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PoMo ponders its heritage future after Clarke St. fire ‘You don’t know what you had until it’s gone,’ says Dilworth MARIO BARTEL mbartel@tricitynews.com

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The loss of the historic Roe & Abernathy grocery store on Clarke Street, and its neighbour the Gallery Bistro, may be just the opportunity Port Moody needs to reboot efforts to protect its heritage. Coun. Diana Dilworth, the chair of the city’s heritage commission, said “it’s a shame” the structures were destroyed by a fire on July 28. But the pile of sooted rubble that now occupies half a block of shops, which were once the commercial core of Port Moody when it was a bustling railway town, is also a reminder residents and property owners must remain vigilant about protecting the city’s past. “Heritage is something you

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take for granted until you lose it,” Dilworth said last Friday, while visiting the site for the first time since the fire. “You don’t know what you had until it’s gone.” Dilworth said going forward, as the site is rebuilt, it will be important to preserve the stories of the lost buildings and what they represented to the city and its residents. “History is about the story that is attached to the place,” she said. Already, the Moody Centre neighbourhood that contains several residential and commercial structures that date to the city’s earliest days as a railway and lumber hub is peppered with brass plaques affixed to rocks that recount significant people, places or events in Port Moody’s evolution. There’s also a series of colourful tile mosaics on metal pedestals and vinyl murals wrapped around utility boxes. see

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eports of human-bear conflicts have spiked this year, and with at least 10 black bears having been euthanized so far across the Tri-Cities, many residents have voiced their frustration with a lack of alternatives. For Alexandra Marinets, it all came to a head last week when she was on one of her usual walks through Mundy Park, not far from where a sow and two cubs had been euthanized by conservation officers a day earlier. Winding down one of the trails, Marinets came across a handmade sign: “Run Bears Run,” it read. “A small voice for a baby bear,” referencing the July 30 incident. Marinets has always been an animal lover — she breeds cats and judges cat shows — so when, six months earlier, a friend involved in wildlife in Washington state told her about a unique breed of dog saving the lives of bears and wildcats, she started reading everything she could find on the animals. On July 31, Marinets launched a petition to bring Karelian Bear Dogs to the BC Conservation Officer Service (BCCOS). She quickly blew past her initial goal of 100 people and now has more than 1,700 signers. Washington state’s first Karelian Bear Dog arrived in 2003 from the Wind River Bear Institute in Montana, a facility that trains the Finnish dogs to ward off ursine neighbours

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and wildcats from populated areas. The dog arrived at a time when the Washington public’s frustration with destroying bears was bubbling over. “The agency took a lot of hits with the public when we had to eliminate bears or cougars that came into these areas,” said Capt. Alan Myers, who now leads the Karelian bear program for Washington’s version of the BC Conservation Officer Service. “We needed a non-lethal tool in which to handle these because, in the past, we had very few options.” Mishka quickly adapted to his new role as a non-lethal removal tool. In one of their most successful tactics known as ‘hard release,’ officers first tranquilize the bear in question and put it in a trap — basically, a sealed-off section of

culvert on wheels. While contained, the dog barks at the bear in a form of aversive conditioning. Officers then release the bruin on the edge of the same area that it was captured. That way, the bear associates the area with distress and avoids the territory. “We try to give them an avenue of escape,” said Myers, who commands the detachments and officers working in the highly urbanized areas surrounding greater Seattle. “[Anything] that keeps that old adage of ‘a trash bear is a dead bear’ from being an absolute reality.” According to Myers, early studies found the tactic prevented bears from re-habituating to the same area 70 to 80% of the time. Yet officers are still forced to kill bears that have attacked somebody or are an obvi-

ous threat to the public. Nils Pedersen, a wildlife biologist and director of the Wind River Bear Institute, said the dogs address a symptom of human-wildlife conflict and do not solve the root problem of attractants like garbage or berry farms. “In a province like B.C., where we’re getting 20,000 bear calls a year, and a lot of those in the Lower Mainland, using a tool like a Karelian Bear Dog is really difficult until we get a handle on our attractant and we bring that level of conflict down,” said Mike Badry, a wildlife conflict manager with BCCOS. Still, Pedersen said lethal management of bears won’t stop people from leaving garbage unsecured, and in some cases, killing a bear will leave a territorial hole for another one to move in.

“[Karelian Bear Dogs] indicate to the public that management is looking for alternatives to lethal,” said Petersen. “That just makes it all the more shameful if you are not helping, leaving attractants out. Basically forcing agency members to kill them.” For the wildlife officers down in Washington, dogs and handlers have come and gone, but the program continues. Today, there are four dogs, including two in the urban corridor around Seattle. The bottleneck in expanding the program is finding officers with the right set of characteristics to take care of the animals. Karelian Bear Dogs have also proved effective in tracking duties, and the dogs have expanded their resumes to include evidence collection and hunting down poachers.

Since its inception in 2007, the bear dog program has run independent of state or federal funding. Instead, it relies entirely on citizen donations through an annual funding drive. Myers said they have never come up short. “It’s fantastically popular,” he added. “These dogs and these handlers are rock stars.” That’s no small advantage, especially when it comes to establishing a bridge between suburban populations and bears that might not otherwise be there. While the officers in Washington’s Department of Fish and Wildlife have pioneered the use of Karelian Bear Dogs in a law enforcement capacity, others have had success rolling out programs in places like Alaska, Nevada and Utah. The Wind River Bear Institute had its longest-running Karelian Bear Dog grizzly management program running south of Banff until, after 14 years, it was internalized. “When you’re doing a good job in this field it seems like there is no problem. That’s the problem,” said Pedersen. In B.C., individuals in Bella Coola, Nelson and with the Haisla Nation around Kitimat have expressed interest in working with Karelian Bear Dogs, but that’s never led to any sustained institutional adoption in the way Washington has taken them on. “B.C. is a province that we’ve never really had a consistent connection with, which is surprising because you kill a lot of bears there in B.C.,” said Pedersen. “[It’s] something I could see in a place like Whistler, Vancouver or the Tri-Cities. There’s a lot of work to be done.”

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How much density should be allowed in the Oakdale neighbourhood? That is a question the city of Coquitlam is asking residents as it prepares for a public consultation on land use concepts for the area. Three options are being proposed, each with an increasing level of density, ranging from detached homes and low-rise apartments (Option 1) to townhomes and transit-village commercial (Option 3). The proposed land-use plan will “guide development in the Oakdale area for the next 25 years,” according to a staff report. The city said a public consultation process will begin in September, complete with an online survey, a community information session and direct stakeholder engagement. The land use concepts can be seen at www.coquitlam.ca/oakdale. An update for the area was initially planned to be included in the larger Burquitlam-Lougheed Neighbourhood Plan, which was adopted in 2017. However, during the

public consultation for the BLNP, the response from Oakdale residents was largely negative and city staff decided to move ahead with the plan without including the neighbourhood. After the BLNP was approved, residents came back to city hall seeking increases in density for their area. Last year, staff took initial public consultation steps, which were met with more enthusiasm from area residents. “We realized during the Burquitlam-Lougheed Neighbourhood Plan process that there was no consensus on Oakdale,” said Andrew Merrill, Coquitlam’s manager of community planning, in an interview with The Tri-City News last year. “They are the missing piece to the plan.” Oakdale has roots that go back to the mid-1800s, when farmers grew produce and livestock on their land to sell at markets in New Westminster, then the capital of B.C. North Road, which was then about two blocks west from today’s location, was also used by the Royal Engineers to get from the Royal City to Burrard Inlet in Port Moody. In the 1960s, Oakdale changed from agricultural land to residential and most of the homes built then remain today.

City said number of fines down compared to previous years An increase in bear activity has not coincided with a rise in fines for improper storage of garbage in Coquitlam. So far this year, 52 tickets have been issued, down from 82 in 2018.

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Despite several bears being put down by authorities in the past week because they had become used to finding food in Coquitlam homes and parks, most residents are doing their part not to attract them according to the city. But Coquitlam’s urban wildlife co-ordinator, Julie Kanya, said it doesn’t take much for the bears to come calling. According to Kanya, even though the city has kept up its enforcement patrols, there has been a drastic reduction in the warnings and tickets handed out in the last two years. Kanya said from Jan. 1 to July 31, 2017, the city issued 4,568 warnings and 328 tickets for improper storage of garbage and potential attractants. In 2018, that dropped to 2,122 warnings and 82 tickets for the same period. And so far this year, the numbers are even lower: 832 warnings and 52 tickets issued. “We haven’t decreased our patrols,” said Kanya. “Unfortunately, when it comes to bear activity, it doesn’t take a lot of trash left

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outside to cause a problem.” Kanya said the recent bear scare in Mundy Park happened because some park users weren’t mindful of their picnic materials; since banning cooking in Mundy, however, there has been a major decrease in bear activity there. “They’re still getting spotted in the park, but as far as coming into the picnic area and the pool area, it dropped off,” she said. A family of bears that had made its home in the park were euthanized last week by the BC Conservation Officer Service. “From my personal perspective and the city’s, it’s

definitely heartbreaking. It’s not the outcome we want,” Kanya said. She noted that while bears can feed on wild blackberry bushes at this time of the year, they seem to prefer the highcalorie food found in garbage bins to get them through winter. And because the patrols can’t always spot improperly stored waste and unmaintained fruit trees in backyards, Kanya said, the city relies on residents to report those infractions when they spot them. “People are storing garbage in all sorts of locations that are not appropriate. Bears are

excellent climbers and they have a super sense of smell,” she said. Backyard fruit trees can be a problem, she said, if they aren’t picked when the fruit is ripe, which typically can happen when a family goes on vacation and fruit falls to the ground. She noted ripe fruit also attracts rats and wasps. The city has bylaws requiring fruit trees to be picked and maintained. If the fruit from old trees isn’t being consumed, the city encourages residents to cut them down and replace them with a flowering tree, said Kanya.

