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and what it would mean to her life moving forward. “This just made my Christmas,” she said. “I was bah hum bugging it, but that’s all changed.” Aiken was nominated by friend Katrina Clow, who outlined in her submission to the contest judges how difficult a year it had been for Aiken and what reliable transportation would mean. Aiken started the year off with a vehicle, but unfortunately lent it to a friend who totalled it in an accident. The ICBC settlement wasn’t enough to buy another vehicle and so Aiken started using a bicycle to make her way to work at a local Tim Hortons. Once again, tragedy struck in the form of a heartless thief who
he exhibit custodian convicted of stealing thousands of dollars from the Chilliwack RCMP detachment should go to jail. That was the argument of Crown Counsel Louisa Winn at the sentencing hearing for Jaime Tiller in BC Supreme Court in Chilliwack last week. But Tiller’s lawyer, Gurpreet Gill, argued a conditional discharge was suitable or, at worst, a conditional sentence order. “Conditional sentences can be just as deterrent as real time,” Gill argued. Tiller wept openly on Aug. 14 as she was convicted by a jury of stealing $2,800 from three files in the exhibit room at the Chilliwack detachment. She was first charged with theft of close to $40,000 connected to 19 RCMP exhibits, but the Crown could only prove three. In court on Dec. 17, Winn attempted to illustrate how serious even just three breaches of trust were because charges were dropped in two cases as a result of stolen money.
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small group of employees from a local business had a Christmas party Monday that was literally out of this world. And while the private screening of the new Star Wars movie planned by Kaseya employees would have been cool on its own for the 15 or so workers, an act of generosity took the day up a notch. That’s because the company invited Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Fraser Valley to fill most of the otherwise empty seats in the theatre for a 9 a.m. screening of The Force Awakens at Galaxy Cinemas Chilliwack. “This is such a wonderful gesture that this company is doing,” said Collette Bohach, Chilliwack
mentoring co-ordinator for the local Big Brothers Big Sisters. “It’s just so amazing and generous.” Kaseya has a small Chilliwack office but is part of a large, multi-national global information technology (IT) corporation. The local company headed by chief technology officer Dana Epp is formerly known as Scorpion Software but was purchased by Kaseya last year. Epp says he figured inviting the Big Brothers Big Sisters was a great way to share with many kids who otherwise wouldn’t get the chance to see what is turning out to be one of the most talked about movies of all time. Epp’s daughter, Vanessa, is also a Kaseya employee and was the driving force behind the event, because she is also a Big Sister. It was her idea to spread the love,
“This is such a wonderful gesture that this company is doing. It’s just so amazing and generous.” - Collette Bohach but she said the whole office had to agree. “We pitched it to them first, because it’s their party, so if they didn’t want to do it we wouldn’t have,” Vanessa said. “But they were all ecstatic. . . . Why not give back to the community?” For an office of IT professionals, having a Christmas party at a science fiction blockbuster was great all by itself, but including the children and their families and/or their mentors made it even better.
“The part that is really cool is to see the kids,” Vanessa said. “One of the things that I wanted was to pick kids who couldn’t necessarily go to the movies, kids from bigger families or maybe their financials aren’t there. Getting to see them be really excited about it is really great.” Bohach agrees. “It’s a new movie and I knew a lot of our ‘littles’ will want to see it,” she said. “So to be able to give them that is so amazing. Going to a movie is an expensive outing, over $100 for a family of four.” And while the kids involved with Big Brothers Big Sisters were excited beforehand and happy to be there Monday, with a movie franchise nearly 40 years old, the excitement spread to the adults too. “I’m giddy,” Bohach said before the screening. “I’m bouncing off the walls.”
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man who stole or defrauded thousands of dollars from dozens of elderly people in Chilliwack and Agassiz was sentenced to four years in jail in Chilliwack provincial court last Thursday. Donald Quinnell pleaded guilty to 22 counts of fraud and theft under $5,000—he was originally charged with 15 counts of fraud and 14 counts of theft—for a string of incidents before and over Christmas of 2014. Quinnell preyed upon vulnerable, older and trusting individuals with complicated, confusing and calculated scams. He had a variety of scams: In some he would convince a Good Samaritan to “lend” him money for a tow truck after a supposed accident, others were giving someone a deal on carpets or appliances, others were simple distraction thefts. “These offences can only be seen as predatory in nature and premeditated,” Judge Wendy Young said in handing down her sentence Dec. 17. “Their collective trust has been shattered,” Young said as she recounted parts of the 16 victim impact statements provided to the court. His defence claimed these were crimes of opportunity by a drug-addicted man, but the research into the names of neighbours and famil-
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wack case, his guilty plea saved the courts and the victims the difficulty of what would have been a long and complicated trial. Still, Quinnell offered little if any sympathy for the victims of his crimes, instead in a tearful apology at his sentencing hearing on Dec. 3 he mostly wept for the hurt he had caused his family and himself. “I truly am a good person when cocaine is not ruining my life,” he said. His lawyer also complained that Quinnell had been beaten up twice at the North Fraser Pre-Trial Centre when fellow inmates found out what he had done. Quinnell has a spouse who is sticking by his side. He also has a two-and-a-half-year-old child, a baby that he used in at least one of the scams in the current file and in another in a prior conviction. The Crown did not seek restitution of the lost money, pointing to the small chance of success in recovering the cash. As for a victim impact surcharge, this is usually calculated at $200 per offence, which would have meant a $4,400 bill upon his release. Instead, it is customary to order one day in custody for every $100, and Young granted this 44 days in custody to be served concurrently.
