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Lois Andriashyk, who used to have horses, pets Ta’kya while handler Dora Isaak brings her close, during the Maplewood Manor’s country picnic open house Saturday. The annual event had a western theme and featured an impromptu concert from country star Karen Lee Batten.

City mulls marijuana options CHRISTINA TOTH CToth@abbotsfordtimes.com

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bbotsford city lawyers and staff are combing through options to determine how the city may best regulate commercial medical marijuana growing operations, once new federal rules take full effect next April.

Among their many considerations will be the costs of police, fire service, bylaw enforcement and city inspection services, as well as taxation implications, said city manager George Murray on Friday.

Pending federal rules will give local governments more say in grow ops Health Canada’s new rules, the Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulations that kick in fully on April 1, 2014, will mean that medical marijuana users will no longer be able to legally grow their own, or have a proxy grow for them.

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Currently, municipalities don’t have much say over where and how medical marijuana can be grown, but the pending federal rules will give local governments more control over where the operations set up and allow them to impose other requirements. see POT, page A10

he Abbotsford Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man found dead in the city’s downtown area early on Monday morning.

The department released photos of the man’s tattoos hoping someone will come forward with some information about his identify.

“There was no ID on him. There are no signs of struggle and there are no indications of foul play,” said Const. Ian MacDonald.

A woman did report speaking to the man the evening before, at 9 p.m. Sunday in the area of South Fraser Way and Montvue Avenue, he said.

Forearm tattoo Then, just before 1:45 a.m. on Monday, the woman and another man were walking through a parking lot in the 2500 block of West Railway Street when they spotted the man’s body.

“The pair didn’t recognize him [as a regular] from this area, so he may not even be from this community,” said MacDonald.

However, if the man had spent a few hours in the downtown core of Abbotsford, he hopes that people who may have seen him and talked to him will contact the police.

The deceased is a Caucasian male from 30 to 40 years of age.

He is balding with Shoulder tattoo light-coloured, short shaved hair, approximately 6’3” tall with a medium build.

He was wearing a white tank top, blue jeans, black leather belt, grey boat style shoes and a blue hoodie was located close by.

The man has a tattoo of a cross on his left shoulder and six characters or symbols on his right forearm (see photos above).

Abbotsford Police and the coroner will continue to investigate the death.

Anyone with information about the incident or who knows the identity of the deceased man is asked to contact Abbotsford Police at 604-8595225 or to text them at 222973 (abbypd).

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stand-off that lasted more than six hours on Sept. 4 ended with the arrest of man wanted on several warrants, reports the Abbotsford Police Department.

The incident also ended without any injuries.

Abbotsford Police officers responded to a call about a domestic dispute in the 1900 block of Catalina Crescent just before noon Wednesday.

A female resident came to the door of the detached home, and denied there was any problem.

However, the investigating officers heard noises in the house and determined that a male occupant, who turned out to be wanted on three separate warrants, appeared to be hiding somewhere in the house.

Police secured the area and after several hours of negotiating, convinced Bernard William David Barton to give himself up.

Barton, 37, was arrested and is in custody in relation to two APD warrants for theft and mischief, and a Langley RCMP warrant for possession of stolen property.

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The Maplewood Manor picnic and open house went Saturday. See more photos.

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The MCC aution raised more than $600,000. See more photos.

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It was “Friday Night Football” on two fronts in Abbotsford. See more photos.

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Cancer survivor Wanita Van Leeuween of Abbotsford has competed in three Ironman competitions, the most recent on Aug. 25 in Whistler. She will be speaking at the Terry Fox Run in Mission on Sunday.

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bbotsford Ironman Wanita Van Leeuween had a matter-of-fact mindset when she was diagnosed with breast cancer on Dec. 30, 2005.

“When I was born I was put in the cancer lineup.”

That was nearly a full year after she found a lump in her breast during a self-evaluation.

“I was never one do to the self breast exam but one night I reached over and that was immediately what I touched, this lump. And I thought, OK, that’s interesting,” she said in an interview with The Times last week.

Considering her young age of 32, doctors didn’t seem too concerned she recalled. After the usual mammogram and ultrasound where they found nothing definitive, the Abbotsford runner saw a surgeon who suggested it might just be subcutaneous and decided to leave it for a few months and see what happened.

During that time there were no changes with the lump, but they scheduled her for surgery in August.

Still not concerned that it might be cancer, Van Leeuween deferred the

Guest speaker at Mission Terry Fox Run has completed three Ironman triathlons since beating breast cancer surgery to compete in a run.

The weeks then turned to months before surgery to remove the lump was rescheduled for December at a hospital in Surrey.

Ten days later the doctor’s words became forever etched in her brain.

“So it looks like there was some cancer in there,” he told her.

Although he was still talking, she no longer heard a word he was saying.

Her first thought was, “I have plans.

What do I do? I had just signed up for my first marathon,” she recalled.

A second surgery followed three weeks later, followed by a full mastectomy in April 2006.

“In my mind, it was black. I couldn’t see beyond the moment I was in. The one thing you think will never happen to you, did.

“Everybody has something they deal with in their life, and I thought this is what happened to me. It was just a matter of waiting for it to be my turn,” she said philosophically.

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“Cancer is scary. Your immediate thought is . . . you think it’s a death sentence.”

As she went through her treatment, she learned that was not the case.

“Not everybody dies from it. Some people get a chance to fight and win.”

The April surgery was followed by six weeks of radiation, but no chemotherapy.

She kept exercising as much as she could, and decided that [cancer] didn’t have to run her life, but just fit into her life.

Two years after her mastectomy, she competed in her first Ironman competition in 2008 in Penticton.

She followed that with a second Ironman in 2011, and most recently one on Aug. 25 in Whistler, where she recorded a personal best of 13:11:53.

Van Leeuween will be speaking at the Terry Fox Run in Mission on Sunday and has a message to share.

Abbotsford Fire Rescue Service crews responded to a call about vehicle fire on Sunday at about 10:35 p.m. on Gladwin Road.

