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Renowned volunteer Esworthy passes Langley’s longtime volunteer, and a citizen and senior of the year, David Esworthy, has died.

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Winter wonderland Local residents shared photos of the frost-covered trees, rivers, and fields of Langley during our recent cold snap. See the photos or add your own on our Facebook page.

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Are you prepared for the big one?

An earthquake hit the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island last week, jolting many Langley residents. Local emergency expert Ginger Sherlock is hoping it serves as a wakeup call.

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Daredevils of all ages crowded the shores of the Fraser River at noon on Jan. 1 to take part in Langley’s increasingly popular Polar Bear Swim. Some came in costume this year.

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For the week of January 7, 2016

dates to note Monday, January 11 | 7 - 11pm Regular Council Meeting Civic Facility Fraser River Presentation Theatre Wednesday, January 13 | 7 - 9pm Recreation, Culture, and Parks Advisory Committee Civic Facility Salmon River Committee Room

road closure

Nominees Sought for Swensson, Flowerdew, and Arnason Awards

A temporary road closure of 206 Street between 69 Avenue and 70 Avenue will be in effect starting Monday, January 11 to Friday, February 5.

The closure will be in effect Monday to Friday, 7am – 5pm.

Do you know an individual, youth, or a couple who improves life for others and makes a difference in the community? If so, the Township of Langley would like to know about them.

Nominations are currently being accepted for the 2016 Pete Swensson Outstanding Community Youth Award, 2015 Eric Flowerdew Volunteer Award, and the 2015 John and Muriel Arnason Award.

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206 Street closed from 69 Avenue to 70 Avenue

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Pre-game party before each home game at 5:30pm in the Fox Hole!

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Vancouver Stealth NLL Lacrosse Sat Jan 9 7:00pm vs. New England Black Wolves Regular season home opener.

The road closure is required to enable completion of development related works with the installation of storm and sanitary sewer mains.

The detour route shown in the map provides a safe means of access around the construction site.

Engineering Division 604.533.6006 enginfo@tol.ca

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Sat Jan 16 6:00pm vs. Nanaimo Clippers

Valley West Hawks BC Major Midget Boys’ Hockey Sun Jan 17 11:00am vs. NorthWest Giants The Langley Events Centre is located at 7888 - 200 Street For ticket information, contact Langley Events Centre 604.882.8800 • LangleyEventsCentre.com

public notice Schedule of 2016 Township of Langley Council Meetings Online

public notices 2016 Council Advisory Committee Appointments Volunteering is a great way to get involved, provide input on important issues, and make a positive contribution to our diverse and growing community. The Township is presently seeking volunteers for the following Council Advisory Committees: • Agricultural Advisory and Economic Enhancement Committee 2 positions for members of the agricultural community • Agricultural Advisory and Economic Enhancement Committee 1 position for a person between the ages of 16 and 24 • Heritage Advisory Committee 1 position for a person between the ages of 16 and 24 • Seniors Advisory Committee 1 position for a person between the ages of 16 and 24 A description of each Advisory Committee and an application form is available on the Township’s website at tol.ca/committee.

Please complete the application form and attach a brief resume.

Deadline: Friday, January 29, 2016 Online: tol.ca/committee Email: Mail:

Phone:

legservicesinfo@tol.ca Deputy Township Clerk Legislative Services Department Township of Langley 20338 - 65 Avenue Langley, BC V2Y 3J1 604.533.6100

Fax:

604.533.6054

According to the Community Charter Section 127 (1) a Council must: (a) make available to the public a schedule of the date, time, and place of regular Council meetings, and (b) give notice of the availability of the schedule in accordance with section 94 (public notice) at least once a year.

Regular Council meetings are held at the Civic Facility, Fraser River Presentation Theatre, 4th Floor, 20338 - 65 Avenue, unless otherwise noted.

For a complete schedule of 2016 Council meetings or to view Council meeting agendas, visit our website at tol.ca.

Wendy Bauer Deputy Township Clerk 604.533.6101

A $750 monetary award will be presented to a recognized charity or society chosen by the winners of the Eric Flowerdew Volunteer Award and the John and Muriel Arnason Award.

For additional criteria and nomination forms, visit tol.ca/awards.

For more information contact:

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The Pete Swensson Outstanding Community Youth Award is awarded annually to a Langley student in Grade 11 or 12 who is nominated by his or her school to recognize athletic achievements, scholastic effort, community involvement, and personal qualities. If you know an outstanding youth who should be considered for nomination, contact the school’s principal.

The Eric Flowerdew Volunteer Award recognizes a volunteer who promotes an active living lifestyle that enhances residents’ quality of life through creative, cultural, physical, or social pursuits, promotes traditional and non-traditional recreation activities, and enhances Langley’s community spirit.

The John and Muriel Arnason Award is presented to a volunteer couple who advocate culture, learning, and literacy, foster partnerships and cooperative efforts, and create the potential for long-term benefits to the Langley community.

Deadline for nominations is Friday, February 12, 2016.

We appreciate your patience.

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Temporary Road Closure: 206 Street Between 69 Avenue and 70 Avenue

Township of Langley Civic Facility 20338 - 65 Avenue, Langley V2Y 3J1 604.534.3211 | tol.ca

Coming Events

20338 - 65 Avenue, Langley V2Y 3J1 | 604.534.3211

Legislative Services 604.533.6100

Interested in volunteering for the Township?

Visit tol.ca/volunteer for information.

Recreation, Culture, and Parks 604.533.6086

Sarah Morris Special Events Coordinator 604.533.6148 smorris@tol.ca

Curbside Collection Services in Winter Conditions When winter conditions such as snow and icy roads affect curbside collection services, residents are asked to ensure their cans are still visible and leave their garbage, recycling, and Green Can out for the day. The contractor will do its best to pick up the material before the end of the day.

There are a few easy ways you can find out if you should bring materials back in at the end of the day or put it out for the following week: 1. Visit tol.ca/garbage and sign up for a weekly collection reminder and be notified by email or phone 2. View an updated list of collection delays at http://sierrawaste.ca/ township-of-langley 3. Call 604.530.3939 for updates Engineering Division 604.532.7300 opsinfo@tol.ca

public programs and events Christmas Tree Chipping Events After the holidays, recycle your Christmas tree at one of the following events. Chipping is done by donation and trees must be bare, with no decorations or tinsel on them!

1st Walnut Grove Scouts Dates: Saturday, January 9 Time: 9:30am to 4:30pm Location: Walnut Grove Secondary School 8919 Walnut Grove Drive, front (east) parking lot Pickup service is available in Walnut Grove for a minimum donation of $10 per tree, in Fort Langley and Willoughby (north of 72 Ave) for a minimum donation of $15 per tree, and in Willoughby (South of 72 Ave) for a minimum donation of $20 per tree. Trees will only be picked up on January 9. Please email treepickup@1stwalnutgrovescouts.ca or call Tony at 778.858.5331 to schedule a pickup.

1st Willoughby Scouts Dates: Saturday, January 9 Time: 9:00am to 4:00pm Location: Willoughby Elementary School – 20766 - 80 Avenue Pickup service is available for a minimum donation of $10 per tree in Willoughby, and a minimum $20 donation per tree for areas outside of Willoughby. Please call Kathy at 604.329.7052 to schedule a pickup.

Engineering Division 604.532.7300 opsinfo@tol.ca

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Public views sought on H20 Metro Vancouver is looking for public input on water after 2015’s long, hot summer. It plans to introduce basic changes for 2016 with longer term changes in the works. Go to metrovan.org for an online feedback form.

Over the next year and a half, Metro Vancouver is reviewing and updating the Water Shortage Response Plan (WSRP).

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COMMUNITY

Longtime volunteer dies David Esworthy, a B.C. Sports Hall of Fame member and active Langley volunteer, died on Dec. 19, 2015. He was 86.

