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BY TYLER OLSEN tolsen@chilliwacktimes.com

ocal Mounties aren’t always getting their man—especially if that person is stealing a car or lighting a fire. The Chilliwack RCMP have some of the lowest clearance rates in British Columbia, according to numbers released Thursday by Statistics Canada. Chilliwack’s weighted clearance rate was 18.69 in 2012, down 17 per cent from the previous year. That ranked Chilliwack 159th out of 168

Chilliwack RCMP clearance rate among the lowest in province policing jurisdictions in British Columbia. While Chilliwack’s clearance rate is below average, it’s not an anomaly—almost every other RCMP-policed Lower Mainland community, including Surrey, Burnaby, Coquitlam, Maple Ridge and Langley had scores within a couple percentage points. RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Len

vanNieuwenhuizen said local Mounties will take a hard look at the numbers to figure out why they’re clearing fewer crimes. “We look at clearance rates very seriously and we always want to better that clearance rate,” vanNieuwenhuizen told the Times. “We’re going to have to sit down and analyze that,” he said of the increase. “It’s never usually just

one issue or reason. It’s usually a culmination of reasons.” The Upper Fraser Valley Regional Detachment is responsible for policing duties between Chilliwack and the Fraser Canyon. Clearance rates within that region varied. Rural Chilliwack, which is categorized separately from the city proper, saw a drop in the police clearance rate that left it ranked 139th. But the District of Kent, which is also policed by the Upper Fraser Valley Regional Detachment, boasted an above-average clearance rate and was ranked 40th

in the province. Violent crimes are solved at a faster rate than non-violent incidents—it is often difficult to find a witness to property crime. But Chilliwack’s clearance rate declined for both violent and non-violent crime. Certain property crimes have been especially difficult to solve. The number of arsons in the City of Chilliwack climbed 74 per cent in 2012, with 86 reported over the course of the year. But not a single See CRIME, Page 7

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hilliwack secondary school’s J.Y. Halcrow Gymnasium is no more. The old gym, once affectionately known as the old airplane hangar, was demolished Monday to be replaced by a suite of stateof-the-art athletic facilities at the new high school, scheduled to open this September. In a matter of hours, one big excavator had reduced a good bit of history to a pile of bricks, wood and twisted metal. The gym was opened in 1952, two years after construction on the rest of the school was complete. Lore has it the gym’s shell was a repurposed Second World War airplane hangar used to repair British and Canadian fighter planes in Vancouver during the war. And the gym’s original horse-hair floor (identical to one installed in UBC’s War

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Changing attitudes On the front lines of sexual assault in the Third World BY CORNELIA NAYLOR cnaylor@chilliwacktimes.com

group of local nurses trained to exam and treat victims of rape in the Fraser Health Region is travelling to Haiti as part of an effort to raise awareness about sexual assault in developing countries. Like many places wracked by natural or man-made disasters, Haiti saw a jump in sexual assaults after the January 2010 earthquake there. Besides rendering women and children less secure in practical ways, like destroying their homes and forcing them to live in tents, disasters like Haiti’s also spark spikes in rape and personal violence because of a sense of powerlessness among men, according to Debbie Davidson, one of the nurses traveling to Haiti. “Sexual assault is a crime of power not passion,” she told the Times. Davidson, whose day job is managing Chilliwack’s Waverly Seniors Village, is a registered psychiatric nurse who also has more than 35 years of experience working with sexual assault and family-violence survivors, starting at Chilliwack Community Services in the mid to late 1980s. Since 2000, she has worked as an on-call Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) for the Fraser Health Authority, collaborating with doctors, police and social services to provide examinations, treatment, forensic evidence and medical-legal reports for sexual assault victims. “It’s a very rewarding job,” Davidson said. “It’s hard to say you enjoy something like

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that because you’re dealing with people in crisis, but I think all of us who work with the program feel that we’ve got something to give. We do for them, really, what nobody else could do for them at that moment.” The idea of raising awareness about sexual assault in developing countries came from another nurse working in the SANE program. Jackie Edinborough had travelled to Kenya with the Chilliwack-based non-profit Hungry for Life and overheard a little girl saying her father had told her never to smile at a man because that would be asking to be raped. Edinborough explored the topic with a couple more kids and was soon convinced something needed to be done to combat misconceptions and superstitions around sexual assault in places like Kenya. Back in Canada, Edinborough, Davidson and several other SANE nurses developed a sexual assault awarenessraising program and planned a trip of their own. Teaming up with Hungry for Life, the group spent three weeks in Kenya last fall, presenting their program to both community leaders and kids, but they weren’t always allowed to get their message across as directly as they would have liked.

