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Fighting for a big pool

By DAN FERGUSON Aldergrove Star

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Alannah Stobbe of Abbotsford shows the gold medal winning style of the BCAQ 13-15 National Stream Team at last weekend’s provincial championships. Aldergrove’s Amy Whitton also brought home gold. Story, page 9.

The people pushing for a pool in Aldergrove aren’t prepared to accept a partial victory, according to Joanne Nicolato, the chair and founder of the 116-member Aldergrove Recreation and Pool Society, the group that launched the campaign to build a pool.

The preliminary design for the pool, part of a new recreation centre approved by the Township, calls for six 25-metre “short course” lanes without a dive tank (deep end), rather than the 50-metre, eight-lane “long course” swimming pool Nicolato says most residents favour.

“Overwhelmingly, everyone says they want a bigger pool,” Nicolato told Black Press.

The full-size pool also has the support of Karen Bennett, the Fraser Valley regional director of the BC Summer Swimming Association, who has written a letter saying an “optimum” facility would have a 50-metre pool with eight lanes that includes a dive tank and a moveable bottom that would support a 2.5 metre depth for the whole pool.

“This would support the potential to host provincial championships for our organization, not to mention other groups that are always looking for competition pools including Swim BC, Water Polo BC, BC Diving, as well as Canadian organizations like Water Polo Canada, Diving Canada, and Swimming Canada,” Bennett said.

Nicolato believes a long course pool would allow the new rec

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Coghlan Elementary penny drive adds up big

By GARY AHUJA Aldergrove Star

Ryan Walter shared the story of when Joe Sakic and the Colorado Avalanche won the Stanley Cup in 2001.

While in most instances, the team captain — who is the first player handed the Cup — traditionally hoists the cherished trophy high above his head for all to see, Sakic chose instead to pass it to Raymond Bourque.

Bourque had joined the Avalanche just that season after a long and storied 21-year career with the Boston Bruins.

Bourque jubilantly lifted the Cup high over his head.

“At the end of the day, great players play for their teammates,” Walter told

the students at Aldergrove’s Coghlan Fundamental Elementary School on Friday morning.

“It is not about ‘me’ it is about ‘us.’”

“That is what Canuck Place feels about what you have done for them.”

“You have decided to get together and do something a lot bigger. You are a caring team.”

Walter, who played more than 1,000 NHL games with Washington, Montreal and Vancouver, and now serves as the president of the AHL’s Abbotsford Heat, was the special guest at an assembly as the Coghlan students presented a cheque for $3,182.05 to Canuck Place Children’s Hospice.

The money will go toward the new

hospice being constructed in Abbotsford.

The dollar amount is unofficial, as even that morning, more donations were coming, said Teresa Verigin, the Coghlan Parent Advisory Council (PAC) president.

The amount raised — which in a school of 230 works out to about $13 per student — all originated from a simple penny drive which began on Jan. 29 and concluded on Feb. 19.

But as the coins kept pouring in, the dollar tally continued to rise.

In the end, the students collected a staggering number of coins: 133,065 pennies, 4,211 nickels, 5,836 dimes, 1,973 quarters, 126 loonies and 49 toonies.

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Former NHL pro Ryan Walter speaks to Coghlan Fundamental Elementary students about teamwork.

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Coghlan Fundamental students presented Canuck Place with more than $3,000 collected in pennies this past month for the charitable cause.

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Altogether 375 kilograms in coins were dutifully rolled by Michelle Kehler, a parent at the school.

“No, it wasn’t even in our plan that it would ever get this big,” said Verigin.

“We are totally amazed and so, so proud of the kids.”

Canuck Place was chosen as the recipient after one of parents on the school’s PAC committee mentioned how charities such as

Canuck Place had seen their donations drop, stemming from the NHL lockout.

“We felt the children could relate to helping other children,” said Coghlan principal Barbara Dayco.

“And we are all hockey fans (at the school).”

Much like the current and past Canuck players have given their time and money to Canuck Place, so could the students, she said.

“One of the greatest gifts you can give is to help those in need,” said Cora Boecker, a Canuck Place volunteer, who attended the assembly along with Jeffrey Thiessen, a fundraising co-ordinator for Canuck Place.

“You have given a really big gift which will help a lot of kids.”

“I think it is the heart of kids that moves things,” Thiessen said.

“We as adults have a lot to learn from you.”

‘Glowing’ report for Neighbourhood Services Aldergrove Star

Aldergrove Neighbourhood Services Society (ANSS) is Langley’s newest addition to a choice group of non-profit agencies that have been awarded a three year accreditation by the Commission for Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF).

Three assessors from CARF visited multiple locations and looked over eight service areas in December.

The end result of their assessment was a glowing report that left the ANSS staff and management team feeling gratified with the work put into this enormous process.

CARF is an international nonprofit accreditation body that has assessed 49,000 health and welfare projects in North and South America, Europe, Africa and Asia in order to establish best practices.

It was founded in 1966, and established in Canada in 1969.

CARF completes written reports on accredited agencies that cover the a service provider’s strengths and areas for improvement.

These reports are used by governments and private funders as an indication of excellence of service.

Among other things, the assessors judged the internal operations of ANSS, such as its administration, information technology and human resources, as well as its work in the Langley communities it serves.

They also spoke to community partners, agency staff and program participants in the Langleys.

ANSS’s report notes that “Funding and referral sources are extremely pleased with the organization, saying they feel like a team

as they work together to provide the needed services. One referral source stated ANSS is ‘an amazing organization.’”

Karen Custodio, the ANSS program manager responsible for agency accreditation, was overwhelmed with the positive feedback the agency received.

“Our agency received support from our community partners throughout this whole process.

Our staff worked very hard in an environment that consisted of perpetual change. We appreciated the ideas and suggestions given to us by the CARF assessors. All in all, the experience was very positive and we look forward to continually improving services and business functioning of the agency.”

This was the agency’s first survey. The agency will be re-assessed in December of 2015.

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Langley Township wants more from taxpayers in 2013

By DAN FERGUSON Aldergrove Star

The average Langley Township homeowner is facing a $41 increase in their annual tax bill.

The proposed $256 million budget for 2013 would raise taxes 2.79 per cent, which would increase the yearly rate for a $485,000 home from $1,490 to $1,531.

That works out to an increase of $3.42 a month, according to the budget report posted on the Township web site.

The online report says the Township tax hike is in line with the increases proposed by other Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley municipalities, including those who get a share of the profit from local casinos.

Among the 15 other communities surveyed by the Township, six were in the two per cent range — Abbotsford, Delta, Maple Ridge, New Westminster, City of North Vancouver, and Vancouver.

Seven were in the three per cent range — Burnaby, Chilliwack, Coquitlam, Langley City, Pitt Meadows, Richmond and Surrey.

Port Moody was proposing to raise taxes more than six per cent.

The proposed Township tax increase is higher than the current rate of inflation in Canada, which is 1.3 per cent.

The report says that is due to a higher rate of inflation experienced by municipalities, much of it payroll-related.

“Major expenditures for a municipality are salary/wages and contracts which increase at a much greater rate.”

Depending on the Township depart-

ment, salaries make up between a third to two-thirds of all expenses.

For example, the fire department wages are 76 per cent of total costs, while wages are 31 per cent of parks expenses and 61 per cent of “general government” expenses.

Other cost items include a $1.28 million increase in the policing contract, plans to add 12 officers to the local RCMP detachment over the next five years, as well as road maintenance and construction projects like the new Mufford Crescent overpass.

The report says the Township offers a competitive business tax rate compared to other Metro Vancouver communities.

“The relationship of Light Industry/ Commercial Tax Ratios to residential is of interest to organizations considering locating their industry or business in the Township,” it states.