The longtime Langley resident was involved in equestrian sports David Esworthy for decades, and 1929-2015 in 2009 was inducted into the hall of fame for his work in that field. He served as president of the Horse Council of B.C., among other roles.

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Langley loses outspoken resident Dave Hall served the community to the end.

years, including a term as board chair.

As well, he was a fitness and sports enthusiast who was devoted to the community. He encouraged young people to be active HEATHER COLPITTS and was a volunteer at hcolpitts@langleyadvance.com events such as the annual Dave Hall has died, just Tri-it Triathlon and Terry weeks after resigning from Fox Runs.

Langley City council due to Hall lived in the City for cancer. more than three decades, “Dave was a devoted served 20 years on the member of council. He City’s Advisory Planning regularly conducted his Committee and 17 on the own research to understand City Park, Recreation and the issues and possibilities Environment Committee. within our city. Dave often The City has lowered brought an opposing view flags in his honour. to the council table which In lieu of flowers, the Langley Advance files contributed to compelling Hall family requested that Dave Hall (left) had some fun for the Langley Advance camera with the rest of and engaging discussions,” any donations be directed Langley City council at a pre-Christmas meeting in 2014. Also shown are Ted said Mayor Ted Schaffer. towards organizations that Schaffer (seated left), Peter Fassbender (in front), Jack Arnold, Teri James and Hall served on City counsupport cancer research like Gayle Martin. cil for the past seven years, the Terry Fox Foundation including working on numor the BC Cancer in City meetings and procedon the City council, where erous committees. He resigned Foundation. More information ures, and tighter controls on he frequently disagreed with in late November. about Hall’s Celebration of Life taxpayer spending. his fellow councillors. Budget Hall had often served as a will be provided as it becomes Hall was also a Langley debates often became heated as kind of unofficial opposition available.

School District trustee for nine Hall pushed for more openness

REAL ESTATE

Property assessments continue to jump Home values see their steepest increase in a decade.

MATTHEW CLAXTON mclaxton@langleyadvance.com

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Houses in Langley are worth more than they were a year ago – in some cases a lot more, according to assessments released this month.

BC Assessment has sent out its valuation of homes, which will be used to help set local property tax rates.

In Langley City and Township, the assessed value of single family homes rose by around 10 to 15 per cent for 2016 compared to last year.

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condo values have increased the age and type of the house slowly or not at all. as well as recent sale prices in “We are seeing a little bit of the surrounding areas. movement now, increasingly on “This is a representation of the townhomes,” said Smith. the median sale price,” said Condo prices have been Brian Smith, a deputy assessor. stable, he said.

It’s the largest The reasons average increase for They have townhouses and single family homes until Feb. 1 [to condos have lagged since 2004/05 in the in price increases Lower Mainland, appeal] include the fact Smith said. That Brian Smith that there is a lot of year saw a 24 per new construction cent increase in the in those markets, region. along with a competition among The increase in value was builders on price. mainly linked to single family Meanwhile, people who want homes. single family homes have to pay Over the past several years, more or move. houses have consistently People are moving steadily increased in sale price, accordeast within the Fraser Valley ing to both BC Assessment as they are priced out of the and local real estate data. western communities closer to Meanwhile, townhouses and

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BC Assessment chose a number of “typical” homes around the Langleys and looked at their price increases.

A Walnut Grove home was up 12 per cent to $606,000, a Brookswood home up by the same percentage to $654,000, and an Aldergrove home up 11 per cent to $418,000.

Aldergrove may now have some of the cheapest single family homes compared to elsewhere around Metro Vancouver.

So far there haven’t been a lot of calls from homeowners challenging their assessments, said Smith.

“They will have until Feb. 1 [to challenge],” Smith said.

Appeals can be filed online at www.bcassessment.ca.

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Timing surprised parents

COURTS

Reagan Dinzey was the first baby born in Langley in 2016.

The legal battle over a TWU law school continues.

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Elsa and Derek Dinzey didn’t think their daughter would be the first born in Langley this year.

“She wasn’t due until the fourth, the third or fourth,” said Elsa.

But Reagan Dinzey is Langley’s New Years baby, the first born at Langley Memorial Hospital after the start of 2016.

“She wasn’t born until the afternoon,” said Elsa.

They were sure someone else must have had a child before the Dinzey’s arrived at the hospital.

In fact, there was a bit of an unofficial competition underway.

“There was another couple that was in labour as well,” Derek said.

“They weren’t sure who had ‘won,’” Elsa said.

But eventually the nurses confirmed that Reagan was the official first baby of the year, to the surprise of her parents.

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Elsa and Derek Dinzey and their new daughter Reagan, who is the first baby born in Langley in 2016. help of local midwife Leigh Sheppard.

The only thing her parents had worried about was that their third child would be born during or before the holidays.

Derek joked that they just wanted her to be born after Christmas and New Years.

She managed that, and also has a birthday close to those of her two older brothers.

Gavin, three, was born in late December and Kurtis, two, was born in January.

It’s now a big time of year for the Dinzey family.

“We had gotten engaged on Jan. 1,” Derek noted, adding their daughter’s birthday to that anniversary.

As the first baby of the year, Reagan went home with a package of items provided by the Langley Memorial Hospital Auxiliary, including blankets and clothes.

She’s been a quiet baby so far, mostly just sleeping and eating, her parents noted.

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A Langley collectibles shop hit by a string of break-ins and attempted break-ins is on the verge of folding after being damaged by flooding early Tuesday.

Wiser’s Wide World of Collectibles, which hosts games nights and sells items such as comic books, board games, sports memorabilia and Pokemon cards, was boarded up Tuesday after what appears to be a failed effort by ram raiders to enter the store.

Police attended Wiser’s, at 96th Avenue and 201st Street, around 3:30 a.m. for an audible alarm, said Cpl. Holly Largy, spokeswoman for the Langley RCMP. A wood barricade being used to replace a metal garage door – which had apparently been destroyed by a large vehicle in a previous break-in attempt – was smashed, breaking an overhead sprinkler and causing a minor flood, Largy said.

The store’s owner, Christopher Wise, wasn’t sure if anything went missing, but estimated $2,000 worth of inventory had been destroyed, Largy said.

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The Law Society of B.C. is appealing a ruling last month that Langley’s Trinity Western University could accredit future lawyers.

The ongoing legal dispute began when TWU announced it wanted to open its own law school.

Trinity has been controversial for years because of its Community Covenant, a document students and staff must sign, which among other things forbids sex outside of heterosexual marriage.

When TWU asked law societies across Canada to allow it to train lawyers, some allowed it, others, including Ontario’s, said it would not accept TWU graduates as lawyers.

In B.C., the local Law Society’s benchers – the society’s governing body – at first voted in favour of accreditation. After an outcry by some lawyers and a vote against it by the society’s membership, they changed their mind in October 2014.

TWU sought a legal ruling and on Dec. 10. Chief Justice Christopher Hinkson ruled against

the Law Society.

He found the benchers had improperly given up their authority to the society members at large.

Now the society will take the case to the B.C. Court of Appeal.

“We respectfully maintain that it was proper for the Benchers to conclude that the voice of our members is important and that we should be guided by that voice on this issue,” said Law Society president David Crossin.

He also said that issues of competing Charter rights are raised by the TWU law school – the rights of gay, lesbian, and transgender people to equality, and the religious freedom rights of TWU. The B.C. Court of Appeal should resolve this fundamental issue, Crossin said.

“We had hoped the Law Society of B.C. would let Justice Hinkson’s decision stand, but we were prepared for an appeal, and we’re pleased that the decision will now rest with the courts,” said TWU spokesperson Amy Robertson.

“The decision to approve a law school graduate must be based not on the personal views of society members, but on the law and evidence. For this reason, we believe the decision to approve TWU graduates will stand in the end,” Robertson said.

This is just one of several legal battles TWU has faced over its planned law school.

