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Manslaughter verdict in Planje case

BY PAUL J. HENDERSON phenderson@chilliwacktimes.com

Chilliwack court acquitted Steven Frederickson on Friday of the seconddegree murder of RobertJan Planje but found him guilty of the lesser-included offence of manslaughter. Crown counsel will now seek dangerous or long-term offender status for the 47-year-old Frederickson. While Supreme Court Justice Wil-

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liam Grist found reasonable doubt in the Crown assertion that Frederickson had enough intent for a second-degree murder charge, he found the accused man’s credibility lacking. “I feel the accused to be a witness whose evidence could not be accepted as credible,” Grist said

Friday in court. Grist found a number of Frederickson’s statements in court and to police to be “improbable” and “patent inventions.” Planje’s body was discovered down an embankment off a forestry road near Hope on Dec. 30, 2010, more than two weeks after he

was last seen at the Ashwell Road home he shared with Frederickson, a crack addict who he had rented a room to since the fall. The night before Planje’s death, Frederickson said the two spent an evening together drinking wine, with Planje smoking marijuana and Frederickson smoking crack cocaine.

Frederickson—who is deaf and testified and listened throughout the trial since February with sign language translators—claimed he woke up the next morning in Planje’s bed in his underwear. He then testified that he had been sexually assaulted, a claim Grist found unbelievable since the 64-year-old Planje was a five-foot-two transgendered individual with female genitalia. See PLANJE, Page 6

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he man accused of stabbing two local men at a downtown Chilliwack pub on Sept. 29 turned himself in to police on Thursday. Dustin Russell, 20, of Chilliwack, faces three counts in connection with the incident that saw Adam Teskey and Jake Barstad stabbed in a supposed fight over a game of pool at District Public House. One man was arrested at the scene but later released, and Mounties were looking for a second man. Russell is charged with aggravated assault, assault with a weapon and assault causing bodily harm. Both Teskey and Barstad have since been released from hospital and are recovering. “This is a great conclusion to the investigation by the Serious Crime Section,” said RCMP spokesperson Const. Cynthia Kershaw in a press release Friday. “Investigators are thankful the alleged suspect did the right thing by turning himself in.” Russell has been released from custody and his next court appearance is set for Oct. 22.

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Supt. Deanne Burleigh says her transition to the local detachment has gone smoothly.

Top cop targets hot spots

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hilliwack’s top cop says the RCMP have doubled down on efforts to target high crime areas in the city since statistics released in July showed local Mounties had some of the lowest clearance rates in the province. Supt. Deanne Burleigh told the Times that the Upper Fraser Valley Regional Detachment began pouring resources into high crime areas after Statistics Canada released their latest numbers. “My philosophy is intelligence-led target-driven policing,” she said. “As soon as we took a look at the numbers and took a look at our calls for service—where we needed to target, where our hot spots were—we put together a uniformed team for targeted downtown enforcement, looking specifically at the hot spots and our prolific offenders.” Burleigh said officers checked up

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on prolific offenders and those with Burleigh said. The strategy has had positive curfews and outstanding warrants. For the month of August, the effects, she said. “What we’ve seen as a result of our Mounties crime reduction initiative saw officers target bicycle riders who targeted enforcement is a reduced number of calls for weren’t wearing a service,” she told helmet. “What we’ve seen as a the Times. Helmetless bike result of our targeted Burleigh said the riders might not number of busibe keeping people enforcement is a ness break-andup at night, but reduced number of enters are down a missing helmet five per cent and gives Mounties the calls for service.” the number of resiright to question Supt. Deanne Burleigh dential break-andbike riders who enters are down 28 seem suspiciously per cent from the out of place in previous year. their surroundings. She also pointed to two separate “If you’re on a bicycle at 2 a.m. in the morning in a residential area drug dealing investigations in the with a backpack and no real reason downtown core that are leading to to be there, we want to talk to you,” charges.

