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Public overflows hearing hall A multi-night public hearing on the future of Brookswood and Fernridge saw hundreds of people temporarily overwhelm Langley Township this week.

The hearing on the Brookswood/Fernridge Community plan was abruptly ended Monday when hundreds of people tried to pack into Langley Township council chambers.

The meeting resumed Tuesday night at the larger George Preston Recreation Centre, but even there it was standing room only for the more than 500 people in attendance, many opposed to the long-term redevelopment plan.

The new community plan would increase density in certain areas, and would increase population from the current 13,500 to about 42,000, by Township estimates.

While some local residents and landowners are supportive, more than 2,200 people have

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Brookswood residents overflowed from council chambers Monday night, and a change of venue was made to the George Preston Recreation Centre for Tuesday and Wednesday nights. already signed an online petition against the plan, at change.org, and residents have gathered hundreds of signatures door to door.

An estimated 400 or more people wanted to attend Monday’s meeting. Council chambers have space for only about 200.

Even before the meeting started, Mayor Jack Froese recognized that a lot of people wanted to speak.

The public hearing started with an explanation from Township staff about the community plan, which would increase the density of

the Brookswood/Fernridge area to about half that of Willoughby.

The highest density would be along 200th Street, commercial core areas at 208th and 40th Avenue, 200th and 40th, and 200th and 24th would be expanded. A new core area would be created at 200th and 32nd Avenue.

The plan shows that an estimated 8,300 residents will live in relatively low-density areas, with about two homes per acre.

Another 19,300 residents are expected to live in areas with a density of eight homes per acre. Another 10,900 people will live in multifamily housing with a density of about 45 homes per acre, and 500 people will live in higher-density multi-family developments at about 85 units per acre.

Another 2,700 people are expected to live in mixed-use areas around the core, in more multi-family housing, and 900 will live in the mobile home parks that still dot Brookswood.

On the first night of the hearing, just three delegations had a chance to speak before shouts from the audience and concerns about the fire code closed the meeting early.

More than 50 people spoke Tuesday, and more were expected to attend Wednesday.

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Parents may want to attend education workshops at R.E. Mountain Secondary this week.

The Langley Parents as Partners group has a session Thursday, 7-8 p.m.

The other workshop is by the Fraser Valley Parent Network and will be held March 8 from 8:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.

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Langley City council gave out $140,000 Monday evening when it approved its annual grants to more than 50 community groups.

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2014 BC Seniors Games

Kamloops trip inspires directors Planning as well as the volunteer recruitment drive is underway for the 27th annual BC Seniors Games, coming to Langley Sept. 9-13.

by Troy Landreville and Roxanne Hooper

tlandreville@langleyadvance.com

A visit to Kamloops this past summer gave 2014 BC Seniors Games president Milt Kruger and his fellow directors a sampling of what the upcoming event will have to offer.

Langley is hosting the 27th annual Games from Sept. 9-13.

For the Langley group, their August 2013 excursion to the Kamloops Games was a sampling of what’s in store when roughly 3,500 athletes will converge on their community for the multi-sport competition.

Kruger spent three full days with 2013 Games president Charlie Bruce.

“The experience was certainly positive,” Kruger said. “We got a sense of the feel and exciteView ment of the Games. The video trip was tremendous value. with It gave us something clear to work towards.”

There are 25 sports or included in this year’s online Games, and they range from whist and crib to swimming and bowling.

One of those who visited Kamloops was Howie Vickberg, a former Langley Township councillor who is the protocol director with the 2014 Games.

In Kamloops, he focused on the track and field portion, mainly because of his own interest in distance running and athletics.

“That was really neat,” Vickberg said. “It was very inspiring.”

The age for participating athletes is 55plus.

The “plus” part includes athletes as old as their 90s, Vickberg noted.

“It was pretty neat watching folks well in their 70s, 80s, and when it came time for their actual race, or to do what they were doing, it was like a switch went on, and the competitive juices kick in,” Vickberg said.

“It was really neat watching the interaction.

A lot of these folks have been doing this for a long time. It was like watching a reunion in a sense, as well.”

Referring to the 2010 BC Summer Games, and 2013 Special Olympics BC Summer Games, both successfully held in the community, Vickberg said Langley has the amen-

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Howie Vickberg joined fellow directors with the 2014 BC Seniors Games in Kamloops this past August, to take in the 2013 multi-sport competition. The 27th annual Games will be held throughout Langley from Sept. 9-13. ities and dedicated volunteers to be able to handle an event of this magnitude.

“We more than hold our own,” he said.

“As a community, Langley has really evolved with our sports facilities. The LEC is sort of the culmination of that, but we’ve got McLeod [Athletic] Park and over the

years we’ve really added to the facilities in Aldergrove. An event like this is such a great use of what we have.”

The push is on for volunteers.

People can register online at 2014bcseniorsgames.org and then clicking on the “contact us” tab on the right hand side of the screen. They can also drop by the Games office to sign up in person. Located at 20560 Fraser Hwy., the office is open Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Call 604-533-8065.

“Without volunteers, we have nothing,” Kruger said.

Games operations manager Shirley Stewart said helpers are needed in a variety of positions.

“We need everything from helping with registrations to sports events, medical, and secretarial duties, to ceremonies, and compiling results,” Stewart said.

She estimated that 1,400 to 1,600 volunteers will be needed before, during, and after the Games – primarily immediately before and during.

“We can do it. This community always comes through,” Stewart said. “If they don’t have time during the summer, that’s okay, they can volunteer for positions during the actual Games,” which happen the week after Langley Good Times Cruise-In. “We are open for business now… We’d love to have you come in to register and help us out,” Stewart said, noting volunteers are also needed to help out ahead of time in the organization of the games.

“We can use your help… whatever you’re interested in and capable of giving,” she added, “Volunteers can be any age group, as long as they have the time and the ability to held. That’s all we need.”

Crime

Hit-and-run suspect nabbed A 31-year-old was arrested in Langley after a Cloverdale incident.

by Tiffany Crawford

Special to the Langley Advance

A 31-year-old Langley man is facing charges after he allegedly rear-ended a car in Surrey, sending three women to hospital, and then fled the scene.

Surrey RCMP say the incident happened shortly after 3 p.m. Tuesday at Fraser and 170th Street. Witnesses told police a white Dodge rear-ended a Nissan Sentra.

The Nissan went over the median and smashed into a black truck.

The passengers in the truck were okay but the Jaws of Life were required to remove the women from the Nissan.

The three women were taken to hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries.

Surrey RCMP allege the driver of the Dodge fled the scene. He was later arrested in Langley and is now facing charges of dangerous driving and failing to remain at the scene.

Police continue to investigate and believe intoxication may be a factor in the crash.

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Majority opposed to new plan

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“We need to respect and protect our “I cannot believe that a plan would Brookswood,” said Rhonda Luding, the come forward on this without addressing first speaker Tuesday night.

16th Avenue,” said Harold Leyenhorst.

