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The holiday season is coming—a time of celebrating and a time of giving. In this issue, we debut a new feature called Front Row where we look at some of the upcoming entertainment highlights on Lulu Island. With such a diverse arts community, there’s no need to cross a bridge for entertainment. ‘Tis the season for thinking of others. We also look at ways for readers to help the less fortunate in the community. There are many ways to give. We also feature volunteers at one of Richmond’s great success stories, The Sharing Farm. Here’s to a happy holiday season.

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front row A guide to what’s going on in Richmond this season. Bright Stars Shining - Nov. 29 to 30, Broadmoor Baptist Church 30, Broadmoor Baptist Church Boasting a roster of 55 singers, artistic director Natasha Neufeld’s roll call before each practice—assuming she’s keen on checking attendance—would be long. And imagine the anticipation Z choir members must feel. This talented group has indeed been practising ahead of two performances of their annual Christmas concert this month. The all-women choir is presenting a seasonal show set to live music, with special guest Ingrid Stitt on saxophone. The choir has a long history in Richmond, having performed here since 1971. Neufeld, who teaches singing and piano and is the music and worship director at Trinity Church in Point Roberts, has now been at the helm for a decade. Tickets, $18 to $20, at door or from choir members. Broadmoor Baptist Church: 8140 Saunders Rd.

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Crazy For You - Dec. 4 to 31, Gateway Theatre This year’s Christmas musical, as the December MainStage show is known, is the modern-era Gershwin musical Crazy For You. Written by Ken Ludwig and first produced on Broadway in 1992, the show is based on Ira and George Gershwin’s 1930s musical Girl Crazy, but also includes songs from other productions. The story is about bachelor Bobby Child. After his mother forces him to foreclose on a theatre, Bobby puts on a play to pay the mortgage. Barbara Tomasic, who starred with Sy in last December’s musical The King and I, will direct the show, scheduled for Dec. 4 to 31. Tomasic said she’s been listening to the show’s music since she was a kid: “It’s been playing in our car since I was a child. I love the music. I absolutely love Gershwin, and I love the treatment of the music in this show. It has so much energy, and you hear the story in the music.” In choosing the play, Sy said he loved how smart and funny the script is. “It feels like it was written in the ‘30s even though it was written by Ken Ludwig, who did Lend Me a Tenor. It’s got all the kind of zany mad-cap kind of writing that you’d get back in the ‘30s.” Tickets, $20 to $48, at gatewaytheatre. com or 604-270-1812. Gateway Theatre: 6500 Gilbert Rd.

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The Irish Tenors - Dec. 19, River Rock Show Theatre Richmond will be treated to a night of shamrocks, leprechauns and dark beer in December. Well, perhaps not, but our fair city’s casino will at least be bringing us an Irish musical mainstay. The Irish Tenors, a touring trio since 1998, lays claim to performing sold-out shows at Radio City Music Hall, Sydney Opera House, Carnegie Hall, The Hollywood Bowl and major concert halls throughout the world. The voices of Finbar Wright, Anthony Kearns and Ronan Tynan are known to breathe new life into traditional songs. They’ve also proven themselves gifted interpreters of a wide range of material with such songs as “My Heart Will Go On,” “Fairytale of New York” and even Jimmy Kennedy’s “South of the Border (Down Mexico Way).” These songs sit in their repertoire alongside “Danny Boy,” “Whiskey in the Jar” and “Fields of Athenry.”

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New Year’s Eve Party - Dec. 31, River Rock Show Theatre What happens when you put the Northern Pikes, the Grapes of Wrath and the Odds together in the same room? A party happens. It might be a Saskatoon-saluting, litigation-loving, power-pop performing kind of party, but it’s a party nonetheless. The three Canadian bands will all perform on the River Rock stage to help ring in 2015. (Doesn’t Y2K seem like yesterday?) The Northern Pikes formed three decades ago, finding fans with their album Big Blue Sky. The record featured the hit singles “Teenland,” “Things I Do For Money” and “Dancing In A Dance Club.” The Grapes of Wrath earned success around the same time the Pikes were born. Their first album was September Bowl of Green. A few years later, in 1989, they released their most commercially successful album Now and Again, which featured the hit single “All The Things I Wasn’t.” Odds, a band that refuses to use a definite article in their name, were also born in the ‘80s, but took until 1991 to debut with singles “Love is the Subject” and “King of the Heap.” Their followup album, Bedbugs, featured the hits “Heterosexual Man” and “It Falls Apart.” Tickets, $39.50 to $49.50, at ticketmaster.ca or 1-855-985-5000. RICHMOND REVIEW

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The longtime tradition continues on Dec. 7 at Fisherman’s Wharf. Making the fishing village even more festive this year is the return of the Steveston Santa Parade—just one of many seasonal events taking place in Richmond this December.

