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Former City of Chilliwack director of development Grant Sanborn pleaded guilty to using a forged document.

Sanborn case still in limbo BY PAUL J. HENDERSON phenderson@chilliwacktimes.com Renee Woods is a nearby resident who spoke in opposition to the location for the health contact centre at Monday’s public hearing.

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Centre gets green light

BY PAUL J. HENDERSON phenderson@chilliwacktimes.com

200-signature petition doesn’t dissuade council

he debate at city hall on Monday over Chilliwack’s health contact centre—a one-stop shop of services and housing for homeless, mentally ill and addicted individuals—was primarily about the location. City council unanimously approved the rezoning of the Days Inn property on Young Road for the facility. Not one of the nearby residents and business owners who spoke

against the rezoning for the centre suggested such a facility wasn’t needed—they just didn’t like the location. Renee Woods is a mother who lives on Southlands and was involved with one of two petitions in opposition, which she said had approximately 200 signatures. “Downtown Chilliwack is going to look great but what about this area?” Woods asked council. Michael Duffus has three sons

and also lives in the area. He told council that he was addicted to crystal meth as a teenager and got clean on his own. He also said that when he was on drugs he would have happily signed a “good neighbour” agreement, but it would have been meaningless. “I am in support of those that try to get help,” he said, but added. “In that location, it’s a terrible idea.” But those in opposition to the rezoning were in the minority.

Approximately 20 people came to speak in favour of the rezoning for the centre, more than half of whom were directly connected to the proponent Pacific Community Resources Society (PCRS) or represented organizations that pushed for the facility. One of the more compelling arguments in defence of just such a hub of services in one location See HEALTH CONTACT, Page 3

ocal development consultant and former City of Chilliwack director of development Grant Sanborn’s sentencing for using a forged document was postponed again on Thursday so the judge can examine case law. Sanborn was scheduled to plead guilty to fraud and using a forged document, but the Crown agreed to a stay of proceedings on the fraud charge. That charge alleged that Sanborn defrauded clients out of $1,763 in consulting fees for an Agricultural Land Commission (ALC) home site severance application he did not send in. Sanborn pleaded guilty in court Thursday after Judge Roy Dickey read out the charge. Defence lawyer Alexander Willms said that during the time of the forged document incident, Sanborn was chair of the Cultus See SANBORN, Page 16

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BY PAUL J. HENDERSON phenderson@chilliwacktimes.com

hilliwack city council wants to banish medicinal marijuana growers from residential areas and is considering asking strata councils to enact bylaws forbidding the activity. At Monday’s meeting, council directed city staff to investigate whether or not such strata bylaws would even be legal before any notice was sent out. In December, city council directed staff to explore a bylaw to restrict medicinal marijuana grow operations. Mayor Sharon Gaetz said the city is concerned about electricity use, water issues, disposal of fertilizers, fire danger and theft. But notwithstanding potential human rights violations inherent in a municipal or strata bylaws of this kind, a Vancouver real estate lawyer who specializes in strata corporation issues told the Times such a bylaw would likely be legal. “Strata corporations, by three-

City council hopes strata councils will re-write their bylaws to ban medicinal marijuana growing

quarter vote of owners, can prohibit behaviours that are otherwise legal,” Elaine McCormack said. “If I want to put hardwood floors in my strata lot, that maybe legal, but the strata, in the best interests of all owners, could forbid it.” Other examples include the bylaws that restrict dogs or rentals, which are otherwise legal but can be limited by stratas. However, McCormack agreed that the human rights code could come into play. “I think there would be human rights challenges,” she said. “In both the dog issue and your issue of medical marijuana it comes down to Section 8 of the human rights code.” Tony Gioventu, executive director of the Condomium Home Owners Association of B.C., said he had heard about Chilliwack city council’s idea and he pointed out the city doesn’t

have the authority to meddle in what strata corporations regulate. “The city has no jurisdiciton,” he said. “You can’t compel [a strata council] to make a bylaw.” Gioventu said stratas were overlooked when medicinal marijuana legislation was enacted. “The problem is when medical licences were contemplated in residential units, no one contemplated how that would affect multi-family developments,” he said. Gioventu said stratas would also be faced with another dilemma: if they are aware of a medicinal growop would they be compelled to disclose that to someone looking to purchase a neighbouring unit? “I don’t know the answer to that question,” he said. When it comes to a municipal bylaw, anything on Chilliwack’s horizon will likely face constitutional

challenges, according to a Vancouver marijuana anti-prohibition organization. Jacob Hunter of the Beyond Prohibition Foundation said in December that if the City of Chilliwack enacts such a bylaw “it is exposing itself to significant court costs.” When asked if his organization would make a formal legal challenge to Chilliwack if a medical marijuana bylaw was enacted, Hunter said his foundation is “exploring such litigation along with some affiliated organizations. If we do not challenge the bylaw, one of those organizations will.” The city will also forward a resolution to the Union of B.C. Municipalities for submission to the federal government, asking that the role of inspection of medical marijuana grow operations be downloaded to the provincial government.

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HEALTH CONTACT, from page 1

“They don’t belong in jail,” he said. At least one person in attendance came from a recovering addict. was convinced by the arguments in “I have mental health and addiction favour of the project at the meeting. problems and I suffer from really bad Leah Cleaver lives nearby and said she anxiety,” Alicia Balez told council, was concerned about the facility and adding that she had been helped out at came to learn what it was all about. Chilliwack Addiction and Prevention “I feel like my fears have been Services on Victoria Avenue—which is allayed here,” she said. “I’m not feeling run by PCRS—but added that because as bad as I was because I was not as of her anxiety she knowledgeable.” would have felt One sign of more comfortable “This area will probably support came by in a place such as become the safest area way of a form letter the one proposed. from 14 different around.” RCMP Insp. organizations who Grant Wilson spoke are either directly Coun. Sue Attrill o r i n d i r e c t l y in favour of the centre as a way to involved in alleviate pressure t h e f a c i l i t y, on police who often have to deal with which began with the line: “This homeless individuals who are not letter is provided in support of the necessarily criminals. establishment of a Health Contact “There is no such thing as vagrancy Centre in downtown Chilliwack.” in the criminal code anymore,” Wilson E a c h l e t t e r w a s d a t e d f ro m said. “It is not illegal to be poor; it is December of 2009 and, given the not illegal to be homeless.” reference to “downtown,” clearly Ye t p o l i c e f i n d t h e m s e l v e s referred to the original location occasionally picking up marginalized proposed for the centre at the old people and because they have no Trader’s Inn on Yale Road. other choice, taking them to the After the public input, all six hospital and sometimes even to jail. councillors and Mayor Sharon

