Langley Advance December 31 2013

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Langley’s professional lacrosse team will be appearing on nation-wide TV for two road games this month.

Starting with their season opener against the Colorado Mammoth, airing Jan. 4 at 6 p.m. on TSN2, the Vancouver Stealth will be front and centre on the national sports scene.

The Stealth will again appear on TSN2 Friday, Jan. 31 at 4:30 p.m. with an all-Canadian matchup, as they travel to Toronto to take on the Rock.

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This was a big year for many community groups and others who reached milestone anniversaries.

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Seventh Day Adventist Church Acts of Kindness Ministry program called AOK Extreme Home Repair and how was it celebrated? By doing a complete renovation of a family home.

Despite being called the White Rock chapter of the Hells Angels, the group has been based in Langley for many years.

During June, the Langley RCMP was keeping watch as the chapter marked its 30th anniversary.

The biggest milestone celebration of the year marked the 75 years of operation of Langley Regional Airport. The anniversary included a parade in the sky, when 57 planes took flight on a summer evening in June.

The airport also welcomed small planes from around B.C. and beyond for a fly-in weekend.

During the summer, the Langley Flippers had events to commemorate the swim club’s 50 years, including a bench dedication, a swim meet, a flash mob, and more.

To mark 25 years as a pumpkin patch, the Anderson family held a fundraising farm event at its Aldor Acres operations in August.

That same month, the Vintage Riders Equestrian group celebrated 10 years.

The Langley Animal Protection Society (LAPS) celebrated its 10th anniversary of caring for lost and abandoned animals.

2013 is year 20 for the Langley Seniors’ Resource Centre, which had a big shindig in October.

In October, the Fort Langley Artists Group (FLAG) celebrated its 20th anniversary with what else – an art show.

In November, 50 people from 20 different nations officially became Canadians in a citizenship ceremony hosted by Brookswood Secondary to mark the 40th anniversary of the school’s opening.

The company named after a nearby neighbourhood reached a milestone – Cloverdale Paint, started in 1933, turned 80.

And July 23, 2013, was the 82nd anniversary of the Langley Advance.

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The Trinity Western University men’s volleyball team bolstered its stock on the left side for years to come as coach Ben Josephson announced the signing of Ben Lieuwen and Braden Heppell.

Heppell is a Langley resident.

Lieuwen is from Abbotsford.

Lieuwen and Heppell join already signed middle Aaron Boettcher to round out an impressive trio of local athletes who will come to TWU next fall.

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An RCMP cruiser was about to be towed away from the scene following an incident at 72nd Avenue and 200th Street in which Mounties fired shots at a stolen car.

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Gunfire on Christmas Day Police opened fire as the driver of a stolen car rammed two cruisers near a busy intersection.

of the incident, Marks said.

“Lots of happening for a Christmas Day,” said Wes McClinton, who saw the incident unfold. “I was looking around at other cars, everyone’s faces were just jaws dropped, people were shaking, some people weren’t moving, still.”

by Matthew Claxton and Heather Colpitts McClinton said a shot shattered one of the mclaxton@langleyadvance.com stolen vehicle’s windows while the driver Police are still looking for their suspect was breaking free from between the police after a man in a stolen car rammed two cruisers. police cruisers and was shot at in turn on Neither of the officers involved in the Christmas Day. incident was hurt.

The attempted takedown The suspect sped off down “I was looking began when a man who had 72nd Avenue. The street had had his Honda del Sol stolen just been reopened the previaround at other cars, the previous day spotted it ous week after being closed everyone’s faces were for months due to water pipeat around 1 p.m. and called just jaws dropped, Surrey RCMP. line work.

Two Surrey officers tailed At least one of the Surrey people were shaking, the car to the intersection RCMP cruisers had to be some people weren’t of 72nd Avenue and 200th towed after the collision with Street and tried to box in the the stolen Honda. moving, still.” vehicle.

The bizarre incident tied up Wes McClinton The police officers then traffic for hours around the approached with guns intersection. drawn, according to witnesses.

Police later recovered the Honda in The driver rammed the cruisers and sped Cloverdale, and it was towed to the Surrey off.

RCMP detachment to be examined.

