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hilliwack is known for its unique fragrance, but it was a different sort of stench that forced residents to head indoors and close their windows Sunday. Fire broke out in a landfill on the

Busy crews also respond to arson and forest fire Skway First Nations Reserve early in the morning, sending pungent smoke wafting into the air and challenging firefighters for several hours. At its largest, the fire covered 75

square metres of three-metre-high trash. With roughly 17,000 cubic metres of “free burning” trash in an area without hydrants, firefighters used tanker trucks and hand lines to try to quell the blaze. An excavator

was also being used to dig through the debris to allow firefighters to get at the burning material. About seven hours after it first broke out, the fire was brought under control around noon, assis-

tant fire chief Jeff Ullyot told the Times. “The contractor brought in a big six-inch deluge line and they were able to bring another excavator in and pick it apart and basically ‘surround and drown’ it,” he said. See FIRE, Page 3

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Wingwalker Carol Pilon dazzled the crowd Sunday during the Chilliwack Flight Fest. Pilon and other performers entertained some 10,000 spectators at the annual airshow.

Flight Fest draws in T big crowd

BY CORNELIA NAYLOR cnaylor@chilliwacktimes.com

his year’s Chilliwack Flight Fest ranked among the top two in terms of attendance, according to early estimates by organizer Ray Firkus. He put the number of attendees between 10,000 and 11,000—just a little behind the airshow’s banner year in 2002, when almost 13,000

people showed up to watch the RCAF Snowbirds 431 Air Demonstration Squadron make its first and only appearance at the Chilliwack air show. Canada’s famous aerial demonstration team had been scheduled to make a flyby appearance this Sunday, but low clouds left locals gazing at the sky in vain. “I’m sure there were a lot of people disappointed,” Firkus said. “It’s

unfortunate, but it’s the nature of the beast.” Other aircraft making appearances in Chilliwack compliments of the Comox show, however, did not disappoint. For Firkus, the crowds response to flybys by a CF-18 Hornet fighter and a military CC-150 transport jet were the highlights of the show. “The Hornet was a big big hit,” Firkus said. “Seeing the crowd and

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Council to tackle medical pot issue BY TYLER OLSEN tolsen@chilliwacktimes.com

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he public will get a chance Tuesday to comment on a proposal to regulate where medical marijuana grow operations can be set up within Chilliwack’s city limits A proposed bylaw would prohibit the establishment of marijuana grow ops on land zoned for agriculture use. They would be permitted only on land zoned for “special industrial” purposes. There are very few such sites within city boundaries—a staff report says there are “at least four” properties

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currently zoned for special industrial. That means those wanting to set up a grow op would most likely have to apply to council to have their preferred site rezoned. A staff report says: “While there are potential economic development benefits with [medical marijuana grow operations] there are also implications concerning social, environmental and law-enforcement with the establishment and licensing of centralized, commercialscale indoor marihuana production facilities.” A public hearing on the proposed changes will take place Tuesday at 7 p.m. at City Hall.

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A Volkswagen Jetta sits on Luckaway Way after plunging off the Evans Road Overpass Thursday. The driver was airlifted to hospital with serious injuries.

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The smoke—which prompted officials to urge those with breathing troubles to head indoors—dissipated by the middle of afternoon. Ullyot said such fires are tricky to fight. “It’s very dense; it’s very compacted. Terrain is always an issue; the footing’s unsafe and it’s very difficult to get to without some sort of machine,” he said. Fire officials have not pinpointed what sparked the fire. Firefighters have had a couple of busy days. Just a half hour after the dump fire was reported, firefighters were called to a structure fire in the 46000 block of Fourth Avenue. They arrived to find a detached garage in flames. The flames had spread to the

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he date is Dec. 25, 2009. A happy family gathers around a steaming meal. There are laughs and smiles and stories from a lifetime spent together. It is your generic Hollywood Christmas dinner. Almost. Only the solitary silence of a middleaged man betrays the scene. Ten years ago, his thick English

