Every year either the Vancouver Sun or The Province runs a list of the best Christmas light displays around the Lower Mainland.  Unfortunately, very few of them are out here the Ridge-Meadows area.
So we want to hear from our readers.  Where are the best lights displays that you’ve seen lately, in either Maple Ridge or Pitt Meadows? Do displays get bigger each year, or smaller?  Do they change each Christmas, or do people have a tendency to put up the same display year after year?
I’m the first to admit that …

Now that both Halloween and Remembrance Day have passed, it’s time to start thinking about Christmas (although stores seem to have been in Christmas mode since, oh, September or so).
Come out to the Spirit Square in Pitt Meadows on Friday, December 4th at 6:30pm for the lighting of the Christmas tree.  Hot chocolate will be provided, along with entertainment.  Requests for more information on the entertainment weren’t returned by the time this post was published.
For more information, contact the Pitt Meadows Community Foundation at 604.465.4772, or email mdhayes@telus.net
Andrew Douglas (ad@ridgemeadowspost.com)

And here you thought that the Haney Farmer’s Market was shut down for the year.  Hardly.
The Farmer’s Market will be holding their annual winter market on Saturday, December 5th, from 10am to 3pm at St. Andrew’s Haney United Church (222nd St and Dewdney Trunk Road).
Stop by and get some gift ideas, or consider some of the baking, meat, or seafood that will be available for sale.
The students of Odyssey Community School have come up with a Silly Santa concept.  Make sure you get your photo taken with the Silly Santa.
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It seems that the first flood watches have now ended, at least for the Ridge Meadows area, but we’re not quite out of the woods yet, as the storms continue to roll across the southern half of the province.  Environment Canada issued another wind warning at 4am this morning, warning that winds ranging from 70-90 km/h are expected to hit the Fraser Valley, including Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows tonight.
I don’t know what it is, but I happen to have a thing for wind storms.  Not for the damage …

I suppose I’m fortunate that no one on my side of the family has ever been involved in a war.  That’s not to say that I don’t know anyone who hasn’t experienced war.  My father-in-law was still in Holland when the Germans invaded during the Second World War.  And my sister-in-law’s cousin spent two terms in Vietnam during the late ‘60s.  He still has nightmares.
As I get older, though, Remembrance Day ceremonies seem to take on more and more significance.  Had my father-in-law not been hidden by Canadian soldiers during …