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Ralph chooses former Crown Basi-Virk prosecutor to defend Langley teacher charged with sexual offences DAN FERGUSON Times Reporter

The female Langley elementary school teacher charged with sexually assaulting a male student is being represented by Janet Winteringham, a high-profile Vancouver lawyer who was on the prosecution team which obtained guilty pleas from two BC Liberal government aides charged with corruption. Winteringham made a brief appearance in Surrey Provincial Court Monday morning on behalf of her client, 57-year-old Deborah Ralph, to confirm receipt of documents from the Crown prosecutor’s office. Ralph did not attend court. The next court date is set for Monday, Jan. 9. Ralph is charged with one count of sexual assault and one of sexual interference. The charges relate to incidents that are said to have occurred from December, 1998 to June, 2001. The alleged victim was a student at James Kennedy Elementary in Walnut Grove where Ralph taught from September, 1987 to June, 2010. Police said the offences did not take place in the school or a schoolrelated activity. Ralph was suspended from her teaching post at Langley Fundamental Elementary where she has taught since September, 2010. continued, PAGE 4

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Langley’s Charles Dixon, a Translink driver for 25 years, has been off work since last February after he was attacked while driving the 106 bus to New Westminster Station.

Still reeling from attack Transit driver Charles Dixon continues to feel the aftereffects of Feb. 15 assault GRANT GRANGER Black Press

Charles Dixon’s legs are shaking as he stands for the first time at the same Edmonds SkyTrain bus loop stop where his face was punched in by a passenger on Feb. 15. Dixon has been a bus driver for 25 years, and he wants to keep doing it, but the assaults on drivers are too common, and though he has been assaulted before, this latest one was unnerving. When Dixon, a Langley resident, pulled his 106 New Westminster Station bus up to the loop that day about 40 people

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pleaded guilty to assault causing bodily harm and assault with a weapon. His sentencing hearing will resumed on Feb. 7. The damage to Dixon was severe. With one blow he got a concussion, mild to moderate brain damage and an orbital bone broken in two places. In March, he had a plate inserted below his eyes with two screws on the bone to secure it. In May, doctors put another two screws in to keep his eye in place, and he still has no feeling in the right side of his nose and right upper lip.

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Dixon got back in the driver’s seat and didn’t see it coming — a punch that crunched the right side of his face. “He hit me so hard it twisted my head and the left side of my head ended up on the driver’s side window,” says Dixon. He straightened up half expecting more punches, and told his 24-year-old son Aaron — who was riding along to spend some time with his father — to get some others and follow the assailant and to call 911. They tracked him down, but not before Aaron, a Simon Fraser University student, was hit with a piece of wood. Last month Del Louie, 21,

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Senior injured in City crash DAN FERGUSON Times Reporter

A 71-year-old woman from White Rock had to be transported to hospital by an air ambulance helicopter following a two-car collision in the City of Langley late Wednesday morning, Dec. 14. The senior suffered what were described as non-life-threatening abdominal injuries when the Honda she was driving was T-boned by a Lincoln at the intersection of Fraser Highway and 208 Street around 11:39 a.m. The driver of the Lincoln, a 40-year-old Langley woman, reportedly suffered minor face and wrist injuries. Air bags in both cars were triggered. Both drivers were wearing seat belts. The driver of the Honda, which suffered extensive damage to the driver’s side, had to be extricated by rescue crews using the Jaws of Life device to remove her door. The crash caused extensive damage to the front end of the Lincoln. Police blocked off 208 Street south of the intersection to allow the helicopter to land. Langley RCMP are looking for witnesses

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A Langley RCMP officer inspects a Honda involved in a two-car collision at the intersection of Fraser Highway and 208 Street late Wednesday morning (Dec. 14). One person was transported to hospital by helicopter. to the crash. Anyone who has not been interviewed

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Tough to find an assistant, secretary-treasurer tells board DAN FERGUSON Times Reporter

The financially-troubled Langley school district has had trouble finding a secondin-command for secretary-treasurer David Green, the manager with the task of untangling a multi-million dollar deficit. It’s been so much trouble, the school trustees have approved an alternate plan to recruit a director of finance instead of an assistant secretary-treasurer. The decision was made at the Dec. 13 Board of Education meeting, after Green explained the advertising for the job of

assistant secretary-treasurer in the debtridden Langley school district generated little interest. “We didn’t receive a lot of applications,” Green told trustees. And none of those who applied had the proper qualifications, Green added. Changing the job to director of finance allows the district to hire someone with slightly fewer qualifications, in this case, Trudy Arndt-Harrison from the Coquitlam school district. Arndt-Harrison is a Certified General Accountant with 13 years experience as manager of financial services at the Coquit-

lam school board and eight years at the Maple Ridge school district before that. She will start in January. Green was brought in to sort out the books of the Langley school district, after it managed to run up a $13.5 million deficit in the 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 operating years and the provincial government ordered the money repaid over four years. Under Green, the district has already reduced the deficit to $9.8 million and is now ahead of the schedule set by the education ministry deficit elimination plan, which commenced in the 2011-2012 school year, and is scheduled to end in 2014-2015.

Surviving pilot from February crash sued Black Press

One of the pilots involved in a midair collision east of Mission last February where two people died is being sued. Patti Hubble’s husband Donn, a Langley resident, died when his plane and Paul

Knapp’s touched wings while formation flying, sending his aircraft into the Dewdney slough. Surrey’s Patrick Lobsinger, who was a passenger in Hubble’s plane, died at the scene, while Hubble passed away a short time later in hospital.

Knapp made an unscheduled landing in a farmers’ field a short distance from the slough. The civil claim against Knapp, filed in the Supreme Court of B.C. Dec. 7, alleges he was negligent, and this caused or contributed to the collision.

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Police seek help in finding ‘creepy’ suspect The children described the male as ‘creepy,’ police said. The man who tried to chat up some children on the school grounds at Langley Fine Arts School in Fort Langley on Thursday, Dec. 15 was 30 to 40 years Suspect of age, slim with a brown beard designed in a “flame pattern.” He was wearing dark clothing and black and white “skeleton” gloves. It was around 4 p.m. when he arrived on a motorized bicycle and proceed to talk with three elementary school age children. The man made no attempt to lure the children away from the school, but one of the children became uncomfortable and ran into the school to get his mother, a teacher at the school. When the teacher approached the male and attempted to speak with him, he turned his back and walked away. Langley RCMP have released a composite sketch of the suspect. If he looks familiar, call Langley RCMP at 604-532-3200 if you are able to assist with the identification of the suspect.

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Winteringham and senior special prosecutor Bill Berardino were involved in the prosecution of Bob Virk and Aneal Basi, the former BC Liberal government aides who pleaded guilty to breach of trust in connection with the $1-billion sale of B.C. Rail and received conditional sentences.

Controversy erupted after it was disclosed that the plea bargain included an agreement that the duo’s legal bills of $6 million would be paid by the provincial government. Winteringham was also cocounsel for the West Coast Legal Education and Action Fund for women which was an intervenor in the polygamy case that ended with a B.C. Supreme

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;I feel like Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had a cold for the last 10 months,â&#x20AC;? he says. Dixon was so distraught that for 10 weeks he took a taxi from his home in Langley to a back treatment clinic in Surrey because going by bus on his first visit was too traumatic. He couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t handle the noise and motion of the bus, so he rode with both fingers in his ears and his eyes closed. Although Dixonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s injuries were serious, incidents like this are not rare. Operator assaults had been on a downward trend from the 242 reported in 2006 to 118 last year. But theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re on the rise again with 136 and counting in 2011, as of Nov. 30, and the bus driversâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; union says itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still a serious problem. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are days where I open up my e-mail and there are two or three assaults in one day,â&#x20AC;? says Gavin Davies, vice-president of the Canadian Auto Workers local 111. He says drivers are frequently the target of ominous warnings of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to get you, I know where you workâ&#x20AC;? or are spat on. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Those can be more insidious than getting punched because then youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to deal with contracting hepatitis or any other disease,â&#x20AC;? says Davies.â&#x20AC;&#x153;They never know when theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to run across these people. The threat of potential assault weighs heavily on our operators.â&#x20AC;? CAW and Coast Mountain Bus Company (CMBC) formed a joint committee to tackle and monitor the problem. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The company views one assault as too many,â&#x20AC;? says CMBC spokeswoman Catherine Melvin. She says fare disputes are one of the primary issues, as well as belligerent or intoxicated passengers, congestion and overcrowding on routes. The punch was not the first physical assault Dixon has suffered.That came on Feb. 13, 1987 when he asked a young man to stop spitting sunflower seeds on the floor. The response was a punch to the nose. Between the first and last assault there were 10 others on Dixon, and that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t count an incident that almost killed him. On the night of April 5, 2005, he was driving the 135 Burrard bus that goes to SFU. Two young men and three young women got on. Two paid, three didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t. He walked back and told them they had to pay and he headed back to his seat. When they began to approach him, one of them menacingly wielded a skateboard, Dixon phoned for assistance and pushed the button to activate an audio tape to record the encounter. Dixon says he saw the skateboard coming down on him, but

before it struck he told the youth the tape was on and the conversation was being heard at the dispatch office. Although the youth stopped before hitting Dixon, he got really angry at that point. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The four friends stood between him and me and dragged him off the coach. By that time I was shaking from head to toe. I literally was a basket case. I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t finish my

go over very well with Dixonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s colleagues. Davies says a survey of bus operators showed more than 60 per cent opposed a partial barrier, and over 55 per cent were against a full cage, because they like the interaction with passengers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Locking us up behind cages is not taking care of the problem,â&#x20AC;? says Davies. Even though he says many