Many opponents of the project cited Many others worried about increased trafsimilar concerns. First on the list for fic on other major streets. many was the character of Brookswood, Those in favour were a mixture of with its mature trees, relatively low dens- longtime residents and landowners, with ity, quiet side streets and wildlife in ravsome who hope to move here. ines and backyards.

“My hope is that I will “It’s the kind of neighbe able to move my family bourhood that most people into this neighbourhood “I have real concerns in the Lower Mainland with the plan that is here,” that we willl lose all dream about,” said Jackie said New West resident the things that we Mandzak. She said there and Brookswood property won’t be room for any owner Kulwant Sahota. hold dear.” substantial trees on 4,000 Many focussed on the Zosia Ettenberg square foot lots. fact that Brookswood has “I’ve learned to love the been designated for future quiet, rural neighboururban growth as far back hood,” said Sandra Barnett, who moved as the 1970s. Willoughby was picked to here from New Westminster in 2007. be the first area to be actually developed “I have real concerns that we will lose of the two. all the things that we hold dear,” said “Brookswood was neglected for a long Zosia Ettenberg. She also worried that time,” Al Benning said in support of the Township council was not listening to plan. residents.

The big properties of South Brookswood Other concerns focussed on how aren’t affordable for future generations, infrastructure would meet the needs said Bob Sangha, also speaking in favour. of another fast-growing community in Some were in favour, but cautious. Jim Langley. Many residents compared their Hattie had concerns, but was generally in situation to Willoughby, which has favour of the plan. experienced growing pains including “I like the plan, if you stick to it, and overcrowded schools, road congestion tweaking it to where people like it,” he and construction, and a lack of transit. said.

“With all these people that are planCouncil was scheduled to vote on the ning on moving into the area, what’s that plan on March 31st.

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City smoking ban issues clouded

City council wants to clear the air before deciding on a smoking ban for its parks.

by Heather Colpitts

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A proposal to ban smoking in City greenspace except for spots in the off-leash dog area and the Nicomekl floodplain will get a reworking.

Council turned down the proposed bylaw March 3 and sent it back to staff for clarity. Initially the bylaw called for bans at City public events, and in parks and greenspace but was amended to include smoking spots.

Councillor Dave Hall said people at the dog park say there’s no prob-

lem with the current set up. The proposed bylaw would create a designated site at the off-leash park at 206 Street and 44A Avenue. He said instead they suggested spending money on double gates.

Staff recommended against a ban at public events because it would be difficult to enforce.

The bylaw as proposed would cost about $6,500 for some minor landscaping and signage.

Coun. Gayle Martin questioned why the City would spend $5,000 on 55 smoking-related signs.

As well, she questioned the location of the floodplain designated smoking area. The floodplain runs through the City from 196th Street to 208th Street and features public use trails. The site for smokers is at

208th Street.

“Ain’t gonna happen,” she commented. “What bylaw enforcement officer is going to have the time to walk the floodplain looking for people smoking in the floodplain?”

Enforcement would be complaint based.

“We only go out and enforce if we have habitual rule breakers,” explained City legislative services manager Carolyn Mushata.

Coun. Jack Arnold suggested putting the designated smoking site somewhere west of 196th Street (the City’s western boundary).

“What we’re doing is passing a law we have no intention of enforcing,” he noted. “We do this all the time and it’s always bugged me for years.”

Transportation

Langley road and bridge work delayed

Bridges and overpasses are opening as major construction winds up.

by Matthew Claxton mclaxton@langleyadvance.com

The new 232nd Street overpass opened Monday.

It will allow an extension of the Rawlison Rail Siding to the west.

The construction also included the creation of a new roundabout at 232nd

Street and 72nd Avenue.

It will allow for cars, cyclists, and pedestrians to cross the new two-lane overpass without waiting for trains, and train whistling will be elimianted over almost five kilometres stretching between Glover Road and River Road.

Construction is expected to continue to the end of April around the overpass.

The controversial Mufford-Glover Road overpass is expected to be finished in August, and

the 196th Street overpass sometime in May, but the completion date will be weather-dependent.

Another bridge in Langley will be completed this week, if the weather cooperates.

The Nicomekl River bridge on 56th Avenue has been closed for months, and was meant to have been finished by Jan. 31.

A theft of custom-made steel components for the underside of the bridge delayed reconstruction.

The newest expected completion date is March 7, said Duane Odenbach, Township project engineer. If it’s too wet or cold to pave, the bridge might not be open in time. If the rain lets up at least

by Thursday and Friday, things should still move on schedule.

“The only issue is the weather,” he said.

The $24 million new highway overpass at 248th Street is also expected to be opened this spring.

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Indecision opens loophole

The greatest advantage that democracy confers on a society is the accountability that the people can expect from those whom they choose to govern them.

But there are loopholes in the system.

Most significantly, real accountability is achieved only by consent, and can be enforced only through the process by which leaders are chosen.

In other words, ordinary people can – and should – speak out to inform their leaders at all times, but they can only force their leaders to listen at election time.

That loophole is too often exploited by politicians when they have to make uncomfortable or controversial decisions.

“Consultation with the public” is well and good, but it only has real strength when the public has the option of baring its teeth at the polling booth.

Have you noticed that the hard decisions are rarely made in the months before an election, but often come a few months after the polling booths close? It’s one way of exploiting the loophole: ordinary people faced with everyday life often are unable to sustain the energy to battle a secure government that needs only pretend to listen.

Brookswood is a community divided over the direction its future should take. And all members of that community, on either side of the issues at hand, should have the right to bare their teeth if they feel it necessary.

This year is an election year. If Township council is sincere about its public consultation process, it must make its decision on the Brookswood Official Community Plan in time for the people there to weigh – and exercise – their options.

Don’t let the issues languish on some obscure committee agenda until that safe period shortly after this fall’s elections.

And let’s also have a solid yay or nay on the Coulter Berry proposal before summer’s end. Fort Langley also needs the opportunity to hold the current council accountable for whichever decision it makes.

Election years should be used to close potential loopholes… not widen them.

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It’s the end of the world, again Painful truth

about 50 million people just in Europe, somewhere between half and a third of the region’s population.

Starting in 1492, European and Asian diseases were introduced to North and South Matthew Claxton America, and by some estimates 90 per cent of mclaxton@langleyadvance.com the indigenous people died over the next several hundred years.

For the people left behind in the wake of The end is nigh! a plague, the landscape becomes surreal.

