting people with disabilities,especially those who use working dogs. Shegives talks on behalf of the CNIB, B.C. GuideDogs Services and EYE Deal, the informationand support group for people with low-vision at

West Vancouver Seniors’ Activity Centre.Rosamund will read, or rather hear, this

profile through the program JAWS, which readsaloud the words on her computer monitor.

From friends and family who have watchedthe British Pathé film, Rosamund knows herfacial expressions, and how she handles flow-ers, have not changed since she was five yearsold at the Sunshine School. The video can befound by searching on YouTube for its title,“Blind Children’s Home (1951).”

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MoneyMattersMike Grenby

EaseyourstressandmakeafinancialplanFaced with a seeminglyendless turbulent politicaland economic situation,people in Zimbabwe oftenseek stability by saying:“Let’s make a plan.”

During my visit to “Zim” Isaw evidence of the country’sfairly recent runaway inflation:a $20-billion banknote.

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A financial plan can be assimple as one page on whichyou very briefly summarizeyour finances, then writethree or four objectives, or ascomplex as a $2,500 multi-pager compiled after severalmeetings with a financialplanner.

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Ideally your plan shouldlist (1) your income andoutgo, plus what you own andwhat you owe; (2) your objec-tives; (3) the steps to take toreach those objectives; (4) thedates for these action stepsand follow-up reviews.

“This is a great way tomake your dreams a reality,”Hingorani said, adding – and

I agree – that working witha knowledgeable, objectivefinancial advisor in tune withwho you are, can increase theeffectiveness of your plan.

Start by looking for anappropriate person at yourfinancial institution. Also ask afinancially successful friend orcolleague for a referral.

While what others doshouldn’t influence yourbehaviour, it’s interestingto see the RBC FinancialIndependence in RetirementPoll found 46 per cent of B.C.residents have a financialplan, 65 per cent have startedsaving for retirement (50 percent own an RRSP – lowerthan most other provinces),and saving for a rainy day orretirement is more importantthan saving to pay off debt.

Mike Grenby is a columnistand independent personalfinancial advisor; he’ll answerquestions in this column asspace allows but cannot replypersonally. [email protected].

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When I met my newclient, I was more thana little concerned whenshe opened the frontdoor.

Her left arm was in a slingand she limped badly.

“Oh dear, whathappened?”

“Monty, my dog, saw asquirrel on a walk and tookoff. He was on leash. I wason the other end. He yankedmy shoulder clear out of itssocket. It’s a third degreeseparation.”

“Eesh. Ooch. Ouch,” werethe only words I could getout while she describedhow her foot got caught ona curved root on the trail,holding her in place whileMonty stretched her out like

a slingshot.“Six to eight weeks, the

doctor said. I can’t walkMonty, but I also can’t letsomeone else walk him whenhe pulls so badly.”

“Agreed. I’ll do the

walking today.”It was no surprise that

Monty, a large breed dog,was hitting the ceiling withexcitement as soon as heheard the leash being liftedoff the coat hook. So webegan our training by prac-tising patience, which reallydidn’t take long.

“Hmm, maybe it won’t beas bad as I thought,” I said tomyself.

But once we were out thefront door the game changedas we proceeded to walk –no, let me rephrase that – aswe waterskied around theblock.

“I read your last articleand I knew we should haveworked on this as a puppy,but he was such a good boyand when he did pull it wasonly when he darted towardssomething. We could handlethat when he was 30 pounds.When he got big and thedarting got bad, we just lethim off leash. But then whenhe darted, he would take off.

He was almost hit by a cara few months ago and thenthe last time he took off hewould not come back.”

Clearly the issue wasmore than just a dog thatpulled. This owner neededto learn leadership trainingASAP.

But in the meantime,Monty needed to get walkedand his regular collar wasjust not going to offer thecontrol needed to managehis behaviour and instill thetraining regime I had in mind(read last week’s column).So, I recommended a no-pullwalking tool. In Monty’s caseit was going to be a facehalter called the Dogmaticbecause he is a heavy-setdog with a lot of power inhis shoulders. For a dog likeMonty with poor or littleleash walking skills and moreenergy than common sense,the Dogmatic is a wonderfultool to manage behaviour,especially for quick-dartingdogs like Monty. Like all

head halters, the leashattaches to the halter onthe dog’s face which offersthe person on the other endgreater control over thedog’s movement.

