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auline Jollymour’s Chilliwack home has been called hazardous, filthy, disgusting and a pig sty. And that was just by the mayor on Tuesday evening as city council gave reconsideration to a remedial action order for the elderly woman’s Mayfair Avenue home. “I need to be very frank with you, but your house is disgusting,” Mayor Sharon Gaetz told Jollymour. “Your house is very filthy and it’s not right to live in that home and it’s not right to annoy your neighbours in such ways.” Jollymour, 90, did not disagree with Gaetz about the condition of the house, which is overgrown with grass and bushes and surrounded by piles of garbage and debris. But the woman pleaded with council for more time to clean up the property as she has tried to do for years, stymied at every turn by her 56-year-old son who she says suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder. “I have a problem, so I guess that’s why I’m here,” Jollymour said. “My place is a real mess and I don’t like it and every time I try to do something about it he says it bothers him. . . . I love my son dearly and I don’t want to hurt his feelings . . . but I can’t do anything as long as he objects.” On July 16, council issued the remedial action for the home that is among the worst examples of hoarding new Chilliwack Fire Department chief Ian Josephson See HOARDERS, Page 5
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wo men busted in 2010 at a Chilliwack opium field were sentenced to house arrest after a judge rejected Crown counsel’s valuation of the poppy crop. The crop did not contain half a million poppy plants valued at several million dollars, Judge Roy Dickey ruled at a sentencing hearing Wednesday for Abbotsford’s Tehal Singh Bath and Mission’s Mandeep Singh Dhaliwal. Bath and Dhaliwal had pleaded guilty to charges of drug production and possession for the purpose of trafficking charges after being found at the Keith Wilson Road opium field in 2010. The opium was destined to be used in doda, a powder used to make tea that provides a high simiSEE MORE PHOTOS layar lar to, but much milder than, the sensation caused by other opium products like morphine and heroin. Chilliwack might be a great place to grow corn, but it’s apparently not ideal for opium. Dickey cited an expert’s testimony that opium plants grown in the Lower Mainland were likely to produce fewer pods containing less-potent narcotics. “Chilliwack has a poor climate for the production of the opium poppy,” Dickey said. “The fact it was growing here at all shows the lack of sophistication of the offenders.” Dickey ruled that the field likely contained between 120,000 and 240,000 opium plants—far fewer than the RCMP’s estimation of 566,000. He also said those plants would have produced just a tenth of Crown counsel’s estimated doda yield. Instead of a crop of 1,200 to 3,000 kilograms
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David Miller had Huntington’s disease, an incurable disease that was robbing him of his personality and would eventually kill him. Then things got worse. On Dec. 26, 2009, Miller stabbed his wife Susan to death. Their family was left to pick up the pieces.
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New ASU regiments will get Freedom of the City parade BY PAUL J. HENDERSON phenderson@chilliwacktimes.com
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he last time there was a Freedom of the City parade in Chilliwack, it was for a military unit that was to remain in the city forever, according to the commander at the time. “We’re not going anywhere,” Major Ian Somerville of the Area Support Unit (ASU) said after the 60-member unit marched to the Chilliwack Museum on May 24, 2003. Sadly, ASU Chilliwack did shut down this year, seemingly ending the military tradition in the city. But all along, Chilliwack-Fraser Canyon MP Mark Strahl said the Canadian Forces would remain in Chilliwack in some form. The Royal Westminster Regiment, 39 Combat Engineer Regiment and the 39 Services Battalion now occupy the old ASU base and
so, in accordance with military tradition, city council conferred the “Freedom of the City” on the three new regiments at Tuesday’s meeting. The declaration authorizes the units to march through the streets of Chilliwack “with the band playing, drums beating and bayonnets fixed.” The date for the parade has been set for Oct. 26. The arrival of the three regiments is welcome news for the city, long steeped in military tradition. The departure of ASU Chilliwack elicited concern from Mayor Sharon Gaetz. “We’re a little bit touchy about touching the military because we live in an area that is prone to earthquakes and flooding and so we want to make sure that there is a continued military presence,” Gaetz said last year before details on the closure had been announced.
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Traffic-flow study shows light by casino not needed
BY PAUL J. HENDERSON phenderson@chilliwacktimes.com
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ity hall may have some grumpy gamblers on its hands after the planned traffic light in front of the Chances Chilliwack casino got nixed Tuesday. At its July 2 meeting, city council was set to make a decision on a contractor for the traffic signal installation project at the corner of Young Road and Olds Drive. Coun. Ken Popove said he didn’t think the traffic in the area warranted it. “I don’t think there is need for a light there,” he said at the time. Council then sent the matter back to staff to see if there were other intersections that might be a higher priority for a new traffic light. City staff completed a study to confirm the HOARDERS, from page 1
need for a new light and found traffic volume has been 26 per cent lower than what was predicted in a 2010, pre-construction report. “The report also found that the peak traffic flow to and from the casino is occurring after 6 p.m., while the peak flow on Young Road occurs between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m.,” according to a city engineering report. “The post construction 2013 report concludes that a traffic signal at the Young/Olds intersection is not warranted at this time.” Council did issue a request for proposal and received a tender of $266,760.46 from Fraser City Installations, as well as one for $327,440 from Crown Contracting. Council rejected both tenders at Tuesday’s meeting and Mayor Sharon Gaetz thanked Popove for bringing forward the question of whether the project was necessary.
