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Picking Out Halloween Pumpkins
Driver who killed Silas O’Brien back on road in ‘26 By MONIQUE TAMMINGA Aldergrove Star
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Aldergrove youngsters Payton Unger, Chloe Mabes and Emma Alcock picked out their Halloween pumpkins at Aldor Acres in Glen Valley on the weekend.
Brent Parent has claimed a small victory in the B.C. Court of Appeals. Parent, 43, who is serving five-and-a-half years in federal prison for the hit-and-run death of 21-year-old Silas O’Brien, was in court on Monday, Sept. 30. He was there to appeal his driving ban, contending that the 12-year prohibition should run from the date of sentencing, not begin once he is released from prison. The Crown, meanwhile sought the substitution of a 15-year driving prohibition, commencing from the date of sentencing. In the end, the appeal judges ruled for a 14-year driving ban, commencing from the date of sentencing. That means instead of getting his driver’s licence back in 2029, Parent will be able to drive again in 2026. In May 2012, a Supreme Court judge sentenced Parent to federal time. Parent had accumulated 64 driving infractions and five driving suspensions during his years on the road. When he was sentenced in May, 2012, Judge Terence Schultes suggested that Parent take advantage of anger management courses which would be available to him in a federal prison. On the second anniversary of O’Brien’s death, Parent was pulled over by police on 16 Avenue for driving 105 km/h in a 60 km/h zone. He said he was rushing home to see if it was his friend who had been killed in an avalanche.
‘Supportive recovery’ projects to move forward By ALEX BUTLER Aldergrove Star
Two supportive recovery homes located on farmland next to Fraser Highway were approved by council on Monday evening. Joshua House, also known as Yahweh Saves Recovery Ministries,
proposed to operate two 10-bed men’s homes at 29183 Fraser Hwy., using maintenance and development of the farmland as part of the recovery program. The property is about nine acres with two homes and several small barns used for cows, goats, pigs and chickens.
The proposal was discussed at a public hearing on Sept. 23, with supporters and former clients stating that the facility would be a great help to those in need of recovery. On Monday, council gave the proposals third reading, and will give a final approval at an upcoming meeting.
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Lester Bolan, a former resident of Joshua House, said he spent time in the Downtown Eastside and suffered from addiction before becoming clean and sober five years ago. He said a spiritual program with a farm, like Joshua House has proposed, would give people seeking recovery
the purpose they have been missing in the past. Angie Korkowski, executive director of Joshua House, said the rural setting will provide fewer distractions for men in recovery, and tending to livestock and the land will provide the men with necessary skills.
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Metro rejects urbanization of Langley farmland
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Board holds firm on region’s urban containment boundary By JEFF NAGEL Aldergrove Star
The Metro Vancouver board shot down three attempts Friday to redraw its regional growth strategy in Langley Township that would have let residential development push further onto agricultural and industrial land. Directors cited a dangerous precedent that would be set for future applications from Langley or other municipalities in the region if the requests had been granted. Two of the three proposals involved bending Metro’s urban containment boundary, which aims to keep new residential development within a defined footprint across the region so it doesn’t sprawl into unwanted areas. One would have put homes on eight hectares of farmland in the Agricultural Land Reserve near 52 Avenue and 220 Street, just north of Langley Memorial Hospital. Langley Township directors argued allowing urban development there would align with the existing North Murrayville neighbourhood and create a smoother boundary between homes and farms. But the Agricultural Land Commission (ALC) has not yet considered an ALR exclusion application there and Richmond Coun. Harold Steves said a green light from Metro would be used as a “wedge” to pressure the ALC to pull the property from the farmland reserve. Steves said if the meandering, jagged line of the urban containment boundary was smoothed out elsewhere in the region – using the same logic – thousands of acres of farmland would
be lost. A second proposal from the Township of Langley would have created 21 new lots along the northern edge of farmland fronting 44 Avenue, east of 216 Street. Proponent Alan Hendricks said the soil is poor and development would create more effective “edge planning” where urban and agricultural uses meet. The land is also in the ALR and although the ALC has not agreed to its exclusion, it did consent to allow the homes as a non-farm use. Several directors called that a poor decision by the ALC. Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan warned Metro’s approval would encourage owners of other farms that abut urban areas to also try to develop a strip of homes. “I think it’s important that we draw this line, that we hold this line and that we don’t permit uses that will be in contravention of the urban containment boundary,” said Corrigan, who chairs Metro’s regional planning committee. Langley Township Mayor Jack Froese countered that the application had support from Metro planners and did not set a precedent. “There are a million precedents out there already,” he said. A third proposal near the northwest corner of Highway 1 and 200 Street spanned three properties that include an existing warehouse and a mobile home park. The board rejected the township’s request to change the land designation in Metro’s growth strategy from mixed
use to general urban for the 23 hectares. Staff had opposed the application, warning it would allow the urbanization of the industrial part of the land and put more pressure on scarce industrial land elsewhere in the region. “We’re talking one warehouse, not thousands of acres of farmland,” Froese said, adding redevelopment could allow the property to accommodate more housing units and more jobs. Steves said Metro must be just as firm in preserving industrial land, which is one of the growth plan’s goals. “I am very concerned every time we take industrial land and convert it to urban or to mixed use because that means there’s a run on farmland somewhere else,” Steves said. Surrey Coun. Linda Hepner also said the proposal would add to the slow erosion of industrial land and noted its strategic location near the Port Kells industrial area, the South Fraser Perimeter Road, Highway 1 and railway yards. Two mayors – White Rock’s Wayne Baldwin and Belcarra’s Ralph Drew – expressed concern that Metro was being too heavy-handed in rejecting Langley Township’s wishes. “The regional district is taking an unwavering hard line regarding these artificially created boundaries,” Drew said, calling the Township’s approach to its development challenges “common sense.” Baldwin warned thwarting relatively minor amendments that one community wants could eventually undermine board unity on more critical regional planning issues.
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A “big ‘un” — Dave Chan shows off his 1,043 pound pumpkin at this year’s Big Pumpkin Weigh-in on Sunday, Oct. 12 at Aldor Acres.
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Langley RCMP is seeking the public’s assistance to locate a stolen Polaris Razor. Police attended a property in the 24300-block of 70 Avenue on Sept. 29 to investigate a report of a break and enter to a work shop. It appears the suspects attempted to steal gas from the property, how-
ever, the owner had wisely turned off the power to the pumps. The suspect(s) did steal two gas pumps worth approximately $1,000 and the Razor which is worth approximately $25,000 when new. If you have information that would assist with the investigation, please call Langley RCMP at 604-532-3200.
Figueroa deportation decision has been made, says Langley MP By MONIQUE TAMMINGA Aldergrove Star
Langley father of three José Figueroa is now living in sanctuary at Walnut Grove Lutheran Church, after he learned that an order had gone out to deport him back to El Salvador. The Canadian Border Services Agency has issued an arrest warrant and Figueroa believes he has seen officers parked in the church parking lot, he said on Monday. A prayer meeting was held last Thursday with numerous people showing up to support Figueroa, who is married with two daughters and an autistic son, all born at Langley Memorial Hospital. “My heart goes out to the Figueroa family. I want to keep the family together but it doesn’t look hopeful,” said Langley MP Mark Warawa, who has been trying to see if Immigration Canada’s decision can be reversed. He even spoke with the new Minister of Public Safety last week, in hopes the minister, who has the power to grant relief, would make an order to
change the deportation decision. “The decision has been made and José will have to go,” said Warawa on Monday. Warawa could not explain why his government would deport Figueroa based on his past affiliation with a group which is now the democratically elected government of El Salvador. “Under these same immigration policies, Nelson Mandela would not be accepted into our country either,” pointed out Warawa. Warawa said Figueroa poses no risk to Canadians and is a benefit to society, working all these years to provide for his family. If Figueroa is forcibly deported, his wife, who has been granted permanent residency status, will have to raise their young children by herself. The Figueroas came here legally 16 years ago and have been trying to stay ever since. “What has really gone wrong here is that they had to wait 16 years for appeals to be heard. In that time, they had children and have a life
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Langley’s José Figueroa, who has been fighting deportation to El Salvador, says it appears his removal from Canada is imminent. An Immigration department caseworker suggested Figueroa could parent his three Canadian-born children via Skype from Central America. here. Lengthy appeals are no Canada denied him perma- National Liberation Front longer happening under the nent residency status because (FMLN) during the civil war. Since elements of the new immigration policy,” said of his involvement as a student in El Salvador with the FMLN were linked to vioWarawa. In spring, Immigration left-wing Farabundo Martí lent acts during the fight to
overthrow a government that was committing genocide at the time, that was enough to exclude Figueroa under broad new anti-terrorism guidelines imposed in the wake of the 9/11 tragedy. The FMLN are not on any terrorist lists in Canada and there is an El Salvador embassy in Ottawa, Warawa points out. “But the end result is the regulations require he not be acceptable in Canada,” said Warawa. His case manager even indicated that he could parent his three children using Skype on the computer. His role with the FMLN was never violent and Immigration Canada recognizes that. Numerous people, including his church pastor, have been supporting Figueroa in his cause to stay in Canada, including José Jr.’s teacher. People from all over Canada have been involved in the ‘We are José’ campaign, and musicians and documentary makers have publicized his case.
