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fix operations and build a deeper relationSony Corp. will close all 14 of its Sony ship with our guests. We hoped that these Stores across Canada as the company conefforts in Canada would lead to a successtinues to struggle to reshape its business. ful holiday season, but we did not see the It closed its store on the Langley Bypass a required step-change in our holiday percouple of years ago but there are still three formance,” said Cornell. “There is no doubt in the Lower Mainland. that the next several weeks will be difficult, “Over the next six to eight weeks we but we will make every effort to handle our are closing our Sony Stores in Canada and HEATHER COLPITTS exit in an appropriate and orderly way.” will redirect all of this business through hcolpitts@langleyadvance.com Target Canada is our national network Target stores, like the one in Langley, will seeking the appointof Sony retailers, close, unable to make money since opening ment of Alvarez & our online store… as in Canada about two years ago. Marsal Canada as well as through our It seems the firm wouldn’t make money monitor in the CCAA Sony-trained Telesales for some time to come so it will focus on its proceedings to oversee team,” read the state1,934 stores in the United States. the liquidation and ment. The Langley store opened May 7, 2013. wind-down process for The company’s news Willowbrook Shopping Centre is owned by Target Canada and its came on the same day Bentall Kennedy which is not making any subsidiaries. that Target announced statements about the loss of the anchor tenTarget has said it it would be shuttering ant. will continue to honall of its retail stores in “After a thorough review of our Canadian our gift cards during Canada. performance and careful consideration of CCAA. If people wait The closure comes the implications of all options, we were too long, they may as Sony is struggling unable to find a realistic scenario that end up on a long list to reshape its business would get Target Canada of creditors amidst years of losses. to profitability until at which tend not For the current fiscal It was the right to receive the least 2021. Personally, year which ends in this was a very difficult March, the company is decision for our full value of decision, but it was what’s owed. estimating a $1.9 bilcompany. the right decision for There are $7 lion (U.S.) loss. our company. With the million worth of Within the last year Brian Cornell full support of Target Target Canada the company sold its Corporation’s board of gift cards in Vaio personal computdirectors, we have determined that it is in people’s wallets. ing business and spun the best interest of our business and our Consumer Protection out its TV manufacturshareholders to exit the Canadian market, BC is responsible for ing operations. and focus on driving growth and building enforcing B.C.’s gift It is now reported further momentum in our U.S. business,” card law and this to be considering exitsaid Brian Cornell, Target Corp. chairman law mainly speaks to ing the TV business and CEO. expiration dates and entirely. The company Target Canada filed an application for allowable fees. B.C.’s is also considering protection under the Companies’ Creditors gift card law is silent options for its lackArrangement Act (CCAA) with the Ontario on the matter of busilustre cellular phone Superior Court of Justice in Toronto. ness closures or bankdivision. The court filings include $5.4 billion preruptcies, according MEXX Canada will tax losses and the company expects to close to Tatiana Chabeauxclose all of its 95 Heather Colpitts/Langley Advance in fiscal year 2015. Smith, the marketstores, including one MEXX is closing 95 stores across the The Minneapolis-based retailer is setting ing spokesperson for on the Langley Bypass, country, including its location on the up a $70 million fund to provide severConsumer Protection by the end of February Langley Bypass. ance. The 133 Canadian stores have 17,600 BC. after restructuring employees. There are 19 stores in B.C. Subject to court failed. The DutchUpon approval by the court, the proapproval, Target Corporation has commitbased retailer with 315 stores worldwide posed trust would provide that nearly all ted to provide a US$175 million debtor-inannounced bankruptcy in December 2014. Target Canada-based employees receive a possession credit facility to finance Target Reitmans announced in November 2014 minimum of 16 weeks of compensation, operations during the CCAA proceedings. that it would close 107 of its Smart Set including wages and benefits coverage for Target can trace its heritage back to 1902 stores, converting some to its other brands employees who are not required for the full with the creation of Dayton Stores. Target is (Reitmans, Penningtons, Addition Elle, wind-down period. Target Canada stores the discount branch started in the 1960s. 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Marijuana bylaw bans terrible odours The Township will regulate the smell of growing pot. MATTHEW CLAXTON mclaxton@langleyadvance.com

