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Restaurants generally safe

A report from the Fraser Health Authority indicates that few Langley restaurants were ordered closed by the health department in 2014 – far fewer than those of most neighbouring communities.

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Wheelchair van heading home

It’ll need a few repairs, but a specially equipped van that had been stolen from a local family will be returned to its rightful place.

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Langley in History

Have a look into Langley’s history, through the 80-plus years’ worth of pages of the Langley Advance.

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Police would like to have a chat with a number of people who have turned up on surveillance videos.

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FRASER AND BYPASS

Accident snarls afternoon traffic A late afternoon crash on Friday inconvenienced rush hour motorists.

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SPORTS

Kodiaks lead conference Aldergrove Kodiaks edge the Langley Knights in the Pacific Junior Hockey League’s Harold Brittain Conference.

Five people were sent to hospital to be checked out, and a major Langley intersection was tied up for several hours after a crash late Friday afternoon.

The call came in at about 4:50 p.m. on Jan. 9 about a two cars crashing at the

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Five people were in two vehicles that crashed late Friday afternoon at Fraser Highway and the Langley Bypass. More Langley City Fire Rescue photos are online.

Have a say in school usage The public’s last opportunity to be part of the Long Term Facilities Plan Community Consultation for local public schools is Wednesday, Jan. 13.

Langley School District is reviewing options for implementation of a Long Term Facilities Plan and is holding an information session.

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Langley eateries kept relatively safe Eat your heart out, Lower Mainland: Langley dining is as good as it gets.

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Last week’s question:

Judging by Fraser Health’s records, it’s safer to eat in Langley than in most other nearby communities.

In 2014, three restaurant closures in Langley City and Township were ordered

by Fraser Health, which inspects restaurants for hygiene. However, only one of those closures appears to have been directly related to hygiene.

One closure, of the Ashoka Indian Restaurant in Langley City, was due to

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of 17 members and two engines to handle the situation. Traffic in the region on the Friday evening was congested for a few hours as the people were helped, and the crash was investigated and cleaned up.

Fire officials reported that, while everyone involved was taken to hospital to be checked out, there appeared to be no serious injuries.

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intersection of Fraser Highway and the Langley Bypass near Willowbrook Shopping Centre.

Four people were in one car and one person was in the another.

Langley City Fire Rescue chief Rory Thompson said one female passenger had to be cut out of a car.

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smoke damage after an arson fire at the back of the building, and was not related to any issues with the restaurant itself.

Another listed closure was that of the Town Hall Public House on 64th Avenue, a one-day shutdown on Dec. 3.

“We just had a pipe burst downstairs,” said James Bailey, office manager for the Joseph Richard Group of restaurants.

When the inspectors happened to arrive on the same day, “we’d already shut our doors,” Bailey said.

He said the issue required some cleanup and a pipe repair.

The Fraser Health website listed a number of reasons for closure for Town Hall Public House on its website, including “Food is not protected from contamination” and “Food is not processed in a manner that makes it safe to eat.”

The Temple Restaurant in Aldergrove was

closed Dec. 17 and re-opened on Dec. 22.

The Fraser Health report on Temple listed “Food is not protected from contamination” and “Premises is not free of pests” as reasons for the closure.

The manager of Temple, Wing, said there were no pest issues, and that Fraser Health had requested some clean-up and painting be done.

“Just a couple days, that’s it,” he said of the closure.

In general, Langley restaurants have fared well in the last few years during health inspections. There were no closures in 2013 and one in 2014, according to Inderjeet Gill, Surrey area manager of health protection.

Overall there were 84 restaurant closures in 2013, and 105 in 2014 in the Fraser Health region, which stretches from Burnaby east into the Fraser Valley.

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Crews were rebuilding a washedout culvert on 264th Street on Jan. 6. A footbridge in Walnut Grove and a culvert in Glen Valley were the victims of the intense rainfall that hit Langley on the weekend of Jan. 3 and 4.

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last year, about 1.2 per cent resulted in closures.

Langley seems to be doing better than neighbouring Surrey, which had 36 closures in the past year. While several there were closed due to fires, equipment failures, or flooding, there were also 14 cited with pest problems and one cited for “failure to ensure the food was obtained from approved sources.”

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“I’ve seen these numbers go up and down every year,” Gill said.

An inspector can order a restaurant closed either if there is a history of noncompliance with health and safety issues, or if there is a concern that something could cause an outbreak of food-borne illness, Gill said.

Compliance with health codes is, in general, very good, Gill said.

Out of 3,000 inspections

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PROPERTY CRIMES

Surveillance systems narrow down suspects A man filled a bin and walked out of a Langley store.

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Langley RCMP has released surveillance photos of people suspected of involvement in several recent scams and thefts.

On Nov. 27, someone used stolen credit cards at a Save-On-Foods in Langley to buy more than $500 worth of goods, said Cpl. Holly Marks, spokesperson for the Langley

This woman may be connected to the use of stolen credit cards.

