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BY CORNELIA NAYLOR cnaylor@chilliwacktimes.com t took two police investigators a combined 24 hours to sort former Chilliwack elementary school teacher John Patrick Davy’s massive collection of child pornography. To print out the 151 gigabytes worth of sexually explicit images and videos of children found on one of his seized computer storage devices would take up to two million pieces of paper, RCMP computer forensic investigator Sgt. Lorena Rostie told a Chilliwack court last week. “That’s a very large collection,” she said. Davy was first arrested for possession of child pornography in May 2013. He was taken into custody again in September 2013 after breaking his bail conditions just days after his release. The former Greendale elementary teacher pleaded guilty on Feb. 19 to possession and distribution of child pornography, and was back in Chilliwack Provincial Court Thursday for the first day of a two-day sentencing hearing. According to an agreed statement of facts read in court by Crown counsel Andrea Ormiston Thursday, it was four child pornographic images Davy uploaded to Microsoft-owned Skydrive in January 2013 that eventually led

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Ripple effect for Lakers? BY PAUL J. HENDERSON phenderson@chilliwacktimes.com

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Sue Lister and the petition last summer that led to changes coming to the Cultus Lake Park Act.

he legislation introduced by the provincial government last week to change the Cultus Lake Park Act leaves significant issues unresolved, according to Cultus Lake Park Board chair Sacha Peter. “Specifically, there has been no resolution to the complex land tenure issue that continues to pose a significant risk to stakeholders in Cultus Lake Park,” he said in a press release. Chilliwack residents will have less input into management of Cultus Lake if Bill 27, The Cultus Lake Park Amendment Act 2014, is passed by the Legislature. The changes introduced by Minister for Community, Sport and Cultural Development Coralee Oakes will reduce the number of commissioners on the board from seven to five and increase the number of commissioners elected by Cultus residents from two to three. The current system sees five commissioners elected by residents of Chilliwack and two by Cultus residents. That situation has long been decried as undemocratic by many Cultus leaseholders. The park board was not consulted by the provincial government about Bill 27. “It is the understanding of the Park Board that by virtue of the City of Chilliwack owning the lands consisting of Cultus Lake Park, the City was consulted and consented to this legislation,” the park board press release said. In a letter to Chilliwack-Hope MLA

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Laurie Throness dated March 20, Mayor Sharon Gaetz did express council’s endorsement of his recommendation to reduce the number of commissioners from seven to five and the number that are voted on by Chilliwack residents. “Council does this with the understanding that no costs associated with the proposed change to the Cultus Lake Park Board Act will be incurred by the City of Chilliwack,” she wrote. Gaetz said council also asked that Throness communicate the proposed change with the park board. The changes to the Cultus Lake Park Act came at the urging of Throness, who himself was responding to a 926name petition started by two Cultus residents last summer. “I’m so pleased that our government has responded to the calls of residents and leaseholders of Cultus Lake to increase the accountability of the board to the people it serves,” Throness said in a caucus press release issued Thursday. “Two years ago during the byelection in Chilliwack-Hope, I supported the desire of Cultus Lake residents to bring change, and last May I reiterated that commitment. Today our government is delivering.” Cultus residents Sue and Gary Lister gathered 926 signatures on their petition, which was presented to Throness in the summer who presented it to the Legislature on July 24.

The changes to the act, however, do not go all the way to respond to the Listers’ petition. Their request was to reduce the number of commissioners to five but also to have them only elected by Cultus residents. “Although it wasn’t what we were going for with the petition, it does make it a more accountable board and I’m very happy with that,” Sue Lister said. Last summer, Peter questioned the logic underlying the petition given that the City of Chilliwack is on the title of the land at Cultus. In July, Peter added that it would make little sense to hand 100 per cent control of the park board to Cultus Lake residents given how much they contribute to coffers. “Cultus Lake Park is more than the residential leaseholders,” Peter said. “If you look at it in terms of dollars and cents, about 15 per cent of [park board] revenue comes from residential leaseholders.” Peter also pointed out that five of the current members of the park board— Bob McRae, Owen Skonberg, Carlton Toews, Charlotte Hall and Larry Payeur—live or have homes at the lake. “It’s not as if the residents are not represented on the board,” Peter said. “Conversely, one could make the argument that the people of Chilliwack do not have adequate representation on the board.”

Lobbying efforts pay off as literacy funding restored

BY CORNELIA NAYLOR cnaylor@chilliwacktimes.com

he Chilliwack Learning Community Society (CLCS) is breathing a sigh of relief after an 11th-hour restoration of literacy funding by the B.C. Ministry of Education last week. But after two consecutive years of such last-minute reversals, CLCS’s provincial umbrella organization, Decoda would like to see an end to its yearly funding uncertainty. “What we’re hoping to gain from the B.C. government is sustainable funding year after year,” Decoda communications director Michael Leland told the Times, “so we can continue to do this important work instead of lobbying for the funding year after year.”

Chilliwack-Hope ML A Laurie Throness, however, told the Times it might be in the public’s best interest for groups like Decoda and CLCS to regularly demonstrate value to maintain funding since they don’t perform a core function for government the way schools and universities do. “I would say that most British Columbians have to demonstrate value in their jobs, not only on an annual basis, but on a monthly basis,” he said. “So, if you don’t perform at work for a short period of time, your job is in trouble. And I don’t think it’s wrong to ask private groups like Decoda that receive government funding to demonstrate value year over year.” Asked how a group like CLCS would demonstrate value, Throness said,

“You deliver a product that is beneficial to the people you’re trying to help.” CLCS got news last month that its 2013-14 funding from Decoda—a provincial non-profit that supports community literacy groups around the province—had been cut from $30,000 to $13,000. They were told Decoda’s community literacy co-ordination funding was being cut in half, from $2 million in 2012-13 to $1 million in 2013-14, despite a recommendation from the Legislative Select Standing Committee on Finance that it be maintained as is. That $1 million was quietly restored last week after public outcry from local literacy groups, but there is as yet no indication of any literacy co-ordination funding in the 2014-15 budget.

“It’s our hope that there will be something in the budget. Right now we’re in a wait-and-see pattern,” Leland said. While $30,000 in local funding may not seem like much, CLCS literacy outreach co-ordinator Debbie Denault said her organization annually leverages that money into thousands of volunteer hours and more than $155,000 in grants and in-kind contribution for local literacy projects. Throness, however, said all “stakeholder groups” across the province are under financial pressure and will continue to be in the future because of ballooning health-care costs. He said he didn’t feel qualified to comment on whether Decoda or CLCS demonstrated value but did

note Decoda’s administration or “office functions” costs outlined in its latest annual report were “very high” at 15 per cent or $800,000 last year. He also said Decoda needs to ask itself why the education ministry has advised politicians to cut its funding. “The ministry has tried to reduce their funding on several occasions, and it’s the politicians that have restored it under pressure,” Throness said. “I was heavily lobbied by Decoda, and I know other MLAs were as well.” Asked whether he thought politicians should be following the ministry’s lead or the another way around, Throness said, “I would take the ministry’s advice on this, and I’ll take the minister’s decision and support his decision in the future.”