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Wise wasn’t available for comment Tuesday but a post to the store’s Facebook page suggests the most-recent damage may be the last straw for him.

“Wiser’s Collectibles will be closed for an undetermined amount of time as we have had a second vehicle (smash) into us and this time hit the sprinkler, destroying a lot of the store. After 28 years I may have to walk away as my heart is broken.”

Tuesday night’s flooding followed a trio of attempted

robberies during the past three weeks.

On Dec. 15, the business’s door was damaged, but no one gained access to the building.

On Dec. 18, police responded to an alarm and found a vehicle at the scene after the store’s garage door was smashed. The vehicle was seized, but a K9 unit was unable to establish tracks.

Hockey cards worth about $3,500 were missing. On Dec. 30, someone tried to drill through the wood barricade, but failed to gain access.

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Thieves sought in multiple heists Langley RCMP are looking for theft suspects.

MATTHEW CLAXTON mclaxton@langleyadvance.com

The Langley RCMP is looking for a man wanted for the theft of electronics from a local cellphone repair store.

Dean Christopher Kalynchuk has been charged with a break and enter that took place on Oct. 6 in Langley City. He allegedly took several iPads, phones, and cellphone parts during the theft.

Kalynchuk is 45 years old, 5’8” tall, and weighs 166 pounds. He has brown hair and blue eyes, and has several tattoos, including an ape and a titan on his right arm, and a dragon and a mermaid on his left arm.

Kalynchuk’s last known address was in Langley City, but he has also been known to frequent Surrey, said Cpl. Holly Largy, spokesperson for the Langley RCMP. The police are also looking to identify

Dean Kalynchuk is wanted for the theft of electronics on Oct. 6. several alleged thieves caught on camera at thefts ranging from a heist of tools to a shoplifting of razor blades.

On June 29, two men in a black Honda Civic coupe broke into KMS Tools on the Langley Bypass. After using power tools to get into the building, the men took three welders and a compressor kit, valued at about $5,000 in total, Largy said.

One of the men wore an Under Armour hoodie during the break in.

On. Nov. 12, a South Langley business was broken into and company credit cards stolen. The cards were used several times that day before they were cancelled.

Police believe they have video surveillance images of the people who used the stolen cards.

On Dec. 23, a man stole a knife set worth more than $700 from the Langley Sears. He was seen leaving the mall parking lot in a red Toyota Corolla.

A break in to several lockers at the Walnut Grove Community Centre resulted in the theft of credit cards, cellphones, car keys, and a vehicle. Police say they have two suspects, one described as 5’9” wearing a

black leather jacket, black pants, and a black shirt with a skull on the front. He may have had a red beard, and his face appeared to be injured, with Band-Aids on it, Largy said.

The other suspect, a woman, was about 5’7” with long blondebrown hair. She was heavy set and was wearing white headphones or earmuffs around her neck, a purple and blue jacket, blue jeans, and black runners.

In a New Year’s Day theft, a man walked

into the Langley WalMart and walked out again with headphones, razor blades, and electric razors, without paying. He may have been with a woman.

Anyone with information on Kalynchuk or any of the other incidents can call the Langley RCMP at 604-532-3200, or to remain anonymous, call CrimeStoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or visit www. solvecrime.ca, or text BCTIP and your message to CRIMES (274637).

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Horses hit by car MATTHEW CLAXTON mclaxton@langleyadvance.com

A pair of loose horses were struck by a car in South Aldergrove on the evening of Jan. 1.

The Langley Animal Protection Society (LAPS) and the RCMP were called out to the 1600 block of 272nd Street that night, said LAPS director Sean Baker.

Baker said two horses had gotten loose and were injured in the incident. Local residents with halters and leads helped round up the animals and LAPS workers called in a veterinarian.

A canvas of nearby homes turned up the horses’ owners, and both animals were taken to a vet.

Baker said it didn’t appear that the horses were fatally injured.

The driver of the vehicle stayed at the scene and spoke to the RCMP.

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A break in to lockers at the Walnut Grove Pool allowed suspects to steal credit cards, keys, and a car.

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SAFETY

Quake shakes lots awake The tremor caused no reported damage but jolted many.

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Boots, flashlight, an emergency A small earthquake that kit, and maybe rattled homes across Langley a sign for your Dec. 29 has locals asking for car or window – more emergency preparedness advice.

Ginger Sherlock Ginger Sherlock, Langley’s has some advice emergency planning coordinon how to prep ator, said there have been for a quake or more calls from the public askother disaster. ing what they need to know, Matthew Claxton Langley Advance and do, to be prepared for a big disaster.

The quake hit at 11:39 p.m. and was centered just east of Vancouver Island, north-northeast of Victoria.

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, it had a strength of 4.8 on the Richter Langley Advance Facebook page. loved ones to ensure their scale, while Natural Resources safety: if you cannot, appoint “My wall jolted me in a way Canada measured it at 4.3. someone who will.

I can’t explain,” wrote Chantal No major damage was • Know what the school will Crowell. reported, but many residents do (for children) and your Others managed to sleep said they felt the sudden jolt, employer’s expectations. through it peacefully. with many comparing it to a • Have a communications The quake is the strongest in truck hitting the side of their plan – know how you will the area in recent years. house. connect afterwards and where Sherlock provided some Sherlock’s job involves trying everyone will meet. information on quakes and to make sure as many people • Take a first aid course, so how to get through them. as possible are prepared for you can look after minor injura quake, flood, major fire, or What to do? ies and help others, neighbours other catastrophe. and friends.

• Sign up for eAlerts on the One of the problems of emer• Have enough equipment, TOL website – during events, gency preparedness is that it food and water to ‘camp’ updates will be sent directly to can seem overwhelming at for seven days (including a your email. first, she said. porta-potty with sterile hand • For more information There are long lists of things wipes. and links, visit the Langley to do and buy, of items that Emergency Program’s website should be in emergency kits The consequences? at langleyemergency.ca.

– food, water, flashlights, first Looking at other earthquakes • Sign up for notifications aid kits, batteries, and so on – that have happened around the that people can simply give up. and preparedness information world, we know: via social media: Facebook & Asked if there was just one • Power may be out for days, Twitter at LangleyPrepared. thing people could do that • Sewer and water lines may • Understand that after a would make a difference, the be out for weeks, major earthquake, regular first thing Sherlock picked was • Transportation capabilities first responders will be oversimple. and routes may be altered whelmed and there will be She said everyone should temporarily that may extend a delay in getting to those tuck two items under their bed months and years, trapped and injured.

– a pair of hard-soled shoes or • Our building codes are • You will be in charge of boots, with a flashlight tucked good and most buildings will your personal safety, wherever inside or even taped to the withstand the movement, you are (work, play, home… boots.

• Older buildings, especialholidays).

After one bad quake in ly those built with brick, are • You need to look after California, there were more susceptible to major than 1,100 people admitimpacts, and ted to hospitals with • Health care system cuts from broken glass.

EARTHQUAKE 101: will be temporarily overHaving hard-soled We can experience three types whelmed with the influx shoes and a flashlight of earthquakes: of impacted injuries. close to hand gives • The crustal ones are close to the you the ability to move Key messages: surface, violent, and short lasting – around and see what • Be prepared, not these happen extremely rarely, and you’re doing even if the scared they are not felt far away. windows have shattered.

• Start small – but • The deep crustal ones happen Communication is start.

Last week’s earthfrequently along the coast, and another key, and one quake was your wakeup Sherlock says the sometimes effect populated areas – call.

Langleys need to work such as Nisqually’s 2001 earthquake, • The hardest thing to on. She’s reaching out to and last week’s Sidney earthquake explain after the quake, churches and commun– both of these quakes were felt by is why you were not ity groups so they can Langleyites. These quakes are felt far ready… plan and coordinate how away due to the quake location and • Get a pair of hard to give aid in the wake radiating movement. soled shoes and put a of a big quake.