The report says the planned Langley business tax rate increase is in the same two per cent range as most B.C. municipalities with more than 50,000 people.

Only Burnaby, Richmond, Surrey and Vancouver expect to charge substantially higher business taxes, with Vancouver the very highest at over 12 per cent.

“Langley is positioned favourably when compared with other municipalities in the region with populations greater than 50,000 which may be our competition,” the report states.

The budget is part of a five-year financial plan that would see slightly higher tax increases in the future of 2.95 per cent every year until 2017. A final vote on the tax hike is set for April.

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Simulator helps citizens balance Township budget Aldergrove Star

As the mother of four young girls, Michelle Sparrow knows what it takes to balance a budget to ensure her family has everything it needs.

As a new Township Councillor, she has also had to learn what it is like to balance a $350 million budget to ensure the municipality’s 105,000 residents have what they need. Now she is encouraging members of the community to do the same.

“What does it take to balance a

municipal budget? If you were in charge, what would you do to make it balance – or would you increase taxes?” wondered Sparrow, who hopes to gain insight through the launch of the new Township of Langley Citizen Budget.

An online budget simulator which can be found at tol.ca/budget, the tool will give citizens a chance to have their say about the programs and initiatives they feel are most deserving of funding and where they think cuts and increases should be made.

Universal services include parks, transportation, stormwater, fire, police, recreation, and general government. Residents can simply log on from home from Feb. 18 to 26.

This is the first year the tool has been used and Sparrow – who believes the Township may be the first community in the region to use such a program – is thrilled to see it put into action. The idea came to her after seeing the Province’s My BC Budget, and Sparrow felt the Township would benefit from something similar.

50-metre swimming pool needed, says lobbyist

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centre to host major swim meets and diving competitions that would attract visitors - and their dollars - to the area.

“Potentially it could bring a lot of money in.”

She worries that Township planners are giving more attention to hockey, simply because there already is an existing arena in the area.

“You have a hockey community [in Aldergrove],” Nicolato said.

“You don’t have a swim community because you really don’t have a pool.”

She believes the 25-metre pool simply won’t be big enough, and fixing that mistake later on won’t be cheap.

“You can’t make a pool bigger without substantial cost,” Nicolato said.

“It needs to be for 20 years from now, not yesterday.”

For 12 years, the long-time Aldergrove resident has been taking her three kids outside their community for swimming and water polo, going as far away as Haney and Vancouver.

She promises the society will continue to lobby the Township for a full-size pool.

“It could be the jewel [of a] rec centre. If

they do it right.”

The preliminary designs for the site of the former Aldergrove Elementary school site at Fraser Highway and 270 Street were presented to Langley Township council Feb. 4 with the final report of the standing committee on the Aldergrove community centre.

The next step will be a report by Township staff in April that will set out the “milestone dates” for the project.

If council approves the proposed schedule, the next step will come 60 to 90 days later with the selection and hiring of an architect and the start of actual design work.

If everything goes according to plan, the new facility could open in 2015.

Langley Township council earlier approved the controversial sale of Township-owned land in Glen Valley to help fund the new community centre, swimming pool and ice rink in Aldergrove.

While the Township waits for the sales, it will use money from surplus funds and reserves, as well as short-term borrowing “of less than five years” to fund construction of the Aldergrove Community Centre.

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Preliminary drawings of proposed Aldergrove recreation centre with a leisure pool and a lap pool, a new ice arena, multi-purpose room, fitness centre and a larger new library inside the original 1912 Aldergrove Elementary School heritage building (building to be shared with Aldergrove Elks Club).

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Aldergrove Fair Days is holding three major events this year and they will all be bigger and better than ever for the 101st year of the fair tradition in Aldergrove.

The three events are the allnew Aldergrove FireFit Festival and Parade to be held on May 25-26, 2013, the Aldergrove Fair Days Country Carnival to be held on July 19-20-21, 2013, and the Aldergrove Christmas ‘Light Up’ Parade which is always held on the evening of the second Saturday in December.

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Wednesday, March 6, 1 to 3:30 p.m. at three locations: • Aldergrove Community Secondary: Hair styling, Auto Mechanics, and Carpentry; 26850 29A Ave, Aldergrove.

• Langley Secondary: Plumbing/Pipefitting; 21405 56A Ave., Langley.

• D.W. Poppy Secondary: Electrical with BCIT; 23752 52nd Ave, Langley.

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Langley School District’s Career Education and Transitions Department will host the annual District Open House for their dual credit ACE-IT Trades Programs.

These open houses provide prospective students, parents and interested members of the community with an opportunity to meet program instructors, see students in action, and learn about some of the great trades programs available to Langley students.

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starts at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, May 25, with a Parade from the Community Policing building on Fraser Highway, east through downtown Aldergrove, then north on 272 Street to Philip Jackman Park (32 Ave. and 271 St.).

There will be lots of great music, entertainment and food for families on both days in downtown Aldergrove, plus a dance for adults on the Saturday evening.

The Aldergrove FireFit Festival promotes businesses in downtown Aldergrove and also helps promote the Fair in July.

This festival was previously called the June MiniFest and the

parade was previously held in July as part of the Aldergrove Fair Days.

The opening ceremonies of the Pacific Regional FireFit event commence at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday at Philip Jackman Park.

Aldergrove’s second annual FireFit event is an exciting, actionpacked competition for firemen, based on fire-fighting tasks commonly performed in emergency situations.

Sunday’s events include a morning Soap Box Derby for ages five to 13 years, a Crazy Wheels Race for adults, and more FireFit tasks to determine the Pacific Regional FireFit champion.

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A 17 year old Aldergrove girl is organizing a 5km run at Abbotsford’s Mill Lake on March 17 to raise funds for “Free The Children” in Kenya.

Courtney James is also seeking sponsorship for her upcoming run, to raise awareness and money for alternative incomes and livelihoods in Kenya. The Run for the Kids will be held on Sunday, March 17, from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Mill Lake Centennial Park, Abbotsford.

“For a long part of my life I have always wanted to make a change in the world and I’ve done small things but after being involved in local organizations for years, I decided that

I wanted to act globally to inspire others like I have been inspired,” says Courtney.

“The charity I chose to support is Free The Children. My heart has always gone out to those in need and I believe that this is the perfect opportunity to make people aware of these people that need our help. This is not a thing to be done alone, and the help of others is strongly encouraged.

“I am a senior student in high school and this is my last year to impact the school I’m in. It would be amazing to have the school involved but this event can only be possible with help.”

This will be the first but not the last year of this event.

Approximately 300 people are expected to participate and many families will participate as this event is family friendly. The Running Room will also be involved, along with representatives of Free The Children.

“Why should you sponsor my event? This is a local event raising money and awareness for those who are not as fortunate as us here. Many people from our community will be participating and to be a part of an event like this will make a change in someone’s life,” says Courtney.

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Editor: With the attention of anti-smoking week slowly fading one has to give credit to the B.C. government for providing smokers with nicotine replacement products at pharmacies or by mail.

The Union of BC Municipalities passed a resolution last year calling for a province-wide ban on smoking outdoors. If this includes private properties then most people will not face the dangers of being exposed to secondhand smoke from tobacco products.

Now this raises the question what will government do to protect citizens from equally dangerous smoke; wood smoke; which is referred to as the New Secondhand Smoke? As woodsmoke contains similar chemical compositions as tobacco smoke and has similar health effects, linked to heart and respiratory diseases and lung cancer, it also should be banned province-wide.

However, eliminating these toxic woodsmoke emissions in neighbourhoods falls under the jurisdiction of municipalities, and here on the Lower Mainland these powers have been transferred to Metro (to the best of my knowledge). But in order to implement a bylaw (which protects people from breathing health hazardous woodsmoke) Metro needs the public voice.

