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Dunns off on an African adventure A Murrayville family is packing up and heading to Africa for charity work. by Heather Colpitts

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A Langley family is hoping lots of people join them for a Sunday stroll on Aug. 10. They’ve enlisted help from their church, St. Joseph’s Catholic, and is hoping the public will help with this fundraiser. They have a goal of raising $25,000, funds that will be used by a charity in Kenya, where the family is moving to for two years. The Dunns, Sarah, Michael, and their teens Rachel and Victoria, are about to go from the comforts of a home in Murrayville and the conveniences of Canada to charity work in Kenya. (Oldest son Austin is working construction in Fort MacMurray so he will head over for visits.) “We call it our Great Canadian Family Gap Year,” said Sarah. Some keepsakes have been packed away in storage and the family sets off in early August. Right now there’s excitement, anxiety and fatigue, but the four are anxious to return to Africa and help at the Crisis Centre For Carers (CCC) in Mombasa. “We’re going to see firsthand where the money goes and the impact,” Sarah said. She and Michael decided this was an opportune time. They didn’t want to be too old to do serious charity work but hesitated while the kids were small. “It’s been on our radar for a long time,” Sarah explained. They are following the lead of Pope Francis who has shaken up the papacy through humble but forceful initiatives such as his International Campaign of One Human Family, Food for All campaign. The Dunns went to Africa on an extended vacation several months ago, giving them a chance to suss out the possibilities. It was also a chance to meet Mama Rosa, who runs the Crisis Center for Carers, founded in 2001. “It’s not just about another dollar for Africa,” Michael said. “They want to be self-sufficient.” The centre is about helping people set up small businesses or farms so they can be self sustaining. There’s also counselling for those dealing with trauma or help for grandparents raising grandchildren because the parents have died of HIV/AIDs. The middle ages of the African population

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Rachel and Victoria Dunn will be heading off with their parents Michael and Sarah as the family moves to Africa to do humanitarian work for the next year. They are decked out in jewelry made from found objects such as newspaper that are made through the Crisis Center for Carers, the charity they support. It teaches life and job skills so people can support themselves and their families. has been hard hit by the disease, leaving many seniors raising children. CCC is there to help those who care for others, whether it’s job skills or life skills. The Dunns also like the fact that those who receive help from CCC must in turn volunteer with it and help others. The Dunns will be living in Nairobi and covering their own costs so that all the donations can go to the CCC. Sarah and Michael will be finding jobs over in Africa so they pose no drain on the charity they want to help.

How to help

• Tegemeza Kenya: a charity set up by the Dunn family. Online donations are possible through the site. More information is at tegemeza.com. (Tegemeza translates as ‘to support’.) • St. Joseph’s Walk a Thon: Sunday, Aug. 10, take part in a five-kilometre walk. It’s being put on by the St. Joseph’s Catholic Church Development and Peace Committee and starts at 11 a.m. at the church, 20676 Fraser Hwy. • Gofundme: the crowdsourcing website (www.gofundme.com/7v1dns). The Dunns have a goal of $25,000. Proceeds from these initiatives go to Mombasa Crisis Centre For Carers (CCC) to provide basic necessities of food, shelter and education for families, specifically the caregivers who need support caring for orphaned children.

Michael is on leave from the Surrey RCMP and Sarah worked for TD Canada Trust. They will bring their job skills to this new chapter in their lives. Sarah said she will have a lot to learn about business in Africa, but hopes to use her business knowledge to help the clients of CCC be more successful. Victoria, 13, and 16-year-old Rachel have been registered in an international school in Nairobi where the family will live. While sad to leave friends here where they attended Langley Fundamental, they are looking forward to going. “I’m totally up for the adven-

ture,” said Rachel. “Something good will always come out of it. It’s not going to be easy and it’s going to be emotionally draining but you get so much more in return.” Victoria admits to mixed emotions but is looking forward to helping others. Taking on new challenges seems to be part of their DNA. Sarah was born in Africa and spent her formative years in England before spending most of her life in Canada. Sarah’s mother, a pilot and flight instructor, has lived in Africa for more than four decades, and resided various countries during her life.

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The Dunns were in Africa for an extended vacation recently to check out the possibility of making a move there to do charity work. That’s where they met the Mama Rosa who created the Crisis Center for Carers, the staff and several people benefitting from its programs.

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Langley’s Svein Tuft had a strong end to his second Tour de France, with a top-20 finish in the individual time trial and some boisterous riding on the final stage into Paris. Tuft, the nine-time Canadian time-trial champion, finished 15th in the 54 km stage, on the second to last day of the 21-day Tour. He was riding with the ORICA GreenEDGE team, based out of Australia. Tuft was 3:23 seconds behind time trial stage winner Tony Martin. In past tours, the individual time trial has been placed in the first week of competition, leaving the riders relatively fresh. Tuft had to haul himself over the mountain stages to make it to the event that is his specialty. In the overall standings, Tuft was 131st out of 164 riders who survived the gruelling race. • More online

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Kevin Burkett relaxed in a camping chair after casting his fishing line into the Fraser River, off the shores of Derby Reach Regional Park on a hot and sunny afternoon July 26. The forecast calls for more hot days so people will be looking for ways to stay cool.

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A teenaged girl was attacked on a path behind Clayton Heights Secondary in broad daylight last week, say Surrey RCMP. On Sunday, July 27, the 16-year-old girl was walking through the area at around 2 p.m. when the suspect approached her from behind, said Cpl. Dale Carr, a spokesperson for the Surrey RCMP.