On arrival they found a recreational vehicle trailer engulfed in flames, with the fire spreading to an adjacent home.

Although crews from Engine 1 and 6 were able to suppress the fire quickly, the RV trailer was a loss and the exterior of the neighbour’s house sustained heavy damage, the fire service reported.

The cause of the fire was unknown as of Monday morning, but a fire investigator was on site.

The fire department is working with the Abbotsford Police Department to determine a cause.

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City signs up for another sign

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ith the City of Abbotsford’s digital sign deal with Pattison Outdoor Advertising more than doubling its minimum revenue requirements in its first year, the program will soon expand.

Another digital sign will be erected somewhere near the civic centre.

The city signed a deal with POA in late 2011 in which the company was to set up two large digital signs, which together would bring in a guaranteed minimum annual revenue of $100,000 a year, plus revenue shares to the city.

The revenues exceeded that contractual requirement by an additional $135,058 in 2012 for total revenue of $235,058, wrote Rod Hull, the city’s purchasing manager in his report to the city

Digital marketing more than doubles minimum revenue council last month.

Additionally, Abbotsford has access to more than 10 per cent of available broadcast spots on each sign, which it uses to promote city and AESC events.

This in-kind market value the city receives on the two digital sites is about $260,000 a year, Hull said in his report.

One sign is a 14 x 48-foot double-sided marquee on Salton Road that is visible to drivers on the freeway and promotes events at the Abbotsford Entertainment and Sports Centre.

The second 10 x 20-foot sign is next to

the city’s Visitor Centre on Sumas Way. The strong sales performance achieved the contract’s minimum revenue milestone and triggers the erection of a third sign, wrote Hull.

The city is working with POA to determine the most beneficial site, including visibility and traffic counts, said Hull.

But as part of initial contract discussions, the city asked the third sign to be next to city hall along South Fraser Way. The GMAR for this site is $40,000/year plus revenue share.

When it first signed the deal, Abbotsford reported it expects to earn $9.9 million over the 20-year life of the POA deal. The city also has a POA Transit Shelter Ad Program, which provided 23 transit shelters costing about $15,000 each, plus revenue of more than $28,500 for 2012, Hull’s report noted.

Grade 5 Get Active Pass available now

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ffective immediately, students in Grade 5 who either live in Abbotsford or attend school in Abbotsford, will once again be able to register for their free Grade 5 Get Active Pass at either Abbotsford Recreation Centre or Matsqui Recreation Centre.

The Grade 5 Get Active Pass provides Abbotsford Grade 5 students with free admission for all drop-in skating and swimming programs between Sept. 4, 2013 and Aug. 31, 2014.

“Physical exercise is extremely important for our children and it is vital that we support and encourage them in being active,” said Abbotsford May-

or Bruce Banman. “The Grade 5 Get Active Pass is a great way for us to support healthy lifestyles for all Abbotsford youth.”

Anytime from now until June 30, 2014, Grade 5 students – or anyone born in the year 2003 – can come to either ARC or MRC with their parent or guardian, proof of birth (i.e. birth certificate, passport), and proof residency in Abbotsford (a parent’s phone bill or driver’s licence)

to apply for the pass.

Any Abbotsford student that is in Grade 5 but was not born in 2003 can bring a letter of support from their school or principal to either MRC or ARC if they are wishing to participate in the program.

Additionally, Grade 5 students who attend an Abbotsford school, but do not reside in Abbotsford, can bring a letter of support to ARC or MRC from their school or principal and apply for Grade 5 pass.

The Grade 5 Get Active Pass is a program that was developed in partnership between the City of Abbotsford, Healthy Abbotsford and the Abbotsford School District.

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Cities look to lop off the llama loophole CHRISTINA TOTH CToth@abbotsfordtimes.com

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hen the province made its property assessments more flexible in order to provide some relief to agricultural operations a couple of years ago, it inadvertently gave commercial businesses a way to ease their property taxes as well.

It’s become an issue in many Fraser Valley jurisdictions, one that diverts about $900,000 of municipal tax revenues from Abbotsford’s coffers, according to city manager George Murray.

But now the City of Chilliwack hopes to get support for a resolution to kill the tax loophole at the Union of British Columbia Municipalities conference held next week in Vancouver, and Murray will be watching the results if it is debated.

Amendments in the B.C. Assessment Act made in recent years were meant to give some tax relief on agricultural properties, he said.

“Buildings previously taxable were exempted, but that has created a bit of disparity” among other commercial operations, he said.

As it stands, a permitted business would not have to

– PAUL J. HENDERSON/TIMES-FILE

Livestock grazing for a month in 2012 on industrial land reduced the property owner’s tax bill from more than $150,000 to $3,000. pay municipal tax on the building in which it operates if it was in an agricultural zone, but the same type of building would be taxed if it stood in a commercial zone.

In a related case in Chilliwack, one industrial landowner tried to skip out on paying municipal taxes by grazing llamas on industrial property.

In October 2012, the Chilliwack Times reported the owner of the vacant land on the Progress Way industrial park – Trackside Holdings

owned by Stan Rogers – paid more than $150,000 in taxes in 2011 when it was classified as industrial by BC Assessment.

Trackside then put animals on the property for a month over the time when the provincial assessment authority came looking in 2012.

The subsequent farm status assessment of the property led to a tax bill of roughly $3,000, or about two per cent of what it should have been, according to city council.

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Cancer survivor feels lucky SURVIVOR, from page A3 “Cancer is what it is. It’s a highly personal experience.

For me it was important to remain positive and upbeat. I wanted to still be normal and I didn’t want to be treated differently.”

She has been cancer free since 2006, but still admits to some anxious moments with each yearly mammogram.

She’s planning for the future, namely finishing the five marathons on her bucket list: New York, Boston, Chicago, London and Berlin.

She’s done New York and Boston to date.

“I feel lucky in some ways.

I kind of grew up from that experience. When I was diagnosed . . . I decided I needed to live and have no regrets.

I learned about myself, I learned what I’m made of, I learned that I’m stronger than I think, I learned that life is about living.”