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says he has ever seen. Complaints have come from neighbours have remained so for quite a number of years for years about the outside, but inside, among and have never proven to be a threat to either towers of trash, stacked boxes, used food con- us nor the public,” the handwritten letter said. The son said some of the complaints about tainers, and endless mountains of unused mess were untrue, and he referred to compaper products, things are even worse. The stacks of garbage provide not only a plainants as “busybodies.” Council voted unanimously Tuesday to home for rats, a fire hazard and a source of enforce the remedial action. mould, they are so high they Gaetz told Jollymour the physically threaten the life remedial action may be a of the woman and her son, according to those who have steps up tonight and blessing in disguise as it forces the property to be cleaned visited the house. helps this lady.” up so that the woman’s son The Times took a tour of cannot object. the home earlier this year Jason Lum The cost of cleanup will be alongside Chilliwack Fire added to the property ownDepartment (CFD) Capt. er’s tax bill. Don Van Beest who said he Couns. Ken Huttema and Stewart McLean felt helpless to deal with the problem. After the remedial action was ordered on expressed empathy to Jollymour, but argued July 16, Jollymour’s son wrote to request a that council’s job was to take into considerreconsideration hearing, as is allowed under ation the entire neighbourhood. Coun. Jason Lum called it the hardest vote the Community Charter. That letter, dated July 29, said the son was he had ever taken. “This could be anybody’s mother or grandwriting on behalf of his mother. In it, he said he cannot understand how the property can mother so my message today is to Fraser be declared a public nuisance, dilapidated, or Health and I hope that somebody watches tonight . . . and I hope somebody steps up how it is a health and safety risk. “The conditions of this house and property tonight and helps this lady.”
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Park board manager facing fraud charges Accused of defrauding SFU of more than $800,000
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ultus Lake Park Board’s manager of financial services is facing serious charges of fraud from his previous position with Simon Fraser University (SFU). SFU alleges that Siamak Saidi defrauded the school of more than $800,000, using the misappropriated funds to buy three properties. Cultus Lake Park Board (CLPB) chair Sacha Peter confirmed that Saidi is currently employed as manager of financial services but he
couldn’t say more. “Given that this issue is now before the courts and involves a humanresources matter on our end, I cannot give you further comment,” Peter told theTimes. Siadi was hired by the CLPB after the previous manager, Rebecca Johnson, resigned acrimoniously after claiming commissioner and then park board chair Bob McRea had bullied her and other staff. SFU says Saidi, while employed
as director of finance for the science faculty, prepared and submitted to SFU for payment more than 500 invoices from companies in which he was a director. The money paid out was then used by Saidi, who is currently a chartered accountant, to buy three properties, according to a notice of civil claim filed in B.C. Supreme Court. The results of an internal audit by SFU were turned over to the RCMP in 2012 and Saidi has been charged
with fraud over $5,000, theft over $5,000, forgery and using forged documents. He was scheduled for an appearance on the criminal charges in Vancouver provincial court Wednesday morning. The civil lawsuit says that Saidi was employed by SFU prior to June 2010 until his termination in January 2012, when his job became redundant as a result of a restructuring. A new manager who took over Saidi’s responsibilities for general
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Thai cop who shot local woman gets 37.5 years
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he Thai police officer who killed a Calgary man and ser iously wounded a Chilliwack woman has finally been sentenced for the 2008 shooting. Sgt. Uthai Dechawiwat, 43, had pleaded guilty earlier this month to the murder of 24year-old Leo Del Pinto and the attempted murder of his friend Carly Reisig. He was sentenced this week to 37 1/2 years in prison. Del Pinto and Reisig, a Sardis secondary grad, were backpacking together when they were shot outside a bar in northern Thailand in 2008. Dechawiwat was off duty at the time of the shooting. At first, he admitted to shooting Del Pinto but claimed his gun went off accidentally during an altercation. A later investigation contradicted that claim, exposed a cover-up and led to the murder and attempted murder charges. Even so, the case stalled in the Thai courts for several years.
In the meantime, Dechawiwat was charged and convicted of beating his pregnant wife to death. The 37 1/2 years will be added on top of his previous sentence. Del Pinto’s father, who was in the Thai court for sentencing, thinks he knows why the former cop finally admitted to his son’s murder. “This man pleaded guilty at the last minute to avoid the death sentence, just as he did when he murdered his wife,” Ernie Del Pinto told journalist Andrew Drummond. In 2010, Reisig told the Times: “I want some justice done. It’s been two-and-ahalf years with no closure,” she continued. “There needs to be justice. How many other people need to die before they realize this man is a danger? I just want something to be done.” She was unavailable for comment this week. But Metro Calgary reported this week that she is living in isolation on a small island between Vancouver and Gabriola islands. “My life has changed forever,” she told the newspaper.
