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– JEAN KONDA-WITTE/TIMES

Homeless camp residents (from left) Denise, Tom and Nick, read emails from City of Abbotsford staff regarding the dropping of chicken manure on the camp site on Gladys Avenue. The copies of the emails were given to them by a television crew that visited the camp on Tuesday.

Chicken manure plan widespread ROCHELLE BAKER RBaker@abbotsfordtimes.com

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nternal emails indicate that numerous City of Abbotsford departments took part in formulating a plan to dump chicken manure on a homeless camp last month.

What’s more, one email suggests the Salvation Army was aware of the plan to use fertilizer at the Gladys Avenue camp across the street from the charity’s Centre of Hope.

Managers from Abbotsford’s bylaw, forestry, roads and parks departments shaped the plan, according to emails made public through a CBC freedom of information request.

In an email the afternoon of June

Numerous city departments were ‘in the know’ prior to last month’s fertilizer dump on homeless camp

3, Eric Fong, a foresty official, asks acting director of parks services, James Arden, for approval to proceed with the manure dump at the “Honey” tree on Gladys Avenue the following morning.

“After a meeting with Bylaws (Gord Ferguson and Dwanye Fitzgerald), Roads (Tony Schmidbauer), the agreement is to spread the chicken manure around the tree to deter homeless encampments being set up under it,” read the text of Fong’s email.

“We just need your approval to go

ahead and spread the manure.”

A rd e n re s p o n d e d w i t h h i s approval.

“I am okay with giving this a try to assist with the other agencies and this ongoing issue. I am glad we were able to get the product for free and avoid cutting down a healthy trees (sic) to see if that resolves the issue,” he wrote.

The day the manure was dumped, Arden stated in an email to city manager George Murray that the Salvation Army knew about the plan.

“I followed up with my team and the Salvation Army staff were talked to by By-Law as to our plan with the fertilizer and were in agreement,” Arden wrote.

To which Murray replied, “This is quite often what happens in our business. Groups are 100 % behind us . . . right until it turns to s--t (rather than manure).”

Patricia Cuff, Salvation Army’s B.C. divisional director of public relations, stated Wednesday the charity didn’t green-light the city’s manure plan.

“The email is inaccurate,” said Cuff.

“We’d never give an OK to treat the homeless with anything less than dignity and respect.” see MANURE, page A7

hile much of Mission’s waterfront is zoned for industrial activity, there are few places to load barges.

Now the district’s mayor wants to look at ways that could allow businesses to more easily establish docks for barges on the Fraser River – and the best locations to do it. “ We t a l k a lot about making the TED ADLEM river into a transportation corridor, but we don’t do anything about it,” said Mayor Ted Adlem said last week.

“I think part of the river should be open to barge loading. I think it’s a reasonable thing to look at.”

More barges would mean far fewer gravel and logging trucks rumbling through downtown Mission, lower shipping costs for resource operators and lower greenhouse gas emissions, said Adlem, who asked district staff to compile a report on the issue.

One barge loaded with gravel, for example, could transport the volume carried by about 100 trucks, according to one barge operator, and “that’s a lot of diesel, a lot of greenhouse gases,” the mayor said.

“I’m not against truckers, but even old guys like me are concerned about the environment.”

And gravel traffic will likely increase as more pit operators open or expand in Mission and in communities to the east. The current bylaw adopted in 2007 restricts barge loading on Mission’s waterfront but does not ban the activity. see BARGES, page A4

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Housing project info meeting tonight ROCHELLE BAKER Abbotsford Times

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onight’s the night w h e n m a n y Abbotsford residents will be stocking their shelves with fresh produce for the first time in a long time.

It’s pick-up night for the Harvest Box initiative, a new program offered through Vibrant Abbotsford, aimed at getting fresh fruits and vegetables to folks who need it at a very affordable price.

“We have so much food here in the Fraser Valley, yet there are so many people who aren’t able to have food security,” said Emma Wynker, food security support co-ordinator with Vibrant Abbotsford.

The local agency has tapped into the Harvest Box program so it can offer 10pound boxes of fresh produce every two weeks to area residents who are struggling to make ends meet. The cost is just $8 a box.

The non-profit organization is dedicated to reducing poverty in Abbotsford, and to creating the conditions to make that happen. The philosophy is ‘hand up, not hand out.’

The Harvest Box program fits that criteria, since “it’s difficult to lift yourself out of poverty if you’re hungry,” said Wynker.

It’s hard for people to get motivated when they’re not getting enough nutritious food.

“We’re keeping the pricepoint low to make it accessible to everyone to be able to eat healthy,” added Wynker.

For low-income earners trying to cover the costs of rent, transportation, childcare and other necessities, fresh foods are often the first to be taken off the shopping list, she said.

Each Harvest Box contains about 10 lb. of at least seven different varieties of fresh fruits and vegetables. They try to include mainly local

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Emma Wynker, food security support co-ordinator with Vibrant Abbotsford, shows a sample box of fruit and vegetables similar to what area residents can purchase for $8 a box. produce, which is easy at this time of year.

Harvest Box is a nonprofit program throughout B.C., which purchases large amounts of fresh quality produce directly from farmers around the province. They do not accept produce after harvest (such as gleening).

The program will run every two weeks throughout the year, and there will still

be local produce from green houses and root vegetables.

According to Fraser Health, five per cent (6,942) of Abbotsford’s population is food-insecure while 1.7 per cent (2,360) experience moderate to severe hunger.

