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JESSICA PETERS / OBSERVER

Councillor Lorne Fisher shakes hands with MP Mark Strahl on stage at the Chilliwack Cultural Centre on Wednesday. Fisher was one of several local residents to recieve a Queen’s Jubilee Medal to honour the Queen’s 60th year of reign. In total, 60,000 Canadians are being recognized for a wide range of efforts, including their service to the country, through acts of volunteerism, bravery and overcoming personal obstacles.

What do Rita Bruneski, Joey Ellis, Lorne Fisher and Sylvia Pranger have in common?

They’ve each stepped up to support their community for years on end. And on Wednesday afternoon, the community came out to return the favour.

Several Agassiz area residents were awarded with Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee medals, in a ceremony at the Chilliwack Cultural Centre. The event was hosted by MP Mark Strahl, and included awards for 30 residents from a variety of backgrounds around this riding.

Four of those awards were for Bruneski, Ellis, Fisher and Pranger. Another went to Mountain Institution prison chaplain Rev. Angus Haggerty, and yet another to this riding’s former MLA Barry Penner.

Those from Agassiz were welcomed with a large support crew, including Mayor John Van Laerhoven and several members of the Kent Harrison Search and Rescue team.

Bruneski is a member of the SAR team, along with a long list of other achievements, and said she was thrilled to find out she was receiving the medal.

“I sometimes think I’m just a person in the background helping out,” she said. And like many of the 60,000 Canadians who have received this honour over the last year, she doesn’t set out to volunteer with the intent of earning accolades.

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gave Bruneski a chance to learn more about the Jubilees.

Strahl explained that the commemorative medal was created to mark the 2012 celebrations of the 60th anniversary of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s accession to the Throne as Queen of Canada. The medal honours Her Majesty’s service to Canada and Canadians who have made a significant contribution to their community.

Many organizations were given the authority to award the medals to a varying number of people within their realm. Some of the recipients from Strahl’s office were given their medals in a presentation last week, in Pemberton.

Locally, Sylvia Pranger was unable to attend Wednesday’s ceremony.

In addition to those mentioned above, Strahl awarded the following people with the medal: John Blessin, Ernie Crey, Shirley Dargatz, Rolland Fox, Jim Gaetz, Hans Jeschek, David Jimmie, Richard (Gwyn) Joiner (posthumously), Peter Kenward, Francis and Esther King, Warren King, Ana Macedo, Allen McEwan, Glen Ringdal, Crist’l Roshard, Earl Rowe, Glenda Standeven, Laurence Stinson, Ted and Ann Stoker. Harald Throness, Grant Ullyot and Richard Zervini.

For more photos and biographies of Agassiz’s recipients, see page 3. news@ahobserver.com

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Help Project receives unexpected gift

New program aims to connect youth with resources Jessica Peters The Oberver

Children need resources.

They need ways to help combat bullying, to talk about their fears and sadness, to escape violence at home, and to stay clean and sober.

They need The Help Project — a program emerging from within the community designed to connect kids with the information they need. Several key

players in the Fraser Cascade are involved, including school trustee Al Fraser.

He, along with Susan Eick, and Kristi Kozel, addressed Harrison council on Monday night with a presentation about the project, outlining the key supporters, the background, the intentions and reasons for the need.

They also made a request for funding.

The Help Project will require $10,000 to get off the ground. That would, among other things, cover website implementation and the creation of a QR code that would go on backpack tags and other items for kids with smart phones.

At the end of the 25-minute presentation, Mayor Leo Facio suggested they write a formal request for funding.

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“We are just starting the budget process so a letter of request would be your first step,” he explained. He also suggested they join in with this year’s Health and Wellness Fair.

Dr. Michael Scott, from Harrison Hot Springs, was moved to speak up at that point, from the public gallery.

“I’d like to give you $1,000,” he told the group.

The Help Project committee is planning to kick off in February, with a school district wide art contest. The winners of the art contest will receive iPad minis, an incentive they hope will grab kids’ initial attention. Their work will also be used as the images promoting the project.

Their goal with the art contest is to engage students and teachers in dialogue about the project.

There will also be flyers around the community, and advertising through print and digital media.

It will be inclusive of all School District 78 schools, as well as Agassiz Christian School, Chehalis and Seabird. Partners in the project so far include MCFD, the school board and school district administration

JESSICA PETERS / OBSERVER

Kristy Kozel (right) and Susan Eick listen as Al Fraser, school board trustee, speaks to Harrison Hot Springs council on Monday night in hopes of gaining support for the new initiative, which would connect today’s youth with current services.

and staff, Fraser Valley Regional Library including Agassiz Library’s Terrill Scott, the Agassiz Harrison Healthy Communities Committee, Seabird Island Mental Health, Fraser Health, Show Kids You Care and Free Rein Associates in Hope.

They are hoping to bring the Village of Harrison into the fold, as well as the Districts of Kent and Hope. They will speak as delegates at an upcoming Kent council meeting.

They also have the support of citizen partners Liz Muller, Andrea McRae and

student Kaitlin Roberts.

Eick told council a moving story about how her family ended up moving to Harrison Hot Springs two years ago. They had lived very close to Columbine when the mass shooting occurred there. When her two children started attending school, it became clear that gun violence was affecting their education.

Schools there conducted regular “bad guy drills,” she said. “We had growing concern of our children’s safety in the schools. I was horrified by this. It was

telling them, you are not safe at school.”

It spurred on a move to Canada, and they settled in the Village.

Now, she’s focused on working with The Help Project to ensure all youth in the area have easy access to all the services they need.

The Help Project includes new media version of the previous Little Black Book.

The QR code will link users directly to all the information they need locally and regionally.

It will also be a part of the new 211 Help Line, and include a Facebook page, website, iPhone application and more.

Kent agrees to focus on promoting agriculture Ag Week among KAAC recommendations

Jessica Peters The Observer

The Kent Agricultural Advisory Committee has highlighted four key points in the Ag Area Plan for council to consider a priority for 2013.

The recommendations came out of two meetings KAAC held late in 2012, and council approved those last Monday night.

They include AAP Recommendation 4.3.2, which states that the District of Kent include the agricultural community in the planning and implementation of design standards and maintenance or

operation plans, when created recreational trails.

They also put forward 4.5.1, which recommends the District discourages applications for additional residences in the ALR, and 4.7.1, which recommends the District make every effort to support District farmers in making their products available for local purchase either from the farm gate or through a farmers market.

