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Low dollar spurs spending in Langley, Surrey Matthew Claxton

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LANGLEY — The dropping price of oil and gas, and the related slide in the Canadian dollar’s value, will be a mixed blessing for local businesses. Some local merchants are anticipating more customers, while others fear increased costs. Langley and Surrey residents are scaling back their trips to the U.S. for gas, groceries and other goods, according to statistics. That’s encouraging for local merchants, some of whom are about to launch a Buy Local campaign through the spring. Bruce Heslop got riled up about shopping local when he saw an ad in a local paper promoting crossborder shopping opportunities in the United States. The owner of Diamond Bar Equipment in Aldergrove, Heslop noted that his community is particularly vulnerable to cross border shopping, as well as to shoppers heading east into Abbotsford in search of cheaper gas prices. It’s just a short trip for Aldergrove residents to the nearest border crossing at 264th Street. However, far fewer people seem to be making that journey. Statistics from the Canadian Border Service Agency show a sharp drop-off in the number of Canadians returning from a trip to the States in recent months. In December 2014, 69,676 Canadians crossed the borer

into Canada at Aldergrove. That compares to 95,853 in the same month in 2013, a 27.4 per cent decline. Numbers from November showed a similar drop, with 67,968 returns in 2014 compared to 96,239 in 2013. “Obviously, there’s less incentive to go across the border for gas,” said Greater Langley Chamber of Commerce president Kristine Simpson. With fewer travellers heading south, this is the perfect time to emphasize the positive sides of buying local, Heslop believes. Now he is planning to organize a full Buy Local campaign for this spring, to encourage Langley shoppers to keep their dollars here. He’ll be seeking some funding from Langley Township in February, and will be putting together flyers on the benefits of staying close to home when shopping. Heslop points to the secondary benefits of spending with local merchants – things like sponsorships for youth sports. Heslop has sponsored a number of teams himself. “I’m not unique, lots of businesses do that,” he said. The second phase of his Buy Local campaign will be getting info out to Township businesses on how they can build loyalty and attract regular shoppers. Finally, he’ll try a media blitz, and continue with offering education for local retailers. “There’s no losers by shopping local,” he said.“Everyone wins.”

This is the perfect time for such a campaign, Heslop said. The Canadian dollar has dropped in value from around 95 cents U.S. to close to 79 cents U.S. “I think it absolutely does have an effect,” Heslop said. The effect will be different from industry to industry. There will be a positive effect for people paying less for gas, said Simpson. “Everybody feeling less pinch in their pocketbook,” she said. However, Simpson and Gary MacKinnon, the economic development officer for Langley Township, agree that a few businesses will be affected. Langley is far from the Alberta oil patch, but there are business links that reach here. “I think there’s two sides to this coin,” MacKinnon said. The big negative is for oil producers. The price of oil is hovering between $45 and $50 a barrel in recent weeks, down from around $95 a barrel six months ago. The average price of gas has dropped from around $1.38 a litre to $0.97 a litre over the same six month period. However, that isn’t good news for a few Langley businesses. Langley doesn’t have any nearby oil wells, but there are several manufacturing firms that make equipment for the oil patch. They fill a small number of highvalue orders for oil drilling firms every year. As oil drillers cut back on exploration, that could seriously cut into their orders and profits.

Bruce Heslop of Diamond Bar Equipment wants to encourage Langley residents to buy here, rather than crossing the line. (Photo: MATTHEW CLAXTON)

Local firm feeding children in South Sudan region of Africa LANGLEY — Thanks to a $100,000 donation to Food For Famine Society (FFF) from Billy Vandekerkhove of Super Save Group, a pair of shipping containers filled with Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) have been sent to malnourished children in Africa. The first container arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Dec. 23. The second container pulled into the Port of Mombasa in Kenya on Jan. 23, heading to its final destination in Juba, South Sudan. World Vision Canada (WVC) assists FFF with the distribution of RUTF through their Community-Based Management of Acute Malnutrition programs. The South Sudan shipment arrived in the war-torn

region within days of a peace treaty being signed by the government and rebels. The recent violence has exacerbated the hunger issue that was already above the World Health Organization’s emergency threshold of 15 per cent, prior to the violent outbreaks. The demand for RUTF in the Juba region of South Sudan has increased with 1.7 per cent of the 1,254 kids screened found to be suffering from Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM). World Vision Canada and its partners are working closely to reduce the mortality rate among children and mothers due to malnutrition. WVC is also focusing its efforts on teaching the importance

of breastfeeding, promoting ongoing health education, nutrition and the use of appropriate breast milk substitutes. Juba is desperate for clean water systems, medical supplies, therapeutic food and milk, blankets, mattresses, essential medicines, and health care workers. Food For Famine Society with their partners, Mana Nutrition and World Vision Canada, are working to support the need for RUTF as quickly as possible. Maria Martini of Food For Famine Society is thrilled that an additional shipping container is close to being filled, thanks to the generosity of local donors. Food For Famine Society welcomes donations at Foodforfamine.org.

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CLOVERDALE — Picture Surrey 100 years ago and learn fascinating facts about your neighbourhood’s past during Historic Stewart Farm’s Heritage Sites Bus Tour, set to roll on Thursday, Feb. 19 and Saturday, Feb. 21, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The South Surrey facility’s curator will share stories behind heritage buildings and sites you may drive by every day. Travel through some of Surrey’s oldest neighbourhoods and discover little-known details about Crescent Beach, Cloverdale, Hall’s Prairie and the original Surrey Centre. Highlights include Semiahmoo Trail, the Clova Theatre (which served as a community movie hall for almost 70 years) and Cloverdale Interurban Station. A Surrey heritage planner will be on board to answer questions and give insight into the city’s heritage planning activities. The outing ends with a stop at the Stewart farmhouse’s cozy kitchen for tea and woodstove-baked treats. The fee is $25 per person (16+ years). Space is limited, so preregistration is required at 604-592-6956. The Historic Stewart Farm is located at 13723 Crescent Road in South Surrey. Entrance is by donation. For more information, visit Surrey.ca/heritage.

CLOVERDALE — Some of Queen Elizabeth II’s most memorable moments in Canada are showcased in the latest exhibit at Surrey Museum. “A Queen and Her Country” includes artefacts and photographs to create a visual panorama of her presence in Canada over the past 60 years. The exhibit is brought to Surrey Museum by the Canadian Museum of Queen Elizabeth II History from Feb. 21 to May 16. The exhibition recalls the Queen’s 23 official visits to Canada and her personal connection to major events in our recent history. In an exhibit-kickoff event, Dr. Molly Ungar, a history professor at the University of the Fraser Valley, will share insight on the life of the Queen and her connections to Canada on Saturday, Feb. 21, from 2 to 3 p.m. Call 604-592-6956 to register.

