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Two back from Nepal mission Two local people returned from Nepal just before the devastating earthquake.

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Cleanup ordered After Langley Advance stories, officials moved to clean up a toxic site.

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Environment Minister Mary Polak has ordered cleanup of the orphan site that was once a drug lab.

An illegal drug lab at 20668 72nd Ave. was dismantled in April 2014.

The site and neighbouring properties were found to be contaminated.

Neighbours were frustrated by the lack of action by any level of government. (No government action on drug lab toxins, April 30, Langley Advance).

Now the Ministry of Environment will step in, hire a contractor to do the work – to start later this month – and send the bill.

Complicating the issue was the fact that a tenant had the drug lab.

Despite repeated attempts by the ministry, the owner and tenant responsible for the drug lab failed to complete the required remediation and are in non-compliance with the Environmental Management Act. Under the provincial legislation, the owner and tenant will be held responsible for any costs related to cleanup or remediation at the site as well as on any neighbouring properties.

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Widower walks for Langley Hospice A Langley senior will walk 1,600 km to improve hospice care.

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oy Clements and his wife Doreen were married 53 years before her passing in 2014 following a lengthy fight against cancer.

Clements, a retired Langley man in his 70s, is now planning to walk about 1,600 kilometres in three months in honour of Doreen and in support of the Langley Hospice Society.

The couple were originally from Liverpool, in Britain.

“We met in 1961, Christmas Day,” said Clements.

They had gone to the same schools at the same times, but had been a few years apart.

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“Now I know how to cope with the bad “We met through my mum,” he said. days.”

His mother was worried about The Langley Hospice Society is “my savher son’s “wild days” and thought ing grace,” said Clements, offering counDoreen would be a good influence selling and the Supportive Steps walking on him. group. Clements said he has decided to “She was right on there,” dedicate himself to helping the society that Clements said with a laugh. helped him. he couple married on March 30, 1963, and had three chillements is both fundraising for a dren, daughters Michelle, major expansion of the Hospice Jayne, and Jakaline.

Society’s facility and helping to build The only problem was their neigha garden for bereaved children at the socibourhood in Liverpool, ety’s offices. which Clements described To do that, he’s going for a Now I know as a rough one. A job walk. A very, very long walk, how to cope offer for him to work at starting this June 2. a mine in northern B.C. “I should have it finished with the bad came along at the right round about the eighth of days. time, and the family September,” said Clements. packed up and moved The walk of roughly 1,600 Roy Clements to Canada, where they to 1,800 kilometres will have lived for the include the Coast to Coast past 39 years. walk, which crosses England from the Irish While he worked in mine Sea to the North Sea, the Cleveland Way, maintenance and constructhe Southwest Coast Trail and other country tion, Doreen also worked, walks in England. doing everything from “It is a tall order,” admits Clements, who cleaning to secretarial work, was a marathon runner until he had to from starting her own business to slow down at age 65. working as a lab tech to managing a Doreen enjoyed walking, and a hike retail store. around England had been on the couple’s After years of working and raising bucket list, Clements said. their children, the couple then faced n 2016 he’s planning to walk the El a series of health issues as Doreen Camino de Santiago, an 800 kilometre had her first bout of cancer in the medieval pilgrimage route from France late 1990s. She survived through to Spain. two separate diagnoses, but in 2012 Now he’ll be doing it in her honour. was diagnosed with lung cancer.

He’s getting help from his family, from the As the disease progressed an Supportive Steps walkers, and from people it became clear in 2014 that she coming out to his fundraisers or donating would not survive, the family money through his site, http://clemoscruturned to the Langley Hospice sade.wix.com/home.

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Clements showed a plan of the Coast to Doreen got physical care and had Coast walk route to his middle daughter, her pain eased while the family Jayne. “She was fearful,” Clements said, received emotional support. but she soon decided that she was going to The loss of his wife hit Clements make sure her dad was safe. She pressed hard. him to start using a smartphone and insisted that he’ll be in touch with the family all the time.

Roy Clements has hen Clements is back home, he’ll been training keep raising funds, with pub for a very long nights and other get togethers. series of walks, Clements has a specific goal in mind for his criss-crossing fundraisers – Hospice would like to expand England this its facility at Langley Memorial Hospital to summer.

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A prison escapee suspected in a couple of attempted bank robberies has a bankers’ association offering a $10,000 reward.

Shawn Merrick, a 43-year-old Surrey man who escaped from a minimum-security institution at the end of March, was serving a sentence for seconddegree murder and several robberies including in Langley.

Surrey RCMP have issued Canada-wide warrants for his arrest and he is also alleged to have tried to rob two banks as recently as April 17.

Merrick is a suspect in an unsuccessful bank robbery at about 1 p.m. that day in the 15900-block Fraser Highway, and another robbery in the

on his right upper 15100-block 101st arm. He also has a Avenue just over half an hour later. burn scar on his right The suspect, forearm. believed to be the Surrey RCMP warn same in both inciMerrick should be dents, was described considered dangeras a white man in ous, and anyone who his late 40s to 50s, sees him is advised with blond hair and not to approach and a black jacket. to call 911.

Shawn Merrick Merrick is also a The Canadian wanted by police suspect in several Bankers Association other recent robberhas offered a $10,000 ies in the Langley area, said reward for information leading Surrey RCMP spokesman Sgt. to arrest and conviction.

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FATAL CRASH

Man found in car Police are investigating a fatal crash at the U.S.-Canada border.

MATTHEW CLAXTON mclaxton@langleyadvance.com

A fatal crash in South Langley sent a vehicle over the Canada-U.S. border on Friday.

The vehicle was discovered just before 1 p.m. on the U.S. side, near the 22900 block of Zero Avenue, said Cpl. Holly Largy, spokesperson for the Langley RCMP. The car had apparently gone off the road and a White Rock man is dead.

Largy said information indicates a medical incident occurred.

The U.S. Border Patrol assisted the Langley RCMP with the investigation. The Integrated Collision Analyst and Reconstruction Service (ICARS) had been called in to examine the incident as well.

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Group’s thoughts with Nepal Happiness about helping kids in Nepal before it was struck by an earthquake quickly changed to sadness for a group that included two Langley residents.

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Christian group including Langley residents Alistair Turkington and Chrissy Kline have heavy hearts after the country they visited on a mission trip was rocked by a deadly earthquake on April 25.

Nepal was hit by a 7.8 magnitude quake that has killed more than 7,500 and left countless others injured or missing.

“Obviously our team has been greatly affected by this tragedy as we stood on many of the places where the devastation happened,” said Turkington, the B.C. regional director of Awana Canada, a global, non-profit ministry.

The trip came about when the group was approached by a children’s ministry that had just completed a new facility called the Hope Center.

It is located in one of the poorer areas of Kathmandu in the midst of 10 brick factories, Turkington shared.

“There are more than 700 kids in the neighborhood who have little to no education, hygiene, or social programs,” Turkington said. “So the Hope Center was built to provide these things for them.”

The local group including adults Turkington and Adam and Veronica Verigin (from Victoria), along with teenagers Kline, Job Lee (Richmond), and Daniel Webster (Victoria) delivered more than 535 backpacks filled with shoes, socks, and educational and hygienic supplies to the facility.

When they went to Nepal, the group was able to stock the Hope Center “so they can reach the needs of the children holistically,” Turkington said, adding that the team of six “had a fantastic time serving the children there and in other of Kathmandu’s slums. We do plan to take a follow-up trip shortly to help finish off some last details of the Hope Center,

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Community Connections School Closure Review Meeting for Lochiel U-connect Meeting Location: Simonds Elementary School May 13, 2015 @ 7pm As a part of the Long Term Facilities Plan, the Langley School District served a notice of motion to consider the possible closure of the Lochiel U-connect program at its current location. Trustees will attend a public meeting at Simonds Elementary School on Wednesday, May 13, 2015, 7pm, and the decision will be made at a Special Meeting of the Board of Education on Tuesday, June 9, 2015. The purpose of the May 13th meeting is to gather information from the community about the impacts of the possible closure. Oral and written presentations will be received. Speakers will be provided a five-minute time limit.

To register as a Speaker or make a written submission, please contact David Green, Secretary-Treasurer via email at dgreen@sd35.bc.ca or by phone at 604-532-1477. Written submissions may also be mailed or dropped off at the School Board Office, 4875 222 Street, Langley, V3A 6J3. Speaker registrations will be collected until 12 noon May 8th.