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A lawsuit against the city of Port Coquitlam over its new renoviction policy was dropped last month. The owner of the Bonnie Brae Apartments filed a notice of discontinuance July 12 in BC Supreme Court in Vancouver. On Tuesday, acting city CAO Karen Grommada confirmed the legal proceedings relating to the business bylaw amendment had been stopped. The owner, 1955 Western Drive Title Corp., argued the bylaw change disrupted its renovations of the Bonnie Brae complex, a 51-year-old

building in the Mary Hill neighbourhood that houses about 65 residents â€” many of whom are seniors and on fixed incomes. In March, the company served eviction notices to the tenants to update the building, with a moveout date by June 30. In turn, city council altered its regulations to prevent the mass eviction and the residents challenged the landlordâ€™s decision with the B.C. Residential Tenancy Branch. In May, they won their case. City councilâ€™s new regulations require rental apartment businesses with five or more units to provide interim accommodations to tenants when they plan to make repairs or renovations. The bylaw amendment also prohibits property owners from raising rents after construction is complete.

Katherine Higgins admits she and her brother were oddballs in their family, growing up in California. Their folks â€” a software engineer dad and educator mom â€” brought up their kids in a typical suburb close to Silicon Valley, far away from farms and livestock; neither had a background in or passion for agriculture. So when Higgins and her brother asked to join the local 4-H Club it took some convincing, especially as Higgins desperately wanted to be near her favourite animal: horses. When her mother turned down the request for safety reasons, Higgins opted for goats instead. Over the course of 14 years, Higgins rose to become the clubâ€™s goat leader and served on its executive board, rising to the position of vice-president. It was a great program, she recalled, â€œa very fostering community where there is very little competition.â€? Four years ago, Higgins moved to Canada to study sustainable agriculture at UBC (she is now in her final

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year). And last year, after the Ladner resident saw a gap in Port Coquitlam with 4-H, she called up the owner of Capriole Academy to see if a club could be based out of its operation. Today, Higginsâ€™ program boasts seven members between the ages of 4 and 16 who follow the 4-H pledge: To the Head for clear thinking, the Heart for greater loyalty, the Hands to larger service and the Health to better living. Together, they meet on Sundays at 12:30 p.m. to volunteer at Capriole and to work on their own projects, educational displays and district events, among other things.

â€œWe donâ€™t coddle our kids too much,â€? Higgins said. â€œWe want to teach them responsibility and about being outdoors.â€? Vanessa Perey, a Belcarra resident attending Port Moody secondary next month, said she joined the PoCo 4-H Club because â€œI thought it was a very good opportunity to get into things that I enjoy: animals and plants. Itâ€™s been really interesting.â€? In June, Higgins successfully won a $1,700 grant from the Port Coquitlam Community Foundation, a philanthropic organization that supports local non-profit groups, to build a small goat

barn at the front of the academy. The money will be spent on tools and roofing for the 10â€™ by 10â€™ structure, which will house up to six goats. Besides its farm projects, the PoCo 4-H Club also raises funds with bake sales (the $115 annual enrolment fee goes to the Fraser Valley district as it administers clubs from Chilliwack to Pemberton). To sign up, email portcoquitlam4h@gmail. com. Meanwhile, 4-H Canada yesterday (Wednesday) launched its first-ever national fundraising campaign. Go to 4-h-canada.ca/fundraising to learn more about the drive with Veseys Seeds.

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Dilworth said those initiatives have to be reinvigorated and better promoted so residents and visitors can know about them and seek them out. “We need to capitalize on heritage and small local businesses as an attraction,” she said. Tri-City restaurateur Fred Soofi knows the intrinsic and commercial value of preserving the city’s heritage. He’s made it his mission to purchase and restore several historic homes and commercial buildings in Moody Centre over the years, even moving them to new locations to keep them out of the way of new developments. In fact, Soofi said he was on just such a quest when he reached a lease agreement with the family that owned the Roe & Abernathy building. But the deal fell apart when the parents died and is now the subject of a legal dispute. Soofi said heritage is a fragile asset that must be preserved for future generations to appreciate how they got to their current point. “If everybody lives in condos and high rises, they’ll be able to remember how their grandparents lived and shopped,” Soofi said. But saving heritage shouldn’t be left to the passions of individuals, he said. It needs to be a community

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Owners of businesses displaced by the fire that destroyed half a block of Port Moody’s historic commercial core on Clarke Street July 28, won’t have to manage their recovery alone, said the city’s acting mayor Hunter Madsen. He said the city is prepared to facilitate any permits those businesses may require as they look to rebuild or relocate. The fire destroyed the old Roe & Abernathy grocery store, which was vacant, as well as the Gallery Bistro next door. Smoke and water damage affected three other businesses, including a chocolatier, a pottery shop and the Silk Art Gallery, located in the old Burns butcher shop. Helen Daniels, the owner of Gallery Bistro, said it’s still “too early” to know what her next step will be, but Madsen said the city will stay “in close touch.” Coun. Diana Dilworth suggested the city could play matchmaker to help connect business owners with available spaces should they look to relocate even temporarily while their establishments are cleaned up or rebuilt. Meanwhile, Coun. Zoe Royer, who manages the Silk Art Gallery, said the fire could spark a re-imagining of what that part of Moody Centre could become, with Clarke and Spring streets lined with small artist studios, not unlike parts of Granville Island in Vancouver. “It would be an amazing opportunity,” she said.

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effort championed by local government. “The city should encourage heritage,” Soofi said. “They should ask themselves why nobody else is doing it.” Acting mayor Hunter Madsen said the block affected by the fire “has always been a key focus” of the city’s efforts to revitalize and brighten its historic core, and the old grocery store — which was built in 1912 to replace a previous one also destroyed by a fire — was a distinctive component. Madsen said the city’s goal

with its 13-block heritage conservation area is “to manage, not prevent, change.” But there’s no more sudden, unplanned change than losing a building to a fire. Madsen said he expects any new construction on the site to be “mindful of, and that resonates well with, the overall heritage look and feel of the neighbourhood.” He added, “While exact replicas of the old structures might be amazing and welcome, there are many ways to achieve a fine complementarity without calling for literal

re-creation.” Dilworth said the fire should serve as a wake-up call that preserving heritage in Port Moody needs to be an ongoing effort, perhaps bolstered with supports like financial incentives such as tax deferrals or reductions. She said while those have been offered to owners of heritage homes, it may be time to extend such a program to commercial buildings as well. “We need to be more practical,” Dilworth said, adding there also needs to be a conversation with the city’s

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Topic: Bears killed in the Tri-Cities

“Yes this is sad, but this is still a better alternative to a bear killing a child. Just because garbage bins are locked/stored properly doesn’t mean bears won’t roam and explore urban places.”

“This is not a bear problem it’s a people problem. What we are not doing is holding people accountable for their behaviour.”

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ccording to the B.C. legislature’s calendar for 2019, the house will sit for just 62 days this year. Throughout six whole months — December and January plus June through September — not a single meeting is scheduled. And during March and November, our MLAs will be present just eight days each month. May was the busiest period and, even then, the house met for just 14 days. Regrettably, there is nothing exceptional about this. In 2018, the legislature sat for 67 days, and just 61 in 2017.

In effect, our representatives are present for the equivalent of a mere two months each year in the public arena where they do the people’s business. Some of this can be justified. MLAs are obliged to spend a reasonable amount of time in their ridings. There are town hall meetings to attend, constituents with whom to talk and public events that demand their presence. They also have family obligations. But while conceding these necessities, we also have to consider the damage that is done. The legislature is where the government is held responsible for its policies. This takes place through debates, examination of ministry budgets, scrutiny of proposed new legislation and, most important, question period. If ministers are not present to explain and justify their actions, those actions become, in effect, unaccountable.

