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Police, the B.C. Coroner’sService, and firefighters areinvestigating the cause of theblaze.by Matthew Claxton andHeather [email protected]
An elderly woman was the vic-tim of a fire in a Walnut Grovemobile home park Friday mor-ning.
Langley Township firefight-ers were called to a single-widemobile home near 90th Avenueand 198th Street just before 10a.m., according to district firechief Russ Jenkins.
When the first responders arrived,flames were shooting 15 feet throughthe centre of the roof, said Jenkins.
Firefighters knocked down the fireand managed to keep it contained tojust one building.
“We have unconfirmed reports of aperson inside,” said Jenkins Friday mor-ning.
Investigators later entered the struc-ture, and the body was removed Fridayafternoon.
There were reports that a dog hadbeen killed in the fire. As of 2 p.m. onFriday, fire investigators had not foundany animals in the house, but muchof the structure had not yet been fullyinvestigated.
The cause of the fire was still underinvestigation through the weekend and
into this week.“It’s far too early,” to say what the cause
was, Jenkins said Friday. However, he andLangley RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Holly Markssaid there is no sign that the fire was arson.
The B.C. Coroner’s Service was on thescene to take over the investigation of thedeath, while the fire department will continuesearching for the cause of the fire.
Residents of the park said that onWednesday last week, the fire departmenthad been there giving a lecture on fire safety.
In 2013, three people lost their lives to firesin Langley, and this is already the second firefatality of 2014. The most recent tragedy wasa fire in January that claimed the life of atoddler in a Glen Valley farmhouse fire. Thethree fatal fires of 2013 struck in a LangleyCity apartment building, a City house, and afourplex in Langley Township.
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North Langley fire kills senior citizen
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Firefightersemerged fromthe wreckageof a mobilehome fire thatclaimed the lifeof an elderlyWalnut Groveresident Friday.Emergency crewstore a hole intothe rear of themobile home.Hours afterthe fire wasput out, smokecould still beseen rising fromthe destroyedhome. (Inset) Aladder was usedby personnel toget into and outof the mobilehome.
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A shoplifting turned into an assaulton a Langley liquor store clerk onWednesday night.by Matthew [email protected]
A store clerk was pepper sprayed after hetried to catch a shoplifter Wednesday nightin Langley City.
Just before 10 p.m., a young man walkedinto a liquor store in the 20800 block ofFraser Highway.
He tried to walk out again with a bottle ofvodka, without paying for it.
A clerk chased the young man outside,where a second man, waiting for the thief,pepper sprayed the clerk, said Cpl. HollyMarks, spokesperson for the Langley RCMP.
The two suspects then escaped while theclerk was in pain.
Langley Mounties, the police dog service,and ambulance paramedics all attended.
The victim was given medical assistanceat the scene and didn’t need to go to thehospital.
The dog service was unable to track downthe suspects from the point of the attack,
Marks said.The first suspect, who lifted the bottle
of vodka from the store, is described as aCaucasian man about 19 years old, skinny,about six feet tall, with short dirty blond hairand acne.
He was wearing a black hoodie, blacktrack pants, and a long sleeved white shirt.
The second man was dressed in black,including a hoodie and ballcap, and had hisface covered, Marks said.
Anyone who has information on the iden-tity of the thieves can contact the LangleyRCMP at 604-532-3200, or CrimeStoppers at1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).
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Juniors at LECThe Langley Rivermen are
rolling towards the end ofwhat’s been a fine B.C. HockeyLeague regular season.
The junior A Rivermen (33-13-2-5) host the CoquitlamExpress tonight (Tuesday,Feb. 18) at the Langley EventsCentre.
Game time is 7:15 p.m.The Express, at 28-23-2-3,
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LAPS is also taking part inNational Cupcake Day, Feb.24, an event raising money forhumane societies, SPCA groups,and animal shelters acrossCanada.
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UpFrontRaindrops held off over the weekendfor the Historic Half Marathon thatcentred around the Fort LangleyNational Historic Site.by Troy Landreville and Heather [email protected]
Sunday morning is typically a quiet timein Fort Langley, except when hundreds ofpeople turn out for the annual Historic HalfMarathon.
This year’s adult marathon was Sunday,Feb. 16 and the course took 370 runnersthrough the village and around the FortLangley area on half marathon distances.
As well there are also five and 10 kilo-metres runs.
In total, 657 people took part.“It was awesome,” Historic Half race direc-
tor Mitchell Hudson said. “We couldn’t haveasked for better weather days, for sure.”
Extensive traffic control measures were putin place to allow runners and motorists toget around safely.
The TWU Fort Langley Historic Half,10K & 5K starts and fin-ishes inside the Fort LangleyNational Historic Site.
Hudson said volunteerswere integral in making boththe Historic Half Marathonand the related Kids Run onSaturday a success.
“Everything went verysmoothly,” he added. “Itwas nice.”
The first half marathonrunner to cross the finishline was Lawrence Brown, with a chip timeof 1:26.55. He was followed by second-placefinisher Duane Foley, at 1:30.34.
The top placing female half marathon run-ner was Lisa Rossetto in 1:33.13.8. That puther fifth overall.
First place in the 10-kilometre portion ofthe event went to Kevin Heinze, a 50-59 agegroup runner who completed the route witha chip time of 40:27.8.
The top female finisher in the 10K wasMarissa Verhoeff, who placed fifth overall in44:24.4.
Amongst 5K participants, the first to arrivewas U19 runner Olivia Willett, who com-pleted her run in 19:35.6.
In second place, and first among male 5Krunners, was Michael Ross, who was in the50-59 age group. He came in at 20:11.7.
Third place in the 5K run was U19 runnerSam Willett in 20:39.5.
The event marked its ninth anniversaryover the weekend.
Kids scurry around FortThe day before the adult run, little ones
got their feet moving inside the palisade
walls of the Fort Langley National HistoricSite.
Just after lunchtime Saturday, close to40 young runners and walkers, including
knee-high tall toddlers accompanied by theirparents, did laps around the gravel path thatcircles the Fort grounds.
Before setting off, each participant tookPopsicle sticks, with each stick signifyinghow many laps they planned to run.
Kids Run distances included one lap fortwo-year-olds, two laps for three- and four-year-olds and as many as six laps for run-ners/walkers ages four to seven.
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Young participants enthusiastically set off on the Historic Half Marathon Kids Run just after noon Saturday, Feb. 15 at theFort Langley National Historic Site. The run consisted of laps around the walking path inside the fort’s palisade.
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Monica Whelton, 23 months, didn’t feel like having herpicture taken with fellow runners and walkers who tookpart in the Historic Half Marathon Kids Run Saturday at theFort Langley National Historic Site. Children of differentages gathered on the front steps and porch of the FLNHS’sBig House for a group photo before their run.
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A man convicted in a fatal crash willspend a year in jail and be bannedfrom driving for four years.by Jennifer SaltmanSpecial to the Langley Advance
Brenda Michie dearly misses the charm-ing man who used to hug her at anyopportunity, made everyone around himlaugh and with whom she shared 20years of trust, honesty and unconditionallove.
“My wonderful life with Jim is over,”Michie told a Surrey courtroom on Friday.“I had 20 years, but I so wanted 20 more.He taught me a lot. He was my soulmate,the love of my life, and will remain in myheart forever.”
Michie’s husband, 59-year-old JimNeiss, was killed in 2011 as he drove tohis job as a school bus driver with theLangley School District.
On Friday, Glen Edward Theriault, 65,
who was found guilty last year of danger-ous driving causing Neiss’s death, wassentenced to 14 months in jail and a four-year driving prohibition.
