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merican filmmaker Woody Allen once famously quipped that 80 per cent of success in life is “just showing up,” a figure later amended to 90 per cent by then-president George H.W. Bush. But neither man ever led an avalanche rescue mission or a death-defying three-day search-and-rescue operation in the remote wilds of the North Shore — on their day off.0 North Shore Rescue leader Tim Jones, on the other hand, counts both of those experiences as among his most formative and are those for which he credits receiving his latest accolade: the Order of British Columbia. Jones is one of 14 British Columbians chosen to next month receive the province’s highest honour for making extraordinary contributions to the betterment of B.C. He shared some of the lessons gleaned from his 24 years as an unpaid rescuer on the eve of this “career” highlight. “This job doesn’t come with just showing up every Saturday,” said Jones, who’s a full-time paramedic with the BC Ambulance Service in North Vancouver when not jumping out of helicopters in his free time to save stranded hikers. “It’s not enough to just show up. To get in that helicopter you have to be more than passionate about it.” On Tuesday, Jones recalled a rare avalanche that killed one and stranded several people on the Grouse Grind in the winter of 1999. He was first on-scene and the experience taught him all about leadership. “In a rescue setting, leadership is not a democracy,” he said of pulling hikers out from under the metresthick snow. “However, leadership in an administrative capacity is a democracy and it’s taken me a while to learn how to switch it on
and off.” That administrative side seems to come naturally to Jones too, who insists the best thing about winning the Order of B.C. is the attention it brings to his search-and-rescue “comrades” on the North Shore and to the thousands of rescue volunteers across the province. “I’m very humbled. This really puts rescue on the map and I hope it honours the 2,500 SARs and all the volunteer firefighters in B.C.,” he said. Jones said the second biggest lesson of his two decades-plus with North Shore Rescue is to always be prepared. Unfortunately, that lesson had to be learned the hard way. Jones and a partner were on a rescue mission into Mt. Seymour’s Theta Lake in 2006 to bring back a young man who fell 250 metres over a snowy cliff. “We were trapped for basically three days. We had to not only take care of him but we were trapped by avalanches.” They hunkered under their meagre gear, enduring days and nights of freezing rain before they could get a helicopter into the site to pick up the hiker only, leaving the two volunteer rescuers to make their own way out on foot. “Luckily we had a Plan B. It wasn’t an easy one and wasn’t necessarily that safe. But we had one,” Jones said. “It was a learning experience alright. That really changed our culture of how we respond now in terms of preparedness.” Jones is one of three North Shore residents to receive the Order of B.C. this year, joining Copper Mountain Mining Corporation CEO James C. O’Rourke and celebrated entrepreneur and community volunteer Yuri Fulmer, both of West Vancouver. Former premier Gordon Campbell is also being recognized with the award, which has been bestowed upon 301 British Columbians since being established in 1989. The official ceremony will be held Oct. 4 at Government House in Victoria. tcoyne@northshoreoutlook.com
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As part of her commitment to healthy living, Jane organized a walk and healthy snack picnic at Cates Park this summer. Participants included dietitian Kathy Romses and Jenn Hewlett of Fresh Air Life.
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wo more high-powered, high-end vehicles have been seized and two more novice drivers are facing charges after police say they clocked the teens racing in excess of 80 km/h over the speed limit in West Vancouver Friday. It was the second major incident of youth street racing in Metro Vancouver last week Police say the BMW that ended up in a after 13 luxury vehicles report- ditch last Friday sustained $15,000 in edly worth a combined $2 mil- damage. lion were seized by Mounties in Surrey and White Rock for allegedly travelling at speeds upwards of 200 km/h Wednesday. A West Vancouver Police officer was monitoring traffic in the 3700 block of Cypress Bowl Road shortly after 10 a.m. Friday when he spotted a newmodel Porsche and a BMW doing 143 km/h in a 60-km zone. The two 17-year-old drivers apparently split up in an attempt to elude capture, with the BMW speeding past the officer and the Porsche pulling an illegal U-turn and fleeing the other way, according to police. The BMW would not get far, however. Its driver lost control of the car a short while later, slamming into the ditch and sustaining $15,000 in damages, police said. The Porsche was later found by police at a nearby school. Both cars were seized by police for street racing and the two novice drivers are prohibited from driving for 15 days. West Vancouver Police spokesman Cpl. Jag Johal said police will also recommend charges of excessive speeding and failing to stop for police against both drivers. tcoyne@northshoreoutlook.com