Richmond’s own historic farmhouse is alive with the Christmas spirit this holiday season. The farmhouse, tea room and gift shop are all decorated for the season, making a visit to the tea room and heritage site a must. Shoppers will find an array of gifts inside the gift shop, including traditional presents and popular London Heritage Farm specialties like the London Lady Tea, honey, jam, jelly and scone mix.

After a year’s absence, the popular parade will again wind its way through the streets of Steveston on Dec. 24 from 6 to 10 p.m. Starting at Regent Street and Sixth Avenue, the parade will wind through the village, ending outside Pajo’s at Moncton Street and Seventh Avenue.

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Steveston Christmas Craft Fair - Nov. 29 Holiday shoppers can get an early start at the Steveston Community Centre’s Christmas craft fair. The day-long sale runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. inside the net shed and features over 160 tables of crafts, baked and canned goods, carvings, jewelry, textiles and toys. Admission is by cash donation in support of the Steveston playground improvement project, or a non-perishable food donation in support of Richmond Food Bank. There will also be a concession with proceeds benefiting the Older Adults Program at the community centre. Admission by donation. Steveston Community Centre: 4111 Moncton St. Christmas at the Cannery: Festival of Trees - Nov. 30 to Dec. 23 Santa, snowmen, reindeer and elves are some of the most recognizable symbols of the holiday season. But standing above them all is the Christmas tree. You know the holidays have arrived when you start seeing trees around town, decorated with ornaments and lights and tinsel. The cannery’s fifth annual Festival of Trees is presented by the Steveston Merchants Association, the Gulf of Georgia Cannery Society and the Steveston Farmers and Artisans Market. The event will feature approximately 20 trees decorated by local businesses and community groups. This year 20 per cent of each paid admission will be donated to the Richmond Christmas Fund.

Visitors are also able to vote for their favourite tree with a token. In addition, visitors to the cannery’s free indoor farmers market can get a token with a donation. Admission is $3.90 to $7.80 (free for children under six). Gulf of Georgia Cannery: 12138 Fourth Ave.

Good Noise Vancouver Gospel Choir - Dec. 14 The strong voices of this 90-voice choir will perform three Christmas concerts, including one in Richmond at Fraserview MB Church. Making Spirits Bright: A Good Noise Gospel Christmas is a 3 p.m. concert backed by a powerhouse rhythm section and featuring special guest artist Daniel Lapp on fiddle and trumpet. Led by founding artistic director Gail Suderman, the choir promises to deliver a heartwarming collection of yuletide carols infused with jazz, soulful gospel and rhythm and blues. The first half of the concert will feature familiar seasonal tunes. Think “Joy to the World,” “Angels We Have Heard On High” and “O Come All Ye Faithful.” There will also be a gospel-ized version of Handel’s “Hallelujah Chorus” and a smooth jazz version of “The Little Drummer Boy,” featuring Ingrid Stitt on soprano saxophone. Act 2 will feature Canadian folk icon Daniel Lapp singing and playing trumpet on “I Pray On Christmas.” The concert concludes with a revamped version of the popular calypso song “Mary’s Boy Child.” Tickets, $10 to $25, at brownpapertickets.com or 1-800-8383006. Fraserview MB Church: 11295 Mellis Dr.

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brings healing for volunteers and benefactors Volunteers are part of the heart that keeps beating in Richmond For Annaliese Frauendorf, volunteering at The Sharing Farm has meant so much, it’s hard to put into words. Aside from helping to provide nourishing food to those local families in need, and meeting so many like-minded people that she feels at ease with, and the beautiful stressfree natural surroundings, it’s also helped her to heal. It was 21 years ago that her son, Martin, was murdered at the University of B.C. “I have met a lot of great people out here,” Frauendorf said Monday, as she prepared a bed of soil inside a greenhouse at the farm in west Richmond. “Doing something that is really worthwhile, that gives me great pleasure and I’m really happy doing it. And to know there are people who have no money for food, that hurts me.” A former long-time employee of Ebco Industries where she worked for 36 years, Frauendorf has been volunteering at the farm in Terra Nova since 2001. “There’s always something to do.” The smells and the work they do there bring her back to her childhood days of growing up in Germany. 8

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Anneliese Frauendorf prepares a bed of soil inside the greenhouse at The Sharing Farm, where she’s been volunteering since 2001. New volunteers Marilou Richter and Jacinta Chan (background) are harvesting the green and red lettuce. Martin van den Hemel photo Her son’s tragic murder is something she thinks about every day, but immersing herself in the work at the farm helps to shift her thoughts to something else. “When I’m here, I’m so distracted, and I’m doing something so wonderful that I forget about it. It’s very

healing for me. It’s been 20 years, but it’s still with me every day. It never goes away when you lose a child.” Doing the volunteer work at the farm is something that’s good for her heart and for her soul, she said. Continued on page 10 RICHMOND REVIEW

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Glenna McNaught has been volunteering at the farm since 2011. Martin van den Hemel photo Continued from page 8

Frauendorf was introduced to the Sharing Farm through co-founder Mary Gazetas, who she knew from the local tennis club. “She was so enthusiastic about life and everything,” she said. “We’re just living her vision.” Marilou Richter and Jacinta Chan are recent additions to the Sharing Farm volunteer family, and said they both enjoy the relaxing atmosphere where they get to garden. Glenna McNaught has been volunteering at the farm since she retired in 2011. Linda Jones volunteers all year round. “It makes you feel good, knowing where the food goes,” she said, adding that she’s been a volunteer since 2009.