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RCMP Insp. Grant Wilson speaks in favour of the health contact centre at the public hearing into the rezoning of the Young Road property on Monday night. Gaetz spoke in favour of the project, although there was some concession that the location may not be ideal. “This is not the ideal location,” Coun. Chuck Stam said. “I don’t think there is an ideal location for this type of facility.” Coun. Sue Attrill said that mental illness and addiction are everywhere in Chilliwack and that those who live at the health contact centre will be those looking for help, not people the neighbours need to worry about. “This area will probably become the

safest area around,” she said. The planned facility will house up to 24 individuals in “transitional, supported housing units.” Those individuals will have been referred by Fraser Health, they have to be living a substance-free lifestyle and have to sign an agreement that includes “good neighbour” expectations that will outline grounds for eviction. The provincial government has contributed $3 million to purchase and renovate the property at 8583 Young Rd., currently the Days Inn.

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man involved in a brutal Chilliwack home invasion three and a half years ago was sentenced to two years in jail Monday. David Bradley Cox was one of three men who stormed into aWilliams Road apartment unit on July 27, 2007 and assaulted the four young men inside. The men were beaten up and the apartment ransacked. During the incident, one of the men used tin snips to cut the finger and rip open the cheek of one of the victims. Of the three intruders, only Cox was ever caught. The case went to trial in November 2009, but just days in, he pleaded guilty to a charge of robbery in Chilliwack provincial court. Other charges for break-and-enter

and assault with a weapon were stayed at the time. Sentencing was to take place last spring, but when the parties appeared before a judge, it became apparent that there was still disagreement in regards to Cox’s role in the home invasion. During the fall, Crown counsel Henry Waldock alleged Cox indeed participated in the assault on the occupants of the apartment. However, it could not be proven that he was the person who used the tin snips (a hand print police took from the snips did not match Cox’s hand). However, as disclosed at trial in 2009, Cox’s fingerprints were matched to those found on a printer. Cox served just seven days in jail after his arrest, and so only received 14 days credit for time served. He was sentenced to two years, plus the 14 days, on Monday.

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t’s been a couple weeks now since I sat across from family members of Deano Paus as they told me how their beloved—and apparently murdered—uncle, son and brother was more than a person who was “known to police.” Paus’s mother and sister were unhappy that that label had been stuck on Paus, who they knew as an always-smiling family man, even if he didn’t have children of his own. As a reporter, these interactions are always awkward. I’m doing my job, while the family is talking about a traumatizing tragedy that has forever altered their life. Sometimes, however, our intentions often match up. Such was the case with the Paus family. When someone is killed, his name enters the paper as two, sometimes three, words. Nothing is known and so reporters end up asking police a set of standard questions to get at what may have happened. I told the family—and I think it is worth repeating here—that we always ask if people are “known to police” because the answer determines what sort of crime may have occurred. Homicides happen for any number of reasons, but the “known

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Win,Lose orTy to police” label often provides an early clue as to who may have perpetrated the crime, and why it may have been committed. Very few homicides are committed against strangers; the vast majority of killings are committed by someone known to the victim. Thus, those who live a criminal lifestyle—or even those, like Paus, who may have only recently and briefly fallen in with a bad crowd—are most likely to have met their demise at the hands of those acquaintances, be they friends or otherwise. And so we ask if someone is “known to police.” Unfortunately, there’s little ambiguity possible in those three words. The police never say “kind of” when asked the question. They either have you on their radar, or they don’t. So while the knowledge that a certain person was “known to police” can give a hint at the underlying causes of a crime, it can also obscure everything else

that person has accomplished over their lifetime. It was in pursuit of the real Deano that led me to interview his family, and it was the desire to tell the community about their fallen uncle/brother/son that made them want to talk to a stranger such as myself. I think the resulting story shed some light on the person behind the name and made it all the more clear why it’s important that police find his killer. As a society, too often we look at victims and perpetrators who are said to be known to police as a vast, ill-defined “them.” Usually, though, they are also a little bit, or a lot, like us. That’s not just to say that they’re not as criminal or deviant as we believe—although they often aren’t—but rather to note that we’re usually not nearly as good as we think we are. Christians would talk about how we’re born into sin, while those of a more secular nature can point to the social ills that lead people into crime, and the influences that can drag them out. It can be as simple as being alone in high school and falling under the influence of the wrong friend, or being alone as an adult and falling into drink or drugs. Just because we were lucky, doesn’t mean we were better.

hilliwack’s long-awaited health contact centre took a major step closer to becoming a reality Monday when council approved the rezoning of the Days Inn property on Young Road. The centre will provide something desperately needed in Chilliwack: a one-stop shop for services for homeless, mentally ill and addicted men and women, along with transitional housing. It is worth noting that there was substantial community opposition to the placement of the centre, and local residents have real concerns about the impact on the centre’s future clientele. Those worries should be acknowledged, and not dismissed. But they were likely inevitable at whatever site came to house the health contact centre. Such a centre is new to Chilliwack, and so few are certain as to what, exactly, it will look like. But we’d be willing to bet that in a couple years, the debate will have subsided and life will be much like it is now. There is no indication the homeless, mentally ill and addicted people who the contact centre will serve are any more dangerous to children than the average Chilliwack citizen. Yes, addicts are often at greater risk of committing property crime, but “property” exists throughout Chilliwack. Indeed, it’s the defining feature of Chilliwack. We’re confident, though, that even that risk will be mitigated by the fact that those whom the contact centre serves are, because of that very centre, much less likely to fall into such a way of life. Of course, we could be wrong. Thankfully, the same community impetus that caused dozens to speak up against the facility should also protect it in case something does go wrong. The neighbourhood will provide a second set of eyes for the police and council. Indeed, their ongoing involvement is vital, and their voices will need to be heard in order to make the contact centre as neighbourly a facility as we believe it can become.