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Burleigh said officers have also been making progress in the investigations into a spate of arsons. She said the number of arsons is down by more than a third in 2013 from the previous year, when 86 deliberately set fires were reported. None of those cases had been cleared by police as of July’s statistics released, but Burleigh said the force is currently “actively investigating multiple suspects in the arson world.” Burleigh has now been on the job four months since taking over as head of the Upper Fraser Valley Regional Detachment from the retiring Keith Robinson. She said the transition has gone smoothly, with few surprises. “I’ve enjoyed it; it’s a nice community,” she said. “The city council and the city staff have been excellent.”

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he Greater Vancouver Zoo released 325 critically endangered frogs back into the Agassiz wilderness earlier this month to help boost the species’ declining numbers. The Oregon spotted frog, named for its distribution of black blotches with light centres on its head and back, is the most endangered amphibian in Canada. This is the third year the Oregon Spotted Recovery team, a group of biologists and researchers, has released a batch of frogs raised in captivity to the Chaplin site in Agassiz. “Our hopes with releasing such large numbers several years in a row to the same site would be to see our first egg masses return next year in this area,” states a zoo press release. The zoo facilitates a “head-start” program, which involves removing eggs masses from the wild and then raising the frogs in a captive environment until they are ready to be released. The amphibians usually remain in zoo care for six months. Embryos and tadpoles in the “head-start” program have proven to have a much higher

survival rate than those born in the wild. “We know from mark recapture that our release individuals are turning up in significant numbers in comparison to wild animals, so we know that our frogs are surviving to breeding age,” said Jody Henderson, Greater Vancouver Zoo general manager, via email. “I believe we have seen individuals more than eight years old from the captive head-starting program.” The Oregon spotted frog population has seen massive declines due to an introduction of bullfrogs, green frogs and predatory fish to the area, resulting in increased competition for food and habitat. Residing mainly in calm, shallow waters like flood plains and wetlands, the frog has also experienced a loss of breeding habitat due to activities like dam construction, excessive livestock grazing and agricultural use of water. The Oregon Spotted Recovery team has been working to save the species since 1999, when the frog was first designated as endangered by Endangered Wildlife in Canada. “We are extremely pleased to be involved with a great conservation program for a frog that is critically endangered and needs so much help,” Henderson said.

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hilliwack RCMP officers were on the lookout for a South Asian male in his 40s after an incident on the Rotary Trail along the Vedder River by Peach Road last Wednesday. At approximately 4 p.m. that day, police

were dispatched to search for a small, silver vehicle after a report that a woman had supposedly been thrown into the river. A police spokesperson was unavailable to See CRIME, Page 6

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Frederickson dumped body near Hope PLANJE, from page 1 During the trial, a neighbour testified that she saw Frederickson dragging what looked to be a body wrapped up out to the deceased man’s car. Frederickson did not deny doing this but he argued Planje’s death resulted during a fight with a stick after a dispute over an eviction notice. He said he cut his finger and he panicked and decided to dump Planje’s body. Grist recounted the scene police found inside the mobile home that had blood

Cultus Lake seeks public input Open House on OCP set for Oct. 19

he public is being invited to provide input on the Cultus Lake Official Community Plan at an open house on Oct. 19. The plan, which is a collaboration between the Fraser Valley Regional District and Cultus Lake Park Board, will guide the park’s development and land use over the next 20 years and more. The demand for recreational amenities, services and infrastructure at Cultus Lake are expected to increase with the continued EB IRST growth of First reported on p o p u l a chilliwacktimes.com t i o n s i n Chilliwack, the Fraser Valley and Greater Vancouver area. Cultus Lake is currently a recreational hot spot with more than 800,000 people visiting over the summer months. The population in the region also balloons every summer from 675 yearround to 1,700. An online survey is also being conducted until Nov. 1 to gather community feedback on what should be included in the plan. Check out the survey and learn more on the planning process at plancultus.com. The open house will take place on Saturday, Oct. 19 at 12-3 p.m. at the Cultus Lake Community Hall at 4220 Columbia Valley Highway.