The Historic Stewart Farm’s Heritage Bus Tour will share little-known stories about Surrey’s oldest neighbourhoods. Picutred here is Cloverdale main street, circa 1950, looking north on 176 Street, with the Clover Inn and Clova Theatre on right, and Cloverdale United Church on the far left. (Photo courtesy Surrey Archives)

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Langley-bred ‘Bug’ dubbed Horse of the Year Troy Landreville

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LANGLEY — When it comes to the Horse Council BC’s Horse of the Year award, there’s no beating Bug. The Arabian mare captured the HCBC Horse of the Year - Competitive Division award at the horse council’s annual awards. This award goes to a horse that was born

and raised in B.C. and that has, over the year, achieved a high level of success in any provincial, national, or international sanctioned competition in a recognized discipline. STLA Hey’s Dance Class, or Bug, as she is commonly known around the barn, was born and raised in Langley at Herman Steunenberg and Sandra Arabsky’s horse breeding farm, Sky’s The Limit Arabians. In 2014, this little mare was the highest

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Former strongman delivers truck to Langley Angels LANGLEY —A retired Langley strongman is lifting the spirits of the community’s needy, through a selfless donation. Dana Matheson was active in the gruelling sport of strongman before a back injury forced him to stop competing nine years ago. During his days as a strongman, Matheson once carried 340-pounds on his 6’4” frame, which he used to lift large round stones (known as atlas stones, which can weigh up to 385 pounds), pull trucks, flip 800-pound tires, drag 700pound chains, and press large logs overhead, as well as many other events. Today, a much leaner Matheson (thanks to a dedicated running regiment) is a successful businessmen. He’s the president of C&D Logistics, a full service third party logistics company that ships anything and everything on all modes of transportation around the world. He’s also quite the philanthropist, recently donating a 2015 Ford F-150 to the charity group Kimz Angels, which will use it to deliver food, furniture, baby essentials, and other items to disadvantaged people living in the Langleys. Matheson and Kimz Angels founder Kim Snow got to know each other through mutual friends, and started conversing through social media. “I am big on giving back

and when I see people going above and beyond the call of duty to help those in need, I can’t help but want to get involved,” Matheson said. “Kim is a very selfless person and she deserves it.” This isn’t the first time a business has donated a truck to Kimz Angels for this purpose. Two years ago, Snow was the grateful recipient of a 2012 Ford F150, financed by BB Contracting. Steve Stew from BB Contracting is a friend of Snow’s and is also on the board of directors for the Child Development Foundation of British Columbia. While this new truck has already been delivered to Kimz Angels, the plan was to officially unveil it to the public on Saturday, during the first annual Fraser Valley Family Day celebration at the Langley Events Centre’s Fieldhouse. At the same time, nonperishable food donations for Langley’s needy are being accepted. A ribbon cutting ceremony is scheduled for noon at the Langley Events Centre, with Township Mayor Jack Froese in attendance. “The Wrap Guys generously donated a custom wrap and it was given to Kimz Angels about two weeks ago,” Matheson said. “We will have it at the Fraser Valley Family day at the LEC on Saturday to fill the truck and unveil it.” Langley Advance

scoring horse that competed in the Sport Horse in Hand Division at the Scottsdale, AZ., Arabian Horse Show, and she also placed in the top 10 in her Open Liberty Class at the same show. In May 2014, she took home 12 first place wins and championships with three second place finishes and Reserve Championships at the AAHABC Concurrent show at Thunderbird Show Park. Bug’s owner is Sandra Nickolls of

Armstrong, her trainer is Brenda Driediger of Aldergrove, and her breeders are Herman Steunenberg and Sandra Arabsky of Langley. Horse Council BC board member Terre O’Brennan presented the HCBC 2014 Horse of the Year Award to STLA Hey’s Dance Class at the All Arabian Horse Association of BC award banquet, held in Abbotsford Jan. 17. The annual awards serve to honour outstanding achievement within B.C.’s equestrian community.

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Wrestler ‘Hitman’ Hart at lacrosse game Saturday LANGLEY — Pro wrestling legend Bret ‘The Hitman’ Hart will be the special guest at the Langley Events Centre (LEC) this Saturday night (Feb. 14) when the Vancouver Stealth host the Calgary Roughnecks on ‘Hart’ Breaker Night, presented by Pastime Hobbies and Collectibles. Known as one of the greatest wrestlers of all-time, and a Canadian sports legend, Hart will be at the LEC taking part in the festivities before, during and after the Stealth game. “Bret Hart is one of the most recognizable faces in the Sports and Entertainment industry and this will be a great opportunity for our fans to see him in person,” said Jared Harman, LEC director of business development. Harman noted the team was working on getting Hart for a few months stating, “The fact that it is happening on Valentine’s Day and against his hometown Calgary Roughnecks just makes it even better.” Fans will have three different opportunities to meet the legend on

Feb. 14. Fans at the game can enter for the chance to meet the “Hitman” at halftime in the FoxHole, and 100 lucky contestants will be chosen and will receive a 5x7” photo to be signed in person. There will also be a special VIP Ticket available for purchase which will include the ticket to the game, pre-game dinner in the Sapphire Sound Lounge, a meet and greet with Hart and an 8x10” autographed photo. LEC Suite holders will also have the opportunity to meet Hart, as he will be visiting the private suites during the first half. For more information on how to purchase the VIP Ticket or to book a suite for the night, call the LEC at 604-882-8800. Also as part of the event, the Stealth and LEC have partnered with Molson to offer a special “Hart” Breaker Cupid Cocktail for $4 available in the FoxHole during the pre- and- post-game party. The first 1,500 fans will also receive a limited edition Vancouver Stealth Bombshells poster.

“I am looking forward to seeing some exciting National Lacrosse League action between the Stealth and Roughnecks at the LEC on February 14,” Hart stated. Hart grew up in Calgary and was part of the famous Hart wrestling family. He wrestled in his family’s Stampede Wrestling promotion, teaming up (and occasionally wrestling against) the Dynamite Kid. His feuds with the late Bad News Allen as well as Archie “The Stomper” Gouldie made him a household name in Western Canada, before his World Wrestling Entertainment days. He is a seven-time world champion, and was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2006. He retired from professional wrestling in 2000 but still makes appearances as part of the WWE’s Legends group. Tickets for the Feb. 14 game are available at www.ticketmaster.ca. For more details, visit www. StealthLAX.com. Langley Advance

Wrestling icon Bret “The Hitman” Hart will be the special guest at the Langley Events Centre on Feb. 14 when the Vancouver Stealth host the Calgary Roughnecks.

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Local chefs will share their secrets, complete with the tools of the trade and history of their dishes at the Surrey Museum during the “Fuse the Foods: Surrey Eats and Treats” exhibition, which started Tuesday (Feb. 10). Featuring dishes from Surrey’s diverse culinary landscape, local cooks and family-run restaurants are showcased. Admission to the Surrey Museum (17710 57A Ave.) is free, open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays.

From left, Pastafarians Kerry Richardson, Pam Materi, Jack Brandt, Sarah Rodriguez, Anthony Coyle, Anthony Dunlop, minister Obi Canuel and Maren Lisac gather at the King George SkyTrain station to raise money for the food bank. (Photo: KRISTI ALEXANDRA)

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f all goes as planned, Surrey Pastafarian Obi Canuel will be donating $45 to the Surrey Food Bank this week. Canuel called on his fellow followers of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster to come to King George SkyTrain station on Sunday morning donning their

religious headgear – pasta colanders. The Pastafarian minister said he would donate $5 to the food bank for each person who showed up wearing a colander. Nine Pastafarians showed up to the event, including Canuel himself. He confirmed he would be donating $45, as per his promise, in the coming week. “There was some curiousity about Pastafarian supporters and I wanted to show that all kinds of religions can do good things,” Canuel told the Now. “Any religion can do any kind of charity.” As for choosing the food bank, the church’s predilection towards pasta is just a

