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Kerrie-Ann SchoenitHope Standard
Contractors may soon have an opportunity to bid on the repair work needed at the Hope Sta-tion House.
Council will be vot-ing on Jan. 26 whether to approve a contract for AdvantageHOPE to manage the project and initiate a RFP (request for proposals) process. However, the issue is already gaining mixed reactions at the council table.
“I’d love to see it fi xed but I don’t think the Dis-trict of Hope can fi nance it,” said Coun. Bob Er-ickson during a dis-cussion on the topic at Monday’s council meet-ing. “It’s a major overall.”
Both Erickson and Coun. Heather Stewin are concerned about cost estimates multiplying and making a decision on the building’s future without getting more in-formation.
“Th e district is taking on a huge liability,” Er-ickson added.
Councillors Donna Kropp and Dusty Smith support the RFP process in order to get more in-formation on the cost of repairs. Th ey would like to see the Station House’s heritage preserved and used in a capacity that benefi ts the commu-nity. Kropp pointed out that over the last several years, residents have ex-pressed a desire to have a tourist information centre at the Station House. In order to do so, a building retrofi t is needed.
Coun. Gerry Dyble
also supports the RFP process in order to make an informed decision on the future use of the Sta-tion House.
“Th e building is ours so no matter where we stand at this point in time,” she said. “We now must decide what we’re going to do with this piece of property, whether we tear it down or put money into it.”
Mayor Wilfried Vick-tor pointed out that there will have to be signifi -cant realignment of the entrance/exit of the site to accommodate trailers and RV’s. He suggested that aspect of the project be included in the RFP so that it doesn’t “dwarf costs.”
Last November, the Station House Society offi cially turned over control and operation of the building to the Dis-trict of Hope. Th e mu-nicipality signed a new lease with the provincial Transportation Finance Authority (TFA) and has since transferred utili-ties, undertaken emer-gency repairs to the heating system, and had the building insured and included in a routine maintenance schedule.
Th e previous council has already decided to include $114,000 in the 2015 budget in order to undertake the estimated repairs/modifi cations re-quired to use the build-ing as a tourism centre and museum. However, chief administrative of-fi cer John Fortoloczky said that money won’t be spent without the cur-rent council’s approval.
Station House future in limbo
Highway 1 was shut down in both directions at Emory Creek Bridge on Friday afternoon for 3.5 hours asfire crews battled a vehicle fire. An RV was pulled into the guard rail after catching some built up snowon the shoulder. As a result of the collision, the RV erupted in flames. The driver and her dog were able toexit the vehicle without injury. There was also no damage to the bridge.
RV fire on Highway 1DALE TAYLOR PHOTO
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House fire in Silver Creek Kerrie-Ann SchoenitHope Standard
Th e community is ral-lying together to help a local family who lost all their belongings in a house fi re last Friday.
Donations of clothes, bedding, furniture and toys are currently be-ing collected by Crystal Ann Sedore and Julia Smith for Niki Smith and her two young chil-dren, who luckily were’t home at the time. Drop-off locations are at 439 3rd Avenue in Hope and 63797 Beech Road in Silver Creek. An online fundraiser has also been launched at www.go-fundme.com/jyqp0s
When fi refi ghters ar-rived at the home in the 19500 block of Silver-hope Road last Friday at about 1:50 p.m., smoke was billowing from the roof and the electrical wires to the house were making noises, arching and sparking.
“We made our at-tempts to ensure no one was in the house as best we could by knocking on doors and holler-ing,” said fi re chief Tom DeSorcy, adding that two deceased cats were found.
“Th e area of origin where we believe the fi re began was in a back room in the basement. Th ere was smoke and
water damage in the upstairs with the excep-tion of the one upstairs bedroom where the fi re went through a small hole in the fl oor. Th e fi re
also started to burn the electrical panel that was in that room.”
A dozen fi refi ght-ers were on scene for 3.5 hours making sure
the fi re was fully extin-guished. Th e exact causeof the blaze remains un-der investigation, but it’snot considered suspi-cious.
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Fire chief Tom DeSorcy surveys the damage caused by a house fire on Tuesday in SilverCreek. Donations are being collected for the family, who lost all their belongings.
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Two studies have been con-ducted as to the level and cost of repairs that are likely required to ensure safe occupation and use of the Station House. Th e fi rst is a re-port produced for the TFA which indicated up to $91,482 worth of repair costs with no change to the operational use of the Sta-tion House from the Society. Th e second report, which council di-rected staff to obtain, was from a structural engineer and identifi ed certain structural, code, building envelope, and maintenance con-cerns. However, they were unable to estimate a cost to repair any defi ciencies without a much more detailed (and costly) study involv-ing the removal of siding.
Fortoloczky said an RFP pro-cess avoids the district spending more funds on detailed engineer-
ing reports as proponents would conduct their own research and provide their own proposed en-gineering solutions with defi ned cost estimates.
Tammy Shields, executive di-rector of AdvantageHOPE, point-ed out that the urgency to move forward quickly with this project is mainly to prevent duplication of spending.
“We don’t want to see repairs go into the current location, only to move out in a short time,” she said aft er the meeting. “Operating costs are being incurred by the district while the building sits idle and without addressing the defi -ciencies, the condition will only continue to further deteriorate, increasing project expenses over-all. Not to mention, the longer it sits there like that, the more peo-ple are greeted by the property in its current state.”
Shields believes the StationHouse project is important be-cause the community only hasone opportunity to make a fi rstimpression with visitors. A bet-ter fi rst impression will have apositive impact on their behav-iour here, she said, which leadsto more economic benefi t to thetown.
“Th e new, higher visibility lo-cation will mean that we can in-fl uence even more visitors to ourcommunity than at the presentlocation, again very important toour town’s economy,” she added.“Without a viable plan for a com-munity use in the building, we areat risk of losing a landmark build-ing with historical importance tothe community. Th e larger fl oorarea allows for expanded scope ofservices available, more broadlyserving the community and notjust visitors.”
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Wetlands still closed to tree damageLorene KeitchBlack Press
Cheam Lake Wetlands Re-gional Park is still closed fol-lowing the massive damage caused by last week’s snow and wind.
Th e park was assaulted by the same storm that caused damage to power lines, roads, marinas and more through-out the Fraser Valley. Th e Fraser Valley Regional Dis-trict (FVRD), which operates Cheam Lake Wetlands Park, closed it down Monday, Jan. 5 due to the safety concerns.
“All our parks east of Chilli-wack suff ered some kind of damage,” explains FVRD com-munications manager Jennifer Kinneman. It took crews time to investigate the park, which, along with most others, needs cleanup of fallen branches, broken limbs and tree tops precariously perched above broken trunks.
Within Cheam wetlands park, there was damage to ap-proximately 30 per cent of the trees. Cleanup began on Tues-day, Jan. 6 and continues as of press time. Crews were on-site Friday, January 9 to show the damage and explain the pro-cess of cleanup.
“We’ve never had, aft er one event, this much of a mess,” relates Gord Gadsen, FVRD
parks resource technician.He says all the branches
need to be removed from the paths. Many of them will be run through the FVRD’s wood chipper and the chippings will be spread throughout the park. Th ere are many trees that ei-ther need to be trimmed at the point of breaking or cut right down.
Th e small staff at FVRD have contracted some of the tree clean-up to contractors such as Nigel Casson from Top Th at Tree Services, based in Chilli-wack. On-site Friday, Casson was observed putting on his climbing gear and essentially walking up the side of a gi-ant birch tree beside the wet-lands viewing platform. With
grips on his shoes and a cable around the tree, he clambered up roughly 30 to 40 feet, his chainsaw swinging at his side.
Carefully assessing the bro-ken tree fi rst, Casson deft ly used his chainsaw to bring down the top of the tree where the damage was severe. Gadsen explains that the felled tree top will be good for the beavers, who particularly enjoy birch trees. He then skillfully swung across to another tree where a smaller branch needed to come down.
