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Aldergrove

Crash injures family, Mountie Two vehicles were destroyed but there were no serious injuries in a collision on Aldergrove Tuesday.

by Heather Colpitts and Matthew Claxton

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An RCMP cruiser was demolished after a crash in Aldergrove early Tuesday afternoon, injuring a Mountie and three occupants of a van.

According to the Langley RCMP, a marked police vehicle was travelling code 3 (emergency equipment activated) in response to an unrelated complaint. The police vehicle collided with a civilian vehicle, according to a statement released by the Independent Investigations Office of BC (IIO).

The crash happened at around 1:30 p.m. July 22, in the 26800 block of Fraser Highway.

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Two vehicles were destroyed in a crash between an RCMP cruiser and a van. Debris was scattered over a large area at Tuesday’s crash at 268th Street on Fraser Highway.

Multiple firehalls and other emergency responders were dispatched to the collision.

An Air Ambulance helicopter landed at nearby Parkside Centennial Elementary and took the RCMP officer to hospital, where it was determined he had non-life-threatening injuries.

The officer was expected to be released from hospital as early as Tuesday night or Wednesday morning, according to Const.

Craig Van Herk of the Langley RCMP. Three of the four van occupants were also taken to hospital.

A nearby resident who was outside her home beside Fraser Highway at the time heard the sirens then the crash, and felt the impact.

She said that, when she went to the scene, there were people helping at both vehicles before emergency crews arrived and took over.

The van was lying on its passenger side and people were standing on top of it, prying the

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The van has Alberta licence plates. She said its occupants were a man, woman, young teen boy, and little girl.

The witness said the debris field was very large.

Fraser Highway was closed in the area for several hours.

On Wednesday, the Langley RCMP publicly thanked the members of the public who helped at the crash scene.

“We are aware that many citizens stepped up and assisted both our officer and the civilians at the scene before emergency services arrived,” said Insp. Rob De Boersap. “We are grateful to them for jumping in as they did and relieved that none of the injuries were as serious as first thought.

The Independent Investigations Office of BC (IIO) will lead the investigation into the crash, because it involved a police officer.

The Langley RCMP are responsible for investigating the actions of the civilians.

A team of canoeists, including Fort Langley’s Brandon Gabriel, is on a three-month expedition to Alaska. The trek aims to bring awareness of life along the B.C. coastline, and awaken people to the need to preserve it.

Follow their stories online at www.langleyadvance.com.

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The third annual Fun in the Sun event on July 20 beside the Langley Events Centre brought out big crowds despite clouds and light drizzle. (Below) Sophie Narvarte helped at the Angry Birds game which had kids slingshotting these big bird balls at cardboard structures. (Inset) Jakob Shoihet took on his mom, Janelle, in the potato sack race even though the sack was taller than he was.

The event is hosted by UrbanRoad Church to provide a free family event during summer.

Police raided a Langley home and searched the area before catching a suspect.

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Community

Cyclists challenged

A Langley Township manager took part in a Commuter Challenge by biking to work.

June 1–7 was Canadian Environment Week and to mark the occasion, a Commuter Challenge was issued to encourage Canadians to leave their cars at home. Ramin Seifi, with the Township, joined and cycled 35 kilometres each way to and from work.

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New and returning students might not recognize parts of the Trinity Western University campus when they arrive this fall.

A number of campus improvements are underway this summer, with a focus on campus sustainability, and adding infrastructure. They are valued at $4.3 million.

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Regulatory system

Ralph can never teach again A former Langley teacher has lost the right to ever enter a classroom in B.C. again.

by Matthew Claxton mclaxton@langleyadvance.com

A Langley woman convicted of sexual interference with one of her former elementary school students has lost the right to ever teach in B.C. The B.C. Commissioner for Teacher Regulation has ruled that Deborah Ralph can’t teach in public or independent schools, and is banned from even applying for a teaching certificate.

Ralph pleaded guilty in February and in March was given a conditional sentence of two years less a day.

The actual incidents happened between 1998 and 2000, but the victim didn’t come forward until 2011. When the Langley RCMP arrested Ralph, she was immediately removed from her elementary school classroom.

In 2012, Ralph was fired by the Langley School District, and her teaching certificate was suspended from three weeks after her arrest.

Ralph’s teaching certificate was completely cancelled in May this year.

The victim was a former Grade 5 student of Ralph’s. After he

left her class, she continued to have contact with the boy and his family, getting him a summer job, buying him gifts, and taking him to laser tag and other recreational activities.

She started a sexual relationship with the victim in 1998 and it continued on and off to 2000, when the victim cut off all contact with Ralph.

He didn’t tell his family about the abuse until 2005, and spent much of his teen years and early adulthood battling suicidal feelings, and alcohol and drug abuse.

The victim’s family described Ralph as a predator during victim impact statements before the sentencing.

Dogs, helicopters, and a significant force of police descended on a rural Langley neighbourhood Tuesday in search of suspects in a drug case.

Members of the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit (CFSEU) arrived at a home on 236th Street south of 47th Avenue, near Peterson Road Elementary, on Tuesday afternoon.

They were searching for a specific person, said Sgt. Lindsey Houghton, a spokesperson for the unit.

It took several hours to locate the man, who was found with the assistance of a police dog.

According to witnesses, officers took another person away in handcuffs during the raid as well, and Houghton confirmed there were two arrests.

The capture of the final suspect didn’t happen until about 7:30 p.m., said Houghton.

Houghton could not say much about the reasons for the reasons for the arrests, as the investigation is ongoing. He said the original request for an investigation came from the Langley RCMP. “It’s drug related, connected to low- to mid-level gang activity,” Houghton said.

Both people arrested were held in custody overnight Tuesday but were expected to be released on Wednesday.

It may take several months before they are charged, Houghton said.

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18TH ANNUAL GREATER LANGLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

2014BUSINESSEXCELLENCE NOMINATION FORM AWARDS EVENING: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22ND CASCADES CASINO RESORT BALLROOM - 20393 FRASER HIGHWAY, LANGLEY

The Greater Langley Chamber of Commerce invites you to help us recognize businesses, organizations and business people who demonstrate outstanding innovation, growth, ethics, customer service and contributions to the community.

• Please provide reasons for nomination on a separate sheet and include letters of support (3 maximum) • All nominees must be conducting business within the Langley Trade Area • Previous winners are ineligible for nomination in same category for 2 years following the year in which they have won DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF NOMINATIONS: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2014.

Nominated Business:__________________________________________________________________ CEO / Owner: _______________________________________________________________________ Business Address: ____________________________________________________________________ Phone Number:________________________________ Email: ________________________________ Nominated By: ______________________________________________________________________ Phone Number:________________________________ Email: ________________________________ Please select one category. Nominations in more than one category must be submitted separately. ❑ George Preston Memorial Business ❑ Business of the Year (Small, medium & Person of the Year Recongizes an individual large) Recongizes a business that demonstrates who demonstrates outstanding business an overall high level of leadership in the achievement through solid leadership, business community, shows continuous innovation and ethics, community contribution and innovation. growth, and provides outstandin customer ❑ Community Impact Award (For-Profit) and employee service (including employee Recognizes for-profit businesses who education and training). consistently contributes to the social and ❑ Enivironmental Leadership Recongizes cultural well-being of the community. a company/person that exhibits a significant ❑ Community Impact Award (For-Profit) proactive concern for, and proven success with, Recongizes a nono-profit organization that conducting business processses in such a way consistently contributes to the social and as to leave the environment (water, earth, air) cultural well-being of the community. better off because of their company's products, ❑ Entrepreneur of the Year Recongizes an services or business practices. individual who has been in business no less ❑ Service Excellence Recongizes a business than 1 year and no more than 5 years, and that consistently provides outstanding combines, risk, innovation, leadership, skill customer service. and craftsmanship upon which to build and motivate.