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West Van’s civic race heats up in Ambleside with his wife, local artist Cori Creed, and their three young kids. A litigator by profession, Cameron is also currently a director of the West Vancouver Community Centres Society board and a member of West Vancouver’s Community Engagement Committee. Cameron says he is commemorating West Vancouver’s 100th anniversary in 2012 early: MARIA SPITALE-LEISK He’s devised a long-term vision for the city’s CONTRIBUTOR future. He is running his West Van civic perennial politician and a young campaign on three organizing visionary are throwing their principles: sustainability, vitality hats in the ring for municipal and inclusiveness. The sustainabilseats in West Vancouver this fall. ity component is three-fold and West Van Coun. Michael Smith was includes financial, environmental prepared to run against current West and social elements. Van Mayor Pamela Goldsmith-Jones “Environmental sustainability is for the mayor’s seat but now he’ll central to my personal world view,” have to wait to see who else will be explains Cameron. on the ballot. He said he learned of For instance, Cameron worries Goldsmith-Jones’s decision to not seek about the future of Whyte Lake, an re-relection after he already announced Michael Smith idyllic, backwoods retreat — located his candidacy. above Horseshoe Bay at Westport Elected to West Van council in 2005 Road — for West Van residents and again in 2008, Smith also served including Cameron and his family on the West Vancouver School Board “My fear is that it is going to from 1982-1990. be developed at some point,” says His election platform centres on Cameron. municipal spending and densificaWest Vancouver is also in need tion — and he believes his 42 years of of some rejuvenating, figures business experience is his edge in the Cameron. He says the city has the mayor’s contest. potential to be an even more vital, Smith currently owns and manactive community. More public ages M.R. Smith Limited, the wholespaces and perhaps a satellite camsale distributor for Imperial Oil and Craig Cameron pus of Capilano University are his ExxonMobil in the Lower Mainland suggestions. and Fraser Valley. “People — all they do is leave West Van; it’s “[West Vancouver’s] operating budget has so sleepy,” concludes Cameron. increased more than double the rate of inflaHe is also endorsing Smith’s mayoral candition,” said Smith. dacy. “So we need to go through each of our “Who’s going to beat Mike Smith?” asks department’s spending patterns with a thorCameron. “He’s got a great deal of business ough review to look at what we are spending sense and I think he’s careful.” money on, why we are spending it and what newsroom@northshoreoutlook.com the alternatives are.” twitter.com/nsoutlook He believes there is real savings to be had in the fire department and questions whether the North Shore needs three separate bureaucratic organizations for fire and rescue services. “Why do we need three fire chiefs?” asks Smith. “It would be like Vancouver having 15 [fire chiefs] — one for Point Gray, one for Downtown, one for Kitsilano. It doesn’t make any sense.” Smith says for years he has lobbied council members to sit down and review how West Share your walking photos, Vancouver sets its business taxes. “Let’s face it, business in West Van is hard videos, stories and maps. because our property taxes are struggling,” You and your community he asserts. “There is a big difference in propcould win big! erty taxes between North Van and West Van because of the assessed value of the real Contest runs Aug. 8 through Sept. 19, 2011 estate.” Meanwhile, West Vancouver native Craig healthyfamiliesbcwalkingchallenge.ca Cameron, returned to his roots five years ago, plans to run for council. He now lives See website for contest details. Restrictions may apply.
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orseshoe Bay can be a sleepy place on a Thursday morning. And after just finishing the night shift last Thursday, that’s likely what West Vancouver firefighter Dave Moore was counting on. But as he strolled to a nearby bank machine, with plans of grabbing a coffee at Starbucks afterward, he says he saw smoke that “just didn’t look right.” “I went to check it out and as I came around the corner I heard crackling and windows breaking,” says Moore. “My first instinct was to get everyone out.” Moore quickly headed towards the front door of the home, a fourplex located at 6417 Douglas St., but saw no smoke. He entered the residence and asked those on the main floor if there were any others in the house. There were. He ran upstairs, clad in shorts and a T-shirt, and saw “a wall of flame” on the other side of a glass door that he says was “holding back the blaze.” There were two young men upstairs unaware of the danger, Moore says, but were evacuated during his sweep of the upper floor. “It looked like it had taken control of the whole top floor,” says Moore. “But when I got in that’s when I realized the fire was behind the glass.” Within minutes fire crews were on scene. According to a District of West Vancouver press release, a candle may have sparked the blaze but the cause is still being investigated. “I’m grateful, very grateful,” says California resident Cheryl Hector, mother of Adam Giddens, one of the young men saved by Moore.
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“I’m so thankful my son and his friend are alive and that no one else was hurt.” Moore wasn’t the only one in Horseshoe Bay who noticed some out-of-place-smoke Thursday morning. Having sat down to some early-morning writing at his office on nearby Bay Street, Joe Spears says he smelt smoke but figured it was the roofers working at the Olive and Anchor restaurant. But when the smell grew more intense, he says he knew something was wrong. “I’m looking at the smoke and saying to myself ‘that’s a really serious fire,’” says Spears. “So I’m running over and he [Moore] is there and I ask him if he needs any help. But by this time the trucks are all there. He was very understated about the whole thing, the professionals always are. He said he was just having a coffee.” By Thursday afternoon, however, a cup of java was no longer top of mind for Moore. It had been a long day, preceded by a long night for the Caulfeild resident, and a bit of downtime was in order. “I’m finally heading home,” he says, with a laugh. “To relax with the family.”
