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Cam Stuart, Mountain Park Community Church associate pastor, speaks at a press conference in Abbotsford on Friday, held on behalf of the family of Clare Shelswell, a five-year-old girl killed in Washington.

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riends and associates of Clare Shelswell’s family came together Friday morning to express sympathy and support, and to offer ways in which others in our community could help. The five-year-old was remembered as a happy, caring child who had a big smile and a hug every day for her teachers, and “Clare was a was a friend to warm-hearted, car- a l l h e r c l a s s ing, sensitive, hap- mates, making py little girl who, in sure everyone was included. her brief life, has Clare attended left an impression church with her mother Sarah on us that will not Wilson and older soon be forgotten.” sister Suzy at the Mountain Park – Cam Stuart pastor C o m m u n i t y Church, which held a press conference led by associate pastor Cam Stuart. “ The passing of Clare Shelswell

– JEAN KONDA-WITTE/TIMES

Jason Vander-Hoek, bass player with hometown favourite band Cinnamon Toast Funk, dances with the crowd Saturday night during a BerryBeat Festival show in downtown Abbotsford. The rain held off as hundreds attended the annual two-day street party held to celebrate local berries. Wilson is a tragedy unlike any that many form of prayers and condolences, and here in this room have experienced meals are being co-ordinated for the before,” he said. Wilsons, he said. “Clare was a warm-hearted, caring, Many people on both sides of the borsensitive, happy little girl who, in her der are asking how they can help. brief life, has left an impression on us that “First, as people of faith, our first will not soon be forgotten,” said Stuart, response is to pray for the Wilson family. who at times choked back tears as he Sarah and the family do not believe this is addressed the small group the final chapter, knowing of reporters. there are more chapters to First reported @ Her stepfather, Peter abbotsfordtimes.com be written,” said Stuart. James Wilson, 29, is accused Avenues have also been of cutting Clare’s throat on June 27 dur- set up for those wishing to help provide ing a family vacation near Hoodsport, meals or financial help. Wash., where the little girl succumbed to Grief counsellors were sent to Godson her injury. Elementary, Clare’s school, on Tuesday, There has been an outpouring of sup- the last day of school, to help teachers port, prayers and offers of help for the and students deal with her death, said family from people in Abbotsford and school principal Carla Danielsson. from first responders and the community “The support of the school and disin Washington, said Stuart. trict will continue,” she said. The family has returned to Abbotsford, see CLARE, page A9 and that support has continued in the

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Golf Course Drive gas leak fixed quickly Hazmat crews and the Abbotsford Fire Rescue Service were called to the 3800 block of Golf Course Drive on Friday after a gas line at a residential construction site was struck and began to leak. The leak began sometime after noon on Friday, but by 2:30 p.m., responders had fixed the problem and construction in and around the residential neighbourhood resumed. One member of the AFRS who attended the scene said such leaks occur when people digging in the area are not aware of what is beneath the soil. “This happens occasionally from people who are digging without looking,” said AFRS deputy fire chief Ron Hull on Monday. “Before you dig, you should be contacting Terasen Gas.” Marcus Wong, spokesman for Terasen Gas, said the best way to prevent gas leaks is to call BC One Call at 1-800-474-6889. “This is just to be aware of the underground utilities before digging,” said Wong, adding this should be done for both large excavations and smaller activities such as gardening. Hull added that during a gas leak, people should avoid the area and the use of open flames. “F l i p p i n g o f f a l i g h t switch can also create a spark, but if the leak is that bad people should be evacuated,” he said. The leak occurred on a large housing development site r ight beside Ledgeview Golf and Country Club on Abbotsford’s Sumas Mountain. ◗ For more information on how to prevent a gas leak, check out www.terasengas.com. - CAM TUCKER/TIMES

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William Taylor of Morrison Hershfield, left, along with Dave Hodgson, VP Métis Nation of B.C., and John Keyuk, VP Sikon, right, sign documents for training projects at a ceremony at Abbotsford’s Métis Skills and Employment Centre recently.

n Abbotsford house fire caused an estimated $50,000 damage to a home in the 2630 block of James Street on Thursday night. Fire and rescue crews arrived on scene within minutes of a report of a structure fire, to find smoke and flames coming from basement windows at the residence, Lt. Ted Main said in a press release. The residents were in the process of moving out when one of them smelled burning plastic and investigated. No one was injured in the blaze, and fire crews were able to extinguish it quickly, limiting damage to one bedroom and an exterior wall, Main said. He added it is believed the tenants did not have fire insurance. The cause of the fire is still under investigation, and a search of the residence found the smoke detector, located on the main floor, had its battery removed.

City expected to announce AESC numbers soon Mayor insists huge deficit not in the cards JEAN KONDA-WITTE JKonda-Witte@abbotsfordtimes.com

bbotsford Mayor George Peary was tightlipped when questioned about the City of Abbotsford picking up the shortfall for the Abbotsford Heat’s 2009-10 season. “That information has not been released yet, but will be shortly,” Peary said, adding that because the Heat’s financial reports have yet to be revealed, any totals – deficits or otherwise – are speculation. “It won’t be a huge number. There will be a dollar attached to this year.” The only disappointing part of the Heat season was during the playoffs, when some Heat home games were scheduled on the same nights as Vancouver Canucks games, he said. “What a way of insuring no fans would show up. Had it been better, we would have come very close to breaking even in hockey operations.”