stains and splatter marks in various places. The judge found Frederickson’s claim that he had no contact with Planje other than some back-and-forth slapping, unbelievable. “I cannot accept this in light of the state of the inside of the house,” Grist said. Even a severe beating, however, that left Planje with numerous defensive wounds and three serious head injuries that led to his death did not necessarily mean there was murderous intent, Grist ruled. If Frederickson had known or thought

Planje was still alive when he dumped him and took his clothes in December, that could have constituted a murderous intent. But the judge ruled that because Frederickson said he thought Planje was already dead, that left reasonable doubt to whether the act was second-degree murder. Frederickson has not been sentenced and a court date was set for Oct. 15 to fix a date for the dangerous or long-term offender hearing. - with files from Tyler Olsen

CRIME, from page 5 confirm on Friday what allegedly happened at the river, but on Thursday a press release was issued into an “incident” involving a 26-year-old, slim South Asian woman wearing maroon-coloured, traditional clothing. The male sought was described as over 40, medium build, darker skinned with short black hair wearing all black clothing. Mounties report the silver vehicle was seen driving west on the actual walking/cycling trail, where

Witnesses vehicles are not permitted. “As the area was quite busy at the time with fisherman at the river, police are seeking any witnesses who may have seen these individuals or vehicle associated to the incident or anyone who has information,” RCMP spokesperson Const. Cynthia Kershaw said. ◗ Anyone one with information can contact Chilliwack RCMP at 604-792-4611, or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-2228477 (TIPS).

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onna Booth’s story changed soon after Rick Hilzendager, a special agent with U.S. Homeland Security Investigations, entered the interview room late last Monday evening and began laying out the evidence border agents had gathered in the six hours of her detention. In another room sat Robert Booth, her husband, who had just exercised his right to a lawyer. This was after Hilzendager had advised the 54-year-old that he knew where the $73,000 in cash agents had found stashed in the couple’s 1999 Coach Camper came from. Like her husband, Jonna Booth, 48, had initially told investigators that the money, found hidden behind a wood panel in a cabinet in the camper’s washroom, had been won gambling at a casino. It was money the Agassiz couple had failed to claim upon their attempted entry at the Northgate, N.D. border crossing at about 4:30 p.m. that Monday. When initially asked, they said they were not carrying currency in excess of $10,000. According to U.S. court documents, Hilzendager told Booth that based upon the investigation, information gathered from her own journal and information gathered from her husband, that the money came from the sale of marijuana. Her story quickly changed. Last Wednesday, the Booths made their sec-

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ond appearance in U.S. District Court in North Dakota on charges related to the bulk smuggling of cash into the U.S., a crime that carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a fine of up to $250. However, it is the tale that Jonna Booth suddenly decided to tell border agents that makes their arrest and detention—they both remain in custody—all the more intriguing and lends it the air of a TV drama. According to the court documents, Jonna Booth told investigators that, due to “financial problems,” she and her husband began transporting B.C. bud to Winnipeg early this year. “Jonna Booth stated that they have made approximately one trip a month since approximately January of 2013,” the document reads. “Jonna Booth stated that the trips to transport the marijuana were primarily Robert Booth’s deal. Robert Booth purposely tried to minimize Jonna Booth’s involvement by providing her with few details.” During the latest run, the pot was kept in two hockey bags stashed under the seats in the motor home, according to the documents. Jonna Booth told investigators that the bags had been dropped off in a ditch in Winnipeg where it was supposed to be picked up. But when Robert was unable to get in touch with the person who was supposed to pick up the bags, they went back, got the bags and delivered them to an undisclosed house, the documents read. Due to a poor weather forecast, they decided to drive through the U.S. instead of going through the Rockies. During their first hearing last Tuesday, Jonna Booth told the presiding judge she did not fully understand the charge she was facing. Robert Booth said there had been no plans to sneak the money into the U.S. “We were just going home to British Columbia,” he told the court.