At least in fiction and popular culture. The Deserted villages dot the countryside, as surend of the world has been a popular subject vivors in hard-hit areas flee to nearby comsince long before John of Patmos had his revmunities. elation, and it will continue to be one long War can also cause an apocalypse. Like the after the last walker has rotted away on The Black Death, the Thirty Years War in the 1600s Walking Dead. killed millions, but certain areas in Germany The fun part is usually the post-apocalypwere completely depopulated. tic setting. As those of us who The An Lushan Rebellion in grew up in the 1980s know, there Deserted the 700s in China raged for is a basic default apocalypse: almost a decade and may have villages dot the Everything got blown up, now killed up to 15 per cent of the everyone wears leather, rides countryside… world’s population. Timur, the around on motorcycles in search Central Asian warlord of the late of more gas, and chrome-plated 1300s, made literal mountains of boomerangs are all the rage. skulls in conquered territories. This is leaving Real apocalypses are surprisingly common. out modern atrocities such as the Holocaust Just look into the history of what is known and genocides in Rwanda, Armenia, and as the Late Bronze Age Collapse. Empires and Cambodia. powerful kingdoms in what is now Turkey, Some apocalypses are more abstract. The Greece, Egypt, and Syria all collapsed over Basques speak a language that has no relaabout 50 years between 1206 and 1150 BCE. tives in Europe, or anywhere else. One theory A significant number of cities were destroyed, about this cause is that they are the last culand some, like Troy, were finished off so ture to preserve a language from before Indothoroughly they never recovered. Literacy European tongues came from the east and split dropped, trade ended, and small villages into everything from Latin to Gaelic to English. replaced palaces.

We have no idea what happened to isolate No one really knows what caused it. Similar the Basque language. Conquest? Slow cultural mysterious collapses have hit the ancient assimilation of their neighbours? It’s a lost Mayan civilization, and the Indus Valley story, about a lost world. civilization. All of these events left plenty of The main thing you realize by looking at people, but reduced social complexity and left the end of the world is that it’s never the temples or cities vacant and weed-choked. end. People survive (mostly – maybe not We definitely know what caused a number the Vikings in Greenland) and move on, or of more recent population declines. rebuild.

In the early 540s, the Plague of Justinian They deal with depression, both economic spread across the world, killing between 30 and psychological. And then for the next genand 50 million people, up to half the world’s eration, the end of the world is the new norpopulation at the time. Caused by the bubonic mal. And that normal is ready to be upended plague, a different strain came back 800 years again by the next apocalypse. later and caused the Black Death, which killed

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Coulter Berry changes climate

NOT community involvement or spirit.

Dear Editor, This is not with just this one individual, Having moved years ago to Fort Langley but with anyone who has publicly come out because of the uniqueness of this quaint little town, I am deeply saddened by the cli- on their views on the development.

I now look at the list of businesses that mate change that is occurring. have identified themselves as either FOR I notice a distinct difference in the people or AGAINST, and find that I am of the Fort now. subconsciously now avoiding busiFor instance, yesterday, while pickLetters nesses that I used to frequent. Why? ing up my mail from the post office, I to the Because they are on the other side! bumped into one of my fellow townsIt’s not that I don’t like these folk. In the past, we have worked people or businesses anymore, far together on different community from it, but we have had a huge events and typically have greeted Editor divide instilled in the town now. each other with niceties and a little I am saddened and dismayed that chat about how everyone was doing Fort Langley has changed. This Coulter – a genuine feeling of connectedness.

Berry storm has changed the climate of the I now notice sadly that that has gradually Fort forever. changed over the course of the Coulter The damage that this storm has caused Berry Saga. will be felt for many years, and I don’t We now exchange a polite hello and know if we can ever recover from its effects smile. We are now labelled as being either and return to that quaint little unique town FOR or AGAINST the development. we moved here for – at least not down deep We are divided, not together. in its core.

I find that I, for one, don’t want to start Call it the Coulter Berry Vortex – or whatany further conversation with anyone on ever – but the climate has changed, and it’s “the other side,” so as to avoid a debate not for the better! over the pros and cons of the development.

Instead, I now choose to give a quick and Kim McFadden, Fort Langley curt hello, and carry on in my own little [Note: Find more letters on this topic online at world to my own little house. www.langleyadvance.com. Click on Opinion.]

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Dear Editor, You have done a pretty decent job of defining a billion dollars for us and putting it into perspective [A billion dollars is a lot… maybe, Feb. 11 Odd Thoughts, Langley Advance].

A billion dollars seems like a lot to me. I can’t even

imagine being able to spend that much.

Giving away billions is admirable, but not such a big deal when you still have billions left over. It’s not like the ultra-rich have less in their lives for doing it.

Giving it to societies tells the world how wonderful

Appreciation

Access granted in all weather

Dear Editor, I would like to thank the nice people who have a newspaper/mail box accessible to their newspaper lady. Thanks also to the nice people who empty their box on a regular basis, so I don’t have to leave the Langley Advance at the door, where it can get wet in the rain or fly away on a windy day. And finally: a big thank you to those who cleaned their driveways during snowfalls.

Not every does the above, but I sure appreciate those who do.

Annie Richard, Aldergrove

they are, for doing something one should expect.

Giving to societies is a way to have more control over who gets assistance.

It is possible to help only those who agree with a certain line of thinking.

Paying a proper share of taxes so government social programs could be supported would require funds to be handed over and doled out more equitably, not based on belief systems, or affiliations.

For the ultra-rich, it’s like paying taxes relinquishes control, giving power back to the people.

Gail Neufeld, Maple Ridge [Note: A fuller version of this letter is at www.langleyadvance.com. Click on Opinion/Letters, or search the writer’s name.]

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Fool Toronto mayor gets American privilege

Dear Editor, We saw Rob Ford on American television on March 3.

There was a B.C. woman who was denied entry into the U.S., and was barred for life, for admitting truthfully to the customs officials that she had smoked marijuana in the past.

Despite the fact she had done nothing criminal, she says she was questioned for six hours and her car was searched, and she was told she could never enter the U.S. again.

She owns a cabin in Washington State and her father is American, so she used to cross quite often.

Now she can cross the border only because she was granted an official waiver which cost her almost $600, and has to be renewed again each year.

Honesty was not the best policy for her.

However, Rob Ford, our fool Mayor of

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Toronto, an admitted drug taker – which is in all the newspapers and on television – has crossed the border into the United States!

He is on American television, talking about and being questioned about his drug use.

How did the U.S. Customs officials let him cross the border? An admitted drug taker, he is well documented to have issues with drugs, anger, and more.

Why wasn’t he turned back and barred entry into the U.S.? It would have been better for Canada, less of an embarrassment if he had been barred.

Where is the justice for the B.C. woman?

Where is the punishment for Rob Ford?

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Still feeling the reverberating excitewinners of Centra’s annual $15,000 home ment from the Olympics and the BC makeover package.

Winter Games? Top it off with a little Mark and Debbie McGaire of Surrey fervour around this week’s hockey trades were shocked when they arrived and saw and the kick off to volunteer their name written on a giant recruitment for the BC Senior cheque, said sales manager Games being held in Langley Mark Brandow. this fall. Fair to say locals are They knew they were finalabuzz about sporting events. ists, but didn’t know they So, let me fuel the fire just were winners, and the look a little. on their face – he said – was Roxanne Hooper Let me share news that “priceless.” rhooper@langleyadvance.com Langley’s own Britco “It’s always a fun time preStructures has become an senting the winner with the officially sponsor of the 2015 Winter big cheque,” Brandow said. “Home renoGames in Prince George. vations can take a big chunk of change, Keeping that proud sporting spirit and it’s great to be able to help deserving alive, company president Mike Ridley people out with that.”

• More at www.langleyadvance.com, search “Centra” announced that his modular construction company will be providing contributions in kind, as well as some logistical support, to the society hosting the Games.

