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7 DAYS> JAZZ NIGHTDelta Community Music School jazz bands are holding a fundraiser for workshop scholarships. When: Saturday, June 11, 7:30 p.m. Where: Ladner Community Centre. Tickets $10 at the door. The school will also hold a student recital and awards concert Sunday, June 12, 2 p.m. at All Saints Anglican Church. Admission by donation.

> GARDEN FUNDRAISEREnjoy a beer, burger and silent auction to fundraise for the Ladner Community Gar-den. When: Sunday, June 12, noon to 3 p.m. Where: Ladner Legion. Tickets are $15, call 604-946-8654.

> THRIFT SHOP ANNIVERSARYThe Delta Hospital Auxiliary Thrift Shop is cel-ebrating its 35th year anniversary. Stop by to visit the new "designer tent" and see a special display celebrating the shop's anniversary and the successes of the auxiliary as a whole. When: Sunday, June 12. The shop will be open June 12 and every Ladner Market Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Where: 4816 Delta St., Ladner. Celebration treats available while they last.

> DOG WALKATHONBoston Terrier Rescue Canada is a non-profit organization that helps homeless Boston Terri-ers. The group is holding its third annual walk-athon this weekend. When: Sunday, June 12, 11 a.m. Where: Beach Grove Park. All dogs and families welcome.

> FUN NIGHTDelta Life Skills Society invites you their Fun

Night. Tickets are $20 which includes a choice of beef, chicken or veggie burger with fries or salad and a soft drink, tea or coffee. When: Thursday, June 16. Doors open at 6.30 p.m. Where: Sky Hawk Restaurant (Boundary Bay Airport), Ladner. Contact Lori Rowe for tickets [email protected].

> STRAWBERRY SOCIALSouth Delta Newcomers & Alumni is holding a Strawberry Social for women who have moved to Ladner, Tsawwassen or Point Roberts. When: Thursday, June 16, 7:15 p.m. Where: Kiwanis

Longhouse, 1710-56th Street, Tsawwassen. For more info call Bonnie at 604-943-5869.

> INVASIVE PLANT TALKThe Evergreen Garden Club presents Jennifer Gentz speaking on invasive plants. When: Tuesday, June 21, 7:30 p.m. Where: Kin House, 5050 46th Ave., Ladner. Visitors and new members always welcome. Call 604-940-0937 for info.

GROUPS & VOLUNTEERSThe Canadian Mental Health Association-Delta Branch offers free, facilitated Family Support meetings for family and friends supporting a person living with a mental illness. Meets the 2nd and 4th Wednes-day of each month from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at the Delta Hospital Education Conference Room (5800 Mountain View Blvd.). Call 604-943-1878.

Tsawwassen Library invites you to drop in for some computer training on Wired Wedes-days. Whether you are a novice or beginner, there is a class for you. Learn to get comfort-able with the computer during 60 minutes of hands-on instruction. Topics rotate weekly, Open to everyone. No registration is required. Wednesdays 9 to 10 a.m.

Do you have a way with words? Drop in and test your word power at the Ladner Pioneer Library Scrabble Club. All ages and experience welcome! Every 4th Tuesday of the month, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.

The Centre for Supportive Care for people with cancer, other life-threatening or pro-

gressive illness, and those who are griev-ing. Relaxation Group (drop-in Tuesday 10 a.m.), Bereavement Walking Group (drop-in Wednesday 10 a.m.), Caregivers Group and Grief Groups. Call the centre (4631 Clarence Taylor Crescent) at 604-948-0660 for more info and to register.

Learn the art of public speaking and leader-ship skills with a fun, safe and supportive group for $8 per month. Join Tsawwas-sen's Ambassadors Toastmasters Club the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month at the Tsawwassen Library, 6:45 to 8:45 p.m. Visit AmbassadorsToastmasters.org.

Volunteers needed at the DYSL Wearhouse Thrift Shop. Contact the store at 604-948-0108, drop by at 1308 56 St. or visit www.dyslsociety.com.

The Tsawwassen Badminton Club welcomes new adult members. If you have played before, just drop in and play in this social and friendly club. Meets Fridays, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Ladner Community Centre. Contact Peter Edwards at 604-940-0844.

