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Two-year-old Lilee-Jean’s cancer fight captured the public’s heart

Cheam First Nation fisherman is presumed drowned after falling into the Fraser River from his boat early Friday morning near the Agassiz-Rosedale bridge. Mounties say two fishermen were setting drift nets Monday morning before 6 a.m. when their 12-foot skiff became unstable and overturned. Both fishermen tried to swim to shore, but only one made it. He went to the nearest house to tell police his partner hadn’t made it out of the river. T h e Cheam and other First Nations b e g a n a river search, First reported on a s d i d chilliwacktimes.com Mounties and local Search and Rescue Agencies. The RCMP also used a helicopter in the search. The fisherman had not been located by Friday afternoon. Mounties say he is presumed drowned. Mounties added that there were no fisheries openings on the Fraser at the time of the incident. While police haven’t released the name of the fisherman pending next of kin, the Cheam First Nation issued a notice Friday asking for help finding Curtis Newman, whom it said had fallen into the Fraser.

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ittle Lilee-Jean Frances Putt passed away on Friday as her mother held her in her arms while her father played guitar. Vigils were held in Chilliwack, Abbotsford and Harrison Hot Springs Saturday night for the little girl with brain cancer whose story so captivated the local area and beyond. “It is with broken hearts we make this post,” wrote Lilee-Jean’s parents Chelsey SCAN Whittle and WITH Andrew ChrisLAYAR topher on the Facebook page dedicated to the little girl. “As of 5:25 p.m., our princess Lilee-Jean Frances Putt, our angel here on earth, is now looking down on us from heaven. She had a rough day today, and is no longer in any distress. She passed away curled up in mommy’s arms, listening to daddy play his guitar.” See LILEE-JEAN, Page 19

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project to restore Vedder River salmon and trout habitat will soon see a stream meander through the middle of the Vedder River Family Campground where no stream meandered before. Slated for completion in December, the new waterway will create 42,000 square metres of new habitat for Chinook, chum, coho and pink salmon as well as steelhead and cutthroat trout. The project is one of three fish-habitat conservation projects planned in the Chilliwack-area, and Chilliwack-Fraser Canyon MP Mark Strahl was on the banks of the Vedder River by Hopedale Slough Thursday to announce $318,500 in federal grants to support the work. “The Fraser River, the Vedder River are things that people identify with when they think about Chilliwack, and we want to make sure that those resources are in those rivers for generations to come,” Strahl said. The funds are coming from the Recreational Fisheries Conservation Partnerships Program, a federal SCAN initiative established after the last budget to protect and WITH LAYAR improve recreational fisheries habitat. For the Vedder River project and another project at Elbow Creek (a tributary of the Harrison River) ,$174,500 is being funneled through the Pacific Salmon Foundation (PSF). The federal government will partner with Ducks Unlimited for another $144,000 to rebuild the Cheam Lake Water Control to restore access to Cheam Lake and upstream habitat for spawning coho and cutthroat trout. The federal funds are critical, according PSF director of salmon recovery Dianne Ramage. Watershed groups, like the Fraser Valley Watersheds Coalition (FVWC), which is leading the Vedder River project locally, are already doing all they can in terms of small-scale projects with volunteer labour, shovels and small machines, she said. “The projects that need to be done now are like this, where it takes multiple levels of government to come together. It takes more than one stewardship group and it takes big amounts of money.” Before Labour Day, heavy machinery was on site at the Vedder River project laying a water intake system through the dike that will wet Hopedale Slough through the summer months and feed the new stream soon to be dug through the Vedder See SALMON, Page 6

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Peaceful occupation so far at Seabird Island band office BY PAUL J. HENDERSON phenderson@chilliwacktimes.com

group of approximately 30 Seabird Island First Nations members have occupied the Agassiz band’s office in an Idle No More-style protest against alleged nepotism, corruption and mismanagement of funds. Acting under the name the Committee for the Betterment of Seabird Island, the group announced Sunday it would take over the band office as of 7 a.m. Monday, refusing entry to administrative staff, elected councillors and Chief Clem Seymour. “We decided we want this band office shut down because of the dealings going on in this office, how they are treating the people and we want our chief and council removed,” spokesperson Fred Price told the Times Monday morning. Price said the band office was just the beginning and that the Sto:lo Tribal Council office and Seabird Island College would be shut down on Tuesday. He said the group also planned to shut down a housing construction crew for allegedly shoddy work. In a statement issued Sunday by an Idle No More provincial spokesperson, the group said, “We are exasperated of the housing, environmental, health, eco-

