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Light standard crashes onto small car No one was hurt Monday when a truck knocked a signal light into a car. by Matthew Claxton

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Traffic was slowed on Glover Road Monday morning, after a truck knocked over one of the traffic signals at the intersection with the Langley Bypass. The truck appeared to have been turning onto Glover from the Bypass when the back end of the trailer – a large con-

crete beam strapped to wheels – clipped the traffic signal post. The post was knocked down onto a turning lane, where it hit the roof of a silver car, pinning it in place. The car suffered remarkably little damage, and no one was hurt, said Langley City fire chief Rory Thompson.

Langley RCMP were also on the scene investigating, but police could not say Monday if any tickets had been handed out to any driver. With one traffic signal down at the truck blocking much of one lane, firefighters had to do traffic control work to keep the cars moving.

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The rain came and went, and left a little damage in its wake. by Matthew Claxton

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The first storm of the season came a little early this year, but left little damage around the Langleys. Rain started Friday and intensified Saturday, with waves of heavy downpours taking place on and off all day. On Sunday there was more rain and some areas experienced high winds, although the worst of the windstorms passed Langley by. The biggest damage seems to have been the washout of portion of the 2900 block of 232nd Street. The washout was located near where work was just wrapping up on a new culvert installation, said Terry Veer, manager of roads and drainage for Langley Township. The contractor was expected to come back

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A portion of 232nd Street and 29th Avenue in South Langley washed out near the site of recent culvert construction on Sunday. and repair the damage, said Veer. While work was underway, the road was closed. Neighbour David Wright was upset that the road had failed just after it was closed down for almost a month, from mid-August to mid-September. He and his neighbours

were worried about the quality of the road repairs. This is the second time in recent years there has been major road work at that low point, with the last work done around three to four years ago, Wright said. Veer said there were no other washouts or ser-

ious problems with roads around the Township, as otherwise ditches and the ground had enough capacity to absorb the rain. Several areas had power failures, with between five and 100 properties going dark in various areas on Sunday, mostly due to falling trees. BC Hydro

reported most back on by Monday morning. The rain also soaked out a number of community events on the weekend. The Community Living Day events in Douglas Park shut down early, shortly after noon, as participants were huddled under tents.

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Sports

TWU blanks UNBC

The Trinity Western University women’s soccer team got back in the win column Friday with a convincing 4-0 road victory over the Northern British Columbia. The win improved the Spartans’ record to 2-1-3 while UNBC is still winless at 0-6-1. The Spartans Natalie Boyd got TWU on the board in the fifth minute and the visitors proved to be the better side throughout. Jennifer Castillo added a goal in first half stoppage time to give TWU a 2-0 halftime lead and then two late goals from Krista Gommeringer, in the 83rd and 88th minutes, rounded out the scoring. • More online

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Hundreds of runners braved the rain for the second annual Surrey International World Music Marathon on Sunday. Langley’s Hans-Eric Zimmerling came in second in the men’s categroy. Kendra Braun of Langley came in second place in the women’s category, and Delta’s Erin Nestmann placed third. • More online

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Child cancer victim’s items trashed The House of Miss Rose wig shop was broken into for the third time since 2004. by Heather Colpitts

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The theft of $3,000 worth of hair extensions and wig products has made Miss Rose angry. It’s the destruction of items related to child cancer victim Gaby Davis that broke her heart. Everyone knows Rose Adams as Miss Rose, the name of her wig salon on 56th Avenue. On Sept. 17, the 74-year-old was awakened in the early morning hours and sat in her salon from about 5 a.m., dealing with the police and waiting until a glass firm could repair the plate glass window that was smashed. The thieves broke the glass in three picture frames including a photo of Gaby, a drawing she did of the wig shop and a printed card. The headshaped wig form that held Gaby’s wig was snapped off at the neck. Gaby Davis, seven, had asked for a strawberry blond wig for while she was going through cancer treatment back in 2007. It had to be ordered special. “She passed away on the day it came in,” Rose said. The shop used the wig, pictures and other items for a special display to spotlight the Gaby Davis Foundation which raises funds for children’s cancer.

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Rose Adams was heartbroken when she discovered that a display for cancer victim Gaby Davis was damaged when her wig shop was broken into in mid-September. Inset left – A display to honour a dead child was destroyed during a break-in at the House of Miss Rose wig shop in Downtown Langley City. In addition to the stolen merchandise, the salon faced a glass repair bill of $462. The broken glass also tore a hole in a customer chair and damaged the wooden arm of a couch in the customer reception area. The repair costs are coming out of her pocket because her deductible is $1,000. The result is that the shop, which uses proceeds from customers to subsidize the costs of helping cancer patients and others with serious health issues, can’t help as

many people, Adams said. The hair pieces and wigs are handmade, tailored to each customer. This was the third break in at the wig shop which opened in 2004. “They don’t steal from me. They steal from the cancer patients,” she said. It’s not the first time Adams has been the target of crime. A few weeks ago, she was mugged for her purse which contained only $40 and her iPhone but also had ID and other valuables which had her concerned about identity theft. “One thing about it, I’m learning more about crime,” she quipped.

