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Mayors say Yes vote critical to local economy

Mayor Malcolm Brodie was joined byhis Vancouver counterpart Mayor GregorRobertson at Brighouse station in RichmondWednesday morning to stake claims thata Yes vote in the upcoming transit taxplebiscite will improve the economy as wellas the environment and, notably, the moneyraised will be at arms-length of TransLinksbase budget.They said congestion in the region costs

the economy $1 billion annually whenfactoring in fuel costs and time lost sitting intraffic.Brodie and Robertson are part of the

Mayors Council, a group of MetroVancouver mayors that is asking for a 0.5 percent regional sales tax that should initiallyraise about $250 million each year for newtransit infrastructure improvements.On March 16, Metro residents will be

mailed a ballot. One can mark down eitherYes to agree to the tax, or No to prevent itsimplementation. Voters have until March 29to mail in their ballots.One of the problems for the mayors is the

public perception of TransLink, the regionstransportation authority, which has beenplagued by perceived unilateral decisionmaking, overspending on executives andproject cost overruns, such as the delayed

fare gates and transit card system (Compass).While the new tax funds will go to

infrastructure managed by TransLink, Brodiesaid the money will be audited annually atarms length.Its absolutely critical to have a group that

will monitor the money. Thats what givesme confidence, said Brodie, who called fora change in TransLinks governance model(Brodie has stated the mayors need morecontrol over regional transportation).The mayors noted there are no plans to

either increase or decrease the tax at a laterdate, but both options are theoreticallypossible.Infrastructure projects funded by the

new tax include a Broadway subway inVancouver, light rail transit in Surrey,a replacement Pattullo Bridge in NewWestminster and 11 new B-Line rapid busroutes in the region.While TransLink handles existing ridership

with its current base budget, Brodie saidthe new projects, funded by a new tax,are required to keep pace with growingtransportation demands as the regionspopulation grows.With the tax, bus service hours will grow

two per cent annually. Without it or anyother additional funding, hours would onlyincrease 10 per cent in total by 2045.The council claims the projects will create

7,000 jobs by 2030.

Gavin McGarrigle of Unifor said manytrade unions are also backing the Yes side.When asked if the projects are guaranteed

Brodie said they were priorities.According to the website mayorscouncil.

ca the priorities in Richmond over the nextdecade are 20 additional train cars andextended platforms for the Canada Line, anda Richmond to Metrotown B-Line bus.The mayors plan also includes priorities

such as 50 per cent more SeaBus service,80 per cent more night bus service, 30 percent more HandyDart service, Expo Lineupgrades, more frequent peak-hour service

and 300 more kilometres of bike lanes.The mayors claim that implementing

the tax will have a $450 million impact onthe economy, according to a study paid forby the Mayors Council and conducted byInterVistas Consulting.We need to help people, goods and

services to move more easily throughoutthe Metro Vancouver region. Implementingtransportation and road improvements willhelp us avoid traffic and economic gridlockas we enhance the environment, said Brodie.! Read the economic report sponsored by theMayors Council at richmond-news.com

Alex Renney, 20,named as man founddead Monday on RiverRoad. Photo Submitted.

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GraemeWoodStaff [email protected]

Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie and Vancouver Mayor Malcolm Brodie argue for a newregional 0.5 per cent sales tax in Metro Vancouver to pay for transit improvements.

VancouverMayor Gregor Robertson rides intoRichmond to promote Yes vote in plebiscite

Unionized workers on theCanada Line ratified theirnew contract Tuesday thatgives them a wage increaseand pension plan.The 150 or so staff,

who belong to the B.C.Government and ServiceEmployeesUnion, voted

63 per cent in favour of thedeal with Protrans BC whichoperates the line.The new agreement, which

came after workers in Januaryvoted 99 per cent in favourof job action, runs until Dec.31, 2019. The wage increaseis five per cent over thedeals first four years, withthe remaining two years tiedto the same increase otherSkyTrain workers receive,

which is yet to be determined.The workers had been

without a contract sinceDecember 2013.Our Canada Line members

wanted to be included in thePublic Service Pension Planlike all other workers on theSkyTrain system who dosimilar work, said BCGEUPresident Stephanie Smith ina press release.

