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Cougar chases Teapot hiker

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local hiker escaped a face-to-face confrontation with a cougar on Teapot Hill unharmed but shaken Wednesday. The incident caused conservation officers to evacuate the popular local hiking trail as they searched for the large cat. Gemma Summers told the Times she and her English Springer Spaniel Lilly were most of the way up Teapot Hill when she heard a large animal in the bush. As Summers turned to retreat down the mountain, she said she found herself facing a large cougar. “I made as much noise as I could and I was yelling and the cougar kind of cocked its head a little bit and moved towards the bush,” she said. “I thought I scared it off so I went to turn and run down the hill and as I turned it leapt at me. It was a foot over from me and it was swatting at me and my dog.” Summers said the cougar came up to her chest. “I was yelling as loud as I could and trying to back off slowly,” she said. “I got another five feet away from it and it rushed up and it didn’t want me to leave. I tried to get away like three times and it was not letting me go. I was just screaming and screaming and I thought it wanted my dog.” Summers said she eventually put some distance between herself and the cat. When it turned its head, she said she bolted down the hill. As she ran, she said she could hear the cougar running alongside her and her dog in the bush. A little more than halfway down the trail, she said the cougar seemed to give up the pursuit. Summers kept screaming and eventually came across two other hikers, who called police. On their way down the hill, the three came across a conservation officer who said Summers was fortunate to escape. She said he speculated that the animal could have been protecting a kill in the area.

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t might have been the driest July in recent memory, but last month’s string of sunny, hot weather didn’t set any monthly records in Chilliwack. You may have missed it, but Chilliwack did actually get some rain last month— two millimetres (mm) on an otherwise hot and sunny July 17. It wasn’t much, but it was still more than July of 1960, when Chilliwack recorded only trace amounts of precipitation. That’s not to say July wasn’t abnormally sun-soaked, as the average rainfall is 46 mm over six days. And prior to Wednesday, July had seen six days break the 30-degree barrier, three more than the average. One record was set in July, and another was equalled. The 34 C temperature recorded on July 16 equalled the previous record from 1979. That day’s mean of 26.5 C surpassed the previous record mean of 26 C, also from 1979. The average temperature for July was 20.85 C, more than two degrees higher than the average. That makes this July the warmest since 2009, which saw a mean of 20.98 C. The Chilliwack area might see its share of rain in the winter and spring, but the recent summer weather has been almost flawless. Indeed, this July wasn’t even the driest month over the past year. Last August saw just 1.2 millimetres of rain fall—the least in 82 years. That was followed by a September that saw just 6.6 millimetres

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Keith, was included in the Chilliwack Remembrance Day ceremonies. It was then taken from the CMEC to the Army Support Unit (ASU Chilliwack). Five years ago, local opposition to moving Caroline out of Chilliwack led Canadian Forces to put it on display with the 39 Combat Engineer Regiment (39 CER), a new engineer unit based here in Chilliwack. The plan was to put the tank on display when the ASU closed on April 1 of this year. There was some delay but on July 26, Caroline, flanked by two M113-A2 armoured personnel

he was here then she was gone and now she’s back. Caroline the tank is once again on display for residents of Chilliwack to see. Local military veterans and families have long held a special place in their hearts for the 1947 Sherman M4 tank. Caroline—named by veteran tank driver and instructor Rollie Keith for his daughter—was moved first from its display site at the Vedder Cenotaph to the Canadian Military Education Centre (CMEC). In 2012, the tank, commanded by

carriers, was put back on display for all to see. “It needs to be on display,” Keith told the Times. “Certainly part of the story is that it is accessible to the people of Chilliwack. They are welcome to go in and look at it and the other vehicles.” Caroline is on display in the front parking lot at what was the ASU facility on Keith Wilson Road, just west of Tyson Road. There is a gate at the front but Keith emphasized that members of the public are allowed to drive in, park and visit the static monument.