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New park dedicated to outstanding volunteer The memory of an Aldergrove woman who was dedicated to children, the community, and to improving the lives of those with cancer will live on in a new park which has been named in her honour this month. Lynn Fripps Park was officially opened by Township of Langley Council on Tu e s d a y, October 15. The park is located next to the new Lynn Fripps Elementar y School, at 21021 – 81A Avenue in Willoughby. “ L y n n was an outstanding, optimistic community volunteer who was committed to improving the lives of those around her,� said Township Mayor Jack Froese. “She made a huge impact on our community and we are pleased to be naming this park in her honour.� Fripps was a member of the Aldergrove Community Enhancement Society, Aldergrove Revitalization Committee, Bertrand Creek Enhancement Society, and was instrumental in forming Aldergrove Neighbourhood Services. A wife and mother of three, she was involved in her children’s school and
local sports team and coached swimming. She was passionate about environmental protection and promoted breastfeeding education. In 1999, Fripps was diagnosed with breast cancer. She poured her energy and talent into improving life for others in the same situation, doing extensive fundraising for the Candian Breast Cancer Foundation and the Canadian Cancer Society. She also created the Shower of Thanks Campaign, encouraging those with the disease to send notes of appreciation to cancer researchers. Fripps passed away in October of 2005 but her efforts to improve the quality of life for residents in the Township of Langley continue to be remembered throughout the community. The new Lynn Fripps Park features two soccer fields, a softball diamond, and a children’s playground. It shares hard court surfaces with Lynn Fripps Elementary School, which was also named in her honour when it opened in September of 2012.
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A group of suburban Aldergrove neighbours are demanding that something be done about speeding drivers after a car crashed through one of their properties and fled, leaving a trail of damages Tuesday night, Oct. 1. George Sabiston was sitting up stairs in his front room when he heard the noise and looked out to see a car had crashed through his cedar hedging, crossed his lawn and smacked into the side his parked Jimmy with such force that it was pushed into another row of hedging. By the time he had run downstairs the small car had backed up and squealed off into the night. He was unable to get a license plate number and in the darkness he was also unable to determine the make or model of the car, other than it appeared to be a dark-coloured smaller import. Two children residing across the street observed the incident from a window and told Sabiston that the damaged car had made a lot of noise driving off, likely due to losing its exhaust system when it pushed over the six-foot tall hedging. Sabiston’s 1998 Jimmy is heavily damaged and likely a write-off. Sabiston resides at the corner of 271A Street and 26A Avenue, and says he has frequently complained to RCMP and the Township about drivers taking the 90 degree turn in the road at excessive speeds. His neighbors concur with his concerns, noting that children use the sidewalks on this route to get to the nearby Betty Gilbert Middle and Aldergrove Secondary schools. Heidi Zator has lived here for 20 years and says she’s seen cars and pickup trucks racing along the boulevard and coming onto the sidewalk when they turn the sharp corner. Last spring youths in a stolen car crashed into her neighbor’s tree and ran off to escape with friends in another car. Ray and Gladys McKitrick have lived here for 11 years and say the speeding has gotten worse in recent years after new connecting roads made it a through way instead of a culdesac. They have had three or four cars come across their lawn because they’ve left the road.
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George Sabiston is upset that a hit and run driver crashed through his cedar hedge and rammed the side of his parked car on Tuesday night, Oct. 1. “Instead of driving the speed limit they hit the gas, slam the brakes and do what they call ‘drifting’ sideways through the corner,� said Gladys. “We’ve asked the Township for traffic calming, speed bumps to slow them down,� said Sabiston. “And I’ve invited the police to sit in my yard and catch them, but we don’t seem to get much help from them either.� Sabiston received a letter from Paul Cordeiro, Township manager of transportation engineering, in response to his complaint earlier this year. Cordeiro notes that traffic calming was studied at over 50 areas of the Township but funding was only provided for two installations at school zones. Cordeiro also noted that surveys of speed in Sabiston’s neighbourhood done in 2010 found “no significant speeding issues,� as over 85 per cent of drivers were at or
below the posted limits. Cordeiro suggested that the neighbourhood volunteer under the SpeedWatch program to man reader boards which display vehicular speed to passing motorists. “This program can have a powerful impact on driver behaviour, but the success of the program depends on members of the community volunteering their time,� wrote Cordeiro, who also suggested neighbours gather plate numbers of reckless drivers and report these to police. “The RCMP welcomes individual information from residents who are concerned about reckless driving behaviour. In order for the RCMP to utilize their staff in the most effective manner, specific information should be provided such as the time of day, vehicle make/model, and the licence plate of the offending vehicle if possible,� wrote Cordeiro.
Mixed school enrolment numbers By MONIQUE TAMMINGA Aldergrove Star
Preliminary head counts indicate that every catchment in the Langley School District is either in decline or holding stable except Mountain Secondary, said David Green, Langley School District secretary-treasurer. “R.E. Mountain catchment is up 238 students from last year,� said Green at the Sept. 24 Board of
Education meeting. Parents are still choosing choice schools over regular neighbourhood schools in the district, with an increase in 80 students. Many of those students are international, he added. But the trend of declines may be changing. “The elementary schools are showing increases, especially in the Kindergarten classes, so this indi-
cates declining trends will change,� said Green. In fact, elementary schools saw 202 more students this year over last. Even more international students have come to Langley. The district expected around 480 and received 520, which helps with revenue, he said. There an estimated 19,900 students enrolled in Langley schools this year.
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Ride raises $4,000 for Gateway By KURT LANGMANN Aldergrove Star
Representatives of the Salvation Army, three local credit unions and the motorcycle cruise participants celebrated another successful Ride Into History fundraiser on Oct. 10. A total of $4,080.58 was presented to the Salvation Army’s Gateway of Hope shelter, proceeds from the second annual Ride Into History, held last summer. Ride Into History co-chairs Marq Smith and Troy Gaglardi said the funds were raised by the 55 riders in this year’s event, with the support of the three credit unions, Aldergrove Financial Group, Envision Financial and Prospera Credit Union. Representing the Credit Unions were Denise Menzies (Aldergrove), Mike Morrison (Envision) and Bill Sandhu and Erin Nesci (Prospera). Using their combined resources, these three credit unions provide much-needed sponsorship support to nonprofit organizations such as the Salvation Army’s
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VICTORIA – As the B.C. Teachers’ Federation executive moseys back to the bargaining table after a summer off, I’m reminded of former education minister George Abbott’s thoughts on his time trying to establish a civil discussion with the province’s most militant union. It started with a lecture. “In my first meeting with the BCTF, and I gather this is characteristic of all first meetings with education ministers, the TF advises that yes, they are a union, but first and foremost they are social activists and agents of social change,” Abbott recalled. Their buzzword is “social justice,” which is portrayed by leftists as superior to plain old justice, in ways that are seldom defined. So what exactly are the goals of this “social change”? Here’s some of what I’ve gleaned. Parents may recall the 2008 introduction of an elective high school course called Social Justice 12. This was mainly the result of intense protest by a couple of gay activist teachers, and the ministry curriculum describes its emphasis on inclusion of racial, cultural and sexual differences. That’s all good, and it’s now bolstered by urgently needed anti-bullying and empathy efforts at all grades. Then there is the BCTF version. It’s not just a battle against “racism, homophobia and sexism” but also “poverty and globalization.” The BCTF has a quarterly “Social Justice Newsletter”
filled with predictable economic assumptions. Readers of the latest issue are reminded at length that the United Nations takes a dim view of Canada’s record on human rights, including a right to housing. Undefined “poverty” statistics are cited, although Statistics Canada has nothing but incomplete relative measures. One article describes a social justice club for Grade 2 and 3 students, with activities that include collecting food bank donations and “writing to the premier asking for a systemic plan to address child poverty.” Leaving aside whether eight-year-olds can understand what “systemic” means, this rhetoric is taken directly from the tired old NDP policy book. It rests on the cherished myth that poverty is imposed by right-wing governments that refuse to double the minimum wage and pile more taxes on “the rich.” And what about that darned “globalization”? The BCTF still has a 2001 teaching guide on its website promoting the claim that Nike is uniquely guilty of making shoes and exercise gear in Third World sweatshops. Teachers are to instruct students how to organize a boycott of Nike, thus passing the received wisdom of campus radicalism to the next generation. This was all debunked years ago. Are Adidas, Reebok, Apple and Microsoft any different? Has nothing changed in 12 years? A quick
web search will show this is a stale old tale with a convenient villain, to avoid complex questions. A BCTF official assures me this unit is being updated. Once that one is done, maybe they could check over their teaching unit on Enbridge’s Northern Gateway proposal, another labour of the union’s “social justice” truth team. Entitled “What We Stand To Lose With Pipelines and Supertankers,” it boasts wildlife photos and “key sources” from the left (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives) to the far-left fringe (Pipe Up Network). It is another protesters’ guide designed around a predetermined viewpoint. BCTF bosses love to talk about the importance of “critical thinking.” These one-sided caricatures of Nike, Enbridge and other familiar villains seem designed to produce the opposite. They remind me of George Orwell’s classic novel “1984”, in which loyal party members are required to focus on selected enemies in a daily ritual called the Two Minutes Hate. Perhaps this is a clue to why our school system produces so many students lacking in employment skills and bursting with demands for government-imposed wealth redistribution. Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalNews.com Twitter: @tomfletcherbc E-mail: tfletcher@blackpress.ca
A week before Amanda Todd took her own life, Surrey RCMP Const. Tad Milmine began sharing his own story of abuse and bullying with students across B.C. and Ontario. On Friday, the day after the one-year anniversary of Todd’s death, Milmine was in front of 1,500 R.E. Mountain Secondary students at the Langley Events Centre, speaking his truth. “If I am to be successful today, you will leave here a little bit of a better person,” Milmine told the crowd of teenagers. He shared with the students the story of his life, which included being locked in a basement for 12 years and being bullied at school, as well as the story of another boy’s life of physical torment and bullying. It left the students hanging on his every word. Milmine has spoken more than 220 times and received more than 7,000 emails from students afterward. The majority of the messages thank him for coming to speak, but often that begins a conversation in which they open up to him. “They are looking for someone to talk to. Many of these students pour their hearts out and tell me everything. I hear horrible stories of bullying, others are the bullies and they make a commitment to me to change,” he said. “All of these students’ emails inspire me to do more.” “I do these talks on my days off from my full-time job as a police officer,” said Milmine. “I will go home after this and read through and respond to every email that is sent to me.” Milmine told the students about his world of abuse growing up. He begins his story at age five, when his parents divorced and his mom left, never seeing him again. He was left in the care of his alcoholic father who quickly brought a new woman into the house. He refers to her as “the devil.” She locked him in a unheated basement, with a concrete floor, for every part of his day — except while he was at school — all the while verbally abusing and berating him. Often he was served food on a plate at the top of the
