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Work stopped on Coulter Berry
Opponents of a three-storey building in Fort Langley won a victory in court on Friday.
society was created this spring in the wake of Coulter Berry’s approval by the Township council. Whittell said he and other society members have spent a year working on this, and were by Matthew Claxton actually surprised that the judge mclaxton@langleyadvance.com ruled from the bench right away Work on the controversial after hearings last week. Coulter Berry building in Fort The society doesn’t want to Langley has been halted after stop any development on the site, a judge ruled Friday that the Whittell said, but wants to see a Township’s heritage alteration project there that meets the existpermit for the site is invalid. ing guidelines for the Fort. “They have set aside the heritThe Township is now awaiting age alteration permit,” said Mark a written ruling from the judge, Bakken, the Township’s adminiswhich should lay out the reasons trator. in more detail. The grounds in Township Mayor “We’re very pleased the verbal ruling, Jack Froese said given by Justice the council will with the judge’s Groves in the discuss the judgedecision.” Supreme Court of ment with its lawHarold Whittell B.C. in Chilliwack, yers before makwere on ground ing a decision on that the permit its next steps. varied the density of the site, said “Council made every effort to Bakken. ensure all opinions were heard “We’re very pleased with the and that proper process was foljudge’s decision,” said Harold lowed,” Froese said in a stateWhittell, one of the directors ment. “Council’s decision was of the Society of Fort Langley made in the best interest of the Residents for Sustainable public at large, to benefit our Development, which launched entire community.” the legal challenge in July. The “I think an appeal will be con-
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Andy Schildhorn presented a stack of petitions the size of a phone book against the Coulter Berry Building during a public hearing last November. sidered once there’s more information,” said Bakken. The ruling shouldn’t affect any other projects that may have had heritage alteration permits used, as the permits are issued on a case-by-case basis, said Bakken. The construction of the building was controversial within the Fort, with many residents opposed to the project, largely due to its size. The Coulter Berry Building is planned to be three full storeys tall, with residential condos on
the top floor, offices on the second, and shops at ground level. At a series of public hearings, many residents complained it would overshadow neighbouring buildings and would break with the heritage nature of the Fort’s downtown. Local business owners were split on the matter, with some in favour and others opposed. Petitions with hundreds of names were gathered against the project. Coulter Berry’s owner Eric Woodward wrote on the project’s blog that construction crews now on the site, digging the foundation, will be dispersed and those ready to start work will not be needed. “We have no choice but to wait until the situation is resolved by the Township,” Woodward wrote. The building was to be located at the corner of Mavis and Glover, formerly the site of the old Fort Langley IGA. When the building burned down, the owners built their new grocery store farther back on the property, and the former store site was combined with the site of the Frontier Hardware store to create the lot for the Coulter Berry project.
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Big crowds enjoy pumpkin festivities
Lit up pumpkins were an impressive sight. by Heather Colpitts
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Crisp autumn air and no rainfall made for pumpkin pruning perfection at the Wall-O-Lanterns on Oct. 26. The annual Aldergrove Business Association community event was in support of the Langley School District Foundation. “All day long families were heard talking about how ‘cool’ the pumpkin tower looked,” said Paul Walker, president of the business association. “Throughout the event there were tons of smiles and excitement from all ages including the parents and for some of them
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Lexie Painter dug right in to make her pumpkin for the wall.
they got to experience the pumpkin pie eating contest first hand.” The move to Philip Jackman Park provided extra space. “It was amazing to see such a large turnout to the Charlotte Diamond concert in the evening which was estimated at 600 people,” he said. The display of carved jacko-lanterns can be viewed until it comes down the morning of Wednesday, Oct. 30. Organizers estimate that 3,500 people came out to the event throughout the day which included the lighting ceremony after dark. Based on the success of this year, the Aldergrove Business Association has already announced that Wall-OLanterns will be back, slated for the park on Oct. 25, 2014.
Lily O’Shea was at first confused and then entertained when her dad, Adam, ate pumpkin pie with no hands. They were taking part in the Wall-O-Lanterns pumpkin pie-eating contest.
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Richard Bulpitt Elementary had an official opening Monday, as local politicians gathered to mark the creation of Langley’s newest elementary school. The school, located in Willoughby, accepted its first students at the start of the school year. On Monday, Education Minister Peter Fassbender met students gathered in the gym for the ceremony. “It is a joy to come back to Langley and officially open Richard Bulpitt Elementary with students, teachers and the whole community,” Fassbender said. • More online
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Police pinch drunken pumpkin party pooper
A vandal smashed more than two dozen pumpkins in an Aldergrove park. by Matthew Claxton
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A Langley man went on a drunken vandalism spree Friday night at the Wall of Lanterns in Aldergrove’s Philip Jackman Park. Police say that the man entered the fenced-off area where families were soon to
celebrate Halloween and started breaking things just before midnight. The man threw tables and compost bins, and knocked down canopy shelters, and mangled a tent belonging to the Langley Advance. He smashed about 30 pumpkins, as well. Police arrested a man as he was walking out of the enclosure after the incident. A 24-year-old suspect from Langley, who is known to police, was released later and is scheduled to appear in court on Jan. 6 next year.