If you’re a business owner or manager Needless to say, Britco will supply mod- in North Langley, and don’t have anyular buildings for use during the Games. thing on the books this afternoon, I might But, as part of their commitment, they’ve suggest you add this to your daytimer. offered up a nice legacy package as well.

As part of a community-wide initiaFour of the modular buildings contive by the Greater Langley Chamber of structed for the 2015 Games will be trans- Commerce, they’re going out into differformed into a furnished library for the net neighbourhoods around Langley and First Nations people in northern B.C. hosting open houses.

It’s a great undertaking, Mike. Kudos.

It’s a chance to meet the directors and Much like the housing initiative that fellow business people from the area. spawned from the partnership between The open house encompassing the Vancouver Olympic organizers and Willoughby, Walnut Grove, and Fort Britco back in 2010, this too is awesome.

Langley is happening today (Thursday, • More at www.langleyadvance.com, search “Britco” March 6) from 4 to 6 p.m. at Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites, 8750 204th St. The event is free, but you’re asked to A sea of balloons filled the Centra RSVP at 604-530-6656.

Windows’ Langley showroom last week, Another open house is set for Thursday, signalling quite the party.

March 13, this one at Bob’s Steakhouse in And that it was, at least for a local Aldergrove. Same time, same reservation couple who arrived to find they were the requirements.

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Baggins role a local boy’s dream for years A Langley theatre group raised the curtain on Tolkien’s The Hobbit, casting young Zavier Tanner in the lead role.

by Roxanne Hooper

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reparing for opening night and his first lead role, Zavier Tanner wasn’t nervous, but rather excited about bringing the character of Bilbo Baggins to life.

That might be shocking to hear from most 14-year-olds, but maybe not from a young actor who has been on stage since before he was old enough to be in school, and a boy who has eight plays and several television commercials under his belt.

“I guess I’ve lost the opening night nerves. I am just very excited,” he said just hours before the show was set to open last Friday.

Langley’s Imagine That! productions raised the curtain last weekend on the first of six showings of The Hobbit, and young Zavier – better known to his friends as Ziggy – said it was like a dream.

He remembers from an early age longing to be part of a play based on one of J.R.R. Tolkien’s books.

“I was really excited to see that this year’s production was The Hobbit, as I am a big Tolkien fan,” explained the Grade 9 Clayton Heights Secondary student.

“At Imagine That! we don’t audition for specific roles, but I have always hoped that when [the company’s producers and director] Faith [Toronchuk] did The Hobbit again, I’d be old enough to be

Young Zavier (Ziggy) Tanner is among the local actors participating in the Imagine That! production of The Hobbit that continues this weekend at The Venue (5708 Glover Rd.).

Bilbo Baggins.”

And so it was written. Weekly rehearsals began back in July to prepare Ziggy and the cast for a fistful of performances.

“I have always loved fantasy and Tolkien,” added Ziggy, noting he’s been immersed in community theatre most of his life and been a Lord of the Rings and Hobbit fan almost as long.

“I have seen all the LOTR and Hobbit movies that are currently out, and I have read The Hobbit novel multiple times,” he said.

Being given the chance to play the role as Baggins, Ziggy said, is really the answer to a dream.

But that said, “the most difficult part about being Bilbo is that he is so different from me,” the aspiring young actor added.

“Bilbo doesn’t like adventures where I on the other hand love them. I sometimes wish that I had been born in Middle Earth.”

His mother, Chelle, has been an instructor, acting coach, stage manager, and assistant director with Imagine That!

since the company’s inception in 2003, and Ziggy can recall from an early age watching rehearsals and painting set, longing for his turn on stage.

By age five, he was enrolled in acting classes, and by age eight he had his first role in Nate the Great.

This is his ninth show with Imagine That! And while he said he’s played both minor and major roles in past, this is the first time he landed the lead.

Asked what the scariest part is about his latest role, after some thoughtful contemplation he replied: “To me, there’s nothing scary about this role or being an actor. There are lots of responsibilities, of course, such as a lot of lines to memorize and blocking to remember.”

Being on stage – whether it’s as an actor or as a musician with his band– is defnitely in the cards for this young thespian.

As for specifically what is next, the Clayton Heights youth is not too sure yet.

While there’s no set plans for another play in the immediate future, he said he’s going to be working to build his YouTube channel of game play and he’s working – as a guitarist – with a band. He’s also planning to handcraft his own acoustic guitar with his Uncle Rod. Undoubtedly, he said, he will perform in future Imagine That! Productions – but what that will be has not yet been determined.

The Hobbit began last weekend, but continues this weekend, with a 7:30 p.m. show Friday, and two more matinees on Saturday and Sunday, March 8 and 9 at 2:30 p.m.

The Venue is located in Friends Langley Vineyard church at 5708 Glover Rd. Ticket info: www.ImagineThatPlace.com.

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Cranberry ‘queen’ hits the red carpet, again A Fort Langley business woman was invited back down to Los Angeles to be part of the Hollywood awards hysteria.

by Roxanne Hooper rhooper@langleyadvance.com

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he’s had her turn on the red carpet at the Academy Awards two years ago, and now Fort Langley’s Jasmine Marjanovic withstood the paparazzi at the recent international press awards in Los Angeles.

Marjanovic, the owner of Cranberries Naturally store in the village’s Gasoline Alley, returned home last week from California. She was overjoyed by the experience of being a part of the 18th annual Satellite Awards (bet-

ter known to some as the International Press Academy).

“It was a rush,” she told the Langley Advance the day of her return. “Not bad for a girl schlepping cranberries in Fort Langley.”

Two years ago, Marjanovic gained international notoriety when she was invited to put her cranberry jalapeno jelly and her cranberry mustard into the Oscar week’s legendary gift “swag” bags and set up a booth at Avalon Hollywood the day before the Academy Awards with tastings and information on her company.

As a followup to her involvement in the 2012 Oscars, she was approached back in January, and asked to return to L.A. for this past weekend’s awards ceremonies.

That, she said, wasn’t in the cards.

But a short time later an invitation came to be involved in the Satellite Awards.

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While the 2012 Oscar experience brought her untold exposure and she had an “absolute blast,” Marjanovic said there was no way she could finance another trip like that right now – as she’s working to expand her company into national stores, including a recent contract signed with HY Louie for IGA and Fresh St. Farm locations across B.C. Despite fundraising organized by friends, she said the last trip to California, all in, cost her about $12,000.

“Don’t get me wrong,” she said, “I have no regrets. It was an awesome experience.”

But for the same reason she couldn’t afford to go back for the Oscars, she had to decline participation in the Satellite Awards, too.

That is, until a “guardian angel” offered her a proposition. They invited Marjanovic plus one to be their guests – all expenses paid.

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• The Hobbit: Imagine That! Productions performances at 2:30 p.m. March 8 and 9. The March 7 show is at 7:30 p.m. At the Venue, 5708 Glover Rd. Tickets: $15, at ImagineThatPlace.com or at the door.