“I feel lucky in some ways. I kind of grew up from that experience . . .

I learned what I’m made of, I learned that I’m stronger than I think, I learned that life is about living.”

BCIT investigates.

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The Mission Terry Fox Run has a new location this year.

The annual run will take place at the Fraser River Heritage Park.

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Marlin Martin encourages the crowd and notes the bids as he auctions this quilt, Cambridge Stars, made by the MCC quilters, at the annual MCC fundraiser on Saturday. The quilt was voted the favourite at the recent quilt display at the Clearbrook library. Inset; Jen Forbes follows in her late father’s footsteps, as she takes her turn with the auctioneer’s microphone.

The 26-foot MacGregor sailboat, pictured below, went for $23,000.

MCC relief auction at $600K and counting CHRISTINA TOTH CToth@abbotsfordtimes.com

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he preliminary total for the annual MCC Festival for World Relief held at the Abbotsford Tradex this past weekend is around $600,000, but that number is expected to climb higher as final numbers come in.

Thousands of people from the Fraser Valley and beyond attended the two-day sale and auction, eager to pick up their fresh sausage, perogies and other Mennonite delicacies, and ready to buy baked goods and a vast array of donated and hand-made items from the hundreds of vendors.

Many simply came to give – straight cash donations were about $92,000.

As always, the live action provided the most excitement, and accumulated the largest component of the donations.

The proverbial MCC bread of life was sold repeatedly, at the Friday and Saturday auctions, to bring in $172,250.

The live auction also had several unique items this year, including a 26-foot MacGregor sailboat that sold for $23,000 and a 1980 Mercedes sedan that went for $5,500. In total, the live auction brought in nearly $75,000.

The 30 quilts created by the famed MCC Quilters, along with several quilts donated by a Mennonite church in Japan, brought in more than $30,000, with one beauty selling for

$3,500 to a bidder in London, England.

Sixty-seven cyclists in the Pedaling for Hope cyclathon, held in conjunction with the festival, raised $60,000 for MCC food security projects.

The children’s auction, in which only children can bid – adults are allowed only if they are accompanied by children – on kid-friendly items, raised $1,876.

Organized by the kids, the items included White Caps tickets, Lego, Star Wars memorabilia and Barbie items.

Many donations are still being tallied, including the penny donations for the Penny Power campaign – these monies are matched 4:1 by the Canadian International Development Agency through MCC’s account at the Canadian Foodgrains Bank and will support farmers in Burundi.

One of the more poignant moments came on Saturday morning at the live auction as Jen Forbes followed in the footsteps of her dad, auctioneer Clyde Dougans who had called the MCC auction for 35 years. MCC presented a gift to Forbes and his wife Joy, who said it was his absolute favourite auctioning event.

The auction and relief sale was supported by 1,180 volunteers from 75 Mennonite and other churches in the region.

The funds go to support MCC’s relief, development and peace work in more than 60 countries around the world.

YOU AND THE LAW

HOW ICBC ASSESSES WHIPLASH “PAIN AND SUFFERING” Crash! Somebody hits you from behind. Your head jerks back and you get a whiplash.

You develop pain – strong pain – and hard-topin-down soft tissue injuries in your neck and back which bother you for a long time after. Among other things, you’re entitled to be compensated for your “pain, suffering and loss of life enjoyment.” So you submit a claim to ICBC and the adjuster offers you $6,500 for your pain and suffering. She says, “It’s the most you’ll get for this.”

True? Not necessarily.

You may be entitled to a lot more. It all depends on the circumstances of your particular situation. But you’ll need to see a lawyer experienced in handling personal injury claims to find out.

Like many insurance companies, ICBC has adopted guidelines grouping soft-tissue whiplash injuries by severity and symptoms. These may be classified as mild, mild/moderate and moderate.

ICBC uses these guidelines (sometimes called“meat charts”) to establish ranges of compensation for pain and suffering it will typically pay to settle “whiplash associated disorders.”

These guidelines are partly based on a grading system developed by a Quebec task force in 1995.

Under that grading system, Grade 1 whiplash disorders are described as involving neck complaints, including pain, stiffness and tenderness. Grade 2 disorders involve, in addition, musculoskeletal signs. Grades 3 and 4 involve neurological and more severe cases.

For example, some Grade 2 whiplash disorders are classified as “moderate injuries” under ICBC’s settlement guidelines. The guidelines set a $15,000 maximum limit on payments to compensate you for your “pain and suffering” for this degree of softtissue injury (where you’re disabled for less than a year and mostly recovered within two years).

The courts, however, aren’t bound by ICBC’s guidelines. They recognize that no two cases are the same. In fact, the courts have stressed that there is no rigid formula that can or should be used for calculating “non-pecuniary damages” (commonly called damages or compensation for pain and suffering). Courts also understand that MRI or CAT-scan imaging can’t always show any physical damage in whiplash cases.

The appropriate compensation must be assessed in each individual case, taking into account several factors, including the nature, severity and duration of your injury and pain; your age; whether you can do the same things as before (without pain); the negative impact on your family, marriage and social relationships; and any loss of your previous lifestyle – in short, various factors that result in your loss of enjoyment of life when compared to before the accident.

In some recent B.C. court cases, victims of car crashes with Grade 2 whiplash disorders have obtained judgments of between $40,000 and even $70,000 for “pain and suffering,” where the injuries lingered or had become chronic. (ICBC argued for much less.)

Of course, not every person who suffers a whiplash is entitled to significant amounts, and the courts are on the alert for exaggerated claims. But clearly you shouldn’t just rely on what ICBC tells you your claim is worth. It’s best to see a lawyer familiar with recent court decisions and trends.You’ll want to know what compensation is considered fair for your “pain and suffering” for your whiplash injury.Your lawyer can also advise you on other payments you may be entitled to as compensation for other losses you may have suffered due to the accident.

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here are plenty of horror stories about mistreatment at international borders.

This isn’t one of them.

You may have heard about Jessica Goldstein’s plight when trying to cross the border into the United States recently.