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Policing

Name-calling led to fight An off-duty Burnaby Mountie and a shopper exchanged insults in Langley.

to which Olive kicked him in the leg and knee and hit him with her purse.

As they walked toward the mall entrance, Olive told him to stop following her and dropped a series of F-bombs, then uttered a racial slur before advancing toward him “in an aggressive manby Jacob Zinn ner.”

Glacier Media At this point, Pabla pulled out his The off-duty Burnaby RCMP officer who badge, identified himself as a cop, and was docked six days’ pay for uttering told her that she could be arrested if she sexually explicit insults at a woman who assaulted him again. stole his parking spot in Langley wasn’t Olive turned around to head back the only one with a foul mouth in the toward the mall entrance, and Pabla altercation. headed the same direction.

In the adjudication “[Pabla] proceeded to “She curtly replied, ‘I report obtained by the walk past her, intending to didn’t see your f**king give her a wide berth. As Burnaby NOW, more details have arisen he did so, she swung her blinker.’” regarding the argument purse at him, hitting him Adjudication report the two had outside the in the groin and head area.

Willowbrook Shopping He swung his arm at her Centre on the afternoon of to ward off further blows, New Year’s Eve 2011. contacting her shoulder…”

The agreed statement of facts notes that While Olive told police that Pabla had Harinder Paul Pabla was waiting for a assaulted her, a judge ruled last August parking spot to open with his turn signal that the situation was, in fact, vice versa. on when Jessica Olive took the space.

Pabla was acquitted of the charge, and Pabla ended up parking a short distance the judge decided that he had acted in away, and as he walked toward the mall self-defence “in response to the unproentrance, he told Olive that he had been voked assault she perpetrated against him waiting for the spot with his signal on. while he was walking past her.”

“She curtly replied, ‘I didn’t see your Nonetheless, the judge noted that Pabla f**king blinker,’ and continued walking,” had “been the author of his own misreads the statement. “Rather than leave it fortune” and that his “demeanour, tone, at that, [Pabla] suggested to [Olive] that use of sarcasm and gutterspeak” was she ought to get a lighter pair of sunglass- unacceptable for a 16-year RCMP officer. es, and she replied, ‘Well, maybe you The disciplinary decision noted that should consider not being a f**king dick,’ Pabla’s off-duty actions go against the and gave him the finger.”

RCMP’s core values, and the adjudication The statement continues with several board upheld his loss of six days’ pay.

- From the Burnaby NOW. sexually explicit comments from Pabla,

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Speeding

Arrest after 155 km/h A Langley man found himself on the wrong side of a road racing charge in Ontario.

by Matthew Claxton mclaxton@langleyadvance.com

A Langley man’s late night drive through a rural Ontario town has landed him in a local courthouse after he allegedly drove 95 km/h above the speed limit.

At about 3:30 a.m. on Tuesday, July 22, an officer with the Ontario Provincial Police in Perth County saw a car heading down Perth Road 119 at a high rate of speed.

The car was clocked at 155 km/h through the village of Brunner, according to Const.

Kees Wijnands. The speed limit in the area is 60 km/h The car was pulled over and the 20-year-old driver from Langley was charged with racing a motor vehicle.

He is scheduled to appear in court in Stratford, Ont., on Aug. 26.

He won’t be driving back to B.C. on his own right away, as he also had his driver’s license suspended for seven days and his rental car was impounded.

Education

Unrest growing over crowded schools Parents and civic politicians want to know what’s going on with school expansion.

by Heather Colpitts and Matthew Claxton

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Langley City and Township may feel they are getting failing grades when it comes to local education.

Both councils at their public meetings this past Monday discussed education concerns.

Langley City Councillor Dave Hall made a motion to seek timely consultation and discussion regarding future facilities, planning, implementation, busing and expendiures.

“We have not met as a formal group for well over a year,” he noted about the Langley School District and City council.

Coun. Teri James and Acting Mayor Ted Schaffer sit on the City School District Liaison Committee. James suggested council formulate specific questions she could take to the next meeting, expected in September

when school resumes.

Hall’s motion was defeated but council approved a motion to compile specific questions for the school district.

Hall said he’s concerned the City is being “left behind” in discussions about school site acquisition for growing areas like Willoughby where schools are over capacity. As well, there are rumours about busing Willoughby students as far as Aldergrove to schools with excess capacity.

At the June school board meeting, the board discussed

Labour relations

City workers settle a four-year contract

Langley City CUPE workers reach a contract settlement retroactive to 2012.

by Heather Colpitts hcolpitts@langleyadvance.com

Langley City’s CUPE workers have a new contract in effect until 2015.

The four-year agreement runs January 2012 to December 2015 and mirrors the regional wage pattern for Metro Vancouver municipalities.

“It was a respectful round of bargaining,” CUPE 2058 president Andrew Brown said.

The contract provides a 1.25 per cent pay increase January 2012, 1.75 per cent in 2013 and 2014, and two per cent in 2015.

Previous City budgets took retroactive pay into account.

The deal includes improvements in seniority rights for temporary full-time employees and improvements to general leave and union security provisions.

“The new collective agreement meets the needs of both the City of Langley and our employees,” said Acting Mayor Ted Schaffer.

CUPE represents about 170 City workers.

“It is fairly typical, in that the union will notify the employer

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of their intent to initiate bargaining prior to the expiration date of the contract,” said Francis Cheung, the City administrator.

“The parties will then enter into bargaining based on mutually acceptable time line.”

He added, “It is typical that the bargaining process will go beyond the expiry date.”

He explained that, as a contract nears its end, the union contacts the employer to initiate bargaining.

The last contract expired at the end of 2011 and was not resolved until 2014.

The City expects to hear from the union about the next round of bargaining in late 2015.

possibly busing to D.W. Poppy Secondary and that Langley Secondary would require some seismic upgrading if more students were sent there.

School crowding comes up frequently at Langley Township council. On July 21 council discussed another proposed development on the Willoughby Slope. Several residents again complained about potential busing of students and of overcrowded local schools at a public hearing earlier in the month.

Several councillors wondered why, with so many crowded schools in Willoughby, the district is not making more use of the former James Anderson Elementary. The school site sits on 66th Avenue and 203rd Street. The school district is consolidating it and the APEX program based in Otter.

A motion by Councillor Charlie Fox was passed at the end of the debate, which included making an appointment to talk to B.C. Education Minister Peter Fassbender about local school issues, and to put the subject of James Anderson Elementary onto the agenda for the next meeting of the Township-School District liaison committee.

School resumes Sept. 2 but with the teacher/provincial government dispute unresolved, there’s still uncertainty about what to expect come the start of the school year.

HAFI Funds Home Modifications for Disabled Man When Lorie and Walter bought their home in Port Alberni 13years ago they slowly began renovating the unfinished basement to accommodate Walter’s changing needs as his muscular dystrophy advanced.