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he University of the Fraser Valley begins its 40th anniversary celebrations this week. The university, now with campuses and locations in Abbotsford, Chilliwack, Hope and Mission, as well as Chandigarh, India, was first established as Fraser Valley College, on April 4, 1974. “Over the past 40 years, UFV has become a jewel within the Fraser Valley and a leader within Canada in so many areas,” said UFV Board of Governors Chair Barry Delaney. “The university is a major employer in our region, and it provides the pathway to a promising future for thousands of students. I love that UFV strives to provide the best undergraduate education in Canada. It is exciting to work with an organization that operates and plans on such an ambitious scale nationally. I know UFV’s next 40 years will continue to bring tremendous benefits to Fraser Valley communities, the province and the world.” The Fraser Valley has shown UFV significant community support throughout the past four decades. Local communities rallied for Fraser Valley College to be established in 1974, for university-college status in 1991, and again for full university status in 2008. “Fraser Valley College was founded as a grassroots community initiative to provide post-secondary educational opportunities for students of all ages and all regions

of the Valley,” said UFV Chancellor Dr. Brian Minter. “It essentially opened doors for so many valley residents to improve their lives when the cost of living made attending the three established universities not feasible. It was so successful and the community support for a university college, and subsequently university status so overwhelming, the government of the day finally recognized this important need and granted our wishes. It is a very unique university where our values and culture are totally founded on the success of our students. I have never seen such a high level of commitment to excellence as shown by our support staff, instructing community, management team and our president. We should all take great pride in 40 years as an outstanding centre of excellence and look forward to the next generation of leading edge educators.” UFV now offers 100 programs spanning master’s and bachelor’s degrees, diplomas, certificates, apprenticeship and trades training and continuing studies. Research activity has faculty and students working together on partnerships, including those with NASA, the Surrey Fire Service and Natural Resources Canada. UFV Cascades athletics teams have won a number of national championships. ◗ For more information on UFV’s 40th anniversary, including a historical timeline and events planned for this year, visit ufv.ca/40.

{ GRAVES, from page A4 } police to the 44-year-old’s main collection. The uploads were traced back to Davy after Microsoft reported the activity to U.S. Police, who passed the information on to Canadian investigators. Police executed a search warrant on his Sardis home on May 12, 2013. They were met at the door by Davy’s roommate, who called out to Davy that the police were there. Davy told him to say he wasn’t home. Officers went inside and found Davy with his head and shoulders in an attic access in his bedroom, and a search of the attic eventually turned up an external hard drive buried under the insulation. Also seized were a laptop, computer tower and a bag with a towel and girl’s bikini inside. Davy was arrested. A search of the hard drive and computers turned up more than 27,000 child porn images, 866 videos and 600 text files with pornographic stories about children as well as 32,572 images of naked or partly naked children that did not meet the definition of child porn and almost 67,000 “child-relevant” images. “The collection contains many types of child pornography, including victims as young as two to three years old being penetrated anally and vaginally by adult male penises, bestiality, forcible confinement while being sexually assaulted, posing where the focus of the camera is the genitals, phallacio, animated sexual activity,” Rostie stated in one report. Davy was also found to have two Hushmail email accounts he used

‘Bucket list’ included sex assault to distribute and receive child porn. Ormiston said investigators found he had sent out 1,761 images as email attachments or using file-sharing services over a two-month period. Davy was released on bail and moved to Kelowna, but police found he had breached his bail conditions just days after his release by accessing his email. He was also found to have an Internet account in his name. His Kelowna home was searched on Sept. 12, 2013 and a laptop was seized that contained 1,178 child porn images, 321 photos of naked or partly naked children and 668 child-relevant images. Rostie told the court it was “more tricky” to find the images on the Kelowna computer because Davy had used a proxy server to hide his IP address, used a program called FileShredder to get rid of files and stored his new collection on a memory stick instead of the laptop. “In the Kelowna file, I didn’t find the collection on the computer, but all of the artifacts that I found on the computer indicate that a child pornography collection was stored on an external storage device, a Lexar brand that we never found.” The child porn images found of the laptop were “thumbnail” copies automatically generated and stored on the computer by certain software—likely without Davy’s knowledge—as he viewed the photos and videos on the computer. “Unless you’re a computer forensic investigator, you’re not going to

know that they exist,” Rostie said. Up to the time of his arrest, Davy had significant involvement with children through teaching and volunteer work, both in Canada and abroad, Ormiston said, adding he has travelled extensively in countries including Australia, New Zealand, the Dominican Republic, Burma, Singapore, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia. Just days before his first arrest, a local news story stated Davy was planning to join 14 local middle school students on a 11-day volunteering trip to Kenya during spring break 2014 as part of Free the Children’s Me to We initiative. The trip would have seen Davy and three other adults camp with students for nine days of an 11-day trip. When Davy was arrested in Kelowna in September, he told police what he did on his computer was different from how he lived his life, Ormiston said. The search of his hard drive, however, revealed one text document named “bucket list” that Rostie found “significant.” Based on the document properties, she said evidence points to the document having been written by Davy. “As I scrolled through the things on the bucket list, at the very bottom it talks about, from 101 to 110, basically sexually assaulting a little girl.” The second day of Davy’s sentencing hearing is scheduled for April 23.

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Antle clients asked to come forward in debt pooling case BY PAUL J. HENDERSON phenderson@chilliwacktimes.com

hilliwack debt consolidator Don Antle has been shut down by Consumer Protection BC (CPBC), and now the agency wants to hear from clients who may have been impacted by his questionable practices. CPBC froze the assets of Antle and his business Options Credit Services Canada Ltd. (OCSC) and suspended his licence in December after an

investigation spurred by numerous complaints. The business of debt consolidation, also known as debt pooling, involves helping clients with their bills by grouping payments to various creditors into one monthly payment. Companies like Antle’s, of which there are 70 in British Columbia, charge a fee for the service. Further to the investigation, CPBC said last week that OCSC’s licence has been cancelled after the business

was found to have breached several sections of the Business Practices and Consumer Protection Act and the Debt Collection Industry Regulation. “This has been a complex investigation from the start, involving a number of consumers and a variety of financial transactions,” said Tayt Winnitoy, vice-president of operations at Consumer Protection BC. “We are very concerned about the financial impact that may be felt by consumers as a result of this company’s business

practices. We will make every effort to help consumers receive whatever refunds are possible.” In addition to consumer complaints, Vancouver Sun financial columnist David Baines reported in June on the numerous individuals who had filed lawsuits against Antle. These were not debt consolidation clients but rather individuals who purchased $15,000 licences from Antle to operate under Options Credit Services Canada Ltd. or Options

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ew perennial stories that grace the pages of this paper year after year are as aggravating as the need for garbage cleanups around Chilliwack’s waterways. That these cleanups are put on by dedicated volunteers and committed citizens is wonderful. What is aggravating is that they need to do them at all. For the 95 per cent of folks who use the rivers responsibly—to pick a figure estimated by an organizer of this Saturday’s cleanup at Gill Bar—it’s an ongoing mystery why some other individuals in that five per cent have so little respect for the community and the environment. Some have suggested it’s a sense of entitlement, in other words: “It’s Crown land so I can do whatever I want including burning garbage.” There are fines that can be issued to those caught dumping garbage by the river. Enforcement, however, isn’t easy. There are a large number of those responsible recreational river users who may not make a mess themselves but who turn a blind eye to others. Some may see a person dumping garbage by the river and do nothing. This has to change. River cleanups such as the one at Gill Bar this Saturday are great. But let’s not turn a blind eye the rest of the year. Record licence plates of offenders and call the Report All Poachers and Polluters line at 1-877-952-RAPP (7277).