The subduction zone earthquake, flashlight in one, then Local residents turned also called the ‘Big One’, would last place under your bed. to social media in the for minutes, and be felt by most After an earthquake (or wake of the jolt from if the smoke alarm goes within the West Coast regions. last week’s quake. off), you have protection Langley citizens would feel like they “My whole building so your feet do not get are standing on a moving boat, as shook. I thought a car cut from broken glass, there would be a rocking motion. hit the building,” wrote and you can see.

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Rotarians help feed hungry kids on weekends Wix Brown Elementary students Saje Keller, William Smith, Laurel Ellickson, and Cara Golat helped Starfish committee member Peter Skeates unload backpacks full of food for some of their fellow students. Meanwhile (below) Community volunteers Sylvia Mountain and Alwyn Schluyen, along with school district foundation coordinator Laura d’Alva, showed off some of the Starfish backpacks going out to children in need in Langley.

A series of Langley service clubs are providing food to students in need.

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It’s heartbreaking for teachers in the Langley school district to see their students arrive to class hungry on Monday mornings.

For a number of reasons, some local students don’t have enough to eat during the weekends.

They arrive at school fatigued and have a difficult time focusing on their school work.

This is where and why the Rotary Club’s Starfish Pack program comes in, said Dorothy McKim, president of the Rotary Club of Langley Central.

Backpacks full of healthy and easy-to-prepare food are being handed out to elementary and middle school students to take home on Fridays, she explained.

There is enough food to last the weekend, a gap in time when the kids can’t rely on their schools’ hot breakfast and lunch programs.

“All the food is purchased because of its nutritional value.

We have also made sure the kids will like it, so they will eat it over the weekend,” McKim said.

Fifty children have been iden-

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tified as being in need of such assistance, so the Rotary Club is contributing partial proceeds from its recent 26th annual Fraser Valley Wine Fest to this new local program.

The total number of backpacks will be determined when the final fundraising total comes in, McKim said.

At a cost of $525 per student for the academic year, the backpacks contain easy-to-prepare, kid-friendly food, such as peanut butter, granola bars, cans of ravioli, and crackers that are carefully selected for their nutri-

tional worth.

“We want to ensure it’s easy to prepare so it’s easier for the kids and families,” said McKim, adding the food, which will be donated by local grocery stores, is microwaveable if it needs to be heated.

“There is enough food for two breakfasts, two lunches and two dinners,” she elaborated.

The Starfish Pack program was started by Rotary in Abbotsford during the 2013-14 school year.

During the day, 400 students in that district use hot breakfast and lunch programs, and an

estimated 300 of these students went without nutritional food on the weekends.

Thanks to the Abbotsford Rotary Club, 263 students from 22 schools were given the opportunity to take part in the program.

Other Rotary Clubs from Langley are now initiating the program locally.

In October, Rotary Club Langley Sunrise supplied 21 backpacks to Wix Brown Elementary and Coghlan Fundamental Elementary – just in time for the Thanksgiving

weekend.

Aldergrove Rotary Club began its Starfish program back in April, and supports 50 students from Parkside and Shortreed Elementary schools, as well as Betty Gilbert Middle School.

Students in the leadership program at Brookswood and Aldergrove Secondary schools are helping stock the backpacks, and volunteers deliver them to the elementary schools.

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House cost may hit orbit soon

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Militia fantasy is a cowboy dream

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antasy is underrated as a force in politics.

Take a look at Oregon, for example. Right now a group of self-styled militiamen (i.e. heavily armed anti-government wackos) have taken over the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.

They have a couple of ostensible goals in mind. First, they wanted to protest the treatment of two local ranchers who set fires that scorched public land and endangered firefighters. But the ranchers, facing a stiff five-year jail term, turned themselves in and started serving their time earlier this week.

Their secondary goal is to force the U.S. federal government to turn over federal land to “locals,” or in other words, ranchers, loggers and miners, and damn any talk of balancing priorities or the environment or even the difficulty of determining who would control the lands in the future.

These goals may be the ones put forward, but they’re secondary to a deeper goal.

These guys are attempting to live out a fantasy of agency.

Very few people have a lot of power in their day to day lives. Even people who do have a lot of power – the wealthy, elected officials, senior military commanders, high ranking cops – can’t actually do anything they want.

One of the hallmarks of living in a civilized society is that the powerful are not all-powerful. They too must follow the rules and be accountable for their actions.

This is both positive and negative. Democracies are structured so that change can happen, but only within certain channels. So even though our system means MATTHEW that tyrants can’t easily round us up and put chips in our heads, it is also difficult to fight for social change or to combat corruption that is deeply embedded in the existing social order. You can’t just show up with a six gun and call out the bad guy, whoever you think the bad guy is.

Well, you can’t. I can’t. We know and understand that the world doesn’t work like that, and that it never really did.

Not so the militia goons who are now holed up in a government building near a migratory bird sanctuary.

They think they’re cowboys. They think they’re revolutionaries, like the Continental Army of the 1770s. They think that you can use violence, or at least the barely veiled threat of violence, to change things.

These guys aren’t interested in petitioning, organizing, running for election,

Painful Truth

ow much higher can house prices go in Metro Vancouver?

Aside from a very brief blip during the darkest days of the recession, prices have been rising for more than a decade. We could call the rise “steady,” but it’s been closer to meteoric.

Meanwhile, wages have been rising much more slowly. And we’re running out of land that isn’t part of the ALR. You would think that eventually, some kind of limit would be hit and there’d be a price correction, or at least a pause while we caught our breath for a few years.

So far, everyone who has predicted the housing apocalypse for Vancouver (and Toronto, in a similar situation) has been wrong. It seems like such a safe bet. What goes up must come down. And yet, house prices stubbornly refuse to decline.

Whether the cause is foreign buyers or local speculators, or just ordinary demand, we are already seeing some consequences for local homeowners.

One of the least talked about is that the gap between detached houses and every other type of home is splitting owners into winners and losers.

Winners bought houses five, 10, 40 years ago. They will reap huge rewards if they sell now.

Losers have been renters, or bought townhouses or condos. Their homes have not appreciated in value, or not nearly as much. Throw almost everyone between the ages of 18 and 30 into this category – none of them were old enough to even think about buying before the market started to shoot up.

For quite a while, the traditional advice for young folks starting families has been to buy and move up – get a starter home, a condo, a townhouse, and build some equity.

It turns out that for a generation, that equity is at best a static investment, and the second stage – the detached house – just keeps getting farther out of reach.

Who’s going to deal with all those younger would-be homebuyers when they have two kids and a townhouse that won’t sell?

– M.C.

supporting candidates, or even going to jail for civil disobedience. They want to be heroes straight out of a John Wayne movie.

They are attempting to live out a fantasy. They’re not crazy – all of pop culture and the hothouse environment of the anti-government militia movement have been propping up this fantasy for years. They’ve been told that CLAXTON the world is on the brink of tyranny thanks to socialized medicine and background checks for assault rifles. They think paying to use federal land is theft, and that terrorists and illegal immigrants are going to sneak up and kill them and their families any day now.

We all live, to a certain extent, in personal fantasy worlds. But we acknowledge them, and they mostly have enough overlap with the real world that we can navigate the day-to-day grind of job and school and doing the dishes and all of that other stuff.

Some people can’t quite do it. They cut loose from reality, and head off on their own. The problem is if they do it with a truckload of guns and a few fellow fantasists.

Read Bob Groeneveld’s Odd Thoughts online this week at LangleyAdvance.com

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Builder set to unveil new plans for Fort Langley construction Dear Editor, Starting on Jan. 30, I will unveil my next proposal for the commercial area of Fort Langley, this time at the centre of the village, the corner of Glover Road and Mary Avenue.

As I have written to you before, I am not a developer per se, only a local resident trying to make my community a better, more vibrant place.