The man put his sunglasses. arm around the A composite girl’s neck and she sketch of the man screamed. He let her has been created, go and ran away to and police are askthe north. ing anyone who recPolice foot patrols, ognizes him to call including searchthe RCMP. ing by Police Dog Clayton Heights Services officers, Secondary is located failed to find him. at 7003 188th St. After speaking to near the Surreythe victim and other Langley border, witnesses, Carr said west of Willoughby. Assault suspect the man is believed Anyone with Wanted to be a white male information on in his mid-30s, 6’0” tall, with a the man should call the Surrey medium build and dark hair. RCMP at 604-599-0502, or to At the time of the attack, he remain anonymous, call the was wearing a rust or tan colCrimeStoppers line at 1-800-222oured tank top, black shorts, and 8477 (TIPS).

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Theft of wire set off RCMP alarms Another wire theft in rural Langley saw phone lines swiped near 16th Avenue. by Matthew Claxton mclaxton@langleyadvance.com

The latest wire theft to hit Langley came in the early morning hours of July 29th, and police are looking for witnesses. Sometime around 3:30 a.m., a thief or thieves removed Telus phone lines from the area

around the intersection of 224th Street and 16th Avenue, said Sgt. Ravi Pawar of the Langley RCMP. Fortunately, it didn’t disrupt phone service in the area. Telus had already installed fibre optic lines in the region, but hadn’t yet removed its old copper wire. The thieves took several blocks worth of wire, said Pawar. The police and Telus officials are now actively investigating the theft. The RCMP was alerted to

the theft while it was still in progress because the line was alarmed. Although officers who responded didn’t catch the wire thieves in the act, they did find some evidence that they hope will lead to arrests, said Pawar. Anyone who was driving through the area between about 3:30 and 4:15 a.m. on July 29 and saw any suspicious activity is being urged to contact the Langley RCMP at 604-5323200, or to call CrimeStoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or via www.solvecrime.ca.

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Township looks into drug house by Matthew Claxton mclaxton@langleyadvance.com

Now that the RCMP have packed up, Langley Township will be taking a look at the house where almost $400,000 worth of illegal drugs were found. The July raid by the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit (CFSEU) found almost $400,000 worth of drugs. Three men, described as high-ranking members of the Aldergrove-based 856 gang, were arrested and may face charges. “It’s been brought to our attention because of the raid,” said Bill Storie, the head of Bylaw Enforcement for the Township. The house, in the 4600 block of 236th Street, was described as a sizeable building of approximately 10,000 square feet. Police found it divided up into suites inside. Storie noted that the Township only allows a maximum of one suite for single family homes. The building is certainly not in an area zoned for any kind of apartment building.

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Langley Township council voted to take a second look at a planned development at the base of the Willoughby Slope. Portrait Homes wants to build a complex with two five-storey buildings containing 120 apartments, almost 5,000 square feet of commercial space and 13,690 square feet of office space. Another 91 townhouse units would back up the slopes from 65th Avenue. The property is a triangular piece of land east of 204th Street across the street from the Township Civic Facility. At a public hearing in July, the Township heard from a number of local residents who were concerned with the project. Many of the issues raised are heard frequently in Willoughby – there were fears about a lack of parking for new residents, and about more children having to pack into already crowded local schools. Several neighbours also mentioned there seems to be a rat problem in the neighbourhood, and worried about loss of property values, density, crime, and a lack of park space for residents. Developers tried to assuage some of those fears, in particular pointing to the fact that they will be putting in more visitor parking than the site requires, including using the commercial parking for visitors in the evenings.

Part of the lack of parks in the area could be solved by the creation of a $175,000 new park on Township owned land to the north of 66th Avenue. The developers will contribute $100,000 of that cost if the project goes ahead. Township councillors talked of dealing with some of the issues right away, while letting staff take a look at other concerns. The referal was suggested by Councillor Kim Richter, who said there are a host of issues to look at, from a possible crosswalk to whether there needs to be a survey of the neighbouring homes’ foundations. She also mentioned looking at rules for when construction is allowed. A seniors home is directly to the west of the site. Coun. Charlie Fox voted for the referral, but was broadly in favour of the project if some of the issues are dealt with. “What does the neighbourhood truly want there?” he said. If the mixed development doesn’t go through, the land could be developed for light industrial uses, which he suggested wouldn’t be much fun for the neighbours. Also in favour of dealing with the rat question and other issues right away was Coun. Bob Long. “I think the rat situation should be addressed right away,” Long said. “Let’s get the Pied Piper out there and get rid of the rats right away.” After the referral of the rezoning, the council voted to look at four issues raised immediately, including rats, damage to a nearby skateboard park, and some school-related issues. The matter won’t come back before the Township council until they resume meeting in September.

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New field for park Hospital helpers find new home Community efforts equates to improvements for Aldergrove Athletic Park. Community grants, donations, and hard work by volunteers have made playing and watching soccer a better experience at Aldergrove Athletic Park. On July 19, a recognition ceremony was held to officially open the new improvements to the east synthetic turf field at the park, located at 29 Avenue and 267B Street. Two players’ seating areas, two goal storage

areas, and a concrete spectators’ seating area on the west side of the turf field – a value of about $16,000 – were added thanks to community members who worked in conjunction with Township of Langley staff. The project was funded by Aldergrove Credit Union members Brian Thomasson and Joe Breier, Aldergrove United Soccer Club, and the Aldergrove Youth Soccer Club, which utilized a Township of Langley Neighbourhood Initiative Program matching grant. The total cost of the work was covered by donations and matching funds.

Langley Township Councillors Steve Ferguson (left), Bev Dornan, and Charlie Fox (right), along with members of local soccer teams, joined Aldergrove Youth Soccer Club’s Rob Wilson and Bill Ede, Aldergrove United Soccer Club’s Melissa Baron, and Aldergrove Credit Union’s Joe Breier, at Aldergrove Athletic Park on Saturday, July 19.