On Jan. 18, 2011, Theriault was driv-ing his dump truck west on 16th Avenuein Langley when he decided to pass twovehicles in front of him. He acceleratedand crossed over a solid double yel-low line. Theriault then slammed intothe truck driven by Neiss, killing himinstantly.
Following the trial, Judge Paul Dohmfound Theriault made a “conscious, delib-erate and risky” decision.
Theriault has not driven a commercialvehicle since the crash. He suffers frompost-traumatic stress disorder and isundergoing counselling.
In court, Theriault made a tearful apol-ogy to Michie and prayed she will be ableto forgive him someday.
Outside court, Michie was at a bit ofa loss to describe how she was feeling.“I’m all done – it’s over,” she said.- Jennifer Saltman is a reporter with the Vancouver Province
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Driver gets a year for fatalityA truck crash has spilled up to 200litres of diesel fuel onto land nearthe Little Campbell River.by Matthew [email protected]
A two-truck crash spilled diesel fuelnext to the Little Campbell River inSouth Langley Friday morning.
The crash took place on 16th Avenue,where two large truckswere eastbound between200th Street and 208thStreet, said Terry Veer,a manager of roads anddraining with LangleyTownship.
The first truck appar-ently lost control in thewinding roads of theravine where the LittleCampbell passes under the road.
That truck crashed, and Veer said hehas been told the second truck thenwent off the road, possibly trying toavoid debris from the first crash.
The second truck ruptured one of itstwo “saddle tanks,” the large diesel fueltanks on either side of the engine.
The crash took place near the bridgeover the Little Campbell, and some ofthe diesel spilled onto the shoulder ofthe road near the creek.
There could have been around 200litres of diesel spilled, although thetotal amount isn’t known, said MitchSokalsky, director of Metro VancouverRegional Parks.
Metro Vancouver took the lead on thecleanup as all the land around there ispart of the Campbell Valley RegionalPark.
Workers brought in by MetroVancouver are thought to have trappedthe majority of the diesel fuel before itgot into the groundwater or creek, andwere expected to be back this week tocontinue with the cleanup.
“The rapid response certainly helpedcontain the diesel flow into the LittleCampbell,” said Sokalsky.
Two dams andabsorbant padding weredeployed along the creekitself, and by MondaySokalsky said that hewas being told no dieselwas entering the creekitself.
A diesel odour in thearea is expected to con-tinue until some contam-
inated soil from along the shoulder ofthe road is removed.
That could happen as early as thisweek, Sokalsky said.
There have been a number of high-profile crashes on 16th Avenue, includ-ing a number of fatal incidents over theyears.
Residents have repeatedly raised con-cerns about high speeds, road designs,the lack of locations for RCMP officersto set up speed traps, and the largenumber of heavy trucks that regularlyuse the road.
The Little Campbell and CampbellRiver drains into Semiahmoo Bay inSouth Surrey.
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A Canadian doctor isputting funding gatheredfrom Langley to good usein a Zimbabwe clinic.by Matthew [email protected]
A one-day fundraiser byLangley Rotarians has sent$57,000 worth of medicalequipment to an underfundedhospital in Zimbabwe.
Dr. Paul Thistle is aCanadian obstetrician who hasspent almost two decades inZimbabwe, a poor country insouthern Africa.
In the last few months,Thistle has begun using theequipment shipped over thanksto a fundraising effort held atLangley’s Gateway of Hopeshelter in 2012. Thistle spokethere about his work over the yearsand the need for better equipment tosave lives.
In a letter this month to theRotarians of Langley, Thistle talkedabout how the equipment hashelped specific patients.
“We admitted a four-week-oldbaby boy, born at a local ruralhealth clinic in the Mount Darwindistrict of rural Zimbabwe,” Thistlewrote.
“He presented with fever, vomitingand jaundice, and was diagnosed ashaving neonatal sepsis. Too weakto breastfeed, he is receiving breastmilk by cup, intravenous antibiotics,phototherapy, and oxygen via the
new oxygen concentrator donated bythe Langley Rotary Maternal ChildHealth project.”
Another patient, a mother of fourwith HIV, was admitted with abdom-inal pain and swelling. An ultra-sound diagnosed an internal abscessand intestinal blockage. The X-rayfilm used in diagnosis were paid forby the Rotary fundraisers.
The woman underwent a success-ful surgery.
“She is now recovering on intra-venous fluids, antibiotics, andoxygen via an oxygen concentra-tor, the latter another donation ofthe Langley Rotary Maternal ChildHealth project,” Thistle wrote.
The rural Mount Darwin dis-trict has thousands of peopleliving with HIV, most of themtaking anti-retroviral medica-tions to keep the disease incheck. They are supported by anetwork of hospital staff, coun-sellors, and village health work-ers. “We hope that she and herfamily will be added to this listsoon,” Thistle said.
The money for the equipmentand support of Thistle’s workcame from four local Rotaryclubs as well as private indi-viduals who came to the 2012fundraiser, said Dr. BrendanMartin, a local physician andone of the Rotary event’sorganizers.
He visited Thistle in Africain 2010 and worked with himthere. “I was really struck bythe paucity of supplies thatthey had,” he said.
The new equipment paidfor by Rotary’s fund was sent toZimbabwe starting in September lastyear, and most of it has now beeninstalled, Martin said.
Equipment that is taken for grant-ed in Canada simply isn’t availablein many hospitals and clinics, Martinsaid.
After a long career mostly with theSalvation Army, Thistle left that ser-vice last year and switched to work-ing at a new, remote clinic about200 kilometres from Harare, the cap-ital of Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe has been a troubledcountry for more than a decade, suf-fering through hyperinflation andviolent, manipulated elections.
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A neonatal resuscitation table is a piece of equipment Dr. PaulThistle (right) has at the Kranda Mission Hospital in Zimbabwe.
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Langley Has Talentorganizers held theirsecond weekend oftryouts Sunday.by Roxanne [email protected]
Unicyclist AyumiSugizaki wants irreplace-able memories of her highschool years in Canadato include winning theLangley Has Talent 2014.
The 18-year-old, Grade12 international studentfrom Langley Secondarytried out for the fourthannual talent competi-tion on Sunday, and toldjudges she wants that spe-cial memory to hold closewhen she returns home toJapan this summer.
Sugizaki learned to ridea unicycle in Grade 1 inToyko, took some classesin synchronized riding forfour years as a child, thenreally hasn’t ridden morethan a handful of timessince Grade 5.
But she’s dusted off herunicycle, and been ridingit around in the carportof her homestay host’sLangley City house thepast few weeks gettingready for Sunday’s tryouts.
Admittedly, after 90 sec-onds of manoeuvring herunicycle around the stageto music, Sugizaki was outof breath. But she assuredjudges she could easily fillthe required three-minutespot if she makes the cut.
Short of seeing a uni-cycle ridden during acircus act when she wasa child, contest judgeand sponsor JolienneMoore of JL Model TalentManagement said shehasn’t seen a unicyclistclose up until Sugizaki.
“I enjoyed your energy…and you have a greatskill,” Moore said.
After each performance,all three judges scored theartists and offered compli-ments and comments onhow to improve at theircraft.
Throughout the perform-ance, but especially afterhearing the praise from
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She was one of 26 youngpeople who was set toaudition on Sunday, addedto the 32 who tried out theprevious weekend.
There were about adozen “incredibly strong”contenders who wereshortlisted during the first
weekend’s auditions, saidtalent show founder andjudge Peter Luongo.
