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Canada Day was a scorcher this year, with temperatures soaring into the mid-30s throughout the Fraser Valley. In Agassiz, firefighters let children play with the water hoses, and eventually sprayed down Pioneer Avenue allowing everyone a chance to cool off, including an eager Mark Schwichtenberg. For more Canada Day photos, see page 12.

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For Ed and Phyllis Stenson, tonight is the beginning of the end.

The 35th annual Harrison Festival of the Arts kicks off in Memorial Hall with a special performance by H'Sao, a festival favourite, at 8:30 p.m.

Actually, regulars to the 10-day cultural feast will notice a few return acts, and it's no accident.

This is the Stenson's final year at the helm of the festival, and they've gone out of their way to ensure every act is well-received.

Many are personal favourites of the Stensons, including the Wailin' Jennys. One of that

group's first shows was right here at the festival – on a drizzly Monday under the old plaza, Ed recalls.

But the show was a hit and the Wailin' Jennys (Nicky Mehta, Ruth Moody and Heather Masse) went onto gain huge successes; their 2006 album Firecracker was nominated for a Juno Award and spent more than 56 weeks on the Billboard charts.

They'll close the festival on Sunday, July 14, with what is sure to be a sold out show in the hall. Tickets are selling fast for that performance, along with the other high-calibre performances lined up.

Some of the highlights include

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When the Jennys pack up the stage, so will the Stensons.

But, the show will go on.

Their replacements, Andy Hillhouse and Mel Dunster, have been in place for months, and have been gearing up to take over the festival – an enormous labour of love that includes piles of paperwork and organization to secure funding for the $450,000 annual budget, as well as seeking out new and exciting musicians while attracting big names for the evening shows.

There are volunteers – dozens upon dozens – to organize, summer staff to recruit, along

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But it's all worth it. Every year, both Ed and Phyllis can often be found in and amongst the crowds at the festival, enjoying a few minutes of rest here and there, taking in the cultural offerings they worked so hard to deliver to the community.

To check out a full listing of what's happening at the Harrison Festival of the Arts this year, see page 8. To purchase tickets online, visit www. harrisonfestival.com.

For further information, phone 604-796-3664.

– with file from the Chilliwack Progress

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Mobile bus replaces needle exchange van New wheels won’t make the trek to Agassiz, but Lloyd will Jennifer Feinberg BLACK PRESS

A big blue bus is ready to roll through Chilliwack

as a mobile clinic to serve the needs of street people in the downtown core, and for those in Agassiz.

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Called the Fraser Healthy Options Clinic, the modified passenger bus will be replacing the blue needle exchange van that used to operate weekday afternoons in the Empress Lane parking lot, run by Pacific Community Resources Society.

While debate over harm reduction rages on in Abbotsford, Chilliwack has quietly supported its own needle exchange program for 20 years, with firm backing from city officials, the BIA and business community.

It also attracted broadbased support from the community, and has a solid record of keeping dirty needles off the streets.

“In some years, the Chilliwack program collected more needles off the streets than it handed out,” said manager Kim Lloyd, adding that when any cleanup crew members find a syringe downtown, it gets returned right back to them.

About 400 people are part of the HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C program in Chilliwack which in-

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From left, Tom McMahon, Sam Mohan and Kim Lloyd meet in the new Healthy Options mobile clinic.

cludes IV drug users, the homeless, and sex trade workers.

Last year the needle exchange program logged about 2,500 visits, since many individuals would pick up supplies for multiple users in their households, said Lloyd. Some would come from communities like Agassiz or Boston Bar. The newly renovated bus with a colourful local landscape design on the side of it, promises to be an improvement over the old van.

“Our clients used to have to stand outside no matter what the weather,” said program supervisor Sam Mohan. “Now they

can come inside and sit down with us. We’ve got space for expanded outreach and education, testing and immunizations, and more supplies and free offerings like clothing and toiletries.”

Staff finally made the transfer of program files and supplies from the van to the mini mobile clinic on the bus last week.

PCRS ran the HIVHep C program from downtown storefronts near Five Corners for more than a decade, before moving it to Southgate Mall, said Mohan.

The needle exchange went mobile in 2006 and has been operating out of a Dodge van since 2009.

One afternoon a week will see a public health nurse on duty.

“The mobile clinic idea is a tremendous step toward improving what was already a very successful program,” said Stewart McLean, co-chair of the Chilliwack Healthier Community Stewardship Council.

The bus, donated to PCRS by Mobile Youth Outreach of Surrey, has the potential to reach even more people than ever before.

“To put this kind of resource on the street, where it can reach so many of our marginalized residents, is exactly the kind of initiative we

want in Chilliwack,” said McLean.

The 22-foot bus will be parked at the soon-to-beopen Chilliwack Health and Housing Contact Centre at Young Road and Hocking when not in use, and PCRS officials will operate the mobile clinic with funding and a mandate from Fraser Health.

While the bus burns too much fuel to make the regular trip to Agassiz, Lloyd does bring her supplies, expertise, empathy and other resources to town to serve the eight to 10 local clients who depend upon her.

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Terry Fox Run moves to Agassiz from Harrison Organizers ready to lace up for annual event The Terry Fox Run has been a longtime event in the village of Harrison Hot Springs starting all the way back in 1985.

Since then, thousands have participated and shared in Terry’s dream to outrun cancer and find a cure. This year, the Run will be relocated to Agassiz to give it a fresh look and route, the Terry Fox Foundation announced recently.

"With Harrison and Agassiz located so close to one another, the Run should benefit from the raised awareness of a new route and closer proximity to a new

group of residents," said Kevin Chan, promotions and media assistant for the organization's B.C. Yukon chapter. "The location of this year’s Terry Fox Run also allows for participants to bring bikes and strollers to cater to a broader range of participants during the 5km route. There is also the option for a 10km run."

The Terry Fox Run will be held on Sept. 15 and, Chan said, Agassiz-Harrison Run Organizers Elinor Bell and Kenneth Burningham may have a few more tricks up their sleeves with details being released closer

to the date.

The start/finish location for the event will be at Cheam Village (1525 MacKay Crescent).

If you are interested in volunteering or would like further information about the run, contact Elinor Bell by email at elimal63@gmail.com or by phone at 604-796-8406. Remember, the runs are non-competitive and all inclusive; the registration fee is by donation and there is no minimum pledge amount.

For more information about The Terry Fox Foundation, visit www.terryfox.org.

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Farmers invited to join climate input program Agroclimate reporting crucial to mitigating impacts on agriculture Staff Writer

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A federally funded agriculture reporting tool may expand beyond its current scope of the Peace River and Alberta, to include other areas of Canada.

The Agroclimate Impact Reporter (AIR) is an online tool for the collection, integration and display of agroclimate impact information across Canada. And for the tool to run effectively, it requires the participation of citizens – chiefly farmers – to input data on a regular basis.

The information will enable Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada to better understand the local and regional effects of agroclimate conditions and identify emerging risks to the broader agricultural sector.

Participants can document and record events such as droughts and flooding, and the tool provides maps of such events.

AAFC explained via media release that AIR is "Canada’s first geospatial database of agroclimate

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Agassiz All Storage raised over $1,000 for the Youth Inclusion Program at their garage sale on June 8.

Garage sale sends kids to camp More than $1,000 raised through sale of gently used items Jessica Peters THE OBSERVER

Garage sales are known to be fruitful for those who put in the hard work of sorting their junk, cleaning it up, and — hopefully — parting with it.

But sometimes, the spoils of such a sale go straight from the sellers’ hands right back into the community. That was the case locally a few weeks ago, when Agassiz All Storage held its annual fundraising garage sale.

They chose to direct their earnings toward the Youth Inclusion Program, operated through Agassiz-Harrison Community Services.

Through the sale of dressers, televisions, clothing, small appliances and other garage sale treasures, they were able to raise $1,049.06.

That money will go directly toward YIP, and help fund an adventure for several local youth.

“From this money raised, we were able to send nine girls from YIP to Shuswap for three days of much needed recreational therapy,” said Adam Palmer, YIP manager. “The money helped pay for food, activities and transportation.”

Many of the young people who are involved with YIP have never had the chance to participate in

healthy outdoor sports and activities.

YIP is a recreational based program for eight to 18 year olds that has been operating for almost four years.

The Agassiz Harrison Youth Inclusion Program is one of 13 pilot projects across Canada.

“Giving youth in the Upper Fraser Valley the opportunity to meet with Mother Nature was what the Agassiz All Storage Garage Sale was focused on,” said Sabine Keil, owner of the storage business. This was the third garage sale event the business has held that benefitted the community. news@ahboserver.com

ACE expands to Harrison Hot Springs THE OBSERVER

Just coming off the media whirlwind that descended on ACE – set in motion when three graduates over the age of 60 finished their high school diplomas – the alternate education program has received more good news.

Starting in September, the Agassiz Centre for Education will have a way for Harrison Hot Springs residents to study closer to home.

The Harrison Beach Hotel has offered up one of their meeting rooms, one afternoon a week.

A teacher will be available at the new "north campus," during that once a week session, said ACE administrator Sandy Balascak.

"We joke that we have the ACE East campus at the Legion hall for all of our fundraisers and special events, ACE Central campus at the Agassiz Library for awards and ongoing

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events like ACE Your Tech, and now we have the ACE North campus to provide services in Harrison," she said.

