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The fifth year of Langley Has Talent is underway and there were originally 75 acts competing. See the 23 acts that are in the semifinals this Saturday.

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Find out about food scraps and yard waste composting, growing herbs and how to boost the flavour of salad dressings in the Advance’s pull-out section.

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Hit the pool with the Fraser Valley Diving Club and meet some of the local kids who take part in this sport as they ready for competition.

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A message from the publisher of the Advance Good news Langley… it’s official!

The Langley Advance is now a proud Black Press publication, and we look forward to a long and exciting life with our new family at Black Press.

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Along with the Langley Times move to Wednesdays and Fridays in April, this will provide Langley with a fresh, new community newspaper every Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.

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KPU under scrutiny, again Kwantlen Polytechnic University has launched another internal probe into possible wrongdoing, this one involving an “illegal pyramid scheme.” A KPU spokeswoman said several employees “may have been approached” about joining the “scheme,” which the school’s administration has also reported to the RCMP. More online at

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TRANSPORTATION

Rail warnings too pricey KAILYNN SNELGROVE news@langleyadvance.com

Correspondence from the Roberts Bank Rail Corridor program manager Robin Johnston is sounding the alarm for City council.

Along with the road and overpass program Langley City council was expecting a Railway Crossing Information System (RCIS).

“We committed to the overpasses believing there would be systems for the signalizations to ease congestion, so that you can bypass the level crossings to get to an overpass,” said Councillor Dave Hall. “The powers that be have built those and taken our money [and] have responded that they will get back to us.”

The RCIS would consist of up to nine signs on major roads in the Cities of Langley and Surrey and in the Township to warn about trains, so drivers could detour. The rail line currently has about 18 trains a day with those numbers estimated to reach up to 40 trains a day by 2021.

The project was put out to public tender in 2014, but the

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Pedestrians and motorists are navigating Langley streets as construction season begins. The rail crossing at 200th Street and Logan Avenue is being rebuilt but promised warning systems may not be coming. low bid received was significantly higher than the budget.

“Following a number of negotiation meetings with the low bidder that did not result in an acceptable price being agreed upon for the work, the tender was rejected,” said Johnston wrote to the City.

“A representative from Port Metro Vancouver appeared at the [Feb 17 Greater Langley] Chamber of Commerce dinner

and he promised us we would get that system by the end of the year,” said Coun. Rudy Storteboom. “It is inappropriate for any kind of correspondence to come back from Port Metro Vancouver at this time suggesting the possibility that we might not get it at all.”

The City funded $8.3 million of the Roberts Bank project, with the Township paying $14.8 million of the total $307 million.

TOWNSHIP

Roads and work

Langley Township has several major road construction projects planned for 2015, but none of them is 100 per cent certain to go ahead.

The Township council has yet to vote on its finalized budget for the year. Some projects could still be added or subtracted at the last minute, but a few major projects are within the current proposed budget and are likely to go forward.

Of most interest to drivers will be the continued widening of Fraser Highway, east of 232nd Street to 235th Street. That is expected to start in the early summer and continue through to October or November, and to cost $1.2 million this year.

Another major road to see construction is 72nd Avenue from 196th Street, the border with Surrey, to 198B Street.

Surrey has also been doing roadwork on 72nd Avenue just to the west, widening the road to up to four lanes.

CARVOLTH PROJECT

Sewer project brings motorist blockages The work on 200th Street through Langley City continues until the autumn.

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Motorists are in for a six-week closure of the two southbound lanes of 200th Street in Langley City starting March 30.

That’s when the contractor doing the sewer and waterline upgrade and paving work on behalf of Metro Vancouver and Langley City will be doing the underground sewer pipe work.

The closure will affect 200th Street between 53rd and 56th Avenues.

The two southbound lanes will be closed from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday to Friday

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Construction along 200th Street through Langley City will continue until the fall. and one of the northbound lanes will be closed seven days per week including overnight.

People are being asked to detour around the area. Options include turning west onto 53rd Avenue, north on 198th Street and east on 56th Street to get to and from 200th Street. People can also go down 53rd Avenue past Nicomekl Elementary, but planners are recommending the other route.

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The side streets in the construction zone (55A Avenue, Brydon Crescent, and Michaud Crescent, for example) will be blocked where they connect with 200th Street.

Signage will be posted to show pedestrians how to get around the construction zones and the pathway at 200th Street to 53rd Avenue will be closed during active working hours.

The project, called the Carvolth Trunk Sewer No. 2, is expected to be completely done by autumn 2015.

Though the work is done 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, traffic patterns remain altered overnight and there may need to be some overnight construction work required.

People can find out more about the project at www.metrovancouver.org and searching Carvolth as well as on Twitter with the name @MVRoadWork.

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Blood stain expert testifies at trial Appeal to come JENNIFER SALTMAN Special to the Langley Advance

Bloodstains were found throughout the Langley basement suite where Cole Adam Manning died in December 2012, a bloodstain pattern analysis expert testified Monday.

Sgt. Diane Cockle gave evidence at the trial of Jason Terrence Brewer, charged with the second-degree murder of Manning, who was stabbed to death. Brewer’s trial began last week in B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster. His lawyers have admitted that Brewer caused Manning’s death, but he has pleaded not guilty to the murder charge.

Cockle told the court that there was blood in the bedroom, walk-in closet, hall, bathroom, living room and entry way of the small basement suite near 190th Street and 69th Avenue.

Most of the bloodstains outside the bedroom were drip stains, which Cockle said came from someone who was moving through the apartment while actively bleeding.

There was blood on the inside of the main entry door to the suite and there were swipe marks on a number of light switches.

In the bathroom, Cockle found blood on the floor, bath mat, toilet, sink, taps and soap.

The bedroom was where Cockle

found the most blood. There were a number of different bloodstain patterns on and surrounding the bed where Manning’s body was found on Dec. 31, 2012.

The body was discovered by Langley RCMP officers who were responding to a call from a friend of Brewer’s. Manning was naked and lying face down on the bed, a knife protruding from his upper body.

Blood spatter and drips were found on the dresser in the bedroom and in and around the walk-in closet.

Cockle said that the spatter on the closet appeared to have come from the bed area.

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The Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society will appeal a TWU court victory.

matter to be considered by the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal,” NSBS president Tilly Pillay said.

“If left unchallenged, this ruling may significantly restrict the scope of the Society’s authority to uphold and protect the public interest in regulatHEATHER COLPITTS ing the legal profession. hcolpitts@langleyadvance.com It may also prohibit the The Nova Scotia Society from continuing Barristers’ Society isn’t set- to take on a wider role in tling for a Supreme Court the promotion of equality of Nova Scotia ruling that in all aspects of its work, Trinity Western University including in the adminisstudents can practice law tration of justice.” there.

The society agrees with Justice Jamie Campbell TWU on one aspect of the ruled that the NSBS did Campbell ruling – that it not have the authority will have impacts beyond to deny TWU’s proposed Nova Scotia.

