Langley Advance February 10 2015

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TUESDAY February 10, 2015

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Winter mayhem on dark roads

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Rain and darkness conspired to create traffic trouble in Langley, as a pedestrian and a cyclist were hit in separate incidents.

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Happy trails to Aldergrove

More than 800 hours of effort went into the latest extension of the South Langley trail network from Campbell Valley Park towards Aldergrove.

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Langley realtor still kicking

A Langley realtor has the right foot for the game – Paul McCallum is continuing his decorated CFL career as a kicker for the the BC Lions.

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A dark, rainy night saw a cyclist and a pedestrian hit by cars in Langley City.

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A pedestrian was hit in a crosswalk at 203rd Street and 53rd Avenue Wednesday night in Langley City.

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Two people were hospitalized after being hit by cars in Langley City on Wednesday night, and one incident was a hit and run.

The first incident took place at 7:47 p.m. at 53rd Avenue and 203rd Street.

The driver was southbound on 203rd, stopped at a red light, said Cpl. Holly Marks, spokesperson for the Langley RCMP. When the light changed, the driver made a left turn onto 53rd, and struck a pedestrian in the crosswalk.

The victim suffered hip and back injuries, and was taken to the hospital. There was no information on the victim’s condition.

The driver stayed at the scene.

At 8:36 p.m., not far from the scene of the first collision, a cyclist was knocked off his bike.

A 45-year-old man was riding north in the curb lane of 200th Street, towing a small trailer.

A white car struck the trailer, sending bike and rider flying.

City firefighters responded to both incidents, and Chief Rory Thompson said the

victim in the second incident complained of back pain.

He was immobilized and taken to hospital for treatment.

The car, just described to police as white, fled the scene. Police searched for it but

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could not locate the vehicle.

It was raining heavily, but was well lit at the scene, Marks said.

The cyclist was wearing a head lamp but no helmet, and did not seem to be wearing any reflective clothing.

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Construction execs arrested on fraud charges A Langley man is one of two recently charged with fraud.

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Two company executives with a Surrey road construction firm, including a Langley man, have been charged with fraud.

Matthew Gregory Brooks, president of Aggressive Roadbuilders, and Langley’s Kirk Dennis Roberts, the controller-bookkeeper of the company, have both been charged with fraud over $5,000.

The RCMP Federal Serious and Organized Crime (FSOC) section began an investigation in 2009 into Aggressive, after receiving information from a financial institution about exaggerated and over-inflated finan-

cial documents.

Insp. Brian Gateley of FSOC said investigations like this rely on analysis of financial records, and are intensely time-consuming.

The RCMP did not release information on who might have been victimized by the alleged frauds.

Aggressive did work for Langley Township, but not since 2007, according to Hilary Tsikayi, the Township’s director of finance. Aggressive did road work primarily in 2005 and 2006.

There are no current contracts with Aggressive, Tsikayi said.

One of their major projects was a $1.9 million stormwater control upgrade funded by both Langley City and Township.

The project was approved in the summer of 2007 to avoid further flooding from Logan Creek and Jeffries Brook around 204th Street, 206th Street, and the Langley

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The project was overseen by Langley City. Independent engineering consultants oversaw the work, said City administrator Francis Cheung.

“We’re confident that we got value for our money,” Cheung said.

Aggressive is listed in Surrey civic documents as having done road construction work for that city in the early 2000s.

In 2006, Surrey paid Aggressive $3.1 million for a variety of road and sidewalk construction projects. Aggressive offered the lowest price of four bidders.

When asked if the victims of the alleged scam included any local municipalities, Staff Sgt. Laurie White, spokesperson for the FSOC, said police could not comment on the victim or victims’ identities, or even say whether they were clients of Aggressive.

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He hopes that a larger march and rally might be held in Fort Langley in the future.

The goal is to be proactive, and to let Kinder Morgan know that its opponents won’t sit idly by, he said.

A Kinder Morgan spokesperson said the recent drilling was for boreholes, to check on subsurface geology.

The company has said that the drilling areas will be remediated with the private property owners now that the work has been completed.

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headed for the Burnaby refinery will mean more tankers heading out onto the oceans carrying fuel products. He’s also not a fan of Kinder Morgan and the way the company has conducted itself during the process.

The event will not be the last protest against Kinder Morgan in Langley, said Gabriel.

The organizer said that one of the main goals of bringing people together Thursday was to let various locals and environmental groups network.

“We look at this as the beginning of many more

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The proposal is before the National Energy Board, and protests have erupted at several sites, most notably Burnaby Mountain.

Terri Schack said she was at the protest in Langley because she wanted to look after the environment for her chilMATTHEW CLAXTON dren, grandchildren, and mclaxton@langleyadvance.com great-grandchildren.