The Penny Pincher is going from tenant to property owner. by Matthew Claxton mclaxton@langleyadvance.com

One of Langley’s oldest thrift shops is moving, which means good things for the Hospital Auxiliary, and a move for the Langley Arts Council. The Penny Pincher is moving from its current location in the 20200 block of 56th Avenue to a new home at 20550 Fraser Hwy. The big change isn’t in location, but in ownership. The Langley Memorial Hospital Auxiliary is buying the former bank building as a new permanent home for its thrift store. “We’re pretty excited about it,” said Diane Thornton, LMH Auxiliary president. The auxiliary has been saving for the move since they started a building fund in 2007, said Thornton. The idea was to quit renting, to eventually pay off the mortgage on a new building, and to then be able to put more money

into the hospital itself. “We figure it’s also a good long-term investment for the auxiliary,” said Thornton. The auxiliary managed to save enough for the down payment while still putting aside cash for the expansion of the hospital. They recently contributed half a million dollars to the new maternity wing. The new location, on the one-way section of Fraser Highway, will be more accessible to both customers and the volunteers who staff the Penny Pincher, Thornton hopes. While the Auxiliary is looking forward to its new digs, it means a move away for the Langley Arts Council, which has operated there for several years, showing art and hosting events. The Arts Council will have to find a new location by the end of the year, as they are expect-

ing to depart between November and the end of December, said LAC head Diane Gendron Cooney. “We are looking for a new space and we are open to many different possibilities – all the way from just office space to space in which we can have a gallery, studios and gift shop, as well,” said Cooney. She said the LAC would

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Paying parents still not a plan

The new plan by the province to pay parents $40 a day per child for every day the teachers’ strike drags on into September is not the worst idea in the world. Yes, many parents need financial help with finding child care. Of course, it would be better for everyone – parents, teachers, government, and especially kids – if the government was focused on actually ending the strike. It seems that the teachers were expecting that the cash saved by the strike would eventually be plowed back into education in this province, at least partially meeting their demands for smaller class sizes, better support for special needs kids, and a salary bump. So giving the money away might be popular with parents in the short term. In the long run, it will likely be less popular, if it stretches out the strike. That $40 per kid only goes so far. It is nice to see that, after a month of inaction, both sides are going back to the bargaining table Aug. 8. This time they need to stay there and make peace, one way or another. Take the bargaining teams out for a Vancouver Canadians game and a couple of beers to make them friendlier. Buy a steel shipping container and lock them inside in the hot sun until they crack and compromise. Pay for a horde of conflict-resolution experts. At this point, maybe some marriage counselling? The whole battle has become so vicious it seems more like a drawn out divorce than contract talks. Our biggest question isn’t why are the government and teachers still at each other’s throats, but why did it take until this long to finally get everyone to come back and start talking again? Summer school may have been largely cancelled, but both sides in this dispute should still have their backsides in seats and their pencils sharpened. Keep them there until they graduate to a new contract. – M.C.

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Lesson in respect passed along Guest spot Troy Landreville

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The indelible memory of my 12-year educational journey, pre-college, came during its final steps, as I shuffled off the stage at my high school graduation ceremony, my right hand clutching a diploma. In the front row, a few chairs to the right of the stage, sat my Grade 12 English teacher. The enthusiasm, the pride he felt for a milquetoast teenager – a mop-haired kid who fused into the high school’s cream-coloured walls during his four years there – was palpable. “Good on you, Mr. Landreville!” he shouted through his thick Eastern European accent. “Good on you!” This teacher’s features were as rich as his personality. White hair that looked like cotton balls formed a frizzy ring around his otherwise bald head. He had thick lips, pale skin, and a prominent nose towing glasses that through some miracle clung precariously to the tip of it. He alternated between what I believed to be the same rumpled pair of brown and grey suits. The man was a grizzled veteran of the education wars, and he earned respect, maybe not from each and every one of his students, but definitely from his peers. On my graduation day, he seemed much more excited about me surviving high school than my folks were (I wouldn’t say I lived in a broken home, but the cracks were visible). He made an impression on me simply because he cared. But aside from a few bright moments in his classroom, I was a ghost in my high school, and I’m certain a fair number of my teachers in the mid-’80s would have been at a loss if asked to place a name to my face. Really, I wouldn’t have blamed them. For my favourite high school teacher, and for the dozens of dedicated, passionate teachers

I’ve encountered in Langley, Maple Ridge, and Chilliwack during a career in journalism that has spanned 23 years (and, hopefully, counting) I feel a degree of sympathy as the labour dispute between the B.C. Teachers Federation and the government drags into August. Most teachers don’t choose their profession to become rich. The average teacher’s salary in B.C. is about $72,000 a year, not exactly chump change, but reasonable considering the amount of schooling required to become an educator. And teachers’ pay in this province starts as low as $38,000. In my experience, I’ve seen most earn their salary; I’ve also found that they’re not infallible. Like any profession, there’s the good, the bad, and the apathetic. My Grade 6 teacher lost her composure one winter’s afternoon, swiping my books, papers, and lunch off my desk. Then, with an exasperated howl she pushed the front of my desk, with me attached to it, sending me careening backwards. The back of my head bounced off the classroom floor. Upset about the clutter I worked around every day, she ordered me to spend the rest of the afternoon sitting on the floor. Three years later, I watched my Grade 9 French teacher dissolve at the front of her classroom. Incessant heckling of a few children, led by a bully who resembled the love child of a female version of Mad magazine mascot Alfred E. Newman and the toothless hillbilly foil from Deliverance, got to her. She was reduced to tears. There are teachers who weather this kind of abuse from children, and a few obsessive parents. But the majority of them plug along, searching for that payoff, of seeing the “light” come on, the satisfaction of knowing they passed along knowledge that found a way to stick in a kid’s grey matter. That’s why they teach. That’s why they’re role models to many. That’s what makes the job they do so important. And that’s why I still hold fond memories of my beloved English teacher.

