royal city record august 28 2010

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Get while the getting is good,but do so with a sense of cautiousoptimism.

Thats what those in the fieldsof academics, science and poli-tics are saying about the unprec-edented Fraser River sockeyesalmon returns, numbers that areprojected to shatter records dat-ing back to 1913.

About 25 million sockeye areexpected to return to the watersin and around the Fraser thisseason, a drastic change from theroughly 1.7 million that returnedlast year when the fishery wasdeemed to be near total collapse.

I think the most prudentthing to do is to call this ananomaly, because clearly, wevenever seen anything like it inanybodys lifetime, said SimonFraser University fish biologistJohn Reynolds.

What people should not takefrom this is any kind of sensethat were out of the woods withthe Fraser sockeye. Every year isindependent of the year before,and so its not over. But what thisis showing is that you can stillhave incredibly good news.

The City of New Westminsters down-town plan has earned a merit award in aninternational competition.

The International Downtown Associationhas recognized the City of New Westminsterwith a 2010 Downtown Merit Award for theNew Westminster downtown communityplan.

The plan is a comprehensive strategy thatoutlines sustainable, high-density growth inthe citys downtown core while respecting

heritage assets. It provides for new ameni-ties such as parks, cultural and recreationalservices and improved access to the FraserRiver, and it also promotes transit-orientedemployment.

The downtown community plan is avisionary document that reflects the par-ticipation of over 1,000 individuals includinglocal businesses, community organizations,residents and other key stakeholders, saidLisa Spitale, the citys director of develop-ment services. We are very proud of thisplan and are excited by the transformationthat is taking place in the downtown.

According to a city press release, 73 pro-jects and initiatives were submitted in thiscategory from organizations that are work-ing to improve their city centres.

Congratulations to all involved directly

and all departments who were workingalongside this winning project, said MayorWayne Wright. Once more, we are proudof our hard-working staff, and this awardbrings recognition they richly deserve.

The International DowntownAssociation,based in Washington, D.C., supports vitaland livable urban centres and strives toinform, influence and inspire downtownleaders and advocates.

Spitale said she hasnt seen the specificreasons why New Westminster was selectedfor the award but suspects that will be statedwhen the award is given out at a confer-ence in October. Shes unable to attend theconference in Forth Worth, Texas but hopesto be able to send someone from her staff to

FISHERIES

Something to smile about: Lisa Spitale, the citys director of development services, in the atrium at Douglas College. The citys down-town community plan has won a prestigious international award.

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SalmonreturnsbreakrecordsBut are this yearshigh Fraser Rivernumbers an anomalyor a sign of change?BY JOHN KURUCZ SPECIAL TO THE [email protected]

A vision for the futureJason Lang/THE RECORD

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Citys downtown communityplan earns award frominternational associationBY THERESA MCMANUS [email protected]

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Kraft Community CelebrationTo celebrate the Youth Centre @ Moody Park victory as one of ten winners in the Kraft Community Celebrations Challenge,Kraft and TSN will be hosting a community celebration in New Westminster.

The community celebration will take place in Tipperary Park (next to City Hall) on Sunday, August 29thfrom 1:00 - 4:00pm with TSN broadcasting SportsCentre live from New Westminster. The family-friendlycelebration will include sports activities and personalities including members from the BC Lions, NewWest Salmonbellies, Cliff Ronning, Fin from the Canucks, a kids zone, entertainment on the Rivers ReachEntertainment Stage, and the Kraft Bulls-Eye BBQ.Be sure to wear your local sports jersey and bring a Kraft or TSN sign to hold during the live broadcast!

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Some items foundat theMercer Stadiumsite are believed to be from household gar-bage deposited at the site long ago.

A $1.7-million complete renovation ofthe new Mercer Stadium track is currentlyunderway. In addition to replacing thetrack, the project also includes construc-tion of a new, proper jump area for fieldevents at the north end of the site near 10thAvenue.

Dean Gibson, the citys director ofparks, culture and recreation, said theresbeen a lot of interest in the former uses atthe overall site, which includes the highschool. He said studies have been doneand mapped out where previous cemeter-ies were located.

None came close to the city propertyand the area where the track is located,he said.

As part of the due diligence for theMercer Stadium track project, the cityhired an archeologist to monitor the site ona regular basis.

They are monitoring the work toensure if anything unexpected is discov-ered that appropriate measures are taken,Gibson said.

Gibson said a local resident informedcity officials last week that they had beento the site and found some bones, chippededges of a plate and a straight razor.

We have asked the person who hasdiscovered these things to share them withus, and they havent, he said.

According to Gibson, the residentshowed the items to the citys museumstaff but wouldnt surrender them to thecity for further investigation. Museumstaff photographed items, which wereshown to the archeologist.