Dozens of people gathSustainable sources of ered Thursday to protest energy is where people Kinder Morgan’s plans to should be looking to the expand its Trans Mountain future, said Schack. pipeline through Langley.

“We don’t need to have More than 40 people the oil pipelines,” she said. gathered under grey skies She is also concerned for on the side of the rivers and Glover Road wetlands the We look at near Rawlison pipeline will this as the Crescent at 1 cross, if there p.m. is a spill in the beginning of Organized future. She’s many more by local artist from a long events. and activline of fishing ist Brandon families, she Brandon Gabriel Gabriel, the said, and one event was of her protest motivated by signs called to the fact that pipeline comprotect salmon. pany Kinder Morgan has Andhra Azevedo of the been doing some exploraPipe Up Network, which tory geotechnical drilling opposes the pipeline nearby. expansion, was there to Kinder Morgan is plansupport the rapidly organning to triple the size of ized event. its existing pipeline, which She is worried that the runs from Alberta through NEB’s consultations on the British Columbia. The pipeline are too limited line runs through North and exclude some subjects Langley on its way to a from consideration, as well Burnaby refinery. as many people.

“There’s too much potential for risk and damage to our environment,” said Jodi Marsh, another protester.

“Money isn’t everything,” she added.

Not everyone at the event was completely opposed to pipelines.

“I have mixed feelings,” said Bob Puls, a longtime member of the Langley Field Naturalists.

If oil has to be transported, he prefers pipelines to rail tankers or trucks.

Demand for Alberta oil has Matthew Claxton/Langley Advance seen shipments of oil passJodi Marsh, left, and Terri ing through Langley by Schack held up signs as train in recent years. drivers passed the site of a However, Puls said he protest last week. is worried that more oil

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Move fast to avoid abyss

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ere comes the slippery slope.

The federal government must act quickly to ensure no one slides off the edge and into the abyss created as a side-effect of last week’s Supreme Court ruling on assisted suicide.

The Supreme Court of Canada ruled that the Charter of Rights and Freedoms protects an individual’s right to die with dignity, and consequently struck down Canada’s laws against physician-assisted suicide. The ruling means someone with a terminal illness, and especially someone facing a painful and terrifying death can seek a doctor’s help to achieve a relatively comfortable and dignified end of life.

But the Supreme Court only has jurisdiction to interpret or set aside laws. It does not have the power to amend or rewrite laws or to replace them.

The federal government has that power, and it must act quickly to fill the legal vacuum created by the court’s decision.

Left unfilled, that vacuum has the potential to suck in people who need protection from the abuses that those who have vigilantly fought against legalized assisted suicide have rightly feared.

Without any laws detailing what situations should allow rational recourse to assisted suicide, people who could be saved by an alternative intervention could instead slide down that proverbial “slippery slope.”

Unscrupulous, malicious, ignorant, or simply exhausted family members and caregivers have been known to convince the elderly and the infirm – including those with apparently sound mental capacity – that suicide is the best or only solution to a desperate situation, even when it clearly is not.

The Supreme Court has justly decided that we each own our “self,” and that under certain circumstances, and after due consideration of the options, we have the right to dispose of our property in a reasonable and rational manner.

The federal government slipped up by not having had the compassion that the court has shown. It should have defined those “certain circumstances” long ago.

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Anti-vaxxers holding back extinction

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here are protests all over the place these days. You can’t so much as say the word “environment” without someone looking at you askance, waiting anxiously to hear what you’ll say next: are you about to reveal yourself as a pro-environment threat to the national economy, or will the next syllable out of your mouth unmask you as a radical species-killing redneck Harper-lover?

But whether you’re planning to vote for the environment or for the Conservatives, it’s a fair bet that you’re like practically everybody else in one respect: nobody likes to see a species become extinct.

You may not believe that it’s happening, or you may not believe that you, as a human being, can possibly have a significant impact on the planet’s overall biosphere.

You may or may not believe that you have any personal responsibility – you may not even believe that it is an inherently bad thing – but I’ll bet that when you see a picture of one of those baby seals about to be clubbed between their sparklingly sweet eyes and skinned alive, it doesn’t make you feel good.

You may refuse to believe that it’s your fault, but I’ll bet when you see hundreds of thousands of acres of Brazilian forests burning, spewing tons of smoke into the air and destroying the

In reality, very few of us homes and habitats of thoucould truly do that. sands of species – many of Very few of us will leave them not even identified yet this world firm in the by the most important speknowledge that we truly cies of all – it doesn’t make did all we could to save you feel good. at least one species from It may not reduce you to extinction during our brief tears or fill you with angst journey through our own for our dwindling future miserable, pitiful life.