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Letters

Les says he’s just protecting his people Editor: I would like to comment on some recent remarks by Greg Savard of DFO, and Otto Langer, formerly of DFO, on the subject of gravel removal from the Fraser River. Mr. Savard suggests that having an approval issued in late January allows time for the work to be done by mid-March, when in fact, with mobilization and demobilization factored in, only a few weeks would be available for any flood protection work to actually be done. Mr. Langer also asserts that permit applications were late, however, I am informed by EMBC that the complete application for Tranmer Bar was submitted on Nov. 10, 2010. Keep in mind that gravel has been removed from Tranmer Bar as recently as two years ago, with no apparent negative environmental effects. Post-environmental monitoring of all past gravel removal sites, as dictated by DFO, has shown no negative effects to fish or fish habitat. Also, keep in mind that, while there has been gravel removed the last number of years, the fish don’t seem to mind! Last year we saw a record return of sockeye salmon, and a huge return of pink salmon the year before that. The public should know that gravel removal is not done in the stream portion of the river, but rather from accumulated gravel bars that are high and dry and on which fish have never been sighted. Gravel removal is only one element of the Provincial Flood Protection strategy. The majority of funds available are provided for defensive structures such as dikes and flood boxes. However, dikes cannot be raised beyond a certain height while maintaining their structural integrity. Simply put, we need to recognize that, with approximately 250,000 cubic meters of gravel being deposited in the Chilliwack reach of the Fraser River annually, an organized, responsible and thoughtful gravel removal program is a necessity. To accomplish that we need a permitting and approval process that is equally organized, responsible and thoughtful. That is what we’ve been trying to accomplish these last few years. It appears that, Mr. Langer would rather never see another shovelful of gravel removed. That’s an easy position to take when one doesn’t live here. I, on the other hand, have a responsibility to stand up for the safety of my community. John Les, MLA Chilliwack

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Chilliwack still has small town spirit Editor: I am writing today to thank the wonderful people who supported my fundraiser on Saturday, Feb. 26 held at the Evergreen Hall to raise funds for me to travel to the United States to receive treatment for my Multiple Sclerosis. I have lived in Chilliwack vir-

tually all of my life, and mistakenly thought that we had lost that small-town community spirit. Boy was I wrong! I cannot begin to thank all of the businesses, organizations and individuals who donated time, services and auction items, not to mention all of the people who came out in support of my cause, many of whom did it out of their sense of community spirit rather than because they had any idea of

who it was they were helping. My special thanks go out to Norm and Catherine Deveau who, along with an incredible team of people, organized and put together such an amazing evening. The event far surpassed anything that I could have ever imagined. Words cannot properly express my gratitude, but thank you so very much to all who were a part of this. Blair A. Plumridge Chilliwack

Ticket would have been a deterrent Editor: In response to “Questioning callous nature of towing,” Times, March 1. My husband, son and a couple of his friends went to see our first Bruins game in Chilliwack in the fall. We had just recently moved here and looked forward to a night out.

Not knowing the city, we also parked across from Prospera Centre which had a football game going on. With no spaces available we created a space at the end without obstructing any other cars. When the game was over we discovered our car missing and thought it was stolen until we saw the towing sign. After calling the company we were given some bad directions as to how to locate the lot. We walked for over an hour in the pouring rain. The female who gave us the directions would not have someone come to get us and we kept having to call her because we got lost. I agree with Mr. Wilson that a ticket would have been enough of a deterrent to not double park. I think AJ Towing is a cash cow on game night and do not respect the patrons of the Bruins hockey games. We need a better way! J. Basdeo Chilliwack

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Faith Today BY VERN TOMPKE Vineyard Community Church

have a question for you men. Have you ever experienced your wife stopping mid-sentence and asking you, “Where are you? Are you really listening?” Mark Gungor in his hilarious series “Laugh your Way to a Better Marriage” offers this helpful advice: “When a man is doing something, he generally can’t hear anything!” To the multi tasking woman, this may explain a lot of men’s vacant responses. I once even (unconsciously) turned the television up when my wife was talking to me— and you thought you were married to a neanderthal! For this reason, I have come to believe that the person who invented pause television should be considered for sainthood. (“What’s

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that honey? Let me just pause this overtime game and give you my full attention!”) While I am in the confessional mood, I have also learned that I need to grow in other areas involving my “conversational habits.” Having grown up in a large verbal family, I learned that if you didn’t fight for your airtime, nobody would offer it to you. In my marriage, however, I realized that my bad habits of interrupting and counter-attack could win me arguments but not a better marriage. The Bible says that we could all use a few pointers in our conversa-

tions. As James chapter one puts it, “post this at all the intersections, dear friends: Lead with your ears, follow up with your tongue, and let anger straggle along in the rear.” As I think about it, there are probably a few additional reasons why we all, not just marriage challenged men, struggle in our conversations. For one, our best and well-intentioned efforts to provide people with hope or answers often comes at the expense of truly hearing and listening to them. Are we better at asking questions or giving answers? If it is the latter, we may find ourselves giving answers to questions that

people are not asking. This year my wife and I made a decision to focus our efforts on learning to connect with and listen to people who are not part of the regular church scene. As we attempted to slow down and practise the presence of people, we have found incredible opportunities to connect with people through their stories. Whether sitting in an AA meeting, helping ESL adults, tutoring kids, handing out coffee on a cold day, or driving people from one bus stop to another, we have found that people love to talk. Some of these talks have led to conversations about faith while other conver-

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The Chilliwack Bruins play three games in three nights as they make their final push for the playoffs. The Bruins travel to Kelowna to face the Rockets Friday night at 7:05 p.m., then return home to host the Kamloops Blazers Saturday at 7 p.m. and the Portland Winterhawks Sunday at 5 p.m.

Hoops team The UFV Cascades men’s basketball program, along with coach Kyle Graves, hosts a Junior Cascades Skill Development Team this spring. An open gym/parent meeting takes place March 9 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Sardis secondary for all players going into grades 7 to 12 next year who are interested in this great opprotunity to develop their basketball skills from April to July. For more information call Kyle Graves at 604-799 -8035 or e-mail at kyle_graves@sd33. bc.ca.

Spring hoops Chilliwack Hoops is getting ready to start its spring basketball programs for boys and girls. There will be programs for grades 4-6 and grades 7-11. If you are interested in participating in spring basketball e-mail coach Joe Ogmundson or Mhora Ogmundson at chilliwackhoops@gmail.com. Programs start in early April and run until the end of June. Applications from anyone interested in coaching a team will also be accepted. Call 604-792-2146 and leave a message.

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With teammate Peter Barton looking on, Peter Strechniuk of Geordie Bishop’s Salmon Arm rink tries to sweep a stone around a guard Tuesday during the 2011 B.C. Masters Curling Championships at the Chilliwack Curling Club. Check Tuesday’s paper for results.