School of Law. “Council believes that The initial hearing was the court decision will held in December 2014, impact not only the Nova and Justice Campbell Scotia Barristers’ Society, announced his 139 page but every other law decision Jan. 28. society in Canada, the “Justice Federation of Campbell Law Societies, Justice decided the and the entire case correctly, national Campbell comprehenregime for decided the sively and accrediting case correctly. and reguwith great clarity,” said larly reviewing Guy Saffold TWU spokeslaw school person Guy programs Saffold earlier in Canada,” this morning. “We have Pillay said. every reason to believe In addition to responding that the Nova Scotia Court to the appeal launched in of Appeal will arrive at the Nova Scotia, TWU is presame outcome.” paring for hearings related Trinity Western believes to accreditation by law this is a strong ruling in societies in Ontario and favour of both the School B.C. of Law and freedom of The hearing for Trinity religion in Canada and Western and the Law internationally, he said.

Society of Upper Canada The NSBS council in Ontario will take place reviewed the court ruling from June 1 to 4, and the and announced its appeal hearing involving Trinity March 23.

Western and the Law “Council feels that the Society of British Columbia Society’s public protecis expected to take place tion mandate requires this later this summer.

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COURTS

Suspect now in rehab

The former NHL player charged with arson is in a rehab centre.

Stephen Boyd Peat, accused of setting fire to his father’s Brookswood home, has been released from custody and into an addictions treatment center.

Peat made his first court appearance on Monday, March 23 following his arrest the previous week.

He was granted bail, but must live in the residential treatment facility and can’t move to another location without permission.

Peat turned himself in

to the Langley RCMP after the Tuesday night fire that gutted a home in the 4400 block of 208A Street.

No one was injured in the blaze, although the elder Peat was allegedly inside when the fire broke out.

Stephen Peat is now charged with one count of arson with a disregard for human life, and one count of arson causing damage to property.

The former Washington Capitals player surrendered himself to police following the incident and was held in custody until his court appearance Monday.

Peat’s next court appearance is scheduled for late April.

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HERITAGE

New artifacts and new name at Farm Museum The BC Farm Museum is opening for the season on April 1.

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The BC Farm Museum has a new name but even more old stuff.

Formerly the BC Farm Machinery and Agricultural Museum it is set to open its doors April 1 for the 2015 season.

“It was a real tongue twister,” Todd Davidson, the BC Farm Museum Association vice president, said of the old name. “We wanted to simplify it.”

Coming this year is an array of new artifacts and a new land survey display.

“We hardly notice the boundaries that define our way of life. National, provincial and municipal boundaries; boundaries defining private residences, industrial complexes, farmland, parkland, canals, railways, roads, airports and even irrigation ditches are all surveyed, planned and mapped to make order of our surroundings and our

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The BC Farm Machinery and Agricultural Association’s vice president Todd Davidson is in the process of setting up new technology (above and inset) at the BC Farm Museum which is set to open its doors for the upcoming season on April 1. way of living,” said Hilary Ruffini, BC Farm Museum librarian.

The exhibit focuses on the lives of the earliest surveyors in British Columbia as they explored the terrain of B.C. “Their stories and adventures are epic as they were sent out to explore, map and report back. This display focuses narrowly on their way of life and the early surveying instruments used up until, and in many cases beyond, the First World

War when new technologies were developed,” said Ruffini.

Along with the artifacts for the display, Ruffini has found numerous picture and books to round out the display.

“This was a very exciting time in B.C. history,” said Ruffini.

The museum hopes to have an official display opening in late May. In the exhibit people will be able to see the maps, instruments, photos and a typical field office camp.

“We have some very interesting old maps that will be of real interest to history buffs,” said Syd Pickerell, the BC Farm Museum Association pres-

ident.

Davidson is spearheading a vast new interactive display project that will show how the pieces of equipment were operated over 100 years ago.

“We are fortunate to have someone like Todd with both technical skills, and a deep love and understanding of local and provincial history,” said Pickerell.

Davidson has created a system of seven display locations around the

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Along with its new displays the museum has events planned for museum that are visually the upcoming season, driven with interactive such as the annual May videos to cross language Day Parade, Model “A” barriers. The museum sees Sunday, the Canada Day visitors from celebrations, 25 to 30 differB.C. Day celeTheir ent countries brations, and each year. stories and many more.

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Advance now part of Black family

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s of one minute after midnight on Tuesday morning, the Langley Advance has joined the Black Press family of community newspapers.

Our most observant readers will notice a few changes immediately – for instance, our legal description (in the upper right hand corner of this page) has changed.

More obvious will be a change that starts next week: we’ll be concentrating all of our efforts on presenting our Thursday edition to our readers throughout Langley City and Township, including Aldergrove.

The obvious advantage for our readers and the entire community is that, with The Langley Times changing to Wednesday and Friday publications in April, Greater Langley will be served by three strong local newspaper editions to keep them abreast of everything happening in the community, in a timely fashion.

The move brings Greater Langley into line with other communities throughout the Lower Mainland, where three editions per week has become standard operating procedure.

As for The Advance itself, our concentration on the Thursday edition will help build on our ability to provide a strong and effective community newspaper to serve our readers.

Readers have looked to us through the past eight-plus decades for their community information. As we approach our 84th anniversary in July – and go beyond – we will continue to serve residents to the best of our ability and introduce new features in our pages.

Some things won’t change, for instance our commitment to work hard for and with the people, groups, organizations, and businesses that comprise the communities of Greater Langley. It’s our goal – and our continuing commitment – to keep growing with Langley, to help strengthen the community through effective communication of its achievements, its events, its people, its needs, and indeed, sometimes its shortcomings – because it’s only through full understanding of itself that a community moves forward successfully.

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Beware the left lane speed paradox

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e are somewhere between a week and a few months from a paradox appearing in our traffic courts.

The provincial government has been beefing up the rules about “left lane hogs.” They want us to drive in the right hand lane, except when passing, on major highways. Technically, this has been the rule for some time in B.C., but it’s definitely been honoured more in the breach than in the observance.

The province is also raising speed limits on some roads, in answer to the lobby of truckers and “expert drivers” who are confident at their ability to navigate mountain highways at 120 km/h in any weather.

The problem is that eventually a police officer somewhere on the Trans Canada or Highway 99 is going to pull over a driver for going “too slow” in the left lane.

And the driver will go to court and answer that he could not possibly have been going too slow – he was speeding!

Not a lot, maybe just four or five kilometres over the limit.

But that’s going to be an interesting question for the judge. If the driver is going at or near the government-mandated speed limit, either one law or the other must be wrong. Either there can be no left-lane hogging rule for drivers doing 100 km/h in a 100 zone, or speed

limits themselves are less rules and more like guidelines.

In which case, who’s to say that you can’t drive 150 km/h – or 60 km/h – on the highway?

Think this won’t happen?

It did in Ontario, a full decade ago.

