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A significant period in Langley’s transportation history was recognized through a plaque honouring the restoration of a Fort Langley heritage building.

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Closure averted, LSS right-sized Langley school trustees have chosen a “right-sizing” option rather than closing Langley Secondary School.

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INFRASTRUCTURE

Aging LSS to stay open: trustees Langley Secondary could get upgrade of its newer parts.

HEATHER COLPITTS hcolpitts@langleyadvance.com

Langley Secondary principal Dawne Tomlinson took to the public address system Wednesday morning to tell the more than 830 students and staff that their school will not be closing.

At a special meeting Feb. 17 the Langley School Board decided it would upgrade part of the school. The trustees were mulling over options including closing the school, turning H.D. Stafford Middle School back into a high school and Simonds Elementary into a middle school, and expanding Brookswood Secondary.

In the end, the board decided to “right size” LSS and tell the provincial government the district priority is a new high school for the fast growing Willoughby slope area.

“A very, very big hurdle has just been jumped,” principal Dawne Tomlinson told the Langley Advance after the meeting.

New trustee Shelley Coburn told the crowd she was against right sizing, calling it the easiest choice.

“Long term I don’t believe it’s the best choice,” she said.

Several delegations spoke at the special meeting, reiterating many of the points made at the Feb. 17 public consultation.

Not everyone was in favour of right sizing.

Denise Dubie, the PAC president for the new Richard Bulpitt Elementary in Willoughby, said the school opened in September 2013 with 270 students and now has 203.

The slope area is chaos as the district tries to find space for all the students moving into the area while waiting for the provincial government to approve

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After the board decision to right size Langley Secondary, supporters such as teacher Jordan Howlett, in a rugby jersey, students Darien MacKay and Shannon Walker, in basketball shirts, head custodian Kathy Marshall in her 1990s-vintage hockey jersey, and principal Dawne Tomlinson.

2008 and shouldn’t suffer again. new schools.

Bruce Northway said the LSS Conversely areas such as the LSS catchment are stagnant, she PAC went through a brainstorming process based on what said. the PAC members would decide She spoke out against busing if they were slope students school trustees to underutiland looked at ized schools all the pros and for several cons of each reasons and option. called that He said they idea “illogical were operating and irresponon the assumpsible”. tion that keepLSS teacher ing LSS would David Lewis not negatively said LSS and impact the the slope area slope getting a should not be new school. pitted against Northway each other Heather Colpitts/Langley Advance commented and offered that the goal to volunteer The board room of the Langley to help the School District was packed for the of keeping LSS is to make it a slope famspecial meeting Feb. 17. school of choice ilies in their so that people efforts to get want to send their kids there a school. and are not forced to bus them He noted that the LSS catchment area was torn apart by the there.

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to find some innovative ways of utilizing those undercapacity schools,” Trustee Rosemary Wallace commented after the delegations.

Trustee Rod Ross said he thought BSS should be expanded, to be a kind of Walnut Grove Secondary in South Langley but after option 4 was suggested by the public, he changed his mind.

“It’s a prudent response,” he said of right sizing.

The Ministry of Education must still approve the district plans.

Secretary-treasurer David Green noted that there is still a great deal of work to be done no matter which option was chosen.

He explained that in the past, the province allocated seismic funds and they could only be used for seismic work. Now the Ministry of Education has said seismic money can be used for other capital projects based on district needs and priorities.

Another significant change is in planning. Before districts created capital priorities lists and the province approved projects.

Now the MOE has districts create business plans that justify priorities and spending.

Langley will submit a business plan saying the district priority is a new high school in Willoughby and use money from LSS seismic funds for oldest sections of the school for other purposes.

Trustee Alison McVeigh said she was torn. A new high school costs much more than a middle school.

“Are we safer to ask for a middle school?” she wondered or should the district “shoot for the moon” because a new high school is the district and community priority?

Green noted that the district must still find millions for a new slope school which would also receive provincial funding.

“The ministry does require districts to bring money to the table when they build schools,” he noted.

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Worker in tune with homeless Carrier of the Week PROFILE

Fraser Holland speaks about working closely with Langley’s homeless population.

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ith the Coldest Night of the Year awareness event coming up on Saturday, the general mood of Langley’s homeless population is frustration.

“There are some disgruntled individuals on the street right now,” said Fraser Holland with Langley’s Stepping Stone Community Services Society.

Holland has a unique perspective on the issue.

Since September 2006, the 41-yearold outreach worker has been on the front lines, so to speak, in direct

Cold, hard cash will be raised to help homeless get off the cold, hard streets.

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Getting out in the cold for one night reminds people what Langley’s homeless have to face every night.

The Salvation Army’s Gateway of Hope shelter is hosting the annual Coldest Night of the Year Winter Walk this Feb. 21.

This is Gateway’s second year hosting a Coldest Night event.

The plan is to help participants understand the experience of surviving a night on the streets during a cold winter evening, while raising funds for the shelter’s work with the homeless and those at risk of becoming homeless.

The walk begins and ends at the Gateway of Hope at 5787 Langley Bypass.

Walkers will register, turn in the results of their fundraising efforts, and return for a celebration meal at the end of their walk.

There are two-, five-, and 10kilometre routes with rest stops at various sites.

Up to 200 walkers in 25 teams are expected, and Gateway is hoping to raise $30,000 from the night’s event.

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his colleagues are contact with doing the bulk of those who don’t the rapport building, have permanent housing loss prevenshelter. tion, connecting indiAnd the numviduals to services, ber of homeless helping the homeless he’s trying to find housing, and help continues generally being in to fluctuate. the community when The number needed. of local homeless dropped Changing slightly in 2014 compared to demographic 2011, the last Over the years, time they were Langley’s homeless counted. demographic has Langley porchanged. tion of the Holland has seen regional homea growing number less count of local seniors and found a total youth who are strugof 92 homegling with homelessless people, 34 Troy Landreville/Langley Advance ness or risk being considered shel- Outreach worker Fraser Holland has homeless. tered.

He said when it been supporting Langley’s homeless In 2011, the comes to youth and for the past eight years. number of seniors, “it’s almost homeless in the a specialized area.”

Langleys was counted at 102.

“We’ve made partnerships to work Three years earlier, in 2008, it was with that, we’ve partnered with at 86, and in 2005 it was 57.

Encompass Services Society to work In 2002, there were 18 homeless with the homeless youth,” Holland individuals counted in Langley City said. and Township.

The program is piloting a project As the number of homeless chanfor at-risk or homeless seniors that ges from year to year, so does the is similar to what Senior Services Homeless Outreach Program, which Society does in Burnaby and New is markedly different from its early Westminster. days, when Holland and a colleague “Basically we have an apartment were meeting clients at Langley that we are using as a bridging City’s Mocha Room on Monday mor- unit where [homeless people have] nings in an open drop-in format. three months to stabilize themselves Today, there is the Starting Point through being in safe and secure Outreach Services office in parthousing and through case managenership with Encompass Support ment provided by the Outreach Services (which has a youth hometeam,” Holland said. lessness initiative) and a van to take services to more remote locations in Coldest Night Langley.

With the Coldest Night of the Year The program has, through a partwalk, Holland noted that the annual nership with the Langley Division of event raises awareness about the Family Practice, a nurse practitioner services the shelter provides. who spends a day a week with “The walk gets people out, it gets Outreach – as well as spending time people talking, it gets people repreat Gateway of Hope and St. Luke senting,” Holland said.