"It is so wonderful to have all of these organizations helping us to be able to provide services all over the area. ACE is growing at an amazing rate, but we could never have accomplished it but for the tremendous support we get from the entire community.”

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when Tara Ryder, an ACE graduate who works at the hotel, suggested it to her board. The suggestion was approved unanimously, Balascak said, and she's looking forward to offering class time to part-time, adult students who can't travel into Agassiz.

ACE is a part of the Fraser Cascade School District, and offers a wide range of programs for students of all ages. news@ahobserver.com

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questions; for example, “To what extent are you experiencing flood conditions in your area?”

It's important information to be collected, and shared, AAFC said.

"Monitoring the impacts of weather on water supplies, soil degradation and agricultural production is essential to enable regions to make preparations to withstand climate extremes in a more informed manner."

Currently, AIR involves industry partners and 300 volunteers across the prairies and into Peace River. The project began in the late 1990s and there are discussions to expand the program.

To learn more or to join the volunteer network, visit www.agr. gc.ca/air.

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impacts.

Data are provided by a network of volunteers who submit monthly reports about the agroclimate impacts in their region. These reports . . . play a valuable role in helping AAFC evaluate climate-related risks to agriculture."

Users of the new online tool will be able to submit reports of weather impacts within their region (province, census district or municipality) by time period and by category and severity of impact.

They will also be able to view counts of all weather impacts, display current or archived information as maps, search reports by user types, make data queries and overlay other existing or custom geospatial information.

Once a month, AIR volunteers complete a report of 20 to 30

Dr. Fadyeyeva joins the team: Dr. Wayne Phimister, Family Practice Physician Sean Young, Family Nurse Practitioner Marie Weatherby, Family Nurse Practitioner Sue Lawrence, Family Nurse Practitioner Robert Stam, Community Resource Nurse Susan Hutcheon, Dietician Carol Neilsen, Respiratory Therapist Darlene, Reagen, Cherie and Jennifer - Medical Office Staff Thank you to Dr. Olivia Tseng who will be leaving We look forward to continuing to provide a comprehensive community health service in the Agassiz / Harrison area and we are welcoming new patients at this time.

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New app could make boating safer A new mobile phone application designed by British Columbia search and rescue crews will help boaters stay safe on the water this summer.

Developed by Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue (RCM-SAR), the free Safe Boating App has a range of resources to help boaters with voyage planning, weather, communication, and emergencies.

“This is a really handy app for the thousands of recreational boaters in B.C., and its safety information could potentially save lives,” said RCM-SAR president Jim Lee. “It consolidates a lot of information that all boaters should have into a simple one-stop phone application.”

The RCM-SAR Safe Boating App includes voyage planning resources; tide, current, wind and weather information; emergency procedures and distress

signal information; emergency radio communication procedures including sample recordings; VHF marine radio channel listings for Canada - Pacific; contact information for non-emergency vessel assistance; safety equipment and navigation light requirements; equipment checklists; basic maritime collision regulations; hazard to shipping and tsunami debris reporting using the phone’s GPS and camera, and a conversion calculator for fueling.

“This app was developed by Adam Hyde, a crew member at our West Vancouver Station who has a passion for boating safety,” said Lee. “We’re excited to share it with the boating community, and we look forward to people using it on board and ashore.”

The RCM-SAR Safe Boating App is available on iPhones through the iTunes store.

Fire call

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Fire crews from Agassiz, along with rail workers, worked together to extinguish flames from a grass fire at the side of the rail line in Agassiz on Wednesday at about 4:30 p.m. at the Cameron Road train crossing.

New highway camera at Highlands Boulevard There's a new web cam on the DriveBC website located in the District of Kent.

The camera is located on Hwy. 7 at Highlands Boulevard, about three km east of Harrison Mills, looking east. There are now more than 300 B.C. highway webcam images on the Drive BC network.

In a statement about the new camera, the province said the location was chosen because it

is subject to high traffic volumes and rapidly changing weather conditions.

As with all of the live web cams, they hope that drivers will check the route being heading out.

“The new web camera will provide travelers with real-time road conditions in an area where traffic and weather conditions can and do change very quickly.

This is a great tool for ensuring

a safe drive home," said Chilliwack-Hope MLA Laurie Throness.

The B.C. government launched the DriveBC website in 2005. It receives more than 2.9 million visits per month.

View current webcam images on DriveBC at: www.drivebc.ca.

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Public hearing on Monday for marina development

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A comprehensive redevelopment plan for the Harrison Marina will go through another step of public process on Monday, July 8.

A public hearing will be held in council chambers in Harrison

Hot Springs at 7 p.m., before the regular council meeting.

Anyone who feels that their interest in property is affected by the changes required to the Official Community Plan and the Zoning

Amendment Bylaws will be allowed to speak at the public hearing.

Comments and questions can also be sent by mail or email, but must be received by the end of the public hearing to be

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To read the bylaws, visit www. harrisonhotsprings.ca.

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Summer story time returns

Children clamoured to the front of the stage, hung in the big tree in Pioneer Park, and cuddled with their parents, during the summer’s first Story Time in the Park on Wednesday in Agassiz. The Kent Harrison Arts Council’s Rebecca Schram read Earth Day, Birthday!, the book of the week.

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Bobs and LoLo, a Vancouver-based music duo of Treehouse TV fame, will participate in Story Time in the Park next week.

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District of Kent staff did confirm that a production company has been in contact with them, and that they are working with the company to see if Agassiz would be a good fit – particularly Pioneer Avenue.

The company will be speaking with business owners to ensure they're receptive to having a series shot here.

The arrival of a television series shoot can have large economic benefits for a community, as was seen when the science fiction show Eureka chose Chilliwack as as location for their outdoor scenes.

That series returned regularly for five years, and wrapped up in 2011.

Cast and crew stayed in local hotels, ate in local restaurants and shopped downtown.

A call placed to the Wayward Pines production company was not returned by press time.

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A location scout was in Agassiz Wednesday, checking out the town for the potential filming of a television series.

Chatter around town spread quickly, as the scout popped into local shops and restaurants, took pictures of the downtown business facades and chatted with people along the way.

The television series mentioned by the scout is Wayward Pines, which is set to star Matt Dillon and Melissa Leo. Dillon is a veteran movie star, getting his start in the late '70s, and securing his Hollywood status with '80s film The Outsiders.

Leo is also a long-time actor, with more than 100 film and television credits to her name.

Wayward Pines is listed on the industry website IMDb as a onehour drama series based on a Blake Crouch novel of the same name, and created by Chad Hodge. One of the executive directors is listed as M. Night Shyamalan, and it is being produced by Fox Network.

In its description on IMDb, Wayward Pines is a thriller about a Secret Service agent who goes to Wayward Pines, Idaho in search of two federal agents who have gone missing in the bucolic town. He soon learns that he may never get out of Wayward Pines alive.

However, because the shooting of the series has not been confirmed by the location managers, the filming is not yet listed on the Director's Guild production list – an up-to-date comprehensive list for the entire province.

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Story Time in the Park is celebrating an important milestone this year.

The barrier-free summer program was created 10 years ago by Heather Stewin to help families discover the value of reading and develop lifelong literacy skills. Stewin was honoured with a plant dedication in Hope’s Memorial Park on Tuesday during the kickoff to this year’s Story Time in the Park. In addition to Hope Mayor Susan Johnston reading Earth Day, Birthday!, there was also a performance by can-can dancers, and entertainment with magician Jeff Christensen, also known as The Great Smartini.

“The overall theme this year is the environment, which basically is to get kids to appreciate nature,” said Christine Proulx, director of Free Rein Associates. “If they appreciate nature, maybe they will be outside more. Kids are staying indoors more and more, and there’s a correlation between that, and learning and general health.”

But Story Time in the Park isn’t limited to Hope. It takes place on Mondays in Boston Bar and Tuesdays in Hope from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. throughout July and August. It is also in Agassiz on Wednesdays in July and Harrison Hot Springs on Wednesdays in August. Families meet in their community park to listen to a story while following along in their own copy of the book each week. They also receive free lunch and participate in an activity or entertainment.

Story Time in the Park is sponsored

by Free Rein Associates in partnership with Envision Financial, District of Hope, Kinder Morgan, BC Hydro, Fortis BC, CP Rail, Raise-A-Reader, and Build-A-Bear Workshop. Since the program’s creation, statistics in the area have shown a 15 per cent improvement in cognitive and language development with children entering kindergarten. However, Proulx said literacy rates are not as good as they should be.

“It’s really important to get families with young children to understand that literacy is the key to everything,” she added. “People think of literacy as reading books, but it’s so much more than that. The more literate a community is, the more successful it is. So, the higher the literacy rate, the more economically viable a community is.”

A story writing contest is running again this summer in conjunction with Story Time in the Park. Everyone in the Fraser-Cascade region is welcome to submit their own stories for children. The writing contest winner will see their book published and distributed to children attending Story Time in the Park next year.

• Familiar faces from Treehouse TV will be joining Story Time in the Park on July 9 (Hope) and 10 (Agassiz). Bobs & LoLo are a Vancouverbased children’s music duo consisting of Robyn Hardy and Lorraine Pond.

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Opinion QUESTION OF THE WEEK

Lucky to be here Last weekend Canadians coast to coast celebrated the 146th anniversary of our great nation’s founding.

There is much to celebrate. Earlier this year, Canada was ranked the third best country in the world to live by the Organization for Economic Cooperation (OECD), and we are consistently ranked high in the United Nations’ Human Development Index.