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Telus is investing $10.5 million in new communications infrastructure in Langley this year.

This investment is part of telecom’s plans to invest $4 billion in British Columbia by 2018 to bring advanced telecommunications infrastructure to every corner of the province.

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LangleyAdvance both businesses and residents,” said Bruce Dorwart, Telus director of Customer Solutions Delivery in Langley. “Our network is the communications backbone for many critical services throughout Langley, including education and health care, and this investment will contribute to the health of Langley’s citizens and economy now and into the future.”

2000 to 2018 call for Telus to invest more than $47 billion in British Columbia.

“As the population of Langley grows, the community’s demand for Internet and wireless services continues to skyrocket. We are committed to sustained investment in increasing the speed, capacity and reliability of our networks throughout the community for

“In the 21st century, B.C.’s digital infrastructure is as essential as our physical infrastructure,” said Minister of Technology, Innovation and Citizens’ Services Amrik Virk.

“This investment by Telus will help ensure Langley’s connectivity infrastructure will meet the growing demand for wireless and Internet services.”

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As well cheques can be made payable to Awana Canada with “Help Nepal” in the memo and sent to: 101 – 2430 King George Blvd., Surrey, BC V4P 1H5.

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“We have been thankful for all the support that has already come in,” Turkington said. “We are asking people to pass this on to their friends and help us support them in this time of great trial.”

Turkington said there is a “good possibility some of us may be going back shortly to help, but we are waiting to receive the details.”

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Petitioners call seniors board to special meeting MATTHEW CLAXTON mclaxton@langleyadvance.com

Discontent at the Langley Seniors Resource Centre has led a former director to call for her name to be removed from the main hall, while current members try to force a change to the board.

Sharon Birnie, who worked for the society for 33 years, wrote a letter to the board of directors on April 6, asking that her name be removed from the Great Hall.

“A critical part of the success of the centre was the respect and dignity demonstrated by the board and management for staff, members, and volunteers,” Birnie wrote in her letter. “This culture created a centre that was the envy of many, where a family atmosphere was felt by all.

Over the years there was little staff turnover, everyone worked together and supported and cared for one another.

“It now appears that this culture has disappeared in favour of an impersonal corporate structure where members are not heard and both recent and long term staff have their employment either terminated or find themselves working under very stress-

ful conditions,” Birnie wrote.

Birnie, who retired to the B.C. Interior, wrote the letter after speaking to friends and former co-workers.

The board is in contact with her about the naming request.

Starting about six months ago, a new executive director was appointed and a number of longtime staffers were let go.

Society members also say there have been changes in procedures and volunteer responsibilities that have rubbed longtime members the wrong way.

Karen Holloway is one of the former staff members who was let go in the past six months.

“I worked there for 21 years,” said Holloway. She had been the director of recreation, then had reduced her hours to part time to work as a trip coordinator.

On her second meeting with the new executive director, Shelley Wells, Holloway was told she was losing her job due to restructuring.

Vic Rurka is another senior and former volunteer who is upset, after he was banned from the centre.

Board members met with Rurka earlier this spring and told him

that there had been complaints about his behaviour, and that his membership was being suspended. He is banned from attending the centre, after several years of volunteering driving a bus for the centre.

Rurka says he was not even told specifically what he had done to merit the loss of his membership. He still retains his society membership, but was refunded $60 for his recreation membership.

He admits to having been bluntly critical of the recent direction of the centre at a general

meeting in March.

Board president Shauna Sailer flatly denied that was the reason for Rurka’s expulsion. “Absolutely not,” she said.

Rurka said he was not given a chance to defend himself against accusations, and that he doesn’t know who his accusers are.

“All I want to do is get my name cleared,” said Rurka.

On the overall changes, Sailer said in a written statement to the Langley Advance that the society has undergone many changes over the past sev-

eral months, and that change can be difficult on everyone.

“The board of directors continues to receive letters of support and encouragement and also a few that have provided feedback and suggestions,” said Sailer’s statement. “The board takes all feedback and suggestions into account when making decisions. The board of directors has a duty to make decisions in the best interests of the whole – staff, members, and its volunteers.”

She said the reason

for the changes comes down to finances.

“Last spring the board was faced with a $97,000 deficit,” Sailer said, adding management provided no suggestions to remedy the situation. “The board did its due diligence prior to approving a revised budged in early summer 2014 which identified numerous areas of opportunity for cost reduction, growth, and improved efficiencies. Very often when a board conducts a review of an operation it does so with ‘new eyes’ and sees opportunities that manage-

ment may not perceive as such when tasked with day-to-day operations.”

In the last week of April, a group of seniors centre members, including friends of Rurka’s, began collecting signatures to call a special general meeting. They are aiming to hold the board accountable for what they see as problems at the centre, or to change the board itself.

Late last week, Rurka said they had gathered more than enough signatures according to bylaws. A meeting has been set for late May.

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THURSDAY, May 7, 2015 | Page A8 OUR VIEW

Advance has new editor

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Opportunity parlayed into 38 years

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ow do you sum up 38 years as a reporter and editor at the Langley Advance in the few lines offered by this meagre space?

The simple answer is, of course, you don’t.

I came to Langley after a few years of studying agricultural science at UBC, where I had first enrolled with an eye to becoming a teacher.

I grew up on Vancouver Island in the Alberni Valley, at that time a thriving, progressive fishing and logging community dominated by sawmills and a worldclass pulp mill.

My dad and all my oldest brothers worked in that pulp mill, and they have all done well with their lives.

Nevertheless, it was not a future I envisioned for myself.

I discovered in my first year at school that I had a natural bent for the written word. I enjoyed learning each letter, and I loved the way they came together to form words and captured thoughts.

My handwriting was abysmal. It was the basis for many, many nasty notes penned on report cards that were otherwise dominated by glowing reviews of my fervour for reading.

But the reading was for me, none the less, all about writing. By the time I got through Fun With Dick and Jane, I was thinking mostly about the people who wrote that stuff.

Jim Schatz, then editor, I wanted to be one of publisher, and owner of the those people.

Advance, cautioned me at But the world I was in the outset of my job interthen was far different from the one we’re in now. In view, “You’d better love this those days, as you got into work, and you’d better love high school, your career to write, because it’s not options grew progressively about the money… you’re narrower. not going to get rich in And the only serious this business, but if you’re career options I had been unlucky enough that the exposed to by the time I printer’s ink gets into your got to Grade 12 were workblood, you can’t find a betBOB GROENEVELD ter way to make a living.” ing in the mill, like my dad and brothers, or going into Within a week, my blood education and emulating some of my was saturated with that dastardly ink. favourite teachers.

I had found my niche – purely by acciIt’s funny. My mother was always dent, only because Jim was the father of proud of the marks I brought home, and a friend I had made in 4-H. she bragged that I was on the university Not only was I blessed with the opportrack at school. tunity to write for a living, but better But forever after I announced that I still, it was exactly the writing that I was not going to work in the pulp mill, realized I had always wanted to do. but would go to university to become a I got to meet and talk with and write teacher, her favourite derogation for me about people I would not otherwise when I got her angry (I was a teenager) have met – people like Art Brooks and was a derisively intoned, “Student!”

Bill Blair and Arthur Easthope (whom I I did work in the mill. I worked there interviewed twice on his 100th birthday for a year – and ensuing summers – to four years apart… a whole other story) make money to go to university. and Jock Lindsay and Muriel Arnason And after I was done with UBC (or and Reg Easingwood and Iris Mooney more accurately, after UBC was done and Bill Poppy and Alex Hope and… with me) I worked as a construction gosh!… literally hundreds of others! labourer before stumbling into a job as a Holy cow, it’s been a heck of a write! reporter at the Advance.

Thank you, Langley! See you around.

Odd Thoughts

angley Advance editor Bob Groeneveld has announced his retirement. “After 38 years of liaising between Langley’s newsmakers and news readers, I decided it was time to explore some of my other interests,” Groeneveld said. “My garden has been getting short shrift the past couple of years and my guitar and sax have been sitting far too idle for far too long.”

Groeneveld stressed that his retirement is not connected to the recent sale of the Langley Advance to Black Press, “except that I thought this was a good nexus to explore an opportunity that had been sitting at the back of my mind for some time.

What started out as an idle chat slowly evolved into a real possibility, and a very happy reality for Donna and myself.”