Our archeologist has said it is highlyunlikely they are anything but garbage,Gibson said of the small bones thought tobe from an animal. Our archeologist isntsuggesting anything unusual is happen-ing. Nothing else has been discovered overthe course of the excavation work.

Colin Stevens, manager of NewWestminster Museum and Archives, said

two boys showed him items that werefound at the site a rusty portion of an oldstraight razor, fragments of dishes and afew bone fragments.

They were all little, he said aboutthe bones. None appeared to me to behuman, but I am not an expert.

Verdict: Garbage, not a gravesite

Moving in:Paolo Zenone,

left, andIvan Drageljmove equip-ment into the

new youthcentre. The

new centre inMoody Parkis getting setto open Sept.15. Locatedat the rearof Century

House,the centreincludesa lounge,

tness area,computer

room, kitchenand laundry

facilities.

Jason Lang/THE RECORD

Bone fragments and otheritems found at the MercerStadium site were likelylong-ago household garbageBY THERESA MCMANUS [email protected]

Mercer Page 9

Digging up dirt: Work is underway on a $1.7-million renovation of the Mercer Sta-dium track.

Larry Wright/THE RECORD

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Howie Isman, long-time owner of Royal CityJewellers, passed away onAug. 12.

Isman, well-knownin the community for hisannual Tie Day fundraiserfor the Greater VancouverFood Bank, led an interest-ing and varied life.

Born in 1917 inKamsack,Sask., Isman moved to theLower Mainland in 1937.

During the SecondWorld War, Isman servedin the Royal Canadian AirForce as a member of theAir Force Band. Returningto Vancouver after the war,he formed Howie Ismanand His Orchestra, lead-ing with his saxophone andclarinet at famed venuessuch as Danceland and theCommodore Ballroom.

After more than 40years, his music career cul-minated in his life mem-bership in the MusiciansUnion of America.

In 1943, Isman mar-ried the love of his life,Marjorie, with whom heenjoyed almost 66 years ofmarriage before Marjoriesdeath in November 2009.

In 1955, the couplefounded Royal CityJewellers and Loans Ltd.,

a fixture on ColumbiaStreet. The business andits reputation grew, guidedby Howards principle oftreating everyone with fair-ness and compassion nomatter what their stationin life.

Retirement was not inhis vocabulary, and he con-tinued to work in the busi-ness until the final week ofhis life.

Ismans charity workalso kept him busy. Theannual tie auction, whichran for 13 years, saw theRoyal City man collectsigned and autographedties from all kinds of celeb-rities. Isman would thenframe them, often with anaccompanying item, suchas a CD for musical artists,before putting them out forauction.

Last year, Isman camethrough big again for theGreater Vancouver FoodBank Society, raising$10,845.50 for the charity.

Isman wasnt afraid totry new things with thetie auction, as last year hesold some ties exclusivelyon EBay.

Because Isman pickedup all the expenses forthe auction, he noted: Allof that money (raised) isgoing to the food bank,and, with each dollar, they

can buy up to $3 in food forpeople in need.

Isman leaves behindsons Michael (Pam) andMurray (Susie) and grand-children Carly and Adam.

In lieu of flowers, dona-tions may be made to theGreater Vancouver FoodBank at 604-876-3601.

Royal City smile:Howie Isman holds a tie signed byMinnesota Twins player and Royal City native JustinMorneauas part of his 2006 Tie Day fundraiser for the Greater Vancouver Food Bank.

Royal City says farewell to HowieBY ALFIE LAU [email protected]

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VEHICLES FOR AUCTIONBy virtue of the Warehousemans Lien Act, the City of New Westminster Towing and StorageService will dispose of the following vehicles by public auction to recover the towing, storage,legal and other costs associated with the disposal of each vehicle;

Vehicles to be sold at Public Auction Saturday, September 25th, 2010 at 10:30 am at the Cityof New Westminster Towing & Storage Services compound located at 231 Ewen Avenue, NewWestminster, BC V3M 5B3 by All City Auctioneers www.allcityauctioneers.com, 604-514-0194

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A shack on theQueensborough water-front that had been slatedfor demolition has beendestroyed by fire.

The fire departmentattended a fire at SouthDyke Road and WoodStreet about 4 a.m. on Aug.19. The small building waslocated on the water side ofthe street.

It was boarded up, itwas an old shack, said fireinspector Brent Joel. Somepeople had been storingstuff in there. Services hadbeen cut. There was nowater, there was no electri-cal.