Transportation

Golden Ears costing tens of millions each year

A crossing that opened in 2009 continues to hemorrhage funds. by Mike Hager

Special to the Langley Advance

TransLink reports that the Golden Ears Bridge is expected to continue losing up to $45 million a year because fewer people than projected are driving the tolled span.

This news comes one week after the provincial government announced a bridge will replace the George Massey Tunnel. The Golden Ears could lose $35 million to $45 million annually for the next few years despite modest traffic growth of two to three per cent, according to an update TransLink officials gave Thursday to the Metro Vancouver mayors’ council, which approves TransLink funding and shapes the region’s longterm transit plans.

“There could be many factors why fewer people are using the bridge than originally forecast,” TransLink’s director of roads Sany Zein said in an emailed statement. “One of the major factors is that the original forecasts were prepared well before the recession of 2007/08, at a time of extremely robust economic growth and lower gas prices. The recession, slower economic growth, and high gas prices have all contributed to less demand

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Crime

Rude robber bags booze An unsubtle thief simply walked out of a Langley liquor store, swearing at the clerks on his way. by Matthew Claxton mclaxton@langleyadvance.com

A man suspected of stealing high-end vodka in Langley may have fled the scene of the crime in a Hummer. On Aug. 8, at 2:20 p.m., a man picked up a number of what police called “fairly expensive” bottles of vodka and walked out of the Willoughby Liquor Store without paying. Staff shouted at him to get his attention, but he responded with an obscenity and left, said Cpl. Holly Marks, the Langley RCMP spokesperson. The man had bottles of liquor worth almost $300 with him at the time. Staff members followed him on foot trying to see what vehicle he got into. Police responding to the theft believe the man may be driving a grey Hummer. The police are now looking for public assistance to locate the man.

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Park amenities

Arboretum items stolen A Langley park was the target of a strange theft in late September. by Matthew Claxton

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Gloria Doubleday wants to know why someone vandalized and stole from the Langley park that bears her late husband’s name. On the weekend of Sept. 21 and 22, someone stole two sizeable wooden benches and a metal water pump from the Derek Doubleday Arboretum, located in the 21000 block of Fraser Highway. The arboretum is one of Langley Township’s newest parks, opened just a few years ago. Doubleday’s husband Derek was a longtime Township employee, and

the park was named in his honour. Gloria said she’s very surprised at what was taken. “I feel a little shocked,” she said. She can understand at least why thieves might want to take the heavy metal hand pump. Metal thieves could sell it for scrap. But the benches are extremely heavy and must have been hard to move, she said. “There’s no logic behind this,” said Gloria. The two large wooden benches were paid for by the Arboretum and Botanical Society of Langley. All three stolen items will now be replaced at Township expense. The pump is part of the LEPS demonstration garden located at the site.

Because there’s no water service there, an underground sistern collected rainwater from utility buildings. Garden users could pump it out by hand. The cost to replace the benches and the pump will be about $2,000, said Tab Buckner, with Township’s parks department. Doubleday is upset, as groups like the Arboretum Society and Langley Rotary clubs have put a lot of effort into raising money for the park and adding trees, benches, viewing platforms and other amenities over the years. The park is also host to a memorial walk and monument to Canadians who have died during the conflict in Afghanistan, and it hosts trees planted to remember Langley pioneers who have passed away in recent years.

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The annual LifeChain rally in Langley will be on Oct. 5 along 200th Street from Fraser Highway to 64th Avenue. Organizers expect about 400 people to turn out in support of the anti-abortion rally that takes place in communities across Canada and the United States.