A man was arrested after smashing about 30 pumpkins at the Aldergrove display Friday night. The event went ahead Saturday with hundreds of people enjoying the festivities. Heather Colpitts/Langley Advance
The RCMP will recommend he be charged with mischief under $5,000.
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Transportation
Valley bus service stalls A bus route linking Chilliwack, Abbotsford, and Langley hit a legislative pot hole. by Rochelle Baker Glacier Media
Abbotsford council has nixed plans to develop a long-anticipated regional Fraser Valley Express bus linking the city to Chilliwack and Langley and tying the communities to the Metro Vancouver transit system. Councillors Henry Braun, Moe Gill and Les Barkman voted against the inter-city bus, and with three other councillors missing from the table, it was enough to park the project. Abbotsford Mayor Bruce Banman, among others, was baffled by the outcome, especially as, just prior to the vote, council had unanimously passed a motion allowing it to opt out of the plan in the future if the proposed costs were too great. “We had an escape clause,” Banman said. “I’m kind of scratching my head on this one.” Banman intends to use his executive privilege to bring the issue back for reconsideration once more councillors are present. He wasn’t sure, however, that it would change the outcome of the original vote. “I honestly can’t say,” he said. Chilliwack Mayor Sharon Gaetz, also the chair of the Fraser Valley Regional
District (FVRD), said Abbotsford council’s decision was unexpected, especially as it had unanimously endorsed the project at a recent FVRD board meeting. “I was very disappointed and surprised,” Gaetz said. However, Banman’s proposal to revisit the issue was encouraging, she said. Gaetz said she understood the reason the project was rejected was because councillors felt they didn’t have enough information to support it. “I’m hopeful that Abbotsford city staff, FRVD staff and BC Transit can give the council the information they need,” she said. “It’s imperative we have this service in the Fraser Valley.” The Fraser Valley Express was intended to bridge the transit gap between the communities of Abbotsford and Chilliwack. The inter-city route would also tie both communities to SkyTrain and other key destinations within the Lower Mainland via the Langley Carvolth Exchange. Abbotsford has a link to Langley but it currently involves a lengthy trip through Aldergrove. BC transit was slated to pick up 47 per cent of the bill, or $755,800, with Abbotsford and Chilliwack funding the remainder of the $1.68 million tab. Abbotsford would fund the majority of the regional governments’ contribution paying an estimated $588,200, or 64 per cent of the local share. Chilliwack would pay 36 per cent of the local share, or $333,764.
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Grade 8 girls basketball team and the school’s basketball program. How much does it cost to be spooked? The Dungeon Tour is $4 for adults and $3 for children. Since this is the first year for the school’s haunted house, it’s running only three nights. The Dungeon Tour goes 4-7 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 28, Tuesday, Oct. 29 and Wednesday, Oct. 30. The school is located at 20441 Grade Cres.
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Student Anita Huynh offered up her creepiest stare. Good thing she’s behind bars in the cell block. (Below) Mae Labiste took one of the Dungeon Tour coffins for a spin.
A suspected thief left a decoy behind when he swiped a smartphone from a Langley store. Langley RCMP say a
man walked into the Future Shop on the Langley Bypass on Oct. 10 and walked directly to a display of Samsung phones. It is alleged he cut the security cord holding a demonstration phone in place, and slipped the phone into his pocket. He put a plastic imposter phone on the stand and quickly left the store.
Anyone who recognizes surveillance photos of the man at right is asked to call the Langley RCMP. To remain anonymous, call CrimeStoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or visit www.solvecrime. ca, www.facebook.com/ metrovancouvercrimestoppers, or text BCTIP along with your message to police to CRIMES (274637).
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Identity theft
Council wants crackdown after mail heists Mail is a popular target for thieves around Langley, police say. by Matthew Claxton
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Even as Langley Township council asked Canada Post to make mailboxes more secure, Langley Mounties were investigating several incidents of mail theft. On Oct. 24, Langley police officers were called out in the early morning hours to a report of a sin-
gle-vehicle car accident. Instead of finding the owners of the car nearby, they found an abandoned 1991 red Ford Lariat that had wrapped itself around a power pole in the 3200 block of 200th Street, said Cpl. Holly Marks, spokesperson for the Langley RCMP. A large quantity of stolen mail was spilling out of the vehicle. Most of the stolen items appeared to be from a variety of neighbourhoods around Langley and Surrey, said Marks. That investigation began
just after an Oct. 21 string of break-ins to 18 mailboxes, in which secured boxes were pried open, Marks said. There has been a string of thefts around the community over the past month, said marks. On the same Monday that the police were investigation the 18 box break ins, the Township council resolved to write to Canada Post raising concerns about thefts from community mail boxes. They are asking for more measures to make the boxes secure from break-
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ins, including better placement. The motion came from Councillor Steve Ferguson, who has seen break ins several times recently at the community mailbox in his own south Brookswood neighbourhood. He’s concerned, after talking to police and Canada Post employees, that it’s too easy to jimmy or smash open a mailbox using household tools. “This particular one has been broken into many times,” Ferguson said of the box near his home. Designs of the boxes need to be both convenient for residents and resistant to thieves, Ferguson believes. Mail thieves may be after goods, or after identification and personal information that can be used for identity theft. The Langley RCMP has released some tips for residents: • Retrieve your mail as soon as possible after delivery – don’t leave mail unattended in your mailbox overnight. • If you’re planning a holiday, have someone retrieve your mail on a daily basis, or for a small fee, Canada Post will hold
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your mail at the delivery office and deliver it upon your return. • If you receive mail that is not yours, do not leave it in an unprotected area. Write “delivered to wrong address” or “not at this address” on the front of the envelope. Deposit the letter into an outgoing mail slot of a Canada Post mailbox at your earliest convenience.