RCMP. The cards had been stolen from Surrey during a break and enter earlier Someone filled a hamper with Winners products and walked out of the store.

EMERGENCY

Morning house fire reveals drug site The police were called to a fire in Murrayville Saturday.

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The RCMP’s clandestine lab specialists were called to a home in Langley after a Saturday fire revealed a suspected drug lab.

Early on Jan. 10, the Township Fire Department was called to a structure fire in the 22900 block of 40th Avenue and the Langley RCMP was called to assist.

There are at least two residences on the property and the owners reside in the house at the back of the property, said Langley RCMP spokeperson Cpl. Holly Marks.

The front house had recently been rented and tenants were in the process of moving in.

“The fire was deemed suspicious and there was a concern there may be a clandestine lab on the third floor of the home,” she said.

For health reasons, it was not safe for anyone to enter the residence immediately and the Clandestine Lab specialists were asked to attend.

Clandestine Drug investigators advised they had located items within the residence indicating a production lab of synthetic drugs. Later that day a hazardous goods removal company attended to deal with the remnants.

“No charges will be laid as police are unable to identify the persons managing the lab operation,” Marks said.

CRIME

Special van found There’s some damage to a wheelchairmodified van stolen in Langley.

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A Langley family should be getting their specially modified van with a wheelchair ramp back soon, after some repairs.

The van was stolen from Glen and Shannon Carpenter when it was parked at the Carvolth Transit Exchange on Jan. 2 [Theft of wheelchair van a dilemma for couple, Jan. 8, Langley Advance].

The wheelchair rampequipped van was found in Surrey late last week.

The family is waiting for ICBC to check it out.

Langley RCMP Cpl. Holly Marks said the locks were damaged and the seat and stereo were removed, but it doesn’t appear the wheelchair aids, such as the ramp, were affected.

The theft hit the family hard. Glen has used a wheelchair since he was 11 years old, and the vehicle provided the father of two the ability to get around. The vehicle also had their twins’ car seats and double stroller.

Anyone with information about the van theft or the thieves, should call the Langley RCMP at 604-5323200.

Police want to identify this man over a theft at the W.C. Blair Rec Centre.

in the month.

In a brazen shoplifting, a man walked into Winners on Dec. 20 and walked out after filling a hamper with miscellaneous items, Marks said.

He was seen leaving in a smaller blue car. The only description police could provide was that he was a Caucasian man in his 40s.

A Dec. 28 theft from the W.C. Blair Recreation Centre has the RCMP

Police are looking for this woman in relation to a missing weed eater.

releasing a photo of a man they want to identify in connection.

Taken from a locker were a wallen as well as set of car keys and some cash. Since that time, credit cards have been used fraudulently and police allege the pictured male used one of the cards at a financial institution ATM.

Langley RCMP believe this man may have information about a shoplifting from a liquor store.

On Jan. 5, someone made off with a weed eater from the front porch of a Walnut Grove home.

The thief also took two pairs or boots, one white leather and fur lined, the other black leather, from the home in the 8600 block of 206B Street.

On Jan. 7, police believe a man stole three bottles of Grey Goose vodka from the Willoughby Liquor Store.

The suspect is about 50 years old, Caucasian, and was wearing a blue jacket and black pants.

Anyone with information on any of the suspects is asked to call the Langley RCMP at 604-532-3200, or to remain anonymous, call CrimeStoppers at 1-800222-8477 (TIPS).

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Crash… you know it could be you

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irens just don’t seem to mean as much to some people as they do to others.

There’s something about cars that creates an insulating barrier between drivers and the world around them. Maybe it’s the increasingly plush, increasingly sound-proofed interiors, flush with sound systems and comforting amenities, that make the insides of cars feel like a den, in which nothing can do the occupants harm.

Maybe it’s having total control of a ton of metal and plastic, the ability to make it go and stop, speed and slow, and turn with just a few movements of a few body parts.

Today’s computer-assisted vehicles can convey a feeling of power, requiring hardly any effort at all, lulling many people into believing they are better drivers than they are (asked to rate themselves on a scale of 1-10, most drivers rate themselves at 8 or 9, and few rate themselves below 7).

Seat belts and airbags, proximity detectors and auto-parking add a sense of invincibility on roads and highways.

We don’t expect to crash.

In fact, although we are all aware that there are “bad drivers” on the road (never us!), we don’t even expect that anyone will crash into us. But crashes happen. Every day. Every hour. Every minute.

We see lots of pictures of crashes in our newspapers. They’re not just there for your (questionable) enjoyment – they’re there because you’re supposed to realize how horrible the results can be when you don’t pay attention while driving. You can seriously damage your vehicle or someone else’s. You can hurt people (including yourself). You can even kill people.

You can even hurt or kill people without being involved in a crash.