Police fired a shot or shots at the vehicle, Marks said the suspect is a Caucasian but don’t believe the driver was hit. man in his 40s, with a scruffy face and “An attempt was made to stop the vehicle medium-length brown hair. He was wearing and there was a collision between police glasses when last seen. vehicles and the stolen vehicle,” said Langley and Surrey RCMP are now workLangley RCMP Cpl. Holly Marks. ing together on the file.

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Year in Review

Fires deadliest in Langley memory A series of fatal fires swept across Langley City and Township this year.

by Matthew Claxton mclaxton@langleyadvance.com

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Firefighters enter the site of a fatal fire on Nov. 29 to investigate the cause. It was one of three fatal fires this year in Langley.

It was one of the worst years in living memory when it came to fatal fires in the Langleys.

In 2013, three people died in residential fires.

One man died in the Elm senior apartment complex on April 3, another resident was seriously hurt, and about 100 people had

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to be evacuated and were out of their homes for weeks or months.

The Langley Lions Senior Citizen Housing Society has managed the building for decades.

The fire displaced so many residents that a massive effort was made to help those who were temporarily displaced, with local churches, charities, and social welfare agencies working to help out.

A Nov. 28 fire in Langley Township claimed the life of an elderly woman and displaced several other residents of a fourplex in the 23800 block of Old Yale Road.

Local Liberals part of solid victory

The cause of the fire remains undetermined. Township firefighters said the blaze was so intense that much evidence was destroyed.

There were also several possible causes in a small area, including a space heater and multiple electrical outlets.

Less than two weeks later, a Dec. 9 fire killed a 64-year-old Langley City woman in the 20300 block of Grade Crescent.

The fire took more than an hour to put out and gutted the home.

The fire was caused by a wiring insulation breakdown, firefighters said.

e y b d o o G 2013…

Langley’s election had more drama than in years past, though the incumbents came through.

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Liberal Rich Coleman was pleased with his volunteers and his election night results in Fort Langley-Aldergrove.

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was proved wrong, and they were returned to opposition again.

Polls in the weeks running up to the election had showed the Liberals slowly cutting into the NDP lead – but most still showed the NDP coming out

by Matthew Claxton on top. mclaxton@langleyadvance.com Local NDP volunteers showed up taking it for granted that That longtime Liberal incumtheir candidate might lose, but bent Rich Coleman would that party leader Adrian Dix win his seat in Fort Langleywould become Aldergrove was premier. not much in They stared doubt before in shock as May’s election. news came But pundits in of a solid wondered Liberal victory. about his felBy the time all low Liberal, the votes were Mary Polak, counted, the in the Langley Liberals would riding. Would take 49 seats, her seat remain the NDP 34, safe between and the Green the apparently Langley Advance files Party would rising tide of take its first the NDP and John Cummins, leader of the upstart provincial seat, the challenge B.C. Conservatives, went down to from new B.C. defeat in the Langley riding, and would on Vancouver Island.

Conservative later resign as party leader.

Locally, Party leader Polak would take her seat with John Cummins on the right?

51.89 per cent of the vote, On election night, May 14, almost double that of first Polak and Coleman both sailed time NDP candidate Andrew back into office, Cummins and Mercier at 26.87 per cent. his party were left without a B.C. Conservative leader John seat, and NDP members were Cummins did better than his stunned as every public poll

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Mary Polak again won the Langley riding handily for the Liberals, despite losing her campaign-manager a week before the polls. fellow party members, but still At a press conference that took just 11.84 per cent in the day, Polak appeared shaken. riding he calls home. Green For her part, Polak said there candidate Wally Martin did were concerns that Hauptman almost as well, taking 9.56 per had disclosed information to cent of the vote. a friend who worked with In Fort Langley-Aldergrove, Mercier’s campaign. The local Rich Coleman took 55.1 per NDP campaign denied that. cent of the vote to 25.89 The campaign for both ridper cent of Shane Dyson of ings was defined by a series the NDP. of all-candidates Conservative meetings, at Rich Manual which most of took 9.01 the candidates per cent and answered quesindependent tions that ranged Kevin Mitchell from friendly and took 2.32 per simple to tough, cent. on issues from The most the environment notable incident to health care to in the camthe economy. paigns was the Early on, sudden deparMercier and ture of Polak’s Polak began a campaign series of pointed manager, Todd exchanges at the Langley Advance files Hauptman. A debates.

Shane Dyson of the NDP was young man Cummins also disappointed at his party’s showing showed some fire involved in politics in Langley at the all candiprovincially. since his teen dates meetings, years, Hauptman abruptly quit but he saved his most pointed a week before voting day. broadsides for election night.