Finally, they recommended 5.5.1, which talks about declaring an “Agricultural Week” to place emphasis on the active agricultural industry and

importance of operations.

However, council did not approve a fifth recommendation asking to eliminate a proposed $25 business license administration fee. CAO Wallace Mah explained that the fee was an important one, that helped the District cover the costs of noncompliance and enforcement.

“Although it says it’s a fee, it’s more than that,” Mah said.

Council opposed that motion unanimously, and sent it back to KAAC for further discussion.

Councillor Duane Post was absent. news@ahobserver.com

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Volunteerism leads to Agassiz Jubilees

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Joey has spent her entire life serving and volunteering in many capacities.

She spent her career working in Corrections where she served above and beyond the call of duty, receiving both the Award of Excellence from the Treasury Board and the Meritorious Service Medal.

It is impossible to name all of Mrs. Ellis’ achievements, but they include the creation of the Caring on the Inside program, chairing the Chain Link HIV/AIDS

group at Mountain Institution, receiving the Certificate of Appreciation from the Canadian government in 2005, receiving the International Year of the Volunteer Award in 2001, volunteering as a member of the Agassiz-Harrison Lions International Club, where she has been president and secretary, volunteering at the Kilby museum, and volunteering in countless other ways throughout her community.

Sylvia Pranger is a former mayor and councillor for the District of Kent and is currently a commissioner with the Agricultural Land Commission, acting as the commissioner for the South Coast Panel.

She has a long history

of active involvement in her community, going beyond service as mayor and councillor, and has received various awards for her work, including the Golden Jubilee Medal in 2002.

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JESSICA PETERS / OBSERVER

Joey Ellis was one of four Agassiz residents to receive Jubilee medals on Wednesday afternoon.

Sylvia Pranger

the Kent Harrison Healthy Communities Committee and the Youth Diversion Board of Directors, and acting as past president of the Harrison-Agassiz Rotary Club.

She is also the cofounder of the Kent

The WALK for ALS held each year is the largest annual fundraiser and it is the signature event for the ALS Society of BC. 60% of funds raised help patients and families living with ALS, with the remaining 40% going toward research into finding a cure for the disease.

Harrison Foundation, which is a community foundation that provides grants to deserving members of the community, and has played an active role with the Agassiz Agricultural Association for a number of years.

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Lorne Fisher is a former mayor of Kent and a current councillor for the District.

Previously, he served as the Head of Animal Science at the Pacific Agricultural Research Center in Agassiz, and was a Research Scientist Emeritus.

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Rita Bruneski is a lifetime member, past president, and current secretary and treasurer of the Agassiz Agricultural and Horticultural Association, treasurer for the Kent-Harrison Search and Rescue Team Society, and an important facilitator of the Agassiz Fall Fair & Corn Festival.

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The biographies on this page are transcribed from MP Mark Strahl's presentation on Wednedsay afternoon in Chilliwack.

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Village of Harrison Hot Springs NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Monday, February 4, 2013 at 7:00 p.m.

Council Chambers, Village Office 495 Hot Springs Road, Harrison Hot Springs, BC TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the Village of Harrison Hot Springs will hold a Public Hearing, pursuant to Section 890 of the Local Government Act of British Columbia, as noted above, on the following items.

1. ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 1021, 2013 Location: The Municipality of the Village of Harrison Hot Springs, Plan 35160, Lot 37, Section 12, Township 4, Range 29, Meridian W6, Land District NW Purpose: The bylaw proposes an amendment to Zoning Bylaw 1020, 2012

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TEXT AMENDMENT That the Village of Harrison Hot Springs Zoning Bylaw Number 1020, 2012, be amended by: A. Inserting the following new sub-section: “VI. 4). (8) Comprehensive Development Zone 3 – CD-3”; and B. Inserting the above sub-section within the Table of Contents.

The Hemlock Ski Club hosted a K2 Ski competition on the weekend.

“VI. 4). (8) COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT ZONE THREE – CD-3 .1) Intent This zone is intended to provide for low density, single detached dwellings on small bare land strata parcels located on Plan 35160, Lot 37, Section 12, Township 4, Range 29, Meridian W6, Land District NW. 2

.2) Permitted Uses The following uses and no others are permitted in the CD-3 zone: Principal Uses .1 Single Detached Dwelling

Parking area; Parking garage.

.2 .3 .3)

Conditions on Use

Conditions on Use .1 .2 .3

Marty McKinney

For the observer

Accessory Uses .1 Home Occupation; .2 Parking area; .3 Parking garage. .3)

.1

All permitted uses shall be connected to the Village of Harrison Hot Springs community water system and sanitary sewer system.

.2

All parcels shall have vehicle access only through a common lane in the rear.

.3

Landscaping and screening shall be approved by the Village and conducted in accordance with the conditions outlined within the Zoning Bylaw 1020.

All permitted uses shall be connected to the Village of Harrison Hot Springs community water system and sanitary sewer system. .4)rear.Regulations All parcels shall have vehicle access only through a common lane in the Landscaping and screening shall be approved by the Village and conducted in accordance with the conditions outlined within the Zoning Bylaw 1020.

On a parcel zoned CD-3, no building or structure will be constructed, located or altered and no plan of subdivision will be approved which Regulations contravenes the regulations set out in the following table in which Column I sets to be regulated Column which II sets out the On a parcel zoned CD-3, no building or structure will be constructed, located or altered and no out plantheofmatter subdivision will be and approved contra regulations.

.4)

venes the regulations set out in the following table in which Column I sets out the matter to be regulated and Column II sets out the regulations. .5)

Community Amenities On a parcel zoned CD-3, no building or structure shall be constructed until the following community amenity has been provided to the Village: 1. A $15,000 contribution towards beachfront and waterfront streetscape improvements.

.6)

III.

Comprehensive Development Plan On a parcel zoned CD-3, no building or structure shall be constructed, located or altered and no plan of subdivision approved which is not generally in accordance with the Comprehensive Development Plan which forms an integral component of this zone as Schedule 1.

MAP AMENDMENT A.

B.

That Schedule A, the Zoning Map of the Village of Harrison Hot Springs Bylaw No. 1020, be amended by rezoning the property located on Plan 35160, Lot 37, Section 12, Township 4, Range 29, Meridian W6, Land District NW, and as outlined in heavy black outline and cross-hatched on Schedule 2 of this Bylaw, from the Residential One Zone (R-1) to Comprehensive Development Zone 3 (CD-3).