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he Cultus Lake couple behind the petition to change how park board commissioners are elected say the current board has violated its own bylaws and breached the Cultus Lake Park Act. Sue and Gary Lister point to a number of specific complaints in recent years, some of which have been investigated by the B.C. Ombudsperson. The Listers gathered 926 signatures on their petition, which was presented to Chilliwack-Hope MLA Laurie Throness, who in turn presented it in the Legislature on July 24. “It’s my pleasure to present a petition today on behalf of 926 of my cons t i t u e n t s w h o a re re s i dents or leaseholders in the community of Cultus Lake,” said Throness in the House. “They are asking the government for legislative change; to amend the Cultus Lake Park Act prior to the Municipal Election of 2014 to reduce the number of parks board commissioners and to make those commissioners accountable to the people they serve.” The Listers says what led to the petition—the supposed transgressions of commissioners—is the real story that has been underreported. Bu t Cu l t u s L a k e Pa rk Board chair Sacha Peter says the board “has adopted and will continue to adopt bylaws that are necessary for the operation and security of the park.” He also wonders if there is See CULTUS, Page 5

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Campfire ban in effect WEATHER, from page 1 of rain fall, making it the driest September in more than a century. The long stretch of dry weather will have consequences for anyone camping this weekend. B.C.’s Coastal Fire Centre is implementing a campfire ban at noon Thursday, due to dry weather. “This is something we take very seriously,” spokesperson Marg Drysdale said. “We know people like to go camping and enjoy the outdoors; however, with the risk with lightning coming through, we need to allocate our resources.” The campfire ban includes Vancouver Island, the Sunshine Coast, mid-coast and Lower Mainland. A campfire ban for the Interior of British Columbia was already in place. Hot temperatures and little rain in July have raised the fire danger rating to extreme in many areas, Drysdale said. – with files from the Victoria Times-Colonist

Fire crews battle feed-mill blaze Weed road C show BY TYLER OLSEN tolsen@chilliwacktimes.com

hilliwack firefighters spent several hours Tu e s d a y t r y i n g t o quell a fire in the roof of a Simpson Road feed mill. The fire broke out just before 11 a.m. and smoke and flames could be seen coming out from beneath the roof of the barn-like building, which is located in an industrial park off Unsworth Road. Those in neighbouring buildings said they heard an explosion come from the building. The flames licking at the edge of the roof quickly subsided, but the location of the fire posed a difficult challenge to firefighters. They entered the building and found fire in the attic and some “machinery vents,” assistant fire chief James MacDonald said in a press release. To try and get at the blaze, a ladder truck was used to

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CULTUS, from page 3 a longer-term goal among some residents to turn the residential area into a gated community. And he suggests the complaints tend to be based on personal dislike of some commissioners rather than a real need for electoral change. “My general thought is that they do not like some commissioners that were elected, rather than the method of how they were elected,” Peter told the Times via email. The Listers say they have the Ombudsperson on their side. “Twice in the past year or so, the BC Ombudsperson’s Office has told these members to abide by their own by-laws,” Lister said in a written statement. “The Ombudsperson’s instructions seem to fall on deaf ears as he is now currently investigating the Board for two additional violations of the Cultus Lake Park Act—again for passing by-laws that the Cultus Lake Act does not allow. How many times does the Ombudsperson have to speak to this Board about following the law? The RCMP is also investigating a complaint against the Board for breach of the Cultus Lake Act.”

T h e B C O m b u d s p e r s o n’s 2011/12 Annual Report touched on a complaint about rate increases for Sunnyside campground from 2010—before the current board was elected but during the time when Peter was board chair. The finding was that there may not have been enough consultation with campers about the rate increases. The Ombudsperson also rapped the board’s knuckles with regards to a small administration fee that should not have been charged according to a strict interpretation of the bylaw. “Despite the fact that the bylaw might not have been written as the Board intended, we expressed our view with the Board that bylaws apply as they are written and if necessary the bylaw could be amended,” the Ombudsperson stated. In response to this issue, Peter said the rate increases at Sunnyside were done during the “fiscal surgery” required to get the park on more solid footing. He added the fees being charged at the campground were “well below market.” A second complaint was made by Delta resident Rick Williamson to the Ombudsperson follow-

ing the cancellation of the public participation period at the end of park board meetings. The board was notified of the investigation and question period was reinstated, which ended the investigation. Peter said question period was cancelled to stem abuses that occurred in 2012. “I believe the message carried through that question period is not a forum to be attacking our staff,” he said. The third issue the Listers have with the current park board is with the fact that the board issues bylaw fines as high as $500 despite the fact that the Cultus Lake Park Act does not allow fines greater than $50. To that, Peter said it’s not a new issue but is just being brought up presently. “The park board has adopted and will continue to adopt bylaws that are necessary for the operation and security of the park,” he said. The Listers say these ongoing and repeated violations, and the response they have received from Peter, in particular, are behind the petition. “By amending the Cultus Lake Act . . . to restrict electors to the residents of the Lake, this will ensure that future Boards are properly held to account by the people whom the Boards govern.”