The food bank provides each person four days worth of food, which means these people need to figure out how to get enough food for the remaining three days per week. With the Sharing Farm also providing produce for local community meals, that also helps to fill in that gap. Some 200 people regularly volunteer at the food bank.

A faithful reader of The Richmond Review, she was introduced to the farm through the weekly column Mary Gazetas wrote in The Review.

“We’re grateful for all their support,” she said. “I know it’s a great place to volunteer and we’re obviously delighted with our partnership with them.”

Alex Nixon, outreach coordinator at the Richmond Food Bank, said the fresh produce from the Sharing Farm is highly sought after by the food bank’s 1,400 weekly clients.

There’s been a significant increase in demand on the food bank from as recently as six years ago, when just 700 or 750 people were accessing their services.

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game Among the most popular individual and team sports are badminton, table tennis and drop-in basketball. There’s even an indoor tennis program—featuring larger tennis balls—at the Minoru Place Activity Centre every Thursday afternoon through Dec. 4. The basketball drop-in program, hosted Tuesday and Friday afternoons at South Arm Community Centre, is led by a group of six individuals—mostly women—who enjoy sharing their passion for the roundball game. It’s not surprising to see such an affinity for basketball among the older crowd, especially since the game is deeply rooted in the Richmond community and the local public and private education systems both feature an abundance of teams at the elementary and high school levels. A racquet sport first played in the 17th century, badminton’s roots can be traced to British India, where it was created by British military officers stationed there. In more recent years, China has become the greatest force in both men’s and women’s competition. Besides drop-in programs at the various community centres and at the Oval, Richmond is also home to RichmondPro Badminton Centre which is the largest private facility in North America. Every Monday, RichmondPro is literally bursting at the seams as adults 50-plus fill the courts during a special $2.50 drop-in sessions from 1 to 6 p.m.

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Perhaps surprisingly, the most popular recreation game among those 50 or better just might be table tennis. Seven days a week players congregate at the 16 tables at the Richmond Olympic Oval. With the majority of the players also being Oval members, many also enjoy the facilities’ other amenities including the fitness equipment, badminton and even ice skating. “By 10 o’clock (each weekday morning) all the tables are full,” says longtime player and wellknown table tennis advocate Tony Shaw. “And I’d guess three quarters of the participants are over 50.” RICHMOND REVIEW

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“She’s amazing really, and at this age to still have the capacity she has (including cooking her own meals),” says the Richmond man, a retired engineer who also taught for 34 years at University of B.C., sharing a passion for education with his wife Roberta (Black), a popular retired school teacher whose father founded Black and Lee formal wear. “You build a life around your friends, but because all her old friends are gone she’s found new ones,” says Bruce, who was a key organizer of a recent reunion of Richmond High grads. “She enjoys going over to the mall. That’s her socializing.” RICHMOND REVIEW

Jean Hawbolt celebrated her 104th birthday recently with friends at the Richmond Centre food court. From left, Leah McSween. Milka Sapic, Gladys Osmond, Kata Sapic, Dorothy Gordon, Kimi Hendess, her granddaughter Kareno Hawbolt, and Horace Excell. Don Taylor photo Bruce says his mom has always been a very determined person, evident even long before his dad passed away. Growing up one of seven children of Scottish immigrants from Edinburgh, Jean completed Grade 6 but was then tasked with helping take care of her two youngest siblings. “Her dad was a stonemason, and all the boys worked as masons,” adds Bruce, who notes his grandparents both lived into their 80s. The Walker family settled in Burnaby, where they built a majestic home on Eton Street just seven blocks from the Pacific National Exhibition grounds. Jean and the PNE both share 1910 as their birth year, and the former has fond memories of going to the annual fair as a child. Her older brothers would dig a secret tunnel under a fence to sneak in and avoid paying the nickel entrance fee. Meanwhile, their dad would give each child a dime for the day so the siblings “wouldn’t want to have just five cents left.” A resident of Richmond since 1951, Jean Hawbolt sees a much different community today than when she first arrived here 60-plus years ago. But, says Bruce, she’s most bewildered at how the price of everything has changed. “She can’t believe it’s so expensive,” he says. Reflecting further on his mom’s life, Bruce says in a different world she probably would have become a caregiver, like a nurse. “I think that is a strong point,” he says. “Even after she stopped looking after people (which she did to earn income after her husband’s passing), she still demonstrated that caregiver’s attitude.” DON FENNELL RICHMOND REVIEW