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erly located within Chilliwack,” Mayor Sharon Gaetz said in a press release. “By assigning them to the M6 industrial zone we will be able to accurately situate local MMGOs in a positive manner while protecting valuable farmland and minimizing the potential for complaints.” The increase in the number of MMGOs in Chilliwack since the program was introduced in 2001 exceeds national or provincial averages. In February, there were 513 personal use production licences and 77 designated person production licences in Chilliwack, which was more than three times the average across British Columbia. That was more than triple the number of legal marijuana growers from a year prior. At the public hearing Tuesday, a number of people spoke in favour of the changes proposed. One of those people was Kathy Robertson, who said the medical marijuana grow operation next to her business has caused years of nuisance and stress.
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edical marijuana growers now know some of the hoops they’ll have to jump through if they want to set up shop in Chilliwack next year. And it won’t be easy. The nearly 600 holders of medical marijuana grow licences in the City of Chilliwack will no longer be able to grow pot in their homes, businesses or agricultural properties after new federal regulations take effect April 1, 2014. As part of the transition to the new rules, municipalities have to decide which zones allow for medical marijuana grow operations (MMGO). City council gave second and third reading Tuesday to amendments to a zoning bylaw to regulate MMGOs. That included disallowing MMGOs from any zone but “special industrial.” “We are taking a proactive approach to ensure these new businesses are prop-
“The smell we find highly offensive,” she said, adding that she has to explain to customers about the odours. Another woman told council she opposed marijuana growing in agricultural areas because the secrecy means pesticide use and effluent discharge cannot be monitored properly. One commercial property owner asked council about whether his M3-zoned property could be rezoned to allow for an MMGO. Another individual who said he was a quality assurance manager for a group seeking growing licences had a number of questions about the city’s approach to regulating MMGOs. The process for proponents won’t be easy and it will be very public as those looking to start an MMGO will need to find a site designated special industrial in the Official Community Plan. Then they will have to rezone that property, a public process that will involve community feedback.
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of doda, as one expert witness for the Crown had suggested the field could produce, Dickey ruled the growers would likely reap just 120 to 240 kilograms of doda from their crop. Combined with the likelihood that the crop would be sold wholesale, Dickey estimated the doda’s worth at between $120,000 and $240,000. That number is less than a tenth of Crown counsel’s valuation. Bath and Dhaliwal are believed to be the first people in Canada to be sen-
tenced for producing opium for doda. “This is an unusual case for these courts,” Dickey said. Dhaliwal and Bath were both present when the lease for the field was signed with the property’s owner. But that meeting included a fourth person, for whom defence counsel Ian Donaldson had previously suggested Dhaliwal and Bath worked. Dickey took that into account. “I find I have no evidence that either
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n Monday as Prime Minister Stephen Harper was touring the far North and making political announcements (how soon is the next federal election?), he took time out to prorogue Parliament. The MPs were scheduled to return to the House of Commons on Sept. 15 but now, thanks to this not-suspicious-in-the-least political move, the House is expected to return sometime in October when the PM will have the Throne Speech delivered. But Harper says October is only the tentative date. Needless to say, critics claim that this move is to avoid dealing with the Senate expense scandal in public. (I suspect there’s some flies on walls that would get great book deals could they get the behind closed door conversations on paper.) Mr. H also prorogued Parliament in 2008 to avoid a non-confidence vote, if you recall. Proroguement is the parliamentary version of hitting the reset button. Legislation that’s in the pipeline basically dies. It can be brought back in the next session but it’s basically back to the drawing board. (Of course even under the rules for prorogueing, the government can still sit for a few days to finish up important business but guess what the chances are of that happening?)
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Be Our Guest What will die with this move? Before the house is legislation on Senate reform, including term limits and changing to an elected Senate, and legislation that includes restrictions for offenders who cannot be held criminally responsible for their actions because of mental illness. So thank goodness that Parliament’s been prorogued, I hear you all saying to yourself. The last thing we, Canadians, need is a group of federal politicians heading back to Ottawa to get some work done. I believe the powers of the prorogue should be available to others. Naturally some students would welcome being able to tell their teacher to prorogue yourself. Then the kiddies could elongate that all too short summer break from school. On the coast such an elongated summer break would probably last until the resumption of seasonal rains. So likely around late October or November kids would stroll into class, sick of being drenched and be all the more ready to hit the
books. After all, there’s nothing in law that says students have to be in school for a certain number of days. Oh wait, yeah, it’s called the School Act and it’s there because there is, for most humans, a direct correlation between the amount of time a person devotes to a significant task and the success of said task. So sorry kids, it’s off to school come Sept. 3, secure in the knowledge that if you work hard in school, someday you, too, can become a federal politician and not have to put in an honest days’ effort. I know many employees would like to be able to prorogue their work or at least some tasks. Lots of average workers might want this power to clear away those pesky assignments or create more four-day work weeks. Wouldn’t that be a joy for companies and employers? And oh how it would aid productivity. Who needs a GDP anyway? I can see the person assigned to deep-fryer duty on hot days, or sewage plant workers or garbage collectors wanting to have some power to say “not today.” I think that would hold true for anyone in grimy jobs but it could be worse, they could go into something really dirty, like politics. ◗ Heather Colpitts is a reporter with the LangleyAdvance.