Th is process is continu-ing throughout the week. Kinneman urges locals to not go into the park until it is re-opened.
“Th e signs are there for a reason and the parks are closed for a reason,” says Kinneman.
For information on when the Cheam Lake Wetlands Re-gional Park and other FVRD parks will be reopened, check out the FVRD website at www.fvrd.bc.ca
Debris cleanup is also in ef-fect along Highway 1, where crews have brought in a wood chipper to remove downed branches along the roadway.
In Hope, district crews are still cleaning up the debris in Memorial Park and around the community. A cost estimate of the damage caused by the ice storm will take a couple weeks.
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A series premiere date has been announced for Wayward Pines, shot largely in Agassiz in 2013 and 2014.
Fox has announced that the show will be broadcast internation-ally on May 14 on their station. Th e show stars Matt Dillon and Carla Gugino, and both stars made numerous appear-
ances in Agassiz over the course of shoot.
Th e small town was transformed into the fi c-tional town of Wayward Pines, Idaho. An entire false frontstreet was constructed along Pio-neer Avenue, the main road in Agassiz. Interior scenes were shot in a stu-dio in Burnaby. Th e re-sulting 10-episode show
is based on a best selling book by Blake Crouch, and follows a Secret Service agent on a mis-sion to fi nd two missing federal agents in a small town in the mountains.
Th e show will be broadcast to 125 coun-tries, according to a release from Fox. In addition to Dillon and Gugino, Wayward Pines
stars Melissa Leo, Shan-nyn Sossamon, Juliette Lewis and Terrence Howard. One of the ex-ecutive producers of the show is M. Night Shya-malan.
Th e Hope area was also the backdrop for fi lming last year, being transformed into winter wonderland in May for the movie Christmas
Icetastrophe. Th e fi lm premiered in the U.S. on Syfy in December and stars Victor Web-ster, Jennifer Spence and Richard Harmon. Christmas Icetastro-phe is about a meteorite bringing ice and freez-ing temperatures, which threatens to harm the residents of a small town at Christmas.
Wayward Pines premiere announced
Nigel Casson tops a birch tree on Jan. 9 at the Cheam Lake wetlands park above the popular viewing platform. In Hope, district crews are still clean-ing up the debris in Memorial Park and around the community.
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B.C. prison crowding probed by auditor
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B.C. provincial pris-ons remain overcrowd-ed despite a decline in custodial sentences in recent years, and “safety and security in-cidents” have increased substantially, a report from B.C.’s Auditor General has found.
About half of cells de-signed for one inmate are double-bunked in the B.C. system, and Auditor General Carol Bellringer concludes that is a contributing factor in maintaining safety in B.C.’s nine facilities for adult in-mates. Another fac-tor in crowding is that about half of the rough-
ly 2,500 inmates in the B.C. system on an av-erage day are awaiting trial or sentencing.
Safety and security incident reports have been on the rise in most facilities in recent years, with the highest rate of nearly 1,200 a year at Fraser Regional Correctional Centre in Maple Ridge. Nanaimo and Prince George both recorded nearly 800 incidents a year by 2012, with lower rates at Vancouver Island, Surrey Pretrial, North Fraser Pretrial and Ka-mloops.
Th e auditor’s re-port says one reason for the increase is that incidents are being reported and tracked on a more systematic basis. Bellringer also notes that there isn’t a clear defi nition of what constitutes a safety and security incident, and B.C. Corrections doesn’t have a target of what constitutes an ac-ceptable level.
Justice Minister Su-zanne Anton said con-ditions in B.C. prisons are improving thanks to a $185 million con-struction program, in-cluding an addition to Surrey Pretrial, a new women’s wing at Prince George and expansion of Alouette Correction-al Centre for Women.
A new 300-cell Okanagan adult cus-tody facility at Oliver is under construction, and expected to open in 2016. Anton said
that extra space will al-leviate the space short-age at other facilities,but it remains to beseen if the new prisonwill allow the removalof tent-like temporarystructures that havehoused low-risk in-mates at Kamloops andFraser in recent years.
Th e audit also ques-tioned the availabilityand eff ectiveness of re-habilitation programsoff ered in B.C. prisons.Th e audit found thatonly one program, vio-lence prevention, wasevaluated and shown toreduce the likelihood ofreoff ending.
Th e fi ve core pro-grams operated in B.C.provincial prisons are:
• Respectful relation-ships, to help inmatesunderstand and elimi-nate abusive behav-iours
• Substance abusemanagement, to reducerelapse and develophealthier lifestyles
• Violence preven-tion, designed to re-duce aggressive behav-iour
• Emotional manage-ment for women
• Relationship skillsfor women
Correctional centresalso off er life skills, vo-cational, literacy andschool extension pro-grams. All programsare voluntary, and withan average sentencedstay of 71 days, someinmates aren’t in cus-tody long enough tocomplete studies evenif they want to.
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Temporary building in foreground at Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre was put in place to add living space. Two similar structures are in use at Fraser Regional Correctional Centre in Maple Ridge.
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Wounded Warriors Weekend Jessica PetersBlack Press
A massive event that has brought together veterans each summer for the past three years is coming to Chilliwack.
Th e Wounded War-riors Weekend, taking place July 31 to Aug. 3, is expected to draw in 250 participants to share in some much-needed relaxation, recreation and cama-raderie. But more than anything, the weekend off ers a chance for heal-ing, and feeling a little less alone in the world.
Th e focus in on those ‘wounded warriors’ who are dealing with the eff ects of post trau-matic stress disorder. While the weekend fi rst was started with war vets in mind, it now has grown to include a wide range of participants. RCMP members, mem-bers of the military, fi re fi ghters, fi rst respond-ers and Corrections Canada employees are all welcome to take part in the activities of the weekend.
“It’s a self healing weekend,” said orga-nizer Bill Higdon. Th ere are no counsellors at the ready, no overly structured plans to fol-low. But there will be plenty to do for those who come. Last year the event was held in Slave Lake, AB and the ac-tivities off ered included golfi ng, fi shing, a mo-torcycle rodeo, a large gala event, a dance and a wind up party.
And none of it costs a dime to those par-ticipating. Everything from air travel from anywhere in country, to accommodations (at the Pacifi c Regional Training Centre’s Exec-utive Hotel), to the rec-reation portion, meals and entertainment, are all off ered free to those who attend.
Post traumatic stress can be debilitating, and can lead to depression and suicide. Th ere were a reported 178 Cana-dian soldier suicides between 2002 and 2014 — 20 more than the number of armed forces members killed in ac-tion. While the rate is in line with the general population, it’s believed the common link in many of those deaths is post traumatic stress disorder.
Common complaints included excessive fears and anxiety, memo-ries that won’t go away,
cold sweats and anger. Even a car backfi ring in a peaceful suburban neighbourhood can trigger fl ashbacks. And enough of these triggers can force the country’s strongest and brav-est people to barricade themselves off from the world, their friends, and even their own spouses and children.
But the tide may be turning, as post trau-matic stress, depres-sion and suicide are be-coming better studied and less stigmatized. Talking about it really can help. And that’s re-ally what the Wounded Warriors Weekend is all about. Th e organiz-ing team is looking for partners to help make the weekend a success. Th e average cost to ca-ter to each participant (including travel) is $2,500. Covering the costs for the partici-
pants eliminates any fi nancial barriers, as many of the Wounded Warriors are no longer employed.
“We strive to bring more awareness to the Wounded Warriors Weekend that works to promote the healing of damaged souls with the combination of nature, music, compassion and renewed support,” the organizers said. Be-tween now and the Au-gust long weekend, they will be hosting numer-ous fundraising events and accepting dona-tions. Any money in excess of what is needed for the weekend will be forwarded to next year’s committee.