Hauptman, who is gay, wrote In the wake of the surprise that the base of Liberal votLiberal victory, Cummins gave ers in the Langley riding holds his thoughts on why the elector“hateful attitudes towards the ate chose the new Liberal leader community I am a part of.” and her party.

He said Polak herself had “This was not choosing always been a friend to him and Christy Clark,” he said. “This shown him respect. was fear of the NDP.”

Mayor takes cabinet post Langley City leadership shifted during 2013.

by Heather Colpitts

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The biggest Langley City municipal news was the loss of longtime mayor Peter Fassbender after he was elected the MLA in the Surrey Fleetwood riding.

The spring election that saw Fassbender elected brought up the question of whether to have a municipal by-election to fill the mayor’s seat or find another route.

City council debated whether to spend the approximately $45,000 it would cost for an election.

Councillor Dave Hall called for a by-election so the residents could decide and noted that having a new person on council would being a fresh perspective.

Councillor Ted Schaffer said council was elected to make decisions on behalf of residents.

The rest of council voted to have the mayor take a leave of absence until January 2014 at which time he will officially resign.

By then, enough time will have passed that election law does not require a by-election. The next general municipal election is autumn 2014.

Schaffer was chosen by council as acting mayor. Fassbender was named education minister in Premier Christy Clark’s cabinet.

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Josh Vandal from Haida Gwaii wore face paint Jan. 19 in support of the Idle No More movement. Non-natives and natives came together at the Willowbrook Shopping Centre parking lot to voice their concerns about the Bill C-45 Omnibus Bill. INM supporters believe the Conservative government bills beginning with Bill C-45 threaten treaties and the indigenous vision of sovereignty.

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Cars, trucks, motorcycles, and people filled Fraser Highway west of Innes Corners on Sept. 6, for the Langley Good Times Cruise-In.

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Good-bye 2013…

An eventful year in Langley was frozen in time.

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Cathy Dunn and her sons Jamie and Ian were overwhelmed on May 20 when they saw their newly renovated home in Aldergrove for the first time in 15 days. The Dunn family moved out of the home to allow more than 200 volunteer workers to perform a complete rebuild during the 2013 Acts of Kindness Extreme Home Repair.

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Abbey McLeod found refuge from the cold, wet weather in her dad’s firefighter coat during the Langley-Aldergrove-Abbotsford Walk for Memories Jan. 27 in Aldergrove.

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West-Lee Mayo epitomized effort while running solo towards the finish line July 13 at McLeod Athletic Park, during the 2013 Special Olympics BC Summer Games. Langley hosted the Games July 11-13. The 11-sport event drew 1,143 athletes, 339 coaches, and roughly 100 mission staff from 55 communities across the province.

B.C. Premier Christy Clark spoke to 220 guests at Newlands Golf and Country Club during the Langley Chamber of Commerce Leadership Luncheon on March 25.

Troy Landreville Langley Advance files

One of the more popular entries in the May Day parade in Fort Langley on May 20 was a Mountie, dressed in red serge, riding a horse.

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Mackenzie Greenhow, 10, and her mom Angela held a dove that they released in memory of Ryder, Mackenzie’s baby brother and Angela’s son who died from CHARGE syndrome five years ago. The dove release was part of a Mourning Mothers ceremony held at Langley Lawn Cemetery.

On Sept. 30, road crews dealt with a portion of 232nd Street and 29th Avenue in South Langley that was washed out near the site of recent culvert construction.

Heavy rain caused the road to give way.

Troy Landreville Langley Advance files

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Thanks for your 2013 support

There’s something about a warm house, leftover turkey soup, a bit of post-Christmas music, that makes us count our blessings and wax nostalgic at this time of year.

The newspaper industry is marked by change now. While community newspapers remain intrinsically connected to our own neighbourhood readers, businesses, and community organizations, there is no doubt we are in a transition stage.

You can now connect with us online and catch up on news via several platforms.

We have friends on Facebook, followers on Twitter and, of course, there’s YouTube. It’s all pretty amazing. But we hope all that technology isn’t outshining what community journalists and newspapers are all about.

When we look back at 2013, we don’t count how many smartphones we had. We count how many readers spent the time to connect with us and ask us to do a story on them, or on an issue dear to them.

