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Drumming for video shoot leads to noise complaint

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Sto:lo recording artist Inez Jasper is calling it “ironic” that someone complained to police about the “noise” of traditional drumming coming from the Skowkale reserve late Friday afternoon.

They were shooting a music video for Inez’s new song, Dancin’ on the Run, about the survival of First Nations culture in the wake of the Potlatch ban of 1884.

“It’s an example of how slowly things change but it’s also great that we can still dance and sing our songs,” she told The Progress on Monday. “Our culture has survived despite some harsh discrimination from Canada.”

The song, Dancin’ on the Run, is off her new album set to be released later this summer. Part of it tells the story of those who actively helped keep the cultural traditions alive despite the Potlatch ban enforced by the local “Indian agent” at the time, continuing until the 1950s.

“There were people who served jail time, or had to run from the Indian agent so they wouldn’t be caught practising their culture,” said Jasper.

“Stories are coming out about the intricate network of messengers, and runners who ensured we were not incriminated for being our selves.”

Wenona Victor called the music video experience “amazing.”

She had given Inez and her crew permission to film on location at her home on Chilliwack River Road and returned home from work on Friday to find a semi trailer parked in her driveway, and everyone preparing.

“I’m so proud of Inez and all she has accomplished with her music career,” said Victor.

She can’t figure out why anyone would complain about drumming on reserve, and found it ridiculous that a police car was parked nearby to survey the scene.

“It was so obviously a beautiful and empowering event,” she said.

The complaint may have come from neighbouring residents living on some leasehold properties behind the Skowkale reserve. But it is surely evidence of a “culture gap” going on.

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Metro to kick off search for new incinerator site One of the proponents is Chilliwack Bioenergy Group, owned by local businessmen Jeff Nagel Black Press

Metro Vancouver will soon launch its search for sites for a new waste-to-energy plant that is sure to be controversial in whatever neighbourhoods are picked and potentially lucrative for the successful host city.

Starting in July, land owners interested in hosting a new garbage incinerator will be asked to step forward and advise the regional district of their interest.

Metro will short-list up to five sites that it would secure with options to purchase that could see the regional district pay

out up to $7.5 million to the land owners as compensation while they wait to see if their site is chosen.

Meanwhile, some of the 19 companies proposing various technologies to build the new plant may have secured sites of their own that would also be added to the list.

All proposed sites would be made public by the end of this year ahead of public consultations to gauge community support.

Host sites don’t necessarily have to be within Metro Vancouver. Sites further away, such as on Vancouver Island, would have one advantage: defusing opposition

from Fraser Valley residents who fear more air pollution wafting their way.

And there could be sites in the Fraser Valley itself – one of the proponents is named Chilliwack Bioenergy Group and owned by local businessmen.

But other factors will also be in play, according to Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan, vice-chair of Metro’s zero waste committee.

Undeveloped greenfield sites or others where intensive redevelopment is expected – such as Surrey’s City Centre – may better harness steam heat or electricity Continued: WTE/ p3

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Doling out bowls of hope along with hearty soup Alina Konevski The Progress

What started as a volunteer project for local ex-offenders has evolved into one of the province’s largest school feeding programs.

At Bowls of Hope, feeding kids is about nurturing upstanding future citizens and keeping them out of the justice system. The organization is gearing up for its annual fundraiser in May. The Bowls of Hope Society has been feeding Chilliwack schoolchildren for a decade. This year, 600 students across 17 schools, levels kindergarten to secondary, will receive a daily lunch at school.

That’s 120,000 bowls of soup for the year, explains Mike Csoka, one of the directors. The program is growing fast, as last year there were only 12 schools and 450 students.

Inside the Chilliwack Community Correctional Centre’s industrial kitchen, Chef Mike (who requested anonymity) creates fullbodied meals that were evaluated by a dietician as being nutritionally complete. The meals are usually vegetable and meat stews and soups, with a side of whole wheat bread. The chef serves the soup piping hot into large plastic containers, for delivery in a donated van. On Fridays, students receive special meals, such as hot dogs, or macaroni and cheese. A former resident of the halfway house, Mike completed UFV’s chef training course, and is working to become a professional cook. He spends about 20 hours a week with Bowls of Hope.

“It’s really close to my heart and giving back to the community. I never realized just how many kids out there don’t have food, whether it be breakfast or lunch,” says Chef Mike. An estimated 38 per cent

A pot of country tomato vegetable soup is prepared for local school children on Monday. The ingredients of cabbage, carrots, tomatoes, and spices emit a powerful aroma. ALINA KONEVSKI/ PROGRESS

of people using food banks are under 18, according to Food Banks Canada. And Statistics Canada data shows that British Columbia had the nation’s second worst child poverty rate, at 14 per cent, in 2010.

“I think the big benefit is, if you’re not hungry in school, you can pay more attention. I remember just forgetting my lunch.

When your stomach’s growling, you’re not paying much attention to what’s being taught,” says Mike.

That is the essence of the program, as Csoka discovered in his

thirty years with federal corrections.

“What I’ve come to realize is that, it’s great to work with these adults when they committed crimes and they’re trying to reenter the community. But the reality is, we could’ve done something to not have them in the justice system.”

Feeding kids in school is one of the simplest ways to encourage learning, says Csoka, and that can keep them out of trouble. Indeed, a research student at the University of the Fraser Valley found that

Bowls of Hope participants showed improvement in their language arts and math performance, and in their behaviour.

“This is the basis for keeping kids in school, on the right path, so that they avoid other problems later in life,” says another program organizer, Cindy Waters.

McCammon Traditional elementary was one of the first to sign up when Bowls of Hope launched.

Today, out of the school’s population of about 250 students, 20–30 receive a daily free lunch. The school also runs a smaller-scale

breakfast program.

“I think it’s terrific. I think it introduces kids to food they may not have tried before or they think they don’t like. It gives them nutrition they can always count on every day,” says Donna Babcock, program administrator and Aboriginal education assistant at McCammon.

The program goes a long way to giving students their daily recommended fruit and vegetable servings, which nationwide two-thirds of children aged four to eight do not receive, found a 2004 Statistics Canada survey.

At the start of every school year, the school sends a note to parents asking if they would like their child in the program. There is also a gentle request for a donation.

The program’s students eat lunch together in a separate room, where Babcock recreates a fine dining experience with a student leader at each table, background music, and sometimes flowers. She is creative in encouraging students to try new foods.

“They have to have as many bites as their age. I used to do that with my kids at home. It worked very well.”

Babcock says that there is no stigma that follows kids in the program. Instead, the soups are a coveted lunch. On hot dog Fridays, there are suddenly many students who have forgotten their homepacked meals.

“So long as it benefits the kids, I wouldn’t want to see it change,” says Babcock.

Kids in the program cover the whole spectrum, and Csoka has never turned a school away. About 50 people volunteer to make it all happen, bringing the cost of a bowl of soup down to 33 cents.

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Metro plans to short-list five potential locations WTE from Front generated by the plant for a district energy system supplying nearby buildings.

“There are some benefits that can go to a community as a result of that,” Corrigan said. “Also it encourages development in areas where you might not have been able to encourage development before, because they’ve got this source of energy.”

He said a city could parlay a waste-toenergy plant into success in several ways.

If it proposes a site in the midst of a larger area of industrial land it already owns, the city can later sell off its surrounding land at a profit to industries or other buildings that spring up around it, also pocketing development fees and a permanent jump in its property tax base.

Since any site proponent can put whatever conditions they want on it, the city could

also insist it get electricity or heat from the Metro incinerator at wholesale rates and then use the offer of discount power – lower than BC Hydro’s prices – as a carrot to draw developers to the precinct.