ith all the negative press the International Olympic Committee is receiving regardingVladimir Putin’s archaic attitude towards freedom of expression, now is the perfect opportunity for the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) to steal the positive spotlight. Or so you’d think. Apparently, it thinks otherwise. Instead, the IPC created controversy of its own, by announcing an inane ruling that kept current world record holder Victoria Arlen relegated to poolside for the 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships in Montreal this past week. The IPC released a statement just prior to the start of the Montreal meet declaring Arlen ineligible for any future Paralympic competitions, based on the possibility that her paralysis may not be permanent. The 18-year-old American athlete suffered a rare neurological disorder of the spinal cord known as transverse myelitis, at the age of 11. It left her paralyzed from the waist down. The catch is that transverse myelitis is not necessarily a permanent disorder. Yes, Arlen is a paraplegic and the IPC accepts that she was definitely a paraplegic when she set a world record and won a gold medal in the 100-metre freestyle and silver medals in three other races in London last year. The IPC is not calling Arlen a cheater. What the IPC is saying, is that there is a chance that Arlen won’t be a paraplegic for life, and because of that, she is ineligible to compete against other athletes with disabilities. That’s right. It matters not that Arlen is a paraplegic. It matters not that she is the best in the world. It matters only that, through possible remission, Arlen may be able to walk again someday. This is not an issue of Arlen’s affliction being temporary. It’s an issue of her affliction possibly not being permanent. Possibly. There is a substantial difference between “temporary’ and “possibly not permanent.” Let her compete. We can assure you that, should Arlen ever walk again, she would gladly walk right into the IPC office and hand over every medal she ever won as a paraplegic. Taking away her opportunity to compete as an elite athlete based on what might happen in the future is simply ridiculous. Ridiculous, narrow-minded, and using extremely bad judgment.
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CHILLIWACK TIMES THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 2013
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Faith healing not the way forward for humanity
Editor: Vern Tompke’s article on faith healing (Times, Faith Today, Aug 15) is a classic expression of magical thinking with a healthy dose of confirmation bias. Despite millennia of desperate appeals to the supernatural, the world remains rife with human misery and suffering caused by everything from natural disasters, war and disease, yet I am to be impressed with someone’s knee feeling better. Mr. Tompke skillfully dodges the inconvenience of the numerous studies on intercessory prayer which show no advantage to those prayed for. One such study famously indicated that the people prayed for actually fared worse, likely due to performance anxiety. This is where the confirmation bias kicks in and we’re told that regardless of whether or not healing actually takes place, the exercise is still worthwhile. The reality is that the people who do the praying get a warm and fuzzy feeling thinking that they are able to influence the thoughts and actions of the creator of the universe. The near tripling of our life expectancy and massive decrease in infant mortality over the last century and a half, made possible with rational thought and science, should be celebrated as a monumental achievement of human intellect and perseverance. The Germ Theory of Disease has long replaced ideas like demonic possession and Miasma (“bad” or “evil” air). The pre-medieval
environment, seriously threaten homes and lives, and cost huge sums to put out. For those of us who live rurally, off the municipal water supply and far from any fire hydrant, this is of particular concern. Those who continue to sell firewood at the roadside during this ban are encouraging others to put us all at risk. Helen Shilladay Chilliwack
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thinking of rabid faith healing con artists like Benny Hinn and others of his ilk (did Oral Roberts really converse with a 900-foot Jesus?) is not the way forward for humanity, instead it leads to stagnation and setback. During the group psychoses of these charlatans, the collection buckets are passed amongst those writhing and shaking on the ground, to support their lavish, multi-million dollar lifestyles. The most sad irony of Mr. Tompke’s article is that it comes merely one week after murder charges were upheld against a fundamentalist Christian couple in the U.S. who allowed a second child to die by favouring prayer over the medicine that would have saved him. That’s right, child number two in their family to die at the hands of faith healers, and one of at least 200 children in the last few decades alone. Paul Medwenitsch Chilliwack
Punishment doesn’t fit Wallin’s crime
Sale of firewood flies in face of ban Editor: Our local firehall here on Chilliwack Lake Road has a huge sign emblazoned across the Forest Fire risk status noticeboard proclaiming a ban on campfires in the area due to the long period of hot and dry weather which we are having here in the valley. Why, then, are there multiple cars and trailers along the road through Yarrow, and along the lake road, selling $5 bundles of firewood? This wood cannot be for any other purpose than for making campfires and, as the ban is in place, it is hugely irresponsible for these vendors to be selling the means with which to break this vital rule. Forest fires cause damage to the