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partan Swim Club was no stranger to the podium at last weekend’s Lower Mainland Regional Championships in Delta. Carson Loeppky led the way for the Spartans, claiming victory in the 13-year-old boys’ 100-metre butterfly, 200-metre butterfly and 50-metre freestyle. He also placed fourth in the 100- and 200-metre freestyle events. Among 13-year-old girls, Sydney Torok finished first in the 200-metre backstroke, and claimed silver in the 200-metre individual medley. Teammate Nina Deacon splashed

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Bruins grind out vital win to help playoff cause BY TYLER OLSEN tolsen@chilliwacktimes.com

t wasn’t pretty, but the Chilliwack Bruins didn’t need pretty. Some timely goaltending from Lucas Gore and a couple greasy goals from Brandon Manning and Jamie Crooks was all the Bruins required to eke out a crucial 3-1 victory over Lethbridge Wednesday night at Prospera Centre. In what is becoming a trend, the Bruins again allowed their opponents to take an early lead. With Roman Horak in the penalty box, Gore made a point-blank save on Hurricane Brody Sutter. But the sparkling denial didn’t keep the game scoreless for long, as Austen Fyten scooped up the rebound at the side of the net and neatly slid it into the yawning cage. The Bruins got revenge on their own man advantage midway through the second period. Brandon Manning, with a veteran’s cunning, wristed an innocent-looking point shot towards goal. The puck may or may not have taken a deflection, but, either way, Hurricanes goalie Brandon Anderson was screened and could only get a piece of the puck on its way into the back of the net. The game remained knotted at one late into the third and, with both teams competing for playoff spots in different conferences, the game seemed almost destined for overtime. But in the third the Bruins were finally

able to start getting pucks on Anderson and eventually ground out the winner. With less than five minutes remaining, Brandon Magee won an offensive zone draw back to Robin Soudek, and while his wrist shot was denied, the puck squirted out to Crooks. His shot found its way around a maze of bodies, through Anderson’s equipment and into the goal. Crooks sealed the victory a couple minutes later with an empty-netter. “It wasn’t a Picasso,” said head coach Marc Habscheid. “We just did enough to win, but that’s what’s important. “It just didn’t seem like there were a lot of pretty plays or quality scoring chances where you spend a lot of time in their zone,” he noted. “It was a game that you just have to work your way through and somehow someway try to find a way to get a win and the guys did that so good for them.” And Gore’s contribution was key, both early in the game when the Bruins suffered a rash of defensive lapses, and late when the Hurricanes made a final push. “We gave up a couple of odd-manned rushes and he made some saves so that was good,” said Habscheid. Brandon Magee and Kevin Sundher each had two assists in the win. Magee also recorded another plus-two, pushing his plus/minus rating to plus-13. The next best plus/minus among regular Bruins forwards is that of fellow rookie Steven Hodges, who is minus-one. And the two points the Bruins gained were doubled when the Kamloops Blazers—whom Chilliwack is chasing for the eighth and final Western Conference playoff spot—dropped a 6-4 decision to the Kelowna Blazers. Chilliwack is now three points back of the Blazers, but with three games in hand.

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Former Canuck enforcer speaking to Sto:lo youth BY CORNELIA NAYLOR cnaylor@chilliwacktimes.com

he Algonquin Assassin is coming to Chilliwack. Famed former Vancouver Canuck tough guy Gino Odjick, also known as the Maniwaki Mauler, will be in town this month for a twoday aboriginal youth conference put on by Sto:lo Nation Health Services (SNHS). Odjick—who gained culthero status with the Canucks in the 1990s, during the Pavel Bure era—will team up with fellow former pro hockey player Peter Leech and talk to kids about the importance of communication, education and over-

coming fear. The workshop, called Tsi’tsel Sza’yten or New Beginnings, will focus on challenges faced by aboriginal youth, something both Leech (who grew up on the T’it’q’et First Nations reserve in Lillooet) and Odjick (who grew up on an Algonquin First Nations reserve near Maniwaki, Que.) can relate to. “We always say that we’re two little Indian boys who grew up on the rez. If we can do this, so can you,” said Leech, the workshop’s creator and main facilitator. Leech has been running workshops with Odjick since 1999.

Although the former NHL enforcer takes his turn talking about the importance of education and communication during the sessions, there’s also plenty of time to answer questions about his life in hockey. “He loves shar ing his Canuck experiences,” said Leech. ◗ The SNHS Aboriginal Youth Conference runs March 15 to 16, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Skwah Community Hall (619 Wellington Rd.). Free snacks and lunch will be provided. For more information or to register contact StephanieVilleneuve at 604-824-3200 or toll free at 1-877-411-3200.

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hilliwack homeowners can expect a 3.45 per cent tax increase if city council adopts the 2011 financial plan at its next meeting. At Monday’s meeting, council gave introduction and three readings to the plan, which the public will be available to comment on before final adoption on March 15. The 3.45 per cent increase is slightly lower than the 3.95 per cent increases in 2010, 2009, 2008 and 2007. There was a 3.85 per cent increase in 2006. As he does every year, director of finance Chris Crosman pointed out that the largest portion of the city’s budget—29 per cent—goes to policing costs. For 2011 the police budget increase of $1,136,000 represents a 6.9 per cent bump over 2010 because of contract increases, the addition of one civilian member and two part-time prison guards.

As is also tradition, Crosman showed graphs illustrating that Chilliwack’s taxation rate per home is second lowest in the Lower Mainland and 29 per cent, or $398 per home, lower than the average. The average home in Chilliwack will pay $1,375 in taxes in 2011, which compares to $1,800 in Abbotsford. In the staff report, Crosman said a typical home in Chilliwack paid nine per cent less in taxes than in Langley in 2010, 24 per cent less than in Maple Ridge and 31 per cent less than Abbotsford. He also said the city’s business class multiplier of 2.15 is the lowest in the Lower Mainland. Abbotsford’s is 2.65, Langley’s is 2.85 and Maple Ridge’s is three. “I’m particularly pleased the increase is significantly lower than some of our neighbours and reflecting the kind of economy we are having and respecting people’s ability to pay additional taxes,” Mayor Sharon Gaetz said. The entire financial plan is available for viewing at www.chilliwack.com.