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Sitting inside her living roo room surrounded by a walls plastered with family photos and kid-created art, she says Trey’s journey hasn’t really changed her family. “This is all we know.” There’s stress and fear, and unity. Not many others understand what it is they’re going through, she says. “Every year you’re wondering if it progressed or stabilized. It makes you appreciated every second.” On this sunny Friday Trey, now 7, is running around the house with his younger siblings Sadie and Avery. He’s gregarious and energetic. His biggest passions are people and sports, says Deb. He loves playing street hockey, riding his bike, trips to Maple Wood Farm and art classes. He also plays on the North Van Football Club soccer team and Lynn Valley Little League’s Athletics, a team coached by his dad. Deb’s best moments come when she sees he’s happy, having fun. Of course, there have been moments of gutwrenching torment, like when he started preschool and other kids teased him. “It’s heartbreaking to see when other kids are mean,” she says. But mostly, other children, especially the ones he’s grown up with, treat him like any other kid. Trey’s condition means more trips to the doctors, more surgeries and a weekly infusion but he doesn’t complain much. And now, the family has even more cause for hope. Last month Trey qualified for a new U.S drug trial: IT Elaprase, which targets the diseases progression in the brain. As Deb notes, the drug he’s currently taking only targets the physical deterioration and 80 per cent of children with Hunter’s undergo a slow mental decline. Until he was six and a half, Trey had a normal IQ but recently they’ve noticed that he’s having some difficulty progressing with his learning. She’s optimistic the new drug will help her son. “It gives us hope that Trey is going to be able to do things his brother and sister and everybody else around him (are doing).” -----On Sept. 24 the Once Upon A Cure gala fundraiser for MPS II takes place at Sutton Place Hotel. The Alice in Wonderland-themed event will include several special guests from locally filmed shows, including Once Upon a Time, Sanctuary, Stargate: Universe, Stargate: Atlantis, Stargate: SG-1, Riese, Fringe, Supernatural and Eureka. For info and tickets, visit onceuponacure.com.
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eb Purcell wears her heart on her tee. The green shirt reads: Got Hope in large white letters. When you’re a mother and your young child has a rare, life-shortening degenerative disease you need lots of it. “You’ve got to find [hope],” she says. Her oldest son Trey was diagnosed with Hunter syndrome, or MPS II, when he was two. She’ll never forget that crisp February day. At BC Childrens’ Hospital, a clinical fellow asked Deb and her husband Ryan if their son had always looked this way. She remembers looking at her beautiful boy and thinking what do you mean? Then she told the couple Trey likely had mucopolysaccharidosis. The young parents stared blankly. What was that word? “You never forget that,” says Deb. Later the doctor explained about MPS II and complications associated with the disease that’s caused by the lack of an enzyme that breaks down sugar molecules, which build up in the body over time. Hands will curl. Joints will stiffen. Bones stop will growing. Hearing will fade. Breathing issues. Mental decline. Enlarged organs. Cardiac problems. Shortened life expectancy. Deb staggered out of the hospital’s biochemical disease clinic, looking at the people sipping coffee at Starbucks wondering how could they could be just sitting there, talking and laughing. Her world was crumbling. She and Ryan cried for weeks, until no more tears came out. Things seemed bleak. But soon, they had reason to hope. His name was Simon Ibell. Diagnosed with Hunter syndrome as a child, his parents were told he probably wouldn’t live past five. Ibell is now in his 30s and doing MPS advocacy work. “[Simon is] so inspirational; that’s where hope comes from.” Then, in 2006, the same year Trey was diagnosed, a new treatment for the disease was approved in the U.S. It wasn’t available in Canada, but Deb wasn’t going to wait for her son’s health to deteriorate. She was starting a master’s in counselling and psychology but instead became a full-time advocate for Trey and others suffering with MPS. That year, after she lobbied the health minister, Trey became the first Canadian to receive the IV Elaprase. Since then, she’s been battling the disease relentlessly. She gathers strength and information about Hunter syndrome using social networking sites like Facebook to connect with other MPS moms and dads and has started her own website/blog (treypurcell.com) chronicling her family’s journey and providing information about MPS. COFFEE She also fundraises for Hunter WITH syndrome research (already having raised over $180,000) and reaches Justin Beddall out to families whose children editor@northshore have recently diagnosed with the outlook.com disease. “I remember what it was like.”