Murder investigators have identified the body foundMonday morning at a business on River Road.Alex Renney, 20, of Surrey, was found dead about 6 a.m.

by an employee arriving for work on River Road, betweenNo. 6 and No. 7 roads.According to the polices Integrated Homicide

Investigation Team (IHIT), Renney was last seen Sundaynight. Sgt. Stephanie Ashton, IHITs media relationsofficer, said investigators are still trying to narrow down thetimeline of Renneys last movements and who he was incontact with prior to his death. Anyone with informationis asked to call 1-877-551-IHIT (4448) or email [email protected]. Alan Campbell

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Is bigmoney paying off?

Refugee immigrants are reporting higherincomes to the Canada RevenueAgency thaninvestor-class immigrants, according to datacompiled by Citizenship and ImmigrationCanada (CIC).Furthermore, the rate of investor

immigrants reporting any income whatsoeveris far below the Canadian average.The findings, reported last week by Ian

Young of the South China Post, may indicatethe benefits of the investor-class program maynot have proven dividends.The data that suggests many investor

migrants tend to treat Canada as some kind ofholiday resort or educational/retirement bolthole, while doing business back home isquite clear, wrote Young on his website.While the investor-class program was

scrapped last year, a similar, smaller pilotprogram, the Immigrant Investor VentureCapital, was announced last December.In the old program, more half of all

investors chose B.C. as their destination in thelate 2000s, with over 5,000 coming into theprovince annually, according to CIC. Whilethere is no available regional data on whereexactly the investors landed, Richmond saw18,685 new immigrants from 2006 to 2011,according to National Household Survey data.According to CIC, business immigrants

have accounted for seven per cent of Canadastotal immigration since 1980 and in 2010investor-class immigrants who, as acondition for entrance, were required to provenet worth in the millions and invest $800,000in Canada accounted for 88 per cent of all

business immigrants.According to CIC, investor immigrants

reported average earnings of about $18,000in their first year and just $28,000 after 15years. After three years, only 47 per cent ofsuch immigrants reported any income. TheCanadian average is 67 per cent.After five years, only 39 per cent reported

income, suggesting investor immigrants leavethe country (or declare non-residency) afterthe immigration process is complete.Meanwhile, refugees (those who come to

Canada under hardship) reported first-yearincomes of $20,000 and after 15 years theiraverage incomes rose to $30,000. Two-thirdsof refugees reported income by their fifthyear, on par with Canadas average.More troublesome for Young is that similar

rates of income after 15 years are foundwith the spouses and children of the initial,principal applicant.Its particularly worrisome considering

that the biggest cohort (40 per cent) ofdependents upon arrival is made up ofchildren aged 10 to 19. These (children)would be 25-34 after 15 years, and should beearning good money. But they arent.As well, Young adds, the same

phenomenon of a decline in tax-reportingrates could be seen in spouses and children,suggesting some of them, too, head for theexits.The issue is not with immigrants or

immigration in general, it is with wealthmigration schemes in particular. ShouldCanada wait for the grandchildren of investorimmigrants to join the workforce beforeseeing the supposed benefits of millionairemigration? asked Young on his blog.

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Racial tensions real: ChuBRIEFS

Community activist Bill Chu, of theCanadians for Reconciliation Society, saysall sides must come together in resolving racerelation problems in Richmond and across theprovince.In Richmond there are still tensions

between Chinese and non-Chinese, so its upto us to make things better. Both attitudes arenot healthy for being neighbours, never mindnation building, he said.Richmond is currently embarking on a

public consultation process to determineif non-English signs are a detriment tocommunity harmony.Last year, Chu was critical of the

consultation process for the provincesapology to the Chinese community forhistorical wrongs dating back to the 1800s.Reconciliation always involves two

parties. My group was fairly critical of theprovince not involving non-Chinese groups(in the Chinese apology process). Theres aneed to open up the conversation by lookingthrough history, said Chu, who is a strongbeliever that everyone must recognize BritishColumbias Chinese history, especially in theformative years of the province.Thats why on Monday, at a news

conference held in Richmond, he warnedthat the provincial government needs todo more to protect historic sites related to

Chinese-Canadian history, including somein Richmond and a Chinese burial ground inLillooet, which may soon be developed.Chus concerns come after Richmond

Centre MLA and Minister of MulticulturalismTeresa Wat announced, in January, a publicprogram to nominate 10 historic places ofsignificance to the Chinese community.