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Toilet training cows BY CORNELIA NAYLOR cnaylor@chilliwacktimes.com

f you ever decided to sidle up to Alison Vaughn at the UBC Dairy Education and Research Centre in Agassiz and ask her, “What’s a nice girl like you doing in a place like this?” you’d probably be surprised by her answer. She’s here to toilet train cows, and she intends to earn her PhD doing it. Surprisingly, that’s not as flaky as it sounds. “People initially think it’s something kind of frivolous,” Vaughn told the Times, “but they couldn’t be more wrong. This is really motivated by something practical that would be good for cows and for farmers.” How exactly? Well, your average cow produces 30 kilograms of feces and15 kilograms of urine per day, according to Vaughn, a University of Saskatchewan doctoral student who hails from the Isle of Skye in Scotland. That’s a lot of waste, especially if it’s spread all over the barn willy-nilly. “Imagine you either have to clean a whole barn or there’s one specific area which is designed to be self cleaning.” Having such an arrangement would save farmers a lot of money on labour and bedding, she said, and it would also help them with the daily challenge of keeping the milk supply safe.

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PhD candidate Alison Vaughn is training cows to defecate in just one place.

“It’s very important we keep the milking parlour clean and hygienic,” Vaughn said, “and that’s what all dairy farmers do, but it would be very advantageous if we could get cows to urinate and defecate before they come into the milking parlour.” Her project would benefit cows too, she said. Until now, their uncivilized toileting habits have forced farmers to design barns around waste management and collection, with cows in modern facilities usually confined to stalls so their urine and feces can drop into a laboursaving scraper alley. In a u t o p i a n b ov i n e f u t u re, Vaughn envisions toilet-trained cows who know where to go to go and therefore wouldn’t need stalls. “ T h a t ’s d e f i n i t e l y p a r t o f See COW PEE, Page 6

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News COW PEE, from page 5 what motivates me,” she said. Vaughn’s research is being supervised by University of Saskatchewan researcher Joe Stookey and Agri-Food Canada Agassiz researchers Jeffrey Rushen and Anne Marie De Passille, who originally put out a call for a PhD student willing to take on a thesis broadly titled “Practical Applications of the Learning Abilities of Cattle.” “It was like my dream PhD,” said Vaughn, without a hint of irony. Together Vaughn and her supervisors cooked up the idea of toilet training cows. So far the results have been promising. During the first phase of her research Vaughn taught five out of six calves to pee in a designated potty pen more often than a set of untrained control calves. The work started with the calves getting used to the stall and learning that if they left it by an exit to the right, a bell would sound and they would get a milk reward, but if they exited to the left, they would be held in a drab and featureless pen for a five-minute “time out.” “They’re young and they get bored very easy, so five minutes is a lot of time for them,” Vaughn said. “We didn’t want to give them anything too aversive, but they didn’t like waiting around.”

‘It’s not rocket science’

In stage two, the calves were led into the potty pen and given a diuretic (salix) that would make them pee within about five minutes. As soon as they did, Vaughn sounded the familiar bell and they were allowed to exit stage right to enjoy their reward. After giving test calves a few training sessions to connect the dots, she tested all the calves in stage three by giving each of them 15 minutes in the potty pen without a diuretic to see if the trained ones would pee more often than the untrained ones. Five out of six did. Quirkily, the official pedigree name of the brightest bovine of the bunch—who peed on command within two minutes for 15 days in a row after only a single halfhour training session—was UBC Cage Star (UBC for the farm, Cage for her dam and Star for her sire). The name of the only calf who didn’t learn was UBC Cage Idiot. The first phase of Vaughn’s research has generated encouraging results. But proving calves can be toilet trained is only the beginning. To make her work useful to farmers, she is now looking to see how exactly calves learn and whether they have the ability to remember and transfer their toileting know-

how to new situations. Ultimately Vaughn’s goal is to distil all of her findings into the design of an automated system that would both train cows and collect their waste. “We don’t expect farmers to train every one of their 300odd cows,” she said. “So if we could automate the process of training and the collection of urine and feces, it wouldn’t take the farmer any extra time and it would allow cows to learn at their own pace.” Such a system may be a ways off but she believes her research results so far indicate it’s not farfetched. “It’s not rocket science.” She admits her efforts have raised a few eyebrows and elicited some chuckles among research colleagues, but farmers seem to think the idea has potential, and that’s good enough for her. “Normally, when you’re coming up with research ideas, the farmers are like, ‘I don’t even know why you’re doing this,’ and the scientists are like, ‘Oh, that’s a neat idea,’” Vaughn said. “In this case, it’s the other way around. The scientists are laughing at me, and the farmers are like, ‘That would be great.’ I’ve had a few farmers already give me their email address and say, ‘When you figure this out, please come to my farm and toilet train my cows.’”