iarity with some victim’s situations illustrated quite the opposite. Young recounted all 22 cases in court, which included: stealing $100 and a camera from a man; convincing a woman to give him $600 to buy appliances; stealing a wallet with $100 and irreplaceable photos of grandchildren; and taking more than $400 in cash in an envelope in a tea cozy from a 93-year-old woman in her retirement home. Victims said they no longer trusted people at their door, others complained of a loss of sleep, one man said he has spent money to retrofit his house with security, and yet another woman complained of having to spend Christmas giving statements to police. “There collective trust has been shattered,” Young told the court. Young agreed to a joint submission from Crown and defence for a sentence of five years, with credit for one year Quinnell has already served in pre-trial custody. She pointed to his long criminal record for similar offences. And while this is less than the sixyear sentence he received in 2008 in Calgary for a similar string of frauds and thefts, there were many more victims in that case, more money involved, and, in the Chilli-
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thousands of dollars in cash, luxury cars, and Kevlar vests. The five suspects were later released from custody. Police will submit a report to federal Crown Counsel later this month of all circumstances of the investigation for their assessment of Control Drug and Substance Act charges of trafficking in substance and possession for the purpose of trafficking. “This RCMP investigation will have a direct impact toward preventing the production and sale of illegal drugs by organized crime in our region which in turn makes our community safer,” Chilliwack RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Mike Rail said in a press release.
Jamie Tiller { TILLER, from page A3 } “It ’s still a ser ious breach of trust by a public official,” Winn argued. In another file, money was stolen that had been discovered by police in the bedstand of a person who ended up dead, and who is the subject of a cold-case homicide. “The money was potentially evidence in the cold case,” Winn said. The case against Tiller, who was a municipal employee in her role as exhibit custodian at the Chilliwack RCMP detachment, included no direct evidence but was entirely circumstantial in nature. That circumstantial evidence included the fact that in one instance in 2011, Tiller deposited 42 $20 bills, 12 $10 bills and eight $5 bills into a bank account, for a total of $1,000. Those denominations matched precisely money missing from an exhibit file. Two other stolen exhibits—one of $1,000 and one of $800—also were made up of denominations matching precisely amounts deposited into Tiller’s own and her landlord’s bank accounts.
Tiller still denies theft At the sentencing hearing, Winn addressed case law, including the case of April Smith who was convicted earlier this year of stealing more than $116,000 from police exhibits in Mission. Smith, who had a gambling addiction, was sentenced to 18 months in prison. Winn pointed out that jail time was given in the Smith case even though she entered a guilty plea and was apologetic about what she did. In the Tiller case, however, even after the convictions, she has not only not apologized, she denies the thefts. “She’s not engaged in minimization, she has engaged in full denial,” Winn said. At the end of the sentencing hearing Dec. 17, Tiller apologized for the length of time the case has been in the courts, but she maintained her innocence. Justice Miriam Gropper is scheduled to sentence Tiller on Jan. 6.
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is the season of lists and stocking stuffers of economic forecasts. But instead of soothsaying over what could happen in 2016, a look back at B.C.’s economic performance over the past few years might be more illuminating. Deciphering economic forecasts is a murky task anyways, not that interpreting statistics is any less risky. Consider the reaction of natural gas minister Rich Coleman to a recent report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives: “There’s two things I don’t believe any more, polls, and anything written by the centre.” So to avoid that my stat is better than your stat taunt, automatic default to some of the B.C. government’s preferred statistical sources. Coleman shouldn’t take issue with Statistics Canada, RBC Economics or BC Stats served straight up. Particularly the latter, citizens’ services minister Amrik Virk is in charge of that one. Take a gander at the government’s economic report cards and one thing becomes readily apparent: an almost virtual absence of inter-provincial comparisons. Good reason for that, compared to Alberta, Ontario and Quebec, B.C.
DERMOD TRAVIS Be Our Guest doesn’t always stack up so well when it comes to job creation, economic expansion, exports or investments. When Christy Clark was sworn in as premier, the employment numbers she inherited from former premier Gordon Campbell would have been for February 2011. On the jobs front, that’s her baseline. The latest numbers from Statistics Canada are for November 2015, 58 months in all. In that time, B.C. has created 82,900 new jobs. Alberta created 222,000, Ontario (245,600), and Quebec (131,900). It works out to about 17,150 jobs on average per year, a little more than half the number (33,800) created annually between 2001 and 2010. While 2.34 million people are working in the province, more than one in five (21.5 per cent) are holding down parttime jobs, the highest rate among the four provinces. In 2011, B.C.’s unemployment rate was
8.8 per cent. Last month, it was 6.2 per cent, the lowest of the four. But that rate is camouflaging something worrisome: the size of the province’s labour force is practically stagnant. Between 2011 and 2015, it grew by 0.8 per cent or 20,200 workers. In Alberta, it went up by 12.3 per cent, Ontario (2.4), and Quebec (3.1). And the participation rate—the pool of potential labour—has been steadily falling, counter to the government’s forecast in 2009, when it predicted the rate would continue to rise from the 66.6 per cent set in 2008. Last month, it was 64.1 per cent, lower than it was 35 years ago. In Alberta, it was 72.9 per cent, Ontario (65.1) and Quebec (64.5). To take a look at broader economic indicators, it’s all RBC Economics and BC Stats. Between 2010 and 2014, the provincial economy (GDP) expanded by $34.1 billion. Quebec’s economy grew by $50.8 billion, Ontario ($109.5 billion) and Alberta ($112.3 billion). Since it’s not an entirely fair comparison—as the four economies vary in size and composition—consider that B.C.’s share of Canada’s GDP was 12.6 per cent in 2010 and 12.0 per cent in 2014.