– but admit it, it doesn’t Except the anti-vaxxers! make you feel all warm and You’ve got to tip your fuzzy inside. hat to those folks – they’re Whether you quake at the BOB GROENEVELD doing their bit, where most thought or you simply feel of the rest of us have been it’s a necessary evil in a falling desperately short. world that deserves to be dominated by They have been at the forefront of humanity and its technology, you would the battle to save a number of importbe among the absolutely most unusual ant species, but most recently, they’ve among us if the thought of destroying been bearing the standard on behalf of species willy nilly was one of the main measles. things that helped you to sleep soundly By refusing to vaccinate their children at night. for a variety of spurious and downright But what are you doing about it?

I know, if you’re part of the “necessary nonsensical reasons, they have been able to rebuild over the past couple of years evil” crowd, you’re doing nothing about the measles population that had been it. Why would you? Fair enough. virtually eradicated from North America But what about those of you who a decade ago. know that it’s wrong and that we have Okay, I’ll admit, measles isn’t exactly to do something before our entire planon the brink of planetary extinction et’s biodiversity is reduced to that of a – there’s enough measles in other parts giant wheat field – one crop consisting of one variety of one species? Surely you of the world to kill a few hundred thousand children each year. want to do something that you could But that’s human children. And we’re take to your Last Judgment, to legitimnot even close to extinct… yet. ately plead, “But, Your Honour, I tried.”

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Letters to the editor Cat-kill plan based on flawed info Dear Editor, I can cite six articles and fact sheets that show the science and data collected for the Smithsonian Wildlife Study referenced in two letters to the editor [Feral

Thugs cowards

Dear Editor, Thank you for acknowledging the criminal activity at the Langley City bus loop [Security boosted around transit hub, Feb. 3, Langley Advance]. It means much that Langley City authorities are trying to prevent the senseless violence. Let it be a lesson to the thugs that they are unwelcome, and their cowardly actions will not be tolerated anymore.

For those who witness crime in progress and feel victimized, do not hesitate to call the police and let them deal with troublemakers. You can also text transit police at 877-777.

Let’s all join in making our communities safer places to live and work.

M. Brian, Surrey

Switch a goof

Dear Editor, With one quick stroke of the pen, your paper has done more for amalgamation of the two Langleys than anyone else in years.

Or was that just an unintentional Page 3 blooper?

Mel Kositsky, Langley [Editor: Oops. The Ted/Jack switch [Security boosted around transit hub, Feb. 3] was an accident.

Our apologies to City Mayor Ted Schaffer and Township Mayor Jack Froese.]

cats removed altogether, Jan. 15, and Feral cat program just a trap, Jan. 27 Letters, Langley Advance] was flawed.

Wildlife, especially birds, are far more impacted by humans’ use of pesticides, increased air traffic, loss of habitat and climate change.

The data, the extrapolation, the size of the study, and the fact the article wasn’t submitted for peer review before publication have raised many concerns of the validity of the report.

TNR [trap, neuter, and release] utilized in conjunction with a no-kill shelter such as Langley Animal Protection Society [LAPS] and their supporting programs is the only proven, humane, and cost-effective solution to reduce the number of free-roaming cats.

I have gathered many articles and websites I encourage interested parties to review, they are based on science and facts, not opinions [Find links online at www.langleyadvance.com, click on ‘Opinion/Letters’].

I’m not sure how to respond to the “Jungle Puppies” comment. I’m assuming it is an attempt at humour, but it is in fact a slap in the face to volunteers who have worked long hours to better the lives of companion animals.

We have a shelter we can be proud of here in Langley, we need to pull together as a community and get a handle on this cat overpopulation problem, and stay in the lead alongside other progressive shelters and animal welfare groups.

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We were still listening to the top hits from the previous year, when the Beatles were lamenting their Hard Day’s Night and Louis Armstrong was saying hello to Dolly.

Here in Langley, the focus was on Hospital Hill. The Langley Memorial Hospital Planning Committee was finalizing plans for the official opening of a new hospital.

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On Saturday, Feb. 21, the LMH South Tower Anniversary Committee will host an afternoon tea in the hospital for all staff, past and present. The committee is endeavouring to contact everyone who, at some time, has been employed at LMH from the opening of the cottage in 1948 to the present.

Family members of Dr. C. Key, Miss Marion Ward, Mr. H. Devine and Mr. S. Chapman are expected to attend.

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After two people were hospitalized in separate accidents, we asked if our readers are worried about walking/cycling after dark, as pedestrians or as drivers.