Besides being a powerful economic development lever, the resulting district energy enclave may also be trumpeted as cutting greenhouse gases.

“It’s a really good green badge for cites,” Corrigan said, adding a new incinerator could power the equivalent of 15,000 homes with garbage that would otherwise be landfilled.

“Obviously this isn’t going to be as clean as burning natural gas or getting hydro from a dam. It wouldn’t be your fuel of choice.

But the idea is you create energy from the garbage because you’re stuck with the garbage.”

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the Tsawwassen First Nation has had talks with Aquilini Renewable Energy – one of the proponents – about hosting the plant on TFN treaty land.

Covanta Energy, which runs the existing Burnaby incinerator, is also behind a proposal to burn Metro waste at a former pulp mill at Gold River, on the west side of Vancouver Island.

It was also suggested at Metro’s waste management committee Thursday that New Westminster – which has its own electrical utility – could be a good fit.

Delta may also surface as a site when the final list is unveiled – Lehigh Cement, which runs the cement plant on River Road, is another proponent.

Metro intends to pick a site by 2015, which would later be paired with a winning proponent that would have the new wastefired plant built by 2018.

Corrigan acknowledges concerns that

strategies to reduce or recycle more waste may falter because the incinerator must be fed.

But he said the expected capacity of the plant – 370,000 tonnes per year – has already been scaled back and he doubts the region’s waste stream can be cut enough to render a new plant redundant.

Surrey Coun. Marvin Hunt said he thought it “crazy” that municipalities might be paid money by Metro for options on their own sites.

Metro officials say potential land needs to be secured, but a municipality could waive payment for the option and that could improve its site’s position on the short list.

Metro directors also decided the new plant or plants – if more than one is built – will be owned by Metro, ruling out P3 private ownership or a Metro-municipal partnership.

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One-day blitz in Chilliwack targeted unsafe vehicles Alina Konevski The Progress

A one-day blitz of commercial vehicle safety inspections resulted in six violation tickets totalling $1,619 in fines.

Out of 35 full inspections on March 21, nearly half of the vehicles could not continue on the road before completing major repairs.

Another 13 needed minor repairs. Only seven passed inspection.

Hundreds of commercial vehicles pass through Chilliwack every day. The City of Chilliwack’s Safer City Program worked with Chilliwack RCMP Traffic Services and the provincial commercial vehicle safety branch to target vehicles that appeared not to be meeting safety regulations.

“We screen from the bigger numbers, and drill down to smaller numbers, and that’s what we concentrate on. It’s the bad carriers, and leave the many hundreds of other carriers free to do their business safely. We’ll concentrate on the few bad ones, and potentially correct that, or

take them off the road,” said Bruce Calbick from the Commercial Vehicle Safety and Enforcement (CVSE) branch of the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure.

CVSE regularly screens commercial trucks on the road, but this was a rare instance of a larger-scale check.

To target potentially unsafe vehicles, CVSE screened hundreds of trucks for visual defects, such as a cracked windshield, soft or flat tire, burned out indicator bulb, and other indicators that suggest overall neglect.

They also checked for overweight trucks, that loads were prop-

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The Chilliwack Progress is published by Black Press Group Ltd., every Tuesday and Thursday at 45860 Spadina Ave., Chilliwack. The Progress is a member of the Canadian Circulation’s Audit Board, Canadian Community Newspaper Association, British Columbia and Yukon Community Newspaper Association and B.C. Press Council.

Carbon offsets are illusory The audit of the Pacific Carbon Trust raises many fundamental questions about the province’s claim to be carbon-neutral.

Many people have questioned the scheme which forces public agencies to pay funds equalling $25 per tonne of greenhouse gas emission to PCT, a Crown agency. This money has come from the operating budgets of schools, hospitals and universities.

PCT in turn buys carbon offsets from private organizations, so that a wooded area in the Kootenays was saved from logging, in part through this agency.

It is highly questionable to take money from classrooms and emergency rooms to buy carbon offsets. It would make much more sense to give capital funds to various provincial agencies to physically reduce their greenhouse gas emissions through, for example, more efficient furnaces or better insulation.

However, like many political programs, there is a large element of smoke and mirrors in this. The public are being told that government is reducing emissions, and some of them actually believe it.

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from carbon offsetting were circulating information ahead of the release of the auditor-general’s report, and actively attempting to debunk it.

Environment Minister Terry Lake, who otherwise seems to be a reasonable individual, bought into this, and said at a press conference “Who audits the auditor-general?”

He clearly does not believe that there is anything wrong with taking money from schools and hospitals and redistributing it to private corporations which, according to the report, would likely undertake programs to reduce emissions anyway.

The audit indicates that the entire carbon offset program needs a more thorough examination, and it should be curtailed until that more detailed examination has been made.

In the meantime, if the government has money it can put towards reducing emissions, it needs to put it towards actual projects within the public sector — not to private corporations and non-profits.

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Allegations of scientist muzzling worthy of study It was great news to hear that Information Commissioner Suzanne Legault will conduct a thorough investigation into allegations that the Harper government is muzzling federally employed scientists.

This complaint has been festering for years and a formal investigation is long overdue.

The decision was triggered by a brief filed by the University of Victoria’s Environmental Law Centre brought about by an ELC student. He demonstrated that the federal government is preventing the media from speaking to scientists on the significance of their research findings.

The political blocking is especially obvious when research findings or the scientist’s point of view are out of step with government’s policies on environmental protection, climate change, or oil sands development.

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about the maddening protocol with which federal scientists are handicapped without the consent of media relations officers who invariably, after unwarranted time delays, ask journalists for written questions in advance. The stalling tactic forces journalists – and the scientist’s message – to miss a timely deadline. Or Margaret journalists have to drop the story for EVANS lack of accurate information.

The research done by the ELC law student Clayton Greenwood was exceptional and his report “Muzzling Civil Servants: A Threat to Democracy?” raises many disturbing questions.

When Environment Canada scientist David Tarasick published his findings on the Arctic’s unprec-

edented ozone loss in 2011 in the journal Nature, he was prevented from speaking to journalists for two weeks by media officials.

When Canadian scientists attended the International Polar Year 2012 Conference, they were told not to talk to journalists but refer them to media relations who would arrange to have a media staff member present to monitor any subsequent interview. Really?

Natural Resources Canada scientist Scott Dallimore and his team published a research paper in Nature on a colossal flood in northern Canada 13,000 years ago.

Dallimore was forced to go the preapproval route and when he was finally given permission to give interviews, the story had already run without his valued input and information, and journalists were on to other breaking news stories.

When Kristi Miller, a Department of Fisheries and Oceans scientist and a recognized leader in her field,

published her research findings on declining sockeye salmon populations in the Fraser River in the journal Nature, she was blocked for months by the Privy Council Office from addressing the media.

The PCO’s media fixers sited the on-going Cohen Commission inquiry for their excuse. When Miller finally testified at the Commission hearings, she was swamped by a security services contingent while she spoke.

Even the editors of the prestigious journal Nature went off message and questioned the Canadian government for undermining its scientists.

The actions of the Harper government have been publicly criticized and prompted damning comments from leading scientists. Jeffrey Hutchings, Canada Research Chair in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation at Dalhousie University commented that somehow it’s become OK for

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Pipeline leak worse than chlorine There has been enough news of how Mayor Sharon Gaetz has tried to save us from the horrors of chlorine in our water. Mayor Gaetz is the chairperson of the Fraser Valley Regional District.

The FVRD recently approved Kinder Morgan’s preliminary surveys across the valley to twin the pipeline that currently carries poison across our rivers, wetlands, private residential and farm lands. What’s wrong with this picture?

Potentially a leak in this pipeline could do thousand times more damage than chlorine could ever do to our lives.