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A tale of two grizzlies For one decade Grouse Mountain grizzly bears Grinder and Coola have been endearing themselves to visitors, mountain staff and wildlife experts alike BRUCE WALKINSHAW CONTRIBUTOR
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slowly behind you. Turning around, you find yourself faceto-face (well not quite, but close enough) with a grizzly bear, who beneath the sound of your footsteps has managed to climb up on one of the boulders along the left side of the trail. He is watching (and likely smelling) you curiously. It is the type of interaction that Grouse Mountain wildlife director and veterinarian Dr. Ken Macquisten delights in hearing about. When he and his colleagues conceived and designed the habitat in 2001 for the two orphaned grizzlies, “the idea was to have the bears living in as natural an enclosure as possible, while also within close proximity of humans so that visitors could have an [organic] encounter with them.” This month marks the tenth anniversary of Grinder and Coola’s arrival at the resort and Macquisten believes the arrangement has been a successful one for all mammals involved. “Traditionally, it has been very hard to keep bears in captivity happy,” Macquisten says, “but it is not hard if the bears are in the proper circumstances with enclosures.” Bears, he explains, like food, security, cognitive stimulation and sex; and three of those things are provided for Grinder and Coola, whilst the organ that facilitates the pursuit of the other has been surgically removed. According to Macquisten, one advantage the Grouse Mountain habitat has over other bear enclosures is that, instead of starting out with a plot of land and trying to landscape it so that it resembles where a bear might live, Grinder and Coola’s home was chosen from a naturally forested area. The specific location — about five acres with another half an
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B She’ll always be a North Van girl at heart. CBC sports gal and Shore 104.3 radio host Jody Cat Barr Vance broadcasts live from her cbarr@westvancouver.com radio booth with the help of the Shore seagull mascot. C At 93 years young, the incomparable Dal Richards is still going strong. Seen here with Breakfast TV host and jazz singer Dawn Chubai, Richards still performs two shows daily at the fair and says he’ll be back next year too. D Dal Richards Orchestra’s famous lead singer Diane Lines and North Shore businessman/drummer Gary Mussatto look like they’ve spent some of their off-stage time on the midway and are now taking home the big prize. E The Fair’s first ever Rib Festival Competition meant big lineups at all the award-winning booths, but none was longer than at North Vancouver’s Smoke and Bones BBQ pit led by chef Tom Markby (green shirt). F Dubbed the PNE Drumbeats, the boys from Chilliwack’s Sardis Secondary School could take on the best college drumlines in the world with their fabulous rhythms and snappy choreography. My fair favourite! G Private eyes, we’re watching you! We usually spot Whitecaps president Bob Lenarduzzi and wife Deanne strolling around Edgemont Village, but here they’re on their way to see the live concert by Daryl Hall and John Oates. H Shopping around for some fun and fast food are Park Royal Shopping Centre’s VP Rick Amantea and his wife (left) plus guest Kathy Barr (no relation). CAT CALLS To send event information to Cat visit her website I Manning the News1130 radio booth with live hits on the hour are Shane Bigham, www.catherinebarr.com or fax 604-903-1001. Follow Cat on left, and North Vancouver’s own John Ackermann. Twitter: @catherinebarr
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hen he’s seated inside the boat, he’s the good guy, says North Vancouver RCMP Const. Gary Goller, with a laugh. It’s his partner Const. A.J. Johnk’s turn to do the dirty work. With a small vessel halted beside the North Van police boat, Johnk gets down to business. Armed with a checklist of must-have’s for boaters, he systematically runs through the onboard expectations. Life jackets? Check. Whistle? Yep. Flashlight? Right on. The group, one member of which is a retired cop from North Van, meets all the requirements and is sent on its way. Such exchanges, agree both Goller and Johnk, are representative of much of what marine policing is all about — public safety. On a particularly beautiful Friday morning last week, Goller and Johnk’s patrol of the North Van waters takes them from the foot of Lonsdale to well inside Indian Arm. The water’s choppy that day, rocking the vessel each time it encounters a wave. “It takes a while,” says Goller, when asked about getting his sea legs. “But you deal with it and overcome it.” In addition to ensuring all boaters are requisitely equipped, officers are also looking for illegal fishing, drinking and other criminal code offences. When they can, says Johnk, they head deep into Indian Arm to check on a lady who lives in a remote cabin. She relies on a generator for power and has everything brought in by boat. Depending on the size of the vessel, says Goller, tickets for boaters can be steep. Having no fire extinguisher or flotation device, for instance, can fetch a ticket of about $200. A vessel without the proper markings, name and port of registry on the hull, can be charged even more. “We know people are just out for a good time,” adds Johnk. “But people overlook things.” North Van North Vancouver RCMP has one boat, a 330-horsepower, 26-foot fiberglass vessel, docked in a protective slip in Deep Cove. When in operation, there are always two officers onboard. According to Const. Richard De Jong, spokesman for the RCMP, there are 13 officers trained to work the boat but it isn’t staffed 24 hours a day. The cost of the vessel is about $120,000, all necessary equipment included. That cost, says De Jong, is borne by the province, while the detachment foots the bill for the officers’ salaries and the gas, which costs $200 each time the vessel goes out. In late August, North Van RCMP, Transport Canada and volunteers from the RCMP community policing office and auxiliary constable program undertook a large-scale boating initiative in which 56 boats were checked, 15 of which received warnings for various infractions.