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Th ere are a few ways to help the organizing committee fundraise for the Wounded War-
riors Weekend.On Jan. 24, the Ved-
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Tickets are also on sale for their Valentine’s Day dinner event, to be held on Feb. 14 at the Best Western. Th e dinner will feature co-median Bobby Henline and Elvis tribute artist Jeff Bodner, along with a silent and live auction. Tickets are $50 and can purchased from the Ve-dder Legion.
To donate to the Wounded Warriors Weekend, purchase tickets, sponsor a par-ticipant, or nominate a ‘wounded warrior’ con-tact Jeff Bodner at 604-316-7882 or visit www.woundedwarriorsweek-end.org
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Bobby Henline, at bottom, goes for a tandem skydive. Henline is a war veteran who now performs stand up comedy. He will perform at a benefit for the Wounded Warriors Weekend on Valentine’s Day in Chilliwack.
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The battle for Kennewick Man
My Christmas reading included a fascinating new book called Ken-newick Man, a study of skeletal re-mains discovered in 1996 on the bank of the Columbia River in eastern Washington.
He was an ancient hunter bur-ied just south of B.C. almost 9,000 years ago, in the Early Holo-cene period following the last Ice Age. Among the oldest humans found along the West Coast of North America, he sparked an un-precedented battle by the Smith-sonian Institution to examine the skeleton and publish the book late last year.
Th e most controversial evidence came from the skull. It doesn’t match the classic Mongoloid pro-
fi le of modern aboriginal people, key to the theory that the earliest humans reached North America by land bridge from Siberia to Alaska as glaciers receded.
Smithsonian scientists con-fi rmed initial reports that Kenne-wick Man is a closer match with early Polynesians, and the Ainu people who remain in Japan today. He lived until about age 40, sur-viving for years with a stone spear point stuck in his hip.
Th e authors conclude from chemical analysis that “Kenne-wick Man could not have been a long-time resident of the area where he was found, but instead lived most of his adult life some-where along the Northwest and North Pacifi c coast where marine mammals were readily available.”
Th is suggests migration by sea, perhaps from a great distance.
Th e U.S. Army seized the skel-eton. Th e scientists sued and even-
tually won the right to a brief ex-amination. Th e court case exposed brutal and illegal actions of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and federal departments to destroy the site and intimidate the scientists.
U.S. law demanded all remains from before European settlement be repatriated for burial by local tribes, without examination.
Umatilla tribe spokesman Ar-mand Minthorn wrote in 1996: “We view this practice as desecra-tion of the body and a violation of our most deeply-held religious beliefs.
“From our oral histories, we know that our people have been part of this land since the begin-ning of time. We do not believe that our people migrated here from another continent, as the sci-entists do.”
Th e head of the Society for American Archaeology tried to get the researchers to drop their
lawsuit, fearing it would interfere with fragile relationships with area tribes.
Th e U.S. Justice Department warned the Smithsonian that lead scientist Douglas Owsley and oth-ers might be in criminal confl ict of interest as federal employees suing the government. Even the White House weighed in against them.
Meanwhile the skeleton was mishandled and later stored in substandard conditions at a Se-attle museum, where it remains today. Parts of both femurs were lost, and scientists were falsely ac-cused of taking them. Th ey had been removed by tribal represen-tatives and secretly buried.
Kennewick Man was found as the army was in tense negotia-tions with tribes on salmon fi sh-ing rights on the Columbia, their demand for removal of dams, and the $100 billion cleanup of the Hanford nuclear site.
Th e scientists fi nally won theircase in 2004, with a ruling thatthe skeleton is so old there isn’tenough evidence to show it is re-lated to the current tribes. Th ejudge found the army repeatedlymisled the court, and assessed thegovernment $2.4 million in costs.
Th e U.S. Army still controls theskeleton and denies requests forfurther study. Th e spear point, forexample, could show the locationwhere he was injured.
One fi nal irony. Analysis showsKennewick Man ate mostly salm-on in his later years, around 6300BCE. Th ese are the salmon runswiped out by dams built by U.S.Army engineers before the sign-ing of the Columbia River Treatywith B.C.
Tom Fletcher is legislature re-porter and columnist for BlackPress.
Twitter: @tomfl etcherbc Email: tfl [email protected]
OpinionPublished at Hope, Boston Bar, Yale and surrounding area by Black Press
Stand up to intoleranceTh e execution of 10 journalists and two police offi cers by Is-
lamist extremists in Paris last week has justifi ably drawn interna-tional condemnation.
It’s seen as not only an attack against a single news outlet, but an aff ront to a fundamental tenet of our democratic values: Freedom of expression.
Th at the newspaper Charlie Hebdo can spark outrage is nothing new. It’s satirical attack on institutions on all sides of the political and religious spectrum has spared few.
But anger is one thing. Murder is something else.According to media reports the journalists were singled out,
identifi ed by name and systematically shot.Th ey are not the fi rst journalists to die, of course. Last year 61
journalists were killed doing their job. In 2013 the number was 70.True, reporting from locations like a war zone can be a dan-
gerous business. But of those killed last year, 27 were deliberately murdered. Th e motives vary. However, the underlying theme is the suppression of information and a desire to control the message.
We can’t let that happen.We can’t let any individual or organization dictate through force
the information we receive, whether it’s an in depth investigation, or a satirical cartoon.
To be clear, freedom of expression is not absolute. Th ere are lim-itations, (like the promotion of violence and the dissemination of hate). But that still leaves a lot of latitude.
We live in a time when access to information has never been easier. We can fi nd it online, have it delivered to our doorstep, or channeled to our living room.
But behind that information are thousands of women and men striving to provide the details you need to form your own judge-ments about a complicated world.
We can’t let the ignorance and intolerance of armed thugs – and those who support them – stand in our way.
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After attending Hope’s Monday night council meeting, I now un-derstand why I may become the towns next homeless victim. It has also become clear why the town of Hope has already scheduled four consecutive budget increases for the next four years ahead.
It is clear that homelessness/pov-erty has become a national emer-gency, brought on by mental illness, including trauma induced PTSD, and substance addiction. Since the federal governments of past and present refuse to deal with this countrywide dilemma, provincial and municipal governments, as well as do gooder charities, have decid-ed to jump on the band wagon, and
make a meal out of it. Don’t get me wrong, I have nothing against the homeless or the mentally ill. In fact, I’ve been homeless myself, as well as suffering a lifetime from PTSD (no fault of mine). But for municipal governments to deal with home-lessness and mental illness is be-yond ridiculous. Not only do they not have the expertise, there is no possible way that we as a communi-ty can afford to annually increment our budgets, or do we have the re-sources to do so, for something that is totally outside our jurisdiction.
It was obvious and laughable to watch the various proponents to scurry in and out of the room to avoid possible conflict of interest,
to maintain their glutinous greed on the pretext of helping out those who need our compassion and pro-fessional help, when the help they are providing only maintains the status quo, and keeps the propo-nents gainfully employed.
From personal experience, I can assuredly attest that type of help would only keep me dependent on the system, and the proponents em-ployed. It’s a never-ending expen-sive cycle with few real beneficia-ries, other than the administrators. What took me away from home-lessness, was somebody was kind enough to offer me a job. Homeless-ness is, or at least, should be a fed-eral responsibility. What we need to
end homelessness in Canada, is a national strategy. It’s time we all put pressure on our federal government to pony up and do the right thing. If they can afford to subsidize the Alberta Tar Sands and major corpo-rations, then they can afford to look after those in society who need the help most.
A solution formula for homeless-ness would be education, a federal increment to corporate taxation, which is ridiculously low, a basic income plan, and a mental health strategy. To continue on the path we’re on of increasing municipal taxes will eventually drive us all there!
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I had a little chat with the MP for our area. Yes folks, I was allowed a whole half hour from his very, very busy schedule. I was told that’s the only time he can allow for me. I had four questions for him.
Question No. 1: What is the expected timeline for govern-ment services? Our MP was stumped. He said it depends on the situation.
Question No. 2: How come
$200 million over 50 years? Well he started to explain that it was a mistake and went on to explain that was supposed to be a hell of lot over a six year period.