“The basement was a black hole when we moved in,” recalled Walter. “After 12 years of skimping and saving, we made the downstairs completely wheelchair accessible, except for the bathroom. It was way too small.

I could only stand for about a minute and a half without collapsing in the shower stall and I could no longer pull myself out of the tub in the upstairs’ bathroom, even with Lorie’s help.”

Through funding from BC Housing’s Home Adaptations for Independence (HAFI) program, Walter and Lorie were able to work with a contractor to transform the space. A wall was removed to make room for a wheelin shower with benches, grab bars were installed, and the vanity and fixtures were relocated.

“ I just slide into the shower now,” said Walter. “I feel safer and no longer dread trying to wash myself. What was previously a dangerous chore for me is now a welcome treat.”

Walter and Lorie hope to spend the rest of their lives in their home.

The HAFI program provides financial assistance to help eligible low-income seniors and people with disabilities adapt their homes so they can continue to live independently.

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As part of their anniversary, Duolynx is giving away an Electra Cruiser seen here being test-driven by Angie Quaale.

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Well Seasoned preparing to leave the bypass gourmet food store – who has been operating her little shop next to the butcher on Langley Bypass for the past decade – is moving to some recently refurbished digs at the corner of 203rd Street and 64th Avenue (yes, where the Langley Advance lived for a short time).

Was the change of location a foreshadowing that she’s expecting to get elected to Township council this fall, and won’t have far to walk between jobs? Maybe. Again, I digress.

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Wed Jul 30 7:45pm vs. Nanaimo Timbermen Langley Rivermen Junior A Hockey 2014-15 Season Ticket offer: Only $99! Until Aug 1, 2014 The Langley Events Centre is located at 7888 - 200 Street For ticket information, contact Langley Events Centre 604.882.8800 • LangleyEventsCentre.com

public notices Japanese Knotweed Roadside Control Strategy

Japanese Knotweed is an invasive species whose root system has the potential to ruin home foundations, roads, parking lots, sewerage, and water main infrastructure.

The Township of Langley is working to eliminate the threat of this invasive plant. You may see markers along various roads identifying where Japanese Knotweed is located. Do not remove the plants or mow these areas. Improper removal of the plant could result in the plant reproducing rapidly or spreading further.

The Roads Department is spraying a mild herbicide to control the Japanese Knotweed. The removal process will take several treatments and inspections throughout the year. After the roots are killed, the plant stock will be removed and discarded safely.

For more information on the roadside control program, contact: Engineering Division 604.533.6006 tol.ca/invasive

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Drop by for free creative fun in local parks, all summer long!

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Glover Road will be closed at the CN rail crossing in Fort Langley on Wednesday, July 30 from 7am to 5pm. The closure is required to enable CN crews to repair the concrete crossing panels and to modify the elevation of the tracks at the crossing. A detour route is noted below.

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We appreciate your patience.

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public notice Master These Water Wise Tips to Decrease Your Water Usage:

Water Wise is a Township initiative delivered in partnership with Langley Environmental Partners Society. During the summer, the Water Wise team has been distributing door hangers and post cards to Township communities to provide general information to residents on how to conserve water this summer.

• Limit lawn sprinkling to once a week for an hour. This allows your lawn to stay green while increasing the grass’s resilience to drought.

• Fix leaks in your toilets, showers and faucets. Repairing leaks is a great and easy way to save a lot of water.

• Replace old inefficient fixtures in your house with water-saving fixtures.

• Spread a layer of organic mulch around your plants to help the soil retain moisture.

• Use rain barrels to water the garden – the flowers love rain water.

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sampling of Quaale’s culinary abilities in advance of her move and the BBQ Off the Bypass, stop by Duolynx Design & Print tonight (Thursday, July 24).

Kerri Lucas-West and the team at Duolynx are hosting a sixth-anniversary customer appreciation party in their parking lot at 96th Avenue and 201st Street from 5 to 9 p.m.

In addition to live entertainment, facepainting, and games, Quaale is cooking pork sliders and beans for all who attend.

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Moving date for Well Seasoned is set for Aug. 1. That leaves me asking the about Quaale’s BBQ on the Bypass – which is set for Sept. 13 and 14 this year. I’m sure the new digs will provide lots more room for her incredibly popular, annual event. But that left me wondering if there was a name change in the works. Turns out she’s way ahead of me on this. The event is being rebranded BBQ Off the Bypass.

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public programs and events Langley Demonstration Garden Summer Programs

The Langley Demonstration Garden is having another fun-filled summer!

An educational facility operated by the Langley Environmental Partners Society in partnership with the Township of Langley, the Demonstration Garden is located in the Derek Doubleday Arboretum in the 21200 block of Fraser Highway. It is open year-round to demonstrate sustainable gardening techniques and staffed weekdays from May to August.

This summer, a number of fun and informative events, activities, and programs will be held and the public is encouraged to take part.

Langley Eats Local - Sunday, August 10, 11am - 2pm: This 6th annual event returns to the garden to celebrate local farmers, processors, and artisans. Sample and purchase items, from vegetables and berries to baked goods and wines.

Blackberry Bake-Off and Open House - Wednesday, August 20, 11am - 2pm: The annual tradition continues. Enter

a blackberry creation (see contact below) for the chance to win local fame, or enjoy a locally-sourced barbecue lunch for just $5. Crafts for kids, and live local music for all.

Last chance to register for Eco Explorer kids’ day camps!

For more information and to register, contact: Langley Environmental Partners Society garden@leps.bc.ca 604.546.0344

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Where there’s smoke… call!

The little bit of rain we received this week might have dampened a few summer spirits in the Lower Mainland, but they were a godsend in places where they lowered the forest wildfire risk levels.

Where the risks were reduced at all, the respite is likely to be temporary.

Hot weather – and increasing wildfire risks with it – are expected to return by the weekend.

Indeed, fire officials expect that areas in which the wildfire risk levels have been “high” will likely join the “extreme” classification before long.

Don’t let this week’s glitch fool you, the expectations are still for an unusually dry summer.

With that in mind, and the propensity for British Columbians to get out and enjoy the natural beauty that surrounds us, the protectors of the province’s forests and wilderness are asking everyone to be careful, and to be vigilant.

That’s not a plea only to local residents planning to get out into the wilds, but also to the thousands who flock to this province every weekend and through the week.

Whether you live here and take advantage of the natural amenities in your own backyard, or if you’re dropping by from elsewhere for some fun and relaxation in the great – and we really mean GREAT – outdoors, take care that it isn’t ruined for future hikers and boaters and nature enthusiasts.

It doesn’t take a great deal of carelessness to spark a huge wildfire.

We’re seeing evidence of that in West Kelowna and in other parts of the province where it’s not just beauty and wildlife that are being destroyed, but thousands of people’s homes have been put in jeopardy, as well.

If you see smoke while you’re out there, do not hesitate to call B.C.’s Wildfire Management Branch at 1-800-663-5555 (or *5555 from a cell phone).

And try not to create any of that smoke yourself. Our nature depends on you.

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Pugs: Saving us from the aliens Painful truth

ourselves, how we fight. And most importantly, how we treat competing species.