By any metric you choose to measure, Canadians enjoy a standard of life far above that of the rest of the world.

However, sometimes it seems we don’t realize how good we have it.

For the majority of Canadians, our claim to citizenship is merely by an accident of birth – we are the lucky few who started life in a society so prosperous – one that values peace, education, and public welfare.

Few of us have ever gone without.

Canada offers its citizens the chance to attain our own personal versions of success, and protects those who might suffer misfortune along the way.

But if you ever want to truly understand just how good we have it here, talk one of the 7 million Canadians who immigrated here from elsewhere in the world. No one has a greater appreciation for what Canada has to offer than new Canadians.

Of course, Canada has always been an immigrant nation. The first people to

settle in what we now know as Canada came not on a boat, but via the Bering Sea land bridge more than 20,000 years ago.

The French and English were the first European immigrants to arrive on our shores in the 1500s, and by the late 1800s, Eastern Europeans from Ukraine and Russia were recruited to help expand Canada westward across the prairies. As B.C. established Canada’s presence on the Pacific Rim, so too has it opened its doors to Asian immigration.

It hasn’t always been an easy transition, however. In the past, when cultures clashed in Canada, what resulted was unjust and often violent.

Just as it is important to celebrate the great achievements of our forefathers on Canada Day, it is equally important to remember the many the dark chapters in our collective history, so that we might learn from them and ensure they are never repeated. Episodes such as the Japanese internment, the Komagata Maru incident, the Chinese head tax, and the residential school system still resound today. Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it.

Today, as always, Canada is a nation of immigrants. Each culture has brought with it its own customs and traditions, and in so doing, has added to Canadian society and to the Canadian identity. And we are all the better for it.

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Clark resumes Campbell arrogance B.C. VIEWS Tom Fletcher VICTORIA – Call it the Beach Blanket Budget.

Despite having to campaign once again to win a seat in a byelection, Premier Christy Clark has ordered the legislature to sit without her through most of July to pass the budget that was tabled before the election.

This rare summer session ensures a couple of things. First, there will be less time for real financial results to contradict the rosy predictions made by Finance Minister Mike de Jong in February.

Second, it ensures that there will be minimum public attention paid to the deliberations, as people focus on their summer vacations and put the business of running the province aside again.

B.C. Liberal house leader Mike de Jong insists there has been no decision made on whether the legislature will sit again in the fall. The standard schedule, put in place under former premier Gordon Campbell, calls for MLAs to assemble in October and November, to consider legislation, after a spring devoted to the budget and ministry spending.

This was a serious reform that went along with fouryear scheduled elections. But Campbell soon abandoned this noble approach, with fall sessions dwindling to a few days to deal with urgent issues or disappearing altogether.

I expected Clark to reverse that after she led the party to victory in May and consigned the Campbell era to the history books. Open, accountable government and all that.

So why the summer session?

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house leader John Horgan, who meets privately with de Jong in his role of government house leader to thrash out schedules.

Here’s Horgan’s message to Clark and her government as he emerged from the latest meeting:

“This is the kind of change that should be debated in public, not by press release.”

“You ran on a platform that you claimed you were ready to implement. And what we’re getting instead is, ‘let’s jam ’em in here while the media’s on holidays, while people are at the beach thinking about other things. We’ll pass our bogus budget and then we’ll see you in February’.”

Is the budget accurate, or “bogus,” or somewhere

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in between? They’re always projections, so that can’t be determined until next year. But the proposal to keep the increase in overall spending to less than two per cent, with nearly all the increase going to health and education, is difficult to accept.

During his time, Campbell topped the Fraser Institute’s ranking of most fiscally responsible premiers, limiting spending growth to 4.4 per cent.

During those same years, average provincial economic growth was only 4.1 per cent, meaning that under the supposedly tightfisted, tax-cutting Campbell, government continued to grow to more than 20 per cent of gross domestic product.

Clark has indicated several times since her surprise election win that she intends to make government smaller. That’s the difference between her “core review” of government programs and the one conducted by OFFICE HOURS Tues.-Fri. 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

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Campbell in the painful first years of his mandate.

This is why I mentioned last week that one of the more significant instructions given to Clark’s cabinet ministers was to examine turning the Liquor Distribution Branch into a separate corporation with its own board of directors.

That in itself may slightly increases the size of government.

But it could be a preliminary step to selling the whole thing off and reducing the government’s role to taxing and regulating booze sales.

You can imagine how that would go over with the NDP, with former liquor store union boss George Heyman among the loudest opposition MLAs. This is the kind of change that should be debated in public, not by press release.

Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com tfletcher@blackpress.ca

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Looking back to a greener time use of brown paper bags as book covers for our schoolbooks. This was to ensure that public property, (the books provided for our use by the school) was not defaced by our scribbling's. Then we were able to personalize our books on the brown paper bags. But too bad we didn't do the green thing back then.

We walked up stairs, because we didn't have an escalator in every store and office building. We walked to the grocery store and didn't climb into a 300-horsepower machine every time we had to go two blocks. But she was right. We didn't have the green thing in our day.

Back then, we washed the baby's diapers because we didn't have the throwaway kind. We dried clothes on a line, not in an energy-gobbling machine burning up 220 volts -wind and solar power really did dry our clothes back in our early days.

Kids got hand-me-down clothes from their brothers or sisters, not always brand-new clothing. But that young lady is right; we didn't have the green thing back in our day.

Back then, we had one TV, or radio, in the house – not a TV in every room. And the TV had a small screen the size of a handkerchief (remember them?), not a screen the size of the state of Montana.

In the kitchen, we blended and stirred by hand because we didn't have electric machines to do everything for us. When we packaged a fragile item to send

in the mail, we used wadded up old newspapers to cushion it, not Styrofoam or plastic bubble wrap.

Back then, we didn't fire up an engine and burn gasoline just to cut the lawn.

We used a push mower that ran on human power. We exercised by working so we didn't need to go to a health club to run on treadmills that operate on electricity. But she's right; we didn't have the green thing back then.

We drank from a fountain when we were thirsty instead of using a cup or a plastic bottle every time we had a drink of water. We refilled writing pens with ink instead of buying a new pen, and we replaced the razor blades in a razor instead of throwing away the whole razor just because the blade got dull. But we didn't have the green thing back then.

Back then, people took the streetcar or a bus and kids rode their bikes to school or walked instead of turning their moms into a 24-hour taxi service. We had one electrical outlet in a room, not an entire bank of sockets to power a dozen appliances. And we didn't need a computerized gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 23,000 miles out in space in order to find the nearest burger joint.

But isn't it sad the current generation laments how wasteful we older folks were just because we didn't have the green thing back then?

Kathy Read

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Council Chambers, Village OfÀce 495 Hot Springs Road, Harrison Hot Springs, BC TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the Village of Harrison Hot Springs will hold a Public Hearing, pursuant to Section 890 of the Local Government Act of British Columbia, as noted above, on the following items.

1) OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 1035, 2013 LOCATION: District Lot 5031, Group 1, New Westminster Land District PID: 002-410-257 PURPOSE: The bylaw proposes text amendments to the policies outlined within the Lakeshore Marine Tourist Commercial designation area of OfÀcial Community Plan Bylaw 864, 2007. The primary focus of these text amendments is to facilitate residential development while preserving the marine-oriented tourism as well as public use components within the Lakeshore Marine Tourist Commercial designation area.

2) ZONING AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 1036, 2013 LOCATION: District Lot 5031, Group 1, New Westminster Land District PID: 002-410-257 PURPOSE: The bylaw proposes an amendment to Zoning Bylaw 1020, 2012 to rezone the property from Marine Commercia C-6 to Comprehensive Development Zone 4 - CD-4. The rezoning would facilitate a multi-faceted mixed-use development.

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I received this message from a friend. Everything it says is so true, so I would like everyone to read it.

It might even make an impression on the younger generation who blame the state of the planet on the older generations. Read on and bring back the memories, and to the young people, read and learn how you have things wrong about us and figure out who is really damaging our planet.

Checking out at the store, the young cashier suggested to the older woman, that she should bring her own grocery bags because plastic bags weren't good for the environment.

The woman apologized and explained, "We didn't have this green thing back in my earlier days." The young clerk responded, "That's our problem today. Your generation did not care enough to save our environment for future generations."

She was right – our generation didn't have the green thing in our day.

Back then, we returned milk bottles, soda bottles and beer bottles to the store. The store sent them back to the plant to be washed and sterilized and refilled, so it could use the same bottles over and over.

So they really were truly recycled.

But we didn't have the green thing back in our day.

Grocery stores bagged our groceries in brown paper bags, that we reused for numerous things, most memorable besides household garbage bags, was the

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Marine Commercial (C-6) to Comprehensive Development Zone 4 (CD-4)

The two Bylaws are available for review on the Village OfÀce website at www.harrisonhotsprings. ca or at the Village OfÀce located at 495 Hot Springs Road, Harrison Hot Springs, during business hours Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm.

Persons who deem that their interest in property is affected by the proposed OfÀcial Community Plan and Zoning Amendment Bylaws, will have an opportunity to be heard at the Public Hearing, or if you are unable to attend, you may send your written submission to the Village OfÀce, PO Box 160, Harrison Hot Springs, BC VOM 1KO no later than 4:00 p.m. July 8, 2013. All submissions will form part of the record of the Public Hearing.