A bylaw that will penalize medical pot growers for foul odours was given preliminary approval by Langley Township council. The new rules were put forward by Bill Storie, the Township’s head of bylaw enforcement. “We have a number of complaints,” Storie said of pot-smell issues. “That’s what we hear about, over and over again.”

their own supply of the drug at home. Health Canada had estimated there were as many as 600 such medical grow ops in Langley alone, Storie said. With no likelihood the small grows will go away soon, Storie said the bylaw is about managing them. “If the smell wasn’t there, most people wouldn’t know they were there,” he said. If adopted, the new bylaw will allow neighbours to complain about smells, and Township bylaw officers will come by to check it out and see if it’s bad enough to be ticketed. There are already rules

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against bad odours generated by home-based businesses in place. The rules will essentially mandate filtration systems to reduce or eliminate any bad smells. Failure to comply could result in tickets of up to $500 per day. The bylaw won’t cover the entire Township, however. It will likely not apply in agricultural areas, where residents are expected to put up with odours from manure, livestock, and other normal farming practices. The bylaw passed its first three readings by the council on Jan. 12 and requires a final reading before coming into force.

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Firefighter hit by truck A driver and bystanders tried to save a pedestrian after a collision on Jan. 15.

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ers that was all about firefighting and keeping the community safe,” Copeland said. “This is a very difficult time for everyone in the department and a hard loss as Mark was a highly respected officer and well liked member of our team,” he said. Janson is survived by his wife and son. “Our thoughts and prayers go out to Captain Janson’s family and his friends,” Copeland said. There are no street lights on the road, which leads away from 56th Avenue towards the Tall Timbers neighbourhood. Janson was apparently wearing dark clothing at the time. The driver was not impaired by alcohol or drugs, and speed is not believed to have been a factor. Delta firefighter Mark The Integrated Collision Janson was struck Analysis and Reconstruction and kiilled by a Service (ICARS) attended pickup while walking the scene of the crash and his dog near his is investigating with Langley Langley home last RCMP Traffic Services. week. The truck was seized for a

The Langley man struck and killed by a pickup truck Thursday night was a longtime Delta firefighter. Mark Janson, 54, was walking his dog when he was hit by an F350 pick up truck in the 5700-block of 240th Street at around 9:20 p.m. The 24-year-old man driving the pickup, along with his passengers, stayed at the scene and performed CPR on the victim until BC Ambulance paramedics arrived, said Cpl. Holly Marks, spokesperson for the Langley RCMP. The driver was cooperative with police and extremely distraught about the incident, Marks said. A 26-year veteran of the Delta Fire Department, Janson was an acting battalion captain and emergency vehicle operator instructor and participated in a number of department committees, said Chief Dan Copeland. “He was just like one of those firefight-

mechanical inspection. The RCMP Client Support and Victim Services team has been notified and is offering assistance to those impacted by the incident, said Marks. - With files from The Province and the Delta Optimist

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Dying killer granted parole A Langley murderer has been paroled with a terminal illness. JENNIFER SALTMAN Special to the Langley Advance

A convicted murderer with a terminal illness has been granted full parole. Wayne Alexander Perkin, 64, is serving a life sentence for the seconddegree murder of Angela Richards. Perkin, who lived with his wife across the hall from Richards’s Langley apartment, hit the 24-yearold woman over the head and stabbed her 12 times

in 1992. At the time, Perkin was on parole for aggravated sexual assault and unlawful confinement. He was sentenced to life in June 1994 with no chance of parole for 18 years. Last summer, Perkin was granted day parole for six months. On day parole, Perkin maintained employment, completed a sex offender program, participated in aboriginal ceremonies and counselling, stayed sober, complied with the rules at his halfway house, and completed two overnight passes. Because of his progress, the board continued his day parole Dec. 5. Seventeen days later, he

was granted full parole in an expedited decision. Perkin was recently diagnosed with an inoperable terminal illness and his prognosis is “very grim.” Although the board remained concerned about the nature and gravity of Perkin’s offences, his release history, risk to re-offend, and relatively recent release on day parole, it also considered the progress he has made and his declining health and granted him full parole. Perkin will no longer have to live in a halfway house, but will have to abide by a number of special conditions and report to a parole officer. - Jennifer Saltman is a reporter with the Vancouver Province