The South Delta Therapeutic Touch Net-work meets every second Wednesday of the month at the Natural Comfort Wellness Centre in Tsawwassen. Anyone interested in finding out more about the therapeutic touch healing technique can call 604-948-1652 or 604-952-4175.

South Delta Newcomers & Alumni meetings are held the third Thursday of each month at 7:15 p.m. in the Kiwanis Longhouse, 1710-56th Street, Tsawwassen. The club is for all women who have moved to Ladner, Tsawwassen or Point Robers, to introduce you to the community and help you make friends.


The Boston Terrier Rescue Canada Walkathon is June 12 at Beach Grove Park. Photo contributed

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Transition cheques for families & seniors.Under the proposed change to a 10% HST rate, the average B.C. family will be $120 better off annually than under the old 12% GST + PST system. And to help transition to the lower rate, the government will provide $175 for every child under 18 and every senior with income under $40,000.


›INBRIEFBody found in riveridentified as missing man

The body found floating in the water just east of the Massey Tunnel last Wednesday (June 1) has been identified as a missing person.

Bhupinder Singh Rahelu, 41, of North Delta, was last seen by his family on April 16, 2011.

According to Delta Police, two boaters recovered his body on Wednesday, June 1 and brought it to shore at Captain's Cove Marina

No foul play is suspected in his death.—Staff writer

D-Day rememberedKinVillage and Tsawwassen Legion Branch 289 hosted

a D-Day tribute and luncheon on Monday (June 6) at KinVillage Community Centre.

Local veterans shared stories, prayed and reminded the audience why D-Day is observed every year.

On June 6, 1944 Allied forces landed on the beach along the Normandy coast in history's biggest amphibi-ous invasion which began the liberation of Europe from Nazi Germany.

The Canadians were responsible for Juno, one of five designated beaches where Allied forces were to land.

Blue Jays draft Ladner pitcher Robson

Ladner pitcher Tom Robson is taking the next step to a spot in the big leagues.The Grade 12 DSS student, selected by the Toronto Blue Jays, was the first Canadian chosen in the fourth round (139th overall) Tuesday (June 7) in the Major League Baseball draft.

The 6-4, 210 pound right-hander was ranked 72nd overall by Baseball America among 2011 high school draftees.

Robson was a member of Canada's national junior team in a spring training game against the Blue Jays in March and he was featured in the South Delta Leader's annual 30 Under 30 edition in April.

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Ready to runFomer Delta councillor Krista Engelland announces bid for mayor's seat

A familiar face on the local political scene, Krista Engelland, is preparing to make a second run for mayor in the November civic election. Engelland was elected to Delta Council a total of five times, from 1993 to 2008.Contributed photo

CHRISTINE LYONR E P O R T E R

F ive-time Delta councillor Krista Engelland has announced she will once again run for mayor in the

November civic election."I'm running because I firmly believe

we need a new direction at city hall. I care deeply about Delta, its people, its history and its land use," Engelland said. "As mayor I intend to ensure Delta residents have a real say in their community."

She will run with One Delta, a new elec-toral organization which she said will soon release details about its vision and plat-form.

Engelland tried to unseat longtime incumbent Mayor Lois Jackson in the 2008 civic election, but lost by just under 3,000 votes.

"People are encouraging me to run because they feel their concerns are not being heard by this mayor and this council. They are frustrated by a lack of transparent processes and accountability," Engelland said, noting as an example council's deci-sion to terminate the public hearing on whether the Southlands should be put forth to the Agricultural Land Commission.

"The whole process was abandoned

and cancelled. It's not a public process, it's become a process driven by the mayor and council," she said.

"We have a lot of issues affecting Delta and we need somebody to get out there and be an advocate on Delta's behalf and I don't see that happening."

She said the biggest issues affecting Deltans are construction of South Fraser Perimeter Road, development of Tsaw-wassen First Nation land, Roberts Bank container port expansion and loss of agri-cultural land.

Delta council needs to take a step in a "positive direction," Engelland said.