In all of our history, going back to the days when we were man-apes banging rocks together and cowering in fear of thunderstorms, our Matthew Claxton biggest direct competition on this planet came mclaxton@langleyadvance.com from large wild canines. African painted dogs and wolves fill a very similar environmental niche to early humans.

Let’s talk about aliens. Where the heck are Unlike big cats and bears, canines run their they, huh? prey down, exhausting them before moving The universe is really, really big. And we in for the kill. That was one of the earliest know that there a plenty of planets out there human hunting techniques – some hunter– we get better at spotting them every day, gatherer people in remote parts of the world having found more than 1,800 as I write this. still use it to this day.

We’ve got somewhere up to 400 billion Humans and dogs are among the only stars just in our galaxy. Surely there’s life out meat-eating animals that can there, lots of life, and surely some actually run long distances – and tiny fraction of that life must have I have a theory, we have the stamina to wear evolved big brains and decided to down almost anything. Between and it involves go exploring in giant anti-matter a human marathoner and a fueled tin cans. pugs wearing thoroughbred horse, the human So why haven’t they contacted bee costumes. will always win when you crank us? Why aren’t we basking in the up the distance. soothing transmissions of threeWolves also work in packs. camera sitcoms from Vega Prime They can cooperate, like human hunters. and getting regular visits from the Iridian So we ate the same food, and we used Empire? the same tactics, and we moved in sizeable I have a theory, and it involves pugs weargroups. ing bee costumes.

Did we wipe out wolves down to the last Hear me out! pup?

What if we have been visited already?

No. We did something much more disturbI don’t mean covert snatch-and-grab mising. We befriended them. We loved them. We sions to tractor-beam up some yokels. And made them smaller, and more like puppies.

I certainly don’t believe that beings that can devise methods of crossing light years between We made them love us back.

Imagine the horror when the aliens realized the stars are going to show up for the purpose what we’d done, as they noticed that the DNA of mutilating cattle, or making corn lie down of a proud Arctic predator and a bow-wearing in pretty patterns.

Yorkie in a purse are substantially the same?

(Anyway, we already know what makes “By the stars, Zorg, we can’t land on Earth!” crop circles. It’s the lizard people from inside their chief researcher shouted. “If they ever the Hollow Earth.) gained the upper hand on us for a second, But maybe some aliens would send a probe (not that kind, get your mind out of the gutter) imagine what they’d do to us! Do you want to be dressed up as a sunflower and paraded to say, sample our airwaves, listen in on the around on a leash? Do you want your greatinternet and pick up the lingo. They’re probgrandspawn to have hip dysplasia and no ably watching edit wars on Wikipedia right noses?” now.

So give your pug an extra tummy rub today.

Anyway, I figure they want to know a lot of He’s saving us from alien invasion. things about us. How we live, how we govern

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Trees, shrubs wasting taxes have done to the sidewalk.

It’s like walking on a roller coaster: the sidewalk is up and down from the tree roots.

It’s a waste of taxpayers’ dollars. Now the trees have to be cut down and new sidewalks put in.

And why do they have to plant shrubs and trees in the middle of the road, to be pruned and weeded and watered?

Another waste of dollars.

If anyone drove up on 96th Avenue, around the Johnson Heights area, they

would see cement curbs in the middle of the road, with brick-coloured cement in the middle Letters of the road. It looks to the nice and neat – and no maintenance.

What is the matter with putting in wider Editor sidewalks to the curb, and plant trees on the lots on the inside?

Get the developer to plant trees when they are building. That will save the taxpayer, the trees look just as nice on the inside as they do on the outside, and the roots will have room to grow without lifting up the sidewalks.

Environment And why put cement dividers in the middle of the road on 203rd Street, which Dear Editor, is an industrial area? Now I read Patricia Tallman’s comments [Meat not necessary they are chopping them for survival, June 17 Letters, Langley Advance] with interest. up because the semi-trailer Even a small amount of research proves the real cost of trucks can’t turn there. Why meat is kept artificially low by government subsidies worldnot leave the middle an wide. empty turning lane?

All the while, production of animal feed decimates the Is it all about looks? environment and drains fresh water in arid regions. Factory Because it is not working. farms also pollute the water with huge amounts of slurry, They turned 98th Avenue the nitrates killing aquatic wildlife for miles around. into a one-way at 203rd The consumption of meat is almost always a selfish act, Steet and planted high fourbefore we even consider the appalling cruelty. foot pampus grass so no As for hunting, it has no place in any modern civilized one can see anything, and society. they have cars going down “If you want to hunt, build a time machine and go back to an alley that is single-car the stone age.” – Karen Lyons Kalmenson wide to get back onto 98th Just “Go Vegan” and “Catch Up.” Avenue.

Christopher Evans, Lower Woodhouse, Herefordshire, UK It was petitioned and inspected by council, and we were told that the road Abortion would be fixed in 2013. It is now halfway through 2014, and nothing has been done.

It’s time to address these Dear Editor, issues and quit beating Parental consent is needed for tanning beds and tataround the bush. If council toos, but not for abortion. There is currently no legislakeeps this up, it will cost tion regarding age of consent for obtaining an abortion in the municipality a lot of Canada. That women can have an abortion without their money to keep fixing misparents’ consent or knowledge is wrong. We really need a takes. parental consent law to protect women and their babies.

Donna Thurston, Langley Dean Clark, Langley

Dear Editor, I’m wondering, with the elections around the corner, if councillors have been out walking, like I have, and wondering about the waste of tax dollars.

I cannot figure out why, on the coast where trees grow at such a rapid rate, they persist on planting trees beside the walkways and curbs in about a foot and a half of soil, and don’t expect to run into trouble.

They should go for a walk from 88th Avenue to 93rd Avenue on 208th Street and see what those trees

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What you’re telling us on Facebook Our report of a horrendous crash •involving a police car in Aldergrove

drew some sympathetic comments for the victims, as well as further observations when it was learned that, amazingly, considering the visible damages, there were no lifethreatening injuries. Some comments: Marie-Ann Puls – I hope they will all be ok! Mom and dad, driving the van and all of her children, too.

Debbie Meegan – That doesn’t look good. I sure hope the officer will be ok!

Hammer Jason – [Others] would have reported this as a double vehicular homicide then retracted it three days later as information became available.

Thank you Langley Advance for waiting for more information before using sensational headlines to draw in readers then later retract. I like a paper with class and ethical principles. Journalistic integrity for the win.

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Dear Editor, I am writing you with heart-in-hand with a request: please, do not print anymore letters from Roland Seguin.

The last entry of Mr. Seguin’s weekly opinion column [Better odds than Brookswood, June 19 Letters, Langley Advance] really takes the cake. Is he really that obtuse?

The comment about not minding a few extra degrees is not only ridiculous, but downright irresponsible. I don’t understand why you give him a platform to share his skewed ideas of the world, other than inciting people to write in – worked for me.

Every time I open your paper it seems that there is another opinion from him. Is he on the payroll? Does he have nothing better to do with his time?

I swear, if I see another entry from him, I will never read your paper again and cancel my subscription.

Diane Todosychuk, Brookswood

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Langley kids got a taste of the life of a police officer at the annual RCMP Cadets Camp July 8-10.

Organized by Langley Mounties, auxiliary officers, and staff and volunteers from Community Policing Offices, the event involved 100 kids aged 10-12.