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shift,â&#x20AC;? says Dixon. After the passengers were put on another bus, he tried to drive back to the Burnaby depot, but had to be taken to St. Paulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s emergency because of chest pains. He was released, but a day later he was in the intensive care at Langley Memorial Hospital where he stayed for five days. He then had an angiogram at Vancouver General. The cardiologist said to him, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mr. Dixon, you really should have died.â&#x20AC;? It took him 13 months to return to work.The skateboarder got six months probation. To reduce incidents like those, Dixon, Davies and the company want the federal government to legislate minimum sentences for assaults on workers, not just bus drivers. Davies says violence against bus drivers in U.S. cities is not as great as here, because thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a penalty there. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have passengers who absolutely beat our drivers. They donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do jail time, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just told not to take a bus,â&#x20AC;? says Davies. Even though there are calls for increased police and security presence on transit, and both would welcome it, Davies realizes it may not be the solution for a couple of reasons. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The problem is the security is as toothless as we are,â&#x20AC;? says Davies, while acknowledging thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a cost factor. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Their numbers are nowhere near where they need to be to provide a police service for a transit system.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;The ultimate solution would be to put us in cages,â&#x20AC;? says Dixon. However, that idea doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t

Red Carpet Event buses in Europe have cages, there are still assaults. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If someone wants to get at a bus driver theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll get at a bus driver, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll just wait until the end of the line,â&#x20AC;? says Davies. Davies also points out it would be difficult to retrofit most of the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fleet. One alternative, he says, is an educational program to teach operators how to defuse tense situations. For many drivers like Dixon, says Davies, the last piece of training they got was 20 years ago. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Many members may have the opportunity to disengage and not even realize it,â&#x20AC;? says Davies. Back at the Edmonds loop, Dixon shrugs his shoulders when asked why he wants to continue driving buses. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I enjoy it. Imagine all the wonderful people that board our buses,â&#x20AC;? says Dixon. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I thought everybody was nice, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not the case. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a small section of society that do what they want when they want. They donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t care about the implications.â&#x20AC;? Although heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s scheduled to undergo a third surgery to fix his nose, Dixon is aiming for a parttime return to work soon. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Eventually I want to come back in this loop as a transit operator driving my bus,â&#x20AC;? says Dixon. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With one punch this kid has taken one year of my life away and heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s changed my life forever.â&#x20AC;? He says 25 years ago, his father told him not to not become a transit operator. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I guess he knew something that I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t.â&#x20AC;?

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Children rode the famous waves during the W.C. Blair Poolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 25th anniversary celebration, held by the Township of Langley on Dec. 10. Part of the dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s festivities included children making Christmas crafts (below). More than 500 people attended the celebration, including John Blair, son of former mayor Bill Blair, whom the recreation centre was named. A mural celebrating Murrayville and marking the anniversary was also unveiled. remember being here when W.C. Blair first opened and now their children are the next generation to enjoy the fun and educational programs the Centre provides,â&#x20AC;? Visser added. At the anniversary event, W.C. Blair unveiled a mural created by local young artists and the Langley Arts Council through a Nothing Without Effort Township grant. The pool is now closed for maintenance, and will reopen on Jan. 2.

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Good faith bargaining

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hile all the sound and fury over education bargaining in the past four months has come from the B.C.Teachers Federation and BC Public School Employers’ Association, some real and substantive bargaining has been taking place. Unfortunately, it doesn’t involve the teachers. The BCPSEA has quietly concluded an agreement in principle with representatives of the Canadian Union of Public Employees and other unions representing support staff in the K-12 public education system. The agreement was announced on Thursday. The agreement is not a final contract, but rather an overarching framework which will apply if school districts can come to an agreement with their local unions by Feb. 29. The agreement in principle calls for no wage increases from 2010 to 2012, but does have a wage reopener clause, should provincial guidelines calling for a “net zero” result from contracts change. It does include some additional money, notably $7.5 million annually for preparation time for educational assistants, and $550,000 for a support staff education and adjustment commitee. CUPE has not been beating the political drums against the provincial government over education funding, as has the BCTF. Rather, it has worked diligently with the employers’ representative to come up with a realistic contract that calls for no concessions. At the same time, it recognizes that the taxpayers’ ability to pay more has all but run out. Nor has it brought in moves designed to put pressure on parents, administrators and school districts, such as refusing to do report cards or formally meet with parents to discuss student progress, as the BCTF has. The BCTF has legitimate issues about class size and composition, and how to resolve a lawsuit it won over past changes to its contract. It is unfortunate that BCTF negotiators have spent so much time posturing in public and relatively little time actually negotiating. It is also unfortunate that the teachers’ union has not modified its demand for hundreds of millions in extra education funding. The BCTF needs to bargain constructively, as the support staff unions have. The education system should be functioning fully, in order to carry out its mandate of developing today’s children into tomorrow’s responsible adults.

A fast move on Mufford approval

pproval of the revised MufTraffic from the Willowbrook ford overpass project was commercial area will move over the made public via a provintracks onto Highway 10, or Langley From cial government press release on Bypass east of Glover Road. It will not the Editor Wednesday morning at 10 a.m. be funneled east to 216 Street and 64 By afternoon, people working on FRANKBUCHOLTZ Avenue, and then north and south on property acquisition were already 216 Street or east on 64 Avenue. sending e-mails to property owners whose land A series of new traffic signals will slow down they need for the project. Who says the wheels Glover Road traffic even more. It is already painof government move slowly? When funding is on fully slow at times, due to congestion at the the line, as is the case with this project, governCrush Crescent/Glover Road intersection. ment can move very quickly. Too bad governThe ministry needs to consider four-laning ments can’t make a regular habit of that. Glover Road and the stretch of Highway 10 east It took the Agricultural Land Commission well of Glover Road to 232 Street. That would help over a year to rule that the first Mufford overmove traffic better. However, that project isn’t pass proposal consumed too much farmland. even on the drawing board. Nor are there any This came despite the majority of Langley Town- plans to build a rail overpass where Highway 10 ship council backing the project and seeming crosses the tracks. Traffic will continue to back to be oblivious to its potential impact on farms, up every time a train passes. When we are up not only near Mufford Crescent, but as far east as to 36 trains a day, with many of them two miles 232 Street and 64 Avenue. long, there will be a lot of congestion. After the rejection, Langley Township realized As this is the major highway connecting Highthat its chances of getting the project completed way 1 with the border, the Vancouver airport on time were rapidly diminishing. Council voted and Tsawwassen ferry terminal, this is patently to have the ministry of transportation and highridiculous. But there has been no movement by ways take over management of the project. In the ministry to even consider such an overpass. less than a year, it came up with a revised and The Mufford overpass is part of the Roberts better proposal, one which does not funnel a Bank Rail Corridor project, which includes a large amount of urban traffic into rural areas. massive amount of funding from Ottawa. There It also will consume less farmland, and will not is a March 31, 2014 time limit. While Ottawa may turn a significant chunk of farmland into potengrant an extension if the project is well undertial urban land through isolation. way by that time, that isn’t guaranteed. This time, there was also better consultation. Despite its flaws, the Mufford overpass project While some residents are unhappy that council needs to go ahead. Funding has been secured, isn’t holding a formal public hearing, there was and it will help ease some traffic problems. Howplenty of feedback at the open houses held in ever, the long-term answer to traffic congestion September. While no significant changes were in urban Langley due to train movement is a made as a result of the open houses, the most Highway 10 rail overpass. Both Langley City and significant adjustments were incorporated in the Langley Township need to emphasize this fact to new proposal. the ministry and local MLAs. www. l a n g l e y t i m e s . com Contact us Main line ........................................... 604-533-4157 Classifieds.......................................... 604-575-5555 fax 604-575-2073