"We need to streamline our processes, we need to reduce what time it's taking for people to have their permits processed and

just cut the red tape."She said she believes in cutting taxes and

controlling local government spending. Her 15 years serving on Delta council has

prepared her for the top job, she said."I know what it takes to run a municipal-

ity. Delta needs a full-time mayor who will take a lead for Delta residents and work to achieve what is best for their interests first," she said.

"I've been off council for three years and it has given me an opportunity to look at the municipality from the other side of the table."

Engelland is a life-long resident of Delta who has lived in Ladner, Tsawwassen and North Delta. She works at her family busi-ness on River Road.

Meanwhile, it has been widely speculat-ed that current Delta councillor Heather King will throw her hat in the ring for the mayor's seat, but King said she's not ready to confirm those rumours just yet.

"I'm just kind of gauging how things are going," she said. "It's one of those things that I'm making some decisions about, but I should probably announce in the next little while."

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‘People are encouraging me to run because they

feel their concerns are not being heard by this mayor

and this council.’— Krista Engelland

Local veterans marked the 67th anniversary of the Allied landings on D-Day. Christine Lyon photo

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T he Registered Dis-ability Savings Plan (RDSP) has

been designed to help Canadians with disabili-ties and their families create greater financial security and achieve some peace of mind for the future.

In order to be eligible for this plan the disabled individual must be eli-gible for the Disability Tax Credit, have a Social Insur-ance number and be filing income tax returns.

A Registered Disability Sav-ings Plan pro-vides for tax deferred investing just like an RRSP. This tax deferred plan along with the available government grants and bonds makes the RDSP a powerful investment savings tool, similar in many respects to an RESP because of the government contri-butions.

RDSP beneficiaries are eligible for Canada Dis-ability Savings Grants and Canada Disabil-ity Savings Bonds. An annual contribution of $1,500 to the RDSP can attract an annual grant of $3,500. The grant can provide a maximum of $70,000 to the benefi-ciary up to age 50.

The Canada Disability Savings Bond is available to lower income families. The federal government will pay up to $1,000 per year into the RDSP.

The beneficiary can receive a $1,000 bond every year for 20 years

even if the RDSP owner makes no personal con-tribution. The lifetime maximum is $20,000 and the bond is payable until the end of the year the beneficiary turns 49.

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tive five per cent rate of return over a 20 year period, the account could grow to $215,000 with an investment of only $30,000 from Alice.

This plan can be com-plicated and should be opened in conjunc-tion with some overall financial planning. Be sure to seek the advice of a financial advisor who is experienced with RDSPs.

K a re n B e n s o n i s a Financial Advisor with Raymond James, Suite 102, 5405 12th Avenue, Tsawwassen. Call 604-943-6360 or email: [email protected] . The views of the author do not necessarily reflect those of Raymond James. This article is for information only. Financial planning and insurance products and services are offered through Raymond James Financial Planning Ltd.

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Culinary challengeCHRISTINE LYONR E P O R T E R

L ocal chef Tobias MacDonald is well on his way to being named the world’s best.

This weekend, Chef de Cuisine at Ladner’s La Belle Auberge restaurant is representing Canada in an interna-tional culinary competition.

Part of the EAT! Vancouver Food and Cooking Festival at the Vancouver Convention Centre, the World Associ-ation of Chefs’ Society (WACS) Global Chefs Challenge takes place Saturday, June 11.

“It’s Iron Chef galore,” explained La Belle Auberge owner and chef Bruno Marti.

MacDonald has already won the Canadian leg of the contest, which landed him a spot in the semi-final continental round. On Saturday (June 11), he will compete against top chefs

from the U.S., Ecuador, Venezuela and Chile. Though, Marti has a hunch it will come down to MacDonald and the American.

During the timed challenge, each contestant must whip up eight, three-course dinners from scratch in just under five hours. MacDonald will be assisted by La Belle Auberge’s junior chef Jasper Cruickshank.

Each of the three courses must use a mandatory ingredient. The first is Kobe beef.

“Everybody gets one piece of meat and the recipe is up to them,” said Marti.

During a recent trial run, MacDon-ald prepared the beef three ways: roasted, sous-vide and steak tartar with garnishes. The second dish must use sterling white halibut and the des-sert is to be strawberry-based.

The winner of the semi-final will go on to compete at the world final in Daejeon, South Korea in May 2012.