Question No. 3: I asked if I should believe the news media. He explained that his prime minister had correct-ed the $200 million over 50 years. I asked how I had not heard anything about it in the
news media. To that, I did not get any answer.
Question No. 4: I asked him how come we don’t see him unless there is a photo-op involved. He went on to explain how Mr. Atamanen-ko, an MP for B.C. Southern Interior, is having town meet-ings about three or four times a year in most of the towns in his riding. His answer was that his method gave him a
face-to-face meeting with his constituents.
All through, he was go-ing through my photo album where I keep my letters to the editor that I’ve got published over the years. While Mr. Strahl and I were talking, the fellow he introduced as his assistant was writing notes until the half hour was over and the assistant said the time was up.
In my opinion, I felt that Mr. Strahl did not feel com-fortable answering any of my questions.
As we were leaving his of-fi ce, I asked him who pays his wages. He answered without batting an eye, the Canadian government. I said asked him if he was sure and he cor-rected himself and said, the taxpayers.
Yukon Eric Holopainen
Our MP not comfortable answering questions
We must not only con-demn the Paris murder-ers, but also consider the context. Given that the assassins shouted “Allah” and proclaimed that “Th e prophet is now avenged,” it is clear that while ter-rorism was the method, extremist Islam was the motivation.
Democratic peoples now need to ask this ques-tion: “How widespread is Muslim support for such extremist action?”
Let’s hope it’s limited, and that there’s wide-spread denunciation by leaders of the 57 coun-tries in the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, and strong denunciation by Muslim leaders in de-mocracies.
Unfortunately, I’m not very optimistic. In almost all of the 57 OIC coun-tries, freedom of religion and the press are severely curtailed or non-existent.
Twenty-three make apos-tasy a crime, mainly with a death penalty. Most of the other 34 don’t tolerate religious freedom.
Also, recent European data is startling: “35 per cent of all Muslims in France believe suicide bombings are justifi ed.”
“38.6 per cent of Muslims believe 9/11 attacks were justifi ed.” “One-third of British Muslims support killing for Islam.” “78 per cent of British Muslims support punishing the publishers of Muham-mad cartoons.” “68 per cent of British Muslims
support the arrest and prosecution of anyone who insults Islam.”
All of these poll results can be found at www.thereligionofpeace.com/pages/opinion-polls.htm.
Are we dealing with a tiny, deviant minority?
John H. Redekop
Poll results over support for terrorism a concern
A special Happy New Year to all who are person-ally subjected to the per-petual MSP premium in-creases.
As the provincial Lib-eral government imposes another annual increase to Medical Service Plan (MSP) premiums, it is
again time to remind Brit-ish Columbia residents that this is probably the most regressive tax in Canada.
A family of two with a “MSP adjusted net income” of $31,000 will pay $1,560 annually, or about five per cent of their income for MSP premiums. With
a net income of $50,000, these premiums will be ap-proximately three per cent, and at $80,000 they will be somewhere around two per cent.
This tax destined for general revenue belies the government’s statement that “British Columbia has
the lowest provincial in-come tax rate.”
B.C. residents most af-fected by this regressive taxation, through provin-cial and other levels of tax-ation and fees, also contrib-ute to the MSP premiums of approximately 400,000 public sector employees
from all levels of govern-ment, institutions and agencies, including MLAs, ministers and the premier.
MSP premiums are an unfair tax, inefficiently col-lected for general revenue by a managing bureau-cracy. Considering all the public sector employees
and union members who benefit from this process, don’t expect any change, as no politician of any stripe will address this issue. The most one can hope for is the annual increases and rhetoric about the lowest income tax rate will cease.
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On Dec. 18, Fraser Hope Lodge had a Christmas party for the residents, family and friends.
Santa Claus was well received. Don Appel was Santa Claus in his red suit and white beard and his beaming smile. Every resident received a beautiful gift with lots of hugs and kisses. Th ere was enter-tainment and homemade goodies and cider which was enjoyed by everyone. Marja Losier, the activ-ity coordinator, and staff prepared a wonderful and magical aft ernoon. Th e Auxiliary to Fraser Canyon Hospital and Fraser Hope Lodge donated $1,000 so each resident would receive a Christmas gift . Wish-ing everyone Happy New Year, peace and harmony.
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Christmas party was ‘magical’
On behalf of all the residents of Hope and area, we would like to express our great appreciation to all the people who worked long, cold and hazardous hours, restoring heat and light to our homes, aft er last week’s ice storm. A simple thank you doesn’t seem enough, so we will say that these folks are our heroes!
Th anks so very much.Ray & Judy Green
Hard work of Hydro appreciated
Should repairs to the Hope Station House be a budget priority this year?
To answer, go to the home page of our website:
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CURRENT WEB POLL:
Were you prepared for the lengthy power
outages caused by this week’s ice storm?
Here’s how you responded:
Yes 50% No 50%
PREVIOUS WEB POLL:
Th is month’s ice storm in Hope brought out the best in the people of our community. Unfor-tunately it also brought to the forefront the fact that we are living in an information black hole. As far as the media is concerned, Hope barely exists.
For the better part of three days many of us had only spotty Hydro service and no Internet connectivity at all. Th e only thing we could rely on for information was a broadcast outlet 50 km away more focused on providing us with the lat-est tune from the talent du jour than any substan-tial information on what
our community needed to carry on. As far as the ‘news’ organizations in Vancouver go, we are simply not even on the map.
It is also disappoint-ing that once we were ‘back on the grid,’ even this esteemed publication placed any story about the ice storm behind a pay-wall, giving full ac-cess to subscribers only.
Many people relied on Facebook via their smart phones to exchange up-dates, but this is hardly a reasonable substitute for those who choose not to use Facebook or for peo-ple who are not online.
What Hope needs is a community radio station.
Such an outlet, harken-ing back to the days of the 1240 khz AM version of CKGO, staff ed by vol-unteers, would be dedi-cated to the community at large. It should provide local news and promote our area of the Fraser Valley and its services. When disaster strikes, such as the ice storm, the people will have a voice to turn to with not only eyewitness reports, but also a targeted source of up to the minute news and information. At other times, visitors to our town could fi nd out about local events. Th e benefi ts there are incred-ible in that it can lead to increased revenue for our
local businesses.Community radio in
Hope can refl ect and pro-mote our cultural diver-sity and enrich said cul-ture by broadcasting local content related to social, economic and communi-ty issues. Th is is more im-portant than playing the latest from Nicki Minaj or Demi Lovato. Th e ben-efi ts are tangible. I urge the district to explore this and then present a pro-posal to the CRTC to get us on the air as in the days when we had our own lo-cal radio station, behold-en to the people and not some faceless corpora-tion where the only goal is profi t.
Anthony G. Pavick
Don Appel (Santa) and Lew Hampton at the Fraser HopeLodge Christmas party on Dec. 18.
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SILVER CREEK COMMUNITY FORUMFRIDAY, JANUARY 16 AT 6:00 PM
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a chance to share their experiences and input. While the forum is specifi cally for Silver Creek residents,
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The shakeout of liquefied natural gas proposals for B.C. continues, with Exx-onMobil’s large-scale project for Prince Ru-pert moving ahead and smaller projects changing or withdraw-ing plans.
ExxonMobil and its Canadian subsidiary Imperial Oil have filed a detailed description with B.C.’s Environ-mental Assessment Office, planning for a city-owned site on Tuck Inlet north of
Prince Rupert Har-bour.
One of the larger of 18 B.C. proposals, West Coast Canada LNG (WCC LNG) pro-poses up to five float-ing barges for LNG loading with onshore support facilities, and an estimated capital cost of $15-25 billion. WCC LNG plans to start construction by 2017 and be in service by 2024.