That the map appended hereto designated as Schedule 4 2 showing such amendment is an integral part of this Bylaw.

Residential One Zone (R-1) to Comprehensive Development Zone 3 (CD-3)

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COLUMN I

COLUMN II 2

Minimum Lot Size

335 m

Minimum Lot Width

10.5 metres

Maximum Number of Principle Buildings

1

Principle Buildings Minimum Setback  front parcel line  interior parcel line  exterior parcel line  rear parcel line

4.5 metres 1.2 metres 1.2 metres 4.0 metres

Maximum Number of Accessory Buildings and Structures

Accessory Building and Structures Minimum Setback  front parcel line  interior parcel line  exterior parcel line  rear parcel line

4.5 metres 1.0 metres 1.2 metres 3 1.0 metres

60%

Maximum Building Height

7.5 metres for principle buildings 3.8 metres for accessory buildings

Parking and Loading

2 parking spaces per parcel

The document is available for review on the Village Office website at .5) Community Amenities www.harrisonhotsprings.ca or at the Village Office located at 495 Hot Springs Road, Harrison Hot Springs, during business Monday – Friday, 8:00 am – 4:30 On a parcel zoned CD-3, nohours building or structure shall be constructed untilpm. the following community amenity has been provided to the Village:

Persons who deem that their interest in property is affected by the proposed zoning 1. A $15,000 contribution towards beachfront and waterfront streetscape bylaw amendment bylaw, will have an opportunity to be heard at the Public Hearing, or improvements. if you are unable to attend, you may send your written submission to the Village Office, PO Box 160, Harrison Hot Springs, BC VOM 1KO no later than 4:00 p.m. February 4, Comprehensive Development Plan 2013. All.6) submissions will form part of the record of the Public Hearing.

On a parcel zoned CD-3, no building or structure shall be constructed, located or

The proposed bylaw beplan inspected between the hours 8:00generally a.m. toin4:30 p.m., alteredmay and no of subdivision approved whichof is not accordance with the Comprehensive Development which18, forms component Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, from Plan January 2013antointegral February 4, 2013, this zone as Schedule 1. inclusive, in theofVillage Office, 495 Hot Springs Road, Harrison Hot Springs, BC. Please direct your enquiries to the Manager of Planning and Community Services 604-796-2171.

III. MAP AMENDMENT A. Thatno Schedule A, information the Zoning Maporofsubmissions the Village of Harrison Springs Bylaw Please note that further can beHot considered by No. 1020, be amended by rezoning the property located on Plan 35160, Lot 37, Council after Section the conclusion of the Public Hearing.

12, Township 4, Range 29, Meridian W6, Land District NW, and as outlined in heavy black outline and cross-hatched on Schedule 2 of this Bylaw, One Zone (R-1) to Comprehensive Development

The document is available for review on the Village Office website at That the map appended hereto designated as Schedule 2 showing such www.harrisonhotsprings.ca or at the Village Office located at 495 Hot Springs Road,B.Harrison amendment is an integral part of this Bylaw.

Hot Springs, during business hours Monday – Friday, 8:00 am – 4:30 pm.

Persons who deem that their interest in property is affected by the proposed zoning bylaw amendment bylaw, will have an opportunity to be heard at the Public Hearing, or if you are

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from the Residential Debra Key Zone 3 (CD-3).

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Hemlock was going full out this weekend and the weather made it perfect.

Friday and Saturday the Hemlock Ski Club hosted a K2 Ski Competition which included competitors from around the province.

On Sunday the BC Alpine Association hosted a friendly “non competitive/ competitive” Ski Cross event.

This is a different type of ski cross where only two competitors are on the course at a time and they are working together to achieve the best combined time through the course.

They are working as a two-person team and

trying to place a better time than the other teams.

Throughout this friendly competition teams were changed around and some unofficial competitons were held at the end of the day. The timing starts when the first competitor breaks the electronic beam at the top of the course and the time is registered when the second competitor breaks the beam at the finish.

Throughout the weekend, ski and boarding lessons were still in process on the hill and of course the very popular tubing park was full to capacity.

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News The District of Kent is one of 27 communities receiving money for Age Friendly initiatives for seniors. On Tuesday, resident Henry Fabritz accepted a cheque for $15,000 on behalf of all Kent seniors, during an announcement at Cheam Village with (from left to right) Mayor John Van Laerhoven, Ralph Sultan, minister of state for seniors and Chilliwack MLA John Les.

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Kent granted Age Friendly funds Money will help seniors connect to services

Local seniors got a boost on Tuesday, following a funding announcement at Cheam Village in Agassiz.

Ralph Sultan, Minister of State for Seniors, handed over a $15,000 ‘age-friendly’ grant, intended to help create programs or tools that address the needs of the district’s older residents.

The District of Kent is one of 27 communities receiving grants for 2013.

“One of the topics that I’ve heard in my discussion with seniors time and time again as I’ve toured the province is the importance of addressing the issue of isolation,” Sultan said. “I am pleased to see communities like Kent rising to the challenge and creating programs and supports that support seniors in remaining socially active and connected to their communities.”

On hand to accept the grant was local senior Henry Fabritz, and Agassiz Mayor John Van Laerhoven. MLAs John Les and

Gwen O’Mahony were also at the event.

The District of Kent recently created a few different forums to gain feedback from seniors on their feelings on local services and amenities. They held a community cafe and conducted a survey.

While seniors overall find the area a good place to live, the district found that many seniors were unaware of local services, or isolated from benefitting from them.

They will use the funds to work to reach isolated seniors and raise awareness of the risk factors of isolation. The district will also promote local senior services through a variety of means, including information boards, consolidated telephone number lists, a resource book and a communication directory.

“This region is home to many seniors and it is great news that this funding will support the health and well-being some of our most vulnerable older

residents,” said Chilliwack MLA John Les. The age-friendly planning and project grant program is a partnership between the government of B.C. and the Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM). Grants of up to $20,000 are provided through UBCM to help establish, or continue, a variety of projects that support healthy, active seniors.

“It is estimated that approximately 10 per cent of the seniors’ population here in Kent is isolated or at risk of becoming isolated and we are pleased that this age-friendly grant will help us to address this important issue,” said Mayor of the District of Kent John Van Laerhoven. “Through training for staff, volunteers and other agencies, we hope to raise awareness of the risk factors of isolation and ensure that local seniors have supports in place to be engaged and active members of the community.” news@ahoberver.com

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Keep bringing down killers

So-called “Mr. Big” stings have found increasing favour among police investigators for gaining convictions in serious criminal cases.