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Morals left uncorrupted E very now and then, a reporter will run into a reader (or family member—I’m looking at you Uncle Don!) who decries the negative nature of the news business. While it’s fun to challenge that person to write a story about a bank not being robbed, they do have a case—Canada is a safe country that’s getting safer, and your odds of getting mugged in Chilliwack are very low. Last Tuesday, we published two stories on Stats Canada’s annual release of crime numbers. I wrote about common crimes that had gone down (assaults) and up (car thefts). But like some typical Danny Downer, I didn’t write about all the crimes that didn’t happen. Sure the peace was disturbed 1,442 times in 2012 (down three percent), but there were no policereported incidents of hostage-taking, according to the statistics. My personal favourite is the total lack of reports of “intimidation of a justice system participant or a journalist.” Phew. We had no reports of illegal betting or gaming houses (those are listed as separate crimes, for some reason). And no Chilliwack residents participated in the activity of a terrorist group—at least that police were made aware of. Neither were any terrorists reported to have been facilitated or har-

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Win,Lose orTy boured. Likewise, hoax terrorism continued to remain at an all-time low. Incitement of genocide? Zero. Public incitement of hatred? Zero. Unauthorized recording of a movie (seriously, it’s the next item on the list): zero. It’s easy to chuckle at the Hollywood-like scale of some of these crimes until you consider that they’re in the report for a reason: they are actual crimes that do happen. It’s worth appreciating that we don’t have people advocating the slaughter of their neighbours or conspiring to terrorize. So that’s good. Other zeroes, though, underscore the fact that the stats can only tell part of the story. There were no reports of “corrupting morals.” Who might be guilty of corrupting another’s morals? Well, Section 163 of the Criminal Code says: “Every one commits an offence who makes, prints, publishes, distributes, sells or has in his possession for the purpose of publication, distribu-

tion or circulation a crime comic.” Yep. Comics. I’m sure that crime is never broken. Then there’s the aforementioned unauthorized recording of a movie. Step away from the DVR remote and put your hands up! Of course, plenty of real crimes go unreported too. There were zero reports of trafficking in stolen goods in 2012, which, if true, would mean that those habitual car thieves are going to have a storage problem real soon. Ever wonder why the police are so adamant that people shouldn’t leave valuables in vehicles? Well, it turns out that they’re not just talking about folks who leave their Guess Who cassettes in plain view. In 2012, there were 18 thefts from motor vehicles in which the contents exceeded $5,000. Eighteen. (The largest theft was likely the $3 million of diamonds stolen from a car parked at Cottonwood Mall in September.) It staggers the mind to think people are leaving such valuables in their cars. So, you know, don’t do that. On a serious note, one more thing caught my eye from the stats: Of the 883 criminal charges laid against adults, 683 involved men. But of 74 charges laid against youth, 38 involved boys and 36 involved girls. That ratio, and disparity between adults and youths, held true for violent crime.

hat is the value of the monarchy in Canada? The question certainly is again on many minds through the celebration of the birth of the “next king.” Leaving aside such niceties as Prince George Alexander Louis not technically being the “next” king, but the next after the next after the next (third in line after grandfather Charles and father William), and ignoring the likelihood, given the apparent longevity of British monarchs these days, that most of those of us capable of pondering the value of monarchy will not be around to experience young George’s kingship, the value of a new royal on the national dole is always worth considering. While the monarch is the technical head of state in a constitutional monarchy such as Canada, these days there’s little more for a monarch to do than wave at the crowds during important functions and events. Indeed, in Canada, our monarchs rarely show up on our shores. Instead, any royal business to be conducted here is dealt with by a governor general who represents our monarch, and he or she is no longer appointed by the king or queen—technically, yes, but in reality, the choice is made by the prime minister of the day. And thanks to the precedent set by Governor General Michaelle Jean capitulating to Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s end run to thwart formation of a coalition to unseat him, that office has even less power now than it ever did. Interest in the monarchy has been waning in Canada, both due to absence and powerlessness. So then, what is the value of the monarchy to Canada? Perhaps the answer lies in the overwhelming interest in George’s birth from the republic to our south: tourism dollars. As a democracy, we may not want to give our monarchs more power—but maybe we could build a palace, get at least one royal to take up relatively permanent residence, and collect tourism dollars from Americans. Presence of a monarch here may help to preserve the institution—and the tourist dollars wouldn’t hurt a bit.