Early in the day onSunday, he said that day’scontenders would have tooffer very powerful andcompelling performancesto unseat any of last week-end’s shortlist.
After seeing the first
handful ofcompetitors,he said itwould be atight race.
Out of the60 who audi-tioned forLangley HasTalent, onlyabout 20 willmove on tothe semi-finalsbeing heldMarch 29 atChristian LifeAssembly. Thefinals are being
held April 12.The artists are compet-
ing for the grand prize of$2,500 cash plus a ser-ies of additional industryprizes.
This event is organizedby the four Langley RotaryClubs, and was designedto draw attention to andbegin raising money fora “much needed” theatrein this community where“this quality of local enter-tainment” can perform andbe spotlighted, Luongosaid.
As for shortlisting fromthis contenders, Luongosaid it is a hard job, butexplained a few of the fac-tors in their decision-mak-
ing process.“Our role here, as ‘audi-
tioners,’ because thatreally is what we are, isthree-fold,” he said.
“One is to select the besttalent, to select an arrayof talent, and to ensurethat what the audienceis coming to see is enter-tainment,” emphasizing
that they’re looking for avariety of different typesof artists, not just wantingto present an evening withonly singers.
A list of those who madethe cut was expected to bereleased by late Monday.
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Talent show auditions draws variety of artistsUnicyclist AyumiSugizaki, aninternationalstudent in Grade12 at LangleySecondary, wasamong the firstto tryout duringthe Langley HasTalent auditionsSunday at KwantlenPolytechnicUniversity.
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If you had $51 billion to toss around, whatwould you do with it?
If you made a stack of $100 bills, it wouldreach high enough to obstruct internationalflight paths. Laid end to end, your $51 billionin $100 bills would circle the world twice.
But really, what would you do with it?After all, having $51 billion would make youthe fifth richest person in the world, accord-ing to the Forbes list of billionaires – just acouple of billion behind WarrenBuffet, and two and a half timesas wealthy as David Thomson,Canada’s richest citizen.
Let’s say you’ve decidedyou’ve spent enough time mak-ing your money, and now youwant to spend it.
Would you follow the lead ofBuffet and Bill Gates (who is second on theForbes list, and about $16 billion ahead ofyou)? Would you spend it on fighting worldhunger, poverty, and disease?
Or would you use it to finance an extrava-ganza for pampered elite athletes?
The anticipated price tag for the SochiOlympic Games is $51 billion.
Right now, the world aid community is look-ing for $15 billion to fight AIDS throughoutAfrica. You could foot that bill and still haveenough left over to re-run the 2012 LondonOlympics twice – and if you do it the way theBrits did, you’ll snag yourself a tidy 100 mil-lion pounds profit.
Of course, defining “profit” in Olympic termsis a bit of a tricky business.
The 2000 Sydney Olympics broke even…after taxpayers kicked in about $2 billion. Theoperating budget was $5.6 billion.
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five years – to Sub-Saharan countries… to buyU.S. medicine. Three countries were lambastedfor declining the offer on the basis that theloan would further increase their debt anddependency on foreign aid.
The initial budget for our own 2010Vancouver Olympics was $2.3 billion.
Our estimated final cost of $6.4 billion islisted as a “break-even” result… but that’snot including the billion-dollar security tab,$2.5 billion for transportation infrastructureimprovements, or nearly another billion dol-lars for the Vancouver Convention Centre.
And then there’s the half-billion dollarsspent on the campaign to bring the Olympicsto Vancouver/Whistler. That’s not included,either, in the final “break-even” accounting.
By the way, in 2010, global efforts to secureessential HIV, TB, and malariaservices fell short $4 billion.
Greece planned to spend $9billion in Athens in 2004 – andlost more than $15 billion.
Until Sochi’s anticipated $51billion price tag, the gold medalwas secured with Beijing’s $44billion budget. Of course, we
don’t know how much was spent in Nagano in1998, beyond about $10 billion for infrastruc-ture, since the books were ordered burned.
Something to consider: whether theOlympics end up with a profit or a loss, allthat money goes somewhere – and mostly tolarge corporations and the richest segment ofsociety – most certainly not to orphans whoseparents have died of AIDS.
I’m not suggesting that we kill the Olympicsand turn all the money over to saving human-ity. In fact, striving for the best in any humanendeavour is a step towards saving humanity.
But the Olympics have become an exercisein international excess, with flags and anthemsand medal counts taking precedence over theindividual achievement touted in all the bro-chures – not to mention the one-upmanshipthat has bloated costs for a couple of weeks ofathletic partying into tens of billions of dollars.
A little restraint could be shown… andmaybe a little compassion.
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Defining “profit”in Olympic termsis a bit of a trickybusiness.
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Battle joined byopposing forces
Here’s a first that bears consideration.Jordan Bateman, B.C. director of the
Canadian Taxpayers Federation, announcedlast week that he would be in the B.C.Legislature on Monday morning to support amotion by… wait for it… the NDP.
Although it would take a pretty keen setof eyes to find common ground betweenthe CTF and the NDP over most – frankly,nearly all – issues, Bateman’s announce-ment was not as earth-shattering as it mayhave seemed at first blush.
The federal NDP has placed itself at thehead of the parade thumping the drum forabolition of Canada’s senate, and the prov-incial wing of the party is picking up thebeat with a motion to abolish the senate.
The CTF has been loudly banging thatsame drum. Indeed, they got the drum-beat going before federal NDP leader TomMulcair picked up his drumsticks with bothhands.
The CTF started its call for a nationaldebate and a referendum to push for theend to the Senate. They attracted nationalattention with a centrepiece for their cam-paign: a 30-foot-tall balloon that happenedto bear a remarkable resemblance to asenator whose expense claims, along withthose of several others, have been underinvestigation – and brought to light anapparent culture of largesse that seems topermeate the Upper Chamber.
The Senate has got itself painted in acorner, and some of the dirtier colours havebeen rubbing off on all of Parliament.
In light of the loud noises emanatingfrom the senate expense scandal, it’s easyto understand why there is such deep-in-the-gut impulse to simply abolish the bodycompletely.
But is that the best way to deal withabuses? Are we prepared to drop the cham-ber of “sober second thought” completely?
Whether or not it is worth trying to finda middle road instead, the call for abolitionfrom both the CTF and NDP should gettingpeople talking.
And that’s always a good thing.– B.G.
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Dear Editor,The Coulter Berry proposal – first or sec-
ond – ignores the Fort Langley CommunityPlan and the Heritage Conservation provi-sions which are there to protect the heritageatmosphere of our villages.
The recent Supreme Court decisionpointed out the error of council’s ways, butinstead of doing the right thing, council isnow going to spend an even greater amountof taxpayers’ money on litigation.
Sometime down the road, we may decideto revisit the Fort Langley Community Planto discuss possible changes. That wouldentail extensive public consultation with anumber of interest groups.
Until that happens, this proposal shouldnot go forward.
Lotte Elias, Langley
Coulter Berry boosts communityDear Editor,
The big picture is that we all have theresponsibility to encourage builders to buildbuildings of better quality that last longerand use fewer resources to heat and light,and that are made of less-polluting con-
struction materials. Another step is to try toensure that such buildings are built in walk-able neighbourhoods, where people and notcars are the focus of the street.
Where values seem to clash in FortLangley is over the height of buildings.
Those who want commercial buildings tobe no taller than two storeys are really say-ing that their desire for smallness outweighsall the benefits of the sustainable designattributes of the Coulter Berry building.
The Coulter Berry building conforms tothe Building Facade Guidelines in virtuallyevery respect, except it has a third storey.