To take just one example, there are 20 ministries in our provincial government with combined expenditures of $58 billion yet the legislature devoted just 31 days to examining these expenditures, or roughly a day and a half per ministry. How can this possibly be adequate when such large sums are involved? There are other consequences of prolonged absence. We are in the midst of an opioid crisis. Are the measures being taken to combat this threat adequate or not? Who can say? Certainly the epidemic won’t shut down for the summer, as the house has done. Then again, during the last provincial election, the government promised $10-a-day daycare. Where is it? Only a handful of pilot projects have been announced so far. No-one suggests ministers are inactive when the house

isn’t sitting, nor are they silent. Bucketloads of media releases issue forth on a near daily basis. But these announcements are largely self-congratulatory. It’s almost unheard of for a ministry to confess a screw-up, at least voluntarily. It takes the work of an informed opposition to elicit that kind of admission, and for the equivalent of 10 months a year, those opposition members are scattered to the four corners of the province. It has long been a concern that legislatures are becoming ever less important, that too much power is vested in the premier’s office. But this trend accelerates when the house doesn’t even sit. The House of Commons in Ottawa met for 122 days last year. If our MPs can measure up to the task, there is no reason our MLAs can’t. As it is, they’re only halfway there.

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The Editor, Re. “3 people arrested, 3 bears are killed” and “Bear that made itself at home is caught, destroyed” (The TriCity News, Aug. 1). It is truly heartbreaking to hear bears were killed again in Coquitlam by BC Conservation Officers. The animals have their families and they have a right to carry their lives in the natural areas. Canada is a country rich in nature and we should be proud of having so many wild animals in our community. Look around many developed cities, surrounded by just solid

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concrete, plastics and hard, man-made structures — but no songs of birds or sounds of insects. Our community is rich in nature and wildlife, and I am proud of it. We should not forget that decades ago, this was a wild country, and we humans invaded and took their living quarters, causing many animals and birds to lose their lives already. I know conservation officers need to protect people but I sincerely hope they simply do not kill animals, removing them, instead. (Arresting residents who protest the kill-

ing of bears was disappointing as well, making the incident more difficult to accept.) Let’s make our community more livable and rich in nature by understanding the role of wildlife. Let’s not just assume this is a human-owned place but respect the lives of the longtime population. Let’s not hate our wildlife as they, too, are trying to go about their lives. We can live safely together. Let’s always keep in our minds that this is their land, too, and we live together. Kiyoshi Takahashi, Coquitlam

The Editor, Effective this year, several American states have passed bills to allow their citizens and local governments to purchase medical supplies from Canada. President Donald Trump has authorized them to go ahead as medications are cheaper here. As an example, insulin, which doesn’t require a prescription in Canada to purchase, is Cdn. $70; south of the border, it’s U.S. $340 for 100 cc. So far, in Quebec and London, Ont., there have been reports of buses full of Americans buying our medications in bulk. This can hap-

pen in B.C. as Colorado has passed a similar bill. A federal election is coming in October. All politicians should be put on notice by their voters that we will not stand by and let outside countries or individuals drain our supply of medications. Many Canadian citizens cannot afford to buy medications and devices they need to live, so why should we allow outsiders to purchase the medications here? All nations are responsible to their own citizens first. If we have a surplus, then help Canadians, not outsiders. The federal government

is there as a representative of the people and if we can’t trust our elected officials, then they can be replaced. I am a Type 1 diabetic, like 1.3 million other Canadians, and pay $70 for 100 cc of insulin per month. One in three Canadians is diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes every day. Some of them go on to requiring insulin. A fair portion are retired seniors who have limited income and no longer have extended medical insurance from their place of work. We deserve and expect better from our elected officials. Linda Zumm, Port Moody

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BYLAW ENFORCEMENT

Be careful where, when you park — ticket stats on the rise in Tri-Cities 10 years of city data shows sharp increases in no. of tickets issued

“The city has grown in the last 20 years. That has increased traffic density… and there is a need to have those regulations to keep everything moving.”

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obody likes getting a parking ticket. But these days, bylaw officers in the Tri-Cities are writing more citations than ever before. According to data analyzed by The Tri-City News, Coquitlam issued 19,290 parking tickets last year — a 373% increase since 2008 — while Port Coquitlam has seen an even bigger jump of 526% in the last 10 years and Port Moody a relatively modest hike of 35%. And parking is big money for municipal budgets. In 2018, for example, motorists pumped approximately $450,000 into Coquitlam’s parking meters and paid $427,000 in fines. But Glen Spence, an enforcement supervisor with the city of Coquitlam, insists bylaw officers are not out to ruin anybody’s day or pad city coffers. He said the goal of parking regulations is to improve safety and ensure vehicle turnover in the city’s busy commercial areas. Spence added that it is rare he or his colleagues are approached by an irate motorist they’ve just written up. “Nobody wants that,” he said. “We try and explain the need for the enforcement. A lot of people do understand it.” Today, there is more traffic and more demand for stalls, factors that have led to a greater number of streets with parking regulations, he said. Technology has also changed, with automated licence plate recognition systems used to efficiently identify vehicles that have overstayed their time limits. “The city has grown in the last 20 years,” Spence said, noting the addition of SkyTrain and many highrise developments. “That has increased traffic density… and there is a need to have those regulations to keep everything moving.”

TIMING

Coquitlam’s enforcement division is cagey when it comes to discussing when and where it deploys resources but analysis of the bylaw data gives some hints

Glen Spence Enforcement supervisor with city of Coquitlam

Coquitlam bylaw enforcement officer Glen Spence walks the beat looking for parking meter infractions in the city’s Town Centre area. mario bartel/the tri-CitY NeWS

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as to when you’re more likely to get a ticket if parked illegally. For example, a graph outlining the distribution of tickets by time of day shows a significant drop in citations at around 12 p.m. — lunch time — before picking up again in the afternoon. While the city can schedule officers around the clock, Andrea MacDonald, Coquitlam’s manager of bylaws, licensing and animal services, concedes the majority of the approximately dozen enforcement officials

work fairly typical hours and tend to take their breaks in the middle of the day. “You will notice a slight reduction between 12 and 2 p.m.,” she said. The data also shows that more tickets are issued on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, when MacDonald said there is typically some scheduling crossover, leading to more staff on duty. As well, January is the busiest month, with an average of 1,102 tickets issued, while August is the quietest, with an average of 848 tickets

handed out by officers.

PARKING STRATEGIES

Different cities have different strategies for parking enforcement. In Port Moody, for example, bylaw data available through the city’s website shows Saturdays and Sundays are the biggest days for parking tickets, and July and August are the busiest months. The uptick in summer citations coincides with the addition of two seasonal bylaw officers and increased en-

forcement of parking regulations at the Rocky Point boat launch. Special events are also busy times for Port Moody enforcement officials. For example, RibFest sees some of the biggest numbers when it comes to traffic tickets — an average of 46.6 per day compared to an average of 13 for a typical Saturday or Sunday. In fact, some of the highest numbers of citations written in a single day over the last decade occurred during the popular barbecue event, with 73 issued July 23, 2016, and another 73 issued on the same date in 2017. Patrik Kolby, the city’s senior bylaw enforcement officer, told The Tri-City News last month that the jump in tickets during RibFest is related to the increased number of patrons visiting the park. “Parking at Rocky Point is extremely limited when there are special events happening,” he said. “We encourage members of the public to leave their car at home and walk, bike or take public transit instead.” Port Coquitlam is another community that has seen a significant rise in the number of parking tickets, particularly in the last five years. Between 2008 and 2013, the number of citations hovered at around 500 per

year. In 2014, however, the numbers started to rise dramatically and, last year, PoCo bylaw officers issued 2,338 tickets. Paula Jones, PoCo’s manager of bylaw services, said the increase is due to stepped-up enforcement in school zones and in the city’s downtown core.

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One thing it’s not due to is quotas. Often, motorists accuse bylaw officials of trying to “make their quota,” something Coquitlam’s Spence denies exists. The goal is to educate the public and keep vehicles from cluttering streets for long periods of time, he said, not to punish motorists with tickets. Spence also notes that most enforcement officers are reasonable and will acknowledge if they issued a ticket in error. “There is an opportunity for them to void a ticket,” he said. “That happens a fair amount when things are reasonable.” After all, even bylaw officials occasionally get tripped up by the rules. Spence said he recently received a ticket in Coquitlam after not returning to his vehicle before his time expired. “By the time I got back, I received a parking ticket, as I should have,” he said. “And I paid it.”

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A Canadian resident who has spent the last 11 years imprisoned and allegedly tortured in Iran is back in Metro Vancouver after a small group of family and local humanitarians chipped in to facilitate his escape. Last Friday, Saeed Malekpour arrived in Vancouver, said Port Moody resident — and Coquitlam restaurateur — Fred Soofi who has been in contact with the family. In a video posted to Malekpour’s sister’s Facebook page, he can be seen arriving at Vancouver International Airport. “The nightmare is finally over,” reads the caption in part. Malekpour escaped his on-going prison sentence more than a decade after he was caught in a sweeping set of arrests by the Cyber Crimes Unit of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards. Under operation ‘Whirlpool,’ the unit sought to crack down on online activities deemed “immoral” or “un-Islamic,” according to Amnesty International. Only a week before Malekpour’s getaway, a group of supporters had pooled together more than $100,000 to post bail for him after it was discovered he would be offered a three-day pass from prison to visit family in Tehran. Soofi told The Tri-City News he was one of the individuals who helped put up the bail money with the secret knowledge that Malekpour would be whisked out of the country before his three days were up. “We knew it was coming up but we couldn’t tell anybody because we didn’t want it to get back to Iran,” Soofi said. On the third and final day of bail, Malekpour was smuggled into a neighbouring country by unidentified individuals. His sister Maryam Malekpour flew out to meet him and, after a three-day furlough waiting for Canadian consular officials to re-instate his residency, the two were on a plane bound for Vancouver. “We were expecting that it would take two or three weeks. That was a risky situation,” said Soofi. “We are really thankful to the Canadian government.”