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Editor: Pamela Wallin says she will repay the $121,000 she illegally claimed and spent. Is that the end of the story? When I was 14 years old I removed a $3 cigarette lighter from under the display counter inside a department store. All I wanted to get was a light for my cigarette. After lighting my cigarette, before I had a chance to return the cigarette lighter back to the glass shelf under the display counter, a security man grabbed me and he accused me of shoplifting the cigarette lighter. Less than a week later Judge H.G. Andrews found me guilty of shoplifting and the consequences of my crime was return of the $3 cigarette lighter to the department store and two years incarceration
in a juvenile detention centre. Pamela Wallin says she will repay the money, but what about the consequences? She and the others did not come forward voluntarily, they were caught red handed. Mike Hodge Chilliwack
Born that way, they could change Editor: Re: Jennifer Woodroff’s letter, Chilliwack Times, Aug. Why should a country have gay parades where they flaunt their sins openly, and mock Christ’s suffering on Calvary? Would this not provoke the Lord God to anger who has forbidden same sex marriages? Do we deliberately provoke the Lord God? They can’t fall back on discrimination, as heterosexuals don’t need a parade to show people who they are. Homosexuals would be much better off if they kept their sexual orientation to themselves not try to force it on others, and stop whining about being downtrodden, misunderstood, hated, misused, and how not everyone considers homosexuality a healthy choice in life. The truth is they are not born that way, and could change their behaviour. Sylvia Commerford Chilliwack
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Faith Today
Trust God, let him be your GPS
BY SHAWN VANDOP Promontory Ministries
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ike many of you I have a GPS (global positioning system) in my car. A GPS directs you to where you want to go and will correct you when you go off course. You simply punch in the address you want to get to and the GPS will tell you how to get there. It will give you both audible and visual directions. It speaks to you (usually in a female British voice) telling you when and where to turn declaring your final destination once you’ve arrived. The key to arriving at your
destination, though, is for you to bring your driving into submission to the wisdom and voice of the GPS. However, there are times when I am driving that I question the wisdom of my GPS. I think I know a better way because what it’s telling me doesn’t seem right or make sense. It’s in those moments that I decide to lean on my own understanding and go my own way rather than the way of the system. That’s how a lot of people relate to God. They believe in him only until things no longer make sense. They trust him until the road they find themselves on doesn’t feel right
or is kind of bumpy—and so they stop leaning into God and begin trying to figure it out on their own. They fail to remember that even though the direction God is taking them may not make sense it’s always the right way. This truth takes a long time to learn which is why God is patient with us. So when we go our own way, God, just like your GPS recalculates your direction—giving you a chance to get back on track. That’s why the Bible tells us to “Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding, seek his will in all
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voice because he’ll always make sure you go the right way. Remember, God knows exactly what path you need to take. It probably won’t be comfortable, or always make sense and you’ll often feel like your lost. But God always uses the journey to teach us to trust him. So will you? Will you lean in on God and submit to his way and his voice believing that he will show you which path to take? I pray you will—even when it doesn’t make sense. ◗ Shawn is a pastor at Promontory Ministries. Feel free to contact him at shawn@mypcc.ca.
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move provides tremendous excitement for the fans. There’s nothing better than seeing a driver step out, on purpose or by accident, and watch the carnage, the wall hits, and the spins that happen. Usually it’s by accident, as all the drivers try to avoid the above. What makes for really exciting racing is watching the side-by-side, doorto-door laps that make good racing, great. This is kind of like watching the entire violin section trying to one up each other in the hopes that they will be chosen as first chair next round. Now, back to racing. Aug. 24 is racing day at Agassiz Speedway. We will have the Sportsman again and the Ministocks racing along with the Hornets in a 100-lap special, and you can bet that old Hornet 61 (my car) will be doing its best to win this one. Let’s just see how many bagpipes put on a display this time out. Check out www.Agassizspeedway.com for all the details on the winners and standings. P.S. The new completed washrooms are a big hit. Amazing what flushable toilets do to keep fans happy.