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March 8, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Willowbrook Lanes. Prizes, 50/50 draws, appies and more. $20 per person. Sign up in advance, Carol, 604-574-1325 or 604-202-0713, or Lauralee, 604-328-5595. Or email donations@carescatshelter.com.

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• Green Wednesday: The monthly environmental movie series is at 7 p.m. at Kwantlen Polytechnic University (free admission but pay parking in effect). The March 12: Programmed to be Fat and Forever Plastic. Q&A after. RSVP: 604-599-3348 or Betty.Cunnin@kpu.ca.

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• Port Kells Art Club show – The club has a display at the Langley Arts Council centre on Fraser Highway. The opening reception is 2-3:30 p.m. on March 8.

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• City of Langley Library 20399 Douglas Cres. 604-514-2855 Don’t agonize, downsize – Learn about downsizing and readying for a new home in this free workshop. Sign up in advance. March 8, 2-3 p.m.

• Muriel Arnason Library #130 20338 65th Ave. 604-532-3590 Henna painting – Learn about Mehndi. For ages 13 up (adults welcome). Pre-register. 2-4 p.m., March 8.

International Women’s Day fun: Enjoy refreshments, henna art, an art display and talk by artist Robin BartelukBandenieks, and more. 2-4 p.m., March 8.

Storytime – Children five years and younger and their caregivers will enjoy interactive stories, songs, rhymes, and more. Sign up in advance. 10:45 a.m. Tuesdays to March 11.

• Walnut Grove Library 8889 Walnut Grove Dr. 604-882-0410 Babytime – For babies and caregivers. Pre-register. 9:30 a.m., Wednesdays and Thursdays, March 5-27.

Storytime – 11:30 a.m. Thursdays to Feb. 27.

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Questions & Answers

Thursday, March 6, 2014

Raspberries to cucumbers to beans Dear Anne,

On Cooking

by Chef Dez Chef Dez is a food columnist and culinary instructor in the Fraser Valley. Visit him at www.chefdez.com. Send questions to dez@chefdez.com or to P.O. Box 2674, Abbotsford, B.C. V2T 6R4

Red Beans & Rice

H

ere is my popular recipe for Louisiana Red Beans & Rice.

This recipe is a delicious one-pot meal and great served any time. Happy Cooking!

Louisiana Red Beans & Rice 500g raw Italian sausages - hot or mild 2 celery stalks, diced small 1 medium onion, diced small 1 medium red bell pepper, diced small 6 garlic cloves, minced 1 tsp dried thyme 1 tsp dried oregano 1 tsp salt ½ tsp ground black pepper 2 cups long grain white rice 4 cups chicken broth 2 bay leaves 1 - 540ml can red kidney beans, rinsed and drained Fresh thyme, for garnish

Squeeze sausages from casings into a large, heavybottomed pot. Discard empty casings.

Turn the heat to medium-high and break up sausage meat into small pieces with a wooden spoon while cooking until brown, approximately 10 minutes.

Turn the heat to medium and add the celery, onion, bell pepper, garlic, thyme, oregano, salt and pepper.

Cook for approximately 2 to 3 minutes until the vegetables are soft but not brown, stirring occasionally.

Add the rice. Stir to coat with the fat and cook approximately 30 seconds until the rice becomes slightly opaque.

Add the chicken broth and bay leaves. Stir to combine. Turn the heat to high and bring to a boil.

Cover with a lid and reduce heat to low and simmer for 20 minutes.

Remove the pot from the heat and let stand covered for 5 minutes.

Remove and discard the bay leaves. Stir in the beans. Season with salt and pepper to taste, garnish with fresh thyme sprigs and serve immediately.

Makes 4 to 6 large portions

“Last year we had tremendous blossom development on our raspberries but then nothing happened – not one berry. I thought it might be a lack of pollination, but our blackberries, red currants, and scarlet runners produced more than we could eat, and I watered and manured them the same as the raspberries. What am I missing?”

R

Forston Tylor, North Vancouver

aspberries have some ability to be self-fertile, although they produce far more and larger berries when pollinated. Even without pollination, you should have had a few tiny, half-hearted attempts at berries.

Did you actually see bees around your raspberry flowers?

Disease is a suspect.

How old are the raspberry canes? The older they get, the more likely viral disease becomes.

New raspberry plants planted them in the old raspberry bed would have exposed them to any problems the old canes had.

Symptoms of viral problems include curly leaves, yellowing leaves, or yellow mottles and streaks on leaves.

Try digging up one old raspberry and check for round root galls. It’s a disease that can be spread from wild blackberries.

The kind of manure used and whether it was

In the Garden

by Anne Marrison

Anne Marrison is happy to answer garden questions. Send them to amarrison@shaw.ca

composted before it was spread can be an issue.

Fresh manure can cause problems. Manures from poultry, sheep, and llamas can actually burn roots, if spread fresh.

I’d suggest experimenting by buying one new, certified virusfree raspberry plant and planting it in another part of the garden, far away from the underperforming raspberry bed.

Clean any tools used on the old raspberries with a bleach solution (one part bleach to 10 parts water) before using them on the new raspberry or in its new area.

Dear Anne,

“Last year I tried ‘Green Dragon’ cucumbers. The writing on the package says ‘never bitter.’ The plant was a heavy producer, but the fruits were all bitter. What makes cucumbers bitter?”

E

Bernie Epting, Vancouver

ven the so-called non-bitter cucumbers can become bitter, if

they’re stressed enough.

My guess would be that our long, hot summer was the cause – not from the heat, but from the extremely dry conditions.

If we get another summer/fall that is so hot and dry, it would be best to water twice a day, and mulch thickly around the plant to slow evaporation and hold moisture in.

Good drainage is best for most crops, but in drought, water moves through well-drained soil too quickly, and when spot-watering, the dry surrounding soil quickly wicks water away from the target plant.

If you get the same problem again, increase watering even more, and wait until a new flush of fruit is ready. By then the bitterness should have vanished.

Dear Anne,

“Since beans need warm soil, would you advise wrapping the plant pots with bubble wrap?

Carol Moore, New Westminster

I

don’t think you’d gain enough extra growing time to justify bubble wrap for green beans.

Bubble wrap protects deeper soil in a container from colder temperature fluctuations. But beans need to be planted much closer to the surface, which remains at the temperature of the surrounding air.

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wo music teachers, a former facBergmann, starting at 3 p.m., followed by ulty member, and an alumnus of the concert at 4 p.m.

Langley Community Music School They will perform works by Beethoven, are coming together this weekend Villa Lobos, Bergmann and Brahms. And, to perform in one of the season’s Concerts the concert will also premiere a work by Cafe Classico performances.

Marcel Bergmann titled Intango The afternoon concert will for flute, cello, and piano. feature LCMS faculty Marcel “This unique program is a Bergmann on piano, as well as potpourri of music and I am instructor Reilley West on the especially pleased that Marcel viola. They’ll be joined by cellist Bergmann’s new work Intango and former LCMS staff member will be premiered at this conBen Goheen, and former stucert,” said the school’s artistic View photos dent and flutist Paul Hung. director, and Marcel’s wife. with The LCMS Chamber Players, Tickets are $15 for adults, or as they’re dubbed, are mak$13/seniors, and $10/students. online Marcel Bergmann ing a return performance on They can be purchased in Sunday, March 9 for an afteradvance by calling 604-534noon performance.