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In an email response to The Tri-City News, spokesperson for Global Affairs wrote the federal department would provide few details on Malekpour’s case due to privacy concerns. “Canada welcomes the news that Saeed Malekpour has been reunited with his family in Canada,” wrote spokesperson Guillaume Bérubé. “We have advocated for Mr. Malekpour’s release and are pleased that he is now in Canada.” Now 44, Saeed Malekpour was first arrested by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard in October 2008, while he was on a trip to visit his ailing father in Tehran. Malekpour was originally sentenced to death in 2010 for “spreading corruption on earth” because of a web tool he created for uploading photographs. The regime alleged Malekpour had distributed pornography with the program, but Malekpour has maintained it was used without his permission. According to Malekpour and Amnesty International, the Revolutionary Guards’ Cyber Counterattack Team found his name in the credits of the photograph upload utility, and based on that, he was thrown into solitary confinement, allegedly tortured and humiliated on Iranian television; his mother also had a heart attack when she saw his picture in what Malekpour describes as a false confession. In a 2010 open letter detailing his pre-trial detainment, Malekpour described some of the torture he was alleged to have suffered: “While I remained blindfolded and handcuffed, several individuals armed with cables, batons, and their fists struck and punched me. At times, they would flog my head and neck. Such mistreatment was aimed at forcing me to write what the interrogators

were dictating, and to compel me to play a role in front of the camera based on their scenarios. Sometimes, they used extremely painful electrical shock that would paralyze me temporarily. Once in October 2008, the interrogators stripped me while I was blindfolded and threatened to rape me with a bottle of water.” Now back at his sister’s home, Malekpour is busy setting up visits with physicians, dentists and counsellors to deal with the scars of over a decade of imprisonment, Soofi said. And while Malekpour is alleged to have endured significant trauma as a prisoner in Evin Prison, it also appears the software engineer found ways to cope — and took up art along the way. In one piece that preceded Malekpour’s return to Canada, a likeness of a leopard juts out of a hefty block of wood in what appears to be a combination of carving and wood inlay. When Malekpour finished the piece, he handed it off to his mother, who in turn, had it flown in someone’s luggage to his sister, according to Soofi. Over the last decade, Maryam — a longtime Coquitlam resident who just moved to New Westminster — has led efforts to free her brother from prison, eventually bringing the leopard to display at an Amnesty International event in Vancouver to whip up support for Malekpour’s release. “That was a month and a half ago,” said Soofi, who has been taking care of the piece of art ever since. “We didn’t know he’d be released.” Today, the painting sits at Soofi’s home waiting to be returned to the Malekpours. “This is one of a thousand cases in Iran. Luckily, this one ended in release,” said Soofi. “There are so many of them that are arrested. We want to help all of them.”

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Fifty years ago, astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon. Last month a Coquitlam high school student helped colonize it. Owen Coukell, who’s going into Grade 12 at Dr. Charles Best secondary in September, was part of a team of students who won an international competition at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida to design a home for 17,200 people in a rille — or trench — on the moon. The Space Settlement Design Competition has its roots in 1984 as an offshoot of the Boy Scouts of America’s annual national exploring conference. It became an international event 20 years later, when a semifinal competition was held in Delhi, India, and subsequently expanded around the world with regional competitions in Latin America, Eastern Europe, the U.K. and Western Europe as well. Coukell said his involvement happened quite by accident. A buddy suggested Coukell check out a regional competition held last May at the University of British Columbia. He said he expected “some sort of fun little camp activities,” but before he knew it he was deeply immersed in a full-on two-day engineering exercise in which he was enlisted as the head of his team’s structure department, which managed the design and construction of a space station to house 1,000 people to collect space debris. Coukell, who has an interest in architecture and mechanical engineering, just not necessarily in the space realm, said it was a challenge leading a diverse team of grade 9 to 12 students with varying skills and capabilities to keep them on task towards their goal. “I met them, and suddenly

I’m in charge,” he said, adding, “You fake it ’til you make it.” In fact, Coukell’s team didn’t just make it, they won and qualified to head to Florida for the international competition as the first representative ever from Canada. Coukell said working alongside and competing against hundreds of students from around the world as well as rubbing shoulders with actual space engineers and scientists in the education centre at Kennedy was a heady experience. “The opportunity to go to NASA inspired me to show we had what it took,” Coukell said. With five days to work on their moon settlement project, Coukell said there were a number of hurdles to overcome in order to create a hospitable environment in which people could live and work, including minimal gravity and an abundance of moon dust. “Calculating how much gravity you need is something I have not learned in high school,” Coukell said. While the settlement teams design exists only in plans, specification sheets and conceptual drawings, Coukell said aerospace representatives from the National Space Society and NASA were on hand to observe, provide guidance and act as judges. Projects were scored on their originality, thoroughness and the quality of the team’s 30-minute presentation. Coukell said they had to be careful not to overlook details people might otherwise take for granted, like providing a source for oxygen at the moon settlement. The medals they were presented with after their victory commemorated the 50th anniversary of the moon landing. Coukell said it brought home how far technology has advanced in that time. “They didn’t have Google articles to tell them about what had worked,” he said of the pioneering Apollo moon missions. “We thought our challenges were difficult. They had to work from scratch.”

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on site. Food trucks will have drinks and meals available. Mariner Brewing will offer up the suds. Take the Evergreen Extension to the Lafarge Lake-Douglas station. Visit coquitlam.ca/kaleidoscope.

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As dusk descends, learn about bats at Minnekhada regional park from Metro Vancouver parks staff. The Bat Watch lesson is from 7:15 to 9:15 p.m. at the park (4000 Quarry Rd., Coquitlam). The cost is $8.50/$4.50. Register using the barcode #7712 at metrovancouver.org or call 604-432-6359.

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Bullock’s Oriole, Green Heron and Band-tailed Pigeon will be among the bird species to watch for during a field trip with Larry Cowan and members of Nature Vancouver. Meet in the parking area at Victoria and Cedar drives in Port Coquitlam at 8:30 a.m. for the four-hour session. Call 604-307-0931.

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10 a.m. to 2 p.m at the Public Works Yard (1737 Broadway St.). Visit portcoquitlam.ca.

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The Burrard Inlet Fish Fest and Indigenous Youth Canoe Day Race returns to Rocky Point Park (2800-block of Murray St., Port Moody) from noon to 6 p.m. Admission is free. Visit fishfest.ca.

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the annual Kaleidoscope Arts Festival on the TD Community Plaza stage at Town Centre Park (1299 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam). The free family event, from 2 to 9 p.m., also includes music from DJ Emilita and indie artists Royal Canoe and Terra Lightfoot, starting at 4:30 p.m. Performing artists Blink Acro, Disco Funeral and Hip Hop Hoop Dancers as well as mural artists Richard Tetrault and Sandeep Johal will be

Alicja Moniatowicz, the lead singer for the cover band Foreverescence and the rockmetal group Outside Eden, performs at Music in the Park at Lions Park (2300 Lions Way, Port Coquitlam) at 1 p.m. She will be followed an hour later by singer-songwriter Ben Cottrill, who recently worked with Vancouver legend Bryan Adams for CTV’s The Launch music series that aired in February. Admission to the shows is free. Visit portcoquitlam.ca.

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Take a seat in the Inlet Theatre (100 Newport Dr., Port Moody) for a double feature screened by the Port Moody Film Society. At 7:30 p.m., it’s the Indian drama/romance The Lunchbox while,

at 9:15 p.m., The Big Sick, an American comedy/romance. Admission is $5 at the door (at city hall) plus a $5 annual society membership. Visit pmfilm.ca.

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Alberto Gonzalez and Teresa Szfler spin the Latin music beats in the rehearsal hall at the Evergreen Cultural Centre (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam) for a beginners dance class at 8 p.m. The dance party runs from 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Admission is $10. Visit hotsalsadancezone.com.

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Bring your yoga mat and water bottle to the Poirier Street Farmers Market, located in the parking lot of the Dogwood Pavilion (1655 Winslow Ave.) from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., where at 10 a.m. a hatha yoga instructor will lead participants in a class. The cost for the workshop is $5. Afterwards, pick up some healthy locally grown fare at

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Take a walk through the historic Riverview Hospital grounds in Coquitlam. The tour, led by the Riverview Horticultural Centre Society at 1 p.m., starts at the Henry Esson Young building. Call 604-290-9910 or visit rhcs.org.