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very province tries to be cool in its own way. You’ve got your Albertan version (tough cowboys), your Maritime version (fiddle-playing Celtic folks with weird accents), and your B.C. version (stoned slackers). For years, it seemed like Quebec had a lock on being the coolest province. You could buy beer and wine in the corner stores! Everybody spoke French and the cities had great architecture! Best of all, they were constantly sticking it to Ottawa. Then, they started taking themselves a little too seriously. Threatening to take your ball and go home maybe works once, but if you do it half a dozen times over 30-odd years, people just start rolling their eyes. Worst of all has been the weird habit of constantly claiming to be a victimized minority, while increasingly trying to stomp on non-francophone minorities. Earlier this year, we saw the Quebec Soccer Federation ban players from wearing turbans or other religious head coverings on the pitch. Now the Parti Quebecois is proposing a ban on any religious head coverings or sizeable religious symbols for all public employees. It’s like PQ leader Pauline Marois was stung by one wasp, then decided to wear an entire hive as a hat while jumping up and down vigorously. Obviously, this new proposed

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Be Our Guest law is stupid, racist, and if it was held up to the values of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, would stand as much chance of surviving as a delicate origami crane placed inside the engine of a 767. Why is this law being proposed in the first place? Marois has defended the so-called Charter of Quebec Values as part of the unique Quebecois culture of secularism. Well, I’m so full of secularism it’s coming out of my ears, and that’s a load of steaming horse manure. The freedom of people in Quebec to practice their religion or culture should only end when it causes demonstrable harm to others. Let’s say that I firmly believe that I must, at all times, wear a bedazzled purple pirate hat. Is this belief backed up by centuries of religious philosophy and tradition? Nope. Is it a statement about a proud cultural heritage? Nope. Should the government be allowed to say that I can’t wear my spangly purple hat? Absolutely not. The point of freedom of religion means even freedom for dummies like me to believe whatever we want.

This law is not about bringing Quebecers together and uniting people in la belle province, as Marois and her supporters have claimed. It’s about staking out a tribal enclave and making it clear to those who aren’t white, pure laine Francophones that they aren’t welcome. Quebec has turned from cool young rebel of the 1960s, with its Quiet Revolution and radical politics, into a stodgy, aging, xenophobic old twit, shaking his cane at the kids and telling them to get off his lawn. So basically, it’s doing what all the other old hippies have been doing since the 1980s. Thankfully, not everyone from Quebec is this stupid and intolerant. Justin Trudeau, actually impressing me for once, has spoken out against it. Trudeau pointed to the idea that people this law sees as outsiders are contributing to an evolving Quebec culture. That’s how I see it too—a culture, Canadian or Quebecois, is a growing, changing thing. Quebec was very, very different as a society 60 years ago. It changed, in many ways for the better. Now it has a chance to change again. If it doesn’t change, it will suffer the fate of every other old, cranky, annoying and essentially powerless bigot. It’ll wither and die. ◗ Matthew Claxton is a reporter with the LangleyAdvance.

n the movie Killing Them Softly, the lead character, played by Brad Pitt, offers the insight that “America is not a country, it’s business.” The same could certainly be said of Canada, even before the revelations of industrial espionage carried out on behalf of Canadian mining interests in Brazil by our national spy agency, Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC). After all, the divide between the corporate boardroom and a democratically elected government like Canada’s gets pretty grey at some levels. Corporate executives hold their jobs at the behest of those shareholders who bother to vote, just as a democracy is supposedly controlled by its putative shareholders: the country’s citizens . . . those who bother to vote, that is. Of course, in an ideal democracy, everyone, rich or poor, is an equal partner at the ballot box, while in the corporate structure, those who have more money—or control more shares—have a greater say when a vote is taken. More importantly—and this is where the line between business and the business of government tends to get cloudy —a country’s prime assets are its people, and their well-being is the reason for the government’s existence. In a corporation, people are just assets—and money is the ultimate goal. That distinction appears to have been lost almost entirely in Canada’s governance of late. Only science that bears financial fruit is allowed relevance. Human rights are those that do not stand in the way of monetary gain. And now, as apparently clarified by goings-on in Brazil, even our spies have identified the national interest of Canada to be congruent with the financial interests of our corporations. When it’s only money that does the talking, it’s strictly business.