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Surrey RCMP Const. Tad Milmine has made it his mission to stop bullying among youth. The openly gay Mountie speaks to students on the subject. basement stairs. He was given five minutes to eat. Through the years, his dad drank and ignored what was going on with his son. “It was my dirty little secret and I didn’t tell anyone,” he said. At five and until 17, he was “horrifically” introverted and shy, and was constantly sobbing both at home and school. He was a target of constant bullying at school. “I was a victim and the message here is victims don’t speak.” He never fought back, never responded or told anyone. He just took it. One day, at 17 years old, Milmine left his house and never looked back. He walked all night and ended up finding his own way to the welfare office which set him up in his own apartment. He has never seen his dad or ‘the devil’ since. “I’ve had a lot of negative in my life, but I made the choice to live positively,” he said. He shares with the students a story about a 15-year-old boy Jaime Hubley of Ontario who killed himself after being bullied for being gay. “I read the news in my bed at night and I remember reading about Jaime and feeling frozen in my bed. Right there SEE: Page 7
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Coghlan school parents upset
Editor: It disheartens me that we have gone as concerned parents at Coghlan Fundamental Elementary School and raised our safety concerns over the congestion on the roadway at school time to the principal, the school district and to Township but everyone appears more interested in escalating the issue to another level where it gets stopped for bureaucracy. As a PAC Member and President I have stood before the Mayor and Engineering and made a heartfelt presentation on the issues our children and their parents face every day going to our little rural school because we have open ditches, no sidewalks, and we face agricultural traffic and feeder traffic from the freeway each and every day. The drivers we face do not want to recognize they are in a school zone. In winter due to the nature of country roadways we face excessive icing and semi-plowed roadways at best. Yet only the street the school is on gets plowed as a priority according to Township; the others are left as zero priority even though parents have no option but to drive their children to and from school. There is no public transit or school buses to and from Coghlan and the distance to the school is too far for any elementary student to walk to. In 2011 we lost one past student due to a horrific traffic accident at the intersection of Robertson Crescent and 256th Street. A grade seven student was another passenger in that vehicle and sustained serious injury. The landscape at the accident scene still bears the
scars of that accident to this day, yet Township states that all they could do to slow traffic down is install a flashing light; that they have increased the size of the stop signs in the area, posted signs warning drivers of the impending two-way stop and even put up reflective tape to alert drivers. This corner which is a mere two blocks from our school is not according to statistics a high accident intersection. Ask the numerous drivers who each winter slide into each other or off the roadway what the true statistics are. Ask the local residents on the exact number of incidents that occur and that they assist at. Or the number of times the locals are without power as a direct result of one of these accidents. Or the number of individuals who don’t report their mishaps to any insurance company for fear of increased insurance rates or other means of taking more money from their pockets due to issues of our roadways. Instead I ask, why in this day and age does a parent, a taxpayer, a citizen have to go to local media to explain such a scenario? It is unfortunate but in this day and age everyone has to scream louder to make their situation heard and has to be the squeaky wheel to get someone’s attention to get some common sense work done. Township has said they do not have the money to fill in the ditches that are adjacent to our school, so that the children have a safe place to walk from their parent’s vehicle. They further suggest the little school expand its parking lot further. We have already done this over four years ago at the district’s expense
and at the expense of the children losing further green playing space. We have asked for traffic calming devices like speed bumps for our area, to no avail. Township did their part; they sent out a survey to the families living near our school to see if they were in favour of such a measure. They sent these out in July 2013 when everyone loves to have the wind blowing through their hair and has long forgotten the white knuckle driving in the area when either school is in session or when old man winter deals us a blow not to mention being away due to summer vacation time. Interestingly enough the school was sent one ballot for the survey. No one from the Township cared to poll the parents of the students on what they thought of this measure or any other traffic calming measure for our school. Yet again we are left out but we provide the biggest influx of traffic on 256th Street during September through to June. Each parent of our elementary students makes a minimum of 10 trips weekly to and from the school. Multiply that figure by the number of families (not students) who attend our school (approximately 150), and you can quickly see how well used this roadway is just by our school population. Little brother in the country will continue its fight. Maybe the Township will see the light and help us out with a little ditch filling. Really just how much could a metal culvert and some crushed clean rock cost? Surely nowhere near the price of some temporary asphalt or sidewalk concrete or the life of one child. T. Verigin, Aldergrove
MS ‘Boot Drive’ raises $28,000 Editor: On September 20 and 21, Township of Langley firefighters once again held out their boots to show their support for Muscular Dystrophy Canada. And once again, the community’s response was incredible. Residents donated close to
$28,000 to help “make muscles move” and improve the quality of life for those living with neuromuscular disorders. That total is up $8,000 over last year and we are extremely grateful to those who contributed, and to the businesses that kindly allowed us to hold the fundraiser at their locations
Township firefighters are very proud to be a part of this giving and generous community and we would like to thank everyone who supported the 2013 Muscular Dystrophy Boot Drive. Peter Taylor, chair, 2013 TLFD Muscular Dystrophy Campaign, Langley
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José Figueroa has found sancturary in a church in Walnut Grove rather than be deported to El Salvador, where he once was a member of the FMLN. The resistance organization now forms that country’s government. If he is deported, Figueroa will leave behind his wife and three children.
Community steps up for José Figueroa and his family Editor: Despite the protests of our Conservative MP Mark Warawa, church members, union members and many friends, Langley resident José Figueroa is facing deportation to El Salvador. He would be leaving behind a wife and three children born in Canada. It’s difficult to take pride in our country when I see our federal government taking action against such a model citizen, a long-time contributor to our community and a supportive father and husband. I applaud the Walnut Grove Lutheran Church for offering him sanctuary after learning that Immigration Canada wants
him deported back to El Salvador and the Canadian Border Services Agency has issued an arrest warrant. José poses no risk to the security of our country. How can our federal government take this action based on Jose’s past affiliation with the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), which is now the democratically-elected government of El Salvador? As MP Warawa pointed out, the FMLN is not on any terrorist list in Canada and there is an El Salvador embassy in Ottawa. We will continue to advocate for José. Shane Dyson, Aldergrove
Fireworks must be curtailed Editor: My dogs, and I’m sure I am not alone in this, are traumatized by the use of fireworks, yet every year we get kids and maybe even some adults that think that it is okay to just let them off with no consideration for the consequences. Every year I have to get ‘drugs’ from my vet in order to make my dogs almost comatose so they can suffer through the month of October, the fireworks season. This is not appropriate and I’m absolutely frosted to the toes that there appears to
be no way of controlling or managing the use. It is my understanding that fireworks are illegal here in the Township, but like or not they still find their way into our communities and quite frankly, I don’t see that ‘bylaw’ being enforced. When my dogs come ‘shooting’ in from what should be a safe place (their backyard) due to the use of illegal fireworks, then I’m an unhappy taxpayer. I left a message with the bylaw office today. Debbie Atkinson, Langley
Victims of bullying need to speak up for themselves
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I knew I couldn’t just read about this anymore, I was going to do something about it.” He talks about how Jaime was tormented and didn’t tell anyone. He speaks of the times when bullies would hold his mouth open on the school bus and everyone would spit inside. They then shoved batteries down his throat. When a student called his parents to let them know what was happen-
ing to Jaime, they took him to the hospital where the batteries were removed. Milmine then tells the kids that he, too, is gay, just like Jaime. He makes it clear that the only reason he mentions he is gay is to demonstrate that he understands what it’s like to feel like an outcast. “I want to make sure these kids know that they do have someone. “I know what it’s like to be different and unique, and I also know
what it’s like to grow up and live my dream.” But he also tells listeners that if they had a negative thought when he announced he was gay, they need to ask themselves why. “I tell them I’m still the same person, and if you call 911, no matter how much you hate me or dislike me or don’t understand me, I’m still going to be at your door asking how I can help you,” he said. Milmine does his presentations
on his days off and on his own dime. He created the website (www. bullyingendshere.ca) to tell both his story and Jamie’s story, and to hopefully help struggling youth. Because there are a lot of teens with their own secrets and their own pain, and the numbers of them are rising, he said in a later interview. He points to a popular app Ask.fm that has caused many teens pain. While it is a great chatting tool, it also sends daily spam into their
accounts with such messages as: “you are ugly, why don’t you just kill yourself?” The spam is sent from a Middle Eastern country and has no person attached to the hurtful, hateful words, but many teens take the spam personally and it’s damaging, he said. Milmine urges everyone to start talking to teens, having real conversations — not sending them to websites — to help with bullying. With files from Surrey Leader
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Red fire engines and navy blue uniforms are what can normally be expected from Township of Langley firefighters. But this month, the men and women of the Fire Department will be donning a different hue – pink. Throughout October, local emergency responders will be turning out in pink shirts, joining firefighters from across North America in the fight against breast cancer and other cancers. “Firefighters are motivated to get involved for many reasons - and often it is because they have been personally affected by the disease,” said Langley Township Captain Brian Ulle. “We are supporting breast cancer awareness and prevention by encouraging others to give. “No breast cancer patient should go without life-saving treatments or having hope for a cure.” Each year in October, individuals and organiza-
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Three Harley Davidson motorcycles were impounded on Sunday, Oct. 13 after a Langley RCMP traffic officer found they were travelling at over 130 km/h in a 60 km/h zone. The officer was roadside with another speed violator in the 25900-block of 88 Avenue when he heard a number of loud vehicles
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Langley RCMP is seeking the public’s assistance to identify two males believed to be involved in a theft of liquor from the Fox and Hound Pub in the 26400-block of 32 Avenue, Aldergrove. Three males entered the store on Sept. 24 at approximately 5:45 p.m. and grabbed an unknown number of liquor bottles before fleeing through the back door. All three males are believed to be approximately 22 years old. One male was described as Caucasian with short blond hair, wearing a black sweater and jeans. The second male is described as First Nations, slightly taller, wearing a black sweater and track pants. The third male is Caucasian with no further description. Police are asking the public to study the surveillance photographs. If you are able to assist with this investigation, please call Langley RCMP at 604-532-3200. Should you need to remain anonymous, please call CrimeStoppers: 1-800222-TIPS (8477).