“The hope we have is that a successful hockey team will allow us to dramatically reduce the cost to the city in operating that complex.” – Mayor George Peary

Peary said they have learned a lot in the first year of the Abbotsford Entertainment and Sports Centre and the Heat hockey club. “The success of that facility is inextricably bound to the success of the hockey team. If they can get 4,500-5,000 fans a game, that’ll make a huge difference . . . in our ability to pay some of the operating costs,” he said. While the AESC has been in operation for just over a year, the combination of the recession (with not a lot of entertainment shows touring) and the hockey team starting from the ground up

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A4 ❘ NEWS ❘ TUESDAY, JULY 6, 2010 THE TIMES

Businesses being taxed to the max

CHRISTINA TOTH CToth@abbtsfordtimes.com

bbotsford, Mission and Chilliwack are among the worst offenders when it comes to taxing business over residential properties, according to a tax rate study conducted by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business. Of the three, the District of Mission charges its businesses 3.5 times more than it charges residential property owners, making it the 34th worst municipality out of 160 in B.C. in its business to residential tax ratio. For instance, on an average Mission property (valued at $396,887) a resident pays $2,669, while a business would pay $9,062. The story is almost as dramatic in Abbotsford. An average Abbotsford property ($386,263) is taxed $2,778, while “These extreme a business is taxed $8,123 – or 2.9 times more. property tax rates This puts Abbotsford in the top 30 worst offenders by population are a job killer in and the 77th worst municipality our communities.” for its business to residential tax ratio. Chilliwack is also in the top 30 – Brian Bonney CFIB worst offenders by population, and the 100th worst municipality in the CFIB’s eyes. There, the owner of an average Chilliwack property ($334,442) pays $2,394, while a business pays $6,233 in property tax – or 2.6 times more. “These extreme property tax rates are a job killer in our communities,” said Brian Bonney, the director of affairs in B.C. for the CFIB. “These taxes will not only affect jobs, but how small business gives back to your community.” see TAXES, page A5

Criminals jamming airwaves RAFE ARNOTT RArnott@abbotsfordtimes.com

Communication, safety being compromised

angsters are using over-the-counter technology to jam critical police radio transmissions and cell phone calls, law enforcement is saying. Abbotsford Police have seized a number of the units in recent months, Department spokesperson Const. Ian MacDonald said. The devices, known as ‘jammers,’ are available online through dozens of websites for under $200, with handheld models going for as little $80 U.S. Criminals can employ them for everything from disrupting a patrol officer running a license plate after pulling over a vehicle, to preventing emergency response team members from communicating with one another while executing a drug warrant, MacDonald said. “We have come across, and are familiar with criminal organizations and individuals using cell-phone jammers . . . radio-signal jammers and even a GPS jammer. “[It] can disable our ability to triangulate on their cell phones, or whatever type of communications they are trying to use. It allows them to go stealth,” he said. Federal, and municipal police forces have been aware of the practice for some time, MacDonald said, but are expressing ongoing safety concerns as the technology has proliferated. “Some [large] jammers have a range

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AC-powered, home-based cell phone and radio frequency jammers like the Tangreat TG-101B, above and smaller portable devices like the Infostream XP6000WB, left, are two of dozens of models available to the public online. of 200 metres, depending on the size, and handheld ones cover 50 to 80 feet. “That’s a pretty sizable dead zone,” he said. Another issue that coincides with jamming police communications is the monitoring of them. Criminals with police-band radio scanners could hear of an approaching law-enforcement contingent intent on serving a warrant and leave the residence, but maintain an ongoing jamming signal, MacDonald said. The move could buy a suspect time,

and if the individual is armed or dangerous, it creates more issues. “They could flee, flip the jammer on and we can be tied up at that place and potentially give them more time. “Police might not be able to communicate with each other if [a suspect] breaches a [containment] line,” MacDonald said. “A single officer might not be able to communicate to colleagues that he is now engaged in a foot pursuit,” he said, “and that’s an officer safety consideration.”

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It’s still not too late to reverse the taxing trend

TAXES, from page A4 Municipal taxes are “profit-insensitive,” he said, meaning they impose a fixed tax bill on a business no matter what the business earns, unlike provincial and federal taxes, which are dependent on the business’s income. In addition to continually rising municipal taxes, the tax gap between residential and business continues to grow, said Bonney. The average business/residential tax ratio in B.C. was 1.8 in 1990. Ten years later, the average gap is 3.3 to one among B.C.’s 30 largest municipalities, the CFIB tax rate study found. In Mission the rate crept up to 3.51 last year, from 2.6 in 2003. Abbotsford’s ratio has held steady at 2.9 for the past two years. “Municipalities are putting the heaviest burden on small business,” and risk

smothering the small businesses that form the foundation of their economies, said Bonney. “We’re no longer in the position to be a cash cow for them. They’re harming small business.” To reverse the trend, CFIB recommends municipalities freeze their business property tax ratios and slowly decrease the gaps over several years, until the tax gap hits a more acceptable 2 to 1 ratio. That rate was supported by a majority of businesses the CFIB surveyed. The adjustment would ideally be made over several years, from 12 to 15 years, to allow the residential populations grow and absorb the tax burden, he said. “Do whatever it would take to not raise

taxes on the residential side,” he said. If municipalities don’t make significant progress toward this end by 2012, the CFIB wants the provincial government to step in and legislate a cap on municipal business property taxes, as they did for railway and port properties. “Introducing a fair cap to business municipal property tax rates has been done in Ontario, and it can be done in B.C.,” said Bonney. Toronto has committed to a 2.5 to 1 ratio in 2013, and Saskatoon cut their tax gap to 1.75 to 1 this year. Also, municipalities have to stop increasing their budgets arbitrarily, said Bonney. “Boosting tax rates by four per cent instead of seven per cent is not cutting back, it’s still a tax increase,” he said.