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Bad driving in roundabouts Editor: I have driven the Evans Road roundabout approx 100 times since being built. Of that 100 times, I would suggest approximately 30 of those times I have had near misses of 25 collisions and five times I have literally slammed on my brakes to avoid a cyclist, who decided to cut right across both lanes, using his right hand to give me the bird after I laid into my horn. I have had people drift into my lane or totally cut me off. I have had people stop for no apparent reason other than the inability to navigate it properly. I can’t understand why a lane in the roundabout would disappear, who was the brainiac that designed this in they first place, Casper perhaps? I understand many people are not familiar with roundabouts and this may attribute to many of

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the close calls, but adding more of them at a cost of $2 million is absolutely insane. I bet ICBC has sent a few letters to the planning department asking what they were thinking when this was built. Maybe they should include traffic cameras into that $2 million so ICBC won’t have a problem laying blame. In most cases it will be Mr. Planner’s fault for the accidents, instead both drivers will likely be blamed 50/50 and will have to not only dole out their deductibles (if they even have collision coverage) but be inconvenienced for days while their cars are on the mend. How many more people like me have had the same number of misses or near misses? Math shouldn’t be used for only factoring costs associated with these roundabouts, it also needs to be used to consider safety. We cannot allow good money to be spent unless we factor in the serious impact on people, injuries and human lives. Wasting taxpayer money for fixes to the Evans road roundabout is close to criminal, the planner needs to be held accountable as well as the engineer who stamped the drawings in the first place. Come on Mayor do your job, someone has to! Patrick Kalawarny Chilliwack

Side-by-side cycling illegal Editor: Re: July 30 Times letter, “Summer means more bicycles.” While this is a timely reminder to both drivers

and cyclist it should be noted that J. Peters was incorrect in the assumption that riding side by side is legal. According to the BC Motor Vehicle Act Section 183 (2) d, it is illegal to ride side by side on the roadway. Although riding side by side is legal on the shoulder of highways, it is recommended that sideby-side cycling be limited to where there are wide shoulders and the weather is clear. R. Benes Chilliwack

Hire cops to direct traffic Editor: To Richard Thompson’s suggestion of bigger stop signs at the Tyson and Keith Wilson intersections on Evans Road, let me add two more: overhanging fourway flashing red lights, and part-time traffic cops. Multi-way stops work well with light traffic, not so much with heavy traffic. Inching along busy intersecting roads, waiting for your turn at the corner, is frustrating. Having a traffic cop let strings of vehicles through would result in happier motorists all around. For $20 an hour, four to five hours a day, maximum 25 hours at $500 a week times two cops would stretch the proposed $2 million expenditure to 2,000 weeks, or close to 40 years. That would give the city ample time to save their nickels for proper traffic lights, which I would much prefer to traffic circles. Robert Blacklock Chilliwack

Community support lauded Editor: Thank you Chilliwack. This past weekend, PAALH hosted their 10th anniversary Fiesta of the Royal Horse at Heritage Park. The Fiesta is the Grand Finale for the Canadian National Andalusian Show held July 26 to 28. For the past 10 years, PAALH has been holding this event at Heritage Park and the community has consistently surpassed our expectations with their support; from local business and media sponsors to the general public who come to see these wonderful horses perform—you have all helped make this special event a success! There are far too many people to thank here so we’ll be highlighting many of our supporters on our Facebook page over the next few weeks (facebook.com/pacificandalusian) On behalf of PAALH, Thank you Chilliwack! Crystal Hemsworth Chilliwack