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nomic, business, education, underem- the occupiers will respond by walkployment, nepotism issues that keep us ing away after issuing this statement: oppressed, manipulated and shoved into “Please do not touch me.” When contacted by the Times Mona corner with no consideration of our day, Seymour said he and his councilhuman needs or rights.” lors were at the Sto:lo Price was adamant Tribal Council offices the occupation was at Seabird Island and peaceful and that rep- “They haven’t made they were “trying to resentatives haven’t any demands. I guess work through” the blocked or even locked the doors, but they’ve been making situation. “They haven’t really are turning anyone noise ever since the made any demands,” away who wants to last election.” he said. enter. Asked if he was He added that the Chief Clem Seymour surprised about the group wants essenoccupation, Seymour tial services to consaid “no.” tinue. This includes “I g u e s s t h e y ’v e home care, Meals on Wheels, doctor and dentist appoint- been making noise ever since the last ments, although early Monday there election.” In the March 13 election that saw was some uncertainty if the medical professionals had been sent away and Seymour re-elected as Chief, Price finished 15th out of 27 people who ran would show up. Price said the occupation is entirely for the nine band council seats. Agassiz RCMP have attended the peaceful and the group is following a strict code that includes: no swearing, scene and they, along with members no substance use and even no placards, from the First Nations Unit, are “monfor fear they could be used as weapons. itoring the situation,” according to a He said that if threatened physically, spokesperson.

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hilliwack Times reporter Tyler Olsen has earned another Jack Webster Award nomination for community reporting. Olsen’s story, “Living in a Death Trap,” is about a mother and son’s hoarding compulsion and a local firefighter’s inability to find them help. This is Olsen’s third nomination in a row. He won the Jack Webster Award for community reporting in 2011 for a four-part series on marijuana grow operations in Chilliwack. “The Chilliwack Times is very proud of Tyler’s thirdyear-in-a-row Jack Webster Award nomination,” said

Tyler Olsen Times publisher Nick Bastaja. “It just goes to show the level of commitment and consistency Tyler brings to Times readers through his reporting.” Olsen’s story is up against

SALMON, from page 3 River Family Campground. “The whole idea is to recharge the area, bring the water levels up, add channels, pocket habitat for coho, for all the little guys, so that they can mature,” FVWC project manager Natashia Cox said. Spawning and juvenile salmon don’t survive well in the main stem of the river, Department of Fisheries and Oceans senior biologist Matt Foy said. During some parts of the year, they have to take refuge in calmer, more food-rich off channels.

fellow Glacier Media newspaper Kamloops Daily News (“A Duty to Remember,” by Catherine Litt and Michele Young), and online newsmagazine The Tyee (“Crossborder Coal War?, by David P. Ball). Winners will be announced at the 27th annual Jack Webster Awards dinner on Wednesday, Oct. 30 at the Westin Bayshore, Vancouver. Christie Blatchford, columnist for the National Post and Postmedia News, is the featured speaker at the awards dinner. C T V Ne w s a t S i x c o anchors Tamara Taggart and Mike Killeen take on this year’s hosting duties.

Seeking volunteers “When you have dike systems, you don’t have a lot of choices,” he said. The Vedder River project, which will cost a total of $250,025, will connect the river with the slough, which is currently isolated by the dike. The project is scheduled for completion in December, but FVWC is looking for volunteer help to plant the banks of the new stream Nov. 9, 12 and 13. ◗ For more information, visit www.fvwc.ca.

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Operation is ramping up at Ledcor’s new $18 million sawmill, which will turn raw logs into cants, wood chips and hog fuel.