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e get it. Red tape is annoying. It slows down the pace of business and it adds extra paperwork and hoop-jumping for busy people who are just eager to get the darned job done. But equally annoying are silly promises made by governments whose sole purpose in making them is to ingratiate themselves to a special interest group. This week is Red Tape Awareness Week, a lobbying gambit by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business to make us all – but especially politicians – aware of the costs and hassles that are caused by annoying rules and regulations that business people would rather did not apply to them. And sometimes they’re right. B.C.’s provincial government has been recognized for its admirable effort in reducing existing red tape and working to add as little new red tape as possible. In the past year alone: it has become easier for businesses to register for workplace insurance under WorkSafeBC, a new restaurant start-up guide is available online, and paperwork for procurement of small (under $250,000) government contracts has been streamlined, government services websites have been consolidated. The government is also looking into further regulatory reform and streamlining. So why did they have to do a fool thing like promising a net zero increase of regulatory requirements – and now a further announcement that the initiative will be extended to 2019 – which means eliminating an existing requirement any time a new requirement is added? We have to assume that regulations are in place for a purpose – whether or not one or another special interest group doesn’t like it. If a regulation is no longer pertinent, for whatever reason, it should be deleted. If a new regulation is required or necessary, then it should be instituted. Simple as that. Arbitrarily tying additions to deletions could result in expediency errors. It just smacks of pandering. – B.G.

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omorrow is Weedless Wednesday. If there’s a smoker in your circle of acquaintances who has been thinking about quitting, now is as good a time as any to offer support and encouragement. But don’t nag. Nagging doesn’t make it easier. And anything that doesn’t make kicking the tobacco habit is a waste of time at best, and more likely is counterproductive. Stopping smoking is hard. I can remember the day I stopped like it was yesterday – it was at 2:30 in the afternoon on Feb. 4, 1976. I had six cigarettes left in my pack, and I threw them in the garbage can in the corner of the agricultural students lounge at UBC. (Note to prospective quitters – I had tried quitting a number of times before, always beginning with finishing the last cigarette in my current pack, and failed every time, until at the advice of my father, who had stopped after many attempts years earlier, I sealed the deal by actually throwing some away.) A buddy of mine pulled the discarded pack out of the trash and asked, “Do you mind if I have these?” “Go ahead,” I said, “if you don’t mind dying of cancer.” “Anyone can quit smoking,” he said. “It takes a man to face cancer.” We both laughed. I’ve fallen out of touch with him, and

account alternates between I have often wondered if “quitting” and “stopping.” cancer – or any of the other That’s because you will try manifold deaths that smokto quit, but you can never ing can visit on its victims do more than stop. – ever got around to testing I don’t know if my addichis manliness. tion was – is – stronger I was lucky. I had a spethan that of most other cial incentive to make it cigarette smokers, but the permanent this time. intense craving for another In addition to my dad cigarette stayed with me reminding me that smoking for months, perhaps a year, is not just a personal health BOB GROENEVELD before it settled into somechoice, but a choice that thing milder. impacts everyone around Whenever the aroma of a particularly you who will join your suffering a horrible death, I had a girlfriend who threat- well cured cigarette wafted my way, it was all I could do to keep from falling ened to leave me if I didn’t quit smokoff the wagon. That stayed with me for ing… and then dumped me two weeks years. In fact, it still can hit me – nearly after I threw away those six butts. 39 years later – although now maybe I decided I’d be damned before I was only one or twice a year. going to give her the satisfaction of seeAt least the nightmares ended a long ing me with my lips on a cigarette that I time ago. For years after I stopped had thrown away for her. smoking, every eve of the anniversary If that doesn’t make any sense to you, brought me the same nightmare: I had it doesn’t matter. The point is, I was mindlessly accepted someone’s offer angry enough that it helped me through of a cigarette before I realized what I the first few weeks of intense craving was doing… then I’d wake up in a cold – until the breath I hadn’t realized I’d sweat, sniffing the air for evidence of my lost started showing hints of recovery soul-breaking transgression. and I started feeling healthy enough that And then relief: it was just a dream! I was able to force myself to believe that If you know someone who’s trying to the benefits of quitting outweighed the quit, they need your support: nothing desire – the absolute need – for another holier than thou, just a friend’s encourpuff. agement. You might have noticed that my

