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Jessica Peters The Progress The Bailey landfill may soon be able to handle asbestos-contaminated materials. Chilliwack council was being asked on Tuesday to look at amending the Solid Waste Collection and Disposal bylaw, chiefly to accommodate asbestos materials at the landfill. Asbestos is a dangerous substance to handle and dispose of, but is prevalent in homes built pre-1990. Historically, homeowners and contractors demolishing or renovating these homes are turned away from Bailey if it’s believed their waste is contaminated. But that may be one of the reasons so much of the trash is ending up dumped along riversides and backroads, admits city staff. Continued: DUMPING/ p4

The Mount Cheam Canine Association hosted three all-breed championship conformation shows at Heritage Park from Feb. 26 to 28. Here, Kristy Brissette from Langley grooms Yorkshire Terriers Carly and Luca to prim perfection prior to competing in the toy group on Friday. Visit theprogress.com for additional photos. SAM BATES/ PROGRESS

Chilliwack unveils six-point plan for homelessness City budgets $700,000 for this year alone The Progress Chilliwack Council vowed to do something about homelessness — even though it’s more of a provincial or federal responsibility, and even though the last homeless count showed a decrease in the numbers. A draft report came before council Tuesday at city hall with the subtitle, ‘Establishing a Comprehensive Community Response System that Helps

People Obtain and Retain Safe, Affordable, Appropriate Housing.’ City officials stressed they can’t solve the problem alone. “We want to work with the province to ensure everyone has an opportunity to be housed in our community, and will continue to work with the many social service agencies in Chilliwack,” said Mayor Sharon Gaetz, in a release. “It’s a lofty goal and it will not happen without a plan.” Consultation is key. Broad consultative effort has led to the fresh

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of the CHC Housing First Task Team. One example is the task team looking into low-barrier housing options, including a visit to Raven’s Moon in Abbotsford, which provides “affordable, supportive housing that facilitates permanent, positive life changes” and works using an empowerment perspective.” The team also held a broadbased planning session in December to get input. “The City’s Homelessness Action Plan Task Force found that the strategic planning session was

integral to the development of the report and ensures we are all continuing to work towards the same goal.” Having an affordable housing strategy, and using the Housing First model, are considered key to getting provincial funding, and that is one of the obstacles to the city taking concrete and effective action. The staff report stated that $700,000 is being budgeted for a Housing First development down the line. Here are the goals: Continued: PLAN/ p4

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Council asked to decide on Chilliwack budget priorities Jennifer Feinberg The Progress Chilliwack council pressed the pause button on the budget last month so it could study and possibly incorporate some feedback from the public. City staff responded by requesting clearer direction from council on which, if any, of the ideas should make into the financial plan, and what the corresponding tax increases would be. Chilliwack council was sup-

posed to vote on the 2016 budget and financial plan on Feb. 16, after holding a public information meeting, and listening to the views of the public. Instead, in a surprise move led by Coun. Sam Waddington and Coun. Jason Lum, they convinced the rest of council to refer the financial plan back to staff for some retooling. Some of the ideas from the public included: additional RCMP officers, dedicated bike lanes, improved trails, as well as heritage

protection, revitalization of the Hope Slough and more. As a result, council was slated to consider and vote on the three options at the March 1 meeting, which included adopting the budget as previously presented with increases integrated into the 2017 Financial Plan. The other two options were either to accommodate budget extras now with a larger tax increase, or accommodate budget increases within the existing 1.89 per cent proposed tax increase

with a “reprioritization” of other funded items. Coun. Lum said no matter which way they ultimately decide to go, it’s been an interesting budget season. “I’ve been getting lots of emails from people,” he noted. “The majority are saying it’s time for Chilliwack to make additional investments. I haven’t received any emails asking us to cut services, however.” The biggest challenge is balancing those desires, with the fact

“that things aren’t getting cheaper out there,” Lum said. Investments in areas like transit or public safety, in concert with other levels of government, can save the city money “down the road.” The provincial government needs to commit with funds for mental health and homelessness. “We need them at the table.” “They also need to commit before the city agrees to put any significant taxpayer money down on the table,” he said.

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Home Depot employee Garth McCreedy (right) was honoured with Community Living B.C.’s Widening Our World (WOW) award on Feb. 26 for his leadership in inclusion. He was nominated by friend and coworker Eddy Solla (left). SAM BATES/ PROGRESS

Garth McCreedy wins WOW award Sam Bates The Progress To Home Depot customers, he’s the man who helps them find the right aisle. To his golf buddies, he’s a pro. To Community Living B.C. (CLBC), Garth McCreedy is an Inclusion Champion. McCreedy was honoured for his most recent accolade at a ceremony at Home Depot on Feb. 26, surrounded by coworkers and friends. Of over 50 nominees, McCreedy was one of four people in B.C. who have been recognized with a Widening our World (WOW) Award this year. The awards celebrate individuals who are helping to strengthen inclusion across the province. The WOW awards are just one of CLBC’s initiatives to help fulfill their vision of a future where all people have a strong voice in society and are recognized as contributing members of their communities. “This vision takes leadership, and Garth - you are one such leader,” CLBC CEO

Seonag Macrae said to the group who had gathered in the kitchen and bath department. McCreedy’s nomination was submitted by his friend and coworker Eddy Solla. Solla, who has a developmental disability, started at Home Depot back in March 2015. While McCreedy trained him in the various store departments, they discovered a mutual interest in sports. Solla, a gold medalist in wheelchair racing, is currently training to qualify in shot-put and javelin for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Brazil. But he had never tried golf until he met McCreedy, who quickly took him out onto the green. “I nominated Garth because he’s been a great mentor to me, and someone who I’ve enjoyed spending time with,” Solla explained. “I didn’t think I was doing anything unusual. I didn’t think I was doing anything that deserved an award,” McCreedy said. “Eddy’s a great man and a good friend.” But it’s the small acts of humble, welcom-

ing people like him that make a world of difference. Chilliwack Home Depot is one of many local businesses recently recognized for their commitment to inclusive employment. Organizations like the Chilliwack Society for Community Living (CSCL) and CLBC offer programs to connect individuals with developmental disabilities with local, meaningful work. “Hiring people with diverse abilities has always been a true value for us,” Home Depot manager Kevin Vandenbosch explained. He congratulated McCreedy for consistently inspiring the associates and customers he interacts with. MLA Laurie Throness was also present to commend McCreedy for his award and Home Depot for their exemplary hiring practices that will ensure a diverse, dedicated and successful talent pool for years ahead. Learn more about this year’s WOW award winners at communitylivingbc.ca.

A former Abbotsford woman who operated payday loan businesses that bilked investors out of millions of dollars has been ordered to pay $37 million to the B.C. Securities Commission (BCSC). The BCSC panel announced on Friday (Feb. 19) that it has fined Doris Elizabeth Nelson $18.5 million – the difference between the money deposited by investors and the money paid out to them – and an administrative penalty of $18.5 million. As well, the panel permanently banned Nelson from the province’s capital markets for fraud, illegally distributing securities and lying to a commission investigator. Nelson operated a payday loan business through a group of companies – represented and promoted collectively as the Little Loan Shoppe – that was, in actuality, a Ponzi scheme. Her first Little Loan Shoppe opened on South Fraser Way in Abbotsford in 1997, followed by one on First Avenue in Mission, and stores in Maple Ridge and Chilliwack in 1999. She eventually expanded to other locations in the Lower Mainland and Washington State. Nelson moved with her new husband to the U.S. in 2001. The Little Loan Shoppes closed in the early 2000s, but by then, Nelson had begun taking telephone loan applications. In 2006, she expanded to the internet. The scheme fell apart in 2008, and the next year the Little Loan Shoppe declared bankruptcy. The BCSC panel found that Nelson perpetrated fraud on at least 121 British Columbia investors, who invested at least $19 million in multiple transactions. The panel also found that Nelson distributed promissory notes in contravention of securities laws to 47 investors who invested a total of almost $3.1 million in Canadian funds and $73,000 in U.S. funds. Nelson financed the growth of her business by raising money from Continued: FRAUD/ p5

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A report released this week says the lack of an affordable disposal option for asbestos-containing materials in Chilliwack “is likely contributing to the occurrence of the materials being illegally dumped.” One of the only options for proper asbestos removal and disposal is to use an abatement company, which would then transport the material to a facility in Alberta. It’s a costly process, but exposure to asbestos is also fatally dangerous. But if council agrees to a bylaw amendment that would see the Bailey Landfill as an approved asbestos disposal provider, it could mean easier — and more affordable — disposal. Staff was asking council on Tuesday (after press time) to give the amendment three readings. The city is already working with their landfill operator Tervita Corporation, a health and safety consultant, the Ministry of Environment, and WorkSafe BC on the project. They are estimating the initial set up costs and training for staff at $26,200. Ongoing monthly costs to operate the facility are estimated at $24,975,