Pay attention to the world around you when you’re driving. Make sure you can hear and see the emergency vehicles rushing to the aid of a victim of someone who wasn’t paying attention. The seconds of delay you cause to an ambulance or fire truck or police car can cost a life.

And consider that their next trip out could be for you.

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Babies’ names listed and compared

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n December 31, the last day of 2014, I got one of those ubiquitous government press releases that never cease to amaze me, if only for their ubiquity.

But this one was different.

It amazed for its timing.

And then, when I realized I had misread it, it amazed… for its timing.

It was an accounting of a year’s worth of babies born in B.C., along with a listing of the most frequently used names to tag all of those little freshlings.

I was immediately astounded by the rapidity with which the government bureaucrats – whom I’ve become used to travelling at speeds that make the slugs in my garden look lightning fast – had been able to put together their year’s worth of baby numbers and associated name lists.

Then I noticed that their reference year was 2013.

Ah, well. I guess the missive is at least technically correct when it refers to the “past year,” since on the afternoon of Dec. 31, 2014 was not actually all the way past.

Besides, that’s still pretty fast for your average Victoria communications desk jockey.

And it does make for interesting reading – which is also pretty astounding, considering the mounds of mind-numbing drivel that our politicians instruct

Following Liam on the them to produce and disbaby boys’ list in 2013 B.C. seminate most of the rest of are Mason, then Ethan the time. (which apparently dropped So, prepare to be spella whole two positions since bound, as I touch on the its 2012 hey day), followed highlights of baby births

by Lucas and Benjamin. and names in the Province There were 43,925 babies of British Columbia in 2013. born in B.C. in 2013.

(I can hardly wait for the Although usually girls 2014 installment on Dec. outnumber boys by a slight 31, 2015.) margin, in 2013 B.C., there The government’s Vital were 22,491 boys and Statistics Agency’s numbers BOB GROENEVELD 21,434 girls born. show that there are probThat’s a ratio that – mysably more Olivia’s in B.C. than you can shake a stick at. Olivia was teriously – usually only occurs in a society ravaged by war or other young-man– for the second straight year, no less – the most-chosen name for girls born in destroying activities.

There was also attached to the press the province in 2013. release an actual sound clip of an excited Not only did Olivia top the lists for Health Minister Terry Lake the ramificatwo years in a row, but Olivia has made tions of people’s choices of the top baby the top spot in four of the past five names of 2013. years.

Be still, my pounding heart.

As Spock would say: “Fascinating.”

I’ve included the link on this colAfter Olivia comes a long line of Emmas, followed by Sophia, then Emily. umn at our website, click on Opinion and then on Odd Thoughts – if you’re Rounding out the top five is Ava. interested in listening to his fascinating Meanwhile, in the realm of baby boys, drivel. the Liams and Ethans have apparently I’m sure you can also find help at the been duking in out.

The government press release excitedly health ministry’s online registry of services if you found you were more fascinrelates, “Liam reclaimed the number ated by Minister Lake’s dissertation than one spot for baby boys, replacing Ethan, you feel, in retrospect, you should have which was tops in 2012 after edging out been.

Liam the previous year.”

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Tuesday, January 13, 2015 A7

Letters to the editor Bully behaviour a sign of insanity Dear Editor, Your editorial [Bullies take religion to extreme, Jan. 8 Langley Views, Langley Advance] was insightful and true.

But there is one view of extreme and violent behaviour that is seldom explored, which you touched on correctly when you said that all organized religions stress “being good to each other.”

You went on to say, “How does that ever, in any sane mind, translate into suicide bombings and beheadings and murders?”

Exactly: “…in any sane mind…”

Violence is an act of an insane mind.

Murder is an act of insanity.

We can talk about bullying, radicaliza-

tion, religious fervor. We can even consider the psychological, cultural, and economic climates that murderers grew up in, to give us explanations of such horrible behaviour, but the bottom line is they are guilty by virtue of insanity.

I am only one person, and I can only live my own life, with as much sanity as possible, and hope it’ll rub off.

My Merriam Webster dictionary defines “sane,” in part, as “able to anticipate and appraise the effect of one’s actions.”

Maybe toning down the ego some, and an awareness of the effect of my actions on others is all that I can do to help our world.

Paula Lemke, Langley

Hunting allocations wrong direction Dear Editor, I oppose the new allocation policy reductions for resident hunters and increases for guided alien hunters proposed by B.C. Minister Steve Thomson.

Guide-outfitters experienced a client decline of 30 per cent, while resident hunter numbers have increased. Why set a policy that takes wild, sustainable food from our citizens’ mouths? If this decline in GO business continues, will residents stand to lose more share to alien hunters?

Younger guides, too eager

to get into the outfitting business, over-paid previous owners for pieces of paper that grant exclusive access.

With the 30 per cent decline on top of paying too high a price, some are in danger of going broke.

That’s business, and they should go broke.

I thought BC Liberals backed free enterprise. I was wrong. Instead, they’re choosing to bail out those with poor business instincts.