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Letters to the editor Thousands get expensive free ride Dear Editor, TransLink recently admitted that approximately 2.7 millions riders did not pay the applicable bus fares last year. My 10-cent calculator shows that that works out to about 7,400 unpaid fares a day. And yet Mayor Greg Moore of Port Coquitlam said he finds this falls into acceptable levels compared to other cities. We don’t live in other cities, we live here, and this loss of revenue has to be considered totally unacceptable. And he wants us to vote for a 0.5 per cent increase in the Provincial Sales Tax.

Considering an average fare of say $3 times 7,500 unpaid fares per day equals $22,500 per day, times 365 days per year equals $8,212,500 of unpaid fares a year. That’s a lot of money, and if there are more that 2.7 million unpaid fares, why would anyone pay? There is no penalty for non-payment. It’s time TransLink started collecting that unpaid revenue. Running a transportation company is not a hobby, it is there to provide a service, a service that should be paid for by all travellers. Joe Schillier, Langley

Medical plan premiums regressive tax Dear Editor,

The Medical Service Plan (MSP) premiums are probably the most regressive tax in Canada. A family of two with an MSP-adjusted net income of $31,000 will pay $1,566 annually, or about five per cent of their income for MSP premiums. With a net income of $50,000 those premiums will be about three per cent, and at $80,000 about

two per cent. This tax destined for general revenue belies the government’s statement that B.C. has the lowest provincial income tax rate. MSP premiums are an unfair tax, inefficiently collected for general revenue by a managing bureaucracy. Considering all the public sector employees and union members who benefit, don’t expect any change, as no politician

Canada only wants F-35A

Dear Editor, Your columnist is out to lunch on a lot of things he wrote about the F-35 [Does Canada need a new fighter jet?, Jan. 8 Painful Truth, Langley Advance]. There are three variants: the F-35A, which uses conventional runways; the F-35B, which does short takeoffs and vertical landings; and the F35C, which operates off an aircraft carrier deck. The RCAF is only interested in the conventional F-35A. The aircraft is not just a “fighter” for dogfighting, but it can also act as a ground and naval attack plane. It has two huge internal weapons bays plus seven external stores positions (which must really play havoc with the stealth features). It is intended to replace at least seven different aircraft in the U.S. military, plus others used by Europeans. The thing is a flying computer, with over eight million lines of computer code. Some of the things it is expected to do boggle my mind, and I have been involved with the RCAF and electronics engineering for more than 60 years. One thing we should be concerned about is the engine. Sooner or later, some will fail. There is only one engine in the F35, so the aircraft will probably be lost. Jerry Vernon, Canadian Aviation Historical Society

of any stripes will address this issue. The most one can hope for is that both the annual increases and rhetoric about the lowest income tax rate will cease.