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but the report states it would be hard to predict how many will use the service. Staff is proposing limits to how much waste will be accepted, and in what form. “The screening procedures at the Bailey Landfill would ensure all building materials that may contain asbestos would only be accepted if properly contained in specified bags and accompanied by applicable required documentation (eg. Manifest, Declaration Form),” the report states. They would accept up to 10 bags per originating property, per day, at a rate of $20 per load up to 114kg, or $175 per metric tonne. There would also be a $500 surcharge, plus cost of abatement, for dumping asbestos waste as regular garbage. Asbestos waste would be accepted from Chilliwack, Kent, Harrison Hot Springs, and Electoral Areas D, E, and H. The proposed bylaw amendment also includes slight increases to the rate for nonasbestos gypsum, from $125 per metric tonne to $150 per metric tonne. Orion Engar, FVRD Director of Area E has brought attention to several large asbestos dumps

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over the past few years in the Chilliwack River Valley. He said he applauds the city for considering the change, but also wants to see more action from higher levels of government. “Providing low cost local access for dumping asbestos and other wastes should help reduce the problem of illegal dumping in our natural environment,” he said in an email to The Progress. “Ideally the Province will also find ways to implement tougher deterrents for those who continue to dump illegally on crown land.” Last year, the City of Chilliwack also added a new policy that requires owners of buildings that were constructed prior to 1990 to verify to the city that a hazardous risk assessment has been completed by an occupational and health safety professional with experience in the practice of occupational hygiene as it relates to asbestos management. The change was to help support the Worksafe BC regulations that require the assessment. For a follow up on how council voted on this issue, visit us online at www.theprogress. com.

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Crime meeting draws 60 More meetings planned Jennifer Feinberg The Progress Change for Chilliwack organizers want to keep the momentum going. They held their first community crime prevention event with speakers and a Q&A on Saturday at Ruth and Naomi’s Mission. About 60 people showed up. “There wasn’t as large as a turnout as we expected for our first meeting, but there was still substantial interest, so we are planning a second event,” said Andrew Kirkpatrick. In the wake of the inaugural meeting, there’s been a lot of chatter on the group’s Facebook page, which has more than 1000 members. So what surprised him about the first event? “I wasn’t expecting to see the passion of people who showed up,” Kirkpatrick said. “It’s

nice to see that there is a real desire to be proactive and get some feedback.” One of the ideas was for neighbourhood groups within Chilliwack, such as residents from Promontory or Yarrow, to get together as a subset of the larger group to discuss common issues and concerns. There were also suggestions about improving lighting as a preventative measure, as well as an emphasis on the importance of always reporting crime to RCMP. “If there’s a report made when a crime is committed, there’s a record, which counts statistically for the hotspot map,” he said. That helps RCMP direct resources. “The more people report things, the more officers will patrol,” said organizer Shannon Werry. She said she understood that when her

vehicle was broken into a while back, and no officer showed up, it meant they were busy elsewhere. “It wasn’t a crime in progress,” she noted. There were presentations about Block Watch and Citizens on Patrol, as well as from a private security company. Many attendees reported what it was like personally to be a victim of crime, and many emphasized the importance of knowing your neighbours. At the next meeting in March she hopes

to see more speakers and more ideas coming forward. There are also plans to invite local MLAs and MP. Keep reading The Progress for updates that will include the location, date and time of the second meeting, which have not been determined yet. “The first event showed us there are people out there who are concerned and frustrated, and who want to do something more than just relate their experiences online. They want change.”

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A good first step Chilliwack is not the first community to look for ways to deal with homelessness. Nor will it be the last. But while some cities seem confused, indecisive and even intransigent, Chilliwack, at least, now has a plan. This week the City released its long awaited “Action Plan on Homelessness.” (See story, front page.) It sets out some clear steps that will help reduce the number of people living on the street, or shifting from couch to couch. However, the plan makes clear that action on homelessness is more than the city’s responsibility. The plan is a road map that invites more drivers. Indeed, social issues like homelessness are outside a municipal government’s traditional mandate. But being on the front lines, local governments have had little choice. The Chilliwack action plan, backed by a $700,000 commitment in the 2016 city budget, sets our six specific goals, coupled with strategies aimed at turning the objectives into reality. The first goal is to, “develop and implement an appropriate housing first approach for Chilliwack.” This

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is an appreciation for the fact that before the more complex issues that lead to homelessness can be dealt with, the basic necessities like food and shelter must be in place. The strategy then calls for “wrap around” services that support people once they’ve found housing to ensure they don’t return to the streets. Additional goals include: • Increase the supply of affordable housing in accordance with community needs • Increase coordination amongst agencies to prevent homelessness • Improve the health and safety of the vulnerable • Increase community awareness of homelessness and build support for solutions • Support initiatives that build self esteem and support economic self sufficiency All these objectives are admirable, albeit not entirely original. But they can’t be done alone. Chilliwack has made a good start, and even backed that effort with taxpayer money. Now it’s time for federal, provincial and health authority partners to step forward. ~ Greg Knill, Chilliwack Progress

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Bowing to the power of the Supreme Court One of the enduring legacies of Pierre Trudeau’s time as prime minister is the legal supremacy of the individual, as articulated in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. We are seeing this played out with greater force than ever today, by an activist high court that swatted aside Stephen Harper’s attempts to restrain it, and now orders a meek, politically correct Justin Trudeau government to do its bidding. The Federal Court decreed last week that people have the right to grow their own “medical” marijuana. This ruling is unlikely to be appealed, given that Trudeau the Younger is committed to legalizing marijuana for everyone. There are conditions that show measurable relief from marijuana products, such as glaucoma or the nausea and loss of appetite associated with cancer treatments. But much of the so-called medical

marijuana industry is based on unsubstantiated claims about an inconsistent herbal remedy that hasn’t been studied much because it’s been illegal. The Federal Court case involves four people from B.C., which boasts more than half of the contested medical marijuana growing licences issued Tom across the country. FLETCHER One of the petitioners suf fers from a vaguely defined condition known as “chronic fatigue syndrome,” which led to a disability pension from a federal civil service job at age 45. The judge cited no research to support the claim that sitting around smoking dope all day relieves this condition. Indeed it defies common sense that a set

of symptoms with no identified cause, which might be confused with what we used to call laziness, would be alleviated by chronic consumption of a drug that promotes eating chips and watching TV. But we peasants aren’t supposed to question our monarchs, especially those in ermine-trimmed red robes at the Supreme Court of Canada. That court has decreed that our charter, which in Section 7 protects the “right to life, liberty and security of the person,” includes a right to have a doctor’s help to commit suicide. Euthanasia has been re-branded as “assisted dying” by all the most “progressive” countries, and Canada has been given a firm deadline to join the club. (Meanwhile, the term “right to life” is all but banned from university campuses, to minimize the

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risk of a coarse literal interpretation that it means, you know, a right to life.) A Liberal-dominated committee of MPs and senators has recommended full-throttle implementation, not restricted to terminal illness and including mental conditions such as depression and dementia. The majority suggested even “mature minors” should have this new right. The politicians support allowing doctors to opt out of cases they won’t condone, as long as they provide a referral to another doctor. In Belgium, one of the pioneers of this brave new world, most of the growing number of euthanasia patients have had cancer. But as The New Yorker magazine reported in a ground-breaking article last summer, others have been euthanized because of autism, anorexia, partial paralysis, blindness with deafness, manic-depres-

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sion and yes, chronic fatigue syndrome. B.C. Health Minister Terry Lake expressed the hope that Canada ends up with a consistent policy on doctor-assisted suicide, rather than a provincial patchwork. The closest Lake came to politically incorrect criticism was to caution that “deep discussion” is needed around the court’s notion of a “competent minor,” someone not yet entrusted with the vote or access to a liquor store. Three dissenting Conservative MPs went so far as to say the recommendations don’t adequately protect seniors who might be coerced into checking out and passing on their estates. How oldfashioned. Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc Email: tfletcher@blackpress.ca

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Billboard delivers wrong message It becomes very clear to a visitor that the local residents take great pride in the opportunity to integrate themselves and their way of life, their sense of nature and the natural, and their unique ability to be a constant steward of the land here, in Ryder Lake. As a commitment to their love of the beauty of Ryder Lake, residents have worked tirelessly since the devastating windstorms in late fall 2015 to restore the land to once again nourish and nurture the fauna and flora and the folks of the Hill. Perhaps then one might better appreciate why the presence of a gigantic billboard at the edge of Elk View Road that describes

Ryder Lake as the wild side, with a large image of an ape, which is being used as a marketing tool by a local Chilliwack realtor, angers people who live here. This is insensitive and insulting to the local people! This reflects a complete lack of understanding of the character of Ryder Lake! It is disheartening to realize that notwithstanding the dedication and toil of the residents, the beauty of Ryder Lake will never completely be reclaimed until the wild and the apes are returned to where they belong. Estelle Lefurgy, Ryder Lake, Chilliwack

Poverty not the only driver of homelessness Re: Urban drug ghettos don’t work (B.C. Views, Progress Feb. 3). Full credit goes to Tom Fletcher for being the first to scratch the surface of our failed “homelessness” model and his observation that money alone will not solve this crisis. Throughout the world and throughout history,

social ills have always been the result of shortages. Shortages of food, water and shelter were the result of a lack of resources. In our society, social ills are a result of excesses. Too much money, too many calories, too much salt, too much alcohol, for example, are the result of oversupply.