Be it animal bylaws, trees or taxes, what mattered to those folks was that a local journalist spent time making sure of the facts, and that their side of the issue was included and conveyed to other people – our readers.

We are able to do that job because advertisers find value in the paper, because people read it. It’s a simple equation, but one that is often lost in the buzz over bright new shiny gadgets.

It’s all about people.

So, we pause a moment to be grateful, not just for our warm abodes, but also for all the people in Langley who made a connection with us this past year and trusted us with their advertisements, stories, letters, photos, and much more.

And, of course, a special thank you to all the paper carriers who trudge door-to-door, no matter the weather, to bring our work to you.

We really couldn’t do it without you all!

Thank you for your readership and support in 2013.

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Un-fond farewell for a stinker Moving east, it’s hard to imagine that spring will ever arrive in Afghanistan again, and then further east still, need I say more than, “North Korea?”

With the help of one Edward Snowden, Bob Groeneveld Americans who already were beginning to editor@langleyadvance.com realize that Barack Obama was not going to be the exceptionally great president that they expected – and needed – discovered that he Whew! had at least as many dirty little secrets as any Glad that’s almost over. president who had gone before.

In just a few hours, 2013 will be little more Down south, Democrats and Republicans than a stinking, festering memory begging to both have become disillusioned with their dobe packed away in a locked strongbox in the nothing champions, and even the Tea Partiers darkest corner of the nether cracks and cranhave switched to bourbon, gin, vodka… but nies of my mind. definitely not tequila!

I lost several friends this year, and my dad.

If you are a political animal in Canada and I know I’m getting older now, and I need think 2013 was a good year, you’re a BC to expect that, as many of the people close to Liberal. me are also getting older, this sort of thing is For all others – federal, provgoing to happen more often. incial, or Toronto – the year was Dad, after all, was nearly 99 disappointing, disheartening, If you think 2013 when, apparently making an disillusioning, or downright disunexpected recovery from medwas a good year, gusting. ical complications that had been politically, you’re a In B.C., 2013 was the year threatening to end him, he threw of the Christy Crunch, the Dix up his arms and exclaimed, “I BC Liberal.

Dump, and the Cummins… feel fine!” And on that high note, whatever. at that very instant, he stopped Nationally, a new Trudeau broke onto the being. scene… except in the eyes of a few wishfulOthers made their exits with far less cheer and readiness, and far too soon in every sense. thinking FedLibs, he’s been pretty ho-hum… but nevertheless was able to take the lustre off Closer to home – literally – the downstairs Thomas Mulcair’s New Democrat opposition. of our house was flooded out in the spring, And if you’re a still a Harper Conservative requiring massive repairs and rebuilding.

– despite the Pierre Poutine/robo-calls scanAnd to add a dollop of irony to the year’s progression… or should I say, regression… our dal, the Bev Oda/orange juice scandal, the Duffy, Wright, et al/senate scandal – you’ve well dried up in the fall, leaving us without either been batting your ears while shouting water for weeks. “lalalalalalalala…” or you’re in a coma.

There were a few peaks in the valley that I know it all sounds terribly pessimistic… was 2013: for instance, a beautiful baby girl but I figure it’s better to finish the year on a entered a peripheral part of our sphere of existence right about the time Dad was leaving low note, with the expectation that it can only get better from here.

– the Circle of Life, indeed!

And with that guardedly optimistic thought, But even on the larger scale, 2013 has to go I wish you a happy New Year, and offer the down in the history books as one of the more further wish that your worst moment in the poorly written pages. year ahead is equal to or better than the best The Arab Spring turned to Fall in Egypt and of the year past. other parts of the Middle East, and skipped Cheers! right to Winter in Syria.

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Calling on worthy recipients

Dear Editor, As part of the Township of Langley Volunteer Awards Recognition Team, it is our great pleasure to honour the wonderful volunteers who reside in the Township and so willingly give up their time throughout the year.

We know there are a great many people who give generously of their time, but in order to honour them, we need to know who they all are, so we’re asking your readers to put the names of those volunteers forward Nominations for volunteers who reside in the Township and contribute to making our community a better place to live will be accepted from Jan. 8 through Feb. 21.

We’re writing in hopes that, as your readers gather for year-end events or annual general meetings, they will think of volunteers they know who deserve to be honoured for their volunteer work, and that they will submit those names during the nomination period.