Medical Clinic – to provide medical “It shows that Langley is a great services to those who don’t have a community for that. And when it family doctor. comes to the Gateway of Hope, shelThere is also a partnership with ters are an integral part of a comthe Ministry of Social Development munity.” and Social Innovation (which proThe walk also sheds a light on the vides provincial financial assistance) human aspect of homelessness. to have one of its outreach work“The guy that you see, all layered ers come to Langley on a bi-weekly up pushing a shopping cart, there’s basis. a person underneath there with a Holland’s role has changed, as story, and if you get to know him… well. they’ve got stories, they’ve got famHe’s now the program manager ilies,” Holland said. and doing less on-the-street and > Read more online at more behind-the-scenes work while www.langleyadvance.com

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s usual, what anybody has to say about the B.C. budget released this week will depend on what pulpit they’re preaching from. The “right” is mostly expressing joy over the black ink on the bottom line, while the “left” points to social shortfalls created by special favours for the business community.

Business people are pleased by the surplus. They see government debt as dollars that should be in people’s pockets, to be drawn from to spend on goods and services and generally boost the economy.

People in the mining sector, eager to put the Mount Polley debacle behind them, are understandably happy that the Christy Clark government has found money to aid exploration and development, as well as extending their tax credits despite the surplus.

Finance Minister Mike de Jong claims the surplus gives B.C. “bragging rights” over the rest of Canada. But conspicuously absent from this year’s bragging was the LNG windfall that was all over last year’s budget and its expectations of future surpluses. Instead, workers at ICBC and BC Hydro point out a direct link between surpluses projected for the next three years and the money that the government is planning to extract from those Crown corporations in each of those three years.

While low-income families get a boost from an increase in the tax threshold for the Early Childhood Tax Benefit, the hidden MSP tax rises again: the right hand giveth, and the left hand taketh away.

B.C. health care and social workers see the surplus as money not spent on people and facilities in a health care system that is beginning to lag behind the rest of Canada. The surplus, they maintain, does nothing to correct overcrowding of hospitals, inadequate care for seniors, or a burgeoning homeless population.

Speaking of the homeless, concerned citizens all over B.C. will be out on their behalf for the Coldest Night of the Year.

Helping them with just a small slice of that billion-dollar surplus truly would be something to brag about.

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Why I’d make a perfect TransLink CEO

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i there, TransLink board!

I understand you’re in the market for a new chief executive, ever since you pushed Ian Jarvis out the door so fast it nearly blew his latest bonus cheque out of his pocket.

I’d like to offer my services as his replacement. I think I’ve got what it takes to be a top executive in the (theoretically) expanding field of public transportation.

• I seldom ride the bus!

This is obviously an important trait for a TransLink CEO. I own my own car, and use it to get almost anywhere. I do occasionally use transit, and I’m certainly willing to do so if there’s a photo opp involved.

On the downside, I should note that I would use transit more if there were any in my neighbourhood. Fortunately for my application, no bus has ever come within half a mile of my current home.

It’s one of the fastest-growing communities in the Lower Mainland, with condos and townhouses going up like mushrooms after the rain, and schools bursting at the seams. But thanks to TransLink/provincial planning, kids here are growing up without ever seeing a single bus.

• I love money!

I know, who doesn’t, right? You can buy so much stuff with it! So you can be

assured that I’ll pretty much say or do anything to keep a lucrative position that last year paid Ian Jarvis $83,700 in bonuses alone. I mean, that’s more than anyone in my family has ever made in a year, period! And, like a good CEO, I’m full of creative excuses for why I’ll deserve ever-larger bonuses, even if service isn’t expanding, HandyDART is eroding, MATTHEW and the Compass Card project makes the Hindenberg’s last flight look like a roaring success.

• I will weather the transit tax referendum.

I know the real truth about the 0.5 per cent tax vote – it doesn’t matter whether it passes or not.

Oh, it matters to people who need better bus and rapid transit service. Yeah, they’re hooped if it fails, since it’ll take years to come up with any kind of new funding plan. But for TransLink, we’re fine either way! If we win, I’ll take the credit, even though we were the main reason for people voting no. If we fail, I’ll blame the voters for being shortsighted yokels who don’t deserve transit in the first place! This leads into my final point…

• I am willing to take the blame!

My strongest asset is my willingness to

look, speak, and act like a complete idiot. (I do this all the time in my day-to-day life.)

I know that TransLink’s real job has nothing to do with moving people, maintaining roads, helping the handicapped get around, or improving the environment. If those things were important, the province CLAXTON would just step in and arrange things itself.

No, the real reason for TransLink is to act as a whipping boy for every traffic jam, late bus, bridge toll, pot hole, and fare increase.

I mean, the premier doesn’t want to have to deal with a couple million angry voters on this, nor does the minister of transportation or any of the MLAs from the Lower Mainland. That was just as true back under the NDP’s tenure as under the Liberals, so I know that this is a bi-partisan kind of a job.

And I can do it! I’ll be the bozo, the fool, the guy who can’t add buses and can’t seem to manage a fare card system, and I’ll sweat and stammer at press conferences and act as a giant hate sink for everyone.

I think given TransLink’s past performance, and the requirements of the agency, my application is very strong.

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TransLink full of waste

Dear Editor, TransLink’s CEO has to go, but they still pay him. They are paying $35,000 per month in addition to what they are paying the old CEO to gave a new face to TransLink.

The old guy stays around to provide support – which TransLink doesn’t have confidence in and believes the public doesn’t either.

I live in Langley Township, and we don’t have effective transit here. I’ve attached a photo of

transit improvements for Langley.

When we asked for transit to Gloucester Estates so workers can get to work, they said they could not afford it, but they can afford art in Vancouver, buildings with no one in them, and more than $600,000 to try to get us to believe they are making meaningful changes.

Say no. They get enough money and waste it, don’t give them more; they don’t need more art in Vancouver.

Paul Mann, Langley

Over-the-bridge suckers keep on paying Dear Editor, When the new tunnel is built (tolled) and Patullo Bridge is replaced (tolled), and the new transit levy passes, we over-the-bridge suckers will be paying for transit everywhere we go.

Meanwhile, areas like Vancouver cause more and more commuters from the suburbs by freezing most of their city to low-density, single-family zoning.

Why should Vancouver

jobs be filled by workers living in places like Cloverdale and Maple Ridge? Those workers would love to avoid 150 minutes of travel time per work day if they could live in a three-bedroom condo in Vancouver.

It does not cost more to build such a condo in Vancouver than in, say, Langley. They cost so much more because the near-zero supply of land zoned for condos in Vancouver.

Buck passing has to stop

Dear Editor, TransLink’s Board of Directors and its CEO are unelected and unaccountable, as is the Mayors’ Council, in the main.

Salaries of the senior management are way over the top and substantially more than for other transit systems, and the overall competence of TransLink is questionable.

TransLink’s infrastructure costs are outlandishly high, and it does little (if anything) for me, a Langley resident.

And Translink would like me to vote “yes” in the upcoming referendum to increase my taxes to pay them more.

The provincial government should stop passing the buck, get off its collective duffs, and reorganize and restructure the entire transit system in the Lower Mainland.

After all, that is why we elected them: to take responsibility where it is due.

Gord Weitzel, Langley

Foreigners buy houses in Vancouver and leave them empty because they know that, in a growing metro area, the downtown has to densify. And they expect to profit when they sell.

Free up condo land along main routes in Vancouver, and the average-wageearner couple working in Vancouver could live there.

We would not need so many highways, bridges, and rail lines.