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CLOVERDALE — A single mother in Surrey has taken to a crowdfunding website to help raise money for a vehicle that can take her severely disabled daughter to preschool. Danielle Brisebois-Duncan says her three-and-a-half-year-old daughter Tayler has a rare genetic condition named Adams-Oliver syndrome that has kept her in and out of BC Children’s Hospital since she was born. Tayler has a heart condition, is sight impaired, suffers from epilepsy and makes use of a wheelchair. Danielle met Tayler’s father in 2010 and went to live with him in Michigan for six months. But the relationship didn’t last. Although she underwent several ultrasounds, doctors were unable to predict her daughter’s medical issues other than the observation she had “stubby” fingers and toes. “I thought, what could that possibly mean? Apparently it meant everything.” Adams-Oliver syndrome is so

rare that it’s difficult to predict what long-term effects may be in store for Tayler. There are only 100 individuals worldwide who have been documented with this disorder, and Tayler is only the eighth person believed to have developed the disorder from the Dock6 gene. Danielle says the geneticist who made the diagnosis submitted a medical paper on the rare condition. Tayler suffered a stroke on the day of her birth and was airlifted from Powell River to Vancouver, where she spent the first eight months of her life at BC Children’s Hospital. Within the first few weeks her stomach was so swollen that surgeons had to remove most of her small intestine. Tayler now requires a permanent intravenous drip which delivers all the vitamins, minerals and fats that can no longer be absorbed through her intestines. She is currently on a surgery wait list to correct her heart condition. With an 11-month-old daughter and two older children, 11 and 14 years old,

whom she sees every other weekend, Danielle relies on social assistance and disability payments from the federal government. Although Bayshore Nursing helps her care for Tayler, she has no family support in Surrey. Danielle says she wants to register Tayler in school but doesn’t have a vehicle that can transport her children reliably and adds it would be impossible to walk to school in the rainy season. “Especially with all she’s got, the last thing I need is for her to get sick.” Danielle has started a crowdfunding page on the website Youcaring.com where she hopes to raise $60,000 for a van and another $25,000 to retrofit the vehicle with a wheelchair lift. If she can meet her goal, Danielle will use whatever is left over to buy life insurance in the event some unexpected incident prevents her from caring for Tayler. “I couldn’t imagine her in a home. That would kill me,” says Danielle. To read about Tayler’s story, visit Youcaring.com and search for 296504. amacnair@thenownewspaper.com

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Internal Scar Tissue: A silent health menace

Internal scar tissue is a common, yet often undiagnosed or misunderstood condition causing significant pain and mobility limitations. Cold Laser Therapy is a promising treatment, triggering the body’s natural ability to overcome internal scar tissue. Internal scar tissue is a condition impacting many individuals with significant pain and resulting mobility limitations. But it’s often not recognized as that -- even by experienced healthcare professionals. Diagnosis is hampered by the fact, that internal scar tissue doesn’t typically show up as different from surrounding normal tissues in X-rays, MRI and CT scans. However, it can be seen during surgery and if it’s close enough to the surface, it can be felt to the touch by practitioners specifically trained in internal scar tissue detection.

Internal Scar Tissue Causing Pain and Limiting Mobility Internal scar tissue is the body’s “emergency cellular structure” that builds in response to an injury. This tissue is made from comparatively minimalist, tough, inflexible and fibrous kind of material. It isn’t as flexible and doesn’t contribute to strength and mobility. To use a simple analogy, internal scar tissue is a bit like our body’s natural duct tape. It’s a quick emergency fix, not a good permanent repair. In the Internal Scar Tissue in Skeletal Muscle short term, internal scar tissue is helpful, since it creates a quick re-connection between cut or torn Internal scar tissue prevents muscles tissues. from working properly since it: • Is much less ﬂexible However, after short term benefits, internal scar tissue ends up becoming a significant long term problem, Does not contribute to muscle • getting in the way of a full return to normal flexibility contraction & strength • Makes undesirable connections and strength after an injury (or surgery). Since it lacks flexibility, internal scar tissue even increases the (adhesions) to neighbouring likelihood of future injury. tissue Fortunately, scar tissue cells can also make room again for healthy cells. This often occurs very slowly or hardly at all, but with a little help, the body can break up and get rid of much internal scar tissue.

Cold Laser Therapy for Internal Scar Tissue Cold Laser Therapy delivers light energy to the area of Cold Laser Therapy: the injury, which helps the body to break down and • Stops pain dispose of scar tissue and • Accelerates the body’s natural replace it with normal healing mechanisms healthy tissue. The light Safe, drug free, no side eﬀects • based energy of Cold Laser Therapy can reach places that a massage based approach may have a more difficult time reaching. One can also start Cold Laser Therapy immediately after the injury. Since it delivers light energy to injured cells into the damaged area, there’s no additional injury or pain. Many people even experience some immediate amount of pain relief because of the extra pain-killing beta-endorphins the body naturally produces, when exposed to the light energy. If Cold Laser Therapy is started very quickly after an injury (or surgery), then cellular tissue is healing and growing much faster, and the body doesn’t even bother to create so much scar tissue. And more healthy tissue and less scar tissue in the first place also means more flexibility and strength in the injured area resulting in accelerated recovery. However, even many years after original injury, Cold Laser Therapy boosts the healthy cell’s energy levels, so they can do their job of replacing scar tissue with healthy tissue much more effectively. The extra cellular energy delivered through Cold Laser Therapy allows the process of scar tissue replacement to begin.

Langley resident tries Cold Laser Therapy to overcome debilitating knee pain David had been running, both competitively and recreationally, for his entire life. He had completed multiple marathons and long distance events, and is very passionate about the sport.

After 13 treatments over a 7 week period, hope had turned to happy satisfaction and David was able to end his treatments, because he was back to running and exercising without any of his previous symptoms.

However, quite a number of years ago, David started experiencing knee pain, which increasingly affected his ability to run. His doctor thought that the pain might be caused by debris behind his kneecaps and suggested surgery to remove it. So David went through with the procedure. Unfortunately, the surgery didn’t put an end to his knee pain.

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Eventually, the pain became just too much to bear, so he reduced his running. But to stay active, while also reducing the stress on his knees, he took up cycling and fitness training. However, even with these lower impact activities, David found that his knees were sore no matter what activity he did. He always had pain, but toughed it out, assuming that this was just the way it was going to be. When David visited Solaj Wellness Centre, he was very skeptical. Whe He had heard about Cold Laser Therapy from his personal trainer d was encouraged to give it a try. All he wanted, was to run and gain, free of pain. Having tried many other therapies without ag meaningful and lasting success, it was understandably difficult for me him to believe that this laser therapy thing would be any different. But Bu still - if his personal trainer was right - the upside of stopping he pain in his knee was considerable, so he decided to give Cold th Laser Therapy a chance. er the first 3 treatments, David started to notice slightly less pain Afte in his knees. Although subtle, it was a step in the right direction, ging him to continue with the therapy. After 6 treatments, his encourag initial sceptticism turned into real hope, as he was running with almost no p pain and noticed that the remaining pain would subside much sooner after exercising than before. He also found that his knees were not as sore as they used to be during his personal training sessions, and with much reduced pain levels, physical activity just seemed easier.

