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THURSDAY July 10, 2014 • www.langleytimes.com NEWS A Costly Fix
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Jackie Knauer, left, and Judy Pohl of Magical Murals stand in front of their latest creation in Fenton Lane. The large landscape painting took about a week to complete — time which the women donated to the project. “We’ve seen how hard (the City and DLBA) have been working to clean up the downtown core and we wanted to help make the City pretty,” said Pohl. “We’ve seen everyone working so hard, and seen so much improvement over the last 10 years.” The artists, who have worked together for the past eight years, were publicly thanked at Monday’s City council meeting for their contribution. It can be viewed in Fenton Lane which branches off the Fraser Highway one way next to Choo Choo’s restaurant. Pohl and Knauer have also completed murals at Al Anderson Memorial Swimming Pool and Penzer Bike Park. See more of their work at magicalmurals.ca. D A N FE R GUS ON Langley Time s
Langley’s top cop off to Israel SUPT. DEREK COOKE TO ACT AS POLICE ADVISOR IN JERUSALEM MO N I Q U E TA M M I N G A Ti me s Re po r t e r
Langley RCMP Supt. Derek Cooke is leaving his post to work as a senior police advisor in Jerusalem as a member of Operation Proteus. It’s a one-year mission. He will be advising on human rights-based policing, helping to work with the Palestinian Authority security forces located in the West Bank, which is within Israel, on policies, proce-
dures and training. He is working among 20 or so top Canadian military personnel to be sent there. He is the only RCMP member involved. Operation Proteus is an important component of Canada’s broader engagement in the Middle East peace process. “For years I thought it would be amazing to be involved in a UN mission. “A position came available. I’m
getting towards the end of my career and I saw this as a great opportunity. “I discussed it at length with my wife and we decided I would apply,” said Cooke. He spoke with The Times from Ottawa, where he is in training for two weeks before being deployed sometime in August. “As I’m speaking I’m watching the missile attacks in Israel on the TV,”
he pointed out. Currently, the situation in Israel is volatile with air strikes escalating. A replacement for Cooke in Langley has not been named. RCMP members have always been involved around the world working in various peace missions in places like Afghanistan, East Timor and Sudan, for example. Continued Page 5
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