Langley Times, October 29, 2013

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NEWS Stepping Up for Miss Rose

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ARTS & LIFE Partying With Paint

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SPORTS Gators Win Fraser Valley Title

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Court halts Coulter Berry construction HERITAGE ALTERATION PERMIT SET ASIDE ON FORT LANGLEY PROJECT F R A NK B UCHOLTZ A ND DA N F E R G US ON Time s Re po rte rs

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In August, Langley Township Mayor Jack Froese and other members of council, including Councillor Kim Richter (far right), joined community members at the sod turning ceremony for the Coulter Berry building in Fort Langley. A lawsuit against the Township over its decision to grant a heritage alteration permit and allow the building to go ahead was successful Friday, and construction has been halted for the present.

Work on the Coulter Berry building in Fort Langley has been halted, in light of a B.C. Supreme Court ruling Friday in Chilliwack. Several opponents of the building had banded together to seek a halt to work on the building, citing its variance from Langley Township’s Fort Langley heritage guidelines. After hearing arguments from the petitioners and the Township over two days, the court set aside the permit and said it will issue a written judgment in four months. The court set aside the heritage alteration permit issued by the Township, on the basis that it improperly varied the density of use. Justice Joel Groves did not clarify the

ruling any further. Work on the building began in late summer. The building has been controversial. It was the subject of a lengthy public hearing and, after council approved it, it has faced continued opposition from a group of Fort Langley residents and the Langley Heritage Society. In a statement on the Coulter Berry website, building owner Eric Woodward said “While we strongly disagree with the Supreme Court’s decision, we must now begin the process of demobilizing the construction crews currently onsite, and those that were geared up to commence. “We have no choice but to wait until the situation is resolved by the Township. Continued Page 5

Walnut Grove students help find missing toddler MO N I Q U E TA M M I N G A Ti m e s Re po r t e r

Walnut Grove Secondary students in a Grade 10-12 aerobics conditioning class are being credited with finding a toddler who had gone missing behind their school on Wednesday afternoon. “The class was beginning their warm

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up run near the softball field when a distraught mother came up to the substitute teacher asking for help to find her three-year-old daughter,” said principal George Kozlovic. The mother told the teacher that she was with her daughter at the playground when the little girl disappeared.

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By the time, she reached the teacher, the girl had been missing for about five minutes. “The teacher called the students back from their run and the kids responded instantly and diligently,” he said. The students dispersed, looking through the forest, the back fields and

near the school. “Within three or four minutes they found the girl by our portables,” he said. The child was quickly reunited with her mom. “This is a really good news story and good representation of our students at Walnut Grove,” said Kozlovic.

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