I only want to build buildings that matter, buildings that can truly

make a real difference to improve and revitalize Fort Langley.

To me, quality materials, great design, environmental responsibility, hidden parking, and community matter more than profit.

I accept that we live in a cynical age, and some simply won’t believe this, but I sincerely hope others recognize that Coulter Berry represents these principles, first and foremost, whatever their opinion of it.

The next proposal coming up will be just that: a proposal.

It is important to me to gather as much input from anyone that wants to offer it, and proceed from there, before finalizing any design for council’s ultimate consideration.

Anyone is welcome to RSVP and at www.glovermarychurch.com/rsvp attend our initial presentations and extensive Q&A from Jan. 30 to Feb. 1, at the Fort Langley Community

PM is second tax and spender named Trudeau Dear Editor Do we have another tax and spend Prime Minister?

Our new PM Justin Trudeau, 44, likes to talk about how he learned so much about politics from discussions around the kitchen table with his dad.

Pierre Elliott Trudeau was Canada’s prime minister for 15 years between 1968 and 1984.

I remember as a young naïve (and not just in politics) family guy, getting caught up in the media driven hype of that day and voting for Pierre Trudeau.

It didn’t take long to realize he was on a tax and spend binge.

The national debt graph became a steep incline, interest rates were high and I recall in the early ’80s it took 33 per cent or 1/3 of our dollar to pay the interest on our debt which was effectively like a huge tax on top of all the other rising taxes.

The dollar was worth only 66 cents of buying power.

Like father, like son? Justin Trudeau is now attributing his election success on campaign promises of more deficit spending to spur the economy.

He did say “don’t worry about the budget, the budget will balance itself.”

He already appears to be on a spending spree, throwing caution to the wind, not looking very financially responsible with our tax dollars.

Harper was campaigning on promoting fiscal restraint and holding the debt in line.

All I know is that when your job security (family income) is uncertain, it’s not a good time to rack up your credit card or take on a second mortgage.

Media hype played the biggest role in getting the Liberals elected now it’s the media’s job to make sure Trudeau doesn’t embarrass them and get our country in financial trouble.

Roland Seguin, Langley

Hall.

Anyone can ask anything. All feedback is welcome.

I truly hope the community can move forward in a more constructive way than we have seen here in Fort Langley in the past.

I will do everything that I can to involve and listen to anyone that wants to participate in the planning process, for the betterment of Fort Langley.

Eric Woodward, Fort Langley

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Dear Editor, We, along with the Figueroa family, received the best gift we could ask for two days before Christmas, Jose Figueroa was set free.

What a sight it was.

The moment he took his first step outside the church, God caused a bald eagle to circle overhead. That was the universal sign of freedom that we all needed.

We would also like to take this opportunity to personally thank the Honourable John McCallum, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship for making things right. We tip our glass to you.

Ron and Char deKroon, Walnut Grove

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Eighty Years Ago January 2, 1936

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Winter wonders: The recent cold weather provided opportunities for people to see hoar frost out of doors. The rains returned Tuesday but temperatures are still hovering close to freezing.

ˠ Fire destroyed Marr’s Garage and Mountain’s Transfer on New Year’s Eve. Loss of the building’s contents, including cars, trucks, and the municipal bulldozer, was complete, although firefighters managed to stop the fire from spreading to the Langley Advance shop next to the garage. ˠ Billiards winners in the Christmas tournament at T. Callow’s barbershop were G. Bishop, R. Ryan, and A. Wheat. Snooker winners were Dr. Simpson, A. Marr, J. Brogan, and H. Brandow.

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ˠ Harry (Nobby) Clarke had made a successful escape from a German prisoner of war camp and had worked his way to freedom through the Polish underground movement and Russian concentration camps.

He wrote a letter about his experiences to his friends in Langley. ˠ An appreciation dinner was held for three retiring public officials: Magistrate D.W. Poppy, Reeve Alex C. Hope, and Councillor J.W. Bray. Master of ceremonies was reeveelect Noel Booth.

Sixty Years Ago January 5, 1956

ˠ Reeve Bill Poppy was sworn in for his first term as chief magistrate in Langley District.

Among the spectators at the ceremony was Bill’s 91-year-old father, who had served as reeve between 1912 and 1931.

Fifty Years Ago January 6, 1966

ˠ One to nine inches (2.5 to 23 centimetres) of snow had fallen each day since Dec. 23.

Nearly 30 inches (75 cm) lay on the ground.

The opening of local schools was delayed two days. ˠ Mr. and Mrs. Bob Dunham and their children were away, visiting, when their Biggar Rd. (224th St.) home burned down on New Year’s Day. ˠ Township Mayor Bill Poppy called for a program of cooperation when sworn in for a 10th term.

Forty Years Ago

December 31, 1976 ˠ In a farewell message to fellow council

members Langley Township Mayor George Preston reiterated the basic theme of the campaign that had first got him elected four years earlier: the need for a properly planned community.

He finished his address with a prophetic note: “However, I shall surface again.” ˠ Though the final tally was not yet in, it looked like 1975 was going to have been one of the wettest years on record, with deluges capping off the year in its final days. ˠ The Canadian National Railway proposed shifting River Road at the bluff east of Fort Langley to make way for double-tracking the rail line there. ˠ Michelle Renee Penner, first of two babies born in Langley Memorial Hospital Dec. 25, was Langley’s Christmas Baby for 1975.

Thirty Years Ago

December 31, 1986 ˠ Police issued a warrant for the arrest of Bradley Joseph Mufford in connection with the murder of Daniel Rode who had been missing for 12 days. Rode, apparently shot to death, was found in a barn. ˠ Dawn and Randy Bishop were the parents of Langley’s Christmas baby, a six-pound girl born at Langley Memorial Hospital. ˠ Reports in other media that a $15,000 settlement had been reached between Langley travel agent Wayne McCannan and the Fiesta Hotel in Guatemala City, which would have effected his release from jail in Costa Rica, were untrue, according to a Canadian External Affairs official.

Twenty Years Ago January 3, 1996

ˠ Langley Christmas Bureau chief Sandy Harvey announced that the organization had successfully helped a thousand families through the season. ˠ A police chase that started in Abbotsford ended in Langley with a bullet in a 17-yearold’s leg. He had been shot by Abbotsford police when he tried to run away after his car went out of control in Aldergrove.

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Jan. 13

Green Wednesday The monthly environmental film and discussion evening starts at 7 p.m. at Kwantlen Polytechnic University.

Admission by donation. Refreshments and prizes. Bring a mug. Hosted by the KPU School of Horticulture and the Green Ideas Network.

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Youthful ‘sassiness’ celebrated with new awards Langley youth, who excel and give back, can earn honours and cash.

which stands for Service Above Self in Students & Youth. And the name incorporates the Rotary motto of Service Above Self. This program will honour those between the ages of 15 and 21, who live or study in Langley.

Unlike Langley Has Talent, howROXANNE HOOPER ever, this program acknowledges rhooper@langleyadvance.com accomplishments outside the enterTo say someone has sass, well, tainment realm. it’s often perceived as derogatory.

Awards will be given in eight catTo say a Langley youth is sassy, egories: community service, interwell... that’s taking on a whole new national service, performing arts, meaning this year, thanks to local visual arts, overcoming adverRotarians. sity, sportsmanship, youth Members of the leadership, and environLangley Rotary mental leadership.

Clubs want to Each year, one youth take the sting in each category will out of “sassy” receive a $1,000 bursary by introdu– $500 of which must be cing a new donated to a registered program – charity of their choice – aptly called plus a “stylized” SASSY the SASSY award trophy, Wainwright Awards. said.

Much The inaugural awards will like be presented, in a Juno-style SASSY ceremony being held May 6 at the Chief Sepass Theatre in Fort Langley.