The value of B.C. exports in 2010 was $28.64 billion and $35.77 billion in 2014. Not bad, until you learn that it was $34.16 billion in 2005 . In 2010, B.C. was in ninth place among the provinces for international exports as a percentage of GDP with 24.9 per cent. By 2014, we moved up to eighth place, just ahead of P.E.I. and Nova Scotia. However, the value of B.C. exports fell to 22.4 per cent of GDP. In Alberta, the rate was 34.9 per cent, Ontario (33.6) and Quebec (27.7). The government’s list of potential investments—valued at $350.1 billion — reads more like a Christmas wish list than an inventory of shovel ready projects. Best to let the Business Council of B.C. handle this one: “Digging into the details and reviewing the factors behind some of the biggest proposed projects suggest that the inventory is inflated by a number of projects that ultimately may not proceed.” The Olympics would be a dull affair if medals were only awarded for personal bests. Provincial bests are fine, but the real test is how we perform against others. ◗ Dermod Travis is the executive director of IntegrityBC. www.integritybc.ca.
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Don’t be fooled like we were by big tobacco 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. mass extinction event), killing 90 per cent of all marine species on the planet. The evidence for climate change is overwhelming from multiple different scientific fields. Whether you look at the rising oceans, pH changes, changing ecosystems (e.g. pine beetle epidemic, coral reef collapse), retreating permafrost, retreating glaciers, and novel diseases to temperature zones (e.g. West Nile disease). The climate has changed in the past without human influences, but that was from changing orbits around the sun and tilt of Earth. These causes have been long since ruled out. Given that we burn 80 million barrels of oil a day (never mind coal and natural gas), does it really surprise anyone that we are changing the composition of the atmosphere? That oil just doesn’t disappear when you burn it. Just as a newspaper would not post the benefits of smoking in an opinion piece as it would be considered reckless, nor should it post pieces about global deniers. Matt Klootwyk Chilliwack
Our community kept informed Editor: I would like to thank you and the paper for making this feel like and become an involved community. It’s been great to have a less than one-sided view of the world at election time and glad that people take the time to read and comment on matters that involve all of us. Many thanks to a mayor and city council that voted on matters with integrity in mind such as the Kinder Morgan gift . . . so proud of them for that and the gentlemen who raised the objections.
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Need to address speed on Vedder Editor: Re: Traffic speed on Vedder Mountain Road. I recently spent a couple of weeks in Yarrow visiting with my daughter, her husband and their three wonderful children. We attended many children/ family functions in Chilliwack which were very enjoyable and well attended. Congrats to all the volunteer time and dedicated staff for making Christmas a special time for children and families. I really feel the need to bring your attention to the speed with which people travel on Vedder Mountain Road. At some points on Vedder Mountain Road the speed limit is 50 km/h and others 60 km/h. I feel these are safe speeds and well posted for drivers to be aware. My main concern is speeders and lack of police presence in monitoring this road. One incident in particular, on a dark evening approximately 7 p.m. travelling 60 km/h the vehicle behind me decided to pass on a double solid line. I flashed my lights at him to let him know how unsafe this was. (Keep in mind his impatience/ road rage could have involved myself, my daughter and my three grandchildren in a potential accident.) His reaction was to jam on his brakes and slow to 50 km/h for a short time I suppose to let me know how upset he was. Needless to say I was happy to see him slow down even if it was for a short time. I notice very few pedestrians on this roadway and feel awful that my daughter does not feel safe with her children to walk anywhere along this roadway. Even checking her mail is a frightening experience as there is not much parking room between the mailbox and roadway. The shoulders are very narrow which prevents anyone from feeling safe while walking this roadway. Reflective vests wouldn’t help as the speed is just too fast. One other incident occurred
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› Faith Today BY MATT SHANTZ Central Community Church
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ock stars aren’t the only rock stars anymore. Exceptional athletes, actors, musicians, thinkers, business people, and politicians are all rock stars these days. And our culture is more obsessed with celebrity than ever. Greatness is idolized. But what about the altogether ordinary people? Like me. And if I may be so bold, like you. We are caught in the tension of striving to be exceptional and coming to terms with our ordinary-ness. But is there an alternative? The Bible is woven together to ultimately tell one grand story of redemption and hope. But within its pages, chapters, and books within the book, are thousands of stories within the story. One of the common themes that you notice from beginning to end is God’s preferential use of the ordinary. In Genesis, the first book of the Bible, we come across a man named Abraham. Ordinary. Out of sheer grace, God chose to bless him and do some extraordinary things for him and through him. He made a stuttering murderer named Moses (for all you movie buffs, think Charlton Heston and Christian Bale) the guy to lead His people out of Egypt.