Email from David: I have had problems with my knees for at least the past 20 years. After years of running high mileage weeks and the marching of time they started to give me problems. I kept reducing my running frequency and distance down to once per week, then I had to quit running altogether. In the last few years I have been using the services of a personal trainer and had been working on strengthen the muscles that support the knees. Still to no real effect. A few months ago I went to Solaj, and within a few sessions of the Cold Laser Therapy my knees started to feel better. I went a couple of times a week for seven weeks. After that I started running again, starting slowly and short distances, building it up to where I'm now running 3 times per week and my distances have increased as well. Also, lately I've changed my training methods and I'm convinced that the Cold Laser treatments were the catalyst to the change. After long periods in my car and after my gym workouts, I am able to walk without any signs of stiffness or instability. I'm contemplating running a 10k in the new year and my goal is under 50 minutes for the distance. This doesn't sound like an accomplishment for someone who used to be much faster, but for someone who couldn't run at all it's wonderful. I can highly recommend Cold Laser Therapy for anyone who has overuse injuries. David

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a final act? Cancer is slowly killing author Ed Griffin, a Surrey Civic Treasure awardee who has taught prison inmates the craft of writing for a quarter century. This is his story, in his own words. BY ED GRIFFIN

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n October of 2014, a week or so after a CT scan, I wanted the results, so I thought I’d ask for them the next time I was at the Vancouver Cancer Agency. I’ve had prostate cancer for 18 years, and I’d just been drifting along, taking my meds and participating in trials and studies. CT scans are a part of these studies, but the formal reports exclude the average reader with their discussions of occlusions and incidents. I wanted to know what was going on in my body. For the last six years, I’ve been going to the Vancouver Cancer Agency even though Surrey has its own agency a few minutes from my house. Vancouver, however, has a special clinic in prostate cancer, headed by Dr. Chi. Dr. Chi is a young-looking man, thin, handsome and a doctor that adds a touch of humour in most that he does. He knows every man of the dozens that come here and the details of their cancers. He trains hundreds of doctors from all over the world in the latest techniques for dealing with prostate cancer. I’m waiting in a small cubicle, my wife Kathy with me. Dr. Chi comes in and pushes a small rolling stool over towards my feet. He sits down on it, as if he were the patient and I were the doctor. He smiles up at me and then, as we used to say in the ’60s, he socks it to me. “A large tumor is pushing on your right kidney, Ed. I’m not sure how we’re going to treat that. Your PSA has doubled in a month, from 130 to 260. You have cancer growths in your lower body, on both the right and left sides, as well as spots on your bones.” But he doesn’t leave it there. “Maybe this trial you’ve signed up for will help. It combines two proven drugs with an experimental one. If it doesn’t work, we have a new powerful form of chemotherapy to try.” This is Dr. Chi – he’s all about hope and so is the whole clinic. It’s almost as if the clinic’s motto were: If one drug or treatment doesn’t work, there are a lot more waiting to be tried. I take a deep breath. I’m scared and hopeful at the same time. I have to be like Dr. Chi, realistic but full of hope. It seems like this is my final act, so I have to turn in a great performance. My final act? A great performance? What does that mean? My wife – Kathy, a quiet, loving woman, who comes with me to every single clinic visit or doctor’s appointment. A retired kindergarten teacher, she always gave children the impression that teachers were kind, friendly people who encouraged them to learn. I must meet her kindness with care of my own. She lives on positive things and that’s what I have to give her. Yes, face the truth about my condition, but surround it with love and caring. My son, Kevin. Strong, hardworking, interested in everything, knowledgeable about all kinds of things. He knows I’m ill, and he wants to help me. Help me carry things, help me repair stuff around the house, even help me stand up sometimes. It’s so hard for me to let go, but that’s what I must do. We can talk, man to man… sometimes without words. My daughter, Kerry, who lives hundreds of miles away. I can feel her love for me over these many miles. I can’t explain it, but she’s the reason I’m writing this. She’s become my other self in the writing world. She promotes my books in ways I never could. I’m so proud of her. Kerry was the first person I told that I had cancer, when I returned from Dr. Arnold’s office on May 10, 1996. While I was out of my mind with fear, she didn’t scream or cry, she just hugged me and pointed to my T-shirt, which had an American eagle on it. “You’re like the eagle, Dad. You’re strong and you can fly above all this cancer business.” She started me on the path to recovery. She and I have talked about the spirit world, how your loved ones are still close to you, even after they’ve passed on. It takes time to get over the pain of someone dying,

but then in quiet moments you can talk to that person. If I pass on, she will find me many times in the future. When she hears injustice, I’ll be there; when she sees a beautiful bed of tulips in the spring, I’ll be there, showing her their beauty as I have always done. Somehow we live on after we’re gone. But those are all words. I wish she were here so I could hug her. Nevermind the high-falutin’ words, I want to surround her with hope and love. So this is my final act – or is it? Maybe by thinking this way, I will stop fighting. No, I have to keep writing, teaching, doing dishes at night, and emptying the garbage. I’m 78. I wanted to make it to 80, and I still hope to see my 80th birthday party.

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y daughter Kerry was the first person I told that I had cancer, when I returned from Dr. Arnold’s office on May 10, 1996. While I was out of my mind with fear, she didn’t scream or cry, she just hugged me and pointed to my T-shirt, which had an American eagle on it. “You’re like the eagle, Dad. You’re strong and you can fly above all this cancer business.” She started me on the path to recovery.

I’ve had a good life. I marched with Dr. Martin Luther King on his historic march from Selma to Montgomery. When I learned that God was love, I tried to give this concept to the Catholics I worked with as their priest. After I left the priesthood, I kept the God of love in my heart and found a woman, Kathy, who showed me what love was really all about. I loved life and jumped into it – director of a youth centre, a city councilman in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, marriage to Kathy and raising two children, a successful mom-and-pop business, a move to Canada, teacher, founder of the Surrey International Writers Conference and a volunteer teacher of creative writing in prison for 23 years. Throughout my many roles, I never mentioned the word God in a public forum, yet the spirit of service, stripped of religion and exercised in the world, continued. I tried to lead people to a higher level.

Am I going to die soon? I think of my classmates and friends in the seminary, some of whom stayed in the priesthood. They will die alone. I am so lucky to have someone with me, someone to wake up with and be glad we’re alive for another day. When I think about my death, I picture exploding stars billions of years ago. They created oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen. Eons later, a small amount of those chemicals came together to form me. I am made of star stuff. I’ve been pleased to make use of these elements for the last seventy-eight years. When I die, the chemicals will be put to other uses. Life goes on. Star stuff doesn’t die, it’s just given a new assignment. What about my consciousness? Where will it go when I die? I really don’t know. Will I join the world soul? Will I meet my mom and dad there? And my good friend, Charlie? Maybe. But if it’s just an end, that’s OK, too. For these years, I’ve expressed my bit of stardust the best I could. Enough of these deep thoughts. Kathy and I visit our family doctor. He works full time in Surrey Memorial Hospital, but saves Tuesday nights for long-time patients he worked with when he had his own practice. Kathy and I have a joke about doctors we meet. We rate them on our own scale. “She made it to the lecture in med school about how to deal with your patients.” Or, “He skipped the lecture.” Dr. Arnold rates a five lecture attendance, the highest you can go. I tell him what Dr. Chi has said. He doesn’t say anything for a minute, then he gets up. “I don’t get it, Ed. I receive these reports from Dr. Chi’s office saying how the cancer is spreading, and then you come in here and you look great and you’re taking care of Kathy. I don’t get it.” “I–” “Pardon me, but somebody should be carrying – no, helping you in here. You’re like a medical superhero.” “Up until now life’s been easy. Now I’m not in pain, but all I want to do is sleep and watch TV. The fatigue is killing me.” “I’m not surprised. Blame it on the cancer and on the trial you’re on.” He grabs his ever-present laptop off the table and glances at it. “Let’s see, combines Abiraterone and Prednisone with JNJ-56021927…” He pauses and clicks on a new page and begins to read, “The first side effect of this drug is fatigue.” He sits down again and shakes his head. “Like I said, you’re a superhero. Do you need anything? A new med?” “No, I’m fine, doctor. Thank you.” “Kathy, how can I help you?” That was Tuesday night. Wednesday morning I have a meeting with my writing group, the Rainwriters. It’s called that because it rained for all our first meetings. Most of us turn in new work at every meeting. I apologize because it’s been months since I turned in something new. Partly I was discouraged with what I was writing; partly I would sit down to write… and go take a nap. I repeated what my doctors said. Loreena, a long-time member, said, “We’re just glad you come.” Bob, the man I admire most in the group, says, “I’m glad you come, too. And you’re doing just the right thing – taking it easy. Don’t worry about a thing. You stand for what’s good about our group.” Joy, the newest member, doesn’t say anything, but I can tell by her looks that she cares about me. I go home and talk to Kathy. “I gotta get going.” Like it says someplace in the Shawshank Redemption. “If you’re not busy living, you’re busy dying.” My final act? I gotta get busy living. Kathy hugs me.

