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A DAY OF FIRSTS – RAFE ARNOTT/TIMES

Jasmeen Dhillon, left, is comforted by teacher Kelly Ernewins as she arrives for the first day of classes Tuesday morning at Dave Kandal Elementary school in Abbotsford.

Manau Sidhu, above, puts his best foot forward as he laces up his new ‘indoor shoes’ for Ernewins’ class.

Actually, Toronto, the Tamils aren’t here RAFE ARNOTT RArnott@abbotsfordtimes.com

Cops clamp down on crime spree A

Abbotsford police arrest 11 on heels of alarming spike in break and enters RAFE ARNOTT RArnott@abbotsfordtimes.com

The arrests come directly on the heels of five similar busts over the Labour Day weekend.

Police know all five individuals bbotsford police officers arrested 11 people in five from Tuesday’s arrests for propertydays after a dramatic spike crime related offences, MacDonald in property crime city-wide said, adding investigators are examtwo weeks earlier, Const. Ian Mac- ining links to previous property Donald said. crimes.

Two Mission men and three “The people who were active in Abbotsford men were previous weeks appear taken into custody First reported @ to be continuing their Tuesday night near a abbotsfordtimes.com a c t i v i t i e s , w h i c h Peardonville industrial afforded us the ability complex following a break and enter to arrest them,” he said. in the 31200 block of South Fraser Three of the men arrested were Way, and a prolific property-crime identified and specifically targeted offender was picked up for shoplift- as suspects in previous break and ing, MacDonald said. enters, MacDonald said.

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“Those arrests are significant A common factor in most of the enough that we should see some of August incidents was that neighthe numbers come down.” bours who saw the crimes ended The jump in break and enter up not reporting the suspicious thefts had local activity, which l a w e n f o rc e - “Those arrests are significant left police asking ment puzzled. the community Officers attend- enough that we should see some to step up and ed 33 prophelp. e r t y - r e l a t e d of the numbers come down.”

The public plea crime scenes seems to have between Aug. paid off.

– Const. Ian MacDonald APD 23 and Aug. 29, Seven of the almost double suspects officers the city’s average of 17, according arrested since Friday were taken to police statistics. into custody after witnesses called But according to crime reports police. for the week of Aug. 30 to Sept. 5, “It looks like [the arrests] are a property-related numbers dropped combination of a highly motivated to 21. crime-reduction unit and assis“Twenty-one is still not a good tance from the general public,” number, but we’re trending down- MacDonald said, “Which is exactly ward,” MacDonald said. the formula we were looking for.”

Toronto Sun online article claiming some of the 492 Tamil refugees who arrived near Victoria aboard the MV Sun Sea on Aug. 13 are being held at an Abbotsford correctional institute is being refuted by Corrections Service Canada.

The story, which appeared o n t h e p a p e r’s w e b s i t e Wednesday afternoon, stated: “Tamil leaders have been working with officials of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and Fraser Valley Correctional Facility in Abbotsford, B.C. — where the men are housed — to obtain permission for Tamil speaking priests to visit the migrants.”

Alain Charette is communications manager for the Pacific region with CSC and he said refugees cannot mix with criminal inmates. see TAMILS, page A5

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– RAFE ARNOTT/TIMES

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Diversity dispensed $434,000 Fast, feds look to bring Abby closer together RAFE ARNOTT RArnott@abbotsfordtimes.com

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he federal government has earmarked $434,000 spread over three years to help bring Abbotsford’s diverse ethnic communities closer together.

Conservative MP for Abbotsford, Ed Fast, made the funding announcement on behalf of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney at a press conference held outside the International Friendship Garden Tuesday afternoon.

“This project aims to push aside the obstacles to intercultural understanding and build lasting relationships among Abbotsford’s ethno-cultural communities,” Fast said.

“By s u p p o r t i n g i n i tiatives such as this, the Government of Canada is investing in the future – a future that depends on all of us growing together through our shared values, history and institutions.”

By developing two ‘intercultural hubs’ in Abbotsford west, the Abbotsford Building Connections Project will benefit an estimated 3,500 residents, Fast said.

The project will oversee programs and services designed to develop connections among different ethnic communities.

As the program comes on-line, areas such as intercultural recreation, arts and storytelling, and mentoring at-risk youth will be developed further.

First turbaned officer sworn in

Mayor: a significant addition to police force RAFE ARNOTT RArnott@abbotsfordtimes.com

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arvinder Mangat is proud to be the Abbotsford Police Department’s first turban-wearing member, and said his religious headdress is merely a representation of the city’s diverse cultural makeup.

“It’s a tremendous honour for me to represent my community, but the reality is I’m just another member of this force, and want to be seen by the public for my abilities, not for what I’m wearing,” he said.

Mangat was one of eight new officers the department welcomed into its ranks at a swearing-in ceremony at the Clearbrook Library Wednesday afternoon. Joining him for class 133 at the Justice Institute over the next several months are fellow hires Parin (Mickey) Shah, Deanna Dixon, Charles (Chuck) Mclellan, Christopher Froese, Timothy (Derek) Raine, James Ramsden and Michael Ronningen.

Wednesday’s event saw more than 100 family members, friends and well-wishers turn out to show support for the newly-minted constables.

Conditional sentence for car thief A

n Abbotsford man caught in a stolen car in the Comox Valley has been given a conditional discharge for his role in the crime.

Welsey T. Judd, 26, was arrested on April 9 after a Comox Valley RCMP

– PHOTOS RAFE ARNOTT/TIMES

Abbotsford Mayor George Peary addresses more than 100 friends and family on hand for a constable swearing-in ceremony held at the Clearbrook Library Wednesday afternoon. Harvinder Mangat, above, is the first turban-wearing member of the APD.

Dozens of supporters from the Indo-Canadian community were on hand to cheer Mangat, and Abbotsford Mayor George Peary recognized the significance of his recruitment.

“People of faith are always challenged,” Peary said, and went on to challenge Mangat’s classmates to work with him on the streets of Abbotsford to make

officer on patrol in an unmarked car was nearly hit by a vehicle coming onto Harmston Avenue.

The officer tried to pull the car over but it sped off. It turned down an alley and crashed into a fence. All three occupants fled, including Judd, who had an injured leg.

“He didn’t get very far,” said Crown prosecutor John Boccabella.

Judd, a passenger in the vehicle, admitted his part in stealing the car from an “associate” in Mission from whom, according to court testimony,

his life safe and secure.

“So you enjoy the same support from your colleagues as you do from your community,” he said.

“Because your community is not simply the temples, it is the city of Abbotsford.”

the three men were fleeing to escape threats and intimidation over drug debts. The court heard that Judd was doing one-and-a-half grams of cocaine per day at the time of the theft, but has been clean and sober since. Judd was represented by his father, who told the court he works in alcohol and drug rehab and also has connections to correctional services.

He said his son is welcome for a tour of a prison at any time.

Ju d d’s f a t h e r’s s u b m i s s i o n s appeared to impress Judge Justine

see RECRUITS, page A7

Saunders. “You’ve got role models in your life,” said Saunders.

“I am going to give you a second chance. It sounds to me like you were just running with the wrong crowd.

You went along for the ride.”

The 12-month conditional discharge requires Judd to refrain from alcohol and illegal drugs, attend counselling and forbids him from contacting the other two men involved. If he abides by all those conditions, he will not have a criminal record.

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FISHING ONE WHALE OF A TALE

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Clayton Hodges, left, and his beloved dog, Scout.

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layton Hodges loves dogs, and he’s about to show the people of Abbotsford how tough it is to leave our four-legged pooches locked in a cage.

Hodges, a 15-year-old W.J. Mouat student, will put himself inside a dog cage for 10 hours today to help show the community how committed he is to man’s best friend and raising funds for the local chapter of the B.C. SPCA. Still, Hodges admits he’s a little nervous.

“I’m worried about time and whether it’s going to go slow or fast,” he said.

That’s also the kind of anxiety he said dogs feel while in a small, confined cage.

“I’m only in there for 10

hours, but some dogs are in cages for days and even weeks so I’ll only experience half of what dogs feel,” said Hodges.

His mother, Petra Niemeyer, will be on hand to supervise his safety. She said she is very proud of her son.

“We live in a time where teenagers are often viewed as being ‘trouble makers,’ Clayton demonstrates that all eggs do not belong in the same basket,” she wrote in an e-mail.

Hodges has raised more than $20,000 in donations over the past two years. He also hopes to raise funds at this year’s Paws for a Cause walk at Mill Lake Park on Sunday beginning at 9 a.m.

The SPCA’s goal is to raise $24,000. Visit www.spca.bc.ca for information.

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A group of local fishermen caught this monster sturgeon in the Fraser River, just north of the Mission Railway Bridge on Monday. The fish came in at 11’3” and weighed more than 700 pounds. The fish was reeled in by Warren Calderone, Norm Young, Charles Belanger, Brad Allan and guide Tom Pearce of STS Guide Services based in Mission.

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Centres switched TAMILS, from page A1 “We need to have a court order to hold someone, migrants of course are presumed innocent, so they are held in pretrial centres run by the province, and that’s where they are kept,” Charette said.

“And we certainly don’t hold anything against them, certainly not a sentence of two years or more, so they cannot be held with convicted criminals.”

Charette said the Toronto Sun may have confused the Fraser Regional Correction Centre in Maple Ridge, for the Fraser Valley Institution – which houses women – in Abbotsford.

Visit Ferndale

Ferndale Institution holds its annual community day on Sept. 14, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., with registration on from 8 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.

All members of the public 19 years or older are welcome to come and see want goes on at the minimum security federal facility.

Presenters include the Parole Board of Canada, the citizens’ advisor y committee, and inmates, and there is a tour after lunch. Ferndale is at 33737 Dewdney Trunk Rd., Mission, just west of City Hall.

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The Mission Association for Senior’s Housing (MASH) is now working on the development of Cedar Valley Manor Life Lease, adjacent to Cedar Valley Mennonite Church.

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he West Coast Express is growing.

Seven new Bombardier-made cars will boost the current fleet of 37 rail cars to 44 this fall. When they are all in operation, the ridership will go up about 20 per cent, or 2,000 commuters daily, says TransLink.

The expansion comes about courtesy of a $28.1-million investment jointly funded by the federal and provincial governments and TransLink. The impetus came from the growing number of riders, said TransLink spokesman Ken Hardie.

“We found that the cars we did have were very full. Sometimes there was standing room only. We were pretty much at our capacity, and the regulator was keeping an eye on us. We decided to buy more cars,” he said this week.

Public transit also benefitted from the Winter Olympics experience, when many more people used public transit such as the Canada Line and WCE to get to downtown Vancouver, he said. Many of those riders have continued to use the public transit, making the Canada Line and the West Coast Express “wildly successful,” said Hardie.

The result is that, even in the relatively quiet month of June, WCE ridership was up 3.6 per cent over June 2009.

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Two of the new coaches are here and were unveiled Aug. 27 at the VIA Rail Station in Vancouver.

The Mission terminus of the WCE will also be busier.

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RECRUITS, from page A3

Historic day

APD Const. Ian MacDonald cited Mangat’s job at the department as historic.

“It’s significant, and big picture, he’s one of eight really great applicants that we have hired.

Chief Const. Bob Rich said only a handful of applicants make it to where the eight new officers were sitting, citing a figure of just six per cent

hired of those who apply.

Rich said an officer of the law must have certain qualities to carry out their duties.

“Integrity is the first and foremost quality that must exist and it is right at the very heart of policing,” he said.

To find out more about applying to become a police officer, call the APD recruiting section at 604-864-4776.

Prizes planned to mark 15th EXPRESS, from page A6 Since opening on Nov. 1, 1995, the WCE has carried about 28 million riders along the scenic riverside Canadian Pacific Rail route between Mission and downtown Vancouver, the line’s two terminus points.

