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A young girl, photographed during an alleged sexual assault at a Pitt Meadows rave, was described as disoriented and disheveled by her friends during a trial on Tuesday. One who testified, a boy who was 15 at the time, told the court the girl got separated from her group of friends during the Sept. 10, 2010 party – billed as “Another Night in Bangkok” – at a farm on Harris Road. see Trial, p4

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fear of sexual offences to persons under the age of 16. “Christopher Neil has no criminal record in Canada, but his actions in other countries were such that po- Neil lice felt it important to have him appear in front of a court so any public safety concerns can be addressed,” said Cpl.

Mat. Van Laer. Crown will be applying for a Section 810 peace bond, which is a preventative court order that could include conditions that prohibit Neil from accessing the Internet or being near children. Neil could be released on bail before a peace bond is imposed. “Crown will seek protective conditions governing his release into the community, pending the application for a peace bond,” said Samantha Hulme, a spokesperson for B.C.’s criminal justice branch. see Neil, p19

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.C.’s newest prison building, a $45-million project alongside the South Alouette River, opens soon in Maple Ridge, even though the province’s prison population is dropping. “The good news for all of us in B.C. is that the numbers, in terms of incarceration, generally, are declining. We are seeing it trending in the right direction,” Justice Minister Shirley Bond said Tuesday at a ribbon cutting for the secure wing of the Alouette Correctional Centre for Women. “What you’re seeing us do is actually add capacity to deal with current challenges.” Bond was in Maple Ridge for a tour of the state-of-the-art facility, prior to 70 women from the Surrey Pre-Trial Services Centre moving in the middle of this month. When they arrive, they’ll be see shiny new furniture and TVequipped cells with double bunks. Another feature of the cells is a narrow window above each bunk that allows prisoners to look down on to the open- and medium-custody wings of

The common area features tables with chess boards on top. the prison. The hope is that women in the secure wing will see inmates in horticulture or doggie daycare or community work programs and want to progress to reduced security programs. Each cell has a small plastic table, plastic storage bins, a stainless steel toilet and mirror and a stainless steelencased TV with remote control. The cost of TV is provided not by taxpayers, but by the inmate benefit fund, paid for by the prisoners, staff pointed out. TVs also provide the opportunity to deliver educational programs to help inmates upgrade their qualifications.

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The prison is composed of five living pods with about 20 cells surrounding a common area, where tables with chess boards on top are installed. Corrections officers can monitor the unit from above via high-definition cameras on five large screens. A grated floor allows guards to keep an eye and ear on what’s happening below. The new building also has four enclosed booths, like an old-fashioned telephone booth, where video screens and cameras are installed, allowing inmates to appear in court, without attending in person, saving staff time. Inmates will have a range of ser-

vices, including 24-hour health care, a doctor five times a week, a psychologist, a psychiatrist, mental health screening, dental services, an addictions counsellor, plus volunteer programs. “So we will have the full gamut of services that the women will need to address the issues they have when they come in,” said warden Dawn Kelly. One of the biggest challenges is reducing the recidivism rate, Bond added. The institute will focus on ensuring that women are as healthy and as well as they can be, “with the hope that they can turn their lives around.” All inmates have access to genderspecific programming, such as emotions management for women, relationship skills and substance abuse programming. According to a Ministry of Justice news release, the new Alouette building is part of a $185-million expansion plan in BC Corrections’ history, that will increase capacity in B.C. by 340 cells. Bond didn’t want to speculate on costs that B.C. might face as a result of tougher federal laws, until all the information is in and said the province is better positioned than the rest of the country to deal with any impacts. B.C. lobbied for tougher terms for some offences, she pointed out. “We are looking at the analysis of

Bill C-10.” Ottawa passed the bill last spring and imposes mandatory jail terms for some sentences and eliminates conditional sentences for some offences and has tougher terms for juveniles. “Right now, our trends are dropping,” Bond said. “We’re seeing capacity drop within the province in terms of the numbers of inmates we have.” However, a Ministry of Justice news release says B.C.’s prison population is expected to rise by “1.5 per cent to two per cent a year, for the foreseeable future.” Bond said there were a few delays in completing the Alouette addition, but it was done on within budget. A Maple Ridge news freedom of information request earlier this year, asking about the impact of crime bills will have on the Fraser Regional Correctional Centre and Alouette Correction Centre for Women, was sparse on details. The government released 16 pages of documents, but all figures were deleted, leaving large sections blank. The document mentions that Bill C- 25, The Truth in Sentencing Act, eliminates two-for-one credit, will increase provincial custody by 57 per cent. However, Ontario estimates the changes will cost that province $1 billion, while Quebec pegs its cost at $600 million. A report, released in February by federal budget watchdog Kevin Page, estimates that scrapping house arrest could come with an annual nationwide price tag of $145 million, shared mainly by the provinces.