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accent joined in the family banter. Now he is quiet, withdrawn from the business of the holiday. The man is obviously medicated, but there is nothing particularly ominous about dinner or this holiday. There are no premonitions, no warning signs that within 24 hours, everything will change. A really happy time David and Susan Miller were an unlikely match from the start. At the age of 20, Susan worked at the Vancouver Stock Exchange

as just one of two female stockbrokers in a workplace traditionally dominated by testosterone-fuelled men. A continent and an ocean away, David was a country boy with a country accent working as a stonemason in a tiny English village. They met after Susan burned out of her fast-paced job and travelled to David’s village, where her relatives ran a pub. Love and a daughter followed, as did trips to Canada. Susan’s mother, Jean Anderson,

remembers one of David’s visits to her home, when she lived in Vancouver. “He stood looking out of the sitting room window at the expanse of lights and the Lion’s Gate Bridge and he kept saying ‘By gum!’” In the mid-90s, and with their daughter Lee (not her real name) still a toddler, the pair packed up and moved to Chilliwack, where Susan had grown up. The Millers made their home in

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Fraser fishing ban School board gets its treasurer due to warm water BY CORNELIA NAYLOR cnaylor@chilliwacktimes.com

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ban on salmon fishing on the Fraser River announced last week will hit local First Nations hard and take a bite out of local guiding company revenues. The closure, which applies to all species of salmon from the Alexandra Bridge in the Fraser Canyon to the mouth of the Fraser, was announced Thursday as a measure to protect vulnerable sockeye salmon stocks. L ow e r- t h a n - e x p e c t e d numbers combined with record-high water temperatures that could kill up to 70 per cent of returning sockeye before they have spawned have prompted the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) to shut down not only sockeye fisheries, but all salmon openings to prevent sockeye from being lost as a bycatch. While local First Nations fishers understand the need for the closures, the loss of the catch will cause hardship, according to Sto:lo Tribal Council fisheries advisor Ernie Crey. “Most of the First Nations [along the Fraser River Watershed] are small and impoverished, living on fixed incomes like pensions and social assistance,” Crey told the Times. “Residents of the First Nations tend to be very young families, and the elderly. These communities put away sockeye for the fall and winter months . . . For the First Nations, it’s never a choice between playing 18 holes or fishing. They must fish.” Crey said high temperatures in the Fraser have been an issue for some time and that recommendations for

dealing them are included in the report by Justice Bruce Cohen commissioned to investigate the Fraser sockeye collapse in 2009. But none of the 75 recommendations in the so-called Cohen Commission’s final report issued last October have been implemented, according Crey, and the federal government has yet to make an official response. “For the long term, Ottawa needs to get squarely behind the Wild Salmon Policy and start implementing the recommendations made by Justice Bruce Cohen,” Crey said. But First Nations aren’t the only ones impacted by last week’s Fraser salmon ban. The closure could cost Chilliwack-based Great River Fishing Adventures 30 pre-booked boat days worth of revenue and put its eight full-time guides out of work for weeks. “The impact on us is very significant,” Great River Fishing Adventures vice-president of sales and marketing Matt Clive told the Times. Clive expects the salmon closure to last about two weeks, and he said that would affect about 200 clients from places like Europe and the United States who have booked trips specifically for salmon. While some are willing to make the switch to sturgeon fishing, others as simply canceling their trips to B.C., Clive said. “They’re specifically wanting to do salmon adventures,” he said. “Especially in Europe, there is an appeal or kind of a bragging right to coming and catching a Chinook salmon on the fly on the Fraser River. For the angling community in Europe, that’s a pinnacle.”