Ladner chef Tobias MacDonald to compete for global title

Canadian representative Tobias MacDonald from Ladner’s La Belle Auberge will prepare a Kobe beef dish as part of the Global Chefs Challenge this weekend. Christine Lyon photo

Bound for AthensLocals heading to Special Olympics Mall hosts Art & Fashion EventCHRISTINE LYONREPORTER

Delta Police Sgt. Deb-bie McLeod has been running in support of the Special Olympics for 11 years and this year is no different—except she’ll be pounding the pavement in Greece.

Chosen to represent B.C., McLeod will join 100 other law enforce-ment of f icers f rom around the globe on a torch run through Greece that culminates at the opening ceremo-

ny of the 2011 Special Olympics World Sum-mer Games in Athens.

Minus a few ferry rides and special events, she expects to run daily from June 10 until June 25—the first day of the games.

Athens is hosting 7,000 athletes with intel-lectual disabilities from 180 countries June 25 to July 4. One of those ath-letes is 28-year-old long-distance runner Stacey Kohler, a White Rock res-ident and member of the Delta branch of Special

Olympics B.C. She’ll be competing in the 3,000 and 1,500 metres and four-by-400 metre relay.

Mom Beryl says she got into running at an early age and has been involved with the Special Olympics for 13 years.

“She used to run sprints quite a few years ago and then one of the coaches suggested that she start doing dis-tance,” Beryl said. “My gosh, she excels in it. She can just run forever, she’s like a little Ener-gizer bunny.”

Fashion on showRotary Square at the

Tsawwassen Town Cen-tre Mall will be set up with easels and a cat walk Saturday ( June 11).

That's when the Art & Fashion Event takes over the gathering place from 1-4 p.m.

Thanks to the input from mall merchants and promotions staff, Rotary Square will come alive with the latest fash-ion looks and work from local artists.

Shannon Taylor, pro-motions manager with

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Plus, Laurel Middelaer will speak about Alexa's Bus (alexasbus.com), the impaired driving testing unit the Ladner mother is raising funds to estab-lish after losing her young daughter, Alexa, to an impaired driver.

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Ladner's Al Hollinger with one of his prized motorcycles in his collection.Philip Raphael photo

Easy riderA l Hollinger remembers well his

first big adventure. It included a motorbike, his older brother

and a ride from his native Montreal to Los Angeles.

It was the early 1950s and Hollinger was itching to leave Montreal. He was 15 and craved new surroundings and a long strip of asphalt to cruise.

He got plenty of both on the week-long excursion

that ended up in California where went to work dig-ging septic tanks and ridding hom-eowners of rattle snakes.

“One guy who hired me gave me 50 cents for every

rattle snake I shot,” says Holinger, now 78. “I had a better idea. I told him that I’d bring him the (snake) heads and I sold the rest of the snake, which was a delicacy, to a company that canned the meat.”

It’s colourful stories like that which flow out of Hollinger who last month was front and centre at the opening of the Forest for our Future park on the grounds of Delta Hospital.

Hollinger donated the cost of the park ($300,000) from a portion of his estate which includes military memo-rabilia and a collection of motorbikes. It was his dedication to a close friend, Joan Rumsey, a resident at the adjacent Mountain View Manor extended care home, that motivated him to make the donation. Hollinger visited Rum-sey often—sometimes twice a day at meal times—until she passed away last August. Together, the two used to take long walks around the hospital grounds and it’s in her memory Hollinger made the donation.

Hollinger preferred not to speak at the park’s opening and played his harmoni-ca for the assembled crowd. It’s another

talent in his long and colourful back-ground that includes a stint as a motor-bike rider with a traveling carnival.

Hollinger met up with the carnival after he left California and made his way to see mutual friends in Richmond where the traveling show had stopped off.

Being an accomplished rider he was hired as a replacement in a show where he raced the banked walls of a barrel-like arena.

“There were three coloured stripes on the walls—green, red and white. I just had to follow the lines,” Hollinger says. “White meant you were coming down off the wall.

“I also jumped the bike through flam-ing hoops,” he adds with a casual shrug. “That was pretty easy.”

The job with the carnival, which also included maintaining some of the rides, took him across the country as far as Manitoba.