Since losing my job in the oil and gas business in Calgary in 2008 I have been a regular user of our “homelessness” services and it is obvious to me that “homelessness” is a result of substance abuse, not poverty. The province has a legal obligation to provide access to housing services but we have an

entire arsenal of housing resources on the federal, provincial and municipal level that are being abused. Once again, congratulations to Fletcher and this paper for the courage to address the reality of this problem.

know, we are not far behind. This just goes to show how they lack any creative financial concept, whatsoever. They are constantly harping how the low cost of energy exports, have depleted their coffers. At the same time, challenging themselves to lower our carbon footprint to avoid a climate catastrophe. They do this, while at the same time, financial experts, and climate scientists, are telling us that the greatest economic opportunity the world will ever see lies in the conversion to clean and renewable energy systems. Obviously, their loyalty to the fossil fuel industry is their primary concern. They are still talking about getting fossil fuels to tide water, even though, it would cost them more to do so, compared to its worth. They are still talking about building LNG Plants, even though Asia, their target market, can buy it cheaper from Russia, than we can even get it out of the

ground for. This government’s pathetic agenda is only placing us on an economic abyss. Now is the time to start converting in a serious way. All the technologies exist, for Canada to become an innovated and economic world leader. Solar, wind, geothermic, and save our fossil fuel for manufacturing components. Instead of selling off our raw resources, we should be processing and manufacturing them right here in Canada, making them value added, instead of exporting out all of our jobs. It just goes to show how little talent our politicians have, as their loyalties lie mainly with multinational corporations. It seems that their main concerns are for themselves, and getting re-elected, over the well being of the Canadian constituency.

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Reveen returns to continue the legacy Sam Bates The Progress He was known to millions as “Reveen,” but to Ty Reveen, he was, “dad.” And now, this next-generation magician and hypnotist is following in his famous father’s footsteps with Reveen: The Legend Continues. The original Peter Reveen entranced audiences worldwide for almost five decades with his high-speed memory games, lighthearted hypnotisms and mystical showmanship. The high-haired, tuxedo-clad magician and hypnotist sold out shows regularly throughout the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s. Ty Reveen grew up with the sleight of hand and illusionary arts most children only see at birthday parties. His father brought he and his three brothers on stage every chance he got. And Ty loved it. “I was told at the age of five that I would one day take over his show,” Ty said. “It was probably because I looked a lot like him, but also because I was passionate about what he was doing.” Peter retired in 2008 and later passed away in 2013, but not before teaching his son Ty everything he knew. Touring with his dad from age 15, Ty spent nearly 30 years learning the history and tools of the hypnosis trade. Although he took a break for some time to pursue stage and special effects design, he returned to carry on the family tradition as his father edged closer to retirement. “It was time to fulfill my destiny,” he had realized. “Even though I knew I was stepping into monster-sized shoes.” But he was well-prepared, having learned from the best. Peter had always encouraged his kids to harness their powerful minds and amazing imaginations, and Ty took that to heart. He watched in amazement as his father’s career unfolded before his eyes, from humble hometown beginnings, through growing venue and crowds, right down to his final, prideful performances in 2008. “He dedicated his life to build-

Ty Reveen carries on the legacy of phenomenal and hilarious hypnotic shows. His father “The Great Reveen” was also his mentor and friend, perfoming hypnosis and magic to soldout shows around the world since 1955. Ty brings this unforgettable family-friendly show to the Chilliwack Cultural Centre on March 10.

ing a greater understanding of the human mind,” Ty said of his father. “And I learned it all and developed those skills by being there, by his side, for thousands of shows.” Ty’s knowledge was put to the test for a formal Vegas audition in 2011, in front of his parents and the country’s top magicians. Upon his success, his father officially passed down the tuxedo, and Ty has been headlining professional hypnosis shows ever since. “It’s been fantastic and very well received,” he said of his many shows to sold out audiences and standing ovations in recent years.

“It’s just like when I was touring with [my dad], but now I’m standing in the spotlight.” Although he’s showing off his own unique personality and talent, Ty’s shows are highly reminiscent of his father’s. Firstly, they’re authentic. “This is the real thing,” Ty said. “These aren’t fabricated gimmicks. Real people are invited on stage and - through a series of positive suggestions - are guided into a deep state of relaxation.” In that state, ordinary people are capable of extraordinary things, liberated from their fears and inhibitions. Furthermore, he doesn’t stray from his father’s ethical philoso-

phy. While many of his hypnosis competitors put on degrading, sexual innuendo-filled shows, Ty ensures that his are familyfriendly and fun. Reveen shows continue to offer silly hilarity and incredible intrigue to widely diverse crowds across the country, but this upcoming tour across B.C. is a homecoming of sorts. After all, it was Chilliwack where the Reveen family first immigrated to from Australia. Peter performed his first Canadian shows in our city, and Ty (who currently calls New Brunswick home) is very much looking forward to returning to the city where his father

launched his career. “Even though I miss him dearly, I know my dad is with me every night on stage… encouraging me to be the best that I can be, as he always did throughout my entire life.” See the magical Reveen reputation live on through a second generation. Ty Reveen brings the “Superconscious Experience” to the Chilliwack Cultural Centre on March 10 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $45 and are available online at chilliwackculturalcentre.ca, 604-391-7469 or at the Centre Box Office (9201 Corbould St.) Visit reveenshow.com to learn more and see video of the shows.

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Shannon Ross, Trade Show event manager is happy to present the Fraser Valley Women’s Expo 2016 at Chilliwack Heritage Park this weekend. Women of all ages and the men who love them will be sure to find something fun and unique at the Show. Shannon has been selling and organizing Trade Shows in the Fraser Valley and Okanagan for many years. Hundreds of business owners have learned to trust Shannon to help them market their products and services at these events. With over 200 booths sold for this show, businesses from the all over the Fraser Valley and Lower Mainland as far as Vancouver Island as well as Okanagan, Alberta and the US are arriving this weekend with displays to show off at the Expo. There will be many Guest Speakers advising on health and wellness, interior design and fashion trends. The main stage will be showcasing the latest in women’s apparel and the latest fashions. There will also be cake decorating, furniture re-furbishing demos and workshops. You’ll want to be sure to visit the fabulous “Vintage Marketplace“. Our exhibitors have donated THOUSANDS in prizes! We invite you to the Fraser Valley Women’s Expo for a great day of fun and shopping and be sure to enter to win one of these or many other prizes just for the price of admission. - MIKE AND SHANNON ROSS, ROSS TRADE SHOWS

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Bonnie Ayotte is a fine artist and a clinical counsellor specializing in brain training for change. The mother of 3 grown sons, herself, she focuses on empowering families to live healthier lives by using creative ways to strengthen bonds, to build self esteem, and to leave a family legacy worth having. If you are a parent and feeling the effects of our busy, post modern culture on your family… if you struggle to remember your purpose as a parent… then join Bonnie to learn the main reasons why our families are faltering, how women are uniquely positioned to turn our families around, and some fun and creative ways to get your family feeling stronger than ever!

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Mary Victoria Johnson is a seventeen year-old author and student. Her first book, Boundary, was finished when she was fourteen, and she's been hooked ever since! She now has sold three young adult novels to two publishers and is hard at work on a fourth. She'll be speaking about the trials and triumphs of the writing process, navigating the world of publishing, and building a personal brand. One thing she's learned so far: writing is only the beginning of the journey.