City puts brakes onpossible congestionRichmonds planning committee

temporarily put the brakes on a plannedindustrial-business park at Riverport thatwould add more traffic to an already heavilycongested area.The planned 14-acre industrial park would

be built on an existing paved lot once used tostore new cars at No. 6 Road and StevestonHighway, across from the Silvercity theatres.Councillors want city planners to examine

more closely the traffic impact of such afacility. The only traffic improvements beingproposed are to the front of the industrialpark, which would consist of two buildingswith loading bays in the middle and smallretail outlets to the side with 400 parkingstalls.

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OPINIONSend your story ideas or photo submissions to Richmond News editor Eve Edmonds at [email protected]

As usual, whatanybody has tosay about the B.C.budget released this weekwill depend on what pulpittheyre preaching from.The right is mostly

expressing joy over the blackink on the bottom line, whilethe left points to socialshortfalls created by specialfavours for the businesscommunity.Business people are

pleased by the surplus.They see government debtas dollars that should be inpeoples pockets, to be drawnfrom to spend on goods and

services and generally boostthe economy.People in the mining

sector, eager to put the MountPolley debacle behind them,are understandably happy thatthe Christy Clark governmenthas found money to aidexploration and development,as well as extending their taxcredits despite the surplus.Finance Minister Mike de

Jong claims the surplus givesB.C. bragging rights overthe rest of Canada.But conspicuously absent

from this years bragging wasthe LNG windfall that wasall over last years budget

and its expectations of futuresurpluses.Instead, workers at ICBC

and BC Hydro point out adirect link between surplusesprojected for the next threeyears and the money that thegovernment is planning toextract from those Crowncorporations in each of thosethree years.While low-income families

get a boost from an increasein the tax threshold for theEarly Childhood Tax Benefit,the hidden MSP tax risesagain the right handgiveth, and the left handtaketh away.

Frugal de Jong is provincesDr.NoAprominent B.C.businessman phonedme the other day,wanting to know who ranthe B.C. government. Heknew enough of politics toknow the answer wasntnecessarily Premier Christy Clark.While her predecessor, Gordon Campbell,

very much ran his government in that hehad his hands on all kinds of levers, she hasopted for a more hands-off approach.Clark delegates a lot of authority and

control to key cabinet ministers, deputiesand senior staff. But there appears to be onekey figure who Clark allows to steer the BCLiberal ship more than anyone else, and hewas on full public display last week. Imtalking about Finance Minister Mike deJong.He controls the governments purse

strings and, as government house leader,its legislative agenda. His approach tobudget-making means he keeps a tight reinon spending, which means fellow cabinetministers must answer to him for their

budgets.While there is no question

that Clark is very much incontrol of her government,de Jong has emerged asa particularly influentialmember of her inner circle

(which includes LNGMinister RichColeman, Jobs Minister Shirley Bond, andstaffers Dan Doyle, Michelle Cardario, ChrisGardener, Neil Sweeney and Ben Chin).De Jong is in charge of delivering

what is the governments number onepriority everyspring: a balanced budget.Everything else takes a back seat tothat accomplishment, and as a result allgovernment programs (i.e. the size andfunding of them) flow from that balancedbudget.The veteran politician has become a sort

of Dr. No in government, as he insists ona frugal approach to managing governmentfinances. That means a lot of spendingrequests dont get far with him.Last weeks budget is a good example of

the de Jong touch. He balanced it by keeping

a tight lid on government spending and thatincludes the mammoth health portfolio.Bending down the health care spending

curve was job one when de Jong took overthe finance portfolio a few years ago. Hewas well aware that if the health care budgetcontinued to enjoy lofty increases, such asfive or six or seven per cent, that any hopesof balancing the budget would be dashed.So, he has insisted that annual increases to

the health budget had to come in at less thanthree per cent (which translates to roughly$500 million a year). There were widespreaddoubts that this could be accomplished, butit has happened for several years now andthats a huge reason why the budget can bebalanced at the end of the fiscal year.And its another reason why de Jong,

more than anyone other than the premierherself, has the most noticeable personalstamp on this government.