But an accident involving the partial collapse of a roller coaster track put him in hospital.

While he was recovering the carnival moved on.

“They left and took pretty much everything I owned except the shirt on my back,” he says.

Later, he went back to Montreal, became a police officer and was part of the organization’s first bomb disposal team.

“It was during the first FLQ crisis in the 1960s,” he says, “when mailboxes were being blown up.”

When he made his way out west again, he became a guard at the B.C. Penitentiary and was involved with a hostage taking incident in 1975.

Through all of those twists and turns Hollinger continued collecting motor-bikes and military artifacts. And his expertise with explosives led to the task of firing the starting cannon at the Van-couver Dragon Boat races.

Today, he still rides motorbikes and has time to think about his next proj-ect.

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A s the Vancouver Canucks mark their 40th season, another group of local hockey players is also celebrating

four decades of history.It was 1970 when Bill Husband and his

school friends transformed a bucolic West-ham Island barn into a floor hockey haven.

Close to 100 years old, the faded yellow wooden structure still sits on 160 acres of working farmland.

Bill, 52, was 12 years old when he and his elementary school pals first recognized the recreational potential of the barn’s sprawl-ing upper level. The children cleared stacks of hay bales, screwed in a couple of dim light bulbs, and started playing hockey on the slat-ted wooden floor.

The landowner, Stan Reynolds, welcomed the kids.

“He gave us two skids of plywood and said ‘Go for it, you guys put it in, it’s your barn.’ So,

it’s been that way ever since,” Bill said.Back then, the boys used cutout bleach

bottles for goalie masks and rolls of black electrical tape as pucks.

Over the years they accumulated real gear, one piece at a time, and now, into their 50s, many of the men have children of their own who frequent the legendary “Hockey Barn.”

Like father like sonBeams of yellow sunlight stream through

the second-floor windows of the musty cen-tury-old building on a recent Friday after-noon. As Bill pulls on his goalie pads, his seven-year-old son Kylan is already suited up in his own goaltending gear, blocking shots from a handful of elementary aged boys who tear back and forth across the homemade arena. Their orange hockey ball thuds repeat-edly against the walls.

Bill introduced Kylan to the Hockey Barn a couple of years ago and Kylan, enthusias-tic about the space, decided to hold his last birthday party there.

After about half an hour of play time, the

young kids clear out to make way for the adults and big kids.

Bill’s eldest son Scott, 26, has been playing hockey at the barn since he was an adolescent.

He and his cousin used to put Canucks theme music on the stereo and run laps around the wooden arena in front of imagi-nary spectators.

“We’d just come do the warm up, we wouldn’t even really play a game,” Scott said.

Now that he’s grown, Scott enjoys the friendly competition with his father.

“He doesn’t like playing against me because I always score on him,” Scott laughs.

Never a punch thrownWhen it’s time to change up, players stum-

ble out of the arena and collapse, panting, onto worn couches.

Born and raised on Westham Island, Kevin Bowling, 54, is one of Bill’s original childhood friends who helped lay the plywood floor.

He says the Hockey Barn was “the place to be” for local kids.

“Putting in the time at school or doing what

you had to do around the house was only an inconvenience to get back to the barn,” Kevin said.

Local parents always knew where to find their kids, and were happy the children had a safe place to entertain themselves.

“In all the years we’ve played up here there’s never been a punch thrown,” Kevin said. “That’s just poor form, you wouldn’t get invited back.”

Kevin is now the father of three kids who

Forty years ago, a group of Westham Island schoolboys transformed a local barn into a floor hockey arena. Today, the founders of the 'Hockey Barn' still enjoy weekly games—but now they bring their kids.Tyler Garnham photoLine

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know the Hockey Barn well. “It is pretty cool to be able to play a game of good huff-

and-puff ball hockey with your own kid,” he said.His 21-year-old son Todd grew up on farmland

and appreciates the rustic sports venue.“It’s not that often you get to play in an old barn

like this,” Todd said.He remembers the first time he joined the recre-

ational floor hockey league. He was 13, still small in stature, and until then had only watched his father play from the sidelines. One day, the group was a man short.

“They just gave me a stick and said ‘You’re playing today,’” Todd recalls.