The evening, Wainwright said, will include the awards presentations, videos highlighting each of the three finalists in all eight categories, plus live performances Roxanne Hooper/Langley Advance (possibly by Rotarians Rod Wainwright and Dan Bennett help kick off a new SASSY program, acknowledging youth. some familthey did with the five-year run of Langley Has Talent, members of the four Rotary Clubs in Langley have come together again to introduce a new program acknowledging local youth who excel in their field of interest.

But moreover, explained SASSY co-coordinator and Rotarian Rod Wainwright, this new program will honour youth who also give back to their community in “meaningful ways.”

This program is designed to give ongoing support for the initiatives of youth who are currently making, or wanting to, make a difference, said Wainwright, recently selected as the Greater Langley Chamber of Commerce businessperson of the year.

The new program is named the SASSY,

iar faces from the past Langley Has Talent stages) that will be incorporated throughout the show.

A program with history Rotary Clubs around the world are known for a number of their youth initiatives including the Rotary Youth Exchange, leadership initiatives, and Rotaract.

The SASSY program is relatively new. It was originated six years ago in the neighbouring communities of Surrey and White Rock.

“The Langley clubs have had the benefit of building on the White Rock/Surrey success,” said co-chair Dan Bennett, a fellow Rotarian and local realtor.

“Our goal is to provide ongoing support for the youth of today, who will be the volunteers, involved citizens, and leaders of tomorrow.”

The program recognizes, acknowledges, and celebrates the achievements of youth who, he said, “exemplify the ideals of Rotary, as role models for other youth to say ‘I can do that, too!’ However, the piece we think will have a major impact is providing a hand up to at risk youth in the hope that they will also be tomorrow’s achievers, making a positive contribution to our communities.”

Bennett and Wainwright are reaching out to the Langley School District, as well as Kwantlen Polytechnic University, and Trinity Western University to spread word about the new program and encourage nominations.

As well, nomination forms will be available online to the public in early February, at sassyawardslangley.ca.

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Firefighters help out food bank Santa was along for the ride at the first Candy Cane Walk.

Langley Township firefighters based at the Murrayville hall spend the workday helping others.

And like many firefighters, they spend time in their off hours helping others as well.

New this year, the firefighters decided they could help raise food donations and funds for the Langley Food Bank.

The hall’s first Candy Cane Walk was on Dec. 19 and had the fire crews tour around the neighbourhood

Hall 6 in Murrayville held its first Candy Cane Walk on Dec. 19, gathering up food and cash donations for the Langley Food Bank.

to collect donations for local charity.

“Our walk was a great success,” said organizer Shawn Saran. “We raised just over $1,600 in cash donations and approximately seven bins of food.”

The plan is to make this a new holiday tradition.

Walnut Grove’s firefighters have enjoyed strong community support for several years with an annual food drive.

Saran said the hall plans to work with other local firefighters and halls on holiday activities and helping spread the word about such efforts taking place around the community.

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anging too tightly to animate and inanimate objects can prove detrimental, and local multi-media artist Betty Spackman hopes her exhibition going up next week at Fort Gallery provokes thoughts on that very subject.

Taking Flight: A Collection of Curiosities is an assembly of works and paintings by Spackman, augmented with pieces by Victoria Bowes, Elizabeth Carefoot, and Deb DeJong.

The exhibit opens next Wednesday, Jan. 13, and remains on display until Jan. 31, with an opening reception on Friday, Jan. 15 at 7 p.m.

“This eclectic ‘curiosity shop’ of objects and paintings comes from considering our propensity to collect and try to hold on to what we desire to know or to have,” said Spackman.

“We tend to want to keep and to cage the objects of our desires but in doing so we face the danger of destroying the very things we admire. Ultimately, owning and naming something has very little to do with understanding it. I am interested in this paradox.

I am interested in the act of capturing and confining life… but mostly, I am interested in freedom,” she concluded.

The opening also features musician Kelta Haverland singing Caged Bird from her Juno Award nominated CD, Naked Soul.

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It will feature gallery artist Claire Moore and writer Louise Bergen Price.

Moore, whose work is featured in the gallery’s current group exhibit Small Wonders, is a visual artist and art educator involved with many community-based art projects.

She will be talking about a recent project in her home community of Surrey that focuses on the role of the arts in community building.

Price was born in a refugee camp in Austria shortly after the Second World War. Her stories recall experiences of her grandparents’ and parents’ generation, Mennonite refugees from Stalin’s Ukraine. She will be sharing one of her short stories, a timely call for compassion toward current refugees.

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Celebrate New Year’s Eve Ukrainian Orthodox New Year’s festivities are in Aldergrove this year.

An Aldergrove church is the site for a New Year’s celebration in mid-January.

The Ukrainian Club of Abbotsford Association (UCAA) is hosting its annual Malanka (Ukrainian New Year’s) event at the St. Joachim & Ann’s Church Hall, 2827-273rd St., on Jan. 16.

Ukrainian or Orthodox New Year’s falls two weeks after the more common New Year (under the Julian calendar). This year it falls on Jan. 14 but the celebration will be the nearest Saturday.

The Malanka party starts with dancers and entertainment at 6 p.m. followed by dinner at 7 p.m.

The Yevshan Dancers and the band S-bahn will perform during the evening.

Tickets are $50 for adults, $15 for children seven to 15, and free for children six and younger. For tickets, call 604-856-6136.

Funds from the event help the non-profit association with works to showcase and preserve Ukrainian culture. The association also does the traditional egg decorating classes, perogy and cabbage roll sales at farmers’ markets, and performances by Yevshan throughout the year.

Learn more on the association’s Facebook page.

ENVIRONMENT

Recyclers shocked at waste volume Recycling Ambassadors have been busy around Langley.

When Kim Burns’ husband PJ embarked on his master’s degree in environmental education, the couple started learning all kinds of things about what is happening to the planet and the ecosystem.

“I started feeling like I wanted to do something to make a difference,” she said.

So she started collecting recyclables from residents within her Murrayville housing complex. And as she collected, Burns said, she was shocked by the volume of returnables that accumulated.

“That was one week’s worth,” she said, pointing to a box full of dead batteries and a mound of plastic bags. “It surprised me – and that’s why I do what I do.”

What Burns does is volunteer with the Township Recycling Ambassador Program, an initiative for residents in multi-family complexes who want to increase recycling, reduce waste, and have an impact on where they live. Volunteers are provided with a training workshop, educational materials, posters and promotional items, along

A little advice from Township Solid Waste coordinator Krista Daniszewski (third from left) has turned Orangewood residents (left to right) Georgina Blair, Eleanor Thomas, Pru Sharp, Kim Burns, Bev Rodrigo and Hermine Benson into dedicated and effective Recycling Ambassadors. with ongoing assistance and support from Township staff.

Ambassadors educate and inspire their neighbours to recycle and take that extra step to keep items out of the landfill and the environment.

“We recycled and used our Blue Box before, but we never thought about it any more than that,” said Burns.

When she learned how toxic waste from discarded batteries can leach into the ground, she wanted to do more. So she went to the Township’s website, found out about the Ambassador Program at tol. ca/ambassador, and signed up in the summer of 2014.

“In a multiplex, you are responsible for so much more (waste production) than in a single family home,” said

Burns, noting her Orangewood Country Homes complex has 111 units.

The strata council voted to support the program, collection bins were set up in the clubhouse, and Kim and PJ now take carloads of lightbulbs, plastic bags, and batteries to the recycling depot once or twice a week.

Kim has helped residents recycle their electronics, and taken unwanted items and re-used them around the complex where possible.

She noted that the secret to running a successful recycling initiative is to make collection easy and accessible, and have a rotation of people volunteering to help.

“People want to recycle but working people are busy

and seniors are not always mobile,” she said. But once a collection point is established and people get into the habit, “It’s not that hard.”

“It’s working very well,” said Orangewood Strata president Hermine Benson.