The floor of the Langley Events Centre’s arena bowl was the main venue for the day camp, the first year the event has been held there.

The new venue has been a good fit for the event, said Const. Craig Van Herk, one of the officers overseeing events.

The new location has turned out to be a source of free advertising.

The LEC is still open to people using the upper level concourse as a walking track, and they’ve been stopping

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Cadets got to look at some of the equipment used by the Emergency Response Team. Left – Cadets scrambled all over an Emergency Response Team vehicle. to watch the activity on the stadium floor.

“We’ve had people stopping by to ask about it, and they can’t wait for their kids to turn 10,” said Van Herk.

Back at the event this year was Const. Mark Peterse, who spent two years as a Langley RCMP Auxiliary officer. Last year Peterse headed off to the RCMP’s training centre,

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Peterse, now assigned to the Surrey detachment, has seen his own daughter go through the cadet camp in the past, he said.

Peterse oversaw a group of cadets examining a “crime scene” complete with clues scattered around.

The cadets also did some drill marching – something Mounties learn during their basic training – met officers on horseback and mounted on motorcycles, and got to interact with members of the Emergency Response Team and see some of the equipment they use.

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Twins going country to fight cancer

The Rucheinski boys put on their cowboy boots and fight cancer at annual Gone Country event Saturday in Cloverdale.

Chris and James Rucheinski organize Gone Country, a country music concert to raise money for groups such as the BC Cancer Agency, Canadian Cancer Society, Canuck Place Children’s Hospice, and Easter Seals centres as well as a UBC oncology scholarship.

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or two siblings who have geographically placed themselves more than a few hours apart, twins Chris and Jamie Rucheinski are as close as ever, even if, at times, they don’t want to be.

All year, they plan their annual cancer fundraiser, Gone Country.

And they do it living as if in a tale of two cities: Chris in Victoria, where he markets for well-known energy-drink company, Red Bull, and Jamie in Langley, running his real estate business The Property Twins.

“There’s a lot less fist fights now,” Jamie said about his brother, who’s been living on Vancouver Island for the past three years.

“Now we just hang up on each other,” Chris said with a laugh.

“We’re still brothers. It doesn’t get to fists anymore, but we’re still definitely brothers.”

When the Rucheinskis’ mom was diagnosed with breast cancer around 2000, the boys decided to do something about it by hosting a raffle and a fundraiser in the form of a backyard barbecue. he result? Three-hundred people in the Rucheinski’s backyard, more than a few hangovers and a whopping $20,000 to prove that it happened.

“What we’ve done in the past is started out doing little fundraisers at nightclubs with friends of ours and then that grew into backyard barbecues, and that grew into having 300 people in my dad’s backyard, so we decided to change venues,” Chris said of the event, which saw more than 3,000 people last year at the Cloverdale’s Millennium Amphitheatre (since renamed Bill Reid Millennium Amphitheatre).

“This year, we’re selling 6,000 tickets, so it went from a little backyard barbecue to this giant event where it takes us about nine months to get to the actual event.”

While this year will only be the second year of the event known as Gone Country, Jamie attested that the fundraisers have been

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around for 13 years.

“We started this when our mom passed away, about 12 or 13 years ago now, just raising money. We started throwing parties and raising money, and then we’ve grown since,” he explained.

“Then we lost our best friend Shaun G [cancer victim Shaun Gauthier], and one of the last things he said to us was, ‘We’re going to throw one hell of a fundraiser this year,’ and unfortunately he didn’t survive cancer.” ow, money raised from the annual event goes to help charities like the BC Cancer Agency, Canadian Cancer Society, Canuck Place Children’s Hospice, Easter Seals centres and also contributes to a scholarship program for students at UBC studying oncology.

“We’re getting a little more polished at this, too. Originally we showed up at the Canadian Cancer Society with a shoebox of $22,000 cash,” Chris said with a chuckle. ar from collecting cash in a shoebox, now the Rucheinskis gather sponsorship from local country radio station JRfm, Whistler Brewing Co., Sammy J Pepper’s, Promosa, and Vancouver Urban Winery – just to name a few.

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Fundraising and beer drinking aside, where does country music step in? Well, growing up in Cloverdale, you’d be hard-pressed to find someone who didn’t like country, and among the hordes of Merle Haggard and JRfm fans alike was the Rucheinskis’ mom. “[Chris] never wanted to do country, he’s a Victoria hipster,” Jamie said, poking fun at his brother, “but I do and we’ve always kind of listened to country growing up – it caters to all audiences. We wanted to cover something that would be enjoyable for anyone over 19 to my 87-year-old grandma who will be there drinking wine.”

“Our mom loved country,” Chris said emphatically. “I guess I’ve got my finger on the pulse with [the music] world, when it came to country music, though, it was a bit of a switch up for me so I had to learn the country music scene — let’s put it that way. I’ve bought a few albums, that’s for sure.” rom booze sponsors, to designers, to the clean-up crew, everything surrounding Gone Country and its efforts are volunteer-run. Jamie’s fiancé, Angela Waterberg of Blush Photography, signed on to do photography for the duo when she

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“She’s volunteered for life, now,” Jamie teased.

“There isn’t one thing that you see at any of our events that we haven’t haggled to get down to almost nothing. People know now that if they pick up the phone and it’s one of us calling, they’re like, ‘Oh, here it comes,’” Chris added.

“Our volunteers are really what keeps us motivated to do this.

They show up every year, they work their ass off, they never complain, they generally have a good time and without them, none of this would happen. So that’s definitely the biggest motivating factor.” one Country takes on at least 60 volunteers, and that’s not including the mandatory security guards, police officers, and first-aid attendants.

This year’s Gone Country features performances by Langley’s own Chad Brownlee and Karen Lee Batten, as well as Brett Kissell, the Washboard Union, and more.

It takes place July 26 at Cloverdale’s Bill Reid Millennium Amphitheatre. Doors open at 2 p.m. Tickets are $35 and can be bought at Twinscancerfundraising. com. The event is for people 19 years or older.

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Make history and help A charity poker run starts with a concert.

Motorcycle enthusiasts and fans of Elvis will gather in Langley for the annual Ride into History as they help Langley’s Gateway of Hope.

It’s one of the shelter’s key events during the year to raise awareness about area homelessess and to raise money.

Funds help the centre which not only provides emergency shelter but also life skills training, job training and more.

The Ride technically begins with a rest as people gather at the Fort Langley National Historic Site for a July 25 concert starting at 7 p.m.

Many people will bring their classic cars and sit in them to watch the show which takes place at the fort’s orchard. Admission is by donation.

Randy ‘Elvis’ Friskie is the headliner. The show is appropriate for all ages and open to everyone.

On July 26, it’s time for a hearty pancake breakfast in Fort Langley courtesy of the Fort Langley Lions at 9 a.m.

Then everyone hits the road for a threehour motorcycle poker run which finishes up at the Gateway of Hope on the Langle Bypass.

At Gateway there’s a fun motorcycle rodeo skills competition and dinner banquet.

People can register in advance online at rideintohistory.ca or Saturday starting at 8:30 a.m. at the event.

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Young Xplorers revisit history A program in Fort Langley relaunches with more adventures and hands on activities in the renovated facility.

by Ronda Payne news@langleyadvance.com

Kids can try hammering an anvil, or become a fur trader every day of the week at the Fort Langley National Historic Site, as part of the Xplorers Club.