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The girl’s friends spent almost two hours looking for her, he said, and that they eventually found her running out of a field, accompanied by Colton McMorris, who claimed he had consensual sex with the 16-year-old. “Her hair was messed up. She had dirt on her,” said the boy at the trial for Dennis John Allen Warrington, a young man accused of posting graphic photographs on Facebook of McMorris and the girl engaged in sexual activity, which did not include intercourse. “She couldn’t walk straight. She has a hard time getting words out. She couldn’t finish sentences,” he added. The boy, who said he is no longer friends with the victim, told the court the group walked to McDonald’s after the party to eat, then catch a cab. His description of the young girl’s demeanour at the time, however, differed from McMorris, who testified last week that the girl was not intoxicated. The boy said the young

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The girl and her friends walked to McDonald’s after the rave to get some food and catch a taxi. girl was crying uncontrollably when they left the party and continued to sob even after they went to a friend’s house. He added the girl was crying because she had lost her iPhone. Another friend of the girl testified that she didn’t see the photographs of the party until she went to school on Monday. She told the court a classmate showed her a photograph on his cell phone. “He was showing them to everybody,” she said. The graphic photographs began spreading a day after the rave,

prompting police to issue a public plea for teens to stop sharing them. Although a large group of people surrounded McMorris and the girl while they were having sex, only one boy was charged for photographing them. The teenage boy was also charged with distributing child porn, but pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of distributing obscene material and was sentence Feb. 10 to 12 months probation. Warrington got the images from a friend, then shared them on

Facebook, asking people to identify the couple in them. McMorris was charged with sexual assault after the rave, but the charge was stayed in February after Crown found the available evidence was unlikely to land a conviction. The girl continues to maintain that she did not consent to the oral sex or digital penetration that occurred. When court proceedings against McMorris came to a halt earlier this year, the girl – now a young woman – made a public plea for more witnesses to break the “code of silence” and come forward. She has yet to testify at the trial, but is expected to take the stand sometime this week. Warrington’s lawyer plans to launch a Charter challenge because 16 is the age of consent and the teens were photographed in public. Defence lawyer Paul Evans asked the teens, who testified on Tuesday, the age of the people at the party. He was told the ages ranged from 13 and 14 years to the mid-20s.

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Maple Ridge council has an idea now about how people feel about the gravel pit planned for 236th Street and 124th Avenue. People packed the council chambers Monday and crowded in the hallway outside to denounce the proposal by Donada Industries and Dave Telep to haul 400,000 cubic metres of gravel from 37 acres at 23613 – 124th Ave., using that avenue as an access point. “It’s among the most ridiculous proposals that you would ever receive,” said geologist Darin Wagner. “I’m surprised that it would receive any sort of serious consideration anywhere in Maple Ridge.” “Never, in my entire career, spanning 25 years, I’ve never seen such an ill-conceived, poorly planned … mine proposal.” Approving it could set a precedent for other such operations. “Kill this proposal, dead, here, now,” he said to loud applause. Dr. Alan Hargreaves, who practises at the Ridge Meadows Hospital, warned about possible health risks. “We know that dust can actually kill you,” not immediately but in the long term, increasing health care costs, he said, adding there are no studies of residents who live near mines. Silica is a known carcinogen, Hargreaves said, pointing out that the body can eliminate large dust particles, but not smaller ones. That could result in longterm health issues such as asthma or chronic breathing problems. “It’s important to note,

there is no safe threshold for particulate nature,” he said. Donada Industries and Rae-Glenn International Development want to remove the gravel, then bring in soil to allow hay production. Doing so requires approval from the Agricultural Land Commission for non-farm use within the agricultural reserve. However, Maple Ridge council can stop the project by refusing to forward the application to the commission. Telep told council that the gravel must be removed in order to grow hay, adding that he has three such properties in Maple Ridge where he already does that. “Today, those crops produce good crops for the local community.

“I would like to farm these parcels,” saying he wants to make another piece of property into “good, usable farmland.” He said he has owned the property for about 30 years and that he cleared scrub trees from it three times. “Steve Hamilton [a realtor] wanted me to donate it to the municipality for a park, for everybody,” he said, adding he’d be willing to sell the property. John McKenzie, a construction manager for the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, who claimed he has lots of experience with gravel pits, said the location is a poor to moderate site. Dust from gravel pits is abrasive, he said, while the noise from the pit will reach to Rock Ridge.

Hamilton, whose property is 40 metres from the site, said the application will test the spirit, strength and values of the Official Community Plan, the long-term document that guides growth in the district. Staff later told council the proposal would require changing the OCP to allow mining in the area. The soil removal bylaw also would have to change, if the proposal receives council’s approval, then gets approved by the ALC. “Just keep it as agricultural land,” he said to more applause. Council agreed to send the proposal to its regular meeting Oct. 9, when it will decide whether to send the application for non-farm use to the land commission.