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$108 million budget. He also has 14 years of experience in public sector health region accounting, last serving as the regional director of accounting services for the Northern Health Authority “We are excited to have Gerry come to the Chilliwack school district as part of our team as he brings an extensive successful background in finance and administration, but also has an excellent understanding of education issues,” Chilliwack superintendent Evelyn Novak said in a press release posted on the School District No. 33 website last week. “Gerry brings a strong vision for the important role that operations, finance and administrative services can bring to supporting students and student learning. “ Slykhuis is a qualified Certified Manage-

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Writing on the wall for Wallin Dear Pamela Wallin: Can I call you Pamela? I know you’re a senator now, former diplomat, Order of Canada and all that, but I’m a reporter, you used to be a reporter. You remember what it was like, right? OK, maybe I better stick to Ms. Wallin. Because amnesia appears to have overtaken you, and your Senate colleague Mike Duffy as well. First, no one likes the Senate. There are people who defend it as a necessary institution, who see it as a necessary evil, or those who just see it as too difficult to eliminate given the constitutional challenges. But no one gets the warm fuzzies when they think of the red chamber. We think of senators who spent most of their year in Mexico. We think of political appointees who are accountable to no one. We roll our eyes and shrug and wish we didn’t have to pay for it all when it accomplishes so little. Ms. Wallin, you worked for CBC and CTV for years, including working as an Ottawa bureau chief. One of the bread and butter stories for all reporters is finding out how politicians have spent our money. We write a lot of stories about budgets, but we also really, really like to write stories about politicians who spend public money on themselves. Expensive hotels, big restaurant bills for lobster and champagne, trips abroad. So when the Senate is held in

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Be Our Guest such low regard, and free-spending politicians are the pinatas of the press and public, why are you getting your back up about the investigation into your travel expenses? Ms. Wallin, you spent more than half a million dollars on travel and billed it to the Senate in four years. That’s more money than most Canadians will see in 10 years, to cover all their expenses. The vast majority of Canadians do not have plane tickets paid for by someone else so we can commute from Saskatchewan to Ottawa, much less to and from Toronto. And that seems to be a big part of the problem there. It seems that about $121,000 of your expenses were improper in some way. You say you’ll pay it all back. But you also lashed out and said the investigation into your expenses was “fundamentally flawed and unfair.” That position doesn’t make much sense. You’re a powerful and well-connected person. You have the resources to fight back if you feel you’ve been wrongly accused. You could drag this whole thing into the courts.

Instead, you’re acting exactly like a politician—throwing around blame, saying you’re not at fault, but backing down rather than actually defending yourself in an official way. Of course, that may yet happen, as the details of the investigation have now been handed over to the RCMP. This story could still find its last chapters written by a judge. The expense issues with the Senate, particularly with Ms. Wallin and Mac Harb and Mike Duffy and Patrick Brazeau, have been an embarrassment for the Conservatives, as well as a reminder of past Liberal misdeeds, thanks to Harb’s inclusion. But if you still had a journalistic bone left in your body, you could have avoided this entirely, Ms. Wallin. Did you really even need a job as a senator? Did you need the money, after your many high-flying jobs? Did you think you’d have influence, in the part of government that does virtually nothing? Did you think you deserved a new title, somehow? You went from being someone whose job was to hold the powerful accountable, to being powerful and largely unaccountable. You then went on a spending spree with public cash. Really, what were you expecting? A hug? ◗ Matthew Claxton is a reporter with the Langley Advance.

veryone knows education is expensive, but an uneducated population is not a productive one. Students go back to school in a few weeks and those heading off to postsecondary carry with them the stress of knowing one day—soon—they will graduate and will need to find a job to pay off those students loans they are accumulating. The provincial government is spending $1.9 billion on educating students in its 25 post-secondary institutions this year— and students and their parents will kick in a whole bunch more. Many parents hope their kids will end up at university studying in prestigious areas like medicine, law, dentistry, and business. But these days, even doctors are graduating from university and not finding jobs (but apparently there are a lot of jobs in gerontology). Skilled trades and technology are expected to be the fastest growing areas of employment. While we like to encourage our children to pursue their dreams and passions, we also have to keep them grounded and ready to do work that will earn them a living and let them be independent. Unromantic as it may sound, we should encourage our youth to attain skills that are marketable—something that has value for society and somebody will pay money for. Students should also understand that if they do a general four-year degree—while it will broaden one’s mind—the job prospects to start might be making venti cappuccinos or the graveyard shift at Home Depot. Their friends who became millwrights, welders, electricians, or plumbers are more likely to secure gainful employment in the long run—though they too will have to retrain to keep their skills up to date. Working in the service sector is nothing to be ashamed of, but detailed knowledge from the History 455 course about the reasons by the First World War broke out won’t help too much—though it will make for great conversation.