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Municipalities tend to look at their last budget, assume they’ll have to spend that much again in the coming year, and add what items they can afford on top of that. The CFIB suggests municipalities conduct value for money audits, taking one department each year. Finally, Bonney said municipalities have to exercise “tough love” and insist the province take back responsibility over matters such as social housing and the environment. “That is not [the cities’ role]. The municipalities’ role is to ensure the sewers are flowing, the roads are paved, and there are police and firemen,” he said. Bonney has talked to up 60 mayors out of the B.C.’s 160 municipalities, and he’s getting their attention. He hopes the mayors will take the CFIB’s suggestions to the upcoming Union of B.C. Municipalities to be adopted as a strategy to take to the provincial government.

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his space, traditionally, is reserved for opinion. Today, it’s set aside for one simple fact. In a nutshell, as you likely read on page 1, an Abbotsford family needs our help. Whether we like it or not, Abbotsford’s name is being dragged by the runaway horse that’s become a terrible, heartbreaking story. During these early days of summer, headlines and newscasts have reported a violent, incomprehensible act has allegedly been committed by an Abbotsford man. Now’s our chance to show Canada, the world, and most importantly the family of Clare Shelswell just how much we care – and how strong we are as a community. We applaud Mountain Park Community Church for recognizing the family’s hardships. Here is how you can help:

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he B.C. Liberals may learn the hard way that an old adage is true: Sometimes your best friends can become your worst enemies. I’m referring to the move by business groups to launch legal action against the initiative aspect of the anti-HST petition on the grounds that the legislation it purports to send to the legislature is unconstitutional. Their arguments may very well be accepted by a judge. Former B.C. Liberal attorney general Geoff Plant (a noted lawyer himself) recently wrote a detailed critique in the Vancouver Sun of the proposed initiative that seemed to demolish – on legal grounds – the idea that the petition’s proposed law could stand up in court. Plant argues the province lacks jurisdiction to arbitrarily scrap the HST, because it is a federal tax, not a provincial one. Vander Zalm hasn’t really responded to Plante’s arguments, but he and his supporters have launched their own court action, arguing the HST itself is constitutionally invalid. While Vander Zalm had a poor track record on constitutional matters when he was premier, he has impressively hired noted lawyer Joe Arvay as his counsel on this matter. Of course, there is an ironic aspect to Vander Zalm’s own court action: it may very well ensure the future of the HST will remain cloudy for months,

KEITH BALDREY

From the Ledge perhaps even years. If the B.C. Supreme Court gets involved, it may take a long time for the case to be heard, and then there’s the matter of appeals (this would likely go all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada). How likely is it, then, for the provincial government to do anything – legislate an end to the HST, or send it to a provincewide referendum – while the matter is before the courts? I would suggest not very likely at all. The fact that companies contribute vast sums of money to the B.C. Liberals is not surprising and not a new development. However, it is the party’s avowed pro-business policies that make it hard for many people to distinguish where the interests of the business community end and where the interests of the B.C. Liberal government begin. Whether it’s chopping corporate tax rates, weakening employment standards, subsidizing a private power industry, easing regulations for resource companies or stubbornly refusing to raise the minimum wage

(which now lags behind the one in Newfoundland, of all places), the B.C. Liberal government has made it clear where it hangs its ideological hat. So if the business groups – the B.C. Chamber of Commerce, the Council of Forest Industries and the Coast Forest Products Association, among others — succeed in swatting the initiative down, the general public will view the result as a poorly masked manoeuvre by the B.C. Liberals. If the business groups were truly concerned about the antiHST petition going forward, they should have launched their legal challenge at the beginning of the petition process, not at the end of it. At the very least, the business community should have mounted its own counter-campaign against Vander Zalm if it was genuinely concerned the HST was better for the economy than not. As much as the B.C. Liberals fumbled their handling of the HST, so too has the business community bumbled along in its own dealings with the redhot political issue. And as a result, its own belated response may simply help to further bury the very government it’s obviously trying to save. ■ Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global B.C. Contact him at: KBaldrey@globaltv.com.

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◗ Your view Last week’s question: Will community newspapers be around in another 25 years? 29 % a.] Yes, and I look forward to their arrival at my door.

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This week’s question: If convicted of murder, should Clare Shelswell’s killer face the death penalty? a.] Yes. He deserves the most severe punishment possible. b.] No. No one deserves that fate. c.] Moot point: he should be sent to Canada for his trial.