Such was the case with the murder of Chelsey Acorn, a 14-year-old Abbotsford girl who ran afoul of a truly chilling father and son duo.

Acorn went missing from her foster home on June 10, 2005. Her remains were found the following spring, in a shallow grave near the Coquihalla Highway near Hope.

Taped confessions heard at the trials of Dustin Moir, now 27, and his father, Jesse West, suggested that the two men had strangled her, pushed her naked body into the hole they had dug, and then dropped a large rock on her head.

Possible motives and other details of their heinous crime emerged as they confessed to a police officer posing as a crime boss. It’s a strategy that has taken down a number of killers and other criminals in recent years.

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Critics of the tactic call it unreliable, primarily because some people – as West himself claimed – will tell lies to impress someone they think is a key crime figure, to reap the benefits after they’re accepted into the fold.

Fabricated evidence is a possibility.

However, careful investigation will usually sift out the truth, particularly when there is more than one accused telling the tales. And ultimately, there will be a judge and/or jury to weigh the evidence in the context of arguments by defence and Crown.

It has been suggested that Mr. Big stings should be rejected by the courts. And if that were so, the killers of an innocent 14-year-old girl would still be on the streets, and possibly taking more victims.

That is an utter absence of justice.

That is not an option.

Thanks to good police work, Moir and West got what they deserved – life in prison with no parole for 25 years.

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Smart meter deniers’ last stand B.C. Views Tom Fletcher VICTORIA – The news was trumpeted with alarm here on Vancouver Island, which along with the Gulf Islands is the heartland of tinfoil-hat opposition to smart meters.

Of the 140,000 power customers who didn’t have a wireless meter by the end of the year, many have simply refused. Now BC Hydro has sent letters informing them “we can no longer delay the installation of a new meter at your home.”

“StopSmartMetersBC” sent out a panicky e-mail advising its resistance movement to brace against “storm trooper tactics” from BC Hydro staff, and urging phone and fax attacks on their local MLA office.

“Anger and outrage should be expressed, in a quiet way, so that we don’t sound hysterical, but people are being threatened, police called, etc.,” the anonymous e-mail helpfully suggests.

BC Hydro has also confirmed what I told you a few months ago.

Those bogus locks, chicken wire cages and important-looking signs, which were sold like modern-day snake oil, have no legal effect to prevent the utility from working on its own equipment. These obstacles to inspection have been and continue to be removed, along with dangerous grow-op bypasses and fiddled mechanical meters.

The technical arguments against wireless meters have been demolished. False news reports and website claims still circulate, but no fires have been attributed to the installation of 1.7 million wireless meters in B.C. About 1,200 faulty meter bases have also been replaced at BC Hydro’s expense, and as crude power-theft bypasses

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have been removed, the incidence of electrical fires, already rare, has dropped substantially.

“There are bozo eruptions ahead.”

Another popular myth is increased electricity bills. Yes, if your bypass is removed, your bill will go up. Like gas pumps, power meters are required by federal law to be accurate.

Which brings us back to Team Tinfoil, which has been sold a cascading series of fantastic tales about the effect of wireless signals that are already ever-present in all modern communities.

A Toronto-based expert group called Bad Science Watch has tackled claims of “electromagnetic hypersensitivity” head-on.

I highly recommend their 10-page

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In plain language, with references to the best available scientific studies, it describes the double-blind tests that prove people who claim this sensitivity are not actually able to detect when they are or are not being exposed to wireless signals. No X-Men candidates have come forward.

It also exposes key “activists” in Canada. The most prominent is Dr. Magda Havas, an associate professor at Trent University who has “developed a career denouncing the safety of low-frequency electromagnetic radiation.” She gives speeches, promotes her book and has worked with one David Stetzer to promote an “EMF filter” to sell to those who insist they feel what science shows they don’t.

Havas has appeared on TV “news” shows with “activistentrepreneur” Kevin Byrne. His website appears to be a hub of cell tower and smart meter scare

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reports, but it’s interspersed with product pitches for EMF Solutions Canada, of which Byrne is coincidentally president.

Then there’s “entrepreneuractivist” Rob Metzinger, president of something called Safe Living Technologies Inc. He doesn’t run a lurid scare website, but he’s appeared on CBC and CTV as some sort of authority. (The main hazard emanating from TVs these days is bad information.)

As the election approaches, a fight is gearing up between the NDP and the B.C. Green Party for the ignorant, superstitious and angry vote. The Greens in particular have damaged their credibility in a desperate bid to quiet their own tinfoil-chapeau wing.

There are bozo eruptions ahead.

I’ll have more on that in a future column.

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Plenty of questions regarding pay parking issue

(Editor's Note: This letter has been edited for lack of space. To read the full version, visit us at www.ahobserver.com.)

I attended the open house regarding pay parking for the village of Harrison.

While I understand it is still only a proposal, this is what I understand is being proposed.

• 43 parking meters throughout the village from May to September at a cost of $17,200.00 a month to be paid by the village.

• All money collected from the machines will go to the village. No one knows how much this will be as it will depend on how many visitors and how long they stay. BUT - the cost for the equipment, etc. $17,200.00 a month (if they go with this plan) must first be paid from the collected money

and it is a fixed cost.

• The parking charge of $1.00 per half hour is what is proposed.

You can buy 15 minutes if you want and up to a maximum of $8 - machines will be in operation from 9 a.m. 9 p.m.

• The parking company will have their own staff here to monitor the meters - 8 hours a day, 7 days a week at $15 per hour (this cost is included in the monthly charge).

This means that for 4 hours each day the staff will not be watching to see that the pay parking is being purchased.

Village residents will be issued one parking pass. There was talk about being able to access additional passes from the village office if you are having company. Will the village office have to

hire additional staff to oversee the parking issues? Can we afford additional staff? and at what cost? Does the staff not have enough to do already without having the job of issuing parking passes for all residents of the village and keeping track of this?

Who will be issued this free parking pass?

Only taxpayers? What about people renting apartments or condos or living at the RV resorts, etc. and how will this be determined.

Agassiz, Harrison Mills, Seabird Island, Chehalis, our extended community, will have to pay to park. Over the years the businesses, along with the Chamber of Commerce have worked hard to encourage the residents/businesses of these communities

to support each other, attend each others events, use each other facilities, put advertising in the Observer newspaper and Tourism Harrison publication.

