Abbotsford News, September 11, 2012

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Veteran MLA joins ranks of Liberals who will not run in spring Neil CORBETT Abbotsford News

Abbotsford-Mission MLA Randy Hawes has added his name to the list of longtime Liberal politicians who will not be running in the next election. He will throw his support behind Mission

Coun. Tony Luck to be his successor. In recent weeks, a number of prominent Liberals including John Les and Kevin Falcon announced they will not run next year. Hawes said his decision should not be interpreted as a lack of confidence in the

Liberal party. “There’s nothing wrong with refreshing the party and getting new people involved,” he said. Hawes explained he has future goals outside of politics. Continued on A3

90TH GALA AT THE REACH A13 Sold-out event recognizes nine decades of the Abbotsford News

FOOD DRIVE THIS WEEK A3 Major campaign will stock the shelves of local food banks

■ Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A11 ■ Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A23 ■ Viewpoint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A8

■ Classifieds. . . . . . . . . . . . . A27 JOHN MORROW Abbotsford News

The annual MCC Festival for World Relief, held on the weekend at Tradex, raised more than $650,000 and volunteers are still counting. Organizers are confident that the goal of $700,000 will be reached. The quilt auction (above) raised more than $21,000. Proceeds go to MCC relief efforts in 60 countries. See story A12.

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