During the Xplorers program launch, the first 50 participants were offered a souvenir lunch bag and everyone received free temporary tattoos.

Specifically for kids aged six to 12, the Xplorers program is an opportunity to revisit the lives of the Hudson’s Bay Company workers in the 1800s.

With the extensive renovations and improvements at the Fort during the spring, Xplorers will find a variety of activities just for them.

Some enhancements include: the Jr. blacksmith

In the renovated Fort Langley National Historic Site, kids in the new Xplorers program can try out past roles like being an old-time blacksmith. shop where kids can hammer and anvil and pump the bellows, a trade shop window by the main entrance where families can sign kids up for the program (the window is just like the one where Hundson’s Bay workers bartered and traded with First Nations in the original Fort), and signing on

for the adventures with a feather pen.

Running daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m, the new Xplorers program also features orientation at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. each day called Join the Explorers Club.

Find out more about the program at http://www. pc.gc.ca/eng/lhn-nhs/bc/ langley/activ/activ2.aspx.

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Fort hosts weekend campfires The Fort Langley National Historic Site has family-oriented campfires most Friday and Saturday evenings this summer.

There are two themes: Royal Engineers Evening Campfire and Voyageur Evening Campfire. People buy their tickets in advance and the fort website has the dates. There may be limited numbers of tickets available at the gate.

For the Royal Engineer campfire, people can sign a gold licence, pan for gold, roast bannock over a fire and use an airsoft musket.

The Voyageur campfire spotlights the

rugged life of an HBC voyageur. Tie on a Métis sash, carry a fur bale and roast bannock over a crackling fire. Learn the songs of the voyageurs and play the wooden spoons.

Tickets are family: $35; adult/Senior: $15.10, youth (age six to 16): $7.80; and child (three to five): $3.90. Kids two and younger get in with their families at no charge.

Evening campfire programs are included with the oTENTik camping.

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favourite food to help high amount of vitamin A fight summer heat is while watermelon offers chilled slices of melon. about a fifth as much, Although watermelons are honeydews 1/50, and the most popular suppressor casabas usually don’t have of scorching temperatures, any. many choose cantaloupe, Vitamin A, typically honeydew, or casaba melons. abundant in darker-colCasaba melons are similar oured fruits and vegein size and shape to cantatables, is good for skin loupes and honeydews, but and hair, and is needed are recognizable by their for proper development of

by Chef Dez wrinkled yellow skin – neiteeth and bones. ther smooth like honeydews, Cantaloupes also have Chef Dez is a food columnist and culinary instructor in the Fraser Valley. Visit him nor netted like cantaloupes. the highest vitamin C conat www.chefdez.com. Send questions to The casaba’s flesh can be tent (twice that of honeydez@chefdez.com or to P.O. Box 2674, white, yellow, or orange, but dews), and is highest in Abbotsford, B.C. V2T 6R4 is not as sweet as honeydew potassium, phosphorus, or as aromatic as cantaloupe. and magnesium.

As a summertime snack, melons have No matter what melons you decide upon, high water content, along with a low calorie a melon baller will assist in creating a great count. One diced cup of any of the four presentation in your next fruit salad, or as varieties mentioned will account for about frozen balls of fruit in a summer drink.

45-65 calories.

Garnish your creations with some chilled Honeydew has the most calories, because local fresh berries, and you will have a deliof its sugar content, and watermelon, with cious low-fat snack to help combat the sumthe most water, has the least calories. mer heat.

Cantaloupes seem to be the most nutri• Chef Dez has more to say about melons and cooking tious of the group. They have an extremely online at www.langleyadvance.com . Search ‘Chef Dez’

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Langley’s history, as recorded in the files of the Langley Advance.

Eighty Years Ago

July 19, 1934

• Reeve Noel Booth was the unanimous choice to chair the new Fraser Valley Library Union.

• Weekend rains ended one of the longest dry spells in recent years.

• The Harmsworth Social Improvement Society met after Langley School Board accepted $175 for the Harmsworth school and site.

Seventy Years Ago

July 20, 1944

• Pedestrian crossings were painted in Langley Prairie.

Sixty Years Ago

July 22, 1954

• The Webster Memorial Trophy, Canada’s top amateur flying award, was to be contested in Langley.

• Cece Stockman was Langley’s top Jaycee of the year.

Fifty Years Ago

July 23, 1964

• Although safecrackers used enough nitroglycerine to

Forty Years Ago

July 18, 1974

• Township council got architects working on plans for a new municipal hall.

• Declaration of a provincial holiday on the first Monday of August was met with mixed emotions from Township Mayor George Preston.

He was concerned that B.C. Day would become confused with the Nov. 19 Douglas Day that marks B.C.’s birthday.

Thirty Years Ago

July 18, 1984

• A 22-year-old Langley man was arrested and charged following the brutal assault of a 15-year-old Surrey girl.

The girl had been left for dead in a bush.

• Joe LeClair carried the NDP banner for Fraser Valley West in the federal election – his second shot at Progressive Conservative MP Bob Wenman.

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• Brookswood Secondary School graduate Lila Gailling won the International Stepping Stones division of the Canadian Music Competition. The prize included concerts scheduled for her across North America.

• Two separate pot busts in and near Aldergrove netted marijuana crops valued at a million dollars.

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Ten Years Ago

July 20, 2004

• Nicole Franks, an 18-yearold from Aldergove, had one of the fastest guns in the west – in fact, the young quick-draw artist was the fastest woman in the world.

• Elks Club and Royal Purple members descended on Langley from across Canada for a national meeting.

July 23, 2004

• TransLink announced that the new bridge to be built between Langley and Maple Ridge would be named the Golden Ears Bridge, and that it would cost $2.50 (in 2003 dollars) per crossing.

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Even dead-heading flowers is an option.

People who want a second crop of shrub and perennial flowers will get busy shearing roses, buddleia, phloxes, lavenders, globe thistles, anchusa, penstemons, yarrows, and toadflaxes.

But people who hope for rose hips or seed for future planting don’t even have to do that.

Petunias often start to grow long and lanky in August. It’s fine to shorten them. They’ll be pathetic stumps at first, but before long, they’ll be shooting back, budding and flowering.

Soon, autumn crocus (colchicum) bulbs will be in nurseries. They aren’t cheap, but are good value, because they’re pest-free, they spread, and they flower reliably in sun, with very large pink-purple crocus-type blooms.

Gardeners who keep their gardens mulched can relax the frequency of watering, except for moisture-loving plants such as hellebores or mints.

There’s no problem, either, in abandoning lawn watering for a couple of months. Lawns green up quickly when rain returns.

Water saved from the lawn will be needed in the vegetable garden, because moisture is needed to help beans, zucchinis, squash, tomatoes, and root and leafy crops get larger.

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Garlic doesn’t need watering now, nor do shallots, because both are in the run-up to harvesting.

Sometime through August is good timing to harvest them – best done before the stems dry and disappear.

Invisible stems mean a few root clusters also vanish. In spring, they reappear in inconvenient places.

With some crops, harvesting fits nicely with composting unusable plant bits.

Every time a broad bean plant is stripped of its last beans, it’s easy to pull the plant and pile it ready for compost. If you’re armed with a pruner, the last crop of summer raspberries can dovetail with cutting fruited stems.