I feel I have a fair sense of science-based management policies. This is my 70th year of hunting.

Heritage trophy given away

Dear Editor, I was disappointed at the proposed changes made by the Guide Outfitters Association of B.C., in which the numbers of tags given to B.C. hunters would be drastically reduced in favour of non-resident clients.

As a B.C. resident hunter, I supply about 80 per cent of the meat for my family from my hunting, and I resent that right being given over to trophy hunters from other parts of the world. Currently, 70,000 B.C. hunters are granted 13,000 moose tags each year. Under the proposed changes, 25 to 40 per cent of those tags would be given to non-resident guide clients.

Most Canadian provinces and U.S. states limit foreign hunters to five to 10 per cent of the wild game allocation.

B.C.’s wildlife is “not for sale,” but is a heritage to be shared both by the people who live here.

Brett Wade, Langley

I began hunting in September of 1944, just before my sixth birthday, when I shot a blue grouse with mother’s .22 pump while Dad helped and Mom, Nana, and Grandpa looked on. I was instructed how to dress and clean the bird.

The memory is still vivid.

As the years progressed, I took on an active role in conservation work. During the 35 years I taught high school, I sponsored extracurricular outdoor activities for students, including both fishing and hunting.

The Outdoor Club I sponsored was one of the popular clubs, the perfect vehicle for Outdoor Education, which for a time included CORE. Get our youth out on wilderness camping, hiking, canoeing, cross-country skiing, fishing, and hunting trips, and their values are set for their lives.

The new allocation policy makes me worry about future harvests of wild fish and game by my grandchildren and all B.C. youth. The minister is reducing opportunities for them at a time when these opportunities need to be increased.

Larri Woodrow, Langley

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Poppy success due to community support Dear Editor,

On behalf of Royal Canadian Legion Branch 21 Langley, I would like to thank everyone who made this year’s Poppy Campaign such a wonderful success.

Remembrance Day was particularly difficult for all of us this year. The recent attacks on Canadian soldiers, here in our own country, were fresh in our minds and made many of us see things in a different light. Thousands of people came out to pay their respects during Langley’s Remembrance Day ceremonies, and many people in the communLangley Legion president Shirley Blair and ity showed an overPoppy Campaign chair Donna Watson. whelming spirit of giving during our annual Poppy Campaign.

This year, the money raised by volunteers went above and beyond expectation. Without all your help, this would not have been possible. Every cent of this highly successful campaign will be going back into the community to help veterans and their families, students, the elderly, youth, and people in need.

These include a dog services program, transition house, and BCIT program, all of which help veterans adjust to civilian life. Donations will also be made to the Air, Sea, and Army Cadets, as well as to the George Derby and Brock Fahrni Veteran’s Facilities and the Langley Lodge.

To all of you who “remembered” – thank you.

It is important to note that none of the money raised during the Poppy Campaign is used to run the Legion. Instead, the day to day functioning of the Legion is funded by memberships, and of course, new members are always welcome. You need not have served in the military or be related to someone who has to join.

I would like to thank our Poppy Campaign chair Donna Watson, the Langley Legion members and volunteers who collected donations, the businesses who supported us, and everyone in Langley who gave to support this worthy cause. Those who have served in the military and those continue to serve deserve our respect, our remembrance, and our support. It means so much to those who receive these funds, and the people of Langley never fail to open their hearts and give generously.

Langley Legion Branch 21 looks forward to continuing to support our veterans and the community in the year to come.

For more information about the local branch of the Royal Canadian Legion, call 604-534-3615 or visit facebook.com/ LangleyLegionBranch21.

A happy bunch of Langley A2 Eagles celebrated their gold medal victory at an atom hockey tournament in West Vancouver.

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The Langley Christmas Bureau ended up helping the same number of families this year as last – about 800 – but the number of children helped grew to more than 1,700 (compared to about 1,650 last year).

“We have 160 new families that applied this year,” said bureau co-chair Leigh Castron.

Who uses the Langley Christmas Bureau?

“A lot of working poor,” Castron said. “We see a lot of that.” “[There are] a lot of single dads,” she said, “and the majority are single moms.”

The Langley Christmas Bureau is the only bureau in the Lower Mainland that is entirely volunteer run. That has resulted in callers from as far as the North Shore all the way out to Chilliwack contacting the bureau to offer donations. Castron said people are encouraged to support their local bureaus but some people say they want to donate to Langley because it is all volunteer.

Castron said it’s the large group of volunteers who return year after year that makes the operation run smoothly.

“The dedication and consistency of our volunteers is just unreal,” she said. “And the community – we just couldn’t do it without the support.”

Children, adults, service clubs, arts groups, businesses and more support the bureau.

Castron noted that in addition to giving out gifts for families with children up to age 18, the bureau offers something unique.

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The work of the Langley Christmas Bureau has wrapped up for another season with more than 1,700 children helped.