Groeneveld is stepping down as editor of both the Advance and of the Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows TIMES – a position he assumed in September of 2010.

Assistant editor Roxanne Hooper is moving to the editor’s chair for both papers.

Groeneveld started his community journalism career as a reporter with the Advance in February 1977, and became news editor and then editor in the 1980s.

“Bob’s contributions to the Langley Advance go further than most of us can imagine,” said Ryan McAdams, publisher of both the Advance and the MR&PM TIMES. “Bob’s retirement is a bittersweet day at the Advance, and I personally wish Bob and Donna all the best in this new chapter of their life.”

McAdams was pleased to announce that Hooper accepted her promotion at both newspapers: “Roxanne brings a lot of experience and goodwill to the position,” he said, “and I’m confident that all of our readers will appreciate the commitment that she has to community service.”

Groeneveld said he was pleased to be succeeded as editor by Hooper: “I have a great deal of respect for Roxanne’s abilities as a journalist and editor, and she has a tremendous understanding of the concept of community.”

Hooper grew up in Langley and went on to attend journalism school and establish herself as an award-winning journalist in the B.C. Interior and at the Maple Ridge& Pitt Meadows News, before returning to the Langley Advance in 2006.

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Lesson from Tattoo’s plight Clear Dear Editor, Tattoo, a life-sized horse statue, was viciously attacked as he stood grazing in Langley’s Brookswood Park.

Put back together by volunteers, vandals preyed upon him again, and this time he succumbed to his injuries.

Artist Marilyn DyerSeidel, Tattoo’s creator, realized the source of the criminal attacks was bullying.

Using her artistic ability, she illustrated the damage wreaked on Tattoo and wrote the story of his plight. The resulting book has had province-wide attention by government and school boards. It has reinforced powerful statements about bullying.

“Tattoo addresses an ugly and very disturbing problem in modern society,” said Mari. “I

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Artist Marilyn Dyer-Seidel, second from left, created Tattoo, and subsequently wrote about the bullying underlying her creation’s destruction. wanted to start a conversation between children, their parents, and the community about bullying.”

Bullying has been identified among school-aged children and young adults as having the potential to

Not a free choice Dear Editor, Coercion occurs when another individual uses force, the threat of force, or any form of manipulation or extortion in an attempt to compel a woman to abort, although 64 per cent of women presenting for post-abortive treatment report feeling coercion to abort.

Despite the notable lack of widespread sociological studies on the prevalence of coerced abortion, there are indications that a substantial proportion of women presenting for abortion are not making a truly free choice, but are instead being pressured, bullied, or threatened into their decision.

Dean Clark, Langley

lead to serious, lasting problems for kids who are bullied and for those who bully others.

Whether in person or over the internet, this unwanted, aggressive behaviour can be so damaging as to lead to loss of life.

What Tattoo, the painted horse, has taught us about bullying was the topic of Mari’s discussion at the White Rock Community Centre, hosted by CFUW White Rock/ Surrey Club.

Trudy Handel, Langley

More information about the Tattoo Anti-Bullying project is available here: http://www. brookswoodvillage.com/ tattoothehorse.html

Dear Editor, In a democratic society, our government leaders follow statistics and, hopefully, scientific evidence, and then they implement laws to reduce a problem or increase the level of safety. An example would be a number of our laws associated around the use of alcohol or tobacco.

We’ve heard a lot of discussion and opinions on the use of marijuana and the establishment of dispensaries in our communities.

Nowhere do I hear mention of an increase of any problems arising from the presence of marijuana dispensaries.

I hear a lot about perceived problems, but I must point out that, in our society, something is not illegal because somebody doesn’t like the look of it or because it is new.

Perhaps it is time to encourage our elected officials to look at the facts that simple science provides, and not make laws based on ageold society beliefs.

Ryan Usenik, Langley

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’m going to throw around a couple acronyms this week, when discussing a few changes in the Langley business scene, namely CSA and SCI. SCI Logistics recently announced the opening of a new specialized transportation centre in Langley, and specifically in Gloucester Estates in Aldergrove.

The 35,000-square-foot operation is the fourth facility opened by SCI (www. scilogistics.ca) within the past year, extending the company’s footprint from

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coast-to-coast, and this comes as part of a merger with Burnaby Moving Storage for high-value product shipping – including items such as multi-functional office machines, retail point-of-sale equipment, medical equipment, ATMs, automated kiosks, and servers.

Now, speaking of expansion into this market, and keeping with the abbreviations, let me turn your attention to a relatively new addition to Walnut Grove – CSA. This independent, notfor-profit member-based

association has its roots in Canada dating back almost a century, when it started as the Canadian Engineering Standards Association.

Through the years, it has developed a trusted reputation, the CSA certification telling us a product has been tested and deemed safe.

Well, the reason I bring up CSA now is easy. The group has set up a new transportation fuels laboratory on 201st Street, just on the onramp to the Golden Ears Bridge.

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He and his wife Henny have 25 years experience with thrift shops, and when they found out the location was becoming available, rented it.

They had been collecting donations and storing them in Abbotsford in preparation for opening a store in this area.

The store is staffed by volunteers, about 60 to 70 of them, and is open six days a week, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (closed Sundays).

De Regt said he hopes the store can raise $150,000 to $200,000 per year to support the three orphanages.

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Langley Salvation Army Thrift Store at 19868 Langley Bypass closed in March.

The Salvation Army Thrift Store at 3111 272nd St. in Aldergrove raises funds specifically for the Gateway of Hope shelter on the Langley Bypass.

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The Tuk Shop is a vitally important part of the fundraising at the non-profit seniors’ centre.

In 2014 the tuk shop, run by volunteers, raised $29,783.43.

All proceeds go directly to LSRS. Contact the centre at 604-530-3020.

Biblical bargains The Bibles For Missions Thrift Store at 5785 200th St. raises funds for the Bibles for Missions Foundation.

Learn more about its international work at www. bfmthriftstores.ca.

Langley Lodge The auxiliary to the Langley Care Foundation hosts book sales and New2U sales of

household and decor items, and women’s clothes and accessories several times each year.

Watch the Langley Advance What’s On listings or check langleylodge.org.

The funds raised benefit Langley Lodge residents and the sales take place at the seniors’ complex care facility, 5451 204th St.

Mission work The BC International Response thrift shop funds mission work. It’s at 203rd Street and 57th Avenue.

Health help Fibromyalgia Well Spring Thrift Shop always earns top marks in the Langley Advance readers polls and raises funds for the Fibromyalgia Wellspring Foundation which helps people with the disease.

The site at 20631 Fraser Hwy. is also the foundation office.

When is helping not helpful Not all thrift stores accept all items. Check with each before taking items and only donate working, clean, sellable stuff.

Most thrift shops are not set up to accept donations except during hours of operation. Items left overnights and when shops are closed are often stolen, rummaged through, damaged and unusable. The charities must then shoulder the cost of disposal.

The Recyling Council of B.C. has a website (www.rcbc.ca), a mobile app and phone numbers (604-RECYCLE or toll free 1-800-667-4321) to help people keep items from the landfill, whether that’s donating to a thrift shop or finding a recycling program.

The council has information on the various recycling programs for various things like light fixtures, small appliances, computers, electronics, paint, glass, light bulbs, large furniture, building materials, and mattresses.

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Thank You for the Music Music from around the world will be performed by the Langley Community Chorus at their spring concert, 3 p.m. on May 9 at the Langley Mennonite Fellowship, 20997 40th Ave. The 80voice chorus will be joined by marimba player and percussionist Bruce Henczel.

Tickets: $15 for adults, $10 for students and those 12 and younger admitted free.

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Outdoor Living Expo More than 35 community groups join Willowbrook Shopping Centre merchants to showcase activities and events in the communty.

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THURSDAY, May 7, 2015 | Page A13 MOTORSPORTS

Speedway history has temporary home

In the 1970s, Fred Goodrum accepted a trophy from an unidentified Miss Langley Speedway with starter Larry Olson (holding checkered flag) standing nearby at Langley Speedway.

Until Aug. 9, memorabilia from the former Langley Speedway will be on display at the Langley Centennial Museum.

the speedway will now have the opportunity to come and see it [the memorabilia].”

The opening reception for the exhibit is this Saturday, May 9, from 1 to 4 p.m. at the museum.