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The Golden Ears Bridge cost more than $800 million to build, but that could be dwarfed by the costs of subsidizing it over the long haul. Last week, TransLink reported that it will continue losing up to $45 million a year on the structure because so few drivers are crossing the toll bridge. Traffic growth on the bridge could best be described as minimal, about two to three per cent per year. TransLink agreed to subsidize the private operator of the bridge until it reaches projected driver numbers. That’s obviously a great deal for the private operator – they’re guaranteed a steady income stream no matter what. Either they get a lot of drivers, or everyone in Metro Vancouver pays up through property taxes. It’s wonderful to see the private sector taking big risks like that, a great example of the entrepreneurial spirit. There is no question that the bridge itself, the first crossing any part of the river since the Alex Fraser Bridge was built almost a generation ago, is pretty good. Six lanes, bike and pedestrian access, and it certainly cut down the time to get across from Maple Ridge to Langley. But it was more bridge than we needed. It’s hard to see how ridership numbers will increase much more than they have – the last hope was that tolls on the Port Mann would drive more people to the Golden Ears. If they have, it’s not been enough. There just aren’t enough people south of the river who want to head north, or vice versa, on a routine basis. But the bridge is there, the contracts are signed, and there seems little we can do about the situation for now. Our best bet, both north and south of the river, is to warn the rest of the Lower Mainland not to follow our example. Do we need a replacement for the Massey Tunnel? Yes. Do we need more rapid transit and light rail? Yes. But maybe we should replace the bridge’s golden eagles with white elephants, as a warning against building too much. – M.C.

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No such thing as smart phones My brain worked in the old days. Instead of a smart phone, I had a smart brain. Now I have my smart phone, and a stupid brain. And since the smart phone is actually stupid, Bob Groeneveld there’s not a heckuva lot of smart left to go editor@langleyadvance.com around. The stupid-smart conundrum goes much further than my brain. It goes far beyond me. Stupid phones. It’s like a movement that has swept through Where did the idea come from that they are much of America, the ground-zero of stupid smart phones? smart phone technology, and is pushing a Certainly not from the smart phones themwave of dumb deep into Canada. selves. They don’t have ideas. They’re not You see it everywhere. smart. They don’t think. And it’s not just making people stupid – it’s Maybe they simulate thoughts – the thoughts making them downright scared of smart. of the people who created them – but they Take Smart Meters, for instance. don’t think. Well, like their kissing-cousin smart phones, Stupid phones. they’re poorly named – they’re If mine really was a smart not smart. phone, it would have had the What really counts But smart or stupid, what realsense to yell at me as I was ly counts is that they’re helping walking out the door. is that they’re to make all of us stupid. “Hey!” a truly smart phone helping to make all Not with some kind of phanwould have shouted at me in the tasmagorical radio-sonic infranick of time, “You’re forgetting of us stupid. positional positronic ether-borne something, aren’t you?” IQ-reducing quantum phlegm… Instead, it just laid there like a at least not directly. lump. A dumb, stupid lump. Nope. What’s making us stupid is the belief And it let me go off to work without it. that the phantasmagorical radio-sonic infraAnd I missed an important meeting with a positional positronic ether-borne IQ-reducing friend. quantum phlegm exists. Because not only is my smart phone stupid, And on our smart phones we text each but it makes me stupid, too. other notifications about the havoc that Smart I don’t have to think anymore. All my Meters are wreaking on the DNA of our very thoughts are stored in my stupid smart phone, souls. where I can retrieve them without hardly a We chat about it to each other on our cellthought of my own. phones. It keeps track of my appointments, and And we look it up on the Internet, using our sounds a clever alarm – a different one for every different kind of appointment – at exact- Wi-Fi-connected computers. Then we ignore the logical assessments of ly the appropriate amount of time that I need tens of thousands of scientists – the same ones to prepare for the appointment. we trust every time we use our computers Unless it’s where I can’t hear the alarm. and cellphones and – yes – those stupid smart Unless it’s at home while I’m slugging away phones. in my office. And we take as gospel the rantings of a In the old days, before I had a stupid smart handful of whack-jobs who make themselves phone to keep me from thinking, I thought feel smart by making the rest of us stupid. about what I had to do. Just as stupid as smart phones. And when I had to do it.

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economy because it allows us to invest in In response to your editorial [Gas natcommunities, to build a prosperous B.C. urally fills jobs report, Sept. 19 Our and to contribute to a strong Canada. View, Langley Advance], I am happy to proThere are many pessimists who say we vide some clarification around jobs numcan’t do it – but we can. Look at what bers and the success of the BC Jobs Plan. we’ve already achieved in our pursuit 17,600: The number of privateof a new liquefied-natural-gas sector jobs that have been added industry. Chevron Apache has in B.C. since August 2011, the invested $800 million preparto the last month before the Jobs Plan ing an export site and has 500 became operational (according to people working on the project. Statistics Canada). Those are real investments and $74 billion: Value of proreal jobs. And more will come, posed private-sector projects with seven companies havdeveloped since September ing applied for export licences 2011, $16 billion of which is – with three of those applicanow in the construction phase. tions already approved. Three million: Unique visitors to the For more information on our economic www.workbc.ca website since its launch progress so far, I encourage your readers in April 2012. to view the 24-Month Progress Report in All of those numbers show that there its entirety at: http://www.bcjobsplan. is considerable interest in investing and ca/learn-about-the-plan/ Greg Kyllo, working in British Columbia. Parliamentary Secretary for the BC Jobs Plan We want to work together to secure our