There are a number ofhead halters for dogs andthey are all variations onthe same design. When I usea head halter, I personallyprefer the Dogmatic for thevarious ways that a dog canbe controlled.

Monty, or a dog like him,would not be a candidate fora walking harness becausehe would still be able to leadwith his very powerful shoul-ders and would begin pullingonce again. On a walking har-ness, the leash attaches to aloop at the breastbone andwhen a dog pulls, the dog isturned off balance. It is nota comfortable position, so adog learns that if it wants towalk forward it has to alignitself and not pull. Much likehead halters, there are anumber of walking harnesses

out there, all variations onthe same design.

Whether it’s a head halteror a walking harness, a toolis only as effective as theperson using it. A dog, ifallowed, will eventually learnto tolerate whatever unpleas-antness the harness or halteris creating if the owner is nottraining and using the tool asit is intended. It is a devicethat temporarily manages adog’s pulling behaviour sothat new training techniquescan be implemented to teacha dog to walk politely onleash.

Head halters and walkingharnesses seem to work likemagic when they are firstused, but if not used prop-erly a dog will just find a wayto pull again.

Joan Klucha has beenworking with dogs for morethan 15 years in obedience,tracking and behaviouralrehabilitation. Contact her [email protected].

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The last thing theCollingwood senior boysbasketball team didbefore heading off toplay in the AA provincialchampionships last weekwas stop by their ownschool’s sparkling newgym, look up and closetheir eyes.

They knew that therewere no boys basketballprovincial championshipbanners hanging in that gymbut as they stood in thecentre of their home courtthey visualized filling anempty space on those walls,immortalizing themselves asthe first boys team in schoolhistory to win a provincialbasketball title.

Then they went toLangley and made thatdream a reality.

The Cavaliers claimedtheir first provincial titlewith a dominant 68-40 winover the defending championBlue Jags from Victoria’s St.Michaels University SchoolSaturday at Langley EventsCentre. Collingwood turnedin a defensive performancefor the ages in the first half,limiting SMUS to 12 points inthe half – including just twoin the second quarter – toopen up a 34-12

halftime advantage.“It was very surreal,”

Collingwood head coachAndy Wong told the NorthShore News. “I would havenever predicted we wouldbe up 34-12 at halftime, andwe just had to keep going. …Each quarter we kept reset-ting the score to the players.That helped the game go

by really quickly and in theback of your head you keepthinking this is going reallysmoothly. Reality didn’t hituntil after the game duringthe ceremony.”

Defence was the call-ing card for the Cavaliersthroughout the tourna-ment as they held all ofthe opponents to 55 points

or less, culminating in thesuffocating pressure theyapplied to the Blue Jags inthe final. Collingwood sprunga 1-3-1 zone defence in thesecond quarter – the firsttime they’d played zone alltournament – and the Jagswere completely befuddled.Collingwood outscored them18-2 in the 10-minute quarter.

“One of our major pointsof emphasis was to put SMUin uncomfortable situa-tions,” said Wong. “A bigsecret weapon of ours wasthe scouting reports doneby Collingwood coach JoelDitson. We had each of ourupcoming opponent’s gamesfilmed and he was very effi-cient and effective at being

able to cut up and point outthe tendencies of the playersand the offense of the team.His help and coach SiamakSalehi’s help in scouting gaveus a huge advantage.”

On the court theCavaliers were led by the trioof Carter Armstrong, named

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tournament MVP, and first-team all-starsJaden Narwal and Dillon Cooper.

Armstrong, a Grade 11 guard, hit fourthree pointers in the final on his way to 21points, six rebounds, two assists and twosteals.

“Carter played with great passion thewhole tournament, on offense and defense,”said Wong. “He hit some clutch threes in thesemis and finals that really gave us momen-tum. He also did a great job of getting ourteam set up into our offense and the coacheshave lots of confidence in his decision mak-ing. It’s pretty exciting to know that he’s onlyin Grade 11 and we get him back for onemore year.”