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hy is Surrey a repository for monsters? Not yet five months have passed since “high-risk” sex offender Raymond Lee Caissie was charged with the murder of 17-year-old Serena Vermeersch, and now another “high-risk” sex offender is heading our way? Caissie, who’ll be back in court on Feb. 20, was released on bail into Surrey on June 14, 2013 after serving his sentence. You might recall at the time then-mayor Dianne Watts predicted he’d re-offend. She expressed outrage and dismay over his moving to Surrey. But as time wore on, Caissie was more or less forgotten by the public until last September, when Vermeersch’s body was found near some railway tracks. Now, with her death still a fresh scar on Surrey’s psyche, the Ministry of Justice, Corrections Branch – an ironic title, that – sends out a public notification that convicted child molester James Conway has been released from prison and plans to live in Surrey. Caissie had 12 court-ordered conditions to abide by. Conway has 27. Does that indicate Conway is considered a higher risk, or that the authorities have him on a shorter leash? Glass half full, at least the public was notified about Conway’s release. At any rate, Watts’ successor, Mayor Linda Hepner, is furious he’s coming here, if not here already. Déjà vu? After Caissie’s arrest, federal Justice Minister Peter MacKay said the Conservative government would look at toughening up the system by locking up some convicts indefinitely – a provision already available through dangerous offender designation. Maybe Conway will behave. And Caissie has yet to be tried. Still, one recalls two young Surrey women who fell victim to repeat offenders: Pamela Cameron, 16, and Melanie Carpenter, 23. Vermeersch was last seen boarding a bus in Newton. Cameron was killed a few minutes after leaving Muffin Break at Semiahmoo shopping centre, where she did her homework, and Carpenter was abducted from the tanning salon where she worked in Fleetwood. How many of Surrey’s daughters must be sacrificed to recidivists? How many “Take Back Surrey – Rally 4 Change” protests must he held, before the horror stops? At the bottom of Conway’s public notification, in fine print, is the slogan “Protect Communities, Reduce Reoffending.” The Now We shall see.

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Ending question period would be mistake The Editor, An open letter to White Rock mayor and council: I see you are planning to delete the public’s legislated right to ask questions of you in a very specific and limited way following the conclusion of a “regular” council meeting. The public is already excluded from so much that already goes on at city hall through its regular “closed” council meetings. In my view, putting an end to question period by amending Bylaw No.1960 is yet another sad step away from democracy. Those same reasons why question period was brought into place in 2009 exist just as equally today as they did then, perhaps moreso given the extended terms of office that local elected officials now enjoy.

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determined outcome or desire. If it is such a “non-event” and nobody uses it as Mr. Baldwin claims, why then not simply leave question period in place? What harm does it do to anyone and as a value, it certainly does provide the Public an irrevocable right. What can be wrong with that? Coun. Lynne Sinclair was quoted as saying there are better ways to get answers than a formal question period “at the end of a long council meeting.” I see the last council meeting for which there are minutes available was Jan. 12, 2015 and it lasted a whopping 25 minutes, from 7 p.m. to 7:25 p.m. Do not disentitle and disfranchise the public. It could just as easily be you or your interests at the other end of the microphone. Dennis Lypka, White Rock

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Why not ask tax-paying citizens whether or not the question period should be scrapped? Are White Rock elected officials really so afraid of maybe being held accountable to the public for their actions that they need to do everything that they can to try to avoid public scrutiny? One need only review the topics on any regular city council agenda to see that there are many more matters of significantly less value than the public’s question period at each and every council meeting. Mr. Baldwin’s suggestions that question period is a “non-event” and that in his time, “there are three people, no more than that, who have ever made use of it” seems to me pretty clearly to be merely a self-serving quote looking to justify another pre-

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Surrey Mayor Linda Hepner and council were expected to launch the Surrey Votes Yes campaign on Wednesday at city hall in support of the transit plebiscite. Visit thenownewspaper.com for more on this story.

he transit plebiscite campaign has now officially begun in earnest, and already one can see parallels to the one about the HST a couple of years back. And that is good news for the “No” side, and bad news for the “Yes” side. The HST debate saw the pro-Harmonized Sales Tax folks put forward seemingly reasoned, factually based arguments for keeping the tax. The anti-HST side was led by former premier Bill Vander Zalm, who relied on emotional arguments that were often short on facts. As is so often the case in referendums, the emotion-based campaign won over the factbased campaign and the HST went crashing down to defeat. In the transit debate, the “Yes” side is throwing all kinds of facts and figures out there, hoping that at least some of them stick in peoples’ minds. Raise the sales tax, they say, and life will generally be better all-around. Rather than simply sticking to talking about transportation projects, the “Yes” side has gone even further to suggest raising the sales tax will save lives. It has enlisted the voices of Vancouver health officers to make the argument that more transit services will translate to averting 400 deaths a year and reduce obesity, since more people will walk,

cycle and take transit. The health officers are relying on a World Health Organization measuring tool for their argument but I suspect many potential voters will view this as an overreach. The captain of the “No” side, Jordan Bateman of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, has dismissed the health officers’ comments as nothing more than “scare tactics.” For his part, Bateman is accused of inflating the potential cost to the average family should the sales tax hike go through, and making various other kinds of misleading comments. He is also pumping up the risible anger and frustration many people feel towards TransLink, and some on the “Yes” side think that’s unfair. But Bateman has zeroed in on a flaw in the “Yes” side’s argument: that there is no “plan B” should the sales tax be defeated. While there may be no official “plan B,”

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over every four years, which when matched with provincial and federal funding would begin to pay for some of those projects and transit improvements. Without that new tax revenue, mayors and their municipalities will have to go back to the drawing board and look at things like even higher property and gas taxes and things like a vehicle levy and parking taxes (all of which are unpopular) to pay for improvements. In any event, as both sides continue to make their pitch to the voters, the campaign will continue to evolve into a debate that pits statistics versus emotions. And emotional arguments usually defeat statistical ones, whether it’s during an election or a referendum. As I noted in this space a few weeks back, the “Yes” side’s chief strength is its own “infrastructure,” which consists of more than 90 organizations representing more than 250,000 people. If it can mobilize those folks to vote yes before May 29, it has a good shot at winning. But if not – and to be sure, a lot of those 250,000 people no doubt have strongly-held “No” views – the anger and frustration that is the base of so much of the anti-tax attitudes out there will prevail. No amount of reasoned argument can deal with that emotion, it seems. The proHST folks learned that the hard way, and the pro-transit sales tax folks have to hope they aren’t in for a similar lesson.

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I’m swallowing bitter pill and voting ‘Yes’ for transit The Editor, Re: “Let’s not waste this transit opportunity,” the Now letters, Feb. 5. The transit referendum’s “No” side has a valid point that the B.C. government and TransLink could have ensured much more accountability for taxpayers’ money. However, since they are not going to change their ways in my lifetime, and I want to improve lives and environment for this fast growing Lower Mainland, I am going to swallow the bitter pill and vote “Yes” in the transit referendum. The substantial benefits include: reducing emissions, improving our air quality, fewer smoggy days, an effective transit system leading to fewer traffic accidents, time saved on daily commutes and better health for residents as they reach daily fitness goals by walking to transit or cycling. The pioneers who came before endured hardship for our sake, so I think the 35 cents a day that it cost me is something I can endure for the health and welfare of our future generation.