Mayor Gaetz is expending huge amounts of energy fighting a lost battle with Fraser Health

Authority, but there’s not a peep from her about this pipeline.

Does she not read anything about what has happened in other communities who have suffered from pipeline spills into their water, and onto their land?

Does she not know that this is devastating to any community this happens to? Does she not know that if this ever happened to us here in Chilliwack, our water, our land, and our whole community and those around us will be scarred for many decades to come.

Our land values will be zero.

Any citizen who lives within several kilometres of a spill will not be able to live in their house, farmland will be useless, water

totally undrinkable, and cancer rates will rise in those who try to stay. No one will want to live or work in Chilliwack anymore.

Can we put this into perspective, please, or is Mayor Gaetz such a hypocrite that she will happily fight the little guys about chlorine but can’t stomach standing up to big oil?

The citizens of Chilliwack need to move along with the chlorine issue. Buy a filter for heaven’s sake. And then get out and educate yourself about pipelines and the disaster sleeping on your doorstep. A good start is to search Google online for “Kalamazoo oil spill CBC.” Robbin Yager Chilliwack

Oil refinery ‘a big step in wrong direction’ Retired CEO Jim Shepard apparently sees nothing but puppies and rainbows in David Black’s proposal for an oil refinery in Kitimat (‘Refinery project would benefit B.C.’ The Progress, Thursday, April 4).

In fact, he is so enthused about the project that he pronounces it “beyond any political persuasion” and suggests that even Green Party supporters should jump on the bandwagon. Sadly, Mr. Shepard (who incidentally was an economic advisor to Christy Clark before becoming president of the anti-NDP ‘Concerned Citizens for B.C’ group) manages to conveniently overlook a few negatives.

First, any plan for a refinery in Kitimat still involves a pipeline to get the bitumen from the tar sands to the B.C. coast, a pipeline that would cross several mountain ranges and hundreds of creeks and rivers in a very remote and unspoiled part of our province. And once that pipeline is in, do we really think that there won’t be any tankers carrying bitumen off our coast? I am sure there will be plenty of extra bitumen capacity for enthusiastic Chinese refineries to purchase.

But secondly, and more importantly, this project is a big step in the wrong direction. Do we really want to be among the elite of the carbon-exporting nations? Make no mistake, this is not about energy independence, it’s about selling Asia all the petrochemicals that it can burn. Undoubtedly, this could bring prosperity to our province and our country, but at what cost? So that a billion Chinese can become the energy pigs that we are? The atmosphere can’t take it, folks.

If the Chinese are as interested in “securing (a) sustainable supply of resources” as Mr. Shepard suggests they are (and Jim, the last time I checked oil was not considered a “sustainable” resource) then let them invest in Canadian alternative energy technologies.

This gold rush mentality has to end. Do we as Canadians really have such a low opinion of ourselves and our own inventiveness that we feel our only chance for economic survival depends on runaway fracking and tar sands exploitation?

Greg Davis Chilliwack

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It just takes one bad apple to spoil the barrel, my mother would say to me and my sisters if she thought we might get into some mischief. Today my husband says “where there is one mouse, many more will gather.”

These old sayings have a lot of truth to them. Just last week as we were settling into our new store on Mill Street where we proudly display a large Canadian flag during store hours, some lame head decided they needed it so they just came along and cut it from the pole. It

was gracious of them to leave the pole! Hopefully they didn’t cut themselves as they removed it.

Tourists from other areas liked to take pictures of their friends or family in front of the flag. One would hold one end and the others would stand in front, smile, and the camera would click a memory of a fun day on holiday.

This morning we were blessed once more by thieves.

I don’t understand what their state of mind must have been.

They took the time to find a

large boulder which was industrious, broke the side window of our storefront, and stole a very beautiful silver-plated coffee set and tray. The stupid fool, or fools, probably though it was sterling. Ha ha on them!

The cost of repair and replacement doesn’t make it conducive to remain in the retail business in Chilliwack. I realize many communities are faced with the same frustrations. Sometimes it seems the so-called “good guy” doesn’t always win.

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“I just think if someone is going to live in our territory, that they would take the time to find out more about who we are as a people, especially about the drum.”

Inez added it was late afternoon on a Friday, not night, and there was no applicable noise bylaw being contravened since it was held on reserve.

“It was a positive cultural event, with children and families everywhere,” she said. “I found it funny.

But it’s ironic because part of the whole purpose of my album is to raise awareness, and to let people know who we are and what our songs are all about.”

After releasing her solo album, Singsoulgirl in 2008, Inez took home best album cover, best new artist, best pop album and single of the year for Breathe (featuring Magic Touch) at the 2009 Aboriginal People’s Choice Awards in Winnipeg. She was also nominated for a Juno and a Western Canadian Music Award.

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Volunteers hope to raise $40G BOWLS from page 3 With the free workspace at the correctional centre and donated transpor tation, the program has zero overhead, says Csoka.

There is no plan to incorporate the program into the school district, as the organizers would like to keep it volunteer-run.

“We can all point figures and say it’s somebody else’s problem.

That’s an easy way for the village to do nothing,” he says.

In Chilliwack’s school district, nearly three-quarters of schools have some kind of lunch program, half provide a breakfast program, and about 70 per cent provide snacks.

“This is an exemplary example of the community working together for its children,” wrote Superintendent Evelyn Novak in an email. “We appreciate the support we receive from our partners as we recognize some of our students come to school who have not had anything to eat, and this affects the ability for these students to optimally learn.”

The society will hold its annual dinner and auction fundraiser on May 3, 2013. The goal is to raise the $40,000 annual budget. The event is sold out, but Bowls of Hope is still accepting donations of money, products, or services, for the live and silent auctions.

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Chilliwack is home to many phenomenal, strong women, and several are receiving recognition by a local club.

Single mom Rebecca Lin won a $2,500 grant from the Soroptimist Club of Chilliwack last week, a welcome sign to the new Canadian.

“I am very grateful and very lucky. This is a big help for me, for my schooling,” she says.

Lin settled in Canada two years ago so that her five-year-old daughter Emma could be closer to her Chilliwack dad. Lin is pursing a career as a teaching assistant, and is enrolled in the community support worker program at the University of the Fraser Valley, a path that can use her skills from a decade of teaching college in native Taiwan. She is also an afterschool program assistant at Central elementary, and works part-time at the RCMP centre.

Some of her time in Canada has been frustrating, she says. When she first arrived, it was stressful having no support network, and no job. But she says Chilliwack helps its single moms. She has found a good group through the Sardis Community Church’s DoorWay program.

The Soroptimists’ women’s opportunity grant is another sign that the Chilliwack community is there for her.

“Maybe it’s not a big deal for other people, but it means a lot for me, in a new country, to have big support, and make progress,” says Lin. “I want my daughter to be proud of her mom. I really appreciate family and the good friends here, they just appear when I need something or someone. I hope I can inspire other women.”

It was her enthusiasm and her motivation to move forward in life despite challenges that won her the grant over the other nine applicants. This year was the most interest that Soroptimist Club of Chilliwack has received for the program, and the club was able to distribute $500 grants to each of the two runners-up.

Another local inspiration is Kate Lister, who was named this year’s Woman of the Year in recognition of her decades of volunteer service

Rebecca Lin, seen here with daughter Emma, won a $2,500 grant from the Soroptimist Club of Chilliwack. JENNA HAUCK/ PROGRESS

in Chilliwack.

“Kate (Lister) is a tireless volunteer and her focus over the past 28 years has been to develop and provide affordable housing for those with chronic mental illness,” said club president Anita Rogers in a release.

When Lister’s son developed schizophrenia at 19 years old, Lister faced difficulty finding affordable housing for him.