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Sharon Fast is a registered Dietitian who focuses on empowering individuals to live a healthier lifestyle so they can feel vibrant and fabulous . She is the owner of HealthStyleSolutions and has over 16 years of experience helping people understand how to nourish their body so it will function at its best. Create Your Next $5k Today - Are you ready to boost your busi- Do you struggle with constant hunger and sugar cravings? ness profits with confidence and impact? Join Success Coach Are you gaining belly fat despite eating less and exercising Gina Silvestri to learn exactly what it takes to create $5k profit more? Join Sharon Fast to Learn “ The 4 steps to Fat loss” days in your business. After earning her Psychology degree, without feeling deprived, counting calories, or eating tasteless Gina served her community as a professional Counsellor for low fat foods! With these simple steps you can feel nourished, twenty years. Two decades into that "job," in 2006, she found banish sugar cravings, and start burning fat -not storing it! herself feeling trapped, weighing 300 pounds (she had put on a whole extra person's worth of weight), and broke, with several medical ailments. That's when she made the decision AKA THE POLE LADY to do whatever it takes to release all heavy energy from her Sheri shares how she discovered the European Fitness Secret life - and that she did just that! of Pole Walking and lost over 40 lbs. revealing how becoming healthy & fit completely changed her life. Don’t just Walk . . . WALK OFF Your Bra FAT! Learn how to make walking a lot AUTHOR AND INSPIRATIONAL SPEAKER more Fun and Easier to do - Turn a simple walk around the Using a perfect balance of humour and wisdom, Glenda shares block into a total-body workout - doubling your benefits with the many life lessons she has learned through adversity and less-effort in less-time! laughter. This award winning speaker and author will inspire you from the moment she walks on the stage. She is the author of two books - I Am Choosing to Smile is her inspirational Join Natalie and the Spencer Studios Team at our Studio life story as a bone cancer survivor and amputee and What located in Chilliwack, B.C. We are pleased to be offering a Men Won't Talk About...And Women Need to Know chronicles variety of Fitness and Dance classes that can help you attain her husband's journey with prostate cancer from a woman's your fitness goals! All fitness levels and dance abilities can perspective. Glenda will be presenting on the main stage and feel successful here. Watch the team perform a demo on the will be available throughout the weekend to chat! mainstage!

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Art Room welcomes a new season of artistic discovery The Chilliwack Community Ar ts Council (CCAC) invites artists and crafters of all ages to spring into a new world of creative possibilities with classes and workshops during March and April. All sessions are held in the creative Art Room space, providing opportunities to inspire a range of skill levels and interests. Those looking to branch out will feel right at home with the multimedia works created in Birch and Birds, Colour ful Garden Lanterns, Space Odyssey, Mixed Media Smash Book, and the Colouring Book Experiment. For the home chef looking to learn new techniques, a world of culinary delights awaits in Sauerkraut 101, and Introduction to Kimchi, the perfect workshop for lovers of spicy exotic flavours. Artists who favour drawing and painting will have the chance to brush up on current

The Art Room’s March and April class and workshop programming features artistic opportunities for all ages and skill levels.

skills or discover new talents by transforming the humble doodle into a work of art with Doodles to Art or making a splash with Explore Watercolour, and Watercolour and Landscapes. To round out the offerings, time honAdvertising Feature

Sharp, Spooky, Side-Splitting Hilarity! Canadian Comedy Award Winners Will Take You On A Murderous Mystery! Take side-splitting and spine-tingling thrills, throw in incredible quick-fire chemistry, and wrap it all up in a murder-mystery where the murderer is no mystery, and you’ve got a comedy extravaganza sure to have you howling! An eerily entertaining experience awaits you on March 15 & 16, 2016, when the three-time Canadian Comedy Award winning-duo Peter n’ Chris come to the Chilliwack Cultural Centre to unravel The Mystery of the Hungry Heart Motel – grab your flashlight and prepare for the most frightfully funny night of your life! Peter n’ Chris have gained a reputation as lightning-fast and endlessly inventive masters of comedy – and The Mystery of the Hungry Heart Motel will show you why. Picking up Best of the Fest and Pick of the Fringe awards everywhere from Victoria to Toronto and Winnipeg to Montreal, this show is packed with the signature wit and surreal humour that has led this hilarious pair to be called Canada’s answer to Flight of the Conchords. And, as Peter says, the duo’s electrifying comic connection only makes this show faster, funnier, and more fantastically farcical! “The on-stage energy is very free-flowing and natural between us, which is kind of cool and I think pretty rare. We really play off each other to just make everything more hilarious.” The Mystery of the Hungry Heart Motel truly showcases Peter n’ Chris’ ability to turn every moment into a complete riot. With its spooky setting, slapstick spontaneity, and hysterical homicidal characters, the show is a perfect parody of the horror-genre sure to have you in stitches. Right in the middle of the action are the most hilarious, overgrown, and totally oblivious Hardy Boys you could imagine – and you’ll be screaming (with laughter!) as they endeavour to avoid becoming victims 3-16W CCC2

of the motel where you check in… but don’t always check out! With a comic prowess that’s taking them even further into the spotlight – from writing for CBC’s The Irrelevant Show to tackling TV comedy - this show offers the opportunity to experience two of Canada’s best comedians live and in the flesh. “We always like doing this show for new audiences, because it’s such a great introduction to our humour.” Peter goes on. “I love the story of the show – we’re making fun of murder-mysteries, and all the way through we’re turning the genre on its head and taking twists and turns… but right at the end we actually throw in a big surprise that never fails to grab the audience. It’s a lot of fun, and the audience always loves the show.”

So make sure to take a wrong turn and be wrapped up the escapades of Peter n’ Chris when The Mystery of the Hungry Heart Motel comes to The Centre on March 15 & 16, 2016. You’ll laugh until you’re DEAD! Tickets are $25. The Mystery of the Hungry Heart Motel is generously sponsored by Convergys, Myriad Information Technology Solutions, Dr. Yeng Chang, Fraser Valley Custom Printers, Prime Signs, The Royal Hotel, The Chilliwack Progress, City of Chilliwack, Province of British Columbia, British Columbia Arts Council, Department of Canadian Heritage. Appropriate for ages 13 and over.

oured art forms will be revitalized with a new approach to traditional techniques presented in Henna Designs, Beginners Crochet, Advanced Soap Making, and the intricate jewellery pieces crafted in Egyptian Coil, Ammonite Necklace, and the Beaded Earrings Workshop. Visit the Art Room this spring to soothe your winter blues with the Chilliwack

Community Ar ts Council’s colourful class schedule. Classes range from $5 to $55 to register, with discounts available for CCAC members. Find the full class schedule, descriptions and registration information online at chilliwackar tscouncil.com, or pick up a printed program at the Art Room (20-5725 Vedder Road). Call 604-769-ARTS for more information.

UFV THEATRE PRESENTS:

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March 3 – 20, 2016 UFV Performance Theatre, 45635 Yale Road in Chilliwack 604-795-2814

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UFV Theatre is warming up the winter season with a modernized take on Shakespeareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s romantic comedy, Twelfth Night. Filled with music and dance, Shakespeareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s play about love begins with the unforgettable line: â&#x20AC;&#x153;If the music be the food of love, play on!â&#x20AC;? The playâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s story centres on the twins Viola and Sebastian (played by Jessica Milliken and Dyllan Egilson), who are separated in a shipwreck, and cast ashore in a strange land. Viola disguises herself as a boy to gain entry to the court of Duke Orsino (Eli Funk), and soon finds herself entangled in a comic web of mistaken identities and misplaced love. Twelfth Night was originally written to celebrate the Feast of Epiphany, an annual festival in Shakespeareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s day, dedicated to revelry and misrule. On this day, the world was turned upside-down, as servants dressed up as their masters, men as women, and so forth. Taking a contemporary twist on this ancient celebration, the playâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s directors, Raina von Waldenburg, Bruce Kirkley, and Rae MacEachern-Eastwood, are using Burning Man as the conceptual inspiration for the show. Burning Man, an annual festival held in the Nevada desert, promotes values of artistic self-expression, community, total inclusion and self-reliance. The Feast of Epiphany and the Burning Man festival follow very much the same ideas of joy and release, Kirkley explained. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People get together and break out of their nine to five existence. They come together and unleash their creative selves,â&#x20AC;? he said, which is shown in the production through dance, song, costuming and more. The show also employs a new approach to acting called Viewpoints. Working together, the directors and cast have composed an innovative staging vocabulary that gives the actors considerable freedom to create in the moment of performing. They can use that agency to play with certain elements of performance, while still working within the text, characters and situations that the story demands.