NDP in tricky transitsituationIts hard to say which of our two main

political parties is less enthusiastic aboutthe transit plebiscite in Metro Vancouver.But while the BC Liberals seem merelytepid in their support for the Yes side, itappears that the NDP is looking more andmore like an undercover agent for the Noside.Using the high-profile daily question

period as a launching pad, the NDPhas fired salvos at TransLink on severaloccasions. The No side is trying to framethe plebiscite as a de facto referendum onTransLink itself, and the NDPs actions haveinfuriated the Yes side, which sees them asassisting the No sides messaging.The Yes side, of course, is strongly

supported by unions and environmentalorganizations, which the NDP has assumedare among its traditional areas of strengthand which makes the NDP strategy thatmuch more curious.Its a delicate balancing act, and one the

party appears not to be performing verywell.Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter

for Global B.C.

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Soccer club does it rightTHANKS

The Editor,There are a lot of things wrong in youth

sports, but there are a lot of things right.Right now we are losing too many goodcoaches, referees, volunteers and kids inall youth sports because far too often theenvironment is toxic. Richmond is veryfortunate to have individuals such as NigelShackles, Cody Kusch, KathleenWong, TerryKehoe, Steve Smith, Carolyn Hart, DavidWeber and many more who work togetherheading up associations and clubs takingon legitimate challenges in youth sports,while ensuring that we all remain focusedon developing people, and not just athletes.These often forgotten individuals have putPLAY back in our sports.I can think of no greater recent example

then to thank our local football club,Richmond FC. Richmond Boys Soccer is runby some of the finest people I know and haveever encountered. Myself, I have walked thesidelines and dugouts of the Lower Mainlandas both a professional and a volunteer coachfor 27 years. But, on March 23, 2014 all mycoaching came to an abrupt stop due to adiagnosis of cancer. This is when I learnedwhat being a part of a club is truly about.

Without ever asking, individuals such asTania Webster, Mike Laing, Linda Calvert,Sean Grant and all the coaches of the U11Division, even coaches outside the divisionwere there for me, my players and my family.These individuals ensured that not only didour players have a great season, but theysupported each other and they supported ourfamily. I was proud this past January to walkout on the pitch with the sun shining down,be greeted by so many supportive individualsthat I am blessed to call my friends and myfamily.I cannot thank these individuals enough

or the leaders of so many other associations,for their outpouring of support, assistanceand love during a difficult time and I want toremind all parents out there that your kid isall youve got you cant trade them in for amore talented athlete and they cant exchangeyou for a different or more supportive parent.We both only get one shot at this, make sureto provide your children and your wholefamily with a healthier, more positive andrewarding experience on and off the field.Richmond FC you got this right.

Dave GillisRichmond

When, in the history ofCanada, has a group such asthis come out in opposition toany government bill (Bill C-51) as it currently stands: fourformer PMs (including twoConservatives), 18 Supreme

Court of Canada justices,ministers of justice and ofpublic safety, solicitors-general, members of thesecurity and intelligencereview committee andcommissioners responsible

for overseeing the RCMP andupholding privacy laws.Clearly, we have a

problem.Dale Jackaman

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Stevestons washrooms,News, Feb. 20.TransLink needs to

show more concern forthe paying public whohave no union to representthem. I am a regular userof the bus service betweenSteveston and RichmondCentre and I am appalledat TransLinks behaviour

towards the paying publicwho use their services.Steveston is the terminusfor six major bus routes,yet TransLink cannot orwill not provide a basicshelter for those passengerswaiting on the north sideof Chatham Street forthe 410 and 407 busesheading north and east.When it is raining, this is amost uncomfortable place

to wait, particularly forseniors and handicappedcustomers in wheel chairs.Often, there are busesparked along the curb whena 410 bus appears from therear of the que and stopsin the traffic lane whilecustomers scramble to geton as traffic is being heldup. The bus stop for buses401, 402 and C93 on thesouth side of ChathamStreet does have shelter anda bench.The fact that TransLink

can rent premium space forits employees comfortsshould be extended totheir paying customers.TransLink needs to showmore concern and providea portion of the space forthe needs of customerswho have the same needsas bus drivers. There ismore than enough leasedspace to be shared. Unlikefor drivers, there are nowashroom facilities forcustomers at the 22ndStreet SkyTrain station inNewWestminster. Thiscan result in a very painfulongoing situation forcustomers.