The Editor, Re: “Let’s not waste this transit opportunity,” the Now letters, Feb. 5. Here’s an idea: Get a gaming licence and set up a new lottery called Transit 649. We already know there are people eager and willing to voluntarily spend their hardearned dollars to dare and gamble to live the dream – because hey, you never know, do you? Funding problem solved.

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SURREY — Surrey Mayor Linda Hepner learned about the release of yet another high-risk sex offender into Surrey by chance, reading a tickertape news feed across the bottom of her television screen. “That’s how I found out,” she said, after the Ministry of Justice, Corrections Branch sent out a public notification Monday that highrisk convicted child molester James Conway, 40, has been released from prison and plans to live in Surrey. “I’m so furious,” the mayor said. Even she doesn’t know where Conway will be residing. Hepner noted Surrey is “still reeling” from the last time a high-risk sex offender was released into Surrey after serving his sentence. See also OUR VIEW › page 10

She was referring to Raymond Lee Caissie, who, after his release into the city on June 14, 2013, has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death of 17year-old Serena Vermeersch. A Surrey Search and Rescue team found Vermeersch’s body near railway tracks in the 14600-block of 66th Avenue, on Sept. 16, 2014. Caissie’s next appearance in Surrey provincial court is set for Feb. 20. The Corrections Branch had issued a public notification bulletin on June 14, 2013, about Caissie, warning that the “high-risk sexual and violent offender” was “currently on bail supervision” and living in Surrey. At the time, then-mayor Dianne Watts predicted Caissie would reoffend, and expressed outrage that he’d been released into her community. The public seemingly forgot about Caissie until his arrest for murder 15 months later. At the time of his release, Caissie already had a criminal history of sexual assault with

High-risk convicted child molester James Conway, 40, has been released from prison and plans to live in Surrey. a weapon, forcible confinement, robbery and other crimes. The public notification said he would be “subject to close monitoring by authorities” and had to abide by 12 court-ordered conditions. Conway – according to his public notification – is “subject to close monitoring by authorities and 27 court-ordered conditions.” Conway’s criminal history includes sexual interference of a person under 16, sexual assault, arson damaging property, and breaching court orders. “He has maintained a versatile pattern of sexual offending against female children in a predatory and opportunistic manner,” his public notification states. Conway is an imposing six feet, four inches tall and 276 pounds. He’s white with brown hair and blue eyes. “It really disappoints me,” Hepner said of his release into Surrey. “If it were my decision, it wouldn’t happen. Everybody needs to be asking the question, going into

the election for the feds, where do they stand on this?” Jasbir Sandhu, New Democrat MP for Surrey North, said Conway should be subject to “foolproof ” and “absolutely zerotolerance” 24-hour monitoring. He called the situation “crazy.” “Clearly this guy is dangerous,” Sandhu said. “I’m very concerned as a father. Safety should be a number-one concern for any government.” Surrey RCMP Cpl. Bert Paquet said police officers on every watch, including those working in specialized sections, will be briefed on Conway. “We will monitor this fellow and so will the Surrey Probation Office, working together to ensure Conway is abiding by all of his conditions,” Paquet said. “We’ll do our due diligence,” he added, “monitoring him as much as we legally can.” According to the public notification, Conway’s conditions include not engaging in any activity that involves contact with people under the age of 18, including communicating with them on computer. He must also not volunteer, or work, in a position of trust involving minors and is prohibited from “attending or being within” any public park, playground, school, child daycare centre, community centre, public swimming area “or other sites including churches which offer activities for children or where children under 18 years may congregate.” Conway must also not possess alcohol or controlled substances in any public place, must abide by a daily curfew of 10 p.m. to 6 a.m., and not wear any uniforms, “including but not limited to firemen’s uniforms, corrections uniforms, search/ rescue uniforms, police uniforms, security guard uniforms, or scrubs.” Anyone observing a violation of these conditions is asked to contact police. tzytaruk@thenownewspaper.com

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Twitter (@SYOrchestra92). There, sometimes even I can admit to liking technology, although I still don’t understand the hashtag thing (but I can sort of read music). I am going to celebrate Valentine’s Day by tap dancing. Yes, I love this art form. For more than 10 years I have been on the board of directors of West Coast Tap Dance Collective. Mostly I am just along for the ride, and help out where I can. The collective is mandated to promote and celebrate the art of tap dancing. I try. I do. West Coast Tap Dance Collective will hold a Valentine Tap Jam at 7 p.m. February 15 at Kerrisdale Legion (2177 West 42nd Ave., Vancouver). The event will feature the Bill Costin Trio, tap performances, prizes, a chocolate fountain and lots of tapping with friends to great music. You don’t necessarily have to be a tap dancer to enjoy this evening! All dancers are welcome. Tickets range from $5 for members to $10 for nonmembers (memberships available online and at the door). Yes, I will be there. I know it is in Vancouver, and is at an adult-only venue (we get the space for free, then we can pay the musicians), but if you are an adult tapper, grab your shoes, some friends and take a field trip. You will have a great time, make some new tapper friends, and have the best Valentine’s Day ever. Show your love. melminty@telus.net

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NEWTON — This spring, Surrey FC is launching a new program for kids who don’t have an opportunity to participate in organized soccer. At the start of April, the club will begin its Surrey FC All-Stars program, for “independent learners with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities that can function well in the team-sport setting.” The program, supported by Special Olympics B.C., will this year have two sevenweek sessions in which children will get one practice and one game every week. Rob Bura, a director of the Surrey FC club board, is proud this project has started, and is already receiving interest from the community. He said many people in the community have contacted him in years past looking for a program similar to this, and he’s glad to have all Surrey soccer clubs on board now that the program is ready. It is an issue that is close to his heart as Jovan, his 13-year-old son, is developmentally disabled and found he didn’t fit in well with house teams. “These kids don’t feel part of a team,” said Bura. “They just don’t have an avenue.” Bura tried to get his son involved in team sports, but found the barriers made it difficult for Jovan. Also, coaches didn’t have the right training to coach a child with a disability. For this program, Special Olympics B.C. will be training Surrey FC coaches on how to work with kids who are disabled. “Right now, coaches don’t know how to handle kids with autism or Down syndrome. They have different issues and you see it on the field,” Bura said. “It’s not the coach’s fault. They just don’t have the proper training.” The director is looking forward to the program, as he sees it as a chance for these kids to socialize, work with other children and also get some exercise.