According to Joel, thebuilding had been slatedfor demolition this week,but there was a delay ingetting that work done. Inthe meantime, the building

was destroyed by fire.The shack had been used

by squatters.There is nobody miss-

ing, Joel said. Everybodyseems to be accounted for.

Neighbours have report-ed chasing people awayfrom the shack for sometime, including earlier onthe evening of the fire. Theshacks contents includefridges, stoves, bikes androasting pans.

Joel said a city buildinginspector wouldnt allowfire inspectors to enter theshack thats in really roughshape because of safetyconcerns. Because there areno electrical services thatcould have contributed toa fire, Joel is surmising thata candle may have startedthe fire.

Theres too much dam-age to determine that, hesaid about the cause. Wewould basically be looking

for a needle in a haystack.

Apartment firecause unknown

An investigation is con-tinuing into the cause of anapartment fire in Sappertonin July.

Shortly before 1 a.m. onJuly 24, New WestminsterFire and Rescue Servicereceived a call aboutan apartment fire at 352Hospital St. No one wasinjured in the fire, whichstarted in a suite on thethird floor.

The place was just boil-ing, said fire inspectorBrent Joel. The whole suitewas engulfed in flame.

The tenant, who wasnthome at the time of the fire,had only moved into thebuilding a couple weeksearlier.

We confiscated someelectronic stuff, Joel said.

It has been sent out fortesting.

The fire department hasalso requested records fortesting of the buildingsemergency systems, as partof its due diligence in theinvestigation.

The cause of the fire isunknown, but it isnt con-sidered suspicious. Thesuite where the fire origi-nated sustained consider-

able fire damage, whileneighbouring suites suf-fered smoke and waterdamage.

Joel said the investiga-tion is trying to determinethe cause. Its also review-ing how the fire becamea raging inferno in theshort time between thefew minutes that the firedepartment was called andarrived at the scene.

This thing got so hotthe heat detector is com-pletely gone, he noted.The flames on this thingwere huge they were boil-ing out of the roof.

Members of the NewWestminster PoliceServices victim servicesunit helped find temporaryaccommodations for ten-ants who were displacedby the fire.

Changes are coming to com-munity shuttle service betweenQuayside and the uptown andFraserview areas.

The new proposed schedulehas the Quayside CommunityBoard president nervous.

Theres a large elderly pop-ulation in the Quayside area,Matthew Laird said, adding thataccess to uptown would be morechallenging for them with thenew schedule.

There would no longer be a

direct route to resources such asCentury House at Moody Park,he explained.

The C3 and C4 shuttles no lon-ger connect to Quayside, with thefinal stop now New Westminsterstation.

A new route, the C8, will goto and from Quayside to NewWestminster station.

Passengers who want totravel to and from Quayside toFraserview and uptownwill haveto transfer at New Westminsterstation.

The changes go into effect onSept. 6. TransLink is holding twocommunity open houses on Aug.31 to inform the public about thechanges.

According to Lairds calcula-tions, the new schedule means

there will now be six shuttles anhour between Quayside and thestation during peak hours, andfour during off-peak hours.

This is a reduction from thecurrent eight shuttles per hourthroughout the day, he pointedout.

Residents in the area will loselate night and early morning ser-vice, he added.

In a growing city, why do wenot have growing service hours?he said in a phone interview.

The system is constrained bybudget cutbacks and a lack offunding, something which Lairdfinds frustrating.

Were the only Western coun-try without a national publictransit strategy, Laird said.

Ken Hardie, director of com-

munications for TransLink, wasnot able to gather specific infor-mation on the reasons behindthe changes before press time,as many of the people involvedwere on holiday or out of theoffice.

However, Laird received aresponse to some of his ques-tions from TransLinks planningdepartment on The Buzzer blogon Aug. 24.

According to the planningdepartments message, service onQuayside Drive is currently every15 minutes from both the C3 andC4 shuttles. The new serviceshours would mean shuttles every10 minutes on the one route.

The changes were made toensure Quaysides shuttle ser-vice is not affected by Pattullo

Bridge congestion, the messageexplained.

Some of the C8 Quaysideshuttles will continue from NewWestminster Station to Uptownas a C4, according to the planningdepartment.

Service is being increased inthe Victoria Hill area, accordingto the planning department.

Bus bays at New Westminsterstation are being reorganizedfor Sept. 6 to accommodate thechanges.

The open houses will bothtake place next Tuesday. The firstis from 2 to 4 p.m. at city hall,511 Royal Ave. The second isfrom 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the FraserRiver Discovery Centre, at 788Quayside Dr.

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Safer roads are just around the cor-ner.

At least thats the goal behind newdrinking-and-driving legislation thatwill come into force in lessthan a month.