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Leftover paint, antifreeze, bleach, brake fluid, motor oil, fluorescent lights, empty propane tanks, pesticides, and turpentine will be accepted for disposal on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 19 and 20 in Langley Township. The annual Household Hazardous Waste Plus Recycling Drop-Off Event will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Township operations centre at 4700 224 St. Drop-off is free to Township residents and proof of residency is required. Any household product with a skull and cross bones, flames, a skeleton hand, or an explosion on the label can be brought in. For the second year in a row, electronics, small appliances, batteries, smoke detectors, and mercury thermostats will also be accepted. “Electronics may not be hazardous,” said Solid Waste Coordinator Debbie Fleming, “but they can no longer be placed in landfills so the Township felt it made sense to accept them at the collection event and ensure they are properly recy-
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Spinning a yarn at the Guild By BRENDA ANDERSON Aldergrove Star
Members of the Langley Weavers and Spinners Guild have found a cozy new place to practise their craft. On a Thursday afternoon in early September about a dozen members of the guild’s daytime spinning group set up for the first time inside the Langley Arts Council building on the Fraser Highway one-way and went to work for a few hours. The Langley City gallery, which is open to the public, will serve as the spinners’ meeting place on the first Thursday of every month, explained nine-year member Maureen Dones. Visitors are welcome to stop by to watch them work and to ask any questions they might have. Part of the guild’s mandate is educating people about their processes and the materials they use. Despite the group’s name, the Langley Weavers and Spinners draw members from as far afield as White Rock, Surrey, Aldergrove and Abbotsford. So being able to meet in the middle is a plus. “This (LAC gallery) is such a nice central location for us,” said Dones. Arranged in a large circle, the women work on wooden spinning wheels, each feeding through any of several natural fibres from sheep’s wool to llama, alpaca, goat and even rabbit.
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Surrey’s Lynne Anderson spins sheep’s wool from the Shropshires she raises as an ‘urban farmer.’ The use of locally produced fibre is encouraged wherever possible, said Dones, who raises llamas on her property on the AldergroveAbbotsford border. “And we try to give it an artistic flair,” she said. In addition to the daytime spinners group, the guild includes an
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evening spinning group which meets at members’ homes, as well as a weavers group and an evening knitting group who call themselves the Crazy Clackers. The guild has been in existence for more than 40 years and boasts about 100 members among its chapters, who gather as a collective on the third Tuesday of the month inside Sharon United Church at Murrayville’s Five Corners. As well as giving demonstrations at the recent Country Celebration in Campbell Valley Park and Art in the Untamed Garden in Glen Valley, members are busy preparing for Beyond Fibre, their annual juried artisan sale, which takes place Nov. 2 and 3 at Fort Langley Community Hall, 9167 Glover Rd. Among the rules of the show and sale is that participants must use natural, hand-spun fibres wherever possible — the more locally sourced, the better. During the two day event, which runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, members will offer demonstrations of weaving, spinning, knitting and felting. Visitors may purchase completed projects or gather supplies to create their own. The show will also feature new and returning guest artisans, jewelry, pottery, stained glass, mixed media, photography and leather works.
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Langley author Diane Welch, has just published her first children’s book, entitled “Introducing Mr. Nobody.” Her husband, Dave, is the illustrator. This collection of stories is about a family with four children, one dog and one “imaginary friend” called Mr. Nobody. Mr. Nobody gets into all sorts of mischief around the house, but always learns a valuable lesson at the end. The Welch family is having a book launch at the Langley Chapters on Saturday, Oct. 19., from 2 to 5 p.m. There will be a book signing, and meet the Welch family and the characters from the book, including Mr. Nobody. It’s on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/events/598156613561272/
Top selling author visits chamber Aldergrove Star
The Greater Langley Chamber of Commerce is bringing NY Times bestselling author, Stephen M.R. Covey to deliver a three and a half hour session based on his book “The Speed Of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything.” The seminar will help you to learn to: measure trust in your organization; implement the 13 behaviours that develop high trust; and decrease costs and increase the speed of work by develop-
ing trust on both a personal and an organizational level. The session will take place on Wednesday, Nov. 20 in the Cascades Casino Resort Ballroom, 20393 Fraser Highway, Langley, from 1 to 5 p.m. The cost of this seminar is $75 for Chamber members and $95 for nonChamber members (limited seating available). People can register by calling the Chamber office at 604-530-6656 or by visiting the Chamber website at www. langleychamber.com
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CALENDAR Rocktoberfest - dinner and dance with party band Wall Street, presented by Aldergrove Rotary Club, Saturday, Oct. 19, 6 p.m. at St. Dunstan’s Church Hall, 3025 - 264 Street, Aldergrove. Tickets $60 each, includes German-style Oktoberfest dinner, live music, live auction. Adavance tickets at Birthplace of B.C. Gallery, Ft. Langley. Scandinavian Club of the Fraser Valley - pot luck dinner at 6 p.m., Monday, Oct. 21, at Masonic Hall, 33860 Pine St., Abbotsford. Iceland will be celebrated. Come with your culinary contribution and enjoy the spread of delicious and interesting dishes as well as entertainment focused on Iceland. Guests are welcome. Info: Len at 604-857-2740 or Eigil at 604-870-8601, or email jensenke@shaw.ca Fraser Valley Watercolour Society - welcomes watercolourists to join us on Thursday, Oct. 24, 7-9 p.m. at Abbotsford Senior Secondary School, 33355 Bevan Avenue, in Art Room 103, for a fun evening featuring local artist, Cheryl Shaw in a demo Painting with White Ink on a dark paper. Drop-in fee $7. Info: Carol Portree at 604-850-9694. Visit website at www.MyArtClub.com Aldergrove Pensioners and Seniors - meeting Monday, Oct. 21, 1 p.m. at Aldergrove OAP Hall, branch #71 at 273 Street and Fraser Hwy. Attend and help keep the hall available for various groups. The BC Pensioners and Seniors Organization advocates for seniors at all government levels. Seniors Old Time Dance - starting Saturday, Nov. 2, 1-4 p.m. at Aldergrove OAP Hall, 3015 - 273
Street, $6 admission. Volunteer musicians (fiddle, mandolin, guitar, keyboard, accordion) come from Maple Ridge, Mission, Abbotsford, Hope, Chilliwack, Langley, Surrey and White Rock. Featuring Central Fraser Valley Fiddlers on Nov. 2 and 30 and the Hazelmere Heritage Fiddlers on Nov. 16. Festive Planters: Flowers for All Seasons - Saturday, Oct. 19, 2-3 p.m. at City of Langley Library. Learn how gardening can extend throughout all the seasons and how you can enjoy great flowers and beautiful foliage year round here in the Fraser Valley. Please call 604-514-2855 or visit at 20399 Douglas Cres., Langley to let library know you are coming to this program. New Orford String Quartet - Valley Concert Society presents on Thursday, Oct. 17, 7:30 p.m. at Matsqui Centennial Auditorium. Single concert tickets, if available, will be $25 each. Tickets may be purchased by calling 604-289-3377. Subscribe and save 36%: regular $110, seniors $100, students $35. Website: http://www.valleyconcertsociety. com Langley Elks Ukranian Fall Dinner & Dance - Saturday, Oct. 19 at George Preston Rec. Centre, 20699 - 42 Ave., Langley. Doors open 5:30 PM, Dinner 6:30 PM. Entertainment and dancing. Tickets 30 each; call Barb 604-8891160 or Steve 604-510-4742. Seniors Fitness Exercises with qualified instructor, every Thursday at 9:30 a.m. at the Aldergrove OAP Hall, 3015 - 273 Street. Cost is $6 per week. Seniors Carpet Bowling - every Thursday afternoon, 1:30 p.m. at
the Aldergrove OAP Hall, 3025 273 Street. Cost is $1 per week. Passages and Reflections - a retrospective exhibit of Fort Langley Artists Group, 1993-2013, runs Sept. 19-Nov. 3 at Langley Centennial Museum, 9135 King St., Ft. Langley. Info: 604-5323536 or visit langleymuseum. org.tol.ca Mount Lehman Garden Club meeting 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 17 in the Mount Lehman Community Hall, 6418 Mount Lehman Road. Speaker will be Marilyn Holt, talking about the best fertilizer for different purposes, and when to apply them. Info: Yvonne at 604-856-0313. Library eBooks - at Fort Langley Library, Oct. 22 and 23, 6:307:30 p.m. Learn what the library has to offer in free downloadable eBooks and Audiobooks. Find out what devices are compatible with FVRL’s OverDrive and BC Library to Go services and get hand-on assistance with downloading. Registration required: 604-8880722. Whonnock Weavers and Spinners Guild - annual show on Nov. 24, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Whonnock Lake Centre, Maple Ridge. There will be quality hand-woven, hand-knit, felted and hand spun articles for sale, including original clothing, linens, baskets, accessories, holiday decorations, and home décor items. Complemented by the work of guest artists featuring iron work, pottery, wood turning, jewelry and glass. Spinning, weaving and felting demonstrations. Free admission. Book Sale - Saturday, Oct. 19 to Saturday, Oct. 26 at City of Langley Library, 20399 Douglas Cres., Langley. Visit the City of Langley
Library’s semi-annual Book Sale for great deals on used books and DVDs. Valdy - at the Harrison Memorial Hall, Saturday, Oct. 19, 8 p.m. He will be joined by Graham Wardrop, acclaimed as New Zealand’s finest finger style guitarist. Tickets are $22.00 and can be purchased by phone at 604796-3664, online at www.harrisonfestival.com Abbotsford After 5 Annual Festive Dinner - Monday, Nov. 25, 6:30 p.m. at ABC Restaurant, 32080 Marshall Rd. Abbotsford. Wendy Murray from “Winks” Home and Garden Gift Store in Chilliwack shares how to “Make it Beautiful!” Carola Meerkerk, jazz and blues singer/songwriter, wife, mother and foster parent tells her story about “The Roller Coaster Ride Of Life.” Cost $18. Reservations: Pat at 604-8567513 or email dfolson@shaw.ca The Blues Brothers Too - featuring The Showband, Friday, Nov. 1 at the Cascades Casino Summit Theatre, Langley. Tickets $22.50 (plus facility fee and service charges) from Casino Guest Services. Charge by phone at 604530-2211 or online at www. ticketweb.ca Abbotsford Genealogy Society - meeting Thursday, Oct. 17 at The Reach, 32388 Veterans Way. Doors open 6 p.m., business meeting at 6:30. Speaker is Brenda Smith and her presentation will be about using maps in our searches. Everyone is welcome. Info: www.abbygs.ca Square Dance Classes - Sundays at 12:30 p.m. at the Alder-
Steelin’ In The Years - tribute to Steely Dan featuring some of Vancouver’s finest musicians, Oct. 25 at Cascades Casino Summit Theatre, Langley. Tickets $30 (plus facility fee and service charges) from Casino Guest Services. Charge by phone 604-530-2211 or online at www.ticketweb.ca grove OAP Hall, Fraser Hwy. at 273 Street. Singles and couples welcome, free admission, first three dances no experience. Info: call Tyler, 604-590-9039. Led Zepagain - tribute to Led Zeppelin, Saturday, November 9 at the Cascades Casino Summit Theatre, Langley. Tickets $32.50 (plus facility fee and service charges) from Casino Guest Services. Charge by phone at 604530-2211 or online at www. ticketweb.ca The Fab Fourever - Canada’s premiere Beatles tribute band, Friday, Nov. 29, 7:30 p.m. at The ACT Arts Centre & Theatre, Maple Ridge. Tickets $32.50 (plus facility fee and service charges) available at The ACT Box Office. Charge by phone 604-476-
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Halloween Howler - at Jubilee Hall, 7989 Bradner Rd., Saturday, Oct. 26, doors open at 7 p.m., dinner at 8. Prizes for best costumes. Tickets $25 or $30 at the door. Featuring the March Hare Show Band presenting an entirely new show featuring the music of John Fogerty & Creedence, Bob Seger plus an array of all your classic rock favorites. Tickets for this event sell out quickly so do not delay getting yours. Available at Wilway Lumber Sales, 28728 Fraser Hwy., or online at www. brownpapertickets.com. We also allow overnight parking so you don’t have to worry about making the long trek home. Info: 604-856-4375.