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few months back, I received a notification which advised me that I had to declare whether Buckerfields was a ‘producer’ of printed paper or packaging material. If so, we would have to implement an “approved stewardship plan” to deal with the material. Otherwise we would have to join another “stewardship plan” and pay fees to that plan holder. I thought it was a scam. But I looked into it further and determined that there was indeed regulatory provisions in effect which stated this very thing and according to the regulations, Buckerfields is now a “producer” of printed paper and packaging material, with the best example being our Buckerfields feed bags. I then discussed the alternatives with a Ministry of Environment official and came to realize that we had no choice but to join the only approved stewardship plan in the Province, MMBC. We signed the MMBC contract. But we also read it. And it stated that MMBC had to file audited financial statements on its website. I recently went to the website and there are no

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BE OUR GUEST audited financial statements. Now, several months later, I have discovered the following: MMBC is a corporation under the Societies Act comprised of three directors, two of which live in Ontario. None of the directors have public sector credentials. All of the directors represent large corporate interests. MMBC is not accountable to any government agency, appointed official, elected official or any other government body other than the Registrar of Companies under the Societies Act MMBC is not governed by the province’s Financial Administration Act which sets out the rules for the administration of all public monies. None of the monies collected by MMBC, including the fees Buckerfields is supposed to pay go to the public

accounts of the province or any other government organization. MMBC is not subject to oversight by the Auditor General of B.C. Under MMBC’s “stewardship plan” as approved by the provincial government, MMBC has the authority to charge companies like Buckerfields unlimited fees based on whatever MMBC spends, regardless of what the actual costs are to recycle our feed bags and regardless of the fact that we already pay municipal taxes in all eight of our locations. MMBC has the authority to come into any municipality in the province and offer financial incentives to the locally elected government to do what MMBC wants in the area of waste collection and recycling; if the locally elected government refuses, MMBC has the authority to do what it wants anyway. The municipal governments of the province do not know the background of MMBC and don’t yet realize the fees that MMBC is charging to Buckerfields and all the other companies amounts to double taxation The municipal governments are

going to have to give up that tax base they have for waste collection and recycling because the shift to “producers” paying directly for waste collection and recycling eliminates the need and justification for “consumers” i.e. property tax payers, to pay for these services through the municipalities. The provincial government did not consult with the municipal governments or the public but companies like Buckerfields are pointing it out because until it is resolved, we are being taxed twice for the same service and residential taxpayers (including me) are being taxed for something that someone else is actually paying for. Taxpayers and municipal governments were not consulted as to whether they really want to shift the financing and control of municipal waste and recycling services out of the municipal jurisdiction, that is, the jurisdiction of democratically elected municipal officials into the hands of a corporation under the Societies Act that is { See BE OUR GUEST, page A9 }

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Online: www.chilliwacktimes.com Email: editorial@chilliwacktimes.com Mail: 45951 Trethewey Ave., Chilliwack, B.C. V2P 1K4 Letters must include first and last name, and a daytime phone number. Please remember, brevity is the soul of wit. in pork and seventh in ribs at this past weekend’s barbecue festival at Heritage Park. Congratulations, Mr. Martin. Now do tell me, please, where has your passion for the ALR gone? Pigs need to graze before they hit the “bbq” you know. During the 2012 byelection (as a candidate for the BC Conservative Party), John Martin made no secret of his admiration for the ALR, saying in a media release only two days prior to Election Day: “I’m worried that under the Liberals the ALR has become a plaything for developers and well-connected special interests.” These words seem quasi-prophetic, don’t they? But now that Mr. Martin is a member of the Liberal caucus, he is silent (save for those occasions on which he has a BBQ competition to publicize). Why doesn’t he pipe up and let us all know that when he said he was worried about the ALR being “a

Voting is your Canadian right Editor: All Canadians are constitutionally guaranteed the right to vote. Yet again this Conservative government is challenging one of the basic rights of Canadians. The more one reads through and ponders the Orwellian-sounding “Fair Elections Act,” the more one has to come to the conclusion this legislation has more do with gaming the system and providing the Harper Conservatives with more political advantages, than it does with fairer elections. Indeed, virtually every change, be it upping contribution limits, neutering the Chief Electoral Officer, or even doing away with vouching, is good for the Conservatives and not so good

Buckerfields won’t be paying a dime to MMBC { BE OUR GUEST, from page A8 } accountable to no one and is outside the jurisdiction of the Provincial Auditor General. Taxpayers and voters are unaware that the fees being charged by MMBC are so onerous that they will cause newspaper closures and job losses of 300 to 500 in the newspaper industry in British Columbia, even though recycled newsprint is actually very valuable. In finding all this out, I lament the fact that none of this was introduced into the Legislature for proper debate because it means that instead of spending my days managing the sale of chicks and garden supplies at Buckerfields, I have to spend my time trying to revive democratic processes in British Columbia, retroactively. I find it appalling. My position as of the time of this writing is this, we ain’t paying a dime to MMBC and neither should anyone else, not until: ◗ The provincial government reconciles what it is doing with the municipal governments and municipal

taxpayers so that taxpayers don’t have to pay twice; ◗ The provincial government takes back the legislation which calls us “producers” and “blames us” for the choices made by manufacturers and indeed consumers that are completely outside of our control; ◗ Any monies charged under the auspices of the Recyling Regulation are included in the public accounts of the province and subject to the provisions of the Financial Administration Act and the Auditor General Act; ◗ Whatever is going to be done is introduced into the Legislative Assembly in the form of a Bill so that the proper public debate can occur. ◗ Insofar as MMBC has not filed its audited financial statements since inception, and the period of time not reported spans more than two years, and insofar as MMBC is actually a taxing and funding agency, there be an independent public inquiry into the financial operations, sources and uses of funds, contractual procedures and expenditures of MMBC. No, Buckerfields is not paying a dime until this cash and power grab

for the opposition parties . . . or for democracy in general. Canada’s election challenge is to increase citizen participation by getting more people out to vote, rather than eliminating tools such as the vouching system and the voter information card. Canada’s election crisis is related to low voter turnout and uncertainty surrounding the dirty tricks used by political operatives in the last federal election. It’s not fraud by individual voters. It’s not vouching as suggested by this government. Close to 120,000 people who voted in the last election did so by vouching mostly seniors, students and First Nation Canadians. What kind of coincidence is it that the very forms of voter ID targeted and now disallowed in this Fair Elections Act are the same ones that would increase the voting potential of these groups. The same groups less likely to vote for the Conservatives. Canadians need to ask themselves: Will the number of cases of fraud prevented actually be greater than the number of people prevented from voting? By muzzling the Chief Electoral Officer and banning Elections Canada from promoting the right to vote this government has taken us in a completely opposite direction with this U.S.-style attempt at voter suppression. This bill has been slammed by academics in Canada and by a group of international election law experts

plaything for developers and . . . special interests”, he wasn’t just blowing some cherry-flavoured smoke from his ever-in-service BBQ? We could really benefit from such words from his advantageous position on the Liberal back benches right about now. John Martin is my MLA. I am asking that he stand up for the future of this province and its food security and break ranks with his caucus on this destructive legislation. Jennifer Woodroff Chilliwack

is unravelled and revealed for what it is. One final word: 96 per cent of all printed paper and packaging material is already being picked up or deposited into municipally financed facilities. Despite what MMBC is saying, at least 53 per cent of that is already being recycled and it is very likely that that number was seriously understated to give the government a reason for its MMBC cash and power grab. In reality, there is no basis for setting up a recycling dictatorship and charging punitive fees to companies like Buckerfields at all. Recycling is a booming business with rapidly increasing prices of marketable commodities. Could that be why the Board of MMBC is all big business and outside the jurisdiction of the Auditor General? We don’t have to change a thing to see recycling take off in B.C., in the hands of our elected municipal officials. We need to send the MMBC regime to the recycle bin. ◗ By Kelvin McCulloch is the CEO of Buckerfields.