Back in 2005, a teacher named Gordon Thompson was heading down the MATTHEW 401, one of the busiest and widest highways in North America, and travelling at about 112 km/h in a 100 km/h zone. He had a police cruiser behind him, who was also zipping along at the same speed. When Thompson put his foot down and hit 120 km/h, the cop pulled him over.

Why, Thompson wondered, was he not ticketed at 112, but he was at 120?

Was the law the law, or was it just whatever the cops felt was appropriate for the day?

So in protest, he and a friend headed out onto a two-lane stretch of the 401, and side by side drove at exactly the 100 km/h speed limit for almost an hour.

And of course, they created a huge traffic jam, because everyone was used to zipping along at 10 to 20 kilometres faster than that. And he was stopped, arrested, and had his licence revoked for

six months, all for scrupulously obeying the letter of the law. This could happen here, too.

Now, the revised B.C. traffic laws are not too strict. You can be in the left lane if there’s an obstruction on the right, or traffic merging from an onramp, or mostly, if you’re overtaking another vehicle.

So what if there’s no CLAXTON merging traffic, no obstructions… and everyone on the right is doing bang on the speed limit?

Typically, under light traffic conditions, everyone in the right is doing the speed limit or higher.

Police have been given the greatest traffic ticketing opportunity since photo radar was canned. Everyone playing by the rules will be over the right lane most of the time. Everyone in the left lane?

Speeders. Set up traps every klick or two and reel them in.

This law may be a conspiracy. On the surface, it appeases aggressive drivers and lovers of speed. But in practice, it will allow the cops to quickly identify everyone they need to pull over, and the provincial coffers could be flush with ticket cash for years to come.

Me? I’ll be in the right hand lane.

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Thursday, March 26, 2015 A7

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Transit tax pushes money to east Dear Editor, Bill Good and Mayor Froese held a phone “Town hall” meeting in Langley to discuss why we should vote Yes for the transit tax.

I am not satisfied that the Mayors’ Council has done due diligence to consider all methods of raising the necessary capital. Raising taxes should be a last resort; after all other options have been exhausted.

I will vote No. We all agree roads and transit need major funding to play catch up to the growing population and needs of the Lower Mainland. That is not what this vote is about.

The mayor did not explain to a caller why tolling all bridges and highways is not a viable option.

What about further provincial, or federal support?

The GVRD is a major port of entry to Canada. My elected officials have not pushed hard to get further federal support, to further the trade that benefits all of Canada through this corridor.

Mayor Froese referred to some “rural and remote” areas of Langley that would not benefit from the transit tax increase. I live in one of those areas – next door to Gloucester Estates, a major industrial park housing large businesses, employing thou-

B.C. taxes hidden in fees

Dear Editor, How many businesses would not take $250M annually out of their coffers to save themselves $1.2B annually? The provincial government pilfers more than that each year from BC Hydro and ICBC for the general fund.

B.C. has the lowest “personal taxes” in Canada only because the people of B.C. continue to fall for the various scams (user fees, tolls, MSP, TransLink, gas taxes, etc.) that the provincial government refuses to admit are taxation.

Let’s be honest here. If transportation and other services are paid through personal and business taxes, who pays more, the rich or the poor?

If anyone south of the Fraser votes Yes in this referendum, they deserve the sea gulls revenge.

W.J. Farrall, Langley

sands of constituents, all of whom will pay more taxes if the Yes vote goes through, for no benefit to them.

I live next door to Abbotsford, which is outside the GVRD. If this tax is passed, I will take my money to Abbotsford instead of Langley.

As a Langley homeowner, my real-estate value will diminish as municipalities to the east become more economical places to live.

As a business owner, I will watch my customers go next door to Abbotsford.

Eventually, I will have to reevaluate the cost of doing business here, as well.

The population increase that Mayor Froese is expecting for the Langleys will shift to outside the GVRD. How ironic: they still use our roads and transit, but won’t carry the tax burden.

My vote will not be swayed before this referendum because I lack the confidence in the process that got this question to the vote.

We deserve more understanding of the pros/cons of all the options to make an informed decision on spending more of our money.

Sheila Fraser, Langley

Flat tax with no loopholes a fairer system Dear Editor, It’s that time of the year when almost all Canadians will fill out convoluted, corrupt, and unnecessary T1 General Tax forms, without seeming to question why.

Our income tax form should be a simple one, divided into three sections, and one that does not have any calculations for lobbyist-inspired deductions of any kind.

The first section should be to identify the individual, the second to declare all income from all sources, and the final to show all tax paid for the year.

Employers and investment houses and the like that pay individuals’ income should withhold income tax and submit it to the CRA as they do now.

Our tax rate should be set at a flat rate of about 13 per cent, so that those, for example, with incomes of $1 million would

pay $130,000, and those earning $100,000 would pay $13,000 in tax. This rate and method would be apparent and fair to all, and would not allow legally avoiding or sheltering income.

There should be no progressive tax with its onerous calculations, as we have now.

At the end of each year, the CRA should automatically refund all tax collected on everyone’s first $15,000 of taxable earned income, so low-income earners do not pay any tax on income up to this amount.

For those in society who need help with catastrophic medical expenses or similar worthy expenses should get it from Ottawa directly, and not through the tax system.

A simplified tax-collecting system with a flat rate might make it less likely for people to cheat on taxes, or hide money off shore.

James Charles, Langley

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The Lonely The tribute to Roy Orbison is March 26 at Cascades Casino’s Summit Theatre. Tickets are $37 (includes fees and taxes) and available at guest services, 604-530-2211. No minors.

Annual general meeting Tourism Langley’s AGM is 5:30 p.m. on March 26 at the Cascades Casino. Learn about the group’s work, network and learn what’s planned for the future.

Visit www.tourism-langley.ca for the 2015 nominating report, nomination form and a stakeholder application. RSVP: Sarah, 604-888-1477 or info@tourismlangley.ca.

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Movie Night Home Church Langley is showing Saving Mr. Banks on March 28 at Nicomekl Elementary, 200th Street and 53rd Avenue. Free admission.

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Women’s Day luncheon The Rotary Club of Langley Central presents keynote speaker Dianne Watts and Women of Distinction Awards at a luncheon 11 a.m.

March 28 at Newlands Golf and Country Club. Tickets: $35 and at www.internationalwomensday.ca.

Langley Has Talent The semifinals start at 7 p.m. March 28 in the Christian Life Assembly, 214th Street on 56th Avenue. This talent competition by Langley’s Rotary Clubs wraps with the finals April 18. Same time and place.

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Auditions Bard in the Valley cold readings March 29 and 30 at the Douglas Recreation Centre to cast for Love’s Labour’s Lost which will be staged outdoors on several dates in July and into early August. Info: www.bardinthevalley. com or info@bardinthevalley.com. continued on page A 21…

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LANGLEY HAS TALENT

Delivering high drama A dancer-turned-acrobat is one of 23 acts competing Saturday.