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Tax-use questions need to be asked needs to be closer scrutiny of Langley City staff-recommended projects that are routinely left unquestioned, endorsed by a council majority, and proceed to a draft budget, all behind closed doors.

Unfortunately, history tells us that amendments to such drafts in the past have fallen on deaf ears, and there are few on council who are willing to provide the leadership necessary to provide critical

Langley Township

Parking resolved… for now

Dear Editor, After a two-month battle against the Township of Langley, I am pleased to announce that parking has now been reinstated for the holiday season (for now).

Permanent solutions will hopefully be developed in the new year, by mid-Feburary at the latest, as I was told during Monday’s public hearing.

Just received a phone call from bylaws manager Bill Storie and noted the following: Effective until Jan. 6, parking on 80th Avenue (on both sides) is now allowed, with the exception of the obvious (ie. no parking in front of fire hydrants, etc.).

“No Parking” signs on 80th Avenue will be covered up and bagged to avoid confusion.

“No Parking” signs on 20th Street will also be covered up and bagged.

Parking on 208th and 212th Streets is still not allowed, but that’s minor, compared to the size and width of 80th Avenue in our four-block stretch!

Thanks go to Councillor Kim Richter for standing up for us and for really showing how much she cares about the residents in our community.

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questions in public, and perhaps propose some alternatives that may well be in the public’s greater interest.

Here are some questions.

Should the City spend $20,000 planning Penzer Park improvements and $50,000 on the bike park before even considering planning on Buckley Park which has become an obsolete and under-used facility?

Should the City spend $25,000 on a new off-leash dog park without first identifying a location or evaluating the success of the newly opened existing park?

Should the City spend $50,000 in paving the dog off-leash parking lot or simply pave the entrance, and direct some of the money to drainage and trail upgrades?

Should the City deliver $30,000 to create 32 additional community garden plots at an as yet undetermined site, or simply phase in a few new plots as demand is established?

Should the City spend $90,000 on a complete retrofit of the Douglas Sport’s box, or should a reduced fix be looked at, with a potential repositioning of the City Park box to accommodate an artificial field?

Surely these need to receive some greater public exposure and input.

Dave Hall, Langley City Councillor

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Dear Editor, Too often, municipal councils focus on tax rates for operating services, and the public sees scant evidence of priority decisions about big ticket capital projects.

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We have great people here in Langley and we would love to honour them at our awards ceremony in April.

We are seeking nominations for two specific awards: Letters • The Eric Flowerdew Award to the recognizes a volunteer who promotes an active living lifestyle that enhances residents’ quality of life through creative, cultural, Editor physical, or social pursuits, promotes traditional and non-traditional recreation activities, and enhances Langley’s community spirit.

• The John and Muriel Arnason Award is presented to a volunteer couple who advocate culture, learning, and literacy, foster partnerships and cooperative efforts, and create the potential for long-term benefits to the Langley community.

Nomination forms and information can be had from Sarah Larsh at 604-533-6115, or by email at slarsh@tol.ca.

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Looking back…

2004: Coleman 2003’s Newsmaker

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

Eighty Years Ago

December 28, 1933

• A new municipal bylaw required automobiles in Langley to be parked at a 45-degree angle to the street, with the right front wheel close to the curb.

Trucks were not permitted to be parked on the street, but truckers were allowed a reasonable time for loading and unloading in specified zones.

• W. Rooke won the local billiards championship.

Runners up were T. Enright, W. Lott, and F. Howell. In the snookers tournament, H. Brandow was champ, followed by Reg. Ryan, K. McClary, and G. Jackson.

Seventy Years Ago

December 30, 1943

• H.B. Devine, spokesman for the newly formed Municipal Employees Association,

December 31, 1953

• Langley’s share of provincial social assistance funding for 1953 was $81,525.

A total of $5,750,000 had been distributed between 113 cities, municipalities, and villages throughout B.C. • Council opposed BC Motor Transportation Company’s

Twenty Years Ago

Ten Years Ago

• Langley was held in the grip of a record-breaking cold snap.

• Langley Chamber of Commerce officers were excited upon hearing that an extra $600,000 had been set aside by the federal government for job creation in Fraser Valley West electoral riding.

• A calf was saved from a coyote by three kids… the human kind, that is. The three youngsters heard a commotion and spotted coyotes attacking a five-dayold calf. They scared the coyotes off and arranged for medical help for the injured calf.