When we folks over on the other side of the bridge listen to Vancouver complain about a little density, it makes us laugh and gag at the same time. The new subdivision development in Surrey and Langley is about three times the density of Vancouver’s single-family neighbourhoods.

Let us vote the referendum down. A couple of years’ delay is not going to change things much, even if a bunch of people are running around yelling at you that the sky is falling!!

Joe Vanderheyden, Langley

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Real dignity only achieved by dying well Dear Editor, Mark Warawa is so right [Proper care better than euthanasia, Feb. 12 Letters, Langley Advance].

Palliative care, when administered well, is what dying with dignity is all about: not hastening or forcing a person to their death, but providing end-of-life care.

I will always recall the words of a local

widower. His wife had died of terminal cancer. She had asked him not, “Help me to die,” but, “Help me to die well.”

And this is how they passed her end-oflife period, spending quality, loving, caring time together, easing her towards death, not hastening it.

Now that’s dying with dignity.

Ginny VanderHorst, Langley

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Carriage house heritage noted

Restoration of a carriage house has received recognition.

where we have come from and it is important that we continue to honour our past. We truly appreciate the efforts taken to conserve these sites that convey our unique story as a community.”

In 2010, the Township created One hundred years ago, transpora Community Heritage Register tation across Canada was evolving.

Plaque Program to recognize the Railways were developing and forcommitment that owners of heritmerly isolated areas were being con- age buildings make to ensure the nected to larger communities. continued use of their structures.

But people living in remote areas To be eligible, buildings must be on like Langley still had to make their the Township Community Heritage way to the railways, and relied Register, which officially recognizes on more traditional the heritage value of modes of transport. a site under the Local Horses and carGovernment Act. riages were common Since the program then, and a heritage started, close to a building that has dozen projects have been restored in Fort been recognized.

Langley reflects that This year’s recipisignificant period in ent was acknowThe carriage house has been local transportation ledged for the work restored in recent years. history. done to a two-storey On National timber frame strucHeritage Day, Feb. 16, the owners of ture located behind the Fort Langley the Hope Carriage House were preCommunity Hall. The Hope Carriage sented with a Community Heritage House is the only surviving structure Plaque for the work they did to from the early and extensive Charles restore the structure, with help from Edward Hope estate. Called Illahie, a local developer. the estate was built around 1912 and The plaque was presented to Dale spread out over five acres in what is LaVerne and Margot McKenzie, who central Fort Langley today. represented the property owners, The Carriage House sheltered the

by Langley Township Mayor Jack horses and carriages that were used Froese. to get to the Great Northern Railway “Owners of registered heritage Station at Port Kells. The upper level sites invest a lot in preserving, was used for feed storage and as a restoring, or adapting their historic residence for the caretaker and garbuildings for new uses,” Froese said. dener. Although the Hope residence “The Township of Langley values burned down in 1929, the Carriage

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House and some of the trees from the elaborately landscaped grounds still remain.

The property’s current owners added the structure to the Township’s Heritage Register in 2008. In 2014, it was restored with the financial support of Lanson Foster of Lanstone Homes, who built the adjacent McBride Station housing development, and John Tilstra of Centra Windows.

Restoration work included the repair or replacement of the wood windows and doors and stucco repair on the west wall. The interior of the carriage house is still largely intact, with a grain silo and cattle restraints in place, reflecting a past way of life in Langley.

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Green permits gain extension

Langley Township’s green building program will become permanent.

MATTHEW CLAXTON mclaxton@langleyadvance.com

Green buildings will be eligible for rebates from Langley Township from now on, as council voted to extend a one-year trial program indefinitely.

The Green Building Permit Rebate Program ran during 2014, and after a slow start attracted considerable attention from homebuilders, according to a Township staff report.

The change from a trial to an

ongoing program was approved unanimously at Monday afternoon’s council meeting.

Under the current B.C. Building Code, a home built to minimum requirements would receive an EnerGuide Rating of 77. The Township offers rebates to single family homes that hit EnerGuide Ratings of 80, and to townhouses, duplexes, and rowhouses that hit 82. Single-family homes can receive a rebate of $750 each; multi-family homes get $150 rebates for each unit.

The program has already seen hundreds of units created that meet higher energy efficiency requirements.

In 2014, a dozen builders applied for the rebates, and 35 single-family homes and 425 multi-family

homes were built or are under construction under the program.

The interest among the building community is increasing, according to Township staff.

The program was initially sponsored by BC Hydro and is designed to promote lower energy use over the long term. As the program continues, it will be funded by charging a “minor sustainable construction fee levy on building permits,” according to the Township report.

The way the program operates will not change, nor will the rebates.

The rebate program was unique enough to win the Township an honourable mention for Leadership, Innovation, and Climate Action at the UBCM Community Excellence Awards last year.

D-Day: John Swityk, left, received a French Legion of Honour Medal on Feb. 14 from Jean-Christophe Fleury, French consul general. Swityk received the award, which dates back to 1803, for his involvement in liberating France from the Nazis.

Swityk, 93, is a veteran of D-Day, and arrived in France with the Regina Rifle Regiment. The medal was presented at the Langley Legion, with Royal Canadian Legion Zone Commander Walter Poustie (right) in attendance. The Regina Rifle Regiment, now the Royal Regina Rifles, fought from D-Day to the end of the war across North Western Europe.

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On Feb. 19

Espressivo – A Night of Music The D.W. Poppy Secondary music department fundraiser starts at 5 p.m. on Feb. 19 at the school, 23752 52nd Ave. Tickets are $10 and available through Brown Paper Tickets. The show features more than 210 students, food trucks, and a silent auction.

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Mom backs son in battle with friend

The local production of Aladdin turns real-life pals into on-stage foes.

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Feb. 20

Presentations and AGM The Derby Reach/Brae Island Park Association annual general meeting is 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Feb. 20 at the Fort Langley Community Hall. Learn about the association, and hear a presentation by naturalist and author Anne Murray.

Enjoy the apple recipe bake-off.

Info: jnilsson1011@hotmail.com.

Kwantlen Wind Symphony Tickets: $10 general admission and $5 for students and seniors for the Feb. 20 performance in the Kwantlen Polytechnic University Langley auditorium. Info: http://www.kpu.ca/arts/music.

Feb. 21

Young farmers workshop The group Young Agrarians (youngagrarians.org) has a workshop for young farmers or those considering the industry. Curtis Stone speaks on small scale farming.

The events runs 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Feb. 21 at the Kwantlen Polytechnic University auditorium.

Tickets at Brown Paper Tickets, event 1168232.

A Stroll Through Time For Heritage Week, a guided walking tour of Fort Langley and tea time takes place Feb. 21 and runs 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Artist and teacher Emilie Colbourne will show the area’s historical buildings, businesses and people before tea at the new Blacksmith Bakery. $15 per person. For information or to sign up in advance at 604-532-3536 or a Township rec centre (event 473569). continued on page A13…

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Langley’s Imagine That!

Productions will present The Magical Lamp of Aladdin − a more traditional version of the story from Tim Kelly’s original adaptation and dramatization of the book, Arabian Nights’ Entertainment − featuring local actor Ian Frayne as Aladdin.

Frayne is a Walnut Grove Aladdin (Langley’s Ian Frayne) dukes it out with Jammal (Frayne’s real life friend Zavier Tanner) in rehearsal for The Secondary student with a couple Magical lamp of Aladdin. of special crew and cast members joining him in the production. in theatre. He hopes to take his mom’s involvement, he does see “It’s part of our understandHis mom Renee is part of the solid foundation with him as he a benefit in having her on hand ing, once our children are back-stage team and his friend pursues an acting career. But for behind the scenes. involved, that we will have a Zavier Tanner, who plays the evil now, he needs to stay focused on “I think it’s really good to have certain amount of involvement,” Jammal, will join him on stage.