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Wonderheads find the magic Your kids will be captivated when the wonderful and whimsical Wonderheads take them on an brilliant adventure to The Middle of Everywhere at the Chilliwack Cultural Centre on March 13. Brimming with innovative, imaginative storytelling and a dream-like atmosphere of magic and excitement, The Middle of Everywhere will be a fantastic journey to the stars and back. Created by the Wonderheads - the performers behind the poignant, touching, and fun Loon and Grim and Fischer – The Middle of Everywhere once again sees this quirky company tell a tall tale through the medium of wordless, physical theatre. With their signature oversized and superexpressive masks, the Wonderheads don’t need dialogue to pull the audience into their stories – these fantastic artists do it all with evocative expression and an animated style of physical performance. The kids will be in awe as the Wonderheads

Wonderheads use their signature oversized and super-expressive masks to pull the audience into their stories without the use of dialogue.

take to the stage, conjuring the most cosmic and captivating of stories before their eyes. This show follows the adventures of two companions brought together by a curious twist of fate, who go on a thrill-

ing and fun-filled quest through the universe. Penny – a whimsical girl who decides to run away from home, and Winston – a particular man with a peculiar set of particularities, are brought together

at a bus stop, and then whisked away on a series of unbelievable escapades. Time and space become Penny and Winston’s cosmic playground, and as they journey on a fun-filled, evocative, and touching adventure, the duo unearth many mystical and mysterious wonders of life… and try to find their place in the universe along the way. Full of the unique blend of heart-warming amusement and matchless magic that makes each Wonderheads show a distinctive, extraordinary experience, The Middle of Everywhere is a show sure to have your kids enchanted from beginning to end. Referred to as “like watching live-action Pixar,” each performance by these artists is an original and inspirational window into a wondrous world… and this show offers another exciting glimpse in Wonderheads’ distinctively creative and compelling theatre. So make sure to bring the kids along when the Wonderheads take off on a trip to The Middle of Everywhere at 2 p.m. on March 13, – the whirlwind of wonder and whimsy is ready to sweep you away! Tickets are $10 and are available at The Centre Box Office, visit www.chilliwackculturalcentre.ca or call 604391-SHOW(7469) for more information.

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Tracey Byron: More than a Cinderella story We all know the story of Cinderella; a wicked stepmother and a couple of stepsisters keep the poor girl enslaved in rags. Then, out of the blue, her fairy godmother appears and magically transforms Ana her into MACEDO a beautiful princess. She meets her prince and lives happily ever after. Tracey Byron isn’t a fairy godmother but for as long as she can remember, she has enjoyed turning something perhaps quite ordinary into something extraordinary. Tracey was born and raised in Abbotsford and is proud of her Fraser Valley roots. Her father owned his own trucking company while her mother was a hospital system administrator. Tracey was very social and for as long as she can remember, she always wanted to be a party planner. “In high school, I was the school activity coordinator on student coun-

cil. I was known as the party ring leader,” she chuckled. What she enjoyed most were the social gatherings and seeing happy people enjoy themselves. After leaving high school, she went onto what was then Fraser Valley College to take business administration and after two years there, received her business diploma. To put herself through school, she worked as a manager for Kinney Canada who at that time owned Foot Locker, Lady Footlocker and Canary Island. Tracey also got an agent and began working in Vancouver’s thriving movie industry where she was an extra for four years. “I got a chance to meet Ethan Hawke, Samuel L. Jackson and Miguel Faro from NCIS. In 1992, I also met Robin Williams, who happened to be in town shooting a movie. I can’t even remember what the movie was but we chatted for about half an hour about this and that. He was a very gracious person and a really funning guy,” she said. He also said something that she remembers to this day. Before

Tribute to Roy Orbison here tonight The Lonely - A Tribute to Roy Orbison comes to the Chilliwack Cultural Centre Wednesday, March 2, bringing the distinctive voice, complex compositions and the dark emotional ballads that set Orbison apart. From 1960 to ’64 Roy Orbison landed 22 songs on the Billboard Top 40, including Only The Lonely, Crying, and Oh, Pretty Woman. His impassioned voice, bridging the gap between baritone and tenor, coupled with his signature arrangements ensured the charting of the hits Dream Baby, Ooby Dooby, Blue Angel, Blue Bayou, You Got It and In Dreams. Tragically, his life was cut short, leaving us only the music. And, long may the music live. The Lonely delivers a sensitive and dynamic tribute to the one and only Roy Orbison. Veteran Mike Demers leads this group of musical journeymen in their mutual and deep appreciation of the timeless music of the Caruso of Rock. The Lonely - A Tribute to Roy Orbison approaches the music with a humble spirit and sincere desire to recreate the sounds and feel of the original recordings. Rock.It Boy Entertainment presents The Lonely - A Tribute to Roy Orbison on Wednesday, March 2 at the Hub International Theatre at the Chilliwack Cultural Centre, 9201 Corbould Street, Chilliwack. Tickets are just $42.50 (plus facility fee and service charges) at Centre Box Office. Charge by phone at 604-391-7469 or online at www.chilliwackculturalcentre.ca. Doors 7 p.m. Show 7:30 p.m.

he left, he turned to her saying, “Life is so short – make sure that you laugh.” His words were prophetic and quite profound and Tracey will never forget them as long as she lives. Eventually, she met her future husband, Greg, and ended up leaving show biz behind because the commute from Abbotsford to Vancouver was a rather difficult one. Tracey took on a job with Costco, working in the photo lab and as a merchandiser in

their clothing department. “I did that for 14 years; I started in the Richmond store then I helped open up the Abbotsford store.” She left Costco in 2004, after having started her own company two years prior. At that time, there was a need in the Fraser Valley for a solid, decorating company. “I started Cinderella Slip-Ons and the company took off. First, we started off renting chair covers. Then, I bought out a décor company

that was struggling a bit and in morphing both companies, Cinderella was born. I went from chair covers to décor to event planning. I would say that 80 per cent of my business is wedding business. Our philosophy is quite simple; we do it for you so you don’t have to. We can do very large weddings or a simple, small wedding, she said. In January 2014, in addition to her Cinderella business, she took on the role

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part of the Mt. Cheam Rotary Club and is part of the Downtown Chilliwack BIA. There is no doubt that she is a busy lady but she still manages to live a balanced life. “I don’t know how I do it but I do. I’m not missing out. It’s a life balance. Greg and I have date night once a week. I’m there for our two boys, Connor and Joel, and I still get to do those things that I enjoy most like shopping and travelling with family,” she smiled, gratefully.

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Basketball brilliance as hoopsters grab gold Central Coast.

Ben and Tanner open Friday afternoon with a one-sided win over Vancouver Coastal. Olson is unstoppable, knocking down 29 points in a 53-20 final. Ben shows up to practice one night wearing a New York Knicks practice pullover, which maybe makes him wheelchair basketballâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Carmelo Anthony. Mello with more D sound fair? But whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s that make Tanner? Next to Ben, this guyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a tree. Eighteen years old, going on 19, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s got intimidating length and wing-span even when heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sitting down. Ben says Tanner uses that height to terrorize undersized opponents around the basket. Ben feeds him in the post and boom, the ballâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s through the hoop. Tannerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pulling down rebounds and swatting away shots in an almost Kristaps Porzingis...ish sort of way. And like New Yorkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dynamic duo, Ben and Tanner are nearly impossible to stop when theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re dialed in.

Two Chilliwack boys hit the hardwood in Penticton last weekend, gunning for gold at the BC Winter Games. Ben Hagkull and Tanner Scott succeeded, leading their Fraser Valley zone wheelchair basketball team to top spot.

Eric J. Welsh, The Progress When Ben Hagkull tried wheelchair basketball for the first time at seven years old, he had no idea it would lead to this. Ten years later. Penticton. The BC Winter Games and a gold medal hanging from his neck after a 41-35 win. It seems like a dream. If he closes his eyes he can almost float away on the memories of whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just happened. But Ben knows itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not a dream because dreams arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hard work. They just happen. And this didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just happen. This is because of Monday nights in the Cheam Leisure Centre gym, hoisting up shot after shot after shot after shot. This is because of hours spent banging wheels with bigger and stronger opponents, learning to love the physicality of the sport. This is because Ben learned that bigger and stronger sometimes means slower. Slower to move. Slower to react as he darts past them for a layup.

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Tanner has 12 points and Ben 11 in the final. The arena announcer recognizes their brilliance. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fred (Benâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nickname) is as cool as the other side of the pillow!â&#x20AC;? she enthusiastically observes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tanner has no hocus, no pocus â&#x20AC;&#x201D; just focus!â&#x20AC;?

Cariboo North East finds that out Friday afternoon as theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re demolished 44-14. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like the Knicks? Fair enough. Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s talk Sedinery. If Ben knows where Tannerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be and when to get him the ball, the opposite is also true. Maybe they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t quite share the intuition of Vancouver Canuck wonder-twins Henrik and Daniel â&#x20AC;&#x201D; they give it a 7 or 8 on the Sedinery scale â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but Tanner knows setting a pick will free Ben for a mid-range jumper,

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Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fair to ask what Tanner and Benâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s opponents were supposed to do. This is the second time for Ben at the BC Winter Games and we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even mention yet that both of them represented BC at the Canada Winter Games last year. Both say they learned a lot from those events, mostly how to stay calm and deal with uber-intense games where every little thing matters. Mix experience with the talent they possess and there must have been some seriously over whelmed foes in Penticton, left with heads and wheels spinninâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;.