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News FAMILY, from page 3 But after Susan’s life drained from her on Boxing Day of 2009, Milne and Anderson were sure that David’s terrible act was caused by his mind-altering disease. Prosecutors weren’t as sure. Shock and survival Susan was dead. David was in jail. Lee was essentially an orphan. And Anderson and Milne found themselves almost unable to comprehend the turn of events. Three years later, they speak in even tones borne of familiarity with tragedy. But still they seem a little shellshocked. “I never in my wildest dreams believed that it would come to what it came to,” Milne said In the minutes and hours after the killing, there wasn’t time to contemplate who and how and why. Instead, the family went into “survival mode,” Milne said. The immediate focus was Lee, then just 15 years old. After stabbing Susan, David had walked down the stairs, told Lee what he had done. She was the one who called 9-1-1, who waited alongside her mother for paramedics to arrive. After police arrived, Lee went to stay at a friend’s house. Meanwhile, her aunt and grandmother tried to reassemble a life for her. Those first days were a blur. Anderson quickly applied to become Lee’s guardian but found the courts slow and unresponsive to her situation—a hurdle that still rankles. “Why would there be any question of where [Lee] would go?” asked Anderson, still angry at a court system that she said made them jump “through hoops.” Then there was the Millers’ family house. It was a murder scene, but it also held all of Lee’s possessions and was the home of horses, sheep, dogs and cats. That challenge was overcome only because of the help of local Mounties and neighbours. “I don’t believe we would have come out of this as unscathed as we did, without the help of some very kind, kind people,” Milne said. One RCMP member in particular, she said “is now a part of our family.” School administrators at G.W. Graham also came in for high praise. Admitted stabbing his wife Meanwhile, prosecutors had begun building their murder case against David. At a later court hearing into David’s fitness to stand trial, Crown counsel Henry Waldock would tell the court about discord in the Millers’ marriage. That, he said, gave David a motive regardless of his mental state. The eventual question for the court
They would rather defend than condemn to decide would be whether David’s misfiring brain caused him to kill his wife, or whether he did so of his own volition. Victims and their families often find themselves aligned with prosecutors in a quest for justice. This was not one of those cases. Just weeks after the killing, Paul McMurray stood before the court representing David
Miller. He had been hired by Milne and Anderson. It was admitted that David had stabbed his wife. But whether he could form the intent necessary for a murder charge to stick was still unclear. For the next two and a half years, McMurray would work to have Miller spend the rest of his life not in a prison, but in a forensic hospital. The family’s move to
defend, rather than condemn, Susan’s killer didn’t sit well with everyone. While neighbours refused to judge, others were more willing to cast blame. “I suppose you hear about something horrific and for most people, the thought that comes to your mind is, ‘I hope they throw the book at that guy,’” said Milne. But Anderson and Milne
both say they felt no anger towards David for what he did. “They were both gone from us,” Anderson said. Yet David was still alive. Is still alive. Milne and Anderson knew the killing showed David to be dangerous and in need of confinement. But neither thought their in-law deserved to decay and die in prison alongside hardened
criminals. “This is a guy who had never been in trouble,” Milne said. “He has to be somewhere in custody because he did something horrible.” But, she added, “he wouldn’t last in prison . . . At the end of the day, the best thing that we could hope for was that he not be held in prison [but] that he be held in a forensic hospital.” See FAMILY, Page 18
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No fans of our court system Before he could stand trial for murder, David first had to be judged fit to stand trial. To be fit, a defendant must be able to participate in his or her own defence, by making decisions and instructing counsel. The defendant’s mental state at the time of his or her crime is not a factor. It’s a relatively low bar to meet and in October 2011, a judge ruled David, while sick, was capable of standing trial. Looking back, Milne and Anderson have few good words to say about the criminal justice system. They call it inflexible, cold, inefficient and political. “Is this a man who knew what was going on? Clearly not,” Milne said. David’s legal journey was also agonizingly slow. Milne and Anderson would repeatedly show up to court, only to be told a hearing was delayed until another date. It was torture, but hardly rare in B.C. “When you’re going to court to participate in something, there’s a
feel normal. Or at least normal-ish. Life goes on. And that’s why they’re sitting talking to a reporter. “To see the brilliance of the blue sky and have happiness in your life, you have to forgive,” Milne said. Neither woman is religious. They don’t blame—and hence can’t forgive—either David or God. But the game of chance that blesses and robs, that roll of a dice that leads to Huntington’s disease and everything it brings with it—that they can forgive. That they must forgive. “There isn’t a person to forgive, so you have to forgive the circumstances,” Milne said. “You have to get past the ‘Why us? Why our family? Why have we had so much tragedy?’ “Whether it’s a person you have to forgive or the circumstances you have to forgive, you have to find a way to do it. Otherwise it can take over your life.”
the end of David Miller’s court saga. He is scheduled to appear in February of 2014 in order to determine whether he is still unfit. But Huntington’s patients do not get better. There are no miraculous recoveries.
whole psychological process that takes place before you go,” Milne said. “When you look at the timewasting factor, it doesn’t appear to ever occur to the people in that system, how does it impact the people who are here to do this, to hear this, to speak to this, whatever.” But those delays also allowed McMurray to retry the fitness issue. In the months after he was declared fit to stand trial, David’s condition deteriorated. Last spring, a month before his trial was set to begin, more testing was ordered. Those tests showed David could understand neither the legal process, nor any potential sentence. He couldn’t communicate with counsel or remember what happened the previous day. Two weeks before the scheduled start of the trial, David was ruled unfit to stand trial and sent back to the Port Coquitlam forensic psychiatric hospital where he was being held. It was, for all practical purposes,
More than their share of tragedy Survival is a game of chance. Through medicine and personal actions, we can improve our odds. But even loaded dice sometimes come up snake eyes. One loss means you can lose twice means you can lose three times. Milne and Anderson know that all too well. In a decade, Milne lost her father, uncle, older sister and—on Boxing Day of 2009—both her younger sister and brother-in-law. “This is a family,” Anderson said, “who after the last 11 years had had more than its share of tragedy.” And yet, the two women sit in the Sardis home they now share with Lee and marvel at how not-messedup their lives currently are. Things
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CHILLIWACK TIMES THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 2013
Paul J. Henderson
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Vancouver band Ghostess will once again perform on the tractor stage at Art on the Farm on Aug. 24 in the Columbia Valley.