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Editor: Before I begin, I want you to know I’m not a teacher, just a mom. I have three teenage sons who love to read and who were all reading well before school age. The school system did not teach my children to read, I did. As a mother, I knew that I had five years to pour into my boys before they ever saw a classroom and that I had a responsibility to them to open up the world in a way that only reading can do. We had no cable vision, we had books. I spent hours scouring library sales and secondhand stores to build a library in our own home. We amassed almost 2,000 children’s books in our collection, many for less than 25 cents each. I read to my boys, and read and read and read. I was not taught to read at school. My grandmother and my mother read and read to me. I bought flash cards at the MCC and my oldest son knew 500 words on sight by his third birthday. Instead of television and video games, we read or learned numbers. I bought an inexpensive phonics program and we spent time

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working through it. We read the classics, we read picture books, we read poetry. When we were in the car we would listen to audio books, free to borrow at the library. We loved our library and got to know the librarian, often her suggestions became some of our favourites. I can’t even imagine not having taught my boys to read, it was one of the most amazing experiences of my life. I watched the whole world open up before them. I considered it my job and it was an honour. Literacy begins at home. Turn off the TV. For the cost of one year of HDTV you could buy your kids a lifetime worth of books. I guess

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Fundraising with humour Editor: Re: “Raising funds through ‘twerking’ is wrong,” Chilliwack Times, Oct. 10. Here at Chilliwack senior secondary we believe in good fun and good humour. Luckily for our students, our teachers tend to have this same view. To answer your question as to why a teacher is “twerking to raise funds,” you need only to look into

your own inquiry. This teacher was indeed twerking to raise funds. It’s as simple as that. Chilliwack secondary has done something remarkable by working together to raise such an incredible amount of money for the Terry Fox Foundation. Unfortunately, instead of the congratulations we rightfully deserve, you have drawn the only possible negative conclusion from our vigorous fundraising efforts. The teacher in question is in fact an “influential leader with great moral principles” despite your doubtful words. It is these very qualities that drove him to stand up in front of our cheering student body and TWERK FOR CANCER. Not only was this hilarious, but it was also gutsy. This teacher was not endorsing twerking, but poking fun at it for a worthy cause. As a leadership student at CSS, I am proud of our school, our teachers, and what we have all accomplished together. In fact, we had a blast raising all that money, thanks to fun harmless dares like twerking! Theresa-Anne Clarke Harter Chilliwack

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Karen Engelbrecht watches as her current Chief billet (facing on the right) T.J. Roche plays ping-pong with (facing, left) Austin Plevy, Mathieu Tibbet (left) and Blake Gober.

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aren Engelbrecht pulls into her Sardis driveway with Old Dutch potato chips and a four-litre container of chocolate milk bulging in a grocery bag. This will clearly not be consumed by the diminutive woman. No, the salt, sugar and calories are for the 215-pound, six-foot-two-inch Chilliwack Chief defenceman who is playing ping-pong with his buddies in her basement. “They are still kids and you always have to remember that,”

Engelbrecht says of her hockey “son” T.J. Roche. Engelbrecht has been billeting Chilliwack Chief and Bruin hockey players for close to a decade. The only year she and her husband Ron missed was 2008/2009 when they were living in Santa Monica, Calif., for treatment of Ron’s cancer. It was his love of hockey that initiated the billeting of players in their home. “He did 25 years in the penalty box in the old barn,” Karen says of Ron’s stint volunteering for the team. Ron died in 2009 but Karen con-

tinued on billeting players because of her love of the kids and her role as “mom” in the house. “There was that and I just learned to love hockey,” she says. Her “real” son played hockey too, but now that he and her daughter are grown up and moved out, continuing to take in the boys and young men who play for the Chiefs just made sense. And she clearly loves it. On a Thursday as the Times visits her house, it’s less than an hour before team practice and Roche, an American from Northport, N.Y., is See MOM, Page 13