WCC LNG sorted through a half dozen sites in the Kitimat and Prince Rupert area, where the larger
of B.C.’s 18 current LNG export proposals are also claiming sites. Natural Gas Develop-ment Minister Rich Coleman says 2015 is when the LNG in-dustry begins to take shape, despite a slump in oil prices and rising competition from U.S. and other gas produc-ers.
“New drilling activ-ity in our upstream sector demonstrates investors remain confi-dent in B.C.’s long-term natural gas potential,” Coleman said in a New Year commentary re-
leased last week. “One of our province’s larg-est Crown land sales in history occurred near the end of 2014, with industry contributing more than $209 mil-lion for exploration right alone.”
Proponents of Au-rora LNG Grassy Point near Prince Rupert withdrew that applica-tion to start the year, focusing on another site at Digby Island.
Also withdrawn is the Farrell Creek raw gas processing plant north of Hudson’s Hope, a project tak-
en over by Chinese-owned Progress En-ergy.
Progress is a partner with PETRONAS in Pacific Northwest LNG at Lelu Island near Prince Rupert, with its investment decision
postponed indefinite-ly late last year amid changing global energy supply and demand.
Woodfibre LNG near Squamish is an-other small-scale proj-ect moving ahead, with its application for B.C.
environmental assess-ment accepted at theend of 2014.
The public com-ment period closedfor another large-scaleproposal, the Shell-ledLNG Canada proposalfor Kitimat.
LNG plans continue despite oil slumpNews
Shoreline on Tuck Inlet where ExxonMobil proposes to locate barge-based marine offloading facility for LNG tankers. WEST COAST CANADA LNG PHOTO
Th e Chilliwack-Hope federal NDP and Pipe Up Network have teamed up to co-host a public town hall meeting next week, entitled “Protecting Our Waterways.”
Th e event will be moderated by Chilliwack-Hope NDP Candidate Seonaigh MacPherson.
Eddie Gardner of Skwah First Nation will wel-come guests. Event panelists will include Joanne Gutierrez Hugh, Stó:lō tribal council chief; Carri-elynn Victor, traditional plant practitioner – Stó:lō; Michael Hale, Pipe Up Network; and Dr. Michael Pearson, an independent biologist with Pearson Ecological Inc. A public question and answer pe-riod will follow the panel discussion. Time permit-ting, there will be a Meet and Greet with coff ee and snacks aft er that.
Th e event will start at 7 p.m. on Jan. 22 at Bldg. 10 on the Stó:lō Nation site, 7201 Vedder Rd. in Chilliwack. (Bldg. 10 is the large three-story reddish building near the centre of the site). For more infor-mation, contact Seonaigh MacPherson at [email protected]
Town hall meeting Jan. 22 on protecting waterways
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Two large salmon carvings that were stolen from the Ruby Creek Art Gallery gazebo just after 2:30 a.m. on Jan. 5 have now been returned undamaged. The gallery, which is owned and operated by the Skawahlook First Nation, launched a social media campaign after the theft and released raw surveillance footage on their Facebook page. The video showed two people pull up in a white pickup and disappear with the carvings less than two minutes later. The gallery had offered a reward for information leading to their return. They were dropped off at the gallery sometime overnight between Tuesday and Wednesday in a TV box with a note.
Stolen carvings returned
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Baseball is back in Agassiz Lorene KeitchBlack Press
The baseball diamonds sit empty and Chris McCurdy wonders why. He wants to renew the once-popular lo-cal pastime with the start of a new youth baseball league.
McCurdy, president of the newly-formed Agassiz Base-ball Association, hopes to start up this year with a pro-gram for kids from five to 15 years old.
“It’s ambitious,” he admits.McCurdy has lived here
since 2002. With no kid’s baseball league locally, he started driving his son to Chilliwack three years ago for competitive baseball. Sam, now 12, took to the sport quickly and currently plays on an all-star team in the city.
When asked what Sam likes about the sport, he re-
plies simply: “Everything.”His favourite positions are
centre field and pitching and he likes that there’s less run-ning than in soccer. It’s chal-lenging, fun and Sam has become friends with his teammates.
McCurdy says while he wants the Agassiz pro-gram to help kids like his son get better, he also wants those who have never picked up a bat to feel welcome too.
“There’s a place for all kids on the team,” he says.
It all depends on how many kids are registered for how big this program will be. But ideally, McCurdy is look-ing to get 12 kids in each age
group including Tadpoles (ages 7-9), Mosquitos (ages 9-11), Peewee (ages 11-13) and Bantam (ages 13-15).
Because tee ball players ( 5-7 year olds) won’t travel for games, the ideal number for this group would be about 30 kids. That way, they can play each other locally.
Staying local is what the league is all about. With five baseball dia-monds beside the Community Rec-
reation & Cultural Centre, the infrastructure is already in place.
And McCurdy has a dream that kids here can once again hop on their bikes, glove in their back pocket, and bike
to the local diamonds to go play.
“If a kid wants to play hockey or any competitive sport, they have to leave,” McCurdy exclaims. This league will bring the game to the kids instead of the other way around.
The baseball association is in place. The logo has been designed and McCurdy even sports a new jacket designed for the local league. All they need now are players and several more coaches.
Registration opens tomor-row, January 16.
Registration forms are available at the rec centre, the Seabird Island band of-fice or on the association’s website at www.agassizll.com
For more information about the program, check out the website or call Chris Mc-Curdy at 604-300-0320.
Community
Some seriously funny fellas are set to return to the Chilliwack Cul-tural Centre stage this month, com-plete with bowties and male strip-per alter egos.
Th e Comic Strippers, led by Van-couver-based comedian Roman Danylo, are back in town on Jan. 31.
Th e show combines improv the-atre with some truly terrible dance moves and a bunch of shirtless guys. And while audiences can rest assured that there will be no full nu-dity, they’ll fi nd themselves face-to-face with full hilarity instead.
“We still keep ourselves giggling – thank goodness!” said Danylo. “I think when we stop giggling at the ridiculousness, we’ll have to stop. But so far it’s still in the realm of giggles.”
Th ese gyrating gents performed in Chilliwack last January, and have been on the road honing their craft ever since, selling out shows all across the country.
Th e result? A bigger, better, and funnier show than ever before.
“At fi rst the idea of choreo-graphed movements made our brains explode,” said Danylo. “We said, ‘Nah – that’s never going to happen.’ But we’re choreographing stuff as we go, almost by accident, because we’re doing it more fre-quently. We have muscle memory. Th ese moves are in my body, and they want out!”
Th e show follows the lives of fi c-titious male strippers – all named Chip – who attempt to gain respect by putting on an improv comedy show. With decades of comedy ex-perience, matching bowties, and a healthy dose of shirtless dancing, the show is a hilarious concoction where saucy meets awkward.
“It’s kind of a weird cross be-tween Th under From Down Un-
der, Blue Man Group, and Whose Line Is It Anyway – we’re really just clowns,” Danylo said. “And we learned pretty quickly that we can actually keep the show pretty clean for the most part. Th ere’s almost no swearing, and compared to other comedy shows I’ve been a part of, this is one of the cleanest in terms of content.
“And it’s always good to remem-ber that it’s defi nitely a parody of a male stripper show – a comedy,” he added with a grin. “No one’s going to see anything horrible and scar-ring.”
For the fi rst time ever, the show introduces a brand-new twist with Denise Jones joining the Comic Strippers onstage as Chip Etté, the fi rst-ever female member of the
comic strippers.“It’s a really tough thing to ex-
plain,” Roman said with a laugh. “Basically, Chip Etté is dressed like a man for the entire show, and the Chips don’t realize this Chip is any diff erent. It’s clearly obvious to the audience, but we have no idea that she might not be like us. And there are all sorts of opportunity for hi-larity there.”
Th e Comic Strippers: Introduc-ing Chip Etté takes over the stage at the Chilliwack Cultural Cen-tre on Jan. 31 at 7:30 p.m. Call the Centre Box Offi ce at 604-391-SHOW(7469) or visit chilliwack-culturalcentre.ca to get advance tickets. Tickets are $32 for adults, $29 for seniors, and $27 for stu-dents.