Please direct your enquiries to the Manager of Planning and Community Services by calling 604796-2171 or emailing aisakov@harrisonhotsprings.ca Please note that no further information or submissions can be considered by Council after the conclusion of the Public Hearing.

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Entertainment

Harrison Festival of the Arts

Festival highlights

Celebrating 35 years This year, the Harrison Festival of the Arts celebrates 35 years and the contribution of Harrison Festival Society Executive

Director Phyllis Stenson and General Manager Ed Stenson.

Retiring in September, this will be the final Festival under

Friday, July 5 H'Sao: 8:30 p.m at Memorial Hall

the Stenson’s guidance. Check out these offerings, or visit them online at www.harrisonfestival. com.

Saturday, July 6 Art Market, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Locarno: Memorial Hall, 8:30 p.m

UFV’s Literary Cafe goes green The Literary Café at the Harrison Festival of the Arts has a bit of a green theme this year, as it celebrates the publication of an anthology of Pacific Coast environmental writing.

This year’s café will take place at 8:30 p.m. on Monday, July 8 at the Harrison Memorial Hall. It is presented by Continuing Studies at the University of the Fraser Valley.

Contributors to the Cascadia: the Life and Breath of the World

anthology will read at the event, including recent UFV writer-inresidence Rex Weyler, and Gabriel George, who will read excerpts from his grandfather Chief Dan George’s writing, as well as pieces from the Chief Sepass poems.

Poet Eve Joseph will also read.

“This year’s Literary Café promises to be a joyful celebration evening of poetry, First Nations stories and wisdom, and downhome Fraser

Harrison Gospel Chapel Art Exhibit 2013

"Fullness of Life" Featuring Works of Art

by Fraser Valley Artists

July 6th & 7th July 12th, 13th, & 14th 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm FREE Admission Everyone Welcome!

Harrison Gospel Chapel 514 Lillooet Avenue, HHS

Valley music that will leave you believing in the magic of community, ecology, and our Pacific Coast spirit,” said Trevor Carolan, a UFV English instructor who will cohost the evening with Cheryl Isaac, director of Continuing Studies at UFV. Carolan notes that it’s appropriate that the readings will be held in the midst of the beautiful mountain/ lake splendour of Harrison Hot Springs, as the evening will “celebrate the cultural and environmental richness of our unique bioregion.”

Singer/s ong wr iter Franklyn Currie will provide musical interludes. Both Currie and Gabriel George are

former UFV students.

There are several UFV connections to the new environmental anthology, which is being published as a special book edition of the Manoa journal by the University of Hawaii Press in partnership with the UFV Research Office.

Cascadia: the Life and Breath of the World features work by Hugh Brody, UFV Canada Research Chair, anthropologist, and filmmaker; Robert Bringhurst, who received an honorary degree from UFV in 2006; Lee Maracle, who has taught English at UFV; and Richard Van Camp and Rex Weyler, who have been UFV writers-in-residence.

Sunday, July 7 Art Market, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Harry Manx: Memorial Hall, 7:30 p.m Monday, July 8 Literary Cafe: Memorial Hall, 8:30 p.m Tuesday, July 9 UFV Theatre night: Memorial Hall, 8:30 p.m The Wailin’ Jennys will close this year’s Festival of the Arts.

“There is also a strong contingent of First Nations authors from B.C. in the anthology,” said Carolan. “In addition to Lee Maracle, Richard Van Camp, we feature Eden Robinson, Richard Wagamese, Chief Dan George, and Chief William K'HHalserten Sepass.

We’re especially happy that Gabriel George, sacred trustkeeper with the TsleilWaututh First Nation and grandson of Chief Dan George, will be appearing at the Literary Café and reading from work in the book by his grandfather, and from the Chief Sepass poems.”

Get your tickets!

There's plenty to see and do during the festival.

When taking in the music on the beach, be sure to purchase a $2 Festival button, or buy one souvenir button for the whole festival, for $20.

Children's Day admission is $6 per person, with group rates available.

Tickets for the Memorial Hall performances range from $10 to $25.

Available Monday to Friday through July 5 (not including July 1)

Call 604 796 9009 to book your tee time *********************************************************************

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Kelly Gang: Memorial Hall, 8:30 p.m.

Thursday, July 11 Oliver Mtukudzi and the Black Spirits: Memorial Hall, 8:30 p.m Friday, July 12 Art Market, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Tambura Memorial p.m

Hall,

Rasa: 8:30

Saturday, July 13 Art Market, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Harry Manx performs Sunday, July 7.

Workshops teach arts 2 FOR 1 GOLF AT THE HARRISON RESORT GOLF COURSE

Wednesday, July 10 Children's Day: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in and around Memorial Hall, featuring Fred Penner.

Get in touch with your inner artist with workshops throughout the festival.

DRUM MAKING Sunday, July 7 at 11:00 a.m.

Harrison Memorial Hall Learn the traditional art of drum making from Sts’ailes First Nation member Darren Charlie.

Drum kits $40.00 (small), $55.00 (mid), $85.00 (large) and $105.00 (extra large) STEP DANCING Saturday, July 13 at 11 a.m.

Harrison Memorial Hall Join Dominic Desrochers of the group Bon Debarras to learn some basic steps of traditional French Canadian step dancing. Desrochers is one of Quebec’s finest step dancers and a sought after teacher.

A $2 donation is suggested.

CRYSTAL SPIRIT SOUND HEALING Sunday, July 14 at 11 a.m.

Harrison Memorial Hall Using Crystal Bowls, gongs, Tibetan singing bowls, aboriginal hand drums and voice, Eliz Mueller

and Cheryl Redfern create an ocean of sound that tunes and balances the nervous system, entraining it to the Common energy source.

A $2 donation is suggested.

YOGA ON THE BEACH July 6 – 14 8:30am Join Spirit Yoga for Yoga on the Beach each morning of the Festival.

You will be guided through a series of Hatha Yoga postures suited for all levels of experience.

Location: On the grass beside the Music on the Beach Stage. Bring your mat.

Admission is $15.00 SUNRISE MEDITATION ON THE BEACH Sundays, July 7 and July 14 7:30am Cheryl Redfern and Elizabeth Mueller of Crystal Spirit blend the sacred sounds of Crystal Bowls, Tibetan Gongs and Bells into a deeply relaxing, healing experience.

Crystal Spirit transforms the space around you, allowing the body to “tune into” the vibration. Yoga on the Beach follows.

Suggested donation $10.

Mamselle: Memorial Hall, 8:30 p.m Sunday, July 14 Art Market, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Wailin' Jennys Memorial Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Art Market The Art Market takes place along the walkway by the lagoon, every weekend of the festival.

The hours are 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturdays, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday and Sundays.

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Community

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Fourth season and new location a winning combo The fourth season of the Agassiz Farm Fresh Market season has gotten off to a great start, say organizers.

The new location at the AgassizHarrison Museum parking lot has proven to be a popular stop. Depending on the market day, there are 13 full-time vendors each week with a few other vendors selecting to attend just a few.

Vendors include those selling produce, baking, bread, pies, chicken, pork, fresh berries, cedar lawn furniture, jewelry, herbal remedies, flowers, artisan crafts, pet beds, and the list goes on.

Community awareness groups such as BC Hydro, Bear Aware, and 4H are also attending some markets.

The market runs every Thursday afternoon from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. and will run until Sept. 12.

Each week there is a draw for four $5 gift certificates. Tickets are

to all our sponsors & volunteers that helped make our 2013 Canada Day festivities a success!

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With Agassiz’s beautiful mountain backdrop and visible location at the new location at the museum, the fourth season of the Agassiz Farm Fresh Market has been a success. It will run every Thursday afternoon until mid-September.

available at the market, and the gift certificates can be used at any vendor during the 2013 season.

There is still room for more

vendors and packages can be downloaded from www.agassizfarmersmarket.com. For more information, phone 604-796-3545.

Camp helps kids deal with grief The weekend of September 1315 is a unique opportunity for children who have suffered a loss in their lives.

The ninth annual Camp Skylark takes place at Camp Squeah, 15 minutes north of Hope. The camp, originally started in 2005 by a group of volunteers, offers spaces for 25 children ages seven to 12 to attend camp at no cost, and have the chance to be a child again.

Grief is a complicated process,

especially for children. Feelings of fear, depression, and abandonment are common, as is the impulse for children to take on the role of caregiver to adults in their lives left vulnerable by their own grief.

Without bereavement opportunities specific to children, this masking of emotions can contribute to isolation and behavior problems at home or school.

Camp Skylark fills a unique void in that it combines bereavement

activities tailored specifically to children with traditional camp activities that allow campers to release some of their stresses and have fun with other children who have also experienced a loss.

If you are interested in volunteering or if you know a child who would like to attend, contact Kim at 604-869-6253, email at campskylark@gmail.com or visit www.frasercanyonhospice.org/ camp-skylark.html.

Thank you to the following for making

CANADA DAY 2013 A GREAT TIME

•Canadian Heritage Fund •Harrison Yacht Club •Harrison Hot Springs Resort & Spa •Harrison Agassiz Chamber of Commerce

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•Black Forest Restaurant •Hungry Chef •Muddy Waters Café •CTQ Engineering Co •Harrison Village Mall •Springs RV •Spa Motel

SPECIAL THANKS to the RCMP, Harrison Fire Department, Celebration Fireworks, all of the volunteers, and the Village Crew & staff for their time & efforts.