The Langley Literacy Association provides books to the children.

“We’re the only Christmas bureau that has that,” Castron said.

The association has been providing books for several years and members attend Toy Depot Days when the gifts are picked up by parents. Association members work with the parents to choose books that would interest their children.

Other community supporters have been Cascades Casino which provides lunches for the volunteers while the bureau is open and Starbucks. The coffee company provides bev-

erages and breakfast foods for the bureau for the month and a half that it’s in operation during the holiday season. The head of Starbucks western Canada, the head of Starbucks in B.C., and other senior management volunteered at Toy Depot Days this year.

Another sign of support for the Christmas bureau is the sponsorship where people, businesses or groups provide gifts and support for a specific family.

“We have more sponsors that ever,” Castron said.

This year 267 sponsors helped 479 families.

“That’s a record for us,” she added.

The course My Tween and Me runs Thursdays, Jan. 22 to March 12 at Yorkson Creek Middle School, 20688 84th Ave. It will help parents understand children ages seven to 12.

Langley Parents as Partners in Learning presents the workshop, in partnership with Langley’s Middle Childhood Matters Program. The cost is $50.

Counsellor Colleen Drobot presents a Jan. 25 lecture Discipline that Doesn’t Divide.

Supporting My Child with Anxiety is Feb. 26 with expert Michelle Srdanovic.

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Cycle to the Sacred journey enlightening Langley resident Desiree Wallace reflected on her experience cycling 2,000 kilometres to northern B.C. as part of the Cycle to the Sacred Bike Tour.

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or Langley’s Desiree Wallace and Nicole Kilistoff, and their travelling partner Landon Yerex, a journey to northern B.C. has given them a deeper insight on First Nations people in that area, and their efforts to preserve sacred land.

In mid-July, Wallace, cofounder of Beyond Boarding, joined Yerex from Courtenay Nicole Kilistof said she is awed by the landscape of traditional lands near Iskut, known as Tl’ab ne, the Sacred on a cycling trip from Fort Headwaters of the Stikine, Nass, and Skeena Rivers.

Langley to sacred headwaters, “We use and occupy that land families who occupy and use “We made it to our final desan area Wallace calls, “a vital every summer. We take our kids tination and there is a lot going traditional lands near Iskut, ecosystem” between Iskut and there to teach them our culture, known as Tl’ab ne, the Sacred on here,” she said, on behalf of Dease Lake. and that’s where we gather our Headwaters of the Stikine, Nass, the Klabona Keepers.

Kilistoff followed along in a moose meat for the winter,” said and Skeena Rivers.

“Today, three police officers, support vehicle, a Delica van Rhoda Quock, spokesperson for Wallace two police snipers, and drill converted to run on waste the Klabona Keepers. said she operators surrounded a drill site cooking At the time, Wallace first learned being occupied by oil. didn’t understand about the unarmed, peaceIn total, the full significance Klabona ful Klabona keepthey biked Humbled.

Keepers and of what the term ers and Beyond 2,000 kiloConnected. “unceded” meant. their terriBoarding members metres Empowered.

“It transcended the tory when five kilometres to Sacred videography and stora few of south of Iskut,” Headwaters.

Bewildered. ies my friends came her closshe wrote in Their Mother Earth the back to share… it est friends email. “The hope was, is so vivid ignited something including group occupied a and conance Adv ley Lang within me, to take Yerex, Black Hawk drill, tinues to here. d an , ce action, to learn Tamo hired by Firesteel be, to bring la al W e ire es D x, ng yo Landon Yere Desiree Wallace Be more,” Wallace said.

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and Jasper Snow Rosen travelled there last fall to document their battle with Fortune Minerals, a company that she says, “had been given a permit to proceed with exploration drilling for a proposed 4,000 hectare open pit anthracite coal mine in the heart of Sacred Headwaters,” which, Wallace added, “would undoubtedly decimate their traditional hunting grounds and cultural centre.”

First Nations people to keep the piece of land in northwestern B.C. pristine.

The goal of Beyond Boarding’s Cycle to the Sacred Bike Tour is to generate financial and social support for what Wallace describes as “a group of land defenders,” the Klabona Keepers, at sacred headwaters.

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“I must say it is the most sacred of places I have and probably will ever have the honour of being amidst and the Klabona Keepers… exude that same power and strength embedded in the land and water,” Wallace said. “You really have no idea until you’re in the headwaters amidst the untouched Earth for as far as the eye can see and still, further.”

Wallace said there is a feeling you get when you look out at “what seems to be an everlasting horizon on the coast’s oceanic body.”

“Humbled. Connected.

Empowered. Bewildered. Mother Earth is so vivid here,” she added. “Her heart beats strong and life-blood runs thick through the wind, rain, sun, soil, plants and animals. It is host to the most valuable salmon-bearing watersheds in this nation and continues to be put at risk, but nevertheless protected by those most deeply connected to it.”