from around the world weighing in at how bad this would be for Canada, for Canadians, for emerging democracies that look up to Canada. It again further erodes the way the world looks at us. The only serious fraud anyone has identified in the last election was the “robo calls,” and there is good reason to believe that they were perpetrated by or on behalf of the Conservatives using their database. The Harper Conservatives have been mad at Mr. Mayrand, Canada’s Chief Electoral Officer, because the elections office caught the party red handed on the “in-and-out” scheme, and red handed in the robo calls affair. So Dr. Evil has decided to rein in the power of the Chief Electoral Officer when it comes to launching investigations into violations of electoral law and as he does with those whom they decide are “enemies” to weaken the powers of Elections Canada as well. The Conservatives have already used their majority to defeat amendments made and supported by all opposition parties to the Fair Elections Act by a vote of 149 to 131. Not one Tory MP, including Mark Strahl, saw fit to break ranks, despite mounting public opposition to this bill. This bill should be challenged at every level. Voting is your Canadian right, limiting the ways in which you can vote is simply unconstitutional. Louis De Jaeger Chilliwack

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Editor: I am horrified at the latest legislative pillaging to be conducted by the governing BC Liberals: that of the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR). The Agricultural Land Reserve was founded for the purpose of providing a land base for future food security for the province of British Columbia. This far-sighted legislation has long been admired all over the world as a bold means of ensuring that we will be able to feed ourselves in an uncertain future. To now suggest that 89 per cent of this land (the portion that will no longer be protected, under the new legislation) should be opened for development by oil and gas interests is shocking. Bill 24 represents an abdication from responsibility for the people’s legacy by this government. But this cavalier disposal of legacy should come as no surprise to any of us, as the same pack of vandals has been only too willing to open B.C.’s parks to oil and gas exploration in Bill 4. Before we know it, this province will be the Louisiana of the north, crisscrossed with abandoned pipelines left in place due to legislation that permits them to be. You may scoff at such a suggestion now, but would you have believed any government would expose B.C.’s ALR and park legacies to oil and gas exploration before last week’s events in the House? I hear through the grapevine that my MLA, John Martin, came in 10th

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› Faith Today BY SHAWN VANDOP Main Street Church

ave you ever looked at a struggle or difficulty in your life and wondered why it was happening to you only to later look back and see how it was instrumental in getting you to where you are now? That was the case for a man named Joseph. You can read his story in Genesis 37-47. His life had a pretty good start. He was his Dad’s favourite son— so he got some perks that his brother’s didn’t. This ticked them off so they sold him into slavery and told Dad that he had been killed by a wild animal. And for more than 20 years Joseph lived a really tough life. He lived as a slave, was falsely accused of raping a woman and then was thrown into prison and left to die—with no one to defend or rescue him. But there was one person who knew

Beyond your expectations Josephs situation. God knew and God had a plan. And through a number of circumstances God delivers Joseph from prison by having him interpret a dream for the Pharaoh of Egypt. The dream foretold seven years of fruitful crops followed by seven years of famine. This gave the Egyptians time to store up food. Joseph was also promoted from a prison cell to the palace putting him second in command of all of Egypt. During this time of famine Joseph’s brothers show up to buy some food and so Joseph reveals his identity to them. Of course this is cause for celebration, cheering, countless high fives

and a family group hug—Not! Those brothers freak. They turn white. All they can think about is how today is going to be their last day alive. The worst thing they could ever imagine has happened—their brother, the second most powerful man in the world, has just called them out. But Joseph doesn’t give them what they deserve. He doesn’t blame his brothers. He doesn’t lash out at them. In fact, he thanks them because in the end it was God who ordained his life so that he could be put in this place of influence in order to save the lives of his family and millions of others. This is the moment where Joseph’s

life comes together and makes sense. He understands the slavery, the false accusations, the prison time, those lonely years waiting for someone to plead his case. And now, as he stands in front of his brothers, he sees his journey clearly so he forgives and shows gratefulness for what God did in order to save his family from starvation. The story of Joseph shows us what God can do when we fully trust Him in spite of the pain or difficulty we may be facing. When Joseph sat in that prison cell year after year for a crime he did not commit I’m sure he was not thinking how one day he’d be the second

most powerful person in the world. But now, he stands before his brothers reflecting on God’s leading and perspective and he is overwhelmed. He is grateful. He is in awe before God realizing that this was not the way he would have ever written the end of his story. It can be the same for you. Your story does not have to end in defeat or despair. God loves writing surprise endings in our lives. This is the truth about God. He takes bad things, hard things, and difficult things and uses them for good but only if you invite Him into your story. Maybe it’s time to let God become the author of your life. After all, he has written the best-selling book of all time so just imagine what he could do with your story. ◗ Shawn is pastor of Main Street Church. You can connect with him at shawn@mypcc.ca neighbourhood@ gmail.com.

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Chiefs extend special pricing deal on season tickets

he Chilliwack Chiefs have extended the deadline for reduced season ticket prices until a replacement for outgoing coach and general manager Harvey Smyl is announced. The deadline for 25th anniversary season tickets was extended to April 14. The reduced prices, designed to encourage more fans to join in the 25th anniversary celebrations in the 2014-15 season, had been scheduled to end on April 1.

Team president Glen Ringdal said the search for a new general manager and head coach is down to five men from an initial group of more than two dozen. “We are on schedule to name the new leader prior to the Chiefs Spring Camp, which takes place at Prospera Centre April 11 to 13,” Ringdal said. “We are well aware that a number of past and

future fans want to know who will be managing the team before they purchase season tickets. It is appropriate then for us to extend the deadline for the special prices until that process is complete. Purchases by renewing ticket holders and by new purchasers have been very brisk and we expect them to take another jump when the new head coach is identified.”

Ringdal said the club has been overwhelmed by the interest of “some really outstanding” hockey professionals throughout North America and even Europe in taking the leadership reins of the Chiefs. It has not been easy narrowing the list to the five finalists—which includes former Chiefs and successful head coaches from other leagues—but, as a result, the team will have a great new ice boss, he said. “Any one of the five would be good,

but we hope our personal interviews this coming week will identify the very best and that we will be able to have him here for our spring camp where he will begin the transition from Harvey Smyl who has successfully guided the Chiefs for the past 21 years.” New and renewing fans are still encouraged to purchase their season tickets at the special prices of $199 or less for adults and just $99 for all youth as soon as possible to have best seat selection.

Wierks, Pauls bring home awards

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UFV men’s basketball assistant coach Kyle Graves will again run a club basketball program this spring for boys going into Grades 7 to 12 next year. The club program runs from April to the beginning of July at a cost of $350 with many guest coaches and university players showing up to practices and games. The first parent and player meeting is Thursday, April 3 at 7 p.m. at Sardis secondary. For more information, contact Graves at kyle_graves@sd33.bc.ca or 604-799-8035.

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wo Chilliwack athletes featured prominently as UFV Athletics celebrated the school’s 30th year of varsity competition on Friday, hosting the annual athletics award banquet at the Ramada Plaza and Conference Centre in Abbotsford. Nicole Wierks, a Chilliwack secondary school grad and a graduating senior with the UFV women’s basketball team picked up the female academic award for the second year in a row. The five-foot-10-inch forward boasted a perfect A+ (4.33) average in her bachelor of science program and

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liwack Stingrays swim season is April 5 at the Landing Leisure Centre and April 6 at the Cheam Leisure Centre. Both sessions run from 10 a.m. to noon. The Stingrays season starts indoors at the Landing Leisure Centre and moves to the Rotary Pool on Reece Avenue after the May Long Weekend. Regular cost for the season is $464 for up to five swim sessions per week. For swimmers in the Pup program, who swim up to three

days a week, the price is $364. Register early and save $25. Visit chilliwackstingrays. com or call 604-858-9894.