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Editor: Call it luck. Call it Karma. Call it whatever you like. To me, it was a simple act of kindness and honesty. We were on our way to Arrow Lakes for a week of camping, fishing and all the other activities in our rented motor home when one of the compartment locks vibrated open and the tackle box took an unexpected leave of absence. So much for fishing! Last Sunday, Gary “Woody” Woodworth of Chilliwack phoned our son in Mission, whose fishing license was in the tackle box, to tell him that he picked up the tackle box on the side of the road outside of Vernon. This box contained perhaps $200 or more of tackle, et all. Woody could have kept it, but he chose to contact the owner instead. Many thanks to Woody for his display of honesty and kindness for returning this. It certainly reinforces my belief in the spiritual connection of mortal humans. Kudos Woody, good on you! Hervey Blois Chilliwack

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Faith Today BY EVANS HUNDERMARK Mountain View Church

od, an ever-present help in times of trouble! “Dad, it broke!” The words that send shivers down every father’s spine. And, invariably those words are closely followed by “It wasn’t my fault!” This morning I received a phone call from my daughter: “Dad, my computer is broken!” I am no computer technician so it took some time to diagnose the problem. She had deleted some important files necessary to make the computer function properly. Yes, it was her fault but dad would fix it! Isn’t that true to life? We end up in a mess of our own making, broken and bruised, and with seemingly very little help available. Like children, we become aware of our

Put trust in God to fix all things limitations and our need for someone bigger than ourselves to fix it: “Dad, please fix it!” God could interfere at any time and prevent us from getting into the fix, but in His wisdom, He chooses to withdraw and allow us to make our mistakes. Why would God, who loves us, not jump in and stop us from getting into a situation that could hurt us? I can think of two reasons. One: it helps us to remember that we are limited, and that doing our “own thing” can sometimes land us in trouble. The Book of Judges (Chapter 17) reminds us of a time when God’s children “did what was right in their own eyes,” i.e. they did their own thing because it seemed logical and right to them,

without thinking about consequences, and in disobedience to God’s law. This landed them in deep trouble and the same is true today. When we disobey God, we end up in a world of brokeness and hurt. We may not agree with God and His commands, but they are there to protect us not limit or hurt us. Reason two: God withdrawing from our bad choices helps to remind us that we not only need, but should be dependant on God for all things at all times. It makes sense to trust God. He knows the future, knows me intimately and is the all-powerful God. I should depend on Him like I depend on oxygen to live! This means trusting Him to see me

through hard times, and being obedient to His commands even when they seem illogical. If not, the Book of Romans says He will give us up to our sinful choices, i.e. We will find ourselves in a place of brokeness that is our own making. It is comforting to know that God will always be there for me, in difficult times, and in good. Psalms 46 says it best: “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea . . . be still, and know that I am God” Friend, your world may feel broken and lonely. It may even be brokeness brought on by your bad

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Chilliwack lacrosse player has come home with gold from the Female National Box Lacrosse Championships in Halifax, N.S. Christel Blesch scored two goals and added an assist to lead her Team BC midget squad to a 7-2 win in last Sunday’s final. Blesch was named MVP in the final. It wasn’t the first medal for Blesch: she won gold last year with Team BC’s bantam squad, and brought home silver in 2011. This year, Blesch registered eight goals and four assists to tie for her team lead in scoring over the five-game tournament. “I was very proud of how I played,” she said. Team BC rolled through the tournament, demolishing Alberta, the Iroquois Lacrosse Association and Nova Scotia by a combined score of 37-5. Only Ontario put up much of a fight, falling to B.C. 4-2 in the teams’ roundrobin meeting, and then 7-2 in the final, two days later.

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game, despite a four-run rally in the seventh inning. Chilliwack’s bats produced eight hits with triples by Dan Rogers and Petkau and a double by Hartle. Chilliwack finished the regular season with an 18-20 record. They’ll host the Midget AAA Provincial Championships at Fairfield Island from Aug. 1 to 4, with the top eight Midget AAA teams battling for a spot to represent B.C. at the Western National Championships in Winnipeg.

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The two new art exhibits at the Chilliwack Museum and the Cultural Centre Gallery show off, respectively, the work of local woodworkers and visual artists

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Six local woodturners display a variety of hand-turned wood objects at the Chilliwack Museum. Bowls, plates, vases and free forms made from local and exotic woods are showcased. Included is work by Murray Sluys, Michael Hamilton-Clark, George Guerts, Ross Paterson, Brian Murphy and Roger Pitts. The exhibit is on until Sept. 13.

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Back to the Garden, a Chilliwack Visual Artists Association group exhibition in all media, opened with a reception at the Chilliwack Cultural Centre Gallery Saturday. The exhibit is on until Sept. 7.