ROXANNE HOOPER rhooper@langleyadvance.com

Hanging upside down, suspended some 35-feet above the stage with only a few thin pieces of bright purple silk wrapped around her legs, arms, or torso, Walnut Grove’s Amanda Wormald is exactly where she wants to be.

There is no place quite as exhilarating, liberating, or fulfilling for the 14-year-old student who walked away from 11 years in dance to pursue her ultimate dream of being an aerial performer.

Now, it’s in her capacity as an up-and-coming circus acrobat – specializing in aerial silks – that Amanda is excited and at the same time a bit nervous about competing in the Langley Has Talent 2015 semifinals on Saturday night at the Christian Life Assembly church.

The Grade 9 student, who splits her time between her parents’ homes in Port Coquitlam and Langley, has been spending much more time than normal in Langley these past few weeks, as she trains for this weekend’s show.

Amanda was one of 75 acts that auditioned for the fifth and final year of Langley Has Talent competition, and much to her own surprise she made the cut.

Now, Amanda said, all of her energies are focused on preparing for this weekend’s semifinals, where she is one of 23 acts set to perform. A panel of three judges will pick the best 12 of those acts, while the audience will select a fan favourite, to move on to the April 18 finals.

Working on her routine, and even her bow at the end, Amanda remains hopeful and cautiously optimistic she’ll make the next cut.

“I have no idea what to expect. I don’t know how great the people are. It would be really great, though, to win one of those top spaces,” she told the Langley Advance.

Amanda became a Circus Lab student about a year and a half ago. Her father did some electrical work when the Langley facility opened a few years ago. Knowing of his daughter’s passion for circus acrobatics the likes of Cirque du Soleil, he recommended she attend one of their one-week summer camps. Amanda was instantly hooked.

During the subsequent year, she juggled six days a week of dance with Encore Dance Academy and three days a week with The Circus Lab. But when faced with the tough decision of picking just one – because of cost and time – Amanda said it didn’t take her long to opt for the circus.

While she misses her friends from the dance school, she’s said she found where she belongs: twirling, spinning, somersaulting, contorting, and

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Asked if she’s scared tackling so many dangerous manoeuvres so far above the stage, the young performer admitted there are occasional moments of hesitation. But, Amanda explained, she will typically practise a routine just a few feet above the ground until she’s confident she has it down, and before she take to the air.

“Obviously it’s more impressive the higher in the air you are, and it’s more fun that way,” Amanda said, admitting she lives to perform for people and draws more energy and adrenaline the louder spectators get.

“The more screams and claps I get, the better I do,” she said, noting her parents, grandparents, and friends are all expected to be at Saturday night’s show to cheer her on.

“I’ll take any opportunity I can to perform,” she added, seeing this weekend’s competition as just another chance to get out on (or above) stage.

She’ll be performing to Lindsey Stirling’s Beyond the Veil, drawn to this song because it’s upbeat and varied, which she said lends itself to silk performances.

Amanda is one of two Circus Lab students who is competing in this year’s Langley Has Talent contest, and both have made it through to semifinals.

The school held inhouse tryouts a few weeks ahead of the LHT auditions, agreeing to send two contenders.

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Now, seven years later, a fellow Nova Scotia resident is on a tribute tour to honour Murray. Laura Gillespie will perform all of the Anne Murray hits March 29.

Gillespie started performing at 18.

“I’ve basically been in bands all my life,” she told the Langley Advance.

She’s performed around Canada as well as the U.S., China, Australia, doing all kinds of music.

But this Nova Scotia girl seems to have Canada’s quintessential female singer in her blood.

“My mom was a superfan of hers,” Gillespie said.

The music was played around the house as she grew up.

“I knew all the songs.

I’ve just always loved the music,” she added.

When Gillespie started looking into performing Anne Murray material in recent years she was surprised to find a dearth of tribute acts, considering Murray’s accomplishments including three walks of fame around the world.

Murray was the first female Canadian soloist to sell a gold record in both Canada and the United States, won 24 Juno awards, won four Grammys, and the list of accolades goes on.

But more importantly because of Murray’s sheer talent.

“She is just such an amazing talented singer,” Gillespie said. “When you listen to it [the music], you hear the vocals right out front.”

Now at 48 Gillespie is working to take Snowbird international with dates coming up in Florida.

She’d also like to link up with the cruise ship entertainment industry.

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Snowbird is Laura Gillespie’s tribute show about Anne Murray.

She performs at the Chief Sepass Theatre March 29.

While Gillespie hasn’t heard of Anne Murray seeing the show, her brother and his wife said they loved it.

Fans who attend the Sunday show in Fort Langley will see experience more than music.

The show is a timeline of Anne Murray’s music with a multi-media show.

“It was a time when music was music,” Gillespie said. “I love all the songs and for people who come to the shows, it evokes a lot of memories.”

Snowbird features Mission-based band Topaz. The members have performed together for some 25 years but still have full-time jobs.

The show brings Gillespie and the band to the Chief Sepass Theatre at 9096 Trattle St. The show has an earlier start. Snowbird: a tribute to Anne Murray starts at 6:30 p.m.

For tickets to take in the tribute concert that features all the songs Anne Murray fans have grown to love, contact 1-855-542-3378. Advance tickets are also available at Wendel’s Coffee Shop and Bookstore.

Gillespie will also be performing April 8 in Maple Ridge as part of the Elvis and Friends tribute show. It teams her with acts covering notables such as Elvis, Tom Jones and Jackie Wilson (performed by his son). She also plans to do more performing, having done covers over her career of Nancy Sinatra, Dusty Springfield and Cher.

“I just basically really love to sing,” Gillespie said.

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Tiller’s Folley will perform their unique blend of historic Canadian music on Friday Mar. 27 at Blue Frog Studios in White Rock.

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Local history sung to life Tiller’s Folley is launching a new double album.

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What better way to share B.C. and Canadian history than through song?

Those who enjoy something of a Celtic vibe will love the CD launch party of Tiller’s Folley on Friday at 7 p.m. at Blue Frog Studios in White Rock.

The three-person band has been at it for almost two decades according to Bruce Coughlan, songwriter, vocals, and guitar for the group.

“The band has evolved over 18 years,” Coughlan said.

Coughlan has stomped around Langley more than a time or two despite the fact

that he now calls Maple Ridge home.

“I moved to Langley in 1974 and I attended Brookswood in the first year it opened. I move to Aldergrove in about 1980.”

He considers the whole Lower Mainland home, as do the other two band members, Laurence Knight (bass, vocals), and Nolan Murray (fiddle, mandolin, mandocaster).

Coughlan says the new album, the band’s ninth, is a double CD collection called Stirring Up Ghosts – Volumes 1 and 2 and includes 24 songs.

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Students at Trinity Western University (TWU) are far from bored.

Langley Centennial Museum will host an exhibition of the graduating art and design class of TWU’s school of Arts, Media and Culture.

Students Katelyn Anderson, Chantal New, Meredith Radwansi, and Marissa Warner make up the elements of Transpose, an exhibition that portrays a shift in the way the students view the world.