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He made David, an unkingly looking shepherd boy the King of Israel. With Christmas nearly upon us it draws our attention to an ordinary teenage girl named Mary, who gave
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What I find so staggering is that over and over again God didn’t seek out the celebs and the uber talented ones. He chose very ordinary people. Why is that? The Bible repeats this
pattern so often that it’s impossible to miss: so people see the extraordinary through the ordinary. So people see Jesus, the true hero. Otherwise, we would just stop at the great speeches of Moses and marvel at his greatness. Rather than see that God used a reluctant man to free people from slavery. We would just stop at the kingship of David instead of looking to the ultimate King, Jesus. And if God used a Princess Katelike woman rather than a low-income, rural, teenage girl named Mary, we would stop at her rather than drawing our gaze to God. God is extraordinary. And He loves to do incredible things through ordinary people like you and me. It’s not your greatness He desires so much as your faith in Him and His greatness. So if you’re reading this and you’re not famous, take heart! You’re just the type of individual that God sees fit to do the extraordinary through. And this time of year reminds us of the fact that Jesus condescended from the throne room of heaven to a feeding trough for animals. He broke into human history to seek and to save us for all eternity. Extraordinary. Merry Christmas.
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Kohen Olischefski (21) battles for the puck with Wild player Austin Chavez (22) in Wenatchee territory during a 4-2 loss for the Chiefs last Friday at the Town Toyota Centre.
Weekend split means status quo for Chiefs BCHL hockey club keeps three-point lead on top spot after road trip to Wenatchee ends with one win apiece
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fter two important games for the leaders of BCHL’s Mainland division at Wenatchee’s Town Toyota Center, nothing has changed at the top of the heap. The Chilliwack Chiefs and Wenatchee Wild split a two-game weekend series, keeping the Chiefs with a three point hold on first place in their grouping. Friday night in Washington, Vimal Sukumaran opened scoring in the
first game of Chilliwack’s road trip with his goal almost halfway through the first period. Just past the 17-minute mark, Wild forward August Von Ungern tied things up heading into first intermission. At under two minutes on the ice in period two, Chiefs point leader Jordan Kawaguchi scored to give his team the 2-1 lead. But that would be the end of the Chiefs offence.
Wenatchee rallied in the second frame, scoring three unanswered goals to take a 4-2 lead going into the last 20 minutes. And that’s where the score stayed after a scoreless third period, notching the first win of the weekend series for the Wild. But despite being outshot by a larger margin on Saturday, the Chiefs came away with a win over their
Wenatchee hosts. By early in the second frame, the Chiefs had a 2-0 lead after Connor McCarthy’s first period goal followed by Darien Craighead’s score shortly after the break. Wenatchee answered with two goals of their own, one coming at the game’s midpoint and then another in the third period to tie the matchup at 2-2 with fewer than 12 minutes
remaining on the clock. Chilliwack’s Kohen Olischefski scored the game-winning goal with only 54 seconds left in the game, leaving the Chiefs even with their division rivals after a weekend in Wenatchee. Aidan Pelino picked up a win and a loss over the weekend, bringing his record to 14-8-1. ◗ Next Wednesday at 7 p.m., the Chiefs host a surging third-place Langley that is currently on a threegame winning streak after beating Prince George 5-1 last weekend.
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In mid-December, the Spartan Swim Club sent 18 athletes to the Richmond Fastswim meet to compete with 550 swimmers from across the province. Jessie Gibson led the way for the Spartans in the girls 16-and-over category, winning three golds in the 100m free, 200m free and 200m IM followed by a silver in the 200m back, a bronze in the 400m free and fifth place in the 800m free. In the girls 11-and-under category, Brooklyn Gerber finished with gold in the 50m backstroke, came second in the 200m free and followed up with a bronze in the 50m free. Myles Wheeler won triple silver, taking second in the 100m breast, 200m breast and 1500m free, along with bronze in the 400m and 200m frees and fourth in the 200m fly. In the 12- to 13-year-old girls category, Spartan Haley Klank won silver in the 50m free, bronze in the 100m back, fourth in the 50m back, fifth in the 50m fly and sixth in the 100m fly. In the 14- to 15-year-old girls division Anna Dumont-Belanger raced her way to second in the 400m IM and fifth in both the 400m
PINEDA SIGNS WITH REGINA, JANSSEN NAMED TO TEAM BC
The Chilliwack Giants had two players move onto new opportunities last week. Team captain Diego Pineda signed for five years with the University of Regina Rams and junior bantam starting quarterback Josh Janssen (pictured above) was named to Team BC in next month’s High Roller International Football Showdown in Las Vegas from Jan. 20 to 24. Janssen has been with Chilliwack Minor Football for five years and made the switch to QB from wide receiver two years ago. and 800m free. And Ryan Han won two Bronze in the 50m breast and 100m breast, fourth in the 200m breast, fifth in the 400m free, sixth in the 200m free and eighth in the 400m IM, all in his 12- to 13-year-old boys division.
SECOND BEHIND KING GEORGE In their own Grizzlies Annual
Senior Varsity Showcase Basketball Tournament in early December, the provincially ranked No. 2 G.W. Graham boys finished second behind King George and the girls team (ranked No. 8) ended third in the competition. Gabe Mannes won first team all-star and Curtis Kmyta was named second team. The female first
Three Chilliwack athletes competed in the screening event at Capilano University to earn the right to attend the Elite Canada gymnastics event in Halifax in February 2016. Brienna Gaspar qualified for Halifax with her sixth place on the beam and 11th all-around score in the national novice division. In her category, fellow Chilliwack gymnast Mikhayla Rosenow placed 16th overall. The North Shore Invitational was also the zone three trials for the BC Winter Games in Penticton in February 2016 with the final roster for gymnastics to be determined early January. Local athlete Sierra Stobbe placed sixth allaround in the JO 7 2005-2007 division for that competition.