Comic Strippers return to Chilliwack
Portraying a fictitious male stripper troupe, “The Comic Strippers” consists of some of our country’s best improvisational comedians performing some of the most hilarious improv comedy you’ll ever see.
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MT. HOPE SEVENTH-DAYADVENTIST CHURCH
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Taken from The Hope Standard archives
JANUARY 1955• Paul Scherle is elected
as chairman of the Village Commission
• Building construction in 1954 hit the lowest mark since 1948, with a total 63 permits issued for a total cost of $155,100
• Vandals break into a ’51 Chev at Barker’s Used Car Lot, causing considerable damage to the car
• The Village of Hope purchases a new $8,000 all-purpose grader which digs ditches, loads gravel, and grades roads
• Hope’s Amateur Boxing Club meets some of the Valley’s best fighters from Chilliwack and Kilgard in a “battle royal” at the Catholic Hall
• Bruce Grant, from Grant’s Sporting Goods, announces he’s sponsoring a Steelhead Derby, with prizes handed out for the smallest and largest steelhead
JANUARY 1965• Bodies of two young
people are believed to be buried in the 50 million ton slide which swept across the Hope-Princeton Highway
• Town crews had to have 10 cars towed away in order to clear the roadsides for plowing after a further six inches of snow fell on already congested streets
• The first baby born in Fraser Canyon Hospital is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Allan Gutierrez
• Town council rejects a request for rezoning the 10-acre Hope Indian Reserve for a half-million dollar tourist accommodation development
• Work on the section of the North Shore Highway from Ruby Creek to Haig gets underway, with three bulldozers being moved into the area by a Highways Department crew
• A six-year-old girl is instantly killed when she crosses the Trans-Canada Highway in Laidlaw after seeing her father in the phone booth at Hall’s
service station
JANUARY 1975• Approval of the new
laboratory at Fraser Canyon Hospital is received from the Deputy Minister of Hospital Insurance in Victoria
• A snowstorm keeps crews busy scooping up nearly 23 inches of snow
• Hope donors give 231 pints of blood, which is the most successful Red Cross Blood Donor Clinic to date
• Town council adopts a provisional budget for 1975 that totals just over $1 million, which includes $8,000 to go towards the Hope Arena
• Steve and Mike Ferguson are chosen to play on the 10-member basketball team representing B.C. at the Canada Winter Games
• A. M. Cawston is presented with a Workers’ Compensation Board Bravery Award for his part in the attempted rescue of a fellow worker in an accident at the Giant Mascot Mine
JANUARY 1985• Hope Community
Services’ thrift store receives a brief reprieve from being homeless with renovations to the Woods building starting later than expected
• A multi-vehicle collision involving a highways ministry grader sends three people to hospital
• A 47-year-old Hope man is sentenced to seven years in prison after pleading guilty to the sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl
• Hope and Boston Bar RCMP announce they will now use hollow-spike belts to stop high-speed car chases
• Hope Ratepayers Association is lobbying the provincial government for a pedestrian walkway for the Coquihalla bridge to Kawkawa Lake
• Local bothers Richard and Nick Nielsen receive national bravery awards for rescuing a motorist from a burning truck
History in HopeCommunity
COMMUNITY CALENDARMONDAYHope Al-Anon Group: Al-Anon supports friends and families of problem drinkers. Monday, Jan. 19 8 p.m. Fraser Canyon Hospi-tal meeting room1275 7th [email protected]
TUESDAYSenior fitness class: Total body workout for seniors 55+ using music to movement, weights and bands. It runs Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9 a.m. Golden Ager’s Hall 560 Douglas St. [email protected]
Hope Scrabble Club: Queue, quixotry, zymurgy. If you are a serious Scrabble player looking for a challenging game, this is the group for you. Tuesday, Jan. 20 10 a.m. Hope Library 1005A 6th [email protected]
Conversation Circles: If you are learning
English and want to practice speaking with other people in a friendly, casual place then join us for weekly guided discus-sions about Canadian culture, food, current events and a variety of other topics. A ReadRight program.. Tuesday, Jan. 20 10:30 a.m. Hope Library 1005A 6th [email protected]
Hope Library Book Club: Meet fellow book lovers and discuss a selected title over refreshments. Call or visit the library to learn which book is being discussed this month. Copies of the current month’s book are available at the library. Tuesday, Jan. 20 6:30 p.m. Hope Li-brary 1005A 6th Ave. [email protected]
Hope Community Choir: This secular choir sings for joy of singing. Come, singing is so good for you. A fun learning experi-
ence. We practice weekly. Tuesday, Jan. 20 7 p.m. Hope United Church 310 Queen St. [email protected]
Family Literacy Day: Celebrate Family Literacy Day! Stories and poems will also be read by members of the community. Evening snacks will be provided! Tuesday, Jan. 27 6:30 p.m. Hope Library 1005A 6th Ave. [email protected]
WEDNESDAY$how Me the Money: A beginner’s financial literacy program that looks at creating and maintaining budgets, preparing for holiday expenses, and making smart food decisions. Learn to get the best bang for your buck, and how to stretch a dollar a little further! Please pre-register by contacting via email or telephone! Wednes-day, Jan. 21 1 p.m. Read Right Society Bay Room 895 3rd Ave.
Westie Army Cadet Training: Th e cadet program prepares youth ages 12 to 19 to become the leaders of tomorrow through fun yet challenging activities. Wednesday, Jan. 21 6:30 p.m. Hope Legion 344 Fort [email protected]
Chef Hiro Takeda: A “foodie” can be defined as a person who has an enthustiastic interest in the preparation and consumption of good food! Join “foodie” Hiro Takeda, of Hope’s 293 Wallace Street Restau-rant, for a delicious eve-ning of demonstrations, tips ‘n’ tricks, and food talk. Wednesday, Jan. 21 6:30 p.m. Hope Library 1005A 6th Ave. [email protected]
THURSDAYSeniors Coff ee and Conversation: Drop in to discuss current events or visit with friends while you have a cup of cof-
fee and a homemade treat. Th ursday, Jan. 22 10:30 a.m. Hope Library1005A 6th [email protected]
FRIDAYFriday Aft ernoon Help: Book a half-hour uninterrupted “Help!” session. Whether you are learning to use your new e-reader, mystifi ed by email or anything in between - the library can help fi nd you an answer! Registration required. Friday, Jan. 16 1:30 p.m. Hope Library 1005A 6th Ave. [email protected]
SUNDAYHappy Knit Group: Bring your knit-ting and share in the conversation about patterns and projects, ideas and yarns. Be-ginners and all abili-ties are welcome to join this cozy fi reside knitting circle. Sunday, Jan. 18 1:30 p.m. Hope Library 1005A 6th [email protected]
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Well, at least their guests went home happy… with all of the hardware.
Hope’s midget C1 Wildcats hockey club started off with a 4-4 tie in the opening game of their home tournament last weekend but they ran up against some tough clubs — and a hot goalie — in their following three games.
Head coach, Rick Simon, said his team was up 2-0 after the first period against New Westminster on Friday night and they led 4-2 after two.
“Then the other team came back to tie us at 4-4 and we couldn’t break it,” said Simon. His son Hayden was chosen as the Wildcats’ player-of-the-game and Jacob Lucki (pronounced “Loose-key”) was the most-sportsmanlike.
“In our second game, against Langley, we came up against a really hot goalie,” said the coach. We out-played them and out-shot them but couldn’t score.”
Hope’s player-of-the-game honours in the 3-0 loss went to Seth Point and most-sportsman-like, to Brandon Baboth.
Lucki was player-of-the-game for the Wildcats in a 6-3 loss to Kamloops in the third game and coach Simon was particularly im-pressed with Myron Peters, who was named as the most-sports-manlike player.
“Myron was getting some ex-tra attention from some of their players and he composed himself and did not retaliate.”