Mega Kickers soccer

Little Kickers, the positive, fun-filled kids soccer program played in a friendly, pressure-free environment, doesn’t have to end at age five. Mega Kickers for kids aged five to seven is coming to Greendale elementary school. Class is from 4 p.m. Thursdays with Ryan. Play, practise and understand soccer. Register at www.littlekickers.ca.

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averaged 9.1 points per game on the basketball court, with a staggering .519 field goal percentage on the season. Wierks was actually unable to attend the banquet because she was gone for the weekend for a medical school interview. Golfer Aaron Pauls, meanwhile, picked up the team MVP for men’s golf. The Sardis secondary school grad

training camps will run this year from April 7 to June 1. All athletes between Grade 3 and 11 in Chilliwack interested in participating in club basketball are welcome to attend; there are no tryouts. For more information, visit www. tcathletics.ca. For all program inquiries contact Jake Mouritzen at 604-702-8734 or transcanadabball@gmail.com.

Senior slo-pitch

Chilliwack senior slo-pitch has just started its 2014 season at Townsend Park. All women aged 55 and over, and men 60 and over are welcome to come out. Games held every Tuesday and Thursday at 9:30 a.m. The

finished his final season at UFV with the third-best cumulative score in the PACWEST before leading his Cascades to a national championship with an individual silver medal performance at the nationals in Quebec City in October. More recently, Pauls became the first Cascade in UFV history to be named to Team Canada for the 2014 World University Golf Championships at Crans-Montana, Switzerland in June.

cost is $30 per player. Registration is April 1 at Townsend. For more information, phone Joe at 604-823-6976.

Saturday night racing

The Agassiz Speedway hosts Saturday night racing under the lights Saturday, April 26 from 6 to 9 p.m. The event features compact Hit To Pass racing, street stock and hornet car racing. Tickets are $12 for adults. Kids six and under get in for free. Come out early to meet the drivers. For more information, visit www. agassizspeedway.com.

Volunteers needed

Local organizers are looking for volunteers to help with

two provincial golf championships in Chilliwack in August. About 80 of B.C.’s best U15 boys and girls golfers will converge on Meadowlands Golf Club Aug. 20 to 22 to compete in the B.C. Golf Bantam Championship. The following week (Aug. 25 to 28) a field of 120 U17 male and female standouts will compete at Royalwood Golf & RV Resort in the B.C. Golf Juvenile Championship. Volunteers are needed to help in all areas of these competitions. For more information or to volunteer, email rayflynn@shaw.ca, call Ray at 604- 824-4604 or sign up at either venue. ◗ Compiled by staff

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“We have plans to build a safer, better pipeline. We also have plans to operate it that way.” Janet Holder, Leader of Northern Gateway

I’m Janet Holder, leader of Northern Gateway. Of the 209 conditions set by the Joint Review Panel, over 60 deal specifically with land safety and related environmental safeguards. EXCEEDING EXPECTATIONS We are working on those conditions with the same diligence that we are applying to the tough conditions mandated by the Province. In many cases, these conditions reflect the world class voluntary land safety measures that Northern Gateway proposed during the Review process. A BETTER, SAFER PIPELINE Our land safety measures primarily focus on spill prevention. With new standards in pipeline design and integrity, construction, monitoring and project management, we want to build a better, safer pipeline. A RESPECTFUL ROUTE After a decade of planning, we have mapped out a pipeline route that will have as little impact

as possible on British Columbia’s terrain and neighbouring communities. In fact, 70% of the route utilizes previously disturbed lands, including old forestry roads, cut blocks and other disturbances. A WATCHFUL EYE We are equally committed to setting new standards when it comes to Emergency Preparedness and Response. In fact, JRP Conditions #174 and #175 require us to file separate emergency response plans for every 10-km section of pipe. That’s over 110 separate plans that include details covering specific habitat to protect. Our plans also include realistic training programs and exercises, staffing of all pump stations, 24/7 monitoring, advanced leak detection systems and more remotely-controlled isolation valves. We’re doing all this hard work because we are committed to developing the most sound, sensible and sensitive approach to designing, constructing and operating the Project.

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he waters of the Fraser River rushed along Monday afternoon under clear blue skies past Gill Bar out in Rosedale. Recreational users with fourwheel ATVs and dirt bikes drove down Gill Road to enjoy the spring weather. They gathered along the banks, cruised along the gravel bars, and splashed through mud puddles along the tree-lined shores. And there, right next to the road and a Ministry of Environment “No Dumping” sign was a man, beer perched on the tailgate of his pickup truck, methodically unloading trash from his vehicle and tossing it onto a raging fire. The scene, sadly, comes as no surprise to frequent river visitor Kevin Raffle. “I’m not shocked one bit,” Raffle told the Times Tuesday when shown a photo of the illegal dumping.

What: Gill Bar cleanup When: April 5, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Where: Gill Bar area Volunteers are asked to bring boots, a refillable mug or water bottle (to fill up on Starbucks coffee, tea or water from the Chilliwack Water Store) and gloves if possible. For more information visit: fraserriverkeeper.ca/cleanupgill “Because there isn’t much enforcement, they know they can go down there and pretty much do what they want. It’s frustrating for a guy like me and many others that use those waterways as a form of recreation.” Raffle and local company Woodtone have been involved in cleanups at Gill Bar with Fraser Riverkeeper for the last seven years. Over those seven cleanups, at about three hours each, volunteers have pulled approximately 32 tonnes of garbage out of the area. “During past river cleanups, we’ve even had people come and try to dump while we are cleaning up,” Raffle added. Tyee Bridge, campaign director for cleanup co-organizers Fraser Riverkeeper, agreed that garbage

being dumped at the river is all-too common. “I’d say 95 per cent, get it—garbage and green waste goes to the dump,” Bridge said. “But there are people in the Chilliwack area who think dumping and burning garbage on public lands is their personal right. And it’s sad because it ruins these places for everyone. “Avoiding a dump fee by burning or dumping trash at spots like Gill not only mistreats wildlife and habitat, it’s really kicking to the curb everyone who loves these places and uses them either for fishing, recreation or just to get away from it all.” The 2014 cleanup this Saturday at Gill Bar marks the first year that the Crown lands have preventive signage. Not only is there the provincial “No Dumping” sign, which warns of jail time and penalties from $575 to $1 million, but there is a new City of Chilliwack “Don’t Trash Our Future” sign. The signs are the result of a joint effort between the city, provincial recreation and conservation officials, and Fraser Riverkeeper. On April 5, Fraser Riverkeeper has partnered with Woodtone, the City of Chilliwack, Rotz Disposal, RBC and other organizations to clean up the Gill Bar area from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event is a two-hour cleanup followed by a community barbecue.