As of Sept. 20, police inB.C. will be armed with thetoughest legal tools in Canadato get impaired drivers off the roads,faster and for longer periods of time.

According to Solicitor General Mikede Jong, impaired driving has been on

the rise in B.C. an alarming revelationthat spurred the provincial governmentto make it easier to remove the perpe-trators from their vehicles.

When the new law comesinto effect, drinking driverswho fail the Criminal Codestandard breath test will beimmediately banned from

driving for 90 days, will have theirvehicle impounded for 30 days and willbe fined $500 aside from possiblecriminal charges that carry additional

fines and potential jail terms.The new provincial legislation adds

a warning range to the standardbreathalyzer test.

A reading between 0.05 and the crim-inally liable 0.08 will earn the errantdriver a three-day driving ban and a$200 fine.

Getting caught at that level morethan once within five years ups the anteto a seven-day ban and a $300 fine thesecond time, and a 30-day ban with a$400 fine for a third time.

Research has shown that, althoughbelow the Criminal Codes radar, driv-ers with breath alcohol levels between0.05 and 0.08 per cent are seven timesmore likely to be involved in a fatalcrash than sober drivers are.

Numbers of impaired driving char-ges rose 18 per cent from 2008 to 2009.

That is unacceptable.That is, in fact, fatally unacceptable.There will be no tears from us for

anyone who feels hard done by whenthey get nailed under the new law.

Many layers tothe Tamil tale

If the 492 Tamil asylum-seekerswho recently arrived by boaton B.C.s shores are queue-jumpers, then I guess my par-ents were too.

They came as VietnamWardraft dodgers from the UnitedStates in 1967. Like a couple ofthe Tamil women just arrived, mymom was pregnant with me. Myparents did not seek advance per-mission from the Canadian gov-ernment to immigrate. They didnot fill out any paperwork beforearriving. They couldno more seek permis-sion to leave from theirhome government thanthese Tamils could, forwhat they were doing was, as faras the U.S. was concerned, illegaland would result in my fathersarrest.

Of course thats the thingabout being an asylum-seeker you dont get into a queue.When youve got to go, youvegot to go. Hell, my folks didnteven know Montreal (where theylanded) was a predominantlyFrench-speaking city.

So they just showed up. Thedifference, however, was thatin those days, they got landedimmigrant status in 20 minutesat the airport. Over the course ofthe VietnamWar, about 100,000American war resisters came toCanada (many with less formaleducation than my folks and thusunlikely to score particularly wellunder todays immigration point-system).

But those arent the only num-

eric comparisons I find curious.Among the common reactions

to the arrival of the MV Sun Seais the proposition that Canadasalleged lax immigration lawsmake us a global sucker a targetfor many of the worlds migrants.This is an absurd notion.

World conflicts, environmentaldisasters and a global economicsystem that keeps billionsimpoverished has resulted in mil-lions upon millions of refugeesand displaced people. In Pakistan

alone, the currentflooding has producedupwards of 14 millioninternally displacedpeople. Globally,

according to the United Nations,there are more than 43 millionforcibly displaced people, ofwhich about 15 million are refu-gees.

The vast majority of theseglobally displaced people arenot being absorbed by wealthycountries, but rather internally orby neighbouring poor countries the places least able to affordthe costs and with the bleakesteconomic prospects. The numberof refugees accepted by Canadahas declined in recent years, andlast year we accepted fewer than20,000 a drop in the globalbucket, just over 0.1 per cent ofglobal refugees. Surely, when afew hundred people arrive onour shores, we can afford to treatthese people with respect andgrant them due process.

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IN MY OPINIONSETH KLEIN

Pier park not for peopleDear Editor:

Westminster Pier Park, an ugly linkage of wordsto describe a renovated, warmed over, probablycontaminated dock next to a too-noisy air-polluted,diesel truck route and diesel train railway all at anincredible, totally unjustifiable in any respect, cost tothe hard-working taxpayers of New Westminster.

Surely, the very essence of a real family friend-ly park is trees, lots of tall, magnificent, life-reju-venating, refreshing, cleansing, environmentallyfriendly trees.

Yet, city hall is replacing many old dock pil-ings that apparently have at least another 10 years,which probably means more than 80 per cent ofthem have more than another 20 years of useful life.Outrageously, incomprehensibly, as well, there willbe thousands of new pilings.

Many beautiful large trees cut down, strippedof their branches, chemically treated just to have awarmed over version of the existing old dock, withno real redeeming benefit to the people of NewWestminster.

Destroying thousands of large trees, for no goodreason, seems like bureaucratic insanity.

Apparently, most of the suggestions, requestsetc. by the downtown residents who participated inthe meetings for the so-called pier park have essen-tially been ignored.