Members of the SANE Project (above) stop for a group photo during a 2012 trip to Kenya with the Chilliwack-based non-profit Hungry for Life to raise awareness about sexual assault. To empower kids, they handed out bracelets (left) that read “I believe I am strong.” “We weren’t allowed to actually mention sex in most of the communities that we talked to,” Davidson said, “so what our philosophy and our goal was going in was to help children and help teachers know how to support children and help them believe that they are strong.” Despite that somewhat indirect approach, however, they have learned their presentations have paid off. “Following our visit, we

“We do for them, really, what nobody else could to for them at that moment.” Debbie Davidson were informed that a young boy from one of the classes we spoke to disclosed that he was being sexually abused,” Davidson said. “The teachers and community that we spoke to were better able to support this young boy because of the education and resources we provided. His disclosure encouraged several other children to come forward, and the assailant was arrested.” Considering how impor-

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tant it is for kids to feel empowered when it comes to escaping and reporting sexual abuse, Davidson said one of the most heart-wrenching experiences of the Kenya trip for her was learning many girls there drop out of school when they start to menstruate because they can’t afford feminine hygiene supplies. When the SANE team brought reusable sanitary napkins to give to one school, the girls there wept with gratitude. “They said, ‘Now we can keep up with the boys,’” Davidson said. “That was quite amazing. It’s things you don’t think about. You never think that something so simple would prevent these girls from getting an education.” After the Kenya trip, Davidson and her fellow nurses decided to make the SANE Project, as they have dubbed their work, a yearly thing. Their next trip, to Haiti, is planned for November, when they will again talk to community leaders and kids in an effort to raise awareness. One important message they hope to drive home is that, even with scarce

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resources, communities can find ways to support victims and combat sexual violence. “Just having somebody in the community that has some knowledge and that can talk to them is going to reduce the trauma to that child or that woman who comes forward,” Davidson said. Although Haiti has a long history of sexual and genderbased violence, attitudes can change, Davidson said—she has seen it herself close to home. “Thirty years ago in Canada when a woman came forward or a child came forward and said that they had been sexually assaulted, the first question was, ‘Well, what did you do to bring this about on yourself?’” Davidson said. “We have changed our attitudes in Canada, but it started off slowly and it started off with education.” ◗ The SANE Project hosts a beach volleyball tournament fundraiser at the Mission Springs Pub Aug. 10. To enter a team (deadline is Aug. 3) or donate silent auction or prize items, call Lisa at 604-722-2994 or Debbie at 604-997-2379. For more information about the SANE Project’s Haiti trip, visit www. hungryforlife.org.

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Chilliwack among top 10 real estate investment towns in B.C.

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he City of Chilliwack has been called “a hidden gem” and is listed among the top investment communities in the province, according to a new report. The Real Estate Investment Network’s (REIN) Top British Columbia Investment Towns report issued Thursday puts Chilliwack eighth in the province. “Chilliwack’s lower property values compared to the Fraser Valley and Lower Mainland have always been appealing, but rents had not crept up for properties to make sense here,” said Don R. Campbell, senior analyst for REIN. “Investors who know the city and do some digging can certainly find cash flowing properties

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A surge in residential construction is partly why Chilliwack was named the eighth top real estate investment town in B.C. here.” Previously Chilliwack had appeared among the list of “must watch” cities for real estate investment but had never made the top 10 list. The report points to a number of other studies and statistics, including the May Conference Board of Canada report entitled Mid-Sized Cities Outlook 2013, which found Chilliwack’s annual GDP increases of 6.2 per cent between 2005 and 2012 put it on a list of six cities that “literally roared out of the gate following the recession, expanding by more than five per cent in 2010 alone.”