While the Harvest Box program was created for low-income families, it is open to everyone.

For more information

or to sign up go to www. vibrantabbotsford.ca/projects/food-security/harvest-box/ or email emma@ vibrantabbotsford.ca.

■ The first Harvest Box pickup is tonight at 2539 Montvue Ave., in downtown Abbotsford from 4:30 - 7:30 p.m. Deadline for the next Harvest Box is Aug. 1 with pick-up scheduled for Aug. 8.

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n advance of a public information meeting set for tonight around its proposed supported housing re s i d e n c e f o r h o m e l e s s men, Abbotsford Community Services has launched a campaign to address “misinformation” circulating about the project.

Janna Dieleman, ACS community relations director, said a lot of rumours are floating around about the 20-unit ‘housing first’ project.

One such rumour is that the project would involve a needle exchange, which was never the case, she said.

It is also not a temporary shelter, but will become residents’ home for the duration of their stay of up to two years, while they transition into independent housing.

The ACS campaign includes an information sheet regarding the myths and facts about the housing project on its website.

It also includes videos and a support letter, which advocates of the project can sign and send to the Abbotsford city council.

The initiative follows in the footsteps of a petition campaign launched by the Abbotsford Downtown Business Association, which opposes the project’s location and the rezoning that would be necessary for it to go ahead.

The ADBA and many of its members are concerned about the project’s impact on businesses in the historic downtown core, expressing concerns that the facility will draw crime and open-air drug use to the area.

AC S i s p r o p o s i n g t h e “housing first” model, which means the residents could get a roof over their heads before being encouraged to seek treatment and access other services, rather than the other way around.

The meeting goes from 6 -8 p.m. at 2420 Montrose Ave., Abbotsford.

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Estimated capacity of a single barge is that of 100 trucks BARGES, from page A1 There are about half a dozen sites from Hatzic to Silverdale where barge loading is allowed, the busiest loading wood chips at a Silverdale landing, and others loading gravel off Duncan Street at the foot of Wren Street, said Mike Younie, director of development services for the District of Mission.

Other locations not often used are just east of Horne Street and

by Hatzic.

Those sites are ‘non-conforming’ and were grandfathered in when the 2007 bylaw was enacted to put restrictions, but not a ban, on barge loading.

Younie and staff will study a possible area or areas that would also work for barge loading, and will also consider ecological impacts.

The river near Hatzic, for example, has deep holes and is a known sturgeon habitat. The region draws fishermen from around the world to catch and release the Fraser’s white sturgeon.

The staff will consult with the Department of Fisheries & Oceans and with the Fraser River Sturgeon Conservation Society, said Younie.

The current bylaw allows for the district to consider barge use on a case by case basis, in which a proponent would apply for a special development zoning.

However, Erv Mihalicz, operations manager for 20 years at Catherwood Towing, said there has been little or no opportunity in recent years to develop barge loading in Mission.

“In my opinion, it doesn’t really get a good reception from city staff,”

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Catherwood Towing pulls two gravel barges from the Mainland Sand & Gravel dock at Cox Landing at the base of Sumas Mountain. The cost of barging goods down-river to Vancouver is roughly one-quarter that of trucking. Mission Mayor Ted Adlem wants to explore the possibilty of loading the boats on district shores. he said, so he’s pleased the district will consider ways to facilitate dockloading sites.

“This is not going to open the door, particularly, but it would make the process less onerous,” said Mihalicz.

While more local docks would certainly help Catherwood, he said, it would also help gravel operators on the north side of the river reduce shipping costs and make them competitive to enable them to put their product into the Greater Vancouver market, where the bulk of aggregate

is required, he said.

“It’s good for business, it’s good the environment and it’s good for the community of Mission,” he said.

Mihalicz oversees the transport of log booms, gravel barges for Mainland Sand & Gravel and other commodities down the Fraser River to Greater Vancouver for Catherwood Towing.

He estimates the type of barge typically used up this far on the river could carry as much gravel as 100 trucks. The cost of trucking is

roughly four times that of barging the same material, he said.

He said there are gravel pit operators on the north side of the river, in Mission and in communities to the east, who would choose to barge their goods if they could.

“They’re almost all ready to go, if there was a loading facility,” he said Friday.

Mihalicz noted there are also societal costs in having more and more gravel trucks on the road: the sheer volume of traffic, increased air emissions, wear on local roads, and

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As for environmental issues on the Fraser, Mihalicz is confident those concerns can be mitigated.

“Any time you have development there are concerns, whether it’s salmon, sturgeon or invertebrates.

But we live here and we want our children and grandchildren to appreciate the same things we do,” he said.

Younie said he expects to have his report before the council at the end of August.

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The forum offered an overview of Mission seniors demographics, a description of current services for seniors in the community and revealed top areas of concern to seniors based on almost 200 surveys collected this spring on behalf of the program.

The major areas of concern for Mission seniors were transportation, grocery shopping, housekeeping and friendly visits.

The survey and consultation process also named Mission Community Services Society as the lead organization to implement the program in the Mission area, possibly

by December 2013. An advisory team will be assembled to oversee the process.

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Proposed project breaks house rules Public input sought before council puts issue to a vote ROCHELLE BAKER RBaker@abbotsfordtimes.com bbotsford city council is looking for feedback from residents about whether to relax its rules around recovery houses, to allow a supportive housing project on Melmar Avenue.

The LIFE Recovery Association is asking city hall for variances to re-establish a recovery house at 32122 Melmar Avenue, despite being within the minimum 200 metres from another recovery home and a neighbourhood school.