Such a program, says De Jong, is done “over and above” the RCMP’s regular marine patrols. But it isn’t all lifejackets and whistle checking, says De Jong. The waterways can be avenues for more serious offences and police boats can become a first line of defense. “In criminal matters, you move from routine patrol to investigative set quickly,” says De Jong. “This is a port city and can be the site of the importing of illicit drugs and illegal immigrants.” With a little help from friends When needed, marine units from surrounding detachments may assist North Van officers. Richmond RCMP was recently given its first boat, donated by the Steveston office of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Coquitlam RCMP also have one boat, as do the New Westminster and Port Moody police forces. The Canadian Coast Guard’s Pacific Region fleet, which has an office in Vancouver, patrols about 27,000 kilometres of B.C. shoreline including North Shore waters. Assistance can also be given by the Vancouver Police Department, which has a two-vessel marine unit operating round-the-clock. In an email to The Outlook, Const. Jana McGuiness, spokesperson for the VPD, says the marine department has “mutual aid agreements with outside jurisdictions as safety on the water is a priority no matter where an incident is occurring.” The RCMP also operates West Coast Marine Services, its largest marine unit, from detachments in Prince Rupert, Port Alberni, Campbell River and Nanaimo. It acts as a support service to land-based units and provides frontline policing to remote coastal communities. Like the Coast Guard, West Coast Marine Services monitors a lot of shoreline, nearly 42,000 kilometres worth, and responds to requests for service when needed. “But like anything, those calls must be prioritized. If need be, we can muster a crew and go overtime," says Mike Lariviere, operating support officer form West Coast Marine Services. "But those decisions are made by each of the detachments. They say ‘we’ve got this situation to take care of’ and that will take the place of regular patrol.” West Van Municipal jurisdiction ends at the high-water mark, or where the water meets the land. As such, the West Vancouver police force does not patrol the waters surrounding the municipality. Each of the aforementioned camps can and does when their help is requested. West Vancouver does enjoy an active coast guard auxiliary team. The 26-member squad practices search and rescue exercises once a week and each member is required to live a short drive from the team’s vessel, currently moored at the West Vancouver Yacht Club. The group does not, however, have any enforcement capabilities. “They aren’t law enforcement but I believe, in a lot of situations, they are our first line of
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Pitch perfect T West Vancouverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Rutledge Field set to open on Saturday, followed by Canada vs. Australia menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s field hockey play
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Official opening ceremonies for the new home of field hockey in West Van are slated to commence at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, followed by Game 2 of the CANgaroo Clash, a menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s field hockey exhibition series between the Canadian and Australian national teams. Admission is free. Rutledge field is named in honour of Ross Rutledge, a longtime North Shore resident and champion of field hockey both locally and internationally. Rutledge founded the West Van â&#x20AC;&#x153;Adanacsâ&#x20AC;? player development program enabling dozens of young North Shore athletes to win university scholarships in Canada and the U.S. Rutledge died of cancer in 2004. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Todd Coyne
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WOKIN’ TALL Jarrod Purnell, owns North Vancouver’s Wok Box restaurant with his wife Jessica. Select menu items from the Pan-Asian resataurant will be available as part of the hot lunch program at North Vancouver schools.
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ok Box Capilano Square is setting out to “take over hot dog day” at North Vancouver schools by offering healthy and equally delicious Asian cuisine as an alternative hot lunch meal. Natasha Purnell, who owns the North Van Wok Box franchise with her husband Jarrod, says a Handsworth secondary parent who was a fan of the pan-Asian quick service restaurant introduced them to the hot lunch program in the North Vancouver School District. “We started with Handsworth last summer and it streamlined from there,” she says. Select Wok Box meals fit the criteria for the Brand Name Food List — B.C.’s nutrition standard for schools. At the high school level, approved lunch box options are beef teriyaki, kung pao chicken, Mongolian chicken and Asian vegetables, all served with rice. Elementary school kids can dive into fun-sounding boxes like dragon chicken and jungle noodles disguised as nutritional lunches, such as teriyaki chicken with broccoli and julienne vegetables with chow mein, respectively. “It’s different; it tastes so good,” explains Natasha, of the popularity of Asian-inspired lunch boxes. “The food is in a little red takeout box and you get a fortune cookie at the end.”