Michelle Carduner – You bet I do! I live in Walnut Grove, where the average speed limit is 70km – I make it a point not to be anywhere near the high school around lunchtime or end of school… ‘L’ means leave fastest and ‘N’ mean not if I can beat you to it.

Jonathan Dyck – Our infrastructure still favours automobiles and does little to provide safety for cyclists. Until that changes, it’s going to be tough to get people out of their cars.

Valerie Sikkema – Yes, I worry. When driving I use extra care to look for pedestrians and cyclists, and wish they were are wearing reflective clothing. When walking, I have a reflective vest, flashing lights, and a flashlight. See and be seen!

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Fortunately for my husband (back in December), the driver who hit him stopped, and we are so thankful!

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Profit and Loss The Green Wednesday documentary film for Feb. 11 is about indigenous peoples loss of land, water and health due to mining and oil industries. $5 admission. Refreshments. Lug a mug. At the Kwantlen Polytechnic University auditorium starting at 7 p.m. RSPV: 604-599-3348 or Betty.Cunnin@kpu.ca.

Music information session Learn about the Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s music programs at a session at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 11 at the Langley campus, room 1010. Info: http:// www.kpu.ca/arts/music.

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Greeting card sale Cards hand-made by Grade 6 students will be on sale in the Alex Hope Elementary lobby 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Feb. 11 and 12 at three for $5. All funds will go to provide art supplies to children in Africa.

New 2U Boutique The Langley Lodge secondhand booth has a boutique and jewelry sale 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Feb. 14 at 5451 204th St. Find clean gently used women’s clothing, shoes, accessories and jewelry. All funds go to benefit the lodge residents. Info: www.langleylodge.org.

Pioneering Love Valentine’s Day at the Fort Langley National Historic Site on Feb. 14 featues dinner in the Full Barrel Cafe with live music and a walking tour of Fort Langley and its tales of love before sitting by the campfire. $50 per person. Tickets through Brownpapertickets.com (event 627195).

Murrayville Bus Tour On Feb. 16, start with a tour of the Langley Centennial Museum exhibit Collected & Curated before historian Fred Pepin shows people the history of Murrayville. Lunch is at the historic Porter’s Coffee and Tea House. $30 per person.

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Seniors education seminar The Langley Lodge education series for Feb. 17 features tax tips for seniors with accountant Doug Leskun starting at 7 p.m. at 5451 204th St. Topics include disability tax credits, caregiver credits, medical credits, pension income splitting and more. RSVP: 604-532-4217 or sthirsk@langleylodge.org.

Below The Rotary Club

of Langley Central made a presentation to Bob Kissner and Stephanie Whalen of Focus BC, which provides troubled youth with education and therapy.

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Thanks! The Rotary Club of Langley Central invited partners

Presentations and AGM The Derby Reach/Brae Island Park Association annual general meeting is 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Feb. 20 at the Fort Langley Community Hall. Learn about the association’s work and future goals, and hear a presentation by naturalist and author Anne Murray. Enjoy the apple recipe bake-off. Open to the public. Info: jnilsson1011@ hotmail.com.

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and sponsors to a special meeting held to thank all who helped present the 25th Fraser Valley Wine Tasting Festival last fall.

The most successful so far, the event raised about $75,000 for local charities, bringing the 25-year total for the annual Langley event within reach of $1 million – which incoming Langley Central president Dorothy McKim hopes will be achieved with this year’s festival already in the planning stages. Funds from the festivals go to charity. The REACH Society (above) which deals with autism and special needs, received a $30,000 cheque presented to Karen Horn (left) and Elysa Philip (right) by Langley Central Rotary president Guy Tousignant (centre left) and Rotarian and festival diamond sponsor BDO Dunwoody representative Paul Coltura.

A Stroll Through Time For Heritage Week, a guided walking tour of Fort Langley and tea time takes place Feb. 21 and runs 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Artist and teacher Emilie Colbourne will show the area’s historical buildings, businesses and people before everyone has tea at the new Blacksmith Bakery. Goes rain or shine (umbrellas provided). $15 per person. For information or to sign up in advance at 604-5323536 or any Township recreation centre (mention event 473569).

Good Stuff Auction – Dave Walman,

representing the ALS Society of BC, accepted a cheque for $1,388.85 from Maureen Bush, Sheila French (auction chair) and Judy Browne. Alpha Rho Master, a Langley chapter of Beta Sigma Phi International, raised the funds with a Good Stuff Auction. The funds will go to ALS patient care.

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Tai chi For people with health problems, chronic illnesses, mobility challenges, or the consequences of an injury. Movements are adapted for people with reduced mobility and the program is open to all. Thursdays, Douglas Recreation Centre, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Resumes Jan. 1. Info: 604-507-0700.