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Yes they cant. Decades after the last sawmill left the Chilliwack area, Ledcor Resources and Transportation is nearing completion on a new $18 million mill that will produce lowend wood products called cants destined for Asian markets. With construction on the mill nearly complete, the operation added a second shift of unionized workers last week. At a media event Thursday, Ledcor Resourse and Transportation CEO Dave Lede told workers, “We’re going to prove to you that you can make more money than any other sawmill worker in the province.” The mill takes whole logs and turns them into cants— long, square pieces of wood milled from spruce, pine, fir and hemlock. The rest of the log is then used to manufacture wood chips and hog fuel. “Nobody else was doing this and we saw a unique opportunity to use all parts

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of the log for a commercial purpose and make a business out of it,” Ledcor president Paul McElligott told the Times. After harvesting a piece of forest, Ledcor—which also operates a mill near Silverdale, in Mission—was chipping logs that weren’t slated for traditional wood uses. The new Chilliwack mill allows the company to turn those logs into cants, which have a higher value

than chips. Many will then be destined for China and other Asian markets, where they will be used as a raw product to manufacture furniture and other goods. The sawmill is located just off Industrial Way, and sits on a 20-acre peninsulalike patch of land beside the Fraser River. McElligott said the Chilliwack site was chosen for its accessibility. Goods SCAN can be WITH shipped to LAYAR and from the mill via either the Fraser River or Highway 1. Its proximity to the Silverdale mill was also a selling point. Chilliwack MLA John Martin and Natural Resources Minister Steve Thomson both toured the mill Thursday. Thomson said the new mill was a sign of a resurgence in the B.C. forest industry. He said 3,500 jobs have been created in the past year, with $650 million expected to be invested in the industry in 2013.

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Red flags will be waved T here are plenty of horror stories about mistreatment at international borders. This isn’t one of them. You may have heard about Jessica Goldstein’s plight when trying to cross the border into the United States recently. The Richmond native was denied entry into the state of Washington on Aug. 31, for admitting marijuana use. “I think it makes no sense,” said the 30-year-old university student, who claims she was interrogated for several hours for simply telling the truth. She admitted to the U.S. customs agent that she had indeed smoked marijuana recently - just days before the incident, according to her story. But wait, it gets better. “She asked how long I’d smoked pot for. I said about 10 years,” Goldstein told the Vancouver Sun. “Then she asked how many times I’d smoked pot in my life. I didn’t know the exact number; probably around 500 times.” She also admitted to using ecstasy and mushrooms. “It doesn’t make any sense to me why they’d turn me away,” she said.

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Be Our Guest What? Really? It makes no sense to you? Let me be blunt, Ms. Goldstein. They turned you away because you are what we used to refer to in my school days as a pothead, and they do not want potheads from Canada coming into the United States. Goldstein went on to say she found the treatment especially upsetting, considering recreational marijuana use is legal in the state of Washington. Actually, that’s all the more reason for U.S. customs agents to be wary of Canadian potheads coming into Washington. It’s not out of the realm of possibility that someone who smokes pot could be interested in entering Washington specifically to purchase pot. And, of course, with that comes the possibility that said person is interested in purchasing large quantities of marijuana,

to bring back into Canada. Now, I’m not implying that Goldstein had that in mind, nor am I implying that she is in any way involved in the drug trade. I highly doubt she is, or she wouldn’t be drawing attention to herself with this entire “woe is me” tale she tells. All I am saying is that when you go to the U.S. border and tell an agent that you have been smoking pot every week for the past 10 years, and that you have also done ecstasy and mushrooms, the red flags will start waving. In fact, I’d hazard a guess that if it ever got back to that agent’s superiors that he or she (in this case, she) interviewed a Canadian who admitted to regular (yes, every week for 10 years is regular) pot use, and still allowed that person into the country, that agent would be out of a job. The only possible mistreatment of Goldstein in this case is that she was detained for three hours. It should have taken only a minute to determine she was an “undesirable.” ◗ Terry Farrell is the editor of the Abbotsford/Mission Times.

f we were to turn to the “Comment” section of Education Minister Peter Fassbender’s first quarterly report card, it might read as follows: “Peter’s work in most subjects is exemplary. He is diligent in attending to his work, and while it is early for a full assessment, he appears to show a willingness to complete assignments on time and to his teacher’s satisfaction. He receives a high grade in ‘Communication Skills,’ but that is more reflective of his easy style with words than of the contents of the messages he conveys. However, like most of his fellow students who have taken up studies in education ministry in Victoria, his arithmetic skills are questionable, barely earning a C-.” B.C.’s new education minister is a nice guy. He has a congenial disposition and a quiet, assured attitude that inspires confidence. Fassbender speaks well, but when it gets down to the ABCs and 123s, neither teachers nor school trustees are likely to be overjoyed by what he has to say. Granted, he has been handed a tough assignment: convince tens of thousands of teachers who feel betrayed by nearly all of his predecessor’s handling the Minister Education portfolio—including (and especially) the one who is currently B.C.’s premier and his boss—that they should sign a long-term contract in order to stabilize the delivery of education to public school students. To sweeten the pot, Fassbender offered that teachers and other staff could get wage increases—but his math breaks down (as usual) when he refuses to provide provincial money to back up the offer. The districts’ school trustees will have to figure out their end of the equation all by themselves. When you add it all up, there still seems to be a plus sign missing on the kids’ side of the equals sign.