The story was well documented by both print and television media sources in this province.

The 30-year-old Richmond native was denied entry into the state of Washington on Aug. 31, for admitting marijuana use.

She told the U.S. customs agent that she had indeed smoked marijuana recently – just days before the incident, according to her story.

But wait, it gets better.

“She asked how long I’d smoked pot for. I said about 10 years,” Goldstein told The Vancouver Sun. “Then she asked how many times I’d smoked pot in my life. I didn’t know the exact number, probably around 500 times.”

“It doesn’t make any sense to me why they’d turn me away,” she said.

What? Really? It doesn’t make sense to you? Let me be blunt, Ms. Goldstein.

You are not a victim of some over-zealous customs agent.

You are a victim of your own lifestyle, which is, whether you choose to accept it or not, an illegal lifestyle.

TERRY FARRELL

CommenTerry Recreational marijuana use is illegal in Canada, as well as in 48 of the 50 United States of America.

And the fact that it is legal in the state of Washington only serves as all the more reason for U.S. customs agents to be wary of Canadian potheads coming to that state.

It’s not out of the realm of possibility that someone who smokes pot could be interested in entering Washington specifically to purchase pot.

And with that comes the possibility that said person is interested in purchasing large quantities of marijuana, to bring back into Canada.

Now, I’m not implying that Goldstein had that in mind, nor am I implying that she is in any way involved in the drug trade.

I highly doubt she is, or she wouldn’t be drawing attention to herself with this entire “woe is me” tale she tells.

All I am saying is that when you go to the U.S. border and tell an agent that you have been

smoking pot every week for the past 10 years (on average), and that you have also done ecstasy and mushrooms (which she also admitted), the red flags will start waving.

In fact, I’d hazard a guess that if it ever got back to that custom agent’s superiors that he or she (in this case, she) interviewed a Canadian who admitted to regular (yes, every week for 10 years is regular) pot use, and still allowed that person into the country, that agent would be out of a job.

The kicker is that mainstream media presented Goldstein’s experience as if she were some sort of victim. There have been editorials and columns written about this case, asking the question “should we lie?” or stating “honesty may not be best policy.”

There is another option: change your lifestyle. Either that, or stop travelling to the United States.

The only mistreatment of Goldstein in this case is that she was detained for three hours.

It should have taken only a minute to determine she was an “undesirable.”

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f we were to turn to the ‘Comment’ section of Education Minister Peter Fassbender’s first quarterly report card, it might read as follows: “Peter’s work in most subjects is exemplary. He is diligent in attending to his work, and while it is early for a full assessment, he appears to show a willingness to complete assignments on time and to his teacher’s satisfaction. He receives a high grade in ‘Communication Skills,’ but that is more reflective of his easy style with words than of the contents of the messages he conveys. However, like most of his fellow students who have taken up studies in education ministry in Victoria, his arithmetic skills are questionable, barely earning a C –.”

B.C.’s new education minister, Peter Fassbender, is a nice guy. He has a congenial disposition and a quiet, assured attitude that inspires confidence.

He speaks well, but when it gets down to the ABCs and 123s, neither teachers nor school trustees are likely to be overjoyed by what he has to say.

Granted, he has been handed a tough assignment: convince tens of thousands of teachers who feel betrayed by nearly all of his predecessors handling the education portfolio – including (and especially) the one who is currently B.C.’s premier and his boss – that they should sign a long-term contract in order to stabilize the delivery of education to public school students.

To sweeten the pot, Fassbender offered that teachers and other staff could get wage increases – but his math breaks down (as usual) when he refuses to provide provincial money to back up the offer. The districts’ school trustees will have to figure out their end of the equation all by themselves.

When you add it all up, there still seems to be a “plus” sign missing on the kids’ side of the “equals” sign.

■ To comment on this editorial, e-mail us at letters@abbotsfordtimes.com.

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Do RCMP get special treatment?

Editor, the Times: In my early years I learned that supporting police officers was a civic duty (British Common Law, self-interest) and a Christian virtue (Romans 13:1-7; I Peter 2:13-14).

That’s also what I taught my students.

In recent decades, however, my commitment has lost some fervor.

My bulging files show that police officers often get treated much more leniently than common offenders.

Consider the statements taken from the The Vancouver Sun (unless otherwise indicated).

Police officers are often given administrative duties or suspended with pay.

• “Police who beat man into coma should keep jobs, judge says.” (National Post, March4/00) • Four RCMP officers “facing a total of 20 criminal charges” in connection with the Surrey Six case “have been suspended with pay.”

(June 24/11) • On Oct. 25/08 RCMP Cpl. Monty Robinson, driving his jeep, killed a motorcyclist. “He admitted he had been drinking.” (March 25/09) “He was suspended with pay”. (March 25/09) Do officers get off more easily?

• Two Maple Ridge RCMP constables, Pat Hughson and Steve Frazer, “by their own admission . . . drank heavily one night last May . . . and began an evening of criminal hooliganism.”

(Sept. 20/07) For these actions they got “a reprimand and a 10-day suspension without pay.”

• On Sept. 18/08 Mission RCMP Cpl. Mike White responded to a 911 emergency call about a house shooting. He drove to the house but “didn’t get out of his car to investigate.”

(Abbotsford-Mission Times March 22/11) He “left the scene after . . . about 10 minutes and didn’t follow up the next day.”

(Abbotsford News, March 24/11) “Four days later” a neighbor found Guthrie McKay dead in the house; Lisa Dudley was clinging to life “but died en route to hospital.” (March 19/11) For his despicable behavior Cpl. White was “given a written reprimand and docked one day’s pay” and was reduced one rank.

(Abbotsford News, March 24/11) These few examples from my thick files may explain why “Only 56 per cent of B.C. respondents . . . said the RCMP is an accountable organization.” (Apr. 26/11) How sad.

John H. Redekop Abbotsford

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Rock can’t handle the truth

Mulcair petition not acceptable

Editor, the Times:

Editor, the Times:

Mr. Rock, I’m sorry to say that you’re the one that can’t handle the truth.