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farmers and landowners here in Canada’s Dear Editor, breadbasket have set out with the NEB People who are adamantly protesting what must be met prior to construction. the Northern Gateway pipeline’s tentative CGLAP will also ensure accountability to approval seem to forget one very important build the new pipeline with the object of thing. Both the Canadian National and the responsibility not only to CGLAP members, Canadian Pacific Railways are ready to use but every resident of the Fraser Valley. “unit trains,” similar to the coal trains that There are approximately 2,200 landrumble along to the Roberts Bank super owners along the 1,150-kilometre pipeline port, but instead of coal, the trains will route between Edmonton and Vancouver. be bringing the Alberta tar sands – bituThe 60 members of CGLAP are directly men crude – to Kitimat or to Westridge affected people. Many have lived with the Terminals in Burnaby. pipeline for a long time. The old 24Everyone recognizes the potential inch line has brought millions of barnegative consequences of an ocean Letters rels of oil from Alberta to the West spill, but could we imagine the catto the Coast, with very little drama over its astrophic results of one 70,000 litre 62 years. rail car, or 100 of those rail cars all As directly affected landowners, at once derailing along the Skeena we do not look upon Kinder Morgan River or the Fraser River – a scenario with undoubtedly severe immediEditor as adversaries, even though the Trans Mountain pipeline has been ate consequence. and is continuing to be a burden to The use of trains instead of a pipeus. CGLAP holds out the theory that if a line brings a greater chance of a disaster business rents or leases a warehouse to equal to any ocean oil spill. store or facilitate the movement of goods, Our group can say this with some degree the expediter would need to pay that wareof knowledge, because we live with an oil house owner rent for the use of the facilipipeline on our land and many of us have ties. Therefore, in CGLAP’s opinion, Kinder for a very long time, that the pipeline is a Morgan needs to pay rent to the 2,200 far safer mode of transportation, compared warehouses along the pipeline to get their to rail. product to market. One only needs to look at last year’s Lac CGLAP’s end objective going forward Megantic derailment disaster as an example is to make sure every directly affected of devastation shipping oil by rail. CGLAP member is treated fairly, and Kinder We are part of the Collaborative Group of Morgan shows respect to each of us during Landowners Affected by Pipelines (CGLAP). and after the construction phase of the new, Instead of attempting to halt the construclarger pipe. tion of pipeline expansion, we are holdAt the end of the project, we hope to ing Trans Mountain and its parent Kinder be valued business partners with Kinder Morgan to the highest standard of construcMorgan, and not just a faceless thoroughtion ever seen in Canada. fare. CGLAP will ensure that this new pipeline will meet and exceed standards, we as Brian Kingman, CGLAP

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Dear Editor, In “Vanishing Vancouver” many large and small oldfashioned buildings are being demolished to make way for palatial homes. This would appear to some to be wasteful and against environmental and

heritage ideals. The other concern that we are hearing refers to the destruction of the “past” to make way for the present and future development. In Fort Langley, we are welcoming development. The old village, with its

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Dear Editor, As it is apparent that the fall election campaign rhetoric has started, I would like to counter some comments from Mayor Jack Froese regarding his intentions to seek re-election [Froese running, June 24, Langley Advance]. Froese has said council has shown it listens when people have concerns, citing the Glen Valley land sale which caused a furor but ended with a portion of municipal land being declared a park, and another portion sold to Trinity Western University, and set aside as a conservation area. As a supporter and admirer of the Watchers of Langley Forest (WOLF), I find it ironic and frankly distasteful to read that a new and more positive political spin has been given to the Township’s decision to remove Glen Valley lands from the chopping block. Council only chose to “listen to the people” when WOLF and their many community supporters brought the sale to the attention of the local, national and international media. The media assault finally forced the Township to seek a compromise which was still in play when the offer of the Blaauw family to purchase resolved the matter. The McLellan Park designation was a capitulation more or less in light of the threat of more embarrassing lobbying by WOLF. I would strongly encourage voters to check the facts before November, in order to decide who should be elected to steer the Township for the next four years. David Denyer, Langley

quaint shops and art galleries, is being changed to accommodate the burgeoning population and many tourists. Unique in the history of B.C., it is important that Fort Langley retains the atmosphere of the past as an educational and recreational destination. Langley Township had experts, community planners, and staff work with the community to create an official Community Plan and Heritage Guidelines. After the plans were rejected as non-conforming by the Township planners and much community input, the council voted to allow spot zoning for a building. The Coulter Berry building planned for the corner of Glover Road and Mavis Avenue will dwarf the community hall, “the heart of the village”. The decision, challenged in Supreme Court, may set a dangerous precedent. Bays Blackhall, Langley

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Question period is nothing compared to this. Surrey-Tynehead MLA Amrik Virk, a former Langley RCMP inspector and the current Minister of Advanced Education, and Education Minister Peter Fassbender, the former Langley City mayor, stopped by the Honeybee Festival July 26 at the Honeybee Centre in Cloverdale where they met with several winged residents. See more online.

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David and Mary Stanger recently created a new executive team for their Langley-based DSA Media Network, including Samantha Richardson, Carey Lewis, Shannon Schafer and Lynn Hoffman. DSA operates five offices in three provinces. More online. The Langley Lodge Golf Challenge raised more than $4,000 for programming for the residents. The fun-based golf challenge was June 8. Numerous golfer’s came out to support the Langley Lodge, including Langley City Acting Mayor Ted Schaffer, and to try to win a cruise.

Mike and Michael Meade are some of the Langley residents who took part in a grueling bike ride as part of Ride2Survive in late June. That included a steep ride (see inset) near Kelowna. More online.