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Goodale visit grandstanding Editor: I read with dismay about [deputy federal Liberal leader Ralph] Goodale grandstanding at Party in the Park. This event should be strictly non-political, it is for community enjoyment not glad handing politicians. Elaine Perrin Chilliwack

Strahl responds to letter writer Editor: Re:“Curiouser and curiouser,” Times, Aug. 29. Please allow me the opportunity to provide some clarification on a number of issues raised by the writer of the above noted letter to the editor. My latest “Have Your Say” brochure had nothing to do with a new Canadian postage stamp. The Salmon Conservation Stamp is a decal (yes it is postage-stamp sized) anglers must purchase if they wish to keep Pacific salmon caught in tidal waters. The Conservative government has announced that it is dedicating all funds collected from this decal, which has been in existence for number of years, to the Pacific Salmon Foundation to fund conservation projects. Again, this is not a new stamp and it has nothing to do with postage. I am very troubled by the false accusation that under the recent budget the government would allow “Cyprus-style looting of personal bank accounts.” To be clear: the “bail-in” scenario described in the federal budget has nothing to do with depositors’ accounts. Those accounts will continue to remain insured through the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation as always. Under a bail-in arrangement, a failing financial institution has to tap into its own special reserves or assets (which it has been forced to put aside) to keep its operations going. The bail-in regime would only kick in during an event that a major bank in Canada begins to fail—an extremely unlikely occurrence given that Canada has been recognized as having the strongest banking sector in the world for six years running! These measures are designed to protect both taxpayers from having to bail-out banks and depositors from having to take a financial hit like we’ve seen in Cyprus. Finally with regards to Syria, the writer is looking to be asked a question that has already been answered. The Prime Minister has been clear that while Canada is very troubled by the ongoing violence and evidence of chemical weapon use, Canada has

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Pipeline safety is top priority Editor: Re:“Pipeline activists tour spill site,” Times, Sept. 3. I am writing in response to an article by Paul Henderson that appeared in your paper on Sept. 3. The article highlights some concerns from five members of a Chilliwack-based environmental group around the integrity of the Trans Mountain Pipeline. The Trans Mountain pipeline has been responsibly transporting petroleum products to and through B.C. since 1953. For six decades, our employees and facilities have been part of many communities along the entire 1,150kilometre Trans Mountain Pipeline right-of-way. We share the value residents place on the environment and our prevention and maintenance programs are built around our belief that no spill or leak is acceptable. That is why I must assure your readers our priority is to keep the public and employees safe by having damage prevention and integrity management programs in place to ensure the safe and reliable operation of our pipelines. Kinder Morgan Canada has an extensive, highly regulated, integrity management and maintenance program to ensure that the pipe and associated equipment are well-operated and maintained. Inline inspections, anomaly investigation and repair, cathodic protection, control room monitoring, aerial and ground patrols, and our Damage Prevention and Public Awareness Program, are all part of Kinder Morgan’s pipeline safety program. Our safety record has been due to the continuous efforts of our employees, who regard the safety of

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An uncalled-for public criticism Editor: After having been on holidays for a couple of weeks, I thought I’d catch up on the local newspapers that had collected while we were away. I came across the Aug. 22 issue of theTimes and began to read the front page story of Pauline Jollymour and the unfortunate condition of her home and property. I was absolutely appalled by the public calling-out of one of our community’s seniors by Mayor Sharon Gaetz. I don’t think the mayor needed to use the language that she did to scold Ms. Jollymour on the condition of her home and allow it to be printed for all of the community to read. In my opinion, the way that Mayor Gaetz spoke to this elderly lady was absolutely inappropriate, uncalled for and unacceptable. There are other ways to convey a message without publicly berating a person. I hope that Ms. Jollymour and her son get the assistance they need and I, for one, am willing to offer my help. Beth Sorensen Chilliwack