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here will be chickens and chainsaws, food and photography, painting and pottery, music and a minipetting zoo. Barking Dog Farm in the Columbia Valley past Cultus Lake once again hosts Art on the Farm, a free family outdoor art gathering on Aug. 24. New for this year’s event, the ninth, are chainsaw art demonstrations, a kids area, and a blackberry jam making demonstration. All artisans are juried and must hand make their products. Local artists will demonstrate pottery wheel throwing, wood turning, and spinning. The event features paintings, photography and other
hand-crafted treasures such as Local Grain’s wood art, stained glass, hand-spun wool, woven blankets, glass beads, hand-sewn pillows and soaps. Visitors will be treated to handmade candies from DipsyDoodle Creations and yummy pastas and sandwiches from VISIT WEBSITE Hotties Foods. Vancouver bands Ghostess and Sometime After Sundown will entertain from the tractor stage with their bluesy rock sound. The guitars, vocals and percussion box bring the orchard to life. The Chilliwack School of Performing Arts will perform their annual play
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Chilliwack painter Zwany Mauritz works on a portrait of Mayor Sharon Gaetz at last year’s Art on the Farm.
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Cascadia Wind Ensemble
The Cascadia Wind Ensemble under the direction of Shannon Goldsmith will begin rehearsals Aug. 22 at 7:30 p.m. at Vedder middle school. The concert band was established in April and will operate out of Chilliwack and Abbotsford. Newcomers to Chilliwack and Abbotsford with instrumental skills on band instruments are encouraged to come to rehearsals or call Jack for information at 604-7954301. The band will play one of the final musical events at Minter Gardens Sept. 22 from noon to 4 p.m. Dust off your woodwind, brass or percussion instruments and take a musical journey with people of all ages.
What’s on To include your event, contact Paul J. Henderson at phenderson@chilliwacktimes.com. Put your event on our digital calendar by visiting www.chilliwacktimes.com.
Art on the Farm
Barking Dog Farm in the Columbia Valley hosts the ninth annual free family outdoor art event, Art on the Farm on Aug. 24. The event features paintings, photography and other hand-crafted treasures such as Local Grain’s wood art, stained glass, hand-spun wool, woven blankets, glass beads, hand-sewn pillows and soaps. The event is at 1162 Iverson Rd. For more information visit artonthefarm.ca.
Concerts in the Park
The Hope and District Arts Council presents Saturday Concerts in the Park. Aug. 24 features The Crew. Time is noon to 2 p.m. at the band shell at Memorial Park in Hope.
August at Branch 280
Branch 280 of the Royal Canadian Legion has special events scheduled this month. Dance from 8 p.m. to
midnight with Whiskey River, Aug. 23 and 24; and Greg Hampson, Aug. 30 and 31. New kitchen staff and menu; check it out.
Harrison Craft Market
Harrison Hot Springs is the place to be this Labour Day weekend, with art, music and even a few Sasquatch tales. The Harrison Festival Society’s Harrison Craft Market will again take place at the Memorial Hall on Aug. 31, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sept. 1, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free. Last year’s highly successful Bands on the Beach event returns. Also returning are Bill and Tom, the Sasquatch researchers, who will be back to answer your questions.
Tech N9ne
U.S. rapper Tech N9ne returns to Chilliwack Aug. 31 as part of his Something Else Canadian Tour 2013. The tour is named after Tech N9ne’s Something Else album,
released July 30 by Strange Music. Tech N9ne plays Evergreen Hall. To get tickets visit www.strangemusicinc.net.
Ulrich at Minter
Enjoy a fabulous buffet dinner at Minter Gardens followed by an intimate concert with legendary Canadian singer Shari Ulrich on Sept. 6. Support conservation and education at the Great Blue Heron Nature Reserve by attending this special fundraiser. Tickets are available online at chilliwackblueheron.com or through the office at 604-823-6603, herons@shawbiz.ca.
Classic country
Chilliwack Senior Recreation Centre Jammers presents an evening of classic country at Chilliwack Central Community Park Sept. 7, 4 to 8 p.m. Rod and Marnie Kidder have hosted the jam session for the past five years every Saturday evening. They have seen an increase over the years of local talent in all levels of ability from beginners to seasoned musicians. Contact Rod or Marnie for any further information 604792-1168.