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The furor over a recent event in Fort Langley notwithstanding (see Letters to the Editor, page A9), it appears vampires have the zombies on the run this Halloween. A poll commissioned by Scotia Bank indicates that the next in line for costumes of choice among the 54 per cent of Canadians who this year plan to celebrate All Hallows Eve, one way or another, are witches, fairies, and pirates, all of them outpacing the inevitable – but decidedly outnumbered – lurching zombies. The poll indicates that British Columbians have prepared themselves to spend more on Halloween this year (about $82 on average) than any other Canadians (national average: $70). The top two activities planned across the country are handing out candies and taking the kids out trick-or-treating, to collect those candies being handed out. While replacing trick-or-treating with Halloween parties for kids continues to gain popularity, there will still be thousands of youngsters out on the streets and avenues this Thursday evening. Most will be appropriately dressed (at least from a safety perspective) in bright costumes and reflective clothing, with masks that afford them clear visibility of their surroundings, and will be accompanied by responsible adults as they navigate familiar neighbourhoods, trolling for candies from friendly households. But some will not – they’ll be dressed in dark or drab clothing, stumbling over trailing costumes, without adequate flashlights. In some cases, they will simply have strayed momentarily from a well-organized group. If you’re driving anywhere as Halloween’s dusk begins to fall – the traditional time for the ghosts and goblins to traipse from doorstep to doorstep in the quest for full bags of sweets – be careful. If your kids are out there, prepare them, impress on them to be careful… and accompany them. Despite the sometimes macabre costumes, it’s supposed to be fun, not tragic. – B.G.
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Look at the dark side of the moon So we are now witnessing the spectacle of the mightiest of our political masters and mistresses in a war of opinion attrition, each side hoping the other will disgust us more and consequently allow the less-disgusting among Bob Groeneveld them to slither free of the stupid-chains that editor@langleyadvance.com bind them, so they can get on with quietly continuing with what they’ve been doing all along. Don’t you wish that it mattered that some Canadians have been duped into believing of the most prominent political people in this that our political system only works when our country – senators and even a prime minister political leaders are steeped in honesty, integand his closest staff – are exposing each other rity, and a sense of what is right for Canada as as thieves and liars? a whole. Don’t you wish senators in this country Meanwhile, our political leaders have duped cared about the realization that they abscondthemselves into believing that none of that ed with hundreds of thousands of illicit dolmatters, just so long as the rest of us don’t lars? realize that those things don’t exist – haven’t Don’t you wish that this country’s prime done so for decades. minister cared that he was Or maybe they’re not scamcaught with his integrity hanging He doesn’t even ming themselves at all, just us. out of his pants? Maybe they just figured out Don’t you wish Stephen Harper seem terribly the formula. cared a bit more about mainconcerned if we Pierre Trudeau was our last taining his integrity than caring successful honest politician, about how he might be able to believe he’s a liar. managing to extend his term bury the questions about his with a western finger and a integrity? smirking “fuddle duddle.” Indeed, don’t you wish that Harper could be Short-termer Joe Clark tried honesty, as did more concerned about the perception that he Kim Campbell, and it earned both a quick has no integrity than that he has none? boot. (John Turner was just a doofus, and How about Senators Pamela Wallin, Mike Paul Martin’s scorched-earth campaign against Duffy, and Patrick Brazeau? Don’t you wish Jean Chretien was so devastating that his they were just a tad more concerned that they party has since ambled through two wannabe are perceived as thieves, instead of being so has-beens to the door of Kid Trudeau, Caped darned perturbed that they got caught? Crusader for the Liberal Cause.) And the rest of the Senate… wouldn’t it Those who have been successful in the past be nice if they could try putting the same amount of effort into fixing the problem as the three decades have owed that success to putamount they have been putting into burying it, ting politics on the moon – and keeping the dark side away from those of us who live on along with the three senators who got caught planet Earth. – instead of turning it into just one more of Unfortunately for the likes of Harper, Duffy, those mind-numbing political disagreements? et al, the moon goes through phases, and Wouldn’t the whole situation feel a little bit every once in a while, we get a glimpse of the more comfortable if the prime minister were parts where the sun don’t shine. more concerned that he has been branded a I’m reminded of a colleague’s comment that liar – he doesn’t even seem terribly concerned if we believe he’s a liar – instead of being con- has stuck in my brain since she uttered it more than 30 years ago: “Once you can fake sincercerned that the people who owe him favours ity, you’ve got it made.” might have proof?