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Langley City Acting Mayor Ted Schaffer recently cut the grand opening ribbon on All Of Oils located downtown. He was joined in the ceremonial enedeavour by shop owners Glenn Pineau and Kimm Brickman, as well as building designer/architect Wendy Crowe of Lubor Trubka Associates, and building owner Jack Kuyer of Valley Bakery in Vancouver.

How you can share… Langley Canada Day and Langley’s International Festival Society’s Volunteers Appreciation event, hosted at the Muriel Arnason Library on Sunday, July 27, brought together approximately 55 volunteers and the board members. The volunteers received appreciation certificates. Lucy Choi was the lucky winner of the draw for a $500 gift card donated by Superstore.

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History on the wing takes off from Langley Aviation fans from around the province will get to see history flying into their communities. by Matthew Claxton mclaxton@langleyadvance.com

When you’ve got a museum full of airplanes, your displays are a bit more mobile. A recent $40,000 provincial grant to Langley’s Canadian Museum of Flight will allow the museum to reach out to smaller communities around the province. The idea sprang from a oneoff visit to Alert Bay with one of the museum’s prized restored aircraft. The 1937 Waco AQC-6 biplane belonged to Dr. Jack Pickup, who used it to visit patients and travel to remote areas of the province. Though based out of Alert Bay for decades, Pickup’s practice took him to many remote inlets on Vancouver Island and the

mainland, where he would treat injured and sick loggers, fishermen, and First Nations people. Pickup flew the aircraft for 20 years, and then in 1980 donated it to the museum. When the museum was asked to bring the Waco back to Alert Bay, it arrived to an amazing reception. “We just had a super time,” said Terry Brunner, the manager of the museum. “There was a million stories floating around.” Among the people who turned out to see the restored Waco were Sam and Peggy Hobbs. In the 1950s, Peggy had served as Dr. Pickup’s OR nurse, while Sam was the town RCMP officer. The visit has inspired the outreach program, which will see museum staff and volunteers taking their aircraft out to other communities up and down the coast, from Pemberton to Lillooet to Lytton. A variety of aircraft will be taking to the skies, as the museum has several flightworthy vehicles. One that will be featured quite a bit this year is their replica

The Waco biplane used by Dr. Pickup was given a complete restoration by museum volunteers more than a decade ago and is still air-worthy today.

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Sopwith Camel. The Camel is one of the most famous fighter planes of the First World War, and with the anniversary of the start of the

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Canadian Museum of Flight manager Terry Brunner plans on taking some of the museum’s historic and replica aircraft to small towns around B.C.

war taking place this summer, some people make the trip from it’s a physical reminder of the overseas just to see them, while role aviation and Canadian pilots many Lower Mainland resiplayed in the conflict. dents have never heard of the The museum’s replica Sopwith museum. was built using original blueThe museum’s Handley Page prints and is fully to scale. Hampden bomber, for example, The $40,000 grant that will is one of only two in existence. help get this program off the The rusted carcass of the ground came from provincial bomber, a twin-engined medium gaming funds. bomber used during the early “We are very days of World fortunate to War Two, was “There was a million have Canadian hauled off the stories floating Museum of Flight sea floor in 1989. located at Langley It crashed off around.” Airport,” said the B.C. coast Terry Brunner Langley MLA while on a trainMary Polak. “It’s ing flight in the a unique facil1940s. ity and with some pretty rare Most of the Hampdens were aircraft that can’t be seen anydestroyed during the war or where else.” scrapped as they were replaced Aside from using it to reach by more advanced aircraft. out to the rest of the province, People hoping to see the Brunner is hoping that the restored Hampden or other museum can do some work vehicles have come from as far boosting its profile locally. away as Europe. He said that one of the odd The Museum of Flight is things about running a museum located at the Langley Regional with many rare aircraft is that Airport.

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Pearl continues to shine for African athletes The Pearl of Africa series creator and two Ugandan players visited Walnut Grove. by Troy Landreville

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On July 26, Pearl of Africa Series coordinator Ruth Hoffman returned to Langley, the place where the international goodwill baseball program took root back in 2011.

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During the 2014 Provincial Little League Championship, Hoffman had a tent set up at Walnut Grove Park’s George Zarrelli Majors Diamond to promote Pearl of Africa 2. Joining her was Rosemary Jopaowitt and Esther Nakabugo, a pair of Uganadan players who are training to be coaches. The B.C. championship for 11/12 Majors teams wrapped up Monday with the final pitting White Rock against South

Vancouver. Baseball brought Hoffman to Africa to help children in Uganda through the power of sport. In 2012 the Canadian Little League champions from Langley joined with Right To Play for the Pearl of Africa Series in support of the Uganda Baseball and Softball Association. They went to Uganda to play the Ugandan champions – in the game that should have been played at the Little League World

Series in the U.S. The Ugandan team had won the right to compete at the 2011 World Series. This would have been the first time an African team had earned the right to participate – and it would have been a trip of a lifetime for those 11- and 12 year-olds. Their first game would have been against the Canadian team from Langley. But these dreams were dashed when the U.S. State Department was forced to deny travel visas

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for children in Canada to learn the joy of giving. One of the UBASA’s greatest needs is to improve their coaching capacity. Jopaowitt and Nakabugo are in Canada for four months of training and two baseball coaches from Play Global and Little League Canada will run clinics in Uganda and provide remote mentoring for two years. Videographer training Scouting videos were made for the first time in 2012. They documented the success of UBASA and proved to be an excellent training tool. One expert will go to Uganda to shoot the next round of videos and train coaches. These videos will eventually open doors to scholarships and professional contracts.

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Seniors

BC Gov’t Retired Employees Association The Langley/Surrey Branch 1200 will meet at 12:30pm in the Union Hall, 8555 198 St. Members, guests and new members welcome.

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.

