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Port Moody mayor to open youth arts festival on Friday

Dance, music, visual art and film will be featured by Tri-City teens this week at the second annual Port Moody Youth Arts Festival.

The two-day event ? held as part of the city?s centennial celebrations ? is being organized by the Port Moody Arts Centre society board members Hilary Letwin and Fitnat Fahrner, with the help of Susan Ius who was involved in the inaugural gala last year. Letwin said they tried to offer a varied program to attract a larger audience and ?I think it?s going to be a really good showcase in terms of the different groups out there in our community,? she said.

For the two dozen or so participants, aged 13 to 18, the festival will be a good platform to promote their talent, to make connections with their peers and to build their resumes. ?It?s really empowering for them,? Letwin said.

And for kids in the crowd, ?This is a good opportunity for them to see what teenagers are doing in the arts and in a professional setting. They can really learn from them.?

Working on a shoestring budget, the organizers have had help from the city, corporate sponsors ? including The Tri-City News ? and volunteers to get the event off the ground. There will be plenty of goodies handed out such as door prizes and iPads. As well, on Friday when Mayor Mike Clay opens the festivities, Rocky Point Ice Cream is donating $1 from the sale of each cone to the festival for its operations.

? The Port Moody Youth Arts Festival runs Friday and Saturday from 6 to 10 p.m. at Port Moody city hall. Admission is by donation.

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Shen shares her passion for the arts

While Port Moody secondary student Lucy Shen will be on stage on Friday, she won?t have any song or dance routine to entertain the audience.

Instead, Shen will use her background as a public speaker to introduce the performers.

Being picked to emcee ?is really cool,? she said, ?because I really love the arts and I think that it?s important for young people to have an opportunity to display their talent in a public forum,? she said.

Besides the arts, the Grade 12 student is also passionate about social justice causes. In March, with her PMSS friends, she founded Dare to Dream, a club that promotes gender equality around the world.

In three months, it raised $400 for the Vancouver Women?s Shelter at a film festival.

And next year, she hopes to collect money for a local cause: the Tri-Cities? Transition Centre that helps women and children flee abuse.

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Ska-funk is in their blood

Three years ago, while playing in their middle school concert band, drummer Eric Bates and bassist Mac Halvorsen founded ADOB.

They soon recruited Theoren Nesbitt for guitar and, a little while later, Francis Henson was brought in for vocals and guitar.

The band was just for fun until they clinched the top prize in a provincial-wide contest for youth bands last year.

?After that we thought, ?We should keep doing this,?? Henson said.

Since then, the Grade 11 students have been staple performers at their school ? Port Moody secondary ? and jamming every chance they can get.

?We like to perform. It?s one of our strengths as a band. We?re just four friends who like to play together,? Henson said.

The foursome write original ska-funk songs but also like to keep their sets current with covers.

They will open Saturday?s line-up with a 30-minute program, ?keeping it as lively and fun and entertaining as possible,? Henson said.

And he hopes the festival audience ?will find us on the internet and join our fan base. We also hope to talk to them afterwards and get to know us better.?

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Four pieces on show

Shawna Lee was in Grade 4 when she first saw a gallery of children?s art by Tri-City art teacher Evelia Espinosa.

?I thought, ?Wow, if they can do it then so can I,?? said the 15-year-old Coquitlam resident.

Over the years, she plied her craft and is now being taught privately by painter Melanie Cossey as well as at her school, Archbishop Carney regional secondary in Port Coquitlam, under the direction of Linda Reis.

Lee primarily works with acrylics and oils and, for the Port Moody Youth Arts Festival, she will have four pieces on display in the city hall Galleria: an 18-by-24-inch oil reproduction of Hunter Bonyun?s Matter of Time; two acrylic works; and eight slides done pencil crayon, depicting the stages of strawberries being eaten.

Lee said she decided to apply to the festival after one of her friends played music at the event last year.

?I thought, ?Why not? I can do it, too. It?s a great way to get young artists known in the community and to showcase what I?ve been working on for the past couple of years,?? she said.

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Student songbird

?Music has always been really important for me,? Julia Montgomery starts.