Many participants feel their participation wasonly a formality, as in reality, city hall had alreadydecided what it was going to do with the docks. Soit seems the pier park is really only to satisfy thebig ego at city hall and indirectly subsidize a bigdeveloper.

The infamous fast ferry fiasco cost thePier Page 7Tamils Page 7

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average New Westminster taxpayerapproximately $200 each, however theWestminster Pier Park will probably costthe average New Westminster taxpayerat least the equivalent of $2,000, possiblyeven $3,000 each. The annual owning andoperating cost will be another $100 ormore a year.

Its unlikely that 90 per cent of theresidents of New Westminster will usethe pier park, even so, perhaps only onceor twice a year.

So the cost per visit per person couldbe the equivalent of more than $100.

A park of piers, pilings and pollutionbut not for people.

An incredible waste.So stop the dock now so stop the

waste now!Allan Solie, New Westminster

Police report outlines needfor inquiry and awarenessDear Editor:

I have just read the Vancouver PoliceDepartment report on the missing women,and it provides clear reasons for a public

inquiry into how this investigation, andothers, have been failed by inadequate andinefficient policing practices and policies.

The horrible tragedy and horrifyingdetails revealed during and after thePickton trial have many now saying thatwe should put all of this behind us.

Picktons trial took place in NewWestminster, and the VPD report indicatesthat Pickton may have been actively prey-ing on women in New Westminster.

But for heavens sake, please let us notforget that this story has not ended withPicktons conviction.

To believe that and to act accordingwill only perpetuate the conditions thatallowed Pickton to remain at large for solong in the first place.

There are still many missing womenin British Columbia, and their disappear-ances have not been solved.

For the sake of the women who werekilled by Pickton, for the sake of thosemissing women in B.C. whose disappear-ances has not been explained, and for thesake of marginalized women nowworkingin sex trade, the province needs to takeaction on these issues.

Too much time has already been wast-ed, its time to move now.

David Black, New Westminster

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Tamils: Humane response requiredHeres another curious

comparison: The real andsignificant Canadian immi-gration story of recent years(at least measured numeric-ally) isnt about refugees orpeople arriving by boats.Its about the explosion intemporary foreign workers.The number of temporaryforeign workers cominginto Canada each year nowexceeds 200,000 and nowsurpasses the number ofimmigrants.

But the Harper govern-ment hasnt been soundingthe alarm about this. On thecontrary, the federal gov-ernment has been promot-ing and facilitating the mas-sive growth in this categoryof migrants. Why? Becauseunlike regular immigrantsand refugees, these work-ers are being specificallyrequested by employers,their indentured statusmakes them unable to exer-cise key employment rightsand leaves them highlyvulnerable to exploitationand unsafe conditions, andthey are unable to make thesame claims to the socialand economic rights that

Canadians take for granted.Immigration is central

to the story of Canada waves of people who came,mostly to meet a domesticneed for labour, and some-times fleeing harm andconflict. But historically,once people arrived, eitheras immigrants or refugees,they were met with a socialcontract: They could availthemselves of the social andeconomic rights Canadiansenjoyed and in a few yearscould be granted the fullrights of citizenship.

With the explosion oftemporary workers andtightening of regular immi-gration admissions, thegovernment is effectivelysaying, that deal is off were happy to have tem-porary indentured labour,but dont think you can bea Canadian.

When my parentsarrived in the 60s, a smallminority in Canada werekeen to label the Vietnamwar resisters with all man-ner of unwelcome labels much as the Canadiangovernment is currentlydoing with respect to theTamil asylum-seekers

today, quickly labellingthem as terrorists, crimin-als and queue-jumpers.But for the most part, theVietnam war resisters werewelcomed and went on tomake a valuable contribu-tion to Canadian society.Much the same can be saidof the Vietnamese boatpeople who arrived in thelate 1970s. Why cant thesebetter receptions be thenorm, rather than the xeno-phobia that characterizesmore recent arrivals?

And heres whattroubles me most. In aworld still coming to termswith the reality of climatechange, the truth is that thenumber of global climatemigrants and displacedpeople will soon dwarf theUN numbers sited above.Will this recent uglinessmark each new arrival,or can we have a rationalconversation about whatour moral obligations andhumanitarian responseshould be to the global real-ities ahead?

Seth Klein is director ofthe Canadian Centre for PolicyAlternatives B.C. office, www.policyalternatives.ca.

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When officers attended the area, theycordoned off the surrounding streets andsoon confirmed that a house and a car,a light-coloured Ford Taurus, had beenstruck by bullets.