Square Wheelers Square Dance Club. Info: 604-513-9901 or 604-594-6415, or www. squaredance.bc.ca.

Well, hello – David Beattie and Allan Hunt came before

Langley City council Feb. 2 about the Hello Project.

“It’s an invitation for a chat,” Beattie explained.

Under the auspices of the New Way Community Society, they want to raise funds for the project which would include distributing up to half a million lapel pins. People would sport the lapel pins to show to extend the hand of friendship.

“I think that is fantastic,” said City Councillor Val van den Broek.

The campaign arose from a study of Metro Van residents who felt disconnected from other people.

Coun. Rudy Storteboom said he liked anything that promoted positive social interaction and council would have to discuss any budget implications. “It is a quality of life issue,” he said.

The men have addressed a handful of municipal councils in the area in recent months, and are looking to built a coalition, including government, business, non-profits and individuals.

Beattie suggested a possible pilot project for the City.

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Trail continuing A multi-use trail has been extended into South Aldergrove.

The trail was finished out to 256th but then stopped, with a boggy and difficult stretch ahead.

In 2013, a partnership between the Back Country Horsemen and the Township allowed work to re-start.

MATTHEW CLAXTON The Township build boardmclaxton@langleyadvance.com walks over waterways, and A long-awaited trail linking volunteers helped clear paths, South Langley’s major parks put down rock and gravel, is closer to completion, thanks and build a steep switchbacklargely to the efforts of a local ing stretch of trail up to 264th equestrian group.

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The Back Thiessen Country Horsemen estimated the of B.C.’s volunteers proThis is just Aldergrove chapvided about an absolutely ter has finished $40,000 worth awesome gem. of work, plus its project with Langley Township around $12,000 Charlie Fox to build a stretch in aid from grants of trail from 256th through the Street to 264th Street.

B.C. Horse Council and other More than 800 volunteer groups. hours of work were put in to The new stretch of trail will complete the trail, said Peter be officially opened on March Thiessen, vice chair of the 14 with a ceremony at 10 a.m.

Aldergrove chapter.

Councillor Charlie Fox said “At this point there’s just one the trail is like a linear park. mile of trail that needs to be “This is just an absolutely completed,” said Thiessen. awesome gem,” he said of the The trail runs east from trail.

Campbell Valley Regional Park, The trail is multi-use, with heading mostly along or near horse riders sharing with cycthe 8th Avenue area. lists, walkers, and runners.

It was started in 1995, with Thiessen hopes the Township the intention of creating a path will move forward on the final that would connect Campbell segment, across 264th Street Valley with Aldergrove near the Aldergrove border Regional Park. crossing to the nearby park.

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African children and Food For Famine representatives thanked Super Save Group and FFF for their donation of shipping containers filled with Ready-toUse Therapeutic Food.

• Since 2012, Billy Vandekerkhove of Super Save Group has donated four containers to malnourished children in Africa.

• One shipping container holds 900 boxes of Readyto-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF), helping 900 malnourished children under the age of five.

• 100 per cent of donations received by Food for Famine Society go towards the purchase of RUTF.

INTERNATIONAL AID

Donors feed hungry in Africa

Langley residents help feed children in South Sudan.

Thanks to a $100,000 donation to Food For Famine Society (FFF) from Billy Vandekerkhove of Super Save Group, a pair of shipping containers filled with Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) have been sent to malnourished children in Africa.

The first container arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Dec. 23.

The second container pulled into the Port of Mombasa in Kenya on Jan. 23, heading to its final destination in Juba, South Sudan.

World Vision Canada (WVC) assists FFF with the distribu-

tion of RUTF through their Community-Based Management of Acute Malnutrition programs.

The South Sudan shipment arrived in the war-torn region within days of a peace treaty being signed by the government and rebels.

The recent violence has exacerbated the hunger issue that was already above the World Health Organization’s emergency threshold of 15 per cent, prior to the violent outbreaks.

The demand for RUTF in the Juba region of South Sudan has increased with 1.7 per cent of the 1,254 kids screened found to be suffering from Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM).

World Vision Canada and its partners are working closely to reduce the mortality rate among children and mothers due to

malnutrition.

WVC is also focusing its efforts on teaching the importance of breastfeeding, promoting ongoing health education, nutrition and the use of appropriate breast milk substitutes.

Juba is desperate for clean water systems, medical supplies, therapeutic food and milk, blankets, mattresses, essential medicines, and health care workers.

Food For Famine Society with their partners, Mana Nutrition and World Vision Canada, are working to support the need for RUTF as quickly as possible.