Your letter is rife with misinformation regarding Jesus as being a failed messiah, that the Old and New Testaments do not work well together and that the age of enlightenment has brought knowledge.

I do agree that we know far more now than we ever have in biblical times; however, if you actually read and take in what the Bible is telling you – and I mean you personally – you will begin to see that it is truth. All of it.

Your failure to dig a little deeper into the New Testament proves you haven’t read any of it well.

Matthew, Mark, Luke, John have all written the truth they share in their aptly named books. Paul wrote Acts, Romans, Thessalonians, Corinthians, Ephesians, Philippians, Timothy and Titus. Most of those were letters to the churches in those areas.

I have to say that millions of people have personally experienced God in a miraculous way. Jesus died for you and me, and everyone who accepts him.

If you’d open your eyes just a little, you’d see him all around you, calling your name, asking you to come to him. Just because we have faith in something much bigger than all of us does not mean we are stupid and uneducated.

I have known many people smarter than you and me who have been where you are and have come to know that what the entire Bible says is actually the truth. I would feel hopeless putting my faith in myself to be forgiven of my sins (and we all sin). Not everything in life can be explained in a scientific way – science has proven that fact.

We can’t create a single thing from absolutely nothing. Start there.

I’m truly sorry for whatever it is that you or someone has done to you that has given you such a poor attitude towards something that ultimately is a guide for living right with the world and everyone in it.

May God have mercy on your soul.

Laurie Purdy Abbotsford

Regarding NDP leader Tom Mulcair’s petition to abolish the Senate: Dear Mr. Mulcair, What exactly is your plan to amend the Constitution in order to effect this change?

Or is it your intention to ignore the Constitution entirely?

Ignoring the Constitution is hardly principled.

Otherwise, and with all due respect, without a specific plan – including getting agreement from the provinces to amend the Constitution – you are just making an unprincipled, undisciplined, irresponsible fool of yourself.

Surely Canada deserves better than another unprincipled, undisciplined, irresponsible, foolish politician doing nothing more than inflaming emotion and pandering to public whim and fancy in order to get votes.

Brian Leslie Engler Ladner

Do something with Connector Editor, the Times:

Is it going to take someone getting killed before something is done to slow down the traffic on the Cedar Connector [in Mission]?

Probably.

And doing something after the fact isn’t good enough for me or for anyone who has travelled that section of road and lived to tell the tale.

In the past two weeks there have been serious accidents on the Connector, one of which involved a good friend of mine, which only makes me all the more angry at the people who think that this section of road is their own personal raceway.

Sure, the traffic slows down when the police are there with their radar equipment, but obviously they can’t be there every day.

So it should be a no-brainer that rumble strips are placed at the intersection between the two malls, and not just a few either.

Place them up and down that strip of road so no one gets a head of steam up as it is way too easy to let gravity, distracted drivers and bad drivers of both genders reach lift-off speeds.

For now it’s just me saying please do something about that stretch of road before it’s one of your friends getting hurt.

But if that’s what it takes then they’ll have given life and limb to a good cause.

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My reason for writing this is directed at the irresponsible people that litter the park. Over the spring and summer I have witnessed a number of items dumped on the park grounds for the park staff to pick up and dispose.

These articles consist of a rusted BBQ, seven or eight boxes of cut up wood, possibly from a torn down fence, a number of boxes of cardboard just to name a few.

The last straw came yesterday morning when there, dumped by the garbage can, was a toilet. Yes, a toilet and its tank. I don’t get it.

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Re: “Students are in need of e-discipline” – Sept. 5 Abbotsford Times.

Thank you so much for stating the obvious, which apparently many of us parents need to hear again and again.

Yes, we bought it for them, and we can take it away.

As parents, we bemoan the fact that children aren’t playing outside as much as they used to.

However, if not given the opportunity to choose to stay inside and rot their brains, kids will play outside 10/10 times.

They haven’t changed.

We’re just lazy, and allow the TV/iPod/whatever to babysit them for us.

Yep, it sure is hard work to raise good kids, but the end results are much better than the alternative.

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City has had three inquiries regarding local grow ops POT, from page A1 The regulatory process will also mean those wanting to produce medical pot will have to notify the local government, the RCMP and the local fire authorities prior to submitting their applications to Health Canada.

The District of Mission is considering banning the commercial medical marijuana grows, except on farmland, and only if it’s in the community’s best interest, Mission Mayor Ted Adlem had said on the matter.

Last month, Chilliwack moved toward revis-

ing its zoning amendment that will permit the legal grow-ops only in its M-6 industrial zones.

There have been some inquiries from potential commercial growers wanting to set up in Abbotsford, Murray said.

“We’ve been contacted by three proponents about the possibility of commercial [medical pot] operations,” he said Friday.

A staff report on the matter is expected to come before the city council in late September or early October.

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Wish granted to Chamber family member

Local stop for Make-A-Wish Foundation

Columbia and take her portrait.

He also suggested Kate try out her new camera with him on a special “danbo” photo shoot.

With brand-new top-of-the-line equipment and her new mentors, Kate is well on her way to fulfilling her dream of becoming a professional photographer.

Thanks to Jason and Darcie from Revival Arts Studio (and congrats on the new edition), Larry the Cake Guy, Matthew Keoni, and of course, Gentec Canada for teaming up together to help Kate achieve her dream.

Kate’s wish was proudly supported by proceeds from the Blenz Coffee holiday promotion.

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he Make-A-Wish Foundation grants the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions.

Each wish is personal and unique to the recipient. Whether it fulfills a fantasy, creates an adventure or includes a celebrity, the outcome is to bring hope, strength and joy to a child facing a medical condition.

At IGL Financial Solutions Inc. (exclusive marketing agent for the Chambers of Commerce Group Plan) we like to call ourselves a “Wish Family,” as one of our own has been granted this life-changing gift. We’ve seen firsthand the joy and hope that the “wish experience” can give a child.

Kate Roberge, daughter of IGL Financial Solutions president Dan Roberge, was granted her wish in 2012.