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he Chilliwack RCMP are asking parents to remind their children about how to stay safe in public after a pair of frightening incidents in Sardis. Police say a man in what was described as a green minivan followed a young boy home from school Monday afternoon in the Mountain View Way/Stevenson Road area. The man was described as “older” with a thin build and wearing glasses and a baseball cap. On Tuesday a young boy reported that a man driving a green pickup truck with a green canopy followed him as he rode his bike to school

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Distracted Driving Includes Eating, Drinking, and Putting On Makeup Just over a year ago handheld qualification (January 1, 2010) laws is a distraction from banning driving and using the real issue. Raynald hand-held electronic Marchand of the Canada communication devices Safety Council has been (ECD) came into effect quoted as saying: “The in British Columbia. problem is the degree of Following a one month the distraction, whether grace period to allow it’s hand-held or handsdrivers time to change free. Hands-free is not their habits and acquire distraction-free.” Safety hands-free devices, the advocates worry this police began issuing $167 stopping-short approach fines and three penalty gives drivers a “false sense points to drivers caught Cedric Hughes Barrister & Solicitor of security”. “holding, operating, Bloggers continue to communicating or ask why the old careless driving or ‘driving watching the screen of a handheld electronic without due car and attention’ laws weren’t communication device” while driving. sufficient, and write lists of other distracting The “banned while driving” devices include activities taunting “the nanny state” to take hand-held cell phones, personal digital these on too. And letter-to-the-editor writers assistants, other hand-held electronic continue to rail against all the scofflaws devices that process or compute data, they see. A typical person-on-the-street hand-held audio players including iPods interviewee usually says he or she sees people and MP3 players, GPS Navigation Systems, driving and talking on their hand-held cell hand microphones, and television screens. phone “all the time.” During the year, the RCMP issued 32,000 A recent Angus Reid Public Opinion poll tickets across the province for infractions of 1,010 Canadians about support for a of the new laws, and tallied 45 of the 104 federal ban on the use of hand-held cell driving fatalities that occurred in the BC phones while driving showed 83 per cent jurisdictions they police as caused by of Canadians supporting such a ban. BC distracted driving. Of this number, an respondents, however, were the least RCMP spokesperson said this was “a very supportive at only 74 per cent. A Canadian high number of fatalities for the 2.5 million Automobile Survey published at the end of people who live here.” 2010 found that CAA members concerns At the one-year anniversary of these about the dangers of texting and emailing new rules, and to motivate all drivers to while driving have inched past concerns redouble their compliance efforts, the police about drinking and driving: the former announced that during February 2011 they ranked as a very serious threat by 88% of were “cracking down.” They reminded respondents; the latter ranked as a very drivers that, “distractions also include serious threat by 83%. activities such as eating, drinking and even In response, Jeff Walker, the CAA’s public putting on makeup.” They emphasized that affairs vice-president said, “Legislation text messaging may be the most distracting alone will not solve the issue. Enforcement, activity of all. along with public awareness and education Despite the new laws and vigorous is required. It is a matter of society making enforcement efforts, this driving topic is far the practice of texting while driving socially from settled. For one thing safety advocates unacceptable.” Cedric Hughes L.L.B. have argued and continue to say that the Leslie McGuffin L.L.B.

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he Chilliwack teachers’ union is calling on local trustees to “stick their necks out a little” and support a bigger role for local bargaining as B.C. teachers and their employers hash out a new collective agreement in the upcoming months. Under the current collective agreement, which expires June 30, most important issues in teachers’ contracts are negotiated at the provincial level between the B.C. Teachers’ Federation (BCTF) and the B.C. Public School Employers’ Association (BCPSEA). The BCTF, however, is pushing for more items in the next collective agreement to be worked out at local tables (everything except salary, benefits, hours of work and paid leave) arguing that each district is unique and has specific issues that need to be dealt with. At a board of education meeting last month, Chilliwack Teachers’ Association president Katharin Midzain told Chilliwack trustees local bargaining would be good for the district. “Working together and collaborating to build a common understanding of collective issues is vital to the ongoing efficiency of our district,” she said. The school board had rebuffed a call from the union earlier in the month to open wider local negotiations, and while the district has since agreed to meet with teachers to talk about local matters after the spring break, the scope of the talks will be limited. Secretary-treasurer Maureen Carradice said the district just isn’t mandated to expand the range of issues on the local table. “We can talk about the local matters, which are largely housekeeping and non-monetary matters,” she said. “The division of provincial SANBORN, from page 1 Lake Park Board, something that was “incredibly demanding and required a significant amount of time.” “Regrettably, Mr. Sanborn began to fall behind with some of this clients,” Willms said. Reading from an agreed statement of fact, Crown counsel Stephen Cooke said Sanborn finally did present a document on ALC letterhead to his clients that suggested the commission was processing their application. That document was a “cut-and-paste” forgery, Cooke said. In Sanborn’s defence, Willms said sending such letters is something that professionals sometimes do “to placate clients,” and that usually such an incident would be dealt with through a professional association rather than the “blunt tool” of the courts. “There is no doubt that Mr. Sanborn’s actions were inappropriate,” Willms said.”He is genuinely remorseful and would like to apologize to the Goertzens [his clients].”

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and local matters will be dealt with at the provincial table ultimately.” The district has taken its direction from BCPSEA, which argues expanded local bargaining would lead to duplication and inefficiency. But at least one school board (Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows) has come out in support of local bargaining, and Midzain said Chilliwack trustees should take a stand as well. “We hope that our board can feel that they’re not completely tied by BCPSEA direction,” she said in a Times interview. “It would mean a lot for the morale of the staff if they stood up and said, ‘This matters to us.’” Board chair Doug McKay, however, said issues related to contract negotiations are best worked out by district management staff. “When it comes to collective bargaining, we absolutely need to follow their advice,” he said. “They are the experts.” Trustee Silvia Dyck also supported maintaining the current bargaining model. “Why would one have 60 districts doing essentially the same thing when one negotiating team can do it for all 60?” she said in an e-mail to theTimes. “However, the best answer is that one cannot, ought not, to engage in bargaining when one does not have the financial resources to do so. Boards of education receive their funds from the provincial government and it is they, then, who must bargain on boards behalf.” Trustee Heather Maahs, however, lamented the end of most local bargaining in the mid1990s. “It was no longer communities of people that worked side by side each day sitting down together to hash out an agreement that both parties signed off on,” she said. “Instead it became a big impersonal machine on both sides from afar.”

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Crown counsel lawyer Stephen Cooke said he was seeking a fine or suspended sentence or combination thereof. Willms said Sanborn was looking for a discharge. His reasoning included: by pleading guilty Sanborn had saved the court the cost of a trial; he had 25 letters of support from friends, colleagues and clients; he had lost business due to notoriety from the considerable media coverage; and a criminal conviction would make it hard to cross the border to Sanborn’s vacation property in Washington State. Cooke responded that a discharge was inappropriate due to the need for deterrence. Justice Dickey said he needed to see case law to make a decision. A date was not set for sentencing before going to press. Sanborn also faces three unrelated charges of breach of trust in connection with development deals approved at Chiliwack city hall between 1991 and 2002. That 20-day trial is scheduled to begin Feb. 27, 2012.