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VICTORIA – He has a white beard and a bully pulpit on CBC television, but he doesn’t use it to promote hockey fighting.

Instead he sucker punches the oil and gas industry at every opportunity, with increasingly flagrant disregard for the rules of science.

Public broadcasting referees keep their whistles in their pockets, wary of offending a legend.

He’s David Suzuki, and he has evolved from geneticist to TV celebrity to his current role as the Don Cherry of Canadian science, an angry curmudgeon lashing out at his enemies.

Earlier I wrote about Suzuki’s hit piece on the Alberta oil sands, featuring selective pollution studies and a celebrity turn by movie director James Cameron, who toured the alleged carbon crime scene in his personal jet helicopter.

Suzuki’s latest Scud missile of misinformation was launched Feb. 7 on The Nature of Things. It’s called Shattered Ground, and it borrows heavily from earlier shock docs that target hydraulic fracturing for shale oil and gas.

While clearly aimed at the surging shale gas industry in B.C., this hour-long program offers little about B.C.’s long history of gas development.

Suzuki’s voice-over refers briefly to B.C.’s Oil and Gas Commission, insinuating it was set up as a pet regulator

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protecting the industry from stricter oversight.

Mostly the show focuses on places like Dish, Texas and Dimock, Pennsylvania. The Texas segment talks about traces of neurotoxins in residents’ blood samples, blaming this on gas drilling and “fracking,” the new swear word of professional environmentalists.

The evidence shows some people have these traces in their blood, but others don’t, which suggests that more likely sources are cigarettes or exposure to disinfectants.

Pennsylvania and Colorado are key stops for the anti-fracking crowd. For centuries there have been places known for methane dissolved in groundwater, typically from shallow coal seams.

This is where you can find a rustic fellow to shake a jug of well water and touch his Bic lighter to it, producing a brief blue flame. The standard sequence moves to a sink and faucet, where a more impressive methane fireball is generated.

Suzuki’s voice-over notes that this is the scene that really gets media attention.

There’s no evidence that drilling caused it, but hey, it’s TV. Science, meet Hillbilly Handfishin’.

Protest sequences take up much of the program. Moms rally against a gas well near a school in Erie, Pennsylvania, forcing evil Canadian corporation Encana to back off. An

elderly Quebec woman sobs on camera, convinced that a nearby gas well will trigger a relapse of her cancer.

One bit of local content is a segment on fracking-induced earthquakes, presented with sombre alarm by Ben Parfitt, go-to researcher for the antiindustry left in B.C. These are detectable by sensitive instruments, as is the case with some mining and other industrial activities, but according to the Oil and Gas Commission, they don’t do any actual harm.

It should be noted that Suzuki doesn’t do much beyond reading a script on these shows.

He has people to load up the propaganda weaponry, just as his ghostwriter in Toronto cranks out the relatively innocuous weekly columns that run in some Black Press publications.

In fairness, most episodes of The Nature of Things are in the original spirit of the show.

A recent program on an ancient Egyptian aquifer, voiced by Suzuki over National Geographic video footage, would be appropriate for a high school classroom.

The same cannot be said for this anti-fracking screed, which is plainly and recklessly calculated to twist public opinion against a crucial B.C. industry.

Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com tfletcher@blackpress.ca

Editor: So Rich Coleman is going to syphon more of our tax dollars into his election campaign. His constituency office is at the ‘ultra high rent’ Langley Events Centre which will receive a $115,000 DC Fast Charger station for electric vehicles, compliments of our big deficit BC Liberals.

Langley Township mayor Jack Froese has assured it is a convenient ideal location for the fast charging station, not to mention another six charging stations around the Township that will give out free electron tax dollars.

The BC Liberal government are already subsidizing the electric car, (hybrids etc.) with a rebate program that has $17 million to give away; $5,000 off the sticker price of each new vehicle (like a Chevy Volt), plus a $500 rebate gift is available to install a charging station at home.

Another $6.28 million ‘Community Charging Infrastructure Fund’ is for 570 public charging stations and upgrades around the province, to Prince Rupert.

The electric or hybrid car really amounts to an eco-status symbol, which has about a 15 year average payback period.

People who purchase electric/hybrids are higher income earners so it’s the struggling lower income class, retirees and seniors subsidizing the more affluent class. Are you likely to ever see any free gas (or free natural gas) fueling stations being proposed by these politicos? So why free electricity?

Just the latest example of Liberal payback to their crony friends.

According to politicians, we are dumber than we think we are, which explains their braggadocio, expecting praise for squandering our tax dollars.

Roland Seguin, Langley

A positive B.C. budget Editor: I feel compelled to write as I have heard so many people commenting on the budget introduced on Tuesday. I am normally the first person to look for ways to reduce taxes, especially for the under privileged in society. However, I fail to see how a 2% increase on those earning more than $150 thousand and a 1% increase to Big business is going to hurt them or B.C. I think the more important thing, in these economic times, is that B.C. is the first province to deliver a balanced budget in Canada since the recession. And as B.C.’s economy gets better, and provincial revenues increase, these specific tax increases should be the first to go. Then the government can continue by reducing taxes even further to encourage our economy and allow businesses to take risks and hire British Columbians.

Marney Hogan, Langley

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Vanessa Vandekerkhove and her husband, Josh JansenVandoorn, returned to Langley Memorial Hospital on Friday, where their daughter Adrianna was born five weeks earlier, to attend the official groundbreaking celebration of the hospital’s expanded and enhanced maternity unit. births each year at the LMH has risen dramatically, from 85 in 1948 — when the hospital opened — to 1,800 births in 2010. During that same period, however, only two beds were added to the ward, bringing the current total to 13.

By 2020, it is expected that more than 2,300 infants will be born at LMH each year.

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By ALEX BUTLER Aldergrove Star

Metro Vancouver’s plan to build a waste-to-energy (WTE) trash incinerator, potentially in the Lower Mainland, is “worse than SE2,” according to Abbotsford Coun. Patricia Ross.

She said representatives from the Fraser Valley Regional District (FVRD) have had their voices ignored on Metro’s WTE incinerator plan, which will have a critical environmental effect on the unique Fraser Valley air shed.

Her comments come in the wake of a fresh blast at the WTE proposal, launched by Chilliwack MLA John Les, who said the Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD) has forgotten that the project would still need to pass a stringent provincial environmental review process.

Ross feels the incinerator would be even more destructive to the air shed than the proposed Sumas Energy 2 (SE2), an American project that would have built a polluting power plant near the border.

The plan was defeated after a large public outcry, which drew politicians and thousands of citizens into a six-year battle to stop the project.

“This is going to emit far worse toxins that SE2 ever would have.”

Ross said Metro Vancouver has been dismissive of the uniqueness of the Fraser Valley’s airshed since the WTE project was proposed, though they had previously backed its need for protection during the SE2 issue.

“It seems that ever since they decided to burn garbage they’ve done a bit of a one-eighty.”

Last month, GVRD Waste Committee Chair Malcolm Brodie told the media that, “Whether people like it or not, that decision has been made,” referring to the WTE facility.

Les said Brodie’s “belligerent” and “arrogant” comments are inappropriate.

“Whatever process (GVRD members) choose ultimately has to go through a complete provincial environmental review process. He seems to have conveniently, for now at least, brushed that out of the way as if that doesn’t matter,” said Les. B.C. environment minister Terry Lake confirmed in Chilliwack in March 2012 that Fraser Valley residents will have the opportunity for “full input” into the incinerator’s environmental assessment process.