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Open letter to the British Columbia Chamber Of Commerce: Boy, the uprising of the ordinary people of this province has you guys so shaken up you are actually going to court to stop our voices. I guess I can understand why. Businesses must have felt they had the B.C. Liberal party in their pocket as, according to Elections B.C., business contributed 70.679 per cent ($8,050,257.30) of the election budget of provincial Liberals in the last election and in 2009 contributed 72.22 per cent (8,645,301.00) of party funds. You must have felt like you had the government of this province bought and paid for and could pull their strings to do anything you wanted. Well, guess what? Corporations cannot vote, and try as they might to buy a government, regular folks are still in command. Must have been a hell of a shock to find out that the regular folks of this province, the Joe and Jane sixpacks, who actually believe we live in a democracy, can still (when they are aroused enough by your arrogance), demand that their politi-

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cians listen to them and not you. The HST will benefit the business of this province and precious little, if any of that benefit, will trickle down to the people who made the mistake of electing a party you control. Your profits will bloom and a selected few will get rich, paid for by the rest of us. Going to court to stop the populace from honestly expressing their opinion means you are really running scared that all the millions you have dumped into the B.C. Liberals will be lost and you will have to actually curb your greed. My fondest wish is that your puppets in Victoria, belonging to the governing party, will find themselves unemployed after the next vote. The best part of our democracy is that the richest businessman and I have exactly one vote each, and there are more of me than of them. Robert Klassen Abbotsford

Changes to Stanley Park going too far Editor, the Times:

The Lord Stanley’s Park editorial in The Globe & Mail was a welcome relief as common sense is drowning in a sea of political correctness here in B.C. This ludicrous suggestion of renaming Vancouver’s crown jewel leaves me incensed. I differ from the position of the Globe & Mail in that I refute the entire concept of aboriginal title. No matter what Supreme Court decisions have been made and the political expediency guiding politicians like our Gordon Campbell, I will never accept that any one group in this country should have special rights conferred on them which no other Canadian citizen can have. This idea being floated to change the name of our park is the final straw. At best, this mania of appease-

St. Johns are starting workers at $10.25 an hour. Here in B.C. many McDonalds restaurants start their workers at $6.75 an hour. That is $3.50 an hour less. By the way, a Big Mac in Newfoundland costs $4.19 and, despite the lowest starting wages in Canada, British Columbians also pay $4.19 for the same burger. That is pure profit for McDonalds, hour after hour, burger after burger, shift after shift. Of course other minimum wage employers are raking it in too. Raising the minimum wage to $10 an hour is the

ment towards the Natives is reverse racism run amok. At worst, it confirms that the rights and wishes of the majority of citizens are being strangled. Natives need to be told ‘enough,’ and should stop and think about the huge resentment they have generated in the larger community, or suffer the growing backlash that’s building. The line in the sand must be drawn on this issue. Robert T. Rock Mission

More issues behind the HST debate Editor, the Times:

right thing to do and the vast majority of British Columbians believe it is long overdue. On raising the minimum wage, the question was: If not now, when? After nine years, the question should be: if not now, ever? So the next time you complain about paying HST on a burger, and you have many reasons to be outraged at the HST, remember the person serving you. They are paying HST too, and they haven’t had a raise since 2001. Jim Sinclair President of the BC Federation of Labour

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which operates the Tabor Court assisted living residence where Sarah Wilson works as the lead licensed practical nurse, also added their support. “We will stand beside Sarah ready to help her make the transitions ahead as easy as possible,” he said. Grief counsellors have spoken to their shocked employees and residents, said Levitt. Many would remember Sarah and her two daughters delighting seniors during the Tabor Society’s 50th anniversary party just two weeks ago. As the focus at the press conference was on the surviving family and the support their community could offer them, Stuart commented only briefly on Peter Wilson. “James, as we knew him, had attended the church,” he said, while Sarah and her daughters were a

regular part of the congregation for the past couple of years. “Most people thought he was a friendly guy,” Stuart added. The speakers at the press conference passed on Sarah Wilson’s request for privacy from the public and the media. Any inquiries or offers of support should be directed to Mountain Park Community Church. The funeral for Clare is set for July 7 at 2:30 p.m. at the Mountain Park Community Church, 36228 Lower Sumas Mountain Rd., Abbotsford. The service is intended for close family, friends and associates, said senior pastor Terry Kaethler. “If you didn’t have a significant relational connection to the family, it may not be appropriate for you to attend,” he said. However, people may wish to contribute to a trust fund set up for

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f you’re a pregnant woman who will be having her baby in a Fraser Valley hospital between September and April, you’re in high demand by University of the Fraser Valley nursing students. Women who are due between September and April and who will be having their babies at Fraser Valley hospitals are eligible to participate in the UFV Moms-to-be program. If you agree to par ticipate, the student nurse will meet you (and your partner if applicable) for an interview. The range of prenatal experiences the student may be involved with include a visit

to the doctor, a prenatal class, providing support for you and your partner during all of your labour and delivery, and a visit afterwards. The aim is to help UFV nursing students learn about pregnancy and childbirth from the patient’s perspective. Over the past 15 years, hundreds of UFV nursing students have had the opportunity to shadow a pregnant woman through doctor visits all the way to the postnatal period through the Moms-to-be program. The students complete this component of the program while they study the theory of maternity nursing and before

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Stó:lô Nation, one of the leading employers in the Fraser Valley with offices located in Mission and Chilliwack, requires the services of an Early Childhood Development (ECD) Supervisor to fill a vacancy with the Health Services Department. Pursuant to section 41 of the BC Human Rights Code, preference may be given to applicants of Aboriginal ancestry. Please self-identify on your cover letter or resume. The ECD Supervisor oversees the operations of the Central Head Start Preschool and Family Program; West Region Head Start and Mission Aboriginal Family Place and the Stó:lô Nation Daycare program. The position’s Key Result Areas are the following: a. Preparation of all administrative reports and documentation b. Management of all program budgets, expenditures and contract files c. Supervision, guidance and training of Head Start and Family Program Coordinators d. Coordinating program activities and community events and guest speakers e. Ensuring all Licensing regulations for Daycare and Preschool are adhered to f. Exploring other funding opportunities and developing funding proposals g. Developing links with Stó:lô bands, community services and other early childhood organizations h. Conducting program evaluation and community based evaluations i. Performing all other duties as so directed by the Health Manager. This position reports to Health Manager and/or Supervisor of Education and Services. The successful candidate will work out of the Western (Mission) and Central (Chilliwack) regions. Some travel may be required for this position. Based on services needs the department reserves the right to relocate workers within the service delivery area.