Narwal, known for stuffing stat sheetsall year, scored 19 points with 12 rebounds,seven assists and four steals in the final.

“Jaden had another amazing tournament,”said Wong. “He’s our captain, but he’s alsoour on-court coach.”

Cooper did his biggest damage in a 70-54win over Lambrick Park in the semifinals,coming one assist shy of a triple double with

13 points, 19 rebounds, nine assists and fivesteals.

“Dillon is our energy man,” said Wong.“He’s one of the most competitive players Ihave ever coached.”

Other standouts who helped the Cavaliersplay lockdown defence included BrendanArtley, Liam Huebner, Ben Basran and EliasErgas, a junior national rugby team playerwho suited up in the final just hours afterhelping Team B.C. win gold at the CanadianRugby 7s U18 Championships at BC Place.

Collingwood’s championship win finishedup a season in which the Cavaliers wentundefeated against all North Shore teamsand also went undefeated against AA com-petition, finishing the year with a 31-5 recordand, best of all, a brand new banner.

“It’s cool to know that you’re going tohave a life-long connection with these guys,”said Wong. “Our boys had a confidenceand an assurance since Game 1 on Nov. 30that we would win it all. It’s a pretty specialgroup. I told the players after the win thatI tell way too many stories about my pastteams at Windsor and Carson Graham, andnow I get to tell stories for years about us.”

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Several North Shore ath-letes returned home fromthe B.C. Winter Gamesin Penticton with theirbags a few grams heavierafter helping Zone 5Vancouver-Coastal to asecond place finish in themedal standings.

The closing ceremonieswrapped up the three-daysporting display on Feb. 28 atthe South Okanagan EventsCentre. Here’s a rundown ofNorth Shore medal winners aslisted at bcgames.org.

On the ski hill it was SkyeClarke fromWest Vancouverwho dominated the youthfemale categories, winninggold in the freestyle big airand combined runs, and silverin the slope style and moguls.Ethan Shandro placed secondin his slalom single run andthird in the slalom 2 run.Benjamin Lynch showed off inthe freestyle youth big air ski-ing event and won the silvermedal for his high flying skill.Grace McCusker helped herteam sweep into second placefor the female curling event.

Making a splash in thepool in girls’ C group div-ing (ages 12 and 13), SadieHoward won gold in both theone metre and three metre,Veronica Fong earned bronzein three metre, and MorganDalgarno won bronze and sil-ver in the one metre and threemetre, respectively. From thegirls’ B group (ages 14 and15), Alison Komlos won silverin one and three metre and

Maggie Osieja placed third onboth boards. The podium forthe one-metre mixed synchro-nized dives was filled withfamiliar faces; Howard andKomlos won gold, Osieja andher partner Jesse Nowotnyfrom the Fraser Valley took sil-ver, and bronze went to OliviaBrennan and Sarah Morbey,both from North Vancouver.

From the female net-ball team, Emily Hodgins,Anne Marie, Ansley andAngela Wieck, Nikki Sutton-MacGregor, Jacqueline Kellyand Louise Steinberg broughthome gold medals.

The special Olympicbasketball team also placedfirst with Zachary Klein,Pierce Burns, DJ Gilbert,Nick Kellof, Jimmy Peterson,Steve Schoeller, Sangeon Yoo,Kendrick Lim and TyroneLiebenberg all returning toNorth Vancouver from the topof the podium.

Representing WestVancouver, Alexis Romerograbbed third place in thefemale gymnastics teamcompetition.

In badminton, Juliet Emlyntook first place for doublesgirls. Jerry Wan earnedsecond place in boy’s doublesand Stella Seo walked awaywith a silver medal as well inmixed doubles. All of the play-ers won second place playingin the teams mixed category.

The flag has officially beenpassed to Abbotsford for the2016 Summer Games, whichwill be started off with thetorch lighting ceremony onApril 13. Events run from July21 to 24.

North Shore athletespack the podium atB.C.Winter Games

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