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Six local woodturners have a display of a variety of handturned wood objects at the Chilliwack Museum. Bowls, plates, vases and free forms made from local and exotic woods are showcased. Included is work by Murray Sluys, Michael Hamilton Clark, George Guerts, Ross Paterson, Brian Murphy and Roger Pitts. The exhibit will remain at the museum until Sept. 13.

Joseph

Secondary Characters’ fourth annual summer musical: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat continues Aug 1 to 4. Tickets range from $12 to $20 and are available at the Chilliwack Cultural Centre, 604391-SHOW (7469) or online at www.chilliwackculturalcentre.ca.

Back to the Garden

On now at the Chilliwack Art Gallery at the Cultural Centre is the Chilliwack Visual Artists Association group exhibition, Back to the Garden, running until Sept. 7. This is a spectacular display of artwork in all media depicting the artists’ own interpretation of the theme. With many new members participating, this exhibit promises to be as diverse and exciting as any CVAA members group show, and is destined to appeal to the community from a broad age group and wide variety of interests.

What’s on To include your event, contact Paul J. Henderson at phenderson@chilliwacktimes.com. Put your event on our digital calendar by visiting www.chilliwacktimes.com.

the Jazz Festival closed its door four years ago, no one told these Chilliwack veteran musicians. They continue to meet on a weekly basis, practising their chops, ready for the call. Sit back and relax and prepare to start tapping your toes.

Music at the Fair

Successful Chilliwack “partycore” band These Kids Wear Crowns will have the kids and the animals hopping with a high-energy show Aug. 9 at 9:30 p.m. These Kids will be playing songs from their latest album, Jumpstart, which is full of big, boisterous sing-along electro dancepop songs, as catchy and engaging as last year’s breakthrough single, “Break It Up.” These Kids will be joined by Vancouver hip-pop-dancerock trio PRTY H3RO. The group’s debut single, “Life Of The Party,” was released on July 15. The concert is free with fair admission. The next night, Aug. 10, Honeymoon Suite hits the stage with local musician Trevor McDonald. That show kicks off at 8:30 p.m.

Photo contest

The Friends of the Library Photo Contest is back for its eighth year, so break out the camera and start snapping. There is no entry fee for the contest and all photos must have been taken in the Fraser Valley between September 2012 and August 2013. There are two categories: seasonal/places and people/ animals. Contest opened June 10 and entries will be received until 5 p.m. Aug. 10. Full information and rules will be printed on the entry forms available June 10 at the Chilliwack, Sardis and Yarrow Libraries.

Harrison art expo

The Harrison art expo “On the Beach” is at Harrison Hot Springs on Aug. 18 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Artists are welcome to visit Harrison Hot Springs for a day of plein air painting. Artists can also set up to sell art and/or paint, photograph, network with fellow artists or do whatever they choose. Available painting areas are from the Harrison Hotel entrance, along

Tech N9ne

U.S. rapper Tech N9ne returns to Chilliwack Aug. 31 as part of his Something Else Canadian Tour 2013. The tour is named after Tech N9ne’s forthcoming Something Else album, slated for a July 30 release date. Tech N9ne plays Evergreen Hall. To get tickets visit www. strangemusicinc.net.

Market in the Park

Market in the Park at Main Beach at Cultus Lake (beside Giggle Ridge) runs Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. with entertainment at 11 a.m. Vendors are selling all kinds of things: crafts, essential oils, household items, fresh baking and more.

Starting in May, the Chilliwack Harmony Chorus will meet Wednesdays at 7 p.m. at the Christ Lutheran Church, at 9460 Charles St. The chorus is looking for all singers, men and women, who enjoy four-part harmony, barbershop style. Contact 604-795-5682 for more information.

The Chilliwack Lace Club meets every month on the second and fourth Thursdays (next meeting Aug. 8) from noon to 3 p.m. in the Slesse Room of Evergreen Hall. Bring your lunch. Anyone interested in any aspect of lace is welcome. Lessons in bobbin lace are available. For more information call Hylda Law at 604-858-4953 or Jenny Althoff at 604-8234705.

Quilters meet Leflock workshop

Great Blue Heron Reserve resident artist John Leflock hosts a number of art workshops over the summer. Next up is beginner’s airbrushing Aug. 3 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Learn the unique art of airbrushing. Cost is $40 per person, suitable for adults or teens. Aug. 17 is beginner acrylic painting, also $40 per person. Sept. 14 is a family wildlife art workshop, $25 per family. Register by emailing herons@shawbiz.ca or calling 604-823-6603.