With a daily ridership of 10,500 people, it is the equivalent to taking 4,300 cars off the road during peak weekday periods, reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 21,502 tonnes, Hardie noted.

While there are more cars for commuter capacity, there are no plans to add new runs

weekdays, weekends or evenings, he said, (although the WCE has additional runs for Christmas and special events).

Cost recovery for the awardwinning service is more than 85 per cent – one of the highest for commuter rail service in North America.

To mark its 15 years, for the next two months WCE will have local events and weekly prizes to recognize the customers and communities served by the WCE, with a grand celebration planned for November. ◗ See more at www.westcoastexpress.com.

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Waiting for the fire’s deliverance

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t is September, 1666. In the year that ends in the Number of the Beast, gunpowder and the Duke of York start burning London.

The fire that began in Pudding Lane has burned for three days.

Its orange fingers have torn apart the packed tenements of the poor, sending refugees streaming through narrow alleys.

It has leaped to the shopping district of Cheapside, showing no respect for the goods heaped up for the perusal of bewigged Cavaliers.

At St. Paul’s Cathedral, the flames leap like monkeys into the scaffolding erected to aid Christopher Wren’s renovations.

The lead roof melts and floods the crypts, where books and treasures stored for safety are destroyed.

James, Duke of York, future king and exile, is put in charge of fighting the fire. He wields the only weapon that can stop the conflagration: black powder.

Buildings in the path of the fire are blasted to splinters to create massive firebreaks.

Diarist Samuel Pepys will climb a church steeple on the last day of the fire, to watch it burn itself out, starved of fuel.

In the aftermath, the glee is barely contained. Not from the hordes of the poor who are camping in parks, or being dispersed to prevent riot and rebellion.

No, the glee comes from Christopher Wren, Robert Hooke and

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the painful truth dozens of others who deluge King Charles II with their plans to rebuild.

Nothing is as desirable as a disaster. The Great Fire left two thirds of the City of London a tabula rasa, a slate scraped clean, on which they could build anew.

If all those buildings and people had still been in place, there would be no chance for greatness.

It’s been said that the impulse to destroy is also a creative impulse, and that’s at least partly true. Disasters are a chance for a fresh start. Most recently, it’s been put into words by Rahm Emanuel, one of Barack Obama’s chief political operatives.

“You never let a serious crisis go to waste,” Emanuel said.

“And what I mean by that it’s an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before.”

That bleak impulse underlies everything from economic stimulus (“Now we can finally build that bridge and fill all those potholes!”) to those whose politics put them at the fringe of public opinion. (“This will be capitalism’s final crisis, they’ll see!”)

Beyond practical and ideologi-

cal reasons, something inside our clever ape brains just likes seeing the world go smash.

In a world of six billion people, ruled by a thin crust of wealthy and powerful, the average human is largely powerless to change things. There are no blank spaces on the maps, either on the far side of the world or on the next block of houses. Making your way is a constant process of negotiating with what has gone before.

Until a hurricane drifts across the warm waters of the Gulf and hits Category Five. Until the big one shakes Tokyo to its foundations. Until the Dow finally succumbs to panic and the rot of bad loans and plunges down below 5,000. Until the asteroid falls. Then, with that great blank canvas, we can build something, even if we know it would be hard and ugly.

We can pretend that building is less fraught than getting along, can indulge our fantasies of being rugged individualists, born too late for the frontier. We imagine Mad Max had more fun than logic suggests.

So we track that hurricane on CNN, we stock our earthquake kits, we root against the Dow. We hope for fire. And we wait.

We wait, in the false hope that we’re the next Christopher Wren, born to raise golden domes above a ravaged wasteland.

■ Matthew Claxton is a reporter and columnist for the Langley Advance.

abour Day was something of a dark and dismal day this year. The skies were leaden, and moderate to heavy rains drenched streets and dampened spirits, punctuating the end of a reasonably pleasant summer.

It was suitable weather to mark a day devoted to celebrating labour and labourers in British Columbia, where the minimum wage has stagnated for a decade.

B.C.’s $8 per hour minimum wage is now the lowest in Canada. Prince Edward Island offers a minimum of $8.70, and even the capitalist hotbed of Alberta sets the standard at $8.80.

Remarkably, the provincial government crowed in a recent press release outlining its accomplishments on behalf of labour that “only 2.3 per cent of workers are collecting minimum wage or less.”

What!?

Where did that “or less” come from?

Is there a minimum wage in B.C., or not?

Even ignoring that “or less,” one could argue that the provincial government actually lowered B.C.’s minimum wage when it started allowing employers to pay as little as $6 per hour for young people entering the labour force.

Another of the government’s proudly listed accomplishments is the raising of the province’s average hourly wage for all workers by 25 per cent since 2001.

That’s great for those who have been doing well, but it also represents a significant widening of the gap for the working poor stuck at or near the minimum.

The 25 per cent (or more) raise that everyone else got would have represented $2 per hour for those at the bottom of the labour food chain.

Labourers in B.C. are the third highest paid in Canada.

Rationalizing the minimum wage to a similar level would raise us all.

■ To comment on this editorial, e-mail us at letters@abbotsfordtimes.com.

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Resident feeling hosed about firehall location Editor, the Times:

It’s nice to have firehalls.

It’s even better if they are planned. Abbotsford is ‘planning’ to put a new firehall in the middle of a residential area, in a park. This time they are choosing Blue Jay and Blueridge streets.

Your park may be next.

This is the only park we have. Gardener Park is about one mile away.

City manager Frank Pizzuto is quoted in a local paper saying “It’s a clump of land that is not part of the park . . .” The sign says it is.

It’s zoned P2 (park). The city fenced it, cuts the grass and planted five new trees that are now almost 20 feet tall. They’ll go too! City plans call it Townline Hill Park. We call it part of our neighbourhood.

All other firehall sights have mitigated the noise effect by planning the halls adjacent to school, green space, institutional, industrial or commercial lands.

This corner has residences on the other three corners.

That’s three times more than any other site.

The cost of land that is more appropriate is less than we pay for arena clocks. Please think again, council.

Stewart Kennedy Abbotsford

Don’t let water issue cost you some sleep Editor, the Times:

Residents of Abbotsford and Mission, don’t beat yourselves up over what some would have you believe is heavy water usage.

The local water problem is not due to exorbitant usage per average resident.

Nor is it due to climate change. It is due to one thing only: development, and the city’s and FVRD’s lack of planning and foresight not to implement an alternate water source to tiny Dickson Lake long ago.

I resent the prospect of having my daily water usage scrutinized. I don’t want to have to fill my children’s kiddie pool up in stages over several days, or designate laundry and bathing days

for each family member, in order to avoid penalties for surpassing some daily threshold.

As much as I think we should be conserving water, the complete ban on lawn sprinkling over this summer was a trouncing of civil liberties. The city hall folks explain (spin) that the measures are to maintain reserves for fighting possible fires on Sumas Mountain.

Suddenly this year we need to allocate for this?

The drought this year was actually milder than in some recent years. Meanwhile, commercial properties such as strip malls and big box stores water their parking lot garden plots (as beautiful and endearing as they are) whenever they want to, with automatic pop-up sprinklers that often are not even aimed on the plots. I was at Bateman Park recently and noticed the sprinklers going full tilt, despite the fact that the fields there are usually muddy throughout the year.

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Online learning seems way off base Editor, the Times:

John Martin presents a one-sided piece supporting post-secondary online learning which discredits my alma-mater (UFV) by failing to point out the disadvantages to learners (New face of higer education, Times, Sept. 3).

In my opinion, universities serve to gain from the tuition generated by online learning but learners are at risk of throwing away their

financial resources. Personally, I have found that when using online learning, it is very challenging to maintain momentum and commitment to completing the course work.

There’s a huge risk of wasting money. I would love to see the statistics comparing non-completion rates of classroom enrollment versus online enrollment.

As a UFV professor, Martin owes Times readers at least that much. In addition, I am suspicious of the integrity of online learning and universities allowing degree completions without a limit on how much of the work is done using online options.

I have heard too many stories of people paid to do someone else’s online learning assignments. This does not bode well for the future of professional ethics. So John Martin, please give Times readers and UFV alumni a bit of credit by doing your research and presenting a more complete picture of online learning.

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t has been more than 10 years since Robert Putnam’s instant classic, Bowling Alone, was written.

The Harvard professor touched a nerve of most North Americans when he exposed the isolation and loneliness of a large segment of society.

In previous generations more people joined clubs, went to church, knew their neighbours by name and joined bowling leagues Now more people than ever are bowling, but they are bowling by themselves. They are bowling alone.

How is that we are able to be in the midst of all the hustle and bustle of every day life but still feel detached and alone? I just

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read an article that discussed the growing trend of elderly people living their last years alone as a result of the divorce culture of the last 40 years.

Technology has allowed us to be more connected than ever before, yet it is not uncommon to see groups of people out for dinner all texting on their phones, rather than focusing on the ones they are with.

No wonder we have trouble recognizing a God, who selfproclaims himself to be the one who is. You remember your grade school grammar and how to conjugate irregular verbs.

The verb to be goes like this: I am, you are, he, she or it is. This is how God describes himself.

In John 8:58 Jesus said, “I tell

Faith that matters you the truth,” Jesus answered, “before Abraham was born, I am!”

Notice he doesn’t say “I was.”

He said, “I am!” Jesus, the son of God calls himself the verb to be.

And he teaches us to be.

We have troubles sitting still.

We are constantly on the go, changing lanes, changing channels, changing partners. When is there time just to be?

According to Robert Putnam, the last 25 years has seen a 35 per cent drop in people having friends over and a 43 per cent drop in family dinners.

This trend would also explain

the fact that the US ($492) and Canada ($397) spend more than twice as much per capita per year on fast food than any other country in the world.

This does not sound like we are being much of anything but busy.

Yet this is not what Jesus intended when he instructs us to abide in him in John 14.

The idea of abiding comes from the concept of being with, remaining and continuing. In other words it means to be.

We live in a society that focuses more on doing than being, and as a result we find ourselves more and more isolated from God and one another.

We need each other.

We need each other to care for and be cared for but we also need each other to keep our idiosyncrasies in check.

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In other words, it keeps us from getting too weird.

Having to eat with others encourages us to have manners.

Sharing our thoughts and our lives with others allows for God to speak to us and through us to them.

Being with one another gives our lives meaning beyond the physical things by which we are surrounded.

I encourage you to spend more time being with people and less time doing things around people.

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t was 11 years ago when our marriage shifted gears and got back on track.

I remember reading I Corinthians 7:17 in the Message Translation. It says, “And don’t be wishing you were someplace else or with someone else. Where you are right now is God’s place for you. Live and obey and love and believe right there.

God, not your marital status, defines your life.”

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Gary Thomas in his book Sacred Influence says, “If he knows you won’t simply turn a blind eye to what he’s doing, when he thinks he might even lose you, if he continues down the path he’s walking, he’s going to be shaken and at least consider making changes.”

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There’s always a place for you!

contemporary worship excellent children’s program

Sunday Services 9:00 am & 11:00 am

Contemporary Worship Biblical Teaching A Great Community Join us

Sundays @ 10:00am

Weekly activities for students and children as scheduled.

Lead Pastor - Warren Schatz Associate Pastor - Adam Palesch Worship Director/Jr. High Youth - Andrew Jager

Meeting at 2393 West Railway Street 604.864.ACTK www.actk.ca Senior Pastor - Justin Manzey

604-855-0911 • www.mpcc.ca

MENNONITE BRETHREN

MENNONITE BRETHREN

NONDENOMINATIONAL

CLEARBROOK MENNONITE BRETHREN CHURCH 2719 Clearbrook Road

(Corner of Clearbrook & Old Yale Roads)

Phone: 604-850-6607 9:45 am German Worship Service and Sunday School 11:00 am Family Worship Service 7:00 pm Evening Service 10:00 am Wednesday Bible Study German/English “We preach Christ crucified and risen” 1 Cor. 2-3; 1 Cor. 15-20

RESURRECTION JESUS Come play ball with people who love Jesus.