Wallace described the area as one of the largest intact ecosystems in the world “and that is attributed to the resilient voices and actions of the Klabona Keepers who have and will continue to keep it the way it is now, sacred.”

She said that, “growing up in an institutionalized education system, I was blinded from this truth – the real history of socalled British Columbia.”

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Eighty Years Ago January 10, 1935

! J.A. Nash was re-elected president of the Langley Farmers Institute, with W.R. Major as vice-president. ! Police administration costs, at $4,248 for 1934, were the lowest in four years, and fines were up, at $738. ! Ray Yeomans built a new store and post office at Walnut Grove, to replace the business formerly operated

by Wallie McGinnis.

Seventy Years Ago

January 11, 1945

! The school board was invited to work with council to consider building a garage and repair shop to look after municipal equipment and school buses. ! Council considered buying a new grader for between $9,500 and $12,500.

Sixty Years Ago

January 13, 1955

! Annie Medd was the first woman elected chairman of Langley School Board. ! Langley Memorial Hospital was expecting installation of a new x-ray machine. ! An application for a $10,000 grant to improve Langley’s airfield was sent to Ottawa.

Fifty Years Ago January 14, 1965

! Traffic in Langley was limited to 20 miles per hour (32 km/ h), to prevent frost damage as the weather warmed. ! Winter weather records were being broken: more than 68 inches (170 cm) of snow had already fallen, with 12 consecutive days of snowfall from Dec. 27 to Jan. 7.

Forty Years Ago

January 9, 1975

! The winter’s first snow fell on Jan. 8. ! Investigation into the fire that destroyed the Fort Langley Hotel indicated that a petroleum product was involved, although accidental cause was not ruled out.

Thirty Years Ago

January 9, 1985

! Nine-year-old John Porteus was recognized as a hero after he pulled a school-mate out of an icy pond near the Nicomekl River. ! A $600,000 budget surplus from 1984 was expected to keep Township taxes down.

Twenty Years Ago January 11, 1995

! The Oddfellows Hall, a Langley City landmark since the 1930s, was hit by fire.

Damage was $250,000. ! Township council sent a letter of disapproval to the Fraser Valley Regional Library, after it discovered that a magazine for gays and lesbians was available at local branches. ! Third readings of bylaws to allow two ice arena projects to proceed in Walnut Grove were passed by Township council. Grant Gettling and Canlan Investments planned to build at 91A Ave. and 201st St., and Tobem Projects had plans for 202nd St. and 89th Ave. ! Matsqui agreed to process Aldergrove’s sewage, solving problems and saving $3.5 million in the bargain.

Ten Years Ago

January 11, 2005

! One of two thieves who crashed their stolen vehicle into a liquor store was in hospital, in a coma. Both were under arrest. ! Snow followed by ice and wind caused electrical failures and other hardships.

January 14, 2005

! Continued snow and low temperatures kept Langley’s temporary shelters for the homeless open for much longer than initially intended. ! Brookswood grad Amanda Crew starred in a YTV series, 15/Love.

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Jan. 14

Green Wednesdays The next gathering is a screening of the film From the Waste Up – Life without Plastic, starting at 6:30 p.m. on Jan. 14. Filmmaker Taina Uitto will be there. Green Wednesdays is a monthly series of environmental evenings with challenging movies, dialogue and speakers, door prizes, and refreshments at Kwantlen Polytechnic University. Admission by donation ($5 suggested). RSVP to 604-599-3348 or Betty.Cunnin@ kpu.ca.

Jan. 15

Arts Matters The annual arts lecture series features actress and author Evangeline Lilly on Jan. 15 and musician/composer Alex Cuba on Jan. 29. Cuba will perform with the Langley Fine Arts School groups. Both presentations are at the Chief Sepass Theatre. Tickets: available at Langley Fine Arts School or call 604-888-3113.

Jan. 20

Financial planners Fraser Valley Estate Planning Council (www. fvepc.com) invites professionals in the financial planning and estate planning fields to the Tuesday, Jan. 20 starting at 5:45 p.m. at the Eaglequest Golf Course.

The guest speaker is Doug Carroll on tax and estate planning. RSVP to laurie@fvepc.com. Cost: $60.

Guests welcome.

Jan. 21

Education seminar The Langley Lodge offers a free sesWhat’s On items must be submitted at least 10 days ahead.

Send items to www.langleyadvance.com/add-event or email news@langleyadvance.com, with “What’s On” in the subject line.

sion Jan. 21 at 3 p.m. on quitting smoking and the resources available. RSVP to sthirsk@langleylodge.org or 604-532-4217.

Langley Seniors Community Action Table Everyone is welcome to attend an informative presentation by a representative from Fraser Health on Home is Best and Home Support services for seniors. It’s 10 a.m. to noon on Jan. 21 at the Langley Seniors Resource Centre, 20605 51B Ave. Info: Lynda at 604-818.3290 or llyscat@gmail.com.