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wack community and look forward to welcoming new and long-standing members into our facility.We’re here to help kids, families and adults alike reach their full potential. If you’re not familiar with our programs and services, please come in and get to know us,” Comfort said. Chilliwack Family YMCA’s former general manager, Sheri Josephson, has also taken on a new position within the organization. She is now the manager of annual giving and will work to raise funds on behalf of the Strong Kids Campaign which provides more than $1.4 million of direct financial assistance to 10,000 people who need it most. With almost 25 years of experience within the Y, she will be an excellent addition to the fund development team. “It’s a privilege to continue my tenure at the YMCA and I’m fortunate I can pour my energy into goals I truly support and value,” Josephson said.

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he Chilliwack Curling Club is making strides to keep up with the times with new services and changes—one of which may entail a new building in the future. The Parks, Recreation and Culture Department’s strategic master plan, which is currently in the public input phase and awaiting approval from Sharron Ho/TIMES council, recommends that the club’s Although yet to be approved, a new curling rink has been identified as a 10-year projcurrent location be replaced with a new ect in the Parks, Recreation and Culture Department’s strategic master plan. facility in the next 10 years. on municipal land, and was given to Although details on the proposed rink. “Just the change in technology over the city immediately afterwards. building are scarce to non-existent, “We’re kind of unique. We built this Chilliwack Curling Club manager Bruce the years, it’s become harder to run at a profit, and we could use a building, we gave it to the city, they pay Renwick said there is one bigger building,” Renwick us a dollar a year to run it,” Renwick thing on the wish list so said. “We provide a recreational service said. far—more curling sheets. SCAN WITH LAYAR With 650 active members for 650 taxpayers in Chilliwack, for no “We would like to see FOR MORE PHOTOS making over 1,200 visits a cost to the city.” eight sheets,” Renwick Over the last 60 years, the club has week Monday through Frisaid, adding the current day, the Chilliwack Curling Club oper- continually renewed five-year leases building houses only six. The aging building is also becom- ates one of the most utilized buildings with the city. If the strategic plan is adopted, Rening less economical to operate due in the city. In between league hours to factors like heating, electricity and and ice maintenance, the building runs wick said it would be a bittersweet technology. For example, the current from 6 a.m. to 1 a.m. almost every day move. building has an uninsulated concrete of the week. See CURLING, Page 13 The building was constructed in 1952 wall that runs alongside the curling

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Sports MOM, from page 10 hanging out with team captain and Langley native Austin Plevy. The two are teammates in an intense game of ping-pong against Texan Blake Grober and Mathieu Tibbet who hails from Delaware. The basement, with its 50-inch TV, couches, video games and ping-pong table, is “their turf,” according to Engelbrecht. The three are over often as Grober and Plevy live with a family just around the corner. Tibbet lives just three doors down with Michelle Dennill and her family. This is the fourth year Dennill has billeted hockey players. She said they first signed up because they no longer had a basement suite renter and they thought it would be fun to share their home. “It has been really great for our kids to have a personal connection with someone on the ice during Chiefs games,” she said. “Both my boys play hockey and delight in going to the games and seeing their ‘big brother’ play. Our hockey billets really do become part of the family.” The Dennills have also billeted Matt Hutchinson in 2011/2012 and Bruin CURLING, from page 12 “We just hope that we can—and I’m sure the city will allow us—to continue to run the new facility [the way] it has been,” Renwick said. “It’ll still be home to all the curlers.” And with members stretching back to the club’s inception and kitchen and bar run by volunteers, Renwick said