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Pianist and singer Al Foreman, a regular on the Tri-City music circuit, brings his band (Dan Casavant, guitars and vocals; Roger Brant, bass guitar; Chris Nordquist, drums; Jerry Cook, tenor sax; and Steve Hilliam, tenor and baritone sax) to Rocky Point Park (2800-block of Murray Street, Port Moody) for a “New Orleans Gumbo” show. The concert — highlighting the styles of Louis Armstrong and Fats Domino, among others — starts at 2 p.m. on the PCT Performance Stage. The summer series is sponsored in part by The Tri-City News. Visit summersundays.ca.

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dam Dhalla wants gamers to set aside their Angry Birds to appreciate and save real ones. The 14-year-old Coquitlam student is turning his passions for birding and conservation, which have earned him international acclaim, into a mobile game app. And he’s got a pretty significant ally in his corner. Dhalla has teamed up with the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) to bring Find the Birds: US + Canada, to life. Dhalla, who won the American Birding Association’s young birder of the year award in 2018, said while he’s “not a super hardcore game player” himself, he recognizes the potential of game apps to reach a new audience that might be receptive to a message of conservation that’s also fun. “It’s a medium young people are familiar with,” Dhalla

Above: Adam Dhalla, 14, a bird watching enthusiast from Coquitlam, is developing a mobile game app he hopes will bring the pastime to a new generation and get them thinking about conservation. Above right: A screen grab of one of his concepts for his app, which he’s developing with support from the National Wildlife Federation. MARIO BARTEL/THE TRI-CITY NEWS

told The Tri-City News. “It’s not just a talk or an essay.” Since coming up with the initial idea four years ago, Dhalla has been formulating concepts in his head and committing some of them to storyboards for an adventure quest that allows players to explore virtual habitats like forests, wetlands, grasslands and

beaches to identify and find songbirds, waterfowl, gamebirds, seabirds and raptors. When a player finds a bird, an illustration and fact sheet goes into their field guide. They also receive “coins” that can be exchanged for items that will attract and help birds, like nesting boxes and bird baths. Dhalla said the conservation

aspect is an important element of the game that he hopes translates into real-world action by players. “Birding is just a part of it,” he said. Of course, developing an app isn’t cheap, so Dhalla approached the American Birding Association, which connected him to the NWF.

And getting it on board took some salesmanship. “It was a little out of the box,” Dhalla said of his idea. A crowdfunding campaign Dhalla launched on GoFundMe in June is looking to raise $160,000 to fund the app’s development with Petricore, Inc., a game and software developer in Worcester, Mass. that has produced titles like Trap and Trade, which simulates the life and challenges of a Native American trapper in Wisconsin in 1650, as well as a medical triage simulator that can be used for training first responders.

The NWF, Dhalla said, will use its resources to help get the word out and build support amongst its more than six million members and supporters. Dhalla said realizing his vision for the game is more important than just creating something that will occupy idle hands. “Birding is kind of a gateway to conservation,” he said. “A lot of crucial decisions need to be made soon, and it’s our responsibility to start the process to recharge this idea of conservation.” • To learn more about Dhalla’s game, go to www.findthebirds.com.

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n Share Family and Community Services is running a walking club for people 65+; the group meets every Thursday at 11 a.m. at the steps down to the lakeside path from Evergreen Cultural Centre, Coquitlam. People of all abilities and languages are welcome and can walk at whatever pace is suitable. If you are interested in joining the walking group or would like to start a walking group in another location, contact Share: 604-937-6992

The doctor is in when it comes to finding resources for some of life’s challenging issues. Last month, the Fraser Northwest Division of Family Practice Society launched an online directory that provides links and resources to obtain low- and no-cost community services. Called the Pathways Community Service directory, the website (pathwaysbc.ca/fraser-northwest) provides contact information, details and guides to help people negotiate the complex matrix of social services and health care. The website allows users to browse by categories — such as First Nations services, disability services or senior services — or search by symptoms or concerns, showing a full list of available services. Users can also filter their search by their preferred language or method of access — in person, by phone, online, etc. The website also provides links to documents, videos and websites related to a particular search. All resources are reviewed by a clinical committee before they are added to the Pathways site to ensure they are a reliable source of information. The service was first launched for Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows in May, and now, Tri-City and New Westminster residents have one for local services.

n Dogwood Songsters Choir (age 50 plus) practises every Monday, 9:15 a.m.-noon, Dogwood Pavilion; it also entertains in retirement residences once a week and is dedicated to sharing the joy of singing in the community. New members are accepted in January and September. Info: 778-941-0788. n HEAR Branch of the Canadian Hard of Hearing Association meets third Monday of each month (September–June), 1-3 p.m., at Dogwood Pavilion, 1655 Winslow Ave., Coquitlam. HEAR is a support group dedicated to improving the communication skills and quality of life for the hearing impaired. Sessions include guest speakers and group discussions. All are welcome to attend the free sessions. Come to a meeting before purchasing a hearing aid for insight and consumer information. Info: Anna, 604-939-0327.

n The Club Port Moody, a gathering place for those over 50 at 101 Noons Creek Dr., hosts regular events, including: crocinole, Tuesdays, 10 a.m.; knitting, Tuesdays, 1-2:30 p.m.; cribbage, Wednesdays, 10 a.m.-noon; ukulele group, Wednesdays, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Info: theclubportmoody.com. n Dogwood Drama Club meets Mondays and Thursdays, 1-3:30 p.m., Dogwood Pavilion, 624 Poirier St., Coquitlam (entrance and parking off Winslow Avenue). New members are always welcome for acting roles or backstage crew. Info: Darlene, 604-937-3536. n Minds in Motion, a fitness and social program for people with early-stage Alzheimer’s and a care partner hosted by Alzheimer Society of B.C., runs Wednesdays, 1-3 p.m., Dogwood Pavilion, 624 Poirier St., Coquitlam. Cost: $38 per pair/8 weeks. Info: 604-927-6098. n Seniors meet every Friday, 12:30-2:30 p.m., to do fun group activities including physical fitness exercises, games, storytelling, local tours and recipe sharing. All women and men 50 or older are welcome at Share Family and Community Services’ Mountain View Family Resource Centre, 699 Robinson St., Coquitlam (corner of Smith Avenue and Robinson Street). Info: Gina, 604-937-6970.

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OUT & ABOUT CALENDAR THURSDAY, AUG. 15 • PoCo Heritage at Port Coquitlam Farmers Market, 3-5 p.m. While you are shopping at Leigh Square, visit the PoCo Heritage booth to learn a little about the city’s history and heritage, and participate in fun games.

AUG. 11: TREE TOUR AT R’VIEW • July tree tour on the Riverview Hospital grounds, 1-3 p.m., with Riverview Horticultural Centre Society. Meet at 1 p.m. at the upper entrance of the Henry Esson Young Building. Site map: www.rhcs.org or email info@rhcs.org.

FRIDAY, AUG. 16 • Tri-City Singles Social Club, which offers opportunities for 50+ singles to meet new friends and enjoy a variety of activities such as dining, dancing, theatre, travel, movies and more, meets, 7 p.m., Safeway community room, 3rd floor, 580 Clarke Rd., Coquitlam. Directions & info: Darline, 604-466-0017.

MONDAY, AUG. 19 • Heritage Writers’ Group, 10:30 a.m.-noon, PoCo Heritage Museum and Archives. Start capturing your life story for family and posterity; no preparation required – just bring a pen and paper, or your laptop. Info: pocoheritage.org.

THURSDAY, AUG. 22 • PoCo Heritage at Port Coquitlam Farmers Market, 3-5 p.m. While you are shopping at Leigh Square, visit the PoCo Heritage booth to learn a little about the city’s history and heritage, and participate in fun games.

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TUESDAY, SEPT. 3 • Have you considered becoming a foster parent? There are children and youth in the Tri-Cities who require skilled, caring foster parents. To learn more, the Ministry of Children and Family Development invites you to attend an information session, 6:30-8:30 p.m., 200-906 Roderick Ave., Coquitlam. Info: call North Fraser Recruitment Team, 604764-8098.

THURSDAY, AUG. 29 • An Evening at the Museum, 7-8:30 p.m., PoCo Heritage Museum and Archives; a special evening at the museum associated with the current exhibit, Naturally PoCo! Refreshments will be served. Info: pocoheritage.org. • PoCo Heritage at Port Coquitlam Farmers Market, 3-5 p.m. While you are shopping at Leigh Square, visit the PoCo

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ONGOING • Heritage Detectives, 10 a.m.-noon every Tuesday at PoCo Heritage Museum and Archives; join local historian Bryan Ness in a weekly exploration of different aspects of Port Coquitlam’s heritage and history.

• Hominum Fraser Valley is an informal discussion and support group to help gay, bisexual and questioning men with the challenges of being married, separated or single. Group meets the last Monday of every month. Info & meeting location: Art, 604-462-9813 or aapearson@ shaw.ca. • PoCo Heritage Museum

and Archives, 150-2248 McAllister Ave., is open Monday-Friday, 9:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m., and Saturday, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Staff is available TuesdaySaturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; volunteers may be on-site at other times. Info: 604-927-8403 or www.pocoheritage.org. see next page

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2058 Henderson Pl., 1163 Pinetree Way; info: 604-878-7400; Mondays, 3:30-5:30 p.m., PoCo Area Women’s Centre; 604941-6311; Fridays, noon-2 p.m, Calvary church; info: 604-9368242. By appointment only. Info: 604-878-7400 or accessjustice.ca. • Trinity United church weekly thrift sales: Wednesdays, noon-9 p.m., Thursdays, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., corner of Shaughnessy Street and Prairie Avenue, PoCo. Info: 604-942-0022. • Qi gong classes (free) every Sunday, 9-10:30 a.m., at Coquitlam Centre mall, near T&T Supermarket. Info: 604941-0644.