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Putin worse than Hitler Editor: Al Kosub’s letter compels me to provide him with a little historical perspective. In 1933, Hitler’s Germany began banning all literature associated with homosexuality. The Nazis burned this literature, but also literature about any sexuality at all. Eventually, lists of homosexuals were compiled and all homosexuals were, by force of law, compelled to conform to what the Nazis insisted was “normal German sexuality”. The next phase of this legislative persecution is one we’re all much too familiar with: incarceration and genocide. Interestingly, Hitler exempted Olympic athletes from Paragraph 175 (Germany’s anti-gay legislation). This is something Russia’s Mr. Putin has not been very forthcoming about concerning the Sochi Games. In essence, I’m telling Mr. Kosub that Hitler was more lenient in this area than Vladimir Putin. Paragraph 175, enacted in 1871 following the unification of the German Empire (under which it was only sporadically enforced) was expanded by Hitler, according to the archives of the Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC, as follows: “In 1935, Nazi jurists undertook an extensive overhaul of the German criminal code. Paragraph 175 was re-written to broaden the law’s scope of ‘indecencies between men’ from a narrow interpretation of an intercourse-like act, to include virtually any contact between men deemed to have sexual intent, even ‘simple looking’ or ‘simple touching.’” Russia’s law and the tim-

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ing of its enactment (directly prior to an Olympic Games event), are eerily similar. On June 11 of this year, the Russian Duma passed a law against “the propagation of homosexuality to minors.” Under the flimsy cover of protecting children, this law bans all public expression which acknowledges even the existence of homosexuals and homosexuality. Perhaps, as Mr. Kosub claims, it really is black and white. From my perspective and that of many around the world who do not wish to be doomed to repeat history, it is very clear that our tolerance of Putin and his scapegoating of homosexuals is a shortcut to the road to hell. Human rights are not mutable, because if they are, then Mr. Kosub’s rights are also so compromised by both popular and personal prejudice. He would do well to remember that, and the words of Pastor Niemoller, who wrote of not speaking out when others are persecuted: “When they came for me, there was no one left to speak.” Jennifer Woodroff Chilliwack

Miracles can and do happen Editor: Pastor Tompke’s column about healing in Faith Today (Times, Aug. 15) is very timely. Even people who believe in God have trouble believing what the Bible clearly teaches about healing being for everyone for all times. Modern science has taught us that miracles are impossible. I guess they are or they would not be miracles. I had the unique privilege of being the only medical doctor to examine a woman who had her heart valves totally restored by prayer. The interesting thing for me was that even though I had not a doubt about what I found before and what I found after prayer, I still had trouble believing what my ears heard. My article was published in the Canadian MedicalAssociation Journal. For those who are honest enough to investigate, there are many well-documented examples of miraculous healings all over the world. W. D. Gutowski Chilliwack

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The Chilliwack Chiefs training camp inter-squad games will take place Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Wednesday from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. On Thursday the Crimson-Gold game takes place from 6 to 9 p.m. Spectators are welcome to watch camp throughout the week.