Councillors Moe Gill, Dave Loewen and Les Barkman expressed reservations about swaying the rules, which were established after a series of heated neighbourhood meetings in 2006/07.

Residents outlined concerns about problems with unregulated houses in their neighbourhoods and a concentration of the homes in central Abbotsford. Community organizations also reported less reputable operators were cramming people into houses, pocketing rent and not providing services.

As a result, council developed bylaws in 2007 that required recovery houses be occupied by a maximum of 10 residents, be located more than 200 metres from a school and another recovery house, have valid business licence and enter into a housing agreement with the city.

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The guidelines were created to address a critical transitional housing need and support a vulnerable population, while ensuring recovery homes operated legally and safely, without negatively impacting surrounding neighbourhoods.

LIFE Recovery, in operation since 1999, is asking for the variance to re-establish a recovery house for a maximum of five residents and a staff member at the Melmar location, which was run by another service provider until 2011. Under the previous provider, the house got approximately $180,000 in upgrades, according to LIFE. Loewen said that since establishing the bylaws, the city has had few complaints around recovery houses.

“After many go-throughs by staff, the council and the community we came upon a agreement or plan . . . and even then they weren’t willingly accepted,” he said.

“I’d like to hear arguments as to why I should agree to this.”

Gill voted against pushing the proposal forward for public consultation, saying if council relaxed the rules in this instance, they would have no grounds for not doing so for another applicant.

Counc. Patricia Ross said if application went out for public consultation, council would still have the opportunity to make a final decision whether to approve the zoning variance.

“I’d like to forward this to the public and hear what they have to say to help us with this decision,” she said, adding recovery houses were important piece of the city’s housing strategy.

There are currently 10 approved recovery homes in Abbotsford.

Discussions on issue date back to 2012 MANURE, from page A1 “When the city began dumping the manure, we were as surprised as anyone.”

The Salvation Army had discussed other options with the city’s bylaw department such as erecting a fence or cutting back blackberry bushes at the site, she said.

She said there are safety concerns with people camping at the site, which borders a railway track.

Following the incident, the city manager assumed full responsibility for the city’s decision to use fertilizer at the site and mayor Bruce Banman made a public apology to some of the residents at the camp.

Murray said Tuesday he wouldn’t speak to whether any of the staff involved in the decision have been disciplined.

However, Gord Ferguson, former manager of bylaw enforcement, no longer works at city hall.

The released emails don’t accurately reflect exactly what happened in the run up to the decision, said Murray.

“They only show a portion of what occurred with the decision-making process,” he said. “I continue to take responsibility as city manager for this.”

The city’s protocol for dealing with homeless camps was not properly followed in this case, said Murray.

Regardless, the city is revisiting how it deals with homeless camps and has reviewed the situation, he added.

“Staff involved in this particular instance have been debriefed about how the decision making process could have been better.”

The internal emails show exchanges that stretch back to March of 2012, discussing how to address public complaints, as well as health and crime concerns at the homeless site, which was also near a problem drug house.

The police, bylaws, parks and roads depart-

ment contemplated cutting down the tree and cutting back greenery at the site as well as dumping rubble.

Emails to Arden after the manure incident suggest that spreading the fertilizer at the site wasn’t so much to deter the homeless living there, but rather to deter open-air drug use and prostitution.

Homeless activist James Breckenridge, who made the city’s manure tactic public, said he wasn’t shocked by the emails.

Breckenridge criticized city practice that sees workers, bylaw officers or police regularly dismantling or destroying homeless camps across the city.

One reason people were camping at the location across from the Salvation Army was because they’d already been driven from other sites, he said.

“I wasn’t surprised to see how widespread the attitude [towards the homeless] was at city hall,” he said.

“They see the homeless as an infestation that needs to be solved. . . nobody seemed to think it was a bad idea.”

Breckenridge said he wasn’t interested in “collecting the heads” of anyone responsible.

“I’d rather focus on changing the attitude [at city hall] and looking for solutions,” he said.

He said he hoped city council would support a proposal by Abbotsford Community Services to build a low barrier 20-unit apartment building for homeless men who may be struggling with mental health or addiction issues.

“ACS is looking to put in first stage housing, which is what you need to transition people who have been on the street for a long time,” he said.

That project has proved controversial with the Abbotsford Downtown Business Association opposing the project’s location.

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t some point most of us have used the phrase “life isn’t fair.” This simplistic utterance is our way of excusing huge variations in life’s most important aspects.

Health is likely the best example where we readily see unfairness. Some people are born with terribly debilitating conditions. Others go through life without spending a night in a hospital until their dying days.

Personal finances are another example of where good fortune smiles on some but circumstances frown on others. Some are born with the proverbial “silver spoon” where money will never be an issue.

Some are born into poor families but catch a break, which they turn into financial success.

Some are destined to struggle.

No matter how we live our life, the rain falls and the sun shines on the just and unjust.

Some conditions are not respecters of persons.

There is, however, one area where we can point to fairness, and it is important in this day when people are amassing huge personal debt.

The good news is that children cannot inherit their parent’s debts.

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Guest Column ever, money owed to creditors prior to life’s demise has to be settled before beneficiaries receive what is left.

In these ways, it may seem as though you are inheriting your parents’ debts, but it isn’t money taken out of your pocket; rather, it’s money that you will never see. There is fairness because debt from one generation cannot be passed on to the next.