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Don’t break law “They’ve been punished by the media coverage.” This phrase, or variations of it, is often used by defence lawyers lobbying for lighter sentences for their clients. We even hear it from judges. And they all have a point… but only to a point. Indeed, anyone accused of a crime who is unlucky enough to get unwanted media attention pays a price. Some readers or viewers no doubt will rush to judgment, convinced that only the guilty get charged. Sadly, this is not always the case. Innocent people – and all are deemed innocent until proven guilty, in the eyes of our system – suffer from that same system in which justice is meant to be conducted in public. However, once a guilty plea is entered or a conviction rendered, it should be incumbent on the courts to consider any suffering caused by public scrutiny to be off-limits when sentencing. Recently, the lawyer for confessed dog thief Louise Reid told the judge that a news article on her involvement in stealing dogs was posted on a bulletin board at her work; and a front-page story appeared in the newspaper her granddaughter delivers. We can only hope Judge Peder Gulbransen did not consider that as “punishment” when he gave her a one-year probation and ordered her to pay $2,500 in restitution, as the dog was never returned. The argument in court is almost always along the lines that news reports caused the offender embarrassment. The question that must be asked is, what exactly did the guilty parties think would happen? Did they only decide to break the law because they thought no one would find out? The media exists to inform the public of what is happening in their communities; to help recognize those who do well and hold accountable those who choose to act outside the law. There is a simple way to minimize the discomfort: don’t break the law. – Black Press

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Leaders’ spin contest ends in tie VICTORIA – The Union of B.C. Municipalities convention is the political event of the year for B.C. party leaders, especially heading into a provincial election. Up first was NDP leader Adrian Dix, who drew a large crowd of local politi- B.C. Views Tom Fletcher cians last week for the traditional earlymorning spot that follows a long evening of receptions. In contrast to his debut last year, a typical litany of political attacks on the B.C. Liberals, Dix declared he would take the high road. And perhaps mindful of Carole James’ downfall after her content-free speech to the 2010 UBCM convention, Dix set out policies. He told delegates an NDP government would restore local authority over Metro Vancouver transit (no more toothless “mayor’s council”) and mountain resorts (no more Jumbo ski resort permits issued over local objections). Dix would also let communities decide if they want public-private partnerships for large construction projects. (Federal Heritage Minister James Moore later noted that if communities or provinces wish to decline federal funds due to this ideology, they are free to do so.) Then Dix accused the B.C. Liberals of cutting forest inventory spending by 77 per cent over the last decade, meaning decisions like rebuilding the Burns Lake

mill are being made “in the dark” for the first time in a century. That’s a damning charge, so I checked it against forest ministry budget records. As with all government programs, accounting changes can give a misleading appearance of large cuts or increases from year to year. And indeed forest inventory spending has bounced around during the B.C. Liberal term. The budget for forest inventory staffing and operation was about $8 million in 2001-02, rising as high as $15 million and falling to a low of $5.1 million in recession-hit 2009-10. The estimate for the current fiscal year is $9.7 million, an increase to try to catch up with the pine beetle disaster. Crown forest inventory has indeed fallen behind due to rapid shifts caused by unprecedented insect and fire damage. But has spending been slashed as Dix claims? No. It has increased. Next up was Premier Christy Clark, in full campaign mode. In the Gordon Campbell tradition, she brought the goodies out in her speech to close the convention. More than $200 million has been scraped together to “accelerate” capital projects at schools, hospitals and other facilities across the province. These projects were already on the books, but they’ve been moved up for obvious political purposes. Or at least the announcements will be moved up. Four-laning of the last narrow stretches of the Trans-Canada Highway east of Kamloops will continue over 10 years. This is a federal-provincial project that will eventually be finished regardless of who is governing in Victoria or Ottawa.

It includes some of the most staggeringly expensive road building in Canada, in the Kicking Horse Pass, a short section that could require two tunnels and up to 12 more bridges. Clark also announced a long-range plan to replace the George Massey tunnel under the Fraser River. It will likely be a bridge, because the tunnel is a bottleneck not only for Highway 99, but also for large ships going up-river. This is another project that will proceed eventually, and there is no specific financial commitment yet.

“I haven’t found any outright false claims in Clark’s presentation, just the kind of creative accounting and blacktop politics familiar to B.C. voters.” I haven’t found any outright false claims in Clark’s presentation, just the kind of creative accounting and blacktop politics familiar to B.C. voters. As always, I’m pleased to hear from people with specific corrections. For now, call it a tie. Neither speech represents a proud moment for our provincial leadership.