“We know that air quality is a critical issue for residents of the Fraser Valley, so we wanted to assure people that whatever proposal comes forward (at Metro

Vancouver) that it will undergo the most rigorous environmental review possible in B.C.,” he said.

The WTE project’s third party expert review panel rejected Fraser Valley Regional District’s request for a seat in December, instead establishing a political liaison committee with space for an FVRD representative.

Ross said Fraser Valley representatives have been blocked from sharing their studies on the environmental impact with the board of the GVRD, which has continued to dismiss their concerns.

“Our position is very much based on science, and we’ve frankly proven them wrong time after time with science. But they just don’t seem to want to back down.”

Ross said fighting against the WTE proposal has been difficult and time-consuming, saying Metro Vancouver has a multimillion dollar media and communications budget, while those opposed to the project have not been given a forum to voice their opposition.

Opponents such as Ross have been approaching representatives from the GVRD individually, trying to change their minds.

“We need to explain to people that of all places to build an

incinerator, this is not one of them; because of the unique air shed, because of the risk to health, because of the fact that we have some of the most productive farmland in world, we don’t want to put that at risk.”

Les believes that Fraser Valley residents will be watching the environmental review process “like a hawk,” and thinks the incinerator not only threatens the Fraser Valley airshed, but also represents poor public policy for Greater Vancouver tax-payers.

“The half-billion dollar cost of this potential project really has the beginnings of boondoggle written all over it,” said Les. The site is a “cash cow” for Vancouver, he said, with the city receiving “many millions of dollars per year” for its operation, but Ross said this project will not make the money that Metro Vancouver believes it will.

Although Les has spoken out against the project, he will not run for re-election in May. Ross said it is important that people contact their MLAs and express their opposition to the project.

“Don’t leave it to someone else to stop it. The only reason we were successful with SE2 was because thousands and thousands of people stepped up and they made their voices heard.”

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“I feel very privileged to have had (Adrianna) at Langley Memorial Hospital.”

Vandekerkhove also told the gathering that she felt lucky there was, in fact, a bed available for her when it came time to give birth to her daughter.

The $6.5 million expansion addresses a long-term shortage of maternity beds in the hospital. The number of

Companies — McMullan noted the Langley Memorial Hospital Auxiliary has pledged $500,000 to the project.

“The work that they do is incredible,” he said.

He also acknowledged contributions from the LMH Foundation Board’s own campaign, hospital physicians and staff, local businesses, including Langley Concrete Group and Teck Construction, as well as from RBC and BMO Financial Groups and a private donation from Rebecca Darnell.

The Fraser Health Authority, meanwhile, is contributing $1.15 million to the project, as well as an additional $5.5 million for various infrastructure projects, required to support the expansion and to fund its ongoing operational costs.

Altogether, the expansion is valued at more than $11.6 million.

Projects of this magnitude wouldn’t be possible without such co-operation, said Langley MLA Mary Polak.

“This is a celebration of something that is going to be so beneficial to the community and the partnerships that make it possible,” she said. “It’s welcome news … for the entire community.”

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The views from the rooftop of Langley Memorial Hospital were spectacular on a sunny Friday morning — looking out over snowcapped mountains to the north and, closer in, at the construction, newly underway, on the brand new Vandekerkhove Family Maternity Centre at LMH. But it was Vanessa Vandekerkhove, a brand new mother and member of the Langley family after whom the maternity unit will be named, who stole the show as politicians, hospital staff, auxiliary members and donors gathered at the hospital on Feb. 15 to celebrate the start of the longawaited expansion.

Vandekerkhove, who spent 13 hours in labour before delivering her now five-week-old daughter, Adrianna, offered her thanks to the maternity nurses who made her feel safe and secure, as well as to the doctors who attended her throughout her stay.

“It was such a great experience, I can’t wait to pop out a whole bunch more,” she exclaimed, causing her audience to burst into peals of laughter.

will see another floor added to an existing wing of the hospital, is expected to be complete late this year. At that time, four of the seven new beds — all of which will be in private rooms — will open, with the remaining three scheduled to open in 2015.

“It really means we will have the capacity to serve 600 additional births per year. That’s significant,” said David Portesi, speaking on behalf of the hospital.

Other planned improvements include the relocation of the maternity clinic to a space next to the maternity unit, for better continuity of care. As well, there will be a dedicated postanesthetic recovery unit, renovated and expanded nursery, additional oncall rooms and multipurpose space.

As of Friday, the hospital’s “It All Starts Here” fundraising campaign had surpassed the halfway mark of its commitment to raise $5.35 million, announced LMH Foundation Board chair Rick McMullan.

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The BC Aquasonics (BCAQ) had a powerhouse performance at the weekend’s National Stream BC Provincial Synchronized Swimming Championships in Surrey, taking home gold medals in six of seven events.

The BCAQ Senior National Stream Combo Team, including athlete Amy Whitton of Aldergrove, coached by Susan Kemper (Langley), achieved outstanding technical and artistic scores in the Junior/Senior Combo event, to take first place with a total score of 78.030, a clear six points higher than rivals Vancouver Pacific Wave.

The 13-15 BCAQ National Stream Team, including athlete Alannah Onsite Digital Photography Stobbe (Abbotsford), coached by BC Aquasonics Senior National Stream Combo Team, including ath- Tanya Magee (Langley), was second after Saturday’s figures event with lete Amy Whitton of Aldergrove (second from right), took first place.

a combined team score of 64.116.

However, both their technical and artistic scores in Sunday’s routine vaulted them into first place with a total score of 68.210, leading second place Vancouver Pacific Wave by 1.5 points.

BCAQ’s Duet Teams also had outstanding results this weekend. Natasha Heine (Surrey) and Mackenzy Higgins (White Rock) won gold in the Senior Free Duet event, with a score of 75.933 and clear lead over duets from Victoria Synchro and the Nanaimo Diamonds.

In the 13-15 Duet event, Madyson Stickley (Surrey) and Alanna Stobbe (Abbotsford) were in second place after Saturday’s figures event but it was their routine on Sunday that pushed them into the first place position with a total score of 67.734.

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Tuesday, March 5 | 7:30 - 9:30pm Heritage Advisory Committee Civic Facility Salmon River Committee Room Wednesday, March 6 | 7 - 9pm Economic Development Advisory Committee Civic Facility Salmon River Committee Room Thursday, March 7 | 7 - 9pm Community Participation, Infrastructure, and Environment Advisory Committee Civic Facility Salmon River Committee Room Monday, March 11 | 6:45 - 9pm Youth Advisory Committee Civic Facility Nicomekl River Meeting Room Monday, March 11 | 7 - 11pm Public Hearing Meeting Civic Facility Fraser River Presentation Theatre Township of Langley Civic Facility 20338 - 65 Avenue, Langley V2Y 3J1 604.534.3211 | tol.ca

employment opportunities Dog Licence Campaign Be your own boss while working to support your local animal shelter!

The Langley Animal Protection Society (LAPS) is currently seeking outgoing and motivated self starters to work as canvassers for the annual “Campaign of Convenience” selling dog licences door-to-door.

Canvassers work on 7 month contracts (March 1 - September 30) and are compensated by the number of tags sold. Revenue from dog licences helps to support and care for the animals at the Patti Dale Animal Shelter. If you are a self starter, have your own vehicle, are available to work evenings and weekends, and enjoy working with people, we want to hear from you!

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our athletes,” says head coach Susan Kemper.

“Not only did our athletes win gold in their respective events, their outstanding scores are a reflection of their ability, conditioning, training, and readiness to compete. We have positioned our teams for medal contention at the National Qualifier in Calgary in March.”

BC Aquasonics athletes at this event are National Stream synchronized swimmers in the 13-15 age group, Juniors (16-18 years) and Seniors (18+). National Stream synchronized swimmers compete at the highest level of competition in Canada.