She credits Kim and PJ’s infectious enthusiasm and the helpful information from Township solid waste coordinator Krista Daniszewski with getting everyone to join in.

Once the initial learning curve was overcome, Orangewood residents adopted the practice of separating their returnables from their trash.

They even use their complex’s Facebook page to encourage residents to take part in the program.

“I thought our recycling efforts were a drop in the bucket until I saw this,” said Kim. “This is from one complex in one week. We want to inspire other places to do this.

I want them to care. I want them to get involved. There is only so much room for garbage, and everything we do has an effect on the environment.”

Visit recyclinginbc.ca/ mmbc-depots, call the recycling hotline at 604-RECYCLE or visit rcbc.ca. To become a Township Recycling Ambassador or to learn more, visit tol.ca/ambassador or call 604-532-7300.

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NEW YEARS

Polar bears take a Fraser River plunge Bright sunshine did not make the water that warm for swimmers.

“Yes, I’m scared,” said Chris Walsh, taking his first ever polar bear swim. “I think I might die.”

He brought towels and a change of clothes, including extra socks to wear afterwards.

Walsh drove out from Surrey, which gave him time to think about whether or not it was a bad idea.

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Several dozen polar bear swimmers dove into the Fraser River from the beach of Brae Island to mark the start of the year at noon on Jan. 1.

The first arrival at the beach was Martin Phillips-Hing.

The Fort Langley resident swam last year and had taken part in polar bear swims as a teenager in Vancouver.

“I think people overestimate how bad it is,” he said before taking a dip.

That said, he lives in Fort Langley and doesn’t have far to go.

“If I didn’t have a hot shower, I wouldn’t be doing this,” Phillips-Hing said.

Bruce Cairnae was taking his second polar bear swim at the Fort, but has swum in freezing water before when hunting back in Ontario.

“When I went last year it wasn’t that bad,” Cairnae said.

There were quite a few first timers among the crowd.

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Tree chipping The 1st Willoughby Scouts fundraiser is 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Jan. 9 at Willoughby Elementary, 20766 80th Ave. Chipping by donation.

Pickup available for $10 ($20 suggested for outside of Willoughby) Book with Kathy, 604-309-7052.

Tree chipping/bottle drive The 1st Walnut Grove Scout Group fundraiser is 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Jan. 9 at Walnut Grove Secondary, 8919 Walnut Grove Dr. Chipping by donation. Tree pickup is $10-$20 depending on location (WG, Willoughby and Fort Langley). Contact treepickup@1stwalnutgrovescouts.ca or Tony Yip at 778-858-5331. Pick up will be Jan. 9. Also accepting Canadian Tire money.

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10th Langley Scouts including (left) Daniel Taylor and Michael Betker and (above) Cameron Foulkes, Christopher Betker, Jamie Kennedy and Matthew Kennedy collected trees for chipping Jan. 2 at the Langley City Safeway.

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Valley Women’s Network The evening chapter meets on the second Tuesday of the month at the Sunrise Banquet Centre at 6:30 p.m. The group involves business networking, business practices, health, safety and more. $24 for members, $27 non-members, $30 drop-in. Reservations and info: vwmeveningchapter@gmail.com.

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Music@Midweek Free concerts are at noon in the Langley auditorium of Kwantlen Polytechnic University. Jan. 13: Joe Trio - Allen Stiles (piano), Cameron Wilson (violin) and Charles Inkman (cello). Jan. 20: Francios Houle (clarinet), Francios Houle (clarinet), Joan Blackman (violin) and Jane Hayes (piano).

Valley Women’s Network The daytime chapter meets the 3rd Wednesday at Sunrise Golf and Banquet Centre, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Info: VWNlangreservations@gmail.com.

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Field trips: Jan. 16, 9 a.m., Terra Nova Rural Park in Richmond. See raptors, snow geese and other birds that winter in the marshes. Info: 604-5320455.

Ceilidh The monthly musical kitchen party is at St. Andrew’s United Church Hall, 9025 Glover Rd. Enjoy live music and fun. $5 at the door. Includes a traditional Maritime lunch (tea biscuits and jam). Performers interested in taking part can contact Jack Williamson, 604-888-7925 or jackwilliamson@telus.net. Jan. 21.

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2016 starts with a win

TWU pulls away in California

The Rivermen hosted Prince George.

The Trinity Western University Spartans will head into conference play on a winning note after a solid 73-66 win over the Biola Eagles in exhibition women’s basketball action Friday night in La Mirada, Calif.

The Spartans are now on a two-game winning streak, while this is Biola’s fourth loss in a row.

The Spartans led the game for just about 90 per cent of the 40 minutes, but the Eagles were within arm’s reach for much of the afternoon. Biola had the game tied with just five minutes to play before TWU caught fire to end the game on top.

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Spartans best La Sierra Eagles

Trinity Western had four players in double-digit scoring as the Spartans defeated the La Sierra University Golden Eagles 69-46 Dec. 30 in Riverside, Calif.

TWU opens up Canada West conference action on Jan. 9 and 10 when they travel to Saskatchewan to take on the University of Regina Cougars.

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Team Tardi won the men’s event at the BC Curling Championships to kick off 2016.

CURLING

Team Tardi takes top spot The win earns the team rights to national contests.

McCrady’s rink by a score of 8-3.

The team will now travel to Stratford, Ont., later this month for the 2016 Canadian Junior Curling The members of Team Championships.

Tardi, which curls out of The winners of the Langley, had gold-mednational event will go al performances during to the World Junior the B.C. Junior Curling Curling Championships in Championships in Turkey.

Kamloops on Jan. 4.

Tardi’s team earned a Cloverdale brothers berth into the BC Men’s Curl BC photo Tyler and Jordan Tardi Championship in Nelson Team Tardi won the men’s competition. won the junior men’s from Feb. 10 to 14. title with their Langley Later Sunday afternoon, – With files from Tom Curling Club/Royal City team.

Tardi’s team beat Matthew Zillich and Surrey Now

The Langley Rivermen ended 2015 with three straight home wins and a road loss.

A Dec. 30 road game versus the Chilliwack Chiefs was a 2-1 loss for Langley.

To start 2016, they welcomed the Prince George Spruce Kings Jan. 3.

After 20 minutes, the Rivermen led the game 2-1 and had the shot lead at 12-9.

Period two went scoreless.

A five goal spree in the final frame turned out to be the difference, giving the Rivermen a 6-1 win. The Rivermen remain in third place in the Mainland Division with a 22-14-0-1.

The Rivermen visited the Chiefs again Jan. 6 (after press time).

They head to Vancouver Island when they take on the Capitals Jan. 9 and the Victoria Grizzlies Jan. 10.

Jan. 16 is the next home game when they host the Nanaimo Clippers.

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Langley hockey squad crushes competition HEATHER COLPITTS hcolpitts@langleyadvance.com

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Two teams in Winter Classic

The 2016 PJHL Winter Classic featured the Aldergrove Kodiaks and the Langley Knights, two of the 10 teams in the Pacific Junior Hockey League.

The three day hockey showcase straddled the New Year’s weekend.

The Richmond Sockeyes closed out the Winter Classic with a 4-1 triumph over the Langley Knights.

The Knights faced Aldergrove at the start of the tournament, losing 5-1.

The teams head back to regular games with all eyeing the Jan. 10 trade deadline.

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The Langley Ice Hawks headed into the finals of the Cloverdale Ice Crusher tournament against an undefeated rival.

But the peewee C6 squad returned home having taken top spot in their division and the gold.

“The boys came out of round robin play seeded first and took on a tough Cloverdale C1 team in the semis, defeating them 5-3 in a nail-biter,” said coach Michael Hendricks. “Goalie Mitch Boucher was very strong in net, making some huge saves to preserve the win.”

The Ice Hawks took on undefeated Cloverdale C3 in the finals, winning 3-1 and dominating play. Their coaches said they kept the pressure on throughout the game.