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The News/letters online comments • Claus Andrup · Principal at Andrup Corporate Consultants Inc.: Re: ‘Destroying our downtown potential’ (mapleridgenews.com). I find it hard not to agree with D. Ferguson. The problem is that a previous council, allowing the Caring Place to establish itself at this location, has burdened future councils and the future of our downtown with a problem that cannot be fixed with the stroke of a pen, unlike the problem that was, indeed, caused by the stroke of pen. None of us who live in the downtown core are blind to the fact it is now populated with dozens and dozens of homeless people who are visiting Maple Ridge for the first time as it has earned a reputation for being a soft touch. The line ups outside the welfare office on Wednesdays grows longer and longer. I had the unpleasant experience of lining up at the cash-out at Thrifty’s last week behind a gentlemen who was experiencing that gruesome dance brought on by street drugs more commonly associated with the East Hastings population. I am reconciled to the fact that our streets will in the future be populated by a steadily increasing addicted and out of control group of interlopers. It appears that our local government is reconciled to this state of affairs as much as I am. There is no question in anyone’s mind that the root cause for this deplorable devaluation of the downtown can be laid firmly at the doorstep of the Caring Place. I doubt very much that anyone can make a serious challenge to that notion. • Dawn Wilson · Oriel Girls School: I completely agree with your sentiments Claus, but what to do without sounding inhumane? I feel the problem lies deeper than the Caring Place and perhaps squarely on the shoulders of our sitting provincial government and our mental health issues. Treating these folks on our streets instead of in secure institutions is not the solution. • Bob Goos · retired: How convenient to blame the Caring Place for the urban problems that have been building for three decades. I agree with Dawn that the bulk of blame should lie with federal and provincial governments, of all stripes, who have shredded our health system with cuts to budgets, particularly the mental health budget. There was a time that we didn’t need food banks and places like the Caring Place before the right wing governments of Brian Mulroney, Paul Martin and the such decided that the most important thing is to pander to corporations and do it on the backs of the poor and disadvantaged.

Still good ‘ol boys club Editor, The News: What kind of thought processes could possibly compare affirmative action with a dictatorship. Affirmative action is an attempt to rectify a wrong or intrenched imbalance. Dictatorship is an evil injustice to all people. I suppose Ms. Katnich would be one of the few individuals to argue that affirmative action was racist and discriminatory as well as undemocratic for the African Americans, and American people as a whole. Canada ranks 50th in the world as far as female political representation goes, a pathetic 22 percent of MPs and MLAs. Politics in Canada remains to this day a good old boys club with female participation well behind many so-called third world countries. Cecile Marchant Maple Ridge

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‘Bearable’ experience at RMH Editor, The News: I had the unfortunate experience of visiting the Ridge Meadows Hospital emergency ward last Friday, when my six-year-old grand-daughter Lily fell and broke her arm. From the time we entered the hospital till leaving it Saturday afternoon we were treated with care and respect. My grand-daughter was in a lot of

pain and obviously scared while waiting to be admitted, when a paramedic came up to us and offered her a stuffed bear. After surgery to repair her arm, another bear, with a bandage on his arm, was tucked in beside her. The nurses in the pediatric ward were awesome, explaining everything to her and making a traumatic experience

somewhat bearable. I would like to thank that paramedic for taking the time to comfort Lily, the nurses and doctors, everyone involved in the treatment of my grand-daughter, for all your professionalism, and most of all, for showing that you really do care. Deborah Plett Maple Ridge

Be careful, open-minded about Caring Place Editor, The News: Re: Scrooge not a fan of the Caring Place (Letters, Sept. 28). The periodic foaming-atthe-mouth concerning the presence of poor people in central Maple Ridge seems to have reached a new, and rather nasty intensity of late. The most recent letter from Sandy Macdougall uses the metaphor of ‘rubbish’ and ‘detritus’ to refer to human beings. Frankly, this will not do. Would you print a letter that used similar language to describe folk living on the Katzie reserve, for example? There are too many examples from history of the dangers of such dehumanizing language. More generally, there is far too much misinformation and confusion in circulation at present.

These include the idea that a facility like the Caring Place attracts poor people from other places, as if there weren’t poverty, drug addiction and homelessness in our very midst. Surely, it is time for a careful, informed and openminded conversation (using local media, for example), not shrill, small-minded attacks. Nick Blomley Maple Ridge

How’d that work out? Editor, The News: Re: Scrooge not a fan of the Caring Place (Letters, Sept. 28). If Sandy Macdougall does not want to sound like Scrooge, he will desist from referring to his fellow human beings as “human rubbish” and “human detritus.” His descriptions of peo-

ple are reminiscent of Scrooge’s reply when he was asked for donations to the poor. “Are there no workhouses, are there no prisons?” How did that work out for him? Cherryl Katnich Maple Ridge

Job offer Editor, The News: Re: Scrooge not a fan of the Caring Place (Letters, Sept. 28). I am dismayed at Sandy MacDougall’s letter regarding the Caring Place. I’m sure that we all have felt some frustration at the goings on in and around the Caring Place, but to refer to these individuals as “human rubbish” is appalling and paints them all with the same brush. Let’s face it, “but by the grace of God go I.”