3160 Ross Road, Abbotsford (1 block north of Fraser Highway)

Phone: 604-856-2024 SUNDAY MORNING SERVICES 10:00 AM “KIDS PROGRAM DURING BOTH SERVICES” ALL ARE WELCOME!

Ray: 604-807-7470 David: 778-878-1189 Patrick: 778-908-9824

Meeting at: Abbotsford School of Integrated Arts 36232 Lower Sumas Mtn. Rd.

Meeting at Abbotsford Christian School | Secondary Campus 35011 Old Clayburn Rd. Sunday Service: 10:00 AM Connections Groups: Wednesdays @ 7:30 PM Thursdays @ 7:00 PM Pastoral Team: Blake & Adrienne Joiner Sean & Jamie Sabourin 778-808-9684 www.connectchurch.ca connect with God | connect with people

THE SALVATION ARMY

CELEBRATION

CASCADE

2631Cyril Street (off Essendene)

Come To Jesus Pastors:

(Children’s programs during service)

LIFE CHURCH Sunday @ 10:00 am SENIORS DROP IN CENTRE

www.Resurrectionlife.bc.ca resurrectionlifechurch@shaw.ca

He is not here...He is risen

Above and beyond some boundaries in my life.

Proverbs 14:1 tell us, “Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish pulls it down with her hands.”

I wanted to be a wise woman, but that meant it would take some “tough” love. As Bob and I took an active part in making the changes that we needed, we now understand that it was worth it. It took a lot of hard work, blood, sweat and tears, but the good news is we worked together as a team.

The other aspect about marriage that I learned was that husbands do care about the appearance of their wives. They don’t expect them to look like supermod-

ARABIC

Community Church 35190 Delair Road Abbotsford, BC 604-556-7000 Sunday Worship 10:00 a.m.

Kids Time for age 2½ to 11 Nursery for under age 2½ Evening Service Service 6:00 6:00 p.m.

Evening Suspended Sept. 19 Everyone is to welcome Everyone is welcome

www.cascadechurch.ca

BAPTIST

band will feel emotionally closer to you.

Tough love isn’t always easy. It requires wisdom to know and do the right thing at the right time. There is no easy solution and the formula is unique for each couple. But I trust that you will be motivated to do what you can to be an agent of positive change in your marriage.

■ Alice Maryniuk is the author of Thinking for a Change. - How to transform your life by transforming your thoughts.

Holy Communion Sunday at 8 A.M. St. Matthew’s Church 2010 Guilford Drive, Abbotsford In the Parish Hall Contact: The Diocese of New Westminister for more information 604.684.6306

www.vancouver.anglican.ca

BAPTIST

Abbotsford

Maranatha

33393 Old Yale Rd., Abbotsford

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Baptist Church

immanuelfellowship.ca 2950 Blue Jay Street, Abbotsford, BC

Pastor Rida Hanna 572-9906 (Surrey) Serop Sarkis 859-2013 (Abbotsford)

(3 blocks east of White Spot) 604-850-3204 Traditional Services Sunday School. . . .10:00 am Morning Worship . .11:00 am Evening Worship . . 6:30 pm Wed. Bible Study & Childrens Club 7:00 pm

COMMUNITY CHURCH

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Arabic Church

2719 Clearbrook Road

Wednesday service 7:00 pm

NEW HOPE CHRISTIAN CENTRE Meeting at

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Sunday 10:30 am Praise & Worship Service Evening Service 7:00 pm

BAPTIST

Central Valley Baptist Church

Matsqui Lutheran Church-Matsqui Village

For information call 604-853-6083 Anglican Network in Canada

GRACE

ALICE MARYNIUK

els, but they do want them to look feminine. Husbands do want their wives to initiate sexual intimacy and be eager to sometimes take the lead.

Being proactive and working with your husband to build a fulfilling physical relationship is healthy for his spiritual standing.

At times this will be a joy for you and other times it may feel like work, or even a dreaded chore.

But on every occasion, see it as an expression of concern for your husband’s well-being and your hus-

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SUNDAYS: 10:30 a.m.

Fall programs resuming in September 2010. www.solidrockweb.org 604.850.1350

Pastor: Dr. David Rathnam

34371 - 4th Avenue, Abbotsford, BC, V2S 8B6

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Everyone Welcome

604-852-4746

3300 Mount Lehman Road, Abbotsford

Worship Services 10 am and 5 pm

Our Family Welcomes You Sunday Worship 10:30AM Kids’ Lighthouse Classes Pastors: Keith Falconer & Vernon Forbes

INDEPENDENT BODY OF CHRIST MINISTRIES

Saturdays @ 3130 McMillan Road

11:30 am Snack & Fellowship 12:00-2:15 Music, Message & Prayer

604-755-8726

**The first Sabbath of each month a POTLUCK dinner is held from 11:30-12:30 and the main service will begin at 12:45** Contacts: Enrique & Sharilyn Ortiz @ 604-855-4492 Raphael & Linda Meadows @ 604-859-5244

PENTECOSTAL

PENTECOSTAL

Sunday school for children after the morning service

Pastor E. Moerdyk Everyone Welcome!

The Potter’s House Church

NEW LIFE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH

Abbotsford Traditional Middle School 2272 Windsor St.

Prayer for the sick, healing, deliverance in Jesus’ name!

SUNDAY SERVICES 11:00 am & 6:30 pm Thursday Service - 7:00 pm Friday & Saturday Concert & Movie Night - 7:00 pm

604-746-4411

33336 2nd Ave. Mission

Pastor: D. Rideout

604-302-2066

604-850-7579

UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA

WORSHIP CENTRE

10:30 am Sunday services (10:15 am coffee & tea bar) Meeting at

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Sunday School & Adult Bible Classes . . . . 10:30 am Evangelistical Service . . 11:30 am Thursday Bible Study . . .7:00 pm

Elks Hall

10:00 am Service

10:00 am Service

10:00 am Service

Trinity Memorial United Church

St. Andrew’s United Church

Gladwin Heights United Church

33737 George Ferguson Way Abbotsford

7756 Grand Street at 10th Ave. Mission

3474 Gladwin Road Abbotsford

604-853-2591

Rev. Connie Thompson

604-826-8296

Rev. Tim Bowman

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604-852-3984

Rev. Dorothy Jeffery

A church with a vision for Restoration ...welcomes you

Times have changed, the Gospel Wednesday Night message Home Bible Study has not 7:00 pm changed Sunday Worship 2:30 pm

For more info call 604-870-9770

2455 W. Railway St. Abbotsford (Faith Bible Church)

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COMMUNITY EVENTS Girl Guides

The Girl Guides Abbotsford District has registration at the Clearbrook Library, Sept.

11 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for girls aged five and older.

Call 1-800-565-8111, or see bc-girlguides.org.

Beading workshop

Learn beading with John Diablo at the Mission library, 33247 Second Ave., on Sept.

11 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Phone 604-826-6610.

Garage sale, pancakes

St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church at 8469 Cedar St., Mission, has a pancake breakfast and garage sale on Sept. 11 from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m., rain or shine. Books, toys, house wares, collectibles, bake table and sports items. Breakfast is on till 10:30 a.m.

Straiton Heritage tea

Scones, tea and tales about the 100 years of Straiton’s history, on Sept. 12, from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., at Straiton Community Hall, 4698 Sumas Mountain Rd., Abbotsford. Displays, door prizes, kids’ activities. A BBQ follows until 7 p.m. See straitoncommunityclub.ca.

Newcomers welcome

Abby-Mission Newcomers

Club meets Sept. 14, at 7 p.m. in the Real Canadian Superstore’s Community room, 2855 Gladwin Rd., Abbotsford. Make new friends. Call Gayle at 604870-4929.

Alzheimer support

The Alzheimer Society of B.C. Support meets on Sept.

15 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in Abbotsford. Call and leave at 604-859-3889 for more details and to pre-register.

The Board of Education of School District No. 34 (Abbotsford)

Schedule of Regular (Public) Meetings September 2010 to June 2011

GriefShare is there

GriefShare, a faith-based video seminar support group for those who are grieving the death of a loved one runs Thursdays at Central Heights Church, 1661 McCallum Rd. at 7 p.m. for 13 weeks. The $25 fee is for the workbook and refreshments. Call 604852-1001.

Magic lantern nights

The MSA Museum Society opens the Magic Lantern Exhibit at Trethewey House at 2313 Ware St., Abbotsford, until Oct. 20 from 9 a.m. to noon, and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., and evenings by appointment. See www.msamuseum. ca or call 604-853-0313.

MEETING

DATE/TIME

LOCATION

Regular (public) Meeting

September 13, 2010

School Board Office

Regular (public) Meeting

October 4, 2010

School Board Office

Regular (public) Meeting

October 25, 2010

School Board Office

Regular (public) Meeting

November 15, 2010

School Board Office

Inaugural Board Meeting

December 6, 2010

School Board Office

Regular (public) Meeting

December 13, 2010

School Board Office

Regular (public) Meeting

January 10, 2011

School Board Office

Regular (public) Meeting

January 31, 2011

School Board Office

Regular (public) Meeting

February 21, 2011

School Board Office

Regular (public) Meeting

March 28, 2011

School Board Office

Regular (public) Meeting

April 18, 2011

School Board Office

Regular (public) Meeting

May 9, 2011

School Board Office

Regular (public) Meeting

May 30, 2011

School Board Office

Regular (public) Meeting

June 20, 2011

School Board Office

All Public Meetings will begin at 7:30 p.m. Meeting information and Agendas will be available on the District website (www.sd34.bc.ca under “Board”)

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he growing Mission Tennis Club hosted its annual Labor Day weekend tourney for members and Mission residents. Having played nine matches in two short days, I was physically exhausted like marathon runner at the end of his journey.

My muscles haven’t seen this kind of action all year.

This three-day weekend brings many special childhood meanings. Looking through my aging scrapbook, this was the first tennis tournament my parents put me in as a skinny 15year-old junior high school student.

My father Tok and older brother Daljit set the pace in the earlier years before people took me seriously.

I recall packing my tennis bags wearing my tight Jimmy Connors shorts and shirt just trying to fit in.

My personal interest grew watching my uncles, father and brother bring beautiful tennis hardware and displaying it throughout our home. I wanted my name engraved in stone, too. Well, it didn’t happen overnight.

My father gave me my first opportunity in 1983 to play doubles with my older brother.

The pressure was on and

he wasn’t the easiest partner to be on the same side with. He and I would win the double titles for several years until the late 80s when my younger brother Harry and I teamed up and won it for a few years consecutively.

I also had the fortunate opportunity of teaming up with my father Tok and won it for a few years back-toback in the early 90s.

When I entered this year’s event, I decided this was going to be my last year participating, having played almost 20 times.

There is no reason why.

Now I would rather watch and support local tennis initiatives from the sidelines and mentor players.

Having organized local tourneys for 15 years and raised money with tennis pros in 1992 for upgrading the courts, I was given every opportunity to make a difference on and off the court.

Here are just a few of the former local Mission tennis legends that deserve Wimbledon Centre Court praise: the late Art Wood, Peter Brand, John Young, Phil Paul, Fay Holt, Shelia Walker, Roy Tremblay, the late Billy Gill and Jack Ziefflie.

Having won this year’s men’s single event for the

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On the edge 17th time against Brandon Wood, whom I have been coaching, it’s nice to exit on high spirits.