Duncan was the only other British Columbia community on that list. Mayor Sharon Gaetz was happy to see the city’s inclusion on the top 10 list. “He t a l k e d a b o u t t h e things we have all known and are working towards,” she said Thursday. “What made me really excited is that the incremental steps are working. We for med CEPCO [Chilliwack Economic Partners Corporation] to look at business attraciton and retention and he said See TOP 10, Page 7

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anada’s biggest dairy company has purchased the Chilliwack producer of Sara’s Old Fashioned premium ice cream. Agropur Cooperative, a Quebec-based firm, will own Coast Mountain Dairy in Yarrow as of Aug. 1, according to an Agropur press release Thursday. Coast Mountain Dairy, a favourite stop for people on their way to Cultus Lake from the Lower Mainland, has been producing ice cream in Chilliwack since 1997. Besides Sara’s Old Fashioned ice cream, Coast Mountain is also the maker of the

Mountain Pride premium line of ice creams and Arctic Star, an economy line of ice cream and frozen desserts. This will be the second time the plant has changed hands this year. It was purchased by Deltabased ice-cream distributor TransCold Distribution in February. “We are very pleased with thisacquisition,”AgropurCEO, Robert Coallier said in the release. “The acquisition sees us add quality frozen products to our Island Farms selection, as well as continue to offer clients locally-produced, superior ice-cream products and

expand Agropur’s offering in this sector of activities in British-Columbia.” Founded in 1938, Agropur is an important player in the North American dairy industry, with 3,400 dairy producer-owners, 6,000 employees and $3.8 billion in sales. Agropur processes more than 3.3 billion litres of milk per year in its 28 plants across Canada and the United States, and boasts an expansive line of products, including Natrel, Québon, OKA, Farmers, Central Dairies, Sealtest, Island Farms, Agropur Grand Cheddar, Olympic and iögo.

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Local crime rate steady

BY TYLER OLSEN tolsen@chilliwacktimes.com

he level of crime in Chilliwack remained relatively steady in 2012, according to Statistics Canada figures released Thursday. A total of 8,446 criminal code violations were reported in Chilliwack in 2012, leaving the crime rate unchanged from the previous year. But while the frequency of violent crime offences actually dropped by three per cent in 2012, Statistics Canada’s crime severity index (CSI)—which assigns weights to certain crimes based on their seriousness—rose by 1.78 per cent. Both the violent and nonviolent CSI exhibited such an increase. Chilliwack’s CSI remains w e l l a b ov e t h e B r i t i s h Columbia index—itself significantly higher than the Canadian number. The seriousness of crime in Chilliwack was below that of the municipalities of Kelowna,

Violent crime in Chilliwack dropped; property crime rose. Victoria and the City of Langley. Crime fell in a variety of areas—particularly that of assaults, which accounts for more than one-third of all violent crimes committed in Chilliwack. The city saw 472 level 1 assaults reported in 2012, down five per cent from the previous year. The number of level 2 assaults—which feature a weapon or bodily harm (but aren’t considered

407 vehicle thefts CRIME, from page 1 one of those cases was cleared by police. VanNieuwenhuizen said there is rarely a witness to arsons—which rarely involve structures. After last year’s jump, the number of arsons in 2013 is down 31

Chilliwack is doing it right TOP 10, from page 4 that is working.” While Chilliwack’s inclusion on the list has to be considered good news, it is third out of the four Fraser Valley cities. Surrey came in number one on the REIN list. Abbotsford was two spots ahead of Chilliwack in sixth and Langley was 10th. The REIN report pointed to a number of development’s in Chilliwack as a reason for inclusion on the list, including expansion of commercial and industrial lands along Highway 1 and the Evans Road corridor.

“aggravated”)—dropped by nearly a third, with 108 reported last year. Overall, violent crime was down by three per cent from the previous year. Reports of impaired driving also dropped by more than a quarter from the previous year, with 229 incidents reported in 2012. Those led to 121 charges being laid. RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Len vanNieuwenhuizen attributed the drop to

per cent from last year, he said. On average, a car was stolen in Chilliwack every day, as 407 vehicle thefts were reported in Chilliwack in 2012. That was an increase of 12 per cent over the previous year. Police, however, found it difficult to crack those cases, with just 18 of those thefts solved and only six people charged in connection with the reported

Another is affordable house pricing, lower property taxes, access to points east, west and south, and the work done at Canada Education Park. “Chilliwack is poised to become home to numerous post-secondary institutions, which will provide the city with a continuous supply of student renters,” the report says. “The city is expected to see 5,000 [students] enrol at Chilliwack’s UFV campus and there is no telling how many students will be enrolled at various programs in Canada Education Park when the project is complete.” The positive light on Chilliwack comes despite the city’s relative isolation for a city of its size. The report