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Future park site falls short of trees Dear Editor,

Does it make any sense to clear-cut a site of all mature trees to make a new park? Do you consider a soccer field and a park one and the same? Apparently, Langley Township thinks so. In just one afternoon this summer, all of the mature trees were clear cut in the “future park site” to make way for two soccer fields. Until this summer, there had been a beautiful walkway lined with mature trees and frequented by wildlife, including an eagle and an owl, on the South East Yorkson Neighbourhood Park Site. With all the media attention particularly in our neighbouring jurisdiction of Surrey – where there have been many news stories with residents up in arms about

destruction of trees – it surprises me that Langley demonstrates no hesitation in just mowing them all down! And because two soccer fields must be squeezed into this small site, despite several other field locations within a few blocks’ radius, there is no room left for anything else that might be considered park-like here. Residents of the area were all charged a hefty premium by builders for homes backing on to this “future park site.” While it is certainly easier to plan a site starting from a clean slate, surely a balance could be struck between maintaining some of the existing environment and incorporating new elements, if any care was taken in the planning. I challenge the Township to use greater thoughtfulness in planning for new areas, and strongly urge Langley to reconsider the plan for this site.

Nicole Quilty, Langley

we give foreign aid to countries arming themselves with billions in military hardware; we have civil servants(?) quitting their jobs and being handed phenomenal severance packages; we had a head of the ferry corporation given a “performance” bonus after a ship was lost on his watch; and now we have that same ferry corporation and TransLink continually pleading poverty while their executives get more phenomenal bonuses and raises on top of their already exorbitant salaries. What we need is a political party made up of senior citizens who have the time, life experience, and common sense to reset this country’s priorities. If this pattern is allowed to continue, we will be looking at non-sustaining deficits comparable to those of our American neighbours.

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Fundraisers rewarded with 800-km bike ride by Matthew Claxton

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If the glorious sunshine didn’t give them a boost, the reception the Cops for Cancer Tour de Valley team got at Aldergrove Community Secondary did. Students from ACSS and Betty Gilbert Middle School cheered loudly as the 22 peace officers set off on their nine-day fundraising bike ride, which will take them west to Delta and east as far as Boston Bar in the Fraser Canyon. The ride, of more than 800 kilometres in nine days, is to raise money for the Canadian Cancer Society’s efforts to fight pediatric cancer. After the team rode into the gymnasium, they received necklaces of beads that they’ll wear and add to for each day of the ride. Team captain Chris Rosenberger, a border services officer, explained that the riders will get

beads for each day ridden, nights in the hospital, she for helping each other out, earned a bead. She earned and for other things that her beads in a way that take place along the way. nobody should ever have “If it rains we get a blue to.” bead,” said Rosenberger. The necklaces are a sym“If we crash, and it hapbol of solidarity with the pens, we get a black kids in treatment. bead.” The riders stop and meet The beads are about junior team members, more than marking the kids who are in treatment milestones along the ride. or remission, along the Children in cancer treatroute. Emmily Eckert, a ment in B.C. can enter a junior team member who bead program that keeps battled cancer at age five track of their treatments. and again at age nine, has Rosenberger showed one been a junior team memof the bead necklaces from ber for eight years. a junior team member. She handed out the Holding it at arm’s length, necklaces, giving a hug to the long necklace almost each team member. touched the floor. “My experience over the “All of the different last eight years has been beads on something this neckI’ll never lace were forget,” she “Think about the earned in said. purpose behind what the most Insp. you’re doing.” difficult, Murray painful, Power of John Pusic horrible the Langley way you RCMP can ever imagine,” said reminded the students and Rosenberger. dignitaries that the fund“Every time she got a raising that goes on is not needle poke, she earned just needed, it has been a bead,” he said. “Every successful. time she got a chemo According to the treatment, or a lumbar Canadian Cancer Society, puncture, which is where 82 per cent of children surthey stick a needle in vive cancer. your spine, every time Power thanked the offishe spent a night, two cers for their work.