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Bill Zylmans doesnt knowwhether to laugh or cry.In more than 40 years of farmingin Richmond, Zylmans whosestrawberries are renowned for beingamong the best in the Lower Mainland has never known his crop to be thisfar forward.After the mildest winter he can recall,his 18 acres of strawberries at W&AFarms, off Westminster Highway andNo. 7 Road, are, he said, at least threeweeks ahead of schedule.Zylmans has delved deep into hisfarmers log and he cant find anyreference in his personal history bookto the crop flourishing this early.One might be forgiven for thinkingthis would be good news for thelikes of Zylmans and other berryfarmers across Richmond. Butthe unseasonably warm winter isproducing a bead or two of sweat onZylmans brow.Everything is way ahead of whereit should be, said Zylmans, whileinspecting his strawberry crop earlierthis week.The strawberries, raspberries,blueberries, everything is comingalong earlier than Ive ever known. Ikeep notes in a kind of log from all myyears in the business and Ive neverseen this before; Ive never known theplants to be this far forward at thistime of the year.

However, the next two weeks arecrunch time. If we get a real cold snap,which can happen at this time of theyear, it could do some serious damageto the plants.Zylmans has been monitoring theweather forecast closely this week.And, with Environment Canadapredicting the mercury to dip belowfreezing on Saturday night, theRichmond farming veteran is crossinghis fingers and toes the berry plantswill survive into next week.(This weekend) I think, thats goingto be the crucial point, he told News,while surveying his acreage next toLulu Island Winery.If any frost gets into the crown (ofthe strawberry plant), then it could betrouble, as the plant might not haveenough time to recover for the spring.But, as I said, this is all new territoryfor me; I havent travelled down thispath before.And even if his crop does make itthrough the weekend and dodges anyother March temperature plunges, hesnot sure his customers are conditionedfor a super early strawberry feast.May 20 is the earliest Ive everharvested, said Zylmans about his18 acres of u-pick and fresh-marketstrawberries.We could be well ahead of that thisyear, but its not necessarily a goodthing; people are tuned in to doingcertain things at certain times of theyear. They might not be ready to pickstrawberries at the beginning of May!June is strawberry season, right?

PATIO SEASON ISSNOW BOTHER

Almost a year ago to the day, JamesVernon was sweeping several inchesof snow off his restaurants patio inSteveston.This February, the only thing Vernon,floor manager at Sockeye City Grill atFishermens Wharf on the Stevestonwaterfront, has been sweeping offthe patio is satisfied customers,whove been soaking up the inclementsunshine.Weve had to open up the patioseveral times in the last two weeks,said a delighted Vernon.This very day last year (Feb. 24) wewere covered in snow. But the lasttime I can recall it being anything likethis was in 2010, the Olympic year,when we had the Dutch staff fromHeineken House down in Stevestonwith their big Dutch bikes on the patio.That winter was kind of comparable,but maybe not quite as mild as this.Vernon said his staff has been layingout blankets on the patio chairs forthose who need them, but not toomany have been using them.The patio has been very popular andas soon as that sun comes out andpeople start sitting here, it seemsto attract even more people to therestaurant.And when theyre out baskingin the sun, they feel like theyre inCalifornia, joked Vernon with a smile.

Weather is making farmer sweatTHEFRIDAYFEATURE

Mildwinter still two degrees Celsius below the record average

Farmer Bill Zylmans inspects his strawberries, which he says are about three weeks ahead of schedule thisyear on account of the warm winter. Photo by Alan Campbell/Richmond News.

Alan CampbellStaff [email protected]

Like bees to honey, customers are buzzing around Sockeye City Grillspatio soaking in the sunshine with manager James Vernon. Photo byAlan Campbell/Richmond News.

This winter in Richmond may havebeen the mildest in living memory,according to farmer Bill Zylmansalmanac.But the temperature would have toexplode off the weather charts in thelast few days of February if its goingto break any official records.Matt MacDonald, a meteorologistwith Environment Canada, said theseasonal average for Richmond so far for December, January and February is looking like itll be at least twodegrees Celsius shy of the warmeston record.We are not quite done yet withcompiling the official averagetemperature at YVR over the winter,said MacDonald. But its certainly notbeen record-breaking in terms of thetemperature, by any means.February has been very mild(in Richmond) with an averagetemperature of eight degrees (Celsius);the normal is 4.9.Januarys average, said MacDonald,was 5.6; the norm is 4.1 andDecember`s average was 4.9; thenorm being 3.6.If we add them all up, the average sofar for this winter has been 6.2. Thenorm being 4.2, he added.A full two degrees above normal isquite significant, but its still well shortof the record average of 8.5.MacDonald said he expects (the 6.2average right now) to rise a little afterEnvironment Canada has recordedthe last week of February. However,