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Fraser Valley Business Network A business networking lunch is on the first Wednesday of the month. Cost: $5 (members), $10 (non-members). 11:15am1:30pm. at NY Grill & Bistro 20204 Fraser Hwy. RSVP: www. fraservalleybusinessnetwork. com or Jennifer, 778-823-2421. Fraser Valley Estate Planning Council For professionals from the financial and estate planning fields. At the Eaglequest Golf Course, 7778 152nd St. $60. New members welcome. RSVP and info: laurie@fvepc.com.net. Greater Langley Cycling Coalition The group meets at 7pm on the 2nd Tuesday of the month at Township Civic Facility (Nicomekl Room). All welcome. Info: langleycycles.ca. Hearts in Motion Walking Club The club meets at Willowbrook Shopping Centre every morning for indoor exercise and socializing, and is open to anyone. Membership is a nominal amount that goes to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of BC and Yukon. Info: Dixie Platt at 604-530-4447. BPW International The International Federation of Business and Professional Women has a Langley chapter. Info and registration: bpwlangley1@gmail.com or Deanna, 604-309-7808. Langley Newcomers and Friends This non-profit community-minded group is open to women of all ages, and meets at the W.C. Blair Recreation Centre at 7:15pm on the first Tuesday of each month. Info: Dawn, 1-250-878-4617 or Kathleen, 604 530-8665 or email langleynewcomers@hotmail. com. Municipal Pension Retirees Ass’n The monthly meetings are 1:304pm in the Douglas Recreation Centre. Everyone welcome. Info: mpraemail@gmail.com. Walnut Grove Business Association Info: Laurie@wgba.ca or 604850-5095.

OAP Hall Aldergrove The Aldergrove Pensioners and Seniors offers various activites at the hall at 3015 273rd St. At 9:30am 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, visitors and light housekeeping. Subsidies available. Seniors Housing Counsellors: provide information about housing options. 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 55plus, both meet Tuesday 10am.

Support Fibromyalgia Well-Spring Foundation The support group meetings are on the first Wednesday of the month in the Murrayville Library at 12:30pm. Info: www. fibromyalgiawellspringfoundation.org. Langley Blind and Visually Impaired Group Meets on the last Thursday of the month, at Evergreen Timbers, 5464 203 St. 1:302:30pm. Info: Dorothy, 604-5142246. Stroke support groups The Langley Community Support Groups Society, formerly known as Langley Stroke Recovery, has two support groups that meet at the Walnut Grove Community Centre. The Stroke Support Group is Wednesday, 10:30am-1:30pm. Young Strokes 4 Hope meets Fridays, 10:30am-1:30pm. Info: Marilyn, 604-882-4672. One on one tutoring Help for children six to 14 who

struggle with reading, comprehension, spelling or writing is available from the Learning Disabilities Association. Partial subsidies available for low income families. Obtain a free reading assessment by calling the association at 604-591-5156. Info: call or go to www.ldafs. org. One to one summer tutoring is July 14 to Aug. 22 for ages six to 14 offered. Sign up anytime throughout the summer.

Other Blood donor clinics Call 1-888-2-DONATE to book. Aug. 12: 1-8pm Murrayville Hall, 21667 48th Ave. Aug. 17: 9:30am-4:30pm Murrayville Hall, 21667 48th Ave. Meteor Watching Metro Vancouver hosts a drop-in program for anyone 811pm on Aug. 9 at Aldergrove Regional Park in conjunction with the Royal Astronomical Society. $2 per person. Telescopes provided. Also meet astronomers and enjoy crafts, lantern-lit trail walks, music and entertainment. Use Lefeuvre Road entrance. Can camp overnight but must arrive 5-8pm. Info: 604-530-4983. Potluck The Langley Herbivores summer vegan potluck is at Willoughby Community Park (next to the Langley Events Centre) on Aug. 10, 5:307:30pm. Bring a vegan dish. Info: pattallman@shaw.ca.

Fundraising Chicken barbecue The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 21 invites the public to a fundraising dinner 5-10pm on Aug. 9 at 20570 56th Ave. Tickets: $12, available at the branch or by calling 604-5323615. Kidney Walk and Run The Fraser Valley fundraiser for the Kidney Foundation of Canada is Aug. 10 at Bear Creek Park. 2.5 kilometre walk or a 5k fun run at 10am. $35 in advance or $40 on the day. Info: kidney.ca/kidneywalks. Pirate Pak Day Adult Pirate Paks are available Aug. 13 at White Spot restaurants as a fundraiser for Zajac Ranch for Children which helps kids and youth with life-threatening illnesses and chronic disabilities.

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Field development There are several fields in Uganda under development, and UBASA needs expert advice to ensure proper construction and maintenance. One expert will go to Uganda to assess conditions, provide on-site training and produce documentation to guide donors and UBASA. Player transportation support The first Pearl of Africa series raised funds for transportation, enabling UBASA to schedule regular games for 2012 and 2013. Previously, children came out for

practice, but couldn’t afford bus fare to travel to play other teams. The opportunity to play competitively has made a world of difference: the skill level has improved, more players are joining, and the media is taking notice. Pearl of Africa 2 will replenish the transportation fund. Donated equipment Communities throughout the Lower Mainland will collect over 1,000 kilograms of equipment for kids in Uganda. To donate, visit www.commonwealthgames.ca, or www.pearlofafricaseries.org.

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August 2, 1934

• Aug. 8 was declared a public holiday in Langley, so residents could attend the Langley Municipal Picnic in Victoria. The excursion was to leave White Rock for Victoria on the S.S. Lady Alexander. • William McClughan shot a black bear as it raided bee hives on Jack Treliving’s farm in West Langley.