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Sardis secondary grad is making history in the world of women’s mixed martial arts (MMA) this fall. Sarah “Cheesecake” Moras, who graduated from SSS in 2005 and fights out of Toshido MMA in Kelowna, is among the first group of female fighters ever to be featured in The Ultimate Fighter, a long-running reality TV show that premiered on FOX Sports 1 last Wednesday. The first show saw Moras take down former top-ranked bantamweight Tara SCAN LaRosa of AlbuquerWITH que, N.M., in what LAYAR has been called the upset of the show so far. The victory earned the Chilliwackraised fighter a six-week stay in the Ultimate Fighter house in Las Vegas with 15 other contenders (male and female). Their fights, both inside and outside of the ring, will be the stuff of the series for the next 13 weeks. “It’s basically like [the reality TV show] Big Brother except for you fight,” Moras told the Times. Having trained in MMA for six years, Moras tried out for TUF-18 (as the series is dubbed) in April at the prompting of her coach. She had a good feeling about it right from the start.

ranked number one in the world for my weight class, so it was a pretty huge deal,” Moras said. Still, the 25-old-Canadian contender was undaunted. “Obviously you’re a bit scared like you’re scared with any fight, but I was excited. I knew I had the skills to beat her, and I knew this would be the perfect place to show that.” A two-round win by decision, compliments of a couple Moras takedowns, a few submission attempts and a lot of punches and elbows, soon proved her right. Like all the winners featured in

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or the second straight week, a British Columbia Football Conference team narrowly beat the Valley Huskers Saturday to claim their first win of the season. The week before it had been the Westshore Rebels; last week it was the Kamloops Broncos, who knocked off the Huskers 25-20. The game was the third meeting between the two squads—the first game ended in a tie; the Huskers won the second in a squeaker. After falling behind 13-0 Saturday, the Huskers drew SCAN to within six when quarterback Cody Parray punched WITH the ball into the end zone LAYAR just seconds before half time. The Broncos, though, rebuilt their lead and held a healthy 22-7 edge with just a few minutes remaining. But the game still had a couple turns to take. After Parray found Blake Draper for a touchdown, a failed Huskers onside kick led to a Broncos field goal. Valley got the ball back, but a long bomb was picked off. The game should have been over—but it wasn’t. Instead of watching the clock run out, the Broncos fumbled away the ball and watched as the Huskers’ Brody Slagman ran it into the end zone. It only took a second failed onside kick for Kamloops to finally seal their first win of

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to the plate. Of the new forwards, American imports Jacob Hand, Blake Gober and Zach Diamantoni all played well in the preseason. Chiefs head coach and general manager Harvey Smyl has a strong track record of being able to find scoring aces south of the border. This year, Smyl will need at least a couple to replace the firepower he lost during the off-season. There are fewer questions when it comes to the team’s defence. Returnees Kiefer McNaughton, Cooper Rush and Eric Roberts will be joined by newcomer T.J. Roche to fill out a capable top-four. But whether they can be more than that is a question that can only be answered on the ice. One thing’s for sure: with an average size of six-foot-three, they shouldn’t be pushed around. Additions Carter Cochrane and Michael Willms are smaller and younger, but both are good skaters and puck-movers. Their usefulness for Smyl, though, will depend more on their hockey sense and ability to read the play than their substantial ability. And in goal, it’s still unclear who will be the heir to Mitch Gillam. Twenty-year-old Lyndon Stanwood has experience as a starter in Trail, but his body of work in the preseason left a little to be desired. Chilliwack’s Josh Halpenny, meanwhile, saw little action last year as Gillam’s understudy. He’ll get more work this year, and it’s possible that he’ll steal the starting job from Stanwood.

