Langley Times, April 24, 2014

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THURSDAY April 24, 2014 • www.langleytimes.com NEWS Running for Office

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BUSINESS Cancer Survivor Tickled Pink

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SPORTS Shooting for Success

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Cops turn cleaners to help Erin OFF-DUTY OFFICERS VOLUNTEER FOR PRESSURE-WASHING FUNDRAISER DAN FERGUSON Times Reporter

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Quinlan, 11, was fascinated by a radio-controlled miniature Jeep at Aldergrove Athletic Park at 26770 29 Ave. on Easter Monday. Shawn O’Brien and son Taylor, the Jeep’s owners, briefly paused the action to permit a closer look.

Some off-duty police officers will be spending their weekends off pressure washing Langley driveways, patios and sidewalks to raise money for Erin Kreiter, a Langley woman whose career in science was interrupted when she was paralyzed by a neuromuscular disorder. The volunteers include members of the Langley, Surrey, Burnaby and White Rock RCMP detachments as well as officers from the Vancouver and Delta municipal police departments. “They’re from all over,” says retired Langley RCMP officer John Gould, whose company, Dominion Power Washing, is supplying the commercial-grade heated-water pressure washers for the “friends4erin” initiative. For $150, Langley residents (and only Langley residents) can arrange to have the off-duty Continued Page 5

Coulter Berry construction to resume DESPITE POSSIBLE LAWSUIT, “NO CHOICE BUT TO PROCEED”, DEVELOPER SAYS DAN FERGUSON Times Reporter

Work on the interrupted Coulter Berry building in Fort Langley was to resume on Wednesday. “We begin again right where we left off: drilling the geothermal wells under the parkade, while completing the bulk excavation and shoring of the southern wall, all to prepare for the start of permanent

works for the foundation,” said an online message posted by developer Eric Woodward. The excavated site became known as the “heritage hole” after a lawsuit by opponents of the three-storey building halted work last year. A judge ruled the building was improperly approved by a variance allowing it to exceed size limits for the area, saying a re-

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zoning was required. After a public hearing that lasted three days, Woodward obtained rezoning approval for a modified, slightly smaller version of the building. Despite a reported threat of a new lawsuit to block the project, “we have no choice but to proceed,” Woodward said, because the temporary shoring that holds up the sides of the excavation site “are only

designed to last for a short time while permanent foundation walls are constructed [and] will eventually collapse.” He said the geothermal drilling is expected to take about five weeks . “It really is time for the Coulter Berry saga to end, and to look to the future. So, I will try to end it, one way or the other, by trying to build it. Again. Starting tomorrow,” his message, posted on Tuesday, said.

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