In the three decades since, she has fought for affordable housing for people with mental illnesses in Chilliwack and Abbotsford. She is now one of the volunteer managers of the Chilliwack Housing Society, looking after the 10-unit Canfield House.

“We not only look after the apartments and the people in them, but

we know the people in them,” she says. Today’s housing options for people with mental illnesses are much better compared to thirty years ago, but finding safe and decent places will remain challenging.

“People are starting to open up about mental illness. Back then, it was almost never spoken of. There is also much better medication now,” she says. “But they still need a place to live that they can afford.”

Winning the Woman of the Year is a “real honour,” says Lister.

Chilliwack teen Brittany Clough also received the Violet Richardson award for her aboveand-beyond local volunteering.

The prize comes with a $500 grant, and another $500 for her chosen charity, the Dove Foundation.

The formal awards ceremony will be held on April 24, at the City of Chilliwack Council Chambers (8550 Young Road) from 6 p.m.

Debbie Fortnum will sing and Joanne Hankey will play the harp.

“Everyone is invited and encouraged to attend this ceremony,” said Cari Moore, Chair of the Woman of the Year Award Ceremony Committee. akonevski@theprogress.com twitter.com/alinakonevski

Right: Kate Lister was named Woman of the Year by the Soroptimist Club of Chilliwack for 2013. NORMAN’S PHOTOGRAPHIC

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Jasper’s journey: A basketball star’s battle with mental illness Dan Kinvig, Black Press

In mid-June of last year, during a vacation in Mexico, Jasper Moedt awoke at sunrise and tiptoed up the stairs to the roof of his hotel.

It was clear and sunny, with just a hint of a breeze. The 22-yearold was in his swimming trunks, and the rooftop hot tub bubbled invitingly.

But he walked past and hoisted his 6’7” frame onto the cement wall bordering the roof.

His feet were longer than the wall was wide, and his toes curled over the edge.

Three storeys below, people were on the sidewalk. They didn’t seem to notice him.

He was seriously considering stepping off.

For the better part of three months, his emotional state had swung from crippling depression to exhilarating euphoria. He couldn’t understand what was wrong, nor could he bring himself to share it with anyone. They’d think he was crazy.

That he was even up on the ledge was a surprise to him, given his fear of heights. But the struggle for equilibrium had worn him down and had given way to utter hopelessness.

A small gust of wind blew. Maybe if it blew hard enough, he thought, it would make

the decision for me.

He lingered on the edge for maybe five minutes, but it felt like an hour. He was sweating, even though it wasn’t hot enough for that yet. His hands shook, then his body began to shudder.

It wasn’t until he heard a young couple making their way up the stairs that he snapped out of his reverie and stepped back to safety. *

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Moedt was the kind of bright kid who could almost make you buy into the notion of youthful invincibility.

An imposing presence at 6’7”, 240 pounds, he was a friendly giant – gregarious, articulate, easy-smiling, easygoing.

He’d always been that way.

His Grade 1 teacher at Mountain Elementary, upon seeing this enormous kid walk into her classroom on the first day of school, made a mental note to keep an eye on him. But by the first round of parentteacher interviews, she was raving about him.

“She said to me that she expected to have issues with him being a bully, because he’s so much bigger than all the other kids,” Jasper’s mother Denise recalled.

“But he was just so kind, so sharing, and she was surprised by that. He’s

Jasper Moedt, who rose to basketball stardom locally at Yale Secondary and UFV, struggled with depression and suicidal thoughts after an adverse reaction to medication following shoulder surgery last spring.

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very in tune with what other people are thinking around him.”

Moedt grew up to become a high-profile athlete in Abbotsford, winning a provincial high school basketball championship with Yale Lions in 2008, and developing into one of the better post players in the nation with the University of the Fraser Valley Cascades.

But his sunny outlook began to change, imperceptibly at first, following surgery to repair a nagging shoulder injury on March 26, 2012.

His emotions slipped out of control, and

over time, the peaks and valleys grew more pronounced. It had a corrosive effect on his interpersonal relationships. When he was depressed, he was extremely needy. When he was up, he didn’t think he needed anyone.

Then, he started hearing voices. He’d be alone in a house and think he heard a male voice outside calling him, but he’d open the door and no one would be there. Eventually, the voice came to sound like someone talking in his ear, telling him he was useless, that people in his life were against

him. Delusions piled on top of delusions.

The emotional highs began to melt into a perpetual depression, giving rise to suicidal thoughts and pushing Moedt onto the ledge in Mexico.

In June of last year, UFV men’s basketball coach Barnaby Craddock departed to take the helm of the University of Alberta Golden Bears. Moedt elected to follow him to Edmonton, surprising his parents.

He hoped a change of scenery would sort him out, but when he arrived in September, he found his troubles

had made the journey with him.

“Almost immediately after I arrived there, I realized nothing had changed,” he said. “I felt stupid . . . I thought, why would changing my location change anything?”

Depending on the day, Moedt was either determined to stick it out in Edmonton, or he was ready to hop on the next bus home.

One night in October, after taking a kitchen knife to his room and staring at it for a while, he made a spur-of-themoment decision to buy a Greyhound ticket to Abbotsford. He rode all night, leaving most of his belongings in Edmonton.

Along with his psychological issues, Moedt also started passing out, slumping over unconscious at random. In the end, the physical symptoms may have saved him.

After returning to Abbotsford, he passed out in front of his sisters on two occasions.

The first time, he swore them to secrecy. The second time, in early January, they took him to the hospital.

Doctors discovered that Moedt had hemolytic anemia, which affected his red blood cells and triggered the fainting. Their best guess is that it was caused by an adverse reaction to medication

from his surgery, and may have also affected his serotonin and dopamine levels.

He started coming in for daily steroid therapy via IV, and the doctors also connected him with a counsellor.

Within two weeks, he felt like himself again.

It was only then that he sat down with his family and shared the full extent of his struggles.

“I developed this belief that if I told anyone, things were only going to get worse,” he explained.

“It’s something that really snowballed on me. Initially, if I would have come forward and said I don’t feel I have control of these elements in my life, it’s probably not the hugest deal. But by the end of it, I had lies on top of lies on top of lies, and I might have had legitimate concern (as to) how can I tell people?”

For Denise Moedt, hearing that her son had contemplated suicide was a shock, because she and Jasper have a close relationship.

“We knew he was going through a rough time, but we didn’t know it was that severe,” she said. “It was really, really scary. You read about that kind of thing in the newspaper all the time, and it’s always somebody else’s child.”

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The stigma surrounding mental illness kept Moedt from sharing his struggle for the longest time.

Now, he’s attacking it.

He’s serving as a university ambassador for the Canadian Mental Health Association’s Healthy Minds/Healthy Campuses project, and

he’s speaking at a conference at the district education centre in Surrey in April as part of an initiative called Speak Up. He’s also investigated what it would take to get a peer support group started up at UFV, for people who don’t know how to get over the stigma of talking to a counsellor.

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Thirteen Grizzlies invited to Team BC camps The GW Graham football program has 12 players attending the Team BC U-16 camp May 18-20.

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Duties will include, but are not limited to mowing, edging, weeding, watering and assisting with ongoing landscaping. This is an entry level position that requires some knowledge using small equipment. You will be required to work under the direction of our current landscapers, be able and willing to work in all weather conditions. This is a seasonal, full time position.

Compensation based on experience.

Interested applicants should fax their resume to: 604-824-4940 or E-mail: j_jlandscaping@hotmail.com

HEALTH DIRECTOR required

by Kwakiutl Band Council in Pt. Hardy, VI. Enquire for job description /apply to Casey.Larochelle@kwakiutl.bc.ca or fax 250-949-6012 by midnight on April 30, 2013. P/t (0.7 FTE), salary commensurate with experience.