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drinking-driving legislation imposed two years ago that allows for immediate roadside prohibitions. The total property crime rate increased by six per cent. The break-and-enter rate climbed four per cent, shoplifting was up seven per cent and mischief was up 12 per cent. More than 1,000 thefts from vehicles were reported last year, an increase of 14 per cent. That, vanNieuwenhuizen said, underscores the need for residents to take care of their personal belongings. “We need people to be more attentive to the fact that they can’t leave things in vehicles,” he said. In contrast to Chilliwack, the District of Kent saw anacross-the-board improvement in the level of crime in that community. Kent’s crime severity index dropped by nearly a quarter, to 84.21, lower than the provincial index. The violent crime CSI dropped by more than a third, while the non-violent index fell by 18 per cent.

crimes. (Ten of the cases were “cleared otherwise,” suggesting police opted not to lay charges in those incidents). VanNieuwenhuizen said those numbers may reflect the fact that Mounties may only have sufficient evidence to charge prolific criminals with one or two car thefts when, in fact, they believe the offender to be responsible for many more.

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The Stellar wasn’t quite I had to take the car (I’ve owned it long enough for a simple definite article) through AirCare this week, for the last time. It got a simple pass after they hooked up its electronic guts to a computer and determined it had been a good little engine for the past two years. They printed out my pass form on the last dot matrix printer in B.C. and sent me away. It’s the last time I’ll have to get the car AirCared, as the program is ending as of this year. That will feel strange. I’ve been driving cars through AirCare testing bays ever since I started driving. The program started in 1992, two years before I got my licence. My cars and AirCare have seldom been friends. Like most of us, I owned a series of early vehicles that teetered on the line between “car” and “pile of rolling metal.” My worst car was a 1988 Hyundai Stellar. Never heard of the Stellar? That’s because of its painful failure to live up to its name. A small four-door sedan, it’s main selling feature was the very small amount of money I paid for it. It took me to and from college and survived almost through a full year of my first postschooling job. Even before its untimely death, it had seen the white light at the end of the tunnel a few times. It’s most impressive near-death experience was its black lung disease. Apparently, for the entire life, the exhaust system had been

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They charged me $25. The Stellar’s tale was not yet over, however. I put it up for sale, basically willing to accept any offer. A friend of a friend of a neighbour turned up and offered me $300 for the barelymobile vehicle, and I took it without haggling. He then gave me $150—all in $5 bills that smelled suspiciously of cannabis—and drove it away. After he was gone, I noticed that he had filled out part of the transfer papers incorrectly. I tried to call him, but for three days, he ducked my calls, probably because he didn’t want to pay me the remainder of the money. The next day, I got a call from the RCMP. Did I know that a car registered to me had sped away from a police stop, run over a stop sign, and crashed into a ditch? Had the driver, now in cells, stolen my car? I explained the situation, and I swear I could hear the officer on the other end of the line roll her eyes when I mentioned the pile of $5 bills. The car was still legally mine, she said, and I could come down to the impound yard and pick it up if I wanted to pay the fee. Otherwise, it would be crushed into a cube. It would cost about $150 to get it back. I left it to its fate, and it has now likely been reincarnated as a crate of toasters. ◗ Matthew Claxton is a reporter with the LangleyAdvance.

here has been a spate of drownings in recent weeks in British Columbia. So far this year, 43 people have drowned in the province, almost twice as many as at the same time last year. The Lifesaving Society of B.C. and the Yukon keeps track and said drowning numbers are rising over the long term. No one should have to avoid going to B.C.’s lakes and waterways. In addition to offering stunning scenery and recreation opportunities, they can be vital during hot spells and provide places for people to cool off, but B.C. lakes, rivers, creeks and watercourses are also places where people can get into trouble. Swimming in a lake is different from swimming in a pool. Bodies of water have their own currents, and lake and river water levels change throughout the year. The temperature of natural water bodies is usually colder, as well. People can’t assume that, because a lake site or other waterfront spot is public, there will be help at hand. Cutbacks have meant there are few lifeguards at public lakes and swimming spots around B.C. And it takes time for emergency crews to get to these spots. As has been shown, a person can drown or get into serious trouble even when surrounded by hundreds of people. Often, by the time a person realizes he or she is in trouble, there is neither energy nor voice to summon help. Always use safety gear in or near water, keep the booze at home, and before any risky behaviours or extreme adventures, always assume you are not as good a swimmer/diver/boater as you imagine.