No one is injured. We are so gladthat nobody got hurt because this is aresidential neighbourhood, said Sgt. GaryWeishaar. He added that its too early tosay if this was a targeted shooting or a caseof negligence. Police investigators are cur-rently gathering evidence and interview-ing residents.

Our detectives are conducting follow-up interviews back in the office, saidWeishaar, adding the forensic team spentmost of Thursday at the house.

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According to Stevens,the nearest known ceme-tery at the site was located acouple hundred yards awayfrom where the items werefound. He said the findingsdidnt sound off any alarmbells because people wereknown to dump householdgarbage in rural areas.

It was not near anyknown or suspected burialsite, he said. My guess isthis is garbage.

City administrator PaulDaminato said that no fur-ther items have been foundat the site. Based on whatwe know, we havent found

anything of concern at thisstage of the game.

Gibson said the goal isto complete the track by theend of September.

It was overdue forbeing replaced, he said.We have been aware of thedeterioration of the trackfor a number of years. Ourtrack and field clubs havebeen very patient.

The plan had been toremove the rubber surface,grind the asphalt in the subbase below and use it as anew layer of asphalt, andplace a new rubberized sur-face on top. It was deter-mined that the asphalt is

far more brittle than whathad been envisioned, so itsbeing completely removedand replaced with newasphalt.

According to Gibson,the city has a narrow time-frame to complete the proj-ect because the rubberizedsurface has to be installedwhen the weather is dryand mild. He said work isbeing done on the site six toseven days a week in orderto take advantage of theweather conditions.

The $1.7-million projectincludes a one-third contri-bution ($566,000) from thefederal government.


Shots red: This Dublin street home was the site of a shooting early Thursday mor-ning. No one was hurt, but the home and a car were hit by bullets.

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The Fraser River sockeye fishery was lastopen to commercial fleets in 2006, whenabout 3.7 million fish were approved to becaught by commercial fleets.

Barry Rosenberger, area director forFisheries and Oceans Canada, explainedthat a number of factors have likely contrib-uted to the surge, namely cooler ocean tem-peratures in 2008, when this years retuningsalmon were in their first year in the ocean.That cooler water bolsters the amount offood for young salmon, while keeping theirpredators at bay. It also minimizes theamount of time and distance the salmonneed to swim to find feeding grounds.

That said, Rosenberger argued that thereare still more questions than answers interms of whether this years return is a signof the sockeye fishery fully rebounding.

I dont know that anybody has specificanswers, he said in an interview Thursday.Were obviously happy that were gettingthem this year, but theres still ongoing sci-entific work and hopefully we can answersome of those questions.

New Westminster-Coquitlam MPFin Donnelly said in a phone interview

Wednesday while paddling down theFraser River that while hes encouragedby this years numbers, the federal govern-ment needs to invest more resources in thePacific fishery as a whole in order to sustainhealthy returns year over year.

Of course, we dont want this to bethe last good run. That means we need totake this fishery more seriously, we need toget on top of it, Donnelly said. We needbetter management, better research, andwe need to make better decisions so thatweve got good monitoring in place, so weknow the numbers and we can make gooddecisions.

According to Reynolds, however, gaug-ing whether these returns are a sign ofthings to come may prove to be impossible.

There is so much we dont understandabout what governs the returns of these fishthat I dont see any obvious way to veryquickly assess where things are going tohead, he said.

Unfortunately, we have to ride out eachyear as it comes, but make sure we are pre-cautionary in the way we treat these fish,and that we safeguard their habitats.

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A fourth-floor balcony fire on Aug. 24may have been started by a lit cigarette.

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Happy August, everyone! Ireturn to the arts beat atlast, after a summer stint atthe editors desk followed by somevacation of my own.

The arts and entertainmentscene spent the summer in thecapable hands of my wonderfulcolleague Janaya Fuller-Evans(thanks, Janaya!).

Now Im back and eager to hearfrom you.

Im looking forward to startingup a series of Art Chats this fall Q&A sessions with local artistsof all types. If you know of anyonewhod be interested, or if youre anartist whod be interested yourself,please contact me. You can e-mailme at [email protected].

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Check out the galleryFor those who are thinking

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You wont want to miss thecurrent exhibition, Moments inTime, featuring work by CherylNordvik. Its underway at thegallery just until today (Saturday,Aug. 28), and it features a combi-nation of Impressionism, New Ageand Post-Modern work.

Coming up next is Portraitsand Portents, featuring work byTheresa Kitos and Lora-LynnOxenbury, running from Aug. 31to Oct. 2. That exhibition will offerdifferent interpretations of thesame subject, with works in oil,pastel and charcoal. The gallery isopen 1 to 5 p.m., Monday throughFriday, at Centennial Lodge inQueens Park.