It’s not too late to sow seed of a few things: arugula and corn salad are especially useful because they mature quickly and are fairly slug resistant. Green onions, radishes and spinach can also be sown now.

My father, who gardened in South Surrey, used to plant peas in the last two weeks of July, calling it his “silly” crop, because whether it ever matured was always dicey. But planting pod pea seed gives you a harvest a week earlier than shelling peas do.

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Any crop that’s partly self-pollinated, such as beans, will also benefit from a swoosh of the hose over the plants to get their pollen moving around.

Tomatoes grown under cover also need a good shake for pollination.

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theatrestage • Bard in the Valley – Julius Caesar will be staged at the Douglas Park Spirit Square July 24, 25, 26, 27 and 31, and Aug. 1, 2 and 3. Free admission. Bring a lawnchair and enjoy this Shakespeare drama. 7 p.m. with 2 p.m. Sunday matinees. Info: www. bardinthevalley.com.

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• Summer Series: Free drop-in programs at Douglas Park run July and August.

Suitable for ages two to 10. Parent participation required. 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. July 24: fitness fun, July 29: act out, July 31: imaginarium, Aug. 5: crazy carnival, Aug 7: science exploration.

• Campfire jam – Everyone is invited to Derby Reach Regional Park for an open mic campfire jam 7-9 p.m. on July 25. Bring a chair and mug for free hot chocolate. Complimentary marshmallows and sticks available. Drop-in.

Hosted by Metro Vancouver Parks.

Info: www.metrovancouver.org.

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• Gone Country: The outdoor concert on July 26 raises funds to fight cancer.

Tickets: $35. Featuring Chad Brownlee, Brett Kissel, One More Girl, Karen Lee Batten, The Washboard Union and DJ Jaxon Hawks. 19 and older only.

At the Cloverdale Millennium Park Amphitheatre. Doors open at 2 p.m.

Info: www.twinscancerfundraising. com.

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librarybookings Programs are free and pre-registration is required unless noted otherwise.

• Sounds of Summer – Free live performances are 6:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesdays throughout summer at Douglas Park bandshell. Two acts each event. Aug. 6: Ahnika Barber, and the Hard Times Bluegrass Band.

• Sounds of Summer – Monday evening performances at McBurney Plaza feature two acts each time and run 6:308:30 p.m. July 29: Doe Bender’s Jazz Duo and JD Miner.

• Aldergrove Library 26770 29th Ave. 604-856-6415

• Murrayville Library 22071 48th Ave. 604-533-0339 • Walnut Grove Library 8889 Walnut Grove Dr. 604-882-0410

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• Aldergrove Telephone Museum, 3190 271 St., 604-857-0555, www.telephonemuseum.ca • B.C. Farm Machinery & Agricultural Museum, 9131 King St., 604-888-2273, bcfma.com Seeds – Somebody Has to Save Them – The exhibit runs until Oct. 13.

• Paul W. Sharpe – The abstract artist has works on display at the Malek Gallery in Langley City until July 31.

Info: info@TheMalekGallery.com.

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• Fort Langley Library 9167 Glover Rd. 604-888-0722 • Muriel Arnason Library #130 20338 65th Ave. 604-532-3590 Babytime – Babies and their caregivers will join in bounces, songs, rhymes, and simple stories that encourage the development of speech and language skills. Registration required. 9:30 a.m., Friday, July 25.

• Canadian Museum of Flight, 5333 216th St. hangar 3, 604-888-3992, www.canadianflight.org

• Brookswood Library 20045 40th Ave. 604-534-7055 • City of Langley Library 20399 Douglas Cres. 604-514-2855 Second Storey Theatre – Decide the fate of the story improvisers in this 45-minute show for ages six and older. Sign up in advance. July 29 at 2 p.m.

• Langley Centennial Museum, 9135 King St., 604-888-3922 Summer day camps – Voyageur Day Camp Aug. 5-8 for ages 6-10; Leave it to Little Beavers Aug. 11-15 ages 3-5; • Fort Langley National Historic Site 23433 Mavis Ave., 604-513-4777 What’s What? listings are free. To be considered for publication, items must be submitted at least 10 days prior to the publication date. What’s What? appears in the Thursday edition and at www.langleyadvance.com.

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NL’s Dalgleish suiting up for Canada

Playing in the Latin American Baseball Classic is a ‘once-ina-lifetime thing’ for a 14-yearold from Walnut Grove.

by Troy Landreville

tlandreville@langleyadvance.com

Next month, Walnut Grove’s Matt Dalgleish will wear Canada’s red and white on a Caribbean island that is a global hotspot for tourism and just as notably, baseball.

The 14-year-old pitcher/shortstop, who played junior level ball with the North Langley Red Sox this summer, will represent North Langley Little League on the Team Canada U14 squad at the Latin American Baseball Classic (LABC) in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Held from Aug. 6-12, LABC is one of the largest international baseball tournaments in all of Latin America and includes divisions ranging from U9 to U18.

“It’s a once-in-a-lifetime thing,” said Dalgleish, who has been playing baseball since he was four years old.

This marks the first time in the LABC history that Canada has been invited to participate in a tournament that has a history of featuring numerous future MLB and professional baseball players.

Dalgleish is the only Langley representative on the Canadian squad, but he’s part of a team almost entirely made up of B.C. players.

All but two Team Canada players come from this province. Also on the team are Quinn Smalling,

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North Langley’s Matt Dalgleish (front row, centre) and a few of his Canadian teammates held the signs of their respective associations during the July 19 opening ceremonies of the B.C. 11/12 Majors championship tournament at Walnut Grove Park’s George Zarrelli diamond.

who lives in Livermore, Calif., and mound, he won more games than whose family is Canadian, and he lost and recalls that he had one Calgarian Braden Runions-Kahler. complete game to his credit.

Ten nations have been invited At the plate, Dalgleish batto the 2014 Latin American ted at the important four spot Baseball Classic and eight have (cleanup hitter) in the order and now confirmed said he “got almost with multiple a double every teams: Dominican game.”

“It’s going to be a lot Republic, British As a team the of fun.”

Virgin Islands, Red Sox won about Matt Dalgleish Venezuela, St. 75 per cent of their Croix, St. Thomas, games, Dalgleish Guyana, the U.S., estimated. and Canada. The LABC is awaitOn being named to the B.C. ing confirmation from Puerto Rico, team, and playing on a prominent Mexico, and Columbia. baseball stage, Dalgleish said, “I An average of nine to 14 teams was really thrilled. There’s going compete per age division. to be a lot of scouts there.”

Closer to home, Dalgleish isn’t Dalgleish said how much playing one to keep track of his own statime he sees in Santo Domingo will tistics, only saying that on the be completely up to him.

“We all have to earn our spots and if we do, we’ll play a lot,” he said. “If we don’t, we’re going to sit.”

Dalgleish hopes experiences like the one he’s about to have in the Dominican will provide a springboard to a career in baseball that continues long after his playing days in North Langley come to an end.

“I’m going to continue this baseball as long as I can, hopefully go to college and go play baseball down in the States,” he said.

Away from the diamond, the Walnut Grove Secondary student is looking forward to meeting players from around the world.

“It’s going to be a lot of fun,” he said.