This provincial meet was their final opportunity to compete in British Columbia before these teams head to the National Qualifier in Calgary, March 19-24.

7:15pm vs. Chilliwack Chiefs 7:15pm vs. Chilliwack Chiefs

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BC AAA Girls Basketball Championships March 6 - 9 Wed Mar 6 Games at: 8:30am, 10:15am, 12:00pm, 1:45pm, 3:30pm, 5:15pm, 7:00pm, 8:45pm Thu Mar 7 Games at: 8:30am, 10:15am, 12:00pm, 1:45pm, 3:30pm, 5:15pm, 7:00pm, 8:45pm Fri Mar 8 Games at: 8:30am, 10:00am, 11:45am, 1:30pm. Semi-finals at: 6:15pm and 8:00pm Sat Mar 9 Games at: 8:45am, 11:30am, 1:00pm Third place game at: 12:00pm Championship game at: 4:00pm

TELUS Junior Girls Basketball Provincial Championships March 6 - 9 Wed Mar 6 Games at: 9:30am, 11:00am, 12:30pm, 2:00pm, 3:30pm, 5:00pm, 6:30pm, 8:00pm Thu Mar 7 Games at: 9:00am, 10:30am, 12:00pm, 1:30pm, 3:00pm Fri Mar 8 Games at: 8:30am, 10:00am, 11:30am, 1:00pm, 2:30pm, 4:00pm Semi-finals at: 3:15pm and 4:45pm Sat Mar 9 Games at: 8:30am, 10:00am Third place game at: 10:30am Championship game at: 1:45pm

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2013 Dog Licence Campaign c/o Patti Dale Animal Shelter 26220 - 56 Avenue Aldergrove, BC V4W 1J7

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The Langley Events Centre is located at 7888 - 200 Street

Langley Animal Protection Society 604.857.5055

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public open houses Update to Filming Guidelines The Engineering Division will host a Public Open House to provide information to residents and business regarding proposed recommendations to update the Township’s filming guidelines.

The filming guidelines were last reviewed and updated in 2007.

Information displays will be set up and staff will be on hand to answer questions. Each Public Open House will present the same information displays and attendees will be asked to complete a short questionnaire.

Date: Tuesday, March 5 Time: 4 - 8pm Place: Fort Langley Firehall # 2 Location: 23137 - 96 Avenue Date: Thursday, March 7 Time: 4 - 8pm Place: Brookswood Firehall #5 Location: 20355 - 32 Avenue We’d like to hear your thoughts on the proposed recommendations.

Please join us on March 5 or March 7.

Engineering Division 604.533.6151 film@tol.ca

public notices Water Main Flushing As part of our maintenance program, the municipal Water Department will be flushing water mains on the dates shown below. As a result of this flushing, you may notice changes in water pressure and there may be some discolouration or sediment in the water. This is a temporary condition and is not a health hazard. To avoid inconvenience, please check the water before doing laundry and you may wish to keep water in the refrigerator for drinking and cooking.

Brookswood/Fernridge/High Point: March 4 – April 12 North Willoughby (Yorkson) and Northwest Langley: March 4 – April 19 Aldergrove, Gloucester, and Salmon River Uplands: March 4 – April 26 Murrayville: April 12 – May 17 Engineering Division 604.532.7300

Boat Launch Closure Notice Please be advised that the Marina Park Boat Launch along the Fraser River in Fort Langley will be closed to motorized water-craft on Saturday, March 9 from 7am to 1pm for the University of the Fraser Valley Cascade Athletics "Head of the Fort" race on the Bedford Channel.

We apologize for any inconvenience.

Scott Johnson Parks Services Coordinator 604.532.3538

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Knitting Circle - at Aldergrove Library. Feeling at loose ends?

Why not gather up your materials and join other adult knitters who are open to learning and sharing ideas. Bring your current needlecraft project with you. Aldergrove Library is located at 26770 - 29 Ave., Aldergrove, call for info: 604-856-6415.

BC Gem Show - with BC Lapidary Society, April 12-14 at Abbotsford Ag-Rec Building, 32470 Haida Drive. Displays, games, demonstrations, dealers, gold panning, children’s corner and more. Open Fri. 10-8, Sat. 10-6 and Sun 10-5. Admission $6 adult, $2 student, child under six free.

World Day of Prayer - Friday, March 1, 1 p.m. at Aldergrove United Church, #101 - 27336 Fraser Hwy. Theme “I was a stranger and you welcomed me” was written by women of France.

All welcome to attend. Additional parking at OAP Hall across the street.

The Magic of Morocco: An Informative Journey - Saturday, March 2 2-3 p.m. at City of Langley Library. Enjoy a tour of the ancient trading city of Marrakesh. Visit the fishing port of Essaouria with its Portuguese ramparts, crafts and unique street life. Cross the high Atlas Mountains by bus to the desert city of Quarzazate. John Gordon, winner of both provincial and national photography awards, has a wealth of wonderful memories and eye-catching photos from his trip to Morocco to share with you.

Call the library at 604-514-2855 or visit 20399 Douglas Cres. to let them know you are coming.

The Nylons - Saturday, March 16, 8 p.m. at the Cascades Casino Summit Theatre in Langley.

Tickets $45 (plus facility fee and service charges), available from Casino Guest Services. Charge by phone 604-530-2211 or online at www.ticketweb.ca Sway - tribute to Michael Bublé, Sunday, March 10, 7:30 p.m. at the Coast Capital Playhouse, 1532 Johnston Rd, White Rock.

Tickets are $42.50 (plus facility fee & service charges), available at the Coast Capital Playhouse Box Office. Charge by phone 604-536-7535 or online at www. whiterockplayers.ca Annual Spaghetti Dinner - followed by a Family Dance with Mt. Lehman Community Association at the Mt. Lehman Community Hall, Saturday, March 2.

Serving 5:30—7:30 p.m. Adults $12, Kids $6. Beer and wine extra. Spaghetti dinner includes: choice of homemade bolognaise meat sauce or four cheese white sauce, caesar salad, garlic bread, juice, coffee, tea, water. Get your tickets from any board member, see website: www.MtLehmanCommunityAssociation.ca The Merchant of Venice - opens Friday, March 8, 7:30 p.m. in the theatre on the Chilliwack North UFV campus at the corner of Yale and Airport, with two half

price previews March 6 and 7 and plays March 9, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23. Matinees: Wednesday and Thursday, March 13 and 14 at 12 noon and Sundays, March 17 and 24 at 2 p.m. Tickets $10 to $22. Info: 604-795-2814 or email: theatre@ufv.ca, website: www.ufv.ca/theatre Wii Games at the Library Thursday, March 7, 3:30-5:30 p.m. at City of Langley Library. For ages 10 to 18 years. Please call 604-514-2855 or visit at 20399 Douglas Crescent in Langley to let library staff know you are coming to this program.

Pajama Storytimes - an evening program of stories, rhymes and songs for children age two and up and their caregivers. Children are welcome to come in pajamas and bring a soft toy. At Muriel Arnason Library on Wednesday, March 6, 7-7:30 p.m., and at Aldergrove Library, Monday, March 11, 6:30-7 p.m. These programs are free, but registration is required. Please contact your local library.

Harrison Festival Society presents the Maeve McKinnon Trio from Scotland on Friday, March 15 in the Harrison Memorial Hall. Tickets are $22 and can be purchased by phone at 604-796-3664, online at www. harrisonfestival.com or in person at the Ranger Station Art Gallery in Harrison, or Agassiz Shoppers Drug Mart.