Thank you also to the residents of Harrison Hot Springs for opening your arms to welcome the many visitors that shared Canada Day in our beautiful Village.

Harrison Agassiz Chamber of Commerce Heritage Canada Agassiz Harrison Agricultural & Horticultural Association Kent Harrison Search & Rescue Agassiz Fire Department Agassiz Harrison Printers & Stationers Re/Max Petcurean Bert & Cherry Hooper Agassiz Harrison Multicultural Choir Mel & Linda Shepherd Rick & Jill Warda Carmen Norrish Harrison Highland Pipe Band Royal Canadian Legion, Agassiz Branch 1789 New Westminster Army Cadets Agassiz Harrison Observer Prospera Credit Union All Saints Anglican Church Maya Corn Connection RCMP, Agassiz Detachment Corrections Canada, Mountain Institution Agassiz Farm Fresh Market Hub International Barton Insurance Brokers Subway Agassiz Agassiz Harrison Lions Club Bigfoot Toastmasters Seabird Island Travel Club Harrison Festival Society Early Childhood Development - Success by Six Fraser Cascade School District #78 Fraser Valley Dragon Boat Club Shaw Television Sasquatch OUR 2013 PLANNING COMMITTEE: •Joey Ellis •Ginny Jennings •Fran Froehlich •Judy Pickard •Marge Hughes •Sandra Yolland •Darcy Striker •Kerry Hilts •Skylar Gormley •Kimberly Goulet

The Winners of the Parade Floats are: First prize: Harrison Preschool Second prize: Anderson Pringle Third prize: Harrison Hot Springs Resort & Spa Honorable mention: Harrison Pipe Band & the dancing Hot Springs Harry of the Tourism Harrison float.

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Community

You may be in love but your kids aren't

Bursary winners Royal Canadian Legion, Br. 32, Agassiz announced their Poppy Fund bursaries for 2013, each for $500 toward tuition or textbooks.

Pictured are Colin Morris, Poppy Chairman, Kathleen Striker, returning to school to obtain her RN, Amanda Amirault, returning for her final year at University of Victoria in Immunology and Microbiology, Jim Johnson, Youth Chairman, Betty Brewer, Br. 32 president, Sandy Balascak, ACE administrator returning for a Master’s degree at Royal Roads University, and in front, Grant Morley, 2013 AESS graduate attending UFV this fall. Not pictured is Dakota Feil, a 2013 ACE grad also planning to attend UFV. All are descendants of veterans.

Being part of a blended family can be a struggle and a joy Leila Lanteigne FOR THE OBSERVER

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Young history buff heading to Victoria Keating’s transportation project wins at regionals Jessica Peters THE OBSERVER

An Agassiz student will soon be heading to Victoria for the 2013 Provincial Heritage Fair.

Hailey Keating, a Grade 6 student from

Kent elementary, is among five students who won the opportunity at the Fraser Valley Regional Heritage Fair earlier this year. The other four students are all from Abbotsford.

Agassiz’s First Walk for ALS was held on June 22, 2013.

I would like to thank all those who supported this cause.

Donations can still be received at www.walkforals.ca

“The MSA Museum Society and the Fraser Valley regional selection committee are pleased to announce the five student delegates who will represent their school and the Fraser Valley Re-

Heritage Coffee House - Shelley & Jaime Gammel Holly Tree Florist & Gifts - Sandy Lance Mayor & Council - District of Kent ALS Society - Wendy, Susan & Heather Chief Wayne Dyer Kimberly Goulet Kerry Hilts Agassiz - Harrison Printers Lori’s Catering OK Tire Andrew Christopher Jim Flom The Agassiz Elementary Secondary School Band Investor’s Group - Rob Gafka & Jennifer Anderson Agassiz Produce Devison Signs - Brad Higginbottom The Back Porch Mrs. Jerry Gammel Ron Johnstone Uptown Bakery Agassiz Legion Branch 32 BC Paramedics Agassiz Fire Department Agassiz RCMP Agassiz Beer & Wine Store Sandpiper Golf Course Harrison Hot Springs Resort & Spa Fraser River Lodge Len Davidiuk Tax Services Jack’s Restaurant Kilby Museum Oxygen Tan Matsel Hair Studio - Micheline Leslie Agassiz Harrison Observer Chilliwack Progress Shaw Cable 98.3 Star FM 89.5 The Hawk Timbro Contracting Agassiz Lions Club Vicky Sparks Jessica Sparks Pat Korum Christine Eden Linda Pickell

gion at the 2013 Provincial Heritage Fair to be held in Victoria in July,” Fraser Valley Regional Heritage Fair Co-ordinator Cindy Rowell announced.

Keating won with a transportation and communication project about the The S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald. The fair is to be held in Victoria from July 4 to July 8, and will include 60 student delegates from 12 provincial regions.

“Over the five day event, they will travel in and around Victoria visiting heritage sites such as Fort Rodd Hill,

Government House, Parliament Buildings, and Chinatown,” Rowell explained.

On Sunday, Jul. 7, students will present their projects in a public showcase at the Royal British Columbia Museum from noon to 3 p.m. and, in the evening, students will attend the closing ceremony and a banquet at the University Of Victoria.

Several other Agassiz students placed well in the regionals, from a pool of 1.500 students who competed. In the end, one student will be chosen for a Lieutenant Governor’s Award.

Dragon Boat call out Some things are just better together. #itsbettertogether

And all of those who came & supported in any way.

Sincerely, Deanne Edmondson, Agassiz’s Walk for ALS Coordinator

There are still a few of us ‘oldies’ who can remember watching the TV show of the perfect blended family, The Brady Bunch. Carol, who had three girls got together with Mike who had three boys and together they created the perfect ‘Brady Bunch’... and they lived happily ever after!

All we need is love — right?

Hah! Those of us who have been down that road, know that it is not so easy. We start out with the warm glow of romance and high hopes for a new start but soon realize that the ‘tang’ can go out of the orange juice pretty fast, especially if children are involved. No doubt about it, blending families is a struggle.

Love can carry you through many challenges, however, you need to prepare yourself for the many struggles and conflicts that will most certainly occur as you blend the families.

Here are a few practical tips to consider before you jump into a second marriage (or if you are already in the middle of the soup).

Remember - You might be in love but your kids aren’t: Even if your kids are/were enjoying spending time with your new love interest and/ or his/her kids, it is an entirely different story when you attempt to live together.

1) Talk with your children. Listen and validate their feelings.

Kids don’t seem to have much decisionmaking

power, however, they have to live with their parents’

decisions. Don’t assume that the kids will adjust in a short time and love their new family members. It can take many years for kids to adjust and learn to normalize as a family.

2) The children may be suffering from deep grief and loss. They may have resentment toward the step-parent whom they think is trying to replace their bio-parent. They may be full of confusing and conflicting emotions that they are unable to express appropriately.

They may believe that the step parent is responsible for the breakup of the original family.

3) Don’t step into the role of authority parent for your step children.

Allow the relationship to develop and bond naturally over time, without pressure. Be supportive to the natural parent but don’t assume authority as the kids will resent and remind you often that you are not my real mom or dad.

4) Be aware that your new partner may have a different parenting style from yours which may conflict with your own style. Talk with your partner about parenting styles, expectations, consequences, etc. before you move in together.

5) If you are already living together as a blended family and it is not working as well as you would like, seek help from a family counselor who will help you to set ground rules and guidelines to establish a firmer foundation for your family.

Leila Lanteigne is a Registered Clinical Counsellor and Family Therapist at AgassizHarrison Community Services

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Want to join the fastest growing sport in your area?

Summer dragon boat season is upon us.

Beginning the first week of July the Crusaders dragon boat team needs new paddlers for their competitive recreation dragon boat team.

They are a mixed team that practices on Harrison Lake. Cost is $75 and includes all equipment. This year, the Crusaders will be attending the Harrison Dragon boat Festival, Kelowna Dragon boat Festival and the Penticton Dragon boat Festival. For more information, call Kathy at 604-819-9336.

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Reading’s fun in the summer sun Any book is fair game when school isn’t in session

What time is it Mr. Wolf?

Remember that game? Loved it, I was good at it, too.

And what does it have to do with books, libraries, and reading?

This is how it plays out in my mind – school’s out for summer, as Alice Cooper rocked in one of the most popular songs you will STILL hear this time of year.

During the school year, I always loved reading, which included the readers we all got to put our names in for the year and keep in our desks. I know that Dick and Jane are now seen as politically incorrect, but, I can’t help it, I loved Sally’s curly yellow hair and the way Spot could run so fast!

And, as I sit here today, I will tell you that the stereotypical roles of the men and women didn’t have much effect on me and keep me tied to an apron string in the kitchen. I love aprons, don’t get me wrong, but that is because I am a messy person, no more, no less.

I have bought old readers online and at garage sales, my favourite being the Grade 4 reader “Happy Highways 4”. It had chapters on Greek myths, Canadian folk tales and poetry, that, at the time I thought was excellent.

I shall recite, because it lives in my memory … “A capital ship for an ocean trip, was the Whalloping Window Blind. No gale that blew dismayed her crew, nor troubled the captains mind”.

I could write more, but that would be showing off ! But where I am going with this is, that in spite of the readers I adored, one of the coolest things I remember about summer was reading whatever I chose. No rules, no deadlines, I could just read.

It’s what I remind the kids that come in class visits to the library before summer vacation.