Robert Robinson, Langley

Capitalism best

Dear Editor, Environmental activist Brandon Gabriel [Anti-oil is not anti-Canadian, Dec. 11 Letters, Langley Advance] doesn’t like being branded “anti-Canadian” while advocating activities that damage Canada’s economy. Our vital economy supports all Canadians, including more than $10 billion in services and programs to more than 600 aboriginal bands across the country. From his lofty academic artist’s perch, Gabriel preexcuses his critical rants against capitalism and energy with contradictory statements. Like it or not, capitalism is the world’s most prosperous economic system. The choices are limited: capitalism, socialism, communism, dictatorships, or live off the land with zero income. Roland Seguin, Fernridge

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Theft of a set of wagon wheels that have tremendous sentimental value for a local pioneer family (see page A9) garnered sympathy from the community: Joanne Sweers – Agh, that’s so pathetic!!!!!! Chris Parks – Pathetic is right. Sorry, Rosemary and Peter! All the best to you both and I hope these are found. Thoughtless, selfish, and small.

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Education seminar The Langley Lodge offers a free session 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.

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Vive les Voyageurs The annual French Canadian festival at the Fort Langley National Historic Site runs Jan. 24 and 25 (some activities run Jan. 19-23 during school visits with public welcome). Activities include learning a Metis dance, fingerweaving, bannock making, maple taffy and Voyageur-style music. The Langley Chapter of Canadian Parents for French presents special activities, French-Canadian themed food vendors and more on Jan. 24. Learn about the program.

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Harness the Hope Nite of Hope presents an afternoon of racing, including a Powder Puff Derby, at Fraser Downs Racetrack, in support of the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, on Jan. 25 starting at 11 a.m. Enjoy a special clubhouse buffet, live racing, a silent auction, jewelry sales, a blackjack tourney, 50/50 tickets and more. Tickets: $50. Proceeds go to equipment for early breast cancer detection. Info: www. niteofhope.com.

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A Night of Music The coffeehouse fundraiser for the Titans hockey team is 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Fort Langley EV Free Church, 8870 Glover Rd., on Jan. 26. Performers include Tori Nikkel, Mitch Hemerling, Tim Keis

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and Tim Stinson. Snacks, raffles, a photo booth, crafts, games and more. Tickets: $5 for students and $10 for adults (includes complimentary treat and hot beverage). Children admitted free when accompanied by an adult. Tickets from Titans members or at the door.

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Langley Events Centre’s Fieldhouse on Saturday, Jan. 17 to watch the eighth annual Flip City Invitational Gymnastics Competition. They were there to cheer on Meghan’s other daughter (and Brinley’s big sister) Caitlin, a member of Langley Gymnastics Foundation.

were welcomed by Jack Arnold and fellow Langley City Council members on Monday night, Jan. 12. Left to right are Councillor Arnold, mom Darlene Henley, baby Lincoln, dad Shane Lahn, and Lincoln’s big brother, two-year-old Jaxson. The family is from Langley City. Lincoln came into the world five seconds after midnight on Jan. 1 at White Rock’s Peace Arch Hospital.

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Fresh and local are keywords for a new eatery in town. Saladworks manager Corrine Beal, owner Paul Lalli, Ashley Frerichs, Andrew Sosa, and Nicole Franks celebrated their grand opening earlier this month. In addition to being only the second location to open in Canada, the Langley Saladworks will serve as the training centre as the company begins franchising across Canada. Peggy O’Brien/Langley Advance

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chased in 1921. “I was born on the property I currently live on,” Genberg added. There was no hospital in Langley when she was born. “Our grandchild makes five generations to live on this farm,” she said. Stevenson used the wagon, 100 chickens and a harness for collateral to buy the 55-acre parcel of land, Genberg said. “I painted the picture of the wagon in 2006 but shortly after all we could salvage was the four wooden wheels,” she said. Genberg has painted the wagon and wheels several times over the years, using it on paintings and cards. The wheels would not have been easy to steal so she figures there was more than one person involved. If anyone knows the whereabouts of the

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COMMUNITY

A12 Tuesday, January 20, 2015

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Marketplace • Walnut Grove • Fort Langley • Willoughby

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A14 Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Langley in

history

Looking back through the files of the Langley Advance.

guide to

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Eighty Years Ago

January 17, 1935

! A delegation representing the Aldergrove Farm Unity League told council there should be no ratepayers’ vote to raise taxes to cover increased relief for the unemployed.