?It?s one of the biggest driving forces behind everything I do so whenever I get an opportunity to share it with the world, I want to jump on that because I think it?s really important.?

Now 15, Montgomery said she started vocal lessons when she was in Grade 6 ?after my parents finally wore down and let me take them,? she said with a laugh.

But while she has been studying musical theatre privately at the Lindbjerg Academy of Performing Arts in Coquitlam, under Elaine Lindbjerg, Montgomery has also been penning alternative tunes of her own.

Her 15-minute set on the Inlet Theatre stage on Friday night will be a combination of pop, musical theatre and her original songs.

Montgomery said she?s grateful for the festival committee for providing ?a deeper appreciation for the arts and all the talent that?s in Port Moody ? especially from the younger people.?

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Cultural shakers

This will be Lia Fallah?s second time performing at the Port Moody Youth Arts Festival but the first time with a group.

Last year, the Gleneagle secondary student did a solo number that wowed the crowds. ?I enjoyed it so much,? the Grade 12 student said. ?Of course, I wanted to come back!?

For this year?s set, Fallah will be joined by her friends Gabrielle Stocker and Courtney Baines who will dance a wedding celebration to an Iranian groove.

Fallah, who portrays the bride, choreographed the number with her mother and stitched the costumes.

She is a little nervous that Anahita will close the festival on Saturday but is also excited at the opportunity.

As for their next steps, Anahita will learn Irish and Scottish jigs. ?We want to know the techniques and styles of all the cultural dances, all over the world,? Fallah said.

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FESTIVAL LINE-UP

Friday: Deanna?s Lovers (rock band); Prevailing Westerlies (acoustic band); Julia Montgomery (singer); Bad Seed Productions (film); A Rainy Day Play (actors); Forfeit the Anchor (rock band)

Saturday: ADOB (ska-funk band); Alluvium (indie-rock band); Bluesmoke (blues/jazz/folk/rock band); Mikhalva (acoustic duo); Vanessa Mansfield (creative writer); Sean Tan?s Timeless (film), Anahita Dance (dance)

Visual art (until July 29 in the Galleria): Gloria Han, Janet Li, Jiaming Li and Shawna Lee

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Source: http://www.tricitynews.com/entertainment/216494501.html

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COMMUNITY: Call for Public Input on Bike Share Stations

The city's Public Works Department and non-profit Bike Share of Austin are asking for help in identifying potential locations for bike share locations. Participants can also weigh in on the color of the bikes. We're going with red. Thu., July 25 - Sat., Aug. 31,.

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One popular objection to this way of travel by some companies is the definite high pricing associated with such types of flights. Comparing those hours spent travelling in this mode versus the numerous unproductive hours spent travelling commercially, a clear picture emerges. Thus, by chartering a jet, it allows executives accomplish even the most demanding business, with reduced wastage of time.

Holding business meetings en route to a destination is a possibility, considering that some trips normally require overnight stays. Thus, with the question of what the value of the time senior executives and business owners spend travelling is, an assessment of its true worth is key. It is in this manner that companies offering these services sells themselves.

Opposed to business aviation, some clients tend to fly for pleasure. In such instances, a vacation begins the minute someone boards a private jet and not after arrival at the destination. By flying in charter jets, one can travel at anytime, anywhere, with unmatched service and convenience.

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By actually using chartered jets, there is no obvious restriction to where to head with regard to airports. Here, it is an overall decision by the individual who hires for the plane. From a long list, they get to pick exact landing spotted after which concerned individuals make necessary arrangements. Generally, it satisfies them to learn that they are in control.

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Golf-Bradley grabs early clubhouse lead as Woods sizzles

AKRON, Ohio | Fri Aug 2, 2013 8:00pm BST

AKRON, Ohio Aug 2 (Reuters) - While Tiger Woods made an explosive birdie-eagle-birdie start to move two strokes clear in Friday's second round at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, defending champion Keegan Bradley seized the clubhouse lead.

American Bradley, who triumphed by one shot at Firestone Country Club last year after closing with a superb six-under-par 64, maintained his bid for a fourth career victory on the PGA Tour by shooting a 68.