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charges) reserved seating, all ages. Tickets are available at: abbotsfordcentre.ca or by phone 1-866-977-AESC (2372). Alice Cooper - Raise The Dead Tour, Thursday, Nov. 14, 8 p.m. at Abbotsford Entertainment & Sports Centre. Tickets $50 (plus FMF and service charges), available at: abbotsfordcentre.ca, AESC Box Office, or by phone 1-866-977- AESC (2372). Garden Club - Fort Langley Library is looking for volunteers to help with their community garden plot. As a part of the Fort Langley Community gardens, the library will participate this year in creating a garden oasis of veggies, flowers, and much more, Tuesdays from 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. Registration appreciated. Aldergrove ESL Classes - Free English as Second Language classes every Tuesday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at St. Dunstans Anglican Church, 3025 - 264 Street, Aldergrove. All are welcome. Aldergrove Toastmasters meets every Monday, 7 p.m. at Aldergrove Community Secondary School in room 125. Boost your self confidence; become a better speaker and have fun. Info: Murray Burgum at 604856-5483 or email mgbergum@ gmail.com Knitting Circle - at Aldergrove Library. Feeling at loose ends? Why not gather up your materials and join other adult knitters who are open to learning and sharing ideas. Bring your current needlecraft project with you. Aldergrove Library is located at 26770 - 29 Ave., Aldergrove, call for info: 604-856-6415. Classics Book Club - Join the lively discussion at this new book club and get acquainted with the great books of world literature. Meets on the first Wednesday of every month, 7 p.m. at Murrayville Library. Coffee provided.
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Gators take top spot at district championships Aldergrove Star
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Weston Toppozzini of Aldergrove Secondary School placed in the top 10 at the Langley School District Cross Country Championships last week at Aldergrove Regional Park. His result qualifies Toppozzini for the Provincial Cross Country Championships, taking place at Aldergrove Regional Park on Saturday, November 2.
The Walnut Grove Gators took three of six team titles — as well as the overall title — at the Langley district cross-country championships. The race was held on Oct. 7 at Aldergrove Regional Park. The Gators runners won both the junior boys and senior boys titles as well as the senior girls title. Brookswood won the junior girls title while R.E. Mountain won the Grade 8 boys title. There was no title in the Grade 8 girls division. Up next for the runners is the Fraser Valley championships, which will be held Oct. 23 at Abbotsford’s Clearkbrook Park. The season will culminate with the B.C. high school provincial championships, which will also be held at Aldergrove Regional Park
(Nov. 2). Top three finishers for each division at districts were: Grade 8 girls (3.5km) Brookswood’s Kayla Weltzin crossed the finish line in 14:01, well ahead of the pack. Finishing second and third were a pair of Abbotsford Christian runners, Heather Saelman (15:05) and Helen Job (15:22). Grade 8 boys (3.5km) Mountain’s Jordan Schmidt edged out classmate Zach Wyatt by 10 seconds for top spot. Schmidt finished in 12:28 while Wyatt crossed at 12:38, which was just ahead of D.W. Poppy’s Ethan Foster (12:40). Junior girls (4.5km) Walnut Grove’s Isabella Boccia finished first as her time of 18:34 was 26 seconds ahead of second place. Langley Fundamental’s
Adrianna Klassen (19:06) and Brookswood’s Louise Forsyth (19:46) were second and third, respectively. Junior boys (4.5km) Langley Secondary’s Dean Ellenwood blew away the field, winning the division by more than a minute with a time of 15:57. A pair of Walnut Grove runners, Paul Buckingham (17:10) and Daniel Stead (17:55) were second and third, respectively. Senior girls (4.5km) Abbotsford Christian’s Carissa Berger won the division in a time of 19:24. Two Walnut Grove runners, Chelsey Bone (19:55) and Robyn Buckingham (20:16) rounded out the podium. Senior boys (6.7km) Langley Christian’s Nick Colyn (23:45) beat out Brookswood’s Tyler DeJong (24:17) and Walnut Grove’s Richie Torres (25:16).
Aldergrove High School Soccer Action
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Photo at left, Sha Gey of Langley Secondary School (left) and Pietro Romegioli of Aldergrove Secondary School tangle for the ball in senior boys’ soccer last week at Aldergrove Athletic Park. Aldergrove won this game, 4-1. Photo above, D.W. Poppy Secondary’s Rito Hosoyoa (left, with ball) in senior boys soccer action versus R.E. Mountain Secondary, Thursday, Oct. 10 at Poppy’s field.
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The Aldergrove Kodiaks remain stuck at 12 points and second place in the Harold Brittain conference, after losing 4-3 to the North Vancouver Wolf Pack on Saturday, Oct. 12. The Kodiaks more than doubled the Wolf Pack in shots on goal, 41-19, but just as the Abbotsford Pilots did on Wednesday in Aldergrove, their goal keeper deflected all but three shots. Wolf Pack keeper Braden Krogfuss earned the night’s first star for his efforts. Kodiaks’ Spencer McHaffie earned second star for his goal and an assist. The Wolf Pack led 2-0 at the end of the first, including a power play goal. The Kodiaks notched two in the second period, first by Calen Whitworth at 0:44, assisted by brothers Scott and Spencer McHaffie, and another by Spencer McHaffie at 15:05, assisted by Garrett Forster. However, the Wolf Pack scored a short handed goal at 1:32 to bring the second period to a close with the Wolf Pack up 3-2. The Wolf Pack scored their last goal at 4:39 in the third and Kodiaks’ Kenny Prato scored on a power play at 17:39, assisted by Stephen Ryan, to end the game a 4-3 win for the Wolf Pack. Kodiaks’ Stephen Ryan remains the league’s scoring leader with 16 points after 10 games, for nine goals and seven assists. Kodiaks’ keeper Tate Spraxton also is the league’s goalie leader with
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Thanks Given for Glen Valley’s Cranberries in Fort Langley
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Clockwide from top left: Sandra Yoon was one of over 100 vendors at the Cranberry Festival in Fort Langley on the Thanksgiving weekend and she sold over 7,500 pounds of the berries at the festival; young Josh does the “cranberry stomp” at the Cranberry Festival in Fort Langley; Marcy of historic Fort Langley tells young Lilee Stolzenberg of how the cranberry played a big role in the Katzie people’s lives; harvesting the cranberry crops at one of the farms in Glen Valley — this year’s crop is the biggest ever in the Fraser Valley; and lastly, canoe racing on the Fraser River during the Cranberry Festival.
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Aldergrove Students Work for the ‘Critters’
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Aldergrove student Rachelle Otteson (wearing a white T-shirt labelled “Paws for the cause”) spearheaded a fundraiser for the B.C. SPCA at Betty Gilbert Middle School, which raised $410.65 for the cause. Otteson and her student helpers presented the funds to Jodie Dunlop of the B.C. SPCA at a school assembly on Thursday, Oct. 10.