Like Batman and Robin, Chilliwack Cheetahs Ben Hagkull (right) and Tanner Scott (inset) proved to be a dynamic duo for the Fraser Valley at the BC Winter Games. GERRY KRIPPS PHOTO

which Ben loves to shoot. And Tanner knows, far more often than not the result will be swissshhh! Ask them what itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like to play together and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll tell you, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;It feels like fun.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; They donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t play at all in Team BCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s third game, with their coach choosing to rest them for a Sunday morning gold

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medal game. They donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t rest their vocal chords, and the entire arena hears them yelling encouragement to their teammates in a 46-18 win. Where Ben was pretty much born into his wheelchair, Tanner owes this experience to a Grade 8-9 project focused on getting ablebodied athletes into wheelchair sports.

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The final whistle blows and the boys are victorious. Seven of them whoop and holler and they keep on whooping and hollering for several hours afterwards. It feels like a dream but they know itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not because dreams will end. This wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t. Today. Tomorrow. Next week and 30 years from now theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have these memories that no one can take away. Another way they know? Ask Ben or Tanner and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll tell you, this is so much more than either of them dreamed of.

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Grizzlies have two shots at provincial title a 40 point effort from Gabe Mannes. Curtis Kmyta chipped in 23 points with Ryan Trottier adding 17. Big men Jon Steele and Kyle Helsloot were dominant in the post, combining for 17 points and 17 rebounds. Hayden Simon was a difference maker off the bench. Mannes and Kmyta were named Fraser

Valley tournament first team all-stars. Trottier was named the tourney MVP. The boys take a run at a AA provincial title starting Mar. 9 at the Langley Events Centre. The Grizzlies are expected to be the No. 1 seed. A bracket should be posted online soon at bchighschoolbasketballchampionships.

com/boys-2a-draws/. ● The Grizzly girls don’t have to wait a week. GWG is seeded ninth in the 16 team field and opens this morning (Wednesday)

The University of the Fraser Valley women’s basketball team fell 84-78 in overtime on Saturday evening, ending their season at the Envision Athletic Centre in Abbotsford. After topping the Cascades 62-48 on Friday, the UBC Thunderbirds completed a sweep of the best-of-three series and move on to face the Saskatchewan Huskies in a Canada West quarter-final. The Cascades are done and graduating senior Shayna Cameron (Chilliwack) has ended her university b-ball career. The game marked the conclusion of her five years of eligibility. Cameron spent the first four years of

Swimming star Chilliwack’s Colton Peterson will represent Simon Fraser University at the 2016 NCAA Division II Men’s Swimming Championships, being held March 9-12 on the campus of Indiana University-Purdue. Peterson, a freshman with the Clansmen, has qualified for two events. He’ll swim in the 200 metre individual medley and freestyle. “Our goal for our men’s team is to finish Top 15 in the nation,” said Clan head coach Liam Donnelly. “It is a young group that is growing and developing, and we want to keep the momentum going that was started last year.”

ward. “I left it all out there tonight, and I know every other girl on this team did too. “I’m not happy I’ve got to leave, but I’m happy I got to finish with this group of girls today. I’m just so proud of each and every one on this team.” A contingent of Cameron’s former

Quest teammates, and head coach Dany Charlery, made the drive down from Squamish to watch her play on Saturday. Reflecting on their presence post-game, Cameron fought back tears. “They’re my family,” she said. “They made me who I am today.”

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Both GW Graham senior basketball teams have punched their provincial tickets.

The Grizzly girls did so last week, taking second place in the Fraser Valley championships. The boys secured their provincial spot Saturday night, beating Pacific Academy for the second Fraser Valley championship in school history. The Grizzlies were victorious on home court, topping the Breakers 102-93 behind

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Sukumaran selected Chilliwack Chiefs forward Vimal Vees blueliner Dante Fabbro. Both Sukumaran has been named the Jost and Fabbro are expected to be first round picks when the National 2015-16 BCHL Rookie of the Year. The league announced the winners Hockey League holds its entry draft this summer. of five major individual awards Fred Harbinson earned Friday, with Sukumaran the third major trophy for taking the Bruce Allison Penticton, getting the nod as Memorial Trophy. the BCHL’s Coach of the Year The 19 year old Montreal (the Joe Tennant Memorial native led all BCHL freshmen Trophy). in goals (32) and points (66) A player the Chiefs will see and was chosen over Vernon in the first round of the playViper Odeen Tufto and Powell offs took home the final major River King Kyle Betts. award. Two of Sukumaran’s Vimal Coquitlam Express forChilliwack teammates fell short in their bids for hard- SUKUMARAN ward Colton Kerfoot nabbed the Bob Fenton Trophy as the ware. most sportsmanlike player, an Jordan Kawaguchi was nominated for the Vern Dye Memorial award previously won by his brother, Trophy as the BCHL’s Most Valuable Alex Kerfoot. The Kerfoots join the Kariyas (Paul Player, but saw the award go to Penticton Vee star Tyson Jost. Dennis and Steve) as the only brother act to Cholowski was nominated for the Top claim that award. See bchl.ca for more info. Defenceman Award which went to

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The Fraser Valley cleaned up at last weekend’s BC Winter Games in Penticton, with Chilliwackians leading the medal parade. Speedskater Annabel Johnson grabbed one gold, three silvers and a bronze in six shorttrack races. Johnson’s gold came as part of the Fraser Valley U-16 mixed 3000 metre team. She scored silvers in 500, 1500 and 3000m races. Another local speedskater, Zackery Carpenter, won bronze as part of the Fraser Valley’s U-14 mixed 3000m team. Madeline Britz and Everly Royea were part of the gold-medal winning girls curling team, along with Heather Drexel (Coquitlam) and Bailey Burke (Surrey). Victoria O’Brien (featured in the Feb. 19 Progress) bagged bronze in girls matchplay recurve archery. Collectively, Fraser Valley athletes racked up 107 medals — 42 gold, 44 silver and 21 bronze — to edge second place Vancouver Coastal in the medal race. Visit bcgames.org for full results.

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ENGAGEMENTS

Gary and Karen Skalbeck from Cultus Lake BC, are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Shannon May Skalbeck to Jason Samuel Donald Bouchard, son of Len Prasow and Linda Bouchard from Ottawa, Ontario. A December wedding is planned in Chilliwack B.C.

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Elsie Bock, formerly of Chilliwack, now residing in Burns Lake, BC, will be celebrating her 100th birthday on March 7, 2016. A small gathering for friends and family will be held on March 6 in Burns Lake.

INFORMATION

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CAMP Hosts required for Chilliwack Valley recreation site. Excellent opportunity for retired couple. Must have own RV and generator. Wages to be discussed. contact myammy64@yahoo.ca

Must enjoy working in a fast paced, customer service oriented environment. In addition, this person must possess the ability to supervise youth and adults. Criminal record check is mandatory. The ideal candidate would be a stay at home parent or semi-retired person wanting to earn some extra money. Must have small reliable car. Interested applicants should direct their resume and handwritten cover letter to: Chilliwack Progress Circulation Department 45860 Spadina Ave., Chilliwack, BC V2P 6H9

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has the following positions: Registration Clerk Shift work, must be flexible, have own vehicle and experience with cash/credit machines, computer knowledge a must. MS office pref and digital Rez an asset. Starting date of April. Wage negotiable depending on exp. Store Clerk Involves shift work, must be flexible, have own vehicle and exp with inventory & ordering,cash/credit machines. Please email resumes & cover letter to: kristina@htr.ca

The Chilliwack Progress is looking for a part time Carrier Supervisor in the Sardis area. This position is approximately 15 20 hrs weekly, 4 days per week. Hours are flexible.

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Fuchs Lubricants Canada LTD. offers an excellent compensation, beneﬁts package, and bonus plan.

FARM WORKERS

TREE To Me: Farm Manager (Organic) Tree To Me is a new organic farm operation located in Keremeos, BC that has a farm market, coffee shop, bakery and bed and breakfast. The company requires a full time Farm Manager. This is a career position with the opportunity for equity ownership in the business. The current farm operation includes tree fruits, perennial vegetables and berries, annual vegetables and a greenhouse operation. Along with increasing production in these areas, additional farming activities will be added in the future. The successful candidate will have both academic and practical farm experience, an aptitude for equipment and building maintenance and be capable of functioning within a management team. An attractive remuneration package will be offered. Reply by email to joewurz@telus.net. www.TreeToMe.ca

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Qualiﬁcations: • Minimum five years’ experience in lubricants, chemical, or related manufacturing. • Forklift experience • Demonstrated ability to supervise hourly personnel. Computer proficiency in Microsoft Office, Outlook, and SAP. • A Bachelor’s degree is highly preferred or applicable exp. in lieu of education is needed.