On a warm but breezy day, Bradley birdied four of his first 11 holes before running up two bogeys over the closing stretch to post a six-under total of 134.

That left him a stroke in front of compatriot Bill Haas, who also carded a 68 despite not striking the ball at his very best.

PGA Tour veteran Jim Furyk and England's former world number one Luke Donald were level at four under after returning matching 69s but most eyes were firmly focused on the fast-starting Woods who has always relished playing at Firestone.

Winner here a record seven times in the elite World Golf Championships (WGC) event, Woods knocked in a three-footer to birdie the par-four first before draining a 20-foot eagle putt at the par-five second.

The world number one, who has won a season-high four times on the PGA Tour, then rolled in a 12-footer at the par-four third to forge two ahead of the chasing pack in a field of 73 players.

Though Bradley was delighted with his own position heading into the weekend, he was wary of the pre-tournament favourite.

"Those first couple holes out there are definitely birdie holes, so I'd expect him to do that," Bradley said of the sizzling start made by Woods. "I hope he doesn't go too low, but I'm in a good spot going into the weekend regardless.

"My game feels really sharp right now. Everything that I've done this week so far has felt really good, putting, driving the ball, irons. I haven't gotten the most out of both my rounds, so hopefully tomorrow I can do that.

"This time of year my game always kind of comes around, and I start to play better," added Bradley, who clinched his first major title at the 2011 PGA Championship.

HAPPY HAAS

Haas, who won his fifth PGA Tour title at the AT&T National in June, was happy enough with his 67-68 start on the challenging, 7,400-yard South Course at Firestone.

"Pretty solid ball striking, maybe not ideal, but good enough, and just pretty consistent," he said. "I'm not striking it great, but when I've missed shots I've been able to save par.

"If the putter is feeling good and I have good thoughts with that. If that stays the same this weekend, hopefully I'll be there (contending) on Sunday. This week is a tough week, the golf course is playing as tough as I've seen it."

Northern Irish world number three Rory McIlroy, striving to turn his game around ahead of his title defence at next week's PGA Championship, carded a roller-coaster 71 to finish seven strokes off the clubhouse lead.

The double major winner hit only five of 14 fairways as he mixed three birdies with a double at the 14th and two bogeys for a one-over tally of 141, level with England's U.S. Open champion Justin Rose (72)

Newly crowned British Open champion Phil Mickelson was a further two strokes back after shooting a 71, alongside big South African Ernie Els (72).

Overnight leader Webb Simpson, who opened with an eight-birdie 64, was among the late starters. (Reporting by Mark Lamport-Stokes; Editing by Gene Cherry)

Source: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/UKGolfNews/~3/HNFskmdbBdY/golf-pga-idUKL1N0G12J220130802

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Man arrested for attempting to break into Kid Rock's home

By Gillian Spear, Writer, NBC News

Police arrested a man who attempted to break into musician Kid Rock?s Detroit-area home.

The 43-year-old man was seen on security cameras Wednesday afternoon, ramming the gate to Kid Rock?s Clarkston property with his white van. He then exited his van and tried, but failed, to break into the property, according to the Oakland County Sheriff?s Office. The man was on crutches.?

On Friday, Kid Rock, born Robert Ritchie,?wrote on his website that he would be offering a $5,000 reward to anyone with information that could lead to the perpetrator's arrest. Authorities, however, did not seem to think the culprit would be hard to find.

?Clearly, the combination of this vehicle and the person on crutches driving it should make it fairly obvious to someone who knows this individual,? said Oakland County Sheriff Michael McCabe in a press release.


The man was arrested at his home in Independence Township, Mich., on Saturday morning -- his 1994 white Ford van parked in the driveway.?

Authorities said the arrest came after recieving two tips but did not say if the individuals who provided these tips received the reward from Kid Rock.

In the post on his website, the musician made it clear that he does not take security lightly and warned, ?I am an avid hunter and marksman and I will not hesitate to shoot anyone who has myself or family in fear for our?lives.?

An arraignment will likely take place Monday. The man is meanwhile being held at the Oakland County Jail.

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