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Make Tyson Road stop signs bigger Editor: Dear mayor and council: As a taxpayer I am addressing you today to ask you to revisit the apparent decision of someone at city hall to (reportedly) spend $2 million on the round-about at Tyson and Keith Wilson roads. $2 million! You cannot be serious. There is nothing in this world that could justify spending this amount of money on one intersection. There must be a more affordable alternative. If carefree and stupid young people running the stop signs is the justification, then bigger stop signs could be a much cheaper alternative. I might add that I have personally observed older people also running the stop signs. For these folks I suggest really big stop signs. Double the fines for those with Ns on their vehicles. This money would be far more justifiable if spent to widen the last congested two-lane section of Vedder Road at the Thomas Road intersection. Has totally destroying homeowner property values on Tyson Road become an unwritten policy of City of Chilliwack? No, I do not live on Tyson Road and I am sure glad I don’t after the Evans Road performance. What has been done to this peaceful neighbourhood is a disgrace! And stupid. And unnecessary. In closing I want to remind you that in the real world, $2 million is a lot of money. It is not your money. It is ours. Please do not let this irresponsible and negligent runaway project continue without a severe and compelling look at alternative solutions. Please tell me the same thing is not being considered at Tyson and Watson. Richard Thompson Chilliwack (Editor’s note: The Tyson roundabout project involes two roundabouts: one at the Tyson/Keith Wilson intersection and one at the Tyson/ Watson intersection.)

Roundabouts are treacherous Editor: Mr. Giesbrecht (“Reconsider roundabouts” July 23, 2013 Times) is spot on: I drove pass the home on Keith Wilson and Tyson whose yard is being expropriated, good on you for leaving that part of your front yard for the city to mow. I then noticed the city is cutting into the Agricultural Land Reserve on Watson and Tyson roads for yet another traffic circle. They are also expropriating the Mount Slesse school yard that has gas lines and who knows what else.

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As we were told in the article on July 18, this is going to be a heck of a lot more costly then expected. Duh? Ya think city planner and council? Has this city gone circle crazy? Who is this planner that is bent on beating Abbotsford for the most roundabouts in the most stupidest of places. I would like the city council (without aid of any security) to ride a bike or try and cross the street at the roundabout on Evans and Yale Road West during rush hour. It is like taking your life in your hands and hoping for the best. I know, I have done it. That traffic circle does not even have the foot or bike traffic that the corner of Tyson and Watson has due to the proximity of a junior high and elementary school. Keith Wilson and Tyson is a very popular road for foot traffic and bikes as well and, again, traffic circles are not pedestrian or bike friendly. They aren’t meant to be, they are meant to keep traffic moving, which in turn means car has the right of way and not the guy pushing the baby buggy. What are you thinking city council? And since you said it’s cheaper, give us the total cost and not a guesstimate since you said traffic circles are more cost effective. It was mentioned it will cost more now to move gas, water and electrical lines? Not to mention removal of land taxes and ALR from expropriated home yards and fields. Is it cheaper and safer than a stoplight that is triggered by traffic or pedestrian? I doubt it, and so would the Chilliwack taxpayers that are footing the bill. Why is there not a townhall meeting on this? Why are the logging trucks and gravel trucks that use this corridor not considered? One bad turn and there is a load of logs going into someone’s home, on someone’s car or someone and their child. P. Szerencsi Chilliwack

Unneighbourly rock practice Editor: Some neighbours don’t know about consideration for others: a dense housing area is that a place for

a rock band? Amp full out, windows open, drums, guitar, etc. makes our house shake so loud in our living space we cannot hear the TV wearing earplugs. We must keep windows closed year round. We are retired, lived here for years. Imagine old folks enjoying a living amidst a loud rock concert. We spoke to the father, asked him to tell his son to tone it down, he did reluctantly once. Who cares about neighbours? Asking sonny to turn down the amp or closing his window is too much to ask I guess. Solution for you, soundproof area. Other neighbours are bothered, but want no involvement. All are subjected to excessive noise for hours, why? We are viewed by neighbour as cranky old vipers. High noise level for neighbours? Who cares? Thank you so much for your consideration, neighbour. Maria Berry Promontory

Summer means more bicycles Editor: It’s summer. That means people will be out and about commuting. Vehicles everywhere, pedestrians everywhere. However, I want to remind everyone about bicycles. As the gas prices have risen, I have taken up biking to work and around town for the summer. While it’s cheaper, I also find it’s quite dangerous as other vehicles don’t respect, or simply don’t know the rules, that bicycles follow. Please understand that bicycles are technically a vehicle and can ride on the roads. To maintain our safety, we are allowed to ride up to a meter away from the curb to keep people from trying to pass us in the same lane. We do this because if we get too close to the curb, if a vehicle tries to pass us, we may fall off the edge or run into the curb. When making left turns, we will signal and get into

traffic. We will take the turn with the other vehicles who are also making a left turn (in a line, of course). We will watch to make sure we aren’t pulling in at an unsafe distance, but we will pull in, so please do a favour and watch for us too. If it’s dark, and two bikers are biking, we are able to take up a whole lane. We will have lights, so please pass us as you would any other vehicle. It is about safety. Please watch for us bikers! We want to share the roads with you. Please visit www.icbc. com/news/2011may26-04 for an ICBC notice on helping keep bicycle riders safe (for vehicle drivers and bicyclists). Jordan Peters Chilliwack