as feared by the aforementionedZylmans, Richmond is definitely infor some cooling temperatures thisweekend.I expect it to drop below freezing,perhaps as low as minus three, maybeSaturday into Sunday or a little later,said MacDonald. It should graduallywarm up again as next week moveson.The weather-maker thats responsiblefor the distinct lack of cold and snowthis winter being a massive ridge ofhigh pressure, explained MacDonald,thats dominated all the weather in theregion and has pushed everything coldto the east.The precipitation is actually normal,but very little has fallen as snow, headded.The snowpack is about 15 to 30 percent of the normal and that will likelybe an issue later on this year.This area relies heavily on the snowmelt, so that is a concern for theseasons ahead.The small snow pack could lead todangerously low water levels in riversand streams etc, which, in turn, canmean higher water temperatures.The higher temperatures can causehigher mortality among resident fish,or among young salmon rearing increeks.Plus, the provinces reservoirs relypartly on the snowpack, but MetroVancouver said there is enough watersupply at the moment and they dontexpect it to be a factor.

Warmbut no record breaker

COMMUNITY

Bidding adieu to Steveston booster

Steveston will be saying goodbye to oneof its biggest boosters Saturday afternoon.Thats when the family and friends will

be remembering and celebrating the life ofBob Butterworth.He passed away Feb. 17 and would have

been 81 next month.Community came first for Bob. He will

be sorely missed, said Loren Slye who

served on a number of community boardswith Butterworth over the years.Butterworth became a fixture on the

Steveston waterfront, running the Essoservice facility on Bayview Street for 30 orso years.Later in his career, he and his wife

started up a Steveston-based business,Elves Embroidery.Through it all, the community and its

needs were a priority for Butterworth whowas involved in keeping public accessto the waterfront with a boardwalk, and

numerous other causes and organizations,from the Lions Club and StevestonHistorical Society to the Rotary Club andSteveston Community Society.Bob was always a good natured

character, with a smile on his face andone of his jokes at the ready, Slye said.He was a good all-round guy who spentcountless hours working for the bettermentof Steveston.The service for Butterworth will be held

Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Richmond Funeralhome (8420 Cambie Road).

Bob Butterworth was a regular at theSteveston Salmon Festival parade.Photo submitted

Philip RaphaelStaff [email protected]


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Author revs up readerswith biker romance

How do you escape the hum-drum life on a chicory farm in1955 rural Ontario and makea break for the bright lights ofHollywood?Peggy Ann Douglas has a

planand it revolves aroundascending the tiers of royaltyin the beauty pageant circuit.Thats the premise behind

the upcoming productionMissCaledonia at Gateway Theatre.Second City performer and

Canadian comedy awardwinner Melody A. Johnsontakes to the stage solo topresent a number of characters,bringing to life the struggles and

achievements earned throughthe challenges of baton twirlingand singing.Helping things along are the

original fiddle music stylings ofMary Fay Coady.PerformingMiss Caledonia

at Gateway marks the first stopfor Johnson on her B.C. tourwith the show she wrote. She isone of Torontos top comedicperformers and Gatewaysartistic director, Jovanni Sy, is abig fan of her work.In a recent promotional video

forMiss Caledonia on Gatewaysweb site, Sy said Johnson is anextraordinary artist.Thats one of the reasons I

am so excited to have this show,he said. Ive been a huge fanof hers since her days at theSecond City. She does wonderful

comedy work and is a fantasticcomedienne.Sy added he was amazed

and inspired by her incredibleversatility whether it wasa Second City revue, a newmusical, or a classic drama,Johnson was always sure to be ahighlight of the production.Miss Caledonia is Melodys

affectionate tribute to hermother that also happens tobe a delightful showcase of hermany talents, Sy said. Shehas toured this piece acrossCanada and were honouredto be presenting it here inRichmond.Miss Caledonia runs March 5

- 14 in Studio B.For more information and

tickets, visit gateway theatre.com.