I support a building that will be better forthe environment and a pedestrian commun-ity. Hopefully, the anti-Coulter Berry peoplecan look beyond their life spans to see thatthe future requires us to do things different-ly from the way we have been doing them.
Christine Burdeniuk, Langley[Note: Fuller versions of these letters and
others are online at www.langleyadvance.com. Click on Opinion.]
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Dear Editor,As a parent of young child in Langley
School District, I am simply appalled bywhat has been going on in our governmentwith respect to education.
Education Minister PeterFassbender’s statement of appeal isjust spewing Christy Clark rhetoric.
I thought a change of educationminister would improve the negotia-tions between teachers and govern-ment, but it obviously hasn’t.
I am amazed by the amount ofmoney the government is willing to spendon lawyers’ fees in the courts, doing battlewith the teachers, and how the governmentis not willing to negotiate in good faith withthe teachers.
I don’t know what Mr. Fassbender meansby “true collaboration” at the bargainingtable, but I’d say teachers would settle for“fair bargaining.”
S. Gerbrandt, Langley
Corporations trump educationDear Editor,
There’s nothing in the Charter of Rightsor gas company contracts that says our BCLiberals had to refund gas companies $116million last year. A total of approximately$840 million has been refunded since 2004.
The Charter does guarantee that govern-ments bargain in good faith with publicemployees. With just this one example ofgovernment’s budget priorities ($840 mil-lion in gas royalty revenue kicked back togas companies), I cannot accept EducationMinister Peter Fassbender’s budgetary rea-sons for violating the Charter to justify pay-ments to corporations.
Larri Woodrow, Walnut Grove
Special kids not well servedDear Editor,
Learning conditions for children withspecial needs mentioned in a letter I wrotetwo years ago, have not changed at all,despite Ministry of Education claims that ithas been increasing its support for publiceducation.
My students, whose special needs includeautism, Tourettes, mild mental handicaps,severe behaviour disorders, gifted, seizuredisorders, depression, anxiety, and learningdisabilities, continue to be warehoused inclassrooms of at least 30 children.
How can programs for children not sufferwhen I am supporting 30 students insteadof 15, as was the case in the days beforeChristy Clark eliminated caseload guidelines
for special education teachers?Many of my students desperately
need counselling and would benefitfrom library programs, both cut tothe point of being ineffective.
If the Liberal government is soconcerned about job creation, whyhaven’t they reinstated the 1,400specialist positions that have been
cut from the education of our most vulner-able children?
Debbie Maloway, Cloverdale
Government’s job is balanceDear Editor,
In 1998, the British Columbia Teachers’Federation (BCTF) failed to convince schooltrustees that entrenching rigid ratios andformulas in the provincial contract was theright thing to do.
The BCTF struck a special deal with for-mer NDP premier Glen Clark, who imposedthese formulas through legislation, againstthe overwhelming opposition of trustees.
A few years later, B.C. elected a newgovernment that sought to remove the rigidcontract provisions by the same means theywere put in – through legislation.
In 2011, the B.C. Supreme Court ruledthat government had not followed a properprocess. Government accepted that decisionand spent a year trying to resolve the matterthrough consultation with the BCTF.
Now Justice Griffin has decided that thegovernment’s efforts fell short. We areappealing that decision.
It is the BCTF’s job to defend its mem-bers’ interests – but it is also government’sresponsibility to balance those interestsagainst the needs of students, their families,and taxpayers who invest nearly $5 billionin K-12 education every year.
Over the past 13 years, we’ve increasedannual education funding by $1 billion,even while enrolment has declined by9.4 per cent. Student success rates haveincreased, and B.C. students rank amongthe very best in the world.
Peter Fassbender, Minister of Education[Note: Fuller versions of these letters and
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LangleyCity councilmembersjoined withLions Clubmembers fromlocal clubs suchas Langley andFort Langley toraise the Lions flagover City hall. Itmarks Lions Week.The flags stay upuntil Feb. 21 whenthe service clubs willmake a donation tothe Langley Food Bank.
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Welcomeback to the
neighbourhood.Save-On-Foods
is back indowntown Langley,
as of Friday. ThePriceSmart store at
202rd Street andFraser Highway has
been rebranded.Along with about
a dozen or soPriceSmarts aroundthe Lower Mainland, Langley’s PriceSmart is officially gone. But Mr. Jimmy Pattison and
his team assure us the same smiling faces can be found inside. As of Friday morning,the grocery store has changed over to Save-On again. Doug Lockhart, of Atlas Signs in
Aldergrove, was on hand that same night putting the finishing touches to lighting onthe new Save-On-Foods sign. Lockhart was in Clearbrook the night before installing thenew Save-On sign there, while other members of the Atlas team were in a total of five
Lower Mainland locations helping with the overnight switch.
Community groups are invited tosend a representative to a workshopon non-profits this Saturday.by Heather [email protected]
School is in session on Feb. 22 for localnon-profit groups.
Langley Together is hosting CommunityLeadership 102, a follow-up to last year’sCommunity Leadership 101.
Langley Together is the group createdto help local non-profits and communitygroups (think chamber of commerce fornon-profits).
Langley is home to over 6,000 volun-teer board members who guide hundredsof non-profit societies, charities, sportsclubs, and other informal groups, notedworkshop organizer Dave Stark, of
Langley Together.The sessions can educate board mem-
bers, which will give them a greaterunderstanding of their roles and respon-sibilities, which in turn will allow theboards to more efficiently and effectivelydo what they were set up to do.
“We really don’t have any local oppor-tunities to develop and educate our boardmembers,” he said. “Expensive, cost-pro-hibitive courses exist in Vancouver, butthey are too far.”
By standing back and taking a broader,sector-wide view, it’s easy to see thatmost groups, although having differentmandates and purposes, have very similarconcerns, needs, and desires, Stark said.
“After years of this broader perspec-tive, it frustrated me a lot. My desirewas to find a way to save these groupsfrustration, and make them better,” henoted. “When these hundreds of groups,and thousands of volunteers do better,
our communities benefit. It is avery cost-effective approach tobuild the capacity of volunteers,groups, and the sector. We don’tneed large sums of money fromgovernments to help our com-munities.”
The sessions include theAbundant Non-Profit, whichinvolves finding the right governancestructure.
There will also be a session on trad-itional leadership and governance, asused by aboriginal communities.
“For non-aboriginal organizationswishing to engage with aboriginal com-munities, it is important to understand‘traditional leadership’. It is more than aconsensus process. It involves respectingprotocols, coalition building, develop-ing relationships, and aim for agreementamongst all parties,” Stark said.
There will also be time for questions
and networking.There’s room for 50 people
and the event takes place atthe Renaissance RetirementResort, 6676 203rd St.
Community Leadership 102runs 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. andcosts $20 per person. Paymentis accepted at the door (cash
or cheque made payable to AldergroveNeighourbourhood Services).
People are asked to register in advanceat [email protected]. If people haveany questions, they can also email tothat address.
Langley Together has held a variety ofevents, including speed dating for non-profits, for groups to tell each other aboutwhat they do and how.
The event is sponsored by LangleyTogether, the Township and VantagePoint, a non-profit leadership trainingorganization.
Charity
Langley Together for community leadership
Dave Starkfounder, Langley Together
Heather Colpitts/Langley Advance
(Front row left to right) Fort Langley Lions Vi Yanush,
Margaret-Ann Drews and Carol Simkin, along with Lions
zone chair David Coppin and Langley Lions Irene and Mel
Stokes joined with Township Councillors Charlie Fox and
David Davis to raise the flag for Lions Week.