• Emergency responders reported that Christmas had been “very quiet.”

December 28, 1983

approached council and obtained approval for the society, as well as gaining permission to use the municipal hall for meetings.

• A recount was requested after a referendum to build a library was defeated by three votes.

• Another referendum strongly supported dumping the provincially appointed school district administrator in favour of a locally elected school board.

Sixty Years Ago

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proposal to discontinue its thrice-weekly bus service between Langley Prairie and Abbotsford.

Fifty Years Ago

January 3, 1964

• Langley Township council adopted a policy of planting perennial shrubs around public buildings wherever possible, to reduce maintenance costs.

Forty Years Ago

December 27, 1973

• The Langley Lord Junior A hockey team was at the top of the B.C. Junior Hockey League standings, with 39 points.

• Langley City council decided to split its clerkadministrator job in two, after Charlie Partington announced his plans to retire from the single position in the coming year.

December 30, 2003

Twenty Years Ago

December 29, 1993

• While local retailers anticipated closing their books on a banner December overall, Boxing Day sales volumes were down from the year before.

• Township council agreed to a reclamation plan for the old Jackman landfill, including topping it with recycled sludge.

• A snatch-and-grab robbery netted thieves $11,000 in a Willowbrook Drive parking lot. The thugs hit a local store proprietor as he was unlocking his car on his way to make a night deposit at the bank.

January 2, 2004

• The Langley Advance named Rich Coleman its 2003 Newsmaker of the Year.

Over the course of the year, the Fort Langley-Aldergrove MLA had become one of the most recognizable individuals in B.C., as he took on trouble-shooting duties for a number of controversial issues that had tested the provincial government’s resources and resolve, and resulted in national and in some cases international exposure. His various ministerial portfolios put

him at the forefront of news coverage of some of the worst wildfires in B.C.’s history, important changes in laws governing young drivers and street racing, and the arrest, charge, and conviction of B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell for drunk driving in Hawaii. Over the course of the year, his responsibilities grew to include government oversight of ICBC, liquor distribution, and commercial vehicle compliance.

But he believed that his Police Records Information Management Environment – linking communications and information between all municipal and RCMP detachments throughout the province would prove to be his crowning achievement.

• The owner of the popular Hillcrest Drive-in theatre which earlier in 2003 had closed its Surrey location, on Fraser Highway just up the hill from Langley, was considering re-opening in Aldergrove.

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Year in Review

Cars show unhealthy affinity for buildings Three times in 2012 cars collided spectacularly with buildings in Langley.

one case causing serious injuries to a number of bystanders.

The first crash was on Feb. 26 at the BCAA office on the Langley Bypass east of 200th Street.

An elderly woman at the

by Matthew Claxton wheel of a sedan drove up mclaxton@langleyadvance.com to the curb, stopped, and It was not a good year to be on the then drove straight forward roads in Langley, but it was almost as through the glass doors of the scary for pedestrians and those inside building. buildings.

No one was hurt, despite No fewer than three cars crashed into the fact that the car drove buildings around Langley this year, in all the way into the office.

There were no customers standing there at the moment of the crash.

The driver was taken Langley Advance files to Langley Memorial An elderly woman was the first of several drivers who collided with buildings around Langley in 2013.

Hospital for observation. brake, and drove through the front glass but not taken to hospital.

Much more serious was at the store, injuring four people, two of The last such incident was less serious. the crash on May 13, at them seriously.

On Sept. 23, a car turning off 206th Street the Nature’s Fare Market On the afternoon of May 28, Glenwood at an alley by a medical center on 56th off 200th Street just south Elementary was the site of a near-miss as Avenue hit a traffic control post and got of the Bypass. a car swerved off 208th Street stuck.

A man in his into the parking lot of the The car was left with two driver’s side 80s is thought school at 28th Avenue. wheels in the air.

Matthew Claxton/Langley Advance files to have mixed The car was apparently Firefighters said the driver wasn’t hurt, It was a relatively minor crash, but a unique one, that greeted Langley up the gas heading south and swerved but was somewhat embarrassed.

City firefighters on Sept. 23. pedal and to avoid another vehicle.