HEALTH DIRECTOR required

by Kwakiutl Band Council in Pt. Hardy, VI. Enquire for job description /apply to Casey.Larochelle@kwakiutl.bc.ca or fax 250-949-6012 by midnight on April 30, 2013. P/t (0.7 FTE), salary commensurate with experience.

HOME CARE NURSE required by Kwakiutl Band Council in Pt. Hardy, VI. Enquire for job description / apply to Casey.Larochelle@kwakiutl.bc.ca or fax 250-9496066 by April 30, 2013. F/T, salary commensurate with experience. Good benefits.

Local equipment rental yard looking for two full time yard person / truck driver positions. Please submit resume and drivers abstract via fax or email.

Fax 604-792-9323 or email brad@ezerent.ca

TECH WANTED, P/T for web projects. $$$ hourly or %, experience necessary. John, (604)791-1865

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HOTEL, RESTAURANT, FOOD SERVICES

Accepting resumes. Seeking friendly high energy individuals for F/T & P/T servers & cooks.

Exp. an asset. Resume drop off Travelodge front desk.

45466 Yale Road West or email: ihop318@gmail.com

604-792-3170 Email: terryc@oconnorcollision.com A Division of O’Connor Motors Ltd.

www.oconnorgroup.com EVERYTHING WE DO IS DRIVEN BY YOU.

SALES SALES POSITION OUTSIDE SALES

Rollins Machinery Ltd.

44840 Yale West, Chilliwack

• Company Vehicle • Over Time • Paid Travel • Support Crews • Top Wages • Health/Dental • Pension • Company Uniforms Must have proven ability to install using RCABC roofing practices and follow WCB regulations.

Fax resume: 604-944-2916, Call Adam: 604-944-2977 or e-mail aknipfel@designroofing.ca Visit: www.designroofing.ca ENSIGN INTERNATIONAL is looking for Drillers, Night Tour Pushes and Rig Managers. If you are interested in attending one of our information sessions to hear more about our global opportunities, call 1-888-367-4460 to book into a session near you!

Heavy Duty Diesel Mechanic

Mega Cranes Ltd. an industry leader is seeking an energetic, aggressive self starter for a full time position. Required immediately. Must have inspectors ticket and Red seal. Will have hydraulic experience and must be able to read electrical and hydraulic schematics.

Sales position for Fraser Valley.

The position is outside sales of predominantly agricultural equipment plus numerous short lines.

Requirement of this position would be, develop leads and demonstrate the equipment on job sites.

The company prefers candidates with some experience in the agricultural equipment industry.

Compensation will be salary, commission, vehicle and benefits.

All replies by email only to:

lynda@rollinsmachinery.ca No Phone Calls Please.

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CONCRETE & PLACING

Precision Crack Sealing Inc. Pavement Preservation. Serving chwk for over 15 yrs. (888)280-4374

Borrow Against Your Vehicle!

• MONEY TODAY! • Instant Approvals • No Credit Checks • Privacy Assured

www.topdogloans.com 604.503.BARK (2275) GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877987-1420. www.pioneerwest.com If you own a home or real estate, ALPINE CREDITS can lend you money: It’s That Simple. Your Credit / Age / Income is NOT an issue. 1.800.587.2161.

Need CA$H Today?

Own A Vehicle?

LEAKY BASEMENT? 20 years experience, free estimates. Call Don, (604)798-1187

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COUNTERTOPS

Cheam Countertops. Solid and laminate surfaces. Free estimates. call Hank, (604)795-3163

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ELECTRICAL

C & C Electrical Mechanical • ELECTRICAL • FULL PLUMBING SERVICES • HVAC GAS FITTING *Licensed *Insured 24hr. Emergency Service

604-475-7077

YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 Service Call Lic #89402 Same day guarn’td We love small jobs! 604-568-1899

Borrow Up To $25,000

No Credit Checks!

Cash same day, local office.

www.PitStopLoans.com 604-777-5046

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HANDYPERSONS

ALMOST Everything Handy Man Service. Junk removal, home repairs, yard/house cleanup, pressure washing, gutters, etc. 792-3018

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HOME IMPROVEMENTS

JACK THE Handyman, 40 yrs experienced carpenter. Discount for seniors.

Call 604-824-8266

BENEFIT PACKAGE! Please contact Mike e-mail: mike@megacranes.com or fax 604.599.5250

MR. FIX IT. Electrical, plumbing, drywall repairs, ext painting, flood repairs, decks, general contracting and more. Ask about our special offers (604)798-5082

HEAVY DUTY MECHANIC F/T position available for heavy duty mechanic to maintain fleet of trucks. Hydraulic & welding experience preferred.

Must have valid driver license and own tools.

Please email resume to:

jobs@atlasg.net or by Fax to: 604-294-5988 TRAIN TO BE AN Apartment/ Condominium Manager at home!

We have jobs across Canada.

Thousands of graduates working.

32 years of success! Government certified. www.RMTI.ca or 1-800-665-8339, 604-681-5456.

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PERSONAL SERVICES

COMMERCIAL ROOF / REPAIR FOREMAN

Offering Great Benefits

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fully-qualified Deck Truck Driver.

We are a progressive, forward-thinking company offering a competitive wage commensurate with experience and a full benefit package.

Contact Manager at:

TRADES, TECHNICAL

Call Candice:604-777-2195

Cook Required. licensed care facility looking for full-time team player, Monday to Friday cook position, to start immediately. Ability to multi task and knowledge of portion control is needed with food safe and criminal record check requirements. Please email resume to: marc.sauve@optima-living.com or fax 604-860-4701

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$28.00 - $38.00 per hour based on experience. Commercial roofing co. hiring lead roofers with extensive exp. in commercial roofing, including: two - ply torch, single ply, sloped and metal.

BUY, RENT OR SELL USE CLASSIFIED 1-604-575-5777

Collision & 24 Hr. Towing

EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION

Fun promos! $11/hr to start, up to $20/hr. No commissions.

No sales, no experience, no problem. Start work at noon.

Having a GARAGE SALE? Sell it with our “GARAGE SALE SPECIAL” For more details call 1-866-575-5777

F/T LANDSCAPING ASSISTANT

1 Day • In Print & Online

HELP WANTED

Full Time Workers Needed

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LANDSCAPING

RPL CONTRACTING. Fully insured, hydro seeding, mountainside landscaping, rock walls.

Call (604)823-6191 or 604-819-0150

VOLUNTEERS

LANDSCAPE AWAY. Residential and Commercial. Book early! Call (604)845-1467

Volunteer Opportunity at the Chilliwack Museum and gift shop. Learn about Chilliwack’s interesting history!

Host/gift shop salesperson required for one 2-1/2 hour shift per week. Apply in person at the Museum at 45820 Spadina Avenue, Mon-Fri. 9am-4:30pm

ROOTZONE Landscaping & Design. Professinal, Personal, Passionate. (604)793-2632

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MIND BODY SPIRIT

DECADENT RELAXING FULL BODY SWEDISH MASSAGE *PRIVATE *EUROPEAN From $65 & up. 604.230.4444 Krissi & Friend. 1980 Emerson St. Relaxation Massage 604-854-0599.

WONDERFUL Massage

CRIMINAL RECORD? Don’t let it block employment, travel, education, professional, certification, adoption property rental opportunities. For peace of mind & a free consultation call 1-800-347-2540

UPPER VALLEY BOBCAT Services. (604)316-6791

STEEL BUILDINGS/METAL BUILDINGS 60% OFF! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for balance owed!