During the reception, two cars that were raced at Langley Speedway – a 1964 B Modified V6 race car once owned by popular driver “Black” Jack Cross and now in Olson’s possession, as well as a Modified Sportsman – will be TROY LANDREVILLE parked in front of the museum. tlandreville@langleyadvance.com After sitting for roughly three decades with blackberry bushes he Langley Speedway oldgrowing overtop of it on Tom Fells’ timers once knew is a disproperty, the Sportsman is being tant memory. restored for display purposes.

Gone are the cars that “It was basically parked back in zipped around the 3/8ths of a mile oval circuit every weekend in south the ’80s, shut off, and that was the end of it,” Olson said. “The car Langley; so to are the roars and rumbles emanating from souped-up was raced many years at Langley Speedway.” engines.

This display is also helping to The stands that rise above the celebrate the 50th anniversary of track, once filled with racing the speedway’s opening on June enthusiasts, are barren.

13, 1965.

But for a speedway that hasn’t Curator Kobi Christian said the held a formal race weekend for 31 museum staff is very excited to years, it’s held up well with age, celebrate thanks to volthe anniverunteers from sary of the the Langley track and Speedway “learning Historical more about Society (LSHS), it in the who lovingly process.” restored the For some, track to a close A collision between two or three cars at the the speedresemblance of Langley Speedway, including Jerry Serrett way is its former self.

(No. 23) and Rick Atchison (No. 57). woven into It’s the LSHS, the fabric of Langley’s history. It’s and in particular the society’s also a big part of Olson’s life. events coordinator Larry Olson, He was the speedway’s official who are keeping the memories starter from 1969 to ’77, over alive by bringing artifacts to show which time he flagged more than and shines and other car-related 9,000 races at the track. events.

Olson is the proud owner of some And starting May 6, Olson and coveted memorabilia from the others are introducing the speedtrack including the original poster way to a whole new audience at promoting the NASCAR races that the Langley Centennial Museum. came to Langley Speedway on July The exhibit Can’t Catch Me, A 2, 1971, and the speedway’s official Look Back at the Langley Speedway starting flags from 1971 and 1972, will be on display until Aug. 9 at among many other things. the museum at 9135 King Street in Now, this memorabilia has a Fort Langley. home, albeit temporarily.

Olson said the artifacts should In his home in Langley City, be “available for everybody to see, not just certain people. This will be Olson housed what he called “the Langley Speedway room” because open to young kids, older people… it was filled with speedway history. people who have never been to

Below: Langley Speedway Historical Society events coordinator Larry Olson is thrilled about the upcoming exhibit, Can’t Catch Me, A Look Back at the Langley Speedway, which will be on display at the Langley Centennial Museum in Fort Langley until Aug. 9.

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“I know the history behind most of this stuff and I can appreciate the significance of the value of it in history,” Olson said. “To me, I was losing that because no one seemed to want it. There was no caretaker for it. We could put a concrete and steel building down at the speedway and I guarantee you somebody would break into it and destroy the artifacts that are in there. That’s what I was most concerned about, is that we have a home for it.”

Colourful history

L

angley Speedway operated into 1984 (as Action Raceway, which it was named from 1980-84), several years after the land had been bought for use as Campbell Valley Regional Park.

After it closed, the track was left to quietly decay, the asphalt covered with leaves and the old stands and stairs covered with blackberry bushes and shrubs.

Volunteers from the Speedway Society began clearing away much of the invasive vegetation several years ago, and the track has played

host to a number of minor carrelated events in recent years.

In 2006, Olson visited the speedway for a photo op, the first time he set foot on the its soil since 1977. Today, he champions the speedway’s history, and is a driving force behind the display.

Olson delivered to the museum 11 CDs full of photos from the speedway’s bygone days including rare colour pictures from the 1960s.

He also worked with Township cultural services manager Peter Tulumello and museum curator Kobi Christian to make the display happen.

“In February Peter said to me that maybe it would be a good time to celebrate the occasion [of the 50th anniversary of the speedway’s opening],” Olson said.

Olson has turned over his artifacts and is providing historical information for the museum.

> Read more at www.langleydvance.com

NEWS & EVENTS | MAY 7 – MAY 13 Langley Pops Festival! – an Arts, Culture and Heritage event – provides local artists, organizations and the community the opportunity to gather, experience and celebrate the arts in our community.

The 5th annual event, located in Douglas Park, takes place on Saturday, May 23, 2015 from 1:00pm to 4:00pm. Live entertainment begins at 1:00pm and continues throughout the day along with interactive displays, children’s face painting and balloon art, and activities and displays that appeal to all ages.

Vendor opportunities are available for exhibitors who want to sell their handcrafted, locally grown or produced products. We are also looking for non-profit exhibitors and food vendors to take part in the festival as well.

Please contact Douglas Recreation Centre at 604-514-2865 for information and registration.

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Demonstration Garden Celebrates Seedy Sunday

Notice is hereby given of the intention of the Council of the Corporation of the Township of Langley, pursuant to Section 40 and 94 of the Community Charter S.B.C. 2003, c. 26, to adopt “Highway Closing and Dedication Removal (Federal Government) Bylaw 2015 No. 5136.”

The intent of the Bylaw is to close and remove the dedication of highway of a 0.330 hectare portion of improved road beside 26717 Zero Avenue. The road will then be transferred to the Federal Government in exchange for a 0.408 hectare road dedication for the realignment of Zero Avenue to accommodate the Federal Government’s planned expansion of the Aldergrove Border Crossing.

Celebrate Mother’s Day in a unique way as the Langley Demonstration Garden opens for the season.

Seedy Sunday is once again being held at the Garden, and the public is encouraged to stop in, get to know their seedy community resources, enjoy kids’ crafts, and support non-profit organizations through the purchase of garden items like seedlings and young fruit trees.

High Tea will be available for purchase and visitors can bring their own saved or leftover seeds to participate in a free seed exchange, alongside local experts and enthusiasts.

Date: Sunday, May 10 Time: Noon - 3pm Place: Langley Demonstration Garden Location: Derek Doubleday Arboretum, 21200 block of Fraser Highway Guests can learn tricks for Container Gardening with the Langley Environmental Partners Society at 12:30pm, and launch or deepen their knowledge of Seed Saving with local organic farmer and plant breeder David Catzel of the Glorious Organics Co-Operative at 1:30pm.

The portion of road being closed is shown outlined on the plan.

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Offices at the Township of Langley Civic Facility and Operations Centre will be closed Monday, May 18 for Victoria Day.

Road Closure

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langley events centre

Comments will be received by the Township Clerk prior to 12pm on Monday, May 11, 2015.

Written comments should be directed to:

Coming Events Langley Junior Thunder BCJALL Lacrosse Thu May 14 8:00pm vs. Burnaby Lakers Sun May 17 5:00pm vs. Victoria Shamrocks

Deputy Township Clerk 20338 - 65 Avenue Langley BC V2Y 3J1 Fax: 604.533.6054 Copies of the Bylaw may be inspected at the Township of Langley Civic Facility.

Scott Thompson, Manager Property Services Department 604.533.6138

public programs and events

Vancouver Stealth 2015-16 Season Ticket offer: 25% discount until June 1 20% discount after June 1

Langley Rivermen 2015-16 Season Ticket offer: Only $99!

The Langley Events Centre is located at 7888 - 200 Street For ticket information, contact Langley Events Centre 604.882.8800 • LangleyEventsCentre.com

public notice Water Main Flushing As part of our maintenance program, the municipal Water Department will be flushing water mains within the dates shown below. Water main flushing is weather dependent and we are unable to provide a specific date for when it will occur in your area.

As a result of this flushing, you may notice changes in water pressure and there may be some discolouration or sediment in the water.

This is a temporary condition and is not a health hazard. To avoid inconvenience, please check the water before doing laundry. You may wish to keep water in the refrigerator for drinking and cooking.

Willoughby: until Friday, May 22 Willowbrook: Monday, May 4 – Friday, May 29 Fort Langley, Forest Knolls and Milner: Monday, May 4 – Friday, May 29 Tall Timbers and Acadia: Monday, May 4 – Friday, May 29 Engineering Division 604.532.7300 opsinfo@tol.ca

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Monday, May 11 | 7 - 11pm Regular Council Meeting and Public Hearing Meeting Civic Facility Fraser River Presentation Theatre Tuesday, May 12 | 7 - 9pm Seniors Advisory Committee Civic Facility Salmon River Committee Room Wednesday, May 13 | 3 - 5pm Mayor’s Standing Committee on Public Engagement Civic Facility Yorkson Creek Meeting Room Wednesday, May 13 | 7 - 9pm Recreation, Culture, and Parks Advisory Committee Civic Facility Salmon River Committee Room

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The event will take place rain or shine, with plenty of covered space.