Agassiz area residents - in the months where pay parking is in effect (if this is implemented) - will have to pay for parking. This is a travesty.

The council should think long and hard about this.

I own a business in Harrison and there are many issues about the effect pay parking will have on our businesses but I also live in the District of Kent - I think there may be others in this situation - I pay taxes in Harrison and my family has paid taxes in Harrison for 50 years but I will now have to pay to come to Harrison, to go

to the hairdresser, go to the grocery store, go for a walk on the beach and if I do not get back to my parking spot in time and

my purchased time runs out, I will get a parking ticket on top if it all.

Not a great scenario for our long time

community relationship with the District of Kent.

Donna Wright, Peter Heal and Audrey Munce

PUBLIC NOTICE SNOW & ICE CONTROL The District of Kent’s response to winter events varies according to the individual characteristics of each event and availability of resources. Roads are checked early in the morning and the appropriate Public Works’ staff is called in to deal with the situation.

District of Kent priorities for snow and ice removal include: Opening access for emergency service providers, such as Fire and Ambulance Opening school bus routes on school days Opening rural milk truck routes Opening prison access routes Clearing the commercial core and opening collector routes Once these priority areas are under control and in adequate condition, work can start on municipal subdivisions, sidewalks and parking lots. Exceptions will be made for emergencies.

Townsite plowing often starts with clearing driving lanes by plowing toward the curb. Driveways do become obstructed from street plowing. Please note that the District cannot open private driveways or roads.

The community can aid the District during winter conditions in several ways: Park vehicles in your driveway, rather than on the street.

Shovel sidewalk in front of your residence or business.

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When shoveling snow, if possible, place snow on your lawn; grass is dormant and will not be affected.

If you must place snow on the roadway, place it to the right when facing the roadway; this way when the snow plow passes it will not re-plow snow back into your driveway.

Winter events are often followed by rain. Snow or ice in the curb lane interferes with drainage and may cause some flooding. Therefore, on roads that are wide enough, the District frequently “windrows” the snow down the centre of streets to permit proper drainage. The intersections are opened completely to allow the proper flow of traffic.

Please use caution when traveling during winter conditions: Drive more slowly Leave more room from the vehicle in front of you Ensure your vehicle has good winter tires and is in good repair Leave extra room when in the vicinity of snow removal equipment.

For additional information please contact the District of Kent at 604-796-2235.

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News

Drainage recommendations voted down Mayor van Laerhoven stresses that council still supports committee’s work

Jessica Peters The Observer

Kent council voted down several, but not all, items recommended by the Agassiz-Harrison Mills Drainage Committee at last Monday’s meeting.

But at the end of the meeting, Mayor John Van Laerhoven stressed that just because many of the items were defeated doesn’t mean that council isn’t supportive of the committee.

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“Please do not interpret the defeat of these motions as us not supporting you,” he said, and many of the issues brought up would “need more capital.”

Councillor Duane Post, the primary contact for the AHMDC was not in attendance at the meeting, so the 10 recommendations coming out of their Dec. 4 committee meeting were brought forward by the alternate, Councillor Lorne Fisher.

There was plenty of discussion around the council table regarding each recommendation, starting with the committee asking for council to write to CPR to request an assessment on the culverts located on railway property and near 4905 Hunt Road and at the Clark/Hogg ditches, to determine the impact the culverts are having on drainage.

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• Council unanimously approved a luminous sign at Agassiz United Church. The sign is already in place, at 6860 Lougheed Hwy., and glows to illuminate the message board for passersby.

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wording I feel we cannot support at council,” Fisher said.

“I’d like to agree,” Schwichtenberg said. “I could be in favour, but not the way it sits right now.”

CAO Wallace Mah said that the council cannot spend money to aid a business, and that a project like this would require communication with the landowner.

The drainage committee also asked for legal compensation from individuals or organizations found responsible for damaging the district’s engineered ditches.

All council was opposed, and that was defeated.

Finally, the committee asked for council to provide them with all correspondence from the province and federal government, with respect to the financing approvals for the additional floodbox and upgrades to the Hammersley pump station.

That recommendation was quickly shut down, with Mah pointing out that there is a legal action pending on that matter. news@ahobserver.com

notified the District that a pilot plan to be open on Sundays was not a successful one, and their hours of operation would change to be closed on Sundays once again. Over the course of several Sundays, only 10 people used the depot, making the extended hours inefficient.

Council approved the change.

• The Walk/Run for Heritage asked council to waive fees with respect to the use of the Ag Fairgrounds parking area, municipal roads and equipment

provisions for their March 23 event. Mayor John Van Laerhoven suggested the group make a grant-in-aid proposal.

• Council and staff will be meeting with Emergency Management B.C. regarding an emergency route, possibly using the Deer Lake area.

“I’m glad this is happening,” said Van Laerhoven, adding that they have been discussing the issue at UBCM conferences for at least the past two years. news@ahobserver.com

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The cost of such a project is beyond the financial abilities of the District, Fisher said.

“There is a significant problem here,” he said.

“It was cost far more money than we have at council,” he said.

The number of recommendations being defeated caused gave at least one councillor pause.

“Are they not made aware of these things,” Councillor Holger Schwichtenberg said.

“Where do these recommendations come from?”

Mayor John Van Laerhoven concurred that a lot of recommendations put forward would cost more money than is realisitic.

Council unanimously opposed that recommendation.

The drainage committee also asked council to consider moving the McCallum Ditch anywhere from 60 to 100 metres away from buildings at at 2461 Bodnar Road.

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that since the committee Council also defeated last met, staff has already a recommendation that contacted CPR on that they invite Vic Toews, matter, and is awaiting a minister of public safety, reply. to a public meeting Council did carry prior to the review of a motion that says the Official Community property Plan, with o w n e r s regards to the affected by development upcoming plans of drainage Corrections maintenance Canada lands would be at Sutherland given notice, and Humphrey both by mail Roads. and through Mayor John Van The drainage LaerhoVen newspaper committee also recommended advertisements. that council write to But council did not Keith Ashfield regarding move a recommendation the Water Sustainability that “council considers Act exemptions publicly providing and exclusions for information previously the maintenance of submitted relating to engineered drainage/ its position, at its next irrigation ditches and regular meeting, with storm water reservoirs. respect to the proposed Fisher said “there Provincial Water are some very serious Sustainability Act.” problems with the However, Thiessen wording of that. This said that information r e c o m m e n d a t i o n is already available negates the effectiveness through the province’s of the Water website. The Act is Sustainability Act, and being rewritten, and that’s not something we council has provided want to do." input in that process, Council also found including a letter from wording problems with Councillor Lorne Fisher a recommendation in 2009, when he was that council considers Kent’s mayor. upgrading the The recommendation McCallum Ditch from wasn’t moved forward. the culvert at Sutherland

Many families choose to remember their loved ones by purchasing memorials throughout Harrison Hot Springs.