I say, summer isn’t the

time to stop reading; it’s the time to read ANYTHING! I tell them, if you want to read Garfield books, you do that, and if your parents get mad, they should come and talk to me! You may also hear me quoted by your children that if they are bored, and start that familiar whine, “I’m bored, I don’t

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In the Stacks know what to do” that I have suggested one thing that might fix that is a trip to the library.

It’s free, there are contests and great books ready for the picking all summer long.

Also noteworthy in my lectures to students, is that you can read anywhere. Under or in a tree, tents, beaches, basements and library corners. And that’s where ‘What time is it Mr. Wolf ’ comes in … if you are going to read outside, don’t forget to play outside. The wonderful old fashioned games that move grannies and toddlers alike are too much fun not to play.

I have even seen the odd teenager tossing a dodgeball, and playing kick the can. I challenge everyone to make this a summer of reading and playing, two rather cheap activities as it turns out. No admission necessary. We have lots of things in our area that lend it self to this from the library’s Summer Reading Club for all ages, child to adult, plus Storytime in the Park every Wednesday, to the Fun Spot program with District of Kent to the Summer Fun Passport, something new and a great way to remember what

you can do in town, and enter for prizes doing them.

We have parks and trails in Agassiz-Harrison, we have beaches and river banks for sand-castling and rock hunting. You can be as hot or as cool as you want to be – enjoy the sun poolside, beachfront or spend a little time in the air-conditioned coolness of your Agassiz Library.

It’s never been easier or more fun to hang out around home and make your summer awesome.

I always love to recommend some reads in these column inches that the Observer graciously offers the library, and this time, I am suggesting you come and take out a book on those childhood skipping rhymes …. “Not last night but the night before, 24 robbers came knocking at my door. I asked them what they wanted, and this is what they said …” there was a million of them!

There are the classics that you read when you were young that you should read again and share with someone.

Can you read The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe too many times? Will we ever get over the dream of getting the chance to live like 12-year-old Sam, in My Side of the Mountain who lived in a tree and got to be the boss of himself?

For information on summer library programs, and there are some great ones, call the library. If you want to get playing, call the Fitness Centre, they can keep you busy!

I know I’ll see you around town, and I look forward to seeing you in the stacks, for your guilty summer reading fix or with yours or someone else’s children at your side. We can talk about our favourite titles, complain about the mosquitoes a little, but mostly, we can get reading and plan for playing.

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It was early registration for the Agassiz Library Summer Reading Club, and Kevin of Imagine That Artworks was on hand to make some fabulously twisted balloon creations for the kids who are keen to get “Up, Up and Away” with their summer reading fun.

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Canada Day festivities The heat on Canada Day was record-breaking across the Fraser Valley, well into the mid-30s. But that didn't stop the crowds from showing up for the planned activities in Agassiz and Harrison Hot Springs.

For more photos, visit us online at www.ahobserver.com and on our Facebook page.

Top left: Face painting, crafts, interactive displays, and entertainment were all a part of the Agassiz Canada Day festivities.

Top right: Members of the Agassiz Fire Department helped everyone cool off with a chance to spray their water hoses — with a little help.

Bottom right: The Upper Fraser Valley Army Cadets took part in the Canada Day parade and the activities in Pioneer Park in Agassiz.

Bottom left: Terry and Eva Blaker take in the Agassiz Canada Day events with their twin granddaughters, Tasha (right) and Aliya.

– photos by Jessica Peters, Observer

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Painting in the park Artists are being invited to visit Harrison Hot Springs for a day of “plein air” painting while being surrounded by spectacular scenery.

The event is happening on Aug. 18, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Artists will be allowed to setup to sell their artwork and/ or to paint, photograph, network with fellow artists or do whatever experiences they choose.

They are required to bring their own equipment such as seating, easels, art supplies, portable table, camera, shade umbrella, etc. to make

the day enjoyable and comfortable.

The day is exclusive to two-dimensional artists, not crafters and are reminded that winds can flare up, and to take this into consideration when setting up.

Available painting areas are from the Harrison Hotel entrance, along the beach, to and including Rendall Park (by boat launch), on grassed areas only, and not on walkways.

Organizers suggest carpooling as parking is limited. There is no admission fee for the event.

Zombie walk

A zombie walk is being planned for Harrison Hot Springs. But instead of being a sign of the apocalypse, this event is for the good of the community.

Makeup artist Christina Weiss is planning to the hold the event on Sunday, July 14 at 3 p.m.

Those participating need to bring a non-perishable donation for the food bank, or they can bring them to My Little Sweet Shop in Harrison Village Mall.

The walk will start at Rendall Park at 3 p.m.

For more information, contact Weiss through her Facebook page, Glamazon Beauty and FX Mobile Makeup.

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Bennewith James Nov. 3, 1924 June 21, 2013

It is with deep sorrow we announce the passing of our dad James Bennewith who passed away peacefully at Cascade Lodge in Chilliwack.

Jim was predeceased by his wife Mabel in December 1998.

He is survived by his daughters Dolores Michaloski (Phillip) of Chilliwack and Charlene Harrison, of Cranbrook; many grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Dad fought a brave battle with cancer this past year and we would like to thank Dr. MacIntosh for his kind and caring compassion. We would also like to thank the girls who looked after him daily before he went to Cascade Lodge.

He will be sadly missed by all who knew and loved him.

There will be no funeral service at this time, but a small family memorial at a later date.

In lieu of flowers please send a donation to the Canadian Cancer Society.

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1996 HONDA CIVIC, 2dr, auto, fully loaded, st#322 $2,400.

1995 CHEV CAMARO 2dr, auto, T-Top, black, runs good, aircared, st#279 $2,900.

2002 PONTIAC GRAND AM 4dr sdn auto Aircare low km st#313 $2,900 2002 CHRYSLER NEON 4dr auto Aircare sunroof runs good ST#147 $2,900 2003 DODGE CARAVAN 7 pass auto Aircare full load st#357 $3,500 2005 CHEV OPTRA 4dr hatchback, auto, aircare, runs good, st#356 $4,400 2005 FORD TAURUS auto fully loaded air care low kms only 99km st#318 $4,500 2007 PONTIAC MONTANA 7pgr Van runs good no accidents ST#312 $4,900 2006 PONTIAC WAVE 4dr auto sdn low kms fully loaded Aircare st#353 $5,888 2006 TOYOTA COROLLA 4dr sdn auto fully loaded st#292 $6,500 2007 HYUNDAI ACCENT 4 dr, auto, fully loaded, runs good.

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2006 SATURN ION 4dr auto sdn fully loaded st#349 $6,900 2007 FORD FUSION 4DR auto, loaded ST#250 $6,900 2006 CHEVY UPLANDER ex 7 pgr fully loaded ow km dvd st#342 $6,900 2008 KIA SPECTRA 4dr auto hatch back fully loaded st#352 $7,777 2007 FORD FUSION 4dr sdn aotu full load Aircare st#321 $7,900 2008 NISSAN SENTRA, 4dr, auto, fuel loaded, low kms.

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MOVING & STORAGE

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LASSIE DOODLES (poodle x collie) pups, born June 16, specially created perfect family dogs, intelligent, easy to train, good natured, gentle, good with animals/kids, low/no shed for hypoallergenic, will be med. sz about 45-50lbs 23-24in tall, will have shots & deworming, males & females, black & rare blue merle colors. Raised in the house w/kids. $850-$950 Mission, 604-820-4827 NEED A GOOD HOME for a good dog or a good dog for a good home? We adopt dogs! Call 604856-3647 or www.856-dogs.com STUDS available, PUG (rare silver) and Golden Retriever, OFA hip and eye cert. both great natured family dogs, personality plus, Mission, 604-820-4827

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Northstar Painting Ltd.- The Residential Specialists. BIG jobs, Small jobs - We do it all! Interior and Exterior Projects. Master Painters at Students Rates. WCB Safe, Reliable, Efficient & Quality Paint. 778.344.1069

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A-1 PAINTING CO. 604.723.8434 Top Quality Painting. Floors & Finishing. Insured, WCB, Written Guarantee. Free Est. 20 Years Exp.

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PETS

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FRUIT & VEGETABLES

STRAWBERRIES Greenvale Farms Take 264 St exit off Hwy #1 & follow signs (6030 248 Street)

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PAINT SPECIAL 3 rooms for $299, 2 coats any colour (Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls Cloverdale Premium quality paint.

NO PAYMENT until Job is completed. Ask us about our Laminate Flooring & Maid Services.

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PETS

BERNESE MOUNTAIN DOGS, bred at Diesel Kennel, one male puppy left, $1000. (604)869-5073

CAIRN TERRIERS. Shots, dewormed. Ready to go to good homes. $650. 604-807-5204.

CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866

PLUMBING

BRO MARV PLUMBING 24/7 Plumbing, heating, plugged drains BBB. (604)582-1598, bromarv.com CRESCENT Plumbing & Heating Licensed Residential 24hr. Service • Hot water tanks • Furnaces • Broilers • Plugged Drains 778-862-0560

CATS OF ALL DESCRIPTION in need of caring homes! All cats are spayed, neutered, vaccinated and dewormed. Visit us at fraservalleyhumanesociety.com or call 1 (604)820-2977 GOLDEN RETRIEVER purebred pups, born May 2, ready to go. First shots & vet checked. Cute & cuddly, $700. Contact Sherry at cell # 604-869-6367

HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/newspaper?

