What to do.

The photo on my last post was kind of a last resort, dealing with this story. We met up with Katrina, I photographed her, had the above shot set to run in the paper, when she called saying that she was very uncomfortable with having a "bad" picture of her in the paper. She said it would be okay to come back and take a picture when she had all of her hair done and make-up on. That's isn't what we do at a newspaper. Nor should we let the subject's afterthoughts sway how we present an important story for the community. But sometimes, when you work in community news, you have to give some thought to the community. I would have rather this shot ran, but it was tough to make a decision in an already assignment-filled day. So we ran the shot of the back of her head looking towards the boat ramp where the incident happened. These are times when photo editors come in handy. Did I do the right thing? I don't know.

Some latest stuff.

A hazmat worker enters Chemcraft Mfg BC Ltd at 711 Derwent Way on Annacis Island mid-day Tuesday. The chemical explosion that rocked the building Tuesday morning sent seven people to hospital, some with critical injuries.

18-year-old Katrina Jensen reminisces at the boat launch at the end of 1A avenue in Boundary Bay. With what started out to be a harmless late-night skinny dip last Sunday turned into a nightmare evening that resulted in the arrest of her, her sister, and her friend. She says she was horrified at the way she was treated by the Delta Police officers.

Alan and Terry Halstead, both 83, met in the Royal Air Force in World War Two, and moved to Tsawwassen in 1964 and have lived there ever since.

Laura Padulo shows off one the outfits she snagged at her local Value Village. For a magazine on the Environment and ways to reduce your ecological footprint.

Hundreds of Starlings sit on a communications tower off of Westminster Hwy as Korean Airlines flight KE 72 departs from Vancouver Internation Airport on its way to Seoul.

New Camera at Work

Got a new camera at work, a Nikon D80. Yup.


Jean Lamontagne, atop Richmond City Hall, starts his new job as head planner for the City of Surrey Aug. 13.

Richmond RCMP spokeswoman Cpl. Nycki Basra started her new job Monday. While afraid of losing her anonymity, Basra looks forward to meeting the challenges ahead.

Lori Haas, 37, of Richmond has spent every day since July 3 with her son Travis Sheppard, 20. Sheppard had moved to Vancouver four months ago from Winnipeg in hopes of finding his mother. She found him through a search on Facebook.

Some fashion shots on a special magazine we are doing on environmentally conscious products, these being hemp and bamboo clothing.

Richmond stuff.

A hungry T-Rex eyes unsuspecting shoppers at Aberdeen Centre. The popular dinosaur is part of the mall's new Jurassic Alive exhibit, which opened July 1.

Carly Bishop, 17, has been highland dancing since she was four. She's representing BC at the Canadian Inter-Provinicial Championsip and the north American Chamionships July 4 to 8 in New Brunswick.

Richard Lu goes for a layup while shooting some hoops outside J.N Burnett secondary school on a sunny afternoon.

Eilish Cobb-Erke was stunned when workers, who were forced to dismantle a roadside memorial to her dead brother, reconstructed the monument in exactly the same way three months later.

Various Delta

Nixon, a rescued shar pei, underwent a three-hour operation at Trenant Park Pet Clinic recently to remove some wrinkles, which had been causing vision problems.

Illuminate Restorante owners Joeqyna Bolirinno and husband Roland Smith are hosting a fundraising Grape Crushing Festival next Saturday.

Hayden Tuba was shooting hoops Thursday in the Be an MVP indoor basketball court, part of ActNow BC's Road To Health Community Tour at the South Delta Recreation Centre.

Point Roberts celebrated Independence Day Wednesday with a parade that featured Brian (Elvis) Simpson aboard the chamber of commerce float.

CCNA Photo of the Month

This photo won Canadian Community Newspapers Associations (CCNA) photo of the month for June.

Truck Flip

The driver of a container truck was breathing in oxygen after his rig rolled over at the junction of highways 17 and 99 Monday afternoon. The accident blocked access to southbound Highway 17, causing major traffic delays. It was the second such accident at the location in about a month.