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Amazing and honest people Editor: I find the people featured in the Times’ articles interesting. There is the sex offender who looks so miserable, then the mom of the year nominee Susie V. who looks so happy with her lovely daughter, Holli. There is no picture of the bank robber, but I imagine he looks pretty miserable too. Just goes to say a life a crime doesn’t pay; it just makes everyone including yourself miserable. There are people who make our community a better place and those who make it worse. We choose which one we want to be. There are a lot of good people in Chilliwack. To the person who returned my stolen purse and all of you out there who are making Chilliwack a better place by volunteering and/or just generally being decent and honest, thank you so much. Life is so much more pleasant for everyone when our community is safe. Moneca Savoie Chilliwack

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Sailing courses

The Cultus Lake Sailing Club offers sailing course sessions for both adults and children/youth throughout the summer. The kids courses are week-long day camps where the focus is fun and safety while learning the basics of sailing. All courses cover water safety, terminology, knots and sailing skills and are taught by Sail Canada certified coaches. For more information phone 604-858-8678 or visit www. cultuslakesailing.com.

Lacrosse camp

The Chilliwack Minor Lacrosse Association hosts a summer camp Aug. 10 to 11 from 6 to 8 p.m. This fun, athletic camp allows kids who have never picked up a stick, as well as those who have played for years, to learn and improve their skills and develop a love of lacrosse. Cost is $30 for players aged four and five (two hours/day) and $40 for players six and up (four hours/day). Registration for the camp takes place at Waves Coffee House (Garrison Village 1-45560 Market Way) Aug. 1 and Tim Hortons (45837 Yale Rd.) July 30.

Chief school

The Chiefs Hockey School returns Aug. 12 to 16 at Prospera Centre. Current and former players, as well as Chiefs head coach and general manager Harvey Smyl and assistant Coach Doug Ast, will put the players through their paces both on and off the ice. Camps are available for players aged seven to 14. There is also an evening conditioning camp for midget and junior players. Register in person at the Chiefs office (Monday to Thursday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.) or at www.chilliwackchiefs.net.

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Husker running back Ty DeRayos looks for an opening during first quarter BCFC action at the Apple Bowl during the Okanagan Sun’s home opener Saturday.

Huskers’ super start fizzles fast to the Sun BY TYLER OLSEN tolsen@chilliwacktimes.com

he Valley Huskers opened their season Saturday with a bang. The thing about bangs, though, is they don’t last very long. On their opening possession, the Huskers drove 92 yards through the Okangan Sun defence en route to a Danton Nagorski rushing touchdown and a 7-0 lead. It was an exciting start to a year during which the Huskers franchise hopes to find respectability. But the ensuing three quarters showed there is much work to be done. The Sun took over the game and led 37-10 at halftime, with kicker Daniel Erickson scoring the Huskers’ last points of the game on a 36-yard field goal. The final score was 65-10. Huskers head coach Tyson St. James

said once things started going wrong for Valley in the second quarter, the problems—and the miscues—seemed to snowball. “We had a couple real big mistakes on the field and all of a sudden our guys get back to last year or the year before,” he said. “A couple of mistakes happened and all of a sudden it kind of steamrolled, and it seemed like we couldn’t get back from that.” Those mistakes also underscored the fact that the Huskers remain a young team that is still rebuilding. But despite the outcome, St. James said he saw plenty of bright spots. “I was really happy with a lot of things,” he said. St. James said he saw “a lot more progress than we were able to make last year at this time.” Defensive coverage was a big problem, but one that St. James said can be fixed. And bad snaps frequently

put the offence in a bind—the final scoresheet saw the Huskers fumbling the ball eight times, four of which were recovered by the opposition. Otherwise, St. James said, the Huskers offence showed plenty of spark. In his first full game behind centre in the league, receiver-turned-quarterback Cody Parray completed 17 of 22 passes. Most were of the shorter variety—Parray finished with 96 yards passing. But the overall performance left his coach pleased. “Cody had a real good game. I’m really encouraged by his poise in there and what he brings to the team,” St. James said. “The guys really rally around him and I’m excited to see what he’s able to do this season.” Ty DeRayos led all receivers with 40 yards on eight catches. And running back Josh Hayden had a good game, finishing with 75 yards on nine carries.