STEEL BUILDINGS/ METAL BUILDINGS 60% OFF! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for balance owed!

Call 1-800-457-2206 www.crownsteelbuildings.ca

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CUSTOM BUILT 3BDRM/S 2.5BTH Riverside House Harrison Hot Springs. Very Private 40ft Rear Deck. Views, Nice Neighborhood, Walk in Condition, geopad23@hotmail.com $409,900 Call: 604-7962404 HOPE - 1000 sq. ft. 2 bdrm mobile home, fully furnished, propane furnace, $21,500 Call 604-869-5502

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AAA PRECISION PAINTING. Quality work. 778-881-6096.

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633 MOBILE HOMES & PARKS ALWAYS Sunny in Cache Creek!

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Parking, coin laundry & elevator.

Smal pets upon prior approval, refs required.

Call 604-703-3405 HARRISON - 3bdrm rancher on the lake $800/week. Call 604-796-3999 HARRISON - Studio Apartment, Nice quiet & safe building, suitable for single person. Newly renovated, $575/month and $595/month includes utilities. Avail now. Call 604794-7132

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HHS - 1 bdrm garden suite, avail.

Aug 1, close to beach, 6 appl, utils incl, N/S, pets neg, $650 furnished or unfurnished, call 604-796-2113

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3 BDRM HOME for rent on large lot with scenic view. Call 604-869-5582 Agassiz. 2 bdrm bungalow in 45+ strata complex, central location close to shopping & rec centres, like new, open concept, private patio. $900/m + util. N/s, n/p, refs.

Avail now. Call 1 (604)796-2717 Agassiz- 3 BDRM/ 2BA. Large, clean home w/ living & family rooms and 1 acre yard. 1585- #9 Highway. $1400/m. Please call 778-246-0017 or 778-241-3618. Avail. Now! AGASSIZ - lrg. 3bdrm/1ba family home, newly reno’d, great location next to park and fairgrounds on dead end st. $1400/mo, + utils +DD refs req. avail now. 604-796-3561

Very rare Chrome Yellow in showroom condition. Over 10.000.00 spent on performance, touring and chrome accessories. Must be seen one owner. Phone 778-245-2290 price $10,500.00

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CAMPER, large fits a 3/4 or 1 ton truck, hydraulic jacks, shower & toilet, side entry $500 604-869-3025

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Harrison Hot Springs WATERFRONT! 5 kms from HHS. 2 Bdrm, 5 appls, cbl TV avail. ns/np. Sept June. $1100/mo. 1-604-937-5288

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FERTILIZERS

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TRUCKS & VANS

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AUTO FINANCING

A1 AUTO LOANS. Good, Bad or No Credit - No problem. We help with rebuilding credit & also offer a first time buyer program. Call 1-855-957-7755.

DreamTeam Auto Financing “0” Down, Bankruptcy OK Cash Back ! 15 min Approvals

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2006 FORD F350 crew cab diesel 4X4 auto long box runs good st#282 $10,900 2008 FORD F150 REG CAB 4x4 auto long box ST#207 $11,900 2006 FORD F350 XLT CREW cab diesel 4X4 auto long box runs good ST#309 $14,900 2009 GMC HD QUAD cab 4X4 auto long box runs good Only This Week St#274 $15,900 2006 FORD F350 XLT quad cab 4X4 auto diesel only 156K st#17 $15,900 2006 FORD F350 XLT crew cab diesel 4X4 auto long box only 160Km st#310 $15,900 2005 CHEV 2500 HD LS cr/cab Duramax diesel leather 4X4 auto ST#190 $15,900 2007 FORD F350 XLT, crew cab, diesel, 4 x 4, auto, short box only 162K, ST# 826. $15,900.

2008 2007 FORD F150 XLT super crew 4X4 auto fully loaded st#348 $15,900 2007 FORD F150 XLT super crew 4dr 4X4 auto very low kms only 86,100 fully loaded ST#348 this week only$16,900 2007 FORD F350 LARIAT crew cab diesel 4X4 auto short box ST#275 $18,900

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SMOKE CRAFT - Aluminum, very good condition. $600 OBO Call 604-796-3999

Double V Construction Ltd acting as Construction Managers for District of Kent intends to issue Trade Tender documents on or before July 16, 2013 for the Community Recreation & Cultural Centre Addition. At the discretion of the Construction Manager, and/or the District of Kent, trades may be requested to complete the Contractor Qualification Statement CCDC 11. Interested companies please submit Expressions of interest noting trade scope of work, qualifications and references. Please email or fax

by Friday, July 12, 2013 to: info@doublevconstruction.com or Fax: 604-590-6523

Agassiz Harrison Observer Friday, July 5, 2013 15

Community

Meet the Pros July 2013

YOUR SOURCE FOR QUALITY LOCAL PROFESSIONALS

Groundworks

Landscaping/Lawncare • Aerating/Power Raking/Lime & Fertilizing • Lawncare & Yard Maintenance • Weeding/Yard Clean-Up • Pressure Washing • Hedge & Tree Pruning • Paver Stones/Retaining Walls Inspired by Pinterest to redo her kitchen nook, UsedEverywhere’s Lacey Sheardown works at the vintage table set she got on UsedVictoria. The stove is from UsedVictoria, too.

Everywhere in the community Classifieds website a connection point

Gen Handley

Long before she became the marketing director for UsedEverywhere.com, Lacey Sheardown was a borderline-obsessive user of the classifieds site.

“I was always on there — I was an avid user,” she says with a laugh. Her Victoria home is filled with furniture and other unique items she bought or found for free on UsedEverywhere. “So when I got this job, my friends were like, ‘Yeah, that makes sense.’”

But what drew Sheardown to the site was more than the satisfaction of treasure hunting. Unlike other classifieds sites out there, this was a place where she could look for a new coffee table without stumbling across an ad for a casual NSA encounter at the local park.

“We’re actually family friendly,” she says. Across more than 80 cities and towns, the site has a real, live monitoring team, checking ads every hour of the day, ensuring quality content and dependable transactions. “Your kid can surf our site and you can be comfortable with it.”

UsedEverywhere.com is now owned

by Black Press. It has as many unique visitors in Canada as Craigslist and is the number one free classified site in Ottawa, Victoria and PEI. The site includes an informative blog and Facebook page.

As much as the site is about buying and selling, it’s also about connecting people, building community, on and offline, with a flesh-and-blood UsedEverywhere community coordinator working locally.

Following the flooding in Alberta, the site encouraged Albertans to donate items for flood victims on its four sites in the province: UsedCalgary.com, UsedRedDeer.com, UsedCentralAlberta. com and UsedEdmonton.com.

You might find the community coordinator at local events; they are also involved with projects such as a car and booster seat recycling program that took

place last month (they recycled 83 expired seats) as well as a new initiative in the next month to work with local business, allowing them to advertise on the site and connect with buyers.

Their community coordinators even look for personal opportunities to help locally through the Angels program.

Last year, for instance, they helped a Vancouver woman undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer by finding breast milk for her baby.

Sheardown says community involvement is a big component of the company’s DNA. “It’s a social responsibility,” she says.

“Our site is about reusing, reducing and recycling and so being a part of the community and helping in other ways is connected that.”

Even though the site has been embraced mostly by professional mothers like Sheardown, she says it appeals to other demographics as well.

“My husband is on his site, on his phone, hitting refresh every 10 minutes,” she says laughing. “We think he has a bit of a problem.”

So what’s the coolest thing she got on UsedEverywhere?

It’s a large stereo cabinet that was brought over from Europe after the Second World War. “They had the clothes on their backs, 20 bucks and this giant, enormous stereo cabinet. And we got it for free!”

It’s the bonus of hearing a story or meeting new people that Sheardown appreciates about using the site.

“There’s always history with the item or you meet an interesting person,” she says. “Hearing those stories is great.”

Q Go to UsedFraserValley.com to find just what you’re looking for or list an item to give away or sell. To search items in other communities throughout B.C., including Chilliwack, Abbotsford and Vancouver, scroll to the bottom of the main page.

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16 Agassiz Harrison Observer Friday, July 5, 2013

AGASSIZ FIRE DEPARTMENT 13TH CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENT The Agassiz Fire Department would like to thank all of the businesses, people & golf hole sponsors who donated to our tournament. You made this golf tournament at Sandpiper the most successful we’ve ever hosted, raising $11,140! All proceeds will be going to the RCMP Victim Assistance Program, Walk for ALS, Honor House in New Westminster, Children Hospital & the Agassiz Fire Department bursary fund.

Thanks again for your support of our Fire Department & the Communities we live in.

- Fire Chief, Wayne Dyer Hole in One Sponsors: Lacey Development, Gardner Chevrolet Buick GMC Ltd. & Investors Group.

Golf Hole Sponsors: John & Andrea McRae, Pete & Sharon Wiehler, Agassiz Super Valu, Hydramach Overhead Crane Inc., Pioneer Motors & Fuel Delivery, Dr. Darren Paul Family Chiropractic Corp, Kent Institution Social Committee, Agassiz Elks No. 311, Modern Tire & Towing Inc., Prospera Credit Union, Re/Max Nyda Realty Ltd., Park Ave. Family Restaurant, Tolsons Enterprises Ltd, Lacey Development, Valley Laser Eye Center, Agassiz Deli, Holberg Farm Ltd., Canex Building Supplies, Exact Mold Ltd., Flatiron - Graham, Agassiz Pharmacy, Chilliwack Ford, Wildcat Grill, Armstrong Sand & Gravel Ltd., Timbro Contracting, Rimex Supply Ltd., Agassiz Bottle Depot & Moonlite Electric.