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better, and by the time Andrew Silard scored for the Chiefs late in the second period, the Kings had put five times past Chiefs starter Josh Halpenny and the game was already over. Facing an even tougher challenge Sunday night in a Vernon Vipers team getting ready to host next spring’s Royal Bank Cup, the Chiefs put up a better effort and fought their way to a 1-1 tie. That single point came because of the work of two players who didn’t play a minute in Saturday’s loss. The Vipers scored midway through the first period, but Demico Hannoun’s opener was the only puck that would get past Chiefs netminder Lyndon Stanwood, who showed why Chilliwack traded for the 20-year-old veteran. Stanwood, and tighter defensive play from his teammates, kept the Chiefs within a goal until midway through the third period, when Black—who was a healthy scratch Saturday—beat Vipers goalie Austin Smith to knot the score. Neither team could find the net in an overtime that included both four-on-

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Plenty of powerplay opportunities The Chiefs’ inability to score was not due to a lack of power play opportunities. Chilliwack went 0-for-10 with the man advantage over the weekend. They weren’t the only ones to have early season struggles up a man. Vernon went 0for-six Sunday, while the Kings scored on just one of their five opportunities. It was hardly an anomaly; the 16 teams playing at the showcase last weekend converted on just 14 per cent of their power play chances. Long road trip this weekend The Chiefs get a chance to make amends and bond as a team this weekend as they make the long trip north to Prince George for a pair of games Friday and Saturday. The Spruce Kings also had a difficult showcase, losing to both Cowichan Valley and Nanaimo. After the northern road trip, the Chiefs have two weeks off before they play again in late September.

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Thousands of dollars raised thanks to her public cancer battle LILEE-JEAN, from page 1 Lilee-Jean was diagnosed in October 2011 with glioblastoma— an aggressive brain cancer. “It was probably the worst feeling you could ever feel in your life,” Andrew told the Times two years ago. Since then, the family has engaged in a very public fight against the disease, a period of time filled with unique fundraisers that garnered broad attention.

The family’s plight drew national media coverage aftermost high profile of which was when Christopher’s band, Pardon My Striptease, released a song he had written called “Pray (For LJ).” It was an instant sensation, rising up the iTunes rock chart all the way to number two, behind Nickelback’s new single. That’s when they put out a challenge to Nickelback to match funds raised by Pray (For LJ). The rockers did just that and donated $50,000 to the BC Chil-

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Community Senior crib

The Senior Resources Society will begin a social crib day Thursdays from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Evergreen Hall in September. Call the office at 604793-9979.

Pagans meet

The Fraser Valley/Chilliwack Pagan and Spiritual Paths Group meets every Thursday at 7 p.m. The group welcomes all pagan, wiccan, First Nations and other spiritual paths, including those of mainstream faiths. For info call 604-793-6708. Chilliwack Monarch Lions are selling cards for a bingo game to be run on Shaw TV and online at www.chilliwacklions.ca every Thursday at 6 p.m. For more info, call 604-793-4675.

Andean healer

Traditional Andean healer Jhaimy Alvarez-Acosta from Peru will share the perspective of the Andean teachings in relation to these monumental times that we are living in Sept. 10 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Amethyst Books & Essence. Cost is $20. Preregistration is advised; call 604-792-3730.

The Chilliwack Symphony Orchestra Chorus has some vacant positions and invites interested singers to join in preparation for the upcoming season. The chorus meets Thursdays at 7 p.m. at Sardis senior secondary school starting Sept. 12. The planned focus of our fall

rehearsals will be on selections from Handel’s Messiah and music of the Christmas season. For more information on repertoire, concert dates and all other inquiries, call 604-795-0521.

Senior cohousing

Astronomy night

Members of the Chilliwack Garden Club meet Sept. 11 at 7:30 p.m. at Cooke’s Presbyterian Church. The public is invited. Enter the meeting room by the side entrance off the parking lot. Come and ask questions.

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To include your event, contact Tyler Olsen at tolsen@ chilliwacktimes.com. Put your event on our digital calendar by visiting www.chilliwacktimes.com.

Visit an information session on senior cohousing Sept. 12 from 7 to 9 p.m. Elderberry Commons (age slowly in place) is part of the vision for the continuing development at the Yarrow Ecovillage and will be the main topic of discussion. Anyone who is interested in cohousing is welcome to come and join in the discussion in the small meeting room in the Yarrow Community Centre at 4670 Community Street in Yarrow. For more information call 778898-9951 or email welcome@ elderberrycohousing.ca.

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Drop by the Great Blue Heron Nature Reserve for an extraordinary Astronomy Night Sept. 14. Local astronomer and writer Ken HewittWhite will present a talk entitled “The Sky Tonight” at 7:30 p.m. followed by an observing session with Fraser Valley Astronomers Society members’ telescopes starting at 8:30 p.m. In the event of inclement weather, Ken will speak indoors and the FVAS members will have a selection of scopes set up for demonstration.

