Richmond stuff.

Six-time Olympic medalist Cindy Klassen, seen here mid-stride in a sprint, was among the athletes training with Speed Skating Canada at the Minoru artificial turf field.

Cambie Secondary Grade ten student Nathan Sletten competes in the Junior Discus event at the Richmond Track and Field championships.

Phyllis Leung, 2, hams it up for the camera with her brother Paxton, 5, as her mom May Chun tries to take their picture outside of the Minoru Chapel Monday morning. They were at the chapel for a friend's wedding.

Eddie Adams Application

I recently uploaded the photos I applied for the Eddie Adams Barnstorm XX with to my Sportsshooter site. I think my portfolio has improved since my last application in school last year, but needs some more work, namely working on more personal projects like the Potter's Place Mission one I did over a year ago.

Which is what I am trying to do now. I am working on a project about the impact of an expanded shipping port in Delta on local farmers. The Deltaport is the largest terminal in the Port of Vancouver, which is Canada's largest and most diversified port, trading more than $43 billion in goods each year. Photos to come sometime in the near future.

Two-year-old Troy Reid wasn't quite ready for the blast of cold water as he ran through the Kinsmen Water Play Park Tuesday. The spray park, in Ladner's Memorial Park, opened a few days early thanks to the warm weather.

Here a whale

Danny Hospes (left), 9, and his brother Greig Hospes, 8, and ben Morton, 8, got a close-up look at a dead 30-foot grey whale that washed ashore in Boundary Bay overnight Thursday.

A few from Delta.

A few recent shots from Delta, this woman was lucky she was in a Volvo.

An elderly woman driving a Volvo rear-ended a pick-up with such force the car ended up underneath the truck. The chain reaction crash, which involved two other vehicles, took place on Tsawwassen's 56th Street Saturday afternoon.

Beverley Mantovani's dance students will perform alongside their teacher in Ole Flamenco.

Alex Deutsch of Sacred Heart leaps his way into the sandpit in the Long Jump event Tuesday afternoon during the Ladner Regional Track Meet at Delta Secondary.

Doctor

An example of when good window light helps a shot out bigtime...


Dr. Jean Segal, Delta Hospital's director of medicine, says the decision to designate the facility sub-acute was wrong when it was made and continues to be wrong today.

Bridging the Generation Gap

-SDSS students connect with Kinsmen seniors-

Some English 12 students at South Delta secondary have been studying Shakespeare's King lear and other pieces of literature which examine, in part, attitudes toward the elderly.

Several students have strong ties to their grandparents, but many acknowledge that distance or the effects of again and chronic health problems have taken their toll in developing strong familial bonds. Students also acknowledge that society generally, and adolescents specifically, have little emotional connection to the elderly.

As a result, students recently visited seniors at the Kinsmen Care Home in Tsawwassen. The project's goal was two-fold: to connect the students to seniors in the community, thereby breaking down mutually perceived barriers, and to profile some of our community's senior citizens who have had exciting and vital lives.

A selection of the photos...

Dick Redfern

Richard Taylor Redfern, 85, has just written The Bexley Affair: A Haryy Potts Novel, a traditional whodunnit. He started writing the novel over 25 years ago. "I read a novel and figured, I can do better than this! So, in my spare time I started writing the book."

Local Seniors

I photographed some local high school students and seniors lately for a section we did where the students interviewed a senior and then wrote a brief memoir about them. These were some of the photos I took after the original ones with the students, and everyone seemed to have a lot of fun with it.

Richmond

Takumi Ishikawa, 18, gets some air while BMX'ing at the Richmond Skate Park Thursday afternoon.

Richmond RCMP Cpl. Stephanie Ashton of the Richmond RCMP Family Violence Unit adds a cell phone to the collection bin at the Richmond Caring Place Wednesday afternoon. Cellphones and chargers are redistributed to women at risk for calling 911.

Brad Vader of Pacific Log Recovery, the company contracted by DFO to repair the log boom that blocks debris from entering Steveston harbour, hammers away on the Fraser River Wednesday afternoon.

McRoberts Grade 11 student Heather Tijman plays around with a Corn snake during Eco-Fest 2007, a teacher-organised celebration of environmental sustainability at McRoberts Secondary on Thursday. The snake was part of a display from the Westcoast Society for the Protection and Conservation of Reptiles, who were there to educate students about the value of local reptiles in the natural environment.