Golf Prize Donations: Body Saltz - Paula Morrison, Sandpiper Golf Resort, OK Tire Chilliwack, Agassiz Barber Shop, Big O Tires, Canex Building Supplies Ltd., Galini Greek Kouzina & Grill, Wildcat Grill, Harrison Golf Course, Harrison Resort & Spa, Ken’s Tire & Wheel, Tapins Putting Course, Bozzini’s Restaurant, Stile Wines, Dr. Bob Erickson Inc, Earl’s Restaurant, Bridal Falls Golf Course, Chilliwack Mall Safeway, Fraser River Lodge, Elite Fire Protection, Acklands Grainger, Extreme Pita, Agassiz RCMP, Shoreline Tours & Charter, Wholesale Fire & Rescue Ltd., Dragon Fried Rice House, Harrison Beach Hotel, Kidde Canada, Super Valu, Elite Greystone Promotional Products Inc, Optimum Sport Performance & Health Center, Tropicana Tanning Studios, District of Kent, Telguard Security Services Ltd, Body Balance Therapies, Cel-Com Systems Ltd., Spectra Energy, Rocky Mountain Phoenix, Cheam Source for Sports, Holly Tree Florist & Gifts, Knockout Signs & Printing, Claymore Clothes Ltd., Island View Gifts, Old Settler Pub, McDonald’s Restaurants of Canada Ltd., Agassiz Subway Restaurant, Horn of Plenty Café, Lordco Auto Parts, A&W Restaurant Agassiz, Cultus Lake Golf Club, Jack’s Restaurant, Zone West, Hemlock Resort, Dynamic Rescue Systems, Heritage Coffee House, Tall Timber B&B, Twin Anchor House Boats, Mertin GM Auto Group, Symons Tire & Automotive Center, Wings Tap & Grill, Manning Park Resort, Bootleg Gap Golf Course, St. Eugene Golf Resort & Casino, Fitness Activity Center, Northwestern Air, Prestige Inn Kelowna, Wildstone Golf Course Cranbrook, Starbucks, Mark’s Work Wearhouse Chilliwack, Pioneer Buildall, Northstar Mountain Village Resort, Kent Veterinary Clinic, Kimberly River Campgrounds, Chuck & Kitty’s, Pricesmart Foods, Ledoux Hardware & Supply Ltd., Len Davidiuk Tax Services, Kelowna Golf Tour Pack, Doug’s Locksmith, Airport Coffee Shop, Southern Drip Irrigation, Dr. Ed McGrath & Dr. Dean Monty Inc., Wild Play Element Park, Kent Building Supplies Ltd., Royalwood Golf Ltd., Major League Pub, Kinkora Golf Course, Eclipse Transport Ltd., Chilliwack Landing Leisure Center, Kal Tire Chilliwack, Scott’s Meats, Undine’s Retreat Day Spa Inc., Kumsheen Rafting Resort, Chilliwack Chief’s Hockey Club, RBC, Cookie’s Grill, Sasquatch Inn Pub, Cascade Supply & Marine Ltd.. Casa Lifestyles, Exact Mold Ltd., Giggle Dam Dinner Theatre, Timbro Contracting, Best Western Inn Kelowna, Guillevin International Co., The Back Porch, Minter Gardens, Diamondback Electrical Services Inc., Michaelbrook Ranch Golf Course, Kwikwexwelhp Institution, The Falls Golf Club, KS Sirens Inc., Kent Institution Pathways, FV Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation Center, Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott, Hallmark Facility Services Ltd., UCCO-SACCCSN Pacific Region, Pagoda Ridge Golf Course, Good 4U Performance Drinks, Golf Town, Abbotsford Heat Hockey Club, Ducks Unlimited Canada, She’s Fit, Tony’s Place Restaurant, Silver Reef Hotel, Casino & Spa, Shaw Cable Systems, Canuck Sports & Entertainment, The Hair Garage, Joe’s Restaurant, Blue Moose Coffee Shop, Panago Pizza in Hope, Hope Pharmasave, Cooper’s Foods, Sunshine Bowling Lanes, Jamie Davis Towing, Downtown Chilliwack Safeway, Cheam Village, Pixel Mountain Studio, Agassiz Produce, Norma’s Bakery, Lordco Hope, Canyon Cable, Meadowlands Golf Course, Kent Outdoors, Hub International Barton Insurance Broker, Sunshine Valley RV Resort & Camping Cabins, Tradesmasters Truck & RV Towing Experts, Hope Rona, Valley of the Dogs, Shoppers Drug Mart Agassiz, Burden Propane Inc., the Agassiz/Harrison Observer, Millie Morrow (Avon), Wayne &Cheryl Dyer, John Van Laerhoven, Jim Rodgers, Shelley Olson, Susan Gretain, Bob & Faye Morrison, Ian Olson, Don Saunders, Rod Bourel, Cindy Manning, Doug & Gail Kerby, Pamela Law, Graig & Connie Marson & John Law. Golf tournament winning team: Ted Swaine, Kevin Bourdin, Chris Timms, Bob McDonald Closest to the pin winners: Brain Gates, Anne Jolin, Shelley Olson, Drew Martz, Janise O’Leantros, John McKenzie & Linda O’Shea Long drive winners: Debbie Schwaerzle, D. Francis, John McRae & Linda O’Shea Putting contest winner: Darryl Loewen & Tony Yliruusi “A special thanks to the Sandpiper Golf Course & Rowena’s Inn for a great dinner & to the tournament organizers Carol Van Tol, Evelyn Rodgers, Cheryl Dyer, Darla Humeny, Dianne Zen Zen, Shawna Penney, Bob Morrison, Courtland Whitney, Bruce Rodgers, firefighters Wayne Dyer, Dwight Schneider, Dylan Crooks, Chris Wilson, Mike Van Laerhoven, Alex Klaassen, Steve Ball, Mitch Baker, Ross McInroy, Colton Ozzard, Trevor Neels, Casey Klop & Simon Ozzard.”

“Working Smoke Alarms Save Lives”

CommunityJuly 2013 Corner Events

Sat. July 13th 10th Annual Car Show at Kilby Historic Site

Reading – Unbound! Learn

how to use your eReader, iPhone, SmartPhone, iPad or tablet to access books NOT on paper. Book an appointment to learn how to access the library’s collection of free digital books. 604-796-9510 Lions TV Bingo Thursday nights at 6 pm on Shaw Cable. Pick up your bingo cards at The Source - Chehalis Store & Ledoux Hardware Sat. July 6th Dairy Days at Kilby Historic Site. Learn about farming & cows with the BC Dairy Association’s mobile learning classroom at the Kilby Jersey Farm. Challenge yourself to our District of Kent farming trivia test or enjoy a craft in the Orchard.

Join us as collector & vintage cars from all over the lower mainland roll onto our 1920s heritage site.

Outside BBQ & beer garden. Adult water colour painting demonstration & activities for the kids. If you are interested in bringing your car or truck please call 604-796-9576 & ask for Jasmine.

Sat. July 20th Cultural Festival at Kilby Historic Site A wide variety of ethnic groups celebrate the tapestry of Canadian Culture. Visit booths from different countries to get a flavour of their culture. Timed musical performances throughout the day.

Groups & Activities Agassiz

Group 1 of 4

Al-Anon. Is someone’s drinking affecting you? FM I call Shirley 604-796-9865 or An ne 604-793-3103

Ag

assiz Elks Lounge - 1824 #9 Hwy, open daily 3pm till closing. Everyone welcome

Chr is @ 604.796.4301

For features in Community Calend

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Agassiz-Harrison Garden Club meets the second We ds.

of each month from Oct-J uly in the foyer of the Ag Hall at 7:30 pm. FMI 604-796-3291 or 604796-2423

“A

gassiz Comforters” get together at 9 am every Th urs. morning at the United Ch urch.

FMI call 604-796-2680

Bes t Rates

Agas

siz-Harrison Lions meet at 7 pm on the 4th Weds. of the month at the Lion’s Den in the Ag-Rec Hall, 6800 Pioneer Ave. FMI call Joey at 604-796-99 51

Agassiz Harrison Family Agassiz Kids At The Cros s Place. 7272 Morrow Road.

Meet Thurs. at the Ag Recreation

friends, old & new! Parents/ caregivers with their child ren 0-6 are welcome. Mon., We ds. & Thurs., 9:30 am - 12 pm.

Call Willena or Louisa 604-796 -0313

Centre in Agassiz. FMI cal l Ettie 604-819-6822

Hope Christian Women’s Club Brunch - Free nursery by

reservation as well. For inf o& reservations call Raye 604-869-5420

Agassiz Agricultural & Horticultural Assoc. in the Pavilion at the fairgrounds • TUESDAYS AT 6:30 PM

3 PROGRESSIVES, DOLLAR & POWERBALL 604-766-3246

OR The Hope Eagles at the Eagle’s Hall 386 Fort Street, Hope • MONDAY & FRIDAY AT 6:30 PM

3 PROGRESSIVES, DOLLAR & POWERBALL 604-869-2560

FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES

HUGE FLEA MARKET

Every 2nd Sunday of the month Markets are from 9am to 2pm at the Eagle’s Hall 386 Fort Street, Hope Hosts the Hope Eagles & Lions