He’s been playing with the adults ever since, and takes pleasure in going head-to-head against his dad.

“It’s fun to have the family feud,” he said.

Not just for kidsBack in the 70s, kids and adults didn’t share the

barn like they do now. Bill remembers the day his “old crotchety

uncle” climbed the barn’s steep staircase in his big rubber boots. To the kids’ dismay, he grabbed a

goalie glove and stick and planted himself in net.“Come on, come on, shoot it!” he shouted at

the young players.The biggest kid drew back his stick, took a slap

shot and hit Bill’s uncle smack in the forehead.“We were using tennis balls back then thank good-

ness,” Bill said.Still, the incident was enough to deter his uncle

from ever paying again. Today, the Hockey Barn is a place for kids and

adults to exercise, catch up with friends and family, and enjoy a cold drink.

There have been modest changes over the decades: brighter lighting, aluminum nets, box seat-ing and plenty of hockey posters and handwritten notes nailed to the walls and support beams. But overall, things are much the same as they were 40 years ago.

Bill glances over at Kylan and the other young-sters shouting and laughing as they chase down the bright orange ball.

“These guys get just as much fun out of it as we did,” he said [email protected]

(Top) The Hockey Barn is more than just a sports facility; it's a place to socialize with friends and family. (Bottom left) Bill Husband gives some goaltending tips to his seven-year-old son Kylan. (Bottom right) Husband prepares to stop a shot.Tyler Garnham photos


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Take 538 acres; siphon off 38 acres for roads and infrastructure; create 50 ten-acre hobby farms.

At $1.5 million each just for the dirt, that's a cool $75 million for Century Group.

Once the houses are built the

farms would attract probably $10,000 each in local taxes, or $500,000 which would more than pay the salaries of the mayor, council, the CAO as well as the school board. And only some 100 more cars on Tsawwassen's roads and probably only half as many kids in our schools and at the Winskill athletic campus.

Clearly this proposal is too

radical—oops, I meant rational—to magnetize much in the way of support from the locals.

Most—both the pro-Century rooters and NIMBYs—seem obsessed with what appears to be an "all or nothing at all" mindset.

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It’s not all doom and gloom for Delta, even if statistics in the Leader’s recent cover story (Growing 3 communities, June 3, 2011) show the community is aging and the population growth is not keeping pace with the rest of Metro Vancouver.

Yes, there’s been a few store closings of late in Tsawwassen, and there have been school closures in the past.

But when you look at what’s on the horizon in the coming five to 10 years, there’s reason for optimism, especially if you live in South Delta.

Development is happening here, maybe not on the scale of other parts of the Lower Mainland. But it’s impressive compared to the snail’s pace over the past five years when, according to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation just 1,300 units were constructed in all of Delta.

The so-called “boom years” had about 1,000 new homes each year in the early 1990s.

For now, though, there is a “mini boom” coming locally.

The Tsawwassen Springs development on the site of the Tsawwassen Golf Course will have close to 500 homes—a mixture of condos and single family residences—when completed.

And literally just across the highway, the Tsawwassen First Nation has plans to build close to 1,900 homes spread out over single family homes, townhomes and apartments.

Plus, there are plans to build a 1.8-million-square-foot mall on the adjacent TFN property that is expected to draw shoppers from far and wide to South Delta.

Then there’s the potential of the Southlands property to house plenty more people, if revised plans for the land get the go ahead. Originally, the Southlands proposal called for around 1,900 homes. After a divisive series of public hearings earlier this year and a mayor’s summit on the issue of developing a portion of farmland on the property, a scaled back proposal is expected to be submitted by July 1 to Delta Council.

But even if this is rejected, the future in the southern part of Delta is looking up.

The somewhat modest increase in new local housing—which according to one demographer is at the root of little growth here—is a reason to be optimistic.

Hopefully that spurs more commercial investment and fills in some of the gaps left in the retail landscape.

Start a conversation. Comment online. Share your thoughts.


Delta decline?EDITORIAL

Let's put the seniors in jail and the criminals in a nursing home. This way the seniors would have access to showers, hobbies and walks.

They'd receive unlimited free prescriptions, dental and medical treatment, wheel chairs etc. and they'd receive money instead of paying it out.