Already open for viewings, the exhibition runs until April 25 with a free opening reception on March 31 starting at 6:30 p.m.

The showcase includes drawings, paintings, photographs, and objects by the graduating artists that, to them, represent

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Senior art student Marissa Wagner is one of the artists featured in Transpose at the Langley Centennial Museum. intangible elements of human nature personally and universally.

New explores water through drawing and collage, Radwanski looks to forests of the Pacific Northwest in photography, Wagner explores stress and suppression, while Anderson reviews scars and healing through sculpture and abstract painting.

The showing is part of TWU’s Festival of the Arts, Media and Culture and has the students team up to exhibit at the Langley Centennial Museum at 9135 King St.

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Media and Culture (SAMC) choirs present a concert at Willoughby Christian Reformed Church on Holy Saturday.

Voices of SAMC’s Concert Choir, Chamber Choir, Chamber Singers, and Masterworks Chorus will contribute to the uplifting event.

This will be a spiritually moving concert with 100 singers involved in a wide range of pieces from a number of eras up to contemporary.

There will also be a number of Canadian songs performed including the original composition The Peace of God by SAMC Dean, David Squaires,

Ph.D. Suitable for all ages, the show entitled Journey to the Cross will be on Saturday, April 4 at 7:30 p.m. at the church at 20525 72 Ave. in Langley.

Tickets can be purchased online at www.twu.ca/ samc or at the door.

The cost is $15 per person or $30 for a family admission.

Students are pay-whatyou-can for this musical event.

Those looking for a taste of Italy can find it in Langley on Friday, April 10 and in Abbotsford on Sunday, April 12.

Described as light and fun music, the SAMC orchestra and SAMC piano trio will perform the concert called Italy Amore.

One highlight will be the SAMC orchestra’s performance of Overture to The Barber of Seville.

Italy Amore is at Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church at 20097 72nd Ave. on the 10th and at Peace Luetheran Church at 2029 Ware St. in Abbotsford on the 11th.

Both concerts begin at 7:30 p.m.

Admission is by donation with a suggestion of $10.

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Volunteers helping to switch recycling As food scraps are added to the recycling stream and away from landfills, Recycling Ambassadors are helping the community through the change.

Over the past several months, Nikki West’s face has become familiar to the residents of her Walnut Grove housing complex.

Earlier in January, a number of green and yellow plastic bins arrived at their homes and West is hoping the containers will soon become very familiar to them as well.

West is a volunteer Recycling Ambassador who, with support from Langley Township, is helping the residents of Bridlewoods keep their food scraps separate from their garbage. With Metro Vancouver now banning organic waste from landfills, she is hoping residents at other multi-family complexes will volunteer to do the same where they live, as well.

“I did it because I wanted to upgrade my own recycling habits and do something meaningful for my community,” West said. “I believe in the efforts the Township is making to get people on board, and with the ban in place, it is even more critical that we get it done.”

The Recycling Ambassador program was launched by the Township’s Engineering Division in the summer of 2012 to help increase recycling rates in multi-family housing complexes. As ambassadors, volunteers help encourage their fellow condo, apartment, or townhouse residents to do everything from collecting their electronic waste and batteries to keeping cardboard out of the garbage cans.

The program is open to those aged 16 and up, and volunteers are provided with a training workshop, educational materials, posters, and promotional items from the Township. Municipal staff provide help and support throughout.

“Ambassadors are now needed more than ever,” said Township of Langley solid waste coordinator Krista Daniszewski. That’s because on Jan. 1, Metro Vancouver began enforcing new rules to keep food scraps, yard trimmings, and soiled paper such as napkins out of

Nikki West (left) delivered organic waste bins to Ruth Bedell and others residents in her Walnut Grove complex in early January. West is a Township of Langley Recycling Ambassador who has volunteered to help her neighbours comply with a new Metro Vancouver food waste ban and keep their organic waste out of the landfill. the landfill.

Food waste is one of the largest sources of methane, a strong greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming. As food slowly decomposes in landfills, it produces methane because there is not enough oxygen to help the scraps properly decompose.

To comply with the ban, Township of Langley residents who receive Green Can collection are encouraged to take advantage of that service, and those with yards can compost their raw fruit and vegetable scraps with a backyard composter. Some multi-family complexes receive Green Can collection services from the Township and those that don’t can arrange for organic waste collection service from a contractor.

“We already pay privately for garbage collection so we asked the contractor to add organic waste collection service,”

said West, who has learned a lot about the environment and the region she lives in once she became an Ambassador. For months, she has been doing research, making calls, asking questions, learning, and planning. It has been a challenge, West said, but one she has enjoyed – especially since it gave her the chance to meet all her neighbours.

“Everybody understands this is what we need to do,” she said. “The question was: how do we do it? Now, they just need to decide what bin to put their kitchen waste in: is it garbage or not?”

For West, the key elements to successfully implementing the organics collection program were getting the approval and support of her complex’s strata council and working closely with Township staff.

“Krista has educated me and provided ongoing guidance, provided educational materials, and participated in our educa-

tions session at Bridlewoods,” West said.

“She has also listened to and shared my frustrations and joys and encouraged me at critical times.”

“Nikki has done an excellent job and her neighbours are very lucky to have her,” said Daniszewski, noting that West arranged a contract with the waste collection service provider and had them deliver collection bins. She then placed informational hand-outs and small containers for collecting day-to-day kitchen scraps inside the bins and presented them to the residents.

“Many of the neighbours were delighted to get them,” West said. “Now we just need to follow through. It’s very important that we all do what we say we will do.

To sign up to be a Recycling Ambassador, or to learn more, visit tol. ca/ambassador or call 604-532-7300.

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COASTAL GARDENING

Herbs easy to grow and welcome in kitchen Gardening in Langley

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t’s not always easy to use tiny amounts of gardening space in ways that are useful as well as beautiful – but some herbs manage to do exactly that.

All are easy to get and most aren’t difficult to look after.

People who have room for a few containers can find chives the most cooperative and versatile of doorside plants. The leaves of these hardy onionfamily plants lurk underground all winter then erupt in early spring, tender and delicately flavoured ready to be snipped for salads, soups or garnishes.

Later round heads of long-lasting pink-purple flowers stay decorative for many weeks or can be picked for a dry vase where (if taken early) they keep their colour for months.

Parsley is another essential kitchen herb.

It’s best grown from seed sown in early spring and because it’s tap-rooted, it is somewhat droughtresistant. The plain-leaf Italian version is said to be tastier, but the curly-leaf kind is much prettier and more popular.

If you let it go to seed in the second year, baby parsley plants will spring up around the time-expired mother ones and you’ll have parsley forever.

Oregano is enormously useful for people who do Italian cooking and if you choose golden oregano it’s like having a little patch of sunshine at

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hand. It’s most vigorous and the little bunches you pick and de-leaf for spaghetti sauce soon get replaced.

