CHILLIWACK TIMES TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2013
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mascot spent his time behind the basket we were shooting at pulling up his tail and showing his ass or laying on the ground in a seductive pose whenever we were shooting foul shots. Don’t get me wrong, in the right context this, like a good fart, could be sort of funny out on a school yard court. But this is high school folks. The Sr. AAA boys playoffs. And unfortunately we’ve reached new lows. Good luck to the players of Walnut Grove. You certainly are a great group of basketball players. It’s just a shame you won’t learn the truly important life lessons your coaches, parents and school are supposed to be teaching you in
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presence needed in Yarrow. Mr. Lum must also be educated on the amount of house, car, RV, farm and store theft happening daily in this small town. The car thieves and crack shacks are everywhere. A police presence and a police relationship is needed in this small community in order to make a difference. I fully support Mr. Lum and I’m sure I speak on behalf on most of the Yarrow residents. Just because it’s a bit of drive and may use gas, in the end the new relationship and presence may save money by stopping or catching the thieves, addicts and scum that have plagued our precious little town. Community patrol and citizen patrols would be welcome as well. How rude to speak of such a great representative of our city and surrounding areas (Chilliwack Times, Feb. 19 letter to the editor). Thank you for thinking of all of us, not just downtown Chilliwack. We are proud to have Coun. Lum on our council. Keep up the great work. Missy Drysdale Yarrow
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Editor: When the Chilliwack senior boys basketball team rolled down the highway last Wednesday night to play the number-two ranked Walnut Grove Gators, the result was a foregone conclusion. After all, Chilliwack was ranked number 31 and was down to three subs. We encouraged our boys to keep their heads high, play hard, play fair and try to score 40 points against this venerable opponent. This would be our final game of the year and we all knew it. We expected to lose, but we never expected this level of poor sportsmanship from such an organization of winners. The banners of success surround the gymnasium. And the Gators were as advertised—big, strong and talented. It was evident within minutes who would win. And if the score wasn’t enough, the game announcer on the loud speaker certainly told everyone over and over who the losers were and how very good the winners are. For example, when one of our players missed a bank shot the announcer shouted that “ha, ha, obviously, the bank was closed.” All the while, the Gator
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