Through the months of March and April anyone who liked our Facebook page was automatically entered to win some great prizes courtesy of NHL.com, and local resident donations. Our winners were:

Ralph Drew – Winner of an NHL Stanley Cup T-Shirt

Linda Hume - Winner of an NHL Stanley Cup T-Shirt

Francine Major – Winner of an NHL Swag Bag which included Vintage hockey playing cards w/collectors tin, Upper deck MVP cards, official NHL Stanley Cup 2011 puck and an NHL collector pin.

Stephanie Lintunen – Winner of an AOL Swag bag which included a bag, notebook, 2 umbrellas, pen, popcorn and stress block.

Laura Lowther Kaminski – Winner of a reusable 750 ml stainless steel water bottle.

Glenna Baron – Winner of a Green Cleaning Kit

Stay tuned for our next contest coming soon.

If you haven’t liked us yet here are just some of the great reasons to like us:

1) Stay up to date. We post regular updates about what’s happening around our village. So if there happen to be stray penguins about, community events planned or notices from council you’ll know about it right away in your Facebook feed.

2) Be part of the community. We are so privileged to live in such a beautiful village and part of village life is having a tight-knit group of friends and neighbours that can band together and make a difference in our own community and have a voice in what happens here. By joining our page you can have the opportunity to continue to connect with the rest of our community online.

3) Conversation. We plan to make our Facebook community more than just delivering information to you, we want to create a conversation and ask you to share with us what is meaningful to you. It can be links to important issues affecting our community, pictures you’ve taken around town or even stories you would like to share with everyone.

4) Contests. If all that isn’t enough we’ll be hosting contests throughout the year with some great prizes to win.

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Friendly Forest has operated in Anmore as a Parent Cooperative Preschool for 25 years. All of the teachers have worked at the preschool and with the children and parents for many, many years and contributed greatly to this community based preschool.

The teachers who received the award are:

Glenda Treffry-Goatley who recently celebrated her 25th year with the school and received the Prime Minister’s Award of Excellence in ECE in 2009.

Lindsay Dureau who has worked at the school for over 10 years

Ruth Graham who has been with the school for 5 years

Program Assistant Joanne Perkins who is a former parent and now works at Friendly Forest.

Program Assistant Carol Lindsay who has had a long work history in supporting Friendly Forest children through the Simon Fraser Society.

When announcing the award, the nomination package and selections committee had this to say about the group:

“They have created a safe and welcoming environment that allows children of all abilities to thrive. They provide consistent and caring support that encourages each child to express their thoughts, feelings and accomplishments in an environment that values them as individuals.”

“The Friendly Forest teaching team focus the curriculum around the interests of the children, allowing the preschoolers to explore new things, learn through play and love their first “school” experience. They have also worked hard to share their knowledge base with parents at the school in addition to inviting practicuum students to work at the preschool alongside of them.”

The committee also went on to describe the work the teachers are doing this year with the children, including a fundraising project that raised $1400 for a school in Uganda.

Congratulations! Well deserved and thank you for all the work you do in our community.

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Sasamat Outdoor Centre is expanding its Sasamite Nature Club program this summer due to demand. Each 5-day program runs 3 hours per day, and is designed to engage young children in new outdoor experiences. With a child/staff ratio of 4:1, parents can be assured that their children will be well cared for and entertained.

Many local families will already be familiar with Sasamat Outdoor Centre’s popular Day Camp and Resident Camp programs that bring more than1500 children and youth to the Centre each summer.  Sasamat Outdoor Centre is an accredited member of the BC Camping Association and a member of the Association of Neighbourhood Houses of BC, a registered charity that has served BC communities since 1894.

For further information about Sasamat Outdoor Centre’s programs and services visit www.sasamat.org or call 604-939-2268

Found at Buntzen Lake at closing Saturday May 12th. Beautiful dog.

Anyone who knows the dog or owns it please call Coq Animal Shelter at 604-927-7386.

Can you find 10 things wrong with this picture that might attract bears to your neighbourhood?  (answers at bottom of page)

answers: garbage, fish fertilizer, garbage, pet food, open doors, unpicked fruit, bee keeping, smelly compost, bird feeders, food/pies!

Please call 604-927-7600 at anytime if you are concerned about groups hanging around Anmore school and potentially causing damage.

