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When thieves broke into The House of Miss Rose salon on 56 Avenue last month, they were essentially stealing from cancer victims. “I’m extremely upset,” said Rose Adams, 74, who has been outfitting cancer patients with her amazing array of wigs for nearly two decades. On Sept. 17, thieves smashed three windows of her shop in the 20700 block of 56 Avenue. “There was glass everywhere,” she said. They damaged a shrine Rose had made to a little girl for whom she had made a wig. The girl died of cancer before she could try it on. Her name was Gaby and “she wanted a butterscotch wig. It got lost in transit here and it arrived the day Gaby died,” said Adams. The mannequin head she had the wig on was severed at the neck and a picture of Gaby and a picture Gaby drew for Miss Rose had the glass frames broken. The thieves made off with thousands of dollars of wigs and extensions. “I think they were here to steal the extensions we had just go in,” she said. Continued Page 4
Two-and-a-half-year-old Ainsley Chrismas looks up at a damp sky during Rivers Day celebrations, held at Williams Park in Langley on Sunday.
Deportation imminent for Langley man JOSÉ FIGUEROA PLEADS FOR SUPPORT AS HE PREPARES TO TAKE REFUGE IN CHURCH MO N I Q U E TA M M I N G A Ti m e s Re po r t e r
José Figueroa’s Walnut Grove Lutheran Church is holding a prayer gathering on Thursday morning and a press conference Friday, after learning he will likely be deported back to El Salvador any day. “Canadian Border Service Agency is moving forward to try to enforce the deportation order,” said Figueroa on Tuesday. “They called me for an interview to fill out
application for travel documents and discuss removal.” He may be forced to seek sanctuary at a church. “It is so unfortunate that they are doing this, since it just sends the wrong message to my family.” Figueroa is pleading with fellow Langley residents to send letters to the department of citizenship and immigration and to Langley MP Mark Warawa, calling for ac-
genocide at the time, that was enough to exclude Figueroa under broad new anti-terrorism guidelines imposed in the wake of the 9/11 tragedy. His case manager even indicated that he could parent his three children using Skype on the computer. His wife, who is recovering from major surgery and doesn’t work, is expected to raise their children alone. Continued Page 5
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