Queensborough is rocking with theannouncement that the Starlight Casinowill be hosting five weekend concerts fea-turing legends of rock and rock.

We have designed a 1,000-seat outdoorarena to showcase these legends of rock,said executive general manager Tim Barnettin a press release. We have included foodand beverage and merchandise tents, aswell as a beer garden, to recreate the overallrock experience.

The fun began last night with the FamilyStone, featuring the bands original found-

ing members, Jerry Martini and CynthiaRobinson.

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On Sept. 11, Foghat willshowcase all of their hits, likeSlow Ride and Drivin Wheel.

On Sept. 18, the featured actwill be Blood Sweat & Tears,a musical institution that hasleft an indelible mark on theAmerican music scene.

Since 1968, the band haswon worldwide acclaim,becoming the first in manycategories: first band to tour behind the IronCurtain, first band to have three hit singlesfrom the same record and first band to com-bine rock with jazz.

The Starlight series concludes on Sept. 24with the Guess Who and their classics, such

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We are excited to addanother entertainment optionat Starlight Casino. We believethese concerts will become anannual feature on the NewWestminster calendar, saidLui Garcea, executive manag-er of marketing. These con-certs are the first of their kindin New Westminster.

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Casino locale: Lui Garcea, executive manager of marketing for the Starlight Casino in Queensborough, sits in the 1,000-seat outdoorarena that will host ve classic rock acts. Jerry Martini and Cynthia Robinson from The Family Stone opened last night (Aug. 27)and Chuck Negron, a founding member of Three Dog Night, plays next on Sept. 4.

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The much-anticipatedKraft Celebration Tour rollsinto town Sunday, when acommunity barbecue andlive broadcast of TSNsSportsCentre will take placein Tipperary Park. NewWestminster will alsoreceive a $25,000 chequefrom Kraft Canada for itsnew youth centre, whichwas part of the prize thecity received for beatingNelson in the online votingcompetition.

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Joy Barkwill, a long-time employee at CenturyHouse, is retiring as thecitys manager of seniorsand youth services. Shesstaying on to help transi-tion her successor into therole.

Joy will still be withus for about six weeks, asshe eases out of the role,said Dean Gibson, thecitys manager of parks,culture and recreation.We are conscious of therelationships our staff havewith the public at CenturyHouse. We wanted toensure we had an orderlytransition so the continu-ity in services were main-tained.

Leslie Cole, who hasbeen the manager ofQueens Park Arenex, willstep into Joys role as ofSept. 1. The job includesmanaging Century House,where Leslie worked asa recreation program-mer before moving on tomanage the Queens ParkArenex.

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IN THE LIBRARY

I recently watched French actressMarion Cotillard light up the screenas songstress Edith Piaf in La Vie enRose.

The quality of the film and of herperformance made me think aboutsome of the other great movies aboutmusicians.

Jamie Foxx gives an award-win-ning performance as R&B singer RayCharles in Ray. The film portrayshis musical innovation alongsidehis struggles with drugs and otherdemons. Foxx lip-synchs the lyricsthroughout the movie, so the sound-track is a wonderful mix of Charless

original hits.The life of country singer Loretta

Lynn is portrayed in Coal MinersDaughter, from her humble upbring-ing in rural Kentucky to her careerhigh as one of country musics earliestsuperstars. The quality of the per-formances and Sissy Spaceks ownvocals make this a perfect movie.

In what must be one of the mostunusual movies of any kind, Im NotThere features six actors, both maleand female, capturing different ele-ments of Bob Dylans life and work.Rather than offering a linear portrayalof the musician, it captures glimpsesof Dylans work, loves and influence,without ever actually mentioning hisname.

Walk the Line features JoaquinPhoenix in an amazing performanceas Johnny Cash.

Arguably one of the best andfunniest music movies ever made,the mockumentary This is SpinalTap captures the highs and lows ofan aging heavy metal band as theytry to stage a come-back tour acrossAmerica. Starring Christopher Guestand Michael McKean, this movie willleave you laughing out loud at thebad luck of these second-rate musi-cians and their over-the-top lyrics andstage performances.

All of these movies can be foundat the library, in addition to biograph-ies of the musicians and CDs of theirmusic.

Music and movies at the libraryBY JULIE SPURRELL [email protected]


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On a recent cemeterytour, we stopped bysites where peoplewere buried in unmarkedgraves.

For one of these weknow why there is nomarker the deceased didnot want one but for theother, we dont know ifthe grave at one time hada gravestone, or whetherit was never marked. Forsome people, an unmarkedgrave is difficult tounderstand: Why isnt itmarked? Who didnt wantit marked? Didnt anybodycare? Is the governmentto blame? There are manyanswers and here are someof them.