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› Volunteer Week Saying thanks to 13.3 million volunteers D uring National Volunteer Week 2014, Volunteer Canada and Investors Group are encouraging Canadians to thank volunteers for their efforts, by participating in a unique countrywide conversation about volunteer recognition. The Volunt-Hear Hotline, a toll-free number that Canadians can call to leave a brief impact statement and thank a volunteer, will be live until April 12. Messages will be collected and organized into play lists online. Listeners will be able to download the audio files from volunteer.ca, share them through social media and hear first-hand how volunteer work changes lives and shapes communities. “National Volunteer Week is sig-

nificant because it recognizes the importance of volunteers by celebrating them and appreciating all of their remarkable work,” says Steve Tipman, President and CEO of Volunteer Canada. “It would be pretty difficult to find a Canadian whose life has not been touched by a volunteer in some way.” “Investors Group believes in the value and importance of volunteering. We are proud to sponsor a campaign that encourages people to actively participate in recognizing volunteers,” says Murray Taylor, President and Chief Executive Officer of

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teer on Twitter. Thank Investors Group. “Sayyou Tweets with the ing thank you is simple, #NVW2014 hashtag but it is also a strong will be featured on way to recognize volunvolunteer.ca through a teers for the enormous live feed. impact they make in The NVW 2014 camour communities and Call: Volunt-Hear Hotline at paign was inspired by lives.” This is the 11th con- 1-855-372-5077 until April 12 new findings released secutive year that Vol- Visit: volunteer.ca/nvw2014 in a research study on volunteer recognition unteer Canada delivers and motivation. In a National Volunteer 2013, Volunteer Canada and InvesWeek campaign in partnership with tors Group delivered a study that Investors Group. In addition to the revealed the following: both volunVolunt-Hear Hotline, people teers and non-profit orgacan thank a volun-

nizations would like to move away from yearly recognition events, and towards a year-round approach that acknowledges volunteers for their contributions. 70 per cent of volunteers surveyed said they would like to be recognized by being thanked on an ongoing, informal basis. The Volunt-Hear Hotline responds to these findings and creates an opportunity to celebrate and thank volunteers during National Volunteer Week. In addition, the play lists generated from hotline messages will enable people to hear and share thank you statements, on an ongoing basis. Play lists will be available yearround on volunteer. ca.

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Family caregivers education series

re you caring for, or concerned about, an aging parent, spouse, partner, relative or friend? Help is close at hand for family caregivers or those who anticipate playing that role. Beginning May 1, the Chilliwack Hospice Society is pleased to present a fiveweek education series for family caregivers or friends providing care and support to an aging or ill family member or friend. The overall goal of the series is to provide information and assistance to non-professional caregivers who are providing care for family members or friends suffering from a chronic or terminal illness within the confines of their own home. Colleen Rush, Chilliwack Hospice Society education co-ordinator, and health care professionals from Chilliwack Home Health Nursing, Chilliwack Home Support Services, Geriatric Mental Health, Financial Planning and the Funeral Service Association of BC will be leading the sessions. These informative twohour afternoon sessions will provide tips on how to: navigate through the health-care

system, cope and manage with stress, caregiver resources and helpful information about how to plan for the future.

Course outline

Session One: Navigating the Health Care System Session Two: Coping with Change & Loss Session Three: Preventing Caregiver Burnout Session Four: Finding the Joy in Caregiving Session Five: Planning for the Future When: Thursday afternoons for five weeks: May 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29 Time: 2:30-4:30 p.m. Where: Chilliwack Hospice Society Centre, 45360 Hodgins Ave. Cost: $45 for 5 sessions The sessions are informal and aimed at having participants learn together. No preparation is required other than bringing a note pad. Seating is limited and pre-registration is required. ◗ For more information and to register contact: Chilliwack Hospice Society 604-795-4660 or email colleen@chilliwackhospice.org.

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Ann Davis opens its own thrift store

he Ann Davis Transition Society (ADTS) recognizes and thanks all of its wonderful volunteers—past, present and future. ADTS is always grateful for all the hours volunteers freely give to their society—it is truly appreciated and makes a positive difference. ADTS is continually looking for new volunteers for a variety of positions and will soon be able to offer its own “retail therapy” to those interested in becoming part of the volunteer team. ADTS will be opening its own thrift store at the end of April. Located downtown on Yale Road, between Chilies and Bravo, ADTS would love to have people offer their time to come in and help out at the store. This can be your opportunity to get involved with fashion and accessories while providing a service to your community. ADTS will be providing good quality items at the lowest possible price and providing excellent

value for your dollar. It is an opportunity to feel good shopping when you know that your dollars help support their society and local programs. The thrift store will also be the new location that will house the free donation component of ADTS. We welcome donations of gently used clothing, accessories, small appliances and household items. ADTS is continually striving to make a difference, to try to give back to the community as much as possible and it is only through volunteer help that they can do this. Last year alone, ADTS served more than 2,600 family members of which 600 were children. Ann Davis Transition Society provides education, prevention and support services to those affected by abuse or violence. ◗ If you are interested in volunteering and becoming part of a worthwhile and social group, please contact volunteercoordinator@anndavis.org or call 604-792-2760.

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➤ From growing food at home to the politics of the ALR, The Eaten Path is a new, ongoing feature that looks at what we eat, how it is produced and the path our food takes to our table.

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State-of-the-art UFV ag research centre bringing the world to our backyard BY PAUL J. HENDERSON phenderson@chilliwacktimes.com

iving in the breadbasket of British Columbia, it only makes sense that, in addition to growing the food we eat, we study how to grow it better. On Friday, invited guests will get a chance to see the next place where academics and students will do just that at the University of the Fraser Valley’s (UFV) new Agriculture Centre of Excellence. There is a feeling of excitement at UFV for the opening of this stateof-the-art demonstration barn and greenhouse, which will serve as an education hub for agricultural programs across B.C. “It’s very exciting,” says Tom Baumann, co-ordinator of the agriculture department at UFV. “We’ve got a whole bunch of projects started now. There is a lot of collaboration going on.” And what guests will see Friday is

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UFV’s executive director of campus planning Craig Toews inside the tallest greenhouse in North America at the school’s new Agriculture Centre of Excellence. just the beginning: The first stage of the $3.5 million facility is more than 7,000 square feet of barn space, a greenhouse of more than 4,000 square feet, along with an animal area, crop fields, a community garden and other student facilities. At 12 metres high, the greenhouse is the tallest in North America and is designed to be energy efficient while maximizing growing. During an exclusive tour of the new centre this week, executive director of campus planning Craig Toews explained that the greenhouse is tall for a reason. Typical glass

greenhouses build up a lot of heat, which is then released using louvres. This also releases carbon dioxide, which the plants need. UFV’s greenhouse has no louvres. Heating and cooling is controlled with reversible fans, and carbon dioxide is sent back down to the floor where the plants can use it. The polycarbonate walls are designed to maximize light diffusion and maximize growing performance. And in an region where one day we are told to expect an earthquake, plastic walls and roofs are just safer.

“Acres and acres of glass is dangerous,” Toews pointed out. On the other side of the facility, in the demonstration barn, students will be able to utilize individual rooms for chickens and swine. “Each one of these rooms simulates a whole barn for that species,” Toews said. For pigs, there are individual rooms for farrowing, growing and finishing, and there are multiple chicken rooms. The facility also has a large cold barn for horses and cows, as well as a milking station.

While the technology is state-of-theart, one of the more innovative aspects of the program at the new centre, according to Baumann, is how institutions that fight for research dollars are learning to work together. UFV has connected with schools from Vancouver Island University, UBC, Kwantlen, TRU, BCIT and Okanagan College. Baumann said the type of reaching out they have done has never been done before. With the carrot of funding { See UFV, page A21 }