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Volunteers are invited to help with the planting of native plants and trees at Aldergrove Regional Park this Saturday, October 19, from 9:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. This event takes place rain or shine. Participants are meeting at the parking lot on 272 Street just south of 8 Avenue (do not enter Aldergrove Regional Park through
the 8 Ave. entrance) at 27347 - 0 Ave., and at the end of the driveway, go left behind the barn and park. Meet at 9:45 a.m. for sign in, then walk to the site (follow arrows if you’re late), where participants will plant native plants and trees from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Participants should bring their own drinking water and a rain jacket in case it rains. Don’t let the rain scare
you off and if it’s sunny bring a hat and sunscreen. Also bring your own gardening gloves if you prefer them, wear clothes you don’t mind getting dirty, wear long sleeves and pants to protect yourself from thorny plants, and sturdy, comfortable closed toe shoes or boots. Gum boots work too. The following items will be provided for you: gardening gloves if you don’t have your own, tools, refresh-
ments at the break, and instruction on what to do. You don’t need to have experience to participate. A volunteer letter will be provided if you need to confirm your hours for school or another program. Aldergrove Regional Park is located in the southeast corner of Langley and offers stunning views of neighbouring agricultural lands and Coast Mountains. Features of the park
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dates to note Thursday, October 17 | 7 - 9pm Agricultural Advisory Committee Civic Facility Salmon River Committee Room Monday, October 21 | 7 - 11pm Public Hearing Meeting Civic Facility Fraser River Presentation Theatre Wednesday, October 23 | 7 - 9pm Youth Advisory Committee Civic Facility Salmon River Committee Room Monday, October 28 | 7 - 11pm Regular Council Meeting Civic Facility Fraser River Presentation Theatre
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langley events centre Coming Events Langley Rivermen Junior A Hockey Sat Oct 19 7:15pm vs. Penticton Vees Sun Oct 20* 2:00pm vs. Pr. George Spruce Kings Thu Oct 24 7:15pm vs. Coquitlam Express Sat Oct 26† 7:15pm vs. West Kelowna Warriors * Skate with the Rivermen following Sunday game † Trick or Suite Night
TWU Spartans University Sports Men’s Hockey Fri Sat Fri Sat
Oct 18 Oct 19 Oct 25 Oct 26
7:00pm 2:00pm 7:00pm 2:00pm
vs. Eastern Washington U vs. Eastern Washington U vs. University of Victoria vs. University of Victoria
The Township of Langley is giving residents a chance to properly dispose of hazardous materials from around their homes and to recycle small appliances and electronics.
Acceptable items: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
The annual Household Hazardous Waste Plus Recycling event will be held:
Dates: Saturday and Sunday, October 19 and 20 Time: 9am - 3pm Location: Operations Building Address: 4700 - 224 Street Cost:
FREE to Township residents. Proof of residency required.
Paint, batteries, pesticides, cleaners, and chemicals will be safely disposed of by hazardous waste professionals.
PLUS: Electronics, small appliances, mercury thermostats, and smoke detectors will also be accepted and recycled. Household quantities only. To enquire about larger quantities contact 604.532.7300 prior to the event.
Antifreeze Ballasts Batteries (all) Bleach Brake fluid Concentrated acids Darkroom chemicals Fluorescent lights/bulbs Furniture stripper Herbicides Insecticides Motor oil Oven cleaner Paint and thinners Pesticides Propane fuel tanks (empty) Solvents Swimming pool chemicals Toilet bowl cleaner Transmission fluid Turpentine
PLUS • • • •
For more information, visit tol.ca/hhw. Engineering Division 604.532.7300 opsinfo@tol.ca
Electronics Mercury thermostats Small appliances Smoke detectors
Volleyball Fri
Oct 25 vs. University of British Columbia 6pm Women’s 8pm Men’s
Valley West Hawks BC Major Midget Hockey Sat Oct 26
10:15am vs. NorthWest Giants
Holiday Festival on Ice Friday, December 6 • 7pm featuring Kurt Browning, Elvis Stojko, Joannie Rochette, Holly Cole, and more. Tickets on sale now! 1.855.985.5000
Vancouver Stealth NLL Lacrosse The Vancouver Stealth (NLL) are coming to the LEC. Reserve your 2014 season tickets – call 604.882.8800. The Langley Events Centre is located at 7888 - 200 Street For ticket information, contact Langley Events Centre 604.882.8800 • langleyeventscentre.com
public notice Property Tax Exemptions Notice is given that the Township of Langley will be considering 2014 property tax exemption (with provision for exemption at a maximum of 10 years at a time) for the following properties. Estimated taxes are shown for 2014 and for the following two years as required in Section 227 of the Community Charter.
Township of Langley – Property Tax Exemptions – 2014 Name
Folio
Address 2014
Estimated General Taxes 2015 2016
Community Halls, Charitable and Non-Profit Organizations Basketball BC Community Living Society Fraser Health Authority Langley Association for Community Living Langley Gymnastics Foundation The National Trust for Land and Culture (B.C.) Society Salvation Army - Gateway of Hope Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada Tourism Langley Association
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210 - 7888 200 Street 8983 216A Street 8521 198A Street 104B & 105B,4059 200 Street 180 - 7888 200 Street 6764 224 Street 3111 272 Street 19733 96 Avenue 110 - 7888 200 Street
$ 3,544 $ 1,058 $ 295,072 $ 4,201 $ 21,070 $ 1,340 $ 15,042 $ 36,750 $ 2,993
$ 3,899 $ 1,163 $ 324,579 $ 4,621 $ 23,177 $ 1,474 $ 16,547 $ 40,425 $ 3,292
$ 4,280 $ 1,277 $ 356,299 $ 5,072 $ 25,442 $ 1,618 $ 18,164 $ 44,375 $ 3,614
Darlene Foxgord Manager, Revenue and Tax Collection 604.533.6029
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Temporary Road Closure: 72 Avenue from 208 Street to 210 Street
Temporary Road Closure: 16 Avenue at 248 Street
Starting November 1, 72 Avenue will be closed from 208 Street to 210 Street for approximately one month.
A temporary road closure of 16 Avenue from 240 Street to 256 Street will be in effect from 12am on Friday, October 25 to 5am on Tuesday, October 29. FRA
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If so, the Township of Langley’s website at tol.ca can help. The Township, on the recommendation of its recently established Seniors Advisory Committee, has made the word “seniors” searchable on its website. Simply log on to tol.ca, enter “seniors” into the search function, and find information that will help seniors plan for and live a healthy and active aging lifestyle. Bill Storie, Bylaws Manager 604.532.7517 bstorie@tol.ca
Engineering Division 604.533.6006 enginfo@tol.ca
public notice We are looking for Langley pioneers! Are you at least 70 years of age? Do you currently live in Langley Township or City? Have you lived in Langley for at least 60 years? Each year Langley pioneers who meet the above criteria are recognized at the annual Douglas Day Banquet on November 19. If you are a Langley pioneer or know someone who might be, please contact us by Friday, November 1. Lisa Egan Special Events Coordinator Corporate Communications and Events 604.533.6148 legan@tol.ca
Volunteering is a great way to get involved, provide input on important issues, and make a positive contribution to our diverse and growing community. The Township is presently seeking volunteers for the following Council Advisory Committees: • Agricultural Advisory Committee (one-year and two-year term positions available) • Community Participation, Infrastructure, and Environment Advisory Committee (two-year term positions available) • Community and Transportation Safety Advisory Committee (two-year term positions available) • Economic Development Advisory Committee (one-year and two-year term positions available) • Heritage Advisory Committee (two-year term positions available) • Recreation, Culture, and Parks Advisory Committee (two-year term positions available) • Seniors Advisory Committee (two-year term positions available) • Youth Advisory Committee (two-year term positions available) A description of each Advisory Committee and an application form is available on the Township’s website at tol.ca/committee. Please complete the application form and attach a letter and a brief resume indicating which Advisory Committee you wish to serve on. Current Advisory Committee members are welcome to reapply. Committee application reviews will be scheduled during the weeks of November 13 to 22, 2013 with members of Council and staff liaison representatives. Applicants will be notified after Council has made their appointments in early December. Deadline: Monday, October 21, 2013 Online: tol.ca/committee Email: legservicesinfo@tol.ca Mail: Deputy Township Clerk Legislative Services Department Township of Langley 20338 - 65 Avenue Langley, BC V2Y 3J1 Fax: 604.533.6054 Legislative Services 604.533.6100
Secondary Suite Licencing and Utility Fees – Reduced Rate Application Deadline: December 31 Township Council adopted a number of bylaw amendments on March 4, 2013, authorizing an annual secondary suite licence fee of $350 and an additional 30 per cent in water and sewer utility fees (where applicable) for property owners with a secondary suite. A phasing-in strategy was also adopted to provide a graduated fee schedule for owners of existing authorized suites, where building permit applications were submitted for the secondary suite on or before March 5, 2013. The reduced annual fee of $175 will be in effect for the first three years unless the property is sold. Secondary suites that qualify for the reduced rate program will not be charged the additional 30 per cent utility fees until July, 2014. The deadline to qualify for the three-year reduced rate for property owners with existing authorized suites is fast approaching. Letters have been issued by the Township, reminding secondary suite owners who received building permit applications before March 5 to take advantage of the three year reduced rate by submitting their application and payment before December 31, 2013. Unlicensed suites will be proactively enforced and property owners who do not bring unauthorized secondary suites into compliance with Township bylaws and the BC Building Code could be fined up to $500 per day until compliance is obtained. Permit Licence and Inspection Services Department 604.533.6018 cdinfo@tol.ca
Willoughby Fitness Centre Closure The fitness centre, high performance room, and aerobics studio at the Willoughby Community Centre, located in the Langley Events Centre at 7888 - 200 Street, will be closed for maintenance from Monday, November 4 to Friday, November 8 inclusive. The fitness centre will reopen at 8am on Saturday, November 9. The preschool and multipurpose rooms will remain open. Recreation, Culture, and Parks Division Willoughby Community Centre 604.455.8821
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notice of public hearings Proposed Zoning Changes NOTICE is hereby given that the Township of Langley Council will meet and hold a Public Hearing. AT THE PUBLIC HEARING all persons who believe their interest in property is affected by the proposed bylaws shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions respecting matters contained in the bylaws that are the subject of the hearing.