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thing that you want.” Warwick says she rents four works for about three or four months at a time, although sometimes she keeps certain paintings longer. “You get so attached to some of this artwork that you don’t have the heart to send it back and then it becomes like almost part of the practice,” says Warwick, who currently has a painting of a field of wildflowers that she is not looking forward to returning. “I like the colours and the movement of it. It is cheerful and right for a dental office. It just makes you smile.” Warwick says that when she picks out pieces for the office she tries to find something that is restful and contemplative. “We get a lot of people that will start dialoguing in the waiting room talking about the art,” she says. “A lot of patients will even ask about different pieces and who they were done by. And they are very conscious about going home and looking up the artist’s name. Warwick says she has also been considering picking something for her own personal use. “I have often thought that it would be kind of fun to do it for my home rather than buy a piece of artwork and then you get sick of it after a while,” she says. “This gives you an opportunity to look at new stuff every once in a while and try it out to see if you like it or want it. “Plus, it is just nice to be able to support an up-and-coming local artists that is trying to get an in.” newsroom@northshoreoutlook.com twitter.com/nsoutlook
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The Royals of Handsworth Handsworth grads have done royally well in a wide range of sports
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andsworth Secondary opened back on Sept. 5, 1961. On Saturday the school kicks off its 50th anniversary year celebrations with its home-opener football games versus West Van (juniors at 10:30 a.m., seniors 1:30 p.m.). To help the school celebrate, I’ve foolishly taken on the task of naming Handsworth’s greatest athletes. I say foolishly because it’s a jynormous job researching the post-high school achievements of so many who have done so well after graduating from Handsworth’s hallowed halls. That’s to be expected, of course, since over the years the Royals have won a ton of high-profile B.C. championships: girls’ volleyball (1988, 1993, 2008, 2009, 2010), football (1973, 1979, 1996, 2007), basketball (boys in 2006, girls in 2009 and 2010), soccer (boys in 2006 and 2008, girls in 2009), track and field (1981 and 1982) plus two in the lower-profile school sports of diving (1995) and snowboarding (1995). So let’s get started: BADMINTON Anna Rice (1998) – Five-time Canadian champion. Played professionally in Denmark 12 years. Competed in 2004 and 2008 Olympics, 2006 and 2010 Commonwealth Games and numerous other major events.
was top scorer). Chosen for World team vs. Holland in 1999. Candy Thomson (1985) – MVP of 1994 CIS championships with UBC. Played for Canada in 1991 Pan-Am Games (silver), 1992 Olympics and 1997 World Cup qualifying tourney. Ian Bird (1988) – Played for Canada in 1988 Olympics. Suffered head injury that sidelined him until returning to win 1997 B.C. Comeback Athlete of the Year. Played in 1999 Pan-Am Games (gold) and 2000 Olympics. Lisa Eastman (1990) – Played five years for UBC. Won 1990 CIS championship and 1991 and 1993 Canada West titles. Paul Wettlaufer (1996) – Played for Canada in 2000 and 2008 Olympics; 1998, 2002 and 2006 Commonwealth Games and 1999 (gold), 2003 (silver) and 2007 (gold) Pan-Am Games. Andrea Voros (1999) – Three-time MidAmerican Conference all-star at Ohio University. Regional All-American in 2002. Kristen Shier (2005) – Played five years at University of Toronto, three as captain (including 2007 with CIS champions). Selected AllOntario twice and All-Canadian once. Samantha Smith (2005) – Played five years at UBC, winning CIS titles in 2006 and while captain in 2009. Played for Canada at 2010 Commonwealth Games. Jennifer Luther (2006) – Starter three of four years at Stanford University. Hannah Smith (2007) – Starter four years at Columbia University. Won Lion Pride Award given to player who best exemplifies Perseverance, Respect, Intensity, Dedication and Effort on the field, in the classroom and community. Sarah Zargarpour (2008) – Started all 19 games in goal during second year at Bucknell University in 2010. Co-captain this season. Jessica Barnett (2009) – Arguably the best all-around athlete in Handsworth history. Left basketball and soccer to play field hockey at University of Iowa. Started all 36 games in first two years. Named a west region all-star. Siobhan Gordon and Britt Siu (2009), Heather Haughn and Alex Thicke (2010) – All played for University of Toronto’s 2010 CIS champions.