Speaking with club president Mark Gervais, who has been running the organization since 1985, he said: “I’ve had people contact me from all over the world to play with the club during their stay in Canada. We are currently pushing for better courts and lights at the park. It would extend our evening playing time two to three hours. The District of Mission has always been co-operative in assisting our club.”

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Blendz in Dewdney

The historic Dewdney Pub presents Blendz on Saturday at 8:30 p.m. The night is also a fundraiser for the Sasquatch Lions Club. Don’t miss the blues jam every Sunday afternoon from 3:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. And Roger Potter hosts an acoustic open mic stage for amateur musicians on Wednesdays at 8 p.m. The pub is at 8793 River Rd. South, Mission.

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Films aren’t your average summer blockbusters CHRISTINA TOTH CToth@abbotsfordtimes.com

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wo local grassroots cinema groups once again bring a season of provocative and acclaimed films to Mission this fall.

The two groups, Reel on the River and Cinema Politica Fraser Valley, access films that aren’t usually found in the mainstream movie market.

Reel on The River offers well-received international films provided through Toronto’s Film Circuit, every two weeks on Monday nights at 7:30 p.m., at Mission’s SilverCity cinema. The group offers a $35 series pass, or charge $10 per film at the door. Passes are limited, so film lovers should get them early.

This fall’s eclectic roster includes the season opener on Sept. 20, The Secret in Their Eyes, a thriller from Argentina. It’s followed with Get Low, a U.S. production winning rave reviews for Robert Duvall’s performance; The Last Train, a documentary by a Canadian/Chinese team of film-makers on migrant workers and family values; Max Manus from Norway, which revisits Second World War espionage; and the U.S. film The Kids are All Right, a comedy on family dynamics.

Last season the not-for-profit group gave a small surplus to the Culture Kids Fund, which is administered through Mission Parks, Recreation and Culture. ◗ Buy passes at Murdoch’s Book Shoppe and Shoppers Drug Mart in Mission and at The Reach Gallery and Museum in Abbotsford. See more dates and details at www.reelontheriver.ca Cinema Politica Fraser Valley,”the people’s theatre,” takes on a more of an activist role, screening socially current and provocative documentaries that organizer Kevin Francis uses to stir discussion and debate. He works to bring in guest speakers to add even more dimension to the Mission events.

The first film on Sept. 17, at 7 p.m. at Rockwell’s Bar & Grill, Mission City Lodge, 32281 Lougheed Hwy., Misson, is Fresh. Fresh is a film

by Ana Sofia Joanes that celebrates farmers, thinkers and business people across the spectrum who are re-inventing our food system.

Fresh is presentated is in collaboration with the Mission Food Access Network. Guest speakers will be Sieglinde Stieda of MFAN, Tim Rempel of Rockweld Farms in Abbotsford, Dennis Prassad of Organic World and April Reeves of GE Free BC. On Oct. 22 CPFV presents Orgasm Inc., the strange science of female pleasure, with guest Dr. David McKenzie. It is a powerful look inside the medical industry as it races to develop a female ‘Viagra,’ and the marketing that is reshaping our lives around health, illness, desire – and that ultimate moment, orgasm.

Other films are in the works but not confirmed. The screenings are by donation and open to all. As it’s a ‘people’s theatre,’ attendees are encouraged to speak up, says Francis. He also welcomes volunteers, business sponsors and new ideas, such as “wildcat screenings,” and supports screenings at other events. ◗ Keep an eye on postings at www.cinemapolitica.org/fraservalley.

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Winter rocks Clarke

Blues guitar legend Johnny Winter performs Sept. 15 with special guest blues guitarist David Gogo at the Clarke Foundation Theatre, 33700 Prentis Ave., Mission. If you love the blues, don’t miss this chance to experience the real masters up close.

Tickets are $45.50 at Ticketmaster outlets.

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Abbotsford’s Stacey McKitrick will be opening for Jaydee Bixby on Sept. 17 at Cascades Casino’s Summit Theatre in Langley. McKitrick has been touring with Bixby, and this is the 24-year-old Fraser Valley singer’s first concert in her home province. Expect to some songs from her impending debut CD. The casino is at 20393 Fraser Hwy., Langley, doors open at 7 p.m. Get tickets for this show at Ticketweb.ca.

The popular Vancouver Theatresports League comedy team returns to the UFV Theatre at the Chilliwack campus on Sept. 24 at 7:30 p.m. General tickets are $18 and $14 for students and seniors.

The TheatreSports team runs a workshop in the Chilliwack theatre at 3 p.m. on Sept. 24. Open to members of the public for $15. For tickets call the UFV Theatre box office at 604-795-2814 or email theatre@ufv.ca – STAFF REPORTER

Cotton kills at the Clarke Blues legend leaves small crowd speechless CHRISTINA TOTH CToth@abbotsfordtimes.com

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hen blues legend James Cotton came out on stage Friday night, he was greeted by a rousing standing ovation before he blew one of those famous high pressure notes into his harp.

The people knew what to expect from this king of the blues harp, and they were not disappointed.

Although an elderly man, and not so light on his feet any more, Cotton retains the gift to get people jumping out of their seats, and on Friday night it was a challenge just to try to sit still.

Cotton and his excellent James Cotton Blues Band poured out blues classics one after another.

At age 75, and after 66 years of performing, Cotton shows he can still give us hardhitting, powerful blues, with style, humour,

old-time showmanship and honest professionalism.

The small audience (of about 200) must have seemed a disappointment, but that didn’t deter Cotton and the band from putting their heart and soul into every piece they played.

His back-up crew, consisting of Tom Holland, guitar, Noel Neal on bass, Kenny Neal, Jr. on drums, Rico McFarland, guitar, had jaws dropping with two their rousing open songs.

Darrell Nulisch then joined the band to perform the lead vocals – Cotton can’t sing any more due to vocal chord surgery, but there was no doubt he was the master the audience was there to see.

Cotton had his mojo workin’ on the crowd down to the last song.

And audience members got a treat after the performance, when Cotton graciously posed for photos, signed album covers, posters, and at least one harp for adoring fans, including those from Vancouver and a couple from Prince George.

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Cotton’s mojo is still workin’ on Mission.

Cotton will release a new album, Giant, later this month.

The evening opened with a tight set and some vintage juke joint blues by blues guitarist Steve Kozak and his groovin’ WestCoast Blues Revue out of Vancouver.

Another blues treat is coming on Sept. 15, when Johnny Winter performs at the Clarke with blues guitarist David Gogo. Tickets are $45.50 at Ticketmaster outlets.

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ue to mites and pesticides, honeybees are vanishing in many countries – and as suppliers of honey, they are absolutely irreplaceable. But pollination in home gardens isn’t a lost cause because it can be done very effectively by other members of the bee family.

The crucial thing gardeners can do is make gardens welcoming for these lesser-known, but hardworking bees.

Bumblebees, for instance, are resistant to the dreaded varroa mite, which has decimated many honeybee hives. Other mites also attack bumblebees, but most weaken rather than kill outright.

These bees are willing to work in temperatures below 50F (10C) – unlike honeybees that don’t stir until temperatures are above 60

Red carpet for yellow friends Here’s how to attract the ‘other’ bees

F (16C) . Bumblebees are goodtempered and their stings are extremely rare, though very painful when they do occur.

They work commercially in greenhouses pollinating tomatoes, and sometimes peppers and cucumbers. Bumblebees are said to adapt well to greenhouses since they have senior moments and forget where they used to live.

All they need for a nest is a hole in the ground. This could be an old mouse hole or a hole under a board, or under a flat stone

– somewhere rain can’t penetrate.

Nothing bothers to rob a bumblebee hive: the total amount of honey in a nest is about two teaspoons.

A colony starts small when the queen comes out of hibernation, but later the larger hives can reach 200 bumblebees.

Invaluable for pollinating fruit, vegetable and ornamental crops in spring, mason bees have never been known to sting. They usually begin pollinating during the first warm spell in February and die off

by mid-June leaving eggs behind.

In nature, each egg is sealed off in a plant stem or hole in a tree. By spring, the eggs have gone through a larval stage and are transformed into large blue-black hairy mason bees resembling bluebottles. For gardeners, the tube houses sold in early spring in garden centres can be placed on a house or shed wall for use by mason bees. Many commercial tube houses are wooden ‘sandwich’ type blocks that have been scooped out with a router so that they form tubes when the layers are together.

Those first cocoons are clean and viable. Yearly maintenance

ANNE MARRISON

Green thumb involves taking the tube houses apart and discarding the dirty looking cocoons because they will contain mites. The others can be placed outside in a birthing box to await warm weather.

Wasps also pollinate, though not very successfully because they’re too smooth to carry pollen well.

■ Anne Marrison is happy to answer

garden questions. Send them to her via amarrison@shaw.ca.

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MARY 'Betty' Elizabeth Born December 31, 1931 in Cavell, Saskatchewan, passed away on September 5, 2010 at Abbotsford. Betty was predeceased by her husband Doug, brothers Fr. Harold O.M.I. and Jack; survived by her sister; Sister Connie Kaufmann S.P., sister in laws Shirley Draney, Ruth Smith and Katherine Kaufmann; daughters, Janette Johnson (Allen), Pat Catlin (Ken), Leigh Fadden (Alan); sons, Gerald, Joe (Sandra) and Kevin (Tracey); beloved grandchildren and great grandchildren. Betty’s teaching career began in Lytton in 1951, where she met Doug. She taught in Abbotsford from 1953 until her retirement in 1989.

Betty had an intense love and strong dedication to family life.

She was an avid reader, was involved in her Catholic faith, the executive of the Retired Teachers Association, the C.W.L. and other community groups. Betty will be remembered for her caring and giving ways. Prayers will take place 7pm on Fri. Sep. 10, 2010 at St. James Parish 2767 Townline Road, Abbotsford.

Funeral mass is on Sat. Sep. 11 at 10am at St. James Parish, then a graveside service at Hazelwood followed by a reception back at the church. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the BC Lung Association or the Oblate Fathers MAMI Kenya Mission. ”You are invited to leave a personal message of condolence at the family’s online Memorial Register at: www.personalalternative.com” Personal Alternative Funeral Services 604-857-5779

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HARBOUR LINK Container Services Inc.

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Minimum requirements: •Must be at least 24 years old •Must have the ability to read, write and communicate effectively in English •Must possess valid Class 1 commercial driver’s license and hazardous endorsement •Must possess at least two (2) years of verifiable tractor-trailer driving experience within the past seven (7) years. Only tractor-trailer experience verified by a North American carrier operating in North America and Canada will be acceptable.

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IMW Industries Ltd. currently has an opportunity for an experienced TIG Welder, Level A, B, or C welding certificate preferred but not mandatory. This opportunity is in a fast paced manufacturing environment. The successful candidate will have a high level of skill in welding Stainless Steel and have a proven commitment to producing quality work in an efficient manner. Candidate must pass 4 stainless steel performance weld tests administered by IMW. Competitive starting wage, depending on experience, plus a competitive benefit package provided.

Send your resume to hr@imw.ca with the job title in the subject of your reply.

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted

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Includes ICBC Autoplan clerk training and Level one Licensing in General Insurance and Adjusting, working toward your CIP. As part of this program, you obtain your IC3 Certification as well. (www.certiport.com) Ask about other programs offered at our Abbotsford Campus: RCA, IT, Special Education Teachers Assistant, Addictions Counselor, Business programs and more. Check our website for full information. Every student qualifies for the free iPad draw...

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The Salvation Army, a Christian charitable organization, requires a Registered Psychiatric Nurse (RPN) for its operations at the Centre of Hope in Abbotsford for six month contract (will be reviewed after six months.)