Aladdin and the lamp. my mom there because she’s givRenee said. “Probably it was his It is Frayne and Tanner’s “It’s going to be very glittery ing me support and she knows [Frayne’s] third production that fifth performance together with and spectacular,” Renee said of was a larger cast and they wanted that I love it,” he said.

Imagine That! Productions. the upcoming performance. “It’s Both mom “Every show I’ve been going to be marvellous.” and son love in, he’s been in as well,” the community his is a family oriented Frayne said of Tanner. aspect of the show able to entertain all he pair met through performances. ages with Aladdin, his monImagine That!

“I think the key sidekick Alakazam, beautiful “I think it’s really one thing that princess Jasmine, and the devious fun to be able to do I really enjoy magician set to steal Jasmine as something you love with about it is that well as the magic lamp, Jammal. people you love and good it’s a community There are plenty of characters to friends,” he added. “And theatre,” Frayne meet along the fast-paced, colouryou can all grow and help noted. “But it’s ful journey like Jammal’s sister each other along the way. also a communHalima, Aladdin’s mother and It’s kind of a great way to ity theatre on sister, a teller of stories, a dragon, make new friends.” a professional and three genies.

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Showtimes for Friday February 20, 2015 toThursday February 26, 2015 THE HOBBIT:THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES (PG) (VIOLENCE, FRIGHTENING SCENES) CLOSED CAPTION & DESCRIPTIVE VIDEO FRI-THURS 8:45 SEVENTH SON 3D (14A) (VIOLENCE, FRIGHTENING SCENES) CC/DVS FRI-SUN, TUE 1:10, 4:40, 7:40, 10:20; MON,WED-THURS 4:40, 7:40, 10:20 THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY, PART 1 (PG) (VIOLENCE) CLOSED CAPTION & DESCRIPTIVE VIDEO FRI-THURS 9:55 SEVENTH SON: AN IMAX 3D EXPERIENCE (14A) (FRIGHTENING SCENES,VIOLENCE) FRI, SUN-WED 3:40, 9:50; SAT 4:20, 9:55; THURS 3:40 JUPITER ASCENDING 3D (PG) (VIOLENCE,COARSE LANGUAGE) CC/DVS FRI- SUN, TUE 1:20, 4:15, 7:30, 10:25; MON,WED-THURS 4:15, 7:30, 10:25 KINGSMAN:THE SECRET SERVICE (14A) (VIOLENCE, COARSE LANGUAGE) NO PASSES FRI-SUN, TUE 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:30; MON,WED-THURS 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 KINGSMAN:THE SECRET SERVICE (14A) (VIOLENCE, COARSE LANGUAGE) CLOSED CAPTION & DESCRIPTIVE VIDEO, NO PASSES FRI-SUN, TUE 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:30; MON,WED-THURS 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 THE WEDDING RINGER (14A) (COARSE LANGUAGE, SEXUAL CONTENT, NUDITY) CLOSED CAPTION & DESCRIPTIVE VIDEO FRI-SAT, TUE 1:35, 4:20, 7:20, 10:05; SUN 1:35, 10:05; MON 4:20, 7:20, 10:05; WED-THURS 4:20, 10:05 FIFTY SHADES OF GREY (18A) (SEXUALLY SUGGESTIVE SCENES, NUDITY) CLOSED CAPTION & DESCRIPTIVE VIDEO, NO PASSES FRI-SAT 12:30, 1:15, 3:15, 4:00, 6:15, 7:00, 9:15, 10:00; SUN, TUE 12:30, 1:15, 3:15, 4:00, 6:15, 7:00, 9:00, 9:45; MON,WED-THURS 3:30, 4:00, 6:15, 7:00, 9:00, 9:45 FIFTY SHADES OF GREY (18A) (SEXUALLY SUGGESTIVE SCENES, NUDITY) ULTRAAVX, NO PASSES FRI 2:00, 4:45, 7:45, 10:45; SAT 11:00, 2:00, 4:45, 7:45, 10:45; SUN, TUE 2:00, 4:45, 7:45, 10:30; MON, WED-THURS 4:45, 7:45, 10:30 THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SPONGE OUT OF WATER (G) CLOSED CAPTION & DESCRIPTIVE VIDEO FRI, SUN, TUE 1:00, 3:25, 6:00; SAT 11:30, 1:00, 3:25, 6:00; MON,WED-THURS 3:45, 6:00 THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SPONGE OUT OF WATER 3D (G) CC/DVS FRI, SUN, TUE 2:05, 4:25, 6:45, 9:20; SAT 11:00, 2:05, 4:25, 6:45, 9:20; MON,WED-THURS 4:25, 6:45, 9:20 MCFARLAND, USA (G) (VIOLENCE) CLOSED CAPTION & DESCRIPTIVE VIDEO, NO PASSES FRI-SUN, TUE 1:10, 4:10, 7:20, 10:20; MON,WED-THURS 4:10, 7:20, 10:20

PADDINGTON (G) CLOSED CAPTION & DESCRIPTIVE VIDEO FRI, SUN, TUE 12:45, 3:00, 5:20, 7:35; SAT 11:00, 12:45, 3:00, 5:20, 7:35; MON, THURS 4:00, 7:00;WED 5:20, 7:35 PADDINGTON (G) STAR & STROLLERS SCREENING WED 3:00 HOT TUB TIME MACHINE 2 () CLOSED CAPTION & DESCRIPTIVE VIDEO, NO PASSES FRI-SUN 12:40, 3:05, 5:30, 8:00, 10:35; MON, THURS 4:30, 7:35, 10:10; TUE 12:40, 3:05, 5:30, 8:00, 10:25; WED 5:30, 8:00, 10:10 HOT TUB TIME MACHINE 2 () STAR & STROLLERS SCREENING, NO PASSES WED 3:00 JUPITER ASCENDING: AN IMAX 3D EXPERIENCE (PG) (COARSE LANGUAGE,VIOLENCE) FRI, SUN, TUE 12:40, 7:00; SAT, MON,WED 7:00 THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING (G) (SEXUAL LANGUAGE) CLOSED CAPTION & DESCRIPTIVE VIDEO FRI, TUE 12:55, 3:55, 6:55, 9:45; SAT-MON,WED-THURS 3:55, 6:55, 9:45 THE DUFF (PG) (COARSE AND SEXUAL LANGUAGE) CLOSED CAPTION & DESCRIPTIVE VIDEO FRI-SAT 12:50, 3:10, 5:40, 8:10, 10:40; SUN, TUE 12:50, 3:10, 5:40, 8:10, 10:30; MON,WED-THURS 3:45, 7:50, 10:20 THE IMITATION GAME (PG) (VIOLENCE) CLOSED CAPTION & DESCRIPTIVE VIDEO FRI-SUN, TUE 1:05, 4:05, 7:10, 10:15; MON, WED-THURS 4:05, 7:10, 10:15 AMERICAN SNIPER (14A) (COARSE LANGUAGE,VIOLENCE) CLOSED CAPTION & DESCRIPTIVE VIDEO FRI-SUN, TUE 12:35, 3:35, 6:50, 10:00; MON,WED-THURS 3:35, 6:50, 10:00 STILL ALICE (PG) (COARSE AND SEXUAL LANGUAGE) CLOSED CAPTION & DESCRIPTIVE VIDEO FRI-SUN, TUE 2:15, 4:50, 7:25, 10:10; MON,WED-THURS 4:50, 7:25, 10:10 INTERSTELLAR:THE IMAX EXPERIENCE (PG) (COARSE LANGUAGE) SAT 1:00 NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE:TREASURE ISLAND ENCORE () SAT 12:55 THE PIRATES WHO DON’T DO ANYTHING: A VEGGIETALES MOVIE (G) SAT 11:00 ROYAL WINNIPEG BALLET’S MOULIN ROUGE: THE BALLET - ENCORE () SUN 12:55;WED 7:00 WWE FAST LANE -2015 () SUN 5:00 FOCUS:THE IMAX EXPERIENCE (14A) (COARSE LANGUAGE) NO PASSES THURS 7:00, 9:50 CLASSIC MUSIC SERIES: AEROSMITH THURS 7:30

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Pepper plants particularly picky Dear Anne,

“How long do I need to dry the seeds from a Thai chili before planting?”