Unfortunately our political masters are breaking this code.

They are overspending our credit cards that must be repaid long after their political demise.

Generations of politicians have elected to mortgage our children and grandchildren with debt that is saddling these unsuspecting offspring with huge monthly debt-servicing charges.

We pay our share of the interest every month with our income taxes, and in higher prices for everything we buy – higher because of corporate taxes.

Politicians argue that they’re

merely fulfilling the electorate’s expectations. They pander for sufficient numbers of votes to remain in office, which requires them to overspend. If they don’t deliver we get rid of them.

Unfortunately all political parties are guilty of routinely mortgaging our children’s future economic well-being.

None will commit to governing within financial means, and any line in the sand soon becomes a mile wide.

We are complicit in this immoral act and remain so until we force governments to live within a budget, which now includes significant, annual debt reduction. This is where we must demand accountability that cannot be compromised.

In my experience, everyone wants to see greater accountability as long as it is in someone else’s backyard. Too many of us want to be exempted.

Alas, life is no longer fair in debt transfer from one generation to the next. Governments have broken a moral code by pursuing their political careers at the expense of our children and, sadly, our grandchildren.

■ Jim Dueck is a former Abbotsford

school superintendent, former assistant deputy minister in Alberta’s education ministry, an author and dedicated duffer.

am not a violent man . . . but Canada seriously needs a punch in the nose.

I don’t know why the news that the government of Canada had been conducting “nutrition” tests on native children – actually starvation studies – in the 1940s struck me so physically.

I’m aware that it’s not the only atrocity perpetrated by my country in the past.

I’m aware that Chinese workers were used, virtually as slave labour, to build a railway across Canada, and that they died in ridiculous numbers as they pushed the rails through the Rocky Mountains, through the Interior, and up from the coast.

I’m aware of the horror story that was the “Komagata Maru incident,” in which a Japanese steamer loaded with 376 prospective immigrants – all subjects of the British Empire – was turned away from Vancouver in 1914 by mobs of bigoted protesters buoyed by the backing of the Canadian government.

I’m aware of the atrocious internment of Canadian citizens of Japanese descent (many of them second- and third-generation Canadians) during the Second World War. . .and the subsequent confiscation of their worldly possessions.

I once thought those were the darkest hours in Canada’s history. . . until I learned how few Jews were allowed entry into Canada during the 1930s, when they were trying to escape from Adolph Hitler and Nazi Germany.

The great Prime Minister McKenzie King was staunchly opposed to allowing Jewish refugees to sully Canada’s shores.

I don’t know why the recently uncovered experimentation affected me so viscerally.

Perhaps it’s because they were children.

Perhaps it’s because we have all become so aware already of the way in which native peoples were treated in residential schools that were used to effect the experimentation families torn apart, their very culture, their very nature assaulted by vultures and sadists conniving under the guise of charity and “soul-saving” religion.

We already know of the sexual and physical abuses.

Perhaps it’s because tens of thousands of young Canadian men were fighting and dying in a war to stop that very stuff in Europe.

Perhaps it’s because it happened just a few miles from where I grew up – a relatively pampered child – near Port Alberni.

I knew that school. My bus drove past it on the way to my school – where something like that wouldn’t have been allowed.

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Toews ran away from responsibility Editor, the Times: Forty-two dead and five missing/ presumed dead; 47 lives destroyed in an instant, leaving families and a community devastated for generations.

How – particularly in a post 9/11 era – does the government allow a rail company to leave a train with dangerous goods running and unattended on the tracks?

This whole incident reeks of incompetence, not only on the part of the rail company, but the government; a government that allowed, through its lack of regulations and safety standards, the unthinkable to become reality.

It’s truly despicable and truly shameful, and, in my opinion, the lives of those people should hang around the neck of Vic Toews, the now former public safety minister.

A minister, who, when the going got tough, decided that playing politician wasn’t so grand anymore and ran away.

A public servant, who, instead of having the professionalism, responsibility and duty to be accountable to those who paid his salary and who now pay his pension, resigned.

A man who obviously lacks any integrity and values when it came to ensuring the public safety of the citizens of Lac-Megantic and Canada in general.

It’s truly the most disgusting act of cowardice that I have ever witnessed.

I hope the next minister of public safety will take the job more seriously and stick around when the going gets rough.

But more importantly, hopefully it will be a minister that will ensure that the safety standards are in place and enforced to ensure that future tragedies are mitigated as much as possible, if not avoided entirely.

Otherwise why do we have a minister of public safety at all? My heartfelt condolences to the people of LacMegantic, for a tragedy that should never have happened.

Michael Nenn Mission

An ‘A’ for effort, but an ‘F’ for accuracy Editor, the Times:

Mr. Crommelin appears to take much glee in provoking Humanists in his letters of July 16 and July 18.

I give him ‘A’ for effort, but have to give him ‘F’ for accuracy.

In many ways, Humanist beliefs and those of the major religions of the world are similar. We Humanists (and I have been one for 60 years) are just secular instead of theistic.

The Humanist Manifestos lay out the Humanist world view.

They are not ‘bibles’, nor do they, by any stretch of the imagination, “embrace Marxist humanism”, or endorse unethical ‘sexual proclivities.’

Mr. Crommelin did everyone a favour by encouraging people to read them. By doing so the truth and intent

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There are actually three American Humanist Society Manifestos; (I) 1933, (II) 1973 (the one Mr. Crommelin quotes in his letter) and (III) 2003.