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he countdown is on, only five more shopping days and five more sleeps until the big guy arrives. December is a month filled with lights, memories, sweets, stress, laughter, tears and credit card bills. It’s also an incredibly busy month for RCMP, nabbing drunk drivers on their way to or from some kind of seasonal soiree. How is it we can put a man on the moon, invent the telephone, television, automobile, the cotton gin, the camera, the steam engine, the sewing machine, the light bulb and penicillin, and yet we cannot seem to grasp the very simple fact that guzzling alcoholic beverages and operating a motor vehicle is incredibly dangerous — not to mention stupid. One only has to take a look at our overburdened court system to see how many “brainiacs” choose to hit the bottle, slip behind the wheel and put themselves and the rest of those on the roads at considerable risk. Yes, B.C. has taken measures to ensure tougher drinking and driving laws, and it’s a great start. But it needs to begin at the grassroots level. It needs to start with a little something we like to call common sense. And if you can’t use that, maybe have a heart. People have lost mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, aunts, uncles and friends because someone else chose to drink and drive. If you plan on having a party this season, tell anyone there drinking they are not leaving your property unless it’s with a designated driver. We need to send the message that it’s not just about the fines and the inconvenience of a suspended license. It’s about our right to be safe on the roads. It’s just that simple. —Quesnel Cariboo Observer (Black Press) The Langley Times is a member of the British Columbia Press Council, a self-regulatory body governing the province’s newspaper industry. The council considers complaints from the public about the conduct of member newspapers. Directors oversee the mediation of complaints, with input from both the newspaper and the complaint holder. If talking with the editor or publisher does not resolve your complaint about coverage or story treatment, you may contact the B.C. Press Council. Your written concern, with documentation, should be sent within 45 days to B.C. Press Council, 201 Selby St., Nanaimo, B.C. V9R 2R2. For information, phone 888-687-2213 or go to www.bcpresscouncil.org

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Sign bylaw would make race fairer Editor: I would like to applaud Councillor Charlie Fox’s motion brought to council, about limiting the number of large signs during the campaigning period. However, I find it disheartening that the motion was defeated under the guise of “undemocratic,” when the safety of citizens should be paramount. I find it interesting in the discussions of council that democracy and fairness to newcomers was cited as some of the reasons for not limiting the number of these large signs. If an election was to be truly fair for newcomers, then limitations would most definitely be the way to make this happen. It is often the newcomers who have the

smallest budgets, which buy them a fraction of the number of signs as the incumbents, who have financial backers, or eager newcomers willing to go into personal debt. The number of signs a candidate has usually plays a very large role in the amount of votes they receive. It’s sad, but true. To take this discussion one step further, I would in fact challenge the current council to bring in bylaws to help make elections fairer for all candidates. Put limits on the number of signs per candidate, so that it is equal and fair, and so that we do not repeat the ugliness of the past election with 41 candidates. Nobody enjoyed the overkill of signage in

November’s election, and most people would agree that a total ban is not beneficial either. However, there is a happy medium between a free-for-all and nothing at all. So let’s exercise good judgement and moderation and put in a bylaw. Mind you, if half the current council didn’t vote with the safety of citizens in mind, then I highly doubt it would bring forth a bylaw that makes sense and promotes a fairer election process either. Hmm, that’s really sad. Misty vanPopta, Langley Editor’s note — The letter writer was a candidate for councillor in last month’s Langley Township election.

Deception involved in smart meter program Editor: Re: “Windsong residents say ‘no, thanks’ to smart meters,” (The Times, Dec. 13). Since this story appeared, the WindSong Cohousing community has been contacted by readers who want help in resisting BC Hydro’s so-called smart meters. People who have sent non-consent letters to BC Hydro and who have posted Do Not Install signage on their old analog meters have received phone calls from Hydro which they describe as bullying and intimidating, including being told their power may be cut off and the RCMP may be called in to convince them to accept a smart meter. Hydro maintains that everyone in B.C. will have a wireless smart meter by the end of 2012 — whether they’re carcinogenic or not. Citizens for Safe Technology has learned that smart meter installers arrived on Salt Spring Island recently in unmarked vehicles, and without any BC Hydro uniforms or ID.

Some installers gained access to private property under the pretense of doing maintenance or doing calibration for Measurement Canada. Installers said it is the Canadian government that requires smart meters. (This is the same Canadian government that refuses to acknowledge asbestos as a hazardous substance, even though it’s been denounced by the world health community.) Analog meters are currently being destroyed by a U.S. firm called Bay Metals on Annacis Island.That’s too bad, because when the dangers of wireless technologies are more widely recognized, we’ll want the analog meters back. And guess who will pay for new ones? BC Hydro has cunningly framed its smart meter campaign. A device that emits possibly carcinogenic radiation 24/7 is promoted as smart, green and cost-effective. With such benign promotion, some may wonder what all the fuss is about, especially

when we’re already absorbing harmful electromagnetic radiation from cell phones, cell towers and wireless routers. The difference is that we have some control over those exposures but no control over smart meters. We may occasionally inhale or eat something toxic, but nobody wants an invisible carcinogen as a constant in their air. This is a wake-up call for anyone who still trusts a corporate marketing campaign. Wireless technologies are the fastest growing industry in the world and our federal and provincial governments have caved in to the lobbyists. More and more government whistleblowers are exposing the truth that there is nobody looking after our interests but us. Anyone wanting to say “no” to smart meters will find information at StopSmartMetersBC. ca and CitizensforSafeTechnology.org Valerie McIntyre, Langley

It’s best to buy good local books at a store Editor: I was delighted to see local books featured in Brenda Anderson’s article “Read local,” (The Times. Dec. 13), especially The Blue Umbrella and The Violet Flash by my husband, Mike Mason. However, I was sad to notice the statement that all of the books could be purchased online at Amazon.ca. Surely we should support our local bookstores and encourage

people to “buy local” as well as “read local.” I know that The Blue Umbrella and The Violet Flash are in stock at Wendel’s Books in Fort Langley, Blessings Marketplace and also at Porter’s Store in Murrayville (where the books are set). A friend of ours manages an excellent bookstore. He feels that, much of the time, his bookstore is a store front for Amazon. People

browse in the bookstore and then go home and order the books online. Books may be less expensive online, but that will never replace the joy and delight of browsing well-stocked shelves and finding treasures we’d never discover otherwise. Let’s support the real world, not just the virtual one. Karen Mason, Langley

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Politicians get additional money from taxpayers Editor: This letter is regarding “Massive pay hike for council,” (The Times, Dec. 15). These figures don’t include the per diem amount mayors and council members earn from attending conferences, committees and The

boards, or their mileage fees. Are these additional sources of income also one-third tax free? Thousands of seniors and people with disabilities who paid taxes all their lives are now

receiving social assistance, and live below the poverty line in B.C. They never get raises. Politicians always get raises. Ted Summerfield, Langley

DO AS THEY WILL Editor: I don’t understand why the recent pay raise Langley Township council received would amaze anyone. This is just the latest in an already too long list of abuse of power, not only at the local level, but also at the provincial and federal levels. It no longer matters what is right or even constitutional, it matters only that the politicians can and will do whatever they like and then spin some story to justify it. Surely this has to be a rally call for the amalgamation of the Township and City of Langley. Please remember, these salaries will show on your tax bill. We as Canadians are one of the highest-taxed people per capita in the world. When will enough be enough? The politicians would say never. Isn’t it about time you said something, yes you and you and you. Everyone is appalled at the low voter turnout. It’s because your vote no longer counts for anything, and this is why seemingly harmless special interest groups get their way. It also explainss how our province can toll a federal highway (Port Mann Bridge) and get away with it. The proposed toll robs people on minimum wage of five to six hours pay per week. That’s approximately two to three days per month. Let’s not even start with TransLink. P. G. Taylor, Langley