Seventy Years Ago

August 3, 1944

• An informal meeting of some Langley Prairie property owners was held to determine the level of support there might be for incorporating the village as a separate municipal entity. from Langley Township. • The latest Wartime Prices Board ruling limited a person to buying one used car per year. Anyone advertising a car for sale had to list his name and address, as well as the make, model, year, serial number, price and any accessories. • Three Langley boys, including two brothers, were reported killed: RCAF Sgt. Joseph T. Yeomans was killed in active service in England;

Rfn. James W.D. Hadden was killed in France; Pte. George C. Hadden was killed in Normandy.

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August 6, 1964

• Howard Lee Manzer, viceprincipal of Langley High School for nearly 20 years, was killed instantly when the Jeep he was driving collided with a freight train near Haney. • The new police building opened June 13. Langley paid $56,491 of the building’s total $86,938 cost. • Garbage dumped in Campbell River at Wix-Brown and Lambert Roads (24th Ave. and 204th St.) resulted in the deaths of 2,000-3,000

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• His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh passed through Langley Prairie on his way to the British Empire Games rowing events at Vedder Canal and to inspect the RCE Army training school in Sardis. • Langley Prairie’s midget boys’ softball team won the B.C. championship with two straight wins on the Aldergrove diamond.

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• Opening of the new wing on Langley Memorial Hospital was scheduled for December, and completion of the overall $3 million project was expected right on its May 1975 target.

Thirty Years Ago

August 1, 1984

• A black bear wandered into Fort Langley and parked herself in a large tree outside the B.C. Farm Machinery Museum. The bear was tranquilized and relocated.

Twenty Years Ago

August 3, 1994

• About 3,000 people were drawn to Fort Langley’s National Historic Site for Fur Brigade Days and the annual re-enactment of the fur canoes.

Ten Years Ago

August 3, 2004

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ously worked on the credit are reaching out through union’s annual charity golf everything from Rotary tournament. Club meetings to booths She also had experience at public events like May with helping out with the Day to find more people to BC Summer Games in help out. Surrey in 2012. Caron said there are a Thanks to her experihost of areas where volence, a friend who is a unteers can contribute, director with the Seniors including: Games asked her if she • At the 25 sports with could help out. setting up and managIt’s been an interesting ing the events during the job for Caron. actual competitions “Though • At the we have a opening “It is rewarding, lot of senior ceremonies. volunteers, • At the definitely. You get to it’s not all banquets help people, and it’s seniors,” • As an accomplishment.” Caron medical noted. volunteers Johanne Caron Students providing are another first aid big source of volunteers, • As hosts especially but not exclu• As security sively high school students • At concessions who need to gain some • At accreditation volunteer experience for Some volunteers will be their coursework. needed in the days leading The Seniors Games up to the games, others

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With five weeks to go until the BC Seniors Games roll into Langley, one of the biggest hurdles will be finding all the volunteers needed. About 1,500 volunteers are needed, and more would always be helpful. Right now, the local organizers can rely on 750, putting them halfway to their goal. Spearheading the drive for the volunteers is Johanne Caron, who like almost everyone else involved in planning the running the games, is a volunteer herself. A retired Coast Capital employee, she had previ-

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Sharpshooter bronzed at Commonwealth Games A 2012 Olympian, Dorothy Ludwig had an impressive showing in Glasgow, Scotland recently. by Troy Landreville sports@langleyadvance.com

Dorothy Ludwig has added another international medal to her already impressive collection. The 35-year-old Langley resident captured individual bronze in the women’s 10m air pistol competition at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. Ludwig’s kid sister, 33-year-old Lynda Kiejko, finished in fifth place. The shooting events were held at a satellite village in Dundee. “It was amazing, it’s always amazing,” Ludwig said. “The volunteers are fabulous, the competitors are amazing, and the weather was gorgeous. It really cooperated while we were Troy Landreville/Langley Advance there.” Langley resident Dorothy Ludwig held This bronze is Ludwig’s fourth Commonwealth medal. the bronze medal that she won at the At the 2002 Games in 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Manchester, England she took Scotland. This is the fourth Commonwealth individual silver and team gold, medal for Ludwig, a 2012 London and in 2010 in Delhi, India she Olympian who has won the Canadian was part of Canada’s bronze women’s air pistol title on numerous medal-winning team. occasions. At this year’s Games, the team competition didn’t exist, otherRight – Dorothy Ludwig took aim during wise, Ludwig said she would the Commonwealth Games shooting have come home with two medcompetitions in Dundee, Scotland. als. Making her latest medal even the range is more difficult, findmore impressive is the fact she’s ing extra time is juggling shootmore difficult.” ing practice “The volunteers But there’s no with a full-time are fabulous, the substitute for job and being a mom to two competitors are amazing, experience, something Ludwig has young boys, and the weather was in abundance. Erden, three, gorgeous.” Ludwig’s career and Emmet, mirrors that of her one. Dorothy Ludwig father, the late “It’s harder Bill Hare, who because I don’t competed in shooting events at train quite as often now that I the 1964, ‘68 and ‘72 Olympic have two little kids at home,” Games. Ludwig said. “I find getting into