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APPLICATIONS DEADLINE: Friday, July 23, 2010 at 4:00 PM Candidates will be screened according to the qualifications/requirements. Interested candidates are required to submit a resume and covering letter. Please include position title on subject line. Submit required resume and covering letter to: Stó:lô Nation Personnel Department ATTN: Crystal Schmitz, HR Officer Bldg. #7, Floor #2 – 7201 Vedder Road, Chilliwack, B.C., V2R 4G5 Email: jobs@stolonation.bc.ca Fax: (604) 824-5342

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– JEAN KONDA-WITTE/TIMES

Dyson Barnes took silver in the men’s 400m hurdles (above), while Valley Royals’ Michael Mason soared for gold in the men’s high jump, clearing the bar at 2.25 metres (right).

Royals own the track

– JEAN KONDA-WITTE/TIMES

Briefly

Valley Royals’ Rebecca Johnstone came third in the women’s 800m, with a time of 2.08.07. The race was won by Diane Cummins.

The Queen might be making headlines during her trip to Canada, but it was the Valley Royals track team that made strides this past weekend at the Lafarge Abbotsford International Track Classic. The Royals took home nine medals at this year’s event, highlighted by Ruky Abdulai’s gold and silver medal performances. Abdulai won the women’s long jump with a distance of 6.25 metres, one full metre longer than teammate and silver medalist Aisha Klippenstein and finished second in the women’s 100-metre hurdles to cap off her meet. Michael Mason took home gold in men’s high jump as he cleared the bar at 2.25 metres. Other Royal medalists included Dyson Barnes of Mission, Rebecca Johnstone, Emma Beckett, Jared Heldman and Meredith Mac-

Gregor. This year’s event was held at the Jane & Gerry Swan Track at Rotary Stadium.

– JEAN KONDA-WITTE/TIMES

Royals’ Ruky Abdulai took silver in the 100 metre hurdles, and gold in the women’s long jump (6.25m).

Pickleball tourney a big success

UFV golf tandum off to Taiwan

Abbotsford’s Rod Koch, Henry Meerkerk, Matt Koning, Nathan Krabberdam and Mandy Witt won bronze medals medals at the inaugural pickleball tournament last week at the Abbotsford Recreation Centre. The event attracted 90 participants from the Fraser Valley, Vancouver Island, Kelowna, Port Moody, Ladner, and South Surrey. Pickleball is a relatively new racquet sport which combines elements of badminton, tennis, table tennis, and ping-pong. The sport is played on a court with the same dimensions as a badminton court. The net is lower than most other racquet sports allowing for faster play. Pickleball is one of the fastest growing sports in North America. Eight courts were in constant play for the day with many advanced 5+ skill level players.

Brett Stewart and Mitch Lock will represent Abbotsford, Mission, the UFV Cascades Varsity Golf team and Canada at the 2010 Taiwan Amateur Golf Championship later this summer. Both Stewart, a fourth-year general studies major from Abbotsford, and Lock, a third-year general studies major from Mission, have been mainstays on the golf team over the past couple of years. “It is a privilege to be asked to represent the province, and I am confident Brett and Mitch are going to compete well at this level,” said Cascades Golf head coach Chris Bertram in a press release. “Both guys are former Cascades Most Valuable Players and have a wealth of tournament experience and will be ready to go when the time comes.” The event, a two-man team competition that will be held at the Sunrise Golf and Country Club in Taipei, Taiwan, begins Aug. 24 and finishes on Aug. 27.

Gold medal winners were:

Mixed Doubles 55+ : Hill/Kusch Mens Doubles 55+: Kusch/Touchet Ladies Doubles 55+ : Edwards/Postler Mixed Doubles under 55: Zhekhovsky/Zhekhovskaya Mens Doubles under 55: Beckwith/Zhekhovsky Ladies Doubles under 55: Iggulden/Zhekhovskaya

- STAFF REPORTER/WITH FILES FROM UFV

t’s been a hectic week f o r Ja s o n Ja f f r a y, t h e Abbotsford Heat’s leading scorer from this past season. The birth of his son, Jaxon, and the celebration of his own 29th birthday were to be the c r ow n i n g moments of a summer that f o l l o w e d JASON JAFFRAY yet another solid season in the American Hockey League in which he topped the Heat with 25 goals, 54 points and a plus24 rating. But then the news came that he had been traded by the Calgary Flames organization to the Anaheim Ducks for Logan MacMillan, a firstround draft choice in 2007 who played the latter half of the last season with Jaffray and the Heat. “It definitely caught me by surprise because I was sitting in the hospital when it happened,” Jaffray said on Friday, a day after returning home from the hospital with a healthy wife and baby boy. “My phone had died in the morning so I ended up getting a phone call [later] from my sister and a couple of buddies to tell me I was traded because no one could get a hold of me.” The trade itself didn’t really come as a surprise to Jaffray, despite how valuable he was to the Heat as not only the top goal scorer, but best twoway forward. “I didn’t really know where Calgary stood and if I was in their plans,” he said. The former Vancouver Canuck forward will now try his luck with the Anaheim Ducks, a team he scored his very first NHL goal against in his very first NHL game back in the 2007-2008 season. “It’s an organization that I think I might have a chance of cracking the lineup,” said Jaffray. “That’s all you can really ask for.” The Heat also said goodbye to hometown boy David Van der Gulik after he signed with the Colorado Avalanche on Friday. C h e c k o u t F r i d a y ’s Abbotsford-Mission Times for more on that story.