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Members of the Cops for Cancer Tour de Valley team sang the national anthem. “You are a shining positive example,” he said. “You are admired by your peers, who look in awe at what you have accomplished.” Each team member must raise $5,000 just to take part in the ride. “I’m not aware of very many projects that award their people with an 800 kilometre bike ride,” Power said. The students at Aldergrove Secondary were about to head out for their Terry Fox Run after the visit by the Cops for Cancer team. “Think about the pur-

pose behind what you’re doing,” urged principal John Pusic. Students at ACSS were asked last week if they wanted to help the cause of the Cops for Cancer, when Rosenberger spoke at the school about his own five-year-old daughter Sophie’s battle with cancer. Student Blake Cleeve organized a stationary bike ride fundraiser. For several days, teams of students have been tracking their mileage on bikes set up in the school’s auditorium. With help from friends including Travis Couture

and Arianne Qanbery, the students planned to ride 800 kilometres, raising $1 for each kilometre. Cleeve said the teams had ridden more than 650 kilometres as of Thursday morning, and they were hoping to finish that last 150 kilometres by the end of the day. The team was spending most of Thursday in Aldergrove and the rest of Langley. Their ride ends in a closing ceremonies at Abbotsford Senior Secondary on the afternoon of Oct. 4. More about the ride and its route is at www.copsforcancerbc.ca. View video & photos with or online

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Law enforcement officers set off on a nine-day ride from Aldergrove Thursday.

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Riders Const. Kelly Dyer of the Transit Police and Det. Craig Burridge of the Abbotsford PD flanked Insp. David Hansen of the Transit Police as all three had their heads shaved at the start of the ride.

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Riders were greeted by hundreds of secondary and middle school students.

Junior team member Emmily Eckert handed out bead necklaces to the riders. The necklaces will mark their accomplishments and hardships on the nine-day ride.

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Rider Ken Usipiuk rode into the gym at Aldergrove Community Secondary.

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Long-time Langley resident Mike Kittson participated in this year’s Langley Good Times Cruise-In with his 1968 Mustang California Special, which he bought from Fogg Motors on Sept. 16, 1968. He still has the original warranty card (right).

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Surrey’s Don Zaklan walked away from Langley Good Times Cruise-In with a $20,000 ultimate garage package, after acting Langley City Mayor Ted Schaffer drew his name – with the assistance of Cruise-In president Eric Taylor (right).

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Langley Lions Judy Portas, Irene and Mel Stokes, and Jody Martin were among the service club members serving up pancakes and sausages for breakfast during the recent Langley Good TImes Cruise-In.

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Clubs/meetings Fraser Valley Business Network A business networking lunch is on the first Wednesday of the month. The Oct. 2 meeting is 11:15am-1:15pm at the Old Spaghetti Factory. Cost: $5. RSVP: www.fraservalleybusinessnetwork.com.

Seniors Brookswood Seniors Centre 19899 36th Ave. 604-5304232. New members welcome. Activities offered: Line dancing (beginners to intermediate): 604-534-0299; Square dancing (beginners to advanced): 604838-8821; duplicate bridge: 604856-7170; chess: 604-530-4693; Fibre arts, cribbage, pool, scrapbooking, crafts: 604-530-4232; dog training: 604-514-9221; Food and Friends: 604-5309227. Food and Friends Langley Meals on Wheels has a program for seniors (55+) to share a nutritious lunch along with socializing and guest speakers. Lunch costs $5. RSVP in advance to the number listed. 11:30am-1pm Aldergrove • Bob’s Bar n’ Grill, 27083 Fraser Hwy.: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Tuesday of the month.

RSVP: 604-857-7725 • Otter Co-Op: 3600 248 St.: 2nd and 4th Monday of the month. RSVP: 604-607-6923. Brookswood • Brookswood Seniors Centre, 19899 36th Ave.: 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month. RSVP: 604-590-3888 Fort Langley • Parish of St. George Church, 9160 Church St.: 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month. RSVP: 604-888-7782. Langley City • Choo Choo’s Restaurant, 20550 Fraser Hwy.: 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month. RSVP: 604-514-2940. • Yanaki Sushi, 20477 Fraser Hwy.: 1st and 3rd Monday of the month. RSVP: 604-514-2940 • Flourishing Chinese Restaurant, 20472 Fraser Hwy.: 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month. RSVP: 604-514-2940. North Langley • Walnut Grove Community Centre, 8889 Walnut Grove Dr. 2nd & 4th Thursdays of the month. RSVP: 604-882-0408. • Renaissance Retirement Residence, 6676 203 St.: 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month. RSVP: 604-539-0571. Volunteers needed for the various gatherings – about two to three hours twice per month. Contact Langley Meals on Wheels, 604-533-1679 or shannon@langleymealsonwheels.