Call 1-800-457-2206 www.crownsteelbuildings.ca

New GIRLS, New LOOK, New Management!

604-746-6777 2459 McCallum Rd. Abby. *****Hiring New Girls*****

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FINANCIAL SERVICES

DROWNING IN DEBTS? Cut your debts in half & payback in half the time. AVOID BANKRUPTCY! Free consultation. www.mydebtsolution.com or Toll Free 1 877-556-3500.

BBB rated A+ MONEYPROVIDER.COM. $500 Loan and +. No Credit Refused.

Fast, Easy, 100% Secure.

1-877-776-1660.

Paisley Tax Service (since 1988)

All aspects of Personal Tax Mobile Service for shut-ins

NO HST/GST! Contact John Zillwood Chilliwack - 604-792-7635 www.paisleyservices.com

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MOVING & STORAGE

1 As in movers we trust. Reliable Honest Movers. Same day moves & deliveries. Starting $35hr + gas.

(604)997-0332 / (604)491-8607

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MOVING & STORAGE

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 374

TREE SERVICES

1PRO MOVING & SHIPPING. Across the street - across the world Real Professionals, Reas. Rates.

Best in every way! 604-721-4555.

329 PAINTING & DECORATING

TREE & STUMP removal done RIGHT! • Tree Trimming • Fully Insured • Best Rates 604-787-5915/604-291-7778

www.treeworksonline.ca 10% OFF with this AD “ ABOVE THE REST “ Interior & Exterior Unbeatable Prices & Professional Crew.

• Free Est. • Written Guarantee • No Hassle • Quick Work • Insured • WCB

778-997-9582

PETS 477

PETS

BERNESE MOUNTAIN DOGS, bred at Diesel Kennel, 4 mo old, 3 male, $1000. each. (604)869-5073 CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866

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MISC. FOR SALE

BEDDING for two 3/4 super single beds, complete sets: sheets, comforters, skirts, pillows etc; also 2 frames, same size beds, will extend. $500 obo/all. (604)858-7544 ***HOME PHONE RECONNECT*** Toll Free 1-866-287-1348 Cell Phone Accessories Catalogue Everyone Welcome To Shop Online at: www.homephonereconnect.ca SAWMILLS from only $3997 MAKE MONEY & SAVE MONEY with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. FREE Info & DVD: www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT.

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MISC. WANTED

RENTALS 700

STOP RENTINGRENT TO OWN

• No Qualification - Low Down •

CHILLIWACK 9557 Williams St, HOUSE 3 Bdrm, 1 Bath, Central location, large lot ............ $588/M

Call today (604) 435-5555 www.HomeBuyingCenter.ca STOP RENTING! RENT TO OWN! No Qualification Required!

FLEXIBLE TERMS! Cloverdale 60th &176th Spacious 708sf. 1 bdrm. Condo. Only $880/mo.

Option Fee Req. 604-657-9422

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Buying Old Coins: CAN + USA $1, 50¢, 25¢, 10¢, Gold, Olympic Local Collector Call 604-701-8041

AAA PRECISION PAINTING. Quality work. 778-881-6096.

ITALIAN MASTIFF(Cane Corso) P/B blues, ready to go, 1st shots, tails/dew claws done.

Ultimate family guardian $1000 (604)308-5665

Cedar Apartments

MALTESE pup, male, 9/weeks, 1st shots, dewormed & paper trained, non-shedding, $800. 604-464-5077 NEED A GOOD HOME for a good dog or a good dog for a good home? We adopt dogs! Call 604856-3647 or www.856-dogs.com IN STYLE Painting. Residential, commercial.

Free estimate.

(778)889-5332. instylepainting.ca

www.paintspecial.com 604.339.1989 Lower Mainland 604.996.8128 Fraser Valley Running this ad for 8yrs

PAINT SPECIAL 3 rooms for $299, 2 coats any colour (Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls Cloverdale Premium quality paint.

NO PAYMENT until Job is completed. Ask us about our Laminate Flooring & Maid Services.

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PLUMBING

• Hvac Gas Fitting • Electrical *Licensed *Insured 24hr. Emergency Service

C & C Electrical Mechanical

604-475-7077 HK PLUMBING & HEATING. 24 hour service. Call (604)824-8817 or cell: 604-316-4811 BRO MARV PLUMBING $49 Service Call. 24 Hrs. Plumbing, Heating, Electrical, (604)582-1598

353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS Mainland Roofing Ltd. 25 yrs in roofing industry

Family owned & operated.

Fully ins. We do Cedar Shakes, conversions, concrete tiles, torchon, fibreglass shingles, restoration & repairs. 20 yr labour warr.

604-427-2626 or 723-2626 www.mainlandroof.com

PRECISE ROOFING. Fast, efficient, guaranteed workmanship.

Call (604)855-2857

Eastcan Roofing & Siding

ACREAGE

1 bdrm. from $575 2 bdrm. from $735

America’s Best Buy! 20 Acres-Only $99/mo! $0 Down, No Credit Checks, MONEY BACK GUARANTEE Owner Financing. West Texas Beautiful Mountain Views!

Free Color Brochure 1-800-755-8953 www.sunsetranches.com

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PRESA CANARIO P/B UKC, fawn Both parents approx 150 lbs. $950.

Call 604-302-2357 SHELTIE DOGS - 2F 1M. (two are 5mo/old) Ready May1st. Pick now.

Whelping box avail. 604-826-6311

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE 506

APPLIANCES

MAYTAG WASHER & DRYER. White. $150 for the pair. Call 1 (604)847-3648

AUCTIONS

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RUBBISH REMOVAL

A Family man with 1ton dump truck will haul anything, anywhere, any time, lowest prices (604)703-8206 BSMB Rubbish Removal. Serving all you rubbish removal needs with a 14’ long trailer. Will remove yard waste, furniture, appliances, recycling material and construction site clean up. Service within 24 hrs, 7 days a week. (604)793-8378

1.877.409.9874

CHILLIWACK

Chilliwack

APARTMENT/CONDO

1 BEDROOM

LAKESIDE COURT

Mountain Village Apts 9482 Williams St.

Available now. Adult oriented. Heat, hot water window coverings incl, most suites with balcony, laundry on 1st flr with elevator, (604)824-0264 9430 Nowell St.

45810 First Ave., West

Some of Chilliwack’s Largest apartments.

Heat & hot water, new carpet & lino, balcony, parking, coin laundry, elevator, cls to amenities, under new on-site mgmt.

Ref’s req’d.

604-795-9492 to view

Newly updated, large, 2 bath condos in secure and well maintained building. Secure parking, elevator with wheel chair access. Walk across the street for shopping, next to library, park. Includes 3 appliances, window coverings, insuite storage, laundry on every floor. Onsite manager. Available now.

604-792-1506 for details

Chilliwack

46030 Princess Ave. Fresh and clean Recently renovated 2 Bdrm.............$700/mo 3 Bdrm.............$800/mo Available Now

COTTONWOOD Apts.

Ross Fullbrook, Royal Lepage (604)792-0077

1 Bdrm avail now.

2 Bdrm avail now.

CHILLIWACK. 9280 Mary Street.

1 bdrm apt. Quiet building, new paint, hot water, 3 appl, underground parking, lrg balcony, storage.

N/p. Avail. now. 604-793-9155

Near Cottonwood Mall, on quiet street. N/S, N/P. Hot water, 3 appl, balcony, elevator. 55+ firm

CHILLIWACK AREA, 1 & 2 bedrooms, family building close to schools, shopping and bus. Parking, laundry incl. small pet ok, avail now. Rob, 604-316-5404.