The 1973 Manifesto advocated that birth control, abortion and divorce should be recognized and grounded in responsible attitudes. It also called for the end of discrimination due to race, age, religion sexual orientation and national origin. These recommendations are now an accepted part of our lives.

The 2003 Manifesto includes this statement: “Humanists are concerned for the well being of all, are committed to diversity, and respect those of differing yet humane views.”

Mr. Crommelin, although I disagree strongly with the tone and distortion of facts in your letters, I do thank you for writing it, as it gave me the opportunity to acquaint you with the real tenets of Humanism.

My hope is that you and others will be able to see our commonalities and not differences. I hope that we can engage in friendly dialogue, and eventually come to understand and respect each other for our beliefs and for how we behave toward our fellow human beings.

Nancy Gallagher Abbotsford

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Editor, the Times: Okanagan College is reaching out to former students and employees of the B.C. Vocational School, Okanagan College and Okanagan University College as we prepare to celebrate our 50th birthday.

Just as Beatlemania was sweeping the shores of North America, thenpremier of British Columbia W.A.C. Bennett officially opened the doors to the B.C. Vocational School on Sept. 28, 1963.

Since then, through amalgamations, growth, development and constant change, our institution has delivered valuable training to tens of thousands of students and helped communities throughout the region with economic, social and cultural development.

We know our former students and friends have spread throughout the world and we’re inviting them home to the Okanagan for a fun, informal party we’re planning on Sept. 27, 2013.

We’re also asking them to connect with us electronically to relate stories from their time at Okanagan College, and to nominate those people who have made a difference over our five decades of quality training and education.

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So yet again, we read that more punks/kids have vandalized and damaged more property, but at least these pillars of the community were caught and are being charged.

Whoop de do.

Pardon my lack of excitement, but as we all know, nothing will be done.

They caused $2,000 worth of damage to the BMX club’s moto shed (by way of arson) and thus put the club in a bad position.

Well, I have a solution. First off, make the parents pay. Secondly, the punks can go get jobs, and work off the debt and lastly, have their faces plastered all over Abbotsford.

Harsh? Not really; just common sense, which sadly, will not prevail.

The ultimate solution to this issue is society has to be rebuilt, as with the cost of living skyrocketing, governments picking the flesh off our bones with taxes, fees etc., both parents working stupid hours, kids being raised by babysitters, every square inch of the Lower Mainland being paved. This is only going to get worse.

After they built the new hospital, they put up signs all over reading “No smoking on hospital grounds.”

Every time I go there all I see is people standing around smoking, standing right beside the signs.

How healthy is that?

I’ve talked to many people and no one will do anything about it.

They all say the same thing: “We can’t do anything about it.”

Why do we make rules if no one will have the backbone to enforce them?

Smokers no longer rule like they did when they could smoke in their hospital rooms.

Will someone stand up? Do something like fine them and make them move on.

I have my doubt that anyone has the backbone to say word one.

Sad.

Simon Field Abbotsford

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Most programs are accepting applications until July 26 to begin studies this September.

If the desired program is full, applications are already being accepted for the January 2014 semester, or the program’s next available start date.

There are even some programs that will continue to accept applications for this September, past Friday’s deadline.

They include: • Aboriginal Culture and Language Support diploma •Associate of Arts in Theatre • Bachelor of Arts in Adult Education • Bachelor of Arts in Global Development Studies •Data Analysis postdegree certificate •Early Childhood Education diploma in Special Needs • Early Childhood Education diploma in Infancy • Fashion Design diploma • Health Care Assistant certificate • Indigenous Arts certificate

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Once again, UFV’s enrolment is expected to exceed the government-funded target this year.

“UFV strives to offer the best undergraduate education in Canada, and it shows.

Demand for a student seat at our institution is very high,” says Dr. Eric Davis, UFV Provost and Vice-President Academic. “We are committed to accepting as many students as is feasible, while ensuring they can receive the support services they may need, and can get into the courses they want in a timely manner.”

For more information on applying to UFV, visit ufv.ca/ future-students.

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July 26, Hominum Fraser Valley is an informal discussion and support group to help gay, bi-sexual and questioning men with the challenges of being married, separated or single. Meeting at 7:30 p.m. For information and location, call Art 604-4629813 or Don 604-329-9760.

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July 27, Mission’s Lifetime Learning Centre holds a fundraiser golf tournament at 18-hole Cedar Ridge Golf Course, with prizes, dinner.

Check-in 12:30 p.m., tee off at 1 p.m. dinner at 5:30 p.m.

To register, call 604-820-0220 or email lifetimelearningcentre@telus.net.

July 25, come to a public open house re. the Supportive Housing Project on Montvue Avenue, from 6 – 8 p.m. at Abbotsford Community Serivces, 2420 Montrose Ave., Abbotsford. Get more details surrounding the proposed project.

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July 25, Employment Mentors’ Program orientation from 3 – 5:30 p.m., Abbotsford Community Services, 2420 Montrose Ave. Help professional immigrants find work in their fields via mentorship.

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July 28, from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. a BBQ fundraiser for the Fraser Valley Humane Society Cat Adoption Centre will be held at the Mission harbour with hot dogs, burgers, entertainment with classic cars and door prizes. A free family event in support of animals in need, at 7076 Mershon St., Mission. Look for the red balloons. Call 604-820-0939.