Sometimes too vigorous. It seeds around and you can end up weeding little oregano plants out of neighboring pots. This is best done when you plan to make spaghetti sauce.

Mint is well-loved by English cooks with fond memories of mint sauce and mint-flavoured vegetables.

It’s very easily grown if you keep it watered. But it’s a roamer that seeks out fresh soil while dying where the previous year it grew most happily.

The way to keep it happy in pots is to cut out one or two pie shapes of old roots and fill those spaces with compost or fresh soil. The old root pieces should be discarded where they won’t re-root.

They can re-root in compost bins.

Rosemary is beautiful and so useful aside from being not quite hardy. The only variety that can be kept outside in winter is Hardy Arp which is said to be good down to zone 6 in a warm, sunny sheltered place. All the others need

to be winterized inside.

Rosemary handles winter better if it’s in dryish soil.

As a fragrant, beautiful potted plant rosemary is outstanding. Rex is narrow and pyramidal dark green leaves and deep blue flowers, Santa Barbara is a trailer that works well in hanging baskets and Golden Rain has young branches slashed with gold in spring.

Sage is a nice potted plant which keeps its compact shape if you’re sure to cut it back in spring as

soon as new shoots begin to sprout.

Berggarten is my favourite for cooking with its large, soft grey leaves.

Other sages making a nice grouping for gardens (and a tasty sampling for kitchens) are: purple, tricolour and golden sagevariegated.

It’s safer to mulch them in winter if you’re not a coastal gardener.

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

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Wednesday, April 1 | 7 - 9pm Economic Development Advisory Committee Civic Facility Salmon River Committee Room

Offices at the Township of Langley Civic Facility and Operations Centre will be closed Friday, April 3 (Good Friday), and Monday, April 6 for the Easter Holiday.

Tuesday, April 7 | 7 - 9pm Heritage Advisory Committee Civic Facility Salmon River Committee Room Township of Langley Civic Facility 20338 - 65 Avenue, Langley V2Y 3J1 604.534.3211 | tol.ca

langley events centre Coming Events Vancouver Stealth NLL Lacrosse Sat Apr 4 7:00pm vs. Edmonton Rush Pre-game party every game at 5:30pm

The Township of Langley Fire Department will be issuing burning permits for open air burning in the following categories from April 1, 2015 to April 30, 2015.

Please note: Township fire halls and some civic facilities will be closed to the public on Good Friday, April 3 and Monday, April 6.

Please visit tol.ca for further information. **ALL PERMITS EXPIRE April 30, 2015.

Yard and Garden Clean-up of Vegetation: • Available only to properties .2 hectare (.5 acre) and larger and in areas where surrounding properties are equal or greater in size than .2 hectare • BURNING IS NOT ALLOWED and permits WILL NOT BE ISSUED FOR THE URBAN AREAS of Aldergrove, Murrayville, Brookswood, Walnut Grove, Fort Langley, and Willoughby • Permit fee is $25 Permits will be available at: Aldergrove Community Centre W.C. Blair Recreation Centre 26770 - 29 Avenue 22200 Fraser Highway Civic Facility Walnut Grove 20338 - 65 Avenue Community Centre 8889 Walnut Grove Drive Fire Hall 6 22170 - 50 Avenue Willoughby Community Centre Operations Centre 7888 - 200 Street 4700 - 224 Street Land Clearing Debris Permits: • Are NOT available to properties less than 1.7 hectare (4.2 acres) • Are ONLY available at Fire Hall 6, 22170 - 50 Avenue, Murrayville • Applicants MUST meet the METRO VANCOUVER and WASTE MANAGEMENT prerequisites of clearances, time limits, and recycling • Fires MAY have to be accelerated by the use of forced air techniques • Permits will be SITE SPECIFIC of SHORT DURATION and INSPECTION may be required prior to issuance.

CALL FOR INFORMATION • Permit fee is $250 Township Fire Department Administration: 604.532.7500 Emergency: 9-1-1

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The Langley Events Centre is located at 7888 - 200 Street

Fourth Annual Clean Up Langley Day

Public Swim Schedules

Get swim information online, anytime, at tol.ca/swim.

Recreation, Culture, and Parks 604.533.6086

Notice is hereby given of the intention of the Council of the Corporation of the Township of Langley, pursuant to Sections 26 and 94 of the Community Charter S.B.C. 2003, c. 26, to sell Township owned lands, the particulars of which are as follows: Legal Descriptions:

Lot 19 Section 23 Township 8 NWD Plan 2759 PID: 008-152-411 and 1.55 acre portion of Lot 16 Section 23 Township 8 NWD Plan 2759 PID: 008-152-373

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Property Description: The properties are both zoned SR-2 and are unimproved.

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Nature of Dispositions: Fee Simple Sale Price: $6,908,000 Scott Thompson Manager, Property Services Department 604.533.6138

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

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In celebration of Earth Day, the Township of Langley will be hosting its fourth annual Clean Up Langley Day. Businesses, community groups, families, and individuals are encouraged to take part in this community-wide cleanup, rain or shine. Join an existing neighbourhood cleanup or organize one of your own.

Everyone who takes part will be provided with supplies.

Date: Saturday, April 25 Time: 9am – 2pm Place: Various locations throughout the Township Register at tol.ca/adopt before Wednesday, April 15.

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Upcycling Art Contest

Calling all eco-artists! Turn trash into treasure with our third annual Upcycling Design Challenge. Create a unique and interesting piece made from at least 75 per cent found/recovered material.

Prizes will be awarded for the top entries: 1st - $500 2nd - $200 3rd - $100 People’s Choice Award - $500 Willowbrook Gift Card Contest entries will be displayed at an exhibit at the Willowbrook Shopping Centre from May 25 - 31. Prizes will be awarded at an evening reception on May 28, 6 - 9pm.

Deadline for submissions is May 16.

For more information visit tol.ca/upcycling or call 604.532.7300.

Engineering Division 604.532.7300

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The Spring-Summer 2015 Leisure Guide and the 2015 Summer Camp Guide are now available online. Visit tol.ca/guides.

Paper copies will be available at all Township of Langley Recreation Centres and libraries beginning February 20.

Recreation, Culture, and Parks 604.533.6086

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

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

Brookswood, Fernridge, and High Point: until Friday, March 27 Northwest Langley: until Friday, April 3 Aldergrove: until Friday, April 10 Willoughby: until Friday, April 17 Engineering Division 604.532.7300 opsinfo@tol.ca

Willowbrook Recreation Centre Maintenance Closure

The recreation centre and fitness centre at the Willowbrook Recreation Centre in the Township Civic Facility at 20338 - 65 Avenue will be closed for maintenance from Sunday, March 29 to Monday, April 6 inclusive.

The recreation centre and fitness centre will reopen at 6am on Tuesday, April 7.

For fitness centre hours at other Township facilities, visit tol.ca/weightroom.