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Skaters filled one of Langley Twin Rinks’ice surfaces during a Family Day Skatebenefiting Langley Food Bank. Admissionand skate rentals were free for an eventthat included skating, arts, crafts, andface painting. Donations to the foodbank were accepted. “We stopped
counting at 700 [people taking part],” said City recreation supervisor Karlo Tamondong, who organized the skate withTeresa Bindley from Twin Rinks. The Twin Rinks food-and-fundraiser generated $200 cash and about 200 pounds of non-perishable food. Above right: Kris and Niki Johnson laced up the skates of their twins, Hunter (foreground) and Stryder.
Troy Landreville/Langley Advance
Before the welcome (by some) arrival of typical “Wet Coast” weather, Langley
residents received a sampling of what winter has been like in other parts
of Canada, which continues to be locked in a deep freeze. Above: sub-zero
temperatures caused ice to form along the Bedford Channel in Fort Langley.
Right: Sean March took his three-year-old daughter Rebecca out for a skate along
the frozen water of Yorkson Pond, on the Willoughby side of the 208th Street
overpass. The small pond was a hot spot for ice hockey players and skaters
during the recent cold snap.
It’s a good thing PeggySchafer enjoys driving,because she’s beendelivering for Meals onWheels since 1979.by Heather [email protected]
Peggy Schafer has alwaysliked driving so when a friendtold her about a program todrive to people’s homes deliv-ering hot meals, she thoughtshe’d give it a try.
And 35 years later, the 90-year-old South Langley womanis still volunteering for LangleyMeals on Wheels.
The program didn’t startmuch before she began volun-teering.
“I thought it might be fun,”she said.
Schafer said she’s gotten somuch more out of helping thanshe’s ever given.
“I like the interaction withpeople,” she said.
Just about the only thingthat’s kept her from doingher route has been inclem-ent weather. She figures she’smissed maybe half a dozentimes.
Schafer has also done morethan deliver meals. On somevisits, she may have savedlives.
“One time I found a ladyunder the coffee table,” sheexplained.
Schafer was able to call foremergency help. And it’s notthe only time. She arrived withher food pack to find a clientoutside. He had gone out in hiswheelchair to get some sun.
“When I spoke to him, hecouldn’t talk,” she said.
She used his medical alarm toget help.
“There’s been a few times
when I’ve been there timelyand been able to notify theappropriate people,” shesaid.
Schafer said it’s about somuch more than food.
“The people look forwardto you coming,” she said.
She may only have a fewminutes to interact with theclients but it’s an exchangethat’s important for clientand volunteer.
Her current route coversa large geography, okay sinceshe’s always loved to drive, andhas about half a dozen clients.She’s has routes with about 20but it’s typically about 10.
She started when the volun-teers picked up at the RoyalCanadian Legion on EastleighCrescent.
“We’ve picked up from manydifferent places,” Schafer said.
As a charity that relies onvolunteers, Langley Meals on
Wheels has partnered withvarious businesses and socialorganizations to obtain mealsfor clients. Schafer said she’spicked up meals at places suchas Dot’s Cafe, a coffee shop onSalt Lane, Tall Timbers GolfCourse, Langley Lodge and theGateway of Hope.
Now the meals are preparedin Burnaby and are no longerdelivered hot. They are madeso clients, who can have foodadapted to dietary needs, heat
up the food when they areready to eat.
Schafer was married for60 years and moved fromBurnaby to Langley 40 yearsago, onto the same ruralacreage where she currentlylives.
“Langley 40 years ago wasjust a great little countrytown,” she noted.
In addition to helpingat Meals on Wheels, she’sinvolved in activities at
her church, Christian LifeAssembly, including the home-less ministry and the funeralcatering, as well as ushering atSunday services.
The stay-at-home mother ofthree is about to move in withfamily in Walnut Grove but sheplans to continue to help.
“I thought I’d go for 35 years,but at the moment, I’ll probablydrive a little bit longer,” Schafersaid.
Meals on Wheels
Longtime volunteer can sure deliverTue sday , Feb rua ry 18 , 2014 A11
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Peggy Schafer hasseen a lot of changein this community asshe’s driven aroundfor Langley Meals onWheels, deliveringfood. She’s gatheredquite a collection ofclippings about thelocal service.Heather ColpittsLangley Advance (top photo)
(Below) LangleyMeals on Wheels hada small celebration.Peggy Schafer’s 35years of volunteeringwas honoured. Boardpresident Paul Crumpand local programdirector SonyaDhudwal presentedher with small tokensof appreciation for herwork with the charityprogram.Meals on Wheels photo
Meals on Wheels
What is it?Langley Meals on Wheels is a
charitable non-profit society thatprovides affordable, preventive,therapeutic and social meals pro-grams.
Meal deliveryFees are on a sliding scale
based on the person’s ability topay (as per their most recent taxreturn).
Community and corporatedonors help offset costs sopeople can access nutrtitiousfood.
Deliveries are made Monday toFriday but frozen meals can bepurchased for weekend.
People need only use theservice as long as it’s needed,whether that’s for a few weeksduring an illness or for years dueto age or infirmity.
People can sign up over thephone, through the websitelangleymealsonwheels.com orvia email. There are differentpayment options (cheque, cash,credit card, online via PayPal, ormoney order).
Food and FriendsThese lunchtime socials are for
those 55 and older and cost $5each time. They take place in avariety of communities aroundLangley on different days of theweek.
Seniors Healthy Living BagThose 50 and older can obtain
a monthly bag of fresh producefor $5. The Seniors HealthyLiving Bags can be ordered onthe last Wednesday of the monthand will be ready for pick up onthe first Tuesday of the month.To order a Seniors HealthyLiving Bag, call:
• Timms Community Centre at604-514-2940
• Douglas Recreation Centre at604-514-2865
• Langley Seniors Recreationand Resource Centre at 604-530-3020.
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Eighty Years AgoFebruary 15, 1934
E.J. Wilson organized 20 lo-cal men into a glee club.
Seventy Years AgoFebruary 17, 1944
The school board’s $80,307annual budget, a significantincrease over the previousyear’s, was expected toresult in a tax hike.Municipal workers got wageincreases. Truck driverswere to get 60 cents perhour, caterpillar operators’spay rose to 70 cents perhour, and day labourerswere to get 50 cents perhour. The men were alsoto get a whole Saturdayoff every week, instead ofhalf a day every Saturdayafternoon.
Sixty Years AgoFebruary 18, 1954
Truckers were asked tocontinue the honour systemretricting load and speedlimits on municipal roads,to protect spots still frost-bound or soft with mud.Dave King was elected pres-ident of the Langley boardof Trade.
Fifty Years AgoFebruary 20, 1964
Local magistrates weregranted salary increases byLangley City and Town-
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Forty Years AgoFebruary 14, 1974
Langley City propertyowners got a 1.5-mill taxcut and the Township sawa 0.3-mill reduction, asa result of Premier DaveBarrett’s NDP governmentbudget.Operators of the lo-cal ambulance servicethreatened to pull out ofboth Langleys unless themonthly municipal ambu-lance subsidy was raisedfrom $750 to $3,900.
Thirty Years AgoFebruary 15, 1984
More than three dozen dele-gations were expected tospeak out at a GVRD meet-ing at Langley Civic Centre.The GVRD was looking forpublic input into a pro-posal to build a motorsportcomplex in Aldergrove LakeRegional Park.Township council refusedto support Langley SchoolBoard’s “survival” budget,which at $41 million, wasa million dollars above theprovincial government’sallowance – and put schooltrustees in a precariouslegal position.