Ludwig realized her own Olympic dream in 2012 when she shot for Canada at the London Olympics, finishing 34th in women’s 10-metre air pistol. “The opportunity to attend the Olympics was extremely rewarding, and I know I had my family, friends and community behind me,” Ludwig said after returning from the Games in 2012. “It was a real thrill to be able to live with, train with, and compete

with the best in the world, and I put my best effort in and was able to come home smiling.” Nationally and internationally, she’s been on target. Last August, Ludwig, who trains at the Langley Rod & Gun Club, won the women’s air pistol title at the 2013 Canadian national pistol championship in Calgary. This was the eighth national title for Ludwig, who previously

accomplished this feat in 2012, ‘11, ‘08, ‘07, ‘06, ‘04, and ‘03. And in 2011, she placed first (individual competition) at the Canadian national championships to earn her spot on Team Canada for the Pan American Games in Guadalajara, where she won gold and secured an Olympic quota spot for the 2012 Games in London. In Glasgow, shooters had 40 shots in qualification and between eight and 20 shots in the elimination finals. Competitors shot at an electronic target with a bulls-eye centre. “I did very well,” Ludwig said. “The finals have changed because it’s more of an elimination process, so you have to continue to shoot your best or you’re eliminated.” Looking towards the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Ludwig is making a bid to become a two-time Olympian. However, not only are there plenty of talented shooters in Canada vying for an Olympic berth, but the question will be, will this nation be able to win a quota spot for the Olympics? “That’s always the really, really challenging spot for us,” Ludwig said. As well, Ludwig won’t be competing at the world championships in Spain. She’s qualified to compete but doesn’t have the funds to go there due to family commitments. “I can’t afford to go, to have my kids in day care, and not be working, yeah, it’s just too expensive,” she said. This isn’t the end. Ludwig plans on competing for a long time. “It’s been a part of my life for so long, and part of my dad’s life,” Ludwig said. “We’ve come to identify a little bit with it, and just to enjoy it. For me, it’s hard to let go of that. It’s just something I’ve done for so long. You keep doing it because you’re good at it, you enjoy it.”

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B.C. boxla finalists Thunder take silver Thunder season Langley made it all the way to the gold medal final before falling to the B.C. champion Coquitlam Adanacs.

The Langley Thunder came a win shy of the B.C. midget A1 lacrosse title recently. The Thunder were on the losing end of an 8-4 score to the Coquitlam Adanacs in the A1 gold medal match, to cap the Subway British Columbia Lacrosse Association (BCLA) box lacrosse provincial championships in the midget division.

The championships took place July 23-27 in Campbell River and Comox Valley, drawing 24 midget teams from around B.C. as they competed for box lacrosse supremacy in the A1, A2, B, and C divisions. At the individual level, Langley Thunder’s Mathew Brunsch was among those who took home Warrior Sports Canada Fair Play Awards. Langley’s Connor Watson was named as a BCLA box lacrosse provincial all-star.

Aquasonics impress

The BC Aquasonics combo team – which includes Langley’s

Cameron Blades and Emilie Sadler, as well as Aldergrove’s Amy Whitton – won the bronze medal at the US Open Synchronized Swimming Championships Saturday in Henderson, NV, scoring 76.5333 with its “Atlantis” routine. “Bronze at the US Open topped off a very successful season for the BC Aquasonics,” head coach Susan Kemper said. “The Aquasonics push the boundaries of what is possible in synchronized swimming and the US Open is a great opportunity to showcase that talent, with teams from nine countries around the world competing at the event.”

Swimming

Olympian wins three medals in Winnipeg Langley Olympians swimmer Renae Ledoux is a national gold medalist, twice over.

Langley Olympians Swim Club member Renae Ledoux was a swimming star at the Age Group Nationals in Winnipeg. Ledoux was one of nine LOSC swimmers who qualified to attend this prestigious meet. The Olympians were competing against over 800 of the fastest age group swimmers from all over Canada, along with an age group team from Ireland.

Ledoux, 14, led the way by winning two gold medals to go along with a silver. Renae’s gold medals were in both the 50-metre and 200m breaststroke events, while she took the silver in the 100m breaststroke swim. She achieved best times in all these events along with a new club record for 13-14 year girls in the 50m breaststroke, with a time of 33.03 seconds. Sixteen-year-old Olympians Justin Schramm and Hillary Metcalfe, as well as Chelsea Borrowdale, 15, all made finals at the meet, just missing out on medals. Justin swam to fourth in the

200m fly, fifth in the 800m freestyle, and sixth in the 400m freestyle. Hillary was sixth in the 200m IM, while Chelsea was sixth in the 100m breaststroke and seventh in the 50 breaststroke. Other swimmers who achieved best times at the meet were Josie Field, 12, in the 50m backstroke, Bailey Herbert, 11, in the 50m breaststroke, and Robyn Nakano, 15, in the 50m backstroke. “It was good to see the kids continually winning medals and making finals at Canada’s top Age Group meet,” LOSC head coach Brian Metcalfe said.

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ends with win Langley edged cellar-dwelling Nanaimo last Wednesday, July 30, at the Langley Events Centre to cap its WLA campaign. by Troy Landreville sports@langleyadvance.com

With a trying 2014 campaign now behind them, Langley Thunder players and coaches now have the better part of nine months to reflect and recharge. For the first time since 2010, the Thunder are on the outside looking in when it comes to the Western Lacrosse Association playoffs, after finishing fifth in the seven-team league with a 7-11 record. Led by Alex Turner’s six-point night on three goals and three assists, the Thunder edged the visiting Nanaimo Timbermen 10-8 last Wednesday, July 30 at the Langley Events Centre to put a cap on their season. The second period was key for the Thunder, who outscored the Timbermen 6-2 during the stanza. It gave Langley the breathing room to survive a rough final frame, as the Timbermen scored five times and only allowed two against, but didn’t have enough time or firepower to complete the comeback. The teams entered the first intermission tied 1-1. Athan Iannucci scored goals in the first and third periods for the home team. Also scoring twice for the Thunder was Daniel McQuade. Tyler Melynk scored once and added three assists for Langley. Brendan Mykle-Winkler and Cam Copland rounded out the list of Thunder goal-scorers. Langley’s Tom Johnson collected three helpers. Mitch Parker led Nanaimo with a hat trick. FINAL BUZZER: At press time Friday (early due to the long weekend), defending WLA champion Victoria Shamrocks led the regular season standings with a 13-22 record, with one game to go in their season.

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