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Arts & Culture

Thursday, March 6, 2014

Books

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iane Welch was excited to return to Langley last weekend for the unveiling of a new children’s book that has its roots in this community.

Introducing Mr. Nobody is a collection of short stories about Welch’s family, including her four “energetic” children and Mr. Nobody – all of whom were born in Langley.

Mr. Nobody is a mythical creature who can apparently “go invisible” – and who first came to life with the Welch family some eight years ago, the author explained.

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Young Walnut Grove reader Lara Commerford, seven, was drawn to Diane Welch’s book signing booth in the children’s section at Chapters Saturday. She and her mother Edith were enchanted to hear tales about the book’s primary character, Mr. Nobody.

Her first encounter with Mr. Nobody came shortly after Valentine’s Day, when her youngest August (Austin in the book) was only two.

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had given her a box of chocolates to mark the romantic occasion. To hide them from her kids, she thought herself wise to stash them away in her underwear drawer.

“But they found the chocolates, and they ate them all,” Welch said.

She came upstairs to find her bedroom in shambles, and chocolate smeared all over the floor and her bed sheets.

“All I could hear was this muffled giggling,” Welch recalled, noting that she followed the sound to discover her three youngest children hidden under one of their beds, each whispering to the others to be quiet.

“I ripped back the sheets and shouted in a deep voice, ‘Who ate my chocolates?’” Mom recounted.

That’s when one of her four-year-old twins, Galatea (the book’s Hope) replied, “Mr. Nobody did.”

The mythical creature, who has only ever showed himself to their children,

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has not left the Welch household since.

And now, that character lives on with them, and in the pages of this book. In fact, that initial encounter and the story of the chocolate bandits serves as the basis for one of the nine stories in her new book.

“I’m committed to raising my vibrant children with grace and a sense of humour, while trying to keep up with Mr. Nobody’s shenanigans,” she joked.

Marking the release of her book with an autographing session at the Langley Chapters seemed fitting, given that Langley is where it started and where many of the stories were created, Welch said.

This book was written

by Welch, but illustrated by her husband Dave, and told through the voice of their son, who was six at the time she started writing the stories.

In addition to profiling the fun, exciting, and

sometimes mischievous adventures of Mr. Nobody, the book also features their other children, Kaylee (Katie in the book), and Portia (Page in the book), as well as their dog Apollo (Zeus in the book).

While it is set in a little yellow house they currently live in on Maple Street in Abbbotsford, “some of the nine short stories actually refer to life experiences during their time in Langley,” Welch told the Langley Advance.

“Langley feels like home, and I hope to move back one day,” she said, noting that her parents also live here.

While much of Welch’s time is currently consumed promoting her first book, she said she’s already working on a sequel, and she’s almost finished another called Mr. Nobody’s Christmas Treasury.

Both those books, she hopes, will be out in the next year or so.

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Junior A hockey

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A pair of blue-collar type goals, scored in rapid succession, was the turning point as Langley upended Surrey Tuesday at the LEC to open the BCHL playoffs.

But this plucky Eagles team didn’t give an inch in front of a disappointingly small crowd of just 743 fans at the LEC. They carried a 1-0 lead into the first intermission on a goal from Anthony Conti 6:04 into the game.

The Rivermen rallied by scoring the only three goals of the middle frame.

The prettiest of the three was the first one, and came with Langley enjoying

by Troy Landreville a man advantage. First-line centre Matt sports@langleyadvance.com Ustaski found a soft spot in the slot and There’s no such thing as a garbage goal deftly one-timed a perfect feed from behind the net from his linemate and – especially in the playoffs.

Rivermen captain Mitch McLain.

For instance: three of the Langley Eagles goaltender Bo Didur had no time Rivermen’s four goals during their 4-2 to react as the puck whistled playoff win over the Surrey past him 2:51 into the midEagles on Tuesday at the “We’ll take them dle frame.

Langley Events Centre however we can The next two were of the weren’t worthy of any top blue-collar variety and came 10 highlight-reel clips. get them.”

11 seconds apart. In rapid But once the puck crosses Bobby Henderson succession, Rivermen forthe opposition’s goal-line, it wards Marcus Vela and Evan counts as a goal, and that’s Anderson swatted loose pucks past Didur all that matters to the Rivermen who to give the home team a 3-1 lead. took game one of the best-of-seven, B.C. After Conti scored his second of the Hockey League opening round series. night with 2:26 to go in regulation, the “The last two [goals of the second perRivermen managed to hold the Eagles iod] were hard hat mentality goals, but offence at bay. at this time of the year, we’ll take them The Rivermen’s Jakob Reichert finished however we can get them,” Rivermen off the scoring by depositing the puck head coach Bobby Henderson said. into the empty Eagles’ net just before the The series is a mismatch on paper, final buzzer sounded. pitting the B.C. Hockey League regular Desperate for the tying goal, the Eagles season champions and Mainland Division had pulled Didur from the net in favour kings Rivermen against an Eagles team of an extra attacker, giving Reichert a that struggled to fourth in the Mainland. yawning cage to shoot at.

The Rivermen (37-13-3-5) finished 29 Henderson said the Rivermen had their points ahead of the Eagles (25-30-1-2) in work cut out for them Tuesday. the division standings.

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Rivermen down plucky Eagles in playoff opener

Surrey Eagles defenceman Kale Bennett and Langley Rivermen winger Mitch McLain rubbed shoulders while battling for a loose puck during Tuesday’s B.C. Hockey League playoff game at the Langley Events Centre. The Rivermen took game one of the best-of-seven, opening round series by a 4-2 score.

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“I thought they played pretty good,” he said, regarding the Eagles. “They were right in the game all the way through.

We did get nice break there, with the two quick ones [in the second period]. They played with a nothing-to-lose mentality and we played like had everything

to lose. We had some nerves, which is uncharacteristic for us, but I thought we got better as the game went on.”

Game two was played last night (March 5) at the LEC. The contest got underway after the Langley Advance went to press Wednesday afternoon.

High school wrestling

Grapplers share mat with province’s best

Of the four Langley wrestlers who competed at the B.C. championships in Prince George, three were juniors.

Langley Secondary School wrestler Kamil Golowko (in blue) drove his opponent out of bounds for one point during the B.C. Secondary Schools Wrestling Championship last weekend in Prince George.

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United they wrestled, against the rest of the province.

A handful of Langley high school wrestlers impressed at the B.C. championships in Prince George last weekend.

The four students, from D.W. Poppy, Brookswood, and Langley Secondary schools, wrestle under the Langley United banner.

Under the guidance of coaches Mike Munsie, Chris Rinke and Nick Chabara, Langley United wrestlers train at Langley Secondary.

Each of the athletes stood on the podium at the end of the meet and all took part in the senior (Grades 8-12) division.