RESPONSIBILITIES: To assess client needs, provide counseling and develop treatment plans. He/she will perform standard nursing functions but also possess the clinical knowledge and skills required in mental health care settings. He/she may be involved in crisis intervention on a regular basis - tasks requiring excellent interpersonal skills. Administer medications and treatments as prescribed by a physician. Provide emergency assessment and on going therapeutic services to persons from the community. He/she will provide practical health promotion, preventative care and resources to assist individuals to achieve wellness, manage illness and life threatening situations in a supportive and non-judgmental environment. He/she will intervene in areas of physical need to ensure that people have good levels of personal hygiene, nutrition, sleep etc. as well as tending to any concomitant physical ailments.

QUALIFICATIONS: The successful applicant will hold/have: • RPN • Certificate of competence with the licensing body of the Province of British Columbia.

Please forward resume by September 15, 2010 to: Human Resources Advisor, 34081 Gladys Avenue, Abbotsford, BC V2S 2E8 FAX: (604) 852-8029 E-mail: sylvia.antonescu@shawcable.com We thank all applicants, however, only those candidates to be interviewed will be contacted.

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As one of Alberta’s fastest growing communities, Strathcona County manages many exciting challenges. With a focus on social, environmental and economic sustainability, Strathcona County is committed to balancing the unique needs of this diverse community.

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Successful applicants will be available for day, afternoon and weekend shifts, have reliable transportation (no public transit available), possess proficient English communication skills, and enjoy repetitive physical work that requires lifting 20-80 lb cases of grocery products.

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As one of the largest employers in the Fraser Valley, EV Logistics operates two distinct facilities – a 380,000 sq ft refrigerated facility, and a 485,000 sq ft dry goods building – both facilities are located in the Gloucester Industrial Park (at the 264th St exit off Hwy #1).

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Visit Elections Canada’s Web site at www.elections.ca. Click on ”Returning Officer” to download the application form, the job description and other relevant documents. For more information or for a copy of these documents, you may also call 1-800-463-6868.

Applications must be received by midnight on Tuesday, September 21, 2010.

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WONG FARMS

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HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best Price, Best Quality. All Shapes & Colors Available. Call 1-866-652-6837. www.thecoverguy.ca

GENERATE EXCEL INCOME start your own mini office outlet, flx hrs. We provide FREE online training. Go to www.born2shine.net

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For Sale Miscellaneous

LIKE NEW, couch & loveseat $400. Area rug 5’3' x 7’7'. $80. 2 standing lamps, 2 for $40. Countertop $25. Call 604-864-9996

UNRESERVED AUCTION

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 10:00AM CHILLIWACK HERITAGE PARK 44140 LUCKAKUCK WAY

ABBOTSFORD FLEA MARKET Exhibition Park

Indoor & Outdoor Sundays 6am - 4pm

604-859-7540 Multi Family Sale!

Sat. Sept 11 & Sun Sept 12 9am - 3pm 3268 Goldstream Dr. Furn, toys, books, clothes, some tools & so much more

CATS. Fixed - male and female rescued cats. Free to good, n/s indoor homes only. 604-513-9310

Saturday, September 11 — 8am to 3pm 4637 Mt. Lehman Road, Abbotsford GREAT BARGAINS! THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

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Dogs

★CATS & KITTENS★ FOR ADOPTION !

604-724-7652

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Dogs

MULTI POO Pups, non shed, 2 female & 2 males, $550, Maple Ridge 604-462-0843

RAGDOLLS & Domestic Kittens, $100-$500. 604 590-3727 www.puppiesfishcritters.com

ALL SMALL breed pups local & non shedding $350+.

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RAGDOLL KITTENS, males, vet check, 1 vac. dewormed, parents Sealpoints, $350, 604-850-7471

PERSIAN & Himalayan kittens reg $600.00 up 604-939-1231 dreamhimicattery.com

Lots of great collectables books, toys, house wares, bake table and sports items; Breakfast only until 10:30 am.

FUNDRAISING GARAGE SALE

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St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church, 8469 Cedar St. Sat, Sept. 11, 2010 8:00am - 1:00pm Rain or Shine!

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8am - 2pm 34885 Champlain Cres.

Furn, toys, craft supplies & kitchen supplies

Garage Sale & Pancake Breakfast

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Friday, September 17, 1-6pm

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Electronics, Picture Frames, Camera, 20 Mountain Bikes, 3 Strollers, Vacuum Cleaners, PSP7, PS3 & XBOX 360 Systems, Wine Coolers, Tools, Lawn Mowers, Gas & Electric Cook Tops, Pressure Washers, Chain Saws, Hot Water Tanks, Air Compressors and lots more.

Full Load of Industrial Supplies and Equipment.

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Cancer June 21-July 22: This week starts with a romantic mood (Sunday) – and it’s a clue for the future, as a major romantic theme plays for you now through next January. If you’re single, this could have wedding bells attached. Two types of delays end early this week: the setbacks and mistakes in travel, communications and bitty details over the last several weeks,and the deeper,more subtle but powerful delays in relationships, marriage, partnership, opportunity and negotiations (since April). These resume forward motion. A lucky legal, travel, educational, love or cultural event (or “start”) is imminent!

Leo July 23-Aug. 22: Something will either be solved, end, or begin this week. (Gee, that was an easy prediction!) This occurs in your spheres of sexual intimacy, mutual financial resources, investments/debt, deep health, or “detective work.”

(These are actually the same sphere – it’s the place of deep drives, your “engine room.”) An ally or enemy is involved. And the actual “event” is sudden, lucky, perhaps unexpected. (Lucky, but not necessarily monetarily: the exhilaration here is from freedom.)

Many delays end now, especially in earnings, possessions, home, real estate and employment.

Don’t look back!

Virgo Aug. 23-Sept. 22: Your energy, charisma and effectiveness hit a yearly high. Delays end. (You might still feel indecisive, but the cure for this is to act – action creates its own decisiveness.) A new start, or the sudden solution to an old problem, or the sudden return of an old situation, occurs – it involves marriage or a partnership, an opportunity, relocation, fame, dealings with the public, negotiations, litigation, competition, or similar relationship dealings. A fivemonth delay in romantic, creative, speculative or child-oriented ventures also ends now. Thursday/ Friday contain nice clues about this.

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2 HUSBY Yorkies (male and female).needs re-homing, they are both A K C registered, if you are interested kindly send an email to bcrandell@blumail.org

Tim Stephens' Astral Reflections Aries March 21 - April 19: It’s your last week (well, 10 days) of work, drudgery and health concerns. Recent delays and mistakes ebb, giving you the freedom to charge ahead. Quickly tackle past due and new jobs. Next week will begin a month of opportunity, negotiation or wrestling with a challenge – you’ll want to be free of the chains of chores. Your sexual, financial and “deep health” zones grow more and more important – and generally lucky – now into December. This can lead to a lustful affair, an investment or settlement – all of which open lifestyle doorways. Love is a (the!) “source of health.”

Taurus April 20-May 20: Romantic, creative, child-oriented and pleasure delays end. Act fast – you only have 10 days to win someone’s heart, or make your creative mark. (Of course there will be other opportunities down the road. In fact, you’ve just started a four-month run of social luck, flirtations and popularity – and light romance, if you’re single. But “light” contrasts with the present deep influence.) Sunday promotes partnerships (be diplomatic). Sex, secrets and high finance Monday to Wednesday: caution flags fly. Mellow wisdom, love Wednesday-Friday. A big (social) surprise Saturday!

Gemini May 21-June 20: This week offers a sudden breakthrough in career, prestige and worldly position, or with a parent, boss or authority figure.

A legal, publishing, educational or far-travel project might be involved – so might a partner, a fight or a negotiation (even potential fame). Hope, pray, have faith! Delays at home and in general end now – more subtly, elusive but quietly crushing delays (since April) in sexual, health and financial zones also end. You’ll feel more effective. The 10 days ahead feature your domestic scene, real estate, kids, security: charge ahead here, especially Friday.

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Cats

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5040

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POODLE/SCHNAUZER X, 8 mos wks, shots, deworm, declawed, doc’d tails. 3F/2M. 604-951-6890

AMERICAN PITBULL pups, P/B, $500. Call for more information, 604-819-6006

JACK RUSSELL pups smooth, stubby, black & white, $400.

Phone 604-701-1587 CKC REG’D Rottweiller Pups, 11 wks, Champion German lines, vet chk’ed, $1000+. 1-604-287-7688

MAREMMA PUPS for sale. 5 males, 3 females. Working parents. $450 each. 604-823-4797

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Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 22: A breakthrough or new start might occur in employment, machinery or health zones. (Perhaps Saturday late afternoon/supper hour – a good time to chase such things.) You’ve attracted attention, obvious or not, for the last five weeks. Now that romantic wave subsides. But your chances for sensual satisfaction (e.g., a casual affair) actually increase, now to December. Keep your eye on the long-term: 2011 through 2012 will bring partnership excitement on a level you haven’t seen for at least seven years. Delays end in law, education, publishing and travel, real estate, home and family.

Scorpio Oct. 23-Nov. 21: A former love or creative, speculative or child-oriented situation could return – perhaps with a bang that launches a new beginning.

Delays are over in social, political, organizational, entertainment and planning activities. Also, a quiet general feeling of indecision or slowness, affecting you since last April, dissolves now. Your energy stays nicely high Sunday onward. A wish could come true this week! Your sexual and romantic magnetism are climbing, will surge through December. Chase money Monday/Tuesday. Travel, call people Thursday/Friday.

Be domestic, with family Saturday.

Sagittarius Nov. 22-Dec. 21: Be ambitious – delays, barriers and mistakes are over. (Indecision lingers, but that can be solved by action. Do what makes you feel cheerful or optimistic – these are always, all life, your signal of the correct choice.)

Spend Sunday resting. Tackle the world when your energy and charisma leap upward Monday through Wednesday morning. (Your home situation might interfere with your career for four months – choose career Wednesday, home later. Your family, property, security “start anew” this week in a lucky, freeing way!) Chase money, not friends, Thursday/Friday.

Saturday’s lively!

Capricorn Dec. 22-Jan. 19: Delays end in legal, intellectual, far travel, publishing, insurance, cultural and love spheres. Chase one or more of these now, without delay. Delays also end in a more subtle, halfsensed area: within yourself, in your compass, your choices about your future – once again, you can steer your life. (At least until next April, when the spring/ summer brings the same subtle indecision. This pattern will hold for some years. Knowing this can save you wasted effort.) Past weeks mixed lust with career. Now to January, light romance, social flirtations arrive! Grab success Thursday/Friday.

Aquarius Jan. 20-Feb. 18: Delays end in sexual, financial,deephealthandlifestyleareas–makechoices in these during the next 10 days. This decade and next, each spring/summer brings quiet, unannounced delays or hold-ups to your career zone, usually from head office or a government agency. Now these delays lift – until next April. Time to act! A new monetary or earnings picture comes this week. But it’s “back to the future” somehow – a repeat/evolvement of a former situation. A romantic or heightened intellectual interest ebbs – instead, to December, “romance” enters your career zone: take care!

Pisces Feb. 19-March 20: The accent remains on relationships, opportunities, negotiation, contracts, agreements and possible clashes. But now the future comes in – delays, indecision and faces from the past ebb, and valid new meetings, opportunities arrive. A wish might come true in this area Wednesday to Friday!

More deeply, you finally will begin to seek, plan and visualize your future (and your social contacts) without dithering about the ethics or wisdom of this or that.

The rest of 2010 lifts your love/romance prospects – and career luck! (Perhaps suddenly – overnight.)

August/September’s “lust” fades. timstephens@shaw.ca • Reading: 416-686-5014

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BUSINESSES FOR SALE

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Condos/ Townhouses

6008

6008-04

Burnaby

SUN Sep 12th, 2-4, Quick Sale!