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Blower constantly on An improper fan setting on the unit may cause the blower to stay on. If the blower is set to “continuous,” it may need to be adjusted so that the fan turns on and off. Otherwise, the fan switch may be faulty and need to be replaced by a professional. Funny noises Furnaces all have their unique noises, but if something seems out of the ordinary, it could mean a malfunction. A high-pitched whine could indicate a failed belt or one that is worn out and requires replacement. Loud rumbles may mean the pilot light is not properly set or there is a dirty gas burner. Homeowners can try changing filters, adjusting belt tension, replacing thermostats and improving the insulation on their homes to alleviate many common furnace concerns. If these don’t remedy the problem, it’s best to consult with a qualified HVAC technician or the local gas company for further advice.

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Bold, anything goes decor is in for 2011 BY SAMANTHA PYNN Postmedia News

en years ago, it was easy to get a handle on decorating trends. A little faux wenge wood, a set of sky-blue-and-brown graphic bed sheets, and a whole lot of beige stuff in your all-beige house and you were in style. But whose house was that anyway? And where was the personal stamp? Admittedly, the many (sometimes conflicting) trends these days will make you dizzy. Plus, with websites and blogs reporting on the latest and greatest at warp speed, it’s hard to decipher what was last year, five years ago or even five minutes ago. But take a look at all the fabulously eclectic homes in magazines for 2011 and you’ll see that this broad spectrum of trends is a good thing. And in this time of bold, anythinggoes decor, all you have to do is choose what works for you. No need to start from scratch. What I’m suggesting is that you add a couple of cushions, a new entryway bench, or perhaps wallpaper in the powder room. “But no theme-room decorating and steer clear of blatant knockoffs or anything that looks cheap,” says stylist and trendsetter Arren Williams. I love seeing what’s new. Trend stories were my editorial beat for a long time. So without further ado, here’s what we’ll be seeing in 2011. Patchwork Patchwork is popping up on chairs, carpets, and quilts. While today’s version features the hand-hewn details of yore, it’s completely fresh and modern—not old-granny like in the movie How to Make an American Quilt. ‘A deliberate stirring of time periods’ According to Shawn Gibson, co-owner of the often ahead-of-the-trend retailer

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hen G.W. Graham shop teacher Heather Elliott first started working with glass, she was surprised to learn how easy it was to make a bead. All you need is a stick of glass, a steel rod (called a mandrel) and a propane blowtorch. “You build up a nice big ball on the end of the rod and then you wrap it around the mandrel and you spin your bead,” she said working in her G.W. Graham metal shop, heating a stick of coloured glass to the consistency of warm caramel and shaping it into a glowing Froot Cornelia Naylor/TIMES Loop around the mandrel. Elliott demonstrates how to form a Lampworking (glass bead-makglass bead by wrapping a melted ing) and other glass projects have glass rod around a steel mandrel. been part of Elliott’s metal fab classes for years, but starting next the chance to get their hands on a year, her students will have the blowtorch. option of spending whole semes“It’s always to do with lighting the ters learning the craft thanks to torch and playing with fire,” said two new courses approved by the Elliott with a laugh. Chilliwack board of education last Since the new glass works month: Studio Glass Works 11 and courses—which will teach students Studio Glass Works 12. a variety of techniques in formThey are the second set of board- ing and joining glass along with authority-approved (BAA) courses appropriate safety standards and Elliott has put together; she also procedures—have strong fine arts developed Graham’s metal art applications, she expects them courses. to draw a diverse For her, it’s all group, including about giving stu“We need to afford both the regular dents more choices. shops kids and them as many “We need to students who lean opportunities, as afford them as more toward the many opportunivisual arts. many skills as we ties, as many skills “An interdiscipossibly can.” as we possibly can,” plinary course is so she said, “and if beneficial to them,” Heather Elliott said Elliott. “They’re they hook on to one, fantastic. If getting to use matethey hook on to rials that maybe five, even better.” they wouldn’t normally use in ways Elliott developed a passion for that they maybe wouldn’t normally glass about 10 years ago when she have thought of.” started making jewelry for friends. The courses won’t cost students She soon realized the skills she extra money unless they want to was learning dovetailed perfectly tackle projects beyond the curwith being a metals teacher, and riculum, and since the metal shop she introduced some glass projects, already owns most of the equiplike bead making and stained glass ment needed for glass working, the work, into her classes as bonus only cost to the school will be the assignments. consumables. While some students (often boys) All told Elliott expects materihave grumbled over the years when als—including glass rods, sheets the projects were first introduced, of stained glass, fuser glass and Elliott said they usually end up getstringers (linguini-thin rods of glass ting into the projects more than used to create texture and swirls of they expect. colour)—to cost the school about What often wins them over is $30 per student per semester.

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Showtime Oh My Darling at Bozzini’s Winnipeg-based Oh My Darling bring their bluegrass, Appalachian old time, southern twang, and Franco-folk music to Bozzini’s Upstairs Lounge March 4 at 9:30 p.m. Doors open at 8 p.m. Tickets are $15. Visit www.ohmydarling.ca for more information. Quiet in the Land Gallery 7 Theatre presents Quiet in the Land, written by Anne Chislett, March 4 to 19. A prodigal son story set in a Canadian Amish community during the First World War, this play explores the complexities of tradition and faith in an ever-changing world. Quiet in the Land runs at the MEI Theatre, 4081 Clearbrook Rd., Abbotsford. Tickets available at House of James (604-852-3701 or 2743 Emerson St., Abbotsford). For more information visit www. gallery7theatre.com. Orchestral series The Chilliwack Metropolitan Orchestra presents Benjamin Louwersheimer performing Dvorak’s Cello Concerto opus 104 as part of the CMO’s Principal Solist Series on March 4 at 7:30 p.m. at the Chilliwack Cultural Centre. The orchestra will play Brahm’s Tragische Overture Opus 81 in B Minor under Maestro Johan Louwersheimer as well. Tickets are available by calling the centre box office at 604-391SHOW (7469) or, visit the box office Monday to Friday 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets are also available online at www.chilliwackculturalcentre.ca. Music and dance festival

Due to bad weather and road conditions, last weekend’s Dance Honour Performance at the Chilliwack Lions Club Music and Dance Festival was rescheduled to March 6 at 7 p.m. Tickets from the Feb. 27 event can be exchanged at

What’s on To include your event, contact by e-mail reporter Paul J. Henderson at phenderson@chilliwacktimes.com, fax to 604-792-9300 or phone 604-792-9117.

the Chilliwack Cultural Centre box office. The festival continues until March 10. Visit the Chilliwack Cultural Centre and purchase a $8 program for the entire festival and plan your attendance. Most venues run morning, afternoon and evening at a cost of only $3 per session, or $15 for a season pass.