• Bingo at Dogwood Pavilion, 12:45 p.m., every Friday (except holidays and in July and August). Info: 604-927-6098. • SPARC radio museum on Riverview Hospital grounds is open most Sundays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., with tours given by volunteers; large collection of antique consumer, military, marine, amateur radios and broadcast studio equipment. Located in the old pharmaceutical warehouse on Kerria Drive at the top of the hill. Info: 604-777-1885 or sparcradio.ca. • 754 Phoenix Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Cadets is active from September to June and meets Wednesdays, 6:309:30 p.m., at Moody elementary school. Girls and boys 12-18 welcome. Due to increased interest in the cadet program, a second squadron has been added that meets Tuesdays at Maillard middle school. Info: 754aircadets.ca. • Burquitlam Community Association holds its monthly meeting on the first Thursday of each month, 7-9 p.m., in the library at Miller Park elementary school, Coquitlam. • Are you a new immigrant? Do you have questions, concerns and/or need help? Call RCCG Trinity Chapel at 604474-3131 on Tuesdays and Fridays, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., or call outside those times and leave a message and someone will call you back. Trinity will help or direct you to places where you could receive help. • Saturday hikes leave from Rocky Point at 9:30 a.m. Info: pocomohiking@hotmail.com. • Eagle Ridge Hospital Auxiliary Saturday coffee program runs Saturdays, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., in the ERH lobby, 475 Guildford Way, Port Moody. Sales of beverages and baked goods raise funds for the purchase of hospital equipment and patient comfort items. • Royal Canadian Legion Branch 133, 2675 Shaughnessy St., PoCo: meat draws Tuesdays, 4 p.m.; Fridays, 4:30 p.m.; Saturdays, 3:30 p.m. • St. John Ambulance volunteer medical first responders meetings held every Monday at 7:30 p.m. at the Tri-Cities branch, 2338 Clarke St., Port Moody. New members welcome to attend. Info: 604-931-3426 or www.sja.ca/bc. • St. John Ambulance volunteer youth cadets meetings, for people ages 6 to 21, held every Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Tri-Cities branch, 2338 Clarke St., Port Moody. New members welcome to attend. Info: 604931-3426 or www.sja.ca/bc. • Weekly thrift sales, Wednesday, noon-9 p.m.;

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• Glenayre Scottish country dancers meet Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m., at Burquest Jewish Community Centre, 2860 Dewdney Trunk Rd., Coquitlam. New members welcome, all levels beginner to advanced, singles and couples. Thursdays, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Trinity United church, corner of Shaughnessy Street and Prairie Avenue, PoCo. Info: 604-9420022. • Sea Cadets for youth aged 12 to 18 years old meets at the Old Mill Boathouse at Rocky Point Park (Port Moody) on Wednesdays, from 6:30 to 9:15 p.m. For information visit www. regions.cadets.forces.gc.ca/ pac/201sea/ or contact Lt(N) Shannon McGee at co.201sea@ cadets.net or call 604-939-0301. • Tri-City Transitions offers free ongoing counselling services on weekdays for women who have experienced abuse/ violence in their relationships or childhood abuse, sexual assault or childhood sexual abuse. Info: 604-941-7111, Ext. 103. Call 604-941-7111 ext. 112. • Free ESL classes for new immigrants are on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10:30 a.m.-noon, provided as a free community service project by missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 3345 Robson Dr., Coquitlam. Info: in Korean, 604-552-2305; Chinese, 604944-7245; other, 604-468-8938; also: www.english4free.net. • RCSCC Grilse Sea Cadets, for boys and girls 12 to 18. Info: www.cadets.ca or 604-9390301. • 2893 Seaforth Army Cadets hold a parade night every Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. Open to boys and girls aged 12-18 years. Info: 604-466-2626 or 604-9423245, or www.cadets.ca. • Tri-City Healing Rooms available, free, Thursdays, 7:30-9 p.m., Westwood community church, 1294 Johnson St., Coquitlam. Info: 604-464-0558. • Drop-in meditation Wednesdays, 7-9 p.m., Oasis Wellness Centre, 1111 Austin Ave., Coquitlam; by donation. Info: 604-221-2271 or www. meditateinvancouver.org. • Shorinji Kempo meets every Tuesday and Thursday, 7:30-9:15 p.m.; children’s/beginners class every Saturday, 1011:15 a.m. (ages 8-12); both at Jackson Street Cultural Centre, Coquitlam. Info: 604-941-7316. • Life Recovery Classes for individuals seeking recovery from addictions and abuse Sundays, 4-5:15 p.m. Info: 604-464-0510.

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Indie music the focus at Coq. fest janis cleugh jcleugh@tricitynews.com

If you’re looking for a mix of live music this weekend, the city of Coquitlam’s Kaleidoscope Arts Festival has just the ticket. And the fourth annual fest will feature sounds from two Juno-nominated acts as well as a band that clinched first in the 2011 Peak Performance Project, a Vancouver radio competition that carries a $100,500 grand prize. Made up of Scott Stanton, Dave Lang, Louis Sadava and Chris Petersen, Current Swell will headline the city fest at Town Centre Park Saturday. Best known for its “surfer rock” sound, the Victoria group has a large online base — with fans around the world — and has opened for the likes of The Beach Boys, Bedouin Soundclash and Dispatch. In June, it released High Life and is currently promoting the single; in the fall, it has 18 gigs lined up across North America. But before Current Swell hits the TD Community Plaza stage, two Canadian acts who’ve also toured extensively will also entertain. Royal Canoe — made up of Matt Peters, Bucky Driedger, Matt Schellenberg, Brendan Berg, Derek Allard and Michael Jordan — will per-

Above: The Juno-nominated indie pop act Royal Canoe released its seventh album Waver this year. Below: Current Swell will play tracks from their fifth studio album When to Talk and When to Listen when they headline Kaleidoscope. above: jaclyn campanaRo/below: submitteD

Terra Lightfoot’s CD New Mistakes earned her a Juno nomination in 2018 for Adult Alternative Album of the Year. The Hamilton, Ont., musician, who has toured with Bruce Cockburn and Blue Rodeo, will be at Coquitlam’s Kaleidoscope Arts Festival at 5:45 p.m. Dustin Rabin

form songs from its latest CD, Waver, and other tunes from previous albums. In 2014, the Manitoba band was up for a 2014 Juno in the category of Alternative Album of the Year. Their set will be followed by another Juno-nominated

artist, Terra Lightfoot, a singersongwriter from Hamilton, Ont., who’s recognized for her folk/roots rock style — and her busy tour schedule (in 2017, Lightfoot was celebrated by the Canadian Independent Music Association for selling

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Where: Town Centre Park, Coquitlam (1299 Pinetree). When: Saturday, Aug. 10 from 2 to 9 p.m. Music lineup: DJ Emilita 2 p.m.; Royal Canoe 4:30 p.m.; Terra Lightfoot 5:45 p.m.; and Current Swell 7:30 p.m. Get there: Evergreen Extension to Lafarge LakeDouglas station; limited vehicle parking available along Pinetree and in the park’s surrounding lots. at least 25,000 concert seats in a 12-month period). Lightfoot’s Coquitlam date

will be her 29th show of the year and, according to her website, she has 16 more lined

up for her summer round. With three albums under her belt, Lightfoot has played with such legendary acts as Willie Nelson, The Sheepdogs, Jim Cuddy and Gordon Lightfoot (no relation). Terra Dickinson, Coquitlam’s cultural and community events supervisor, said this year’s Kaleidoscope lineup is based on months of research of similar festivals. “We were really looking for an urban arts experience,” she told The Tri-City News, noting city organizers hope to double last year’s participation of 5,000 attendees “because of the broader appeal with the music. We really looked at what people are looking and listening to.” Gamelan Bike Bike, Etienne Siew and Disco Funeral will also entertain off-stage while DJ Emilita will liven the festival site with her spins. Still, live music won’t be the only draw to the free fest. Blink Acro and Hip Hop Hoop Dance will have performances on the upper festival site and artist Richard Tetrault is asking visitors to pick up a paint brush to help him create a 128 sq. ft. mural during Kaleidoscope; another artist, Sandeep Johal, is also painting an 80 sq. ft. wall mural. “It’s more interactive and immersive this year,” Dickinson said, hinting Disco Funeral will have a surprise with its show.

