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Cultus power shift could be in time for election Jennifer Feinberg The Progress A plan to finally address Cultus Lake governance issues is primed to move ahead quickly now. There were lots of questions but no formal opposition to the idea of splitting the existing Electoral Area E in two at the public meeting held Wednesday night in Cultus Lake. That is precisely what ChilliwackHope MLA Laurie Throness had been hoping for. The next step is to collected the feedback and approvals elicited from all levels of government and the public, and present it to the B.C. government cabinet for discussion. It could be approved within weeks, he said. It’s not expected to be an expensive move either to create the new Electoral Area district, and a new person could be in the director position, working with the Cultus Lake Park Board, by November 2014. “I really wanted to take the temperature of the room first,” Throness told the crowd. There were about 100 people in attendance in the steamy Cultus Lake Community Hall for the town hall meeting, hosted by the Fraser Valley Regional District “I haven’t heard anyone speak against the idea,” Throness said. The MLA already had the green light from City of Chilliwack, Cultus Lake Park Board and the Fraser Valley Regional District, as well as the nod from ratepayers’ and community associations. If approved by the BC Liberal cabinet this month, they will move ahead with creation of a new Electoral Area H district, to cover Cultus Lake, Lindell Beach, and Columbia Valley. Continued: CULTUS/ p6
Museum educator Brenda Paterson sews a protective panel on to the back of a 1918 Red Cross Signature Quilt, part of the Chilliwack Museum’s new exhibition, Chilliwack’s Great War: At Home and Overseas. Opening reception is Monday, Aug. 4 at noon. JENNA HAUCK/
Chronicling ‘Chilliwack’s Great War’ Jennifer Feinberg The Progress The Great War is remembered through a Chilliwack lens with a brand-new exhibit starting Aug. 4 at the Chilliwack Museum. Exactly 100 years to the day after Great Britain and the British Empire entered the First World War, Chilliwack Museum and Archives will unveil a new exhibit, ‘Chilliwack’s Great War: At Home and Overseas.’ “It’s our major exhibit for the year,” said museum director Deborah Hudson. At 2 p.m. on Monday, Aug.
4, during the opening reception, museum officials will commemorate the precise hour that the British Empire committed to the war effort. The deadly conflict, which involved more than 100 countries, saw lives forever altered or cut short, with fascinating remnants left to show how local families were impacted by ‘the War to End All Wars.’ Hudson explained the museum officials had been researching the First World War for some time, including accounts contained in The Chilliwack Progress archives. Research began in earnest
with the 99 names of fallen soldiers, as listed on the Chilliwack cenotaph in Veterans’ Memorial Park behind the historic museum building. “That was the starting point, since not all the names ended up on that Cenotaph right away,” she said. Thirteen names were later added. Museum officials also consulted the Sto:lo Veterans’ Memorial, which includes anyone from Sto:lo communities who served in war, not just the fallen. The exhibit will showcase artifacts, archival documents, and photographs from the peri-
od, including personal letters to and from the trenches, wartime artifacts, items from local organizations involved in the war effort, and keepsakes of remembrance. One of the many objects with stories to tell is a Red Cross Signature Quilt that dates back to 1918. “It’s pretty neat to see all the names on it and what their concerns were, and their willingness to step forward,” Hudson said about the quilt. People would have contributed to the Red Cross effort overseas by donating 10 cents per signature, Continued: WAR/ p5
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