However, Harrison staff has advised council to cap the number of memorial benches in the Village.

“We appear to be running out of space,” Deputy CAO Debra Key said in a report at Monday night’s

council meeting. There are nine people currently on a wait list for a memorial bench, and only 17 potential sites throughout the Village. The lagoon is the most popular location for requests.

Council approved a new policy regarding memorial recognition at its previous meeting. Other options for memorials include the planting of trees and a paving stone program.

Council approved the

recommendation that the number be capped once the 17 spaces are filled. There will also be an option for people to purchase smaller memorial benches at Spring Park, and on the observation deck above the public washrooms.

“I know it’s always a special moment in people’s lives and to have something to be remembered by,” said Mayor Leo Facio.

Agassiz Harrison Observer Friday, January 25, 2013 9

Entertainment

Beating winter blues and building fitness stacey McKitrick performing at gymnasium expansion fundraising dinner

Jessica Peters The Observer

Those new thermometer signs around Agassiz are going to go up, up, up on February 9.

That’s the night residents are being invited to “Beat the Winter Blues,” by taking in a fundraiser to help expand the Community Recreation and Cultural Centre.

The fundraising committee has a full night of entertainment planned, from roast beef and chicken dinner, a cash bar provided by the Agassiz Fire Department, a silent auction and a live performance by country music artist Stacey McKitrick.

Mayor John Van Laerhoven said the events will provide the opportunity for the community to support the project, while enjoying an evening out.

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Students sing for Ramsey funds Weekend festival helps fund Aess scholarship

Jessica Peters The Observer

Two special performances have been planned for Feb. 1 and 2 in Harrison Hot Springs, honouring one of the Village’s past mayors.

The Don Ramsay Memorial Scholarship Society is holding its Fifth Winter Festival of the Arts.

All proceeds will go toward the scholarship funds, a $500 annual awarded to an eligble Agassiz elementary secondary student.

Melissa Weed, with Korbitron Studios in Harrison, said the

festival will consist of two concerts, each starting at 6:30 p.m. at Memorial Hall.

On Friday night (Feb. 1) there will be a singer/songwriter showcase featuring Maggie and Desireah Eustache, Ashley Wall, Ashlyn Lowe and Kristen Walton.

On Saturday (Feb. 2) students from Korbitron will be performing.

Attendees will be treated to free refreshments, and it will be relaxed, coffee house seating.

The Don Ramsey Memorial

Scholarship Society is non-profit, and the award goes to a student who plans on going into a career in the arts. The late mayor Don Ramsey was a well-known musician in the area.

Tickets will be sold at the door, and are $10 for adults and $8 for seniors, free for children.

“These are really great performers,” Weed said. “They will have their own supporters there but we’d really like the public to come out and see them.” news@ahobserver.com

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(after costs) will go toward the expansion project.

The committee has a fundraising goal of $400,000, and the goal for this event is $5,000.

After three weeks of initial fundraising, they have already collected $20,000. The District has put thermometer signs in a few key locations around Agassiz to mark the committee’s progress.

The fundraising is just one piece of the financial plan to build the new centre, which will be adjacent to the existing Kent Fitness/ Activity Centre. There has already been a commitment from the government of $750,000.

Beat the Winter Blues will be held on Saturday, Feb. 9, starting at 5:30 p.m. and running until midnight.

Tickets are available at municipal hall, the library, the Fitness/ Activity Centre, AESS

and the Observer, or by calling the district at 604-796-2235.

The fundraising committee members,

Tracey Paul, Rob Stam, Mal Sheppard, Bev Kennedy and Susan Spaedi, also will have tickets.

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Many years ago on a clear night, my father took me to the garden.

We looked up to the sky and wonderingly admired the endless sight of shinging stars, fastened to the “heavenly tent” as a German children’s song explained. We stood there for a long time while my father told me the names of some of the stars and how one can recognize different constellations.

There are many more stars, he said, but we cannot see them all.

Our ancestors of eons ago, way back in time, believed that the sea eventually became the sky and then the sea again and should you start sailing in the evening and continue all night, you would eventually come to the same spot you started from the day before.

They were wrong, but if you even stood at the edge of the ocean looking to the horizon,

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I did not know then, but this was my first lesson in Astronomy. And I am sure, as many children as there are stars, had the same experience.

Over time, we all learned more about it through school, books and observation. But it is thanks to great minds such as Capernicus, Gailileo, Keppler, Newton, Einstein, Bohr,

Higgs and countless others, that we now understand as much as we do.

For astronomers, and consequently for all of us, it is sometimes discouraging to know that astronomy is still a wide open field, that every answer found leads to another question. And yet, this is exactly what might make astronomy so interesting and fascinating.

The highlight of my interest in this subject was a visit to the Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton in California.

The Observatory is sitting on top of the mountain which is, at 4,200 feet the highest mountain in the Diablo Range. Ideal conditions for observations provide an ideal spot for astronomers from around the world who try to penetrate the secrets of the heavens.

Some resident scientists live there year

round, which must be quite an experience.

Astronomy today interacts closely with all other sciences and astronomers work with instruments of unheard excellence and precision.

Brilliant and enthusiastic minds from all over the world work together in an effort to find answers and clues to to the most important questions, including “how did it all start and how will it end?” Or, as Einstein thought, “there is no beginning and no end, only change.”

We have come a long way, a very long way, since my father talked to me many years ago. Over time we all learned that stars are small suns with their oven fusion system and that is why they flicker and shine. When they get older - much older - they eventually lose power and fall, burning themselves out in the process. Often I

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“Keep looking”, my father would have said, “and should you see it, make a wish and it will come true!”

If I ever come to this world again and have a chance to study, It would be astronomy I would take in close consideration.

As somebody said: “Astronomy is an adventure of the human mind.”