Peters continued on his roll in the final match, being named player-of-the-game in the Wild-cats’ 8-2 loss to Surrey on Sunday morning. Chase Bestwick was the most-sporting of the Wild-cats’ line-up.
Bestwick led the Wildcats with three goals on the weekend, while Simon and Peters each had two goals and two assists. Mar-shall Pennier contributed a goal and two helpers.
Delta took first place with a 7-1 win over Langley in Sunday’s championship match.
“We’re probably about a 500 team in league play,” said coach Simon. “We started the season pretty well but it’s gone down since then. We had two or three
injuries and when you’ve already got a short bench, that doesn’t help.
“Our goalie, Alex Schwichten-berg, just came back from a bro-ken collar bone. Chase Bestwick stepped in as his replacement and did a good job.”
Hope readers may have noted a number of unfamiliar names in this story. That’s because most of
the team lives out of town.“I’d say we’re probably two-
thirds Agassiz-Harrison and one third Hope,” figured Simon, a Harrison Hot Springs resident who works as unit chief of the BC Ambulance station in Hope.
This is the third year of no body-checking in all levels of house or “C” hockey, said Simon. Leaning on a player or angling
them against the boards in a low-impact way is still allowed.
“I think it’s a more coachable game now,” he contended. “It keeps them out of the penalty box and focuses more on speed and skill. It’s a game for all sizes and abilities. I know kids who have carried on into midget hockey who probably wouldn’t have if there was body-checking.”
Hope’s bantam C1 Wildcatshost their eight-team tourna-ment on the Jan. 21-23 weekend.The bantams are second out of 15teams in the Fraser Valley Eastleague, with one game (Wednes-day after press time) to go beforeplayoffs begin. They had a recordof 18 wins, 2 losses and 3 tiesbefore Wednesday’s game, saidteam manager Jesse James.
Wildcats battling through several injuries
Midget C forward Hayden Simon (right) is leaned on by a Surrey player in Sunday morning action during last weekend’s eight-team midget house tournament. The localteam had its best result in the opening game, Friday, with a 4-4 tie against New Westminster.
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FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS
7 OBITUARIES
DEMOSKOFF,William Wasyl
The family of William Wasyl Demoskoff announces his passing in Abbotsford, BC on January 8, 2015. He was for-merly of Grand Forks, BC.Bill was just over 100 years old and had celebrated this milestone birthday last June, surrounded by his children and grandchildren.The fi fth and youngest child of Wasyl and Luchenia (Tomelin) Demosky, Bill was born on June 13, 1914 in Dolina Lugo-voya, a Doukhobor settlement near Pass Creek, BC.He was predeceased by his wife Ann in 1980, his parents, his sister Mabel and his broth-ers Pete, Fred and George.Bill is survived by his son Michael (Yvonne) of Hope BC, daughter Margaret (Sid) of Ab-botsford BC, and by his grand-children Nicholas Demoskoff, Ted Gould (Nasim) and Sidney Gould. His is also sur-vived by sisters-in-law Marie Demoskoff and Edna Cazak-off, as well as numerous niec-es and nephews.Rest in peace, Pop.
FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS
7 OBITUARIES
SOLTIS,Andrew
May 31, 1927 -December 27, 2014
On December 27, 2014, our beloved Andy passed away at the age of 87. He is sadly missed by Theresa, his wife of 62 years; children Allen (Kath-leen), Robert (Carla), and grandchildren Katherine (Ad-am), Andrew, and Marie. Andy is survived by sisters Ann and Mary and brother-in-law Des (Irene) and numerous nieces and nephews. Andy was predeceased by his father Andy and mother Annie. Andy was born in Czechoslo-vakia and moved to Canada in 1933 with his mother and sis-ter Ann to join his father in Princeton, BC. From Prince-ton, the family moved to Hope where Andy graduated from Hope Secondary School in 1945. Although Andy had qualifi ed to attend university, he began work right after high school as a shovel and drag line operator.Andy met and married the love of his life, Theresa, in 1952. Shortly afterward, he bought his fi rst CATERPILLAR D4 from Earl B. Finning and be-gan Soltis Logging. In 1949, Andy bought a farm at Flood, BC, and in 1956, he bought property at Lytton, BC, and be-gan to raise beef cattle. Andy and his logging company worked in the Lytton, Lillooet, and Boston Bar area and, be-fore he sold out, the company employed 125 people. While semi-retired, Andy set up Soltis Holdings in 1975, and began to build houses. In 1983, he applied for and was awarded Woodlot 360 and, in 1993, Soltis Holdings was awarded the Woodlot Associa-tion’s Stewardship Award. Andy loved Lytton and the woodlot and continued to man-age and log it until his passing. When not working, Andy and Theresa had many happy trav-el adventures throughout Canada and the world. Andy taught his family how to work hard, how to treat people with compassion through ac-tions as well as words, how to be humble, and how to love life. Andy’s tremendous love of Theresa, his children and grandchildren, will always be remembered and treasured. Andy’s life will be celebrated at a memorial which will be held at 2:00 pm on January 24, 2015 at Christ Church, 618 Fraser Ave. Hope, BC.
FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS
7 OBITUARIES
WESTERLUND(Sicard) Irene Isabelle Jean
Nov. 23rd 1942 - Jan. 8th 2015
Our beloved Nanny passed away in the Fraser Canyon Hospital with Peanut by her side. She is survived by her husband of 50 years Ron. Children Renee (Brent), Shawn(Amanda), Roni-lynn(Robert) and Rhonda-lee(Pavel). Grandchildren Chandra-lee, BJ, Alexander,Lindsay, Taylor-rae, Dominik,Lucas and Logan. Great grand-daughter Ayva. Siblings Louise and Roger. Cousins, nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her parents Louis and Isabelle. Brothers Raymond, George, Marcel and Arthur. Sister Anita. At her request there will be no funeral. Condolences for the family will be held April 4th between 1pm-4pm at the North Bend Community Hall. In lieu of fl owers please consider making a donation to the Fraser Canyon Hospice Society 1275-7th Ave. Hope BC V0X 1L4
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EditorThe Hope Standard
The Hope Standard, a once a week, award winning community newspaper has an opening for an editor/reporter.
Reporting to the publisher, the editor/reporter will be instrumental in guiding the overall strategic direction of the Hope Standard. The successful candidate will possess above average leadership skills, will be a strong communicator, pay attention to detail and can work under pressure in a deadline driven environment.
This person will have the ability to perform editorial tasks and contribute to the editorial content both in print and online. Strong design skills with knowledge of InDesign, Photoshop and iMovie are required.
The editor will have a passion for, and is comfortable with, all aspects of multimedia journalism including diverse writing capabilities and advanced photography and video skills. You have a track record of turning around well-written, fact-based, concise, well-produced content quickly, for posting online immediately—with collateral (text, photos and video). You have demonstrable skills in all aspects of web journalism and a strong grasp of social media best practices (Twitter, Facebook, etc.).
Candidates should have a diploma/degree in journalism, or a related field.
The Hope Standard is part of Black Press, Canada’s largest privately held, independent newspaper company with more than 150 community, daily and urban newspapers in B.C., Alberta, Washington State, Ohio and Hawaii.
Those interested should email a resume, writing samples and a cover letter to:Carly [email protected] for applications is5:00pm January 18, 2015.
Thank you to all who apply. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS #1-15OPERATIONS OF CLAYBANKS RV PARK
The City of Merritt is seeking Requests for Proposals
from qualified proponents for the managing of
operations of the City owned Claybanks RV Park.
The successful proponent would be responsible for
managing the day to day operations of the Claybanks
RV Park on behalf of the City under a three-year term
contract for the period of April 1, 2015 to March 31,
2018.
RFP documents are available on the City’s website: www.merritt.ca and on the BC Bid website.