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n most marriages, repayment of the debt was finances and perhaps not sacrifice-free, but we did intimacy are the most not die. miscommunicated topics I am convinced that – or should I say, battlewhen we put God first in DAVE grounds. Many relationships SCHAPANSKY our finances and I learned have died on these hills, or to trust Him more than my Faith that credit cards, He sovereignly decimated couples to the walking wounded. matters intervened for us. (Malachi In our marriage, we made 3: 10-12) heaps of mistakes in financOn the flip side, our family es – my wife is far more disciplined in paywas blessed with a few holidays to Mexico ing all the bills, whereas I liked paying half – hardly a life of starvation. the bills, keeping cash for entertainment.

Am I saying that our journey is for everyThere were fun times when I looked after body? Certainly not, but here are just four of finances, but then I would hand them back the lessons we learned from debt: over to my wife when the bills got ugly. She • To draw close to God in our spending would work at paying the bills off again, but and money-making decisions because it is any entertainment was seriously curtailed.

He that gives us the ability to create wealth.

We did the credit card thing too, ringing (Deuteronomy 8:18) them up, then I had the revelation that I • To draw close to our wives and husbands could get a line of credit to pay them off, – they are on our team, they actually did not this led to a line of credit AND credit cards, wake up this morning thinking of ways to all at bone-crushing interest rates. I can’t tell spend your money. (Ephesians 5:22-28). you how many ill-fated discussions we had • Learned to seek advice about finances, when those bank statements arrived. to go to where the wisdom is; ask God and There are folks who utilize credit cards also others because He won’t hold back wisresponsibly, amassing travel points and nev- dom when we Him ask for it. (James 1:5). er paying a dollar of interest. Good for you.

• Being an example to our kids. Our adult We realized we were too undisciplined. kids are now all far better stewards of their We cut up our cards again (the umpteenth finances than we were ever at their age. time) and began the long journey of cardFinances are like the tides, ebbing and less finances; we even quit having car loans flowing, with God in control of every droplet and began buying older cars with cash, no in our lives, giving opportunity for both trust cable TV (just rabbit ears – our kids called and thankfulness to a Lord who loves us. it poverty vision), only one cell phone and one car when we could.

■ Dave Schapansky is a pastor at Abbotsford Christian Assembly. You can reach him at daves@ We are now debt free, aside from our acachurch.com. diminishing mortgage, and found the

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Final Four starts Friday JEAN KONDA-WITTE

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hen the Abbotsford Senior Cardinals won their playoff series last weekend against the Coquitlam Reds, two games to one, it gave the Cards a sense of belonging.

The Cardinals knew that, as hosts of this weekend’s B.C. Premier Baseball League provincial championship, they already had a berth in the tournament – regardless of last weekend’s s e r i e s against the Reds.

N o w they can say they earned it. “ W e didn’t want COREY ECKSTEIN to come in the back door,” said head coach Corey Eckstein. “It was kind of nice to do it the right way.”

The Senior Cards have not been to the Final Four in Eckstein’s tenure, and he has been coaching the team for eight years.

“It’s nice to be there. We want to show well.”

Eckstein will be relying heavily on his power pitchers, who have kept the Cards in the hunt all season.

“Our pitching staff has been our backbone from the get-go,” he said. “We sit a lot better than most teams because we have so much

– JEAN KONDA-WITTE/TIMES

Abbotsford Senior Cardinals practise for upcoming provincials at DeLair Park, which starts Friday. Jay Kim works on his battlng. depth on the mound.”

After their star pitcher Kurtis Kostuk was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks back in early June, Eckstein has seen eight or nine guys step up in a big way to fill the void.

“On the mound and defensively, we led the league in field percentage making plays.”

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Neger admits he’s not the fastest pitcher on the team.

“I’m not a very fast thrower, but I keep the batters off balance. They don’t put the ball in play that much. [I throw] pitches they don’t expect.”

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With an 87-mile-per-hour fastball, he’s probably the Cards’ hardest thrower added Eckstein.

“He’s been our hottest hand as of late.”

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“He’s been our No. 1 starter for the past few years,” said Eckstein.

“He always has a high compete level and a tremendous work ethic. He’s been our backbone.”

Eckstein likes using him as a closer when needed.

batter’s box admitted the coach.

“We’ve always struggled with the bats for whatever reason. We’re more than capable, we just don’t generate many runs,” said Eckstein.

“It’s just one of those things.

We’re known for our pitching and our defence.”

The Cardinals’ quest for provincial gold starts Friday night at DeLair Park against the Nanaimo Pirates, Victoria Eagles and Vancouver Cannons.

But Eckstein likes their chances going in. His team is a very close-knit group, with some playing together since they were 10. Many just graduated or attend the Yale Baseball Academy and hang out together on and off the field.

“It bodes well, the chemistry is there,” he said.

“They’re playing for each other and they’re coming together at the right time.”

Eckstein is anticipating some low-scoring games.

“If we can punch three, four or five runs across, that’ll give us a good chance,” he said. “That’s our goal going in. We’ll be pretty successful if we can do that.

“We’re excited to get going; we’ve been practising all week; we just want to start playing.”

The Cardinals play Vancouver in Game 1 at 7 p.m.

Friday. On Saturday, they face Nanaimo at 3:30 p.m. and Victoria at 5 p.m.

The final championship game goes Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m.

All games are at DeLair Park, 35570 DeLair Rd., Abbotsford.

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Cascades open exhibition schedule Thursday against NCAA squad SUBMITTED TO THE TIMES

he University of the Fraser Valley Cascades open their men’s basketball 2013-14 exhibition season on Thursday, Aug. 1 against the NCAA’s Rice University Owls (Houston, Texas) at the Envision Athletic Centre at the Abbotsford campus.