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Twisters flip for chamber Relationship helps create exposure

go closer [towards Vancouver] but there is nothing here except for in Chilliwack and they just have a recreational program and it’s not a very big facility,” CAM T UCKER said Penner. camtuckertimes@gmail.com It also offers a variety of competitive and recreational prow i s t e r s G y m n a s t i c grams that run throughout the serves more than 1,700 school year, as well as the summembers of the Fraser mer. Valley, so in an attempt All ages are welcome, said to reach even further into the Penner. community, it has joined forces “We offer drop-in for anyone with the Abbotsford Chamber of who isn’t a gymnast,” she said. Commerce. “You can come in, try it out, Twisters joined the chamber- use all the equipment and get an roughly two months ago, said opportunity to see if you like it. Twisters Gym“ We’r e f u l l nastics society “If you want to be fit, this is from 9 a.m. to a d m i n i s t ra t o r 10 p.m. almost Jennifer Penner, the place to be.” every day.” and it’s been a This was also strong relationone of the reaship so far. s o n s Tw i s t e r s – Jennifer Penner w a n t e d t o g e t “It was just to be a good involved with member of the the Chamber of community,” said Penner for Commerce, she added. the gymnastics club’s decision “If you want to be fit, this is to join the chamber. the place to be.” “We get pretty good exposure Apart from offering numeralready, but the chamber offers ous recreational opportunities, us lots of other benefits as well. Twisters has also garnered a Twisters is one of the few gym- reputation as being of the best nastics clubs in the Fraser Valley, when it comes to sending comwhich is why its membership is petitive athletes to meets in all not restricted to just the people corners of North America. of Abbotsford. It is also the home and starting Its membership includes peo- point of Olympic gymnast Ken ple from Maple Ridge, Langley, Ikeda, who competed in the 2004 Aldergrove, Mission and Chilli- Olympics in Athens, Greece, and wack. represented Canada at the 2008 “There are a lot of gyms as you Games in Beijing, China.

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Twisters Gymnastic members Kendra Hromek, centre, Andry Friesen, left, and Mia Angus enjoy some time on the balance beam.

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Our community by the numbers No. 1 industry might surprise

was doing some research into the demographics of our community and came upon some labour force statistics from StatsCanada that I wanted to share with you. The reason that I think you should know about these statistics is that I think that we have a stereotype about our community that reflects where we have come from as a community, but ignores where we are going. If someone was to ask me what business sector was the largest employer in our community I have to admit that I’d probably say agriculture. If I did, I’d be wrong. According to the table on the StatsCan website titled Experienced labour force 15 years and over by industry, by census metropolitan areas (2006 Census) the largest part of our labour force of 84,335 workers is in the manufacturing field with 10,395 people employed in this field, ahead of the number two employer, retail, with 9,040 workers. No. 3 is construction at 8,230 and in fourth spot is agriculture with 7,085 workers followed by healthcare and social services with 7,530 workers, Education with 5,305 workers, accommodation and food services with 5,155 workers and finishing up the top eight, transportation and warehousing at 4,975 workers. This is encouraging information, because it demonstrates that our local

economy is diverse and it also shows why, unlike many other communities in the Lower Mainland, that the majority of people who live in Mission and Abbotsford work in Mission and Abbotsford. I was writing an article outlining the growth and development of the region and was interested to see how the community has transitioned from the early days when the sawmill that gave Mill Lake its name dominated the local business landscape, through the early part of the last century as the Sumas Prairie was diked and agriculture and agricultural processing came to dominate the commerce of the area. Looking at growth of our community I was quite interested to see that in the period from 1971 to 1980 we added 12,340 homes to our community, more than doubling the size of the community in one decade alone. Since 1981 the community has more than doubled again in size again. Looking back at the labour force information, it’s easy to see how construction has become the No. 3 employer in our community. It’s also easy to see why retail has become such a large employer too. Abbotsford and Mission both have substantial retail footprints reflecting the fact that people both live and work here. Stepping back from the statistics, and looking at the community’s amenities, we

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Publisher’s notes can see that the Abbotsford Hospital, the Abbotsford airport and the University of the Fraser Valley are all important factors in why we have so many jobs in health care, education and manufacturing. As I drive around the community and look at the type of agriculture that we have evolved in this area, it’s clear that there is a strong link between the agriculture sector and the trucking and warehousing industry. Dairy, poultry and crops such as berries all need to be processed, warehoused and shipped, and our community is well situated for all these functions. Last year the city crunched the numbers and it was clear that approximately two-thirds of the local labour force that live in Abbotsford work here, and have commutes to work less than 10 kilometers. Of the other third, the

vast majority are going to work in Langley and Surrey with only a minority actually having to cross the Port Mann bridge for points to the west. The folks who leave town for work are largely replaced by folks coming from Langley and Surrey coming to work here. This profile is very different for many of the communities that are on the eastern edge of the GVRD. Some communities see more than two-thirds of their full-time workers leave the community for their work, which is why is a factor in the Pitt River bridge expansion, construction of the Golden Ears Bridge and the expansion of the Port Mann Bridge, as well as other aspects of the Gateway Project. The Abbotsford motto is ‘City in the Country’ and it turns out that the economic model that is being applied here supports that catchy phrase. The diversity of employment and economic activity create a stable tax base, allow the community to survive industry downturns in specific sectors and combined, help create a diversity of employment from entry-level jobs to