Arthritis 101 - Wednesday, March 6, 7-8 p.m. at City of Langley Library, join Trish Silvester-Lee of the Arthritis Society to learn more about what arthritis is, and how to effectively self-manage the disease. This presentation will cover pain management, exercise, medication and complementary therapies, as well as information on the Arthritis Society and the programs and services available. Please call 604-5142855 or visit at 20399 Douglas Crescent in Langley to let library staff know you are coming to this program.

Fraser Valley Wedding Festival March 4, 4-8 p.m. at Cascades Casino, Coast Hotel & Convention Centre, Langley. Admission is $5 and tickets can be purchased at the door ($1 from every ticket sale is donated to the Canadian Cancer Society).

Housing Workshop - on the topic of downsizing, Wednesday, March 13, 1:30-3 p.m. at Langley Seniors Resource and Recreation Centre, 20605 – 51B Ave. Preregister by calling 530-3020.

Drop-ins welcome. Open to the public and free of charge.

Staying Fit at Home - partnership with the Council of Senior Citizens’ Organizations of BC, Tuesday, March 5, 2-3 p.m. at City of Langley Library Don’t feel comfortable joining fitness groups or going to the gym? Discover simple exercises to do at home that will improve your health and wellness. Make physical activity part of your daily routine. A trained senior facilitator delivers practi-

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Powder Blues - with special guest James “Buddy” Rogers on Saturday, March 30 at Cascades Casino Summit Theatre, Langley.

Tickets $39.50 (plus Facility Fee and Service Charges) from Casino Guest Services. Charge by phone 604-530-2211 or online at www.ticketweb.ca Abbotsford Beef Club - celebrating its 50th anniversary on April 20 at the Rancho, Abbotsford.

Dinner and dance tickets available for $25., doors open at 6 p.m. Check the Abbotsford Beef facebook page for more info or email Teresa russnteresa@shaw. ca or call 604-857-5760.

Céilidh - kitchen party with live music and St. Patrick’s theme on Thursday, March 14, 7 to 9:45 p.m. at St. Andrew’s United Church Hall, 9025 Glover Rd., Fort Langley. Enjoy traditional music, song and fun. Tickets are $5 at the door, includes traditional Maritime lunch of tea, biscuits and jam. Next Ceilidh will be April 18. Performers contact: Jack Williamson, 604-888-7925.

Headpins & Jerry Doucette Saturday, March 23 at the Arts Centre & Theatre in Maple Ridge.

Tyson Aubin’s birthday bash, turn it loud and help the kids, partial net proceeds from this show will go to Easter Seals. Tickets are $42.50 (plus facility fee and service charges) at the Arts Centre & Theatre Box Office. Charge by phone 604-476-2787 or online at www.theactmapleridge.org Brent Butt - Saturday, May 25, Clarke Theatre, 33700 Prentis Avenue, Mission. Tickets $40 (plus facility fee and service charges) available at all Ticketmaster Locations. Charge by phone 1-885985-5000 or online at www.ticketmaster.ca Aldergrove Toastmasters meets every Monday, 7 p.m. at Aldergrove Community Secondary School in room 125. Boost your self confidence; become a better speaker and have fun.

Info: Murray Burgum at 604856-5483 or email mgbergum@ gmail.com Mom’s Morning Out - at Aldergrove Alliance Church on Tuesday mornings from 9 to 11 a.m. We will be discussing your concerns and challenges, making crafts, and learning new do-it-yourself skills. Coffee, refreshments, and free childcare for your nurseryand preschool-aged children.

Info: aldergrovealliance.org or call 604-856-3447.

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Meets on the first Wednesday of every month, 7 p.m. at Murrayville Library. Coffee provided.

Fort Langley Library Knitting Circle - Wednesdays, 1-4 p.m.

Drop-in. Bring your knitting to the library and enjoy the companionship of working with others on your project. Beginners welcome.

Info: www.fvrl.bc.ca Fraser Health Crisis Line - recruiting volunteers to provide assistance to people who are experiencing emotional distress. No previous experience is needed as extensive training and ongoing support is provided. Visit website www.options.bc.ca and follow the link for the Crisis Line.

TOPS – Take Off Pounds Sensibly, a non profit weight loss support group, meets Monday nights in Aldergrove. Info: Susan at 604856-1138.

Langley Amateur Radio Association — meets first Thursday of month at 7 p.m. at Brookswood Firehall #5, 20355 32nd Ave., Langley. Coffee and sweets provided. Info, email: Don dondee@ shaw.ca Swallows and Amazons - Gallery 7 Theatre & Performing Arts Presents Arthur Ransome play March 8-9, 14-16, 21-23, 7:30 PM. Matinees: March 9, 16, 23, 2:00 PM at MEI Theatre, 4081 Clearbrook Road, Abbotsford.

Phone Orders: 604-852-3701 or 1-800-665-8828 (Have VISA or Master Card ready). Tickets are also available online at www. gallery7theatre.com, $20 Adults, $18 Seniors & Students, $17 Groups (8+), $12 Children (12 & under). www.gallery7theatre.com Staying Fit at Home - Fort Langley Library, Tuesday, March 12, 2-3 p.m. Don’t feel comfortable joining fitness groups or going to the gym? Discover simple exercises to do at home that will improve your health and wellness. Make physical activity part of your daily routine! Free but registration required. Free but registration required.

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True costs can be missed in cross-border shopping

By MATTHEW HOEKSTRA Aldergrove Star

Images of Canadians swarming a Bellingham Costco and scooping up milk jugs gave a couple of local graphic designers an idea.

Dan MacClure and business partner Jay McMahon of Richmond-based Creative Apparatus designed redand-white T-shirts emblazoned with the words “Milk Piranha.” It was their response to an anti-Canadian-shopper Facebook page that popped up last year, in which the term was used to describe milk-thirsty Canadians.

“Overall the reaction to the Milk Piranha T-shirts was amazing,” said MacClure. “People got the humour and surprisingly the majority of our sales were to U.S. customers.”

Now some of the millions of Canadian consumers who cross the border each year can wear the tongueand-cheek shirt when hunting for bargains. But when it comes to deals down south, there is often more than meets the eye.

Border delays and hassles, high gas prices, passport and identification requirements and warranty issues can often be overlooked. Possible duty fees at the border and state sales tax at the American register can further add to

the cost of a bargain.

There is also the hidden cost of the impact to the local economy.

“It makes a huge difference when individuals spend their money locally because those dollars create local jobs and support local business which benefits the entire community,” said Barry Grabowski, chair of the Richmond Chamber of Commerce.

A 2012 report from BMO Capital Markets noted there are over 50 million visits to the U.S. by Canadian residents each year—about one-and-ahalf visits for every Canadian.

Record numbers of Canadians are heading south, lured across the line by everything from food and clothing to electronics and vehicles. But with bigticket items, warranty coverage is not a sure thing in Canada.

According to the Canadian Automobile Dealers Association, warranties of vehicles purchased in the U.S. are often not valid in Canada.

Some brands do cover some warranty issues of American cars in Canada, but free scheduled service or maintenance packages might not be valid here.

The Bank of Canada suggests that cross-border shopping accounts for less than two per cent of consumer spending, but the BMO report sug-

gests the number could be as high as 10 per cent.

Nonetheless, the BMO report suggests, Canadians are seeing the price gap drop between American and Canadian goods. The bank’s random sample of goods found Canadian retail prices were 14 per cent higher in 2012 than in the U.S.—down from the previous year’s differential of 20 per cent.

But that figure doesn’t include costs of duty and transportation.

“We also found that a previously enormous price spread in one specific item (gas barbecues) has all but vanished on price reductions in Canada,” says the report, which notes barbecues were actually two per cent less expensive in Canada at the time of the survey. “However, the unusual differential on running shoes, highlighted last year, persists.”