SLAP IN THE FACE Editor: I was absolutely stunned to read about the pay raises given to the mayor and council members of Langley Township. In our present economic climate, where people are struggling to make ends meet, these elected officials gave themselves a substantial pay increase (12.6 per cent for the mayor and 19 per cent for councillors). Now I know why our taxes have increased by 10 per cent every year for the last few years. Our fixed income as retirees has certainly not gone up 10 per cent. I fully expect our taxes will go up again in 2012 to pay for these salary increases. This is a slap in the face to all of us trying to get by in an economy where incomes do not increase to cover these costs. L. Nyberg, Murrayville

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Pair suggest publishing Progress report monthly Township’s summary of development activity and statistics currently produced quarterly NATASHA JONES Times Reporter

There have been many occasions when residents have been caught off guard by a development proposal in their neighbourhoods. While signs are required on properties that are the subject of a rezoning or development permit application, there is currently no way to broadcast more widely the intentions of a developer, or the Township itself. On Dec. 12, Joe Zaccaria and Eric Woodward suggested a solution to

council: make Langley in Progress available on a monthly basis. Langley In Progress provides a summary of development activity and statistics, and summarizes on a community basis the status of significant multi-family, comprehensive development, commercial, industrial, institutional and single family subdivision development applications. Minor development projects, such as subdivisions of fewer than five lots, may not be listed in the report. Langley In Progress is published quarterly, Zaccaria and Woodward

asked council to consider making it a monthly publication. “We have a strong, vibrant economy and developer partners that are helping to contribute to our success in attracting jobs and people,” Zaccaria told council. “As progress occurs, the citizens of the Township must be kept informed,” he said, adding that Langley in Progress “by far presents the citizens of the Township of Langley with the most comprehensive view of all development activities occurring in our community.” Zaccaria said that because Langley in Progress is published only once every three months, the public can miss out on prior knowledge of any changes in a

development application. “A matter could reach the council table, catching residents off guard,” he said, noting that most council members ran on a political platform that supported “some form of open and transparent government.” “We have all experienced public hearings in which residents have accused council or staff of announcing development activity ‘out of the blue,’” he added. Zaccaria said that despite a government’s good intentions, this situation will continue when there is a shortage of information available to the public. “Eric and I believe your wish for open and transparent government are heartfelt and sincere,”

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Zaccaria said, explaining that he and Woodward simply wanted to emphasize that a monthly publication of Langley In Progress is in the best interest of the residents of the Township. “As this data is collected routinely anyway, no additional burden will be placed on staff. We see this as an easy decision, and one that will not require staff referral,” Zaccaria said. Council made no decision on the request to increase publication of Langley in Progress, which appears in print, and online on the Township’s website. Zaccaria said later that Township staff have been in touch with him and Woodward since their presentation to council.

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Port Coquitlam Mayor Greg Moore is the new board chair of Metro Vancouver. said Moore will do a good job. He added that he did not have enough time to effectively serve the region and Burnaby, particularly since his wife is now an NDP MLA. Among the challenges for the new board is the replacement of retiring Metro chief administrative officer Johnny Carline, who departs in February. Moore said he intends to collaborate more closely with the

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njoying a cup of coffee in an artsy Walnut Grove café, 56-year-old Barbara Stewart is the picture of relaxed contentment. Dressed head to toe in black — her outfit creating a sharp contrast to her blunt, shoulder-length blond hair — Stewart settles into a small leather sofa for a candid chat about the roller coaster that has been her life for the past 15 years or so. After losing nearly everything in a threeyear downward spiral that took her from Victoria homeowner to a homeless recovering alcoholic, Stewart is today in the midst of a slow but steady climb. It’s been a meandering journey, from being just another face in a crowded city to the wilderness of northern Alberta, where she did her best to avoid being seen. Along the way, she took plenty of notes, and now the Langley woman has parlayed a talent for writing and an unusual adventure that lasted less than two weeks into a 190page tome, which paints a compelling picture of what life is like for a single woman working at an isolated oil rig in Canada’s north. Stewart’s memoir, titled simply Campie, documents the 12 days in January, 2003 that she spent mopping floors, cleaning bathrooms, making beds, emptying overflowing ashtrays and picking up after rig workers at the Trinidad 11 camp south of Grande Prairie. All the while, she kept her head down and tried to blend into the walls of the four Atco trailers that served as sleeping, eating and recreation quarters for the 20-odd people who lived and worked in the camp. “The trouble with a memoir is, where does it start and where does it end, because your life isn’t tidy like that,” said Stewart, between sips of coffee. With the help of her editor, she found the beginning of her story in the middle of the Rocky Mountains, as she drove north in her aging Toyota Tercel. Negotiating the frozen Pine Pass between Prince George and Chetwynd, on her way to Grande Prairie, Alta., semi trucks were her only traveling companions on the dark, slippery road — charging up from behind and then blowing past her in clouds of snow that enveloped her little car. ••• During her 12 days at the camp, Stewart kept a journal, detailing not only her daily encounters with the other workers (whose names have all been changed in the book), but her own thoughts and fears about her decision to take a job among these giant strangers in the middle of nowhere. The day after her adventure in the Pine Pass, Stewart parked her Tercel in a hotel parking lot in Grande Prairie and caught a ride the rest of the way with “Stan” the camp cook, who gave Stewart the rundown during the 90-minute drive — a conversation that did little to ease her concerns. ••• “Andy will show you the ropes. He’s the

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Barbara Stewart is writing for a living and waiting to be accepted into a master’s program at UBC, but the Langley woman’s path took a startling detour in bringing her to this point. Her book, Campie, tells the story of her downward spiral and her efforts to find her way back to a ‘normal’ life. campie you’re relieving.” Then, seeing the question on my face, he added, “That’s what we call the camp attendant — campie. Don’t let him put you off. He’s just a little rough,” Stan explained.“But if you’re going to get, you know, friendly with the men, could you just try to be a little discreet about it? The last camp I was at, all hell was breaking out over this woman. What a mess.” He rolled his eyes. “I’m just here to do a job,” I answered quickly. “I don’t get friendly with people I work with — it’s not a good idea.” Is friendly part of my job? ••• Rising at 4:30 a.m. Stewart’s days were strictly regimented, with each task needing to be completed in a particular order by a fixed time. Should a tired roughneck step

out of the shower and find no clean towels, there would be hell to pay. It was one thing to tell the story of her brief life in camp, “But I also wanted to explain to the reader how I got there,” said Stewart. Using flashbacks throughout the book was the natural solution, she said, because she would reflect on her life while lying in her bed at night, a wedge shoved under her locked door. And as she dragged bags of trash across crusted snow to the camp’s incinerator, Stewart would often pause to gaze up at the star-filled sky and enjoy a few minutes of quiet contemplation. Other times, long walks along the deserted narrow roads carved out of the forest, gave her time to reflect.

The threat of getting lost and freezing to death or being struck by a passing truck wasn’t enough to keep her inside the small square of trailers. “I was so desperate to get away from the camp, even for an hour,” she said. “Everyone is smoking, it’s hot and full of people, it’s noisy, there’s no privacy. “I knew it wasn’t a place I could stay.” The decision was made for her, however, when she woke up one morning to learn she’d been turfed, because “Frankie,” the cook’s helper, had complained to the tool push (the rig boss) that Stan and Stewart had been mean to her. ••• Of course, Stewart’s journey began years before that white-knuckle drive through the mountains. She grew up in Surrey, endured and then left a violent marriage — during which she drank to cope — and raised two children on her own, taking a variety of jobs to pay the bills. For a while, she worked as a loans officer at a bank, but her aspirations leaned more toward creative pursuits. “I worked in banking but I always wanted to be writer,” said Stewart. Dreaming of penning a book about spas, Stewart refinanced her house and then fell into a pattern of reckless spending and aimless “personal interludes” aided by a prescription for anti-depressants. “The funny thing is, the book I was trying to write when I mortgaged my house was a book on spiritual retreats. Instead, I went bankrupt and it led to this experience,” said Stewart. “I wanted to sip tea and think soulful thoughts, but nobody was buying. When I got my ass kicked out in the snow, that’s when I had a book,” she laughed. Along with her financial woes, the deaths of her father, a close friend, her cat and her dog combined to create a tipping point for Stewart. “I thought grief was you sit and cry, then you pull up your socks and get on with it. I didn’t realize that it could be like a temporary insanity,” she said. Stewart stopped caring about the things that had mattered to her. She was left with no job, no book deal and no energy to do anything about it. “I can remember standing in my house and looking around. It was like the whole house was on my shoulders — how was I going to carry it?” She sold the home for less than she’d paid for it and never looked back. As her life unravelled around her, she found low income housing and a job at a B&B that paid $900 per month. “Month by month (it was a question of) will I pay rent or will I eat?” “When it came to the month that I had to disconnect my phone, I called my uncle in Quesnel,” she said. Waking up in December in a trailer on her uncle’s property, with her hair frozen to her pillowcase, Stewart knew it was time to get her act together. Searching job listings online she found and applied for the campie position. “I had absolutely no idea what camp life would be like. continued, PAGE 24