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Images by Sydney artist have been printed in int’l mags Rococo, a 36 by 48 inch acrylic on canvas, was among the six paintings that Sydney artist Sandy Terry had on show at Port Moody’s Silk Art Gallery when, on July 28, two nearby buildings caught on fire. It — along with Aria, Bliss, Rosebud, Amore and Sunlit Splendour — was virtually free of smoke and water damage thanks to the quick actions of curator Zoe Royer and her husband. The American-born Terry returned to visual arts nine years ago after 30 years of teaching and raising her children. A senior signature status member with the Federation of Canadian Artists as well as the Society of Canadian Artists, Terry has won numerous awards in juried exhibits; images of her paintings have also been featured in international art magazines. courtesy of sandy terry

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Four locations on Spring Street — including this 4,200 sq. ft. space at 3006 Spring St. (Unit C) — are being considered by the city of Port Moody for temporary artist studios. city of port moody

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Dozens of art studios could open in PoMo Port Moody’s arts, culture committee backing proposal janis cleugh jcleugh@tricitynews.com

If there’s one thing the City of the Arts is lacking, it’s more space for artists to create. That’s the sentiment of Port Moody Coun. Zoe Royer, the municipality’s arts and culture committee chairperson who’s championing a new proposal for more artist studios in Moody Centre. Last week, a day after Gallery Bistro and the adjacent vacant grocery store caught fire, Royer — the owner of Silk Art Gallery, which also had smoke and water damage from the blaze — was meeting with property owners to tour potential artist studio sites. Royer said she was so buoyed by what she saw, she had the item added to her committee meeting agenda that night (draft minutes have yet to come to city council for approval). “We know in the City of the Arts that we have many, many dozens of people looking for space and potentially, in the Tri-Cities, it’s hundreds,” she told The Tri-City News last Tuesday, noting committee

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members are enthused by the idea and “very much on board.” The concept, which will likely come before council next month for consideration, involves temporary artist studios at four Spring Street locations that are poised for redevelopment in the next 18 to 24 months. All are zoned M1 (light industrial) and range in size from 4,200 sq. ft. to 10,000 sq. ft.: • 3006 Spring St., Unit C (4,200 sq. ft., mezzanine with a front loading bay); • 3008 Spring St. (5,500 sf. ft., with office space, a front loading bay and potential display space at front); • 3020 Spring St. (8,000 to 10,000 sq. ft., mezzanine with loading at back); • and 3088 Spring St. (eight

units on second floor). None of the property owners is named in the committee document and city officials declined to respond to requests for comment, saying the proposal is in its early stages. Still, the committee agenda states the aim is to formalize an arrangement between the city and property owners by Culture Days, Sept. 27 to 29. “Property owners are eager to see this happen,” the agenda states. Currently, the city owns and rents 11 private studios at 2709 Esplanade Ave. to emerging and professional artists. However, the wait list for one-year leases is long, Royer said. Those studios aren’t suitable for musicians as they’re not sound proof. If city council sanctions the idea — and the safety assessments and permits are OK’d — Royer envisions an area similar to Parker Art Salon, located at 1000 Parker St., where 152,000 sq. ft. was turned into 110 studios for 227 artists. That warehouse is now a four-storey landmark for Vancouver, promoting its artists online and through studio tours and group exhibits. “Obviously, we would like something permanent in Port Moody like that,” Royer said.

Parker Art Salon at 1000 Parker St. in Vancouver hosts 227 artists in 110 studios over 152,000 sq. ft. It’s a model for a Moody Centre proposal for temporary artist studios, which will come before Port Moody city council next month. parker art salon

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CIvIC art enGaGeMent

‘The more hands, the better’ janIs CleuGH jcleugh@tricitynews.com

When Robi Smith was the Fern Crescent artist-in-residence for the city of Maple Ridge, a position she held for more than four years, her aim was to get more residents involved in art projects. And to appreciate the nat-

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ural world around them. In the summers, Smith held public workshops to build hundreds of lanterns of all shapes and sizes to reflect the wildlife around the Alouette River. Over the course of two September weekends, Smith and a group of dedicated volunteers would decorate the wooded pathway at

Crosses Cabin Park, close to Davidson’s Pool, for A River of Light, an evening installation that would draw out many visitors to celebrate Mother Earth. Now, Smith is working for the city of Port Coquitlam as its arts and culture coordinator (replacing Klara Manhal, who in February took a public art program job

at TransLink) and she hopes to re-create the same collaborative energy for PoCo’s civic spaces and along its trails. “I feel like the more hands, the better,” she said. “It’s really the key to ownership and pride. People want something meaningful for their community and I’m just here as their guide.” Smith, who last year ob-

tained her master of education degree in arts for social change from SFU, is known for animating public areas with environmental-themed art. As for PoCo, “I appreciate the small-town feel here and its connection to nature especially the trail system. There’s so much where art can play a part.”

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Library to close A landmark in downtown Port Coquitlam will shut its doors for good on Sunday. The Terry Fox Library, of which the hometown hero’s parents helped to open 36 years ago, will close at 5 p.m. Aug. 11 to ready for its move next door to the new Port Coquitlam Community Centre (PCCC). The Fraser Valley Regional Library branch will re-open — in a two-storey space — on Aug. 27 when the city hosts a celebration of the first phase of the new 205,000 sq. ft. recreation centre; that event runs from 4 to 7 p.m. The Terry Fox Library will resume its regular hours on Wednesday, Aug. 28. During the temporary closure, readers can check out books and other items at a pop-up library, in the lobby of the old PoCo rec complex. It will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Aug. 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22 and 23. Users can return library materials to this location and collect pick-up holds. As well, students in the Summer Reading Club can get weekly stickers for their booklets.

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The works of Phyllis Schwartz, Edward Peck, Pierre Leichner and Pepe Hidalgo will be highlighted in a new group display in Port Coquitlam that opens tonight (Thursday). The opening reception is from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Michael Wright Art Gallery (2253 Leigh Sq.), where Spanish painter Hidalgo has a solo exhibition titled String Theory, and next door in The Outlet, where Collaborative Alchemy (Schwartz, Peck and Leichner) have their pieces.

More tuts

Two musical theatre productions featuring 10 Tri-City residents and teachers will extend their runs this month. For the sixth consecutive time in Theatre Under the Stars’ 79-year history, the company has added another week to its summer season at

Stanley Park. Sheryl Anne Wheaton, an instructor at Coquitlam’s Lindbjerg Academy and the Tri-City Dance Centre, stars as Rosie in Mamma Mia!, which also includes Tri-City residents Arta Negahban, Erin Matchette and Brianna Kim. Disney’s Newsies, which runs on TUTS alternating nights, features Tri-City actors Kyra Leroux, Sebastian Issighos, Julia McLean and David Lees in the ensemble while Nathan Piasecki plays Romeo and Heritage Woods secondary student Jordyn Bennett is Les Jacobs. For tickets, visit tuts.ca.

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Port Moody pianist Martin Mayer will embark on a 20city tour of China next month. Mayer will be in the Asian country for 27 days — starting Sept. 1 — to promote his “instrumental fusion” music that includes such tunes as Thin Red Line, Love Finds a Way and New Dream of Butterflies. The Czech Republic native, who moved to Canada in 1989, is a graduate of Grant MacEwan University in Edmonton where he majored in piano performance and composition.

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An 80-member vocal group that meets in Port Coquitlam for rehearsals will start up its season in September. And Choral Connections is needing new adult singers to fill out the roster — especially men. Directed by Ingrid Gay with accompaniment by pianist Vincent Lo, the ensemble resumes its Tuesday practices on Sept. 10 at Riverside secondary school (2215 Reeve St., PoCo) at 7:30 p.m. No auditions are required to participate; however, some background in music is beneficial, spokesperson Harvey Loucks said. The choir sings at two main shows a year and entertains at community events as well as at seniors homes. Visit choralconnections.ca or email info@choralconnections.ca.

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Youth basketball gets bounce from Raptors Local programs look to fulfil hoop dreams of young players MARIO BARTEL mbartel@tricitynews.com

The Toronto Raptorsâ€™ championship run has put a bounce in local basketball programs. Daniel Depelteau, the executive director of the boysâ€™ elite program at Excel Basketball in Coquitlam, said the Raptorsâ€™ NBA championship has created a buzz. Traffic on his programâ€™s website went up 15% in the immediate aftermath and registrations for summer programs have spiked. He said while Excel doesnâ€™t normally offer its Jr. NBA program for kids in kindergarten to Grade 2 in the summer months, there was enough demand this summer to nearly fill three such camps. â€œThe Raptorsâ€™ win is playing a part in this,â€? Depelteau said. Ross Tomlinson, the executive director of Tri-City Youth Basketball Association (TCYBA) and a hoops coach since 1977, said the Raptors have likely had such a big impact because so many kids are now plugged into social media. â€œYou canâ€™t go an hour without seeing basketball,â€? he said. â€œOur whole world has shrunk.â€? TCYBAâ€™s president, Todd

Zach Hamed, a Heritage Woods secondary grad whoâ€™s heading to the University of Victoria in the fall, works on his crossovers under the watchful eyes of Ross Tomlinson and Todd Purves, of Tri-City Basketball. MARIO BARTEL/THE TRI-CITY NEWS

Purves added, â€œKids want to be connected to their sports heroes.â€? Thatâ€™s creating opportunities for local programs to introduce the sport to more kids. Lawrie Johns, the executive director of Basketball BC, said the brief run in the NBA of the Vancouver Grizzlies, and the ascent of Victoriaâ€™s