Bobby Samra, vice-principal at James Ardiel Elementary in Surrey, is working to make school-aged kids aware of the All-Stars soccer program being launched by Surrey FC this spring. (Photo: ADRIAN MACNAIR) Bobby Samra, vice-principal at James Ardiel Elementary, is fully involved with the program and is trying to bring in youth via the school district. He has seen kids get involved in similar school programs and enjoy themselves by participating in activities with other children. “When I first heard (about the program), I thought, ‘What a great idea. I’m on board.’ It’s not just the kids with special needs. It’s also able-body kids who just aren’t athletes,” Samra said. Samra, who was named the Vancouver Whitecaps Community MVP in 2013, said he sees a lot of kids who are scared of sports and

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LANGLEY — His right foot is the tool Paul McCallum uses to ply his trade, one that has made him a household name in the Canadian Football League. The former Surrey Ram and Queen Elizabeth Secondary grad – who celebrated his 45th birthday on Jan. 7 – kicked field goals on a consistent basis for the BC Lions this past season. And he’s not ready to hang up his cleats just yet. McCallum’s career is a

23 before 54,313 fans at BC Place Stadium. McCallum also holds the record for the longest field goal made at 62 yards and highest field goal kicking accuracy in a single season. As a young CFLer, McCallum never imagined he’d still be playing in his mid-40s. He is the oldest player in the league, mirroring the career of one of his predecessors, Lui Passaglia, who spent a record-breaking 25 years (1976–2000) as a Lion and scored more points in that time than any professional football player

decorated one, to say the least. In a CFL career that has spanned 22 years, and hopefully counting, McCallum has won two Grey Cups, is a five-time CFL allstar, and has been awarded as the Grey Cup’s Most Valuable Canadian and as the CFL’s Most Outstanding Special Teams Player. In 2011, McCallum set the record, with 30, for the most all-time consecutive field goals made in the CFL. That also happened to be the year the Lions won their last Grey Cup, beating the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 34-

A highlight of Paul McCallum’s CFL career was hoisting the Grey Cup at BC Place Stadium in 2011. in the sport’s history. “I remember Lui kicking field goals at an even younger age than I am today and thinking, ‘When

is he going to retire?’” said McCallum, who now lives in Langley. “But it comes by real quick and I’m still having fun, and before you know it, here I am.” This past season turned out to be a frustrating one for both McCallum and the Lions. The team was just average, finishing 9-9 and ended up crossing over to the CFL East in the playoffs. The Lions were trounced 50-17 by the Montreal Alouettes in the Eastern semifinal. Individually, McCallum was good on 38 of his 42 field goals attempts. He led all CFL kickers with

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The Three (3) monthly payment waivers or the Nissan Finance Cash alternative options are both not eligible for program protection. Units must come from dealer stock and reported as sold before or on Mar. 2, 2015. †No charge All-Wheel Drive (AWD) has an equivalent value of up to $2,000 applicable on all 2015 Rogue models (except Rogue S FWD (Y6RG15 AA00)/Rogue SV FWD (Y6SG15 AA00). Offer only applicable on cash purchase or standard finance rates through NCF. Discount is deducted before taxes. **MSRP starting from $9,998 for a 2015 Nissan Micra® 1.6 S, MT (S5LG55 AA00) excluding Freight and PDE charges and specific duties of new tires. ±Representative finance offer based on 2015 Nissan Micra® 1.6 SR (S5SG55 AA00) Manual transmission. Selling Price is $17,198 financed at 0% APR equals payments of $287 for an 60 month term. $0 down payment required. Cost of borrowing is $0 for a total obligation of $17,198. This offer cannot be combined with any other offer. Conditions apply. ≠Representative monthly lease offer based on any new 2014 Sentra 1.8 S M6 (C4LG54 AA00)/2015 Rogue S FWD CVT (Y6RG15 AA00). 0%/1.99% lease APR for a 60/60 month term equals 60/60 monthly payments of $168/$276 with $0 down payment, and $0 security deposit. First semi-monthly payment, down payment and $0 security deposit are due at lease inception. Prices and payments include freight and fees. Lease based on a maximum of 20,000 km/year with excess charged at $0.10/km. Total lease obligation is $10,057/$16,541. This offer is only valid from Jan. 3, 2014 – Mar. 2, 2015. $720 NCF lease cash included on advertised offers, only applicable on 2014 Sentra 1.8 S M6 (C4LG54 AA00). Conditions apply. ▲Models shown $16,247/$25,765/$36,348 Selling Price for a new 2015 Micra® KROM MT (S5RG55 KR00)/2014 Sentra 1.8 SL (C4TG14 AA00)/2015 Rogue SL AWD CVT (Y6DG15 BK00). Cash bonus not included in model shown pricing. *◆±≠▲Freight and PDE charges ($1,450/$1,567/$1,750), air-conditioning levy ($100) where applicable, applicable fees (all which may vary by region), manufacturer’s rebate and dealer participation where applicable are included. License, registration, insurance and applicable taxes are extra. Lease and finance offers are available on approved credit through Nissan Canada Finance for a limited time, may change without notice and cannot be combined with any other offers except stackable trading dollars. Retailers are free to set individual prices. Dealer order/trade may be necessary. Vehicles and accessories are for illustration purposes only. Offers, prices and features subject to change without notice. Offers valid between Feb. 3 – Mar. 2, 2015. °Nissan is the fastest growing brand in the non-luxury segment based on comparison of 12-month retail sales of all Canadian automotive brands and 12 months average sales growth. +Based on 2014/15 Nissan Sentra (3,144L), 2015 Honda Civic (3,031L) and 2015 Toyota Corolla (3,119L). All information sourced from competitive websites and is accurate at the time of printing. January 28, 2015. ^Based on 2014/15 Sentra SV, SR, SL models with NissanConnect Apps system. Smartphone connectivity allowing access to popular mobile applications and connected services (ex. Google Send-to-Car). Offers subject to change, continuation or cancellation without notice. Offers have no cash alternative value. See your participating Nissan retailer for complete details. ©1998-2014 Nissan Canada Inc. and Nissan Financial Services Inc. a division of Nissan Canada Inc.

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WHITE ROCK — Directors of White Rock Farmers’ Market will now have to decide whether or not the market will start later in the day, following a council decision to move their setup time. For the past few years, vendors of the White Rock Farmers’ Market have been allowed to start setting up in the Miramar Plaza at 7 a.m. for their 9 a.m. start time. However, following a complaint from the strata of Miramar Tower A, city council moved the market’s setup time to 8 a.m. Whether that means the market will still open at 9 a.m. or move ahead remains to be seen, but market president Sandy VanDeKinder said she is confused about the whole situation. According to VanDeKinder, prior to the Jan. 12 council meeting, she had no idea that there were nearby residents upset with the market. “Up until December, I had been in correspondence and contact with the strata president and she had nothing to say but good things about the market and they were supporting us,” explained VanDeKinder. “At the end of our season in 2014, nobody said anything and so we were blindsided when we arrived at the council meeting expecting to get approval for the next year and all of a sudden there’s this letter.” The letter in question was submitted to council by Cliff Annable on behalf of the strata from Miramar Tower A. Annable, a resident and now president of the strata, wrote that the 7 a.m. start time was too early and a disturbance for tower residents. “People are pushing back. (Starting at) seven in the morning for 21 weeks with blaring radios, people plunking stuff down, that’s not what we signed up for,” said Annable. Annable, said residents he has spoken to in the past few weeks have been expressing

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surprise that the market was not a cityowned event. “There’s a lot of people that thought the farmers’ market was run by the City of White Rock,” he said, adding that some thought the start time was set in stone because of that. Coun. Helen Fathers, also general manager of the market, said she’s not come across of residents or businesses being confused about the organization behind the farmers’ market. “I’ve never heard that,” she said. “The market gets its permits every year and I’ve never heard that. I’m at the market every week and we’ve never heard that. We are a city-endorsed event.” For their part, VanDeKinder said they would have liked the chance to deal with the strata directly before the group decided to go to council and ask for a time change. “It would have been nice to know that there were people that weren’t happy because as far as we knew people were,” she said. “They certainly weren’t complaining to the people that could mediate the issue or do something about it. We didn’t know that. Our last communication with the strata president last year was that everything is fine.” The market’s directors were scheduled to meet on Wednesday (after the Now’s press time) to discuss what would be done with the market. “So we’ll take direction and go from there,” said Fathers. cpoon@thenownewspaper.com