They would have constant video monitoring, so they could

be helped instantly if they fell, or needed assistance.

Bedding would be washed twice a week, and all clothing would be ironed and returned to them. A guard would check on them every 20 minutes and bring their meals and snacks to their cell.

They would have family visits in a suite built for that purpose. They would have access to a library, weight room, spiritual counselling, pool and education.

Simple clothing, shoes, slippers, PJs and legal aid would be free, on request.

Private, secure rooms for all, with an exercise outdoor yard,

with gardens. Each senior could have a PC, a TV radio and daily phone calls.

There would be a board of directors to hear complaints, and the guards would have a code of conduct that would be strictly adhered to.

The "criminals" would get cold food, be left all alone and unsupervised. Lights off at 8 p.m., and showers once a week. Live in a tiny room and pay $900 per month and have no hope of ever getting out.

Justice for all we say.Ron Wasik,

Delta

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Jail time better for seniors?

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Hobby farming, a modest proposal

It is sad that this commentary (Pulling apart the HST, South Delta Leader May 27, 2011) did not include the remarks of David Douglas Robertson who is the speaker for Smart Tax Alliance, when he said quote “Tax me when I spend money not when I earn it” at the Prince George HST forum yesterday.

What this article and many others miss is the obvious to most

citizens, namely HST is not about combining taxes.

HST is exactly about what economists like David Douglas Robertson continually let slip off their tongue.

HST is a shift from “Business Income Tax” to a “Consumer Tax” and if you have any brains at all you know that means eventually once the shift is completed from income tax to consumer tax that a person earning $100,000 a year will earn it tax free, and as long as he does not

spend his/her money in Canada may get away with paying no tax at all in Canada.

On the other hand with a consumer tax, the poor and the working public will end up paying all of the tax as they have no option but to spend their money in Canada.

Imagine earning $20 million a year tax free, why would business not be in favor of HST?

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Congratulationsto the class of 2011

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As a golden summer beckons, the class of 2011 comes into a different light—a spotlight.

Illuminated by it's glow they are there to be congratulated for the hard work and commitment it has taken to achieve their goals.

And they are to be celebrated along with their families who have provided caring and support to be prepared to take the next step in their adventure through life.

The past years may have seemingly gone by in a blur, but there is much to reflect on—the challenges, the triumphs, the lessons learned, the friendships and plans for the future.

As the graduates cross the stage they pass on to another level with the under-standing and skills needed to make an impact on the road ahead, wherever their personal journey takes them—be it school, trades, travel, or adventure, just to name a few possible destinations.

And when they look back on their graduation day in the years to come, the memories are sure to come flooding back of a time when they realized their dreams and were ready to make more come true.

From the South Delta Leader, congratulations class of 2011.Embark on the way to come with pride and confidence for a job well done.

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“On behalf of the Delta School District, it is with great pride that I extend our congratulations to the graduating class of 2011. Your commitment to excellence is a source of inspiration to everyone around you and it is an honour to have witnessed your many accomplishments. We encourage you to adhere to the same level of excellence you have demonstrated this year in your next endeavours and wish you the utmost success in your journey ahead.”

Delta School District graduation rates are among the highest in British Columbia. These accomplishments are due as much to the dedication and hard work of teachers and staff as they are to the commitment and support of parents and our community. Thank you to everyone in Delta who has contributed to our students’ academic and overall success.

A community of life long learning

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Victoria Gomez

Claire Henderson

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Congratulations to the graduating class of 2011

Wishing you the best – Celebrate responsibly

Delta Police encourage the class of 2011 to make positive choices for a safe and prosperous future

who do you know that makes a

difference to delta?This is your opportunity

to recognize them!Deadline for Nominations is June 30, 2011

EmployEE ExTraorDiNairE awarD• is there anyone you know who gives their

all in their workplace?• Someone who stands out, creating

excellence wherever they are?• Do people recognize this person as

someone who often goes beyond the “call of duty?”