com. OAP Hall Aldergrove The Aldergrove Pensioners and Seniors offers various activites at the hall at 3015 273rd St. At 9:20am Thursdays, a qualified instructor offers exercise for seniors. $6 per person per session. Carpet bowling is $1 per person and is at 1:30pm on Thursdays. Langley Seniors Resource Society 20605 51B Ave., 604-530-3020 Outreach programs: information and referral, Telephone Buddy, and seniors counsellors. Better at Home: The program provides transportation and shopping assistance, friendly

visitors and light housekeeping. Subsidies are available. Seniors Housing Counsellors: provide information about housing options here. Drop in Wednesdays 1:30-3:30pm or make an appointment. Info: 604 530-3020, ext. 319 Coffee and Connecting Support Group, and Flying Solo for 55plus solos, both groups meet Tuesdays at 10am. Birthday Socials: $6, held once every two months Sharing and Caring Socials: (will resume in 2014). Seniors produce Seniors can get a bag of fruits and vegetables on the first Tuesday of the month for $5. The program is through Langley Meals on Wheels in cooperation with Langley City, Fraser Health, the Langley Seniors Resource Centre and the Seniors Community Action Table. Pick up is at Douglas Recreation Centre and the Langley Seniors Resource Centre. Delivery available. Book: Rec centre, 604-514-2865 or seniors centre,

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Other Blood donor clinics Call 1-888-2-DONATE to book. Oct. 5: 10am-5pm Walnut Grove Lutheran Church, 20530 88th Ave. Oct. 8: 1-8pm Trinity Western University Reimer Student Centre Women’s life and career seminar Kwantlen Polytechnic University has a course for women who want to explore life and career options. An information session is at 10:30am on Oct. 3 in room 2075 at the Langley campus. Classes are Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, 9:30am-2:30pm. Tuition free but adminstrative costs apply. Info and registration: Elly Morgan 604-599-3431 or elly.morgan@kwantlen.ca. Heritage Apple Day Head to Derby Reach Regional Park for the annual celebration of apples on Oct. 5, 11am2pm. Learn about the history

Wonderful wetlands tour Metro Vancouver and the Langley Environmental Partners Society are taking people on a guided tour of a restricted area of the West Creek wetlands Oct. 6, 1:30-4pm. For 14 and older. Free but register in advance at www.metrovancouveronline.org or 604-432-6359, barcode 5263. Tenancy issues A free housing workshop on residential tenancy issues (the rights and responsibilities of landlords and tenants) is 1:30-3:30pm on Oct. 9 at the Langley Seniors’ Resource and Recreation Centre, 20605 51B Ave. Sign up at 604-530-3020.

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Looking back…

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1993: Density bumped farmland in rural areas. • A shortage of new students in the local schools meant teachers laid off in June weren’t going to be rehired, as initially anticipated. • Local RCMP, upon interviewing “main Crown witnesses” in the Angela Richards murder case, asked for the charge against Wayne Alexander Perkin to be raised from second to ﬁrst degree murder. • Police charged a 12-year-old boy after a ﬁre in a Walnut Grove Secondary portable.

Forty Years Ago

September 20, 1973

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

September 21, 1933

• Langley Volunteer Fire Brigade planned “one of the most outstanding dances ever to be held in this district.” Proceeds from the 50cent admission price were to go towards purchase of ﬁre equipment for the squad. Entertainment was to be by the six-piece, 20-instrument Paramount Dance Orchestra from Vancouver’s Alexander Ballroom.

Seventy Years Ago

September 23, 1943

• The local Chinese War Relief Fund collected $631, far short of its goal. • An Advance ad announced roller skating at Coghlan Hall on the weekend. Sixty Years Ago

September 24, 1953

• The Aldergrove Fall Fair, was opened by Reeve George Brooks at Aldergrove Agricultural Hall. • Work on the Trans Mountain oil pipeline approached Glover Road. Fifty Years Ago

September 26, 1963

• Thieves cut a hole in the roof of a new Aldergrove grocery store and stole $1,000 worth of cigarettes.

• Prominent Fort Langley businessman Roy Burnett Seney was killed when his truck was hit by a CNR train on a level crossing at the Skyway Airplane Base. • Tom Barichello had the grand champion Jersey calf at the PNE, and he was named reserve champion senior dairy showman. Thirty Years Ago

September 21, 1983

• A police investigation into the ﬁnancial affairs of Langley Community Services found nothing criminal. Twenty Years Ago

Ten Years Ago

September 23, 2003

• Two Langley boys received multiple stab wounds after a verbal argument with two Surrey teens turned violent. • In Langley, Premier Gordon Campbell called on Lower Mainland municipalities to create a regional assembly.