BASKETBALL Craig Pedersen (1983) – Starred at SFU. Played pro in Denmark 15 years. Twice scored 60+ points in a game. Captain of 1998 Danish champs. Coaches Danish national team. Derek Potter (2000) – Won Slats Gill Award (presented to player most exemplifying what the legendary OSU coach demanded of himself and his players) in FIGURE SKATING final year at Oregon State in 2005. Barb Terpenning (1974) – Placed second in singles Ryder McKeown (2001) – Started 95 of 106 games at inaugural Skate Canada international event in 1973. in his final three seasons at UBC. Shot a CIS secondFinished second and third in 1974 and 1975 Canadian best 65.4% from the floor in 2003-04. Grabbed a near senior championships and 13th in 1974 worlds. school record 20 rebounds in a 2005 game. Erica McGuinness (2003) – UBC captain from 2005FOOTBALL 08. Holds UBC records for single-season assists and Jerome Erdman (1979) – Played at SFU, eight years career scoring. Canada West rookie of the year, defenin the CFL with Winnipeg (including a Grey Cup win sive player and two-time all-star. All-Canadian and CIS in 1984), Ottawa and Edmonton and five years in tourney MVP. Three CIS championships. Britain with Glasgow Lions. Coaching career includes Tyler Kepkay (2005) – Led U.S. junior colleges in NFL Europe, Hamilton and Toronto in the CFL, scoring in 2006-07. Starred for University of Utah McGill and UBC. in NCAA tourney in 2009. National team member. Jay Prepchuk (1979) – Racked up 18 game, season Playing pro ball in Germany. and career records (including most yards passing) Diana Lee (2010) – Starter in first year at Boise while quarterbacking at SFU. Now head coach back at State. Played on national junior team this summer Handsworth after stints at Windsor and UBC. in world U-19 championships where Mike Bellefontaine (1980) Canada had an 8-1 record. – Member of UBC’s Vanier Rob Sacre (2007) – Played for Canada Cup champions in 1986 and in 2010 world championships. Had best Canada West winners in season at Gonzaga University in 20101987. Canada West all-star in 11. Started all 35 games, scored 12.5 Len Corben 1988. Played for B.C. Lions points a game, shot 48.8% from the field lencorben@yahoo.ca in 1989. and 82.3% from the line, blocked 66 Bruce Barnett (1981) – shots (second-best in school history). Canada West all-star in 1983 Kristjana Young (2010) – Rejoined and 1984 at UBC. Played for Diana Lee on the court with the national teams that won four major junior team this summer. Beginning sectrophies: Handsworth’s 1979 B.C. title, UBC’s 1981 ond year as a UBC starter. and 1982 Shrum Bowl wins over SFU, UBC’s 1982 Vanier Cup and B.C. Lions’ 1985 Grey Cup. CURLING Andrew English (1993) – Canada West all-star and Robin Knowles (1968) and Dawn Knowles (1971) – All-Canadian in 1994 and 1995. Played seven seasons Teammates on North Shore Winter Club rink that captured in the CFL for B.C., Toronto and Hamilton. B.C. and Canadian titles in 1976 and 1979 and earned Strachan Hartley (1994) – Captain of UBC team that bronze for Canada in first world championships in 1979. won 1997 Vanier Cup and captain at McGill University while getting his doctorate. A CIS all-star and twice DIVING winner of CIS top academic/athlete award. Blythe Hartley (2000) – Won 20 Canadian senior Patrick Sullivan (2007) – Played three seasons at titles and three NCAA titles for University of Southern Queens University, including Vanier Cup championship California. Competed in three Olympics (1 bronze), in 2009. Playing this year at UBC. two Commonwealth Games (2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze), one Pan-Am Games (2 gold, 1 bronze) and four world PART 2: Athletes from a dozen more sports will be championships (2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze). profiled in two weeks’ time.
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even find the food we give them lying around unfinished because they have filled themselves up with berries.â&#x20AC;? According to Macquisten, with Grinder and Coola receiving optimal diets, veterinarian checkups, habitat controlled winters, a lack of competition from younger bears, no threat from hunters and no interaction with motor vehicles, the two could live upwards of 42 years, as opposed to bears in the wild whose average lifespan is about 25 years. Both bearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; family histories reflect the reality of those numbers. Grinder was found in Invermere staggering up a logging road alone, says Macquisten. Dehydrated, thin and weak, the bear only weighed 4.5 kg at the time. His mother was never found, although reports at the time speculated that she was likely killed by hunters. Coolaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mother was killed by a truck near Bella Coola â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the origin of his name. He too was wandering along a roadway when found. Kept at a farm in Aldergrove until the enclosure was built, the two arrived at Grouse in September 2001. At first, recalls Macquisten, many on the mountain questioned whether the bears should be kept there. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot of people wondered whether they were a good fit here as a sporting resort,â&#x20AC;? says Macquisten. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now, you wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be able to pry those bears away.â&#x20AC;? The two are beloved by almost everyone who works on the mountain, from the dish pits of the restaurants to the wildlife centre, he reports, and are a major topic of conversation in the spring, as employees excitedly anticipate their emergence from hibernation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the beginning however, there needed to be a whole culture change on the mountain from it being a winter resort to a four-seasons resort,â&#x20AC;? he adds. Today, according to Grouse PR manager Sarah Lusk, the mountain is indeed an all-season resort; and when it is in its summer season Grinder and Coola are the main attraction. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They are definitely the focal point up here,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People love coming to see them.â&#x20AC;? But the bears are not just popular ticket-drawers for the mountain, Lusk continues, they are also at the centre of a shift, initiated by ownership years ago, to develop attractions that â&#x20AC;&#x153;focus on conservation, sustainability and wildlife education.â&#x20AC;? Before the grizzliesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; arrival on the mountain, she notes, the only other primary attractions were the views, hiking and a logger show. Now, there is also a grey wolf habitat, a bird show, ranger interpretive sessions, guided eco-walks, ziplines, school workshops, hĂwus First Nations cultural programs and B.C.