Whether they’ll save money or not, Canadians can still cross the line in style by ordering a Milk Piranha T-shirt or bumper sticker of their own through the Creative Apparatus website.

Said Dan MacClure: “We’ve had sales all across the U.S. and Canada— from Oregon to New York and from Victoria to Montreal. We also sold a few to the UK — crazy.”

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For Peninsula Runners owner Philip Ellis, it’s about being part of the community and personalized service that keeps his customers from running away to shop in the United States.

“I think the key is to be part of the community and do things for the community so people see the value in what you do and will support us,” said Ellis, who owns the Walnut Grove store, but works also at the White Rock and Abbotsford Peninsula Runners locations.

Peninsula Runners organizes the annual and upcoming Golden Ears half marathon across the bridge, with funds raised going to school lunch programs. They also run Sun Run clinics and other programs.

“We aren’t a faceless corporation, we are Kathy (the manager) and Phil, who know our customers by name.

We are your neighbours,” he said. “I think it comes down to people realizing that when they choose to buy local they are choosing to support Canada and Canadian jobs. It all comes full circle.”

He said his biggest competition in the United States is online shopping.

“We’ve been asked if we would go online, but we can’t fit you properly into your shoes over the Internet,” he said laughing.

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popular running store and they Nicholson. believe it’s because they have “stayed “At our 248 Street gas bar, our true to who they are.” litres are down this year, but they The prices for shoes are coming are up at our other gas bars,” said more in line too, which helps, he said. Nicholson. “Our groceries are down But what can’t be helped is the 18 too. We hear from our competitors, per cent tax Canadians pay on shoes, also near the border, that their groone that Americans don’t pay. ceries are down as well. Our suppliers “Prime Minister Harper was in are saying they have seen a significant Langley last week (on Feb. 8) for an reductions of sales near the border economic discussion. If the govern- this year.” ment lowered that tax, it could really But buying local, especially at help,” he said. a one-stop shop like Otter Co-op, In the meantime, Peninsula where customers are rewarded finanRunners has cornered a market in cially each year through paid-out cash running shoes not found online or in dividends, has its financial rewards. the U.S. “We support the community, we They can be found in Europe but are part of the community, but to do otherwise they are only found in that we need our customers to supCanada. port us,” he said.

“About 30 per cent of Otter Co-op, which has our shoes you can’t find in been around for 90 years the U.S.” at its 248 Street location, That being said, Ellis does enjoy a loyal customer truly believes that it’s base. They also sell items the responsibility of all you can’t get anywhere else.

Canadians to support They sell hard-to-find name Canadian jobs and the brand clothing, farm equipeconomy, by choosing to ment, animal feed, petrostay and pay in this country. leum and have a cafe that Another Langley busi- Otter Co-op GM sees regulars enjoy a meal ness that competes directly Jack Nicholson and catch up on what’s with U.S. stores is Otter going on around town.

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This past weekend the Fraser Valley Boys District Championships were hosted in Aldergrove with the host club, Aldergrove Youth Soccer Club, winning two of the six finals.

The games were played on the new Aldergrove artificial turf fields and the U-13 and U-17 Aldergrove teams took the gold medals. This is quite an accomplishment considering Aldergrove is smallest club in the Fraser Valley.

Bill Ede, president of Aldergrove Youth Soccer, said, “This goes to show our club can compete with the best of them. The programs that we have in Aldergrove, combined with the new turf fields, gives us the opportunity to develop our local players to compete at a top level.

Winning two of the six district championships is proof of that”.

Both of the games were thrillers, right down to the last minute. In the U-13 final, despite a fairly even match, Aldergrove found themselves down 2-0 with less than 10 minutes to play.

A late rally with three unanswered goals in the last eight minutes gave Aldergrove the victory.

In the U-17 final Aldergrove had to score a late equalizer to tie the game at 1-1. Overtime produced no winner so the game had to be decided by penalty kicks.

Aldergrove sealed the victory in the eighth round, when Aldergrove scored after Langley had missed.

Both teams now advance to the Coastal Cup playoffs

leading to the Provincial Championships to be held in Langley later this summer.

In addition to providing the facilities to play on, the host club is responsible for providing officials for each game.

Art Bandenieks, Head Referee with AYSC, said that, “This year we had a very strong pool of excellent match officials to use for these very competitive games. All the referees were from Aldergrove and all performed professionally to the highest standards to ensure safe and fair play.”

Referees and Assistant Referees range from 12 years old to well into their fifties, male and female, and all are expected to keep up with play SUBMITTED PHOTO while performing their duties The U17 Aldergrove Vipers keeper Kyle Sagert making a save on the penalty kick giving the in this fast paced game.

Vipers the win, 2–1.

Vipers strike for valley gold Aldergrove Soccer Boys Win Two Cups!

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The U17 Aldergrove Vipers celebrated a victory against rival team Langley United after they battled for first place in the District Cup, Saturday, Feb. 23 in Aldergrove.

Langley led the game 1-0 going into the second half only to have that taken away from them when Aldergrove forward Gurgot Grewal brought the ball into Langley’s box, where the ball bounced off a defender and Nick Hall scored to tie the game.

No further goals were scored in regulation overtime time, thanks to the outstanding goal-tending by Aldergrove’s Kyle Sagert and the hard work by the rest of the team.

It then came down to a shoot-out and it took eight shooters to decide the outcome. Aldergrove’s Jessie Gill shot a goal to give Aldergrove the win.

The team now moves forward to the Coastal Cup in April.

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Aldergrove’s U-17 Vipers’ Gurjot Grewal battles with Langley United player in the 2-1 victory over Langley United at Aldergrove Athletic Park, Saturday, Feb. 23.

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Aldergrove’s U-17 Vipers Boys’ Soccer team won the Fraser Valley District Finals Cup with a 2-1 victory over Langley United at Aldergrove Athletic Park, Saturday, Feb. 23.

Bantam Boys Blank Mission in Playoffs

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Aldergrove’s Jake Dewaal slaps the puck past Mission’s keeper Chad Cromar in the Bantam playoffs, Thursday, Feb. 21 at Aldergrove Arena. Aldergrove won this game, 4-0.

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Aldergrove’s U-13 Boys’ Soccer team celebrates after winning the Fraser Valley District Finals with a 4-2 victory over Chilliwack at Aldergrove Athletic Park, Saturday, Feb. 23. Aldergrove came from behind by two goals to take the win.

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Aldergrove Kodiaks took both of their away games at Ridge Meadows Flames on the weekend to bring the team within one win of taking the first round of the junior hockey playoffs.

The Kodiaks took a 2-1 win on Friday night at Planet Ice, and followed that with a 9-2 win on Saturday.

Scoring for the Kodiaks on Friday were Ryan Veillet from Scott McHaffie and Spencer McHaffie in the first period, and Kenny Prato from Spencer McHaffie and Ryan Simpson in the second. The Flames notched the final goal of the night in the third.

The Flames outshot the Kodiaks 26-16 but neither were able to score on power plays. Spencer McHaffie earned first star while Prato received third.

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Scorers were Spencer McHaffie, Ryan Veillet, Daniel Higgs, MacLean Hewitt and Higgs.

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by Kodiak Roahen Jaswal sandwiched between the Flames goals.

The Kodiaks scored three more in the third, with scorers being Veillet, Brandon Dolby and Jackson Waniek.

Veillet was awarded the first star and third star went to Scott McHaffie.

Kodiaks tie series 1-1 with Flames The Aldergrove Kodiaks ensured themselves of one more crack at home ice. After losing their home-ice advantage of their best-of-seven opening round PJHL playoff series with the Ridge Meadows Flames, following a 4-3 double overtime loss in game one, the Kodiaks doubled up the Flames 4-2 on Feb. 20 in game two at the Aldergrove Arena.