Twenty Years AgoFebruary 16, 1994
Archery enthusiasts felttheir sport was threat-
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ened by a bylaw banningcrossbows and longbows inLangley Township.One of Langley’s longest-standing businesses, Easing-wood Television, was clos-ing its doors after 66 yearsof electronics service, uponthe retirement of ownerSeward Easingwood.Township council chamberswere crowded by Mur-rayville residents who feltthat a 17.5-acre subdivisionproposal near Five Cornerswent against the commu-nity’s traditional roots.Fort Langley residents alsofelt that their community’sheritage was at stake, asthey spoke out against Can-ada Post’s plans to install“supermailboxes” in theirvillage. One resident de-scribed the metal, multi-boxunits as an “absolute blighton the landscape.”
Ten Years AgoFebruary 17, 2004
Ishtar Transition HousingSociety started a new Com-munity Based Victim Servi-ces Program strengtheningits outreach to women,men, and children who arevictims of abuse.
February 20, 2004In a move to reboot its sag-ging enrolment numbers,Langley Secondary Schoolstarted a soccer program forstudents from around theprovince.A Water Resources plan wasapproved for Willoughby’sYorkson Creek neighbour-hood.
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Langley’s history, as recorded inthe files of the Langley Advance.
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An international accounting andauditing firm has set up shop inLangley anticipating new growth.by Matthew [email protected]
As Langley grows, a major accountingand business advisory firm has set up anew office here.
The Canadian arm of international firmKPMG officially opened its office in theCarvolth business park area in the 8500block of 200th Street on Feb. 4.
The firm has taken over the top floor ofa new office building.
On opening day, there were about 30people working out of the office, butthere was room to expand to between80 and 100, said Don Matthew, a KPMGpartner who will be heading up the newoffice.
The firm already had offices inVancouver, Burnaby, Chilliwack, andAbbotsford, Matthew said at the openingevent.
“Our market intelligence was telling uswe had a hole that needed to be filled,”he said.
This office is intended to serve theLangley-Surrey area, where the businesscommunity is growing fast, along withthe population.
Langley Township is one of the fourmunicipalities that are expected to absorbthe lion’s share of population growthin the next three decades. The firm hadbeen looking at Langley for a few yearsbefore the office opened, Matthew said.
Staff will include some people broughtfrom nearby offices, as well as new artic-ling students who will be hired on as thelocal business expands.
All the KPMG offices coordinate togeth-er, so the Langley office will work withits counterparts nearby.
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Clubs/meetingsAnnual general meetingThe Derby Reach/Brae IslandParks Association AGM is7:30pm on Feb. 21 at the FortLangley Community Hall.The guest speaker is DavidHancock, a biologist, conserva-tionist, writer and publisherwho has the eagle cam. Free toattend. Refreshments.
SeniorsSeniors Community Action TableAt 10:30am in the LangleySeniors’ Resource andRecreation Centre, 20605 51BAve. The next meeting is Feb.19. The topic is senior home-lessness. Everyone welcome.Info: Lynda 604-533-1679 [email protected].
Langley Seniors Resource Society20605 51B Ave., 604-530-3020Outreach programs: informa-tion and referral, TelephoneBuddy, and seniors counsellors.Better at Home: The programprovides transportation andshopping assistance, friendlyvisitors and light housekeeping.Subsidies are available.Seniors Housing Counsellors:provide information abouthousing options here. Drop inWednesdays 1:30-3:30pm ormake an appointment. Info: 604530-3020, ext. 319Coffee and Connecting SupportGroup, and Flying Solo for 55-
plus solos, both groups meetTuesdays at 10am.Birthday Socials: $6, held onceevery two monthsSharing and Caring Socials:(will resume in 2014).
Seniors produceSeniors can get a bag of fruitsand vegetables on the firstTuesday of the month for $5.The program is through LangleyMeals on Wheels in cooper-ation with Langley City, FraserHealth, the Langley SeniorsResource Centre and the SeniorsCommunity Action Table. Pickup is at Douglas RecreationCentre and the Langley SeniorsResource Centre. Delivery avail-able for those unable to pickup. Book: Rec centre, 604-514-2865 or seniors centre, 604-530-3020.
SupportFraser Valley Transplant NetworkThe group for people whohave had transplants and theirfamilies meets at the TownshipCivic Facility, 20338 65th Ave.The Feb. 19 meeting starts at7pm, and is about nutrition andhealthy eating. Info: Charlie orDiane, 604-533-3352.
HominumThe Hominum Fraser Valleychapter is a support and discus-sion group to help gay, bi- orquestioning men. The nextmeeting is Feb. 28. Info: Don,604-329-9760, or Art, 604-462-9813.
YouthChild DayLangley parents and caregiversof kids zero to six are invitedto Child Day, 1-4pm on Feb. 25at Shortreed Elementary, 2733028th Ave. The annual event isone-stop shopping for children’sservices and programs. Topicsinclude public health nurses,early childhood mental health,child development, literacy,child care, educational andspeech and language experts aswell as representatives of lei-sure services and agencies whodeliver parenting and familyresource programs.
OtherBlood donor clinicsCall 1-888-2-DONATE to book.Feb. 25: 1-8pm MurrayvilleHall, 21667 48th Ave.
Salmon friendly garden seminarGuest speakers include BrianMinter, Andrea Bellamy (authorand small space gardener)and invasive plant specialistLisa Dreves. Free but registerin advance at [email protected]. Hosted by LangleyEnvironmental Partners Society.From 1-4:30pm on March 8 atthe Township Civic Facility,20338 65th Ave.
Reach your community and publicize non-profit, community, or club activities here and on theInternet, at www.langleyadvance.com which includes the link Submit an Event. Or email [email protected], fax to 604-534-3383, or mail to: Langley Advance, #112 6375 202nd St.,Langley, B.C. V2Y 1N1. Must be received at least 10 days prior to the date at which you wish theinformation to appear in print. Run on a space-available basis at the discretion of the editor.
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Langley’s businesscommunity iscelebrating its chamber.by Matthew [email protected]
This is Chamber ofCommerce Week in BritishColumbia, and the localbusiness group is spend-ing its time gathering newmembers and preparingfor the year ahead.
The Greater LangleyChamber of Commerce ishosting a monthly meetingthis week, along with thefirst in a string of network-
ing open houses that willhit all Langley’s majorneighbourhoods, from nowuntil March.
The support from theprovince and time in thespotlight is a good wayto bring in some newmembers, noted chamberexecutive director LynnWhitehouse.
“What do we do? Well,we advocate for business,”Whitehouse said.
That means dealing witha broader range of issuesthan you might expect.
Whitehouse noted thatone of the late-Februaryitems on the agenda forthe chamber is to finalize
its list of policy resolutionsthat will go to the B.C.Chamber of Commercemeeting in May.
One of the positionsLangley’s chamber willadvocate for is asking theprovince to return to three-year funding for somenon-profit groups.
The Greater LangleyChamber of Commerce isitself a non-profit, but inaddition it has numerousmembers that are non-profit groups, or that workand volunteer with them.
Non-profits usually haveto re-apply every year forfunding from the provin-cial government, after a
change in the rules someyears ago, Whitehousesaid.
“They need to have thestability ofthree-yearfundingfrom theLotteryCorpor-ation,”said White-house.
The uncertainty canalso make it harder forthe non-profits to contractwith professionals.