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Tuesday, October 29, 2013
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Front page photos horrifying
Dear Editor, To say that I was shocked and horrified by the photos on your cover [Zombie alert!, Oct. 22, Langley Advance] is putting it mildly. Why on earth would the paper publish such graphic, disgusting photos? There is a very good reason why I don’t watch horror movies, and why I do not expose my children to such things. Isn’t there enough ugliness and death in the world without glorifying it and trying to make it “fun?” I am grateful that I was not in Fort Langley with my children that Saturday. I can’t even take them into a store like Value Village this time of year without being bombarded by disgusting displays of tombstones, severed limbs, bones, and bloody weapons – and now it apparently isn’t safe to walk around town or get the newspaper from the mailbox, either. I know it’s supposed to be “fun” and “it’s just Halloween!” But when did Halloween become an excuse to be so fixated on death, horror, blood, and guts? That has always been on the fringes of Halloween, of course, but now it is all so in your face that you can’t avoid it if you try. Halloween is now apparently even more popular than Christmas. I wonder what that says about our culture – glorifying all the darkest aspects of death and dying. This isn’t a holiday, it’s a horror show that you can no longer choose to opt out of. And thanks a lot, Fort Langley Studio, for organizing this charming Zombie Walk. I won’t be liking you on Facebook anytime soon. Jacoba Leyenhorst, Langley
No interest in the ‘living dead’
Dear Editor, I was really disturbed by your choice of front page graphic, where young children can easily view it. I am uninterested in seeing the “living dead.” How offensive! Not all of us want to see that. Caroline Visscher, Langley
Newspaper difficult to deliver
Dear Editor, Surely, there are newsworthy articles to fill your newspaper, rather than displaying photos and events that glamorize death and gore. As a newspaper carrier, I found it very difficult to deliver this newspaper around the neighbourhood. C. Vandeburgt, Langley
Walking dead far too scary
Dear Editor, The walking dead pictures look very scary, and if they bothered me, a middleaged woman, I can only imagine how it must have scared children and the elderly. There is no warning, nothing saying some of these pictures may be disturbing to some. Most TV stations would have at least had a warning. But not your paper – it is the first thing you see. I am disappointed that this is front page news, that this is entertainment. Wouldn’t it be better if the front page was dedicated to war veterans who have witnessed death and have struggled with getting images out of their minds? It wasn’t entertainment to them then, and it certainly isn’t now. Joyce VanSpronsen, Langley
Front page totally not OK
Dear Editor, I felt totally not OK that mostly children have to deliver a newspaper with pictures of a “zombie walk.” It’s sad that people seem to be focusing their attention, time, and energy on this kind of imagination while it is so much better for a community
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Imagine refugees’ reaction
Dear Editor, Imagine being a refugee who moved to Langley recently. Perhaps you’ve left a wartorn country where you’ve seen gruesome atrocities. You’ve tried to leave behind memories and heartaches that truly make you feel ill. Maybe there to the are images there you would rather not remember. What is it like to be in Canada, in Langley, and see people decorating for Halloween? What is it like to try to understand a zombie walk, and have such vivid images splashed across the front page of the newspaper on your doorstep? I shudder. I hid the newspaper from my preschoolers. I wanted to hide the newspaper from anyone I thought the “fun” images might cause confusion and grief. Death is real. Pain is real. Let’s not joke about it. Jessica Wildeboer, Langley
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Dear Editor, As a resident, I am quite certain that the community of Fort Langley doesn’t want its reputation marred by zombies. Perhaps you could focus on a high school student who has overcome challenges, or a small business that started from the ground up and is thriving due to hard work and local support. Why not a family or organization that is showing teamwork, persistence, honesty, and service? G. Macadam, Fort Langley
Zombie walk showcases trend
Dear Editor, Although I find the pictures and the whole event in poor taste, it does showcase the way our culture is trending: towards violence and death. Society is inundated with everything relating to violence and death, from video games, to movies, to music and the media. It is no wonder that we are so desensitized to it. On Saturday, Oct. 5, there was a prolife demonstration, called Life Chain, in Langley. Was the media there to post pictures and explain what was going on? I guess normally dressed people holding signs are not sensational enough for people to pay attention. If they had showed pictures of what an aborted baby looks like, there might have been a response, but definitely not a good one. Angela de Boer, Aldergrove
Zombies trump unborn babies
Dear Editor, Four hundred people take to the sidewalks in Langley as part of a North America-wide campaign to raise awareness about the value of life. Forty people dress up like zombies and walk around Fort Langley to raise awareness about… zombies. The business-sponsored event celebrating death gets a front page article, complete with disturbing photos, while the people trying to be a voice for the unborn can’t seem to get any coverage in their community paper. Sad. Bryan Grim, Langley [Note: The local Life-Chain event was covered in the Oct. 1 and 8 Langley Advance. Fuller versions of many of these letters and others on similar topics are online at www. langleyadvance.com. Click on Opinion.]