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“I’d heard it was hard work but you made good money,” said Stewart. As it turned out, the job paid $100 a day — the lowest wage in the camp. But the part about working hard was accurate. Things were moving along according to schedule until the morning Stewart noticed the tool push’s dog laying outside Frankie’s bedroom door. Hours later, after getting her walking papers, Stewart encountered an inconsolable Frankie in the camp’s rec room. The cook’s helper’s tearful apology wasn’t enough; the damage was done. a c ••• . c .b e “For a moment I couldn’t s o n d re s@ r ntee opn-volu move, hating the dark, but unable yet to face the light. Frankie’s trauma held me. How

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“I’ve learned, when you’re not sure what to do, don’t do anything,” she said, her coffee sitting forgotten on the table in front of her. Having regained her footing, Stewart is once again moving forward, her focus firmly on her writing. Now living with family in Walnut Grove, she is touring with her book, doing freelance work and waiting to hear whether she’s been accepted to a masters program at UBC. If all goes to plan, she will one day become a writing instructor at a college or university. “It’s not the Hollywood comeback,” Stewart smiled. “It was a long way down and it’s a long way back.” Campie, (Heritage House Publishing) is available for $17.95 at Chapters and online at amazon.ca.

Old acquaintances return to Fort Gallery The Fort Gallery is welcoming back many of its well known alumni for a group show in January. For the first time in the gallery’s history, 17 past members of the Fort Gallery will unite in an alumni group show titled “Auld Acquaintance.” Many of the artists have developed their own following, and are known in their own right, and their show will feature paintings, sculptures, ceramics, wood carvings, and more. The exhibiting artists will be Elaine BrewerWhite, Elizabeth Carefoot, Colin Delory, Diana

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doctors on a regular basis.This is where he went wrong, he said. It wasn’t until 2005 when Spaa’s health For 33 years Ian Spaa has defied the began to decline. odds, pursuing his passion for martial arts “I started getting terrific pain in my despite his health complications. right side. And having spent a long time Diagnosed with tuberous sclerosis in martial arts I started going through the (TS) at the age of five, the 38-year-old has list, is it this? Did I hurt myself? Was it managed to complete a masters degree at something I ate? It was a sporadic pain at Trinity Western University, earn his blue first but through the year it became every belt in martial arts, become a self defence day. Just this pounding, pounding pain.” instructor at Trinity Western and open his Spaa found out he had two tumours, own studio, Shihan Martial Arts, in Walnut one nearly nine centimeters long on his Grove. right kidney, and another more than four TS is a genetic disorder that can cause centimeters long on his left. He also had a tumours to form in all organs of the body kidney stone on his left side. Luckily, both including the brain, heart, kidneys, lungs, were benign and not cancerous, something eyes and skin. It can also cause seizures, Spaa says is common among TS patients. physical disabilities and kidney failure. In January of 2006 he had his right Spaa has maintained relatively good kidney removed, leaving a 14 inch scar on health his whole life, until the past few his side. years. Now his TS has started to catch up Within six weeks he was already back to him. teaching martial arts again. It began when Spaa was in Kindergarten “Other then a few bouts of being sick and his teacher noticed him dragging his and my surgery I really haven’t stopped. It’s leg. He was tested for a number of disorders been 18 and a half years of doing martial including muscular dystrophy, and was arts,” Spaa said. eventually diagnosed with TS.Throughout He first discovered his love for martial his childhood he went for regular check ups arts from a friend at university and even at B.C. Children’s Hospital and was never met his wife (who has a black belt) confronted with any serious health concerns. through the sport. But once he became an adult and could no “The running joke around here is that longer attend Children’s Hospital, he stopped we all enjoy the carnage,” Spaa joked. following up with his “I get a real charge out of it, personally. It’s been very, very difficult but all the rewards greatly outweigh the challenges. I get paid to do martial arts. That’s one of the coolest things around. People pay me to beat them up. I get put in a position of trust and it’s a great honour to be in that position. There’s something unique and special about this. We as instructors get to help people change their own lives.” But in the past few months Spaa has hit another road block. His health, once again, has gone back into decline. In September he had pancreatitis and spent five days in hospital. It has been a downhill spiral since then. “A week or two after I left the hospital I started getting abdominal pain again and was wondering if it was the pancreatitis. It was very painful,” he said. An ultrasound determined Spaa had a new four centimeter cyst on his remaining kidney, adding to the four cysts already existing. This wasn’t there in September. A few days later a CAT scan found that his tumour had grown from 3.6 centimeters in 2009 to 5.4 centimeters. Miranda GATHERCOLE/Langley Times “Needless to say this has Ian Spaa, right, breaks a plywood board in two turned my world upside down. at the Board Break-a-Thon fundraiser held at Now that I’m having trouble on my left side all those memories Shihan Martial Arts in November.

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Ian Spaa was diagnosed with tuberous sclerosis when he was five years old. from the last surgery come floating back, and the emotions with them,” Spaa said. He now has to wait until January to find out the next step. The best case scenario, surgeons will be able to operate and slice off the tumour. The worst case scenario, Spaa will have to go on dialysis and have a kidney transplant. “I can hardly function. I’m sitting here and I am in pain. I’ve felt it as high as my rib down to my hip in different places. What can I say? It sucks,” he said. “It’s pretty much hard to do anything right now. I’m spending all my time on the couch. “The good days are OK. The bad days are terrible.” Because of his declining Ian health, he is now forced to give up what he loves most. “Clearly my career as a martial arts instructor is over,” Spaa said. “The way I teach is part of my problem because I don’t just stand there, I go in there and get involved with people. I’ll punch and kick with them, I’ll drop with them so I can see where they’re at. And that’s not a great way to be taking care of yourself when just sitting on a chair is difficult. “I’m not stopping because I want to. I’m stopping because my body is junk.” Uncertain where his future lies, Spaa has also just given his notice at Trinity Western University. He has been teaching self defence classes there since 1999. “When I first starting telling people that I was going to have to stop, people were upset. It’s built into the job that you develope close personal relationships with people. When you tell people you see them practically burst into tears in front of you. That’s difficult. You have to bite your lip for that. And especially after so long to have something taken away like that. “But as an instructor, I try to remind myself of all the lessons I’m telling my students. Be honest, it’s going to suck. No

one says you shouldn’t accept that. But at the same time, you can’t sit there and wallow in grief.” Having a tuberous sclerosis clinic for adults would make a huge difference, Spaa says. One was recently opened at Children’s Hospital but it is only for minors. He says there is a disconnect between getting care as a child versus getting care as an adult. “It’s a challenge. You have the problem where as an adult with all this stuff going on, there really isn’t a onestop shop to go to. So I get all the peripheral stuff checked. I have a general practitioner, a urologist, a nephrologist, Spaa a neurosurgeon and a TS patient neurologist. It makes it difficult because everything is separate.” Spaa says one of the most helpful things for him has been networking with other TS patients through Facebook. He has connected with a family in Cloverdale, Newfoundland, Ontario, Quebec, England and France. “I’ve come across some amazing peope through martial arts, through student life and through Facebook that have blown me away and a lot of people are blown away with my story,” he said. He also organized a Board Break-a-Thon at Shihan Martial Arts in November, raising $900 for Tuberous Sclerosis Canada. He hopes one day he will be able to host a similar event again. “I am very blessed in my life. If I die tomorrow I will die a happy man. I don’t want to of course, its not a death wish. But it is about contentment,” Spaa said. “I know the possibility of what I have and what I’ve gone through already.” For more information on Tuberous Sclerosis or to make a donation, visit www. tscanada.ca.

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FRIDAY • Hominum Fraser Valley Chapter is an informal discussion and support group to help gay, bi-sexual and questioning men with the challenges of being married, separated or single. Next meeting is on Friday, Dec. 30. For information and meeting location, call Art at 604-462-9813 or Don at 604-329-9760.