The Langley chambersaw one of its resolu-tions passed at last year’sCanadian Chamber of
Commerce meeting, whenit called for transparencyand standardization in thefees charged for credit card
processing– an issueof interestto manysmall mer-chants whorely ontheir abilityto accept
credit card transactions.New resolutions from
their members will beaccepted up to the start ofMarch.
Alongside advocacy andnetworking, the GreaterLangley Chamber will be
doing a lot of educationaloutreach this year.
There will be a munici-pal election in November,possibly paired with areferendum on TransLinkfunding.
The chamber has formany years played a bigpart in encouraging andhosting debates of candi-dates, with both businessand non-business ques-tions tossed to those seek-ing election in Langley.
The chamber will alsobe gathering informationand getting it out to votersin advance of the referen-dum, which could affecttransportation for years.
Chamber week
Chamber of commerce prepares for a busy year
“What do we do?We advocate forbusiness.”Lynn Whitehouse
Getting results for B.C. businessFebruary 17, 2014, marks the beginning of Chamber of CommerceWeek, an opportunity for Chambers of Commerce across BritishColumbia to showcase their hard work on behalf of businesscommunities across the province.
This year, Chambers are celebrating the theme of “Leadership inAction” – a theme which highlights the leadership Chambers bringto their business communities, working hard to enhance B.C. as abusiness-friendly jurisdiction with strong opportunities forall British Columbians.
And this leadership delivers results. Just this month, B.C.’s Chambernetwork, working in partnership with the B.C. government, was ableto deliver a significant win for B.C.’s businesses: key, business-friendly changes to a recycling regulation that had caused concern inbusiness communities across B.C.
Thanks to the hard work of Chambers in B.C., working closely with aresponsive government, more than 99% of B.C.’s businesses will faceno red tape or fees under this recycling regulation, which deals withpackaging and printed paper.
And that’s just one of many positive changes that the Chambernetwork has led for B.C. businesses. Among many areas of impact,
B.C.’s Chambers have been a key voice:• Encouraging balanced budgets at all levels of government• Calling for solutions to B.C.’s skills gap; and• Encouraging municipalities to actively support local economicdevelopment.
As members of the BC Chamber of Commerce,Chambers throughout the province are part of B.C.’s most extensivebusiness policy development process. This process brings B.C.businesses’ innovative ideas and on-the-ground insights to B.C.’sdecision makers, and helps shape an ever more business-friendlyprovince. Chamber network policies span from fiscal and tax policy toinfrastructure to industry-specific issues.
At the local level, Chambers throughout B.C. are catalysts for change,bringing together business and community leaders to figure out howto take each community forward.
Here in the Langleys, the Greater Langley Chamber of Commercehas been hard at work advocating on behalf of our local businesses.We have met with both the City of Langley and Township of LangleyCouncils to reestablish the business vote, address the issue of derelictbuildings in our community, discuss the continued reduction of crimeand encourage expansion of the Mobile Business License initiative.
Last, but not least, we’ve recently begun researching CBSA policiesand procedures regarding the collection of duties and how the lack ofcollection impacts consumer spending.
So as B.C. celebrates Chamber Week, don’t miss the opportunity toswing by your local Chamber, join in on some Chamber Week events,and celebrate the leadership, energy and can do attitude that B.C.’sChambers bring to our communities.
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Aldergrove’s junior B hockeyteam recorded the mostregular season points infranchise history.
by Troy [email protected]
The Port Moody Panthers werea pesky bunch Saturday, butstill didn’t have the teeth to takedown the Aldergrove Kodiaks.
The Kodiaks scored the onlythree goals of the second periodbefore cruising to a 7-4 win atPort Moody Arena.
The final Pacific Junior HockeyLeague regular season game forboth teams featured the best andworst of the PJHL’s five-teamHarold BrittainConference.
Aldergrove’sjunior Bs endedwith a 34-6-2-2record and wererunaway win-ners of the con-ference title.
The 72 pointsthe Kodiaksamassed in 44 regular seasongames was the most, by far, inthe Aldergrove franchise’s six-year history.
The Panthers finished their sea-son at 10-30-2-2.
Stephen Ryan, who led theKodiaks and the entire PJHL in
scoring with 88points, notched his40th and 41st goalsof the season togo along with twoassists to spear-head Aldergrove’soffence.
Ryan’s linematesAdam Callegari andSpencer Unger post-
ed a goal and two assists each.For the 20-year-old Callegari,
his goal was the 50th of his PJHLcareer, in his 100th game.
Nolan Wallinger scored two ofthe Kodiaks’ three second periodgoals and added a helper.
Elvis Jansons tallied the onlygoal of the first period for theKodiaks.
Port Moody took a 2-1 lead intothe first intermission.
Kodiaks goaltender JordanLiem made 33 saves to earn his20th win. Liem posted an out-standing 20-3-1 record with twoshutouts and a 2.52 goals againstaverage this season.
The Kodiaks won despite onlydressing three lines, with Spencerand Scott McHaffie and QuinncyLeroux not play-ing.
Kodiaks assist-ant coach/gener-al manager RickHarkins said thePanthers put upa fight, lookingto end their yearwith a win.
“They made apretty good pushtrying to get aplayoff spot afterChristmas, andbeing profession-al, they wantedto go out on a good note, andthey played hard,” Harkins said.
Landen Matechuk scoredtwice in the third frame for thePanthers, who got first periodgoals from Evan Locke and KurtSonne.
Kodiaks 5,Abbotsford Pilots 3
Down 3-1 after the first periodof play Wednesday at AldergroveArena, the Kodiaks rallied toscore twice in the second periodbefore adding two more goalsin the final stanza to beat theirHarold Brittain Conference rivalsfrom Abbotsford.
The Kodiaks’ Joshua Cronin(on a powerplay) and NolanDyck scored in the second periodto tie the game at 3-3.
At the 10:20 mark of the thirdperiod, Aldergrove’s JonathanPhilley broke the deadlock withthe eventual game-winning goal.
Two minutes and 42 secondslater, the Kodiaks’ Scott McHaffieadded an insurance marker.
“It was typical Aldergrove/Abbotsford match-up,” Harkinssaid. “They’re always greatgames and there was a playoffatmosphere. Both teams arehoping to meet in second round[of the playoffs] if all things goright. Both teams were tryingsend a message, that’s for sure.”
The Kodiaks had a slow startto the game, with Ryan scoringthe Aldergrove’s lone goal of thefirst frame. Abbotsford got goalsfrom Alexander Methorst, JaredVirtanen, and Braeden Monk inthe opening 20 minutes, but washeld off the scoreboard after that.
“Our guys perse-vered, and we hadpretty good secondand third periodsand were able tocome out with thewin,” Harkins said.
The Kodiaksfinished 13 pointsclear of the Pilots,who ended up sec-ond in the HaroldBrittain with a 27-12-2-3 mark.
The Kodiaksbegin their post-season tonight
(Tuesday, Feb. 18) when theyvisit the Mission Leisure Centreto face the Mission City Outlaws.
Game time is 7:30 p.m.The teams meet again for game
two of the seven-game seriesWednesday at Aldergrove Arena.Opening faceoff is 7:15 p.m.
From the outset, the odds arestacked against the Outlaws, whofinished fourth in the HaroldBrittain with an 11-28-2-3 record.
The Pilots also open their play-offs tonight, hosting the RidgeMeadows Flames at Abbotsford’sMSA Arena.
The Flames took third in theHarold Brittain with a 17-22-2-3mark.
ICE CHIPS: Despite a six-gamewin streak to end their season,the Kodiaks finished a point backof the Richmond Sockeyes in therace for top spot in the PJHL.