Maria Martini of Food For Famine Society is thrilled that an additional shipping container is close to being filled, thanks to the generosity of local donors.

Food For Famine Society welcomes donations at www.foodforfamine.org.

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Walnut Grove businesses are not fans of the proposed transit tax being taken to referendum next month.

In preliminary results of an online survey by the Walnut Grove Business Association, 68 per cent of North Langley businesses are not in favour of adding 0.5 per cent to the PST transportation upgrades.

The idea for a survey was spawned by a request from the Aldergrove Business Association (ABA) to speak to the referendum, said WGBA chair Karen Reynolds.

The executive was uncomfortable taking a unified stance without polling other Walnut Grove shop owners.

The WGBA will share its poll findings with the ABA and Greater Langley Chamber of Commerce, Reynolds said.

“We’re not against the upgrades. We’re just against the tax, when we’re getting very few upgrades,” Reynolds elaborated. “I think we’re already being taxed extra with the tolls.”

In the meantime, Township Mayor Jack Froese will speak at the WGBA monthly meeting at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 12, at The Redwoods Golf Course. Reynolds hopes to share her group’s findings with him at that time.

That meeting is open to all Langley business people. Cost for non-members is $10, not including breakfast. RSVP to admin@wgba.ca.

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Bug’s owner is Sandra Nickolls STLA Hey’s Dance Class, or Bug, as of Armstrong, her trainer is Brenda she is commonly known around the Driediger of Aldergrove, and her breedbarn, was born and raised in Langley ers are Herman Steunenberg and Sandra at Herman Steunenberg and Sandra Arabsky’s horse breeding farm, Sky’s The Arabsky of Langley.

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O’Brennan presented the HCBC 2014 In 2014, this little mare was the highest Horse of the Year Award to STLA Hey’s scoring horse that competed in the Sport Dance Class at the All Arabian Horse Horse in Hand Division at the Scottsdale, Association of BC award banquet, held in AZ., Arabian Horse Show, and she also Abbotsford Jan. 17. The annual awards placed in the top 10 in her Open Liberty serve to honour outstanding achievement Class at the same show. within B.C.’s equestrian community.

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Abby is a gorgeous shelter mutt who is about 2 years old. Abby was picked up as stray and had a microchip that traced back to Texas.

Luckily, one of the health techs from Douglas College got us to do a heartworm test. When we got the results we found out that Abby was heartworm positive. Heartworm treatment requires the dog to be on strict bed rest and can take up to 4-5 months to clear. Abby is now finishing up on her treatment and will be getting ready to find her forever home.

At first, Abby comes across quite nervous but once she warms up, you see a different side. This sweet and cheeky girl will brighten up your day and give you all the cuddles you will ever need. Abby will be looking for a home with dog experience and someone who is willing to work on building her confidence with strangers. Abby could live with another feline or K9 friend but we are looking for a home without children. For more information on Abby please ask to speak with her trainer.

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Bauer is a one year old male neutered German Shepherd Dog. This boy grew up in a loving home and it shows. At present Bauer has a strong reaction to cats and given his size would be a challenging fit for a home with a cat.

He does enjoy the company of other dogs and has a physical play style.

He also has the good sense to observe when a confident dog says no thanks.

A water dog who travels well in the vehicle, Bauer is looking for someone to share regular exercise and adventures. Because of Bauer’s 110 lbs size and youthfulness a physically strong owner would be best suited.

Winter arrived at LAPS on a cold day in early January. He was very underweight and dehydrated and needed regular subcutaneous fluids for the first several days he was here. Staff made sure he was getting lots of good food and love, and after a month Winter was ready to be neutered and start looking for a forever home. He is a chatty guy and will sometimes announce his presence with a funny, raspy meow. This beautiful boy is on the shy side and would prefer a quiet home with no small children.

Sherman is a handsome, dashing young man with lots of love to give. This big, black floofball has a hilarious, chirpy little meow and uses it to charm everyone he meets. He’s very outgoing and is always happy to treat any visitors to a little loving. Sherman enjoys looking out windows, exploring our cat cottage and having a good play session with some of his dangly toys.

Meet Fame and Fortune! These beautiful girls are sisters and love to spend their time cuddling and playing together. They’re a little on the shy side but once they’re settled in they really love their people. They enjoy ear scratches, treats and toys and are happy to settle down for some snuggles after a good play session. At about 6 months old, they’re still full of kitten energy and would love a home with lots of time to spend with them. Since they’re not the most confident cats, they would prefer a home with no small children. Fame and Fortune could go to a home together or separately.

