CHILLIWACK TIMES TUESDAY, JULY 20, 2010 A03
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COMPETING WITH THE SCENERY
Western theme for next Party
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The weather couldn’t have been better for Sunday’s Classic Car Show held at Minter Gardens. More than 100 classic cars competed with the natural beauty of Brian Minter’s world-famous gardens.
Those warm temperatures mean downtown parks are once abuzz with activities and things to do throughout the week. The Downtown BIA’s Party in the Park series is again taking over Central Community Park every Friday night, beginning at 5 p.m. Music and a market highlight proceedings and this week is Western night. Meanwhile, on Wednesdays, the Chilliwack Library hosts Music and More. This Tuesday, children are invited to a Fairytale Adventure at lunchtime, from 12:15 to 1 p.m at Salish Park, behind the library. That evening, at 7 p.m., check out Central Community Park for the sounds of Sweetwater, a husband and wife duo.
The Chilliwack Times is proud to celebrate 25 years as your community newspaper. Take a look back with us at newsmakers over the years.
1990 Promontory development
Promontory Heights homeowners were trying to put the brakes on Chilliwack’s headlong rush to develop their rural neighbourhood. A group claiming to represent 80 per cent of the 134 registered property owners was compiling a petition urging city council to limit the scale of a subdivision in the 1,000- acre area indentified as Chilliwack’s next great frontier of urban development.
1985-20
Bailey replaces George as Aitchelitz chief BY JENNIFER SALTMAN The Province
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he hereditary chief of the Aitchelitz First Nation has stepped down after pleading guilty last week to sexual interference. Jimmy George, who became chief in 1997, has been replaced by Angie Bailey.
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George was charged with one count of sexual interference of a person under 16 in connection with an incident that occurred between March 1 and 24. When the charges became public in June, the Sto:lo Nation Society suspended George from his position on the board of directors. Society president Joe Hall said in an e-mail
that George has not been reinstated. This is not the first time George had trouble with the law. In 2006, he stepped down as head of the society that runs Xyolhemeylh Child and Family Services, which provides child protection to native bands, after it came to light that he was sentenced to three years in jail for sexual assaults on one or more
Chilliwack girls in the 1980s. George is scheduled to appear next in Chilliwack Provincial Court for sentencing on Sept. 17. The Aitchelitz First Nation, with reserves in and around Chilliwack, f a l l s u n d e r t h e St o : l o Na t i o n tribal council. It has a registered population of 40 people.
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- with a file from the Chilliwack Times