14
www.hopestandard.com
Thursday, September 24, 2015 The Hope Standard
Community
Presented by
#muckms
The wedding guitar caper MUCK YOU. MUCK YOUR FRIENDS.
MUCK EVERYONE. IT’S FOR CHARITY.
CHILLIWACK, BC Saturday, October 3 Register at muckMS.ca Dicklands Farms
A very special guitar was stolen in Hope last Monday — the beloved object was a wedding gift for Whitney Chan, from her husband Brian on their wedding day. The distraught couple started a search and rescue mission to retrieve the guitar, with the help of friends. “On Saturday, a small group went with Whitney and I to put up posters along the highway and nearby towns, all the way to Hope,” said Brian. “There was a pawn store in Chilliwack that I wanted to visit, so Whitney and I arrived at Nuway Pawn Broker and handed them a poster.” The couple were directed to another shop across the street to hand out more posters, while their friends covered the streets, spreading the message of a stolen musical treasure. “It was a long day and I felt discouraged on the way back, but Whitney reminded me to have faith and trust. The couple survived a troubled weekend, and with the dawning of a new week came the good news that the wedding guitar (a symbol of their love for one another) had been recovered Monday afternoon at Common Exchange (a pawn shop in Chilliwack.) They did what any ecstatic owners of a lost treasure would do — they drove out in the morning to take it back. Proving to be in good condition with the
SUBMITTED PHOTO
Whitney Chan and her husband Brian (centre) got a second chance at a lost love, when their stolen wedding guitar was located at a pawn shop in Chilliwack, after it had been stolen near Hope.
case still in tact, there were a few personal inscriptions on the guitar that had been erased. “Inside the sound hole, “for my brother Caleb” had been chiseled out and the leather strap
with my name on it is missing,” said Brian. “We didn’t ask many questions — we don’t know whether the perpetrator had a change of heart or was just trying to sell it, but we were elated that
it had been found. A rep from Common Exchange noted that in her many years at the store, something like this, has only happened twice. “God is good, always, all times.”
Get to know our primary care providers in Hope Dr. Benedict Yap, Family Physician
Dr. Saif Razouki, Family Physician
I have havebeen been a practicing physician a practicing familyfamily physician in Hope in Hope since August 2014, right after graduating since August 2014, right after graduating from UBC. from UBC. worknot here not only My work hereMy involves onlyinvolves clinical practice clinical practice in my office, but providing in my office, but also providing care also for patients care patients the Access FraserClinic, Canyon Open at thefor Fraser CanyonatOpen doing Access Clinic, doing emergency room and emergency room shifts and looking aftershifts patients looking after patients in the hospital. in the hospital.
Havingbeen been working in Hope since August Having working in Hope since August 2014,I must I must enjoy practicing 2014, say I say enjoyI practicing in the ruralin the rural setting, still being close to the setting, while stillwhile being close to the metropolitan metropolitanTheenvironment. The here health care environment. health care system facilitates system here facilitates of primary care provision of primary careprovision in all settings, and offers in all settings,ofand erswe thestrive continuity care the continuity careoff that towards.ofThe thatI we strive Theand staffthe I work with are staff work withtowards. are fantastic doctors fantastic the doctors haveinbeen extremely have beenand extremely supportive guiding supportive in new guiding mentoring and mentoring doctorsand coming in to the new doctors coming the work, community. I focus community. I focusin onto clinical providing care onallclinical work, providing all patients. for patients. Other than my care officefor practice, I work Other than officeand practice, I work in the ER, in the ER, walkmy in clinic do hospital rounds.
community andand II enjoy enjoythat thatHope Hopeisisa aclose-knit close-knit community has a personal touch to it. People are friendly, has a personal touch to it. People are friendly, supportive and making it a itgreat supportive andapproachable, approachable, making a great place to toto thethe bigbig city, place to live liveand andwork. work.Compared Compared city, Hope is a haven of its own. The peace, quiet and Hope is a haven of its own. The peace, quiet and relaxing feel is is very attractive. relaxing feelofofthe thecommunity community very attractive. When I’m hiking and fishing are some When I’mnot notworking, working, hiking and fishing are hobbies I like toIexplore. some hobbies like to explore.
TOUR DE VALLEY September 24 – October 2, 2015
walk in clinic and do hospital rounds.
Residents of Hope and the Fraser Canyon who would like a local Family Doctor or Nurse Practitioner can now
What Can You Do?
Thursday Sept 24 Abbotsford / Chilliwack Friday Sept 25 Chilliwack / Mission Saturday Sept 26 Chilliwack /Abbotsford / Hope
CALL PAM
Sunday Sept 27 Hope / Boston Bar Monday Sept 28 Abbotsford Tuesday Sept 29 Langley
(Patient Attachment Mechanism)
Wednesday Sept 30 South Surrey / White Rock
For Hope and the Fraser Canyon 1-844-795-0034
visit tourdevalley.ca
Thursday Oct 1 Delta / Tsawwassen Friday Oct 2 Surrey
TOUR SPONSOR
9 am to 3 pm, Monday to Friday | More information: www.divisionsbc.ca/chilliwack
A GP for Me PAM is part of A GP for Me, a provincial initiative of the Government of BC and Doctors of BC.
09/15H_CDOF24