• The company where they work must be located in Delta, including any Business, Not for profit, association, public Service

SpEcial EvENTS & TouriSm awarD• an individual or business which is

involved in attracting visitors to Delta• is there a special event related to Sports,

the arts, Festival or something else that attracts visitors to Delta? or are you in the tourism industry providing excellent opportunities for our visitors to enjoy Delta?

ciTizEN oF ThE yEar awarD• Someone who provided extraordinary

service to the community of Delta• Someone who has conducted their life

with integrity• a person who stands out amongst

their peers

voluNTEEr oF ThE yEar awarD• any age• Delta resident who has volunteered a

great deal of time and effort to a Delta organization

riSiNg STar awarD• proven operational success and growth

potential, involvement in new economic activities, innovation and community involvement

• owned & operated a Delta business for at least one year and under 5 years

• achieved a certain degree of financial stability through business performance

BuSiNESS oF ThE yEar awarDany one of the following would qualify a company to be nominated:• reached a significant new level?• Established new technology?• Broken into a new market?• integrated “sustainability” into business

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Brooke Elphick

Emily Garland

Brad Hefford

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Eric Davis

Erika Erickson

Mark Garlough

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Jaymie Johannson

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Melissa Krznaric

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My tip for June is to spring clean! De-clutter your home and garden, recycling what you can. In the yard, mow the lawn and keep the edges of gardens tidy. Make sure patio furniture is clean and arranged in comfortable seating patterns. Colourful throw pillows are not just for inside the home - they break up the uniform colour of many patio sets and bring the indoors out. Potted plants can also quickly and easily add colour to decks, patios or paved walkways.

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Game trySDSS place fourth in 10th appearance at soccer finals

South Delta Sundevils' Melissa Enno (right) keeps the ball in play on a corner kick as the West Vancouver Sentinel Spartans' goalkeeper Sabine Grutter (centre) and teammate Astryd Van Buuren look on during high school girls' AAA soccer championships Friday (June 3) at McArthur Island field in Kamloops.Dave Eagles photo

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W ith the bulk of his players set to return next

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Last weekend the head coach led his squad to a 10th consecutive appearance at the pro-vincial finals. Played in Kamloops at McArthur Island Park, Burns and the Sundevils showed plenty of promise by going undefeated in the round robin portion of the tournament but fell 3-0 in the semifinals to defending B.C. champi-on Claremont Secondary from Victoria.

A second loss, this

time 2-0 to South Kam-loops dropped the Sun-devils to fourth overall. But while Burns would have liked his team, which went undefeat-ed in league play and topped the Fraser Val-ley Championships, to have gone further than they did, he was proud of their overall effort.

“Very proud,” he said Monday (June 6). “They played extremely well all year. We won the Fraser Valleys, only the third time we’ve done that.”

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INGREDIENTS2-3 lbs. (1-1.5 kg) boneless pork roast1/8 tsp. salt1/8 tsp. pepper1/8 tsp. garlic powder

Glaze½ cup red wine¼ cup brown sugar½ cup frozen orange juice concentrate

One of the hits at the recent Polynesian Fair at Kin Village Community Centre was the orange glazed pork prepared by Veena Thompson, a trained chef, cookbook author and the centre's manager of support services.Philip Raphael photo

Marquee menuKin Village's Veena Thompson puts the ‘special’ in special events cuisine

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Suggested side dishes may include mashed potatoes and buttered aspara-gus.

What makes special events “spe-cial?”

Often, it’s the food which goes a long way to ensuring family, friends and guests enjoy themselves.

Veena Thompson knows that well. As a trained chef, former food colum-nist, cookbook author and manager of support services at the Kin Village Community Centre she understands the need to create that marquee item on the menu that keeps people talking long afterwards.

One such recipe Thompson pre-pared for a recent Polynesian Night at the Kin Village Community Centre in Tsawwassen was orange glazed pork.

Thompson said the dish is a winner, both in taste and presentation. Plus, it fit right in with the party’s theme

which included performances by local Polynesian dance groups.

The recipe is also a health con-scious one that is low in sodium—an ever-present concern when prepar-ing meals for seniors groups that have specific dietary requirements.

John Lusted, director of recreation at Kin Village said having Thomp-son’s expertise in the facility is a big help when it comes to catering for the many events taking place at the com-munity centre which is usually busy each week, hosting everything from ballroom dancing to weddings.

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