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THURSDAY October 17, 2013 • www.langleytimes.com
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NEWS Not-So-Golden Years
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SPORTS Eagles Golden
Rally for Jose to be held on Saturday
Elderly driver killed in crash
LANGLEY MAN HAS TAKEN SANCTUARY IN CHURCH TO AVOID DEPORTATION
MAN, 94, FAILED TO STOP FOR RED LIGHT – POLICE
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The community is coming together to rally for Jose Figueroa on Saturday, Oct. 19 at 1 p.m. in the Walnut Grove Lutheran Church parking lot. Figueroa took sanctuary at his church nearly two weeks ago after he learned he was going to be deported. “My children came and stayed with me last night. I don’t know how we managed to fit Esmeralda, Ruby and myself in a tiny bed,” said Figueroa about Thanksgiving Monday. At one point, there was a large banging on the front door and his children thought it was the Canadian Border Services Agency coming to get him. “It was a neighbour who brought us some turkey,” he said. Figueroa believes CBSA has been watching him nearly every day. The We Are Jose group organized the “Rally for Family Unity” and already 55 people on Facebook said they will be there. People will be holding signs in hopes to put pressure on the Cana-
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MARK WA R AWA dian government to reverse the decision they have made to deport him. Both the minister of public safety and the minister of immigration have discretion to reverse the decision, but so far have not chosen to. Langley MP Mark Warawa has come out publicly to say Figueroa should be allowed to stay and that he is the very kind of citizen Canadians want. Warawa also pointed out under the same immigration policies, Nelson Mandela would also not be allowed to be in this country either. Continued Page 6
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Two-and-a-half-year-old Lucas Cameron is dwarfed by one of the giant pumpkins entered at the Aldor Acres second annual weigh in on Saturday. David Chan of Richmond won with a 473 kg (1,043 pound) entry.
A 94-year-old Langley man has died following a crash in Walnut Grove on Monday. Around 11 a.m., the 94-year-old driver of a Nissan Sentra failed to stop for a red light as he made a right turn at the intersection of 88 Avenue and 204 Street, said police. A Dodge pickup truck, driven by a 43-year-old man, hit the Sentra while coming through the intersection. The truck driver stayed on scene and wasn’t injured in the crash. However, the Sentra driver was taken to hospital with critical injuries. He passed away later in the evening, said police. Langley Traffic Section is conducting the investigation. Both vehicles have been sent for mechanical inspections, said police. Anyone who witnessed the collision and did not speak with police, is asked to call Langley RCMP at 604532-3200.
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