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ry them until they resist when you try to bend them. If they do bend, they need drying even more.

But not all Thai chili pepper seed is suitable for sprouting.

Seed from some grocery store chili peppers may not grow at all, depending on their handling.

If they’ve been subjected to high heat to make them mature artificially, or if they have been sprayed or undergone a gas process, the seed could be damaged.

The best kind of grocery store source for Thai chili peppers is an organic store, or perhaps an ethnic store where people know how their chili peppers have been treated.

These chili peppers need to be completely ripe before the seeds are close to being ready for harvesting.

The mature colour of the peppers may vary. It’s usually red, but could be purple, orange, brown, or black.

After cleaning the seeds with plain water, store them in a gently warm place.

The top of a refrigerator or water heater should be okay, but not above a heat vent or in an oven.

The seeds shouldn’t be placed in direct sunlight.

Shake or stir the seeds a little bit as they dry.

Gardening in Langley ANNE MARRISON Dear Anne,

“I’ve tried sprouting some camellia cuttings in a bucket of water since September. I put some others deep in root hormone before I stuck them in pots. But all those with growth hormone died.

“After three months, one of the camellia cuttings has two sprouts that are still alive, but it looks like they’re stagnant.

“I really want to save them.”

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t’s very rare to succeed at rooting a camellia in water. Virtually all need rooting in soil. An acidic sand-peat mix is best, with modest amounts of rooting hormone.

Huge amounts of rooting hormone are very hard on plants.

For rooting plants that do succeed in water, rain water is much healthier than city water or well water. Tap water can contain additions such as chlorine, while well water may contain various minerals.

Camellias love humid, moist conditions, but need to be rooted in soil.

About three, four, or five stem nodes is a good length for cuttings, but stems that long won’t

contain enough nourishment to support whole leaves and make roots as well. So the leaves should be snipped in half to reduce the drain on the cutting’s energy.

Once the cuttings are planted in soil, they should be misted and placed in a large plastic bag (or propagator) to hold in the moisture.

It would be useful to place them on a greenhouse heat mat. Camellias love bottom heat. But it should come from a plant mat that’s manufactured especially for plants. Heat mats for people are too hot for plants.

Your camellia pots are best in a warm, shady-but-bright place that’s kept gently misted and moist, but not drenching wet.

You might experiment by taking one potted cutting and standing it outside against the north or east side of your house wall.

The temperatures and humidity at this time of year are very like camellias’ natural habitat. Be sure to take it in if frost theatens.

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

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Langley’s best guide for what’s happening around town. continued from page A11 Schnitzel dinner Everyone is invited to a dinner featuring European favourites like schnitzel, spatzle and more 5 to 7 p.m. on Feb. 21 at Sts. Joachim and Ann Parish Hall, 2837 273rd St. $15 for adults, $10 for ages six to 12 and children five and younger eat free. Reservations: Ann, 604-8562601 or Joan, 604-856-9792.

Bowlathon The CARES cat shelter hosts its annual fundraiser Feb. 21 at Willowbrook Lanes starting at 7 p.m. Tickets are $25 and include bowling, treats, door prizes, a silent auction and draws.

Sign up by contacting Marian, 604-534-0825 or 778-689-7368.

Feb. 24

Langley Heritage Society The society meets at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 24 in Milner Chapel, 6716 216th St. After a short business meeting, author Ruth Derksen will talk about her book Daughters in the City, the history of Mennonite women coming to Vancouver in the 1930s to work as domestics, many being Russian refugees escaping Stalin’s regime. Everyone welcome. Light refreshments.

Info: info@langleyheritage.ca.

Libraries

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

City of Langley Library 20399 Douglas Cres. 604-5142855 Art Critiques the last Monday of each month Are you developing your talent as an artist? Bring a piece of art to be discussed and interpreted by fellow participants, as well as by an experienced art facilitator. Preregistration required. Call ahead to confirm. 7 p.m.

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48th Ave. 604-533-0339 Author Mark Forsythe, From the West Coast to the Western Front: British Columbians and the Great War, visits Feb. 26 at 7 p.m.

Reserve a seat by phoning 604533-0339.

Murrayville Library Art Club Show runs Feb. 14 to March 13. The opening reception is Feb. 19 at 7 p.m. Meet the artists and view their latest work in acrylic, oil, and watercolour.

Ongoing

Love Kindness and Friendship The Freedom Arts Collective Gallery (ABC Fine Arts), 20573 Fraser Hwy., has a themed exhibition running to March 21.

The collection of art and poetry by local artists is open Monday to Saturday, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Tai chi For people with health problems, chronic illnesses, mobility challenges, or the consequences of an injury. Movements are adapted for reduced mobility.

Open to all. Thursdays, Douglas Recreation Centre, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Info: 604-507-0700.

Square Wheelers Square Dance Club. Info: 604-513-9901 or 604-594-6415, or www. squaredance.bc.ca.

Aldergrove Telephone Museum, 3190 271 St., 604-857-0555, www.telephonemuseum.ca B.C. Farm Machinery & Agricultural Museum, 9131 King St., 604-888-2273, www.bcfma.com

Canadian Museum of Flight, 5333 216th St. hangar 3, 604888-3992, www.canadianflight. org Langley Centennial Museum, 9135 King St., 604-888-3922 Fort Langley National Historic Site 23433 Mavis Ave., 604-513-4777 Surrey Museum 17710 56A Ave., 604-592-6956

Mondays

Port Kells Art Club Classes every Monday 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. with general meetings third Monday of each month. New members all levels of experience are welcome. Annual membership $25. The club exhibits three to four times per year in community. Based out of the Langley Arts Council building. Contact Rita Evans at 604-853-4006.

Tuesdays

Tuesday open mic and performer showcase Head to Frostings Cupcakes, 20411 Fraser Hwy. 6-8 p.m. on Tuesdays. Organizers invite singers, dancers, poets, storytellers, artists, anyone with a talent to share and anyone who wants to watch the show.

Two songs or 10 minutes per performer. Sponsored by the Langley Arts Council and Frostings. Info: Sandy, 604-532-0616.

Thursdays

Ceilidh The monthly musical kitchen party is at St. Andrew’s United Church Hall, 9025 Glover Rd. Enjoy live music and fun. $5 at the door. Includes a traditional Maritime lunch (tea biscuits and jam). Performers interested in taking part can contact Jack Williamson, 604-888-7925 or jackwilliamson@telus.net. Upcoming ceilidhs: Feb. 19, March 12 (Irish theme).

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...information for Langley’s Residents 55+

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Readin’ and ’riting and reunions

The LSS Class of 1965 reunion is being planned in the shadow of school closure discussions.

