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‘Extreme Home Repair’ family ‘over the moon’ By KURT LANGMANN Aldergrove Star
Sarah Scarrow and her children are “over the moon” with excitement over being selected as this year’s recipient of the Extreme Home Repair (EHR). Sarah is a single, working mother but despite the challenges of trying to update and repair their old full-size “B.C. Box” house on their own she says she, “still thought there are more needy people out there. I’m against complaining and there are people who have no home, but now all of a sudden we’re going to have a nice house.” This will be the 13th year for the Extreme Home Repair, a non-profit outreach program performed by the Aldergrove Adventist Church’s “Acts of Kindness” team (AOK). Established in 2004, the Extreme Home Repair project annually transforms the home of a local individual or family facing difficult circumstances related to their housing and resources. The project brings together over 200 volunteers, dozens of community-minded businesses, friends, family, and neigh-
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Sarah Scarrow and her children, Nikko, Levi and Teara, are packing up their possessions so that the Extreme Home Repair crews can start work on their major home renovation on May 8. bours, to give the selected recipients a fresh start in a safe
and comfortable environment. Pastor Mike Dauncey leads
the EHR team and personally visits all the nominees to help
select the recipients each year. “We tour their homes, hear
their stories and discuss what needs to be done, sometimes more than once and Sarah is a single mom who needs help, she doesn’t have the means to do all that’s needed because she works full-time,” said Dauncey. “All three of her kids are adopted and she has a huge heart to do this, putting others first before herself. She thinks of others more than herself.” Sarah’s family was interviewed three times before Dauncey knocked on their door a couple weeks ago to give them the good news. “I answered the door and said, ‘Mom, you better get down here’ because he’s carrying flowers,” said Levi, the youngest son. Sarah’s daughter, Teara, smiled in agreement, adding that, “I knew we were selected when he came back a third time.” The urgent work on the Scarrow home includes new windows, drywall, insulation, electrical updating and finishing the basement, but there are many extras thrown in by the EHR team of volunteers and donors. SEE: Page 3
Windstorm knocks out power to 120,000 By KURT LANGMANN Aldergrove Star
Power was knocked out in parts of suburban and rural Aldergrove overnight March 11 as heavy wind gusts hit the Fraser Valley area. Fallen trees and heavy branches were responsible for much of the damage to BC Hydro lines throughout the area. The first major windstorm of 2016 cut power to more than
120,000 customers throughout the Lower Mainland and the Sunshine Coast, including more than 3,500 in Langley. On Thursday morning, 18 outages in the community had been directly attributed to the storm, which saw gusts reach over 90 km/h. Several more localized outages were described as being “under investigation” on the BC Hydro website.
Throughout Langley garbage and other debris — mostly small branches — were strewn across streets, lawns and parking lots. Traffic lights were out at a number of intersections in the both the City and Township during the morning rush hour. Drivers are reminded that the four-way stop procedure is to be used in any intersection where traffic lights have been rendered inoperable.
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A large old deciduous tree on the former Aldergrove Elementary School site fell shortly before noon March 10 as result of continuing heavy winds. Fortunately, no one was injured when it fell across the sidewalk and eastbound lane of Fraser Hwy., although vehicles had to take turns driving around the fallen tree.