September 22, 1993

• Campbell Valley Centre, a facility to deal with troubled teens, opened on the former Chrisholme Society property in South Langley. While Chrisholme focused on teens with learning disabilities, the new Centre was aimed at kids with serious behavioural problems. • Despite proposing a density of 47 units per acre, well over the 18 units allowed in the Murrayville Community Plan, a Veritas Holdings housing project got Township council’s permission to go to public hearing. Coun. John Scholtens was appalled by the “mindboggling” proposal, but Mayor John Beales said council had to consider a trade-off between higher residential densities and preserving

September 26, 2003

• Langley school trustees were considering closing Otter Elementary (the school’s second review in eight months) and selling off the school board ofﬁce, while contemplating expansion of the Fundamental program into high school. • The hit-and-run driver responsible for the death of 12-year-old Carley Regan was denied parole. The parole board had been bombarded with public outrage after agreeing to receive his parole application a third of the way into his 14-month jail term.

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U.S. upends Canada to win NORCECA gold

The U.S. swept Canada in the gold medal game of a weeklong international volleyball tournament hosted by the Langley Events Centre. All the pieces were in place for a golden performance by Canada’s national men’s volleyball team. A monster-sized crowd took in Saturday night’s showdown against arch rival U.S. at the Langley Events Centre, during the gold medal game of the 2013 NORCECA international tournament. The tournament, featuring Canada, the U.S., Saint Lucia, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Bahamas, Mexico, and Guatemala, ran Sept. 23-28. The gold medal match was not the storybook ending Canada was hoping for as the hosts fell in three sets (25-23, 25-20, 2514) to the Americans. Canada came into the final with momentum, but it just wasn’t enough. The U.S. took home the gold and in doing so booked its ticket to the FIVB Grand Champions Cup tournament in Japan. The first set of the final was within the Canadians’ grasp as they led 19-16 in the late stages, but the U.S. closed the gap and was able to tie things up at 2121. The two teams then traded points until the Americans finished the opening set with a 2523 comeback victory, and they carried that momentum the rest of the way. Canada struggled to get its offence going after the opening set loss, as both Gord Perrin and Dallas Soonias were held to just seven kills apiece. The game plan really changed for Canada when captain Fred Winters went down with an ankle injury and was unable to return. The injury to Winters hurt Canada the most in its passing game, as he had been one of the team’s stronger passers throughout the tournament.

However, Cuba distributed its attack and blocking game to rally in the third set. Rolando Cepeda led the way with 18 points, while David Fiel closed with 16. Abrahan Alfonso Gavilan scored 13, Yordan Bisset 12 and Jorber Quintana 10.

Mexico fifth

Mexico finished in fifth place after a three set sweep over the Dominican Republic. Scores were 25-23, 25-22, and 26-24. Daniel Vargas was the top scorer for Mexico with 14 points while Edgar Herrera closed with 11. For Dominican Republic, Elvis Contreras closed with 10 points. Both teams surrendered 21 points by unforced errors, but Mexico topped in kill blocks with 12 against only five by the Dominican squad.

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Team Canada player (and Trinity Western University alumnus) Rudy Verhoeff took flight before hitting the ball during the host country’s 3-0 win over Cuba in Friday’s semifinal of the NORCECA Men’s Volleyball Continental Championship at the Langley Events Centre. Canada went on to lose in three sets to the U.S. in the gold medal game played Saturday at the LEC. The U.S. was led by tourney MVP Matthew Anderson, who had an impressive final with 14 kills and three service aces. The Canadian block that was so dominant during the tournament had no answer for Anderson and was almost nonexistent, as the U.S. out-blocked Canada 10-6. In the end it was the serveand-pass game that proved to be the difference, as the U.S. served lights out and was constantly able to put pressure on the Canadian passers. It’s another learning experience for a young Canadian team that is on the rise, after a solid summer of volleyball on the international stage. Canada’s recent jump from 18th to 11th in the FIVB world rankings has been well earned through its recent success.

••• The dream final was set for Canada after the host team defeated Cuba in three sets in Friday’s semifinal. The Canadians swept the Cubans in three sets (25-14, 2517, 25-21) in front of more than 2,000 fans at the LEC. Canada was a blocking machine in the victory, posting 16 blocks as a team. Perrin and Rudy Verhoeff combined for 10 total blocks and led the way for Canada with 14 points apiece. There were points of the match where it seemed like every time Perrin and Verhoeff went up to block they were getting touches, and the Cubans had no answer. Canada had contributions from everyone again, and Soonias, in particular. Soonias put together

another strong offensive performance, adding 11 kills in the win. The next night, Canada faced the U.S. for the first time since losing to the Americans in the 2012 Olympic qualifier last year. Leading into the final, Canada had never won gold at the NORCECA championships.

Cuba bronzed

Cuba won the bronze medal with a hard-fought, five set win over Puerto Rico. Scores were 27-29, 25-27, 2520, 27-25, and 15-12. Ezequiel Cruz was the top scorer with 23 points for Puerto Rico, which jumped out to a 2-0 lead in sets, and also had a very solid production with Mannix Roman (17 points), Juan Vazquez (12), and captain Enrique Escalante (12).