HEATHER COLPITTS hcolpitts@langleyadvance.com

When Margaret Sampson attended Langley Secondary, starting in 1948, the new gym came with some new rules.

No shoes were allowed.

“The gym was completed a little later, and of course, everyone had to take off their shoes if they were going to walk on the gym floor. Socks only in the gym was still the requirement when I arrived at the school in the fall of 1958, and oh my goodness, those sock-hops were fun,” said her sister, Diane Gendron.

Diane Gendron is part of a committee organizing a reunion for LSS grads from 1965. Committee members have been busy planning for the June 5-7 event, but now with the threat of an LSS closure, they have grown more nostalgic.

“We are certainly glad the school will still be there for our event in June, because we’re planning to start our ‘Explore Langley’ car rally at the school.

This will give our classmates what might be one last chance to see the school where

we spent so many years – many of us starting at LSS in Grade 7 and some going on to Grade 13. Our high school was the centre of our world for all those years and holds many wonderful memories.”

The Langley School Board had a special meeting Feb. 17 to decide the fate of LSS (See page A3).

The class of ’65 was in school at a time of massive social upheaval.

After graduation, the 120 graduates – a somewhat sheltered group of country kids – went off into the ’60s. While they were in high school, the world had survived the Cuban Missile Crisis, President Kennedy’s assassination, and the arrival of the Beatles. Just months before graduation, the first Canadian flag was raised across the country.

“These kids were stepping out into a world that was changing dramatically – women were burning their bras, flower children were dancing in the streets, recreational drugs made an appearance, and the newly introduced birth control pill promised free love,” Gendron said.

The students were among the Baby Boomers, children born right after the Second World War who came of age in the 1960s.

“We grew up in those high school years, bought french fries at the little store next door, danced in the gym to the music of Buddy Holly, Chubby Checker, and the Beatles, met our first loves in the halls, rooted for our basketball teams,

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Diane Gendron, who earned her letter for music, and Sharon Nielsen both still have their LSS school sweaters. They and Ken Mykle, Connie Fitzpatrick, Louise Bruce, and Barbara Koch are organizing a reunion. They have several school annuals (yearbooks) from the 1960s. and of course, learned what we needed to know to take the big step out into the world,” she said.

The committee members figure there’s been an interesting lasting impact of LSS. There were windows on the south side of the building facing the airport.

“Several of the boys in our class became pilots, after having gazed out the windows through many a class, watching the planes take off and land,” Gendron explained.

The reunion committee members still live in the area, but their classmates of the time have ended up around the globe.

Some people are coming quite a distance for the milestone celebration.

“Bob Wilkinson has bought his ticket

and will be coming all the way from New Zealand,” Gendron said.

Andy Rees is coming from Texas and Michael Penzer is coming from California, she added.

For more information about the reunion, contact Louise Bruce (nee Hruby) at louisebruce1@me.com or 604575-4850.

The reunion starts with a meet and greet at the Hazelmere Golf and Country Club on June 5. There’s a dinner dance June 6 at the Langley Seniors’ Resource Centre and more activities on June 7. The “Explore Langley” Car Rally wraps up the weekend. Reunion participants tour the community, ending up at Township 7 Winery for lunch.

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Nearly a year ago now, the Langley Hospice Society introduced Supportive Steps, a walking group for bereaved adults.

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The group is led by two longtime Langley Hospice volunteers, and welcomes grieving adults of all ages. Participants gain the benefit of being around those who understand the challenges related to grief, and get an opportunity to exercise and access support in a comfortable and active social setting.

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anniversary in April, attendance has been growing steadily, and sees 15 to 20 walkers joining in each week.

Walkers meet at the Langley Hospice Society’s Supportive Programs Centre, 20660 48th Ave., at 1 p.m. each Tuesday. Newcomers are welcome.

By providing an active and social environment, this group hopes to invite and provide support to isolated seniors who may feel alone in their grief.

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Florence Slavinsky and her 100th birthday celebration: “My brother and I took her out to dinner for one more way to mark the occasion. At the Flourishing Chinese Restaurant, the staff quickly realized this was a landmark event. They, along with the patrons, offered their hearty congratulations and seemed happy to share in our celebrations. Later, when we asked for the bill, we were told the diners who had been seated behind us had paid for our dinner. What a delightful and unexpected gift.” Best said it made for a special ending to a very wonderful day.

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end of the one-way strip. reater Langley The new Pharmasave at Chamber of 206th Street is hosting the Commerce is chamber’s Open Late for throwing a spotBusiness event this month. light on downtown Langley With all the pharmacies City next week – not once, popping up around town, but twice. this is a chance to get a They have two meetings look at one of the newest planned in the City core on the block. mid-week, the first an after“Hosted on a monthly noon meet-and-greet with basis by Langley chamber the chamber’s designated members, Open Late for Langley City community ROXANNE HOOPER Business events are the perdirector Mike Morrison – as fect opportunity to connect well as a few other chamwith Langley’s business community in a ber directors.

That chin-wag is being held from 4 to 6 casual and fun environment,” Simpson said. p.m. at Frosting Cupcakery & Bake Shop This event runs Thursday, Feb. 26 from at the corner of Glover Road and Fraser 4:30 to 7 p.m.

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While these events are free, people “The chamber put on four successful are asked to register at 604-530-6656 or networking open house events last year, so we are continuing them again this year online at www.langleychamber.com.

– as a way for our board of directors to Stay tuned… connect with chamber members in their ext week, I’m going to share with own neighbourhood,” said chamber presyou news about a series of local ident Kristine Simpson. businesses that are up for, or that “This event gives members who do have recently received, some great accolbusiness within the Langley City borders a chance to meet their chamber commun- ades for their efforts.

Among them, Cedar Rim Nursery has ity director Mike Morrison and get their been named one of the best garden cenquestions answered.” tres in North America. That’s a pretty Then, two days later, another networksignificant distinction. Kudos. ing event is being organized on the east

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From Walnut Grove to Aldergrove and places in between, the Township of Langley is a hub for cycling enthusiasts from throughout the Lower Mainland. With our many scenic routes, cycling is an active part of our transportation system for both recreational and commuter cyclists – and is predicted to be even more so in the years to come.

The Township’s proposed Cycling Plan expands on the existing vision of cycling as a safe and viable transportation option for residents and visitors.

Please review the Plan by visiting tol.ca/cycling. Tell us what you think about it before Monday, April 13 by emailing cyclingplan@tol.ca Your feedback is appreciated.

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Langley Rivermen Junior A Hockey Thu Feb 19 7:00pm vs. Pr. George Spruce Kings Tue Feb 24 8:00pm vs. Salmon Arm Silverbacks

2015 TELUS Junior Boys Provincial Basketball Championships February 25-28 The Langley Events Centre is located at 7888 - 200 Street For ticket information, contact Langley Events Centre 604.882.8800 • LangleyEventsCentre.com

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The Spring-Summer 2015 Leisure Guide and the 2015 Summer Camp Guide are now available online.

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The Township of Langley annually awards grants to non-profit groups and organizations serving the Township and its residents.

Application forms for the 2015 Community Grants and Capital Improvement Grants are now available: 1 On the Township’s website at tol.ca/grants 2 At the Township of Langley Civic Facility, Customer Service counter, 2nd Floor We've gone green! Applications can now be completed and submitted online. Visit tol.ca/grants to submit your paperless application today.