Bright, extra large 1 and 2 bedrooms

1 bdrm, $575/m & 2 bdrm, $675/m

Call Mgr: 604-791-9488

sardis holdings.

fairhaven apts

CLASSIFIED ADS MEAN MORE BUSINESS PHONE 1-604-575-5777

Driftwood Apts. 9474 Cook St. Bachelor suite, $525/m fridge, stove, window coverings, hot water heat incl., Adult oriented. wheelchair access, elevator, laundry on every floor.

CHILLIWACK DUPLEX 3 Bdrms on Each Side. Large fully fenced yard. Each side with own garage.

Recent Reno’s. Great Investment Return. $479,000. 604-799-8533 $2500 Finders Fee at Closing

8537 Young Rd 627

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HOMES WANTED

WE BUY HOUSES! Older House • Damaged House Moving • Estate Sale • Just Want Out • Behind on Payments Quick Cash! • Flexible Terms!

CALL US FIRST! 604-657-9422

633 MOBILE HOMES & PARKS

Chilliwack. Fully renovated incl. new kitchen, spacious & bright 1 bd, balcony, FREE heat h/w, parking, elevator, great Mary St location, from $625. 604-702-0722

NEED TO advertise rental of an apartment? Look to the Chilliwack Progress classifieds, 604-702-5552 Chilliwack 2 bdrm 2 bath apt, F/S, W/D, DW, secure parking, hospital area, $850/m +dd. 604-819-8664

* Adult oriented non-smoking

* 2 bdrm Apts from $800/mth * Includes hot water & parking * Three appliances incl. D/W * Washer/Dryer hookup * Shared laundry room * Elevator/wheelchair access * Convenient, near amenities

CALL 604.701.8910

LANAI Apartments 9462 Cook St. RCMP’s best crime-free multi-housing residence complex.

New SRI *1152 sq/ft Double wide $77,900. *14x70 Full gyproc single wide - loaded $69,900.

Repossessed mobile, manufactured & modulars. Chuck 604-830-1960.

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Heat/hot water * On-site Mgr. Adult Oriented * Elevator Large Storage Area * No pets Wheelchair access * Onsite laundry * Digital cable * Security cameras * Parking, apt. ins. required.

1 bdrms available now!

MORTGAGES

Free premium cable, $80 value.

WE CATER TO SENIORS!

Call Verna, 604-819-0445

Broadway Maples Apts 9473 Broadway St. 604-819-6229

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1 bedrooms suites, upmarket quiet building, w/balcony, hot water, 3 appls, good security, u/grd park, storage, fireplaces, hook-ups, laundry on site, on-site manager, n/s, n/p. Suits available now.

Difficulty Making Payments?

No Equity? Expired Listing? Penalty?

We Take Over Payments! No Fees! www.GVCPS.ca / 604-786-4663

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CHILLIWACK/SARDIS

Cheam View Apts Clean, quiet building • • • •

Insuite storage Laundry on every floor Heat & hot water incl Secure underground prkg

1 & 2 Bdrms Starting at $575/m

Free-Spirit 160 elliptical machine, $200 firm; Mastercraft bench wood planer, new, $50. (604)858-0181

Ref’s required, no pets Crime-free multi-housing Call for appt. 604-792-3010 or leave message

FURNITURE

BRANDNEW PILLOWTOP QUEEN MATTRESS SET. In packaging.

Incls. Warranty $200! 604-798-1608 • Twins • Fulls • Queens • Kings 100’s in stock! www.Direct Liquidation.ca (604)294-2331

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UNDER $200

MATTRESSES starting at $99

APARTMENT/CONDO

604-792-1503 for details

TRY A bcclassified.com CLASSIFIED AD.

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RESTAURANT EQUIPMENT Auction - April 13th @ 11 Spring liquidation of BRAND NEW equipment! From the manufacturer to the auction block! www.KwikAuctions.com 1-800-556-5945 - (Burnaby)

build a trailer, several sets of wheels & axles, $100. 793-7714 ----------------------------------------------nice heavy 4’ chain link fencing USA made, $1.40 lin ft. (604)7937714 ----------------------------------------------for chainlink fencing, green 7’ privacy reeds, 50 cents; 1-5/8 upper rail, $1.25. (604)793-7714 -----------------------------------------------green nursery wagon, $50; nice littel chief smoker, $50. 793-7714 -----------------------------------------------4 antique claw feet for cast iron tub, $100. (604)793-7714 ----------------------------------------------deer head with horns, $60; cow skull, $60; other man cave bargains (604)793-7714 ----------------------------------------------approx 75 gallon aluminum round fuel tank, factory made, $100.

(604)793-7714 ----------------------------------------------weathered lumber for rustic cabins, rooms, sheds, $5/ea.(604)793-7714 -----------------------------------------------lots of 6ft treated 4x4’s for raised gardents etc. $3. (604)793-7714 -----------------------------------------------used galvinized roofing, 10x21, $10; other lengths, (604)793-7714 -----------------------------------------------electric mower or good hand push reel mower, choice, $50. (604)7937714 -----------------------------------------------dump trailer, pull w/ATV/lawn tractor, $65, wheelbarrow, $20. 7937714

APARTMENT/CONDO

RENTALS

1 bdrm, avail. immed. Lovely, newly renoed, great location, secure parking, quiet building. ns. $575 ph.

604-858-6072

604.562.0957 or 604.961.0324

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Includes Heat & Hot Water. Close to Schools, Shopping & Transit.

FOR SALE BY OWNER

POMERANIAN pups. Ready to go.

M & F. Health guar. 778-838-2700. www.pomeraniansbyparis.com

•New Roofs •Re-Roofs •Repairs Liability Insurance/BBB/10% off with ad

Great Building, Clean Quiet, & Spacious Suites.

NORWEGIAN ELKHOUND PUPS hppt://vigelandkennels.ca 604-823-2259

509 FULL PLUMBING SERVICES

REAL ESTATE

For Sale, 2 building lots on Royalwood Blvd, Rosedale, 20 meter (65ft frontage) Phone 604-792-1989 no Sunday calls please

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4 appl., secure bldg, small pet negot. Must have ref’s.

Piano: GERARD HEINTZMAN upright piano. $200/obo. Good cond.

(604)272-9951

K-ONE PAINTING. Commercial, Residential, interior, exterior. WCB coverage. Free est. (604)997-1674

APARTMENT/CONDO

1 Month FREE Rent

566 MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

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RENT TO OWN

RENTALS

CHILLIWACK. 2 bdrm, available mar 1, $700/m incl laundry hook-ups. $680/m. (604)703-9076

CHILLIWACK: 2 bdrm 2 bath end unit, 1 storey condo, Oak kitchen, new paint, gas f/p. Low strata fees, $224,900, 778-809-0757.

CHILLIWACK. 2 bdrm, W/D, family oriented. Newly reno’d, ineternet/cable/ incl. $850/m. Avail now.

604-792-0749

HOCKEY CANADA

IS COMING April 21 - 27, 2013 Bill Copeland Arena, Burnaby

Buy tickets today at www.hockeycanada.ca/EssoCup

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BARNARD Raymond Joseph

604-793-2222

JAKOBSEN Anna Margrethe (Grethe) Anna Margrethe (Grethe) Jakobsen went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, April 2, 2013 at 4:30am JAKOBSEN at Chilliwack General Hospital at the age of 95. She was the fourth of eight children to Eskild and Ana Ebbesen.

She was brought up on their mixed farm in Vorbasse, Denmark. She met Harry Jakobsen at a large farm where they were working together.

They married on May 20, 1945 and came to Canada in April, 1958 where they settled in North Vancouver, BC. Grethe will be remembered for her gracious hosting of large family gatherings and great Danish cooking, and her continuous faith in her Lord.

She will be sadly missed by her daughter Lena and her family and friends.