Led by head coach Sean Wandler and assistant coaches Pat Chaba and Lee Hamilton, LABC – Team Canada includes William Chaba (Vancouver Community Baseball Bantam AA), Landon Currie (Vernon AA Canadians), Matt Dalgleish (North Langley Little League), James Fischer (Okanagan Athletics Bantam AAA) Adrian Flores-Gutierrez (Mount Seymour LL), Brad Hamilton (Kelowna Minor Baseball), William Ireland (Burnaby Minor Bantam AA), Kyle McCormack (Mount Seymour), Davis Mabone (Burnaby Minor Baseball) Brayden Roberts (Surrey Canadian Baseball Association), Braden Runions-Kahler (Babe Ruth Calgary), Luigi Russo (Rutland Minor Baseball Association), Quinn Smalling (Club All Star, California), and Mathew Watson (Vancouver Community).

For tournament information and rosters, visit wavebaseballacademy.com/team-canada-labc.

Special Olympics

Savage sprints to five golds at BC Summer Games Michael Savage Jr. was a big winner in Special Olympics track running events during last weekend’s BC Summer Games in Nanaimo.

by Troy Landreville

tlandreville@langleyadvance.com

When it comes to short and long distance running, there doesn’t seem to be an offswitch for Michael Savage Jr. The 20-year-old Langley athlete, who is on the autism spectrum, “Michael can run was the Fraser Valley’s golden forever. He started boy in Special running and he’s Olympics athletics at the BC never stopped.”

Summer Games Mike Savage held July 17-20 in Nanaimo, Parksville, and Duncan.

He ran the proverbial table on the track, capturing gold in the 100m, 200m, 400m, and 800m races, as well as a member of the 4 x 100m relay team.

Michael Savage Jr. struck a pose like one of his role models, Jamaican Olympic sprinter Usain Bolt. Michael Jr.’s natural running ability helped him net four gold medals in Special Olympics athletics at last weekend’s BC Summer Games in Nanaimo.

Michael Jr. also Troy Landreville finished Langley Advance fourth in men’s long jump and fifth in men’s shotput.

Michael Jr., who jokingly refers to himself as a “supersonic road runner,” said the entire experience was “incredible, fantastic.”

“He’s been running since he was a baby,” added his proud dad “Memphis” Mike Savage.

“Michael can run forever. He started running and he’s never stopped.”

The elder Savage said his son has natural speed, and feels he would have done well at the recently completed Canada Special Olympics Summer Games in Vancouver.

Michael Jr. had no expectations going into the provincial Games, his dad said: “I told

him to go out there and have fun, and he did.”

While in Nanaimo, he heeded his dad’s advice, which was, “aways be super humble and never give up.”

Michael Jr. has athletic bloodlines. His younger sibling Alexander finished fifth in the senior boys long jump at the BC high school track and field championships May 28-30 at McLeod Athletic Park.

And last August, Alexander flew to a gold medal in the midget boys long jump event at the 2013 Legion Canadian youth track and field championships at MAP. The BC Summer Games came to a close Sunday in Nanaimo.

More than 3,200 athletes, coaches and officials from across B.C. competed in 19 sports during the four day event.

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Junior football

Jr. Rams kick off campaign Saturday Langley hosts perennial BCFC powerhouse VI Raiders Saturday at McLeod Stadium.

by Troy Landreville

sports@langelyadvance.com

A pair of B.C. junior football heavyweights are set to duke it out Saturday at McLeod Stadium, to open their respective seasons.

The Langley Rams B.C. Football Conference 2014 season (and home) opener is against Nanaimo’s Vancouver Island Raiders.

Kickoff is 4 p.m.

The teams have developed quite a rivalry, with the Raiders outscoring the Rams 48-37 in the Cullen Cup final in October.

The victory avenged the Raiders’ 20-13 loss to the Rams in the 2012 Cullen Cup title game, as they reclaimed the BCFC throne for the seventh time in eight years.

“The coaching staff and the players are all ready,” said Rams bench boss Jeff Alamolhoda, who retakes the head coaching reins after handling general manager duties this past season. “We can’t wait for Saturday to come.

We’ve been in main camp for three weeks, so we finally get to hit a different coloured jersey. Everyone is really excited about that.”

The Raiders and Rams know each other very well, having met in the past three B.C. championship games.

“They are going to bring everything they have, just like they have in the past,” Alamolhoda said, about the Raiders.

“They’re always well disciplined, and always bring their ‘A’ game when they play us.” continued on page A20…

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B.C. Little League title game Sunday The 2014 Little League BC Provincial Championship continues until Sunday in Walnut Grove.

Hosted by North Langley Little League, the seven-team tournament brings together district 11/12 majors champions from across the province.

Heading into Wednesday’s games, South Vancouver is the lone unbeaten team, after edging Beacon Hill 2-1 Tuesday. Meanwhile, North Langley continued to vie for its first win at press time.

The semifinal games are scheduled for this Saturday at noon and 3 p.m. with the B.C. championship game set for noon on Sunday.

All games are being played at Walnut Grove Park’s George Zarrelli Majors Diamond.

Visit the event’s website at nldiamondsports.ca.

North Langley hitter Payton Farnese followed the path of the ball after making a connection against Trail on Monday. North Langley is hosting the 2014 Little League BC Provincial Championship at Walnut Grove Park’s George Zarrelli Majors Diamond. The tournament wraps up this Sunday with the championship game at noon.

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Follow the bouncing ball

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Valley Venom’s Luca Oliviero battled for ball control with a Ridge Meadows Renegades opponent in CBHA Western Challenge Cup U11 Division play late Saturday afternoon at the Langley Events Centre.

The Renegades, who went on to win gold, defeated the Venom 6-4.

Featuring teams ranging from U11 to U19, the 2014 Western Cup Challenge tournament was held July 17-20 at the LEC and George Preston Recreation Centre (GPRC). Gold medal winners included the Valley Selects (U19), Delta Giants (U17), Delta Giants (U15), Metro (U13), and Ridge Meadows (U11). The host Valley Selects U19s won their division title with a 5-0 victory over the Delta Giants in the championship game Sunday at the GPRC. Bakshi Gill scored twice for the Selects, which also got goals from Kevan Broekhuysen, Brian Stertz, and Scott McQuade.

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Alamolhoda said “there is definitely some bad blood between the two teams.”

“We’ve met in Cullen Cup the last three years so anytime you’re battling at that level, it’s going to create animosity between each other,” he added. “We know it’s going to be a physical game, a 60-minute game, and guys can’t quit halfway through.”

Powered by some fine individual performances, the Rams finished with a 7-3 regular season record in 2013 (with two of their losses to the Raiders, who finished 82) and won their semifinal playoff game 24-13 over the Okanagan Sun, before losing to the Raiders in the Cullen Cup match-up.

The majority of the Rams’ coaching staff from the 2012 B.C. championship team is back to guide a Langley squad that has a core group of veterans mixed in with some newcomers with little to no junior football experience.

“We feel we will definitely have to bring the guys up to speed,” Alamolhoda said. “We’ll have to see how they react when the lights go on and the bullets start flying.

How they react will determine who will keep their starting spots during the season.”

With a clean slate in front of them, the Rams are taking a “practice approach” to the season, Alamolhoda said: “We’ll take a step-by-step process and create a teaching environment, and bring these young men’s acclimation to junior football up to speed as fast as we can.”

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