CHOLOWSKI EARNS GOLD
Chiefs defender Dennis Cholowski and his Team West teammates beat Russia 2-1 in the World Junior A Challenge final game on the weekend, to win their fourth gold medal in 10 years. Canada West has also won three silvers and a bronze since the tournament began in 2006. The win brings the team’s overall record to 25-13-2 in tournaments.
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bowl as the Canucks face the Oilers at Rogers Centre. Antino’s name will be posted on the jumbotron and, after the game, he gets a meet-and-greet with a Canucks player. It’s all because Antino has spent countless hours with his grandmother June Jimmie sorting through gloves, blankets and winter coats, putting together sandwiches, and driving around
Abbotsford and Chilliwack helping out the homeless. “Even when we just go shop for food for the house he tells us, ‘I think that person is hungry,’” June says. “He has the biggest heart ever. He understands about the less fortunate/homeless.” Antino’s efforts to help out the those on the streets alongside his
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noticed the bike behind a fence that had been blown over in November’s brutal windstorm. “Pastor Holly (Duke, of the Alliance Church) noticed the ad in the newspaper (Chilliwack Times) and Charmaine was the first person that came to mind,” Clow said. “I wrote and rewrote a letter and submitted it.” While she was waiting to see if her friend was chosen as the winner, Clow, a certified care aide, kept an eye out for job openings for Aiken, who is also a care aide, but didn’t have the reliable transportation needed to work in the field. “What you’ve done is change three lives,” Clow said, alluding to three-month pregnant Aiken and her four-year-old son Leyham. “I feel like I have my independence back,” Aiken said. This is the 12th annual Christmas Car Giveaway which comes togeth-
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Participating sponsors gather round the 1998 Toyota Corolla given away last Friday to Charmaine Aiken. Aiken was nominated for this year’s car giveaway by friend Katrina Clow.
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NOTICE OF AMENDED SCHEDULE OF REGULAR COUNCIL MEETINGS FOR MARCH 2016
Please note the following “Schedule of Meetings” for the month of March 2016: March 2016 Regular Council Meetings 3:00 p.m. / 7:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. / 7:00 p.m.
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he fondest memory I have from my childhood is one that I hold dear to my heart. Fitted with an over-sized apron and a smile from ear to ear, I was six years old on a stool rolling out pie pastry along side my mom. While she made the large pies for the family, I rolled out pastry for miniature imitations formed to the confines of empty, metal chip-dip containers. I was very proud and happy to be a part of the preparation for such a wonderful treat. Pies are a very traditional way to end a meal on certain holidays throughout the year, and especially at Christmas time. Pumpkin is always a favorite pie among many for the holidays, but numerous different pies can and will be made and enjoyed. Pies are basically made up of a shell or crust, with a flavourful filling, and can be divided into two groups: baked or unbaked. Baked pies are obviously ones with raw pie shells that are filled and then baked. The unbaked category represents prebaked pie shells that are filled with a prepared filling and then chilled to set before serving. The pie dough that makes up these shells can also be divided into two categories: flaky dough or mealy dough. Flaky dough is usually a pastry that has a mixture of shortening and butter that is “cut in” so that there are small chunks still left in the finished product. This aids in creating steam, which helps with the leavening process and thus creating the flaky texture.
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above CHEF DEZ On Cooking Mealy dough is one that is usually made with butter that is mixed in more thoroughly, and when baked has a texture much like tender shortbread. This is because the flour particles are more coated with fat and thus less gluten is formed. Once you have decided on the type of crust to make, it is time to decide on the filling. Basically there are four choices: fruit, custard, cream, or chiffon. All fillings require the existence of a starch or stabilizer to ensure that it holds together when sliced. Fruit and cream fillings use starches, such as cornstarch for their stability, while custard filling use the stabilization of eggs coagulation for their firmness. Examples of custard pies are ones such as pumpkin, pecan, and key lime pies. Chiffon pies usually use a combination of starch or gelatin with whipped eggs whites folded in. Baking is a science and recipes are the formulas. For the reasons listed here and for many others, it is important to follow these recipes exactly in order to have a successful outcome. Whatever pie or other dessert you choose to finish your holiday meals with, I wish you, your families, friends, and loved ones all the best in health and happiness this upcoming holiday season.
Dear Chef Dez: I have heard and known that it is best to keep pie pastry as cold possible to prevent melting the butter and shortening pieces. What is the best way of doing this? Douglas C. Langley Dear Douglas: The best way of doing this is to first focus on your ingredients. Make sure you are using ice water instead of cold water, and frozen butter grated into the flour mixture is ideal. The frozen butter particles then are already the required size from the grater and will not suffer from the warm friction of too much mixing or “cutting” it in. Secondly, try not to touch the dough with your hands, as the warmth from them will melt the butter. It is best to form the dough by folding it over consistently with a metal dough cutter (bench scraper). Once the dough is formed, wrap and place it in the refrigerator until thoroughly chilled. Remove and proceed with rolling, ideally on a chilled marble surface. Once shaped, refrigerate for approximately ten more minutes before baking. I have even heard that using vodka from the freezer (instead of the ice water in your recipe) will produce a flakier crust! ◗ Chef Dez is a food columnist, culinary travel host and cookbook author. Visit him at www.chefdez. com. Write to him at dez@chefdez. com or P.O. Box 2674, Abbotsford, B.C. V2T 6R4.
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17 vehicles damaged in fire BY PAUL J. HENDERSON phenderson@chilliwacktimes.com
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Crews remove several burned out vehicles Monday from the parkade under an apartment building in the 9400 block of Nowell Street.