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Coquitlam

6020

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Real Estate

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Abbotsford

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6508

Houses - Sale

6505

Apartments & Condos

1 BRM NEW Bldg with in suite laundry & 2 undergound parking near Super store in Abby.$800.00 call Vic 604-308-1480

6508

Apt/Condos

2 BR, 2bath, 5 appls gas fp, large deck, view, Mission, $975, Oct 1, walk WC Express, 778-858-1463

Apt/Condos

2BD 2BTH Abby condo avail Oct 1. Bright, clean, centrally located. $1200 incl util. 604-309-3398 2 BR $745. Apt in Mission. carpet, coin wd, avail Immed Bob 604-302-8676 or 604-826-5147 ABBY DOWNTOWN. Older clean 1 BR Apts, fridge, stove, hot water. Avail now or June. Call 9am-9pm daily ★ 604-539-2533 ALDERGROVE - 1BR, central location, refs, credit & criminal check req’d. $660, avail Sept 1.

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3510 Feed & Hay Triple Five Trucking

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Body Work

1980 Emerson Abby.$80/1hr. Jan Swedish massage Jade/Shannon $100 & up in/out (604) 854-0599

Surrey

Sry, 6960-120 St, Harleen Gardn New 900sf, 1 BR garden patio ste, ALL appls, f/p, sec’d parking, +. $200k incls HST! 604-690-4979

6008-34

Vancouver East Side

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Real Estate

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Mobile Homes

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6508

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Apt/Condos

6602

A31

Suites/Partial Houses

CEDAR GREEN

1 BDRM, above ground, bsmt suite. All utils incl. Insuite w/d.

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APARTMENTS

2441 Countess St 1 Bedroom from $620

1 Bdrm. & Den from $650

2 Bedroom

starting at $700 totally reno’d $790

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Damage deposit reduced.

MISSION 2 bdrm, 7696 Grand St., reno’d. 2nd flr cnr, pets ok, on site Mgr., Immed $750 604-826-3665 or 778-552-1808 MISSION 3 br, newly reno’d, 5 appl, avail Sept. 1st, n/s, smallpet ok, $850+hydro 1-604-818-0840

6540

Coquitlam

Houses - Sale

Expired Listing, No Equity, High Pymts?

6002

To view or for more info call 604-830-1706

THE TIMES FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Houses - Rent

2 BDRM Exec. home for rent.

Close to shopping and sky trn.

Completely rebuilt historical home with plenty of storage and lovely back yard & patio. $1,400.00/Mth. Call 604-826-9339 to view. Ref. a must.

2 BR Newly Reno’d, large yard, elec & W/D hookup, w/ or w/o fridge & stove, $1200, by Monastery. Mission 604-820-9606 3 BR +den, Totally Reno’d House & Yard, Gardeners Delight! Beautiful Views, nr shops, hwy & schools, avail Sept 15, ns, $1700, 32864 10 Ave, Mission. Pls do not disturb tennants, call owner @ 1-604-657-0229 for viewing.

3 BR on acreage in Mission, Reno’d, great for horses or live stock, $1400, now. 604-838-4661 MISSION FURN studio garden cottage, ns, cat ok, suit 1, $600 utils incl. Immed 604-866-6676 STOP RENTING-RENT TO OWN No Qualification - Low Down CHILLIWACK - 9557 Williams, 3 bdrm, 1 bath, cozy HOUSE on 49x171’ lot, excellent investment property in heart of town, close to shops & schools............... $888/M VANCOUVER - 558 Taylor St, 1 bdrm + den, 2 level TOWNHOME, nr GM Place & Costco…$1,288/M WHITE ROCK - 15532 Madrona Dr, 3 bdrm, 2 bath HOUSE, gas fireplace, huge yard, new roof, easy access to beach....$1,688/M CLOVERDALE - 6965-192nd St, 6 bdrms, 5 baths NEW HOUSE with 3 suites + BIG income potential, all new appliance, w/d, fireplace .........................2,688/M

1 BR, BACH, unfurn/furn, FARM, SHOP, prkg, W/D, pool, sat/TV $600, MISSION. 604-826-3874 1 BR Fairfield, clean, nr schools, np, no laundry $650, avail now 604-850-1314 2 BDRM bsmt, incl: ldry; hydro; heat. close to: schools; bus stop.

N/P, N/S, $750. Oct 1 604-504-7749/ 604-832-5504 2 BDRM bsmt suite. in suite laundry. on bus route. avail. Oct. 1. $800 + util. call 604-315-9871.

2 BR bsmt, W. Abb. nr schl/bus, w/d, $800incl hyd, n/p, n/s, Oct 1.

604-418-8666 or 604-746-2419 2 BR bsmt,all utils incld, 2 days/ wk for laundry, ns, np, Nr. Mt Lehman & Hwy 1 Exit, $800, avail immed, 778-552-1381 2 BR Mission, beautiful laminate flrs, tiles, wd, no pets, ns, $675, 604-820-7021 2 BR, MISSION, n/s, n/p, priv ent, new area, incld’s sat tv, $750. Oct 604-615-6692, 778-242-6692 2 BR newer home, own entry, E. Abbts near downtown, also rooms avail, ns, np, 604-504-5842 2BR G/L suite, Abby, spacious 1000sf, bright, no pets, ns, Avail now, $750 incl util. 778-846-1160 ABBY 2 BR bsmt ste christian home, 4 appl, nr Blueridge & Townline, $780 incl utils. ns np, Oct 1 ref’s Craig 604-864-9163 BACH SUITE, full bath, avail immed, ns, np, suit 1, Mission, $375. 778-549-7250 BRIGHT LRG 2 br daylight bsmt suite, The Highlands, spec view of F. Valley, $975 all inclusive w/cable. n/s, cat ok, Refs. Oct 1.

604-671-6843 or 604-854-4181 CLEARBROOK 2 br upper, bright, lrg deck, ns, np, srd ldry, nr hwy, $1,000 incl. 604-308-5830 MISSION, 3BR suite, Bailey Pl. Short walk to Cherry Elementry.

Incl utils, net w/d, ns, np. avail now, 604-790-0071 or 825-3189 MISSION Avail immed 1 BR insuite w/d, d/w, gas f/p, $750 incl utils, n/s. 604-557-6664 MISSION NEW 2BR Bsmt. Grd lvl, patio, insuite lndry, cbl/util incl.

NS/NP. Ref’s req. Avail Oct 1. $850/mo. 778-840-5292 MISSION Newly Reno’d Small 2 BR g/lvl ste, $550 + utils, n/p, n/s, w/d, Avail Oct 1. 1-604-939-9950 NEW 2 Bdrm bsmt, nr Aldergrove Safeway, $850 incl utils, Avail now, ns np. Call 604-856-0142

WALNUT GROVE. Spac., bright 2 BR, full bath, priv w/d, alarm, patio, f/yard. Ns/np. $900/mo + 1⁄3 util. Avail immed. 604-881-2297

Call Kristen 604- 435-5555

www.HomeBuyingCenter.ca

6590

Rooms

BEAUTIFUL 4 yr old home in Rock Ridge has a furn bdrm for rent. $500/mo to the right n/s person. tv hook up, laundry, prkg incl. refs required. Avail immed.

Call Jennifer 604-308-1524 PRIVATE ROOMS in Abbots Bsmt rooms & main flr rooms avail $450 - $500. All very clean.

Central locations. 604-854-1000

6600

Storage

1100 SQFT Shed/barn with power,cement flr, 2 roll up doors, $650 +util, DD. Dave 604-807-9326 (NO Growers Pls)

6602

Suites/Partial Houses

1, 2 & 3 BR, new house, Aberdeen, share wd, ns, np, incl utils, cable, 604-625-7799 or 557-6142

6605

Townhouses Rent

MISSION, 3 BR T/H, quiet family complex, rent geared to income, n/p, avail Now, 604 820-1715

6615

Wanted To Rent

WANTED Covered storage for 40 ft Motor home. Please call 604-542-5510

6620

Warehouse/ Commercial

COMMERCIAL STORE FRONTAGE FOR LEASE

Yale Road in Chilliwack 1400 sq.ft. with large bay door available Immediately M.Y. Mini Storage 604-703-1111 WAREHOUSE & office space for lease, up to 12,000sf of Warehouse and 3,200sf of executive offices. Available Aug 15, 2010 Chillwack. Call 604-991-7200

HOME SERVICES 8155

8055

Cleaning

European Style Cleaning Reliable. Eco Friendly Products Used, ★ Eva 604-347-7776★

8060

Concrete

Need CONCRETE Done?

www.NoLimitConcrete.com ❏ Driveway, Sidewalk, Patios ❏ Site Prep to Finishing ❏ Resurfacing & Raising Old Concrete & more...

From start to finish! Great rates!

No Limit Concrete Paul • 604-897-2453 All Concrete/Asphalt Removal Disposal incls Quality Guaranteed, Free Estimates. Comm/ Res. 604-540-6567

8080

Electrical

YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 service call. Insured. Lic # 89402. Fast same day service guaranteed. We love small jobs! 604-568-1899

8130

Handyperson

HANDYMAN - framing, decks, tiles, hardwood, roof repair. Total additions & basements. Ken 778-773-6251 or 604-455-0740

8150

Kitchens/Baths

QUALITY CABINETS FOR LESS! Basic 10’ x 9’ Kitchen Sale Price $2450

Includes: 11 cabinets with white PVC doors, end panels, toe kick, brushed nickel knobs & full extension slides.Fully assembled & ready to install. 2 wk delivery.

Install & upgrades avail.

Call us at 604-289-0101

renovationsplus@hotmail.ca

Landscaping

COL-RIC CONTRACTING • Excavating • Dumptrucking • Landscaping • Fencing

•turf instalation (top soil spreading •mini excavator • dump truck service • retaining walls • fencing • concrete breaker • land clearing • demolition

604-290-8845 823-2382 or 795-1027 mini Bobcat mini Excavator

Fits through yard gates − under 3 feet wide!

Remove old grass, Ditching, Drainage, Moving materials ... ✔We’ll do it! ✔Great rates!

Paul • 604-897-2453 www.NoLimitConcrete.com

8160

Lawn & Garden

OLSEN LANDSCAPING & MAINTENANCE Lawn & garden maintenance.

Quality, fast and efficient work. Also: Pressure washing and other types of odd jobs.

Call Shane at:

604-614-1227

8185

Moving & Storage

8185

TWO BROTHERS MOVING & Delivery. Local & Long Distance; Best Rate! Joseph 604-720-0931

Painting/ Wallpaper

8195

MILANO Painting 604-551-6510 Int/Ext. Good Prices. Free Est. Written Guar. Prof & Insured.

8205

Paving/Seal Coating

ALLEN Asphalt, concrete, brick, drains, foundations, walls, membranes 604-618-2304/ 820-2187

8220

Plumbing

10% Off with this Ad! Aman’s Plumbing Service, Lic. Gas Fitter, Reas. Rates. 778-895-2005 $38/HR.. CLOGGED drains, garbs, drips. WCB Lic & Ins B.C. Redi-Rooter 604-217-2268

Moving & Storage

MOVERS & STORAGE South American

8235

• Local • Long Distance • International • Overseas

auto wrecking ltd.

Van Lines Ltd.

Senior & Student Discounts Up to 20%

FREE Boxes • FREE Storage

Insured & Bonded

Recycling

8240

Renovations & Home Improvement

• Countertop Resurfacing • Bathtub & Tile Reglazing • Cabinet Door Re-Facing • Finishing Carpentry 604-825-3884 Toll Free: 1-877-668-4164 www.almegaresurfacing.com

8250

#1 Roofing Company in BC All types of Roofing Over 35 Years in Business Call for your FREE ESTIMATE

604-588-0833

SALES@ PATTARGROUP.COM WWW.PATTARGROUP.COM

8255

Rubbish Removal

FAMILY MAN w/truck for yard & home clean ups, light moves, odd jobs & scrap rem. 604-820-2383.