Christian sing-along

Come and enjoy a singalong program of traditional Christian music on March 13 at 6:30 p.m. at Cornerstone Christian Reform Church, 9800 McNaught Rd. Lively singing accompanied by the Songs of Praise Orchestra with special vocal and instrumental presentations. Admission is free, stay afterwards for refreshments. For more information, call 604-7922517.

2DV8 Gallery Come down to 2DV8 Gallery and Art Studio at 9242 Main St. on March 5 for tea and pastries. This will be a good chance to see the new gallery and meet some of the local artists. The tea begins at 1 p.m. Come on down for an afternoon of art and chat. The gallery has been open for three weeks and the owners are looking to generate interest in the concept of an art consignment gallery and they are hoping local artists will bring their artwork to sell. Owners are looking for all mediums of art including clothing, jewelry, paintings, sculptures and pottery. Anavets events

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46268 Yale Rd., the entertainment runs six nights a week, Friday to Wednesday. Squeeze plays March 4 and 5 from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. March 6 is the installation of officers, and Wylie and the Other Guy plays in the afternoon. Every Sunday is jam night with Trevor MacDonald 8:30 p.m. to midnight. Thursday poker: registration at 6:30 p.m., game starts at 7 p.m. New Horizon Dance Club is back on Wednesdays.

UFV grads on display On now at the Chilliwack Art Gallery at the Chilliwack Cultural Centre is Look No Hands, the graduation show from University of the Fraser Valley visual arts diploma students. This exhibit showcases emerging artists in a variety of media and styles. Expressive, thoughtful and far-ranging, the students make every effort to engage the viewer. The exhibit is free and open to the public and runs until March 31. The gallery is open Wednesday to Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. and during some theatre shows and special events. The Adventures of Pinocchio The Adventures of Pinocchio takes the Chilliwack Cultural Centre’s main stage March 6 at 2 and 4 p.m. This traditionally based performance is brought to life by the renowned Story Theatre and their imaginative masks, puppets, and real-life characters. Tickets are available by calling the centre box office at 604-391-SHOW (7469), or visit the box office Monday to Friday 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.,

Saturday and Sunday 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets are also available online at www. chilliwackculturalcentre.ca.

I Am Women!

Comedian Erica Sigurdson performs an evening of sidesplitting laughter on March 8 at 8 p.m. at the Chilliwack Cultural Centre. I Am Women! may well be the stand-up comedy event of the year. Purchase your tickets early before the show is sold out by calling the centre box office at 604-391-SHOW (7469), or visit the box office Monday to Friday 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets are also available online at www. chilliwackculturalcentre.ca.

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The Chilliwack Arts Council and The Toronto Film Festival Circuit co-present the 2011 Chilliwack Arts Council International Film Series with five more films: March 9 Queen to Play (France, comedy, French/ subtitled); March 16 Another Year (UK, drama/comedy, English); March 23 The Illusionist (UK, animated, English/French/Gaelic); March 30 Biutiful (Spain/Mexico, drama, Spanish/subtitled); April 6 Barney’s Version (Canada/ Italy, comedy/drama, English). All movies start at 7 p.m. This season the venue has changed to the Cottonwood 4 Cinemas. Ticket prices are $5 per screening.

Métis jigging Artist/dancer Lisa Shepherd hosts ongoing Tuesday night (March 8) Métis Jigging from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Kekinow Common Room, 45555 Knight Rd. (behind the old Walmart). All are welcome. Grab your Métis sash and come on out. For more information visit www. chilliwackmetisassociation. ca or call Les Mitchell at 604823-4533.

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Tim Stephens' Astral Reflections Aries March 21 - April 19: Your energy rises nicely Sunday/Monday, and some gratifying luck comes your way (Sunday) – but use this energy to deal with governments, to fulfill your obligations, and/or to remove restrictions. The remainder of this week, slow down, retreat, rest and contemplate. One of the most important, exhilarating, freeing, friendly and futureoriented periods of your life begins this week, for an eight-year run. You’ll live more eccentrically, you’ll have little fear, and no patience with conventions. You’ll act unpredictably, and attract some oddballs! Chase money midweek. Errands, Friday. Taurus April 20-May 20: Popularity, optimism, entertainment, light romance and a general joie de vivre fill your days! But retreat briefly Sunday/ Monday: rest, contemplate, be charitable – plan future actions. Your energy and charisma surge Tuesday to Thursday – start important projects (better Wednesday dawn onward). You relate well to males now, whatever your own sex. Chase money Friday on. This day technically begins eight years in which your private life will grow more lively, and your career will benefit from background connections, government involvements, administration and management techniques. Gemini May 21-June 20: The general emphasis lies on career, reputation, dealings with authorities and VIPs, parents and bosses (all of whom might display impatience, temperament, but will quickly “forgive” if you’re sincere). Walk proud, but show eagerness to please. Start things, seek responsibility, ask for a chance to prove yourself! Happiness and optimism, social joys and entertainment “touch you” Sunday/Monday. Retreat to rest, contemplate and plan Tuesday-Thursday. Your energy, charisma and luck surge Friday/Saturday: flirt or achieve! Eight years of exhilarating social life begins this month.