The Tom Shaw Conference-leading Sockeyes (34-5-3-2) wontheir final seven games of thecampaign.
Junior B hockey
Kodiaks run away with Harold Brittain title
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‘Jackie Robinson of hockey’ visits PastimeWillie O’Ree signed a photo of himself in a Boston Bruins uniform for nine-year-old Jenson Bender late Wednesday afternoon atPastime Sports & Games in downtown Langley City. A left winger, O’Ree became the first black hockey player to play in the NHL whenhe suited up for the Bruins for a game against the Montreal Canadiens on Jan. 18, 1958, at the Montreal Forum. During the 1960-61NHL campaign, the now 78-year-old O’Ree played 43 games for the Bruins, posting four goals, but never played another NHL gameafter that season. However, despite being legally blind in his right eye for most of his career as the result of getting struck by anerrant puck, O’Ree continued to play pro hockey, primarily in the Western Hockey League, before retiring in 1979 at age 42.
“Both teams weretrying send amessage, that’s forsure.”Rick Harkins
Aldergrove Kodiaksplayoff gameWhat: Game 2 of the best-of-seven Harold BrittainConference semifinal seriesWho: Kodiaks vs. MissionCity OutlawsWhen: Wednesday, Feb. 19Opening faceoff is 7:15 p.m.Where: Aldergrove ArenaTickets: At the door
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The Vancouver Stealthwere on opposite ends oflopsided scores over theweekend.
On Friday, the Stealthtrounced the host ColoradoMammoth 19-9.
The next night at theScotiabank Saddledomein Calgary, it was theStealth’s turn to take oneon the chin, falling 20-9 tothe Roughnecks.
Stealth 19,Colorado Mammoth 9The Stealth bumped
their five-game slump bytoppling the Mammothat the Pepsi Centre inDenver, Colorado.
The win gave the Stealththeir first victory in fivegames, their first road win,
and they evened the sea-son series with Coloradoat two games apiece.
It was an impressive firsthalf for the Stealth as theiroffence came out firing onall cylinders, scoring ninegoals to Colorado’s oneduring the first quarter.
At the end of the firsthalf the Stealth led 13-4and were in complete con-trol of the game,
“We had our backsagainst the wall a littlebit so it was time to seewhat we were made of,”Stealth head coach ChrisHall said. “It was alsothe first time this seasonthat we pretty much hadour offence from last yearintact.”
The offence continuedto stay hot in the secondhalf as the Stealth scoredanother 10 goals on routeto a huge victory.
The Stealth were led byBrett Bucktooth who hada monster night,collecting aremarkable12 points,including sixgoals.
“Bucktoothwas obviouslyphenomenaltonight,” Hall said. “Heplayed well last week,too but we were without‘Duchee’ and we finallyhad our captain back ondefense, and he’s our lead-er, back there.”
Bucktooth was playingin just his second gameof the season after miss-ing time with injury, andit was his first game backalongside Rhys Duch thisseason.
The two provedto be unstop-pable, asDuch hada breakoutgame as well,after miss-
ing last week’sgame with a sus-
pension. Duch finishedwith four goals and sevenassists.
Cliff Smith and TylerDigby also contributed ina big way, tallying a com-bined 15 points.
Smith had three goalsand five assists, and Digbyadded one goal and sixassists.
It was also a big nightfor another Stealth rookie,as Chris Wardle scoredhis first career NLL goalin highlight-reel fashion,in just his second careergame.
Calgary Roughnecks 20,Stealth 9
It was a second half toforget for the Stealth, whofell to 3-7 after being rout-ed by the Roughnecks.
The Calgary hosts out-scored the Stealth 12-4during the second half ofplay, transforming a rea-sonably tight game into ablowout.
It was close early on,with the Roughnecks lead-ing 3-2 after the first quar-ter of play.
The Roughnecks thenscored three unansweredgoals to make it 6-3 earlyin the second quarter.
The Stealth looked topull within two beforeheading into the firsthalf break, but a lateRoughnecks goal made it8-5 before the half.
The Roughnecks tookover in the third quarter,scoring three goals 27 sec-onds apart.
The slow start to openthe second half forced theStealth to make a changein the net, after startinggoaltender Tyler Richardssurrendered 11 goals on 29shots.
Matt Roik replacedRichards for the remainderof the game and made acouple of big saves for histeam, but the Roughneckskept the pressure on, pep-pering Roik with 27 shotsin the second half whilescoring nine times.
The Roughnecks outshotthe Stealth 56-40 in thegame, thanks in large partto a dominant performancein the face-off dot by GeoffSnider who won 85 per-cent of his draws.
Bye aheadThe Stealth will now
have two weeks off beforemaking a return trip toAlberta on Saturday,March 8 to take on theEdmonton Rush (7-0)which has yet to lose agame this season.
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Stealth rout Mammoth, get roughed up by RoughnecksWith a lengthy break ahead, Vancouver Stealth players have the next two weeks to mull over their lopsided 20-9 loss to the Calgary Roughnecks.
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Scores as of Feb. 13Milner 20, Harmsworth 16Murrayville 22, Willoughby 14Langley 21, Fort Langley 15
Second half standings
Langley 138, Murrayville 133,Harmsworth 130, Milner 130,Fort Langley 116, Will’by 109
by Troy [email protected]
This Friday, the Walnut GroveGators will embark on theirquest for a second consecutiveB.C. senior boys basketball title.
The 29-5 Gators – who wonthe B.C. Triple A championshiplast March at the Langley EventsCentre – open their Fraser ValleyQuad A playoff qualifiers againstthe winner of Wednesday’sgame between Fraser Heightsand Port Moody.
Opening tip-off for the Gators’game is 7:45 p.m. at WalnutGrove Secondary’s gym.
If the Gators win, they’llplay again on their home courtMonday, Feb. 23 at 7:45 p.m.
If they lose, they’ll be in actionat the WGSS gym Monday at 6p.m.
The LEC is hosting the FraserValley championships startingFriday, Feb. 28, and ending withthe championship game at 8:30p.m. on Saturday, March 1.
Masters in CrestonThe field is set for the 2014 BC
Masters Curling Championshipsin Creston, and there is a hand-ful of Langley curlers takingpart.
Eight men’s and eightwomen’s teams will battle forgold in this 60-plus competitionbeing held at the Creston CurlingClub from March 5-9.
Local men’s curlers involvedinclude:
• Team Sparkes – lead KiyoHamade – and fifth BruceLonsbery;
• Team Moore – lead GarySmith;
• Team Lepine, based outof the Langley Curling Club– lead Claire Morrison fromAldergrove;
• Team Gardner – third VickiSmith;
Silver skatersLangley figure skaters twirled
and glided to silver medalsat the Winterskate event inChilliwack last weekend.
Results were:Karlin De Schutter, Star 3
– silverBrooklyn Sanderson, Star 3
– silverEvelyn Bator, Sr. Silver Ladies
– silverUna Chang, Star 3 – silverVanessa Merk, Star 4 Ladies
Gr. 9 – 7thMackenna Kerr, Star 4 Ladies
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Kate Boyes, Star 4 Ladies Gr.4– 5th; and Intro Interpretive– 8th
Diana Hong, Jr. Silver Ladies– 5th; and Pre-Novice LadiesShort – 16th
Madison Borthwick, Star 5– 12th
Another skater from Langleywas Kayla Halliday in Star 2.
On a related note, the inter-mediate synchro team fromAldergrove – which includes sev-eral Langley skaters – is gettingready to skate in the nationalsnext weekend at Bill CopelandArena in Burnaby.
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