Completed proposals must be received in a sealed
envelope and labelled:
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by 4:00pm, Friday, January 30, 2015 at:
City of Merritt
P.O. Box 189,
2185 Voght St.,
Merritt, BC V1K 1B8
Attn. Leisure Services Manager
Any and all inquiries regarding this RFP must be submitted in writing to:
Larry Plotnikoff
Leisure Services Manager, City of Merritt
The City of Merritt reserves the right to accept or
reject any or all proposals, modify the terms of
the proposal at any time, to waive defects in any
proposal document and to accept the proposal
which it may consider to be in the best interests of
the City. The lowest cost proposal or any proposal
will not necessarily be accepted.
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CASUAL BUS DRIVERS REQUIRED
School District #78 (Fraser-Cascade) has openings on the Casual Bus Drivers list for qualifi ed applicants willing to drive in the Hope area. All applicants must possess a Class 2 Driver’s License with Air Brake Endorsement.Rate of Pay: $21.80 per hour as per CMAWBC
Collective AgreementRequirements: Class 2 with Air Endorsement
School Bus experience an assetApplicants will full supporting documentation, including references to be forwarded to:Natalie Lowe-ZucchetSecretary-TreasurerSchool District #78 (Fraser-Cascade)650 Kawkawa Lake RoadHope, B.C. V0X 1L4Email: [email protected]: 604-869-7400Questions regarding these positions may be directed to Dan Landrath, Transportation Supervisor at 604-796-1042.
EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION
130 HELP WANTED
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EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION
132 HOME STAY FAMILIESST. John Brebeuf Secondary school (Abbotsford) is looking for home stay families beginning Janu-ary 23, 2015. The monthly host fee is $800 and families are required to provide a bedroom, 3 meals a day, and Internet access. If interested, please contact Ted Brennan at [email protected] or 604-855-0571.
160 TRADES, TECHNICAL
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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
245 CONTRACTORS
BARCLAY FLETCHER CON-TRACTING, complete home reno’s, additions & more. (604)869-1686
139 MEDICAL/DENTAL
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257 DRYWALL
COMPLETE DRYWALL & stucco service. Repairs, renovations etc. Call (604)860-0400
260 ELECTRICAL
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KENLIN ELECTRIC, residential, ru-ral, commercial, new construction, reno’s. Call (604)860-8605
263 EXCAVATING & DRAINAGE
DRAINAGE, SANITARY, storm & water. Call RH Contracting for repairs, upgrades, new installs and diagnostics. Res., multi-family, commercial & industrial. 604-574-1747email: [email protected]
275 FLOOR REFINISHING/INSTALLATIONS
CANYON CARPETS, 549 Wallace St., Hope. For all your fl oor cover-ing needs! Call 604-869-2727
284 HEAT, AIR, REFRIGERATION
LLOYD’S UTILITIES, gas, oil & pro-pane furnaces, class A gas fi tter. (604)869-1111 or (604)869-6544
287 HOME IMPROVEMENTS
Full Service Plumbing from Parker Dean. Fast, reliable, 24/7 service. Take $50 off your next job if you present this ad. Vancouver area.1-800-573-2928
PRECISION EXTERIORS, roofi ng, siding, windows, doors and more. WCB insured. Call (604)750-8025
300 LANDSCAPING
GLEN TRAUN LANDSCAPING, Commercial & Residential yard maintenance. Call 604-869-2767
130 HELP WANTED
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139 MEDICAL/DENTAL
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320 MOVING & STORAGE
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329 PAINTING & DECORATING
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338 PLUMBING
DAVE’S PLUMBING, licensed, in-sured, gas fi tter, for all your plumb-ing needs. Call (604)869-4566
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377 UPHOLSTERY
ROGER’S UPHOLSTERY, furni-ture, windows, fabric, in-home & on-line estimates. Call 604-860-0939
387 WINDOWS
FRASER CANYON GLASS, for all your glass repairs, windshields do-mestic & imports. (604)869-9514
PETS
477 PETS
CATS OF ALL DESCRIPTION in need of caring homes!
All cats are spayed, neutered, vaccinated and dewormed.
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NEED A GOOD HOME for a good dog or a good dog for a good home? We adopt dogs! Call 604-856-3647 or www.856-dogs.com
NORWEGIAN ELKHOUND PUPS Ready Feb. 15. Reg’d. Vet checked
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TOY POODLE PUPS 6 weeks old. 2 females. 1 white, 1 cream. $800 each. 604-820-4230, 604-302-7602
MERCHANDISE FOR SALE
545 FUEL
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551 GARAGE SALES
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Thursday, January 15, 2015, Hope Standard A19
Council will hear the views of the public at the above referenced meeting in order to assist them in deciding whether the proposed amendment bylaws should proceed. Intent of the Proposed Amendment BylawsTo amend the Offi cial Community Plan Land Use Designation of the property at 22100 Ross Road from Limited Use to Country Residential and rezone the property at 22100 Ross Road from Limited Use (L-1) to Country Residential (CR-1) in order to subdivide the property.
Legal Description and Location of the Subject Property (see location map below)Fractional LS3 of Section 21 TWP 5 RGE 26 W6M YDYD, PID 014-670-015, 22100 Ross Road
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DISTRICT OF HOPE John Fortoloczky, Chief Administrative Offi cer
325 Wallace St. / 604-869-5671
[email protected] / www.hope.ca
Inspection of DocumentsIf you consider that these proposed bylaw amendments affects you or your property, you have the right to:
inspect the staff report and the proposed amendment bylaws at the District of Hope Municipal Hall during regular offi ce hours. The Municipal Hall is open from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday, excluding Statutory Holidays.
submit your views and comments to the District of Hope by letter or fax before 12:00 noon on Monday, January 26, 2015 and/or attend the Public Hearing and make your views known to Council when the Mayor asks for comments from the public.
MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 2015 AT 7:00 PM
in Council Chambers, Municipal Hall
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGto consider Offi cial Community Plan Amendment
Bylaw 1357 and Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 1358 for the property at 22100 Ross Road
FRASER VALLEY REGIONAL DISTRICTNOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
RESCHEDULEDNOTICE is hereby given that, pursuant to Section 892 of the Local Government Act, the Fraser Valley Regional District (FVRD) will conduct a Public Hearing with respect to FVRD Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 1281, 2014 [hereinafter referred to as Bylaw 1281] and FVRD Official Community Plan Amendment Bylaw No. 1282, 2014 [hereinafter referred to as Bylaw 1282].
The rescheduled Public Hearing will be held Thursday, January 22, 2015 at 7:00pm at the Hope & District Rec Centre, 1005 6 Ave, Hope.
The purpose of Bylaw 1282 is to amend the Official Community Plan designation of a portion of the property from Limited Use to Rural, and the purpose of Bylaw 1281 is to amend the Zoning Bylaw to introduce a new Commercial Camping Resort zone which would apply to the entire subject property, in order to facilitate a campground and cabin development.
The public hearing is to be held by a delegate of the FVRD Board. Copies of the Board resolution making the delegation and copies of Bylaws 1281 and 1282 are available for public inspection until Jan 22, 2015 at the FVRD office: 45950 Cheam Avenue in Chilliwack (8:30am to 4:30pm Monday - Friday). For further information, please contact the Planning Department at 604-702-5000, toll free 1-800-528-0061, or by email at [email protected].
Information is available at: http://www.fvrd.bc.ca/InsidetheFVRD/DevelopmentApprovals/Pag-es/Bylaws-1281--12.aspx
At this public hearing, all persons who believe that their interest in property is affected by the proposed Bylaws will be afforded an opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions respecting matters contained in the Bylaws which are the subject of the hearing.
Written submission may also be submitted to FVRD in advance of the hearing, but must be re-ceived no later than 2:00 pm January 22, 2015. Written comments received before the public hearing will be added to the public hearing record.
An informal public information meeting to be facilitated by FVRD staff regarding the Bylaw will be held at 7:00pm immediately preceding the Public Hearing.
Dated this 6th day of January 2015 Paul Gipps, Chief Administrative Officer
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