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Richmond Christmas Fund Drive-Thru - Nov. 27 In its first year, when it was held at the Delta Vancouver Airport Hotel, the Richmond Christmas Fund Drive-Thru Event was an experiment. It’s now a tradition. Volunteers will be out at Lansdowne Centre, next to the Canada Line station, collection donations of toys or cash, and handing out McDonald’s muffins and Van Houtte coffees. QM/FM will be on location for the event, running 6 to 10:30 a.m., and so will Santa. New this year is a second drop-off location at River Rock Casino Resort, where casino employees will accept donations at Bridgeport Station, and handing out McDonald’s coupons for coffee and muffins. The Richmond Christmas Fund helps make holiday wishes come true for nearly 2,000 low-income Richmond residents each year. Lansdowne Centre: 5300 No. 3 Rd. River Rock: 8811 River Rd.

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Winter Wonderland - Nov. 29 - Jan. 2 Nearly three dozen creatively decorated Christmas trees will line Richmond City Hall’s galleria for the 14th annual Winter Wonderland. The event is organized by the Rotary Club of Richmond Sunset, which raises funds for local and international community programs. Trees are free to view all month long, and admirers are encouraged to vote for their favourite decorated tree. It begins Saturday, Nov. 29 with a tree lighting ceremony at 12:30 p.m., followed by performances from the Richmond Music School, the Star Captains and performers from Hugh Boyd Secondary. A series of Saturday matinee musical performances continue through December, at which donations of cash and non-perishable food for the Richmond Food Bank are welcome. Free admission. 6911 No. 3 Rd.

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Richmond Food Bank There are already 200 people who help The Richmond Food Bank see to the needs of the 1,400 people who access their services each week. But there’s always room for more help. The food bank receives no support from any level of government, and relies entirely on volunteers and the generosity of local citizens.

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With more than 30,000 pounds of food given away weekly, donations and volunteerism are needed year-round. “Volunteers are the heart of our organization. We absolutely cannot do it without their help,” the food bank says on their website at www.richmondfoodbank.org

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It cites estimates from other researchers that 55 per cent of cases of seniors fraud or financial abuse are perpetrated by family, friends, neighbours or caregivers and that total losses could run as high as $1.3 billion in B.C. “The most common are demands for money from family members,” the report says, dubbing it an “invisible crime.” Seniors financial abuse is when someone uses the senior’s money, property or personal information for their own benefit without authorization.

It’s less often outright theft or scams and more often pressure tactics that result in scenarios that benefit the abuser.

facing language or cultural barriers, unsure of the value of their home or other assets, or are impaired by medication, stress or exhaustion from medical problems.

The survey found 19 per cent of southwest B.C. seniors had lost money to someone who never repaid a loan, or who borrowed money without telling the senior at all.

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Another 18 per cent said they’d been pressured into giving money. Common scenarios include younger family members campaigning for an early bequest. “A lot of older adults are being pressured by their now grown-up children to give them their inheritance early so they don’t have to wait until you die,” said Lorraine Logan, president of the Council of Senior Citizens of B.C. Sometimes the aim is to avoid loss of family wealth to capital gains tax, she said. Logan said high home prices in Metro Vancouver are often a reason seniors are urged to contribute to a down payment so children or grandchildren can get into the real estate market. Such transfers can be completely legitimate, or highly questionable if the senior feels forced to consent or if doubts arise about their ability to legally consent. The Vancity report says other financial abuse scenarios include: -A family member or caregiver who shops or pays bills for a senior but spends for themselves as well using the senior’s cash, debit or credit card. -Redirecting

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The true value of dollar-cost-averaging is often realized during a down market. At this point, many investors stop investing for fear that it will fall further and wait for it to rebound. In most cases, this is exactly the opposite of what should be done. In fact, many investors view lower market prices as an opportunity to buy more stock/funds. A dollar-cost-averaging strategy forces you to put aside your “gut reactions” and continue investing. It is generally agreed that investors who maintain a long-term outlook for their investments have an advantage over those who do not. Successful long-term investors understand that while the market will always experience periods of decline, history has shown that they tend to recover in the long run. is to keep

The key calm, think hard, check out historical market information, and seek the help of a professional investment advisor.

Although market ups and downs can create fear among investors, a long-term view shows their impact on most kinds of investments is less dramatic than frequently expected. Historically, rises have typically followed quite quickly after even steep falls in the market and, accordingly, investments have tended to recover.

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Talk to an investment advisor if you have any other questions or concerns about your investments.

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