It’s possible in these difficult economic times for anybody to fall on hard times. Would they fit into Mr. Mcdougall’s definition of “human rubbish?” To trash the place without offering any solutions is counter productive, in my view. Here are my ideas for what it’s worth. I operate a small business in Maple Ridge and am inspired enough by Mr. Macdougall’s letter to give an individual at the Caring Place who, based on the fact that the staff feel he has potential, a fair shake at work. Also I would encourage Caring Place staff to make overtures to the business community. If they already haven’t, to find opportunities to fit into the local work force. Grover Telford Maple Ridge

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Highland dancers vie for scholarship Avri Penner, Samantha Stables and Claire Liversidge competing Oct. 5. Two Highland dancers from Maple Ridge and another from Pitt Meadows will battle 70 dancers from across Canada and the United States for a scholarship this week. Avri Penner, Samantha Stables and Claire Liversidge are three of six dancers representing B.C. They were nominated by Betty Sutherland for the James L. McKenzie & Elspeth Strathern Scholarship, which will be handed out at the annual Scottish Dance Teachers’ Alliance North American Conference on Oct. 5. All three are students of Heather Neill, who has been teaching highland dancing for more than 20 years. “These are very hard working dancers,” said Neill “They come for lessons three times a week-spending anywhere from three to five hours a week with me.” The scholarship consists of six different sections that will test various dance skills as well as dance theory. The dancers will be judged by a panel of four adjudicators from Scotland, Canada and the United States. They will be graded or ranked in each section and at the end of the day. The top three dancers in each age group will be awarded a monetary prize. Conference registrar Dana Gamache said the winners can spend their scholarship money however they choose, but are encouraged to put it towards their own dancing dreams and goals whether it’s for travel, costumes, dance gear, competitions or classes. Winning the scholarships won’t be an easy task. The dancers will write a written examination that will test their dance theory knowledge; participate in a master class that will test their versatility and learning agility and dance a Highland Fling as

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Avri Penner, Samantha Stables and Claire Liversidge are competing for a dance scholarship.

well as a ‘Sword Dance’, which will test their ability to perform steps correctly without touching the swords. The competitors will also perform a Tribute to J.L. MacKenzie, a dance in honour of one of the founders of the Scottish Official Board of Highland Dance. Finally, the dancers will be tested in choreography, which will allow them to craft a dance of their own. “This will be an opportunity for the dancers to really show their personality and to shine for the judges,” said Gamache.

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‘Neil has serious track record of abuse’ Neil from front

Neil was the subject of an international manhunt in 2007 after Interpol unscrambled digitally swirled images of him molesting young boys. After the Interpol warrant was issued, Neil fled from South Korea, where he was teaching English, to Thailand. Cambodian police have a warrant out for Neil’s arrest connected to allegations of abuse in that country. Brian McConaghy, who founded NGO Ratanak

International, has seen the evidence against Neil and commends police for arresting the man as soon as he landed in Canada. “This is a man who is coming back with a serious track record of abuse,” said McConaghy, who worked as a forensic scientist with the RCMP for 22 years. He helped Cambodian police investigate Neil and hopes Crown will investigate the possibility of additional charges for crimes he has yet to be prosecuted for.

McConaghy also investigated Donald Bakker, the first Canadian convicted under revamped sex tourism laws. “Just on principle we should move against anyone who is a risk to kids here and who has clearly demonstrated to be a predator, and [Neil] has clearly demonstrated that,” McConaghy added. “We have a moral obligation to do that.” Neil grew up in Maple Ridge, but has no fixed address at the moment. His family still lives in the

community. Neil attended the Seminary of Christ the King in Mission from 1995 to 1999 and received a B.C. independent teaching certificate in 2000. He volunteered at St. Patrick’s Catholic School in Maple Ridge in 2000 and 2001 and was a substitute teacher at Arch Bishop Carney in Port Coquitlam for five days in April and May of 2007. There are no allegations of abuse against him while he was teaching in B.C.

Prescription drugs stolen from pharmacy A man wearing a disguise robbed a pharmacy Thursday evening in Maple Ridge. The hold-up took place around 5 p.m. at a store in the 22900 block of Lougheed Highway. A clerk noticed the man’s disguise and went into a back office while he began to rob the store. Ridge Meadows RCMP allege the man jumped over the counter, then helped himself to prescription drugs and cash. Police have released a surveillance photograph of the man and are asking the public to help identify him. He is described as a white man, around 25 years old, six feet tall and weighing between 170 and 180 pounds, with a slim to medium build. He was wearing a grey hooded sweatshirt with the hood pulled over his head and a black baseball hat. He also wore a white bandana to cover a part of his face, black pants and white running shoes.

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The Meadow Ridge Knights bantam football team battled hard against the visiting Abbotsford Falcons Saturday afternoon at Samuel Robertson technical, but ended up on the wrong side of a 43-8 score. Quarterback Tyrell Ogloff found Brian Dongalen in the end zone for the Knights only touchdown of the day on a third down gamble in the second quarter. Chico David launched the convert over the fence for the extra point. Later that quarter, a long kick by David scored a single-point touchback for the Knights. The bantam Knights are 1-3 this season in the Valley Community Football League and take on the last-place North Langley Bears at home Oct. 13 at 3 p.m. The rest of the Knights’ teams were on the road last weekend, with the midget squad traveling to Duncan to take on the Cowichan Valley Bulldogs, beating the home team 12-8. The Knights put together an 80yard drive in the final minutes led by key catches by Jaimal Gill and Kyle Cameron to set up the winning 15-yard touchdown run by Brett Boyce. Jessie Goerzen, Tyler Jackman and Brock Loewen led the defence in the win.