Book sale

The Friends of the Chilliwack Library hold a one-day book sale blitz Sept. 14 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the library.

All books are $5 a bag (bag provided).

Shocking food truths

Join Kristi Kozel for an exciting introduction to the emerging science of glyconutrients and their essential role in achieving optimal health, including proper immune function, on Sept. 17 from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Sardis Library. Learn what is wrong with our food and what we can do about it. A free take-home self-evaluation will be provided to help you determine your overall personal health and vitality.

Mental health group

The Living Healthy Group (Chilliwack Association), a non-profit group of self-advocates, welcomes new members with mental health issues who are looking for a safe place to share their concerns. The group meets Wednesdays in the Prospera Centre parking lot at 1 p.m. for a group walk followed by a discussion and sharing time. Call Barb at 604-792-1059.

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Dust off your instrument

The Chilliwack Community Band is looking for more band musicians to augment its membership. Contact Tim Wright at 604-795-7371 or Dale Warr at 604-858-3376.

English practice

A free English practice group for immigrants meets Tuesdays at the Cheam Leisure Centre. Register at the Chilliwack Library information desk, email annettew@chilliwacklearning.com, or call Marci at 604-792-0025 ext. 2434 option 1.

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No need to grovel for gravel thanks to city gift Close to 4,000 cubic metres headed to UFV

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he University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) will be the beneficiary of a rocky gift from the City of Chilliwack in the form of 3,900 cubic metres of gravel. UFV needs it for its under-construction agriculture faculty building; the city has lots, and no one’s buying. With a current inventory of 32,600

cubic metres of Vedder River gravel and another gravel removal program one year off, the city may even have storage issues for its gravel stockpiles, according to a staff report presented to city council Tuesday. At the meeting, council unanimously agreed to the donation, which is valued at $14,000, if the gravel is worth $3.59 per cubic metre.

Gravel removals are conducted every other year in the Vedder River, ostensibly for flood protection, but in June 2012 the only two tenders for 53,800 cubic metres of gravel received were rejected for cost. “The reason for the uancceptable prices were attributed to the lack of demand in the gravel market at the time,” a staff report said.

In July, staff again went out to tender at three sites and a contract was awarded. But since then there have been no “acceptable offers” from industryandthecityhaslittlein-house use for the type of gravel in question. The rationale for making the donation meant a stretch in the definition of how donations are usually made by the city. The staff report

stated that in order to gift a city asset, the project needs to be an initiative associated with something the city would have otherwise performed or funded. “The city, through [the Chilliwack Economic Partners Corporation], has made the development of the Canada Education Park a priority, so it could be argued that the gift of the gravel is something the city would otherwise facilitate,” the staff report said.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING

Tuesday, September 24, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. Council Chambers 8550 Young Road, Chilliwack, B.C. V2P 8A4 www.chilliwack.com TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the City of Chilliwack will hold a Public Information Meeting, as noted above, on the following item: 1. LIQUOR LICENCE AMENDMENT NO. LLA00038 Location: 41894 Yale Road Licence Name: Chilliwack Golf & Country Club (Licence No. 049732) Issued to: Chilliwack Golf & Country Club Purpose: The purpose of the application is for a structural change to a Liquor Primary establishment to licence the existing patio area. Location Map:

The intent of this Notice is to allow Council to receive input from all persons who believe their interest in the above noted Liquor Licence Amendment may be affected by the proposed change. Those wishing to make submissions will have an opportunity to be heard at the Public Information Meeting or, if unable to attend, persons may send their written submission, including their name and address, to the City Clerk’s ofﬁce by 4:00 pm on the date of the Public Information Meeting. All submissions will form part of the record of the Public Information Meeting. This Liquor Licence Amendment application may be inspected between Tuesday, September 10, 2013 to Tuesday, September 24, 2013, both inclusive, at the ofﬁce of the City Clerk at City Hall, 8550 Young Road, Chilliwack, BC. Please direct your enquiries to our Corporate Services Department at 604-793-2986. Please note that no further information or submissions can be considered by Council after the conclusion of the Public Information Meeting. Delcy Wells, CMC City Clerk

A28 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2013 CHILLIWACK TIMES

FLYER SALE ENDS AT 9 PM MONDAY SEPTEMBER 9TH ALL MEN’S DENVER HAYES VINTAGE 25% OFF

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Slim Fit Jeans

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