Cancer June 21-July 22: Your career will be unpredictable and exciting for the next eight years. You get a lucky start, for your career is very favoured until June. So use the few months ahead to expand business, to seek a promotion, to display your talents to higher-ups, etc. In the years ahead, your career will feature (or be subject to) these themes: investment, other people’s assets, detective work, research, private arrangements, lifestyle changes – changes in general – high tech, humanitarian or group-oriented activities. Short range: go forward March and May. Save April for “former things.” Leo July 23-Aug. 22: The past 15 years have nudged you toward gullibility that ended in mistrust. You might have been tempted by alcohol, other people’s money, sexual longings, secrecy, etc. Life has been dreamlike, watery – cotton batting, not steel. That ends this week (not entirely, such a long trend will take time to dissolve completely). From here on, for eight years, your mind grows clear, alert. This clarity will end your doubt and suspicion. For the first time in many years, you are cleared to find and wed your true mate. Travel, legal, intellectual, publishing activities will also benefit. Virgo Aug. 23-Sept. 22: The past seven years have brought you clarity but stress in relationships. You’ve dealt with fascinating but unpredictable people, and your links have gone on and off like a light switch. That ends now: for eight years to come, this “unpredictability factor” will quiet down (but still exist in finances and sex). For 15 years, spirituality, depth, sometimes confusion but a growth-oriented confusion, enters relationships. If single, you are likely to fall in love in a completely different way. Investments, sexual desires begin to enter your thoughts midweek: act soon, not late March.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 22: Sunday/Monday, to some degree, show you what to expect in relationships for the three months ahead. This whole month shows you what is ending in work, and what is beginning in work and relationships, for years to come. OK, that’s cryptic. For the next eight years, relationships become true, loving, laughing, friendly, stressful, unpredictable. If single, you’ll likely find your true love – or one of them. For 15 years (technically starting early April) you’ll find your “true vocation.” It might be in film, charity, spirituality, pharmacology. Gentle love, late week. Scorpio Oct. 23-Nov. 21: Tackle chores Sunday/ Monday. Fresh faces and opportunities arrive Tuesday to Thursday – love might be in the air! Large finances, secrets and sexual promptings stir you Thursday night to Saturday – be a little cautious, especially Friday night. Don’t take big risks. This week starts eight years of slightly erratic employment and health factors: your employment prospects will improve in any area associated with food or shelter; for good health, you’ll need to avoid stress. April begins 15 years of true love prospects – but they might come early, this week and next! Chase beauty, art. Sagittarius Nov. 22-Dec. 21: You’re tired, in a wee hibernation mode until March 20 – pamper yourself, don’t overwork. Romance, charming kids, pleasure and creativity make Sunday/Monday interesting. Tackle chores midweek. Relationships are bittersweet (or affectionate and snarling) Friday/Saturday. Be diplomatic on the home front all March. Soon (April, technically, though it might have started even in 2010) a 15-year trend of “normalization” will enter your domestic sphere. You’ll find your true home. This Friday begins eight years of exciting, unexpected romantic, creative lightning bolts!

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Mar. 6 - Mar. 12 Capricorn Dec. 22-Jan. 19: Communications, paperwork, details, errands, casual friends, short trips and curiosity ﬁll this week and next. In the slowest, most gradual way, like water on blotting paper, this area of your life will grow for the next 15 years. At the same time (perhaps illogically) your worries about money and income will fade. You enter eight years of “home excitement” this week. This can have a negative effect, bringing more stress to the home (so relax, exercise, guard digestion) and a positive one: money made from property, food/shelter areas. A big new life! Midweek joy, romance. Aquarius Jan. 20-Feb. 18: Chase money this week and next. Don’t spend! A sea change is looming in your earnings area. For the next 15 years, your income will stabilize (despite your worries!) – in fact, you’ll hit the “central channel” of your life’s earnings trends. Your income will tend to expand in these (and similar areas): government, welfare, social work, hospitals, institutions, sympathy, ﬁlm, pharmacology, assembly lines, interest rates, oceans, sea food, gas/oil, hydrology.... This week begins eight years of friendly meetings, travel, communications – love starts to become possible! Rest midweek. Pisces Feb. 19-March 20: From this week onward, the tension, excitement, nervous energy and restlessness of the past seven years will fade, to be replaced by 15 years of expanding consciousness, more sleep, more dreams, expanding spirituality. Nuance, poetic feelings, indescribable, subtle joys will become your everyday companions. Others will be inexplicably drawn to you. Rely more on your intuition, less on logic. You’ll see beyond the petty things of life. You’ll begin to wonder if money and power might be the wrong goals. But chase money Sunday! Travel midweek. Soak up nature Friday/Saturday. timstephens@shaw.ca • Reading: 416-686-5014

CHILLIWACK TIMES FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 2011 A33

REAL ESTATE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

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TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the City of Chilliwack will hold a Public Hearing, as noted above, on the following items: 1. ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT BYLAW 2011, No. 3740 (RZ000692) Location: Owner:

10265 Kent Road Kerri Lynn Braun

Purpose:

To rezone the subject property, as shown on the map below, from an R1-A (One Family Residential) Zone to an R1-D (Inﬁll Small-Lot One Family Residential) Zone, to permit subdivision into two parcels.

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Chilliwack

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2. ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT BYLAW 2011, No. 3745 (RZ000690) 7971 Palmer Place Jack & Joanna Neels

Purpose:

To rezone the subject property, as shown on the map below, from an SR (Suburban Residential) Zone to an R1-C (One Family Residential – Accessory) Zone, to facilitate the legalization of an existing secondary suite.

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Mobile Homes

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Persons who deem that their interest in the properties is affected by the proposed amendment bylaws will have an opportunity to be heard at the Public Hearing or, if you are unable to attend, you may send your written submission, including your name and address, to the City Clerk’s Ofﬁce by 4:00 p.m. on the date of the Public Hearing. All submissions will form part of the record of the Hearing.

2 BR, 2 bath, luxury, in Sardis, granite, built in ac, hardwood, avail Apr 1, $950. 604-751-1503 2 BR Central Chwk, nr amen, gas f/p, insuite w/d, prkg, rent to own $675 neg, refs req 604-807-7527

These proposed bylaws may be inspected between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, from Wednesday, March 2, 2011 to Tuesday, March 15, 2011, both inclusive, in the Ofﬁce of the City Clerk at City Hall, 8550 Young Road, Chilliwack, BC. Please direct your enquiries to our Planning & Strategic Initiatives Department at 604-793-2906.

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Please note that no further information or submissions can be considered by Council after the conclusion of the Public Hearing. 1299217

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Suites/Partial Houses

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6605

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CARPENTRY, PLUMBING, Electrical, Concrete, etc. Call Dave 604-824-9141 RENOVATIONS, PAINTING & more. Please go to rcthomson.buiding.officelive.com

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• Bark Mulch • Mushroom Manure U PICKUP OR WE DELIVER

604-794-3388

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HOME SERVICES Find the professionals you need to create the perfect renovation. To advertise call 604-630-3300

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PRIDE PAINTING 3 Room Special

P A I N $ T from I N Call Rob to book today G 604-819-5693

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Interior and Exterior Painting

C O U N T E R S C O N T R A C T I N G

604-825-3884

(formerly the Counter Guy)

FINAL FINISH CONTRACTING • Bathrooms • Kitchens • Basements • Sun Decks • Additions

604-793-3631 BILL BOUTHOT 604-819-4362 TED BOOTH

‘Your Home Renovation Specialists Inside & Out’

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604-792-1479

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