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest energy-producing wind turbine, complete with a viewing station at its top. The resort is also home to the Grouse Mountain Refuge for Endangered Wildlife, with its recovery program for endangered spotted owls; and participants in the North American Hummingbird Monitoring Network. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The bears are the keystone of this shift in focus,â&#x20AC;? Lusk says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They are just something that makes us quite unique.â&#x20AC;? Taking a cool dip in the pond just a few metres from the fence and a growing crowd behind it, Grinder is finally giving visitors a reason to snap some photos. Soaking up the sun, the bear floats around on his back, his hind paws occasionally surfacing to meet up with his front ones splashing water about in a playful manner. On vacation from San Francisco, twenty-somethings Matt and Kate McDonald have smiles on their faces.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great,â&#x20AC;? says Matt taking turns with his wife to have his picture taken with a grizzly bear in the background. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He is just hanging out, playing around and putting on a show for everybody. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m used to seeing bears at the San Francisco zoo behind a big glass sheet that might walk by every now and then. But here you get a pretty good view of them and you see them doing their thing. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a pretty cool opportunity.â&#x20AC;? Again, music to Macquisten and Mankyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ears, the two say, confirming the other goal of the habitatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s design: Giving people exposure to the bears in as natural a manner as possible. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is very hard to see natural bear behaviour in the wild because a bear in the wild is always aware you are watching them and behaves accordingly,â&#x20AC;? explains Manky. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With Grinder and Coola, they have been around people most of their lives so they are very used to having people around them and having people watch them. So, when you do see them here, they are basically doing what they would normally be doing if they were out in the wild.â&#x20AC;? The result, for visitors and scientists alike, says Macquisten, is the opportunity to not only learn about bears from a wildlife management and rehabilitation perspective but also learn about their social interaction and personality traits. According to the two men, while smaller than Coola in size, Grinder is the dominant, more outgoing bear. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Grinder is always the first to do anything,â&#x20AC;? says Macquisten. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Every single year they have been here, he is always the first one out of the den after hibernation. He just bursts out and leads the way.â&#x20AC;? And if there is a fight over food treats, adds Manky, it is usually because Grinder tried to get a bite out of both. Coola, Manky says, is the more analytical of the two. For instance, when it comes time to make the bed up in the den for hibernation, he says, Coola is always picking up different branches and testing them out or adjusting them to see if they will fit the bed properly and comfortably. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Coola is always carefully thinking about how to make the bed and then Grinder just barges in and lies down,â&#x20AC;? Manky chuckles. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And if there is a branch he doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like he just throws it out.â&#x20AC;? Both bears, according to Macquisten, are quite smart, perhaps even as clever as some apes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They both use tools,â&#x20AC;? he explains, â&#x20AC;&#x153;which is a good measurement of an animalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s intelligence.â&#x20AC;? One of Macquistenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s favourite examples of this occurred during the bearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first full winter on the mountain, when Grinder found an old cafeteria food tray that had probably been buried somewhere in the enclosure before they arrived. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Grinder took it to the top of the hill; sat it down and then put his chest on the tray and slid down the hill,â&#x20AC;? he recalls. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At first, I thought it had just been an accident or coincidence or something, but then he took it back up the hill and did it again. Then he did it a third time and was likely going to do it again if Coola hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t come by and ripped the tray apart. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But that was a first indication to me that they were able to use things as tools, in this case to have fun.â&#x20AC;? And fun is something he says the two enjoy immensely. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They are like big children,â&#x20AC;? says Macquisten. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They are constantly playing. They hide different favourite sticks and bones that they use as toys in the pond or bury somewhere to play with later.â&#x20AC;? Grinder and Coola can also be quite emotional as well, says Macquisten. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They get quite anxious when they are separated,â&#x20AC;? he explains. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And, of course, it was highly traumatizing for them when they were orphaned and they were quite upset for weeks. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Even today, they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like big trucks.â&#x20AC;? As the bears grow into adolescence, Macquisten says that he hopes that they can stay in good shape and that more visitors will come to see them. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I hope that more people will get to meet them and learn about their personalities and about bears in general,â&#x20AC;? Macquisten says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And that we can take what we have learned from these bears and put it into practice for other orphaned bears who are being let back out into the field. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It has been just a wonderful thing to have them here for the last ten years. As you can tell, we are all really quite fond of them.â&#x20AC;? newsroom@northshoreoutlook.com twitter.com/nsoutlook
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