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fire department, has been with the bureau since 2006. “We both have had people come up to us by Heather Colpitts and say that ‘it was a hcolpitts@langleyadvance.com really bad year for us and we wouldn’t have The Langley Christmas Bureau made it through withhas been around for many years out the Christmas burproviding Christmas gifts and goodies to children whose families eau’,” McGregor said. The folks at the are in need. Christmas bureau are “We’re in our 40th year,” coalso approached by chair Jim McGregor noted. “And people who have been I think that one of the reasons we helped in the past and get so much support is that sense now contribute or even of confidence in the bureau.” volunteer to ensure A key factor in the community others have holiday confidence is how the bureau is memories. structured. Castron and Unlike other Christmas bureaus, McGregor said they Langley’s $100,000 operation is Heather Colpitts/Langley Advance have been asked why entirely volunteer-run and all the bureau provides for Jim McGregor and Leigh Castron jointly oversee the Langley Christmas Bureau and say the large group of money and gift donations go to people from cultures the children. Overhead, office dedicated volunteers make sure the operation works like a well-oiled machine. that don’t celebrate space, even the coffee for volunChristmas. “They bring very good quality dren in a family receive gifts. The teers is provided by businesses There are several reasons such books for every child,” Castron toughest groups to provide for are or other supporters. Many of the as making sure they feel included explained. “I think we’re the only tween boys and teens. businesses or community groups in the community and a major Christmas bureau that does that.” The Christmas bureau has new will even send in groups of helpannual celebration. And most culThat’s about $10,000 worth of digs in both downtown Langley ers to provide free labour. tures have key reading materials and in many and Aldergrove but it will be just Langley City staff concepts of gift- cases, books are the first thing to as easy to access services. ensure the computer giving, feastbe cut when a family is struggling The bureau is set up for another systems are working. ing, charity, financially. holiday season but this time in the City hall handles the and goodwill; Anyone who applies at the Coast Capital insurance building finances and accountwhat’s differChristmas bureau must meet eligi- (next door to the Coast Capital ing. ent is how that bility criteria, such as the child’s building on Fraser Highway). And the bureau has is manifested. primary home must be in Langley. The bureau operated from this relationships with McGregor added And for a few years now the space about four years ago and is local businesses so that it helps the bureau has printed its application all settled in now. it obtains wholesale children when forms in several languages to help And in Aldergrove, the office prices on the goods they can go families. has moved to the Aviva employit must buy, such as back to school The bureau works with churchment office at #104 26956 Fraser gift cards for teens or and talk about es, community groups, and the Hwy. the foodstuffs for the their Christmas school district to get the help to The Langley office at 20560 hampers. Heather Colpitts/Langley Advance experiences just where it’s needed while ensuring Fraser Highway operates Nov. 1 The bureau doesn’t like their classthat people are not abusing the to Dec. 20. have to worry about Ken Ogden, Langley City’s mates. generosity of the community. The Aldergrove office runs having enough help information services manager, The bureau Last year the bureau helped 809 Tuesdays and Thursdays Nov. 5 to get the work done, helped with the computer system at has volunteers families with 1,800 children. to Dec. 12. in fact it has to turn the Langley Christmas Bureau. who speak “We were up from the previous The toy depot days, when the away volunteers different lanyear,” Castron noted. gifts are distributed to families, because so many Numbers are pretty much are Dec. 16-18. helpers from previous Christmases guages, including sign language. The bureau is unique for its split between City residents and Complete information about keep coming back year after year. relationship with the Langley Township residents. The bureau applying for assistance and how Castron has been involved for Literacy Association, working receives lots of gifts for littler kids to help is at www.langleychrist13 years and McGregor, previtogether for a decade. but works to ensure all the chilmasbureau.com or 604-530-3001. ously involved through the City
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• Chairs for Charity was Oct. 24 and raised more than $4,000 through the sale of 21 distinctively decorated vintage chairs. “It was well attended,” said Christmas bureau cochair Leigh Castron. • A Jazz Christmas in the Fort is Nov. 16 at St. George’s Church Anglican and hosted by the merchants of Fort Langley. There will be works by artists Jack Stafford, Elaine Brewer-White, Tilden Webb, Kim Brandt, Dave Robbins as well as classical guitarist Jason Ratzlaff performing. Tickets are at http://www.eventbrite.ca/ event/8884400481. • The second annual Mayors’ Wives Tea is 14 p.m. on Nov. 17. Last year 227 people attended and this year there are 500 tickets available. It is hosted by Debbie Froese and Jean Schaffer at the Cascades Casino and featuring entertainment by the Langley Ukelele Ensemble, the Horvat Family and the Langley Community Music School. Tickets ($25) are available at JD Farms, Ella’s Boutique, the Birthplace of B.C. Gallery, the UPS Store in Walnut Grove, and after Nov. 1 at the Christmas bureau. • Gifts for Kids has been running for as long as the Langley Christmas Bureau. Langley City installs a Christmas tree at Willowbrook Shopping Centre and volunteers are there Dec. 2-15. People can pick out gift tags for girls and boys of different ages, pick up the requested item and return it to the booth to make giving convenient. • The First Capital Chorus Christmas Concert is Dec. 20. Watch the Langley Advance in the coming weeks for more about upcoming Christmas bureau events.