Mondays

Port Kells Art Club Classes every Monday 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. with general meetings third Monday of each month. New members all levels of experience are welcome. Annual membership $25. The club exhibits three to four times per year in community.

Based out of the Langley Arts Council building. Contact Rita Evans at 604-853-4006.

Tuesdays

2277 Seaforth Highlanders The Royal Canadian Army Cadets is for ages 12 to 18 to learn leadership, citizenship, fitness and communications.

Activities include sports, band, field training exercises, first aid, camps, exchange programs and more. The group meets Tuesdays, 6:20 to 9 p.m. at Blacklock Elementary, 5100 206th St. Info: www.2277rcacc.com/.

Wednesdays

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. The Jan. 21 dinner meeting features speaker and author Karen McGregor on conscious entrepreneurs. At Wings restaurant, 6 p.m.

RSVP: reservations@bpwlangley. com or call 604-315-7974.

Thursdays

Langley Amateur Radio Association (LARA) The group meets on the first Thursday of each month (unless otherwise advised) at 7 p.m. in the Brookswood Firehall, 20355 32nd Ave. Coffee and sweets. Info: Al, ajmunnik@shaw.ca or Don, dondee@shaw.ca.

Fridays

Valley Bluegrass Music Soc. Membership is open to anyone who enjoys bluegrass. The group jams Fridays 7-11 p.m. in the Langley United Church, 5673 200th St. Attendance is free for the first time, then $4 for members and $6 for guests. Info: www.valleybluegrass.net.

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There is room for upwards of 14 cats in the adoption cages at PetSmart, including kittens.

This past weekend, there were a few litters of kittens along with a few adult cats up for adoption. The pack include this 13-week-old and its litter-mates discovered in a cardboard box in a trailer park.

Dayton Dayton is a small to medium size dog. Tall and leggy but only weighing in at about 17lbs. If your dream is have a very cute little mutt to love you for all your days and nights you will not want to miss out on Dayton.

Shy at first followed soon by bright eyed affectionate devotion is our Dayton. Dayton travels well and would benefit from the company of another dog. A cat would likely not mind the addition of such a sweet boy. Dayton needs a patient and tolerant home with lots of time as he is still working through some house soiling issues. To learn more about this dog please call LAPS at the Patti Dale Animal Shelter and ask to speak to his/her trainer.

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Rilea This doe eyed beauty is Rilea. She first came into LAPS as a tiny kitten and was recently returned from adoption after circumstances in the household had changed. Just take one look into Rilea’s big round eyes and you’ll fall in love. You don’t see an orange tabby female everyday, they are almost always male, so she’s pretty special. She’s a gentle soul, so she would enjoy a kid (7 and under) free home, without a ton of hustle and bustle. This girl is good with other cats and could live with the right dog. If you want to add a ginger feline to your home, please call us!

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A friendly cat or dog buddy could be an option for her, as long as they aren’t too rambunctious.

found hanging around an old house that was in the process of being demolished and was brought in by one of the construction workers. This cutie is a little on the plumper side and is jam packed full of cattitude. She enjoys pets and a good round with her dangle toys.

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TWU tames Regina Cougars In Canada West play at the Centre for Kinesiology, Health & Sport in Regina on Saturday, the Trinity Western University women’s volleyball team completed a weekend sweep with a 3-0 win over the host Cougars.

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Wolf Pack feasts on Knights The Langley Knights’ three-game win streak ended in emphatic fashion, as they fell 11-2 to the visiting North Vancouver Wolf Pack in Pacific Junior Hockey League action Thursday at the George Preston Recreation Centre.

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This week

Harmsworth 24 Fort Langley 22 Willoughby 20

Murrayville 12 Milner 14 Langley 16

Harmsworth 24 Fort Langley 22 Willoughby 20

Langley 16 Milner 14 Murrayville 12

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PRO LACROSSE

Toronto rocks Stealth in home opener The visiting Toronto Rock scored 20 goals against the Vancouver Stealth in a blowout win at the LEC on Saturday.

The Toronto Rock wrecked the Langley-based Vancouver Stealth’s Saturday night house party.

In their National Lacrosse League home opener against the Rock, the Stealth had one good quarter and three not-so-good ones, losing 20-11 to the visitors from the Big Smoke.