{ HERO, from page A16 } grandmother was recognized by Vancouver Canuck Dan Hamhuis who spearheads Hammer’s Heroes, an effort to recognize young people making a difference in their community. The Canuck’s defenceman pays for one “hero” to receive four lower bowl tickets to each of the 41 home games this season. Antino was chosen for the Dec. 26 game and his grandmother June couldn’t be more proud. The meet-and-greet after the game won’t be with Hamhuis himself, as it usually is, because Hamhuis is sidelined after he was hit in the face with a puck on Dec. 10 and received a facial fracture. June and Antino and other family members frequently gather up donations of clothing and food, and they’ve headed to the tent city in Abbotsford, to homeless camps in Chilliwack and recently they’ve
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leanup crews began to remove burned out vehicles from a parkade in a downtown apartment building hit by fire earlier this month. Seventeen vehicles were damaged or destroyed in the early morning Dec. 9 blaze that struck the parkade in a building in the 9400 block of Nowell Street. No one was injured in the fire but the mostly senior residents had to be evacuated and two weeks later are still out of their homes. When Chilliwack Fire Department (CFD) crews arrived just after 3:30 a.m. that day, heavy black smoke was coming from the
It’s been two weeks since seniors displaced by accidental blaze structure. Due to the numerous vehicles involved in the fire, efforts to tackle the blaze were hampered, but once firefighters got into where the vehicles were, damage was limited to the parkade structure and a small portion of exterior siding. Assistant fire chief Mike Bourdon said the CFD has completed its investigation and the cause appears to be accidental.
Has such empathy for those in need joined up with a group that gives out food and clothing and coffee Thursdays downtown Chilliwack. “We have been going there every Thursday with food and clothing as well,” June says. “He goes around to ask each person if they would like a sandwich and whatever else we have. There is no decision on who gets it, just whoever is there he asks, checks to see if they are warm and if they need a coat and or blanket.” June says it’s very rewarding and in all the year’s they’ve been doing it, they haven’t had a bad experience. “And we’ve even gone out up till three or four in the morning,” she says. “They are just happy to get what they get.”
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Would you like to help? Lions Wooden Toy Making Project: If you would like to join the Lions Club in their annual wooden toy making project just call their downtown thrift store location at 604-792-3483.
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hey’ll never rust . . . and they’ll probably never wear out. And more than a thousand of them will go under Christmas trees or be stuffed into stockings again this year. The wood elves were busy again last week putting the final touches on the annual Lions Wooden Toy Project. Sequestered in the magical workshop of head elf Robert Prinse, they carefully placed ping pong balls into wooden propellers before loading them up for their journey to more than a dozen communities across British Columbia. Thanks to a partnership with Lordco Parts Ltd., the wooden toys are transported to such
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far-flung cities as Prince George and Castlegar where Lions Club members then deliver them to churches and Salvation Army hampers. Master craftsman Prinse first began the wooden toy project in 1989, mostly out of his love for working with wood. He felt that many children had never held or played with a real wooden toy. “Everything today is made out of plastic or cheap metals,” he said. “There’s just something about a hand-crafted wood toy that is different, that is special.” More than a dozen wood elves work on the toy project all year long. Wood is donated { See TOYS, page A25 }
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(Left tor right) Gerrit Vink, Gerry Chappell and Norm Morgan help put together ping pong ball propellers as part of the annual Lions Wooden Toy project. The propellers are just one of many wooden toys produced over the course of a year.
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Wooden airplanes and cradles await children to play with them this Christmas.
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Chilliwack Drum Circle gather every first and third Fridays monthly at the Chilliwack Cultural Centre starting at 5 p.m. When there is a heart beat, there is rhythm. Chilliwack Community Drum Circle welcomes everyone to join us for free improvisation, musical social, sound meditation and unison drumming. No prior music experience required. Bring your special drum and percussion or use ours.
SUNDAY IS FUNDAY
Anavets Unit 305 on Yale Road hosts its infamous Jam Nite on Sundays. Many of the area’s best performers from all genres come out to entertain themselves and the masses. Live music starts at 4 p.m. and continues till everyone’s too tired to dance anymore.
OPEN MIC AT MIKE’S
There will be an open mic at Friendly Mike’s Pub every Sunday from 3 to 7 p.m.
CHRISTMAS VILLAGE
Dickens 17th Annual Animated Doll Christmas Village is now open Monday to Saturday until Jan. 9 from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Share in the magic of Christmas and walk down Candy Cane Lane. See the Teddy Bears Picnic, the Pet Shop, Santa’s Forest, Mickey’s Christmas Party, the Penguin Playground, Nik’s Workshop and visit with Santa in Emma’s Nursery. Admission to the Village is by donation. Visit www. dickenssweets.com for Santa’s hours or telephone 604-7931981.
award-winning old-time banjo and guitar virtuoso touring in support of his seventh studio album Domestic Eccentric, returns to Bozzini’s Upstairs Lounge on Feb. 3. Doors open at 6 p.m. with the show starting at 8 p.m. Tickets $20 at Bozzini’s or call 604-7920744.
DISTILLERY FESTIVAL
The Chilliwack Academy of Music will hold the inaugural Fraser Valley Distillery Festival at the Chilliwack Cultural Centre on Jan. 29. Tickets are $45 and are available now at the Chilliwack Cultural Centre. They may be purchased by calling 604-391-7469 or by visiting The Centre’s website at www.chilliwackculturalcentre.ca. This is a 19-plus event.