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ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP AWARD Langley Environmental Partners Society ~ Nichole Marples Award Sponsor/Presenter: Steve Mo, District Vice President of the Commercial CTR ~ TD Canada Trust
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COMMUNITY IMPACT AWARD – NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION (BUDGET OVER $250,000) Stepping Stone Community Services Society ~ Janet Burden Award Sponsor/Presenter: Holly Harding, Branch Manager Langley Community Branch ~ Vancity Savings and Credit Union
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COMMUNITY IMPACT AWARD – FOR-PROFIT BUSINESS Panago Pizza ~ Nav Dardi Award Sponsor/Presenter: Kristine Simpson, President, Greater Langley Chamber of Commerce
COMMUNITY IMPACT AWARD – NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION (BUDGET UNDER $250,000) Langley Community Farmers Market ~ Benedict Canale Award Sponsor/Presenter: Craig Pickell, CA, Supervisor of Assurance Services ~ Facet Advisors LLP
All photos courtesy of DENNIS DAVIDSON of KEEPSAKE PORTRAITS.
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Showcasing the personalities of Langley’s community of communities.
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Masha Sandquist, four, found more than pumpkins when she visited the Pumpkin Patch at Aldor Acres in Glen Valley.
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Osiris Jacob, seven, had to go on his tippy toes to get his face into a Marilyn Monroe cutout at the 20th annual Arts Alive festival held Saturday, Aug. 17, along the one-way portion of Fraser Highway.
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Looking back…
1953: B.C. stops water Forty Years Ago
October 18, 1973
Langley’s history, as recorded in the files of the Langley Advance. Eighty Years Ago
October 19, 1933
• A large crowd showed up at a meeting of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), despite heavy rain. Local candidate R.B. Swailes joined Rev. R.B. Baker to head up the meeting at Milner Hall. • A meeting of “those interested in the welfare of Langley residents” was organized to “help in the formation of plans to alleviate distress during the coming winter months.”
Seventy Years Ago
October 21, 1943
• A 60-piece naval band from Esquimalt was to give a concert, sponsored by the Board of Trade, in the drill hall in Langley Prairie.
Sixty Years Ago
October 22, 1953
• A school construction referendum that was to have gone to the public in the spring was dropped. Lack of preparation time was cited as the reason. • Any possibility of the Greater Cloverdale District Water Board building a Langley-Surrey water system was quashed by the B.C. legislature. The entire system would have cost $1,119,000.
• Dr. Scott Wallace, leader of the provincial Progressive Conservative party, was in town to speak to his followers. • Alderman Gary Smith proposed that Township council meetings be held evenings, to allow more people an opportunity to seek office. Thirty Years Ago
October 19, 1983
• Alderman Muriel Arnason proposed that Township council meetings be held evenings, to allow more people an opportunity to seek office. • An indoor community swimming pool project that had been killed by the withdrawal of provincial funding was being considered by private interests. Twenty Years Ago
October 20, 1993
• Township council sent a bill for $10,000 to Conocco Canada for development cost charges for a “dry and abondoned” natural gas test well on Zero Ave. Conocco, after promising full cooperation with local authorities in obtaining permission to make its controversial tests, balked at paying the fees, because it was concerned about the precedent it would set, affecting other gas companies drilling in other municipalities. • The future of Fort Langley’s May Day was in doubt, as
the Lions Club, which had organized the celebration for years, announced it would no longer be able to do so. • Thirty-two candidates met the nomination deadline to file for 12 council and school board seats in the upcoming civic elections. Running for mayor were independents John Scholtens and Aubrey Searle, currently sitting as councillors, and Brian Westwood of the PLAN slate. • In Langley City, 19 candidates were in the race for nine positions, including mayoralty contenders incumbent Joe Lopushinsky and current school board chair Marlene Grinnell. • Trinity Western University’s largest student population ever also set the record for the largest percentage growth for any university in Canada.
Ten Years Ago
October 21, 2003
• Record rainfalls flooded Langley’s streets and basements. The wet roads stalled a few cars, and winds that accompanied the rainstorm knocked down a few trees, but there were no injuries.