Hard copy forms are available at the Township of Langley Civic Facility, Customer Service, 2nd Floor, and can be returned to: David Leavers, Director Recreation, Culture, and Parks Division Township of Langley 20338 - 65 Avenue Langley, BC V2Y 3J1 Or submitted via email to: Community Grants: communitygrants@tol.ca Capital Improvement Grants: capitalgrants@tol.ca Deadline is Friday, February 27, 2015.

David Leavers Director, Recreation, Culture, and Parks 604.533.6158

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The Township of Langley Parks Design and Development Department is hosting an Open House for Yorkson Community Park, which will be developed in Willoughby at 20542 - 84 Avenue.

Members of the public are invited to drop in anytime to review the concept plan, discuss the project with staff, and provide feedback.

Date: Wednesday, March 4 Time: 6 - 8 pm Place: Yorkson Creek Middle School multipurpose room Address: 20686 - 84 Avenue Michelle Barkes 604.533.6092 ext 2227 mbarkes@tol.ca

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Proposed Closure on Glover Road Notice is given pursuant to Section 60(2) of the Transportation Act that the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure has received an application from the Kwantlen First Nation to permanently close the section of Glover Road within the McMillan Island IR No. 6 lands, south of Gabriel Lane to the former Albion Ferry landing, within the Township of Langley, and that such closed road be vested pursuant to Section 60(2) of the Transportation Act. Glover Road was originally acquired by the Province from the Kwantlen First Nation, as shown on CLSR Plan RD2650 and CLSR Plan 4701.

The road will be returned to the Government of Canada for inclusion to Kwantlen First Nation McMillan Island IR No. 6 lands.

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AGRICULTURE

Farming ‘rock star’ offers innovative workshop People can learn about small scale farming.

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Ever wanted to turn a smaller plot of land into a living through urban-style farming? Find out how Feb. 21 when Curtis Stone, owner/operator of Green City Acres in Kelowna shares how he has profitably farmed his 1/4 acre lot in Kelowna for five years.

It’s part of the Rockstar Farming Tour put on by the Young Agrarians organization.

Young Agrarians BC coordinator Sara Dent noted small-scale farmers like Stone are innovating.

“I think we’re going to find that it’s actually more financially viable at those scales,” she said.

Stone turned to the land about five years ago in recognition of the boom in small scale farming and the demand at local farm markets. His business now involves successfully farming multiple small lots within Kelowna’s downtown.

“They’re [new, young farmers are] turning to the land because they really care about the earth,” noted Dent.

Stone wants to show new and aspiring farmers it’s possible to make up to $50,000 on just a quarter acre of land, plus he wants to help new farmers stave off the early years of possible mistakes by passing on his “hard-earned” education.

Stone teaches how to choose the most lucrative crops with short growing cycles, identifying the best markets, building a strong customer base, using technology to save time and money, and streamlining the work flow.

Stone wants to show new and potential farmers how to make a great living doing something they love.

“New farmers are faced with all sorts of challenges, but getting into medium and large scale agriculture if you’re fresh and young is very prohibitive,” Dent said.

The workshop is on Feb. 21 at the Kwantlen Polytechnic University Auditorium at 20901 Langley Bypass from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Tickets are $75 per attendee at www. brownpapertickets. com/event/1168232.

Participants are asked to bring a potluck dish and cutlery as well as a mug for the coffee, tea, and

water that will be provided.

Find out more about Young Agrarians at www. youngagrarians.org.

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For those already convinced farming is the way to go, but needing a helping hand, the Young Agrarians will be hosting a Land Linking Workshop and Potluck on Feb. 22 to help connect Lower Mainland farmers and landowners.

Held in partnership with the Langley Sustainable Agriculture Foundation and with support from the Real Estate Foundation of BC, this workshop will include networking, discussion about farm

Well-know farmer Curtis Stone from Kelowna will talk about making small plots of land profitable. business and organizational models, leases and licences, and succession planning.

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“You need to have very good communication,” Dent said.

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“These workshops work to address the high land values in B.C., which presents a significant barrier to new and younger people pursing farming as a profession through alternative land access arrangements,” Dent said. “There is also a growing concern that more of our food will need to be produced and consumed

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locally. This will be a fantastic opportunity for the Langley and surrounding area communities to come together to find land for new farmers to access.”

The workshop on Land Linking is by donation and runs from 1 to 6 p.m.

Sunday, followed by a potluck social from 6 to 8 p.m. Friends and loved ones are invited to join in, just bring a food dish to share.

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HOCKEY

Spartans suffer rare defeat The Trinity Western University Spartans men’s hockey team lost to the Simon Fraser University Clan 3-0 at the Bill Copeland Sports Centre Saturday night in Burnaby.

Losses have come few and far between for the B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey League-leading Spartans, which dropped to 16-4-0-2 while the Clan evened its record to 11-11.

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TRACK AND FIELD

TWU records fall in Seattle

Trinity Western University’s women’s track and field team set three school records Sunday at the University of Washington Open.

The Spartans’ 4x400m, 600m and triple jump records all fell at Dempsey Indoor.

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BASKETBALL

Vikes bounce Spartans The Trinity Western University Spartans women’s basketball team lost 93-58 to Victoria in its final game of the Canada West season on Saturday at McKinnon Gymnasium in Victoria.

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BASKETBALL

Difficult season comes to close Playing without starting point guard, Tyus Allen, the Trinity Western Univeristy Spartans men’s basketball team lost their final game of the 2014-15 Canada West season, 92-63 to the Victoria Vikes Saturday at McKinnon Gymnasium in Victoria.

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BIATHLON

Biathlete skis, shoots to B.C. silver A 13-year-old cadet was a silver star at a provincial event last weekend in Whistler.

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mmanuel Bussani’s many years of downhill skiing experience came in handy on Sunday, Feb. 15, at the B.C. Cadet Biathlon Championships at Whistler Olympic Park.

The 13-year-old from Langley has been on skis since he was four years old.

Close to a decade of balancing on two planks not only helped Emmanuel win silver in the junior boys (12- to 14-year-olds) division in the gruelling cross-country skiing/shooting competition, but was integral in him avoiding skidding out on icy conditions.

“His years racing as a downhill skier have really helped him,” Emmanuel’s mom Lori said. “The Whistler course is really up and down, really hilly and icy, but he’s really solid on skis.”

Last Sunday’s event consisted of three laps of cross country skiing covering six kilometres, broken up with a round of target shooting using .22 calibre rifles after each two-kilometre lap. ith a little more than a year of biathlon experience, Emmanuel has caught on quickly to the sport.

And he’s years ahead of some of the other competitors when it comes to the skiing aspect.

A member of the 861 Silverfox Cadets, Emmanuel had skis ordered from Austria by his parents when he was four.

Reflecting on last weekend, a crew of coaches and parents spent their Saturday

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toiling away with shovels the previous day, so the young biathletes would have snow to race on.

Asked what part of the competition was the toughest, Emmanuel answered, “overall, the whole thing.”

“The conditions were very challenging,” Lori added. “There were a lot of kids with scrapes on their faces and arms because if they would fall on the snow, it was very icy and very sharp.”

Emmanuel said the ice made it harder for his skis to grip, “because you’re sliding more.” ooking ahead to next year, Emmanuel hopes to compete in the junior boys division at the national championships, held every two years.

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adding that he has a strong support system.

“We try to teach our children that it’s God who gives them the ability to choose well, to work hard, but there’s a huge amount of people behind the scenes,” Lori said. “He couldn’t do it if there wasn’t a lot of people pouring into him, too. We try to say ‘well done’ but we also, credit goes to where it’s due.”