Put a little zest into your cooking

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On Cooking for example, will always benefit from the addition of lemon zest. Lemon and seafood is a classic combination. Limes are often used in salsas and Mexican cooking so their zest will also enhance many of these types of recipes. Basically a rule of thumb would be to use zest in any recipe that already has citrus juice as an ingredient. This being said, the flavour of an orange chicken stir-fry will taste more complete with addition of orange zest added as an ingredient in the recipe or as a garnish on top of the finished dish. Also zest will compliment many desserts as well. Imagine a piece of spiced

pumpkin cake topped with a dollop of whipped cream, delicate curls of bright yellow lemon zest, a vibrant green mint leaf, and a sprinkle of cinnamon. As a garnish, zest will brighten up the appearance of the final plating of your recipe, but should almost always be married up with other contrasting colours. In the cake example above we paired the yellow lemon zest with a green mint leaf and the warm rusty colour of cinnamon. For the orange chicken stir-fry I mentioned, use the orange zest, but maybe some thin diagonal slices of green onion as well. Your imagination is your playground in the kitchen and you should experiment as much as possible to bring enjoyment and attractiveness to the table. There are basically three ways to remove zest from citrus fruits. Using

a knife is one of them but it is not the most effective way, as you always run more of a risk of removing the bitter white pith as well. You are better off using a micro-plane grater or a zester. Micro-plane graters are the ones being used most on TV cooking shows lately. They are small, long graters with very fine teeth. When placed across the top of a bowl and the citrus fruit is rubbed on it, the bowl will capture the fine gratings of the zest. The downside of using one of these graters is that one always runs the risk of grating too far and getting the white bitter pith as well. I find zesters are a much better tool. It is a small handheld tool that has five little circular blades at one end. When it is dragged across a citrus fruit from top to bottom, it { See CHEF DEZ, page A21 }

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› The Eaten Path and the stick of government direction not to duplicate, Baumann is confident the future of agriculture research will take place right here in Chilliwack. “I think we are going somewhere,” he says. “I’ve only been at this for 23 years.” Both Baumann and Toews emphasized that the new agricultural centre will focus on real-world research, looking at practical applications for industry. “The berry, nursery, greenhouse and hazelnut industries have already made their interest known and are working with us on specific projects,” Baumann said. The centre as it will be seen on Friday is advanced and sophisticated, but Toews said it’s just the beginning. The facility has room for more greenhouses and more of a focus on some of the high-tech needs in agriculture. From robotic milkers to sophisticated berry packaging equipment, there is a real need in the local industry in technical expertise. { CHEF DEZ, from page A19 } produces beautiful curls of zest while leaving the bitter pith behind. The obvious benefit of using a zester is for the long curls that are perfect for garnishing. The downside however, would be that if using zest as an ingredient you would then have a second step of chopping. If you currently do not own either tool, I would recommend buying a zester instead of a grater. The zester is less expen-

➤ NEXT WEEK CSAs, or Community Supported Agriculture, are bringing freshness to a whole new level. This is how Toews says the school also wants to attract students to agriculture at UFV. He says they want to break down the myth that farming is

just about muddy boots and financial struggles. “There is so much more than just running mom and dad’s farm,” he says. “This is the state-of-the-art approach.” For Baumann, who is a farmer himself and the director of the Pacific Berry Resource Centre at UFV, there is a need to translate the academic work being done to the grower level. And while there is excitement about the greenhouse and demonstration barn at the Agriculture Centre of Excellence, Baumann says that is one of two components of the centre. The other is to serve as a hub and lead all the institutions of higher learning in B.C. with a focus on agriculture. “To that end, the new Centre will provide facilities, specialists, employees and be a strong advocate for agriculture throughout B.C.”

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Always buy good kitchen tools sive, gives you garnishing versatility and chances are if you are cooking, you already have a knife and cutting board out, so chopping the zest for an ingredient is not a big chore. Whichever tool you choose, please remember that you usually get what you pay for. Don’t expect a zester purchased for one dollar to work very well. Buying premium

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Sodbusters set to turn over the fields at 92nd plowing match

hilliwack’s agricultural heritage will once again take centre stage this Saturday at the 92nd annual Chilliwack Plowing Match. Starting at 10:30 a.m., sodbusters from all over southern B.C. and beyond will descend on fields off Annis Road generously offered up by Tony DeGroot and Mark Kostering. Competitors will lay down fur-

rows in 11 classes using everything from walking plows pulled by magnificent draft horses to antique plows pulled by antique tractors to high-tech competition plows pulled by modern tractors. As always, one of the classes will be set aside for mayors and city councilors from Abbotsford, Agassiz,Chilliwack Harrison, Hope and Mission.

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The 92nd annual Chilliwack Plowing Match is set to turn over the sod this Saturday on fields just off Annis Road.

Saturday’s match will also include the B.C. Plowing Championships, with winners eligible to represent B.C. at the Canadian Plowing Championships in Thorndale, Ont. in August. Admission for adults is $5. Kids under 12 accompanied by an adult get in free. Refreshments and lunch will be available on site from the0458 Sardis TMEP - Phase 5 engagement Print Ads - Generic Online Only - 5.8125in Wide x 10.714in high Ad - V02 Final Press Ready PDF Kiwanis Club.

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The Draft Official Community Plan can now be found online: www.chilliwack.com/ocp The City of Chilliwack will be presenting the Draft 2040 Official Community Plan to the public at two open houses. We invite you to take part in one of the open houses and offer your input, ask questions, or just familiarize yourself with this visionary document. For more information, please e-mail planning@chilliwack.com or call 604.793.2906

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If you go Harrison Festival of the Arts: July 12 to 20 in Harrison Hot Springs. Purchase online at www.harrisonfestival.com or by phone at 604-796-3664.

Evenings in the Hall

xperience the magic of live performance in Harrison Memorial Hall’s intimate indoor venue with eight fulllength concerts, one evening of theatre and one evening of literary readings. Seating is general admission and the box office, outside the hall lobby, opens one hour prior to each performance. The hall is located on Esplanade Avenue one block east of the Harrison Lake Plaza. All shows begin at 8:30 p.m. (except Literar y Cafe and Sundays at 7:30 p.m.). Tickets are available: online at www. harrisonfestival.com; by phone at 604-7963664; or in person at 98 Rockwell Dr., Harrison Hot Springs, Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Buy tickets before June 27 and save up to $3 per ticket. A full festival pass (includes tickets to all 10 evening events): $160 (till June 27), $175 (after June 27); child/senior $145 (before June 27), $160 (after June 27).

July 11 - 8:30 p.m. Straight from the Valley

The Festival kicks off with a sampling of the Valley’s finest performing artists. Submitted photo

Banditaliana close out the Evenings in the Hall series July 20 at this year’s Harrison Festival of the Arts.

Local flavour to Harrison Festival T he 2014 Harrison Festival of the Arts lineup was announced this week by new artistic director Andy Hillhouse who has stuck with the aesthetic of cultural diversity that has defined the event since its inception. For 36 years the Harrison Festival of the Arts has presented the best in Canadian and international performing and visual arts in a setting free of large crowds, lineups and high ticket prices. This year’s world music and arts festival runs July 12 to 20 with events, as usual, on the stage at the Harrison Memorial Hall, on the beach stage, with the art market on the beach and art exhibit indoors. Enjoy festival activities set against

the magnificent mountains and sandy beaches of Harrison Lake, while experiencing the many fine restaurants, shops and other attractions offered by the beautiful, lakeside Village of Harrison Hot Springs. The festival is an event the whole family can enjoy, featuring music from all corners of the globe, as well as visual and literary arts, theatre, a large outdoor art and craft market, workshops and a special day for children. Hillhouse said he wanted to have a taste of the local community, which comes in the form of an opening night “Straight from the Valley” concert featuring young performers from the Fraser Valley. The Langley Ukulele Ensemble and the University of the Fraser Valley

Bhangra Club will share the stage with The Sabir Sisters who were raised in Abbotsford. There are eight evening hall performances, one evening of theatre and one evening of literary readings. Other evening hall stage performers include contemporary calypso band Kobo Town, acoustic blues performer Eric Bibb, Mexican-born singer-songwriter Quique Escamilla, and virtuosic pipers Ross Ainslie and Jarlath Henderson. The music on the beach is always a popular spot as visitors enjoy music from around the world on the outdoor stage with the mountains and Harrison Lake as a backdrop. The day-time beach stage will be host to Celtic/Maori sensation Pacific Curls, legendary Scottish

fingerstyle guitarist Tony McManus, singer-songwriter Mae Moore and more. The festival’s visual art exhibit takes place at the picturesque Ranger Station Art Gallery. The festival also hosts workshops led by festival performers. Children’s Day on July 16 is a special day for the young and young at heart. Always bustling is the juried art market July 12, 13, 18, 19 and 20 under the tents on the grass in front of the beach. The juried market hosts some of B.C.’s finest artists and artisans featuring an array of handcrafted items. ◗ For a full look at the lineup for 2014, visit www.harrisonfestival.com.