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CHURCH DIRECTORY TRADITIONAL ANGLICAN

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CONCERT OF PRAISE WITH THE WIEBES Shane Wiebe is well-known for having risen to a Top Five spot on CTV’s “Canadian Idol” in 2004, and for being raised a home-town Abbotsford boy. Since 2009, Shane & Angela Wiebe have released 4 studio albums, all to great critical acclaim. They seamlessly blend their passion for music and love of Jesus; their heart for worship is both encouraging & inspirational.

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Batten blowing up cars in Langley, causing a scene for latest video

Abbotsford country singer set to release first album in five years

Jam in Jubilee

July 25, folk and Indie music with The Tractor Grease Folk, My Dearest Friends, funk rock with Random Dander at the Jam in Jubilee in Jubilee Park, Abbotsford. Market opens at 6, music from 7 – 10 p.m. See www.jaminjubilee.com.

July 25 – 28, folk and world music lovers can revel at the 26th annual Mission Folk Music Festival at Fraser River Heritage Park. Dave Francey, three day stages, main stage, camping, vendors, licensed bistro. See artists, details at missionfolkmusicfestival.ca.

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Concert in the Park

July 27, sister duo Robyn and Ryleigh (see story below) perform their stunning harmonies from 6 – 8 p.m., at the Kariton Gallery, 2387 Ware St., Abbotsford, in Mill Lake Park, as part of the Envision Concert in the Park series. Aug. 3, it’s Lady & The Tramps with funk and blues. See more at abbotsfordartscouncil.com.

Dewdney dancin’

July 27, Harma White performs 8:30 p.m. at the Dewdney Pub, 8793 River Road S., five minutes east of Mission off the Lougheed Hwy. Call 604-826-4762 for details.

Sunday it’s Blues Jam from 3:30 – 7:30 p.m.

– MATTHEW CLAXTON, LANGLEY ADVANCE

Karen Lee Batten gets made up for a video shoot in Langley, where she now lives, for her new single, Cause a Scene.

The song is the title track for a new album of 14 songs she’s releasing later this year.

“Stephano is unbelievable,” Batten said. “I said, ‘This is cool, I love it.’ ” The shoot is sizeable, and includes a professional crew as well as friends and family members, some of whom would be playing guests and wedding part members.

“When do you get to do something like that?” Batten said.

It’s been five years since her last album, and while her voice remains the same, Batten said that the type

of songs she’s chosen, and her reasons for picking them, may be a little different. Emotion is at the core of her writing and choosing of songs, she said.

“When you get up on stage, what are you trying to say?” Batten said.

She spent a lot of time thinking about what to include on this album.

“Those 14 songs are going to be songs that you’re going to sing for the rest of your life, so you better

love them,” Batten said.

Her influences are diverse.

“My iPhone has so many types of genres, it’s ridiculous,” Batten said.

Her selections range from classic rock to Mozart.

Lately she’s been going back to some old favourites.

“I love Melissa Etheridge, I love Alanis Morissette,” she said.

In terms of newer country artists, she’s a big fan of Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton.

Sister act at Mill Lake Park T he harmony-based sister act of Robyn and Ryleigh Gillespie will be performing at the Kariton Gallery in Mill Lake Park on Saturday, as part of the Envision Concert in the Park series.

The talented duo from Langley received a pair of nominations at the 2012 B.C. Country Music Awards (Horizon Award and Group/Duo of the Year) where they also performed live. The Gillespies were also part of the 2011 Merritt Mountain Music Fest and performed at last year’s Abbotsford Agrifair.

This year marked the release of their first full-length studio album – Robyn & Ryleigh – an album that includes songwriting contributions from Taylor Swift, Steven Lee Olsen

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MATTHEW CLAXTON mclaxton@langleyadvance.com aren Lee Batten’s new single, video, and album was kicked off with a bang Thursday (July 18) – a very literal one.

As part of the shoot for the video for Cause a Scene, a car was blown to bits on a rural Langley property.

The song is about a scorned woman causing a ruckus as her ex marries the woman who stole him away.

“The girl gets her heart broken, but she doesn’t want him back,” said Batten, a three-time BCCMA female vocalist whose career was kicked off with a Top-10 finish on Canadian Idol a decade ago.

“She’s just showing up at the wedding to cause a scene.”

The new tune is “a little rocky, country rocky,” said the country star from Abbotsford.

Cause a Scene will be the title track of her new album, and the lead off single will be hitting the airwaves in a few weeks, followed by the video.

It’s the first music video shoot for Batten since the one for Hearts on the Run for her last album, Every Moment.

On Thursday, she was excited to be shooting on a big property near Telegraph Trail in rural Langley.

“I love it,” Batten said.

The property was decorated for the faux wedding, with Batten set to crash the property.

Stephano Barbis and David Angelski came up with a great treatment for the video.

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and Kathleen Higgins. The 10-track album can be found on iTunes.

“We are so proud of this album because its themes of love and heartbreak come straight from our own lives,” said Robyn. “There is a song for every experience in life.

While this album is inspired by our own memories, we want people to hear us and feel music that can speak for them.”

The sisters describe themselves as “part mud, makeup, glamour and fun, Robyn & Ryleigh are authentic Canadian country girls who immerse themselves in the country lifestyle in unique ways.”

The two-hour show starts at 6 p.m.