Here is her story:

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••• Seventeen-year-old Kate Roberge has numerous interests, ranging from dance to the Vancouver Canucks, but her real passion is photography.

Kate has cystic fibrosis, but she doesn’t let that stand in the way of her dream career. Kate’s wish was for new photography equipment including a Canon camera so she could set up her very own studio at home.

The celebration started off when a local gentleman known as “Larry the Cake Guy” turned up at Kate’s house in Abbotsford, with a gorgeous cake in the shape of a Canon camera.

Kate loved it, and it tasted just as good as it looked.

That evening, with her family watching, Kate eagerly unwrapped a stack of brightly wrapped packages to reveal her wish list – lenses, flashes, a memory card, a power pack, stands, a transceiver/relay to remotely trigger a camera, and

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Kate Roberge was granted a Make-A-Wish Foundation wish for new camera equipment. Here she is, with her brand new Canon 5D Mark II camera, as well as a cake that was brought to her door. more.

And of course who can forget the pièce de résistance – a gorgeous Canon 5D Mark II camera.

Next, Kate received an offer from local Abbotsford-area pro photographers Jason and Darcie Brown from Revival Arts Studio to take her on her own professional shoot once she had some time to get used to her brand new camera.

Jason had come to Kate’s wish presentation and got to see her face light up with glee when she found out she would be photographing a

real model on a professional fashion shoot, hair and make-up services included.

Darcie and Jason are no strangers to the power of a wish – when Darcie’s brother was a teenager like Kate, he had his wish granted for a laptop computer.

Jason is so dedicated, he didn’t even let the birth of their new baby that same morning prevent him from showing up at Kate’s celebration.

Kate is so excited to spend a day learning from this dynamic duo.

No wish is complete without a few additional surprises.

Kate had mentioned to her wish grantor that one photographer’s style she found most inspirational was Matthew Keoni, a young man from Red Deer, Alberta.

Kate especially admired Matthew’s portrait photography, as well as a series of photographs Matthew had taken featuring a “danbo” robot doll in a variety of settings.

Kate was stunned when she received an offer from Matthew himself to come visit her in British

We can’t thank the Foundation enough for what they’ve done for Kate.

She has already started her own photography business and is looking forward to a future doing what she truly loves, largely in part to the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

Kate’s story served as inspiration for IGL Financial Solutions and the Chambers of Commerce Group Insurance Plan to take a more active role in helping the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

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his month the Abbotsford Chamber of Commerce is recognizing Douglas MacAdams and MacAdams Law Firm as they celebrate 25 years of service to the community.

The firm has been an active member and supporter of the Chamber for that entire period.

Douglas MacAdams is a past president of the Abbotsford Chamber and current member of our board of governors.

Over the years he has served

the Chamber as a board and committee member, moderated all-candidates meetings, hosted numerous social and networking events and has even been the good-natured target of some of our Business Excellence Aw a r d e n t e r tainers. MacAdams Law Firm is again a platinum sponsor of this year’s Business Excellence Awards.

He even looks very dashing in a kilt (Abbotsford tartan, of course)!

Congratulations to Douglas and his colleagues and staff at MacAdams Law Firm.

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s summer comes to an end our committees and the board are eager to get back to our regular scheduled meetings and continue the work of serving our membership. I am excited to report that the Chamber has a full agenda this fall.

This summer I spent some time meeting with our board, executive and chamber staff.

I enjoyed meeting with all of our board members one-onone to discuss the Chamber and any feedback they may have.

Overall, we are in good shape. There is always room for continuous improvement and we have the opportunity to make a few enhancements.

Our draft multi-year strategic plan encompasses many of the board and staff’s

great ideas and will be discussed further at our September board meeting.

One of the exciting things in our strategic plan is the return to a more MIKE WELTE proactive PRESIDENT advocacy model. The Chamber is committing to developing an advocacy policy in the coming months that outlines how we advocate on behalf of our members interests.

The plan more importantly commits the Chamber to tackling at least two proactive advocacy issues per year. These issues will then be used to lobby the three levels of

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government. An example of the Chamber’s success was the implementation of the Intermunicipal Business Licence last year.

Most recently, we returned from the B.C. Chamber of Commerce annual general meeting in Nanaimo.

A large part of the AGM is used to debate policy items that make up a policy book.

This document is utilized to lobby the provincial government on behalf of the business community and is sent to all of the MLAs in the province.

At this year’s AGM, together with the Greater Langley Chamber of Commerce, we co-sponsored a resolution to upgrade and extend 16th Avenue from Highway 99 to the Abbotsford Airport. This would reduce congestion on a major truck route and improve the flow of goods and people along this vital east-west corridor.

Two other issues that directly affect busi-

ness in Abbotsford pertained to Fraser River flood management and the impact of the carbon tax on agriculture.

In total there are 114 diverse policies in the book that call for change in provincial regulations to ultimately improve trade and commerce for the business community.

For the Abbotsford Chamber to effectively represent the interests of our members, we need our members to help identify issues locally, provincially and federally that are negatively impacting prosperity.

We want to help you to remove the barriers and obstacles so that you can be more successful. I ask readers of this article to contact our office or myself directly.

For members who want to take a more active role, the government affairs committee is always looking for new members to identify and move these issues forward. So, the invitation is there to help us, help you.

China tour a great opportunity for Chamber members C

hina is our second largest export marrewarding experience. ket. Already the world’s largest market There will also be an opportunity for for cars, cell phones and seafood, it is the Chamber members to make business confastest growing market for luxury goods, air tacts in China. passengers and nuclear power.

The trip departs on April 4, 2014, returnChina has the most internet users and ing April 12, 2014. Your trip includes: online game players, the longest high speed • Round trip international airfare from rail network and the Vancouver busiest port. There • 4 and 5 star hotel are well over 100 citaccommodations ies in China with a • Three meals per population of more day than one million • All tour fees and, according to • Deluxe in-counthe Economist Inteltry transportation ligence Unit, the and local airfare ALLAN ASAPH economy will grow • Experienced Engat rates of about lish-speaking tour eight per cent per guides annum for the next decade.