Toll Free

1-877-964-4490 We pay for Scrap Metal

brought to our yard

POPEYE’S MOVING 604-783-6454 Vancouver 604-377-2503

www.popeyesmovingbc.com

3 Lines 3 Times

Hire a Lawn Care professional.

Place Your Ad On-line at https://webads.van.net or call 604-850-9600

AUTOS

07 FORD RANGER $ 76 V6, auto$7,995 . 202 /mo 05 GMC SIERRA Z-71 $ 00 4x4 $8,995 ..... 217 /mo 09 TOYOTA CAMRY $ 00 Hybrid $16,995 286 /mo 07 FORD TAURUS SE $ 6,995........... $16402/mo 06 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX $ 5,995........... $14295/mo 00 DODGE CARAVAN ..................................... $2,895 98 VW BEETLE auto.............................. $4,295 99 VW BEETLE 5 speed ........................ $4,999 01 CHEV MALIBU ..................................... $3,495 00 GMC JIMMY 4X4............................... $3,295 01 TOYOTA ECHO Auto.............................. $3,995 03 KIA SPECTRA GSX Auto.............................. $4,295

05 COACHMAN$248 Rear bunks ................ 10,900 06 PILGRIM CIRRUS 29 RLS ...................... $13,900 07 FORREST RIVER FLAGSTAFF ....... $13,900

Don’t struggle cutting your grass.

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WEEKLY SPECIALS Sept 11 - Sept 17, 2010

Rear bedroom bunks 29’............................. $11,900

Auto Wrecking Recycling 604-855-1644 604-852-1296 34314 Vye Rd., Abbotsford

See section 8160 in the Home Services.

SELF-SERVE DISCOUNT AUTO PARTS OVER A THOUSAND VEHICLES TO CHOOSE FROM

04 COACHMAN CAPTIVA

Do You Need to Rent Your Property? $

2002 CHEVY Cavalier, 192km, cheap on fuel, $2100 obo. Call 604-746-7324 or 604-835-7617

TRAILERS

✦ Scrap Car Pick Up ✦ Rolloff Containers

Parts & Accessories

Door Glasses........................$1295 Back Glass (car)...................$2495 Rear Hatch Assys (car).........$4995 Rear Hatch Assys (SUV)........$6995 Window Motors....................$1295 Wiper Motors........................$1295 Throttle Body Assys..............$1895 Any Steel Wheel..................... $795

Hours: 8:30am-5pm 7 Days A Week www.pickapart.ca

Scrap Car Removal

792-1221

Toll-Free: 1-866-843-8955 9145

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up to

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We Pay Up To $500 Cash For Some Scrap Cars, Trucks & Machinery. FREE PICK-UP No Wheels - No Problem!

Payments are approx and OAC

9130

9145

Domestic

Roofing

Recycling all but food waste ✦ Wood Products ✦ Tires ✦ Construction Waste

Local

9135

9125

Capt’n Crunch

778-838-1275

AUTOMOTIVE

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Gerry

Hours: 8:30am-5:00pm 7 Days A Week www.pickapart.ca FREE SCRAP car & truck removal. Top $$ paid for all. No wheels - no problem. 604-615-7175

STEVE TOWING SERVICES Scrap Car Removal. We Pay $$ for all cars. Call 778-316-7960

THE SCRAPPER

SCRAP CAR & TRUCK REMOVAL

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9155

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Sport Utilities/ 4x4’s/Trucks

1986 GMC 3/4T, 4wd, auto, p/u, white, 65,500 orig. Kms, winch, $3800, 1 owner, 604-853-8825

Motorcycles/ Dirt Bikes

2002 HARLEY Davidson Ultra Classic, black, low mi. fully dressed, $15,000, 604-826-3212

Accelerate your car buying

604-615-7175

2005 FORD F350, exc. cond. only 65,000 KM’s $29,995. Call 604-751-5962

#1 FREE Scrap Vehicle Removal Ask about $500 Credit!!! $$ PAID for Some 604.683.2200 AAA SCRAP CAR REMOVAL Minimum $100 cash paid for full sized vehicles. 604-518-3673

2005 NISSAN XTrail LE, fully loaded / Leather, Fully Maint, Exc Cond $15,995. 604-751-5962

Weekends were made for shopping, so make sure you check our Classifieds for a comprehensive listing of garage sales in your area!

Follow the garage sale trail in

The Abbotsford-Mission Times Classifieds Call 604-850-9600 to book your ad

Summer Garage Sales

THE TIMES FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

AUTOMOTIVE 9173

9173

Vans

9173

Vans

Vans

1999 FORD Windstar. 4drsw, 4 captain seats and bench. Asking $2800 neg. Excellent condition.

Call 604-535-0167

1995 NISSAN Quest, 192k, 7 pass, aircared, 1 owner, $1200 obo..call 604-854-6709 1998 FORD E250 Working Van, excellent condition, low kms, $2500 obo, white, 604-715-2337

Sports & Imports

9160

2000 HYUNDAI Tiberon SE, 5 spd, 95K, red, air cared, $3975.

D9921 Abbots 604-855-6522

1999 CHEV Express 1500, 8 pass van, pwr windows, AC, 181k kms, $3500. Sry 604-618-4142 2006 HONDA Civic DX Coupe $12,500. Auto, dark blue, PWR Locks/Windows, heated mirrors, digital dash, 4 new tires, new brakes. Honda Serviced. NO Accidents. 100k. Great on gas, +extras. Coq. ★ 604-868-3128

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9515

Boats

18.5 FT K.C.boat ski/fish access. trler, 150 hp merc o/b. new carpet/ seats.$6900 obo 604-794-7427 no calls Sunday please.

9522

RV’s/Trailers

A33

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RV’s/Trailers

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9522

RV’s/Trailers

RV’s/Trailers

32’ Fifth Wheel 2000 TRAVELAIRE Rustler. 21’.

5th wheel. All equipped. Spotless condition! $6,950! 604-230-2728

604-0000000 Call NOW to Reserve Your Spot at the Show

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05 CHEV IMPALA

4 dr, 43km, loaded, 10-065

6,888

$

95 DODGE NEON 4 door

1,888

$

97 CHEV CAVALIER convertible

5,888

$

00 CHRYSLER SEBRING CONV 125k, V6, a/c, pw, pl, tilt, crs, 07-110A

5,881

$

98 DODGE NEON

4 dr, auto, A/C, 124km, 10-009A

2,888

$

05 CHEV CAVALIER 4 dr, auto, 83k, 08-006

5,881

place your ad online @ http://classified.van.net

BYSIZZLERS -PASS

7 passenger, G861, Was $7995

6,881

$

01 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LTD

108K, anniversary, 20” wheels, 10-078

11,881

$

07 CHEV SILVERADO

Ccrew cab, 2500HD, Duramax Diesel

30,881

$

02 HONDA CIVIC LX

6,888

05 PONTIAC SUNFIRE

99 YUKON

07 CHEV 1500 X/CAB 4x4, 5.3 V8, loaded, 10-068

19,881

$

NOW

04 FORD S/CAB 4x4, FX4

11,881

$

8,881

OR VISIT www.automotorvators.com

31970 LOUGHEED HWY, MISSION

604.826.4551

7,888

$

01 GMC JIMMY

4 dr, loaded, low kms, 10-077

98 CHRYSLER INTREPID 10-083

2,998

7,888

$

$

90 FORD F350

96 CHEV MONTE CARLO

Reg cab, 4x4, 7.3 diesel

2,888

4,888

$

V6, 80k, 10-076

Z34, leather, loaded

$

$

03 FORD MUSTANG

04 PONTIAC GRAND AM SE

$

loaded, leather, G862, Was $6995

2 dr, loaded, 5 spd, Was $9995

$

5,991

6,881 3,881

9,988

$

$

$

05 DODGE 1500 RAM

2 door, loaded

2 dr, auto, s/roof, a/c, 65k, 08-019

4 dr, loaded, G860, Was $7995

4dr, auto,10-078-1

3,881

$

$

01 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX

94 NISSAN PATHFINDER

4 dr, V6, loaded, 08-060

10,888

11,881

$

84 CHEV VANGUARD CLASS C MOTORHOME 23’, 146 km, very clean

6,888

$

06 HYUNDAI SANTE FE GLS Leather, sunroof, low kms

14,881

$

06 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA 2.5 auto, Premim pkg, loaded

16,888

00 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO

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4,888

$

$

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02 CHEV MALIBU

08 PONTIAC G5 4 door, auto

leather, sunroof, 77km, 10-069

03 DODGE CARAVAN SE

2010 SALEM 27RLSSLA- Sofa/ dinette, slideout, rear living room, dbl entry doors, loaded!. $25,983. (stk. 28040) wwwfraserwayrv.com 1-800-806-1976 DL#30644

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06 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GT

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2006 CITATION Supreme 29FT 5th wheel, 2 slides, immac cond. $33,500, 604-467-5832

END OF SUMMER

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2003 ADVENTURER 22ft RV, 84K, sleeps 6, new tires, Exc Cond $28,500 604-858-0564

6,888

$

LOUGHEED

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HURD ST.

2003 32’ Cougar

by Keystone 5th wheel In exc cond; two large slides; lots of solid oak cabinets, oak table w/4 oak chairs; 2 swivel arm chairs, sofa hide-a-bed, ent. unit; a/c, furnace; hydraulic front jacks; large awning; heated underbelly; corner shower; walk around queen bed with new Sealy mattress, full closet, 4 drawer oak dresser; new washer/dryer; lg living room windows; skylight; full width storage; outdoor shower; too many extras to mention. $19,900. 604.316.1018

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HWY 7

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WREN ST.

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2006 ALLEGRO BAY 34XBCummins diesel puller, 5.5 Kw. Onan gen., driver’s door, 2 slides, backup cam. system. $79,983 (stk. 28852) www.fraserwayrv.com 1-800-806-1976 DL#30644

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Sports

Phone: 604-854-5244 • E-mail: sports@abbotsfordtimes.com • Fax: 604-854-1140

Candy Man dipping in a dream Abbotsford’s Kellan Tochkin is in the best shape of his life as Canucks camp approaches CAM TUCKER camtuckertimes@gmail.com

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self-admitted ‘candy man’ at heart, one of the toughest things Abbotsford’s Kellan Tochkin had to do this summer was get himself off the sweets.

That is, if he wants to play in the NHL. The 19-year-old Tochkin will suit up for the Vancouver Canucks this weekend for the Young Stars Tournament in Penticton, and after a summer of training and self discipline, he said he’s ready.

“I’ve been on a diet for the past five months,” said the young forward.

“I’ll probably be on that diet for the rest of my hockey career, keeping bad food out of my diet and eating good stuff.

“I’m a big candy guy. I used to love eating Mike and Ikes, but I’ve been staying away from candy the whole summer, which was tough but it’s what you have to do.

“Vancouver is taking a chance on me and I definitely took it for granted last year.”

Tochkin was passed on in the ’09 NHL entry draft. His height, strength and speed were all knocks against him according to the scouting report, despite averaging more than a point per game in his draft year.

But, as he said, the Canucks took a gamble. First inviting the former Everett Silvertip to prospects camp in July shortly after the draft, then signing him just days later to a three-year entry level deal.

Skill and craftiness, comparable to

Pilots drop puck on PIJHL regular season The first round playoff exit of the Abbotsford Pilots last season was something of a rarity in the Pacific International Junior Hockey League, and the local team will look to patch things up when the 2010-2011 season begins tonight.

The motto is “what happened in the past stays in the past,” as the Pilots will host the Delta Ice Hawks tonight beginning at 7:30 p.m., with the hopes of adding yet another banner to the rustic rafters of MSA Arena.