EDUCATION

LABOURERS

FT/PT, early mornings, split shifts, some nights & weekends, on call. Mechanical knowledge an asset. Must be able to handle 1 ton truck. Must have reliable vehicle & clean drivers abstract for out of town trips, drug test and criminal record check required for government contacts, non smoking. We are a growing maintenance/service company that requires reliable and trainable employees.

HIP OR KNEE REPLACEMENT? Arthritic Conditions/COPD? Restrictions in Walking/Dressing? Disability Tax Credit $2,000 Tax Credit $20,000 Refund. Apply today For Assistance: 1-844-453-5372.

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Part-time Receptionist Cheam Village Care Centre in Agassiz is accepting applications for part-time Activity Assistants to join our Recreation Department. Applicants must enjoy working in a fun, fast-paced, high energy environment. Under the supervision of the Recreation Director, Activity Assistants will participate in program planning and scheduling. Primary duties will include the preparation and implementation of therapeutic and recreational programs designed for our longterm care residents. The successful candidate will be fluent in English, hold current First Aid certification and have graduated from an Activity Aid Program or have equivalent training and experience. Please email your resume to: mmcquoid@ valleycare.info or submit by fax to 604 796 3844.

Chilliwack is seeking an ambitious, enthusiastic hardworking individual to join our team of meal advisors. This position is part-time. Applicant must be flexible with hours and available on weekends. Must possess strong communication skills and enjoy working with the public. Lifting and freezer work is required. Full training provided. Please submit resume to #2-45609 Luckakuck Way Cottonwood Mall, Chilliwack V2R 1A1. Attention: Manager We thank all those who apply however only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

Required for every Saturday 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. as well as fill in for sick and holiday relief. You must possess a professional manner and dress accordingly. We are looking for someone with exceptional telephone manners, neat and legible handwriting. Duties to include but not limited to: • • • •

Able to handle a multiline switchboard Data entry - min. 40 wpm Greeting clients and personnel in a professional manner Faxing and photocopying when required

The successful candidate will be reliable, organized and able to multi-task. Attention to detail a definite asset. Only those short-listed will be contacted for an interview. Resumes and cover letter may be emailed to deb.hlchwk@telus.net no later than Friday March 4, 2016. No phone calls plse. HVAC Company looking for a Residential Sheetmetal Installer. Must be reliable and a hard worker. Experience is a must. Wages depending on experience. We offer benefits and training. Please fax resume to 604-792-4440 or email to: info@johnmulderheating.ca

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Required part and full-time for greenhouse production workers. Experience and knowledge of plants an asset as well as good customer retail skills. Must enjoy working with plants and be physically able. Wage dependant on experience. Please apply with resume to: Meadowland Flowers, 50318 Camp River Road, Chilliwack, BC or email: andrew@ meadowlandﬂowers.com

Quik’s Farm Ltd is currently hiring for full and/or part-time positions. Positions available for general labour such as planting and harvesting flowers, bunching and packaging flowers, sticking or picking cuttings, bouquet making, both indoor and outdoor. Priority will be given to full time applicants, however part-time positions will be considered as well. We offer competitive wages. Please send resumes via email to hiring@quikfarm.ca or drop off in person at our main office at 8340 Prest Rd.

LABOURERS REQUIRED for lumber re-manufacturing facility, must be available for day or afternoon shifts. Wages commensurate with experience. Drop off resume to: 8133 Aitken Rd., between 7-3:30

CLEANERS REQUIRED. P/T, F/T, Day & Night shifts in Chilliwack. RFAZ Security clearance an asset. Please Email resume to: shawn@lifestylemaintenance.com

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CHILLIWACK’S

OBITUARIES

SLEIGH

William July 11, 1937 - Feb 26, 2016 It is with heavy hearts we announce passing of a beloved husband, father and grandfather, after his courageous battle with cancer. He was predeceased by his father, Harry; mother Lily and sister Joan. Lovingly remembered by his wife, Gillian; daughter Lorraine (Tim); grandchildren Catherine & Elena and multiple family members in England. No funeral service by request.

FIELD Joanne Ruth Joanne Ruth Field passed away on February 17/2016 at the Cascade Hospice. She will be dearly missed by her husband Robert Field, sister Penny Gagnon (husband Benoit) her nephew Nicholas, and niece Carlie as well as many dear friends and relatives. Joanne was an intelligent and independent woman running her husbands company but always leaving time for biking or rollerblading. She will be remembered as a fun-loving, caring woman who’s faith and kindness inspires others. We will miss you, Jo!

MacKENZIE Hilda (nee Dosso) December 20, 1930 ~ February 20, 2016 Hilda MacKenzie (nee Dosso), passed away peacefully into the presence of her Lord on February 20, 2016 at Abbotsford, BC. She was predeceased by her husband Donald MacKenzie in 2006, her parents William (Bill) Benjamin Dosso in 1969 and Helena (Lena) Dosso (Doerksen) in 1992, her brother Edward in 1946, and sisters Mary Goshulak in 1994, Katherina Rich in 2009, Helen Dubland in 2014 and Anna Caseby in 2015. She is survived by her brother, Harry (Martha) Dosso, Victoria and sister, Edna (Lloyd) Mackey, Surrey, ten nieces and nephews and her MacKenzie step-family. Hilda was born in 1930 and grew up on a farm near Gull Lake, Saskatchewan. It was in her youth that she accepted Christ as her Saviour. In 1947 her family moved to a small farm in Chilliwack, BC. She completed her High School in Vancouver; graduated from Briercrest Bible College in Caronport, Saskatchewan; and later became a Licensed Practical Nurse. She worked at Woodlands School, New Westminster; Virginia Mason Hospital and Group Health Hospital, both in Seattle. Her interest in Christian Missions led to terms of service at the Japanese Evangelical Mission in Three Hills, Alberta, and at World Missions to Children in Grants Pass, Oregon. In 1975 she married Donald MacKenzie whom she had met in Seattle. A short time later, they moved to Fort St. John where they operated a janitorial service for 20 years. Upon retirement they moved to Abbotsford, BC. While in Abbotsford they attended the Sevenoaks Alliance Church, and enjoyed their many friends and extended family. Upon her husband’s passing in 2006, she took up residence at the Menno Terrace East Assisted Living suites in Abbotsford, and lived there until two weeks before her death which occurred in adjacent Menno Hospital. Many thanks are extended to the staff at Terrace East, Menno Hospital, Abbotsford Regional Hospital and Dr. James Warkentin and Gateway Health and Wellness Centre, for care given especially during her final weeks. A memorial service will be held on Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at 1pm at Woodlawn Funeral Chapel, 2310 Clearbrook Road, Abbotsford, BC. In lieu of flowers, the family would encourage donations to: Mennonite Benevolent Society, 32945 Marshall Rd., Abbotsford BC V2S 1K1 and/or Sevenoaks Alliance Church, 2575 Gladwin Rd., Abbotsford, BC V2T 3N8. Online condolences to the family may be made at:

www.woodlawnfh-abbotsford.com

OBITUARIES

SUTHERLAND, Gordon Reid

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February 5, 1946 - February 24, 2016 Gord went to heaven on the morning of February 24, 2016. He is lovingly remembered by his wife, Lupita, sister Alison (Terry), brother Bryan (Linda), sons Alistair and Andrew (Marlies), step-daughters Carla and Roseanne (Monty), and many grandchildren Anthony, Catherine S., Noah, Adam, Catherine B., and Kayla, and all family members in between. He had a full and varied life. After emigrating from Scotland at an early age, he joined the Canadian Armed Forces at the age of 16, and served his country and his fellow soldiers, as an awesome cook. His next step in life after military service, was to become a bus driver for BC Transit, and continued with that work til his retirement in 2011. Along with loving and cooking for, his family and friends, he had a special love for his dogs and cats. A Celebration of Life will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 3, 2016, at The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 265, 26607 Fraser Hwy, Aldergrove, B.C. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Chilliwack Animal Safe Haven or Heart and Stroke Foundation.

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St. John’s Anglican Church

Sunday Service: 9:30 AM & 11:15 AM Wednesday Service: 9:30 AM

Worship & Service 11:00 am

The Rev. Allan Carson, Priest 46098 Higginson Rd., Sardis

604-858-2229

www.stjohnsardis.ca

604-792-7299

FINK Daniel Steven

The Friendly Place 46875 Yale Road E. (at Quarry Rd) Chilliwack B.C. www.mtshannonunited.ca

9:00 am & 10:45 am

9325 Main Street / 604.792.6844

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Where All Are Welcome!