October 24, 2003
• Langley School Board sent a letter to Education Minister Christy Clark advising her that her “tiff” with teachers was spilling into classrooms and affecting students’ education.
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Fundraising Langley Seniors Centre Garage Sale Third annual garage sale takes place 8:30am to 3pm on Saturday, Nov. 2, at Langley Seniors Centre, 20605 51B Ave. Donations accepted at the centre until Oct. 30, 9am-4pm Monday to Friday, 8:30am-3pm Saturday. Call 604-530-3020.
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 lunch along with socializing and guest speakers. Cost $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. • Grand Tandoori Flame Restaurant, 20345 Fraser Hwy.: 2nd and 4th Tuesday 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. 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 and is at 1:30pm on Thursdays. 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, 604-530-3020.
Other Blood donor clinics Call 1-888-2-DONATE to book. Nov. 5: 1-8pm Murrayville Hall, 21667 48th Ave. Demystifying mushrooms Metro Vancouver Parks, Oct. 30 at Campbell Valley Regional Park. Learn how to identify mushrooms. An indoor presentation at 12:30 pm. and twokilometre nature walk. Dress for the weather and sign up at metrovancouveronline.org or 604-432-6359, quote barcode 5265. $8 for adults and $4.25 for youths and seniors.
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Resilient Rivermen rally to edge Warriors in OT Langley overcame a 2-0 second period deficit to edge visiting West Kelowna in overtime. by Troy Landreville
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At one point of their game against the visiting West Kelowna Warriors Saturday at the Langley Events Centre, it appeared as though the Langley Rivermen’s hopes of a second straight win on home ice were washing away. Rivermen forwards James Robinson and Austin Azurdia were penalized with back-to-back blow to the head majors 21 secTroy Landreville/Langley Advance onds apart from each other Langley Rivermen forward James Robinson dropped late in the first period. the gloves with West Kelowna Warrior Mac Ferner The Warriors made the during the first period of Saturday’s B.C. Hockey home team pay early in League game at the Langley Events Centre. the second period with powerplay goals from powerplay with the Warriors’ Jordan Masters 1:01 into Ryan Ivey serving a minor for the frame, followed by another high sticking. man advantage marker off the Cook’s goal came just seven stick of Connor Bucsis 2:16 later. seconds into the Rivermen man Cue the comeback, led by advantage. Rivermen captain Mitch McLain. Rivermen goaltender Brock McLain scored 11:51 into Crosswaite had a strong game, the middle frame to narrow stopping 24 of 26 shots. Langley’s deficit to 2-1. At the other end of the ice, the Then, 4:08 into the third perWarriors utilized two netminders iod, he scored to even it at 2-2. after Andy Desautels, who had The Rivermen completed the stopped all seven pucks directed come-from-behind victory at the his way, left the game with an 1:57 mark of the first overtime, when Will Cook tipped a Tanner injury at the 18:37 mark of the first period. Johnson shot on a Rivermen
West Kelowna Warriors goaltender Andy Desautels had to be helped off the Langley Events Centre ice with an injury late in the first period of Saturday’s game against the Langley Rivermen. Troy Landreville Langley Advance
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Langley Rivermen forward Austin Azurdia skated between West Kelowna Warriors goaltender Andy Desautels and defenceman Braxton Bilous during Saturday’s B.C. Hockey League game at the Langley Events Centre. The Rivermen clipped the Warriors 3-2 in overtime. Desautels was injured on the play in which Azurdia had been called for a blow to the head. Looking woozy, he had to be helped off the ice and into the Warriors’ dressing room. Warriors’ backup Cody Porter entered the game and, in his BCHL debut, allowed three goals on 19 shots. He was charged with the loss. The Rivermen improved to 11-5-1-1 with the win and sit on top of the B.C. Hockey League’s Mainland Division, two points up on the 10-7-1-1 Prince George Spruce Kings. The ’Men are back in action tomorrow night (Wednesday, Oct. 30) when they visit Chilliwack’s Prospera Centre to play the Chiefs. Langley’s next home game is this Saturday, Nov. 2 when the Rivermen host the Spruce Kings at the LEC. Game time is 7:15 p.m.
Rivermen 12, Coquitlam Express 2 Heading into Thursday’s home game against the Express, the Rivermen’s offence sputtered. The ’Men had scored just eight goals over their previous five games, an average of 1.60 per contest. The local juniors went 2-2-1 during that stretch. But against the Express, the ’Men channeled their inner Gretzky-era Edmonton Oilers, filling the Coquitlam cage with 12 pucks in a blowout victory in front of just 410 fans at the LEC. The Rivermen led 3-0 after the first period, 7-0 after 40 minutes of play and 10-0 on defenceman Tony Bretzman’s second goal of the season at the 8:02 mark of the third period. The teams exchanged a pair of goals each the rest of the way in a 10-goal Langley victory. A highly touted import rookie defenceman led the way for the
Rivermen. Eighteen-year-old Minnesota native Chris Forney scored a hat trick and added two assists for a five-point night. Other multiple-point scorers for the ’Men included forward Matt Ustaski (a goal and three assists), Bretzman and forward Nathan Craft (two goals, one assist each), forwards Azurdia and Marcus Vela (a goal and assist apiece), and James Robinson, Travis Maxwell, and Kevan Kilistoff (two helpers each). McLain and Brendan Gulka rounded out the list of Langley goal-scorers. Express goaltenders Gordie Defiel (allowing five goals on 20 shots) and backup Peter Dushenko (seven goals on 27 shots) both had a rough night in the Coquitlam net. At the other end of the ice, Rivermen goaltender Steve Myland stopped 25 of 27 Express shots.