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Gigantour at AESC

July 29, Gigantour brings heavy metal to the Abbotsford Entertainment & Sports Centre, with Megadeath, Black Label Society, Device, Hellyeah, Newsted, Death Division. See www.abbotsfordcentre.ca for tickets, details.

Envision Twilight concerts

July 31, the Koko Soul performs blues, soul and jazz at Fraser River Heritage Park at 7 p.m. Note: no concert on July 26 due to the folk music festival. The Envision Twilight concerts are free but donations are welcome.

Dallas Smith at Agrifair

Aug. 3, country music sensation Dallas Smith performs at Abbotsford Agrifair on the main stage at 8:30 p.m. On Sunday, Aug. 4, Jars of Clay perform at 8:30 p.m. See www.agrifair.ca/ attractions.html for more.

Merv Tremblay band

Merv Tremblay and friends offer country, rock and blues Sundays from 3:30 – 7:30 p.m. at Captain’s Cabin pub, 33331 Harbour Ave., Mission. Meat draw to benefit the food bank.

Singalong Songfests

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Robyn (left) and Ryleigh Gillespie are a sister country duo from Langley.

Sing along or listen to the ATones on Mondays, 1 – 3 p.m., at the Abbotsford Social Activities Asssociation drop-in centre on Cyril Street. Call Ed at 604-8538624 for more.

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The main acts begin Friday night, with a lineup that includes, Zimbamoto, The Archers Band, Liz Carroll, David Francey and the Irish group Comas.

On Saturday evening The

Spring Standards will take to the main stage, along with The Bills, Dick Gaughan, Piccola Banda Ikona, Locarno, and the duo of Hans Theessink & Terry Evans.

Sunday has Viper Central, Crow Quill Night Owls, The Sojourners, Jim Byrnes, and a “Women of Song” segment, featuring Eliza Gilkyson, Lynn

Miles and Mary Gauthier.

In addition to the evening acts, there are shows and workshops all day long, both Saturday and Sunday, at all three stages.

See the accompanying chart for all the daytime performances and workshops.

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Juried art show

Aug. 13 – 31, the Fraser Valley Chapter of the Federation of Canadian Artists is having their second annual juried art show, with opening reception on Aug. 17 from 1 – 4 p.m. Oil, acrylic, watercolour, pastel and graphite paintings will be displayed at the Mission Arts Centre, 33529 First Ave., Mission. Phone 604826-0029 for details.

Call for art

The Abbotsford Arts Council is taking art submissions in all mediums in painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, woodcarving, pottery and more for exhibitions for 2014. Deadline is Aug.16.

Applications at abbotsfordartscouncil.org or at Kariton Gallery, 2387 Ware St., Abbotsford.

visual art; Intervention by Design, David Kilvert and Krista Kilvert; From Here to There (and back again),

by Krista Kilvert; Heritage Remembered: Buildings and Streetscapes from the Past, by painter Brian Croft and model maker Don Bladon, all of which are on until Sept. 8; and Masks: Hidden/ Revealed, created by the women of The Warm Zone, on until July 28. Call 604864-8087 or see thereach. ca. At 32388 Veterans Way, Abbotsford.

Culture and concerts To list an event in Abbotsford or Mission, upload it directly to our website: abbotsfordtimes.com, or send an e-mail with a succinct, 75-word description of the event including day, date, time and address to events@abbotsfordtimes.com, or drop off at 30887 Peardonville Rd, Abbotsford.

Star Wars at The Reach

Until Sept. 8, Sandstorm is 14 Star Wars-inspired paintings by Chilliwack artist Chris Woods at The Reach, 32388 Veterans Way, Abbotsford.

Call 604-864-8087, or see thereach.ca.

Reach summer films

July 26 at 7 p.m. The Reach shows A Royal Affair, nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign

Language Film (Denmark) at this year’s Oscars. Aug. 9, it’s Tora! Tora! Tora!, and Aug. 16, The Great Gatsby.

Films are free. Call 604-8648087 or see thereach.ca for more on the films. The Reach is at 32388 Veterans Way, Abbotsford.

Magic Mondays

The Fraser Valley Magic Circle reveals local talent during the Third Monday Magic, held every third Monday this summer at Opening Nite Theatre, 33135 N. Railway Ave., Mis-

Reach exhibits

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Creative with clay

Mission Clay Works has pottery classes for kids six to 12, from Aug. 19 to 23, from 1:30 – 3 p.m. through the week. Projects include treasure boxes, 3-D portraits, printing on clay houses and more. The cost is $158 for five days. At 33038 Second Ave., Mission. Call Molly at 604-556-1501 or see missionclayworks.com for more information.

Mission Art Gallery

Nasser Ghaderi exhibit at the Mission Art Gallery, 33529 First Ave., Mission.

Call 604-826-0029 or see missionartscouncil.ca for more details.

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Double Exposure

Oct. 19, CBC’s Double Exposure with Bob Robertson and Linda Cullen bring Canadian humour to the Clarke Foundation Theatre, 33700 Prentis Ave., Mission.

Show is 7:30 p.m., doors open at 7. Tickets $25 at all Ticketmaster locations.

Volunteers wanted

The Chilliwack Arts & Cultural Centre Society is in need of volunteers to help out in the current and future art classes now being offered at the Cultural Centre. Call 604-392-8000, ext. 103.

Technicolour Dreamcoat

July 24 – Aug. 4, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat plays at the UFV Chilliwack Theatre. Call 604391-7469 for tickets.

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