BYLAW NO.: 5016 APPLICATION NOS. RZ100388 / DP100709 OWNER:
0913534 BC Ltd. 5536 - 127 Street Surrey, BC V3X 3V1
AGENT:
DF Architecture Inc. 1205 - 4871 Shell Road Richmond, BC V6X 3Z6
LOCATION:
7638 - 208 Street (see Map 1)
PROPOSAL:
This application will facilitate development of 53 townhouse units.
BYLAW NO. 5022
BYLAW NO.: 5020 APPLICATION NO. RZ100392 OWNER:
Green Grove Homes Ltd. 19668 – 72A Avenue Langley, BC V2Y 3E5
AGENT:
Coastland Engineering & Surveying Ltd. 101, 19292 - 60 Avenue Surrey, BC V3S 3M2
LOCATION:
20466 - 93A Avenue (see Map 2) BYLAW NO. 5020
BYLAW NO. 5016
MAP 3
LOCATION: LEGAL:
9552 - 198 Street (see Map 3) Lot 42 Section 34 Township 8 New Westminster District Plan 59027
PURPOSE:
Bylaw No. 5022 proposes to amend Land Use Contract No. 9A use provisions to expand the range of permitted compressed gases for the subject property.
AND TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that a copy of Township of Langley Bylaw Nos. 5016, 5020 and 5022; Development Permit No. 100709; and relevant background material may be inspected between the hours of MAP 2
MAP 1
8:30am and 4:30pm, Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, from
LEGAL:
Lot 34 Section 35 Township 8 New Westminster District Plan 24968
October 10 to 21, both inclusive, at the Community Development Division
PURPOSE:
Bylaw No. 5020 proposes to rezone property from Residential Zone R-1E to Residential Zone R-1C.
20338 - 65 Avenue.
This application will facilitate development of 6 single family residential lots.
LEGAL:
North Half Lot 35 Section 24 Township 8 New Westminster District Plan 34191
PROPOSAL:
PURPOSE:
Bylaw No. 5016 proposes to rezone property from Suburban Residential Zone SR-2 to Comprehensive Development Zone CD-77. A Development Permit is being considered in conjunction with this bylaw to allow Council the opportunity to review the form, character, and siting of the development.
BYLAW NO.: 5022 APPLICATION NO. RZ100405 OWNER/ APPLICANT:
Norco Management Inc. 1465 Kebet Way Port Coquitlam, BC V3C 6L3
Development Services counter, 2nd floor, Township of Langley Civic Facility, Date:
Monday, October 21
Time:
7pm
Place:
Township of Langley Civic Facility
Address:
20338 - 65 Avenue Community Development Division 604.533.6034
notice of public meeting Proposed Telecommunication Towers
APPLICATION NOS. 11-30-0016 / DP100666
NOTICE is hereby given that Township of Langley Council will meet and hold a public meeting.
AGENT/ APPLICANT:
AT THE PUBLIC MEETING all persons who have an interest in the proposed telecommunication towers shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions respecting the towers that are the subject of the meeting.
LOCATION:
21765 Telegraph Trail
OWNERS:
Robert and Linda Lynch William and Michelle Lynch Ryan and Shelley Stene
APPLICATION NOS. 08-35-0181 / DP100667
PROPOSAL:
The applicant on behalf of WIND Mobile has proposed a 50 m (164 ft) high telecommunication tower and a 100 m2 (1,076 ft2) fenced compound at the base of the tower to accommodate the equipment cabinets.
AGENT/ APPLICANT:
Alcatel-Lucent
LOCATION:
9497 - 201 Street
OWNER:
Urbanex Walnut Grove Development Corporation
PROPOSAL:
The applicant on behalf of WIND Mobile has proposed a 40 m (131 ft) high telecommunication tower and a 22.5 m2
(242 ft2) fenced compound at the base of the tower to accommodate the equipment cabinets.
written comments provided by the public are then forwarded to Industry Canada, which will make the final determination whether or not to approve the telecommunication tower. AND TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Report to Council and relevant background material may be inspected between the hours of 8:30am and 4:30pm, Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, from October 10 to 21, both inclusive, at the Community Development Division Development Services counter, 2nd floor, Township of Langley Civic Facility, 20338 - 65 Avenue.
Alcatel-Lucent
Proposed installations not exempted from Industry Canada’s requirements for consultation (i.e. installations 15 m (49 ft) or more in height) are considered by Council at a meeting where the public may attend and speak. Council’s recommendation, the Council meeting minutes, and any
Date:
Monday, October 21
Time:
7pm
Place:
Township of Langley Civic Facility
Address:
20338 - 65 Avenue Community Development Division 604.533.6034
After-Hours Emergency Contact 604.543.6700
NOW HIRING! Delivery Drivers
Must have your own reliable CARGO VAN (minimum ¾ ton) and clean driver abstract. NO CARS, SUVS, MINI-VANS OR PICKUP TRUCKS. • Tuesday Mornings & Wednesday Evenings • Pick up newspapers from our warehouse • Deliver newspapers to our carriers homes Langley City, Walnut Grove and Aldergrove Pay is based on a combination of mileage and time needed to complete delivery. Average 2-3 hours per run.
604.514.6770 circulation@langleytimes.com
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FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS
FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS
COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
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EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION
EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION
EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION
FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS ...............1-8 COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS ...9-57
4
FUNERAL HOMES
7
OBITUARIES
21
TRAVEL.............................................61-76
COMING EVENTS
109 CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
114
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CAREER FAIR
CHILDREN ........................................80-98 BUSINESS SERVICES...................203-387 MERCHANDISE FOR SALE...........503-587 REAL ESTATE ...............................603-696
The name your family has trusted for simple, affordable funeral service. Since 1961.
RENTALS ......................................703-757 AUTOMOTIVE ..............................804-862
It is agreed by any Display or Classified Advertiser requesting space that the liability of the paper in the event of failure to publish an advertisement shall be limited to the amount paid by the advertiser for that portion of the advertising space occupied by the incorrect item only, and that there shall be no liability in any event beyond the amount paid for such advertisement. The publisher shall not be liable for slight changes for typographical errors that do not lessen the value of an advertisement.
MOWLL
27555 - 31 Ave. Aldergrove
Ph: 604-857-0111
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OBITUARIES
BC Cancer Foundation Legacies accepted. 604.851.4736 or visit: bccancerfoundation.com
www.hendersonsabbotsfordfunerals.com
Advertisers are reminded that Provincial legislation forbids the publication of any advertisement which discriminates against any person because of race, religion, sex, color, nationality, ancestry or place of origin, or age, unless the condition is justified by a bona fide requirement for the work involved.
Henderson’s Funeral Home 604-854-5534
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DRIVERS/COURIER/ TRUCKING
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The Abbotsford News Black Press Circulation Department 34375 Gladys Ave., Abbotsford, BC V2S 2H5 or email to: circulation@abbynews.com
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HELP WANTED
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FLAGGERS NEEDED. No Certification? Get Certified, 604-575-3944
WAREHOUSE ORDER SELECTOR We are now accepting applications for safety oriented individuals for the position of parttime Warehouse Order Selector, which will include timely and accurate order picking of grocery products in a safe, clean, teambased environment. Successful applicants will be available for day, afternoon and weekend shifts, have reliable transportation (optional public transportation available), possess proficient English communication skills, and enjoy repetitive physical work that requires lifting 20-80lb cases of grocery products. Starting wage is $12.95/hr. with an attractive incentive program and regular progressive increases every 500-1000 hours worked. We offer flexible work schedules (will include a minimum of 1 weekend day), and an excellent training program is provided. As one of the largest employers in the Fraser Valley, EV Logistics operates two distinct facilities - a 380,000 sq ft refrigerated facility, and a 485,000 sq ft dry goods building - both facilities are located in the Gloucester Industrial Park (at the 264th St. exit off Hwy #1). Apply on-line at: www.evlogistics.com
GUARANTEED Job Placement: General Laborers and Tradesmen For Oil & Gas Industry. Call 24hr Free Recorded Message For Information 1-800-972-0209
CLASS 1 HIGHWAY LINE HAUL COMPANY DRIVERS Van Kam’s Group of Companies requires Class 1 Drivers for the SURREY area. Applicants must have a min 2 yrs industry driving experience.
We Offer Above Average Rates!
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To join our team of professional drivers please send off a resume and current drivers abstract to: careers@vankam.com For more info about Line Haul, call Bev, 604-968-5488
COMING EVENTS
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ABBOTSFORD CO-OP CRAFT FAIR ~ NOV 9th, 10am-4pm. 32855 Marshall Rd.
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COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Monday October 21, 2013 3:00pm – 7:00pm Cascades Casino Resort 20393 Fraser Highway Langley, BC V3A 7N2
EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION
Barbara Laverne In loving memory of our mother, grandmother, greatgrandmother Barbara Laverne Mowll late of Abbotsford, BC passed away on October 8, 2013 at the age of 79. She was predeceased by her husband, Robert, in 2008. She is survived by her 8 children, Daniel, Susan, Rob, Cindy, Sherry, Wendy, Sheldon, and Shannon and their spouses; 20 grandchildren; and 30 great-grandchildren. She will be greatly missed. We would like to thank Kathy and the staff at Abbotsford Regional Hospital for the kindness and respect they showed us at our time of loss. A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, October 19, 2013 at 12:30 pm, at Henderson’s Fraser Valley Funeral Home, 34537 Marshall Road, Abbotsford, BC. A gathering will follow at 2:00 pm at the Aldergrove Legion, 26607 Fraser Hwy, Aldergrove, BC. Tributes and condolences may be left at:
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HELP WANTED
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PETS & LIVESTOCK ......................453-483
AGREEMENT
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DRIVERS
EMPLOYMENT .............................102-198
MARINE .......................................903-920
DRIVERS/COURIER/ TRUCKING
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A22 Thursday, October 17, 2013 EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION 138
LABOURERS
PERSONAL SERVICES 173
YARDING CREW Needed on Vancouver Island - Experience is an asset. Madil 071 operator, Hooktender, Landing bucker. Please forward resume to jessica@heli-log.com
160
MIND BODY SPIRIT
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 260
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
ELECTRICAL
329 PAINTING & DECORATING
WONDERFUL Massage New GIRLS, New LOOK, New Management!