Baker is the whole package! This guy has good looks and personality galore. A former stray who survived on the streets, Baker is loving his cushy new life. Regular meal, a comfy bed and lots of love - what more could a cat ask for? He’s a big softy and starts purring as soon as he sees a person. There’s no such thing as too much cuddle time for this guy! Baker thinks he’s enough cat for any home and would prefer to be the only feline child in his family, although he could live with a dog.

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TOWNSHIP COUNCIL

Mayor promises to open up The Township’s mayor has pledged to reach out to the public more.

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A Langley Township committee will look at enhancing communications with the residents, Mayor Jack Froese announced recently.

The newly formed Mayor’s Standing Committee on Public Engagement was one of Froese’s promises in the run-up to the November civic elections.

“Recent events, such as the proposal of the new BrookswoodFernridge Community Plan, made it clear that some Township of Langley residents felt they were not being included or adequately consulted during the planning process,” Froese said on Jan. 26. “As a result, some citizens became concerned

about any and all development the council before the end of June. proposed for their community, and Lack of community consultation expressed apprehension about their was one of the major complaints ability to be heard durduring a number of coning the decision-making troversies over the past process.” two years, with the battle The committee will over a new Brookswoodinclude Froese, Councillor Fernridge Official Michelle Sparrow, and Community Plan one of newly elected Coun. the most notable.

Blair Whitmarsh, along After several years in with Dale Ball of the development, the process Brookswood Merchants began attracting a large Village Association, amount of public attenSusanna Haas Lyon, tion in early 2014, most Mayor Jack Froese a public engagement of it negative. Residents Langley Township specialist, and Barbara packed public meetings, Sharp, a former North and council ultimately Vancouver mayor probably best voted to scrap the plan and start known locally for her organization from scratch. of Christmas at Williams Park.

Anger in Brookswood was still The committee’s purpose is to boiling months later during the find innovative ways to ensure civic election, and while Froese residents feel more included in the still topped the polls over his nearplanning process. est challenger, former mayor Rick It will meet eight to 10 times Green, Green took more votes in starting in February to review curBrookswood than at any other pollrent procedures, and will report to ing place in the Township.

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Former strongman delivers truck Thanks to the generosity of C&D Logistics, Kimz Angels now has two trucks to use for delivering items to Langley’s needy.

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A retired Langley strongman is lifting the spirits of the community’s needy, through a selfless donation.

Dana Matheson was active in the gruelling sport of strongman before a back injury forced him to stop competing about nine years ago.

During his days as a strongman, Matheson once carried 340-pounds on his 6’4” frame, which he used to lift large round stones (known as atlas stones, which can weigh up to 385 pounds), pull trucks, flip 800-lb. tires, drag 700lb. chains, and press large logs overhead, as well as many other events.

Today, a much leaner Matheson (thanks to a dedicated running regiment) is a successful businessmen. He’s the president of C&D Logistics, a full service third party logistics company that ships anything and everything on all modes of transportation around the world.

He’s also quite the philanthropist, recently donating a 2015 Ford F-150 to the charity group Kimz

Angels, which will use it to deliver food, furniture, baby essentials, and other items to disadvantaged people living in the Langleys.

Matheson and Kimz Angels founder Kim Snow got to know each other through mutual friends, and started conversing through social media.

“I am big on giving back and when I see people going above and beyond the call of duty to help those in need, I can’t help but want to get involved,” Matheson said. “Kim is a very selfless person and she deserves it.”

This isn’t the first time a business has donated a truck to Kimz Angels for this purpose.

Two years ago, Snow was the grateful recipient of a 2012 Ford F150, financed by BB Contracting. Steve Stew from BB Contracting is a friend of Snow’s and is also on the board of directors for the Child Development Foundation of British Columbia.

While this new truck has already been delivered to Kimz Angels, the plan was to officially unveil it to the public on Saturday, during the first annual Fraser Valley Family Day celebration at the Langley Events Centre’s Fieldhouse.

At the same time, nonperishable food donations for Langley’s needy are being accepted.

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mony is scheduled for noon at the Langley Events Centre, with Township Mayor Jack Froese in attendance.

“The Wrap Guys generously donated a custom wrap and it was given to Kimz Angels about two weeks ago,” Matheson said. “We will have it at the Fraser Valley Family day at the LEC on Saturday to fill the truck

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PRO FOOTBALL

Langley’s McCallum still kicking The seemingly ageless Paul McCallum hopes to extend his CFL career to a 23rd season.

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is right foot is the tool that Paul McCallum uses to ply his trade, one that has made him a household name in the Canadian Football League.

The local realtor with MacDonald Realty and Langley resident – who celebrated his 45th birthday on Jan. 7 – kicked field goals on a consistent basis for the BC Lions this past season.