Delta defeated Abbotsford by a score of 3-1 in exhibition play back on Sept. 3.

former Canuck centre Kyle Wellwod, got Tochkin through to main camp last September.

But off-ice habits, such as eating bad food – another comparable to Wellwood, who was well-known and mocked for his persistent pudge – and a fitness level that was not nearly where it needed to be to compete in the NHL, played a role in his being sent back to junior.

“The biggest thing for me was just [seeing] how dedicated NHL players are, and obviously it was a real eyeopener for me,” said Tochkin.

“I was the only one who didn’t look like a real hockey player there. I was the only one who wasn’t in good shape, so there was obviously a little embarrassment that went along with that.

“That was the biggest thing I learned was that if I’m ever going to work in the NHL, or in the American Hockey League, I’m going to need to be in better shape.”

The new eating program Tochkin eluded to and an intense Mondayto-Friday workout regiment seems to have done the trick.

With the Canucks skating this week at Rogers Arena and the prospects set to hit the ice at the South Okanagan Events Centre in Penticton Sunday, Tochkin is a “new hockey player.”

“I was doing a lot of cardio – running, biking and being on the ice a lot,” he said. “I’ve lost a lot of bad weight. I’m taking the right steps . . .

I’m a lot faster, a lot quicker.”

Tochkin is not eligible to play in the AHL this season, but it’s a league he hopes to grow into by next year.

“I’m going to go to camp and work my bag off and hopefully leave [the Canucks] with the impression that if I continue to progress that I can play.” ◗ The Canucks prospects open their tournament Sunday against the Edmonton Oiler hopefuls. Puck drop is at 4 p.m.

Briefly

- STAFF REPORTER

Offence on display as Falcons open season

– EVERETT SILVERTIPS/FOR THE TIMES

Abbotsford’s Kellan Tochkin of the WHL Everett Silvertips is in the best shape of his life as the Canucks Young Stars Tournament begins Sunday in Penticton, and NHL main camp begins later next week.

What a way to begin the 2010 Valley Community Football League season for the Abbotsford Falcons.

The Falcons atom team knocked off the Chilliwack Giants atom team by a score of 54-6 to open the season on Sept. 4, then crushed North Langley 54-0 just two days later.

The newly formed Abbotsford-Mission bantam team, which has only been together for three weeks, had the North Delta Bears on the run from the opening whistle and handedly marched to a 46-0 victory.

The Falcons peewee team was defeated by Chilliwack 34-19, while the junior bantam Falcons tied their Chilliwack opponents 30-30.

– STAFF REPORTER

Hawks hunting for a Bowl

No. 1 ranked W.J. Mouat to tackle New West tonight CAM TUCKER camtuckertimes@gmail.com

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t’s time. That’s the mantra of the W.J. Mouat Hawks Triple-A varsity football team, listed as the top-ranked squad in B.C. by The Province last week.

It’s time to win a championship, something the Hawks, even with past stars like Boseko Lokombo, Justin Chapdelain, Allan Dicks and more, have not been able to do despite two consecutive trips to the Subway Bowl.

“The kids who have been around for the last few years, say they were in Grade 10 and now they’re in Grade 12, they’ve gone through those three years and the disappointment of last game of the season sticks with you the entire offseason,” said Hawks head coach Denis Kelly after Wednesday’s practice.

“I know the grads want to make it a great grad year by capping it off with a championship.”

While the journey towards a third straight Bowl game appearance began weeks ago with training camp, it officially gets underway tonight when the Hawks travel west down Highway 1 for a showdown with the unranked New Westminster Secondary Hyacks at Mercer Stadium.

But the Hawks can ill afford to take the Hyacks lightly, despite having the edge on paper.

“This is going to be a big game,” said Grade 11 linebacker and fullback Jake Heathcote. “We lost to them last year so we’re looking to come back and get them this year.”

One of the factors in tonight’s game will be crowd size, which the Hawks are no strangers to. W.J. Mouat will have to deal with what is usually a boisterous crowd of both New Westminster parents and students, but Heathcote said his team just needs to block that noise out.

“We’ve prepared for this game really well and we’ve just got to rely on our coaching and our instincts.”

Kickoff is at 7:00 p.m.

– CAM TUCKER/TIMES

Cam Bedore of the W.J. Mouat Hawks Triple-A varsity football team is looking to lead his squad to a win tonight against the New Westminster Hyacks at Mercer Stadium in New Westminster.

THE TIMES FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2010 ❘

Mission learns from state stars

Roadrunners football back in B.C. ranked 4th CAM TUCKER camtuckertimes@gmail.com

I

t may not have resulted in a win on the scoreboard, but the Mission Roadrunners Double-A varsity football team can count its recent trip to California as a success.

The Roadrunners embarked for San Diego, Calif., for a one-week training camp and exhibition contest against the seven-time defending state champion St. Margaret’s Tartans, on Aug. 31 and returned to B.C. on Sept. 5.

The Roadrunners lost 4120, a score that “probably flattered us,” said head coach Kevin Watrin on Tuesday, the first day of school.

“I thought we played well though,” Watrin said. “They were quite a good team and they probably called off their dogs a little bit, but our kids settled down in the second half and played better.”

The Tartans built up a 27-

0 lead on the Roadrunners before Kevin Wiens got Mission on the board with an 87-yard kickoff return for a touchdown.

Despite the loss, Watrin said his team did a good job of slowing down the run game of the Tartans, which the coach noted as the stronghold of the offence.

It was the passing game of the Tartans that did the most damage, but it’s something the Roadrunners can learn from, said Watrin.

“They were better at passing than we had seen in the film they gave us,” he said.

“They did quite well in that area.”

But the coach reiterated it was a good experience.

“We had a few kids who were newer [to football] and a little less experienced out on the field . . . we made a couple of mistakes but we settled down after that.”

The No. 4 ranked Roadrunners begin their B.C. high school football season today with an exhibition tilt against unranked Holy Cross. Today’s game begins at 3:45 p.m. at Mission Secondary.

Cascades take to prairie pitch UFV soccer teams kick off CIS West season CAM TUCKER camtuckertimes@gmail.com

T

he goal for the UFV Cascades women’s soccer team is to make the CIS West playoffs and take a run at a national championship.

First comes first, and the Cascades will try to get two steps closer to those objectives with a pair of road games this weekend against the University of Regina and University of Manitoba to open the CIS West regular season.

And while it’s too early to proclaim those aims are possible or not, there is certainly a lot of optimism surrounding this year’s group.

“The team has come together well,” said Cascades head coach Rob Giesbrecht, eluding to his team’s overall 7-2 record, which included additional scrimmages as well as scheduled games, in the preseason.

“We’re definitely excited about the season.”

Something that also gives

the coach, and the school for that matter, renewed optimism surrounding this year’s team is the level of camaraderie the players have built up in a short amount of time.

“We’ve had three trips this preseason where we were away from home and it takes a certain level of mental toughness to go through the travel, overnight in a hotel,” said Giesbrecht.

“To go through those challenges and still perform at your best the next day takes a great mental toughness and athletic maturity so we try to instill that to the girls.”

While there is reason to be optimistic about the women’s soccer team, nothing will come easy for them.

The CIS West presents a number of challenges, and the third bump in the road might turn into the toughest, at least to date.

After the two game series on the prairies, the Cascades will return home to face the University of Victoria women’s soccer club at Robert Bateman Field on Sept. 18.

The UFV men’s soccer team will travel to Lethbridge and Calgary to open the regular season.

The Cascades return home to play UBC on Sept. 17.

SPORTS

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Playfair ready for youth J

im Playfair is more than familiar with the sights, sounds and plentiful golf courses Penticton has to offer.

But the Abbotsford Heat head coach won’t be in much of a vacationing mood when he arrives in the Peach City of B.C. for the Vancouver Canucks Young Stars Tournament.

No, he’ll be there to catch a glimpse of the youth movement that the Calgary Flames organization has finally begun to embrace.

“I’m excited about it.

The game today is a young man’s game,” said Playfair last week.

“It goes to show that the Flames have been taking some heat about not having much down on the farm and I think our responsibility is to develop these kids so that each and every year we can move minimum one, maybe two, on to the next level.”

The Flames named 29 players to the prospects team that will be competing in the five-team tourna-

ment beginning Sunday at the South Okanagan Event Centre. Of the 29 players selected, 16 played with the AHL Heat last season.

With what is expected to be a younger Heat squad this season, Playfair said his approach isn’t about to change.

“With a young group of players, it’s important they feel like they’re going to be helped to get better. You put the non-negotiable fundamentals of team play in and work around that.”

– CAM TUCKER/TIMES

Abbotsford Heat head coach Jim Playfair anticipates a younger AHL team in 2010.

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A DAY OF FIRSTS – RAFE ARNOTT/TIMES

Jasmeen Dhillon, left, is comforted by teacher Kelly Ernewins as she arrives for the first day of classes Tuesday morning at Dave Kandal Elementary school in Abbotsford.

Manau Sidhu, above, puts his best foot forward as he laces up his new ‘indoor shoes’ for Ernewins’ class.

Actually, Toronto, the Tamils aren’t here RAFE ARNOTT RArnott@abbotsfordtimes.com

Cops clamp down on crime spree A

Abbotsford police arrest 11 on heels of alarming spike in break and enters RAFE ARNOTT RArnott@abbotsfordtimes.com

The arrests come directly on the heels of five similar busts over the Labour Day weekend.

Police know all five individuals bbotsford police officers arrested 11 people in five from Tuesday’s arrests for propertydays after a dramatic spike crime related offences, MacDonald in property crime city-wide said, adding investigators are examtwo weeks earlier, Const. Ian Mac- ining links to previous property Donald said. crimes.

Two Mission men and three “The people who were active in Abbotsford men were previous weeks appear taken into custody First reported @ to be continuing their Tuesday night near a abbotsfordtimes.com a c t i v i t i e s , w h i c h Peardonville industrial afforded us the ability complex following a break and enter to arrest them,” he said. in the 31200 block of South Fraser Three of the men arrested were Way, and a prolific property-crime identified and specifically targeted offender was picked up for shoplift- as suspects in previous break and ing, MacDonald said. enters, MacDonald said.

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“Those arrests are significant A common factor in most of the enough that we should see some of August incidents was that neighthe numbers come down.” bours who saw the crimes ended The jump in break and enter up not reporting the suspicious thefts had local activity, which l a w e n f o rc e - “Those arrests are significant left police asking ment puzzled. the community Officers attend- enough that we should see some to step up and ed 33 prophelp. e r t y - r e l a t e d of the numbers come down.”

The public plea crime scenes seems to have between Aug. paid off.

– Const. Ian MacDonald APD 23 and Aug. 29, Seven of the almost double suspects officers the city’s average of 17, according arrested since Friday were taken to police statistics. into custody after witnesses called But according to crime reports police. for the week of Aug. 30 to Sept. 5, “It looks like [the arrests] are a property-related numbers dropped combination of a highly motivated to 21. crime-reduction unit and assis“Twenty-one is still not a good tance from the general public,” number, but we’re trending down- MacDonald said, “Which is exactly ward,” MacDonald said. the formula we were looking for.”

Toronto Sun online article claiming some of the 492 Tamil refugees who arrived near Victoria aboard the MV Sun Sea on Aug. 13 are being held at an Abbotsford correctional institute is being refuted by Corrections Service Canada.

The story, which appeared o n t h e p a p e r’s w e b s i t e Wednesday afternoon, stated: “Tamil leaders have been working with officials of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and Fraser Valley Correctional Facility in Abbotsford, B.C. — where the men are housed — to obtain permission for Tamil speaking priests to visit the migrants.”

Alain Charette is communications manager for the Pacific region with CSC and he said refugees cannot mix with criminal inmates. see TAMILS, page A5

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