• All taxes and airport fees In China’s case, seeing is believing.

Prices are based on two-person shared That is why we are excited to announce accommodation, single occupancy is a special invitation from the Abbotsford available for an additional charge of $500.

Chamber of Commerce to join us next April This trip is also available to non-Chamber to discover China. members for an addition charge of $150 per As an exclusive benefit for Chamber person. members we are partnering with Citslinc Deadline for registration is Dec. 19, 2013.

International Inc. to provide a nine-day, allOver 20,000 people travelled with Citslinc inclusive tour of Beijing, Suzhou, Hangzhou on Chamber tours last year alone. and Shanghai for $2,499 per person.

I had the opportunity to travel to China Citslinc is one of the largest providers of last April with them and I was impressed by foreign tours to China and works exclusively their high level of professional service. with over 800 Chambers of Commerce in This trip completely changed my underCanada and the US. standing of China and I came away with This fully escorted trip is meant to be an an entirely new found appreciation for its introduction to the people, history, culture, people and its future. commerce and daily life of this exciting We will be hosting an information session country. at 7 p.m. on Oct. 1 at the Coast Abbotsford The itinerary is packed with sights and Hotel & Suites, 2020 Sumas Way, Abbotsford. activities that will give you a full and Leo Liu, president of Citslinc, will be there

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he Abbotsford-Sumas Rotary Club announced its 2013/2014 board of directors recently. It includes president Kim Hissink; president elect Dorothy Van der Ree; president elect nominee Mike Adkins; Secretary Carrie Pratt; treasurer Sandy Watson; and directors Tom McMillan, Dan Bue, Dorothy Van der Ree, Douglas Dunn and Cheryl Klassen.

The Abbotsford-Sumas Rotary Club is also known as ‘the Strawberry Club.’ Proceeds from the annual strawberry sale fundraiser and other events like the St. Paddy’s Day Dance support service projects in its own

community and internationally.

Abbotsford residents may be familiar with the nautical theme playground at John Mahoney Park as well as the ‘Welcome to Abbotsford’ sign on Sumas Way – both of which are projects of of the A-S Rotary Club.

Anyone interested in becoming a member or learning more about Rotary is welcome and invited to join them Wednesday mornings at 7 a.m. at the Salvation Army Cascade Community Centre (35190 Delair Road).

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he Abbotsford Senior Panthers have two new things going for them this season: a brand new football field and a brand new team.

With just two returning players from last year’s varsity squad, this year’s Panthers will be made up of mostly Grade 11 players. But they’re no strangers to the rough and tumble high school gridiron. As Grade 10 players, they led their team to the AA provincial championship game, QB JORDAN FOX losing only to Mission in the final.

“They’ve played a lot of football and experienced what it’s like to be in the playoffs and be in big games,” said head coach Jay Fujimura.

The once powerhouse Abby Senior football program folded in 2002 and the school was without

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Abby Senior Panthers start with new team; new field

“We’re in a building year.

They’re getting used to a new system, the scheme is a little more complicated.”

– JAY FUJIMURA, head coach

a team until 2007, when Fujimura came on board, and, with the help of the principal and staff, resurrected the Panthers into the AA division.

It’s been a slow uphill climb and Fujimura is starting once again with his young team.

“We’re in a building year,” he said last week. “They’re getting used to a new system, the scheme is a little more complicated. They’re getting used to that and playing varsity ball which is a little bit quicker.”

Leading the charge will be a brand new quarterback, Jordan Fox, who’s playing in his first season of high school football as a Grade 11.

“He’s an athletic guy, one of our better basketball players, coming out for football,” said Fujimura. “It was a learning curve for him.”

Outstanding running back Grayson Marquardt will be his ‘go-to’ guy. see PANTHERS, page A16

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Panther running back Grayson Marquardt gets a block from Madaraka Kuol on a Crusader defender to pick up a few extra yards.The Abbotsford Senior Panthers hosted Surrey’s Holy Cross Crusaders in the B.C. High School Football AA Varsity 2013 regular season opener for both teams Friday. The Crusaders won 50-0.

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he University of the Fraser Valley men’s soccer team had a weekend to remember, for all the right reasons.

Not only did the Cascades take down the number-one team in the nation, with a 1-0 victory over the UBC Thunderbirds on Sunday, but they also put a halt to a dubious streak in the process.

It was the first time in UFV school history that the Cascades beat the T’Birds – a streak that spanned 14 games.

It was one of two streaks to fall on Sunday, as the Thunderbirds’ loss was their first in 27 games. The last UBC regular season loss in CIS or Canada West play came Nov. 6, 2011.

“The guys followed the game plan and did everything Tom (Lowdnes) and I asked of them,” said Cascades head coach Alan Errington.

Connor MacMillan of Chilliwack scored the lone goal of the game, with only three minutes to play.

Keeper Mark Village of Abbotsford made five saves for the shutout victory.

“A complete team victory, I cannot be more proud of the team then I am right now,”

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Sunday’s victory came on the heels of an opening-season 2-1 loss to Trinity Western University on Friday.

Ethan Claibourne-Collins of

Chilliwack scored the lone Cascades goal in the loss.

The Cascades’ 1-1-0 record after Week 1 leaves them in a four-way tie atop the CIS Pacific Division, along with

The UFV Cascades women opened their season with a 2-0 victory over the UNBC Timberwolves on Friday.

Jade Palm of Powell River scored the only goal the Cascades would need, converting a Paige Friesen (Abbotsford) corner, 12 minutes in. It was one of 10 corner kicks the Cascades had in the game.

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Danica Kump of Surrey made it 2-0 in the 75th minute.

“We got the result we wanted tonight. Had we finished a few more of our chances we would have been able to play more of our reserves. Give UNBC all the credit for playing an excellent game,” said UFV head coach Rob Giesbrecht. “I was very proud of our young team they did not get frustrated and showed a tremendous amount of maturity tonight.”

The Cascades women play the 0-0-1 UBC Thunderbirds on Sept. 13.