BY TYLER OLSEN, tolsen@chilliwacktimes.com

he Valley Huskers will be pleased to not have to return to Nanaimo this year—and not just because the Vancouver Island Raiders are a formidable football term. The Huskers had a tough Saturday: after missing their ferry, waiting for two hours and arriving in Nanaimo less than an hour before g a m e t i m e, t h e Hu s k e r s we re thumped 56-3 by the Raiders. The Huskers entered the game technically undefeated and in second place in the BCFC after the Okanagan Sun’s season opening victory over Valley was overturned by the league last week. But it quickly became apparent Saturday that Valley hadn’t quite graduated to the level of the league’s best teams. The Raiders took a 21-0 lead after the first quarter and led by six converted touchdowns at the half. After a solid start to the season, Huskers receiver-turned-quarterback Cody Parray faced his first Ben Ingram/NANAIMO DAILY NEWS major speed bump, completing just Valley Huskers receiver Duncan Finch is tackled by Vancouver Island Raiders defender Arthur Fabbro Saturday in Nanaimo. five of 20 passes for 59 yards. But despite the heavy loss, St. The Huskers had more success on Exhibition turf installation continues Sidelined by the ground, with Ty DeRayos amass- James said he could find some The Huskers will play their next spleen injury ing 88 yards on 16 carries, and Par- bright spots, notably the running B u t o n e couple games at Townsend Park as attack and the continued solid play ray scrambling for 48 more yards. p l a y e r t h e work continues on the installation Huskers head coach Tyson St. of the special teams unit. H u s k e r s of turf at Exhibition Field. After a The Huskers don’t James said the ferry don’t expect week off, the Huskers host the Westplay next weekend, situation—the team b a c k s o o n shore Rebels Aug. 31. and St. James hopes had a reservation, SEE STANDINGS layar is running Huskers president Geoff Sache the break will give his but arrived two back/receiv- told the Times the city is hoping to bruised team a chance minutes too late— e r J o s h have the Exhibition turf ready by to get healthier. seemed to throw off H a y d e n , mid-September. If they manage to “We’re a bit of a MASH unit right his players, who struggled mightily who is out beat their Sept. 15 goal, Sache hopes now,” he said. “We’ve still got a long Josh Hayden early on. indefinitely the club could hit the field Sept. 14 “We need to deal with the adverse season ahead of us. We’ve played a f t e r s u s - for a home game against the Sun. travel situations better as a team,” four games, we have six left and this taining an internal injury against “I’m hoping that we’ll be able he said. “I think that’s what defines team is kind of finding its way,” he the Kamloops Broncos. to get on there a day early,” Sache a good team. We didn’t do well with said. “As much as this team had a After experiencing pain on the said. that and kind of woke up at half tough one on the weekend, I think return from Kamloops, Hayden If not, they’ll have to wait until the players still believe and the was taken to hospital where he was their final home game of the seatime.” Looking at the game tape, St. coaches still believe that there is diagnosed with a ruptured blood son, on Oct. 5, to game test the new James said mental breakdowns and something special we can do this vessel in his spleen. The day after surface. year.” poor positioning was rampant. the game, he had surgery. -Files from the Nanaimo Daily News.

Bye week The Valley Huskers are off this week. Their next game is Aug. 31, when they host the Westshore Rebels at Townsend Park.

Ladies soccer Ladies Over-30 Fall Soccer is looking for players to fill teams. Games are Sunday afternoon at Fairfield Island. All levels welcome for fun, friendly fitness. Contact Ladies30FallSoccer@shaw.ca.

Jr. dragons The Optimist Eagles Youth Dragon Boat Team is a mixed team with boys and girls aged 12 to 18. The club holds a short fall learn to paddle program starting in the middle of September to give everyone a chance to try this amazing sport. Check the team’s Facebook page—Optimist Eagles Youth Dragonboat Team—for more information on the start dates and times.

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Chilliwack Mayhem U14 peewee A girls softball team holds tryouts Sept. 14 and 15 at 4 p.m. at Promontory elementary at 4 p.m. for girls born in 2001 who want to compete at the highest level on a fun, competitive team. Contact Steve Henrotte at 604-798-3146 for more information.