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when you forge connections with these Mike Forsyth in the 2010/2011 season. young men. Mostly they are ups as The Engelbrechts have had many players move on to university teams or boys in their home, as many as three higher levels, but the most heartbreakat a time some seasons. The basement ing in the “down” category came this “man cave” as Roche refers to it, is summer when Engelbrecht learned full of signed hockey sticks and autothat one of her former Bruin billets, 25graphed photos of former Chiefs and year-old Kevin Boutilier had drowned Bruins. in Shuswap Lake. There is Josh Lunden who is current“That was devastating,” she said. ly playing for the Winnipeg Jets farm Families who billet the boys and team. A photo of former Chief Spencer young men who play Graboski, now at Sacred hockey in the BCHL Heart University, hangs and WHL know that on the wall, signed they are a surrogate with the note: “Karen. SCAN WITH LAYAR family for players far Thank you so much for FOR MORE PHOTOS from home. Sometimes all you’ve done for me. relationships are forged These two years have with players’ parents been awesome.” who come to visit. And sometimes There was Tyler Stahl who was draftbillets like Engelbrecht and Dennill ed by the Carolina Hurricanes and is can lend an ear, provide a comforting still in their system. meal and be like a mom to young guys “One of [Tyler’s] first phone calls this who might be a little homesick. year when he got engaged was to me,” “It is great to be able to provide Engelbrecht said. “He told his parents a place where he can relax and and then me.” unwind,” Dennill says. “A hockey playThere was Dillon Johnstone, Chris ers schedule is quite demanding so Eppich, Garret Forster, Cody Hobbs making a home away from home sure and more. helps.” There are always ups and downs

Like a chess game on ice they’re still an “old time curling club.” According to the strategic master plan, capital costs for the project are expected to be shared between the club and the city. Despite the misconception that curling is “an old person’s game,” Renwick

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Fitness and fun merge for active seniors BY SHARRON HO Chilliwack Times

itness programs help improve the mental and physical well-being of seniors through social interaction and exercise. “It stimulates them and it gives them drive and they get excited because ...it’s turned into a social thing, which is why most people live here,”said Tracey McDonald,Hampton House Retirement Community lifestyle program manager. “Most people live here because they don’t want to be alone.” The Hampton House,an independent living seniors home in Chilliwack,offers fitness classes seven days a week—one of which is

taught by a former hockey player and resident in his 80s. Sit and Be Fit is a seated exercise program that takes place a majority of the week. The 45-minute routine includes hand and balance exercises,stretching,on the spot cardio and the use of weights and elastic bands.All done while singing old time tunes. “They’re in a sitting position for the most part,but we do challenge them,”McDonald said.“If they can’t jog on the spot or walk on the spot, they can wiggle on the spot. As long as they’re moving [and] they get their heart rate up.” All exercises are senior friendly and participants are encouraged to follow at their own pace.Water breaks are

scheduled for every workout, and provide seniors with an opportunity socialize. “It’s turned into a social thing.They end up having a sing-a-long and I toast to everybody individually,to everyone’s good health,” McDonald said. Over the years,McDonald said attendance has grown from three to four seniors to

now 20 to 24 per class. “We’re packed in there,” she said.“I don’t want to separate them because they’re having a good time.” The higher turnout has also brought along increased participation in men. “It’s serious enough with the weights and elastic bands to make it not a chick thing,but at the same time,

it’s fun and if we’re all doing it,we can be silly together,” she said. In November,when winter comes full force, the halls come alive with noise as seniors move their regular walks from outside to indoors. According to McDonald,seniors walk throughout the floors of the facility—with the help of an

elevator—and play instruments along the way. “If it’s not fun,they won’t come,”McDonald said.“I’m almost fooling them into it.” When asked how important fitness is to senior health, McDonald stated it is paramount. “Besides community and being stimulated,it’s everything.”

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Community Sit and Be Fit Chair Yoga

The Yarrow Library offers Sit and Be Fit Chair Yoga on Oct. 15 from 2 to 3 p.m. A trained yoga instructor will demonstrate yoga exercises that can be performed from a seated position. No special equipment is needed and the exercises will be modified according to your fitness needs. Presented by the Council of Senior Citizen’s Organizations of BC (COSCO). Registration required. Call the library at 604-823-4664.