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WHITE ROCK — Mayor Wayne Baldwin is concerned that the city’s emergency department is not being told about landslides occurring just outside city borders, despite the danger posed to White Rock. Baldwin said two recent slides at the end of January are further proof that the rail corridor coming up from the U.S. through White Rock and into Surrey is “an accident waiting to happen.” “What it does do is point out the exact reasons we want to see the rail line relocated,” said Baldwin. “It’s not just a passing fancy that there’s an issue that’s ongoing and it’s not stopping, in fact it will probably get worse.” The issue of rail safety in White Rock

has been at the forefront of community concerns in recent years. The issues stem from an increase in rail traffic and train lengths as well as increases in dangerous cargo such as chlorine, hydrochloric acid and petroleum byproducts. And with two slide incidents already on the books for 2015, Baldwin said it’s inevitable that there’s going to be an accident. However, Gus Melonas, spokesman for rail operator Burlington Northern Sante Fe said the two slides in January were minor and did not require Surrey or White Rock to be notified. “There’s no significant threat to operations and the community,” he said. “These were relatively minor in scale and we were alerted by our slide indicator fences that something happened.” If BNSF had deemed the slides significant, explained Melonas, the protocol would have been to put a moratorium on passenger operations for 48 hours, and begin freight operations once the debris was removed. “We have experts that monitor that right of way, so they’re trained and if there’s an event that we felt was necessary that we felt the public should be aware of then we do

White Rock Mayor Wayne Baldwin says recent landslides reinforce the need to relocate the rail line. (Photo: KEVIN HILL) that,” he said. Asked about the frequency of slides, the BNSF spokesman said they average around five per year along the White Rock and South Surrey corridor. “Far and away the most troublesome would be the corridor between Seattle and Everett,” he said. Melonas also noted that BNSF owns the land the rail line sits on and said they would notify the affected municipalities of what they deemed to be “significant slides.

“However, the slides we’ve experienced in the past decade have not warranted contact with outside agencies as they’ve been light in volume,” he said. But Baldwin said that’s not good enough. Adding to the mayor’s concerns is the fact that the city is not notified of what materials are being shipped through the community until after the fact, something they’ve taken up with Transport Canada, to no avail. That in and of itself, said Baldwin, means White Rock emergency response crews would be going into a derailment situation without knowing the dangers. “We would be responding quickly and may or may not get word from Burlington Northern that there was a chlorine spill or acid spill, so our guys would be scrambling over the rocks trying to figure out what they’re trying to deal with.” The slides, Baldwin pointed out, also come at a time when Crescent Beach is experiencing an increasing number of uncoupling incidents, where trains become disconnected and sometimes block access to Crescent Beach. “That says to me that we’ve got a problem here guys,” he said.

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CULTURAL EVENTS 2015 Chinese New Year Gala Celebration, 5 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 22 at Bell Performing Arts Centre, Surrey. “White Rock & South Surrey Chinese Society will hold a celebration gala for 2015 Chinese New Year,” including dinner. “This year the musicians and dancers come from many different cultural backgrounds. Our Society will take this opportunity to encourage the Chinese Canadian and immigrant families to make positive contributions to the multicultural society of Canada.” For tickets and questions, contact Davie, 604-5377339. Bell info: 604-507-6355.

THEATRE/STAGE “I’ll Be Back Before Midnight”: Mystery thriller runs from Jan. 29 to Feb. 21 (Thurs. to Sat., 8 p.m., plus Sunday matinees Feb. 8 and 15 at 2 p.m.) at Surrey Little Theatre. Tickets 604-576-8451, reservations@surreylittletheatre. com, Surreylittletheatre.com. “Side By Side By Sondheim”: Musical showcase illustrates the wide range of Stephen Sondheim’s abilities and those of his equally amazing collaborators, staged by White Rock Players’ Club from Feb. 4 to 28 at Coast Capital Playhouse, White Rock. Tickets are $18 adults, $16 students, seniors, and CCS members, 604-536-7535,

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Spirit of the West bandleader John Mann goes solo for a show in White Rock on Feb. 20. See listing under Concerts. Whiterockplayers.com. “Mike the Knight in the Great Scavenger Hunt”: Koba Entertainment brings theatrical production, based on CG-animated TV series, to Surrey’s Bell Performing Arts Centre on Saturday, Feb. 14. Tickets and info: 1-855-985-5000, MikeTheKnightOnTour.com.

PETS/ANIMALS Urban Safari Rescue Society in South Surrey hosts photo-shoot sessions with “the one who loves you best... your pet!” on Saturday, Feb. 14 and Sunday, Feb. 15. “This is a fundraiser for the rescue centre. Our professional photographer will be on hand from 11 a.m. to 4

White Rock Museum + Archives: “Critical Care: A history of Hospitals in a Border Town” exhibit on view until May 31. At 14970 Marine Dr. 604-541-2222, whiterock.museum. bc.ca.

HERITAGE/HISTORY Heritage Family Day: BC Heritage Week event at Historic Stewart Farm on Feb. 21 from noon to 4 p.m. “A recent British study shows people who visit heritage sites are happier! Banish winter blues at the Historic Stewart Farm’s Heritage Family Day drop-in on Saturday, Feb. 21. We’ll celebrate BC Heritage Week with a look at Surrey’s early neighbourhoods.” All ages, by donation.

TALKS CARP - A New Vision of Aging for Canada group welcomes documentary filmmaker Alison McLean as she shares her factual story on what’s happening in Afghanistan today. Film clips about Canada’s legacy, focus on Afghan police and military women, plus ISIS and the radicalization of youth. Q&A

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CLUBS/GROUPS Mixed Singles over Sixty in White Rock/South Surrey: Social active group offering theatre, dinners out, golf, dancing, walking and much more. For more info, contact Colin at 604-538-7799. On the web: seniorsoversixtyclub.weebly.com. Newcomers Club of White Rock and South Surrey is a club for women who are new to the area. The club meets the first Tuesday of the month (September to May) at Mt. Olive Lutheran Church, 2350-148 St., Surrey. Visit Wrssnewcomers. com for more information.

CALLS/AUDITIONS Peninsula Productions auditions for summer production of “The 39 Steps”: Director Matthew Bissett, show dates from July 8 to 25. Audition dates of Feb. 15 and 21, callbacks Feb. 22. “We are seeking equity and non equity actors for this production with a parttime rehearsal process over seven weeks.” Send picture and resume to info@peninsulaproductions.org.

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“My partner just wanted to blind people with glitter and sparkles and fabulousness. That’s his goal,” Tang said with a laugh. Though it’s been quite a few years since Tang has danced for Surrey’s Celebration Dance Team, he said he still reveres the experience as one of his greatest. “It wasn’t my first experience but I feel like, especially with Surrey Celebration Dance Team, it was probably one of the best,” he told the Now. “I remember when the site had just opened. I remember performing in front of this sea of endless people that were watching us, how many people come out for their community events. That’s something Surrey has an abundance of: community

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A highlight of Paul McCallum’s CFL career was hoisting the Grey Cup at BC Place Stadium in 2011. you know it, here I am.” This past season turned out to be a frustrating one for both McCallum and the Lions. The team was just average, finishing 9-9 and ended up crossing over to the CFL East in the playoffs. The Lions were trounced 50-17 by the Montreal Alouettes in the Eastern semifinal. Individually, McCallum was good on 38 of his 42 field goals attempts. He led all CFL kickers with a 90.5 per cent field goal percentage, and made all 33 of his convert attempts. Also during the season, he became the second player in pro football history to surpass 3,000 career points, the other being Passaglia. But McCallum wasn’t at all satisfied. “It was a very tough season for a lot of reasons, from a team standpoint,” McCallum said.“I played all right. I

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