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Chiefs camp opens with hope, new faces BY TYLER OLSEN tolsen@chilliwacktimes.com

et the chemistry experiment begin. There will be plenty of new faces vying for head coach Harvey Smyl’s attention as the Chilliwack Chiefs begin training camp this week at Prospera Centre. After bidding adieu to half his roster at the end of last season, Smyl spent the summer trying to restock

his cupboard with new talent. The Chiefs’ official roster now boasts no fewer than 11 new names—including goaltender Lyndon Stanwood and former Langley Riverman Ben Butcher. Those and other additions mean Smyl will be watching carefully this week to not only evaluate new talent, but also to see how the various pieces of the puzzle fit together. “Right now, because we’re replacing so many guys—and guys in key

roles—it’s going to be more about getting some chemistry, seeing who works well together and trying to figure out who can do what well for our club,” Smyl told the Times. “It’s not a matter of just putting a piece here and trying to make it work. We’ve got so many pieces that we’re replacing; we have a ton of work to do.” Despite all that work ahead and the uncertainties that come with a rebuilt roster, Smyl sounds con-

fident that the Chiefs will be competitive this year. “I like what we have going on. I like the group of kids returning. I like the group of kids coming to try out,” he said. “From what I see we should have a very competitive camp. I think in the long run our team will be OK.” But while he has added a couple handfuls of new players to the team’s roster, Smyl stressed that what he sees at training camp and

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Returning Chief Austin Plevy practices Monday morning during the first day of training camp.

Plevy asked to lead CHIEFS, from page 14 hopefuls have plenty of reason to want to put their best foot forward. Smyl said he will also be looking to his returnees to assume key roles on the ice and in the dressing room. With three full years of BCHL hockey under his belt, Austin Plevy is no longer one of the youngest players on the team. He led the Chiefs in scoring last year; this year, Smyl said he will be asked to take a key leadership role. Smyl said he’ll also be looking for Mathieu Tibbet to show that he’s ready to take a major step forward. Tibbet scored nine goals in 34 games for the Chiefs last year but showed

more potential, particularly in the post-season. The ability of Tibbet and Jaret Babych to step into top-six forward roles—and, crucially, avoid injury—will also be a key factor in determining how successful this year’s Chiefs will be. Training camp opened Saturday, with some 80 players on four different teams competing for spots. Inter-squad games take place Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Wednesday from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. The climax of camp takes place on Thursday with the CrimsonGold game from 6 to 9 p.m. Spectators are welcome to watch. The Chiefs play their first exhibition games this weekend. After visiting Surrey Friday evening, the Chiefs host the Eagles Saturday at 7 p.m. at Prospera Centre.

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The 1725 Canadian Military Engineers Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps will host a recruitment event Aug. 24 from 10 a.m to 2 p.m, in the Sears parking lot of the Cottonwood Mall. The Chilliwack museum will bring in an army tank and the cadets cook trailer will be on site to provide hamburgers, hot dogs and Red Leaf water by donation. This is a great opportunity to see what the Army Cadet program, a non-profit organization, has to offer.

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The Fraser Valley East Dart League is looking for teams and individual players to sign up for the 2013/2014 season. The league hosts a team registration day Aug. 24 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Vedder Legion. League fees are $20 per person and each team must register a minimum of five players. This is a fun and competitive league for all ages and abilities. Make Thursday night dart night. Visit www.fvedl.com for more information.

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The Chilliwack Library hosts the Rated T for Teen video game group the fourth Saturday of each month (Aug. 24) from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. With Mario Kart, Super Smash Bros

Brawl, Rock Band, Wii Sports, and many more, bring your A game and the library will supply the rest. Bring your Nintendo DS for portable multiplayer mayhem. For more information, email Raymond at raynichols@telus. net.

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The parents who run Hobby Hill Preschool host a Community Family Fun Day Aug. 25 at Promontory elementary school, featuring bouncy castles, dunk tanks, carnival games, vendors, a 50/50 draw, raffles, a used-book sale and more. Admission is free, but proceeds from food sales, book sales, raffles, etc. will go to the preschool.

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Wanda’s Tea Dance, sponsored by the Seniors Resources Society, takes place the last Monday of each month (Aug. 26) from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Lions’ Hall, at 45580 Spadina Ave. Music by Sweetwater. Refreshments and door prizes. Tickets are $6.

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The Chilliwack Camera Club meets on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month (Aug. 28). The location has moved to the Slesse Room at Evergreen Hall, 9291 Corbould St. All levels of photographers are welcome. For more info visit www.chilliwackcameraclub.com.

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