For information contact: Ava Shannon 604.546.0337 agriculture@leps.bc.ca

Give Laundry a Fresh Start with Clothes Washer Rebate Program Is your clothes washer an energy waster and a water guzzler? Are you in the market for a new washing machine?

For a limited time only, Township of Langley residents can receive a $100 to $200 rebate on select Energy Star® qualified clothes washers. Rebates are courtesy of BC Hydro Power Smart and the Township’s energy and water programs.

Visit powersmart.ca/appliances to check a Product Eligibility Search Tool for qualifying models and to apply.

Rebates are available for purchases made from May 1 - June 30, 2015 or when funding is exhausted. You must be a Township resident in order to qualify for the maximum rebate.

Engineering Division 604.532.7300 opsinfo@tol.ca

Upcycling Art Contest Calling all eco-artists! Turn trash into treasure with our third annual Upcycling Design Challenge. Create a unique and interesting piece made from at least 75 per cent found/recovered material.

Prizes will be awarded for the top entries: 1st - $500 2nd - $200 3rd - $100 People’s Choice Award - $500 Willowbrook Gift Card Contest entries will be displayed at an exhibit at the Willowbrook Shopping Centre from May 25 - 31. Prizes will be awarded at an evening reception on May 28, 6 - 9pm.

Deadline for submissions is May 16.

For more information visit tol.ca/upcycling or call 604.532.7300.

Engineering Division 604.532.7300

Heritage Building Incentive Program The Heritage Building Incentive Program is designed to assist with the costs of restoring, repairing, and maintaining eligible heritage buildings within the Township of Langley. Grants are available to property owners of heritage buildings included in the Township of Langley’s Inventory of Heritage Resources.

The next deadline for the grant program is May 29, 2015 at 4:30pm. For an application form, visit the Township of Langley website at tol.ca/hbip.

Elaine Horricks Heritage Planner 604.534.3211, Local 2998

Mosquito Season: Reducing Risks Enjoy a safe spring and summer … and remember to practice the 4-Ds to reduce mosquito risks: 1. DRAIN your property of unwanted standing water 2. DUSK/DAWN take extra care at these times 3. DRESS appropriately: wear light-coloured, loose-fitting clothing with long sleeves 4. DEFEND against mosquito bites by using mosquito repellents wisely Township Mosquito Nuisance Control Programs 604.872.1912 tol.ca/mosquitoes

Composting: Nature’s Recycling Help the environment and get great soil for your garden by using a backyard composter.

Township residents can get a backyard composter for $25. They can be purchased at the Civic Facility or Operations Centre during regular operating hours.

Engineering Division 604.532.7300

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‘Real’ play changes actor Helping share inspirational stories from 9/11 ‘deeply moved’ Aldergrove’s Brandon Motz.

ROXANNE HOOPER rhooper@langleyadvance.com

Images of 9/11 are forever etched in people’s collective memory, including that of 23-year-old Aldergrove actor Brandon Motz.

Now, the full-time electrician and part-time actor is helping tell some of the stories of the people who risked their lives to save those trapped in the burning inferno of the Twin Towers and who desperately tried to rescue the ones buried under the smoldering debris following their collapse.

Motz is playing four different roles in the current Gallery 7 Theatre production of 110 Stories – Garrett Fisher, Jason Cascone, as well as BJ and a rescue worker.

“The most rewarding part of this production is the realization I had that these ‘lines’ that I memorized and these ‘characters’ I’m portraying are real people and real stories,” Motz shared with the Langley Advance.

“This play is not made up. That fact almost broke me emotionally and continues to affect me at a very deep level. When I play Garrett, everything I say is completely real to me. Same with Jason. This play has changed me, and I mean that very honestly, and I just hope that it does

the same thing for the audience as well.

“This play has given me a whole new perspective on life. Nothing could be more rewarding,” he said.

Motz describes the play as being about the people who experienced this incredible tragedy and how they found hope and strength. It’s not, he emphasized, about the politics.

“This play has made me have a whole new perspective on life, and everyone should come see it so they can experience what I have. It makes you feel like you have a new hope in humanity, and an understanding of what people may be going through in life that you wouldn’t have been able to see before. Life seems more beautiful to me now.”

This play, 110 Stories, is already underway. It opened last weekend and wraps this weekend.

There are still shows tonight through Saturday at 7:30 p.m., with a discount matinee set for Saturday at 2 p.m. It’s showing in a ‘site-specific’ venue, at The Reach Gallery & Museum in Abbotsford. Tickets are available at www. gallery7theatre.com.

“When you come see this play, don’t go in there expecting to see actors. Go in there seeing real people, and their real stories of what they experienced through this incredible tragedy,” Motz said. “And don’t forget about how it will surely affect you on an emotional level. I hope you leave that place with a new outlook on life, and hope in humanity.” > Read more at www.langleyadvance.com, search “Motz”

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DEVELOPMENT OF A PEST MANAGEMENT PLAN Pest Management Plan (PMP) No.: 794-003-15/20 The Fraser Timber Supply Area Cooperative Association (FTSACA) is developing a Pest Management Plan (PMP) under the Integrated Pest Management Act. This plan will describe a vegetation management program using Integrated Pest Management, including the use of herbicides.

The purpose of the PMP is to describe the vegetation management program in the FTSACA chart area in the Fraser Timber Supply Area. Vegetation control methods in this plan include aerial foliar spray, ground foliar spray (including backpack and power nozzle), stem injection (hack and squirt), basal bark sprays, manual girdling, power saw, stem bending and pulling and mechanical site preparation. These treatments will take place within the Fraser Timber Supply Area that contains Crown land designated as forest land within the Chilliwack Forest District extending from the Nesakwatch River drainage on the Canada / US border in the south to the Nahatlatch River drainage in the north. It extends from the Pitt River in the west to the Skagit River in the east. Since the FTSACA chart areas are spread throughout the Chilliwack Forest District, nearby towns include Boston Bar and Hope and the communities of the Fraser Valley. There are numerous dwellings scattered throughout the plan area. Proposed herbicides to be used include Vision, VisionMax, Vantage, Weed-Master (glyphosate), Release MSO, Garlon RTU, Garlon XRT (triclopyr) and Sylgard 309 (siloxylated polyether). This Pest Management Plan will be in effect for a period of five years from the date of approval (approximately 2015 to 2020).

Interested parties may view the Pest Management Plan application in detail at the following location: Dunham and Associates Forest Professionals Ltd. 9194 Edward St. Chilliwack, B.C. V2P 4C6 (604) 793-6978 Attention: Michelle Dunham, RPF A person wishing to contribute information about a proposed treatment site, relevant to the development of the pest management plan, may send copies of the information to the applicant at the address above within 30 days of the publication of this notice.

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notice of public hearing Proposed Zoning Changes NOTICE is hereby given that the Township of Langley Council will meet and hold a Public Hearing.

AT THE PUBLIC HEARING all persons who believe their interest in property is affected by the proposed bylaws shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions respecting matters contained in the bylaws that are the subject of the hearing.

BYLAW NO. 5114 APPLICATION NOS. RZ100416 / DP100762 Infinity Properties (Yorkson) Ltd. 205, 6360 - 202 Street Langley, BC V2Y 1N2

Infinity Properties Ltd. 205, 6360 - 202 Street Langley, BC V2Y 1N2

LOCATION:

8572 - 204 Street and 20474 - 86 Avenue (see Map 1)

LEGAL:

Lot 27 Section 26 Township 8 New Westminster District Plan 48848 Portion of Lot 28 Section 26 Township 8 New Westminster District Plan 48848

PURPOSE:

Bylaw No. 5114 proposes to rezone property from Suburban Residential Zone SR-2 to Comprehensive Development Zone CD-77. A Development Permit is being considered in conjunction with this bylaw.

PROPOSAL:

This application will facilitate the development of 106 townhouse units.