January 2, 1927 ~ February 24, 2016 It is with sadness that we share the passing of Daniel Fink on Wednesday, February 24, 2016, in his 90th year. Born in the family home in Vibank, Saskatchewan, he was predeceased by his wife of 61 years, Martha, in 2013, and nine brothers and sisters. He is survived by his brother, Ed of Vancouver. Danny is lovingly remembered and will be sadly missed by his four daughters, Beth (Gordon) Stark, Lindy (Don) Biggar, Wanda Beswick (Rick Saari) and Norine Williams; as well as his grandchildren, Michael Stark, Brittany, Arianna, and Shanaya Biggar, Scott Williams, Katherine Beswick, Brody and Montana Saari, and great-granddaughters Elle and Olive Saari. The family would like to thank the staff of Bevan Lodge for their extraordinary kindness to him during his final days. A Memorial Service will be held on Friday, March 4 at 11:00 am at Yarrow United Mennonite Church, 4336 Eckert Road, Yarrow. Online condolences to the family may be made at:

www.woodlawnfh-abbotsford.com Woodlawn Funeral Home 604-853-2643

YOU ARE INVITED TO JOIN OUR WORSHIP AT 45825 Wellington Ave, Chilliwack

Sunday Services 9:00 am & 6:00 pm Song worship following evening services. INFANT & TODDLER CARE PROVIDED

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BAPTIST CHURCH SUNDAY SCHEDULE: Sunday School - 9:45 a.m. Morning Service - 11:00 a.m. Evening Service - 6:00 p.m. WEDNESDAY SERVICE: 6:30 p.m.

9340 Windsor St. 604-795-7700

Helping others discover & live their best life in Jesus Sunday Morning Experience 10:00am

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46510 1st Ave., Chilliwack www.firstave.org

Morning Worship at 10:30 am Rev. Heather Anderson

Yale Road at Spadina 604-792-4634 www.chilliwackunitedchurch.com

8:00 am Holy Communion 10:15 am 142nd Anniversary Service 1918 Church of England Service 46048 Gore Ave, Chilliwack Corner of First & Young

604-792-8521 www.stthomaschilliwack.com

Gospel Hymns

Christ Centered Sermons Sunday Worship & Sunday School •10:00 a.m.

Chilliwack Campus

Sunday, 9am & 10:45am

46100 Chilliwack Central Rd.

Agassiz Campus Sunday, 10:30 am 6800 Pioneer Avenue

www.central365.org

New Life

Christian Church Pastor Dennis Bjorgan 1-360-296-6419 Vedder Elementary School 45850 Promontory Road

Woodlawn Funeral Home 604-853-2643

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CELEBRATION SERVICE - 10:30 am 10:30 am - Celebration Service

9:15 am - Sunday School for all ages

Join us at Greendale Elementary School

Main House&&Video Video Sanctuary CafeCafe

6621 Sumas Prairie Rd.

8700 Young Rd. Chilliwack BC V2P 4P4 Phone: 604-792-0051 www.chilliwackalliance.bc.ca

Worship & the Word Sundays 10:30 am

Visit us on Facebook: Chilliwack Alliance Church

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HOTEL, RESTAURANT, FOOD SERVICES

OLD SETTLER PUB in Harrison, is currently seeking full and part-time servers and bartenders

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 236

CLEANING SERVICES

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

www.paintspecial.com 778-322-2378 Lower Mainland 604-996-8128 Fraser Valley Running this ad for over 12yrs

CONCRETE & PLACING

Cloverdale High Performance paint. NO PAYMENT until Job is completed. Ask us about our Laminate Flooring.

Must be available evenings and weekends and work at a very fast pace.

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Jolly Miller Liquor Store Vedder Rd. Sardis

Full Service Plumbing from Parker Dean. Fast, reliable, 24/7 service. Take $50 off your next job if you present this ad. Vancouver area. 1-800-573-2928

PERSONAL SERVICES FINANCIAL SERVICES

LARGE FUND Borrowers Wanted Start saving hundreds of dollars today! We can easily approve you by phone. 1st, 2nd or 3rd mortgage money is available right now. Rates start at Prime. Equity counts. We don’t rely on credit, age or income. Call Anytime 1-800-639-2274 or 604-430-1498. Apply online www.capitaldirect.ca

PLUMBING

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ELECTRICAL

356

RUBBISH REMOVAL

560

MISC. FOR SALE

POLE BARNS, Shops, steel buildings metal clad or fabric clad. Complete supply and installation. Call John at 403-998-7907; jcameron@advancebuildings.com

ROOM & BOARD

Certiﬁed crime-free multi-housing residence complex.

CHILLIWACK. Avail now. Private large room 3 meals + extras. No Drugs. $700/m Call (604)795-0397

Heat/hot water * On-site Mgr. Adult Oriented * Elevator Large Storage Area * No pets Wheelchair access * Onsite laundry * Security cameras * Parking. Apt. insurance required. Criminal record check required.

CHILLIWACK: Bachelor, 55+. Feb. 1st. Lam flrs, curtains, water/heat, free lndry, NS/NP. 604-997-7337

MISC. WANTED

Have Unwanted Firearms? Have unwanted or inherited firearms in your possession? Don’t know how to dispose of them safely and legally? Contact Wanstalls and we will come and pick them up and pay you fair value for them. Wanstalls has been proudly serving the Lower Mainland firearms community since 1973. We are a government licensed firearms business with fully certified verifiers, armorers and appraisers.

F.V. DO IT ALL. One call does it all. Ask about our spring specials. Senior discounts. Chris, 604-798-7085

HOME REPAIRS JUNK REMOVAL By RECYCLE-IT! 604.587.5865 www.recycleitcanada.ca

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SAWMILLS from only $4,397 MAKE MONEY & SAVE MONEY with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. FREE Info & DVD: www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT

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JUNK METAL removal, general clean-up & lawn cutting. Call George, (604)799-9129

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LANAI Apartments

HANDYPERSONS

WHERE DO YOU TURN

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REFORESTATION NURSERY SEEDLINGS of hardy trees, shrubs, & berries for shelterbelts or landscaping. Spruce & Pine from $0.99/tree. Free Shipping. Replacement guarantee. 1-866-873-3846 or www.treetime.ca

GUTTER & ROOF Cleaning/Power Washing since 1982. WCB/Liability insurance. Simon, 604-230-0627

SEMI-RETIRED CARPENTER available to fix things around your house or business. Call John for an estimate at (604)792-9199

RENTALS

APARTMENT/CONDO

2nd and 3rd ﬂoor with patio, $550 & up! bachlor and one bedroom suite remain! Rent includes water, heat & parking, laundry on first floor, adult oriented with elevator. Avail Feb. 1st.

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MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 Service Call Lic #89402 Same day guarn’td We love small jobs! 604-568-1899

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PETS

9430 NOWEL ST. 604-824-0264

2 coats any colour

(Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls

PT / FT COOK

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RENTALS

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

PAINT SPECIAL 3 rooms for $299

Email resume to: oldsettler@uniserve.com or fax to: 604-796-1034

GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877-987-1420 www.pioneerwest.com

PETS

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50% OFF! On the third cleaning, limited time offer by Cleaning Lady, with established clientele. Call (604) 791-8290

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TREE SERVICES

REAL ESTATE

A & D TREE & GARDEN Hedges, Tree Pruning/Removal, Leaf Blowing, Landscaping. Fully Insured / Free Estimates 28 Yrs Exp. Call 604-845-5547

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FOR SALE BY OWNER

9462 Cook St.

1 bdrm, Apr. 1 2 bdrm, Mar. 1 $695/$795 month. WE CATER TO SENIORS!

TRANSPORTATION 845

SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

851

TRUCKS & VANS

sardis holdings. april terrace

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SUITES, LOWER

CHILLIWACK, FAIRFIELD, 1 bdrm basement suite, new, $700/m util incls. N/P, N/S, available now. Call: 604-825-3540

Call Verna, 604-819-0445 CHILLIWACK. 1 bdrm, $600/m; Ref’s required, incl heat & hot water, available Mar. 1. (604)703-9076

CHILLIWACK Patten Ave. 2 Bdrm $900. Heat incl. Spacious, reno’d, avail now. No dogs, Criminal check. Lve msg 604-792-7917.

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Some of Chilliwack’s Largest apartments!

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WAREHOUSEMAN’S Lien Notice To Natasha Power - Quiring Towing will be disposing of your 2000 Dodge 1500 VIN 1B7HF12Y4YJ129308 4 March 2016 for monies owed in the amount of $2093.70. 604-856-8721

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DOWN TO BUSINESS

EDENBANK TOWNHOUSE, 7001 Eden Dr., Chilliwack. Ground level, adult exclusive, secured gated community well appointed. 1360sf, 2 bdrms, 2 baths, den, corner unit with lg shade trees, next to park, indoor pool, sauna, hot tub, tennis course, exercise room, heritage club house, beautifully landscaped with stream. Early possession. Call for appt. (604)8586434 or 604-845-0548

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WINDOWS & DOORS

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