ARTS & CRAFTS
The Chilliwack Cultural Centre’s brand new range of arts and crafts classes begins in January. For the full picture of what’s available visit www. chillliwackculutralcentre. ca/classes. You can also call The Centre Box Office at 604-391-SHOW(7469) to register for classes.
TOWERS AND TREES
Towers and Trees will play the Acoustic Emporium on Friday, Jan. 8 following the release of their first full-length album, The West Coast.
THE LONELY
Rock.It Boy Entertainment presents THE LONELY - A Tribute to Roy Orbison on Wednesday, March 2 at the Hub International Theatre at the Chilliwack Cultural Centre, 9201 Corbould St. THE LONELY delivers a sensitive and dynamic tribute to the one and only Roy Orbison. Tickets are just $42.50 (plus facility fee and service charges) at Centre Box Office. Charge by phone at 604-3917469 or online at www. chilliwackculturalcentre. ca. Doors at 7 p.m. with the show starting at 7:30 p.m.
JEFF LANG
Called “Australia’s best roots-music artisan” by Rolling Stone Melbourne’s Jeff Lang effortlessly blends rock, roots, ballads and the blues. Touring in support of his exclusive Canadian EP Running by the Rock,
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Jeff is visiting Chilliwack for the first time. Bozzini’s Upstairs Lounge on Feb. 8. Doors open at 6 p.m. with the show starting at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20 at Bozzini’s or call 604-792-0744 to reserve. Visit www.bozzinisrestaurant.com.
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Vancouver Island-based roots rocker WiL performs with drummer Keith Gallant at Bozzini’s Upstairs on Feb. 15. Doors open at 6 p.m. with the show starting at 8 p.m. Tickets $20 at Bozzini’s or call 604-7920744 to reserve. Visit www.bozzinisrestaurant. com.
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Chilliwack Restorative Justice and Youth Advocacy Association’s (CRJYAA) newest fundraising initiative is “The Longest Running 50/50” which will run Dec. 31. Tickets are 10 tickets for $10 or 30 tickets for $20. The winning ticket will be drawn at noon on Dec. 31 at Cottonwood Mall.
Reserved seating tickets for John McDermott ... Traditionally Yours are $44 to $47.50 (tax and facility fees included; handling charges extra), and on sale for the April 14 show at the Chilliwack Cultural Centre. Showtime is 7:30 p.m. For more info, pictures, and audio clips visit www.shantero.com or www.johnmcdermott.com.
Thanks for your continued support! We are here for you over the holidays. Closed at noon on Dec 24 and Dec 31. In emergency call the number below.
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A Night of Traditional Danish Folk Music is set for Jan. 16. Direct from Copenhagen three of Denmark’s leading folk musicians—Sonnich Lydom (accordion, harmonica, vocals), Kristian Bugge (violin) and Morten Alfred Høirup (guitar, vocal)—will take you along on a tour around the music traditions of their home country. Visit www.trad. dk/ to learn more about this amazing trio. Bozzini’s Upstairs Lounge - Jan. 16. Doors at 8 p.m. Tickets $20 at Bozzini’s or call 604-792-0744 to reserve.
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Tuesday, 20, Tuesday,August August 20, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 5,2013 2016at at7:00 7:00p.m. p.m. Council Chambers Council Chambers Council Chambers 8550 8A4 8550Young YoungRoad, Road,Chilliwack, Chilliwack,B.C. B.C. V2P 8A4 8550 Young Road, Chilliwack, B.C.V2P V2P 8A4 www.chilliwack.com www.chilliwack.com www.chilliwack.com TAKE NOTICE that the Council TAKE NOTICE that the Council the City ofofChilliwack Chilliwack will hold Public Hearing, TAKE NOTICE that the Councilofofofthe theCity Cityof Chilliwackwill willhold holdaaaPublic PublicHearing, Hearing,asasnoted notedabove, ononthe above, thefollowing followingitems: items: onabove, the following items:
1.1.ZONING ZONINGBYLAW BYLAWAMENDMENT AMENDMENTBYLAW BYLAW2013, 2013,No. No.3944 3944(RZ000806) (RZ000806) Location: Location: 5971 5971Wilkins WilkinsDrive Drive(a(aportion portionof)of) Applicant: The City of Chilliwack Owners: Alfred Owners: AlfredSawatzky Sawatzkyand andJenny JennyLynn LynnSawatzky Sawatzky 22 portion of the subject property, the map Purpose: To rezone a 634m portion of the property, asshown shown theZoning map Bylaw, Purpose: To rezone a 634m Purpose: To amend the text in Section 7.03 – AS subject (Agriculture SmallasLot) Zone on ofonthe below, from an R1-A (One Family Residential) Zone to an R1-C (One Family below, from an R1-A (One Family Residential) Zone to an R1-C (One Family to bring the text in line with the recent amendments to the Sanitary Sewer System Residential ––Accessory) Zone totofacilitate aa2created Regulation Bylaw 2010, No. 3702 and the recently guidelinesand for the “Assessing the Residential Accessory) Zone facilitate 2lotlotsubdivision subdivision and the Development Potential of ALR Exempt Parcels.” construction ofofaasingle family home with construction single family home withaalegal legalsecondary secondarysuite. suite. Location Map Location Map The text within the AS Zone currently establishes a variety of minimum lot sizes where subdivision has either been approved by the Agricultural Land Commission or created by boundary adjustment. The proposed text amendment is to allow for a minimum lot size of 0.2ha for properties with community water only as per the Sanitary Sewer Regulation Bylaw.