“We were really pleased with how they did,” said Munsie, the athletic director at D.W. Poppy Secondary.

Prit Paul Johal, a Grade 8 from D.W. Poppy, competed in the 45 kg division.

He won his first two matches on Friday before running into the defending national champion Cameron Hicks from Maple Ridge Secondary in the semifinal.

Despite being the only wrestler in the tournament to take Hicks down, Johal lost the match and was relegated to the backside of the draw.

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A temporary road closure of Glover Road between Mavis Avenue and Mary Avenue will be in effect from 6pm on Wednesday, March 12 until 6am on Thursday, March 13.

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BC High School Boys 3A Basketball Championship BC High School Boys 4A Basketball Championship presented by TELUS

March 12 - 15 Langley Rivermen Junior A Hockey Playoffs - Round 1 Mon Mar 10 7:15pm vs. Surrey Eagles - gm.5, if nec.

Rivermen Early Bird 2014-15 Season Ticket offer Only $99! Until April 1, 2014.

Vancouver Stealth NLL Lacrosse Fri

Mar 21 8:00pm vs. Calgary Roughnecks

The Langley Events Centre is located at 7888 - 200 Street For ticket information, contact Langley Events Centre 604.882.8800 • langleyeventscentre.com

public notice Murrayville Reservoir Cleaning: March 4 - 21 As part of the Township’s long-term water quality maintenance program, we will be cleaning the interior of the Murrayville water storage reservoir. This work requires the reservoir to be drained and out of service from approximately March 4 to March 21.

As a result of this cleaning, you may notice minor changes in water pressure. This will be a temporary condition during the reservoir cleaning.

Engineering Division 604.532.7300 opsinfo@tol.ca

Engineering Division 604.533.6151 enginfo@tol.ca

Langley RCMP Superintendent Derek Cooke will speak about crime rates in the community, the cost of policing, and the strategic planning behind the Detachment’s crime reduction initiatives.

Sheena Vivian, Senior Emergency Planning Advisor for BC Hydro, will speak on BC Hydro’s response framework (on site and at the Emergency Operations Centre), communication with communities, and Hydro’s role in the Provincial/Regional/Emergency Operations Centre.

Temporary Road Closure: 206 Street Between 84 Avenue and 86 Avenue A temporary road closure will be in effect on 206 Street between 84 Avenue and 86 Avenue from March 10 to March 22 for the installation of a storm sewer main.

Registration is not required.

Date:

Wednesday, March 19

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7pm

Place:

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Address:

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Public Safety Information Session The Township of Langley’s Community and Transportation Safety Advisory Committee is hosting a free evening of information for the public.

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We thank you for your patience and we apologize for any inconvenience you may experience.

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Salmon Friendly Garden Seminar Are you interested in learning simple ways to reduce or eliminate pesticides and chemical fertilizers?

If so, join us for this free seminar!

Presentations include: • Organic Ornamental Gardening with Brian Minter • Gourmet Edible Gardening with Andrea Bellamy • Invasive Plant Control with Lisa Dreves Date: Time: Place:

Saturday, March 8 1:00 - 4:30pm Township of Langley Civic Facility Fraser River Presentation Theatre (4th floor) 20338 - 65 Avenue Seminar is free but space is limited so please register early at: outreach@leps.bc.ca 604.546.0338 tol.ca/growhealthygrowsmart

public notice Boat Launch Closure Notice

Please be advised that the Marina Park boat launch in Fort Langley will be closed to motorized watercraft from 7am - 3pm on Saturday, March 8 for the University of the Fraser Valley Cascade Athletics’ Head of the Fort race on the Bedford Channel.

We apologize for any inconvenience.

Scott Johnson Parks Services Coordinator 604.532.3538

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The pedestrian route to the Carvolth Transit Exchange will be maintained during the closure.

Motorists are advised to plan alternate routes and allow extra time to reach their destination safely.

We appreciate your patience.

Engineering Division 604.533.6006 enginfo@tol.ca

public notice Survey Seeks Engagement Input

Take the survey and have your say.

The Community Participation, Infrastructure and Environment Advisory Committee, which was established by Township of Langley Council, is conducting a survey.

Through the survey, the Committee hopes to identify better ways to engage the community when it comes to issues regarding public policy development.

To participate, visit tol.ca\residentsengagementsurvey. Residents have until March 31, 2014 to provide their input.

Celeste Paley CPIE Advisory Committee Member 778.683.6469 copaley@outlook.com

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notice of public hearing BYLAW NOS. 5063 & 5064

Proposed Zoning Changes NOTICE is hereby given that the Township of Langley Council will meet and hold a Public Hearing.

AT THE PUBLIC HEARING all persons who believe their interest in property is affected by the proposed bylaws shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions respecting matters contained in the bylaws that are the subject of the hearing.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: In conjunction with the public hearing on Bylaw Nos. 5063 and 5064, Council will consider: (a) a bylaw to amend the Sign Bylaw (Bylaw No. 5068) to ensure consistency with the Fort Langley Community Plan and (b) the issuance of Heritage Alteration Permit No. 100748 in relation to the lands subject to Bylaws No. 5063 and 5064. Persons present at the public hearing will be provided with an opportunity to provide input on the issuance of Heritage Alteration Permit No. 100748 .

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This application will facilitate the development of a three storey, mixed use building consisting of 1,172 m2 (12,617 ft2) of first floor retail space and a 219 m2 (2,352 ft2) restaurant, 1,278 m2 (13,752 ft2) of second floor office space, and 1,220 m2 (13,137 ft2) of third floor residential space (9 dwelling units).

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Information Session: East Langley Water Supply Construction

The Engineering Division will host an information session to provide an update on Phases II and III of the East Langley Water Supply project. Stop by to learn more about the project, construction schedule, and construction methods. Construction is expected to begin late March and continue until December 2014.

Date: Time: Place: Location:

Wednesday, March 12 5:30 - 8:00pm D.W. Poppy Secondary School Cafeteria 23752 - 52 Avenue

Parcel Tax Roll Review for 2014 The 2014 Parcel Tax Roll in respect to frontage/parcel assessment will be held: Date:

Monday, March 24, 2014

Time:

2:30pm

Place:

Yorkson Creek Meeting Room, Civic Facility

Address:

20338 - 65 Avenue

Those property owners affected have been notified by mail. All complaints regarding the frontage assessment must be directed to the Manager, Revenue and Tax Collection at least 48 hours prior to the sitting of the Parcel Tax Roll Review Panel. The frontage/parcel assessment is used in the calculation of the frontage/parcel tax for water/sewer services that appears on the tax notice each year.

If you require further information please contact: Darlene Foxgord, Manager Revenue and Tax Collection Finance Division 604.533.6005

Monday, March 10 7pm

Place:

Township of Langley Civic Facility

Address:

20338 - 65 Avenue Community Development Division 604.533.6034

Water Main Flushing

As part of our maintenance program, the municipal Water Department will be flushing water mains within the dates shown below. Water main flushing is weather dependant and we are unable to provide a specific date for when it will occur in your area.