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142 OFFICE SUPPORT/CLERKS PART Time Office Assistant (Abbotsford). Flexible hours. Must have experience with Excel & Simply Accounting. Compensation based on experience. Email resumes to Controller.pr2010@gmail.com
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PERSONAL SERVICES
YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 Service Call Lic #89402 Same day guarn’td We love small jobs! 604-568-1899
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BRO MARV PLUMBING 24/7 Plumbing, heating, plugged drains BBB. (604)582-1598, bromarv.com
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
RENTALS
545
FUEL
COURSE CEDAR HOG FUEL
Call 604-856-6500
560
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REAL ESTATE
353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS 627
HOMES WANTED
SUITES, LOWER
ABBOTSFORD
LARGE 4 BDRM SUITE Lower floor of large home on acreage in Mt. Lehman. Separate lndry & storage/rm, w/d, gas f/p, d/w, shrd use of pool. Suit family w/kids, strictly N/S, ref’s req’d. Avail immed. $1150/mo incl utils. Pets neg. Additional sq.ft. avail in exchange for finishing unfin bsmt.
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TRANSPORTATION 810
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AUTO FINANCING
SCRAP CAR REMOVAL
AAA SCRAP CAR REMOVAL Minimum $150 cash for full size vehicles, any cond. 604-518-3673
GL ROOFING. Cedar/Asphalt, Flat roofs, WCB Clean Gutters - $80. 604-240-5362. info@glroofing.ca .Jim’s Mowing. 310-JIMS (5467).
Canuck Roofing All Roof Repairs Any job big or small. Free Est. *WCB *Insured *BBB 778-772-1969
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Call Ian 604-724-6373
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ALWAYS! GUTTER Cleaning & Roof Blowing, Moss Control,30 yrs exp., Reliable! Simon 604-230-0627
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CRIMINAL RECORD? Don’t let it block employment, travel, education, professional, certification, adoption property rental opportunities. For peace of mind & a free consultation call 1-800-347-2540.
750
2 BR legal bsmt suite on main floor, fenced backyard, close to stores, np, ns, incls utils. 778-551-0645.
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GUTTER CLEANING POWER WASHING
LEGAL SERVICES
MISSION. SPACIOUS 1000 sf shop with 1250 loft w/deck. Formerly wood & metal fab shop. $1500/mo. Chad 778-861-2423
The Scrapper
283 GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS
188
ALDERGROVE 272/32nd. 1 Bdrm apt in Willow Creek Estates, freshly pntd, insuite laundry, walk-thru closet, updated appli’s, 1 sec u/g pkng, lots of visitor pkng, 6 yr/old building. Avail Now. $775/mo. 604-340-7382.
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PLUMBING
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Specializing in *Palm, *Tarot Cards, *Crystal Ball Readings.
(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
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German Shepherd pups, vet check, 1st shots, own both parents, father reg., gd tempered, farm & family raised in country, good guard dog/family pet. born aug 9. $700. 604-796-3026, no sunday calls
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AUTOMATED TANK Manufacturing Inc. is looking for experienced welders. Competitive wages, profit sharing bonus plus manufacturing bonus incentive. Full insurance package 100% paid by company. Good working environment. Keep your feet on the ground in a safe welding environment through in hole manufacturing process. No scaffolding or elevated work platform. Call Cindy for an appointment or send resume to: cindy@autotanks.ca. 780-846-2231 (Office); 780-846-2241 (Fax).
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REAL ESTATE
MERCHANDISE FOR SALE
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. 778.245.9069
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HOME IMPROVEMENTS
A SEMI-RETIRED CONTRACTOR. Specializing in Renovation’s. Available for work. 604-532-1710
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MOVING & STORAGE
1PRO MOVING & SHIPPING. Across the street - across the world Real Professionals, Reas. Rates. Best in every way! 604-721-4555.
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TREE SERVICES
TREE & STUMP
1,098,000
TOTALLY RENOVATED AND TASTEFULLY DONE TOWNHOUSE IN THE HEART OF MURRAYVILLE Just as the title says, this townhouse in the heart of Upper Murrayville has been beautifully redone from top to bottom. A truly great end-unit with lots of windows and a south facing rear year and private patio. Plus a great new kitchen, lots of built-ins, a huge master bedroom with ensuite – it is all one might need. Close to Shopping, Restaurants, Pools and a Rec Center. Call Verne Stel today and book your showing. 604-857-1100.
#307 21937 48th Avenue, Langley
325,000
STRAWBERRY HILLS HOME ON ACREAGE WITH TONS OF POTENTIAL Great location in Strawberry Hills just waiting for your ideas. Come see this partially updated home on a nice quiet acreage with a beautifully updated kitchen, and living area as well as a luxurious main bath. Be sure to bring your ideas for the basement and yard to make this a true diamond. Call Verne Stel today and book a showing, 604-857-1100.
FARM OR POTENTIAL WINERY? THIS IS THE SPOT! Looking for a farm in the Otter area of Langley - call today. I have two available – one 20 acre parcel with a nicely appointed 2200 square ft. rancher and the other a 45 acre former dairy farm with 2 homes, barns, and lots of other outbuildings. Need a place for a winery? Calll me today for your showing and more information.
604-787-5915/604-291-7778
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PETS
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
764,000
$
This 3,800 square foot home on almost a full acre is sure to leave an impression. Lots of updates, including hardwood flooring, a newer kitchen with stainless steel appliances, instant on-demand hot water system – all are standard for this beauty. In a location with easy access to everything, plus, room for your inlaws. Call Verne today for your showing, 604-857-1100.
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SALMON RIVER! GREAT FAMILY HOME ON PRIVATE ACREAGE
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9285 178 Street, Surrey
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Prestige Painters •Condos •Townhomes •House Interiors
Just as the title says. This is the home and acreage you have been looking for to raise your family. From the maple kitchen with corian counter edging, huge island with eating bar to the tile floors and large master bedroom with luxurious ensuite this home is sure to please. All situated within biking distance of Pacific Academy in a beautiful, upscale, mature, neighborhood. Enjoy the evenings relaxing in the hot tub or sitting on the covered deck. Call Verne Stel today for more details 604-857-1100.
22941 72nd Avenue, Langley $
799,900
1735 and 1939 256th Street, Langley
“Thinking of Buying or Selling? Call me today.”
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REMAX ALDERCENTER REALTY 26641 FRASER HWY, ALDERGROVE
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I LIVE in Aldergrove. I SELL in Aldergrove.
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#20 - 27272 - 32ND AVENUE
RANCHER ON 4.42 ACRES RANCHER ON 4.42 ACRES
TWIN FIRS
Dan Flokstra
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604-857-1100
$739,900
1 ACRE WITH 2500 SQ. FT. RANCHER
WANTED
Room for all the toys and then some check out this 4 bedroom custom built home on 1 acre in west abby on no thru street with huge parking area for R.V. or work vehicles this rancher has a very friendly floor plan and is perfect for family living or retirement living, if you like entertaining in the summertime or not this is a must see.
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2613-270B STREET
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$549,900
3234-275 STREET
$525,000
$ 419,900
WALK TO SCHOOLS
NEED ROOM? Check out This one!
1/4 ACRE LOT
Here it is all ready to move into just freshly painted with new roof new gutters and facia boards new covered deck new kitchen downstairs this home has a mortgage helper and is in terrific shape bonus 2 gas fireplaces large garage, R.V. parking great Mt Baker View check this one out there has been over $ 30,000,00 spent in upgrades here so make an appointment to see.
Check out this one almost 1500 sq ft on main floor and was a custom built home with upgraded everything in a great neighborhood. New vinyl windows and an open plan eating area/ bakers dream kitchen/livingroom area. Could be easily suited and has a terrific fully developed back yard with water feature fire pit and large patio as well! Have a look and bring an offer today.
1/4 acre lot right between commercial zoned property and a township parkland. Property has a frontage access road so you are not right on Fraser Hwy. Make an offer – small home is in reasonable shape.
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Dan Flokstra
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Dan Flokstra
604-857-1100
604-857-1100
#34 - 27456 - 32ND AVENUE
$195,000
CEDAR PARK TOWNHOME
Very nice and clean 3 bedroom townhome in Cedar Park very competitively priced for this location. All you have to do is move in new windows new doors in this complex and new roof is paid for. Close to playground and extra parking make a call and see this today.
Dan Flokstra
604-857-1100
#92 - 27044 - 32ND AVENUE
$209,900
FIRST TIME BUYERS ALERT
Have a look here, very private back patio. Lovely wood fireplace, very neat and clean. This unit qualifies for all the first time home buyers perks. So call today and Let’s make a move happen.
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26641 FRASER HWY, ALDERGROVE • 604-857-1100 realestate@danflokstra.com
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26489- FRASER HWY
$1,800,000
All cleared and In Hay land - over 430 feet of frontage. Older farm house on property plus 40 x 80 real shop and 80’ x 108’ cattle/hay barn - good driveways 3 phase power, city water, natural gas... Got Big Trucks? Bring em over! This is a well cared for property, ready to farm - no clearing to do.
Call
2861 BERGMAN STREET
LISTINGS
27691 DOWNES ROAD
26 ACRES
Over 2000 sq ft wheelchair friendly home on 4.42 acre property in south Langley very well built home here in a great neighborhood in great shape. Has a terrific sunroom on the back. 3 bedrooms with extra large master bedroom with 4 piece ensuite. Property 1/3 cleared.
Over 45 years young here, 3 levels, 3 bedrooms, stainless appliances and a great Mount Baker view. Loads of storage and quick possession possible. Almost 2,000 sq. ft and private yard.
Call
$700,000
2275-240 STREET
Dan Flokstra 604-857-1100 RE/MAX ALDERGROVE www.fraservalleyrealestate.net
ALDERCENTER REALTY
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