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Peter de Zeeuw of the Meadow Ridge Knights bantam football team powers past members of the Abbotsford Falcons during their Valley Community Football League game Saturday afternoon at Samuel Robertson Technical Secondary School in Maple Ridge. Abbotsford won the game 43-8. With the win, the midget Knights improve to 3-2 and return home to SRT this Saturday at 2 p.m. to take on the 4-1 Victoria Spartans. The peewee Blue Knights beat the Chilliwack Blue Giants 19-8 on the road Saturday in a defensive battle

that saw the Knights’ give up just a single long drive all day. Running back Tyler Spencer had two touchdowns, while Brayden Hamilton had one. The atom Knights were also in Chilliwack, and just like the peewee

Pitt Meadows seniors blank nanaimo by Ro b er t M a n g e ls d or f staff reporter

The Pitt Meadows Marauders senior high school football team made short work of the visiting Nanaimo Islanders Friday afternoon, shutting out the visiting team 14-0. “We knew they like to run the ball, so we made up a defence that focussed on shutting them

down at the line,” said head coach Matt Todd. Quarter back Joe Schuster threw for 130 yards and ran in a touchdown, while Anthony Gagnon had 100 yards rushing, and touchdown of his own. Kyle Heiling, playing in just his third game of organized football, ran for 80 yards. “He’s big and quick and hard to take down,” said Todd. “I wish I’d found him a few years ago.”

Blue Knights, came home with a win, defeating the Giants 12-7. Special teams play was key as Jessie Chartrand and Tristan Maschke kept the Giants’ returners pinned in their own end. See Knights, p22

SRT, Pitt set for Alouette Bowl The Titans of Samuel Robertson Technical Secondary School and the Marauders of Pitt Meadows Secondary School are set for their annual crosstown grudge match today (Wednesday) at 3:15 p.m. at SRT. The Titans have won the past two meetings of the junior varsity football programs, and Pitt coach Kris Little is hoping to prevent a third loss. “It’s been pretty one-sided so far,” said Little of the local rivalry. With his team coming off a 40-6 win over Rick Hansen last week, and the

With the win, the Marauders are 2-1 this season in exhibition play, and face their first challenge of the regular season this Saturday on the road against the Mission Roadrunners. “They’re a strong program, but they have low numbers and some of their guys are hurt, so this is our shot,” said Todd. “But the kids need to be ready to go on Friday. And we have to stop their quarterback.”

The Ridge Meadows Flames were their own worst enemies last weekend as they allowed six power play goals to fall to 1-4-1 this season. The local junior B hockey club lost 7-4 to the Aldergrove Kodiaks at home Friday night, before playing to a 6-6 tie against the North Vancouver Wolf Pack Saturday night on the road. Friday’s game saw the Flames head to the penalty box seven times while allowing Aldergrove four power play goals. “We didn’t do ourselves any favors,” said Flames head coach Jamie Fiset. “We let emotion get the better of us. We spent too much time in the box, and when we were in there, we didn’t do a good enough job on the [penalty kill].” The Kodiaks opened a three-goal lead in the first period, and midway through the second, were ahead 5-1. The Flames did their best to chip away at the lead, with a pair of goals towards the end of the second period to pull within two. See Flames, p22

return of a number of injured players, Little says his team is confident headed in today’s game. Titans coach Mark Ogloff said the annual crosstown matchup is a critical game for both teams with the postseason looming. While his squad has got the better of the Marauders twice before, he doesn’t want his team to peak too early in the season. “Every year we seem to peak when we play Pitt, so we want to keep that momentum going,” he said. • The Titans and the Marauders kick off at SRT field at 3:15 p.m. on Wednesday.

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alty kill,” said Fiset. “We are much more effective when we don’t allow the other team to make passes and pick their spots.” One of the few bright spots for the Flames was the play of rookie forward Chris Nakamura, who tallied a hat trick in the loss, while picking up second star honours. Adam Bartsch had the other goal for the Flames, while defenceman Ryan Lisowsky had a pair of assists. Sean Pesut, Mitchell Plevy, Max Metzner, Nick Coltura, and Alex Smith each registered assists. The Flames’ penalty kill was working early in the game on Saturday, as Ridge Meadows was able to successfully kill four

penalties in the first period against North Vancouver, while taking a 3-1 lead. However, as they game wore on, Fiset said fatigue began to set in, and the team reverted to the passive play that cost them against Aldergrove. “We shut them down pretty well early,” he said. “Then our guys got tired, they weren’t as aggressive, and they weren’t as effective.” The Wolf Pack scored a power play goal midway through the second to draw within one, tying the game 3-3 two minutes later. The team traded goals for the final 25 minutes of regulation, with the Flames holding a 6-5