BYLAW NO. 5114

BYLAW NO. 5147

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Royale Properties (Yorkson III) Ltd. 16295 - 36A Avenue Surrey, BC V3Z 0X5

LOCATION:

20477 - 80 Avenue, 20498 and 20514 - 82 Avenue (see Map 2)

LEGAL:

Lot 11 Block 1 Section 26 Township 8 New Westminster District Plan 1094 East Half Lot 8 Block 1 Section 26 Township 8 New Westminster District Plan 1094 Parcel “A”, (H53134E) of Lot 7 Block 1 Section 26 Township 8 New Westminster District Plan 1094

PURPOSE:

Bylaw No. 5147 proposes to rezone property from Suburban Residential Zone SR-2 to Comprehensive Development Zone CD-77. Development Permits for streamside protection and form and character are being considered in conjunction with this bylaw.

PROPOSAL:

This application will facilitate the development of 153 townhouse units.

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BYLAW NO. 5147 APPLICATION NOS. RZ100419 / DP100766 / DP100787

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MAP 2 AND TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that a copy of Township of Langley Bylaw Nos. 5114 and 5147; Development Permit Nos. 100762, 100766, and 100787; and relevant background material may be inspected between the hours of 8:30am and 4:30pm, Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, from May 1 to 11, both inclusive, at the Community Development Division Development Services counter, 2nd floor, Township of Langley Civic Facility, 20338 - 65 Avenue or online at tol.ca/hearing.

Date:

Monday, May 11

Time:

7pm

Place:

Township of Langley Civic Facility

Address:

20338 - 65 Avenue Community Development Division 604.533.6034

After-Hours Emergency Contact 604.543.6700

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Q: I am afraid my child might being

Q: Near the end of the month I’m out of

bullied. How can martial arts help?

money. Where am I going wrong?

A: Here are some frequent areas a budget

A: Bullying ~ The Silent Epidemic. This

is a huge topic. No amount of lobbying and pink t-shirts will stop it. We need to strengthen our children by giving them the tools make good decisions and choices, and teach them to stand up for themselves and others. A wellstructured martial arts class will promote self-discipline, empower the student, build confidence, set clear boundaries for behavior, and help develop children to become positive role models at school, home and within the community.

Look for a strong “zero-tolerance” policy when researching a martial arts school for your child or teen, and preferably choose one with a full “Bully Buster” program integrated into its teachings.

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can “leak” from: Paying more than needed: Cell phone and cable packages can be costly, be sure you need AND use all you pay for.

Getting charged fees: Extra ATM withdrawals, late payments or bank account fees add up quickly. Plan ahead for withdrawals and check your bank account for better options.

Interest build-up: Using credit without paying in full always costs. Avoid using it unless you can pay right away.

Not planning ahead: Irregular expenses occur; save a small consistent amount on a monthly basis instead of having to pay for them as a lump sum.

If debt isn’t in your budget contact Sands & Associates, we can help you get out of debt. 1-800-661-3030.

Blair Mantin, CMC, CIRP Licensed Trustee

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ASK the EXPERTS Q: I own a cemetery plot in a privately

Q: I have granite countertop in my kitchen,

what should I do to clean and maintain it?

owned cemetery do I have to use their funeral home?

A: Any

A: Granite countertops bring the art of nature to our homes, as well as the respect we should have to the nature – the maintenance!

funeral home may inter the

(1) Protection: The best way to prevent stains is to treat the countertop with SEALER. Sealers help repelling spills on the porous surface, giving us time to clean them.

decedent in any cemetery. Often private cemeteries are part of a corporate entity and many own their own funeral homes.

(2) Watch your cleaner: Only specifically-made cleaning products are recommended for natural stones. Some abrasive household cleaners wear away the sealer and leave your counter at risk.

The service advisor will want to refer or take you to their funeral home if arrangements for the funeral are not in place. It is best to compare what is offered by the different funeral homes, as time permits, before proceeding. Arbutus Funeral Service like many family owned funeral homes will normally offer many of the same caskets, urns and grave markers.

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Langley City offers ways to hang with mom The activities happening May 10 are many and varied.

HEATHER COLPITTS hcolpitts@langleyadvance.com

Sunday, May 10 is a chance to celebrate Mother’s Day but also happens to be World Move for Health Day. Move for Health

Day is an international event created in 2002 by the World Health Organization to encourage physical activity to improve people’s health.

In 2014, an estimated 18,000-plus people participated in Move for Health Day events and activities in communities all over this province.

Langley City has free activities that people can do with their moms this Sunday.

Last one in

The Al Anderson Pool officially opens May 8 but offers a free Mother’s Day/Move for Health Day swim 5 to 8 p.m. on May 10.

Games, prizes and fun activities are planned for this family-oriented event.

Hatha time Mother and Daughter Hatha Yoga takes place at the Timms Community Centre.

This is a fun, free introduction to Hatha yoga and takes place from 11 a.m. to noon.

Reserve a spot in advance by calling 604-514-2940.

Heave Free weight room orientations are available 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Timms Community Centre on Eastleigh Crescent.

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Reserve your orientation at 604-514-2940.

Alone time Free up mom to spend the time as she wishes by heading off to an activity.

A Youth Ball Hockey Tournament is noon to 4 p.m. at the Douglas Park Sports Box. Youth 12 to 18 are invited to take part in a round robin threeon-three ball hockey tournament.

There will be pizza, refreshments and prizes.

People must have their own hockey stick, helmet, and protective gear. Phone 604-514-2999 to preregister a team, or just show up and get placed on a team Sunday.

Dorothy Humberstone (right) remains active. She has participated in almost every Langley Walk since they started 53 years ago. Cheering from the sidelines this year was her granddaughter Sara.

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Ideas for that special day The Mothers Day weekend is decidely green.

Is Mom a green thumb?

Several local events on the Mothers Day weekend are gardenoriented.

Posy The Langley Centennial Museum invites kids to make a gift for mom.

“Our mothers do so much for us on a daily basis and this program is a way to give back through showing appreciation for them,” said Township Arts and Culture programmer Maggie Lukban. “Kids and their moms will enjoy spending time together while creating a beautiful flower pot and then taking it home to watch it blossom.”

Plant a Posy: Mother’s Day Fun runs at the museum, at 9135 King St. in Fort Langley, on Saturday, May 9, with

a morning session from 10 a.m. until 11 a.m. and an afternoon session from noon to 1 p.m. The cost is $15.75 per child, plus mom.

To register in advance, drop in to any Township community recreation facility, or call the museum at 604-5323536.

Hello, kitties The CARES cat shelter has annuals, perennials, vegetables, herbs, heirloom tomatoes, grasses and more at its plant sale.

The second annual plant sale is Saturday and Sunday at the PetSmart store on the Langley Bypass.

Stop by from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. to get a jump on spring growing.

Seedy fun The Langley Environmental Partners Society has a celebration Sunday at the Langley Demonstration Garden.

There’s high tea, seedlings and fruit

treats for sale.

And at 12:30, learn about container gardening.

The 1:30 p.m. session is about seed saving with David Catzel of Glorious Organics Farm. People can also swap seeds.

Bloomin’ The Bloom Market is at the Fort Langley Community Hall Mother’s Day weekend.

Admission is donated to charity. The cost is $2 for adults while anyone 12 and younger is admitted free.

The market runs 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day.

The market takes place several times each year. This one features more than 25 artisans offering fine art, jewelry, baby items, home decor, treats and flowers.

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and crispy, the plants could be badly dehydrated. That is even more likely if they were growing in pots. Ideally, rhododendrons should be grown in very large containers in mixed sun and shade, where sunshine gives gentle light and warmth and the soil is mulched to conserve moisture.

But even growing in an outside garden, rhododendrons still need watering in times of drought.

Summer last year was very hot, dry, and long, and your rhodos may not have got enough water.

If they were in pots, watering may not actually moisten them.

Sometimes soil in pots can become so dry it shrinks away from the sides. When that happens, water can run down the inner sides of the pot and away.

Another issue with containers is that fierce heat in summer can attack plant roots through the sides of the pot (also an issue with cold in winter).

There are two possibilities for the dried-up buds.

Dehydration is one.

But they could also have a fungal disease called bud blast. Infected buds are brown and hard, and don’t flower. As spring continues, the bud surface develops black, furry-looking fruiting spores.

Those buds need to be removed before they continue the disease into another year.

The infection is thought to be spread by leaf-hoppers. Check the undersides of your rhodo leaves in late spring/early summer.

If you see little white crawlers, they will be larval leaf-hoppers.

Insecticidal soap will kill them on contact. But like all killing sprays, it can kill beneficial insects, too – and the person applying it needs to be cautious and follow instructions.