As a result of this flushing, you may notice changes in water pressure and there may be some discolouration or sediment in the water.

This is a temporary condition and is not a health hazard. To avoid inconvenience, please check the water before doing laundry and you may wish to keep water in the refrigerator for drinking and cooking.

Brookswood, Fernridge, and High Point: February 17 – March 28 Willoughby: February 17 – March 28 North Willoughby (Yorkson) and Northwest Langley: February 24 – April 11 Aldergrove, Gloucester, and Salmon River Uplands: February 24 – April 18 Engineering Division 604.532.7300 opsinfo@tol.ca

Engineering Division 604.533.6006 enginfo@tol.ca tol.ca/elws

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Date: Time:

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AND TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that a copy of Township of Langley Bylaw Nos. 5063 and 5064; and relevant background material may be inspected between the hours of 8:30am and 4:30pm, Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, from February 28 to March 10, both inclusive, at the Community Development Division Development Services counter, 2nd floor, Township of Langley Civic Facility, 20338 - 65 Avenue or online at tol.ca/hearing.

Hired Equipment Pre-Qualification

public notice Enforcement of Unauthorized Secondary Suites

By law, all secondary suites located within the Township of Langley are required to obtain a Secondary Suite Licence.

On March 4, 2013 Council amended Bylaw Enforcement Policy 02-009, allowing the proactive enforcement of unauthorized secondary suites to bring them into compliance.

As part of the amended Policy, property owners may receive a letter from the Township requesting a site inspection to confirm there is no suite within the home, or encouraging the owner to licence the secondary suite with the Township.

Property owners who do not contact Permit Licence & Inspection Services to arrange for an inspection to confirm there is no suite in their home or to discuss the requirements of obtaining a Secondary Suite Licence may be subject to a fine. Bylaw Notice Enforcement Tickets for $500 may be issued to owners who do not have a valid Secondary Suite Licence for their suites.

Permit Licence and Inspection Services Department 604.533.6018 cdinfo@tol.ca

The Township of Langley invites submissions from qualified contractors to be included on a pre-qualified list for hired equipment.

Submissions will be received until 4pm on March 14, 2014 at the Purchasing Department.

Contractors submitting pre-qualification submissions must consent to the Township of Langley verifying the information provided on their submission.

Forms and further information can be found on the Township of Langley website at tol.ca under Doing Business with the Township or picked up from the Township of Langley Purchasing Department, on the main floor of the Operations Centre at 4700 - 224 Street.

Purchasing Services rcarter@tol.ca

Volunteer Opportunity If you care about the environment and live in an apartment, condo, or townhouse, join our team of volunteer Recycling Ambassadors.

Help your neighbours to recycle and reduce waste.

Engineering Division 604.532.7300 tol.ca/ambassador

After-Hours Emergency Contact 604.543.6700

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Kodiaks rout rival Pilots Aldergrove’s junior Bs made a statement against Abbotsford to open the second round of the Pacific Junior Hockey League playoffs.

by Troy Landreville sports@langleyadvance.com

The Harold Brittain Conference playoff final series involving the Aldergrove Kodiaks and Abbotsford Pilots should be a barnburner.

But the Pilots have to figure out a way of keeping the Kodiaks from cashing in on their chances, or this best-of-seven showdown between the top two teams in the conference could be over quickly.

Despite being outshot 40-28, the Kodiaks routed the Pilots 7-2 Tuesday at Aldergrove Arena.

The score wasn’t indicative of the play, said Kodiaks head coach Brad Rihela, who believes this has the potential to be a long, hard-fought series.

“It wasn’t Abby’s night,” Rihela said.

“They didn’t get the bounces. It’s going to be a tough series; every game is going to be tough. We got the bounces and we were fortunate.”

The Pilots rolled to a 27-12-2-3 regular season record and cruised past the Ridge Meadows Flames in five games in the opening round of the Pacific Junior Hockey League playoffs.

The Kodiaks – who swept the Mission City Outlaws in the first round – finished with a 34-6-2-2 regular season record.

On Tuesday, Aldergrove made it five straight playoff wins by outscoring the Pilots 4-1 in the second period and 3-1 in the final frame.

The first period was scoreless.

Spencer McHaffie led the Kodiaks with a pair of goals. Defenceman Robert Jang scored once and added a pair of assists while Stephen Ryan, Jonathan Philley, and Adam Callegari each notched a goal and an assist. Spencer Unger rounded out the list of Kodiaks goal-scorers.

The Kodiaks hosted the Pilots last night (March 5) in game two of the series at Aldergrove Arena. The game got underway after the Langley Advance went to press.

The series victor will play the winner of the Tom Shaw Conference championship series between the Richmond Sockeys and North Vancouver Wolf Pack for the PJHL playoff title.

Knights join PJHL fold

The North Delta Devils have relocated to the Langley and will call the George Preston Recreation Centre home starting in the 2014/15 PJHL season.

The team will be called the Langley Knights, and will wear jerseys based in green and yellow.

Devils owner, general manager, and head coach John Craighead is excited about the prospect of bringing junior B hockey to the Brookswood area.

“My goal is to develop local hockey players and be a bridge between minor hockey and junior A,” said Craighead, who suited up for both the Vancouver Canucks and Toronto Maple Leafs during his 13-year pro career. “I want to make it a stepping stone to the next level.”

The move will mean the PJHL will have two Langley-based teams, the Kodiaks and the Knights.

“I think it’s great,” said Rihela, who says the short distance between the two teams will create a natural rivalry. “I think it’s fantastic for the league.”

United hosting kids wrestling camp … continued from page A15 Golowko finished the tournament in sixth place.

Langley Secondary Grade 12 wrestler Emily McLean – the only senior student on the United team who qualified for the provincial meet – competed in the 110 kg division.

The defending silver medallist at the weight, McLean replicated her finish last year to become Langley’s first ever twotime medallist in wrestling.

Trevor Weltzin, a Grade 10 student from Brookswood Secondary, competed in the 66 kg category, one most competitive weights in the tournament.

He lost his first round match to the tournament’s fourth seed 8-8 (on a tiebreaker).

Weltzin rallied to win four consecutive matches on the backside of the draw to qualify for the podium rounds, where he lost to the second seed and current Fraser Valley champion to eventually finish sixth.

Weltzin was the only junior athlete (Grade 10) to reach the podium in the weight.

In an effort to grow the sport locally, Langley United will be hosting a weekly Wrestling Kids Camp starting April 8 through June 24 at LSS. Practices will incorporate various games, activities and wrestling to introduce the sport to boys and girls ages 10-13.

Registration is limited.

Visit the Langley Secondary website (langleysecondary.com) for more details and registration.

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Meet the people ICBC doesnÂ’t want you to meet.

Introducing Sharene Orstad If you have been injured in a car accident, you may think ICBC will take care of you. But insurance companies have a vested interest in saving money and reducing costs, not paying you for your pain, loss or inconvenience.

Sharene has been a member of the DBM team for over a decade; working to protect the rights of personal injury victims. At the negotiating table or in court, Sharene will present your case in a manner that ICBC adjusters and lawyers will respect and understand.

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