Interesting facts from Star Finder, a Monthby-Month Guide to the Night Sky by John Woodruff and Will Tirion: 1. The stars have been named aften the sea stars.

2. The star pattern changes every month.

3. There are 88 constellations invented in order to map the sky.

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Names of constellations are permanent and cannot be changed.

5. In contrast, the names of the stars or the spelling of their names, sometimes were changed.

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The Fraser Valley Regional Library has held its 2013 board elections, and has reelected Grant Ward as board chair.

Ward is also a councillor for Langley Township, and this is his second consecutive term.

Other FVRL 2013 board election appointments include Vice Chair,Councillor Michael Wright, City of Port Coquitlam; Treasurer, Councillor Helen Fathers, City of White Rock; BC Library Trustees Association Representative, Councillor Jeannie Kanakos, Corporation of Delta; InterLINK Representative, Councillor Ron Smith, District of Hope; and InterLINK Alternate, Councillor Corisa Bell, District of Maple Ridge.

The FVRL serves 24 communities from Boston Bar to Maple Ridge, including Agassiz.

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Agassiz Harrison

Business Excellence Awards Category definitions

non-Profit of the year Recognizing the organization making a significant difference in our local community in terms of public service, the arts, fund raising, collaboration & the number of local people they serve.

Agassiz Harrison

Business Excellence Awards OFFICIAL NOMINATION FORM

The Harrison Agassiz Chamber of Commerce would like to present the third Business Excellence Awards. These awards will be presented to local businesses or their staff members that have proven to be outstanding in their field of expertise.

excellence in agriculture This award focuses on quality, innovation & success in all aspects of agriculture. Celebrating farming, agronomy & food production; this award recognizes the significant impact quality agriculture has on everyday life.

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excellence in tourism Tourism is a cornerstone of the BC economy & this award recognizes the important contribution made by the tourism sector to the Harrison/Agassiz region. This award is given to a tourism based business that has shown excellence in all aspects of customer service providing visitors to our region with an experience beyond their expectations.

Excellence in Agriculture Business Nominee:______________________________

excellence in retail This award celebrates the professionalism, innovation & creativity within our retail sector. It recognizes outstanding performance at all levels: customer service, creativity, branding & marketing.

Excellence in Retail Business Nominee:______________________________

excellence in Culinary Awarded to a dining establishment (includes cafes, fast food and fine dining) that exhibits consistency of quality, excellence in food, atmosphere & service. excellence in service - Business Exemplary customer service, customer retention & customer relationship management define the recipient of this award. This award honours a business that has been a leader in demonstrating entrepreneurial spirit, quality workmanship & professional mannerisms. new Business of the year This award acknowledges an outstanding new business (established less than 3 years). This business shows strength in creative marketing, welcoming local customers, high standards of customer service & innovative business practices.

People’s Choice award The ‘People’s Choice’ Award is given to the business or organization that is recognized by the residents of Harrison Hot Springs & the District of Kent as attaining the highest level of business excellence in the region.

Chamber’s Choice award This business will have contributed to the growth & development of the community through their products, services & customer service. Given to an organization that has a strong history in the business community, continued growth & innovative strategies. green excellence award Recognizing environmental responsibility & leadership. Nominees will be judged on their stewardship or protection of environmentally sensitive areas. employer of the year A business owner who has been a leader in their community, one that demonstrates entrepreneurial spirit, quality service & workmanship, and exemplary customer service. The nominee should be one that shows professionalism towards their employees and empowers them to succeed. employee of the year An employee that shows leadership, is dedicated to quality service & workmanship. This nominee should be one that gives exemplary customer service.

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Harrison Hot Springs is once again planning to participate in the National Communities in Bloom competition.

Council approved the registration in the annual program, which celebrates initiatives to improve communities across Canada. This year’s convention will be held in Ottawa. Harrison Hot Springs is one of several communities featured in the promotional material for CIB, being a past winner for Sustainable Development.

The program sends judges to each

participating community, where they are looking for elements such as tidiness, environmental action, heritage conservation, urban forestry, landscape, turf and groundcovers, floral displays and community involvement.

Councillor Zoltan Kiss voted against approving registration this year, citing concerns that “it costs money.”

Councillor Allan Jackson, who has worked with CIB Harrison in the past, was not at Monday’s meeting.

Harrison signed up for CIB

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owner of the highest producing herd in Western Canada has an animal nominated for “All Canadian”. Bardor Whisper, the second prize Senior Heifer Calf at the PNE and the Junior champion at Chilliwack was selected and will compete against five other top junior and senior calves.

• Covers of the B.C.Telephone Company’s 1963 directories will pay tribute to one of the greatest engineering achievements in North America, with a full color reproduction of a photograph of the Rogers Pass Glacier National Park section of the Trans Canada Highway.

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50 Years Ago, 1962 • Mrs. J.W. Mellish of HHS kindly submitted to The Advance some explanations of words in connection with the Doukhobors, that may not generally be know. For instance, the word Doukhobors or Dukhobortsy stands for spirit wrestlers: dukh = spirit; and bortsy = wrestlers. This Russian religious sect was founded about the middle of the 18th century at Kharkov.

• Nominations for “All Canadian” recognition of Canadian Guernseys has again brought entries from British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, and P.E.I. breeders. Barrie Peterson, Agassiz, the

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CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE The City of Yellowknife invites applications from qualified candidates for the following positions: Pumphouse and Liftstation Tradesperson - Public Works Department Competition #902-137 Closes: February 1, 2013. Pumphouse and Liftstation Maintainer - Public Works Department Competition #902-135 Closes: February 1, 2013. Building Inspector II - Planning and Development Department Competition #220125U Closes: February 1, 2013 Submit resumes in confidence by the closing date, to: Human Resources Division, City of Yellowknife, P.O. Box 580, Yellowknife, NT., X1A 2N4; Fax (867) 669-3471 or Email: hr@yellowknife.ca Please direct all inquiries to the above listed email address. For more information on these positions, including the required qualifications, please refer to the City of Yellowknife’ s web page at: www.yellowknife.ca or contact Human Resources at: (867) 920-5603.

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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Agassiz Farm Fresh Market Market Manager Under the direction of the Agassiz Farm Fresh Market Board of Directors, this position provides leadership, direction, organization, and coordination of activities for the Agassiz Farm Fresh Market(AFFM). The majority of duties will be conducted during the pre-market season coordinating and securing vendors. Additional pre- and post- season duties will be conducted starting in February and ending in October.