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She will be unveiling 10 acrylic paintings at an event called Art Forum JARFO, which opens May 8, and runs through until May 17.

Captured on canvases as tall or >Read more at langleyadvance.com, taller than the grizzly bears they search “Falk” portray, South Langley painter Gallery profiles music Susan Falk depicts the relationship between the sockeye salmon and On the first Thursday of each the bears in her latest exhibition month the Fort Gallery is continubeing unveiled on Friday in Japan. ing to host a variety of visual artThe exhibition, ists, writers, poets, called RED – Circle of and musicians from Life celebrates what the local community she calls the ritual of who will share their nature, speaking to “gifts and creations,” the lifecycle of the said the gallery’s office salmon, and the bears manager Emma Pavey. that lumber through “These free events rushing water to gorge form part of the Fort on the exhausted fish Gallery’s ongoing misas they return home to sion to encourage and deposit their eggs. support local contemWhen approached porary artists and to to create a new body engage the public in of work for the Kyoto art that pushes boundCity exhibition, Falk aries,” she said. contemplated the This month’s event Susan Falk’s Swimming Bear wonder and magic of is happening tonight, painting is on display in Japan. Thursday, May 7, nature and how she could best represent from 7 to 9 p.m. and B.C.’s wilderness to a will feature musicians and singers Japanese audience.

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A walk and dinner, both being held in the next week, are aimed at raising awareness and money for the Fibromyalgia Well Spring Foundation.

It’s all about doubles in this year’s Free Us from Fibro walk happening Saturday, May 9, explained founder and executive director Cheryl Young.

The popularity of the inaugural fundraising walk last year, with 33 participants, has her optimistic they can double attendance and double the $4,000 raised in 2014.

To achieve that, Young has literally doubled the number of walks, too.

There will again be a 1.2-km walk through Langley City at 1 p.m., plus a new, five-km walk out to the airport and back, which starts at noon. Both walks start from the fibromyalgia thrift store (where there just happens to be a 99cent clothing sale), at 20631 Fraser Hwy. Registration begins at 11:30 a.m., and pre-registration is possibly by visiting the store or calling Lori at 778-278-3697.

All money raised goes to creating awareness for fibromyalgia and other invisible diseases, such as Lupus, MS, diabetes, depression, and chronic fatigue, Young said.

“Anything you can’t see, we’re fighting for awareness.”

The foundation is also gearing up for the seventh annual Fibromyalgia Celebration Dinner at Newlands Golf & Country Club happening Tuesday, May 12 at 5 p.m.

That 1950s and ’60s-themed dinner is a fundraiser to help the individuals in the foundation’s four support groups. For more, call 778-278-3697 or go to www.fibromyalgiawellspringfoundation.org.

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Langley’s fitness tradition is on a fine footing More than 800 people walked together.

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Christopher Lakusta has only missed one Langley Walk since 2001.

For the 26-year-old, the walk is a family tradition and something he enjoys.

“It’s a nice local event,” Lakusta said.

“I think everyone should do it.”

For his walk, he sported his vest adorned with badges, the ones he’s collected and the ones he’s inherited. His grandfather’s badges date back to 1975.

Lakusta, who does track with Langley Special Olympics, as well as being a local Scout leader, a volunteer with the Aldergrove Kodiaks, had done the longer 10 kilometre walk but went with friends this year on the five-kilometre route.

His first walk in 2001 was also in Walnut Grove.

This year’s walk had 810 registered participants.

The walk alternates between routes in Langley City and Township, and was started in 1963 by Pete Swensson, Langley’s recreation director, to encourage physical fitness. For the first few years, the walk went from Aldergrove to

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Christopher Lakusta has done the Langley Walk for several years and inherited his grandfather’s walk badges dating back to 1975.

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The five-kilometre Jane’s Walk spotlighted the old building that’s Yeoman’s convenience store on 96th Avenue, the Walnut Grove walking trails, the electric vehicle charging station, and the adopt-a-programs.

The Langley Walk handed out prizes in various categories.

• Most walkers from an elementary school: R.C. Garnett Elementary School • Most walkers from a middle/secondary school: H.D. Stafford Middle School • Most walkers from an organization: Latin Runners • Most walkers from a family: Humberstone family • Oldest walker: R. Tielens, 91

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Thursdays, Douglas Recreation Centre, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Info: 604-507-0700.

Square Wheelers Square Dance Club. Info: 604-513-9901 or 604594-6415, or www.squaredance. bc.ca.

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Canadian Museum of Flight, 5333 216th St. hangar 3, 604-8883992, www.canadianflight.org Langley Centennial Museum, 9135 King St., 604-888-3922 Fort Langley National Historic Site 23433 Mavis Ave., 604-5134777 Food and Friends Langley Meals on Wheels has a program for seniors (55+) to share a nutritious lunch along with socializing and guest speakers. Lunch costs $5. RSVP in advance to the number listed.

11:30am-1pm Aldergrove • Bob’s Bar n’ Grill, 27083 Fraser Hwy.: 1st and 3rd Monday of the month (Owner will honour the price other Mondays but the program has been changed to twice a month).

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• Otter Co-Op: 3600 248 St.: 2nd Monday of the month. RSVP: 604607-6923.

Brookswood • Brookswood Seniors Centre, 19899 36th Ave.: 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month. RSVP: 604590-3888.

Fort Langley • Parish of St. George Church, 9160 Church St.: 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month. RSVP: 604-888-7782.

Langley City • Choo Choo’s Restaurant, 20550 Fraser Hwy.: 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month. RSVP: 604-514-2940.

• Flourishing Chinese Restaurant, 20472 Fraser Hwy.: 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month. RSVP: 604-514-2940.

• Grand Tandoori Flame Restaurant, 20345 Fraser Hwy.: 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month. RSVP: 604514-2940.

North Langley • Walnut Grove Community Centre, 8889 Walnut Grove Dr. 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month. RSVP: 604882-0408.

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Al-Anon Family Groups If someone else’s drinking is affecting you, AFG can help. Local meetings are Tuesdays, 7:30-8:30pm at the Douglas Recreation Centre. Info: 604-688-1716, langleyafg@shaw.ca or www.bcyukon-al-anon.org.

Alano Club of Langley A social club for people in recovery, open 365 days a year, 11am-3pm and 710pm. At 20433 Douglas Cres. Info: 604-532-9280.

Alateen The group supports young people recovering from the effects of living with problem drinking in a family member or friend. Ages 10 and up. The group meets at the Township Civic Facility, 20338 65th Ave. Info: 604-688-1716.

Alcoholics Anonymous Call Alcoholics Anonymous at the Langley intergroup office, 604-5332600. Answering machine after hours. Tues. eves. at George Preston Recreation Centre, 20699 42nd Ave., 8:30pm. Info: 604-434-3933 or 604533-2600.

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Poppy packed on Sunday Vehicles of all sizes, styles and eras filled a school field.

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Paul Bragg was at the Country Car Show April 26 at the Otter Co-op when he found a flyer left on the seat of his 1954 New Yorker Town and Country station wagon for the D.W. Poppy Secondary Car Show on May 3.

It was his first time for both events and the day before Poppy’s 28th annual show, he decided to drive from his Vancouver home to Langley, getting up at 6 a.m. May 3.

“I was lucky to make it,” he said.

His car overheated while waiting in line.

But he made it to a grassy spot on the field and as the awards were announced, his maroony brown station wagon was named overall winner.

He was stunned when his number was announced.

“There’s so many beautiful cars here,” he commented.

“Maybe it’s just a nostaligic pick.”

The big station wagon, with its rich brown interior, chrome accents and special brown paint job exterior is evocative

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Paul Bragg drove here from Vancouver in his 1954 New Yorker Town and Country station wagon and went home with the trophy for best overall vehicle. of the post-war prosperous era of the 1950s.

Sun and mild temperatures meant Bragg was one of more than 750 vehicles signed up for the show.

“It’s very weather dependent,” explained Marlene Yakabuski, who chairs the organizing committee.

Last year’s rain resulted in 60 registrations. The year before brought out 700 vehicles.

Another factor in the success this year may be the addition of an advance registration system. People who signed up in advance got a reduced fee and didn’t have to wait in the registration line.

Yakabuski said the show will use that system again. And the

organizers will be trying to get a count on the public attendance to track numbers.

The show was supposed to open at 8 a.m. but there were already long lines so they opened up early.

While the organizers are still doing the tally, early indications are for an outstanding result.