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The NORCECA tournament was an opportunity for individuals to shine. Individual awards went to: Most Valuable Player – Matt Anderson, U.S. Best scorer – Rolando Cepeda Abreu, Cuba Best spiker – Andy Alexis Leonardo Blanco, Guatemala Best setter – Micah Christenson, U.S. Best digger – Dennis Del Valle, Puerto Rico Best blocker – Rudy Verhoeff, Canada Best receiver – Blair Cameron Bann, Canada Best libero – Dennis Del Valle, Puerto Rico Best server – Micah Christenson, U.S. Dr. Jim Coleman Award (coach) – John Speraw, U.S. Tournament all-stars were: outside hitters Matt Anderson and William Priddy, U.S. along with Daniel Vargas, Mexico; setter Micah Christenson, U.S.; middle blockers Rudy Verhoeff, Canada and Byron Ferguson, Bahamas; and libero Dennis Del Valle, Puerto Rico.

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Considering the circumstances, Sunday’s win in Nanaimo was a monumental momentum builder for a Langley Rivermen team that needed a boost in a major way. The Rivermen’s 4-2 victory over the Nanaimo Clippers helped salvage, somewhat, a grueling three games in two-anda-half days weekend road trip through Vancouver Island and Coastal B.C. “I was pretty happy with the way we played,” Rivermen head coach Bobby Henderson said, as the players and coaches arrived in town Monday morning after stormy weather stranded them on Vancouver Island the night before. “It’s the way we expect these guys to play. It was a tough weekend, travel-wise, for us. It is what it is. All in all, I was pretty happy with our performance.” After Nanaimo’s Bo Brauer scored a powerplay goal early in the first period, the Rivermen scored the next three to take a 4-1 lead with 11 minutes and change to go in regulation time. Austin Azurdia and Matt Ustaski staked the Rivermen to a 2-1 lead after the first period. Langley’s Kevan Kilistoff scored the only goal of the second period, and Will Cook gave the ’Men a three-goal lead when he scored eight-and-a-half minutes into the final frame. Nanaimo’s Colton Dahlen rounded out the game’s scoring with six minutes and two seconds left in the third period. Goaltender Steve Myland earned his first win in a Rivermen jersey, stopping 15 of 17 shots. The win was a team effort, especially considering that, after a 9:30 p.m. start time the night before in Port Alberni and a long day on the bus, the ’Men were playing their second game in 14 hours. “We had everybody going,” Henderson said. “All the guys showed up and everybody did their job.”

Heading into the game, the ’Men were in danger of going “0-for” the weekend. They were doubled 4-2 by the Powell River Kings Friday and clipped 4-3 by the Alberni Valley Bulldogs Saturday. The victory over Nanaimo keeps the Rivermen above the .500 mark at 4-3-0-1 as the B.C. Hockey League season enters its second month. Alberni Valley Bulldogs 4, Rivermen 3 Weather played havoc on the Rivermen’s travel plans, which left them road weary for their game against Alberni Valley. At the final buzzer, the ’Men had the dubious distinction of being the first team the previously winless Bulldogs have beaten this season, after an 0-7-1 start. In a replay of the previous night in Powell River, the visitors had a second period to forget, as the Bulldogs scored three goals to the Rivermen’s one, to carry a 4-2 lead into the third frame. At the 8:16 mark of the second, the Rivermen’s James Robinson scored a shorthanded goal, his second of the game (he opened the scoring 10:38 into the first period) to bring Langley to within a goal. But with 2:03 to go in the frame, the Bulldogs’ Mitch Makin answered with his second of the night on an Alberni Valley powerplay to restore the two-goal lead. Langley’s Jakob Reichert scored on a powerplay 15:33 into the third period, but that was as close as the visitors would get. Pressing for the tying goal, the Rivermen outshot the Bulldogs 15-8 in the third period, but could only get one by Bulldogs’ goaltender Tyger Howat. Powell River Kings 4, Rivermen 2 After a scoreless opening period, the Kings took control during the middle stanza by outscoring the Rivermen 3-1. With the game tied 1-1, Powell River scored found the net twice in the final six minutes of the second frame, including a powerplay tally from Kurt Keats at the 14:47 mark, followed by a goal from Stephen Hiff with 1:31 to go in the period. Ryan Scarfo scored 6:40 into the third period to give the Kings a 4-1 lead. Langley’s Azurdia scored his second of the night midway through the third period to round out the game’s scoring. • More online at www.langleyadvance.com

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