Recreation, Culture, and Parks Division Willowbrook Recreation Centre 604.532.3500

After-Hours Emergency Contact 604.543.6700

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Affordability best in Langley City Even the Township’s affordability is eroding, says a Vancity report.

MATTHEW CLAXTON mclaxton@langleyadvance.com

Langley is still one of the more affordable places to buy a home, but that is eroding according to a new Vancity report.

The credit union’s Downsizing the Canadian Dream: Homeownership Realities for Millennials and Beyond looks at the price of real estate and the general trends towards increasing prices in the Lower Mainland.

“The general trend, consistent with a broad population move towards other areas of Metro Vancouver, is from affordability to unaffordability,” said the report.

The majority of Metro Vancouver is now considered unaffordable, based on

Gross Debt Service ratios, according to the report.

The GDS is used by banks and mortgage lenders in Canada to determine the quality of a mortgage application.

Typically housing costs should not exceed 32 per cent of gross monthly income, in a typical GDS calculation.

“If millennials wish to own a detached home, the cities of Maple Ridge, New Westminster, Pitt Meadows, Port Coquitlam and Langley are currently key target areas,” said the report.

Household incomes are projected to increase at around the rate of inflation, or about 2.5 per cent per year over the next 15 years, while housing costs are expected to rise faster.

Under this scenario, Langley City would remain the last affordable community in Metro Vancouver, with a GDS of 26.8 per cent and a property value at around $525,000.

Langley Township currently has a GDS of 35 per cent, and that is expected to rise to 42.65 per cent by 2030.

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Lemon juice can be used with, or in place of, the vinegar if desired.

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All oil and vinegar dressings are emulsified (mixed together) before serving.

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All emulsifications always work better at room temperature, as oil is harder to break down when it is cold.

Mayonnaise is an emulsion of egg and oil.

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They do lack the richness mayonnaise provides.

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I always have trouble making Caesar salad dressing. I always make sure I add the oil very slowly when combining, however, it always separates rather than coming together to form a nice creamy dressing. I know the egg I’m using in the recipe is supposed to keep it together.

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Make sure that the ingredients (especially the oil) are as close to room temperature as possible. If the recipe calls for whole eggs, substitute egg yolks, as they are the emulsifying ingredients. Use two egg yolks to replace one whole egg. Add the oil in a slow stream into the other ingredients using a food processor, rather than hand whisking.

If your dressing still “breaks,” take the dressing out of the processor, and puree another yolk while adding the broken dressing in a slow steady stream.

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March 30

Woodwind student recital A free concert starts at 7:30 p.m. on March 30 in the Kwantlen Polytechnic University Langley auditorium.

March 31

Grad art exhibition Trinity Western University art students display at the Langley Centennial Museum starting March 31. The exhibition Transpose runs until

April 25. An opening reception starts at 6:30 p.m. on March 31.

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April 4

Journey to the Cross Trinity Western University choirs perform April 4 pieces from the Renaissance to present day.

Tickets: $15 or family rate of $30. Students are pay-what-youcan. Get tickets through www. twu.ca/samc or at the door. At Willoughby Christian Reformed Church 20525 72 Ave., starting at 7:30 p.m.

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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, www.bcfma.com Open for the season on April 1.

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Spring Break March 14-29 Voyageur Time Trials are 11 a.m. with the coopering demos at 12:30 p.m., blackpowder demos at 2 p.m. and blacksmithing at 3 p.m. Round out the day with songs around the fire at 4:30 p.m.

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Sawatzky of Sawatzky’s Imagination It’s overpoweringly hypnotic and Corporation. it turns out I’m not the only one “Each element of the design we creatimpressed. While I compare it to some ed was designed to show the capabilities of the best Disney adventures I’ve ever seen, industry leaders have crowned this of the machines they sold,” Sawatzky recently told media. “While the bulk of one of the world’s top 10 creative meetthe project was done in our shop, on our ing rooms. own MultiCam CNC (computer numeric The large rustic steel beams that litcontrol) router, Sean promised I could erally encompass the room give you play with his new equipment on the that sense of being inside an old ship or showroom floor.” submarine. That is accentuated by many Just had to share this odd bit of creaof the incredible decor details, including an aquatic LED TV (okay I don’t remem- tivity with you, hoping you’d appreciate the efforts an Aldergrove business owner ber them having anything like that in went to in showcasing his wares. the movie), a translucent table with barnacles, and a series of copper murals Online replaces counter of turtles, mermaids, and other oceanic creatures, that all help transport you to Businesses must evolve to keep up the depths of the sea. with the shifting needs of consumers. So So, why such an elaborate too must local organizations themed boardroom? leading that charge.

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It started with a running injury for Fasullo. He was running around Brae Island and got stuck in the mud.

“As I was trying to get my knee out, I got a torn meniscus,” he explained.

Yoga became part of his recovery process, a suggestion of his doctor.

He decided to try a hot yoga class and found he spent more time fighting with his crumpled towel and mat than doing the yoga moves.

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Worse, he feared reinjury. The couple came up with a better option and after a couple of years of work and investing six figures so far, they’ve cre-

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Nicole St. Jacques and Lou Fasullo have set up a business in Fort Langley creating specialty yoga mats. ated the Hoga Mat (hoga is a contraction of hot yoga).

St. Jacques, also a fitness buff, only got into yoga about eight months ago, after they started working on the mat, figuring she might as well be part of the product testing and now Fasullo’s black and white photography of her toned back and shoulders grace the new boxes for the Hoga Mat. The packaging and website use his photos.

The two, who both worked in pharmaceutical sales, had assumed there was already a product out there to solve the problem but couldn’t find anything.

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LangleySPORTS THURSDAY, March 26, 2015 | Page 24

DIVING

Divers set to make splash in Regina

Spartans sign blueliner The Trinity Western University men’s hockey team has added a blueliner with junior A experience, as 18-year-old Kaleb Denham from Innisfail, Alta. signed with the Spartans on Tuesday.

The 6’3” 180-pound Denham will join the Spartans after spending the 2013/14 campaign and two games of the 2014/15 season with Grande Prairie of the Alberta Junior Hockey League.

In 44 games with the Storm, Denham posted two goals and two assists.

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UNIVERSITY SPORTS

TRU pair award nominees Langley basketball player Brett Parker and Aldergrove baseball player Lucias Simpson are among the finalists for the the Cliff Neufeld Leadership Award, which goes to Thompson Rivers University (TRU) athletes who excel in their sport and lead by example with their teammates and in the community.

The TRU awards banquet will be held at the Campus Activity Centre’s Grand Hall on Thursday, April 2.

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TWU men win Keg Cup The Trinity Western University Spartans men’s soccer team won Victoria’s annual Keg Cup with a 2-1 victory over the University of British Columbia Sunday at the University of Victoria.

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The Langley-based Fraser Valley Diving Club is sending a large contingent of divers to the novice nationals in Regina next month.

Dee noted that the Regina meet will give divers exposure to national level competition.

FVDC will have one of the largest contingents at the meet.