A point to make clear isthat a marker on a grave isnot always mandatory. Insome cases, a grave markeris included in the overallfuneral arrangements. Inothers, family members

tend to this on their own ata later date and sometimesit just never happens. Weknow of some private cem-eteries where marking thegrave is part of the inter-ment procedure, but as ageneral rule, public sites donot require a grave marker.

One reason for nomarker is that the personburied at that spot did notwant one. An example ofsuch a request is the graveof Arthur Wellsley Gray inFraser Cemetery. Anotherreason is that a grave mark-er was intended, but actualarrangements werentmade. Weve heard stor-ies of one being plannedwhen we can afford it,and in time it was forgot-ten. In one example, a fam-ily regularly visited andseasonally commemorateda grave, but did not placea marker until almost 90years had passed.

Sometimes a gravewas once marked, butover the years the stonewas damaged, brokenor vandalized, possiblybecoming dangerous.Then, depending on thecemetery policy, the partsmay be removed or laidon the ground, where in

time they are covered withdirt or grass. We know ofinstances where the fam-ily connected to the gravecame forward to assist withrestoring the stone, but thisis not common. In Victoria,for instance, the OldCemeteries Society willinvestigate the restorationof an old marker and mightraise the needed funds andcarry it out.

In some cases, a com-munity demands a gravemarker and the citizenscollect for this purpose.An excellent example inFraser is the grave of Dr.AWS Black, whose markerwas paid for by a grievingcommunity after his deathin the line of duty, in theearly 1870s. If those fundshad not been gatheredthere might not have beena marker at all.

For the unknown orindigent who are buriedat public expense, few aremarked in any way. Someother stones are removedby families to be re-cut,then never replaced. Thereare many other grave-marking stories and muchmore to explore in thisintriguing part of a cem-eterys story.

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Young, who organizedthe Olympic Torch relaysvisit to New Westminster,demonstrated that he wasable to take on a moresenior position within thecity

We feel great aboutthat, Gibson said aboutpromoting from within.They are already orientedand familiar with cityoperations. It provides rec-ognition for the excellentwork our staff are alreadydoing.

Gibson said the cityreally only looks to outsidesources when no internalstaff are qualified.

The city opted to hiresomeone from the outsidewhen it hired CidaliaCorreia is the new assis-tant manager of CanadaGames Pool. Shell assistHilary Knowles in man-aging the citys pools andoverall aquatic needs.

Its filling a vacancythat existed before,Gibson said. The previ-ous position was not quiteas senior. We modified theposition.

Gibson said Correiacomes to the city froma senior position in theYMCA organization.Coming from outside the

City of New Westminsterand from outside munici-pal employment meansshell bring some newideas to the organization.

Early in her career sheworked at Canada GamesPool, he added. She hasbeen away for some time.

New rolesTwo planners at city

hall have recently beenpromoted to more seniorpositions.

Lil Ronalds was pro-moted from planner tosenior planner, whilelongtime senior planninganalyst Jim Hurstwas promotedto developmentplanner.

They deserveit, said LisaSpitale, the citysdirector of devel-opment services.They have beenworking veryhard.

Hurst, one ofthe longer-termemployees of the planningdivision, had already takenon some of a plannersduties. Hes been doingsome development plan-ning, as well as neighbour-hood plans and publicpolicy work.

He is mentoring thejunior staff. He is doing

that work as well. Thatis how you create suc-cession as well, Spitalesaid. He is exceptional atdevelopment review. He isable to look at a site planand automatically iden-tify the ongoing issues.Exceptional. He will seethings sometimes that aproject architect hasntseen. He is very, verygood with the youngerstaff in helping them tounderstand the complexi-ties of situations that issomething they talk aboutas well.

Ronalds roles haveincluded workon the citysfinancing growthinitiatives, whichis work relatedto amenities,density bonusingand developmentcost charges. Inaddition to doingthat incrediblydetailed work,Ronalds hasalso done publicpolicy planning

regarding the affordablehousing strategy.

She also has a breadthof knowledge of tech-nical housing issues.Invaluable, Spitale said.She is one of the keywriters of the downtownplan.

Around Town: New roles for city staff continued from page 14

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Hometown hockey hero Kyle Turris, a centre draftedthird overall by the Phoenix Coyotes in 2007, returnedhome this summer to face off against local fans and pro-vide people with an advance chance to play the new NHL2K11 game.

Turris, 20, was on hand at the Best Buy outlet atQueensborough Landing to give gamers a shot to mea-sure their skills against an actual pro through the newWiivideo game.

The appearance was part of a North American demotour for NHL 2K11, which is scheduled for release laterthis summer.

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