The Huskers will play their home opener this Saturday at 1 p.m. at Townsend Park against the Kamloops Broncos. (The Huskers’ normal home at Exhibition Field has been dug up to allow for the installation of turf). The hosts should have a chance at evening their record. Last season, the Huskers beat Kamloops in their final game. And the Broncos suffered a similarly difficult start to their season, falling 51-0 to the Langley Rams. If the Huskers can make their opponents work for their points, they’ll have a shot at extending their home winning streak to two games. “We’re working on the film right now, evaluating what personnel we want to have on the field, and eliminating the mistakes because we’re giving away points that I don’t think are necessarily being earned by the other team,” St. James said.

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All summer long CCS provides great activities to get at-risk youth out and enjoying our community and area. We create active healthy opportunities by going hiking, swimming, biking around the Seawall or going to Playland or the Waterslides. The Chilliwack community is a great partner with service clubs donating funds and businesses offering reduced entrance fees, opening their doors and giving a greater margin of understanding.

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Horse Riding Program is offered through the generosity of Dora Isak and her volunteers at Freedom Reins Equine Connections. Riding enhances relationship skills, selfesteem and helps repair brain architecture damaged by abuse and neglect. During the last two weeks of August, family service workers support many low income families in getting children ready for school with supplies

Stuff the Bus – August 6 at Walmart from 11:00 to 3:00 supported by The Chartwell homes. Hampton House, Lynwood and Birchwood Retirement Residences are working together to support CCS families in need. Their goal is to stuff the bus with back pack, pens, paper and other school supplies. Come out and join the fun, have lunch – BBQ will be on site and meet CCS Staff.

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The Chilliwack Library’s annual Music and More events take place every Wednesday until Aug. 21 at Salish Park behind the Chilliwack Library. The series features weekly children’s activities and evening concerts. Admission is free. On July 31, kids can explore the world of insects and have fun playing games and creating craft projects at 12:15 p.m. At 7 p.m., check out music from the KMH Trio, a group created from the

Community events To include your event, contact Tyler Olsen at tolsen@ chilliwacktimes.com. Put your event on our digital calendar by visiting www.chilliwacktimes.com.

Senior Recreation Centre’s old time Saturday night jams.

Weavers Guild meets

The Chilliwack Spinners and Weavers Guild meets in the

fibre arts room at the Chilliwack Cultural Centre every Thursday between 10 a.m. and noon. The guild also meets the first Thursday of every month (Aug. 1) at 1:30

p.m. for its day meeting and the third Thursday of every month at 6:30 p.m. for its general meeting. Visitors welcome. For more information contact Betty Sheppard at 604-794-7805.

Regiment members meet

The PPCLI Association invites former members of the regiment and veterans who have been attached to the regiment to its monthly luncheon on the first Thursday (Aug. 1) of each month

at 11:30 a.m., at the Vedder Legion Branch 280, 5661 Vedder Rd. Spouses are welcome.

Optimists meet

The Optimist Club of Chilliwack hosts its monthly breakfast on the first Saturday of every month (Aug. 3) at 11 a.m. at Dakota’s restaurant. Its business meeting takes place every third Thursday at 7 p.m. at Mount Cheam Riding Hall. For more information call Sam at 604703-0095.

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This year marks the 33rd annual Terry Fox Run and volunteers are needed to help organize and execute the run. Volunteers are needed to join the organizing committee and also for various run-day duties on Sept. 15. If you are interested in volunteering, contact organizer Margaret Kostrzewa at Margaret@crystalridgemanor.ca or 604-7983652. For more information about The Terry Fox Foundation, visit www.terryfox.org.