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Wooden chairs are also part of the Lions Club Wooden Toy Making project.
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2. ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT BYLAW 2015, No. 4165 (RZ000932)
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by Prinse’s furniture making business, Tree 2 Table, as well as Dynamic Door and Window. And while most of the wood workers are male, lady Lions also get involved with the project by making the doll cradle bedding kits. Some of the wooden toys made include trucks, memory boxes, ducks, tractors, puzzles, airplanes, elephants and horses. Over the years, the wooden toy project has helped to bring senior elves together leading to enduring friendships.
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Location Map: “Many guys have met through the project and have become fast friends,” Prinse said. ◗ If you would like to participate in the Lions Wooden Toy Project, call their downtown thrift store at 604-792-3483.
2.2.ZONING ZONINGBYLAW BYLAWAMENDMENT AMENDMENTBYLAW BYLAW2013, 2013,No. No.3945 3945(RZ000804) (RZ000804) Location: Location: 47340 47340Sylvan SylvanDrive Drive(a(aportion portionof)of) Owner: 0945651 Owner: 0945651BC BCLtd. Ltd.(Nick (NickWesteringh) Westeringh) Purpose: Purpose: ToTorezone rezoneaa1.30 1.30hectare hectareportion portionofofthe thesubject subjectproperty, property,asasshown shownononthe the map mapbelow, below,from fromananR3 R3(Small (SmallLot LotOne OneFamily FamilyResidential) Residential)Zone ZonetotoananR4 R4 (Low (LowDensity DensityMulti-Family Multi-FamilyResidential) Residential)Zone Zonetotofacilitate facilitateaaboundary boundary adjustment adjustmentwith withthe theproperty propertylocated locatedatat6026 6026Lindeman LindemanStreet Streetand andthe the construction constructionofofaatownhouse townhousedevelopment. development. Location LocationMap Map
3. ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT BYLAW 2015, No. 4172 (RZ000940) Location:
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Owners:
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Purpose:
To rezone the subject property, as shown on the map below, from an R1-A (One Family Residential) Zone to an R3 (Small Lot One Family Residential) Zone to facilitate a future subdivision.
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3.3.ZONING ZONINGBYLAW BYLAWAMENDMENT AMENDMENTBYLAW BYLAW2013, 2013,No. No.3947 3947(RZ000810) (RZ000810) Applicant: City of Chilliwack Applicant: City of Chilliwack Purpose: Purpose: AAnumber numberofofamendments amendmentstotoZoning ZoningBylaw Bylaw2001, 2001,No. No.2800 2800are are proposed proposedtotoprovide providefor forand andregulate regulatefederally federallylicensed licensedcommercial commercialmedicinal medicinal marihuana marihuanagrow growoperations operationswithin withinthe theCity CityofofChilliwack. Chilliwack. Persons Personswho whodeem deemthat thattheir theirinterest interestininthe theproperties propertiesisisaffected affectedbybythese theseproposed proposed amendment amendmentbylaws bylawswill willhave haveananopportunity opportunitytotobebeheard heardatatthe thePublic PublicHearing Hearingor,or,ififyou youare are unable unabletotoattend, attend,you youmay mayprovide provideaawritten writtensubmission, submission,including includingyour yourfull fullname nameand and address, address,totothe theCity CityClerk’s Clerk’sOffice Officenonolater laterthan than4:00 4:00p.m. p.m.ononthe thedate dateofofthe thePublic PublicHearing. Hearing. Persons who deem that interest inand theform properties affected by record the proposed AllAllsubmissions will beberecorded ofofthe Hearing. submissions willtheir recorded and formpart partofisofthe theofficial official record theamendment Hearing. bylaws will have an opportunity to be heard at the Public Hearing or, if you are unable to attend, you may provide a These proposed bylaws hours a.m. 4:30 p.m., These proposedincluding bylawsmay may beinspected inspected betweenthe thethe hours of8:30 8:30Offi a.m. andlater 4:30 p.m., written submission, yourbefull name andbetween address, to CityofClerk’s ceand no than 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, from Wednesday, August 7, 2013 to Tuesday, Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, from Wednesday, August 7, 2013 to Tuesday, on the date of the Public Hearing. All submissions will be recorded and form part of the official record of August20, 20,2013, 2013,both bothinclusive, inclusive,ininthe theOffice Officeofofthe theCity CityClerk ClerkatatCity CityHall, Hall,8550 8550Young YoungRoad, Road, theAugust Hearing. Chilliwack, BC. Please direct your enquiries to our Planning & Strategic Initiatives Chilliwack, BC. Please direct your enquiries to our Planning & Strategic InitiativesDepartment Department Theatat proposed bylaws may be inspected between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through 604-793-2906. 604-793-2906. Friday, excluding holidays, from Wednesday, December 23, 2015 tocan Tuesday, January 5,by 2016, both Please information ororsubmissions be Pleasenote notethat thatno nofurther further information submissions can beconsidered considered byCouncil Council inclusive, in the Offi ce of the City Clerk at City Hall, 8550 Young Road, Chilliwack, BC. Please direct your after conclusion ofofthe Hearing. afterthe theour conclusion thePublic Public Hearing. enquiries to Planning & Strategic Initiatives Department at 604-793-2906. Delcy DelcyWells, Wells,CMC CMC Please note that no further information or submissions can be considered by Council after the City CityClerk Clerk conclusion of the Public Hearing.
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