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Shmyr set to skate for Canada Courtney Shmyr captured the Canadian junior short track speed skating championship. Shmyr, a member of the Langley Blades Speed Skating Club, was competing in Calgary at the championships. The 19-year-old finished first in the 500m and super 500m events and was second and third, in the 1,500m and 1,000m events, respectively. Her results earned Shmyr a spot on Canada’s team for the world junior short track championships in Australia in February. This will be the second consecutive year she has skated for Canada at the competition. ••••• The Aldergrove Kodiaks needed overtime, but they won a big first-place showdown with the Abbotsford Pilots. Josiah Friesen scored in the extra period to send the Kodiaks to the 3-2 victory last week (Dec. 14) at the Aldergrove Arena in PIJHL junior B hockey. Aldergrove also received goals from Colton Precourt and Daniel Higgs while Ross

Baadsvik made 44 saves for the victory. The Kodiaks followed that up with a 5-4 win over the lastplace Ridge Meadows Flames on Friday (Dec. 16). Aldergrove won despite allowing four power play goals, including three in a 1:42 span late in the third which tied the game at four. But with less than three minutes remaining, the Kodiaks Alex Feighan snapped home the winner, his second goal and third point of the game. Robert Jang, Brandon Potomak and Ryan Veillet had the other Aldergrove goals. Brendan Sharp made 26 saves to pick up the win. The Kodiaks (18-6-1-1) have a four-point lead over the Pilots for top spot in the Harold Brittain Conference. Aldegrove has two games this week, Wednesday (Dec. 21) when they host the Port Moody Black Panthers and then Friday in Abbotsford against the Pilots. ••••• The Langley Rivermen limp into the holiday break after suffering back-to-back home ice

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losses over the weekend at the Langley Events Centre. The Rivermen lost 5-0 to the Powell River Kings on Friday and 3-2 to the Prince George Spruce Kings on Saturday. The defeats dropped the junior A hockey club’s record in the month of December to a dismal 1-5-1-1. Against the Kings, Langley allowed an early power-play goal and Powell River doubled the lead to 2-0 with 20 seconds left in the middle frame. They iced the game with three third-period goals. Facing Prince George, the teams traded goals in the first, with Evan Campbell and Austin Plevy striking for Langley, both times to erase one-goal deficits. But Chase Golightly put Prince George ahead to stay with a goal midway through the second period. Langley (12-19-1-1) sits 11 points back of the fourth and final playoff spot in the BCHL’s Coastal Conference. The team returns to action Dec. 28 when they host Cowichan Valley. They also host Nanaimo on Dec. 29.

Walnut Grove’s Jadon Cohee goes up for the shot against the defence of St. Thomas More Collegiate’s Andrew Morris on Dec.9 at WGSS during senior boys’ second round action at the Gators’ Candy Cane Classic. The Gators, who are 7-1 and are ranked eighth in B.C., are in Hawaii this week for a tournament. Gary AHUJA/Langley Times

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Predeceased by her husband, Willy. Inge will be lovingly missed by children Cliff (Wendy), Regina and Liesel, 5 grandchildren and 3 great grand-children, as well as extended family and friends in Canada and Germany. Funeral will be held Dec. 20th at 11:30 at Sts. Joachim and Ann Church 2827 - 273 St. Aldergrove. In lieu of ﬂowers donations may be made to the charity of your choice. ROADHOUSE, Murray E Aged 77 years passed away peacefully Dec 13, 2011 in Langley. He will be sadly missed by his loving wife Marlyn, daughter Deborah (Murray), son Lorne (Sonja), grand-children Max, Jacob, Katie & Colton. No funeral by request. In Lieu of ﬂowers donations may be made to the Heart & Stroke Foundation.

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To work at the souvenir kiosk at the 2012 Continental Cup of Curling at the Langley Events Centre, January 12 - 15. Applicants must have extensive experience as a cashier. Must be available to work any day and ﬂexible to work am or pm shifts. Rate of pay will be $12/hr plus a $2/hr bonus. Email resume to: concup@eventmax.net or fax to 250-984-0747 by December 31. Holbrook Dyson Logging Ltd Has vacancies in the following job: Heavy Duty Mechanic. Details can be seen at http://hdlogging.com/ Fax resume to 250-287-9259 ANNOUNCEMENTS: Did you, or someone you know just have a baby? How about a Birthday or Anniversary? Advertise your special occassions with us bcclassified.com

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COOK Wanted In Surrey area having 3-4 yrs. Experience in cooking North American, International dishes & Indian Tandoori. Contact at paulatgvrd@gmail.com or Fax at 778-574-0506

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139 Pitt Meadows Arena is presently hiring for Auxiliary Operators and Part Time Arena Helper staff. Applications will be accepted for the following positions until 4:00 PM Tuesday January 3, 2012.

Auxiliary Operator Duties include ice making, janitorial duties and building maintenance. The successful candidate will have ice making and janitorial experience supplemented by the completion of the Ice Facility Operators course or Power Engineering Class 5 (Refrigeration) course.

Part Time Arena Helpers Duties include cleaning throughout the facility and moving nets. Please provide a cover letter and resume to the following The Pitt Meadows Arena Complex 11435 Bonson Road Pitt Meadows, BC, V3Y 2S3 Email: info@pittmeadowsarena.com The successful candidates will be required to consent to a criminal record check. The Pitt Meadows Arena Complex wishes to thank all applicants for their interest and advises that only those to be interviewed will be contacted.

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Detailed, prof. service-7 days/wk. Incl. laundry/dishes. Move-in/out. Refs. avail. Starting at $19/hr. 4 hour minimum. 778-808-1052 jds.clean@gmail.com

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CRUDE ENERGY SERVICES is an industrial contractor providing services to the oil and gas industry in Alberta, accepting resumes for Pipefitters, QA/QC Personnel, Foreman, Lead Hands, NCSO Safety Advisors, Pipefitting Apprentices, Welder Apprentices, Crane Operators, Welder Helpers, General Labour, Office Administrators. H2S Alive and CSTS are required. Fax 1-866-843-2118. Email: careers@crude-energy.ca www.crude-energy.ca

Ross 604D535D0124 SEMI-RETIRED contractor will do small concrete jobs. Patio’s, sidewalks, driveway’s. Re & re old or damaged concrete. Ken 604-532-0662

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263 EXCAVATING & DRAINAGE WELDERS, FABRICATORS. Salary depends on exp. Please fax resume 604-513-4168

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Blood Hound pups, CKC Reg health ✔, 1st vac., micro chipped, 1 male, 6 fem. Liver & tan, ready to go 604-574-5788 BLUE NOSE BULLIES. Pit bulls. Blacks/blues. Shots, Vet ✓. Ready to go. UKC reg. $600 obo. Call 778237-2824 CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866 CATS OF ALL DESCRIPTION in need of caring homes! All cats are Spayed, neutered, vaccinated and dewormed. Visit us at fraservalleyhumanesociety.com or call 1 (604)820-2977

New SRI Manufactured Homes. Single Double Modulars on display. Repossessions 1974-2004. Chuck 604-830-1960. New SRI single wide in family park and another space in adult park. from $81,900. Chuck 604-830-1960

660 LANGLEY/ALDERGROVE HOMES FOR SALE-SUPER BUYS

www.dannyevans.ca Homelife Benchmark Realty Corp. Langley

RENTALS 706

PRESA CANARIO pups 11/wks. 1st shots & dewormed. Well socialized with kids. $600/obo. 604-466-8211.

BROOKSWOOD Gated riverfront lrg bach in 900 acre wildlife prk, priv garden, patio, f/p, incl all but phone, pet ok, n/s. $750/mo.778-574-5200.

Rottweiler pups lrg German working stock exc temp healthy 8 wks. parents to view. $650. 604-799-8225. SHIHTZU X LASO APSO pups, 3 M, mostly white, view parents, nonshed, $400/ea. (604)701-9006

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

APARTMENT/CONDO

CALL FOR SPECIALS LANGLEY CITY Spacious, Clean Bachelor, 1,2 & 3 Bedroom Heat, Hot Water,

604-530-0030 www.cycloneholdings.ca

RENTALS 706

APARTMENT/CONDO

APPLIANCES

APARTMENT/CONDO

LANGLEY: 5530-208 St. Quiet clean spacious 2 bdrms, 4 appls, h/w, prkg incl. $875. Res. Manager. NS/NP. Available Jan. 1st. Call 604-534-1114 between 9am - 8pm.

Call Manager for SPECIALS!