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AMERICAN BULLDOGS $800 Ready NOW. 1 Female, 1 Male Call for appt. (604)230-1999 BEAGLE PUPS, tri colored, good looking, healthy, vet check $700.

(604)796-3026. No Sunday calls BEAUTIFUL St. Bernese Puppies $750 Born Dec. 29/12, Hope BC www.stbernese.com or (604) 7500480 BERNESE MOUNTAIN DOGS, pure bred at Diesel Kennel, 3 male, $1500. each. Call (604)869-5073

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Phone 1-800-BIG-IRON. BIG BUILDING SALE... “THIS IS A CLEARANCE SALE. YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS!” 20x20 $3,985.

25X24 $4,595. 30X36 $6,859.

35X48 $11,200. 40X52 $13,100.

47X76 $18,265. One End wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-6685422. www.pioneersteel.ca For Restless or Cramping Legs. A Fast acting Remedy since 1981, sleep at night, proven for 31 years. www.allcalm.com, Mon-Fri 8-4 EST 1-800-765-8660.

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AGASSIZ - 1 BDRM, recent reno, coin laundry. $595 avail now.

Wayne, Stratatech Consulting LTD. 604 799 0259 AGASSIZ 2 bdrm gr flr corner unit in Woodside Terrace, clean, quiet, well mngd bldg. Ref’s req’d. Feb 1. $750 + utils & D.D. (604)588-6665

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Quality instruction and state-of-theart training aids. GPRC Fairview Campus, Fairview Alberta. 1-888999-7882.

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HARRISON HOT SPRINGS 1 Bdrm condo with 5 appls, 2 prkg. NS/NP. $700. Avl Feb 1. (604)826-2006

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F/s, w/d, gas f/p. Newly updated Looking for responsible mature tenant. NS/NP. D/D. References required. $780/mo Available now.

Call Kelly 604-819-1936

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PRINT AD: Includes photo and 3-lines for one week.

6,600sf. or 5,400sf. @ $4.50sf. + 3N or 12,000sf. @ $4.25sf. + 3N 3 phase and single phase power.

3 bay doors 12 x 12. (604)941-2959

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2BDRM + den on 1/4 acre downtown Aggassiz. 5 Appliances, fenced in yard Gas Heat/Hot Water. Close to walking distance to all amenities. $1200/month references required including damage deposit. Pets: dogs negotiable no cats. Avail Feb 1 2013 Contact Rachelle 604226-4797 or 604-773-2452

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1997 FOR F150 Supercab 3 dr 5 spd v6 st#330 $2900 2006 GMC 3500SLE crew cab 4X4 auto fully loaded long box only this week ST#198 $7,900 2007 FORD F150 reg cab V6 auto long box ST#205 $8,900 2006 FORD F350 crew cab siesel 4X4 auto long box runs good st#282 $10,900 2005 GMC SLE CREW cab 4X4 auto diesel long box, loaded ST#218 $10,900 2008 FORD F150 REG CAB 4x4 auto long box ST#207 $11,900 2003 FORD F250 XLT quad cab 4X4 7.3L pwr strk dsl shrt boxruns good ST#256 $12,900 2007 FORD F150 supercab cre XLT 4X4 auto fuel loaded ST#273 $13,900 2006 FORD F350 XLT CREW cab diesel 4X4 auto long box runs good ST#309 $14,900 2009 GMC HD QUAD cab 4X4 auto long box runs good Only This Week St#274 $15,900 2006 FORD F350 XLT quad cab 4X4 auto diesel only 156K st#17 $15,900 2006 FORD F350 XLT crew cab diesel 4X4 auto long box only 160Km st#310 $15,900 2006 FORD F350 XLT crew cab diesel 4X4 auto full loaded long box st#311 $15,900 2008 GMC 2500 HD Quad cab 4X4 auto long box ST#267 $15,900 2005 CHEV 2500 HD LS cr/cab Duramax diesel leather 4X4 auto ST#190 $15,900 2007 FORD F350 LARIAT crew cab diesel 4X4 auto short box ST#275 $18,900

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TRUCKS & VANS

2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM 4dr sdn loaded auto Aircare ST# 335 $1995 1997 HONDA CIVIC 4dr auto Aircare ST#323 $2200 1999 PONTIAC TRANSPORT van 7 pgr low km ST#281 THIS WEEK $2299 2002 CHRYSLER NEON 4dr auto Aircare sunroof runs good ST#147 $2900 2000 CHEV BLAZER 4X4 auto 4dr Aircare loaded ST#340 $2995 1999 TOYOTA COROLLA 4dr sedan fully loaded ST#303 $3495 2000 TOYOTA COROLLA 4dr auto sdn a/c runs good st#302 $2900 2002 PONTIAC GRAND AM 4dr sdn auto Aircare low km st#313 $3800 2005 FORD TAURUS auto fully loaded air care low kms only 99km st#318 $4500 2007 PONTIAC MONTANNA 7pgr Van runs good no accidents ST#312 $6900 2007 FORD FUSION 4DR auto, loaded ST#250 $6900 2007 FORD FUSION 4dr sdn aotu full load Aircare st#321 $7,900 04 JEEP LIBERTY 4X4 auto Aircared ST#319 $7900 2007 JEEP COMPASS 4dr auto 4X4 Aircare loaded ST#336 $8,900 2009 CHEV IMPALA 4dr auto, loaded ST#325 $8,900 2008 NISSAN SENTRA 4dr auto low km fully loaded st#332 $9500 2009 NISSAN SENTRA low km 4dr auto st#328 $11,500 2009 TOYOTA COROLLA 4dr sdn auto full load low kms st#331 $12,500

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SURREY: 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, hardwood floors throughout and new roof. $549,000. 604-575-5555.

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SHELTIES 3 SABLE. 7 mo. old F. spayed & both shots. Two 3 mo old one w/white body & spotted.

Loveable, sweet pups. 604-826-6311

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MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

ITALIAN MASTIFF(Cane Corso) P/B blue, 9 wks, 1st shots, tails/dew claws done $800 (604)308-5665

PRESA CANARIO P/B UKC, fawn Both parents approx. 20 to 150 lbs.

Call 604-302-2357

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BEAUTIFUL black Lab/Weimaraner puppies all black blue eyes 3F 3M. 6 wks. Ready Jan 28. Farm & family raised. $325. 604-852-7199

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