“We’re hoping that it brought in over $20,000 for the school,” she said.

The annual show becomes a school-wide event. The Dry Grad students help at the gate and the basketball team does the concession, which earns them funds. The show proceeds go towards the school trades programs.

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A28 Thursday, May 7, 2015

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Sixty Years Ago

As Langley ratepayers prepared to vote on whether or not to allow beer to be sold by the glass, opponents bandied about slogans such as “Beer or Bread?” and “Boost Booze and Bust Business!”

American buyers bought cattle from the Holstein herds of J.H. Mufford & Sons, W.J. Mufford, W. Newton, Worrell Bros., H. Davis, and H. Shaw.

Local doctors failed in their bid to unseat the Langley Memorial Hospital board when their motion, charging lack of cooperation on the part of hospital trustees, was ruled out of order.

April 25, 1935

Seventy Years Ago April 26, 1945

A public meeting discussed revisions to Fort Langley streetlighting.

Returning servicemen were advised to report to the Langley Committee on Rehabilitation.

April 28, 1955

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Fifty Years Ago

Look back through the files of the Langley Advance.

About 2,000 men, women, and children were expected to take part in the third annual Langley Walk – a 15-mile trek between Aldergrove and Fort Langley.

Thirty Years Ago

April 29, 1965

Forty Years Ago April 24, 1975

Length of the Langley Walk had been cut over the years. It had started out at 20 miles, but the 13th annual Walk was to be only 11 miles.

April 24, 1985

Two months before the annual event, Langley Days was cancelled due to unmanageable debt.

Thirteen local students were among Trinity Western College’s largest graduating class ever.

Twenty Years Ago April 26, 1995

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An arsonist set fire to a classroom door at Nicomekl Elementary School, while students, parents, and teachers were inside the room.

School principle Janice Clark noticed the fire and put it out before anyone was injured.

Officials unveiled Langley City’s new coat of arms.

Former Langley City mayor Reg Easingwood was made Freeman of the City.

Ten Years Ago April 26, 2005

Langley was gearing up for its first anuual Relay for Life, a 12-hour noncompetitive run aimed at raising awareness and money for the battle against cancer.

Candidates entered the provincial election campaign locally bearing banners for the Green Party and the Platinum Party.

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Thursday, May 7, 2015 A29 Next Wednesday’s fiddlers concert celebrates the violin’s cousin, the fiddle, with students and instructors alike entertaining during a by donation show at 7:30 p.m. at the school.

MUSIC

Pair of concerts wrap up the year Langley Community Music School hosts two events by donation.

From ragtime and blues, to folk and Celtic melodies, Langley Community Music School (LCMS) opens the stage to two year-end concerts next week.

The first is the year-end jazz concert on Monday, May 11, followed by the fiddlers concert on Wednesday, May 13 – both at 7:30 p.m.

“Both of these performances highlight the unique breadth of musical expertise that we foster at LCMS,” said LCMS principal Susan Magnusson.

“Our diverse programs give our students the opportunity to explore many different genres of music, while learning from great teachers.”

Admission to both concerts is by donation.

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Langley golfer back to Q school James Allenby doesn’t even attempt to sugar-coat the disaster that was his 2014 golf season.

“Oh, yeah,” Allenby says. “It was pretty awful.”

So awful that the 30-year-old Langley resident is back at PGA Tour Canada qualifying school, which begins Tuesday at Crown Isle Golf Resort in Courtenay.

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HOCKEY

Trio commit to Rivermen The Langley Rivermen have added two forwards with leadership qualities and a blueliner from Las Vegas to their fold.

Last week, Langley’s junior A hockey team announced the commitments of Ryan Barrow (born in 1997), and 1996born Chase Zieky and Brenden Russ to the its roster for the 2015/16 season.

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VOLLEYBALL

Canada tryouts at events centre Canada’s volleyball team for the FISU Games will have a distinct Trinity Western University Spartans flavour this year.

TWU hosts the selection camp, as Spartans’ coach Ryan Hofer will be Canada’s associate head coach, and seven members of the defending CISchampion Spartans will be competing for spots on the roster that will travel to South Korea for the 2015 World Universiade Games.

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LangleySPORTS THURSDAY, May 7, 2015 | Page A31 YOUTH CURLING

Tardi and teammates young Olympians A 16-year-old who calls the Langley club his curling home is gearing up for the Youth Olympics in Norway.

be chosen so it’s pretty special to make the team.

“I’m really looking forward to being on the team with Tyler as I think we meshed well together this year, so it will be great to curl with him again.”

The B.C. pair will be joined

by Mary Fay and Karlee TROY LANDREVILLE Burgess from Nova Scotia, sports@langleyadvance.com who were part of the team yler Tardi, who for the past seven that took women’s silver at years has honed his craft on the the Canada Winter Games.

Langley Curling Club’s ice, is offiThe first event in cially a young Olympian.

Lillehammer is a mixed comThe 16-year-old Cloverdale resident and petition where each country’s Team Canada curlers gathered in Quebec for a training camp Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary student was team is made up of two boys the weekend of April 25-26. recently selected to represent Canada at the and two girls.

2016 Youth Olympic Games in Lillehammer, As well, there will be a Norway next February. mixed doubles competition Dad’s influence Tardi joins Sterling Middleton – who lives where one boy will be paired with one girl Curling runs in the Tardi family. in Fort St. John and plays out of the Fort from different countries.

Dad Paul coaches Tyler and his 18-yearSt. John Curling Club – as one of two B.C. The 16 mixed teams include one team old brother Jordan, and is a curler, himself. curlers named to the Canadian squad. from the host country (Norway), two from Paul was a competitive junior curler years Tardi and Middleton represented B.C. at North America, one from South America, ago in Manitoba. the 2015 Canada Winter Games in Prince three from Asia, one from Oceania, and “I always watched my dad play in George this past February, where they won eight from Europe.

Cloverdale, in the league, and I wanted to the bronze.

Since this is Tardi’s try it,” Tardi said. “Once he got me out Tardi skipped the first experience at an B.C. men’s team and event of this calibre, he’s there one day, when I was maybe six or so, I loved it.”

Middleton played expecting the competiWhen the brothers decided to try curling, third. tion to be tough.

Paul offered to be their coach because there Speaking about the “I’m not really sure was a need, Anita explained. news, Tardi said: what to expect from “Lots of kids are willing to play, but “I’m at a loss for the other teams but I’m unfortunately there are not enough qualiwords, it’s amazing. expecting them to be fied coaches,” she added.

I’ve always wanted to great, so we’re going For three years Paul was the manager wear the Maple Leaf to have to be on top of of Optimist Junior Interclub’s Division 1, and that dream has our game,” he said. ngley Advance a competitive curling league in the Lower Troy Landreville/La now come true.”

The Canadian team Mainland that plays out of Langley. er m m su d an Tardi said that g recently travelled to rin sp e For his efforts and because of the success The ice is out for th n even though makMontreal for the first g Club, but Canadia rlin Cu ley ng La e of the teams he’s coached and for giving th at i rd Ta ing Canada’s Youth ler of what are planned Ty r team membe pic ym Ol back to the curling community, Paul was h ut Yo o. ot Olympics team was to be several training b recently for a ph named the 2014 Curl BC Coach of the Year visited his home clu a “huge” goal of his, camps over the next (Anita Cochrane Award), and was the 2014 “It was a huge shock few months. Montreal Pacific Western Brewing (PWB) Community when I finally manwas the destination due to the fact that the Foundation Hometown Heroes bursary aged to pull it off.”

Canadian wheelchair curling championrecipient.

Tyler’s mom Anita is proud of his accomships were taking place in the suburb of How much of an influence does his dad plishment.

Boucherville and it was a chance for the have on Tyler’s game?

“To be one of four curling athletes from team members to get together and get some “Almost all of it,” he answered.

Canada at the Youth Olympics… it blows ice time. us away,” she said.

Tardi has plenty of experience as a Master of mixed The 16-year-old Middleton, meanwhile, skip but what position he’ll play for the Tardi is a two-time B.C. mixed doubles was equally excited.

Canadian team in Lillehammer is yet to be champion, and has competed in the 2013 “It’s an honour to be picked. I’m really determined. happy because it was my goal for this The skip is like the team’s captain, calling and 2015 Canadian mixed doubles trials. continued on page A32… year,” he said. “So many people wanted to the game and throwing the last two rocks.

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