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jobs that require highly specialized training and education. Sometimes it takes the eyes of someone from out of town to fully appreciate the benefits of this diverse economic mix. When my mom visits me from Edmonton I fly her into the Abbotsford airport. WestJet’s team is tremendous, and the convenience of our airport is unmatched. My mom loves to travel here in the late summer and the sweet corn sold at the local farms has become a favourite part of her visits. In fact, based on the time of year she travels, we often stop at the local produce stands so she can take something back to share for dinner with family members meeting her at the other end of the trip. Often she has commented how lucky I am to live here, with the ready access to high quality agricultural products, great shopping and the well-run airport. The stunning view south to Mount Baker or north to the mountains behind Mission are icing on the cake. When you go to the Abbotsford Chamber of Commerce website and review the background

of the directors of the chamber and the committee structure, it’s easy to see that the information reflected in the labour force statistics is a cornerstone of the chamber’s day-today operations, vision and advocacy. If you want to look at the multitude of statistics regarding the community from the last census just go to www40.statcan.ca/l01/ met01/met101-eng.htm and click through the list of available research. It’s a fascinating snapshot of where this community is today and a window to where we are going in the future. The City of Abbotsford website, www.abbotsford. ca also has some great information. Under the economic development department you’ll find some of this research broken out into charts and graphs that make the information more accessible. By the numbers or from the heart, this is a great place to live and work. ■ Fred Armstrong is the pub-

lisher of our Abbotsford-Mission Times. Contact him directly by e-mailing: farmstrong@abbotsfordtimes.com.

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The true chamber experience Meeting movers and shakers among many chamber benefits

n order to get a feel for what the chamber movement entails, it is necessary to experience the bigger picture. I recently had that opportunity while attending the 58th Annual BC Chamber of Commerce Annual General Meeting held at the beautiful new Vancouver Convention Centre. This was my second AGM, having attended the previous one in Prince Rupert last year, so I was familiar with the format. What took me back was the quality of speakers the chamber was able to obtain

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due to the central location of this year’s meeting. The first day started with John Furlong and Scott Niedermayer, and ended with Premier Gordon Campbell. Day Two included the Hon Pat Bell, Hon Bill Bennett and Hon Iain Black followed by “Cutting Edge of the Ledge” with Keith Baldrey, Bill Good and Vaughn Palmer over lunch. Day

three started with both information and humour from the Hon Stockwell Day and the MC for the entire conference was Gloria Macarenko. Sure there were hours of policy sessions which can be somewhat dry (some were nodding off), but the process is amazing to take part in. The highlight there was when the three policies submitted by our very own Abbotsford Chamber of Commerce regarding improved highway incident management, the creation of an East-West connector between Highway 99 and Abbotsford International Airport and funding for B.C.’s international airports were all passed and became B.C. Chamber policies. What a rush to be a part of a provincial movement to improve business in B.C. and in particular

in Abbotsford! There was plenty of value in networking with members and staff from other chambers across the province, creating new centres of influence, exchanging ideas, challenges and successes. Then there was the experience of spending a few days in downtown Vancouver, something I don’t often do in spite of its proximity. Although the majority of our time was spent in the convention centre, I managed to do a bit of window shopping, grab a lunch in Gastown, and one evening we were treated to dinner at the Vancouver Aquarium. All in all, it was a great experience and I look forward to the Canadian Chamber AGM in the fall.

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started wearing ties to work when I was 16 years old and was hired by Overwaitea Foods. Back in the day (are the kids still saying that?) you had to wear a dress shirt and tie to stock shelves and pack bags. Always being one to take pride in my appearance, I did not mind ‘dressing up’ for work and, unlike most of my contemporaries, I did not wear the same basic black clip-on tie every day and, in fact, started a bit of a collection. Styles changed rapidly and ties went from very wide with pictures and big patters to crazy little leather things and then back to something in the middle in a short time span. I have never thrown a tie out and I have many really nice ones that have gone through three or four fashion cycles. If I had only kept my tie-dyed shirts and bell bottoms. Business is not unlike my tie collection. If you hang on long enough, sound business