lead until North Vancouver tied the game with 15 seconds to play. Both teams were held scoreless in the 10-minute overtime period, leaving the Flames with a single point. Goaltender Wes McLeod stopped 45 of 51 shots he faced, including eight shots in overtime. Paul Piluso had a pair of goals for the Flames, while Dean Gilmore, Michael Nolan, Nolan Wallinger, and Smith each had goals of their own. Matt Bissett picked up a pair of assists, while Bartsch, Wallinger, Pesut, Metzner, Coltura, and Marco Ballarin each

added helpers of their own. Of the 18 skaters the Flames dressed on Saturday, 12 made their way on t the score sheet. In all, the Flames saw seven players light the lamp over the weekend. “I’m not worried about our offensive output,” said Fiset. “It’s our Penalty kill that needs to tighten up.” • The Ridge Meadows Flames face the North Vancouver Wolf Pack at home this Friday at Planet Ice in Maple Ridge. Game time is a 7:30 p.m. sports@mapleridgenews.com

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On defence, Austin Pattenden and Lucas Deane provided continuous pressure up the middle to keep the Giants’ offence on its heels. Grinding out the ground game for the

Knights were offensive linemen Tyson Smith, Gabe Fitzpatrick and James Harder. The junior bantams played under the lights on Friday night in Chilliwack, but lost 32-8. Mark Podschadly com-

pleted a pass to Tato Ferreyro-Araya for the first touchdown of the game. Jake Loftus kicked it through the uprights for an additional two points. Eric Ross and Sean Roy both put in a strong defensive effort.

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ITâ€™S A GIRL! Chris Kruk & Kyla Malaka are proud to announce the birth of their daughter; Chloe Emily Anne Kruk, born on Sept. 11/12, weighing 8lbs. 9ozs. Joyful grandparents are Dan & Emily Malaka from Pitt Meadows; Bob Kruk from Maple Ridge; Coral Froh from Cherryville; and great grandparents, Cecile Brochu from Maple Ridge; Mae Dyer from Kelowna; Bill Froh from Cherryville. Uncle Jonny, Aunty Chandra, Aunty Lindsay, Aunty Desiree & Uncle Cody are also very delighted with their new little niece.

Josie passed away on September 27, 2012 with her family by her side following her long courageous battle with cancer. She will be sadly missed by her husband of 53 years, Arthur, daughter Jennifer Schmidt (John Cowan), grandchildren Rigel, Patrick, Warren, & Meghan. Predeceased by her son Michael. Private Graveside Service. Flowers gratefully declined. Donations to your charity of choice would be greatly appreciated.

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Thank you to Dufferin staff and Dr. Payne who cared for her with great love and kindness. A memorial was held at the Maple Ridge Funeral Chapel (Osbornâ€™s), September 30.

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GARDENING

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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES F/T FORKLIFT OPERATOR NEEDED Min. 32hrs/wk. Must have a valid ticket. Send resume to:

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HOTEL, RESTAURANT, FOOD SERVICES

BURGER KING. Looking for responsible employees, Full & Part Time. Apply at: 20290 Lougheed Hwy. Maple Ridge.

PERSONAL SERVICES 171

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ALTERNATIVE HEALTH

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CLEANING SERVICES

“AN EXTRA HAND” Exp. Hardworking, reliable cleaning lady. Also grocery shopping, light errands & companionship, to-from appoint Louise Reasonable rates. 604.467.3665

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MISC. FOR SALE

STEEL BUILDINGS - CANADIAN MADE! - REDUCED PRICES NOW! 20X22 $4,455. 25X26 $4,995. 30X38 $7,275. 32X50 $9,800. 40X54 $13,995. 47X80 $19,600. One end wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422. www.pioneersteel.ca.

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HOMES WANTED

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633 MOBILE HOMES & PARKS New SRI *1152 s/f dblwide $77,900 *14x70 full gyproc single wide, loaded $66,900. Repossessed Mobiles & Modulars. Chuck 604-830-1960. Glenbrookhomes.net

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Call Robert 604-941-1618 OR 604-844-4222 INTERIORS: Baths (renos/ repairs) specializing in drywall, doors, flooring, tiling, plumbing, painting, miscellaneous, etc. VERSTILE! EXPERIENCED IN OVER 30 LINES OF WORK! * Quality work * Prompt Service * Fair prices For positive results Call Robert SERVICE CALLS WELCOME

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LANDSCAPING

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Albion, 4bd, 3 bath, 2415 s/f, fin’d bsmt, nr schl. $419,900. KW Elite Rlty, Michael/Dan 778-386-9686

Bright 2 bdrm apt. Large 2 br located in a Central Coq Co-op. $810/mo. No subsidy. Close to transit, schools, and shopping. Sandy 604 945 5864 sandy@terramanagement.ca

Coquitlam Center Co-op

Central.2130s/f Upper/lower stes. 5bdrms, 2ba. $389,900. KW Elite Rlty, Michael/Dan 778-386-9686

Refurbised 3 bdrm apt. Available immediately Cls to transit, shops & schools $1100/mo. No subsidy.