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The Hope and District Arts Council presents Saturday Concerts in the Park. Aug. 3 features Crossfire and Simon Nam. Time is noon to 2 p.m. at the band shell at Memorial Park in Hope.

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The Chilliwack Common Threads knitting circle welcomes new and experienced knitters to join them Tuesday nights from 7 to 9 p.m. at Heritage Room at Carman United Church, 7258 Vedder Rd. Come out for knitting help, ideas and community. For more information email loriangela@telus.net or see the group on Facebook.

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Every Wednesday until Aug. 21 at Salish Park behind the Chilliwack Library is Music and More, from 12:15 to 1 p.m. and at 7 p.m. The annual Music and More series features weekly children’s activities and evening concerts. Aug. 7 at 12:15 it’s Turtle Talk, where kids learn all about the turtles that live at the Great Heron Nature Reserve and how their amazing adaptation help them live in the wetlands. Then at 7 p.m. Dog Mountain Dixie plays. When

the beach, to and including Rendall Park (by boat launch). On grassed areas only, not on walkways please. Carpool, as parking is limited. No admission fee.

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Chilliwack PieceMakers Quilting Guild meets at 7 p.m. on the third Wednesday of each month (next meeting Aug. 21) at Cooke’s Presbyterian Church 45825 Wellington Ave. For more information call Lyn 604858-6070.

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August flowers

n August, some gardens have only annuals—these are pretty and useful because many bloom fast and keep going till frost if you deadhead them. But some of the loveliest flowers in August come from bulbs, corms and other perennials. One of the most spectacular is colchicum (Autumn Crocus). These produce large, goblet flowers which usually are pink-purple and single though waterlily is a popular double. Colchicum are hardy sun-lovers that adapt to most soils and increase into thick mats. White colchicum aren’t easy to get but the huge, white Colchicum speciosum is worth snapping up if you can find it. A smaller white is the fast-growing C. autumnalis alba. This has masses of flowers with pure white stems. They all go dormant in summer and this is the only season they can be successfully moved. That’s why August/September is the only time they’re offered in nurseries. Squirrels never dig colchicum and rabbits won’t eat it. It’s very poisonous. Also being sold at this time is the true autumnflowering crocus, which looks very like the spring crocus but flowers in late August and into September. The earliest flowering one I know is the pinkflowered Crocus zonatus. It’s offered in many garden centres through August. There’s also the spectacular blue Colchicum speciosus, which flowers a little later. Both like sun and welldrained conditions. If you can keep squirrels and voles away, these crocuses will seed themselves into a little colony. Leaves emerge after flowering and remain through the winter. During August, Cyclamen hederifolium begins flowering. This little hardy cyclamen is dormant through summer, not caring if it’s watered or not. If watering resumes in August flowering is triggered a little earlier than usual. During flowering, watering should continue, otherwise the blooms don’t last as long. The pink or white true

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Green Thumb cyclamen flowers are pretty—but the true glory of this cyclamen is the patterned leaves which emerge in fall and beautify the ground through winter. The basic form has green leaves with silver markings but many variations have been developed including solid silver leaves. This cyclamen (and its winter-flowering cousin Cyclamen coum) isn’t difficult from seed providing you know what to expect. Germination is staggered over several months and becomes dormant and vanish over summer. They’ll reappear in fall. Flowering from seed takes about three years. Once established they seed all around. Another gorgeous August flower is the hardy agapanthus. The variety I’m familiar with is Cally Hardy. This is usually safer mulched, but will come through a mild winter. Blooms are usually deep true blue and carried in allium-type heads. Leaves vanish with frost, but through spring and summer hardy agapanthus is a low-growing grassy-leaved mat. Gardeners who like growing plant from seed shouldn’t find this agapanthus difficult—though one has to wait a few years for flowers. Chiltern Seeds lists it most years. Time-short gardeners would likely find this agapanthus in specialty nurseries. Then there’s Schizostylis coccinia, which is frequently found in plant sales. It looks like a small hardy gladiolus with stems of reddish (sometimes pink) starry flowers. It’s a sun-lover and has a reputation for doing better with watering. But since I once saw it growing on a rock in North Vancouver, it may be open to experiment.

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