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Wanted: Pennies from our schools! Hey kids: Are you hungry to help a good cause and feed your appetite for all things hockey? Then The NOW has a contest for you. Every year a host of schools take part in the newspaper’s Pennies for Presents campaign. Elementary, middle and secondary school students have all contributed in varying amounts, playing a big part in boosting fundraising totals over the years and helping us top $18,000 in 2009. So for the 21st Pennies for Presents campaign, The NOW invites local classrooms to collect as many coppers and coins as possible for an inaugural Pennies school challenge. For each $100 a classroom donates, they will be entered into a draw for a free pizza lunch, which will be enjoyed alongside future hockey heroes. A group of Coquitlam Express junior hockey players will drop by the class before or after lunch, and have offered to play a game of road hockey with the winning class. The Express have also donated 30 tickets for the winning classroom to attend a game in the new year, when the students will be recognized during the game. Those classes that find it a bit tough to reach $100 can still enter our photo contest online to be published in the paper. Check out www.thenownews.com/community/pennies/index.html for full contest details and deadlines.
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Sonny Son, a Coquitlam resident and president of the Korean Veterans’ Association, is angry about North Korea’s attack on South Korea.
Local Korean community on edge
Tensions between the two Koreas worry Tri-Cities residents with family living overseas Jennifer McFee jmcfee@thenownews.com The recent artillery attack on South Korea hit close to home for the local Korean community. Last week, two soldiers and two civilians were killed when North Korea attacked the South Korean island of Yeonpyeong. Nearly 20 more people were injured and dozens of homes were destroyed. The event marked the first attack on a civilian area since the Korean War. About 80,000 Korean-Canadians live in the Vancouver area, with the majority settled in Coquitlam. Senator Yonah Martin, who ran as the Conservative candidate for New WestminsterCoquitlam in the 2008 provincial election, said she reacted to the incident with great worry.
“My parents are survivors of the Korean War. My father was born in the northern part of Korea before the war. So it touches me on so many levels … I have some fear not just for the people in Korea, but for the region and even Canada and what this could mean if something were to advance to a more dangerous level,” Martin said. “So for me, it’s a combination of all those things and a real concern for the people that are going to be the victims in this. North Korea is impoverished and there’s a real need for humanitarian aid. There was a considerable amount of aid going from South Korea to North Korea, so that will be affected immediately in the interim. So the people, once again, will suffer.” Martin is not alone in her concern. Coquitlam resident Sonny Son thinks the actions of North Korea call for a strong response. “Personally, I’m really angered at the animal act
of the North Korean military people. That is a really coward act, animal act. That is only bullying,” said Son, president of the Korean Veterans’ Association. “[The] Korean government, they should punish them right away.” Son was born in North Korea. During the Korean War his family escaped to the south, where he grew up. He came to Canada in 1973. He said Coquitlam’s Korean population is upset about the current situation. “This is enough,” he said. “They are concerned. They are very angry.” Angela MacKenzie, board director of the C3 Korean Canadian Society, said the local community is following the events in Korea closely. “We all hope the situation will be resolved peacefully,” the former NOW reporter said in an e-mail. CONTINUED ON PAGE 4, see CANADIAN EMBASSY.
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