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Langley United silver A 99 Rage player Reese Bull (right) battled for ball control against Juliano Cappellini from Coquitlam Metro Ford Gold Apollo during a U15 boys exhibition soccer game played recently at Willoughby Community Park. Coquitlam handed Langley its first loss of the season by a 3-1 score.
Depth powered Walnut Grove Secondary’s cross country team to three team titles at the Fraser Valley championships on Wednesday. by Troy Landreville
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Slow start stings Spartans
The Spartans were playing catchup all night against Oregon’s Warner Pacific College.
A great first quarter gave the Warner Pacific Knights the breathing room they needed to defeat the Trinity Western University Spartans 86-67 in non-conference men’s basketball action Thursday night at the Langley Events Centre. Fourth year guard Mark Perrin with 18 points and third year forward Taylor Heinrichs with 13 points and six rebounds led the Spartans, while the Knights from Southeast Portland finished with five players in double digit scoring. Doug Thomas led WPK with 16 points and seven rebounds. The Knights opened the first quarter shooting over 66 per cent from the field, and when the dust had settled after 10
minutes, Warner Pacific had a 13-point (33-20) lead over Trinity Western. The Spartans were much better at the start of the second quarter. TWU opened with an 11-5 run to cut the deficit to seven points, 38-31, with six minutes remaining in the quarter. The Spartans cooled off as the quarter progressed and found themselves still trailing by 12 points, 50-38, at the half. Warner Pacific locked away the game leading by 19-points, 73-54, heading into the final frame. The two teams would exchange hoops in the final quarter as WPC earned the 19-point victory. Next up for the Spartans are their Canada West Conference home openers Nov. 1 and 2 at the LEC. Game time against the University of Calgary on Friday night is set for 8 p.m. while Saturday’s tip-off against the University of Lethbridge is scheduled for 7 p.m.
Members of the Walnut Grove Gators cross country team got together for a
group photo following a successful Fraser Valley high school championship The Walnut Grove Gators have momentum meet in Clearbrook on Wednesday. heading to the B.C. high Buckingham (21st). impressive showing by the school cross country At 33rd, Dallas Tilley Gators. championships Saturday, rounded out Walnut “As a group they ran Nov. 2 at Aldergrove Lake Grove’s scoring runners. really better than they’ve Regional Park. In the junior boys race, run all season,” Sparks The Gators won three Langley Secondary’s Dean said. “We were served divisions at the Fraser by depth and we had Valley championships held Ellenwood easily topped some really outstanding at Clearbook Park this past the field, finishing the 5 km event in 16:44.02. runs. Emma Deardon was Wednesday, Oct. 23. Joel Harrison led the unbelievable. She was Walnut Grove winning Walnut Grove never that close to [teamSecondary’s cross country team with a third-place mate] Isabella Boccia runners topped the senior before.” girls, senior boys, and jun- result, followed by scoring Gators’ runners Paul Sparks knew the Gators’ ior boys categories. Buckingham (eighth), junior boys were strong The Gators’ senior girls Daniel Stead (12th), Ford “so the result doesn’t surtook first overall despite McMahon (22nd), and prise me,” he said. second place W.J. Mouat Liam Riley (33rd). The senior boys won the athletes finishing one/two Scoring runners with the Valley title as Grade 8s, in the race. Gators’ first-place senior which Sparks said is “a W.J. Mouat’s Sarya Ross boys group included James nice bookend for them.” won the senior girls four Lam (20th), Jim Harradine EXTRA MILE: This kilometre dash, followed (25th), Ben Demian (26th), Saturday’s provincial event by her teammate Callum Malav Subramaniam in Aldergrove starts with Pilgrim. (37th), and Richard Torres the 4.5 km junior girls’ Team depth gave the (40th). race at 10 a.m. followed Gators the title. Their The top Langley runner by the 4.5 km junior boys top scoring runner was in the senior boys race event at 10:45 a.m., the Chelsea Borrowdale, who was Langley Christian’s 4.5 senior girls race at finished sixth followed by Nick Colyne (eighth). 11:30 a.m., and the 6.7 km teammates Isabella Boccia Walnut Grove teacher senior boys race at 12:15 (ninth), Emma Deardon Don Sparks said it was an p.m. (11th), and Robyn
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