It clipped Year in Review the back of a staff member’s car and then rearended a parked School District 35 maintenance van. The van, which had BMW, Audi and Infiniti in the Auto its parking brake on, was Collection, a 15-acre auto mall at the still knocked the length of corner of Glover Road and the Langley the parking lot.

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The driver slid out of the Mercedes opened across the road window of the car and ran

by Heather Colpitts beside Mufford Crescent and had a gala away. hcolpitts@langleyadvance.com grand opening in November, unveiling a On July 22, a red PT Langley continued its drive to become commercial filmed in Langley.

Cruiser hopped the curb a destination for the auto sector with Still to come is the Jaguar/Land Rover in the 20500 block of 56th the opening of several more businesses. dealership in 2015.

Avenue and smashed the Longtime auto dealer Preston GM had And to help motorists, both the glass doors in the Country a grand opening in March for its major Township and City have installed charBarber Shop. No one was renovation. ging stations for electric vehicles at sevhurt, and the driver, an Troy Landreville/Langley Advance files In October Porsche held a grounderal municipal sites, including municipal elderly man, was checked On May 28, crews responded to a transport truck that turned over on the breaking on a new dealership that is halls, the City public works site, and the over by firefighters and scheduled to open in late 2014. It joins Langley Events Centre.

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by Matthew Claxton “I don’t think there’s any mclaxton@langleyadvance.com value in hatred or carrying There was just a sinaround bitterness,” said gle murder committed Paul. within Langley in 2013, Although there was only and the police arrested a one slaying within Langley suspect before the year in the year, other killings Langley Advance files was up. fell on the cusp of the year Sgt. Bari Emam of Taylor Johnson, a or on the community’s borIHIT spoke at the press ders. pastor’s son from Delta, conference Nov. 26 was found dead in a Cole Adam Manning, a 40to announce an arrest South Brookswood year-old Cloverdale resident, in the George Antone home on Feb. 26, 2013. was killed in a home on the murder case.

The home was Willoughby slope on Dec. being used as a grow 31, 2012. Jason Terrence operation, and police say that the Brewer, a 24-year-old Langley man, attempted theft of the pot was the was arrested and charged with likely motivation for the slaying. second degree murder In early October, officers with the shortly after the discovIntegrated Homicide Investigation ery of the body.

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Paul and Wendi Johnson spoke after police announced they had arrested a suspect in the murder of the couple’s son, Taylor. in the 9100 block of King George Boulevard.

Police issued a warning to sex trade workers after her death. No suspect has been arrested in the slaying.

Hi-Knoll Park’s parking area at about 195th Street and Colebrook Road was the site where the body of Marc Bontkes was found in early 2009. His murder was linked to the drug trade, and three individuals were eventually convicted in relation to the crime.

Police began to wrap up other investigations from previous years.

The murder of George Antone, a 71-year-old Kwantlen elder found shot to death in his MacMillan Island home on March 7, 2011, finally led to a charge.

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Langley Rugby Club’s Ryan Brown gave a UBC defender a forearm shiver during an Okanagan Spring Brewery League Second Division match-up April 13 at LRC’s home field on Crush Crescent.

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The Walnut Grove Gators, including Grade 11 guard Lucas Hodgson, celebrated their B.C. championship victory March 16 at the Langley Events Centre. The Gators defeated the White Rock Christian Academy Warriors 59-53 in front of 4,443 fans.

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During a July 2 press conference at the Langley Events Centre, the Vancouver Stealth introduced itself to the region. The National Lacrosse League team relocated from Everett, Wash. to Langley this past summer. National Lacrosse League commissioner George Daniel was joined by media and the lacrosse community as the Stealth announced its plan for ticket sales while introducing the gathering to team ownership, management, coaching staff, and a select group of players.

Langley Mustangs running back Nolan McMurchy attempted to slip out of the grasp of North Delta Longhorns tackler Austin Blum Dec. 1 at McLeod Stadium.

The Mustangs downed the Longhorns 24-7 during the BC Community Football 12-Man Provincial Championships bantam division game.

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Team Canada player Rudy Verhoeff took flight before hitting the ball during the host country’s 3-0 win over Cuba in the Sept. 27 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 Sept. 28 at the LEC.

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Brookswood Bobcats guard Sydney Williams battled for a rebound with South Kamloops Titans forward Emma Wolfram during the B.C. senior girls Triple A basketball tournament title game March 9 at the Langley Events Centre. The Titans won 59-49 to repeat as provincial champions.

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