Seventy Years Ago

January 18, 1945

! Langley Amateur Athletic Association was reorganized, with the 148 members’ first project to raise $3,000 to buy more land. ! High school inspector J. B. DeLong told the school board that Langley should be ashamed of its high school. Inadequacies included: no auditorium or gymnasium, no science laboratory, no lockers, too few coat hooks, primitive industrial arts facilities, no provisions for cooking classes, and disgraceful grounds which were covered in water during wet weather.

Allstar Collision Services Ltd. 19574 – 60 Ave., Surrey, B.C. V3S 8E2 Ph: 604-539-2828 Fx: 604-539-2830 The right place for quality.

Kirmac

Sixty Years Ago

January 20, 1955

Collision Services #104-19992 Fraser Hwy., Langley, B.C. Ph: 604-533-9552 Ask for Brian or Kevin #6-19875 96th Ave., Walnut Grove, B.C. Ph: 604-513-2335 Ask for Mike

Preston Collision & Detail Centre 20091 Logan Ave., Langley, BC V3A 4L5 Ph: 604-532-4597 Fx: 604-532-4589 Contact: Curtis Yardley

50%F OF

COATINGS AND UPGRADES

! RCMP smashed a burglary ring, arresting three suspects and recovered more than $3,000 in stolen property, including a fairly new 1/2-ton pickup truck. ! The premier and two cabinet ministers were wired by the Langley Board of Trade, demanding an answer to Langley Prairie’s request for separate incorporation before the legislature’s next scheduled sitting, in a week.

Fifty Years Ago

January 21, 1965

! Prime minister Lester Pearson personally responded to South Carvolth School’s Grade 3, 4, and 5 boys’ request for his views on education. ! Salmon River Diking District appealed to Fort Langley residents to each contribute $2 per year from their property taxes, to ensure that the town did not become isolated in a flood.

Forty Years Ago

January 16, 1975

! The provincial fire marshal ruled out accidental causes in the Dec. 29 fire that destroyed the Fort Langley Hotel. Traces of petroleum turned up in laboratory tests, and a witness reported seeing a person leaving the fire as it was first discovered.

Thirty Years Ago

January 16, 1985

! Local protesters wanted Lower Mainland garbage incinerated, rather than dumped in a Langley landfill. ! After accepting pay hikes of 8-1/2 per cent for the mayor and three per cent for aldermen, Township council was blasted by municipal workers who had just had 27 of their number laid off.

Twenty Years Ago January 18, 1995

! In an unusual act of theft, more than 500 spectacle frame samples were stolen from a local optical outlet.

LangleyAdvance ! A legal opinion was sought by the Fraser Valley Regional Library Board to determine if its branches could be forced to stop carrying Xtra! West, a gay and lesbian bi-weekly tabloid. One local librarian said she had received only one complaint about the publication, and another said she had received complaints about Christian Info News. ! An earthquake preparedness program was put in place in local schools, after the devastation of Kobe, Japan.

Ten Years Ago

January 18, 2005

! After weeks of wind, snow, and icy weather, a thaw accompanied by heavy rains inundated Langley Bypass and other areas. ! The latest fatal crash on Zero Avenue, this one head-on, was blamed on the weather and driver error. Police ruled out any possibility that controversial, recently installed speed humps had anything to do with it. ! Two residents of Langley Lodge celebrated more than two centuries worth of birthdays between them: Lou Streatch was 100, and Hilbert Enquist was 105. ! Gateway Casino Inc. changed its plans for Langley City. Instead of bringing in its Royal Towers Casino, Gateway planned to move its Vancouver Chinatown operation.

January 21, 2005

! Harvey the Hippo died at Aldergrove’s Greater Vancouver Zoo, fueling controversy after Harvey’s mate Gertrude had died the previous August. More Langley History online at www.langleyadvance.com, click on ‘Living’

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