LANGLEY CITY APARTMENTS ON 201A FREE: heat, h/w, cable TV, lndry, prkg. BACHELOR, 1 & 2 BDRMS. No Pets SENIORS, ADULT ORIENTED

19777 Willowbrook Dr., Langley 1 Bdrm’s starting @ $890 2 Bdrm’s starting @ $1000 AVAILABLE NOW! Newer building, secure entry, 5 appl’s including insuite washer and dryer, a/c, electric f/p, u/g prkg & balconies. No pets CLOSE TO SHOPPING, Superstore & Willowbrook mall.

RENTALS 706

APARTMENT/CONDO

TOWN & COUNTRY APARTMENTS 5555 208th Street, Langley Studio - 1 & 2 bdrms. Indoor swimming pool and rec facility. Includes heat & 1 parking stall. No pets

Phone 604-530-1912

Michael - 604-533-7578 Betsy - 604-533-6945 CALL FOR AVAILABILITY LANGLEY CITY

CHESTNUT PLACE

Apartments 20727 Fraser Highway

1 & 2 Bedrooms avail incl heat/hot water/cable

SUSSEX PLACE APT CALL FOR SPECIALS !! 5380 - 5400 - 5420 206th Street Clean & affordable Bachelor, 1 & 2 bdrm suites. Clse to all ament. Seniors Centre just around the corner. Rent incl heat, hotwater, & cable. Resident Managers on site.

604-530-0932

www.cycloneholdings.ca WALNUT GROVE, 1 bdrm + den, insuite W/D, sec prkg. Avail now. TJ @ Sutton Proact: 604-728-5460.

709 COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL Langley City. Clean warehouse & ofﬁce space, w/wshroom, 3-phase power, o/h dr, $895. 604-834-3289

RARE OPPORTUNITY to acquire assets and lease of fully LICENSED RESTAURANT. Located in Fraser Point Shopping Center – 20178 96th Ave. Great Location – Trendy and modern only three years old Fully equipped kitchen, gorgeous bar and seating for 70. $140,000, OPEN TO OFFERS! HUGE OPPORTUNITY Any questions please call 604-592-6881, ask for Kirsten

CALL 604-533-7710

Villa Fontana & Stardust

Rainbow & Majorca

RENTALS

736 709 COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL BROOKSWOOD COMMERCIAL LEASE spaces available at 208th Street and 40th Ave. Sizes 7002100 s.f. $1500 - $4500. Call Frank @ Noort Investments 604-835-6300 or Nick @ 604-526-3604.

LANGLEY CITY, 900 SQ.FT. WAREHOUSE FOR LEASE.

HOMES FOR RENT

ALDERGROVE. 4 bdrm house on 5 acres with 10 horse barn. 26226 28th Ave. Available now. $2800/mo. 604-594-5705 or 604-720-3603. LANGLEY: 264/56 Ave. 3 bdrm., 2 baths, Avail. Dec. 15th. $1400 mo. (604)897-8212 LANGLEY (2 houses) 3 bdrm 2 car prkg $1100; 6 bdrm 5 bath 6 car prkg. $2100 No dog 604-780-4922.

11’ ceiling, 10’ bay door, 2 pce washroom. $950/mo. 604-856-2301

LANGLEY

CLAYMORE APTS 1 & 2 Bdrm Apts Avail $200 Move-In Bonus!!

BUILDING SUPPLIES

STEEL BUILDINGS END OF SEASON DEALS! Overstock must go make an offer! FREE DELIVERY to most areas. CALL TO CHECK INVENTORY and FREE BROCHURE - 1-800-668-5111 ext. 170.

530

706

Northland Apartments

Ph: 604-533-4061

Free Washer and Dryer! Good working condition. Must pick up. South Surrey 604-803-7467

RENTALS

CLOVERDALE Penthouse. 2 balconies, 2 bdrm, 2 bath, granite counters, marble ﬂr, steam bath, massage shower, 2 u/g prkg, ﬁtness ctr. $1400. 604-617-8484.

Criminal record check may be req’d.

506

Close to shopping & schools. Seasonal Swimming pool, and tennis court. 3 Appliances (fridge, stove dishwasher), blinds hot water and parking included. Carpeted throughout. Some pets welcome.

FARM EQUIPMENT

5374 - 203rd St, Langley

New Holland LS180B Skid Steer 63 HP, 2 spd trans, only 475 hrs. Mint cond. $18,500/obo. 604-826-6482.

Call 604-533-9780 LANGLEY

545

FUEL

BEST FIREWOOD 32nd Season & 37,000 Cust Deliv. Fully Seas. Maple, Birch, Alder 604-582-7095

548

FURNITURE

CLOVERDALE BENBERG APTS. 17788 57 Ave. Senior building,1 & 2 bdrm suites avail now. Starting at $700 to $850/mo. 604-574-2078 LANGLEY 202/53A; 2 Bdrm apt, $905/mo. Quiet family complex, no pets, call 604-539-0217.

MAPLE MANOR APTS. 20117 - 56 Avenue 1 & 2 bdrm suites $735 to $850 includes heat, hot water, cable to channel 43. On site security

Call 604-534-0108

MATTRESSES staring at $99 • Twins • Fulls • Queens • Kings 100’s in stock! www.Direct Liquidation.ca (604)294-2331

560

MISC. FOR SALE

Can’t Get Up Your Stairs? Acorn Stairlifts can help. Call Acorn Stairlifts now! Mention this ad and get 10% off your new Stairlift! Call 1866-981-5991 CAN’T GET UP your stairs? Acorn Stairlifts can help! No obligation consultation. Comprehensive warranty. Can be installed in less than 1 hour. Call now 1-866-981-6591.

REAL ESTATE 627

HOMES WANTED

WE BUY HOMES Damaged House! Older House! Difﬁculty Selling! Behind on Payments! Need to Sell Now? NO FEES! NO RISK! QUICK CASH! Call us First! 604.657.9422

CHINESE SHARPEI PUPS MINI’S/TOYS-MALES -$1200.00 www.wrinklesrus.com 604-315-8774

633 MOBILE HOMES & PARKS

NORWEGIAN ELKHOUND pups. Registered, micro chipped, 1st shots. Ready now. 604-823-2259 mitzvig@hotmail.ca

518 Tree removal done RIGHT!

PETS

CHOCOLATE LAB PUPS. Vet checked. 1st shots. Parents both registered. $550. 604-309-2390.

REAL ESTATE

633 MOBILE HOMES & PARKS New SRI.com 16x52 mobile home in Langley adult park. $114,900. Pet OK. Chuck 604-830-1960.

LIMERICK MANOR Near Langley City Hall & shops 1 bdrm - $720 - $750/month 2 bdrm - $870/month Inc. heat/storage/parking Adult oriented Sorry - no pets By appt - call 604 - 514 - 1480

Linwood Place Apts 20051- 55 A Ave. st

1 MONTH FREE

Two open heart surgeries. One big need.

Newly Renovated Units

Starting at $835. $675 to $835 includes Heat, Hot water, Cable to channel 43. On site security Ask for details

Call 604-530-6555 Must bring in this ad to receive 1st month free

Help us build a new BC Children’s Hospital. Please Give. 1.888.663.3033 beasuperhero.ca

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HOMES FOR RENT

100-20436 Fraser Hwy., Langley

TOWNHOUSES

RENTALS 736

HOMES FOR RENT

LANGLEY lge., bright, clean 3 bdrm., 2.5 baths, ofﬁce, 5 appl., big backyard, 2 car gar., N/P N/S. $1800 mo. Dec. 15. 604-266-1292 or 778-834-2274

750

ALDERGROVE 2 Bdrm ste, private ent, Jan1. $850 incl util A/C, NS/NP604-856-1994 778-242-9117

Langley 240 & Fraser Hwy Clean & bright 2 bdrm 2 level twnhse approx 800 sq ft, 1.5 bthrms, 4 appl, open pkg, fenced yard, n/s, n/p, lease req’d. Avail now $775/Mos.