Steve Nash to superstar status in the league, helped propel participation in Basketball BCâ€™s youth programs from a few hundred kids to more than 7,000 currently. He said opportunities to play the sport and get an education at U.S. and Canadian universities and colleges have also been an important factor. Zach Hamed is preparing

to head to one of those postsecondary programs at the University of Victoria. The Heritage Woods secondary grad said he started playing basketball as a gym rat shooting hoops because â€œit was just something to do besides hockey and lacrosse.â€? As Hamed grew taller than his buddies, he devoted more of his time and energy to bas-

ketball, including playing for his high school team. He said even the rigours of daily practice, games and tournaments couldnâ€™t diminish his joy for the sportâ€™s simplicity and inclusiveness. â€œYou appreciate the game more,â€? Hamed said, adding heâ€™s just as inclined to pick up a ball and shoot hoops during downtime because thatâ€™s what

brings him the most joy. Kidsâ€™ newfound connection to hoops is playing out in school yards, cul-de-sacs and gyms every day. Instead of calling out names like Crosby, Pettersson and Price as they chase a hard orange plastic ball with hockey sticks in hand, theyâ€™re calling Kawhi, Kyle and Curry while driving the baseline Thatâ€™s music, like the sound of rubber shoe soles squeaking on a polished hardwood floor, to the ears of those trying to grow the sport in B.C. â€œWe have to make sure every kid gets that opportunity,â€? Purves said. But that also puts pressure on the people running basketball in this province to ensure the level of coaching keeps pace. As well, programs must be designed so they can address the needs of kids with the desire and inclination to take their game to an elite level while still giving kids new to the game the chance to learn its fundamentals, refine their skills and channel their newfound passion into healthy activity without college and pro sports goals. â€œOne doesnâ€™t have to be sacrificed for the other,â€? said Purves, whose TCYBA recently aligned itself with NBA Canada to leverage its brand recognition and to ensure a consistent development model for kids learning see

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Adanacs’ championship an appetizer for Minto Cup Team sweeps Victoria in two straight games MARIO BARTEL mbartel@tricitynews.com

The Coquitlam Adanacs won their 10th BC Junior A Lacrosse League championship in 11 years, sweeping the Victoria Shamrocks from the best-of-three final in two straight games. The Adanacs defeated Victoria 10-7 on Sunday in Victoria to retain the league banner they’ve possessed every year but one since 2009. Coquitlam opened the truncated finale with a 15-5 win last Saturday at the Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex. But Adanacs’ coach Pat Coyle said the league championship was just the appetizer to the Minto Cup main course that begins Aug. 15 at the Langley Events Centre. Coyle said with both the Adanacs and Shamrocks guaranteed spots in the na-

Coquitlam’s Will Clayton tries to wheel away from Victoria Shamrocks Brad McCulley in the opening game of their BC Junior A Lacrosse League final. ELAINE FLEURY PHOTO

tional championship tournament that is being hosted by the BCJALL, it was important for his team to approach the league finale as meaningful games. “If we play like those games don’t matter, there’s a tendency to get bad habits,” Coyle

said. “We wanted to set a standard.” As reigning league champions, and defending Minto Cup champions, that standard is already pretty high. But some adversity during the regular season and again in the first round of the play-

offs, when the Nanaimo Timbermen were able to win two games before being dispatched by the Adanacs in six, has proved to be characterbuilders for a team where winning is a habit, if not an expectation. “There were some mo-

ments where we doubted ourselves and had to respond,” Coyle said. Coquitlam also lost four games in the regular season, more than they’d come up short in the previous four seasons combined. Two of those losses were also to the Timbermen, one was to Langley and one to Victoria. Coyle said the team had to learn to put the setbacks behind them quickly. Those lessons learned, along with the experience of a veteran core of leaders who’ve been through the Minto Cup experiece, like Thomas Semple and Dennon Armstrong, will serve the team well against the champions from the Ontario and Alberta junior leagues, as well as the Shamrocks. “That is a huge advantage,” Coyle said, adding the loss to the Western Lacrosse Association draft of key players like goalkeeper Christian Del Bianco, Dylan Foulds, John Hofseth and Ryland Rees, has changed the Adanacs’ dynamics. “We’re a quieter team,”

Coyle said. “We’re finding our way.” While Semple and Armstrong continue to anchor the Adanacs, other players like Spencer Mah and Anthony Buono have elevated their efforts to bring greater depth to the lineup. He also praised keeper Nate Faccin for capably stepping into the sizeable pads vacated by Del Bianco, who was selected first overall in last spring’s WLA draft by the Sr. Adanacs then traded midway through the season to the Maple Ridge Burrards. Coyle said that continuity of excellence is due to the team’s culture that tends to bring out the best in players, even in games that may seem meaningless. “In the past we’ve had lots of games that seem like they don’t matter,” Coyle said. “We have to play the same way no matter what.” • The Adanacs open their defence of their Minto Cup national junior championship Aug. 16, 8 p.m., at the Langley Events Centre, against the Alberta champions.

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The Rotary Club of Coquitlam is an influential charitable organization that leads and supports both local and international service work through positive humanitarian projects. The Rotary Club of Coquitlam is one of nearly 33,000 Rotary Service Clubs in over 200 countries around the world. With a membership comprised of diverse business and professional people who are guided by the motto: “Service above Self”, many exciting changes are taking place! Within the Tri-Cities, the Rotary Club of Coquitlam initiated a breakfast program at Cape Horn Elementary School. We provided support for low income families to send their children to camp. We provided scholarships for high achieving youth to meet Canadian leaders in parliament in Ottawa. We supported immigrants in our communities through the process of Canadian citizenship. We also contributed to the development of a new playground in Coquitlam. Recently, our club lead a campaign to provide much needed medical expertise and resources to remote communities in Peru. Another initiative collaborated with local clubs to provide supplies and medical equipment for impoverished communities around the world. Currently, we are working with Rotarians internationally, to end the fight against polio, and bring modern education to some of the most remote areas of the world. Local Rotarian’s develop strategic goals to assist with health care, education, and community development, both locally and abroad. Then, various community events are designed to support Rotary’s fundraising efforts. Some of the most notable recent events include Caledonia Night, the Hawaiian Luau, local Pub Nights, and our upcoming fundraising event: Find the Perfect Pint on September 20th. (www.findtheperfectpint.ca) Rotary builds community and provides opportunities to hear inspiring presentations during our weekly meetings. To find out how your personal or business interests are related to the diverse goals of the Rotary of Coquitlam, feel free to give us a call, and arrange a time to visit our club for lunch on Wednesday’s at the Vancouver Golf Club, in Coquitlam. Paul Zelinski Director of Public Relations, Rotary Club of Coquitlam

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Coquitlam LL in semifinals Team overcomes early jitters to post consecutive wins MARIO BARTEL mbartel@tricitynews.com

A 15-3 win Monday over the previously unbeaten team representing Ontario has given the Coquitlam All-Stars a guaranteed spot in Friday’s semifinals at the Canadian Little League championships in Ancaster, Ont. Coquitlam has won all four of its games heading into a showdown Wednesday with Quebec, the only other team that had still to lose a game as of Tuesday. Coquitlam’s scheduled game Tuesday against the Prairies team, from Moose Jaw, Sask., was rained out and will be played Thursday. All-Stars’ coach Robert Piasentin said after some jitters early in the tournament, the team has settled into the rhythm of the national event and found its groove.

Coquitlam All-Stars pitcher Timothy Piasentin, on the mound in Ancaster, Ont. DENIS GIBBONS PHOTO

“The boys were relaxed, having a lot of fun and playing really well,” Piasentin said of Monday’s game against Ontario’s side, which is from West Ottawa. Nolan Loverin went three for three at the plate, and Everett Bertsch collected two hits in two at-bats. Coquitlam scored three runs in the first inning and then added eight more in their half of the second inning, sending 14 batters to the plate. “It was a great game for the boys’ confidence,” Piasentin said.

In previous games, Coquitlam defeated the host team from Ancaster, 11-0, the Atlantic representative, 6-4, and Alberta, 6-1. Piasentin said the whirlwind of winning the provincial championship July 28, then departing immediately for the national tournament and all its attendant media attention had the team slightly off-kilter early on. “Everyone was a little on edge,” Piasentin said. “They were just squeezing their bats a bit too hard at the plate.” The team has also had to

deal with the expectation that comes from representing the province that has won the national championship 13 of the last 14 years and is considered the favourite to do so again this year. “We want them to continue working really hard throughout each game,” Piasentin said. • Coquitlam’s showdown with unbeaten Quebec has been clouded with a controversy after the host team filed an official protest last Saturday questioning whether the team was operating as a proper Little League team. According to media reports, several teams have also expressed concerns the Quebec team, Diamond Baseball Academy from Mirabel, may be importing players from outside its territory, a contravention of Little League rules. Coquitlam manager Bruce Dorwart told the Hamilton Spectator his side would have filed a protest had Ancaster not already done so, adding other coaches share his suspicions.

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