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INTERVAN PAINTING * Painting Contractor * * Residential / Commercial * New construction * Re-paint Interior / Exterior We provide the hi-end quality. WCB, Insured, Free Est’s! Call Henry 778-288-4560

Family owned & operated. Fully insured. We do Cedar Shakes, conversions, concrete tiles, torchon, fibreglass shingles, restoration & repairs. 20 yr labour warranty. 604-723-2626 www.mainlandroof.com

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RUBBISH REMOVAL

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MAPLE RIDGE 2 bdrm condo with u/g pkng. Avail now. $1000/mo. Gordon Tower @ 222nd/Dewdney. 604-467-4450 or 604-355-1356. MAPLE RIDGE Haney’s Landing. 2 bdrm condo, inste laund, N/S, avail Nov 1st, $1100 . 604-329-2239.

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SURREY: 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, hardwood ﬂoors throughout and new roof. $549,000. 604-575-5555.

CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866 CATS OF ALL DESCRIPTION in need of caring homes! All cats are Spayed, neutered, vaccinated and dewormed. Visit us at fraservalleyhumanesociety.com or call 1 (604)820-2977 DALMATIANS, 2M, born july 9, ckc reg., shots, dewormed, $1000-$1500. (604)793-5130, (604)723-2232 GERMAN SHEPHERD X pups, 8 weeks, $100/ea. Call (604)7929097 GERMAN Short Hair Pointer pups, exc hunting & family dogs, champion bloodlines, AKC & CKC reg’s parents, CKC reg litter, 3 F & 5 M avail. $650. (604)703-5744 NEED A GOOD HOME for a good dog or a good dog for a good home? We adopt dogs! Call 604856-3647 or www.856-dogs.com PEK-A-POM puppies born Aug 10, 1/fem, 4/male. $650. 604-582-4095. email: hassandebbie@gmail.com RAG DOLL kitten, Pure Bred, male, chocolate point, Born 6/25/12 all shots, $400. (604)477-2411 YELLOW LAB Puppies - exc stock. No papers. $400: 1-(604)820-2687

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HOMES FOR RENT

HATZIC LAKE - 2 bdrm lake house on Hatzic Island, 20 min commute to Abbotsford or Maple Ridge. Spac. warm & cozy with f/p. Park like setting on lake. Avail. immed. $1000/mo (604)377-1921 MAPLE RIDGE East. 4 bdrm +den, master with ensuite & walk-in closet 6 appls 2 gas f/p h/w flrs deck, garage, new sunroom nr amen/school. $1750 ns/np Oct 1. 604-760-8277.

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1985 MONTE CARLO 76,000km 1 owner, V8, full instrumentation buckets, $4500. 604-467-3908

COQUITLAM CENTRE 1300sf 2 bdrm 2 bath sep ldry & ent. prkg NS/NP. $1180/mo. 604-771-9628

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COQUITLAM Pinetree & Robson. 2 Bdrm w/o suite with laundry, near bus/school. Avail now, ns/np. $975 incl utils & internet. 604-219-5253.

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Haney Motor Hotel

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TRANSPORTATION

Serving Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows since 1978

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Call 604.575-5555

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A fresh new way to drive.

Any fresher & the paint would still be wet.

Celebrate the Grand Opening of the new Maple Ridge Hyundai!

AIR MILES · ENTER TO WIN 2,500 Air Miles · Get DOUBLE AIR MILES when you buy New or Pre-Owned · Get TRIPLE AIR MILES October 13th only *

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ACTION! · $20 to Hyundai Hockey Helpers w/every test drive · BBQs every Saturday in October, for KidSport · Ridge Meadows Flames on location, Oct 13th

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604 467 3401 23213 Lougheed Highway • mapleridgehyundai.com

Super Dave's

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Winter is coming Rechargable

HEATED FLEECE JACKET 10,000 mm Waterproof breathable snowboard jacket. Reg $179.99

THE SMART DETAILS 3-temperature heating system with quick touch LED button gives you the right amount of heat. Provides up to 8 hours of heat per charge. Lithium ion battery provided up to 400 charge cycles.

sale

14399

20% OFF

something for 12 OZ DUCK WATERPROOF BREATHABLE

EVERYONE STORMRIDER MWG DENIM ALWAYS A CLASSIC

APPAREL CORP SINCE 1928

THE FIRST TRULY WATERPROOF COTTON JACKET.

WOOL PEA COAT

13599

Fully sealed seams, textured knit lining for lightweight warmth.

22999

Also available in Khaki

8499

Hurry in! Sale Ends October 7th.

Shop Local! Everybody Wins

22722 Lougheed Hwy., Maple Ridge 604-463-7277 Custom Embroidery Centre on Premises • Locally Owned and Operated Monday - Friday 9 am - 9 pm • Saturday 9 am - 6 pm • Sunday 10 am - 5 pm

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