ALDERGROVE: Newer home 2 bdrm bsmt ste, n/s, n/p. Good area. $750/mo. Call evgs (604)807-6656

CONDOS

Langley, 202 & 56 Ave. The Bentley - Bright & clean 1 bdrm, ofﬁce & den on 2nd ﬂr facing courtyard, 946 sq ft, 5 appl, 2 bthrms, gas f/p, 1 sec u/g pkg, locker, n/s, n/p, fresh paint & new carpets. Avail Now $900.00. Call Sandi, 604-534-3849 sandi@naicommercial.ca Visit us on the web at: www.goddardrentals.ca

809

AUTO ACCESSORIES/ PARTS

TRANSPORTATION 810

AUTO FINANCING

751

SUITES, UPPER

ALDERGROVE; lrg, private 1700sf. 2 bdrm upper ste, avail immed, $1100/mo + utils. (604)530-0199. WALNUT GROVE upper 2 levels of 3 story home on acreage. 3 bdrm., 2.5 baths, w/d, gas f/p, h/w ﬂoors, Jan. 1. $1650 mo. 604-720-6758

752

TOWNHOUSES

ALDERGROVE. 3 bdrm T/H. 1.5 bths. Fncd yd. fam.complex. $1050 & up. Sm dog ok. 778- 551-2696. LANGLEY

RIVERSIDE GARDENS FAMILY COMPLEX 2 & 3 Bdrm T/Homes Move-In Allowance!! Fridge, stove, dishwasher (in most), drapes. Outdoor pool. Some pets welcome. Resident Manager. Close to bus, shopping, schools and parks. #36 - 5210 - 203 Street, Langley

Call 604-532-2036

SURREY TOWNHOUSES

“SIMRAN VILLAS” 2 & 3 bedrooms

$1200 - $1300/m Quiet, Clean & Spacious 2.5 bath, patio, storage, d/w, w/d, f/p, N/S, N/P, 2-car garage, next to high school. Avail. Now!!

821 CARS - SPORTS & IMPORTS

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SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

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2003 VOLVO V40, S/W, Blue, loaded 155,000 kms. auto. new tires. $5500 ﬁrm. Phone 604-538-9257. 2005 TOYOTA COROLLA, 42,000 kms. Light green, auto, $9000 obo. Great condition. (604)328-9570

838 DreamCatcher Auto Loans “0” Down, Bankruptcy OK Cash Back ! 15 min Approvals

The Scrapper

RECREATIONAL/SALE

2011 WILDCAT 282RK

1-800-910-6402

WANT A VEHICLE BUT STRESSED ABOUT YOUR CREDIT? Treat yourself this Christmas to $500 cash back. We fund your future not your past. All credit situations accepted. www.creditdrivers.ca 1-888-593-6095.

818

Dual pane windows, ext. shower, fantastic fan, microwave, elec. power awning, DSI water heater. $32,483 (stk.30380) www.fraserwayrv.com 1-800-806-1976 DL #30644 2003 Four Winds 30 ft. Class C Motorhome. 30,000kms. Mint cond. Asking $30,000.obo. 604-780-0777.

2011 LAREDO 266RL

CARS - DOMESTIC

1994 CHRYSLER LHS, just aircrd, loaded, luxurious throughout, drive in style! $1200 obo. (604)496-3958 2000 FORD FOCUS, standard trans., blue, 4 dr. sedan, CD, Air Cared. $1995 obo (604)826-0519 2004 DODGE NEON SX - 2.0 auto, 146K, 4 dr, keyless alarm, a/care, cd, all pwr. $3700: (604)502-9912

Elec. awning, elec. stab jacks,LCD TV, 2 slides, microwave and much more! $32,483 (Stk.30916) www.fraserwayrv.com 1-800-806-1976 DL #30644

2005 CHRYSLER SEBRING convertible, silver, 84 k’s. auto. Mags. $6795/obo. (604)826-0519 2006 FORD FUSION, 4 dr, 39,000 kms, V6, all options, $7,950 obo. Phone 604-780-8404 2009 CADILLAC DTS, black, grey leather, mint cond, 47K. Must sell! $25,000 obo. Call 604-805-4545.

821 CARS - SPORTS & IMPORTS

604-501-4417 12730 - 66 Avenue

1989 Acura Legend, 2dr coupe, white, 5spd, runs well, good cd. $1400 obo. (604)965-9602

CLEAN OUT YOUR CLOSETS WITH DOLLAR DEALS 604-575-5555

1997 MERCEDES E420, all options, mint, garage kept. 118,00 kms. $7200 obo. 604-805-4545.

845

SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

SCRAP BATTERIES WANTED We buy scrap batteries from cars, trucks & heavy equip. $4.00 each. Free pickup anywhere in BC, Min. 10. Toll Free Call:1.877.334.2288 AAA SCRAP CAR REMOVAL Minimum $150 cash for full size vehicles, any cond. 604-518-3673 BUYING OR SELLING? Use bcclassified.com - Merchandise for Sale 500’s

TRUCKS & VANS

1994 Saab 900-S. 6cyl, 2.5 l engine. 4dr, sunroof, 5spd, green, like new. $1950. 604-541-0344 1996 TOYOTA TACOMA 4x4, V6, 5 spd. reg cab. 230,000 kms, no accidents, no rust. runs perfect, bedliner, air conditioning. $7400. 604-828-3877. 1996 TOYOTA TACOMA, ext cab, 4X4, 4 cyl, 5 sp., with canopy, runs exc, $4900. Call: 604-828-7911. 2000 Dodge diesel 2500 series 4x4 ext cab 133,000k. 8x10 custom alum deck $12,500. 604-839-5700. 2004 F350 LARIAT CREW CAB, 4X4, long box, 180K, full load $16,000 obo. 604-812-1278 2004 GRAND CARAVAN, 36,000 KMS, v6, loaded, seats 7, $7950 obo. 604-780-8404 2005 CHEVY VENTURE VAN with wheelchair ramp, good cond, $5500 obo. 778-882-6149 2006 Mazda B3000, black, quad cab, 1 owner, 100,000 kms. Exc cond. $9588 obo. 604-562-4168 2006 MONTANA, Dual Air, DVD, new tires, brakes, battery. 160kms. Asking $6,500. 604-780-0777. 2009 DODGE 150 HEMI PICK UP with canopy, rhino lined, loaded, 8000 original km’s, show room condition. 28,000 OBO. (604)613-3727 2010 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN SEL, full stow-go, 43 Km, silver/blk int, mint, $15,000. (604)218-1658.

www.PreApproval.cc INSTANT AUTO CREDIT We can ﬁnance your auto loan in minutes, you Drive Home Now, or we can deliver to you. www.DriveHomeNow.com. 877-758-7311 or 250-7515205.

847 SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES 2004 JEEP GRAND Cherokee Ltd. 4x4, auto, red, 160K, $8800 ﬁrm. Call 604-538-9257 2011 CHEV Traverse AWD 20,000kms. List $40,000+HST, asking $28,900.no HST. 604-780-0777

2003 TOYOTA Corolla, very clean, 4dr, CD player, auto, 157,000kms. $5150 obo. 604-588-5215.

ALDERGROVE. FAIRLY new one Bdrm suite located in nice & new neighborhood. Must see, contact (604)607-0481 or (778)242-7148.

1 & 2 BDRMS, kitchen units avail. to rent weekly or monthly. Please call Canada’s best value, Westward Inn @ 604-534-9238.

TRANSPORTATION

2002 DODGE NEON R/T standard trans., white, sunroof, used eng., new timing belt & clutch. CD stacker $3295 obo. (604)826-0519

SUITES, LOWER

Langley - 197 & 56 Ave. Renovated, clean neat & bright, 1 bdrm unit in 4 plex, rancher style approx 900 sq ft, 4 appl, open pkg, work space, close to transit, n/s, n/p, lease req’d. Avail now $950/Mos.

Langely - 56 & 197 - Newer 2 bdrm condo with 2 bthrm, 875 Sq.ft. S/S appl, u/g parking, Small dog ok, N/S. Lease req’d. $1200.00/M. Ask for Alfred or call 604-889-6807.

TRANSPORTATION

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Autos • Trucks • Equipment Removal FREE TOWING 7 days/wk. We pay Up To $500 CA$H Rick Goodchild 604.551.9022

847 SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES 1999 CHEVY BLAZER, black, mags 2” lift 4x4, Air Cared, std. new clutch $4795 obo 604-826-0519 2000 BUICK LASABRE with heated seats, low km’s, H.U.D. Private. $6900/obo. 778-565-4230 2004 FORD Escape XLS, 2L, 5 sp. Loaded. 132kms. no acc. $4500 no tax Aircared 2 yrs. 604-502-9912. 2004 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE 4X4, auto, all options, dark green, 125 km, $9,300 ﬁrm. 604-538-4883.

MARINE 912

BOATS

ALUMINUM BOAT WANTED, 10’, 12’ or 14’, with or without motor or trailer, will pay cash, 604-319-5720

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