And he’s not ready to hang up his cleats, just yet.

McCallum’s career is a decorated one, to say the least.

In a CFL career that has spanned 22 years, and hopefully counting, McCallum has won two Grey Cups, is a fivetime CFL all-star, and has been named the Grey Cup’s Most Valuable Canadian and the CFL’s Most Outstanding Special Teams Player.

In 2011, McCallum set the record, with 30, for the most all-time consecutive field goals made in the CFL. That also happened to be the year the Lions won their last Grey Cup, beating the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 34-23 before 54,313 fans at BC Place Stadium.

McCallum also holds the record for the longest field goal made at 62 yards and highest field goal kicking accuracy in a single season. s a young CFLer, McCallum never imagined he’d still be playing in his mid 40s.

He is the oldest player in the league, mirroring the career of one of his predecessors, Lui Passaglia, who spent a record-

Rivermen add Americans The Langley Rivermen have added a pair of Americans, with 1996-born forwards Dominic Franco and Max Kaufman joining the team for the 2015/16 season.

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This week

Fort Langley 18 Murrayville 24 Langley 26

Willoughby 18 Milner 12 Harmsworth 10

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A highlight of Paul McCallum’s CFL career was hoisting the Grey Cup at BC Place Stadium in 2011. breaking 25 years (1976–2000) as a Lion and scored more points in that time than any professional football player in the sport’s history.

“I remember Lui kicking field goals at an even younger age than I am today and thinking, ‘When is he going to retire?’”

McCallum said, in a recent phone interview with the Langley Advance. “But it comes by real quick and I’m still having fun, and before you know it, here I am.”

This past season turned out to be a frustrating one for both McCallum and the Lions.

BC was just average, finishing 9-9 and ended up crossing over to the CFL East in the playoffs.

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Also during the season, he became the second player in pro football history to surpass 3,000 career points, the other being Passaglia.

So from a personal perspective, it was a fine campaign, but McCallum wasn’t satisfied, at all.

“It was a very tough season for a lot of reasons, from a team standpoint,” McCallum said. “I played all right. I could have done better. I missed field goals that I don’t think I should have missed. It’s frustrating, looking back on the mistakes I made.

But health-wise, and abilitywise, I feel I’d still like to play another year.” hese days he’s focusing on being a realtor, which in actuality is a yearround occupation, even during the summer and fall when the CFL is in full-swing.

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When it comes to longevity in professional team sports, you couldn’t pick a better role than kicker.

“It goes without saying,” McCallum said.

“There’s no comparison with the amount of abuse that other players take on their bodies compared to mine. Absolutely, a field goal kicker has a longer career.”

Another key to his longevity, especially in recent years, is keeping his cool.

This past season fans never saw McCallum pump his fist or get overly emotional when he kicked a field goal.

“It’s more along the lines of, doing it more relaxed, and more calm,” McCallum said. “It’s self confidence, you could say.”

To continue to a 23rd season, McCallum focuses on staying in shape. He begins to seriously work out in February to get ready for a CFL season that gets underway in the summer.

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Titanium – new year, new goal A Fort Langley dragonboat team made up of paddlers ages 60 and older has its sights on the nationals in Ontario.

A new year brings new goals.

And for Titanium, Fort Langley’s senior C women’s dragonboat team, they have set new goals this year – and set them high.

They are looking to win at the nationals in Welland Ont., this June to earn a spot at the 2016 Crew Club Dragonboat Championships in Adelaide, Australia.

And there, they also want to win.

FLCC Titanium is a women’s 60 years and older, dragonboat team established two years ago with the dream of competing at the international level.

With that goal in mind, they worked hard and earned a chance to go to the World Crew Club Championship in Italy last September.

“It was an amazing experience with 27 countries represented. Titanium raced their best times in all three of their events and missed out on a third place medal by 0.67 seconds in one of them. We were so close, a breath away,” crew member Dianne Shrimpton said.

“We were both elated to be so close and devastated we didn’t succeed.”

And so Titanium has set new goals and is training hard to prepare for nationals this June.

Rain, cold and occasional snow doesn’t stop them from paddling on the Fraser River and in False Creek.

Coach Ben Lee has been focusing on refining technique and building power in the boat.

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compete with the best in Canada and the world as well.”

On Jan. 17, as a fun part of their training, Titanium entered two 12person teams for the Lotus Icebreaker Outrigger Races at Barnet Marine Park.

And after a grueling, hard fought six kilometre race in Burrard Inlet through wind and waves, they came first and second in their division.

“The hard work, determination and commitment of these ladies is making competing at nationals possible,” Lee said. “They have shown that age is just a number and that they and the little club from Fort Langley could

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