July 12 - 8:30 p.m. Kobo Town

Artistic voices of the Caribbean diaspora and one of the grooviest calypso bands anywhere.

July 13 - 7:30 p.m. Eric Bibb

The best there is in acoustic blues. Eric’s music, like his personality, is intimate, assured and passionate.

July 14 - 7:30 p.m. Literary Café

An evening of readings and music courtesy of UFV students and faculty.

July 15 - 8:30 p.m. Theatre

Two one act plays from the 2014 University of the Fraser Valley Theatre Directors’ Festival.

July 16 - 8:30 p.m. Ross Ainslie & Jarlath Henderson

Award-winning contemporary pipers unite and reinvent the traditional sounds of Ireland & Scotland

July 17 - 8:30 p.m. Mokoomba

A distinct blend of traditional Tonga music and the vibrant youthful energy of southern Africa.

July 18 - 8:30 p.m. Quique Escamilla

A multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter who fuses traditional Mexican music with modern rock sounds.

July 19 - 8:30 p.m. Nathan Music Co.

Part country, part wild Gypsy music and part rootsy pop. All homemade in the prairies.

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Kobo Town plays July 12 at the Harrison Festival of the Arts.

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The Langley Ukelele Ensemble play opening night, July 11.

A fresh and sunny kaleidoscope of Tuscan sounds, Mediterranean flavours and jazz improvisation.

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Film series is back

The Chilliwack Community Arts Council and the Toronto Film Festival Circuit co-present the Spring 2014 Chilliwack International Film Series: April 9, The Lunchbox (India, France, Germany/ comedy, drama); April 16, The Invisible Woman (UK/drama); April 23, Like Father, Like Son (Japan/drama); April 30, Cas & Dylan (Canada/ comedy, drama); May 7, Le WeekEnd (UK/comedy, drama). All films are at 7 p.m. at the Cottonwood 4 Cinemas. Ticket prices are $6 per screening and can be purchased from the Chilliwack Community Arts Council–The Art Room, 20-5725 Veddder Rd. or The Book Man, 45939 Wellington Ave.

Panflute and organ

Panflutist Liselotte Rokyta and organist Andre Knevel perform together with the Bethel NRC Choir for two shows in Chilliwack. First up is April 3 at 8 p.m. at Cooke’s Presbyterian Church (45825 Wellington Ave.) Call 604-8479750. Then on April 7 at 7:30 p.m. they perform at the Chilliwack Canadian Reformed Church (49379 Chilliwack Central Rd.). Call 604847-9750. Suggested admission/donation for both shows is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and $25 for families.

What’s On email your events to phenderson@chilliwacktimes.com Swollen Members at Tzeachten Hall

Swollen Members play an all ages show at Tzeachten Hall (45855 Promontory Rd.) on April 25. Doors open at 7:30 p.m., show at 8 p.m. For tickets call 604-8093810 or online at clubzone.com. Also available at Tzeachten Hall, 604-858-3888, and at Clydesdale, 9229 Main St., 604-392-5507. (7469), on-line at www. chilliwackculturalcentre. ca or in person at the box office, 9201 Corbould St.

Easter sing-along

New Life Christian Church presents its second annual sing-along program of traditional Easter music accompanied by the Songs of Praise Orchestra on April 13 at 3:30 p.m. Church worships at Vedder elementary school, 45850

Promontory Rd. Special instrumental presentations featuring the Worms family. Call 604792-6532.

Movies for hospice

The Chilliwack Hospice Society presents Hospice Wednesday Afternoon at the Movies. The goal of this film series is to provide entertaining, thought-provoking films that will encourage viewers to explore concepts,

questions and issues related to aging, illness end of life, grief, loss and healing. All films will include a post-screening question-and-answer session. First up is Love is All You Need on April 16 at 2:45 p.m. at Cottonwood 4 Cinemas. Cost if $5 per person. For more information call 604795-4660 or visit www. cottonwood4cinemas. ca/Chilliwack-hospice-society.

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The Agassiz Monday Painters present the 53rd anniversary Art Show, April 12 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Agassiz United Church Hall, 6860 Lougheed Hwy. The event will include the work of 29 local artists. Feature artists this year are Lis Scotson and Rose Marie Gordon.

Mozart and Handel

On April 12 at 7:30 p.m., the Chilliwack Symphony Orchestra and Chorus presents “A Night of Mozart and Handel” at the Chilliwack Cultural Centre. The evening’s lineup features favourite selections from both masters performed by guest vocal soloists Michelle Koebke (soprano) and Chilliwack counter-tenor Shane Hanson, instrumental soloists on the harp, flute and trumpet, all accompanied by the orchestra. Tickets are $25 for general admission and $15 for students. Purchase by phone at 604-391-SHOW

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In accordance with the “Liquor Control and Licensing Act”, Public Notice is hereby given that the City of Chilliwack is seeking public input on the following item: LIQUOR LICENCE AMENDMENT NO. LLA00041 Location: 41582 Yale Road Licence Name: Duke’s Country Pub Issued to: 0919150 B.C. Ltd. Purpose: The purpose of the application is for a Temporary Change to a Liquor Licence for the temporary extension of the licensed area of Duke’s Country Pub for the sale of liquor in a 6.1m x 15.2m fenced area located directly adjacent to the patio of the existing licensed area for a “Show and Shine” event, scheduled to take place on Saturday, August 16, 2014, from 11:00 am to 10:00 pm. Location Map:

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The intent of this Notice is to allow the City of Chilliwack to receive input from all persons who believe their interest regarding the above noted Liquor Licence Amendment application may be affected by the proposed change. Those wishing to make submissions are asked to send their written submission, including name and address, to the City Clerk, City of Chilliwack, 8550 Young Road, Chilliwack, BC V2P 8A4 or by email to mcmurray@chilliwack.com no later than 4:00 pm on Tuesday, April 15, 2014. All submissions received will be summarized and forwarded to the Liquor Control and Licensing branch as part of the City’s response to the application. This Liquor Licence Amendment application may be inspected between the hours of 8:30 am and 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, from April 1, 2014 to April 15, 2014, both inclusive, at the office of the City Clerk at City Hall, 8550 Young Road, Chilliwack, BC. Please direct your enquiries to the Corporate Services Department at 604-793-2986. Janice McMurray Deputy City Clerk

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Persons who deem that their interest in the property is affected by the proposed amendment bylaw will have an opportunity to be heard at the Public Hearing or, if you are unable to attend, you may provide a written submission, including your full name and address, to the City Clerk’s Office no later than 4:00 p.m. on the date of the Public Hearing. All submissions will be recorded and form part of the official record of the Hearing. This proposed bylaw may be inspected between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, from Wednesday, April 2, 2014 to Tuesday, April 15, 2014, both inclusive, in the Office of the City Clerk at City Hall, 8550 Young Road, Chilliwack, BC. Please direct your enquiries to our Planning & Strategic Initiatives Department at 604-793-2906. Please note that no further information or submissions can be considered by Council after the conclusion of the Public Hearing. Delcy Wells, CMC City Clerk 6436579

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