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S SOAPBOX practices, once considered old fashioned and archaic, make a comeback and are back in fashion. You only have to watch television ads to see an emerging trend. Sound business practices from the narrow leather tie days are making a comeback. From the ‘older set’, there is a quiet ‘hooray’ for the good old days, while the young ones consider these avant-garde, refreshing ideas as the best new practices. We have been inundated with the ‘Utilize social media in your business’ trend. Our Chamber has put on seminars and had keynote speakers pontificate on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and how the like will revolutionize your business. These days if your e-mail is not sent to your hip, regardless

of where you are or whether you can respond immediately, the instant-gratification e-mailer wonders what is wrong and what is delaying your response. Everything is instant, littered with poor grammar and spans the globe in seconds, yet is less personal. But times, they are a changin – back. A current advertisement for a communications company is premised that when you call them, you talk to a real live person. You will not be forced into a vortex of endless choices and electronic voices only to have the recognition software send you to the wrong department. I am sure the young ones think what a novel new idea; phone a company and talk to a real live person. Customer service is making a comeback. Over the last number of years, customer service has been the mainstay and defining difference between the smaller and mostly independents, and big / corporate businesses. The Big Box mindset of North American consumers has driven us to a place where as long as it is cheaper, we will drag it off the pallet rack, check it out ourselves

and lug it to the car without assistance. And forbid you have to take

Business is not unlike my tie collection. If you hang on long enough sound business practices, once considered old fashioned and archaic, make a comeback and are back in fashion. You only have to watch television ads to see an emerging trend. Sound business practices from the narrow leather tie days are making a comeback.

it back. Be prepared to stand in line and patiently wait for an indeterminable time. But thank goodness it was inexpensive. However, larger companies and corporations are currently having a nostalgic flash back to legwarmers, bell bottoms and customer service.

Banks are not even doing banker’s hours anymore. Banks are expanding their hours to meet the demand of their customers and advertising. They are open longer hours and will even come to your house, on your schedule, to discuss a mortgage. You mean I don’t have to take a day off work to give you my business? Crazy talk, I say! Companies are gleaning remarkable success by looking at the cornerstones of their business foundations from years gone by, and are taking the good solid bits and repatriating them with the best of current practices. A hybrid has emerged with modern conveniences and competitive pricing being married to a rebirth of sound business practices that have withstood the test of time. The results are demonstrable and very exciting. I am confident that those who do not lose track of what and who got them to where they are today will succeed, while those caught up in embracing only the new and shiny may find the future a little tough.

TheChamberVoice The Chamber of Commerce of Abbotsford • Published Monthly

The Abbotsford Chamber of Commerce, in a partnership with the Abbotsford Times, produces The Chamber Voice once a month. The statements and opinions expressed in this monthly newspaper are not necessarily those of the publisher. The Chamber, the city’s Voice of Business, intends on keeping its members, and prospective members, informed on important messages, information and education. Advertising opportunities in this publication are exclusive to Chamber members. The Abbotsford Chamber of Commerce is located at 207-32900 South Fraser Way, Abbotsford, B.C., V2S 5A1. You can call the office at 604-859-9651, fax 604-850-6880, e-mail acoc@telus.net, or go to www.abbotsfordchamber.com.

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PATRICIA SAPIELAK

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FRED ARMSTRONG

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Chambers urge Metro to take time on burner decision

A lot to consider, as list of questions remain unanswered CHRISTINA TOTH CToth@abbotsfordtimes.com

ower Mainland communities applaud Metro Vancouver’s goals to reduce waste creation and to boost reuse, recycling and material recovery, but their full support doesn’t extend to waste to energy incineration options. The Lower Mainland Economic Sustainability Panel wants Metro Vancouver to take time to review its waste management strategy and “do it right.”

“It is critical that Metro Vancouver take the time to do this due diligence right, thereby protecting the taxpayer in the short and long term.” – LMESP

The LMESP, which represents chambers of commerce and boards of trade from Hope to White Rock to Squamish, plus the B.C. Chamber of Commerce and the Business Council of B.C., says it wants to protect taxpayers from unknown health risks as well as future financial burdens. In a paper completed last month by the group’s solid waste management task force, in response to Metro Vancouver’s proposed plan, the task force urges Metro Vancouver to put all waste disposal options “on the table.” T h e Me t r o Va n c o u v e r regional district proposes to build a multi-million dollar waste incinerator that it says will also produce power.

But critics fear the exhaust will contain an unknown soup of toxins that will drift up the Fraser Valley. Critics also argue the burner will discourage waste reduction strategies. The LMESP sees this growing into a landfill versus incineration debate when there is a range of options available. “We encourage Metro to include a combination all of these options, with the ultimate mix of options based on the cost to the taxpayer, the health of the taxpayers and nearby residents, the environmental impact over time, the flexibility of each option over time, the potential financial risk of each option,” they write. The group encourages Metro to take the time to do it right, to have “comprehensive, transparent and complete due diligence on all aspects of waste management, including multiple criteria analyses, risk analyses, life cycle analyses and health risk analyses.” “It is critical that Metro Vancouver take the time to do this due diligence right, thereby protecting the taxpayer in the short and long term,” said the task force. Since December 2009, the LMESP task force has met with chairmen from Metro’s regional district and the Fraser Valley Regional District, and examined Metro’s proposal, other Metro documents and studies, plus looked at experts comments on the Metro plan, including ones by KPMG. The LMESP paper also notes that business has a responsible role to play in waste reduction and wants Metro to be more inclusive in involving the business community in its waste

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Lower Mainland cities want Metro Vancouver to carefully review all waste management options, along with its proposed waste incineration proposal, such as the waste to energy facility pictured above. management goals. The paper was prepared for its member groups to use as a guideline for responding to the waste plan offered by Metro Vancouver, which has set a July 14 deadline for input. The LMESP was formed in 2009 to deal with issues that impact on the economic sustainability of the Lower Mainland, including the Metro Vancouver, Fraser Valley and Squamish Lillooet Regional Districts. ◗ For a copy of the comments regarding Metro Vancouver’s solid waste management plan, contact your local chamber of commerce office. In Abbotsford the number is 604-859-9651, and in Mission it’s 604-826-6914.

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