As a clinical counsellor with more than twodecades of experience, Danielle Aldcorn isattuned to examining issues and situations ingreat detail.Its an attribute that has helped fuel her

other career as an author of new adultfiction with the release of her latest workOne Per Center.Writing under the pen name D.R. Graham,

One Per Center revolves around the life of an18-year-old woman, Tienne Desrochers, whogrew up amid the biker gang culture, that oneper cent of the community which operatesoutside societys laws. After the death of herfather, who was a high-ranking club member,the young woman finds herself living with heraunt in a world far away fromHarleys, leatherriding vests and brushes with the law.Its a subject that fascinated and compelled

Aldcorn to explore after seeing a TV newsreport one night a few years ago.The news story focused on the funeral of

an actual one per center. Police had set upan observation post near the funeral hometo monitor the comings and goings of thoseattending.There were little kids who were there

holding the hands of their burly, biker dudedads, said Aldcorn, who also pens a FamilyFunction column for the Richmond News. Itmade me interested in what it would feel liketo grow up as an innocent little kid in a worldwhere those bikers their family members are people who the rest of society fear.To get a handle on that world, Aldcorn

began reading almost every non-fiction bookthat exists on biker club culture.

The result is a collection of novels publishedby Entangled Publishing that she completedabout three and a half years ago. They formtheNoir et Bleu Motorcycle Club Series whichwas launchedMonday (Feb. 23) with anonline publication of One Per Center. Thesecond book in the series The Handler isslated for release April 27.My personal branding, as an author,

targets males and females, especially reluctantmale readers.Capturing that latter segment is an

important challenge for Aldcorn.Its likewhen young boys pick up The Outsiders forthe first time. Its probably one of the firstbooks they read to the end, she said. Thatswhat I aspire towards. I like girls and womento read my books because of the romance,the love story. But I want boys to read it, too,because they will think its bad-assed.


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The theatre at McMath secondary will be occupied by mystical animals, evil witchesand innocent children as the high schools stage is magically transformed into authorC.S. Lewis enchanted world of Narnia with a production of The Lion theWitch andtheWardrobe, running March 2-6. Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for students andcan be purchased online at mcmathplay.com. Photo submitted

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Author Danielle Aldcorn draws new adultreaders into the world of biker clubs withher book One Per Center.Photo submitted

Melody A. Johnson captures life in 1950srural Ontario inMiss Caledonia.Photo submitted

ReadingAloudin RichmondMarch 4 (Wednesday)

is ReadAloud Day inRichmond.To help promote literacy

there will be readings bychildrens writer SheriRedford and friends at theBrighouse (main) Branchof the public library from10:30 to 11:30 a.m.March 5 (Thursday)

award-winning author,humanitarian and peaceactivist, Deborah Ellis,who will speak on thetopic Reading to Survive:Children, War and Books.

There will be a registeredmorning program atIronwood Branch, 9:30-10:30 a.m. and an eveningdrop-in program at theBrighouse Branch.

ARTS&LIFE

Prepared by theRichmond Arts Coalition

March 1Chinese Art TutorialRichmond Public LibraryBrighouse Kwok-ChuLee living room. This is aa drop-in event. Studentsand self learners of Chinesecalligraphy and paintingcan get free advice fromartists.

March 2Cathy Kluthe Art ExhibitGateway Theatre 2nd floorlobby. View a series ofacrylic paintings on canvasthat are inspired by Cathysfamilys black & white

vintage photo album;translated into a colouredgraphic, realistic style. Formore information vistcathykluthe.com

March 4Minoru Chapel OperaMinoru Chapel (6540Gilbert Rd.). OperaMariposa presents FromWolfgang to Wagner:Great Moments in Operawith a costumed concertof sumptuous operatichighlights. Tickets $20/$18students / seniors, 604-276-4300 or at door, spacepermitting. For more info,call 604-276-4000.

March 5Drop in Drawing forAdults: Pick up a Pencil

Richmond Art Gallery,from 6 9 p.m. Draw fromoriginal works of art! Thisprogram is a social timefor adults to draw in thegallery, using the exhibitionartworks as their subjectmatter. All artistic skilllevels welcome. Drop-in donations gratefullyaccepted. For more info, call604-247-8313.

Until March 9Outreach Exhibitionat City Hall: KathleenGallagherCurrently on display at cityhall Galleria from 9 a.m. to5 p.m. are paintings by localartist Kathleen Gallagher.For more info, call 604-276-4000.

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