Back to the Garden
On now at the Chilliwack Art Gallery at the Cultural Centre
is the Chilliwack Visual Artists Association group exhibition, Back to the Garden, running until Sept. 7. This is a spectacular display of artwork in all media depicting the artists’ own interpretation of the theme. With many new members participating, this exhibit promises to be as diverse and exciting as any CVAA members group show, and is destined to appeal to the community from a broad age group and wide variety of interests.
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Market in the Park
Saturday Market in the Park at Main Beach at Cultus Lake (beside Giggle Ridge) runs Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. with entertainment at 11 a.m. Vendors are selling all kinds of things: crafts, essential oils, household items, fresh baking and more.
Hometown Swing
Hometown Swing is Chilliwack’s first Swing Dance group that organizers are trying to start up. The first dance is on Sept. 13 at 8:30 p.m. until 11:30 p.m. at Evergreen Hall. There is a free group lesson that begins at 7:45 p.m. that evening, before the main dance. Admission fee is $10 for everyone (regardless of whether you take the lesson or not, as it’s all volunteer and no one is being paid). All proceeds, once costs are covered, go towards the MS Society. Organizers hope to have a silent auction as well with proceeds to go towards the MS Society. Visit Hometown Swing on Facebook and attendees can RSVP to Jordan Peters at jpeters9@ gmail.com, subject line: “Hometown Swing RSVP.”
Wood at Museum
Six local woodturners have a display of a variety of hand-turned wood objects at the Chilliwack Museum. Bowls, plates, vases and free forms made from local and exotic woods are showcased. Included is the work by Murray Sluys, Michael Hamilton Clark, George Guerts, Ross Paterson, Brian Murphy and Roger Pitts. The exhibit will remain at the museum until Sept. 13.
Leflock workshop
Great Blue Heron Reserve resident artist John Leflock hosts a number of art workshops over the summer. Next up on Sept. 14 is a family wildlife art workshop, $25 per family. Register by email at herons@shawbiz.ca or call
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Chilliwack had consistently come Health Canada has told the Times country, from under 500 authorized in about 10 per cent below the there are now 666 persons in Chilliwack persons in 2002 to more than 28,000 provincial average for more than a who hold a licence to possess marijua- today. decade. Mayor Sharon Gaetz and several city na for medical purposes. But local officials now say those That’s a 180 per cent increase in one councillors have made no secret of their figures haven’t accurately reflectyear and mirrors provincial increases. health and safety concerns regarding ed the real picture in Chilliwack As of Feb. 18, there were 13,362 people medical marijuana licences. because the traditional six-year in B.C. authorized to possess, up 190 per cent from a year ago, and accountSee GRAD RATE, Page 4 See MARIJUANA, Page 4
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here there is a heartbeat, there is rhythm. That’s the motto of the Academy of Music’s new drum circle facilitator Anya McRae. McRae and the Academy are gearing up to create a community drum circle in Chilliwack this fall. Drum circles offers hope for those who believe they have no musical bone in their body—everyone can bang on a drum and, with time, players develop musical sensitivity and dexterity. But both novices and professional musicians can be drawn to join drum circles
because of the social element. People of all backgrounds, ages, interests and abilities get together to make music and develop friendships. “You’re drawn closer to people when you share the same activity together,” said McRae, a great promoter of drum circle’s community value. Beyond the musical and social aspects, drums circles are known for their therapeutic value. But McRae does not like to use the word “therapy” in this context because it implies a problem. Drum circles are for everyone, no matter their
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2001 Kia Magentis #DD1286 Full Load, 117kms
$3495
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OUR BEST VALUE SKATES! Source for Sports Exclusive Bauer Skates. Each skate based on the company’s Supreme and Vapor models but with added features/upgrades at no extra cost Bauer Vapor X Velocity SR
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Bauer Supreme One Comp SR
Bauer Supreme One Elite SR
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YOUTH Was $119.99 Sale $99 99
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BAUER SUPREME ONE COMP BAUER SUPREME ONE ELITE BAUER VAPOR PROTECTIVE FAMILY PROTECTIVE FAMILY X SELECT $ 99 Shoulder JR ............. Was $69.99 Sale $5499 Shoulder SR .......... Was $119.99 Sale 94 Shoulder SR ............. Was $69.99 Sale $ 99 $ 99 JR ............. Was $89.99 Sale 74 JR ............. Was $54.99 Sale Shin Pads SR ............. Was $69.99 Sale 54 $ 99 $ 99 JR ............. Was $59.99 Sale 44 Shin Pads SR ............. Was $89.99 Sale 79 Shin Pads SR ............. Was $59.99 Sale $ 99 $ 99 JR ............. Was $79.99 Sale 64 JR ............. Was $49.99 Sale Elbow JR ............. Was $44.99 Sale 39 $ 99 Elbow SR ............. Was $69.99 Sale 59 Elbow SR ............. Was $39.99 Sale $ 99 JR ............. Was $59.99 Sale 49 JR ............. Was $24.99 Sale
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