Grethe was sadly predeceased by her husband Harry, foster daughter Andrea Seymour, and all her siblings.

A funeral service will be held at 1:30 pm on Thursday, April 11, 2013 at First Avenue Christian Assembly, 46510 First Avenue, Chilliwack; Pastor E.S. Martin officiating.

Viewing prior to the service at 1:00 pm. Burial will follow at 2:30 pm at Chilliwack Cemeteries on Little Mountain.

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Obituaries

A reception will follow the burial at First Avenue Christian Assembly. Memorial donations may be made in Grethe’s name to University Christian Ministries at www.ucmonline.ca Woodlawn Mt. Cheam Funeral Home 45865 Hocking Avenue, Chilliwack, BC V2P 1B5 (604) 793.4555

Online condolences can be left at www.Woodlawn-MtCheam.ca

KELEMEN Ovidia Gadea Ovidia Gadea Kelemen passed away on Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at the Bradley Centre in Chill- KELEMEN iwack at the age of 63 years.

She was born on April 5, 1949 in Nicaragua.

She is survived by her husband Karl Kelemen; children: Guillermo Arriola, Rosa and Azahea Arriola, and Yessenia Moreno; grandchildren: Tyler, Jocelyn, Brittney, Chance, Jada, Jasmine, Julyssa and Jeannette; sister, Lillian Ochoa; as well as extended family members Steve, James, Heather, Sherry, Tim and Buddy.

She was predeceased by her parents and some of her siblings.

Ovidia worked with autistic children, various charitable work with several churches, and she helped the Mexican seasonal workers.

A viewing was held on Saturday, April 6, 2013 from 1:30 – 3:30 pm at Woodlawn Mt. Cheam Funeral Home, 45865 Hocking Avenue, Chilliwack.

A Celebration of Life Service was held on Sunday, April 7, 2013 at 4:00 pm at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 8871 School Street, Chilliwack, BC. Memorial donations may be made to the Nicaraguan Orphans Fund.

Woodlawn Mt. Cheam Funeral Home 45865 Hocking Avenue, Chilliwack, BC V2P 1B5 (604) 793.4555

Online condolences can be left at www.Woodlawn-MtCheam.ca

TOLMIE Clarence Hubert ‘Sam’ Clarence “Sam� Tolmie passed away peacefully on November 20, 2012 in KelowTOLMIE na, BC at the age of 75 years.

A Celebration of Sam’s life will be held at 10:00 am on Saturday, April 13, 2013 at Woodlawn Mt. Cheam Funeral Home, 45865 Hocking Ave, Chilliwack.

Woodlawn Mt. Cheam Funeral Home 45865 Hocking Avenue, Chilliwack, BC V2P 1B5 (604) 793.4555

Online condolences can be left at www.Woodlawn-MtCheam.ca

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VANDERVEEN Peter

Jan 24, 1930 - April 8, 2013 It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Peter Vanderveen, VANDERVEEN husband, father and Opa, at the age of 83 in Chilliwack, BC. Peter was born in Spanga the Netherlands as the oldest of five siblings.

He married in 1953 to Jessie Bosma and five days after were on board the ship Groote Beer heading to Canada to start a new life.

They sailed from Rotterdam to Montreal and then travelled by train to Mission, BC where he worked for a farmer.

He rented a farm in Hatzic Prairie for three years and then moved to Chilliwack where he rented again before buying the home farm in Rosedale in 1960.

He farmed there until his youngest son took over in 2005 . He enjoyed farming and was happy to have his two sons close to him on the farm.

Peter is predeceased in the Netherlands by his brother Frits; brother-in-law, Jan Veldhuis; and two sisters-in-law: Alie and Gooitske Bosma.

Peter is survived by his wife Jessie; sons: Mike (Sue) and Allan (Tina); and his daughters: Sandra, (Bruce) Adeline and Louise (Mario); and his grandchildren: Taylor, Kyle, Alex, Heidi, Jeffrey, Sean, Amara, Braydyn, Jonay, Kyra and Evan.

He is also survived by one brother (Jacob)]; two sisters: (Betty and Geertje); two brothers-in-law and four sisters-inlaw, all of whom live in the Netherlands.

The family would like to send out special thanks to Dr Hirst, nurses and caregivers at the Chwk Hosp & Cascade Lodge.

There will be no services by request.

WASS Dale Anning April 27, 1935 – April 3, 2013 Dale Anning Wass passed away peacefully on April 3, 2013 at Valley Haven WASS Guest Home in Chilliwack, BC at the age of 77 years. Dale was born in Ashmont, Alberta.

He worked for Goodyear Canada Calgary for many years. He was district Sales Manager and supervisor. Before retiring, he was the owner of Save On Hub Caps in BC. Dale was involved for 30 years with the Lions Club in North Delta and Mt. Cheam.

Dale will be sadly missed by his loving wife of 59 years, Christine and his children: Lorna (Bob), Rocky, Ricky, Blaine (Roz), Dean, Sandy (Ross), Sherry, Colleen (Sheldon), Dale Ann (Mark); and by 17 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren; brother, Hugh (Betty); and many nieces and nephews.

Dale is sadly predeceased by his mother Ealla; father

Wills can be confusing.

Thomas; infant son, William; and sister Lois.

Memorial donations may be made in lieu of flowers in Dale’s name to the Alzheimer’s Society.

The family would like to thank Valley Haven Guest Home staff, Chilliwack Hospital and Dr. MacKenzie. A Funeral Service will be held on Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at 1:30 pm at Woodlawn Mt. Cheam Funeral Home 45865 Hocking Avenue, Chilliwack, BC.

But they don’t have to be.

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WILLIAMS Patrick

Patrick Williams passed away peacefully on April 3, 2013 at the Chilliwack General Hospi- WILLIAMS tal at the age of 54 years.

He will be lovingly remembered by his wife of 33 years, Liz, sonc Conrad; and daughterc Chantel, grandchildren: Cole and Rydin, as well as numerous other family members and friends.

Pat was born in Sudbury, Ontario on October 11, 1958 and joined the Canadian Armed Forces at 17 years old.

He was in the military for over 20 years where he was stationed in Germany and across Canada, as well as doing UN tours in the Middle East. He spent the majority of the time in the infantry and then worked in the military post office his last few years before retirement.

Following retirement from the military, he worked at General Paint and was also the maintenance man for Save-On-Foods.

While Pat’s children were growing up, he coached his son’s baseball teams and was a Scout Master as well as teaching his daughter’s fourth grade class art and calligraphy. He always had a great sense of humour and was more than willing to lend a helping hand. Pat enjoyed being a handyman, golfing, playing card games, watching action movies, joking around, and spending time with his family and friends.

A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 1:30 pm on Friday, April 12, 2013 at Woodlawn Mt. Cheam Funeral Home, 45865 Hocking Avenue, Chilliwack.

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Raymond Joseph Barnard, born in Va n c o u v e r , passed away on April 4, 2013. He will BARNARD be deeply missed by his children Predeceased by wife Betty.

Survived by: Donald, Gordon (Liliana), David (April) and Diane (Brad) Roy; six grandchildren; sisterc Verda Chadburn, and brother Les Barnard.

Ray worked for 32 years at Alcan in Kitimat before retiring to Chilliwack in 1986.

Special thanks to the staff at Fleetwood Place Care Centre for their loving care of dad, during his last five years and final days.

Service will be held Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at Chilliwack United Church, 45835 Spadina Avenue.

A public viewing will be held at 10:00 am, with funeral at 11:00 am, followed by a reception with interment at Little Mountain Cemetery.

You are invited to leave a personal message of condolence at the family’s on-line Obituatary at www.myalternatives.ca In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society.

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