The Stealth led 4-2 after the first quarter in front of 4,724 fans at the Langley Events Troy Landreville/Langley Advance Centre, but after that, it was all Rock, who out-scored the home The Langley Events Centre’s arena bowl was filled with 4,724 towel-waving fans for the Vancouver Stealth’s team 8-2 in the second quarter National Lacrosse League home opener against the Toronto Rock on Saturday. and 10-5 in the second half. mistakes and as soon as plan,” Gajic said. “The After opening their season we started doing that, a games are not going to with an 18-14 road win over team like Toronto is going come easy. It’s a good the Calgary Roughnecks, the to beat you.” wake-up call and we have Stealth fell short in their bid to The start of the second to be better.” go 2-0 to start their 2015 NLL half was all Rock, who The Stealth are back at campaign. tallied the first five goals home Saturday, Jan. 17 Toronto’s Josh Sanderson had of the third quarter before when they welcome the a game for the ages with four the Stealth stopped the Buffalo Bandits to the LEC. goals and 10 assists. His teamFaceoff is at 7 p.m. mate Rob Hellyer also had a big streak, scoring the last two goals of the frame but Tickets can be had at night offensively with six goals trailed 15-8 going into the www.StealthLAX.com, and and four assists. fourth stanza if available, at the door on Rhys Duch led Despite the the night of the game. the Stealth with It’s a good loss, Duch FINAL BUZZER: The three goals and two wake-up call... reached a Stealth are looking to assists. Tyler Digby very importbounce back from a tough scored twice and Ilija Gajic ant milestone 2014 campaign where they added three helpers in Stealth finished with a 4-14 recfor the home team. franchise histord, tied for worst in the The Stealth came Troy Landreville/Langley Advance ory. In the first quarter, NLL with the Minnesota out of the gates flying in front Vancouver Stealth forward Joel McCready he assisted on a goal by Swarm. of the raucous home crowd, battled for position against Toronto Rock Digby, which made him The pre-game ceremony jumping out to a 3-0 lead in the transition player Brock Sorensen. the franchise’s all-time on Saturday included an first six and a half minutes of leading scorer, scoring his emotional video tribute to the first quarter. goals and 99 shots.

531st point, surpassing the late Chris Hall, who Ilija Gajic opened the scoring The Rock’s Miller made 33 was the Stealth’s bench boss in 2:29 in when he beat Rock goal- Gary Rosyski. saves to pick up the win while “It’s great to be the team’s 2014 (their inaugural season in tender Brandon Miller. all-time points leader but I wish the Stealth’s Tyler Richards had Langley) before retiring due to “We came out with a lot of a tough night for Vancouver, the end result was different,” health reasons. energy,” Gajic said. “We started suffering his first loss of the seaDuch said.

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Rivermen beat Chiefs twice to vault into top spot

Langley beat Chilliwack twice in a three-games-in-threenights weekend series with the rival Chiefs.

14th win of the season. played,” Rivermen head coach With the win, Langley leads and general manager Bobby the Mainland with 49 points, Henderson said. “We started one ahead of the Chiefs, but strong, played a full 60 minutes, Chilliwack (23-14-1-1) has two and beat a good Chilliwack games in hand. team.”

The two teams will meet again Langley led 3-0 after the first next Wednesday for the seventh period thanks to two goals by time this season.

Graham and one by Marcus “It was like a mini-playoff serVela. ies,” said Masson. “We found a The teams traded goals in the good way to battle through and second and Masson scored the show that when the time comes, lone goal of the third period in we’ll be able to go through another heated game between those tough stretches.” these two rivals.

Tempers started to flare Trading wins Saturday night including some On Friday night it was the comments from the stands at Chiefs who came into the LEC Chilliwack’s Prospera Centre. and skated to a 3-2 victory.

Sunday saw more of the same The Rivermen on-ice physicality battled back from and after the whistle deficits of 2-0 and scrums, which We started 3-1 but despite a escalated in the strong, played goal late in the third third period. a full 60 from forward Dante “In a game like still came up that, it’s importminutes, and Hahn, on the short end. ant not to lose beat a good Didur stopped 23 your composure,” shots in a losing Masson said. “I Chilliwack cause. thought we kept our team.

Saturday was a cool and that’s one different story as of the reasons we Bobby Henderson the Rivermen won got the win.” by a 4-1 count in “This was a great Chilliwack. test for us,” Henderson said.

Despite the same slow start for “We got to see what the boys the Rivermen, they scored four were made out of and they took unanswered goals and Darren advantage of it.”

Martin turned aside 36 of the 37 Langley goaltender Bo Didur shots he faced to steal a crucial had another solid performance, two points on the road. stopping 28 shots to pick up his

For the Langley Rivermen, two out of three, as in two wins in three games against the Chilliwack Chiefs over the weekend, ain’t bad.

In fact, it’s pretty awesome.

The Rivermen have overtaken the Chiefs as the top team in the B.C. Hockey League’s Mainland Division, by beating Chiliwack two out of three times in the teams’ three-games-in-three-days weekend series.

It took 42 regular season games, but the ’Men (22-15-1-4) can finally say they’re on top their division after a convincing 5-1 win over the Chiefs Sunday afternoon at the Langley Events Centre (LEC).

A career game for Matthew Graham, who scored twice and added two assists, and a twogoal effort from Zac Masson led the way for the Rivermen.

“The pucks were bouncing our way today,” Graham said, following the win. “It was a fun game to be a part of and it was nice to see our line rewarded for our efforts.”

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