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

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Ukulele club meets the first and third Wednesday of each month (Oct.16) from 7 to 9 p.m. at Decades. All levels welcome for an enjoyable eve-

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Did you know that FVRL offers a great selection of free eBooks that can be down-

loaded to your smart device or laptop and transferred to an eReader? Join library staff for a demonstration of how to download from BC’s Library to Go or FVRL’s Overdrive and a discussion of which devices are compatible. Bring your eReader and/ or Tablet and your questions. At Yarrow Library on Oct. 16 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Registration required.

welcome to sign up for You and Your Money at Immigrant Services, Chilliwack Community Services. Learn about budgeting, investing, credit, debt and more. Classes begin Oct. 16 from 12:30 to 2 p.m. For more information and registration, please contact our office at 604-3933251 or email Lynn Gibson at gibsonl@comserv.bc.ca. Child-minding available.

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Community offering Mature Drivers Oct. 17 from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Do you feel it’s time to look at your driving? Has a friend or family member expressed concerns? Have you been called for re-examination? Learn how you can continue to frive safely by attending this workshop with John De Martin, driver examiner for ICBC. Review your driving, brush up on your knowledge and make a plan of action ot help you stay on the road. Please call 604-792-1941 or visit the Chilliwack Library to register. Registration required.

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The Kidney Foundation holds a meeting on Oct. 17 at 7 p.m. for all transplant recipients, donors, patients, family members and anyone interested in volunteering to create more awareness of this disease in Chilliwack. The meeting will take place at The Vedder Legion Branch 280, at 5661 Vedder Rd. Contact Sharon Bainbridge at 604-824-0541.

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Did you complete the Oct. 10 Sign, Say and Play: Parent Orientation workshop? Put what you learned there into action. Bring your child to these three Sign, Say and Play session on Oct. 19 from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. at Sardis Library to practise the techniques. Registration required.

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Community events ing Ghost Towns of BC: Sandon on Oct. 19 from 2-4 p.m. Travel back in time with wellknow historian John Mitchell (bcghosttowns.com) as he shares the story of Sandon, the “Monte Carlo of B.C.,” Sandon burst to life during the silver boom of the mid 1890s and was the first city in the province to be fully electrified. The town was wide open and wild 24/7 with tin horn gamblers, bordellos, newspaper men and two railways—all tucked tightly between towering mountains. This program is generously funded by the Friends of the Chilliwack Library.

Fall Market

A fall market will be held at Christ Lutheran church on Oct. 19 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Come and enjoy a sale of home baking, hand crafts, Christmas items, a tea room, BBQ hot dogs as well as “gently used” items. Vendors from the community are welcome. For table rental call 604-8584814.

PEO giant rummage sale

The Chilliwack PEO Chapter R holds its semi-annual PEO giant rummage sale Oct. 19 at Cooke’s Presbyterian Church Hall, 45825 Wellington Ave., from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. There will be toys,

Babytime

Make language fun. Start early with Babytime. Help your baby develop speech and language skills—enjoy bouncing, singing and rhyming with stories. Thursdays at the Chilliwack Library from 10:30 to 11 a.m.

Senior crib

The Senior Resources Society Society hosts a social crib day Thursdays from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Evergreen Hall in October. For more info, call the Senior Resource Office at 604-793-9979.

Pagans meet

The Fraser Valley/Chilliwack Pagan and Spiritual Paths Group meets every Thursday at 7 pm. The group welcomes all pagan, wiccan, First Nations and other spiritual paths, including those of mainstream faiths. For info call 604-793-6708.

TV bingo

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.

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The Chilliwack Symphony Orchestra Chorus has some vacant positions and invites interested singers to join them in preparation for their

upcoming season. The chorus meets Thursdays at 7 p.m. at Sardis senior secondary school. 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.

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Mental health group

The Living Healthy Group (Chilliwack Association), a non-profit group of selfadvocates, 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. For more information please call Barb at 604-7921059.

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