You can also download a copy of the May Anmore Time here:

Anmore Times – May 2012

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Poster can be downloaded here

There was one Bylaw motion reading that raised some discussion which was around the new water rates. You may have noticed on your last Water bill that the rates reflect the new increased rate of $1.49/cm even though the financial plan has yet to be approved. Fear not though, if this new rate doesn’t go into effect for any reason, then the village will be applying a credit to its residents.

A question was asked about resident response to the proposed municipal tax rate increase of 6% (or $110/year for the average home) and the Village has received no feedback to date, although they do expect some will respond for clarification on the increase when their tax bill arrives at the end of May.

A copy of a letter from the City of North Vancouver regarding allowing secondary suites in duplexes was provided and much discussion was had. The history of duplexes in the Village was explained as being allowed around 10 years ago.  When these duplexes began to take on monstrous form and concern arose about secondary suites being built within them, the Village put a kibosh on future duplex development. Now the idea of once again allowing duplexes was discussed but the council was quick to point out several flaws including safety issues with retrofitting existing buildings, pressure on existing services and parking and generally going against the grain of what the Anmore concept is all about. Mayor Anderson asked that this at least be forwarded to the APC so they are aware of what other communities are doing and the motion was passed.

Councillor Laidler asked when the noise bylaw his committee so diligently worked on would be brought to council and more discussion about prioritizing staff time was had. It was suggested by Mayor Anderson that if council felt this was their top priority they would give that direction to the staff to meet the May 22^nd meeting deadline. Councillor Laidler was concerned about being so demanding and wasn’t sure that this necessitated priority over everything else, he just wanted to see that some urgency was put to this now that many other priorities are out of the way.

Next up was a new agenda item requested by Councillor Laidler to discuss the procedure for acquiring legal opinion. After much debate about whether council members have a right to obtain legal advice directly as individuals rather than go through staff and if all legal advice should be in writing, which would get expensive, it was agreed that councillors would give explicit direction to staff if they wished for a written response.

The Mayor’s report touched on the question of whether communities could get some gas tax back, the Mayor’s attendance at Saturday’s May Day event in Port Coquitlam and mentioned her dad’s – a long standing member of our community – 80^th birthday.

Councillor Palmer-Isaak reported that the Social Committee has met and are already looking into some exciting events to celebrate the Village’s 25^th Anniversary. Councillor Palmer-Isaak also noted that the trail at the end of Black Bear Way has been regularly vandalized by someone covering the trail with logs and other debris making accessibility difficult for others, including the folks that built and maintain this trail. Tim Harris will be contacting the RCMP to see what can be done.

Councillor Green reported that she attended a Sustainable Communities International event last week and had the honor of tapping into 8 great city planners from around the world.

A date of June 20^th was discussed for Anmore Volunteer Appreciation and the idea of moving this to early Fall to coincide with the 25^th Anniversary was raised and agreed that further discussion will be had at the next meeting once Councillor Palmer-Isaak has distributed details to the rest of council.

Pinnacle Ridge is once again in the news. Registration will finally begin in the next month with 22 lots and a $50k bond required for each lot. Builders in Pinnacle Ridge will be required to have one specific septic treatment plant in place and builders/owners will not be allowed to deviate.

Download May 8th Regular Council Agenda

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Affirmations

A wonderful way to bring positive thoughts into your life is through affirmations.  Affirmations are powerful tools to replace old negative beliefs with new, positive ones.  Take a moment at the beginning of your day and at the end of your day to focus on positive affirmations to make wonderful changes in your life.  Below are a few examples but the most powerful ones are the ones you create yourself.

Some Helpful Affirmation to Replace Negative Self talk

Dr. Mirjana Baspaly ND, L.Ac,  Anmore Health and Wellness

Dr. Mirjana Baspaly is a Naturopathic Physician that practices in Anmore, she believes in getting to the core of the issue and treating the mind, body and spirit using both holistic and conventional medicine.  *Anmore Wellness Tips are compiled by Dr. Mirjana Baspaly, ND for the sole purpose of providing education and reference. It is not intended as a substitute for consultation and treatment by a qualified naturopathic or medical doctor.

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Child and Family Nutrition Night - Download

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