“We and a bunch of other clubs across Canada have come to an agreement on rules, so that we can all send our divers to what we’re calling Tier 2 nationals,” Dee explained.

“They’ve never really competed outside of this city before, so they’re getting to travel to a whole other province, and see clubs from across Canada.”

TROY LANDREVILLE sports@langleyadvance.com

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s a member of the Fraser Valley Diving Club, Christopher Pestana flies regularly off a diving board at Walnut Grove Pool, but he has never flown commercially before.

That is about to change, when the 12-year-old jets off to Regina for the Novice (Tier 2) National Championships, which run April 25 and 26 at the Lawson Aquatic Centre.

This will be Christopher’s first experience on a plane and his first time competing at a national meet.

Christopher, who has been diving for three years and trains Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and the occasional Saturday with the FVDC, said he “just enjoys doing” the sport.

“Sometimes it’s complicated, sometimes it’s not,” he said.

The local club will be well represented at the national meet. Joining Christopher in Regina are his teammates Owen and Shelby Godin, Kaya Kenyon, Gavin and Jayden Jones (Gavin is developing into

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Kaya Kenyon, 11, is part of a large contingent of divers from the Fraser Valley Diving Club who are going to Regina for the Novice (Tier 2) National Championships which run from April 25-26. Below insets – Christopher Pestana practised a dive at the Walnut Grove Pool on March 23. a Tier 1 diver, while Jayden, after just a couple of years, has graduated from Tier 3, a.k.a. learn to dive, to Tier 2), Paige Bush, Jaeden Poole, Emma Klaver, Breanna Nichols, Francois Barnard, Isabel Hwang, and Grayce VanderWerf, who has developed into a Tier 2, (almost Tier 1) diver after fully recovering from a concussion from hitting the water with her head after a dive from the three metre platform.

Kaya Kenyon, 11, is also competing for the first time at the national level. Kaya won the Team Spirit award for the club last year and just received the same award last weekend from BC Diving. She has been with FVDC for four years and has graduated from Tier 3 to Tier 2.

“My coaches, and the hard training,” Kaya said, about her improvement. “Keep pushing me on, encouraging, all the support from my teammates. It’s just all the encouragement and support.”

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She started with the FVDC through a free trial and has been with the club ever since.

“I enjoyed it a lot and so I just started going,” Kaya said.

“And then I just started doing more and more days.”

Currently, Kaya trains four days a week.

In Regina, Kaya simply wants to do her best and enjoy the experience.

“I’m going more for the experience and the fun of it,” she said.

VDC pre-competitive, notice, and Tier 2 coach Kelly Dee has a busy few months ahead of him, accompanying the Tier 2 athletes in Regina and, if they make the grade from qualifying meets, Paige Bush and Jessie Nowotny at the Speedo Junior Elite (Tier 1) National Championships being held July 17 to 19 in Edmonton.

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Dee said when he started with the FVDC five years ago, it had “four or five Tier 2 divers” and two others who competed at elite nationals.

“We only have two at the elite national level [currently], but we’re using the Tier 2 to start building up that elite level,” Dee said. “So most of the divers who are competing at Tier 2 nationals this year, will be going to elite nationals within the next couple of years.”

Fear factor

One summer, Dee, himself a national level diver, was a professional stunt diver at West Edmonton Mall, so he knows all about overcoming fear, something with which all divers battle.

“Pretty much all our divers have great stories about smacking [our bodies on the water] at some point or another,” Dee said. “So then it’s quite a process to try to get them back to that level, doing that dive again.

There is a physical aspect to diving, but part of my job, as well, is to work on the mental training with them, and there’s a lot of fear behind the sport that you have try to suppress.”

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#500 - 22259 48th Ave., Langley 604-532-5388

www.wine-emporium.com | Follow us on twitter @bcvqashop.

Sign up for our newsletter on our website.

ood & Drinks! Great Deli!

Great Food

Beer Sausage ................................................... $1 95/per 100g Austrian Ham ................................................. $2 25/per 100g German Meatloaf ............................................... $1 95/per 100g Black Forest Ham .............................................. $1 75/per 100g Smoked Brisket ................................................ $3 50/per 100g Thick Sliced Bacon ................................................... $5 95lb.

Really nice cheeses to choose from

Deli opens Daily at 10:30 am - restaurant at 11 am. reserve ‘the rounDroom’ for great Dining

Try our “Bob Sized” Sandwiches

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UPCOMING SPECIAL EVENTS

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ALDERGROVE THRIFT STORE

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REGULAR LOUNGE EVENTS Monday • Dance Lessons 7 – 9 Tuesday • Meat Draw from 5 to 7 • Euchre at 7:00 Wednesday • Karaoke from 7 – 11 Thursday • Pool at 7 Friday • Hold’Em at 7 Saturday • Meat Draw from 2 – 5

Mon. - Wed. 9:30 - 6:30; Thur. - Fri. 9:30 - 7:30; Sat. 9:30 - 5:30 CLOSED SUNDAY & HOLIDAYS All net proceeds from The Salvation Army Thrift Store in Aldergrove go directly to benefit the services offered by The Gateway of Hope in Langley.

LOUNGE OPEN GOOD FRIDAY 2:00 – 8:00 BURGER & BEER SPECIAL $10.00 LOUNGE CLOSED SUNDAY, APRIL 5 FOR EASTER! MEMBERS & GUESTS WELCOME

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Auto Collision Guide Look for this logo for added peace of mind.

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Trust your car to the Best.

The ICBC c.a.r. shop accreditation program gives you peace of mind when shopping around for repairs.

These guarantees are for you and your car:

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• Written Lifetime Guarantees: All accredited shops must provide written lifetime guarantees to vehicle owners on ICBC repairs.

vehicles are done promptly and correctly.

• staff traininG: An accredited shop has made a commitment to ensure their staff receive ongoing training to deal with today’s advanced vehicles and high collision repair standards.

• exceLLent customer service: Vehicles will be repaired quickly and efficiently at ICBC c.a.r. shops that • outstandinG Business maintain an overall excellent practices: quality of customer service.

• shop equipment: A shop must have up-todate repair equipment to ensure repairs to today’s increasingly-complex

ICBC c.a.r. shops meet all regulatory requirements pertaining to environmental regulations, workplace, health and safety regulations, building codes and so on.

PROFESSIONAL AUTO DETAILING

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That’s what the ICBC c.a.r. shop Accreditation Program is all about.

The aim is to help ensure an excellent, guaranteed repair service.

It identifies repair facilities that meet the highest quality repair, professional and environmental standards.

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Meet the people ICBC doesnÂ&#x2019;t want you to meet.

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

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

LANGLEY OFFICE Suite 205, 19978 72nd Ave. Langley, BC V2Y 1R7 T: 604-534-2131 F: 604-939-7584

If you are injured and wondering what happens next, call DBM to meet Sharene in person for a free initial consultation about your case.

www.dbmlaw.ca

604.939.8321