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News New facility at CSS is state-of-the-art with weight room and more CSS GYM, from page 1 Memorial Gym at the same time) was once the envy of high schools everywhere. “It was a beautiful, beautiful gym—for the time,” CSS gym teacher and alumnus Joe Ogmundson told the Times. “It became the biggest, dustiest old dump after a while.” The gym was named after longtime CSS principal Jim Halcrow, an influential educator not just in Chilliwack but provincially as well. During his 43-year education career, Halcrow was principal at CSS from 1955-1977 and a founder of the BC Principals’ and Vice Principals’ Association. He’d been offered the post of superintendent at plenty of B.C. school districts,

according to his son, Dale Halcrow (also a therefore, I don’t know that it’ll be officially principal at CSS from 1989-2002), but that’s named that when we move over there. It probably should be.” not where he felt he belong. Although he said he wouldn’t be outraged “He didn’t want to leave the school; he didn’t want to leave the kids,” Halcrow if the name was lost, the younger Halcrow would like to see his father’s name live on at said. the school. After his retirement, staff “Just because the buildat CSS initiated the idea of “Just because the i n g c h a n g e s d o e s n’t naming the gym after him. necessarily mean all hisWhat will happen to that building changes tory goes out the door,” name now is unclear. doesn’t necessarily he said. There are rules around “I live on Keith Wilson naming buildings and parts mean all history goes Road. I don’t even know of buildings in Chilliwack out the door.” who Keith Wilson was, school board policy, and not all the names that have been Dale Halcrow but it’s always going to be Keith Wilson Road assigned to parts of CSS have because someone decidfollowed those rules. ed to name it after that “I think the Jean Keith person.” Library was the only one that Officials would have two gyms to choose was officially named,” Ogmundson said, “so the new library will also be the Jean Keith from if they decided to keep the name. The new Chilliwack secondary will have Library. But I don’t know if the J.Y. Halcrow Gymnasium was officially named that and, two new gyms, each with two main basket-

ball courts and four smaller cross court Other sporty additions include a new weight room with aerobics machines and areas for free weights, a fitness room for dance classes, an outdoor basketball court, four new tennis courts and a new lit artificial-turf field. “The facility is state-of-the-art; it really is,” said Ogmundson, “and that’s good for us. We’ve had an overused facility and we’ve been under-resourced for so long we’ve almost gotten used to it.”

Correction

In an article in the July 25 Times, it was reported that Mayor Sharon Gaetz, Chilliwack-Hope MLA Laurie Throness and former MLA Gwen O’Mahony took part in the July 20 Chilliwack-Vedder Cleanup. The three politicians were actually in attendance for the society’s first cleanup of the year in April.

PARADE WAR AMPS

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Stefanie de Koning, 13, of Chilliwack, is a left leg amputee who recently rode onboard the War Amps float in New Westminster’s Hyack Festival Parade.

Seniors in Agassiz are going digital

eniors in Agassiz can now drop by their local legion to learn basic computer skills. The Royal Canadian Legion No. 32 in Agassiz has launched a pilot program called the Lifelong Learning Centre with computer equipment from Computers For Schools (CFS), a federal non-profit that collects used computers from government and business and refurbishes them for schools and other non-profit organizations. Thanks to CFS, the legion now has two Dell Latitude laptops with Windows 7 and Microsoft Office, along with a laser printer, set up in its club room to give adult learners in the community a chance to try their hand at computer basics. “This will allow older people to learn and get comfortable with the technology,” CFS program consultant Sandy Balascak said. “It’s an economical way to help people to learn the technology in a comfortable environment without having to attend regular classes.” With the computers in place, the legion is now looking for volunteer tutors willing to spend some time help-

ing adult computer newbies along. Balascak hopes other legions around the province take up the Agassiz model and make use of CFS’s services, which would cost them no more than $200 to $300 for a similar setup. Since 1994, CFS’s mandate has been to provide increased access for students and learners of all ages to computer technology. It refurbishes and redistributes thousands of computers in B.C. every year, extending, and often doubling, the life span of computer electronics, thus significantly eliminating e-waste in landfills. It also puts good used computers into the hands of schools and other organizations that wouldn’t otherwise be able to afford them, said Balascak, who is also the principal of the Agassiz Centre for Education, a Fraser-Cascade school district alternative school. ◗ For more information on CFS, including how to buy or donate equipment, visit www. cfsbc.ca. For more more information on the Agassiz legion’s Lifelong Learning Centre, call 604-796-2332.

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COME FOR THE MUSIC, STAY FOR THE WEEKEND!

Reg Conn Centennial Park (bring your lawn chair) Show times are 7:30pm – FREE AUGUST 10: Ridley Bent AUGUST 31: Barney Bentall

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Cyclists from across the Lower Mainland and beyond hit rural roadways in Agassiz Saturday for the annual Fraser Valley Slow Food Cycle Tours. Stops included Tasty Chicken (above), the Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre and the UBC Dairy Education and Research Centre (left and below).

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