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The Panthers showed all the nerves expected of a mainly all-rookie varsity team, as the Crusaders dominated in a 50-0 victory.

This Friday, the Panthers welcome alumni to the new campus for their homecoming game at 7 p.m. when they take on Howe Sound.

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“Grayson’s a very good running back and Jordan being a very good athlete, we wanted to spread the field out and put as many athletes on the field as possible,” explained the coach.

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Other notables include Jordan Goheen, who moves up to varsity as a receiver/safety and returning Grade 12 starting tackle Jason Mann.

“It’s a new team; that happens every two years,” said Fujimura, adding what his team lacks in size, they make up for

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Sept. 10, seniors are invited to play carpet bowling at Garden Park Tower, 2825 Clearbrook Rd., Abbotsford, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2 – 4 p.m. Cost $1.25. Call 604-853-5532.

Community events To list an event hosted or sponsored by a non-profit group in Abbotsford or Mission, upload it directly to our website: abbotsfordtimes.com, or send an e-mail with a succinct, 75-word description of the event including day, date, time and address to events@abbotsfordtimes.com, or drop off at 30887 Peardonville Rd, Abbotsford.

Open Door kids drop-in

Sept. 10, drop-in for single moms and their preschool children at Bakerview Church, 2285 Clearbrook Rd., from 9:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Free childminding, program for moms, lunch for all and it’s free. Call 604-859-4611 for details.

Women’s breakfast

Sept. 11, 9:30 a.m.

Abbotsford Women’s Connection Breakfast meets at Garden Park Tower, 2825 Clearbrook Rd., Abbotsford.

Cost is $11; Charlotte Lepp of Lepp Farm Market, Mary De Hart. RSVP to 604-7445159, 604-852-8240 or abbyconnectreservations@gmail. com.

Newcomers meet

Sept. 10, Abbotsford/Mission Newcomers invites all women new to the area to join them for social activities, speakers, dinners, from 7 – 9 p.m. at Terry Fox Elementary, 3071 Babich St., Abbotsford.

For more info and meeting place, contact Corry at 604859-4859.

Armchair traveller

Sept. 11, Lifetime Learning Centre presents The Armchair Traveller, an outreach program at Carrington House, Seventh Ave., Mission from 2 – 3 p.m. Cost is $7 (non-members $10).

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Sept. 11, join the Mission Friends of the Library and help them with fundraising, book sales and events.

Meeting is at Mission Library, 33247 Second Ave., at 2 p.m.

For more call 604-826-6610.

Anger awareness

Sept. 11, the Abby Dads Program at Abbotsford Community Services has a free four-week group for dads struggling with anger and frustration. Topics include self-esteem, relationships, conflict resolution, anger

Free English classes are o ff e r e d t o a d u l t i m m i grants in Abbotsford and Mission. Continuous intake from September to June, at Abbotsford Community Services, 2420 Montrose Ave, Abbotsford. Call 604-8597681, ext.. 216.

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Sept. 12, chair yoga classes with Norine resume at Lifetime Learning Centre. This fun fitness class is for anyone wanting to improve their mobility and flexibility.

Fee for six sessions is $35 ($45 for non-members). Preregistration is required at 604-820-0220 or at www. lifetimelearningcentre.org.

Learning Plus

Sept. 12, Learning Plus has an open house and registration from 10 a.m. to noon at Abbotsford Recreation Centre, 2499 McMillan Rd. Coffee/tea included. Drop by and see what all the excitement is about.

Male chorus season

Sept. 12, Abbotsford Male Chorus seeks new members.

They sing Thursdays, 7:15 p.m. at Clearbrook Mennonite Church, 32027 Peardonville Rd., Abbotsford. Email maxwell24@shaw.ca.

Mission Legion poker, more Starting Sept. 12, Texas Hold’em Poker at 7 p.m., at the Royal Canadian Legion, 32627 Logan Ave., Mission.

Also a chili cook-off on Sept.

14, $25 per team, music by Reckless and more. Swap meet is Sept. 21 from 8 a.m.

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to 4 p.m., $5 per table or donate items to Legion.

Call 604-826-2331 for more details.

Gaming grants meeting

Sept. 14 at 10:30 a.m., 30835 Peardonville Rd., Abbotsford. Groups receiving or wanting to apply for a gaming grant are encouraged to attend this meeting. The Fraser Valley Community Charitable Gaming Association provides help to access gaming grants. Membership is free and endorsed by the Gaming Policy Enforcement Branch. For info or to register, contact 604-309-1481 or email fvccga@gmail.com.

Converse in French

Sept. 16 Lifetime Learning Centre presents French conversation with Nicole Bellay. A series of six classes will be given each Monday with the intermediate level starting at 9:30 a.m. and the beginner level at 11 a.m.

Place: 32444 Seventh Ave., Mission. Fee for the series: $40 (non-members $50).

Lifetime learning

Sept. 18, open house of Lifetime Learning from 1 – 3 p.m. at 32444 Seventh Ave., Mission. See what’s in store for this semester. Program info and registration available. Email welcomeltlc@ telus.net for more.

Red hatters sale

Sept. 14, the Central Fraser Valley Queens Council of the Red Hat Society is having a Twice Around Sale for its members from 10 a.m.

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Above – Hawks receiver Jake Firlotte is tackled by Timberwolves defender Tanner Friesen.

The W.J. Mouat Hawks hosted the Robert Bateman Timberwolves in a steady rain in B.C. High School Football preseason action Friday. The Hawks, who play AAA ball, won 52-10. The Wolves are in the AA league. Upper right, Crusader running back Anton Cvitkovich shakes off Panther defensive back Madaraka Kuol on his way to the end zone; lower right, Panthers Jeff Koster (11) and Jordan Goheen (85) team up to bring down Crusader running back Lucas Ciampeletti. The Abbotsford Senior Panthers hosted Surrey’s Holy Cross Crusaders in the B.C. High School Football AA varsity 2013 regular season opener for both teams Friday. The Crusaders won 50-0.

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