Logan Heales took a shot on goal during the Ice Crusher Tournament over the Christmas holidays. Their efforts earned the peewee Ice Hawks top spot.

“The boys played a great team game and controlled the play despite the close score,” said coach Mike Newby. “The team was outstanding defensively, and David Hendricks scored the game winning goal on some

nifty work by Logan Heales and Brandon Toby.”

The team came third in the Princeton tourney at the beginning of December.

Overall the Ice Hawks are 12-9-2 in all competitions,

including Fraser Valley West league play, LMHA inter-league play, tournaments and exhibition games.

“It’s a great group of boys who are working hard and having a lot of fun,” he added.

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Trinity Western University men’s hockey squad rang in 2016 with a swing through the American Midwest to take on NCAA teams.

Jan. 1 saw the TWU men take a 1-0 loss to the NCAA Div. I Wisconsin Badgers in Madison in an exhibition match.

“We played quite well considering we had not have a game in almost a month. It’s tough to get up to game speed against a Big Ten team like Wisconsin,” said TWU head coach Barret Kropf. “Our penalty kill was strong again, and our power play was good, but had a little bit of difficulty with

the bigger ice.”

Spartan goalie Silas Matthys was impressive between the pipes for TWU as he held Wisconsin off of the score sheet for much of the game as he finished 48 saves on the afternoon.

“Silas played in his typical fashion making big saves and keeping us in the game and giving us a chance to win,” said Kropf.

Wisconsin finished with 49 shots on goal to TWU’s 17.

The Spartans were 0-3 on the power play, while the Badgers were 0-2. The Badgers had a 40-18 advantage in the Faceoff circle.

Things didn’t get any better in Nebraska where the Spartans ended up with a 6-0 loss against the No. 6 ranked Omaha Mavericks Jan. 2.

“They are a great club and there is a reason they are a top ranked team and they should be higher ranked their current

No. 6 in the NCAA,” the coach said. “We were probably a little tired at the start of the game, after driving all night to Omaha, and they took advantage of a few broken plays. But we were able to settle down and push back as the game went on.”

TWU third year goaltender Silas Matthys made 44 saves but they were up against a highly ranked school.

“Coming home after a disappointing loss is tough, but the guys are up after our performance against Wisconsin and being pushed against a strong Omaha team,” Kropf said. We are looking forward to getting back into league action in Victoria and it is great that we are coming home without any major injuries.

Trips like this allow us to see our growth, both as a team and as a league.”

The Spartans head to Victoria for games Jan. 8 and 9.

NEW SEASON

Stealth tops up with new talent Langley’s Garrett Billings and the rest of the Vancouver Stealth open their 2016 season at home with a Saturday contest at the Langley Events Centre.

Billings played for the New England Black Wolves (based out of Uncasville, Connecticut).

They are visiting here this weekend to start the season.

The Stealth will field few new faces. Most of the team returns for another season.

Of the newcomers, 22-yearold Brier Jonathan joins a team with most players much older. He helped secure a silver for for Iroquois Nationals in the World Indoor Lacrosse

Championships in 2015.

Ian Hawksbee who was with the Colorado Mammoth and the Stealth in the past, and ex-Roughneck Travis Cornwall were picked up as free agents in the off-season.

In net the Stealth have Chris Levis, formerly with the Mammoth.

He is a seasoned veteran (who lives in Langley and runs Levy’s Source for Sports). He’s back up to young netminder Eric Penney.

Trivia: In a www.laxallstars.com preview of 2016, web editor, self-professed box lacrosse junkie and official Mark Donahue dug up some interesting trivia about the Vancouver

Stealth.

He noted that 21 of the 24 on the roster live within two hours of the Langley Events Centre, making the Stealth the most local team in the league.

Donahue’s assessment added that the reduced amount of travel for players to get to and from their homebase should help the team, both in player stamina and franchise travel costs.

The public can see what the Stealth have to offer this season when the action kicks off Saturday at 7 p.m.

The 2015 season was not one to reminisce about as the team finished 5-13. The Stealth achieved only two wins while on the road and did not qualify for the playoffs.

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Malish & Clark and Grant Thornton LLP are now one.

An announcement was issued Monday saying the long-standing Langley firm of Malish & Clark – Republica Coffee Roasters owners Rick Masana, which operates near Lioma Shinto, and Hiro Tsujimoto (above) are up for 64th Avenue and a B.C. small business award.

204th Street – shares a similar client base, noting that they curOn shortlist similar culture, and rently trade with 54 wo Fort Langley similar focus as Grant countries around the shops have made Thornton. Therefore, world, and have some the shortlist. partner Steve Malish exciting ideas about They’re classicalls the new union a growing their little fied among the best “perfect fit.”

Langley business furof the best of B.C. “We’re not just ther. small businesses, becoming a cog in a Both these Langley large, corporate wheel. and the news was companies have made well received by chef Grant Thornton shares it into the Top 10 Stephan Schigas, our belief in putting semi-finalists in the owner of Blacksmith our people – and competition.

Bakery, an artisan our clients – first, Businesses in the bakery that was built and that’s how we’ll Top 10 will now on Church Street – on continue to operate,” move forward to face Malish said, his private the original site of a panel of judges, blacksmith Charles company having prowho will review their Reid’s shop that was vided accounting and businesses, and based established a century tax services to Langley on the award criterearlier. and Fraser Valley priia, narrow down the Schigas’ company vate businesses for the has been shortlisted as competition to the top past quarter century. five finalists in each one of the province’s “Working with category. best employowner-manIn this next stage, ers, while just aged busieach semi-finalist up the street nesses is must present a report and down the our passion, summarizing their alley (Gasoline and we’re business. Much of the Alley, that is) fortunate to holiday for Masana sits another have found a and Tsujimoto was shop that is partner that spent finalizing that also shares ROXANNE HOOPER up for top report, which they’re honours in the this focus and presenting to the judginternational commitment,” es today (Thursday). trade category. he added.

The winners of It’s Republica Coffee Grant Thornton, each category will Roasters Inc., a locally which has an office at be announced at the owned and operated the freeway and 200th Small Business BC artisan coffee roastStreet interchange in Awards ceremony on eria operated by Hiro Langley, is a leading Feb. 25, at the Pan Tsujimoto and Rick Canadian accounting Pacific Vancouver Masana. (some 4,000 people Hotel.

They started workin offices across the Recipients of 13th ing with the coffee in country) and advisory annual awards will be 2007, but didn’t open firm providing audit, given $1,500. They’re their business until tax, and advisory seralso offered a one2011. vices to private and Today, with 11 staff, year all-access pass public organizations. to Small Business BC they operate a wholeIt’s part of Grant education resources sale operation out of Thornton International, and experts, and onea warehouse on 98th which has member on-one business menAvenue in Walnut firms in more than 100 torship opportunities Grove that accounts countries worldwide. with notable advisors for about 70 per cent “Grant Thornton from award sponsors. of their business, shares Malish & There were originand a retail outlet in Clark’s commitment ally six Langley busithe village that was to the Fraser Valley nesses that were nomopened three years community and that inated for this year’s ago and accounts for will continue to be awards: Beatniks about 30 per cent of an important part of the growing operation. Bistro (in the people’s our business moving choice’s category), TPI The duo still have forward,” said Colin Langley (best comno idea who nomYakashiro, Grant munity impact), All In inated them for the Thornton managing One Productions Inc. award, but they’re partner for the B.C.’s (best concept and best very appreciative of south coast. emerging entreprethe recognition. Once “In fact, it’s quite neur), and Erikson’s they learned of the amazing how simiDaylily Gardens (best nomination, Masana lar our two practices community impact). said they campaigned are – in size, culture hard to make the curand client base. We’re • Stay tuned to the rent shortlist. looking forward to Langley Advance to find “We’re very excitcoming together,” out how these two local ed,” Masana said, businesses do Yakashiro added.

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