Lori and Emmanuel thanked Peter and Lynn Algra and Capt. Lorna Martin from the Abbotsford air cadets squadron for their involvement.

Peter and Lynn’s son Ethan Algra won gold at the Whistler competition.

Emmanuel is devoted to biathlon.

He practises target shooting once a week at the Abbotsford Fish and Game Club, and skis four times a week.

JUNIOR B HOCKEY

Pilots upend Kodiaks to open PJHL series Abbotsford leads Aldergrove 1-0 in their best-of-seven, opening round series.

TROY LANDREVILLE sports@langleyadvance.com

The Abbotsford Pilots have served notice to the Aldergrove Kodiaks that getting past them in the opening round of the Pacific Junior Hockey League playoffs won’t be easy.

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into the third period.

The Kodiaks rallied by scoring the final two goals of the game, but couldn’t complete the comeback in a 4-3 defeat.

Aaron Markin scored on a Kodiaks’ power play at the 6:07 mark to narrow the margin to 42, and Erik Wieking brought the home team within a goal when he found the net with 2:16 remaining in regulation.

But that was as close as the Kodiaks would get.

Abbotsford led 1-0 after the first period and 3-1 after 40 minutes.

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The Kodiaks are the defending PJHL playoff champions, and topped the Harold Brittain Conference’s regular season standings with a solid 22-14-2-6 record.

The Pilots took the fourth and final playoff spot in the conference with a 21-21-0-2 mark.

But all this recent history gets erased like a shaken Etch A Sketch drawing once the postseason arrives.

In game one of the series Tuesday at Aldergrove Arena, the Pilots jumped ahead 4-1 when Kolten Grieve scored 3:33

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Aaron Markin scored the Kodiaks’ first goal, tying the game at a goal apiece 29 seconds into the second period.

But momentum was shortlived as, just 31 seconds later, Abbotsford’s Devon Becker put his team up for good.

The series continued last night (Wednesday, Feb. 18) at Aldergrove Arena. The game got underway after the Langley Advance went to press Wednesday afternoon.

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CHEERLEADING

Knights off to fine Langley Cheer tops in Abbotsford post-season start First place results was

Langley’s junior Bs stymied Mission in game one of their best-of-seven series.

To dust off an old adage, defence wins championships.

For the Langley Knights, team defence and goaltending carried them past the Mission City Outlaws in their Pacific Junior Hockey League playoff opener.

In game one of the best-of-seven series between the Harold Brittain Conference’s second-place Knights and third-place Outlaws, the visitors from Langley scored twice in the second period to snap a 1-1 tie at the Mission Leisure Centre on Tuesday.

Knights goaltender Nickolas Trenciansky made 37 saves, including 24 over the final 40 minutes of shutout hockey, to stymie the Outlaws.

Meanwhile, the Knights fired 44 shots on Mission City puckstopper Bryce Phenix and scored on three of them.

Langley’s Joshua Smith opened the scoring 2:43 into the opening frame.

But with 32 seconds to go before the first intermission, Kolby Steen scored on a Mission power play to even the count at one goal apiece.

In the second period, Langley’s Dylan McCann’s unassisted marker at the 4:56 mark stood up as the game winner.

A goal from the Knights’ Mitchell Biermann with 52 seconds remaining in the middle frame added insurance.

The third period was scoreless.

Neither team will get the luxury of a rest. Starting tonight (Feb. 19), the Knights and Outlaws will play each other six times over an eight-day span – if the series goes that far.

The Knights host the Outlaws tonight and Friday at the George Preston Recreation Centre. Game time on Thursday is 7:30 p.m. Friday’s game gets underway at 8:15 p.m. Admission to both games is at the door.

The series continues Saturday at the Mission Leisure Centre, with a 6:45 p.m. opening puck drop.

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the order of the day for Langley Cheer & Athletics.

Langley Cheer & Athletics athletes have lots to cheer about after their showing at the Feb. 7 Cheerfest 2015 in Abbotsford.

Coached by Nikole Davie, nineyear-old Jordan Fisher came first in her Youth Individual division, beating out some talented athletes.

Langley Cheer’s Youth Level One Precious Jewels team (ages five to 11) took top spot out of 10 teams in a tough category.

The Precious One team is coached by Davie and Kelsey Eriksen Under the guidance of coaches Davie and Tess Kirilenko, members of Langley Cheer’s senior Level One Lady Crystals Team (ages 12 to 17) also placed first in their division.

Kassidy Glutyk, 15, placed second in her Senior Individual Division. She is coached

by Davie.

Langley Cheer’s Open 4 Platinum team – made up of athletes between the ages of 18 and 31 and coached by Davie, Tasha Lemyre and Nikki Stushnoff – came second in its division.

Langley Cheer & Athletics teams had a meet to remember at the Feb. 7 Cheerfest in Abbotsford.

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The semifinal matchup saw Langley The Langley Fury added another team battle a tough highlight to their season with a second Cloverdale team, with the straight gold medal peewee hockFury prevailing 4-2. Shane ey tournament Hoy and Nick Kuzic were performance over the difference makers the Family Day with two goals apiece. weekend.

The gold medal game The Fury capped featured a rematch with a perfect 10-0 the Oceanside Capitals. regular season and The Fury dominated the gold medal from the opening facefrom Cloverdale’s off.

Christmas Paced by Gavin Tournament with Drake’s four goals, the r e d five straight wins at n e lt a go Fury once again took y Fury mob Cowichan Valley’s The Langle fter winning gold in home the gold medal ha wee Battle of the Biscuit Jovan Kele le of the Biscuit pee in a convincing 8-2 tt a Tournament.

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PISTOL SHOOTING

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Langley’s Brian Ng combined with Merritt’s Dakota O’Donovan to win bronze in team air pistol shooting at the Canada Winter Games.

“I felt very relaxed, like I was unstoppable and nothing could bring me down,” said Ng. “I thought we might even get the gold but the bronze is great.”

The two-person team event requires each athlete to hit set targets. They are unable to watch each other’s results during the competition so while Ng knew he was shooting well, he had no idea how his partner was doing. Once both athletes finish their rounds, their scores are comIn an event where concentration and bined for a final ranking. complete focus can make all the differ“We really had no idea how each ence, Team BC air pistol target shootother were doing,” O’Donovan ers Brian Ng of Langley and explained. “I started out a little Dakota O’Donovan of Merritt rough because I was so excited aimed their way to the podium that I started to rush. That can with a bronze medal finish in be really hard to manage. For the Canada Winter Games team me, I need to disconnect from event on Tuesday. my emotions and have comThe bronze medal marked plete focus.” the greatest accomplishment The initial rankings had Ng to date for both athletes; Ng and O’Donovan sitting in fourth and O’Donovan have only place, just out of medal contenbeen competing in the sport for tion but after a miscalculation about a year-and-a-half.

Brian Ng was corrected, the duo watched They met at a training event Team BC member as they moved up into third. and haven’t spent too much “I was so excited when I time together, but relied on found out we got third,” said O’Donovan. their confident approach and trusted in “I’ve never experienced something this each other’s abilities. big before and I have to say it was really “I am so happy to have competed with because Brian did extremely well.” a partner who can shoot like Dakota,” Ng and O’Donovan will continue their said Ng. “He did great.” quest for medals on Thursday when they Ng is one of the younger competitors compete in the individual event. in the Canada Winter Games. At just 12 “Thursday will be a free-for-all,” said years of age, he was remarkably calm during the competition – which he credits Ng. “I’m feeling really good and am confident that I will shoot well, maybe even as one of the keys to the team’s success better than I did today.” in the event.

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