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Aldergrove Kodiaks’ #97 Scott McHaffie earned the game’s first star for his contributions to their 4-2 win over Ridge Meadows Flames in game two of the playoff series, Wednesday, Feb. 20 at Aldergrove Arena. McHaffie opened the scoring on Flames’ keeper Wesley McLeod and contributed an assist to the final goal of the night. than two minutes apart on Flames goalie Wesley have already moved on and Kenny Prato put the McLeod, who was forced to the next round in the home side up 3-0 prior to into making 49 saves Harold Brittain conferthe first intermission. on 53 shots. This comes ence after winning four Travis Oddy cut the after his game one perfor- games against Mission lead to 3-1 after 40 min- mance, in which he faced City Outlaws. utes, but Ryan Veillet 63 shots, stopping 60.

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‘Grove Midgets Take A Shot Aldergrove’s Taylor Myer takes a shot at Cloverdale’s keeper Nick Trenaensky in Midget A hockey, Thursday, Feb. 21 at Aldergrove Arena.

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Aldergrove Bruins win big in Vegas

By KURT LANGMANN Aldergrove Star

The Aldergrove Midget A2 Bruins gambled and won down in Las Vegas last week, but it wasn’t in the casinos.

In their first-ever foray into the Las Vegas President’s Day Weekend Hockey Tournament the young lads from Aldergrove won all but one of five games to take the championship.

In the championship game, Monday, Feb. 18, Aldergrove was tied at 3-3 with San Jose at end of regulation, with no scoring in overtime either. When it came down to the best-of-five shootout Aldergrove’s first three shooters all scored and with none for San Jose, Aldergrove won 4-3.

The series had opened on Friday, Feb. 15, with a 2-2 tie in Aldergrove’s first game against San Jose. On Saturday, Feb. 16, Aldergrove’s second game versus Stockton Colts was 4-3 win.

Aldergrove notched another pair of wins on Sunday,

Feb. 17, with their third game versus Colorado a 6-0 win and their fourth game versus Valencia Express a 5-3 win.

There were 40 teams participating at Las Vegas Ice Center, from Atom to Midget levels. There were five teams at the Midget level, including Aldergrove.

Alan Radnai, the Aldergrove Bruins team manager, said “the win was kind of special because the U.S. teams were aged up to 19.”

Aldergrove Bruins were mostly third-year players, with a couple of second- and firstyear players. The team roster includes Michael Bencze, John Krentz, Wyatt Amato, Kevan Brokhuyson, Tristin Buchner, Steven Bunt, Daylen Culfa, Cameron Ellis, Brett Hollins, Lincoln Nikkel, Skyler Nishi, Nathan Radnai, Jerad Stuart, Devin Stone, Caleb Vilio, Elijah Vilio, Dustin Wilkinson and Dryden Wust.

Head coach is Carlo Calfa, assistants are Peter Nikkel and Darnell Calfa, and HSCP is Gino Amato.

Aldergrove Midget A2 Bruins won the Las Vegas President’s Day Weekend Tournament last week.

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Canadian Forces war hero Master Corporal (retired) Paul Franklin leads the Amputee Coalition of Canada’s fundraising efforts and is coming to Abbotsford as a co-founder of the Heroes Hockey Challenge,

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$417,500 GREAT HOME and LOCATION Lovely 5 bedroom, 2 bathroom with room for the whole family or use downstairs for a 2 BEDROOM NANNY’S QUARTERS or IN-LAW SUITE with a FULL BATHROOM, SEPARATE ENTRY, shared laundry.

PLENTY of updates, PLENTY of options! FULLY FENCED YARD, RV Parking and easy FREEWAY access.

$810,000 HIGH AND DRY 5 ACRE parcel on DEAD END St. The 3 BDRM Mobile was recently renovated and HUGE Shop and BARN AND STABLES, perfect for the CAR LOVERS, BUSINESS PERSON, HORSE LOVER or all of the above! Great location to build your DREAM HOME! Gentle rolling land with GIANT Firs and Cedars sprinkled throughout to provide that MAJESTIC feel. ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES!!

$289,900 SPACIOUS, BRIGHT and well maintained END UNIT 2 BDRM/2BTH townhouse in SAGEBROOK. OPEN CONCEPT floor plan. CENTRALLY LOCATED, walking distance to shopping, library and more. PRICE TO SELL, QUICK POSSESSION POSSIBLE!

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4953 - 272ND STREET

INSTANT BUSINESS HERE! Over 30,000 plants ready to be sold on 17.45 acres with a 3000 sq ft 5 bedroom home on it could be suited this is a very interesting idea as the value is in land and building the cash flow from the nursery stock is the bonus have a look and check it out.

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#20 - 27272 - 32ND AVENUE

Dan Flokstra $214,000

TWIN FIRS

Over 45 years young here, 3 levels, 3 bedrooms, stainless appliances and a great Mount Baker view.

Loads of storage and quick possession possible. Almost 2,000 sq. ft and private yard.

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2825 - 256TH STREET

SOLD

Check this out, it’s all here! A large 3,700 sq ft home on a beautiful property. Large dairy barn’s plus tons of hay storage 80’x180’ clear span main barn, square piece of property with fantastic building site. Spring is coming, take a look here - property has a slight southern slope.

Dan Flokstra

604-857-1100

$620,000

3373 - 273RD STREET

ALDERGROVE CUSTOM

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$2,000,000

Dan Flokstra

604-857-1100

Have it all this time you move want a home with everything in it and then some? This is the one, as you will never build this home for this price today it is better than new. It has everything and then some 9 foot ceilings hardwood floors 4 bathrooms a fantastic master suite and huge walk in closet with ensuite that you can only dream of. 4 bedrooms up stairs and open great room concept, granite throughout the home crown mouldings and so much more and the quality is to be unsurpassed so take a look in pride of ownership here and make this a must see. P.S you will love the media room, all high end everything and all for sale for you today at below cost.

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LISTINGS

$879,900

1395 - 242ND STREET

Dan Flokstra

27053 - 27 AVENUE

604-857-1100

$489,900

Very well kept and mostly updated 1400 sq ft on the main floor with a finished bsmt on a private 5 fully fenced acres located on a no through street. Also has huge shop for the car enthusiast and Circular driveway for the trucker in the family, home has new well, newer septic, newer roof new bathrooms new interior doors you get the picture, close to everything

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#34 - 27456 - 32ND AVENUE

$200,000

WALK YOUR KIDS TO SCHOOL

CEDAR PARK TOWNHOME

Check out this centrally located home with 2 bedroom suite and large upstairs with family room and 3 bathrooms for the main floor suite as well,jetted tub hot water heat large back yard , oak kitchen take a look and make your offer.

Very nice and clean 3 bedroom townhome in Cedar Park very competitively priced for this location. All you have to do is move in new windows new doors in this complex and new roof is paid for. Close to playground and extra parking make a call and see this today.

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#2654 - 30A AVENUE $489,900 1/4 ACRE LOT WITH HEATED SHOP

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$217,900

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Have a look here, very private back patio. Lovely wood fireplace, very neat and clean. This unit qualifies for all the first time home buyers perks. So call today and Let’s make a move happen.

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#92 - 27044 - 32ND AVENUE

SOLD

1950 sq ft rancher on ¼ acre lot plus 37 x 24 heated shop updated and ready for you to enjoy 4 bedrooms and large family room plus super deck and hot tub.

On a corner lot you gotta see this one that is for sure. Make an appointment today.

Dan Flokstra

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$21,980

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